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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-08

Dixey stood on tho corner of Thirtieth
street and Broadway the other day. tntently
watching man who was walking along on
the opposite side Of the street. lie was a
familiar typo Of tho rron,enader on Broad
way. He held HIS chess out and his Shout
ders back by O terrific muscular effort, his
chin was forced up In The air by cruelty
high collar, be turned hts toss very far out
and his elbows very far in.
"When that man gets homo" said Dixsy,
"he'll be so thoroughly played out that hs
won't have any ass for anything On earth
He'll take OF his collar, double up ON a
lounge, turn suriy, rafuss TO TALK 70 bis vito
and make hog Of himsslf gsusr~lly, xmply
because he has the wrong idea Of walking
When | 60 ont ON tho street. for q stroll |
wear loose clothes, low collars and easy boots,
and lounge along comfortably. The walk
rests me, whereas II tires little Willie across
the way mile stroll In the proper way is
the most refreshing thing in the world. But
when man does himself up in that way 1t
will reduce him to pulp as sure as shooting.
New York Sun.
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Glad He L. Out of 1t.

Judge William p Edison. who was de.
feated for tho nomination for supreme
court judge In tho Republican state con.
vention, said in . speech at Mt. Vernon.
the home Of Gen. HOvey:
After the nomination Of Gen. Hovey
for governor am to be congratulated on
my defeat in the convention. and not
condoled with, for Gen. Hoveys candidacy
changed the Republican campaign In In
diana from an aggressive one to . de-
fensive one. and with the local option
plank adopted will certainly defeat Hovey
as well as Harrison and Morton. Iallowed
my name to 60 before the convention after
the nomination Of Hovey for the express
purpose Of compelling Bruce. Carr and
the Slick Six gang Of Indianapolis to
show their hands they being under pledge
to me for having influenced Posey county
to give the deciding vote in the district
convention in favor of Harrison delegates
to Chicago, which made the Indiana dele
cation solid"
Judge Edison is one of the most promi
nent and popular Republicans in the
state.-Indianapolis Dispatch to New
York World
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Of them escaped with light dnes or imprison.
ment; but oneis under sentence Of death, and
sixteen indicted for murder await their trial
In one instance Baptist minister named
Wilson pleaded guilty to charge Of murder,
having taken part in whipping man SC
severely that he died Of his hurts The state
authorities continue to publish that the order
Ia entirely suppressed but visitors to that
section have their doubts.
In Indiana there is q dreary mon otony
about the Observation-Disclosures men and
women unfortunately for laxiness, drunk
enness, immortality and general cussedness.
Marengo, Crawford county, appears 10 be
the storm center" but the order works all
over that county, and to some extent In
Harrison and adjoining counties.
One man was whipped for conniving at
divorce proceeding by his wife, and another
for marrying the woman a. soon az she was
divorced; three young fellows we're cruelty
switched" for not properly supporting their
old mother, two young women on charge
ticing boys to drink whisky, another for
giving Information to the sheriff. and An al
legged preacher for "scandalizing poor hired
girl and having more to say than the gov
ernor Of the stated"
At length the organization reached its
third stage, becoming al instrument OF pri-
vate vengeance Then the authorities ex-
erted themselves seriously, and now have
vast mass of evidence. Attorney General
Kitchener has worked hard to assist the local
courts Mr.. Andrew Ollstott, ex-commis-
sioner Of Crawford county, has done much,
and announces that he will fight the cases
through and then leave "for his lifes sake"
Corydon the old capital, and, next TO Vim
cennes, the oldest town In the state, Is Just
now a place Of interest on account OF tho
pending trials, which will he held in the old
court house, once the states capitol Gov
ernor Gray is doing all in his power to aid
the local officials, and south central Indiana
generally is in q state Of excitement which
even obscures the political excitement in that
part Of that very political state
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CoyyRr ROUSE AT CoRYpoN.

COURT HOUSE AT CoRYDON.
Capt Nat. M. Kinney was chief Of the
Bald Knobbers, and a right royal chief he
was; six feet six inches high, weighing go
pounds, we'll muscled, and active and vigil
LIANT as cat He was born in 1888, in the
mountains of Virginia, served in the Union
srmy with distinction and in the government
service in various ways where nerve was
needed; be took part in forty battles and
,kirmishes, besides many personal encoun-
.rs, and was thorough fatalist, believing
hat he would finally die by bullet, but
|f'sot before his time came" time neither
tobe hastened nor delayed by any act of his.
Hb favorite sentiment was that of Hector's
cheer to Andromache:
NJ hostile hand can antedate my doom,
III fate condemns me to the silent tomb
Fixed is the term to all the race Of earth,
AID such the hard condition of our BIRTH.
N, power can then avert, no flight can save
Axe must perish all-the fearful and the brave.
Ie settled in fancy county, Mo-, for "a
| quet life.n The lawless fellows attempted
| toirive him away. He helped organize the
"rigilantes" and the seven years war began.
| Sunday schools and religious meetings were
ofen broken up by rowdies, who would lasso
tn people as they came out, or fire pistols
though the windows, or interrupt the SER
vies with ridicule Capt. Kinney stopped
tht, though in the process he had to kill
Ahrew Cogburn, and dangerously wound
eoae others The opposition formed militia
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Lat Him Have Help.

Our Republican friends should not ex.
poet too much Of Blaine There Is dis
position on their part to do SO already.
"When Blaine comes. SAYS one of their
papers, the Democrats will take 70 their
holes" You'll see the Democrats scat
ter the moment the great leader ar.
rives," says another, Cleveland will
wish he'd stuck to his idea about only
one term when the greatest living
statesman reaches these Shores" re-
marks third In the expressed opinion
If fourth journal. the American Glad.
stone will wipe the floor with that ban
danna" Hcrculean, not to say grotesque
and miraculous, consequences are ex.
pected to follow Mr.. Blaines recovery
from sea sickness.
But II all these dreadful things are to
befall Democrats in 1888. why did they not
befall them in lSS4f Then Mr. Blaine
was on the stump for himself, all his ca.
reer proving that he works for himself
more zealously and effectively than for
any other man. Yet then the Democrats,
under the lead Of plain. homespun man
Of action. named Cleveland beat Mr..
Blaine. They did not take to their
holes;" they did not scatter" they came
Oul duu NOtcu, auo bilcy UclCNC Suot tucy
can whip the Republicans again, If the
latter will cmy put enough Blaine into
their canvass. course. We are glad to
say, which they propose TO pursue. Too
much should not be expected Of Mr..
Blaine. The work of Democratic snnihi-
lation ought to be divided up between
him and others. Mr.. Evarts should be
asked to contribute Q few brief and
pithy paragraphs. each Eve or six col
umns long That genial and hspir-
ing apostle OF unselfshness, Honest
John Sherman. should be asked to lend
hand. Our own Woodford should be
snatched from the nav OF reticence and
be urged to bloom once more with tho
chestnut leaves Of trooly loil language.
The frisky aud formidable Senator Hoar
should be drafted into service to sweat
icicles on demand. The ingenious Ingalls,.
"by courtesy Of the telegraph company"
should appear In conjunction with "some
fellow like Phelps, of New Jersey" Levi
P. Morton should be required to electrify
the masses 'by performing his great act
Of drawing two checks in three seconds.
each for large amounts" several times
day, Even Benjamin Harrison, who can
establish by affidsvits the truth Of the
much questioned report that he is can
didate for president, might be permitted
to read few pages from Lew Wallaoes
biography. brooklyn Eagle.
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Texas is troubled with a plethora Of
cash. Its bonded indebtedness is only
$4500,000, which the holders will not
exchange for the money, preferring to
draw the interest, and there is in the
state treasury a surplus Of more than
81, 600, 600. The school fund has sur
plus of $l6,G00,00O, for nearly hGlf Of
which no safe investment can be found
The farmers to whom the state has been
selling its lands on forty years time, with
only per cent. interest. in the hope that
they would be very dilatory about paying
the principal, are piling in the money on
the overburdened state treasurer The
counties are doing the same. To add to
its misery the state has 10000, 900 acres
of land yet to sell, which are every year
bringing higher and higher prices. Tyler
Tex Record.
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Senator Sherman paid Senators Morgan
ard ulsbury no undue compliment
when he said that but for their speeches
In defense Of the fisheries treaty he
would have taken no part In the debate.
His own speech shows how keenly he felt
the blows which those senators delivered
against the extremely partisan attitude
Of the Republican majority In opposition
to this just and honorable settlement of
an inveterate dispute. But. while pro,
testing that the Republican senators re-
gard the treaty solely in It's public and in
ternational aspects. he completely be,
trayed before closing the rank partisan.
ship which had inspired his own hostility
to this settlement.
which Senator Sherman seeks to cover the
untenable position of his party associates
1t Is difficult to seize upon any substantial
ground on which he rests his objections
to the treaty He denounces the Provis.
ion Of the treaty allowing the free impor-
tation of fish from Canada as surrender
of the right Of the United States to levy
.aXes on imported goods" and as an Insult
to the United States There is not. he
said. lin the history Of diplomacy so one
sided treaty between two great and
powerful nations" This Is strong Ian
guage, and it should have been carefully
weighed by statesman who protests 80
loudly that he is actuated only by high
public considerations In opposing this
treaty.
Yet what was the treaty Of Washing.
ton. which was in operation from 1874 to
1885. but such treaty Is that which
John Sherman loudly denounces for al
lowing the free Importation of Canadian
fishf Under the treaty Of Washington.
negotiated by Republican administra-
ton and ratified by Republican senate,
the Canadians gave to American fisher
men equal privileges in all their waters
in exchange for the free admission Of fish
from Canada to the United States. The
present treaty provides. also, that when
ever the congress Of the United States
shall admit Canadian fish free of duty
American fishermen shall be entitled to
the same fishing rights and privileges as
the Canadians in all the waters Of the
Dominion. Under the treaty Of Wash
ingtop fish were actually imported
free from Canada, by virtue OF
the treaty, before congress passed
an act providing for the free importa-
ton of Canadian fish. John Sherman was
q member of the senate when the treaty
of 1871 was considered. and he was never
known to open his lips against it's ratifi-
cation. Yet he now stands up in the
American senate and denouncee a. dds
graceful to American diplomacy" treaty
which does not go the length Of the
treaty negotiated by q Republican ed
minlstration and ratified by Republican
senate, Of which he was leading mem
Der. Free fish are not to be admitted
from Canada except by act of congress
under this treaty. The Republican nego.
tiators of the treaty of Washington did
not consider it necessary to wait for 80
trifing formality If the pending treaty
be Surrender" and an Insult to the
United States" what must now be thought
of It's Republican predecessorf-Philadel
phia Record
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WESTERN LYNCH LAW.
REGULATORS" BALD kNoeeeRs"
AND WHITE CAPS"

Rough Regions Attract Rough Men.
Southern Indiana and Missouri-'G. T.
IT," or "Gone 70 Texss''-Lawiess Sports.
Why tho Peaceful Citizens Organised.
The central sections of southern Indiana
and Missouri have many features in common,
and, as might be expected, have similar
populations. Marrow strips Of fertile "bot-
tom" and level or gently rolling upland are
cut abruptly by lines Of rugged hill and
rocky hollow In Indiana the traveller pro-
ceeding southwark from Richmond or In
dianapolis Is charmed by the richness and
beauty Of gently rolling region, by elegant
farm houses and herds of blooded stock, by
fields white and red with clover tops or yell
low with waving grain. But not far south
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dent OF Alb an y,
bequeath ed the
means for a monu-
ment, to DO erected
to the Scottis h
bard, in that city.
A bronze s tatu 9
was designed and
cast, and has re-
Gently been un.
yelled with appro-
pirate ceremonies.
The m onum Q n t
rests on q Scotch
American granite
base, the two being
IS feet high. Those
W b o participated
at tn Q unwilling
were the Caledo-
MAN clubs and So
cieties, Order of
Scottish Clans and
Order of Sons of
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IN A POETS MEMORY.

Monument Recently Erected to Bobby
Burns at Albany, n. Y.
More than century and a quarter ago
was born IN Scotland q boy who, though his
lot was to be plowman, was also destined
to become one of the sweetest natural song
sters In the realm Of poetry the world has
ever produced. Though nearly hundred
years have elapsed since his death the poems
Of Robert Burns are today read by every
English speaking community, and no visitor
who goes to Scotland ever thinks Of leaving
without visiting the places where
Ayr gurgling kissed his pebbled shore.
and where Robert Burns lived and wrote.
One Of his country women, Miss Mary
Mcpherson, now dead, and long a resi-
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-08
Elimsy and Cseless Mali-nItY.

Some of our Republican neighbors have
been blowing hot and cold as to Judge
Thurman They have got to calling him
O "copperhead" again. and "Virginian, by
God. sab. aud "nigger hater. etc. OF
course this only displays their malignity
That kind of a campaign can have no effect
on the people. An ensanguined campaign
like that Mr. Foraker runs In Ohio can.
not be spread out over q national cam
paign without becoming fimsy and use
less. Cincinnati Enquirer.
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In conversation on shipboard. en- route
to the glorious land Of prosperity, Mr..
Blaine thought there was too much fuss
made about the surplus. He mentioned
three great canal jobs, the undertaking
of which by the national government
would be simplya good investment Of
the money" No doubt--for the con-
tractors and politicians. Mr.. Blaine
shows no disposition to rewrite that plank
of the Republican platform which favors
the spending of the surplus. York
World
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-08
Tho Caro- Of Shoes.

An experienced shoemaker says that black
ing greatly shortsns the life Of shoes. A.
blacking can't b very we'll dispensed with,
though, be advises that The shoes. or rather
those parts which are polished, be literally
rubbed with oil Such treatment, about ones
every two weeks, or thersabouts, but after
the blacking has first been scraped Oh, viii,
b Ays, not only make the leather moro pill
aAla, and consequently easier on the foot, but
materially cuItail the shosn,aksrs bill. Chi
cago Herald
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Hardly safe.

Mr.. William NJ Evarts is gong TO be
lively in this campaign. He is announced
to speak in New Jersey for the first time
for thirty years. Yet it is little risky
to accept Mr.. Evarts as stump speaker.
Suppose he should get into one Of his
long sentences as dinner hour was ap-
preaching, or as an audience began to
feel that the period for bedtime was not
so far off There would then be the risk
that the sentence might not be finished
until the pangs Of hunger or spell of sleep
had overcome those before him Boston
Herald
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So They Said In "a.

1t has been announced authoritatively
that II Mr.. Harrison should be elected to
the presidency Mr.. Blaine would be secre-
tary Of state. As the foremost man In
his party the premiership would properly
fall into MIR. Blaine's hands. None the
less, Mr.. Blaine's ascendencv will be .
disquieting consideration for thousands Of
conservative voters. Tho country does
not trust him.-Philadelphis Record.
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company which had
a show Of legality;
the contest became
very bitter q n d
several m u rders
were committed.
Then the state in
terfered d; some
BALD Knobbers"
made general con-
fession, and the on
der is about broken
mp And fn ally
Capt, Kinney was
shot dead by one
Bill Miles, in an at
fray resulting from
a long standing
family feud he.
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d corr ted with
bunting. Gran d
Army posts, t b Q
Governors Foo t
Guard Of N Q W
Haven, a company
Of the Second and
one of the Fourth
regiment, and Sons
of Veterans, t h .
fire companies-in
all, 1900 men--pa-
raded.
The monument is
Of Vermont gran
lite, twenty in Q
feet high, mounted
with a granite fig
ure Of one Of the
boys in Blue" at
parade rest
: It bears the IN
/. scription:
"A tribute 10 the
bravery Of the men
who risked their lives
that the nation might
live-l66l-65.
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Washee, Washee.

'ilkesbarre Chinaman, ugly aud brown,
ID polishing shirts in his den down town,
b dangling pigtail and painstaking smirk,
here IL the song he sung at his work
Ialisonee Motion,
nlemalgalee,
Chinee nance good man,
Whisky fee ~. 80
e
Eatee muche rat soup,
Nice puppee, .,.t.s,
Velly cheapee livse. ->s-''
W. Chinee
Ealuonee Motion.
Hip. Hipea
Chinee nance good man,
Victoly!
Whence battle donee,
We Chinan,
Ole bloodee shiftee
Quick washee.
-Wlkesbarre Leader
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A Case for tho Country.

Isn't it about time that some one be.
sides the president took congress to task
for its ,looseness in passing pension billsf
1t is simply shame that the president
should be compelled to interpose so often
to correct unjust legislation. Whatever
may be the difference Of opinion as re-
CARDS few of the bills. Of the great ma
jority Of them there Is not the slightest
question on any hand that they should
never have been enacted Boston
Herald
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WHITE CAP IN UNIFORM.


Of the line of the Ohio and Mississippi rail-
road there Is curious and sudden change;
the rocks stand out sharply from the hills,
smooth powders and "wash gravel" disap-
pear, and the streams flowing toward the
Ohio cut deep hollows, falling rapidly from
the plateau level to that Of the Ohio. The
traveller, If anything Of a geologist perceives
at once that he has passed the southern line
of the glacial drift"
In southern Missouri all these features are
greatly exaggerated, the hills rise to noun
tains, the hollows become canyons" the
brush Is thicker and the roads far more
rugged The original inhabitants of both
sections were Of tho same stock-"poor
whites, ""rappers" and half nomadic hunters
from farther SOUTH and for forty years every
lefty criminal or Ascending debtor fleeing
from southern Indiana, IL he could not get to
Texas, located in southern Missouri. Moth
ing was more common in the 4Os than to
see on the door Of an abandoned dwelling, in
red keel or pokeberry juice, the letters
&C. T. T." the meaning Of the rural wit
being that the runaway had "Gone to Texas"
though in fact he had often gone to Missouri.
Thus by natural selection, intermarriage
and the survival Of tho toughest, grew up .
due time the fertile lands attracted q good
population, the valuable hard woods caused
heavy investments, and the railroads created
line of small trading towns Hence the in
svitable conflict between progress and wild
nature; hence the white Caps in Indiana
and the Regulators" and BALD Knobbers" in
Missouri.
The White Caps only whip, terrorize and
expel; the Bald Knobbers shoot, hang and
mutilate Both organizations aim to control
the politics Of their sections; both have fol-
lowed the usual law of degeneracy. The
record of nearly all such bodies IS the same,
whether Vigiiantes, Regulators, Anti-Mor-
mons, Kuklux, White Caps or Bald Knob
piers. The friends of order combine to in
aict wild justice ON the lawless, the moderate
men then Withdraw and slightly inferior
class of night riders inhct punishment on
those who are not criminal, but only i'm
moral; next the organization becomes an in
srument of private revenge or brutal sport,
there Is q division Of public sentiment, sort
Of civil war; few murders and a general ex-
ploson Whether there is ever any perma-
nent benefit may well be doub1ed.
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The question that disturbs the minds Of
tho Republican leaders Is how to manage
the Blaine spotheosis 30 that it shall not
turn ont TO be Harrison eclipse. -Phila-
delphia Record
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Has Blaine Got n In His Grip Sack,

Has he brought over bugaboo,
One that Is horrible. huge and new.
One that Ia hoofed and horned and tailed,
One that will work where the others failedf
The "Rebel" bugaboo exploded
Just as II folks didn't know II was loaded
The business Interests" scarecrow's dead,
With Cleveland monument at his head!
And now the Tariff bugaboo
Isn't doing the work Il was meant 70 do
Perhaps q worse hobgobiin may
se uotted out Ct an early dayi
New York World.
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two two men named Berry and Taylor.
1.-THE two counties of fancy and Christian
$50 Bad Knobbers" were indicted, and .
lars number arrested and convicted Most
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Nilford's soldiers' Monument.

They had "a great time" in the old
town Of Milford, Conn, the other day, when
they dedicated the Soldiers monument there.
The day was beautiful and the town was
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-08

Milford was not only prompt in furnishing
volunteers not only for the defense Of the
Union, but was very ready in sending men to
defend the colonies IN the early days Of the
Revolution before tho Union was formed
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-09-08

Scotland, curling clubs St. Andrew societies
and Burns clubs. military escort was in
line, headed by those in Highland costume.