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How the Opium Habit is Contracted.

The experience Of those who have
become addicted to opium-eating is
that the frequent,if not the confirmed,
habit is formed in this wise: A ply
sician prescribes an anodyne, and
the patient finds from it's use the re
lief which was anticipated. Very
frequently he finds not merely that his
pain has been relieved, but that with
this relief has been associated feel
ing Of positive, perhaps Of extreme,
enjoyment. A recurrence Of the same
pain infallibly suggests q recurrence
to the same remedy. The advice of
the medical man is not invoked, be-
cause the patient knows that morphine
or laudanum was the simple remedy
that proved so efficacisus before, and
this he can procure without as well as
with the direction Of his physician.
He becomes his own doctor, prescribes
the same remedy the medical man has
prescribed, and charges nothing fol-
his advice. The resort to this pleasant
medicature after no long time becomes
habitual, and the patient finds thai
the remedy, whose use he had supposed
was sanctioned by his physician, hal
become his tyrant. # patients exhib
tied the same reluctance to the admin
liistration Of opium that they do to drul
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-03-22

that are nauseous, if the collateral eff
fects Of the former were no more
pleasurable than lobelia or castor oil,
nothing more could be said against
Standardization in one case than the
other. Opium.e eaters are made such,
not by the phsyician's prescription Of
opium to patients in whose cases its use
is indispensable, but by their not giving
together with such prescriptions EN-.
phatic and earnest caution that the
remedy is not to be taken except when
specifically ordered, in consequence of
the hazard that a habit may be formed
which it will be difficult to break.
Patients to whom it is regularly admin
stored are not at first generally aware
how easily the habit is acquired, nor
with what difficulty it is relinquished
especially by persons Of nervous temp
erament and enfeebled health. The
number of cases, upon the best
authority, is small in which the use
of opium has become a necessity,
where the direction of the physician
may not be pleaded as justifying its
original employment.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-03-22
A Trick With Figures.

AS the ssharmony Of figures seems
to be growing into a fashionable
subject for discussion in your columns,
I beg leave to explain an amusing lit
tie trick with figures, which is Ger
tainly very venerable, though COM
paratively few of your readers know
It.
The Magus who performs this trick
selects suitably-melancholy victim,
and proposes to give the added total of
five rows of figures of any size posi-
BILE, after but one of these rows are
placed on the paper. The victim puts
down such a row, and the Magus i'm
mediately writes the total, leaving an
intervening space for the other four
rows, which are put down alternately
by the two persons, apparently at hap
hazard, yet the total is always abso-
lutely correct. / will illustrate
the modus operandi as follows: A
exhibits the trick, and B is the unfor-
tunate victim. B writes down, say,
3,277. A Immediately states the added
total of this, with the four unborn
rows, as 1925. B then exerts his
massive intellect, and evolves from
its depths the figures 1855, and places
them beneath his first row. A then
adds, as row No. 3, 1884. B AGAR
writes down 5,480, and A finishes the
agony by putting down as the last row
4.51O-and the answer is correct. The
rows may contain any number OF fig.
ures, provided each row has an equal
number with its predecessor.
The explanation of this is simple as
rolling off a four.story log. TO get tht
total, simply deduct two from the last
figure in the line, and place it 1.-THE
figure two) before the first and. to FL
up the intervening four lines, put dow
,, figures large enough to make nine ia
,, each of your opponents precedin!
) figures in rows number two and four
Put down the figures | have given a
} an illustration, and little study viii
\ make it very easy for the reader t.
understand, not only chow to do 1t,
0 but "the reason why" as well.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-03-22
THE NEWS.
Crimes. Criminals, and Casualties.

DR.. VIM. G.. Pike shot and killed
Stephen S. Jones, in Chicago, on the 10Th:
Jones was the editor OF Spiritualist paper ana
IS wears OF age. Pike accused him OF having
educed his wife.
Jim Walker, colored, II years DID,
ATTEMPTED to murder and rob Mrs. Stocked,
near Union Ridge, Tenn. She was rescued Dy
another negro. Walker was arrested, placed
in Jail in Franklin, from which he was taken
out by about dozen masked men and hung
within mile of that town.
James Kingan, a prominent MEMBER
OF the New York produce exchange was Oh
the wrong side OF land speculation, and was
short two or three thousand dollars. He alb
seconded, and his body has been found a
Weldon, little railroad station in New Bruins
wick. He left the train when it halted fo1
water. and it is not certain whether ne wa
murdered or suicided.
A bold express robbery was com
mitted in Pittsburg on the l4th. The robbe
teleeraphed to the express messenger on tn
Allegheny railroad signing the express super
intendent's name, directing the messenger t.
turn over his run to certain party, who wa
the thief. The messenger obeyed, and whe'
the express was being transferred from tn
cars to the Pittsburgh Office the adrolt THE
distracted 1000 from the safe and fled.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-03-22

English butchers have adopted an
ingenious method of disgusting their
customers with American meat. They
are buying up all the WORKOUT bulls
and emaciated COWS, and labelling
them when dressed, s'Real American
beef, not frozen The price charged
for the meat thus labelled seems low
to the purchaser, but is really very
high for the stuff given in exchange,
and leaves the seller about three pence
.per pound profit. 1t has also the ad
vantage of thoroughly sickening thu
purchaser, who finding it quite voit
of nutrition and tough as whipthong
at once swears to eschew American
beef cor the future, and goes back t
beef at the old high prices, when a
often gets unconsciously America
beef, which the willy butcher sells 9
English, and thereby reaps increase
profits.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-03-22

1t is the opinion of some. mariners
that there are rocks in the Atlantic
which have been thrown up by volcan'
ic agency and are the frequent cause
of ships disappearing. These rocks, Il
is asserted, have often been seen IN
the Atlantic by captains, officers and
all hands. Various British govern
ments have sent out ships which have
searched for them in vain, and because
those ships have failed to find what
hundreds have seen with their owl
eyes, these dangers have been expung
ed from the charts. The position CIV
en- by those who have seen them Is, II
most cases, obtained by dead reckon
ing, and therefore is only approximate
consequently it is a most difficult tas
to find them again.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-03-22
Kite Flying in Japan.

OF all the sports at which boys in
japan amuse themselves, kite-tlying
seems to afford the most fun and en-
ioyment. Japanese kites are not plain
coffin.shaped bits of tissue paper such
as American boys fly. They are made
Of tough paper stretched on light
frames of bamboo, and OF all shapes.
oblong, or oval. They are .
also made to initiate animals. | have
often. in my walks in Japan, seen
whole paper menagerie in the air
There were crying babies, boys WITH
arms spread out, horses, fishes, bats
hawks, crows, monkeys, snakes, drs
CONS, besides ships, carts, and houses
Across and behind the top Of the kit,
thin strip of whalebone is stretcheaea
which huns, buZZes, or sings high
the air like a hurdy-gurdy or a swa'
of beetles. When the boys OF a whit
city are out in kite time, there is me
music in the air than is dellghti1ne
The real hawks and crows, and OF!
birds, give these buzzing cOunterfe
Of themselves a wide berth. In
walks, | often was deceived w
looking up, unable to tell at til
whether the moving black spot in IL
air were paper, or a real, living crea
ture, with beak, claws, and feathers.
The Japanese boys understand wei
how to send ssmessengers' to the 10
Of the kite, and how to entangle eac-
others kites. When they wish
they can cut their rivals string, al
send the proud prize fluttering to tr
ground. To do this, they take abol
| ten feet Of the string near thu
end. dip it in glue and then put into !
bits Of powdered glass, making mul
titude Of tiny blades as sharp as !:
razor, and looking, when magnlheo
like the top of a wall in which broKe'
, bottles have been set to keep OFF CLINT
, ers. When two parties Of boys agre
to have paper war near the CLOUDS,
they raise their kites and then attemI
to cross the strings. The most skill
} full boy saws off, with his glass ga"
} the cord Of his antagonist.
q The usual size of a kite in Japan
: two feet square, but often four feeF
D and have seen many that were 81,
' feet high. OF course, such ri
/ needs very heavy cord, which Is ca
s ried in a basket or on q big stfc'
!. They require man, or very stron
5 boy, to raise them and woe betide tn
8 small urchin who attempts to hold OF,
I in stiff breeze !! The humming mol
{ ster in the air will drag him on a
s feet, pull him over the street, Or l ..
t the ditch, before he knows It. !,
4 such 4 kite to q dogs tail, ana Z
3 Japanese canine could ever turn rouI'
) to bite the string. II the Governmel
ii allowed It, boys and young men wou
q make kites q large - IN elephant.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-03-22
Verdict in the Ashtabula Bridge.

The coroner's jury have just render
ed the following verdict in the case OF |
the Ashtabula bridge:
That the fall OF the bridge was the
result of defects and errors made IN
designing, constructing and erect
ing it; that great defect, and one
which appears in many parts OF the
structure, was the dependence OF every
member for it's efficient action upon
the probability that all or nearly all
the others would retain their position
and do the duty for which they
were designed, instead Of giving to
each member positive connection
with the rest, which nothing but d.
rect rupture could sever. The mem
bers, of each truss were, instead OF
being fastened together, rested one
upon the other. The railway company
used and continued to use this bridge
for about eleven years, during all OF
which time careful inspection by
competent bridge engineer could not
have failed to discover all these de-
fects. For the neglect of such careful
inspection the railroad company alone
is responsible. That the responsible
itv of this fearful disaster and its con-
sequent loss Of life rests upon the rail-
road company, which by its chief ex.
ecutive officer planned and erected
this bridge; that the cars in which
the deceased passengers were carried
into the chasm were not heated by
: heating apparatus so constructed that
: the fire in them will be Immediately
!, extinguished whenever the cars arr
thrown from the track and overturn
!, ed that their failure to comply Will
the plain requirements Of law places
), the responsibility Of the origin OF tn
), fire upon the railroad company lsee &C
May IA, 1861 that responsibility 10
, not putting out the fire ct the time
d first made its appearance in the wrecl
rests upon those who were first TO al
(, rive upon the scene OF the disaster
Of and who seemed to have been SO over
whelmed by the fearful calamity tina
3 they lost all presence OF mind, an
failed to use the means at nand' col
$ sisting of the steam pump in the puml
ID ing house of the FIRE engine Lax
!, Erie. and its hose, which might hay
IA been attached to the steam pump
time to save life.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-03-22
Extra Session of Congress.

In the Senate on the Sth the petition
against the admission of Grover from Oregon
were laid upon the table and Grover was
sworn in The Louisiana question was de-
bated until the Senste went into executive
session. In executive session Sherman was
confirmed as Secretary. OF the Treasury but
the remainder OF the cabinet nominations were
not acted upon.
THE SENATE COMMITTEE.
The following standing committees
| in the new Senate have been announced.
| Privileges and Elections-Morton, chairman,
Mitchell. Wadleigh, Cameron OF Wisconsin,
Mcmillan, Hoar, Salisbury, Merrimon and
Hill
Foreign Relations.-Cameron, chairman
Morton, Hamlin, Howe, Conkling, McCreerJ
Bogy, Eaton and johnson.
Jones of Nevada, Allison, Howe, :Bayard
herman and Wallace.
Approximations Window, chairman, Sar
gent, Allison, Dorsey, Blaine, Davis OF Yves
Virgins, Withers and Eaton.
Commerce Conkling, chairman; Spencer
Burnside, Mcmillan, Patterson. Gordon, Den
mis-, Ransom and Randolph.
Maputactures-Booth, chairman: Bruce
, Robins. johnson and Mcpherson.
observation-disclosures, chairman; Sharon
Hoar, Davis of West Virginia, and Gordon
Military Afairs-Spencer, chairman, Wad
leigh, Cameron, of Penn, Burnside, Telle
: Plumb, Randolph, Cockrell and Maxey.,
. Naval Affairs-Sargent, chairman, Anthem,
Conover, Blaine, kirkwood, Whyte and Nj
Pherson.
( Judiciary-Edmunds, chairman, How
1 Conkling, Christiancy, Davis. OF Hlinol
: Thurman and Mcdonald. :.
= Postof6ces and Post Roads-Hamll
chairman, Ferry, Jones of Nevada, Paddoc
: Conover, Kirkwood, Salisbury, Aaxey q.
e Bailey.
l. Public Lands-Oglesby, chairman, Paddoc
Booth, Chaffee, Plumb, Mcdonald Jones
Florida, Grover and Garland.
O Private Land Claims-Thurman, chal
r may, Bayard, Bogy, Edmunds and Chr
h ti2ncy.
y Indian Affairs-Allison, chairman, Oglt
q by Ingalls,, Saunders, Hoar, hcCreery .
d, Cook.
re Pensions-hgalls, chairman, Bruce, \
= Ter, Kirkwood, Davis OF H., "lfhers :
Is Evolutionary Johnston, cha
u man, Jones Of Fla-, Hilly Dawes. and AcA
Ian
10 Claims chairman, 1lfcn'
Cameron Of Wis, Tel11, Hear, Cocnel, he
n tUrd, Harris and Morgan.
d District Of c11umn-Dorseys cnanm
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-03-22

This is the Western style OF manag-
ing the Enoch Arden business Henry
M. Stevens parted from his wife to go
to the Kansas State prison, to serve
out sentence of five years. She
vowed fidelity; but, on hearing false
report that he was dead, she married
,.(ohn Steinman. Stevens returned
home from prison to find his wife hap
nv with another; but he did not GO
quietly away and leave them to their
happiness. He shot Steinman, killing
him instantly, and brutally whipped
the woman.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-03-22

An improvement upon the beggar
who only wants bread has arisen IN
Paris in the shape of beggar who
only wants pair of boots, his feet be-
ing nipped by the cold. The weather
has, of course, been exceptionally
mild this winter in France; neverthe-
less, the sight of bare feet in the mild
est january weather moves the hearts
of the compassionate, and a skilltu
beggar may get as many as a doze1
pairs of boots in day, thus realizing
it is calculated, comfortable income
of about $l4 per week.
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There has been a great slaughter OF
cattle in Nevada by railroad trains this
winter. The snow has been so deep
that the animals have sought the tracks
for comfortable standing places, and
upon the approach of train. after
making frantic efforts to scale the
banks of snow lining the track, have
been crushed in large numbers.
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What is it which by losing an eye
has nothing but q nose left! A noise.
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Appropriations Of the Minnesota LEGISLATURE
The standing appropriations and
those made by the late Legislature
cover the following items, the aggre-
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-12-05

Some call it q mistake of Senator
Edmunds to have arraigned Patterson
so severely after he had declared his
intention to stand by the Republican
party. 1t may have been little con-
trary to the palavering taste of some
who would roll in the gutter for the
sake of party supremacy, but to us
his course gave fresh evidence of the
firm principles Of our present leader OF
the Senate, of whom Vermont may 50
Justly be proud. The Tribune reminded
its readers that on Thanksgiving day
they might justly give thanks that Mr..
Edmunds by his signal skill had saved
the Senate from passing into the hands
of the Democrats.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-12-05
ST. NICHOLAS FOR DECEMBER,

OF which 10000 copies have been is
sued, is the Grand Christmas Holiday
number, and contains ninety-six pages
and tifty-seven illustrations, including
a frontispiece, 1.-The Holy Family"
after the famous picture by Ittenbach.
Henry w. Longlellow contributes a
Christmas poem, 1.-The Three Kings"
that will bring him yet nearer to the
youngsters hearts.
William Cullen Bryant also has a
fine poem in this number entitled,
The Mocking Bird and the Donkey"
Louisa NJ. Alcott's new story, "Un-
der the Lilacs, serial for girls, opens
with an installment of three long, de-
lightful chapters, and with four fine
illustrations by Mary Hallock Foote.
A capital portrait of Miss Alcott, with
an admirable and sympathetic sketch
of her life, also appears in this issue.
The author Of "Alice in Wonder
land" (Lewis CarrolD furnishes fairy
story, "Bruno's Revenge" full of
sweet, bright fancies, and with pref
ty illustration.
DR.. j. G. Holland contributes po-
etc double riddle that will be poser
to most puzzlers.
There is fine, hitherto unpublish-
ed, sketch of bright boy-life, rescued
from the posthumous papers of Theo-
dore Winthrop; and this with the
opening part Of "The Tower-Moun-
tain"-a short serial for boys, by Gus
tavus Frankenstein, with superb illus
trations by 7. Moran and j. f. Kelly
adds greatly to the boy interest OF
the number.
Mr.. Frank r. Stockton contributes
fresh and humorous fairy tale.
Besides the more brilliant attrac-
tons, there is an exciting tale, "The
Lion Killer. from Mary Wager Fish
er; timely story, "Jack's Christ
mas" by Emma X. Parrish; another
Christmas tale, "Scrubby's beautiful
tree" by j. c. Purdy; "a Chat about
Pottery" by Edwin &. Taylor, with
ten Illustrations; 1.-THE Famous Hor-
SEES of Venice" an historical sketch
by Mary Lloyd.
The humorous character of the mag
azine is well upheld by Lucretia I.
Hale's laughter-provoking account OF
"The Peterkins' Charades ;""A Chap
ter of Butts" consisting offive comical
illustrations 1.-The Magician and His
Bee" funny short story, with eight
grotesque pictures; and "The Boy
who Jumped on Trains" some funny
verses by Mary Hartwell, with illus
trations by Hopkins,
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How 1t Is Done.

The first object III life with the
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The first can be obtained by energy,
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Palpitation of the Heart, Sour Stom-
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Of the Head, Nervous Prostitution
Low Spirits, &C., you need not suffer
another day. Two doses of AUGUST
FLOWER will relieve you at once. Sam
pie Bottles 10 cents. Regular size Is
cents. Positively sold by all first-clas
Druggists in the L. S.
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Or. shIIoh's System VItaIizer.

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Loss of Appetite, Coming up of Food,
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such terms? 1t is for you to determine.
Sample bottle, 10 cents; regular size, rs
cents. Sold by j. S. Whitney.
$4,000 die annually by neglecting a
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Consumption and the grave. Why will
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you can get at our store Shil0h's Con-
sumption Cure, with the assurance of a
speedy recovery. For soreness across
the Chest or Lungs or lame back or side,
Shiloh's Porous Plaster gives prompt re-
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Hackmetack, a popular and fragrant
perfume. Sold byJ. s. Whitney; Hyde
Park. Vt, elsewhere by all dealers,
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-12-05

The Vermont deacon who is to be
tried to-day for killing his wife would
Mt have done such thing as to go to
the theater, but in some of the kissing
games at a church sociable he got ac-
quainted with the woman for whose
sake he became a murderer. Let us
have "Sociable Reform Association. "
boston Herald.
Because one weak man and a weak
er woman were led astray and date
the commencement of their passion at
a church sociable, the wicked world is
shocked. 1t would seem probably
from testimony that it is coming to
light that the date of the beginning OF
iniquity with both, dates back further
than that church sociable.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-12-05

At the last annual convention of the
Changers, the secretary's supplement
tary report Of last year showed IA, 634
oranges on paying basis, with $685.
j37 members. Ohio leads all the
States in the number of members,
having j3,977, while Indiana, as Sec
ond, has 1859, and Missouri, third,
has 2,529. In New England, Maine
has II, 773 members, with 7new gran
ges; New Hampshire, 3,947 men,
bers, with 4 new oranges; Vermont,
0,90S members, with 3 new oranges
Massachusetts, 3,77G members, and
only one new grange; and Connect
cut but 1928 members. Rhode Island
does not appear to be represented in
the organization.