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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-02-03
The .Anti-MonopoliSt.

ring sobbed Prudence making great effort
for composure.
Mr.. Wentworth laughed in spite Of him
self. 'Why it's safe on your finger and not
a whit the worst for the baking. Is there
no other reason?
ssN-o''
"But there is Ishali never have moth
er happy moment if I've offended you, y
said Mr.. Wentworth. tragically.
Il was brute to treat you as did, this
afternoon, but I'm going away, and sha mt
annoy you again. Won't you forgive me
now, and shake handss''
Another long silence, Mr.. Wentworth
turned away in despair, but was detained
by faltering voice: ..I-l'u forgive you,
if''
.Wen?' was the breathless interposi-
ton.
:'You-won t-go-away.
The more observant hoarders noticed at
breakfast, the next morning, that Mr.. Alb
bolt Wentworth wore the ring he had found
in the biscuit on the little finger of his left
hand, and that Prudence wore heavily
chased gold circle in the place of her lost
ornament To use the words of the before
named boarders. That tells the whole
story
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-02-03
AcTIoNoF cAMPhoR ON PLANTS.

Professor Vogel, of Munich, has lately
published some curious experiments on
camphor and its physiological action on
plants. In 1898, Benz. Smith Barton first
announced the stimulating action Of cam
that tulip with its stalk dipping in solu-
ton of that substance withered much later
than others kept in common water; and that
a yellow iris that was about to fade was re-
invigorated Cor few hours by means Of
camphor. Barton therefore came to the
conclusion that this drug acts upon plants
as stimulant, much as spirits do on the
animal frame. These all but forgotten ex-
periments have lately been resumed by Pro-
lessor Vogel. who has lately communicated
his results to the Academy Of Munich. He
first prepares homogeneous solution Of
camphor by triturating it with distilled wa
ter, and then shaking it up with a larger
quantity Of the same; and into this he puts
his plants. Two branches of seringa (com-
mon llac) in blossom, OF equal size and
vigor, were selected: one of them was put
into common water the other into the cam
phorated solution remarkable differ
ence was soon noticed. After the lapse of
twelve hours, the former was already droop-
ing and nearly faded, while the latter was
still erect and apparently as fresh as ever,
some Of its buds having even OPP ned in tt e
interval; and this healthy condition lasted
three days. In another experiment branch
Of lilac which was nearly dead was put into
camphorated water and revived for short
time. The action of camphor is less power
full on the vine, and scarcely Of any cffec,
on black elder. The idea now presented it,
self that this drug might also have some &C
ton on seeds, and, accordingly, some Of
leptdtura sat.rurs. or garden cress. were sub
jected TO this treatment. They we're chosen
very old. because in that state their ger
minating power is much weaker than when
they are new. The seeds were placed on
blo,ting paper in porcelain plates one por-
ton being wetted with the camphor solution
and another with common water another
piece OF blo,ting paper was laid over each.
The terminating power Of these seeds is
considered not to extend beg ond three ears
and yet, under the influence Of camphor,
some Of 1869 terminated in the course OF
twenty four hours, and others ofl87l in
seven hours, while those exposed 10 the ac-
ton Of pure water eitherdid not give signs
Of life. or, At least, very imperfectiy, Prom
these and similar experiments II may be
concluded that camphor is q valuable agent
10 horticulture.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-10-04
Unpleasant Arrivals.

Smyrna was thrown into state of
excitement the other day by the arri-
val IN town of about seven hundred vol
unteers, chosen from the Zeybees Of
Anatolia, on their way to the seat Of
war. AS they marched through the
town they were followed by large mob
of their co-religionists, who enlivened
the spectacle by drawing their knives
and playfully poking them at the ribs
of any "giaours" they happened to
meet, at the same time uttering the
most horrible threats and occasionally
knocking some of them on the head
with their yataghans. One elderly
Armenian gentleman was severely
wounded in the arm by two blows from
a yataghan, and a respectable Greek
merchant was carried home in g. very
precarious state with q frjghtful cut on
his head. On passing by crockery-
shop several of the volunteers and
their friends entered the establish
ment and smashed all the ware they
could lay hold of. The proprietor and
his shopmen while the work of destrUc-
ton was going on prudently reGlred
into loft, where they remained In Sc
clusion until the visitors had taken their
departure. In the ranks of the vol
unteers were recognized many noted
brigand," and but for the fact that in
the bazaars all the shops were closed
there can be little doubt that there
would have been a general plumber
On their arrival at the barracks, the
volunteers were told to deliver up their
weapons, which they al first refused to
do, saying that they would rather
lose their heads. They were, however,
at last persuaded to give up their yata-
ghans and pistols, and by last accounts
they had not actually killed anybody,
but the prospect of the arrival of 800
more volunteers In the town was not
looked upon as pleasant.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-10-04
Perils Of Investment.
From the Boston Journal.

Among the troubles Of the hour is
what do with ones money. It is not
safe in the bank. The trust companies
turn out to be vain things for safety.
The more real estate man has the
worse he is off. There have been a
great many times in the last fifty years
when people could not make money
unless they had money to make it
with; but there has never been a time
till now when people could not make
money with money to make it with.
The peculiarly Of this panic is that
you can do nothing with the money.
No investment seems safe, and mil
lions are lying idle. The recent furrv
in Wall street shows this. EVERYBODY
who could have taken out their money
from real estate and put it into stocks.
A certain line of stocks was considered
as good as gold. All along the line Of
the Lackawanna and kindred roads.
stock WAS held by well-to-do families.
In a single house last week, families
with incomes from $4,000 to $4,000
year were made penniless. 1t is said
that if the great railroad men were
obliged to realize at once, larger part
of the so-called millionaires would be
as poor as their neighbors. Nearly all
our heavy companies, if obliged to
throw their real estate on the market,
would find themselves in bad way.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-10-04
LOcuStS in Africa.

In his work, ''The Victoria Falls of
the Zambezi," Eduard Mohr gives an
impressive description of flight. of To-
Gusts witnessed by him in the region of
the Vaal River. "Inoticed," he writes,
on the western horizon what I took to
be columns Of smoke, rising higher and
higher until they reached the zenith.
/ thought the bush must have been set
On fire, for the whole horizon from the
northwest to the southeast was already
apparently developed in clouds of
smoke. This, however, was caused by
no fire, but by locusts. Presently a
few, then dozens, then hundreds, then
thousands, of locusts fell upon us, COM
ing down in such heavy showers that
the air was darkened with them; and
through the whizzing, whirling veil they
flung about us we could look with the
naked eye at the sun, which, although
high In the heavens, had the blood red,
rayless appearance usually peculiar to
the time of setting" He adds that the
natives, with their horses and cattle, as
well as elephants and other wild rumi-
nants, feed on them greedily; the au-
thor found them perfectly tasteless.-
Popular Science Monthly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-10-04

Rising up, he went to his daughter,
while Kadur, observing the doors of
the cabinet open, entered the garden,
and seating himself on the banks of
the canal, commenced to muse on his
extraordinary fate. His reflections
had lasted for some time, when the
place on which he sat auaked and
trembled; loud peal of thunder was
heard, and Kadur fell with his face to
the earth After he was som ewhat re-
covered from his fright, he lifted his
head, when before him stood the same
person, he had seen when. about to
drown himself. The sage approached,
and spoke:
"Fate is used as an empty word.
That which Allah predestinates for man
| is his fate. At one time thou vert
about to drown myself for the loss of
filthy lucre, but thou .mayest recollect
thy lameness prevented thee from ac-
complishing it, and detained thee until
| had removed those ungodly thoughts
from thy mind. Moved with what
told thee, thou didst cease, to sgrieve.
Thy stammering made the merchants
laugh, yet on account of it thou were
pitied by them. Because thou vert q
poor beggar thy life was spared; having
a hump preserved thee from execu
ton; being possessed of no teeth, thou
Stunned the poisonous nuts; and now
being hump-backed, lame and blind
wealth and happiness attend thee
IiDidst thou ever expect it? Nevermort
complain; repent of that thou once ut
I tered, and remember that which mar
| kind call misfortune is often the be-
gift Of Allah!" The sage touched
Kadur. The hunch disappeared-th'
lost teeth were replaced-the foot be
came straight and the stature increased
When the transformation was com
plete the sage disappeared.
Kadur fell on his face, and gave
praise to Allah. When he had endet
his prayers, he perceived his entertain
er hastily approaching him. When h
arrived, it was with the news that tn,
defornity of his daughter had entirel,
disappeared Seeing Kadur ikewis
changed, he led him to his betrothed
who was so altered that at first he d.,
not recognize her. She had becom
taller, and, when her father removed
the veil from her face, it was foun'
mantled in extraordinary beauty.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-10-04
A Hint to American Girls.
English WOman's BeyieW.

English girls schools have much to
learn from the way in which simple
system of bookkeeping is taught to
French girls, but parents of the shop
keeping class know its Importance and
insist on it. Books kept by women
when produced in court to verify &C
counts bear evidence to the efficacy of
the instruction given. The truth is
that French women by their thrift, in
telligence and business capa city, and
the extraordinary influence which they
retain over their sons, have had large
share in recuperating. their country.
No women are such thorough help
mates to their husbands as the French
bOawgeoises. qa Il m -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-10-04
The CAPITAL of Chill.

The tabled city in the heart of Africa,
whose silver roofs and palm bordered
terraces DR.. Mayo SET gravely before us
thirty years ago in his famous romance
Kaloolah, is hardly more attractive to
the imagination than is the veritable,
actual capitol of Chill, ninety miles in
land, built upon vast plain, under the
towering and invincible shelter of the
snow-capped Andes, whose cordilleras,
rich with the treasures which Humboldt
catalogued, rise In grand gradations
from the plateau, and help the sun to
make for Santiago, with the assistance
of the distant ocean, a climate as per
feet as any in the world. Santiago is
an expensive place and luxurious, the
desire of the Gillian heart is toward
her, and she is the delight of his eyes,
with her broad thoroughfares, her
stately dwellings, her grand prornen-
AIDES. Ease and exclusiveness are her
characteristics; the old Spanish ortho-
doxy dwells there, also elegance and
s2rightliness purely French. Santiago
is as well beloved, as carefully tended,
as trimly-dressed as Paris itself; and
the beautiful CHILEAN ladies tread its
pavements In the latest Partisan attire,
or drive through the broad streets, by
lines of Parisian-seeming hotels, and
converts with white cleaning walls, in
carriages which might do for the mus
ter in the Bots. And they can look up
at the Andes, and in the sultry MONDAY
quiet the great birds may be sailing by
on their way to the South Pacific. A
splendid, ambitious city, with mem
DRY Of a horrible disaster hanging about
it; with Maelstrom-like tendency to
attract and engulf fortunes and lives;
of wealth and poverty as dreadful as
those we can seen any day in London;
a city which is a triumph and a snare,a
great monument to the "trabajo y cor
dura," or work and shrew sense, which
have made Chill what that praise
worthy Republic is; but a city which
would do well to consider its extravs-
CANT ways ana be wise, after the exam
pie of Valparaiso. The sea-board city
is growing steadily in prosperity, from
thrift as well as toil.-The Spectator.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-10-04
The Origin of the Great Lakes.

J.. At the meeting of the Scieatific AS
ISOLATION in Buffalo a paper was read
by Prof. ]. S. Newbury, of Columbia
College, attempting to explain the
origin Of the great lakes Of this country
He states that the sequence of events
in the formation of the great lakes
seems to have been as follows:
| I. The Laurentian belt, north OF
the great lakes, has been a land sur.
face since the beginning of the
Palaozoic era, was formerly high
mountain range, the degradation of
which has supplied the mechanical
materials which compose the sheets OF
Palaozoic rock that surround it, The
erasion of those high lands has con
tinued uninterruptedly till the present
day, and was specially rapid during the
period. aag
2. Previous to the glacial period, the
elevation of this portion of the CONT
nent was considerably greater than
now, and it was drained by a river sys-
tenn which flowed at a much lower
level than at present. At that time
our chain of lakes-Ontario, Erie and
Huron-apparently formed portions of
the valley of river which subse-
quently became the St. Lawrence, but
which then flowed between the Adiron-
dacks and Appalachians, in the line of
the deeply buried channel of the Mo-
hawk, passing through the trough Of
the Hudson, and enlptying into the
ocean eighty miles southeast of New
York. Lake Michigan was then ap-
parently part of a river course which
drained Lake Superior and emptied
into the Mississippi, the Straits of
Mackinaw being not yet opened.
3. With the approach of the cold
period, local glaciers formed on the
Laurentisn Mountains, and, as they in
creased in size, gradually crept down on
to and began to excavate the plateau
which bordered them on the west and
south. The excavation of our lake
basins was begun, and perhaps in large
part, effected in this era.
4. AS the cold increased and reached
it's maximum degree a great ice-sheet
was formed by the enormously in
creased and partially coalescing local
glaciers of the former epoch. This
many lobed ice-sbeet or compound
glacier, moved radlatingly from the
south, southwest and western slopes of
the Canadian highlands; its Ohio lobe
reaching as far south as Cincinnati.
The effect of this glacier upon Lake
Erie and Lake Ontario would be to
broaden their basins by impinging
against and grinding away, with in
conceivable power, their southern mar
gins. i9ah'.e3
5. With the amelioration of the eli
mate the wide spread ice-sheets of the
period of intensest, cold became again
local glaciers, which, completed the al
ready begun WORK OF cutting out the
had before flowed over the watershed
in Ohio was SO far reduced as to be un-
able to overtop its summit, but defect
ed by it, flowed along its base, spend
ing its energies in cutting the shallow
basin in which Lake Erie now lies. II
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-10-04
TOM ScRlBRLES.

Tom Scribbies was 4 Bankers clerk,
On salary rather small
So hat he seemed forever short, 1fyEE :
Though he was very tall.
OF handsome form and winning ways
Fl e loved to cut dash; Isl, ~ #
He kept the bankers cash accounts, s laas -
And often kept his cash.
One tlay the banker said to him.
I" Friend Tom much deplone @ofi
That though Pm buying stock all day
I've never much in store. eve.
In fact I know beyond doubt, ,,.,4 :
With me you've been too free; tlliiii
And as you give me drafts for checks,
PIl check your drafts on me- atE>
You must have thought me very blind,
Your errors not to see, .t4a.ss ecg3i o
But took note of you, and find H.9
You've taken notes of me- $3.50
Your services need no more;
Your tricks will never do; E
You long have made the change for me,
I'll make the change for you. IL ~
Another matter, Tom, feel
To speak of would be right;
Although your habits are SO loose, = -,
They often make you tight.
And when you should be at your work
With all your might and main, .kAS
The figures which you try to pen So
Are all penned in your brain.
In hopes that you would alter Tom,
I've kept you here this long; &' .lN''
But though you do write well at times, &
You're oftner doing wrong. uwarratr
To tell the truth, cannot now
4 word speak IN your praise;
Yet It's not strange I took with you-
You have such taking ways!
You're at discount now, and
No interest take in you;
Your time is up-Tll not extend
You're more than over DUE"
Alas for Scribbles! there he was @
OF friend and place bereft;
And as he could not stay and write, e
He turned away and left.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-10-04

A YOUNG man Who left Yale four
years ago, with the brightest prospects
for brilliant career, is now commut-
ter on the Harlem Railroad. Rum did
Ddqabury Neu9s. -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-10-04
6. The meeting of the glaciers was

9. The meeting of the glaciers was
accompanied, perhaps occasioned, by a
slnAing OF the continent, which progress
sed until the waters of the Atlantic
flowed up the valley of the st. Lawrence
to Kingston, and up the Ottawa to
Arnprior. The valley of the St. Law
renee and the Hudson were connected
by way of Lake Champlain, and thus
the highlands of New England were
left as an island. 1t is also possible that
the sea water penetrated to the lake
basin through the Valley of the Mo-
hawk and through thatofl the MISSISSIPPI
pi, but OF, this we have no evidence in
the presence Of marine fossils In the
surface deposits. The great area of
excavation IN which the lakes lie was
probable at the time filled to the brim
with ice-cold fresh water, sr;-sga ss,ss
A Visit to Ralph Waldo Emerson.
From the Cleveland Leader aotf5
2. Emerson belongs to the world, and
should not take it i'll that the world
seeks to know something about him.
Indeed, he does not unless it, asks him
tor his autograph, request which dis
turbs even his serenity, and always
meets a refusal or passes unnoticed.
The house is plain, square building,
painted a light stone color, with moth
ing to distinguish it from its neighbors.
A great square yard, well kept, but
destitute of flowers, lies in front, and
upon either side Of the street gate is a
large horse-chestnut tree At the left
is 8 grove of pines, and on the right a
i generous wood pile, which speaks vol
umes for winter comfort. ..;
! Stopping the carriage a little to one
side, in order TO make our observa.
tons unnoticed, what was our delight
+. when the sage himself appeared at the
side door, crossed the yard, and wen
to the barn. Naturally tall man, he
is greatly bent with study. His home
life is almost wholly spent over hi
books, and the one whose care it is t.
relieve him of his petty details is not
his wife, for she has been for many
years an invalid, buthis daughter Ellen
She is the strong staff upon which h,
leans, and to her loving care shall WI
owe much that Emerson does in this
the decline Of life. She has inherited
her fathers strength of character, AM
holds, Of course, Emersonian views.
1t seems Miss Emerson is member
Of the school committee. She also
owns donkey. These facts come int,
juxtaposition when Miss Emerson
rides her donkey to visit the schools
But nature is always the same, and, i
the truth be told, the Emersonian don
key has suffered both through his in
tellectual and physical nature. Wha
was to be done? send the town con
stable after the boys? Perish tn
thought! On the contrary, list la
been made out containing the name
of all the boys of Concord, and each i
to ride the donkey once, so that h
may feel an interest in him, and nj
longer torment the poor beast. A
latest advices the plan was working
well-at least the donkey was, and tn
boys were riding. sna .Traffra
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-10-04

BISMARCK is better, but still he can
stand no excitement, and all letters
and kilograms are received by his fam
lily and officials.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1878, 1876-03-08
a NATTER OFN0 CONSEQUENCE

Tue day had been set anu tne young
man was happy. But his father failed
~ business aud be collected together all
the pink love. letters, tue lock Of hair,
the faded violet. g., aud started for
her tsther's mansion. lie was high
minded and honorable, and he felt In
duty bound 10 release her from the en-
gage,nent. Yet he grew faint as he was
u>'errd INTO the parlor. Such love as
his wouldn't stsy crushed.
ueu,gel dear George" she exclaim.
Ell, ~ she entered the pa1lor and seized
/, = hand
".>".oel.4, / IN here today t. do my
DUTY" he -a,d. ~ ns rose Up
w wh u's ID malt.r!' Svne asked.
I'll have"'t y u heard "f--of my ia
tnr.'> ,.,lurr r tie ,nqu,red, mis- heart
beat" Z p.,tuIly.
Wn,. yes, dear George, aod what Of
il - ...&
Arrn't y"u-wnnt y,u-that is"
II ~ g,ar VI u-tnat's all" she
cried ...
"Y'u are ~ ........ ..
",f-our-ei art Nv Is talking with
i.,n-,. . ne s.rl your father failed
~" $6'UnO ne woui.t make at least
$5U "VU "ut ., it, and Of Course you'd
ge' " cc mu' as you counted on u
-I/etrvit Free Fexs .. -...... .
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1878, 1876-03-08
4 Ls.s rssepeale.,.at g ~.

81 = Lsng saensnt g Hay.
The Secretary of War has sent to
Congress d-6c,ency estimate for $780,
OOO. 70 oscoysr tho pay &C officers Of the
army Tor the last half Of June, 1876.
The appropristion granted two years
ago for the pay. Of The army amounted
to 81 .9s7, ,493 leaa than the amount esti.
mated BY the Paymaster General, and
$500 900 less than that asked for BY the
SECRETARY Of War. The figures are as
following: Estimates for the pay Of the
army. &c. for the fiscal year ending
June 81. 1875. ~ made By the Ps.mas-
ter General, Is, ,6s7, ,463 reduced still
further BY Congress, $500, 600; appro.
pri.isd. $l2.4OO,O0O The army expen-
djlur~> ,u. the last fiscal year are short
about $500 900, and no officers have re-
ceived their pay for the last half Of
June. 1876.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1878, 1876-03-08
UY"d I'L.ih.''

Last SMurtay, tw, R,tisnd men
Came to Mhitaha:l for the purpose Of
haln.g "texr.
Alter visiting mary salo"ns and get.
log u tu;l load VI sp'r,ts aboard, they
s.a, ted ,or the Hall House 10 put up
for the night. ..,.
Mr.. Wheeler, the grntlemanly clerk,
1T y sperm candle and showed the ''set
~" par ~ = room, with Ouiy one bed.
,.st'"g that tney w"et have a separate
bed. rney were then shOwn into a
rvu,E with tw., Ued<. .e.,. I.h...
4. A.ler dis,vb'"g themselves, they
bOtn stated 70 blow uut the candle,
out their weight coming together on
the same side vfs tns table, tipped it
over, both ~ u I ling underneath, and
iney Ii sstJ managed 10 get up, and,
atter sscw III 'u,ents tIiai, got l"tO bed
"stti.er. IL = moment one Of them
.a'd: VT 1 4 Sa
'.J,n-n'c-blo~e,! f'ec amt mother
~ ei,., in--s,.c my bed
'B ~ 'n"n myeel' 'rrs 'nother-h;c!
-.:".p /" np y d. Wa.t'.l | d. 'b1ut
n! s. .6 @
: 3'.k',k .Ls l"bber -:,icl -ont q was
'tnu. % rss i,..Ss ~ ay Sasa& 44s
Jn>r.hen there wa@ heavy sound
.> u >.nr great Weight had fallen on
Il. 4 So, wnen Jan besanato groan and
CIV.
.sssas,'.,so,'st'e = 'er matter, jim. ole sfeller-
nh --s,.! s. H A.a
..Aai..,y Confounj ii! Matter?
St,,Ae ':ri'gn q,tcx. I,n,~ ERE soa.
Il gun Ia my bed ha<--.,ic! kicked
me out oa 'er tl,or-..i:. y Whitehall
llmes