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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-02-02
That Doughty Duchess.
Opposite Opinions ABOUT Wonderful
Woman-Her Thumb and Fingers.

Crack nuts with her fingers? Why, you can't mean
IT," cried a Young lady graduate of HE Normal Col
!ege in the utmost astonshment
But do mean IT," affirmed her big brother. who
had taken several prizes in athletics, land rc'assert
IL. that Cymburga wife of Duke Ernest of Austria,
could crack nuts with her fingers and drive nais into
the va with her thumb"
"Wnat monstrous woman" said the young lady.
What useful woman" amended her big brother
The Austrian Duchess was mighty because she kept
good hours, good habits and perfect digestion.
Mrs Alice Strong, of Pittsburg, Pa. writes differ
ent story about herself hut deserves praise for her
rrankness She says For the past three years have
been subject to attacks of cole and cramps, and
evhausting attacks of DiarrhGa. Weary of expert
mentlng with medicines. turned, without hope, To
PARiER'S TONIC. Three bottles cured
me entirely | have tried IL also for other ailments
with which women are OMEN afflicted, and II far sur
passed my expectations. am happy to offer this tcsti
mony for the benefit OF other worneA.'
Ladies' who are interested in Mrs Stroug's letter vii!
please remark that PARkFR'S TONIC is
not i,Lorica1t II cures collie easily,
but by virtue OF many and powerful ingredients.
It also masters all diseases of the BO0d-such. for cN
ample as rheumatism. Consumption, Scrofua, and MI
disorders Of the Kidneys Liver and stomach II Is a
yitalizer and stimuant but not an iRtorcdn Prices
20 cents and 81 per bottle tiiscoX Co, Chemsts
New York Janis
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Bros, the Sherman House, Lea Co , ana
many other users Of this system In Chi
cago, endorse it highly. They also light the
celebrated Panorama Of the Battle OF Get'ys-
burg, now on exhibition III Chicago-fhe
only one Of the many panoramas In the
world that is lighted by electricity, the Van
Depoele light apparently being peculiarly
adapted TO this service.
Tho recommending cut represents
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their exter Isive establishment on Van Bnren
street tn ey took their departure for Elgin
via the Chicago, Milwaukee and st Paul
road, arriving there little before O'Clock
At this place the Van Depoele Company
AVE two OF their dynamo electric machines-
One 40. and the other 30.light machine.
The streets are lighted by twenty nine lamps,
placed upon towers constructed OF iron. SIX
Of these towers are !25 feet in height, each
bearing four lamps; and seventh, located
in the central part Of the city, is 80 feet
high, carrying five lamps.
After supper, through the kindness of Hon.
Geo. 5. Bowen, of Elgin, the owner OF the
plant, the party were given sleigh ride
around the city, for the purpose Of proving
the truthfuness ot the assertion that Elgin
is tceN lighted Through all the principal
street: and By streets they were dr!Yen, and
they all returned to the hotel firm in the con.
victou that the proof was positive. The
light was dfiused thoroughly throughout
al parts of the city, except in one section,
where no claim was made COR it. y petition,
however is before the council to have tow.
er erected IN that locality and i. will proha
bly, be done, when the whole city will be well
lighted.
The light obtained from the Van Depoele
lamp has a peculiarly soft and pleasing APP
pearauce, closely resembling sunlight ITSELF
and as seen from the towers 1t burns with a
steadness that cannot be surpassed, and by
IL the most delicate tiHts are easily discerpi-
BILE. The light can De looked at with impu
nifty without in jury TO the eye, and Yet from
one of these towers the light is strong enough
TO DE OF grea, assistance 1000 feet away. The
effect, then, OF the combined seven towers
with their twenty nina lights, representing
IS, 600 candle power, can be easily Imagined,
especially in face Of the fact that previously
Elgin had $40 street lamp>, which cost her
81, 800 per annHm, and that all with whom
conversation was had, even those opposing
the new system, admitted the city was much
better lighted, especially in the suburbs,
than i, was by the old system. Think OF
what the effect would be in Ottawa, where
We have less than l2i street lamps!
The power that drives the TWO dynamos il
derived from 100 horse power engine, about
two.thirds OF the power being used. In OF
taws we would have the advantage Of water
power, which i by far preferable TO steam
both for it's economy aud steadincss.
The accompanying cut shows
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SORt. EN rs.

NNrsxIILFs. u ~uIIr Co 1T. luIN lIth, u.
NEs. DIR. kECk-Dedr HdddU,. feel 10 my duty To-
All who have little children afflicted with sore eyes 10
'rt them know how have in our case has been
DE- ucfird Niurc the hrsf of last Dee nhcr she has
been troubled with graHusled eyes caused ~ that
time 10y Inflammation ui the luns- Uud bowels. they
were very bad. She couldn't bear The Uglt q ANY
time The cytlids were very much iuf1mld aud red;
pauing her ieyiblg Her feet and hand, NCIc a. cold
lee In the warmcst weather She MS very poor and
thin m flesh. only weighing - poUu i, S1d was u
n.uths old. We employed several Of the best physi-
clans without any brnCt's.
Reading Of Your wonderful cures 1 VI. induced TO
call ou " n. wis tU You june Eid, l-Ni anu re
cciytd the rst medicine Amer fol owing iput d!rrc'
lions week the child could ce by using me shade
of green sun bonnet anu at this WriitNs she iIlhs
good. weighing p pound, a gam VI lo POUNDS 10 one
month She can see a good - any person. an sure
had she been relieved soon She would have lost hct
aye sight and been ruined for lie MY one doubling
thl- statement vii call N ur address ne. -.
Box jslI Very respectfully -. :. PNkItiltF.
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CALL AND SEE.

S,liE,RIF'E'-S SA I.fs.-By virtue Of an eNoCu.
non and fee bill issued out II the clerks oic. OF
tho Circuit Court Of IA sale comfy and state Of ILL
uois and 10 me directed, whereby am commanded
tD make the amount sf 4 certain Judgment recently
obtained against Richard J. Fullerton. Ia favor al
George g. Parker. AlfreitcOtt and Herbert :. Gilbert
Mariners &c As = Gilbert Co. out II lands tenr
mcnts goods ana chattels Of said Richard j. tuertDn
have lcviei the following property 10 Wit; East
half " Of the Southeast Iartcr - of Section Sew
en- - Township Thirtyfour 30 Range Three 81 Past
OF the THIRD Sd Principal Meridian. AL Of the above
described property being and situated In La Sale cOun
~ and state OF Illinois. Levy made the nth DAY OF
January A. 1885,. Subject 10 mOrtgase for I've
hundred dollars-
Therefore. according 10 the said command, -hsi
expose for sale AT public auction oil the right title and
Interest Of the above named Richard j. Fullerton "a
and to the above described property on SATURDAY tht
I'd day Of February A. D. lsst AZ clock p N ~ "
north door OF the COuT, House. In Ottawa, Ia sale
Dstej al Ous~s. III, this lot day Of rebrnsry -.
". r. MIlIlGAN,
trt24s Slsrlr uf Ia Sale County. Il
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which is constructed on the simplest princi-
ples known to the scienc3 of electricity, The
Geid magnets consist Of two large coils of
copper wire, wound around two soft iron
cores, their north and south poles facing
each other, and between these poles revolves
the armature, which is really the most i'm.
portant part Of the machine 1t consists Of a
frame made Of number Of iron bars, each
separated from The other: the bars are rivet.
ed to the inner and outer periphery by two
metal rings, several of the rings being placed
between the inner and outer layer Of iron
bars. The construction Of the machine is SO
calculated that the magnetism of the field
car easily reach the wire wound on the IN.
eide Of the arnature, making every inch OF
wire IN this arnaturc pass under the direct
influence of the field of force. 1t Is said 10
be entirely unnecessary 10 provide for vcnti-
lsti0n IN the machine, since there is no heat
generated; hence a great saving Of power il
effected. 1t is claimed that for 20-ligh, dy-
nsmOs and upwards only about three -fourths
horse power per light is requircd-that 40
light machine can he run by a 80 horse pow
er. Among the claims for the Van Depoele
system are extreme simplicity, ease Of man
Agement while in operation, perfect control
Of the current t0 run any given number Of
lights up to the full capacity Of the dynamo
there being curreIa regulator, automatic
switch and current indicator, by which The
current Of electricity is controlled and Al
danger from burning out prevented; and per
feet safety in handling the lamps while tie
current is Onto illustrate which John Fyfe
now in the employ Of the.company, took hold
OF both poles Of one Of the series Of twenty
lamps, in the presence Of the Ottawa party
and received the full force Of the dynamo
without any effect upon himself or upon the
lights. This claim for safety is a strong one
for the Van Depoele, the resistance being so
slight that the current which flows In one
continuous stream, not pulssting, seeks is
own course and is not detected by external
causes. Hence their wires, when stretched
along the streets and over hOusetops, are not
considered dangerous in the least. Other
claims for this system are: the total absence
Of the violet rays, making the light difiu-ivc
minimum wear upon the machine; econo-
my, &c. One feature Of the Van Depoele
system is that the electric current may be
divided and that both are and incsndescent
lights may be produced by the same machine
without loss OF power.
The Van DepOele Company have extensive
plants In Lansing, Mich, Winona, More
head and CrookstGu, MINI, Warsaw, Wis,
Bloomington, Sterling, Dixon. Rockford,
Freeport and Elgin, in this state, Burling
ton, Cedar Rapids ana DEBORAH, Iowa; and in
many other places In Chicago the extensive
wholesale house OF J. V. Farwell & Co e,
which were using Is OF these lights when
the Ottavs crowd were there, have since
given az order for $50 additional lights,
making total Of 3l5 Comment Is uBneces.
ssry. Csrson. Prize, scott 4 Co, Race
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TO THE PUBLIC.

N KOY, NtINuI Oh. III, NV y T07F7
For about hitecn years was unable 20 eat scarcely
ANYTHING without the greatest distress In my stomach,
ufen vomiting the Whoc Of my meals for weeks AT a
time when not vonitlng the most Intense burning aud
agony In my stomach For several year lsd seh'!
inv hand In ls.S became drOpsird ana blpa ed ana
grew worse. until when laid down ! would seem ~
smother nearly to death. and my heart troubled IA"
very much Could only lay on nav back Nearly every
night had 10 III up TO get my breath. MY stomach
would bloat up hard and b" full OF nud bad
much trouble with urine | Ct no permanent relief
from medicines until | applied 10 Mrs. Dr. heck IN
lsS By using her prescriptions have become entire
IL we'll All these troubles gone. also severe pain
through the temples which had frequently for years
THIS ian have oe.n tlling my mru, hauling tile, nj
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% AEDES improved, two miles from
IZU AChES town. The best bargain 10
ALL Full PARTICULAR furpthes BY
jsps-sv oh J. o. HARRIS
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FEMALE TROUBLE.

OTTAWA, La Sale Co. H.. MAY ., 81
MEs IA kE,E- Deu Friend: | f'c i my duly TO
the suilr ing public 10 make known what your yslua
HE medicine, ami advice have done for me. have
not been well for nv" year, H. II present ~ has
now been nine months since ! took SuuT medicines.
and sim feel real well was afflicted with catarrh
Of the head and also female troubles ut tr worst KIND
could not rest well of nights s,vcr" pain IA side ana
back was very much dcb Iitated Dll over.
ICuusclcntiousy recommend your treatment 10 al
suffering. Any person doubling tuls statement VIII
uleg,, nldrc-s or Cnl On me. Very truly YOURS.
MRS A. f. HRIF\ =. .. Box i9lS.
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\ Leap Year party was gwen in Utica
las, Friday night.

\ Leap Year party was gwen IN Utica
las, Friday night.
The La Sale DRIVING Park Association
are getting ready for meeting on July 4th
The date fnS the Mendoza Union FaI Z
Tor 1884, has been fixed upon September
to 9th.
Fires were started IN the La Sale WI!
dow glass works on Tuesday and the
work of rebuilding the cover of the tank
is IN progress. John Davis will set as su-
perintendent.
This is the latest on the Streator water
works question: The committee have
Substantially agreed to sink big well or
reservoir in the bottom jus, beyond the
bridge and locate the works there. If the
inflow from the rock IL not enough to sup
ply The needs Of The town il can be added
to either by running pipe to the springs
beyond the cemetery or else By bringing
" later down the river from the dam. For
fire purposes water can be taken from the
nver Just above the bridge"
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Consultations and Examinations Free to ALL
STRONG EVIDENCE OF A PERFECT CURE AT HOME.

working In the ditch for ten days with my hands and
arms In water foot deep and feel no had effects rom
it-Caught no cold.
NV family thought could not live loEg when first
came 10 Mrs Or Keck, and had a. give up work but
now ann hearty again: can work with any Of the
boys though | am nearly siNty'tonr.
Mrs KcCk also cured my daughter Rosa Of deafness
and running the ears. and Hk lungs, In 1881, since
which time she has taken no medicine, nor have
since last February ard both remain welt heartily
recommend Mrs br KcCk TO the sick
RasncctfniIy ROBERT COLLINS
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III D,uce on the east side Oi Columbus street tust
across the canal bridge or leave orders At BC Rh r.
BROS. drocerS- anR'
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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 8,

commencing at 10 O'Clock, the following property, VI
5 head OF horses: well bred Norman msrc., viii
f1sl; Norman mare colts. years old: one Normal
stallion. two years old past: I good work horses.
suck 'ng colts goo rOadsters
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"BLAINE OF NAME"

1t is one thing to nominate a can
didate and another to elect him.
When a convention dominates a man
and the people thereafter ratity the
nomination, that is q good piece of
work. But when a convention NOM
mates a man and the people reject
him, that is not so comfortable.
No doubt the managers of some
great corporations and the controllers
of many monopolies would like MI.
Blaine; but these gentry r not 20.
ing to elect a president this year.
The Democrats can beat "Blaine Of
Maine" because they will have a
great deal Of republican help in do
ing it. They can beat "Blaine of
Maine" because he is the weakest
candidate the Republicans could have
nominated. In placing him at the
head of their ticket they have put
there a person recently described by
Henry Ward Beecher in these words:
"There is another contingency. If
the engineers and managers of the
Republican party shall select a candi-
date for the presidency stained Dy
jobbery, in alliance with the policies
Of the great railway princes, hand and
glove with corrupt loboies, and In full
faith with the corrupt aud corrupt
ing gangs who swarm u Leglsla-
lures and live bv sleek plumber. it will
be the duty of every patriotic Repub-
lican to secure his defeat" and so on.
The Reverend Beecher will not sup
port "Blsine of Maine"
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A NEW PLAN.

A grateful relief from the mono.
tonous political dlatribes of Eastern
journals is found in the commune
cations of several inventive CORE
spondents, who are anxious to let
the world know how to prevent any
further mischief from Irish agitators.
AS near as can be made out one OF
them would have an international
association formed Immediately to
blow up, as a retaliatory measure,
everything that Is not already blown
up. And one writer is confident
that $4,000 Englishmen and Ameri-
cans can be found to join such a
society. Another amiable CORE
spondeDt suggests that all the lead
ing Irish agitators shall be clapped
into prison as hostages, and every
time there is an explosion they shall
be touched off by the British Govern
ment. All these serene suggestions
are published without comment and
evidently with no idea of endorsing
them, but merely to show how easy
It is, when instructions are followed,
to head off d~ynamiters.
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COneY Island Races.

New YORK, June 1O.-The spring
meeting of the Long Island Jockey
Club opened to-day at Sheepshead
Bay; 10000 persons wee present.
First race-Five furlongs: won easy
BY Jim Renwick, favorite; Little
Mink, End; Nimrod, Sd; time, 1:O2.
Second race-All ages. mile and .
half. won by Miss Woodford; Mount
Albion, End; time, $40.
Third race-Foam stakes, for two
year Odds, S furlongs, starters, Mir
ME Minor, Petition. Souci, Br@'
wood, Relay, Elmenderf, Richuoad,
Aershue, Floris, Error, Lulu S I'D
Princess, Floris won by a head H.
ter M exciting race, Minnie. second;
kershua, thir.l, time 1:O4
Fourth raco-Suburban handicap-
All ages, mile and a quarter. Tht
race was one of the most exciting
ever witnessed on the course. Gen
eral Monroe won by q neck; Wal
Eagle, second, q neck in front Of
Jack Of Hearts; time, 2:l1&.
Fifth race-FOr three year olds:
winner sold; mile and a furlong; Lutte
string won easily by two lengths;
time, 2:1O.
Sixth race-steeple chase, full
course; Charlemagne won; Wooster,
End; time, $685..
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Burr, during the summer OF l1'o'
lost patience under the attacks ~
Hamilten's partisans. He espec!s.ly
resented \ rumor to the effect that iof
legislative services rendered Oy IT, IT,
the Holland company had Ve.
. bond against him for $9O,OcO: DuIf
cast about for the author OF thls ~
NOR. intent on obtaining satisfacl!on;
John B. Church, . dtst1ngoisnou
New Yorker, the uncle OF Hamilton,
was heard openly repeating the story
as q fact, and him Burr held resp0n-
sib]e, sending him . challenge TO
mortal combat, which was promptly
accepted. They met at Ho6okea.
Church had for his second n 40 jan
Hammond, while Burr Wa attended
BY Judge Burke, of. South Carolina.
The serious affair ended in q joke that
amused all New York and furnished
. popular by-word in the city lor
soma time.
On the morning Of the duet, when
Burr, before leaving home, handed
his second, Judge Burke, bis pistol
case, he explained that the balls were
cast intentionally too small, and That
chamois leather, cut the proper size,
must be creased and put around the
balls to make them at. The leather
and grease we're in the case. When
the principals had taken their stand,
Burr, who had noticed that the Judge
had been trying to hammer tho ram
rod in with . stone, remarked as he
took the weapon from bis hand, that
tho ball had net been driven home.
II know It," replied Burke with
the air of Sir Lucius O'Trigger. II
to greaee the leather; but don't
keep your man waiting-just take a
crack ct him as 1t is, and I'll grease
the next one."
Barr bowed grim and gracious In
a~cquiescence, to the horror Of hls an
and took his place. Shots
were exchanged without effect, and
then Church made haste to apologize
and the affair was over with . hearty
LAUGH as the consequence.
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Macar0ni Eaters INDIGNANT.

ROME, June 10.-Signor Mancini,
minister of foreign affairs, address
ing the chamber of deputies, to-day,
said it was improbable that the Amer
lean COVER ,ment would have time to
discuss, during the present session,
the bill placing foreigners upon tho
same footing as Americans In re-
gard to duties on the introduction IN
america of works of art. II the
bill should not be considered by tile
list inst. rs demanded Dy Italy be
would take measures to obtain
compensation, as he considered
Italians subjected to unfair treatment
ana at variance with the treaty Oh
commerce between the two countries
The ministers of foreign affair."
commerce and finance were consider
ing . bill regarding the matter which
might be brought into operation
after an agreement with European
governments. Bonacea, in reply,
said II the American government
persisted in the present course, lta!y
should abolish differenti;:l duties ="
denounce the treaty with America
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Morning Journal: There are q
number of disconnected people in the
country who are always wanting to
know whether Sammy Tilden has
declined the Democratic nomination.
Let us answer On the behalf of the
sage of Greystone that he has de-
clined 80 often that there is nothing
to be made by declining again. For
q change now he is going to accept.
That should settle it. We know it
will not, Such is the pestilent long
ing to carry about the only genuine
last, bouble-barrelled, copper-fas-
yard wide and Atwood dying
declaration of Samuel J. Tilden that
We expect to see a dozen fellows
claiming to possess one during the
next ten days. That will not effect
Sammy. He puts it down to human
weakness, and then winks his STAR
BOARD eye at his secretary with the
air OF a confirmed joker as. he takes
up the forty-pound dumb-bells.
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International Re>eh s..-

CHICAGO, June 1o.-The second IN.
ternational bench show of doos
opened here to-day. There are .ho,st
800 dogs in 70 classes, SPORTING .rJ
transporting. Nearly ali the Ststes
Of tn: Union and England. Scot sc"t.
land, France and Canada ars r.nre-
scented: The following ire the r.rin-
ciPal first premiums awarded iu tol pm.
champion English setter does' P.;'i
ana Gladstone. owned by w. p: p
~ Ga yer, Memphis, Tenn. yalned a. -:
s1,0oo; champion setter bitches n,SH -
and Champion. The first-nsm,e Did 10
owned ~ W. B. Shattuck. Of Cir -
clnnatl, Ohio. Dido is a notod H wia>
"I "a 845 and is valued at SIS. O00. Prize
u: w. Cassidy was nominst:d =
eM for Congress: " ~
S ssH. for supreme Judge: W ~ =
i Hnn George Ernst, and HeS ~ 4 = = =.
tors; p. =: Mccarthy. E. p H. eieo-
~: John H. Dennis. r. s:d M1ardes'
aiso4aa and Matt Cannsvsn l: =:
I dIec.Go delegates to the Chic.so we're Ma
no. asn pie 3as%T q %ss conveattSioase.o Al AZ
Adj burned. ana Hendricks.