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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-05-02

Captain J. H. Merryman, of the United
States Life Saving Service, in commenting
on the governments proposed extensive alter
atoms of and additions to the life saving sta
tions, especially on the Jersey coast, said
"a new station is to be erected at Chadwick
Beach, the head of Barnegat bay. There are
now twenty-five stations between Sandy Hook
and Cape May, and these are to be thoroughly
repaired. There are eight life saving districts
on the Atlantic and gulf coasts, one on the
Pacific and three on the great lakes. The
Third and Fourth districts, reaching from
Rhode Island to Cape May as matter
of course, form the most dangerous and i'm
portant section of this whole coast defence.
The Atlantic coast stations will be closed on
May 1, and the lake stations will be opened
with the full opening of gation-about
the middle of that month. There is nothing
especially new in life saving appliances the
old and we'll tested enginery proves success
full and thoroughly satisfactory. The service
was generally successful during the last
winter"
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-05-02

Day before yesterday some wretch tied
tin kettle to the tail of John Fallon's dog.
The dog started up to Park City and down to
Pennington, came back in the evening with
out the kettle and very much fatigued. The
guests at the Cliff house extended their con-
ISOLATION to the dog who was manifestly in
need of sympathy. Everything went well
with the dog until about o'clock, when
lady from Juab was requested to play " The
Irish Patrol " on the piano. She played the
faint, weird music of the opening bars, when
the dog began to prick up his ears. The girl
strolled by degrees into the heavier staccato
passages which indicate the near approach of
the advance guard, and with yelp of terror
he rose up and went through the window,
taking sash, panes and all, under the plausible
impression that the tin kettle was again adj
vancing upon him from the rear. The dog
ran into the Jordan and suicided by drown
ing-S0H Lake Tribune.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-05-02
A. Il. STEWARDS FIRST LOVE.
How he Won his Bride While he was a
Poor Young Man.

POOR Dung NAN.
About sixty years ago Cornelia Clnch was
one of the prettiest girls in New York. She
and her brother, who afterwards became col
lector of the port, were the children of ship
chandler, who was pretty rich, as wealth was
reckoned in those days. He lived in a big
house on Duane street, then one of the most
fashionable parts of the city. Old Clinch
was a self-made man and thought every other
man ought to be the architect of his own
fortune. So he frowned away every wealthy
young fop who came to WOO Cornelia and
sent her regularly to school to learn to be q
sensible, useful woman. And his ideas were
respected, for he had terrible temper when
he was crossed
There is still standing, near Stuyvesant
square, a little old-fashioned church known
as st. Marks. In those days it was away out
of the city in the green fields. But every
Sunday old Clinch went up there with his
pretty daughter. One day young Stewart
saw them. On his side it was clearly case
of love at first sight He began attending
nelia's acquaintance and, as he was poor but
industrious, the old man smiled upon him
and invited him to call and take dinner with
them. After awhile Stewart asked Cornelia
a very interesting question and she, like
good girl, blushed and said: "Ye-e-s-if
papa says So" Then Stewart interviewed
old Clinch and he said "Want to marry
Nellie, Ell? Think she's got rich father,
Ell? And you'd like to come in for a share of
his earnings, Ell ?"
"No, sir you needn't leave her or me
cent. I'll soon be richer than you, anyway"
You will, will you? Well, like that
Go ahead and take her, then, and Heaven
bless you both"
So the young folks, who were tremendously
in love with each other, were married and
went to live in modest little cottage on
Reade street and were glad to be able to
cover the floors with rag carpet. Old. people
who knew them there tell me that they
lived an almost ideally happy life. They
studied each others happiness in all things
and consulted with each other about every
detail of household or business affairs and be-
came two souls with but single though"
a good deal more completely than most cou-
pies nowadays. Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-05-02

and if formal communication commence
the epistle q MIR. Senator" which title you
should also use in private conversation with
him. Of course, if you were an intimate
friend you could take greater liberties, and
perhaps call him Dear George" or some
thing of that sort; but am talking only upon
formal communications. A member of the
House is not so particular, however. You
would address him after this style: ''The Hon.
John D. Long, NJ. c., House of Representa-
tives, Washington, D. c." In speaking to a
member you would ordinarily address him by
his last name, but if he had ever been a
Speaker, Senator or Governor, invariably
give him that title, for it is not only custom
ary but it gives him the impression that you
have made a study of his record. Many a
man has wrecked his chances by calling an
ex-senator simply Mr.. Blank" You must
have some knowledge of the war in order to
steer skillfully around among these states
men. If a member has been a General, call
him that and you can safely go down as far
as Major, but we would advise you to draw
line in the last named title for man who
has served during the war and risen no higher
than captain, does not care to have it thrown
in his face after he has been elected to Con-
gress. do not know how the custom was
originated to limit the title to the grade of
major, but we know it to be fact neverthe-
less. In addressing the Speaker of the House,
you should always say, "Mr. Speaker" and
never, Mr.. Carlisle" and the Justices of the
United States Supreme Court, the Court of
Claims, and other judicial bodies of final re-
Sort as g Mr.. Chief Justice" and "Mr. JUS
tice." This is a republican form of govern
ment, where every man is supposed to be as
good as every other man. and little better if
he can make himself SO, but these titles which
I have mentioned are as immovable as the
long line in the court of Victoria R.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-05-02
JOHN BODWELL WOOD.

Incidents in the Life of one of Ameri-
cas- Most Noted Journalists.
"Uncle Bill writes from New York to the
Chicago Herald the following interesting ac-
count of incidents in the life of the late DIR.
John B. Wood We buried John Bodwell
Wood on Thursday. He was journalist of
over thirty years experience in this city. His
friends-they were many-called him DIR.
Wood, or the Doctor. Throughout the
United States he was known as the Great
In any sense. He could condense news, but
he greatly preferred to print it if he found it
good, and to that end he threw away much
that was no good. When he was compelled
to sacrifice that which was good he performed
the sad office regretfully. 1t was DR.. Woods
work in the editorial rooms of the Sun that
made him famous. For many years his posi-
ton there was similar to that of night editor
in morning newspaper offices where a neces-
sity for more than one editor is acknowledged.
Seated at his desk he made a profound i'm
preston on any new reporter who happened
to be furtively watching him. The lenses of
his spectacles were large and round, like the
object glasses of telescopes. His green eye
shade hung over them like cloud. Brushed
back from his forehead and almost white was
his hair, and his Yankee chin whiskers were
quite white. He was wholly unconscious of
the awe he inspired in new comers and they
soon learned that he was one of the kindliest
of men, At the time of his death the doc
tors hair was within a shade of'being white
enough to match the full beard he then wore.
He was handsome in his later years The
doctor had favorite illustration of the value
of news, as it seemed to him. eff you
should see gaunt yellow dog running down
Broadway with an old tin coffee-pot tied to
his tail, and yelping at every bound, he
used to say to new reporters, 1T wouldn't be
worth line in the paper. But if the dog
should walk quietly down Broadway with
coffee-pot tied to his tail it would be worth
column His valuation of news was not
based on the importance of the matter.
News SO important that he would not think of
having the paper go to press without it would
be written down to five-line agate para
graph, because it seemed to him that the bare
fact thus presented was all that the public
generally would wish to read Yet he would
go over his proof slips laboriously and cancel
matter that was already in type and had
been revised once by him, in order to make
room for column telling of something as
nnimportant as the casual passing of dog
down Broadway in the manner and under the
condition named in the latter part of the fore
going illustration. Interesting" was his
word He was at his desk the night the
Count Joannes died. and the news was brought
directly to him. The next morning the pa
per gave more room to the counts death
than it had given in years, if ever, to the death
of a genuine nobleman-"o or is likely ever to
give" said the doctor, unless the genuine
nobleman happens to be person as interest
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-05-02
HOME GUARDS.

During the late civil war there were organ
lied in some of the Northern and Southern
states Home Guards, for the protection OF
the citizens homes against the marauders OF
both armies Many of these companies did
good service, but others were composed OF
those men who had stayed at home to keep
away from battle-felds. These were always
alarmed when Federal or Confederate soldiers
were reported as being in the vicinity. The
terror of certain Home Guards in Kentucky
was Morgan's cavalry, hard riders and des-
perate fighters.
One bright morning, the captain of the
Guards of E called On his company for
drill They looked war-like, with their glis-
tening guns, as they wheeled by twos and
tours, and every man carried himself as
proudly as if the spirit of battle were raging
within his breast.
Suddenly, horseman appeared on the
"pike" leading into the main street of the
town. He was a picture of terror, without
hat or coat and his hair tossing wildly about,
as he galloped furiously down the street,
using arms and heels and voice to urge on
his flying horse.
Just as he reached the soldiers, his horse
SHE'D at the polished bayonets and landed the
rider in the middle of the street.
"Morgan's coming" gasped out the terri
fed messenger, scrambling to his feet.
"Morgan's coming! Run for your lives."
he cried, jumping on his horse and gathering
off with one more frightful cry of g Morgan's
coming !"
The captain of the soldiers was just about
to give the order of Attention, when he
heard the terrible cry He faltered. The
bright sword dropped suddenly from its mag
looked at each other and at their leader, then
the line began to waver.
Shoulder-arms !" shouted the captain,
attempting to pluck up his courage A few
of his men obeyed, some of them failed to
hear it, and others, throwing down their
guns took to their heels.
"Break ranks 2" yelled the captain already
half way to the nearest store.
LII d lew iuluutco hOt q iIOilO ~ uo1N
was to be seen, while citizens were hurrying
about, consulting anxiously as to what should
be done.
But Morgan did not come. A farmer COM
ing in from the neighborhood where the
dreaded rebel was supposed to be, reported
that few recruits had passed through the
country on their way to join Morgan's COM
mand further south. This caused the scare.
- Y0uth's C0nnrnniOn
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-05-02
PRACTICAL knowledge.

The world little imagines how largely it is
indebted to the laborious researches of scien-
tife medical men for many of the most i'm
portant truths relative to human health, hap
piness and life. AS population increases and
the value of food is enhanced the knowledge
which chemistry has elected is becoming
more and more valuable in a practical point
of view.
Some kinds of food are more nutritious
than others, and if it should be found that
articles which are cheapest have most nutri-
ment, and give the highest ability to labor,
then knowledge becomes money to the poor.
Tables vary, but some of the general results
are as follows One pound of rice prepared
for the table gives SO per cent. of nutriment,
and consequently, relatively proportional
ability to labor, compared with other articles
of food. A pound of beef, costing Is cents,
gives only % per cent. of nutriment. Yet
countless numbers of poor in New York
strain point daily to purchase beef at Is
cents pound, when they could get pound
of rice for one-third of the amount, the rice,
too, having three times as much nutriment as
beef making a practical difference of 800
per cent, aside from the fact that boiled rice
is three times easier of digestion than roast
beef the rice being digested in about one
hour, roast beef requiring three hours and a
half. There is meaning, then, in the re-
puted fact that two-fifths of the human fam
lily live on rice.
We compile the following table for pre-
servation, as being practically and perma-
nently useful All the economist requires is
to compare the price of a pound of food
with the amount of nutriment which it
affords.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-05-02

At the annual meeting of the congregation
of the Park Presbyterian church, Newark, it
was decided to enlarge the church, at cost
of 800, 900. The Rev. DIR. French, the pas
tor, asked for subscriptions at one of the
services Sunday. and in less than half an
hour $18, 900 had been pledged.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-05-02
SEALED ORDERS.

g Oh, whittier bound my captain?
The wind is blowing free,
And overhead the white sails spread
AS we go down to sea"
He looked to north he looked to south,
Or ever a word he spake;
." With orders sealed my sails set
Due east my course take"
But to what port2'' NAY, nay he cried,
This only do know,
That must sail due eastward
Whatever wind may blow"
For many day we sailed east,
''Oh, captain. tell me true.
When will our good ship come to port!
+" cannot answer you p
Is Then, prithee, gallant captain.
Let us but drift awhile.
The current setteth southwark.
Past many a sunny isle.
" Where cocoas grow, the mangoes,
And gloves of feathery palm,
And nightingales sing all night long
To roses breathing BALM"
" Nay, tempt me not, he answered,
This only do | know,
That must sail due eastward.
Whatever winds may blow"
Then sailed we on, and sailed we east,
Into the whirlwinds track,
Wild was the tempest overhead,
The sea was strewn with wreck.
50 Oh, turn thee, turn thee. captain,
Thou'rt rushing on to death y
But back the answer shouted.
With undated breath:
Turn back who will 1 turn not
For this one thing / know.
That must sail due eastward
However winds may blow
:" Oh. art thou fool or mailman?
Thy port is but dream,
And never on the horizons rim
Will it's fair turrets gleam.
Then smiled the captain wisely,
And slowly answered he,
The while his keen glance widened
Over the lonely sea:
" carry sealed orders.
This only thing know,
That must sail to eastward
Whatever winds way blow"
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-05-02

The physicians of Hightstown have formed
trades union to secure uniform price for
their services. They intend to ask one dol
lar a visit. The residents claim the fee is too
high for country village, and assert that
the doctors are trying to make corner in
the public health.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-05-02
WAXING HARDWOOD FLOORS.

eyes, deal in antique furniture and get
up new furniture on antique models, and re-
pair things, and so on, but my principal bus
mess is in waxing foors-hard- floors,
of course That is increasing all the time.
l don't have much to do with the floors of
dancing halls, because the men having charge
of them get into the ways of waxing the
floors themselves. 1t is in private houses
that my services are in demand. Three
years ago there were very few waxed floors in
New York residences, but they are all the
rage now among New Workers who live in
good style. Some have them because they
are nice for german or small social party
but they are also popular among those who
do not dance, for they give an air of richness,
of well keeping, and are so much cleaner than
carpets ever can be. When you sweep car
pet you send up a cloud of dust and fibres
from it, but that cannot be the case with
waxed floor, which gathers no dust, and the
more it is swept and brushed and polished
the brighter and smoother it becomes.
hardwood floor should be waxed thoroughly
three or four times year, besides rubbed oc-
casionally by the servants of the house.
"To wax floor properly we first clean it
with turpentine, SO that not speck of dirt is
left either on the surface or embedded in the
exposed pores of the wood If the wood is
rough we sometimes scrape it and give coat
of shellac, to fill the pores. When it is per-
fectly dry, and smoothed, we apply the wax
in one of two ways, either hard or melted,
with turpentine. If the latter, it is laid on
with a brush, left to dry two or three hours,
and is then polished with brushes. The wax
used is common beeswax. Here is one of the
brushes, very large, fiat, and made with very
and are made large so that if desired one of
them can be fixed under the foot by means of
strap, and the polishing done by wagging
the leg to and fro That way of brushing is
employed in dry waxing, which is much the
hardest, and requires most vigorous polishing.
Dry waxing costs about four times as much
as the other, and will last two or three times
as long. In either case the wax has to be
polished right into the grain of the wood 1t
will not do to put oil on waxed floor as it
will render the surface gummy and sticky
and nasty If properly done, oiling makes
floor nice, but is never SO good as waxing,
and costs nearly as much. Raw linseed oil,
mixed with turpentine for drier, is used.
Price? Well that depends on the size of a
floor and to some extent on its condition.
One say, IA feet by 16 feet will ordinarily
cost So for oiling, 81 to $40 for waxing, and
$50 for dry waxing. There are some floors
here that l have waxed regularly for eight
years past.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-05-02

Chamois skins make the best busters for
furniture, and can be bought for thirty
cents, and with careful washing will last for
years.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-05-02

1t has become evident through the investi-
cation of the luckless Jeanette expedition
that rum was more or less responsible for the
failure of the same. Some of the officers
were notorious drunkards
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-05-02

Lesseps has running account with sleep,
taking twenty-four hours at time, and at
another none for five or six nights In
travelling he gets into the first compartment
at hand, and sits anywhere: if he finds an
agreeable companion he talks, if not he folds
his arms and goes to sleep, never waking un-
til he reaches his destination. When he
went down the other day to Chesnay, near
Bordeaux, he requested the guard to wake
him lest he should go beyond. On a voyage
from Marseilles to Alexandria he slept LOT
hours out of the 100 of the voyage, and then
not for some days.
A little banana peel causes an early
fall
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-05-02

Journalism in the Wild Northwest
From the Rat Portage Progress.
still support my reputation by publishing
newspaper, and my family by saving wood.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-05-02

A little banana peel causes an early
fall.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-16
Tho Problem of All Time.

soherlHe JourHat. 49, ttita srs},l -
Alter the Concord School Of Philosophy
gets through discussing Emerson, it might
add something to human knowledge ii it
would discurs this subject, viz. Why is it
that when two young men and two young
ladies, who are drifting toward afFec!ionate
acquaintance, set out for walk in pairs
within speaking distance OF each other, the
young lady behind feels in duty bound to
speak to the young man in front, and the
young lady in front conaidersit equally
her duty to speak to the young man be.
hind; and why, IL the young men should
change partners, this peculiarly would still
be observed? 1t is strange that this should
be so, but 1t Is so, and perhaps the Concord
School Of Philosophy can tell why 1t is 60
If it will devote IT. powerful mind to 1t.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-16
HE COUNTED TIE KlssEs.
Curious Record OF Matrimonial Salute
SEA Kept By From chmAn.

Record OF Matrimonial baiutee
Kept By a From ehmnp. *
From he Eastern tconstantnopig Express.
Perhaps Of all nations in the world the
French are mos! given to the practice Of
statistics, and In carrying |! out they take
into consideration all manner Of subjects
which would never enter into the minds Of
other people. As case in point Il Is mar.
rated Of a Frenchman, who recently died,
that on bis wedding day, some twenty
years ago, be took the resolution Of keep.
inc yearly record Of the number Of kLses
exchanged with his vile until their union
wasseyered by the death oil one or the other.
He was destined 10 be the first to 90, but
when on his sick bed, ioreBeeing that he
would not recover, he begged friend to
let the world know the re1ult OF bis twenty
yeara Of account keeping. During the
lirs. year Of welded lie the kisses ex.
changed reached the colossal figure Of &c..
600 or on an average Of 100 day, but In
the following twelve months there was q
notable decrease, not mora than 10000
being inscribed on his register; whilst the
third year shows still creator falling of
the average number Of kffses being about
ten day.
Alter the lapse Of Eve years further re
duction Is recorded, and the accoun,
keepers task wss simplifsd, for only two
kisses were exchanged during each twenty
-FOUR hours-one In the morning on rising
and tho other on retiring 10 rest. Late
on, during the las! ten years Of bis married
life, they only kitssd each other on leaving
or returning from journey, and he bad
hence very little trouble in making up hi
annual domestic statistics. Now there wa
possibly very little dininution Of sGsctiop
Notwithstanding this ominous-looking rec
ord; It goes more to prove that the disusl
arose from the growth Of familiarity rathsI
than from arrangement. Take the case o
a mans children as an example; he iondlel
and kisses an infant much more than b,
does the came child as It inc1ss7cs IL
growth; but who can esy that his affection
| Is lees for a daughter in the ripeness o
womanhoed than 1t was for her when ly
Ing In her cradle ball or wholly uucon
eCious oil his love. ss,gat
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-16

A LADY who suffered from weakness pscu'
liar TO her sex, In writing TO q friend, said
II tried various kidney medicines, but only
found myself growing worse. A friend told
me to use Dr.. Guysotts Yellow Dock and
Sarsaparllla. It's effect on mo was soon fndi.
Gated by clear and beautiful complexion,
freedom from aches and psins. complete
removal Of nervous deprtssion, painless reg.
MARTY In habits OF digestion and otherwise.
can not praise the remedy too highly as q
trus friend to suffering womanhood and as q
strengthening medicine. pAw