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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-01-21
OWENS UTOPIAN COLONY.
They Live In Tents on the Gulf Of Cali
fornia and Are Said to he Happy.

For several months disappointed colonists
from Owens Utopian colony, at Topolo-
bampo, ON the Gulf Of California, have been
finding their way to this city. From their
stories, told with deep feeling, it appeared
that they wera the victims of base decep-
ton, and that the alleged Arcadia whence
they escaped was in reality barren desert,
devoid of food, water, and all that goes to
make life worth living.
Capt. Richard p. Leary, commanding the
United States steamship Iroquois, which re-
Gently arrived at this port from Callao,
after making stops at Acapulco, Mazatlan
and Topolobampo, says:
my orders We're to visit the Topolobampo
colony and learn whether the reports of the
hardships resulting from lack Of provisions
or from other causes were well founded or
not The Iroquois reached Topolobampo last
December She anchored about eleven miles
Off shore and we visited the colony in our
steam launch. 1t was found that most of
the colonists were at Gonzalez, or Bay City,
situated on the bay short distance from the
sea- There were about $50 in all, including
men, women and children. We were re-
ceived cordially by them. Every possible
facility was given us to form correct im-
preston OF their actual condition. They
were living in tents, there being but one or
two permanent buildings in the city. In
this vicinity there are two or three farms
upon which number Of the colonists were
cultivating crops, and the results showed
very sensibly the remarkable salubrity Of
the climate and the exuberant richness Of the
soil
upon the low banks of the river the need
Of irrigation was not manifest, but on higher
lands, away from the stream, it was seen to
be absolutely necessary. Upon the land cul-
tivated, watermelons and sweet potatoes were
growing luxuriantly and little else seemed to
be cultivated. We examined Gonzales City,
Ell Suflragio and the Mochis Spanish, for
farming land'D, and in all these places we
were satisfied of the richness Of the soil and
its capabilities for supporting a large popula-
ton. The country is a paradise, Without
irrigation it will produce two or three crops
a year, while with irrigation there is not a
month in which crops cannot be planted and
gathered. The climate is magnificent, never
reaching an extreme of temperature. The
harbor of Topolobampo bay is one of the
finest. There is at low tide never less than
sixteen feet of water on the bar, and its
capacity is very great San Francisco Cor.
New York World.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-01-21

A step higher than the ordinary street
peddler is the man who has counter in
front of some shop. His tenure is generally
that so common in the middle ages, and con-
sists in services rendered, such as doing
chores or keeping the sidewalk clean for the
owner of the building in front of which he
has his stand. Sometimes, however, a con-
siderable rent is paid for the privilege during
the holidays Seventy-ive dollars, for in-
stance. was paid this year for one of the cor
ners OF Sixth avenue and Fourteenth street
The tenure is an uncertain one at best, and
the proprietor Is liable 20 arrest and to
have his stock in trade carted off by the
bureau Of encumbranceS, from which he can
only obtain it by paying the cost Of carriage
and perhaps a fine.-New York World.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-01-21
STARTING WITH A BIG LOAD.

STARTING WITH A BIG LOAD.
originally intended, while at others they are
so near as to be drenched constantly by the
spray. Change of this sort is constant at
Coney Island, New York's great summer
breathing and bathing place. Coney Island
is really the southwestern extremity Of
Long Island, and can be visited from New
York within an hour. At Brighton the sea
has so far encroached upon the beach as to
roll under the great hotel there. So now it is
the old story about Mohammed and the noun
tain, or, in other words, as the land in
its retreat from before the waves has left the
hotel behind and will not return for it, the
hotel must go to the land. But such re-
moval requires extraordinary measures.
The ordinary single horse who, with
dropped head, meanders around a windlass
and thus moves small frame houses, would
have no effect whatever in this
case, and far greater power must be called
into play The hotel is being elevated on to
10 platform cars, and when all is ready ten
locomotives will unite in an effort to drag the
building back on to hard ground, some 500 or
GOO feet distant. This move will be attempted
about the 1st of February 1t is supposed by
the superintendent of the work that there
will be no insurmountable difficulty attend
ing it.
The illustration shows the building as it
will appear when all is ready and the en-
gines are in position to start with their enor-
nous load.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-01-21

MEMORIAL CHAPEL, FARNBoRoUGH.
Since the late emperor found retreat in
exile among the people who dethroned his
uncle, the great Napoleon, Chiselhurst has
been an attractive point for sightseers, and
the name of the place has become a familiar
word throughout the civilized world. The
prejudice of an English lord of the manor
has deprived it of great portion Of its in
terest in the future, and it is said that its in
habitants are greatly dissatisfied and cha
grined at the result
On the fifteenth anniversary of the death
Of the emperor, and on typical English
morning under lowering sky and falling
rain, the collins containing the imperial dead
we're transferred to their later resting place,
to remain, it is intended, till perchance
anoth.r branch of the Napoleonic dynasty
shall sit on the throne Of France, in which
event, doubtless, the bodies will again be re-
moved, to rest with'th of the founder Of
the family, in the Hotel DIES Invalides, at
Paris, on the banks of the Seine.
OF those who remained faithful to the i'm
perial exiles but two were present at the re-
moval, Pietri, the secretary, and Bassano
the son of the ex-household minister. The
church is cruciform in plan, with dome over
the crossing, is vaulted in stone throughout
and has crypt under the chancel 1t is
described by an English paper as being u
favorable specimen of the transition between
the fiamboyant and Renaissance styles,
which is so popular in rural France 1t is
built of white Portland and Bath stone has
neither spire nor tower and is very rich in
detail, Behind the high altar there is a semi
circular passage, to be used as "A sacristy,
with an entrance to the vaulted chamber
under the church, in which the bodies have
been placed.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-01-21
REV. THOMAS A. UzzeLl
He Stands Very High Among the Camp
Preachers of the Far West.

Rev. Thomas A. Uzzell is one Of tho best
known of the mining camp preachers of the
far west. His work has led him among the
widest and most depraved inhabitants Of
Leadville and like settlements, and his work
has invariably been such as to insure respect
even from the most reckless. Often after
broil, in which some reckless creature had
fallen before the oft used revolver, the par
son would be called in to perform the last
Offices for the dead Then would the strange
gathering stand uncovered tanned, in the
presence of one who told them Of the error
of their ways, while sympathizing with their
weakness as a brother might.
This singular man, SO well fitted for the
singular field in which he labors, is a native
of Lebanon, Ills. Forty years ago he was a
wild young fellow himself. He was q gam
bier and a horse racer, and it is said that he
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-01-21

been Democrat, and for more than twenty
five years has been actively identified with
the Democratic party of his state He was a
delegate to the national Democratic conven-
tons of 1872 and 1876. He also served in tho
Twenty-ninth and Thirty-frst general as
semblies, being the presiding officer of the
senate for two terms and member of tho
Democratic state central committee of
1882 and 1888. Personally Governor More
house is tall and dark, his manners being
mild and affable. He is an ardent prohibit
zionist.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-01-21
THE MAUSOLEUM.

Near the mausoleum there is a red brick
building-'the Priory"-wherein reside GER
tain members of the order of white Canons
Of st. Norbert" a portion of the 5000 're-
ligious" cast out of France by the DEGREES Of
1880. These canons, once very numerous
order, have found friend and protector in
the Duke of Norfolk and generous bene-
factor in the ex-Empress Eugene.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-01-21
A HOTEL ON A RAILROAD.

Trying to Get Away from the Sad Sea
Waves at COney Island.
Entertainments of the land upon the ocean
and the ocean upon the land are always
going on.
These changes are observable at any of the
summer seaside resorts on the Atlantic coast.
At some points the hotels are at a much
greater distance from the beach than was
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-01-21
HeaIthfulncss of Soils.

Extended observations at Paris and at
Munich indicate that tho sanitary condition
Of a locality depends on theam0unt Of water
contained in the ground The years in
which there has been large quantity Of
ground water present have invariably been
the healthiest periods-Arkansay Traveller.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-01-21

vantages he pos
sessed, and became
a teacher in Cam
den, Mo. Soon after
he removed to Nod
away county, where
he occupied what
ever time was not
devoted to teaching
to studying law,
and was admitted
to practice the pro-
fession in 1860.
Governor More
IN--z
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-01-21
hissouri's New Governor.

Hon. A. P. Morehouse, the new governor
of Missouri, vice Mar,naduke, deceased, was
born in Delaware county, O., July II,
1885. He received Only such schooling as
naturally falls to farmers boys, terminating
his studies when he was 20 years of age.
However, he made the best of whatever adj
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-01-21

attended cam p
meetings for the
purpose Of pelting
he worshipers
with corn and peas.
At 81 he reformed.
He could then
neither read nor
write. Somewhat
late in life he went
to college, being
graduated at As
bury university, In
diana, in 1875. The
next year he was
ordained by Bishop
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-01-21
FINALLY LAID At REST.
6SlAterment of Napoleon III and the
Prince Imperial.

The remains of Napoleon III and the prince
imperial, or Napoleon w, as Bonapartists
prefer to call the latter, were recently re-
moved from Chiselhurst in England, to the
mausoleum prepared for them by the EN-
press Eugene, on Marlborough hill The
widow and mother desired that the mau-
soleum should be erected at Chiselhurst, but
an Englshman who owned the only suitable
ground, treasuring hereditary hate for
Frenchmen, and especially for Roman Cath
olics, despite the intercession Of the queen
and the Prince Of Wales, refused to sell, and
i was necessary to select another site.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-01-21

There will be another attempt to build a
railroad through the Euphrates valley, MT
withstanding the many previous failures
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-01-21

Secrets are but poor property; il YOU cir
culate Thorn, you lose them, asd if YOU keep
them, you lose the interest on your invest
ment
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-01-21

The Australian market gardeners are being
ruined by Chinese cheap labor
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-14
limitations OF English sweIldom.

iGOr Kansas lily 11lIieS-
NewDort is to the rest of America much
what Louis XIV is to Benjamin Frank
lin! When one sees a fair lady driven
about in a carriage with four horses, the
leaders ridden by postillions, and with
two footmen standing up behind, one rubS
one eyes and looks again to see II we are
not somewhere else, anywhere else than
in republican America And when one
bears ser ant address very common
place looking young man with: es, my
lord one hesitates to believe in the per
manence of democratic institutions Bos-
ton is one thing, New York is another,
and Philadelphia is another, but Newport
is the essence of all Like the French
cook who wanted fifty hams in order to
get Juice to make sauce enough for one
salad dressing, so Newport takes many
cities in order to get the essence OF It's
summer frivOlty.
| went to Newport with a man who was
very much irritated by all he saw. The
flunkeys and servants the parade of
wealth on every hand struck him as in
congruous The appearance of young
man at the Casino dressed in a beautiful
fitting suit of white duck, with a pink
shirt and white collar, a light pink neck
cloth and light pink ribbon around his
hat and pink flower in his button-hole,
made my friend wretched. He wanted to
bitter speeches till the young man disap-
peared.
But why so? l had no more desire to
spoil him han [ should have to cath
butterfly and tear OIL one of its wings. If
a certain number of men and women are
willing to go to Newport and bear great
expenses to make the place beautiful for
my amusement, why should | gibe at
them? These people cannot do anything
else Why be angry at a tower because
it cannot dig with a spade? 1t always
seems TO me that man who is quite con
tent with his own position, and the hon
esty and usefulness of his own work would
not be irritated by the occupations of
other people. There is faint of jealousy
in this diSl Ike of butterflies. What you
are quite Indifferent tOyou cannot dislike,
and you cannot love.
1t is those who neither hate us nor love
US. who torture us most successfully. And
| fancy the ill-cOncealed Indifference of
these fashionable people is what most ir
ritated my friend He was nothing to them
and he did not like it. | was nothing to
them and | did not care the price of
herring whether | was or not And if
you are going to Newport with all sorts
of prejudices of a democratic kind in
your head you had better stop at home.
AS we'll go to see Hamlet" with an in
tense dislike of ghosts. or to see Irving
with a temper alive to faults of manner.
Everything in this world is to be taken
with a thorough understanding before
hand that it will taste better at some time
or other
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-14
Bad Penmanship.
III. Van SantvOOrd in The Current


In spite of the theory of bad penman
who wrote sprawling hand twas it not
the first NapOleonO that the poorer a
mans handwriting is the more character
it has. the majority of letter writer's,
authors, scholars and journalists are en-
vious of the clerk and copyist with their
one talent for writing a clear and beauti
full hand AS a nation. we have sadly de-
generated in the art of using the pen.
Comparing the beautiful and uniform
handwriting of the last century with the
skim along. spider-track, rail-fence style
of the present day, one almost regrets the
fact that the goosequill has gone out of
fashion and stiff and awkward writing
implement been substituted in its stead.
a fortune awaits tie f6aa who will ip=
vent flexible writing stick-not a gold
pen tipped with platinum-of some non
corrosive material 1t is so hard to break
in a pen; and having worn down the
points to suit your style, they are likely
TO snap or splutter before you have tossed
Oft dozen pages of manuscript Then
there is the annoyance of getting fiber
between the nibS, analogous to that of
getting a bit of meat between the BIZ
cuspids at the dinner table; and nine per-
sons out of ten will wipe the pen frantic
ally on the OCCiput to rid it of the tllament
and catch hair! A new steel pen is as
awkward as Il phenOmenally stiff collar,
or pair of new shoes; and, moreover, as
the average penman is in continual danger
of "impaling himself on his own pot
b ooks, perhaps the only relief is found
in the type writer, which seldom betrays
one into a loose and slovenly style of
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-14
Persian Barber-Shops.
Foreign CorrespcnteIce


In Persia the barber shops are entirely
open One Of the common sights in the
streets of Teheran is man seated on the
pavement against wall, while a barber
shaves the crown of his head. The bar
Der trade is among the most important
in Persia The customs enioined by the
Koran, or religious law, makes it indis-
pensible that BARRIERS should abound in
the country The Koran makes it honor
able for man to wear a beard, but com
mands the shaving of the head
There are two great sects among those
who accept the Mohammedan faith-the
Sheas and the Sunnees. The latter are all
Turks and they shave the whole crown,
$ eX, epting a tuft in the center by which
the archangel may draw them out of the
grave But the EersianS are Sheas and
they shave the enter of the head from
the forehead to the neck, leaving a long
even little boys with their heads thus
polished. The Persians consider it great
disgrace to lose their side curls. AS they
ali wear turbans, or black cOnical caps of
Astrakhan lambskin no one would sus-
pect the head TO be shaven until the cap is
taken off Then, indeed, the appearance
of the head is exceedingly grotesque.
1t is evident that the care of the hair is
a very important question in Persia But
this is not all. One rarely sees a gray
beard or gray locks in Teheran- Even
the most venerable men have dark
or red hair The reason is because
all, from the highest to the lowest
dye their hair. This is done first with
henna, which gives it a reddish
tint Many prefer to leave it thus But
many add to the henna a second stain of
colors imparts to the hair dark brown
tint
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-14
An English Sc, oper's'' Success.
FTi1 Uit. a

Jack Sparrow, the English cooper" is
pretty well known in the trade, and many
a dealer at his wits end to find
nag for customer has been
known to consult him - generally
with success-though they have TO keep
both eyes very wide open to avoid being
done up. Matching pairs is his forte, and
the secret of his success in this line is the
wonderful way in which he can carry in
his mind eye the make, shape, size, and
color of the horse to be matched. so that
if, when driving about in his high break,
or in the country, he sees horse in a cab
or elsewhere that he thinks likely to suit
MI; ashs black, bay or brown, which
he has been commissioned to match he
never leaves it until deal is brought off
and IN ninetynine cases out of 100, when
the two are put together, they are found
TO be as like as two peas, and Jack parts
with his new purchase at large profit
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-14
Gar Nicholas in Love.
[Chicago Tribune I

How princes make love is told in the
"reminiscences of the Marquis Custine, !"
which have just appeared in Paris When
the Gar Nicholas was L. years old he
spent two days in Berlin, where he saw
the Princess Charlotte, two years younger,
and of delicate beauty which at once at
tracted him. She. however, showed no
signs Of reciprOcating his affection
The evening before his departure he sat
next to the princess at dinner. Il shall
leave tomorrow, he suddenly remarked
She did not show any surprise, but
quickly answered, We shall all be sorry
that you leave so soon. Cannot your de
parture be deIayed?" THAT depends on
you. How so?" asked the princess
The prince now declared his love, some
what to her embarrassment, as she
thought they would be overheard. AS a
pledge of her love he asked for the ring
she wore. suggesting that no one would
notice it if she took it off, and pressing it
into piece of bread pushed it toward his
plate The ring, however, was not hers,
but belonged to her governess. who had
received it from the empress of Russia.
And in taking it off to give it to the prince
she read for the first time on the inside
the inscription, Empress of Russia "
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-14
Sheridan and Sherman.
New York Cor. hica 20 Herald,


Brevity of stature in Gen. Phil Sheri-
dan, by the way, is caused by his legs
alone, for he is about as big as Gen. Sher-
man from the hips up. L saw them sit
ting side by side. on a hotel veranda at
Manhattan Beach, and their heads were
on level The gallant Phil is not sensi-
tive on the subject A girl came for
his and Sherman's autographs in
her album, and the generals
wrote their names She was not con-
tent for she set her heart on verse of
sheridan hide" in his own handwrit-
ing. This he declined to grant Then
she began to question him about that ia
nous piece of equestrianism- His an
swers were polite but not revelatory.
Now, Gen. Sherman, she at length
asked, turning in pretty desperation to him,
what dO-yOu imagine Gen Sheridan said
on mounting his steed?"
"Well, 1 really don't know. was the
response with quizzical glance down
at the legs of his fellow-officer, who had
just got out of a chair; "but maybe he
said to his orderly, Shorten these stirrup
straps,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-14
OF FLOWERS.
Maurice Egan in Town Topics.l

Maurice Egan in Town TOpics.l
There were no roses till the first child died,
No violets, no balmy- breathed heartsease,
No heliotrope, nor buds SO dear to bees,
The honey-hearted woodbine, no gold-eyed
And white-lashed daisy flower, nor, stretch
ing wide,
Clover and cowSlip-cups, like rival seas,
Meeting and parting as the young Spring
breeze
Runs giddy races playing seek and hide;
For all flowers died when Eve left Paradise,
And all the world was howerless awhile,
Until q little child was laid in earth;
Then from its grave grew violets for its eyes,
And from its lips rose petals for its smile,
And so all flowers from that child's death
took birth
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-14
Cats for the Coming War.

lCnrOnicIo OnueFCPH0S
They are busy training carrier pigeons
in Europe for the coming war. They are
experimenting with balloons and things.
| have been requested on behalf of q
friend of mine to publish his suggestion.
which is worthy of the attention of mill.
tary authorities. It is cats My friend
says that cat will always go back to the
place you take it from. l know myself
that cats will always come back to d place
a boot Jack has disloged them from
know that a cat will never give up
hunting place where it has once been
happy. however emphatic may be the re-
m0nstrances from the owner of the bed
room below or above. But the joke about
cats is now exhausted However, this
friend Of mine says he once took a cat in
q closed bag from Los Gatos to San Fran
cisco by train Well. that cat walked
quietly back to Los Gatos.
My friend points out the wonderful
value of this popularity in cats to an army
to carry dispatches and do all sorts of use
full work. He suggests that every soldier
pie have heard of kits in a cat but that is
no matter There are several points,
however, my friend has not considered
If the army were beleaguered the cats
would have to be eaten. Well, that is
after all, an advantage for sometimes
they do not even have cats. But cats have
a way of taking their time that would not
suit war There would be constant
trouble between the sexes, too. and after
all, perhaps, arr!er pigeons and balloons
are better. He substautiates his position
by another story of a cat, which, when
the family moved in town, went back
every night to the old place The pro
gramme of the usual concert, | suppose,
in luded that old time favOrite, Home
Again