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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-24

Walt Whitman contributes very pleasant
chapter on SLANG In America" Ex.Min
lister Washburn has another lnstallment OF
his interesting recollections of abraham
Lincoln in Illinois" Eugene Schuyler
contributes timely paper on United Bul
paria." "Statecraft and Priestcraft" Is ar
able and scholarly paper by DR.. Schah
and Gail Hamilton in her characteristic
way treats the subject of "Race Prejudice;
the number closing with Symposium or
the Silver Question" from able writer's ar
guing against decentralization,
THE ART INTERCHANGE, with ITS Issue
of Oct. 9Th, ceases to be a sixteen page and
becomes twenty page paper, without adj
ditional charge to readers or subscribers
The first issue in its enlarged form contains
in the matter of designs beautiful one In
color for decorating cup and saucer; full
size black and white design of lilies, FOL
embroidering or painting on dress front
an exquisite head for brass work or china
painting; two novel designs for embroid
eripg on glove sachets; a graceful model
for painting on back Of fan mount decora
tive arrangement of verbenas and petunlaS
for plate Ornamentaton. A charming
sketch, "The First Rendezvous" shows
two rural lovers, shyly taking council To-
gether. The text treats of tile decorations
for mantels, birch bark calendars, hints on
portrait painting, oil colors for peacock,
safe dryer in oil painting, schemes OF color
for house decoration, portieres, bookshelf
hangings, and other art topics. A very In.
teresting discussion as to the truthfulness
of w. ID. Howells, the novelists delinea
ton of women, is also given in this issue,
which can be obtained for - cents OF the
publisher William Whitlock, 81 " 80
West 22d st, New York.
The LAWS OF LIFE (Sanitarum Publish
ing Co., Dansville, n. " for October con
tains valuable articles on Dyspepsia, Diet
in Relation to Age and Activity, Cereal
Foods, Hot Weather Diet, Give Water for
Babies. &c, with an exceedingly well con
Quoted Editorial Department and valua'
bic Health Miscellany.
The October PHYSIOLOGICAL JOURNAL
contains fine portrait and sketch of Nj
chel Eugene Chsvreul, the Oldest savant
living; also portrait and sketch Of the late
S. |. Prime, for so many years editor OF the
New York Observer. Other articles in the
number are Baby Faces-illustrated; John
son and Boswell ON Liberty; Liberty Over.
much Notes from a Teachers Diary; The
Scenery of the Great Rocky Mountain Can
illustrated Stimulants and Narcot-
les; Hot Water in Cholera; and Signs of
Health and Debility. With Notes in Sci
ence and Agriculture, Editorial Items, Per
sonals, Mirth, &c.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-24

HoRRoRs-A frightful collision occurred
on the Pennsylvania Railroad in New Jer.
sey, , miles outside of Jersey City, on sun.
day evening by freight train running into
an emigrant train and then passenger
lives-chielly of emigrants lost, and
twice as many were badly injured A tele-
graph operator has been arrested for caus-
Ing the disaster by giving the wrong signal
In Chicago, on Monday morning, the
house Of William S Bates, in Vernon Park
Place, was set on fire by the carelessness
of servant girl in using gasoline stove
Four persons Mrs. Bates, two sons and
his motherin-law persisted in the flames
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-24

POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. The No.
vember number leads Off with an illuStra,
ted article by T. W. Mather on Flying
Machines" While he admits that little
has yet been accomplished towards the so
luton of the problem of aerial navigation,
he gives scientific reasons for believing 1t
10 be practicable. j, VI. Heating discusses
with great yigor the subject of Negro Ed.
ucation' in the light of the experience of
the past 20 years in that direction Two
Wonderful instruments by Albert Lief.
fingwell, NJ d., is very readable chapter
in optics. "a Free Colony of Lunatics'
gives a rather surprising account Of the
Belgian manner of dealing with that class
OF urfortunates. Prot. Grant Allen dis
courses pleasantly on the rural subject Of
"Clover," and John +. Hume offers some
important points on the art of Invest.
ing" Other articles worthy of note are
"The Problem of Higher Education" by
Prof. Egger, of the Iowa University; IRE.
lations Of Science to the Public Veal" 10y
Prof. Playfalr, of the British Association at
Aberdeen; Modern Science and Modern
Thought" by S. Laing, VI. p; and The
Meter Centers and the Will" by Dr. Hors.
ley. There is a biography of Professor
Playfair and a copious and varied mass Of
information in the several departments
which close the magazine.
THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW. The
most notable article in the November mum.
Der is suggestive and comprehensive arti.
Gle on "The Progress of Democracy in Eu.
rope" by the great Spanish orator and pa
triot, Emilio CASTELAR, Admiral Ammon
follows with some interesting as well as
curious Recollections OF Gen. Grant"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-24

"a new Catholic church" says the Joliet
Signal "was dedicated at Bristol Station
Kendall county, last Thursday by Archbi
shop Feehan, of Chicago. This is the first
church ever dedicated by that denomina-
ton in Kendall county, and was erected by
the efforts of the Rev. Lawrence B. Erhard,
the talented and worthy young pastor of
the church at Somonsuk, ILL.,, who has rem
dered himself famous as a church builder,
having erected three since his ordination as
priest. Father Erhard is native of Joliet,
where his parents brothers and sisters and
other relatives reside"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-24
Reioicin1s Down South.

LEXINGTON, KY.-Mr. John 7. Bruce, of
the United States Revenue Collectors Of
flee, informed an editor Of the Daily Press,
of this city, that for seven years he suffered
terribly from rheumatism In his ankle,
which NEST OF the time was swollen to two
or three times Its natural size, and was so
painful that he could not put his foot TO the
ground. After trying everything he could
think OF without obtaining relief, he at ten
o'cl,ck one morning applied st. Jacobs Oil
and shortly afterwards made two further
applications. At three o'clock that after
noon the pain was gone; the swelling also
disappeared, and the cure was as perma-
nent as 1t was quick.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-24
LITERATURE.


The WIFE or MoNrE-CBIsro. Beng contln'
uaton of Alexander Dumas Celebrated
Novel of The Count of MOnte-Cristo. L
b. Peterson & Brothers, Philadelphia ;
Jansen, McClurg & Co., Chicago; llape'
man & Graham, Ottawa. 10 cts.
The SoY OF MONTE CRIsTo. Sequel to The
Wife of Monte-C risto, and end Of the Con-
tinuation of the Celebrated Novel Of Alex
ander Dumas. T. b. Peterson, Philadel-
phia, &C. 70 cts.
In the way Of sensational and paroxys.
NAL fiction the Monte Cristo novel of Alex
ander Dumas must ever stand as model
of the highest order that style has ever at
tanned The writer of the stories of which
the titles are give above (whoeyer he may
be, for they are published anonymously
avails himself largely Of the material furn-
ished by master genius named, and then,
closely initiating his style and manner, pro
ceeds to follow the fortunes of the remark
able characters Dumas had created aud left
undisposeu of TO happy or miserable de-
noument. To the admirers of Dumas the
close imitation OF his style will be both
striking and pleasing, and to the lovers of
the ultra sensational, the books cannot fail
to satisfy the utmost craving. They teen
with excitement and adventure, absolutely
bristle with thrilling incidents, and are per
vaded by an element of mystery that vastly
aupments their fascination. The plot Of
both stories Is strong and compact, the ac-
ton rapid-so rapid indeed as often nearly
to take away ones breath and the success
sion of startling surprises continuous. The
books are such as most novel readers par,
ticularly of the sensational sort, cannot fail
to highly enjoy.
CAMr-FIRE, MEMORIAL DAY AND OTHER Po-
EMS. BY Kate Brownlee Sherwood. Chi
cago Jansen, McClurg & Co. Ottawa ::
For sale by llapeman & Graham
Kate BrOwnlee Sherwood, the writer OF
the poems that fill this beautiful volume OF
some 200 pages, was the wife of an officer
of the Union army from Ohio, and herself
shared in the vicisstudes Of field and camp
and hospital, gaining an experience which,
with her impressive poetic temperament
enables her martial lays 10 strike respon-
slve chord in every soldiers breast. For
years she has been known throughout the
north for the strength and fervor of her pa
triotic lyrics. Her poems depicting the
uprising of the North, the arming for the
field, the march, the fight, the charge, the
repulse, the loss of comrades, the grief,
heroism, and final victory-the shifting
lights and shadows of soldierlife are at
once simple, strong, and peculiarly effect
i've. After floating around in magazines
aud the newspapers foryears, Messrs. Jan,
sen, McCiurg & Co. have been induced to
collect them together and present them in
the enduring form of the volume before
US Soldiers especially will enjoy and val
ne them as precious treasure.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-24
Natural Gas at Mendoza.

Dr. Evans, of Streator, In regard to the
questions where the natural gas At Mendo
ia comes from and how long 1t may hold
out has the following to offer, containing
suggestions and admonitions which the
people of that locality may find timely and
worth needing:
Mendoza Is located over lower SiluriaI
rocks. All of northern Illinois, down TO a
few miles south of Mendoza, Is Silurian
The Coal Measures coming up from the
south, lap on to the silurian, but thin Out
to nothing few miles south of Mendoza
The northern rim Of the Illinois coal basin
is very steep and the upturned edges of
the Lower coal measurers come TO the sur
face all along its margin, thus making fav-
orable conditions for the escape of gas gen
Grated in the deeper portions of the basin.
Heavy and extensive beds of drift gravel
and sand lie on the rocks and are covered
over by impervious prairie clays These
drift beds are spread continuously over
both Silurian and Coal Measure rocks. The
rocks bel W form floor, and the clayS
above a tight cover to an immense prairie
reservoir, which, repeat, extends beyond
the Sllurian rocks onto the upturned edges
of the Coal Measures. The Coal Measures
then are the direct and only possible source
of the Mendoza gas,
1t may have, and probably has, been slow
~ distilling into this prairie reservoir ever
since the drift period. 1t ought 10 be high
pressure gas by this time.
There undoubtedly is large volume OF
gas under the prairies in the vicinity OF
Mendoza, for 1t has travelled six miles or
more from its source tn get there; but Its
production is limited II heavy draughts,
therefore, are made on this accumulation
of ages, it will gradually be exhausted.
Were | permitted to make practical sug-
gestion, it would be that SO "rich" a find as
Mendoza has struck should not be fooled
away; that all holes but one be hermetical-
" sealed and the gas from that one care
fully husbanded and applied to some use
full purpose without delay.
Suppose some one should tap the gas re-
servOr three or four miles south of Men
dota and draw heavily upon if, what would
become of Mendoza gas; Who would have
the inside track on supply?
Finally, after while the light OF the
Mendoza pas will begin to flicker out and
the unbalanced heads of the Mendotaites
will resume their equilibrium-wiser, but
disappointed men.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-24

Harry A. Whitman furnishes the follow
ing, to swell the long list of similar testi
monials "The undersigned, resident OF
Fmt Wayne, Ind, having been afflicted
with fever and ague and chronic dlarrhGa
was told to try Mishler's Herb Bittters:
followed the advice and have the satisfac
ton to state they effected cure. wa
induced to give this certificate for the ben
eff, of Others similarly situated"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-24
Iucv Powers a beautiful Young girl g.

Lucy Powers, beautiful young girl '"r
merly of La Sale and left an orphan at an
early age, went to the big city of Chicago
a few years ago and for some time was a
clerk in "The Fair" News has recently
been sent to La Sale that the once light
hearted and handsome young girl is now
in the woman's hospital in that city, on
her death bed
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-24

There is something in the very name of
protection that ought to make workingmen
cautious of accepting anything presented
TO them under It. The protection of the
masses has in all times been the pretense of
tyranny the plea of monarchy,of aristocracy
of special privilege Of every kind. The
slave owners justified slavery as protecting
the slaves. British miSrule in Ireland Is
upheld on the ground that ii is for the pro
lection of the Irish But, whether under a
monarchy or "A republic, there never has
been an instance in the history of the world
in which the protection of the laboring
masses has not meant their oppression.
The protection which those who have got
the lawmaking power into their hands have
given to labor has, at least, always been the
protection that man gives TO cattle. tie
protects them that he may use and eat
them.-UeHry George
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-24

Wednesday night of last week Miss Ju.
lie Ames, of Streator, made her debut be.
fore home audience as reader, and re.
cited Virginia" The fair debutante was
assisted by Miss Mamie Woods, Miss B.
Kennard and Prof. Walter G. Lyman
Plumb's opera house was packed to witness
the entertainment, and Miss Ames com.
pletely captured her audience by the the
admirable rendition of her selections.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-24
Cheer Up! Help is at Hand.

I'm afraid | shall have to be tax
the hospital or to the poorhouse. I've
sick so long that my husband, good
kind as he is, can't stand the worry an'
pense much longer" No, you won't,
wife and mother. See what Parker's
will do for you. Plenty of women AS b
fif as you are, have been rescued all
from the grave by it. 1t will build yol
during all ailments of the stomach,
and kidneys, and is simple. pleasant
afe.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-24

1t doesn't follow that Il patient will die
because the doctors have given him up
or that he will recover because they prom
Use to "pull him through" 1t is never toe
late to try the great virtues of Parker''
Tonic. Mr. Michael Guiltoyle, of Bing
hamton, n. Y, was cured of Rheumatism
by it after ten years of unspeakable suffer
ing. Mr.. r. W. Mosher, druggist, of same
city, certiies that he has sold over "A thou
sand bottles of Parker's Tonic through Its
reputation for this and other cures.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-24

Is Il very prevalent and exceedingly disa.
greeable disease, liable, If neglected, to
develop into serious consumption. Being
constitutional disease, 1t requires con-
stitutional remedy like Hoods Sarsaparilla,
which, acting through the blood, reaches
every part of the system, effecting radical
and permanent cure of catarrh In even its
most severe forms. Made only by G. /,
Hood u Co, Lowell, Mass.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-24

1t is prepared from Sarsaparilla, Yellow Dock,
Cherry Bark, Pipsisscwa, Mandrake, D&ndelion,
and other wcll-ANown vegetable remedies. The
combination, proportion, and preparation are
peculiar - Hoods Sa:sapagila, and eject re-
markablc cures where CtlCr medicines fail.
1t cures Scrorr Salt E&e,;a, Boil, implies.
Humoy5 Dyspepsia, EiloUsnc5s. Sick headache,
Indigestion, General Debility, Catarrh, Rhen
matism, Kidney and Liver Complaints, over.
comes that tired feeling, creates IN appetite,
and builds up the whole system. The
GOOD NAME At HOME"
won by Hoods Sarsapariill is uncqualled in the
history of medicines. Such is its popularity In
Lowell, Mass, where it is made, that whole
neighborhoods are taking it at the same time.
This success is extending all over the country
Send for book containing statements of many
remarkable cures.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is sold by all druggists.
81; six for So. Prepared BY &. l. HOOD & co.
Apothecaries. Lowell, Mass.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-24

Snow fell on Tuesday all over the PENN.
sula" Of northern Michigan to the depth of
inches TO foot, in some places blocking
railroad trains. There was also a slight
fall of snow on the same day In northern
Illinois and Iowa, and in spots AS far south
as Des Moines, Iowa, and Monmouth, Ill.
Few snowilakes have yet been seen here,
but the weather was raw" enough on
Tuesday and Wednesday TO be very sug-
gestive of Canada feathers"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-24
An Answer MHnteil.

Can any one bring Us case of kidney or
liver complaint that Electric Bitters will not
speedily cure? We say they can not, as thou.
sands of cases already permanently cured and
who are daily recommending Electric Bitters
will prove. Bright's disease, diabetes, weak
back, or any urinary complaint quickly cur
ed They purify the blood, regulate the
bowels, and act directly on the diseased
parts Every bottle guaranteed
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-24

Neal Dow, the great apostle of Prohibi
ton, spent month before the election ii
Ohio stumping the state for the Prohibition
ticket, and to correspondent of Cincin
natl paper, who met him on his return tC
Maine, gives the following explanation OF
the result at the late Ohio election:
"What about Ohio, general? ~
The prohibitonists did we'll. Gov st
Johns vote was increased 300 per cent, or
in other words, the prohibition candidate
for governor made that gain over the presi
dental vote
"What contributed to the success OF the
republican party"
"The rum vote. They outbid the demo.
Gratis for the support Of the rumsellars and
their friends,and thus secured votes enough
to elect their candidate. Alta meeting OF
the Liquor League Of Ohio it was decided
that the republican candidates must he
supported throughout the state
"Whut will follow
"a total defeat Of the republican party
at future elections. This will be enough
for church people, who will understand
that the republican party is TO be after this
allied to the liquor interests This election
will be but the beginning Of the end with
the republican party; it will never elect
another president"
WAS this alliance between the repubit
can leaders and the liquor league matter
of general notoriety:'
AT least the public must have know
of the nature of the questions put ano
pledges given by republican candidates ii
Cincinnati
"You find the prohibitory sentimen
growing"
eyes. never spoke to better audiences
than when IN Ohio, Both republican boss
es and democratic bosses We're astonishe(
and alarmed at our successes in calling on
the people. We represent something
what of 1852
This Ohio election makes our duty
plain. There will be prohibitory presi
dental ticket We shall 90 into the iigh
in good earnest, and in this state we shall
make big fight. propose 10 speak al
over Maine next year in opposition to the
republican party
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-24

Arthur Nettleton was tried at Dixon lost
week and sentence, "a II years in the pen
itentiary. On June 23d last he sdot and
killed Clarence White rs Paw Paw, who,
together with n crowd of young men were
charivareeing Nettleton's sister who had
been married that day. They were warn
ed off the premises, hut continuing the
racket in the road, Nettleton fired upon
them, killing White and severely wound
inr another
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-24

Persons have doctored for years for con,
sumption, all to no effect. Though they had
a cough, felt pains in the lungs, We're de.
pressed, weak, with many other symptoms
tending to that disease yet these sy mpt"ms
were all offsprings of torpid ond diseased
liver. We could fill volume with testi-
monials of thousands so afflicted who were
permanently cmed by taking Simmons
Liver Regulator.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-24

The Mendoza Natural Gas Company has
been incorporated, capital stock $1,000, di-
vided into shares of 800 each. The cor
porators are l.. l.. Curtis, ID. ID. Guiles, r.
A. Bowen, Max Haas, NJ. A. Mickey. ID.
Rude, Caspar Fischer, p. IL. Cooper, Il. ii.
Ruggles, J. d. Tower and 5. b. Din.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-24

According u tnc HTec (FeSS this 10 VIVA
commonly happens in Streator on the frs
day of the week:
Streator Is great town on Sunday. '
Sunday does not pass but a big carousa' p
held in North Streator, and beer Is punish
ed by wholesale. Yesterday was no eAc'l'
ton, wagon load after wagon load OF Pc
driving up in that direction, and "l0
spending the entire day in consuming ',.
they returned in the evening glori ~ q
drunk and came bowling through r
streets like maniacs. Last night 90
ticed one wagon which contained St D.
women. The men held the women J.
ing embrace, and went up Main stree.
horses on the run. Whether they
through Main street without being st'
by the police is not known, but whei
outfit was first seen no policeman w .
SIGHT
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-24

The Popular Science Hoathiy for Sep
TENDER 1885, says that broken glass put
into rat holes will exterminate the rates
that the glass cuts their feet, and at the
smell of blood the other rats turn canni-
balls and devour the wounded ones.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-24
FOR SALE.

The administrators Of the william Mitchell estate
fer for sale the following lots and tracts Of land all si
ated in la sale county. Illinois: In section 10 ran
q 3!4 10 acres about y mile southeast OF the village
tea and south Of the canal 10 - acres IN section
Township 81 range ;, lying south OF canal. adlolni
tCs on the east, lots and ". p, y -, ~, ~ 81 q
IS 36 81; g sg 40 II, ~ 49, a. Is aud 49, adjoining Uu
on the southeast and lot north of canal ON the east
Utica Blocks and p inclusive: excepting lot :.
2 known a. plum Island
For particulars and information appy 70 Jan
Mitchell William Reed, administrators OF the estal
La Sale, III.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-24

Lord Chesterfield, the pink of politeness
In his day, said that a true gentleman
should De always sudriter IN mode, Gortiter
IN re, which means mild In manner, strong
In action. This is precisely the character
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-10-24

Have been using Tongaline upon a pa
tent who has been suffering with neural
gia for fifteen years; the effect was re
markahle. II gave immediate relief.
X. + Connally NJ. d., Mountain Fork, Ark.