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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-03-14
nHistoricai Fact.

Every agent who has been steadily selling
the Improved e20 Homestead Sewing Machine
for three years, owns his own dwelling house.
has good account in hank, is clear OF debt.
and has money at interest, the ma. ural conse-
quence Of securing good agency for superior
goods at the lowest prices. A good first-class
Sewing Machine, most useful-reliabIe st all
times, Easy to understand and control. the same
size and does the same work as any Machine
that sells for ForR TINES the price. There Is
no machine at any price better, or that will do
finer or more work, and certainly none 80 low
in price by many dollars. The HOMESTEAD is
widely known and used in thousands Of FAM
lies in the Eastern and Middle States, and
daily becoming popular in the West Il will
save the est several times over in the season.
doing the work Of the family, or will earn four
or five dollars day for any man or woman
who sews for . living: Il is the strongest
Machine made, is ready 1t al times to do lis
work, makes the strongest and finest stitch vet
invented and Is acknowledged u the Standard
Family Sewing Machine. Price, complete for
domestic use, go delivered 1t your door; no
matter how remote you may reside. Business
permanent and honorable, with more certain
and rapid sales, and larger profits than any
their. Extraordinary Offers maze to local or
travelling agents where We have none establish
ID; or. il there is no agent near you, send youf
order direct to the factory. Address John n :.
Kendall & Co., AL Broadway, New York.
137-ly
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CECURE AN AGENCY
~ and S5oor 900 per week.
THE EVER READY AND NEVER OUT OF ORDER
HOMESTEAD con
t0n SEWINCY-O
Wv MACHINE
For Domestic use,

Wit. Table and Fixtures complete, only $40
A perfect and unequaled, large, strong and
durable Machine, constructed elegant and
solid, from the best material with mathematical
precision, for Constant Family use or manufac-
turing purposes. Always ready at moments
notice to do its days work, never out OF order,
and will last generation with moderate care,
easy to understand and manage;light, smooth;
and swift running, like the well-regulated
movement of a fine watch; Simple, Compact,
Efficient, and Reliable. with all the valuable
materials to be found IN the highest priced
machines, warranted to do the same work, the
same way, and as rapid and smooth as a SIS
machine. An acknowledged triumph Of in
genious mechanical skill, essentially the work
ing woman's friend, and far in advance of all
ordinary Machines, for absolute Strength,
Reliability and general usefulness; will lHem,
Fell. Tuck, Seam, Quilt, Bind, Braid, Cord.
Embroider, Run up Breadths, &c, with won
derful rapidity, neatness and ease, sews the
strongest lasting stitch equally fine and smooth
through all kinds OF goods, from cambria to
several thicknesses OF broadcloth or leather.
with fine or coarse cotton, linen, silk or Irvine.
Gives perfect satisfaction. Will earn its cost
several times over in a season for what work
it does, or make good living for any man or
woman who desires to use it for that purpose;
nd works so faithful and easy the servants or
children can use it without damage. Price Of
machine with light table, fully equipped for
family work, 500. HALF CASE, COVER, SIDE
DRAWERS AMI CABINET STYLES each at cor
respondingly low rates safe delivery guar
anteed free from damage. Explanatory
pamphlets illustrated with engravings of he
several styles of Machines, references, variety
of sewing &C., mailed free. Confidential
terms with liberal inducements to enterprising
Clergymen, Teachers, Business Men, Travelling
or Local Agents. &C., who desire exclusive
Agencies, furnished on application. Address
John h. Kendall & Co., 42l Broadway, New
York. l37-ly
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-03-14

of an earlier day AS nations ad-
vance in sound intelligence, they
cease to estimate men in either pri-
vate or public life according to their
outward pretensions. Substantial
merit, genuine integrity. real sound
ness, form the criterion of position
among the most truly enlightened of
mankind. So it should be in all bust
ness communities. We have in very
great measure shaken off the glamor
of title and rank in the country. If
we could now cast aside the influence
of fictitious capital anu delusive spec
ulation, mere outward show and tin
sci, what an advance would there be
toward the loftier, purer, and grander
position of individual security and
national strength. May the year up
on which we now enter witness long
advance toward this end
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-03-14
the so-called statesmen of Great
Britain again grappled the matter,

the so-called statesmen of Great
Britain again grappled the matter,
and by parliamentary enactment re-
quired the bank of England to buy all
the gold which should be offered at
f3.l 7.6, per o., and to sell all asked
for at f3.17.10l-2 under an absurd
| impression that such conjuration
would settle the vexed question and
study the values of the "mOney of
account for the nation. But this
was jumping out of the frying pan
into the fire. with vengeance, since,
| if gold for any cause should be plenti-
full, the vaults of the bank, and the
money market, would be SO gOrged
with it as to stimulate feverish specu-
lation. while on the other hand if war
ate foreign demand, the putative
basis would be withdrawn, resulting
in smash of the superstructure.
But absurd as was that legislation.
the price for gold was the market rate
| at the time of the enactment, which
is more than can be said of the propo-
sitiOn now before congress to buy sill
yer at large advance above it's mark
ct value, and to let our productive in
dustries pay the difference. This
latter is a proposition similar in kind,
though not in degree, to offering to
pay 100 cts. in coined nickels for pig
metal worth IA cents, or greenbacks
nd ibitum to every one who should
furnish the paper to print them on !!
Had the English government offered
to buy all the wheat which might be
offered at 6 shillings per bushel and
sell the same at shillings and Sd the
operation would have been justly
deemed nonsensical but could not
have been productive Of such societa-
ry cyclones alternating fever and
ague-plenty and famine-prosperity
and ralysis-moral and social deyas-
tation, as have ever since that legisla-
ton cursed the British nation.
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The AEo1nOpolists
ng before the trot begins.

ing before the -trot begins.
One quart ov cheap whiskey (the
cheaper the better) judiciously ap-
piled, will do more business for the
devil than the smartest deacon he has
got.
l don't rekolect doing emmy thing
that was just little ashamed ov but
what somebody remembered 1t, and
wuz sure once in a while to put me in
mind of it.
Young man. learn to wait; if you
undertake to set hen before she is
ready. you will loose your time and
confuse the hen besides.
Nature seldom makes a phool; she
simply furnishes the raw materials.
and let's the fellow finish the job to
suit himself.
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Josh BILLINGS AxIoMs.

Josh Billings Trump Card
have never known sekond wife but
vert waz boss or the situashun.
After man gifts to be So years old
he kant form any new habits much:
the best he kan do liz to steer hiz old
ones.
Emmy man who kan swap horses. or
ketch fish, and not lie about it :. st
about az plus as men ever get be in
this world.
The sassyest man l ever met il a
henpeckt husband when he liz away
from home.
An enthusiast is an individual who
believes about 4 times az much az he
can prove, and he can prove about
times az much as emmy body believes
The dog that will follow any body
amt with q cuSs.
Thoze people who are trieing to gil
to heaven on their kreed will find GU,
at last that they didn't hav a thru
ticket.
Too long courtships are not alwus.
judicious: the pertys often out skore
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HoNoRs TIC AMERICAN SCIENTISTS.

Although it has hitherto been the
policy of the Committee on Foreign
Affairs to encourage the receiving Of
decorations and medals by officers of
the United States, it recently reported
back, with recommendation that it
pass, the bill authorizing Spencer F..
Baird. Assistant Secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution, to receive
from the King of Sweden a diploma
ard medal, constituting him men,
Der of the Norwegian Order of Saint
Olaf, as a testimonial of distinguished
scientific service. In the opinion Of
the committee of Congress, Professor
Baird is not an officer of the United
States in any such sense that there
could be any serious objection to per-
hitting him to accept diploma as
member of literary organization of
a foreign country. The bill was
therefore passed. Professor Hall, of
Naval Observatory, the discoverer of
the two satellites of Mars, has
bestowed on them the names of
'sDeimus" and "Phobus,' and the
Bureau Of Navigation of the Navy
Department has approved OF them.
They were suggested, it is said, by
Mr.. MADAM, Of Eaton, England, and
will probably be accepted by astrono.
merS.
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IMPROVED COW STABLES.

Mr. Wilkinson. Of Harvard, ILL.,.
commenting on the article in Scientific
American Supplement, No. los, p.
1914, entitled s'Labor Saving Cows, "
protests against the use Of any such
device, as well as against all the other
methods in general use for keeping
stables clean. He styles them all
barbarous, and claims that his plan,
which he has advocated for twenty
years in various journals land which
we remember having ready, is the
only perfect one.
His method is to construct an open
or lattice floor, through which the solid
and liquid excrements fall, the former
into concealed gutter and the latter
into a receptacle from which it i'm
mediately flows out of the building
into cistern constructed for the
purpose. By system of sub-earth
ventilation the eXcrement lying in
the gutter beneath the flow is soon
cooled and it's surface dried SO that
all fetid exhalations soon cease. The
open floor being always dry and com
paratively clean. he dispenses with
beding entirely.
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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-03-14

JOHN DowLAN, who was incarcerated for
80 days for breaking in the front of the
Tribune Office, Brainerd, broke Jail by
wrestling the bars of the crate from their
sockets.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-02-21
of like amount in 81 900 bills by the several


of like amount in 81 900 bills by the several
governments.
When il is remembered that all these and
other substitutes for coin actually have in
creased largely in amount, and very much
more largely in efficiency, on account of late
changes in commercial methods, is it not very
doubtful whether any increase or decrease OF
coin in circulation has a corresponding effect
upon prices or upon the burden of debts
The money made each year, of various kinds,
commercial paper included, has become so
large in amount and has been rendered so eff
fectiye in use as a substitute for coin, that
prices can hardly be controlled wholly or
mainly by the amount of coin in circulation
anywhere. But the countries in which coin
does affect prices have also been permitted or
compelled to receive and employ the surplus
from paper-using countries, amounting to
many hundred millions. Under such condi-
tions, what control can the sum OF coin in
circulation have over general prices Pm. Y.
Tribune.
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New Series-Vo1. 1S- No 5

telegraphs have been restored, the Black Sea
blockade raised, and vessels are going there
for grain, and the postal service by way of
Odessa will soon be resumed. The refugees
are suffering from small pox and fever, and
the Emperor William has contributed tive
thousand dollars for their relief
The passage of the Dardanelles by the
British fleet causes the advance of the Russian
troops into Constantinople, when the Sultan
is expected to retire to Broussa, in which
event it would be extremely difficult to re-es-
tablish shadow of the Turkish Empire in
Europe. The British fleet of six vessels en-
tered the Dardanelles on Wednesday morn.
ing, and have probably arrived at CONSTANT
nople-
The English Transport Department has
commenced negotiations with large consrsc'
tors for the immediate delivery, if required,
of large supplies of provisions for the troops.
The Independent Liberals of the House have
formed committee to prevent the Govern
ment from drifting into war, and the Conser'
vatives have organized to support the Gov
ment.
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scot Him Thar

A hater Of tobacco asked an old ne
gro woman, the fumes Of whose pipe
was annoying him, If she thought she
was Christian?
yes, brudder, / 'spects / is
DO YOU believe In the Bible?
'Yes, brudder.'
'Do you know there IL u passage In
the scriptures which says that nothing
unclean shall inherit the Singlon OF
heaven?'
Yes, I've heard it,
well, Chloe, you smoke, anu you
can not enter the kingdom of heaven,
because there Is nothing 50 unclesn
there as the breath OF smoker. What
do you say to that% Il ta
why, | 'spects to leave my breff be-
hind when l go darY
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DEATH OF THE POPE.

GIOVANNI MARIA MAsTAI FER
RETTI. Pope Plus TX, died, at 3o'clOck,
this afternoon. Had he lived to the
18th of May next, he would have been
eighty-six years old. His first dis
tinguished service in the cause of the
Church was q religions mission to South
America, in 1929. In 1877 he was made
Archbishop of SpOletO; in 1910 wss
made Cardinal; and in 1916, on the
death of Gregory XVI, was chosen
Pope by q vote OF unusual unsnimity.
At the outset of his pontifical career
Pope Plus was both y Liberal and
Reformer indeed the reforms which
he set about, under his first Secretary
of State, Cardinal Gizzi, were both
honest and fsr-reaching, and contribut-
ed to his great popularity. The mis-
fortune, however, which subsequently
befel the Church, in eonseQ uence ofthe
revolution in France, and the change
of sentiment in Germany, gave
strength to the conservative Cardinals
and brought upon the Pope pressure
which he was not strong enough to
withstand, and the latter years of his
Pspacy were as thoroughly ultramon-
tame as the first had been Liberal. His
popularity disappeared in 1S47, and
while his personal character was al
ways regarded with favor, he was
condemned by both sides alike as Pom
tiff without strength of character or
clearness of political vision.
The two acts for which his pontifi-
cate will, in Church History, be al
ways memorable, ARE the formal defini-
ton and recognition lin 1854 of the
doctrine at the Immaculate Conception
Is part of the Roman Catholic Creed;
and the definition and assertion of
the dogma of Papal Infallibility, made
by the Gcunenical Council, in July,
1870.
1t Is drobatlIe that the succession
will be sharply contested, and that the
Great Powers of the Con-
tinent will endeavOr to bear hand at
1t. The calling of COnclsve always
puts Europe into fever; and coming
at such time as this, when the excite
ment over the Eastern question is so
great, it will make about the liveliest
time that Europe has witnessed since
Waterloo.
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Harper's Magazine for March

Offers even stronger attractions in its
reading matter than In its many beau.
tiful illustrations. In the field Of fiction
this periodical stands easily first with
serial stories from two such novelists
ss William Black and Thomas Hardy.
Miss Constance F. Woolson contrib
utes very humorous short story en-
titled Morganatic Matches" The
scene is laid in Ohio at the time Of
MOrgan's raid, and two situations In
the story are the motives of some re-
markably fine illustrations by Rein
hart. .ti
The number opens with an attrac-
tive illustruted paper by Martha j.
Lamb, which under the title Oi Estate
and Society in Washington" gives
great deal of novel Information about
the State Department, and furnishes
picturesque review of social life in the
National Capital. --s~
An important series of illustrated
papers on old Flemish matters is begun
in this Mum berthe first paper being
about Quentin Matsys, the famous
BLACKSMITH" painter Of Antwerp.
Household Art IL represented by an
interesting paper on "Frt t-sewing and
WOod-carving." tit4
A picturesque feature peculiar to our
American educational institutions Is
treated in C. F. Thwing's paper on
Summer Schools" with eleven if-
lustrations. ins
A remarkable and exceedingly in-
teresting paper contributed by B. Phil
lips, based upon collection Of thirty
three unpublished letters Of Washing
ton. lii3
"A Glimpse at Some of our Char
tiles" is concluded in this Number,
with s-reView of the associated efforts
that are being made for the employ
ment, education, and protection, OF
women.
Anna G. Brackett, in brief paper,
entitled " A Triad of Sup5rstitions,
vigorourly attacks some veteran max
inns about early rising, Sltanic work
for idle hands, and the value Of mem-
ory.
Charlotte Adams, the author Of
christmas in Venice" in the January
Number, contributes an equally pic
turesque article on venetian Tap
estries."
The Editorial Department are full OF
timely and valuable Information.
including capital Editors Drawer.
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Fire at BelIaire.


At II O'Clock last night a fire Wa;
discovered in the planning mill owned
by James Nicoll & Son. An alarm
was sounded, and the First Ward
Hose Company was soon on the
ground, but before the water could be
turned on the fire
had made such headway that II
was impossible 70 play on the mill
property, and the firemen addressed
themselves to the work of saving pro-
perty in the vicinity. The frame
double house owned by F. j. Smith
and Mehallin Cambell, adjoining the
mill, was soon In flames. The mill
with its infldmmable material burned
like tinder, and sent up showers Oi
sparks which, alighting on the heated
roofs on the south side of the street
set them burning, and for time the
buildings owned by ]. Henderson,
Geo. Westlake, J. Nieoll & Son, Mrs.
Francis, and BENZ. Powers were 10
great danger of destruction, but the
heroic efforts Uf the firemen and citi-
zens saved them with but little dam
age, but the mill property with all it
C clntained, machinery, tools, stock and
lumber, was soon in a smOulder1ng
mass of ruins. The house owned by
Messrs. Smith and Campbell was al
most destroyed,
Messrs. Nicoll had no insurance, and
the loss can be little, if any less than
1000. Campbell had policy In the
Columbisna Mutual, which expired q
few weeks ago. His loss on the house
ia total. with much damage to his
household furniture. The other
buildings were but little damaged, as
the up town fire companies arrived in
time to prevent the further spread OF
the flames.
The fire was the work Of an incendi-
ary beyond doubt, as there had been
no fire about the mill for some days.
The buildings destroyed were among
the oldest in town, having been built
in 1852.
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SkeDlicism.

Nowadays people doubt nearly eve-
ry thing. They forget that the known
facts of to-day constituted the knOtty
problems of hypothesis but Il few years
since. Unsuccessful practitioners uf
medicine quote the doubts and Gnrrr-
tainties experieLcPd by Sir Ashley
Cooper, who lived not long after liar
vey discovered the circulation of the
blood, rs evidence that but little is
known of medicine aside from conjec-
ture, entirely ignoring the fact that
their competitors are daily healing dis
eases which Cooper thought incurable.
Is not such ignorance criminal? Ca
tarrh, the most common and most in
curable of all chronic diseases, readily
yields to the healing and soothing
properties of DIR. Sage's Catarrh Rem
edy when used with DIR. Pierce's Nasal
DOuche. If the case be complicated
the blood must be enriched and puri'
fed by DR.. Pieree's Golden Medical
Discovery. No remedy yet knoGn
equals the discovery in permanently
curing affections of the lungs, liver,
blood and skin. II afflicted with con-
stipatiOn try DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pur'
gative Pellets. They are y sure cure.
II. OtlNeI w NChuClt lAOllnCSS Az . AatC
address, speaking Of our progress, said,
"To those of my generation this mod
ern world, which most Of you take as q
matter of course, Is u perpetual source
Of wonder, and standing miracle. Sci
ence and art have 50 changed the as
pect of every day life that one ofa eer-
tain age might well believe himself on
another stage of existence" No longer
does the sedentary man d- the delicate
woman suffer from tospid liver, eonst.
patton or drastic medicine. Science
has demonstrated tn It the concentrated
extracts are more p ,tent and reliable,
than the huge doses resOtted to by our
iorefathers, hence the great sale and
of DR.. Pierce's Pleasant
Purgative Pellets, which are scarcely
larger than mustard seeds, yet, are safe
and certain as seathartic Alternative and
anti-bilious remedy. ,.5
The following names are few OF
the many who have been cured by
using the Pellets, to whom the doctor
refers:
Charles w. Struble, Wanseon, Ohio;
David Thompson, Montfort, Wis;
Mrs. N. NJ. Hastings, Troy, New York;
l. r. Mac, Pilot Point, Oregon; VIM.
R. Bolt, Hyde Park, Pa; Caleb Cow
ing. Eddytown, N. "; L. Fogg, Still
well, Ills; Thomas w. Landon. Fair
mount, Md.