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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-09-12

One of the uptown Lexington avenue
grocers is of an inquiring turn of mind.
This led him to investigate the process of
making tin boxes, because a very large
part of what he sells is put up in that kind
of packages. To customer who wanted a
box of ground pepper yesterday, he said as
he passed the little tin cylindrical box over
the counter:
You should see the process of making
those boxes. There is big five-story
building down town, where over 400 people
men. women and boys-are engaged in
making tin boxes. | hardly know which
part of the process would interest yon most
The tin is imported in sheets packed fiat in
a shallow box that holds liz sheets. In
making boxes like the pepper box, which
has a colored design on the outside, the
first thing to do is to print the design ON
the sheet of tin. The design is painted by
an artist ON paper This is then transferred
to photographer stone. just as if paper
instead of tin were to be printed. Then
the stone is put in press, which differs
from the paper-printing Autograph press in
one feature. The impression cylinder yields
slightly when the impression is made, be-
sheets of twenty different thicknesses. As
each sheet is printed it is showed into a tin
rack that will hold half box. The rack
when full is taken to the dry room. In that
=. ~. or
pig. The tin, when baked enough to dry
it thoroughly, is brought out and each sheet
vanished by hand. Then it is baked again.
This firing process not only fixes the col
ors. but ii brings them out
Here the grocer took down box about
6x4x3 inches in size The top represented
the conventional Santa Claus ON a housetop
with his sled, reindeer and pipe, but around
the side was scene from an old mill pond,
with flags and lilies and rumpled water
and birds above that was beautiful.
This is sample box for Christmas can
dies. The sheets of tin were run through
various eolors. The mkt is common lith-
ographie ink-worked up so that IT gave
the impress of hand painting. Ii the name
of the candy dealer did not appear you
would like TO take it home and put il on the
! dining DOM mantel.
when the design which is intended to
ornament the box has been printed all over
enough sheets To fill the order, and the
sheets are dried, they are cut up by putting
them through pair Of guillotine shears, OF
they are split up by running them through
rapidly revolving cylinders that have knife
edges at certain adjustable intervals. tn.
one is used in small orders and the other il
large.
The tops and bottoms are stamped GU
by plungers, but beyond that | couls
scarcely follow the process. One machin
! picked up the slips, bent the ends in oppo
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-09-12
A Brave Engineer Dies with His Hand
ON the Throttle.

A Bridgeport, Ohio, special has the fol-
lowing AT an early hour ON Friday morn
ing an accident occurred on the Cleveland
Lorain and Wheeling Railroad that is ter
rible in its consequences. The scene OF the
disaster is near Saltwater, forty eight miles
west of this place. A mixed freight and
passenger train was running at forty miles
an hour, making up lost time. At Still
water the engine jumped the track, plowed
through the siding and plunged down a
twenty-foot-high embankment. Six freight
cars followed the engine. The couplings of
the passenger coaches parted, and they
stopped on the bank, else many lives would
have been lost The engine and six freight
ears piled up in the creek, with three men
in the ruins. A wrecking train ran out
and the wreck was searched. John Exton
the engineer, was found at his post, with
his hand on the throttle. His body was
burned and horribly mangled. His death
must have been lingering and terrible.
William Lovejoy, the fireman, was taken
out alive, but badly scalded. James Bull
ger, brakeman, was crushed out OF sem
blance to human shape. Both of the kill
ed lived at Bridgeport. The accident was
caused by the engine wheel being worn
out
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-09-12
SAVING SEED COIN.

Early and proper saving of seed corn is
one of the most important items for good
corn crop, and yet is the most neglected.
Every farmer can easily save his seed at
the proper time and in the proper manner,
with little labor, and so that every kernel
will grow strong and mature early.
If You want to raise and sell No. corn,
you must have a pure yellow or a pure
white Select some good, large-eared
variety, with small red cob. As soon as
the husks turn brown, 60 through and pick
of the earliest and best ears with straight
rows and well filed ends. Strip of the
husks, tie the two ears together, and hang
them on wires, poles, or limbs of trees,
either in the open air or in the shade.
Never leave the corn in husks until it heats,
or it is spoiled. Strip and hang at once, 50
that all sides will dry alike. Ii placed on
floor the sides next the floor viii spoil 1t
should hang on wire fence, in an open
she'd or in an airy place not exposed to gas
from manure piles, stables, hay or grain.
Oats will not hurt it. II hung in room
where it can be smoked with coal smoke,
it cures well, and the smoke will prevent
squirrels or worms from eating it when
planted. Seed thus saved and cared for.
will mature crop some days earlier than
otherwise, and will grow much stronger.
Ii all would save seed rightly every year,
there would not he so much trouble about
poor seed. Seed thus saved is sure TO grow,
even after many days of cold and wet. If
YOU have few bushels left, your careless
neighbor or some new conner will pay You
well for it. 1t will pay to keep good
variety OF corn for many years. You can
| improve ii each year.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-09-12
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THE BLACK MARIA ANNEX.

The liquor-dealers of Brooklyn were out III
procession recently and sorry sight they
were. To have made the thing complete
the brewery and distillery wagons should
have called for their specimen products at
the iail and penitentiary. Beaten wives
and starved children should hayehad ride
in the procession as the work of the rum
sellers. When the end of the procession
was passing the City Hall, near Mayor
Lows window, the Black Maria was lock
ing up its cargo for the pententiary. Inc
driver fell into line, and followed the mot
ley crowd for mile through one OF the
leading streets. Here we had cause ana
effect together. The impndent PROCESSION
has done much for prohibition throughout
the city "Whom the gods destroy they
first make mad. - Witness
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-09-12
FACTS WORTH KNOWING.

Roasted coffee is one of the most power
full disinfectants.
Wild mint scattered about the house will
rid it of rats and mice.
Save your cold tea; it is excellent fol
cleaning grained wood.
Beeswax and salt will make rusty fiat
irons as smooth as glass
A little beeswax and sweet oil rubbed OH
mahogany polishes it up beautifully.
Sandpaper will whiten ivory knfe-han-
dies that may have become yellow with use
or age.
The unpleasant odor left in the breath
after eating onions is entirely removed by a
cup of strong coffee.
Flowers kept in a warm room should be
watered with tepid water. Very cold wa
ter is apt to freeze the roots.
If you wish to pour boiling hot water in
to glass jar or tumbler, it can be safely
done by putting spoon into the dish be-
fore you pour.
Ivory that has become yellow may be re-
sIoieu " us oiiSilai "hiteheSS ny pieacil-
ing in byoxide of hydrogen. The ivory
should be exposed to strong sunlight,
under glass covering.
Cream cures sunburn OH some complex
ions, lemon juice is the best on others, and
cold water suits still others best. Paint
spots may be removed from any kind of
cloth by saturatinp with equal parts of tur-
pentine and spirits of ammonia.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-09-12

silver buttons. But IN fine houses the
footmen all wear sort of last-century
costume, consisting of silk stockings. knee
breeches, and scarlet buff or green coats
and either regular powdered wig, or
their own hair powered white.
4 butler is at the head OF the men serv-
ants, and lac is invariably dressed in gen
tleman's' suit of understanding coat.
in the first part of the day; evening dress
in the evening.
Dinner at fine English house is a most
impressive sight. with half dozen gorge
ously dressed and powdered footInen, and
solemn looking butler presiding over its
service.
Another servant very commonly seen i'll
English houses is the page, " or Buttons.
This is small boy, who is dressed in black
broadcloth trousers. and short jacket.
with close row of buttons down the
front. His duty is to answer the bells
through the house. 20 on errands, and
sometimes assist the footman. if there be
one, or the housemaid in her work. Mean
time little Buttons" as he is called is
learning to be good home servant, and
by the time he is sixteen will be promoted
to footman's place
English servants besides their wages re-
ceive an allowance for beer, which it is the
habit of the country unfortunately. to look
upon as necessity.
The housemaids duty are various. Ii no
men servants are kept, she is expected, at
least, to take complete care of the sleeping
rooms in the house; carry water up and
down, and look after the personal comforts
of the ladies of the family in a general way.
If lady goes to visit in an English
house, one of the housemsids specially
looks after her wants She unpacks the
visitors trunk on arrival, and brings what
ever is necessary to the room. II desired,
she assists the lady to dress. and during
the visits takes charge of all her belongings.
If the visitor rings the bell in her room, it
is that special housemaid who answers it.
At night she attends promptly, preparing
bath or whatever is desired
visited not long ago in country house
in England where one housemaid was
kept solely for this service to visitors. So
you see she must be very capable person,
and would probably be paid about eighty
five dollars year and ''beer money. |
cannot help thinking that in spite of the
too great differences in rank in England,
the English servant digbifies his or her
labor by doing il SO perfectly. No work
need disgrace the conscientious and noble
mind.
London or rather English servants in pri-
vate houses are generally we'll cared for.
4 room is nearly always provided for their
general use, and in many households good
daily Newspaper and Sunday magazine are
taken for the servants. Some mistrcsses
also provide bookcase filled with enter
tanning but moral reading, thus counterfeit
ing the harm done by the worthless penny"
literature which floods Great Britain. and
usually finds its way into the servants
hall = I0utHs' ComposiOh.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-09-12
A NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. LONG JOURNEY.

A good story of dogs ability to find its
way from a strange place to its former
home comes from Flat Rock, O. A young
farmer named McCauley emigrated from
that place to Kansas. Heput his goods on
the ears at Bellevue, and with them put a
shepherd dog. On his arrival at his desti-
nation he drove from the railroad statlont to
his brothers house, the dog following,
The team was cared for, and the Young
man went into the house, leaving his dog
outside The next morning the animal
could not be found. He wrote back to
his friends and mentioned the disappear
ance of the dog. Three weeks aiterwad
he received letter announcing the ARRIVAL
of the dog at its old home. The animal
refused, however, to make up with any
one. and in short time died. Cmcthndt'
Eu0UireT
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-09-12
VOL. /.
PLUCK AND PRAYER.

There want any o. fretting,
An told obadiah so,
For eff we couldn't hold on things,
We'd jest got to let 'cm GO
There were lots of folks that'd suffer
Along with the rest of u.s.
An it didn't seem to be worth our while
TO make such drefiie fuss.
To be sure the barn was most empty
An corn an pertatcrs scace,
An not much of anything plenty an cheap
But water-an' applesass.
Bnt then-as told Obadiah
1t want any use to groan,
For flesh an blood couldn't stan it an he
Was nothing but skin an bone.
But, laws. eff you'd only heerd him,
At any hour OF the night,
A-prayin' out in that closet there,
'Twould have set you crazy quite.
patched the knees of those trousers
With cloth that was noways thin,
But it seemed as eff the pieces wore ont
As fast rs / set 'em in.
To me he said mighty little
OF the thorny way we trod,
But at least II dozen times a day
He talked it over with God.
Down on his knees in that closet
The most of his time was passed,
For Obadiah knew how to pray
Much better than how TO fast
But am that way contrary
That ef things don't go jest right,
! feel like rollini my sleeves up high
An gittin' ready to fight
An the giants slew that winter
amt goin' to talk about;
An didn't even complain to God,
Though think that He found il out.
With the point of II cambria needle
druv the wolf from the door,
For knew that we needn't starve to death
Or be lazy because were poor.
An Obadiah he wondered
An kept me patching his knees,
An thought it strange how the meal held out
An stranger We didn't freeze.
But said to myself in Whispers;
God knows where His gift descends;
An tisn't always that faith gifts down
As far rs the finger ends
An wouldn't have no one reckon
My Obadiah n shirk,
For some, you know, have the gift to pray,
And others the gift to work.
-TdrDer's JFeekIU
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-09-12
THOUGHTFUL SAYINGS.

Fancy runs most furiously when a guilty
conscience drives it.
How instantly near is evil or good to him
who wills to do either.
it with that of another
One ungrateful man does an injury to all
who stand in need of aid
Jealousy is the sentiment of poverty, but
envy is the instinct of theft.
Only infinite love could bear with the
fret and sin of human souls.
Overacting a life of goodness is a clew by
which deception is discovered.
Good will, like good name, is got by
many actions and lost by one.
Drunkenness turns a man out of himself,
and leaves Il beast in his room.
Fortune often rewards with interest those
that have patience to wait for her.
Peace is such precious jewel that one
would give anything for it but truth.
Drinking water neither makes man
sick nor in debt, nor his wife widow
1t is not cowarlly to yield to necessity,
nor courageous to stand out against it.
Go slowly to the entertainments of thy
friends, but quickly to their mistortunes.
We need not be much concerned about
those faults which we have the courage to
own.
Books are among mems truest CONSIDERS.
In the hour of affliction, trouble, or sorrow,
he can turn to them with confidence and
trust.
Education begins the gentleman, but
reading, good company and education
must finish him.
The full soul is silent. Only the rising
and falling tides rush murmuring through
their channels.
Men imagine they communicate their vir-
tue or vice only by overt actions, and do
not see that virtue or vice emits a breath
every moment.
Go not for every grief to the physician
for every quarrel to the lawyer, nor for
every thirst to the pot.
Conceit is to nature what paint is to beau
ty : it is not only needless, but it impairs
what it would improve.
1t is more from carelessness about the
truth than from Intentional lying, that there
p.ls. -, -nrI1
There is no contending with necessity,
and we should be very tender how we cell
sure those that submit to it. IT'S one thing
to be at liberty to do what We will, and
another to be tied up to what we must.
1t is safer to af1'ront some people than to
oblige them for the better man deserves
the worse they will speak of him as if pro
Tossing of open hatred to their benefactors
were an argument that they lie under no OBJ
legation.
We talk much of duty, Of morality, of
self-denial, of laws and rules for selt-govern-
ment; we impress their necessity upon
ourselves. All this is right but, so long
as we leave out the joy of well-doing, we
leave out the soul of which all these are the
covering.
If you want to look for heroes in our day.
You must go down to the kitchen, you must
90 to the sewing attics, you must go where
persons endure everything without muir
muir where they divide their penny with
their parents, and work on through day
and month and year, and die in wretchedness
and neglect.
nn.oll;nnS LIZ, burned in this country at
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-09-12

When in the history of this country has
there been so much unlaithfulness To trusts
as for the past three or four months? Ne
yer. From every quarter comes the cry of
defalcation and ENLIGHTENMENT. And these
thievings are not in trifiing amounts. Not
unfrequently they run largely into the mil
lions, and rarely ever fall below hundreds
of thousands. And the worst of it is that
the amounts actually stolen do not cover
the whole loss The indirect less. in the
unsettling Of confidence, is inealculable. =
Star
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-09-12

First a fanatic, next a hero. fanatic
when you step boldly out alone, if need be,
to champion great reform hero when
that reform becomes an accomplished fact
-Lfnfr.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-09-12

Orders have been received TO break mp
the following named condemned naval
vessels: The Colossus and Java 1t New
York; The Virginia, Pennsylvania and
Oregon at Boston. and the Massachusetts
and Plymouth at Portsmouth.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-09-12

Dwellings are burned in this country at
the rate of 600 or ZOO worth 81, 900, 900 a
month. This equals the destruction OF
city of 1000 inhabitants with every new
moan
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-09-12

As charity covers multitude Of sins be
fore God, 20 does politeness before men,
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-09-12

Genius follows its own path and reaches
its destination, scarcely needing compass
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-01-23
General salomon.

A correspondent writing from Port
au-Prlnco, Haytl, says The other day
! saw that most remarkable man, Louis
II. Salomon, tho President OF tho Black
Republic. He 10 massive, broad
shouldorod giant, at least olght feet six
Inches In height, with tho physical pro-
portions Of q gladiator. u profile dark
NJ the Nights Plutonan Shore" with
snow-white locks, keen, restless eyes,
glittcring llko diamonds In setting OF
jot high intellectual forehead, and q
form, despite his advanced ago, erect as
pillar OF stone, with dlgnl0cd alr,
ll0 was accompanied by numerous
rotinuo Of ebony aldos.do-oamp, no
splcndont In military trapplngs OF fancl.
iul designs and oolors, decorated with
numerous medals won In imaginary
battles, and profusIon Of gold 10 and
brass trimmings that dazzle the ploboian
lookora.on. A noticeable fact WIS that
the entire group OF warriors responded
10 tho title Of General. There seems 20
DO no minor rank In the forces Of the
Republic. Under The present regime II
private citizen can not hold any lands
In his own right, aud here Is the dulcot
harp upon which Solomon has played
with such cunning. llO has promised
tho poorer classes q division of tho pub.
llc lands, the establishment Of FREQ
schools, national banks, railroads, otc,,
all Of which ho Ia uttorly powoross 20
lll. Protesting 10 aIloct extreme ro.
publican simplicity, yet hls every act on
smacks OF royalty his official docu'
monts being promulgated from m
antlquatod structure yclcpt tho "No
tlonal Palace" and signed In klngly
form "Salomon." His proclamalloda
nra invariably written In tho French
langu igo, and remind any ono Of the
famous manifesto OF Plon Plon on tho
walls Of Paris.
Educated ~ ono OF the most famous
colleges In Paris, Solomon IL n polBon
ot no ordinary ability, being brilliant
oonyorsatlonallst aud lIngulst and u
crafty diplomat, Totally Indifferent 10
tho welfare OF his pooplo, no has by
plausible Misrepresentation succeeded
In becoming tho most popular porSon.
ago In his party. Still, In View OF tho
inevitable collapse which no il shrowd
enough 10 forosce. he has loathor0d
his own nogt" with u prlncoly bank no.
count In KIngaton, Jam, ndpurchasod
several properties ON nolghborlng
Islands.
Among tho many banlshod persons II
Ia worthy OF notice that not ono OF thom
hus black faoo, Thcy aro invariably
mulattoos or OF other shades, popularly
designated ~ "olr color" Solomon
married u French lady somo two years
ago whom ho had met In Paris, and tho
nuptlals were performed horo, This
matrimonial venture threatened NJ ono
time TO overthrow his popularity, the
natives accusing him Of Attempting 10
givo tho country over 10 the whites, for
Il Ia useless 10 disguise tho fact that they
aro extremely jealous OF tho Cauoas-
sian, or any but their own color.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-01-23
Winter Millinery.

Exquisite little visiting bonnots havo
the crown covered with fur. q band OF
fur In some wise intcrmixod with velvet
crossing tho top, tho head OF woaael,
sable, or some other small animal finish
Ing the decoration. Tho vclvot.trImmod
velvet bonnet Is yarlously tho little En-
gllsh capotc, with q stlll, oval crown.
and the Charlotte Corday bonnet, with
tho soft or pulled cap crown and tho
quilted or box-plaitcd cap brlm. Tho
Corday capotcs aro simple. Tho crown
Is largo, round cap, ~ In tho portraits
OF the assassin OF MOrat, laid In box.
plalts nj tho base and at tho top m
completed by n single or doublo-
quilted brim, The brlm In some models Ia
faced with velvet or other silk material
OF contrasting pale shade orof con-
trastlng delicate color. with drapory OF
loose folds or closely-twlstcd torSado
covering tho junction OF tho crown and
the brim, and brldlo OF tho volvot or
strings OF satln-llnod velvet or ottoman
ribbon Pluokod ottor, pluokod beaver.
the lro'ty-looking gray PorsIanor OF
close nap, Persian lOmb.skln, chlnohil-
10, aud other furs OF line, light loooo,
with down-cloth and other materials OF
like nature, and tho heads OF small
animals ~ trimming, all como Into
roqulsiIion for tho millinery Of mid
wlntor. There Is now decided fancy
for fuller cap-crowns that nro often In
one pcco with the material OF tho brlm;
these may droop Into u shallow plait.
llko fold on oaoh sldo, or they may
have two boy-palts, or olso only ono
down tho middle, whllo perhaps tho
greatest number aro laid In small sido
palts the whole longth and broadth Of
the crown.
Tho smooth, fat crowns, and those
TINT have only slight plalt each sldo
aro used whom thoro IL 20 bo much Or
namont introduced In tho way Of em-
broidcry In floss silk, wool or bcads.
Dark or black velvet crowns can bo
made very drossy by putting small star
or leaf nlurcs OF beads tho color Of tho
velvet NJ Intervals NIL over tho crown.
Some OF tho handsomost OF the oapotcs
prepared for wear NJ afternoon rocop-
TONS and for tho evening aro OF brown
velvet, llghtonod up with pale ecru. or
Of gray running tovory delicate shadop.
Handsome, effective and becoming on
potcs are OF velvet In black, ruby and
cardinal reds, emerald groom, and other
strong colors, made up In combination
with Hamburg embroidery bouncing on
hlk muslin grounding, tho volvot mp
pcarlng on tho brlm, aud the bouncing
nrli.tlGally drapod on tho crown.
There aro oapotos perfected sololy
through tho Agency Of drapory, or, In
other words, tho framework Is covered
with drapod velvet. To arrange this
drapory 30 as 10 bo pleasing roquIrcs tho
skin OF on artist, as thore Ia nothing,
eavo tho strings, 10 nssst In tho design,
aud tho tendency Ia 10 abolish oven The
stripgs. M X Cor. Otloago Times.