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- A PLEA TOR MUGWUMPs.

IL has become the custom for both political parties to abuse "Mus. wumpS, which by the way, Is an Indian name, meaning 'big man. |" H. Is kicked at from both sides. Ev- cn the Democrats, who were boosted into their present exalted eminence by the Mugwumps, are not splrlng m their analhemas of the very men up- on whose shoulders they climbed In 10 power. The fact is, Ibas~Iespite his very uncouth nanse the Mugwump often hoiSs inc saianee of power in poRucal contests anl neither party can afford 10 ignore hlm in making their nominations. II an objeCiiona- bIe or corrupt candidate is nominated, the Mugwumps stay away from the polls or go over to the other side, and the aspIrant tor office instead of being fitted into the Presidential char finds himself 'buooted" to such distance in another direction that he ls there after T political corpse.
 James G. Blaine owed his defeat to Inc Mugwumps and if Grover Cleve. land iailsto toe the mark" during his term of office, enough Mugwump5 will be found al the next Presidential election to rrlegate him and his party 10 the obscurlty they have enjoyed tor the last twenty years.
 In fact the Muswump is a useful factor in politics for he keeps both parties on their good behaviour. The genuine Mugwump IS a voter who cares more for honesty of principle than he does for party traditions, and aJ 1t is the tendency of all political parties 10 become corrupt when they have had long lease oi uninterrupted power, the Mugwump by deser,ing his party and voting on the other side acts as corrective 10 evils that would otherwise grow until party became SO powerful that It's control of office would be practically unassailabIe.
 ;Alleglanee.te your .pcdttiea+' creed l lis,a good thing, bu; allegiance to hon. esty and pufty ot government is bet. ter. There have b-en times l., the history of the country whsn party Issues have been so strong and their consequences so momentuous that all other considerations had 70 be fore. gone. Al such times men must fall Into line and battle for broad princi pies. But thls Is not the case now. The old issues that made such strong dividing lines in politics are either dead or have been settled by leglsla ton and to-day t is of more conse quence that We have honest, efficient men in office than it is to what DO litical creed they nay belong.
 This condition of things is making the Mugwump what the name implies, "big man. and as there is an alarming amount of corruption both m Federal and State legislation there IS plenty oi work in hand for those who are anxious to remedy it. The task of entirely eliminating rascality from politics ii perhaps impraclicablr but the people can prevent pohtican: whose records are smirched with ch,canery and fraud from becoming successful competitors for offices oi Hugh public trn,t. They will be called .Muswumps if .ihsy rffuse to, vote ioi their party man because he tas been mixed up with Cor rgressional jobs,
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NOTES AND NEWS.

The completed returns in Ohio show d majority of I7,6SS for Foraker
 What is fame? The Globe Demo. Crat refers to orr esteem:d ex gov ernor as "Mr. Wutlc.'
 The historian Bancroft is on a viSi, to Stephen A. Dorsey, al his ranch in the neighboring territory.
 Nine people were killed and a large number seriously woun led in a rail. way collision n.lr Jersey City fc Y dIys since.
 The death scntcnc, prs'"d on L,ui' RicI, the igii.r ot the rcb.liiDI n Canaia, wIil prob ably b. cJnnltei 10 lifelong aerVituie.
 The poet Longtcllow's youngest daughter Annie was married To Imes Gilbert Thorpe, of f lu Claire, WIs. consln, few days since.
 There is now no American Cardi nal, but it Is expected that the honor will be conferred upon Archbishop Gibbons, of Baltimore.
 Field Marshal Lo.d Strathnairn, better kuown as the Sir Hugh Rose who played such a prominent part Tn the Indian Mltiny, Is deId.
 Congressman Holman has gone to the San Carlos Reservation. II h. should encounter Geronimo, the great bi:ct0r will have the ch nc: ot rIii ing one more objection before he IS Scalped.
 The Right R:verened Michlel Cor. rigan, who succeeds the late Cardinal McCloskey as Archbishop of New York, Is only 45 years of age, and IS probably the youngest Archbishop Tn the world.
 Another novelty in insurInce has made it's appearance. A company has been formed which guarantees Tn. demnity to man whose wife elopeS. They ought to do large business in Chicago, where mans Wife IS liable to "yamos" any day.
 Among the Mormons who were sent to prison last week, for unlawful cohabitauon, was John Nicholson. the we'll known editor O! the Desert News, rhe organ of the Mormons pao. Iished n Salt Like Guy.
 Among the other attractions at the Phenix fair WIS. a baby snow. The baby crop of Arizona is not very large but the quality and healthy coaditpn of the babies would nuke New, ,El- gland matron wild with enyy. :,
 An old toper in Missouri has died from spontaneous combust,oa, h'S body being iound in the woods re- duced to ashes. If this cheap and cf- ficacious way of crSmltlng old bum, mers would occur more ireqientlY II would be public boon.
 A prohibitionist publication speaks of a minister in Oalo. wh) Is SD l earnest in the anti liquor movement that he will not read d newspaper Tn winch the word "whlskey' Is printed It would be interesting To be eintormed ! how he knows the word Is nor there without reading the paper.
 The trial of Mrs. Minnie Walkup, for poisoning her husband, Is now proceeding in E Enporia, Kansas. The festive Mnnie, who Is not yet out ot her teens, married man old enough to be her grandfather, who died ua. der suspicious circumstances a few weeks after the event had taken place, leaving her wealthy widow. A Mnnic Is proved to have made several purchases of the sane kind oi poison that wa, tound in the old mans sto n. | ach tue case looks bad for her. |
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WHY don't Secretary Bayard send ex'Governor St. John to some ioreisn consulate. lie did good work for the DsnocraIlc party and the laboreT Is worthy ot hls hire. lie |, nu.- sdncc here, and if he was shipped to some nice unhealthy place on the coast oi Africa, there is comfort in the possibility lA2s R= m,gh, not come back agaln,
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facts oi the conteS: seem to bear ou, the statement. If SD, he Is certainly the first President who has occupied the White House Tor many years who nas no, brought all the power of the administration to bear upon an cleo
 lon, in state where the result was considered doubtful.
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AN order has been issued that there shall be no more ''cold tea" served in the Congressional refreshment rooms at the Capitol. This will cause the Congressmen and Senators from Kentucky and Missouri 10 take a great deal of walking exercise. The nearest saloon is two blocks away.
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ONE result of the recent Ohio cleo. ton will doubtless be to return John Sherman to ii.e Senate. Although unsound on the silver question and cranky on some others, few more dis tinguished men have sat among the body that compose our highest Legs iatiye Assembly.
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THE Mormons in Utah must be ar irving at the conclusion by this time that the floor of Congress is not a place where farcical comedies are en. acted and laws passed for the amuse, ment of the members.
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THE Phenix Heyala states that the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe com pany have madea proposition to build the Ash Fork and Prescott road. This IS good news if reliable, as every mile of railroad built in the territory will accelerate the development of its re- sources. e.. .. '
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TIE Tucson Times in its account of the meeting held in that city in honor of Governor Zulick, gives the names of fifteen gentlemen, all of whom made speeches It omits 10 state the number of i.quests the coro. Isr held next day.
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A TELEGRAPH operator killed nin,

A TELEGRAPH operator killed nine people and maimed a score for life in New Jersey the other day, by acollis. ion caused by his inexcusable careless ness. It is feared that he may be seriously reprimanded. In any other country he would spend ccnsidera. .ble portion of his remaining life in prison,
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To THE PEOPLE or rLAGsrArr.

Give the CHAMPloN your support. Advertise in il and subscribe tor your nome paper. I...,% .l.;. " .
 The proprietor does not intend to blackmail you or bore you with the persis,ency and gall of book agent or sewing machine man, in the eEurt to secure patronage for the paper.
 We share with you the inconyen- fences of dull times, but we are here 10 stay if properly supported, and give 10 the world the true importance cf your location as a town and the unsurpassed advantages of the sur. rounding country.
 Will you contribute to a newspaper already established and widely cilcu. lated or will you in the near future advance ten times the amount to some half starved concern 10 come 10 Flagstaff just for the sake of saying "we've got a newspaper."2
 Think upon the matter seriously and act upon your own judgements. It is admitted upon all sides that un- der its present control HE CHAMPION has already shown a vast improve ment both in the quality and quantity of it's reading matter, as we'll as in earnestness of purpose in behalf of -tbsinterests of this section.
 When you have calmly and dellb- erately considered this matter its re- suits will be accepted without ques' ton or complaint.
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Notice to Creditors.
Esfats af Pah1ek z. Bran1en, /

ESfafe 9f Pak,7fk B. BraH7eH, De tcaScI.
 NOTICE is hereby given by the under. N signed administrator of the estate "t Patrick $. Brannen, deceased. 10 the creditors oi, and all persons having claims against the said deceased, D exhibit them with the nee. essary vouchers, within ten months after the first publicali,n of this notice. 10 the said adinins,rdlor, at his residence at Fllgstai, counry of iavapai, Territory of Ariz ma.
 D. j. BEANSEN,
 Administrator of the E tste of
 par.ck E Branueu, Deceased. Dated a, tl,s,,ad, Anzlni, September 10th, 1885.
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NERVOUS DebiI;tated

SUFFEKERS from early IndlScrellons, EN. cesses, etc. Ifyou will send me your name and address. will send you by return mail treatise on the cause and cure of Nervous Exhaustion, Lost Manhood, Loss of Mem. ory, Dimness of Vision. and all other synp- toms arising from self abuse, overwork or study. Neglect, causes insanity and early death. Address, T. W. RICE. 20 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. sepS.Iyr
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IT looks as if Grover Cleveland was so anxious to be good President that he hasn't tune to be honest and jI,t.
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IPkEsIDEET CLEyEEAND took no hand. Ii is said, either directly or ih- djrectl) in the Ohio election, and the
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ton or complaint

TRLEcRAPHING in England IS now one cent word. No Western Un. ion monopoly there.
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PORTER BROS. & CO.,,

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Give the CHAMPION your support. Advertise in it and supsrripe.tor' your
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-03
BOYS GIRLS
4 Little Hero.

Jerome McDougall is years oil. He lives
at HoboEen, \. J. He is a pretty boy, with
refnel face, "a handsome head, and clear
cut features, lie has long, straight nose
and n bright keen blue eye. lie is very
plucky little fellow, as brave as lion. He
is good boy at school, and can read and
write. Jerome is fond of athletic sports,
can run fast, and jump and play leap frog
with the best. Young rs he is too, h. can
swim. How many boys years old can do
thati
Up TO this summer Jerome has been just a
good, bright, active little boy, who learned
his lessons we'll and had good deal of fun.
But this summer he did something which
will distinguish him all his life When his
school was out he went for the vacation to q
place called Bowery Bay, on the coast
of Long Island. If you look on the map
you can see it.
1t was at Hoboken that jerome learned
20 swim. 1t is much easier for little Boys to
10 this than for grown people. Big mems
FONTS are stiff, AMI their bones and muscles
are heavy. so boys and girls, too, be sure
~ learn ~ swim when you are little.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-03
BOYS GIRLS



Thousands Of our BOYS AMI girls have
gael with wi ie-eyel wonder on Jumbo, tho
biggest elephant that was ever in America.
He was eleven an one-half feet higl. Ii
you wer, t. take very tall man AMI stand
him upon the shoulders of another tai man
the top Of his heal would not reach up to
jumbo, He weighed AOOO pound.
He use to eat every day 400 pounds OF hay,
a barrel OF potatoes and one whole bu'heI
of onions How lis breath must have
sme.iei!
But that was not ALL Jumbo wasn't
temperance elephant. He would drink
pailtul of ie,r every night His keeper,
Scott, drank little of it, but Jumbo swal-
Lowell nearly all. After that, with the beer
and onions both inside of him, he had
breath to be sure He was very fond OF his
beer, was Jumbo and refused To go to sleep
without it, IL. Travelled in great box
car, so high that it just cleared railway
tunnels In this car the great beast
ate and slept, and Scott, his keeper, slept
there too. One night, for some reason,
Scott did not give Jumb, his pail of beer,
but lay down and went to sleep Jumbo
waited a 60 Vi while. He paved and fused
uneasly with his trunk. Bat Scott slept
away and never minded. Jumbo wasn't
going to be put Off though. AT last, seeing
the keeper did not seem about to stir, hs
CIirled his great trunk about him and sui
deuly brou hit him up standing upon his
se, He did not hurt him in the least, only
walked him AMI put him upon his feet very
gently. This was to remind Scott that
Jumbo could not go to sleep without his
drink
You see from the picture how big Jumbo
was, compared to the man who stands be-
side him His torgh, heavy hide looked like
dried, wrnSlei mui. When he appeared
in any town Mr.. Barnum usually let
him march along the streets III the
process lion. Then the boys and girls would
race themselves out of breath following him
up to get sight of him, His back moved
along on a level with the second story win
dows of some houses. When lie lifted his
trunk 1T was twenty six feet high up to the
roofs of many of the houses. Near his head
this tremendous trunk was as large aroun1
as a mans body.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-03

The Unite States Agricultural bureau
has ISSUED its September bulletin on the
condition of the crop. Corn is 9j pr cent,
against o. year ago The pros rect i sLili
tav orabie for q crop s!ignJl, above TIE av-
eraga. Cotton averages 81, against 81 lie
sanle month last year. tbs ), tn, hlg lest
September average in ten years 1her.
viii be an enormous product Of sweet pota-
toes T. ghtvhve IL an "off year"
in apples, yes there will be full medium.
crop. In he New York markets fall fruits
of all kinds are extraordinarily plentiful.
Except where vines were wintar-klliel,
there will be large crop of grapes. In
many PLACES wher1 the w.rS not kulel
the extreme cold weak ned th, vines. In
Consequence the grapes are mild swiny to a
considerable extent.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-03

United states Agricultural Bulletin.
The arabic farm first prize Of the Royal
Agricultural society of England has Teen
taken ~ Mr.. Cove Ashton. 1t lies {
miles from Liverpool, embraces 1866 acres,
and la, been cultivated 81 years under lease
IRON tn, Earl of Derby. The farm was
characterized by excellence and uniformity
Of all crops, absolute cleanliness, and SPLEEN
did condition of all fences and roads, The
house is neat villa-like residence, and the
buildings embrace capacious barn, granary
stable aud small COW house The barns are
carefully spouted, and the water supply is
a Iond; the manure is store in yard, ex-
cept the trimmings" which are gathered
and pumped over the sawdust So) tons OF
which are purchased annually for fertillz'
ing PURPOSES. B,si les this saw1u't 100 tons
of horse manure AMI 400 tons of night soil
are annual purchasei, making the total
yearly expan iitures for fertilizers about
S2,25e or SIS per acre.
During Mr.. Ashton's long occupancy 49,
600 Ira b g laid out in permanent improve
ments, su n as rosl making, grubblng out
old AMI planting new fences, filling W
bon Is AMI leveling inequalities
No exact system Of cropping is followed.
Each auIumn about 5 acres Is sown IN
mixei seeds for early cutting; this is mown
three times the first year for green food,
which is delivered in Liverpool, yielding
II, and 10 tons per acre at the respective
cuttings. The crop of the seconi year is
mown twice for haI. Sheep are taken to
consume the aftermath at 2l cents pr
head rer week lhis year G3 acres Of seeds
Ct the first and second years growth have
been made into hay, and Mr.. Ashton value |
the pr duct at FULLY 100 tons. 1t is b. no
means unusual tor crop 10 yield tons
per acre Tue cropping this year is as fol-
lows: "a acres in wheat II acres oats. 10
acres in farley, 90 acres in potatoes, acres
in vetches, acres in mangels, and the rest
in seeds of the first and second yelrs.
Thl labor bill on this farm is $500 per an
nun, or nearly 81 800 much of it due to the
heavy road WORK and the extremely clean
cultivation of the farm. 1t is seen that the
produce is NANNY sold from the farm, for
which compensation is made 10y rlilizers
brought five miles from Liverpool. The
only farm animals kept are seven powerful.
cart horses, two cows for home supplies of
NIL and butter, one horse aud u few pigs.
The condition Of the tenant and his lon. oc-
cupancy show that tlss farm pays botn ten
ahit and landlord.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-03
NYYI. STEkTS

The s'rnrs arc shown IN h. unp'r l1rtH'
the cur Ihrr nre Ordinary /. .ng harness
strap. in, 49,. 20 th''. IN arnuul IL,
cow, ankles T. back - a1l rug5 Elow
is aw -, Il air K ck.ug hni e cah-
filet u the loa,n 'v-. \ long strap f. at.
tache by sNn,, IJ1i to tue }n.d lie OF that
conn ,cting t. a2E.es, 1t is lr,uELt FOR
ward ana faStrns to the Naugar to pie-
vent the animal from bactmg. Fastened
in this p'siCon, it will he impossible
for her to kick. A writer IN The American
Agriculturist gives l. as lis experience
that tbs coltr.yanrs will stop The mos
vic.ou, kic ier H. q few days he says it
viii not b. nee s,arc to Use the manger
strap. III few days more, simply passing
the hands al out tn legs while the mixer
as down will make the COW suppose
she IS st:a, We |, and she viii stand still lhe
strap thu connects the ank es is fastened
70 tn, left one by ring AMI harness snap
hook, to h right one by a buckle. ltAis
altogether about eight in cheS long.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-03

A returned summer lolgar vents his feel
ings il wal when ought u touch tle
heart of every farmers wife. his unhappy
man read seductive eriSements Of
country boarl in shaded iaTmhuBss at
S. week. till he went quite off his Zeal
Cream, fresh milk and eggs. straw oiiies,
summer apples, chees' curlS drcss'i with
cream ana wa err crcssrS golleD, unsaltod
butter, bom9-ma lie bread, brOi ell chtlen,
honey from the hive, Vnite posatoe' b,r'y-
INC Ike snow from tlcr cCaG', rich Lima
beans, egr plant AM canrelope,. All bird
and flowers, ami a hammock uuier u ,haIe
tree, sheets smelling of laven Ter and rose
leaves-behoid, did he not see all these in a
sort Of heavenly dream!
He went.
Here is what he got to eat: Heavy bread,
fsggy potatoes, muddy coffee, and-heaven
save his poor s.des!-hecflteak frie l.,
ersryt;me In the cicy nobolJ that is any
body ever fries beai,taai. 1t is always
broled But this poor victim, who fled TO
the country to gey som Thing good to eat,
got no hing but vile. leathery fried beef
steak from the time he Went there till hi,
return to lie city.
Sometimes they didn even have the beef.
Full often IL was nothing but salt PORK AT
dinner there was vii aiuous everlasting
pie" gross soggy and lyspeptlc. ike every
other article CT ioCd III tEat doomed house
The f, rmer the farmer, wife AMI daugh
tiers had lost al Their teeth, and mad CON-
plexions ike the beaf,teak they fried and
the muddy coffee they boiled. After seeing
the fare tley lived on the summer boarder
wondered they didn't commit suicide or get
sent to lunatic asylum He wonders no
longer why so large proportion Of farmers
and their wives 60 crazy.
There was not trace of any of the de-
icious articles Of c)ul ry food mentioned.
But the farmers fam,l all believed in total
depravity and OF. giurl sin, and when the
summer boarder tastei that pie aui salt
pork he began to believe III it too.
At rare intervals there was some fruit
sauce on tie table, for the whole famuy
about enough for on. heal hy Pc SON
The summer boarder PACKED Is traps in
coptinently and returned u the Ci.y where
he could get milk, even il there was a sus-
picion OF water in it, and fruit, even thou III
the bloom Of the dew was off it, and it had
passed through maybe half a dozen not
ovsr-clean hands before it got TO bis mouth.
And b. signs that farmers families are
so lost to their advantages Oh. tina; they
would live up TO their blue china, a 1t
werel In his disgust and disappointment
the gentleman is Tree to aver that farm man
spend enough time loafing aroun the post
office and country grocery to make for
themselves such fruit and vegeta lie gardens
and poultry houses as would enable them
TO live ike kings. Then, too. the hapleSs
summer boardsr would not only ungrudg-
ingiy paw them big price for The luxurles
he lot, tut would, besides, conceive for tbs
farmers lam;ly a frier ship tina, would out
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-03

j. C. Hougnton a. Co. is a firm in LIVER
pool that makes business of SD piping Amer
lean apples to Great Britain. They have
net with heavy losses recently In conse-
quence Of a bal quality OF lruit being
pallnod of upon them. Still, although there
IS this year IA good crop of apples IN Eng
land, tia sse cannot compete with the 'well
colored rel APPLE from the United States
Theret ere, Houghton & Co. will continue to
ship American apes over tine water. But
they are empnat.c as to che folly of shipping
inferior fruit, as all the expenses npon poor
stuff are about the SAME as for superior
fruit. Formerly American apples had a
high reputation III El5 land, but SO much
inferior S,uf Las been sent over, OF lu,e
years, that purCnrscts now ueman that the
barrels be- emlt.cd INTO large tray, tnat
the whcl, may b. inspected. Some early
varieties sant over III, lad have decayei
badly ami brought veti Iow prices Still
large quaint les arr sulpp ii, many of them
p excl and barreei W the shippers, SO
our reputation may b. soon retrieved 10y
good goods ami tar dealing. Shippers CAP
not afford to los, their b,st customer.