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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-17

q. s. ELDREDGE,


STAPE or ILLINOIS, Ia SALE Corn.
= rY-ss IN hs CDvUH court, 10 January Tam,
1883
Harry 4. Rowland -. Clarence c. Rowland, minor,
Maud N. Rowland, min T. George II. Spalton, guar
dian of Maud VI Rowland. In toUHr,rg
AFFIDAVIT Ut noHrcsdcncc OF Maud VI. Rowland aud
George NJ. Splltuu, her guard an. implicated WIN the
above defendant, Clarence g. Rowland, having been
filed IN the clerks office Of the Circuit Court Of said
county notice Is therefore hereby given To the said non.
rpsiCeut defendants that the complainant hlcd hs bl
of plant In said court on the chunccry side thereof
the 9ih day OF October 1883. and that thereupon
summons issued out Of said court VIII rein said suit Is
now pending return able on the second Monday In the
month OF Jaauary next, As is by law required.
Now. unless you, the said nonresident defendants
above named. shall personally be and appear before
said Circuit Court on the hrs day of the next january
thereof To be hOdena ottawa Inland for the said
county. ON the second Monday in January next, and
plead, answer or dcmur TO the said complainant 5
OIL of complaint the same and the matters aud things
therein charged AVID stated viii be taken ms confessed,
and decree entered against You according 10 the
prayer of SAID bill. w W rAl LOR, Clerk.
ottawa Illinois, October eth, 1888.
C. 5 ELpRRpGE, Complts Solr. nOy3-iw
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There is No Wonder
j 0V4 v IN UU " UQVO4
That q. n. SHAW is enjoying such q
healthy trade this fall II You would only
step In and look around little you would
soon see that II was all owing TO his com
plete stock of Groceries and Queensware,
which are sold al prices that
Give Entire Satisfaction.

To quote prices on a few articles we
trust would prove that you could make II
pay to drop in;
Our Winter Wheat Is only $500.
Our Combination Coffee is lbs for 81,
and very fine.
Our SOC Japan Tea cannot be matched
for Csc.
Our Package Coffee We sell for 22c.
Our Pennsylvania Buckwheat is only
81 20.
Our Q. Q, Tobacco we sell at SOC per To-
Our 100 Piece Hand Painted Dinner
Sets only $40
Our l5c Oil is all right
Our Sauerkraut ana Sweet Pickles are
just elegant
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Isl KIegg ~~h Ills Pard -

One of the best books or "a a warm 10
date, and one distinctly and unmis1al.,. !.
original in scope and treatment, is the
work entitled Corporal 81 Klegg and HIS
Pard," from the pen of Colonel w. #.
uinmap, issued by the Williams Pub
fishing Company, Cleveland, Ohio. 1t is
the story of an Indiana boy who enlisted
in the defense of his country at the first
call to arms, and passes through the thou
sand vicissitudes of life in the ranks,
emerging at the close with some honor
able scars and the shoulder straps of an
officer. 1t is the authors own story in
part, and that of many thousands OF
brave men in all sections Of our now
happily reunited country. But it is the
very fact that II gives the common eX-
perience of the common soldier, in
Strong, simple narrative, truthful as the
sunlight, aud direct, natural and effective
alike in its humor and pathos, which will
afford the book its most powerful leverage
upon human and soldierly sentiment.
Ii tells the story of the rank and file, with
all their joys and sorrows, fun and frolic,
difficulties and dangers, their songs,
jokes, catch-words, slang phrases, and
superstitions as that story, in all the
great mass of war literature, has never
been told before. No campfire or Grand
Army post or veterans fire.side can afford
to be without it, and indeed Isl Klegg" Is
already household word in such circles
Colonel Hinman has received most flatter
ing commendations of his work from Gen
eral Sherman and other high military
authorities. The book is very handsome
III appearance and illustrated with nearly
two hundred spirited drawings by Mr.
| George Y. Coffin of this city, who's
| artistic handiwork frequently esbellishes
| the columns of THE CRITIC.
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OUR FRIENDS.

What legions of friends always bless us
When golden success lights our way;
How they smile us they softly address us,
So cordial, good-natured and gay.
But oh when the sun of prosperity
Has set, then how quickly they frown,
And cry out in tones of severity,
Kick the Inan-don't you see he is
DOWN
What, though, when you know not a
sorrow
Your heart was as open as day,
And your friends, when they wanted to
borrow,
You'd oblige and neer ask them to
pay.
What, though, not soul you eer
sighted,
AS you wandered about thro' the town,
Your friends become very near-sighted
And don't seem TO see you when down
When you're up you're loudly exalted,
And traders all sing out your praise
When you're down you have greatly de-
faulted,
And they really don't fancy your
ways
Your style was "tip-top" when you'd
money,
So sings every fraud and clown
But now tbs exceedingly funny,
Things are altered because you're
down.
Oh, give me the heart that forever
is free from the world selfish rust
And the souls whose high noble en-
deayor
Is to raise fellow men from the dust.
And when in adversity's ocean,
A victim is likely TO drown,
An hail 20 the man whose devotion
Win lift up man when he's down.
G. IL. KRNERLY.
Waslnnpton. Feb q,
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If there should be any ladies who read
these letters, and who are afflicted with
any defect Of their complexion, they may
make wash which Should be applied
morning and evening. IL is not im-
mediate in giving a white, painted look,
but weeks use of it will prove that IL Is
better than any of the sO.called beaut-
fers. Take one fluid ounce tincture
benzoin, and turn II slowly into eight
ounces of rose wafer, shaking II all the
time. Then take one ounce pure glyce.
rine and one tenspoonful Of borate Of soda
and stir them together adding one ounce
of emulsion of bitter almonds, Stir these
well together, and add them slowly to the
rose water and benaoin, shaking all well.
If this should smart the skin, add water
to it until il docs not This is the famous
Egyptian wash known and esteemed
so highly, and is most excellent. The
face, neck, hands and arms should
be washed with tcpid water and
rubbed dry. This then. should be APP
piled with, sponge all oyer, letting
IL dry on the skin. 1t will leave q soft,
refreshing and pleasant. Wrinkles and
discolorations disappear gradually, and
even pittings, as there is a peculiar pro-
cess going on as long as 1t is used. The
application forms q sort of transparent
varnish on the skin, which cracks and
peels off in microscopic particles, not Wis
ible to the eye and each bit that comes
off carries just so much of the outer skin
with II, and so, imperceptibiy, q delicate
new skin is exposed, and the old clogged
| pores are set free and the sluggish circula.
ton in the face is inyigorated, and
six months conscientious use oi
| this will restore to the most
| faded woman a fresh and
| blooming complexion, without the use
| of any cosmetic, Some ladies might not
like the polished smoothness 1t gives, but
such could dust little rice powder oil
Lnbin's baby powder over 1t. Many gen
| tlemen have found It very soothing anC
refreshing application after shaving. A
bottle of the proportions mentioned abov,
| would cost, made up by druggist, abou
| 81, and itwould last year, and prove in
valuable all the time for moths, freelles
tan, sunburn and chapped skin, to 50.
nothing of wrinkles and that genera
| withered look that is SO annoying TO thos
,;ho care for their appearance. Its emol
hei-. and healing qualitiesare remarkable
" OLIVE HARPER.
| new Oh Tphf1Iary 10
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In the midst of life we are in death, and
that word makes us remember the widows
who, poor things, have 50 little to console
or interest them during their season of
mourning. What we have to oller them
is the illustration above, which presents
q new and sadly interesting costume for
o young widow. II will be observed thai
widows are not now Obliged by the law
and prophets to wear one of those long,
somber wells which make a young woman
look old, while still that distinctive badge
of widowed sorrows kept as akind of
trademark TO show that the mourner is a
widow, which is quite necessary to secure
TO her that amount of respectful
attention her bereaved condition re-
ouires. / refer to the tiny white Grape
| fill around the brim of the bonnet.
The dress is made of Henrietta cloth
| with full graceful drapery in the back,
| n plain basque waist and deep folds of
| Grape down the front. The raglan Is
| made of heavy serge, with deep fold Of
| Grape around the fronts and on the bot
\ tom. To make folds of Grape lie prop
! erly, with the grain running bias, the
4 Grape should be cut on the straight, and
| then twill appear bias, which Is fact
| that few people know, and in case the
nerson making the fold wishes to have il
| lie smooth upon a circular or uneven gar
\ ment, she should hold one side slightly
! full and draw the other trille, and in
that way II will lie us smoothly as q
| tailor could make IT, Folds of Grape
should always be basted over wigan cut
lust the width the fold is desired TO be
and then catstitched ON the garment
The wigan should be cut on the true bias
1 The newest fancy now for such young
ladies as do not have dog, nor a pre-
tentious roll of MSS, nor a piece Of chew
ing gum as ornaments in the promenad'
is 10 carry a cat along ! say carry TO
no self-respeeting eat will ever consent 4,
be led. Common tabbies are not mucl
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imprisonment for life, ard according
to my memory the recommendation
was made because Of her SEX"
In the presence Of testimony 80
overwhelming-and the same with
regard TO the lie so effectually nailed
in my article Of the 4th Of February
that Mrs. Surratt was manacled-is il
not amazing that the cruel calumny
started against General Holt on these
accounts still occasionally finds utter.
ance with some, who must truly 15.
lieve that "where ignorance is bliss.
It's folly to be wise.o
HoRATIo kINa.
Washington, Feb. 10, 1888
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AT JEFFERSON'S HOME
The Historic Mansion Built by the
"Sage of Monticello"
ITsPREsENT PROPRIETOR
The Condition of the Property and
Its Peculiar Attractions.

Monticello, the home Of Thomas
Jefferson, and his last resting place,
will ever possess a peculiar charm for
patriotic Americans. Many and
voluminous descriptions of the old
mansion on "Little Mountain" Ital-
ianized by Jefferson into Monticello,
have been printed, and the subject is
invested with unfailing interest, for
Monticello manor was built under the
personal supervision Of the great
statesman and from plans made by
himself.
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For TnE WASHINGTON CRITIC.
THE BOBTAIL CAR.

A LAMENT FOR OLD TIMES on THE FOUR
TEENTH-sTREET LINE.
Changes, we know, must ever come,
And yet each change breaks up some
home,
Some dear familiar place or thing.
The little car has had its day;
Its little day has passed away,
And others round the Circle swing.
A yellow monster rules the day,
With harnessed team upon the way
1t thunders on in majesty.
The little bobtail in alright
Has vanished quickly out of sight,
A thing, dream OF memory.
Alas we look and look in vain
No more II comes in shine or rain
The little ark on Fourteenth street.
The cosy, comfortable thing
Alas that its dirge must sing
And no more hope its form to greet.
The friendly port, the welcome stand,
Where boarded treasures lie at hand
Millions so near, and yet so far.
Alas the resting place Is gone,
And round the curve fast sailing on,
Rolls by the splendid palace car.
Ambitious of wider range,
This pitiless, unsparing change,
Two tracks has welded into one;
Two iron rivers now one stream,
Where stately ships sail by and gleam
Like gold, till Capitol Hill is won.
o, poet laureate of the line ,,
Whose inspirations used TO shine
Ofold on number "eighty-three,n
Where, faithful driver, you would "go 1t,
| And yet find time to play the poet
Alas what bodies this change for thee2
The monster car, the rushing team,
| Like mighty ship upon the stream
fear tremble lest thy muse,
Amid the thunder Of the ride,
| Her music drowned on such tide,
To sing again might well refuse.
IT'S said (it may be true, indeed),
! The larger grander cars we need,
The idle sentiment must go.
| Alas whate'er our progress made,
| Heaven may farther and farther fade,
When its sweet daughter, song, lies
low.
| No. no, my friend. meath yonder dome,
Prouder than that of ancient Rome,
Where now your chariot seeks its goal
The scene, the monument the river,
Fresh songs of inspiration ever
Should stir and wake within thy soul.
Till you and shall take the ride III.
Where shadows for moment hide
The goal and terminus from sight
Brief silence followed by the song
Sweeter than any here, along
The iar-oif shining tracks light.
Washington, Feb. 10, 1888. @,
Coke, Coke, and Fire.
Burn Washington Gas Company's s Coke
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sought after and black cats are oa3i'
sionally seen White ones are tuOrc rare,
hut the real Angor cat will long hatr. H.
the principally because they
cost so much, and besides they look 10
much like dogs. Maltese cats are second
in popularity, tho gray striped ones third
white ncXt, miXed ColOrs not used aud
black ones only when they are very hand
some and tracfablc Few cats like 20 be
carried in the streets and they are apt 10
scratch il frightened but they are not 80
Objectionable In many ways as dog. AZ
any rate, thi, is q new idea, and a. such
IL will have IFS day.
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WHAT TO EXPECT IN BONNEI5.
what they think upon the subject, and as
they are pretty, without doubt, they will
be gradually adopted. j feel almost sure
that inside of two years all our maids and
matrons will be walking about the streets
ia these short-waisted, low-necked, scanty
skirted gowns, with sashes under our
arms and gloves up to our shoulders, with
perhaps a little scarf 10 hold over the arms
by way of gracefulness, which our great
grandmothers wore. We won't get sun
burned, because the peaks to the bonnets
are as good as parasols. At the great
Charity Ball, which is the most certain
to bring out anything pretty and new,
several Of our high society ladies wore
silk, crepe and satin directoire dresses,
and there were also two or three at the
famous Old Guard ball. And they are fre-
quently seen at afternoon teas. The
waists are directly under the arms. and
the skirt falls from there. 1t will dc
some good, as such q fashion will permit
those poor young girls, who are now laced
and braced so that they can scarcely
breathe, one more chance for life.
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Whistles for Lottor-Carriers.

Recently the letter-carriers adopted
whistles as a convenience for notifying
people to appear and receive mail matter.
1t Is said ofthe carrier who has a route
near the Capitol that he is SO enthusiastic
oyer his whistle that he blows il every
time he approaches a lamp-pOst letter'box
TO open it'd Albany journal.
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puY a Licket in the slO,ooO house.

A GOLD WATCH WILL be presented to the
Page of the u. s. House of Representa-
tives receiving the largest number of
votes at the Grand Army Bazar and Fair.
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AMONG THE WISE MEN
GlimpSeS of Greatness at the Ma
IiOnal Capital.
STORIES AND STORY .TELLERS
Joseph ChamberIain's schemes
Senators and Their Pet Names.

ISC0NSIN fur
nishes one of the
rich meh Of the
House. lie comes
from the north
ern part of the
State, and is said
to have a big for
tune in the Goge-
bic mines. He says
I h e spectators
are getting down
to a hard pan
l,oaio Said Mr.
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nets tell how much. The fashion papers
are all telling us that bonnets are going
back to reasonable size again, and nj
church and theatre we will be happy once
more, but as one after another of these
pattern bonnets was brought to view, one
after another hopes fed away.
And these are small and reasonable in
comparison to the awful sugar scoops
some of them are, but, out of compassion
for the feelings of those whom / have led
to believe in better things, | don't try 10
reproduce them. They are called direc-
toire bonnets, and there is no use disguis-
ing the fact we are in full swing for an
adoption of that style in dress as well as
bOnnets and hats. Some of the bonnets
have the peak in front fully twelve inches
long, and up above this towering mass
Of ribbons and feathers. But they are
becoming. The round-faced women gain
a sort of piquancy from them, and they
detract from the undue length of long
featured women, so that there Is no dan
ger but that they will become popular.
Those now imported are in satiny black
and dark blue, or deep maroon straw,
with facings ofyclvet for the brim. Some
of them are white or light colored bro
caded silk stretched over frame, and
with soft crowns ofthe same. A few Of
the straw bonnets and hats have, flowers
upon them, generally vines with large
tinted flowers like convolyuli. All have
strings fastened at the back.
The directoire dresses are now TO be
seen in all the theatres, from whence they
can be admired by those ladies who wait
until some one else has worn thing be-
fore they can make up their minds rs to
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DARK DAYS IN HISTORY
Secretary StantOn's Grave Charges
Against Horace Greeley.
HIS SINGULAR DISPATCHES,
The Vindicntion or Judge Holt
Against II Cruel Calumny.

In TIE Cmrfc of February gave
you a historical chapter relating 10 the
trial of the assassins of President
Lincoln. Here is little more bear
ing on that subject, which, though
not actually new, will, ! think, be
news TO some of your readers. In
running through one of my scrap
books, came across the following ex-
traordinary telegraphic dispatches,
which had myself forgotten. They
appear to have been sent just about
month after Lincoln's death, and to
have been given out by Mr.. Pierrcpont
in July, 1881, soon after President
Garfield was shot:
n WAN DEPARTMENT,
Z May H. 1s65--10O5 p. m,
lfhe Hon. Edjrdrds PieTfepont, Noio York,
have written tonight TO retain you and
Cutting and Brady, or anyone else you may
desire TO have associated with you, TO prose-
n cute Horace Greeley and the owners of the
/ 7tjJVBe for Greeley's persistent efforts the
last four weeks to lnote assassins TO finish
their work by numbering me. Please give the
matter your immediate attention on receiving
the letter, and secure copies Of all the
TtiJpBes printed since the night of the Prcsl
dents murder and get the names of III,
owners. | propose to prosecute criminally
and also by civil suit, for | shall not allow
them to have me murdered and escape
responsibility without a struggle for life OF
my part. EDwfS NJ. STANTON.
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puY q tlcket in the slO, ,OOO house.
Very Cold Comfort

A farmer living out on the Gratiot road
bought gallon of whisky as he was
trading the other day, and while he was
absent from his wagon some one substi-
tuted n jug filled with water, Back he
came next day, walked into the grocery
with the Jug, and setting it down with a
bang, he exclaimed: Here's that whisky,
and its frozen as solid as rockl' MOP
"Try it aud seelp The grocery man took
a stick and jabbed away until satisfied
that such was the case and then he said:
"WeIl, it's queer, and Pll make II all
right. That must have come from the
barrel that / sell for medicinal purposes"
--[Detroit Free Press.
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Coke. Ooke. and Flre.

Still selling at summer prices. Johnson
Brothers, sole agents.
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po4oMAc Boat Club Fair, $4,000 house.
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Fuel at Simmer Prices.
The cheapest ana cleanest fuel " Wash
ington Gas Company's Coke. johnson
Brothers, sole agents.
PoroMAc Boat Club Fair, $4,000 house
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GREATEST event ofthe age $4,000 house,
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THE EASTER BONNET.
Styles of Feminine Headgear for the
Coming SeaSOa
OLIVE ,HARPER'S LAMENT
No Prospect of Return To Rea-
sonabIc Sizes

OPEtoltln Halter
ing tale, and when
we had just be-
gun TO lay the
Auttcring unction
20 our souls we
discovered tha {
we had been de-
ceived. Let the
ompanying
pictures of the
new spring bon
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-04-10
Nebraska and Iosa Pensions.

WASHINGTON, April 9.-Following is
the representation of Nebraska and Iowa
citizens In the last batch of pensions is.
sued:
Nebraska Pensions - Original invalid,
Theodore III Smith, Omaha; Jos. Hoops,
omaha. Original, Widows, ETC.: Sarah,
mother of Wesley Pittman, Glencoe.
Iowa Pensions-Original invalid: VIM,
futile, Charlton; Jas Hull, Bloomfield.
Increase. VIM. Neatly, Bonaparte. Re.
issue and increase: Nathan l.. Pierce,
Centerville; James H. Beadle, Ellington.
Reissue: Jacob Wasser, Linden. Orig.
inal widows, etc.: Minors Of John Nc.
Pheeters, Des Moines; Laura G. Adams,
former widow of Clark K. Never, Bur.
lington Mexican survivors: VIM. +.
Wilcoscen, Genoa; Thomas C. White,
Waverly. Mexican widows: Sarah,
widow of Enoch Lucky, Lemars: Louisa
NJ, widow Of Richard Price, Clinton;
Jennie g., widow of Charles A. Spencer,
Bloomfield
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-04-10
Conkling's CONDITION Crit,ca,.


New York, April 9-Rosooe OonklinR's
condition changed much for the worse
last night He was buoyed upin the even.
ing by the presence CT his wife, whom he
had not been permitted to see since his
illness became serious. After her
departure he sank in a stnpor from
which he aroused but at long intervals.
and then only TO display symptoms OF
deiirum. Dr.. Agnew. the eminent oculist,
called at Conkling' g residence last night.
At the time of his leaving the patient
seemed to be not much worse,
though his temperature had risen
perceptibly. DR.. Fordyce Barker said
to-day that he feared Conkllng's ocular
trouble has caused an affection of the
brain which may prove fatal. ..All 1
care to say Just DOW said DR.. Barker
lis that MIR. Conklinx has had q bad
change within the last twenty.four hours
and is very poorly. Indeed, I have
called in DR.. Sands and DR.. Delafesd,
and they, in company with DR.. Agnew
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-04-10
CHARGED BY HussARs.

MGHEtt
Several Attempts to Hold League Rect.
iDgs Frustrated by Officers.
DUBLIN, April a.-At Kilrush, county
Clare, Sunday afternoon, 5000 persons
assembled to participate in the pro-
claimed meeting of the National league
that was announced to be held these,
They all belonged to various branches OF
the league in this district. Almost as
soon as they had assembled, the police.
who had been awaiting their movements,
charged upon them and injured a number
OF persons. They also demolished the
triumphial arches that had been erected,
and treated the crowd in a very rough
manner. a riot seemed imminent. and
q Bokshire regiment, which had been
sent for the occasion, with bayonsts fixed,
charged upon the crowd, wounding many
of them. They succeeded In restoring
order, and finally the people dispersed.
At Macrom, county Cork, Dr.. Tanner,
NJ P.3 attempted to hold a meeting of
the league which a been proclaimed,
but he WAS elected by the police, and che
meeting broken up. DR.. Tanner burned
a. copy of the government proclamation
early in the morning at Macrom.
Messrs. Dayitt and John O,Connor.
with Rev Father Cory and other
leaguers, left cormody's hotel at Ennis,
in the afternoon, and drove ten miles into
the country. They were closely followed
by a company Of eighty Hussars, under
Col. Turner. Commoner Condor re-
manned in Ennis by a preconcerted ar
~rangement, and attempted to hold a
meeting there. The police, however, had
been advised of the Nationalists' plan,
and raided tho meeting place, injuring
some of tie people In their attack Fifty
arrests were made.