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Year: 1875

that the letter to Mrs. TiitOn should be
returned to him and not be permitted to
be misccarried If there was no secret in it ?


Counsel thea called attention to Mr..
BeeChers letter Of February, 1872, in
which he stated that he was willing to


STEP DOWN AND OUT,


II that would serve their purpose. Mr..
BeCcher, said the counsel, was willing to
descend from his high position on account
oil the darkness which surrounded him.
That man offering to abandon his great
mission, offering himself sacrifice that
Tilton conld be helped and that his wife
and children might be saved Counsel
could not make this more emphatic or
appealing to the sensibilities Of the jury
than the language in which this letter was
clothed. What was there in It which led
this great preacher to offer himself as a
sacrifice to repair the injuries which he
had done TO a woman who had cast her
self involuntarily upon his loveY What
was there that caused Mr.. Beecher tOsay
that he was living on tho


"RAGGED EDGEOF REMoRsE AND DEsPAIR,"


There must have been some reason that
forced this strange yet meaning express
sion from his lips, and yet the other side
tell us that II was used by Beccher at
random, and was utterly without mean
ing. Webster tells us that remorsc Is the
keen piercing anguish'caused by a con-
sCiousness Of guilt. Henry Ward Beecher
said the speaker, was penitent to his God,
but timid and yaclllating towards his fel-
lOwmen, and that was not the form Of pen.
iteuce which would save man, This
was the remorse Henry Ward Beecher
felt. His friends might say: "Peoplo
reverence thee, art thou not reClaiming
lost souls% and his langage In the letters,
n have repented. l am great, but the


BITTERNESS OF DEATH IS ON NE,
and my whole being is tortured on the
ragged edge Of death and despair" And
when this man thus broke out In agony
ofhis great soul was there no significance
to be attached to it, and was this man
who uttered these words to his God and to
the man he had offended was he to be be-
lieved when he said that he was entirely
Of this charger


Court adjourned.


1t was stated during recess that Beach
would not finish his address before Friday
afternoon, and that Judge Nelson said
he would not charge the jury until Mon
day. 1t Is now considered certain that
Tilton's counsel will ut the conclusion Of
Beach's address ask that the case be re-
opened for the admission Of the newly
evidence.
Year: 1875

TIE prcverseness Of the grnsslioppers Is
illustrated In the fact that they flew away
lust about the time II was discovered
that they could be made into highly pal.
atable and nutritious soup.
Year: 1875

B1r. Speaker HA1sEs has committed the un-
partlonable political sin OF being found out.
Many Of the Democratic members at Spring
field knew well enough that he was working
up the Committee clcrkships in such o way as
TO subsidize the country press; but few Of
uem thought he would be found out and ez-
posed So tloy bore quite patiently with
his pcccadilloes- But his day Of grace is past
Year: 1875

require new organization to protect
their rights?


Is not the cause Of labor one over the
whole earth and can we. as Christians
close our ears to the cry Of the dis
tressed9 No; the Grange, representing
the men who raise the nations food
reaches out its hand TO the poor wretches
in deep galleries Of the dripping mines.
In their blackened faces we can trace
the lines of brotherhood; we can recog-
nize them as children of one God as
citizens Of one common country.


If only these millions of laborers, on
the farm. in the mill, in the mine, could
act together intelligently at the ballot
box. how many homes would be bright
encd, how many intellects lifted up, how
many burdens lightened? Without in
justice to any this world could be made
the paradise of humanity, instead of
being, as now, the sad theatre Of SO
much calamity and woe.
Year: 1875

The ANTI-MoNOPOLIsT appears to-
day in her new dress. Heretofore she
has been borrowing skirts and hats.
and CATERS from the Dispatch; to-day
she steps forth in her new clothes; and
what is more, they are all paid for,
which cannot be said nowadays OF
every fair maiden who dazzles the be-
holder with her splendor. The ANTI
MoNoPoLIsT proposes to live; it was
born to live; and although newspapers
are dropping and dying like withered
leaves in Valambrosa's shade, the ANTI
MoNoPoLIsT is steadily and vigorously
growing until it now has, with the ex-
ception of the Pioneer-P Press, the largest
weekly circulation in the State.


But we call on the people to help
us. The more they help US the more
we can do for them. If they believe we
are fighting their battle let them hold
up our hands. Let them labor among
friends and neighbors to increase our
circulation. We can expect nothing
from the monopolists but curses and
kicks. But if the Anti-Monopolists give
us the support we deserve, we will
steadily improve the character of our
journal until we make it the first in the
Northwest.


We want each subscriber to remem-
ber this, and to constitute himself
a committee of one 10 obtain for us
subscribers. Remember too, that we
are now prepared to do all manner OF
job work. in good style. at reasonable
rates. The people should help their
friends or they will have none.
Year: 1875

The next number Of the ANTI-MoNo-
PoL1sT will complete the first year OF Its
existence. and with it the terms OF SUBJ
scription Of all those who subscribed
for one year from the first number. 1t
is too much to hope that our editorial
course has satisfied all our subscribers ;
but we can at least say that we nave
tried to publish an independent, fearless
ard honest journal. We would be glad
to have ALL our subscribers renew their
subscriptions for another year, We
hope to improve our paper, week by
week. and make it all that any of our
readers could reasonably expect. We
are well aware that the times are very
hard, and money very scarce; and for
that reason we are the more compelled
to insist upon the payment of all sub
scriptlons in advance. The newspaper
that adopts any other policy. is on the
short and speedy road TO bankruptcy.
Year: 1875

This is the last issue ef the ANTI
MoNoroLIsr before the holding OF the
Opposition State Convention. If we
have OF late freely discussed Louis E..
Fisher in these pages, it has been from
no desire to persecute Mr.. Fisher; bnt
because we saw from the first. very
clearly, that his candidacy for Cover
nor would lead to inevitable and over
whelming defeat. 1t has already done
more; it has caused very serious
break in our ranks in Southern Mime
sofa.


Some of those who supported Mr..
Fisher at first did so under the heliet
that the Pioneer Press and the Ramsey
Republicans would support him as
against Gov. Davis. But Gov. Davis is
now out of the way, and the Pioneer
Press has declared that it viii support,
in preference to Mr.. Fisher, John S.
Pillsbury or any other good Republi-
can" So that all hope of aid from that
quarter is dissipated.


Some Of the friends of Mr.. Fisher
feel that even if he is nominated there
Is not the slightest hope of his election
but they think his nomination would
drive the Anti-Monopolists out of the
Opposition party. and that they would
thus get clear OF our agreeable society.
This may be well enough for men whose
highest ambition is to spite an opponent
but that political party. 10000 in the
minority. should seriously propose to
drive out 5000 or more Of its members,
and tear itself to pieces in every county
in the State, passes belief.


It must not be forgotten that the Op.
position party of Minnesota is simply .
Year: 1875

The agricultural State of Minnesota
is represented in the United States
Senate, by couple of lawyers, who
scarcely know the difference between
potatoes and turnips growing. The
Evening Nail, Of Minneapolis, said the
other day, after the meeting OF the Re
publican State Central Committee:


Yesterday when the important question of
avoiding harvest in calling a convention was
under discussion Mr.. Window held his nice
ing to determine the month in which harvest
ing was done in this country. Farmer Lang
worthy. Of Movie county, and Deacon Wilson
finally came to his rescue.
Year: 1875

nation. The masses of the Republican
party have tried to force their organiza-
ton into that position of progressive
leadership, and thus supplant the Dem
ocracy; but their leaders have held them
back They have been not an army of
lions led by asses. but an army of hon
est men led by knaves.


1t is clearly the duty OF the Anti
Monopolists to maintain their separate
identity. They may cooperate with
other parties, but they should not be
merged in them. The merger OF their
identity may be the extinguishment Of
theif principles.


But alone they have not votes enough
to achieve reform. Reform can only be
obtained by dispossessing the party in
power, whose acts have thwarted re-
form. 1t the Democracy adopt the
right kind of platform, and place men
on it who are really in sympathy with
its principles, we should advise the Anti
Monopolists to cooperate with them.
But even then, in our judgment, they
should preserve their separate identity,
for thereby they become factor of
power and can compel the Democracy
to addere firmly to rign1eous principles,
and to become really the great party of
justice and progress. Once swallowed
up, they will have no more influence
over the course of that party than Jonah
had over the whale at most they
would be simply disturbing force in
its intestines; to be elected after a few
days.


In other words, we are willing to ride
in the same stage coach with the Dem
ocrats, but we prefer an outside seat /;
and if the driver proposals to take the
coach to the gates OF the Internal re-
gions, we will quietly get off. We
didn't book ourselves for that hotel. II
the driver takes the right road we will
stick to the coach. That is all there is
of it.
Year: 1875

temporary coalition of two distinct ele-
ments-the old Democrats and the ex-
Republicans. Should either conclude
to withdraw from the coalition there
can be no ground for a charge of bad
faith or lack Of party fealty. Each ele-
ment will remain faithful to its own
party; will erect its own banners in its
own camp; and go its own way.


If we, the Anti-Monopolists. had.
long in advance OF the convention.
designated candidate for Governor.
with the declaration that no other cam
didate could or would have our support.
we might justly be charged with intol-
erance and arrogance. On the contrary
we have expressed ourselves willing to
support any candidate fully IN sympa-
thu Nth our principles, and we have de-
clared against Mr.. Fisher because he
was not; and because his life record was
such as we could not endorse. The
Pine City News, Liberal paper, ex-
presses the feeling of thousands when it
says:


The old Pioneer advocated, sustained and
defended the old Chatield ballot-b swindle,
and the Pembina frauds.


Will Louis E Fisher state whether he was
the editor at that time, and ii SO, whether he
wrote or did not write those articles; and if he
did. II them'S his SentimentS2


The old Pioneer was the able defender of
thief Floyd, Frank Steele, and the Fort Smell
ling steal.


Was Louis E. Fisher then editor, and if So,
Just state to the people if he wrote any, and
how many of those articles, which sugar
coated job that took over 81 100000 from
the treasury of the United Statesl


The old Pioneer did its full share in fasten-
ing the old S., 900, 900 railroad loan bill on the
State


Will Fisher, who was then in the prime of
life, deny having hand in that infamy?


The Pioneer has since maintained its con-
sistency upon that question through all its vi
cissitudes.


Did Fisher endorse that unmltigated rob-
berry! and if SO, will he not frankly state that
his interest was more patent as hireling,
than as taxpayer


Nor will it do to say that the editorials
he, Fisher, wrote for that old Pioneer
did not express his own views. A man
may. under stress OF poverty, hire out
his pen and brains, to carry through
the schemes of set of corrupt knaves,
and charitable world may pardon him
therefor; but surely that manner Of man
is not fit for the office of Governor OF a
young and vigorous State. We might
pity the virtuous woman who, sore
pressed by want. hired out to do the
manual labors in house Of assignation.
But even though she preserved her vir-
tue, who would want to take her to
wife, or to set her up as model for the
admiration Of the young women of the
age? And, in lesser sense, has not
Mr.. Fisher been polluted and contamin.
ated. by the service of a lifetime in that
political brothel. the old Pioneer? And
if ne has remained. through all. unspot
ted as the virgin snow, can you get the
people of Minnesota to believe ito Are
not all the probabilities against it9


We trust the coming convention will
be actuated by the highest motives. and
that harmony and concord may prevail,
Ii it presents ticket satisfactory to
all members Of the party. we can 90
into battle with a reasonable hope o.
victory.
Year: 1875

The big gun now making for use at
the Centennial will Weigh one hundred
and twenty-five and 4 half tons. The
balls will IL; drawn into it by four
yoke Of cattle, which are unyoked
at the brccch and driven out through
the pores uf the iron.
Year: 1875

THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION.
There has been more or less said of late
respecting the next Republican candi-
date for President, and from this time
forth we may expect the interest III the
subject to increase steadily up to the
time of the nominating convention. 1t
is to be hoped that the matter will be
treated with due moderation, that no
sectional jealousies will be engineered,
and that every Republican viii SO have
the good OF. his country at heart as to
be In readiness to support fully and
heartily the nominee of the convention
whoever he may be. There will be a
number of men pushed forward each of
whom will have earnest and eager friends
and as but one can be selected there Will
of course be many disappointemts. It
is these disappOintments which we must
be prepared for, and, when they come,
be ready to accept in philosophical
spirit. We believe that the party, re-
cogniz1ng that the coming election is to
be an eventful struggle and that no
strength can be safely wasted. is deter
mined to place personal preferences in
the background, and to labor unitedly
for the further prevalence of the princi
Piles which have characterized Repubh-
canism and wrought SO much good for
the country.-Senfi3eGt
Year: 1875

GERMANS IN AMERICA.-InS7 following
Is an extract from Carl Scurz's speech
al the German dinner in New York:


A few words he would say to them
especially as Germans. He had never
been IN favor, nor was he now, of hav-
ing the Germans in this country clan to-
gether and become separated from the
other elements of the population In
his view the Germans here were all
Americans. Their interests We're those
of the people, their duties those OF the
people, and they should be banded to-
gether and united only by the common
band of American patriotism. Germans
here were among the first TO battle for
their adopted land. They were among
those who led the van IN the rands OF
Americas soldlery, and they are now
among the foremost of those inspired by
the highest sentiment Of American
patriotism. In this view he was proud
to be an American-still prouder to be a
German-American. Affection for Ger
many was still entertained by them, but
they did not on that account bate sin
gle jot of their ardor for America. He
loved the Fatherland, but that did not
lessen his love for America. The maii
loves his bride none the less because he
holds his mother dear. The American
with his shrewd common sense and
practibility, and the German in his pro-
foundest thought, were working for a
common end. Their aim is the same
and there is no conflict between them.
Year: 1875




ROBERT FRAZIER, policeman, was
shot and killed in Nashville on Friday,
while in the performance of his duty, by
Joe Reed, colored. Reed was whipping
his wife. Some of the neighbors sent
for officer Frazier who hurried to Reeds
residence, and as he entered the door
and remarked to Reed that he would
have TO arrest him, Reed shot him twice,
once in the mouth and through the
heort, killing him instantly. That night
he was taken from the jail a rope fasten-
ed around his neck, and hurried to the
suspension bridge, from which he was
thrown, with the intention of hanging,
but the. rope breaking, he fell to the
rocks beneath, 80 feet, and from thence
into the river. He was shot once on
the way and again lat the bottom. The
body was not recovered.
Year: 1875

DR.. WIGHT, the eminent liberal reform
geologist, is at present engaged in the
arduous duty of finding out whose place
he can secure on the reform ticket in
the next political campaign. This de-
votion to the science of Geology, will
be hailed with satisfaction by eminent
geologists the world over.
Year: 1875

Gov. Taylor will undoubtedly be re-
nominated by the Democratic party.
This honor he expects, and long since
determined to have, and in whatever he
has done he has not for moment lost
sight of this important object. On the
whole he has not made bad Governor,
but has endeavored to discharge his
executive duties in cOmmendable way.
The party could not with any grace re-
fuse him a denomination Chicago
Tribune
Year: 1875

I HAVE this day sold my subscription for
i stock in the Plannet Printing Company to
John W. Hudson, and have applied to the
Court 20 be permitted to withdraw my name
as an incorporation from the petition of Ed.
Shaw and others to incorporate said company,
now pending in the Second Chancery Court
of shelby county. K. K. CHURCH.
Year: 1875

c. l. Clough is the groom on which the
La Crosse (Wis) Leader recently told the
story of his being at his own request as


signed to one room and his new-msde bride
to another. Clough now denies the libet
over his signature in a card published in the
Chatfield Mimi Democrat. He says be
and his wife occupied room No. y. and
would have slept well but for the bed-bugs.
Year: 1875

This is the way seafaring man, re-
Gently married, told the marines
what sort of wife he had secured:
" Ny wife is just as handsome a craft as
ever left millinery dry dock; is clipper.
built, and with fgGre-head not often
seen on a small craft. Her length of
keel is FIVE feet eight inches; displaces
twenty seven feet Of air; of light draft,
which adds to her speed in ballroom;
full amidships; spare and trim at her
bow AT the time we were spliced she
was newly rugged fore and aft, with
studdingsails Of lace and flowers, main
sail part silk, forestaysails of Valen-
ciennes Her frame was of the best
steel, covered with silk, with whalebone
stanchions, She also has a set of storm
sails for rough weather, and is rugged
out in a small set of canvas for light
squalls, which are liable to occur in this
latitude sooner or later. | am told, in
running down the street before the wind,
she answers the helm beautifully, and
can turn about in her own length if a
handsomer craft passes her. j"
Year: 1875

The plaster model of the statue of
Senator Sumner, which is to be placed
upon the monument in the Boston City
Hall, has arrived from Rome, bat has
been so badly broken in the passage,
owing to careless packing, that it is
doubtful if it can be put together for the
bronze cast.
Year: 1875

Life has burden for every one's shoulder, None may escape from it's troubles and care: Miss it in youth and twill come when were

 older,

 And fit us as close as the garment we wear. Sorrow comes into our homes uninvited, Robbing the heart of it's treasure Q. song; Lovers grow cold and our friendships are

 sighted,

 Yet sowehow or other we hasten along. Mid the sweet bloss 0ms that smile in our faces Grow ihe dank weeds that would poison and

 blight; And cen in the midst Of earths beautiful places There's always a something that isn't just right, Yet oft from rock we may pluck gay flower, And drink from a spring in desolate waste; They come to the heart ike heavenly dover, And aaaght is so sweet to The eye or the taste. Everyday toll is an everyday blessing, Though poyciiy's cottage and crust we may

 share; Weak is the back on which burdens arc pressing, But stout is the heart that is strengthened by

 prayer. Somehow or other the pathways grow brighter, Just when we mourDed there Was none 10 be-

 friend; Hope in the heart makes the burden seem

 lighter,

 And somehow or other we get to the end.
Year: 1875

X MARITAL UNPLEAsANTNEsS IN JAvA.-A Java chief, who is now very old, has given orders that on his decease his two youngest wives shall be killed, in order to accompany him to the next world The two women be- came aware of the fate awaiting them, and fled to the English fort on the border, where they put themselves under the protection of the English flag. The chief was furious on hearing this, and formed plan to get back his fugitive wives. But the young women were neither ready nor willing to die, and, having found out that their souls and bodies were as much their own rpoperty as his, they propose remaining where life is not held so cheaply as in their native province.
Year: 1875

The same things are to be said about this Alkali as about Potash, Ammonia and Lime. The rapid action of these substances upon the parts which they come in contact leaves little to be done with much confidence.
Year: 1875

Another wcll-known figure in New
York, who stands his years well, is
Charles O'Conor The great lawyer is
about seventy. but would pass for less.
He is one of those thin, wiry men. who
stand an immense deal OF wear and tear
without showing it. And he is one of
those great men, speaking entirely in IN
intellectual sense, who carry unconscious
ness either greatness under u rather com
mon place exterior. If Mr.. O'Conor ever
took an interest in dress. it must have been
a long time ago. The clothing he wears
but it certainly is not encouraging to the
tailors An average dry goods clerk would
consider himself very shabby indeed if he
didn't 60 behind the counter in 4 better
suit than Mr. O'Conor carries down Broad
way in one of his daily walks to his Office.
The most Objectionable thing about the
eminent advocates raiment is his hat. 1t
is probably the worst hat exhibited on n
good head on Broadway There is a
tradition among the lawyers that Mr..
O'Conor's hat was presented to him the
day OF his admission to the bar, and that
he has been wearing it and sitting on it
alternately ever since. The story is rath-
er tough, but the hat does seem to bear it
out. Summer and winter there it is, set
half way back on his head as though it
had shrunk with age and wouldn't come
down. and showing a fresh touch OF shah
biness every season. And the curious thing
is that nothing will induce the owner to
change it. He is as Indifferent to public
opinion on q subject of this sort as was
Horace Greeley, whose outfit generally
grew worse the more he was told to make
it better. He is a great walker without
making any time about it, and steps along
broadway more actively than many OF
the young men. doubt if there is an
other especially prominent man in New
York as rarely seen in society or public
assemblages as Mr.. O'Conor lie has 4
singular antipathy to what is called popu-
larlty, and tries to avoid all ways leading
to it. Yet when he does thaw out he is a
very pleasant companion, with social quail
tiles that are not by any means to be des
plsed lie is also very generous with his
money, and has given more in charity than
some OF our very rich men whose benoyo-
lence is duly advertised in the newspapers
Hartford Times.
Year: 1875

know that the world, that the great big world,
From the peasant up to the king.
Has different tale from the tale tell,


And different song to sing.
But for me, and care not A single Zig


If they say | am wrong or am right
shall always go for the Weaher dog,


For the under dog in the fight.
l know that the world, that the great big world
VIII never moment stop
To see which dog may be i'll the fault


But will shout for the dog on top.
But for me, | never shall pause to ask


Which dog may be in the right.
For my heart will beat. while it beats at all.
For the under dog in the fight.
Perchance what I've said had better Not said
Or ,twere better I'D said it incog..
But with heart and with glass filled chocl, to the


brim,


Here's health 10 the bottom dog.