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a CLIMBING HOUSE FOR LADIES.
Where Some. or snn Francisco's Tnshionnbi
Women Indulge In Faro.

SAN Francisco Sept. 15.-In ono Of the
most fashionable md respectable quarters I'm
this city. near Market strnct stands large anu
elegant looking house. The hundreds Of people
who daily pass ii think il Is private residence
little dreaming that it il Il female gambling in
suiniion rs Il Is. and IN which thousands 81
dollars not un'reQucntly change hands nightly.
II is patronized by men and women who belnnl,
to the wealthy class. and who move IN arisio-
rate circles Cards OF invitation ar" issued
sion 10 the poesessor Tho names of snmr of
the patrons would asioni-hthe community w.r.
they known. NJ vehicle of any kind il allowed
10 stand In front of this house. ana thosa who
frequent It must keep their carriages ~ least
two blocks away. This Is required in order t.
avoid suspicion. The front part OF the huust'
is always en-hroudcd in quletude. At night
dim lights are burned in tho front rooms. The
thrown back. and e. the passer-hy nothing Is 60
be seen To- arouse tho slightest suspicion ol the
true chara ter # the house.
Ihe manager ~ this nsiiuton IS woman.
who came here from ~. Louis about ycnr ago.
AZ ono tine she figured IN Washington n "a
GDyr snG md rs y G cgn Of &1een
entrance y this nhod" you are generally well
coined by Madame in back parlQr brilliantly
you have been ushered BY the colorcd servant
who has answered your bell call. From thence
you are conducted into the saloon of the cstah-
lishment, down stairs. This apartment ia gor-
gcously furnished. Tho cartpct Is Of an
elegant pattern. with heavy curtains and hang
ings t. match. while the furniture is rich and
pictures AMI art rlos OF vrrtu are 10 be- seon in
proiu~ion. in this apartment. might after might,
into th' Wee -ulu lours are to b" found leaiin.
merchants and -to k brokers with the wives Of
somr oi their lV- moss associates, all engaged
in rlny. which is only interrupted between tho
hours of ~ and ly lun'h u cake and wine.
Tho principal game u,ay'l by thes, fashions
all gnnhlor- are faro. Boston. and whist. o.
ensionally roulette ana rouge ct noirare played.
The toaier al the faro table Is "a beautiful look
Ing blonde. who passes for the stepdaushtcr If
Madame the manager. She generally drossrs
in u white lace wrapper. with a lustrOus dm-
mond rim. sparkling from an extremely white
and q 'ii'ato y-shupnd hand. She Is an adept
with tine cards, # one may Judge by the way sho
handles them. There are other females clc-
Lanly ntllrcI, in att N lance. who are oouue-tcl
with the establishment. and who are always
realyto take u hand in any game OF chance Tint
Il Proposed. ana ~ which they are proficient
While not Engaged they usually while AWAY the
time in PLAYING billiards in an adjoining room.
The fascination and excitement OF gaming ana
such that every night the c-tablshmt mt is well
pairouH'd. II il understood that NJ lame j.
backed by several heavy capitalists OF this city,
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Mrs Ann Crooch, ngcl 90 years died in Jer-
ohlcer Crceeh and Was butn III LnsiauL
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-08-30
THE GENTLE FLY.

The saying goes, ''Flies come in
cherry time.'' And the saying is true.
Cherries have been about for two or
three weeks. except in few brief in
terregnums, caused by cold usurpa-
tons of weather, the flies have been
about. Rule-they will now hold high
carnival in despite of boys, birds and
fly-paper until the cold north wind
in the late fall forces them away I'M
til another cherry time comes. Ev-
erybody cries s'alas! and again
s.alas!" that the sweet morning hours
in which ones sleep is more sweet
because, perhaps, of the dear mallci-
Gus thought thatso many others must
then be awake and at work. are now
divided into poor. impatient segments
by the buzz and pounce and tickle OF
the assiduous enemy. Now is the
time when one must choose between
excluding the air, with the light
which is indispensable to Mr.. Fly
activity. or else one must suffer his
attacks until he has succeeded in &C.
complishing his diabolical purpose OF
awakening the sleeper. He will follow
his victim to meals and will taste II
advance all the dainties of the table
with that filthy proboscis of his. lately
where, who knows! Nay, moreover
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-08-30
ANExTRAoRDlNARY HEROINE.

The bravest girl in Australia IS
Grace Vernon Russell. The steamer
Georgette was wrecked off the west
coast. near Perth: a small boat had
been capsized in the surf and women
and children were struggling in the
water. On the crest of precipitous
cliff appeared the figure of young Ia
dy on horseback. To the sailors on
the stranded vessel it seemed utterly
impossible that horse and its rider
should be able to descend that precl-
pice. But the young lady never tai.
tered. She plunged down at full
speed. and reaching the shore. spurred
her horse into the boiling surf.
There were two lines of roaring break.
ers. With splendid pluck she dashed
through them and reached the boat,
to which the affrighted woman and
children were clinging. Her horse
stumbled over a hawser which stretch
ed between the wreck and the small
boat: but she chung to the saddle and
brought the woman and children te
land. There was still man left or
board the boat. She plunged into the
breakers again and brought him safe
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-08-30
THE DESTRUCTIVE EFFECTS O
LIGHTNING

The amount of destruction OF life
and property by lightning, or rather
electrical discharges. has been very
great throughout the verdi.
It is estimated that at least As per-
sons are killed annually by lightning
in this country. The average number
of deaths by lightning has been % in
England, in Switzerland. in Bel
GUM, and IS in France. In France
alone, during period of thirty years,
over 10000 persons were smitten. of
which 2,252 were instantly killed.
Eighty were wounded and 9 killed
during one thunderstorm at Chateau
neuf les Monitors in 1861, and within
one week. when the air was highly
charged with electricity. thirty-three
fearful flashes of lightning were OBJ
served, each bringing death to some
victims.
During the sixteen years between
1900 and 1861, 156 vessels of the Brit.
ish navy were struck by lightning; "a
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-08-30
NOVEL JOINT STOCK COMPANY.

Signor Parnetti has been engaged Tor
the last four years in analyZlng the
dust and debris of the streets or
Florencr and Paris. His investlga-
lions of the debris of the horse paths
proves that dust contains 50 per cent
of iron given by the shoes OF the
horses to the stones. In the dust from
the causeways this eminent chemist
finds from 80 to 40 per cent OF good
glue. Signor Parnetti selected and
treated separately the dust from the
causeways of the Boulevard des
Italiens over a period of two months,
which uniformly gave 80 per cenl., OF
goob transparent glue, it is said quite
equal to Belfast glue. He contem.
plates placing his discoveries at the
disposal of "a limited company, with
the view of establishing blast furnaces
on the banks of the Thames. to re-
cover the iron thus lost. and large
Glue works. which, it is thought, vii
produce more glun from the wasted
material than will supply all Londol
for every purpose.-Iron Trade En-
change.
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to the shore. While those whom she
had saved were rescuing those who
remained or the wreck, the heroic
girl. drenched with the sea foam, and
half fainting with fatigue, galloped a
dozen miles home to have relief sent to
the half-drowned, half-naked folks
whom she had left on the beach. Her
sister, Mrs. Brockman, took horse,
galloped that night through the woods
to the shore, taking tea, milk, sugar,
and -four for the destitute people; and
the next day the rescued were brought
to Mr.. Brockman's house and cared
for. The anxiety and excitement
proved fatal to Mrs. Brockman, who
took severe cold, and died eventu-
ally of brain fever. Grace Vernon
Russell still lives.-N. Y. Tribune.
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EMPTY HANDS,

Too soon the sun has dropped adown the
west,
Too soon the light has faded in the sky,
Affrighted, behold the summer day
Sink YEARLY upon the hills to die!
Into Tbv presence. Lord, how can | come,
Without one sheaf of ripened, golden
wheat?
Up to Thy face dare not lift my own,
Rnt bow it low inside Thy gracious teet!
For Thou seest have nothing brought
Save these poor field flowers dying Oh 'ie
Dear Lord nv Master, sorrowful kneeI,
And hide nv empty palms beneath1 my
garments hem.
The 6ewv silence ofthe cool dark wlnc'
Enticed me to it's leafy, odorous resi-, =.
A soft voiced brook laughed slyly I" N' Ito
Where gank Ti;olets and daisies thick were
press'd.
A,a when j., birds wing stirred the heavy air,
and q soft thrill of notes dropped from the
sky, ,n,,, 49,, ~
smiled. and thought, He blessed them ~
NV Rat her hears the lost ones lonely cry
The present slipped from off me; as dream
+rnd meath orient skies the Judean hills,
And saw. as in the ages gone, green flelds,,
And heard the sparrows' sweet and tender
trills.
And so the golden day has fitted past,
With all it's hours msspent, its chances
lost;
The sweet delay for rest-the fond desires
Were gained, my soul, at what 1eafioI
cost.
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I am now 81 years of age; and about
8 years ago my hair gradually COM
menced to fall out, and in one year l
was almost entirely bald. l wore a
wig for about 2hours day for 3years,
that is, whenever had occasion to go
out. used various preparations; the
hair would grow a little, and then
drop out; so that almost despalr!ed
of having it grow any more. An
engineer recommended me to try
kerosene oil, as relative OF his had
used it with success. l first had II
tried on dog. | found it did not IN,
lure his hair in the least; l next trleo
it on my arms and egsfor was afraid
ofit). and | found that it strengthened
the hair and new hair formed after
four months use, once a week. l
next tried it on my head, cautiously
and it was not great while before
new hair or fuz began to grow, ana a
the present time l have Il pretty gool
head of hair. AS soon as my heat
begins to get any dandrutf, wash II
with Oil.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-08-30

MEN OF FoRCE.--There is always
room for man of force, and he makes
room for many. Society is troop OF
thinkers, and the best heads among
them take the best places. A feeble
man can see the farms that are fenced
and titled, the houses that are built.
The strong man sees the possible
house and farms. His eyes makes
estates as fast as the sun brreds clouds.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-08-30

Between Fargo and Bismarck trains will run
westward Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Eastward, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
All other trains daily except Sunday.
Connect at Fargo with Red River steamers
and daily line stages for Fort Garry. At Bis
mark with weekly line steamers for Carroll and
Montana; and at N p. Junction with l.. S. 4
NJ. R. r. trains to and from St. Paul and Mime
apolis, and all points East and South.
Connections at Duluth with lake lines for
points East.
May 18th 1875.
G. G. SANBORN General Manager.
II. A. TOWNE Supt.
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Down in Senator Morton's cellar
there is deep, dark pit, the entrance
to which is closed by heavy trap,
door. made of enormus planks ana
beams, lined and battened to deaden
all sound. Into this subterranean
chamber the Senator daily descends
all alone, and there where no human
ear can hear, he denounces Mr.. Haye s
policy with a choice selection OF
exnlentiyes from Jack Logan's vigor'
Gus vocabulary. After ascertalnlng
that the hired girl is in the garnet and
the remainder of the family at safe
distance, the Senator energies very
much refreched.-Cin.E Enquire.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-07-28
THE SIXTH REGIMENT.

There is probably no emergency in
which a military officer can he placed
requiring more discretion and Judgment,
than in the face of an angry and unrea-
soning mob. If on the one hand he
happens to be too forbearing, feeling a
natural reluctance to destroy life need
lessly, he runs the risk Of being charged
with inefficiency or cowardice; while on
the other hand, if he be too determined,
he may equally be liable to the charge
Of brutality. 1t is nice question to
determine just when the emergency
requires the order for the shots that
kill, instead of those that only brighten
The fact that mob generally is en-
boldened by the discharge of blank
volley seems to warrant the idea that it
is easiest dispersed, and the destruction
of life saved by one well directed round
at the first encounter. This remark is
very frequently heard in regard to the
course pursued by the Sixth Regiment,
in Baltimore, on Friday night of last
week. Without any disposition to CEN
sure the companies of this Regiment,
or to compare it unfavorably with the
Fifth Regiment, it is an undoubted fact
that if the Sixth Regiment had been
properly formed at its armory, and the
street cleared at starting by volley of
shots from loaded guns, directed at the
rioters, after due notice from its COM
mander, it would have had but little
trouble on the route to Camden station.
Col. Peters, had he properly appreciated
the emergency, would have led his
Regiment in person, instead of send
ing out, under a fire of stones and mis-
siles, detached companies under COM
mand of comparatively undisciplined
officers, demoralized at the outset
Under the protection of men stationed
at the windows of his armory, he could
have formed his Regiment. The crowd
of lookers-on would have fled the streets,
leaving as proper and deserving targets
the actual rioters. AS it was, the
march of his men along Baltimore
street was marked by only running
fire of random shots, directed at will
by each individual soldier, without the
show Of discipline. Once formed, Il
bayonet charge, which no mob will face,
would have cleared Baltimore street
with little or no loss of life. There was
undoubtedly, by the testimony of all
spectators, an unnecessary destruction
of life on that thoroughfare That
alone contributed largely to augment
the trouble. 1t was the result of inef-
ficient offering Of the Regiment En-
posed, as the men were, to the running
fire of stones from the pursuing crowd,
for each to use his gun was natural
impulse For the result the officers of
the Regiment were more responsible
than the men themselves.
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PITTsRURG will be obliged to pay
millions of dollars to the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company and others for the
mischief done by the rioters. Baltimore
and other cities which have not pro.
tected property within their limits, can
not shirk the obligation Of making good
the losses Do our readers know what
the draft riots of 1863 cost the city OF
New York in money paid for private
buildings burned or Quilted and valua-
bles lost? The total amount, as shown
by official figures, was not less than
Sl,74S,45G.39. A far larger sum OF
losses came out of business men in the
injury to trade during those days Of
chaos but this one loss rested upon
the taxpayers alone.
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WHERE is OUR ARMY

In the light of events that have trans
PRED within the last few DAYS, if the
Democratic members Of the last Con-
gress had deliberately devised method
by which life, property, and every ma
terial interest Of the country should be
left to the tender mer"ies of violent and
lawless mobs, it could have pursued no
surer course to accomplish successfully
so Infamous an end than by the dis
graceful and persistent partisan blows
it struck at the organization Of the L.
S. army. When recently Gen. Sher-
man, at the Chamber of Commerce
dinner, in the city of New York, horri-
fed every Tammany Bourbon present,
by saying that, without sufficient
standing army. the country would be
but mob, his listeners little dreamed
that the veriiicaton of his opinion would
be so soon realized Now this simple
difference between Gen. Sherman and
the Democratic shriekers is that the
former is both soldier and statesman
and the latter unmitigated and uncon-
scionable demagogues. 1t must be a
humiliating reflection that, in the pres
ent serious emergency, the Government
at Washington finds itself embarrassed
by the want of troops to command the
public peace. The means provided by
municipal authority and the State mill
tary organizations have proved hereto
fore equal to any ordinary emergency
in which violence and vandalism men
aced society. Now, however, when the
revolt against the laws of social order
has assumed such serious proportions
the National authority must needs be
invoked and the protecting arm of the
general Government be thrown around
societies and States appealing in vain
to local organizations for protection.
Evidently it is the duty of the Federal
Government to meet such emergencies
and to which local authority is unequal.
To the successful and prompt perform
ance of this obligation, however, an
adequate military is necessary. A suf-
ticlent regular army is required. At
this very moment such is demanded by
the gravity of the sit uation in all the
Middle and Western States of the
Union. Yet demagogism in the Lower
House of Congress has denied the Gov
eminent this element ofstrength. Demo-
Gratis at Washington, inspired by the
meanest partisan motives, have argued
and insisted that republic needs no
regular soldiery. On this pretense, and
upon the more hypocriticaI plea of econ
omy, they withheld the necessary APP
preparations for the support Of our ma
tional forces, already too small for the
ordinary wants of the Government.
AS a consequence the Indian campaigns
on our frontier have been managed with
doubtful results, simply by reason of
insufficient force with which to prose
cute them vigorously and successfully.
For the same reason, instead of having
force to march to the Rio Grande
with which to give the thieving and
predatory bands of Mexicans another
taste of our national metal, the paltry
raids of these cowardly horse thieves
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WESTMINSTER, Md, July IS, 1877.

EDITOR OF CECIL WHIG-Dear SIR
| ask the privilege of your columns for
the purpose of giving publicity to the fact
that there is. at this time, vacancy in the
Naval Academy, at Annapolis, and also
one at the West Point Military Academy,
to both of which the Second Congressional
District of this State is entitled | desire
to ill both vacancies at an early day by
admitting the candidates for either vacancy
to competitive examination. The exami
nation will take place at Westminster, on
Wednesday, the 18th day of August, proxi-
mo, in the Office of the Superintendent of
Public Schools of Carroll county. No con-
sideration will be paid to the politics of
applicants as | am determined to appoint
only the really mertorious. The Board of
Examiners will consist of competent gen
tlemen selected from both political parties
and whomsoever they shall name, | will
recommend, and none other. For the in-
formation of candidates for admission to
the Naval Academy will state the Re-
vised Statutes require that they shall be
between the ages of fourteen and eighteen
and of robust constitution. Candidates
for the Military Academy must be between
seventeen and twenty-five years of age,
and are required to be well versed in read
ing, writing and arithmetic, and to have
knowledge of the elements of English
Grammar, of Descriptive Geography, par
ticularly that of the United States, and of
the History of the United States.
Very truly yours,
CHARLES b. ROBERTS.
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OUR MILITIA.

Although our Maryland militia have
been an expensive luxury to the peace
full taxpayers of the State, yet after all,
we are not sure that they are not well
worth the money they cost. Tue,
they have never rendered the State verv
much service; not at least until the
present emergency but still they are
an ornament to Baltimore on gala occa-
sions, and form pleasing back ground
to set off the handsome figure and
striking features of our "de facto "
Governor We do not share the ill.,
natured sentiment of an aged spectator
of the pelting by stones of the Fifth
Regiment, on its march to Camden
station: whats the use of keeping
up these pretty targets, if we cannot
have the fun of pEBBLING them some
times?' On the contrary, we are re-
jjoiced that we lost none of them in the
recent riot, and pray for them the
absence Of danger on all similar occa-
sions in the future Without Them
upon whom would our fashionable wa
tering-places lavish their hospitality, or
upon whom could Maryland's fair dam
sails bestow the benedictions of their
sweetest smiles? Nay, verify, disband
them not, but let them abide with us
always, in peace.
Seriously, "the Boys" behaved well
under the calling iire-of stones. Zol-
linger is soldier, and kept his men
under good command. Hence no un-
necessary and wanton destruction of
life. We commend his GOODNESS and
courage Pity twas, for the name of
our State, that the Sixth was not equally
well commanded We congratulate
Captain Zollinger on his promotion to
the Colonelcy of this regiment 1t was
deserved for the forbearing discipline he
maintained in his command in the face
of threatening rioters.
But looking closer "to home" we
must not overlook deserving men in
uniform. Our own unpretending COM
pany, the "Groome Guards, contains as
good material as the most favored BOYS
Of the Fifth. Had we been sure none
of them would have been hurt, we
should have welcomed them on duty.
Officers and men alike, Cecil we warrant
you would not have blushed for her
men. When our country's flag needed
defenders, Cecil county boys did not lag
behind, and Maryland regiments had
no better men in flood or field than
many whom the quiet homes of old
Cecil lent their country. Some of them
God rest their souls sleep in their
quiet, uniorgotten graves. Others now
wear different uniform. They are
only militamen But soldiers still,
whether their country or their State
claims their services.
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wild mob of rutiians. And if the CAPT
talists withdraw their investments and
refuse their support, how can the work
ing man hope to prosper? The money
of the country will be invested where
it will be the most secure and, in the
end, the heaviest blow will fall upon
those who, misguided and deluded,
lately resorted to violence and crime to
secure rights for which, if they existed,
there was proper and legal remedy
Viewed from any standpoint the whole
affair is most dcplorable