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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-07-12
II, G.. DICKERMAN,
BREEDER Of
Genuine Shetland Ponies,

Calls the attention of stock rasers TO his sud of royal
high bred and fancy stations T. be kept in service the
entire season Of 1891.
"COHANSY,"A Arabian and Morgan (best all business
horses on earth sired by Gay Stranger he by Green
Mountain. he by Clifford, he bv woodbury.. ne oy Jus
tin Morgan Color. black and white weight LAO lbs;
l5H hands high. Dain by spotted Arabian. =,
"HIGHLAND." Scotch Highland pony, years old.
imported last August so inches high. weighs GU lbs
color black and white, stout built. rOu d and smooth.
VIII make fine cross on a mares and ponies yer
a inches high. - ,,-,
MAMMALIAN I'd. pure Shetland 10 inches high.
weight 3i4 pounds Coor. black shape. trultless.
TOMMY LYNN. pure Shetland, sired by Maximllllan
Sd sorre light name and tail Ss inches high weight
300 lbs years old. little beauty.
Some OF the Cohansy's colts have been shi ped TO
Albany, N. Y. where they have brought good prices
one matched pair tspOttel) sold SCR $i5Q spotted
gedng sold for $l20 spotted marc sold for fS0O
pair OF half boods by Maximlan I'd were held at an
offer of $500 half blood stud shipped 10 Foresl CIV
Iowa. was held at offer OF 800 one Mt weaving
time sold for t65 Mare, weighing LOO lbs. cn be
bred to Macmillan or Tommy Lynn. Service fee on
each of above stations Is SIS to insure Pasture for
mares from a distance 80 cents p'r week. Accidents
ami escapes at owners risk Above stations will stand
in my stables In Grad Rapids Township. miles s. e.
of ottawa. at all times, summer and fall: excepting
Highland and Tommy Lynn who will stand Saturdays
in Grand Ridge. 1t +. Poundstones stable, from April
10th 10 June Gath.
H. c.. DICKERMAN.
June lt2 mos. p. o. Marsellles, Ill.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-07-12
Ladies' Have Tried II.

A number of my lady customers have
tried Mothers Friend, and would not
be without it for many times its cost.
They recommend il 10 all who are to
become mothers. r. A. PAYNE, Drug
glst, Greenville, Ala. Write Bradiield
Reg Co., Atlanta, Ga, for particulars.
BY all druggists.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-07-12
es not already supplied should

Families not already supplied should
lose no time in securing bottle of
Chamberlain's Cole, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy. 1t is the only remedy
that can always be depended upon for
bowel complaint in all it's forms. -
and 80 cent bottles for sale h. II. f..
Ganen e Son.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-07-12

DR.. Bigelow's stomach and liver pills
are a valuable family medicine, limo
cent as bread yet powerful Tor thc re-
moval Of any cause OF sickness. Gan
be taken with perfect safety by ola or
Young without altering diet or fear OF
cold. They are small, and their action
pleasant. Price % cents. Free trial
box Of Il. Y. Griggs.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-07-12
Buckltn's Arnica SaIve.

The best sa!ye III the world for cuts, bruises
sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, letter
chapped hands, chilblains, cOrns, and all skin
eruptions, and positively cures piles, or 70 pay
required. 1t Ia guaranteed 10 give perfect sat
isfaction. or money refunded. Price 25 cents
DER hoy For sale nv ID. I"rriany
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-07-12

The great source OF the extensive
curative range of DIR. Bigelow's Stom-
ach and Liver Pills are in the gentle
operative action, removing all re-
strant from the secretive organs, pur-
flying the blood, stimulating the Sc
cretiOns to healthy action and remov-
ing all morbid and refuse matter from
thu gVSfpm
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-07-12

The "Pallas" unloaded $4,000 feet OF
lumber at Colwells yard on the north
side yesterday.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-07-12
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

We are authorized to announce
Ebcne2er Barber as candidate for the
office of sheriff, subject TO the decision
Of the Democratic county convention.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-07-12

A fine top buggy, our own manutac-
ture, for SO, AT GAY SONS.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-08-08
Smuggling Jewels From Mexico.

Commenting upon evidence in re-
cent smuggling case tried in San An
tonic, Texas, District Attorney Evans
told his experience in the trial of men
charged with bringing goods across the
border without having paid duty.
'Thc Government" he said, ''might
as well abolish the duty on jewelry and
precious stones, so far as its value along
the Mexican border is concerned. Great
quantities of auch are brought into this
country, but it is very seldom that duty
is paid upon them. OF course, the
smaller an article is the easier it is to
escape detection. Fine jewelry and pre-
cious stones are safely smuggled on this
account, and quite number of the
smugglers are known to the Custom
house officials, who, however cannot be
detected.
ssMen and women almost known to
have jewelry in their possession are
stopped and searched, but nothing duti-
able is revealed. A thousand dollars
worth of precious stones might be hid
den under plaster. False pockets in
clothes and wearing apparel are common.
do not believe that as many precious
stones as formerly are brought from
Mexico, but there is plenty of Mexicaa
jewelry smuggled into the United States. .
.-Micago Herald
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-08-08
SYCAMORES IN BLOOM.

Like fame wing'd harps the seed blooms lie
Amid the shadowy sycamores.
The music of each leaflets sigh
Thrills them continually
The small harps OF the sycamores
Small birds innumerable find rest
And shelter midst the sycamores.
Their songs (of love in a warm soft nesD
Are family echoed east and west
By the red harps o the sycamores.
The dewfall and the starshine make
Amidst the shadowy sycamores
Sweet delicate strains; the gold beams shake
The leaves at morn, and swift awake
The small harps of the sycamores.
y sweet earth's music everywhere,
Though faint as in the sycamores:
Sweet when buds burst. birds pair;
Sweet when as thus there wave in the air
The red harps of the sycamores
-Witttam Sharp, in Harper's Magazine.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-08-08
A FrOlic Of Fashion.

A prominent dealer in leather, from
London, says that never before was there
such craze in London for queer leaAler
as at the present time. He says also:
''All kinds of skins, from the tough,
thick hide of an elephant to the thinner,
tenderer frogs, are pressed into service to
meet the demands of the fashionable.
Some of our shops are stocked with a
supply of fancy articles that are made
from the skins of all sorts of beasts, rep
tiles and fishes. These singular objects
are exhibited in the windows, where
their appearance proves great attraction
to the crowds. Made up into various ar
ticles are yellow pelican skins, lion and
panther skins, buffalo skins fish skins,
monkey skins, and the coverings of al
most every living thing known. They
are tanned and sometimes dyed with diff
ferent colors. 1 think it looks hideous
to see pretty girl walking along the
streets swinging porte-monnaie made of
the scaly skin of boa-constrictor. But
it's fashion, you know, and reminds one
of the old story of beauty and the beast"
Commercial Adcertiser.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-08-08
MEMORIES.

When twilights hush is drawing nigh
And thwart the blue the shadows lie.
Fond mem'ries cluster thick and fast
Around the dear old buried past;
Tis then dream of rosy hours,
Faith, hope and love in wooded bowers,
And merry voices low and sweet,
And converse fraught with joy complete
Still brighter visions round me cling,
When song birds brown are carrolling,
How that we pledged our hearts pure vows
Beneath the apples crimson boughs
And strolled the woodlands through and
through
For clovers red and vi'lets blue.
And smiling. laughing lily bells,
The pride Of moss entangled dells.
These vanished years they come and 60.
Like spectres gliding to and fro,
Across my weary, songless path
That lies along ife's aftermath;
But soon, beyond the sun-kissed hills,
When freed from earthly cares and ills,
I'll meet the loved and brave of yore,
And yearn the perfect past no more.
Philadelphia Telephone.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-08-08

The Boston Culticator believes that
''men of purely scientific training are of
less assistance in practical affairs than
their education would suggest. The
man of science has little faith in new
methods or new inventions He is sell
dom an originator. His knowledge is
that of tradition. He frequently scouts
at new ideas as impracticable, because
they are not recognized in books. The
inventor seldom travels in the same road
with the scientist. The inventor needs
to leave the beaten path and press on to
the unexplored forest of possibilities.
He is often handicapped if he endeavors
to conform to rules already laid down
by pure science. Few college-bred men
have proved inventors. Original
thought, bold action, patient persistence,
knowledge of natures laws are prime
factors in the successful career of the
inventor"
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-08-08

The Philadelphia Press enumerates
these instances to prove that modern
commerce has curious effects on price
and on the lives of animals Camphor
has gone up in this country from sixty
to ninety cents a pound because it, is
wanted in Europe for smokeless pow
ders. Rubber has advanced from fifty
five to ninety cents pound because SO
much of it is wanted in electrical opera
tons. Copper, besides being wanted in
telegraph, telephone and electric light
wires, has advanced because sulphate of
copper has been found to be the only
sure cure for phyloxera. Young male
elephants are being hunted out in Africa
because Their s make billiard balls,
and this, 4 han any other demand,
is likely to oxtinguish the elephant. The
fancy for alligator leather is making alli-
gators extinct; the muskrats multiply
and honeycomb the levecs, and hence a
great Mississippi food.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-08-08

The Tonquin pirate who recently
cleaned up $50, 900 as ransom for the re-
lease of the three captive Frenchmen has,
observes the San Francisco Chronicle,
evidently become enamored of the lucra-
tive business. He now offers standing
reward of 800 to the native who will
deliver Frenchman into his hands or
$50 to one who will warn him that troops
are approaching. In country where a
coolie works the whole year round for S.
this noble reward ought to insure the
until he has made living in the interior
of Tonquin too expensive for the Euro
Deau,
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-08-08

1t is noted by the New York SIN as
something remarkable that a Maryland
colored man dreamed he was to die the
next day, and sure enough he died.
"When Pacific Islander wants to die,
he sits down and dies himself: Just
naturally dies by force of will. He is
more likely to be three days about it
than one day. Then one of the difficult
ties in bringing African slaves to the
coast is that they will turn their tongues
back into their throats and go off like
lambs.n
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-08-08

The Hartford Conn., Times remarks:
Horses don't last long in New York city.
The pavements are very trying to their
feet. Some give out in six months,
while others last as many years. The
average life of street-car horse is about
two years. Many partially disabled ami
mails find their way into the country, and
often recover and become of good service
on farms.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-08-08

An international beauty show was
opened at Rome, Italy, lately, with i'm
posing ceremonies, but, the beauty not
being up to the standard, the ladies were
savagely Kissed, and the exhibition had
to be abandoned.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-08-08

ssThe business tact of women has again
been demonstrated, says the New York
SuR, Gin the matter of taking the CEN
sus. Women who were appointed as
enumerators arc said to have done their
work better and more carefully than the
males. When another census comes to
be taken the women will have a better
cboncn -
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-08-08

T, The National Horse Breeder thinks peo-
pie who are talking about the coming of
the twc-minute trotter will be interested
an learning that to trot mile in the time
named horse must get over the ground
at the rate of forty-four feet in a second,
which is trihe fast for tIotting gait.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-08-08
Odd Souvenirs.

Many capricious New Workers are hav-
ing souvenirs, such as ladies' slippers and
locks of hair, covered with thin de.
posit of silver and displayed in their
homes as mementoes. The substances of
the articles thus treated are not injuriously
affected, and they attract considerable at
tention wherever shown. -Argonaut.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-08-08

The Chicago Sun AYERS that the erec-
ton of electric light plants is of such
common occurrence in the South as to
cease to be of general interest
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-08-08

The paper that says something mean
about you is never lost in the mails.
Atchison Globe.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-08-08

Everybody's business is nobody's bust.
ness except the busybody's-
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-08-08
VOL. VIII.

The railroads of this country have
killed only 1923 persons during the past
twelve months and injured 26, ,309.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-02-05

Iereu.
81 didn't know exactly how I was go
ing to manage it, but took along with
me big bag that was made for the con-
veyance of an extinct millionaire, but
which had never been used, owin' to be-
forehand arrangements which had been
made with the party's family.
Il left the cab behind bit of woods,
not far from the school, and then laid
low, and pretty soon seed 'em all COM
ing out, in a double line, with the
teacher behind 'em, for walk. / had
description of the little gal as was
wanted, and as they come nearer l made
her out easy. She was the only real
light-haired one in the lot. hid behind
some bushes in the side of the road,
and when they came up and the light
haired little gal was just opposite me /
jumped out of the bushes and made q
dash ather. Whoop! what a row there
was in one secondl Such screamiIi'
and screechin' of gals, such pilin' on
top each other, and the teacher on top
the whole of 'em, bangin' with her UNI
brella; they pulled at the gal and they
pulled at me, an they yelled and
they howled, and I never was in such a
row and hope never shall be
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-02-05

again, and grabbed that girl by
her frock and l tumbled some
over one way and some another, and
got the umbrella over my head, but
didn't mind it, and clapped that bag
over the little gal, and jerked up her
feet and let her slip into it, and then
took her up like bag of meal and put
across the field, with the whole kit
and Doodle after me. But / guess mos
of 'em must have tumbled down III
Mysteries, judgin' from the screechin',
and got up to the cab and away we
went. Well, when we got to the house
where l was to meet the gent he began
straight off to blow at me. What do
you mean,' he yelled, 'bringin' my
daughter in bag?' It's the only way
to do it, SIR says 1; they can't holler
and they can't kick, and people passin'
by don't know what you've got, and SO
sayin' l united the strings, put the little
gal on her feet and then pulled off the
bag, and then I'd be hanged if 1 ever
saw man so ragin' mad as he was.
What do you want with that gal?' he
cried, that's not my daughter. That
girls hair is as black as a coal, and she's
Jew besides AS soon as l sot nv ewes
on the little varmint it came over me
that got the thing crooked, and in the
scrimmage let go of the right gal and
grabbed another"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-02-05

man sittin' by me. 1 am dreadful for
gettni, ana sometimes l disremember
what belongs to me and what don't.
Names the same as other things.n
sWell, now. jerry says /, 'you
needn't think you're goin' to make any
thin by knowin' US. You've got to fork
over your cash all the same, and if you
think to make any thing by peachin' on
US after we've cleared out and left YOU
peaceful in your bed, you're mistook so
iar as l'ns concerned, for I've made the
track clear TO get out of this town be-
fore daybreak, and / don't know when
III come back. This place is gettin' a
little too hot for me, and you're my con-
slndin' exercise Jerry ne sat still Tor
: minute considerin'. He wasn't no fool.
and he knowed that there wasn't no use
gettin' scared. nor cussin', nor holierin..
What's more, he knowed that we was
there to get his money, and if he didn't
fork itover he'd get himself laid out. and
that was worse than losiA' money anv
day Now, boys Gays he, .I'll tell you
what III do. Ill make you an offer,
fair and square offer. What money I've
got Ia divide even with you, each of
US takin' a third, and I'll try to make
up what lose out Of my next contract.
Now, nothin' could be no aquarer than
that. How much money hare ron not
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-02-05
[To BE Continued
THE ENGAGED GIRL,
In Her Own Estimation She Is the Most
Important Being In the World.

In Her Own Estimation She Is the Most
Important Being In the World.
The most important girl in New York
to-day is the one who is engaged. Moth
ing so we'll describes her as to call her
perky" She blissfully believes that
the world was created that she and her
special young man might have met and
loved, and she is overweeningly con-
descending to every other girl who has
not on her third finger betrothal ring.
She is very emphatic and does not hest
tate to give her advice on any subject
whatever, from the latest styles in
frills and friyols to how to train
baby. She has discovered the
proper sphere of woman-to get mar
ried, and she DOES not hesitate to tell
each girl in her immediate set that il is
really shame that she doesn't come to
some conclusion about Tom, Dioh or
Harry. She patronizes her mother, is
gently cOndescendilg to her father and
pVerweeningly masterful to the man she
has made happy.
She guards his throat and his purse.
she solves religious problems for him
and voices his opinions on politics. He
may be six feet two and trained ath-
lete, but when he is with her he is sug-
sestive of nothing else but Mary's little
lamb, and you almost wonder that he
doesn't wear blue ribbon with silver
bell on it around his throat. The en-
gagged girls delight is to talk with the
matron, who, with a keen sense of fun,
usually exaggerates the snags of
matrimony. and joys in making
her feel that she must train
Tom properly, else her marriage
will be a failure. While he is en-
gagged Tom submits; even up to the time
OF the marriage he is humble, willing to
be counted as the second best man, but
after he has gotten that young woman
on the train, knows that her boxes are
checked in with his and that he holds
the checks, Tom becomes master of the
situation. There is no nonsense about
him, and when my little lady talks Of
him giving up the athletic club and
Joining reading class, of becoming di-
rector of one of the hospitals and deyot-
Ing one morning a week to cultivatin~
Sanscrit, Thomas merely remarks that
he Will see, which means that he viii see
her and raise her one better, for he. as
. seaside man, has not the slightest
idea of giving up one of his masculine
pursuits,-Frnm Bab's New York Letter.
An ingenious farmer in West Tis-
bury, Mass, has nailed up on his own
premises large finger-board pointing
to his neighbors on the opposite side of
the lane, and bearing in very large let
ters the word Pigs" aud with the
words for saieP underneath in very
snail letters. Lawyers who think there
Is libel in it are endeavoring to get the
discounted neighbors to try or = law
suit.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-02-05
FULL or FUN.

Figures viii not lie, but the female
figure will fool man once in awhile
Binghamton Leader.
-Smartte-"Hello, Sharppel How's
Christian science gittin' along?n Sharpe
10, I've give up Christian science an
gone back to plain bunko. Puck.
-"Who was the first man, Tommy?'s
asked the Sunday-school teacher, after
explaining that our first parents were
made from the dust of the earth. Hen.
ry Clay, ma'am."- Advance.
Pat Lynch Ito his heipn. te)-sSure,
and that's tn sivinth bucket O. ssnlops
Vi do be fetchin' to the old porker, an
he do look jist as wistful-loike as he did
afore he had a mouthful. Be Harry, but
hogs we'll Damed."-Life.
Lady Qeaving store)-"You bet Il
am up to the tricks of these merchants.
1 made him come down two dollars on
price" Merchant Ito himself-'T am
up to the tricks Of these lady customers.
l put the price up four dollars.
Siftings.
- love so much to hear Herbert
talk" said Mamie to her mother "You
DOR Yes; there is such ring about
his remarks" "a ringP Perhaps his
intentions are really serious. ."-Mer-
chant Traveller.
Here is something "a hint in fact)
Tor the piano-man.-Triton (at home ON
visit)-"well, father, what is the
newsT Neptune-'Nothing much, ex-
cept that large number of the fishes
have struck for the adoption of q uni
form scale. Musical Courier.
MY lad" remarked Judge Spencer
to the little boy who had just taken the
witness stand, do you understand the
nature OF an oathf" "Yes, sir, was in
pape office yesterday when his coal bill
was presented" "Mr. Clerk, enroll the
witness. st. Joseph News.
-Freddy-''Ma, whenever pa meets
DIR. Vandel he always says to him, How
are you, old hossp What does he mean
oy thatP" Mao, it's nothing more
tnan term to express thorough famili-
arity' Uncle Josh-'May be; but 1
rather think he calls the doctor old
hoss' because he's such famous
charger. Richmond Dispatch.
The Renewal of College Labor
Professor OF Geology-''Gentlemen at
the close of the spring term, 1 asked
you to report to me, individually, any
OBJECT OF extraordinary interest you
might meet in your respective outings.
Mr.. Corbett, you may begin" Corbett,
Please, sir, mine had yellow hair,
blue eyes, and tailor-made suit
Puck.
Mrs. Selfmade-"Now,I ,Iall the prepa-
rations for the house-warmin' is COM
plete, an can't think o. nothin' more
TO contribute to the enjoyment of them
that's going to be present."-Mr. Self
only one thing I would
suggest. Nail up a sign In the parlor
saying: Guests that use hair oil is re-
quested not to lean their heads agin the
wall paper. '"-America
Akron editors can not tell a lie. bnt
one OF them has made a desperate at
tempt in that direction, viz: A local
in one of Ohio's counties has
a great fondness for performing sur
g1cal experiments. His latest is ono Of
extreme interest Carefully extricat.
Ing the proboscis of a lusty MOSQUITO.
he successfully transplanted it into the,
nasal front OF a common house fly. The
bite of the fly now has all the pleasant
pungency Of its swamp relatiye.-
Cleveland Leader.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-02-05
,Howay~ in Thirteen countries.

'sHow do you do?'' That's English and
American How do you carry your
selt? That's French. ''How do you
stand?' That's Italian. How do you
find yourself?'' That's German. How
do you fare?" That's Dutch. s'How can
you?" That's Swedish '.How do you
perspiree" That's Egyptian. How is
your stomach? Have you eaten your
rice?" That's Chinese. ssHow do you
have yourself?' That's Polish. "How
do you live on?" That's Russian. MAY
thy shadow never be less" That's Per-
sian. How is your body?r That's Turk
ish- And all the above Llean the same.
st Louis Republic.