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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-11-21

they would be presented at the
treasury for the gold. which is more
unwieldy. But now come the bankers
and demolish the beautiful day
dream of the orators and newspapers.
and give Mr.. Secretary full notice
that he cannot resume AND CONTINUE
TO PAY COIN RIGHT ALONG except
with their cooperation. And that
cooperation must be paid for, to-wit:
by the practical notification of the
law of Congress remonetizing silver.
We must expect therefore another
raid upon silver money. Silver is
entirely too abundant for the uses of
these men. Christ dashed the money
changers from the temple of Jerusa.
lem, and by that act he set living
example for all time.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-11-21
Thar LITTLE lAlCk,

THE evidence of the success Of the
little trick of the Republican Secre
tary of State in issuing imperfect
election blanks, in which there was
no blank for reporting the vote for
member of Corr ress, is accommodating.
In Stearns and Meeker counties Mr..
Donnelly was cheated out of several
hundred of his lawfully polled ma
jority, and no correction has yet been
made Of the errors arising from the
use of these fixed" blanks. But in
Hennepin the county canvassing
board saw to it that Il similar error in
returning Mr.. Washburn's vote was
corrected before the result was de-
clared. This matter is too grave to be
overlooked. The Secretary of State, it
is supposed, can read the English Ian
guage, and blunder of this kind !,
r,ues either one of two things,
knavery OR imbecility. Whichever
horn Of the dilemma the Secretary
takes, proves conclusively that the
office should be filed by another man
OF course thu incompetency or fraud
Of the State officials III issuing imper.
feet blanks will not excuse those
judges of elections who failed to
supply the defect. Yet the hurry
usually attendant upon making these
returns and the number of officers
voted for may explain, it not excuse,
there delinquency. The great won
der is that 80 few of the judges fell
into the skilfully prepared trap Of the
Secretary of State.
The latest we take from the Little
Falls Transcript:
1.-The judges Of election in the
towns of Two Rivers ami S van River
did not return the votes for Congress
man. The official returns for Morri-
son county only give Donnelly PSI
majority instead OF 365 majority. as
they would have done If the towns
named above had returned the votes
for Congressman.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-11-21
THE SVI.>UL.NU DAL.iSS hEJ-
TILE.

We clip the following from the
Globe, 18th inst. for the purpose of
joining Mr.. Hodges in urging upon
the farmeas the necessity OF org IL
izing in their own defence. One
thing is as clear as noOn-day to our
mind, that is, that the farmers of the
northwest must throttle the wheat
rings, OF the wheat rings will s.rangle
them. Not alone will repressive leg
lslation be required, but farmers
should combine SO us, if driven to it !.
to handle their own produce for their
own benefit. Down with this wheat
ring, OF any ring, that lays violent
hands on the throat of Labor.
In this connection we ask our
friends to write us the full particulars
of every swindlIny ga.:.e played Or
attempted to be played by the mani
pula,ors of orr staple. The ANTI.
MoNOPoLIsT is not respecter of
rings nor of the men who form them.
The following letters show that
the farmers a:e not content with the
swindling brass ksttles. and will give
no rest to the fraud until il. is EXTERN
inarei:
ROCHESTER, Nov. l., 1873.
l.. B. Hodges, Exq..
that
chairman of the investigating coin.
m.ttee on the wheat question, /
thought that u few hrief remdrrs 10
YOU concerning the O.mst+d county
crops would not be entirely insppro-
pirate. We have no No. /. wheat,
but very little. if any NJ. .. the gem
eral crop ranging from -. 3 to re.
j-cted, the latter being the greater
portion. But even ut this. the
cause for no better piice than from
Is tn IS cents per bnshel. is to many
farmers very obscure. since To cou-
vert it into -four it would bring far
more.
l. for one. have noted the yiell of
flour from this wheat. and the follow
ing is the result of my observations:
Twelve and one-half bushels of No.
3 wheat MAS ground. yielding after
toll WAS deducted. 451 lbs. of four,
l5i lbs. of bran. and " lbs. of shorts,
Now, the 1912 bushels of wheat
were worth. at street price, IS cents.
So.62. while the yield in hour is
worth Slu.42. bran. IS Gems, shorts.
2 cents. ":lking the wheat worth in
hOur. S5.G more than before. How,
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-11-21
THOSE B.INkERS.

..Whom the Gods wish to destroy
they first make mad" The bankers
have scarcely had Il really serene day
since they lost their grip upon Con-
gress, and saw their pet order, the
characterization of silver, reversed.
Though the act restoring silver To
its use i currency was an cmasculated
affair. still it was u victory of the
people over the money changes and
these latter have been mad ever
since. But they propose now to have
their revenge. The time is drawing
near when the secretary of the G. 5.
treasury is going to try the expert
ment of filling u gallon can with the
contents of - pint cup. With about
one eight the u Eount necessary OF
coin in his hands. he will proclaim To
the world his ability to meet all de-
manas upon the United States in
cuin. During the political campaign
just closed the Republican papers and
orators have insisted that the Secre-
tary would hold sufficient coin to
redeem IN January lss 1879. because.
they argued, it is probable that,
the notes Of the treasury being Il far.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-11-21

The National party II pennsylva.
MIA polled l.early six;y.two thousand
votes ut the recent election. 1t does
not appear that the Ohio idea is
wholly dead. even in Pennsylvania
st. Paul Globe.
No. nor is it dead any where in the
United States. On the contrary, rs
Ben Butler expresses it, the corpse
Is unusually lively: rs witness ITO 1000
votes in Massachusetts and nearly one
million votes IN the several states,
polled by those who are on the side of
the people against the rings and
hanks.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-11-21
THE HENNEPIN COUNTY CAN
TdSS.

In four election precincts of Min.
neapolis the judges of election,
mislead by those defective blank s
from the Secretary of States Office,
omitted to make any return whatever
of the vote for members Of Congress.
After the county canvassers had
completed the canvass Of the returns
us made, Mr.. Washhurn's friends had
an adjournment of the board and
pro .ured from the delinquent judges
supplementary returns of the
omitted votes (these returns being
made from private memorandum and
not from the official record). and the
board proceeded to canvass and in
Guide these in its return.
But in addition to this irregular
and illegal proceeding the Hennepin
County Mirror gets in the follow
ing bit of wisdom which is very
consoling to the Washburn people:
In this connection i. may not be
aniss to state that whenever the Ques.
tion has been raised in Congress that
body (no matter what part controlled
its act:on) has invariably thrown out
all returns convassed by board OF
which any member WAS Il candidate
for any Office at the same election,
and that Auditor Block. who made
the official canvass of Hennepin
county. WAS himself a candidate for
State Auditor.
And it may not he amiss to state
further. that the judges of election in
but three of the fifteen city pret incts
even went through the form Of cum
plying with the law when making the
canvass-.fat in some instances /,
part of ih- judges were absent while
the others counted the votes, and
that in others they went to sleep
while the clerks did the canvassing.
Wait and "see what u long tail our
cat has got.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-11-21

EVERY friend of honest wages for
honest llbor-every friend of hone ST
measure for honest wheat - every
friend Of honest laws made and ad-
ministered by honest people-every
man who thinks that the people who
are not bankers or bondholders lave
some rights worth respecting, should
subscribe for the Anti ONOPoLIsr
and thus strengthen our hands to
fight the battles.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-11-21

THE bankers and their subsidized
press have toae great deal of howl
ing about ''honest money" by which
they destingul> h coin from paper bills.
Well the Congress o. the United
States. charged 10y the constitution
with the duty and rover 10 do SO, has
caused tn he coined the silver dollar
and its parts. marie of "honest
money" lie. hard money. and these
bankers refuse to take it except when
compelled Ivy l,w, and then decline
further commercial business with the
man who insists upon his legal rights;
and pirate still of honest money
Let us have honest men.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-11-21

IT has been definitely settles that
the terminus Of the Northern Pacific
railroad remains in st. Paul: the
disagreement between that road and
the st. raul and Pacific Company rs
to the use of the line between st.
Paul and Sank Rapids having been
settled. III future the two companies
JOINTLY use the line in question
and the projecting road from Min
neapolis via st. Cloud to Sauk Rapids
has been abandoned.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-11-21

oLIsr first class NEwsPAPER: an
epitome of the worlds happenings.
We intend that it shall be worthy t.
enter any household, as We hope to
see it welcome visitor to all ito
old friends and thousands Of new
ones. 1t is published weekly, and
means business--that is. cash in ad-
vance.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-11-21
THURSDAY. NOV. 81, 1875

ALL exchanges inten ed for TIE
ANTI-MoNOPOLIsT which heretofore
have been sent to Mr.. Donnelly at
Hastings or Nininger, will please be
forwarded to this office at St. Paul.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-11-21

A BERLIN Gu ole dispatch says nego-
tiatiOns at Rome with the Vatican
have been resumed, with prospect of
an understanding with Germany being
reached.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-11-21

OFFICIAL figures show that by the
last election the Democratic and
Greenback vote in Wisconsin, com.
bined, is 1915 over the Republican.
In urion there is strength. Take
this lesson to heart
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-11-21

1.-THE mills Of the Gods grind slow
r. it is said, which cannot be said
Of John Hlerman's mills. The crash.
ing and smashing of business enter
prises go on and Nero tiddles while
Rome IS i'm flames.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-11-21
tabulated statement

A tabulated state ment Of
what was done by the cities of the
union for the yellow fever sufferers.
foots up 81 800, OOO-of which $685.
900 is the contribution of New York
city. From foreign cities $4,000
came. This Is really golden bridge
across the chasm made by bloody
MAR
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-11-21

THERE ems jl>t HOW sort OF
epidemic of grave robbing prevailing
in different parts of this country.
The stealing of A. 7. Stewart s
remains from st. Marks churchyari.
New York City. ard the attempted
dissertation Of = Zanesville Ohio,
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-11-21

Locals, s cents per line, each insertion.
Locals, editorial columns, Is cents per line
each inst vtjon
Bills for advertising PAYABLE quarterly in
advance.
Advertisers will please take notice that
the ANrI-MoHoPoLIsr is the best and
cheapest advertising medium in Minnesota.
It has larger circulation among the farm
ers than any other, while it is read in
every town and city and almoet every vii
fsge Of the State. 1t is perused by thou
sands who take no other paper.
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The AHrI-MoNOPoLlsf is published every
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-12-25
4 Good Thing in the House.

Among all house-furnishing articles
nothing is more satisfactory than colec-
ton of hooks. These may fill single
shelf-a small case-or the sides of fair
sized room, according to the means of the
householder. But. after the absolute
necessaries of housekeeping and wardrobe
are provided, the book -shelf-a case or
library comes next in order. Books fur
nish company always "at home,n and
answer inquiries on all subjects, which is
more than men and women are prepared
to do.
How to fill the bookcase is the question
The best answer is to " let it grow" The
person who undertakes to buy library
and has the pecuniary wherewlthal, can
find no difficulty. He can take advice or
find printed works of direction. But these
remarks are intended for persons who are
not looking for m " investment" but con-
sulting their pockets, their tastes and their
needs, and who wish to provide colec-
tion for use as well as for reception; who
are, as was said just now, disposed to
let the library grow" The collec-
ton need not and should not be thing of
haste. And, least of all, should it be an
affair of show, or aD effort to set off the
house. In the latter case " dummies
would serve us as well as genuine vol
umes and cost less. Indeed, blocks have
been made to fill the shelves of persons
with more vanity than disposition or taste
to read. Such books have kindred char
acter to the heads OF their owners.
First in handiness comes books of refer
ence, dictionaries, encyclopedias, with a
special view to the pursuits and occupa-
ton of the owner; and next, u careful
selection of works on history, beginning
with that of ones own country, and in.
cluding local history and memoirs. Then
biography and travel, well selected works
Of fiction, religion and morals, of course
and science according to the taste of the
individual. The Bible and Shakespeare
are understood without telling, as well as
other classics in poetry and polite litera-
ture. Probably every young man or
woman has some of these already. The
schoolbooks which have done duty in ed
ucation, deserve corner somewhere.
They are not only pleasant memorials. but
may be excellent for reference.
The right kinds of books" books that
are books those which you can take
up and enjoy at any time. as ut any time
you can enter into conversation with
friend. And such books, new and old, can
be found in every department ofliterature.
The reader soon learns to appreciate them.
But the volume from which you turn away
with dissatisfied "Oh, have read tadt -
is no book for the family library. Once
read it becomes mere lumber. The gradu~
al process of filling the shelf is like form
ing good connection in business or in
society. Like old friends, good old books
come up to you with.a welcome and famil-
lar look. And they have this advantage
that you can find them when you wish,
and have done with them at any moment.
They entertain without demanding to be
entertained. In the family where reading
is an occupation and an amusement, the
highest idea of home is realized.-H Hitd-
delphia Ledger.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-12-25

LAW IN THE IIoME.-Without law in
the household there will be no law in the
state. Every anarchic household contri-
butes TO anarchy in the community; every
disobedient boy is being educated to be a
breeder of riots when II man. We want
in America schools, churches, books, news
papers-of which last there is no dearth-
but we want just now, if not more ut least
not less than either, law. We want II
voice with the deep thunder of authority
in it to say to Hathaway and Chase ut Fall
River, to Tweed and his coparceners in
New York, to be the would-be purchasers
of electoral votes in Florida and South
Carolina, to the robbers of savings banks,
the disturbers of the dead, the marauding
tramps on the highways, the flooders of
mines in Pennsylvania and the incendiaries
of Pittsburgh, Thou shalt not. We want an
end of this miserable dickering with en-
bezzlers and thieves and "no questions
asked" Our sword is no terror to evil
doers 1t rusts in its scabbard, OF is occa-
sionaly drawn only to extort from the
evil doer Il half restitution Of his booty.
Pity has emasculated justice. Juries are
slow to convict and governors are quick to
pardon. The sentiment of retributive
Justice would have almost died out from
the community but that false education
can never quite eradicate Il genuine in
stinct. Three things the community
needs: educatian to teach men that crime
is folly, religion TO teach them that it is
sin, and law to teach them that it is dan
gerous. And both education and religion
need tho sanction of law
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-12-25

DIsCoURAGIING CHLDREN.-It is some
where related that poor soldier, having
had his skull fractured, was told by the
doctor that his brains were visible " Do
write and tell father of it," said he, " for
he always said | had no brains"
How many fathers and mothers tell their
children this, and how often does such a
remark contribute not little to prevent
any development of the brain? A grown
person tells q child he is brainless foolish,
or blockhead, or that he is deficient in
some mental or moral faculty, and in nine
cases out of ten the statement is believed
the thought that it may be partially so acts
like an incubus TO repress the confidence
and energies of the child. Let any person
look to childhoods days, and he can
doubtless recall many words and express
sions which had such discouraging in
fuence over him as to tell upon his whole
course of future life. We knew an ambi-
tious boy, at the age of ten years, had
become so depressed with fault finding and
rcproof, not duly mingled with encouray-
ing words, that at an early ag ) he longed
for death to take him out of the world, in
in which lie conceived he had no ability to
rise. But while all this appeared so dark
around him, he had been so often told OF
his faults and deficiencies that he seemed
the dullest of boys, and while none of his
good qualities and capabilities had been
mentioned, and he believed he had none, Il
single word of praise and appreciation,
carelessly dropped in his hearing, altered
his whole course of thought. We have
often heard him say, that word saved
me-" The moment he thought he could
do we'll he resolved that he would and he
has done well. Parents, these are import
ant considerations.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-12-25

yourself to describe the places YOU see,
the people you meet, the events you wit
ness, In carefully chosen words and pa-
tiently remodelled sentences not to send
TO the magazines for many long day vet
but for practice, the steady, resolute
practice which alone makes perfect. That
Is TO say,-spend no time in lamenting
what you have not, but 90 to work and do
your best with what you have, the cheap
and simple materials that are always ut
hand, Your training may be slow, but it
Will be sure; and every step will lift you Il
little higher. make the way a little clearer,
and bring the things for which you long Il
little nearer to you.
Above all, apply the principle to your
happiness, that, too, must be made from
the materials that you have, you cannot
possibly make it from those which you
have not. No use in wishing for wealth
or beauty, or genius, in dreaming Of
II freer path and n wider sphere, in setting
up fair and stately ideal by the side of u
commonplace husband or wife, in pictur-
ing home without cares, friends without
faults, light without shadow IF YOU are
to have any real happiness in life, you
must make it out of your actual surround
ings and relations. Only by taking such
things us you have, and making the best
of them, can you reasonably hope and ex-
pect to work your way to something
sweeter and higher. a watch-spring is II
marvel of finencss and finish vet it was
once only bit Of coarse, crude ore
Slowly and surely, patience and labor, out
of the commonest materials, build up the
finest and fairest results.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-12-25

The ministers who are expecting and
rather hoping for martyrdom on account
of their d" views" deserve to have n little
good natured fun poked at them; and one
of the neatest hits is that reported by the
Aduancc: During discussion of preGes-
tination az the ministers meeting in that
city, nearly all the speakers expressed the
orthodox or Calvinistc views. One BROTH
er, however, announced himself rs de-
cided " Arminian, doing so with some
ado of moral courage rs if bravely pre-
pared for any predestinated obloquy that
might come TO him for opinions sake;
whereupon Secretary Humphrey promptly
" moved that " Brother b. be burned at
the stake tomorrow morning. The time
is gone by when men are entitled to spec
ial admiration or even attention for think
ing in particular way about any subject
whatever; and to seem to invite proscrip-
tion for having the courage of ones con-
victions, is as silly as to claim credit for
tolerating free thinking in other men. 1t
isn't proof positive of what the expressive
slang styles "a hefty intellect" to indulge
in heterodox opinion, nor evidence of
superior moral courage to Join q minority
when there is nobody who wishes to pre-
vent you from thinking as you please.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-12-25

A SERPENT AMONG THE Bookstore
day gentlemen in India went into his
library and took down book from the
shelves. As he did so he felt slight pain
in the finger like II prick of pin. He
thought that u pin had been stuck by
some careless person in the cover of the
book. But soon his finger began to swell,
then his arm, and then his whole body,
and in few days he died. 1t was not u
pin among the books, but small and
deadly serpent.
There are many serpcnts among the
books nowadays; they nestle in the foil
age of some of our most fascinating litera-
ture; they coil around the flowers, whose
perfume intoXicates the senses. People
read, and are charmed by the plot of the
story, blythe skill with whichthe character S
are sculpturcd or grouped, by the gorgeous
ness of the word-painting, and hardly feel
the pin-prick of the evil that is insinuated.
But it stings and poisons. When the rec
ord of ruined souls is made up on what
multitudes will be inscribed, Poisoned
by serpents among the books
Every Christian should dscountenance
the circulation of Improbable books, and
promote the dissemination of healthy, in
structive Christian literature.-AnoB.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-12-25

RULES FOR ,SpOILING Child. Be-
gin young by giving him whatever he
cries for.
g. Talk freely before the child about his
smarness as Incompatible.
3. Tell him that he is too much for you; ;
that you can do nothing with him.
4. Have divided counsels as between
father and mother.
5. Let him learn to regard his father as
II creature of unlimited power, capricious
and tyrannical, or as mere whipping
machine.
6. Let him learn Qrom his fathers ex-
ample) to despise his mother.
7. Do not know or care who his COM
panions may be
8. Let him read whichever ho likes
8. Let the child, whether boy or girl,
rove the streets in the evenings good
school for both sexes.
10. Devote yourself to making money,
remembering always that wealth is bet
ter legacy for your child than principles in
the heart and habits in the lfe and let
him have plenty of money to spend.
! IT,. BE not with him in hours of recre-
alton,