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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-15
AN ADVENTUROUS CAREER.

Prof Henry A. Ward, Of Rochester, n. Y.
who has been selected by the unknown
friend Of the University OF Virginia to
procure for it the best possible collection Of
natural history specimens, has had very
adventurous career. Many years ago he
was employed by wealthy Frenchman as
tutor to his son, and on leaving that service
he found himself the owner of just 500.
With this sum he determined to see every
thing that Europe possessed OF interest to
naturalist. He remained abroad seven years.
learned the French and German languages,
and supported as well as instructed himself
by collecting and selling specimens to indi
viduals and museums Extending his wan~
behring's into Central Africa, he was reduced
by sickness to his last dollar. but succeeded
by teaching English to some French officers
in acquiring an amount of money to relieve
his immediate necessities. He resumed col
Letting, and in all subsequent extremities he
held on to certain lots, which, being in
creased through exchanges with other col
lectors and new gatherings in the West
Indies, formed the basis Of the remarkable
cabinet for which the University of Roches>
ter paid him $4,000. He is now in easy
circumstances, and, although engaged in he
most congenial work, has agreed to make
another journey around the world to secure
materials for new work that shall excel
anything of its kind in the United States.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-15
DIGESTION iNTHE HORSE.

The horses stomach has capacity of on
" about sixteen quarts. while that OF the
OK has $50: in the inIestines this proportion
is reversed, the horse having capacity OF
100 quarts against 100 Of the OK. The OK
and most other animals have gall bladder
for the retention Of a part OF the bile secret
ed in the intervals of Digestion; the horse
has none and the bile flows directly into the
intestine as fast as secreted. This construc-
ton of the digestive apparatus indicates
that the horse was formed to eat slowly and
digest continually bulky and innutritious
food When fed on hay it passes very rapid
" through the stomach into the intestine.
The horse can eat but about five pounds OF
hay in an hour, which is charged during
mastication with four times its weight Of
saliva. Now the stomach to digest we'll, will
contain but about ten quarts, and when the
animal eats one third Of his daily ration, or
seven pounds, in one and one half hours he
has swallowed at least two stomachs full OF
hay and saliva-one Of these having passed
into the intestine. Observation has shown
that the food is passed to the intestine by
the stomach in the order in which 1t is res
ceived. Ii we feed horse six quarts of oats
it will lust about fill his stomach, and if, as
s. on as he finishes this, we feed him the
above ration Of seven pounds Of hay, he will
eat sufficient in three quarters OF an hour to
have forced the oats entirely out OF his
stomach into the intestine As il is the Of
fee of the stomach to digest the nitrogenous
parts of the food and as a stomach of oats
contains four or five times as much Of these
as the same amount of hay, il is certain that
either the stomach must secrete the gastric
Juice five time as fast, which is hardly pos
| sIble or it must retain this food hve times
as long. By feeding the oats first II can on
| " be retained long enough for the proper
digestion Of hay consequently It seems logl-
cal when feeding, concentrated food like
oats with bulky one like hey, to feed the
/ lafi.,. first
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-15
HEREDITARY QUALITIES.

There are iiiosyncFa-les 81 management.
4 ri exp rlnent was reported by father up
on hi. son At =. Annes Biarney. Cork The
llttle one was Kept entirly nakel night and
DAT He vas fourteen months old. and
slept without any covering in a room with
the Thermometer at ~ leg.-. from tn. b.
sometimes went to bath Of ] IS legs where
be va occasionally overtaken b. somno-
lence; he sas PERFECTLY Indifferent to heat Or
cold: was lively. active. cheerful and inteili-
gent: BIZ simple natural, easy, graceful
and ever-varTing Pastures were charming.
His skin was exanisiiely healthy and beau
tifnl- He cut his teeth without the usual
di-agreeable accompaniment, and seemed
insensible 10 pain; fall would exiort no
xhimper- While no one would care to imi-
tate his method. the question seriously
arises. whether We do not enervaie our of
spring and ourselves b. pampering pro-
cesses which tend to lessen native force
Burdacn said .iaat heritage had in reali-
tF more power over our constitution and
character than all the influences from with
out whether moral or physical" How
features are handed down, not only through
generations but centuries. The Bourbons
have an aauItine nose and = peculiar form
Of the ear. The imperial house Of Austria .
thick lip derived from Mary Of Burgundy:
and the Two cosmopolitan races, the Hebrews
and the GiTsIts. have distinctive physlog-
nony little modified By amy external cir
cumsiances under WHICH they lire The
.-cn sIdrea Of ;4lkAtsve parents are theta
sekes Io4uacious- Apoplexy. epii~psJ
mental aberraiirn, hemorrhages, special IN
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-15
SCIENCE
DEAD BODIES PRESERVED BY cUANo

The ship John Arice, Captain Morse,
which arrived at New \ ork on the eth inst.
from the South Pacific Ocean. after pass
age OF over LOO days, is now discharging
cargo Of guano at the foot OF Jora. emon
street BROOKLYN. The ship also brought
the dead bodies Of her former captain,
Francis Mehan; his son Clifton, aged 10:
Daniel II, Stetson. aged -, and g. l. Lash
aged T. hese persons were drowned on
the lotn Of September, ls15, while fishing in
the ships boat, and after The bodies were
rescurei they were placed In woo lea boxes
and packed In the guano to preserve them.
The corpes were uncovered last night, and
il VAS found that the experiment had been
very successful, all OF them being in good
state of preservation. They were recotfinei
b. Brooklyn IN Ieriaser. ami will be tor
wardel tomorrow to their relatives In
Maine. Young Lash was natine Of Dams
arlse1tta in tn4t State, and the others were
from IA0aA%f0n
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-15
AFROG BAROMETER.

Out IT the Lafayette PARK Police Station
hey have d weather prop at which ectlp-e-
lice ANA Ak the barometers in the ncigh>
borhood Il j frog ~ thu genus Hgt3
more familiar TO the general realer H. tine
tree .oai Hunt, tine Superintendent of the
Park, w4s mliy abusing hi. barometer one
say TOR mi-lea ling aim. wAen the officer on
title beat. an oli froatiersnan, sail h. would
show til j TRICK H. TOOK glass Jar. and
threw into Ii some stones ani couple III
inches Of water Then he Whitfield out
little woplen Ladder AMI pat ii III the jar
After some lively seranbin- . tree toad
was caught. caucaei In. ami tin top screw
Ell on. The weather Indicator was complete
When it i going 10 be fair weather. that
toad r0osts on tn top rouni of the ladder.
soletnnlF blinking the hours away. From
twelve to fifteen hours before change to
bad weather. 1.-THE General a. thes call
him. begins to climb down, ami hours before
the storm sets In be s4uafs himself on a
stone, and. with his head just above the sur
face ot the water. peers alost al the comm Z
storm. Let the weather b. changeaDle AMI
shifting - .Dli Prob. says. and the toad
goes up AMI down that ladder like a scared
mildly When it il fair AMI the toad roo-i :
alott. his skin i light grayi-h green
black a. the toad goes down the ladder,
becoming aiet- shining black By the time n
reaches the bottom. The fame Of the toad
mas spreai through the Lafayette PARK
neighbour God.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-15
The -Anti-AIonopoliSt.

ness. was told not to 60 to Mere Gobriot's
-she was Wltch-a bag, who lived by her
sell IN tall, soltury house on the road TO
Locnes, kept staghounls and blunlerbuss,
ana dressed like a fisherman Of Minizan.
However. | determined to have an inter
view with Mere Gobrlot She lent money
on pledge ana mortgage, and | used the fact
10 get access 10 her. Truly bag, VINO un-
did chained door and received me with
arms ak moo, twd gaunt. savage hounds
keeping her company She was seventy
years Old, bent, with red hair under d dirty
cap, Wrlnkled face, drealfully peck mark
eu' plio' coat on. '.H nat do you want.
she shrlehed. 81 am a Paris boakseler-I
want TO borrow some money s.W hat secur-
lty? What PLEDGE '.Old books, rare. pre-
cious. Give me names-editions.' Il
nave princeps Vlllon,' said |, on ven-
lure for the nag looked like enc Of our
trade She interrupted me with shrek:
What. Franscois Villon-l4s9s' ..Blessa
exit. Eiito j. Carolo,' | added ..You
lie. she screamed, s'there is but one out
side the Libraries, and | have that, and
Nllion's manuscript, too.'' Il viii give you
a thousand crown for each | said in rap
ture. She grined horribly. My boy, |
will not sell them for million. They are
nay dot-they shall adorn my husband 5
library. Il will marry you for them =
1t Is bargain. Come in-we will seal the
contract with glass Of Bhateau Margau1."
Would you believe it, she had the Villon
ene manuscript, too, and many rarity be
sides, ana would not even unlock the cases
until married her Such life as she led
me. hen married she would not surrender
the precious Nlllon; so | stole it don't men
tloh thIs), and sent 1t TO my beloved Duke
OF Saint Emilion. When the book was
missed my accursed Mn. Goujet grinned a
sardonlc smile, AMI aid: The receiver is
bad as the thief. May curses light upon
BOTH
In month s time from the Dukes receiv>
ing the book lovely family was stricken
with the small pox-irst the Duke. then the
Duchess, then the four child angels. The
Duke survived and the Duchess frightfully
Scared, but the little doves, ali, two died,
and one was blinded for life That bag,
and her book.
detected her reading the news in the
'.Gazette de Loire and chuckling over it.
threw the manuscript volume of Vlllon be
hlnd the fire, to express my execratlon Of
the wretch. s.Fiend," she cried. .sthere
are 10000 francs in notes under that bind
ing Then she fell into commissions, and
afterwards sprngingup, shrieked. Muir
derer OF the infants of Saint Emilion. | will
denounce you. She rushed into the street
and | fled and came here where have been
ever since. DO not know where that wo-
man IS nor whether she is dead or alive.
lady comes to see me once month and
brings me books to read and bon bons. They
call her the Duchess de Saint-Emllion, but
10 not recognize her. She is very kind.
but my Duchess was a lovely woman, and
this ones face is like the map of the -Egean
sea. But don't mention it,
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-15

Examinations, fecundity and longevity are
transmissable. In entire families the sllg ht-
est quantity Of opium acts as vlrulent pol
son. Louis XIV. and his defendants pos
sessed voracious appetltes." s'The ordinary
run Of progeny has about the same mental
capacity as their elders. No man of talent
ever sprung from idiots or interiors. There
were two Pitts and two Foxes. The fam
ily Of lEschylus contained eight poets There
were two Scaligers. two Herschels, two Cole
ridges. two Montesquieus, two Sheridans.
Raphael, Parmigiano, Titan, Vandyke,
were sons Of painters Mozart and Beeth-
oven Inherited their skill Extremes, how
ever, are solitary-they are not often trans
mitted" Gaming, violation OF laws, suicide
and insanity, run down in the blood. The
issue of immature people as well as that OF
the aged is unhealthy. Those who are the
outcome of intemperance have strong I'M
pulse and feeble wills. We are told OF
couple who had three heirs, well organized
and happy in disposition. Previous to the
advent fthe fourth the mother had an un-
comfortable wish for wine and brandy,
which she resisted, until one day, being at a
neighbours house, and seeing a bottle Of ar
dent on the sideboard, she ventured to take
some of it when all were absent from the
room. In process of time the child was born
and at very early age his ante-natal edu-
cation begun to develop itself He would
steal everything he could lay his hands on.
AT twenty he was sot and an inmate Of the
State Prison. subsequently,, seven other
scions were added, well-poised and smart.
Can we blame the exception aud praise the
ba lance9
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-15
The WiFES APPEAL.

Since love, dear lord, lies dead within your
Eyes,
And pity speaks not II a single tone,
And no fond thought makes kind your cruel
touch,
Take a sharp sword and slay me must die.
All. once my heart WAS like the rounded moon
Reflected in still waters it breaks,
Tossed by the Whirling eddies Of despair
Sweet were the days Of youth, and sweeter yet
The golden Summers when your love was
strong,
Before Omaha blossomed into flower,
But hen that brightness came saw your soul
Bend Ike a slender branch bens ath the b d
That, flushed with spring and weary OF far
flight.
Sinks, soft as snow flake, on the rosy world.
Dreams the fair dove among the quiet trees,
Or speeds i'll sunny splendor DER the fields
What life more free and full Of pleasant things!
am a foolish bird whose NOISY nest
Is burned to ashes, and with woun led wing
fit through flaming woods i'll pain and fear.
Is there a shelter in the wi thering world!
Where shall | go What friend can comfort
o, husband, love Or kill me where lie
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-15

fary had refused Mr. Biddulph an extension
Of time III his visit, and he Mr. Onslow)
promised that he should bring this cruel
conduct before the constituents of Mr.. Cross
III Lancashire, in he hope that they would
remember il against him at the next election.
The ciaimau; was III far better health than
they expected to find him: for on the last
visit il looked as if all hope had left him.
\ great change Ter the better had come over
min, and ne was III good health and tran
guile III mind, not only i'll his knowledge Of
MS innocence, but that his friends would
work till he was released There was NO
doubt that at the next general election the
lIcAporne question would be made a nust-
lngs cry, and he believed the result would
be the release OF the claimant
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-15
T!CHSORNE.

Mr. Guildforei uus.ow and Anthony Bid
dulph visited Arthur orion. the Tiehborne
claimant. in nartmoor Prison. the other
ny. and III he evening they addressed a
mali pubic me ting Lord Rivers Was alb
sent. fTum lnaisposittoa. Mr.. biddulra
said he wa> NOR, convinced than ever that
the elimanl WAS his cousin, and IN France
Germany. and America there WAS = con
nrmei belle; tina, = trlxattai miscarriage =
Justice had taken place IN ,ae Tichhor
case Mr. oui!dford 'lnslow said tue ciall
ant. in hsS degradation still retained I
manner OF ,rue-horn gentleman and I
pride If the Tichbornes. The Home Seer
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-15

4 QuEsR CLU6 IN NEVADA.

Matters have been very quiet in the Saz-
erac Lying Club 81 late. bu, a member con>
hdentiaiiy iutorms N that when the boys
get paid III they viii make home howl. "
10 .dsv is pay DAY. ami. Consequently, at
exciting session II the Club may be expected
this evening They expect to initiate a new
member, who i prepared 70 iaAe his solemn
oath that lie saw mau fall 5000 feet down
an incline without touching is sides. top, or
bottom: and tina; when his tellewworkmen
reached him he was lighting his pipe with
his candle. which he had held in his hand.
and which was not extingnlshed during
the descent, The Investigating Committee
reported averahiy on the mans appiica-
ton for admission. because they thought
that wa something ike reasonable lie.
By j ruic ot the Cub no member IS allowed
10 tell i lie which might no; have been true
had saca an occurrence taken place.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-15

two and one half broad, or beetle shape, anu
terminating at the head in a pair OF red ana
very vicious looking eyes and two norny
mandibles of like color and decidedly
snappish appearance 1t has noappearance
of WINGS. Its NEST peculiar feature, how
ever. was a single pair Of spidery legs at
,ached to the lower end of the body. These
a.e ,hont twelve or fourteen inches IN length,
and singularly resemble those Of man in
regard 70 the joints and the fact that II stands
bolt upright upon them The creature 7'r
stands about foot and half high, walks
Win long, crane like strides, and IS ike
nothing 50 much as an immense June Dug
on stills. Its only known food is mice, and
these. when introduced into the large BIRDS
cage that confines it. it seizes with a sudden
dash of its foot or claw, and dlspa1cnes
rnrac innslv
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-15
THE GOOD OF 1T.
nd, love or xiii me where | lie .

When any task my hands essay,
Wherewitn to fill the eager day,
There rises to my thoughts always
The hindering question: whence the need
OF this, thy lightly weighted deed!
Forpgo it-and who taleth heedl
Perform lt-who will praise or blame,
Though it BE- wrought with purest aimi
Done or undone, It's all the same
1t cannot surely mu IA behoove,
II in thy ite's so marrow groove
Thou moyest, OF thou Gocst not move.
Amid the thousand myriad lives
hat overcrowd earth's humming hives,
What matter ii no work survives
If thy small doing?-Who counts, alas
One cricket chipping iii the grass
The less, when stlmmer-time doth pass7
So-keep thy song unwritten; spare
10 spill thy music on the air:
Let be the canvass bare
The world is over-deaved with speech;
And who 50 out OF wisIom's reach,
And yet to lack what thou eAn'st teach!
A Poor, proud reasoning! Shall the spray
Of fern b,si e the boulder gray,
Threaded with morning opals, say
'Whole winged tlocks their nests have made
III Won great cak: Why should my blade
Afford an humble tee its shade.3
Or the light breeze sight. Loud and deep
The noun ain winds through forests sweep;
Must itst rock one roen asleep
Or glo f-worn murnul $50 divine,
So flooding, sQnliIht's moonlight shine
What needs the moth with glean OF minet''
because our music is not keyed
Beethoven wise therefore, indeed,
We scornt to blow our Uateu reed
Because we max not counterpart
The dance aud trance ot Shakes peare 5 art,
Wen stoop to soethe no aching heart
Mock-meekness all' There doth not live
ANY 80 poor. hut they may give
ANY SO rici,, bet may receive.
Withhold the very meag rest dole
Hands can r. TOW, IN part 81 Whole.
And W. li4ay STINT 4 starving soul.
Int then? Il some poor sing Of mine,
should So; prevail IL brp1 the shine
lael1 0'aI out pirit's duli decline,
Md fra M nent >eest 10 fling
4 flash about Its sun-stttlng,
ii think tod granting, lmay sing
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-15
A MAN BUG.

Elsewhere We have noticed what has
been credited A. being the remain. Of q man
with tail etc The latest discovery. and
which may also. for all we know. be another
proxenifer. has been discovered. Il Is re-
corded IN the San Francisco News Letter as
having heen captured Oh the Island Of wi
val some sixty miles south Of Sieinberger ;
Empire II has heen called. and without
scientific consultation. OF course. ..Dug
sharp - man Dug The description j.
- follows.
The creature has boir Of iara green
~asor- hottie Elan yellow ar orange cosored
-s-sss. This i about 6vr iarac- sesg by
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-15

THE VOLT

A violet III tie lii adow stood
Bent low in humble attitude.
And yet Z lovely fioNef.
There came taif young shvleTdess
With her ll-ht foot thu turf 10 press,
And ialey. frse,
It's blossoms o. c.,reas
All. thought the Violet, We're | now
The f;irest lover at earth may show
To grace 4 Iat:Y's bower
That me this lovely maid might break
And u Ael swelling loson take,
Il but. if bllt,
For one short happy hour
As on She passed, that lnaiden fair
Saw not the humble Violet there,
And needless, crushed the flower
But yet IN death it preat ned the cry;
Oh happiness thus crush d to lie
Through her, Trough her,
Thou9 all unknown, die !"
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-15

A centennial incident: An how far
might square be- said patriot stranger
10 patriot driver On . market street car.
'Sure, and il ye Vas PhiindeIrhian like
myself. yoa would kIo~ IL WAS u The next
corner" ..An' il il. thin said the patriot
stranger. ..fxhai Ne New Issskers call >
block An ii -"
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-15

He Was too solemn preacher; he didn't
suit in Nevada The chairman Of the Fare
well Committee expressed it we'll; Aaid he,
wow you can gel. pard. we amt agin re-
ligion ont here. and it rifles Us TO see fell
Ter spilin' IT, Cir
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-15

Fashionable iailor-.I can't help fitting
4 figure like yours, sir aud. I'm willing TO
lore money for the sake Of the advertise
ment, sir. Freshman il delighted and
pays an extortlonate bill without a murmnr.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-15

In Philadelphia they have handkerchiefs
with the Declaration Of independence print
ed on them in French, German, and Eng
fish, 50 that one can now blow his nose in
three languages in the Quaker City.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-15

Some henl il collecting wedding items
ending ~itb--..At the conclusion Of the cere-
mony the happy pair left BY rail for phila
delphia. What grndge has be against the
Centennial, Or the number Of inofensive men
who had thought Of going to see il:
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-15

Another conscientious man Is opposed to
opening the Centennial Exhibition on suns
day. H says Sunday is the only day he
gets time To 90 fishing
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-15

When woman throws brick bat the
great problem seems to be, not how to hit
/ he mark but how to avoid knocking her
brains out with her elbow.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-15

Darwin says tina; animals have no relig-
ious sense, but he probably never observed
the cain, reflective manner in which
chicken will stand on one leg and look up 10
heaven after squeezing through hole in
the fence into the strawberry bel next door.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-15

Maria" said the pious husband chem
wicked Smiths are allowing their children
to play in the yard on sunday. To morrow
III sick the dog On their chickens. The
Judgment Of Heaven must be visited on EN-
In some way.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-15

The Summer buster for gentlemen will
have birds eye view Of the Centennial on
the tail board and map Of Wagners Hymn
on the front
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-15

Mrs. Ira Mead, of Greenwich, who is one
hundred and six years old, says Few peo>
pie die after they get to be a hundred "
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-15

A woman in western city recent y fell
out Of second>story window and struck on
her head She sail she didn't know when
anything had made her mad before.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-15

A gentleman in Danbury Conn, has had
perseverance, enough to take the temper
ance pledge eighty times and break it
eght-two
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-15

Are you professional drummer" said
country merchant 10 chap who was travel
ing through that section with patent tack
hammer. for sale "No, sir, I'm not,
vas the reply. sim only an hammer tour
.alesman9
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-15

a young lady. following Shakespearian
play with The book remarked to her com
panion, 'IIow imperfect these actors are!
None OF them say exit when they go Off"