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The anti-monopolist., 1877-01-18
TIE SENTRY OE PONpEIl:

The strict discipline OF the old Roman
military regime is well illustrated in the
following account Of his VISIT TO the Bour-
bon Museum at Naples, published by Cen
er al Ambert IN the Universe:
'Ne visited the Bourbon Museum at Ma
pies, Coming TO Hall No = we touched ac-
cidentaily complete armor placed under
the door, when a sound was heard as if
something hard was striking against he
metal. 4 Neapotiuan. approaching, said,
This is the sentry of Pompeii. "a remark
that excited our curiosity. After several
questions we learned what | am going TO
tell. In the armor of the Bourbon Museum
IS still the skeleton OF the svidier who stood
sentry before the guard, house in the year
seventy OF the Christian era. Fer eighteen
centuries this man has been encased in his
iron garment; tue least jar causes the boxes
of the skeleton 10 strike against their metal
envelope, hence the noise which attracted
my attention Only the soldiers quar-
ters were not abandoned. The power of
Roman military discipline kept the soldiers
on guard at their post. The sentry remain
ed erect IN MS box IL ming on his lance
We afterwards visited tie guard room of
the soldiers o. old. who gave such a grand
lesson to he soldiers Of our day.
'Tas guArd>hoese WAS excayated in 1874
1t IS like our guard rooms, covered with
names and military caricatares In one Of
The cham aers. which vas used as u prison.
four skeletons have been discovered, OF
which the legs had been fastened 10 large
iron mauacle. At the LETT was the lodge
Of the centurion who was the captain fthe
guard He woald not !, anden his soldiers
Near the centurons S skeleton two silver cups
and one silver saucer have been fonud
Right before the gate was the skeleto Of
horse, richly harnesed, anu held by the
orderly. II would have been easy for the
centurion o escape by horseback, but he
preferred 10 dia with bis soldiers at the
post of duty. Near the door thiriy>seyen
skeletons of soldiers were recognized by
their armer The diferant rooms held a
large number ef arms. which now iern the
Royal Museum OF Naples. 4 bugle Of cop
per, six flutes of ivory, and and helmet on
which the runs Of Troy are engraved, ex-
cite much curiosity"
The anti-monopolist., 1877-01-18
OUR WHEAT FUTURE,

II IS OF some importance not only to the
wheat growers Of the Pacific Coast. but TO
those Of the United States as we'll as to al
the people, TO Know whether there IS TO be
peace or war IN Europe during the coming
year. On the solution OF this question de-
pends the price os wheat for the balance OF
the year, OF the price OF fifteen to sixteen
million centalson the Pacific Coast and l56. :
600, O00 eentals throughout the United
States. Shosld there De war not only will
the present prices be sustained, bul they
will at least SO 10 cents higher, should
peace be established the market would drop
TO al least so cents less than present quota
fion OF peace or war is therefore involved
throughout the United States seventy Der
GENITAL profit on l56. 600. .0o0 ceatals of wheat
on the Pacific Coast The same amount per
ceulai on Is. 00o. 900 to 10000. 600 centals
That is TO say that for the farmers OF The
Pacific Coas. there is . sum of at least $lo.
The anti-monopolist., 1877-01-18
SEVERE ON AMERICANS.

A distinguished professor in enc Of our
theological seminaries relates the following.
Being in Germany with a red covered book
in mis- hand German, supposing the bo k
TO be Murray" asked in English if he was
m English man. The professor replied in
German tnat he was not. The conversation
presently turned upon object of archi>
sectural beauty near at hand, IN the course
Of which the professor incidentally raised
The question Of its cost. Sir exclaimed
the German, Instantly, you are IN Ameri>
can, Row lie YOU know THAR rejoined
he professor Sir cantinued tho Ger
man, striking an attitude anu assuming q
tone Of soiemnity, upon the resurrection
morn, when we stand before the great
white throne, the first question of every
American in the assembly will be, 'How
much did that throne cost2'"
The anti-monopolist., 1877-01-18
ADVERTISING RATES.

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ei q Bills for advertising PAYABLE quarterly in
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Advertisers viii please take notice that
vrae ANTI -MoNopoLIsT is the best and
a,eapest advertising medium in Minnesota.
,,shas larger circulation among the farm
srs than any other, while it is read in
every town and city and almost every vii
lage of the State. It is perused by thou
sands who take no other paper.
The anti-monopolist., 1877-01-18
FORESTS.

Forests, it seems, have a fourfold effect
on climate and rainfall There is the chemi
| cal action oftLeir leaves which decompose
the carbonic acid of the air, fixing the car
bon in their woody tissue, and liberat.ns
;! the oxygen. There is their physical action
in hindering evaporation and stopping cur.
rents of all, and in covering the ground with
n vegetable mould which holds water like a
| sponge And the organic action OF The
leaves, which in breathing, restore to The
air part OF the water which the roots
have drained from the soil Lastly, there is
the mechanical action of the roots, which al
| onco prevents the earth from being wash ed
away by rain, and also enables he water
TO hlier down deep into the ground. Forests
| then, ought TO make q country cooler, by
Withdrawing the carbon from the air; the
heat that is set free when wood is burned il
the very heat that was being absorbed while
II was growing. \ forest may be looked
upon as q vast condensing appapatus for
! storing up the heat OF the at atmosphere That
IS what theory says, aud experiment con-
hrms 1t. The mean temperature Of q wood
ed country IS always lower than that of q
| similarly sitnated treeless country; but.
land this Is importantl the cold Is l., IS ex>
treme as well Us the neat. and changes 81
temperature are gradual. OF course, since
rain comes because the rain Ia too cool TO
held It's moisture any longer in solution,
there ought TO be more rain in a wooded
han IN treeless district: and so there is
from SIX 10 eight per cent. as NJ Frantrat
found by putting up several rain gauges.
some IN forest, seven yards above the
tree~tops, others on treeless ground some
two hundred yards of. Bare soil soon eei 5
heated. and heats the surrounding air
Every enc must nave felt the soft warmth
Of the air in a wool just after III ghtfall. -
different from the chill that cones on after
hot day in an open plain. No wonder
evaporation and radiation of heat are much
greater in the after than IN the former.
But, II may be said. if The trees bring more
rain, they useup more than the tree.ess
ground for their roots drain the soil. ana
their leaves drain the atmosphere Not -:
though wood is more than half water, lhe
amount of water contained in all the wood
in q forest is the veFiesi tritie compared with
the rain that falls on it during tho wear.
Moreover. a series of experiments seems 10
saow that the amount Of water deeompasesi
oy an acre of forest is very much less than
inat required by an acre of cabbage. or
wheat or clover Again, because pines aud
other trees (notablv the blue gum Eacalyp
tue gloouins, which IS being planted hy the
million IN Algeria. dry up marches. il has
been argued that trees must lesson the water
supply. Bat here again experiment comes
IN, and proves thai this drying up is net
Que 10 evaporation through the leaves, or
10 tue water being in any other way sucked
up by the trees. All the trees that have
The anti-monopolist., 1877-01-18

ever there were woods, or even quite recent
plantations, made terrace along the
hill sides, so as TO cut across the torrents
and force them Into zigzag, the rains did
little harm: where the mountains sides were
bare. the roads and bridges were swept
away, and the valleys covered with single.
At lastthe peasantry have seen the force of
tnis. and out Of some two hundred thousand
acres repanted from 1860 to 1868, fur
ffths have been done by private individ-
uals or by the communes. IN this way.
Embgua, ut Tho mouth of the valley of
Sainte Marthe. IN the High Alps, has
been saved. The work was begun II 1863
by raising two hundrrd little dikes in the
torrent bed. These were planted with
quick growing trees and shrubs. whose
roofs 50 consolidated the earth, that now
there is practically no torrent at all.
After heavy rains, he water. of course,
rises; but 1t no longer whirls down sand
AMI shingIe, and huge masses OF rock
with t.
These. then, are the two great uses of
forests--to increase the rainfall, aad TO
prevent it from coming in devastating
foods, instead Of in fertile showers.
The anti-monopolist., 1877-01-18

GOO, 900 Involved, and for these of the Unit
ed States one of 500, 200, ,000-enough IL
add considerably to their means Ii they OBJ
tanned IL. Of course from solely buman-
ltarian point Of view it is desirable that
wars thould cease, but IS long as injustice
rules In the world wars must need be, as
foiled in every method of obtaining their
rights, people will as last resource resort
20 the sword, the last argument TO which
to-day peoples as well as kings resort. And
it certainly is to be hoped. III the Interests
of religion, civilization and humanity, that
the rule of the Turk, which desoates such a
large and fair portion CT the earth 6 surface
should cease 10 be, even if TO extrpate it
resort should be had TO the arbltvament OF
the sword For four hundred years the
G. ristain people OF Turkey in Europe have
cried out to their brethren for deliverance,
for a thousand years Inc blood OF slain ma
tions from the Persian Gulf 10 the Bospor
us, and from he SHOWS of the Caucasus 10
the borders Of Ethiopia anu the Atlantic
Sea, have cried OH. u heaven for vengeance
against their barbarian destroyers. II
seems now that tue hour of deliyerauce
and Of justice has coma.
We do not ihink that this pending var
can be much longer postponed As is well
known, Russia has been preparing for 1t
ever since the conclusion Of the Crimean
var, ard nov that she IS nearly ready will
certainly not be baked Of her prey. Her
armies will soon be in q position 10 pour IN
an irresistible avalanche on The plains OF
koumanla and from the m0untains of Arme-
MIA on the plains Of Syria. The present ne
gotlationS are only carried on 10 gain time.
Germany viii be neutral. France is not
ready to fight, Italy will follow the German
lead and remain gloriousiy inactive, while
Austria mas too mnch to risk in an unsuc-
cessful war to afford 10 take up arms. Rus
sia will, under the pretence of securing re-
form in Bulgaria, march an army into that
province. it will be resisted by the Turkish
forces and the great war viii have begun
England will be called on for aid and, oc-
cupying Constantinople and Alexandra, viii
ere long, be brought into collision with
Russia whether her people desire il or not
and once she is engaged no one can see when
or where it will stop.
Her people will, however, require as
much wheat as ever, but they Will have 10
come to America almost exclusively for It,
as the nations Of old in times Of famine had
to look almost exclusively to Egypt for bread,
The United States as a whole will then be
called on TO supply from fifty to seventy per
cent more than they have ever before done
the Pacihc Coast viii have to contribute
its share
La fine We believe that war is inevitable,
that it viii be long continued and that the
price of wheat will be higher than it has
been known forany year during the past
decade de.-4San Francisco Journal.
The anti-monopolist., 1877-01-18
POSTAGE.

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Rockford, Illinois.
The anti-monopolist., 1877-01-18

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"Small ThIngs.''

Under the above caption the New York
SAn, of the 4th inst, gives the following
piece of intelligence relative to Mrs. Van
Colt, which may prove of interest to the
many friends of that lady in this city:
The Widow Van Colt was very dramatic
in the West Thirtieth street Methodist
meeting house last evening. The subject
was "Small. Things" She illustrated in
pantomime the shooting of President Lin
coin by J. Wilkes Booth. Extending her
hand which grasped an imaginary pistol,
she pointed the weapon direct at the head
of the worthy pastor of the church, who
sat near her on the platform. The minister
involuntarily shrank away; but before the
imaginary pistol was fred, the widow stop
ped short in her pantomime and said:
''The bullet which killed Abraham Lincoln
was small thing, but it sent thrill of
horror and sympathy throughout the civil
lied world" Mrs. Van Colt swung her
arms and showed how the bell-ringer pull
ed the bell and rang out the joyful tidiugs
when the declaration of independence was
made in Philadelphia. at was a small
thing to ring that bell," she said, "but its
tones are still sounding in our ear., pro-
claiming the God given right of freedom"
Mrs. Van Colt will preach every evening
this week.
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The TURKS AHEAD.

The TURKS AHEAD. - LONDON,
January 6.-The Pail Hall Gazette
says: ut seems doubtful whether at
any time more uncertainty or confusion
has prevailed than at the present mo-
ment. 1t is clear that the committee
OF foreign statesmen assembled in Con-
stantinople has itself fallen into much
disorder, and that if the Turks are
only resolute enough at this hour, and
are thereafter truly solicitous and
speedy in establishing the reforms of
their own new constitution, they may
boast Of having defeated and silenced
all Europe"
Russia has has ordered fourteen
Krupp elsvea-inch guns for Cronstadt.
A Pera dispatch Of the Daily Tele-
graph says no ultimatum was presented
in the Conference yesterday. The
endeavor was made to ascertain what
concessions Porto would grant. The
Turks strsnuously and absolutely re-
fused the form Of the international
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Louisiana.

New ORLEANS, Jan. 9.-At this
writing. $50 A. NJ, the streets are full
of armed men. hurrying to Lafayette
Square, where orderlies are dashins
about on horseback. presenting all the
phases of an army on the eve of battle.
Armed meu are reporting to the sheriff
whose purpose, it is stated. is to take
possession of the Supreme Courtroom,
now in charge of the Metropolitan
Police, and to install Nichols and the
newly appointed judges of the Supreme
Court. 1t is more than possible that
an attempt Will BE- made to capture the
police stations. An advertisement az
pears this morning ordering members
of the Washington Artillery to AS
semble at their armory at 10 o'clock.
JAN. 9.-10:30 A. M-Armed me n
are still hurrying through the streets
to Lafayette Square, where they report
to the sheriff, who, it is stated, will
move them at IL o'clock to the Su-
preme Court building, facing Jackson
Square, and endeavor to take posses
sion Of it. Chief Justice Ludeing is
there on the bench, and capt. Gray,
of the Metropolitan Police, with a
strong force is in possession Of the
building, under the orders of the Chief
Justice. 1t is stated that the Chief
Justice will remove the present sheriff
if he attempts to take the building By
force, and appoint another sheriff.
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!Ghe ReFnbHrat.
JANUARY 10. 1877.
The Oregon Infamy.

Cronin, the bogus Tilden elector
from Oregon, has been undergoing an
Investigation at the hands of COM
mittee of the U, S. Senate, and has
made some startling developments.
He admits having bsen paid three
thousand dollars for the performance
of the dirty work required to be done
BY him in the attempt to steal one of
the electoral votes Of Oregon for Til
den. That the money was furnished
by Tilden's bankers and that the
scheme was concocted at the Tlden
headquarters in New York, there is
not the least doubt. In fact, the evil
dence thus far adduced before the
Committee renders this absolutely
certain. There is proof also that some
TWENTY-FIVE thousand dollars of Tiden's
money was used in one way or another
in the manipulation OF the Oregon
Note. Grover, the scalawag Governor,
undoubtedly received his share of the
swag, for upon no other theory can it
be ar. ued that he would have engaged
in such disreputab!e business The
details of the affair as brought out in
che examination before the committee
have had whitening effect upon Til
denis prospects, and if he ever had
any charce of he ng declared elected,
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his own party friends are deserving
him and insisting that there no longer
shall any claim be made for the Ore
gon vote, on account of the scandal
Gus means employed for securing it.
However much they may have wanted
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who have just appreciation of right
and wrong, do not wish to have him
succeed by a resort to bribery and
corruption.
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The Arkansas Returns.

Another fact comes to light which
although technicality, may prove very
embarrassing to the democrats in case
they attempt to make a fight on the
Louisiana and Florida electoral votes.
It concerns an irregularity which may
invalidate six electoral votes of Arkan-
sas. The law of 1892 provides that
the electors must certify on the
certificates that the list of votes for
President and Vice-President is con-
tanned therein, and shall, by writing,
appoint messenger to deliver one set
of certificates to the President OF Senate
The messenger from Arkansas brought
with him no certificate of his appoint
nent, and the covering of the package
he brought did not bear the indorse-
ment required by law. MIR. Ferry,
president pro tenn. of the Senate, at
first declined to receive the package,
but finally did so, leaving the question
of its irregularity to be decided by
him elf or the two houses of Congr IS
On the second Wednesday in February.