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The anti-monopolist., 1877-09-27

AS the time for the election ap-
proaches the Pioneer Press is begin
ing to play its usual role Of party in.
dependence, by patting the poor or.
ganless Democracy on the back. and
quietly leading it by the nose onto the
republican platform. 1t says:
In Minnesota both political parties
have steered clear Of the deiusions
which have led astray one or the 9TH
er. or both. in some of the western
states In lower attitudes. The gen
eral tendency OF public opinion in
Minnesota on the currency question is
IN decided opposition to the green
back nonsense and always has been.
Inc greenback party has no following
mere and does not number a single
man OF influence among it's leaders or
Id It's ranks that anybody ever heard
Of.
Ism t that cool assumption Of su-
perlorlty on the part of the unknown
nobodies who edit the Pioneer Press2
It says:
II during the hard times, when al
most any wild and foolish nostrum
finds wide acceptance among the dis
tressed classes, the greenback party
In Minnesota was so insignificant as
The anti-monopolist., 1877-09-27
TIE ffREENBIGK PARTY.

4 friend writes us from Dako ta
county asking whether we would adj
wise the nomination Of a greenback
county ticket in that county this fall.
.Certainly. The old parties respect
nothing but votes.
We received Il big vote there last
fall. when we ran for congress on the
Eyreenback ticket; and this fall with
three tickets in the field, and a full
7canvass, we can carry the county.
hut suppose we don't, what harm can
defeat bring us equal to the injury
the cause will suffer from u failure to
defend our principles at the polls
by all means let us have green
back ticket in every county in the
state. Let us give the enemy the
best shots in the locker; ndShe that
is not with us is against us.
The anti-monopolist., 1877-09-27
THE WORLD DOES MOVE:

The Pioneer Press. of the 18th inst.
speaking of the national bankers con-
vention utters the following astonish-
ing. and sensible. and astonishing
because sensible, language. Verify
the world does move
1.-The bankers are thoroughly and
eagerly disposed to hurry along the
day of return to specie standard. but
they are disposed to do it in their own
way; that is to say. way which will
enlarge the power and influence, in
crease the business and profits of
their corporate selves. Early in the
session a resolution was introduced
by Mr.. Hayes. of Detroit, to memor-
alize congress to sell the four per cent.
bonds at par for currency to the ma
The anti-monopolist., 1877-09-27

nicated to the Courier deS Alpes by
M. Berard. The phenomenon has
been incorrectly reported as instan'
| taneOuS and the destructive effect
complete, whereas the case is that OF
a mountain which for 20 days dura-
ton, has been dismembering itself
and literally falling, night and day,
into the valley below. filling it with
piled-up blocks of stone, eXtingulshlng
all sounds by its incesSant thunder,
and covering the distant horizon with
a thick cloud Of yellowish dust. The
entire mass comprised in the slope
forms a mutilated cone 300 metres
broad at the top and 900 at the base
(the slope being about fifty degrees;)
this is composed of hard schlSt lying
close together, but no longer united;
and it is united to the body OF the
mountain only by vertical mass OF
forty metres thick, which already
is fissured and shaken. Periods of
repose occur lasting only a few Sec
OndS, or a minute at most; then the
movement recOmmenceS, and con-
tinues about 500 hours. Blocks of
forty cubic metres become displaced
with no apparent cause, traverse the
800 metres of descent in thirty sec
onds, leaping 400 or 500 metres at a
time, and finally get dashed to pieces
in the bed Of the torrent, or launch
their shattered fragments into the
opposite forest, moving down glgan-
tic pines as if they were SO many this
ties. One such block was seen to
strike fine tlr-tree before reaching
the bridge between the villages-the
tree was not simply broken or over
thrown, but it was crushed to dust
(volatilise) trunk and branches dis
appeared in the air like burning
match.
Rocks are hurled together and
broken into fragments that are thrown
across the valley like swallows in a
whirlwind, then follow showers of
smaller fragments, and one hears the
whistlinG sounds Of thousands of peb
bles as they pass M. Berard reached
the edge of the rock (2,460 metres
high. y on one of the sides Of the fall
ing cone, and ventured Salong it, OBJ
tanning good view of the terrifying
spectacle. lie reaflirms the cOnvic
ton that the phenomenon is ineXpll-
ceble by any of the usual reasons that
account for Alpine disturbances, such
as penetration of water, or melting of
SHOWS or inferior strata in motion.
nor does the declivity of the slope
explain it. His hypothesis is that
some geological force is at work, of
which the complex resultant acts OBJ
liquely to the axis of the mountain
and most parallel to its sides.
The next thing will be dissolution
Of partnership between Todd and
Stebbins, and then we will know that
the end is surely at hand.
The anti-monopolist., 1877-09-27
GOING llUE'iO.

We are glad to see that the Green
hackers Of Washington and Rice
counties are out with their calls for
county conventions. They appear
elsewhere in our columns.
We hear that the Greenbackers OF
Wisconsin are developing surprising
strength. EX-UnitedStates-Senator,
Matt Carpenter says that it will be a
close contest, "nip and tuck, as he
expresses it, between the Greenback
ers and Republicans OF that state.
This evidences wonderful growth in u
Il party less than year old.
The anti-monopolist., 1877-09-27
VAS HE BOUGHT

John Sherman now insists that re-
sumption must be accomplished within
one year and four months from this
date. and he says it can be done with.
out any shock to our country, which
he declares to be the most prosperous
in the world.
Here IS the way he talked in the Z.
S. Senate, January %. 1909:
"The appreciation of a currency is
far more distressing operation than
Senators may suppose. Our own and
other nations have gone through this
process before, and always with
sorest distress. For eighteen wears
the notes of the Bank Of England were
practically a legal tender, and upon
them as upon our greenbacks was
based currency issued by the coun-
try banks. When the war was over,
measures were slowly adopted for an
appreciation OF the paper currency to
the gold standard. 1t is only neces-
sary to appeal to the histories Of the
time to show the disastrous effects.
Small traders, debtors and laborers
were reduced to the soreSt distress.
The loss to thom was far greater than
the actual depreciation of the curren-
cy for all confidence and trust were
lott. The only compensation to Great
Britain was the rapid fall in the rate
OF interest. from the abundance Of
idle capital. and her ability to reduce
the rate OF her public debt within a
short period to three per cent.
Ii Senators wish other examples of
the severe process Of passing from a
The anti-monopolist., 1877-09-27
4 CHANGE.

-ast year the Iowa Democrats
adopted the hardest of Hard Money
platforms. This year they show their
good sense by adopting the following
resolution
IS. We favor the retention of a
yreenback currency and declare
against any further contraction, and
we favor substitution of greenbacks
for national bank bills"
Now let the Democracy of Mime
sofa 80 and do likewise.
The anti-monopolist., 1877-09-27
SOMETHING EXTRAORDIN1RY.

Mother Skipton'S prophecy was
made in England 400 years ago. In
it she said,
| ''This world to an end will GENE
In eighteen hundred and eighty one"
And now we learn that a mountain
i'm Savoy is tumbling in pieces. 1t
proposes probably to came to an end
on its own hook before 1881. But
here is the account and if not a canard
1t is singular enough:
"An interesting account of the re-
tent falling of a mountain in Tarten-
4oise, Savoy. causing disaster to two
hourishing villages, has been commu.
The anti-monopolist., 1877-09-27
OUR EXPORTiBLE CURRENCY.

The advocates of specie payments
are constantly assuring us that there
will be gold and silver enough to
transact the business of the country.
The following statement of the move
ments of these metals for the fifteen
years ending December 81, 1875 will
serve to show that our exports have
been constantly increasing, and that
there is no hope for relief in that
The anti-monopolist., 1877-09-27
Anti ~: S5'ss s 1*sopollH+
IGNATIUS DONNELLY. EDITOR. !
I'ifiNKS.

We are under many obligations to
our valued friend, Z. \. Cramsie Esq,
of Minneapolis, for avery large list OF
new subscribers in that tlourlShlng
city. We feel honored by the support
Of such men.
The anti-monopolist., 1877-09-27

could not be exported, and the guam
tity Of which would be increased
with the increase of population and
wealth. Why not?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-10-13
A Lone Widows Device.

An amusing story comes from the Ar
dennes, where, according to the tale, an
agriculturist recently died, leaving a
wife, a horse and dog. A few mo-
ments before his death he called his wife
to him, and babe her sell the horse and
give the proceeds of the sale to his rela-
tives, and to sell the dog and keep the
money thus gained for herself.
Soon after his death the wife went to
the market with the horse and dog, and
exhibited them, with the announcement
that the price of the dog was 500 francs
and that of the horse five francs. The
passers-by stopped and stared, and judged
the woman mad, more especially as she
informed all would-be purchasers that to
buy the horse it was necessary to buy
the dog first At last curious passer-
by concluded the bargain; after which the
skillful woman handed over five francs to
the family of her deceased husband, and
retained 500 francs for herself, thus con-
irving at the same time to carry out the
letter, if not the spirit, of the wishes of
her husband and to secure the larger
sum of money for herself
The story is good, but we are not sure
that we have not heard the tale told be-
fore, with the scene laid in Ireland.
London Examiner.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-10-13
A Modest PhilanthrOpist.

Lewis Brooks, who has for more than
fifty years been resident of Rochester,
but who of late years has not been very
well known to the public, died very sud.
denly last Thursday evening at the o.
burn House, which has been his home
for the past sixteen years. He was born
in New Milford, Conn, and came to this
city in 1922, at the time being, it is
thought, about twenty nine years of age
If this be correct, his age at the time of
his death was eighty-four years. Mr.
Brooks was of very modest and retiring
disposition, and that is one reason why
he was so little known during the last
few years to the general public. He first
went into business here in the manufact-
ure of wooden cloth, and afterward be-
came merchant, doing business in a
store west of the present Arcade en-
trance. Forty years ago he retired from
active business, and since then has been
engaged merely in investing his money
to the best advantage and looking after
his real estate. Being unmarried, and
having no family to look after, he
amassed large fortune, about 5000, 600
"a 'hASh nv saw oNNANb'J w SSh u al
worthy and public institutions. He was
the mysterious gentleman who, through
Prof. Ward, bestowed $120,0 upon the
University of Virginia at Monticello. 1t
was also he who gave $4,000 to the
Rochester City Hospital last year, and
the unknown friend who would not allow
his name to be made public, who gave
$4,000 to St. Mary's Hospital. In a
similar manner he also gave secretly
SIS 900 to the Industrial School and So, 900
to the Female Charitable Society. He
thus carried out the Scripture injunction
-" But when thou doest aims, let not
thy left hand know what thy right hand
doeth, that thy aims may be in secret"
His gifts to the Virginia University were
induced by his desire to commemorate
the home of Jefferson, who was friend
of his family.-Rochester IN. y En-
T1rpSS
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-10-13

before. The bear couldn't get him,
but neither could he get the bear. He
had nothing to shoot with, neither food
nor drink, and yelling at bear to clear
out and go home has no effect in this
raritied atmosphere. The mouth of the
crevice was ten feet long, and Smith
could look out over his trail for forty rods
or more, no matter at what point the
bear was. The animal was walking up
and down before the ledge, probably
fishing for plan by which he might get
something better than roots for dinner,
when the miner caught sight of three In
dams creeping along on the trail he had
made. They had, perhaps, followed it
for mile or more, and musthave known
that the bear had the first claim. The
redskins had just come into view when
they saw the bear, the bear saw them,
and Smith "saw" the whole thing, and
was willing to 60 one better
The meat under the greasy deer.skin
worn by Indians ranks next to white
mans meat, and these Western bears are
always ready to take the "next best
thing" This bear looked in on Smith in
a despairing manner, and then made a
bee line for the red men. They fired at
him once apiece and then turned and
ran, and after about three minutes wait
ing Smith crawled out and made $40
time till his breath gave out.-DeddoooOd
Cor. Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-10-13
A Singular Escape.

A few days ago man named Mont
gomery Smith, hailing from st. Louis,
had two singular and narrow escapes
rolled into one. He left camp about
thirty miles up the Hills to bring letters
here to post, and in trying to shorten the
distance little he lost the regular trail
and got into bad bit of country. While
hunting for the trail he came across fresh
signs of Indians, and while hurrying out
of the neighborhood he ran directly upon
large brown bear which was sleeping
on the sunny side of thicket. The
thicket was on side hill, and Smith
was going at good pace when he turned
the clump. The bear was so near when
the man caught sight of him that there
was neither time to halt nor chance to
turn out, and Bruin was cleared by fly
ing leap. He made stroke at Smith as
he went over, inflicting slight scratch
on one leg, and then set off after the
miner with the intention of eating him
for dinner. The flight led over broken
ground, up and down a ridge, and then
along the base of a broken ledge.
Knowing that the bear would soon
for some place of refuge, and he found
good one. Close to the ground was
rift in the ledge made by part of the
rocks settling down or crumbling away.
He saw it when only thirty feet away,
and the bear was not hundred feet in
his rear. There was no time to guess
whether the crevice was big enough to
admit the man, and too small to let the
bear in after him, or so small that the
victim would be there overtaken and de.
voured. He had dropped his gun to aid
his flight, and running at full speed he
made dive and went into the crevice
head first, raking enough skin off his
shoulders and back to make a pair of
baby shoes. The bear wasn't ten seconds
behind him, ana as Smith reached the
back end of the cave, which was not
over six feet deep, the bear put his head
into its mouth and tried to work in his
body. This he couldn't do, owing to his
stout shoulders, but for a quarter of an
hour Montgomery Smith was doubtless
the worst frightened man in North Amer
lea. There was room enough for him to
turn around in, but he was compelled to
lie at full length and look into the fiery
eyes of bear which could get within
four feet of him and wanted to come
nearer. Bruin did not give up trying
till he had sadly cut and bruised himself
against the stones, and his snarls and
growls put more religious thoughts into
Smiths head than had ever lodged there
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-10-13
A Hint or a Warming to the Ladies.

This little communication from a young
man to the New York World cuts several
ways at once: Materfamilias need find no
difficulty in getting rid of the young
man who is such cause of vexation to
her family. If he is in the habit, as she
says, of coming SO often and staying so
late, there must come an occasion when
some other visitor will rise to 90 while
the young man is still there. Let her,
or, better still, some one of the young
ladies, accompany him to the door, and
in the hall, presumably out of hearing of
the family, but still loud enough to be
sure that the young man will hear it, let
her press the visitor who is leaving to
come again soon, with the usual accompa-
niments of You do not come half often
enough, "Do come soon, " etc., SO he goes
away, perhaps, with his heart in flutter
When she returns to the room, let her
first remark be: What a dreadful bore
that man isl" and let all the others join in
the chorus. l will venture to say that
the irrepressible young man will not
come again soon, particularly if they
take leave of him when he goes with the
same show of regard and esteem which
they manifested toward the other. l
have described the way in which fam
lily in this city got rid of me, and l will
warrant it TO work well.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-10-13
Is Mars Inhabited!

Is this neighboring world the abode of
living creatures? This question is beyond
the present power of science to answer.
But would it not be strange beyond ex.
preston if world, with land and water
and changing seasons, and apparently all
the conditions required by life, so like
our earth that it is even impossible that
man could exist upon its surface, should
roll on through the ages uninhabited and
unenioyed? Our earth teens with life
in its remotest corner, yet some Martial
astronomer may at this moment be won
dering what is the use of US, and whether
our planet is the abode of intelligent
beings. After the wonders that science
has already achieved, he would be bold
who should say that this problem can
never be solved. Unfortunately we can
not hope for much from the improve
ment of our telescopes and the increase
of their magnifying power. The dis
turbances produced by our atmosphere
are aggravated by every such increase.
But when the problem of life in other
worlds is solved-if it ever shall bet
seems safe to say that it will be by the
attentive study of our near neighbor. -
Charles W. Raymond, in The GALAXY for
October.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-10-13

Few people know how great an engi-
neering enterprise is going on in Baltimore
County. For one thing alone, tunnel
six and four-tifths miles long-36, $40
feet-is being built underground, for
over four-fifths of the distance through
hard gneiss and granite. 1t will be the
longest tunnel in the country, and there
will be only two larger in the world
the Mont Gents, which is eight miles in
length, and the St. GODDARD now in
progress of construction, and which is to
be nine and one-quarter miles. The fact
that the water supply tunnel lies near
enough to the surface to allow of numer-
GUS shafts greatly facilitatesits construc-
ton. The tunnel is a, circle twelve feet
in diameter, and extends from the Gun
powder River, about eight miles from
the city, to Lake Montebello-the dis.
tributing reservoir-near the Hartford
turnpike, about one mile and half from
the city, the direction being go west of
south This tunnel will conduct the
water from the Gunpowder River to
Lake Montebello. Thence conduit,
1920 feet long, known as the Clifton
tunnel, from the fact that it passes I'M
der portion of the Clifton Park, con-
ducts the water to point just south of the
Hartford road where it enters six mains,
each four feet in diameter, which convey
the water to the city, distance of 1 900
feet. The county along the line of the
works is billy, and the tunnel varies in
depth below the surface from 81 to 1853
feet. There are fifteen shafts in the
main tunnel, the deepest extending 249
feet below the surface. The water rains
down from the crevices of the rocks and
pours along from the bottom of the
drift. Gangs of men, each with his
miners lamp attached to his hat, are
hard at work picking and delving in the
flinty bowels of the earth; and the mo-
notonous clang of the hammer upon the
drill is constantly heard, except when
everything is in readiness for firing mine
when all retire to a safe distance and
thunderous reports roll through the rocky
corridors. The work of tunneling is all
done by hand, it being cheaper than the
machine work in a drift of such narrow
Standardization Gazette
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-10-13

Runkles lawyers have recently discev-
cred a point in military law, the esult
of which within day or two, has heen
that the President has ordt red Mai
Runkles restoration into service. The
lawyers made the point that military law
requires that sentence of court-martial
involving criminal charges must be APP
proved by the President of the United
States, and cannot be approved by the
Secretary of War; that consequently the
Endorsement of Secretary Belknap was
of no effect in law, and that Runkle's
case was still pending. The argument
of this point was had before the Presi-
dent and the law-officers of the Govern
ment, and the decision was reached that
the point of the lawyers was correct, and
that in fact Runkle's court.martial was
legally still pending. This point gained,
the President gave Ruukle a special
hearing upon the merits of his defense.
The evidence discovered by Runkle dur
ing the last five years was so overwhelm-
ing that the President has decided that
the accusation was unfounded. For
these reasons the President declines to
approve the recommendations of the
court martial. This leaves Maj. Runkle
on the retired list. This is probably one
of the most remarkable vindications in
the military history of the country, due
to the discovery of point of law which
seems tohave hitherto escaped all Judges
Advocate. Maj. Runkle was very
brave soldier, was severely wounded,
will be lifelong sufferer, and doubtless
deserves the life-pay. The decision, of
course, gives Runkle his pay since 1879,
as the non-approval of the court-martial
leaves him in the service during that
time. His back pay amounts to about
$11, 000.- Washington Telegram.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-10-13
Girls, COnfide in Mother.

The moment girl has secret from
her mother, or has received letter she
dare not let her mother read, or has a
friend of whom her mother does not
know, she is in danger. A secret is not
a good thing for girl to have. The
fewer secrets that lie in the hearts of
women at any age, the better. 1t is al
most test of purity. She who has none
of her own is best and happiest.
In girlhood hide nothing from your
mother; do nothing that if discovered by
your father would make you blush
When you are married, never, never con-
ceal anything from your husband.
Never allow yourself to write letter
that he may not know all about, or to
receive one that you are not quite willing
that he should read. Have no mysteries
whatever. Tell those about you where
you go and what you do-those who
have the right to know, mean, of
course.
A little secretiveness has set many a
scandal atloat; and, much as is said
about woman who tell too much, they are
much better off than the woman who tells
too little. A man may be reticent and
lie under no suspicion; not so woman.
The girl who frankly says to her
mother; 81 have been here. I met so
and so. Such and such remarks were
made, and this and that was DONE" will
be certain of receiving good advice and
sympathy. If all was right, no fault will
be found. If the mother knows, out
of her great experience, that something
was improper or unsuitable, she will, if
she is good mother, kindly advise
against its repetition.
1t is when mothers discover that their
girls are hiding things from them that
they rebuke or scold. Innocent faults
are always pardoned by kind parents.
You may not know, girls, just what
is right, just what is wrong, yet. You
can't be blamed for making little mis-
takes, but you will never do anything
very wrong if, from the first, you have
no secrets from your mother Christian
at Work.