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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-30
HOW TO ~PREyENTFIREs.

l. Always buy the best quality of oil.
.. Never make a sudden motion with a
lamp, either in lifting it or setting it down.
3. Never place a lamp ON the edge of a
table or mantel.
4. Never fill a lamp after dark. even if
you should have to go without a light.
). See that the lamp wicks are always
clean, and that they work freely in the
tube.
g.. Never blow a lamp out from the top.
Z. Never take a light to a closet where
there are clothes. If necessary to go to the
closet place the light at a distance.
s. Use candles when possible in going
about the house and in bedrooms. They
are cheaper, can't explode and for many
purposes are just as good as lamps.
9. Matches should always be kept in
stone or earthen jars or in tin.
10. They should never be left where
rats or mice can get hold of them. There
is nothing more to the taste of a rat than
PHOSPHORUS. They will eat it if they can
get at it. A bunch of matches is almost
certain to be set fire to if a rat gets at it.
II. Have perfectly good safes in every
place where matches are to be used, and
never let a match be left on the floor.
u. Never let a match go out of your
hand after lighting it until You are sure
the fire is out, and then it is better to put
it in a stove or earthen dish.
ID. 1t is far better to use the safety
matches which can be only lighted upon
the box which contains them.
IA. Have your furnaces examined care
fully in the fall, and at least once during
the wiLter by a competent person. All
the pipes and iues should be carefully
looked to.
10. If there are any closets in the house
near chimneys or tiues, which there ought
not to be, put nothing of a combustible
nature into them. Such closets viii soil
silver and crack crockery and burn bed
ding. They form a bad part of any house
that contains them.
16. Never leave any wood near a furnace.
range or stove to dry.
II. Have your stove looked to frequently
to see that there are no holes for Goals to
drop out.
Is. Never put any hot ashes or Goals in a
wooden receptacle.
10. Be sure there are nj curtains or
shades that can be blown into a gaslight.
90. Never examine a gas metre after
dark.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-30
PRETTY QUEBEC GIRLS.
What Outdoor Exercises and Pure Air
Does for W~Omankind.

There are no homely girls in Quebec, p"
a na~tive-born Canadian said to a visitor to
the ancient citadel city of Canada. 81
have often stood at a window and watched
for one in the throng passing on the side
walks, but | have never yet seen a Quebec
girl who could be described as ugly. /
don't claim that they are all absolutely
beautiful; but there is something in the
clear, invigorating air, and perhaps in the
soil and surroundings of this lofty and
rocky city that gives them sparkling eyes;
brilliant compilations and elasticity of step.
Montreal is full of pretty women, but
Quebec can beat her in that respect.
'Have you noticed how easily the
Quebec girls climb the steep city streets ?
When they are ascending the sidewalk that
slopes upward at an apparent angle of
thirty degrees they don't mind it. They
don't lag, they don't get out of breath,
they don't stagger from one side of the
walk to the other. They just go up as
lightly and gracefully as any lady can
walk across a parlor floor. You can't do
it and keep pace with them, unless you've
been brought up here. They'd tire you
out before you got half way from Break
neck Steps to Dufferin Terrace. The ex-
ercise they get is partly the secret of their
good looks.
'Then there's another thing that helps.
They're out of doors half the time. On a
pleasant evening the terrace, that broad
plank promenade which stretches for a
quarter of a mile along the top of the pre-
cipice under the brow of Cape Diamond, is
crowded with them, strolling in pairs or
groups, chatting. laughing and perhaps
flirting a little. You don't mind that, do
you? No. Well, look what a pleasure
ground it is. Two hundred feet above the
waters of the st. Lawrence and facing one
of the finest views in the world. as every
body admits, which extends from Point
Levi down the river to Cape Tourment,
and from the gorge Of Montmorenci far
back among the Laurentian Mountains.
You can't blame us Quebeckers for being
proud of it. And there's where the Quebec
girls breathe the pure air that puts roses in
their cheeks and the snap into their eyes.
Yes, sir; steep streets and plenty Of fresh
air. and perhaps the subtle influence of a
world-famous landscape form the chief
secret Of the beauty of our girls
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-30

The February number Of the COTTAGE
HEARTH is one of the best we have seen.
The frontispiece, emitted THE Best Val
entine,' shows a pretty girl, warmly
clad in cloak and furs, making her
way through a fierce snow storm with a
basket on her arm. evidently intended for
some poor family. Mrs. Diaz tells a new
''Bedquilt Story IN her droll, old-fashion-
ed way, which made her ''William Henry
books so popular. A fine poem, on the
THE Loss of Faith, " is contributedby Hez-
ekiah Butterworth, familiar to the young
folks as the author of the "Zig-Zag' jour
neys. The leading article of the number
is an editorial sketch of the life and work of
Millet, the French painter; accompanied by
seven beautiful black and white drawings
from his paintings, including an excellent
portrait of the artist himself. "a Drive
through Saco.' "A Yankee Newsboy of
the War and ''Some California Birds
are among the shorter stories and articles,
The domestic departments of the magazine
seem to he well sustained, containing a
large amount Of original matter of value
and interest.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-30
THE TALKING DOG.

1t was a Market street restaurant. A
solemn man entered, followed by his dog,
seated himself and asked for the bill of
fare. 1t was given him.
The dog meanwhile had climbed upon the
chair on the other side of the table, and
was gravely regarding his master.
well" said the solemn man, reflect
lively, ''gimme two fried eggs turned
over
'Gimme the same said the dog.
The waiter gazed at the dog with amaze
ment mingled with horror. The solemn
man continued;
''Then | guess you can give me a sirloin
steak, very rare, with fried potatoes
''Gimme the same, said the dog.
The walters face assumed the color of
cold boiled yea.
Soup o coffee, plenty o milk, went ON
the solemn man.
''Gimme the same" said the dog.
The waiter shuddered, and turning, fled
for the kitchen.
A man with a squint, at an adjoining
table, was much interested in the scene.
He had observed it closely, and finally
spoke to the solemn man:
SIT must "a been a fearful lot % work
to learn that dog to talk, mister.
at was" said the solemn man.
II should SMILE said the dog.
'What nd you take for him now ," said
the man with a squirt.
''Wouldn't sell him." said the solemn
man.
You'd better not, said the dog.
The man with a squint was much inn
pressed. He began making wild offers,
and when he reached a thousand dollars,
the solemn man relented.
''Wel," said lie, Il can't refuse that.
| hate to part with him, but you can have
him."
"He'll be sorry for it,, said the dog.
The man with a squint drew a check for
the amount, which he gave to the solemn
man. The latter was about leaving when
the dog cried again:
Never mindful get even. I'll never
speak again"
He never did.
The gentleman with a squint was the pro-
prietor of a dime and freak museum on
Market street.
The solemn man was a ventriloquial
crook.
| -
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-30
HE DIDN'T FIGURE LIKE THAT.

A German tailor in Il village in Canada
failed a few days ago and called a meeting
to show that his liabilities were 81. 900 and
his assets $1,000.
1T thus appears, said one of the credi-
itor, that you can pay % cents N the
dollar"
''yher, l doan' figure like dot" replied
the tailor.
How do you fgure?"
Why. ] pays feefty Gets On der dollar
''How can you do that when your assets
only allow for one-fourth -
'yhell, l prings the odder money down
from der house,
He was not permitted to fail.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-30
OUTING For The Year 1885.

During the year 1885 Outing will be brighter
stronger and better than ever before. Its spe-
cial field of outdoor recreation of the higher
sort will be adhered to. 1t will advocate, de-
scribe and illustrate bicycling and tricycling,
Yachting, canoeing, tennis playing, the various
forms Of pleasure travel, physical culture, and
the intelligent study and enjoyment of nature.
outing will be of interest not only to those
who practice one or more of the active recrea-
tions, but to all who enjoy breezy description,
apt and artistic illustration, first-class fiction,
and a pervading flavor of the woods and hills.
Among the writers who have contributed to
Outing, or promised contributions during the
coming wear, are John Burroughs, Will Carrie
ton, John Boyle O'Reilly, George Parsons La
throp, Andrew Carnegie, Julia Z. r.. Dorr, Lou
Use Stockton, Arlo Bates, Maurice Thompson,
Joel Benton, William IL. Rideing, Edith NJ.
Thomas Elaine Goodale, Dora Goodale, Amanda
b. Harris, Kirk Munroe, Wallace Bruce, Presi-
dent Bates, Charles +. Pratt, c. +. 5. Wood,
j. W.. Formey, sylvester Baxter, &. A. Neide,
Gen. Robert s. Oliver, Arthur Gilman, T.. 5.
Gilbert, Bradford Torrey, Karl kron, G. L.. Nor
Ton, Sophie SWEET, Nina Caroline Smith, Abbie
G.. Percy, NJ. IL Catherwood, W. h. Gritfis, John
Il. Drury. William Sloane Kennedy, :. Conant
Foster, W. II. Hayne, c. A.. Hazlett. J. r. W.
Hitchcock, John Il. Marsh, g. Lacy Hitler, Ar
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Frank II. Converse, and many others.
Among the many artists who have done ex-
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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-30
VOL. II.


When the wing of the bird is broken
The song of the bird is fed:
In its heart is no note u~nspoken-
The bird, alas, is dead!
For the sympathy of the shadow,
The bird the light will shun:
And vainly will bud the meadow,
And vainly will rise the sun.
The May and the flowers up spripging
To its heart no joy will bring:
All! life is a bird and its singing,
And faith in God is its wing.
When the wing of the bird is broken,
In its heart is no note u%nspoken:
The song of the bird is fled,
And the bird, alas, is dead!
-Hezekidh ButteraUorM in Feb. COHdg'
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-30

Teach the boys the same standard of pur-
ity as you do the girls. Make every man
and boy know that III n woman could
become a prostitute unless some nan fell
also. Teach them to reverence the pro
creative trust. Teach them to reverence
the material in woman. Teach a girl that
womanhood is above wifehood; teach her
to expect of her husband the same purity
he demands of her.-Hrs. StoekAam before
tie Moraf Education Society.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-30

What a man knows should find its ex-
preston in what he does. The value of
superior knowledge is chiefly in tina it
leads to a performing manhood.
for more than they are worth, and bear in
mind what alteration ia sometimes pro-
duced in their current value by the course
of time.
The best rules to form a young man are
to talk little, to hear much, 10 reflect alone
upon what has passed in company, TO dis
trust ones own opinions, and value others
that deserve it.
Mighty is the force of motherhood. II
transforms all things by its vital heart; 1t
turns timidity into false courage, and dread
less defiance into tremulous submission;
il turns thoughtlessness into foresight,
and yet still all self-denial into calm COM
tent.
The best thing to give yonr enemy is
forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance: 10
a friend. your heart; to a child, a good ex-
ample; TO a father, Difference; TO your mo-
ther, conduct that will make her proud Of
you; To yourself, respect; 10 all men. char
ity.
Infinite toll would not enable you to
sweep away a mist; by but ascending a
little you may overlook it altogether. So
it is with your moral improvement We
wrestle fierceiy with q vicious habit which
would have no hold upon ms if we ascend
I'd into a higher moral atmosphere,
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-30

About 1000 miles of new main track
have been laid during 1884 on 166 different
lines, the lowest point reached in the an
nails of American railway building since
1878, when but e.Gii6 miles Of new track
We're laid.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-30

The King of Bavaria has just lost one of
his hunting castles by fire. 1t was first
robbed and then fired.
The ice bridge at Niagara is immediate
ly below tie falls, and is formed from the
huge blocks of ice which go over the cata-
ract and become weaged into al almost
alamantine mass.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-30

The vendue season will soon be here and
the place to get your bills at short notice is
at the MONITOR office.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-30

Boston Glo5e; Women as cashiers are
not only as honest and careful, but even
more so than men, In the first place, wo-
men are held by stringent rules toa s%tricter
code of morality. They can and do live
less extensively than men; they are called
upon to give less valuable presents than
men, and Il they visit the opera or theatre
their fare is either paid by their male es-
corts or they so alone. Then, again, the
great causes of the downfall Of male cash
iers are speculation, fast horses and other
forms of dissipation foreign to women.
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50 The Donkey seated himself back and
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has grown familiar to hundreds of Thousands
OF young readers and their interest and in
telligent enjoyment have constantly in
spircd the editor and publishers to fresh eff
fort. To-day its strength is in its whole
some growth, its sympathy with young life,
its hearty recognition OF the movement OF
events, and its steadily increasing literary
and pictorial resources. The following are
some OF the good things already secured for
future numbers of 81. Nich0lu.
" Ills One FdvH." a serial story for boys,
by the popular author, J. T. Trowbridge.
" Personality C0aductcd," illustrated papers
on famous places in Europe BY Frank r..
Stockton.
"Hstoric GirE,' companion series to
" Historic Boys" BY f. 5. Brooks.
" Rcgdy Far Business suggestions to boys
about to choose an occupations based on
personal interviews with prominent repre-
sentatives of various trades AID professions
BY G. J. Manson.
'"D,icen Back 10 Edco, serial. By E.
?. Roe.
Talks For Yovag F6lts," series ofpop-
ular papers, by II. H. Helen Jacksonl.
" lmong the Lav-MQkcrs': recollectons
of boy-page in the L. :. Senate,-contain-
ing mach political information, both instruc-
tive and amusing BY Edmund Alton.
" DqryaHd tie Goblin, avery funny serial
story by new writer, Chas. Carryl.
SHIRT Stories by Louisa NJ. Acott.
" The Progress of hrcafi0a": " From Pa
lanquin to Parlor-car," From Cross-bow
to lOO-ton Gun, etc. Descriptive papers,
BY Chas. f. Bolton.
" .lr Work tor Young Foiks' papers on
decorative handicraft, by Chas. c. Leland.
",Nccp ar .Siirer? ~ a story of Texan life.
BY the late Rev. William VI. Baker.
=" 4 Garden of G6ls," being six short sto-
ries for girls, by Six Leading Writers.
q" Taies Of Trio C0atneHts" stories of adj
venture, BY \. II. Boycsen.
" Cdrt0oas to, Boys and Girl" funny pic
lures. by St. Nicholas Artists.
From Boch ~ lTdgner": brief, pointed
biographies of great musicians. By Agatha
Tunis.
SDecinl PaDcrs by chosen writers, including
Mary Hallock Foote, Joaquin Miller, Alice
Wellington Rollins, c. b. Bartlett, Harriet
Prescott Spoford, Rev. Washington Glad
den, Julia SchayeS Anna Lea Merritt, w.
O. Stoddard, d. Ker Ernest Ingersoll, Clara
+. Clement. Lieutenant Schwatka.
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very best artists and cngravcrs,-and there
will be plenty of them. In the November
and December numbers are beautiful
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