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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-03-21

flavor OF the choice winter apples,
with the hardihood of the crab. It is
not too much to say that one such
tree would be worth millions of dol.
lars to Minnesota. Even now the
winter apples imported into our state
are said to cost million dollars an.
nually. What will it be twenty years
from now! These experiments will
cost the people of Minnesota ST. ZOO
per annum. or about one cent for each
voter. We do not know of any way
that the money could be better spent,
We have faith to believe that from
this state nursery varieties of the ap-
pie will be produced that will supply
not only Minnesota but all the great
northwest. Mr.. Gideon can at the same
time carry on experiments in the
improvement Of our native plums,
some of which. even in their wild
state. are very fine.
Mr.. Gideon is quite enthusiastic
over the results of the measure. He
writes us, since the adjournment of
the Legislature as follows:
FRIEND DONNELLY: Through you,
in behalf of the fruit interests of the
northwest, and in behalf of the happy
millions in coming time, made so by
the civilizing luxury of improved
fruits, let me thank your fellow sena-
tors. as we'll as yourself, and also the
members of the House who gave the
fruit bill their support. A bill, the
Inauguration of a measure. that in
my hands. l pledge you, shall rebound
to the honor of the state. and gen.
eral blessing to the fruit eating world
for all time to come.
With respect.
PETER M. GIDEON.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-03-21

Brick Pomeroy has bolted the ac-
tion of the National Convention ut
Toledo. The Tsrre Hdute Express de-
nounces him Us follows:
For year past Pomeroy has claim.
ed. without any shadow of authority
that we are aware of. to be the chair
man OF 4 committee of organization
of the Greenback party. In that time
he has done great deal of work and
considerable injury to the cause. He
has organized great many Green
hack clubs on the one hand. and on the
other he has developed suspicion of
the new party among large'classes of
people who could not think of allying
themselves with party which recog-
nlzed Pomeroy AS one of its leaders.
Pomeroy has very large influence
with a certain class of voters in thi
country who are attracted by the in
tenSity. bitterness and recklessness of
his newspaper. but it would be ruin.
Gus 10 any cause to have him recog.
nized as its leader. He attempted to
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-03-21
WHOLE NO. 1873

old party lines consists in the fact
That their methods are rs practical
as their principles are fixed. Various
efforts were made in different sections
OF the country to capture the Nation
ais. but the new party has thus far
avolded ALL snares by dividing it's
nominations equally so far as it could
between former Democrats and form
er Kepublicans-thus allaying all sus-
plclons and giving an assurance to-
the people that past distinctions have
no right with us. Another feature
which the citizens of Troy should
make note of. is. that very few of the
men now nominated have held politi-
Cal offices before. The chronic office
seeker and otfice-holder is yet un-
known to the National party Eoem-
ing STANDARD, Iroy. ". Y.
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make the Greenback party a Pomeroy
party, but the convention at Toledo
very deliberately. but very heavily,
sat down upon him. He now an
nounces determination to run sort
of a Pomeroy party of his own out
side Of the National party. We are
glad to hear of his resolution. Let
him have his own party in his own
way. Let him have party of his
own, with Pomeroy as its god. Pom
eroy need not be responsible for the
National party, and the National par
ty will not be responsible for Pome-
roy.
We trust harmony will prevail
among the friends of the Greenback.
We cannot afford to divide up on mi
nor questions while we are ourselves
a minority. Close up the ranks and
all move together.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-03-21
Liberty IIall SAYS:

The law practically does not 90 into
effect for two years. but district clerks
may, if they choose to do 50. order
books ON receipt of blanks. from the
State superintendent of Schools. No
provision has been made for paying
for the books, so that the law will
practically remain imperative until
the people get Il chance to vote upon
it; then if the people desire to estab-
lish such Il monopoly, they can do SO
by majorlty-vote.
This is mistake. The law goes
into effect ut once. If any clerk ne
lectS or refuses to order ,he books
required for use in his school district,
on or before the 18th of March of each
year. or Immediately thereafter. he
commits therein Il misdemeanor. nc.
cording to Sec 1 of the Act Of Feb.
% 1877. for which he is liable to be
punished by ~ fine. not exceeding
$500 or imprisonment not to exceed
thirty days
Any school district clerk who
during this year 1873, fails to order
the hooks, renders himself amendable
to the penalties of that act.
The law is to have fair trial fol
two years. and then. if it don't work
well. it can be voted down by tn,
people.
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Here is an item showing the small
amount Of wheat on hand in the great
markets of the world. 1t seems to lis
that the price Of wheat is much less
than it should be:
MILWAUKEE, March l0.-The YES
sci men here anticipate little OF no
business during the early spring.
There is absolutely no demand for
charters, and no likelihood of there
being any before May ut the earliest.
The amount of wheat here is only six
hundred thousand bushels, not more
than u quarter the amount usually in
store at this season OF the year. There
will be nothing for vessels to do
before the middle Of May, and even
then freight rates will be rulnously
low. There are 50 many vessels here.
and 50 little grain, that vessel men
expect to see rates lower than ever
before.
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Here are some illustrations of t

Here are some illustrations of the
way the crushing out process is using
up men heretofore in prosperous cir
cumstances:
Chicago Correspondence Detroit
Free Press.
\ banker. who. few years since.
was among the richest. proudest. and
most eNacting of all others. who came
here in 1855. who has always COM
manded the admiration of this meney-
lending people. takes his meals with
his family. to-day ut restaurant.
His riches have taken unto themselves
wings. and flown away. and his power
and influence are all gone-gone. \
former foreign minister and an emf
nent railroad lawyer, who, in 1862.
flouriShed at one of the grandest
courts in all Europe. and who was
the Warwick of Illinois. lives to-day
in absolute poverty. with his accom-
plished lady. in u single room. she do
ing their cooking. he peuniless, and
none SO poor rs to do him reverence.
The family of the owner of one of the
largest hotels in this city. the rebuild
ing of which in lS7l-'2 cost S720.00O,
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GREENBACK NOTES.

We are informed that the weeklies
of the leading New York newspapers
are now being sent broadcast and free
throughout the country, and particu-
larly in the South, with view to de.
veloping a hard money sentiment
among the people. Ten thousand
copies of the New York Weekly
World are sent regularly to men in
Arkansas who never subscribed for it.
The organized money power foots the
bill.
Extract from a New Hampshire
letter: l am an old man (seventy-six)
and cannot take an active part Of the
labor in our Greenback field; that is.
| can t reap the harvest and gather
the sheaves; but l can still scratch in
the seeds. and | rejoice to see the seed
we have been sowing for years spring
ing up with such strong, broad and
vigorous leaves. Our Western prair.
les seem as congenial to Greenback
ideas as to wheat and corn. Whatev-
er may be true of Darwin s theory of
evolution in animal life. it is certain.
ly true in relation to political parties.
In lS40 it was the Liberty party; In
1850 the Freesoil party; In 1860 the Re
publican party So in 1870 we had the
Labor Reform party; in 1875 the Indie.
pendent Greenback party; and in 1880
1T will be the National party, and by
this sign we shall conquer.
The Democracy of the entire North
West are becoming Greenback Demo
Gratis. The Democracy of the South
are in favor of greenbacks. One OF
| the Texas delegates to the Toledo
.Natlonal convention the other day
said that the Democrats were in ma
jorlty Of about seventy-five thousand
| in Texas-s'all for Greenbacks. >
Illinois has been great Republican
| stronghold. More than once. recent
! ly. the money-lending Democrats have
| 1jnggled through their conventions
money-lending platforms. \ Demo
this week in the capital Of the state,
Springfield. threw the Tilden-H Hen.
bricks platform out of doors, and
adopted resolutions favoring the re.
| peal Of the resumption act, demand.
ing the reconciliation of silver. de.
manding that greenbacks be made a
full legal tender, demanding the aboli.
ton of the national bank notes and
substituting greenbacks for them,
and favoring the taxation Of govern.
ment bonds as other property. John
A. McClernand. long the foe Of his
his party in Illinois. was evidently
powerless in the convention.-Cin
ndtti Enquirer.
In nearly every part of the country
where the new party is formally or
ganized. it is made up Of nearly equal
proportions drawn from the old orga-
nizations. In many instances the
ranks of these old political fossils are
so seriously decimated that they waive
their petty differences to accomplish
a common object The latest instance
Of the creation of a political happy
family is the alliance at Hoosick
Falls. which the Democracy formerly
carried by large majority. Deser.
tions from the ranks within the past
month have been 50 frequent that the
fragment of Democracy uUw combines
with the fragment OF Bepublicanism
to oppose the Nationals. The uniform
success of the latter in breaking the
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-03-21
Anti -'as.2e>ouopoIi5t.
Cd ~
IGNATIUS DONNELLY. EDITOR

A League which denominates itself
The hard money League has been
formed with headquarters at Chicago.
President, George w. Allen, Milwau-
kee. Sec'y NJ. l.. Scudden Chicago.
This league states its objects to be
''to secure concerted action against
greenback principles, and to eradicate
false ideas of finance.' That is Just
what the greenbackers want. They
want the hard money, confscationist ,
money lenders. shylocks and "shent
per shent' men Of the old parties to
unite so that we can have a fair and
free fight.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-03-21

Even New England, which managed
to absorb most Of the national plum
der, is getting to the end Of the rope.
Here is u sample:
The sad story of a Vermont town:
concord is completely bankrupt.
The debt created by war expenses,
railroad buildings, ,etc.,is so large til at
the town would not sell for enough to
pay it, and people are removing their
stock and personal property SO rapid.
ly that the personal property grand
list of the town was but $s2.2OO last
year. and will undoubtedly be much
less this year
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-03-21

are beggars--or the next thing to it
while in many. very many, Of these
brown stone palaces live people who
can not pay the interest on their
mortgages, who are destitute of busi-
ness. of money. and who exc out their
daily bread by sending to the pawn
broker such articles of furniture as
will sell. A late NJ. c., but a few
years ago a distinguished lawyer. the
pet Of the Catholics, has started out
and gone to the Black Hills to pick up
a living, while his family are now
East somewhere, living out Of sight.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-03-21

misgovernment produced the misgov-
ernment. Verify it is the old story
OF the wolf charging the lamb with
muddying the stream above where it
stood. But it won't 90 the people
are getting to understand the financial
issue.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-13
RgERD EDse e.

In the Lech Valley there is q belief that
the ravens never drink during June, be-
cause in that month they fed the prophet
Elijah. In North Germany, Swabia, and
Tyrol, a superstition prevails, that if the
eggs are taken from ravens nest, boiled,
and replaced, the old raven will bring a
root or stone to the nest, which he fetches
from the sea. This ''raven stone" is very
valuable, for it confers great good fortune
on its owner, and has likewise the power
of rendering him invisible when worn on
the arm. The stone is found in the nests
of magpies as well as ravens and as it
makes the nest itself invisible, it must be
sought with the aid of mirror. In
Pomerania and Rugen the method is
somewhat different The parent birds
must have attained the age of 100 years,
and the would-be possessor of the precious
''stone" must climb up and kill one of the
young ravens, who must be cock bird,
and not over six weeks old. Then the
aggressor descends taking careful note of
the tree. The old raven Immediately
returns with the stone, which he puts in
sons beak, and, thereupon, both tree and
nest become invisible. The man however,
feels for the tree, and on reaching the nest
he carries off the stone in triumph. Rugen
folks declare that this feat can only be ac.
complished by the help of the devil, and
that the mans soul is the price paid for
such assistance. The Swabian peasantry
maintain that the young ravens are
nourished solely by the dew from heaven
during the first nine days of their existence
As they are naked, and of bright color
the old birds do not believe they are theil
progeny, and consequently neglect to feeG
them; but they occasionally cast glance a
the nest, and when the young ones begir
to show little black down on the breasts
by the tenth day, the parents bring
them the first carrion. - AH the Yea
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-13

ing process has been perfected or
at least made as effective as
that practiced by the Celestials. 1t can
be cured as easily as it can be grown, and
it is shown that there is nothing mys-
terious, complex or expensive about the
process.
1t has only been within the last gem
Grafton that the American man could
gather his little family together under
his own vine and fig tree literally. Hith-
erto this expression of domestic felicity
was only of Oriental significance. To
day it is a realized fact, and very shortly
it is reasonable to expect that the plant
which gave to old Sam. johnson his
inspiration and furnishes the cup which
soothes and strengthens old age and brings
tranquility to the heart of antique maid
enhood, can be produced in abundance
on American soil.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-13
VREE SILK W0IsNE.

The silk worm is a caterpillar, and if it
lived through the existence intended for
it would evidently become moth, which
naturalists call a bombyx. 1t was discoV-
cred great many years ago that they pro-
duced fine article of silk Which might be
used in the manufacture of different gar
ments; in other words, that "there was
money in them" Consequently they have
since been carefully fed and treated. The
caterpillar thrives best upon the leaves of
the white mulberry. After Matching from
the egg it feeds voraciously, moults three
or four times and attains length of about
three inches, being of pale green color.
1t now ceases eating and prepares the CO.
coon in which it is to pass the chrysalis
state. If you would know the exact
method in which this cocoon is constructed
you have only to capture a few of the
large green caterpillars so common upon
the window during summer, and watch
them, for they both perform the operation
in exactly the same manner. They are
near relatives to each other. The sub
stance from which the silk is produced is
contained in two long sacs, one on either
side of the body. A thread from each sac
passes through tube or duct in the front
of the head, where they are cemented TO-
gether by kind of gum, forming one
thread. The caterpillar first forms loose,
irregular structure, inside of which it
constructs the firmGr oval cocoon of one
continued thread by moving his head
around from point to point in zig-zig
course. If left alone he would after a
while complete his development, make
his way through the end of the cocoon and
become O handsome moth. But under
cultivation, by steaming or otherwise, the
greater part of the chysalils are killed
within the cocoon. BY placing the cocoon
in warm water the gummy cement is soft
ened, so that the silk may be reeled off.
The cocoon of one healthy caterpillar will
produce from GOO to 1000 yards of silk
thread. Although what have told you has
been in great part only interesting facts in
the life of histories of insects, you may
have noticed that in the investigation OF
the embryology and metamorphosis of in.
sects other facts have been discovered
whichin a commercial point of view are Of
incalculable value to US, and from which
we are all of us every day deriving benefit
The discrimination of noxious insects from
those we can utalize, the medicinal pro-
perties of certain species and the finding
out of the exact stage at which time in
sects are most damaging to our crops
and the best means of preventing the
same, are all subjects of great import
anCe.
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A MAN WlEEA HIS FAMILY CHASED
BY WOLVES.

Recently as Mr.. Miner, of the Town of
Langola, Benton County, was driving from
his own house to Mr.. Morrilrs, having
with him Lis wife and three children, and
when near the Jocelyn school-house was
attacked by five large timber wolves. The
fierce beasts sprang at his horses, and
when Mr.. Miner struck at the nearest one
with his whip it made leap to get to him,
but struck against the wagon box. At this
moment Mr.. M. dog bravely attacked this
wolf and was at once set upon by the whole
pack and killed and almost entirely de-
voured, This gave Mr.. Miner on oppor-
tunity to whip up his horses and make off,
which he did at full gallop, calling loudly
for help. His cries attracted the attention
of Mr. Jocelyn and family, who came to
the rescue and the wolves were driven off.
But for the fortunate interference of the
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-13

The highest triumphs Of political econ
omy is to make every Nation, as far as
possible, self-sustaining, This is or should
be the only struggle for supremacy. The
Government that accomplishes this or
labors best to accomplish it fulflls its
manifest destiny. For example: For
many years in the history of the United
States the imports exceeded the exports
by many millions per annum. We wanted
50 many things we could not produce or
manufacture, that all the means that
could be raised out Of the redundant soil
were exhausted in preserving the "bal-
ance Of trade"
So long as we must have our figs from
Smyrna; our coffee from Java Or Rio or
Laguvra; our tea from China or Japan
our cotton goods from Manchester; our
cutlery from Sheffield; our cheap jewelry,
with which cheap women are adorned,
from Birmingham; our politicians from
the slums of social and business life; our
silk from Lyons; our fashions from
the demi-monde of Paris; our nutmegs
from Connecticut and our pig iron
from Pennsylvania-wc were as a people
running behind-getting deeper and
deeper in debt daily. 1t is gratifying to
know, therefore, that an article of gen
eral consumption and great cost-an ar
ticle indispensable to female social gath
erings, where grave interests are to be
discussed with cream and sugar-by
which we mean tea-can be produced in
this country without difficulty.
1t is found after four years expert
ment that the climate of South Carolina is
especially adapted to the tea plant. Ex-
periments had been made in the cultiva-
ton of the plant by DR.. James Smith, of
GreenyiIle, as long ago as l649 and 80
but while Cotton was King he ruled out
all competitors, but from the introduc.
tion and experiments of DR., Smith in
raising the plant it now transpires that q
great many parties in the State have
been raising their own tea and have made
success in its cultivation. The adapt
bility of climate and soil for its produc
ton is now we'll established. Its culture
on general scale is kept back by wan
of knowledge as to the curing process, ol
one might say the drying and preserving
process. The tea leaf in its natural state
resembles the peach leaf in size and shape
but is darker in color. The South Caro-
lima ladies have been in the habit Of cur
ing it by first carefully drying it over
slow fire and then steaming so as to sof
ten, after which it was rolled or TWISTED
leaf by leaf. The Chinese use rice watel
instead of steam, which not only soften
the leaf but coats it with an almost i'm
perceptible mucilage sufficient to retail
its strength. By recent course OF ex
speriments at Washington the cover
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-08-13

NOTWITHSTANDING the sensational re-
ports of last week, the great German
Chancellor has not been assassinated, eX-
eept in the person of his son, who was
slaughtered by the electors of Luneburg.
The defeat Of the young Count Herbert
Won Bismarck, in his candidacy for a
seat in the Reichstag, was totally
unexpected, as Luneberg had been Sc
lected for the contest as the least likely
to develop any opposition to the Govern
ment. The young man, in his address to
the electors, dwelt mainly upon the
established measures of his father and
upon the importance of further laws for
the repression of the Socialists and for
increasing the revenues. In conclusion
he said: every one knows the policy of
the Chancellor; every one then knows
what position | will take if I am elected.
/, his son, who entirely share his opin-
ions" and he was defeated by Herr
Hammacher, and the great Chancellor
feels that all the glory of the late Euro
pean Conference is turned to gall by the
defeat of his son Herbert.
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