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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-02-02
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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-02-02

Texans arc aoqusntrd-o ought iobe-with tho
onderful merits OF that great American Kennedy
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-04-17
THE OLD NAN ON THE "STUCK
Ups"

BY MRS ELIZABETH o. nANNELLY.
"Well. wife, this Is funny world; some folks are
1t seems tc me since was young there's been a
wondrous change: :
| met with Peter Jones To-Day. flgnt DUH UP on
the street
meet Feet. ' '''' ~ ~ -
But yon think that Peter knew me' Why, bless
He acted like he never had heard tell OF me be-
fore,
He kept on busy talking to a fellow at his side,
And looked SO consequential, the embodiment Of
looked, and kept looking, could scarce be.
lieve my eyes;
It's mighty strange. these modern times; how
quick some people rise:
II seems just like the other day that Peter drove
q cart,
And worked at any sort of job to get little start;
Well. now he's rich, and gone TO live up In the
But who have thought that Peter Jones would
slight so old a friend:'
And there's that boy Of Peter Jones they say he 8
''stuck-up" too -
And hall the girls in Baltimore are making r,uch
ado
About his very handsome face and very winning
ways;
or course they never knew the chap before his
prosperous days
always thought that our Bob had twice as much
And yet he's gone way ycnder up, and left Bob
''on the fence"
1t seems to me we all work hard, and 1Othngfack
in pluck;
But somehow it is mighty strange we've never
had their luck,
saw Peters vile the other day riding In her car
riagc
used to go with Nancy Ann long, long before her
marriage, IN.
But you ought TO seen her toss her head and look
up TO the sky, 80.
She didn't seem TO know that was passing by,
Well, well. I'm getting quite OutdOne watching
peoples way, ..ta -
And all the PRIDE and foolishness that's common
In these days; ......,
! sometimes think III be right glad when time
with me is up,
And all the bitter and the sweet are swallowed
from the cup -tBdltimOredn
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-04-17
Grandfather Lickshingle on Mrs. Ten.
nysOn's Wedding Present.
Oil City Derrick


When Grandfather Lickshingle heard
that Queen Victoria gave an Indian
shawl to Mrs. Lionel Tennyson as q
wedding-present, his indignation knew
no bounds.
can is that all the penurious old
creature gave herr" he demanded.
He was informed it was all the news
papers reported.
=" I have always said that she was
close listed old snoozer," exclaimed
grandfather, stabbing the floor with his
cane, can it's my opinion that any one
who would give a poor, innocent girl an
Indian shawl on her wedding-day would
not hesitate to steal chick p
"Tut, tat" said father, "you should
not utter such sentiments"
"T-tt-tut, tut yourself" stammered
grandfather in his anger; GIVE been
among the Indians enough to know that
the best Indian shawl that ever hung
from the shoulders of greasy red man
never cost more than rs cents, an IS
nothin' nohow but red hoss-blanket,
with natural bugs for ornaments. 80
help me gracious. / wouldn't give DOG
one for a wedding-present."
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-04-17
Mrs. LincOln's Present Residence
Springfield (Ill.) Journal


A friend of the Journal in California
sends us the following from the Aaa
California, of San Francisco, with the
request to know if the statement Is
true:
ut is sad fact that Mrs. Abraham
Lincoln is living secluded life in an
interior town of France and declines
to return to America, lest she may again
be placed in a lunatic asylum"
The only ground for the above state
ment consists in the fact that Mrs. LIN
coin has chosen for some months past
and still chooses, so far as we know, 70
reside in the romantic little City OF
Pau, near the base of the Pyrenees, ID
Southern France. The fact that she i
in almost weekly cordial and intelligent
correspondence with her friends IN TINS
city would indicate that the rest OF the
story is without foundation.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-04-17
A sign offspring: ITO Let"


A sign Of spring: ITO Let"
The Oh City De,7ick win shortlv =.
war maps of Princeton and Dart1, sue sue
colleges. Jun
Spring poetry may he written q, h.,
sides of q sheet of paper. The .Ou. ION
basket Is not particular. -New 0, Sss.
Pic0vu,se. 's
A Bridgeport man arrested for ...;
ing his wife Mary, admitted that MAJ.
had q little lam. NAAfy
s. How doth the little frog pipe IN
Ms sad and tunsfnl lay:
ysIet saen w snan 5. and hidden bog
|. We saw a young man with two hs.a.
on his shoulders the other dav S,,s
didn't copsider it much of a cnrsos; Hu'
One belonged to his girl.
The dtdg store men are om;ron.,,
getting down their bundles Of poro,,s
plasters from the upper shelves. Tba
man who came out in duck suit Snr
day has ordered half a dozen already
CONT ADJ. $50 @aalas
We do not think that Solomon in al,
his. glory, ever felt SO extremely hann~
as the man who has Just found kkky
cent script in the pocket Of an old cast.
away vest. Turner'S FaAsl Reporter.
A man who lost his good character
some time ago was severely hauled over
by some Of his former friends. "i
know it, boys, / know my characters
gone, lost entirely. And, y he added
rather pointedly, dts too confounded
bad, for it was the only one in the nlaca
worth saving"
No matter how thoroughly you clean
the house, the wife of the next mar
who moves in will declare that il is not
fit for pigs to live in, and will slop suds
around over everything trying to make
it fit for pigs to live in.
One Of our senators is about to intro.
duce bill declaring that David Davis
must either move little more to one
side OF the senate chamber, or else sub
init to having an aisle cut through him.
These long walks are taking all the
stamina out of our public men. besides
using up much valuable time that
might be employed in attending dog
fights, horse races. and quadroon balls.
-Danbuyy News.
To remove freckles, let young ladies
battle the face with Cologne water after
tea, and about 10 p. m. brush both
cheeks, the forehead, and chin with a
carefully selected mustache. If this
does not remove the freckles it will,
under ordinary circumstances, cause
them to be forgotten.
There's nothing to exceed the diabo
ical satisfaction a man will take in an.
nouncing to his wife, after he has got
his shirt on, that there is button mis-
sing, and the keen delight he feelsin
seeing her dance around the room after
a needle and thread, while she listens
to lecture on internal carelessness, ap-
proaches ecstacy. But look out when
she gets the button on, bites the thread
off. with sharp snap, and begins,
There now"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-04-17

ESTIMATING the population OF tns
United States at 4O,OOO,0O the to'a
circulating medium-gold, silver a .lo
greenbacks-at 81 ,1OO, O,OOO, ana .ne
true value of real and personal prop
erty at $50, 500, 0O0, 900, the commuIil.
tic idea of an equal division would gi'SJ
each person $3.50 in money anu
$762.5O in property.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-04-17

A popular clergyman recently ga"
a lecture on "Fools." The tlcKeS "
admission were Inscribed: Lecture ~
Fools. Admit one" There was aia's'
audience.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-02-07

be power rs we'll as humhug. The
great head centre is old fogy, impract-
icable Burt, and but few county
superintendent dare express an indie
pendent thought which emay conflict
with his dictations. It is about time
that old fossil was buried and new,
vigorous, broad, liberal, and practical
mind placed at the head of our educa-
tional interests. The so-called Merrill
text book law may be somewhat i'm
practicable and wrong in its details
but the principal is right SO far as it
goes. and yet we would go still further
and provide by law for the furnishing
all necessary school books free to the
scholars of our common schools. the
same as we now furnish them free
with school houses, teachers, maps.
charts, globes, DC. &c The perpetui-
ty of our free institutions depends
upon the enlightenment, and the liber-
al and universal education of the
masses; by this means the life, liberty
and rights Of the citizens are better
protected and secured.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-02-07

or her transportation routes. God
has given us great trunk-line, on the
seaboard, that, thank Heaven. no
railroad king can monopOliZe.-Legdl
Tender.
But this illustrates the Injustice
of the past and present financial sys-
TEN which leaves the great, growing,
populous, wealthy west. entirely at
the mercy of the Rob-Roy section OF
our country.
Thank God for Eads jetties. We
hope soon to see every bale OF cotton
and every bushel Of wheat and corn
raised i'll the Mississippi Valley sent
to the outside world by the MISSISSIPPI
pi river, without paying tribute to
the insolent creatures who propose to
ruin us financially because they can
not control us politically.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-02-07

1t is curious to observe how COM
pletely the financial question has be-
come sectional question; it is the
producing regions against the money
lending regions.
In the House the other day the
Stanley Matthew resolutions, in ia
vor Of remonetiZing silver, were pass
ed by vote of lS2 yeas to 7S nays.
OF the lS2 votes in favor Of the reso-
luton the West and South furnished
l59; while of the 7S negative votes
New England. New York, New Jer-
scy and Pennsylvania furnished 66.
In other words there were only
2votcs in favor of fremonetizing silver
from New England; and only ten
votes against it from all the Southern
and Western states'! In the North
! Western states there were twenty
four vote for the resolutions and only
one vote against them, and that vote
we are sorry to say. came from an ole
friend DR.. Stewart of the 50 Distric,
of Minnesota. We fear the Doctor
has made fatal mistake.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-02-07

Somebody puts the question in this
pertinent form:
Smith has thousand-dOllar bond,
for which he paid six hundred dollars.
He has been drawing gold interest
ten years, ut six per cent. on that
thousand-dollar bond. He now wants
to draw one thousand dollars out of
the Government in gold, and Congress
and the President say he must have it.
Jones went to the front. when his
country called him. under n contract
ut thirteen dollars per month. in the
legal money of the nation. and was
p,id out of the six hundred dollars
furnished by Smith, which was worth
only sixty cents on the dollar. He
got no bounty. because he volunteered
before bounties were offered. He now
asks Congress and tho president for
his share of the bounty to be male
equal with those who volunteered
after bounties were offered. What is
the answer of Congress and the Presi.
dent Say they: it will cost the
country more than it can pay jus;
now. for the hondholder must have
his four hundred dollars in gold tha,
he never furnished the Government
Why not pay the soldier the forty
cents on the dollar that he was cheated
out of by the gold lords, who never
SAW a battlefield
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-02-07

The New York Herald speaks as fol-
lows of the wheat market in a recent
issue:
The unconventional facts and figures will
serve to streng then an impression, and which
will gain ground among the thinking mer-
chants of the trade, that, come peace or war,
the position of the breadstuf market is a
healthy and sound one, and that in the i'm
mediate future values are more likely to ad
vance than to retrograde, especially it farmers
hold their own. Taking tn" returns of twelve
Of the principal ports in the United Kingdom
the total this year amounts to l3, l6O 900 bar
res, against / ,O24 900 bushels in 1877, and
II ,960, 900 in 1876. Compared with last year
their surplus at present is about 2,l6O,0OO
bushels, the greater portion of which is lying
in London granarics, and cannot effect that
country at large as if it was distributed among
the several outports. On the other hand
Glasgow shows a falling off on the twelve
months OF over 800 ~ o bushels, While Liver
pool and Gloucester have augmented about
800 900 bushels, and Dublin and Bristol about
| 900 bushels respectively. As a set Oft
against the increased stocks the floating sup
ply of wheat and -four is at least 760 900 BUSH
els below that of the corresponding period in
| 1877 According to latest advices the guam
| tty on passage consists of $3.50, 900 bushels,
compared with l7,024,O bushels. OF the
| foregoing amount {, 900, 900 bushels are Cali
fornia and Oregon, of which not more than
1905, 900 bushels can reach the United King
dom before the lst OF March, assuming that
the ships make the voyage in four months
aud halt.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-02-07

And now. strange to say. the wool
manufacturers of the United State s
petition Congress to abolish the tariff
on wool and woolen goods. The doc
trine of ''protection'' is falling into
disrepute even with those who had
hoped to be benefited by it. The
Minneapolis Tribune has this very
sensible utterance on the question of
projections:
Taxes on imports are of two kinds
those which produce revenue only
and those which are intended to be
prohibitory, and from which the
protected classes receive greater
benefit than the government itself
Under the first kind tax of ten mil
lion of dollars is paid by the consum
er, and the whole. less the cost of col
lection, is paid into the treasury
Under the second kind. a tax Of ter
millions of dollars is paid by the con
sumer. of which perhaps the govern
ment receives one-fourth. As ar
illustration of how the thig works
take, for instance. the article of blank
cts. We use annually something
like 2.5o0.Ooo pairs. upon which
an import tax of about 100 per cent
is fixed. Under this law about $40,
600 worth was imported in 1875, from
which the government derived rev
enue of $4,000. while we paid OF
home manufactures. i'll the shape OF
enhanced values, no less than 81 $50.
600. In order to produce a revenue
of Sl0.o00. 900. the government has
merely to levy tax of that amoun
on tea and coffee, while in order t
produce like revenue from cotton OF
woolen goods. or iron or steel. or ol
paints. oils, china ware, ETC.. the ia,
must be several times ten millions
the lions share going into the pocket.
| of the protected classes.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-02-07
The indianapolis Sun says:

Time and again these hard money
speakers and papers have proclaimed
to you that the worst was past and
business would speedily revive. Time
after time these statements were
found to be false. We were told last
summer that the people ought to raise
larger crops and more stock: that that
was the way to get money and have
better times. The people adopted the
suggestion and raised unusually large
crops, and yet we know from ex-
perience and observation that times
are harder than this time last year.
We need no statistics to prove this.
If we did the records of the bankrupt
courts, the pauper rolls, and the prison
dOcketS would attest it. So would the
pale and haggard faces of millions of
half starved women and children; but
we need no such witnesses; we call
on each and all of you to answer from
your own experience and observation.
If you owe debt can you get the
money to pay it e? If you have Il debt
due you can yOa collect it Ii YOU
have produce or property for sale cal
vOu geta fair price in cash for it
You have the power to remedy these
evils. Vote the Independent Green
back party into power. That is the
only remedy: Choose We whom We will
serve.
1t is the same way in Minnesota
scarcely anything will bring money
hut wheat; and even wheat is no
| worth what II chO,;1I no cOncido ~ n
the condition Of the worlds crop.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-02-07

4 correspondent of the Rochester
Record and Union gives these three
reasons for supporting the Cheap Text
Book Law:
First. In many of our schools we
have three series of textbooks in use.
and consequently from TWENTY-FIVE to
forty recitations each day. The
merrill law" will secure uniformity
of textbooks. and reduce the number
Of classes in our schools. thereby Civ
ing proper time for each recitation.
Second. Without doubt the present
prices Of textbooks used in our schools
are 10 per cent. higher than reason
would Justify. The "teNt-book law
furnishes us with cheap books. 1.-THE
law is repealed. the people will contin-
ue to pay exhorbitant prices for
school books.
Third. and last. but not least. II
the "Merrill law" is not repealed.
county superintenlents will not be
compensated hy book publishers for
recommending i change of textbooks
within the next ifteen years.
This is clear arreaSoniny and very well
stated.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-02-07
WHOLE NO. Is.

etont men had hold of Newton.
Ifss. Seaerls, Bailey, Sullivan, Van
Inwegan, etc.
'.Now." said Charley, ..let's create
vacancies in these Offices and have
another election and give eyerv man
fair chance -
The screams of applause that fol-
lowed this proposition are simply in
descri5able.
"You don't mean to kill u.s." said
Searles.
''No" replied Charley. ..let us box
them up and ship them to Bung-
torn J" (Yells Of delight.) ..Three
cheers for Charley Baker, cried the
weak-minded man. and the cheers
were given with vim.
Peter Flicker announced himself at
| once as candidate for school super-
intendent, and offered to forgive all
beer debts kdue by parties who would
vote 1or MN. (Great applause.) o.
Leary stepped forward and modestly
presented his own name as a candidate
for Judge of Probate, and assured
the convention that that Office reuuir-
ed lawyer Of the highest attain
! ments. Jim Morse nominated him.
self Tor Sheriff and promised all hands
Tree beer for month if elected. In
fact, it seemed as if every man in the
convention was on his feet ut once.
presenting his own name for some Of
ice. The confusion was immense.
In the meantime Charley Baker.
assisted by lie Due, had been b,lSv
carrying in 4 lot of huge W-dry-
gOOds-bOxes.
Here difficulty occurred. The
weak-minded man insisted that the
boxes must be paid for first, but "our
Dan, being appealed to, declared
that "the resulting benefits to the
community would more than compen.
SAFE for the price of the boxes, and
that the convention was welcome to
them"
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-02-07

The st Charles Times, the largest
and one of the ables. papers in the
state. thus refers to the Merrill and
Burt controversy:
The articles above mentioned are
racy, Mr.. Burt getting badly handled
and severly pounded in every round.
Quackenbos picks Bnrt's official re-
ports all to pieces and shows numerous
grammatical errors. 1t is a war of
educators on the one hand and a book
ring on the other. and yet the book
ring cannot be seen in the conflict,
only as generally spurring on the war
riors, which seemingly appear to be
headed by Burt. who see.,s to be plac-
ed in the peculiar position of fighting
the statutes which he is sworn to sup
port, and the 6rst interests Of the
people, because they. the people, do
not SEQ - he does. The educational
obligarchy Of this state Is getting to
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-02-07

The consoilltel reports OF the sec :
retarv of the treasury for the past 10
wears show that the people nave ptlu
to the general government SI'ooo''
OO0.O0O. OF this enDrn) Is sum thc
bondholders have contributed nothing;
but II large amount of this money has
gone into their pockets.
The national debt is now IN round
numbers $s2,200.0 900, which 1t Is
the clear intention of the bondholder'
to make perpetual. rs all the retnndins
operations involve longer and longer
bonds, the last--the 4 per cents
ing so years to run, and Sl2o IN cou'
pons to each 500 of principal.-E,r'
change.
Of course; when YOU wipe out the
ureenbacks, AMI the blnks are to sup
ply all our currency the bonded debt:
must be perpetual, for the bank notes
will have to be based on nationa
bonds. If you pay the bonds yo'
have no notes and no currency of an.
kind
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-02-07

New York threatens to withdraw
all her credit. and patronage. from
the South and West, if these localities
do not change their policy on the
money question. This reminds us of
II story, rs Mr.. Lincoln used to say.
\ certain customer. from arural four
corners, threatened to withdraw his
patronage. from u comb manufacturer,
il he did not change his politics. The
dealer in horn told his customer to
drive on. as he did not propose to turn
his coat, to keep him or any other
one-horse dealer, from going lousy.
IT New York wants to emulate a
poorly fed. spring calf, let her cut
loose from the Mississippi Valley.
We are under no obligations to her,
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-02-07

Just as we thought! Those liioict'
ments against jerry Mccarthy anu
Sam Deerins were too gauzy. Inc
court Ahas knocked daylight out OF
them and dismissed them.
And now it is reported that no man
aver testified that the tickets were
near Jerry's elbow!
. We would suggest that the next
Grand Jury indict the tickets Tor m
tending to push Jerry Off the table
The law must be vinlicated.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-02-07

The Democrats and Greenbachels
in the Maine Legislature voted TO-
Gather AGAINST resolution denouncihS
,he Hlan1 bill. This shows progress.
--Erchunga.
And in Wisconsin the Democrats
an, Creenbackers united and controii-
od the organization of the House OF
Representatives. This shows more
nrOVrcSS.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-02-07
The Clevellnd Heral! said two q

The Cleveland Htra!! said two or
three weeks ago:
The silver delusion has some Curl
rious geographical peculiarities. 1t
appears tn have swept over the entire
South. In the North it begins in the
far West, and rolls in Il broad unbrok-
en- wave straight across the country
until it strikes against the ALLEGHENY
Mountains. which act as breakwater
to stay its career. 1t throws some
spray over them upon the East. but
practically the mountains are an ef-
fective barrier. The wave runs deep
est and strongest through the central
and southern portions of Illinois. In.
diana and Ohio. The region lying
north of this belt is not so much ef-
fected. judging from the newspapers
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-02-07
Antil- ';;s,Mouopolist.
~
IcN ATIUS DONNELLY. EDITOR

Nine hundred and seventy two ihli.
Iops dollars of debts due the natlonai
banks; and six hundred and hfty MIL
,;on dollars Of currency in the whole
land to pay with.
A lively state OF things oo -.
much money-too much money OF
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-02-07

One billion five hundred million Oh
saving fund deposits, and only SIX
hundred and fifty million dollars u
currency. =
If all the depositors demand their
money at once there would ho' oo IL
Nv cents on the dollar of currency IN
+he whole nation to ply them