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HIGHWAY Notice.

S0tce s hereby given that proposals will be received
until July I'd, 1885, by the undersigned. Commissioners
of Highways of the town Of Vermlion. county OF La
sale and state of Illinois. for the purpose of building
sl9Re arch bridge. AMI for the excavation cf the
slse Schoonover Greek, near William Hapners,
Section - that the same will be let by public con
the lowest responsible bidder AT the hour Of two
O'clock OF said day. at the pOstOice IN Tonici.
SpccntstlOns can be seen AZ the pOstoicc IL TOnica
Tue said Commissioners Of Highways reserve the
tight to ri st all bids, II they deem IL 10 the
beet intev"sts OF the town.
Dated At Termiliioh this 18th day Of juno 1888.
w. C. Trout.
r. j. p ,TEkSoN,
j. CHAMBERLAIN.
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ON THIRTY DAYS TRIAL

TUE vOLTAIC BELT Co. MsrssNll. Mich. vi
.end nr. Dyes Celebrated Electro Noisc Bel1s AZ
Electric Appliances on trial for thirty days o. uscr
young or old who are afflicted with nervous dehCy
o-t vitality and kindred troubles. guaranteeing srHv
and complete restoration OF health and manly Vl-.
Address a. above. Y B-No risk = incurred, y thfr
Is DAYS trial is allowed dec9StE
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Mansfield. Ohio, Nov. IS. 1881.

Gen,lemen:-Ihave suffered with
pam in my side and back, and great
soreness on my breast, with shoot
ing pains all through my body, at
tended with great weakness, depres-
sion Of spirits, and loss Of appe-
tite, have taken several different
medicines, and was treated by prom
inent physicians for my liver. kid
neys. and spleen, but Igot no relief.
thought | would try Browns Iron
Bitters have now taken one bottle
and half and am about well-pain
in side and back all gone-soreness
all out Of my breast, and | have a
good appetite. and am gaining in
strength and flesh. II can Justly be
called the king IF nfcdseinsJ.
ions X. ALLRsDER.
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EeHal.

NrnrrJCI,-tsrArr OF MARY BELfoRp DKc'p.
N Notice IL hereby given, that the undersigned. Adj
nlsrator with wlllanEexcd OF the estate of Mary B
ford iaie of thc county of La sale and state Of lkqs
deceased VIII appear before the Probate Court OF said
comfy on the third Monday (bcng the 2Oth Day OF
Angns, isS3 M The Probate Court Room, Ia Otswa In
aid county wher and where all persons having claims
ar demands against said estate ARE noacd 10 attend
and present the same In writin. Tor adjustment
Dated this stu day Of June a. H. 1853
JOSEPH EELFORD,
lIn-2S3w Administrator with VIII annexed
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NOTICE,.-EsTATR OF CHARLES BENCkENDoRff
~ DEC'D--Notice IL hereby given, that the under
gned ADMINISTRATIVE With viii annexed OF the estate
Of Charles Benckendor late Of the county OF Ia Seit
and state of Illinois, deceased VIII ntpear beiore ihe
ng the 10th day) of August 1888. at the Probate Cour
Room In Ottawa, in sssd county when ana where al
are notified TO attend and present the same in writing
for ad justment. ooo
Dated this 18th day Of June A. q; lSSS;
DORETHEA BENCKENDORFF.
iun2a3w Administrative, &C.
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EINAL SNI"TIFNl i. = T--EsTATE OF
i AIsERr q. Res, SR, DECp Notice is hereby
given to all persons interested in said estate that the
undersigned Executors of the last viii and testament
Of said Albert G. Rces sr deceased si appear before
the Probate Court Of the county Of Is Sale and state OF
Illinois, at the Probate Court Room, IN Ottawa, In said
county, on Monday. the 10th day of July A. d. 1888,
FOR Che purpose of rendering account OF their pro-
ceilings In the administration ~ sgld estate Tor the
final settlement.
Gated at ottawa. this 18th day Of Jule 1888,
WILLIAM L. REES.
ALBERT G, REFS,
ATTEST; A. T. BAETELs, Executors.
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nedltn ana AVOID SICKNESS.
Instead Of feeling tired and
worn out, instead Of aches
and pains, wouldn't you
rather feel fresh and strong2
You can continue feeling
miserable and good for no.
thing, and no one but your
self can find fault, but if you
are tired Of that kind oflife,
you can change it if you
choose.
How1 By getting one
bottle of BRowN' IRON BIT
TIERS, and taking it regularly
according to directions.
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VIII hold examinations at Room No. o, Ottawa axs
school, the second and fourth SATURDAYS 81 rssif
month. until further notice. jxatI
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TOM THUMB.
Interesting "Reminiscences of the Dwarf
His Love for Horses, Etc.

Interesting "Reminiscences of the Dwarf
His Love for Horses, Etc.
A Hartford paper has interviewed a gen.
tleInan who was Tom Thumbs manager for
sev' raj years. He said: "Torn Thumb was
inc Fable of joke or any bright saying; he
wss by no means precocious. His intellect
was deficient. He was perfect in his dwarf
Tnanliness, but his mind SIS well rs his body
was dwarfeo, and one had TO lead him about
as q child is led. He had no memory. When
i was with him in England, VIC had tho en-
trance into polite and noble society. His
memory was very deficient. For instance,
would cay to him: DO you remember, q
eral, when we were st ChAtsworth, at the
Duke of DevOnshire's, yesterday and ne
would reply that he didn't remember any
thing about it. He might sometimes have u
general knowledge that he had been some
where in that part of the country, but that
was all"
did he have no powers as q conversation.
alist2'
mo; although he met great number OF
people, he never could say anything to them
He would simply answer their questions and
then stop. Once in while he wouli see
something and speak of il TO me or some
other OF his close friends, bat never 70 q
Stranger"
"Was be- grest resdsr2"
TON Thumb never read book, newsp sper
o. s1ght else. During al the time I Va.
WITH him l never cav him residing. II
n,ver took the least interest in the news or
ILe r mantle as 1t is found in nOvels.'
NV hat did he do with himself during the
lit eisure he hadf"
'Well, be never had very much leisure, but
he ed 20 occupy it in playing billiards or in
smoking. He dearly loved q hos-and
over diamonds he went wild. The fancy
may have partaken OF 3 boyish freak; al
though men Of rare INTELLECT can't help but
admire the exquisite color Of an old-mine
gen. BE st one time owned great many
diamonds and horses. 1t has been asserted
In the newspapers and out of them that tle
General drank to excess. Now. I will say
Il is in his behalf, so long as ] was with him
l never saw him under the influence of
liquor. He smoked several strong cigars a
day, but he never was IN Incorporate drink
err
"How about the married life-was that
hsppy2"
"lt was truly happy life. The dwarf
couple had more pleasant conjugal relations
thsn the average OF grown-up people. She
knew how to handle him; she had tact sud
everything went smoothly, and yet l do not
quite understand why she is now in Clncin-
natl"
WAS he rich a. TIE time OF his desth7"
al suppose no must have been, although ]
have no means of knowing now" said the
ex-manager Of the dwarf. "Hs made a great
deal CT money snd slso spent 8 great deal
hut he ought to have saved 0 go0cly sum
he certsinly made Bsrnum rich. 1 have al.
ways supposed the great Snowman got the
lions snare of the profits. TIE Gsnsral
broke with him because he suspected hs
could make moro money by managing
uis own tours. The dwarf also msds his
own parents rich. They vera poIr and
shiftless until Barnum di covered their prod
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The Most Beautiful rhing in the Bible.

The Most Beautiful Thing in the Bible.
"Say. do you know what think is the
most beautiful thing in the Bible2" asked
Peck's bad boy of the grocery man, "NO,
l dOn't,' replied the latter. WELL" said
the bad boy, 81 think the finest thing is that
story about the prOdigsl sOn, where the boy
went out West to paint the towns red He
spent his money in riotous living, and saw
everything that was going on, and got full
Of btnzine, and struck all the gangs of
toughs. both male and female and bis stomach
went. back on HIM, and he bad malaria,
ard finally no got to be cowboy, herding
hogs, and had to est husks that the hogs
didn't want, and got pretty low down.
Then be thought 1t was pretty good
scheme to DO getting around home, where
they had three meals day, and spring mat.
tresses, and he started home, beating his way
on the trains, ard ne didn't know whether
the cid man would receive him with open
AIMS or pointed boots, but the old man
csme down to the depot TO meet hin, aud
right there, before the passengers and the
conductor and the brskenea. he WASH
ashamed OF his boy, though he WIS ragged,
ard looked as though he had been on the
war-psth, and the old man fell on his neck
ard wept, and TOOK him home in q hack,
and had veal pot-pie for dinner. Tbst's
what all sense. A good many men now
days would have put the police Ca the
tramp and had him ordered ont Of town"
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To Saw Noth,pg of the D,scomfort.

chronic constipation is ailment very difficult 10
overcome by ordinary means. and absolutely In
imieal to health in the free discharge Of the various
physical functions. DysI epsis, liver complaint.
sict headaches. Inflammation OF he bowels, and a
variety of other complaints spring from or are az
grsvated by it. Among aperieuts Of a Tati n,
class, distinguished from the violent purg
far less esteemed than formerly by the profession
snd the public, Hostetters Stomach BitGers stands
otservt dly high. Il is sufficiently active without
being sudden ard painful in operation, and not
only affords radical relief from irregnarty of Ihe
bowels, but lnvigorates them snd their kind ed
OrRsns. the liver al 4 stomach. As tonic there
fore. no less than as aperent It rs an AT icie
the first rank. Fever and ague, rheumatic on
paints, want OF vitality. and kidney and b aide
ailments, are also within the scope of its -emsda
inluencp.
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WHO OwNErH T5E Rose TREE
SHOULD G rHE ROSE.
BY II NRRIs.

can not but think tnere Is something smiss.
envy no man his possessions, God
knows,
But IL seemeth 10 me there is justice in this:
who owneth the rose tree should gather the
rose.
planted rose tree, Watched it With care;
trained It MP tenderly, taught tito c imb.
God gave it the sunshine and gave it the air.
And said, he viii give me its roses in time.
Ny cottage was humble, my garden was small.
But grand enough, large enough, both, for my
love.
The house my reighbor was stately ana tall,
And flung me its shsdow in scorn from above.
Inurtured my rose Till at length it Ger grew
The Toor brbken wall OF my garden and chung
To the house OF my neighbOr; then upward it
drew,
Far above and DER looking the spot where it
sprung.
Itiahed, for / counted il wholly mine own,
But sid: II is strong and ambitious TO
Let it cling 10 my neighbours proud mansion of
stone,
Twin skill have the roses that blossom below
Alas for my hopel 1t grew up aud grew on;
IL IedCueu tue Hlsn WfuhcNs IL cluDS 20 the
sill;
II blooned round the easement as red as the
dawn,
But b low iii barren and blOssomless still.
Ny neighbor has roses. surfeit of sweet;
They garland his board when the banquet is
spread.
have but the dead ones that fall at my feet,
Flung down in disdsin when their fragrance
has fed.
sigh as think OF the Vyearisome years
/ waited and watched for the fruits OF my
love,
But still, as water ne root with my tears,
Ny neighbor is plucklng the roses above.
] envy him not what has climbed TO his hand:
Gods rain and Gods sunshine have caused it
TO grow.
Butstil IL seems hard he has only to stand
And pluck of the fruits of my labor below.
So il seemeth to me there is something amiss.
And viii it continue thus ever? God knoIsl
But right is still right, and there's justice in
this:
'Who ow2eth the rose tree should gather the
rose"
Greenfield, IND, July so,
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ICY Of q son, and with all his wonderful tao.
displayed him TO an sdmiring world. They
bad q certain percentage of the earnings un
ii the source Of the inc ,me wss of age. aud
st one time we're worth 100000. Unllcky
Investments and circus d windled the pile
until there was little eft. The Gen raj him
self began to gather in the coin after b. had
sttsiDed his majority. In England. attn ,lgh
it may seem fabulous, he often received fl00
q week"
Mr. Richard Z. Rose has in bis poseessi N
an interesting relic of tho late Gsn. To a
Thumb, in the shape of a pair of boots, worn
by the General when 81 years old. The
boots are not over a inches in length, and
Mr. Rose has never 'ound child able to
walk who can put them on.
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VARIOUS QUACKS.
who Each with His Own Pet scheme-CuI
tivate the Field Of Human Mature.

There have always been quseks-IegAl quaeks,
theological qUscks. scientific quaeks aud medical
quacks- Some Of them are bland, oils fellows who
argue and smile the woTid into believing in their
favorite DIT Of bumbug. Othes are pompous and
preteniious parasites. Bat they make it ray. Men
seem to love 60 be fWipdled sii7ulatng only that
it shall be neatly done.
The dear public are equally liberal to the cleo
trio and magnetic fraud. This fellow is a genius
in his l'ue. lie viii pui mag ctie belt around
your waist. e.nsgretc klsce unIer your chin,
or ct you out with sn entire suit Of magnetic
clothes, warranted TO serve zee purpose OF oTdin-
sry garments, and at me same tine to cure all
diseases, from WhOoplog cough % ATTY conEump-
ton.
Most of these have no more electric or magnetic
power about them than resides in wooden blankets
or in girdles Of sackcIoth. Only when applied by
en- expert is electricity Of the slightest use as a
medical ageat and even then its value Is grossly
overstated WHAT is the strongest ossIbIe pre-
sumpiive evidence ia favorof particular remedy
Clearly thai it should have been prepared by re-
sponsible persons Of acknowledged sklll in the
treatment # disease.
Squarely on this Foundation stands BENSON'S
CAPCINE POROUS PLASTER Endorsed By 5 COS
ply sicia +. pha m scistS. druggists chemists,
i! needs no further apology or Introduction. II is
The one and only true and tIied external applica-
ton. Quacks Of al kinds psy The Capcine the
compliment Of their dislike, as satan Is said TO
hste holy water.
LOOK in the middle OF The plaster for the word
"CApCINE" Price IS cents.
sesbury & johnson, Chem st. New York.
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555.-Diana Vernon.
How He Mashed that mashor.

a certain youth having requested an in.
PRODUCTION to pretty chorus gIrl, the matter
was quietly referred to her husband, who
was in the company. He arranged to have
the mssher brought behind the scenes and
presented while he stood by, and the rest of
the company lurked about among the piles
OF scenery 10 watch the fun. The introduc.
tion took place, and an invitation TO supper
was ofFerod. As her husbands eye wss upon
her, the lady could only remark that she
thought "this gentleman her husband, might
object" Everybody expected to see the
masher faint with confusion, but he didn't
seem at all disturbed. he merely said: "Ahi
we'll, il would be too bad to annoy him; le:
it go until some time when you're in iowa
without him" Then, turning to the hus.
band, no said, in low but distinct tone:
Poor fellow, pity You. II must be 30 ia
pleasant to feel that your wife regards you
IS an encumbTSnce, which prevents her hsv-
ing q good time" BE walked of, leaving
them sghast st his impudence.
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Ono Experiences From Many.

had been sick and miserable 80 long and
had caused my husband so much trouble and
expenee-no one seemed TO know what allied
me-tbat was completely disheartened and
discouraged. In this frame of mind gos a
bottle of Hop Bitters and used them I'M
known TO my family. | soon began to i'm.
prove and gained so fast that my husband
and family thought it strange and unnatural,
but when / told them what had helped me,
they said: "Hurrah for Hop Bitters Long
may they prosper for they have made
mother well and rs happy. Mother.
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CURIOUS. USEFUL and sCIEN rIFIc.

Lime water, with a small quantity of
sce'ic acid, is said TO make 8 good lax
eraser.
Professor @. +. Hines, of Carlisle, Pa.
has 1perimentally demonstrated that dcoDs
diminish In aizs as bottle is emptied.
The smell of fresh paint in a room may b
eftclGally gotten ria OF by placing Therein
q pail of water in which few onions 4 ave
been sliced.
a writer in the Scientific Californian suE.
gesis tafe method of drinking out Of cups
at fountains erected for public use. It lie to
J ut the lower lip inside OF the cup snc SIP
tse wster. instead of placing the edge Of the
cup between the lips.
To remove fixed glass shoppers, tsp and
then u1screw with this sort of wrench.
made of piece of strong wood: Have the
wood 70 inches long and one inch in
breadth and depth, with piece mortises
out largo enough to admit the fas part of
the glass stopper.
1t is seriously proposed that several Of the
European powers should unite in the sup-
preston Of Mohsmmedsn pilgrimsges to
Mecca by the occupation of the Holy City,
which is so charged with peetilence almost
always, and which sends so frequently toe
scourge of cholera over Egypt and the East.
The remedy suggested ia daring one. 1t
might cause terrible war. But something
has to be done very soon.
Prof. Huxley maintains that in fishing
districts sn acre Of sea was more profuse in
focd production than an acre Of land. Sal.
mon rivers required protection. But In the
case of the great sea the circumstances were
entirely different. He believed that the cd,
herring, pilchRrd, mackerel, and similar
fisheries were inexhsustible, and were en-
tirely beyond the control of man either to
diminish the number of fish or to increase
them by cultivation.
NJ, Faye, in paper resd before the Acad-
envy of Sciences, Paris, on July ,, regard
ing the tornsdOes which swept over Kansas
On May so, 1879, maintains that these
meteorological phenomena, like other storms
and hurricanes, are due 70 whiTlwints de-
scendiDg with vertical axes, and originating
not in the lower atmospheric strata, but 10
the upper currents, whose direction may be
quite different from the light winds which
previously prevailed nesr the surface of the
earth and quite independent of them.
This is description IN Le Genie Civil, Of
July 1, of floating grain elevator. The
structure was made az Bordeaux and plscsd
in the hsrbor 10 unload the vessels arriving
with csrgoes of grain. Il contains ap-
parstus for weighing, cleaning, snd sscking
The grsin. From the ships hold it can un-
load, weigh, clean, weigh grain, put into
sacks, and reload into trucks $50 tons per
hour. The elevator is mounted on 8 barge,
which is propelled by screw worked by
compound surface condensing stesm-engine
that furnishes the motive power for sll of
these operations.
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''FuII -


New York World.l
The time ives midnight and the situation
near the World Office. The man was fear.
fully and wonderfully full. He walked up
10 the fire alarm signal box and placed q
nickel in it. Then he sat down on the curb.
why don't the car stsrt7"
He received no answer.
"Why don't this car stsrt?p
Still no answer.
"Gimme back my fair, them"
It was not returned.
Then he jump d up, grabbed the tale
graph pole around the waist, and attempted
to trip it up. There was spirited Juggling
for several seconds, and then he msdea ter
rife kick at the "feet" of his sdver sry, and
the result was that he kicked himself over on
his own head.
AS ne executivized himself he moved of,
saying:
eyer asmarter conductor than l thought
yer wuZ, but 1 believe now that I'd 8
throwed yer if yer coat hadn't come off,"
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No. 5e2.-Pbysto.ogIcal Enigma.

No. 562.-PbysfotOSIcal Enigma.
The whole of 81 letters is squotatiou from
Shakespeare, recognizing the importance to
lie OF 8 certain class of organs.
The 6, Sc, 4S, 9, q is name given to q
part of the teeth.
The 81. 3, l, 5, II, Is is an important par
of the eye.
The :. Al, AZ, 7. "a. Al, 10 is a bone of tn
arm.
The !, 20, IL. 81. II, 48 is an artery of the
leg.
The ., 46, p, Is, II is the trunk of the
srterisn sysiem.
The 81 %, Is. II, 81. %, ., Al, IS, 10 is a
general name for the tube leading from the
stomach.
The 8, IS, 4S, so is the portion of the body
which possesses the chief organs of sensa-
ton.
The &c, 81, &c. 10 may be seen upon the
face.
The 81. 4s, 40. 20, II. As is nerve of the
arm.
The 80 81, 50, So, 16 are important aids to
the digestive system.
The ~, 4G, 81, %, 20 is a cavity for the in
PRODUCTION of food.
The 81 q, 4G, 81, As. so, IS, 81, %, 4S, Q,
40, Al L. the bone of the shoulder.
The 30, 43, q, SO and the 45, SIS, so are
abnormal growths upon the surface of the
body.
The 40, SO, Q, "a, SO is the motor of the
crculstory system. UNCLE CLAUDE
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tho wrong medieine was Right.

"l've given that boy the wrong medi.
cine" exclaimed a druggist, seizing his hat
and rushing from the store. The boy had
reached home by the time the druggist over.
took him.
"Say," exclaimed the druggist, as an old
negro approached, "rve given your boy the
wrong medicine."
What did yer gin him7"
Il gave him morphine. You sent for
quiDine."
"Det's oil right. Do udder day i sent for
morphine, an yer cent me quinine, an dis
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QUE YOUse FOLKS.
The Beautriui Day.

The BeautIius Day.
1--WE did not mean to DO wr0ug," she said,
With a mist III her eyes OF tears unshed,
Like the haze Of the midsummer wealth
1--WE thought you would slI be as happy as
We:
But something mos; always goes wrong you
When We have our play time toge her.
before the dew on the grass wa dry.
We were out this lnOrni. 3 Reuteu aud IL,
AnS truly, think that n-ver-
For all that you and Mamma may say
Will tht1e be agaIn such u nappy day
In all the daysof forever!
1.-THE sunshine was yellow as gold, and the
Were as sleepy and blue as the oabv's eyes;
And soft little Wild was blowing
And rocking the daisy buds 20 and Irb:
We played that the meadows were white with
Where the crowding blossoms were grow
ing.
1.-The birds and the bees flew about in the sun.
And there Was not thing that Was sOEry-not
That dear morning down in the m adow
But We could not bear to think-Rsuben and
That our beautiful day would be done. by aud
And our sunshiny world dark with shadow.
$50 into the hail We quietly stepped.
1t was cool and still, aud a beam crept
Through the door, and the Olrds were sing
ing
We stole as softly as we could go
To the click at the foot OF The stairs, you
know,
With its big, bright pendulum swinging.
Eve knew that the sun dropped down out of
heaven,
And brought the night, when the clock struck
For so 1 had heard Mamma saving;
Ana We turned back the hands Till they point
ca 10 ten.
And our beautiful day began over again,
And theR ran away 10 our paying.
''Tm afraid can't tell you the rest" she said,
With a rrOWful drOOp OF the fair little head,
'Ne had only been out such few minutes
more,
When. lust as Il always had happened before,
We found that our dear day was gO.ng
"The shadows grew long, and the blue skies
were gray,
And the beSs and the butterflies all flew away,
And the dew ON the grasses falling.
The sun not shine ia the sky any more,
And the birds cid not sing, and away oy the
door
We heard Mammals voice TO US calling.
"But the night viii be done, suppose, By and
And we have been thinking Reuben andI-
That peIhsps, and she smiled through
her SORROW
"PeThaps il may be, after all, better so,
For il to-day lasted forever you kaOW,
There would never be any tO-morrOWr'
-MAEGAREr JOHNSON, in 81. Nicholas.