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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-10-19
The Anti-M0nopolist

its history there had happened an accident
on the A-Railroad.
John Mortimer hurried quickly to the
scene. From cloud of steam and debris,
where lay the shattered locomotive, hu-
man being emerged, a man whose head had
boiled upon his shoulders while he was yet
alive!
1t was the engineer, hideouslY scaldeG,
frantic with agony, but unbappily for him,
not dead.
Others crawled from the wreck. Those
who could set to work instantly 10 rescue
such as were hey ond the power Of helping
themselves. Some still breathed, but near
~ all semblance to humanity was crushed
out of them.
Among the rest man was pulled from
beneath the ruin Of the smoking Car, and
through his side huge splinter had been
driven like an arrow. 1t was Lionel Chel>
m ont.
Mr.. Chelmont was taken TO Chestnut
Farm, and he recovered Consciousness.
Nellie, distracted with grief. was at his
bedside.
His first words we're:
.'Send for my wife"
They thought him delirouss but it was
not so. In this, his last hour, he told the
truth, that he was q married nan. He im>
plored Nellie to forgive him.
81 loved and would have betrayed you,
my poor girl villain that was, :" he gasped;
"but am fifty punished. Say that you
forgive me, Nelly"
He died with that unanswered prayer on
his lips. Next day his beautiful young
wife came, and there could be no further
doubt. She told the history Of her own
unhappiness, how heaven Mad bestowed un
Lionel Chelmont every gin but that Of q
strong moral nature, and how that one de-
feet blasted every blessing.
1t was long q mystery how the rock had
come 70 fall to the railway tracks, and
never till he grew to manhood did Frank
Tyrrel reveal the truth--that in the
thoughtless mischief Of childhood he him.
self had contrived to loosen and hurl it
there that fatal afternoon when his sister
had 50 impatiently longed for change, even
for some horrible accident.
Nellie's nature was transformed The
dreadful escape she had made was lesson
never to be forgotten.
"Old friends" she sighed, ''old places,
and old things are the best, after ALL" and
she married faithful John Mortimer.
Never once since that event has she
wished for change.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-10-19

and filing al its thinner side, cracks and
assures; in fact, after furthe or examination,
found that the frozen stratum and the
congealed hard earth, rock, and gravel be-
gan only few feet below the aocumulated
rock andldebris Of the mountain slope; and
continued.so far as the excavation reached.
some forty feet in depth" About 500 feet
westwardlis the international Lode, which
has been penetrated for q, distance Of 500
feet, aud, here the same phenomenon was
present. Ice occurred to. the very end OF
the tunnel. Next to this, and reaehioe al.
most to. the summit, is the Belmont Lode,
in the lower levels Of which ice is found.
though il is absent from the upper dcifts.
With. these appearances of the interior
workings. Mr.. Berthoull compares the
physical phenomena Of the mountaiD sur
face To the north and thsee- quarters Of .
mile distant is peak on which timber
grows to height Of l2.40O feet, while on
Gray's peak, three or four miles southwest,
the timber rises to height Of only 11,1OO
feet, and the average fer that latitude is
reported By DR.. Hay don to be from IL 900
to III 800 feet. Mcclellan mountain is abnor-
mally bare, the timber line being much
lower than on the peaks around it. Mr..
Bertseud explains this by the fact that the
mounAain has = northeast exp ,snre, and is
swepa by winds from that direction. Its
soil and rocky debris is deep and the water
which trickles through it has been cooled
BY evaporation in . cold dry wind. The
ice 3 formed in precisely the same way %
in the porous French carafFes and Indian
water jars.
Tho opposite effeca Of geAia. winds is seen
. the slope opposite Mcclellan Mountain.
There the timber line is IL. 400 feet in ele>
walton, or 500 feet shove the highest proper
ito that latitude, and only 400 feet lover
than the timber line At tho equator. This
is due to the fact that Argentine Pass in
front of it allows he southwest winds free
access, and these are invariably genial and
warm in that region. Thus the action Of
the winds is permanently recorded on the
mountain surfaoes.-.' Scientific kisccllany,"
IN the GALAXY Jor October.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-10-19
HABITS OLA MYRIAPop

He has no eyes: he doesn't vanfAsy; be
passes his life in the dark. under ground.
tearing up old shreds Of farmyard manure
aed vegetable matter, always prsferring
scavenger's work when he can get il, and
doing good service by eating mp the helpless
son, succulent larvo Of the hosts Of insects
that prey upon our crops The sins Of the
wlre-worm have been laid TO bis charge !:
his third cousins. the Is.so<. do undoubtedly
steal eur potato 'ssets,' and bore into
Young peas. or rather into old peas jnst
s'spritting and absat 10 send up yeusE
eees; but il seems dsuhesul Il be himself
ever attacks fresh Or livisg vegetables; b
sse1s to b. oae Of Natures aaay vi16s9es,s.i
and, because Ne i found nindisk bis busi-
nsas aad ea;ing up rseseaness. he = aecuseS-
- predicting T. A. veil might ye ny thaa
sG sswse-nsa pfsdaeo typ1ns - ehejssa-
- - - - bea ehGEgsd Vii haying
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-10-19
POETRY
THE RIVER.

Stealing softly DER the shadows,
Rushing headlong DER the deeps,
Winding through the shadeless meadows,
Round the bend It creeps-, u
Ever restless, ever moving,
With its bright and flashing tide,
Creeping, stealing, rushing. winding,
To the booming ocean wide.
Meath the spreading forest monarchs,
Laving softly the green bank.
Bearing gently on its bosom
Lilies fair, and weeds as dank;
Weaving in the golden sunlight
Wreaths of jewels without flaw
LAYING, bearing, weaving pleasures
That dull earth meier new or saw.
Life's river-bearing swiftly,
On its bosom broad and deep,
Through the sunshine and the shadow,
Those that laugh and those that weep;
Flowing silently, yet surely,
To Eternity's far shore,
Where the misery and the heartache
Vex the sons of earth no more.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-10-19

Last night the rain came down;
To-day the sun
Is clarifying all
He looks upon;
A merry spendthrift he,
His burning gold
He scatters everywhere,
In wealth untold
The humble trodden weed
Takes heart of grace,
And lifts her modest eyes,
To meet his face;
And worm and ant and snail,
All creeping things
Come out to gather up,
The gifts he filings.
From rustling tree to tree,
The robins pass,
To see their shadows fit
Along the grass:
And moths and butterflies
Float gayly on,
As If the day was made
For them alone!.
Oh, glad are sky and sea
The sun to greet,
And glad the warm brown earth
Beneath his feet;
And glad are bird and bee
And stream and rill;
But THANH full human hearts
Are gladder still!
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-10-19

CONTRABAND IN PEACE AS WELL AS
WAR

a living specimen Of the Colorado potato
bug was recently discovered at Bremen,
which had arrived in q bag of Indian corn.
An English gentleman received recently
from correspondent in Canada three speci-
mems in letter. One had died natural
death and one was crushed by the postoffice
stamp. The third was, in short time after
liberation all ready to commence invesliga-
tons on the English potato crop. but the
consignee put o period at once to his ac>
tivity. Thus it will be seen that the inter-
position of three thousand miles Of ocean
may be no protection to European countries
against the presence Of this pestiferous
destroyer. If science requires the extradi
ton Of specimens to Europe, science will do
well to be satisfied with dead specimens and
take the word of Americans as to their liv-
ing habits.
Professor Huxley delivered the last Of his
three scientific lectures on Friday evening
in New York. aud sailed for England on
Saturday. The main theme Of the last
lecture was the genealogy Of The horse. He
traced that useful animal up to his great
great -great-great grandfather in the Eocine
period. The pedigree is substantially as
IoHO"S. L4uuSs ous VI uO uIPPuS, OUT Of
Proto- hippus, out of Mio.hippus, out of
Meso -hippus. out Of Oro-hippus, with an
indication of still remoter pareniage. Orc.
hippus has three toes, with q disolving view
Of fourth. Equns, our present acquain-
| lance. has the main toe only, which has alb
sorbed all the others, and developed its toe
nail into hoof Evolution Of four toes in
to one seems to the average comprehension
more like inrolufion, but We need not dis.
pute about terms.
The most curious part Of the story is,
however, that though no live horses were
found on the American continent by the
European discoveries, the fossil ancestors
Of our useful friend the Equus, are found in
droves. How they became .evoluted' of
the face Of the earth, is fact for the reason
Of which Pros. Huxley says, $50 far as he
knows" no feasible suggestion has been
made. Neither. so far as we know, has the
problem been solved; and We can only
adopt the Professors suggestion thAt the
horse died out ''for some reason or other"
As for the famous evolution phrase "the
survival Of the fttest, street observation Of
the rag-ven 1ers' equipages would seem 10
show that il the ''fit:est" survive, some of
them are not ct for much after survival. II
may appear inadequate treatment ofs scien-
tific subject to handle il in this manner but
the fault Is with the Professor, who Grams
the whole theory Of evolusion into . pack
saddle, and expects the poofhorse to carry
i. To say that the three lectures are . dis
appointment is It the same time 10 compli-
ment the learned lecturer, from whom much
more was reasonably expected
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-10-19
SUICIDE AND MURDER IN THE UNITED
STATES.

STATES.
There is grand series Of charts show
ing the vegetable conditions and resources
of the country, the proportion of forest and
arabic land of sugar and textile crops, and
the pr ce of farm labor. A very curious
and sinister study is offered by table
which hangs beside those of the United
States census, showing by means of color
ed parallelogrsms the positive and relative
degrees Of homicide and suicide in different
parts Of the country In the eastern por>
ton suicide appears to be six times as fire.
quent rs murder. Il had no means Of
measuring but by eye, SO that these state
ments are only approximate, but they are
not very far from wrong Think In the
western there is rather larger proportion
Of the latter, and about two-thirds less of
the former. The South presents broad
field Of homicide, nearly twice as large as
that of all the rest Of the country, with q
very narrow strip Of self destruction. In
New York aud New Jersey suicide is as
about three TO one Of murder: in Pcnnsyl-
vsnia about two TO one; in Delaware and
Maryland just the reverse Of these, murder
exceeding suicide BY one-third and one
aalf. Homicide in the District of Columbia
is appalling. compared with its population !;
theirs appears TO be little disposition to Jelo
dc &C. In Virginia the suicide is about .
quarter OF the homicide: 10 West Virginia
the two crimes are nearly equal, suicide
preponderating slightly. II the Carolinss
murder is TO suicide as three to one; 10
Florida the number Of both is much larger
in proportion 10 the population, but the
excess Of homicide over suicide remains ~
three 10 one In Texas the area Of murder
is something awful unless one can pitch
ones mood to the key Of De Quincey's
famous esssy: it is ten times - great %
suicide. In Nevada the rropoi ton Of
he latter is about onc-fifth Of the former.
In California there is vast amount Of boil
suicide propnderating can it be because Of
the homesick Chinese! With regard to
murder, the distribution il not difficult 70
understand, but it seems impossible TO get
u any general laws respecting suicide.
The proportion Of female suicides (indics.
ted in . delicate pink tint) varies very
much in the different States, but generally
falls far short Of the male suicides. In
Delaware, the District, and Oregon there
are NO female suicides; in Minnesota aud
North Carolina the number nearly equals
that Of the other sex in South Corolins il
is considerably in excess; in Florida il il
very small There 10 ghastly fascination
in these statistics aud the speculatiops
which they Suggest. Nonskly for
October.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-10-19
AMERICAS FUTURE.
BY e. A. HORTON.

ia e. A. hOh1ON.
What though across our country's path
A cloud or two appears!
Her hands are full Of trophies wrung
Prom out the fleeting years.
The undazzled eye OF youth is hers
And every instinct grand
The stir of busy millions sounds
Throughout the rock-ribbed land.
TITS men we need,
Statesmen, indeed.
Men Of pure hearts and wide-expanding soul
Men who We're born
70 look with scOrn
On bribes and frauds
Without false gods
Men trne to right as needle to the pole.
Remember, to-day,
That we should pray
For light along our nations way;
The anthems Of the future roll
And wake deep echoes in the soul.
o people OF this ripening land!
o ships that sail from every strand
q flags that wave on every sea!
q streams that oceanward do flee!
Rear, this song
Your paths a'ong!
To-day the harp of history
Its richest music gives;
America is full OF joy
To him who notify lives.
Yet towards the past 9 fondly turn,
As marching on we go,
For dear to us are those who lived
One hundred years ago.
And from the mountains to the shore
We hear the refrain evermore;
America is full Of joy
TO him who nobly lives.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-10-19

Unquestionably Noah exercised his best
judgment when he stocked the ark, bu hue
manity will never cease running its fingers
through its hair ami wondering why he
imported bedbug seed.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-10-19

"Does our constant chatter disturb you!"
asked one Of the three talKative ladies' Of
sober-looKing fellow passenger. " No.
ma'sm; I've been married nigh On to thirty
years." was the reply.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-10-19

A city young man who read, s'Now is the
time for husk ing bees" chased bee fifteen
minutes to ascertain whist kind Of a husk it
had on.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-10-19

Provisions are reported scarce in the
Fiji Islands. and there is much suffering in
consequence We must send those bsnighted
people moro bibles and missionaries
pecially missionaries,
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-10-19

Our Military Maeuvres Irish drill
sergeant to squad OF militiamen )-"Pr's'nt
Rims ~ Astonishing result.) - Hiv'ns
what . sprisint!' Just slip out here now,
and LOOK at yersilves y
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-10-19

1t is suggestive sight in wandering
thro ugh Kentucky town to sec the number
Of empty whisKcy kegs there are piled up
in front of the village newspaper Office.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-10-19

A Preston man was very ssgry on going
home to find that his wife hsd lent the only
Bible in the house. He said Il was dis
grace to this period Of the Christian snlight-
enment family should hsvs only one copy
Of the bible II seemed be wanted 70 decide
bet q to whether it was Paul Or Cephas
who said, consistency thou art jewel.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-10-19

''There is one good thing about babies"
says late traveller 'rhey never change.
We have girls Of the period, men Of the
world, but the baby Is the same self pos
sessed, fearless, laughing, voracious little
heather, in all countries"
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-10-19

leave the table and 60 70 your room,
sir" exclaimed parent 10 bis incorrigibls
son, land III come up and attend 70 your
case after supper" Father, replied the
youthful statesman, 1T II absured 70 * .
date without making The necessary prspsr-
atoms"
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-10-19

Mamma" said young hopeful, who,
againsi his will was made TO rock the cradle
Of his baby brother, .'if the Lord has any
more babies to give away don't you take
EN-"
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-10-19

A London genius has attached whistle
to the end of his dogs tail. BY this ar
rangement the dog can call his master.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-10-19

What piece Of carpentry becomes a gem
as soon as it is finished ?-A-gate.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-10-19

cGssed the potato disease! because he lras
found laboring to remove the affected
tubers. Beware, ye brave surgeons who
fight with zymotic demons and risk your
own lives to lift up stricken humanity, lest
ye be arraigned for produciog all the long
catalogue Of human Ills that fgnre in our
sanitary statistics. Our captive has NO
eyes he has, however, an ssoceA}us," q
mere pigment speck behind the base Of each
of his fif*sen>jointed antenn@. and he has
the smalless possible threaded Of an optic
nerve. suspect he cannot see, in the ordi-
nary sense, but can distinguish between
the light with which he has nothing to do,
and the darkness in which he feels his way
about with his antennae when doing his du>
~ like an humble vegetarian jaokai or adj
jutant.
ADAPTATION TO THE ENvARO NMENT.
1t has long been regarded as q law of life
applicable like to animal and vegetable
forms, that each species is exactly adapted
to the particular habitat where it occurs !;
and nattrlists, assuming this law, sought to
to solve the problem how this remarkable
adaptation has been brought about, instead
Of pausing to question the alleged law Of
adaptation itself. And yet there have new
er been wanting numerous and obvious facts
especially in the vegetable kingdom, which
if interpreted at all, must be conceded to be
incompatible with such law, at least I'M
less materially modified and greatly en-
larged.
Mr.. Thomas Meehan has remarked the
fact that "almost all Of car swamp trees
grow much better when they are transferred
to drier places, provided tie land is Of fair
quality. He referred, among others, to
sweet bay, red maple, weeping willow, etc.,
at within his own repeated observations
growing better out Of swamps than in them =
He further observes that .'plants as gem
eral rule, even those known as water plants
prefer to grow out Of water, except those
that grow almost entirely beneath the sur
face
A great many facts are ct hand to prove
that those plants which are found habitu>
ally growing in wet ground may be easily
made to grow in dry ground. Tho Iris ser-
sieolor (blue dag) which, in state Of ma
ture grows universally in marshes, and
keeps perpetual company with Nsphoy
(proud lily) and Sogittaria )arrow head), is
common occupant or the driest gardens.
The Lobelia cardinals cardinal Aower),
which have found below tide water mark,
is also common garden flower, and not
difficult to cultivate Almost as much may
be said for Lobelia syphilitica (great lobelia.
The Gala, the caladiums aud the anthuri.
ums belong to this class, aud the list might
be indefinitely extended. Popular Science
Monthly for October.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-10-19

Mrs. Oliphant says; "The honeymoon is
net always delightful moment"
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-10-19
MtT' AND HuM0R.
l. DONNELLY. Jr.. Editor
How dancers are chosen. BY ballet.

Advice to young men about 70 settle down
Settle up first.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-10-19
AFTER RAIN.

BY MARY AINGE DE WE'RE.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1876-01-06
Greatest Event or fhe Agc-ihe Old Ecila
bic hannibal O. So. Joseph x. r.
AlMaIs nhR1d

From and after April 4th this company will two
suppress trains daily, each way, and arrRn gvIncnis
haze been made between this line and the Toledo Wa
bash X Western Railway, whereby through train 10
I've known as the KaHSas city dad Nc'c Iort EN
composed OF Baggage cars, day coaches and Pullman
Wallace sleeping ears, Is to be run from Kansas City
80 Toledo % j. yiaQumcy jacksonville. Springfield,
orcaiur, Toono, Lafayette, Logensrort and Ft.
Wayne. eioet change Also attached this train il
through day coach and Pullman Palace Sleeping car
through 10 Chicago via Chicago, Burlington quincy
X. X The New York express via Quincy, makes the
sine from Kansas CRY New DIRK la ffty hour.
advantage 20 the travelling public never before oered
attempted by any any other line. Arriving in la
aiarHpolis. Cincinnati, Toledo, Cleveland, Buffalo,
Niasra Falls. Ptisburgh, Harrisburg Philadelphia,
New York, BOSTON and other cities from three
xnd hall 10 twelve hours in advance of all other lines
Through tickets and full information can be- obta n
ed 1T all sfiees " the Kansas Pacific Railroad. Bag
ye checked 10 destination For further inform alton
consult time tables address r. Pended, Gen Pass
eager Agent Hannibal, Mo. or g y Claytoa, West
era Passenger Agent, LoavcnwOrth, Kansas.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1876-01-06
Another Hire.

On Tuesday evening, about s O'Clock. Mr..
Charles Sanden's building on Seventh street
was discovered to be on fire. IL WAS soon
found that the building could not lie
saved and the attention of our citizens was di-
rec:ed to saving neighboring property. In
short time the building Was all in flames, and
under the influence of Il southernly breeze the
fire communicated with the building next
north. owned by Mr.. Simons. Nj. Solberg's
building. adjoining Mr. Sanders building Oh
the south. was saved only by the strenuous ei-
forts Of the firemen and the fire smotheriug
streams of the Babcock engine. The breeze
from the south had grown stronger during the
fire. and burning shingles were carried north
ward ar furious rate, some OF them drop
ping, "a il seemed or al the wooden buildings
On Santa Fe. \ crowd Of men with buckets
Of water succeeded by liviey work in saving
John Gels & Co.'S large grain warehouse used
as an elevator by Mr.. W. ". CIarkson). For
a time it seemed as il this large structure WAS
doomed and if it had burned there is no tel
ling where the fire would have stopped Men
were on the roof OF the City lotei.in fact on all
the nelghboring wooden buildings, and found
it pretty hard work TO extincuiSh the burning
partcl of wood constantly dropping down.
J. c. Rash & Sons building caught fire. but
few pals Of water prevented any damaGe.
Mr. Ryan's saloon and the City Hotel
caurht fire once or twire. In the rear
of the burning billings were several large
hay stacks and hay strewn thickly about the
ground Ii was lucky tia. this easily ignited
material was careful Y guarded, for much
more damage might have been done. There
were many anxious looking faces that night,
when it seemed as II the the progress oil the fire
could not Dc stayed. All hands did good work
aud there was really mere organization than
has been exhibited at any Of our previous fires
Ii is not known how the lire originated. IL
commenced in Mr. Sanders kitchen. The
building owned by MIR. Sander was Insured
for 81 200 for the benefit o: the Building and
Loan Association Mr.. SaHden lost all OF his
furniture clothing, Boiling and in fact al
his personal Effects. His loss, including the
building and rot inci.pijng The Insurance. is
about 81, 0J1. NJ. oimpns building was also
insured for the benefit az the Building and
Loan Association u the amount OF i0J hr.
Si,nons saved his effects, hut suffers loss OF
some $3.50. Nj. Soi3crS suffers damage by
the removal of his goods into The street.