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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-10-13
JAPANESE ERUPTI0NS.
SOMETHING OF A MOST APPALLING
CONFUSION OF NATURE.

Though the Loss of Life and Property
Was Not IncOnsiderable 1t was ny NO
Means Commensurate with the Extent
Of the Disaster.
For weeks past the reports concerning the
great eruption in Japan have been slowly
coming in, and now that complete details
and pictures are received two curious facts
are prominent-it was the most extraordinary
eruption Of which we have any record, and
vet caused the smallest loss Of life in proper
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-10-13

appears to have described . great curve In
the air and fallen on the plain far beyond the
rest, % there il small local area Of destruc-
ton separated from the main area by wide
interval
Outside of the area Of complete ami.
hilation, SO to speak, considerable incl.
dental damage has been done. Dust and
ashes have destroyed the crops and mulberry
trees used for silkworms A small river has
been blocked up and the region irrigated by
it ruined The convulson was on the 18th OF
July, and the official report lately returned
gives the number reduced to poverty and
needing aid at :, AT, though less than hun
dred are seriously wounded; and, as afore
said, not over 800 killed. or these nearly
half were visitors to the hot springs OF Mount
Badai2an.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-10-13

This powder never varies. A marvel OF purity.
s,runoth ana whoipsompness More economical than
the ordinary kinds and cannot be sold in competition
with the multitude Of low test short weight alnm or
phosphate powders. Sold O,ilY IN cans ROYAL BAk'
Inc pew DIR Co. lO6 Wall ST. n. y.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-10-13

VIEW OF THE CRATER
tion to the area covered This was because
the district is mountainous and very thinly
settled. Not more than 500 persons were
killed, though the half Of a whole enormous
mountain was blown bodily into the air and
in its fall covered at least forty square miles
Of the lower country.
The feature in which this differed from
previous calamities Of the kind was that It
was not, strictly speaking, a volcanic erup-
ton. There was no lava, and the fall OF
ashes was very light; there was simply an ex-
plosion by steam, on scale so vast that all the
boiler explosions since man first used the fluid
as motor, united into one, would not have
made an introduction to it. Evidently the
bottom of vast lake suddenly opened, the
water descended into the body of the volcanic
furnace and was instantly converted into
steam; there was a convulsive culver for,
perhaps, ten or twenty seconds, then the
whole upper half and eastern side Of Mount
Bandaizan sprang into the air and, appar
emily turning over towards the east, fell in
mountainous masses, burying few hamlets
under rock and earth to the depth of hun
dreds of feet. In vain does t. Imagination
strive to conceive of such a CONFUSION, or
the pen of genius to describe it. Yet many
persons witnessed it and live to tell the tale.
OF course these were minor phenomena OF
note. Steam issued from crevces on and
about the mountain for some time. Peaks
and cliffs here and there fell. New lakes
were formed and new hills on the former
plain. But the destruction was sudden and
complete. Only one buried village can be
reached at all, and twenty days digging
were required for that the Others were in
stantly crushed to atoms below millions OF
tons of earth and rock, and all life therein
annihilated in the twinkling of an eye. The
wind created by the conclusion blew down
villages and uprooted forests several miles
away. The dust and steam also injured
many at some distance. But the strangest
feature of the destruction is that the border
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-10-13

In connection with the fact that DR.. Jones
Red Clover Tonic has had the largest sale,
il has been the most successful remedy ever
before the public for all blood troubles and
diseases of the stomach, liver and kidneys
Fifty cents. Buy bottle E. Y. Griggs. rs =.
Emma Brown. Lima Ohio, says: Four bottles
of Jones' Red Clover Tonic has cured me OF
sick headache that have been subject to
for oUer nine years.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-10-13
,ound af,sr round Of applause.

round aher round OF applause.
Mr.. james II. Eckles, who had been re-
oussted to address the club, gave an enter
tanning and instructive Ave minutes talk
upon the principles of the democratic party
as formulated BY Thomas Jefferson, and the
policy aud history of the party in its eighty
wears Of almost uninterrupted rule.
Mr.. John Madden was called upon and
delivered q short but excellent address.
The au lience voted the affair Q grand
treat and bespoke for the Jeffersonians a
prosperous career.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-10-13

IN Englishman, with the exception that hs
wears a black fez He cannot speak English,
but can converse In French like native
He will no doubt be lionized In Washington
society, Is was the Corean legation when It
nrst arrived. A now diplomat, really
oriental, ornamental. and Of the proper d..
gree of darkness, II too unique to be sllowed
to remain in the background for any length
Of time
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-10-13

Bayard, W b o ap-
peared to be afraid
that his excellency
would expect a re-
ciprocation Of COM
pliment - W b l c b
would be awkward.
Hadji Hassein, ETC.,
is a very dinlinu-
tive man. He IL
even smaller than
Muninutsu Mutsu,
the japanese min
lister, b i'm self no
larger than a small
boy. He dresses
like an American or
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tons Of the many practical and succeelu
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off Interest to farmers.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-10-13
New Persian Minister.

His excellency Hadji Hassien Kouli Khan,
who recently paid his respects to the presi-
dent at Washington, is the first Persian min
lister ever accredited to the United States.
He and his suite were presented to the presi-
dent, as is customary, by Secretary of State
Bayard, and his excellency Frustrated him
self and bumped his head three distinct times
on the floor of the Blue room, to the great
discontinue of the president and Secretary
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The grain prices cover whole range OF market, from
arehouse prices prices paid for odd loads for feed
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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-09-27
RIIdIeberger.s Appetite.

Senator Riddleberger of Virginia has
not eaten meal at a hotel table in
twelve years. He was at the Fifth
Avenue hotel, New York, the other day
where Mail and Express reporter
visited him early one morning in his
room, and while there the Senator
rang and ordered up frugal repast-
broiled fish and soft boiled egg. He
then told why he never appeared at a
hotel table. He is not blessed with a
strong appetite and the sight of large
quantity of viands before him on the
table, whether served to him or other
guests, takes away his appetite. 1t is
not eccentricity on his part, as many
doubtless know. because no man likes
and enjoys conviviality more than he,
especially around the festal board, but
his appetite cannot stand it. He re-
lated an incident that paralyzed his
digestive organs while he was attend
ing the Chicago convention and made
the sight of rich food a mockery to
him. One morning he got up early in
the hotel where he was stopping and
looked out of the window. Across the
areaway or courtyard, and in the
same building, he saw the kitchen and
the servants dishing up meal. His
own graphic language can best de-
scribe the scene:
'There was an immense cauldrOn
and around it stood in long white
aprons the servers. A continuous
stream of walters poured in like the
struggling end of a retreating army.
and what they did makes my appetite
weak and sickly now to mention.
Those fellows around the cauldron had
long ladies and dashing them boldly
into the cauldron they dashed out to
the walters, it seemed to me, at least
four different kinds of food. Beef
came out of it, mutton, ham, and really
L believe eggs. l was astOnished.
thought l was dreaming. / rubbed
my eyes and waited fifteen minutes
longer to see if the spectacle was an
illusion, but it was not. The walters
continued to rush in, and strange to
say the cauldron did not show any
signs of being exhausted. There it
was, an immense monster, boiling with
rich food and capable of feeding an
army. | could stand it no longer I
sprang to my feet and called John
Wise and one or two others sleeping
in the room. They got up and gazed
in astonishment at the sights. 1t was
enough for ME; | could not even order
up a meal from that hotel and went
out to hunt a quiet restaurant where
my thoughts would not return to that
inexhaustible cauldron. / tell you
have a delicate appetite and / cannot
afford to destroy it by letting it gorge
upon the sumptuous dishes of the mod
ern hotel"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-09-27
swaying on the Eiffel Tower.

A Frenchman who was a close
neighbor of mine at dinner the other
evening was full of the marvellous
Eiffel Tower, which already dominates
Paris. He had, in his capacity as a
journalist, been allowed to ascend as
high as the present state of the struct-
ure permits, and was most eloquent as
to the spectacular results of the gigan-
tic undertaking. The view from the
top of the completed tower will be one
such as nobody but successful aero
naut will have ever beheld, while the
oseillating sensation which will be ex-
perienced will be positively unique.
For, difficult as it is to realize the fact,
it is a mathematical certainty that the
top of the Eiffel Tower will oscillate in
a high wind to the extent of yard or
two. Fancy, then, what the expert
ence of enterprising climbers will be
when they find themselves sensibly
swaying about in the upper air
London Figaro.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-09-27
A Female Book Agents Triumph

There is a orusty old bachelor who
has an office in one of the tall build
ings on La Sale street. His pet aver
sion is book canvasser, although he
has score of minor aversions, all of
which serve to bring out the rough
side of his nature The other day he
was visited by modest looking young
lady, who was soliciting subscriptions
for the ''Art Treasurers of Italy," in
the endeavor to provide for the wants
of her widowed mother and herself
As she entered the door the old man
looked up, and without waiting to
learn the mission of his fair visitor,
yelled out: IL haven't any money to
give away for charity to-day" and
went on with his writing. The young
lady advanced still farther into the
room, and again the old fellow called
out: And l never buy any tickets for
Sunday-school excursions, either" BY
this time the young lady had ap-
preached the desk and modestly in
formed him of the object of her visit.
What! A book peddler! No, mann;
no books for me. Haven't time to talk
to you. Go away and don't come near
here any more"
Ihe girl turned away somewhat an
CRY and seriously disappointed, but she
said quietly: There is one book, sir,
you ought to buy and study WELL"
What's that?" grufiiy inquired the
old man.
1.-The Ethics of True Politeness,'"
was the reply.
''How's thatp" sputtered the old
gentleman, and his face grew red.
''COme here, young woman; let's see
what you've got to SELL"
And in less than ten minutes there
after the name of the crusty old man
adorned her subscription book.-Chi-
cag0 Herald.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-09-27
COurtship of Katydids.

In the twilight of an evening in last
August my attention was drawn
quite an unusual syllable sound-ka
ka, kat. ka, writes Mary Treat in the
ChdutGuQudn. The repetition was
sharp and incisive, indicating that the
musicians were young and full of life,
aud why they did not complete the
sentence-Katy did, Katy did it
aroused my curiosity sufficiently to in
cite an investigation of the matter.
Stepping out on the veranda / soon
found Miss Katy on vine which run
over the piazza, surrounded by
group of gallants. Whether she wasa
sad tiirt and had brought the infiiction
upon herself of so many callers, or
whether it was her own inherent love
illness ana beauty that attracted so
many at the same time, was not for
me to know; could see only the re-
suit of some law or katydid etiquette
which was inexplicable to me.
There were five of these young suit
ors looking precisely alike, and, so far
as | could see, no preference was shown
to one more than TO another by the
fair Katy, who was seated on a spray
of honeysuckle and embowered by an
overhanging cluster of belated flowers.
Her visitors walked around her in a
slow, courtly manner, with their long
antenn@ lying straight over their
wings. But every little while one and
then another of the number would po-
litely salute her by bringing forward
his antenna and gently waving it over
her; then would come the sharp chorus
of voices; ka, kat, kat-all talking at
once, when the suitor would subside
and replace his antenne over his back
and fall into rank with the others.
Happening to know that another fe-
male was not far away secured her
and placed her near this group, think
ing thereby to divide their attention. L
put her below them, knowing her ten
dency would be to walk upward rather
than down. She no sooner reached
the party than the first Miss Katy
began to rise up until she stood on the
very tips of her toes, looking like a
young giantess, and all the time wav-
ing her antenna as if to dismiss her,
while the sharp click of the males re-
sounded on every side, as if assuring
her of their entire devotion, and that
they would not be swayed from their
loyalty by this unbidden guest She
did not tarry long, however, but walk
ed away without a single follower and
only one of the gallants saluted her as
she passed, touching her with his an
tenn3.
The mode of communication among
all insects is with these organs, and
for aught We know their language
may be as perfect with them as ours
with us.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-09-27
She Sized the Banker up.

These are the days when Young
women with old heads on their shoul-
ders try to cut down the risks of mat
rimony as far as they can before they
deliver themselves, says the New York
Graphic.
As sample of this here is what a
young lady not 10000 miles away from
here did in certain episode of her life
of recent date. She is Young, good
looking, with the expectations of be-
ing rich when some her relatives are
polite enough to go up higher or down
lower, as the case may be. Among her
admirers was certain stock broker.
His home was somewhere in an eastern
state, and according to popular report
and his own statements it was q pc
culiarly luxurious home, and one which
only very wealthy man could keep
up.
He was very fond-overfond, per-
haps-of talking about his horses and
his greenhouses and graperies, and the
young woman of whom this story is
told heard more about these things
from the brokers' lips than any one
else.
She liked the man, but she thought
the pictures of his home were too
highly cOlored. AS her likings grew
she became the more anxious to know
whether her admirer confined himself
strictly to the truth. At the same
time the attention he paid her daily be-
came more pronounced. In fact, the
young woman, with Ewes instinct, di-
vined that he was rapidly approach
ing proposal.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-09-27
A Sermon by Father Taylor.

/ once heard Father Taylor preach q
sermon on the Atonement 1t was in
O. style that nobody but a sailor could
understand, style that every sailor
could comprehend, although a treatise
on this subject from an uptown pulpit
would have been Greek" to him.
This was one of the passages: You
are dead in trespasses and sins, and
buried too, down in the lower hold
amongst the ballast, and you can't get
out, for there is ton of sin on the
main hatch. You shin up the stanch-
ions and try to get it open, but you
can't. You rig purchase. You get
your handspikes. capstan bars, and
watch tackles, but they are no good.
You can't start it. Then you begin to
sing out for help. You hail all the
saints you think are on deck, but they
can't help you. At last you hail Jesus
Christ. He comes straight along. All
he wanted was to be asked. He Just
claps his shoulder to that ton of sin.
1t rolls off and he says, .Shipmates,
come outr Well, if you don't come out,
it is your own fault"
1t was on the Sunday before a State
election. Briggs was the candidate of
the Wing party. but Father Taylor de-
sired that he should be elected because
he was religious man. This was his
prayer: 30 Lord, give us good men
to rule over us, just men, temperance
men, Christian men, men who fear
Thee. who obey Thy commandments.
men who-But. o Lord, what's the use
of veering and hauling and pointing all
round the compass9 Give US George
N. Briggs for governor!" His prayer
was answered on the next day.
Farther Taylor was eloquent. humor-
Gus, and pathetic by turns. Some
times all these characteristics seemed
to be merged in one. These and many
others of his traits interested me, but
loved him because, first and last and
all the time, he was the sailors friend.
John Goldman IN the Century.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-09-27
Defining Goodwin.

There was business transaction up
GratiOt avenue the other day, requiring
the services of a lawyer. The owner
of a grocery sold out his interest and
goodwill for a certain sum. but there
was dispute as to the goodwill.
There didn't seem to be any, and q
lawyer was called in to see about it.
"What do ynu call goodwill" asked
the lawyer of the seller. .'Vell, der
policemans on dis beats finds der door
unlocked sometimes und he sends me
word. He vhas very kind" What
elseP'. well. no sun comes in der
front windows in summer" "What
else?" If II procession goes by it vhas
a shplendid place to look at him. :"
s.What else?" .'All der snow in winter
goes arOundt der corner by der saloon,
und doan' haf to clean off der walk
one single time" Anything else?'
Something's else! Do you want eafry-
tings on earth? If all dis doan' make
some good will worth 5000, take der
place back again aud make feefty dol
lars profit! Goodwill! Mappe you
doan' know who she vhas?"-Detroit
Free Press.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-09-27
ginning to blossom, but she escaped

ginning TO blossom, but she escaped
me.
"YOu knew that loved you.n she
repeated. ''Mr. Van Huysam, | don't
mind confessing that there was time
when loved you better than life At
least, l believed so. AT that moment
thought you loved me-"
Il did, / do love, you Estelle," Ipro-
tested.
Yes. Then l would have loved YOU
forever. Then l would have died for
you, lived for you. One day + Fawoke,
l saw that you could not love ME or
nothing on earth could keep you silent.
You did not see how / suffered Then
my heart broke. Do you know what it
is to have broken heart? 1t has lost
the power to love any one again. 1
have read somewhere that man never
loves the same woman twice"
But you-Ilovey you. Listen, Esteile,
time will"
But she smiled sadly. Il thank you;
l forgive yOu," she said 81 would love
you if | could"
And then the servant announced Mr.
Chester.-Mary N. Prescott, IN HaTper's
Bdzdr.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-09-27
James Whitcomb Riley.
without any apology.)


I got to thinkin' of him, as sometimes feller
will.
Of the night he gave lecture to the folks in
ShclhyVillc,
An we set up Ontil daylight, as them lecturers
sometimes DO.
A-talkin of hundred things that mightn't
inI'rest you;
1 mind the thi gs he ratified off that night in
bOyish giGe
Rectations he recited to an audience of me;
How laughed ontil the lan'lord come an asst
So got to thinkin of him, an that night at
Shelbyville.
Then he'd kind o. quit his nonsense an we'd
settle down spell,
Tell Jim I'D turn upon me an begin agin:
Bout the time | went to Franklin for the
Baptist College folksE'
An I'd stretch my mouth acrost my face, all
ready fer the inkes;
But he'd branch off IN story bout he''Merry
Workers band.
That 'nless you Snowed the Workers you
cd hardly understand;
cd hear myself a-swollerin'. the room 'ud
seem SO still
So got TO thinkin of him, an that night at
Shelbyville.
got to thinking of him, like twas jest a
Fer time that flies so fast in dreams in
allninicks is slow;
He was workin like a beaver, lecturn' here
an lecturn' there,
An writin' ON the railroad cars, in taverns,
everywhere.
Printin' poems in the papers, speakin' pieces
at the fairs,
An him an me travellin', now and then,
around in patrsS
An he seemed to think at he was no account;
but still,
got TO thinkin' of him an that night at Shell
byville.
got to thinkin' of him an the happy days
gone by
Tell the sweet "Old-fashioned Rose" seemed
to bloom aPin', and die;
An hear him talk agin about MY bride that
is to be-"
When he'd come to "Grigsby station" Jest TO
have a mig t weth me;
ken see him settin' down agin to give the
Prince rock,
When 1.-The frost was on the pumpkin an the
corn was in the shock;"
An hear a laughing voice ] loved, with
music in its trill:
So got to thinkin' of him. an that night in
Shelbyville.
So set he an wonder eff know jest what
ii means,
When see 'em print his poetry in all the
magazines;
An see him on the platform with the James
and Howells set.
An hear the people sayin'. Hes the best one
on em YETI"
An keep winkin back the tears that make
my fool eyes shine,
Fer couldn't feel no prouder eff he'd ben a
boy of mine;
Fer he's jest the same old Riley, an he'll be
the same Jim still,
AT he was the night at him an me set up at
Shelbyvile.
Robert ]. Burdette. in Chic.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-09-27
Joaquin Miller and His Daughter.

recall a very good story told of JOa-
quin Miller in California, which has
never found its way into print. 1t is
pretty well known fact that his daugh-
ter does not hold her gifted father in
that admiration with which the world
regards him. He left her among
the Indians too long. 1t spoiled her
temper, and dwarfed her appreciation
of genius. A few years ago Joaquin
got out an edition de luxe of his poems,
which he embellished with ikenesses of
himself in various picturesque costumes
and attitudes-'.Mr. Miller among the
Sierras;" MIR. Miller On Mount Shas-
ta;" NH. Miller shaking hands with the
Fillibuster Chief" Back view of Mr..
Miller on horseback" and SO on. One
plate he generously reserved for his
daughter, Miss Myrtle Miller. She
had the post of honor in the middle of
the book, and was seated on prancing
mustang, her hair flying toward the
top OF the page and a lurid-light effect
behind her. Joaquin sent a copy to
Miss Miller with his distinguished au-
tograph on the fly leaf. She glanced
through the book; appreciated its con-
tents; ran pencil through her own
name beneath the wild aud reckless
female. aud writing below it ''Mr.
Miller when he was girl" sent it
back to him.-Carrent LiterGture> :