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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-03-28
COMMUNICATIoN.1

Editor Of the Monitor Il clip the follow
ing from the report of the proceedings of Sa-
lem city council in this weeks Standards:
Mayor Lawson reported that he had re-
ceived the note for $3.50 from the Wordstown
authorities, in payment for the fire apparatus
recently sold them.
On motion the Fire Committee were author.
lied to purchase new hose carriage for the
Reliance Fire Company, the cost not to exceed
$500.
On motion, vote of thanks was extended
Mayor Lawson for the active part taken by
him in the sale of the old engine"
No doubt the Salem authorities are thank
full at the successful unloading of their engine.
If Mayor Lawson will return that note and
take the engine back to Salem venture to as
sert that he will receive the thanks of large
majority of the tax payers of Woodstown.
Yours truly,
OLD CIpLIN.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-03-28
TIL q MON [ T OR.

honest as the average epitaphs that adorn the
tombstones of our popular cemeteries That
remark of the little girl was poser when on
being taken through the cemetery she exam
ined the inscriptions and said: "But where
do they bury the sinners?"
Thoughtful men are beginning to see that
the liquor system is nothing less than legal
lied crime, contradictory as the declaration
may seem to be. Crime is violation of law.
The whole liquor system is a violation of law.
1t is violation of the law of God and of
man. The system is bad, only bad and that
continually No advocate of this terrible evil
has ever been able to show any reason why it
ought to be tolerated, much less has any man
ever been able to show any good that can
possibly come from it. Lawmakers concede
the system to be an evil by the restrictions
they throw around it. Courts and councils
regard it as an evil and hence they attempt to
regulate it.
Whenever a dramshop is opened drunken
ness, crime, poverty and misery are multi
piled. The question pressing itself on the
attention of good citizens is, not how to stop
men from drinking, but how to stop men
from enticing their fellow citizens to become
drunkards. The government has no right to
put its seal of approval on any business that
will place temptations to wrong doing in the
way of its subjects. No man has right to
engage in any business that will injure his
fellow men. This is conceded with regard to
all other business pursuits except the traffic
in strong drink. Political parties fear to dis
turb the liquor traffic because it is made a
political issue, and while recognizing the
traffic as political issue they at the same
time question the right of temperance men
to introduce the prohibition of this traffic as
a political issue. We believe that all ques-
tions relating to the prosperity of the COM
monwealth are issues that ought to be settled
by the ballot. The majority have right to
rule on all these questions. Some members
of the legislature claim that the majority has
no right to say that dramshops shall be closed
by law, and yet strange to say they claim
that the minority has the right to open dram
shops by law. If license must first be OBJ
tanned to sell liquor by the dram, then re-
fusal to grant license is prohibition, and if
one man can be prohibited, why may not all
be prohibited? Gradually public sentiment
against the liquor crime is rising to the level
of prohibition. Good men are beginning to
see that the only rational and logical outcome
of all temperance work is the extirpation of
| the liquor traffic.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-03-28
GAS Others See U.s."

Editor Of the Monitor:
The article gave you some four or five
weeks since, on the early training of children
in temperance, and which some of the editorial
board say must have been lost, and others
that the article is laying over for future pub
LEGATION or that because there was no signature
to the article it was rejected, appears in the
Salem Standard of March 10Th, signed Fl. I
am very sorry that your paper is on too high a
plane for me to contribute to it occasionally,
as am a genuine temperance man and have
written number of articles on temperance
as well as on other matters for different
journals heretofore, all of which have been
accepted and published, yours seem to be an
exception, but want to do something for
the temperance cause even in this case. Now
will you please listen just one instant. You
commence training children at their earliest
capacity concerning the terrible ruin that
rum leads too, and you will do more towards
eradicating the curse than all the legislation
that can be effected in lifetime. Not in
tending to trouble you again soon with any
contributions from my humble quill, 1 SUBJ
scribe myself yours still in the cause of tenn
perance. E. G. HA1NEs.
We are sorry our correspondent feels ag-
grieved, and hope he will continue to work
In the good cause. ED.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-03-28
OLD CIpLIN.

Remove intemperance from the land and at
once you remove almost the sum total of pow
erty and scarcely would there be left any place
for the healthy exercise of charitable i'm
pulses" AS wealth producer (aside from
loftier considerations there is no principle
so potent as that of enforced temperance.
Dry up the great fountain of sin (strong
drink and the worlds poor would be un-
known, changed from penury to plenty, from
want and misery to Astounding wealth and
happiness.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-03-28
Mullica Hill.

Harrison township decided at its last town
meeting to have pool playing in one of the
rooms in the town hall by a majority of fifteen
votes.
The w. c.. T. U. think of renting the adj
joining room and furnishing it for a public
reading room.
We had the pleasure of hearing Mrs. Foster
(the Iowa lady lawyer lecture in Woodbury.
on Monday evening. Would like to have had
her come to Mullica Hill, but she started for
California the next morning to labor for pro-
hibition in that state.
The w. C. T. U. are constantly gaining in
strength. They now number ninety men,
bers, but unfortunately they cannot all vote,
or the majority on last Tuesday would have
been largely on the other side. E.
MUIL1oA HILL, March 10Th, 1888.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-03-28

A commercial traveller jumped from the
train at a small station and shouted to
the proprietor of the lunch counter to give
him hard boiled egg and a piece of mince
pie.
He ate the pie hurriedly, and was attempt
ing to break the egg when the conductor
gave the signal for starting.
"What in Great Caesars name is the mat
ter with this egg ?" he yelled.
sis it rotten ?" asked the proprietor.
"Rotten? no, but I can't make any i'm
preston on it, and here I am as hungry as
wolf and the train half way out of the yard"
and he made dash for the last platform of
the rear car, which he just succeeded in reach
ing.
"Well, I'm bowed" said the proprietor of
the lunch counter poking it with knife,
eff didn't give the young man a china nest
egg"
Why is a loaf of bread like the sun? Be-
cause it is light when it rises.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-03-28

The EDITORIAL COMMITTEE Of the MONITOR
regret exceedingly the departure of two of
their valuable co-laborers-Mrs. E. j. Trim
BILE Lippincott and Rev. j. G. Crate-from
the place, and we hope that they shall still
favor our paper with occasional contributions
Mrs. Lippincott is writer of known ability,
and Mr.. Crate holds ready pen. We shall
miss them very much, and our hearty good
labor
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-03-28

The MONITOR is proud to note the noble
stand of one of Woodstown's worthy sons-E.
Amber Armstrong, Esq.,-in his eloquent
advocacy of the constitutional prohibition
bill, recently defeated by the legislature
Mr.. Armstrong is representative from Cam
den, and the good people of that city will
join hands with us in commencing his action.
We would also record our appreciation of the
services of Henry Coombs, Job Haines and
other representatives who did their whole
duty in voting for the bill. The seeming de-
feat, close as it was, is only step towards
victory, squirting temperance workers to re-
newed effort in the future.
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Letter from Rev. w. H. Mccormick.
DOVER, N. j., March 18th, 1884.


Letter from Rev. w. H. Mccormick.
DOVER, N. j., March 18th, 1884.
Mrs A. ". Crate:
The mail to-day brought to me copy of
the Bridgeton Nesos, also two clippings from
the same paper. First of all let me say 1
did lecture in Woodstown on February 25th,
and there is no good reason for anyone to dis
pute the fact.
Second, did say the "church of God
was the backbone of the rum power" and
there is no good reason to dispute that fact.
I now give the language of DR.. j. B. Graw,
found in the address he delivered in Bridge
ton, and published in the Bridgeton Nesos of
March 18th. The doctor says: 81 hope we
may live to see the day of deliverance from
the rum power. 1T soiH come sohen epery
preacher and church man r0tes as he ought"
I said "the church of God was the back
bone of the rum power" Now, I ask, did
say more than the doctor? Did the doctor
say less than 1? Great men sometimes agree
you see am glad that the doctor comes to
my relief just at this time, for the people of
South Jesey believe him to be well up on this
question.
As for the clergymen of Woodstown ap-
proving of sin, or of.granting license to hotels
or Saloons said nothing of the sort, for I
knew better. Yet did say "that one of the
things to be done was just to strip the traffic
of its respectability-tha I would not drive
under rumseller's shed to keep out of
thunder storm" Some people make great
fuss over rumseler, and lead him to feel
that he is almost the only man in the COM
munity worthy of any attention-not so I.
This say-the liquor business is sustained
and perpetuated by the votes Of so-called
christian men-let us look facts in the face.
IT'S clear that the voting force to-day in the
churches of New Jersey, New York, of the
middle, eastern or western states is large
balance of power, if not majority. Who
will dispute this :? The fact is, the rum
power makes out the ticket, and all hands,
church, world and grog shop accept it.
Thus it is true that the liquor business is sus-
tanned and perpetuated by the votes of
christian men. Let the grog shop make a
ticket, put the party stamp upon it, and Re-
publicans and Democrats as well as so-called
christians, all join at the polls to put men in
Office whom they know will sustain the traffic
in rum.
These are sad facts, but they are facts, and
the party men know them to be so, and the
would-be temperance man says, vote for
party (rum). know am church member,
but don't want to throw away my vote. He
will throw away christian character, but not
his vote. Oh Lord, how long must these
things be. May the Lord open the eyes of
good men "lest they lay up wrath against
the day of wrath"
Yours, ever in the work,
W. II. Mccormick
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PERSEVERANCE IN wELL-DoING.

Our community has recently passed through
a temperance revival. Interest In the good
work has been quickened in the hearts of
many The MONITOR and the new reading
room are substantial evidences of awakened
interest. But, like religious revivals, there
is danger of a reaction and lapsing into in
action after the revival season has passed.
Instead of going to work with the new i'm
pulse given, there is tendency to fall back
upon what has already been accomplished
1t is the long and weary march that most tries
the soldier, rather than the day of battle.
When our activities are aroused it is easy to
work, but when they are dormant it is diff
cult to muster courage and endurance.
Things float with the tide, and men are not
an exception to this law of nature. But it is
the every day life that is the test of character,
and not its marked events and the battle of
right with wrong truth with error, good with
evil, is constant warfare. The enemy is
always at work. In times of peace he is
mastering his forces for the day of battle.
Temperance workers should be equally alert,
always on the lookout They should be drill
ing and training and watching for an oppor-
tunity to attack the enemy or repel his forces.
In times Of peace prepare for war" "Put
your trust in God; but mind to keep your
powder dry" was Cromwell's prudent advice
to his soldiers Our forces should never be
taken by surprise, but be always prepared
and ready to do efficient service.
ALI stragglers and 6s1mmers, malcontents
and misanthropes, should be carefully ex-
cluded from the camp, that our numbers may
be reduced to their fighting strength and that
there be no disafection in our ranks. We
want all to rally around the one leader-"t the
captain of the Lords hosts" and following
Him fully and wholly, ultimate and COM
plete victory is sure, though the battle be sore
and the final contest long delayed. "Be not
weary in well-doing, for in due season we
shall reap if we faint not"
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-03-28

Women's rights-to do as she pleases,
while mans is also to do as she pleases, or
take the consequences.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-03-28

A Sioux motto" White man big smart
he furnish brain red man heap brave-he
knocks 'em out"
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-03-28

Why is loaf of bread like the sun? Be-
cause it is light when it rises.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-05-22
FIRE.

At half past 10 O'Clock yesterday morn
ing general alarm of fire was sounded,
and people commenced rushing IN every
direction from their various places OF
business looking for the cause. Great
voIu nes of smoke issuing from the rear
of Schxabacher Brothers d Co.'S store
soon gave the general direction of the
fire, and thousands Of persons soon
focked to the scene.
The. FIRE originated IN little ware
house used for the storage of paints,
oils, turpentine. doRish oil, lime. rosin,
cement. sulphur and other combnsilbie
material belonging to the firm Of SchUa
hacker Brothers 81 Co., directly IN the
rear of Charles McDonald's blacks smith
shop. Oxing to the infiamm bic char
acter of the contents, the fire gained
great heAdwav and threw out q terrible
heat. Owing to the torn-up coneItion
of the streets, the steam engines we're
necessarily somewhat delayed in getting
into " JrkiuR position at tbs Washington
street slip, and before the first stream
vas thrown the warehouse was com
i'pletely enveloped IN flames, and the rear
| OF McDonald's blacksmith shop was all
on fire. Soon, however, both ire com
| panles and the hook and ladder bows
| GOT to work aud did wonderful eXeel-
ton. The fire would have been under
control in half an hour had not several
barrels of the burning oil run down
| into The bay, converting the whole sur
face of the water into "A great sheet OF
fame. A light wind blew these flames
along the water under tue long ware
house of Schwabacher Brot' er5 IL Co.
the contents of which took fire the en-.
tire length of that immense building
About this time the railroad mpany'
steam pump got stream on the ire
At this time No. | had two streams 60
ing, No. 2 had one, and the railroad
company's engine one. This great vol
ume of salt water played sad havoc viii
the flames, which were soon thereafter
under control. The tiremen wsrket
nobly and did effective work, and IN TIM
face of many obstacles succeeded II
combining the 6ery element III compar
atively limited space. Many cilizenI
turned out and did good work in saving
property.
, The only ulding entirely destroyed
> | was the warehouse III WHlcu tile Hfe HTS
originated. McDonald's blacksmith
shop was some what charred, "a was ais
portion of VIM. Gross's hotel
Schwabacher Brothers & Co.'S loss vii
probably reach six thousand dollars
which is covered by insurance. Nc
: Donaid's loss. by breakage TO machin
/, cry in moving it, will be about thre,
hundred dollars, covered by insurance
Mr.. Yesler will sustain slight loss b,
carnage to his buildings. Taking tn,
whole matter into consideration, thu
city sustained almost miraculous es
cape, thanks to our volunteer fire de
partment.
Several slight accidents occurred dur
ing thu excitement accustomed by tn,
fire, but nothing of a very serious ma
ture. Every fireman did his duty Il
the best of his ability, and to particu
larize one above another, would he al
injustice to I'll.
Seattle has cause to feel proud of he
volunteer fire department, ~ at presen
organized, and many compliments wer'
! bestowed upon the success of the wor
, performed by it yesterday.
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seen the hope which he 50 earnestly
expressed-.hat tue day woald be far
distant when corporations should have
a voice in Congress affecting ats leGisla-
ton and governmental poliey-farther.
vastly farther from fruition than when,
fourteen years age. he gave il voice.
He would have seen the Senate, Cf
which he was a member, degraded TO
the level of stock exchange, and IS
successors Of the men with whom be
then associated, would nov behold a
brood-giants in avarice, pi2mies N
honesty-hatched from the eggs OF vul-
lures by railroad corporations 10
State legislatures
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-05-22

Following is General Order No. !. Is
sued q, the headquarters OF the Seattle
Rifles, May q, 1se4:
The following appointments OF nom
commissioned officers are hereby made,
the same to rank from this date and 10
continue for the term OF SIX months
therefrom, unless removed for sufficient
Cause First Sergeant. John \. Whailey
Second Sergeant. E4rIl II. Webb: Third
Sergeant, Ed L. Haff Fourth Sergeant,
Ed Schwerin Fifth S-rge4nt, Theo.
SEVERN Corporals. c. <. Plimptoa, L.
X. Brewster. /. F. Murphy, L. d. Pom.
thus and J. p. O'Brien. The same Will
be obeyed and respected accordingly
By order. j. Z. b hEBBARD.
| Captain Commanding.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-05-22

xcURsIoSs.-1here will be every or-
portunity afforded to those who wish to
visit Victoria on the occasion OF the
Queens birthday to do So. Three
steamers are already advertised to leave
here next Friday morning q six o'clock,
namely, the Geo. Z. Starr. Evangel and
Eliza Anderson, all carrying passengers
at greatly reduced rates, much below
what excursionists have ever been at lie
to make the trip for on any previous
OCCASION.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-05-22

IouoH CCsroxEa ARREsrED.-Pst Ho-
gan. a isneshoreman and hard citizen,
got into row with iaborer named
Flank II liners yesterday afternoon in
the barroom II VIM. Gross hotel. dur
ing which be beat Reipers up IN fear
ful manner and completed the butchery
by literally tearing one of his victims
ears of. Ho an WIS subsequently ar
rested by Officer Sslall. He resisted,
and the police officer called on Consta-
Die Campbell 10 assist him Hogan
then made a PAS At the Constable, Who
promptly knocked him down . couple
OF times vita has fist. A gang Of drunk
en- ruughs, friends Of Hogan. started
once or twice 20 interfere. and tax, the
prisoner from the offierrs. bat we're IN
successful. The law cannot deal too
harshly with snch baasts In human
htpe A. this Pas Hogan has shown
himself. An examination of the affair
will be held at the Justices Court to-
day.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-05-22

SAN FRANcIsco, Nav 2l.-Alpha Ito
Alta 200. Belcher 100, Best & Belohel
200. Bodie Con. 2l0, Bullion $50. Cal.
ifornia i0c, Chollar LILO. Con Virginia
20c. Crown Point l.25. Eureka Con 3 20,
Gould u Garry i.40. Hale IL Norcross
2 %, Mexican 1,75 Mono 75c, Ophir
Lis, Potosi BOO, Savage Toe. Sierra Ne
VIDA lao, Union Con l.s5, Yellow Jack
OF 200.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-05-22

Hon TRIBUTE To WoMEN.-Iu charg
inc the grand jury of Pierce county last
Tuesday, several members of which
were women, uige Greene used the
language following " 10 speak for my
self, | am fully convinced that no ha-
man being has so profound n knowledge
of human nature as the observAnt ms
tron who has reared family. and no
one il more competent tn deal iutelli
gently and wisely with most cases,
whether criminal or civil. that come be-
fore our courts. OF course, woman's
life and experiences differ greatly from
mans, bat this fact, while it NAV de-
tract from her ,rviceableness In some
slses and in some respects, will he
found to add at least AZ much in others.
The numb-r of courts holden by me,
since our laws that put woman ON her
present political plane became opera
tive, Is seven, at SIX of which women
served on both the grand and petit in
ries, and as to the manner in which
they performed jury duty | have yet to
hear from any one whe, 10y actual pres
ence in court aud intelligent following
of what was going on. became qualified
TO pass an opinion, single adverse crit
icism or any word sut praise. Heartily,
| concur in what thus appears to be the
general Judgment of competent obsery-
ers. Even though IL be granted that
the female jurors who have served hith-
erto are, in intelligence, above the aver
age that may be expected. this fact is
coun,erbalsnoed BY two others: First,
that In selecting from the entire panel
parties at every term have shown a de-
clded preference tor the Somen as ju-
rors and second, that no erand iuries
ever in session in this Territory have
done prompter. cleaner. better work
than these who have sat in this district
during the LAST SIX mnnthsN
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PICNIC
AZ Lauret shade, Lake washing.
ton. sunday, May 25th

THE BEST OF MUSIC HAS BEEN
l. secured for the occasion. an no pains
VIII be spared to make il an enjoyable
affair for ALL
Rowing. sailing. fishing. swinging and
dancing viii be at the disposal of all.
Refreshments of all kinds reed on the
grounds Those who do rot wish To taAe
part in the exercises mentioned can find
a nice sha dy place 10 recllne in and drink
IN the beauties OF Lake Washington and
partase of some of eur choice strawber.
rles and cream, which we make a special y
t0nyeyances will leave the corner OF
Front aud Mill streets every half hour,
commencing at 10 m.
y FAIRBAIkN & POOLE. Managers.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-05-22

NEw VEGETABLES AND FguTrs, p.r
Steamer Mexico, at the CAlifornia Mar
ket. Go@sebsrries. cherries, ripe hs
nauas, oranges. sweet peas, new pola-
toes, asparagus, and full line Of new
vegetables and fruits. Choace Point
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-05-22

TELEGRAM PROM Osooop.-Mr. o.
good, the gentleman who b charge Il
the Seattle street railroad project, tele-
eraphed 10 Judge Burke yesterday IA q
be Vas engaged in purchasing the iron
and other material for the PROPOSE d
roads. and would start With his family
for Seattle IN few DAYS.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-05-22

NEW BLOOD. NEW LIFE.-This is OBJ
tanned by using Plumbers Oregon BlooC
Pnrifier. For sale everywhere 81 pc
bettle, six for S.. ap6dW6m
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-05-22

ASCENSION DAr. - The Episcopal
Church viii be open today at 1880 fer
the holy communion, ard at for even
ing prayer. Parents are requested by
the rector to bring their children 10 the
second service.
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NJ AR lie d.

GRCBB -ESGBG oM-In this city. May Il,
a. the residence of the officiating cler-
gyman, Rev. John +. Damon. Peter
GguOb ami Betsy Engblom. all of King
county.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-05-22

Cleanse the scalp from scarf and dan
druff, and keep the hair pliable by the
use Of Halls Vegetable Sicllian Han
Renrwer