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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-10-18

FrsxE.-F l.. Flske is home again IRON INC
cast.
T,yLoR.-Miss Jennie Taylor, of Utica, saw
Rip Van Wrinkle ON Monday night
Muys.-NIiss Lille Miles, Of Aurora ha'
hoer visiting her Ottawa friends this week,
NEw.-D. Hapcman, of ilapcm"n a "r"'
hams is in New York buying holiday goods
NrIsoN-By the death of n relative ina
Nelson, ESQ.,, of this city has fallen heir To
$1,000.
BELK.-Mrs. Mary Bclk and daughter, "i
South Bend, Ind, will spend the winter IN
Ottawa.
NrlII.-Mr. NJ. W. Nellis, son of the well
known manufacturer Of hay forks, has been
in Ottawa for the past four weeks taxing
baths and drinking the Sanicula Mineral wa
ter. He has found it to be OF great use To
him.
Loys.-Mr. Kell Long, of Fayettc county,
Pa, proprietor of the New Haven ana con
p.llsyille, Pa, Touring mills, on his return
from Nebraska, made the old Fayctte county
ars In Ottawa and Grand Ridge visit TINS
week.
prrrIr.-The many warm friends OF Dr. d.
w Petit and family, who removed 10 'hica2"
about two years ago, will be pieaocu 10
learn of their return to Ottawa. The DR.. has
re.opened his physicians Office, Locating III
the Opera House block.
1rTCuyR.-Rev. o. D. Fletcher has re
turned from Benton, Franklin Co., where he
has been in attendance on the annual meeting
NJ the Baptist General Association for tins
state. He gave an exegesis, which, accord
ing to the Inter Ocean of yesterday, war spo-
ken Of in the highest terms of commentator
He was intrusted with the Craftsmanship OF
sneclal committee on state work ana OF the
publication society committee.
GrHRING. The sad news comes from Wien
tia. Ka, that the twin children OF Mr. ana
Mrs. G. Gehrng, late of this city, took SICK
last week in their new home, aud dlcd on sun
day last. They were buried on Tuesday, we
believe, and the sight Of two little collins sac
by side, was incXprcssibly touching. VIZ.
and Mrs. Gehring are quite heart broken
Surely the fatcs have been cruel to our Otta-
wa friends who so recently moved TO that city.
PE~ras.--P Philadelphia Press, Oct, 18th;
The First Presbyterian Church, Buttonwood
street, below Sixth, was filed with large
audience last night to witness the installation
of the new pastor, Rev. Madison c. Peters,
formerly Of Ottawa, Illinois, The space sur
rounding the pulpit was banked with masses
Of flowers and luxuriant greens, and the whole
interior of the church was bright with new
fittings, the result of improvements just com
pleted at considerable cost. Rev. John
Hemphill delivered the inaugural sermon, DR..
John S. Sands pronounced the charge to the
incoming pastor and DR.. s. A. Muchmorc the
charge to the people. The congregation is
the oldest in the district of Northern Libcr-
ties, dating back almost century. Formerly
worship was held in building at Second and
Coates streets. There are over 300 communi-
cante and about 800 in the Sunday School"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-10-18
Satisfaction in Every Case.

Az Office on east side Of Columbus street just
IN, canal bridge Leave orders at BURkE BROS Gro
GERS . Sale street. residence, corner Jackson
aud Pine streets, ives, side. sep1i
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-10-18
Vicinity Items.

The Elgin Ne,rs says that the packing
factory of that city has during this season
distributed $4,000 among its employees in
the shape Of wages
The arte,iau wei! AZ the Geneva grape
sugar work WIS finished last week IT.
depth is 1919 feet, and the HpoJii,m say,
it has a flow of 35 feet
Last saturday the La Sale County Car
bon Coal Company, which embraces Jones
No and No, 2 shafts, paid out the sum
of $4,000 10 the miners OF this amount
$4,000 was paid to the Jones miners,
$4,000 of it being in gold,
Friday morning Fairbury suffered loss
of $4,000 by fire. II broke out in Wal
ton Bros store and extended 10 other bust
ness houses in the same block A high
wind rose with the fire, and the only en-
CINE in town, an old button tub" was use
less Walton Bros, lose $4,000; insurance
less than half that amount
Robert Manning, Of Sueator stole a pair
of shoes from Dennis Fielding on Satur
day morning He was full ut the time and
was taken 10 the cooler 10 sober up That
afternoon he was taken before Police mag
istrate Bullock and given 30 days in the
county Jail. lie was one of the five that
assaulted Peter Rynn last winter, and is a
hard.looking pill
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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-10-18

There are thirty-four rich mineral
and agricultural counties in Tennessee
without foot of railroad. The State
has granted charters for tifty-three
railroads which have never been be-
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-10-18

The Navajos OF New Mexico are said
to be very rich. These Indians own
large droves of cattle and horses and
about !, 600. 900 sheep
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-10-18

What is the size of man who sells his
principles:
Or has the blackguard any principles 10
SELL
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-01-12

and one which was not altogether
steady:
Margaret, / have sinned against you
but l have repented in all humility.
Can you forgive me--for his sake, if not
for mine?'
The words were familiar in Margaret's
ears. She had said them herself His
mother had begged her to come TO
them, y''if not for my sake, for
Rupert's.n Now Louis used them.
Many things had been done, many for
given. '"for Rupert's sake" She held
out ner hand. saying TREMENDOUSLY:
For bota, Louis, and freely, if you
will extend tho same grace to me-" oh,
b "lf you think you need it, yes he
answered. ln si 5.1i. ss. ...,,.
Rupert sleeps welr' after the "fitful
fever" of his young life. Never again
had Margaret Darlington and Louis
Baldwin any great quarrei, after their
reconciliation that afternoon. Yet in
the years that came afterward, of their
welded life, though they clung to-
gether, there were moments of disillu-
sion that were almost terrible. 1t is
not perfect marrfoge-how many such
marriages are ever contaminated? But
it is very fairly successful marriage,
as marriages go. ..4 ,,iI. "a =.
1t was long time before John MALTA
barr returned to the house of his fathers,
to try whether the ghost had been faith
fully exercised. Many things hap
pened to him in after days, but this is
not the place in which, they will be re-
! corded.
| Mrs. Pierce always has and always
will maintain that she knew Margaret
Darlington would make a mess of her
affairs when she was left to her own
guidance-that she might certainly have
had Maurice Biddulph if she had played
her cards properly, and that in any case
she ought to have made a brilliant mar
riage. ....j....a..l sf.. .
The Baldwins and the Biddulphs are,
and are likely to remain, on terms
amicable if not cordial. Mrs. Biddulph
has so far become accustomed to the
glories of her new position that it rather
annoys her than otherwise when her
husband tells her with amiable patron
age that she makes a very good wife,
and is a favorable specimen of "pro-
motion by merit" Louis Baldwin has
never got quite reconciled to his wife s
fortune, nor she to his dislike of it.
THE END.
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Yorkshire English.

The upper and middle classes speak
English with an almost faultless accent
I do not include the cockney ''drawl-
ers, )" who make up for wit by plenty of
slang, that miserable invader of all
that is fine in language-but the dia-
lects of the working classes defy de-
scription. Cumberland, Yorkshire and
Lancashire are especially rough and
perverted in accent. Some of the ma
tives, indeed, it is impossible to under
stand. In Somersetshire every is z,
and in Devon and Cornwall, particular
ly the latter, they have the quaintest
terms in their speech, such as no pen
can give any idea of. To hear it is to
indulge in a broad grin which can not
be suppressed, and yet it is delicious
the only one l can call such that know
of in England. To overtake an old
Cornish woman on her way from mar
ket, with a Camp" umbrella, Drowned
by interminable years of usage, and a
basket with pair of pattens in it, and
variety of small groceries which have
taken the place of the mornings ducks,
butter and eggs, and engage her in
conversation, is treat not to be
missed. She is the soul of simplicity
and quaintness. In few minutes you
will know all about the family affairs
how her ''man is that taisy, she dom
know what to do by 'un; there's not a
bit of beefsteak she can fry for 'un to
please 'un, and he do have meat twice
week" She "believes she would
never have married 'un if she'd known
what a rogue he was, to be sure, etc,
etc. II do tell 'un.' Why, John, the
Queen wouldn't suit 'ee-no, sure, and
he do go on, so do say: 'Well-there,
then, I'll lave zee and go and take tay
with Betsey Mawnan, TO be sure. Wish
I'd married her man when he was a
coortin' OF me-my patience, | do' y
Cor. Boston Transcript.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-01-12
CHAPTER XIX.
"FoR HIS SAKE, IF NOT FOR MINI"

FOX HIS SAKE, If NOT fOh NINE.
Late in the afternoon, two days after
ward, Margaret went into the school
room. Rupert had never been re-
moved from there. His coffin stood
now on low stand in the center of the
darkened room, which had always been
considered peculiarly his room, and
which contained all his books, and the
other objects he had cared for; his lit
tie collections of stones and fossils and
minerals and plants-all the things
with which he had been wont to while
away, or try to while away his hours OF
lassitude and pain. A sob rose in Mar
garet's throat, as she went forward,
and saw the orderliness of each thing,
and realized that his poor little pale
hands would never disturb them more.
The men were coming that night to
close up forever this his last narrow
resting place, and she wished before
that to lay on his breast some flowers,
and once more to touch his forehead
with her lips in farewell. She carried
in her hand bunch of white and yell
low narcissi his favorite flowers. How
often they had smiled together over the
myth of the beauteous youth who had
wells dark depths, until at last he had
died for love of his own beauty. Il
shall never die of that Margaret" he
used to tell her, with his half-cynical,
half-amused little laugh.
Slowly, after looking upon the cold
and quiet face of the dead boy, she
began to dispose her flowers upon his
breast and over his folded hands, in the
shape of rude, but simple cross. Her
tears streamed upon them, as she went
on with the work, until she was almost
| blinded, and had at last to cease for a
moment. Covering her face with her
handkerchief, she wept for awhile. At
last, looking up, she perceived that she
was not alone. Louis was standing on
the other side of the still figure, and
looking at her in silence
Have you, too, como to take a last
good-byeP" asked Margaret, scarcely
above whisper
"Yes, could not let him go without.
| am glad you are putting more flowers
there.
With quick, impulsive movement,
Margaret held out toward him those
which still remained in her hand.
"Will you not finish it?' she said.
He took the flowers from her; their
hands and eyes met at the same time,
Louis were dark and troubled; Mar
garet's were in mist of tears. He
placed all the rest of the flowers, and
then, folding his hands, looked at heI
again, and presently said in low voice
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-01-12
WIT AND WISDOM.

-" Nerve" SAID Tawmus, "Why,
he's just full of nerve! Why, when he
caught me kissing his wife. he wasn't
at all embarrassed. boston Post.
If you wish people to be kindly
toward you, you had best begin by be-
ing kindly toward them. The man who
scatters thorns had better not go bare
foot.-M. Y. Herald.
There is no music in "rest'' that
| know of, but there's the making Of
music in it. Patience is the finest and
worthiest part of fortitude, and the
rarest, oo.--John Ruskin.
Little George was questioned the
other day about his big sisters beau.
I" How old is hep" II don't know"
"Well, is he youngP" II think so.
for he hasn't any hair on his head
Chicago Inter Ocean
When He Kicks.
A man is very like gun,
That fact please try to fix;
For II he finds he's charged too much,
Why, that's the time he kicks.
-foRkerS Statesman.
"A Massachusetts widow dresses in
mourning, and wears bangs made of
her departed husbands hair. She pru-
IDENTIFY had saved for that purpose all
that she pulled out before his death
LotOeU Citizen.
"A sensible man does not Drag,
avoids introducing the names of his
creditable companions, omits himself as
habitually as another man obtrudes
himself in the discourse, and is content
with putting his fact or theme simply
on its ground. Emerson
NO." said fond mother, speak
ing proudly of her twenty-fve-year-old
daughter, "no, Mary isn't old enough
to marry yet. She cries whenever any
one scolds her, and until she becomes
hardened enough to talk back vigorous
ly she isn't fit for a wife. ~ Chicago
Herald.
Mother" said slangy Cass ave-
nue. boy at the table when company was
present, .this butter is O. X, but the
bread is N. g., and ought to get tho G.
b." "Just hear himr' explained the
Latin scholar that | don't pretend to
understand word he says!"-Detrott
Free Press.
FL see that an Ohio postmistress has
resigned her position in order to get
married." remarked an old benedict to
his wife. Poor thing l pity her."
said the helpmeet. why sop ''Be-
cause, after the honeymoon is over,
She II have to sit up nearly every night
and wait till the male comes il" -Ml.
a0oukee Sentinel.
"A jolly old uncle had been relating
some incidents of his earlier life to his
nephew. "Of all the women you ever
met, uncle" said the young man, "by
which were you most struck" ''By
your aunt, my boy, by your aunt" re-
piled the old gentleman, dropping his
voice and feeling ,the back of his bead
tenderly-M y 6rapAac.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-01-12
FACTS AND FIGURES.

The sugar crop of Louisiana ex-
ceeds that of any year since 1S60.-M
o. Picaytne.
jay Gould figures his losses in
stocks at various times at over $780,
600, 000.-M Y. Sun.
=, Minnesota's butter product for 1888
will nearly reach l7,O00000 pounds,
worth 50, 800, 000.- Chicago Tribune.
Mississippi has gained one hundred
per cent, in five years in manufacturing
Industries, having at this time $1,000
0O0 invested in such enterprises.
Detroit Post.
81 Over ten thousand women are en-
gagged in the shirt and collar manufact-
cries at Troy, N. T., and the payroll Of
one concern alone averages 81 1000 per
day.-N Y Times. 7tI i.'i'7'' Nl
\ The Western Union Telegraph
office at Chicago has $50 operators and
700 wires entering the operating room
from the towers. Thirty miles of wire
underlie the hoor.- Chicago Herald
The winnings of Hanlan, the. oars
man, during the last five years AMOUNT
to $4,000. OF this sum he has man
aged to save about $4,000, of which
$50, 900 is invested in a hotel on Toronto
Island. He has wife and two children.
-AontreqI Witness.
The annual report of the Secretary
of the Pennsylvania State Board of Ag-
riculture shows that the value of the
dairy products of the past year were
$40, GAS, LOG; grass crop, $84, $40, go;
cereals, S72,401, 1856; number of horned
cattle in the State, LAO, 247; value,
S51, 1899, 100.-Phiiadelphia Press.
During the past four years Arkan-
sas, Florida, Louisiana and Texas have
doubled their railroad mileage. The
total mileage in the four States now
stands 26,049, against 1850 ten years
ago, and during the decade it is esti-
mated that at least $500, 000,0 900 has
been invested in these enterprises.
Y. Herald.
The aggregate population of the
United States of persons ten years OF
age and upwards, in 1880, was 36, 76l,-
COZ; of these 1928, 451 could not read.
and 6, 239, 958 could not write. Out of
the population of 36,761 ,607 of persons
ten years of age and upwards, only H.
267, 1873 are members of churches-less
than one-half.- Chicago Journal.
According to the statistics given at
the National Butter, Cheese and Egg
Convention, whose annual meeting was
held at Cincinnati recently, the value of
those products marketed in the United
States during 1888 is more than ten
dollars for every man, woman and child
in the population, not including the
100000, 900 worth of milk and cream
sold in a natural state. The eggs re-
ceived in New York annually are worth
nearly as much as the cheese, half as
much as the butter and three times as
much as the poultry.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-01-12
Sea-Sick Men and Women.

The different manner in which sea
sickness affects men and women is
prett curately described by an ocean
steal steward, who says: Women
are more subject to disease than men,
but, on the other hand, they stand it
better. A woman struggles right up
to the point of despair against the
what l might call the Improperly of
the thing. She isn't so much tortured
by the pangs as she is worried by the
prospect of becoming dishevelled, bag
gard and draggled She fights against
it to the last, and keeps up appearances
as long as she can hold up her head.
Then she becomes mau din and pa
thetc. She takes to her room, and in
variably asks three questions. First,
whether people die frequently OF sea-
sickness, then how many miles we are
from shore, and lastly when we will get
there. She also often asks me how deep
the water is, and if | think it possible
for any one to go seven days without
food. The doctor is always talked
over. / am asked time and again if |
think he is capable and efficient. and if
| have confidence in him. When the
patient gets so ill that she loses interest
in the doctor, she usually lies on her
side and cries by the hour. Luckily
the more violent attacks only last a
short time. Men give in at once. They
below like bulls, and make great
rumpus until they are compelled to
take to their berths. Then they grum-
BILE and swear until they are well
enough to go on deck again. Troy (N
| y. ISneS
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-01-12

"What's the matter? What ails my
boy. and has my wife come in?'' asked
Mr.. Lascelles, hastily.
Il hardly know how to tell you what
has happened said Louis, but think
it best to make no delay about it.
While you were all out, Rupert told
John that he was not going out this
afternoon, and that, if John liked, he
co,hd 90 out himself, which he DID.
But Rupert must have changed his
mind ,sfor some reason, aftervardssPer-
haps the beauty of che afternoon tempt
ed him. At any rate, he must have left
the house and gone into the garden
He had made his way down the slope to
the bridge ....F.g -. .5..T
1.-The BRIDGE" echoed Margaret. Wv
"And they think John thinks Che
was not out long, and it was he who
found him)-h may have been trying
to gather some of the flowers on
the bank-at least, he lost his bal
ance and fell in. He-the poor
boy was drowned-dead," said Louis,
| speaking with almost passionate grief.
"They fortunately got him into the
house and had me here before his moth
er returned"
"Ah, his motherr' gasped the Squire,
who had been leaning trembling against
the wall. my wife--where is shep"
"They carried him TO the school
room,' said Louis. She is there; and
no one can move her / have been with
her, but she neither looked at me nor
Spoke"
But Mr.. Lascelles was gone. Louis
did not finish his sentence. A sob
choked his voice. He turned away to
one of the windows, and raising his arm,
leaned his head against it, and looked
out upon the garden and the terrace;
upon the sloping green bank, the
rushing stream and the gray stone
bridge.
"Ahp' he exclaimed at last, with Q
sort of passionate protest in his voice
"the place will be haunted for then
from henceforth. How will they live
here with that prospect staring al
them?"
He paced about the room, choking
back the tears that would rise. His life
had not been too cheerful of late-his
reflections not too soothing to his dnlou1
prOpre And he had loved Rupert with
the love of a friend, a brother, bene
factor, ever since he had begun to bC
his stay in pain and illness.
Margaret, about to leave the room
broke her VOW. She had said she would
not even speak to Louis Baldwin unit
he had apologized to her.
"Do you think he died soonp" she
asked.
II imagine so,'' was the answer, a
he suddenly ceased his hasty walk, anC
stood still, looking at her. "At least,
he pursued, speaking rapidly as he
averted his eyes, you may comfort
yourself with this assurance-he ma,
been spared long, lingering illness
suffering and misery drawn out indefi
nitely, and death at the end of all. III,
was much worse, but the worse was We
to come. He has escaped it. Whom
the gods love, die young ?"
al am glad to know that" said Mar
garet, leaving the room. MAY he res
in peace" she whispered to herself, q,
she went up stairs. SIN peace-a
last ~
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-01-12

which can not be overlooked, and Mr..
Baldwin has said things of that kind to
me. We will not talk about it." John
Mauabarr was, of course, away.
Margaret was very glad to find that no
one had the fainsest suspicion of the
journey he had taken to Beckbridge.
She resolved that no one ever should
know OF it, from her.
tShedid not fear to meet tsolis she
did not dread the encounter in any way.
She experienced a deep inner ainwill-'
ingness even to behold him-a strong
repugnance to looking at him. or be-
ing obliged to speak or listen to him.
The man who has been on the rack,
even if he receiver from his wounds, is
not likely TO be animated by a strong
desire to gaze upon the Instrument of
his suffering. Louis words had racked
Margaret's soul, and that the more in
tensely because she knew that through
IL all. her regard for him still existed
always would exist. She never spoke
zof him. never mentioned his name, nor
asked one question concerning him;
and even Rupert, after one or two fu-
title efforts, ceased to. speak of him to
her. Yet qhef day, coming in from a
short walk, she saw Louis horse standing
before the porch, and knew from that
that he must be visiting Rupert. For
the moment she forgot That glossy
brown 'Dreadnought was on old friend
of hers, and she patted his side, and
stroked his nose, andexclaimed:
well old fellow, do you know me
again?'' 81
He did. That was very evident, and
said in his language that he was pleased
at the meeting. She stood by him, still
caressing him. Some slight sound
caused Margaret to start violently and
hurry into the house. Not for worlds
would she have had the horses master
know of that friendly greeting.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-01-12
MINE LEEDLE POK.

Sometimes ven | am weary,
Und seeck init pitter care,
Ven all de world seem treary
Und filled nit piack disbair,
/ dakes mine leddle paby 10
Und drots him on mine knee;
Und singin' to him, may pc,
Prings glatness undo mo.
| dells him pout de roses,
De sunshine ind de sky;
Und den he rubs his noses
lndo his fader's eye,
Und kisses me so sweetly
Und bulls mine viskCrs, doo--
De shadows dey kombledly
VIII vanish from mine view.
In all dis world of glatness,
Und pliss, und sweetest joy
De Won who trives de sadness
of is mine leedle paby poy.
H. $. Keller. IN Car PTetztl's Weekly.