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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-21
THE NEW YORK DUDE.
Really Not so Much to Blame for His
Unpaid Bills.

! Nhphiu
An elderly man was lifting up his voice
| against the extravaganza OF the younger
generation in dress. This was tho least
worthy Of all ways Of spending money ac-
cording to his ideas. "Food and drink, now
q man can understand that. But dude
would go hungry and in debt To make him.
self pretty" he concluded with scorn.
A younger man, but one who had passed
beyond the limit of this particular folly,
gave this touching defense of the dude and
his unpaid bills
"He isn't really so much TO blame He
loves pretty things according To the male
idea of pretty things. The high priced tailor
and swell haberdasher know his weakness
and welcome him TO their ledgers The
finest OF the new importatiOns, the last thing
in necktieS, canes, what not are sent unso-
lcited 10 his rooms When he comes home
all sorts of male decorative wear are strewn
about over tables and chairs. Naturally he
is tlattered by this appeal to his taste, this
inference of his wealth. These men
never want to be paid, You can't
dragon them into sending in a
bill Occasionally the youth goes in and
insists on at least paying something on ac-
Element. Meanwhile the account grows
The boy never stops in without being be-
guiled into new pattern of trousers, a to-
boggan coat, a tennis coat, a hunting coat, or
whatever sort of coat is in season But wait
until evil days come. Let the rumor get
abroad of a tumble in stocks, of failure in
trust funds, broken bank, of horse gone
lame, or some vicissitude likely to affect the
dude, then these long delayed bills come
tumbling in. When expressed desire for
settlement becomes an impossibility he is
beset by duns. III favored men with papers
in their hands beset his path and lie in wait
on the stairs that approach his rooms These
collars and neckties, and silk wear and bath
robes and toilet cases and canes that found
their way 10 his room unasked are now given
to an unfeeling world in an itemized &C
count
'Some of these youths, also, would only
too willingly have paid their Indebtedness.
Then they fly the town, not to defraud these
men, but because they are too wretcbed and
shamefaced at being in debt. Others stay
locked in their rooms all day and then go out
only at night, and then to unfrequented
haunts When their affairs mend they come
forth and pay their bills up TO the last shoe
string. OF course, | am not making excuses
for fellows who deliberately swindle trades
men. But do say, if these same tradesmen
have to agonize awhile for their money from
the luckless young fellows whom they have
beguiled into extravaganza it partly serves
them right New York Evening Sun.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-21

Fig. 9 represents a farm of the same
shape laid out with square fields, which
would obviously be less convenient than
the one shown in Fig 1,
When, from uneven, hAly land this
symmetrical form cannot be adopted, the
authority quoted from suggests that the
plan may be modified or varied to suit cir
cumstances For instance. if hill is in
the way of the farm road it may be made
to deviate and to pass around it, shaping
the direction of the oblong fields accord
ingly; and deep depression in the land
may be avoided in similar way, or by
turning to the right or left and securing
Q moderate grade.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-21
Dress, or the Woman?

After passing through many rooms, fin
ally reached NJ. Felix and opened on him
with this question: do you consider that il
is the dress which makes the woman or the
woman who makes the dressf'
well" he answered smiling, there are
various opinions on the subject, but I think
it is pretty generally accepted that it is six OF
one by half a dozen OF the other An awk
ward or vulgar woman would always look
like a fright even in the most perfect OF
gowns, while low born yet graceful and
well formed peasant girl would appear well
in anything So think that If there is q
difference in favor OF one or the other, II
should DO put to the credit Of the woman
rather than 20 the dress which she wears. ~
Paris Cor New York Star.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-21
Forcing People Into Crime

We are forcing people into crime, said the
Rev. DR.. Da Costa in a recent sermon. We
are manufacturing thieves and anarchists.
Out OF 1851 prisoners received at the Elmira
reformatory, 1858, or more than "a per cent.
were thieves. Half Of them had the faint OF
drunkenness in their ancestry; rs per cent.
were ignorant, 40 per cent were capable OF
the toughest kind of work only, ca per cent.
had not the faintest idea OF morals or affec-
ton They are the product Of our society and
our civilization. Not only are many in
danger Of becoming thieves, but so-called re-
spectacle people ere preaching that pauper'
ism is a crime. Even bad man has q right
to your Masters bread -Hcme Journal
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-21

This new Gamma is pronounced by Peter
Henderson as being the most distinct and
beautiful of all the recent French vari-
cites. Like most of this class it is dwarf,
rarely exceeding four feet in height, but
in profusion of bloom is said to be quite
remarkable. The flowers resemble orchids;
the general color is canary yellow, notified
and streaked with crimson and scarlet.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-21

FIG 1-oBLoNG FIELDS ON SQUARE LOT

FLO. 1-oBLoNG FIELDS ON SQUARE LOT,
But the oblong form has some special
advantages, as every farmer knows, say.
ing considerable time in blowing, harrow.
ing and working with the cultivator.
Country Gentleman, in commenting on
the above. calls attention to the fact that
In portions of the country like many of
the western states, where the land has
been surveyed into squares and right
angles, it is easy to lay out farms in SYM
metrical fields, form which may be-
adopted being represented by Fig. l..
where the fields are twice as long as
wide, and every one is entered from the
central lane or farm road through gate.
On the left of this road is q barn. orchard
and long vegetable garden cultivated with
a horse. On the right is dwelling, car
rage house and smaller fruit trees. The
six principal fields may be brought into a
convenient rotation of corn. barley. oats
or peas, wheat and clover and timothy for
two or three years in meadow and pasture
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-21
Flower Seeds.

A very common mistake in sowing
flower seeds. as well as other seeds, is in
covering too deep. AS general rule,
cover only to the depth of the thickness
at the seeds, or with medium sized
seeds like balsams. zinnias, ETC., q
half an inch or so is none too much.
Such fine seeds as portulacos need only to
DO pressed into tbs soil with a piece Of
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-21

A correspondent Of a southern newspaper
points out the fact that the nickel five cent
piece may bs used as unit of measure in
calculating by the metric system. 1t is e1.
actly two centimeters in diameter and
weighs five grammes Five Of the coins
placed edge against edge give the exact
length of decimstsT.-Nsw York Evening
World
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-21
FARM AND GARDEN.
A VARIETY OF TIMELY TOPICS
CONSIDERED.

Laying Out Farms Into Symmetrical
Economy of Money and Time In Fenc-
Ing and Cultivating.
In laying out farms and in shaping
fields the common ruling practice is to
give them square form or rs nearly so
as practicable, in order to economic fenc.
ing. A ten acre lot, for example, if square,
will measure forty rods on each of the
four sides and require for its entire in
closure 100 rods of fencing, BY altering
IT'S form and making it twice as long and
half as broad it will require 200 rods of
boundary fence.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-21

W. BR wv hR, Attorney and Counselor al
-. Law. and Notary Public. Rooms g. q TO- Opers
House Block. Ottawa, III.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-21

~ GRIGCiS, Attorney and Counselor at Law
~. ONCE over First National Bank. Ottawa. III.
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J. W. DUNCAN. Al. . OONOR II. T, 8ILBERT.
nUNCAN,O 'CONOR ~ GILBhRT,
block, east of ,ourt house, Ottawa, Illinois and La
Sale, Ill, july29'1
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-21

THOS. g. FULLERTON, Attorney at
L Law. Ottawa, lllinos Office IN Bushnell's block.
west OF Court House. JAMIE
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B.F BULL. LISTER II. sTRAwN
DULL * SrRA w N :, After neys and Coun-
- sellers At Law Once City Drug Store, corner
Of La Sale and Madison Streets Oitawa Ill an26 ~
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-21

Exchange on chicago, New York, and all the prime
pal cities OF the United States bought and sold.
Exchange on England, Ireland. Scotland and CONF
mental Europe drawn in sums to suit.
United States Bonds, Gold and Silver bought and solo
Our facilities are such that we can offer Inducements
TO customers and shall our endeavors to CIV,
satisfaction to those entrusng us with their business
Banking hours from A. NJ. to4Ph
JOHN Y. NASH. Cashier.
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I OR ENZO LILA ~ ID, Attorney and Coun.
~ selor nj Law. ONCE in Postoice Block. Ottawa
IlinOis insrh1
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y n vi3 GA .

hR. VIM. Nj. HANNA, Office l2 Main
- street. over Lynchs store, (Dr Hard's office !
Residence g96 Paul street, the residence OF Harry L.
HOssack, Ottawa, Ill. noylg-GInos,
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nR. j. =. RYBtJRN, Ottawa III. ONCE in
~ Opera House Block. In oifice day and night
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-21

nR. NJ. w. WEBS, (Deutcher Doctor) late
~ physician and Surgeon 70 the st. Louis Female
hoMpAl once over Stiefes Clothing Store corner o,
Main and La Sale strests Residence on soSth blnS
At Mrs RenEs. a.a
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~ q. TREN RY, Attorney at Law. Once
J. with l.. ": Brewer, Roomss 4 10 Opera House
Block, Ottawa, III. ,uns
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nR. CHA RIrY SA NDERss, successor
~ TO DR.. Acinda Auten. once Opera House Block
Ottawa, Ill. Telephone. No. ~ sepl9
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n MoDOU9ALI.,A Attorney ut Law, Ottawa
-. III. ONCE In 8edney's Block dec2Te
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~ w. w. BLA * H, Attorney and Counselor
~. al Law. Room is, Opera House Block, Ottawa,
ILL., All legal business promptly attended To. jan3i
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-21

Nj N: ARMSTRONG; ttorn, y and CouR,
AVA selor at Law, Ottawa, III. Notary rublic. 0fioe
In 6edney's Block, Ottawa jun6,BO
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nR. q. MILLER, the well known Oculis
goods store, Main street '
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IL g. SWIFT, Attorney At Law, Armory Hook
Ia. Special attention given 10 probate matters
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ALTO r n e We

DUNCAN NC DoUGALL o. n. CHAPMAN.
MoDOUGALIi& CHA PNIA N, Attor
INl neys al Law Gedney's Block. ottawa, H.. spr30
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r. Y. 9RId6S, Druggist Bookseller and Sta.
Block, south side OF Court House Square
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NJ kNEUSSII, German Druggist ana Apotne-
AVA cary. twholesae and retail, Main street Jtts
III Importer Of Drugs, Chemicals, French CoSni.
&C Brandies. Wines &c eA'
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nR. w. +. WEF;SE;. Successor 10 DR. VIM
- sheppard, veterinary Surgeon and Dentist As
sistsnt state graduate Ontario
College, Canada Dental course under sayre and Drake
III febis-lyr.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-09-08
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The Democrats were to have begun this week the poll of Indiana. and it is claimed that the system is so thorough that the result of tho election can be foretold from it. The State Is divided into election precincts and each pre- cinct will be thoroughly eanyassed, Lists of Republican, Democratic, Pro hibition and doubtful voters, as com plete as it is possible to make them, will be made cut by a trustworthy man in each precinct, These returns will be forwarded to the State Com. mittee. Then the State will bs boiled by another set of men having no knowledge of the result of the first canvass, and they ln turn will be fol- flowed by a third set When the re. turns are all in the committee will compare the lists, and hope to obtain a pretty accurate idea of how the State is going. The polling of doubt ful states is practicsd by both the great parties, and the information obtained is no doubt valuable, enab- ling the campaign managers to de. rect the weak spots and concentrate their sforts where most needed.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-09-08

The dehberatien of the Deep Water Convention, recently in session at Denver, for the purpose of impress ing upon Congress the necessity for & deep water harbor on the coast of Texas, vers far from harmonious, owing to the rivalry between Calves ton and Aransas Pass. Three reports were presented to ths convention from the Committee on Resolution; a majority report, fayoring Galveston; a minority report, recommending Ar ansas Pass, and a substitute resolution favoring two deep-water harbers on tho coast of Texas After aprolonged and acrimonious debate tho majority report was adapted. Before adjourn ing the convention adopted resolu- ton recommending to Congress the passage of the Bowen reservoir bill appropriating S250,000 for a survey preliminary to the establishment of a system of reservoirs for the storage of water to irrigate the arid lands of the West.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-09-08
xrnck AGAIN DEFEATED.


 Sam Purdy, Zulek's political jack in-the-hox, rung in Eng and Chang resolution in the Democratic Territo- rial Convention, endorsing the Ma tional and Territorial administra- tions, which was referred to the Com. mittee on Resolutions, composed of pnrdy, Orme, Dalby, Strauss, Camp bell and Stevens-Zulick men--per contra, Helmes, English, Bruce and Herndon. A majority and minority report followed--the majority favor ing Purdys resolution, the minority recommending thatit be tabled. After speeches by Robertson and Hood op- posing the adoption of the majority report, vote was taken winch resul- ted in the defeat of Eulick, After the vote (63 te Il at Phoenix refusing to approve Zulick's administration, it showed cheek on the part of Strauss, Dalby, Orms, Purdy, Campbell and Stevens to insult tho Democracy ot Arizona by again proposing to endorse Zuhck'S administration.
 The purdy resolution revealed the fact that politics make strange bed fellows. It was the omnibus feature  of Purdy'S resolution that caused the rejection of the proposition which linked Cleveland and Zulicks admin istrahons as subjects of admiration, The elosensss of the vote of 34 to 30, rejecting the Purdy resolution, IS ac- counted for by the fact that some National Democrats rather than place themselves in opposition to Cleveland were willing to swallow the pill cem- pounded by Purdy, but there were not enough of them to prevent Cleye- land being placed in the little bed with the New Jersey statesman, Aud now Purdy and his coadjuters, who knlfsd Cleveland in the hope that Zu- lick might hve, are sitting up, in noise less reverence, with the corpse oi theIr accepted Arizona chief,
Arizona silver belt., 1888-09-08
startling Discovery.

The discovery by the inhabitants of a locality hitherto unyiaited by the pesti. lent scourge of fever and ague, that it exists in their very midst, IS decidedly startling Such discoveries are made at every season, in every part of the Union. Subsequently, when it is ascertained, as it invariably is at such times, through the valuable experience of some one who has been benefited and cured, that Hos tettcr's Stomach Bitters is thoroughly etficacious eridicator of the malarial pei son, and means of fortifying tbe sys- tenn against it, a feeling of more security and tranquility reigns throughout the whole neghborhood Besides the febrile forms of malari;l disease, dumb ague and ague cake are removed by the potent action of the Bitters, to which scieuce also gives It's sanction as remedy for rheumatism, dyspepsia, constipation, liv. CT complaint; debility, kidney troubles and all diseases impairing the organs of digestion and assimilation.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-09-08
sscond term In U9ngress.

Several of cur Territorial exchan- ges are SO inconsiderate as 10 publish a. wlt ,ha stupid rot manufactured by an Eastern paper and purportiug to sminate from the Arizona Kicker, an imaginary publication. These bril-. liant productions are supposed to pie fure life in Arizona, which has al ready been so misrsprssented as to give Eastern people false and evil opinion of the Territory. Our con temporaries reproduce this trash with ths belief, doubtless. that its falslty is 80 obvious that no person of ordina. ry intelligence could be beguiled by it. But they forget, how creduleus are majority of Eastern people Tn regard to any thlng pertaining to thc West, and it IS high tune that the publication. by the press, of this rub, bish about Arizona, for the purpose of amusing persons afflicted with mental yacuity, cease.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-09-08

The situation at Jacksonville, Fla :, is depiorable. The new eases of vel low fever, and resulting deaths, are daily increasing, and there IS no hope of an abatement of the dread disease until the coming of frost, which does not visit that latitude until late in the season. Meanwhile the quaran. tine barrier is being lnterposed ty all the neighboriug cities and towns, to drive back the terror stricken people of tle doomed city
Arizona silver belt., 1888-09-08

A novel method of breaking . peli. tical deadlock was successfully tried in the Democratic convention assembled at Warren.on, Mo, to nominate q candidate for Congress from the Sev- enth Dristrict. There were four con testants, and after tho convention had balloted 100 times without making a choice, "Dick" Norton and Judge l.. P. Robinson, the leading candidates, determined to end the contest. They according met privately by agreement, each put up 5000 and then coin was tossed up to decide which should hayo the nomination, and which the money. Norten won the toss and nomination, and Robinson peckcted the money. On the first ballot after reassembltng the convention ratified the cunous compact, and Norton was declared the Democratic nominee of the Sey- enth Congressional District.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-09-08

Bolans proposition, as enunciated in the call for the Democratic convention to recommend persons resident in the Territory, 10 tho President, from whom to choose as federal officers in the Territory, fell suil.born ,n the convention. Had Zulick adhercn's been in the majority it would have cut q figure and resulted in ZulicS s being recommended for . renonjna ton.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-09-08
Jnaoe D. S. Terry and wife an.

Judge D. s. Terry and wife ap- peared September 3d., in the U. $. District Court in San Francisco, armed and equipped, evidently with the dire intent of fght to iftiSh, Tn the event of the Court sustaining a previous decision declaring the mar riage contract of William sharon and Sarah Althea, (present Mrs. Terry) forgery.
 It will be remembered that Terry killed David c, Broderick September 1859, in duel which brought upon him the dislayor nt major part ef the people of California, winch was rendered apparent by the fact that twenty enc years after the duel he was the only one defeated of the Han cock and English electors Of the pres identaI campaign of 1880
 The scene that transpired in court, upon the occasion of Judge Field rendering bis deeision against tbe presumptleus claim of Sarah Althea, declaring the alleged marriage con tract with Sharon forgery, IS depIc. ted ln San Francisco dispatches of the 3d., inst. Before Judge Field had l half finished reading the decision,
 frs. Terry jumped to her feet and accused the Judge of beng bought. She was ordered removed from tue court, and the Marshal while attempt ing 10 execute the order was knocked down by Terry, who accompanied the blow with the boast. By God she IS gay wife and no living man shall touch her. Nevertheless, Mrs. Ter " was seized, led from the court roem and locked Iu the marshal's eilice Judge Terry followed, demanded ad- mission to the room, and being de- nisd, drew bowie knife on the de. putty. He was ever powered before doing any harm, and locked up with his wife, Subsequently Judge Field sentenced Terry 10 six months i'm prisoument and his wife ta thirty ldays, both in the county jail, of Alameda county. An examination of Ms. Terry's satehcl revealed a re- ] volyar with SIX chambers loaded, and sue was trying to get il sut prohaJiy #,th the intsnhou of shooting judge Field, when seized by the officers.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-09-08

Owing to the already extravagant appropriations which place the adyo- cates of tariff reduction in contra dlctory attitude before the public, cur tailment is the erdor of the day, and the information cones from Washing ton that there is now lIttie hope of ths passage of the b;ll appropriating $250, 600 for a hydrographie survey 10 determine tue feasibility of irrigatiug the arid lands oI the West, The Nest has got to wait until this tariff tinker ing Is disposed af
Arizona silver belt., 1888-09-08

The New York Mugwumps an nounce that they will agsn support President Cleveland, but can not vote for the reelection of Governor liill, although they are averse to scpporting the Republican ticket. Their dislike of Hill may, however, force them 10 support Warner Miller for Governor. The situation in New York, with the Mugwumps lnesoiuto and the Prohi- bition vote an unknown quantity, is certainly perpleylng, and renders all estimates oi the result in Neyembar, extremely unreliable.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-09-08

A Washington dispatch says that it looks as if the Army Appropriation bill were doomed for this session, and unless some action is speedily taken to further extend last years appropria- liens the army will be left in a bad predicament. It IS quite evident that tho Senate wlll not receda from its amendment in regard to ordnance. and it scenes 10 be equally certain that the House will not reverse its action in refusing to accept he report of the conference committee. It is possible that the Senate may refuse to pass another emergency resolution to tide over the difficulty, in which event the responsibility for it's failure and the resultant embarrassment to the army will haRs to be divided between the two branches of Congress.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-09-08


 The belief that the annual rainfall in the arid region of the West is in oreasing receives further support from General Greedy, Chief of the Signal Service, whose opinion carries great weight. In his report to the Wash ington Philosophical Society, he says that the recent more accurate chart ing of rainfall west of the Mississippi shows that all previous estimates have been too small. The number of ob- serving stations has been doubled dur ing the past ten years, and observa- tiens are not only more widely distrib- uted, but are more accurate. The result is that it is found that the area over which it was supposed the rain fall was less than fifteen inches, has been decreased by 250,000 square mules.