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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-03-30
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The following beautiful lines were written
by James Montgomery, the WELL known Ayr
shire poet. The poet, whose smaller pieces are
considered nearly equal to those of Moore, was
born at Irvine in l77l:
There is a land Of every land the pride,
Beloved by heaven DER all the world besides;
Where brighter suns dispense serener light,
And milder moons emparadise the night;
A land OF beauty, virtue, valor, truth,
Time-tUtoIed age, and love-exalted youth.
The wandering mariner, whose eye explores
The wealthiest isles, the most enchanting shores,
Views not realm so beautiful and fair,
Nor hreathes the spirit Of a purer air;
In every cline the magnet Of his soul,
Touched by remembrance, trembles to the pole;
For in this land Of heavens peculiar grace,
The heritage of natures nOblest race,
There is spot OF earth suprelnely best,
A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest,
Where man, creations tyrant casts aside
His sword and sceptre, pageantry, and pride,
While in his softened looks benignly blend
The sire, the son, the husband brother, friend.
Here woman reigns the mother daughter, wife
Strew with fresh flowers the narrow way Of life!
In the clear heaven Of her delightful eye,
An angel guard of loves and graces lie:
Around her knees domestic duties meet.
And tlreside pleasures gambol at her feet
Where shall that land, that spot Of earth be
found?
Art thou a man! "a patriotf--look around;
Oh, thou shalt find, however thy footsteps
roam,
That land thy country, and that spot thy home.
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THE MlScRONSCOPEA AGAIN A DETECT.
OR OF CRIME.

The microscope has recently CON-
pleted circumstantial evidence against
a murder, r, forging the links so strongly
that numerous witnesses. swearing to an
abb, were of no avail 10 the criminals
behalf. The latter Polish Jew, en-
ticed female OF his town to- cornfield,
and there killed her with butchers
knife. Suspicion being directed to the
man, close examination Of his garment
elici,ed first blood spots. second. soil
and vegetable matter on his shoes. and
lastly, shrcds Of wooden fabric sticking
to his coat. To all Of these substances
the microscope was applied. The blood
was declared to be human. and its ma
,ure and probable age determined; the
soil was pronounced identical with that
on which the murder took place. the
the particles Of vegetable matter were
recognized as tits of corn stocks and
leaves, and the identity OF the dyed wool
with the material Of which the girls
shawl was made was established. This.
together with other evidence adduced,
despite the ingenious theories put forth
by the defense. convinced the jury. who
found the prisoner guilty. thus coasign-
ing him to the gallows.
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PREHISTORIC CITY.

A very interesting discovery has recently
been made Of a pre- historic city in New
Madrid county. Missouri, BY Capt. Whitley,
Of ST. Louis. The ruins Of the city were
traced for miles, and skeletons. drinking
cups. culinary utensils, and implements in
use thousand or more years ago were
found IN the mounds, which were no doub.
the cemeteries Of this ancient people The
dwelling Of this people we're small. being
tsn to twelve feet square, and standing
within ten feet Of each other. Pottery YES
sells were found ornamented with represen-
sa,ions Of frogs. owls. ducks, fishes, etc
The city was laid out regularly at right an
giles, the houses fronting each other the
sane a. at the prssen, day. and were bull;
Of brick Of red color, most Of which
have hole through them, as If pierced
with a round sick for convenience IN hand
ling aud when burned. leaving hole IN
each. Capt Whitley brought some OF these
specimens of brick AMI other relics "iih
him to St. Louis. which will in due course Of
time 6ni their way 10 the Phiiadesphia ex-
position. This discovery completes the
chain Of evidence tina; The Mouad Builders
who have EFF their imprint On this CONT
nen, from Florida TO Arizona and Eho
aourished hunireds-perhaps thousands-
Of years ago, if not so far advanced IN civ
lila,ion a. their Egyptian hreshren, II
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CYPSlES' CUSTOMS.

One of their most curious customs is to
leave palteran, or trail, such as handful Of
grass or leaves cast on the roads, cross
traced in the dust, a cleft stick planted at
cross roads, in order that the tribes may
know each others whereabouts. This Gus
tom is common to gypsies Of every land.
Their ethical code is very simple: 'Be true
TO your husband" says the gypsy mother to
her child, "and pay all your debts" Nor
wegian gypsies are wild and warlike, and
apt to carry knives and loaded bludgeons.
The quick blood which stirs in the vains Of
the Rommany chal stirs even quicker in the
female veins. In Scotland (says Simpson,
fight once came off between the Shaws
and the Faas (l677) after Haddington Fair,
when sundry deaths were the result. and
Robin Faa and his three sons we're hanged
for killing another Fas. and his wife. The
Battle of the Bridges" too, is still remem-
'bered by English gypsics fought about
1872 between the (titolar) Earl Of HE'LL the
raits, and Ruthvens, at Hawich, when
many heads were broken, and the women
freely assisted but not in the quality of
peacemakers.
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lings, as, the bricks being laid fatwise in
the wall, the sides Of the house would be
thereby pierced with o multitude of
holes for the admission of the outside
air.
Another and more probable theory is.
that the bricks in malleable state were
pierced with round sticks for the more read
lily handling and burning, and the sticks
having burned out, leave the impression of
their form, in the shape of hole. The
sites Of these ancient habitations are plainly
observed by sunken depression of several
feet IN the ground, leaving evidence like
that seen in the sites frequently met with in
the country Of modern. times. At the first
sight Of these hahitations, the observer
might be led to believe that these ancient
people lived in cellars, and built their hous-
es under ground; but this impression will
vanish on rejecting that the accumulated
debris OF ages has entombed these dwellings
beneath the surface. Besides, on one side
OF the ancient city, there is still lake or
marsh, which at some remote period may
nave overtowed its banks, submerging por-
uons OF the site Of the ancient city long af-
ter its extinction, and added its deposits to
the accommodating debris. The site of the
city Is now covered with trees, mostly oak,
OF an ancient growth, showing that thou
sands OF years have rolled round before the
handlwork OF these early Missourians was
exhumed for the exhibition at the Centen-
NAL. The pottery brought up here this
time by the interchangeable antiquarian, some
of which was taken out on Saturday last.
consists largely of Advantageous. culinary
utensils, and bottles Of gourd-shapc. There
are also rude trowels and tools used for
fashioning and .ornamen,ing the pottery,
and whet stones for sharpening the stone
axes and other instruments in USE But the
fantastic character Of the ornamentation Of
the vessels is what strikes every one with
surprise. There are very accurate figures
OF fish, frogs, hedgehogs, and such animals
that existed at that time; besides, among the
feathered tribes are the goose, duck, OWL
hawk, and probably the rooster from his
comb.
There are miniature busts of male heads
carved out Of clay, representing type Of
face more resembling the ancient Astic race
than the modern American Indian; but
further and more careful. inquiry is neces-
sary before coming to any conclusion on
this point which would tend to settle the
origin ofthese early builders and tax pave re-
Of the State.
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THE SCARLET FEVER.

1t is as unnecessary for childto die Of
scarlet fever, says Good Health, as it is that
it should be blind with cataract Let US
see: AT any time before the body has I'm
ished its Intellectual struggle we are able to
help it, not by wonderful medicines, but by
the knowledge Of anatomy and the aprlica-
ton of common sense. We consult the
sympathetic nerve and do what it commands
US to do. We must give this child salt
when it wants it; we must give it acid when
it has fever-not vinegar, but lemon juice
because the first coaguintes slbumen, and
the latter does not on account Of the surplus
Of oxygen which it contains. To initiate
the soothing mucous of the intestines
which is now wanting. and to give some
respiratory food at the same time, we add
som egum arabic. To restore and relieve
the injured nerve we apply more warmth
In practice we can fulfill this with the fol-
lowing simple manipulations: Undress the
child and bring it to bed at the very first
sign Of sickness. Give it, if it has already
fever, nothing but warm, sourish lemonade
with some gum arabic in it. Then cover its
abdomen with some dry flannel. Take a
well folded bed sheet and put it in boiling
hot watar; wiring out dry by means Of .dry
towels, and put this over the flannel on the
child's add )men. Then cover the whole and
wait. The hot cloths will perhaps require
repeated heat According TO the severity Of
the case and its stage Of progress, perspira
ton will commence in the child in from ten
minutes TO two b ,urs. The child then ia
saved; it soon falls to sleep. Soon after the
child awaKcs j. shows slight symptoms Of
returning inclinations for food; help its
bowels, if necessary, with injections of oil,
soap and water, and its recovery will be as
steady as the growth Of green house
plant, if well treated. ~ course, il the
child was already dying, nothing could save
it, or il it has illusions in the lining Of the
heart or brain; 1t is better that it should
die But if the above is applied in due
time, under the eyes and direction of .
competent ply sician, viii guarantee tina,
not one in hundred children will die Of
scarlet fever. know this will starlle some
Of my readers. especially those who have
children already, but shall 90 still further.
maintain that child will never get scar
let fever If properly treated. In child has
correctly mixed blood it will not ca,ch the
disorder even il put to bed with sick
child. This is still more startling, but moth :
ing 10 easier Of proof
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variety of other substances, not frag-
ment OF which exceeded in diameter the
thousandth part of an inch.

The Tall Men.-According to the re-
port of the United States Sanitary Com
mission, it appears that this country in
stead Of being degenerate and inferior
to the European races in point OF physi-
cal perfection, is far the reverse. The
figures adduccd show that 1.-The tallest
men were from Michigan, Illinois and
Wisconsin: the mex. tallest, New Eng
land, New York, New Jersey; aud the
shortest from Scotland, England, Ger
many" In weight, the men OF Ken
lucky and Tennessee were the heaviest,
averaging one hundred and fifty pounds,
while those OF England. Scotland, France
Belgium all average between one hun
dred and thirty eight and one hundred
and thirty nine pounds.
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RELICS OF AN ANCIENT CITY IN MIS-.
SOURI,.
/ Louis Republicau. Reb. Is.

q Louis Republican, Heb. Is.
Capt. Whitley has just retnrnsd from
New Madrid county with over 100 more
Specimens Of pottery and relics Of the pre-
historic residents Of Missouri. which will
be added to the Centennial collection.
Capt Whitley AMI the party who accom-
panied him have traced the remains Of
former extensive city, which show the ev-
idence Of having been densely populated.
The city was surrounded by forii6cations.
the cmbankments with covered WAYS CON
Meeting the outworks Of which have been
traced for several miles. The remains Of
mounds, serving either TO watch an enemy.
or as cemeteries for the burial Of the dead.
in which are found skeletons. associated
with drinking vessels, are also found dis
sribused about the area Of this ancient en-
eampment. The indubitab!e traces Of the
dwellings. streets. and avenues. we're also
trscel over large portions Of the grounds
the proper surveys Of which would doubt
less tend 10 throw new light on the origin Of
these people The houses are quite small.
from 10 l2 feet in diameter, and located
about 10 feet apart They existed in rexu
lar rows Ti'h streets and avenues running
through The city at RICH. angles and 81
proper distances apart. The foundations Of
The dwellings,, il not the entire Structure.
we're made Of kind Of adobe brick, Of .
red color ike modern brick. but Of coarser
material The brick. specimens OF which
we're brought up BY Capt Whitley, have
transfers. holes passing through. supposed
by sone 70 sct ~ veniila.oss 70 the dsel-
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He was on his knees 10 her. His face was
flushed, his eyes cleaned passionasely into
hers. be talked rapidly:
Nothing shall separate us e.ermore, my
darling, for your saxe will bearl The lion
in his dem will face death on The battle
6eli. ] will skim the seas! will endure
all hardship, al suffering, all misery
He paused and lDoxej eagerly at
her. xith mis- whole sole quirering in his
eyes,
'.WiIl ycu DO ali this for The sake u my
Lowell" said she. gazing earnestly into his
burning eyes.
YES, yes: ihou.anp times yes!'
'Ani II We we'd continued she, flushing
slightly, Twill you get up frss and build the
fret
With . shriex Of despair be Aed-Dos-
tsy Nest
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KAsTNER S PYRof HOoE

This instrument is described and figured
in the last number of Les Mondes. 1t is the
invention of Mr.. Frederic Kastner, at
once musician and physicist, and depends
upon the familiar principle that two or
more isolated flames, burning within tubes,
will vibrate in unison so long as they are
kept separated, By selecting tubes Of diff
ferent lengths and calibers sort Of organ
has been constructed, the mechanism con-
sisting of a device whereby the performer
can cause the separation Of any two flames
a. will, thus producing the sound cores
ponding to the key struck. The music is
described as being very effective, ''imitating
the human voics with my s,ical timbre, and
susceptible Of producing, in religious music,
the most marvellous effects"
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LITERARY
D. A SILENT WITNESS.

| :: !: E: !: i:
esPsesse -. with the safe and
pfasase esex "a - president both opened
With 60 As
L. nope were oil the
N org - d. .. sshe dareing robbery,
zee 49, ll9lz ~ ts ON, Inc clerk, had re.
Ssics =. ~ 49, from the hands OF
- N..'1.s -. 80 YLsssiuen'. Ooming 70
nope s1 L. so{s and frlendless,
Mr IT, 49, MN employment,
ara ~ ~ OF COCO intellect had
ano ,...s.s M 'an'ages LOT educa-
uon' 4. ~, 'nsn'aiiy ne was
prem 60 VI 4 as.e.s ne occupied the
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-03-30

Professor B. S. Hedrick, OF Washing
ton, read paper at the Detroit meeting
of the American Association for the ad-
vancement Of Science, explanatory of
the mode and the essential character Of
the operation by which soft iron is made
to cut hard steel. The development of
heat by friction has been known for
ages. A more recent discovery is that
the operation Of rolling and rubbing
have the effect Of changing the molecul-
ar structure of iron and steel, tougher iag
and rendering more compact even cold
iron, and hardening as we'll as condens
ing steel. In the Tribune's letters from
Pittsburg, at the time of the Engineers
convention there, during last June, the
operations OF a soft iron circular saw, at
q high velocity, used in cutting steel,
were described. Mr.. Jacob Reese, Of
that city, had been endeavoring to con-
struct machine to cut hardened cold
steel. He accomplished it at length by
means Of saw OF soft wrought iron
merely circular disc-rotating at high
velocity. With low speed this would
lot cut at all ;but when running at about
5000 feet per minute the disc cut
through steel rapidly, giving out an i'm
mense cascade ofsparks in the operation.
1t was found on examining the debris be-
meath the disc that the particles OF steel
were not simply rubbed off. They were
welded together in pyramid like a
stalagmite or the snow icicles formed on
the top of Mount Washington. Prof.
Hedrick ascertained that real fusion had
taken place among the particles of steel.
The disc is very little heated, but the
steel is actually melted and drops
down. Yet the bar on each side of the
cut is not heated enough to draw the
temper or oxidize the metal. Solid bars
of steel OF inches or three inches in
diameter are thus cut through in as ma
ny minutes. The soft metal disc is
about AZ inches in diameter. The naked
hand may be passed through the jet or
stream offlying sparks during the opera
ton without being burned, since the
particles OF melted metal are in the con-
dition known as the spherodal state.
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THE GREAT MOUND At MOUNDSWLLE
OHIO.

At Moundsville we were shown the
largest Indian mound discovered in the
United States until the recent one on the
Pacific coast. Some twenty years since
it was opened, and investigation proved
it to have been the sepulchre of some
chief of a gigantic race OF peculiar type.
The skeleton was Of immense height and
size, and the cabalistics found among
the buried relics have been sent to all
the philologists in this and the old coun-
tries, and have never been deciphered.
The citizens have recently fenced in the
immense mound, and take pride in con-
Quoting the stranger th:ther
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POETRY.
THEY SAY.

They say--ah! WE'LL suppose they Go,
But can they prove the story true?
Suspicious may arise from naught
But malice, envy, want of thought;
Why count yourself among the ''they"
Who whisper what they dare not say!
They say--but why the tale rehearse,
And help to make the matter worse?
No good can possibly accrue
From telling what may be untrue;
And is it not a nobler plan
To speak Of all the best you can?
They say--well, if it should be SO,
Why need you tell the tale Of woe1
Win it better work redress,
Or make one pang Of sorrow less2
Will it the eIring one restore
Hencefolth to Ego and sin no more!'
They say--oh! pause and look Within;
See how thy heart, inclines to sin;
Watch, lest liz dark temptations hour,
Thou. too, should sink beneath its power.
Pity the trail, weep DER their fall,
But speak OF good, or not at all.
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For The Anti Monopolist.
WHAT HE DID 10.

az ao.sh Ihad killed myself"
BsLKNAP.
"favish you had"
GRANT
Ia cane the messenger telling
OF the last gallant foray;
How the thieves scared by the Smelling
Tried to get out of the way:
How they run heller and skelter,
Trying to hunt up a hole,
Into which, for a safe shelter,
Some of the foremost could roll.
Crowding them closer and closer,
Heard we this pitiiul cry;
{" Oh thou Eternal Disposer,"
S"T Tell me, oh tell to me, why,
Z" was born such a great gudgeon,
As to lack courage or will,
Promptly with pistol or biudgeon,
Ia such u crisis to kill /"
Then in tones seeming Of thunder.9
Answered mysterious voice;
I" No longer ioolishly wonder
;" Belknap, but gladly rejoice;
Though you SCI IN living, It's over,
"The arrow you wished tor, is sped
!"Yom own hand lifted the cover,
"And You in your coffin lie, dead ! u
Think not our life is but breathing,
"Or death but the body's decay;
When laurels once honestly wreathing
QRshrows are thrown reckless away;
When hearts are laid bare, and honor
RtRys the hottest trust.
Z" I6hgh earth bear the body upon her,
/" IA lkadow, the true life is dust :"
HI H. w. II.
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4 young American lady who had enjoyel
the rare privilege Of taking stroll with
the poet Tennyson. incidentally mentions in
. letter to friend that seriously affected
the romance Of the situation when he paused
during his walk TO scratch his back against
. gate post"
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Lord Clare, who was opposed 10 CurYan,
one day brought Newfoundland dog upon
the bench, and during Curran's speech,
iurned aside and caressed the animal. Cur
ran stopped. Go on. 30 on, Mr.. Curran,"
said Lord Clare. ..Ob! I beg thousand
pardons," was the rejoinder, IL thought
your lordship was in consultation,
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A maiden lady. while in company one
evening, alluding to her youthful smartness,
said that ut six months she went alone
wag remarked, "Yes, and you've
been going alone ever since"
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A Lebanon county editor has constructed
> printing machine which Twill ret typs,
iced papers, and fold them ready for the
carriers" He is nov contriving an attach
ment TO write editorials, collect subscriptions
and pay bills presented: but il j. feared he
will not succeed.
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Buffalo man dreamed that he was going
over the Falls, and he had his wife by the
throat when he woke up. Next night she
had dream aud broke his nose as she
struck at an Indian.
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An interesting relic of prehistoric
Loudon. in the shape of the massive
lower iaw-bone OF hippopotamus. with
its tusks and teeth, lately exhumed from
a depth ri Forty .ee.. is now exhibited at
the rooms oE,he British Archaeological
Association, in London.
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Slender party (who is not very comforta
ble). These street cars ought 10 charge by
weight. Stout party (sharply)-Ah, il
they did, they would never stop to PICK you
up.
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Contents of Snowfiske-The Chemi-
cal Review states tina. N drop Of water
obtained from . single snow fake, and
mAgnitied 500 times. were found pieces
Of coal. fragments Of cloth. grains OF
starch. sandy matter. aud 40 immense
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''Fred," said young man walking up
State street in Chicago the other day, after
listening 70 . wonderful story. "Do you
know why you are like harp struck BY
lightning" no" says Pred; II give i
up" ''Because harp struck BY Lightning
is . blasted Tyre"
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The Deepest Sea Soundings yet
effected by the Challenger. we're OBJ
tanned last year in the abysses Of New
Guinea. where the lead struck bottom at
the great depth of 4,575 fathoms or 81
$50 feet
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A dandy, getting measured for pair of
riding boots, observed, make them cover
the calf" Heavens" exclaimed the shoe
maker. astounded; surveying his customer,
II have not leather enough"
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man recently took u bath in the DARK.
He managed well enough. only he got bold
of piece Of stove blacKing instead Of soap
with marked results.
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At the marriage Of IN Alabama widower
one Of the servants WAS asked il his master
would take bridal tour. dunno, sab; when
old missuss alive he toek paddle to her;
dunno If he takes . bride to de new one or
not"
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WITT AND HUM0R.
l. DONNELLY. Jr.. Editor.

Somebody IN u Georgia court applauded,
whereupon the judge Indignantly remarked:
Nov dry up; will let you know that this
is no camp meeting"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-09-29
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