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RUPTURE Radically CURED.

~ 10 ~ days. by tho Nedisated H0i fad Truss and
oflrc treatment Acoutfhrf made with each patient
Structure. liydmtle and Nanrooulo cured Ia
thuu time tifrulnu on application
The MedieHt.d soft IRd Truss has Tho
fpfnr Ia the trout. therefore avoiding al Kidney
tfuublrs end eau ~ Wufn uight aud DAY. We guar
nntcc this Iuiss N be easy 10 Wcaf and a. hold up
tie bowel ~ money refunded Mnds and lticd W
male OF female ~ Or hOhlE
60 ioffruan a.. Memphis. Tom
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LADIES, II you wish TO purchase Q dress
or school suit for your boys call at L..
Lowensicin's. lie has the best assortment
Ia the city ut popular prices.
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TmE Office hours Of David /. IIaddcn,
president, at city hall, arr from o'clock
II. IN 20 $50 p. in. Remainder Of time no
will look after outside city matters.
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Tnr Armstrong Furniture company are
showing many new spring styles IN cha'n'
Der, diningroom and parlor suits.
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PERSONAL.

PERSONAL.
A sIIBRoOK & WHITE. 222 FRONT 81, PAY
~. highest cash prices for Hides. fun and Wool
BUFFALO GNAT ANp Fly EXTERMINAToR,
ID A patented insecilcde. Heaps on gnnts files
and charbonno" can BE- had Of any wholesale mcr
chant or send orders ut once 10 French. Bros a
Co., lb2 lladden avenue, Memphis, Tenn.
CIsTERNs- BRICIwoRK. SMOKING CHM
~ ncys, etc Telephone SSs.
THOMAS CuBBlNs
GAS AND OIL sTovEs, LATEST pEaIGNs
VI Lamps, etc, at A. Hitriclds 2S Second "
MANILA PAPER, PAPER RAGS. WRAPPING
wi Taper nj MEMPHIS hpcr Co. 2l7 Second vt
CoUTHERN CYCLE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- Tricyclcs and Nelocipcdcs. Victor bicycle
leads the world. Second hand wheels bought
and sold: gu MAN sIRELf.
REAL ESTATE Agents.
CoNAwAY's RIAL ESTATE AGENCY, No. 2Sl
" Main street Established 1874.
DoUGLAss 4 JAMES REAL EsTATE AND
IL Rental AGENTS, 80 sccond st.
UNoRD a LEMAsTER. RIAL ESTATE AND
~ Rental Agents, ~ Madison street
TT L. 0uIoN. REAL ESTATE AGENT
IL. 10 Madison street
uATCHETT. RicF & 60. RIAL ESTATE AND
IL Insurance Agents, sS Main A. Memphis.
81. agent. No. ~ Madison street
ID L. COVER 4 GO, REAL ESTATE AGENTS
IL. and Brnkcrs, Nc q Madison street
- J. BLACK a co, REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
II. ~ Madison StccL
CuiHopoDIsr.
DR G. J. sCHElngR TREATS CoRNs AM
u bunions. onicc houn am. I'll pm so.
III Main Ntnuff.
u BATHS.
rI,URHIsH, RUSSIAN. ELECTRIC SULPHUR.
sPECtALiSTs.
uAvE YOUR CoRNs. BUNIoNs AND IN.
j growing nniH treated without pain ~ blood.
by DIR FRAZIER n =. at Peabody larbcrshop.
LoAS OFFICES.
NJ EMPHIs IoAS OFFICE J. n GOrTnEi.F
vi Manager. 20 teals aud ~ Monica Low rats,
un larrc amounts
NATHAN ZACH. % MoNRoH AND VI sRCoNn
y "a bihmOnas. Watches. Jewclry. Old Gold
and silver bought and sold. ....ft
GALVANIZED rRoNwoBKs.
ono. y. RuIplCH. IN. TifE TIN AND sHEtf
VI iron worker business aud nclidcnce iclc
phone No ~
ROOMS AND BOARD.
DOARD-I55 sECUNi-A PLEASANT ROOM
ID with boari Tor man aud vile eau h. hal NJ
Ia sc,ond sincct Reference must b. given. Day
buariors solicited Mits v. rCllElih
nBlRAnLE ROOMS AND BOARD Ar54 MAD.
- son street
INuRNisnED ROOMS. WITH OR WITHOUT
" boari 40 Main street
nOOD DAY BOARD-FoR sibO ERwEEK, Al
VI iGi Main u. John Ncrglc Agent
sTuAyED.
C,Ow-osE SMALL RED COW. HALF JERsEY
~ In good condition. liberal inward will H.
Taid Tor her r'lurn OF any Information leading 10
her recovery BY -
Pi nayburn avenue. or 20 Main street
\IARE-oSE GRAY MARE SIX YEARs OH
vi 49, hands hirh. len dollar reward. Re
turn 10 John Tally. - Washington strci.
nNE IRoN GRAY rosy. siiop AL AROUND
" branded with iout on left shoulder Return
10 30 fnuni street and D. rewarded
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CIIEAP COLUMN.

Advertisements ~, Oils column win he charged at
rate Of iSc for Two linc one insertion two inscr
tions, go: one weep go
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wny win You pay high prices for a Gus,
tom.made suit when you can get equal
value nj l. Iowcnstein's7
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XNlsrnrNrs.


ANpsEnENrs.
MEMPnIs rhFTAAlTIEER3nw,,,,, 80.
Three Nights AM saturday Matinee, com.
meneing April IN
SPECIAL, ENGAGEMENT
of theNorld Renowned
BILhl EMERSON.
His Firt Appcaanoc on any stage In white face,
and Amcrfa's Fayortc Coincidence,
X ATE PUTNAM.
Thursday Nigh. aud Saturday Matinee,
LENA,tglIE MAD car.
Friday ana Saturday Nights,
ERMA THE ELF
Sparkling Music, New songs Dances, Ducts.
Mcdleys, opemlic Selections etc.
JOSEPH JEFFERSON JOSEPH JEFFERSON.
DRAMATIC READINGS,
Mr.. JAMES L. MURDOCH.
Attic nigbcc School.
Three Entertainments, beginning
WEDNESDAY NIGHT, APRIL is, ut o'clock.
Subject tonight
MISCELLANEOUS READINGS.
Thursday Night
JULIUS CESAR
Friday Night
sHAKEsPEAREAN SELECTIoNS
The general public Is invited.
Price of Admission. Fifty Cents. Season tickets 81
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Repaired by the old reliable trunk manu-
iaciurcr, 'ff.l,.f s. LEVY,
3lS Main Street.
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d r. d. S. 10 N SONS
PRIV ATE
MEDICAL DISPENSARY
No. $50 Main Street,
MEMPHIS. TENN ESsEE.
usabIl,h,i in iss0.i

np JOHNSON 4 arsunwsfircd BY AFT parties IN.
i ieftstrd ~ by iaf the most suuigsstll phJsi'
9lan IA the ircaimeut Of pffair or serfet dsraseA
Quick permanent cnfcs gnaftutHi ~ cfeff cata
male ot tensile Recent onsfs " gJnouhca ani
syphilis rurci In q few days without tie 10 81
nerury, change Of dict of hinimncc nun bu!l'
rsied without the 1se VI mercury, Involuntary
los Of semen stopped 10 short time. sufferers
lfuin lmpo,enry or los ~ sexual poNcn rlipf,1to
.fcc yirpf In q few week.. Victims oi iri abuse
ana excessive yenery .ursrng from frftmai0rfhea
sud los II physical and mrutal puwrf, specify
md permanently curri Particular attention paid
h. tho diseases 1T Women. md rurrs gusIauirci
Dss and old aIrts siirfd Without Che ~ 81 uanfq
~ he kniis al consultations strictly uonnl-u'
iial Medicines srni ~ cspfCss " al laris OF uis
county.
ngNofslngtnen curi ~ half We uFuh rai,t
One noun rom q otloHl an. - o'clock y M
900 y & JOHNSON, ND
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DrrtTrI eycsIght restored MuliOrds'
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Sold everywhere. Price. CuricuRA, zoe soar,
DC, REsoLvENr 81. Prepared by the porrEi
DnrG AND CHEMICAL Co, Boston, Mass.
No Send for How 10 Cure Skin Diseases" CT
PAGES. 30 Illustrations md 100 icsinnninls
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A FRIGHTFUL SKIN DISEASE
soferings Intense. Head Nearly Raw. Body
Covered with Sores. Cured by the Cuti.
cura Remedies.

Suferings Intense. Head Nearly Raw. Body
Covered with Sores. Cured by the Cuti.
cura Remedies.
Messes. Stevens & Drummer, Monroe, n. C.: .
Dear Srs-About two months ago on your rec
ommendatlon. bought n bottle OF CUTIcURA RE.
SOLVENT, one box CuricURA sALvg and one cake
OF CuliouRA SOAP for my sou aged thirteen
| years who has been afflicted with eczema for a
long time, and am pleased 10 say that believe
the remedies have cured him. Ills sunerings were
Intense his head being nearly nav, his ears being
gone, except the grstlc and his body was covered
with sores. His condition was frghtful to behold
The sores have now all Disappeared, his skin II
healthy, eyes bright, cheerful IN disposition, aud
Is working every day. My ncighbors an witnesses
TO this remarkable cure, and the doubling ones
are requested to call or write me or any OF my
neghbors
winchester p o. Union County, N G..
MONROE N c., Oct. %, 1887.
The Potter Drug and Chemical Company
Gentlemen-Mr WIN. s. Stephenson, Of this
county brought his 10 town today to let us sec
him, and to show what CuTrCuRA REMEDiEs had
done Tor him. This is the referred 90 In our
letter to you some time ago. To look at the boy
now, one would suppose that there had never been
anything the matter with him-sccms 10 be In per.
feet health. We have written and herewith inciosc
what his father has ~ say about the matter-wrote
| IL Just as he dictated
We are selling quite q quantity OF CurIcurA
REMEDIES, anu hear nothing but praise for them.
We regard the CuricuRA REMEDIES the best In the
market and shall do all we can 10 promote their
sale. lOun truly,
STEVENS & RRUNER:
Druggists aud Pharmacists.
CuTIcuRA. the great skin Cure. and CtuCuRA
| soar, prepared from H. externally. aud CUTICURA
RiSoLvEST. the new Blood Purifier. Internally, are
positive cure for every form OF Skin and Blood
Disease nom Pimplcs to scroluls.
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CHOICE
REAL ESTATE
ON EASY TERMS.
TO DE- MADE AT THE CORNER or MAIN AND
MADISON STREETS on
TUESDAY, APR. "a,
AT 1880 O'CLOCK AM. q.
CONSISTING or SEVERAL VALUABLE PAR
GELS BELONGING TO THE MENREN
ESTATE.
so. q MADISON STREET that valuable build.
Ing IN the n. 10. Noukrn Hlock, nov occupied
by tho Security Bank.
No. 10 MADISON STREET. adjoining the above.
now occupied by the Gcrmania Insurance
company.
THE nENKES SUBDIVISION
Fronting on Manassas street and Ror avenue.
about 40 yaris north VI Poplar THIS Valua.
be properly 4 the lanfrri tract of lsnd vacant
within the cliy limits hclns So. feet On Ma
nassas tiruet running bark ~ icct " koss
Ryenur-c0niainlng 70 building lntfH2sflg
feet earh-ihis panel will be cold entire aud
not la lots
Ions and 10. block n north side Of Stephens ave
nue. each lNKiH 40 feet Ia an alley. about i00
feet wc-i Of Mississippi avenue.
lots aud r. biook &. f,uth ,ldc oi stephens ave
nue., each iOxia5 $40 icCt 10 nn alley, opposite
~ above
lot on the southeast corner 81 burns and Tucker
avcnuc being on the east side ~ Tucker and
south sidc OF burns avenue, lioN.io irci, bcing
lot No. 10 and north half u lot No. p 10 The
Hciiis subdivision, situated 20 yards nuth OF
Union avenue
AZ ACRrs-fylnE on tho Hast Ind Dummy line.
about 2ie miles irom Court hquhrc, adjoining
The Lumpkln .Oacfc ifaci and adiaccnt 10 the
Caybfook land.
u 10 ACRE3-in the Sixth disire, Of Shelby
county. about ~ mile fnm McmphiH, IN q
direct line frifn = branch 81 hlr ttcck rad,
about one bali mile ifum Point ghurh, adjoln.
Ing land Of Ferdinand smith, hfadahaN hcirs
aud Zen nmnch
TERNs-onc fourth cash. balance IN one. two
and lbroo year. Interest al yer cent, payable an
uuAllY.
IT,. ARTHY & CO.,
Auotioneers.
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CUTIcuIA the great skin Cure. and CruCuRA
SOAR prepared from IL, externally. aud CUTICURA
RiSolvEST the new Blood Purifier. Internally, are
positive cure for every form OF skin and Blood
Disease, from Pimplcs To scroiula
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y. D.'srwAnD, opiieian. d MuliOrd's
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Rooms 10 LEr.
I,URNisIiED ROOMS, AT % MoNEOE sTRusr
L'rRNfsHFD ROOMS iss ORLEANS STREET
" without board.
I'ouR ROOMS OWN ug MAIN ETREE1. sur
~ able for ofilcra Inquire u Ncniu a laf
rnt ~ and 30 Main.
L'uHNIsHTD or usFuHNlHlIED nOOMA
~ trout o. back Apply at ~ Court a.
NTpELY FURNISHED. LARgE, LIGHT cool
y fUoui, ccnimlly iDoaird .1ih-und q.
DOONa AND FinsT CLASS TABLE, BOARD ~
n private family, Reference exchanged No ~
iaas avenue
IpoOMs SUITABLE 1OR LlGnT HDusEREEP
II Ing NJ ~ Court firrc'
ONl-TuESisiiEp ASD UNfuRslsiiED
~ MONS II ~ couu street.
DOONs PLEASANT TuHNlHliEb or w
] 4 furnished rD0mac en- suite aud ifunt cUntfal 10
rtiinu. 81 Madison sifrci.
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DrrcTrE eycsight restored. Mulford'I
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-12-15

The skeleton represented in the cut was
found recently in the deepest stratum of n
peat bog lllustrirtc Zeitung says concern
ing this fossil skeleton that in many points it
resembles the Podolian and Hungarian steppe
cattle, although much larger than these and,
indeed, all kinds of domestic cattle. 1t is
not to be COMPOUNDED with the SO called au-
rochs, the real bison. Whether the so called
"wild cattle" which are kept in the parks of
certain large landed proprietors i'll Scotland
could be considered direct descendants of the
Bos primigenius is doubtful; at any rate,
these "wild cattle" are no longer of the
same size and general appearance as the
really wild urus, but have greatly degener-
ated in the course Of time.
Several investigators are of the opinion
that the last specimens of this class were
killed in Poland about 800 years ago; but
others maintain that the uruS was extinct in
prehistoric times. The authority quoted in
clines to the former opinion
The height of the withers Of the wild cow,
recently mounted is 5 feet 6 inches while
the skeleton of a domestic cow seldom meas
ures feet inch The skull of the former is
2 feet l inch long, that of a very large
domestic COW is foot Z inches to foot 0
inches in length.
In regard to the horns, the part which was
really horn has, naturally, persisted in the
course of the hundreds or thousands of years;
but the well preserved bone portions, called
the horn cores, show that the horn SheathS
were large and well formed.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-12-15

The paper on which bank notes are printed
is called distinctive paper" being used ex
clusivcly by the government for the printing
Of bonds and current notes. The mills where
it is manufactured are at Glen Falls. Chester
county, Pa An agent Of the treasury de
partment receives the paper direct from the
hands Of the manufacturer, and every pre-
caution IS observed TO prevent any loss.
Short srrg 81. rel silk are m,znl 18th the
liquid p.. I'D an engine TIL finished ma
terInl is conducted TO a wire cloth without
passing through any screens, which might
retain the s,seu threads. an arrangement
above the wire cloth scatters q shower Of fine
scraps OF blue silk thread, which falls upon
the paper wh.le it is being formed. The sfle
on which the blue silk IS deposited Is used
for the back OF notes, and the threads are SO
deeply imtedded as TO remain permanently
fixed. Each sheet is registered as soon as it
is made.-St. Paul Pioneer Press.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-12-15

OF certain exhibits whose senders could
not accompany them the commissioners APP
pointed Mr. George NJ. Bailey Of Buffalo,
n. y, "a journalist and veteran of the late
war His success in organizing the Indian
department OF the Buffalo expedition of 1887
proved his fitness for the task he remains at
Buffalo ready to give all information to
would be exhibitors till the opening Of the
Paris exposition. He will then go to Paris
for the entire six months, and visitors from
America will find there i'll his charge speci-
mems Of all the distmctively American inven-
tons.
During the Buffalo exposition Mr.. Bailey
edited The International FAIR Journal, and
his Seneca Indian friends were SO pleased
with his success in organizing their depart
ment that they decided to adopt him
as u member Of the Bear clan OF their tribe
The ceremony took place Sept II i'll true
aboriginal fashion, the two Seneca chiefs
Ho-wah no c'The Stubborn'D, or Solomon
Obail, and Tow so-naw-toh, or Andrew
Snow Howah-no is 80 years old, and a
grandson of the once noted Cornplanter, the
contemporary of Red Jacket The ceremo-
MES were very simple and impressive. The
adopting speech was in the language of the
Senecas, and at its close the Indians chanted
the war song. This proceeding is very rare
among the Indians, and in their tribe con-
fers high honor upon Mr.. Bailey, who is now
one Of the People of the Long House." the
once powerful and still interesting lroquois.
AS Mr. Bailey is now Good Bear" and has
shown his organizing capacity, his friends do
not doubt that he will make great success
of his department at Paris
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-12-15
The Buried Forests of New Jersey.

An industry the like Of which does not exist
anywhere else in the world furnishes scores
of people in Cape May county, New Jersey,
with remunerative employment, and has
made comfortable fortunes for many citizens.
1t is the novel business of mining cedar trees
digging from far beneath the surface i'm
mense logs Of sound and aromatic cedar. The
fallen and submerged cedar forests of south
ern New Jersey were discovered first beneath
the Dennisville swamps seveuty-five years
ago, and have been a source of constant in
terest to biologists and scientists generally
ever since. There are standing at the present
day no such enormous specimens of the cedar
anywhere on the face of the globe as are
found embedded in the deep muck of the
Dennisviile swamps, says Scientific Ameri-
can.
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Indian Mummies.

Many of our young folk have heard or
read of the Egyptian mummies. Owing to
the wonderful skill with which they have
been embalmed they are IN as perfect a state
of preservation as on the day they were en-
tombed, some four or five thousand years
ago. But that nature is us skillful as art will
be seen by the following curious discovery:
Not long ago some miners were searching
in the Sierra Madre mountains of Arizona
for a cave, supposed to be filled with hidden
treasures AS they were following an Indian
trail one of them hit something hard with his
pickax. On loosening the soil they discov-
cred, not "A cave filed with gold, silver and
precious jewels, but an old Indian vault con-
tanning the remains of five human bel lgs
two men, young woman and mother with
a child or years old. The bodies were in
perfect preservation. The features were as
distinct as in life, and the eyebrows in a ma
tural state, The woman had long, fine, dark
hair. Both men and women were wrapped
in coarse, women CLOTH
Now, we must remember that the Indian is
ignorant of the art of embalming, an art that
requires much nice skill as well as a thorough
knowledge of medicine; therefore, we must
infer that the bodies were embalmed through
natural process, namely, through the dry at
mosphere and the peculiar temperature of the
vault in which they were placed. The bodies
were Immediately forwarded to San Fran
cisco, where they have been the subject OF
much curiosity and discussion. They are
supposed to have belonged to one of the four
Indian tribes Of Aztecs, Toltecs, Moquis or
Zunis, The region of the cave was at one
time the seat of an Indian empire, whose
people, judging from surviving relics, were
comparatively civilized.
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MAKING THE WAX CELL.

Sheet wax, such as is used by the makers
of artificial flowers, is the material employed
in the construction of this cell. Three or four
sheets of different colors are pressed together
by the thumb and finger to cause them to
adhere and square of the combined sheet
thus formed of sufficient size for a cell is cut
out and pressed upon glass slide. The slide
is then placed upon turn table, as shown at
3 in the cut when, by the dexterous manipu-
lation of an ordinary penknife, the wax is
cut into a circular form, and the center is
cut out to the required depth If the cell is
to contain a transparent or translucent OBJ
ject, the entire central portion of the wax is
removed, as shown at ., but if a ground is
required for the object, one or more layers
of wax are allowed to remain. a portion of
the upper layer Of wax is removed to form a
rim for the reception of the cover gl-ss.
Where a black ground is required a small
disk Of black paper is pressed upon the lower
layer of wax. The final finish is given to the
cell by coating of shel!ac varnish, applied
while the slide is on tho turn table These
cells are very quickly made and have the
finished appearance of a cell formed OF differ
ent colored cementS.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-12-15

It is pretty sight to see the three elder
boys salute their father, when he enters the
nursery, in true military style. Prince
Augustus William, who is not quite ? years
old yet, initiates his older brothers in giving
the salute
When with their mother at Oberhof castle,
in Thuringia, the young princes are in
structed in military occupations, They have
n miniature redoubt there, with two small
cannons, where they play sentry so, or mimic
an assault, while one of them beats the
drum. In the cut here given the three Oldest
boys are depicted as taking lesson in the
forming of bivouac Little Prince Angus
tus William, while too young to actually take
a share in the work, appears to be greatly in
terested III his brothers proceedings.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-12-15

st. Pauls cathedral in London. Rev. Nor
gan Dix, rector of Trinity, usually Sc
lects and invites the lecturer, who is the
rectors guest during his stay in the city.
The addresses Of last Lent delivered in
March were by Father Maturin, rector of
St Clements, Philadelphia, and attracted
very large congregations. Three years be-
fore the Rev. W. Hay Aitkin delivered the
addresses The fame Of Canon Little at
tracted so many that DR.. Dix had most of
the north side of the church reserved for
business men, who were compelled to come
late. The eloquence, force and logical clear
nes' of Canon Little made this Advent week
u memorable season to Trinity.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-12-15

Robert Burns was a Scotchman, born in a
modest cottage, near Ayr, ia the year 1859;
died l1sj Encouraged d. u-, parents, he
early began &, acquire klowlcire. Even at
the pillow he was composing poetry. His first
volume attracted much attention, especially
his "Co ters Saturday Night" He was then
invited to Edinburgh, and gracei the literary
circles there He was the author of Tam
O'Shanter" Some one has said that there are
four names most loved in Scotland: William
Wallace and Robert Bruce. who fou hit her
battles, AM Burns and scott, who wrote her
history ana songs.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-12-15
A Brief History of Thi.nbles.

Good Housekeeping assures us that tina
thimble was originally called a thumb bell
by the English, because worn on the thumb,
then tumble, and finally its present name.
1t was n Dutch invention, and was fir
brought to England in 1895 Thimbles were
formerly made only of iron and brass, but
in comparatively late years they have been
made of gold, steel, horn, ivory and even
glass and pearl. In China beautiful carved
pearl thmbles are seen, bound with gold,
and with the end of gold. The first thimble
introduced into Siam was a bridal gift from
the king to the queen; 1T is shaped like a
lotus bud, made of gold and thickly studded
with diamonds arranged to spell the queens
name.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-12-15

No ONE WHO has carefully studied the life
Of Christ can fail TO be impressed with the
prUmptitude and appropriateness with
which heauswcrcd all the cavluug questions
that were put to him The answers came to
his lips instantly. without any apparent eff
fort, showing that IN him dwclt "all the
treasures Of wisdom and knowledgcn He
talked 10 men as If he were more than hui
man. No mere man ever spake as he did
IHdcpendcHt.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-12-15
Father Garrigan.

Rev. P. J. Garrigan, who has been ap.
pointed vice rector of the new Catholic uni.
verSity at Washington, is n man of scholarly
attachments and great executive ability. He
was born in Cavan county, Ireland, in 1871,
aud when quite young emigrated to the
United States with his parents. He received
his first training in the public schools OF
Lowell, Mass, and having evinced desire
to take religious orders, he was sent to st.
Charles college, Maryland, and aftcrward 10
st. Joseph's seminary, Troy, N Y, where