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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-02-04
READING THE HUMAN FACE.
The Character GENERALLY Drawn Upon II
in Unmistnk.,bie Lines.


in Unmistnkable Lines.
Every one knows that mems passions, pro-
pensi,ies and peculiaritics, as we'll AS their
callings, are reflected in their faces, but it is
only the few who have made the study OF
physiognomy an especial pursuit who are
gifted with the power of reading those faces.
Judges who have served long terms on the
bench, lawyers in large practice and doctors
of eminence possess the power of interpreting
physiognomies more largely than other
people But any one can acquire the rudi-
ments of the art by dint of study.
1t is as impossible to disguise II face AS
hand writing. When the expert comes the
disguise is torn Off and the face tells the true
story of the spirit inside the body. One only
needs to visit the pententiary to realize how
undeniably vice write its sign manual on the
features 1t is not the drunkard only whose
red nose, ilabby cheeks and rheumy eyes
betray him; it is the sensualist whose vice Is
read in his lips, the knaye whose propensity
is revealed by the shape of his mouth, the
man of violence who is surrendered by his
eyes An experienced detective or Il trained
tailor seldom needs to ask the crime of which
his prisoner was guilty. He can tell il 10y
his face,
1t is quite evident that in the future the
study of phsiognomy is going to be pursued
more vigorously than it has been As means
of preventing crime, it may prove invaiua'
BILE. How constantly do we hear OF men
falling from grace as the phrase goes!
Yet these men must have carried their CRIME
in their face for long time, II amy one had
been able to read their features the mischief
might have been averted How often are we
assured that this or that criminal enjoyed
the perfect confidence of his employers and
the public till the very day of his detection;
an expert physiognomist would probably
| have spotted him long before Again, face
reading might be turned to fine account in
business. 1t is well known that every mans
face is more or less stamped 10y the pursuit
he follows. An experienced observer can
generally detect n lawyer, or doctor, OF a
merchant, or a clerk, or Il mechanic, or u
clergyman, by merely studying his face,
The study might be carried much further
| The same rule which enables an observer TO
distinguish u lawyer from merchant VIII,
when followed out, enable keen eyes to sepa-
rate able lawyers from lawyers who are IN
| competent, merchants who are going to make
| n fortune from merchants who are gong TO
| fail Men often carry their des'llics as wen
| rs their character in their faces. Indeed, the
former depends 50 largely upon the latter
that it would be singular if it were otherwise
| Women, too, will be able TO discriminate
among their lovers, and to pick out the man
| who will make good husband from one VINO
| will have to be dragged into divorce court
| All the advantages which Fowler mistakenly
| told us we were going to derive from the
| study of phrenology we may possibly gain
| from the older and more mysterious science
| of face reading. San Francisco Call.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-02-04

Chicago has proverbial reputation here
for the multiplicity of its divorces and the
expedition with which they are obtained
OF course, slow going old world people
cannot be expected TO compete with YOU on
that score But | doubt If ever divorces
were granted for more gruteSquc reasons
than here in Paris Here, for example, is a
divorce granted to man for no other reason
than that his wife would not let him read all
the letters she wrote and received. A com
panion case is that of woman who got a
divorce from her husband because he objected
to her having IA lover, and made it unpeas-
ant for the latter to visit her ut her house.
Apparently these are considered good and
sufficient reasons, for they excite no comment
on the part of the public. In Marseilles n
man has Just been allowed "A divorce because
his wife refused to give him the money she
earned 10y taking in sewing. In Lyons n
divorce was based on the inability of the
couple to agree rs to the training OF their
children. And 50 it goes on. The number
Of divorces granted and the frivolity Of the
grounds on which they are based increase
daily Paris Cor Chicago Tribune,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-02-04

There's an item for YOU said gentle
man in the postotfice, just as a dudish look
ing fellow darted out of the Seneca street
door and disappeared in the crowd. Half
al hour ago" he continued, 81 met that chap
On Main street, and he took out a letter and
asked me for two cents to mail it. He said
he had just struck town and was dead busted.
/ gave him ten cents, and in less than two
minutes he tackled another man with the
same story That fellow gave him five cents;
another gave him a stamp, and so ON. have
been watching him for half an hour, and
finally, after making something like dollar,
he came in here suppose, to mail his letter.
was Just waiting for an officer to have him
arrested, but the sneak got on to me, and |
guess I've lost him. He has hit new scheme
and it seems to work like charm. Buffalo
News
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-02-04
CENTRAL PARKS POLAR BEARS.
They Rejoice Greatly ut the Coming OF
the Blizzard-Tricky Creatures.

They Rejoice Greatly Mt the Coming OF
the Biizzard-Tricky Creatures.
The Polar bears appeared to he in "A first
rate humor. Their gray eyes sparlled with
fire, ami they tumbled and tossed and boxed
with each other as if they had been imbibing
an early morning invigorator. They had
broken through the ice in their tank, and
every few minutes Tom or Jerry would souse
himself in the water and come out putting
and steaming as if emerging from Turkish
bath, while the water dripping from his long
white fur turned to drops of ice i'll the cold
air. In the adjoining section of the bear pit
are three black bears and young grizzly.
The cold weather had made them sleepy and
they were packed away in the corner of the
cave at the end of the pit their heads con
cealed and the mass looking like a great pack
of fur rugs The Polar bears, which Direc-
tor Conklin secured two years ago, are
nearly five years old. They are now about
half grown and are thriving vigorously,
"They hain't ben very well this WINTER
added the keeper, because its ben so warm,
and they've got disguised like with the
weather. Tom would sit up on his hind legs
| for hours munching up an iccle and looking
sorrowtully at them weather fixin's on top of
the arsenal, and saying as plain as could be:
Il wonder how long this kind of thing is
goin' to last. On cold stormy night they
wouldn't go to bed at all, but jest stayed
frisking and growing about in the snow.
When blizzard is coming they can tell as
well as any barometer, and Jerry-she'll
jump into the tank and splatter the water
all over the floor of the pit so it'll freeze, and
they can slide and tumble over it. Fact, the
honest truth; I've saw it a dozen times"
'Do you have any trouble attending to
them" asked the listener.
well, We don't go up and pat em on the
back much. All bears is tricky and don't
like fondin', but especially Polar bears.
They treat YOU all right at a distance, but if
you come close they're ugly, Them black
bears are not so bad but the grizzly in with
em is CROWN big and he won't stand any
fooling When the sun comes ont good and
strong they'll be up as lively as ever, but if
they had a hole big enough in the rocks
expect they'd go in and sleep through the
cold weather. We don't let people get too
close to them, though the bears look very
gentle when they're playin'. New York
| Tribune
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-02-04

Now that am on the sub cct of trottinS,'
said Secretary Hail. of Detroit, iii the rOtuhda
of the Merchants, Il am reminded 81 an III
rident that took place in $50 at the Kansas
CITY meeting There were several thousand
people conyregated in the vicinity OF the
ticket office, when suddenly II band of men
rode into the incluslrc and began discharging
firearms apparently right into the crowd.
As they expected, there was general scatter
inc. and ere the people collected their senses
the ticket man had been oveipowered ana
his cash box, containing about sl,2o, taken
away by the members of the shooting party
who turned ont To Toe members OF the Jesse
James gang Rewards were offered for the
detection and arrest of the perpetrators, but
nothing ever came OF 1t.
"The next summer, one day while travelling
along the road toward Independence Mission,
| | met single horseman, and we soon became
| enooced in conversation. We did not ex-
| chance cards or names but rode along into
the town on pretty good terms, and few
moments after we separated | learned that
nv companion was none other than the
notorious Jesse James himself 1t was his
crowd that had robbed my ticket sellera year
| before, but did not recognize HIM as one OF
| the participants Among the people 1t was
| the general impression, and | have never
heard it contradicted from II reliable source,
| that Jesse james scorned to enact the role OF
| a highwavman when II single person was con
| cerned. but took IA delight IN frightening
| large crowds when is search of booty His
men knew that shooting over the heads OF
| the spectators would alarm them fully as
much and create more of II panic than 10y
killing people in cold blood, and hence their
| forays were always attended with great
deal of noise, but little violence toward their
victims. st Paul Globe.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-02-04

Death from delirium tremcns resulting
from accidental causes was the remarkable
verdict returned by coroner's jury in this
city the other day This is not the only hu-
morous specimen which Mr.. Ashbridge can
point to on the dockets Of his Office. A young
man in the last stages Of pulmonary disease
killed himself with prussic acid. DR.. Formal
remarked at the inquest:
"He only accelerated his death which must
surely have come from consumption III a
very few weeks"
The intelligent six good men and true in
the jury box astounded the coroner by arriy'
ing at this verdict: Death from consump
ton, accelerated by prussic acid. '-Philadel
phia Press
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-02-04

The large birds, like the other large ami
mails, are steadily going, and all may soon
disappear from the earth. 1t is believed that
the lammergeyer, or Alpine vulture, has
Just become completely extinct in Switzer-
land, a solitary female specimen, which has
dwelt on the Biotchhorn during the last
twenty-five years, having at last fallen
victim to poison. Boston Budget.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-02-04
IF ONE MUST WEEP.
TO meet life's lonely path along

TO meet life's lonely path along
To part aud meet again no more.
Yet, ere they vanish mid the throng.
Perchance one heart may never more
Regain the peace 1t knew before;
If one must weep and one forget
'Twere better far they had not met.
The ficeting hour so quickly fled
One never will recall again,
But one shall mourn the moment sped
Aud peace OF heart no more regain
While one will never feel a pain;
Since one must weep and one forget
"TNere better far they had not met,
w. T.. Hunt.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-02-04

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that can not be
cured by taking Halls Cftarrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY j. Co,
Proprietors, Toledo, o.
Stalls Catarrh Cure Is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood mucus
surfaces Of the system. Price ~ cents per
bottle. Sold by all druggists
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-02-04
a Puzzled Savage.

Writing was pulling to savages In South
Africa on one occasion, native was sent by a
missionary to friend with note and four
loaves of bread. The native ate one on the
way, and was amazed to find that the note
discovered his theft. On the next occasion
when he was sent with four loaves he sat on
the note while eating one Of them. In North
America writing was considered charm
Sir John Lubbock.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-02-04

GLASSWARE ADVANCED On February
LIST the Central Traffic Association made
glassware In carloads third, and less than
carloads second class. At present they are
third and fourth. Under the new classical
ton 1t will be released by the shipper at a
valuation of 10 cents per pound. When
not released 1t will be taken at first and
second. class rates.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-02-04
Wool and the Tariff,

In free trade Great Britain, which is the
wool market for all countries, there were
in 1885, 339 sheep to the square mile. In
the United States Excluding from its area
the Territory of Alaska) there were in 1885
sixteen sheep TO the square mile. In Penn
sylvania there we're in 1885, thirty-three
sheep to the square mile, and in Ohio ll6.
So 1t would appear that sheep husbandry
flourishes better without protection than
with it-Philddelphid Record.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-02-04
RuCklins' Arnica Salye.

The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises
sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, letter
chspped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin
eruptions, and positively cures piles, or no pay
required. 1t is guaranteed to give perfect sat
isfaction. or money refunded Price IS cents
per box For sale bv ID. Lorriaux.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-02-04

Hon. f.. C. Lewis, of Ottawa, made an
interesting talk on Public Highways" In
made the startling opening declaration that
he lived ten miles from no place and thus
fortuitously placed In position where he
was compelled to give the subject OF high
WAYS much careful attention. All farmers
need good reads; all city people need good
reads; good reads make good trade for the
business men Of the city and rendered 1t
pleasure for farmers as we'll as being In
strumental in making property valuable.
Could not make reads out OF mud. Believ-
ed that the taxpayers of an entire communi.
ty ought to help pay for the making OF
permanent roads within the limits OF that
community and believed they would be
brought to see the benefits to be derived.
Would like to see the constitution OF the
State so amended 80 to give every banker,
manufacturer, merchant and the railroad
com panies an opportunity TO help the farm
er make permanent roads for the benefit OF
the general public for all were intended
| Though that, inasmuch as there were in
every township SIG acres of land-SlOOOO
worth-devoted to roads, upon which farm
ers pay taxes all the time, they are working
against their interests by not insisting upon
having good roads. Why not get pleas
urable benefit, in connection with the
pleasures of paying taxes on all this waste
land, by having good roads, Believed
that concentration of farmers and mer-
chants the interests of one being indenti-
fed with the interests of the other, would
place the roads of any community in which
the efforts was made beyond the anathemas
of the travelling public. Allied to this
question was the school question. The
speaker candldly believed the present
public school system a failure. Insisted
that good roads would facilitate teaching
higher branches. Believed there ought to
be graded school at the best points in
every township to which the pupils might
be conveyed over the good roads he as we'll
as all others so much desired to have. Keep
the bright children of the farmers home
a. home by bringing to their thresholds
the means that now carry them away to the
city to obtain an educatlon.-Er.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-02-04

Most everything IN this world is full of
deception. Few things are what they seem,
but the results obtained for DR.. Jones' Red
Clover Tonic far exceed all claims. It re.
stores lost nerve force, cures dyspepsia, and
all stomach, liver, kidney aud bladder troub.
les. 1t is q perfect tonic, appetiser, blood
purifier, sure cure for ague and malarial
diseases. Price SO cents of L. Y. Griggs.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-02-04

When threatening lung disorder,
Shows 1t first proclivity,
Do not let 1t cross the border
Quell 1t with activity.
Many a patient, young or olden,
Owes a quick recovery
All to DIR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-02-04

nR. r.. w. WEBS, (Deutcher Doctor.) late
~ Physician and Surgeon 10 the ~. Louis Female
Hospital Office over Stiefes Clothing Store, Of
Main and La Sale streets Residence on soath bluff
at Mrs nenIs arB
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-02-04

~ dRICiGS, Attorney and Counselor ~ Law
W ONCE IN Lynch's BLOCK, Main street, Ottawa Ill
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-02-04

7 w. BREW Mr., Attorney and Counselor ~
IL. Law. and Notary Public. Rooms y Il ID, Open
Aouse Block, Ottawa, H.
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nR. q. MILLER, the well known Ocul's
~ and hurist. ottawa III Once, over Lynch's dry
goods store Main street
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nR. =. RTBURN, Ottawa III. ONCE In
~ opera House Block. In Office day ana night
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~ G. TRE;N AIRY, Attorney Al Law Ohc
L. NTH l.. W. Brewer. Rooms y, y h TO- Opera Hous'
Block, Ottawa. III. ,uns
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-02-04

L. Y. CfRI565, Druggist, Bookseller and sts
T.. non ct, ottawa III. Second store 10 NartlRgerI
Block south side OF Court House Square.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-02-04

NJ n. RMS'rRONCi,A ttorn, ) and Com
wi. seior NJ Law, Ottawa III, Notary ublic. ONO
In aedney's Block. Ottawa. iuno,N
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pm ISL CiA n :

nR. ca RIrT SANDERS. successor
~ to Dr. AlCnda Auten. ONCE Opera House Block,
Ottawa III. Telephone. No. ~ sepl3
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-02-04

n Mol)OUfALII,A Attorney AZ Law, Ottawa
~. Ill. Once In Gedney's Block dec2Te
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J. W. DUNCAN. A.. CONoR II. 7. dlLBKRr
nUNCA ,O'CONOR n GIlIBERT,
- Attorneys NJ Law ONCE In Futterer X Met2gcr'
block, eat OF court house, Ottawa. Illinois; and Ii
Sale, III, JulyssU
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-02-04

nR. w NJ. - ~ PIARD. Member II tn,
~ Royal College o. ternary Surgeons, England
Fellow OF the LondO- Ictcrinary Medical Association
als0 Veterinary Ed or DaHton6 SpirttoJ ne XVI
can be- cOrsulted Al his Office Lafayette 81. augs
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-02-04

HRHRY MAYO JOHN H. wIDsER
MAYO ~ wIDNIf:R, Attorney At Law.
IIl Office in NattiHger's Block. corner OF sail
and Main streets front room uD stairs, ottawa I'll
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-02-04

R.F. BULL. LESTER II. sTEAwE.
DULL. ~ STR A N, Aue' neys and Coun
ID sellers At Law. one, over Cy Drug Store, corner
Of La sale and Madison streets, OTTAWA H. ian2.s
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-02-04

fNEORCfE. -. ELDREDCfE, Attorneys
" Law Office In Postofilce Block Ottaws III apri
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-02-04

~ G. SWIFT, Attorney AZ Law, Armory Block
IL. Special attention given 10 probate matters.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-02-04

I ORENZO LILA I'd, Attorney and Conn
- selor NJ Law Oice in PostOtiice Block. ottawa
Illinois mari'SI
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Professional GarDa.

~ w. w. BLA * r., Attorney and Counselor
VI. AT Law. Room ID. Opera House Block, ottawa
III. All legal business promptly attended to. JAMS
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-06-11
Van Deckernann'S BARGAIN
By M. THEED.

1t was through the children l first became
acquainted with Mr.. Van Deckermann. They
were pretty little tots then, the two of them,
and had such friendly ways with them that
it would not have surprised any one,
imagine, that they should attract where their
elders seemed rather to repel; but my wife
and were nevertheless conscious of a GER
tain feeling of triumph when we first saw
them In animated conversation with the
funny old gentleman, about whom people
knew so little and speculated so much.
We were living at that time in small
house in one Of those old fashioned suburbs,
whence the city is easiest of access, even the
omnibus fare to and fro being a matter of
consideration to us, and we knew as little of
our neighbors as most people even in London.
We were very happy, all the same,
being fully occupied-I on the city tread
mill which am working still, with this diff
ference, that l am better paid for it-Mary
looking after the house and children, and
keeping both after such a fashion that in our
poorest days it was pride and pleasure to
come home to them
you are the luckiest man I know Mr..
Van Deckermann said to me once-''or have
known" he said, correcting himself. "To
say whom l know would not be to say much,n
which, indeed, judging from our observa-
ton, was true enough.
Nobody seemed to know him to speak to,
but everybody in the neighborhood must
have known him by sight, for he was to be
seen daily, summer and winter, taking the
same monotonous walk, and dressed in the
same odd fashion, in a brown coat cut in the
style Of at least fifty years before, with brass
buttons, and a wide brimmed hat beneath
which he wore the most Transparent impost-
ure, in the shape Of a wig with which have
ever come in contact. It was in great measure
the contrast between this, which was Of a
somewhat lively brown, and the iron gray Of
his bushy eyebrows which conduced to the
oddity of his appearance. His eyes were the
only striking feature in his face, being dark,
prominent and piercing, and the skin was a
network of wrinkles on parchment, but no
one who had seen his countenance light up as
l saw it that Sunday evening, at the Innocent
prattle Of the children, would have received
other than pleasant impression of the little
old man. ...
We had come upon the trio rather sud-
denly, Mary and /. and had the reluctance
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-06-11

60 SPEAK upon either side been ever so Strong,
II must in common courtesy have been over
come We exchanged greetings accordingly,
and from that day forth the acquaint-
ance thus inaugurated ripened steadily
into an intimacy, in the course
Of which / arrived at these primary facts
concerning Mr.. Van Deckermann. He was,
as his name indicated, Of Dutch extraction,
he had no occupation, and he lived, and had
lived for years, in house which would have
contained three Of mine, in the most expen-
sive situation thereabouts. What he wanted,
or ever had wanted, being bachelor, with
a residence of such dimensions it would not
have been easy to determine-the less so that
he saw no company, and that the establish
ment was restricted to two old servants
like himself English by birth and breeding,
but Of foreign origin-with a sort of "slavey,"
upon whom doubtless devolved the giants
share of such work as there was to do, under
them