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The Grange advance., 1874-08-26

: is Justly entitled to the Pro rata re-
ward. Of which there has been $4,000
! offered for the three. besides various
other rewards having been offered by
the Governors Of Missouri and Arkan-
jsaS.
Reeds body lad become very much
dcconposed, particularly about the
head, he having been shot just between
F.; the nose and right eye. The drayman,
IN carrying him to the potter's field,
mlstook the place. and in returning,
| with the breeze to the windward of the
corpse. he took sick, and was compelled
to abandon it on the roadside. 1t was.
| however. taken charge of by the sheriff
and finally inferred. 1t is hoped that
the others may be taken and dealt with
in like manner.
The alleged virtues of madstones
are discredited by scientifi" men. The
only efficacy they can have is that of
being imperfect cupping glasses, they
being generally porus coralits which
will adhere to raw wound. Still. the
Lynchburs (Ea.) Republican tells a
story which is important, if true. A
Virginian whose name it gives, was
lately bitten by moccasin snake, and
before he could get any means of help
his bitten leg was very badly swollen
and his sufter,ngs were great, if not
threatening to be fatal. A maidstone
was applied to the wound, end seemed
to suck the poison from it; the leg
soon resumed it's natural size, and the
uncomfortable symptoms disappeared.
1t is curious that the belief in mad
stones exists in the East Indies as we'll
as in this country, and many marvellous
tales are told of their origin.
Mr., Hubert Smith. the author Of
, 1874-04-02

AWARD TO Il. A. WEBs1ER.-By private
letter from Washington we learn that
the award of tn, Commissioners ap-
pointed to assess the damages to Mr..
Webser, in extending an Indian feserva-
ton over his improven ents. has been
allowed by Congress, and he has drawn
his money from the Treasury. It Hamount.
ed to about $4,000.
, 1874-04-02

that the people of Walla Walla were
either opposed to it, or lacked conf
dence in the company which has it in
charge. In spite Of the attempts of old
monopolists and interested spectators
to create diversion by the presentation
OF other schemes which have no practi-
cal basis, the people of Seattle and Wal
10 Walla are as near o unit upon this
matter as the people of any community
ever were upon any question of public
interest, and if this unity of sentiment
is backed by corresponding unity of
purpose and determination success is
already assured. The property holders
of Eastern Washington and Oregon and
of Northern Idaho, are interested in the
completion Of this road to more than
the entire amount Of their present pos
sessions. for it would more than double
the value of their property without it,
and no other contemplated project offers
any such practical results. The opening
of the Columbia river to unobstructed
or free navigation is chimera which
has no practical support from any quar-
ter; railroad by the way of the Co.
lumtia river to ocean no vigation, all
engineering examinations have proved
to be too expensive to enlist capital in
its construction; hence the only practi-
cal outlet to the ocean for one of the
finest agricultural regions upon the con-
tinent is by the way of the Seattle and
Walla Walla Railroad. And by the
same token, it is manifest to all intelli-
gent men acquainted with the position,
that no unoccupied route upon this
continent offers as great inducements
for the investment of capital in rail-
road as this. If the people interested
in this road haYe not the capital to
build the road, they have sufficient to
subsidize capitalists to engage in it. II
Congress will not permit them to grant
municipal aid. no one can debar them
from extending to the work their own
private means, and if it took the abso-
lutte sacrifice of one half the taxable
property Of the two counties of Walla
Walla and King to secure the construc-
ton of the road the counties would be
much richer for it.
, 1874-04-02

LEcruRE.-The Lecture by Hon. s.
Gar6elde, on the evening of the 25 ult..
is spoken Of as very interesting. by those
who heard it. The subject was Human
Progress, and was treated in manner
unique and entirely original to his audi
snce. The Library fund netted about
$50 by the lecture. .' go
, 1874-04-02

n Rev. c. A.. Huntington has res
ceived his commission given bonds,
and entered upon his duties as Indian
agent at Neah Bay. Mr.. Webster's
place, for which the Government has
just raid, will give him the finest quar-,
ters ofany Indian Agent in the country.
and we are glad oft. en- a@9,Ak
, 1874-04-02
sale or Stock
PUGET SOUND TELEGRAPH CO.

nv HE TRUSTEES OF THE PUGET SOUNr
Telegraph Company offer fer sale TO stoci.
holders the shares now remaining On hand, as
the following rates:
For so DAYS from date, Stockholders win be
entitled to shares pro rata at $40 per Share.
After 80 days, Stockholders will be entitled 10
procure such shares as they may require at $40
per share.
After 60 days. all remaining shares VIII bs
placed on the market for any purchaser at $50
per share. SUI III s 4n
BY vote Of Stockholders, January 5th, and By
order Of Trustees.
JAMES G. SWAN,
an. IA 3nc 9scrstary. :.
, 1874-04-02

WALLA WAILA .Movnsa FOB THE Rail-
ROAD letter to Hon. A., A. Denny,
President Of the 8. & W.. W. Railroad
Company, signed by several hundred
citizens Of Walla Walla. Of which the
following is q copy, has been received:
"A rumor. reaches US that there are
negotiations on foot for the transfer of
your railroad franchise to the Northern
Pacific Railroad. Company, and fearing
that the want of action in support of
your project has led to misapprehension
on your part, we wish to say that we are
more strongly in favor of this than any
other scheme, and favor the plan sof
county aid, believing that at the present
time our county would vote aid by q
three-fourths majoitry; and this.plan is
daily gaining favor with our people.
And we earnestly protest against any
transfer of your franchises into the
hands Of the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company, or any other corporation; and
we pledge you our earnest and untirlng
support in building this road"
The Spirit Of the West says: "The
different copies Of this letter sent ont
and which have been returned, are in
each instance filled with the signatures
of our best and most responsible citi-
zens. The gentlemen who have been
instrumental in circulating them inform
us that not more than one man out of
one hundred has refused toaffix his sig
nature to the letter. The signatures
already obtained foot up among the
hundreds. This, indeed. would seem
an Indication that our people are in ear
nest in the matter, and have finally come
to the conclusion that Providence as
sists only those who help themselves"
These facts effectually dispose of the
reports which have been industriously
circulated BY enemies of this project,
, 1874-04-02

PoRT BLAKELY, March U.s. Sailed,
Oak Hill and Fremont. y1 s
SAN FRANc1sco, March 26.-Arrived,
ship Commodore, ,Nanaimo Isaac Jeanes,
Port Gamble.
SAN FRANc1sco, March 26. Sailed,
webfoot for Portland; Alaska for Coos
Bay. ~
VICTORIA, March IT, Sailed. Prince
Alfred at day light. a7ns
, 1874-04-02

The WEATHER. We have never been
an habitual meddler With the weather
question, or chronic grumbler at its dis
agreeble moods; but these soft, clear,
beautiful sunny days, do make work in
the shop very iksome to us--thats q
fact. 4,is s4fg IL 09slr hA
, 1874-04-02

ExHB.T1oN.-There will be an exhib-
ition at the Pavilion, on Saturday even
ing, for the benefit of the South School.
We are not informed as to the character
of the performance. r s
, 1874-04-02
OCCIDENTAL BROTHERHOOD.

g NOQUALMIE LODGE NO. Z, o. B. MEET
y every Monday evening at O'Clock. All
brethren in good standing arc cordially invited
20 attend, By order of g. N,
, 1874-04-02

FRESH CREAM CAKEs.-Every Wednes-
day and aturday, at the Confectionery
on Front Street. =
, 1874-04-02

BoY SHoT.-A half-dozen boys, armed
with pistols of as many different pat
terms, assembled on the river bank neal
the Water Works last Saturday, for the
purpose of indulging in little target
practice. A hat was set up as target.
and the boys commenced shooting at it
by turns. A little fellow named Bloom
was taking his aim when one of the 9TH
er boys concluded to change his position
and running between Bloom and the tar
get. received shot in the feshy part of
his thigh. The accident put an end to
the impromtu sport, and Bloom, who
thought be had really committed mur-
der, ran home and left the remainder of
the party to take care Of his dead and
wounded. A physician was called and
the wounded limb dressed. when the pa
rents of the injured child moved in force
upon the Bloom domicil, threatening to
sue for damages and do many other
dangerous things unless the expenses of
the affair were betrayed by them.-Port-
land Ne,os.
The anti-monopolist., 1874-12-03

The millers laughed while the far
mer.s cried. Now their turn has come.
The railroads have raised the rate on
-four so high that they contemplate
shutting up their mills, and they howl
pitifully.
Wouldn't it be well, gentlemen. to
join the clod-hoppers and the dema-
gogues and try to regulate railroad
charges Wouldn't you like little
communism in yours? Hey
st is ill suppipg with the devil with
out a long spoon" The railroad cor
porations care no more for you than
they do for the farmers, however much
your vanity inclined you to think other
wise. Your spoon isn't long enough.
You will yet learn that the interests Of
the despised men in buffalo coats and
snow-packs is the interest of the whole
people, and that none but fools doubt
The anti-monopolist., 1874-12-03
~JUSTICE IN HlSTORY.-

Last winter. in the Senate, we took
the ground that the United States was
the owner Of the fee of all Indian Res
ervations, and that the Irdians had on
ly the right to use the same without
committing waste thereon; and hence
that the Cbippeway Indians had no
right to sell the pine timber On the
Leech Lake and Red Lake Reserva-
tions: but that the same, with the soil
on which it grew, belonged to the Ma
ton and that the Nation had donated
one-sixteenth Of it to the State for
school purposes, and that said pretend
ed sales of pine timber were in viola
ton Of the rights of the State and the
school-fund. The lawyers of the Sen
ate were surprised to hear . man who
depended for his livelihood on raising
crops of wheat, oats, corn, &C.; talk
ing about questions Of constitutional
law: and some took direct issue WItf
US, with not a little superb conteznp
expressed on lip and brow. They
could not believe it possible that > maj
who couldn't tax bill of costs shoult
pretend to know anything upon An,
subject, much less the Constitution Q
the United States; and many storm.
discussion we had upon this nice point
But .sthere is justice in history, an
The anti-monopolist., 1874-12-03
THE CASH SYSTEM.

We need the cash system of trade,
for farmers, merchants, and everybody.
That is the sine qua non. But how
are we to reach it? Stop the robber-
les. Hows By agitation and the bal
lot box Is there any other way !
Yes; starve and economic and suffer
and be degraded. The Russian boor
has reached the cash system from his
basis. He was a philosopher who OBJ
served that, peaches at cent apiece
we're cheap, provided you had the cent;
but if you hadn't the cent, they were
dear" The cash system is what We
all want-provided we have got the
cash. But if man is s'behind, ano
the railroads rob him, and the man
ufacturers rob him, and the government
robs him, when is he to catch up! III
is like the darkey in the song, wht
tried to ascend the stairs, and ''as ht
went up one step he came down two. :
Agitate, agitate; and, when the timt
comes. U0te.
The anti-monopolist., 1874-12-03

as Shakespeare says tthe end tries the
man" snd we would now call the at
tention Of our Senatorial brethren to q
recent decision Of the Supreme Court
Of the United States which clearly af-
firms every position we took in those
debates, and which wipes out al those
pretended contracts for the sale OF tim
Der on Indian Reservations.
Now if We had an s'organ, like Ram
sey; or half-a-dozen piebald onesr like
Bill King, we should have had the fore
going point duly presented in an imper-
sonal and genteel manner; but having
nothing Of the sort. we are constrained
to blurt it out ourself, conscious that II
we did not call attention to our OWE
merits in this particular, no one else
would; and hence our Senatorial
bretheren might continue to underrate
us and overrate themselves, and thus
the true balance and equilibrium Of ma
ture suffer.
The anti-monopolist., 1874-12-03
THE CAUCUS.

One reason why the St. Paul Press
is in favor Of Republi can caucus is
this, the caucus is something not recog-
nized by the law, mere political con-
triyance, and if q member Of the Leg
islature sells his vote in the caucus he
cannot be punished for bribery. But
if Ramsey spends $4,000 this time,
and has to bny men to vote for him d.
rectly in the Legislature, then both he
and the men so bought will run great
risk of the penitentiary. Since the
Pomeroy exposure the use of money
will be attended with great risk: no
man knows where another York may
arise: men who give or take bribes will
be followed up; there is feeling
abroad that will not bear trifiing with.
Moreover in all Republican caucuses
they vote by ballot; in the Legislature
they respond to their names and state
what candidate they vote for. In the
caucus corrupt man can secretly sell
out his constituents, and then claim
that he was obliged by party discipline
to vote in the Legislature for the choice
of the caucus.
The anti-monopolist., 1874-12-03

HoN. w. H. C. FOLSOM, of Taylor's
Falls, is candidate for the U. S. SEN
ate, and is being quite prominently
mentioned. Mr.. Folsom is an old and
influential resident Of the St. Croix
Valley and would serve the State with
ability and integrity in the Senate.
While nearly every portion Of the
State has been favored, the st. Croix
Valley has never received any consider
alton at the hands of politicians.
The NJ. C.'s, Governor, and State
officers generally have come from other
localities, and though the St. Croix val
lev contains a sufficient degree Of talent
it has never been recognized. We un-
derstand that the St. Croix valley will
urge Mr.. Folsom for Senator Ramsey's
successor, with a united front,and ifthe
contest between Ramsey and Davis is
thrown into open Legislature, as it will
be if no caucus is held, the selection Of
Mr.. Folsom is a very probable conting-
ency. He is an Old settler and fully
identified with the State and its interests
He is both able and honest and withal
a staunch Republican, so that in his Sc
lection there would be no lowering OF
the party standard.-St. Paul Uas'
match.
The anti-monopolist., 1874-12-03

Our esteemed correspondent, Hon.
Geo. C. Chamberlain, Master Of the
Northfeld Council Of Patrons Of Hus-
bandry, informs us that on the llth OF
November, their Council ordered three
car loads of apples from Michigan to
Mortified, for the use Of their members.
The cha rges on the transportation Of
those apples was FIVE HUNDRED AND
rwESTY.sryE DOLLARS AND NINETY THREE
CENTS
The poor railroads! And now these
cruel millionaires Of Grangers think
that those helpless railroad corpora
tions ought to be regulated. Is there
no limit to the perversity of the human
mind and the cruelty of the human
heart
The anti-monopolist., 1874-12-03

pound with sin, they will worship some
golden calf, stuffed full Of the plunder
of widows and orphans. they will not
dare to shrek out the protest OF Christ
in the face of guilty Mammon.
The true preacher of to-day is the
stump speaker, who, amid abuse and
denunciation. goes around preaching
the truth to the multitude, as Paul did
of old, and Fighting with wild beasts
at Ephesus, after the manner of men. =
And then comes the sleek and graceful
minister, to take up the raveled threads
of the argument and weave them into a
silken garment Of harmless beauty.
Come to the front, gentlemen of the
gospel. If the preservation of society
from the universal centagion of corrup-
ton concerns the cause of virtue and
religion, let your denunciations
play around the guilty like
the lightnings Of God around the brow
of Ararat. Spit the saw dust out Of
your mouths, and tell the people thei1
duty as voters be fore the election, not
after 1t. 1t is pitiful to see cowardlct
even in politician, yet there is some
excuse for him; his trade is policy
but in the servants of God, who speaE
from the highest plane of the visible
world, to truckle and crawl and cring'
before successful knavery and villainy
is sight to make both God and mar
weep. But too often the church illus.
trates the splendid language of tn
poet
"Plate sin with gold
And the strong arm of fjustice hurtless falls
| Clothe it in rags, pigmy's straw can pierc
il -
The anti-monopolist., 1874-12-03
NOTICE..

Subscribers to the ANTI MoNoPoLIsT
will please remit with their subscrip-
tions Twenty Cents for years postage
after the lst of January next, or ten
cents for six months, or five cents for
three months. All subscribers, whose
subscription expires the early part
of 1875, will please remit before the
Ist of January next, for after that
period all postage on newspapers must
be prepaid. The subscriber will not
pay any more postage than he does
now, but he will pay to US, instead OF at
his local post office.
The anti-monopolist., 1874-12-03
ATEMPERANCE VIEW OF III.

Our old friend, Asa Hut.hinson,-for
whom we have always a warm corner
in our heart,-spoke the other day At
Rochester thus:
aH;s folks had defeated Republican can
iidate for Representative and elected Dem
ocrat in his stead. He did not know as they
had done quite right in this, and yet IT
might be better to have a Democratic
Legislature so that they could elect
some clod-hopper Of farmer to the United
States Senate. rather than either OF the TWO
prominent Republican candidates, neither
Of whom was entirely sound and reilaDle on
the temperance question He Was no Demo
crst. stifl be was rather glad that the kepuo-
lican party had met with defeat
Nov. Asa, is it fair to say that Gov.
Ramsey is not reliable on the tempe
rance question = Don't you kno"
where to find hi m every time!
A little darkey in the South was
charged With stealing his masters on
ions. and whipped for it repeatedly, de-
spite his prosestations Of innocence
One dav he rushed into the drawing
room With skunk in his arms "Massa
massa," be cried, '<here's de tief wha
steal yer onyuns-smeIl him bref.'
IfAsa thinks Ramsey isn't reliabl
on the Temperance question, then
| s.smell him bref.'
The anti-monopolist., 1874-12-03
Marine Business at Duluth n
1874.

The Duluth Minncsotidaa Of the 28th
ult. gives detailed statement of the ma
rine business of that port for 1874 and
a comparison with former years, from
which we extract the main points. The
first boat to arrive at Duluth this sea-
son was the propeller City Of Fremont
from Portage May 13, and the last to
depart for the lower lakes, the Prop
St. Paul, Saturday Nov. 28th.. The
number of arrivals during the season
were:
American vessels from American
ports-Steamers As, ,propellers l36 and
As sailing vessels, with a total tonnage
Of l22, 2,8l2 and 1852 men.
Foreign vessels from foreign ports:
Steamers 36 and II Propellers, with
tonnage Of 27,O80 and l784 men.
American vessels from foreign ports
Steamers 2 and 3 sailing vessels with
tonnage Of AL and 30 men.
A total Of 28S arrivals with ton
mage Of $50, 1888 and 6,078 men. Last
year the arrivals we're 28I with . ton
mage Of 150, ,56I and 1922 men.
The customs collections for the sea-
son amounted to S5O0.O7 against S.
5o7 so in 1873 and 1888, ,088.78 in 1872.
The anti-monopolist., 1874-12-03
A FEW WORDS ON A DELICATE

The Chicago Industrial Age, than
which no paper in the Northwest is
better entitled to speak authoritatively
in tie name of Reform, says, in its last
issue:
The returns as classified by the St.
Paul DISPATCH, indicate clear opposi-
ton to the return of Alex. Ramsey to
the United States Senate. This being
conceded, it next becomes the duty Of
that opposition to concentrate it's
strength on a good man, and having SO
concentrated, fight it out to the bitter
end. The California legislature, which
elected Governor Booth, was constitut-
ed about as is reported of the Minneso-
ia Legislature, yet the Independents
were triumphant, and their victory met
the hearty approval of the Opposition
throughout the land.
Who Is the best man in Minnesota! !
The Age would rejoice in the triumph
of its co.laborer and able reformer, 1g-
natius Donnelly. In the United States
Senate. Donnelly would be as in1uen-
tial as perhaps Governor Booth. But
whether Minnesota Independents will
rally to the support Of Mr.. Donnelly or
not, is in doubt.
Let the Minnesota Independents at
once fuse into a solid mass, which shall
interpose solid obstacle to the farther
advance Of such sinister tricksters as
Alex. Ramsey. Let the country have
Davis or Donnelly, and the latter, ii
it it possible to elect him.
For the kind opinions of our
contemporary we are sincerely grateful.
He fatters us over much. But
we would say that we are not,
in the strict sense of the word, can
didate. We have packed no caucuses
or conventions we have not asked or
received any pledges from candi'
dates; we have resorted to none
of the ordinary tricks of aspirants. Il
by any hap or chance the Legislature
should see fit to elevate us to the
United States Senate,-and of that We
have little expectation-we should sim
ply consider that great office great
opportunity to work into laws the doc
trines we have preached in these pages
We should not say even thus much
but that it would be an affectation o1
modesty to ignore the many references
which are being made to us in connec
ton with that position.
1t is certainly in the power of the
Opposition, with the aid Of those llber
al-minded Republicans who are really
wit h us at heart, to unite and elect
some man who will represent the spirit
of Reform; and who viii labor for thu
reduction of the tariff; the opening o
cheap waterways for the worlds com
merce, and to lift from the shoulders o
labor the great burdens which now op
press them.