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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-11-02

ant warder TightlecK. We captured him
seven miles the other side Of Yarchester. A
boy saw him about daylight hiding behind
hedge, changing his shirt, that he had on
was marked with the Broad Arrow. We
were informed, gave chase, and after q
sharp tussel, took him. Will you allow me
to lodge him in your guardroom till the
prison van arrives
l consented and went out With Finch to
see the culprit, who was handcuffed and
still in my clothes.
s'Well, prince" began.
pardon me, he said, II am incog. travels
ing under the name Of Twoshoes My
equerry here, Mr.. TightlocK with explain. !"
always was rum 'un to patter, Flash
as you like, and artful," MIR. TightlocK.
''How he got away was marvellous; like
magic" said the senior warden. He was
here to-day"
And! will be gone.again Tomorrow -
put in the incorrigible rougue. But while
have the opportunity, allow me tothanK
NJ. Carruthers for his generous hospitality;
and perhaps you, sir,'' he went on to Bob
Finch, twill convey to your brother officers
an invitation to visit me at TalKham? The
place is rough but Ia m compelled to make it
my residence for the present and if any care
to come over 1 shall be happy to give
them their revenge
''And the mess plate, Twoshoes?''
Made into white soup two hours ago."
"Melted down." that is, remarked Tight
lock, by way Of explanation.
And that was all we ever heard Of it.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-11-02

A young lady from the Bureau of Engrav-
ing and Printing in yesterdays Republicans
pathetically and POLITICALLY demonstrates
against being stared at. Now, no one can
blame man for liking to look at pretty
girl, and no one can blame US for being
pretty and trying to look prefer than We
are, but after we have dressed ourselves in
q way calculated to make that beauty %
conspicuous and noticeable as possible 1
don't think we have any right to complain
if men do look at US and l guess We should
complain if they didn't. ! know that when
just after the first Of this month, had got
u new bunch Of waving feathers for my hat,
and tripped past Wizards with the regu-
lation two yards cardinal ribbon futtering
behind me and fashionable tilted hat, and
just showed as pretty an ankle, as they ever
looked 81, / should have felt mad If they
hadn't looked.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-11-02
THEsToRM.
BY GEORGE LINT.

Up from mirk midnight to the dawn,
Waking, heard the wild wind-rout,
With sObblng wall and gusty shout.
Sweep through the elmS that skirt the lawn.
Those patriarchs of their race. whose leaves,
Scarce murinured as the Zephyrs passed,
Now grOaned in concert with the blast,
And with their branches smote the caves.
Dim broke the morn along the crags
That eastward loom above the sea,
And long professions sailed alec,
Of vapory forms, like weird hags.
Now in one sheeted flood it rains;
But the slant wind, with hurting force,
Caught it in its impetuous cause,
And dashed it on the trembling panes.
Anon the sun looked through the rift,
But paIl.d as his sister moon
When glows on high nights sober noon,
Chasing through heaven the flying drift.
At length, uprising towards his height,
Majestic moves the orb OF day,
And subject nature owns his way,
And the spent storm attest his might
Gone the long nights tempestuous dream,
And mountain vail and forest aisle
And earth's broad field sereney smile.
Subdued by that all-cheering beam.
And all is still, save from afar
That one low murmur evermore,
Where the long roll beats on the shore,
And wind and wave wage war on war.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-11-02
INFLUENCE OF HEAT ON THE HUMAN
BODY.

Dr. Craig, OF the Medical Service Of the
United States army, prosecuted some ex-
periments during the no. summer Of 1870,
IS published in the American Journal Of
Science, in reference to the influence Of
external physical conditions upon the tenn
pcrature Of the human body. The hi i st
bodily temperature observed by him during
that time was 99.7sF. He states taat be-
low 99s he did not feel uncomfortably hot:
but when 80. % was reached, then the sen
sation Of suffering from heat came on. BY
the prolonged use Of the shower bath he
was able TO REFUGE his temperature to 97.ss
in the hottest weather, which constituted .
very great smelioration Of his sensations.
He concluded that the discomfort We feel
in hot weather is not from the heat on the
surface. bat from the secondary effect Of
heating the whole body Should the inter-
nal heat Of the body be raised above loo
he thinks that apoplexy and sunAroke
would be quite likely to supervene- Judg-
ing from some experiments recorded else
where, Dr.. Craig thinks that reduction Of
the temperature as low As $50 r., by exter-
nal applications Of cold, Is - great - i i
safe to venture upon
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-11-02
LITERARY
CUTE A SURPRISE.

There are posts more important. per-
haps. than Fort Needham, on the South
Coast, but it is at all times so strictly gar
risoned that the integrity of the empire
might depend upon its tenure Twas once
its garrison-l. Randall de Loutherberg
Carrulhcrs, lieutenant in Her Majesty :
Royal Regiment OF Fercibles-that is to
say, /, with a handful of soldiers, held it
against all corners. My men were better off
than l was, for they took it in turn to
mount guard upon the tumble down gates Of
the fortress. They had employment. had
none. . ba,hed. breakfasted and walked
upon the shore. to eat, drink. and smoke,
made up the sum total of my diversions.
But that was gifted with powers Of pro-
gressicn. might have been an oyster.
One day. as usual, l strolled upon the
beach. The season Was spring time, the
sky bright, the sky ike = mirror. Nothing
ever broke the stiffness that rcigned around
Fort Nccdban: it nay Of the high road, no
one came 10 it, even the fishing boats avoid
ed the bay because Of the shoal water
With my glass I swept the eoriton, now
again examining ssA-gulls Of sail
What is TIA, biack thing bebbiag up and
down in the water. . hen. coop Or . whales
or new rock shot up suddenly, from BE,
meath the waves. a-
No. il 10 beat Of se0s sosts very Low IN
che water, not unlike ralt, and there d .
1gurs on il, . man padding. He = making
for The shsre; slovly and snrely he aP-
YgsaeAsa- Closer aAd eaesef. His fnse
4-
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-11-02

side the difficulty Of taking care Of lunatics-
at home, it was found that Comparatively.
few recovered. From this period hospitals.
began to be regarded "a not
only the best, but to most persons,
the only places for the insane.
Hence an increasing demand for their ac.-
communication; and though their numbers
have multiplied largely, and have greately
increased IN size, they are still inadequate
to entertain all who knock at their doors
and with piteous appeals seek admission.
In this Connection may be noted curious re-
suit of the establishment of new hospital
facilities. The newer States in estimating
the hospital capacity necessary for their
insane, have naturally consulted the census
statistics to find what number to provide for:
but it is invariably found that when hos
pital is opened for the accommodation of q
given district, the applications for admission
far exceedits capacity largely outnumbering
the statistics collected by the census taker.
The country seems suddenly thronged with
insane people, and we are apt to be Impress
ed with the belief that this dread disease ID.
largely on the increase. But the probable
fact is that no such increase really exists.
1t is not unnatural that, mainly out of fami-
~ pride, the questions Of the census takers
are often evaded, and the relatives Of the
unfortunate patient, seeing no benefit to
come from revealing this skeleton in the
closet" keep it from observation. But,
promptly when an asplum is opened within
their reach, free to all without pay, the
curtain is drawn and they come forward
with their afflicted.
That insanity does not increase, prorota,
at least in the United States, is proven by
the census returns for the past twenty years.
In 1850, this country had population Of
%, 19l SIG, and a total number If insane
and idiots of 81 1897, or in 378. In 1850,
with population of 81. 443, 322, there were
AZ, S64 insane and idiots, or in 49,. And
in 1870, with o population of IS, 555 1888,
there were 800 Of that class, or in
52S. In England, during the same period
there was an average of about in 400; in
Scotland, in AGO; in Ireland, in 400; in
France, ! in 600; and in Australia, in
524. These reports. if accurate, show .
favorable condition in this country as COM
pared with that Of others.-ChGrles d.
Robinson, in Scri6ncr's Monthly.
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VAILED.

At old Egyptian festals, VIC are told
WAS aye guest,
Who through the feast sat rigid, silent, cold;
" no nc one priest
To share the banquet yet who still remained
Till the last song was sung, the last cup drained.
The cup, the song, the jest and laugh went
round,
No cheek turned pale.
No guest amazed did query DER PROFOUND,
Or lift the vail
To learn the wherefore one alone sat mute,
With whom nor host, nor friend exchanged
salute.
Usance and rose-crowned drapery did ALL
That thing Of bone,
That hideous skeleton in festive hall,
Evuh,u no Sioal;
No thrill OF horror checked the flow OF mirth,
Unseen, untelt that grisly type OF earth.
But did the host return when all were gone,
The lights put out,
The unseen presence OF that nameless one
Might put to rout
All the gay fancles born of wine and song,
And specifics dread the teeting night pro-
long.
At every hearth, in every human heart
There sits such guest. ..sA
We may not, cannot bid it thence depart,
Even Mt the best,
We can but crown with roses, vail and drape;
The thing exists, though We conceal its shape.
We shroud our skeletons from public gaze,
And from our own,
Ignore their presence with LIES lamps ablaze
Till lett alone,
With festal frag ments, wine stains, light gone
dim,
We feel them with us, icy, bloodless grim.
Our nerves would CULVER to unvail the bones,
Of the dead past;
We lock them in our hearts, with signs and
means,
To keep them fast
IT'S but in solitude we turn the key,
And dare to look upon them as they he.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-11-02
CHINESE TEL 81

If Mr.. Darwin wished for vther in
stance in support Of his theory The origin
Of species. he might possibly ind one IN
some curious fsh which have just been
brought TO this country and added to the
collection in the Brighton Aquarium These
fsh are called telescope fish" from the re-
Darkable length Of their organ Of vison,
which project . considerable distsace from
the side Of the lesd Ihsy are natives q
China. and the stories which have heea
circulated coaeerning this peculiar feature
Of tAeir 70 rmation, have generally been 70
eeived with great iseredaiiiy.
II large specimens the Eyes are placed .
the sxissnisy Of eyliadrieal prejeetisa -
nseh . =, inch IN leaeah, and vben, .
lass, individaal fsh fsasd their Wy y
Earspe tlsy vess ssssiAsrsd q 3 ; de
tnet speeiea A further peealiaSity = =
tie fstnaeien e he ssnaal ~, uhieA ars
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-11-02
A FROSTY SUMMER SEASON.

Sixty years ago occurred 1.-THE year with
out Summer" Frost occurred in every
month Of the year 1916 Ice formed half
an inch thick in May, snow fell to the depth
of ten inches in Vermont, seven in Maine,
three in the interior of New York, and also
in Massachusetts, in June; ice was formed Of
the thickness Of common window glass
throughout New England, New York and
some parts Of Pennsylvania on the fifth OF
July; Indian corn was SO frozen that the
greater part was cut down aud dried for
fodder in August, and farmers supple
themselves from the corn produced in 1916
for seed of the Spring of 1877.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-11-02
WHY TIDES OCCUR LATER EACH DAY.

WHY TIDES OCCUR lAIEK EACH DAY.
As the moon revolves around the earth
from west to east, says Professor Randolph,
she advances eastwardly in her orbit about
thirteen degrees every twenty-four hours.
Hence when any part Of the earth, in its
revolution, comes under . part of the heavens
where the moon was the evening before,
the moon is not there, but has gone casts
ward thirteen degrees, and therefore the
earth must turn on its axis as much longer
rs is necessary to bring that part again un>
der the moon, which requires generally,
not always, about fifty minutes.
The same thing occurs the next evening
after, and thus the moon rises most of the
year about fifty minutes later each day.
Now, as the tides are produced mainly by
the moon, it will at once be seen from this
eastwardly movement and this later rising
each day, why they must occur about fifty
minutes later each succeeding day. While
the lunar tide is thus daily tagging, the solas
tide occurs at the same time. Hence those
two tides always begin to seperate after
new moon, being further apart each day,
until they again coincide at full moon, when
there is, as already stated, higher tide
than usual, called spring tide. Then again
they seperate, until new moon occurs, when
they once more unite, producing another
spring tide.
1t must not be supposed that the whole
body Of the ocean, to its profoundest depths
is equally moved by the tides. The tides
are mainly superficial, and except where
the water is Of moderate depth, the lowest
parts are only slightly disturbed. but to what
depth the tidal current extend can never,
perhaps, be satisfactorily determined. The
gulf stream is about three thousand feet
deep, having for its bottom bed Of colder
water { curious depths; but As the stream is
the result Ut other causes than those that
produce the tides, it is not safe to estimate
the depth Of the tidal currents by its own.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-11-02
rs A PAINT MULE A Hoss7"

Nothing il more remarkable than the
facility with which the colored population
become acquainted with the forms of law,
and the practical management of case in
court. There Was a striking illustration Of
this fact in the Recorders Court this morn
ing.
The prisoner was accused Of riding across
one Of the bridges in gait faster than .
walk, and the proof was that he galloped .
paint mule over Houston street bridge.
He managed his own case.
His Honor said, II think I'll have to 6ne
you Johnsing."
MAY l * yer few questions!"
"You may"
"Isn't thar . sign over dat bridge, warn
ing people how dey must ridc!"
There is. and that makos you all the
more guilty"
1T does, does il, Now, Mr.. Recorder. is
dat sign what l has to 60 BY! IL dat de
law?"
at is.,'
"Well, den, dat sign reads, walk your
horse or you will be fined Don't it-don't
it, boss -
at does, Johnsing,"
well, the proof i, I WAS gallopin' a paint
mule. wasn't it, boss!''
"Ye-s, believe So" replied His Honor,
beginning 70 smell . rat.
.Now. II Your Honor 10 williss TO admit
DIT paint mule amt no boss, III rest de
csse.heah. eecase you 80 de law il shall
walk my boss, and - it wss paint mule.
dat - fatal 70 de indictment. You IL .
lawyer. and you ought TO know dem pinfs
most - we'll - myself"
Kecorder-Abem! for the purpose Of this
suii. JohnsiDg. I'll regard that paint mule
- boss.
Prisoner-Your Honor viii please note
ny 'csption. jess wants to make one more
pint. Allowin' for the sake Of argumsnt,
dat paint mule Il boss. de sign resds
walk ysur hoss." Now has De witoeeees
here in Court 70 prove DIT paist male hsss
was ~ my hsss u I'll. De law ssy walk
ysas hsss.
Rsssfdss-I'll he yss 90, Jsassisg.
And . Jehssisg - eosdssesd 70 fhs
lesk - - sxprsassd gIssssy0paehy fss ths
isx.eeysss, . - iasssaed - beise . nit
~ 100000 dsnaCo fsr fa1ss farsisea-
neat.
10 = -. hs~svn, = vssk = ~
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-11-02
POETRY
Pull. BACKS,

A little Pul-back sought one day,
The gates of Paradise;
st. Peter wiped his spectacles
And rubbed his ancient eyes.
And throngs of female angels came,
With curious gaze the while,
Intent as ladies always are,
To. see tho latest style.
The Saint put On his glasses then
An observation took;
"Whatl what" be said, othis traverses
The laws of mustn't look"
"Tied back in front! piled up behind!
Twill never do fear!
The thing is too ridiculous,
You cannot e, ter lore"
What did SIZE co n curious flien
She got behind Alice,
And IN jiffy she was dressed
As angels ought to be.
st. Petar kissed her then; and S. id,
Pass III my little dear,
But mind, you mustn't introduce
Such naughty fashions here.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-11-02
Sc1ENCE+
PREPARATION OF HIDES.

The following method is recommended for
preparing leather. Begin by soaking th e
skin or hide eight or nine days in Water
then put it in lime; take it out, remove
the hair by rubbing, and soak again in
Gear Water until the lime is entirely out.
Put one pound of aluu. to three of salt,
dissolve in vessel sufficiently large to hold
the hide; soak the hide In three or four
days: take it out, let it get half dry, and
Leather prepared by this process will not
do well for shoes, but answers for ham,
strings, back-bands, and other purposes
on the farm.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-11-02
MtT AND HuMoR.
1. DONNELLY. Jr.. Editor

a camp of pilgrims were preparing break
fast under a cottonwood tree yesterday
morning, and small boy to whom the task
of grinding coffee with worn out coffee
mill had been assigned. after twisting away
until he got plumb sick Of the job, started
the camp by the assertion:
'.This ought to be tine gods coffee mill"
"What do you mean by such nonsence!"
asked the head of the family.
why" he replied. "they say the mills Of
the gods grind slowly, and if slows any
object they'd better come and get thisn'
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-11-02
SHOOTING STARS.

Shooting stars are very small, for the
mos: weighing cert; iily not more than n
grain and possibly only some thousan.ith
of q ain-mere particles Of cloudlets OF
dust, which are travelling in space under
the same laws as those which govern the
motions Of the planets and comets, and ~ith
. velocity as great. Their least velocity is
more than thirty times that Of cannon
ball. When they encounter our atmosphere
this velocity is destroyed BY the resistance;
and. according to well>knovn laws, their
energy of motion is converted into heat Of
intensity sufficient to render them incandes-
cent, and even 10 dissipate any solid portion
in vapor. Their numbers are very great
About forty per h ,ur is a fair average for
one station, or nearly one thousand each
day. II the calculation is carried out for
the whole earth, allowing that at each station
all are observed which come within circle
two hundred miles in diameter. the total
number reaching the earth daily is found
to be about 1--WE million: indeed. Prof.
Newton, who is perhaps the highest auth-
ority on this subject, sets the number
still higher, 1t seven and half millions.
A curious fact is. that the hourly num-
bers increase from sunset 10 sunrise by
some fifty per cent. The reason is simply
that in the evening We are, 80 10 speak,
behind the earth as it rushes through
space, and see only those which ovcrtake
us; in the morning. on the other hand. We
are in front, and see Al who NEE. - well
- those we everfake. The mos. remarkable
discovery Of recent times in respect to
these bodies remains to BE- mentioned. III j.
found that in four weIl.marked cases the
o. bits Of important meteoric swarms coin
eide exactly with the orbits Of well-known
comets; that the swarm Of meteors follows
in the wake q the comets, and IL somehow
with it. The discovery dates
rem 1867, when SchiaPpaoelli 6rst proved
The connection besween the Leodids Nov
smber meteors. and Temples comet SInes
hen the same thing has been shown Of the
Perseids. Lyrids, and Beilids.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-11-02

prolonged in such : wsy As y give the Ash
the appearance Of having twoor more tails.
These .stelescope fish Aare, However, roth
ing more than monstrosity Of the common
gold and silver carp, which the Chinese love
to exercise their cunning in cultivating; and
they originally sprang, no doubt, from
SO me specimens which produced the abnor-
N al growth as q protection from some in
jury either accidentally Of purposely infict>
ed.-London Dailv Meas
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-07-15
TOWN AND COUNTY.

THE FOURTH AT ALTooNA.-A cor
respondent, writing from Cinnabar Dis
trict gives the following items rebarding
the Centennial Celebration at that place:
"The firing of several salutes early in
the morning fired the patriotic heart, and
at 10 o'clock when the Stars and Stripes
were unturled over the Company's store,
cheer after cheer was given with enthusi-
asm. AS soon as quiet was restored, the
Chairman, Mr.. II. g. Wilt, made few
fitting remarks eulogizing the banner
The call tor S. II. Meek, the ppcinted
orator for the occasion, brought forth an
cd pioneer. The Colonel read the Dec
laraton OF Independence which we re.
ceived with three cheers. Mr.. Dallas
Elmore then read the Emancipation
Proclamation which was greeted with
loud applause. The "Red, White and
Blue" under the lead of Mr.. VIM. Rich
ards was well rendered. Col. Meek then
took the stand and made very neat and
appropriate address, which was we'll re-
ceived and greeted with many Cheers. A
ball was given in the evening at the Cen g.
tennial Hotel which reflected much cred
it upon Mr.. LttleGeld and lady, and was
eatly enjoyed by all present."
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-07-15

Coon ENTERTAINMENT.- Wednos.
DAY evening an entertainment was given
at the Theater, by Barney Brothers, to a
large and pleased audience. The elder
brother in his feats of legerdemain and
jugglery equals anything we have ev-
er before witnessed, while the younger
brother is acknowledged to be the best
vlolinist that has ever performed here
The magic violin duett, performed by the
Barney Brothers in % different positions
is new, novel and interesting and was
voted by all present to be alone worth the
price of admission. The entertainment
Is good one and deserves the liberal
patronage which it receives.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-07-15
A Heaiih-PrOm m0ting StimuIant.

Physicians who certainly ought to be
best judges of such matters, declare
that wholesome stimulation is not only
desirable, but essential in many instan-
ces. When the temporary good effect
of sound stimuant is confirmed and
rendered permanent, as in the case OF
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, by the ac-
tiun OF tonic and Alternative principles
combined with it, it becomes infinitely
more efiicacious as renovant OF ply
sica energy and IL corrective or those
conditions OF the body which invite dis
ease. The Bitlers have received the
emphatic sanction Of medical men who
have observed the effect of that popu-
lar stimulatise cordial as a remedy for
weakness, nervousness, dyspepsia, con
stipation, inactivity Of the liver, mala-
rious levers, and many other disorders.
Its basis is sound old rye, the purest
liquor known to commerce, and Itself
possessing tonic properties OF no mean
order.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-07-15

County Committees and Congressional
Committees will make provision in their
respective counties tor the election OF del
egates in accordance with said apportion-
ment, holding Primary elections for tho
the choice Of such delegates and the
State Central Committee recommends
that the Delegates chosen TO tho State
Convention be empowered TO act as Del
gates to the Congressional Conventions,
OF their respective districts.
The State Central Com mmittee recon-
mends the following test
"0ppositon TO the restoration 10 pow
er OF the Democratic Party, and intention
to act in good faith with the Republican
Party"
By order OF the Committee.
ALEX q. ABELL,
NJ. ID. BoRUCK, Chairman.
Secretary II. s. @. @. je24-td.