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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-04-21
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!SCROFUZA.

SCROFUZA.
A. RE you aware that In your blood the
IA faint OF scrofula has prominent
place? This is true OF every one. II is la
BILE at any time, on the slightest proVocatioh'
10 develop itself in some insidious disease.
Consumption and many other diseases are
outgrowths Of this impurity of the blood;
Hoops SAGsAPARILLA has a Wonucflui
nower over an scrolulous troubles, as the re.
markable testimonials we have received
Enthusiastically prove.
MEssRs. c. I. HOOP & Co: Gentlemen
My youngest son has always Dcen
troubled with ScroiulouS iiunor; sores III
Lishead discharging from his ears, anu rum
Years: his eyelids would tester and ulceratc.
discharging so that l was obliged 10 WASH
them open every morning, ms eyelnsnes
nearly all coming out; he was exceedingly
dainty most of the time eating butlWo sligns
meals n day. We were unable to ma any.
Thing that had the least effect upon nm ny
last spring, 1876. we gave lin two DottleSo OF
Hoods Sarsopdriiia. Iiisappetite improved
mt once. . The back OF his ear healed
up without q scar, ana not sore III HIS Hc"o
since. Sincerely yours, -
No. los Merrimack ST., Lowell, Mass.
I'VE do not rs rule allow ourselves TO
nee orr editorial columns to speak OF any
remedy we advertise. but we feel warranted
in saving a word for Hoods Sarsaparilla:
SorsangTilla has been known as q remedial
aren't for centuries and is recognized by all
schools of practice IS . valuable blood purl-
fer. Its put up in forms OF almost infinite
variety. hut McSSrS. Hood y. %, Lowell
Ma,sj who are thoroughly reliable pharnla,,
cists. have hit upon u remedy OF unusual
value. Certainly they have vouchers OF
cures which we know to be most eNtElor-
binary" -EdifOrS LOlrcH Wcc6tyJ0"11at.
HOODS SARSA2qRNLA.
Sold by druggists. Price 81; six for s.,
Prepared bye, l. HOOD ~ CO., Lowell Mass'
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TO Nervous Sufferers. Great European
Remedy-Dr. ]. B. simpsons
Specific Medicine

II IA positive cure for Spermat0rrhea, Seminal Weak
nnss Imnrncy and all diseases rnsnling from Seli
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The Language of tho Future.

All languages have been expanded
and enriched by slang, and it would not
he too much TO say that all iiguratiye
speech consists either of authorized or
unauthorized slang.
The verb 'tO monkey which is only
a year or two Old. and is as yet pure
slang. is evidently to become in course
Of time. a legitimate expression. Its
primary meaning is TO busy ones self in
ways other than utiitarian. The anna
tcur painter or musician MONKEYS
with art. and the political theorist who
invents impracticable reforms may he
said to monkey" with politics. The
verb is occasionally used as q synonym
for the expression to busy ones self
with any thing. but il cannot icgiti-
mately be used of honest useful work,
except when such work is either badly
done or is undertaken us q recreation
rather than rs q legitimate business.
Who invented the verb '.tO monkey"
will probably never be known. but the
inventor '.mOnkeycd with the English
language better than he knew. The
word is so full of meaning. and differs
by such subtle anu delicate shades from
'I' icSlLiili'tc Worl> Ulo-t clo>tlN TeidI-
ed to it in meaning. that it will win it,
place in the ranks of grave and reg
ular language. Already it has ascend
ed from the sidewalk, aud is met with
growing frcIucncy--though as yet clad
in quotation marks--in the columns OF
newspapers. Our descendants will Use
ii without a thought OF improperly.
A still more recent example of slang
is the iroEical request of the street boy
10 conccited and boaStful opponent 10
come oil the roof The request reeds
II" explanation. II is vivid and pictur,
csqrr. The world is iu!l of men who
might properly he requested to come
off the roof.
There is 4 field of study offered To- the
philologisi in current slang which j.
worth cultivation. The slang of III"
street is 10 4 large extent the language
OF the future. Its the survival OF the
iittcSt of slang words and expressions
that makes the language. The philo-
logiSt who will lay aside his dignity.
.'come oilthe roof and monkey" with
slang will find himself abundantlv re-
paid. -New York Times.
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Woman and The Home.

Mrs. Florence NJ. Atkinson, in The
Indianapolis Sentinel, deals with the
men who fear women are endangerinc
the home in the following terse fashion:
There are few facts which. if daily
considered, would serve to allay the
fears of those who imagine that the wo-
man movement threatens the home.
First, the home with all that the word
implies. its rest, its beauty. its comfort.
its shelter, its brooding spirit. all that
renders it pleasant to body, brain and
soul. has been chiefly evolved through
the thought, affection and labor of wo-
men. AS a rule. men have shirked
their share in the building of the home.
especially in the finer part of the work.
rs they have shirked their moral re-
Sponsibility in the developing and train
ny of the race, Second. the strongest
instinct in woman is the home instinct.
she may elect of her own free choice to
DC chi!dless. but not to be homeless.
Men live in camps and clubs. more or
less content. but the fondest dream OF
every wandering woman-high or low.
rich or poor-is of a home all her own,
hcr castle. which if she chooses. she
may bar and bolt against the world.
These warnings from men to women
regarding the preservation of the home
are supremacy ridiculous in face of the
facts that men are far more gregariOus
Than women, and much less disposed
10 rigidly preserve the privacy and ex-
clusiveness of home"
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Nirbtc1ps in tn, Nayy.

Capt. W. ii. Parker entered the navy
rs II midShlpman in October. 1871. be-
ING then II Years of age, and was al
most Immediately ordered To the United
States steamer North Carolina. anchor
ed oil New York. When he went tC
bed in the evening Il surprise awaited
him for which he wa, totally UMPIRE.
pared. up to this time" he SAYS. 81
had suffered much with earache, and
my mother had caused me 10 wear night.
caps. My caps were Of many cOlors,
blue. red. green, etc. for they were
made of remnants of nv sisters dress.
as. Now, rs made my final prepare
tions for rrpOSe. opened my trunk and
put on close lifting nighlcap. 1t was
the signal for Understandable confusion.
Ii had put on 4 suit OF mail. it could
not have caused more establishment
among these ii ghtheartcd REFERS. They
rushed 1T my trunk. seized the caps,
put them on. and joined in wild
dance Oh the deck. i'm which were
mingled blue caps and white caps and
all colors OF caps in pleasing variety.
had TO lake nine OIL before turning in,
as it really did seem to be too much for
their feelings, bat managed 10 smuggle
il under my pillow. and, when all was
quiet. put it on again. But, when the
midShipman came down ut midnight to
call tho relief. he spied it. and we had
another scene. This was the last ever
saw OF my caps. have never had one
on since. and consequently never had
the carachc.
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Ir~m an Upper Window.

A drnwsy tcamslcr was rafting laZllv
alono Federal street. Boston. lie was
leaning 81 hiS elbow on the seat of the
car, and seemed NOT far from the land
OF Nod, when suddenly there swOoped
down npom him from an upper window
a large section ot watermelon rind, which
>'ruck him on he head. jammcd his
hat over his eyes. and ,prnkled the cart
and the back OF the horse with bits of
pulp. The conclusion OF the missile
against the Transfers head startled the
horse aud half-stunned the teamster.
The animal soon quoted down, but it is
hardly necessary to say the man did
not. He took hiS whip. got down from
the wagon. and with Il bitc-off-thc-end-
Of-a-ten-penny-nai expression of coun-
tcnancc, looked around for somebody
whom he might encounter with impu-
unity. A small raggc, urchin near by,
WHO was looking on with evident en-
joymcnt. cam ht his eye. He collared
him at once.
:" Did YOU throw that brick?" he de-
manded. iiercely
Gosh. ne" 9asped the urchin. at
warn'i me fired il: honest. mister. |
ain seen no bricks
We'll, who did throw it?''
IL guess il was a Teller named Booze
in that building over there. see him
poke MS head out of the window Jest
now. He's been firing hunks of water
melon all the afternoon.
The teamster caught sight of what
appeared TO be II head lodging from
sight. and marked the doorway which
seemed 10 open the way 10 the spot.
The teamSter disappeared through the
doorway. and the boy lodged around
the corner. Presently the teamSter re-
appeared in the street, but only to
plunge inio IN adjoining doorway. He
spent the neXt twenty minutes in explor
mo the adjacent buildings for the man
named Bnogc: but there seemed to be
Il great scarcity OF Booges in The neigh
borhood.
Meanwhile the man who threw the
melon rind, having cleaned up all the
traces of his late watcry feast and
Scraped all the seed into 4 bag, which
he sent down into the basement by an
errand boy, STOOD in the shadow of the
window curtain and watched the evOlu-
lions of his victim with an air of evident
interest. lrcouldn'i hear the teamster's
voice because he was so far away; but
he could occ;;,iDn..ir e'.c his lips move.
When the tcamster finally got into his
wagon again and drove away. his face
wore the same devout appearance.
Those nearer the street, however. knew
that he was saying: IF catch the
mucker he never throw no more wa
termelons at nobody.' From the way
he Spaie. the bystanders gathered that
he believed himself 10 have been hit
with whole one When he had entire
~ GONE, ihr man in the window heaved
Il SiTi "f relief and got down. lie
hadn been frightened al all. OF course.
but somehow he felt happier. - Boston
WObp
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Wh,ra II, had lis.

There were seven or eight OF us in the
Smoking-car. and by and by the CONVEX
sation turned upon hotels. SiY Of the
crowd were going tostop of at the same
village in Georgia, and one of them re-
piarked:
well. gentlemen. yOr can make up
Your minds to go through purgatory to'
nighI.
..Whv?"
We'll. there is only one hotel in the
town, and that is run by the meancst
man south of the Ohio RIVER"
do you know him. asked chap
who was suspected of being Il ighining-
rod agent from Chicago.
81 rather reckon.
And what's he mean abOut?'
"Evervthng lie has bugs in his
beds. nscs beans in his coffee, his rooms
are dirty, and he's robhcr in his
charges"
"And there's no other hOtcl?'
mo. II there was he wouldn't get
custom enough to keep cat alive. He's
the meanest man in the State of GeOr-
gia, AMI if ever catch him outside of
his town III put head on him"
Il move that We resist ANY swindle
on his part" said drummer from
Chicago.
.'lf find bugs I'll tire the bed out of
the window. said a paientchurn man
from Ohio.
And thus il went on for halt an hour.
everybody anticipating and predicting.
but the conversation finally closed by the
originator remarking:
"Well, We'll have To put up with ii
suppose. but YOU can make up your
minds to see the meaneSi, low-dOwu,
hang-dog tavern-keeper in America.
1t was after dark when we reached
the village, and after delaying awhile
with the baggage five of us rode up to-
gether in the bus. The sixth man had
disappeared. and we didn't see him un
ill we reached the hotel. Then he was
discovered behind the desk, - pen over
his ear. his coat oi1--in fact, he was the
identical landlord himself! One after
another walked up, took q look at him
and fell back. and we had adjourned to
the veranda and were talking of sleep
ing out on the grass that night when he
came out and said:
Gentlemen, will you walk in and
register?"
One followed the other, and though
we all remained until the next evening.
not a word was said nor hint dropped
about the conversation on the cars. IL
was only rs the train was ready to go
that he SHOOK hands all around and
kindly remarked:
1.-The meanest, low-down. hang-dog
tavern-keeper in America hopes to see
one and all again. Have cigar, gen.
tlemenp"
We sent him gallon of wine and a
box of cigars from Augusta. but he was
still our creditor,-M. Quad.
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A Startling Discovery.

Physicians are often startled by re.
markable discoveries. The fact that
DIR. Kings New Discovery for COnsump-
ton and all Throat and Lung diseases
is daily cnring patients that they have
given up to die, is startling them to
realize their sense OF duty, and examine
into the merits of this wonderful dis
covery; resulting in huLdreds of our
best Physicians using it in their practice.
Trial bottles free at John A. Samborn's
Drug Store. Regular size 500.
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An illustration Of the sagscity of 8
dog, occurred few days ago. at Fall
RIVER. Mr.. William Is. Baylies is the
owner OF tine spaniel dog. A few
days ago horse. left tied near pond
broke loose, and by some mishap fell
into the pond where it was very deep,
and appeared to be too bewildered to
find its way ont. The dog happening
to be slrolling along the edge Of the
pond and observing the danger the
horse was in. instantly plunged ill.,
swan to the horse, seized the bride in
his teeth. and gradually pulled the
horse around and guided him to iht
shore. where he could emerge from hi;
psrilous condition.
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Freeman salisbury. of Michigan.
leased n house 10 Nicholas Porter. but,
discovering some bedbugs cavoriing
around on Porters furniture. IA it was
about to he moved. declined to proceed
an, further with has contract of letting,
aud locked the hoiise against Porter:
The ground that he assigned for this
processing was that the only occupants
nf the house contemplated by him in
mis- agreement were Porter aud the
members OF his family, and he did not
propose to let any other live stock en-
Ter. Porter sued for damages. and re-
covered verdict for S25 and costs. but
Salisbury has appealed. and proposes
to litigale as long as his means will al
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1884. I
Harper's Weekly.

Htrpcr'S Weakly stands AT the head of Amer
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partisan position in politics, its admirable
illustrations, its carefully chosen serials
short stories, sketches ami poems, cunirihht-
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day, il carries instruction and entertainments
tu thousand of American homes.
IL will always bc the aim of the publ isherS
To make H,rt'r's Urrkiy the most popular and
attractive family newspaper in the worli
and. in Ire pursuance Of this design, IL pre-
sent II constant improvement in all thos.
features which have gained for il the conn
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army Ut READERS.
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1884.
Harper's Magazine.
ILLUSTRATED.

H0rpey'S Magazine begins itssixty-ciehth vol.
iIme with the December number. II is the
most popular illustrated periodical in Ameri.
ca and England, always fully abreast of tho
times in its treatment Of subjects OF current
social and industrial interest, and always adj
vancing its standard of literary. artistic, and
mechanical excellence. Among its attrac-
ton for 1884 are: new serial novel by Will
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1884.
Harper's Bazaar.
ILLUSTRATED.

Hri'r's Bo.or is nj once the most brilliant
and useful Household Journal in existence.
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1t is es mated that the profits of the
English carrying trade exceed 1897, O00..
900 per year. A large part of this
money is earned in carrying to and frc
the exports and imports of the United
States,
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Hasn't the Oh anc, of a Doe.

"Why don't you feed that do@?' was
asked of an old negro.
"Why doan | feed him?"
Yes, why don't you feed him?'
"Why doan | feed myself? Use as
hungry rs de dog is. an sides dat he >
got de vantage oh me. lie ken 60 out
an pick up a piece OBJ meat an go
bout his business. an de white folks
doan say nulhin', but Of I picks up
suihin' ter eat, da wants ter slap me in
Jail. sab. A niger amt got de chance
OBJ Il dog. nOhow --ArkanSdU 1rdceier.
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TEL Il s TT N.
NEW YORK, 1881.

Abnut sixty million copies of III" San have
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The Printing House square, AMI then three
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P,Stags Fire, 10 al s"bScriL'rs ia Hs i"itrd States
or fdHUdI.
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MINNESOTA INTELLIGENCE.
Tax levy of Waseca is 30 40 mil

Tax levy of Waseca is 30 i-l0 mills.
A liquor license i'm Sank Center
costs $500.
This year ll2 Car loads Of fax have
been shipped from i.uverEe.
The daily Erening Ga.eife. of STILL
water, has given np the ghost.
Mr.. Knott. OF Morris. is +, build Il
$1,000 hotel at Browns Valley.
The Bank Of Ortonville. with Il
capital of $4,000 has been organized.
saltwater assessment is S4.2l2 500.
The rate of Taxation is twenty.six and
nine tenths mills.
Mr.. DOwdoll, of Anoka. found two
buck deer, with horns locked, and
killed them with an ax.
Northlield is expecting to have Il
bISket factory. the establishment
being moved from the East.
Henry Paul, of KelsO. Sibley conn
ty, aged 81, committed suicide by
cutting open his abdomen with
razor.
Clay county Commissioners have
voted SIS 800 tOhuild approaches to
the Red river bridges between Moore.
head and Fargo.
Carleton College has now nearly
three hundred students. This is
about all it can accommodate with its
present buildings.
1t is talked That Gov. Hubbard
thinks Of calling an extra session of
the Legislature. The object for so
doing rs not stated.
Rev. &. M. Murphy has rendered
his resignation rs pastor OF the Pres
byterian church at Blue Earth. to ac.
cept Il call to Colorado.
Elevators and warehouses i'm the
locality Of st. Vincent are filled with
heat Onc.t ri of tho ubant cnn,