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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-03-08
Fellow Sinners.

Among the Presidents fellow worship
pers will be Admiral Calhoun, j. W. Doug
las Endicott King, F. D. Frelinghuysen,
Mrs. d. W. Mahon, Miss Lipscomb, W. W.
Upton, Colonel Dyer, Colonel A. A. Hos
mer, General f. D. Sewall, Mrs. r. NJ.
Chandler, ". P. Frye, Samuel ]. Shellbar-
ger, Miss A. r. Thurlow, II. s. Cummins,
General II. E. Paine, D. L. Yules, G. G.
Gorhsm, Mrs. B. S. Tracy, W. G. Ford, E.
NJ. Marble, s. F. Phillips, James Harlan, D..
X. Carter, ]. P. Bradley, DR.. D. W. Bliss,
Colonel Hodge, j. e. Gordon, s. Nimmo, Dr.:
E. NJ. Gallsudet, j. W. Maury, Colonel l.. +
Wright, C. B. Walker, Mrs. joseph Mac
Farland, Mrs. Blsyden. n. D. Larner, and
R. NJ. Reynolds The church is a two
story building, the school room being on
the ground floor, and the church proper be.
ing above it. The pulpit is of marble, and
about eight feet from where the President
will sit. Designs OF pillars painted in gold
are on the wall on both sides of the pulpit
platform. Emblazoned in many colors,
gold predominating, is the following legend,
which he will have before his eyes while
worshipping in the church:
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-03-08
ro.SIGHrs REHEARSAL,

~ the Opera House Orchestra, at haen-
nerchor Hall.
This evening the Opera House orchestra
will give another Of their always enjoyable
rebesrsals at Maennerchor Hall, commene'
inc At 8 o'clock. Below We give the pro
gTamme. which includes a violin solo BY
Prof L. Vaas:
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-03-08
L. y.as, MuSicsl Director.

An Elm Groye car will be held until after
tie rehearsal, 10 accommodate persons
from Fulton and out the pike who may de-
sire 10 attend
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-03-08

Finale from NRcbetb. - CIV
T,pts.ia-1 Observation-Disclosures Won Iha-
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Cryfits do Paeha, from the Journey 1hroogh
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PROGRAMME.

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Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-07-18
WILD ROSES.

On long, serene midsummer days
Ofnpening fruit and yellowed grain,
How sweetly, by dim woodland ways,
In tangled hedge or eafy lane,
Fair wild rose thickets, you unfold
Those pale pink stars with hearts of gold
Your sleek patrician sisters dwell
On lawns where CLEANS the shrubs trim boSl
In terraced gardens, rendered well,
Near pebbled walk and quaint kiosk,
In costliest urns their colOrs rest;
They beam on beauty's fragrant breast.
How some are kept in old, dear books,
That once in bridal Wreaths were worn;
How some are kissed with tender looks,
And later tossed aside with scorn;
How some their spotless petals lay
On icy foreheads pale as they
So, while these truths you vaguely guess,
A bloom in many a lonesome spot,
Thy roadside roses, may you bless
The fate that rules your modest lot,
Like rustic maids that meekly stand
Below the ladies of the land!
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-07-18
The Silver FlagOn.
Continued from last oCeek.)

He was rather looked down upon by his
next brother and the rest of the family
even my father was sometimes little fret
ted at bis slowness and uncouthness of
manner; but my mother and [, knew where
to look for gentle helpfulness, ready I'M
sefshnesss, and answering truth and 10y
atty, not often met with in lads of his age.
My mother was entirely devoted to Wolf,
and | little less so.
Jim was the next. He was fourteen and
very different from Wolf, He was not
handsome either being pale, thin and red
haired, but made up for it by his keen wit
and cleverness. My father was very
proud Of him, and prophesied great things
for jim, ignoring the fact that he was apt
TO be witty at ether fokes' expense, and
somewhat conceited about his ceyerness.
But then my father always made 50 much
allowance for young folk, and the exuber-
ance of of life which is 50 apt to show it.
self in unpleasant forms.
| came next, and was at this time
twelve-ycar old, demure, rather handy lit
tie lass, who spoke little, but observed a
good deal. | was always mothers right
hand, but at the same time a close friend
ship existed between me and my father.
partook something of the nature of each,
and was, therefore, | am happy to be able
to say it, very dear to both,
Ellen was eleven, very bright, pretty and
clever, though pctuIent in temper She
was devoted to Jim, as ! was to Wolf; but
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-07-18

Host Something OF 'Dq friend At
entertaining KENTUCKY ,h ,onan
ne0-" Would you l Oh The co1i'
T" NV Well, 1 don't mind ! bad ,,,,l IA, ,ra..
way here, but I guess can +
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-07-18

often pitied her, for Jim's moods were
countless, and he made poor Ellen the
slave of them all.
After Ellen came three little brothers
Dick, Harry and Jack. aged eight, seven
and six. They were all three as like as
possible, very fat, very rosy, and full of
of spirits and mischief.
Then came tiny Nan, three years old, a
lovely little fairy, with curly golden hair;
and large, dark, wistful eyes. She was
fathers daring, and have often heard
him, as he sat with her on his knee, pray
God that he might live to see his little Nan
woman grown.
Lately there was baby, fat rolypoly of
six months old, who of course ruled the
house. Her name was. Margaret.
And now, my young readers, you will
understand what household my mother
had to keep in order. We were by no
means model children, but quarrelled and
tore our clothes, and got in and out of
scrapes, as boys and girls will. But though
my father and mother never troubled their
heads about the terms lady and gentle
man, we were taught all that really is re-
quired to form gentlehood,' if you under
stand what [ mean.
Even farmers children, who have their
way to make in the world, may learn
and practise the unwritten code of laws
which govern those about them. Quick
and silent observation Of what is pleasing
and refined, courtesy and consideration for
others, minds attuned to noble thoughts,
with their natural fruit Of noble deeds
these were what my father desired to teach
us, and with these he was content.
CHAPTER 1.-THE RUINS.
In those days we young people had plen-
" 10 no. SoLnetllneS we grumOIed over
our tasks, but think we would not have
been half 50 happy without them; for
though our father was one of the richest
farmers in the county, and though we had
plenty of seryants-too many, our mother
used to dcclarc-we were not brought up
to be fine ladies and gentlemen.
There were number of easy little house
hold tasks and much pretty dainty needle
work for baby and ourselves, which fell to
ElIen's and my share. Poor Ellen! she
was sadly volatile, and had not my grit for
sitting still, SO that her life was not nearly
so easy to her as mine was to me-
Then outdoors, Wolf, who would be
master some day. and jim, who was han
Arkansas ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1884-1886, 1885-07-18

" Oh Oh Inc other hand, did not o,...
bic at all, but I could not helm S''q'
ing sometimes that the life of farns a''.I'
not the life he would have chosen. p Ra W
was settled for him, poor fellow fl. J p'1'l
son Of the HartraYs always took H. IVY \
hey Farm as matter of course al ~
voted his life to it. I thought pood ~ !,
about Wolf sometimes as I sat ovo, !.
work, there was a patient stilhes.
dear plain face which went to nv h..
And yet | could not suppose him, n yl5
a home as ours, to be unhappy.
There was Que subject which we vop,,
folk talked over in the gable-attic, i'll
am sure it must have been worn nD,,r,
threadbare. It was grievance, and every
one who knows children, especially very
happy ones, knows how eagerly grevans
is pounced upon amongstthem.
Our grievance was this.
Oldcourt was very small, lonely vi. |
lage, in the heart of the leaty county b
which we lived. There were but few cot |
tages and but one great house-0ldcon
House, where lived Squire 0Idcouh and !
bis family. The nearest town, NeVnn
ster, was seven miles off and a very in !
town it was in our youthful eyes.
There were two good schools init
different ends of the town, one for boys
and one for girls, and to these schools
Wolf, jim, Ellen and I, went tverynor
ing. We had to break fast and start very :
early, but that was not our grievance
We always went the seven miles n
light cart, drawn by stout pony, m
driven in turn by the two boys HD
merry drives those were! Very ''llH'
for we always left ourselves plenty Of D'
to jump out and gather flowers ID T.
hedges, or look for birds nests ana '-'
up and down the hills to ease Inc PVI
which was, however, as strong as al
phant all the time. Then when SD
was over, we set out home again at f'd
more leisurely pace, for there was ' ,,,.a
ner- basket, which our mother wa :. :"
to provide for us, to open, anu
tents to discuss.
[ think we were generally f''"'
to reach home, for there was 50 lD' .'ir,t
when we would rather have been ,'. ~
the Abbey ruins, enjoying the las as, N
delicious summer day. For t1 les, i,
drives, as we called them, only : 'I ,be y
in the summer, the best part u
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-05-01
~ lfdcQregOr..
THE SEASONS.

When that the jocund Spring is here,
And violets blue meath hedges peer.
When cowslips bold and oXlips pale
Adorn the dell and star the dale,
Methinks that tits the time of year
Which most of all becomes my dear.
When summer, with her glorious train
OF sultry hours reigns once again:
When heavy hangs each roses head
With languor of much sweetness bred,
Methinks that it's the time of year
Which most of all becomes my dear.
When Autumn steals DER weald and void,
B~espangling many Il eopse with gold,
When yiolets ope their eyes anew,
And sleeping heads are white with dew,
Methinks that it's the time of year
Which most of all becomes my dear.
When winter, softly passing by,
With snowy plumes wells earth and sky:
When snow drops in God acre prove
That death is not the end oflove,
Methinks that it's the time of year
Which most of all becomes my dear.
From the 81. Janes's Gazette
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-05-01
NEWSPAPERS OF TO-DAY.

People generally, and even those who
may be termed steady readers and close
observers, have but a faint conception of
the magnitude and influence the press of
this country has attained. From a care
full examination of the advance pages of
the 1885 edition of the American Newspa-
per Directory, issued May LIST, by Geo. p.
Rowell & Co, of New York, it appears
that there are IA, 147 newspapers and pc
riodicals published in the United States
and Canada; of these the United States has
2,973, an average of one paper for every
1857 persons. In 1884 the total number
of newspapers was less by S23 than at pres
ent, and while the gain this year is not so
marked as in some previous years, it is
still considerable. Kansas shows the great
est increase, the number being rs, while
Illinois follows with a gain of II. 1t is
curiou to notice that New York. the scene
of so much political activity during the
last campaign, should have only about one
third as many new papers as the State of
Pennsylvania. As an idex to the compar-
alive growth and prosperity of different
sections of the country, especially the Ter
~ritories. the number of new papers forms
an interesting study, and may well occupy
the attention of the curious.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-05-01
TKaOUGIETFUL SAYINGS.

The root of all benevolent actions is filial
piety and fraternal love.
Manner is one of the greatest engines of
influence ever given to man.
Hidden virtue is often despised, mas
much as nothing extols it in our eyes.
Conscience is the voice of the soul; the
passions are the voice of the body.
Men seldom improve when they have no
other models than themselves to cop after.
Modesty is to worth what shadows are
in a painting; she gives to it strength and
relief.
You cannot dream yourself into a char
aeter: you must hammer and forge your
self one.
That which causes us to lose most of our
time is the repugnance which we naturally
have to labor.
There are many men whose tongues
might govern multitudes if they could gov
ern their tongues.
A law may be reasonable in itself,
although a man does not allow it, or does
not know the reason of the law giver.
None are so seldom found alone, and are
so soon tired of their own company, as
those coxcombs who are ON the best terms
with themselves.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-05-01

HI AmericGn AgricuttariSt for May, 1885,
surpasses in every respect any number pre-
viously issued. Notwithstanding the great
improvements made during the past twelve
months, the Publishers assert that this issue
excels any of the twelve, both as regards the
character of the matter, the diversity of sub
jects treated, and the splendid illustrations.
The May cover is perhaps the most ornamen-
tai of anything which has been issued in a
Magazine cover for a long time. The opening
of farmers returning home after their May
full-page picture of celebrated Jersey cattle.
yery's Ride to the Elf Queen, by Bennett an
Ostrich Farm in South America, sent expressly
to the american A~gricuturist from Cape Col
ony; a magnificent picture of II pheasant, to-
gether with engravings of Humming Birds
Nest, Weaver Birds, Household Conveniences,
Cypress Trees, various breeds OF pigs, House
Plans for Building costing $500, Homemade
Earth Commodes, Cattle Stanehions, and n
number labor-sayirg contrivanccs. Paul Muel
Ter contributes a large exquisite picture OF
Landscape, which, together with cattle, water
views, etc, returning birds, flowers, etc, etc.,
make a most attractive group. All of these
illustrations are accompanied with a great va
riety of original articles on the Farm, Garden
and Household by the leading rural writers in
the world. Henry stewart, for twelve years
one of the editors of the american AgTfcHttu-
tist, has again resumed his connection. 1t UNI
questionably now has the strongest eQltorlai
force ever gotten together ON a periodical,
subscription price. Si.5n per year, Sihsie
number, II cents.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-05-01
FRUITS As FOOD AND ME DICINE.

OF all the fruits with which we are
blessed, says the Journal of Health, the
peach is the most digestible. There is
nothing more palatable, wholesome, and
medicinal than good, ripe peaches. They
should be ripe, but not over-ripe and half
rotten; and of this kind they may make a
part of either meal, or be eaten between
meals; but it is better to make them part
of the regular meals. 1t is a mistaken idea
that no fruit should be eaten at breakfast.
1t would be far better if our people would
eat less bacon and grease at breakfast and
more fruit. In the morning there is an
acrid state of the secretions, and nothing is
SO well calculated to correct this as cooling
sub-acid fruits, such as peaches, apples,
etc. Still, most of us have been taught
that eating fruit before breakfast is highly
dangerous. How the idea originated / do
not know but it is certainly a great error,
contrary to both reason and facts. The
apple is one of the best.of fruits. Baked or
stewed apples will generally agree with the
most delicate stomach, and are an excel
lent medicine in many cases of sickness.
Green or half-ripe apples stewed and sweet
ened are pleasant to the taste, cooling, and
n~ourishing, and laxative, far superior, in
many cases, to the abomipable doses of
salts and oil usually given in fever and
other diseases. Raw apples and dried APP
pies stewed are better for constipation than
some pills. Oranges are very acceptable
to most stomachs, having all the adyan-
tages of the acids alluded to; but the
orange juice should alone be taken, reject
ing the pulp. The same may be said of
lemons, pomegranates, and all that class.
Lemonade is the best drink in fevers, and
when thickened with sugar is better than
sirup Of squills and other nauseants in
many cases of cough. Tomatoes act or
the liver and bowels, and are much more
pleasant and safe than blue mass. The
juice should be used alone, rejecting the
skins. The small-seeded fruits, such as
blackberries, figs, raspberries, c~urrants,
and straw berries, may be classed among
INT DtSt lOOuS anu AltQlClHcS. 1T sugar
in them is nutritious, the acid is cooling
and purifying, and the seeds are laxative.
We would be much the gamers if We would
look more to- our orchards and gardens
for our medicines and less to our drug
stores. To cure fever or act on the kidneys,
no fcbrifuge or diuretic is superior to wa
termelon, which may with very few excep-
tons be taken in sickness and health in al
most unlimited quantities, not only with
out injury, but with positive benefit. But
in using them the water or juice, should be
taken, excluding the pulp; and the melon
should be fresh and ripe, but not over-ripe
and stale.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-05-01
A special Notice to our acaders.

THE COTTAGE HEARTH Is, as its name indi-
Gates, a home magazine, and to those who are
acquainted with it, needs no higher recommen-
dation than to say it is better than ever before
For ten years it has had a steady growth both
in circ ulation and literary quality, and now is
"a most excellent home magazine, crammed full
of good things, among which there is always
something to amuse or instruct every member
of the family. Its poetry is by some of our
very best writers, its short stories entertain
ing, its descriptive sketches most attractively
written, and its articles on gardening and
other home SUBJECTS are ofgreat practical value.
Special features of this interesting magazine
are original stories and poems by the best
American writers, and among its recent con-
tributors we notice Edward Everett Hale, Lucy
Larcom, Celia ThaXter, George Macdonald,
Louise Chandler Moulton, Joaquin Miller,
Mrs. ~. NJ. Diaz, Thos. 5. Collier and b. p. Shil-
laber. Its departments of music, fancy-work,
Horticulture, fashions, receipts and household
hints are filed each month with articles of
great practical worth, ana Will prove fnvalua-
BILE to ladies. We would especially commend
to our young readers the Young Folks De-
partment where they will find puzzles and
games, with prizes offered for correct solu-
ton. In fact, the magazine from its old-time
fireplace on its front cover, all through its we'll
printed and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES pages, is
wholesome and interesting, and taking the
magazine, all in all, We Go not see how Il family
can get along without its monthly visits. We
are therefore glad to call our readers attention
to the fact that we offer the COTTAGE HEARTH
for Il year, free of charge,
1st. To anyone not ao'o a subscriber who
will send us $3.50 for Il years subscription to
this paper.
I'd. To anyone of our subscribers who will
send us the name of n nP7p subscriber to orr
paper with sl.50.
80. To anyone of our present subscribers
who viii renew their subscription and send
I5cts. additional, $I.75 in all.
If you want TO see the Cofdge Hearth before
ordering it, we VIII send you a free sample
copy ADDRESS,,
Tho MONITOR. WnodstOMn. \. j.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-05-01
STATISTICS CONCERNING WOMEN.

Almost all the Southern states have q
nearly equal number of each sex. In Mas
sachusetts the females between twenty
and fifty years of age exceed the males
of the same age by about A, 200. In rs
cities the excess of females is about 49,
600. That illiteracy prevails more among
women is due probably TO the foreign pop
~ulation. Women contribute less pauper-
ism, the proportion being 81 900 to 36, 900.
The ratio of prison inmates stands 5.06S
women to "a, 100 males. Women are in
excess among the insane, men in excess
among the idiotic, blind and deaf mutes.
The proportion Of women who engage in
occupations outside of the household is
smaller in the United States than in foreign
countries, but in no country is the proper
tionate number engaged in superior indus
trial occupations equal to that in this coun-
try. OF the 2,647, 900 women in occupa-
tions 595. 600 are engaged in agriculture,
most of them colored women in the south
ern states; 632, 600 are in manufactures, of
whom about one-half are in New York.
Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania; 2S2 900
are milliners, ETC.; SO, 900 are tailors. OF
the A occupations recorded as personal
service forty find women in them. The
525 females surgeons of 1870 have increas-
ed to 2,413; the Z lawyers to 80; the 65
clergymeD to 1855. The number of laun-
dries has increased from 81 900 in 1870 to
122, GOO, and of the latter los, 900 are kept
by women. The large increase shows a
great Tightening of the housewives labor.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-05-01
INCREASED DURATION OF LIFE.

The stage to which we have at present
attained may be stated thus: compared with
the period 1838-1954 (the earliest for
which there are trustworthy records, the
average of a mans life is now 41.9 years
instead of 1913 and of a woman's 4J.3 in
stead of 41.9 years, an addition of eight
per cent. to the female life and five per
cent. to the males. OF each thousand
males born at the present day, forty-four
more will attain the age of thirty-fve than
used TO be the case previous to 1871. For
the whole of life the estimate now is that
Of one thousand persons (one-half males
and one-half females) 81 survive at the age
of forty-fve, 26 at fifty-five, 8 at sixty-fve,
3 at seventy-five and l at eighty-five. To
put the case in another way, every thou
sand persons born since 1870 will live
about {, 200 longer than before. In other
words, the life of a thousand persons is
now equal in duration to that of l,070 per-
sons previously: and 900 births will now
keep up the growth of our population as
well as 1,010 births used to do. This is
equivalent in result to an increase of our
population and in the best form, viz. not
by more births but by fewer deaths, which
means fewer maladies and better health.
What is more, nearly 20 per cent. of this in
crease of life takes place Cor is lived) in the
useful period"-namely, between the ages
of twenty and sixty. Thus of the 2, 700 adj
ditional years lived by each thousand Of
our population 20 per cent, or 1 $3.50 years.
will be a direct addition to the working
power of our people.
1t is to be remembered that there might
be a great addition to the births in a coun-
try with little addition to the national
working power may, with an actual re-
duction of the national wealth and pros
perity-seeing that. regarded as economic
agents, children are simply a source of ex-
pense and so also are a majority of the
elderly who have passed the age of three
score. On the other hand, as already said,
ONLY one-quarter of the longer or additional
life now enjoyed by our people is passed in
the useless periods of childhood and old
age and more than one third of it is lived
when life is in its highest vigor; and most
productive alike Of wealth and enjoyment.
Tile CornhiU Maqazine.