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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-07-30
T;lirty-Five Thousand Dollars
for d Single FlOunce.

N1fS. f1OOpef III Llc TIlldOelpIlld fFeSS.
SAYS: have heard great deal about the
regards provisions, wine, ETC., but dresses
appear to me stationary at about the same
prices as during the last days of the empire.
A very elegant toilet will cost from 100 to
900 francs, but very tasteful and handsome
costumes may he procured at 400 and 500
francs. OF course, if one adds lace, the
prices may be increased indefinitely, as lace
may cost any price from So a yard up to $500,
or even more, as witness the celebrated dress
of Mrs. Sprague, Of Rhode Island, the lace
on which was said to be valued at $1,000 a
yard-$35, 900 for the single founce.
No wonder that even the high tariff
could not sustain such extravaganza.
The sum of $4,000 would start in life
seventy families of six each upon COM
Portable homestead claims on our
frontier; or in other words it would
make 420 people happy, besides provid-
ing pleasant homes for their posterity,
and those 42O persons would during
their lifetime probably add half a
million dollars to the wealth of the
State.
But the lace founce. where will 1t be
in ten years!
Salmon P. Chase commenced life a
poor farmer-boy and school teacher.
His daughter wears $4,000 in one
aounee. How much sympathy can a
woman who wears $4,000 founce
have with the common people who live
as her father once lived! The men who
subsist on bacon and cabbage seem to her
another race. She begins to look across
the ocean and to study heraldry 10
learn the history Of noble families.
This is human nature. And so in time
we have thousands of people in our lanl
of great wealth and influence. to whom
the guarantees Of the Declaration of Ia,
dependence as to all men being borr
equal are an unmeaning jingle of words
even as the utterances of that grand
document in regard to liberty were q
''string of glittering generalities' to the
shareholders of the South, before the re-
bellion.
Is it wise, is it right, BY FORCE OF Law
to concentrate such fortunes in ths
hands of the few at the expense of the
many, and thus develop influences hos
tile to our free institutions! May VT
not make this, as Goldsmith said 4o
poor old Ireland:
"a land,
Where wealth accunaulates and men decayl'
What do we need most to make u.
great and happy and ree:-spinnine
jennies and rolling mills, or bold
manly, intelligent yeomanry, ownin,
the soil; men who
''Know their rights,
And knowing dare maintain
The inequalities of society will aris
fast enough without making laws tina
thousand men shall be taxed to max
one man greatly rich.
The hordes of poor laborers in tn
East who are compelled to vote as thei
employers dictate. who
ssBeg brother of the earth.
To give them leave to t0il::'
and who do not dare to express q Dol,
and Independent opinion. are . per
manent threat against free institutions
The battle is coming gold az aims
liberty: and the yeomanry of the Yves
are the only ones on whom liberty ca,
depend. Let them prepare for tn
struggle, by thoroughly informing them
selves On all the questions Of the day
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-07-30
DISCONTENT.

A man in his carriage was riding along,
His gaily- dressed wife by his side;
In satins and laces she looked like queen,
And he like king in his pride.
A wood-sawyer stood on the street as they
passed;
The carriage and couple he eyed,
And said, as he worked with his saw on log
II wish was rich and could ride"
The man in the carriage remarked to his wife
Zone thing would give if could
would give all my wealth for the strength
and the health
Of the man who is saving the wood"
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-07-30

New York Money and Stocks, Jn1y 20.
Money--no loans nominally g. Gold
l.O9X. Governments dull and steady.
State bonds quiet and dull Stocks dull but
higher. w. U. 72X; Pacidce Az; Adams
! ,os; Fargo -; American soy; .. 8. g.; n.
124; preferred 125; Panama III; U. r.
27K; Pittsburgh So; N. w 3sX; preferred
54H; c. 4 G. So; r. I. 98K; N. & ST. Paul
35 4; preferred 53k; Wabash 35K; pro-
ferred IS; Fort Wayne 92H; Ohio 25K; II.
& E. *; LaC. I6X; st. Joseph 25.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17
Watch Yaur Cnrnef..

Considerable Outery Is being made in neigh
boring villages concerning the ravases IF a new
pest that has lately arisen, namely, the carpet
bug. These bugs described as being about
twice the size of the common elmer leefHlariHs,
bed bug and covered with hair. Their colar is a
muddy black. The first time these bugs were
heard from in this section was at Danville last
year, where they did considerable damage. This
year they have increased and extended their ter
ritory, for it that they have become a
source of extreme annoyance in BrOckpOrt. A
lady who resides in that village informed
porter of this paper yesterday that there is not
single house that has escaped their depredations.
In her house, she said every room was infested
with thenI and they had eaten large holes in
every carpet in the house. Their favorite mode
of procedure is to follow the seam of the boards
and cut their way clear through. In some in
stances the carpet has been eaten through so
clean that it looks as if it has been cut with .
very sharp knife. In other rooms they had ca
ten large patches ont of it. generally picking out
the centre of breadth. The lady referred to
says she has trieo everything to get rid of them,
but without avail. Tobacco seems to make them
livelier than ever, and rs for bug poison, they
regard it as luxury and grow fat on it. We
have not yet heard of their making their ap-
pearance in this city, although. being close to
MS, it would be reasonable to expect a visit from
them at any time. In the meanwhile, some of
our scientific men will have remedy prepared
for them.-Rochester Union and Adrertiser.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17
RuRN THE VINES.

Potato vines, squash vines pumpkin vines, Gu
cumbers vines and all others which nurse and
harbOr the insect tribes that infest our gardens
and fields should be burned with fire" as an an
cient writer expresses the act.
This should be done as soon as the vines are
done with. Burn every vine, and make the most
of the ashes; but never think of putting any of
these vines in heaps, for manure, so long as we
complain most dOlOrOusly of the ravages of in
.sects in our gardens and fields.
Fire is q known pnrifer-and though in for
mer years prudent farmers buried all their vines
in order to increase the manure heap-we must
look about and try all methods to destroy or to
check the minute tribes of flies which invisi-
Die to the naked eye, but which are now known
to extend from our gardens to our fields and des-
troy an immense amount of plants before the
time of harvest.
There is but little doubt that potato rot is
caused by living animalcule, too small to be seen
without powerful magnifying glasses. These
have been seen on the plants while growing on
the tubers, that are planted. We intend not to
say positively that minute insects on the planted
tubers are the sole cause Of this stupendous and
wholesale destruction of fields of potatoes.
We are only arguing the question, and inviting
Farmers and gardeners who have spent years In
the search, to compare notes and see il il is not
possible to come to one conclusion. On the sup
position that minute and poisonous flies, ETC.. are
the cause of the potato rot, we can best account
for the success which has attended judicious at
tempts to remedy the evil.
barnyard manures increased the rot. Anything
warm of course would favor the multiplication of
insects. Cold manures have therefore met with
much success, and particularly such as the small
herbs would avoid. Ashes in the hill, or in the
vines, have often had an excellent effect. Lime
also is good as an instrument of destruction, il
not manure. Plaster is too cold for insects and
it has always had good effect on potatoes.
Recently, farmers have planted their potatoes
IN deep burrows, without manure, and in this
way have escaped the flies. And now, lastly, we
have all the benefit of cold summer to kill these
little tender things which have been multiplying
ior htteen years in the heat that has been sufh-
clent to give us good harvest of corn-and we
have better yield of potatoes than we have
known for many years.
All these experiences agree well with the sup
position that some poisonous insect, too minute
to be generally observed, is the cause of the ret
Here we have clue that should induce us to
seek redress We say burn all the vines as soon
as they can be well burned, and trust to other
matters to increase the manure heap. Burn
every vine and scatter the ashes to the winds If
you cannot make better use of them.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17

A correspondent of the Council Grove Repabli-
can makes the following remarks concerning the
tenacious and prolific sand-hur:
''How shall we get rid of the sand burs in our
corn-feldsf They are the most detestable things
that have got my foot into in this western
country. They claim natural right to the field;
and the more you try to plow them up, the more
they thrive. They are the bsldest and most i'm
pertinent critters that I've seen; for while mono
poles are totering, and the middle-mar trembles
before the power of the horny-fsted granger
they have no more respect for granger's field
than any other. When in one field, they are
sure to get in all the others of the neighborhoed;
for they have more cheek than lightning rod
peddler, and will-when yOu are passing through
the ield-grab you by the clothes; or your horse
by the tail and fetlocks, and without ever asking
for ride, cling there until they come to some
sequestersd spot, in a neghboring field, that
snlts their eye, when they will drop of and plant
themselves very snugly in the fertile soil, ready
TO come up and make a fiourishing crop the next
year. Sand-burs are the most affectionate cusses
that ever existed. They will gather around you,
climb up your pants legs and cling to you in
congiomerate masses all over your body They
will stick to you closer than a brother. and fol-
low you around better than yellow purp: and
II Won attempt to remove them, thew will ticgIes
your fingers 50 Playfnlly that you will be very
apt to desist.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17
An Onium-Eaier Cured.

The Druggist, London paper, states that
young lady who had long been addicted to the
use of opium applied to eminent physician to
make hypodermic Injections of morphine. Be-
ginning by injecting a mixture of morphene and
water, he gradually increased the proportion of
water without letting the patient know of it, IN
til after short time he used only the pure wat
er. After each injection she would gently fall
into a refreshing sleep. For several months the
treatment was continued, the patients system
being gradually renovated by tOnics. At length
the lady informed that for months she had
not been under the influence of Opium at all, aud
was greatly rejoiced to find herself cured of any
desire for the drug
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17
Msefal aud Curious.
Bera1 and the Nitrate Of Ps,as'. for Loss Of

Berax and the Nitrate Of Pesass. for Loss o.
Voice.
DR.. Carson in the Nesr York Medical Record,
saws that i'm sudden hoarseness or loss oil voice IN
public speakers or singers from colds, relief Tor
an hour or so, as by magic, may be often obtain
ed by slowly dissolving and partially swallowing
a lump of borax the size of garden pea lie
adds:
As courtesy from our profession to clergy
men and singers, we may suggest that they viii
find it very convenient in travelling to carry a
few FIVE grain powders of the nitrate of poIass.,
prepared by the druggists for ready use. Like
the borax it relieves the dryness of the vocal
cords Ii is also easily obtained in every house.
hold and taken in the dose recommended is
quite harmless. With the help of the extra clio
thing and the glass of water, it excites for a
whole night gentle perspiratiou, and thus, II
taken at the very commencement, "breaks up the
coId.n 1t accomplisbes this do warm foot
baths with hot teas, OF Turkish or Russian baths,
if used early, by opening those millions of pores
of the skin which Erasmus Wilson counted
through his microscope. As the aching, the
WEAKNESS and the headache of a severe cold tell
us, the blood is slightly poisoned by suppressed
perspration. And the simple lesson of cure is
promptly TO open these pores. We may add that
the efficacy of any of these remedies is much in
creased by putting on a warm shawl or great
coat, aud throwing the about, and walking
perfect glow before retiring to bed If in no.
tel, where the sheets may be damp, il is best by
all means to have fire in the bedroom and air
them for an hour. We need hardly say that af
ter any treatment of this kind the patient should
prudently wear an extra shawl or great coat and
avoid standing in the street exposure to the
cold wind next day.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17
DR.. WHITTIER,

OH Sts CnarieS street, 81. Louis, NO.,
Has been longer Engaged in the special treatment Of
all tenereai, sexual and Chrenie Diseases
than any other Physician in St Louis, city papers
show.
syphilis, GsnorrhGa, elect, strietur.,
Diseases and syphiIitie or nereariaI aaec-
items OF the throat, skin or bones, are treated
with unparalleled success latest scientific princi.
Piles.
spermsterrhGa, sexual Debility and
ImPetency, as the result of self-abuse in youth
sexual exeesses in maturer years or other causes
and which produce some Of the following effects:
nerrousness: seminal snissnns debility dipness Of
aJh, dsfeettre memory, pimptes the fac, phVsiodI
decay aceron 10 society Of fesaLes- e0sioR Of IDEAS
loss o. sezudt PoieeT etc, rendering marriage inn
proper or anhaPpy, permanently cured.
Pamphlet t36 psgesl relating 20 the above sent in
sedled earetope, for two postage stamps
Diseases peculiar 90 women, such a. A men-
orrhoa. DysnsenoTThea, Menorrhagia. Leaoorh0a or
whites. Chiorosis. Diseasss and dspIacements Of the
HoDs stcr,'ity ete.- successfully treated Descrip
tive pamphlet sent sedled for two stamps- Age with
experience can be relied upon II is sefevident that
q Physician treating thousands Of cases every year
acquires great skill Physicians, knowing this, fire.
quently recommend persons to my care. Con6den-
teal CONSULTATION personally by letter free and in
vited When il is neonveBient to visit the city for
treatment medicines can be sent by express OF mail
everywhere. Durable cases guaranteed: where doubt
exists, IL is frankly stated Office hours: A. " to
P NJ Sundays l. ~ to P. NJ. Persons Grririag IN
ne eafy at any hour may coe direct 20 the Office II at
The establishment "a whole house of twelve rocmsl
Is the most extensive in the country embracing Re
ception and Consultation rooms Boarding and Sleep
ing apartments; Medicated yapor Baths: q eompre-
hensye Laboratory where all medicines used in the
establishments are prepared; and most important Of
works Of all the schools Of medicine found; also
Anatomical Plates life size and oolored to life Illus
Latng diseased conditions which have been proeur-
tron Paris France. regardless Of expense, and not
70 be found in any other Library in the city. The
ioIary Is thrown wide open all callers Address
~ ADORE n0v13.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17
.The De,r, H.ye Bee. Opep.y

When the Rev. Mr.. Hallock was settled in
Plainfeld it was his custom TO collect his own
salary, for which every voter in the town WAS as
sessed. Calling upon Mr.. D., the blacksmith, one
day, he said: IL have small bill against YOU
"And for whatf" For preaching" SAID Mr.. III.
81 have heard none of your preaching 1.-The
fault is your own" said Mr.. H., 1.-THE doors have
long after, Mr.. II. one day passing the
blacksmith shop, Mr. ID. hailing him said: II
have a small bill against you" "And for what n
said Mr.. II. For shooting your horse" al have
had no horse shod here, said Mr.. H. "The fault
is your own" replied Mr.. D., ''the doors have
been open, and you might have come in" Mr..
Ii. paid the bill.-The CORqreqati0Rdlist
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17

RYE AND was formerly an
unsettled Question among farmers whether it
would be best to pillow in stubble in the fall to
burn the samei in the spring; and it was generally
supposed that the weeds and stubble together
should be buried under to enrich the soil.
But as the country grows older and the insect
tribes multiply. il may be a question whether all
stnbble shonld not be burned to clear the ground
of the living yermin that is becoming more and
Hsa0e troublesome.
the Hessian flies, the mdges ETC., that are de-
struetivs to the wheat cropf All the wheat
straw grown an acre might possibly be of
more seryiceon burning in the field than for fodder
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17

SOME species of ferns have most beautifully
variegated foliage, others again, as the Golden
Fern and the Silver Fern, are busted over with
silvery white or golden yellow dust, and are
among the most exquistely beautiful things in
nature; the variegated varieties shonld not be
exposed to severe sunlight as it Injuries their
foliage, and the powdered ones should not be
watered over the foliage, as it destroys the
powdery substance, that gives them their beauty
and is very apt to kill them outright.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17

"WHAT is this fort asked the colO-ed porter
at the - hotel, Long Branch, the other day,
holding out 25 cent note given him by the gem
tleman addressed for carrying up his trunk.
"That," said the gentleman, taking the note and
putting it back in his pocket, "was for your
trouble, and this is for your impudence," and he
kicked him elven feet nine inches and a half into
the hallway
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17

A CLERGYMAN being opposed to the use of the
violin in the church service, was, however, over
ruled by the congregation, who determined to
have one On the following Sunday, the parson
commenced the service by exclaiming in long
drawn accents: You may fiddle aud sing
in the 10th psalm"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17

A PAINTING called Jacobs Dream" is now ex.
hbited, in which angels with yellow hair and
blue wings are travelling up and down ladder,
while Jacob slumbers in full continental uniform,
except the boots which confederate cavalry
style, and on a convenient rock, there lies hunt
ing flask. IL Monld make fine CHRONIC.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17
Che fun Of tue Ching.
TIE WEEPING MAIDEN.


saw her sitting by the door.
One afternoon in Autumn;
The CLEANS Of sunshine fingered where
Her golden curis had caught en-
The skyey radiance Of her eyes
GIittered with peariy showers,
As when the fairies sprinkled dew
To crystalline the flowers
Ny heart was filed with grief, to see
50 fair and sweet a maiden,
In all that wealth of golden light,
Weeping and sorrow-laden-
/ fingered there, unseen, to watch
Her tears in anguish falling.
DreadiRg 20 startle her in midst
OF sorrows SO appalling.
At last quietly approached,
And stood in pity near her;
Her bitter sadness made her seem
More beautiful and dearer.
Tell me what troubles you. said;
She turned her head 10 listen,
And in the azure Of her eyes,
/ saw the tear drops glisten-
Her glance toward me well repaid
Ny heart its depth Of feeling;
And then she sadly made reply;
Its onions i am Peeling
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17

"MIssUs SNowDROP," said u gentleman of col
or the other afternoon during a shower to lady
of his acquaintance, "as de wedder is somewhat
amphibious, will you do me de honor to step IN
der my umbreller an form quorumi" flank
you, mister ROllups. will. In dis wedder an
nmbreller is raider cosmopolitan.n
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17

The only antidote for arsenic heretofore known
has been hydrated peroxide of irou which must
be freshly made by mixing carbonate of soda or
potash with solution of either sulphate (cop-
erasl OF iron or muriste. A French experimental,
NJ Carl. says that sugar mixed with magnesia
serves as an antidote for arseuions acid
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17

"GIyE this to Larry Murphy, of Genoa, and tell
him that the last man who took a chew from that
paper of tobacco was Johnny Stewart" Then he
died-"launched into eternity" as the local ed
itor says who describes this ineident-on the
scaffold, at the latest hanging in Nevada.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17

SCENE in a street-car.-0ld woman standing
waiting seat; enter young ditto, duly fiounced
and gotten up; half dozen men jump up 10 give
the latter place. Old woman loquitOr: "Oi! ev
I'd as much cotton batting in front and newspa-
per behind, sure I'D ev bad a safe long aforen
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17

CURE FOR HEADACHE.-Put a handful of salt
into quart of water, add one ounce of spirits of
hartshorn and half an ounce of camphorated
spirits of wine. Put them-quiekly in a bottle
aud cork tightly TO prevent the escape of the
spirits. Soak piece of rag with the mixture
and apply it to the head; wet the rag afresh as
soon as il gets heated.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17

LITTLE girl came into one of our shoe stores
the other day to take shoes home for her mother
to select from.
what number does your mother wear sissy 7"
asked the merchant. "She told me to get some
halfpast TOURS" replied the girl
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17

SWEET TOMATO PICKLE.-One peck sliced green
tomatoes, one-haf cup of salt; let them stand
over night, then drain thoroughly, scald or boil
in one quart of vinegar and two quarts of wafer
then drain again, cover the tomatoes with vine
gar, add two pounds brown sugar, one table
spoonful ginger, one tablespoonful allspice and
cinnamon, one teaspOonfnl cayenne pepper and
one ounce of white mustard seed. Simmer fol-
several hours.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17

ALL plants require to be potted tightly, for if
the soil is left loosely about their roots the plant
often dies. When the roots have been well
trimmed and potted, soak the pots in water for
few moments, letting the soil become thorough
ly wet; then place them in a cool, shady loca-
tion, and let them remain there until there is
danger of hard frost
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17

AN nquisitive chap stepped into marble shop
the other day, where Smith was about completing
the sculpture of lamb. "Did you cut out that
animalp asked the interrogation point. 80,
no." said Smith, "the lamb has been there all the
time; only took the marble from around him
that's ALL"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-17
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