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The anti-monopolist., 1876-06-01
mer differs from ordinary claw-hammers in

mer differs from ordinary claw-hammers in
that the handles is not strapped
The anvil used by the diamond-splitte ie
Of wood in shape not unlike ninspin, but
tapered OF the lower end SO as to be placed
upright in coned hole in q sma l block of
lead. On the hand Of the ninepin is . Fat.
on which, by means of cement, the diamond
to be split can be firmly fixed Placed here
so that the plane of intended cleavage shall
be vertical when the wooden anvil is in the
lead block, deep scratch is made bya
second diamond, in which scratch the edge
Of the splitter's chisel is to be planted. The
diamond-splitter's chisel is very like an old
razor. This chisel the workman holds in
his left hand, in the right he holds that
which is his hammer. The hammer is
plain steel rod. about eight inches in length
and tapering from about half an inch diam
ter in the middle to three. quarters Of an
inch at the end. The very construction Of
this peculiar hammer gives the operator
large range for precise and graduated
blows; within certain limits he can most
carefully arrange that the path Of the cen-
ter OF percussion, the place of impact, the
line bisecting the angle of his razor-like
chlsel, and the expected plane Of cleavage
~
great coolness and the absence of all hesita-
ton, he gives blow, upon the effect of
which many hundreds Of POUNDS may de,
pend
IN steam hammers all muscular effect 10
intensity the blow IS transferred to the
steam, and all consequences Of centrifugal
action whether from hand or tilt hammers
at the ends Of arms, are removed Further.
in steam hammers nowadays the steam ops-
rates TO check as well as to intensity the
blow This checking action is called "cush-
ioning," and !: seems to do what an elastic
handle does N sledge hammer; it relieves
the rigid fabric or erection from jar as de-
struciion. ''Cushioning" is brought into
play by admitting steam for the purpose Of
checking the intensity of the blow due to
the action Of gravity alone, or of steam COM
bining with gravity upon the hammer.
Hence the perfect control over large steam
or air worked hammers, and the rapidity
with which the intensity OF the blow may
be changed. Such control as this over
sledge hammer is beyond our bodily powers.
We may Intensity the blow, but we cannot,
except .ust experimentally. and for the pur-
pos Of display bring the restraining power
OF the muscles to diminish the energy of the
descending hammer
The anti-monopolist., 1876-06-01
The TRAVELS OF PLANTS.

Alexander brought rice from Persia TO ne
Mediterranean. Inc Arabs carried II 10
Egypt. the Moors : , Spain, The Spaniards
TO America Lucullus brought the cherry
trees which takes iis name IRON Cerasns,
the city O. Ponius. where he found It. t.
Rome, sc . trophy Of MS Miihridatlc cam
paigu; and l2o years later, or in A. u. sb,
Is Plny tells Us, il was carried 70 England.
Cesar is said 20 have gwen barley to both
Germany and Britain According 10 Scraho,
wheat came originally from The banks Of the
Indus. but Il had reached the Mediterraa-
eat before the dawn cf au-heniic history
Both barley and wheat came to the se~
Worli with it coneuerors an eolun.s;s,
and The maze which they found here soon
went to Europe = exchange Ii vas known
in England IN less than fifty years after the
discovery Of America: Il was in,rodu 1ed 10
the Mediterranean countries, py way CT
Spain al the end Of the sIx,eeth century,
and the venetians soon carried il to the
Levaut. Later i travelled ap ,ae Danube
10 Hungary. ami gradually spread eastward
to China While IL WAS thus .nvs1ing the
regions formerly devoted TO rice. the latter,
as We have said vas establishing .tself n
this country.
The sugar cane which. with It's sweet
product, was known TO the Greexs and Ro-
man. only as = clIissiiye seems 10 have been
cultivated in India and China from the
earliest times lis introduction into Europe
was enc Of the results Of the crusades, and
thence it Was trznsplansed to Mederis. and
and cary in the sixteenth century N tia.
island to the West Indies The original
home of King Cotton" va. probably in
Persia or India though it is also mention
Cd 10 the early annals of Egypt. and had
spread throughout; Africa in very ancient
:ines
Tae potato Was found N Peru and Chilli
ny iAs srst explorers OF those countries.
who carried it to Spain. II Is said TO have
reached Rnrgunly in 1870, and Italy about
the same tine. Ii appears 70 have been
brought from Virginia to Ireland ~ Haw-
kins. slave trader, in 1855. and to Knglsad
in 1855, b. Drake, Who preseatsd ssme IT,
bsrs 70 Ga1Ad, uhe planted tAen Il his
gardsa II Lsa1sa. nd dsssribsd ths plant
u his HeF1aE s1d it uas alse introiused
The anti-monopolist., 1876-06-01
SCIENCE.
SINGULAR DEATH IN LONDON.

Recently al inquest was held = london re
spectlng the death OF Mr. Geo-ge Gillian,
aged s.. the keeper Of private hotel or
.ermon street. On good Friday THE deceas-
Ell comp planned Of illness and his wife gave
him draught ou; Of \ cor iial bottle label
ed poison hu, which had not been ased
for years The mistake was Immediately
discovered, ~hereupon the deceased ex-
claimed "Oh am poisoned shall die.
Medical assistance was opiai ned au; tue de-
ceased sank aud died the same afternoon
Or. Waters said that the bottle hal once
contained prussic acid, whIah had eYapo-at-
ed IN the course Of time, No; the slightest
trace Of poison was found Il the body O. iae
deceased whose death was attributable N
assass OF the hear the action Of winch aad
failed n consequence OF tne trsghi ne H2d
suffered The jury returned seTales II
accordance with THIS evidence.
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4tTErLI4+
MRS. MORTON S BOARDER.

"Anl then, mamma. you must marry old
Raynor, aud I Is all right
Ellie
The shOekot. PANIED tone checked the jest
upon Blion Morton .ps. She was aecas>
toned 10 seelns, her mother pale and sad
and she knew that Il tragedy ofyears had
stricken all gladness from her life. But
never had she seen the patient sorrowtul
face so deeply agi;aied a. il was at this mo-
mept
"Forsiye laelr 81. SAID throwing her
arms around her mother Il am sorry
said that But Mr. Naynor does seem 50
fond ofyoa-and he mus, bc very rich !"
"Hush FlAe AUST Never hint at such
q thing again isn.l ncver marry"
Did you love M .ather SO dearly 2"
"Yes. dear / could never love again as
loved your father
The girl looked II /. portrait hanging up
on the wall OF her mother ted-room.~ here
they were seated and invarliy thought It
was no marvel the lace there portrayed had
won faithful 1uiya- loye II was the face
Ct u young man mot more taan twenty two
or three, wlib large. .r4na, hazel eyes, way-
ing brown HAIR aud regular features. \ face
fall Of anlmAs,pa ana power yet giving
pro9iso alsO $, Erl~s ,cpdernsSs and sweet
ness
Ellie Morton dil ret quite rcal,ze how
her own living face mcehei the still beauty
of the picture, with Is ever varying ex-
eressioa IN .he same grsa: brown eyes aud
sweet sensitive mouth Never was father
aud child more like ant Mrs Morton's
eyes following Ellies sadiened anew at the
resemb blaace thai was ~ oace her torture
and her cemfort,
Bu. she shook OF her ovn sadness to say
very gently
daughter
Il dc love hIm And am quite sure he
loves me, mamm@ though ne has never
actually said Sc bat his uacle's death
makes hira rich. ana from what he said last;
night, | Am sare be wishes 70 speak to you
ef thai love
And I may drive il away, billie
The girl lifted pale face then
Drive i, away ?" she whispered
There is q secre, in yoar life AMI mine.
Ellie, tha. must Be told before you may be
the wife os any honorable man, as Louis
Salon is You have forgotten, i indeed
you ever guessed i:
Il have forgotten Sha. is iss''
~ can not tel yea noE | must see about
the luncheon. Bas viii tell ycu some tine
to -day."
But the day slipped ny, and the Story vas
untoli. Mrs Morton kept fashionablc
hsArdinx~house. Let that statement explain
vAy, in her manifold dutiss she foand no
hears free for the ccnfdsnce che had prem
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a STRIP or Blu.

] do not owE ar INCH o. land,
But all see IS mine
The orchard and the NOV no fed,
The lawns and gardens tine
The winds my tax collectors art,
They bring ice tithes divine
Wild scents and subtle essences,
A tribute rare and free;
And more magnificent than a..
My window keeps for nes
A glimpse Of blue lmnenstt.-
a little strip Of sea.
Richer am ] than lie who cwns
Great tlee Is anG arcosies;
have a share il every ship
Won by the inland breeze
TO loiter or yon airy road
Above the app'e trees.
l freight them with my untold dreams;
Each bears my own picked crew;
And nObler caTgOeS wait for then
Than ever India knew
My ships that sail into The esst.
Across The outlet llu.l
The ocean grow WEAKNESS
With nothing else in sight;
It's east and west. its north and souti
Spread our from morn to night
We miss the warm, caresslng shore,
Its broodlng shade and light,
A past is greater than the whole
By hints are mysteries told;
The fr!nges OF eternity,
Gods sweeping garment tod,
In that bright shred OF glimmerlng sea,
reach out for, and hold
The anti-monopolist., 1876-06-01
LEARNING TOTAlk

At first the infant cries, and employs its
vocal organ in the same way as its limbs,
spontaneously and after the manner Of res
tiex action. Spontaneously, 100, and be-
cause it finds pleasure in being active, the
infant later exercises its vocal organs in the
same way it exercises Its limbs, gaining the
perfect use OF them by repeated essays, and
oy process Of selection. From iIarticul-
ate it thus passes to articulate sounds. The
briefly Of intonations winch 1t acquires
evinces in the child great deiieacy OF i'm
preston and Of expression; hen ce the faculty
OF forming general ideas. All We do IS TO
aid it in grasping these ideas by suggesting
our words. 70 these the infant attach es
ideas OF lis own, generalizing after its own
fashion la;her than ours. Sometimes il in
vents not only the meaning Of word, but
the word Itself. Several vooabularies mag
succeed to one another in its mind, new
words obliterating old ones; several differ
ent slgnincations may successfully be at
tached to one word; several words invented
by itself are natural gestures; il short, ii
learns a ready made language as true
musician learns counterpart. or rs I. true
poet learns prosody; the child is an original
genius. which adapts itself 10 form built
up bit by bit by succession OF orIginal
geniuses. Ii there existed no language ii
would discover one, or find an equivalent.
The anti-monopolist., 1876-06-01

The day had been set. the young man vas
happy. Bu. his father failed in business,
and ne collected together all the pink love
letters, the lock Of hair, the faded violets.
&c, and started for her fathers msnsioa
He wss high-ninded and honorable, and be
felt It his duty 70 release her from her en-
gagenen'. Yet he grew faint - he was ush>
cred into the parisr. Such love - HE
wouldn't stay crushed.
George. dear 0eeYge,' she exclaioed ~
she entered the parlor snl seized his hand
Arabe!ls, ! am here to do my duty, be
said - be rose up.
why. what ~ the matter, she asked.
'H-hsven'i yoo heard Of my father fail
ure,' be inquired bis heart beating pAinfnl
y.
Why. yes. dear George, and what Of IL
'Aren't yo1-won't you-that is-.n
i am glad of I;-.hA; j. ALL che cried.
You are
'Of course am, vas talking with father
ard be said il your father hsd failed for
~, ,O00As hsd made q lsast $4,000 sst u
=, ssd ~ csosse yeu'lI ri twiss = naeh =
zen eeunted eop
The anti-monopolist., 1876-06-01

by Raleigh at about the same date. But it
was slow to attract attention, and it was
not till nearly century later that it began
to be much cultivated. In 1863 the Royal
Society published rules for its culture, and
from that time it rapidly gained favor. The
Dutch carried it to the Cape of Good Hope
in 1890, and thence it made its way to India
The anti-monopolist., 1876-06-01
GREAT RESULTS OF THE SUEz cARA-

NJ de Lesseps has just returned to Parts
from his fve-months' trip to Suel, and on
taking his seat in the Academy Of Sciences
give some details concerning his observa-
tions. He has found that Por. Said is in no
danger, whatever of being filled up with
sand. and that there is no need for prolong-
ing the piers as proposed. That operation
might prove source OF danger, for one
single pier there might change the current
in very marked way The dredging mo
chine made for the company works regular
ly and will, and suffces to keep the channel
clear Moreover, it does not fill up as rapid
ly as supposed, for the work done last year
is still free from sand, and two very large
ships have recently passed through the
canal withou, difficulty. One was the
Scraps, 5,llO tons burden; the other an
English frigate drawing over 20 feet Of wa
ter AS for the course Of the current in the
canal, a matter discussed by o great many
people, there is no longer doubt. During
the winter the excess CT water in the Bitter
lake rdns into the canal, causing the current
10 set in toward the Mediterranean; but dur
ing the summer, when these lakes are low
cred by evaporation, the current runs in an
opposite direction NJ. de Lesseps states
one important fact. Formerly rain was un-
known on the Red sea- but since the build.
ING OF the canal there are showers about
once fortnight This has started yege,a-
ton up even upon the Asiatic side where
the infiltration i only OF salt water The
study Of the ancient geography and history
Of iha; section has hecn begun again by or,
d rof the ALedvs. Recently pieces Of
splendid monuments were found upon the
site of one Of the old cities Of hhamses NJ
de Lesseps aid two specimens before the
Academy Oae was a young shark with the
anellical cord, which attached it to the
mother. still intact; the other. some oyster
shells. taken from bed II feet above the
level of the sea These details appear trifi-
.n-. out they are important 10 the Swans
The anti-monopolist., 1876-06-01

The National Sunday School Teacher tell.
the story of a scholar who, when asked in
the lesson Of David spsring Saul," Why
David compared himself TO q fea, replied
that be gaessed al was because SAIL
cou ldn; sa.ch bin.
The anti-monopolist., 1876-06-01

chrome with every egg now.-Danbury
News ls tha, crow-mo roostere-White.
hall Times Guss SO, for a rooster can crow
mo than a hen.-N orristown Herald.
The anti-monopolist., 1876-06-01

What George Eliot calls warm paleness'
IS identical with the hue Of mans face VIII
struggles wildly on the edge Of an orange
peel and 800 lious 10 swear
The anti-monopolist., 1876-06-01

An ho'e! in Kansas has the folio wing no.
tee displayed III the bedrooms: .Genslemen
wishing 10 commit suicide will please take
the centre Of the room, TO avoid staining the
ted linen. walls. and furniture with blood -
The anti-monopolist., 1876-06-01

Rho1e Island senas to the Centennial q
policeman WHO measures six feet three
inches. That comes from living ia small
state Not having room to spread he ran
ny.
The anti-monopolist., 1876-06-01

MA, does pa Kiss the cats - why, no.
ny con. "cai in the name Of goodness put
that IN your head2' "Cos when pa came
down stairs inis morning he kissed Sarah in
the hallway and said That's better than
kissing the old ca; up stairs, aint it Sarah"
The anti-monopolist., 1876-06-01

celebrated pee: advertised that he
would supply lines for every occasion" A
fisherman sought him soon after, and want
el "a line strong enough to catch DOR
noise
The anti-monopolist., 1876-06-01

The Other day a Black Hills stage-driver
undertook TO horsewhip his passengers into
getting out and pushing up Hill, but the gold
seekers held cororer's inques, and found
that he died Of pneumonia.
The anti-monopolist., 1876-06-01
ELECTRIC LIGHT.

Ausus7g pE IA Rsyx and Edward sarsarsA
End that when Geisaler tubes containing hy-
drossn or nitrse0 are uhjsetsd = shsae-
tioa Il ; powerful cslsm.sr elseefs-0aasf
dsEiAe The passge = tAe indssfisa es1T1t.
The anti-monopolist., 1876-06-01

bUll-frog is never entirely "broke"
gnancially. He alwaps has greenback,
you know
The anti-monopolist., 1876-06-01

A good lawyer is not necessity, for ne
cessi;y knows no law
The anti-monopolist., 1876-06-01

Spell boaLd--stuck on o word at the spell
ing match.
The anti-monopolist., 1876-06-01
WIT AND HUM0R.
l. DONNELLY. Jr.. Editor.

Why Is an andiron like yard-stick? Be-
cause il has three feet.
The anti-monopolist., 1876-06-01

The Alabama Planter complains that il
.i.fle garden patch vas Improbable last sea
con: The snails ate up the cucumbers; the
chickens ate up the snail; the neiehbor's cats
ate up the chickens, and We are now IN search
Of something 10 eat up the csts.,
The anti-monopolist., 1876-06-01

"Anl then, mamma. you must marry Old
Raynor, aud Is all right.
, 1876-04-01

COLLISIONS OF Suns AND STARS
When we take all these things into
the account, the case OF our solar sys
TEN will appear as only one of a thous-
AMI cases Of evolution and dissolution
with which the heavens furnish Us.
Other stars, like our sun, have un-
doubtedly started as vaporous masses,
and have thrown off planets in con-
tracting. The inference may seem a
bold one, but it after all involves no
o'her assumption than that of the con
tinuity of natural phenomena. 1t Is
not likely therefore that the solar sys.
TEN will forever he left to itself Stars
which strongly gravitate toward each
other, while moving through the per-
ennially resisting medium mast in time
be drawn together The collision Of
our extinct sun with one Of the Plel-
ades, after this manner, would very
likely suffice to generate even grand
er nebnla than the one with which We
started. Possibly the entire galactIc
system may, in an unconceivably re-
mote future, remodel Itself in this way
and possibly the nebula from which
our own group Of planets has been
formed may have owned its origin to
the disin,egratiOn of systems which
had accomplished their career in the
depths ofthe bygone eternity--AtIan-
tic.
, 1876-04-01

CuRIoUs MARRIAGE STATlsrICs--Sta'is Is
tics of marriages at Worcester, Mass, for
last wear show that out of total OF 465 mar
ri,s.s in 2S eases widowers and WIDOWS
xere united for the second time, and II
wi5ows took bachelors for their second hus-
hands Five widowers tOuk widows tor
their .hird wives, and the same number took
,r,idens for their third companions one
widow took a ' idower for her third husband
and in one case it was the third marriage Oh
both. In 35G cases the groom was the oiuer'
Will. in As eases both were the same age ana
20 I.id.s were older than the grooTs. ohe
bride was 10 years old, one si1teen' III were
seventeen. and 2S were eighteen 1he young
ST ,room was seventeen, 3 were ID, . were
,wsprv. and 81 were tw eDty-o!.e years oil age
The groom OF seventeen took a 'iiDe %
a;,,b,s,.n and the bride Of fifteen took hus-
81 ot ,.in.teen. A WidUwrr righty- "'
-. old took = maiden OF for'y-nine iof me-
ND wife. \ widOwsr Of seventy siA "'e
,,,,;,sd ,o "A widow IF fif'v-eigh', II beinS 'he
,h,rd mari ,ye of each. \ wIdo~er oil III
So Tx q maiden Of thirty. pnd III ano'heI
;r.,.uc,, widowsr OF fifty took maiden u
rwen;Y-two-
, 1876-04-01


MASCULINE INCDNsTANCY.-"I bury peo-
pie inst as you write an article, - remarked a
gray haired sexton. ATS nothing 70 me
who they are, or what they died Of. ! get
hardened. And then see heap of human
nature, too | remember handsome young
fellow who tainted ss We lowered his wife
into the grave. 1t was a said sight. A good
many people pulled out their hapdkerchiefs
and cried. didn't, though, because ] had
seen plenty of such performances before, and
l knew just what would happen. They lug
ged him off To carriage and drove home
with him. Now, you woa't believe what I
ain going to tell you next. In just three
months from that time he put handsome
tombstone over her gIave. and bad me fix
the lot up in smashing style, and on the
very next Sunday come hummiug out to the
graveyard in a ten-dollar livery rig, and be
had blooming sweetheart with him. He
showed her his wife's grave, and it looked
so nice and affectionate like that could see
that it made big impression on her. Wo-
men are fond of such things. They get
powerfully struck after widower who owns
a small graveyard lot with pretty tomb
stone in it. In another week that couple 90,
married. I've seen plenty Of such things
since I've been here. That Is why l get
hardened. And then the Ildows-but /
never run down women, and you can make
up your mind about the rest Of ii 10 suit
yourself Human nature is funny thing,
amt u?"
, 1876-04-01

INJrrIIEs or THE BRAiN.-Delicate as the
organization of the brain must be, it is FUR
nrisipr 10 read of the hard knocks it can
bear, not only without injury. but even to its
advantage. One man who lost half his
brain through suppuration of the skull, pre-
served bis intellectual faculties to the day OF
his death and the brains of soldiers have
been known TO carry bullets without uppar-
ept Inconvenience, and TO undergo operation
for the extraction of foreign bodies without
loss of power. \ physician, who was staict-
Cd with an abnormal cerebral growth which
,rsssed upon the cavities of the brain, so as
70 paralyze one side of his body and render
him speechless, retained possession OF hls rea-
souing and calculating powers until he died
One OF three brothers. ali idiots. after receiy-
ing a severe iuj jury on the bead. gained his
ssUs,s and lived TO be clever hArrister- 4
able bry Of dull capacity, and sutjsct TO
6,s had his wits siIaTpen=d by the kick If Il
borsa- which uecessitarcd The abstraction OF
:, ,ortiou of his brain and no less Persou-
ais Than Pope Clement VI owed the I'M
p-ovem-nt of his memory 10 slight cOaeus-
I'm al the brain. On the other hand, i, Is
fact the brains OF persons with thoroughly
3;so,1er.d mindl, as rale present no abuur-
NAL appearance after death, which is not 10
=. unnd.rsi AZ, Dr. Walker declares, when
:, !. found that symptoms of disordered
tr,in ara often produced by very slight al
,a-a,;oa in the constitution OF the blood--
cBanLeys' Journal.
, 1876-04-01

A THoUGHrFUL TAILoR.-A young
man from one of the suburban districts
(Says an exchange) was in one Of our
tailor shops getting measured for a
vest, tie other afternoon married
or uumarried:''queried the merchant,
after taking down the number. I'm
married" said the young man, with a
blush. "Inside pocket on the left-hand
side, then," observed the tailor, as II
20 himself, making memorandum
10 that effect. After a moments pause
the young man from the suburbs was
prompted to ask: "What difference
my being married unmarried makes
with the inside pocket Of the vestT
"Ah! mg dear SIR" observed the tai
lor, with bland smile, call the differ
ence possible. as you must see. be
ing unmarried, you want the pocket
on the left side, so to bring the young
lady's picture next TO your heart
"Bat don't the married man also want
his wifes picture next to his hart?
dueried the anxious youth. POSSIBLY
there is an instance of that kind, said
the tailor, arching his eyebrows, "but
| never heard of i"