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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-06
TRIBUTE DR.. HOWE.

he rest that earth denied is thine
All. is it rest? we ask,
Or, traced by knowledge more divine,
Some larger, nobler task!
Had but those boundless fields Of blue
One darkened sphere like this;
But what has heaven for thee to do
In realms Of perfect bliss?
No cloud to lift, no mind to clear,
No rugged path to smooth,
No struggling soul to help or cheer,
No mortal grief to soothe.
Enough: is there world of love,
No more we ask to now;
The hand Will guide thy way above
That shaped thy task below.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-06

ullo. it was that sucked thee. it was l
that sucked thee And this she continues
crying until the whale drags her into the
water. She floats for few moments on the
surface still crying, s.oh my son. 1t was
that sucked, thee, it was that sucked
thee" then disappears forever.
The brother and sister gaze few minutes
at the spot where she went down, and then,
ror-stricken, turn and fly.
But the cry Of their mother continues
ringing in their ears, and follows them
wherever they go.
They finally fly from the village to the
interior Of the country, far away from any
human kind, with this voice still pursuing
them, still ringing in their ears, 1T was
that sucked thee, it was | that sucked
thee!'' like the refrain Of "Macbeth shall
sleep no MORE" in Shakspear's sublime
| tragedy.
They disappear, and nobody who knew
| them ever sees or hears of them again.
| But they are not dead.
| Their death would not carry out the Es-
quimau idea, and the poet has added one
more act to the tragedy in which there is
grandeur of conception not unworthy of
Shakespeare himself.
The event recorded IN this act takes lace
long time afterwards; nobody knows how
long. 1t may be hundred years, for all
even the children who knew the matricides,
have grown old AMI died. The tradition Of
the crime is almost forgotten.
The scene is laid in the interior of the
house Of the angakok, or priest magician
1t is night-a winter night in the Arctic
with an Arctic moon throwing its glamol
over the plains and mountains of ice ano
snow Inside the house the priest-mag iciar
is performing conjuration, AMI the people
are gathered around, silent and trembling
listening to his muttere1 incantatiOns.
Suddenly they hear cry outside, ane
the angakok says, .'Something evil is ap
preaching"
They 90 to the door and look out. Their
they behold a gigantic hunter a little dis
lance away, standing in the moonlight. Hi
hair is white as the snow on which b
stands, and it hangs down over his should
ers in long, silvery locks.
But his face is black as night.
They watch him for moment, and h
gazes at them with burning, fiery eyes.
Then the angakok comes forward and ask
the stranger who he is and what he wants.
The other replies:
s.Do YOU not know me-"
They answered in the negative.
Then he asks
, ..Do you remember the son who used hi
mother for q hunting bladder'
very old woman than remembers nearin
S her mother talk about the crime when sh
g was very little child.
The hunter replies:
II am that man, and still live"
Then he tells them something of the III
he and his sister have lived since that tint
says they arc still suffering all the torture
of remorse as on the day of their flight; th'
he has been driven by some mysterious pov
err to come and denonnce himself to the PEI
d pie that the crime may not be forgotte
and-fearful notwithstanding all tn
., life of three generations, day and night. Il
Is voice of their murdered mother has been a
ways ringing in their cars
..Oh my son. it was that sucked thee,
= was that sucked thee"
Then he disappears AID is never heard
more.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-06
HYPNorlsM OF ANIMALS.

Some little time ago; we gave description
of the process by which hens may be mag
netised or hypnotized. The experiment
consists simply in laying the animal upon
the ground, or on table, stretching out its
head. and drawing y chalk-line from the
end of the bill. Even the chalk-line may
he dispensed with often-times, the hen be-
ing merely held still for few moments.
DR.. Hammond relates, in his work on ''spir-
itualism,' that he has induced q condi-
on of immobility by putting the
head of hen under the wing. and holding it
there for couple of minutes. Then, plac-
ing the hen upon a table, it stands erect, re-
tanning its head under the wing, and re-
naming mo,ionless for several minutes, ap-
parently in deep sleep. Crawhshes are
very good subjec for this experiment.
Welding readily to the influence. Stand
them on their heads, and they will stagger
little at first; but soon remain perfectly
quiet, resting on their antcnnac and two
under claws
DR.. Hammond states that he has repeated
" put to sleep young Holsters, frogs, hens
geese, and ducks-rarely meeting with u
failure in the experiment. But he remarks
..Of all animals in my experience, the frog
passes into the hypnotic condition mos
readily. All that is necessary is to hold II
firmly for a minutes or two by the sides 0
the body, just behind the fore-legs, ant
then gently lay it on its back on table
board, or palm Of the hand. So profound
the hypnotism that the blade Of pair
scissors may be introduced into the lowe
part of the belly. and the animal cut opel
without its moving. or apparently expercn
cling the least sensation. In gener
al without the causation of hypnotisn, Their
is no position, seemingly SO dsagreeable t
a frog Us the dorsal, and it gets out of it o
soon as possible
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-06
pHYsloL ocIcAL EFFECTS OF COFFEE.

An interesting communication was recent
" made at meeting of the Academy OF
Sciences in Paris in regard TO the value OF
coffee as an article Of food Attention was
called toa statement Of Mr.. Gasparin, in
1850. that the miners Of Charleroi preserved
their health and great vigor OF muscular
force by the use Of less than half OF the
nutriment indicated as necessary by theory
and daily observation. Using food con-
tanning less nitrogen and carbon than the
daily ration of the monks Of La Trappe,
whose countenances are pale, and who ex>
crcisc scarcely one fifth as much Of an ordi-
nary workman, these Belgian miners were
most industrious and energetic in their la.
bors The secret of the difference was
stated by Mr.. Gasparin to consist in the use
every day by these miners Of pint of nm
/ infusion Of nh nut an ounce Of coffee prepared
| in two quarts Of water, which served the
purpose of counteracting the injurious effort
Of an insufficient supply OF food
! Reference was also made 10 an experiment
| in 1860, by Mr.. Jousand, in which, by The
use of q decoction Of about an ounce and q
half Of powdered coffee, q young man wa
| kept. with no other food whatever, in good
health and strength for seven days. during
which time he took more active muscular
exercise than usual, with put any special IN
convenience.
The particular deduction from thes. sex
periments appears TO be that coffee has q
important action in preventing denutritiol
and emac;ation. An illustration Of this j
seen, according to the author. in the edec
upon the urea. In one experiment abou
half a grain cafcin Was consumed daily, an'
the amour, of urea was diminished 70 pc
cent while an infusion Of abouttwo ounce
OF ross, coffee diminished it by 20 per cent
This Is asserted to be the result Of ever.
careful experiments Of Psychologist upol
himself, proving that caffein and roast cot
fee diminish the oxidation Of the system
and temper the process Of denutriiion. Th
Iexcessive frequency and intensity Of tn
beating of the heart was also found to
reduced in several instances. II isproba
Bile according to the author. that simila
action is exerted by some other substances
the Paraguay tea. especially. which, II
well known, enables the natives Of the An
des 10 subsisi for long time on an incredi
bly, small amour; Of food.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-06
PROF. cRooKE's sun MoTER-

At recent sitting ofthe London Academy
Of Science, says journal Of that city, Mr..
Crookes' raiiometer became the subject Of
discussion This apparatus consists .. four
horizontal aluminium branches, each bear.
ing vertical vane polished on one side and
blackened on the other. the whole system,
which does not exceed : mans nj u size'
being contained in small glass BALBOA.
when vacuum has been made - the iafef,
the four branches begin 70 move resnd q
delicate piyot under the inAnsnes g di1aseo
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-06
POETRY
AN APRIL ARIA.

When the mornings dankiy fall,
With dim forethought of rain,
And the Robins richly.
TO their mates mercurial,
And the tree boughs creak and strain
In the wind;
When the rivers rough with foam,
And the new made clearings smoke,
And the clouds that go and come
Shine and darken frolicsome,
And frogs at evening croak
Underlined
Mysteries of monotone,
And by melting beds of snow
Wind tiowers blossom all alone;-
Then | know
That the bitter winters dead.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-06

The abdica.i,n or the Sultan gave three
thousand American newspaper IN opportun-
itJ to remark that "the Sultan Abdul Asil
- the Sultan Abdul - waa." And yet
some persons declar that American humor
is dying.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-06

The exhibition is closed on Sunday on
religious grounds. Twenty thousand people
hang q round the fences oil day on secular
grounds.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-06

Sarcastic Slash-Young swell; II should
like to have my moustache dyed Polite
barber: "Certainly. Did you bring 1t with
youy'
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-06

Harvey discovered the circulation Q! the
blood before he was thirty -four. Yet some
editors get 10 be over hundred before they
can discover the exact circulation Of their
own newspaper.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-06

A shirt dealer advertises q bosom war
ranted to wear longer than the shirt. But
who wants a bosom longer than his shirt!
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-06

A Lancaster hen has won notoriety BY
having an egg which closely resembles pear
in It's shape. But this il not - remarkable
a. il the fowl had laid . pear closely resem
bling m egg in its shape.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-06

Woman has many advantages over man;
one ofthcm is that his will has no operation
till he is dead, whereas hers generally taxes
effect in her lifetime.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-06

The Reynolds Herald says It knows where
the swee,cs, month in the world is, and now
we want to know when the editor was IN
Bridgeport.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-06

"Your quond-m friend" was the way
young lady Of Chicago signed letter 70
q former schoolmatc.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-06

On learning the number Of revolutions OF
the great Corliss engine per minute. Dom
Pedro said: THAT beats our South American
republics"
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-06

In a French translation Of Shakspere, the
passage, "Frnilty, thy name is woman, IS
translated, "Madcmoiselle Fraily is the
name of the lady"
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-06

The Woman's Journal asks, "now shall
We utilize the superfuous woman" Il
seems as II she might be utalized BY for
warding her to Salt Lake City.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-06

great many Of our exchanges indulge
in cutting satire; that IS they cut IL from
other papers and pass II OF rs their own.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-06

Some facts, which seem to point some
what clearly as to the sources of diseases as
due to water used by individuals, is being
discussed in England. The troops at Til
bury Fort were supplied with water collect
ed on the roofs OF the building, and stored
underground in tanks at or below the level
of the subsoil and high-water mark OF the
river Thames The officials and servants at
the railway station, few hundred yards
distant, obtaining their supply from anoth-
er source. viz, spring water pumped from
an ordinary well, about mile and half
inland from the Thames. Beside the rail
road hands small body Of coast-guards-
men. occupying ship lying in the river
mud and just outside Of the Tilbury fortl-
fications, are supplied with this same water.
Ague has for some long time past been COM
mon among the troops at Tilbury Fort,
and almos, unknown at the railway station
and on the ship During some cleansing and
repairing Of the tanks 8, the fort the spring
water was used for some time by the soldiers,
aud ague disappeared, but made it appear
ance again when the tank water was used
Samples of water from these different
sources having been subjected to analysis
in the tank water was found an excess Of
fungoid matter, evidently derived from thu
soakageof the rsh water which surroun
ded the tanks.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-06

There are two printers in an Allentown
Office, both bearing the same ns"e-" alter
Knerr. There should be some excuse Tor
Kneer>cr in that office.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-06

Awag, in "what he knows about farm
ing" gives very good plan to remove
widows weeds. He says > good>looking
man has only to say wilt thou" and they
wilt.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-06
SCIENCE

The teaacity Of life exhibited By the eel
under adverse conditions has been often OBJ
served By aaturAlisss, bat The laisst Has
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-06
W.T. AND HUM0R.
I. DONNELLY. Jr.. Editor.

Hogg was good writer; but he can't be
considered aside Of Bacon.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-06
The .Anti-Mon0poliSt.

tration eclipses most Of its predecessors:
In Tasmania. New Zealand; seven years ago
a man placed an eel, which had been silght-
ly injured, together with others, IN tank
from which he was in the habit Of removing
them for use, constantly, as required The
tank was perfect tight, and fitted at each
end with finely perforated zinc, through
which nothing but the most minute organ
ism could pass. A few days afterward, when
all the others we've taken out, the injured
eel was left, and so again when the mex
supply was put in and removed; it had 60
very thin; and he accordingly left 1t n
said, s.just to see how ing it would 1--we o. o.
| nothing" 1t was at the latest account, Still
| in the tank, white and translucent, but t
all appearances healthy and lively enough
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-06
Though modern church architecture j

Though modern church architecture IS
constructed on acoustic principles, 1t fire.
quently happens that the voice Of the speak
er is lost Especially is this the case when
the building has numerous subdivisions.
such as Of vaults, aisles, and chapels, IN
many of such larger elifces, the use Of
sounding boards, back and above the pulpit
become necessary. The American Archl-
tect and Building News gives brief notice
Of such constructions 1t explains that in
addition to pecularties ofform, which must
be adapted to the coniguration Of the build
ing, such screens should have a certain SOL
ility of construction. 1t is not required
tha, sounding boards should have vibra-
tory influence, which would be the case II
they were made Of thin wood, but that, being
built solid and of Heavy oak, they should
have the power Of rejecting sound. Men
ton is made of such defective sound
board, due 70 firm of piano makers, the
wood employed being such as was used IN
the construction of their instruments. This
ms cad of rejecting the sound as It was IN
tended to do, and as Il heavier wood wonlc
have done, absorbed the sound into It's OWL
| mass, and yibrated with the air.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-07-06

NJ Turettinl, when visiting the boring OF
the 81. Gothard tunnel. had occasion to
make an examination of certain phenome-
non which is produced during the progress
of the work in the granite mass Of the noun
tain. When the rock is shaken by an ex-
plosion the reports resulting from the explo-
sion are n the only immediate ones pros
duced Afterward, and at uneq lal intervals
other spontaneous explosions are produced,
at considerable distance from the mine hole.
of which the cause is unknown, and which
are the occasion Of numerous accidents to
the workmen. The phenomenon appears
new, aud it indicates, in the very substance
of the granite, species of tension inherent
in its formation. and which agitated at one
poiut, is transmitted to distance 50 sud>
denly as to disengage large fragments OF
material This action is always accompa-
MED BY an explosion more or less violent.
| and disjointed surfaces cannot be exactly
fitted again together. There is an appar-
ent reformation of the material, leading to
the presumption of state Of latent tension
existing in the constitution of the rock 1t
self. A more careful study of the peculiar
action might throw some light on the mode
of formation of granite rocks.
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! /" Knocking Around. "

~ ttt e.
DIR. Dio. Lewis having learned the mini
mum quantity of food on which life can be
sustained, advises all young men to marry
and settle down in life. His idea is that,
Huntil man is married his life is lacking
in that which best develops his manhood
He gives old bachelors ~ some hard erat1,s raps
in a letter published in the Green Bay
(Wis.) Adooeate, and then administers this
rebuke to that class who are anxious to-
see the world before marrying :ad"Seeing
the world as the young man does who has
to earn his living as he goes along amounts
to very little. What he does see ii nothing
that helps him fight the battle of life more
successfully. Tt only keeps him inIhab-
its which are in direct antagonismto to aeor1
rect and happy and successful lifes and
when he gets through knocking about 'ahef
has nothing to show for the misspent years
save the habits which he must overcome ifI
he would make anything of himself. Do
you call that gain or loss /? SO, young man,
take the advice of a man who has kept his
eyes open for more. years, than. you, have
lived, probably, and don't knock around,
If you think have oyerdrawn the picture,
look around you, and out Of the men, you,
know select those who have r. knocked
around and see if they do not bear wit
ness to the truth of every assertion have
made concerning the class. they represent.
Are they men you enyya ] tell you, boys, s.
/ 'knocking around makes a man good for for
nothing else, and ] take it you have de-
sire to be good fer som something higher ip
life.' = 771''' pa
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Bath Of an Iceburg

i Let us see if I can tell it to you as vivid
liz as the fsf+hawk seemed to tell it to me:
Imagine a great sea with waters black from
the intense cold, but fecked all oyer with
snow-wbite wave crests. There is land in
sight, but not o tree, not gree field, only
cold land, dazzling and glitering glaciers
and sI1ow-peaks. On the water are floating,
swiftly and silently, great icebergs that look
like cleaning marble palaces which some
unseen spirit, has set i'm notion. i.a asg
Ali at once one great berg, the largest
and most beautiful Of an, begins to move
iulneasily--to wayer a. Il looking abont to
Y see u, If IL Is observed. Then suddenly, with
swift and graceful majesty. il planges its
high crowned head beneath the waves.
There il 4 moment's struggle. the sea svells
and tosses; fhsn ont Of its bath, presenting
~ / new and even mora beautiful front than
before, comes the gIittering berg, calm and
mighty still, 10 float on its southward way.
--Ht. Nicho1ds for dngasst.
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TO LOVE, FORGET AND DIE.

s'- q
By the populeus land on the lonesome sea, ~ 4; "a
Lo! these were the gifts of the gods to men
Three miserable gifts, and only three: >"t@t'''tV
To love, to forget to die-and then ? itogis 2lj&1
To love in peril ard in bitter sweet pain
And then, forgotten lie down and die 5esl'I 81.
One moment of sum- whole seasons of rain,. gs,t:.'
Then night is rolled to the door of the sky.
To love? To sit at her feet and to weep; g-s., "
To climb to her face, hide your face in her hair;
To nestle you there like babe in its Sleep 80 ''
And, too, like babe to believe--it cuts there ~
To love 'Tis to suffer. "Lie close to my breast
Like fair ship in haven, Oh darling" cried 5ii
" Your round arms outstretching to heaven for rest
died. .fT r4.,t:..s- .....--
To forget To forget, mount horse and clutch sword
Fake ship and make sail to the ice-prisoned seas.
Write books and preach es range lands or 90 hoard
grave full Of gold, and buy wines-and drink lees.
Then die, and die cursing and call it prayer! sf
Is earth buta top-a boy gods delight, l1 iE7l =
To be spun for his pleasure while mans despair II;
Breaks out like wall of the damned through the
night!
Sit downin the darkness and weep with me ., s r., i
On the edge of the world. So loye lies Dead,
And the earth and the sky and the sky and the sea e
Seem shutting together as book that is read. tat
Yet what have we learned? We laughed with delight
In the morning at school, and kept toying with all
Times silly playthings. Now, wearied ere night,
We must cry for dark mother her cradle the pail.
.. ls Joaquin Miller In GALAXY for august
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Taking q Scalp.
Big Horn letter to New York Times.


During the progress of The battle | had
for the first time ID my life occasion to wit
ness how Indians scalp their fallen foe, and
It is quite impossible TO relate how quick it
is done. "A warrior, struck by the deadly
bullet, drops from his horse; The VICTOR re N
rapid course runs toward his victim. r slll rhs
doeiIe warhorse stops; dismounting and re-
mounting are performed in no no tin time, the he
victor warrior touching the ground u with With
one foot only, the other leg resting still on
the saddle. A grip for the scalp, hash m
of the knife OF tomahawk, and jerk lt Tbe
warrior is remopated, an gnearthly irt VI. war Y
.ciry ciry is, uttered, and, a bloody scalp Of long
it iiet-black hair fastened to the lance an and
raj raised high above the victor's head tells
that one more redskin has gone to the hap
nv hunting ground
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POETRY.
THE COLD WAVE,


AS "Key" note to the recent change in the weather
the Boston Auertiser offers the following, entitled
g The Cold Wave" :"
Oh. say can You see by the dawn's early light
Any signs Of relief from perspiring and steanins
Those hot winds and bright rays, in their powerful
F might, I'd. .;.f.-4fE.+s~ s.f5t --r..5,.
Makes us wish that the sun would forego its no
- cleaning. 2'.''- @
No! the weather is fair and there's no breath of air.
While the south pointing yanes show the wind is still
sf there. r.....
Oh, say, will Old Prob try our suffering to saYe,
By bringing relief through avery cold wave? f'i'
On the bulletin boards posted up on the streets. 2+
Where the newspaper Office its best news exposes,
What is that which with pleasure all thankfully greet
Which by telegraph comes, as one quickly supposes?
How brightens the gleam in the eyes of the stream
OF ladies ont shopping, or after ice-cream!
'Tis the news of cold weather. which Old Prob, the
brave, -s-
Predicts. in the form of a western cold wave.
Oh, thus may it be when the mercury stands ~.
So high as to keep us in full perspiration;
May very cold wave from our fardistant lands Y
Bring welcome relief and prevent our cremation
Then Wen show no disgust but We'll try to be just,
Taking this for motto-ssOld Prob is our trust -
For surely Old Prob will our sufferings all save,
By the timely relief of awelcome cold wave Bot