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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-28
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IESSE IL. RUG tIG, Attorney and Counselor
~ AZ Law. ONCE IN the Colwcll Sherwood Block
north of pOstotlCe fehi'S
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-28

DUNCAN NC DoUGALL g. a. CuApyIy
IcDolIt' Ill * Oh \ PM \ ~. Attor
WI ncys AZ Law. Gedney's Block. Ottawa, H. aprU
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-28

| OF EMO I,t,l.A Nd, Attorney aud Coun.
- scor at LAM. once In Postoitce Block Ottawa
Illinois, mar5'T
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-28

TYR. n. w. wEIS, (Deutcher poctor.J lst.
~ Physician and Surgeon 70 the 81. Louis Female
HOelptAl once over stleies Clothing store corner OF
Main and La Sale streets. Reeidence on sostb him;
AZ Mrs. GcIEs. an1
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-28

There's a brave 81 mature for you-frank,
courageous and manful in every stroke. The
man who made it dared few years ago to
rise in his place as a senator from Mississippi
and eulogize the memory of Charles Sumner.
Such an act, committed by most southern
men, would have meant political death, but
Lamar is today one of the associate justices
of the supreme court of the United States.
The writing seems to say; ~ know | am
right and defy YOU"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-28

"When William j. Florence writes it he is
thinking more about his friends or his bust
ness than about himself. Nothing in the out
lines indicate the neatness that pertains to
his personnel, bat they suggest promptness,
dispatch and a hurry-to -get-there style"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-28

II Y. dRIGGS, Druggist, Bookseller and Sta.
"a. ton er. Ottawa, m. Second store in EalsseTJ
Block, south side Of Court House Square
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-28

nR. w. y. WEES ~, Successor 10 Dr. WIN.
- sheppard, veterinary Surgeon and Dentist, As
stan state V"crl marian graduate Ontario Veterinary
tOles" Canada Dental course under Sayrr and Drake
III fyblS-lyr
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-28

NJ hN EJSSI, German Drugglst ana Apothe.
AVA cary, (whOlcsalA and retail Main street Otta
wa Ill Importer of Drugs, Chemicals, French Cogn
nc Brsndes Vines &c
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-06
The Empress of Austrla.

During my stay at Fuckers Hotel I had several good opportunities to see the En- press of Austria. She is very tall woman, with a long body and remarkably small waist. At little distance, owing to her ease of carriage and springy gait, you would put her down at thirty-6ve. closer in- spection shows the lines in her face. Her dark brown hair is usually done up in tight braids at the back. Her complexion, from constant exposure, Is as brown that of a sailor. was struck with the length of her feet and the size of her hands. The latter, for a woman, appeared to be simply enor-
 nous. I watched her one day coming up from the boat. She was dressed in gown of gray material, with three old fashioned hounees running round it. Her long waist was covered with tightly fitting black jacket In her left hand she held 8 straw colored parasol, and in the right the empress clutohed book and red fan. Two of the fishermen helped this eccentric lady out oi the boat, and one of her own servants fol- lowed with the rugs and wraps upon his arm. The empress is certainly wonderful walker She strides over the ground at g tremendous rate. In walking from the beach she had completely distanced her soli- tary attendant. Then the emperor's wife disappeared into Fuckers, mounted the stairs and was soon in her apartment over the billiard room. In spite of the dowdiness of her attire the empress would attract at tention anywhere by certain air of distinc- ton, due in measure to the elegance of hel figure and the grace with which she carries herself. It was to me surprising that 8 wo of such broad shoulders and length of limt could exist, much less take such exaggerated forms of exercise, considering the disparity between her sheulders-broader than Mrs. IT k,xrSe ar,1 khn aS- aI. saS which her majesty brides herself upon re- taining from girlhood.
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vast amount of firearms introduced by the Arabs has greatly changed his position toward the natives. "Slaves are now sold for ammunition. Three packages of gunpow- der will buy boy, five girl, and two girls are sold for Remington rifle" Missionary Ashe writes that the Arabs supply King Mwanga with as many as 400 or 800 English rifles at time, besides great quantities of gunpowder. He adds that single Zanzibar trader last spring sent %, ,000 rounds of am- munition and 100 guns to Victoria Nyanza. Rev. Dr. Cross wrote from Lake Nyasse in July last of bands of Arabs going to the with slaves and ivory to buy gunpowder. Mr. Walker says he saw last summer about 800 soldiers armed with guns in the palace yard of the King of Uganda. Recent ex- plorers on the Congo tributaries have found tribes who had Dever seen white man well armed with modern weapons. and catching slaves for Arab traders. Many other instances illustrate the alarming spread of the equip ment and use of firearms.
 It is, therefore, 8 part of the programme of the powers which intend to guard the east coast, from Saukim on the Red sea to the Zambesi, not only to prevent the exportation of slaves, but also to stop the importation of central Afaica be able to obtain supplies from the west coast. The Congo Free States has just prohibited, under severe penalties, the sale of guns and ammunition above the confluence of the Mobangi with the Congo or in the Kassai basin. The tribes of the lower Congo, who are under complete control, and are not reached by Arab traders, will still be permitted to buy the ordinary trade gun, which is chiefly valuable for the noise it makes.
 The dearth of their new found treasures will cause bitter 1amentation among the tribes of the greater part of tropical Africa, but the world will applaud this effort to wholly cut off the supplies that are threat ening with ruin every good work now in proprass.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-06
Solo Singing In Church.
From the New York Tribune.

lam good deal in sympathy with the Philadelphia clergyman who has recently been criticising certain kinds of church music 'sMany of our churches" he says, "are only sppendages to concerts. Often the poorer the preacher the finer the church and choir Many people go to church just for the music Then why keep the preacher9 In some of our churches it costs fifty dollars to sing Jesus Lover of My SouP to the tune When the Swallows Homeward Fly Write out an anthem as sung, and what nonsense. If churches can have concerts on Sunday why can't the worlda Why not get the cho- rus girls to sing the praises of the Lord on the Sabbathq They are not busy elsewhere and they will fill the front seats. How much like heaven it will be when in our solemn services on the Sabbath we shall be favored with snatches from the leading operas by the most eminent artists. In some churches the choir does the singing, the preacher the pray ing, the congregation the paying and the farce is ended.
 'Let us. rouse up some old tunes and hymns that have been only half awake since the days of our grandfathers. With the hu- man voice so wonderfully organized that in the plainest throat and lungs there are four teen direct muscles which can make sixteen thousand different sounds and thirty indirect muscles which can make, it is estimated, more than one hundred and seventy million of sounds, why then not have congregational singipg2"
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-06
BOSToN,s PIED PIPER.
He Makss a Business efCatchIng Dea
 Rafa. N0f LiYe Ones.

He Makss Business efCatching Dead Rats, Not Live Ones. This town has sort of Pied Piper of it's own, who makes business of turing from dark hiding places the predatory rat, writes Boston correspondent of the Denver Repu- blican It is his professional task, however, to operate not upon live rodents, but but on dead ones. Now, it may be admitted that, although a living rat is not pleasant beast to tackle, the same animal after it's dimise and lacking proper sepulture is far more dissgreeable. Thus it must be considered that function of the post-mortem Pied Piper is one of extra difficulty. and it's correct performance, there
 fore, exceptionally ereditable. At all events, you would be apt to think
 so if you had dead rat at this momont peacefully decomposing under floor or in 8 nothing in all this world, as you would soon discover, that smells 80 horribly. It fairly discounts the mephitis Americana. True, one rat will only last about six weeks before drying up and becoming thenceforth inoffen- sive; but you are likely to conclude that rather than endure it for such length of time you would pull the house down to find it. And there it is that the trouble comes in. In most cases it nearly impossible to locate the source of the stsnch. Carpenters must be hired to tear everything to pieces, and not infrequently it costs large sum to remove the nuisance. Think what relief it must be under such circumstances to simply send out for man who makes this kind of thing regular occu- patton and have him find the rat and take it away for small fee! Five dollars is the price charged by Boston's pied piper for such service. It si always the same price wheth- CT it takas him a week or five minutes. As rule however, the job is accomplished very quickly. It is matter of pratice like any thing else The mans nose, naturally an acute organ has been trained to surprise
 ing degree of sensitiveness' There are cer-
 I tain rules, too by which he goes. Upon en-
 ! tering building whither he is called to ope-
 rate he gives a few experienced sniffs here
 and there in order to find out where the
 smell it most intense. He cannot always tell this at once for such things are deceptive. But he continues to prospect keeping an eye open as he goes for likely corners, such as are beneath fireplaces and other warm spots which dying rats would be likely to seek. Finally having located the trouble pretty satisfactory, he bores hole with an augur and snifs at it at once more. If it is find, it only remains to make bigger opening and take out the corpse. The labor is disagreea- ble. but it pays. It is always $5 for each rat found and sometimes the man will get three or four together within few minutes.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-06
Thursday, December c, Isss.
THE TARIFF.

The tariff bill was taken up in the Senate yesterday, and will doubtless be speedily passed in some shape. Connecticut has de- cided interest in this matter. In his annual report Secretary Fairchild says that, even if there is no more comprehensive tariff legisla- tion this winter, bill should be passed to correct certain inconeruous provisions in the existing schedules which he describes as "hurtful to domestic industries, fruitful of complaints, contentious and suits, and men, aeing to the treasury He says: I refer particularly to ''Schedule K," under which worsted cloths are admitted at lower rates of duty than woolen cloths, and to which called special attention in my last annual re-
 port (the duties now levied on worsted cloths are, in my judgment, as high as they should be, but the duties on the wool of which they are woven should be reduced so as to permit their profitable manufacture, and the duties on woolen cloths should be correspond ingly reduced); to the provision of the same schedule for "waste, :" under which the high est qualities of carded and purified wools are held to be entitled to admission at the same duty as that provided for rags, shoddy and other adulterations; and to the provision in "Seheduld N" for "hat materials" etc., un- der which manufacturers of silk of vari- ous kinds, including broad silk and ribbons, are claimed and held to be entitled to admis- sion at twenty per cent. ad valorem, while Schedule L" imposes duty of fifty per cent. ad valorem on all such goods.
 The injustices thus called attention to by the secretary certainly need immediate reme- dying. The Hartford Courant points out that the way out of the worsted troubles that he advises means reopening the whole tariff question, while simply putting the goods among manufactures of wool, which they are, would save them from the special injury now done to them. The one word "vegeta- ble" would remedy the silk ribbon injustice if hack zhara it atoc,d il, kha la D
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TAKE AWAY THEIR FIREARMS.
African Savages Are Nos to Be Trusted
 with Them.

Many hundreds of native chiefs in Africa, after learning the use of firearms and the power these weapons give them, are to be deprived, by the joint efforts of several gov- ernments, of further supplies of ammunition and guns. This step is deemed necessary for two reasons, according to the New York Sun. In the first place the greed for firearms is the great incentive that induces the chiefs to make war on their neighbors for the purpose of supplying slaves to the Arabs, in exchange for guns and powder. The prohibition of the firearms trade will be of important service in destroying the slave traffic. In the second place the alarm ing multiplication of firearms in inner Af- rica threatens every white interest developing there Guns and ammunition must be kept out of the hands of the uncivilized hoades, if white men are ever to dominate the eoun- try.
 l In one of Emin Pasha's letters he says the
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tory; it "compleseIy paralyzed business' and shut the surrounding country off from the world; telegraph and telephone and electric
 light wires were broken down, and in fact
 'the entire system of the city was practically useless" Under these circumstances it was expected that the new electric railroad would fail. Instead, it is declared that ffnot the lesat inconvenience or delay resulted" but that with the use of two-ffths of the capacity of the plant the usual number of cars were operated and made the usual time, while the overhead wires received not the slightest damage.
 A few days ago Dr. Heller, an eccentric millionaire of Wilmington, Massachusetts, was buried in a coffin worth SIG, ,000, the total funeral expenses amounting to about $S0, 900. The ceremony was begun at 9 pm. and end- ed little before midnight. Since that date the widow, before going into Boston every morning to attend to her business, has her coachmau drive her mile over the hills to the tomb and taps gently on the iron door. Getting no response she says softly, "May come ina" Silence giving consent, she un- locks and opens the door and says in loud voice: ''Geod morning, my dear, how have you passed the nightin This done, she in- spects the costly coffin, removes the old bou- quet and puts 8 fresh one in it's place, and, locking up, departs for Boston, where the clerks say she is "all business" The widow has hired night watchmsn in mill close by to go to the tomb every morning at six o'clock, open it and say "Good morning, Dr. Heller" At six in the evening the same man visits the tomb again and says: "Good night. Dr. Heller, we hope you will rest well" Dozens of times before the doctor died and twice since the funeral Mrs. Heller had had her own coffin ssftted" to her.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-06
EDITORIAL NOTES.

More cheerfulness has rarely been seen in New Haven after an election. Even the de- feated candidates say they are glad.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-06

The contest for the office of corporation counsel bids fair to be brisk and interesting one. Several candidates are already in the field.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-06

NOS1Cet
 We cannot accept anonymous or return rejected communications. In ali cases the name Of tbe writer will be required, not for publication, but guarantee ot good faith.
 Situations, Wants, Rents and other small adver- tisements, one Cent a Word each insertion.
 Display advertisements-One square (ona inch) insertion $1 20: each subsequent insestion 40 cents: week S20; onenaonth, &10.O0.
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 Advertisements on second page one price and 6 half.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own imme diate business, Gall matter to be uuobiectionabe) and their contracts do not include Wants, To Let For Bale. etc.
 Specialratesfurzishedo application for contracts covering considerable length Of time. Q large gpace.
 Yearly advertisements at the following rates: One square. one year, $40: two squares, ore year 170; three sQnareS, year. $100.
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Dissolution Sale The Oak Hall Clothing COnpaNy y, NOW IN FULL BLAST.

Store crowded day night Thousands of people made happy by wonderful Bargains They from far and well they might the history of ReadyMade Clothing could buy stylish well made reliable Clothing at such low prices during great Dissolution Sale Remember, that every ything must be sold by Janu- ary st and order to do this have made prices less than Orders from headquarters Wind up the business; every dollars worth of stock into solid cash And doing This week will do better In other words you wish SO the work of dollar for the Clothing you just the time you want it, you'll find this the place to do it,
 NOTE THE FOLLOWING PRICES.
 SUITS.
 An Exceptional Bargains. can select which pay s5 your hoioe our$l $so, sss ss4 suits
 OVERCOATS. snner io only few mentioned $1a Black Beaver overcoa for $5 Handsome $5 $2O $as goods mErCrus chinchua Beavers swithor NorOIk Paitd Jacket suts ThreePece Suits
 LISTERS. Heavy pakG Grey Listers, long, withw Handsome Ultszs sla o ranging from $1s to $s5
 CMILDREN's CLOTHING. 7S lot Cape o0oA sizes $s5O; Chldrens Cape oveOats sizes to 1o 9o reduced several dollars in price
 CHILDREN's EXTRA PANTS. Fora 75o ands1.
  prices-ess than can buy the materials SPECIAL NoTIcEwe positively refuse credit aude Oak Hall Clothing Company, 85 CHURCH STREET,
 T. A. WIRE. Manager.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-06

Most of the great nations of Europe are in the market trying to raise additional loans. They must have money to keep up their mill itary strength.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-06

of whisky on hand at present in the various warehouses throughout the country. Congressman Tom Reed of Maine on the Presidents message: A year has brought about a great change. Then it was condi- tion that confronted us and not theory, and now apparently1t's theory and not condi- tion.
 The temperance Republicans of Massachu- setts believe that they have secured 6 major ity in the legislature favorable to the passage of the pending constitutional amendment for prohibition and other advanced temperance legislation.
 Several leading shoe manufacturers of Mas sachusetts recently sent a representative to Central America and the West Indies to learn the possibilities of a more extensive intro- duction of American leather goods into those markets. The agent has just returned and gives hopeful report. He is confident that with proper efforts our products can find ready sale in those markets.
 One by one the roses fall and one by one the old ideas are knocked out. A physician in the American Magazine says that the practice of beginning breakfast with oatmeal has caused more dyspepsia than any other single habit that he recalls. t'It places" he says, ta layer of sticky, pasty, carbonaoeous food against membrane that is already tor- pid enough and needs sharp stimulus of fruit or douche of water to start gastric secretions, instead of a crogging mass like the meal, that all day long works Ill until it is gotten rid of
 Woman continues able to hold her own. Dr. Durand, of New Orleans, wishing to test the practical effect of mind disease, gave a hundred patients dose of sweetened water.
 Fifteen minutes after, entering apparently in great excitement, he announced that he had
 by mistake given a powerful emetio, and preparations must be made accordingly. Eighty out of the hundred patients became thoroughly i'll, and exhibited the usual result of an emitie; twenty were unaffected. The curious part of it is that, with very few ex. captions, the eighty ''eme ticized" subjects were women, while the strong minded few
 who were not to be caught with chaff, were women.
 Canada sets an example which might well | be followed by the United States. The Do
 minion government proposes to prevent food 1 aduIteration within Canadian territory, and has instituted criminal procedure against 6 number of manufacturers. Of 1000 samples of food products examined one-fourth were adulterated. It is-claimed that the sdultera- tions year ago in these products were fully 50 per cent, showing that a determined movement in this direction has met with sue cees. If Canada extends her laws so as to exclude American adulterations from cross l ing her borders, manufacturers of food products in this country will, for their owr protection, improve the quality of their ex ports.
 It has been thought that electricity would not work well on street railroads in winter weather. It is therefore interesting to not, | the experience of the road in St. Joseph Missouri, which was visited recently by
 snowstorm which is declared by local pape Ito have been one of the seYerest in it's his
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-06

but they need not give way to total discour- agement. There are over 5000, 900 gallons of whisky on hand at present in the various warehouses throughout the country.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-06

Congressman Tom Reed of Maine on the Presidents message: A year has brought
 about great change. Then it was condi-
 tion that confronted US and not theory, and
 now apparently1t's theory and not a condi-
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-06
Howe & StetSOD CHRISTMAS WARES.
 ON FRIDAY, DEC. !. We Will Open Up Our
 SANTA CLAUS ROOM

In the basement with a large and varied stock of Holiday Goods that have been carefully selected with a view to pleasing the cus- toner every time. We have no old stock carried over from for mer Holidays to work off on customers, but have new, clean, fresh lines of Toys, Games, Bas- kets, China Wares. Leather Goods, Plush Goods, Wooden Wares, etc., etc. These goods are the result of a careful culling from Foreign and Do mestic manufacturers ever since last spring, and we most conf- dently solicit your inspection of the same.
 MONDAY, DEC. 5,
 We shall open on the street floor our first invoice of popu- lar edition of I2mo. Books, cloth bound, gilt back, etc., at, 25c per volume. It is sufficient to state that this is the same edi- tion that proved such success with us last year at 2ec per vol tune, and contains the same standard works of poetry and DrOSe
 Please do not forget that our Santa Claus Room will be open Friday, December 7.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-06

The temperance Republicans of Massachu- setts believe that they have secured a major ity in the legislature favorable to the passage of the pending constitutional amendment for prohibition and other 'advanced temperance leoislation p
Morning journal and courier., 1888-12-06

It has been thought that electricity would not work well on street railroads in winter weather. It is therefore interesting to note the experience of the road in St. Joseph,
 Missouri, which was visited recently by a snowstorm which is declared by local paper to have been one of the seYerest in it's his