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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-24
History OF the Minnesota State Rail Road
Bonds in Blank Verse-By p. Cud-
More, lie Sueur, Mimi,

MI. Cudmore, author of several
seresting works sends us the follow
z metrical. historical, ESSAY. with a
equeSt that we publish it. We do so
With pleasure as we want all sides to
.e heard.
Erune twelfth, mind. dont forget the date.
THEY'LL he ! special election held Ger
lrhe election Is called in favor at the bond
holder clan,
|Eo legalize the s'old State rail road bonds
We've voted down these bonds in November.
1.-The election, i'll be ia June-farmers renem-
her,
n fifty eight the Pioneer took the stand
hat the paper regarded the companies
bonds,
he advocates of this swindling measure
told capItaliSts-.iook to the roads"-vour
principal debtor
k~ondholoers who Reputation doth pirate,
now that the bonds were not issued by the
State,
ondholders who cry repudiation-violated
law,
hen the bonds were issued we were. not a
State atall,
hen the s.bond question was submitted
for ratification,
was by the Territorial, not the State Legis-
lature,
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-24


T.,
The RAJ road bonds a mere mlsnonner,
Instead q state bonds catl EN- territorial.
me Legislature could not submit the amend
- iiellt
the only power, the constltitonal cohFeA
uoh,
FOR ne law on the case | refer YOU BACK,
lothe constitution, congress, ana enabhn;
- acts,
Ih"conslitutlonai acts can he mace legal,
by subsequent acts OF the state Legislature,
Bondholders who are not Ger scIupulous,
Want tneir 4 lfgailNed py the conslltu-
tlol,
iiey no" WANT ti1elf bolos le5aiiAen-
The i've million loan was nncohstltutlona
and void
Ihen We had neither HoVefllot nor secretary
Oh state,
The STATE was not adnNlte4ul MAY ilth, MY
eight,
DohuloldefS VINO cft fepadlal}Dh ana bad
1atn,
lou cotlid nave inspected me otaie Ftcpfd>
and pc safe,
II You were buying arm you WouId sec
ornra"pe =. ~ facts no. No ,lasda5 n f,a,1d
You can't well plead ignorance BY law,
For tbei hn3d : were sold * cents nar dollar
IN itty-eight, the people were then battered
Il ) dollar -" I = re-
III 1866, the bondholders put up the job
B~ondholders and Wall stree Sbarners
Have refused 30 cents on the dollar,
PafTseJ Ii i6o 1 ooa l pre- " ~ s, sa.1 ls 49, '''"ps
They've ~cheek-they're getting bold,
Fa ney @on Won : u' Mi i e palr- tha H. ~@ ~, ne v noie'
If you vote for rail road bondsthe 18th Of
~ ) LEE, eIar5,,o, n yoven,hor bnaor snr;na
Vote down the bonds again and again,
: 20 vo, p nnsses siVhis ~ "oh'noi0eh' al
Think Of the weevils, grasshoppers and pests,
Whla pla5ues uoah .ar aa4tI soa5is sa,
Bondholders and Chamberlain know what's
best to DO;
and new.
You have doubtless heard OFT before,
Farmers haven't time to study leeai loss
On the bonds always vote no, no, no.
COMMENTS.
Let us suppose that friend of Mr..
Cudmore had, before arriving at the
age of discretion. committed some
youthful folly. and to settle it he had
given his promis0ry note for $1,000.
Coming of age, soon after, he pleads
the fact as a minor and repudiates
the note. Years roll on. Mr.. Cud-
more's friend reaches middle age,
becomes wealthy and respectable, a
member of church and a leader Of
society. A sharper gets hold Of that
old note and ooes ia nnhlishing i j,
the newspapers and dnnnino Mr..
Cudmore's friend ON the street and
raking it IN in church meetings. and
it in his ears and shaking it
before his ewes eternally, which ever
way he may turn.until Mr.. Cudmore's
friend is sick and disguised. And
then his neighbors get at him and tell
him he ought to settle that note. that
t is q disgrace to him as q moralman,
etc.
All very wen, gentlemen, says
VII. Cuahlore $ Iflend, but that note
S fraud ana grew outof aSwindle.'
mat makes no dlfTerence,' they
'epiy, you oughnt to have made
t;-yon dldso yourself with youreyes
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-24

and diphtheria have been severe this
past winter, the recommendation OF
one hundred medical men in council
was III these words:
"There should be no public funerals
OF any patieet who has died of any in
fictitious OF contagious disease. Re.
member that the separation of the
sick person from the well is the most
certain means OF preventing the spread
Of the disease"
A writer In the Baltimore phqsiciau
and Surgeon, last December. went SO
far as TO advocate the passage of the
law on the subject the average
American MAJ looking upona Law
as the cure-all on every occasion). He
thought it should embody the follow
ing provisions:
/. Whenever any II dies Of con-
tagious disease. the PUBLICATION an
noucing the death should state the
IL of death.
: No persen except the immediate
family should be permitted to attend
the funeral, and the handling and bu-
rying the body should be intrusted to
persons who devote themselves to that
business.
3. \ sufficient number Of carriages
should be kept for this special purpose
OF attending these funerals, and the
hiring them for other purposes
should be prohibited. under the Sc
yerest penalties.
These are good suggestions, but
people should learn and obey them out
of a natural sense of sanitary propri-
ETY.. not out Of obligation to a stat.
ute.-Medtcut and Surgical Reporter.
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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-12-13
A ChapIer In History.

The New York Times has very fair re-
view of the collapse of Southern Republican
ism, which it sums up tersely in this wise:
What has been the result? Weeks, months
have gone by, and still there is no sign of the
breaking up of the Southern Democracy.
The expected compromise on the speakership
did.not occur and the much talked of Admin
istration Democrats have not yet been heard
of in the House. The leaders of the domi-
nant party in the cotton States have simply ac-
cepted as right every concession made by the
Republican President. They have given moth
ing in return. The old Wings have not made
their appearance, the Democrats are more
united than ever before, 1.-The solid South is
no longer what Mr.. Matthews was pleased
to call political bugbear--it is a stern
political reality. In Georgia and Miss
issippi the Republican party has been
officially buried South Carolina it exists no
longer, even in name; in Louisiana its disor-
ganization is complete. It withstood all the
terrors of the White League, the bullets of
the rifle clubs, and the whip of the bull-dozer;
in spite of Hamburg, Coushatta, Vicksburg,
Eufaula and New Gascony. it's members
went to the polls and voted for the princi-
pies they loved so well; but at last they were
obliged to yield to power greater than any
they have had faced before They succum-
bed to ''the reconciliation policy" and they
are heard of no more in American politics.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-12-13
Stopping the Interest.

Daniel Webster once dined with an old
Boston merchant, and when they came to the
wine dusty Old bottle was carefully decanted
by John.and passed to the host. Taking the
bottle he poured out Mr.. Webster's glass and
handed it to him. Then pouring out another
glass for himself, he held it to the light and
said:
''How do you like it, Mr.. Webster?'
Il think it is Il fine specimen of old port "
''Now, can you guess what it cost me-?
said the host.
"Surely not" said Mr.. Webster" l only
know it is excellent
"Wcll, now, can tell you, for l made a
careful estimate the other day. When add
the interest to the first price, | find that it
cost me the sum of $1.20 per glass! -
say Glass he
presented it again with the remark:
''Fill it up again as quick as you can. tor
want to stop that confounded interest"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-12-13
Improved Arrangem ement For Fires.

Anovelty is mentioned as having been added
to the various adjuncts of stoves iand fire.
places which consists in the employment of
q bright nickel-pla sheet of metal, sus-
pended over the fire, and adjusted in proper
position by a crank, the rod of which passes
through the side of the stove or fireplace.
While the fire is being kindled, the plate is
turned toward the front to prevent it from be-
ing smoked, but when the fire is fairly
burning the plate is turned back at an angle
of forty-five degrees, as indicated by wheel
on the side of the stove. The result is des-
cribed about as follows: The reflection from
the bright metallic surface produces the effect
of double fire and adds greatly to its cheer
fulness. In addition to this it is claimed that
the large amount of heat thus refectd by the
sheet is, to great extent, clear gain, and
that the effect of its employment is readily
perceived in increased warmth at quite dis
tance from its source. Furthermore it is said
that the rush of air usually passing up Chin
ney of an open stove. or CRATE, and which
makes this desirable form of heating appar-
aratus so expensive in rapid consumption of
fuel, is checked and thrown down on the fuel,
producing surface combustion, while the draft
at the base may be shut off, giving clear
bright fire, without wasteful consumption of
coal
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-12-13
A Quaker Printers Proverbs.

Never send an article for publication with
out giving the editor thy name, for thy name
oftentimes secures publication to worthless
articles.
Thou shouldst not rap at the door of print
ing office; for he that answereth the raI
sneereth in his sleeve and loseth time.
Never do thou loaf about, nor knock down
the type, or the boys will love thee as the
shade trees-when thou leavest.
Thou shouldst never read the copy on the
printers case or the sharp and hooked con-
tainer thereof, or he may knock thee down.
Never inquire of the editor for news, for
behold it is his business to give it to thee at
the appointed time without asking for it.
1t is not right that thou shouldst ask him
who is the author of an article, for it his duty
to keep such things unto himself.
When thou dost enter his Office, take heed
unto thyself that thou dost not look at what
may concern thee not, for that is not meet in
the sight of good breeding
Neither examine thou the proof sheet, for
it is not ready to meet thine eye, thou mayest
understand.
Prefer thine own home paper to any other,
and subscribe for it Immediately.
Pay for it in advance, and it shall be we'll
with thee and thine.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-12-13
Russian Generals.

In the first place all those in high COM
mand are very old men. Their whole lives
may be said to have been passed in one oc-
cupation; their whole minds, whatever they
ever had, concentrated on one object, and
that the most trivial to which the human mind
can descend--card playing. They have done
nothing else for years. Their minds have
rusted until thy are as dull, as heavy, and as
incapable of receiving new impressions as
the variest clodhopper. Called from their
card tables by the trumpet of war, they rise,
rub their eyes, look around them completely
bewildered, and as thoroughly out of the cur
rent of modern war as if they had been
asleep for forty years. Not even Rip Van
Winkle, with his rusty gun dropping to piec-
es after his long sleep, was more bewildered
and lost than the majority of these poor
old generals suddenly thrown into the cam
paign at the heads of their brigades, divis-
ions and corps.-C0 Correspondent.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-12-13
General Howard.

General Howard said to a San Francisco
reporter, in summing up the campaign against
Chief Joseph: "Too much credit cannot be
given to Miles, for his action was mastery
and decisive; but no slurs can be cast at my
men, for their accomplishing labor deserves
the highest encomiums. We had no wagons,
remember, or at best few only at times, and
yet the infantry marched from the 2Sd of
June to the 10th of October over two thous-
and miles, while the'cavalry covered a still
greater distance. During the first twenty six
consecutive days--we knew no Sundays,
whatever the papers may say to the contrary
the infantry averaged 10 $40 miles per day,
and through most of the time they were ILL.,
clothed, ill-fed, and, worst of all, ill-shod.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-12-13
Helena, Montana, Thursday, December 13, 1877


Many persons complain of always getting
up tired in the morning. This is very often
,, due to defective ventilation of the bedroom,
or from using an undue amount of bedclothes
and bedding. Feather beds are too soft and
yielding, and partially envelope the sleeper,
thus producing profuse perspirations. The
habit of lying TOO much under blankets is
also very pernicious, by reason of the car
bonic acid exhaled by the sleeper being re-
spired. Again, it is Il common error to sup
pose that by simply opening window little
at the top a room can be ventilated. People
forget that for proper ventilation there must
be an inlet and outlet of the air. In bed
rooms there is often neither, and if there is q
fireplace it is generally closed. Again it is
mistake to suppose that foul air goes to the
top of the room. Certainly the heated air
goes to the top, but the chief impurity the
carbonic acid, falls to the bottom. There is
nothing so ef1icacious in removing the lower
strata of air as the ordinary fireplace, espe-
cially if there is a fire burning. The usual
defect in ventilation is the want of proper
inlet for the air. If the window be open the
cold air, being heavier, pours down into the
room, causing draughts if the door be open
or ajar the same thing occurs. The perfec-
ton of ventilation may be obtained in any
AOOAA VAGAA @ AASPissN~ ~ oAAAPAy PAO'AAAo6
proper inlets for the air. BY means of up
right tubes the heavier external atmosphere
extends vertically through the tubes like the
jet of fountain, dlsplacing the warmer and
lighter atmosphere of the room, which finds
its exit up the chimney. The tubes should
communicate with the outer air on q level
with the floor, and should be carried vertically
upward in the room for about four or five
feet. A constant supplY of fresh air is thus
insured, without the slightest liability TO
draue ht, as the current::goes directly upward
until it strikes the ceiling. It is then diffused
downward, mixed with the heated air of the
ceiling. The same principle can be carried
out in any room with sash window, by cut
ting out two or three holes an inch wide and
three inches long in the woodwork of the up
per sash where it joins the lower one. The
columns of air ascend directly upward just
inside the window, and mix with the heated
air in the upper part of the room. If this
system we're universally carried out, we
should hear less of rheumatism and chills
caught by sitting in draughts
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-12-13
HUMORS OF HOUSE RENTING.
A Real Estate Agents Mistake
Curiosity Grattfled.

She was very pretty and quite young
nineteen or thereabOuts-and when she trip
ped into the real estate Office, and with 8
smile and blush began making inquiries
regarding little six-room cottage out0n Olive
street, the real estate agent looked over his
spectacles at her and thought he had not seen
such handsome woman for years. Question
and answer followed each other in rapid sue.
cession, and at their conclusion the lady
seemed delighted with the house as the agent
was with his prospective tenant. Then the
lady's hand dived into the mysterious folds of
| her polonaise and drew forth dainty little
purse, from which she began to count forth
crisp notes with which to pay her first months
rent of her new house. At the sight of
money the agents presence of mind returned
to him, and remembering the rule of the Of
fee, which applies to cases where unprotec-
ted females apply to rent residences, he be-
gan questioning his fair customer:
''Ah, yes, Madam; that is to say, Miss;
all, who is to rent the-the house? Your
father?"
"Why, nor
"Your mother. then ?"
"Why, no. What difference does it make
to your"
''Oh, nothing, nothing; but then we al
the premises we rent"
'Well, I'm going to live there myself.
"Alone?"
''Certainly not"
"With your parents, suppose
''N-n-o-o" with faint blush.)
''Who with then 2
"With a, a, gentleman. "a profusion f
blushes.)
"a gentleman A relation, suppose.
mo, sir; he's not relation, but
Madam. must decline to rent the premi-
ses No, madam, it's no use, really"
''Bat he's the gentleman I'm going to
marry" Cheeks carmine and eyes full of
gentle fire.)
And then that real estate agent went and
stayed in the back Office just long enough to
call himself qualified old fool eight or nine
times, after which he frisked back to his GUS
toner and promised newly papcred walls,
freshly whitened ceilings, hot and cold water
on each floor. bronze gas-fixtures throughout,
CRATES in the fire places, and everything else
she might want in the house, and handed her
the receipt for the first months rent with q
bow and smile that, if the grandmother of
his children had happened round just then,
would have cost him a heap of domestic
trouble.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-12-13

THE REV. DIR. JOHN Pols4L, the new
Chaplain of the House, was once shoemaker
in West Virginia, and studied theology while
working on his bench. He is an old circuit
rider, and it is said, won Congressman
j. R. Tucker from skepticism by an eloquent
sermon preached several years ago. DR.. Poisal
has remarkable memory-is said, indeed to
a pt the good % .d. old man
Blind oS o rSi Sm ne Sa hs T. sens
tive concerning his defective sight, and has
done wonderful things in the way of memor-
izing to conceal it.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-12-13
THE CANADA PACIFIC.
II0pelessncss Of Making the Caua4ila ila,l
Pacific Railway n Paying Specu-
latiOn.

Mr.. Sanford Fiemniiiig, the engincer-iu-
chief OF the Canadian Pacific railway, has
! published report which is declared by the
LONDON Times 10 show the hopelessness of
making the road paying speculation within
a reasonable period. The Times says:
The total length of the line from Ottawa
to the Pacific will apparently be nearly g.
COO miles, a distance greater than the breadth
Of Europe, and it will pass through terri
tory which, from the shores of Lake Supe-
rior to gorges of the Rocky mountains-a
distance OF, say nearly 1,5OO miles-does not
contain 50, 900 white men. All along the
central plateaux, and, indeed, everywhere on
the route, the winter is long and most severe,
| offering little encouragement to settlers; and
! whatever route is chosen the engineering diff
| fculties to be overcome in carrying the line
| across the Rocky Mountains will be enormous.
Mr.. Fleming estimates that the cost OF one
of the proposed routes by which these noun
tains are to be bridged (and there are no less
than eleven different Pacific termini pr0posed(
will be 1913, 0O0, 900, and the lowest estimate
given is $29, 600, 900, while some are as high
as $3S, 100000 This is the worst section of
the line, to be sure, but there does not seem
to be any prospect of Traffic in British Colum-
bia such as would justify this outlay. The
mountains are said to abound in minerals;
but no minerals in the world would bear the
cost of land transport for 5000 miles and
pay the miner. AS regards the fertility of
these central wilds, there appears to be less
absolute desert than was at one time supposed.
Much land is available for pasturage, and
some for cultivation, especially in the terri
tory north of the line of railway. The total
area is estimated at 160,0OO,O00 acres, of
which $4,000, 600 are arabic in the region be-
tween Lake Superior and the Rocky Noun
tains. 1t is, however, as we have said, as
yet a land without inhabitants, and with some
forbidding features.
The Times discourages the construction of
the road as an expensive and needless under
taking, and one which in five years would
add 5000, ZOO, 900 to $3.50, 0oo, 900 to the Can
adian debt
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-12-13
A Curiosity.

While we are watching the movements of
the European States. the following prophecy,
made in 1853, when Constantinople was taken
by the Turks may be of interest:
SIN twice two hundred years, the Bear
The Crescent shall assail;
But if the Cock and Bull shall pair,
The Bear shall not prevail.
But look, in twice ten years again,
Let Islam know and fear
The Cross shall wax the Crescent wane
Grow pale, and disappear"
1t is exactly twice ten years since the end
of the Crimean war.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-12-13

JOE JEFFERsoN's son-in- law, the novelist,
B. L. Farjeon, was given reception in New
York the other evening by the Lotos Club.
In the course of some remarks he said: 'NOt
only in oratory is the American the superior
of the Englishman. You excel us in oysters,
in corn bread, in sweet potatoes, in cavas-
back ducks, and. venture to say, in kindli-
ness and hospitality. In intellect, take it.
we are about level but doubt whether you
give yours full play. If you did, you would
depend upon yourselves, and less upon for
eign markets for your literature"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-12-13

THERE was a church opening at Wood
lands near Winnipeg last month, and the
clergymen who took part in the ceremonies
had a strange adventure while returning to
their homes. A prairie ire was raging
furiously and strong wind blew the flames
directly toward them. compelling them to
ride for their lives. Two clergymen, who
were in high buggy, escaped with singed
whiskers. Canon O'Meara, who was driving
in a low blackboard, was burned in the face,
and his wife's veil caught fire more than
once. The horses names and tails were also
scorched.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-12-13
Charles Francis Adams q Cheap
DemagOgue.

The time has been when we should have
said that this cheap demagogueism was un-
worthy of Charles Francis Adams. That, how
ever, was before he allowed wounded conceit
and other causes to drive him into the arms
of the intriguer of Gramercy Park. From the
moment when he identified himself with q
man whose candidacy was fraud, whose can
vass was series of frauds, and whose political
and professional character was made up of
frauds Mr.. Adams became commonplace par
tisan. He has jeremiah Blacks malignity
without his spice, his fondness for the toma-
hawk without his dexterity in its use.