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OTTAWA FREE TRADER; SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1881.
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CREAM OF OUR EXCIIANGKS:
Fiddlers' green Amateur violinist. '
Utah's crylnir eln Mormon buMe.
A boarding house keeper' tree Wn.
The llfc'ht weight chfttnplonn-Conl dealer.
The concern tb.at always nuke m tney - I
mint.
A little nut orown made A peanut in a nm
er.
The only priso the EnitlUh curried off at
lut Derby wua a surprise, but It wan a Mir
, 8orae nliruers' honesty Is rerlaied mo
CI.e
me.
; by tho spunk oft ae yara aorg. -vm-u -ui .
"Wlicu 1 die bury ihe In the stove that mv hmIi
es may mlnlo with the Krate."-.fcVAc Pura
graph.
it rwu n! wants to be a blir tliiujf
' wheels why don't he get a bicycle? He c.
balance It., , "J "':
. Anni,ltihT fed on elephant's milk al
twenty vmmht a week. It was the baby elopliH
An Ohio Rlrl sued a man for breach of prom
ise arid proved him such a mean scoundrel thnt
the Jury decided that she ought to pay him Home
thing for not marrying her.
. The New Orleans rieayune stoVe that Phlla
! jir,i.t. iifir. oint tha elovalcd rullwavs. J--
UWI'uiii r n
1 hoshphatl That beats the best efforts of Lawont
and Ducrow.
- A church choir consists of one accompllRh
,.inin nnri a lot of other folks who are dcni
ly Ignorant of muBlc. Tho accomplished one
If
the one you are talking wild. . .
! It kind of broko up the temperanco msn from
' down mot when he went into the rooms
of the Deadwood Total Abstinence : club
to find the club belteved in total abstinence from
water.
For tho first time In several months the name
ef Rutherford B. Ilaycs re-appears in the news
papers. It occurs In connection with a general
seconding of the suggestion of the GMv-Denmrai
that he bo Indicted for complicity In the star
" route frauds
ri - .. I. .. 4Ua Wf T nila trr whpn
Aim remain lunuo uj tue u.. p. ---
Bhe first hbw Forepaugb'a beauty was: "Well,
If 1 couldn't peel the socks off 'n her good-lookl-nees
I'd sell out and go to Chicago!" Dttruit
Fret rrtM. ...... .
. 'A sarcaHtle. Georgia editor, in noticing a fair
that recently came off in Macou, says: "One of
our entwined contemporaries took a very valua
ble prtmluui, but a meddlesome and firm police
mau made htm put it right back wbure he took
itfrom."
A young lady once hinted to a gentleman that
her thimble was worn out, and asked what re
ward she merited for her Industry. lie sent her
an answer In the shape of a thimble, on which
the following lines were engraved:
I send you a thimble, for fingers nimble,
Which I hope wLl fit when you try it; ;
It will last you long, if its half as strong
As the hint which you gave me to buy it.
It doesn't take much to fit ont a variety actor.
In a suit fur damages against one of these hum
ble bistrions in Philadelphia last week, the ac
tor's property was attached, and It transpired
that all he had was a whlstlo and a pair of side
whlBkers. Ho had pretty near enough to open a
real estate oQlce.
To Mary Anderson a western poet has address
ed sumo lines beginning:
, Fair flower of the lea,
And beauty rare,
Sweet wavelet of the sea
Are you still there?
If this little gem was written before ten o'clock
in the morning, and "there" refers to bed, the
chancea are that she is. - ;; y
Soiiiu time ago Copt. Cook, an Ohio mun,
knocked dowu a man who said he was glad (iar
field was nuot, and a handsome purse was mude
up for Cook Inside of an hour. This sebume is
now being worked by three unprincipled men,
who go around togotlier, One saying ho is glad
Garfield was shot, another knocking him down,
and the third Immediately taking up a collection.
There is always remunerative employment for
those who are willing to work. J'edc'$ fiun.
P. Norman Evans, an intelligent Englishman
truvi'lln:, In the far-west, In a very readable let
ter to the N. Y. WorM, relates a bit of San Fran
cisco experience: .'.
On my way to 8au Francisco I thought it first
that the paoitengura were singularly abstemious
because they d ran If nothing but tea or : water
with their mitulit; but afterward) I discovered
certain bars which were frequented all day long.
In Ban Francisco It appeared to me that every
man yi met tult bound to aay, 'How do you do?
What will you have to drink?' At dinner in the
hotel one day an acquaintance sitting next me
was gruuiHliug because he could not gut the
waiter to bring him somo water, i at ouce of
fered to Introduce him to the waiter. He want
ed to know why. I explained that It was tu
eauite every American seemed to me immediate
ly aftr an Introduction to be sure to rupeat the
formula: 'How do you do? What will you have
to drink r
The bubincHS of reunions of ex union, soldiers,
-prioner of ; war, Ac!, is becoming omewbut
" ' of a bore, tmt by.way of something new the sug
gestion of the Clueinnatl Saturday XiyM is wor
thy of consideration:
Isn't it about time that the men who didn't go
to war hud a re union? Their claims to consid
eratton have been too long ignored. Are they
entitled to no consideration for magnanimously
allowing their neighbors to go and reap the hou-
. I .. V km TV. n e..anmril .ut.t 1 1, I ' I tin 1 a .1
VIS III ft III . SIB A'UM Vnnumuil, wniui vl t 1. I nini,
In '(hi, of. ilen. Jack Casement (Artemus Ward
adopting the Idea afterward and making It bin
own )r "Didn't I allow my brotner to go, and
wouldn't 1 see my father and mother go ttciure I
would go mynelf ?" Give us fellows who stayed
at homo a chance.
The politest man In Boston bas been discov
ered, flu was hurrying along a street the other
night, when anotner man, auto in violent name,
rushed out of the alley-way, and the two collided
with great force. The second roan looked mail,
while the polite man, taking off bit hat, said:
"My dear air,. I don't know which of ua is to
blame for (bit violent encounter, but I am In too
freat a hurry to Investigate. K l ran Into you,
beg your pardon; If you ran into me, don't
mention it" and he tore' away at ' redoubled
epeed. Button journal.
Col. John W, Forney, In a late Issue of the
Progr, gives an interesting account of past
- party divisions In Mew York, and the many fatal
duels growing out of them. After tracing the
history of parties In the Empire state from 1867
.to 1081,1 says: j- ,
'L V "But, in all Uils Isdm of time there bas been
but one Roscoe Conkllng. lie is the cap sheaf
of the pyramid of self-admirers; the emperor of
- empirics; the czar of coxcombs; the high priest
of the HWalgoe. He Is like the Irishman, who
, wis rut In a bucket and bung In a deeo well.
- Ilia tormentors would neither let him down nor
pull bim ud. 'no by the mother of Moses ' tald
Fat, 'I will get the best of them," ao be cut the
rope!" !
When Henry W. Longfellow waa Dine years
- - old and going to school the roaster laid upon
. ' hitn that task ao much dreaded by all children,
the writing of their first composition. Re didn't
know what to write about, he pleaded. The
. - toaster told bin to' go' behind the school house
(" and no doubt he would aee something that he
could tell what it was, what it waa good for and
' what might be done with It, and that would be
' composition. 'Toting Henry took hi elate and
went ont Behind the acbool bouse he saw a1
tunlp growing np, and be thought he knew
what it waa, what It wai good for and what might
' U .. ltk A a U.l ... Knll. tin M,tl,mrl
IK' UU 1 113 W 1 1 U IV , ,UII in unit mu uuui w ,vv. ..
to tliu school, and the master la said to have been
Hffi c Mt to tears when on the slate be read Long
I. p.m'n tltot poem, aa follows:
MK. ri.NNKl'i TUHNIP.
Mr. Finney bad turnip,
And It grew, and It grew;
And It grew behind the barn,
And the turnip did no harm.
Ai d It grew, and it grew,
Till It could grow no taller;
Thf u .Mr. Finney took It up , - '
And put It In the cellar. ' ';'
There It lay, there It lay, i ;
' Till It began to rot;
' When his diiHghtr Susie washed it,
And she put it In the pot.
Then she boiled it, and boiled it,
As long as she was able;
Then his daughter Llztle took it,
. ; And she put it on the table.j. j
Mr Finney and his wife
Both set down to sup;
And they ate, and they ate,
Until they ate the turnip up.
AUTUMN.
Autninn with her cooling breath'
' Comes a welcome messenger, '
To fan the moistened brow of summer, '
And wipe tho death dews
From her fevered brow.
Kich In all tho pageantry
Of gorgeous leaf and flaming flower,
i She comcfl, not clad In sable ''
Robes (if mauteled woe,
But ducked In bright array.
She romes the herald of a dawning day,
When, weary of a life complete,
She falls asleep. 'mid her own sweets
' jTo wake a brighter morn : - I
. ).Mld Joyous notusof warbling ong.
, , .. And thus, it k with him whose
Life bee been replete with .
' Noble deeds, ever bearing the heat
, And burden of the day, . , ,, , , , .JJ '
' ' Tluit he may be a strength and stay
To tiio.ie who faint along the weary way.
Glorious will the morning be ''
' To hlra who self lorgeta,
'" ' And with words of hope and cheer
Sees the dawning day appear.
Utica, Ilia. Azalea.
MAX RANDER'S WAR STORY.
It whs a vear ago liwt fall. I was only eleven
then, and we were nil traveling over in Europe
lather, mower, i nm, nnu i.
Well, we lnwl lieen to London, with its jolly
cabs, and to Paris, with its funoy sewers, and
were on our way uack irom nuie nwiucimnu,
with Us blir mountains, when father took it
into his head to stop for a week in a poky old
town somewhere in Germany. , " f ' -, ,i .'
Here we ituid at ft dreadfully quiet hotel on
a narrow street, which Thad called an alley;
but ratlief liked It because it was right oppo
site a house where he used to board to a pro
fessor's family when he was a boy. - 4-i --- J
. We had been in this' dismal place for three
or four days, when one morning mother woke
up with oue of her ietvous spells, so instead
of our all going off for a long walk in the
country, father staid home with mother, and
sent Tiiad and mo to take a stroll through the
streets near the hotel, where there was pot, any
danger of our getting lost. ; ; . vf.
W i ll, we started out, and walked twice round
the market-place, stood gazing tor fire nun-
utes at some dusty cakes ana canay in tue
confectioner's winaow, aud spent ton minutes
more in watching the German boys play their
stupid games during recess at the Gymnasium,
which is not a gymnasium at ajj, out a gram
mar school. Then when they all went back
to their books again,"we were left out in the
roughly paved street i with no sidewalks,
nobody in it to look at, and no horse-cars to
rule on. "'. 1
"Oh. how theso stones hurt my feet!" ex
claimed Thad, when we had stumbled along
in an aimless sort or way ror a biocK'-or so.
"Let's go out m the country '." And into the
country we went, keeping oq in the same
street until it changed Irom a street into a
road on which we had never been before, with
tall trees In a straight line on each side of it,
and nice green grans till along the edge.
I was pretty positive, to do sure, mat iainer
would not have approved of our going outside
the town, hut what else could wu do to amuse
ourselves?. '
It's better than bothering mother, any way,"
I finally decided; and so we walked and ran,
played tag and counted trees, until we grew
tired, when, spying a nice shady spot .under
tho brow ol a hill, I told Thad that we had
better rest there awhile betoro starting back
again for dinner.
It's a valley, isn't It, Max?" observed my
brother, as we stretched ourselves out beneath
a largo tree. He had just begun tho study ot
geography, and lecling that l suouiu never
neglect au opportunity of training hifl young
mind in useful knowledge, i at once began to
point out all the geographical divisions wituin
view, and was much encouraged by the re
spectful attention Thad appeared to pay, ttntil
I suddenly discovered that lie was asiuep.
"Poor littlu chan!" I muttered; "I wonder
if I oughtn't to wuke him up;" aud while 1
was trying to guess whether we had come one
mile or three, In order to reckon how long it
would take us to return to town, I well, 1
must have fallen asleep too, for the blue sky,
and the green grass, ami the yellow sun finally
got so mixed up in my mind that I wasn't sure
of any one of them, and then all was a blank,
as auttio's say Hi books., v "
Well, I lay there in that aort or a nouow
place in the bank, with the tree in front ot
me, and Thad at my side, for an hour or two,
I guess. i - ,
Of courso 1 don't know what wont on about
me during that time, so I shan't attempt to
tell ; all 1 know js thnt when I had tho natural
nso of mv senses once more, I heard such a
horrible noie right over my head as nearly
made me loso them again. t'
Dang, bang, bang, and boom,' b w, baug!
What on earth could it all mean ? VI .rubbed
my eyes aud felt of my ears to make inro they
were in good working order, and then ventur.
ed to peak out around the tree which 1 have
said stood directly in front oi me uttio nouow
in the side of the hill which 1 had chosen for
a resting-place.
Goodness 1 didn't my heart beat like sixty
when I saw w hat it was that made the racket.
Soldiers 1
There they were, whole regiments of them,
standing ou the talge of the field opposite,
just whore it sipped down to form the valley
Tbatfliaflptket-abemt j -
He ha4 overs waked up too by this time, and
wheirtfr'BBW the troops over there blazing
awav riirht for tho aot almost where we were
crouching, h touaea pretty weu ecarou, x can
. . . . . " i w
wu Ton." v
"What are they doing, Max?" ho asked,
grabbing hold oi my Jacket, and squeezing
ii n lruur tn m A f - . 1 .
"I miesa they're flirhtlng." I replied
"Who are they fightlnc with?" , But Just
then another baig, bang, banging over our
heads answered the question, and revealed to
ua the terrible tact that we were between two
Area. .;,:.,.,-' - ''
1 won't pretend to ear that I wasn't fright
ened, for I was. and I'll put it to airy other
iellow of eleven If be would not feci aort of
trembly about the knees to wake tip from
nap and suddenly find himself between two
armies firing away at one another for dear
Ufe.-W-
But 1 didn't know there waa any war here
now," continued my brother, when there wu
a slight pause in the hostilities, as tho news
paper writers say.
"Oh, you never can calculate on countries
over here." I returned, as I wiped the perspi
ration from my forehead. "I s'pose the Km
pcror'a got mad with France again, and they're
going to kill off several thousand poor chaps,
who don't feel mad a bit, to fix matters. Those
nre Germans over there; 1 can tell by the uni
forms, so of course the French must lie on oar
side. Now" But at that instant the firing
began again worse than ever.
The smoke filled the little valley in clouds,
so we couldn't see how many men fell; and
when it blew away, there was nobody lying on
the ground, so wo concluded they must have
cleared the Held of the killed and wounded
under its protection.
Sometimes In the pauses of the shooting we
could bear tho captains and the generals shout
ing, and tho drums beating, and Bee tho flash
ing bayonets, and the flags flying proudly.
"Perhaps they won't find us, after all," said
Thad, during one of these peaceful lulls; and
indeed I had begun to indulge myself in the
same hope, when what should tho Germans do
but rush down the opposite bank, and prepare
to charge right for our tree.
On they came, plunging over itones and
ditches, swords waving, bayonets flashing, fury
gleaming from their eyes.
"Don't cry, Thad," I whispered, when there
was only a few feet Mt between us and the
advancing army. "Come, let's stand out in
front of iheui, ao they , won't trample on up,
any way;" and summoning all my courage, 1
took my brother by the hand, and stepped out
from behind the tree, facing the wholo battle
front, i'. . .t '.
As soon as the colonel or captain, whichever
it was, caught Bight of us, he shouted out at
the top of his voice; but of course neither
I'bad nor I understood a word, although I
supposed he was calling on us to surrender.
Thinking this a much more comfortable way
of ending matters than by being put to the
sword, 1 screamed out, as bold as I could :
. "If you please, sir, we're Americans, and I
hope that you'll whip the Frenchmen all to
pieces."
I dull) t expect ue'd understand all 1 said.ot
course, although I was pretty certain ot Ameri
ca's being nearly the same in German as in
hngllsh. .
But what do you think the man did ? He
said something to the soldiers; then turning to
mu, be pointed to an opening in the ranks he
had caused to be made just in front of us, and
atopce understanding what he meant, Thad
and I ran for it, never stopping until we had
left the soldiers far behind us, when I thought
it would be as well to call a halt, and consider
as to tho quickest way of getting back to the
hotel, for It was by this time long after the
dinner hour. '
However, we managed to And tho road after
awhile, and then we made for the town as fa.it
as ever we could. Of courso we got a scold
ing for having staid out so late; but when the
story of the exciting adventure we had passed
through waa told, I felt sure we'd both be look
ed upon with more respect., 1
Well, lather and mother listened breathless
ly, and when I had finished I asked father If
be bad heard anything about the invasion oi
the French army.-" At that he broke out into
the most frightful fit of laughter, and really
for a minuto 1 thought that my account of the
danger Thad and I had been in had made him
kind of hysterica! (I always used to think it
ought to be ur-terical, as men don't often get
that way), until he caught his breath long
enough to say: "Oh, Max, Max! there wasn't
any t reoch army there. I he whole all air was
merely a sham battle between two of the Ger
man regiments for practice, and the only re a
son you didn't get hit was because the guns
happened to be only loaded wltli powder."
llajper'$ Young People.
.(''. -M-
- 1 I'arls Letter.
; - '. ' (Bcular CormpoDileiice.)
,", Pahis, France, Oct. 20, 1881.
The :wedding of Mdlle. Grevy, the only
daughter of the President of France, and Mr.
Wilson,, an untitled Scotchman, was duly cele
brated at the Elysee yesterday with republican
simplicity. An early breakfast of twenty-five
covers was followed by the civil marriage in
the Hall , of Sovereigns, where the Mayor of
the Arrondlssement, attired in the usual dress
suit and wearing his official tricolor snsh, offi
ciated, ncre MM. Leon Say and Gaiubctta,
the Minister's Under Secretaries, State ofllcials
and guests who had not received invitations
for the breakfast, awaited the arrival ol the
bridal part', and presented their congratula
Hons to the President and the happy couple.
M. Kocchlin Schwartz, tho Mayor, before go
ing through ihe ceremony, addressed the com
pany in the following terms:
" To day more than ever I regret that my
want of ability as un orator prevents ray ex
pressing in eloquent terms the deep emotion 1
feel at this moment as a citizen, a Frenchman,
and an Alsatian. I never thought, when 1
lived In our dear and regretted Mulhouse, that
one day I should have the great honor of
uuiting our eminent Undersecretary of State,
M. Wilson, to the daughter of the first Magis
trate ot the Republic, M. Grevy, the valiant
soldier of democracy, .who, since 18:50, has
conquered every'stage in the path of liberty.
Allow me, therefore, ladies and gentlemen, to
congratulate you on this happy union, accom
plished under such illustrious and brilliant
auspices, and In which tho young couple have
my most sincere good wishes lor future happi.
ness and prosperity."
Tho arte th miriig was then read over, and
tho register aignod by the bride and bride
groom, tho temoins, MM. Ferry, Magnin, Al
bert Grevy, General Grevy, and a number ol
independent witnessea. The nuptial knot hav
ing thus been tied by the law, it only remained
to seek the benediction of the Church, which
was administered according to the Protestant
and Roman Catholic rites. The former cere
mony was quickly gone through in a neigh
boring salou, whence the party went in proces
sion to the private chapel ot the Palace. The
President led the way with Mdle. Grevy, the
bridegroom giving his arm to Madame Grevy.
During the religious service, at which M.
Gauibetta was present, it wait remarked that
the ,'ex President of tho Chamber has only
twice appeared publicly la a sacred edifice of
Paris, lb ant occasion -being the funeral of
M. Theirs rAt the close of the ceremony the
cortegs; Was again, formed, this time M. Wilson
leading all bride," and the company repaired
to the Salon de Deane, where a large number
of high civil and military officials were assem
bled to present their congratulations to the
President's family and the newly-married cou
ple. After luncheon M. and Mme. Wilson left
for Chenouceaux. As no description of a wed
ding would be complete without some allusion
to the toilettes displayed, I may add that the
bride wore a handsome dress of w hite satin,
with a tablier of Velours frappe, and a veil
and train of rich point d'Angcleterre lace.
Mme. Grevy wore a train dress -of Velours
frappe of the hue known as Mead leaves" and
maize, with a bonnet of similar material and
color, while Mme. Pclouzc, the bridegroom's
sister, waa magnificently attired in sapphire
blue velvet and white lace. On the occasion
of the wedding M. Grevy presented tho sum
of four thousand dollars to tho poorot Pans.
The following facts in reference to mutila
ted coin, which we clip Irom an exchange,
will be of interest to most of our readets:
Certain papers, for purposes known to them-
selves, aru publishing statements that tho "gov
ernment has reduced the value of all com clip
ped, bored or mutilated," and give figures ol
iho nretended reduction, mis is an a irauu
on the innocent holders of this sort of coin.
"Tho government has done no such thing, and
any officer of tho government who should at
tempt to do so would be liable to Indictment
and a heavy fine, as Congress has passed a se
vere law to protect the people against sharpers.
Tho law is, however, that clipped or bored or
mutilated coins are not a legal tender, and are
worth exactly their weight in the metal of
which they are composed, and this has a fixed
standard value by law outol the reach of spec,
ulators. Don't submit to this pretended reduc
tion of M cents lor a dollar. 35 cents for half a
dollar, 15 cents for a quarter and 5 cents for a
dime. Go to the bank or jeweler' and they
will weigh your coin and pay accordingly.
This is a game of the sharpers and should
be stonned. The Secretary of the Treasury in
behalf of the "government" ha published a
card denying that the government has fixed
any rates of deduction on com oi any sort.
The venerablo but still sturdy and eloquent
Wendell Phillips, who has passed the scrip-
tural age of three score and ten, having been
recently invited by Treasurer Egan, of the Land
League, in Pans, to go to Ireland and deliver
"No Rent" lectures, the League to pay all ex-
penscs, declines on the ground ot the infirmi
ties of old age, but addresses to the League and
the Irish people a vigorous letter, In which he
says: -
"Ireland to-day leads tho van in the struggle
for right, justice, and freedom. Let Ireland
only persevere in her sublime patience, keep
ing ever within the limits ot peacetul agita
tion, and her victory is certain. With unbrok
en front, let her assault despotism in its cen
tral point, rent. Honest rent is the surplus
left after the tenant has lived in comfort ma
terial, intellectual, personal, and social com
fort. Ireland owes none to-day ; certainly not
to the class whose government is the prison
and the bayonet. How cheerfully would I do
my part, how gladly would I share in the hon
ors of such a struggle t But the slate of my
health obliir" me lo irtve up public speaking.
I ran on lv bid vou God sneed. and nrav for
your speedy and complete success."
Patent Absurdities.
The crudities and stupidity of our system of
internal revenue, by which many millions in
excess of all reasonable demands are extorted
from tho people annually, are well Illustrated
by a tew samples taken at random, in his
last annual report. Commissioner Raum, the
chief of the Internal Revenue Department, in
dicated a few Instances where taxes might be
reduced or abolished entirely. The needless
and annoying tax in the shape of bank check
stamps, which produced 15,270,421 lor the
year ending June 30, 1880, is one that should
no longer be tolerated. In like manner the
tax of $2,347,508 on "bank deposits," and the
sum of $163,207 on "savings bank deposits,"
are unconditional nuisances, the tax upon
the meagre savings of the poor and humble,
deposited in savings banks, is especially ob
noxious and abuorent to right-thinking peo
ple; but when tho tax of two and a half mil
lions of dollars per annum, exacted from the
depositors is contrasted with the paltry amount
of $811,436, levied upon and collected as a tax
upon the vast banking capital of the country,
the monstrosity becomes more monstrous. The
tax upon friction matches, a simple article
which is used everywhere, Irom the palace ot
the millionaire to the cabin of the humblest
laborer in the land, produced last year a rev
enue of $3,501,300, nn amount more than four
times greater than the whole revenue derived
f rom the entire banking capital of the country
The revenue derived from the tax on patent
medicines, perfumery, &c, was $1,836,674 last
year, or more than double that imposed upon
banking capital, and the operation ot this tax
upon perfumery, it is alleged by dealers and
manufacturers, "has driven American perfum
ery from tho Mexican market."
Tuccc citations sulliciently show the stupid
absurdities of our internal revenue system, and
call loudly for reform at the hands of Con
gress; but our Snlons of both parties seem so
immersed in schemes lor their own personal
and political aggrandizement that we are not
sanguine of securing their attention to matters
which only atlect the happiness and prosperity
of the people. These latter aro dwarfed to
lilliputian proportions when they conflict with
the personal selfishness or the political ambi
tion iif the average member of Congress.
Aiiicricnn Jlcgister. , ', 1
A question as to the existence of spotted ea
gles on the west coast of Ireland has elicited a
very interesting letter Irom Mr. J. It. Sheridan.
of Dugort, Achill Island, Mayo, to a London
paper. 1 he writer asserts that this eagle, u is
tmguished by a white spot on each shoulder,
Is still to be seen there. These birds are a ter
ror to the inhabitant. They will even goad
norses toward the culls, that the latter may
fall over, get killed or fniured. and so afford
them food. Mr. Sheridan tells a story of a
child being carried away by an eagle, and says
it is an event which might easily happen, lue
mother was tending sheep, and her baby,
swathed in red flannel, was lying on the
ground, untie she was absent a while the
bird swooped down, seized the flannel in its
beak, and carried the child to a nest on the
cliffs. A mau descended the cliff and found
the baby (now a fine woman, not long since
resident in Achill) lying on a ledge ot rock.
All kinds of burns, Including scalds and
sunburns, are almost immediately relieved by
the application of a solution ot sous to the
burnt surface. It must be ramembered that
dry soda will not do unless surrounded with a
cloth moist enough to dissolve It. This meth
od oi sprinkling it on and covering it wun a
wet cloth is often the best. But it Is sufficient
to wash the wound rencatedlv with strom? so
lution. It would be well to keep a bottle of it
always on hand, made so strong that more or
less settles on the bottom. This is what is
called a saturated solution, and really such s
solution as this is formed when the dry soda
is put on and covered with moistened cloth.
It is thou eh t bv some the rain of s burn is
caused by the hardening of the albumen of
the flesh, which presses on the nerves, ana mat
the soda dissolves the albumen, and relieves
the nerves. Hou$ektper.
The cholera Is spreading in the East and
advancing toward Europe. It has already
made considerable ravages at Aden, and has
reached Mecca, where the Mussulmans are lm
ploring their Prophet Two other epidemics
attract serious attention. The first is tho yel
low fever in Senegal, where the number of
victims has been great, and tue second aipn
theria, which has killed more people in the
south of Russia than any other epidemic, not
excepting the plague. It ha prevailed there
since 1372. In Bessarabia. 13.000 ontofM,-
000 oersons who were attacked have suc
cumbed to it. Oul of 4(1,000 cases, 19,000 end
ed fatally, and in Kharkoff, out of 20,000 cases
there hare been I7,uuu aeams.
ATTORNIVI,
1 KIMUAMi r.KIjATVI), U Otllcti. Ia
. Hie Hunt Lnluid llliick. oiuwa. III. Special l
pntliiu lo drawing Willi inl utlivr liulrumi'uUi, ami to pro
bate, chancer; and all office butlnea. marts si
1 (RI(H)R, Attorney and Omrwelor at Law. OtHce
in i-yucii oiuuk, haiu aireei, uiuiwa. m. uiaru oi
T M. STRAWN, Attorney at Law. Careful at-
1J. teutiuu will lieKlven u on; aeiueinum oi enaun ami
collecUooi. Offictt with K. i Bull, over City Drug 8lur.
JanS
JO. HOY IK.. Attorney at Law. Office with M. T.
Moloney. Oiwra Houae Uluck. Ottawa. lll.jfetJl,80
Dli. SNOW, Attorney and Counielor at Law. Will
practice In the court of La Salle and adjoining coun
lie. Office, Hooms 1 aud Armory lilock, Ottawa, 111.
SAMUKIjHICHOIjRON, Attorney and Coun
selor at Law. W1U ur tctlco In the court or I (Mile
and adjoining bounties. Officii, wet of Court Huukj, Otta
wa, 111. novU
M. V. ARHftTBOIfO. O. B. Cll APK X.
AKMHTI)NO CHAl'MAN Attorney
and Couuaeloni at Law. Ottawa, 111. M. . Aruiatroiig.
Notary i'ublle. Office in Oodney't Block, Ottawa. Juui.'aO
WPUSHNKIiL, Attorney at Law. Ottawa, 111.
t Will practice In any of tlie court In thla Hate.
Clone attention paid to collection!. Conveyance carefully
made and auatract prepared witn care, Ac. Notary public.
Office weat of Court llouae. Jaiil,7t
DWtX 1. LILAKD. UlkUlf T. OtLBIRT.
LK1,ANI Ac OILUKRT, Attorney at Law.
Office la Opera Iioue Block Ottawa 1U unH.7K
LW. 11HKWKR, Attorney and Connnelor at Law.
. and Notary Public. Uoonia No. 11, lil aud 13, 0iera
atouae uiock, Ottawa, 111. juj,i
DAVID A. COOK- Attorney at Law. Office,
ltwomi J and Armory( Wood's; lilock, otiawa. mi
aul. doc2B
MT. MOLONKY, Attorney and Counselor at
Law. Qiera Unua Block. Ottawa. 111.
D
MisDOUQALL. Attorney at Law. Ottawa. 111.
Offlca loGetluey'i Block. deem
EF. HULL, Attorney at Law. Office oyer City
Drug store, nortuweat corner of La Sail and Uailtnon
streets, Ottawa, 111. may-ant)
BK. LINCOLN, Attorney at Law. Office over
No. KLaballeitruet, wet aide 'if the Court House,
Ottawa, 111. July3-75
GKORCJK 8. KLDBKHOK, Attorney at Law
Office la Poatofflce Bloi-k Ottawa III aprlT
HINRT WATO. J.'lia If. KIVJII.
MAYO fc WIpMKR, Attorney lUw. Office
In KattlHger'a Block, corner of Italle and Main
ttreeta, front room up nalrs. Ottawa, III. icpll
jnni n. whimib.
DENTISTS.
T. OLJISTKB, .
ZDEZLSTTIST.
Over Kirwt National Hunk, Ottawa.
J 8. HOUKRT,
ID IE USTT I ST.
. Room over Iforbea and GrcUringc'a.
PHYSICIANS.
HW. HOPKINS. JV1. L., Physician and 8ur
. won. Will attend to all calls lu the Hue of the nro-
fewion, night or day. Office on Madison street, between La
D
R. K. W. WKI8, (Deotcher Poctor.) late Pbyal
elan and Hnnrmtn to the Kt. Loula Female lloslnta.1.
Office over Stlefera Clothing Store, cor. Main and La balle
treta. ueauieuce on toatu oiuii, at Mr, uenz . aps
D
R. J. 8. RYBURN, Ottawa, 111. Office in the
. Opera llouae mock, in otuce aay alia uiguu lauu-is
I. O. HATBBWAT. OlOBOt B. TiNOl.
DKH. HATHKWAY Sc. VANCK, Physi
cian and Surgeon, Ottawa, III. Office, southwest cor
ner of Main and La Salle street. Or. liatheway' residence
east of Fox river, near school house. Or. Vance will be
found la office, day and nlgbt Jan 11
DR. R. M. MoAHTHUR, Ottawa, 111. Office
in the Opera House Block. Open from s o'clock a. a.
to 6 o'clock P. at. Residence on Benton street, south of Illi
nois' Aveuue. JauZITS
HM. QODFRKY, M. D., L. W. C. 8. Edln-
burg. Office, lu Armour's new building, on Madison
street. Keslilence.il Webster street, augUTl
DR. M. ZKNDKR, nomfBonathlc PhyIcln. Ot
tawa, 111. Offer hi service to the friends of the Ho
moeopathic system la Ottawa, In all branches of hi profes
sion. Particular attention givoi. .lie treatmentof womeu
aud children. Office In Olover A Cook' Block. feblt
JJR. R. DYER,
OFFICE OVEK CASH'S BOOK STOKJC.
Residence o Colmbutreet.oppoaltetbeCongreRatlona
Church. Ottawa, Illinois. novlSTl
1? Y. OniQOS, Druggist, Bookseller and Station
li. er, Ottawa, III. Second store In Kattlager'i Block,
south aid of Court House Square.
f KNKt'HHIi, German Druggist and Apothecary.
.iva. (wnoiesAie anil reiaii,; main sireei .mawa,in. im
porter f Drug. Chemicals, Krencb. Coguiac Brandies,
Wluea, Ac.
I".R. WM. SHKPPARI1, Member of the Royal
ui vcicriunijr ourKuiua. ciigiaiiu, ri'vw VI
the London Veterinary Medical Association: also Veterina
ry Editor unlon' .Spirit qf the Turf - can necorsulted at
hi office, an Jefferson St. half block West of Post Office.
aug s
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
OFFICE IN OTTAWA,
In the New High Behool Building, Room S, second Boor.
Office day, 2d and 4th Saturdays ia each mouth.
Ottawa. February 16th 1878.,
Real Estate, Loan & Collection
AGENCY
Of
BUS1INELL & WARNER.
W BUSH NELL. J. I. WARXRR.
We are nrenared to Uuv and sell Real Estate In thla and
adjoining countlea, to Loan Money. Pay Taxes, Kent House,
Ixit and f arm, ana uoiiect item, ae.
Wh are aireata for the sale of Kail road Ticket at re
duced rate on thi various Railroads running through Tex
aa, MlsaoDii. Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Colorado and Nebras
ka, wa nave or aaje large iracia oi J-anu, atxregaung
Oyer 1,000,000 Acres,
Of good quality, belonging to railroad companleaand prtrate
persou lu each of said stale. Th closest attention paid to
tue .
CULL.EUTIUN U DEBTS
Foreclosing of mortgage, trustees sale. Vc. We are spe
cial agenl for the sale of land belonging to the Texas Pacific
Railroad Company, the Pottowattonile Land Co.. Kansaa,
the St Loula, Iron afanntatn Southern Railroad Co., to
gether with other compaola.
Office Wstt of the Court Boom.
Jane7.187. OTTAWA, ILLS.
LfrfaI gotlfri.
DR. J. B. WALKER,
Oculist and Aurist
' Who ha practiced In thla city since 1851,
may be eon suited
AT THE CLIFTON HOTEL, OTTAWA,
. Os the trat Saturday af eacta monta.
a lonowa:
Satiu-da-v.
..July C, 1681
..Aug. e. 1881
..Setpt. 3, 1881
..Ooto. 1. 1881
..Nov. S, 1881
Bstru laty.
Saturday.
Saturday
Haturday.
Saturday.
..Iao. 6. 1881
A .11 tlTaswM atafklal I tlaft AlllV nlatTA sift Tlfaitfl ftl"
m . k a. Kaa aVvaan4 t M i I h llUM
. - srricx ass disfssmbt
J5 fashiutra St. H. f . cor, of Dcartmrn. !
NIGHT CLERK
Can be round p tain, third door to the lfU Prescrlptl
,at atUhourbyoinpteutelerlti K. T.GWtjOS
IIEnVIIlE
They act like a Caarm on the rrlna-
rf Organa, KMaey and uver. re-
atortua kat Tlowr. and eunasi
PILLLS. gS
era debility. ST per Bex, or for IS;
seat aeaiM oy nau. inm
asawaaas w Fountain FTrlujre. tX tir m
an all. Ladasa' Kabbar
Fountala PyrtBjre, tX bv mall, seal-
a4 A ten ill klnita Rabivr (kxda Ibr Ladle and OeaUemsn.
s Rook ou Lost Manhood Regaiaad, eaut and rare. Me ta
Da. JAM Kb. M Washlagtoa
8trrt,a
aovJS-ljr
CHI-
HACKGAMMON'T
u'l west of UMComrt Uoae ataar.
w
F-nniwo A.Prl I5V1TATIOH
PAPKK asd KaTioa at Oaauaa Hacaman'r
OTTAWA CARRIAGE FACTORY.
J. G. GAY & SON,
rliOPRIETORS.
Wa have ths largest and Beit Btook.ot
CARRIAGES
IMIjKTONS,
Slide-Seat. Top and No-Tod Bipes.
' THE CELEBRATED
TIMKENS' SIDE BARS,
And farmers' Two-Setdf2uggieif
All of Our Own Manufacture,
Which we will sell as cheap aa good work can be sold by aay
niiinufacturer in the state.
Call and Examine Our Styles and
Trices Before PwrchasinF.
REPAIRING
i
In Trimming, Fainting, Iron and Wood Work
Promptly attended to and satisfaction
guaranteed.
Factokt Onb Block West op Post Office.
Union Garriago Factory.
FINNERTY B"C5.
57 Columbus St. Ottawa, 111.,
Manufacture to order the rano etyte of Carriage
and BtiKffiea. s-'so IVraoorat and Form Wan
ona. Tue proprietor are workmen of experience, and
devote their whole time to the hop. Every par' of the ve
hicle I either made by them or under their Immediate in
pervtslon. They w'ect their own materials and they buy at
the lowest cash flRtires ; hence can guarantee to patrons ve
hicle that are not only stylish, but durable and low In price.
They Invite Inspection of their work and comparlsoa
with that of other shops. (feMl-tf)
Repairing of all Kinds Made a Specialty.
OTTAWA CENTRE
Wagon and Carriage Manufactory
JOHN D. VETTE, Prop'r,
On Superior Street, near the old ' Fox
River House.
Having lHaVuuvw. .any Important improvement li hie
OStaolltnoient, mating- u vne laniesi. aim niosicoia
pie teln thee! ty, the nnderaift-iiedlnTt tet'arm
er aid other desiring new w aeons or
old ones repaired, or wishing
Fine Family Carriages, Bngs;taa, Phaetons and
. uetnoorac wagons.
r anything In his line, to dive Mm a call. All work war
Ottawa, May 15th, 1875. , JOHN D. VETTK.
H. W. JONES,
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CARRIAGE FACTORY
f BOBI IH WART OF .
Oooa Carriage, lop and Open liuggxe. Slid
M a S. .Aaaalai4 AAan htiira-Us riflVVt rts r tat W aVsTflllaT.
BalklMe o.. eM find thorn mt thlsPACtorr.U of
fHdktS. ! VQB ffm T7VaVw-ut nnu in waisa mum tvprw w-m
adnU. ALL WAHRATBD.miitOT nleiUowvtlcet.
DTomptiT P-.1ntlT.ftTiimmlnff, Wood mfl Iron Work.
V . ... 1 1 t.u.lal ItVTt
VtsWTfWsB ivuaoiwut
HILL & FORM HALS.
Carriage and Wagoo
FACTORY,
On Main Street, near Fox Klrer Srfdga,
OTTAWA. IIXS.
anniacftira an aiana tii " " " - '
B use I , various styles of Os aso Two-6eto P"v
tow. DwocaT awn Sfbtko Waoow. Also have a lane
aortniMtalwaiaonaaaa. rtrwvchui FABaaaa' Waeoae
alway on hand. . .,,.,.,
All OUT WOTB ia warren wu. wju ,.i , u,.
and wtU be sold a law aa food and reliable work can be
"Wimpkiy a arat-elaa Trimmer ana a;-e prepared tor al
kinds of Too-work aud repalrtiut at abort notice.
Call ane! aee our stock ol CajrWra. Bagle and Wagoaj
tawa?MarehtS-lV HUX FORMHAL8.
$2
IS. IsuaUtwcolSIS. BoihlimlSSll. diarwl a W
fctfwrwia.wainann aa., va..i-
uofMitMk isiiami s ta, ill lauia. m in.
nrT Ti PTTICR rea Holder, acd Peodl Ca.et
3JU1J j7r.i.l D, u toast and moat -TTkxaoi4
aa.lt. a Osnaa a Bapemaa's waatof Coart Uoaaa
VOTE, liETTKM, AiaiY niLl
1 HRAOb printed la lrt-elaasty la. f ObMAM
HaFajiAJI rauTBAMBOywKa.