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GLEANINGS.
1 Fifty thousand Northerners are now
In Florida.
Dakota has 250 newspapers, most of
them dailies.
Henry Ward Uucchor will bo seven
ty-two in June.
An Ohio physician is preparing a
medical lexicon in forty-two languages.
The proposed reform bill in England
will enfranchise about two million
men.
.W. P. Elliott, of Lowiston, Pa., nino-ty-one
years of ago, is still editing a
paper.
The Southern Bivouac argues that
the mound buildors were drowned by
floods.
The old Confederate fortilieations
around Athens, Ga.. are now being
leveled.
During 1883 a Philadelphia establish
ment turned out 557 locomotives, of
which 151 wero exported.
Mrs. Hannah Simon, of Newark, N.
J., recently celebrated her ninety-ninth
birthday by waltzing for ten minutes.
Boston is going to displace electric
street lights with gas. Hr 381 electric
lights cost last year $83,743, whilo
9.623 gas lamps cost 1330,381.
It is severnl centuries siuco Italy has
taken part in polar expeditions, but
one is now about to be sent out under
the command of Captain Fendacaro, of
tlie Italian navy.
English newspapers say that tho
adoption of black silk gowns by the
Judges of the Now York Court of Ap
peals is due to tho visit to this country
of Lord Coleridge.
It is aflirniod in Egypt that El M-hdi
possessos eighteen wives, and that his
vakeel possesses twenty-four. The Mos
lems in Khartoum "aro. horrified at the
Medhi's exceeding the number per
mitted in the Koran."
A member of Congress, in recom
mending tho appointment of a naval
cadet to tho Annapolis Academy, states
in his letter to tho Navy Department
that the young man will bo found fis
cally qualified, he is sure.
An immense aerolite fell, on the
Rancho ltetloo de las Agnas, twolvo
miles west of Los Angeles, plowing a
deep hole in tho ground. The light
was visible from Los Angeles, and the
explosion was heard for miles.
Since the commencement of work on
thn rim al tho ooDulation of 'Atlnwall.
Panama, lias suddenly increased from
1,500 or 2.000 to 8,000 or 10,000, and
building has extended into the swamps,
where there aro no streots graded.
The region south of Cedarville, Kan.,
is infested with wild dogs, which have
already killod two large steers, nearly
wiped out two flocks of sheep, and
eaten two litters of pigs. The dogs are
more difficult to capture than wolves.
Xeatherold is a new substance manu
factured in Maino principally of cotton
Eaper. It looks like leather, but is
ardor and very elastic, and no amount
of tossing about or hammering will
break it. This suggosts its uso for
trunks.
Mrs. Livormoro's little book, "What
Shall Wo Do with Our Daughters?" has
been translated and published in Paris,
quite superfluously, as most French
men know enough to marry off their
daughters at tho tirst favorable oppor
tunity. The Washington Monument Com
mission has granted authority to an
electric light company to erect ton
electric lights on the top of tho Wash
ton monument. They expect that tho
lights will be so effective that the city
will be illuminated as far out as the
northern boundary.
The annual rainfall in this country,
according to the Weather Signal, is
lowest in New Mexico (13 inches) and
California (18 inches), and highest in
Oregon (49 inclies) and Alabama (5G
inches). Tho annual rainfall in the
British Islands among the mountains
is 41 inches, on tho plains 25 inches;
45 inchos of rain falls on tho west side
of England, 27 on tho east side.
m o tm
A Genuine lloomerang.
Two of the mou, accompanied by
two "gins," went with a few of our
ship's company into a field to show us
their exercises with spear, waddy, and
boomerang. Tho performances wero
wonderful. With their ten-foot-long,
finger-thick switch of a spoar they
struck a shilling on a stick fifty feet
away. Tho waddy a heavy, yard
long, inch-thick stick was also thrown
with precision. Tho hurling of tho
boomerang was as beautiful as amaz
ing. Thrown at a point near tho
ground twenty yards ahead, it grad
ually rises beyond, and curving up
ward 200 feet, soars backward and gen
ernally falls 100 yards behind tho
thrower. Ho can, however, bring it
nearer himself. Tho boomerang ro
volvcs swiftly on Its passage through
the air, and has a beautiful appearance
I was never weary of watching this
marvel of savage skill and strength,
and they were delighted with my ad
miration, especially so long as it was
represented in shillings. An amateur
photographer was with us, and they
were all glad to be photographed, their
Chief remarking: "When I go into
the ground I will still live in that pict
ure"' They all wore garments of kangaroo
tkin, those of the men falling behind
and leaving them in front naked, except
for the loin clotb. The women were
thickly rapped from below the shoulder
to the knee. Neither sex had stout
legs, but tho feet of tho women were
singularly delicate and shapely. The
group presented a pathetic appearance,
and it was painful to observe the
loathing with which the Australian
whites generally regarded them. Aus
tralian Correspondence
A Talbot farmer and his good wife
lost their reckoning last Sunday, and
the farmer drove to Easton with a load
of Marketing while his helpmate stayed
' at home and finished up the family
ironing. Finding the stores and market
house closed, he inquired the cause,
and being told it was Sunday, he ex
claimed: "Good ' gracious! and my
wife is at home ironing!" When the
church belli began to nog he made a
lee-line for home to report to Mrs. Oe
man and stop the Ironing. Urtentbo
rough (Md.) Times.
Italian Winn.
If Virgil found it impossible to enu
merate the different kinds of grapes
Hn.l their names, how much more so is
it tho case to-day P But his praises of
the Faleriiiau wino are well deserved.
Whim V'.ilirniitn in excellent and has
an aroma and bouquet of its own with
al strong and generous. Tuscany is
deservedly proud of her "Chiunti,"
nnl "Vin Santo" from nnv resnectablo
'f'ltlfirin" Is not to be despised. But
tho worst of Italian wines is that you
nr Hi-lilnin sure of rettinr tho samo
class of wines two years running.
Tim niimner of niakincr wino has been
changed since tho time of Virgil. Tho
white oxen bring the grapes from tho
fields In a vat piarou on an unwioiuy,
heavy ox-cart painted scarlet, to tho
"tinaji" or place where tho "tini" or
vats aro. '1 he grapes aro emptied out
into "bigoncie," tall wooden pails
without handles, which tho men carry
on their shoulders. Tho crapes aro
poured into immense open vats, whero
they are stampoa upon nignianu morn
ing by the barefooted peasants to pro
vent the upper stratum becoming acid
by too long a contact with tho air.
When the fermentation has ceased tho
clear must bo run off; a man goes into
the vat and pitchforks tho murk into
"bigoncie" again, which aro emptied
into tho wino press. As a pictorial sub
ject this press is delightful, but it is in
convenient and extremely wasteful.
Two huge posts of wood support an im
mense beam, through which works a
wooden screw, finisning at the bottom
in a square block of wood with two
square holes straight through it. Un
der this is what is called tho "gabbia"
irti(rr. a. round, vat-shaned. iron-
clamped receptacle, mado of strong
bars ol wood, ino muric is put. inu
this, and whon it is full "toppi," round
slabs of wood, like colossal cheeses, are
piled on top of tho murk. Then a long
polo is stuck into ono oi mo square
boles at tho bottom of tho screw, and
to Mm other end is hooked a rope.
which is secured round a turning pil
lar of wooil about 8 leei on, wun a Han
dle against which three or four mon
throw thoir whole weight. Slowly,
with manv creaks and groans, the huge
block of "wood descends on the round
slnhs. and tho rone curls round the pil
lar, while from between the bars of the
press rushes forth a dark, turbid, dirty
looking liquid, which one can hardly
hnlinva will ever torn into rubr wino.
This oporation is repeated by unhook
ing the rope, lifting the beam out of its
bole, and carrying it on a man's shoul
iinr tn f h holn behind, until tho murk
by haer physical force is pressed into
a compact mass" and contains no more
liquid.
Virgil's excellont advico about thor
oughly seasoning and breaking np the
land before planting the vines is car
riod out to the letter in Tuscany, where
tho ditcher makes a trench at least six
feet deep and four feot ' wide, called
"scasso realo," which is left open to
sun, wind and rain for six months or a
J ear before it is again filled in, aftor
aving been drained in a rough and
ready manner by pitching all availablo
stones into the bottom of the' trench.
The vine-cuttings, "magliuoli," or bet
tor still, two-year oia rooteu pianis,
"barbatelle," aro planted two on each
side of a young maple tree destined
for thoir support. If a vineyard is to
be made, the quincunx system, recom
mended by Virgil, is always followed,
and you will hear tho head of a gang
of workmen say, "they must bo like sol
diers, properly in line." -ongman'i
Magazine.
An Old Maid's Recent rio Will.
Miss Koziah B. Blackburn, an elderly
spinster, who earned a scanty liveli
hood by sewing for charitably disposed
persons, and who was generally sup
posed to be very poor, occupied for a
long time a small room on tho top floor
of a house in Brooklyn. Sho was re
cently found dead in her room, and her
will, which had been deposited with
her spiritual adviser, showed her to bo
possessod of f 1,200, and its provisions
mado it compulsory with her executor
at her death to dress hor body in white,
)laco it in a solid rosewood casket,
laving six silver handles and a silver
plate, on which should bo incrihed her
name and ago. The hoarse at her fu
neral was to be drawn by six black
horses, and there wero to bo six pall
bearers, wearing whito gloves and
white ties. Hor body was to he buried
in tho Evergreen Cemetery beside her
parents, and a tombstone bearing tho
inscription:
'Itlensoil In tin who preserves tlmse stone.
And rursud ho ho who inevps thosu bonus.
Was to be erected over her grave. Any
money remaining after tho expense of
tho numerous behests had been defray
ed sho desired her executor to place at
interest, to be paid to a man to keop
her grave in order.
em
Watterson a Sweet MiiiKcr.
Several of our exchanges express as
tonishment that Henry Watterson and
Murat Halstead should have been in
vited to meet Christine Nilsson at tho
wbito house in Washington. They evi
dently do not know what they are talk
ing about Watterson is a capital
singer and Halstead used to give in
struction in piano playing and thor
ough bass before ho embarkod in jour
nalism. Mmo. Nilsson was charmed
to moot these gentlomen and renew an
acquaintance she formed with them
during her first visit to this country,
twelve years ago. She reminded Mr.
Watterson that she sang the towor
scene from "Trovatoro" with him at
the Gait House, in Louisville, in the
winter of 1871.
"Come, let us repeat it now, for old
time's sake," said she, cordially.
Mr. Watterson tried to beg off, but
his excuses were in Tain. President
Arthur pleaded, Nilsson insisted and
Mr. Halstead volunteered to play the
accompaniment on the plana He had
to consent, and in all fairness it must
be aaid he sang very well Watterson's
voice is a trifle worn, -but his dramatic
intensity and the power 'of feeling 1 ho
throws into his singing fully compen
sate for dereliction on the part of his
once noble organ. Chicago News.
"Yea," said the English nobleman,
I was disgusted with. Newport. Why,
there were two other' Earls there when
I arrived, and I dldl tegia to monop
olize all the attention. America is be
coming too overrun by nobleman. ' '
Throw it Out.
"Well," said Conductor Jones to a
G'obe representative, "ono of tho fun
niest things that ever happened on my
train occurred one day at Bethlehem.
An old man whom I hud noticed in tho
ill awing room car as a very lively and
talkative traveler got off at that sta
tion. I was standing at an open win
dow of tho car just as tho train was
starting off, when whom should 1 see
but the jolly old man rushing toward
me from tho outside. Ho ponted
frantically to a window just back of
mo, exclaiming as well as ho could
whilo trying to catch his breath:
"Mv valiso left it thero throw it
out"
Turning quickly I saw a large black
valiso in the scat indicated, and, seiz
ing it, rushed to the rear platform of
the car, whero thero was quite a num
ber of gentlemen. Tossing it to ono of
them, as they blocked the way so I
couldn't get through, I shouted:
1 "Throw it to the old man there."
' Without a moment's hesitation tho
man did as directed. As tho valise
left his hand bo made an ineffectual
effort to regain possession of it, then,
with a muttered exclamation which I
couldn't comprehend, leaped from tho
train, seized tho ill-fatod baggage, and
was just in time to board ono of tho
rear cars. It was all dono in an in
stant, although it takes time to tell the
story. In a minute he mado his way
forward and angrily asked:
"What did you toll mo to throw this
yalise off forP"
"Because tho old man wanted it."
"Well, then, he's a thief. That val
iso is mine."
"Then," said I, laughing, for the
wholo situation seemed so perfectly
ridiculous, "why undor the sun did
you throw it off at all? Didn't you
know your own property?
"Yes, but it was ail so suuaen, ana
you told mo to throw it and"
liut tho roar oi laugnier inai greeieu
his explanation broko short his son
tenco, and he was voted a leather mod
al by tho passengers.
1 was convinced tuoro was somo ex
planation for tho old man's conduct
for I was personally acquainted with
him, and knew that ho was as honest
as the dav was long. About three
weeks after I saw him at the depot,
and questioned him on the subject.
"1 thought, saia no, as ins race
grow round and red, and his eyes
twinkled with merriment, "I thought I
should die to soo that follow hyper
round after his valise and hustle on
board tho train again. I didn t expect
to causa so much trouble."
"Well, where was your valise all tho
time?"
"Oh, tho driver took it without my
knowlcdgo and put it on top of the
stage. Ho s boon carrying it round
ever since, and I just got it this mo
ment Good day !r " Boston Globe.
Hartley Campbell.
While in conversation with a gentle
man who claims to havo known Bart
ley Campbell from boyhood, ho told
tho following story of how tho now
famous dramatist came to take up
journalism and playwriting:
"Bartloy and I wero working to
gether in a brickyard near Pittsburg,
both at tho samo bench. One of the
helpers had just brought a fresh load
of clay and deposited it on the bench
in front of us. Bartloy took up a
handful of cold, moist earth and com
menced to work it in his hands. Pres
ently he stopped and secmod lost in
thought All at once he dashed the
clay no was working down on tho heap
and looking at mo, said: 'If ever I
mold another handful of clay may the
life bo squeezed out of mo,' and going
to whero his coat hung on a nail ho
took it down, put it on, and startod
down hill. 'Hold on, Bartley,' said I,
'If you'ro going to quit, I quit too,'
and 1 took my coat and followed him.
Wo went to tho boss and got our pay,
and that afternoon started for Pitts
burg, whero ho obtained a position on
ono of tho papers. I need not add
that ho never wont back to brick
making." New SlyloH in Revolvers.
"This," said an expert in firearms,
"is tho old-stylo of self-cocking revol
ver, and this is tho new." 'lho first
was a short, stout, clumsy affair of the
pepper-box stylo in vogue thirty years
ago or more. It was loaded with pow
der and ball, sent home with a ramrod,
and the hammer, a flat one, was in view
in tho usual place. You see it took per
cussion caps, and when the owner hap
pened to have any to fit it, and tho
spring was strong enough to make that
cap explode, the weapon was good for
five shots with five pulls of tho trigger.
It was a clumsy ami most unreliable
weapon. It was hard to hit anything
smaller than a barn-door at ordinary
pistol-shot distance, and when tho ob
ject was hit it was not damaged much.
Here is one a litllo more modern and a
littlo more sure. Tho hammer is out of
sight and tho trigger is ring-shaped.
This, too, was heavy, and so compli
cated that it was very liable to got out
of order. Then camo the self-cocker,
which used cartridges, but the tirst ex
periments were failures, and thoy fell
into disuse."
"What was their weak point?" asked
tho reporter.
"The spring. It did not hold its
strongth, and aftor a little use the pis
tol was apt to miss fire. That naturally
drove it out of favor at once, and very
properly. That weakness has been
overcome, and springs are now so ad-
Iusted that the shot is sure every time,
s it dangorous? Well, no, not more so
than any other kind of a pistol; and in
cases where a fraction of a second
counts, one of these is worth a bushel
of hand-cockers. They are a little more
dangerous in the hand of a nervous
man who does not intend to shoot I
have known of several cases in which
persons have escaped conviction for
murder on the ground that in their ex
citement they palled too hard on' the
trigger, and the pistol went off by Occi
dent But any kind of pistol la unsafe
in suoh hands,' aaoVwhso ire think of
the advantages which' a' quick." reliable
weapon gives to a man in an emergen
cy, we are bound to admire the .self
cocker. Five shdte la three seconds is
pretty quick work, . but that's what it
will do, and do it every time. As a
pocket pistol it U a safe to carry as
any other kind. Boston Qhbe.
Canada's Treatnie.it of the Indian.
Canadian statesmen say that the In
dians in tho States wouM not coNt any
moro than they do if congress boarded
them all at the Fifth Avenuo Hotel,
wheroas in Canada each Indian costs a
littlo loss than would keep a private in
tho army. There aro about a quarter
of a million Indians split up into littlo
bands, whose reserves aro sprinkled
over tho land like tho lakes of Maino.
Tho government keeps an account with
each band, sells for thorn what lamls
aro not wanted, and holds 13,000,000
in trust for them.
It instructs them in farming, pro
vides them with implements, seeds and
cattle, instructs their children, and
feeds all who need food with pork and
grain. Already the home farms, where
the savages were shown how to till the
soil, are rapidly being closed up, and
the rations of food are being with
drawn from one band after anothor as
the Indians manifest ability to store
and preserve their crops through the
winters. Nearly all the Indians do
something toward self-support. Some
make baskets, others make snow shoes
and toboggans, others sell furs, others
make barrels, others catch fish, and so
on. Five years ago the Blackfeet were
on the warpath. Now almost every
family has a house and farm.'
During the present session of Parlia
ment Sir John Macdonald introduced
a bill to complete their civilization and
convert them into politicians by an act
designed to "train them for the exer
cise of municipal powers." The up
shot of the whole thing, as oenator A.
W. Ogilvie put it tho other day, is that
"the United States means well, but her
agents hold that no Indian is a good
Indian except a dead Indian, while
Canada believes they are human be
ings, and that it costs less to treat them
kindly than to fight them." AT. Y. Sun.
m
Not a Dude.
I saw a groat crowd entering the
door of Coup's Museum, and followed.
I noticed that most of that throng wore
their spring styles, especially the men.
Men seem to have less sense in forcing
the seasons than the opposite sex. I
overheard a hundred remarks on
spring, but this is incidental to this
paragraph. I mot Coup and foil to
chatting with him about some of tho
curiosities in his Congress of Nations.
Ho directed my attention to ono of the
red men whom he had to represent the
race which is growing lazier as it
grows less. This savage seemod to be
dozing like a In zy dog, unmindful of
tho stare of his audience. I ventured
to say something about the indifference
of the chief I supposo he had been a
chief when Coup remarked that he
had never seen him evince any evi
dences of spirit but once. When he
was engaged they tried to make him
wear pants, and he would have acced
ed, perhaps, if they had bought him a
pair of hand-me-downs. "But," said
Coup, "I thought I would do him
proud, so I took him to a fashionable
tailor, who made him a pair of tight
fitting trousers of the dude cut II
never saw as mad an Indian in my life.
He tore thorn off and informed me,
through his Interpreter, that it was
humiliating enough for him to pose as
a curiosity of an almost extinct race
without wearing tight pants." I givo
it in the hope that the taste of even a
wild and untutored specimen of an un
civilized race may have some effect
But I doubt it. lie might mako a re
formation on such people with a toma
kawk. The Meddler, in Chung Herald.
The Connecting Link Between Ani
mal and Vegetable Life.
Last week some cod fishermen
brought to New York a large specimen
of the actinia, which they found cling
ing to a rock off Barnegat Inlet. Prof.
Rice says it is the finest and largest
specimen he has ever seen. It was at
once placed in a tank, and the Profes
sor has been feeding it with small
pieces of meat and chopped fish. - The
sea anemone is tho connecting link
between animal and vegetable life.
The sea flower in quuatiun consists of a
stalk five inches in diameter and eight
iuches in length when extended. The
stalk is crowned with a largo number
of tentacles in a scries of circles, and
the wholo foliated so as to resemble
tho fine petals of a pink. In color it is
a palo gold. Upon the slightest touch
of the hand the flower draws in its
tentacles, shuts its mouth and flattens
down upon the rock. In the same tank
thero aro several specimens of the yel
lowish fleshy corals, or those which do
not secrete a hard skeleton. New
York Herald.
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Sugar in Lumps.
In answer to a correspondent who
asks the difference between the sugar
which is sold in apparently smooth
cut lumps and other whito sugar, the
lumps of which are somewhat rough
on their surface, the New York Sun
says: The difference is considerable,
and the latter, which is pure loaf sugar,
cut into lumps, always commands a
higher price in tho wholesale market,
and cannot be adulterated. It is
called in the market "cut-loaf." The
former quality of surar is what is
known as "cubes." Tho cut-loaf su
gar is made in lunips of fifty pounds
out of cane sugar, then sawed into
slabs, and these slabs are partially cut
through and partially broke. It is
easy to distinguish the marks of cutting
and breaking on each lump. The cube
sugar is made of soft sugar and pressed
in molds, which gives the smooth ap
pearance, and is suitable for shipment
The cube sugar will sometimes on a
sea voyage resume the consistency of
the soft sugar, and the change of
form is due to adulteration.
The safest sugar for anyone to buy is
pure loaf sugar, and it is much sweeter
than any other. The principal sub
stance osed in adulterating sugar is
glucose, which is sugar made from va
rious vegetable substances, chiefly
grain. While glucose is sweet, it is
easily detected oy the expert because it
is not so sweet as cane sugar. It is,
nevertheless, very extensively used to
adulterate cane sugar and produce
cheap sugars which are sold in the
market ' Reputable dealers sell it as
glucose, but there are many, dealers
who sell glucose for sugar. The nature
of the glucose is to make a close, sticky
sugar; It does not produce grains, like
cane.
Lipport's Hoat Market,
Smith Niilc of Main Sr., a few doora west of
M. Kiiriiwu's ilriu store, Ottawn, 111.
The public will alu-Av flii'l tnv market well Mm-Iced
Willi the rlinliw Kr-nli ami suit Men!, such as Beef
Xlinr.i, V..i l,.rlt I .me.1 I !..( IMekleil I'ork.r noked
llama and hiii-, Ai-. KH-iiii attention paid lu nkee
uii'i noiogim Kauagc.
t r Kree lellerv to all part nf Hi city.
Nlarrh l. ;ssl. l.KoliGK I.lITKIiT.
FLOUR AND FEED,
ii me, Salt, Cement- Plastering Hair
uni Stucco. Also the
LONDON
Horse & Cattle Foe tl
A rM eaiatlon rar superior to any couAitioa
powder ever made.
Oil Cakn, Corn Mnal, Aco.
A. HAMILTON.
r ed. tl-tf 141 Main itreet, Ottawa, 111.
Money to Loan.
In uin of l,itM anil upward, on improved farinnnuil
on muinew properly.
JAS. F. UALVIX,
Luan. Inauranci and Steamhlp Aiieiii-y.
OlHi'f in AVlaiio Illix k Ottawa, III.
Uiir!5-lJ-
Infants and Children
What (fives our Children rony cheeks,
What cures their fevers, makes them steep;
Cawtorla.
When Babies fret, and crv by turns,
What cure their colic, kills their worms.
Castorla.
What quickly CHres Constipation,
Sour Stomach, Colds, Indigestion ;
CiwtoHa.
Farewell then to Morphine Ryrups,
Castor Oil and Paregoric, anil
HailCastnria.
" Caatoria ia well adapted to Children
that I recommend it as superior to any medi
eine known to me." II. A. Abchsb, M.D..
Ill So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
An absolute core for Rheu
matism, Sprains, Pain in the
Back, Barns, Galls, &o. An in
stantaneoos Pain reliever.
SPRING
1804.
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And all who wish their work
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OMAHA Am LINCOLN TO
OR VIA
KANSAS CITY AND ATCHISOH to DENVES.
Connect inr in ITnlon IiKits lit Kansas City,
(iniiiba and Denver witb tliroiiKh trains fur
And all H)lnt8 In the Groat West.
GOING EAST.
CunnuctitiK In Cinind I'nion IoMtat Chiciigu
with tliroiiKh tniins for
iV E w YO II K, no ST O X,
Ami all KiiMcni Cities.
At Peorli with tlii'iiiiub train for Iiulianan
olla, Cincinnati, Coluinbm, and all jioints in
the Sunt h-Kaxt. At St. l.onis with through
trains for all points South.
Klegtmt Day Coach s, I'arl'ir Cars, with Re
clininx Chair (seats trw), smoking Cars with
Revolving Chair, I'nllmaii I'alnce Slecnlntj
Car nnd the famous C. It. & Q. Dlnlnx Cars
run daily toand from Chirao anil Kansas City,
Chicago and Council Mull's: Chicago and lea
Moines, Chieano, St. Joseph, At hlson ami
Topeka without olmnjre. only through line
runninir their own tiains between Chicago,
Lincoln and Donvar, and Chicago, Kansas
Citv and Denver. Through cars between
Indianapolis and Council Mull's, via l'eorla
GOINO NORTH AMI SOUTH.
Solid Trains of Elegant Day Coaches and
Pullman Palace Steeping Cars are run dady to
and from St. I.onis; via Hannibal; Quincy,
Keokuk, Ilurlinfjcton, Cedar Rapids nnd Albert
I.cato.St. Paul and Minncaiolis; parlor Car
with UeciliiiiiK ( bails to nnd from St. I-ouis
and Peoria. Only ono chanue of cars between
St. I.ouisand Des Moines. Iowa, Lincoln, Ne
btuska, and Denver, Colorado.
It is also the onlv Throujrli Lino between
ST. LOUIS, MINNEAPOLIS and ST. PAUL.
It is known as the great THROUGH CAE
LINK of America, and is univursally admit
ted to )e the ,
Finest Equipped Railroad In the World for
all classes of Travel.
Through Ticket via this line for sale at nU
K. II. con kmi ticket otllc.es in the L'nitedStates
and Canada.
T.J. POTTKR. PERCEVAL LOWELL,
Vicv'-rrfs. (ion. Ma: tgtt. Oen.l'tni. Ag't.ChicaKO.
THREE GREAT CITIES tfi WEST
LINKED TOGEMEB BY THE GBIAT
CHICAGO & ALTON R. R.
Tbe Snort Line tod the Beat Route to
KANSAS CITY 1ST. LOUIS
And all point via
And til points rla
KANSAS CITY. BT. LOUIS.
CHICAQO EAST and NORTH.
The Popular Line te California.
PALACE RECLINING CHAIR CARS
Free of Extra Charee.
PALACE DINING CAR8,
w m a.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars,
An equipment not equaled by any otner line.
nectiona are made with other Hues at aeuonable
r;RKATJfxC'lJR8ION ROUTE tn .um-
mer. to all Watering Placea In the East, V .eat ami
North: WIrtCONSIN, BlINHKWiTA. nilUMi
OA'S, CAN AHA, EASTERN STATES.
KOck YMOirNTINH, COLORADO. NEW
MEXlCO.CAI.ltoRNiA. 1 wlmeMo .1 1 he
winter neaons in iuu ouuiu, iow niBAivv
CALIFORNIA. .
Kxcuralon. ltound Trip and single i rip ucta v
ALLLAND RAlfiT POINTS In the West
or Boutn, ano lnrougu mcbi iu
Wet, North and South, are on aale at all tlmea, at aa
low rate, aa by inferior . .,. .
t or lunner mronran "u '""-ou -fi-j
An? Ticket ifftnt CHICAGO A ALTOS B. B.
or to JAMES CHARLTON,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent,
210 Dearborn Street, CHICAGO, ILL
J. M. OATES,
General Traveling Agent Chicago Alton Railroad.
CHICAGO, llil..
J. C. McMULLIN, Vice-President.
O. H. CHAPPELL, General Manager
THE WEEKLY
La Me Go. Herolfl
iiu. a,.i-nr..,l a u'lrti'r knnwn distinction as the rMchI.
t' e mmt powerful and the most widely clrctilate.l
German weekly tn this slate, outflcle of the city of
elites-.). It Is reconnlze.1 by every class and element
h the, worthy exponent nnd representative of tli
genius and spirit of the German population of Central
Illinois. . ... . . , i
Its popularity and great clrrulatlon among Intelli
gent and prosperous Germans bestow, upon it a value
as an auverusiuK uie'iium wim n i n.-i r""'""u .j
v f other German Journal In this part of the state ol
Illinois. .
ottvwa. 111.. March 17. 1U
obtained or nm invention, or far improvtmtntt
on old one: for medical or othtr compound, trod
tnnrk and Libel t. artai$. AlHgnmtnf, fnU-
Terence, Appeal!, Suit for Infringement, amd
all catt anting unaer xnejwwu j."
IV aurnnea to. iwiuiH.tw
by tke PrztmtOf
JLe may tMl, i
mott tatet. OO
patented fry a. Btumf omtoM th U. M. rate
department, and engaged in Patent bulineee w
Clutlvfiy, w ean man enoemr airw, "
Patent more promptly, and with broader claim,
than co viho are remote from WatMngton.
IIJMlKHKHiiM
tend tt a moor
I or ektUk of
Hour ittrict; too
make examination and advite at to patentability.
frroetfeharae. All enmertnndenc etricttytpy-
Jt tential. Price low. and SO CHAMtiM M-
We refer in, Wnthington, to Bon. Pottmotttr
Oentral D. M. Key. KeojP. J. Power, Th Oti mom
American national Pan, to edtcial intke U. tX
Patent Office, and to Senator and Pepretentatioo
in Vongreei: and especially to our oiirmtt tn eoory
Stat in On Pnion and in Canada. Addre
OppoeU Patent (tffia. Wehimeiem, D. a
New Styles or Type and Lew
Prices at the Free Trader Jtb
PrintingRooms.