The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-01-30

CornSh mine.
A San Francisco dentist is said to
have lost one of his instruments down
the throat OF a young lady upon whose
teeth he was operating.
1t is unfortunately as true as it is oft
repeated that the disposition Of the
American mind turns naturally to trade,
commerce, and speculation.
Had Riel been brought to justice he
would not to-day be in a position TO
stir up further troubles until they cul-
minated in another rebellion. Toronto
Gtobe.
The Montpelier Medical thinks that
whether or not smoking is an exciting
cause of cancer, the use of tobacco
often preserves people from contagious
disorders.
Louisiana is said TO bic the worst
whisky scourgcd state in the South. "
having $3.50 retail liquor dealers, while
Mississippi. with 100000 more popula-
ton. has but 93l.
A Mansfield. Conn. lady has parrot
which was brought from Mexico thirty
three years ago by Captain Henry Al
len. Of New Haven. The bird has been
shipwrecked three times. z f.
A cow belonging to the Gubcrnatorial
Mansion at Jefferson City, Mo-. having
been MIXED regularly for five years by
convicts, now refuses to allow anybody
In citizens dress to approach her.
The American patriot lets the ward
politician run the machine year in and
year out until something drops on his
patriotic tax schedule. Then he blamcs
everybody but himself. Denver Times.
James Whitcomb Riley. the Hoosier
poet, who is one of the most original
and entertaining lecturers in this coun-
try. is making featuring his profession,
and is meeting with unexampled sue
cess.
Gibraltar is thus mentioned in all
Spanish official documents: "Our most
loyal and noble city of Gibraltar, in the
campo of Gibraltar the city of Glib
raltar being in the temporary occupa-
ton OF the British,
The American anthracite stove has
become the perfection of all that is con-
venient, economical, and comfortable,
but at the same time a grotcsquc and
even hideous object to contemplate
Indianapolis Jou1WdA
A Milford, Mass, shoemaker has just
made pair of shoes for young wo-
man named Fanny Mills, of San Fran
cisco. They are numbered Dos, are
eighteen inches long and seven inches
wide at the ball Of the foot
The apathy in Boston upon reception
of the new date of the end of the world
recalls the reply OF Theodore Parker
when informed by II Milleritc of the
pending destruction of our planet:
That does not concern me- said Par
kcr, 'for live in Boston"
The political life of a man is public
property; his private life should be safe
from Intrusion, and good policy as well
as good feeling should protect it from
those who are honestly at war with the
politician, but have no enmity to the
man.
Lord Wolselcy will receive no more
decorations, it is safe to say. Tortured
with chngrin, and stung by the taunts
of thousand German and French and
even English military critics, he is
really to be piticd. Cincinnati Times
Star.
Thousands OF Intelligent young men
who can discourse Eearnedly of tariffs,
civil service reform, and the states rights
dogma. have no idea how township is
governed, and never think of interest
ing themselves in an aldermanic clcc-
ton. minneapolis Tribune.
The Rev. Joseph Cook created a SEN
sation in his fremont Temple audience
the other day by asserting that there is
q larger area OF arabic land to the north
and west of Minneapolis than to the
south and east of this city. And what
ne said is literally c.-Mnnedpo'ss
Tribune.
The French are entitled to no SYM
pathy for their conduct in the Chinese
war. After getting all they asked from
the Chinese Government they made the
ordinary prudence OF Chinese officer,
unaware of the situation, the pretext
for an unreasonable demand. Detroit
Prce Press.
We are rushing All the time on swift
railway trains to the tick of the tele
gram. and have degcnerated into a
race of cunning spectators, only in
tent on overrcaching each other instead
of helping each other through in the
great problem Of statccraft. Columbia
6. e. Register.
1t is perhaps impossible for an En-
glishman to look at this Chinese ques
ton as an American does. He has
been accustomed all his life to the spec
tacle of privileged class living with
out work and laboring class toiling
for just enough to keep from starvation.
. San Francisco Chronicle.
Certain combinations of capital, as
in corporations and the like, have been
and trade unions and other
forms of associations among workmen
have not been. If this is referred to,
we have only to say that this is probably
not design, but the result of the SUI
pcrior alcrtncSs in one direction and of
lack of attention in the other. Phtla-
dclpIstd Evening Cal.