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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-01-21

their distress They have got beyond any
mere question of political party.
It seems to us that their report, COM
ing from leading Republicans, should
forever settle the questions involved in
the Louisiana troubles. The sub-com-
mittee has been there: its members
have seen all that took place, they have
heard all parties; their party interests
dictated that they should sustain kel-
logg's fraudulent government; but the,
have risen into the higher atmosphere
of patriotism. and made, as we believe
a faithful and truthful report. al
honor to them, we repeat. The.
have earned the thanks of the nation.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-01-21

mented by industrial schools where the
leading trades should be taught. and es-
pecially by schools Of agriculture. "a
rents should be reminded that it is bet
ter that their sons should be fist class
tradesmen than fourth-class lawyers.
Where theirs is one man fitted to make
an honorable living by his intellect
there are y thousand better fitted to
make honorable living by Their
muscles. Farmers especially
should dignity their pursuit
and make their children respect II.
Robert Burns proved that man may
be veritable ploughman, following the
plough from early morn to dewy eve'
land yet be one Of the brightest geniuses
Of his century son-e Of his sweetest
poems-"The Daisy The Field
Mouse" etc.,-were composed between
the handles of the plough.
Hence we do not quite sgree witt
Gov. Davis when he proposes that ou'
scholars should pass from the High
School to the University in any consid
cradle numbers. The State is under AZ
obligation to give good English eduea
) ton to all its children but it is under
no obligation to teach them Latin
Greek and Sanscrit. 1t is difficult t
get a Latin and Greek scholar to retar
t to raising wheat or making shoes; an
$ yet it is just as honorable toraise whea
and make shoes as to finger the sore
. or defend the crimes Of the people.
o Give boy good English education
and if he is an embryonic Webster
Agassiz he will force his way upward,ar
t all the powers IF earth cannot hold nj
Is down. He will rise as the young Gag
e e does. because he must rise. But don
y attempt to supplement your tdrtl
\, Is with wings and insist that they mu
all f1y, per force Of law.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-01-21
them what they /

asked them what they meant
by such insinuations, they replied thar
an editor who could write no other edi-
torials except that one in regard to
your road was not fit to be . hog-driv-
er, and they all swore if ! continued
that article any longer they would cease
to read my paper in the future. That
is what has come over me-"
Il am really sorry for you,' said the
manager. smiiingly, s'but / assure you
that the article in question has done my
road great deal Of good, and am un-
der many obligations to you. !;
sit may have done you q great deal J,
Of good, but it has almost ruined me,
said the editor Indignantly. "Never IN
my life will | mention your contempt
bic road in my paper" and witt these
words he left the Office, without even
saying good-by.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-01-21
EDUCATION.

We need. however, more popular appre-
citation of the great truth, that education
ought to embrace the development OF every
faculty, the cultivation Of eDery power, the
expansion Of erery capacity. None should
be neglected or left to chance for improve
ment. Philadelphia Ledger.
True. And this reminds us OF Gov.
Davis views upon the question OF edu-
cation in his recent message to the Leg
islaturc.
We are inclined to think that our
plan OF education is defective. It
seems to proceed upon the theory that
all our scholars should be professional
men. Hence the professions are ever
| stocked, aid thousands Of our young
men are left without the means OF sup
port. We may say what We please
about 'labor being honorable but the
truth is that, even here in the North
the successful farmer or artisan seeks
to force his son into some Of the learned
professions. In the Eastern cities ths
evil has assumed grave proportions
The rising generation are united 10
any manual labor they are taught q
most to despise it; the trades are ie'
70 foreigners, while the America
youth lounges on the street col
| ners, or about club rooms, an
! Is too often driven to base and criin
nal practices to support life.
IL We cannot al be doctors, lawyer
!. clergymen or editors There IS "
: amount Of honora bic physical work
: be done to maintain society. We na'
!. tr-sted to foreign emigration to supp
!. this demand. Properly vieweo' the
4 Dor Of the muscles is just 8 honorao
i !. the labor Of the brains, but soc'e
q does not 50 regard it, and the PROF
4 s;ons constitute : kind Of aristocra'
1 into which our young men are III eas
d to enter.
\ Universal education IS Of the ~
I necessity to the preservation q eur
. stitutions but it should be supp
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-01-21
ANOTHER ATTACK ON 90.
E.VMBUS.

Poor old Christopher! There will be
nothing left of him. Judge Goodrich
skinned and scalped him, the other day,
and now it turns out that one hundred
wears before ':the world.seeking
Genoese'' left Palos, the Brothers An
tonic and Nicolo Zeno, Venetian navl-
gators. sailed from the Farce islands,
and visited Iceland, Greenland and
New Foundland. Won Humboldt &C
copied the story and said:
at is straightforward and contains detailed
descriptions of objects of which nothing in
Europe could have given the idea."
Mr.. r. H. Major. Secretary of the
Royal Geographical Society of London,
strongly substantiates the claims of the
Zenos to the honor of this pre.Colum.
bian discovery.
There is little doubt that the North.
men preceded the Zenos and as little
that the Chinese many centuries before
either, visited the Pacific shores of the
continent. The researches Of Profes
sor Marsh show that it was on thu
marshy plains Of Nebraska and Dakot'
that the horse was created. Man ma,
have had his origin here. The distri
button of animals, especially the mus
OK, the cave bear, &C., show that GU
continent once had continuous Ian
connection with Asia, and possibl
through the sunken continent OF Al
lantic with Europe. We are only o
the threshold of discovery; and if civ
lization endures all our riddles will
read
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THE REECHER TRIAL.

The most dramatic thing of the age
is the trial now going on in Brooklyn.
The supreme ability Of Beecher; the
great professional talent arrayed on
both sides of the case the terrible IS
sues involved, concentrate upon it the |
attention Of mankind. Beecher is
either a liar, a perjurer and man OF
DEGRADED and corrupt life, or he is the
worst abused and most shamefully per-
secuted man Of his time. We shall
watch the developments Of the case
with great interest. 4 correspondent
Of the Chicago Tribune draws this
garphic picture eff the scene in court
| When the speakers voice had shaken OFT
the letters OF his cold. and melted into
fluent and resonant stream, it was terrible 10
see
THE HUNGRY ANGER
with which Mrs. Beecher stared at him. He
was so lost in the contemplation OF his nest
subject that he did not see the kindling eyes
out of which there seemed to flash con-
slant succession of ightnings. The wife
would have palsied the lawyer with every
pulsation Of her hate but the husband, thus
terribly impaled, only grew redder and .oyeo
with notebook
Il IT WAS A HISTORIC PICTURE.
. The father, on whose gray head the tor
rent Of invective fell in q constant and We
! nomous stream. seemed to be less concerned
; than the motionless Judge on the bench
The mother, in all her fierce dignity, with
S face SO pale that the red flush on each cheek
q was almost frightful, sat like Roman wld.
| ac Ln~ cnI6
e of deadly indifference yelling the anger ant
o anguish of her heart. The son, now flushed
With shame. now whitened with rage, nov
bent his head, now stole glimpse OF nj
le mothers crucifxion. Framing this tortured
;, household were all the other faces in court
bleached with interest.
lie However mastery Mr.. Norris might swa
Sc that craving and palpitating audience, no"
ever tiercely he might hiss his fervid ser
e. fences into the eager ears of the jury, how
n ever terrible might be the laceration OF tf
Beecaer, there was one man
WHOSE PACE NEVER CHANGED
u its expression of calm but profound sadness
ed whose head never followed the gestures
the LAWYER. That man was TiltOn, as, r
a. yived BY his counsel's ardent genius, Il
1t. nictnre OF his desolate life passed in Proce
4, sion before him, and he contemplated, lone
~ among his fellows, the ruin (which
ne even Almighty dod can repair.
h. Mr. NORRIS SPEECH
nd was a rivera torrent "a dood-a delus
Now and then it crept along, kissing q
10 rafting through the narrow gorge OF WI
uld per. Now and then it burst upon the co!
= like the breaking Of q dam-the unbridli
10 Of an ocean. He would lean forward q
ese seem to spit his furious argument INTO
ho ears of his twelve Ii teners, who hudd
NC together as if they were but Fighter
1t sheep He would spring back with the
EN- coil OF cannon, and some tremendous ass
ton would echo like the thunder OF ar
STA 1erv Dexterously and sinuously ne d.
our them along smooth, ineligible paths
~ statement, till he got them, with what so'
acn times almost became cry, to the edge
nth fatholnless abyss and then silence wo
.s.l drop like pail on his fascinated hearen
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-01-21
Meeting Of County Council..LectUre
by Hon. E. Ayers.

The County Council of Patrons OF
Husbandry met in the Grange Hall IN
lie Sueur. in annual meeting, on Tues
dav. But in consequence Of the few
members Of the council present, the an
nual election of officers was postponed
for an adjourned meeting to be held in
Cleveland on the Sd Tuesday OF Febru-
ary, The afternoon was spent in inter
change of ideas and interesting re-
marks by Hon. E. Ayers, Lecturer OF
the State Grange.
In the evening Mr.. Ayers delivered
an able and instr uctive lecture, IN
which he traced Agriculture from its
earliest struggles OH the Danube and
elsewhere in Europe, when the first til
llers of the soil were prisoners OF war
who we're sold as servants, down to the
founding Of the American colonies,
when broader field was opened to the
acriculturist, who became the owner OF
the soil he titled, and was
At once baron, yeoman and
freeman. The speaker attributed
E the first great step in the elevation Of
: lagriculturists to the advancement OF
: christianity, and universal education
. and the newspaper press were mention
= ed as the two other and most potent
agencies IN the marked elevation OF the
II AGRICULTURAL classes in this country.
: We have not the space to give even
- a SYNOPSIS of the chief points touched
!. by the lecturer. The fact that all
a classes of business men and trades and
!. professions had their organization
:" for the advancement and pro-
= lection Of their special IN
,s terests was touched upon; and the
~ farmers. who he'd been isolated hereto
~ fore. were now coming together in the
rn Grange for protection. 1t was grand
4. undertaking to organize five millions OF
=. farmers; but it had become one OF the
~ necessary outgrowths of our social con.
-. dition, and. like all other revolutions, II
/. would not 90 backward. Capital had
~ accumulated in millions in the hands OF
=. the few. within the recent past, and the
80 struggle now is between capital and Ia
~ hor. Can the country stand the cor
80 rupting agencies Of WEALTH. 1t is on
:. trial. and the agriculturists must save It
"a The lecture covered much VIDE
~ range Of thought than here given, an.
- Was moderate in tone. 1t gives evl
~ dence Of considerable culture and mucl
..s profitable reading Of history. but fror
m. the extemporancous character Of th
lecture. it was more or les
fragmentary; but it was never
"a. theless. deeply interesting, and va
nor listened to with increasing attention
inc Mr.. Ayeas is An easy speaker, an
sh. many passages Of the lecture vel
- rou-ded of wi}h fine touches and ell
nc ouence.-Le Sueur Seminal.
for I'VE would recommend Grange
go, throughout the State to arrange 4
to addresses by lion. Mr.. Ayers. His .
no dress is Cottage Grove, MINI. We b
IL, Iljeve his lectures will strengthen 4
;me order and advance the interests Of I
fice farmers Of Minnesota. ]EED. AxT1-h
)un. NOP0LIST.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-01-21

THE Merchants Hotel, St. Paul, had
on its bill Of fare, the other day, pork
and beans; a u Andres0s. This was
evidently an attempt to increase An
drevs' chances for the Senatorship, by
appealing to the gratified palates OF
members of the Legislature.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-01-21
ICHABOD.

Gov. Taylor has turned tail on HIM
self. He has taken the back track on
the railroad q dstion. He has jumped
down his own throat and taken his
nr;nc;nles with him. He bows to the
concentrated power ofthe corporations,
rather than to the greater but difnsed
and unorganized power Of the people.
Well. well ; every day brings its wrecks.
"Men may come and men may 50,
Rnt we 90 on forever
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-01-21
THE TROUBLE In THE SOUTH.

The Cincinnati Commercial throws
light upon the great source of Southern
troubles, as follows:
The next county above here is lssaquena.
The reader will hardly believe me when
state the population as returned In the cen
sus four years ago. 1t is white TAI, black
6,i46! What do you think Of large coun-
ty which contains but TAI white men, wo-
men and childrenf Yet these fesc tchttes
osem meGriy If not quite erery foot Of ground
in the county, and pay nixsteen-tsseatieths Of
al the ta1es. Owning the soil, they actually
have NO voice whatever In the anAlrs OF gov
ernment To be sure they can vote, but
what do one hundred white votes amount
to when covered up BY one thousand black
negroes, and pie on the taxes without ne
morse. Col Gordon Adams tells me that in
one of these heavy negro counties they have
actually get the tcres up to eleren and q hGt1
per cent What agricultural county OF
earth can stand one-halt such taxes, or one.
fourth! In Kinds county, just back o
Warren, the taxes have been gradually in
creased from 80 on the 81 600 Of valuation
in 1868 to $24 this year. And almost in ex
act proportion as they go up the price Q
property goes down, except on the assess
nicely. Col. Adams tells me he has . fee 9
g, 500 against plantation worth 500, 600 il
gold before the war, yet he cannot enforc
the collection without running the parties IN
terested. Rural property IS not hasf, and, i
u,aax isstaaces, net one. fcrrtA cs rolsab
Is IN tie yesy sfter the ,ear. The man VII
understands these things, and then con
plains that the whites are not IS mild
doves, forgets that they are human.
Government is instituted among me
to secure protection to life and prope
ty. When government becomes anne
engine to csnfscate and destroy pro
erty. it is not to be wondered that h
itself becomes insecure. The trout
is not the right Of suffrage among {
negroes. Int that they are banded
gether by bad white men, and the Ii
Of politics drawn along the line Of ras
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-01-21

The extreme cold weather continues
throughout the West. The thermom-
eter 1t Omaha Wednesday ranged from
% to IA below; Cheyenne, % to u be-
low; Denver, II to II below; r. Lar
am;s, IS below; Virginia City, Mon
tan.. ~ below: u inches Of snow Cd
the Laramie plains.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-01-21

THs improvements the past year at
Mortified amounted to $l07. GOO. The
population If the place is estimated ct
$500.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-01-21

TIE two lumber mills IN Red Winf
cut last year 1908, $40 feet q lsmee'
e.316, COO shingles.
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TwenfyeHevcn Unsafe Ones->Aess ~
EscapiDg Reservoir Last Year
el,30Sy 600.
Bosros, Jan. 16.-The report Of the
reservoir committee. Of Massachusetts,
shows that twenty-seveD unsafe reser-
yoirs and dams are existing in the
State, and that the loss by breaking
away Of these structures last year icots
up 70 81 ,25O, 900 in Hampshire county
and 44S, 600 in Hamden. The Boston
Z ALBANY Railroad lost 41OO,OW.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-06-18

BY all accounts the visiting military Or
CARNATIONS from the South received a most
enthusiastic welcome at the hands of the
Bostoniaus- In the thrOngJi streets. men Of
Boston regiments were often seen linked arm
in ann with the gray clad boys o. MaryIand
Virginia and South Carolina; and the OIL
GERS Of the Southern troops were aiken in
hand by the best citizens OF the Hub aaI
made welcome at their clubs and homes. At
the Mayors reception in Music Hall, the
appearance OF such prominent exc DnfeIer-
ates a. Colonel Andrew, of South Carolina
and General Fitzhugh Lee was greeted with
the most enthusiastic cheering, and their
words were received with emphatic demon
STATIONS. The battIe-scarred heroes of the
North, and those best known for their GeyO-
ton to the Union cause in past years, were
most eager in their applause. The zeal
OF both sides IN promoting the cause of
good feeling was altogether gratifying
There were many touching demonstrations
OF reciprocal good VIII. Among the dis
played notices was observed. South and
North united; thank Cod Similar senti-
ments were seen all about the city. At the
foot of Bunker Hill were fosnd planted Pal
mettos and Massachusetts Pine trees. The
Mary land Fifth Regiment made itself the
theme OF universal praise about the ci - by
the graceful demonstration OF marching TO
CharleSiOWu- headed BY oUr. Marine Band,
and browning the soldiers Monument to the
Union dead with a magnificent wreath o!
flowers. bearing the inscription .Maryland's
Tribute 10 the Dead In the grand process
sion yesterday the soldiers from Maryland
Virginia, South Carolina. aud the District
Of Columbia were showereI with expressions
Of admiration and good will.
This hand to hand reunion OF North AMI
South in the Old Cradle OF Liberty on
such cordial terms viii IL more to restore
good feeling than whole years of argument
or defamation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-06-18
The Railroad .rInisiice.

The tens Of the settlement Of difficulties
between the Baltimore and Ohio and Penn
sylvania rsilrOads have not been authOrita-
lively stated yet. and there has been, cOnSe-
GuentIy. 10 definite understanding as to
which road made the best terms. The Balti-
more Go.-effe. however. which being on the
ground ought to know, comedies that the
Baltimore and ohio road .'has been forced TO
TeIinquish the independent stand which it
assumed. and To accept the terms OF the
agreement drawn up in New York city on
Friday last, with some slight mobilization
IL says.
" The conclusion Of this contest was not
unexpected. from the unequal character Of
the fight in which the Baltimore and Ohio
great corporations controlling transportation
to the seabOari are firmly banded together,
II Is almost impossible for any single one,
however strong il may be, TO carry on its
business in opposition to the will Of The ma
jOrity. The TamifcatiOnS Of trade are too
extensive To permit Of successful operation
without the use Of connecting lines. as was
ConclUsiVely demonstrated in the present
difficulty"
The Gazette believes. however, that the
results of the war will be beneficial TO
Baltimore. as showing her advantages as a
commercial port. with her short lines to the
West, and with her improved terminal facil-
titles at Canton and Locust Point. and the
itN Iiltto liI a. CJ4li
with other cities.
Tie San is not quite as frank as the Gazette
in its admissions that Mr.. Garrett has been
wOrsted in the conflict. but virtually con-
cedes the same thing. 10 says:
"While cheap freights are desirable, and
reasonable ones, at least, necessary for the
encouragement of business. the carrying of
goods at CnremCnerative charges every per-
Of sense knew could not endure Indefinitely.
Baltimore doubtless gained some advantage
OF business by the war, yet il was unSettling
and finally produced uneasineSS. Without
reference To which of the roads might be in
condition to stand IL the longest, ii could
only be question of time a. to the ternina-
ton of such strife. The effect in a pro-
tracted contest could not he confined. of
course, to the original parties, but extended
outward and affected the workings and earn
ings OF the general system of railroads hav-
ing the least utilization with trunk lines.
The fact that so vast an amount of the capt.
tai of the country is invested in these great
agencies of its trade and commerce renders
IL necessary 10 the health OfOuT financial or
sanizatiOn that they should earn snOney To a
moderate extent at least, and not perma-
Lently lose it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-06-18

AS events have long since foreshadowei.
Gov. Allen has been nominated for re-
election by the Democrats of Ohio. IL may
be doubted whether he is really as strong as
he was when elected two years ago, and he
will be hurt rather than helped by having 20
carry that windy demago.ue Gen" Cary
as candidate for Lieutenant Governor. OF
the rest of the ticket little is To be said. The
men composing il are not known outside Of
their own neighbOrhOOd. and the probability
is that they will neither strengthen or
weaken the chances OF the two figure heads.
The platform, which, like all platforms, is
intended 10 catch votes rather than to bind
the party. is likely TO be a pretty strong
one with the rank and file Of the organiza-
ton, and with good many who have here
toiore acted with the Republicans as well.
Still, we see no reason TO change the opinion
heretofore expressed, that Hayes viii De the
winning man in October.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-06-18

The telegraph announces an earthquake in
Ohio to-day. We guess IL was only the Jar
ring from William Aliens speech accepting
The democratic nomination fOr Governor.
The echoes OF that awful voice reverberatine
through the hills AMI rolling over the plains
of "a great state might well confuse a stronger
mind than That OF a rural teIegIapher.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-06-18

Baltimore discovers that the trouble with
its water is, as with US, from the presence of
confJrya. or aqueous vegetation N the source
of sUpply-Lake GLAND.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-06-18

An important order of the District Com
nissioIeTs, affecting consumers OF Potomac
water, is published in the local columns OF
THE STAR TODAY.