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Concerning the Panama Canal.

II you ask Frenchman here will the canal
ever be finished, he will say yes if he thinks
he may be reported as expressing an opinion.
But if he can trust you, he will say ''never."'
You ask him Also" Will De Lesseps get mere
money! YES" he replies. "The French
government must aid De Lesseps. To have
the work stop now, and to lose the money
already put into it, would cause revolution
in France Thinking men here upon the
isthmus do not for one moment believe tho
canal will be finished. But 50 long as the
money comes here and merchants and others
can grow rich, no one cares, and none want
to see the work stop.--Panama Cor. Phils
delphia Press
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Matthew Arnold,s Street Courtesy.

Matthew Arnoldwas not quite in harmony
with our American ideas Of ordinary behav-
ior, or what, at least, used to be our Ameri-
can ideas. His standard of courtesy was
European. The story was told by a Boston
lady at the time of his first visit that, being
bound for fremont temple to hear Mr.. Ar
mold lecture, she got into a street car that
passed down fremont street. and found the
seats all occupied, She happened to find her.
self, as she stood grasping a strap, exactly in
front of rather tall foreign gentleman Of n
somewhat-to her-uncouth appearance. She
had stood there some little time when the
foreign gentleman leaned for ward and asked
her whether the car went past fremont tenn
pie. at does sir" she said "Ah, thanks"
said he "And how shall know, please" he
went on, "when we have reached fremont
temple2' 81 am going there" the lady said,
land I will let you know when we arrive"
"Ah, thanks" he said again, and settled back
into his seat.
The lady hung to her strap until the car
reached fremont temple. She beckoned the
conductor to stop, and then said to the for
eign gentleman: "This is fremont temple.n
"Ah, thanks" said he. They got off to-
gether, and the lady soon discovered, upon
the lecturers appearance at the desk, what
she had already surmised, that the gentleman
who had questioned her was Matthew
Arnold himself. She thought it a little odd
that, having ventured on the inquiry, he
should not have returned the favor of her re-
spouse by Offering her his seat; but the
thought probably never entered his head.
And the usage in this matter in Boston is as
similatinp so COMPLETELY to the EurOpean
might fare just the same today with an out
and out Yankee lecturer. Boston Transcript.
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divided unknown to the crew, came together
on down grade with terrific force, and tho
dynamite and giant powder with which two
Of the cars were loaded exploded with fright
full effect One Of the illustrations accom-
panying this article shows portion Of the
track at the scene Of the explosion. The
track, as shown In the cut, has been repaired.
Just where the man stands there was hole,
10 feet deep and 80 feet In diameter, caused
by an exploded car.
Some idea of the force of the explosion will
be gathered when it is stated that seventeen
buildings near the scene were wrecked, trees
for wide space around were thrown over,
and thirty persons were injured.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-05-26

with the New York state fishing commission,
and is great friend OF that genial, gray
bearded disciple Of Izaak Walton, Seth Green,
the "father Of the fishes" Bob Roosevelt is
also son of the founder of the Roosevelt
hospital in New York, and uncle Of Theodore
Roosevelt, otherwise known as Teddy, who
has made himself famous in the cleaner sort
of politics and as hunter and ranchman Of
the far west.
Robert Roosevelt has always been strong
Democrat, has never affiliated with Tam
many, was at one time editor Of Tho New
York Citizen, and Is the author Of several
literary productions, mostly devoted to fish.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-05-26
A DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR.
The Resignation of Professor Barnard
from Columbia College.

The Resignation of Professor Barnard
from Columbia College.
The resignation of Professor Frederick
Augustus Barnard from the presidency Of
Columbia college, which was recently an
nounced, has deprived that celebrated and
time honored institution of one of the most
distinguished scholars, scientists and writers
of the United States For nearly quarter
of century Professor Barnard has been at
the head of Columbia, and the progressive
spirit which has manifested itself in the
councils of the university Of recent years has
been largely due to his efforts He is q man
Of profound attachments in almost every
branch Of learning, and in the course of his
eighty years of usefulness he has written
many works on scientific subjects, some of
them Of very abstruse nature, which are
characterized by the exhaustive research and
penetrating insight which so clearly marked
the essayists of the beginning Of this century
He has been especially successful as an as
tronomer, and has made many expeditions to
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-05-26

always been a hard worker, and the college
which graduated such men as Chief Justice
Jay, Alexander Hamilton and De Witt Clin-
ton has, during his administration, turned
out some of the greatest jurists and states
men Of the time. Professor Barnard Is highly
thought of by all with whom he has come in
contact, and though a man Of unlimited
knowledge of the sterner Sort he is by no
means pedant, and is noted for his numer-
Gus charities and the gentleness Of his mae-
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and in the regions
adjacent thereto
which abound with
fish, he is every
where spoken Of as
Fisherman Bob. -"
He Is Of medium
height, dark COM
plexioned and full
bearded. He tells
a good story with
extreme zest, and
his bright eyes
sparkle whenever
he makes a good
point. He has been
connected for a
number of years
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-05-26
An Extensive Possibility.

Chicago Lady-John Wabash, you went to
bed last night with your boots on.
Chicago Husband-Er-did II
Chicago Lady-Yes, you-er-did. What
would you do if went to bed with my
boots on!
Chicago Husband-Id have to buy new
bed,-Tbe Epoch.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-05-26

Perhaps the family who suffered most from
the explosion was that Of James McEnes. A
good idea of the way this house was knocked
out" is shown by the accompanying cut, from
a photograph taken directly after the terrible
disaster.
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rarely visited parts
of the western hem
isphere in search of
astronomical data.
He has also gained
considerable d S
tinction as a mathe-
matician, and his
book on analytic
Grammar W i { h
Symbolic Illustra-
tion," which he,
wrote more than
fifty years ago, Is
still used In all the
principal institu-
tions for the deaf
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-05-26
"Fisherman Bob"

Robert Barnwell Roosevelt, recently ap-
pointed by President Cleveland minister to
the Netherlands, is best known, perhaps, as
a fisherman. In New York city, his home.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-05-26

A New York physician says he is con-
tinually surprised by the increase of wealth
and power among the Jews
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The Recent Dynamite Explosion.
In the history Of curious accidents, which
are attended by great loss of life, the one
which recently occurred near Locust Gap,
Pa, is remarkable. A train, which became
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Freight trains carrying passengers leave Ottawa
follows: For Paw Paw and Earl. i.20P.M: for stres.
tor, 500 A. NJ. sos p NJ, and 10 90 A. n; Tor Aurora
II. 90 AN.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars, c d. & O. Drawiss
Room Cars Horizons Reclining Chair Cars, and the G..
y. g. Palace Dining Cars, by this route All Informs.
ton about rates of fare sleeping accommodations
and time tables Will be cheerfuy given by applying
PAUL MORTON
General Passenger and Ticket Agent, Chicago.
II. Il. STONE,
General Manager Chicago. GEO. K. ROE,
Agent at Ottawa
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professional TarDa.
ATT q r N e Y Q.

Q. GRlGus. p. g. ALLEN.
NRIdGS * ALLEN, Attorneys ana Coun
~ selors AZ Law. Office over First National Bank
ottawa. ILL., APRIL
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Nos. and 10 arrive in Chicago at 10 A. NJ and leave
Chicago ~ 5 p. NJ. daily Sunday excepted).
No. ~ carries passengers from Geneseo to Ottawa
No. 70 carries passengers between Joliet and La
Sae, and No. 20 between La Sale and Joliet
Nos. % and IS carry passengers between Blue Island
and La Sale. X. X. CABLE, Genl Manager.
k. ST. JOHN X. +. PRrTTYMAN
Gen'l Tiki & Pass ACT. Agent at Ottavs
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I ESSE Il. ItUGEF, Attorney and Counselor
az Law. ONCE in the Colwell Sherwood Block.
North Of postotice. feb.'g
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mr.. w. T.. WEE;SE, successor 20 Dr. VIM.
- Sheppard Veterinary Surgeon and Dentist As.
ssant State Veterinarian graduate Ontario Veterinary
College Canada Dental course under Sayre and Drake
Chicago Otiice and lnhrmary lafayette ST., Ottawa,
III feblS-lyr.
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DUNCAN Nc DouGALL O. H. CHAPMAN
McDOUdA ~ OH "A N. Attor.
Iu neys at Law. Gedney's Block. Ottawa, H. apr3O
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Lightning Express, Denver Express, and Kansas City
and ST. Louis Express trains run daily; Express Mali
and Joliet Accommodation run daily, except Sunday.
Kansas City and ST. Louis Express going south runs
through without change OF cars. Morning train TO St
ouis has free chair cars and evening train through
,leepers 10 ST. Louis and Springfield.
JAY W. ADAMS
Ticket Agent G. Il A. Railroad.
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~ w. w. BLAKE, Attorney and Counselor
~. al Law. Room 49, Opera House Block, Ottawa,
ILL., All legal business promptly attended 10. jsn3i
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nR. f. w. WEBS, tDeutcher Doctor) late
~ Physician and Surgeon 10 the St. Louis Female
Hospital ONCE over sefels Clothing Store corner OF
Main and La Sale streets. Residence on Boath bluff
az Mrs.. RensB. ap1
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nR. q. MILLER, the well known Oculls
~ and Aurlst ottawa, Ill ONCE, over Lynch's dry
goods store, Main street
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I OR ENZO LILA N ID, Attorney and Coun.
- selor at Law. Office In POstotiice Block. Ottawa
Illinois. mar5'g7
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-03-30
The Last Rose of Summer.
A MONTPELIER IDYLL

a MONTPELIER IDfLL.
In prominent town, IN the state of YER
mont,
The last rose of summer was blooming"
Which greatly offended newspaper man.,
Named Hiram the First, the assuming"
Said Hiram to BRAD, wit is really too bad
That this last rose should be so presuming,
And the fact that it blooms right under my
Does not suit my manner of pruning.
Now mind what say, I'll start right away
And 20 to the head of the nation,
Aud its petals I'll nip, and its Wings | will
clip,
And III pluck this last rose from its sta
So chewing a Glove he went to see Grove"
His musket with seven charges loaded;
But when he returned his powder he'd burned
But the charges remained uneXploded.
Chopfallen and sour, and shorn of his power,
His sad way then homeward he wended:
But t. e flower that was nipped and the wing
that was clipped
Were not those by Hiram intended
As he sat in his sanctum, he sadly exclaimed:
"l'm undone; my labors are wasted;
The cup has been dashed from my 1eVerlsn
lips,
Just as its first joys had tasted.
"Since hung out the rag, by some called a
Before from the Falls was driven,
I've ne'er had blow that has laid me so low
As This one that Grover has given
II thought had everything safe in my grip,
The honor, and glory, and money,
But to have the whole business away from
tell you i isn't so funny"
Montpelier, VT, March "a, 1888.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-03-30

Pliny relates that tomb at Cyprus bore a
lion carved with eyes of emeralds so bright
they frightened away the fish in the sea.
Nero wore an eyeglass of emerald, which
was supposed good for the sight and it is
said that lapidaries who cut emeralds have
good eyesight, because the hue of the stone
refreshes the eye. The Orentals believe
that wearing an emerald imparts courage
and averts disaster. 1t was ground down
and taken as a medicine in doses of six
grains as cure for various disorders. AT
the conquest of Peru the Spaniards captured
hundred weights of emeralds, and one dedi,
Gated to the goddess Esmeralda was the sizC
of an ostrich egg. Cortez gave his bride q
largo emerald carved like a rose, which
reused the queens envy and lost him the
court favor.-Wide Awake.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-03-30
CAPTAIN MORTON's CLAIM.
A vermonter who Wants to be Advanced
on the Retired List of the Navy.

A yermonter who Wants to be Advanced
on the Retired List of the Navy.
Senator Hoar of Massachusetts present
ed in the United States Senate last week
the petition of Capt. Morton of Essex, VT,
who asks to be advanced on the retired
list of the navy to the rank of lieu
tenant commander He is now 70
years of age, and followed the
sea for more than 40 years. He was
one of the foremen in the Boston navy
yard before the war, and early enlisted
under Commodore Foote, in his Western
flotilla. He was in nearly every river
fight in the West from Donelson to the
close of the war. He was severely injured
during the attack on Fort Donelson, but
| recovered so as to take part in the battle
at Island No. 10. He was with Lieut.
| Selfridge when his vessel went down. He
| afterward commanded the gunhoat Gen
eral Thomas, and when Hood advanced
on Nashville Morton went to the assistance
of General Granger at Decatur, anc
prevented the confederates crossing
the river before Thomas could concen
trate his forces. Morton says that Granger
! said to him, Captain, If you had beef
sent from heaven you could not have comt
at more opportune moment" At the
close Of the war Morton was honorably
discharged with the rank of acting mas
ter. He then re-entered the navy and was
assigned to the South Atlantic squadron
He incurred the dlspleasure Of the com
handing officer and was dismissed, but ap
piled for reinstatement and when it wa!
| granted he was put at the foot of the list o
ensigns He claims that haG he been givel
his proper place he would now be lieu
tenant commander and for his few re
naming years he wants the small differ
| enCe of pay involved
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-03-30
FRIEND, ARE YOU SICK ?

Do you have pains about the sides, chest anG
back2 Does your mouth have a bad taste. es-
pecially in the morning2 DO you feel duii
and sleepy Is there sort OF sticky slirnr
ab0nt the teeth2 Is your appetite poor? 10
there feeling like heavy load on the stom-
ach- sometimes faint, ALI gone sensation at
the pit of the stomach, which food does mot
satisfy Do your hands and feet become cold
ard clammy2 Have you a dry coughY Arc
your eyes sunken2 Do you cXpcctorate green
ish.coored matter2 Are you hawking and
splitting a or part of the time? Do you fee
tired all the while Are you nervous irritable
and gloomy? Do you have evil fOrcbodings2
is there giddiness-a sort OF whirlinV sensa-
ton in the head-when rising up suddenly (
DO your bowels become costive Is your skin
hot and dry at times2 Is your blood thick and
stagnant2 Are the whites of our eyes tinged
wit yellow Is your urine scanty and highly
colored? Does 1t deposit Il sediment after
standing2 Do you frequently spit up your
food, sometimes with sour taste and some
times with a sweet2 Is this freque attend
ed with palpitation of the heart? Has your
| vision become impalred2 Are there spots be-
| fore the eyes2 Is there a feeling of great
prostitution and weakness 2 If you suffer from
any OF these symptoms, call at your drug store
| and get q bottle of
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-03-30
COUNTY COURT.
Names of Persons Drawn to Serve as
Petit Jurors,

The following is the list of petit jurors
drawn for the April term of County
Court, which is not grand jury term.
Bolton-T. II. McGinnis.
Burlington-T $. Peek. II. C. Smith, Rolin
Pease, J.J. Flynn. l.. G, Burnham, G. A. Hall,
b. X. Seymour, Cetfas Lapriese.
Charlotte-J. II. Thorp, Guy Willoughby.
Colchester-C, H. Shipman X. j, White.
EsseX-J. w. Sibley, d. NJ, Smead, E. T.
Garvin.
Neutrality-suspicious. Coleman, John
Stearns.
Huntington-A.' White, H. II. Brewster
Jercho-Frank Howe, NJ. X, Chaplin.
Rchmond-H. f. Colby, ii. S. Conant.
Shelburn-Frank Harman H. w. Tracy.9
South Burington-Curtis Partridge.
Underhiil-A. N. Clark, Isaac Whitaker,
Westford-T c. Nichols, III. NJ Rice.
Williston---G. S. Pease, b. b. Brown.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-03-30
Keep yeur liver IN good, healthy

working condition, and you will then have a
good appetite. be free from indigestion, sick
headache. heartburn, costiveness and all the
ills that flesh is heir to. Steele's Little Bile
Pills can be taken with the utmost confidence
that they will achieve this feat. They are
purely vegetable in composition, and a2e
unequalled as a cleaner of the system. They
are easy to take. and entirely free from grip
ing. Price 25 cents per bottle at w. II. Zots
man e. Co and Bellrose & Grant,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-03-30
THE STEAMER MAGUAM.
Her Trips to be Extended to Burlington
This Season.
From the Swanton Courier.l

From the Swantou Courier.l
1t was settled while Capt. Hawley was
in Boston that the steamer Maquam is to
be run the coming season, and will com
mence trips between Swanton and Platts
burg as soon as navigation opens. 1t was
also decided by the Boston ana Lowell
management to put on White Mountain
train and extend the run of the Maqu8m
to Burlington during the summer travel
Capt. Hawley will command the boat and
nearly all the old crew retained. An effort
is being made to build dock at Petit's Oh
North Hero. 1t this is done it will greatly
accommodate the people on the North end
who are now obliged to drive several
miles Workmen will be set to work fit
ting out the steamer soon.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-05-17
THE CATTLE INTERESTS.
Stock Losses in the Panhandle--Ship-
ments Interfered With.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.

Stock Losses in the Panhandle--Ship-
ments Intertered With.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.
Fort WORTH, May st is understood
that the capital syndicate last winter lost
a larger number of cattle than has been
generally admitted, and that on the
southern part of their ranch-the Yellow
house pasture-the losses were quite
heavy-due TO scarcity of water and
weakening of the cattle before the bad
weather set in by long drives and poor
pasture.
The washoHts on the railways west and
northwest from Fort Worth are obstruct-
ing the shipmants of cattle from those
sections to some extent, many train loads
having been enroute, when the road beds
were destroyed. Cattlemen seem to be
gaining belief in the ability of Texas to
mature within her own borders, all the
cattle bred therein, as is evidenced not
alone by these ctatements to that effect,
but by the fact that great many of them
in all parts of the state are retaining on
their ranges animals which in former
years, they would have used every
means to rid themselves of, and by the
further fact that many of them are
watching the markets for feedstuffs, with
view of obtaining sufficient feed to
carry large punches of cattle over the
winter.
"This will be an unusually prosperous
year for the cowmen," was the statement
by leading cattleman to day, "and
they will be enabled, with the receipts
from cattle marketed during the summer,
to prepare to carry through the winter
the herds remaining on their hands, and
everything points to their carrying on
the cattle feeding business successfully
next winter, at least for a time. With good
crops feed will be low on the market, and
in all probability the value of fattened
beeves next spring will be such as will
allow good margin on steers put up this
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-05-17

shipped once as gods, will be the
very food of scorn, while they
who bear of the burden OF
defeat who earned ana kept
their self respect, who would not DOW TO
man or men for place or power, Will wear
upon their brows the laurel mingled with
the oak. Roscoe Chnkling was man of
superb courage. He not only acted with
out fear, but he had that forti:ude OF soul
that bears the consequences OF the course
pursued without complaint. He was
charged with, beng proud. The charge was
true' He was proud. His knees were as
infsxible as the unwedgeable and gnarled
oak. But he was not vain. Vanity rests
on the opinion of others; pride on our
own. The source of vanity is from with
ont; of pride, from within. Vanity is
yane that turns, willow that bends with
every breeze; pride ls the oak that
defies the storm. One is a cloud; !;
the other a rock. One is weakness;
the other strength. This imperious man
entered public life in the day of the
reformation, at time when the country
needed men of pride, of principle and
courage. The institution of slavery had
poisoned all the springs of power. Before
this crime ambition fell upon its knees;
politicians, judges, clergymen, merchants,
princes bowed low and humbly with their
hats in their hands. The real friend of
man was denounced as the enemy of
his country. The real enemy of
the human race was called a
statesman and patriot. Slavery
was the bond and pledge of the peace of
the union and national greatness. The
temple of American liberty was finished.
The auction block was the corner stone.
1t is hard to conceive of the utter demor-
alization, of the political blindness and
immortality, of the cruelty, of the degra-
dation of people who supplemented the
incompatible declaration of independence
with the fugitive slave law.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-05-17
MURDER IN MEXICO.

Assassination of Alberto Perez at Hidalgo
on the Rio Grande.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.
LAREDO, May 11.-A courier arrived in
New Laredo this afternoon from the town
of Hidalgo, up the river on the Mexican
side some seventy miles, and reports the
bloody assassination in that place night
before last of Alberto Perez, foster son
of the alcalde or mayor of the town. The
mans body was found in the
morning in dark street lying
on its face with three unsightly stabs
one in the back of the neck and two in
the back. The young man is said to
have been carrying on Illicit intimacy
with the wife of a prominent rancher,
and it is supposed that was the cause of
his death. Although no clew to the perpe-
traitor can be found, suspicion rests upon
the ranchman. 1t is thought at least that
he was instrumental in the death of the
deceased.