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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-09-20
Don't Give Up Yet.

/, doesn't follow that patient will die be
cause the doctors have given him up or
that he will recover because they promise To
pull him through" II is never too late to
try the great virtues of Parker's Tonic. Mr.,
Michael Guifoyle, of Binghamton, y. y. was
cured of rheumatism by it after ten years of
unspcakablc suffering. Mr. X. W. Moshcr,
druggist of same city, certfies that he has
sold over a thousand bottles of Parker Tonic
through its reputation for this and other
cures
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29
LATER NEWS

GOVERNOR CLEVELAND arrived In New
York for the purpose Of attending the Demo
cratic barbecue In Brooklyn, and was received
by many prominent Democrats. A large
procession was reviewed by the Governo'
from his hotel. In tho evening
there was meeting at the Academy oil
Music, under the auspices Of Democratic and
independent business men. Governor Glove
land, Henry Ward Beecher, Governors Albeit,
of NewJesey, Waller of Connecticut, Mclean
of Maryland, Pillsbury, Of Maine, and Others
addressed the thronged meeting, and there
was big torch light procession.
A BRONZE statute TO the memory OF Johr
Harvard, the founder of Harvard college
was formally unveiled at Cambridge, Mass
TIE Vermont Prohibtionists met IN sta''
convention and chose presidential electors.
IMMEDIATELY after the Ohio election Dir
Blaine made flying tour through Michigan
briefly addressing the Republican throng
that greeted him in the various cities an
towns
A MARKET wagon containing William a
Pryor, farmer residing near Elkton, Md
and two little children, was struck by an e'
press train, and tho three occupants instantl
| killed
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DEMOLISHED by DYNAMITE.
Ouebec,s Parliament House shn''creo oy
Two shocks.

The city Of Quebec was thrown ihto oT,r, w
hlc state Of exciCmOnt ly Determined eho'V
Saturday afternoon ~ blow up the new hou7o
of Parliament The buildings are In the shale
NJ n hollow square, each wing being uhreo
hundred feet long. Three sides OF ,no
souare coat s725 00O and were completed soiho
three wears ago. They were occupied w ue
pnrtmcnt offc,s. The foui tn ride, wiic'l W
form the Parliament House itself, was al con-
ple,ed but the roof 1t III four s'or'es n,sn,
and built OF cut stone, with iron bnuo''
throughout. ia, .,,,,, ,ye,
oxner;cnced all over the city, accompanied Wy
n tremendous report. People in all dirrcuons
rrshrd mt of doors. The first impression III
many quarters was that the powder magazine,
nj tLc Citadel had exploded. shower oI
ston, and other debris rose III inc ar iIoh, WV
son,h and 81 Parliament House and huge
, hJocLs of stone Ner,. hurled forward distance
os hrtween two and three hundred Feet ooiio
of these blocks contained nearly TWO cuplv icu'
and after reaching the ground p'oMY"I, Yo',
through it to depth OF fo'I OF more na
the explosion not occurred AZ the mon m,,nJ'
~ a ,orr;hle loss of life must have occurred
A. II was only one person was injured. ny
nrdor or ihe Attorney General an active searcI
was made for further explosives, but wi'hou
success. , ,,,,, n. ,b,
About three O'Clock, however, Just as IN ~
search WAS concluded the city was startled ..
another explosion. The thousands OF peoP.
surrounding the buildings were paruoularl
alarmed. In this case the explosion oscurIe =,
in the extreme corner Of tho other end OF III
strnc,ure where the masonry Ia twice as thlo
A. elw where. A large number OF corner stone r,s
were displaced, aud threaten to fall out; a., an
damage caused ~ much more than by the MI
cxnlosi. n, and will necessitate the rebuildih
n" M clew having been found to the authors
!, saurd,y's explosions at the Pa,hamei
,, Uouse. the government has increased the on 7
ward for information from $l,ooo 10 Jaw
The contractor yffers an additional reward
:, $500. ,,o,. so
= II was a,certained that three men were se
3 to Laye the Parliament liouse by window y
: on Friday night. 1t now transpires that it
suspicions characters have been there ior
last week and that ,hoy left town on satur.
n morning. At their boarding house tney !
a among their baggage satchel resempr ~
10 that seen by the workmen on SATURDAY.
Or WAS never left alone, one of the iour away'
Df naming to guard the baggage, even wheh
p, others went 10 meals.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29
THE NATIONAL GAME,

THE Providcnces held the lead sixteen
weeks out OF twonty-thrcc.
THE Chicago Tribune calls tho home club
an aggregation Of ''crippes, buns and piS'
heads"
Ina recent game at WeStiicd, Mass, the
chief of police umpircd the game. There was
no kicking.
DURING tho past nine years the feat OF re-
firing club for nine innings without safe
hit has been accomplished thirty five times
THERE was never season when 80 many
games were played in which ono sido or the
other payel without an error MS tho present
one.
THE old order Of things has been reversed.
Instead OF being graduated from college into
q baseball nine, Vintpn. the plt'her oi Inc
Philadelphias, has JUS entered Yale College
THE profits of the American clubs for the
present sens N are estimated as follows; 81
Louis, 5000; Athletics, Sj,OOO; Cmcln
natl: S9j,0Jl Brooklyn, $4,000: Baltimore
| SCION; Louisville, $4,000 Mctroprlllnn
| s3, ,OOO: Richmond, q 800; Allegheny, s}Ow
| The indianapolis aud Toledo will close TN
| season about 5000 short. This leaves IN
| association about S,'O,tjO ah al OF TN
season, and gives II better tinanrial show
ing thnn any other bns ,hall organization
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29
Making Artificial Fuel.

Small slack of lean or boiler coal only IS
used for it, as coking slack find cheaper ana
better uso in the coke manufacture. somc
material N cement the coal powder together
has TO be employed; with rich coal II is posS',
bic 10 do without, as by heating 1T to about
100 degrees centigrade the bituminous compo-
uents would sufficiently melt to enec. 'h'
binding. but the attempts made have not been
successful because of the rapid wear OF 'ho
machinery in consequence OF the msh .enip''
stura Several oements have been tried, but
the most renera one is hard coal-tar asphalt
or .sbrai. :" which is left as by-produc' Oh 'hO
coal tar distillation. The percentage Vi no
ph.ls varies from four and one-half TO seven
per cent. according to the nature OF the coa,'
4 The latter determining mainly the hea.'nB var
us Of the fuel The practicability OF the man.
uf,cture depends chiefly on the qu'nu'y oi
uph.lt reu,ired for certain kind OF COAL y
This kind Of material is costly, the price oelnt
from o. TO $500 per ton in Westphalia' ih
cost Of manufacture averages twenty-five cem' e.,
per ton, including depreciation of plant, In LIN
selling price Of the artificial fuel iS ss', w..
unsettled, bu. probably it will be in wes'pnA
lia as IL Is in France and Belgium aoous Wv, ~,
thirds the price OF lump coal. Inc ,A''' ;
J being al present sl.75 per ton wholesale
1 westphslia, the briquetts would sell a, aOo'
elias. Taking the latter price, and re'A0"'' =,
eI5o per ton for asphalt and 25 cents ior :. "
cost the fue coal used in the manuiu0,"
would bring II about IS cents per ,0n ""' a'
Y liz per cent asphalt ia used' ana 70 90
n were only i've per cent. is required
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29
A powerful New Telephone.


Tho 4ss test and exhibition OF new tele-
phonr was given at No. 67 Greene street, New
70 a, by Andrew Freedman, manager Of the
Inpire Telephone and Telegraph Company.
n d an acoustic telephone and the pure tones
,of the voice are transmitted without the aid Of
,slsctricity. The test was made over phos-
phor bronze wire quarter Of mile long,
although any wire can be used. The dia-
,phrsgm is composed Of not more than four
thin layers Of an imported weod, surrounded
BY nickel disk to keep 1t in place. Words
can be distinguished inteligibly ten and even
swenty feet distant from the mouth Of the in
strument transmitted from the other end Of
the line. II is said that line can DO con-
structed at one-fourth the expense OF Bel
sslephoy. 10 line. 1t is designed for private linei
mainlj. The inventor is A. A. Knudson ant
tbs v t,lephone was patented June II.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29
Rcttcr be Saving Of Water.

Richard A. Proctor says that the age OF the
earth is placed by some at 5OO,OoO,O 900 years,
and still others OF later time, among them the
Duke Of Argyll, place it at 10000, 900 years.
None place it lower than 100000 knowing
ahe processes that have been gone through.
The earth must have become old. Newton
,surmised, although he could give no reason
for 1t, tha the earth would at one time become
perfectly dry. Since then it has been found
thai Newton was correct. As the earth keeps
cooling it will become porous, and great cavi-
i,ies will be formed in the interior, which will
take in the water. 1t is estimated that this
process is now in progress so far that the water
.diminishes at the rate Of the thickness Of o
sheet Of paper year. At this rate in 9,OOO,'
900 years the water will have sunk mile, ant
in $1,000, 900 years every trace OF water vii
have disappeared from the face OF the globe
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29
Auiumn UiYersi Ons.


A great many Of our townspeople make the
mistake Of confning their outdoor life and
diversions too exclusively to the summer
months. Except in favorable localities, or on
,speciL days, the heat is commonly 80 great
during the greater part Of the summer as to
make active exercise unpleasant, II not impos-
sible, to those who are not accustomed TO 1t.
For 'laying off" and cultivating genius for
epose, the July and August days are admir-
able but for the sort Of bodily activity which
every normally healthful nature feels the need
Of, . week in October, or even later in the
autumn, ia worth q month OF the hay-maklng
and corn-growing weather. 1t is possible for
many who have finished their regulation vaca-
sion to get sightof the country in the 'gold N
pomp Of autumn" and to feel the exhilaration
of the air when it begins to get the sparkle OF
frost in it. Bicycling has enlarged the world
for great number Of young fellows whose life
would otherwise be spent among the bricks
and stones Of the city. A half-hour's spin will
take them on their graceful steeds far out oi
the suburbs, and they find health, pleasure and
true recreation in reaching the pure air and
beautiful sights Of the country by an homes
c1ertion Of nerve and muscle. 1t is apity tina
some equally appropriate and healthful motho'
Of rapid and easy locomotion could not be dc
: vised, and-what is equally important-be mad
fashionable for young women. Horsebacl
riding is never 80 enjoyable or helpful as II
shebright days Of Autumn, unless an e1ceF
tion be made in favor Of the 'buddng time
3 the year, in May. But relatively very few or
able to enjoy this delightful exercise and II
expensiveness will prevent it from becomin
n0pular
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29
EDITORIAL NOTES.
A Good Year for Icebergs.

4 A New York dispatch says The Oldest sn.
h.bitant in Newfoundland does not rene Aber
anything approaching the ice phenom ma of
.his wear. In ordin Try years few N,ebergy
h.ye been seen on the LIST of August. but ), low
,hsre Is an immense feet Of them ijliliD, mast
sbs island. Since the beginning Of February
. stream Of icebergs and foes h's b zen passing
down toward the Gulf stref.D at intervals.
a one time during the pres' % month seventy
Ioebergs of uncommon sizt. were visible from
signal Hill, St. Johns passing southwark
Some great movement must have occurred in
the Arctic regions OF an unusual character tc
Cause such an abnc Tmai disgorgement and cal
into existence th vast ice argosies of the pas
,eyen months.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29
PROMINENT PEOPLE

ELLA WHEELER WILCOX says she mas
written over 300 poems
Mps LAyGTRY's Chinese page is called the
..Beauty's Beast" iu London.
RopERr BROWNING, the English poet, Is
sevcnty.two years old. lie thlhks oi 'iS''ins
America.
LIEUTENANT GRErfY's account OF his arc
tic voyage is to be published SIMULTANEOUSLY
in New York and London.
DIR. EMMA l.. CALL is the first physician
WIN bns ma ,sel the examination admitting
women to membership III the Massachuse'''
Medical society
py,Ncr BISMARCK Is the possessor or al
,he hirhest Prnssan orders but one inclu-
s,ve o, his forelsn orders no has ho le"er
than iorty-seven. .
n,c,p WILDE has evolved new style O.
nat which he hopes will superseue inc pro
vniImr sLovepipe SHAPE, IL bears sV'ons
rcs,m1,ance to u hower-pot sou potVoih "p
| wards.
| m JANSEN. the famous French scientist
yho attended tile meridian conference ~ ~
Wasbincton, /, man Of pleasing address, VIZ, .i
n white beard onl Tlislache. lie WALKS "i''
slighC Imp. r.
JrprrRsoy DAVIS Is the last OF. his iine
TIA death of the son OF oeiieiai 'osclh ~
navis Of Biloxi, Miss, took away the las as
hnnn ",,,, Of n perpetm,ins by male descendants IN
name of Jefferson DAVIS,
r,,r s,ote of Vermont now furnishes IN
. TIE ssnator s.a'e% in years, senator Morrill, an
IN term of office, Senator ihhuhus' hnou
,ho ~ In tor is eighteen years the JUNIOR
looks loo older than Senator Morrill,
SIN GEORGE RosE SAnToRlus, the sen,' e
r ,n,i,ol of the British navy, has Just cor
nH.n nInt"t his ninety fourth year He has oee 2.
, p ppn,yord Of eighty three years in the nav nav
uPMiMhh .Prich he enterel in June, 1901, and md. rose
w,'rn W., rn,, of olmiral of the feet in ls6e.
t,', lhe "n,y surviving officer who took part
= N, battle OF Trafalgar IN iso'.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29
NEWS SUMMARY
Eastern md Middle states.


AT a meeting Of the New York State TEN.
perance assembly an appeal was issued to /
Republican prohibitionists urging them to |
vote Tor Blaine and Logan. Governor St |
John, the Prohibition presidential candidate,
has published letter In reply to the appeal
In which he urges all Prohibitionists to stand
by their ticket.
THE Pittsburg PENN grand Jury have
found bills against President Riddle and
Cashier Reiber, Of the Penn bank for the em-
bezzlement of $i,2O00O0, and against T. j
Watson, oil broker, for conspiracy to delraud
the depositors.
THE Vermont legislature has reelected
Senator Morrill, to the United States Senate
The voc on Joint ballot stood; Morrill,, POI;
Redfeld, 20; scattering, 9.
SITTING BULL, the renowned Indian chief,
is said to have male S30,OJ0 since he placed
himself on exhibition III New York.
GOVERNOR CLEVELAND arrived in New
York for the purpose Of attending the Demo,
cratic barbecue in Brooklyn, and was received
by many promin mt Democrats. large
procession was reviewed by the Governor
from his hotel. In the evening
there was n meeting at the Academy Of
Music, under the auspices of Democratic and
Independent business men. Governor Cleve-
land, Henry W ara Beecner, ,toVerlofs hDDeIt,
of NewJersey, Waller, of Connecticut Mel lean,
| of Maryland, Pillsbury, of Maine, and Others
| addressed the tn ong.d meeting, and there
was big torch light procession.
A BRONZE statute to the memory of Johr
| Harvard, the founder Of Harvard college
was formally unveiled at Cambridge, Mass
THE Vermont Prohibitonists met in Stat
convention and chose presidential electors.
GOVERNOR CLEVELAND held n reception
in the Brooklyn Academy of Music and thel
proceeded in the long procession to Ridge
wood park, where there was barbecue, wiz
roast OK in abundance. There was speakin
from five stands, and tho governor
of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jer'ey
Connecticut and Maryland, beside man
Senators and Congressman were present an
made addresses. In the evening there wa
another reception, and an immense toorcf
light procession. Governor Cl'vcland shoe
hands with thousands Of people during I'll
! day and evening, and on the following mori
ing returned to Albany.
A FIERCE railroad war has been con
menced in New York, and passenger rates
the West have been cut
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29

sumo the red globules Of the blood which carry |
oxygen through the arterial system. Ina thin
dnid they will die. II the discharges from
cholera are emptied into . water closet they
need no. be disinfectod; the germs will die in
it. Acids are fatal to them. Sulphuric acid
taken in the early stages Of the disease will
generally arrest 1t. Iodine is .,ss fatal to
them, but 1t cannot be given to human beings
in large enough doses. The report will sur
prise many in saying that the disinfection Of
sewers is dangerous during the cholera season;
for the germs are killed by the decomposition
OF matter in sewers. II this decomposition is
arrested by disinfection the germs will live.
1t is, therefore, worse than useless to disinfect
the sewers. Another discovery Is that the
germs will die rapidly IL dried. The expert
ments uniformly showed that they generally
survived only three hours, at the most not
more than twenty-four hours. This proves
that they have not a permanent existence !;
which is confirmed by the fact that every out
break Of the cholera has been traced 10 the
region around the delta of>the danges-the
breeding-place Of the disease-whence 1t is
conveyed invariably by the contact Of human
beings with each other. II, therefore, in every
case the germs in the cholera elections could
be thoroughly dried, the infection would cease.
In village near Calcutta thirty persons died
OF cholera. They had all been drinking the
water from the same tank. The water in tho
tank was examined and found to be full Of the
comma-bacilli-as the cholera germ Is called.
II was further found that the linen Of choers
, patients had been washed in the tank. II II
therefore essential that tho bedding and cloth
ing and all else that is contaminated by tht
patient should be either dried or burned: a
, least not washed until they have been thor
oughly dried. Still another discovery is tina
the germs can be taken into perfectly health!
stomach with impunity. The juices of tn
stomach will kill them. But II there be an
irritation in the stomach and bowels caused b
y indigestion, especially such as is caused b
eating dnripe fruit, the lining OF the alimer
y tary canal will be favorable to the developmer
o O., the cholera germ. The reason why 80 man
l. persons escape when there are thousands,
y" not millions, OF these cholera germs lying
n wait for thom, is the inh0spitable receptio
ie which the natural jui,es OF the stomach al
IL ntestines offer to the germs.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29
THE STATE ELECTIONS.
The Vote In ohio and West Virginia.

The election in Ohio resulted in tho Rcpub-
licans carrying the State bya majority OF from
ten To twelve thousand. There was no
trouble throughout the State exccp, in Cincn-
natl, where trouble took place between the
marshsls and sherifis. One man WAS killed
and two seriously wounded. The ticket elected
Is Va follows:
Secretary of sta,o-James s. Robinson.
Judge OF Supreme Court-Wiibam W. John
son
Member Board Of Public Works-Charies A.
Flickinger. p.,u
The Congressman elected are ten hepuoh-
cans and e,ven Democrats.
The election In West Virginia was Tor Gov
ornnr n full list of State officers and the Leg
islature. Returns show the Democratic major
ity to be about 1000 i'll the State.
The West Virginia deles, alton in Congress
arp all Democratic.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

THE laie Frank Chanlrau played Nose "
for twel"- years.
Henry IRVING has been on the stage
twenty eight years.
CouLpocK says he has been on the Stage
but turty-scven years.
n Is not definitely settled that Rubenstein
will come TO America this season.
Mrs. LAYGTRy has been received with tre
nendous enthusiasm IN Scotland.
MosT of Clara Morris's engagements Tor
40 present season are IN the south.
To mark the Tooth birthday of Weber, the
composer, a statue Is to be erected ut ms nome
at Entin.
MopJEsKA has bought a Polish play, an
adaptation whereof she hopes 10 produce Oh
her return next season 10 America.
RICHARD MANSFIELD will star in four-act
| comedy drama by George Fawcett Rowe, en-
acting the role oil young frehch composer
| lie THINKS the part exactly MS hiin'
LAWRENCE BARRETT contemplates giving
a series of one hundred performances III Aus
tralia next season. lie will educate Bret
uarte's youngest son for the stage.
MILE. EMMA NEVADA was the leading
SINGER at the Norwich England musical les
tiyal She is considering an oner ny Mr
Mapleson of an engagement for tour of tn
United States.
REUBEN E. SPRINGER has made an add
tional gift of $1,000 to the college OF musl
n, Cincinnati. This clears the college Oh en
barr,lsslng debt and leaves 1t with pr0pert
and funds valued at not less thah s1oo'oVV'
Nix. CHANFRAUs son Henry is to assum
the part of Kit and travel with the dea
actors company Young Chanirau Is
Princeton graduate, he Is nahusoie MUS nnoa az
ancc eight years ago.
MORE than $50 theatrical, musical, oPerat
! and minstrel companies are on the road. !
ne a,O troupes that have organized this yea
,S5 are regular theatrical companies, thlrt.
i've are concert companies, twenty five vai
k .ry, twenty operatic,' and ten are devoted
n | hulnt cork
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-29
The GULF STREAM.
Auothcr Theory Relative TO Its Fornntion~
The Water In tue Gulf.

Among the Interesting papers read NJ
the meeting of the American Science
Association in philadelphia was one ny
Professor J. Il. Hilgard on "The kela,
five Level of the Atlantic Ocean and
Gulf of Mexico, with Remarks on the
Gulf Stream and Deep Sea Tempera..
ture." The formation Of the bottom OF
tbat part of the Atlantic Ocean which Is
adjacent to the United States and takes
in the Gull sf Mexico and the Caribbean
Sea has been for years special study OF
Professor Hilgard. No year passes with.
ont adding to his information and
knowledge Of this subject. A fact, how
ever. which he brought to the knowledge
| Of the Association, and which he has not
hitherto made public, is that he has
found the difference of the ocean Level
between the mouth of the Mississippi
River and Sandy Hook to be not less
thnn forty inches. Taking into consid'
Grafton the peculiar formation OF the
sea bottom east of the Antilles. which ne
illustrated with the aid of n fine MODEL
and the difference of the sea level DE-
.ween the Gulf of Mexico and the ATTAIN
iie Ocean, he did not think it improbahle
That these two factors working togethei
nroduced not only the Gulf Stream, pu'
Gave il also its velocity, Hedwelt upon
fthe difficulty Of measuring the dul
Stream with any degree of accuracy, ant
Thought that the velocity ordinarily ~
tribnIed 10 il between Cuba and FLORIDA
ai0ht miles an hour, was too great I'M
. theory that ocean currents were pro
= luced by cold POLAR currents MOVING
,outhward at the bottom OF the sea an VI,
warm eouatorial currents moving north
. ward near the surface Of the water 4
. declared to be unsupported by facts. d
y showed. for instance, that the water
GREAT depths of the Gulf of Mexico wa
=. colder by several degrees than the w,,, n,,,
,s r wh;ch flowed into the Gulf through sui
10 marine channels, the depth of wniS
O. aas much less than that OF the botto
,s of the Mexican Gull. How TO accou
10 for low temperature at great deptns
!, The C,ulf he de clared to be problem
M M remaining unsolved. In the course
y. bis remarks Professor Hilgard said u
N on account of its geological formation
whole submarine plateau adjoining
a coast line Of the United States ougn'
nd nd be termed the North American Gun,
it virtually belonged to that oon'inen