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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-05
GRANT ON NAPOLEONiSM.

Grants vulgarity displays itself in
many ways, but in no way more con-
SplOuSly than in the profound regard
he has always shown for mere success,
no matter how it has been attained.
The abstract justice of Il cause never
wins his esteem or enlists his sympa-
thy till the cause itself issues crowned
with triumph. Then he is willing
enough to join with the crowd in
doing it honor. No John Brown bat
thing against an injustice that has en-
listed on it's side wealth and power
need expect the support or approba-
ton Of Grant. This regard that he
entertains for the merely successful
is illustrated in what he said the
other day to a reporter of one of the
European papers. Having been asked
if he had seen the Napoleonic Prince
Imperial while at Copenhagen. NO"
he replied, Il don't fancy the family.
| had great deal of admiration for
Napoleon L.; he was great genius:
but concerning Napoleon Ill, it must
be said that ne Shamefully deceived
the French people, usurping the digni-
ty of Emperor, and afterward brought
war and disgrace upon the country
Therefore, said he, Il did not think
it worth while to pay my compliments
to his son and heir" OF course he
didn't. If that son or that sons
father were to-day sitting in the
TullerIes no one would be more ready
to do belly crawling before them
than this same Grant. It took Sedan
and the overthrow Of the Empire to
convince him that Napoleon III. was
an nsurper. Whilst Napoleonism held
its ground in France he could never
be brought to see that the man who
had betrayed The French Republic
was an uSurDGr.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-05
BRILLIANT STRATEGY.

\ little Incident. which won't be
forgotten by the parties who witness
ed it, occurred on the Old Orchard
beach the other day. one Of the
beauties who WAS folemost in gam
boiling in the breakers suddenly called
TO her companions, and in very few
minutes there were a dozen of her
friends about her. Something had
happened. but not one in the party
had Il pin about her. Something on
which Il large amount Of responsible
ity had rested had given away. and
She could neither swim nor could she
get ashore 10 her bathing house in
shat plight. She managed to steady
herself without Il friend at either
side, and then. having adjusted the
refractory garment to the best Of her
ability. aided and abetted by the
Judgment OF the others. it was deter
mined to get ashore at all hazards.
and avoid observation us much as
possible in the trip to the bathing
house. \ bevy Of the damsels sur
rounded her and completely obscured
her from the view of the bathers I'M
til the bathing house was reached.
1t was a brilliant piece of strategy
and was well eXecuted.-Correspoad-
elce Boston TraHSCript.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-05
"POOL (OIR INNIES.n

The story of the old man teaching
his sons the value of unity by the bun.
die of fagots.is appropriate to the Ma
tional Greenback Labor uprising. We
are composed of such mass of HUI
manity that. unless we can take the
lesson of the bundle of fagots. we
shall make slow progress. We are
like Niagara Falls.a tremendous pow
er running to waste: while we should
be like the falls of the Merrimac at
Lowell. power felt to the ends of
the earth. The difference is. in the
one case the power is loose running to
no purpose. the other has the power
in harness. The only way to get this
power of the people into harmony is
to ''pool your issues. Just so sure
as this is done, not three years will
pass without our movement being the
controlling power of this country.
Our faith is the ruling one to-day:
IN fact it is the only body in the polit-
zeal world with faith. We have too
much. We want workers: we want
the energetic action of every friend
directed toward the union of our
whole people. Just this. and nothing
more. Pool your iSSuesl"
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-05
THE MONETARY CONFERENCE

At yesterdays sitting of the Inter
national Monetary Conference in
Paris. Governor Fenton and Mr..
Groesbeck explained the condition OF
the | nited States Treasury. showing
its advance toward resumption of
specie payments. All the delegates
then explained the monetary condi-
ton of their respective countries.
Mr.. Goschen, OF the British delepa-
ton. said that although England has
a gold standard. she is greatly inter-
ested in the matter of silver retaining
its monetary condition. He believed
that tie world would remain divided
into two parts, one having a gold. the
other Il double standard. and raain
tanned that there was no harm in
this. The Swiss representative SUP.
ported Goschen's vie SIS. VI. Nees.
representative of Holland. thought
that the United States would be sup.
ported only by nations laboring under
forced paper currency. Leon say.
French Minister of Finance. said that
the monetary question would remain
too obscure for France to take sides
as long as Germany had considerable
stock of silver which she could throw
upon the market of France. He, how
ever. approved the initiative taken by
the nlted states in the matter.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-05
PLYING THE PENALTY,

Emil Hoedel. who attempted the
the assassination of Emperor William,
May l1Ih. in the avenue Under Den
Linde, was beheaded August 10th, in
the court yard of the new prison.
The imperial warrant decreeing that
justice should take its course, was
signed on the Sth Of the present
month. Hoedel's age was q. On
trial he protested that he had not in
tended to take the life of the emperor,
but sought to sacrifice his own life
in public manner in order to create
sympathy for the suffering people,
but numerous witnesses testified
that Hoedel levelled his weapon d.
recty at the emperor.
Hoedel when informed his eXecu-
ton was fixed upon he became deathly
pale. He wished to plead for pardon,
but recovered composnre when told
this was useless.
He then asked for wine for supper
AMI drank to the commune and the
leaders of the social democracy.
When the sentence was read on the
scaifold he spat disdainfully and cried,
"bravo. He repulsed the ministra-
lions OF the chaplain. declaring them
as useless. us it would take years to
convert him. Fifty persons. including
officials. judges of police and twelve
citizens attended the execution. which
is generally approved. Official notice
of the execution mas been posted
throughout the city as a warning. 1t
required but single stroke of the
axe to decapitate Hoedel The re-
mains were Immediately buried.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-05
The Anti-MonoPOlist.

complete collection of Japanese types
comprises 5000 characters, of which
5000 are in constant use, and 2,00t
are employed occasionally. These
types are arranged in a JAPANESE
composing room on shelves like the
books in library; the compositor is
thus obliged to be continually on the
go while collecting his types. The
great number Of their characters fol
printing has thus far prevented the
Chinese and japanese from CORES
ponding by electricity; the telegraph.
that instrument of civilization.
having remained in the hands of
foreigners. It is no wonder then that
the telephone has been received in
Japan with the greatest favor.--Le
Mode de la Scieuce
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-05
JOIN >HERWlA on Bill TO
SUSPEND CONYRlCYyON.

1t will satisfy the public mind
that no further contraction Will be
made when industry is in measure
paralyZed. We hear the complaint
from all parts Of the country. from
all branches OF industry, from every
State III the Union. that industry for
some reason is paralyzed. and that
trade and enterprise are not 20 We'll
rewarded rs they We're. Many. per-
hapS enormously. attribute all this to
the contraction Of the currencv-a
contraction that | believe is unex-
ampled in the history of any nation.
one hundred ana forty million dollars
have been Withdrawn in less than two
years. There is no example that |
know of Of such rapid contraction.
1t may be wise. 1t may be beneficial,
but still it has been 50 rapid as &c ex-
cite Il stringency that is causing COM
plant. and | think the people have a
right to be relieved from that. -JOuN
SHERMAN.
The question is. how shall we ap-
proach specie payments! Il say not
by contraction any further. because
You cannot approach specie payments
by contraction. except through dis
treSs and destruction of all the bust
ness interests of the country that our
people will not tolerate and will not
submit to. You cannot approach
specie payments by contraction alone.
W heneVer money is easy, it is right
enough to contract. but when money
is tight. the contraction must cease,
and sometimes more must be paid
out. JOHN SHERMAN.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-05

a lie throughout. And it is one of
those mean contemplate lies that
the mendacious .party press delight
to circulate. Within one week S
time we have seen Mr.. A., and we
have his word for it that he is more
strongly convinced than ever of the
Importance and usefulness of our ex-
istence as party. He has not left
it. He also states further that he
''takes back nothing that he has ever
uttered on this subject. And he is
more and more persuaded that there
is no financial relief for this country
but in the success of the principles
that we advocate. Wiltiamsport
IudeDe0deut
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-05
PRINTING INJiPiN.

The advantages possessed By the
art of printing with movable types
are lncontestahle. For Europeans,
whose alphabet is composed of small
number aof letters only. nothing is
more easy than TO form words. But
1t Is different thing entirely in
counties which. like China and Japan.
have aparticular character to express
every idea-every word. According
to the correspondent of journal from
which we borrow these details, the
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-05

The National Greenback Labor
paper to be known as the Utica Ma
tionaliSt.
Were YOU ever struck With Il Green
back club DuaieiSOHrWe .StRfiaei
You can let the question stand until
November. after which there Will be
no necessity for repeating it.
A correspondent of the Pittsburgh
Leader writing from Monongahela
City, Pa. says 1.-The National Green
back Labor party Will surely carry
this city and all the river townships.
hurting the old parties about equal. =
a colored man named Carson. from
Pittsburgh. addressed the Greenback
Labor Club ON Byers' corner on Tues
day evening. He spoke with consid.
cradle tluency. and was attentively
listened to-. Nondn gaheia Repubii-
can.
Either land limitation. AS demanded
in New \ ork. or Il graduated tax ON
land, rs demanded in Connecticut,
would soon abolish the monopoly of
soil. and that once done hard times
would be Il thing of the past and all
the people would be happy. The
coming National party will doubtless
adopt in the respective States one or
other Of these land reform measures.
Sacramento Bee.
There was Il meeting of the Sew
enth Ward branch of the National
Greenback Labor party at Meningitis
Hall. ClaSson avenue. near Myrtle.
last night. that was perhaps the best
thus far held in the city in all re-
Spects. The speakers were masters
of their subjects and of the manner
OF representing them; the audience
was large and full of enthusiasm and
there WAS a marked expression of dis
approval of communism that was es-
pecially gratifying--BrookiyR Times.
august ~.
Judge Thurman says he is an orig
mai Greenbacker. Zach Chandler
says SO too. There is nothing like
success TO bring politicians to terms.
Many leading statesmen are irving
to prove now that they have always
loved the greenback. In one sense
they did love those little bits of
clamp black and rags. and they loved
them SO we'll that they sold them
selves out TO the monopoliSts for
them. They believed in contracting
the volume among the people and in
ilating their own pockets with them.
The story Of the detection of Hon.
William IL. Armstrong from the Ma
tionals since he failed to receive the
nomination in the Philadelphia con-
vention for Governor, is false. 1t is
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-05
THE POPULATION OF THE EARTH

The fifth population of Benin and
Wagner's well known Population of
the Earth. makes the number of the
earth's human inhabitants for the
current year .439. As 800. an increase
of fifteen millions over the estimate
of last year. The increase is attrib.
uted partly TO natural growth. ,partly
TO eXacter knowledge due TO recent
censuses. The distribution of the
population among the grand geo.
graphical divisions is as follows:
Europe, 3l2,5eo. 4s0: Asia. s31 900, 900:
Africa, 2o5. 2lo.50o: Australia ami
Polynesia. 4.4l1.300; America, s6.lI6..
900.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-05

The total contraction of our cur
rency from Sept. II. 1865. to Aug.
LIST. 1877, was Sl.2s2. lis, $50, or over
So per capita. This is the cause of
eur hard times.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-05
NATIONAL PARTY.
National Executive Committee

Alabama J. Woodal.
Arkansas Charles l.. Cunningham, Little
Rock.
California-IIenry S. Fitch, San Francisco.
Colorado-Joseph Wolff.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Troup, New
Haven
District of Columbia--Thomas J. Durant,
223, Az street, Washington.
nlinois-AiexanderC Campbell, La Sele.
Tndiana--O.J Smith, Terre Haute
Iowa--Danel Campbell, Mt. Pleasant.
Kansa5--U. f. Sargent, Kansas City.
Kentucky--B H. D. Guilty, Morgantown.
Louisiana-D fancy, New Orleans.
Maine--Solon Chase, Chases Mills.
Maryland--Jesse Gilmore, 367 n. Pratt
street, Baltimore.
Massachusetts Charles Mclean ,40l Albany
street Boston.
Michigan Moses W Field, Detroit.
Minnesota-Ignatius Donnely, st. Panl.
Mississippi Henry Musgrove, jackson.
Missouri-Britton A. Hill, st. Louis
Nebras ka-Allen Root.
New Hampshire George Z. Hodgdon
Portsmouth.
New Jersey-.John G Drew, Elizabeth.
New York Ralph Beaumont, Elmlra.
North Carolina VIM. n. Coleman Con-
cord.
Ohio--D B. Sturgeon Toledo.
PENNSYLVANIA P. Devices, Pottsville.
Rhode Island--J. C.. Wallet, Providence,
Box 800.
Tennessee Harry Raichman.
Vermont--J Z. Forest, Winooskl
West Virginia John A. Thomson, summit
Point. A..
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-05

IT, All applications for charters should
be made to the chairman. II. 3. Sturgeon
Toledo, Ohio.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-05
TO THE NATIONAL GREEN A ACk
AND LA BOZ PARTY.


AND LABOR PARTY.
The Campaign Song Book is now
ready. The songs are set to popular
airs and are calculated TO arouse the
people and inspire their minds with
success. Single copies Ice. II for ST..
Also handsome. appropriate and
durable badges are ready to be sup
Piled in any number to order. Price
20c each. for 81. \ Club Book is
also ready, being Il suitable book in
which to keep Il record OF the pro-
ceedings Of the club, list of members,
names, occupation, residence, etc. Ii
contains the platform in English and
German, obligation and places Tor The
signature of each member OF the club.
Price soc. Charters and constitutions
sent To clubs Tor Sl.3e, the soc being
for POSTAGE.
Constitutions ) eeuts each.
Documents - per 100.
The profits from all sales are tie
voted to the National interests Of the
party.
All orders should be sent to
ID. b. STURGEON. Toledo, Ohio.
Chairman National EX. Committee.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-19
Too Much e IL.

Ut i possible 10 nave too much Of
a good thing as for instance. cleo.
tons undo such a sysIt IN OF govern
mrnt as ours.
one election Is hardly done with
before preparation 70 another is be-
gun. The country is K pit In a coutin-
udI | rment all the time, and manv
co~ol-headed people arr questioning
whether, after all. a / = number of
elections would not be a good thing
for the people.
The general, state and municipal
elections take up mos Of the time
e3ple are abe to give - the consider
alton OF pub ic matters. and m re time
than many can spare. Two evil re-
suits are pat 1t TO the most casual
observer. FIRST. a constantly increas-
ing number of people are ceasing To
give any time or a tentlon TO political
matters. This i a most serious result,
Tor under our system IF government
II Is neceS AIRY, TO secure the best re-
suits, thar every citizen. as nearly as
possible. shall be a politician, in the
- 'se of taking interest in political
II alters, particularly the important
ma ter of securing the nomination of
none but good men for official posi-
ton.
The second serious result now evil
dent, follows NATURALLY from the first
If any class of men cease to take in
terest in political matters. that class is
likely to be made up of the very men
who OF all the citizens. should be felt
IN the caucuS, convention aud canvass.
Ii good. honest, law abiding citizens.
get tired cut over the c~eaSelesS grind
attendant on frequently occurring cleo
tI'nS, there Is another class of men
who do not tire, and unfortunately
these men are not desirable leaders
and directors of political sentiment
aid action The trained and skilled
politician has become a feature of our
political life, and generally he is a man
who can control the &C ION Of a caucus,
or shape the course OF "a conven ion
The man who wants office courts the
favor OF the trained poll ician, and
the latter comes to regard politics as a
trade, and looks to it for his living"
These are but two Of the bad out
growths Of our political expert nee.
disgust on the part of good men, and
a system of professional politics; others
will readily occur to any one who gives
the subject q thought. The most pros
life source OF this depiorable result is
the frequency OF elections. III they
did nor occur so often. men Of business.
professional men, and all others whose
time and attention are taken up by
work, could afford to attend to their
political duties, but if they are com
PEELED to choose between looking after
their own business and attending to
public matters, they viii stay at home
instead of going to the caucus, the c rs
ventipn, or ever the polls. Another
good effect that would follow the
change suggested would be the des>
true ion virtually Of he professional
politician" class, because there would
not be "enough in it" 70 pay q man
for taking 70 II as a profession. If the
men who make our avs will look to
this matter. and relieve the public from
the continual strain Pat upon it they
will cur the appreciation of a CRATE
tul people.-Honsac GLASS } NeUs.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-19
Outlines.

An accident occurred on the Central
Vermont Railroad Tuesday night, by
he two persons were killed and
several injured, one fatally.....M Mr..
Beck introduced a bill in the Senate
Yesterday repeating the section in the
Revised Statutes which prohibits Con-
federates from holding positions in the
army. Mr.. Ferry introduced a bill
to fix the salaries of persons in the
mail service. No ma erial damage
was sustained from recent floods IN
Pennsylva ia....A part of the sus-
pension bridge at Port Jarvis, \. Y,
was carried away loss heavy....Tes
timony was taken before the Hot
Springs Committee yesterday.....
Great damage done by floods in New
York and other State roads washed
up, cattle destroyed, &c: no lives
known to be lost.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-19
Remedy for Diphtheria.

The Recorder says:
Bro. ii. y. Parker, Of Raleigh. has
used the following treatment in sew
eral cases of diphtheria with crafty
ing results
l. Keep the patients bowels open
by using sufficient quantity of epson
salts.
? Keep the fever down by using
sufficient guam ity of sweet spirits Of
nitre to keep up a gentle perspira-
ton.
3. Mop the throat well three or four
times each day with a strong solution
of blue stone and water. as strong as
1t can be male.
4. Ii the throat swells on the out
side, pnultlce 1T with salt and spirits
of turpentine. The poultice should
be kept moist and remain OF the neck
till the patient is relieved.
). The mop should be of soft linnen
and should be changed every day.
In hopping "a child's throat he uses
the handle of a spoon to press the
tongOe down, &c lie regards the
vomiting of the patient as Of little
consequence = rather an advantage
than otherwise.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-19
The Husband Of the Man Mid
wife Of General Clusters Old
Command" Commits
Suicide.
! rom the Bismarck ID. IT, Tribune.

rom the Blsmarck 10. ~ lrloone.
Corporal Noonan, of the Seventh
cavalry, whose wife" died some
weeks ago, committed suicide in one
OF the stables of the lower garrison on
Saturday. 1t was reported some days
ago that he had deserted, but no one
this side of the river had seen him.
1t now appears that the man had kept
himself out of the way as Well as he
could for several days. His comrades
had given him a sort OF cold shake
sincet the return of the regiment from
the chase after the Sioux, and this
and the shame that fell on him in the
discovery of his wife's sex undermined
his desire for existence, and he cra~l-
ed away, lonely and ~forsaken, and
blew out the life hat promised hum
nothing but infamy and disgrace.
The suicide was committed with a plS-
tol. and Noonan shot himself through
the heart. The affair created as IN
tense excitement at the post as dld the
announcement of the death of Mrs.
Noonan, but there was a sigh OF relief
on the corporate lips of The Seventh
cavalry when its members heard that
Noonan by his own hand had relieved
the regiment of the odium which the
mans presence cast upon them. lie
mOrtuis nj nisi 6Onum. But there was
so much in Noonan's career that made
his life oppressive, not only 10 those
around HIM but TO himself, that the
hunt must be thorough to find some
thing hat will not reflect on his mem
ory. On Thursday afternoon a repor
ter for the Tribune interviewed Mo-
nan upon the unfortunate relations
between himself and the man WAC
represented himself as Noonan's wife.
when | married her, sir, said
Noonan, earnestly, Il believed her to
be a woman, and L never knew to the
contrary until | heard of the post
mOrtem."
You We're a husband to her, were
you not = asked the reporter, "a nus
band with all tina the name lmplIeS!'
Il was, SO help me God, but the
later revelations mystify me. | cam
understand it. She told me once that
she was about to make me happy by
Presenting me with a child. We talked
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-19
Rules for the Journey OF L

The following rules from the papers
of DR.. West, according to this memo
randum, are throwl toge her as
general waymarhS III the Journey of
life:
Never ridicule sacred things or what
othe ; may esteem as such, however
absurd they may appear to you.
Never show levity when people are
engaged in worship.
Never resent a supposed injury, till
you know the views aad motives of the
author of II.
Always take the part of an absent
person who may be ceGsured in COM
pany, SO far as truth and propriety
Will allow.
Never think worse of another on his
differing from you in political and reli-
gious subjects.
Not to dispute with a man who is
more than seventy years of age, 0
with a woman, nor any sort OF enthu-
slaSt.
Not to effect to be witty, or to jest.
SO as to hurt the feelings of another.
To say as little as possible ofyourself
and those who are near you.
To act with cheerfuluess without
levity.
Never to court the favor Of the rich
by 1attering their yanities or their
riches.
To speak with calmness and delibe-
ration on all occasions, especially OF
circumstances which tend to i%rritate.