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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-08-08

The distinguished /. S. Senator from In
diana Hon Daniel w. Voorhees,, certifes
that In case Of rheumatism In the back,
he obtained instantaneous relief from st.
Jacobs Oil He says it is IA remarkable
remedy.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-08-08

The old standard remedy, NICHOLS
BARK AND Iron, will always relieve de-
bility, languor sleeplessness and loss OF ap
rette. Try it once.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-08-08

Hon. John II. Bryant, OF Princeton, has
lust published volume of poems. he is
a brother of the famous William Cullen
Byrant
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IN MAIL SUBSCRIBERS.

Please be certain that the date on the name 'p' o'
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vour sunscrpuon II II does not please notify us llnhe
sate,y In keeping these accounts with SO many der'
ent subscribers errors liable to occur ana we take
this method TO keep correct accounts with mai SUD
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After we should have received payment please hotfy Us
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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-08-08

The old standard remedy, NICHOLS
BARK AND IRON, will always relieve de
bility, languor, sleeplessness and loss of ap-
petite Try it once.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-08-08

We advise our physicians and others to
read the advertisement of the New York
Health Agency now appearing in our col
umns. II Is a reliable house.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-08-08
Chicago, Alton & St. Louis Railroad

Lightning Express, Denver Express, and Kansas City
and 81 Louis Express trains run daily; Express Mail
and Joliet Accommodation run daily, except Sunday
Kansas City and St Louis Express going south runs
through without change of cars. Morning train To ST
Iouis has free chair cars and evening train through
sieepers to ST. Louis and springfield.
JAY W. ADAMS,
Ticket Agent c. & A. Railroad.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-08-08

When Baby sick, We gave her CAS"OHlA,
When she was "A Child, sho erred for CASToHlA,
When she became Miss, she clu..g to CASToElA,
When she had Children, she gave them CASTORiA
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-08-08

The supreme court meets in this city
September lst,
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Journh Ledger and Statement Combn.d. Aton,t
nlent Receptacle for ehOrt.tme and stellaneous Ac
counts Saves work for the Rock keeper and cost for
the business Man Ledger can be keHed in tew
seconds with new paper when exhausted. Price Of
Book with 1900 pages sS i5 price Of ord nary state
nents. $3.50 Paper for Erpenishing Book sa.tj per
1870 Leaves The FREE TRADER has the exclusive
right sell the Acme Ledger in La Sale Grundy and
Kendall counties Ask 10 see IT,
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Have never used anything with such sue.
cess in neuralgia and rheumatism as Ton.
galine J, W. Flanders, NJ d., Wrights-
Vile, Ga
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Thes. terms will be strictly adhered to.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-17
If I Had Capital "
Portsmouth (Va,) Times.


 In all sections of all lands we find a class of people, mostly young men, who are good takers, but very poor workers. They are constantly bemoaning their lot in life and grieve because they were not born with silver spoon in their mouth. They sta.d on the street corners or loaf in the billiard and pool rooms, and like Micawber, are constantly waiting for something to turn up, never them selves putting forth the fist effort to turn any thing up. "Oa, if 1 had capital, I'd show you how to make money. l would invest in this enterprise or that industry, and soon it would be bringing me in hand some returns, and then would be living and not dragging out a mere existence, but this getting along without money IS what never could do, and never ex- pect to know how" SIch is the solilo- quy of many young men who reside not thousand miles from Portsmouth.
 To all such, should they peruse these lines, we would say, You are the archi- tect of your own fortune" and you ar. and can be just exactly what your want to be, and what you are willing to work to attain unto. Money is not all the cap ital that is necessary as stepping stone to success. Any young man who has his bodily and mental health, and mind of at least some culture, has capital that many a moneye1 man never possessed, and If ne wilt only uilize this God-siv. n capital with vinl, force and push, he will thereby be enabled, under ordinary cir- cunstances, 10 lay up tor himself some of that other kind ot capital winch Is so es- sen;ial for ones happiness and comfort "a everyday life What your young men of to- day need IS not so much money as 1t is the push and eaergy to earn 1t. Then when it comes in the reward of their own labors, they will appreciate It's value more and know how to save it, and by assid- uous toil perhaps some day they may have the capital, the lack ot which they so much bemoan at the present day.
 Then young man, go to work, cease loahng on the s'ieet corners and in pub lie saloons, and use the God-givel capi- tai you have at your comm and, and this may be means to desirable end. At any rate don't forever stand crying, If had capital" when all the taleats you have are depreciating in value for the want of proper exercise.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-17
Death in the Fortieth of a Second.
Detroit Free Press.

A learned writer in one ot the scientific magez ,aes claims that death by hanging is the most humane method of putting criminals out of the world that has yc, been discovered. From nu nerous obser- vat,ons of executions, and careful compu- tations of tune required for the sensor nerves to carry the feeling to the brain, he thinks the pang occasioned by the fall is very brief, and places the time which a man IS conscious of his own feelings, after bringing up at the end of the rope, at o25 of second. In other words, man who IS hung has his senses just one-fortie,h of second after the line IS taut.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-17
For THE ARKANsAw TRAyELER.
.JO
BY HAL BtRrR.

" He was wery good to me, he was"
 -Bleak House. Only waif, straw upon the pillows or life toss'd to and fro, The cold stones of the streets his nightly pill
 lows
 Poor little outoast To. '' Nothirk " he knew, that simple child of
 nature,
 Unpublished, rough and rude, And yet, withal, one sweet, redeeming feature Shone through the dark and crude. Devotion, love and gratitude at ounded Within that rugged form; Pity for one whom ruthless want had bounded To shelter from the storm. |" For he was very good " to him, so peering Through the iron bars that kept Him back, he stood through hours of gloom
 n@earying,
 And wondered, watched and wept There is a sympathy which springs unbidden From wild. untutored hearts, Far reaching over brides profess lons hidden And played actors parts. And such Was his, though fate had e'en de-
 ned him
 The knowledge of d prayer; He had no gospel light preached forth 10 : guide him = But still the light was there. Poor little To, thus pitying, . ct what pity ' For him was ever shewn. [ He wandered to and fro the mighty city, Uncared for and alone. Moved on and on, twas so each hour diurnal And so his life was passed, Until death moved him on to spheres eternal, To fiud home at last. Only a waif-the master hand has painted character sublime That simple urchin lives, memory sainted To us throughout ail time. HoDpEspON, HERGS, ENGLAND.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-17
Eyes Measles.

Why was Eve not afraid of the measles Because she had Adam, and the evil effects, such as cold and cough, could not follow, but not so with all, and Tay- lor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullein should be kept to cure the coughs and colds. Send two-cent stamp to Walter A. Taylor, Atlanta, Ga, for Riddle Book.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-17
A Hard Fact,
Boston Trans cript.l

Just as soon as man dies" re- marked Brown, everybody has some thing to say in derosation of his charac- ter.'
 "Yes,' replied Fogg; and it m akes you sad to think that th. truth will be told about you one of these days and you won't be present to hear it. It is rather hard, that's a fact"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-17

The latest piece of friendly advice which is being given in Paris IS not to shake hands with maH who builds castles in Spain" lest he should com municate the bacillus. -Brookiys Eagle.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-17

Circumstances alter cases," said an unsuccessful Ia ~yer, and wish could get noli of some cases that would alter my ciroumstances."- ."-CAicago Ledger.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-17

Pleasant to taste, Browns Iron Tonic.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-12-12

seemingly dead, and over him stood
the father with knife IN his nand,
which two soldiers were just taking
from him.
els the poor little fellow really
dead?' asked Netherby, STOPPING ten
derly over the fallen child. 'HelloI
what sort of boy is thisP Why. he
seems all ribs and paper like Japan
csc umbrella."
well, guess that amt wonderful.
seem he's made OF whalebone and
pasteboard.' said the supposed muir
derer, coolly. Say, Britisher, don't
you know live boy from an image
yet.
=" An imageP echoed Dick, staring.
while the crowd burst into roar OF
laughter.
As.That's So, said the Yankee, tap
ping the seeming boy with his knuckles.
Fact is, I'm ventriloquist and all
that boys hollerin' was Just my voice
tai>in through that image. Here my
card (seattering among the crowd as
he spoke a shower of cards engraved
with 'Silas j. Polyvox, Professor cf
NentriloquismO and if any of voc
folks care to come to my performances
at the Town-Hall tomorrow evening,
I'll fix you up a deal better show than
this one.
And Prof. Polyvox kept his word
on the following evening before crowd
such as the Town-Hall had not seen
since it was built.-Dana 4her, IN Har
pers Young People.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-12-12
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

In the college as Ysnkton, D. r.,
there is strip of slate blackboard 26O
feet long.
Bishop Taylor writes that mis-
sionaries with big families are wanted
in Africa. They can dig and teach, hoe
and preach. Chicago Herald
1t costs $1,000 wear to keep up
the Yale boat club. Slot year for
the ball nine. and $4,000 year for a
football team.-Nese Haeea Register
A Lodi. (Cal.) schoclma am wrote
70 the trustees of a Butte County school
asking for a position, and Il there was
no vacancy she requested them to assist
her in "ousting some old fossil. -
Chicago Times,
st, Peters Cathedral, just finished
at Moscow. has FIVE eupolas, and 900
pounds of gold were used in OVERLAPPING.
them. The doors of the temple cost
$50, 600, and the marble floors l,500,-
600
Tho Rochester Baptist City Mission
has already succeeded in erecting three
mission chapcls and three more are
projected 1t has eleven mission Sun
day schools and these number about
two thousand teachers and scholars. -.
Baptist Weekly.
The Jewish Association for the
Diffusion of knowledge has adopted
the revised version Of the Old Tesla
ment as the basis for a new edition OF
the Scriptures which is about to be
issued for the use of the English-speak-
ing Jews.-N T. Tribune
"A church is to be erected in the
venerable town of Speyer, the capital
of Rhenish Bavaria, in eommemoration
of the protest of the six princes and
the fourteen free cities, that in 1929
espoused the cause of the Reformation
The 0Sserudtore Romano states that
it results from the estimates made by
the various missioners that the total
number of the members of the Roman
Catholic Church throughout the world
is between 275,000, 900 and 10000, 900.
Rev. p. NJ Rudra, of North India,
says, as the result of tour in South
/ India: "From what / have both seen
and heard, the prospects of Christianity
in South India are so encouraging as to
lead me to hope that in no very distant
time the whole country will be brought
to the feet of Christ.
Evolution has been accepted by the
Virginia Presbyterian synod as being
in harmony with the Scriptures. 1t has
sustained Prof. Woodrow, of the
| Charleston Theological Seminary, who
was removed from his position because
| of his views on evolution. - Chicago
| journal.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-12-12
FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
TWO LITTLE SlMPLEToNS.

Two little sisters were BESSIE and May,
The sweetest OF sweet little girls
Their faces perhaps no great beauty could
But both had the loveliest ourls.
one day an old gentleman called on mamma.
Al intimate friend, who had orought
For his two little pets. two beautiful dolls,
Which he n the city had bought
.ohi ohr' exclaimed Bessie, ''hSw lovely
On, dear Mr.. Spring. you re so good
wish that we two could give something to
And ss,a May. "How wish that we couldl'
And old Mr. Spring who was fond OF joke.
SAID slyly; Look here, little glrls
just see my poor head; III as bald as your
Come. why can't you give me your curlsy'
And after he d laughed at their look of dis
He turned to mamma. and forgot
What he'd said 10 the two little dariings at
But the two little darlinss did not.
They ercpt to the nursory-the nurse was
But a great pair of scissors was there;
They Of mbed on two chairs which they
pushed to the glass
And gazed on their beautiful hair
Then clip went the scissors and of went the
CurlS
Then. who ever saw such a sightg
With hair all cut jagged. IN some places bald.
Each child was a terrible fright
While the floor was all strewn with the beau.
tiful hair,
Mixed together, the gold and the brown
Then each little RI having chosen her own
To the parlor they both hurried down.
Mamma gave a scream when she saw them
appear.
"why, childrenl What under the SUM-"
And old MIR. Spring looked aghast when he
saw
The mischief his Joking had done.
alice r. Garter, IN Our Little Men and
Women.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-12-12
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

We don't just see -7hy woman
should like her mirror better than a
man, for the man will fatter her and
the mirror won tn. Y. Journal.
Darwin says that the monkey can
blush. He certainly ought to when he
sees the way his descendants are cut
ting up.-Peeb's Sun.
We doubt if the inquisition pos
sessed any combination for torture sur
passing toothache and a new pair of
boots.-Lo1oeU Mass Citizen.
He" You don't sing or play
Then / presume you write or paint :"
She-"O, no; I'm like the young men
we meet in society. simply sit around
and try to look intelligent. "-Harper' $
Bazdr.
1t is the easiest thing in the world
to write fun. All you've got to do is
to sit down and think of it and then
write it, We could write columns of it
if we could think of it, Chicago
Ledger.
There was man once on time,
who thought him very wise. He posi-
lively affirmed he'd never advertise
But the goods were advertised ere long,
and thereby hangs tail. The ad was
set in nonpareil, and headed Sheriff s
Sale. ~ Y. Mail.
"A Justice in Georgia recently
undertook to marry two couples at
once and married both women to one of
the men before he was aware of the
fact. He afterwards got the matter
Of ifrbt ntIt tn faa nj
the contracting parties.-M Y Sun.
"A Harvard student searched for a
leak in the gas-pipe with lighted
match. He will never do it again.
There is this to say in favor of col
legiate education: When man learns
anything he learns it so thoroughly
that he never forgets it-Boston Tran
script.
Its through no fault of mine, :"
complained tired-looking young man,
''that came into the world. But l am
here, and the world owes me living"
Eyes, was the reply, ''the world owes
7ou living, but you haven't energy
md spunk enough to collect it. '-Neso
York Sun.
"A pedantic writer complains that
there is too much bad grammar in the
newspapers. This are evidently mis-
take. If there was bad grammar in
the newspapers we would have saw it
Perhaps newspapers does err in those
respect occasionally, in the hustle and
hurry of going to press, but they dom
go for to do NoryistoUn Herald.
-'Why on earth, Keziah," asked
Squire Jones of his sister, Mrs. Larkin
"did you give your boy such an ever
lasting hard name? It's as long as a
string of dried apples.' "Well,
brother, boys are so particular when
they grow up, and always want roman
tic and fine-sounding names; and SO
told my husband we would call the
child Peleg Zerubabel Kish Elkanah
Habakuk, and when he gets old enough
he can take his choice" The Squire
thought it would be hard picking, but
he did not tell her SO; and Mrs. Larkin
wen. on with her knitting in state of
serene satisfaction. Boston Budget
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-12-12
THE OLD DOLL.
Horrid Thing, with Ravcliy Yarn fot
Hair, and Bead Eyes.

Horrid Thing, with Ravcliy Yarn fot
Hair. and Bead Eyes.
One day Frisk an were all alone NJ
orandma's. There was SAMANTHA; but
then she was way down in the kitchen,
An grandmap Well, yes, she was in
too. But she Was in her room, fast
asleep in her chair. An so Frisk an l
were all alone.
There wasn't much to do. W.
couldn't make noise, for fear 1t would
wake grandma. An Frisk is kind Of
stupid, because he's grandma's doggie
an not used to little girls. Grandmas
house is a lovely one, with lots of big
rooms, an everything is awful old.
Downstairs in the back parlor there
is an old chest, all carved an pretty.
While Frisky an were playing that
day saw bit of ribbon hanging out.
OF course had to open ii then. cause
it was untidy. Sides, | have always
wanted to look into that chest ever
since / can remember.
The cover was awful heavy; but, oh,
there were lovely things in i'll Such q
beautiful silk dress, an funny old
bonnet! An then | found a doll! l
never saw such a fright. An there 1t
was in among all those nice things. A
horrid old rag doll, with ravelly yarn
for hair, and bead eyes. Why, l
wouldn I let my doll Flora play with
such thing!
1t was dreadful An Frisk thought
a 4.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-12-12
What a Partisan Philanthropis,
Learned.

A French journal relates an incident
tration of the practical character of the
American people. A Partisan philan-
thropist, SO the story runs, went re-
Gently to New York to study a new
system of education for the blind, and
in one of the blind schools saw number
of young people of both sexes occupied
in learning to distinguish rapidly by the
touch coins of all kinds under the
direction of professor, who taught
them to discriminate between the good
and the bad. The curious investigator
asked for an explanation, and was in
formed that this class was for the in
struction of those who intended To adopl
the profession Of street beggarn
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-12-12
A CUIPRII.

The maiden aunt. in her straightforward
chair,
With flush on her pale and wrInkIed
cheek,
And horrined, mortified, mystifed air,
was just about to speak.
And the maiden mecca nice little maid
Stood meekly twirling her thumbs about
With balf-trlumphant, half afraid
And wholly bewitchng pout.
Said the maiden aunt; "will you please ex-
What your heads were doing so close to-
You could easily, assur. you, Jane,
Have Knocked me down with teatheri
"When I think of your bringing up-my
care,
My scrupulous care-and it's come to this /
Appeared to be sitting calmly there,
Ana letting YOUNG MAN KISS you'll
'Now tell me at once Just what he said
And what you replied This is quite
30 do not stand there and hang your head,
Or attempt the least denial!
sIf catch you once more in such AK,
Though you are eighteen, can tell you,
Jane,
4 shall treat you just as if you were six,
ana send you to school againl
"Are you going to tell me what he said.
And what you said2 I'll not stand this
trihing,
So look at me, janet Lift up your head!
Don't go as If you were stifingw
Her voice was shaken-of course, with fear:
he said-he said win you have me,
And sad would. But indeed, aunt, dear,
Wen never do so again!"
-Udrg1ret VdndegrHt In Century.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-12-12
DON'T KISS HER EAR.

why Lovers Should Exercise Good Juds-
ment when Kissing Their Inamoratas.
From time immemorial lovers have
been wont to show their affection by
kissing. So long as the object OF their
alteration was willing they have been
quite indiscriminate as to the precise
location OF their caresses. In the lam
guage of the business world. lips have
generally been No. | Preferred in the
bestowal Of loves sign and tribute
But from the hem of two-yards' trail
to the browning glory of golden brown
hair kisses have never been considered
out of place. Better anywhere than
nowhere has been the motto of ardent
passion since "our primitive great
sire sealed upon the dewy lips Of
.'our general mother" the bond Of mu-
tual love to the torment of Satan. But
the bad result Of misplaced kiss in
Vienna warns all lovers that some
Judgment is necessary in the location
of their kisses. A girl in that city
applied at hospital complaining that
she had suddenly become deaf. Being
closely questioned she confessed that
her lover, returning from long jour
ney, had pressed his lips to her ear and
kissed her with the ardor natural under
the circumstances. Her hearing was
gone from that moment. An examina-
ton of the ear that had been kissed
showed that the tympanum was rup|
tured. If lovers will be warned by this
girls misfortune they will restrict their
of n
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-12-12
LIBERAL DAMAGES.
Why Judge Instructed the Jury in Favo
of the Plaintiff.


of the Plaintiff.
Aman who had been arrested, charged
with misdemeanor, brought suit for ma
hcious Imprisonment. When the case
was brought up for trial the Judge
asked:
Upon what, sir, do you base this
suit? | understand that you did commit
misdemeanor.
yes, Jedge, 1 don't deny that
''Then how could the Imprisonment
have been malicious?n
"Well, you see, thar was circus in
town the day | was arrested. wanted
to 90 to the show but the officer cheated
me out of it. just as the elephant and
the spotted boss come along, the officer
showed me into jail, Why didn't he
wait until the show was over before he
arrested mep'
"Your point is very strong one,
said the Judge. 1.-The inherent RICH t.of
an American citizen is to see the circus.
The jury will please assess liberal dam
ages. "-ArkdnSdW TrdUeler.