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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-06-03
Nost-HIidexs.

The little spot Of land rising IN the
South Seas called Ysabel Isle is divided
among several savage tribes that are con-
tinually at war with each other. A ter
rible massacre occurring in portion Of
the island named Malaga, the sufferers
adopted, as means of defense against flu
tnre surprises Of similarly unpleasant
nature, the custom Of sleeping in houses
built in high trees, though living by day
in the ordinary open bamboo huts. When
the Rev. Coleridge Patteson, Bishop Of
the Melanesian Islands, visited Malaga,
he was very curious to inspect these hui
man nests in the submits Of the loftiest
palms. They were situated in swamp,
that for greater safety was surrounded
by strong wall. The lower boughs of
the trees selected for habitation had been
Topped of, leaving only the highest as
platform for the houses. A plumb-line
let down from the veraada Of one of these
houses to the ground showed the distance
to be "a feet.
The ladders reaching up to the houses
were planted upon the top Of the wall.
They consisted Of bamboo pole in the
centre, to which cross-pieces about two
feet long were dashed by vines. To
steady these, and also to hold on by,
there were double sets Of plant vine
stems stretched along the whole length.
One ladder was found to measure 60 feet.
Another SO feet, had forty-two rounds
or cross-pieces. at unequal distances
apart. Up and down these dizzy ladders
the native men, women and children ran
like monkeys. never using their hands,
but trusting entirely to the sure planting
of their feet. At first the Bishop dared
not attempt an ascent, and while he stood
wondering at the fearlessness of the
climbers he saw woman go up with
heavy burden on her back as if it was the
easiest thing in the world, and not once
staying herself with her hands. A sailor
in the company Of the Bishop, who was
perfectly at home in the shrouds of ship,
assembled one of the ladders, and when he
came down confessed: Il was SO afraid
my legs shook. Going aloft is nothing to
it, At another time the Bishop himself
managed to reach one Of the arboreal
huts. He found it in an inexpressibly
filthy condition. The floor was made of
matted bamboo, and measured % feet by
IL feet, and the roof and sides were Of
palm-leaf thatch. The roof was low, and
there were no apertures for air and
light. Everything was grimy with SCOT
and dirt, while the noise Of squalling ba-
bies, the singing and scolding of women,
and the chatter Of all the natives togeth.
er. made the place very pandemonium.
A brief stay in the wonderful nest con.
WINGED the Bishop that it was much more
comfortable to sleep in hut on the
ground, where during the night the sing
ing and squalling Of the women and babies
above him sounded as if they were in tho
clouds.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-06-03
CHICAGO
Northwestern
RAILWAY.

Passengers for Chicago, Detroit, Tolede.
Cleveland, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, PfttabueG
Cincinnati, Rochester, Albany, Toronto, Mo-
treal, Qeetec, Portland, Boston, New YeEkr
Philadelphia, baltimore, Wellington. 6einA
Louis, Cairo, San Francisco, 6acsainento, o.
den, salt Lake City. Denver, Council BlnE
Marquette, Escrnaba, Aenasha, Madison. Chey-
enne, Omaha, YAnkton, Green Bay, MilwanlDe
and Ill points West, South and kast, shoa11
buy their tickets via CHICAGO and The
Chicage snA Norshwssse5n DaSlvUuv-
Close connections are made q Chieaec wieA
the LAke Shore and Michigan Southern, MiG1D-
igan Central, Baltimore and Ohio. PitisbQ9
Fort Wayne and Chicago, Kauka1ee Line =
Pan Handle Rouaes, for I'll points EAST anE
SOUTHEAST, and with tn Chicago and AlooD
and Illinois Central Tor Iii points SOUTH
Close conuecGions are also 49, Vi1h -
Union Pacific B. B. q Omaha Tor ID II WeGo
points.
Close connections ar mads = junstibnpefn1n
with trains Of I'll cross roads.
PULLMAN PALACE cana
These celebrated cas1 are run on,alS -
trains on I'll the lines q this road.
This d the OILY LIxB running thege -
between Chicago aad st. Paul Or ChisDp
Al Omaha our SIeepas connect vilA. -
Overland SlespeD on the Union Rhofno -
rad for III points weai q IL -.
River. Among ths
INDUCEMENTS OPFRRKD ~ TNlD
ROUTE
Of the travelling pah1is ase II IL moaam
tmWovemenfs-Rock md 0rsyel nn11a11
Track, Steel Rails, Rock ana Issn r..
PaEior and Drawing Room Dey CoaGa1
Smoking md Lounging Can, We1lfnahGo
6aGety Air Brakes, 0illes,s Ra1eue Gnl19
Coupling and Platforms, Spssd, ea1sly -
Rnnmang ThEeogh Five osene nnnnn
and operating over 3yeoo miles q ~. a.
Company presents 70 the ts1yel9 -
that AEs Iof a9d cAzYoF y oGIued -
any Competitor.
An ticket aesnls en- sell you tiehsls -
this route
II Jon wish the best travelling aseonno1a-
tom, you vii buy. your tickets b. fhis -,
0ARVIN HUGHITT.
0eneE1l GupeEfntendent.
W. n STENNRTI.
General Ps1en99 -
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-06-03

Rna.,n Soo. ~, f.mi M'la ed;;nes hay.
won golden opinions and achieved Worldwide
reputation, after patient study and much ex-
perimenting, succeeded in perfecting Com
pound Extract of Smart Weed, or Water Pep
per, that b destined to become - celebrated -
other medicines. II owes it, efficacy not en-
tirely to the Smart Weed, which, however, ID
sovereign remedial agent, but largely to >
happy combination Of tha4 herb with Jamaica
Ginger and other vegetable agents. The COM
binstion h such ~ to make it . very pleasant
remedy to take Taken internally, It cures
Dianhoea, Dysentery Tor Bloody -Flux), Sum-
mer Complaint, Cholera Morbus, Collie, Cramps
and Pain in the stomache, freaks up Colds,
PehEile and lndammatosy attacks. II b sold
hy Ill druG9iste and dea1era in medicinee
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-06-03
Confession OF a Dying Thief.

A few weeks since an old man was ar
rested in Troy, N. Y, having in his pos
session horse and buggy which he had
stolen from livery stable in Norwich,
Chenango county. The man gave his
name as Burr Demlng, and was notice
able for the absence Of hair on his head
and face. Shortly after his arrest he was
taken ill and continued to grow worse un.
til Saturday. when he died. The day be-
fore he died he requested a clergyman to
be summoned to his bedside, os he de-
sired to make certain revelations and
confessions before he died. The story
he told, or portions Of it, have just been
made public, and is one Of the most ex-
traordinary narratives known to the rec
ords of crime.
He was born, he said, in Sharon, Lit CHI
field county, Conn.,, and the fact Of his
having no hair attracted the attention Of
P. 7. Barnum, when that Snowman first
started out, and who engaged him to
travel with him. Barnum advertised him
a vancouver, the no-haired man Of Van
couver's Island" : feature Of the early
exhibitions Of Barnum which will be re-
membered BY many yet living. de was
with Barnum seven years, snd then LETT
him to follow life Of crime, which he
adhered to ever after. He Was married
eight times, and seven Of his wives he de-
clares, are yet living.--one in New York,
two in Phi,adelphia, one in Connecticut,
one in New Orleans, one in Lockport and
one in Boston. He said he had been con.
cerned in no less than three hundred
burglaries since he left Barnum, three Of
which we're attended with murder. BE
had been arrested 1l5,times, and served
many times in prison, ranging from six
months to two years. The last time be
Was sentenced Vas IN Buffalo. He was N
accomplish Of Dan Noble in the cele'
brated bond robbery Of 1859, and in 1870
he was tried ct Buffalo and sentenced By
Judge Boardman to five years in Auburn
Prison. He served two Of It, and VA
then pardoned ont By Governor Hoffman,
1t the petition Of friends.
After leaving Auburn, Dsming went r
Canada. He had been there but few
months when he joined : gang Of burglar
and planned and helped % execats tn
robbery of the St. Saaherinss' Bank. HI
vas arrested before be could leave tn
province. III the rest escaping. Wher
put upon trial he succeeded IN establish
| INK IN abb through the testimony Of on
Mary WashbuTne, supposed respects
Bile seamstress Of st. GATHERINGS, but il
reality the vile Of one Of the gang and =
accomplice n the robbery. There i /
reward, Deming sid, Of $1,000 standing
for the arrest Of the parties engaged il
the St. Catherines' robbery. They 60
away with about $4,000 and : larg'
amount Of bonds These latter, accord
ing to the dying criminal we're buried i
Delaware county, near the Ulster count,
line. and are there yet for al he knew =
the contrary. Deming said that the rob
/ berry Of the United States maa Of Nv
baes Of valuable matter at Utica : yea
| ago uas planned By hmm, but he did no
i participate IN the robbery, although b
Il knew Ill the parties engaged IN it, u
hsw they havs managed % elnde justict
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-06-03
Saved Grain Enough i'm the Binders
BOX for Seed.
Warsaw, July l6,

Warsaw. July IL, 1874.
st. Paul Harvester Works.-This is to
certify that I have used an Edward
Harvester two seasons, and have cut 300
acres, and only used two horses at any
time.
l consider the draft as light as any
Harvester know of, and it is superior to
any Harvester for cutting and elevating
grain. My boy 10 years old drove it.
My boys say they would rather bind on
the Edward than the Marsh, as they have
worked on both. Last season we gather
ed in the binders box over one bushel of
shelled oats to the acre that we famed m
the wind, and we collected q large guam
tity Of short heads and bound them in
the bundles-enough to seed the ground.
The binders box is great saving at
tachment to the Edward over any other
Harvester, in my opinion. would rec
ommend farmers to buy the Edward in
preference to any other Harvester.
FIR. PAGENKoPF.
Fields Looked Over by Many Men who
Came 10 Visit Them.-Al Said They
were the Cleaneyt They Had Ever
Seen.
SALTWATER, MINI.
Messrs. Deane, Murdoch & Co., Gen.
| tlemen The Edward Harvester gave me
excellent satisfaction. We cut over one
hundred acres Of wheat and oats. We
cut So acres III three days, two men do
ing the binding, and two horses doing the
work easily The fields were looked
over by many men WHO visited them, and
| all said they we're the cleanest fields they
had ever seen. The binders have an easy
position, and the binders box collects all
Of the shelled and loose grain. The day
Of binding grain on the ground will soon
be over. The machine cuts splendidly
| The stubble looked as if cut by mower.
Truly yours, G. s. LYMAN.
A Nest Perfect Working Machine.
CLIFFORD, September 3Oth, 1874.
W. II. Campbell, Lake City, Mimi
The Edward Harvester bought Of you ID
the most perfect working machine for
harvesting grain under oil circumstances
that have ever seen in use. l have
used it under the most trying circum.
stances, and am well satisfied.
| CALVIN BLACK.
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vate Medical Treatise, containing 500 pasrs an1s
over lO0 plates and engravings, sent 70 azDt
Private Medical Pamphlet 1t 80 r>sess.
with valuable information for the afdicAsde
sent in sealed envelope on receipt 0f osn.o.
or two stamps. Address Ill letters thms
TIKI GALENlC INSTITUTN
Once: l20 West Third ktSeee,
st. PAUL. MINE
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-06-03

The 6ALHNlC lMSrrrUxnL
Established 1861 and CHAR
tered by the LegislataR
fol- the treAtmentOf N d.
,eares OF . nervous and pgs-'
vate nature.
The Physicians ~ 10
Institute may be cossuits1
personally or b ~:
The Arizona sentinel., 1875-08-28
Wanted, a Minister.

A newspaper in Milwaukee, Wis, publishes the following, among it's advertisements, the other day:
 WANTED-A a rector for St. James Parish, Milwaukee, Wis. He must possess all the Christian graces and a few worldly ones; must have such tact and dispOsi- tiOn as will enable him to side with all parties in the parish on all points. giving offense to none; should possess a will of his own, but agree with all the vestry; must be socially inclined and of a dignified manner; affable to all, neither running after the veal thy nor turning his back upon the poor; man of high-lOw church tendences preferred; must be will ling to preach t1rst-class sermons and do firSt-class work at second hand compensation; salary should not be much of an object as the desire to be a zealous laborer in the vineyard; should be able to convince all that they are miser- able sinners without giving of fense; each sermon must be short and complete in itself-full of old fashioned theology in modern dresS-deep, but popular, and free from the elOquence peculiar to newly graduated theolOgians j; should be young enough to be enthusiastic, but possess the judg- ment of one of ripe years and ex- perience. He only who possesses the above qualifications need ap- ply. To such a one will be given. steady employment for term of years. For further particulars ap- ply to any member of the congre- gatiOn.
The Arizona sentinel., 1875-08-28
It was Sam.


 The other day a tall thin wO- man from over the river hunted around Vicksburg until she found Coroner Blessing, whose retiring disposition and prompt attention to business are certain to make him famous all over the State within the coming year, and when she was certain of her man she inquired
 "Business ain't driving now is it?"
 Well, nothing to brag of. I get foater or nigger now and then, but it isn't anything like old times"
 She heaved a sigh and continu- ed:
 "Sam is missing"
 "Sam, Sam," he repeated.
 "Yes, my ole man. It's nigh on to twelve weeks since he start ed to cross the river about six miles above here, and Pm getting anxious. thought Pd drop down and see if you remembered of having s0t on such a man."
 About twelve weeks ago-less see. 1 believe 1 did pull a fioater some ten or eleven weeks since"
 'EWas he a tall nan""
 "Yes, think he was"
 "Have a long nose and brick cOlOred hair?"
 "Yes-I remember now"
 "Cow-hide shoes and a waller coat On?"
 "Yes got that very manW
 "AriZ to the surface, was pulled in here, sot on according to law and duly buried?"
 "He was madam. And do you believe that the body was that of your missing husbandW
 "I know it. He could drive mules or paddle a dug-Out with any man in Louisiana, but he couldn't swim worth cObs. His canoe Topped over, he went un- der, and that's the reason he didn't come hOmeW
 And do you want the body ex- humed so as to make Sure?"
 "Waa he put down to Stay"'
 "He was welt buried, madam"
 "WelI, it's bout as well to let him stay there. He's probably fell away so that 1 wouldn't know him, and I don't feel like having my narves strung up."
 Well Pm very sorry for you, madam. If 1 could have identi- fled the body, 1 would have sent you word right away"
 "It'S all right. Pve felt it in my bones for morn two months that I was a widder, and the shock don't stagger me like it would at first. Pm. sorry, for Sam was kind.
 "Yes it was too bad"
 But he ought to knOw'd better, when he couldn't swim. 1 told him and told him and told him. and that day told him again. and he hollered back, Shut upp''
 "He didw
 "Yes he did; and now he's un- der the sile and Pm here! Pm 'bleeged, Mil 1 know where he IS now, and when I wake up in the night 1 Shan't worry so much. Is there anything to pay?"
 "No, nothing"
 "Well, TIl go home feeling bet ter. It's kinder hard to have the old man go under that way, but I spOse the Lord knows best. The Bible says we cOmeth up to be cut Town, and 1 suppose that means drowning as well as shooting"
 And she felt tosee if her spectacle case was all safe, and started for nome.
The Arizona sentinel., 1875-08-28

A little girl was once asking her elder sister about heaven Do they play in heavenp she inquir- ed. No; they do not play there.' What do they do" They sing and are good.' Are there no toys there! No, not any, No dolls, nor balls, nor NOah's arks? Oh nOp Then said the little one, T shall take my dolly and go to hell.
The Arizona sentinel., 1875-08-28
MISCELLANY.

Advertising pays. A Toledo man advertised for a servant girl, and one of his three wives knock. ed at the door in less than five hours after the paper was out.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-08-13
PASSENGERS ARRTTED.

FROM GLAsGow-Ti steamship Bot,1.G aug r,n,.s
.tban Schaeier, VIM h li"iul's
kssl.s Mrs Wcsoo, Mrs Waller AnnsIeM o NJ n n
,rs1h John Ts,lsck John Tatlock. ~, MISS ~
In,e n A. Nude lady Rev Adams Ciesn3in ,e 10
IIaute aud lady Misses Jessie Enph.ha d, Mis- sa
bella Forbes David Stevenson Rey t. II S nT All MTcer
No. Ina N,rcer Daniel Haviaud, pr Thomas u
Iru,c MSS Lila Butts Joseph bats L. %ch1 id CAS-
aa-.,,l ilex Massie and lady. II. W. Brown Acnihu
sell, Mrs Anu Fraser James SnodgraSs H. SPIss uT'
a. n knoxer and ledy, MaateFs r. ~ ana Lt1.Hiu
Ms selma j. KDoweI MIS- Waters an" cnlg ~ W. lar, 20
ss,a, s,d Iadv Miss Mary Conner, Mrs Ley Ohrei
G m nnns Int n Norwood, T. Miller and ady " as
Johnstn, A Chappel and lady, Mss No"en VI ~
Thomas Boyd Masters WIN. anu JVin lAo"N' N" S-
Alfred Muter, Edws ard Schsoss
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DEnaRTuRB OF FOREIGN NAILS.

FRIDAY, ARG Ia x,..,. mall.
,c,u.,rr t,,,rt nv inc steamship CNy of ke'anA w."
.,as@ 81 IL M Steamship sails at Il NJ H"'" i'' ~
Nor KiDss,oa Jamaica asd unitsd states ~ .s al II
,,aaa,sI,in Eiua mails close NJ ga H. s'N"'"S-'f -
M t,,,n ITer No 81 North River =.
u-.l.s rr-lypL and France. VIA Vnetiso" !.
fvi he the steamship City 81 Chts,W
s9a ihve,i"c S, nsnentaTy Nal closed u M o'ea'
lisov D a n, Fry,n No Al. Nort 'N'f uh,a,a
snp only Glasgow y. the ssesy cics,3 Al
80 600 All ii 50 supplements a. Sa aa North
nSs VS,eanshp sails at y. NJ froih f1e' NJ 50 %
River. 49,. ., r.,rone fexcept France), via So''n.
ston and irSmen the steamship voer ~ ao N m
1nE,, m A supplementary NAL y , $500 Tohokrn
smssp sails at from Pier zoe, ., a,,S ana sos,h
~ as,nwa ptisma the Cerrai 49, a. In a
p.rse rcIis by the steamship Colon. ssis ' S,samshi
sroricmertary Man IL cioscl az Il D. IL" N'N'f
nv, ~ ~ iron, pier Ne AZ, North faNsf ,,ooo c,oa a,
a., Key We<I tho stenshk ~ ~, 80. 49,
~ H. Se~''" II NDAY AUG. Is.
Letters Ar japan. Shanghai dohs noit, an CITY of
s,..Ss norts and East Indies by inc Tasi
Datn ~ ssi trum Francisco sept s,euu po VIC -
4, ths New Ors Post Office before w. on fn4ss, ,anrn
Az Mails close al ii ociotAA ILL., INV 49,
FROM n. IN. 10 III a. ~. A. xau york
Mas Newfoundland close AT "e E>e"' avn
Gays a i. -. Al. Nav York
A lisiffor haifaN. y. =, Is coscd ~ ''o ->"
Once every day 1T g p. m.
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OF PUBLIC PARKS.
feaal Nolitcs.

GUPREME COURT-COUNTY OF NEW
- YORk-JOHN GRAY, paIDiif against JONAS SON
NEBOkN and Helen SOnDeoD, his wife Henry Peter
r. Comen j. Warren Greene Henry A. Iuzo David David
Iii Is. Getz, SNas Reynolds, Joseph Agate.
Morris HaIi Rudolph Grhn and William Gruin
Seignnnd NJ Peyscr, receiver Of all the debts
property, equitable Interests, rights things in
action OF Jonas Somehow and Cornelius A. Runkle
Of Jonas SOnnrbOf, and Leo Ieiss. posing firm
Jonas sOnDeborn & Co. Defendants FOR rehef
Uon not served To the defendants above named
OF them You ar hereby summoned and required 10 answer
tie complaint ~ THIS action which Will be filed IN the Office OF
n Csis 81 tue CITY and County OF New YO:i the New
City III Ia said c,ty, and 10 copy answer
the sad complaint the sus rbcis
10 broadway IN the city OF NeuYork, within twenty days
aufr The service OF this summons the
DAY 81 sueh service and you ia sand com
plant within the time Aforesaid The Panf In action
VIZ apply TO the Court fOr the relief demanded The com
PLANT. Dated New York. April 90 1873.
MILLER q VAN YOLRENBURGU
,,-,, Plaintiffs Attorneys
The complaint IN te above entitled action was day fcd in
~ 9e OF tic CLERK Of The City and County Of NewYork ON
the Z'1h day 0 April 1875.
Jy2l lswGwW Plaintiff AttmneTs iDn pr,saw.v
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PASSENGERS SAILED.

ron uANpIRG--In steamship Ster.a Aug sa,os
W Stuop =; y Nsr,ng and lady Jas COLES n ssr,,a
n visyne jose dc Barros n sh tei Idolo
~ poe, St+t theluei Joiih rd
HxeI n Weisner VIM ScnnnckehDlls = osyy
fIunnain, ladv aud children, Mrs Roeschyh Lpe.y
o., esircn Herman KTesohIncr ana aiy au" ,I Ermercx
and chl lisa Ernsi PohAaus Mr.. Walther Mad Lon se
Ihas ing An. Chrsanc sclwers, Miss Enile Mea"'
NJ Iouise Iuhrng MIS- Irene Htin"
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w SUPREME COZ NT, CITY ana COT MI OF NisN
WORK -HIRAN MORRISON, Piaints, against IA kf a.
l.. PHILLIPS, ROBERT NESCoII hA' Al - us
for Relief Com Ser)-IU tho defendants above mined ai
~ sunIiOnc-i and required To- az
sWeI the amended complaint this action, whc VIZ "C i'
In Clerk Of the city ard County ~ Nr"-f"H
and 10 serve copy TO thc slii aincf CON
pad ascIber At his Office, Nots al sitf " ne
tv oNew York within twenty days after the service ~ vas
summons Won OF the day o. such serstr and II
Vou ia to answer said amended compliant wIiu TIE c
azores plaintiff III This action III Apply to hc 'tt l
The relief demanded amended cOinlAiaed JAY y,
1873. CHARLES r. SlN,'N' iiuhuh : .Nloln. y, i,
The amended cnmp the above entitled action Was MED
ina ,e Office of CrK of City and CoGEtS az New Orh
al the County House IN the said city on the Ihd day OF
Jdlv, 1875. CHARLES T. sIHO-'r, ~. W.T..
Iyn haWGwF Ilaintih Attorney, No Gs Wall IT.