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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-05-23
ONLY A BABY.

One sultry day last summer, at a time when
children of the poorer class in Philadelphia
were dying by the score every week, bloated
old man staggered up the steps of physi-
clans dwelling. The boys shouted after him
g Old Bourbon" the name by which he had
been known in the locality in which he lived
for many years.
''The baby's worse" he said, standing hat
in hand when he met the doctor coming out
"You've been here for me every day for a
week." explained the doctor. 81 cannot go
again to-day told the child's mother there
was no chance this morning. 1t was dying
then"
Won't you come now:
ono; | have not minute to spare. There
are patients waiting whom | can help"
'Old Bourbon followed him to his car
rage door, twisting his rag of hat in his
shaking hands Shes-shes all I've got
Doctor"
But the doctor, with a plying nod, drove
away, and the old man, nearly sobered by his
keen distress, crept home to the attic where
his little grandchild lay dying. Whatever
nursing or kindness little Mary had known
had come from 6 Old Bourbon" Her mother
had six other children, and went out washing
every day. The poor old drunkard and the
innocent baby were left to form strange
friendship for each other She called for him
now feebly, as she lay on her mothers lap
Daddy daddy. Come to mel"
He kneeled down and put his finger into
the tiny withered hand. The tears ran down
his bloated cheeks.
"God, leave her to me- God, leave her to
me :" he muttered.
Daddy, come to Mary - she cried once
more, and then the little soul, whose taste of
life had been so bitter, passed on into the I'M
seen.
1t was only baby. Its mother, who had
six other half-starved children to feed shed
but few tears over it. The doctor sent in
certificate of its death with dozen others.
In the weekly bill of mortality there was an
item, Z" Of cholera infantum, seventy" Little
Mary was one of the seventy. That was all.
Her record was ended. The world had done
with her.
But an old trembling man crept next Sun
day into the back pew of the little mission
church. not far from the attic in which he
lived. He stopped the clergyman when SER
vice was over.
"Why, is this you, Bour-I beg your par
don. What is your real name ?"
"John Black sir. / want to take my name
again. I'm thinkin' of signin' the pledge m
pullin' up for the rest of the time left. STAN
mered the poor wretch.
The clergyman was wise and helpful John
did "pull up" He lived but few months
after that, but he did what he could to live
decent, honest, christian life in that time.
1.-The Lord is merciful, John, Z" his friend
said to him, as he lay dying.
II know it, sir. I'm not much acquainted
with him, but I've been tryin' to foller little
Mary. I hear her always cryin', Daddy,
come to me-. I'm comm, an l reckon he'll
not turn me back"
Even the baby had its work to do, and had
done it.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-05-23

in. II is said that ii is positively hateful to
the duke who prefers Barrow in Yorkshire,
a much less pretentious but much more
comfortable home. IF that is true, then
WHY on earth does he maintain it at such an
enormous expense?" We give 1t up. 1t
is the dukes white elephant All! what
dream of beauty is this Italian flower garden,
here in the rear of this noble residence 1t
is perfect gem Yes, very large gem.
All of the appointments of this grand estate
are tremendously magnificent. There are
fountains, cascades, waterfalls, lakes, running
brooks, rocks, woods, sylvan dells and every
thing that can attract the eye and charm the
mind.
Sir Joseph Paxton, who was the dukes
head gardener, received a salary equal to that
of the president of the United States.
The dukes former housekeeper, Sir
Joseph's mother-in-law, also had good
thing. During her life she picked up over
six hundred thousand dollars in tips" from
the thousands of visitors to Chatsworth.
The revenue from this source now averages
about a hundred and fifty dollars day. But
the duke is wiser now than he was IN his
youth. This income is no longer perquls-
ite The money is now used to help keep up
the establishment and the housekeeper has
lost bonanza. :
at is about lunch time, is it not ~ YES !"
well, yonder, our driver says, we Will ind a
good hotel" This walk through this grand
old park is most beautiful" "Oh yes
but it would be more enjoyable if it was not
beginning to rain" In that rural church
yard here to our right many OF the Caven-
dishes lay buried. The newest grave is that OF
the victim of Phoenix Park, Lord William
Spense Cavendish. Their last resting place is
unmarked by pomp. In q charming spot on
the breezy hillside, their bodies sleep beneath
plain marble slabs. Such is life. All OF
wealths magnifcence ends at the grave. If
we gain the whole world we are obliged to
drop it at the tomb the richest man is poor
indeed, who, dying without the christians
hope, swings into eternity
But here we are at this handsome wayslde
| inn. It is a stylish looking house the land
lord is pleasant gentleman, but he makes us
pay twopence for the use of the lavator
| The table at lunch is clean and the food is
we'll cooked, but there is not enough of it,
/ The attendance by lady walters is very poor AS
it is now raining quite hard our sightseeing
| is ended for the day SO, Fastening to the
depot, we catch an express train and reach
London at eleven o'clock at night Twenty
four hours ago we were sleeping on steam
ship in the Irish sea, but now we retire to
rest in this grand English metropolis 1t is
lust ten days since we disembarked from the
British Crown at Liverpool. We have
travelled very fast and have seen much of
Great Britain since we landed on its shores, a
little over week ago. Here in London we
have engaged rooms at the Golden Cross, a
very pleasant hotel in the Strand near Trafal-
/ gar square.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-05-23
WOMEN AND INTRODUCTIONS

We can very readily understand why wo-
men should be shy of holding conversation
with men without the ceremony of an intro
duction, but the stiffness and formality which
mark the meeting of two women who do not
know each other is something altogether in
explicable. Gentlemen speak to one another
on the street or in the car, when there is oc-
casion, ask necessary questions, give cour-
teous answers, and think nothing of it. But
let lady want to know the points of the
compass, or the locality of a street, and she
will puzzle her naughty head to any conceiv-
able extent rather than approach one of her
wiser shoppers with query. Failing finally
to work out the problem, she is certain to Sc
lect man as the person to whom to apply.
The same shyness of each other mark all
the meetings of women unintroduced The
calmness and severity with which they ignore
each others existence has something almost
sublime about it, and the hauteur with which
they receive a volunteered hint of loose
breastpin or falling shawl from one of their
own sex, contrasts strangely with the gener-
offered by some gentleman.
Of course there are exceptions to this rule,
but they are only exceptions. Nor do we
think the fact cited the result of affectation of
any kind. On the contrary, most women
seem utterly unconscious of any peculiarly
in themselves, or in others around them. And
yet .even highly sensible women, do things of
the kind every day.
We once knew two ladies, both of them
women of sense, who sat for weeks at their
desks, not ten feet apart, engaged in the
same work without once exchanging one
word while each of them came to know every
gentleman in the office. A formal introduce
ton came at last, and the two women workers
became bosom friends almost Immediately.
During all this time each wanted to know the
other, each knew who the other was, each
was predisposed to like her neighbor, but the
want of formal introduction was an impass-
able barrier which neither was sufficiently ag-
gressive to overstep. Two men under similar
circumstances would have been acquainted
within less than an hour, while man and
woman would have bowed at the first meet
ing and have known each other ON the first
day. Cleveland Le0der.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-05-23

Now is the time when the base ball player
is abroad in the land and the history of his ex-
PLOTS is noised far and wide. His game is
called with reason the national one, for the
contests are waged everywhere within our
borders, and the formost base ball clubs have
a national reputation. Their exhibitions of
skill and prowess draw thousands of specta-
tors in the large cities, and the interest ex-
cited in the buoyant crowd breaks forth in
cheers when their favorite wins, but generally
accepts defeat with chagrin and disappoint-
ment. The national sport should be encour-
aged as it gives plenty of outdoor exercise,
but is beneficial only, like everything else,
when not INDUCED in to excess.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-05-23

We are sorry to see the Asbury Park Jour-
nal, which has done some good work for tenn
perance undertake to scold those prohibition
Republicans who favor independent political
action. These people are entitled to follow
their convictions without being abused for it,
The Journal says: Is it not time for the
mass of temperance people to order halt on
this fanatical action of few men who claim
to be the advance guard of temperance reform
We claim they are enemies and as such should
be relegated to back seats until such time as
they may see the error of their ways" But
the bother is they will not take back seats,
and the sooner the leaders of the Republican
party understand this the better for the party.
The Prohibitionists, so far as we can see,
have come to stay, if not in, then outside OF
the old parties PIainfeld Times
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-05-23

Here is the way a st. Louis rum fanatic
raves. The style, capitalizing, ETC., are his
eff prohibition passes take down your shot
guns and shoot the id heart out of the
hateful thing.
The Cincinnati mob will be
Tame and
Trifing
Circumstance to the popular uprising that
will take place in ST. Louis if prohibitive
law is passed.
/" If the prohibitive people triumph, let
them look out for the
Torch and
Axe
OF the Avengers.
If they ruin the vast commercial interests
at stake in this temperance contest, they will
read the pride of their victory by the light of
their burning business houses. Z"
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-05-23
SWEET FERN.

BY JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER.
TIL. subtle power in perfume found
Nor priest nor sibyl vainly learned
On Grecian shrine or Aztec mound
No censor idly burned.
That power the hoary Magian knew,
The deryish in his frenzied dance,
The Pythian princess swooning through
The wonderland of trance.
And Nature holds in wood and Held,
Her thousand sunlit censers still;
To spell of flower and shrub we yield
Against or with our will.
| climbed hill-path strange and new
With slow feet, pausing at each turn;
A sudden watt of west wind blew
The breath of the sweet fern.
That fragrance from my vision swept
The alien landscape; in its stead,
I'd fairer hills of youth stepped,
As light of heart as tread
With me June's freshness, lapsing brook.
MurmurS OF zeal anu pee, eho ooii
Of birds, and one whose voice and look
In keeping were with all.
A fern beside the way we went
She plucked, and smiling held it up,
While from her hand the wild sweet scent,
| drank as from cup.
O potent witchery OF smell.
The dust-dry leaves to life return;
And she who plucked them owns the spell,
And lifts her ghostly fern.
Or sense or spirit? Who shall say
What touch the cords of memory thrills!
It passed and left the August day
Ablaze on lone hills.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-05-23
A BAKED BEAN BANQUET.

Probably as laughable thing as has been
seen in long time took place at GAINESVILLE at
the Grand Army reunion few weeks ago.
There was to be baked bean banquet for the
visiting veterans, and half the families in
town furnished pan of baked beans for the
occasion, sending them to the armory late in
the afternoon piping hot. couple of boys,
sons of q soldier, were intrusted with large
pan of red hot baked beans to take down
town, and they put the pan on hand sled
and started. Arriving at the top of the big
HILL where the road runs straight down into
the business street, the temptation to ride
down was too great, and the boys got ON the
sled with the pan of beans in front of them,
steaming hot. They started. Every cross
ing they struck COB of beans would fly out,
and before they were half way down the hill
the boys were covered with beans from head
to foot. They shut their eyes and let the sled
go. A girl stood by the crossing as they
passed, and as the sled struck hammock
handful of beans hit the girl in the hair, and
as the hot mass began to heat up she felt that
put her hand to her head, and when the beans
burned her hand she yelled fire and went away
ON a galop. A dog ran along beside the sled
and barked at the boys, but quart of beans
struck the dog and the weather was too warm
for him, and he ran away with hot box.
The sled finally turned over, and boys, beans
and sled rolled and slid for half block, and
the street was paved with good intentions and
baked beans. The boys got up, scraped the
beans off their clothes, thought the matter
over minute, when each took hold of side
of the empty pan and carried it down to the
armory and reported to the committee on
beans. The circumstance was related to the
soldiers, and the empty pan, the hand sled
and the boys decorated with beans, created as
much amusement for the old veterans as any
one thing.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-05-23

On Cry, May TO- Ladies of the Womens
Christian Temperance Union in Franklin, Pa,
have found rock and rye candy on general
sale in that town with other alcoholically fla
vored candy, three pieces of which, by an
analysis, were proved to contain enough to
intoxicate boy. They are proceeding
against dealers for selling liquor without a H.
cense.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-05-23

Charles Reade, apropos of the Belt case,
offers an instance in the life of Wiertz, the
eccentric Belgian painter, of the fallibility OF
recognized art critics in reference to artistic
work. Wiertz, having rendered himself per-
sonally obnoxious to the committee OF the
Paris Salon, and finding that, in consequence
he could not hope they would see artistic
merit in any work of his obtained from
private gallery the loan of an undoubted
Rubens. a head of Christ, and procuring full
evidence of its identity, boldly signed it in
the presence of witnesses with his name and
sent it in for exhibition. 1t was rejected
Wiertz then proclaimed the TRUTH to the COM
mittee's discontinue.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-05-23

The English brewers are beginning the
manufacture of soda water, lemonade, and
the other arated beverages which are now
consumed in such immense quantities, the
object being to supply their houses with tenn
perance drinks, and at least in part recoup
themselves for the falling off in the demand
for intoxicants caused by the efforts of the
temperance people.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-05-23

Fogg retires to the back yard during the
summer. In the fall he tells his friends that
he has passed the season at the Cats-kill re-
gion.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-05-23
Soon will the merry picnic days
done it..

When to escape the suns fierce rays.
Wen seek the shaded ground,
Where ants have peculiar knack
OF wandering from their bed
And marching up fellows back
With slow and measured tread.
bismarck Tribune.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-10-02
County Superintendent
A FRicHrrUL ACCIDENT

Late Yesterday evening news was brought
TO this Office that 8 runaway had occurred
on the west side just before dark with seri-
Gus results. A man with his wife and two
little children were in wagon partially
loaded with coal. II seems that the husband
was SO drunk that he fell out of the wagon.
Tae team started into run and the wife in
attempting to secure the lines which had
fallen had her dress caught in one of the
wheels which dragged her from the wagon,
breaking one Of her legs, the team continu-
ing on in the direction of home. The young
est child was thrown from the wagon and
severely hurt. The, runaways were not stop
ped until they had gone about two miles,
the Oldest child having chung to his position
and was found unhurt. The mother and
child were brought back to this city for
surgical treatment. What became of the
drunken father our informant did not learn,
and il makes little difference, for man who
will bring his wife and children into town
and then get drunk, is entitled to the SYM
pathy Of no one. How that mother and in
nocent child must now suffer for weeks for
his runaway need not be dwelt upon.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-10-02

Having met with the most gratifying sue
cess the past season, have been encouraged
to purchase a larger and more attractive
stock of millinery and fancy goods than ever
before. Considerable time has been spent
in securing the latest Partisan ideas from all
the new importations to This country. can
vicinity an opportunity to secure the most
correct styles in the latest and NOSE select
shades, and entirely new designs. ladies
are cordially invited to call and see the COM
ing styles in millinery.
d116-ot MRe A. KRAMER.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-10-02

TWENTY DAYS Z

For the next 20 days we will offer for sale
the Farmers and Merchants mills on Doug
lass avenue. 1t has the best grist and cx-
change business of any mill in Southwestern
Kansas. First-class machinery, and every
thing in good shape. Good reason given
for selling. Or will sell the lots JOxl4O feet,
and move the buildings Off Easy terms.
dI15-6t NEwcoMB & DOuGHERTY.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-10-02

Thos. Shaw 4 Co. are making one of the
best diplays ever made with sewing machines
in Wichita. The Domestic is the star that
leads them all. The west building is well
decorated with signs on the outside. in fact
You see nothing bu, Domestic. II stands a,
the head. Inside. the display Of Domestic
work is fine. and you will always find Thos.
Shaw 4 Co. ready TO take your name and
give You tieke, emitting YOU TO one chance
free TO draw S65 Domestic machine You
will miss n trea, if you fail to see this display
dll1-lt
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-10-02
To Those Goirgto Kansas City and Beyond.

Please bear in mind. that the Atchison.
Topeka Il Santa Fe railroad runs an ele-
giant chair car from Wichita to Kansas City
without change. and that ii Is not neces-
sary To 20 without your breakfast to take
the popular route.
Through tickets issued to all points ut
lowest rates, aud baggage checked to desti-
nation ia connection Herewith.
ii. B. KEELER,
ds2ti Agent, Union Depot.
No. 50 Douglas avenue In where you
can rest comfortably while waiting for
your pictures. 32n
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-10-02
Iueaty.Eiye ceats.

Root Bros. will run their buses during
the Fair. Starting from the Occidental and
fremont, running into the grounds, at TWEEN
ty-fvc cents for the round trip. Round trip
tickets can be bought Of the bus conductors.
d116-3t RooT Bros.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-10-02

Everyone visiting our city this next week
should examine the photographs at the fair
ground displayed by Rogers, our photogra-
pher. dIl5-5t
Baldwin 4 Ostergren are now ready to
photograph all who call at their newly fur
nished rooms, No. SO Douglas ave. a2.tf
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-10-02
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

The following are the real estate transfers
recorded in the Office of the register of deed,
yesterday:
Alden Speare to trustees NJ. L. church
Goddard. warranty deed for lot
NO in block No 10 ................S
S. w. Shattuck, to Geo. w. Black,
warranty deed for sw IA sec IS tp
%, ............................. 1000
Lloyd b. Ferrell, to ID. V. and A. b.
Walker. warranty deed for lots 3D.,
314, 3l6, 3ls Of Ferrell's second adj
dition to Wichita. Observation-Disclosures. SOC
ID. Hutchings to WIN. +. Oliver quit
claim deed for lots JOG, los blk Is,
Orme and Phillips addition to
Wichita ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Harvey Burson to Jno p Miller, war
ranty deed for lots 232, 234, 236,
23s, Stafford & Wright's add
to Wichita. ............................. 5000
Lloyd Ferrell to c & Mulvey, war
ranty deed for lots 296, 298, 300.
302, 800, 306, 80, Fcrrell's second
add to Wichita. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 100
VIM Craig to Oliver Mulvey, warran-
ty deed for acres and 80 rod, more
or less, in sw or Of 9-27-1, east.
VIM Grifienstein to Constantine
Braitsch, warranty deed for lots 9O2,
904, SOG, 9OS, Griffensteins seventh
add to Wichita. ....................... 500
Frank Fisher TO X aud + n Branstit-
ter, warranty deed for lots 1874, 1856,
Market street. .................-.......-.. 2OUU
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-10-02
GET YOUR SHOT GUNS READY.

Whenever there is u programme of any
kind that will draw crowdto our city, there
is always developed lot of miserable
sneak thieves who..go,l about, when decent and
hard working people are seeking that needed
repose and rest that will fit them for another
day Of toll in which they strive to honestly
make and carefully save the means that is
necessary to tide them through the obliga-
tons and necessary expenses of daily
life and perhaps save few dol
lars for a rainy day, and when this
is accomplished and they who shoulder the
loads and move the world are feeling that
if they now should be taken sick or should
be thrown out of employment. they would
have enough to tide themselves over for n
while, the detestable sneak, the vulture of
society, drags his Shiny length to their win
dow and with a long hook pulls forth the
hard earned savings of those within and fills
his degraded skin with what he calls luxur-
les from that which he took perhaps from
the hungry child. Four of these depreda-
tions We're committed Tuesday night, two
being at the fremont House where
rooms We're entered and the
clothing of the guests we're riHed.
though luckily but small amount of money
was secured, Sl50 in one case and 500
in the other, though in each case large sums
were under the heads of the sleepers. Mr..
Mckim, was asst evening, putting his revolt
yer in order and Judging from his looks it
will not be safe to try him again.
At the home of ID. A. Wicks. on Fourth
avenue, the same game was sprung and they
were rewarded more literally, as they here
secured about $500 from the clothing of
Mr.. Wicks.
Crossing the street they went fishing
through the window with their long hook
in the room Of two young men who are
roomers in the house of W. a. Martin and
though they landed but a small catch they
came near securing whale in the shape of
about $50, which was in the clothing of
one of the slumberers but too far removed
for the curtaiied rod of the shameless an
glers.
Get your guns ready and give these leech-
es of society, who earn nothing and live upon
the life-blood Of others, a red hot reception.
Miss Nelson is beautiful in the "French
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-10-02
IT'S GRAND.

Those elegant studies received at The
Fair yesterday far surpsss anything ever
shown in this city. Call and see whether
YOU wish TO buy or not. You'll find the
Profs. willis 4 Combs" ready a, all times
to show you through their immense store.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-10-02

The preliminaries which induced mo-
ton involving all the law points in the case
&c. Wood Davis against the St Louis 4
San Francisco railroad, a very large sum of
money is at stake, have just been decided
in the United States circuit court by Judge
Brewer in favor OF Davis