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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-01-27

Aurora Beacon: John Harmon. living
on Fifth street, states that on Sunday night
the bucket frozc solidly IN bis we'll at a
depth of eighteen feet. Only once before
was the water in his well frozen, and then.
some gears ago, The surface was slightly
covered with ice"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-01-27
On Tuesday evening the bodyof a man

On Tuesday evening the bodyof aman'
probably a Swede, was found on The road
about two miles from Slrcatcr He had a
gunshot wound under The chm and gun
lay near him, with the muzzlc pointing
toward his head, He had $l27 IN his
nocket. The gun was bought at Strcaior
II was a muzzle loader, and the hammer
must be raised TO load it. The death ID
thought i 10 have been accidental.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-01-27

Two deaths from diphtheria are re-
ported at Mendoza, and the result Is a per
feet scare II was also reported that one
Of the public schools has been closed in
const Quencc, but the rumor had no fOunda
ton. Some os the doctors clam that or
binary throat disease IS exaggerated into
tjnhi L,r'l
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-01-27

The Streator Free Press urges the Tor.
nation of n local coal pool, if it docs not
already exist The Streator people are IN
n bad way The railroad com missoners'
tariff Of rates has ruined her coal busI.
ness and many make shift 10 beng tried
to neutralze that and this pool IS one OF
them; but they don't seem to work. The
railroads evidently believe in the old doc
trlne TINT n bad law repeals itself, and are
enforcing il to the letter II is fast becom
In. odious enough Let the Pres, Instead
of encouraging combinations for eAtor
ton" as most pooling means, turn It's alten
ton to the regulation ofthe tariff, manufac.
tured by guess.work by men who, IN a
business way, don't know a locomotive
from a hand.car, and help to get railroad
business back to common sense basis.
The colored population OF Streator held
meeting the other evening as a plelmin.
airy step toward general movement to
procure q fair share of the public offices OF
the state. They should advise with Broth
or F., of the Free Press. He knows how
1t isn't done,
The ReDublican on yesterday devotes two
columns to review of the Grand Jury's
report on the jail. Tho items arc taken
up seratlm, making the following
points"
|. The prisoners are not SC arched rs
| they are received.
9, The sanitary condition IS not good
because the jailor has closed the vcrtilaior:
and leaves open the sewer pipes.
| 3. Water supply bad because the jailol
doesn't know how To run 1t and won
learn.
| 4. There Is no danger from gas burners
| ). The lower windows are properly
protected.
G. The private vault has been cloggsd
by negligence.
| The sum of all ID that the Sheriff Is neg.
hgent, and that the Grand Jury wca'
through the building with their eyes shut
ItIs, as to most Of the allegations. sim
plv question of observation between the
Grand Jury and the Republican, or the
com nittec. who are credited with the arti
Gle; while the Sheriff most emphatically
denies that there has been negligence on
his part, and says that the article, so fai
as that is charged, is unquaifiedly false.
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70 those afflicted with lung trouble, hear
whar y. ID. Wilson, Of the utrawaU NJ Times
says: "After being disab led for three months
with a cough, aud lung trouble, often spit.
ting up hlocd, can testify that am cured
permanently bv the USE OF DR.. Bgelow's
Positive Cure" A free trial bottle can be had
at T.. Y. Grtggs's drug store. (2J
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-01-27

Streator Free Presa: Nellie, the 10
year-old daughter Of Henry Roughton, lef'
home Saturday afternoon, since when the
distressed parents have heard nothing from
her. She has been q great reader so much
80 that she neglects her household duties,
AID tie parents kept her out of school last
week as punishment for this neglect. She
took 1t to heart and on Saturday left as
stated. Any one knowing of her where.
abouts will confer favor on the parents
by sending them word"
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''l'li bet on the bob tail nag
Who'll bet on the gray "

When Oilver Goldsmith proposed writ
ing his "lilsiory Of Animated Nature
Or. Johnson remarked that he would make
Il rs entertaining as a Persian tale; while
others of the club thought that he did not
Know the difference between an ass and
mule, and could not tell turkey from
goose. SO, when some of your readers see
the heading of this article, anu the
nsmc ot the writer at the bottom, they
nay be provoked to an audible smile;"
bu, " he eau succeed IN making II enter
r.aning TO those who should be entertained
not, however, in the inimitable style of
Poor Goldsmith but after fashion Of
his own--bc will have gained all the
"p0lnls'oi the horse he would wish to make
though he might not be able at first sigh,
10 distinguish his own horse from another
Of the same size and color, when hitchcd
10 his own buggy, through mistake, His
knowledge Of the horse. ~ such, may not
he as poipted A. 1t should be-
The first point would wish 10 make is
ms: Some of your older readers may re-
member that some twenty five years ago OF
more, il was the fashion among horse
trainers and gentlemen Of the turf to dock
.he tail OF the horse, and to hack the stub
- "a M nj Il
carve; and also, by tying it 10 joist OF
he stable overhead until the wound should
neal and il should grow in tina. position.
4 horse thus becaudled and mu,latcd, with
few long hairs hanging from the stub,
barely sufficient 10 hide those parts that
nature intended should be concealed, was
thought to be "a thing of beauty and a
10Y forever" But thanks to the indomita
bic Bergh and his amiable confreres, a
more humane feeling has been obtained
among the true and genuine lovers Of the
horse.
A man who would nowadays dock his
horses tail and clip his mane, as was also
done, ought to bo indicted under the Act OF
Cruelty to Animals, and be forever regarded
IS an inhuman wretch. The horses iail
in state Of nature was intended not only
as an ornament TO his body, but as a mos,
useful instrument OF sell defense in whisk
ing off the flies and other annoying in
sects When il Is necessary to trim hi,
toll at all, !, oueh, TO be done gracefully
and spariDgly. A mules tail may be clip
ped TO suit the fsstidious tastes of the own
er with impunity, for he is generally sup
posed to be able to look after his own tail
but 1t is cruel in the extreme to treat III,
gentle kind and confiding horse SO.
When q horse has accidentally lost hi
tsil az was the case Of Tam O'Shanter':
mare, he or she becomes an object o
pity, and pity induces sympathy, and this
may be the way In which "bob.tailad nags'
became fashionable. Some rich man,
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Life Is not always under our own control,
hut can be prolonged hy care and prodence.
BUaDoCK BLo,D BirTIHs as a laxi'ive, alter
stive, ard d uretic medicine tend materially
10 rcstor" h, alth and l.ngthen our days.
Price 81 co.
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All who desire TO take advantage of these
combination rates must do 20 early, as we
do not propose TO adhere to them very long.
II Subscribers desire other periodicals than
those above mentioned, We will do the best
We can Ia urocure them AZ favorable rates.
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THE SUM-,

III WIN
More people have read THR SUN during me yea.
lust nov passing than before aimee " was nrs'
printed 80 other newspaper published on this SIDE
nj the earth been Dnugat and read in any year oy
We are crrbly informed that people buy read and
ke rHK SrN for the following reasons among Others
and ws the greatest possible whatever has
interest for humankind; the eyents the ueeos ane
folly thu solid sense the improving nonsc Hsea The
news of the busiest world at present revolving III
Because people have learned that In its remarks
concerning nersons and affairs Tug sun makes :
it, ability three hundred ard sixty ave days In the
year before election well as afrer. atout the wns,es
as plainly and fearlessy when supported b. gen
Iers approval. TINS srN has absolutely no purpose TO
the nfor nation OF s readers and the TUT
theraacc OF the common god.
Because 1t is everybodys newspaper No man is g
and his rights No man Ia 20 rich that II can ao N
justice TO be done hin No man. no sssoe Ga, st1, 81
application OF its principles of right and wrons
Because in politics it has fought for d0asn yaIon
among reWspapers the light that has resnlted IN the
recent overwhelming popular verdict ag aser wna
party ia in power THs Sun stands and win continue
stand Ike rock for the hs ncroschments Q,
lmonoposts and the dishonest scheuee Vi p"oh0
robbers. -. ..,,. A., 49,.
friends one man holds that THE sun 10 the best reli-
gious newspap ever puotshea TS oi9 ,hat ~ e
The best Republican newspaper printed, pe,snse u na
already whipped half the ras'as out OF thst party
and il proceeding against the other half with undnln
isb,d yionr s. third believes IL 10 he the besf maea
Ire Of General literature In existence. eecanse its
readers miss nothing worthy Of notice that curreht
"a The world OF thought 80 every friend OF lhs eUh
discovers one Of its many sides that appeals with par
irrisr force 10 his ind vidua liking.
n Won already know The SUN. you VIII observe ina
iSSS II Is hide hetter than ever before " yea DO
nnt olrcrdv know TIE SUN. you Will nnd u 10 ne
mirror Of iii human activity, storehause OF the rhoc
.~t nroducts of common sense anu lmsglnauon. p
nansiay FOR the Of honest government sent
nei S,r rrnuipe foae-sonian Democracy ecOnre FOR
irk,d5.ss OF every species and uncommonly good
Investment for the coming year.
Terms to Mali subscribers.
The several editions Of THE srS are sent by mail,
IDaILY-5S cents 8 month, $50 yesr; with sunday
edition $40.
,tTNpAY-Eight pages 81. % year
| SEFKLY-Si year, Right psc Of the eest matter
Of the daily issues; Agricultural Depart pcnto o.
unequailed merit; nsrsei reports. and htersry -
enrnc and domestic Intelligence make rHE WEI
Srs the newspaper for the farmer's household 10
clubs OF tea With SD. extra cory free
,ddy~ss w ENGLAND. PublLsher.
Tux Sun, n. \. CRY.
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CLuBBINl LIST,

For the accommodation OF such OF our pre-
having subscribers as desirc to take seVeia'
newspapers or magazines during the ensu'
ing ycsr we have made arrangements WIN
number of the most popular magazines and
newspapers OF the country by which VIC can
furnish them, and the FREE TRADER az the
nrices named below. Where more than one
is desired, the amount to be paid for the OK
tra ones may be asce.taincd By dcduc'lns
si.5O from the price named:
TUE FIRE. TRADER ANp
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-01-27

Gray hairs are honorable, but few like
them. Clothe them with the hues OF youth
by using Ayers Hair Vigor.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-01-27
FARM RIDGE

II Catarrh has destroyed your sense OF
smell and hearing, Halls Catarrh Cure will
cure you. IS cents per bottle. Druggists
sell Il, ta)
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-01-27

The Perm Zinc Works are to lie lighted
18th the electric light,
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Ifldcs with or move grubs are classed AZ damaged
The grain prices cover whole range Of market. from
r!ces to prices pad Tor odd loads Tor feed
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-01-27

INSURANCE Very W. s0t bcsa e sS 40
Good sod Insurance in my large companies costs no
more thsn that offered by the weaker ones
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-07-03
Her First Experience.

Clara Morris told the following
story to the Cincinnati Enquirer :
when / was a child they gave me,
in the Cleveland Theater, a speech to
make, twenty or thirty lines, in AN
tony and Cleopatra I think. I sup
pose l was Is years old. Said 1: i
have no dress to play that great part.
'Never mind, said the chief super
numerary; Il will give you my san
dals to wear. Take courage. little
thing 5, he brought me the SAIL
dals. big enough for a negro minstrel.
l filed them with paper, and my foot
in them looked like q china slipper of
Sevres, sent home in a long box of
shavings lest it might get fractured.
Then / bought five yards of white
muslin and yard of red something
to trim it, and made me q toga. So,
when | was called, / had to fly sud-
denly from the rear of the stage in
my great sandals and kneel at the
front. As | came. travelling on my
nerves. the paper stufiing began to
fly. l knelt, and a broad grin ex-
tended all over that stage. 1 saw
them shaking with laughter every.
where. The tragedian, covering his
mouth with his hand and labOring
with its corners, whispered, Don't
you cry, my little brave!' why
said L. what is it? looked back at
my sandals as knelt, and it said on
my ankle, id letters an inch high,
The Cleveland Herald
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-07-03
Home Items.

-"All your own fault
III you remain sick when you can
Get hop bitters that never-Fail.
The weakest woman, smallest child,
and sickest invalid can Use hop bitters
with safety and great good.
: Old men tOtlering around from Rheu-
matism, kidney trouble or any weakness
will be almost new by using hoy bitters.
My wife and daughter were made
healthy by The use Of hop bitters and re
commend them to my people.-Methodist
Clergyman.
Ask any good doctor if hop
Bitters are not the best family medicine
On earth.
-Malarisl fever. Agur and Biliousness,
will leave every ueighborhood Il, soon as
hop hitters arrive
-"My mother drove the paralysis and
neuralgia all ont OF her system with hop
bitters. Ed. Oswego Sun.
Keep the kidneys healthy with hop
bitters and You need not fear sickness.
Ice water is rendered harmless and
more refreshing and reviving with hop
bitters in each draught
The vigor of youth for the aged and
infrm in hop bitters.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-07-03
It Depends on the Husband

It Depends on the Husband.
Adrian Times.
1t took the ladies of the Michigan
Woman's Christian Temperance Uuior
a little while to get acquainted. but
when the acquaintance was once form
ed it ripened fast.
How do you give your name p
asked one lady of another as they re-
moved their wraps at the door one
morning.
81 have usually written it Mrs.
James p. Jones"
Did your mother name you
james P. ?" inquired the first speaker
with considerable emphasis. 81 will
never call myself by my husbands
name"
"Nor L." Nor l." "Nor l." came
from the number of bystanders.
The little woman appered surprised
to find herself so largely in the minor.
ity, but che finally found breath and
courage enough to say.
"Well, l suppose it does make q
difference What kind of a man the hus.
band is.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-07-03
THAT SETTLES 1T.
Brought Into Competition with the
World, the Best Carries Off
the HOnors.

At the great Centennial Exhibition OF
1915, the leading products OF all the branch
ca of the Worlds industry were essen.
bled at Philadelphia. To carry off a prize
in the face of that tremendous competition
was task of no ordinary difficulty. In
ventiOns and preparations for the sllevia-
ton of pain and the cure of disease were
present in the greatest possible variety, rep
senting the skill and the profoundest study
OF the age, and il may be of vital import
ance to you, personally to know that the
highest and only medal given to rubber
Porous plasters. was awarded to the manu-.
facturers of BENSON'S CAPCINE POR-
GUS PLASTER, by the following jurv:
DIR. VIM. ROTH, Surgeon-Ge
Prussian Army.
J. H. THOMPSON. AN, NJ. D., Wash
ing,on, d. c.
C. B. WHITE, NJ. D., New Orleans.
ERNEST FLEISCH, NJ. D., Austria.
The decision was afterwards confirmed
by the medical jury at the last Paris Elk.
position. Knowing the value of such high
and unbiased testimony, the medical pro-
fession, both in the United States and in
Europe, quickly threw aside tn, old, slow
acting plasters they had been using, and
adopted Benson's in their regular practice.
That physicians and surgeons of the broad
est reputation did this distinctly proves
the intrinsic merit of the article.
It is no more than just to add that the
average physician of to day is not domi-
mated by the prejudices which retarded the
progress and modified the successes of his
predecessors of not more than twenty-five
wears 400. He accents hints from all
quarters and endorses and adopts demon
strated healing agents wherever be finds
them.
The right of Benson's Cspcine Porus
Plaster to stand at the head of all external
applications whatsoever, for the mitigation
or cure of disease, is no longer questioned.
Let tie purchaser, however, be or his
guard against limitations. The genuine has
the word CAPCINE cur in the middle.
Seabury u johnson, CT emists, n, W York.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-07-03
Reason Enough for PawninG
His Watch.

Detroit Free Press.
The other day a Detroit pawnbrok
er received q call from a young mau
with the tan and freckles of the
country on his face and nose, and ar
old-fashioned bulPs-eye watch in his
hand,
Where you lif? asked the broker.
Oh, out here a few miles.
Where YOU got dat watch?
1t used to be dads, but he gave il
to me.
The broker looked him all over with
suspicious glances. and asked and re-
ceived bis name, then added /:
Why you WANTS to pawn dat watch,
eh t?
Well, / need little money.
Dot looks suspicious to me, und ]
guess / call der bolesce.
Suspicious police I! repeated the
young man. Say, mister.if you don't
know the difference between a thief
selling bis plumber and a young man
in town with his gal, and that gal
wanting peanuts and candy and sody
water, and street car rides until she's
cleaned him out of his last cent, you
better 90 and start a sheep ranch.
Oh. dot vhas it, eh ? Veil, l gif
you tree dollar. Dot makes it all ash
blain as der face on my nose, und l
hope you haf some goot times. Here
two uLd one make tree.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-07-03

The following is the text of the re-
vised umbrella Irritation To leave
your umbrella in the hall means
don't want it any more. To purchase
an umbrella means / am not smart,
but honest. To trail your umbrella
on the sidewalk means that man be
hind you thirsts for your blood. To
lend an umbrella indicates / am fool.
To put cotton umbrella by the side
of silk one means Exchange is nc
robbery. To urge friend to take
an umbrella, saying. Oh do take it
l d much rather would than not,
signifies that you are lying. To re
turn an umbrella means never mind
what it means. No one ever doe:
that-Chicago Herald.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-07-03
How He Got There.
Detroit Free Press.

Detroit Free Press.
Going down the great jackson
route from Grenada, Miss, a regular
old homespun native Of the state en-
tered the sleeping car and paid for a
berth. He had never been inside of
car of the kind. and everything as
tonished him. When the porter came
to make up the beds l saw that the
native was greatly perplexed. but as
ne made no direct appeal ii wasn't my
duty to post him. He vas the first
one to make preparations for bed. He
glanced anxiou>ly around, pulled of
one boot. and then took a rest for
about five minutes. When the other
boot came off he had solved the prob
lem. Pushing his boots under the
berth, he started for the rear plat
form. and nothing was heard from
him for about ten minutes. Then he
put his head into the door and called
out
"All you 'uns in thar, look out. for
I'm coming !"
And come he did. He had dis
robed while standing OH the platform,
made bundle of coat, vest and pants.
and as he shot into bed after u run
up the aisle. he gurgled out
'Old Mississippi may be a little
slow, but she allus gifts thar, just the
same.
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was not until some importunate client
opened the unlocked door, at about 8
a. M, that the death of the attorney
was known.
He laid dead in his Office chair,
when found, thin, foreign-looking
knife in his heart. Evidently he had
been struck unaware there had been
no struggle, but little blood. and no
robbery that the officers could discov.
or.
Nor was there any clue remaining.
Evidently the woman had killed him,
though Why, was as yet unanswered.
No one knew the woman.
But the reasen-the motive :"
said I, "surely there must have been
one. IF we can find that, we may
have clue to the criminal. Without
il everything is in the dark"
"True," replied Ross ''but the
motive Is just what puzzles US. 1t
evidently was not robbery. as his
watch and money were on his person
when found.
Hold I" said I. with a sudden
thought. mi ht he not have been
robbed of important papers 7?
"Yes but what ones? How do
we know what documents he had p
A new idea had come to me. | be-
gan at once to search for the papers
which Airport had read to me two
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-07-03

ii Won are frequeuter or resident
OF a miasmatic district, barricsde Your
system against the scourge Of all new coun-
tries -ague, billions and intermittent ievers
by the use OF Hop Bitters
LUDINGToN. Mich, Feb. 2, 1880
| have sold Hop Bltters for fur wears
and there l. no medicine that surpasses
them for bilious attacks, kidney complaints
snd many diseases incident tn this m ,iarial
climate. IA. 4. ALEXANDRIA.