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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-08-06

'" 81 went into the cabin for my rife,
and as | was preparing to fire, Bill
Darling, Newfoundlander, came on
deck, and looking at the monster, ex-
claimed, putting up his hand, ''Have a
care, master; that ere's a squid, and
will capsize Us if you hurt him.
Smiling at the idea. l let fly and hit
him, and with that he shook; there was
a great ripple all around him, and he
began to move.
scout with all your axes and knives,
shouted Bill, 'and cut at any part OF
him that comes aboard; look alive, and
Lord help us!'
"Not aware Of the danger, and never
having seen or heard Of such monster,
l gave no orders, and it was no use
touching the helm or ropes to get out
of the way. By this time, three of the
crew, Bill included, had found axes,
and one rusty cutlass, and all were
looking over the ships side at the adj
vancing monster. We could now see
a huge oblong mass moving by jerks
just under the surface of the water, and
an enormous train following; the oblong
body was at least half the size of our
vessel in length and just as thick; the
wake or train might have been one hun
dred feet long.
In the time that have taken to
write this the brute struck us, and the
ship quivered under the thud; in an
other moment, monstrous arms like
trees seized the vessel and she heeled
over in another second the monster
was aboard, squeezed in between the
two mats, Bill screaming, Slash for
your lives::' but all our slashing was of
no avail, for the brute, holding on by
his arms. slipped his vast body over
board, and pulled the vessel down with
him on her beam-ends; we were thrown
into the water at once, and just as |
went over 1 caught sight of one of the
crew, either Bill or Tom Fielding,
squashed up between the masts and one
of those awful arms; for few seconds
our ship lay on her beam.ends, then
filled and went down; another of the
crew must have been sucked down, for
We only picked up five; the rest you
know. I can't tell who run up the en-
sign, "JAMEs FLOYD,
slate Master Schooner PEARL"
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India, corresponding to the time Of the
shipwreck, and explained how it might
happen that Mr.. Gordon's inquiries for
the parents Of the child had failed.
"She is now" he said, can orphan but
her father has left her he bulk of his
fortune, to be bestowed upon her if she
should ever be found"
All these things being fnlly substan-
tiated by the stranger, it became neces-
sary that the young lady should leave
Arnoch to put herself under the care of
a new protector; but this was bitter
trial, and she could at last be recon-
ciled to quit Arnoch only on the condi-
ton that one of her friends, the daugh-
ter of Mr.. Gordon, should accompany
her. This was consented to, and the
whole party soon after left Scotland to
proceed to Gottenburg, in Sweden,
where her uncle carried on large mer-
camille concern.
There is no further romance in the
tale as far as the lady was concerned;
for fact does not always go as fiction
would. But curious circumstance re-
suited, nevertheless, from the ship
wreck. Miss Gordon was wooed and
won at Gottenburg by young Scot
fish merchant named Erskine, son of
Erskine of Cambo, in Fife-a youth of
narrow fortunes, with seventeen per-
sons between him and the title and
estates Of the Earl Of Kelley. The sew
enteen died, and this young man became
an earl. More than this, a sister of
Miss Gordon was, through the same
connection of circumstances, married to
younger brother Of the former, who
succeeded to this title. Thus, through
the accident of the shipwreck, two
daughters of an Aberdeenshire laird
became Countesses of Kelley. Unfor-
tunately neither had any children, so
that the title has reverted to the Earl
of Mar, the representative of the family
of which that of Kelley was a branch.
Since the preceding was written the
earldoms of Mar and Kelley have been
disjointed, in consequence of the Earl
of Mar and Kelley having died without
issue, in 1865, when the earldom of Mar
passed to heirs general, and the earl
dom of Kelley to heirs-male.
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Monumental SCULPTURE.

Thos. Bower, of the Pacific Marble
Works on Seventh street, St. Paul, af.
ter an experience of over 30 years in
some of the most celebrated shops in
Europe and America, stands at the
head of his profession in the northwest.
His work has proved itself, and he has
enlarged from a 10x12 shanty to his
present great proportions in a few years.
His beautiful designs are admired by
every one, and his marble from Italy
and granite from Scotland
have almost a national
reputation. Oakland and Calvary Gem
etaries, in this city, and cemeteries in
Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana,
New York, Ohio. Iowa, Dakota Terri
tory, and far distant Manitoba attest to
the popularity of his work, for in them
all can be seen the marble shafts point
ing heavenward, and his impress is upon
them all. He imported very largely
and has employed many first class
workmen,-and now finds himself with
very large supply of work on hand
which he will close out at cost, in order
to reduce his stock. Parties visiting
the city should not fail to visit him, or
correspond before purchasing.
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A Thrilling Ghost Story.
From the DUBUQUE HERALD

On Friday night, July 10th, the raft
steamer Chauncy Lamb was moored at
Frenchtown, three miles below Clayton
City. At about the witching hour OF
ten in the evening the officers and crew
were startled at some strange noises
which came from the hold, and two Of
the more courageous and daring went
down to see what it was. To their as
tonishment the coal commenced flying
up so thick and fast that they were
almost frightened out of their wits, and
they got out of there in hurry. But
they looked back, and to their horror
saw something with a mans face, and
supposed to weigh about two hundred
pounds. The object was of bright
red color, and without any feet.
It gided about like a shadow
along the ropes and all over
the boat. The mate shot at it,
and some of the crew dubbed it with
coal, and without any apparent effect.
Then the mate spoke to it and asked
what it wanted. 1t replied in sepul-
chral voice that it wanted the captain.
The crew went for that officer, but
found him locked up in his room, and
he could not be prevailed upon to come
out-''he would die there first"
At this stage Of affairs the men were
terribly frightened, and 81 was told, "
says our correspondent, shat men of
IS years Of age cried as children cry
soon after the maternal watch with
hard-soled slippers has discovered them
in the preserve jar The ladies left
the be-deviled craft and hurried away
down the railroad track.
This nameless thing kept the crew
company until o'clock in the morn
ing. One species of its insane recrea-
ton was to ring the bells on the boat;
every one of them rung like blazes.
The hands cut the bell ropes, but still
the bells rang on, and the steam whistle
soon added it's sharp notes in the COM
mon din. 1t kept up it's eagle scream
until a big boat came near to see what
manner of distress the Lamb was in.
The passengers had all been awakened
by the pandemonium on the Chauncy,
and they imagined the boat was on fire.
The affrighed Chauncy men, embold-
ened by the arrival Of the other boat,
hustled out on shore, the very hair on
their head standing; and with good
reason too, for large number of sticks
of wood from the boats hold, few up
and went as high as the tree tops, and
then fell back into the hold again.
This last act of diabolism closed the
nights horrors, but when the captain
came out of his room in the morning he
looked like man who had had about
twenty minutes over due time in Turk
ish bath. He ordered the crew to put
the boat out. They at first refused to
obey orders, but finally concluded to
run the boat into Dubuque and abandon
her. We expect a soul-quaking report
when the crew reach this haven.
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What can be pleasanter than the
life of a Missouri farmer At day
light he gets up and examines the holes
around his corn-hills for cut worms
then he smashes codding-moth larva
with hoe handle until breakfast. The
forenoon is devoted to watering the
potato bugs with solution of Paris
green, and after dinner all hands turn
out to pour boiling water on the chintz
bugs in the corn and wheat fields. In
the evening a favorite occupation is
smudging peach trees to discourage the
curculio, and, after a brief season O
family devotion at the shrine Of the
night-fying coleoptera, all the folks re-
tire and sleep soundly till Aurora red
dens the east and the grasshoppers
tinkle against the panes and summon
them to the labors of another day.
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."a-@ 8 D Y)JR ORDERS FOR ~e..
DRY GOODS
DIRECT TO
D. w. Ingersou & Co.,

st. Paul. They will fill all orders at
The very lowest prices, and send goods
6. O. D. to any part of the State. The
trade built up by Messrs. Ingersoll &
Co. through their order department
is very large, an their reputation for
fair dealing and low prices is such e.
to commend them to ali of our readers
who wish good goods at low prices.
They will send sanples upon appli-
cation. and we heartily recommend
them to all our readers. june23
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MORSE MANUFACTURING Co., NEW York

MORSE MANUFACTURING Co., NEW YoRK,,
ST.. PAUL, July 10th, 1874. GENTLE
xES:-We take pleasure in stating that
for some years past we have sold largely
of Phalon S Select Perfumes, Soaps, &c.
So far as we know they have given gener.
al satisfaction. The perfumes, especially
the White Rose and Wood Violet, seem
to fully equal those made by the most
celebrated English and French manu-.
facturers. We shall take pleasure in
representing you still on your excellent
preparations in this market.
Very respectively,
NoYEs Bios. & CUTLER.
NOISES LUxURESE, a new and refined
deodorized compound of cocoanut, oil
&C., for the hair. Price so cents. Fo1
sale BY all druggists.
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EARMERs-Our Cement pipe for drains.
Il wells and chimneys, any size from ii
30 inches will last lifetime; frost will not
affect them; all surface water can be kept
out Of wells by using them; for chimney1
they are cheaper than brick and more dug,
able. Burnham & Jones, cor. Miss and Nash
street, St. Paul, MINI. 12O-198
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SCHOOL Furniture, Maps, Globes, Charts
y School Books, mailed on receipt Of price.
Send for circular Metcalf& Dixon, st. Paul.
l2O-1l9
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CARRIAGE REPOsITORY.

j. PACKARD will keep in stock Al
styles Of Carriages md Buggies, double aud
single. with and without tops, Cabriolets, PhA-
tom. Park Ph@tons. Po.y Phetoue, Canopy
Top. Jump Seats. Pisno Boxes. &c. No. -
West Third street st. Paul. MINI. 13e
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FRED. GooDsEu, banker of North
field. has disposed Of his property there
to move to West Union, Iowa.
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SPRAGUES :::;;;$ & {: r; 80 e

& Smith, St Paul They are selling rapidly
Call early. We are also receiving our large,
full stock of general merchandise. 130-l36
FUTILE, THE PIONEER PHO
II TOGRAPHER, AT 1T AGAIN
And making the real Porcelain Picture in
this city, and so cheap that none one need be
make better We are making as good, if
not the best, card and cabinet photographs
in the State, and every picture is made with
great care and proofs given at the sitting, if
desired. No engagements necessary first
come, first served, and all alike. All styles
of Photographs, large and small, made in
the very best style. Our gallery is up only
one flight of stairs, over the Singer Sewing
Machine rooms, No. 10 East Third street, st.
Paul, Mimi. FUTILE & BUTLER.
2w-pat&wk
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DELLS. BELLS-For churches, schools.
- farms; made of steel, equal to brass and
for one-half the cost. Robinson b Corning, st.
Panl. MINI. 4th near Wacouta ct. 1T 1876
TUTTLE'S DOLLAR STORE
Il Closing out. All articles will ba sold at
$1.0O without regard to cost. This IL genu-
inc closing ont sale. All goods not sold III
ten oaye will be sold at auction, or the whole
business will be closed cut a. q great sacrifice
or exchanged Tor real estate. Object for sell
ing-I am engaged in the Photoarsphing bust
ness. 1l6 1877 N. Z. TUTTLE.
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STEAM ENGINES.
ROBINSON & CARY,
ST. PAUL, -; MIMI.
WA. A. VAN SLYKE & CO.
Commission Merchants.

Wholesale dealers in Grain and Produce. No.
40 Sibley St., bet. Third and Fourth sts. Salnv
Paul. MINI. Buy all kinds Of country pro,
duce. Referenees-First National Bank, e..
Paul; Nesers. Strong, Hsckett q Chaplin, st.,
Paul: heesrs. p. F. hcQuillan d Co.. st. Paul !:
Messrs. Camp Smith, Ct. Paul; Messrs. Cher
rec Frrwell. st. Paul. Sent -
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BROS. Manufacturers
kRNNbY of Portable and Station
N6svsv& airy Steam Engines and
Boilers, Saint Paul, MINI. 12O-l96

A VERILL PAINT-Durable. elastic,
"A economical, superior to any other paint
and always ready for use. F.W. Linek, st. Paul.
ut 1914
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-01-29

The political history of South Caroli-
ma since the close Of the War has addei
no lus,re to its previous fame, but on the
contrary is exhibited a page that would
make every honest maa bush at its
record Nor does the future BRING any
signs of relief. Each administration that
comes into power is pregnant with prom
ises that not many moons shall wax and
wane before change for the better is
visible, aud that the burdens that have
heretofore borne our patient people down
sh, Il be be lifted, and prosperity will
again sit at their fireSides. TIE good
words that have been whispered in our
ears, have been uttered only to turn
into ashes, for each success i've day that
dawns only plunges us still farther into
difficulties.
Within the comparatively short space
Of FIVE years the taxes required for State
purposes have been on the increase from
seven mills until at the present it reach
es twelve mills, and yet there is no visi-
ble or real diminution of the State debt,
excepting what has been done by a So
called sealing process, only to deceive the
PEOPLE. Thousand of dollars are wrong
fully taken from the pockets of Il % c
who can i'll afford it to support power
ful organizations that are nothing but
putrid matter upon the body politic-and
they arc so linked in and interviewer
with members of the General Assem-.
bly,, that the remedy is difficult to find.
Retrenchment and reform is what they
clamor for to suit their constituency,
but facts and figures which are paraded
before the taxpayers is evidence that the
day for the execution of these promls es
has not ye. come.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-01-29
THE RING BROKEN.

In another column will be found the
report of the special committee, James
A. Bowley, chairman, appointed to
investigate the refusal Of the Repuhli-
can Printing company TO employ colo
red printers. 1t appears that the com
mittee enlarged their own powers
somewhat and made some investiga-
tions as TO what the printing casts. We
have been roundly abused as false to a
lifelong profession of republican prin'
ciples because we have attacked this
giant swindle; our assertions have been
denounced as false; our figures have
been sneered at as gar bled; a paper has
been established to crush US out. All
these things We were prepared for.
But that committee OF the House
should proceed to substantiate every
charge of fraud, bribery and extrava-
gance made by the COMMERCIAL, was
something We were unprepared for.
We cannot repress feeling of exul,
tation in view of the fact that tie Com
MERCIAL was the first paper in this
state TO point out the enormity Of this
fraudulent business. While the con-
seryative papers in almost every coun'
ty were quieted fy few hundred or a
few thousand dollars worth Of pap; the
COMMERCIAL has always preserved lis
opposition to the printing swindle. In
lo7l-72 we printe the laws, and made
out a bill for them amounting TO 81 ,G2l
of which we got only 81, 200, being
obliged to pay the balance to men,
Der of the legislature from this county
to get the bill paid. Our necessities
compelled us. When the bill for six
teen hundred dollars was made we
were told to make it out at the same
rate as the Beaufort TimtS, which was
S7O2l. We could as easily have had
that sum as the one we did get, but we
would have been thenceforward the
.'slaye of the Ripg.' We have alluded
to this only to show the means taken
to silence the press. 1t has been gene
rally successful. The sentinels of the
opposition party have been in the pay
ofthe enemy. What wonder then that
the defence Of the state has been so
feeble, and that the baggage train and
provisions have mostly been captured.
Another blow has been Struck how.
ever, and it is a telling one. Whether
it is an honest effort to beat off the ma
rauders, or whcthe it is a ruse OF pre-
tended retreat, is lmmaterial. The fig
ures are there Admitted dbya republican
committee of republican house. Our
efforts have not been in vain. Public
ity has been the weapon wherewith
this sortie has been successful, and we
appeal to friends of good government
to aid us in continuing thus to bring
the power of the press to bear upon all
such wicked, shameless swind.es as the
Republican Printing Company.
Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-01-29
The Actual Cost.

The fllowing is the actual cost Of all
the printing done for the General AS
sembly, for the session of lS1l-'72, care
fully calculated according to the present
contract:
CURRENT Work. Senate journal,
S7l pages, at $2.7j, S2,405; add rue aud
figure work, 10 pages, at S2.16, SJl9;
House Journal, S45 pages, at S2.15, s.
324; add rule and figure work, l57 pages,
at S2.Tj, S43l; reports and resolutions,
l.319 pages, a. S2Ij, So, 1913: add rue and
figure work, iG2 pages, az S2.75 S2,095.
Total. 81 500.
PERMANENT WORK.-Senatc Journal,
900 pages, at $3.4S, S3,i4G.2O; House
Journal, Loco pages. at s. As, $3.50;
reports and resolutions, PA. pages, at
81. Is. S7,39O.6S; Acts, $50 pages, at
Sl.36, 81 96. Total, SI5.7SO 81: add
rs above, Sli,336. Grand Total, S27.-
i46.64 Add onc-Quarter to the current
work for extra pages, as parts of pages
always count is whole pages. and when
reports and resolutions are printed, there
is of.cn halt page left blank, one quar-
ter current work is S2,S4l.jo add for
calendars mean average Of l6 pages
per day TOR both houses, at SIS per
Jay, 100 days, StOpN; average bills per
day at % pages, s. per page for 100
days, S6,Oo0 Aud the sum total is
reached, excepting contingent printing,
such as Governor 5 message, or some
document seat to the Legislature in
special manner, and ordered printed by
either house
RECArIlULATioN- CURRENT Wo k
Senate journal, S3.722; House journal,
81, 766; reports aud resolutions, $5,SSS;
add one.quarter, $2,s4l; calendars. S4,-
go; bills, $4,000; total, S24, ,207.
PERMANENT WoRK-I,OO0 Senate
journals, $3,445; loo House journals,
3,4S0; 1000 reports and resolutions,
$3.50; 1000 Acts. 81 ,465; total, $751;
$50, grand total, S39,9S7
The above rates exceedingly high rates.
Add for Supreme Court decisions tina
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$474,OOO-$IOO, ,OOO=&s74,OOO.

The above represents an arlthmetlcai
showing Of the printing swindle. MIR.
Woodruff testified, (see report that he
could do all the printing OF The general
assembly, with the decisions OF the su'
preme court and executive documents,
for 100000. Mr. Bowey's s figures show
that TO do this work Si74 600 has been
appropriated. Substract 500, 500
from s474, 900 and there remains S374,
GOO, as a profit 10 the Republican
printing comp any for one years work.
Does any believe that J'scphrs
Woodruff and A. o. Jones are allowed
to absorb such sum. We know the
contrary. Both of them have told us
that their share was piti:ul one. We
believe them. But such supple t0o.s are
only used to be worn ont. y score
of republican members divide this
plunder, after paying couple Of slices
to the executive departments. Con-
sidGring the odium attached to the
company, the utter wreck of CONNER
cial aud personal reputation they have
made, Woodruff and Jones ought TO
have had the whole OF the profits. II
would not pay thcia, but it would be
something. Mes IS. Woodruff and
Jones, if their own stories are true, ale
the hardest workers for The least pay
that we know OF anywhere outside IA
parish workhGuse. They have both
said repeatedly, i'll the last two wcekS,
that not ten thousand dollars stuck 10
them out of the SEQ Geo of certificates
voted at the Special session ot The leg
isature.
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Festus wished his lady love was al
lips, and Nero wished the human race
had but one neck, but the Partisan lover
distanced both when he sent bottle oi
perfume to his sweetheart, with the sen.
timent: "When you smell this you will
wish you were all nose.'
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Rosewood and Gilt, P..n Gilt, Walnut and GIN
CorniceS, with o. wi.hout rrrtres.
Curtsiu Bau'ls, Pr.s sud Lcopi.
CorTiiecs out and made 10 Mt windows and put up
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4 Conunirunt for Mr.. Cardozo.

If the entire cost ola years printing
for the general assembly, and the supreme
court decisions in addition, according to
the terms Of the contract with the Repub-
lican Printing company, only amounts to
Sl2.3l9.60, what kind OF, vouchers are
required to draw Si74,000 out Of the
treasury for doing the work? Have you
the items Of the bills? Tweed and Inger.
sol are in Jail, the one for n,uhiRg ou'
fraudulent bills and the other for allo,o
ing them.
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year. 535 pages, at s436 per pagge, $2,.
332 70 Entiro cost St2.3I9.60.

year. 535 pages, OF "a. SO per pagge, g.
1892. TO. Entire cost, Sf2, 1850.
There should be added to this amount
for report of the Executive department,
printed by order OF the General Asseu-
bly,, job work for the departments, Su-
preme Court, ETC., calculated in the same
way, $4,000 more. The total cost pub
lie printing according to the contract
should therefore, have been not to-ex-
ceed s6l 600.
The amount actually paid out for print
ing during that year, was $2l4, ,629.S6,
leaving (1S72) nearly hundred thou
and dollars worth of claims against the
treasury for printing besides.
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The Olses Ame, OF ;,,ulA carolina.

The OL.cS Ame, Ui S'u!A Carolina.
Woodruff aud jones are amiab!e fCl-
lows. Everybody sympa,h'z.s with
them. Tney take all the odium of the
printing swiudle, and their lrsisla'iv"
partners squeeze out of ,hcm all the
prolirs. We have head that Wood
ruiz has kept a ''memorandum book'
and a check bo,k = Such apparently
harmless weapons once pulled down
the regulations Of christian statesmen
in Washiu 9Uou as easily ard as surely
as he sn,uolh stone rom t &c brook
owe, threw GUliath 0i Old.
Let us have the tsulcs J"sephus,
aud you will be forgiven You did not
Keep tn0se weapons withouta purpose.
You kGeT The kind Of men you were