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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-12
BAYaRD ON The FINANCIAL TROUBLES.

Senator Bayard Of Delaware spoke
ut Newport in that State yesterday on
Our Present Financial Depression.
He said that the reaction followed
the late civil war. high tariff. duties
on imported merchandise. and. above
all. the uncertain. disOrdered condl-
ton Of our money. were the main
causes of the present depression.
Money has j legal and also 4 market
value. and. although the legal value
may be prescribed by statute. no
government can establish its market
value In this country there is really
no scarcity OF money. nor is there
any actual need for more money. The
sole basis of businefs is credit. That
is the best shield Of the poor man.
and it demands that the bill first con-
tracted shall be first paid. In this
view of the matter. the payment Of
bonds not Vet due was nnwise. and If
one-fourth the money paid ont Of the
public treasury to purchase. at q
large premium. bonds not due had
been expended in bringing demand
notes 70 par, and restoring specie
PAYMENTS. there would not have been
a question now as TO what our bonds
were to be paid in. for it would not
matter whether gold Or paper were
rendered. providing the demand
notes of our government We're held to
be as good us gold.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-12

button of its products, and the requlr-
ments of business, fixing minimum
amount per capita Of the popu' ation as
near as may be, and otherwise regula-
ting It's value by wise and equitable
provisions Of law,so that the rate of in
terest will secure to labor it's Just re-
ward.
FIFTH 1t is inconsistent with the
genius of popular government that any
species Of private property should be
exempt from bearing its just share OF
the public burdens. Government bonds
and money should be taxed precisely
as other property, and a graduated in
come tax should be levied for the sup
port Of the Government and the pay
ment of its debts.
SIxTH-Public lands are the COM
mon property Of the whole people, and
should not be sold to spectators nor
granted to railroads or other corpora
tions, but should be donated to actual
settlers, in limited quantities.
SEvENrH-The government should
by general enactments, encourage the
development Of our agricultural, min
eral, mechanical, manufacturing, and
commercial resources, to the end that
labor may be fully and proitably en-
ployed, but no monopoies should be
legalized.
EIGHTH-All useless offices should be
abolished, the most rigid economy ia
vored in every branch Of the public ser
vice, and severe punishment inflicted
upon public officers who betray the
trusts reposed in them.
| 1 NTH AS educated labor has de
vised means for multiplying production
bv inventions and discoveries, and as
their use requires the exercise Of mind as
we'll as body, such legislation should be
had that the number Of hours of daily
toll will be reduced, giving to the work
ing classes more leisure for improve
ment and their several enioyments, and
saving them from premature decay and
death.
TENTH-The adoption OF an Ameri
can monetary system, as proposed here
In. will harmonize all differences In re
gard to tariff and federal taxation, re
duce and equalize the cost Of tlanspor
tation by land and water, distribute
equitably the joint earnings OF capita
and labor, and secure to the producers
of wealth the result of their labor ano
skill, and muster out of service the vast
army of oilers who, under the existing
system, grow rich upon the earnings o.
others, that every man and woman
may, by their own efforts secure com
petence, so that overgrown fortunes ant
extreme poverty will be seldom fount
in our republic.
ELEVENTH Both national and STATE
governments should establish bureau
of labor and industrial statistics, cloth
ed with the power of gathering ant
publishing the same.
/ TwELFTH-That the contract system
of employing labor In our prisons ant
reformatory institutions works great in
Justice to our mechanics and artisans
and should be protected.
Understandable importation Q
servile labor into the United States
from China, is problem of the mos
serions Importance, and we recommen'
legislation looking TO its suppression.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-12
ADVERTISING RATES.

Locals, 10 cents per line, each insertion.
Locals, editorial columns, % cents per line
each insertion.
Bills for advertising PAYABLE quarterly IN
advance.
Advertisers will please take notice that
the ANrI-MoNopoLIsT is the best and
cheapest advertising medium in Minnesota.
1t has a larger circulation among the farm
srs than any other, while it is read IN
every town and city and almost every VII
LACE of the State. 1t is perused by thou-
sands who take no other paper.
REMlTTANCES.
Parties renting money are requested to al
rect it to Ignatius Donnelly, Box 3S4, t. g.,
St. Paul, Mimi, and to send by draft, check,
registered letter or postal order. Money sent IN
INV other wav will be at the risk OF the sender.
POSTAGE.
We are compelled to prepay postage on
all papers sent Gu, from our ofce. PRIOR
70 January LIST, 1875, subscribers paid
twenty cents each at the local post-oifce
We now pay the postage for them: II
amounts to fifteen cents per annum. THOSE
who have not paid usare respectfully urged
O remit at once.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-12
A STRANGE CAVE

\ Harrisburg. Pa, dispatch says:
A man named Neff. near Alexandria.
Huntingdon county, this State, made
remarkable discovery few days
ago. Having gone to his well for a
drink. he was surprised that no water
was Forthcoming, and his curiosity
having been excited. he descended
the well, to find the bottom out and a
cool breeze blowing upward, enough
to cause rustling among the leaves
of Il tree Oh the outside. M. Ncff
then adjusted a lantern to a rope one
hundred feet long, and let it down the
cavern. AS the fire had not been ex-
tinguished, he concluded that the air
was pure. He then secured a rope
three hundred feet long. and fastened
lantern, dog and cat. and slowly let
them down. Bottom was touched at
two hundred and ninety-one feet, and
at the end of six hours the basket and
contents were drawn up to the surface.
The lantern was still burning and the
animals gave no evidence of suffering,
except chiliness. The owner of the
disappeared well accompanied by a
friend. descended to the bottom, and
discovered cave extending for miles
/ in different directions. Stalagmites
and stalacites were numerous. and at
/ intervals small streams Of water ran
over stony beds. Many bats flutterer.
ed through the cavern, and petrified
sea shells abounded. A vein Of nickel
ore was also discovered. samples OF
which have been analysed and found
I to be superior to the nickel of either
Lancaster. Pa. or Germany, the only
| places where metal is mined.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-12
THE NiiONlL PiRI'T.
Platform of Principles. dopted at Toledo. A
OHIO. February ~. 1873.

Platform of Principles. dopted at Toledo.A
OHIO. February u. 1878.
WHEREAS, Throughout our entire
country the value of real estate is de-
preciated, industry paralized, trade de-
pressed, business incomes and wages
reduced, unparalleled distress inflicted
upon the poorer and middle ranks OF
our people, the land filed with fraud,
embezzlement, bankruptcy, crime, suf-
fering, pauperism and starvation; and
WHEREAS, This state of things has
been brought about by legislation in
the interest of and dictated by money
lenders, bankers and bondholders; and
WHEREAS, While we recognize the
fact that the men in Congress con-
nected with The old political parties
have stood up manfully for the rights
of the people, and met the threats Of
the money power and the ridicule of an
ignorant and subsidized press, yet
neither the Republican nor the Demo-
cratic party, in their national politics,
propose remedies for the existing evils;
and
WHEREAS. The Independent Green
back party and other associations, more
or less effective, have been unable hith-
erto to makea formidable opposition to
the old party organization; and
WHEREAS. The limiting of the legal
tender quality of greenbacks, the chang
ing of currency bonds into coin bonds
the demonstration of the silver dollar.
the excepting of bonds from taxation.
the contraction of the circulating me-
dunn. the proposed forced resumption
of specie payments. and the prodigl
waste of the public lands, were crimes
against the people, and, as far as posi-
| BILE. the result of these criminal acts
must be counteracted by ludicic lis leg
islation:
/ THEREFORE,. We assemble in nation
al convention and make declaration
of our principles. and invite ali patri-
otto citizens TO unite IN an effort TO Sc
cure financial reform and industrial
emancipation. The organization shall
be known as the National Party, and
under this name we will perfect, with
out DELAY, national. state and local as
sociations to secure the election to of
fee of such men only as will pledge
themselves to do all III their power to
establish these principles:
FIRsr-It is the exclusive function
of the government TO coin and create
money and regulate its value All
bank issues designed to circulate as
money should be suppressed The CT
culating medium. whether of metal or
paper. shall be issued by the govern
ment. and made full legal tender for
all debts, duties and taxes IN the United
| States at It's stamped value
| SECOND There shall be no privileged
class of creditors. Official salaries pen
sions bonds, and ali other debts and OBJ
legations. public and private, shall be
discharged IN the legal tender money oil
the United States, strictly according
to the stipulatlons Of the laws under
which they were contracted.
Resolved. That the coinage
Of silver be placed on the same footing
As that of gold
FouRTH-C Congress shall provide
said money adequate to the full EN-
plcyment Of labor. the equitable distri
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-12
THE CABINETS coNTRTEU TONS

The CABINETS CoNTHIEU ions
We have learned upon pretty good
authority that one member OF the
Cabinet has contributed gTeenbacks
tOitbc sum Of 500. This is John
Sherman. Colonel Richard w. Thomp-
son. we understand, il preparing >
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Anti-aaa1anopoli5t,
THURSDAY. SEPT. 1873

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THE ANTI-MONOPOLIST,
No. 10 Wabasha St.. St. Paul.
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Eastern advice to Workingmen's
Learn to labor anu wait.
San FroHciscO Post.
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-11-07
ALMOST IN THE JAWS OF
 DEATH.
Our Representative Elect has a Narrow Escape from q
 Frightfxl Death.

Mir. E. L. McCracken went down to Little Rock Monday, and from Tues days Gazette we see that he came near losing his life at Argenta. It seems that when the train stoppel just before crossing the NJ. X L. K. road, Mir. McC. got of and engaged in talk with some one. When the train again moved for ward he spiang on the steps, but being kept from mounting the platform by some one being in the way, he struck the depot platform. By great pres ence of mind he saw his danger and threw himself backward in time to save himself from being crushed to q jelly, but unfortunately not i'll time to escape being badly bruised, causing temporary paralysis of the muscles in the right thigh. He was taken over into the city and received attention from Dr. Scott, by whose skillful treatment he was greatly relieved. We are most happy to know that it was no worse with our respected fellow-citizen.
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-11-07
Trustees Sale.

Pursuant to the terms of decd of trust, made to the undersigned by John $ Wright, to secure the payment of cer- tain D omissory notes therein named and made payable to the Watertown Steam Engine Company, which said deed is dated March sth, 1878, and re- corded in Record Book c, p. i97 to 199. in Recorders office of Logan county, Arkansas, and there being default of payment of the first of said notes, will on Friday, the 22a day of November, 1878, in front of the brick building of U. l.. Shinn, in the town of Russellville, 'in Pope county, Arkansas. proceed to sell at public auction for cash the fol- l. wing lands described in said deed or sufficient part thereof to pay the said note due, interest and expenses of this sale, to-wit; The northwest quarter of the southwest fractional quarter of sec tion twenty-five (2jl containing (l0) acres; also the northwest fractional quarter of section twenty-five (25) all In township eight (S) range twenty-two t22) west, located in said Logan county, and containing in all sixty-seven (67) acres. will convey only such title to the purchaser as the granter has in him ". C. FORD, Trustee.
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-11-07
Re-Opening a Thoroughfare.

In order to guard against results ut terly subversive of health, 1t is abso- lutely essential that the grand thor oughfare or avenue of the system, the bowels, should be re-opened as speedily as possible when they become obstruct- ed. If they are not, the bile is misdi- rected into the blood the liver becomes torpid; viscid bilious matter gets into the stomach, and produces indigestion ; headaches ensue, and other symptoms are produced, which prolongation of the exciting cause only tends to aggra- vate. The aperient properties Of Hos tetter's Stomach Bitters constitute q most useful agent in overcoming con- strictien of the bowels, and promoting a regular habit of body. It is infinitely superior to the drastic catllartics fre- qnently used for the purpose, since It does not. like them, act violently, but produces a natural, pain,ess effect, which does not impair the tone of the evacuatory organs, which 1t invigorates instead of weakening. The stomach and liver, also, indeed the entire sys- tenn, is strengthened and regulated by it
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-11-07
 SOME MORE ADVERTISERS.
We continue our list of advertisers commenced ill last weeks paper.

We continue our list of advertisers commenced ill last weeks paper.
 BISHOP & BOYD.
 These gentlemen are mill prnprietors at Bolesville, and with their experience are able to fill any kind of a bill of lumber which anybody may want. All orders sent to them will receive prompt attention.
 THE STAR MILLS SHINGLE FACTORY, Steele & Kelly, proprietors. is located one mile north of Mill Creek Station. and the orders of all persons wanting shingles can be supplied here on short notice. Orders by mail addressed to the proprietors at Russellville, will receive prompt attention.
 WILSON & HOWELL Offer fine opportunities for investments Tn lands in this rapidly rising part of the State. Their list embraces many valuable tracts of both wild and im- proved lands.
 JAMES PoTTs, Also Real Estate dealer, offers large amount of lands in this county. He is also agent for the lands of the L. K. & F. s. Ry., and those wishing to make one of the safest investments in the world should correspond with him or consult his plats and maps and secure some of these desirable lands while yet there is a chance.
 TIE RtssELLvnLLE HIGH SCHOOL, Conducted under the Principalship of Prof. Rowland Doggett, is one of the best private institutions of learning in the State. The Principal is an educator of many years experience. The school building is commodious and comforta- ble and beautifully located. Board for pupils can be procured at very moder- ate rates. For terms of tuition, &c., see the advertisement in another column.
 Miss CRoMwELL's SCHOOL, Designed particularly for primary pu- pills is also worthy of special mention and of the patronage and support of our community.
 PRUIrr's CoLAGoGUE, Prepared and sold by A. M. Wilson, is proving to be a medicine of more than ordinary merit, and being home en- terprise should supplant all the less meritorlous nostrums shipped here by foreign manufacturers.
 J. H. BATrESFIELD, Notary Public, has his office over Fowler's st.re, on same floor as the DEMOCRAT office, and will attend promptly to any business in his line, such as drawing up and acknowledging deeds. mortgages, &c., investigating titles, taking dispositions, &c.
 A LIBERAL OFFER, Which should be taken advantage of by every man in our county is made and advertised by the DEMOCRAT in another column, where the proposition is made to give away book of great value to every household. Read the offer and secure one of the books at once.
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-11-07
Land S?ie.

Notice is hereby given that as guar dian of James II, Cinclair, by virtue of an order of the Pope Probate Court, at Scottville, daring the hours prescribed by law for making judicial sales, on a credit of three months, and for the pur- pose of investing in other productive stock, on the 30th day of Nov. 1878, will sell at public auction to the high est bidder, the lands of the said James IT. sinclair, lying in the county of Pope and State of Arkansa, to-wit: The west half of the west half of the north east qvarter of the northwest quarter of sec. 25 in township 10 N. Range l9 w., containing ten acres. The pur- chaser will be required to give note with approved security.
 FRANK P. CINCLAIR,
 Gudn. of James II. Cinclair.
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-11-07
MARRIED.

By Rev. NJ. Oates. Oct. 24th, 1878, Mr. T. R. Parker and Miss Margaret Oates. Likewise, by the same, on the same evening, Mir. J. N. Oates and Miss Sallie I. Patrick, daughter of late Rev. J. Patrick.
 On Nov. 1st, 1878, by Esq. Pollock. MT. Win. Gideon, age 63, to Mrs. Mar tlla A. lobe, age 5l.
 If any of our timid young friends are about to lead some fair, blnshing bride to the altar, but are in doubt as to the advisability of the step, we bid them cast their doubts aside and "wade in:' for here are two who have tried it and evidently think it is not good for man to be alone. A husband three times and wife four times, and still wedlock is preferred to single blessedness. We congratulate the happy couple.
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-11-07
U. l.. ShInn.

MR. EDITOR: I knew this "pioneer merchant" when I was sswee sma' y boy, when he kept in the little store on the corner. How his business has grown since then! How he has grown every way! 1 was dismounting before his door, twenty-five years ago-was too short-legged to reach the ground from the stirrup, and fell in the dust. His kind hand raised me up, brushed the dust from my clothes and wiped the tears from my eyes. That made me love him, and 1 have maintained pro- found respect for him to this day. was then but an ignorant country boy thought merchants linen too big" to show Kindness to such. l am man now, have seen some of the world, and have found less kindly men than J. l.. Shinn, even among those whose duty it is to 'show charity" and to "preach the unsearchable riches of Christ"
 THIRTY-THREE.
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-11-07
THE STATE FAIR.

The Arkansas State Fair will open at Little Rock one week from next Mon day. We trust the farm products of our county will be represented in the display. There has been preparations made to have successful fair, and all that is now lacking is the cooperation of the people. There is no danger of having too large display, so we urge our farmers who have anything worth showing to bring it in and forward it at once. We will gladly attend to the shipping of any articles which may be brought in, without any expense to the owner,
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-11-07
The Ladies' FavOrite.

Among the many thousands of la lies who have used Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and pronounced it their favorite remedy, because so efficient in the diseases and weaknesses peculiar to women, are many who are we'll and favorably known in the world of let ters, as well AS artists, musicians, and a whole host of names from the brill- iant ranks of wealth and fashion. IL is pre-eminently the ladies' Favorite Pre- scription, It's use, while being far more safe and efficient, exempting them from those painful, caustic operations, and the wearing of those mechanical con- trivances made like Peter Pindar's razor-seller's raxors-to SELL, rather than to cure.
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-11-07

Buy yoar beef and pork of Buck he has reduced the price about ceuts since he opened shop.
 We are glad to learn tnat our old friend Mir. Hop Tate, of Piney who has been down for some time with severe attack of sickness, is recovering and has already improved so much tlat he is able to be about his farm.
 --The Techenor gold mines near Little Rock have turned out to be q huge fraud. Lumps of clay were "salted' with gold filings and chloride of gold and thereby several rich and greedy Chicago gents were fooled out of few thousand ;-only this and nothing more.
 Look outl Fair Warning! Stand from under there, you little dabblers in stoves and tinware and In general hard ware! Be itknown to everybody that Roys's large stock of hardware, stoves and tinware is this day placed on rock bottom pl Ices and will be sold strictly for CASH at lower prices than has ever been heard of before. f2t
 An article written by w. c. r. for the l.. R. Gazette giving some of the leading facts In the life of Mrs Abby W. Washburn of our cou lty. and which will be of considerable interest to some of our readers has been put in type but was unavoidly left out of the paper for want of room. It will appear next week, and all persons wishing copies of the paper can be supplied by apply in at this office.
 The Pine Bluff Press makes this guess as to the result of the first ballot in she Senatorial election.
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-11-07
"Will he Never Return. ''

This girl was standing at the front door pale, excited and almost notion less. The night was dark and gloomy, rain was pouring down in torrents, thunders roared and lightnings flashed, yet she stood peering through the darkness. "Wili he never return," she sighed. Her heart was heavy and her thoughts were of her mother, who lay in room close by, prostrated with chronic female complaint and had been despaired of by all. Some one said that English Female Bitters would cure her mother, and this girl had dispatched some one to the drug store for bottle. It came. her mother used it and rapid cure was the result. That girl is worth marrying. All sickly females, married or single, can be cured by using the same medicine.
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-11-07
ELECTION PROCLAMATION.

M otice is her eby given that an elec- IN tion viii be held at each of the voting pre- .lncts of Pope county, Ark, on the ,' d day ot November, 1873. for the .ecton of one member of the House of Representatives in the Con gress of the United States from the 4th Congressional District of Arkansas.
 Also, at the same time the voters of each township will vote ''for license" or "against license" tor the sale or ar- dent spirits in the limits of their re- spective townships.
 The election will be held according to law. The judges of the September election having been appointed for two years, will hold said election.
 Given under my hand this Eth day of October, 1878.
 6-td R. B. HOGINS. Sheriff.
The Russellville Democrat., 1878-11-07
The Election.

The day was an exceedingly quiet one in our town--there being an indif- ference and want of interest exhibited which is astonishing, when we remem- Der the importance of this election. The vote was very light, being only about one-third of the number polled at the September election at this precinct. The result here was: For Gunter l4s l; Smith 2l; Cunningham 8. For License l15; Against License 35.