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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-05-04

also written s'Pendennis."
ssNever heard Of these books" sale
the learned man; ''but no doubt they
are proper works"
II have also contributed to Punch,
continued the lecturer.
"Punch! I have heard of Punch, !" saiG
the scholar; it is fear ribald publica'
ton Of some kind"
SALE OF THE BOSTON PILOT.
The following letter of Mr.. Patrick
Donahoe's was to have appeared in ou1
last issue but was left out through mis-
take. Mr.. Donahoe, in mis- reverse of
fortune, should command the sympathy
O. his countrymen.
TO THE PATRONS OF THE PILOT.
BosToN, April 18, 1876.
s.For a period of nearly forty years,
have been associated with you. My
course and my misfortunes are so well
known, to the Irish in America. thatthey
need no statement. The great fires in
Boston swept away my property, and
following this loss came unfortunate en-
dorsements to large amount. l was
obliged to yield, after years of trial,
to the inevitable fate of all who try to
carry too great load. When / saw
that failure had come, / placed all my
property in the hands OF my creditors.
The deepest sorrow felt was for those
poor people who had deposited their
money in my keeping. This money was
taken when believed / was perfectly
safe, and could weather any storm.
"Ihe Pilot newspaper, the chief part
Of my property. was in the market for
sale. It has been purchased by the most
Rev. Archbishop OF Boston and Mr.. John
Boyle o'Reilly, who have my hearty!good
will in the purchase.
1T gratifies me beyond expression to
know that these gentlemen intend, should
The Pilot continue in its old success, to
pay my debt to the poor depositors.
'No words can express the gratitude ]
feel toward the Most Rev. Archbishop
for this extraordinary act of generosity,
which will save my name from reproach.
ITO Mr.. John Boyle O'Reilly is also
due the heartful gratitude of myself and
family for his untiring efforts in my be-
half since misfortune tell upon me.
Il sincerely trust that my fellow Cath
olics OF every Nationality, Throughout
the United States, Canada, ireland, ant
elsewhere, will rally to the support 0
The Pilot, tor its own excellence as
journal. tor the sake OF the poor depos
itors, and for the sake of my good name
which will be saved by The Pilot'ssuccess
BY doing so, the Catholic public will en-
able my benefactors to carry out thei
generous intentions-in which will co
operate rs long as live.
Your faithful servant.
| PATRICK DONAHOE."
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THE WEAPONS OF THE ATHEISTS USED
AGAINST THEM.

Henry William Crosskey, F. G: S. in
his recent. sermon before the British
Association, in Bristol, En gland, has
this remarkable passage: The tendency
Of philosophical materialism is not to
sceptecism, but to idealism. The reso-
luton OF matter into force, and the at :
tribution to force OF these mighty quail
tiles connected with ordered intellectual
action, render the phenomena of the
universe the manifestation fan authori-
ty possessed Of every characteristic the
christian ascri,es to his God. In the at
tempt to reduce spirit to matter mat
ter is itself tIanstigured and becomes
shirt
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Stair OF MINNESOTA,
I1kpARruEar NJ INSURANCE

]
WHEREAs, Tie Union Mutual Lii. Insurance
Company, . corporation organized under ,:se
laws Of toe State Of Minnesota, has ti-d III this
department 4 sworn statement exhibiting It's
condition and business Tor The year ending
December 3lst, lo75, from which il appears
that the cap.tai, the character of the securities
and the financial standing oil said company,
conform to the requirements III the laws ~ this
stats regulating the business III insurance.
AND WHEREAS, said oompan has July COM
piled with all III. requirements Ut ia. inst
rance laws aforesaid.
Now THsksFoKs, I, A. K. MeGill, Insurance
Commissioner OF the Stat. u: Minnesota, p.i--
suant 70 the provisivls Vi sail aw, 10 is,-i.t y
certify that tine above na.n-d company ii ii..y
empowered, through it, authoriz ager4.e, ~
transact its appropriate business q Lsfe ii-A-
rance in tais state, accnraiug - the laws tiefs-
Of, until the siss DAY Of January, A. Il is75
In testimony whereof, have h.rennto ~ mr.
hand and affixed my oficia. seal tins l.tii
day of March 1915.
4. X. McHsLL,
lftsuTa1cs. Cor mrsiea.f.
STUDDART b SCHEPFRR, Agents
81 81
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A Nav Idea.

DUDLEY BROTHERS, booksellers. St. Paul,
have just received a large assortment OF wall
papers, borders and window screens, which
they Offer very low. Wall paper trimmed free.
Remember the place, --Dud.sy's Bookstore, 5
East Ord street, just below the bridge.
90.3m
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TWO OF rHAcksRAy's ANECDOTES

TWO OF THAck5RAy'S ANECDOTES
AS set-otfs to his own exalted view OF
his profession. Thackeray used to tell
some good stories OF the frequent ah-
sence Of its proper recognition both in
and GU, Of society. 'Who is that lively
fellow p asked gentleman OF his
neighhor, ut a public dinner in the North,
when Thackeray left the room. "Oh!
that Is Thackeray. the author"
..lndeed'H responded the other; Il
thought he was gentleman Thack-
erly's first introduction to scholastic OK
tord is y better story and better known.
1t will bear repetition. Before he could
deliver his lecture on The Georges" at
Oxford it was necessary to obtain the Ii
ccnse OF the collegiate authorities. The
Duke ot Wellingtoniwas Chancellor, aud
knew the author OF Vanity Fair but
he had \ learned deputy whose knowl-
edge Of Greek was possibly profound,
but whose acquaintance with English
classics was only limited.
Pray what can | do to serve yonp'
asked the bland scholar.
MY name is Thackeray."
so see BY this card
Il seek permission 10 lecture within
the precincts"
..Ah, you are u lecturer? What subject
do yen uadertake-reiiglous or polite
alp"
Neither. anu literary mat"
Have YOU written anythinc?'
Yes, lam tAe author OF .sVanits Fair.
said Thackcray. conscious. no doubt, o
having done something worthy Of re-
mealhrance.
II presume q dissenser." said the Ok
ford man, gnite unsubdned. Has Van
ity Fair anything to do with John Hun
vans work?r
Not exactly saidiThacieray. | hav,
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8. ASSETS. As PEE LEDGER
Cost value Of real estate excln-
sive OF all membranes, Is
yer schedule A. - -. -
Loans on bonds AMI mortgage
FIRST liens) on real estate, -
pr schedule 3, - 80 49,
Loans secured by pledge Of
bonds, stocks, or other market
able coll&teFals, - pr sched-
ule Co., -. -.---- .~---- o.
Loans made in cash to policy
holders on this companya
policies assigned = co(lateral
the reserve and the amount
baned on each policy vt forth
in schedule d, - - -.--
Premium nolek, loans, Or liens
on policies il force, The ~
seyve on each policy t,sing In
excess OF I'll indeb.ednezs
thereon 49, --.-.-- 49, -.
Cost value Of bonds and ssocin
Owned absolutely, = PEI
schedule B. - ...-..
Cash in company's once ---.-
Cash deposited in banks. 1880
Bills receivable -.--- - -.-
Agents ledger balances -. -
Total MT or ledger assets, T. PEI
balance on page i ---.-- =
Toeal M Or ledger assets, -
depreciation, 1880 ------ -
OTEH1 AEGE1S.
Interest due, &966, - % and
accrued, ai4. 2i2 on Bonds
Interest due. and accrued, On
Bonds aud Stocks, - .---
Interest due, and aecrus6, o.
CollsAe1al toan1, 1850 J. -
lnaaese due, md acaDs6, =
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Premium Notes, Loans {

Liens, -. -. 5s,4a4.oo
Market value Of Real Estate over
cost. as per Schedule A, 49,. $1,000 co
Market value OF Bonds and
Schedule E.. -. ......... =. s,Ses.o0
Gross premiums
due and unre-
ported on policies
in force Deem
Der 81, !875..... S 3l5, o6a So
Total ........... s 3l5, 263 IS
Deduct the loading
on the gross
above premium 20
per Ct ...... -. $50 ,O53.58
Net amount Of uncollect-d and
deferred premiums, -. ~. %, elo.so
TOTAL assets as per the books Of
the company -. -. ..... e,s1s, SO
ITEMS NOT Admitted.
Agents balances 1886. SO
Bills receivable. 74,o49.45
Total -. :. ..........s 1886. o.
Tota assets QeSs items not admit
ted) =. ............. 9,l5s, 6es. 81
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UNION MUTUAL
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
MAINE,

MAINE.
PRINCIPAL OFFICE, BOSTON, MASS.
(Organized aud commenced business October
LIST, l849.1
HENRY S. WASHBURN, President.
WHITNEY H. HOLLlSTER, Secretary.
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THE KIND or VEN NEEDED.

Extract from an article in the N. Y.
Evening Post:
Why cannot our parties present US
such names-names that, even under de-
feat, their adversaries would still be able
to honor? Why are we compelled to pat
up with miserable third and fonrth rate
creatures like Hendricks, Morton, Conk-
ling and the rest, when it is 50 easy to
find their superiors? Are the affairs OF
this great people. forty millions in num-
Der, already among the most advanced
nations of The civilized world, and ad-
vancing, five guide our steps Alright, to
still lottier realizations OF national great
ness, so insignificant that they can be
left 10 hands which few of US ever heard
of in any good connection, and which
we should not choose. il we had the
choosing, to control q railroad or 4 life
insurance company? Must we always
submit to the machinery which grinds
out, not the best, but most frequently the
worst, ingredients OF the hopper? Shall
we take the chaff when the pure wheat
is at hand? Shall we have representa-.
tives In place, who represent our intelli-
gencc, our enterprise, our morality and
the things which make US great, or shall
we have representatives who represent
our trickery, our selli,hness, our mean
ness, and the things which make us lit
tie? 1t is for the people to say, and they
can speak decisive word il they will.
A SHARP LETTER OF JOHN HANCOCK.
Among my autographs of the first
great .'signer" of the Declaration Of In
dependence is the draft OF q cutting let
ter written bv Hancock, while Governor
Of Massachusetts in l772 and addressed to
the officer in command at Castle Island,
requiring the commander Of two Eng
lish vessels then in Bosom Harbor to
take down their English colors. The
letter reads as follows:
''RoXbury, August II, 1882.
"Sir: AS passed up and down the
harbor Yesterday observed that the two
charted ships from England were riding
at anchor opposite the Castle with their
English colors displayed. You will
Immediately upon receipt OF this, send on
board those ships to inform the Com
manders it is my positive order that they
directly strike their English colors, and
that they do not, on any pretence what
ever. show English colors again during
their continuance in tnis harbor; AMI you
will in future be particularly attentive to
prevent the like conduct in any com.
raander whose vessel is under you,
care.
IL am, sir, your hunt serv't J.. ii.
The white flag denoting their stua-
ton is to be kept lying nigh, and day
10 Colonel Burbeck, as officer com.
manding at castle Island"
AT the date OF Governor Hancock.
letter, negotiations for treaty OF peace
with the unconditional acknowledgment
of American Independence were rapidly
progressing, and six months atterwar,
the American flag ,riumphantly fioa.et
in the English waters. Peter Val
Setback wrote from London. 10Th Feb
ruary 1888: zone OF two vessels Will
the thirteen stripes flying arc now in tn
river Thames, and their crews caressed
TWO OF TAAck5RAy'S ANECDOTES
As Spt-0ffS to his own exalted view q
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l. INCOME, 1875.
Cash received for
premiums lex
cept as per line
g., without de-
auctions for
commissions or
other expenses 81 ,449. 424 80
Premium Notes
Loans, or Liens
taken in part
payment for pre-
NUNS, Except
as per line a., $50, 2es67
Premiums paid by
dividends, in
GLIDING recon
verted additions,
by surrendered
policies -. ~ e6,687.s5
Total -. -. $l,876, 41l.82
Total premium income -. 5 1,876, All. 80
Cash received for interest upon
Mortgage Loans, $500. .... soc. $50. 63
Cash received for Interest on
Bonds owned, and dividends
on Stock, -. -. -. -. l2.s33.7s
Cash received for Interest on pre-
MUM notes, loans, or liens, :. 16s, 1927. ~
Cash received for interest on 9TH
er debts due the Company -. 1896. l6
Cash received as discount on
claims paid in advance. $3.50. $50. SO
Cash received for rents for use of
company's property =. ..... %, 32l .O6
Cash received for profits on
bonds, stock, or gold actually
sold .......... 49,. $3.50. 6,l6269
Total income $500. -. -. S 2,402, 1853 81
Total 800. - 1O,4OO 873 SO
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4. LIABILITIES.

f.
Net present value Of
all the outstand-
ing policies in
force ON the 3lst
day Of Dec. 1875,
computed accord
ing to the COM
bineu experience
table Of mortality
with per ct. in
tesest 49,. -. 81 IS, $500
Net reinsurance reserve, ...... 8 7,ISo $3.50
Claims for death
losses and matur-
ed endowments
in process OF ad-
justmtnt, or ad-
iusted and not due i42, 6O0.0C
Total Policy claims ...... -. s 142,6UOOO
Total liabilities. -. ........ 1879, 47e0O
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BUSINESS IN MINNESOTA DURING 1875.
N umD.r and amount Of policies
on he liv,s OF citizens of Min
n.sOta in force Dec. 3lst OF
the previous year; No. H.. "A, 100, 90
Number and amount OF policies
on the lives Of citizens OK Min
nesota issued during the Year
No. "a $3.50. -. lUu,07b.U,
Total -. ...... ...... pa, 21b 10
Amount Oh losses and claims OIL
policies in Minnesota unpaid
Dec. 81 Of previous year No. |. 2,00u.0U
Amount OF losses and claims on
policies in Minnesota incurred
during the year No. l..... 100000
Total No. o.. -. 80. ..... 1900 VI
Other obligations excepting In
surance deposit notes; Insu-
rance premiums collected in
Minnesota in 1916; Total ~. 3,.s7 ~
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-01-08

ty-four hours is all that can be taken
care of by many weak stomachs, and
more than this is an excess, and in
duces headache, nausea and distress.
If dinners were abandoned, and espe-
call late and heavy dinners, myriads
Of dyspeptics would be cured. But
under the exigencies of city life, a
late dinner cannot well be avoided.
This need not be the tremendous
meal it is customary to make it, if
the break fast be substantial and nu-
tritious, and not thing of Stops and
biscuits, as it too often is.-Halrs
JOuxadl of Hralth.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-01-08
How to- Entertain Guests.

Emerson says: 81 pray you, o ex-
cellent wife, not to cumber yourself
and me to get rich dinner for this
man or this woman who has alighted
at our gate, nor bcd-chambcr made
ready at too great a cost. These
thiHes, if they are curious in, they
can get for Il dollar at any village.
But let this stranger see, ifhe will
in your looks, in your accent and be-
haviour, your heart and earnestncss,
your thought and will, what he can
not buy at any price, in any village
or city, and which he may well travel
fifty miles, and dine sparely, and
sleep hard, in order to behold.
Certainly, let the board be spread
and the bed be dressed for the travel
er; but let not the emphasis of hos
pitality be in these things.
Honor to the house where thew are
simple to the verge of hardship, so
that the intellect is awake and sees
the laws of the universe, the soul
worships truth and love, honor and
courtesy flows into all deeds"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-01-08
Hearty Breakfasts.

In a large ma ority of cases it will
be found that the best and hcarticst
meal of the day should be eaten in
the morning. If the closing rcpast
of the day has not been eaten too late,
or has not been excessive in quantity
or indigestible in quality, the stom-
ach will be rested and active in the
morning after the individual has en-
joyed cool bath. The stomach will
then respond quickly with the ncces-
sary gastric juice for the solution OF
food, and, if a fair amount of exercise
is taken during during the day, Il
large mass of food will be assimilatcd
and converted into blood and tissue.
With good, substantial breakfast,
no great amount of food will be re-
quired during the remainder of the
day. One further meal will be am
pie, and that might better be taken
at from two to three o'clock in the
afternoon than at any later period, il
business engagements only permit
ted it.
The breakfast may be made from
any kind of wholesome food, and the
fewer kinds the better. The Dime,
should be light and a strong appetite
and perfect powers of digestion next
day. If hunger comes, bowl OF
sweet milk and well.cooked mush OF
Indian meal, or other unboltcd grain
will allay it, and will digest quickly
One "sauare meal" in every TWEEN
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-01-08
Court Terms.

The following are the times for
holding terms of the District Court
throughout the territory, as arranged
by the last Legislature:
The Supreme Court will convene
in Olympia, the I'd Monday of July
of each year, and the several District
Courts as follows:
Stcilacoom, the I'd Monday of
January and Ist Monday of August.
Seattle, the 4th Monday of January
and the sd Monday of August.
Port Townsend, the 18th Monday
of February and the ed Monday OF
September.
Vancouver, the sd Monday OF
March and the sd Monday of No
vcmbcr.
Olympia, the rst Monday of April
;pd the first Monday of December
Walla Walla, the Ist Monday OF
May and the sd Monday of October
Colfax, the Ist Monday of June
Kalama, the 9TH Monday in Jrne
and the Ist Monday in January.
Yakima, the Ist Monday in Octo-
Der.
THE Boston Saturday Evening
Gazette says that young lady asked
of the poet Whittier his autograph,
one day last week, and he responded
by return of mail with the following
lines:
Our lives are albums, written through
With good or i'll, with false or true;
And as thcblesser angels turn
The pages of our years,
God grant they read the good with smiles
And blot the i'll with tears"
, 1876-11-03

MARRYING IN HAsTH.-In marrying,
make your own match; do not marry
any man to get rid Of him, or to oblige
him, or to save him. The men who
would go to destruction without you
would quite as likely go with you, and
perhaps drag you along. Do not marry
in haste lest you repent at leisure. Do
not marry for home and living, when
by taking care Of your health you can
be strong enough to earn your own liy-
ing. Do not place yourself habitually
in the society of any suitor until you
have decided the question of marriage;
human wills are weak, and people often
become bewildered and do not know
their error until it is too late. Get away
from their influence, settle your head,
and make up your mind alone. A prom
ise may be made in q moment of sym
pathy, or even half delirious ecstasy,
which must be redeemed through years
Of sorrow and pain. Do not rush
thoughtlessly, hastily, into welded life,
contrary to the counsel of your best
friends. Love can wait; that which can
not wait is something of very differ
ent character.
, 1876-11-03

DIscovERIEs AT PoMPEu.-A cores
pondent of the London Times, writing
from Rome, says: can important discoy-
cry has just been made at Pompeii. It
consists of a number of objects of gold
and silver, and close othem the carbon
lied skeletons of two men, who would
seem to have been borne down in the
storm of ashes while endeayoring to
escape with their valuables or plunder.
Among the things found are eight rings,
sixpieces Of money, two pairs of earrings,
one single earring, two large armlets,
each ornamented with thirteen pairs Of
half globes, with little shells upon
them, held together by chainwork, and
q necklace also of chainwork, all OF
gold silver ring, 332 pieces Of silver
money, a casserole Of the same material.
broken in pieces, and three large bronze
coins"
, 1876-11-03

Plum BUTTER.-Mrs. NJ. B. h, Co.
leta, California, writes to the Inter
Ocean the following recipe for plum
butter: Look over the plums, dis
carding the bad ones; then wash them.
Put them in either a tin or porcelain
vessel, and pour in hot water to cover
them, but leave out the soda. Boil un-
til the skins crack; drain off, and meas
ure the water; put it in q tin pan or
porcelain kettle, with pound of white
sugar to every pint Of plum water; boil
and try it until it jells. 1 sometimes
put in little lemon extract while hot
You will find you have the clearest
incest jelly YOU ever saw, and the easiest
made. While the jelly is boiling. If
you have time-but don't neglect your
jelly, and let it burn or boil over. Won
can rub the plums through a colander
for your butter" !. =
, 1876-11-03

EFFECT OF TEA oNSKN.-H you drop
few drops of strong tea upon a piece
of iron, knife blade for instance, the
tannate of iron is formed, which is black.
II you mix with iron filings or pulver-
lied iron, you can make fair article Of
ink. If you mix with fresh human
blood, it forms with the iron of the
blood the tannate of iron. Take hu-
man skin and let it soak for time in
strong tea and it will become leather.
Now when we remember that the liquids
which enter the stomach are rapidly
absorbed by the veins and absorbents
of the stomach, and enter into the cir
culation and are thrown out of the sys-
tenn by the skin. respiration and kid
neys, It is probable that drink so COM
mon as tea, and so abundantly used,
will have some effect. Can it be posi-
BILE that tannin, introduced with so
much liquid-producing Precipitation.
will have no effect on the skin? Look
at the tea drinkers Of Russia, the Chi
nese, and the old women of America,
who have so long continued the habit
Of drinking strong tea. Are they
not dark-colored and leather-skinned
When young they were fair-complex-
ioned.
, 1876-11-03
A Fools Wisdom.

At Paris, in the house of Peti-Chaste-
let, before the cook-shop of one Of the
roast-meat sellers, certain hungry por-
ter was eating his bread in the steam OF
the roast meat, and found it. so sea-
soned, extremely savory. The cook
took no notice. At last, when all the
bread was devoured, the cook seized
him by the collar, and wanted him to
pay for the smell of the meat. The
porter said that he sustained no loss
at all. that he had taken nothing of his,
and that he owed him nothing. AS for
the smell i'll question, it had been steam
ing out into the street, and in this way
was wasted such thing as selling the
smell of roast meat in the street had
never been heard of in Paris. The
cook replied that the smell Of his meat
was not intended to feed perters, and
swore if he did not pay he would take
away his truck. The porter seized his
cudgel and prepared to defend himself.
The alteration became serious. The
idle people of Paris ran together from
all parts to witness the dispute. Thither,
apropos, came Seigni Joan, the fool, a
citizen of Paris. Seeing him, the cook
said to the porter:
"Shall we refer our differences to the
noble Seigni Joan?"
agreed" replied the porter.
Then Seigni Joan, having heard the
cause of their quarrel. commanded the
porter to take a piece of money from
his belt. The porter put q Philippus in
his hand. Seigni Joan took it and put
~, La IL ne &c kO fV-u 1fo
weight then made it ring ON the palm
of his left hand, as if to hear if it was
good then placed it close to his right
eye, as if to see if it was properly
stamped.
While all this was done, the idle peo-
pie waited in profound silence, the cook
in steady expectation and the porter in
despair. At last he made it ring on the
counter several times. Then holding
his bauble in his hand as if it was a
sceptre, and mufiing his head in hood
of martin skins, each of which resem-
bled an apes face, first coughing two
or three times, he said in q loud voice :
"The court decides that the porter
who has eaten his bread in the fumes Of
the roast meat, has paid the cook, ac-
cording to law, with the sound OF his
money. The said court ordains that
each retire to his own house without
costs"
And tlis sentence of the Partisan fool
appeared so equitable, in fact, so admi-
rable to the people, that they doubted
whether, if the matter had been brought
before the Parliament of said place to
be decided, it would have been settled
more justly.