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II beer e German specially, aud there
ere some hopping specimens III the exhIbi.
aon-Ho they aay who skip round with d
scOre or ~ of swell lager under thalr vest--
yet the Ient0n n not Indifferent ~ the
charming influence Of the Juice az the Crane.
There are three hundred and ten thousand
acres OF land ia Germany devoted solely 10 lie
culture Of thaYine. There are eighty thousand
acres IN The newly acquired provinces ~
Alsace and Lorrain. No w0nder Germany
fought VI hard for this favored @pot. Next
Bavaria, the Paiatinate; then Prussia. Vert.
b8.090,00g CALLS, specimens Of which ylsitors
~ tlia exhibition pronounce good
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-08-10

mandioca starch for making Chipa bread,
aud a great variety Of skins, sea wolf, fox,
weasel, buck, otter, ferret coati, wild boar,
otter lion, chinchilla. tiger, ostrich, swan,
rabbit. and llama Savanna, Georgia, yellow
pine timber. Wagons are from Wisconsin,
Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, embracing ice wag.
ons, lumber, farm, spring, freight and piano
truck wagon. Fourth Of July in cur next.
J. B.
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THE GREAT AMERICAN FAMILY.
Chicago Tribune.

The admission of Colorado makes the
twenty-ffth new state added to the union
since the war of national independence.
The original family who united July
4, 1776, to form nation of one people,
were:
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Public Report
or A.
POLICEMAN.

have not enjoyed good health for several years
past yet have not allowed 1t to interfere with my la
Dor, Every belonging to the labOring class knows
the Inconvenience OF being obliged to labor when the
body, from debility almost refuses 10 perform tts
daily task. / never was believer ia dosing with
medicines but, having heard the VEGETINEspok.
OF so highly determined to try Ii, and shall
never regret that determination. As tonic (which
every one needs at some timel II surpasses anything
Is great cleanser and purifier of the blood. There
are many OF my cquaintances whohaye takenit, and
all unite In praise of its satisfactory effect.
Especially among the aged class people, 1t imparts
to them the thing NEST neediuli old age-nights
calm sweet TepeBe thereby strengthening tire mind
we'll the body One aged lady, who has been sut
fering through life from scrofulss and has become
with favorable result bytrlends to try
the YEGETINE. After taking few bottles, she OBJ
tanned such great relief that she expressed wish for
her sight that she might be able 20 look upon the
man who had sent her such blessing.
Yours respectfully,
D. III. p. HODg II, Police Officer Station 6.
HosToN. Mass. May 8, 1871.
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AT our request, Cragin & Co., Of Phil.
adelphia, Pa, have promised to send any
of our readers gratis ION receipt of Is
cents to pay postage), sample of Dob.
bins Electric Soap to try. Send at once,
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1YL8aRAPHY.

Wood engrayinga have made German art
famous, Ter IL no eountgy has this specially
reached % high a standard aa II Germany
~ tact u haa been the associate ~ the his.
tory Of hook printing BERLIN. T1eipsic, and
Stuttgart, have handsome Representations of
EglnEraphic art
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1t is stated that prominent Presby.
terrain church recently had eighty appli-
cations for its vacant pulpit.
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WHAT IS VEGETfNE?-It is a com
pound extracted from banks, roots and herbs.
1t is natures remedy.
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HEARTFELT PRAYEF

II. r. STEVENS, ESQ:
Dsdr SIR should be wantlnR In gratitude, IL
failed TO acknowledge what the VEGETINE has done
for me. 1 was attacked about eleven months since
with Bronchitis, which settled into Consumption,
had night sweats ana fever Chs was distressed for
BREATH and frequently spit blood all emaclateds
very weak, and so low that my friends thought my
case hopeless,
/ was advised to make q trial of the yEGETINE,
which, under the providence Of God, has cured me.
That He may bless the OF your medicine others,
as He has 10 and that His divine grace may attend
you Is the heartfelt prayer Of your admiring, hume
BILE servant, BENJAMIN PETTIEGILL.
p. s.--Aine Ia but one among the many cures your
medicine has effected In this place. B.P,
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-13
POETRY.
FOR THE LADIES.

Old Major Drumdizzle declared on his life,
(And he swore in week he would show it).
Each man in the country is ruled by his wife
70 adroitly, the blockheads don't know it.
He established plan by which he would try
To prove it. So, moving his legs,
He rugged out coach in the twir Of an eye,
And clapped i'll q hogshead Of eggs.
The driver was ordered house not to pass,
But admittance moment to beg;
If man ruled his wife; to give him horse,
If the woman commanded, an egg.
Two davs scarce elapsed the eggs are most gone,
lie stopped at a world full of houses);
At last was reduced to one, only one--
So much for the governing spouses.
He addressed young man lido you command
her?''
eyes Sr'' in an audible voice.
My master has made you present Monsieur
A trotter, SO now take your choice.
The man was delighted and chose fine grey,
Then asked him to pass there the night
But before Mr.. Coachman knew what to say,
Madam entered, and struck for white.
Cried Master My dear, tits Indifferent to me;
Take the white; if you wish it. beg.
The choachman replied you'll have neither.
see;
But be pleased to accept my last egg.
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LITERARY
WELSH DISCOVERY OF AMERICA.

In this age of active historical research
the question of the pre>Columbian voyages
to America is receiving that rightful atten-
ton which has for centuries been withheld
The discovery of our Continent by the North
men in the year 1000 is now strongly estab>
lishcd upon the evidence Of the Sagas of
Iceland: and testimony is slowly accumula-
ting in support Of the traditions that sdven-
turous mariners from other countries. in
their long and daring voyages. happened
upon the New World. and even founded set
Elements on its shores. hundreds Of years
before Columbus sailed in the Santa Maria
from the hal Dor of Palos. Among other
claims to the discovery Of the Western Hem
isphere is that o: Prince Madoc Of Wales,
who fiourished in the latter part of the
twelfth century. Very little is known Of
the life Of Madoc, aud the evidences Of his
having visited and planted . colony in the
New World are wholly circumstantial: ye'
they are curious and worthy Of invessiga-
ton.
His story, in brief. runs - follows: Or
the death of Owain Gwynedd. the Prince q
North Wales, in 1869. the succession to hi,
throne WAS disputed among his children
To avoid the contention. which Vas distaste-
full 10 his mild temper, Nadoc. one Of Gvyu
edd's sons, took TO . scattering life. for wAisl
he had natural fondness- He fitted ont |
few ships, and. sailing to the westward
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HYcRoMETRlC SPORES.

The spores Of the Equiseta, or securing
rushes. are each furnished with four fla>
ments (elaters) Of considerable length,
largest OF the free end. The elaters are
wrapped around the spores while they are
vet in the spore case; but when the mature
spores are discharged they unwind aud as
sist in scattering them. The filaments are
very sensitive to moisture; ifthe spores of
Z. Arvense, which is very common IN moist
places in early spring, be placed on side
and examined with ~ m.crope,-An luch OBJ
iect.ve gives sufficient power-they Will be
seen at rest with the arms extended: but u
the moist had, or a wet camel's hair pencil
be brought near to them they begin to move
about in lively and amusing manner; gent.
" breathe on the slide and the eiaters be-
gin instantly to coil and uncoll
These spores may be collected AMI pre-
served for future use by tapping the spikes
over a dry bottle, or by placing the heads
on clean white paper for few hours, when
the spores fall of so abundantly as to leave
heaps ef blush color on the sheet. These
removed to dry bottle may he preserved
for long time.
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HOW L Nc DO SEEDS PRESERVE THEIR
VITALITY

This question, which has been often an
swered before, has been taken up by Herr
Hoffman, who, in series Of papers in the
Dotaniche Zeituag, gives his view Of the
matter, and describes experiments with loss
> diluyial earth found in the valley of the
Rhine. When the railroad station Mon
shrine lat worms) was built, the earth was
dug away to depth Of twelve feet. Some
Of the loss was taken with proper precau>
tons, and securely sealed until the following
spring, when "A flower pots were filed with Il
earth and fertilizers, previously heated in
order to destroy any seeds present, ana on
this some Of the loss was placed. Each pot
was covered with glass disc which had
bit Of wood under ono edge to allow access
Of air. The surface Of the loss soon had
plenty Of ferns and MOSES, just like those
which are so abundant in oil green houses.
A few phaenogamic plants came up.
second series of experiments, conducts
ed with greater care to exclude walfs' gave
wholly negative results.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-13
DESTROYING THE TASTE OF COD-LlvEF
OIL

An Italian physician, referring to the o.
iectionable taste Of cod>liver oil, ana Inc
many methods adopted to render i less OBJ
noxious to sick persons, states that IFS Pc
culiar smell and taste can be completely re-
moved by digesting it with roasted coffee and
ivory black. For this purpose one part OF
good roasted coffee and one and half parts
Of ivory black are to be mixed with twenty
parts Of cod liver oil, and the whole placed
for quarter Of an hour in retort heated ed
by steam to a temperature Of 1909 to l4O'
Fahr.: after which the liquid is allowed to
settle, and is then filtered. The oil, It Is
said. then tastes and smells precisely like
coffee.
As iodine is said to lose not only its taste
and odor, but also some Of its chemical and
physiological properties, after being mi1eo
with an infusion of coffee, it may be neces-
sary to add a certain quantity of free iodine
to the mixture thus prepared in order to re-
store that element to the oil.
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plAIQMS.

In the spring and early summer is the
most favorable time to sindy algal life as
every spring, pond, or creek. then abounds
in many forms and in great profusion.
Among these various forms the dintoms and
desmids are most interesting. They pre-
sent an endless variety Of beautiful and
wonderful forms, while their motion-for
they move freely, plants though they are
styles of growth. vast numbers, and modes
of multiplication are still more fruitful and
fascinating subjects for study.
There are hundreds Of microscopes, good
bad or Indifferent, in the land that are ly-
ing idle, and yet SO many beau tiful objects
within five minutes walk Of every ones
door. So much work undone. The moral is
begin to work. The brown or green coat
that covers the rocks, sticks. logs, or he
mud at the button Of streams, If carefully
removed, will be found TO consist Of number
less forms that repay thousand fold for thu
lai or Of An examination.
| Every one should remember this. howeveI
if once caught and fairly entangled IN th'
branch Of microscopic botany there u nc
release. Still it is q sport tina. never kills
it lnvigorstes, elevates, re6nes.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-13
NO TIME LIKE THE OLD TIME.
BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.

There is no time like the old time,
When you and were young,
When the buds of April blossomed,
And the birds Of spring-tne sung.
The gardens brightest glories
BY summer suns are nursed,
But oh, the sweet, sweet yiolets,
The flowers that opened first!
There is no place like the old place,
Where you and | were born,
Where we lifted first our eyelids
On the splendors OF the morn,
From the milk-white breat that warmed US
From the clinging arms that bore,
Where the dear eyes glistened DER us
That will look for us no more.
There is no friend like the old friend
Who has shared our morning days,
No greeting like his welcome,
No homage like his praise;
Fame is the scentless sunfower.
With gaudy crown Of gold:
But friendship is the breathing rose,
With sweets in every fold.
There is no love like the old love
That we courted in our pride;
Though our leaves are FILLING, falling,
And we're fading sid, by side,
There are blossoms all around us.
With the colors OF our dawn.
And we live in borrowed sunshine
When the light Of day isgone.
There are no times like the old times
They shall never be forgot
There is no place ike the old place
Keep green the dear old spot!
There are no friends like our old frlencs-
Nav Heaven prolong their lives.
There are no loves like our old loves
God bless our loving wives!
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Martyrs.

My child, whose soul is like flame
Within a crystal altar lamp,
Bends DER an ancient book, its name
Obscured by mildew damp.
And, tracing down the yellow leaves,
Where quaint and crooked letters stand;
Her breath comes quick, her bosom heaves,
Hard shuts the eager hand.
"Mamma''-I meet the lifted eyes
That, sottened, shine through gathering tears
<'God surely gives them in the skies,
For all those dreadful years,
ssSome,sweeter thing than others have,
To comfort after so much pam;
But tell me, could we be as brave
Through fire and rack and chain!
"I'm glad there are no martyrs now"
Blithe rings the voice, and positive.
"Ah love-" my own heart answers low.
'The martyrs ever live.
IA royal line, in silk and lace,
Or ROBBED in serge and hodden-gray,
With fearless step and steadfasl lace
They tread the common way.
ethan dungeon bolt or folding blaze
Their cross unseen may heavier press,
And none suspect, through smiling days,
Their utmost bitterness"
"Some sweet thing surely God must keep
To comfort, ''said my little one;
"They thank Him now il tender sleep
Comes when the day is dOne.'
Gods angel Sleep, with manifold
Soft touches, smoothing brOws OF care,
Dwels not beyond the gates of gold,
Because no night is there.
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secret Bertha successfully concealed from all
others A sclf-made man himself, with m
ample fortune to add to the one Bertha al
ready held, he laid no stress upon
money in thinking Of son -inS1aw. Energy
industry, integrity, these were the founda-
ton stones Of his own fortune, these were
the Qualities he desired in q life companion
for the child who was the hope and pride
of his old age.
The closer ties were bound that drew
RAYMOND Thurston to him in business, the
more he honored and esteemed the sterling
worth Of the man he so long regarded as q
mere butterfly of fashion, one Of fashion
spoiled children. And learning to respect
his worth he had also learned to love the
frank, bright face, the clear, ringing voice,
and the evey ready courtesy Of the young
clerk. 1t grew to be very frequent oc-
currence for him to ask the support Of the
strong, young arm when the streets were
slippery, and at the door t. invite Raymond
to dine sure Of beaming look Of pleasure
| from Bertha.
There came day after two long years
of faithful service when Raymond was in
formed IN the privacy Of the counting house
that junior partnership was his IT ne
WOul Id accept IL. OOMc cmOtAOn CAcCASu
the utterance Of Raymond's heartfelt graft
tude. He extended his hand, to meet a
cordial grasp, and hear:
.Yes, yes. know. And now if you
want to tell Bertha the news, you may take
holiday"
MAY tell her more? May | tell he'
that love-that the one hope of my life i
to win her love in return?"
"You may tell her that have been YOU
most sincere friend and warmest well-wish
er for two years. You may tell her, ant
the old mans eyes twinkled, shat hav'
looked upon you as son ever since the da.
she met you driving an express wagon"
..And behaved like an angel?'
Eyes, yes, CT course, they always do
There; get along with you. I'm busy
Take my love t. Bertha, if you are no
oyerburdened with your own"
And so-you know the rest. There Wa
wedding, and Amabel gave the bride 9
parue of diamonds, and owned, when in
burst Of confidence Bertha told her tn
whole story that Thurston's pride was nc
so good in the end as Raymond's pride.
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TIE CATERPILLAR.

The caterpillar which IN many LOCALITIES
il 80 trou blesome to the owner Of shade trees
and snrubbery. especially in cities and vii
lagos. in one Of the tussock caterpillars. II
is the larva Of the moth Orgyia teucosfigmd.
Although caterpillar, it j. quite pretty,
rendered 50 By the long pencils Of hairs and
eay striped jacket with which It Is clothed.
The moth appears from June TO Septem-
Der: they are most abundant in August and
September. The color is sshen-gray, with
a minute white crescent on the outer hind
angle Of the fore wings. The males have
feathercd autumns, expand an inch and .
half, and fly day by day. '.On account Of
this habit Of flying about ostentaiiously, or
vaporing by day, when the other moths
keep concealed, the Eogiish call il the vap>
orer-moth.' The females are wingless and
do not leave their cocoons sitter Matching.
They lay their eggs on the top Of their co
coons and cover them with . frothy secre-
ton which cements them together and pro-
tects them from enemies and tho weathe e.
through winter, - those deposited by the
last brood in September do not hatch I'M ii
the following June. These white masses Of
eggs may be found in great numbers infest-
Cd districts attached TO the trunks Of trees
or to the twigs Of the same IN which case Z
leaf IS usually wrapped around them. Ths
horse-chestnut, maple and Eastwood, seem
TO be favorifes- These packages are con
spicuous, and trees may Be easily freed
| from them All that il necessary to DO Z
abate the nuisance il to take the tronbIe e
destroy the egg while the trees are bars,
and they may Be readily found. brougAl
| in frsn public park n Bu1alo laIely ter
1 hsnahaa II thene ersn collected II I've minu-
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came to an unknown country, which so de-
lighted him by its fertility that he lett most
OF his men to keep possession OF 1t. and re-
turned to Wales to induce others to join his
young colony. In his second expedition he
was accompanied by q brother aud party
sufficient to man ten ships, which Set sail
from small port 5 mics from Holyhead.
in the Island of Anglesca. This is the most
that history records OF the voyages OF Ma
doc; but allusion is so frequently made to
him, and his discovery Of q new and pleas
ant land to the westward, in the songs OF the
Welsh bards who preserved the annals OF
their country, and in the writings Of later
English authors, that we must acknowl-
edge some basis of truth for the narrative.
To give further substantially to the ira
dition of Madoc's discovery there are many
curious stories existing of tribe OF Indians
formerly dwelling in South Carolina aud
Florida, and afterward removing west of the
Mississippi, who were said to have pale
complexion, blue eyes, red hair, arts and
manners superior to those of other aborigin
al tribes, and who spoke q language so close
ly resembling the Welsh that it could be un-
derstood by Welshmen. The tribe is now
extinct, and the only means of determining
the facts of their history are an examina-
ton of the stories preserved of them, for
proofs of authenticity, and a search amongst
the scanty relics of the native American ra-
ces for vestiges of people descended from
Prince Madoc and his followers.
The Rev. Mr. Bowen has been for several
years engaged in collecting from books,
pamphlets, and papers, all fragments Of ties
timony extant concerning the discovery Of
America by the Welsh, end has picced them
together into an ingenious and interesting
narrative 1t lacks no argument to produce
conviction except positive proof, and Of this
there is none Whatever there is, however,
ofhistory on tradition to found the claim Of
the Welsh upon. is brought forward, and
incomplete as the materials are, there Is en-
tertainment in carefully scanning them.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-13

Observations made at Princeton College
support the conclusion arrived at by some
European astronomers that Venus and Mer-
curry possess atmospheres. Prof. Alexander
thinks their atmospheres are in the same
condition as that of our earth in some of
its earlier geological ages. The tempera-
ture Of Venus is apparently that Of red heat.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-13

II is well-authenticated fact that clean
cuffs have m unaccountablc tendency TO Sc
crets themselves somewhere in the immedi~
ate vicinity Of the elbows, while dirty ones
exhibit wllful and exasperating deter
mination to remain obtrusively in the vicini
" Of the knuckleg.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-13
W1T AND HuM0R.
l. DONNELLY. Jr.. Editor.

Mr.. Singlcman, Of Greenville, N. ]. forced
quid Of tobacco into his wife's mouth the
other day aud kept it there until she be-
came sick. Now his wife wishes she had
remained a single woman instea.l Of bccom-
ing Singleman.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-13

In announcing the marriage Of Miss Mary
Hoops, Boston paper presumes that she
will continue to wesr her maiden name
Exchange. We decry .Ro-line Of journalism
more emphaticaily than that which, - in
this instance skirts on the impertinent.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-13

The sun has continued in a very undis-
turbed condition, though one large spot,
visible to the naked eye, was reported IN
February, which may be the precursor Of
renewed activity.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-13

A daughter Of Erin-The new cook ION
receiving short notice to leave, with hint
that she has given false character): AN
is it me false character ye're afther casting
in me teeth! A II I'd be bringing me thrue
character wild me, to lose it in your dirty
service"
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writer in Hardwick's Science Gossip
for April /, 1876, claims that by galvanic
influence seeds have been made to germinale
heels upward, or with the radical in the air
and the plumule downwards.
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Mrs. Henry" said John, the other
evening. why are you like the devil!'
And when she went for him with the needle
he had hardly time to save himself by .
qsotation abont '.sowing tares",-the other
reasons he prudently kept to himself.
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DR.. Mary Walker thinks the scheme Of
making gentlemen's trousers 30 voluminous
in the neither limbs this year il 10 force her
into abandoning them; but she says she
intends TO hang on to them as long as she
don't have to slip 'em on over her head.
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NJ. Duchemin proposes to substitute for
the ordinary compass needle two concentric
circles, connected by cross-piece Of alum
mum or other metal. The maximum Of
magnetization starts from the north and
south poles, and decrease to the neutra,
points, east and west. Among the many
compass devices which have been brought
forward Of late. this is said to be much more
sensitive than the needle, to be less affected
BY the rolling Of the ship. and to be much
less sluggish than the liquid compass. These
advantages have. it is stated, been adduced
BY careful experiments.