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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-08
The Sherman House,

It is with pleasure we call attention to this
model Of Hotel. It is located only two squares
from the Rail Road Depets where you may not
only save your bus fare, but also save one dol
lar per day in addition over other first class
Hotels. The appointments Of this Hotel are per-
iect. All the help about the House are first
class, and the Landlords-Hassig and State
ler-are all that can be required Of the epicure
Your wants are their law and as law abiding
citizens they are success.
They do a much larger business than any
other two dollar per day House in the city
which not only testifes to the popularity of the
House, but gives them abundant means to keeI
it As it should he.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-08
Minnesota Eye and Ear lnfirmar.

We had the pleasure of listening to very
interesting lecture on the Eye, It's uses and dis
eases, one evening last week, by Prof. Swarz-
back, late Of this institution. This was the
Doctors last appearance in public before his
departure for Philadelphia where he designes
making his future home. The doctors re-
moval is severe loss to the State, but he as
sures us he has left the institution in worthy
and competent hands. DIR. Atwood, his sue
cessor, was educated in Europe, and had al
ready acquired quite an extensive practice be-
fore taking charge Of this institution W.
feel sure from DR. Swarzbach's recommends.
ton that those afflicted with disease either O
the Eye or Ear will do well to consult Lr At.
wood. His card will be found in another col
nmn
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-08
TRANSFORMATIONS.

book full of valuable promisory notes which
had been slowed away for some years, had
been 30 gnaved by rats that the signatures had
all been destroyed, while the remaining parts
remained uninjured. Exchange
We have sent to Louisville, and shall
import that breed of rats; and will be
prepared to furnish them in small par
GELS to each town in the State. Don't
all speak at once.
Rats indeed Angels with tails.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-08

We are in receipt of the first member of the
"National Protestant religious monthly pa
per just started in New York; its editorials
are well written, and its selections are the
work OF master hand. 1t claims not to be
in the interests of any sect or church, but its
columns are to be devoted to the advancement
of the Protestant Religion
1t has Is pages printed on superior paper
and its typographical apI earance is Of the
very best 1t is furnished at the extremely low
rate Of one dollar per year post paid. Ad
dress. The National Protestant, 81 Liberty
street. n Y
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-08

We would call attention to the ad-
dress of citizens of Morristown, Rice
Co., MINI, in favor of independent po.
litical action. 1t is an ably written pa
per, and shows how deeply the mind of
the people is stirred by the present
calamitous condition of public affairs.
Let other townships meet and express
their views.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-08
S6l,533.5O
Receipts.
S6O,6lO.6O
13,328.OO
568,477
Passengers
468,92O
266,56O
Total.
$685. 60

1t appears that the gain resulting from work
ingmen's trains for 1879 was 81 per cent and
the total gain to the road for 1874, compared
Nth 1872 ,cas lao per cent. The Commits
sioners remark:
% II the rate of progress which has hitherto
been maintained is continued, the indications
are that in another year the Eastern Railroad
WOrkingmans trains will be found to be
among the most renAunerative per mile which
leave the City Of Boston,"
The cost OF running a train from Boston to
Lynn is sl4l4, or 81 .OSS per mile The cheap
trains not only paid tn ir expenses, but earned
q net profit al the rate of $7.l6 per trip, or IS
cents per mile run. Another important fact ap-
pears in this report bearing upon this subject:
the average net earnings Of passenger trains on
the same road during the year were 4S.4 cents
per train mile, showing that the cheap scent
train was IA per cent more profitable than the
average passenger train.
In England the same results have fol-
lowed similar policy. We quote from
the Report of the Public Health and
Dwelling Reform Association, of New
York, as follows:
As early as 1861 tue British Parliament took
it, first step toward requiring railroads enter
| ing London to run cheap morning and even
! ing trains for the benefit of laboring people.
don have been required to adopt the system
| The carriages devoted to workingmen are all
! of the third clAss each workman is allowed
| to carry not to exceed q given number of
POUNDS weight of tools; the fare varies on the
| different roads, being as low as four and
half Currency for 10 miles; the rate of speed
| is from 10 to is miles per hour. These trains
have proved remunerafive to the roads and OF
! th. greatest benefit to the poor. Large and
| thriving towns have sprung up along these
roads, filled with the families of workingmsn
employed in the city. And 50 punctual is the
| laboring men resident in the country to his
| business in the city, owing to the certain
| movements of trains, that latteriy city employ
ers have come to prsfsr them to residents of
the city.
To be sure, in a new country ike Min
nesota we have not the population to
Justify rates that are practicable in the
densely crowded State of Massachus-
sets. or still more densely crowded
England. But the same principle holds
good. The lower the rates, the more
travel. the more travel the more re-
ceipts for the company; while increas-
ed travel means increased intelligence
for the people. and increased business
i for the mercantile community; and this
in turn creates additional business for
the roads.
i The nimble sixpence always yields
more than the slow shilling.
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And they Asked for a Siun.

Att. ntion is called to the advertisement in
another column Of A. NJ. Titus, practical sign
painter. This city by many is called the city
Of signs, and indeed it has hundreds of very
handsome ones. Mr.. Titus has contributed
largely to the artistic beauty of our streets in
this respect. We will not name any particu-
lar work Of his art that is now complete fol-
fear of exciting the envy of his competitors,
but one that he has under construction at
present for the ANTI MoNoPousr will reflect
great credit upon him, and also inform the Pc
destrian that we still live and are prepared te
furnish al mankind with the most readable
paper in Minnesota at low rates Invariably in
Gdpance.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-08

Jeremiah Manning, Esq, will, during
the next few months, visit many parts of
the State as travelling agent for the AN
T1-MoNOPoLIsT, to solicit subscriptions,
advertisements and job work. We shall
be obliged by any favors shown him.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-08

1t sometimes takes mure power to
withhold blow than to give it. There
are men industriously at work slandering
the editor of this paper, and even writing
editorials against us in littlelfp-penny-
bit sheets, who, if we were simply to
print their legislative record, would hang
crucified on the cross of public contempt
forever. But the possession of power
makes.a Just man slow to WELD it.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-08
CHEAP Raj ROAD TRAVEL

We have curious illustration of the
fact that reduction of rates of travel
upon railroads very often results in in
creased business and greater revenues,
in the experience of the Eastern Rail-
road of Massachusetts. We quote:
In 1871 Josiah Quincy, of Boston, petitioned
the Legislature of Massachusetts s'tO consider
the justice, legality, and exped;ency of COM
pelling all the railroads terminating in Boston
to run what are called workingmen's trains,
morning and evening, at very reduced rates"
and such law was passed. With the help of
Charles Francis Adams, President of the Rail-
road Commissioners, Mr. Quincy induced the
Eastern Railroad to try the experiment in No
vember, 1872. The trains run to Lynn, ~
miles distant, the first incoming train leaving
Lynn at $50 O'Clock a. m, the second at $50
O'Clock a. m; the evening outgoing trains
leaving Boston at s o'clock ana $40 O'Clock D.
m. The fare was fixed at five cents for the
whole distance, or any part OF it, tickets be-
ing sold in sheets of twenty, aud no money
beng ta,Ken on the cars. The following state
ment from the Railroad Commissioners Re-
port, 1875, page IS, gives the statistics of the
road for 1873 and 1874.
1873. Passengers. Receipts.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-08

A Racine merchant used the following words:
"Ill be hanged ii i advertise in any paper r.
And the next morning he was found dead in
his bed.-Detroit Free Press.
The inference clearly is that some De-
troit newspaper man. must have MUIR
dered that man in the Mi ht. The same
treatment should be given some mer-
chants we know of in st. Paul.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-08

The Anti Monopolist party in Minnesota
shows all unbroken front since MIR Ignatius
Donnelly has had his shirts made to open in
the back. Chicago Tribune.
Yes, and both Democrats and Repub-
licans would prefer the Autobiography
party with its coat-tails parted III the
back, and a vigorous foot eliminating
the dust.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-08
Amti,:slllu,lupulist.
ST. PAUL, JULY Sth, 1875.

Our offer of premiums in books is
withdrawn, except where Oranges take
at least twenty copies at time, for the
PURPOSE of starting Grange Libraries.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-08

DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Disco ery will
cure Cough in one-half the time necessary to
cure it with any other medicine, and it does it,
not by drawing it up, but by removing the
cause -subduing the Irritation and healing the
affected parts. For all cases OF Larypgitis,
Hoarseness, SuppressionI or Loss OF Voice,
BrOn chitis, Severe Chronic or Lingering
Coughs, it will BE- found to surpass any medi
cine that has ever before been offered to the
public. 1t is sold by all dealers in medicines.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-08

We desire to secure an efficient agent
in each county in Minnesota, western
Wisconsin and northern Iowa, to can
vass for subscribers and adv ertisements.
Liberal terms offered. Send in name
ard references.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-08
Saves all the Loose Heads and sheIIed Grain.

MRssRs. DEANE, MURDOCH & Co.-Gentle-
menu bought OF your agent an Edward Har-
vester cut over one hundred acres this year
with the Harvester, some of which was badly
lodged. 1t is easy draft; elevates the grain in
good shape; saves all the loose heads and
shelled grain in the binders box During
harvest l employed six different binoers, ca.
saying it was the best and easiest Harvester on
which they had ever bound.
Yours respectfully,
HoRA Alto DENYING
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-08
Po1xr DOUGLAS. WASHINGTON Co.. MIN,

POINT DOUGLAS, WAsHINGToN Co., MINI.
MINNRAPoLIs HARVESTER WoRKs.-The
Hubbard Meadow Lark Mower bought last
year, is the li9htest draft and best machine l
ever saw. never knew it to clog in wet or
heavy grass have used the Wood, Kirby
and Mccormick, and the Meadow Lark beats
them all.
z, A. HoNR.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-08

Stop and look at the magnificent view in J.
Matthias Plate Glass Windows. It is refec-
ton from West st. Paul, and renders that
glorious landscape much more handsome
than the best artist in the world.
And while looking at the picture, don't
forget that you will find inside thu finest col
lection Of carpets in the State
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-08
Minnesota Eye and Ear lniirmar
Iugeon, Francis Atwood, NJ. D., corne,
ird and st. Peter SITS. Silly

Do not put your money into any Sewing Ma
chine until y0u have thoroughly examined the
t'New" American. Weclaim It is the best now
made. Do not take our word for it, but exam
inc and satisfy yourself. For sale at 81 West
Third Street
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-08
The Stats Grange Aaency.

One Of the most important branches of the
order If Patrons Of Hnsbandry is the Business
Arm,-the State Agency. In Minnesota this
branch is in charge Of Hon. J. 0. Milne. He
HIS established An Office in Minneapolis and
has sent out his circulars to al the Oranges in
the State, showing very large reduction in
the prices Of such articles and implements a.
the farmers are in need OF. No Granger should
purchase elsewhere until he has first seen or
communicated with Mr.. Milne and ascertained
system is one of the most valuable innovations
effected by the Grange; and it has benefited
not the Oranges alon. but the whole farming
community, as we'll The Changers should
whenever they can, deal for cash with Mr.
Milne. The more business he has the better
rates he can probably obtain from manufac
turers and the cheaper he can sell.
Mr.. Milne has also invented a patent bag tie
which seems to Us just the thing. Send %
cents, and get dozen.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-08

1873. Passengers. Rec,
Regular trains, 38l ,46l S52,l
Working mems trains, 1877 ,0l6 9,3
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-11-26
farnlerG' Column.
Speed the EIOsc.,
Small Potatoes.

In every field there are more or less ANAL,
ones not suitable for market. What sbaII
be done with them, is a question which
meets the owner every year. and which
different owners answer in yery different
ways. Some mix as many as thew think
allowable with the ones which thew sell
and leave the buyer to make the hest If
his bargain. What is it to him. he asks
himself, whether the BUYER gets large or
small potatoes, as long as he has good mea-
~ ana wonders why he should be obliged
~ ~ pay lof potatoes which lie cannot USE
Inc buyer Is right. Small potatoes ought
never 10 be carried to market unless they
are carried and sold as small ones. Then
ahother class OF farmers save small potatoes
lor SEED lhey say that small ones will
not sell readily and are about as good to
pant Us the large ones and put the small
ones IN the cellar to use for seed the next
spring, But IN this they make a great mis-
take' For ofthe small potatoes probably the
larger part are undeveloped and unripe spei.
mems. They are not suitable for the table.
NOW 90 not believe a potato which is not
good Tor the table is good for seed. The
very best should always be selectedfor seed.
Every one who grows corn wants the finest
ears for seed. Good farmers do not choose
inferior grain for seed. In selecting yepe-
tables Tor seed, they try to select the best.
And see no reason why the same princi-
PIE should not apply to potatoes. WHY
should we plant the best corn and the moor
est potatoes? And in the fact this ia 90
generally done do we not find the reason
why there is so much greater stability in
the varieties OF the former than in the lat
Ter! varieties OF corn do not run out for
generations, while potatoes deterioratc in
a very lew years In one case the seed is
saved with care from the best ears. while
in the other the seed is saved from the
very poorest of the crop. One other class
OF farmers use their small potatoes in a very
different manner. They are too honest to
sell them and do not believe they are suit
able to plant. So they feed them to their
hogs and cattle. This seems to me the
very best way to dispose of them. Ifboil-
ed and mixed with SKINNED milk, they
make first rate feed for growing pigs
and tor hogs which it is not desired to fat
ten. Without the milk they are also very
good for cows and horses. Iu all cases
when potatoes are to be fed, either cooked
or raw, they should be washed. If this is
neglected u great deal Of dirt will be fed
with them and prove not only disagreeable
but also Injurious to the animal. If this
method OF using the small potatoes were
adopted buyers would he better
satisfied, the yield of the crop would be
increased, and the wants of domestic ami
mails would be better supplied.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-11-26
The DnrWinian Man.

Balloons are rmarkable for an intelli-
gence superior to that of many of their
congeners. Their chiefs for there exists
with them veritable hierarchy-have a
wonderful manner of transmitting their
orders to their lieutenauts and the latter to
their subOrdinates. They use kind of
language composed Of numerous and yari-
ed intonations. To us they are cries, yelps,
howls and snarling; but what sincere OBJ
server will not aver that sometimes for
eign language uncomprehended by
him has not appeared an uncouth com
pound of incomprehensble and ridiculous
sounds? In imitation Of the people of the
South of France, they accompany their
discourse by quick, animated gestures in
connection with the subject which occu-
pies them. Balloons are very capable Of
having a rudimentary language, If we may
Judge of them by the following adven-
ture.
An Oriental had a baboon, well trained
and very intelligent, which he had taught
to watch his dinner when upon the fire.
Although man may claim to be the only
cook, our monkey soon took great inter
est in this occupation, in which he became
very expert. But one fine day, when the
Oriental had put the fowl in the pot to boil,
Master Baboon, stimulated by curiosity,
laised the cover of the vessel. The od0r
probably pleased the fellow and made his
mouth water; he tasted the article; it
appeared good to him. BY dnt of tasting
the chicken, the latter was sooD admirably
dlssected. Before this result, our cour-
mand must have calculated in advance the
inevitable Chastisement which awaited him.
10 what reasoning and what association of
Ideas did he apply himself? We cannot
know only that he did extricate himself,
or thought to have done so, in an admira-
BILE manner, and this is how lie endeavor-
ed to do it, proving before saying any
thing, that, in order to invent the expedi-
ent which we relate, the faculties of OBJ
servation, subjective and objective, of rca-
soung and observation, were broug ht into
play: Nature had endowed part of the
body of our baboon with red color, so
like that OF uncooked beef that on rolling
himself in the dust and curling up he had
the appearance at distance, of stone
upon which piece of meat had been put. |
Besides, there, us in all the Orient, hover
numerous birds Of prey, easily attracted
by the odors OF the cuisine, and more vo
racious than perspicacious So, as soon as
they saw what appeared to be fragment
of abandoned flesh, they swooped down
quickly. The first which approached paid
dearly for his gluttonous temcrity for, seiz.
ed Immediately by our quadruman, he
was, Notwithstanding his cries, his blows
from bcak and wings, thrust alive, teath-
crs, beak and claws, into the boiling pot ;
after which the balloon again resumed his
post as guardian with the quiet ease which |
belongs to clear conscience.
| do not relate what the master thought
when he wished to eat his dinner neither
if he found the chicken and broth of a deli
cate and agreeable flavor. The readers
imagination can supply the remainder of
the narrative Chicago Inter- Ocean.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-11-26
Items of Interest,

The newly elected Sheriff of AlIegany
county is named Fife. They call him the
"Centennial Sheriff." and now if he APP
points Deputy Sheriff named Drumm,
Allegany should be able to make some
noise at the Philadelphia celebration
NorTtStoaCn He'aM.
A Florida negro's way Of carving n
stolen dead hog was to tic its hind iens
together, pass his head between them, and
as the body hung down in front of him, to
ease the weight on his neck by lifting up
the fore legs with his hand. lie came to a
fence, and lifted the hog over; but he never
got any further, getting entangled so that
he choked to DEATH
-Nominally n car load is 10000 pounds.
1t is also 70 barrels Of salt, 20 of flour, 60
of whisky, 200 sacks of flour, 6 cords of
wood, IS to 20 bead of cattle, so to 60
head of hogs, 70 to 100 head of sheep.
5000 feet OF solid boards, 1900 feet of
siding, 10000 feet of flooring, 40, 900 shin
giles, one-half less hard lumber one fourth
less OF green lumber, One-tenth of ioists.
scantllng and all other large timbers; 800
bushels of wheat, 400 bushels of corn, $50
OF oats, 400 of barley, 300 Of flaxseed, 800
of apples, 430 of Irish potatoes, 800 of
sweet potatoes, LOCO bushels of bran.
jacob Nicholas, very old colered
man, died at the residence of Mrs. Mary
w. Camper, in Broad Creek Neck, last
week at very advanced age. Jake be-
lcnA ed to the Neavitts, and was brought
from Queen Anne's county to Talbot a
matter of half century ago. He was very
old at that time. AS there is no authentic
record of his age, and as it run beyond the
oldest inhabitant, it cannot be definitely
known. The best accounts, however, make
it pretty certain that Jake was between
10 and 1870 years of age at the time of his
death. Has been inbecile a number of
years, and was well taken care of in his old
age.-St. NichaerS Comet
A few days ago party of four girls
on their way home from school in East
Bridgewater, came upon eight bows,
who had captured kitten, and, having
covered it with kerosene oil, proposed to
set it on fire. They begged the boys to
give them the kitten, and were refused,
whercupon they offered to buy it, This
proposal also failed, and the girls then
hailed n passing man and begged him to
interfere. He refused, and, rendered des-
peratc by repeated failures, the girls at
tackled the boys, and, though they were
outnumbered two to one, succeeded in
whipping them and taking the kitten from
them and carrying it away in triumph.