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

In late speech. Hon. Thos. Ewing
said: "Our people are in debt about
twelve billions OF dollars for govern
ment, individual and corporate ohli-
cations. These debts represent an
annual interest charge of eight or
nine hundred millions year. Our
government taxes, national. state and
municipal. are about seven hundred
and fifty millions annually. Exclud-
ing the taxes for interest on bonds.
the two sums together represent an
annual charge of nearly fifteen hun
bred millions a year. This sum is
about twice the amount of the annual
increase of wealth in the United
Estates, after deducting living ex-
Ipenses. and it is equivalent to interest
at six per cent on sum greater than
the present selling value of all the
property, real and personal in the
limited StateS.n
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-10

The farmer can now count the pro-
ceeds of his farm in coin.-Cincinnati
Gazette. Too late. The farmer S
farm is mortgaged. The proceeds go
to the Insurer. 1t is Mr.. Shylock who
counts the proceeds of the farm in
coin." We advise all farmers to vote
against the Shylock species in the
coming election, and reposses them
selves of lost advantages. -Indianap
oils News.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-10
DR.. Pierce S Fayorite Prescription.

The term, however, is but feeble expression
Of my high appreciation Of its value, based upon
server en have. While witnessing its positive re-
suits in the few special diseases incident TO the
separate organism Of woman, singled it out as
medical career. On its merits, as a posi-
tive safe, and e1ectual remedy for this class
of diseases, and one that will, at all times and
under all circumstances, act kindly and in har-
mony with the laws which govern the female
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1s n Will Ha the %oss
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for any of the ailments for which recommend it,
that | offer and sell it under A POSITIVE
GUARANTEE. If beneficial effect is not
experienced by the time two-thirds of the con-
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been taken according to directions, and the case
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the II TOT Il Mad mo- me e
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perfectly safe In rfskiMg both my
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| Congestion, Inflammation and liberation OF the
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ness Of purpose, being most perfect
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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-10
Profits Of National Banks.

From the report of the comptroller
OF the currency it appears that the
ratio Of earnings of the National banks
to capital and surplus for the year
1877 was 5.62 per cent. and it is esti-
mated that the ratio for the year 1878
will not be greater than for the pre-
vious year-Exchange.
The reader will please observe that
the ratio of profits given above is that
upon ''capital and surplus This is a
fair specimen of the deceptive modes of
statements adopted in National bank
statistics. By reference to the report
Of the comptroller or the currency for
1876, we find the following ratios of
profits, etc:
l. Ratios of ''Dividends to capital .
That shows the ratio or per centage of
dividend profits to capital, but not the
ratio of total profits or earnings to
capital. To illustrate; suppose the
capital Of the bank be 100000 and
the profits for single year to be $780,
600. That is profit of 20 per cent.
But suppose the directors only divide
$4,000 amongst the stockholders and
carry the other $4,000 to the surplus
fund or undivided profits. In that
case the dividend would be only 10
per cent. on the capital, but the fact
still remains that the profits were 20
per cent. ON the capital invested.
2. Ratios of ''Dividends to capital
and surplus"
In the above case $4,000 of profits
is carried to the surplus fund. Sup
pose that is done for ten years. At
the end of the ten years the surplus
fund or undivided profits will amount
to the sum of 100000, and the bank
will have madea ten per cent. dividend
on capital each year in the bargain.
At the end of the ten years the capital
will still be 100000 and the I'M
divided profits will be another $780,
900 which make together 100000
The profits are still 20 per cent. Of
original capital as at first, viz: $40, 900
one-half of which is divided and the
other half carried to the surplus fund
But in comparing the $40 700 dividend
to the "capital and surplus, it will be
only 5 per cent. notwithstanding the
fact that the bank has made a profit
each year of 20 per cent. on the origin
al capital.
3. The last ratio given by the
comptroller is that of Earnings te
capital and surplus In this com
parison the annual profit of 30 pei
cent. on capital appears to be only II
per cent. when compared to capital ans
all previous undivided profits added
together.
Such are the methods of Nationa
bank statements and bookkeeping b,
which they befuddle the people an,
make it appear to the ordinary min,
that they make very small profits.
Note the fact: The comptroller o
the currency in no single Instance ha
made statement of the ratio of ne
profits to capital stock. Not one. Blu
in spite of this partial and deceptiv
method of statement we observe tina
the National banks of the Wester
States and territories divided In aver
age profit of ten and seven-tenths pc
cent. on capital in 1878, besides tn
large amount Q, profits carried to sui
plus fund. See comptroller's repoI
for lS76.-Indianapolis Sun.
4 L.. L.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-10
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
MINNEAPOLIS.
Literary, Agricultural and Engi
neering Departments fully organized
and in operation.
Tuition is Free.

j Ob3bOUU 10 uO00
The year 1877 3, begins, Sept. IL, 1877
The Calenda ar, containing full infor
nation, will be sent free upon applica
ton to the President of the University
DEPARTMENTS OPEN:
The Collegiate Department.
The College of Science, Literature
and the Arts.
The College of Agriculture.
The College of Mechanical Arts.
Colleges of Law and Medicine will
hereafter be organized.
the Geological Survey, conducted .,
Professors of the University, is In pro
gress.
The EQUIPMENT COMPRISE:
4 Main Academic building, 1S5x9O
feet.
An Agricultural College building
l46x54 feet.
An Experimental Farm, with barn
teams, tools, DC
A General Library of 10000 vol
umes.
A Chemical Laboratory in complies
order.
A Plant House.
A supply of Physical Apparatus.
A set of engineering Instruments.
$50 e. S. Cadet rihe-muskets, Will
accoutrements.
/ A section of Artillery, with Gals
ms.
A collection of Minerals, Arts, shell
&c.
!. A Workshop and Lathe Room.
A Drawing-Room well equipped.
Numerous Models, Maps, GLOBE
Charts, DC.
i The general faculty consists of
Professors and Instructors.
, Minneapolis, MINI. 159-1y.
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WON AN.

period of years, having within that time treated
many thousand cases Of those di eases peculiar
to woman, have been enabled to perfect 9
most potent and agreeable medicine that meets
the indications presented by that class OF dis
eases with positive certainty and exacincss.
To designate this natural specific compound,
have named it
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-07-27
snEEP-vALUE AND PROFIT.


Keep sheep for the following reasons:
First. They are very profitable both
for wool and mutton.
Second. They speedily enrich the
land over which they range.
Third. Their number increases with
rapidity when properly cared for and
protected, and they will thus make the
owner rich in a few years.
Fourth. A German agriculturist has
calculated that the droppings from
1000 sheep during a single night would
manure an acre of ground for any crop.
BY using cheap portable fences and
moving the same from place to place, a
farmer may MANURE his outlying fields
with sheep at less cost than the hauling
and spreading of ordinary manure.
Fifth. A great deal of the most val
liable n may also be made by a
cheap and easy system of night folding
on well-littered yard and in sheds, which
should always be erected on the range
to protect the flock against sudden and
severe changes in the weather. - Vir-
gn,id Valley Fdrmer.
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in Berlin, from which we extract n

in Berlin, from which we extract its
account OF the scene.
The General saunters into the court
yards and the sentinels eye him a mo-
ment %cnriously, and then present arms.
His visit has been expected, but GER
tainly an ex-President of the United
States would come in a carriage and
six and not quietly ON foot-throwing
away a half smoked cigar as he raises
his hat in honor of the salute, lie adj
vances to the door, but before he has
time to ring two servants throw them
open, and he passes into an open mar
BILE hall. OF all princes now living this
is, perhaps, the most renowned-this
of Bismarck-Schonhausen-who comes
with a swinging, bending gait through
the opened and opening doors with
both hands extended to meet the Gem
eral. Yon note that time has borne
heavily on the Prince these past few
years. The iron gray hair and mus
tacte are almost white; there is weari-
ness in the gait, Il tired look in the face.
But all the lines are there that are as
sociates with Bismarck; for if ever
manhood, courage, intellect are writ
ten on mans face by his Creator they
are written on the face of the German
Chancellor. There is the lofty station
that seem to belong to the Bismarck
stamp of men, the bold outlines of the
brain, under which empires have found
their fate-the frank, intrepid, pene-
trating eye, and that firmly knit mouth
the courage of the Saxon race. The
Prince wears an officers uniform, and
on taking the Generals hand says lie,
'sGlad to welcome General Grant to
Germany"
The General answered that there was
no incident in his German tour that
more interested him than this oppor-
tunity of meeting the Prince. Bis
marck expressed surprise ut seeing the
General SO young a man, but on COM
parison of ages, it was found that Bis
marck was only seven years the Cen
erals senior.
THAT" said the Prince, ...shows the
value OF a military life, for Lere you
have the frame of u young man, while
I feel like an old man,
The General, smiling, announced
that he was at that period of life when
lie could have no higher compliment
than being called Il young man. By
this time the Prince had escorted the
the General TO Il chair.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-07-27

AIExASDEn STEPHENS IL evilentIv
enioving himself In h,s co,v,ss To-, ,
denomination He rebearses his con.
troversv with Mr. Potter with keen reI.
ish in every speecl, bs makos A.
Thomson recentIv ho said willie al
dressing an immense omen air o,thar.
inc ~ he,;evc T,,den u,s a,oo,as ~,
a fair count and 7 have no muct narv.
.s NO., naa,1a I.aaa. 49,. -
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-07-27

PROF. BAIRD has devised a new sys-
TEN for Matching fish. This method
consists of suspending the spawn in a
a great number of buckets attached to
RATS, and Of gently and regularly tip
ping them by means of steam machine
cry, thus dispensing with the necessity
OF currents, and enabling the Matching
to go on in the open sea. by this pro-
cess the Fish Commission the past year
Matched %, 900, 900 shad, when by the
| old method only 5,000,0 900 would have
been obtained. The artificial repro
duction OF cod, Prof. Baird asserts, can
be carried on with even greater facility
than that of shad, since an average cod
fish will furnish 1000, 900 eggs, while
the shad furnishes only %, 900. SO that
if a hundred spawning fish could be
procured, there would be Matched out
100. 600, 900 OF young fish, and the sea
would be rapidly filed with them along
the whole Atlantic coast, from New
foundland to Florida. In this manner
the h~ardships now endured by iisherz
men in fishing in the cold climate off
the northern coasts would be relieved
by their being enabled to fish ut pleas.
IRE in more southern waters.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-07-27

The officer who is doing such effect
i've work against the Indians In Idaho
and Oregon having been designated us
General Miles, Colonel Miles and Cap
tain Miles, Lieut.. Dougherty writes to
the New York Tribune to say: "Gen.
Miles is at his post, Fort Keogb, NJ. T.
at least GOO miles from the scene Of OPP
erations. The one to whom credit
should be given is Evan Miles, Captain
Twenty-frst infantry. Gen. Miles is
good a soldier to wish to be credit
ed with services that he never perform
ed, and Capt. Miles should have full
credit for what he is doing,
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-07-27
JOAQUIN MILLER's personal /.

JOAQUIN MILLER's personal appear
ance and dress excite as much surprise
and comment in England as his writ
ings have done. The pen portrait of
him is from the London World: "Hc
has a fine, square forehead, long, deep
set gray eyes, and an expression OF
mingled defiance and melancholy alto.
gether difficult to describe. He wears
his hair very much longer than is Gus
tomery in this country, and his chest
nut beard grows in picturesque luxuri-
ance whittier 1t listeth. His manners
are prominently the manners of a
child of nature; but his conversation,
though often wild and incoberent,
never d~egenerates into commonplace,
and is invariably of things instead of
persons.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-07-27

MEMORIES OF .'DEXTER" AND THE
MAID


The Turf, Field and Farm contains
what Mr.. George b. Alley, his former
owner, has been recently saying of the
famous trotting horse Dexter lie
is owned by Mr.. Bonner, of course, and
at the age of twenty years shows no
signs of decay. Mr.. Alley is one of the
best known club men of New York,
and although never betting on races, is
n recognized authority on the horse,
and very fond of the sports of the turf.
"When Dexter was five years old"
said Mr.. Alley, II told a few of my
friends that he was the fastest horse in
the world. He could show me a twen-
ty gait, but could not carry it far at u
time.n y y dexter had the speed,
and l knew his showing me n quick
mile was only n question of time.
When l placed him in Woodruff's
hands, Hiram thought | was too gentle
with him. When he got the least out
of fix took him home and gave him n
rest. lie was u young horse of great
spirit, and Hiram was of the opinion
that he should be driven hard
in order to keep him under control. |
trotted him n few races when he was
six years old. His turf career really
did not begin until 1865, when he was
sever years old. When l matched him
to beat 2:19 lie had never shown me
better than 2:234. lie won, as you are
aware, in 2:1S 10. He was retired
September 4 1867, having in three
short years become ouch n master of
his speed as to defeat all corners. When
he trotted against Ethan Allen and
running mate he was timed by Shep
Knapp in PIG. Had he had the pole
that day with a horse to wait on him
and encourage him, l am satisfied that
he would have trotted a mile in 2:13.
A horse knows when he is beaten, and
therefore will not show at his best.
Dexter felt that he was trotting a los
ing race against Ethan Allen with u
running horse to take the weight from
the stallion and add to his momentum
and so he vas more or less depressed
Suppose he had been kept on the turf
two years longer, what would his record
have been?" we asked. "Why, it
stands to reason that he would have
become a more perfect master of his
great speed every successive year he
was kept in training. If in two cam
paigns he was able to obtain u record of
2:l74, in two more campaigns he would
have improved at least five seconds.
2:1I4, l want you to understand, is no
measure of Dexter's capacity. Look
at Goldsmith Maidl She commenced
her turf career in 1865. In the fall of
of 1868 her best turf record was 2:225. |
1t took her three years to get to that
point, while Dexter went to 2:l74 in
the same period of time.
In1s72 she had marked 2:16s, and in
1873 she had got down to 2:14. In1s76
she trotted against Smuggler the great
est of her life. In the hands of
Budd Doble she showed gradual inn
provement. She went forward instead
Of backward, until overtaken by the
decay which comes with age.
A careful and persistent system of
training would have done as much for
Dexter as it did for Goldsmith Maid.-
. NL..NF |
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-07-27
SOME weeks ago we outlincd the D

SOME weeks ago we outlined The pro-
gramme as to the proposed Darian siliI
canal. 1t is now stated TINT the gov.
eminent of Columbia has ratifed and
sent over to Europe the contract with
the international Committee (chiefy
French) for the construction of such "a
canal. There is a grant of land includ-
ing stretches 200 yards wide on each
side of the canal, and over a million
acres besides, to be chosen at will. The
work is to be completed before 1875,
andthe canal is to be entirely neutral
and to stand opento the commerce of
the world forever.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-07-27

FRANCE has been visited by destr,c-
tive storms this season, as well as the
United States. Qnsthe 5th of July the
Department of the Saoneset-L Loire was
almost devastated by wind, rain and
hail. Hail fell during twenty minutes.
and completely ravaged six or eight dis.
tricts. The smallest hailstones were
from an inch to an inch and a half in
circumference, and some were four or
five inches. Nothing was spared. not
a single crop but was absolutely cut To
pieces by the storm, which caused ruin
and misery to a large number of fami.
lies. Other storms are reported from
various parts of France. In the Dor
dogne and the neighboring departments
q vineyards, which produce the choic-
est growths. suffered terribly. The
crops In the fields are absolutely des-
troyed ThsAsSartnent of the Han
testPyfenees slse suffered severely. at
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-07-27

ment continues in force. The quantity
Of land taken up in Dakota, Kansas,
Nebraska and Minnesota this season
aggregates an increase of 3,724,5i2
acres over that of the last fiscal year.
Montana, Colorado, Arkansas, Wyo-
ming and other States and Territories
have also attracted their share Of i'm
migrants. The hard times are simply
evening up things, and the result will
be a more general development of the
country, and, with it, a more general
~prosperity.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-07-27
REV. ]. n. WIccIN SAYS:

oac Of tho best remedies for Cafarrh, nay. the
beat remcdy Va haye found IN q lI1stimo Of suffer.
UNPLEASANT 70 take through the nostriis. and there
comes with each bottle O small glass tubc for use
In inhalation. II. clears tho head and throat 30
thoroughly that, taken each morning on.rislng.
able hacking during the entire day, but m unpre-
ccdcnted clcarncss OF voice and respiratory rgnns.
Each package contains Or. sanford,s Improved
cases. Prico stoo. For sale By all WHOLESALE and
States and Canndns. WEEKS q PQrTER, General
Agents and Wholesale Druggists, Boston, Mass.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-07-27


JUDGE BENNETT passed through
Bismarck on Tuesday en- route to
Washington to answer IN person a new
batch of charges which have been pre-
ferred against him by Black Hills par
ties. This is the third batch. The first
were investigated by Maj. Chase, of the
Department of Justice, who reported
in favor of the Judge. The second
were ruled out by he solicitor general,
but the third seem to demand atten-
ton. The Judge is confident that he
can satisfy the department that the
charges are malicious, but he is dis
gnsted with the Black Hills, and, his
friends say, would welcome any change
that viii give relief, and at the same
time indicate him, hence his candi.
dacy for Congress. Tribune
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-07-27

!1E ffse lands Of the Far West are
Deine taken up and settled this year to
degree most gratifying, inthe face of
the orer-crowded mechanical denart-
ments Of uskfopolitaDu ,ssrsrsI
millions more 1cres Of homesteads have
been snteFsd 43r sstfleRept At the yari-
Gus land Offices this year than in 1876
and 1s77, I'd stnE Ne ,sastsrh6dnav
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-07-27

THE Southern negroes, it is now said,
''haye been persuaded to vote the DEM
ocratic ticket.- This reminds us OF
Mark Twain and friends, who, while
on q hunting excursion, unfortunately
shot a mule. Mark informs us that
"thc owner of the animal came out to
the fence with a shotgun and pursuid-
ed US to bun that mule.n
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-07-27

WHAT puzzles the New York Herald
is that the Colorado Democrats, while
they were about it, did not also demand
an act of Congress enabling every free
born American citizen to lift himself
up by the straps of his boots.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-07-27

For the present, says the New York
Times, Lord Beaconsield is triumph
ant, having, in the words of Talley-
rand, ''done wrong SC skillfully as to
make it seem right.-
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-07-27

A SOUTH CAROLINA planter has col
lected statistics to show that the negro
race is not dying out. He believes that
il they are treated fairly the next cen
sus win shew a considerable increase in
the colored population Of the South.