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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-10-21
Remarkable for overcoming diseases caused
by impure water, decaying vegetation, ETC.,
is Crowns Iron Bitters
Cairo Letter.
IKegular COrrespOndenCe.)
CAIRO, Egypt, Oct. 2,

CAIRO, Egypt, Oct. 2, 1882.
Arabs character is a hard one to deci
pher. Some wear their hearts on their
sleeves, their souls in their eyes, others
must be read by stratagem and vigilance I;
some are so complex as well nigh to defy
the analytical process altogether. When
he surrendered himself he was dressed In
the extreme Of simplicity. Misfortune
having fallen on him, the gewgaws of Tel
elkCbIr,-the broidered tent, the silver
chair and bedstead-were out of tune with
the sad melody, and were discarded. He
wore pair Of black trousers with wide
red stripe, common tarbush, white lin
en- jacket, conspicuous for the absence OF
decoration. He said with gentle cour-
tesy and high-bred salaam, II surrender
myself for the honor of England" Again,
later on, Arabl repeated this oracular state
ment In order to give 1t emphasis. Here
in he reminds one OF the Great Napoleon,
who, when the game was up, threw him
self INTO the arms of the enemy whom he
knew to be generous foe. Arab was
deeply, utterly depressed; stunned in mind
and sick IN body. Like John of Leyden,
the ill-starred "Prophete, =" he believed him.
self chosen instrument of God to perform
a holy work. He was to eject the odious
christian from Egyptian soil-the Nazar-
enc lnvader-as the Turkomsns expelled
the Caliphs, as the Mamelukes expelled
the Turkomans, as the French expelled
the Mamelukes. All these expulslons had
been caused by greed, by personal ambl-
ton; the crusade of Arabl was a nobler,
boiler one 1t was a crusade ofthe follow
ers of Mohammed against the unbelicvers,
and high eat IN Heaven was reserved
for HIM wh should achieve the splendid
Obi Ct Tt re is little doubt that, like
John OF | yden, Arab at the start was
sincere, SIT .lemIndeI!y desiring the &C
of mission without regard
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-10-21
THE GOOD OLD TIMES.
some Wise Observations by the
Philosopher OF the Lime lin Club.

Detroit Free Press.
"Do oddcr mite de ole man, Saeratus Brown,
drapped ober TO see me-" began the old man
rs Pickles Smith got through swallowing a
tcn-pcnny nail which he was holding in his
mouth to cure the backache. "He sot down
wild grunt, showed out his feet wild a groan,
and remarked dat times had 80 changed dat
no didn't car to lib anoder day. 1t made me
narvous TO h'ar him take on an tell how mod
erh folkses war dyin off--modern houses no
better dan cofins-msdern food pizen To de
system--an dat ninety nine men out Of ebery
hundred war liars, cheats and thieves.
"Almos' cherry day h'ar some of you takip'
on bout de good ole times when nobody died
an de front doah Of cherry house stood open.
lon doan' know what yer talkin' bout, In
do good ole times de common house was bout
as comfortable a. de common hog-pen. More
people had to ride ten miles fur doctor dan
less distance, an when he arrove he didn't
know bran from broomsticks. Any sort of n
man who knows Moses from Aaron was good
nun fur preacher an de man wild de loud
est voice an de loudcst below was de bes'
lawyer Women war freckled an men went
bar'futed to church, an de fadder who didn't
bring up his sons wild a great deal of stern
dignity an blue-beech CAD mixed togeder ex-
pected de boy to turn ont pirate.
"ln dc good ole times men stole an cheated
an lied an played hypocrite, jist de same as
men do now, an If de women didn't CAD quite
20 often, dcy gousiped jist AZ much De man
who signs fur de good ole times am frowin'
away his breaf, an dar am dim suspishun
in my mind dat he am lazy and shiftless DE
pusson who can't play his hand wild dc world
of to-day am either light in de head or wobbly
in de knees. | furder desire to add dat de mex
time h'ar member of dis club wishn' fur
return of de days when only one family on a
road ten miles long had an umbrella 10 lend,
al not one family outer sixteen could lend a
cUplul.o' sugar widout scrapin' de bottom of
de- box, | shall purcced to read him lecktur
dat will slant his ears at an angle of foty-
sGbcn degrees"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-10-21
UNDERGROUND Telcgraphs.

Cast-iron pipes are now being made to re
ceive the underground cable which, in a few
months, will put Paris in direct communict-
ton with Marseilles. A hundred and hfty
navvies are engaged in this work, which IL
being prosecuted from both ends along the
right bank of the Rhone, and following the
main roads. The pipes are laid at depth of
meter and half, and chambers for facili-
tating repairs are arranged every 800 meters ;
they are described as representing large cast
iron chaldrons with covers, and having apcr-
lures for receiving the ends of the two pipes
which they connect Every l20 meters Jhe
pipes are united by cast-iron couplings, which
will also permit of inspecting and repairing
the cable; and the joint between each pine il
made Of an India rubber washer or lead collar
The work is pushed forward with vigur. and
it is proposed eventually to connect this cable,
which will traverse France from north 10
south, with the cables Of the Mediterranean
and Atlantic
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-10-21
Verice's Departed Glory.

II, A, III Cincinnati Commercial
Like all other Italian cities, Venice lives on
the glory of other days She has not much
else 10 live on, in fact Within less than a
hundred years the city has belonged to three
different foreign powers. The last and pres
ent owner is Italy. The Venctians still dream
of the days when Venice was greater than
Italy, and count the government of Italy al
most "a much foreign power az Austria
The Venetian guide pointed out to us the
splendid mosaics, the glorious paintings the
unriyaicl marbles from the hand of one and
another gifted son of his beloved native city
Then he says with sigh, quite unaware how
he il confusing sexes:
But one man come, and he strip off Venice'a
coat Another come, and he take off another
coat. The great Napoleon, he come at last
and he stripped off her vest and pantaloons,
everything, and loayee her only one poor shirt "
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-10-21

Blakeslee, son OF Edward Blakeslee. Mas
Ter Loudivic Is I years old and weighs only
forty pounds. He has never had instruc-
TONS IN music, yet plays the piano, organ
and snare drum Us accurately and skillful.
" as many adults who have had years OF
instruction and practice, lie improvises
music that would be creditable to almos,
any composer, HIS memory is wonderful
ly retentive. He will play anything, no
matter how difficult, after having heard II
bu, once Mr.. Blakcslee has been Offered
$40 per week to let his son 90 on the stage
but refuses. They have left for their home
in Waterbury, Conn.
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The Harvest Moon.


providence journal
The September moon fulls on the 9th at
1926 a. IN. 1t is the beautiful harvest moon,
and possesses special claims to distinction.
For, owing to the position Of the ecliptc i'll re
gard to the equator at this season, the moon
rises for several consecutive nights with only
comparatively small interval between the
successive risings. The short autumnal days
seem thus to be prolonged by the floods of sill
very moonlight that make the night beautiful
as day The phenomenon is as easily ex-
planned a. the aXial rotation of the earth But
III the older tunes. when man was nearer to
nature, the harvest moon was considered a di-
rect intcrpositlOn of Providence to assist the
husbandman in gathering in the harvest The
waning moon is in conjunction with Neptune
on the ID with Saturn on the Sd, with Jupiter
on the 9th, and with Uranus on the 18th The
new moon of the 18th il in conjunction with
Mercury and Mars on the 14th, and with Venus
on the 10th, passing degree and half north
of her
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-10-21
A NAME.

! wrote name upon the shining sands
But ere the word completed was, wave
Crept up and washed it out forevermorc.
Upon my frosted window pane traced,
In thoughtless mood, name, and fingered
there,
Watching the letters glitter in the sun;
Sparkling like many diamonds in the light;
But while | watched the letters faded quite,
Nor left a sign upon the window pane
Again name is written firm and clear,
This time my heart the impress bears for
sOoth
But when or how twas traced / cannot say
only know l cannot blot it out,
For every heart throb sends it deeper still.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-10-21
STATEMENT OF FACTS.

An article appeared IN the Ottawa Re
publican of Tuesday last headed "The new
bridge" IN which several statements are
made which are utterly and wholly lin
true.
One statement is that "the highest sum
Maher ever levied tor road and bridge pur
poses was $4,000 a year." and that "the
present commissioners while crying econ
omy levied this year only for general pur.
poses $4,000"
Now we do not wish to suppose or say
that the writer of said article aoilfully meant
to state an untruth but we must say tina,
he does not seem to be very careful
whether the statements IN his article were
true or untrue, because If he had taken the
slight trouble of examining the records in
the office of MIR. Raymond, the county
treasurer, he would have found that the
amount of road and bridge tax levied by
Messrs. Maher and Downey tor the last
year was nine thousand eight hundred and
sixty-seven dollars and twenty eight cents,
instead of $4,000, as stated in said art.c lie.
1.-THE people will want to know why this
u.s." perhaps.
The writer OF said article says that "the
commissioners of highways acted like
school children" We presume he aludes
to the action OF Messrs. MaherIIand Dow.
ney in constructing long bridge across
Fox river In place where there was no
road leading to or from the east end of 1t.
This veracious writer also says that the
canal commissioners gave the right of way
for road east Of the bridge last spring.
This is simply untrue. The canal commits
sioners have never given the right of way
for road east of the bridge. They did,
however, on the 18th day Of last August,
mot last spring give permit to the com.
missloners of highways to use a strip of
land thirty feet wide for a road. expressly
reserving to themselves the right to retake
this strip of land whenever they should
see fit.
No petition for a road east of the bridge
was ever presented to the commissioners of
highway until about the middle of last
September when two petitions were pre-.
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THE OHIO ELECTION.

The result shows that o large part of the
population of Ohio have an ineradicable
fondness for cocktails, schnits, cobblers
and other agencies ofinebriation. To save
the "msnufacture and sale" OF their morn
ing bittcrs, and the noon appetizer, and
their final snoozer they were willing to GO
back upon the political history of twenty
odd years, and even to run the risk of re-
versing the administration Of the general
government. Practical experience In
Maine and Kansas shows that prohibition
almost always makes 1t necessary for a
man who wants drink to use side.doors
instead OF front doors and to sit in retired
rooms instead OF public ones. This was
not the "Ohio idea" of how free ard in.
dependent citizen ought TO take his taran'
tuia Juice, and so sixteen democratic con.
gressmen will sit in the next congress and
vote for untaxed whisky and state rights,
and all the other absur1ities with which
the democratic party of Ohio has connected
itself-ChicdgO Tribune.
The Tribune goes on the lofty prlnciple
that "If we can't lick you we can make
mouths at you" There is hardly film OF
truth in the above representation ofthe liq
uor issue in Ohio. 1t was not a question
OF Saving the manufacture and sale" OF
liquor in Ohio against legal enactments
or fulminatIons Ohio has tor years been
so-cslled prohibition state. Her constl.
tuition, backed by rigid laws to enforce 1t,
forbids the retailing Of any intoxicating
liquors within her borders, and the law of
the last Ohio legislature imposing hor-
izontal tax of $500 on every saloon IN the
state was declared void by the supreme
court on the ground that the tax was vir.
tually license, and under the constitution
there could legally be no such thing in the
state as a saloon or dram shop, licensed or
unlicensed. The trouble is, that while
such IS the lao IN Ohio, her people, very
much as in Name, Kansas and Iowa, only
little more so, pay no attention to it, and
Ohio is full Of saloons and dram shops
has more to the acre, in fact, than any other
state in the union,
And the saloon men and liquor dealers
do not oppose the Pond law or Calico Eos.
ter's project of constitutional amendment
to make the Pond law legal, because 1t i'm.
poses q tax on their business. They are
ready and willing to pay the proposed IL
cense or tax, If in return the state Will le-
galize their business. What they are down
on is this invitation to pay tax which
amounts to q confession that they are law
breakers and which confession can be taken
advantage Of TO prosecute them. In a word
Ohio being prohibition state, her saloon
and dram shop keepers are satisfied with
the arrangement, because, instead OF hurt
ing 1t helps their business; but they are
opposed to paying large sums for a license
that amounts to confession of judgment
in heavy damages for doing that for which
they can get no license.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-10-21
Personal Mention.

JouNs.-Mr. r. X. Johns and Miss Della
Johns are visiting friends IN Kansas.
MILEs-Miss Sarah Miles, of Chicago,
was in the city this week, visiting friends.
GuNNING.-Prof. Cunning, the geologlst,
IS in the city, the guest of DR.. T. NJ. Nc
Arthur
OLIvER-Our thanks are due Mr.. Oliver
Cornell for interesting Rhode Island papers
Of late date.
MC.-Mrs. III. A. McCaleb has moved
her family to Ottawa and will make this
her future home.
NADLER.-Peru Herald: "Charles Mad
Ter arrived home from a SIX week g visit IN
Colorado, last Thursday"
SwIFT.-Mr. Nj. Ii. Swift and Mrs. f. c.
Swift with the baby have gone to Connect.
cut on visit to Mrs. Swlft's family.
LAMBLEY.-T. S. Lambley and wife have
returned from then eastern trip, the latter
seemingly much improved in health.
WusoN,-Mr. j. p. Wilson, of Fall Rlv-
er, leaves this week on visit to Iowa, In
tending to rusticate few weeks at and
around Sioux City.
MARsH-Mr. Geo, Marsh, Of the Quar-.
ter Master Generals office, Washington, and
wife have been the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
NJ. n. Armstrong this week.
GTLLEN.-While gong to dinner on
Tuesday, Mr. II. j. Gillen's buggy reach
broke letting the buggy down rather sud-
denly. Mr.. Gillen was slightly bruised in
one leg.
MoNT.-J. +. Montrose, Of the Clifton, is
home from the mountains. In his journey
he met several former Ottawa citizens,
among the number II. w. Holmes, who is
in the banking business
FLYNN.-Mai. Flynn, of Rockford, ILL.,,
whom many old soldiers in this neighbor.
hood will remember kindly, has been Wis,
ting old friends here this week and will
remain through next week.
HEENAN.-D. Heenan & Co. are lncreas.
ing their help at the Streator store. Mr..
Carroll, brother of Henry Carroll, CON-
menced work there Wednesday morning,
and Mr.. Flanagan, of Ottawa, brother of
the present member of the firm, began on
Thursday.
MARCELLUs.-COl, r. c. Stevens niece,
Miss Kittie Marcellus,. who has been
studying music and especially singing for
the past year at the Bloomington Conser-
vatory of Music, is said to be developing
remarkable talent IN that line, and her in.
structors expect great things of her in the
future. She Is now away studying.
SAMsE-Mr. c. w. Samse, who comes
here with first-class recommendations from
such papers as the Mendoza Bulletin,
Princeton Repubiicaa, Elgin AduOcate, &c,
Will be around among our merchants next
week, with the design of writing up their
biographies. He has made a contract with
Us for its Publication, and will present a
FREE TRADER card for this occasion and
purpose only.
SHAw.-C. NJ Shaw and wife have re-
turaed from their three weeks visit to
Northern Iowa and Minnesota. Mrs.
Shaw Is much improved IN health. One
of the most striking things noted by the
travellers was the kind of fuel used IN some
sections visited by them. Hay twisted
into hard bands is cheap and excellent
substitute for coal or wood-indced, some,
Mr. S. says, prefer it to any other fuel on
account of its convenience, cheapness and
the quantity of heat to be obtained.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-10-21
4 school Boys Accomplishment

iulcupO HcTdlu
A boy enters school at six and attends five
hours day ten months in the year for eight
years. At the end of that time, if he has been
able to keep mp with the procession, lie will
have read in five reading books mot counting
unnecessary changcsl, ascertained a few Of
the difficulties Of English photography, COM
plrtcd most of an ordinary school arithmetic,
learned little grammar and geography. a
very little about composition. committed and
rccitrd few selections Of prose or verse, and
will have acquired a poor handwriting These
are the solids OF his education.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-10-21
So Saw We All of Us.

There is a wonderful unanimity among the
physicians land their name is legion who
have tried and prescribed Hunts Remedy tC
their patients. They agree in Its inestimable
worth. For affections of the kidneys, liver
bladder and urinary organs, it is a none such
and works with marvellous directness and
power. 1t is against the rules of the me- Ii.
cal fraternity to give written testimonials IN
favor of proprietary medicines" but we
have scores Of verbal testimonies from the
best physicians as to the value Of Hunts
Remedy. 1t is placed among their most val
ued prescriptions, and used IN severe cases
of kidney and liver disease as freely as Is qul.
nine as an anti-periodic. With such an ell
one cannot 20 wrong In buying
this medicine for himself aud following tHa
specific directions which accompany it.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-10-21
swans Skin and English Complex
ions.

An English stststician says that no less
then 1000 swans skins are annually import
ed into London alone for tho exclusive manu-
facture of 4puffs' used for the purpose of lay
ing powder on the face Every swans SKIN
makes about sixty puts, which would make
an annual consumption Of 10000 puTz l.,
then, the natural Wilderness of the English
skin a myth The same English statisfIcian
saws that tons Of rice and wheat powder are
consumed annually in England, and he regrets
the waste of 30 much rice and wheae which
might be better used to feed the starving
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-10-21
The Craze for the Antique.


London World
The craze for anything old, musty and
mUldcriug ., carried To such an extent that
uuin"u~ cottages are bought. added to and re
built simply to preserve some more or less
trustworthy ".-p"la'iou. Old places, in which
the owners have for years had a difficulty in
living. and cuEd persuade nobody else TO
take 49, long ae ylUit- wore on hire aud rock
",lr. wer- plentiful. arr rushing into market
win suspicious culcriN
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-10-21

sented-one asking that the road should
run from the aqueduct bridge along the
line of the canal to the white bridge, and
the other that the road should run along
the bluff or highland from the aqueduct
bridge to and interscct with q road now
running from the white bridge to East OF.
tawa.
The commissioners of highways imme-
diately upon the receiving of SAID petitions
had the two routes surveyed by Col HIT
the county surveyor. They found by this
survey that the route along the canal
would require about 5si acres of land OF
which acres IS coal land tie owners Of
which require large sum loI the right OF
way--that the route interscct ng the road
from the white bridge 10 East Ottawa
would require about "a a res, none OF
which passes over coal land, the right Of
way over which can be acquired for q
much less sum than the right OF way ovei
the other route
The commissioners Of highways have
adopted the latter route and are proceeding
as fast as they can to obtain The right OF
way and construct the road.
According to Col. Hits survey (Which
is published herewith the cost of making
the road, independent of the cost of the
right Of way, on either Of said routes will
be about the sum of 81 800.
The writer of said article who says that
the present commissioners lave levied a
tax of $4,000 for general purposes, "only"
thereby carrying the idea to the public
that the present commissioners had LEVIED
another tax for special purposes. If The
writer had examined the public records
and proceedings of the board Of superyis-
ors he would have found that 5000 Is the
whole tax levied by the present commits
sioners for road and bridge purposes, both
general and special.
The purposes for which this tax of So.
$50 is levied, are as follows:
On the list day OF August, 1881, more
than one year ago, the commissioners of
highways, Maher and Downey, entered IN.
to contract with L. Barber to construct
said bridge across Fox river for the sum OF
$4,000 BY the terms OF said contract il
was found during the last summer that il
would require the sum of $2,2J3G0 extra
in addition to the $4,000, to construct said
bridge, which sum of $2,2j3G0, together
with the sum of 81, 800 for constructing
said road, amounting to $40j3, had to be
provided tor by the present commissioners
This sum of $4,0j3 Is part of the money
for which said tax of $G,050 is levied, Sc
that the balance Of SAID tax of $G0j0
amounting to 1897, is the whole amount
of general tax for road and bridge purpos.
es, including repairs of Illinois river
bridge, which has been levied by the pres.
ent commissioners.
The undersigned desire the above state.
ment of facts to be published, together
with the report of Col. Hit and the order
or letter of the canal commissioners.
WIN. CALVIN
PETER MEYER,
Commissioners OF Highways.
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IhrlNalleii

As being a certain cure for the worst forms
of dyspepsia, indigestion, constipation, i'm.
purity OF blood torpid liver, disordered kid.
neys, ETC., and as a medicine for Graduating
every species Of humor, from an ordinary
plmple to the worst ulcer, Burdock Blood
Bitters stand unrivaled. Price, 81.
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Commissioners OF Highways.

Copy from record book of canal com.
missIoners under date of August II, 1882
Petition Of parties living at Ottawa tor
permission to construct wagon road up
on the 400 #. strip" upon the south side OF
the canal from the Fox river aqueduct to
what Is known as the white bridge about
one mile east of said aqueduCD received,
and petition granted upon condition that
said road shall be laid upon the ouJcr
thirty 900 feet of said go #. Grip" and in
no case shall the canal bank he cut. And
provided further that the canal commits
sioners reserve the right at an time in The
future to alter, amend, or vgc,te this reso
luton, when .r TIER iGGgmentthe interests
of the state shall seem to require it.
The above is a true copy fir m the record
book of the proceedings of tn canal com.
misioners of date as recited al Owe
WM MILNE, Clerk
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task TO sutdo physician, hut the following
will conclusively prove where nine were com
pletely out.donc. Mrs. llc.rn Pbaryiz, 81
DAYTON St, Chicago, H., "as treated for
T,,,nu, r,finn hr IL Inn. nIIN elcinns KINGS New
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-10-21

Having secured the Sole Agency OF these celebrated
Instruments. wish TO say 20 those interested thaN
having no store rent pay. with little or no expense
and buying direc. from the factories VIII giVe tue
LOW EST PRICES ever known IN this sec-
lion Please call and see me will make Il sn object