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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-10-04

cases, however, the water flows along
a slope higher of course at the point
OF departure than at the point where
the water is obtained. But during
it's journey obstacles are often en-
countered which check the flow, so
that sometimes we'll can be pumped
out much faster than it will fill.
Hence, after every drain upon it's
resources. it is necessary to wait a
considerable period in order to allow
the scanty influx to replace the amount
Of water removed. Such wells
frequently dry up altogether during
the present season of the year.
There is simple way Of increasing
the flow of wells, devised some years
ago by M. Donet, Of Lyons, France.
Ordinarily the mouths of wells are
left open; hence all along the water,
from well to original sources, there is
an equilibrium of air pressure. M.
DOnet's plan is simply to close the
well and pump out some of the air.
This creates an excess of pressure to
drive water into the well; the supply
is thus increased temporarily, and at
the same time the underground chan
nels through which the water passes
are enlarged by the stronger stream,
and SO the supply also becomes per-
manently augmented.
In the case of spring, however,
one of the principal advantages is that
the water lifts or ought to lift itself
to the level of the soil, and cOnse-
quently, when a pump is needed, then
the source is no better than any
ordinary we'll. There is way, how.
ever, of increasing the flow of springs
by the aid Of a simple siphon, which
has been devised by M. Chefdebien.
Attic point where the spring energies
make an alright tank, having close
cover, into which insert pipe. Bend
this pipe over and carry it along for a
few hundred feet or so, until by fol-
lowing the downward trend of the
land. the end reaches level, say six
feet lower than that of the spring
level. Now, apply pump and draw
water through this tube. It thus be-
comes siphOn (the pump is at once
removed), and the water continues to
flow under the influence Of a portion
OF the atmospheric pressure equiva-
lent to the difference Of level existing
between the spring and the lowest end
Of the tube.
M. Chefdebien has tried this plan
on spring which took "a hours ordi-
narily to fill a hollow place in the rock
containing about 200 quarts. From
the spring he led piece of lead pipe
four inches in diameter over a distance
of 1872 feet, SO that he obtained
difference of level of nearly feet.
A watertight and alright vessel was
also built on the spring basin, so as to
surround the natural escape orifice.
This was six years ago. During that
time the water has run constantly;
instead of yielding 200 quarts per "a
hours, it has given $500 quarts
steadily per same period. That is,
the flow has, by the above simple ex-
pedient. been increased ninteen times.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-10-04
A TWO FOOT CHEAP RAILWAY.

The two feet gauge railroad between
Billerica and Bedford is making good
progress, and will be soon finished.
The passenger cars, now building at
Laconia, N. H., will be decided
novelty, as they will have row of
single seats on each side. The road is
eight and one half miles long, and will
cost about $4,000, or less than So
cooper mile, being only one eight the
cost Of the ordinary railways,
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-10-04
THE DEEPEST WELL INTHE WORLD.

The Warren Farm Well, one of the
deepest, if not the deepest, dug wells
in the world, was commenced on the
South Downs above Brighton in 1858,
and after four years persistent digging
the water was reached at depth of
1885 feet, the shaft being feet in
diameter down to 400 feet, and feet
for the remainder. The operation
cost between $4,000 and $1,000, and
was watched with the greatest inter
est by biologists.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-10-04
INCREASING THE FLOW OF SPRINGS

1t is well known fact that rain
water and the water produced by
melting snow On high land, sinks into
the soil until an impermeable stratum
is reached. Then it follows that
stratum as the same tends down.
ward, thus producing subterranean
rivers or books. When well Is dug
this underground water is sought for;
but when the water itself comes to
the surface, then the source Is COM
monty known as a spring. In both
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-10-04
SctENcE+
SHAD IN THE IOWA RIVAR.

Fly fishers on the Iowa river, at
Iowa City, have recently taken several
shad, weighing about one pound each.
Shad were placed in the Mississippi
by the United States Fish Commits
sioners several years ago, and this is
believed to be the first catch in any
of the tributaries.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-10-04
POETRY
THE SORT OF CONCERT HE WANTED

shut my eyes in the Hall last night
(For the class of the music worried mel,
And close to my heart this vision came
The same sweet picture always see
In the vine-clad porch of a cottage home,
Halt in shadow and half in sun,
A mother chanting her lullaby,
Rocking to rest her little one.
And soft and sweet as the music fell
From the mothers lips, | heard the coo
OF nv baby girl, as with drowsy tongue, :,
She echoed the song with COCOA goo"
Together they sang, the mother and Dape'
Ny wife and child, by the cottage door.
All, that is the concert. brother Tom,
NV ears are aching to hear onco more.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-10-04

In the opinion Of the Graphic most
women who read s.Daniel Deronda"
reserve their admiration for it till
they can settle in their minds whether
or not George Elliot is legally mar
ried.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-10-04

The experience of the Herald p. /.
man is that while lies roll themselves
up into cOcOons, and next year they
come out handsome, fullfedged, wingy
old whoppers.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-10-04

When Boucicault said that the
Shakespeares Of the present day were
milking their brains, he omitted to de-
nominate their productions as head
cheese.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-10-04

A new thing in balls has been intro
duced in London by Nine. Murietta
charming leader Of fashion. She
broke up the usual rush for the sup
per-room.b by serving refreshments in
half dozen bedrooms.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-10-04
MtT AND HuM0R+

Light pantaloons and beaver hat
and cane do not necessarily make
gentlman.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-10-04

Lovers who walk by the mild light
of the moon should remember that
catarrh follows exposure to the night
air without sufficient clothing. And
what is SO unpOetical as catarrh!
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-10-04

Eastern shop-keepers still refuse to
let their girls sit down.. They say
that the instant a girl sits down she
begins to talk.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-10-04

Sensualism allied to refinement
constitutes the poetic-the artistic
temperament: but when not so allied,
it degenerates into brutality.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-10-04

1t is easy to run Republican paper
in France. For instance, you write
an able article against the administers
ton and then you don't write any
more for several weeks.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-10-04

If man can shoot at a target better
when tied up in a knot, why can't
lawyers talk better when standing on
their, heads ?
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-10-04

The Rochester Democrat carefully
asks, will it be deemed superfuous,
or-or anything, if we remark that the
government is absent!
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-10-04

Out in the Black Hills the three
degrees of comparison are said to be
ssmine, miner, minus"
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-10-04

The average law student, when he
comes across good point in consti-
tutional law makes note of it, and
whispers softly to himself: ssThat'll
come in handy mabey some day when
I'm addressin' the u. S. Senate"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-03-10

FIVE convicts were baptized in the
Schuylkill, near Green Tree, near Nor
ristown, by the Rev. Jacob Gotwals,
Dunkard minister at the Green Tree
Church. Where the ceremony was per-
formed the current in the river runs so
swiftly that no ice had formed. The
water was extremely cold. The Dunkard
ceremonial differs in some respects from
that of the Baptists. The converts enter
a comparatively shallow portion of the
water and kneel down. They are
dipped three times, immersed once
in the name of the Father, once in
the name of the Son, and once in
the name of the Holy Ghost. Between
each immersion the convert is given
time to recover breath. One of the
novitiates in this case was rather stout
lady. When she entered the water she
lost her balance. Mr. Gotwals is not
very strong, and was pretty thoroughly
chilled, and when he caught her he, too,
was carried away. A thrill of horror
ran through the crowd as the pastor and
the lady were about to be swept swiftly
under the solid ice. Two gentlemen on
the bank plunged boldly in, caught them
and saved them from their peril. An
other lady, after she had emerged from
the water, came near fainting from the
cold and exposure -Rending Eagle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-03-10

A CORRESPONDENT of the English Ne
chdnic insists that musical sounds stimu-
late the growth of plants. He gives an
instance in point. In a barren section
of Portugal he built small conserva-
tory, and endeavored to cultivate roses
and other flowers under shelter; but, in
spite of his precautions and industry,
they did not flourish. One day he took
a harmonium into the greenhouse and
played for several hours. This practice
he maintained for several months, and
was surprised to see gradual but rapid
recovery of health on the part of his
plants. He attributes their improvement
to the influence of music, and unfoids
the theory that the singing of birds is
conducive to vegetable life. 1t is Il
pretty theory. Let the honest gardener
hereafter whistle as he waters his plants
and trims his roses. Let the pianos be
moved from drawing-room to green
house, and let the young ladies of the
family practice there. Let the small
farmers of Westminster County hire all
the organ grinders of New York to max e
music in their corn-tields all the glad
summer long. Let the brass bands be
sent into the wilderness until it blossoms
like the rose.-N Y Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-03-10

naises of indigo-blue percale, striped
with gold and white, worn over plain
blue percale skirt, of which the merest
gimpses of its two or three narrow
gathered ruffles are shown, as the lono
polonaise almost covers it. The polo
naise has for its only draping two pleats
in the middle of the back below the long
Marguerite Corsage On it's side form,
and quite far back, is a large, square,
plain blue pocket, with two rutfies across
the top, and strap of pale-blue ribbon
tied across the center and finished with
long loops and ends. The striped sleeve
has similar trimming for cuffs. The
plain-blue collar is turned over in En-
glish points in front. The buttons down
the entire front are blue vegetable
ivory, or else smoked pearl, sewed on
with eyes. The trimming around the
bottom is bias blue band piped with
gold-cOlor, and finished with cotton
fringe of mixed blue, gold and white. A
similar suit has polonaise of brown
percale striped with cream and white,
and trimmed on the pockets, wrists and
down the entire front with long Hoped
bows Of cardinal ribbon.
Another polonalse, with clinging
princesse front, and the back draped
and hanging in square tabs, is of India
red figures on navy-blue ground. There
is plastron of plain blue down the
front, and the border is of solid blue.
The plain blue percale skirt has three
scantily- gathered rutfies bound with
cardinal red. In the same fashion is a
polonaise of wide blue and cream stripes,
to which diagonal lines are adde's; p
solid blue border edges the polonaise
and the tlounces of the dark blue skirt
are bound with pale blue. The collaris
standing behind, and the deep points
turned over in front have the corners
rounded.
The basques and over-skirts sre of
simple shape. The basque is longer in
front and back than on the hips, and is
very high about the neck. The over
skirt is long and straight in front and
shorter behind. The striped andcretonne
percales are pretty for these, and are
trimmed with pleatings or gathered ruff
ties of solid color, headed by wide white
Smyrna lace or English embroidery on
white muslin. Down the front and on
the sides are bows made of the two ma
terials used on the dress.-Harper' $
BGzdr.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-03-10
Beaten by a Large Majority.

A DETROIT boy, aged twelve, whose
uncle is member of the Legislature,
was permitted to make trip to Lansing
a few days ago in order to visit the State
House, He came home yesterday after
noon chuck full of Importance, and when
his little brother ran to meet him at the
gate William coldly waved him back and
said:
g l referyou to the Committee on Fish
cries, bub, and how's my dog"
His mother was glad to see him, and
when she asked if he had enjoyed himself
he replied
COB, l suppose so, though now move
to strike out all after the enacting
clause"
"What sort of talk is that, Willie
dear?" she asked in great surprise.
" Never mind the talk, mother, but
move the previous question and bring on
the pancakes"
The hired girl came in with the dinner
and wanted to know how he liked Lam
sing. He looked at her with great dig
nifty and replied:
u now move to lay your petition on
the table, Hannah, for future considera-
ton"
She got mad about it, and William sly
ly informed his mother that it was his
opinion that Hannahs title should be
made to conform to the body of the bill.
lie went out to see the boys after dinner
and house painter asked him where No
657 was
Wen have call of the house and
see," replied the boy, as he looked
around
Whose house," asked the painter.
"Or you can rise to a question of
privilege" continued the lad.
81 don't want no sass" said the
painter, who thought the boy was max
ing fun of his red nose.
OF course not. Let's pass the bill to
third reading or else go into Committee
of the Whole and debate it."
Il thing you need dressing down"
growled the painter, and he banged
William into a snowbank and pushed d
heap of snow down behind his collar.
Have the minority no rights" yelled
the boy, as he kicked the painter on the
shin.
Hewould have been wolloped, had not
his mother appeared, The painter
moved away at sight of her, but called
out:
"rll see you again, boy"
&C refer the whole subject to father
with instructions to report a bill to walk
you into the Police Court" replied the
Representative, and he went in to tell
his mother the difference between sus
pending the rules and rushing bill, OF
referring it to the Committee on Corn
fields till some one came around with
the ci oars - Detrnit krpp Daeae
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-03-10

he might have an opportunity of fairly
beginning the work of restoration. This
she agreed to do, and that was the last
the physician ever saw of her When
he called at the house where she had
been stopping, on the following day, the
family had gone.
Reasoning from the examination that
he had time to make, DR.. Cote has ar
rived at the conclusion that the seat of
the girls trouble is in her nervous sys-
TEN. The diagnosis was sufficiently
thorough to convince him of that, though
the particular cause of the arrangement
of the nerves he did not have an oppor-
tunity to determine. Her existence for
so long a period, despite the suspension
of the vital functions of her nature, was
of course matter demanding careful
investigation, and the sudden departure
of the girl was source of painful dis
appointment to the physician. The pop
ular impression that person so situated
existed upon his or her fatty tissue, the
doctor said, was mistaken one. Life
was preserved by absorption through the
cellular tissues.
1t has transpired that after leaving this
city the girl put herself in the care of
DR.. Martin, of Philadelphia, but it is
said that there has been little improve
ment in her condition. Now, here is the
most astounding fact in the whole case:
The girl is still alive, and her appetite
has not been restored. Her external APP
pearance has undergone little perceptible
change, but she has become so weak as
to be confined to her house. -P5ttS5uryA
TeJegraph
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-03-10
A Bold Defaulter.

BARBER has been robbing the Mon
treal Bank for years. He took to stock
speculations first with has own money
and lost Then he determined to try
again, this time with money realized on
few securities belonging to the bank,
which, of course, he intended to replace
when he had made his pile. AS assist
ant accountant he had access not only to
the securities belonging to the bank, but
to the securities placed in the vaults for
safe keeping by customers. These Sc
curities were chiefly city, county and
township, in word, municipal debent-
ures, and he stole not only the banks
but the customers. He was carving on
bargains $S00,000 of different stocks
last week-Bank of Montreal stock, Mod
treal Telegraph stock, Dominion Tele-
graph stock, New York Graphic stock
THAT paper is owned by Canadians), and
Canadian stock of every kind And not
content with specializing in the Queens
Dominion, he operated largely in New
York.
AS an instance of the cool manner in
which he played his game, it is said that
some weeks ago he offered 1913 900 worth
of securities to Toronto broker, and
asked for an advance of $4,000 thereon.
The broker, naturally enough, asked him
how he came by the securities. "Oh, said
Barber, 81 belong to a syndicate in Mon
treal; in fact, I'm their Toronto agent"
Without more ado the broker advanced
him the sum required. A few days aft
erward the same broker was short of
cash, and he took the securities he had
obtained from Barber to the Bank of
Montreal and deposited them as collater-
al and obtained $50, 900 on them. And
the next day Barber stole them again,
deposited them with another broker and
obtained another advance on them.
1t was case of this double-b back &C
ton thieving that finally floored him last
Saturday. He had distracted some Sc
curities belonging to the township of
London County, Mddlesex, and OBJ
tanned an advance upon them from a
Montreal broker. The broker in turn
put them into the Bank of Montreal
office, in Montreal and they were for
warded to the office here for identifica-
ton. Then Barber distracted them
again and snapped them here. The
broker who got hold of them here had
occasion to send them to broker No.
i'll Montreal, and, failing to be able to
account for their sudden temperance,
broker No. consulted the bank people
in Montreal. They in turn asked Toron-
to, and Barber was fairly trapped.
madam Free Press, Toronto.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-03-10
The DOg-DOctOr's Secret.

Good food, dainties and want of ex-
ercise are the destruction of parlor dogs
They become fat with increasing age,
and contract various diseases. At last
the day comes when dose of prussic
acid must finish the business, or that
medical practiti oners must be called in
who will, by severe regime, restore the
dogs health and appetite. An ex-kennel
man in our neighborhood made "a very
comfortable income by this peculiar line
of practice. He divulged the secret of
his system few days before his dissolu-
ton to the estimable clergyman of the
parish. 81 always tied EN-" said this
canine Abernethy, to a crab tree at the
end of my garden for week, and gave
'em nothing but water. When fetched
'em from their mistresses they refused
to eat what l should have been glad to
get, and when they went back they
would eat what | couldn't have touched.
I've had some dogs twice or even three
times a year, but | always cured 'em at
last. One of them was as good as e3 a
year to me. / was terribly fond of him,
but he never took to me; and when he
saw me coming for him to bring down
his fat he would waddle away, and howl
enough to wake the dead Dogs haven't
got no gratitude. y London Field.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-03-10

poor innocentsl They again took
fright, ran back to the station, and,
watching their chance, hid themselves in
another truck, which carried them to
Bristol. There they were discovered,
fainting and famished, having eaten
nothing for three days, and having almost
cried their eyes out. The corporation fed
them and sent them home to their moth
ers. 1t also fined two of them two shill-
ings and sixpence each for travelling sur
reptitously.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-03-10

AT the Middlesex (Eng) Sessions the
Judge asked a policeman: When did
you last see your sister," The police
man replied: The last time saw her,
my Lord was about eight months ago,
when she called at my house and l was
out" Here the court broke out in a roar
of laughter. The Judge rallied to the
charge by asking: "Then you did not
see her on that occasion?" Breathless
pause till the man answered, Ono, my
Lord, wasn't there"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-03-10

Miss Ida Bemer, pupil in a public
school in Alamakee County, Iowa,
fractured some of the rules thereof and
suffered the penaty-a rattaning. Be-
ing something like twenty one years of
age, her dignity was more injured than
her person, and to heal her feelings she
went to law. In the Justices and in the
District Court she had the pedagogue
convicted of assault and battery but he
carried the matter to the Supreme Court
of the State, where it was decided that
Ida had been enrolled as pupil of the
school and must submit to the rules
governing il.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1877-08-03

letter from Japan 10 the London
Spectator says: One Of the first prob
lens presented to foreign teacher in
Japan Is the reason Of the great appa-
rent happiness and light-hcartedncss Of
Japanese children. One may walk for
hours through the streets Of Toxic, and
scarcely ever hear child's cry Of dis
tress. Four principal causes Of this SUI
periority Of the children Of Japan over
those Of other nations have been sug-
gested by an English lady resident here
They are so well worthy the attention
Of teachers at home that reproduce
them here. They are: ]. The style Of
clothing, loose and yet warm, 4 far
more comfortable than the dress Of our
children. 2. Japanese children are
much more out in the open air and sun
shine. 3. The absence Of furniture,
and, therefore, the absence Of repeated
ly given instructions "not to touch.-
The thick, soft mating, forming at once
the carpet and the beds Of all japanese
houses, and the raised Intel, on to which
the child may Chamber as il grows
strong, constitute the very beau ideal Of
an infants playground. 4. Children
are much petted, without being capri
ciously thwarted. A child Is not cuifed
one moment and indulged the next, as
is too frequently the case at home. To
these four most suggestive reasons
would add fifth, which il that Japanese
character Is 50 constituted as to bring
their elders into much stronger sympa-
thy with the little ones than is the case
in busy, bustling, inoncy-making Eng
land. II has been well said that "Japan
II Paradise Of babies,r for you may
see old and young together playing at
battledore and shuttlecock in the streets !,
while on holidays the National amusc-
ment Of men, women and children Is
flying huge paper kites Puppet-shows
and masquerades also have their vota-
ries in thousands, from amongst both
sexes and all ages.