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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-10-17
BRONCHITIS.

Bronchus literally means the windpipe
But with its plural bronchD it denotes moi
only the windpipe, but also all the branch
ing passages through which air is convey.
ed to the air cells at their numerous termi
nations: These bronchial tubes are lined
except the very finest portions-with a
membrane whose Office it is to secrete a
thin fluid 1hucus, whereby their walls are
kept moist and soft.
Bronchitis is an inflammation of this mu-
cous membrane. 1t is common everywhere.
Generally its seat is the large tubes, most
often the portion external to the lungs
Occasionally its seat is the small tubes,
when, especially in the case of children and
the aged, it is apt to be speedily fatal.
In its acute form it commonly originates
In a cold which first affects the nasal pas
sages and then travels downwards, giving
rise to a;dry cough, and causing sense OF
tightness;- and feeling of soreness in the
chest This lasts few days, and consti-
tutes the first stage Then the expectora-
ton, instead Of being transparent and
scanty,' becomes thick, yellow Cor greenish)
and more abundant. The soreness ceases,
and tho person feels greatly relieved
The disease is self-limiting, and termi-
mates in recovery within ten or twelve days
on an average As rule, it tends neither
tOpneumonia nor consumption.. The liabil-
ity to it connects with some unknown con-
dition Of the atmosphere. It's most fire.
quent exciting cause is chill of some part
of the body. A dose of salts, a light diet,
and, if the attack is severe, keeping in a
warm bed few days are all the treatment
needed.
If the acute attacks are frequently re-
peated, and the general healthis low, they
may result in chronic bronchitis much
more serious ailment. The latter is most
common in old age. 1t inclines to persist
for years, and in the aged, for life. Its
characteristic is frequent fits of coughing,
and an expectoration more or less abun-
dant. If the smaller tubes are affected,
the matter expectorated is more solid and
tenacious, and is raised with much diff
Guilty. The appetite may remain good
(though. it is often otherwise), and there
may be no marked loss of flesh. 1t does
not. increase the liability to consump-
tion,. but says Flint, perhaps the, re-
verse;" f a4N 5t.
In treating it, the leading object should
be to invigorate the general health. To
this end tonic remedies may be used, while
the diet should be generous, and the life be
spent as much as possible out of DOORS
Youths Companion.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-10-17
HOW TO PRIZE A MOTHER.

= Oh boys, | tell you, as one who weeps
for dear mother laid away, that I'd almost
give up my hope of, heayen.to have her
back again for one. hour to kneel down by
her side and to have her put that dear hand
on my head and tell me she forgave me all
the mean things l ever did to plague her.
Be good to mother. boys; it will pay yon
so richly when she's gone to think you
were tender, dutiful and kind to her while
she could enjoy and appreciate it. One
smile of approval from her is worth all
the friendship ever showered upon you by
all the owls and nighthawks that helped
Won add to her burden. Nys.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-10-17
NIGHT LIFE OF YOUNG MEN.

One night often destroys a whole life
The leakage of the nights keeps the days
empty. Night is sins harvesting time.
More sin and crime are committed in one
night than in all the days of the weeks.
This is more emphatically true of the city
than in the country. The street lamps,
like file of soldiers, with torches in hand
stretch away in long lines on either side:
the gay colored transparences are ablaze
with attraction; the saloon and billiard
halls are brilliantly illuminated; music
sends forth its enchantment; the gay COM
pany begins to gather to the haunts and
houses of pleasure; the gambling places
are ablaze with palatal splendor: the
theaters are wide open; the mills of de
struction are grinding health, honor, hap
.piness hope, out of thousands of lives.
The city under the gaslight is not the
same as under Gods sunlight The allure
ments and perils and pitfalls of night are a
hundred fold deeper and darker and more
destructive. Night life in our cities is
dark problem, whose depths and abysses
make us start back with horror. All night
tears are falling, blood is streaming
Young men tell me how and where you
spend your evenings, and will write out
the chart of your character and final des-
tiny, with blanks TO insert your names. 1t
seems to me an appropriate text would be,
"Watchman, what of the night? Police
man, pacing the beat what of the night
What are the young men of the city doing
at night? Where do they spend their eve
nings? Who are their associates? When
do they go in, and what time do they go
out? Policeman, would the night life of
young men commend them to the conf
dence of their employers? Would it be to
their credit -
Make a record of the nights of one week
Put in the morning papers the names of
all the young men, their habits and haunts,
that are on the streets for sinful pleasures.
Would there not be shame and confusion?
Some would not dare to go to their places
of business, some would not return home
at night. some would leave the city, some
would commit self-murder Remember
young men. that in the retina of the All
seeing eye there is nothing hid but shall
be revealed on the last day Wakefield
Citizen and Banner.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-10-17
wHOOPING COUGH.

| A correspondent writes, will you not
give your readers an article on whooping
cough, stating what it is and whetherthere
is any known remedy"
The disease is peculiar form of bron-
chitis, attended in its first stage with some
| fever. and, in the second, with spasms of
the CLOTHS, the vocal cords in the upper
part of the larynx. 1t is highly infectious,
and since few children escape it, and it gen.
orally destroys ones susceptibility to a
second attack, it is largely confined to child
! hood
At the commencement it resembles
hard cold but the acts of coughing
are more violent, and last longer. At
length-it may be in two or three days, or
in as many weeks--the spasms of the
! CLOTHS are developed, and the well-known
whoop settles its real character.
The whoop is due to the fact that it is
impossible to take breath during the rapid
coughing, and hence, on its ceasing, there
is long and labored thrush of air.
Moreover, as the blood cannot freely en-
ter the lungs during the paroxysm, the inn
peded blood causes the veins of the neck
to swell out, gives to the face livid look,
and sometimes occasions various hemorrha-
ges-of the nose, stomach and lungs. But
| there is no danger of the patients dying
of suffocation, as is SO often feared.
The disease may be quite mild, or very
severe. Occasionally the person gets well
! in few days without any medical aid. but
generally the disease lasts six weeks. Some
times when neglected it runs on many
months. As rule, the paroxysms gradu-
ally become less severe and frequent, and
then cease: though for a time an ordinary
cold will be attended with whoop.
The most that medicine can do is TO pal
late the symptoms and shorten the dura-
ton of the disease. Alum acts well ON the
infiamed bronchial tube; belladonna on the
irritated nerves that cause the spasms of
the CLOTHS. A doctor must be consulted
for the more dangerous but efiicacious re-
NEEDLES. No one medicine meets each case,
nor any case in all its symptoms and stages.
The only wise course is to employ an in
telligent physician who can study its pecu-
liarities and watch its tendencies. This is
the more important since there is always
danger of grave OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES bron-
chitis, pneumonia, pleurisy and other lung
difficulties. 1t is thus, indirectly, often fa-
tai
Unless where there is serious complica-
ton, it is best TO have the child as much as
possible out of doors. The diet should be
nutritious. This should be looked after
more carefully if the child vomits much.
Food should be given often, and as early as
possible, before an expected paroxysm. =
foath's Companion.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-10-17

4 successful business man said there
Were two things he learned when he was
eighteen, which were ever afterward of
great use to him, namely: Never to lose
anything and never to forget anything
An old lawyer sent him with an important
paper, with certain instructions what to do
with it. But" inquired the young man,
suppose | should lose it, what shall / do
then - you must not lose it, Il don't
mean to, said the young man, but sup
pose I should happen top but | say
you must not happen to; | shall make nc
provision for such an occurrence; you must
not lose it,"
This put new train of thought in thu
young mans mind, and he found that if he
was determined to do anything, he could
do it, He made such a provision against
every contingency that he never lost any
thing. He found this equally true about
forgetting If a certain matter of import
ance was to be remembered, he pinned il
down on his mind and fastened it there, ano
made it stay. He used to say, when {
man tells me that he forgot to do something
tell him he might as well say, / do no
care enough about my business to take th'
trouble to think of it again | once haC
an intelligent young man in my emplo,
who deemed it sufficient excuse for neglect
ing any important task to say i forgot.
I trl,l him, that wanld NOT answer If n,
was sufficiently interested, he would b
careful to remember. 1t was because h
did not care enough that he forgot.
drilled him with this truth. He worries
for me for three years, and during the las
of the three he was utterly changed in thi
respect. He did not forget a thing. Hi
forgetting, he found, was lazy and care
less habit of the mind. which he cured. =
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-10-17
THINGS WORTH REMEMHERrNG G.

Fruit stains may be removed by freezing.
Save your cold tea; it is excellent for
| cleaning grained wood.
Mildew may be removed by dipping tie
stained parts into buttermiIk and putting
them in the SUM-
Table mats made of seine Irvine are ex-
ceedingly durable. They will wash well.
and two sets of them will last almost a
life time.
Common wheat flour made into paste
with cold water, applied dry, will take out
grease spots without injuring the most del
icate fabric
4 strong solution of carbolic acid and
water, poured into holes, kills ali the ants
it touches, and the survivors will immedi-
ately take themselves off.
If you cut the back legs of your chair
two inches shorter than the front ones, the
fatigue of sitting will be greatly relieved,
and the spine placed in a better position.
Leather chair seats may be revived by
rubbing them with well-beaten white of
eggs. Leather binding of books may also
be cleansed by this method. White Roman
bindings should be washed with a soft
flannel saturated in soapsuds.
That by adding two parts of cream of
Tartar to one part of oXalic acid ground
fine, and kept dry, in bottle, you will
find by applying a little of the powder to
rust stains while the article is wet. that the
result is much quicker and better. Wash
out in clear warm water, to prevent injury
to the goods.
That cold rain water and soap will take
out machine grease where other means
would not be advisable on account of col
ors running. etc.
That turpentine in small quantities may
be used in boiling white goods to great
advantage, as it improves the color, an
the boiling drives off all odor. Resin in
soap is quite another thing. 1t injuries and
discolors some goods and shrnks woolens.
Soap men argue that on account Of the tur-
pentine in the resin it assists in the wash
ing. 1t is used for a filler and to make
the soap hard and cheap. 1t is a fraud on
the consumer.
That kerosene will soften leather belts or
boots that have become hard from expo
sure or use around the wash room. Good
for the harness when hard from rain or
dampness Wash with warm water then
grease with good animal oil or dressing like
the following.
That the government harness dressing is
as follows; One gallon of neatsfoot oil, two
pounds of Bayberry tallow, two pounds of
beeswax. two pounds of beef tallow. Put
the above in pan over moderate fire
When tn roughly dissolved add two quarts
of castor oil, then while on the fire stir in
one ounce of lampblack. Mix well and
strain through a fine cloth to remove sedi-
ment, let it cool, and you have as fine a
dressing for harness or leather of any kind
as can be had.
That baking soda gives instant relief to
burn or scald. Applied either dry or wet
to the burned part Immediately, the sense
of relief is magical. 1t seems to withdraw
the heat and with it the pain. Keep it in
the ironing room.
That when acid has been dropped on any
article of clothing, liquid ammonia will kill
the acid, and then, by applying chloroform,
you will, in most cases, restore the color.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-10-17

Young people should acquire the habit
of correct speaking and writing, and aban-
don as early as possible, any use of slang
words and phrases. The longer you put
this off, the more difficult the requirement
of correct language will be; and II the
golden age Of youth, the proper season for
the acquisition of language, be passed in
its use, the unfortunate victim viii most
probably be doomed TO talk slang for life.
You have merely to Use the language which
you read instead Of the slang which
you hear, to form taste in agreement
with the best speakers and poets IN the
country - Good Cheer.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-10-17
TIiOUGHTFUL SAYINGS.


Conviction is the conscience of the mind
Illusions ruin all those whom they blind
Friendships multiply joys and divide
griefs.
good presence is letter Of recommen-
"'''.oi, ..a ..z :. as.a.st4 3a
Truth is the highest thing that man can
keep. .s., -sl. at5e &
o.know. how to wait is the secret of sue
cess. ei -
There is no virtue'in promise unless it
is kept. '.;
Men speak of what they know; women
of what pleases them.
We have. not always enough reason to
employ all our strength.
AS every thread of gold is valuable, so is
every minute of time. s- aaa
Do what good you can, but leave room
for promises and engagements.
The best backing. a young man can have
is a good backbone of his own.
The plainest words are the most profita-
BILE oratory in weightiest matter.
Experience without learning is better
than learning without experience.
Flattery sits in the parlor when plain
dealing is kicked out of DOORS.
If you !. east away one cross you will
doubtless find another, and perhaps heav-
Ter one. ....
IL you are determined to live and die a
slave to custom, see that it is at least a good
one.
Repentance without amendment is like
continually pumping without mending the
leak.
It is not the number of facts he knows,
but how much of fact he is himself, that
proves the man. ....-..t. .t..
Genius is only entitled to respect when
it promotes the. peace and improves the
happiness of mankind.
= Life will soon. be done. Be not weary
or disheartened. What are a few years of
toll in prospect Of the eternal rest
In the literary world as well as military
world, most powerful abilities will often be
found concealed under rustic garb.
Every man needs a true inward man
hood All the elements that are in us are
insignificant except'as they stand related
to that. ga
A plain, genteel dress is more admired,
and obtains more credit than lace and en-
broidery in the eyes of the jidcious and
a,s:1,, 4.tf - iSss7i'-t - H.
49, = 7f,f t..t..-r.ss. t,ts"st.-. A.H+
True wealth consists in health, vigor
and courage, domestic quiet, concord, pub
lie liberty, plenty Of all that is, necessary,
and contempt Of all that is superiiuons'
The detraetor may, and often. does, pull
down others, but he never, as he seems to
suppose, .elevstes himself to. their position.
The most he can do is to maliciously tear
from them the blessings. which, he cannot
enjoy himself -. ,s,N
b We talk much-of duty, .of morality of
self-denial, oflawsand rrlesfor self-govern-
ment; we+ impress~i their necessity upon
others, and, if conscientious, we bind them
upon ourselves. s-AIl 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. = 80.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-10-17

Small talking parrots are the fayorite pet
birds of young ladies this season.. and the
dealers are teaching them to say ''kiss me,
darlingv' in a commercial way, which in
sures rapid sale for them. Adealer made
mistake the other day, and trotted out an
old green parrot that was small and meek
looking, but---oh, myl When young
lady and her beau called, and the bird
was solicited to say something sweet to the
pretty lady, he rolled one eye knowingly
and eroaked out, 81 amt as--green as
look" Tableau. k
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-10-17

Fortune often rewards with interest
those that have patience to wait for her.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-02-12
Chicago Market.
EIDUR-Dnil
CHICA6O. Feb. 9.

NhACAoOs rcUL u
FLOUR-Duil.
WHEAT-Better demand and strong and higher:
advanced lAalase, closing 1al1s over yesterday;
February ei99t14;., closing at 9i54c March, 9334
et9oe, closing AT 95se; April le Ove- March May
99>29sl Gle, closing at IL 0l1s, June 81 OLGA
81 O21s; No. spriLg, 931499354c; No. 3, 7SGS2c.
Winter, 81 0l(9l 03.
CORN-Far demand and stronger; rose %@5Ec,
closing about ~ over yesterday. Cash. 527s@533Sc
closing al 5e; February 527s @53c, closing at 53e
March 53l49531ac, closing at $3.50; April 1aa5.c
over March and May, Closing at 5sc; June, 5Ss4g
$3.50.
OATS-Market quiet and steady; cash, 32s4@33,
closing at BE; February, $3.50; March 32s4 321se
April. S51sg3514e; May, 37G1371sc; June SIZE.
RfE-Dull al 5Se.
EARLEI-Dull at 6l@62e.
FLAXSEED-Higner at 81 SO en- the track.
PORk-pemand active and stronger; Ease hiSh-
e.. cash and February Sl7 45@17 so, March, sl7 IS
9l1 %, closing at sl7 H1a9i7 80; April sl7 609
IL 90; May Sl7 55al7 80, closing at Sl7 721a17 49,
June Si7 7O9l7 50, closing at SIT S212@17 50.
LARD-Falr demand and 109i21ac higher; cash
and February 81 521a99 30: March 50 5599 6712.
closing a: 60 621a99 o. April, - 81 12@9 49, closing
at s. 70; May 81 7714@9 90, closing at So S7a99 90;
June - 95@9 9712.
bULK AEATo--Market steady; shoulders s. p;
SHIRT rib, So 10, clear, - %.
EGGS-3U6S;}c.
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81. Louis Harket.
ST. LOUIS. Feb. 8.

81. LOUIS. FeD. y.
FLOUR-Firm and about 1oc higher.
WHEAT-MarSet higher and SLOW; No. z red
81 t54@l % cash. 81 6691 t612 March; 81 Os April;
81 OS;SG1 0g3s May; 81 OS13e9l % June; 99@991 .c
year; No. red, $3.50.
CORN-Market very quiet; 1914 @4911&c cash; 1875
February; 493s st491.e a.areh; 5U54c April; $3.50
521ac May; 5z5se June.
GAIs-Market firm and slow; 3414@S6c cash;
$3.50 bid May.
kYE-Dull. 54c bid.
BARLEY-Dull at 50fsS0c.
LEAD--'irmer; saleable at So 80, sut held
higher.
BUTTER-Market unchanged; creamery, S0@
35c; DAIRY 20a27c.
EGGS-LOwer at 25c.
FLAXSEED--Higher at 81 so.
HAY-Unehansed; prairie, So Oo@1O IS; timothy,
Gle fIG14 90.
BRAN lchanged 1T 8S99Oc.
CORN MEAL-FIrIn AT 81 90.
WHISKY-Stesdy at 81 10.
PRONISiONS-Market steady and slow.
PORk-JOobing, Sill 20;
BULK MEATS-LOng clear, &c 1903 20; short
ribs 81 209g >. short clear 50 5Od9 80.
BACON clear, 81 75et9 S712; short nib,
- s71zGs10 10; iOl. clear, $40 VJgl4 20.
LARD-NOnlInal.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-02-12
WHAT CHOICE WILL YOU a,XE9

What wit thou do for Christ, when thou shalt go
Forth fiOm thy cbildhOod's hOms and all the
world
In its attractive beauty lies spread sst
Before thy youthful vision Will the song,
The stree song Of pleasure, lure away
Toward bowers ii rest e.e ,hou has, reached the
goal
Wilt thou become a vOtsT- At the shrins
OF fashion, worshippipg the t;nseled gaIb
In which thot dOsI enwTap tiny NOR al self?
Or wilt thod listen To ambitions voice,
hat whispers in tiny ear OF laurel Ereaths
Thv iniel IecI might weave Or, worst Of all,
Wilt thou ol mammons altar Otfe. up
The best affections OF the human heart
The world i iul ~ SOdOn's golden ITUit,-
To >erve the lovly Master: Canst thou wear
A humble garb, end live a life 81 toll,
A. seek amid the charities of life
Those gentle offices hat win the heart
To glorify the L,rd ?
Canst thou stoOp d0wa
To raise the fallen, to support the weak,
And teach the little ones the waV To heaven
And then, when thou hast done all tina, thy
hand
Could find to do, and thy warm heart devise
For His dear sake Who loved thee, canst thou
To have thv name Kissing ard reprsach,-
Ts have the wO-k which thou has; done with
faith,
With se.f-jenial, and with earnest PRAYER,
Affirpei 20 be an Offer NJ thGu hast made
To thy ambition, thy desi-e 10 b.
Accounted hOlier than those around
Cs7st thou bear this, ii the dear Saviour sees
Thus, and taus only thOu canst be preuared
To gather jewels for thy heavenly Gown?
These wh tening fields are rich with waving
grain
That waits the reaper's hand. Alas how ;ew
Are they vino toll To bind the go ded shsaseS
And gather in the precious gieaniLgS- Whence,
Oh! whence, shall reaPers and the sleSne 5
Il they who are like thee in strength of life
Fear hot the Masters call
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-02-12

lation educational privileges, ard ex-
presses the shame of the petitioners.
as American citizens, that any large
section of the ter. tory OF the Ur;ted
States should be worse off education
ally than when under the control of
Russia. This is certainly presenting
the subject in pretty forcible light.
The people CT Alaska may not be a
valuable acquisition 10 our population,
but that is all the stronger reason why
they should uot t, allowed t. detsri-
crate.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-02-12

The Warrensburg Journal-Demo.
crat rises to remark 1.-The preachers
of Sedalia. at a r: cent meeting, decid-
ed to sit down on the Sunday morning
papers. They say in their resolutions
that the reading of secular papers on
Sunday is detrimental to the spiritual
interests of the church, and that here
after they will not furnish the Sunday
paper with notices Of Sunday services
But they will. They are simply mis-
taken when they say they Will not.
Preachers are just ike other men.
They want to get all out of this life
that there Is in it. They have all the
vanity. cIanishress and egotism OF
other men. When they fail to prici
their notices. they will find their con
grega;ions dropping OF. Then some
one among them with more brains
than prejudice, more charity than
cant, possessed Of more love Of doing
good than o. doing nothing OF halt
paw, viii have the courage to topnir
over this silly ecclesiastical bull
against the Sunday papers, aud make
the announcements an intelligent,
God-lea,inr. but by 10 means puri,-
anicaI people have right TO expect
Then they vii all march boldly up to
the reporters altar with their little Of
feriugs. We know all about it. We
have been all along the road the Sc
daIia reporters are travelling. They
can get the announcements for the
Sunday papers # they want them. A
good, pure, Sunday paper, edited by
. conscientious man, assisted by con-
scientious reporters, gets larger con-
gregation than any preacher in Sc
dalia, and lis opportunities for doing
GOOD are almost unbOunded. Every
BODY acquainted with newspaper work
knows that the Sunday paper is the
product of Saturdays toll. Hence the
chief sin of the Sunday paper is that,
poorly paid as it is. it is dividing the
field with the Sunday preacher"