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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-12-01
Texas Excursion

Leaves ST. Louis Dec. S, at $50
2. M. Low rates OF fare. cheap
lands. low taxes, fine climate, a
pleasant winter trip. The best
State in the Union, either for
settlers or investors. Go and see.
Full particulars, maps and pa
pers furnished by
DIR. J. O. HARRIS.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-12-01
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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-12-01
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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-12-01

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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-12-01
HARPER'S PERIODICALS.

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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-12-01
COMPOUND OXYGEN DIsPEHsARy,

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The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-09-01
WOULDN'T HINT.

This Is fine time of nigh; for yo;; to be getting home. ind: :snan;.y remarked wife as she opened the fFon; door ;or her husband
 Whats ;he matte. with you :" he asked w;;h ;ha, peculiar gravity which accompanies certain stage of drunken ness. Rome wasn', built Tn day Do you think man can come home in d minute"
 Rome wasn't built n a night. that's evident. and if |, had been lei, with you il never would have been bGiit. You would have been only Ii; 10 make i, howl"
 Now, there you go. Man can; come to see his wife wi,hou; getting in:o a discussion. Af,er awhile yoal. hin, ,ha, I'm drunk.
 No. shall no, hin, anything of the kind
 There. l knew you were j good girl.
 ! shail not hin, |, because know you are as drunk as fool
 = An, Lord, tix .he bed.'
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-09-01

{" Yes, you see am descended from the French. always keep the French stuff in my house. knowing" and here he hic- coughed, that there is nothing like a French bust. Now an English bust is all very well, but it often deceivcs a man The French bus, is always the same and he laughed like an idiot, while his com panions in the cause of temperance rolled on the floor and laughed in a drunken chuckle.
 Whenever you feel little weak, continued the general, Just call on the Eighteenth Louis. He's the captain, le, me tell you. Why, sir, if it hadn't been for that old sovereign, 1 would have been sad many a time. In many of our cam Paigns against the evil effects of whisky he has helped me {hic) and am under many obligations to him. You were never in France, eh? Well you don, know the force of genuine reform. Now when you speak of (hic) reforms, the French revolution, the whole world mus, acknowledge, was the greates, of them all'
 Yes said 'bu, how abou, the temperance reformation, general:'
 - Why, that, sir, is not marker to the French revolution. Talk to me about revolution. There's nothing in the revolutions of these days that calls into gian, agitation the bes; blood of re- fined man.
 = But we are temperance reformers, l suggested.
 - Ina. makes ID difference. Le,'s vs, the statue Of the Eighteenth Louis.
 We went to the statue. The gener al held vase under the spou, and drawing l, fall bade me drink to the cause of tenn. peranee. drank from the bust of the king. how often do not know. but l do know ;ha, when | stopped was willing to figh, for he eighteenth sovereign.
 When awoke the next morning, wondt il such performances were cor. ducive to temperance. tel, just as once did when had spen, the nigh, in a bar-room. and experienced a remorse of conscience until the old general came to my room and said
 - Come. get up immediately, pump a few snifters from Louis, and then address the crowd
 arose in disgust. did not consul the magnificent piece of sculpture bu went out among the hills. am still | temperance man. Here, bartender Give us beers all reund."
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-09-01
WOULD HAVE AN EASY TIME

Say. how long io these mosquitoes bite - asked guest ot an Afkansaw hotel as a colored gentleman entered with pitcher of water. II have been lying here hghtng 'en for an hour How long to you suppose they will keep up this business =
 "Well. dunno. sal, 'Cordn se; how nanny ia is.
 There are ten thousand.
 In da, case. sah. Is 'coydin' ter bow hungry d. is"
 They aie IS hungry as wolves"
 " Den yer's mighty likely ter hab trouble wid 'em. sah.
 Why don, you pu, bar over the ped ,"
 "'Case nobody eber sleeps in dis room but one night. When one night man comes along we gives him dis room Didn't nobody sleep in heah las nigh, an dat's de reason da's so hungry. Ei yer'd happen ter strike dis bed jes' arter ia, man had been in i,. yer'd hab a easy time. sah."
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-09-01
WOULD CONTRIBUTE.

An old man came to the city the other day and seeking the governor. said:
 " l hear that Arkansaw expects every man to contribute something to the Louis vile exposition"
 "ies. the governor replied. "lt is a matter of state pride and we would like for every man to contribute something. When do you propose to make the con- tribu,ion =
 Righ, now"
 !" How much s''
 "Oh. won, give any money, be, I'll send something heap better. I'll con- tribute the loan of my son here" turning to boy that stood beside him.
 " He would beo no use," the governor said.
 The deuce he wouldn't. He's the bisges: curiosity in my community.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-09-01
WHERE WERE THE TAILS

A man wearing new black coat wen, into store, and while moving around knocked down sto, gun which was discharged. tearing or the tails oi the garment.
 Thank heaven thas you are no, killed" exclaimed the proprietor. rushing 10 him.
 Killed, repeated the man contemp- suously. ~Of course I'm no, killed. bu, d. il. whar air them eoa, sails:"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-09-01

REPORT comes from Arkansaa that q negro IS changing color, and becoming whi;e The negro probably had 10 change color il he ever expected to get a paying ottce.- Pees'i SnH.
 Yes, change of color is necessary to the acquisition of lucrative office. The black gentleman can fill the office oi justice of the peace, where ignorance of the law is regarded as an accomplish ment, but government, appointments. ex. eept in one or two instances, are bey ond his reach. The republicans and demo- crats hug the colored brother during the season of that unholy affection born of a political campaign. bu, when the votes are all cast and counting out is over the colored man Is put aside until he can again be of service 10 his country. In the matter of soliciting the negro votes, the democrats are worse than the republicans. for the republicans generally regard the ncgros vote as the legal property of his party. and very ot;en allow him to go over to the other side and be hugged by ,he democrats. Arkan- saw politics arc disgusting, The chiv. alric gentleman who years ago swore tha, if the negroes were ever allowed the right ot suffrage he would leave the coun- try. nov draws aside the old negro whom he a, one time owned and whose broad back had many and many time been lashed by the overseer from the north. and .ondles with him and begs for his vote. The northern overseer is repub- loan and in hugging the negroes re- minds them of the time when they were in the clutches of relentless masters.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-09-01
ONLY TEN.

I'll have to fine yoa hse dollars. said a police judge to man who had been arrested for drEnkeness.
 Judge. you eush; TO. Q make me pay five dollars. N'hy, you know me. l keep summer gesoy; hoe. near here, and you stopped with me couple oi weeks a; the opening ot the season"
 "oh. yes. ! remember you now. Of course shall no, me you nve dollars
 Thank you, sir"
 III only fine you ten dollars"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-09-01
AN AooRIEvED MAN.

A large negro called at the office of a Little Rock newspaper and, drawing out paper, said:
 \ @Fse got complaint ter make, sah.
 "Well, sir" replied the editor, whats the matter?"
 Read dis" and he placed a finger that looked like cold ehisel on the fol- lowing paragraph
 While every one mus, recognize the foundation upon which our social ins,i- sutions are based. yet no one of profound learning can admire the prosessional--ii il we may use such tern-socie.y man.
 Did yer write dat:" asked the negro
 "Yes."
 Den. sah, yers go: me ter whup."
 = Bc; why do you take oaense I; does no, in the leas, refer ;o you.
 s De debil l, doan.''
 Are you a society man =
 "Yas. sah, Is. I'se de secretary ob de Society ob de Sons ob Ham. an I'll be dinged ef doan stan up fur my rights. When a newspaper says su,hin agin 'scie,y man. i; slaps a; me as well as de udders. an de fack dat lse de fusl ter take i, up, prubes da, l'se de bes sciety man, an titled ter stan at de head ob de order. Is yer ready ter gin me satisfaction =
 Il do no, mind lighting you. as haven, killed a negro since breakfas, and only by earnes. and persistent en- Ceivor did get in three effective shots this morning before daylight. but the paragraph does not refer to you. I, is a slam at the white whippersnapper whose only aim is to put on clean shirt and visit simpering young ladies"
 Meant fur de white folks, was it Wall, den. I'se yer frien', boss. Oats dc fus' lick dat's been struck fur de niggers since de wah, an ef it want agin dc established rules ob de order, we'd 'nishi. ate yer inter de 'sciey. Ain't got ole hat or par ob britches layin' 'roun'. i. yer? Wall, I'll wal, till yer SCOUTS 'roun' on dem britches while longer. an com, an gi; 'em. Bleeged ter yer. boss. ful yer sdera:ion.'
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-09-01

Society item. in daily paper: ..The many friends of Mir. John Quillbury rejoice that he has returned to the city, after a most pleasant visit to the mountains. Mir. Quinbury is one of our mos, prominen. young men and we welcome him home. :" Next day, police court item: John Quillbury was yesterday arrested for drunkenness and fined i've dollars. In defaul, of boni-he was sen, ,o the lock up"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-09-01

AN apprecia,ive corresponden, asks the politics of this paper. Now this is too much. Why any ore should wish to know the politics oi this paper is some thing which we are not in the leas, pre-. pared ,o explain. The idea of this paper is the right. We do no, know 10 which par. ,y ,his paper belongs. We are halt nclined to believe thatit does no; belong 10 either party. The republican parry cannot be called right because it is not right. and upon the same grounds the democrats cannot be called just because they are noi just. In truth, no political party is honest, bu, yet each one attempts 10 up- hold principle of political honesty. When any one discovers a prln. eiple of political honesty he viii please le, US know. We have offered reward of two hundred dollars for the honest leader of a political party. and the money will be paid to the discoverer of this phenomenon. if he will only present himself at this office. Ne have been living in Arkansaw for some time and have known many poli,icians-good fellows who would do anything for their friends, but we have never seen an honest political leader. Doubtless there are many prominent gentlemen who will feel aggrieved al this assertion. but we kindly invite them to assume the position of political leader and then le, affairs take their course. We do not doub, but there are many honest men in Arkansaw politics; men who hold office to the credi, of the com monwealth, but we have no reason to be. lieve that the manipula,ors who put them in office are honest. This is not said against any party. In Arkansaw all par ties are corrupt. The democrat will count out and the republican will mis- count. The terms are only technical.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-09-01

This boy: Why, sir, luther day he go, down into barrel and eat live rat. Where's another boy tha, can do it, hah .''
 We don't care anything for that. The idea of contributing is to exhibit the re- sources of our state.-
 Well, ain't he resource, hah: Amt he worth more than a big potato or a cabbage! Don't want him? All right. You've been appealing for aid and refuse to take it when it comes. I've done my duty and if the things a Allure it ain, my fault. Come on, son.r
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-09-01

A eo',lS S-Gcse man with q curious smile Came ,o our osfice and stood round awhile.
 ln Away dejeeted and sad And when we addressed question 10 him. He leld GU; his leg, and shaking the limb.
 Yelled like man ,ha, was mad Then wc discovered with feelings oi pain That the poor old fellow was wildly insane,
 A fact portrayed by his face: And waen we had asked him 10 tel. gs h:s
 name
 He opened his niog,h and :roal il there same.
 Tller $ .gf ia ;he raes
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-09-01

A CINCINNATI tdi,or says thA, Whitel aw Reid Is a lar. Arkansaw journalism l, rav- cling northward.-ARkANsAw IRAVELER. l. ls several hundred mics from tie nearest Cincinnati newspaper office To the Y,z.has, office in New York ls that the way YOU call men liars Tn Arkansaw t-.HcreH1st- Trays!er.
 That's the way. It's safer. you know. The distance between Cincinnati makes no difference. Cincinnati is between New York and Little Rock. and to reach Cin- cinnati you must travel in northerly di- reCtion.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-09-01

MRS. LANGrRY writes as follows 10 her theatrical managers in America; The people of London dc not know how to appreciate fine acting. Please tell me how much you can allow. Don't forge, 10 mention in the bills that l am d star We all know that Mrs. Lanstty is star. She is even more than star. She is a nnnn
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-09-01

SOME of the English writers are anxious in regard to Henry Iring's success in America. The English critics should know that the people of this country al- ways appreciate anything foreign. Even the foreign rheumatism would be hailed with csthetie delight;
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-09-01

BUFFALO BilL has not yet secured his farm in the heart of Cleveland. The Cleveland people have ever shown a de- preciaton of the drama
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-09-01

Gii4eoiti's kAhinsf. published in plusburg, improves steadily Is illus ,ra,ions are no: surpassed by any paper in he country ant it reading mater is always tresh and sri 4h,.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-09-01

An Indian chief bears the name of Looking Glass He Is the terror of the piaan.-B0sfea Tyanseyte1
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-09-01

An improbable story is properly called canard. because intelligent people can ard1y believe it.-Piss'Hggl 7slsyyatG.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-09-01

As Iesuvics is in state of eruption. now IS the time 10 :. see Naples and die -Rosker.sy Poss-Erfveys.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-09-01
JOU URNALISMS.

i'm Tom Storey, of Arkansaw, has sold the Malvern Meteor and is now publish ing the Malvern .lioH;loy He is an ex- perieneed newspaper man and will sue. ceed.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-09-01

The Ese, ot Chicago, paper whose editorials we have always admired. has purchased Chsck, paper well known all over the country. Both of these ex- cellen, publications will now appear as one. The editor Of the E. is an edu. cated man, whose writings are lar above the work of to-day's newst aper man, In every paragraph he tells you of some thing you desire to hear.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-09-01

The Winston Sentne., edited by Ed ward oldham comes ou, enlarged. The .>entinel deserves all of the patronage i, vii! ever secure. although it's circulation may rank high up among the numbers.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-09-01

G,:t, that bright shee, once published a, Kansas Cl,y and afterwards d, s,. Jos eph, now comes from Howard, Kansas. The editor oi U,:t is a bright. toreible writer and is worthy of all the success which IS accorded industrious man.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-09-01

American da,s = Pancakes. Cigs:.- .as Tyss'Eiy.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1883-04-02
Arrival of Irish Girls at Nashua.

From the Boston journal.
NASHUA, N. H., March aI.-Major T.. B.
Crowley, who iourneyed to Ireland six or
eight weeks ago in search of operatives for
the cotton mills of this city, reached home
last night. During his absence he has suf-
fered great deal with an old wound received
in the army, and has experienced more of
hardships than he anticipated when he sailed
from America. The return voyage was with
out Incident, save head winds and consequent
delay in time. His party consisted of 22s fe-
males, all of whom have certificates of good
Character from the priests of the parishes from
which they came, and all of whom are in good
health. The party disembarked this
morning at the Fitchburg wharf from
a steamer at the Allan Line, and was i'm
mediately put on board a special train
which arrived in this city this forenoon, and
to avoid the curious continued upon the side
track to the yard of the Nashua Manufactur-
ing company, from which they were quietly
distributed to the boarding houses, 90 to the
Jackson Manufacturing company and the
others remaining with the Nashua company.
The new corners are not imported for the pur-
pose OF displacing old operatives. The mills
OF the companies have been enlarged, and the
transaction is one that is regulated entirely by
the law of supply and demand. They will be
distributed in the various departments Of the
mills and instructed in the labors they are to
perform. They are not under an arbitrary
contract, the only contract being that a per
cent. OF their wages shall be withheld in pay
ment OF their passage. Two hundred new
operatives among the thousands in this city
will make but little show. and the probability
is that not one citizen in 10 will note the add.
ton.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1883-04-02
Piles.

Piles are frequently preceded by a sense of
weight in the back, loins and lower part of the
abdomen, causing the patient to suppose he
has some affection of the kidneys or neghbor-
ing organs. At times symptoms of Indigestion
are present, as tlatulency, uneasiness of the
stomach, etc. A moisture like perspiration,
producing a very disagreeable itching partic-
ularly at night after getting warm in bed, is a
very common attendant. Blind Bleeding and
Itching Piles yield at once to the application of
DR.. BOsankO'S Pile Remedy, which acts directly
upon the parts affected, absorbing the TumOrs
alaying the intense itching, and effectinR a
permanent cure where all other remedies have
failed. Price 10 cents. Sold by q. Schasse, A.
Dreiss and L. Orynski.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1883-04-02
A Case of Official Meanness.

From sketch of Increase, Allen Lapham," in
Popular Science Monthly for April.
treatise on the grasses of Wisconsin and
the adjacent States, which was published in
the first volume of the Transactions of the
State Agricultural Society,"" was the forerun-
ner of a suggestion which he made to the
Commissioner Of Patents 1.-THE hon. Charles
Mason), that the agricultural department Of
his Office might appropriately undertake a
descriptive catalogue Of all the native, natu
rallied and cultivated grasses of the United
States. An appropriation was obtained from
Congress for this object, and Mr.. Lapham
was invited by the Commissioner of Patents
to undertake the work. 1t was to include
the collection of specimens and the arrange
ment in books for distribution among State
societies and agricultural colleges; drawings
and enlarged illustrations of the flow ers
of each species; the collection and
distribution Of seeds; the preparation of an
exhaustive report on each species, and all facts
relating to its economic value; and an expedi-
ton to the West Indies or South America for
the collection of improved varieties of sugar
cane. Several months were spent in the pre-
hminary arrangements for this work; but when
the first quarters account for salary was pres
ented to the Secretary Of the Interior, whose
Endorsement of it was required by law, that
officer, who had not recognized Mr.. Lapham's
appointment, refused to allow it, saying that
SO useful and responsible trust should not be
conferred upon one whose political sentiments
were not in all respects in accord with those
OF the party in power. Mr.. Lapham, though
disappointed and $1,000 poorer for what he had
done, went on with his catalogue, and COM
pleted it so as to include all the grasses of the
United States and territories, so lar as they had
been previously described and named, with
their localities, geographical distribution, time
OF Towering, etc., which still remains in man.
uscript.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1883-04-02
Announcement Extraordinary.

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and music books are respectfully informed
that we have been appointed sole agents in
Texas for AL publications of 5. Branards' Sons
cleveland and Chicago, and re'prepared TO
furnish the trade and pro essionals with goods
at Eastern prices. Our stock is soon to be in
creased by the addition of 1900 pieces of sheet
music and full line of music books not now in
this market. Prices on application. Our pianos,
organs and general merchandise first-class.
Tuning and repairing by a first class workman.
Orders solicited.
ALAMO Music HOUSE,
go Commerce street, San Antonio.