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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-08-24
A WOMAN AFTER ALL

Take of that hideous bonnet, Dorothy.
wan, to see your sweet little face without
it,
"Thou should,t not speak 20, Charles. II
is very wrong"
"Why. little Dorothy! Tell me Why"
Thou knowess favor is ,ieceitful and
beauty vain. We ought to bear testimony
against the vanity ofpersonal looks :,
.Ought We. Then tell me Why it pleased
Providence to make you so beautiful my
small cousin.''
..Hush, Charles. will not permit thee
to speak to mc in this manner.
And Dorothy Hicks, the little QuAksress
put on the gravest air. and ssruggied sah-
autly to turn the corners Of her mouth down
when they wanted to turn up.
.Dou't look 90 serious. little girl. You
nos;l;yelv alarm me-" And Charles May
nard burst into hearty laugh that echoed
through the poplar old trees IN the sarden-
| Nov tell me. Dorthy-I insist upoa
knevinr. and a : member Of your family |
have the right to be informed-are you go
ing to marry Broadbrim:
| ..rrieud Ephraim is An estimable man.
Charlie; thou must not SPEAK o. M"
thus
/! .Look, Dorothy. There he is; will quote
no proverbs, but the rim Of his hat JUST
turned the corner = spoke. Now don''
look IS if you intended 70 50 back 70 inc
house. for your are not going IAseu you
= secret, When | Was down BY the river
this morning found boat with tempting
pair o. oars lying in it. and made up q!
mind that Dorothy HICKS and her wicked,
worldly cousin from the popalous city O.
New York were going for row IA taa'
very boat this evening"
IL i neighbor Haneoek's boat"
s.He will let NJ have IL !"
.Yea Bat, Caasis. fear that i = ~
iusy-
mo, u isn't Ioa knsw yca 3sat -
I lie spead this lovely eveaing j. - Aoss'
! stsrsai.ise Bssa1brin. - - 49, g :.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-08-24

lid to any great extent in determining the
highest chronological limit Of Inhabited
Egypt. The Egyptian belongs, after al, =
the more recent race Of men. and has Moth
ing to distinguish his first appearance On the
earth's crust from races actually existing.
There is no trace Of evolution or develop
ment. Even the earliest monuments exhibit
some Of the finest art, and there is no evil
dence Of primeval savage race inhabiting
the banks Of the Nile and
plains Of the Delta gradually ascending in
the scale Of civilization In the investiga>
tons made into this history nothing he's
been too insignificant for notfce Il is@no
history compiled from papyri or literary doe
uments alone. A portion Of i il inscribed
on the walls Of thecourts Of EgYplaia ten
pies, or on the sides Of the propyla, the
the gates or doors Of which were the trium-
phal arches Of Egypt. Here the hierogly>
phic details Of war are blended with ssslp-
lures representing the incidents Of Egyptain
campaigns. the list Of vanqnished countries
and conquered cities. The eldest 81 Al
treaties copied on the wallis Of the court st
Karnak remains long after the original on
graved on aplate Of silver. has forever dis
appeared in tho crucible Of time. Yet even
these are secondary in Importance g 'tAat
research which has opened every tomb; end
joined the broken clew Of history from con-
temporaneous monument, inaccessible 70
the Egyptian, and unintelligible to the Greek
historians Of the country. Criticism Il this
respect has supplanted tradition. Not eAly
rocks and metals, however, but the Nest
fragile Of al materials. papyrus, has sha6a-
ed down details Of Egyptian history. About
1900 rolls and fragments have been dIaeAv-
or d aud preserved. Unfornately. the Twin
papyrus, the conon Of history. or lists ~
the King with their succession. years,
months. and days Of reign. and, in some
instances, the duration oftheir life, has enly
escaped the ravages Of time il tattesds and
it is impossible to patch them togsther
II is supposed to he system compiled YS@m
all extant and contemporaneous sout0es
representing the idea Of the date 9th,
world ~ known to the Egyptains. Nue.
difficulty exists Of reconciling these Dat
with synchronistic history. Still, Il i
wonderful how many cf the important sue
lines Of Egyptian history have been di.oov
cred great deal stiu remains to be dent
to fill up defective portions, for tho snhjec
is by no means exhausted Fresh IN
younger students would find = new and q
tractive inquiry Of novel kind to rewar
the efforts Of research. III #8 stiF3s
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-08-24

Prof. Bells other Improvement, namely,
the transmission of the human voice. has
become SO far perfected that persons have
conyersed over loo miles Of wire with
perfect ease, although as yet the vocal
sounds are not loud enough to be heard BY
more than one or two persons. But if the
human voice can now be sent over the WIRE
and 50 distinctly that when two Or three
known parties are telegraphing. the voices
of each can be recognized, We may have dls-
|tinguished men delivering speeches in wash
tington, New York, or London, and aud!en>
ces assembled in Music Hall or Fanueil to
listen
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-08-24

The British energy that is planting and
mining in Virginia and some other southern =
States. is exploring Chatham county, n. e.,
fer copper, silver and gold ores, and mas On
agent there who says there is more gold io
North Carolina than =, aAlifornia that the
mines are deeper richer 1t the great
depth that five or six miles area in Mont
gomery county would pay the national debt
and all the mines viii pay @25 per ton. Al
the agent is drilling the State and examin'
ing it carefully, we may expect an IN
creased product Of the precious metals there
soon, and new courage among the people
mmediately.-NorM American.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-08-24
POETRY.
THE NIGHT WIND.
II THOMAS DAILY ALDRIC1.

At a lonely inn among the pines
I sit alone in the irelights glow,
Losing myself in the blackiog's mines,
And hearing the night wind come and 60.
And now it threatens, and now it grieves,
Pleads ct the Intel or slams blind;
how it prowls, sullen, about the caves
This pr0tean, bitter Autumn wind.
Fieroely it swoops on the doorsids yew,
Il vultule drops upon its prey;
And now in the throat Of the sooty hue,
I.hear it howl like q beast At bay.
Now it fliea shrieking across the downs,
And now, like ghost it whispers to me
Of people starving to death i'll towns,
And Of wrecks thousand leagues at sea!
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-08-24
LITERARY
AN EPISODE OF PRISON LIFE.
A War Lesson in Arson-A Gallant Deed
Leads to a Life OF Crime.

A War Lesson in Arson-A Gallant Deed
Leads to Life OF Crime
or the many strange scenes ofprison life
faw ara known 10 the outer world. save
whore tho principal characters are noted
criminals. and the following sketch Of boy
urrisouer, brought cut BY IN ofhciaI visit
OF . Massachusetts, Sentator to the oia o:sr'
lestovn prison, is now recorded for the 0rss
tine:
While passing through one Of the work
shops says the Senator. the omoer called my
s,tsu.ion to a bright eyed. fair haired ooy'
who looked as out Of place within the
prison walls a. did the canary bird that
Dickens fancy perched on the finger OF h.a
eru6 and threatening Boyihorn. There
vas something very striking IN the lnaecen''
boyish face, when coutrastel with the sur
rouad,ugs, aud wondered what could have
brought the boy there. When we had passed
into another room the officer told me tbs
ssery Of the sad and strange Imprisonment
Al one time during the war. said the ON
oer. was in command Of Massachusetts
regiment in the army Of the Southwest,
while driving the Canfeslerates toward thu
Gulf the two armies were often brought in
70 close quarters. AMI At twilight, on thu
eve Of certain engagement. We found our
selves encamped iu . grove from which ~
could see the camp ires Of Southern reg'-
men, burning brightly. psrhaps "'ls ant
ene>half in advance.
Between the two encampmeno Vas ~
spen plain, and on the margin Of the grow
sielter,ns the Southern troops Was an o''
harm. from which the sharpsnoosers Of tn
enemy fred With telling effect upon our out
posts. With the clossng-ia Of the evening
the light OF our camp -6res shining mere an
there IN the dark grove served 70 impros
the human .age.s OF The saarpsooo'ef'
whom We tried in vain 70 distodxe. ou
artillery had not YET come up, anl oeoan'
their wcclen covering our dlsturoers wef
comparatively safe 50 far - our SPringne''
uaskets were concerned
AZ The danger increased with the iignsia
M 81 our camp. aud ~ all other rsserts ~
fsilca. | sent word sarOagh the REFUSES
,.kine FOR volunteers ~ IRE the basldini
re word had barely lefh head qsarsea
vhee little drammer>boy appeared . =
lent. aad, witAa graceful sAless. a.hsd q
ooull Is Of ~ service e ne. ~ 80
bright little fsllsNs - snaA - - 49,
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-08-24
THE LATEST WONDER.

The readers Of the Traveller have been
made acquainted with the wonderful inven-
ton Of Prof. Bell, BY which musical and 70
cal sounds can be adj have been sent over
the electric wires, but few nany are aware
of the wonderful results which are sure to
70 low these improvements in telegraphy.
A few nights ago Prof. Bell was in commu-
nication with telegraphic opeator in New
York, and commenced experimenting with
one Of his inventions pertaining to the
Transmission Of musical sounds ne made
use Of his phonetic organ and piayed ne
tune Of America and asked the operator
in New York what he had heard.
II hear the tune Of America, replied
New York t'give us another"
Prof. Bell, then played "Auld Lang
syne."
..What do you hear now p
II hear the tune Of Aud Lang Syne
With the full chorus, distinctly replied
New York.
Thus, the astounding discovery has beer
| made that . man can play upon musical In
struments in New York, New Orleans, O
Paris, and be heard Distinctly in Boston !
this can be done, Why cannot distinguishes
per formers execute the most artistic ans
beautiful music in Paris, and IN audience
assemble in Music Hall, Boston to listen!
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-08-24
SctENcE+

In the Himalayas trees grow at the height
Of II, 800 feet, and there are often forests
Just below this line. In the Andes the
orowhth Of trees ends ct IL, 100 feet, in the
Alps il ends on an average at 8. 400 feet; pat
it is stated that specimens Of trees are found
above 1000 feet. In the Himalayas there
is no grass vegetation above 15,4OO feet. PIT
the pasture grounds in Thibet are known TO
extend over IN elevation Of. from l0.OOO 70
Il. $50 feet.-Statistieal Repo rter.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-08-24

and the sweet lips whisper s.Charies."
Onlysa single word, but it decides her
life. II moment she is in her lovers arm 9
and for the secong time that night uncon~
scious.
The nobler man Of the two goes UNDECIDED
out into the storm to conquer his heartache
alone.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-08-24

Recumbcnt Bison il the classic name o.
|. tia military gentleman who heads the 6is.x
Is rebellion. -Enquirer. No. The claesac
name il Sedensary Taurus.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-08-24

Accommodating friend with nifty dol
lar note is IN cx-L>lent way ofgetting RID
Of money.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-08-24

There il always one particularly sctive
and noisy ~ these mornings that makes =
his .sasiness to call fellow up for bis break
fast the dy.s breakfast, We mean.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-08-24

sMadam." said gentleman 70 BIZ vile,
lei me tell you facts are very stubosea
things "what . fact Jon mus -
ouoth the lady.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-08-24

A thief in Evansville, Indians, stole III
contribution box out Of church. He evi'
IDENTIFY went there to prey.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-08-24

writerin the Scientific american ask,
..why are We right landed!" And - 49,
meet il never occurred to him that y y -
cause Ne are not left handed.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-08-24

II shall follow her soon" said sad-eyed
man nj the grave Of his wife. Withia
month he was following another woman.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-08-24

The nation that produces the most mar
riages is fascinatiop.-Ex. And perhaps
the nation that produces the most divorces
is alienation.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-08-24

A Georgia man is suing another for 80
cents dspage to his nose. Not much
scents nthat,
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-08-24

afternoon, being sensible to The last. 4
verdict was returned that the deceased died
from hydrophobia through being bitten by :
cat.-Liverpool AlbioH. %
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-08-24

Ii was rather personal in Cs'ifornis
newspaper man to chronicle the purchase o.
o mule BY brother editor ~ - remarkable
instance or self. possession. g4
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-08-24

Why may tipsy man fall into the river
with impunity? Because he won't drowa as
long as his head swims.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-08-24

How cool and nice il would be to fall
down a well !-Defrou Free Press. Previ-
ded you did not kick 'he bucket.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-08-24

II would be better foriproof readers. Il oil
the Turkish generals were named Smith.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-08-24

Charles Lamb. when speaking Of 90 q
his rides on horseback. remarked tbst sseSi
u once his horse stopped, but he kept FsGss
On -
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-08-24

A wag. noted for bis brevity, writes = 2
frieud 10 bs careful II the selection q hls
diet. He says ..Don't eat Q-cumOsfs; tsey'i'
W-up."
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-08-24

There is great falling-of Of little beys
who try to ride on the end Of street oar
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-08-24

Deception ono cannot see through-A
glass eye.
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Mtr ANN HuM0R.
/. DONNELLY. Jr.. Editor
The baby's little game-Bawl. .ssi
A place for rcAection-The mirror.
l.9 -

A summer-y measure.-The thermsas>
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-06-15

will be prepared and submitted to the next session of the Legisla- ture, and it is the determination of the entire press of the state that the matter shall be pushed through at that time. The meas urc is demanded in justice to all parties, and at the same time it will perhaps be slight aid to publishers in sustaining their papers, and in aiding them to i'm prove and otherwise furnish bet ter journals to their readers. We intend to watch this matter every newspaper in the state in tends to watch it, and that mem Der of the legislature who opposes it at next session had better be prepared with strong reasons to defend such action; for as we see it, he can only be taken as an enemy to the Press, the greatest power extant for enlightening the people, and as a friend to laws which can be taken advantage of by designing, dishonest men, to .defraud thelr neighbors and iel- lowmen.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-06-15
THE NEWSPAPERS ON THE WAR PATH---LET CANDI- DATES FOR THE LEGIS- LATURE LOOK OUT.

At the last session of the Ar kansas Press Association, com mittee was appointed to secure such legislation in regard to tie publication of legal notices as would preclude all possibility of fraud, and all danger ofjobs being put up by parties required to make legal notice of any matter. Under the old law the publication of these important matters by posting notice of same on trees, &c., was deemed wholly made quate and dangerous to the inter ests of parties concerned. The committee at the last Press meet ing, drafted a bill and had the same presented to the legislature. So badly was such q measure needed, and so well had the com mittee discharged their duty in preparing a bill to embrace the necessary changes in the manner of making publication that the Governor Tn his message recom- mcnded that the General Assem- bly pass the bill, or one similar to 1t. The senate did pass It, but in the house it met it's defeat, not by a vote against it, but by . very unwise delay.
 At tue session of the Associa- ton held last week, another com mittce was appointed to make | further efforts to secure the need
 ed legislation on this subject. A bill embracing the essential points
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-06-15

Bro. Mcclure is trying to stir up the citizens of his town to a sense of their duty, and to the urgent necessity of branch rail way to the depot of the Little Rock and Fort Smith railway at this place. In the last number of the Independent Arkansian he gives some facts and figures which we thinK it would be well for the business men of Dardanelle to carefully consider. The article we publish entire in another part of to-day's paper. A town like that, with a scope of country ex tending back of it, and above it, for forty miles to pour its pro ducts into that market, ought, of course, to have better, more relia- bic and quicker transportation ia cilities than the Arkansas River affords. A branch railroad to this place is just the thingl
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-06-15
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
 AND REFORM.

These two-the Democratic par tv and reform--now seem to be joined hand in hand. All of the over taxed masses who are not blinded by the ill-timed theories of the hair splitting malcontents who are try ing, fruitlcssly and in vain, we trust, to stir up mutiny and discord within the ranks of the party, naturally associate sall their ideas of reform with the the Democratic party; and to the Democratic party they look for re- lief from the corruption which has so uniformly characterized the present administration through all its notifications.
 There is nothing else on which to foster any hope. There is nothing to be expected from any other source except q change in parties. There are but the two parties, the republican party which has been the champion from it's inception up to the pres cnt time, of fraud and abuse, and the democratic party which has contested every inch of ground and opposed with all it's might ev cry invasion of the suffering peo ple's rights, to which to look witt any expectation of any better ad ministration. The new parties which few of the discontentet men of the country attempt at ev
 cry presidential election t' breathe into life, amount t' nothing, and nothing is to be ex
 pected of thcm-nothing only
 prolongation of the present ruin ous Administration. The ma
 terial of which these new parties is made up, is naught but tn,
 treacherous falling of from tn,
 two main parties. It will be il
 the present contest, as 1t was il
 1872, another victory for the Rad ical despoilers, unless the think ing, taX-ridden masses avoid al
 new combinations, and take side
 with the purely democratic party The Louisville Couner-Journa whose zeal in the advocacy of united democratic party and tn , selection of q standard beare whose name will mean reform, ha
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-06-15
No Notice Required in the Re- deinption of Forfeited Lands.
OFFICE OF ATTORNEY -GENERAL,)
 STAEE OF ARKANSAS. LITTLE ROCK, June 8, 1876. )
Hon W. R. Miller, Auditor:

Hon W. R. Miller, Auditor:
 DEAR SIR: Yours of the 7th, in regard to notice of redemption of lands sold or forfeited to the state, has been received, and in reply l have to say that the notice pro vided fer in section 15l of Mill CTS Digest of Revenue Law is in- tended to be a notice to the indi- vidual purchaser of lands sold for taxes, that he may apply to the treasurer and receive the redemp- tion money. But when lands are redeemed that have been sold to the state, l do not conceive it to be necessary to give notice of the redemntion at all, as by section 154, Aliller's Digest of Revenue Law. the county treasurer is re. quircd to pay the amount due the state to the collector ofthe county, and the clerk is required to make quarterly reports to the auditor of the amounts due the state, on account of such redemptions. Re spectfully yours,
 $. F. HUGHEs,
 Atto?ney-General.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-06-15

and it is not difficult to foretell it's result. That any good will come of it is hard to believe. History repeats itself too often there to be advantages to the ma terial interests of the country.
 One oftwo destinies awaits this distracted and decaying nation, blessed with all the advantages of earth, air, and sky. Anarchy and turmoil cannot endure f5reyer. Eithcr there must be found an internal remedy potent enough to suppress the fury of faction, and to repress the lawlessness that exists everywhere within it's bor- ders, and oftentimes encroaches upon us, or else our government
 ust, in the name of humanity absorb it's whole territory.
 The readiest solution of this problem is to be found in the Monroe doctrine:
 s.No pent up Utica contracts onr powers,
 The whole boundless continent is ours"
 Mexico is the ''siek man" of the west. The United States found it necessary to amputate several of his members In the hopes of a perfect restoration. For a while in the looping off of California and Texas seemed. an excellent sanitary measure. But time has proved that we had bet ter take charge of tue whole body. With the supremacy of law and order, and the infusion Of our tastes and ideas, and blood, amongst the people of that coun- try, it would soon present a very different aspect to the world. Its dropping industry would soon be revived; its waste lands reduced to successful agriculture; it's cities, filed to overhowing with class as lazy as the lazaroni of Italy, would be filled with in dustrious mechanics. The whole country now vexed with the raging storms of factious violence would reverberate with the sounds of peaceful and prosperous labor. The political and industrial re- generation of thls unhappy people will not be consummated until she becomes 2 part and parcel of the American Union, and not till then will her highest and holiest destiny be fulfillcd.-Pine Bluff Press.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-06-15
Annexation of Mexico.

There IS no prospect of the de-
 liverance of Mexico from her ex- isting anarchy through the in
 strumentality of any of her lead CTS. Hitherto her political rulers and captains have proven false to every trust. The whole nation, indeed, presents the degrading spectacle of a people devoid Of faith in anything. TheIr polite al measures, instead of being de- voted to the elevation of the masses and the promotion Of com merce and agricultural pursuits, are concerned only with the pro nunciamcntos ot short-l lived mill tary chieltians. She is now en- toying her periodical revolution