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What a West Virginia Farmer Saw.

a telegram from Parker-bnrg, West Viz
ginis, to the Cincinnati C>mms5ei0i contsius
this story: IAN optical illusion or mirage
from this city a few dlys since. the apuear-
ance of which no one is able phii0sorh ieaI!y
to account for. The facts are these: 4 gen"
tIemau, while pIDughing IN a field with sew
eral others. about = NJ. happened to
glance toward the sky. which wss e!oHdlets,
and saw appearaDfly sbJDt hiatt mile on.
in a westerly direction. an Opaque substance
resembling a white horse. with head neck
limbs and tail clearly defined swimming IN
the clear atmosphere. II appeared 10 be
moving its limbs as If feugsged in swimming
moving its head from side to side, always as
ceuding a. an angle Of about 40 degrees.-
He rubbed his eyes to convince himself that
he was not dreaming. and looked again /; but
there It still was, still apparently swimming
aud ascending in ether. He called to the
meD, about one hundred yards of, and told
them 10 look mp, and tell him what they saw.
They declared they saw white horse SWIM
ming in the sky, and were badly frightened.
Our in formant. neither superstitious nor nerv-
Gus, sa: down and watched the phaDtasD. (if
we may so call it, until it disappeared in
space, always going in the same direction,
aud moving in the same manner. No one
can account for mirage, or illusion, sxcept
upon the uneven state of the atmOsphere.-
Illusions of different appearance have been
seen at different times, in the same vicinity.
frightening the superstitious, and laughed
.. by the skeptical."
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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-03
The Anti-AG0nop0list.

little children concerning people in
the old ages. that were half men and
the other half turned into horses;
yes, and showing them the efigies in
print, and what was there more i'm.
possible in this matter of my mare?"
The priest interposing at this passage,
in defence of the schoolmaster. Ma
setto answered him as he had
answered the pedagogue. excepting
that Instead of the centaurs, he
alleged a miracle out of the holy
fathers, in proof of the powers of
magic. There was some fresh laugh.
ing at this|ruHof the bowls against the
pastor, who being Jesuit md a very
subtle man began to consider within
himself whether it was not better for
their souls that his flock should be.
ieve by wholesale than to have too
scrupulous faith after deliberation
he sided with Masetto. He engaged
moreover, to write for the opinion Of
his college, which replied that as sor.
Gerry was demOniac and internal art.
its existence was as certain as Satan S.
Thus belief in enchantment took
root in the village, which in the end
fiourished SO vigorously that ALTHOUGH
the rustics could not be juggled out
of any of their mares. they burned
nevertheless a number of nprOitable
women.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-03
POlYNESlAN CONVUl SONS.
Volcanoes. Earthquakes, and Tidal Waves
in the Son.h Paciflc-An Island Shat.
tered-NeW Islands formed
Mysteries Of Nature

spondence Of the San Francisco Chron-
icle.
APIA. Samoan Islands. July II.
lS7o.-The most extraordinary con-
vulsions of nature are taking place
throughout the island groups of
Southern Polynesia. and never in the
history of man have these commissions
been 50 frequent as during the pres
ent year. There can be no doubt that
raging fires of great vastness are now
constantly active in the bowels OF the
earth all through these tropical lat-
tudes. for daily new islands have lit
orally been formed before our eyes.
or old ones blotted out of sight, alb
sorbed into the unknown by tremen-
dous earthquakes. Scarcely vessel
arrives AZ this port that does not
bring the news of such gigantic ac-
ton OF nature. The scientific world
ir particular. and intelligent readers
in general. will be deeply interested
in the following facts On the subject.
CLEANED from the sea captains who
have kept minute record of their
startling and sometimes appalling ex-
periences. Capt. Hassenburg. master
of the hrigatine Matutu. arrived here
on the Sd inst. from the Ellis group.
and re- that the earth has te.n
acting in very strange and mystic
Tious manner. The sea encircling the
group is constantly agitatsd. and vast
quantities Of pumice stone are
thrown to the surface. At the island
of Vaitupu ii lies two feet thick upon
the reef. When first npheaved it il
hot and is occasional mixed " h
lava This phenomenon is believed
10 be the advance guard Of a mighty
eruption, ana the natives are looking
Tor such an occurrence daily. The
group IS OF volcanic origin. but
, whether the next earthquake will add
! TO the number Of islands or diminish
them IS q question beyond human
conjecture.
AN ISLAND SHATTERED BY AN
EARTHQUAKE.
Reports of remarkable CONFUSION
lof nature come from Tanna island.
and are vouched for by Capt. Kilgour,
master of the schooner Stanley. The
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-03
POETRY
AUTUMNAL.

Upon the woodland-avenues balmy carpet
lies,
Of dappled leaves which glow and CLEAN like
wine-kissed butterflies
Adown the walks, in reverie, Clarinda Joyous
goes,
And sentimental fingers DER the pale Sep
TENDER rose.
The breezes WOO the petals OF the chaste for
The flowers look dyspeptic in the garden S
lonely plots,
The somber way-side sumachs from the fields
will soon adjourn,
A dainty rhine now glitters on the lilly
milky urn.
No longer on hesycamore doth COO the fores
dove,
NO longer at the garden gate doth Phoebe
speak of love,
No longer doth the robin blithe among the
blossoms flute,
NO longer doth the sportive swell have on
linen suit
Round fern-embroidered valleys hangs the
dreamy mellow haze,
Which rests on hill and lakelet in the mel
ancholy daZe,
The lilac Sky has here and there snowy
aureole,
The while the gay philosopher lays in his
Winter coal.
The orchard, ful! of luscious fruit, the youth
The small boy soon will sell his gum to buy
a pair of skates,
Full soon Falls tender beauties on the wings
OF death will 90,
And then look out FOR Winter, and its dash,
internal snow
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-03
SCIENCE
A NEW FEATURE IN PUDDING FUR.
NACCS

The Lonpon Mining Journal de-
scribes recent English invention for
economozing fuel in pudding, heat
Ing, and steam generating furnaces.
which consists in making openings in
the smoke stack. and in the sides of
the furnace near the fireplace, and
connecting them by pipes or tubes,
furnished with valves or hampers for
regulating the passage of gas.
by the combustion in the furnace
a powerful ascending current of the
products of combustion and gaseous
matters from the furnace is pro.
duced; this gaseous current, when the
damper on the top of the stock is
raised to its full extent, passes into
the atmosphere. but when the dam
per is lowered so far us to obstruct
the ascending current, part of it de-
sends the tubes described, and, re-
entering the furnace, any unburned
gaseous fuel contained in it is burned.
Considerable economy in fuel is
claimed for this method, and COM
plete control over the working of the
furnace.
iC .iCCiIu W lllc 1ulIltcc Oh l1c
products of imperfect combustion.
which are produced in large quanti-
ties in the process Of pudding iron,
should, we think, effect good econo-
hleS' Dut W n"nstion if these prod
ucts could be induced r. ra+nrn 70
the furnace simply by the closing or
partial closing OF the damper on the
stack, for the more the damper is
closed the less powerful becomes the
furnace draught, upon which the re-
turn flow of the gases depends.
This precise method was patented
here in 1870, bat with the added i'm
provement of an exhaust and force
fan fo. withdrawing the gases from
the stack and returning them through
the fireplace. Probably this has been
laid aside to await the returning
prosperity of the iron industry.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-03

of purified COLA oil in an hour. The
electric force having been produced
by the Lontin machine is conducted
toward the "candles.'
In 1913 Sir Humphry Davy took two
Goals. put them in contact, and made
a voltaic current pass through them.
He then slightly separated them, and
saw between them a bow of fire,
which he called the electric ars. The
'candles' of the Jablochkoff and Lon
ton lights are sticks of carbon repre-
senting the coal used by Sir Humph-
rey Davis. M. Jablochkoff employs
kaOlin in addition to carbon in a very
ingenious manner, but the main SUI
periority which the modern manufac-
tnrers Of electric lights have over
Sir Humphrey Davis is in the supe-
rior economy with which electric
force is now elected. The carbons
are vertically placed. one above the
other, in the Lontin light as in that
Of NJ. Jablochkoff. The light comes
not only from the electric air between
them, but also from the carbon can
dies themselves, which become mean
descent and are consumed. A clock
work regulator advances them as they
waste away. and it is stated that to
such perfection has this continuance
/ been brought that for week or
more the lights OF the Gayety have
required no adjustment during the
four hours for which they burn every
night. Having once been set, the
regulator has each night advanced
the points without any aid from men.
AT Paris little accidents are not unfre-
quent with the electric light. The
Avenue de IOpera is occasionally left
in sudden darkness by some coafre-
temps, and ANYTHING which renders
this result unlikely to happen is. of
course. an Improvement. A LOntin
light exhibited in experiments at the
Paris Exhibition has remained lumin-
Gus for 81 hours. The Lontin regu-
lator and the Lontin machine are. it
will have been seen, the speciality of
this invention.
The lights at the Gayety are work
ed by steam engine in the Echo Of
fee. For the display of the light as a
novelty in shop window a small gas
engine would probably supply sutfi-
clent motive force to bring the Lon
tin electro magnet into vigor. The
wires which convey the current pass
under the road to the theater. and
might be prolonged to Charing Cross,
fer instance, and Coyent Garden
theater, SO that all three points could
be lighted at once by the same ma
chine, The advantages which this,
like the other system of electric light
ing. possesses over gas have been
summarized as follows: Gas emits Il
fetid odor; the electric light is with
out smell. Gas may occasion eXplo
sions and fires; the repairing Of the
pipes is often difficult: the flame is
always colored even when gas has
oool4 completely puiinUu. Ia tbs
trans mission of the electric light the
pipes are replaced by wires; the vol
taic air diffuses very little heat (the
hand may be held with impunity y
inches above the Gayety lamps. and
the light attained is white. Compound
ed of all the colors in the spectrum,
like sunlight. Indeed, it is so white
thgt spinners and dyers can utilize
it for sampling their stuffs. 1t may
be added that the appearance of the
lamps when sufficiently roughened
glass is used is very beautiful .-Lon-
don Times.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-03

upper world as mooted point.
'sSinbad." well-knOwn resident OF
this place and a noted skipper, proves
from his log book that remarkable
changes of current have occurred of
and on in among the Line islands as
far back as his record dates, namely.
to 1848. He believes that our earth
is sensibly affected by planetary
phenomena noticed along the equator
result from agencies outside this
earthly planet Of ours. He cites that
in 1912 a comet appeared on the
western hemisphere, which is now
known as Aurora AustraliaS. 1t was
visible for more than a month at Port
Stephens (Australia) after the setting
of the sun. There was great rush
of waters into Port Stephens at the
time that caused the anchors to foul,
and before clearing them the ship
had to be secured to tree. 1t was
believed then that the great body Of
water rushing in and out was pro-
produced by commissions on the
American continent, and that these
commissions resulted from inharmOni-
Gus action Of the heavenly bodies as
the planets above are popularity
termed.
ERRATIC CHANGES AT APIA
On the l1th Of May, 1877, the wa
ters of this harbor rose and fell with
surprising rapidity. After a little
while we had news of earthquakes
and tidal waves on the American con-
tinent on May 10 of the same year.
Our time being later, these waves
must have teaveled at tremendous
rate of speed. Since the 1l.h of May
last the tides of this harbor have
been remarkably low. Opposite Mat
afele the bank or shoal has grown con-
sid erably; in fact, all round the beach
the land seems to have risen. But
during the past six months, o, since
the great tidal waves and earthquakes
of 1877, there is no record of any Wis
its from threatening comets, although
there may have been covulsiOnS of
planets in the upper ether and limited
human knowledge know nothing
about it. Whether the tides of Apia
are governed by the action of this
earth alone. or are produced by
causes beyond our planet. is prob
lem we leave to science. We only
know that the earth is growing about
us, and that the growth has been very
rapid in the past six months. The
volcanic force is rarely visible here
now, but still the entire group is vol
canic by birth, it seems, however,
thatvolcanic agencies are intensely
active over immense religions of Pol
ynesia.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-03

There no place like home, ''-un-
less it's some nice young girls home.
when the old folks are at class meet
ing and the match box is empty.
A wag, who thought to have joke
at the expense of an Irish provision
dealer, said ''Can you supply me
with yard of pork!'' Pat said
the dealer to his assistant. "give this
gentleman three pigs feet"
A young grocery clerk, who was
missing for about two weeks, has
turned up. He was at summer re-
sort. That is, he had the usual sum.
mer job Of resorting lot Of last
seasons beans in the attic of the
store where he is employed Wheel
ing Sunday Leader.
He thought he had married a spir-
ituelle young creature, with aesthetic
tastes. The first Sunday morning she
ate three platefulls Of baked beans
and two sections Of brown bread. He
says it was the most enthusiastic
aesthetic taste he ever met since he
saw the lions in the circus fed.
The Niagara Falls Indians COM
plain that their sales have fallen off
seventy-five per cent. One of the red
men at the Falls was recently heard
to remark: "To the divil wild the
Injun business onyhow. Be jabbers!
I'm thinkin III have to go back till
dhrivin' a sthrate car agent"
81 o,prnra yo,, bayo ham "a ,,o,,~
Lodge!" she scornfully inquired when
she opened the door upon him sud-
denly at midnight. mo, no, my
dear" Blinks replied, with gushing
candor: ''you see, / stopped at the
strawb'ry fes'vl on my way home,
an the berries soured on my stom-
ach."
An Irishman accosted gentleman
on the street late at night with a re-
quest for the time. The gentleman
suspected that Pat wished to snatch
his watch, gave ,him singing rap on
the nose. with the remark: ut
has just struck one '.Be jabbers,"
retorted Pat, I'm glad didn't AK
yez an hour ago,' -
"What does Transatlantic mean
mama!" .'Oh, hold your tongue, and
don't bother me with any more gues-
tons. But I'll tell yoU this. and then
You keep still: Transatlantic means
across the Atlantic. there" Il want
ed to ask yon what transparent
means, mama. but guess / know now
1t means cross parent"
At an evening party lady was
called upon for song and began:
Il II Strike again my Tuneful Lyre."
Her husband was observed to dodge
/ suddenly and start hurriedly from
/ the room remarking: Not If know
I it, she won't. She belts blue blazes
out of me at home and stand it like
man, but when she threatens to hit
me in strange house, and calls me a
liar before whole crowd, I'll run az
long as have spark of man left"
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-03
THE LONTIN ELECTRIC LIGHT.

The electric light chiefly known to
English visitors TO Paris is the Jablo-
chkoff candle. which displays its beat
tlfuily white glow from obaleScent
glass globes placed at a great height
along the Avenue de lOpera and
among the trees OF the Orangerie.
There is. however, another electric
light used in Paris by the Chemin De
Fer IOueSt, for example, which has
Just adopted the Lontin system for
lighting the Care st. Lazare. the sta
ton at which the traveller by the
Newhaven and Dieppe route enters
the French capital. The Lontin light
is now exhibited in London outside
| the Gayety Theater, and by compari-
son with its pure white radiance the
gas lamps OF the Strand appear to
burn with dull yellow glare. 80 far
as the illumi nation of space opens,
streets. and houses is concerned. the
future. surprising gas to be to a GER
tain extent superseded. appears TO lie
between the Lontie and the Jabloch-
/ aOf light. The Slemens light has
proved of great value for the purposes
of lighthouses. where great intensity
is desired. For ordinary uses. how
ever, the problem is to moderate. not
to increase, the intensity of the light.
The Jablochkoff and Lontin lights
have many points in common. and. as
the former light has already been de-
scrihed. it IS unnecessary to enter
into all the details Of this method of
illumination. The points of import
enss io s-S n sasIsii9s s.4 Gf
button Of the u hpply
+ and regulation To
/ the Jabloc sko ectTic
I fore IS supplied cleo
/ trl@ machine bit is
/ woTks.i ny M; y
L0n;iu himself will
a unique carrd enr-
rents. ,lirecs CD rted
currents. Thd ated
ON several circss ran
tage in distriba led.
The machine pr ses
OF light. which de.
pendent OF one in
gle machine % DIV
been produced. rec
employed to pro( to
loo CaTcel burn sc
power. A Cared r-
tional measure, eh
is Carcel lamp es
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-03
WtT AND HUM0R+

There no place like home, ''-un-
less it's some nice young girls home.
when the old folks are at class meet
ing and the match box is empty.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-03

| Correspondence Of the San Francisco Chron-
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-03

A wag, who thought to have a joke
at the expense of an Irish provision
dealer, said "Can you supply me
with yard of pork!' Pat" said
the dealer to his assistant. "give this
gentleman three pigs feet"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-04-11
TERMS $500 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE
THE confession of Savage, the saco muir

THE confession of Savage, the Saco muir
derer, is very suggestive on one point, and
will rob the advocates Of hanging of one of
their customary missiles. 1t seems that he
was entirely ignorant of the penalty in this
state and presumably had the impression
that hanging prevails here as it does
in most of the states. Thus it cannot be
claimed that he was encouraged to do mur-
der by the absence of the death penalty.
While, on the other hand, having learned by
enquiry that the death penalty does not ex.
ist in Maine, he confessed his crime and ex-
planned the circumstances. thus furthering
the ends OF Justice. The plain fact in the
matter is that the degree of the penalty does
not have much effect on man who comes to
the point Of committing wiful murder. He
either proposes deliberately to conceal the
crime and thus avoid any punishment,
or else is so overcome with passion and his
murderous purpose as to be reckless OF pun
ishment, whatever it may be. The latter
was probably the situation of the Saco mur-
derer, who seems to have been possessed by
the passion of love and jealousy, which was
developed in manner indicating overmuch
reading of dime novels.