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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-08-25
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loo tlreu-A paiI VI "hS''S'
The dentists motto-Too thin.
A poker par,y-The rag picker.
pleasantries-M Naples and elms.
A safe blower-A pair of bellows.
A bright Acknowledgements.
The ligh, guard-A glass chimney
Tie deck of the ocean s,eamer-Thc
poker deck
Always room for one mower--lh TIC nay
field.
The mos, useful thing IN the long run
Breath.
Uniform prices-Whatthe tailor charges
for soldiers clothes.
Lovers should quarrel often, Tor the
make up is, oh so yum yum.
People who are talking oil dammihs
Niagara should try Is effect on the hack
men first.
Directions for resuscitatlng hall
drowned individual: fits girl, whisper
ice cream.
The Boston Traceler says the only thing
bangs are good for is to conceal mosquito
bites.
If you want to gain the undying haired
of a woman who owns and pets poodle
dog, send her package of flea powder
It has become the fashion tor rich men
to own steam pleasure yachts, but the poor
man, as usual, has TO content himself with
schooners.
And now abide these three-the trade
dollar, the English sparrow and the DUDE,
and the smallest OF them is Freddie Geb-
hart.
The country editor had evidently been
putting on a clean pair of Stockings when
he wrote 1--WE have just seen new thing
in shoes"
. According to correspondent, some
Young ladies at Rye Beach while bathing
make believe they are drowning to have
young men rescue them.
A Peruvian living in Milan has made q
clock entirely out of bread. This reminds
US OF Philadelphia blacksmith who
made an anvil out OF bread. The bread
was presented to him by Vassar college
girl. She baked it herself
England is alarmed over the spread of
the foo. and mouth disease. 1t Is a terri
Bile disease. 1t has broken out among the
Ohio politicians. Whenever one of them
opens his mouth to speak he puts his foot
in it,
A Boston school girl can not be made toI
speak Of oyerals She prefers TO call them
super .omncs. Now let some of those wild
western sheets again sneer at our culture,
If they dare Boston Transcript.
Sarah Bernhard says in her book that
she was not very pretty rs girl. 1t Is
too late to remedy the defect now; but
Sarah can console herself with the reilec
ton that il she lives twenty years longer
she Will be a pretty old woman
A young lover in Iowa paid $40 for a
locomotive to run HIM thirty.ilvc miles To-
see his girl, and when he got there the
family dog ran HIM two miles and didn't
charge hun cent. Corporations have no
souls.
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(First publication Nov. 80, 1897 No g.
STATE OF WISCONSIN,-COU COURT
> FOR MAN1TOWOC COUNTY.-IN PROBATE.
In The matter of the estate OF John Shu5er, de
ceased.
On reading and fling the petition OF James c
john Shuber, deceased, setting forth the amour :
of personal estate that has to his lands, and
the G. position thereof; tie names of the heirs Of
said deceased designating all said heirs rs min
deceased, and description of all the real estate
Of which said deceased died seized. and thc con
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Of: aud praying that license be to him granted.
administrator aforesaid, to sell the Is of u of
IA OF Wa OF NW4 of section Is, aud the "a of
20 north, of range %, east, ia the county and
state aforesaid, whereof said deceased died seized
and possessed; and II appearing by said petition,
that there is not sufficient personal estate in the
hands of said administrator to pay said debts. and
that 1t Is necessary in order to pay the same, to
therefore ordered that said petition be heard by
and before this court, on Tuesday, the second day
OF January, A. 1888, al len o'clock A. M at the
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county.
And it is further ordered that notice of the hear
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sonsly served on all persons interested in said
estate, residing IN said county, at least twenty
days before said day of hearing.
Dated at Manitowoc, Wisconsin, the 2Sth day
OF November, A. D., 1882. de %
By the Court,
r. D. SMART. County Judge.
SCtmitz i kirwan, Attys for Admin strator.
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GAMBETTA, one of Frances greatest
statesman, died OF Sunday night. He
was man of intense energy and perhaps
the most dangerous enemy Germany had.
His settled purpose was to restore Alsace
and Lorraine to France and there is not
much doubt that If be had lived war
between France and Germany would be
inaugurated as soon as he felt satisfied
the former had sufficient strength to cope
with her formidable adversary, Gambet-
to was young man. only "A years of age.
He was an italian Jew, but q true French
man in patriotism. He was of one time
prime minister and ever since the estab-
lishment Of the republic leading man
in public affairs.
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Heap Gone.

Following is the classic and
language in which Bill Nye, the Boom
erang man, paralyzes dead-beat:
Another land mark OF Laramie has
gone. Another wreck has been streWn
upon the sands Of time. Another gay
bark has gone to pieces upon the cruel
rocks, and above the broken spars and
jib boom and foretop gallant royal main
brace and spanker boom euchre deck
the cold, damp tide is moaning.
We refer to L. w. Shredder, who re-
Gently left this place inoog., also in debt
largely to various people Of this gay and
festive metropolis.
Laramie has been the home at various
times of some of the most CLASSICAL dead
beats of modern times, but Shredder
was the noblest, the most grand and CO
lossal of dead beats that has ever visited
our shores. Born with unusual abilities
in this direction, he early learned how
to enlarge and improve upon the talents
thus bestowed upon him, and here in
Laramie he soon won place at the
front as man who purchased every
thing and paid for nothing. He had a
way of approaching the grocer and the
merchant that was well calculated to
deceive, and he did in several instances
make representations which we now
learn were false.
He was by profession carpenter and
joiner, having learned the art while cut
ting cordwood on the Missouri bottoms
near Omaha for the Collins Brothers.
Here he rapidly won this way to the front
rank by erecting some of the most COM
manding architectural ruins of which
modern wood assassination can boast.
He would take Ratchet and buck
saw and carve out his fortune anywhere
in the world, and it wouldn't cost him
cent. He filled his whole trans Mis-
souri, country with his fame and his
promissory notes and then skinned out
and left us here to mourn.
Good bye, Shredder. Wherever you
70, we will remember you and hope
that you may succeed in piling up a
monument of indebtedness as you did
here. You were industrious and untir-
ing in efforts to become a great fnan-
cial wreck and success has crowned
your efforts. We will not grudge you
the glory that coagulates about your
massive brow"
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A statistical writer says: "Rhode Is
land has furnished more men of national
reputation for inherent deviltry than
any other Northern State. Wild Bill
was born in Providence, Billy, the
Kid of recent unsavory renown, came
originally from Watch Hill, and Ca
lamity Jane is native of fashionable
Newport. Texas Jack for whom, like
Homer, seven cities claim the honor of
lis birth, was born in Bristol. and
Yellowstone Kelley the scout of Mon
tana, is native of Pawtucket."
The aggregate wealth of the State of
New York is estimated at $7,000.00O,-
900. This is about a seventh Of the
estimated wealth OF the whole United
States. William H. Vanderbilt is sup
posed upon the best of grounds to be
worth $3.50, 100000. This would make
him the possessor of about one forty-sixth
part of all the wealth of the Empire
state, and of about one hundred and
twenty-second part Of that Of the whole
country. That is to say that this indi-
vidual, in population of over 50.000,-
900 of people in the United States, rep
resents in wealth the importance Of
nearly 100000 men.
Of old Stephen Girard is told an
anecdote showing his inability to pro-
nounce the English language. He call
ed ''wax' "vaska-" He had mischiev-
Gus boy named Barney, who spent his
idle time ii. the counting house. The
apprentices, no less mischievous than
Barney, said to him one day: Cant
l. Il 4
makers vaska?" eyes," says Barney,
''if you will give me ftp" The boy
knew when Girard would come in and
seated himself Oh a chair, with his bare
foot in his lap, scratching the sole of it.
At the proper moment Mr.. Girard came
in. Barney" said he ''vat's de matta?"
Il think have a splinter in my foot"
was the reply. "Put piece of shoe
maker vaska on it," said Girard. And
SO Barney earned his Zip.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-01-04

president BAscoM has adopted q view
OF fine educational purpose of the state,
aul particularly of the functions of the
high school, that will go far toward re-
moving the feeling of antagonism here
torora existing between the common
schools and the state university. The
policy adopted by those whose special
care lie university is, was that the COM
mon school and the whole educational
machinery o. The state, hal for their
highest and special object the promotion
of the interests of the university. The
course Of study, in a majority OF the high
schools, was arranged mainly With ref
erence to the requirements of admission
60 the state university. 10 attention
was paid to The needs of those whose
schooling did not contemplate anything
beyond what the high school offered.
Their interests were subordinated to the
demands of the few who sought colleg-
late education. The idea was promulga-
ted that the university was the head of
the system and that all the parts of that
system shOula shape themselves so as to
properly come under that head. Fine
theories were euunciated and the univer-
eity gave orders to the serfs who were
gathering the harvest for their feudal
lord.
it was bHt natural that feeling of hos
til.ty toward the university should have
sprung up and grown in strength as the
arrogance Of the university increased.
Thousands were denied the training
their wants demanded because TIE uni
yersity wanted its preparatory work done
hy the schools. The masses were to be
denied education because the few wanted
% be prepared for ''entrance to the
Freshman or Sophomore year"
President Bascom has seen the error
q this policy and at the late meeting of
Tire State Teachers Association stated
that the interests of the university were
best served by the schools doing their
work without reference to that cap sheaf
OF the educational system. That the
more general intelligence became, and
tba more Efficient the common schools,
The greater the prosperity of the univer-
eity. That Institution had to rely more
upon the educational spirit aroused by
tie schools aiming to fit people for the
duties of citizenship and the affairs of
lie, than upon any attempt to shape
their course OF study so as to lead to the
curriculum OF university.
These be brave words" and wise ones
as we'll and indicate an abandonment of
That haughty policy with which the I'M
averslty offended every advocate of the
common school education. That of
higher character limited as it is, is second
AIRY IN importance and should be second
IN the interest which it creates.
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Is IT TRUE2

Is time passes Garfelds reputation
becomes more deeply involved in clouds
and many who thought him Immaculate
ere willing to concede that he did not
walk uprightIy in the path of rectitude.
The last charge or rather re-assertion in
more positive terms of charge before
made, Is the most serious.
Ii will be recollected that Stanley
Mathews, vas nominated to the supreme
bench by Hayes, but the senate refused
to confirm the appointment, on many
grounds, not the least of which were his
connection with the election frauds OF
Louisiana and his being in the employ
snent of Jay Gould the great railway
king.
Gould and railway companies in gen.
eral, we're quite anxious to get Mathews
on tie bench. The Pacific Railway COM
panv have sought to evade repayment to
i3e United States of advances made, Sc
cured by mortgage, while the construc-
ton Of the road was in progress. Thur
man, for years the leading democrat SEN
etor from Ohio. and the man whom the
legislature of that state retired to private
life, electing Garfield as senator in his
stead, had secured the passage of bill
requiring the railroad company to estab-
Iish sinking fund to meet the obliga-
items Of the road to the government.
This was forcing the monopolists TO pay
their debts to the government. something
tbev wished to escape, and they looked
q the supreme court for relief. To
:laNe t5eir attorney judge of that court
would Of course give them an advantage
which they did not hesitate to secure.
The strait in which the republican party
YounI itself AFTER its defeat in Maine
furnished Gould an opportunity of bend
inc Garfield to his will. Money was
scarce and hope was well nigh extin-
guished. Gould was appealed to for assis-
tanoa and his ultimatum was, that in ex-
change for his subscription Of 100000
t. the campaign fund, Stanley Mathews
was to be appointed one of the judges of
the supreme bench. Gould was to
shrewd to trust to promise and had the
stipulation put in writing. Whitelaw
Reid being made its custodian. 1t has
been said that R3id made his possession
OF this document means to force Gar
fgld TO Withstand the protests of Conk-
Ing against the appointment OF Robert
son.
Reid was just the man Gould would
select as custodian of such written con-
tract. Gould owns the paper of which
Reid Is editor,in chief and pliable
tool in the hands of his master. He can
can be relied upon to do just what Gould
may direct aud in case of Garfield's re-
FusaI to nominate Mathews, the agree
yaent would be published. Garfield kept
his word; Mathews was nominated and
confirmed and now the n. Y. Sun has
undertaken to give an expose of the
whole affair.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-01-04

THE Ford brothers have sbeen making
money out of their notoriety as banditti
and murderers. Lately in Boston dur
ing a performance by the brothers some
one had the hardi- hood to suggest that
the slayers of Jesse James were nc good.
Instantly thoy leaped from the stage
brandishing .revolvers and cleaned the
house out. Policemen promptly arrest
ed them.
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The Lick Observatory.

Concerning the Lick observatory the
San Jose (Cal.) Times says: The obser-
vatory is situated on the lowest of the
peaks of the mountain, at an elevation
of 4, 2S5 feet above the sea. We found
here ample testimony that the S114, 900
which Capt Frazer has paid out this
year has been wisely expended. Al
most one-half of the observatory proper
is now being rooted. When completed
it will be 210 feet long, with width in
the centre of 60 feet, and is 40 at each
side. At one end of this structure stands
dome 80 feet in diameter at the base
and 46 feet high in which is mounted
fine twelve inch refracting telescope.
This instrument is twice the size of any
other glass in the state, and is capable
of power of 1000 diameters 1t can
cause the moon, which is almost 240.-
600 miles away, to appear as though it
were but 200 miles distant. The remain
der of the finished section of the build
ing will be devoted to q clock-room, a
large workshop, dormitory, and writ
ing-room, and roception-room for Wis
itOrs The excavation for the great
dome is so feet in diameter. The dome
IL
be occupied by the famous thirty-six
inch refractor. This glass is the largest
IN the world, the next in order being
the Vienna refractor, twenty-seveD
inches, the telescope at the Naval OBJ
servatory at Washington, twenty-six
inches, the Newhall instrument at New
castle, England, twenty-five inches, and
the recently -erected refractor at the
Halsted observatory, Princeton, TWEEN
ty-three inches. The focal length nee
essary for the Lick telescope can not be
determined until the object glass is test
ed. Hence it is now impossible to build
the dome for its reception, for its length
may be any where from forty to sixty
feet. Two small structures adjoining
the main building are already supplied
with apparatus indispensable to the as
frppomar
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-01-04

Did it ever occur to you why old Sol
ONION made the remark about their be-
ing nothing new under the sun? Well,
the fact was that his numerous wives
and wifelets kept limiting to him about
having new bonnets, and he merely
murmured that there was nothing new
under the sun. in order that they might
be made to believe that the fall styles
in hats had not yet struck on.
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A rbaHrp Far lnp Vp9r cphzrrihars

During the summer of 1882, The Tribune made
the experiment of offering RIDPATHS HIS
TORY OF THE UNITED STATES. The book
met with an unexpected welcome. The offer
is continued one year. The book is popular
history of the United States, from the aborig1n-
al time to the present day, coming down to the
Inauguration of President Arthur. 1t Is large
octave. T23 pages, the retail price is 80. We
will SEND The Weekly Tribune one year, and
the History for IS. which is only the price OF
the book. We will send The Semi-Weckly Tri-
bune one year, and the History, 81. In both
cases we pay the postage.
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OK the first of the year The Sentinel
appeared in an enlarged form and gave
other evidences of improvement. The
Sentinel by virtue of its editorial ability
and the excellence of its news depart
ment deserves to be ranked with the first
paDers of the country.