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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-04-12

The education of the masses is destined
| to become political question in the South. Our
people need, says the Little Rock Democrat to be
aroused by stump speeches 10 every neighhOrhOod
regarding this mos. vital question. Let free mi
Yersal education become prominent plank in
our local platforms, instead Of normal declara-
ton that is inserted through a shutnouth policy
Let the people become aroused until candidate
| for deputy constableship would blush to oppose
even privately, popular education and the result
will advance us to that front rank which our
whole-souled people deserve.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-04-12

n uHuSs Uus UIaahe5 UI IuI5 CJUuIfy are
not the so-called mob or rabble, or the ignorant
masses. But the stock jobbers, the railroad spec
ulator. the grain and petroleum manipulation the
corner" rings and the political jo5bers. Thote
who bleed the masses numerically, and never
produce a farthing ofwealth. warning is called
when riches bring insolence and capital as allied
itself with tyranny. These are The dangerous
classes and crisis is upon US which will soon de-
termine their strength.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-04-12

fact has been learned regarding the recent mar
rage of Mr.. Charles Duncan and Julia Weakley, q
thirteen yearold pupil of Main street school. The
morning. They were engaged, and expected to
marry in the future, but that morning Duncan
noticed the u. lad passed the Legislature to pro-
hibit the marriage OF minors without the consent
OF their parents. He feared that the bill would
become a law Immediately after its passage, and
knowing the girls parents would not consent, ne
got buggy and went near the school. He ar
ranged with another girl to go into the school and
tell Julia her mother was sick and wanted her.
This was done, aud Julia in trepidation got per
mission snd left school At the first corner she
met Duncan, who explained matters to her, and
she consented 10 marry him then. They went TO
the house of DR.. }. Buayan Stephens, in South
Nashville, but not finding him returned to town
and were married by magistrate
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-07-14
A Nav Mexico Sand-StOrm.

The sand-storm, OF which we had q
,ery lively sample recently, constitutes
the one and only disagreeable feature OF
our New Mexico climate but this doesn't
some often nor remain long, and dis
agreeable as it is when its visits occur,
4 is paradise itself in comparison with
the cyclones of the Mississippi Valley.
scattering death and destruction in their
pathway, and is infinitely less disagree
able and uncomfortable than the driv-
ing snow storms of the North. the mar
Irow-chilling east winds of the Atlantic
coast, or the mud that envelopes the
earth for weeks at a time. throughout
North, South and East. The sand-storm
is never uncomfortably cold, it is never
muddy, and never strong enough to be
dangerous; it is simply "dirty".-and
that expresses all of it. 1t fills your
mouth, and nose, and eyes, and ears; it
piles up drifts Of sand on the lee side of
fences; just RS drifts of snow are piled
up in New England, though not so great
depth; it fills the air with sand every
where, indoors and out; it covers the
counters and desks and goods at your
store, and the furniture and even the
dishes at your house; the tightest win
dows are not proof against is; it comes
in under the doors and around the
frames, and filters through the most in
tinitesimal cracks, through which you
would think the air itself could not pen
citrate; the atmosphere Of your room is
filled with it, and the paper upon which
YOU try to write is covered with it; like
1.-THE gentle dew of heaven" it falls
alike upon the just and the unjust, and
falls everywhere; it is useless to fight
against it, and your best course is to
make up your mind at the start to en-
dure it. and to say in the words OF Pat
rick Henry, LET it GOMEZ" But, after
all, it is clean dirt; it doesn't stick like
mud, and it doesn't soil anything. The
blow lasts usually from one to six hours,
and when it is over all you have to do is
to "shake YOURSELF busting and sweep
ing will remove all vestiges of it from
house, clothing and furniture; every
outdoor nuisance, every atom of decay
ing animal or vegetable matter, every
fostering spot, everything that could
contaminatc the atmosphere, is careful
ly buried, and the air, purified and
electrified by the sand. is so luXuriously
exhilaratng that the breathing of it is
a Joy which You feel more than compen-
safes YOU for ,il the diSagreeablencss Of
the storm. Albuquerque journal.
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A Suspicious Box.

The dynamite scare has taken posses.
sion of the officials at Washington. AT
any rate this is the inference to be drawn
from the following story. for which the
Critic vouches:
A suspicious looking Irishman at
tracted considerable attention in the
park back of the State Department. this
afternoon, by his peculiar movements.
He carried queer shaped box, and the
impression soon got abroad that he was
dynamite tiend, who intended to blow
our International Courtesy Department
into Smithereens because of its alleged
sympathy with England. A Waterman
and several spectators soon closed in
upon the mysterious Celt, and the for
mer gruffly demanded:
What art you doing here?"
~ won't tell yez," quietly responded
the Irishman.
Then I'll arrest We.
"And phat for, sure?"
"On suspicion"
"On phnt's that?'
"Suspirion. Sneaking about the
grounds with that queer box. What are
We doin with it anyway exclaimed
the Waterman, excitedly.
"Ah, yez bladerskhites; yez are
afraid. are yez? Why, I'm jest catch
ing sum grasshoppers for me canary
birds -
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-07-14
Retired Fire Horses.

Once fire-horSe always fire-horse.
Other animals may have their ways al
tered by a change of routine. but the
fire-horse has rs clearly marked habits
as the old war steed. No end OF anus.
ing occurrences have illustratedthis. Ex-
Aid. Morris tells of horse Of Chief
Bresnan's, when the latter was forema
of No. 33 engine, which, becoming aged,
was taken to an auctiOncer and disposed
of. The old nag passed through several
hands, and at length became the prop
erty of refuse cartman. who by
chance went to the engine house one day
to cart of the garbage. Cart and all
had been backed up to the pit in the
rear of the building, when suddenly the
gong sounded an alarm. At once all
the old instincts of the animal stirred in
him. The WORKOUT hack felt the fire OF
years before, and away he dashed, car
rying with him section of the stair
way and all but smashing to pieces the
engine which was in his way.
A Williamsburg milkman bought one
OF these department horses and found
him very docile and well behaved ami
NAL. One day he was serving some Gus
toners at the corner of Hudson street
and Broadway when an alarm from
Twenty-second street brought the en-
gines laundering along near where the
old horse stood. The peacable and Sed-
ate brute heard the rumble and could
not contain himself. The first glimpse
he caught of an engine set him wild and
away he tore up Broadway, with wagon
and milk cans Gathering behind him.
1t was long run for the owner, but he
never caught sight of the runaway till
he reached the fire and saw the horse
there, quietly standing in the full glare
of the CONFEDERATION. " y Herald.
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Ouriositiss of the Dead-Letter Office,

One of the rooms of the Post-Office
Department building, Washington, has
recently been transformed into mu-
scum for the exhibition OF curiosities
that have accumulated in the Dead-Let-
ter Office. The articles exhibited num-
Der several thousand, and embrace every
thing imaginable, from postage stamp
of the Confederate States to snakes and
horned toads. A correspondent of the
Ecening Post has been rummaging
around in this department, and he finds
that among the relics is a record OF all
the valuable letters during the early
days of the postal service in the colo
MES of North America. This record is.in
the handwriting of Benjamin Frandklin,
and shows that duringa period of eleven
years only 365 letters containing valu-
ables were sent to the Dead-Letter Of
fee. The records of the Department
today exhibit at glance the enor-
nous difference between the postal SER
vice of the present and of the early days
of the country's history.
The number of letters received ut the
Dead-Letter Office during the last year
was 4 ,207, 496, or more than Ii, 600 each
working day. OF this vast number,
nearly 10000 contained money to the
aggregate value Of upward of $44, 600;
$4,000 contained checks, drafts, money
orders, and other papers to the total
value of about S2,00O.OO0; while ST.
600 had Enclosures of postage stamps.
This vast amount of mail matter was sent
to the Dead-Letter Office because three
fourths of the addresses could not be
found; one-eighth were addressed to
guests in hotels who had departed with
out leaving addresses; nearly 100000
were insutlicicntly prepaid, and as many
more were either enormously or i'm
properly addressed. Eleven thousand
bore no superscription whatever.
Wherever practicable, letters are for
warded to the parties addressed, if they
can be reached in any manner. II they
contain valuables and the sender is
known. they are returned; otherwise
the valuables are sold and the proceeds
deposited in the United States Treasury.
If letter-writers would excersice an or
binary amount of care, the majority Of
the work of the DeadLetter Division
would be dispensed with, and all the
trouble and annoyance by mail would
be avoided. But the business of this
branch of the Post-Office Department
increases from year to year.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-07-14
Wanted Perfect Rest.

She was 4 sensible girl. She wanted
perfect quiciude when laid to rest in
that silent city of the dead. The nee
ropols of her dream was not the vaunt-
ed piles of stone and the cOquetry of
landscape gardening, but very differ
ent sesta She made the following re-
quest to her friends here:
"Do not lay me down by the ripping
brook side. lest babbling lovers wake
me from my dreams, nor in the b"auti-
full cemeteries in the valleys. lest sight
seerS. coming over epitaphs. distract
me; but let my last sleep be under the
counter of the merchant and the bus
mess man generally. who never adver-
ti>e> There i the peace which pass
eth all understanding, and a deep sleep
on which neither the buoyant foot
fall of youth nor the weary shuttle ana
drag Of old age will never intrude. ~
Chosk.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-07-14

CALTIvATING STRAWBERRIES. - Inc
large increase in the size oI The berries oy
copious irrigation Is well known; hnt u
similar results can he obtained by deep
and rich soil. and frequent cultivation 70
keep the surface mellow, the fruit VIII DC
better IN quality and with higher mayor,
J. II. Hale ssyes he had Held which hau
been we'll mulched, and form part OF II
the mulching WAS removed ana the
ground was cultivated every other day
From this portion he had double the
amount OF fruit from the same area that
he got on the part on which the mulching
remained.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-07-14
Piles.

Piles are frequently preceded by . 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 neigh.
boring organs. At times, symptoms OF indi.
gestion are present, a. aatulency, uneGsiness
Of the stomach, etc. A moisture, like per.
sp,Ystion, producing very disagreeabl Itch.
Ing, particularly at night after getting warm
In bed, ID o very common after dant. Inter.
nal, external and itching piles yield Of once
70 the application Of DR.. BOsanko's Pile Rem.
edy, which acts directly upon the parts affect
ed, absorbing the tumors. allaying the in,
tense itching. and efFec.ing q permsnen,
cure where other remedies have failed. Do
not delay until the drain upon the system
produced. permanent disability, but try II and
GehrinR,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-07-14
loo Much Haste.

Gazing upon the rugged mountain
scenery near Austin, a young lady re-
marked:
"How strange that all this beautiful
world should have been created in the
short space of six days.
ut does look as if it wasn't finished
yet" remarked the matter-of-fact young
man; lit looks for all the world as if it
had been thrown together in hur-
nv. 1t would have looked much
more womanlikc if it had taken three or
four weeks to finish the job properly.
Nothing that is done in hurry is well
done '-T'eydS SiftngS.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-07-14
Sixty Wives.

Conductor Lane, of the Conneaut ac-
commodation, says the Cleveland Her.
aid, tells good story illustrative of the
curiosity of certain people, and the
average willingness to credit any and
all rumors that may be classed as
gossip.
1t was two. or three days after the
Mormon reunion at Kirkland had closed
and about twenty of the saints who had
remained behind had boarded the train
at Willoughby. They soon began to
sing, and rs the conductor passed on to
the rear of the car, he was grappled by
a trio of ladies, who asked in unison,
pointing to the Mormons;
WHO'S thema'
"Those,' said Mr.. Lane, ''are Nor
mons"
"Mormons! Heaven and earth! Are
there Mormons on this train?"
YES replied the conductor, and
then explained that they had been in at
tendance at the Kirkland reunion, and
were on their way home.
The ladies stood up and watched the
unsuspccting saints long and carefully.
One of them even wandered ont into the
aisle to more closely scrutinize their
queer fellow-passcngers.
"Of course there a good many more
women than men, arn't thcrc? asked
one of the ladies. toying with the ques-
ton they so much wanted to ask, rs TO
the number of wives.
"Oh, yes" explained the conductor,
there's about four or five women TO
every man
You don't say and the ladies con-
fdentially whispered. Finally, one Of
the most bold asked:
How many wives did you see any
one man have?'
"Oh,' said Mr. Lane, they quite
frequently have ten or fifteen. There
was one on my train yesterday with
twenty-five. He was not recognized,
however. as very much OF Mormon.
/ took down one old fellow the other
day with sixty wives"
A chorus Of "ohs" followed, and,
while the ladies dissected the choice
morsel of gossip, the conductor passed
on through the train.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-07-14
Nothing Short of UnmiStakable
Benefits

Conferred upon tens Of thousands OF
sufferers could originate and maintain
the reputation which AYERS SARsA-
PARILLA enjoys. 1t is compound OF
the best vegetable alternatives, with the
Iodides of Potassium and Iron, - all
powerful, matchmaking, blood-cleansing
and ife-sustaining-a and is the most
effectual Of all remedies for scrofu
lous, mercurial, or blood disorder
Uniformly successful and certain, it
produces rapid and complete cures of
Scrofula, Sores, Boils, Humors, PIN;
pies, Eruptions, Skin Diseases and all
disorders arising from impurity of the
blood. BY its invigOrating effects it
always relieves and often cures Liver
Complaints, Female Weaknesses anu
Irregularities, and is potent remover
Of waning vitality. For purifying the
blood it has no equal. 1t tones up the
system, restores and preserves the
health, and imparts vigor and energy,
For forty years it has been in extensive
use. and is to-day the most availab!e
medicine for the suffering sick.
For sale by all druggists.
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CHASE FOWLER,


MA STEERS SA LE:.-STATE OF lLLlN OlS,
Iu COUNTY OF La SALLK, Circuit Court OF SAID
coantv.-in ChdncerV
Henry Eichelberger. complainant, ~, Edward 5. Ho'
bert. Mary l.. HObert, Edward F. Hohert. Louise r;
Hobert, George A. HUbcrt Ethel j. Hobert and Daniel
Hobert. defendants.
Public notice Ia hereby given. thst in pursuance OF
decree entered in the above entitled cause at the June
term of said Circuit Court TO wit. June Goth. A. d.
1885, Chase Fowler. Master in Chancery OF said court
WILL on, Saturday. July 2ls A. ~ 1855 at me h.ur OF
two O'clock In the afternoon of said day sell at public
vendse the highest and hest bidder, for csh ~ the
south door Of the County Court House. IN m city of
Ottawa, Ia Sale county. Illinois the following de-
scriBed premises. 10 w.t. The east sixty feet of Lot
Three, In Block Three. In walkers Audinln to the
Town (now city, OF ottawa IN the city OF OTTAWA.
county OF Ia sale aad state Of Illinois
CHASE FOWLER.
Dated June 80, 1893 Master IN Chancery
Is. +. LINCOLN. Complts So!r. junS-3~
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HeQeI.

CTATE. or L LII NO1e. La SALLECo.
O-ss. Probate Court thereof, June Term a. d. ISIS
Public notice IL hereby given 10 the heirs and legal
representatives Of Ludwig Michael deceased. late OF
said county that Monday. the Soth day Of July A. D.
House in Ottawa, La Sale county Illinois. letters OF
administration with the will annexed will be granted
by the Probate Court of said La Sale county upon the
Michaeel deceased, which duly admitted TO probate
by said court the 18th day Of April A. D. 1883 at
which time and place said heirs and legal representa-
tives and particularly Charles Michheel. may appear
and show cause II any they have, why such letters OF
administration with Will annexed should not BE-
granted. - ,o
Dated at Ottawa, H.. this 9Th day Of July p 1885,
A. 7. BARTELS.
1uy7-SW Clerk OF the Probate Court.
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The Imported Kind

Jupiter, having created the mosquito,
the flea and all the wild orders of the
entozoa and the epizoa, paused for u
moment in perplexity.
"Now, what in thunder shall make
for them to prey upon?" he asked HIM
self musingly.
Suddenly bright thoughtstruck him.
He made man.
"And So" says the narrator, closing
his story, "they took him up tothe GEM
etery in gold mounted hearse, with
four black horses and all the bands in
the garrison playing the Dead March! y
VERY grand, dessay," remarks the
listener, "but don't care for style.
Going to the cemetery on foot is good
enough for me!'
Guilbollard has read in q journal sci
entific. that we are coming to construct
at the Estranger telescope reapproach-
ing the moon at thirty-two leagues OF
our globe. :,
1.-The imprudents!" he cries himself
with terror; ''they will SO much do that
they will make her fall upon WEI
prisoner, why did you kill your
wife,"
because life with her had become
unbearable."
You should have separated from
her"
Il had promised that l would never
desert her while she lived."
Dialogue between young clerk and
his employer:
IBID you wish to speak to me, young
MANI"
YES, sir, if you please, sir You see,
sir, at present am doing precisely the
same work that X. does, and get thir-
ty francs month less pay. l feel SIZE
that when you come to consider this yon
will
"Quite right, my young friend, and l
thank you for calling my attention to
the irregularity. 1t shall be readjusted.
Twill dock X. thirty francs!"
A young woman calls upon her shoe
maker. the most fashionable artist in
the city, and complains that her new
boots burst on the very first day that
she wore them.
at cannot be; madame says the
artist, firmly but respectfully. at is
simply impossible that"
but, look here" says the customer.
producing package containing the
| boot.
The artist examines it carefully and
with perplexity. At last his face lights
up.
II see how it was!" he cries. trium-
phantly; "vou have been walking with
them on!"-N. Y. World
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Not Ever a Chinaman could Get the News

Not Ever Chinaman could Get the News
Jun Cean Sang, an attachc of the
Chinese Legation in Washington, is now
in the city looking for location where
in to establish Chinese Consulate for
the benefit or otherwise Of his fellow
countrymen in New York. The Con-
sulate is TO be put into shape on or i'm
mediately after the lst Of May, some
where near Mott street
/ On learning this your reporter went
to bis lodging place first TO Woo Kee, on
Park street, finding he had just left for
the grocery at Mott street, to which
your reporter followed, just in time to
catch him going away to see some
friends on Broadway. TO whom your
reporter greeted in the genuine Oriental
style and in their own language, this
wise:
II understand, Mr.. Jun, it is the in
tention of his Excellency the Minister at
Washington to establish a Consulate
here in the city Is it sop
We'll" replied Mr.. Jun, who at the
same time looked sharply at the report
err TO see whether his knees were bend
| ing Chinaward, that is our intention
now. But who are YOU who are so anx-
ious to find out our own private BUSH
Iness?N
| Il am a newspaper man. said your
heather reporter, and that settled IT,
The Chinese reporter could not get any
more news.-Ah Wing, in Nc,c YORK
! Sun.
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Home Items.
All your own fault
II you rruiaih sick when you csn
Get hon bittprs that neyer--Fdi.

Home Items.
All your own fault
II you remain sick when you csn
Get hop bitters that neyer-fdH
The weakest woman, smallest child, and
sickest invalid can use hop bitters with safe
ty and great good.
Old men tottering around from Rheuma-
tsm, kidney trouble or any weakness will be
almost new by using hop bitters.
My wife ind daughter were made healthy
by the use OF hop bitters, and ! recommend
them to my people. -Methodist Clergyman.
Ask any good doctor If hop
Bitters are not the bes! family medicine
On earth,
-Malaral fever, Ague and Biliousness
will leave every neighborhood as soon as
hop bitters arrive.
My mother drove the paralysis and neu.
ralgia all out Of her system with hop bitters"
Ed. OsiNgo Sun.
Keep the kidneys healthy with hop bit
tiers and you need not fear sickness.
Ice water is rendered harmless and more
refreshing and revving with hop bitters in
each draught
The vigor OF youth for the aged and in.
firm in hop bitters.
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F. D. SWEtTSER { co.
Ottawa, November II. Is Z.
ON Thirty DAYS TRIAL.

THE vOLTAIC BELT CO, Msrstsll, Mich, will
send DIR. Dyes Celebrated Electro Volteic Belts and
Electric Appliances on trial for thirty days 10
young old who afflicted with nervous debility,
lost vitality and kindred troubles guaranteeing speedy
and complete restoration Of health and manly yigpr
Address above n. B.-No risk lie incurred as tlnr
ty DAYS trial Is allowed. dec2S- ly
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Individual teapOts are mucn used IN
China. The Innovations sensible one,
rs each member Of a family can eNer-
else his own taste a regards the strength
of the beverage, and even a late conner
is sure to get hot cup Of tea.
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70 Nervous Sufferers. Great European
Rsmsdy-Dr. J. B. simpsons
Specific Medicine,

II IA positive cure for Spermatorrhea Seminal Weak
n aapar ssu
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nANlD a. COON, Attorney At Law. once
Illinois t,eN