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The PriSmOidal Railroad.

A number of persons were attracted
yesterday across the Bayou to see the
running of locomotive and car over the
section of Prismoidal track that has been
laid near the Central Depot. Many trips
backward and forward were successfully
made, with the car full of passengers. In
the morning committee composed OF
prominent citizens of Hockey, having in
consideration the adoption of the Prismoi-
dial system for the projected railway be-
tween Hockey and the Central, examined
the track and took ride in the car. The
committee were well pleased, and decided,
we are informed, TO adopt the system. In
the afternoon a free ride was given to a
number of Houstonians and the members
of the press. 1t is claimed by the advo-
Gates of the system, that the PrismOidal
railway can be built and equipped for the
moderate sum of Sc 900 per mile; that it
obviateS the necessity of grading; that the
quantity of iron and lumber required is
very much less than that necessary to the
ordinary railway that much greater rap
idity can be attained by it than by the
other and that the proportion of freight
carried to dead weight is far greater than
can be carried on the double-track system.
1t is said to carry three tons of freight to
every one ton of dead weight. The track,
as the name implies, is in the form of a
prism, over the top of which a sheathing
ofiron is placed. Theapex of the sheath
ing is shaped Ikea t rail. The sheathing
is made in one piece to weigh, it is said,
eighteen pounds to the foot. The driv-
ing wheel OF the locomotive stands under
the center of the boiler, and runs over the
fiat surface of the T rail. A small wheel
inclined from the horizontal at an angle of
thirty degrees, runs just below the tlange
of the L on either side, and serves TO
steady the track. A large wheel, also at
an inclination, runs about foot below on
either side of the slope or the prism. The
object of this is to keep the track in an
upright position. In running there is a
slight rocking from side to side, but COM
paratively little jolting. Many railroad
men witnessed the performance of the en-
CINE, yesterday, and some were confident
that success would crown the SYSTEM
Houston 7sras) Telegraph.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-05-13

DIR. WILHoFT's ANTI-PERIopIC OR FE-
YER AND AGUE Tonic !-Wilhoft's Tonic has
established itself as the real infallible Chill
cure. 1t is universally admitted to be the
only reliable and harmless Chill medicine
now in use. Its efficacy is confirmed by thou
sands of certificates of the verv best people
from all parts Of the country. 1t cures ma
larious diseases of every type, from the shak-
iug agues of The lakes and valleys to the rag
ing fevers of the torrid zone. Try i'll IL has
never been known to fail. WHEELoCK. FIN
LAY & Co D., Proprietors, New Orleans.
For SALE AY ALL DRUGGISTS.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-05-13

STILL THE CRY is for the Wilson shuttle
sewing machine. And why? Because it is
the most desirable and perfect sewing ma
chine for family use and manufacturing vet
invented, and is the cheapest. The constant
demand for this valuxble machine has made
it almost impossible for the manufacturers to
supply the demand. Machines will be deliy-
cred at any railroad station in this county,
free of transportation charges, if ordered
through the company's branch house at SO
North 4th Street, St. Louis. They send an
elegant catalogue and chrome circular free
on application. This company want few
more good agents.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-05-13

WHOEVER buys Mason s. Hamlin Cabi,
net Organ may be sure he has got the best
instrument of the class in the world, and
this at the lowest price at which it can be
afforded by. the makers having greatest
facilities for manufacture.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-05-13

The spelling mania has reached Utica.
y. Y. At match lately held in that city
by some Welsh people, III. o. Hughes and
j. o. Jones failed to divide eaoha5far and
nloytiss; j. G.. Jones wanted another in
ansryliD, while W. c. Cudd put c in place
of in eyJ7afareddiGd. o. Humphrey
and D. Jones were brought down by
huddVgE. Owen Williams carried of the
prize. - - = -4a
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-05-13

A CORRESPONDENT describes a remark
able well in Morgan County, KY, sunk
nineteen years ago TO the depth of thirty
three feet, which during the dry season in
summer affords seventeen feet of water of
an excellent quality. With the fall rains.
however, the quantity gradually decreases
until tue well becomes entirely dry. and
in a wet season like the present contains
not so much as a gallon of water. The
dryer the summer the greater the quantity
ofwater which it affords, and the wetter
the winter the less
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-05-13

DECIDEDLY the best remedy that has ever
been discovered for rheumatism, swollen or
stiff joints, flesh wounds, sprains, bruises,
cuts, and burns, is JOhRsQn's AROdyne Lin
insent. We use it, and always recommend it
to orr friends.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-05-13

MANY coEored boys in the Southern
States sre growing up in ignorance of all
kinds of labor. and induIging in habits OF
idleness. A number of leading colored
men of Richmond, Virginia, propose 10
establish a school of industry In that city.
The plan is matured. The object is to re-
claim the idle eolored youth from the
streets and make them useful members
of society by instructing them in the me-
chanic arts. They will have workshops,
and carry out a general system of diversi-
fed labor, hoping in the end to make their
Institution self-sustaining.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-05-13

WE should not hesitate to recommend to
any friend of ours, Parsons PlrgatiUe Pills,
they are scientifically prepared, and are
adapted to all the purposes of a good purga-
tive medicine.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-05-13

ega.' BitierS arc Il purely NcgctJb.5
preparation. made chiefly from the III
tive herbs fognd on the lower ranges q
the Sierra Nevada pountains Of Caii.s.-
MIA, the medicinal properties Of vi ici
are extracted tEercirOm without the ia
of Alcohol. The question IS aIHC>S
daily asked, "What is the cause of tie
unparalleled success of VINEGAR BIT
TERs" Our answer is, that thcyrrmo >
the cause Of disease, and the patient r.
covers his health. They are The gre4t
blood puritier-and allie giving principe,
a perfect ReR0vateI' and lnVisard,.
of the system. Never before III IT,
history of the world has a medicine BEN
compounded possessing tic rcma,Sav|
qualities Of VINEGAR Is TIERS in healing zoe
Sck of every disease man Ia heir 10. Thy
are a gentle Purgative Is we'll a Tvg'c.
relieving Congestion or Inflammation Il
the Liver and Yisce.dl prgeHs, IN Bi.i,',5
Diseases.
The prOpci lies OF DIR. WALKERS
VINEGAR BITTERs are Aperieut- DiJPhnre.-y,
Carminative, Nutritious. Laxative. DiUreG'",
Sedative, Counter Irritant, Sudoutic, AlteEa-
tive, ard Anti Bilious
II. IL. MCDONALD g CO..
Druggists and Gen. A CTS San Francisco California
and cor. Oh Washington aud Charlton SITS. y. v
SOlo by ali DrUggisIs and De alerS-
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-05-13

''IsAY, Pat, what are you about-sweep-
ing out the room g'' mo-" answers Pat.
:. I'm sweeping out the dirt and leaving
the ROOM;
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-05-13

The Properties of Tufts Expectorant
are demulcent, baisamic, healing and soothing.
1t braces ihe nervous system and cures the worst
cough.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-05-13

BURNETT's COCAINE is the best and
cheapest hair dressing in the world, "a
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-05-13
ADVERTISERS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INNITEn

With persons desiring to exchange Southern or
Western Lands. deprecated corporation bonds
debts of any kind for ST. Louis property. bargains
procured for investors in st. Louis properly, and
full Information TO value and titles impaired TO
clients. HERMAN & RAINEY. C0unsellOrs. are re-
tanned TO prosecute all litigation pertaining tOties.
corporations, etc = h. Ii. MADDELL, Investing
Agent, $40 Pine Street, st Louis, Mo.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-05-13

The recent order of the Canadian Gov
eminent, restoring the import duty on
raw sugsr, has been countermanded be-
cause Of its discovered illegality. 80
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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-05-13

THERE is an Isolated monastery in Tur-
key inhabited by twenty-three monks,
who have not seen a woman since infancy.
One of them is described by visitor as
follows g He had never seen a woman,
nor had he any idea what sort of things
women were, nor what they looked like.
He asked me whether they resembled the
pictures of Panagia 1.-THE holy virgin
which hung in every church. He listened
with great interest while l told him that
lures he had seen, and that they differed
considerably one from another in appear
ance, manners, and understanding.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-05-13
PILES AND FISTuLA.

tNRS. MITCHELL & WORTMAN, OTce 5. W.
~ col. 9th and i ne Streets. ST. Louis. Mo-. pos,
iivel y'cuTe Piles AMI Fistula by an eutircly new
methol, withO q the knife, ligatirs, anE Of Je
old and painful remedies, aEd do not charge adolf
sar Until the is cured. References as 10 char
acier: Judge Wagner, OF the Sulreme Co r OF
Missouri james bupe. h. Page. 6OlOue. yriiIn ).
Osborn. and many others. The names Of prom
inent citizens cured. in this and her elites .wiH
be furnished on application
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-05-13
Breathing and Thinking.

The connection between abundant
breath and sound, vigorous thought is
thus illustrated by correspondent of the
Germantown Telegraph:
Some years ago, a gentleman ofthought-
full, studious habits was pacing the Fitch
burg Depot in the city OF Boston, waiting
for the train. His general aspect was dis
tressed and sad. If you had seen him,
you would have observed that his skin
was pale, his eyes CLASSY, his manner nerv-
Gus.
There was every symptom of what we
may call depressed vital action. His cir
culatiOn seemed TO leave the surface and
eXtremities, rushing in upon the mucous
surface and up to the brain. He had dys-
pepsia. His head was full and pressed.
4 thousand cares in a relentless tempest
rushed through his soul, and life was mis-
cradle and bitter. III
Being thoughtful, studious, ard well
informed, he naturally thought within
himself for means of relief. He asked
himself, g What can do to alleviate my
distress?" Then he concluded
81 don't breath enough"
BE began to take pains to increase the
depth and fullness of his respiration, and
from that hour his health improved
intimate sympathy existing between the
lung and the brain-a sympathy which all
persons of intellectual habits should prac-
tically consider. As rule, the more a
man thinks the less does he breathe.
Yon can satisfy yourself of this fact. No
tice when you have for some time been
intently absorbed in thought; you will
rally your powers by a long, deep, full
breath. In that breath you do as much
work as in several ordinary respirationS.
What is the physical design? 1t is TO
make up for the loss while you have been
thinking.
He that hopes to think vigorously must
take care to breathe copiously. This
statement is applicable to the healthy
breathing prosecution of any bodily func-
ton. IfyOu fill your lungs with air pre-
vious TO any particular effort, the execu-
ton and accomplishment will be reader.
We have seen four ladies lift heavy man
on the tips of their forefingers, the person
to be lifted being in horizontal position.
and all parties, previous to the lifting, fill
IN their lungs at command.
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r WHEN writing to advertisers please mention the
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-05-13

LIVERY FAMILY Wants H. Money in it.
GSold by Agents. Address NJ. n. Lowell, Erie Pa BE-.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-05-13

HAMHED OR TUMORS. Cure war
, SNEVS@N ranted without the use Of the
| knife, pain, or loss of Blood. q. W. BENNETT,
NJ. u :. 12n Locust Street. Saint LOnis. No.
, 1875-10-31
= R0ARn wAMTVTt.

~ B0ARD WANTED.
ROARD-LARGR WARMED SINGLE 1.QOM WITH
board, BY two young xants- Eorth Sd4 south Of On
ta1io Ansrers must state moderate tetu Address T
81. JTihuna nficn. -
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-08

portation route! Why, sir, respectable
'cashtub loaded acith corn couldn't float down
to the mouth Of the rirer ,rithout grounding
This steamer, the 'sEllen Hardv,' is the only
one on the river that can make the through
trip from Portage, and she draws only Is inches
unloaded and is obliged to "crawl over" in
some places with windlass. The 'Ellen
Hardy has tonnage of 5000 bushels when
loaded, and at present. with only 1000 bush
els of wheat, she could not make the trip, and
the river now stands two feet above low wat +
mark. All the dredges in the country kept
constantly at work could not scoop out chan
mel three feet in depth, and vet money is being
constantly sunk in this expensive experiment
by engineers who themselves announce the
fact that they are not prepared to state whether
the work will be a success, and the work has
continued four years.
Were we not right in resisting brother
Abernethy's mad scheme to direct all
the energy and influence of Minnesota
to the wasting of public money on such
a wild and foolish enterprise?
Let Minnesota look to the csnal from
the ST. Croix as her true outlet to the
great lakes.
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NOTICE..

With this number terminates the sub
scriptions of a large number Of our
readers. We hope to have them all re-
new for another year. Those who do
not must not feel hurt at finding their
paper stopped. 1t would give us pleas
ure, if we were rich enough to afford it,
to carry them along from year to year
but we have not the means to do so, and
we should simply break down in the eff
fort. The Western Times, with about
"a 900 due on its books from subscribers,
was forced to suspend tor want Of money
to pay its weekly bills to compositors
and paper makers. We do not want to
be forced into the same condition. so,
good friends, renew at once; and if you
cant pay for year pay for three months.
We will give you tho worth OF your
money in the best Reform newspaper
in the State of Minnesota.
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NUMBER 81
er states make their prisons seN-snp-
porting. Why not Minnesota

er states make their prisons seM-snp-
porting. Why not Minnesota
Again, take the case of the pauper
population. We are told that Dakota
county will this year spend $7,oo0 for
the SUPPORTED paupers; most Of 4 for
"out-door reliet." The county comznis-
sioners, we doubt not, do their best but
the system itself is vicious. Mean sPir-
tied people in many cases live in theif
own homes, at public expense. better
fed and better dressed than the ma loTity
OF those who are paying taxes to sup
port them In the Dakota county poor
house the paupers once made q rebel
lion, regular southern confedeEacy
outbreak, because they did not get faco
kinds of pie. And this while hundreds
of the taxpayers of the county were
living on salt-pork, bread and potatoes!
Every county should have . poorsaxm-
Not great expensive 100 acre affAir
but small, compact farm OF 20 or 40
acres, with cheap buildings. and place
an energetic, but humane man in charge
Of it. And every pauper should be coln-
PEELED to work according to his trength.
They should be made to raise their own
meats, pota toes, bread, small fruits and
vegetables. There are few who cannot
do something, if it were only to weed
a vegetable garden, or gather berries
and if there were any able to work and
would not hey should be politely per-
mitted to starve. The few whs fsom
sickness or old age were literally unable
to work should be treated with the
greatest kindness and tenderness
When 5000 voters in Dakota county
have to pay $1,000 in one Year fbs the
support Of the poor, there is something.
radically wrong.
The people must apply their brains tn
these probe ms, and. muse their CON
illusions into their representatives
Oranges sh ould discuss them and pub
lish their views. Public opinion uaznst
compel legislation. This endless cry
Tor taxes, taxes. taxes, must stop. Sen
the fertile county of Goodhue two
thousand property owners fail to- NEE
!, heir taxes on the lst of June, and VII
have to pay two per cent. per month
until they can dig it out OF the next
crop. This is all wrong. II turns
citizens into tax-serts. And for what2
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-07-08
CHANGE OF DATE OF ISSUE.

We have found that in consequence of
publishing our paper on Thursday Of
each week, we fail to connect with the
Thursday weekly mails, and thus in
many country places, where they have
only weekly mail, our paper is not re-
ceived for one week after its date Of is
sue. To obviate this difficulty we pro-
pose commencing with No. |. of vol. ]
, the publication of the ANTI-MocSuFD-
LIST on Monday instead ofsfThtrsd6y
OF each week. Our next issue will
therefore bear date July 9TH ISIS. ~.
We shall also print u large ddftibn for
circulation on Monday morninG i'm the
cities OF St. Paul and Minneapolis
This will furnish an excellent mediaIA
for advertisers, as there is 40 MpndBy
morning issue of the daily. papers Ia
those cities. and we shall have tie field to
ourselves. E
All locals" must be sentinkupdn ~
Saturday morning previous. ~
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FOR GOVERNOR.

Just as we 90 to press the Liberal-Re-
publican and Democratic Convention
have nominated, with great enthusiasm,
Hon. D. L. Buell., of Houston cour-
ty for Governor.
A good mana good nomination.
Now close up the ranks and let all the
friends of Reform vote together to revo-
lutionize the State government, reduce
taxation and purify administration. We
90 to press before the other nominations
are made
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A TAx-RIDDEN PEOPLE,

The Times Of last Saturday contained an n.
ticle reprinted from the Cincinnati COmzler-
ciai, con trasting the municipal debts OF Eng
land wit h those Of the United States Yru1n
the tables gwen it appears that the total in
debtedness Of the twenty one cities Of England
and Wales owing 81 600, 600 and. upward in
1921 ,663, $50, while the total Indebtedness Of
the thirty cities of the United States OWNS
81 ,O0O,OOO and upward rs s4S5 ,539, 76I, or
nearly four times as much as that OF the English
and Welsh cities
These figures, however do not exhibit the
real contra.t. In order to determine the xta-
tive burden Of city indebtedness in the tuo
COUNTRIES, account must be taken Of pOpulA-
ton, wealth and resources. The population Of
the twanty-one English cities embraced in the
table is 6,3S5 ,l63, while that Of the thirty
American cities is only 1880 ,584 The per
capita Indebtedness OF the English cities Is
SO o5, waile that OF the American cities il
Sy9. 4s. or II ore than five times as much. Up
on comparing the rates Of interest," which con-
stitnte the r.,al burden, the ability to pay the
same, we find the disparity still greater. The
average rate paid by the English cities il ~
Il %, 474 ,S64.2 5, or little less than Sc cenfs
per capita. The average ,ate paid BY thu
American ctiesfs fully Z pei cent, and ths
total annual charge il <33 81 1897, or little
more than 1856 per capita. Hence it appean
that the annual charge per capita IN accOua1 Of
iUtsfeTt Ii more tnan c1RHL uTne6 si6 RfGA1 IN
this country al it is in England ChicseD
Times.
The experiment Of seIfgovernnent
seems to have been financially failgzs-
We showed the other day that the cost u
supporting the national government far
exceeded the cost Of supporting msn-
archical governments in Europe IT,
foregoing statistics show thsk tha in-
habitants Of our cities are toxe1 eIohx
times as much az he ssAe5iaunas ~ In
glish cities!
Either the people must take charge q
their own affairs and apply themselves
assiduously to the problens of aell-
government; or they will find al prep
erty and prosperity absorbed in the m.el-
ssrom Of taxation resulting from ga<
misgoveTDment. Lo into any Of Our
large Minnesota cities, and how fev
really wealthy men are there whose frr-
tunes have not been derived fr0m tAe
township, the city, the State Or TIE
nation.
Our higher ariaocracycOasi1fs u esg-
ernment costactoEs ~ ex-Inlfn
aAAAza -
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ST. PAUL. MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1875.

in the streets. When they met in private
soon afterwards the forsaken one took
her william companion severely to task
for the treatment she had received !;
whereupon the other replied my
dear, love you still; but havn't got
reputation enough for both Of u.s."
So Tommy, mend your ways or dis
guise yourself We hayn't got reputa-
ton enough to cover the sins OF a man
who will ask the people of Minnesota to
spend in the support Of Normal Schools
twen;y-four times as much as the State
Of New York.
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THE NORMAL SCHOOL s0DEQuSSto
CONTINUED. 80

For lack OF space we were naabIlete
give more than a part oi Hon. Thomas
Simpsons letter IN our - issue We
take it up where we eft on. He ssSsI /:
But now for the figures. You make quota.
tons from an obscure volume published BY A.
:. Barnes x Co., in 1862, called the sEsuca-
tonal Year Book
1t is a significant fact that the house never
published the work but one year, and then not
on their own account Its editors newer hA0
the courage to publish their names : tAerisk
was too great. The book never had any gspu4
tation to lose. No Intelligent man SHOULD Iin1
his reputation in relying upon itAn aa1khfxity
But what about these figures which you quu0es
in disparagemeut of our Normal SohMns In
minnesota Turning to the report ~ the
United States COMMISSIONS Of EducnrleA fue
1870, find precisely the same figures md in
precisely the me order - in the Year houk
for 1874" showing conclusively thnt1hef Year
hook Tor 1872, was copy Of or me14sI1ns
erlpt of the report of the Commiznfunkrnf Id
ucation Tor 1870. Now - the sp1pat LOT the
United States Commissioners each year II rlnao
up from the statistics Of the prsuol11n3 1anr.
hence the Normal School approps naers-
ported in 1870 were two Years old: hu&onaAn
figures In the Year Book were tnro4 -
old; herce the statistics Of the Axxfp1 <mQ<
LIST when published were six yea1rl4 hs1iis
Our answer to that point i. 1r3
applied to the State Librarian r. =
best and latest authorities upoaAho -
lect of Normal Schools. aud hexWne
kind enough to procure for Us. from e
State Superintendent Of Public Inl1ssastioai
the Year Book referred to- We sub
sequently called at the Supenend-
ents office to see if he had ytl
later than that work, and the .A
superintendent told US he had noo~ssc
that we did all we could to obtain e.
reliable information.
All this might be passed. over As an IL :
anoe, bu; for the palpable animus OF the
MoNoPoLlsr i'll the use of its Statistics
Ing the annual appropriations for curte
penses TO certain Normal Schools In
States as they were made in 1859 and Co
ing them with those of Minnesota for
and farther in neglecting to state TT