The Ottawa free trader. [volume], February 27, 1886, Image 7

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OX Till HALF SIIKLL
AN ILLUSTRATED DESCRIPTION OF
OYSTER FISHING.
Kreilclnci Tunsiii-- and Nlpplnjr, Till
Nine llllllon it Vfiir are Dragged l'p.
Worker tint I Nit Mail Ni-o.l ijnvjr.
(Hpi-gUt i"iurfi'Dji'UP,)
hi ui wiy 11 1 nil lul
Ifon oyster nrn
caus-lit mil ot t
every your aad of
tlift-m mora than
five a in I a bait til
llOII H!' flslitsl up
in North Anu?rica,
Hucli U tho fact
Tim iifxt thing to
La said U that by
far th largost pro
portion of ttioa
ohta'taesl no
mul dovm the x
trs of Che-apeak) hay. It is a familiar
hight, tliaovster aivl ttnSing boa's, to all who
luivtNtrtpivxlatth.it i!ensant vstiity fair
OM Point t'omf-vrt. Clio.ipo il" ls ,J0
miles long and 40 miles w.d in soma placos,
hut the oystor caught all aloiif- its shorea nn
simply called "Baltimore oysters." Tho
Invalves ar (shipped to ev-ry part of tlia
m orid from this city. In tans and tint thy
to tha infe rior, a fur -sunt as Dakota,
Arizona anil Uiah. It U on of th sensa
tions of pwsons who have Uwn bora ami
rearod in those region. that tin taste thoir
Hint frosh oysters wben thoy visit tha Atlan
tic coast. Ono pities tlmm. They have noma
advan agas iu the way of clwaji living ami
getting rich rapidU out thore. hut when ona
rt-uieiiibers that tlwynovtr taste on oystor"
on tho half sh I, they are we'dniio to all tha
rosf, Giv u our povrly and our half
shell.
Oystora oaia hora in Tultimora are tha
largest. ino-sfcdolid.MH in America, if not in
the world. Thai is bocuu the hum mar
ket is Biippllei ty that process of iUhing
hiel is called 'longing." Oysterriiou are
dividad into dird and toninon.
Tw o mn go out. in a small boat.
step ovur an oyster ld wtiern the water is
10 to -0 fot dee;,. Their ton : consist of a
pair of iron r i!us. with wood "ii handles
to a. fret lo:i0'. Tl.v ts-tli of tho rik-s op:i
inward mi I thn (inndies nro or ssed mi l
joi-real to-telier, 'or!f':iig upui a pivot like a
pair of s'-issors. Tl.n li.shenntiu puts his
long hanlled implement, down into t!io
water n (jr.-ih u as ni'Viv nysk-r slmUs in
ha can hold btvvi-eu the. in:;.-, not more,
than half a peek at iii-t. A tongtnafi caa
gather no :no-: than half a d r.vn hii-hels a
lav.
ih dre.lyr, on the o.ht-r band, it-tii's
lluuu up uhiw-t without limit. "1 h -ro are
realty tlirea way of oy-ti-r fishing, if it vin
l.a ealx'l that drod.iing. tougia,' and w.;h
nipper, lty fl'. la--t n.ctlio I tli li v.ilv s
are pickivl up one by one with loigdnu I -d
pinccr frt.tu t!',i clear water. TU- s fin-,
onught nra the choieeiS of all ny.t : f.-m
lieds that hav l 'in pl;inte.I, at: i n -n;'-rior
to tho rojt. It i ciK-ouraging -
tllH.
The dre-l ;i: g viMd ar ordinary two
mulled (i-.iin . m i I- Tfdreigi i an
in m nrra'.igonieir. whi-.-h rakes .-dung a'tor the
boat nnd .seooi'S in its lo id of rough !"--. Ic
isagaiu-t tho Inwif Mai y 1 iud for any i.miii
vessel or t.:i-ttrn imwhiiierv of any k.nd to
i-ii'agn in oyster ratchmg. This is ia;u. o
'e7un tnai'liino. y would d.suirb tl.o wa.cri
and il-stroy the U Is.
Along the Mary hind shorei .700 jorsons
me Hvupied in ibis indiuiry, and
ih. c:"p nmouiits to f ID.IXM.O 0 a year.
The consumption of oyster t inrrea.-:
rvery no 1 there m no Innttn what it
w ill be if tha oyster 1m d held out Thera
is appreheiiio:i that th.-y will no-, although
now ones am I eing planed constantly. To
protect tiiem a law was pas-ol by tho Mary
land legislature that no dredge should to
workod insido of a certain imaginary linn
drawn b twixn spec. lie I pointy This
throws tho dredges into deep wa.-rs. That
is to nay. it i.s sni j o -d to do so. A.s a
matter of fact the b 1 oysti-r p.nit-s min 1
the law iio ntoro tli n western -ti!rs do
thn act against cult in; timber on public
iliennins. I hey take oys ers w heneer and
wherovor they can. I hero nr ils many
wayi of evading tlm ')lico idvps that
patrol C'efvaj) 'ako l ay .'is there :uo iinon
live ideas iu an oyslcr.iiaV lual.
it.u.-tsii rtiK i)i,.:::-::-t.
Tl.o dr dge holds I'loiit I v.- I .tish els of
n . sters. It is a bag ma !" cf n sort of ni
wurk of iron ring--. On its lower iilg.) is an
iron rak) wiih long, hrni te-'Ji. Ta
dredge are let down ood hf'.o 1 by w ind-lah-s,
of which thre are two tocieh Vs4.il.
'i'iiev ulso nra ma.lj of iron. The ra.l of an
oyster lnt is cu' awav Mui ldiiii, an 1 it is
hern that, tlio win llas-ei are l:s.l. I'.-idi i
workol by four men, two nt each end. Til"
Ui'edgo U rdlowe.l to ilescond of its own
, woight. To wind il ti ngnin, "tui is the
'l,iU)r, this tha ta k. ' Sotn-times i: hni
jicns itat the w indlass hiiide are not un-hhip-
e l lefora th i rapid dcsctrit of the
lred ro takes pli'-i. then th"y tri;;. the hap.
loss ovs ennan a scn ling h ow, au l lun.-k
him forty ways for iSuudj.
Iks work is very hird. It is tnid
tho tramps that n.'d to overrun
Baltimoro wera given thrdr chi ii-e
of whethtr thov would go to j ill or go down
the bay to work on oyster vessels. After a
law of them had tried oysVring for a while
the fwdows said "tj J il ' every time. In
freezing wi'er anil in violent wiud they
must work day rnl nighr. Tha drtl'e
bauls up abcu: pounds nt a time. The
twits hold from frX) to 'i, bushels each.
The iron n.ust n t only haul tbse up, but
also o; arate tho masses of oysters. The
livilves com in greet chunk, or lumps,
fas; toethtr by masses of toe shU
th
A$ 'if
fiO uy -,'.
C7 sj
material. The uitiit Ui bro'ii n anar one
by one. Th'' fliheri au wjuaU upon deck
n 1 do.M th s by hun I. It is a back brrak
Ir.s proc', nnd often fre!ng rain and
Know fad upon tho worker hour ofwr hour.
A bv.it' ere vr consist of a captain and
eight; un a. Tho men are pil l f!5 to (v'J a
month an 1 their 'Vrub.'' Likoull mea en
gngi In s'vere labor, that i.s attended with
unusual hanlshlpi and extr mos of weather,
they are very improvldont. They work
during a trip in order to get uionev
to a;x-nl durn; nn idle ape.l They
fpend what thsy e .ru evry cout The
caiitains of the crew toaisthues nave
motuy, on I leeoma rt ownera of small
boats on their own account. But the
cotntroi mun's money poeti Jutt where nil
fcafaring imm's doe (o rum ahops ami
boardhiK Iioiism, io culled They lie over
and r& every other trip. Tho hardships
and bard work which they must endure In
order to provide as with our choiceat food
delicacy are almost enough to make ono fee.1
UMComfortohla Eighteti hours' work, with
the 1-t falling apou their (Ingora and the
freeiing aalt spray tiuihifig over them and
into their faces, is not a job that tho nio-t
Indus rloua man out of wa k would bo apt
to rogar 1 with longing.
Th vesssl goca with the wind in oyster
.drodgiug. anl pu'ls the drclge along after
ft As it sails on th captain poke a lonr,
idim rod down into the water from time to
time- to ascertain whether they ore over an
ovster beiL If they are be nbouts ''heave'
to nia tnin. Tbey catch in the dreJgrs and
throw thorn ovBrb-ard. AVben the ca- tain
think the ha is Qliel be cilia, "wind up.'
This Is done, and the mass of oysters and
d'dirls dumped upon dock, while the dredge
is heave J overbourd agiin.
An oyster baa not much seusa In truth,
it i.s an untonscionab'e idiot, nnd begins to
grow in a small limey necretion, about the
size anil shape of a fish scale. This little de
posit fastens itself to anv solid subs'ance
within roach ujion the ocean be 1 another
oyster, old h its, old bot, tottles, pieces of
iron the timbers of piers end any sort of
unutterable rub dsn. As funny a sight a
I ever mw was a bunch of oysters grown
tirmly to a huga old toot.
The boat sail on with the wind until the
captain w ith hi polo find he is getting out
of ranjre of the oyster 11. Theu the little
ship is put b.iok agoin, to commence work
ing up ane w.
Nearly l.fsW) schonirs areenjrigel In tle
ovstor budua off the coast of Maryland
alon Tho hirgest piirt of tho b. valve
in aat for cooking go to the unfortun ite
wetora people, but hundreds of barrels of
shell oysters ora also shii p--d wvkly to tlTii-c-o,
bt, Iuis and C'iiicinnjiti. There nre
ho'i vi in tho e cities tbaf, order seventy to
eighty barrels a week p.vu.
The loatrt dredgo in company, like fishing
lio-its. along the ovists, olnti!llo9 there
are hundred i of them in one fleet. If
they nra in fobidden waters they
nlwnvs l.""p a loiil-out for tlu approach
of tho polies -loop. Vhen it. ciiines to tiiem
it linds evisry lxvat. lying idly at nnchor, not
a w ind! ici w orking. Of course, unless the
men an; caught at work tluv cannot lie
arrested. '1 he l oafs arc owned bf lu.-iness
n.cn on t.hom and in tho towns i;su-d.y.
The c ii'tain take for h's pay a shsre of the
oroc 'cis wh'n tho cargo is ild. Tl-.e
owners f tlr v.'s:''! are often landing I
hou kirs and tlu cr'.vs lolgo with
them on sh'T'i. S-s they iniko a good thing
of it all iir' Cii t.
Tin o.-kIitimii sel-'orn cat ovsters 1
supixise lie has to work m hard for and stnv
up nighl with th'm till begets ili-gustl
nii.hth' w hoi riubjc.t. And sdiii.l bla:i c
to him A. .). 1 tiTiiwi t.U
llAiTlHO'i-t. hVb CI
- -
THE MAN WHO CAUGHT GERONIMO,
Was It a Mistake, tbe Shot W III eh '
Killed II I nr.
pp'Vlal Cirreii:nil 'tire j
Saxta I. . N. M.. I'eb. 1 A singulir
intm-ost invents H'o portrait of the man who
hunted down tho
ApncJ" lieronimo
and mt hi da h
in so doing. Thuro
is souir-thiitg in th.
pxpreision s n a o
fascinates the nt
ten:io:u If ever
man bora his fa'o
in his f.ieo, I rave
Cap t. K nt in " t
Crawford did. IL
eyes ara a ert nn I ir)l'
kin. tho oy.M of l' gfk t
oneacMH o-nM to
ginia aiiMii on -in
skIim. an i ! e tl
stin ly on thn look
out for dun ger. capt. CllAn KOIin.
I'ut apart from, thes, t.hnia who c.nim to
pos-vs lore in such matter say they heeine I
to trace tho shadow of a viclent death in
his f-i'". Jt w.'h tho I.Mik (f ono usv to tre
mend n ( x ; teroents and dangers which
told a; ia-t on hi nervous system.
dipt, draw ford was a n.itivo of I'hila-d-doliia,
of ;rish doscn UV.a many other
of ni.' I t a id lirnveit Ami riean soldiers.
He w:n not, a Woit IViinb r, but enlisted
n a ; r.vnto ,n a 1'ennsylvini i regiment in
tlio !a!e war When the colore I regim 'nt.s
were formed it wns with ditliuilty men
could b - ton-Hi to oMieer tleiri. Cr.iwfonl
wns given a suhordinnio co nnian 1 in one of
them. He thus I ecu no a memlier of tha
regular Uniu-d Sta'es nru;y. He wns nt
i n;th eppoi jt" I to a c lotainc in the Third
United S a e cavalry. After the war he
was as-.igi.'d to day out on tho i or 1 r,
which most olli vrs haUi like d'vi'h. Th -ro
this brave si . tier, who iise from tno ran l.a,
has rem u'ne.l ever since, lighting Iudiiii'.
lie was never a "featlier-lnvl' sowli-r. lie
bas Ink -n nr in the ird.au campaign it
Y.on'nii.i I'nko'a, Idaho, Xebra-ki Colo
rado Au'zona and New Me.iieo. When th'!
--yag do nniino broke out of camp in
New .Mexico, in i-'ny, 1S", l.'np:. C'tawford
r.tik -1 to t assign,? I to the duty of bunting
hinidown. "it was a task wh sadiillcinty le v
persons east, can tin l rst.i. i L It v. a like
l:.in:ing f x in inounUiiii f i-tue-'. Th
ritfciii-e cl (ho tre.vhe-o is chief wi. ild have
l.ivri th greatest f ather of his lilo m t!ie
cpofteipi. ("ra.vfor 1. IInK-rvie.s to b;s
ci'iin'.ry won! I h-:vo Utui r-.-cogniz d hand
somely, ii-ic l.e bd 1 hoi 1 on victory and
d:--l with it :n his gri--;-.
'ihe circumstat.c-.a of hi dealh are pecu
liarly tnclancho y Oar readers know al
ready that be feil dead with a bu Het in his
hjd, a bill tire 1 I y bands ost-risi ly frie.-i 1
ly. Uerondno was run down at last, in
M Mico, 2' mi!'" ou'b of the New- Mexico
Wirier. Tho spot was in the inoui.ta.ns of
we-teni Mexico, in Chihuahua county, very
nvir tho UWth m Tidian of west longi'ud-.
11 x can s-ddiei-s were pucuing the ml
enemy. too He was ac.cus:cuie I
bIjT committing doj red it ions in one coun
try to flee over the isn-c'er into the oih r
t'upt Crawlori hr-l numder of lnd. an
scf-iifs with hiuu Jt is clniml that th--Mexi-aus
misok t iier. s for hos.i esao 1 fire 1
on tiiem. An attempt tf male to s gna
the Mexican .".ltd bring tie in to a f ni l-y
but lio.'ore this cou'd be doic rliotl.or o.!ey
w.u fired, and the ilahiup, uri' ring lu l.ai:
figliter foil d. u l. Tlwre are th -e h o 1
l eve that thi (i. icg was not win dy n'-ci
duital, tut tha- tho M. xiein ku- w nli
th y were r.! 'Uf. It i I p i t' r--' w !l I
cn iuve.dia i.oa. Hc-RTiifiti: 'tVii;i.L.v.
TILDKX AT HOME.
HI3 PALATIAL CITY AND COUNTRY
RESIDENCES.
Creytons the Country Seat In Whloh
lie Now Lives Ills House at tiniuu-rcv
I'arh. the former Merra for I'olltleltnia
Mr. Tildeu's Tastes and Stinlb-s,
Bp-rlfil Corrinixm.lenel
Nkw York. K U '-'a. if the tolitical his
nry of the pat quarter of a contu-y could
Ue faithfully and imnar i illy writ en; if due
cretlit were givu to those who have boon
loaders of public thought guide of public
opinion, it would U foiiud 'hat the ' fiigo of
(ireystoue," the quiet and unostentatious
Simmd J. Tilden, though a frail little man,
has been a giant among he n over oi men
on I events. Hut an aeknowl dgment of his
public services canuot, bj made in his diy
nor likely iu his Generation, if they are
ever ninde. The partisanship of bis politi
cal opponents and the j 'a ousies of mem
bers of his owu party w ll pr vent it
Hi 's are though s that would occur tr
an unprejudiced jooserver af er visinug
Greystono and soeinr Mr. ' T. Idea among
his churls uui booivs and tudivS.
cukystovb.
Mt. Ti!den'8 country homo at Greystone la
situated on tho east b-imc of the Hudson,
alxiut eich oen mile from the New York
city hall, and is one of the first among thn
Uautiful home of America It whs built
by John T. Wuring, a MassachuetU hat
manufacturer, who made his money, it is
ssid. by usiig conv cl luoor. Th uildoig
nnd farm if al out liH) acres cost him$4r,
OK). Mr Tilden bought it in 1-7H an I h:us
since Ixvn con-iuntly at work iinprovm t it,
Hvery day that i not stormy h c m be seen
iiis'KM-tiug the various por inns of his
'fui in " us he ca Is it. and it is a farm and
bii exccebugly well re;u ated o.i., ill1 s'ock
Ixing the v rv b t proourab'o. The greci
iNiuses nnd graisry. erecto I duriug this
vear, nre at present taking much of .Mr.
Ti den's ct.enti jii He urpo es to rif .nl Mr.
Mould in his collection of plants, and hi
fruit; houses nn design I 'o stmn.y grape
and ic-iolres all tin y ir round, lint it i
the interior of tho ho ue :h it ni'er -sti ou
most, pirticu.arly nt thi se.i.on I ran
ii"ver forg't an incident of niv Mis' visit lo
I licystou . It witiiu th f ill.il "Si. My guide
through the hous on that ncra-.on was Mr.
Andrew 11. (Ireen, Hie cx-coinp'r dice oi'
New York city, who res;d"s with Mr.
Tilden. A teiegrau raised Mr. (Ireen to
(xens'j hiuisclf from mo torn time while I
iijoyed tho i.orks of urt nnd m i .Millie lit
old c'ni'iii in the .pac.o::s hill w I-h urn
through the building from ei-t to ucst.
lleiug ut true cl to tiie furl her end of the.
hall, 1 p is ed Mr. Tilde Ys s:u ly just us tho
door opei.ed, when I saw a ;icta' that
hurtled me It was Mr. 1 ilden us nn
invalid, with a nn-kin piuued over hi
ci est, nn 1 bis u i 'ce. Mi s ! VI: on, a Mis'inghim
with his fo'l. for t'.ie carrying d which his
I anils re too uu d tend v. I Ins as :it a thno
v hen ajk-r througlinut the cuin'rv were
in In,1 in him to again i.( a c m 1 d a! a for
the picsd-uiiy. 1 thought of how i.iw
could um'.ei'stind that his feeble body
enrr o 1 one of the brigh'est intellects of our
linio, and what a subj ct it vmi.iI 1 have
made for tho earicatur.s's, so 1 relraiievl
from toiling if it until now, when Mr.
Tilden' s condition is I ett-'i" known. Mr
'lildi-uhis lieeu i(T jenrs almost deprived
of the use of his ban Is. The rein x at ion of
the vocal chords will not permit him t
hMak iibovo a whisper, nnd at tinun scarcely
tiiak Otherwise his condition is vi ry good
for one who has jusr passed his "Jd birth iny.
viliVvVyO ill
II
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n ,
. !',' i' irn l i . -i
0
jm hi.iikn in nn kti in.
I'ew .students devote as n ueli time to tlv ir
books us Mr. Tibieu. nnd few -r possess, iu
such a icirinrka'ulc wav, the facid' y of gia;
in uniilyiug mi l retnmiii; nil th-y
r a I. 1 took a ha-ty jl. :ins nt tho nuuierous
looks which wire coineiiientlv nrrnu'ed on
bi study table. '1 hey nil npp ared to !
either tha memo is of st nt -uiti or jsv-t.aiii'sl
to slat.Mimiishi) or economic Mioje-ts in
gi iiowny. Al every turn in til house nre
eases tif book-', each devoted to teer.e sioci
ni'ijo t. " ! roog'i tl.- r iisssf Irs in ni-i-eii.si
and two va eW he is enable I to bring
to hand immediately any woik lie .l,-ir"S t
re'er t o. O.'teii he will sen I a sj, ui"-s-se.-ig"!-
t" bis city lim,e in drainer y par
for n boo': to -is 1st Itiin in hi, invi -.fixations.
I.'ku th" ere.it . c'-uetiil I'll . he b is n
room d. in id to to; o;;: nil re, where i::ap,
iit.d charts i,f il.e Aii"le v.orl 1 nr l.e-.t for
reference. The lion throughout is fne- I
ii i s I wiih cv.:ry conv 'iiii 'ict ibt cie'l
hut taste could su.rgi -t !ro,n ;i ste.mi ;'
g. lie in the cellar to the o veriid te cs.-oj,.)
ill th" up; er e'uaoi'icr ot Ihe t eve-. 'lh'
norther ii w ing of the lull l: ig is d. vo!sl.
w ith the -x -option of a -p .ci..u bidi ml 1
ris)m. to t he il'vn servant-- nnd th eulinary
ib'jiiirtmen'. Tha walls of the house are
bung with works of nn o! the ciioie s. kind,
prornineit nmong which are e'i 1 cut re
productions of the trca-ures of tho v.it.c n.
Above the parlor, tnusie mil tei-epfem
r'Hiins at the south si !o of th . t :ild ng are
Mr. 1 Uden s np irti ieii-s. The rem nnd.-r of
tU house has aceommodat .o is lor p. obahly
tw.uty-tive guests. Tha L .tise an I grounds
are constantly pen to visitor'. Hi- gne t
numtior iiumy of the tno,t piominent pub i
men of the eouu'ry.
'1 his is tho house that was the Meert for
n:!i'icisu until a few years ago. ibre
e impa gas ts-re platm-sl. line, of policy ..
cused. nt.d ree"ii-iii!ition- Istwivti r.vi-'
candi late, r,u orgtniZitions e'.Te -t" i I In
hone has re,s-nt 1 v U-e i r o.ui.t. ll is ii teii
out even more su i ptu msly th hi Gre.--:o;i
Here is !r 1 :1 leu's irreit law ,1 ,r-i -y. 1',
togn'her with lo o t'i-r look occup.' ti e
ln'-ge r "...lis ui.a i ab olute'y f icpro. f ; ' f
t' ' "
tion of thj bnlllmi While Mr. Tilden
lives theia hmi-es shall continue to lie the
resort tor the leaders of tho party whute
(a.:
Ls.si
THE OHAMERCT PAIUC HnrSB.
interests have bii . arduously fosterwl
thore. ard where lb younger ineuiber may
draw inspiration and lea n political wisdom.
Thev hid, in fact, tempos devoted to states
maiiship, and for thst reason nre of interest
to every oitiziL S. IL lioWJAS.
8am Sin all, the Evangelist.
iSix-olsl rorrespondenee.
Chicaoo. Fee. 24 Sam Mnall. hi wife
and four children hive I won iu th.s city for
a week. Hie head of th)' family tins come
to assist Shiii Jones in wngiug war on the
devil, and if they d not break up tome
long btanding ' friendsh p uctwocn Chi
ragiinnsaut ihe evil one it is uot Uyause
th y are not painting him black euough.
The cansr and style of the Hev. H ituJonea
is familiar to mo-t resulei-s, but it is iu no way
more interesting than that of bis associate.
K'lin Small coui s from an old and hon
ored ' Io isiaua family, was born in Now
Orleans, and re
ceived his eluca
tion in the bot col
.egos of this coun
try. Ho is not yet
Si years old, bat
has had uneventful
carior. Journalism
was bis first choice
as a profession,
and he wrote many
rnginal and forci
b e nriicie that
drew attention
from all iiunricrs.
As a stenographer
and tetimiu ha is
pt'oftcieut, and has
reported some of
the most notisl
trials iu the soti'h.
Ho wis micc ssivc-
SAM SMAI.t.
lv ir.va.e secretary to (Jen. KoOert
Toomln, Alex'inlr IL Slemiem nnd
Hen. Joseph K. l'.rown. Like many other
clever writers Sam Is-came f n I of sis-n l
ing 1 is time in convivial co npiu,-, nnd was
frecU -tit l- uiilitte I for work by long perioii
of driinki ntiiMS which were often of a doi-
ernte charaet . When once started on a
spree hi v oi i i 1 n it stop until nature could
no longer stand the .s.rain. nn I ho would
then b come completely prostrate U Puring
th(s linn's of re eu;ieratio:i lo wrote the
ver-es mi l U'gro sketches of ' Old Si." that
have mala l.im familiar everywhere to
nensTST reader. His sjxh-cIi i- singularly
6iiioo h, 'li.she 1 mil e lt'Ttn ning. and ho
P'issi sses in a v. ry maritel degree tie" na u
ral eh i nce of tl.o eduea'c l southerner,
lie was in constant dent and in polit cal ism-t-sts.
nn.l otleii when in a maudlin condition
v.ou'd ustonish his bearer by ihe brilliancy
of thought nnd nptnoss of expression. luce,
win n in Vitsliiiiigtuu with a delegntlon, he
was so overcome by ilis-ipation ntu bunipiot
ns to fiilt nse'ii. !! as ml Iged by a
friend, who ssid: ''Come, Sam, tbey are
waiting lor you to speak. ' "What about"
impiiivd Kim, in a drowsy sort of way.
Me.ng old the snbj.-sd, he rose and braced
himself iigtiiu,t a corner of tho table and de
livered Mich a bias'.y nnd grace! ul speech
tliat it was voted the success of the evening.
His conversion nnd reformation urj tho
most retnariiahlo things in his career. Ono
night he suddenly left his di-.so il'ei com
panoiHnnd went home, never again to be
usui in their (oiupany. it was done with tho
su lileimess r f a 11 ish of lightning, nn I for a
long time his lo. iiier comrad 's did not know
nli it bad Ice i ue of him. Ho ha 1 slopped
his course of ilebauchery a though strui-k
dead in th. midst of n fea-.L He ls now an
inveterate cigarette smoker, and defends the
habit.
It. is remarked by any one who listens to
Suuill that he is a won lerf ully gif le I olT
hand s aker. Il tool, him vuno little tuna
to accustom himself to ihe npplaiMi with
which iur iiubeui-i gre 't his remark.
Tlrur is-ligiiMis fervonl.-s-s not pisivent thuiii
from knowing a goo I thing when they hear
it, and then showing their aiipree.al on.
Kit A NIC I Kl.l
The 1Ii iilloiich Sloiiiiineiit.
p -i'liil I orre.s'lio .nli-iice.l
I'nri.A'iKi.rii; . I'eb --Tho d Nig-i for
I ho monument t b cr-o-ta I to tho inemory
of tho reat nctor M.'A'ullougli ha b""ii
ilellnitely ih-ci I ul ii0 a, and Mteis are now
bdTig b'ikeu to rai.e the nucos.viry f nnd . to
defray Ilia expenses of the meinori il. Tha
isoniuiittee have adopted a design io l ha
ii in ile style of t he Koui in rt uhlic, of which
aslo-teli i giv n .m ove. It is rorv-t to
const i uct. ii cr) p'j for the remains, and the
s f .t i not nro i i to I mi of i;ni!ii o t.li i f v 1 .vo
feet high. : U' l ouutcd by a statue of l a ue.
nr. i
la !,
the
h. i i s 7. m the
cltoiitcl up on u
In di'teren'a to the
clinrscter of Virgin! i
I,i- 1 -it ll live feet high.
wishes of tha familv nnd the - tro'igly ei-
ressivl public (pinion, it. litis lc-e-i ileceb-d
to erect the moiiuicout in I'liila l Iji'ii a. The
Cs, tofth work wi l be almr. f.'luo. It
i, hit by tie- i ouiiidfei 1 a-itig tiieti.a't r
in barge that thi ; should 1-! rn -a -n-lo,
til lov.ng fr onds, of wh U ll one b id
more, iisn last tribute to on- of 'ha m.st
.ei i ll of in -n. lew t'len l ad so iti iny -n-cs.re
n Imireis whila hv; fe v en n Could be
h-nits-r f.-i.-n I or more t; en.al mn pai ion,
and lew inc-i !ia i a liall-r nuini r of
enelilM- tha i tl.o late J M 'tl!o ug'l.
Tie I' f. re it is corsfldently -p,-c'e. th it 'I a
s na.l sum nsecsr.jry to elect a vi ii le neoi-l
i:. nl to tt.o f.ui li gi-n ii- wid evil- t
a tower f; j:i-, a mm u;-' -nt s.o li as no
s ;ni of l: .., i . in buy. v. i 1 I - jt-eu ; I y
firth, niiig ii a I v ng tnlir-' ttoia the
i.r.st of f r u K w to ui"u n !. s 1 s
W vl I I 1. L NJ.
1
r j I M i if P ." .
a m: I-:;--! m n vt'-'. r.
1 ho o;-u
Cieat. a. tor
SiB. I'AJtrt rAOI.rT. soctien f..rmn CAM.
H. 11., VVuiUo, Ohio, tiJ Qulkli
for or year, his raffetSn from Koarnlirla wuse
pwu luiao dutua ut ATUUU-Uouos curvd him.
Ncnrslclii, theuph one of tho mont common and
Uu ict iufiii i t UweiuM-s, law bullied nli iinslltal
hlill, snd until Til I noun DflC WIUC0Q
Inu dlscnvory of A I IlLUrnUnUO ndcrej.
aiimsst, if ii.it qiuUi In. urul'le. Athlophoroa
ciiiti.ir &Ld i7:cKi.r curni IL Ttus kUUmeul,
tliiiUKli troui.', is wurnviiUd by the fuels. Thoiu.
nils liavo tevtcsl Us value siul recouiiucnd It M
the osLr reiiitsly that Lrioir relitf. tor Udiea
RiilJs-t to tieuniliria cr nervous hi'-adiu hr It U
iiulis,'iiKatd.i. Athlophoroa eentiiliis no opium,
oiori'liiun, or .'Jur in.iif.-vrnus U Kiidiui.t, It U
alis,, hit, ly lmrii.l.'-K nnd nn: vcnsnlly sueissuful In
this rouji't cuiu df this uiuful dueiue.
Ask your dnrui t fur Athlophoroa. If Too
cannot yet ito(:.im we w ill mmiU il h lines pjJJ oh
lecoipl of rvK'ilar pnw-$l.00 xr boille. Wa
firi'fur ttisl (in I ny it frt.m jour (tmgilltit, but If
tin hwn'l it da not I isTiuad. it to try onwtliinii
tsU, butotdira:nuco truntuaudinssMxl.
ATHLCPH01CS CO.. 112 WALL ST.. NEW YORK.
HONEY TO LOAN.
T am now li-nJ in? tnnaev st t- eaJ 7 m-r cent. Interest
iDkUIIM (if fr 11 .'4l lip te f 1U.KU. I'll loim or Illllirt
time, isi f t i I nula is ljtSallx unit ailjoimnic oaiu
tus. Tuti rif Intcriwt i Ui'lcniinici hy uc cf Usui,
sm.sint or M-i-nritT anii.unio loan i i run.
Call ou or rataU Jreas, LtVt W. ItooEL
Stieridnu, lii
Carriages,
Buggies,
Phaetons
AND TUB
BEST
Road Cart
MADE.
('nil and fismlne our
Una- atoek et price
before liuylii.
ltuml I rl trvm
to .-):!.
KACTOMT;
ne block et iu.ifBce
TTVIA. II.I.1SOIH.
KNEUSSL'S
MAIN STREET,
West of la Salle Street, (south side,)
OTTAWA, ILLINOIS.
trior a keep romiAnt'.y ou linnd s lsme nr.J ell aulocted itvc of
DRUGS AND CHEMICALS.
All the new nnd popular Pntf a Mc0!i1rp, Extit nd Spleen for culicarr
Terfumery, Urushos, and Fancy Article's for the Toilet
Paints, Oils, Varnishes,1 Window Glass, &c.
rartirulai Attention plven lo the Compn-.tndlng of raysicliuis rrescriptiocs
ITo-.v mativ terrilile m lies or.e s rnvir hen.l' " Fur th Imli-flnita aohw and r'n of "rvooi
, , ;, ,, , ,, ,.,, ,., 11,,-u, paiU'Uts, ToNOAiaMt ia auperjur to any other ano-
liik, uml vvl nt unlit MMK ts causi d li tlicse 1'1)Il Fr St.u d.aT or iluaJulax Kliru
lii'iidui'lu'S. Ki'li I may be hi'd Imin Nervous, uuuirui, it u nhnota a spucihc."
Neuralgic, or SU'lc lleii.lavlii! l y Hie n o ofj I'ahk IUtvuib, M. D., 8l. Paul, Minn,
.tv. . s, Whlrli Ls not a cure nil, but' "l!ve ul TusoALrsi' In cawa of Kora!irio
JVCviv, ivl,i, h N ii cure for Nervous Hud u hmt ith mm id almoat rrrrf inaUuva.
, , ,. , . ,., ., .. : ,, Iu ntu. tlv Nt-ursliiu fnnu it la noricelled."
Hemlnelie, Neunilwui, IJieuniHtisin. .-selntlca, 0 0 NoMr(1M M B , CiBcintati, Otio
Hint limit. No proprietary ine.lieine lias ever ..X(),OM R1E MrM.lyd.mf food sen ica io la
ol.tilineil suell htMIlK 1'Uilun.clui-Ut Irulil (lie cra ,,f tial.itual ll,-d-bo."
bn-ilieul pmlesfilon. ' Tiut.i. HtHMss. M D.. Rt. Tbuniai. M.i
Ft) It .HA IK BV A I.I. DRCt. CISTS. TRirE OXK HOI.I.AR PKR BOTTLR
A. A. MELLIER, Kolo Prein..o.' ' -' 111 WAMlISU'ro.l AVEN'UK. ST. LOL'U.
WHO IS UNACQUAINTED W'TH THE CEOCRAPH V CF THIS COUNTRY, VILL
SEE Ul unAwmiiiu
'1:1-
i
a er, v. - r . .-
CHICAGO. HOCK ISLAND
fly rnivson of lUrontml poslMo l u:ij closto rol ition toi.ll print lp.il l::-"o i -iitt (ind
West nt lnltal tin I tori.i n .l pol it.s, t'ons titutc i f. o nic-t 1: port: r.t i:i!(J-contl-nontii
litilc lit th.it BV.sU'.n of ttirou ' trmi:nortrt:on wl.k li Invite rrul f.icili
tuto.i truvol tr ii'.lo Ijotvvoou citio3 of tlio Atlantic tire! Pac t3 t'oest.s. It
Is ul.so fin r .vorlt a iin'l best routu to utid !Vtm point. Ffst. Northeast and
Hout'i-- is, nn'l oi)ri ipor!flt!i K P'jints) W cr, Northv.v-st nr.il toutlivt et.
T'o l.''K-l: li'tnl b,.st'-.!i I ac I ul.' m it ii r. in lmo r.ml t-t-iirhefi, Crlcflfro,
Joliot, f)lli.v, IjiiSill), I'oor-iu tonoso. f.T'.lino fii-1 Kocii 1. land. In lliiTioiis;
1 ivonpurt, Muse iti;ie, ivhlntoo, Faul'.t-i'l. ettiunwu. C).-kuicciv Weft
I.ibortv, iu'vii Ci'-y, fi.-i Moiiv--. Inilumo'-i. vV'intfr. t. Atlumie, Kroxvii'.e,
Audubon, II irlin, O.ithrlj Ci-nt.ro un l Coir.u.l lilutli. In Iown; ti.Uiatin,
Trent )'.i, Cam -roil iw Kinstm City. In Mis.-t:rl; 1 ot.vonworth nnd Atchin.
In K ins w; Albort I." i, Muinu inoln uml Kt. I'iihI, in Mie.ntota; ntf rtowu ia
Dalioui, unci liunirfjd.s of i:u.-rii:odi.ii. i -.tio.s. tov. i:.-, viI.iikcs eiia stanend.
THE CREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE
f'imnto3 U3 patrotn that sonso of pervonul pmirity Bffordcd by p ?o'.id.
fiorou li!v h'll.iti'.l ro id-i)id ; smootli track ot conttnuou eUt-1 mil; tut
H intlull built c llvortM mil brilrvs; roi litis etoclc it near pt-rits.-l.oii an
liunicin r-m rai'iii it; tho mifoty npnlinnce of patent buffer-, plntlorm
nnd Blr-hr.i:es; mid that, e-c veMnr disfipatio winch Kovern tho ymcf.c-.vl
opor.itlon of all Its tr.iln uaijor Hptx-iaiiio of thi route aro Transtt-r'at
all ronniKlnf noint in I'tiion Depot. a;.d tLo unurpat'ed coiiitt --t and
lusuritj tif it l.is.on','LT Ki iipni.o:it.
Th RLit Ex pre 'i i-iin Dcf.veon Oilmtjo nnd th Miwnirl Kiver pre com
or null vontll.if-J, lluo'y tinholUTed Day Coi.che. lln-nittcent Pullman
iMlact Hlo'-pir of tho l itoss desitrn. and suuiptuou IMtiinir Car, in which
l.iboraTely r-oo-:ii nie-.il art lt-iurly eaten, "ij-ood Dtft-stiot waitlnij cn
Appsittto, nnd Ho.ilth on both." Hotween Chicago and Kiansu City and
AtchldJU, tu-- a!.-io run tli Co'.cbratod lloclinlii Chair Cars.
THE FAPt-JOUS ALDERT LEA ROUTE
I.safif) dinx-t nnd f ivorlto Mno bet-veen ChicsiTO nnd Minneapolis and St. Pa il.
vher. coi-.nertiijiiri nr.) mr l in Union D-o t for all point in th-a Terr -tor. t.
mid i.r.ti.-sli I'm-, tm'.s tver thi route. P.-t Exire-s Tmin are run to th
walrir.r pl.---., s num r r-rort. pictur.-iq;:e localities, und hunting and -ish-ln
ijxoun' I of low. i a:. I M.iino.-sot. a. ltHnlso tho nio.-t d-tirabla route to th
rich wheat field :-id j -..sior d land ff Interior Inkota- .
Htill imkv'.kt D :y.:r l'?, vi v Sjn.n-i nnd K mk.ikeft, hn he?n crpr.ed
Mwo -n IJe-.vi-irt :,'. . Ii c'!'no:vl. Cmcinnnl. Indianapolis. find Latuyt-tta nnd
Cou nc 1 riutl.s. Kanxa I'i'y, Uin-oanoli and St. Paul and intermxi.Yt poii.t.
lor d.-r. ul'-d lu'.orn-.iiuia hisi Mi:- and Folder, obtainable, a well na
TIck-r--. at -li pr.tic:..ui Ticict OIcj l:i tho t'nitod Stjto uid Csinada; or
by atldit-i.-.iiirf
R. R. CABLE, E. ST. JOHN,
PreiJor.t in4 General Mainager, Chicaco. Ccneril Tick-H and f ass eager Agent, Chicag
01A
BestintheNorU.
DRUG STORE,
ims miAe, isai ire.
& PACIFIC RAILWAY
cs, 'XHJ S J V-l
. J;00A, E.S!.teu!s f t-tji I
X--svj;..ya .v.ri, fr., jvs-r rv.s.. I