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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-01-04
YHE NEWS.
SATURDAY.

THE WAYS and Means Committee
are ot work on "A tariff bill, ana nave
begun hearing suggestions Inc cut
lery men of Connecticut were on hahu
Yesterday. They have - per cent
protection, and IA change OF clasSlI-
cation rs proposed would make IL 'o''
rThey say 'they must be protected or
they will die The stove mica men
the gold beaters, the tin-plate men,
the cruciblc steel and thcwire rod ana
wire manufacturers are all ON manu.
bcpping for more protcctiOn-'Or we
pcrjsh." And we are talking of mold
inc Worlds Fair to show all the
world how big these sucking babes are
The Paris papers yesterday morning
stated that $50 deaths in tWenty-louF
hours had resulted from the influenza
now racing through Europe ana be-
ginning to he felt in this country. ne
Paris figures, however, are OF doubtful
accuracy, yet there appears to be no
question that a largcnumbcr OF deaths
have taken place attributable to the
influenza.
John lIOoS, a piano mover, was AT
tackled Thursday night on Rush street
bridge, Chicago, by his brother-in-law,
il would seem, who owed John money,
After beating IIosS, the rullian threw
him into the river, from which he was
fishcd out. badly but not seriously
injured.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-01-04

The state geologist of Ohio an
nounces as the result of his investiga-
tions that the supply of natural gas
i'm that state will run out within the
next nine years. He means, Of course,
that kind that bubbles up out of the
earth. There is no danger of the sup
ply of the Foraker kind ever weaken
ing.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-01-04

The interests of the United States
in Africa will not suffer now that
Secretary of State Blaine has made up
his mind to keep sharp lookout in
that dircCtiOn.-ChjcdQO Journal.
This refers to the rumor current in
Washington that the recent dispatch
of a couple of American warshipS to
Lisbon means that Mr.. Blaineis about
to Join hands with Lord Salisbury in
putting a check to Portuguese aggres-
sons in Africa, over which England
and Portugal are in dispute. Thecase
is like this: England claims to own a
large strip of territory in East Africa
opposite the island Of Madagascar
South Of it-between that strip and
the English possessions in South
Africa-the Portuguese own large
strip. England wants a right of way
across the Portuguese possessions from
her northern to her southern posses
sions. and Portugal refuses to grant it,.
Portugal being the weaker power,
England sends a fleet to Lisbon to
force compliance with her unjust de-
mand. That is the upshot of the
howl of England about Portuguese ag-
erosion in Africa. And now will any
sane man tell what Mr.. Blaine or the
United States can have to say or do
a hnut it,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-01-04

Wonder if Edward Bellamy, who is
said to have already realized over
100000 in the copyright of his book
Looking Backward" is now ready to
divide and come down to basis OF
$500 a year?
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-01-04

For the year 1883 the balance of
trade against the United States was
$3.357,7 1872 in favor Of the Central
American States. S4l, 70S, 1872 in favor
of the Spanish West Indies. Cuba and
Porto Rico, 7,Ol2, 135 in favor of Ncnc-
zucla, SAG, j73,226 in favor of Brazil,
81, 252, 1S9 in favor of Uruguay, S46l, 29g
in favor Of Chilli, making a total in
favor of these countries and against
the United States Of more than one
hundred million dollars. With the
same countries Great Britain'S trade
was S27 ,OOOOOO in her favor.-Er.
In other words, enough American
ships have gone to those countries al
most cmpty-willing to carry Ameri-
can goods for next TO nothing rather
than 90 in ballaSt-to bring away
800, 600, 600 worth of South and Cen
trial American products: yet our Re
publican wiScaCreS say we must sub
sidizc expensive lines of steamers to
afford cheaper carriage for our goods
to Central and South America.
Cheaper than our sailing ships that
are already glad to carry them forneXt
to nothing English ships carry full
cargoc> to those countries because
protection has not doubled the price
of her products, and she finds a good
market for them. 1t is not to sub
sides" but tariff reform the United
States must look for a revival of her
South American trade.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-01-04

1t is said a bank clerk in Detroit
has caught the Russian grippe from
handling large sums of money. The
news must be comforting to the treas
urer of the New York Grant monu-
mpnt fund
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-01-04

The growth of Scandinavia import
ance in Minnesota is illustrated 10y the
fact that they have a better Swedish
newspaper in Minnesota than there is
In all Sweden.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-01-04

Portions of New York and PennSyl-
vania were visited on Thursday by a
regular April cyclone, with the usual
accomplishments Of thunder, light
ming, hail and a heavy rainfall. Many
buildings We're blown down and other
property destroyed, AMI several lives
were lost.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-01-04

The total OF main-track railway
building of the past year will not eX-
coed 5000 miles, the smallest construc-
ton for any year since 1885. The out
look for next year, however, is said to
be favorable for large increase.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-01-04

1t is stated that Mrs. Grant has
already received 100000 from the
publishers Of Gen. Grants Memoirs.
1t is the finest work thus far written
in connection with the rebellion and
the only one that will be read by pos
.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-01-04

The state of Maine still displays the
barbaric ignorance of paving a bounty
for killing crows, among birds one OF
the farmers best friends.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-01-04

Senator Allison, of Iowa, who is now
low down on the anxious seat about
his reelection to the senate, has Just
made the utterance: 81 think this
session Of congress will bring forth
some important legislation. The re-
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-07-12
10000 BABES TIED HAND AND FOOT.
Scenes in St Petersburg Hospital-A
Lady Doctor Who Smokes.

Scenes in St Petersburg Hospital-A
Lady Doctor who Smokes.
My letter of introduction to a young
Doctorina d d'Aneroth led me to visit the
Hospital Obicini. This is free hospital
and dispensary kept up by private dona-
tiOns. DIR. d 'AnerOth is an Oculist, and
she alone treats 10000 patients yearly,
while the other departments are equally
crowded.
The visit impresses one that every one
in st. Petersburg is poor and every one
distressed in body. My heart sickened at
the sight My friend treated, in my pres
ence, the eyes of ten persons in fifteen
minutes. Each was given some strong
application that sent the patient away in
agony. In the evening Imct several lady
physicians. One only could speak English.
She interpreted for the rest.
A few years ago the medical college
was open to women, and some POO We're
graduated. But it is now closed to them
with little hope of its being rcopened.
The DOctorina Chebonwa who entertained
us. was one of the first to graduate. She
has made diseases Of children speciality,
Is phvsician-in-chicf to a very, very large
children, shoSpital besides having a large
private practice. She is exceedingly
bright and might be taken for a typical
American lady doctor; but, alas! she
smokes cigarettes. She must have smoked
twenty during the evening
We visited the FoundIings Home
founded by Catharine H., of which had
often read, writes Alice b. Stockham in
the Chicago InterOcean. Here 10000
babies are annually admitted. And these
TO-, 600 babies are literally put into swad-
ding clothes. are rolled in two pieces of
cloth, and tied SO they can move neither
hand nor foot. You can take one up
much as you could piece of board.
1t is useless to try to express my inlig-
nation that anywhere on the globe in the
nineteenth century babies would be thus
treated. Each one has a wet nurse: the
house is clean and orderly and many a.
pliances are quite ingenious.
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Duluth.

Duluth is all that remains on this con-
tinent to perretuate the name of one of
the most devoted French missionaries
who were sent over here in the seven
teenth century. 1t is not likely that this
daring Jesuit priest ever dreamed Of any
monument to commemorate his life on
the lonely shores of Lake Superior, and
least of all one in the form of large and
growing city built by English-speaking
men.
Duluth, or, as the name would more
properly be written, Du Lhut, occupied
ground which was known to the French
as Fond -du Lac-which we should call
the Head -of-the Lake. All the shores
and islands of Superior were surveyed
and mapped by the French at an early
date. Du Lhut was among these explor-
ers. but his name does not appear until
1878.
About this time the missionary ex-
plorer established fort three OF four
miles up the river kaministiquia, on the
north shore of the lake. 1t was no doubt
much more a trading-post than a fort,
for the French had no rivals to fear
ward the site of Fort William, and was
the point from which the Hudson's Bay
Company shipped furs over the lake.
The nearest white neighbors that Du
Lhut had were at the Jesuit mission of
La Pointe, on the south shore of the lake,
directly opposite the Apostles Islands.
This place is now known as Bayfield,. 1t
had been established in 1870, and re-
manned the leading point of trade and of
influence with the Indians until the fall
of the French power in A merica in 1859.
Du Lhut is said to have been great
sufferer from gout, but this did not pre-
vent him leading an active life. What
explorations he may have made on his
side of the lake we do not know; but
there is a tradition connected with the
man that shows how keenly jealous the
French were of any interference with
their trade or their management of the
Indians.
1t is probable that Du Luht was on his
way to La Pointe by the western shore
of the lake, and that he was somewhere
near the site of the town that bears his
name, when he heard from the Indians
that white men had been seen on the
Mississippi He Immediately suspected
that the strangers were English explor-
ers, so he took with him a posse of four
men aud went down the st Croix river
until he reached the Mississippi Here he
fell in with Louis Hennepin, who had gone
above the falls of ST. Anthony, but had
been taken prisoner and brought down
the river by the indians. 1t was then
plain that Hennepin was the white man
of whom Du Lhut had heard rumors on
the shore of the lake.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-07-12
BENEDICT ARNOLD's HOUSE.


IL
iniscences of the Traitor.
The old Benedict Arnold house is still
standing in the fifth ward, on Water
street, near the corner of Olive street.
1t has fallen into decay, but there are
some gray haired citizens who remember
it when it was one of the show places of
the town. Its orchard was the largest
and finest in New Haven, and the
grounds were laid out in handsome ter
races.
Arnold built the house soon after his
return from Ticonderoga. He must have
been man of s me wealth, for the
house was we'll built and the grounds
were ample. Arnold was not a popular
man. He had violent and irascible
temper, and would rather fight than
eat, " as has been said of him. He al
ways found fault, and the ferrymen who
took passengers across the mouth of the
Quinnipiac river before the bridge was
built dreaded to have him for passen-
ger, for he always swore at them for not
rowing faster.
Nevertheless Arnold was man of
affairs. Besides his business as q drug
gist and bookseller, he, with Adam Bah
cock, owned three vessels engaged in the
West India trade. They were the brig
antne Fortune, 40 TONS the Charming
Sally, so tons, and the Three Brothers,
2S tons. Arnold never took particular
pains to see that all custom house dues
were paid; in fact, he was very lax in
this particular. 1t is related that once
nd Of Itc
vessels reported some of these laxities to
the collector of the port The report
was made on Sunday and the collector
refused to receive it, and told the sailor
to come again on Monday. In the mean
time Arnold had heard of the sailors
tale bearing. Before Monday came
Arnold adopted a course of moral and
physical suasion which compelled the
sailor to leave town with his tale untold.
Arnolds laxity in regard to the GUS
toms laws was probably not much
greater than that of his neighbors. In
deed, to evade the customs was virtue
rather than a fault, for it was regarded
as a justfiable method of protest against
taxation without representation.
ArnoIds pr ,perty was confiscated
after his trcachery at West Point was
discovered. Perpont Edwards acted on
the governments administration and
sold the property to Captain Isaac Prout.
Captain Prout made only a partial pay
ment, and was unable to meet the sub
Sequent payments as they became due
In this way the property came into the
hands of Noah Webster the lexico-
grapher, and he lived there for some
years, finally selling it to James Hunt
West India merchant, who devised it
to his daughter, wife Of D. Gotfe Phipps,
of this city. The house still remains in
Mrs. Phipps's possession, although it has
been almost dismantled.
Betsey Arnold a sister of Benedict
Arnold, lived for years and years after
her brothers disg ce in Norwich on
public charity W II she was 80 years
old she was taken to the almshouse by
old Sheriff f. &. Thomas. Betsey made
a great how-de-do about it, and was SO
grieved that she lived only a few months
She was strong old woman, and had
much of her brothers temper New
Haven Palladium.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-07-12
ia I1'H.
Except yc be rs a little child"

Except yc be rs a little child"
A thousand learned men, wild-eyed with
thirst,
Stopped at a spring beside the burning road
They would not bend to where the fountain
burst
Because they could not see from whence it
flowed;
Away they reeled upon their hopeless quest;
A little child. forgotten in the flight,
Drank and contentcdly lay down to rest,
And flowers smiled, and softly fell the night.
There was a church built up of faith and love
And duty, lofty hope and noble deeds:
A light slDne on it from Will above
And conseCrated ii to human needs
And men lived better for it, and they died
Trusting in what they deemed to be the
truth
The simple faith that on the farther side
Lost love is found again and lasting youth
Then came unquiet schoolmen and their
schools,
Where many asked and none could answer
why;
Wise men they were, yet in their wisdom fools
Whose minds were keenest as their lSarts
were dry;
Their wistfu gaze was strained to pierce the
light;
1t dazHlcd them until they could not see
Half that is open to the unquestioning sight
Of untaught youth or wiser infancy.
-lThomas f. Watson.
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The meri can Queen.

Max ORell has the following to say
about the women of America, England,
and France: There is, | believe, no coun-
try where men and women go through
life on such equal terms as in France. In
England the man thinks himself much
superior being to the woman. 1t is the
same in Germany. In America should
feel inclined to believe that a woman
looks down upon man with certain
amount of contempt. She receives at his
hands attentions of all sorts, but cannot
say that have ever discovered in her the
slightest trace of gratitude to man. Will
you have a fair illustration of the posi-
ton of woman in France, in England,
and in America? Go to hotel and watch
the arrival of couples in the dining room.
In France you will see them arrive to-
gether, walk abreast toward the seat as
signed to them, very often arm in arm.
In England you will see John Bull lead
ing the way, followed by his meek wife
with her eyes cast down. In America
behold the dignifed, nay, majestic entry
of Mrs. Jonathan, queen going toward
her throne, and Jonathan behind.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-07-12

used afterward, and reached bottom at
110 fathomS.
In the afternoon several officers made
a trip to the top of the cliff. The bed
where the mass of rock had rested was
SO steep no one could go on it. By actual
measurement it was 400 feet long. What
the height of the rock had been no one
could say. Although loosened and un
dermined by the rains of ages, it might
have stood for 100 years Morc, but the
vast rush of air driven up the side of the
canyon by the discharge of the gun
started the mass, with the results mar
rated.
In the Straits of Magellan we met the
French man-of-war Villa de Paris and
informed them what had occurred. We
afterward heard that she fired her bat
terry before venturing through, but did
not bring down piece as large as
mans hand. Soon after we reached
Montevideo, only to find orders from
Washington that detained us several
months, and we did not reach Hampton
Roads till August From there we went
to Boston, and were paid off September
2S, 1877. WANDERER.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-07-12

1t is reported that Du Lhut returned
from his expedition by way of Lake
Michigan. If this was the case then it
may be supposed that he went down the
Mississippi to the mouth of the Wiscon-
sin, up that river to Portage, across to
the Fox river, and by that stream to
Green bay. He had then a good many
hundred miles of coasting along shores
that were difficult of navigation in open
canoes.
This following up by Du Lhut of a
flying rumor of a white man seen some-
where on the upper waters of the Mis-
sissippi gives us a lively idea of the feel
ing with which neighbors would have
been regarded, especially if those ncig,
bors had CHANGED to be English people.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-07-12
The International Boundary.

The boundary line between the United
States and Canada is not Imaginary, +"
as most people suppose. The fact is the
line is distinctly marked from Lake Mich
igan to Alaska by cairns iron pillars,
earth mounds and timber clearings.
There are 395 of these marks between
the Lake in the Woods and the base of
the Rocky mountains The British place
one post every two miles and the United
States one between each British post.
The post are Of cast iron, and cast on
their faces are the words Convention
of London, October 20, 1915" Where
the line crosses lakes, mountains of
stones have been built projecting eight
feet above high water mark. In forests
the line is defined by telling trees for
a space a rod wide -[St Louis Globe
Democrat.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-07-12
A LONG-LOST SWORD FOUND.


covered aItef ears.
Frederick Mather, superintendent Of
the New York State Fishery Commission
at Cold Spring Harbor, has recently had
a peculiar and interesting experience
AT the outbreak of the war he enlisted
in the One Hundred and Thirteenth New
York Regiment, which was shortly af-
terward converted into twelve batteries
of heavy or garrison artillery. These
batteries were instructed in gun-drill at
Washington, but when it became certain
that there was little danger of the Con-
federates attacking the capital the regi-
ment was ordered into the field as in
fantry. They, however, clung to their
title of the Seventh New York Heavy
Artillery, designation they had re-
ceived on being transformed into gun
nerS.
On June 16, 1864, Lieutenant Mather
was in command Of L company, which
was the color company of the regiment,
and belonged to the first division of the
Second Corps, commanded by General
Hancock. The command was moving
on the enemy's works at Petersburg, Va.
the two bodies diverged. The Confed-
crate forces rushed through the gap, and
the right of the One Hundred and Thir-
teenth or Seventh New York Heavy Ar
tillery were taken prisoners. To save
the colors Lieutenant Mather determined
to bury them. This he did, and he was
in the act of burying his sword, pres
entation from Battery l, on which his
name was engraved, when a Southerner
stepped up and said:
Look here, Yankee, just drop that"
and ordered him to move inside the en-
emy's trenches.
81 obeyed the order" said Captain
Mather, land was carrying my sword
in its scabbard, and belt in my hand,
when man in plain clothes demanded
it of me. | saw he was a civilian, who
had only come out to have shot at us,
and l resisted. During our struggle,
and just as the man was about to strike
me with his fist, an officer came up and
Indignantly asked if he was about to
strike a prisoner. The man fell back,
and | handed my sword to the officer,
who, thinking | was wounded, offered
me hospitality and [ wrote his name
and address on a New York Tribune
that had in my pocket. Nothing could
have been kinder than the behavior of
my captor. Twas subsequently confined
in prisons at Macon, Ga, Charleston, and
Columbia, S. c., and lost the memoranda
with the name of the man who had my
sword. | had some idea he was a Georgia
man, and in my travels in connection
with tish-culture in the Southern States
have always been trying to find some
trace of him.
"a few years ago Captain L. Brewster,
who had served in A Company, Tenth
Alabama Regiment, during the war,
died. A Southern paper published that
among his property was a sword belong
ing to Lieutenant Mather. The item was
copied into the National Tribune, and
saw it. | communicated with Captain
Brewsters representatives, and the 1st
of this month the old sword, scabbard,
and belt once more came into my pos
session. The scabbard has an indenta-
ton, where ball struck it in the battle.
They are relics of a by-gone feud, but l
prize them very dearly. New York
Tribune.
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DO YOU RIFLE?
Tho New and Pleasant Method to Pro
long Life.


long Life.
Do you rizzle every day? Do you
know how to rizzle? One of the swell
doctors in town says that it is the most
wonderful aid to perfect health. II
masticate my food very thoroughly at
dinner, he says, land make sure to have
my family or friends entertain me with
bright talk and plenty of fun. After
dinner it is understood that am going
to rizzle. How do do it? | retire to
my study, and having darkened the room
] light a cigar, sit down, and perform the
operation. How to describe it | don't
know, but it is a condition as nearly like
sleep as sleep is like death. 1t consists
in doing absolutely nothing. | close my
eyes and try to stop all action of the
brain. | think of nothing. 1t only takes
little practice to be able to absolutely
stifle the brain. In that delightful con-
dition | remain at least ten minutes,
sometimes twenty. That is the cOndi-
ton most healthful to digestion, and it
is that which accounts for the habit
animals have of sleeping after eating. |
would rather miss a fat fee than that ten
minutes rizzle every day. y Chatter.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-07-12
A New Carriage Motor.

A Munich firm has made carriage
which is propelled by gas generated from
benzine or analogous material. The motor,
which is not visible from the outside, is
placed in the rear of 3-wheeled carriage
over the main axle, and the benzine used
in its propulsion is carried in a closed
copper receptacle secured under the seat,
from which it passes, drop by drop, to
the generator. The speed of the motor is
absolutely under control, and can be reg
ulated by pressing lever. A speed Of
about 10 miles an hour can be attained.