The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-11-30
The .AnLti-MonOpolist.

able.
So was miserable to put my arms |
around her neck.
'sWhere do you reside, madam p
SIN Indianapolis.
.Have you friends there r.
MANY, SIR"
mo doubt Of it. Allow me to ask do |
you love your husband e
'sDevotedly, sir.
Then you will live with him e
Would be glad Of the chance, SIR
when did you see him last =
81 have never seen him, sir,
Here she again half swallowed her
handkerchief.
"Never seen him! Why, what do
you mean! p
sSir. have you not heard Of tele
graphic wedding"
Julius Caesar - cried 7. ssTell me,
are you Mrs. Kate Leary!'
81 am
AS relaxed, she said. $50 OIL Lati.
mer; knew you from your daguer-
reotype."
I will not prolong this, but merely
remark that Kate is my next to the
Great One Above. have never felt
ashamed Of my Inconsistency, and would
not loose her for the wealth of the
Orient. | ever consider us as bound
together by wire and when asked if
am a married man, always feel like
saying-very.
A Ride Among the Dead and Wounded Ser
vians
The correspondent Of the London
Standard who is with the.Turkish staff,
gives description of the operations
against AlexinatZ. In describing the
field after one of the several engage
ments he says:
Col. Mehmed and were the first and
until now the only ones, who have pen
etrated beyond the haystack on which
the Zeibeck keeps watch; we expected
to be received by some shots, but in
stead of armed foes we found dead en-
emies. First we saw cemetry half
hidden by old lime trees. the graves Of
which had been opened, and skeletons
and purifying corpses lay strewn
about. No Turk had reached this
point, so this desolation and robbing
had been the work of Servians, prob
ably of maruders. A hundred steps fur
Their on we came upon number OF
Servian corpses, most of them in that
early state of decomposition when the
body sWells to an enormous size. Some
of them, however, could have only
been dead for short time. for their
bodies were still warm and unstiffened.
I'D ,n+ nj hot hay ~
two batteries and the cavalry attack
had made on Friday. The defeat of
the Servians must have been much
more severe than we imagined, as the
enemy had left his dead and wounded
| behind, close to the rivers bank. The
poor wounded! what terrible agony
they must have endured, lying among
corpses, and deprived Of all consola-
ton and help. How many groans and
signs must have passed the quiyering
| lips and been lost in the empty air.
Near III adjunct lay two photographs
which must have slipped from his dy-
ing hand one represented the dead
| man. but in the uniform of Russian
major or colonel, and the other a young
woman with fair tresses, 4 prominent
nose and light-colored eyes. The pho
tograps were taken in Moscow on the
back of the mans stood in pencil, Nj
coly karroff. | knew not in what re
lation the woman stood to the officer
but whether wife, sister or betrothed
it is certain his last thoughts were OF
her. Not far from him lay another
officer, his right hand pressed on his
breast, where the splinter of shell
had struck him, and grasping piece
of paper. 4 strong man, he appeared
to have struggled long with death. hi.
face, which had the unmistakable Rus
sian tyne. being distorted with pain
1t was with difficulty that the paper
was removed from his hand. 1t wa:
letter without any date, in cryilit
writing. and evidently from child's
hand. Col. Mehmed, who was once il
the Russian service The Is CircassiaI
from Daghestan, subjected by Russia
more than fifty years ago, and under
stands Russian), translated the lettel
into Turkish and then one Of our cos
sacks. a Pole. who had been brough'
up in France gave me the contents il
French, - follows
DEAREST FArHER-Be good enough, deares
father. To come hack frrm the war Since yog
have Teen away mother weeTs continually
aud she dreams every night shst thou hest IN
der tree. Come tons, dear father, for moth
er has hecafsae 80 pale, and is always crying
am yer. GOOD. ~ that she may not cry still
saeg~, aud when thun su,le~t hack will re
main good and never be naughty AGAIN BIZ
thou must corae son, fAshe-. and kiss moshe
tina. sire may become rri assain and also ks
thy little Manka.
do not know whether It was TIL,
letter. which the dying man probabl,
read again and again. but it is a fact.
seemed To loose all courage. and eve,
on the s!etian. counteliance Of the cello
mel lay shadow
Haw Raneher Saw the Centennial show
ame Of the Nevada ranchers sent hi
: wife East to see the big show In Phil
! adelpfia, and followed in about threp
, months himself. The worthy coupl
i STAYED with their relatives, about t.,