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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-08-02
BLAINE'S DIPLOMACY.

However unpleasantly the Inter
Oceon may have become affected
towards Mr.. Blaine, it cannot refrain
from ''noting with satisfaction the
highly favorable light in which the
United States is made TO appear in
the Blane-Sallsbury correspondence
over the Behring sea controversy"
The Chicago Herold, with equal readi-
ness, lays aside all partisan prejudice
il may entertain towards Mr.. Blaine
to do him justice in this matter. The
publication Of the Behrlng sea CORE
spondence, instead Of bringing out the
fact, as had been fOretOld, that Blaine
had been compelled TO take back
water, shows that, if anywhere, the
boot is on the other leg. The Herald
admits that the general verdict is that
"Blaine has greatly added to his repu-
tation as diplomatist. AS contro-
versalist he appears in much better
light than his antagonist, Lord Sails
bury, and the deft way in which he
has put that statesman in the I'M
pleasant predicament of having gone
back on his agreement with Minister
Phelps, shows his art in striking
colors. Mr.. Blaine alone almost con-
victed Lord Salisbury of that prime
diplomatic OffenSe. abandonment of
verbal pledges given to minister, and
Mr.. Bayard comes out, in brief inter-
view at his home in Wilmington, cor
rOborating Mr.. Blaine's view Of the
case. 1t is predicted that Lord Sails
bury will have lot Of explaining to
do when this matter comes up in
parliament. Salisbury evidently
thought he could tempt Mr.. Blaine
into going back on the previous ad-
ministration by agreeing that his
aticpredecessor had blundered.
But in this Salisbury counted without
his host, for Mr.. Blaine, for once in
his lie. at least, let go an opportunity
to GO ~ Justice tOa Democratic official,
and actually came out in a bold de-
Tense of Mr.. Bayard and his minister
to England, Mr.. Phelps. Lord Sails
bury's attempt to make play upon
party prejudice in this country is
therefore most humiliating failure.
and for his broad and able handling
Of this matter the secretary of state is
receiving the plaudits of men of both
parties"
What with Blaine's accommodating
honors as diplomat and the swelling
tide in the ranks of the great Republi-
can party in favor of his reciprocity
ideas, it begins to look as if the Reed
and Mckinley gang, instead of down
ing Mr.. Blaine and laying him on the
shelf, were as rapidly as possible put
ting themselves in hole.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-08-02

There is no need of veteran soldiers,
who are entitled to pensions under the
dependent pension bill, nor indeed of
any other soldier or widow entitled to
pension, to submit to the gouge of
$40 10y a pension agent. The COM
missioner of pensions at Washington
sends out on application all blank
forms needed for soldier or widow
applying for a pension to every Grand
Army post in the country, accom-
panied by explicit directions for hlling
them up. An applicant can get one
by asking for it, whether he belongs
to the G.. A. Il. or not, have 1t Tiled
out and thus save the $40 he would
otherwise have to pay claim agent.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-08-02

The New York World sent a CORE
spondent to this state to enquire into
the Scully land system. The CORE
spondent visited Grundy, Livingstone,
Logan and Sangamon counties. Scully
owns about 1900 acres of land in Hi
nois, 10000 being in Livingstone
county and the balance in thecounties
named. He owns more than as much
more in Nebraska and Kansas, or a
total of something in the neighbor-
hood of 100000 acres. According to
the Worlds report, this land is rented
for cash rent, and the owner does not
make any improvement whatever. 1t
is estimated that from 5000, 600 to 5000,
600 per year is taken from Illinois
alone and sent to the old country land
lord.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-08-02
SUNDAY.

THE town of South Lawrence, Mass,
was visited by destructive cyclone
yesterday morning. The number Of
killed estimated at from six to twenty
persons, and the injured at thirty-flve
to 100. Five hundred persons are
homeless, nearly a hundred houses
having been crushed to atoms by the
storm. Severe damage was also in
hicted upon the neighborng town OF
North AndOver
Ar Rice Lake, Wis, twenty-one
persons are in danger of dying from
eating supposedly poisoned meat, and
several of the cases are critical.
The Worlds Fair Directors were in
session yesterday, arranging the details
of the division Of exhibits.
GENERAL FARMER addressed a
Democratic picnic at Willow Springs
yesterday afternoon.
REAL estate in Chicago is booming,
the transfer for the past week amount
ing to 1858, l59.
EXPORTS Of gold to Europe for the
week amounted to 81, 225, 900.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-08-02
EHE WEEKLY EDITION,
ottawa, Illinois. August 2. 1890.
EHE NEWS.
SATURDAY.

In the Illinois house of representa-
tives at Springfield yesterday resolu,
ton, introduced by Mr.. Paddock, OF
Kankakee, declaring it to the sense OF
the house that the Worlds fair should
be held upon one site, was made a
special order for Tuesday at 10 O'Clock,
after motion to table it had been
lost. A resolution was unanimously
adopted directing the various com
mlttees to which the Worlds far
bills were referred to report not later
than Tuesday.
The produce commission men no"
doing business on South Water street,
Chicago. are said to be arranging for
the construction of an immense gen
cral market on the Illinois Central
tracks at Randolph street.
Almost the entire wheat crop OF
France is said to have been ruined ny
incessant rains. The losses are esti-
mated at 5OO,OO00O0f. The price q
bread is rising in Paris in consequence.
The long strike of New York cloak,
makers is at an end. They have all
returned to work.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-08-02

Dr.. Burt, who ranks as a leading
Chicago physician, maintains In an in
terview with Herald reporter, that
he has demonstrated, by successful
EXPERIMENTATION of over six months,
that consumption, except In It's last
desperate stages, can positively be
cured by the simple means Of copious
water drinking. Where the patient is
unable to take the requisite quantity
OF water, he is to be put upon rigid
diet of liquid food The human body,
in a normal condition, consists OF
about 20 per cent Of water. Leanness
waste of tssue-is simply deficiency
of water. as obesity is its excess,
Prince Bismark was relieved OF his
cumbersome obesity by simply abstain
ing from all liquids and carberhy'
drates. On the same principle, if TAX
ing water from fat person will make
him lean, the opposite must be true
that a copious use Of water must make
"A man fat.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-08-02

The La Sale Dean. Press appears to
be worked up over a revelation by
Ottawa's successor to Roses Nose To
the effect that there exists in Ottawa
and La Sale a dlabolical ant-Catholic
Know Nothing organization under the
name of the Omitted Order of Depu-
ties" and as any such order in this
community or that of La Sale, would
naturally be very odious, the Dem.
Press Indignantly denies that it has
any existence there. The Nose revela-
ton had about ii so many earmarks of
a sheer Matchmaking scheme that ii
excited no attention here. The Nos
man claimed TO have list of the
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-08-02

The zone site" men in the Illinois
legislature are noodles The only
parties responsible for the success or
failure of the fair are the board of
directors and the city government of
Chicago, an aggregation certainly of
ADLER, wiser, and, on the particular
subject in hand, infinitely better in
formed men than the members Of the
Illinois legislature, and they con-
tributed the money and are response
BILE for its judicious expenditure. The
members of the legislature are held
for neither Their attempt, there
fore, to dictate in matter that don't
concern them, in the alleged interest
of "steers," is pure assumption and
asininity.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-08-02
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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-08-02

The announcement is made from
McLeansboro, Illinois, of the death at
that place on the 9TH inst, of the
Hon. Samuel S. Marshall, at the age
of IS wears. Less than ten years ago
the name OF Judge Marshall was as
prominent in the politics of this state
as that OF Logan, Morrison, or any of
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-08-02

hope at least that there Is no honest
christian man in the country who does
not share the christian liberality OF
and is not ready to paraphrase Bishop
Ireland in saying II had rather the
people were protestants than have no
religion" and say. 81 had rather they
were Catholics than have no religion
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-08-02

School Supt. FARMLAND, of Chicago,
has just completed count of the in
habitants Of the city and his figures
exceed those of the Porter census by
100. 700. This shows the Porter or
government count 10 per cent. of,
which is about the average every
where.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-08-02

"CasteSia Is 30 well adApted 70 children that
recommend Il - superior 70 any prescription
known b me" IL A. AlCHER, n. D.,
III 80. Oxfned g.. Brooklyn, ny.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-22
New '.Finger'' Prayer Beols.

Henry Frowde, Of Oxford univer-
sity, has designed series Of prayer
books, the novelty and merit ot
which consist alike III their diminn,
tive aize and the beauty of their
binding. 1t is difficult to beliye
that book Of nearly TOO pages will
gointo the waisteoat pocket or into
the purse, but such is the delicacy
of the workmanship and the compact.
ness of the binding that no difficulty
will be found in such a method OF
carraiage. The tiny volume, bound
in morocco and velvet, which Mr..
Frowdehas called the Finger pray
er book, weighs about three-quaters
Of an ounce, is only inch in breadth,
three and half inches in length and
one.third Of an inch in thickness
TO get670 pages and two morocco
eoaers into the thickness of one. third
of an inch is a marvel Of paper max
ing and binding. Ono specimen is
contrived to hang on the chatelaine;
q case is made of silver, consisting
of q double cross, one for each Of
the velvet covers of the book, and
this both adds to the beauty Of the
volume and serves 10 keep it in a
compact form, A ring il added,
which serves for attachment to a,
chain. An edition is also issued
without the calender an1 the occas
ioaal services, thus reducing the
By one-third and the
weight to about half an ounce.
London Times.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-22
The Texas IEoaaestesa.l Law.

There is but one serous obstacle
to the unlimited success of mortgage
loan companies in Texas, aad this
these companies have labored for
years to remove, and have found
ready assistance amoug lawyers,
merchants, bankers and speculators.
Hhfs obstrnctioe, which has stood as
an impassiblesbarrier between organ.
ned greed and its complete fruition
Is the enahaded homestead laws 81
our state, conceived and brought
forth in times Of greater political
purity theu tie present, when pat.
riotic men realized that the true
greatness of any country has It's
roots deep in the country's soil, and
that patriotism is not of 'vagrant
birth. But for these wise aud salu.
tary provisions Texas might now be
in coudition differing but little from
that of Kansas, Iowa, and other
Western states, where the homes Of
the farmers are rapidly passing into
The hands Of the speculator. The
people Of Texas have been told that
il was interfering with personal,
liberty to forbid them raising needed,
money by mortgaging their houses
OF themselves and their families, and.
speculative combinations have attac-
ked, and are,still warning against
the law exempting homesteads from,
forced sale, They cry aloud that.
these laws keep capital out Of tho
state that otherwise would come TO
help develop the country. THIS may.
be true to some extent, and we are
heartily glad that it is. Capital
that has for its object the swallowing
up in usurious profits the substance
of oar best citizens may stay away
or go 10 gehenna or to Kansas, for
all that Texas farmers care. But.
mind you. when interested parties
by an overtact, undertake to change
the laws for the protection Of the
homes Of tho people. five hundred
thousand farmers will be there 10
see about it.-Texas Farm and
Ranch.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-22
NO. 40
WIN z.eara Some may.

Il is the opinion 6 New York
Sun that these are The things YOU
are going to learn some day:
Low to spend each week q few
dollars less than yon earn.
How to be Just as comfortable in
smoking half as many cigars as ron
do now. good sir.
How to refuse to give the dollar
you cannot afford to the cause yon
de- not believe I'M.
How u DO frankly sincere with
your friends and yet avoid giving
them your final estimate of their
character.
Not to buy half a dozen bonnets
you don't need, little woman, just
because they're pretty.
Not to expect cfvilitJ from a
shop girl.
Not to ask others 10 be as inter.
ested in you as you are in yourself.
Not to look to see Justice done
IN this world.
How 10 cross our muddy streets
without getting into the exact cen.
ters Of seven .pnddles.
That you are not required to
give a reason for your religious
faith, nor your taste in bonnets, nor
your profession, nor your choice oil
a husband or wife.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-22
An Illegal Appropriations.

The Senate OF the United States
recently appropriated sum of $4,000
to par the firm OF Porter Harrison &
Fishback for legal services rendered
10 the State of Indiana which has
already been liouidated in full by
that State and for which the Govern
mentof the United States was nei.
ther morally, equitably or legally
obligathed. The services consisted
in writing a brief Of fourteen pages,
and unless the legal abilities of Mr..
Harrison are more conspicuosly pre-
eminent, than the dearth of presiden
tial creatures exhibited by him, the
claim would appear to he excessive
and out Of all proportion to the
limited services rendered by the
legal firm, Of which he was member.
even If it had not already been paid
By the State in whose behalf this
brilliant legal feat was performed
But the chiefmagistracy Of this great
and world renowned Rpublic Of ours
would be mere ainecure and the
holder there ofan elecmosyaary pea
sonage. if unaccompauied by the
ability to raid the Federal Treasury
and assist in the task Of relieving ii
of the accumulated surplus, which
has been extracted BY means-of IN
necessary and unlawful, taxation
from the pockets Of the toiliDg
masses. Catalonia Times.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-22
LOUISIANA, SATURDAY., MARCH q, 1890.
yYoransan.

A queen iu her beautiful garments,
She stands on the ranparts to-day
TO herald the dawn, and the cerements
oh her past are folded awag.
She stands with the prophets and sages;
She speaks, and her tongue il flame
Leaping forth from fires which for ages
Have smouldered insilence and shame.
Her feet have come npfroln theyalleys,
They are climbing the mountains Of
light,
At her call the world 9Elses and rallies,
Bearing arms IN the battle of right
She treads on the serpent that stung her,
And grinds out its life meath her whel;
She grapples with sorrows that wrung heI
Converting her woe into veal.
Made strong through her slaughtered
affection
She comes. with her sons by her side,
An angel of power and protection,
Their beacon-light, leader and guide,
Nelonger timorous being,
TO cringe, and to cry meath the rod.
But quick to divine and far-seeing.
She hastens the purpose of God.
Rose Hartwick Thorpe. in Ladies' Home
Journal
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-22

n f= =
Quite an amusing incident occurred
in Waco q few evenings since at one
Of the hotels. A young couple oh.
tanned a marriage license, and after
having the ceremonp performed they
repaired to one Of tho hotels, and
the groom walked upto the counter
and regis tered; bis wife also regis,
tered as Miss signing her husbands
name. The clerk, supposing them
to be brother ann sister, directed the
bell boy to show the young lady to
room No. 6 and the gentleman to-
room No. II. The pair exchanged
significant giances and withdrew to
the hall and entered into earnest
conver sation, from which the bell
boy standing near obtained a partial
understanding of the situation and
returned 10 the clerk and said, "Dis
couple don't want no two room.0
The cleak, still not catching on,
said, 'sOh, yesl understand. Send,
them to room N. Z, that has two beds I
But this arrangement still did not
suit them, and the boy returned
the clerk that "den two folks wus
done married and dey dida't want
no double room, either !" A single
room was assigned them and quiet
and hapdiness reigned supreme.
It turns out that the couple had
eloped and they boarde an east
bound Cotton Belt next morning
jnst in time to escape an irate father,
Afo swore vengeance against the
reprobate who stole his girl.-Ex
change.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-22
An Alau.a:H1o Tor Polrouts.

A Chicago man has invented )
bottle stopper to be used exclusively
for poisons. The superiority over
the old fashioned article lies ii the
construction of the stopper. The
projection which enters the neck of
the bottle ID ground glass, with ]
small hole in one side. through
which protFndes little rod or trip.
ger. The top Of the stopper il
covered with small bell inclosine
cog wheels. which are SO arranged
that when the stopper ID removed
the bell will ring. When Ii ii laid
down it rings again, and when re.
turnedsto It's place in the bottle il
again sounds an alarm. The me-
chanism is so arranged that it il
absolutely impossible to remove or
replace the stopper without FIRST
ringing the bell, tbus making In i'm.
possible for q druggist. if he iscarless
in the hlling Of his bottles to derl out
poison in the place OF harmless drugs
without receiving q warning as to
the dangerous nature of the prepara.
ton Chicago News.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-22

4 woman died ia Indiana the
other day whom the sun had not
shone on for twenty-five years.
Twenty-Five ago she got angry at
something and made the singular vow
that she would never let the snn
shine on her 50 long as she lived.
In spite Of all persuasion she Feli.
gioasly kept her word. She spent
most Of her time IN bed and never
wont out doors after dark. When
the family moved she vas carried to
the new residence in the night Wo
men are not obstinent, oh no, bui
but sometimes they are very firm in
their convictions Exchange.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-22

One Of the most innocent and harm
less superstitions prevalent among
anent weddings is that after the
ceremony d mans assurances that he
wont smoke or want night key
holds good. Ex
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-22


Once there was great difficulty
in securing jury ii d newly laid.
out town ID Nevade, says d writer
in the New York Tribune. Nobody
seemed willing to serve whom
counsel on one side or The other Ind
not serious objections to. Finally
a desirable:looking stranger was
called. "Your Honor said he.
4 am not qualified to serve. / am
not q freeholder.p aWhere do yoa
live2' said The Judge. Iii my tent
on Washington Boulevard, was
the reply. "Married?o @No.0
Living oil aIane?n "Yes.n alEor
how long?7 six weeks aYoo'll
do, said the Judge, decisiYoly. Il
never knew tenderfoot yet to keep
bachelors hall ID d teus for six
weeks but he had accumulated
enough dirt to become d frecholder.
80 The man served.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-22

Nineteen hundred aud niuetysevno
Chinese have landed in Canda Id,
the past tWo years.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-22

Love, stndious how to please.
has two ways Of accomplishing ita
object, one active. one passive.
Woman, to her coyness, can only
show her desire to please ia her
effort to mako self attractive 10 her
lover. Nor is man Indifferent to
this passive phase Of gallantry. AS
nothing 50 fIIs man with pride as
the thought that she, paragon Of
beauty, adorns herself 50 carefully.
all for his delight, 30 RI ttrn he
feels II incumbent on him TO follow
her example. Even the habi,uaI
slovens become dandies for the,
moment, brush their hair buy new
clothes. and the lazy become indus
trious, and the towards assume,
heroic airs and the cowards assume.
heroic airs and strut about like
tragedians. Dryden.
r
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-03-22
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Morning journal and courier., 1890-07-26
Personal Notes.


Master Hennie Munson of this city is away
for q week with relatives in Mt. Carmel.
Miss Louise Johnston of Lombard street,
this city, is visiting friends in Litch6eld.
Miss Annie Manning of Little Falls, N.
r., is visiting at the Seldom house, this city.
Miss Mamie Munson of Ferry street, this
city, is the guest of the Misses Pattee' Of
Wallingford. .-
Mr.. Walter Kelly of Atwater street, this
city, is spending part of his vacation with
his sister in Waterbury.
D. 8. Gamble of f. N. Brown & Co., this
city, and his daughter leave for Saratoga,
Monday, to stay two weeks.
Substitute Letter Carrier Atwood has ~.
signed after stay of several months on the
foIce. The vacancy is not filed.
Mamie Lawler of No. 8 Gregory street, this
city, left New Haven for Notre Dame, Ind. /,
to become sister of the holy Cross.
The Misses Lillian and Mabel Ufford of
Broadway, this city, are visiting their aunt,
Mrs. w. E. Sisson, of Worcester, Mass.
J. johnson and family OF this city, who
have returned from Litchfeld, 20 to Sara.
toga to spend the remainder of the summer.
John F. Newman of this city started yes-
terday for Milford beach, where he will spend
his vacation. He will return to this city in
three weeks.
Miss Irene Green of New Haven il the
guest of Miss Jennie Angevine of Westfield.
Miss Angevine has been guest for q week
pest Of Miss Green in this city.
Mrs. A. Hirsch and Miss Goodstine .dsueh.
ter Of Commissioner Goodstein of the Brook
lynn board of education, are Visiting Miss
Thresa Bretzfelder ct Savin Rock.
City Editor John B. Bogart of the New
York Sun was in town yesterday and left
for New York last evening. He with two
of his children have been spending week ct
the Island View house, Stony Greek. The
latter remain in town for few weeks, visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Il. Johnson's, 341
Howard avenue.