The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-01-23
THE LEGISLATURE.

The Legislature of the State met on Mon
day night, but no business of Importance
was transacted that evening.
The announcement of the committees
constituted the principal feature i'll the
Senate, on Tuesday morning. The Demo
Gratis Jared very well at the hands of Presi-
dent Schenck, (whom they had elected) and
two committees We're given them. The
Senate did not recover from the announce
ment and adjourned at once for the day.
In the House on Tuesday morning, As
semblyman Braker made a motion that,
among the other standing committees for
the session, one be appointed OF Labor and
Industry. The motion was adopted, with
the amendment that the Speaker appoint
the Committee.
Among the bills introduced in the House
We're the following regulating the study
of hygiene and physiology in the public
schools eXempting firemen from taxation;
giving volunteer firemen the same rights
and privileges as paid tiremen; giving
counsel for the defendant in criminal cases
the right of making the opening and the
closing speech when no evidence is offered
i'll behalf of the defendent making all
marriages between males under 81 and te-
males under IS void, which are entered
into without the consent of parents or
guardians. One hundred bills have already
been introduced in the House and twenty
four III the Senate. The committees of the
House were announced at the afternoon
session.
Both houses held a joint meeting in the
House on Wednesday morning, and elected
the following: Chas. A. Butts, Of Camden,
for State Director of Railroads; John F.
cestcr, and David Cartwright, of Essex, as
State Prison Inspectors. The joint meet
ing then elected over one hundred Commits
sioners of Deeds.
At noon on Wednesday the Senate adj
journed for the week, after accomplishing
a very poor two weeks work. Only
twenty-siX bills have been presented in the
Senate and none ave even reached a sec
ond reading.
The House left for the week on Wednes-
day afternoon.
The National Temperance Society has
just issued a new pamphlet of forty pages,
being Blackboard Temperance Lessons,
No. .. consisting of thirteen choice and in
%structive lessons written expressly for the
Society by Mrs. w. f. Crafts, one of the
best writers for children in America. All
who have seen No. l will want No. ,. 1t
is an invaluable book in ehildren's work.
Each lesson is complete in itself, and con-
tains strong temperance truths, with black
board illustrations engraved expressly for
these lessons. and will be found very in
teresting and beneficial. They are adapted
to all juvenile societies, Sunday-schools,
Bands OF Hope, and for family reading and
study. Every teacher should have one.
The following are the titles of the lessons:
/, poison; ., blowing bubbles; B, good
health and long life; 4, effect of strong
drink on the heart; 5, how King Alcohol
steals; 6, drinking for friendship; 7, skin
bottles; 8, an ear of corn what is it good
for? o, fruit bottles and w~ine-bottles; 10,
a lesson from the acorn; II, eggs that
should be crushed; II, a whip of nine
lashes; 10, a declaration of independence.
1t should be i'll the hands of every child in
the land. Price 10 cents; 81 per dozen; 81
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Publishing Agent, SO Reade Street, New
York.