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The Monitor., 1885-01-16
The whisky Ring.

The New York 7fibuhe of the 81 inst.
contains some comment upon the plans of
the Whisky Ring. This ayaricious cruel
monster seeks to delraud the Government
out of the SS1 900. 900 tax now due, after
having robbed the poor people out of many
millions, and mflicting untold miserics
upon hundreds of thousands. 1t says,
powerful efforts were made in Congress
year after year. to get the tax abolished.
What said efforts consisted of we are not
told. We know however that with its
enormous revenues of hundreds of millions
it has no lack of means for any corrupt
measures to which it may desire to resort.
Attorney General Brewster has recently
given a decision, which furnished an OPP
portunity to the Whisky Ring to take adj
vantage of the Government, and it will not
be slow to improve it. Let temperance
men be on the watch, and see how this new
move comes out and who is responsible
for it. Moreover, let everybody see how
the Rum Monopoly defies law, and does
as it pleases. What other trade refuses to
pay its taxes and seeks to evade the law !?
This enemy to society is everywhere an
outlaw. 1t tramples upon any obligation
that stands in the way of its profit. JUS
tice demands its speedy eXtirpation.
The Monitor., 1885-01-16

The greatest empire of the world to-day,
The Womans Christian Temperance Union
stands.
Its star of empire westward takes its way,
And eastward, mort ward. southward
through the lands
Columbia first the rising power enthrones,
And deep in truth immortal builds its seat:
She waves its standards to the waiting zones,
Which must ere long the gates of hell defeat.
'Tis woman in her queenly majesty,
As mother, sister, daughter, and the wife;
Who wieds her sceptrc wrought in sympathy,
As wide MS woes imperil human life
The compass of the universal home,
Alone can bound the lines of her estate;
From royal heights of her paatial dome,
Reviews The range OF wrongs She would
abate.
Vast as her love, far reaching is her aim,
Nor wears the crown. nor bears the shield for
naught:-
Protection of her offspring marks her fame,
Of priceless worth but often dearly bought
She gave the world Emmanuel, whose grace
In human hearts must true dominion hold:
Beside Him now she joyful takes her place,
And pavcs for man lifes rugged ways With
gold.
"All hail ~ o. woman , hath Messiah said
Last III the cross when others basely fed.
Twas thou wholingered while the Master blcd,
And found him first when risen from the
dead.
Behold the secret of thy power 10 win:
10 cleaVe To Christ the greatest good To gain:
70 cleuvc to man to break the bonds of sin:
The right to rule shah in thy hands remain.
Lead ON the loyal legions brave ana trne!
Hold high the standards of humanity
The world awaits the final grand review,
Whem ON thy ensigns perches victory.
The Monitor., 1885-01-16
GEN ERAI. NEWS.

Florida Strawberries are selling in New
York for ten cents apiece.
The first edition of the February num-
Der of the Century will be 11J0 90.
Tomatoes are being used by Columbia
county, Fla, farmer to make vinegar.
The Treasurer of the United States re-
commendS the abolition of the three cent
piece.
Duncan c. Ross, of notoriety as an
athlete, has reformed and is to become a
preacher.
Telegraphng rates to some points are
now almost as cheap as postage W as half a
century ago
The Governors of the States of Pennsyl-
vania and New York receive over s21. per
day as their salary
The New Orleans Exposition occupies
eleven acres more of ground than did the
Centennial in Philadelphia
The Washington Monument weighs 81
1870 tons and cost 81, ,187,7l0 Of which
Congress appropriated 1887, 10.
The next New Years Day will fall ON
Friday; Decoration Day on Saturday, and
the Fourth of July on Saturday.
Twelve wagon loads of letter and papers
are delivered daily at the Capitol for mem
bers of the House Of Representatives
The Monitor., 1885-01-16
Temperance Pctitions.

The following is a letter written by Mrs.
NJ. c. Mobiles, in regard to tie petitions
which will be circulated by the W. c. T.
e.:
ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS, n. j., Dec. %, "a
DEAR SIsTER.-Enclosed you will find
petitions to Legislature, asking for law
compelling temperance instruction in all
schools under State control, also literature
helpful in carrying forward this work
ou will be written to by Mrs. Beni Pat
terson, your County Superintendent, to
whom you are to report, | would advise
all early selection of women. who will
thoroughly canvass your town for sigma
lures to the petition. viii you see that
ministers are personally spoken with and
urged to present this subject from their
pulpit and in prayer meetings. Articles in
your local papers would assist you. We
desire to present pc ttions as carly in ses-
sion of Legislature as possible Hence d e
necessity for prompt action.
Yours for the work.
NJ. c. MOBILES,
Supt Dep.
The Monitor., 1885-01-16

The saloons have been closed in Mound
City, because the gentlemen wishing to
get license could not obtain the required
number Of signers to their petitions. In
asmuch as it is not the will of the people to
have saloons in Mound City, now let these
parties engaged in that business go into
the grocery, dry goods or some other bus
mess, and let each and all give them lib
eral share of patronage. If mans bus
iness is taken away from him by the peo-
pie, he should have the support necessary
to protect family by the parties that have
so orendered it. The will ofthe people should
be the law of the town and ofthe land, and we
heartily concur with the will of the major
ity in this movement. No man ever
made Il dollar by spending his time in buy
ing whisky and drinking it in saloon
Think of it. Did you ever feel like you
Were treating your wife. children, mother
and sister right by spending your time and
money in place that you would not dare
take them2-Wound Cay Netcs.
The Monitor., 1885-01-16

The charge has been repeatedly made
didate, John P. st. John, during
the campaign, made overtures to the Re
publican National Committee to the effect
that he would either retire from the field
or so conduct his campaign as to favor the
Republican candidate, for money consid-
Grafton, ranging all the way from $4,000
to S25, 600. This is, substantially. the
story, although it appears with various
degrees of embellishments, and some of the
would-be prominent persons who are inter
ested in giving it circulation pretend to be
in possession of very damaging corrobo-
rative proof which can be produced the
moment Mr.. st. John gives his consent.
This consent has been promptly given and
the production of the proofs challenged.
but as yet they do not appear with any
alarming speed. Leaving out of the qnes-
tion Mr.. st. Johns denial, we would have
no hesitation in pronouncng the whole
story an unmitgated lie, and one circum-
stance alone is sufficient to stamp the seal
of falsehood upon it at once. that is. the
fact that notwithstanding all this alleged
attempt at bargain and sale took place long
before the election, and that an exposure of
the proposition at that time would have
driven John St. John supporters from him
by thousands, not word was heard on the
subject, not an item of proof, and this too.
when the facts of the case. if any existed.
We're as well-known as they can possibly
be to-day and when, if ever, they might be
expected to be effective in lessening the
Prohibition vote
And now it appears that overtures were
made to the Republican National Commit
tee to which they were not unwilling to
listen, by man named Legate. who
claimed to speak for Mr.. ST. John. and
made sundry propositions looking to re-
tirement from the canvass for money, but
this self-constituted ambassador being fer
reted out of his retirement, confesses that
he had no authority from st. John to make
any proposition ON his behalf to any per-
son or party, and that st. John was igno-
rant of his doings. And so-but why pur-
sue the subject further? Nobody believed
the story in the first place, but it answered
the purpose of safety valve to let few
politicians who felt ugly, work off their
surplus froth, which was like to burst
them otherwise
The Monitor., 1885-01-16
Of Course They Were.

1t is said that the Harvard students who
daubed and disfigured the beautiful statue
Of John Harvard short time ago were
drunk at the time.
OF course they were drunk and drink
lies at the bottom of the large portion of
college pranks. Drink also ruins the
health of ten college boys where hard study
does one. Hosts of our professional men
who finally fell into drnkard's disgrace
and sunk into drunkard $ grave, acquired
their taste for drink at college Fond par
ents send their bright boys to schools with
high hopes of their future greatness. with
out realizing that the one great danger in
those boys pathway is the saloon and in
majority of instances, these same parents
vote for license and believe in the sale of
them. for the sake of the small revenue de
rived as license fees will thus place in their
boys way this most dangerous and deadly
foe. When their boy G .es down, blighted
wreck of manhood, slain by this foe, they
wiring their hands in agony and wonder
why they are thus sorely afflicted Every
snch father ought to see i'll his boy thus
slain, victim of his own fatherly act
When fathers set nets and their own sons
fall into them, why should not these fathers
bear the blame? Oh yes of course these
students We're drunk drunk on whiskey
sold by government authority; sold be
cause fathers had voted to sanction it's
sale; drunk according to law sanctioned by
their fathers-Liciaa issue
The Monitor., 1885-01-16

Inquiry develops the fact that high Ii
cenSe works after this fashion in Omaha
(said by temperance workers to be city
even more wicked than Chicago): A sa-
loon keeper is to pay one Thousand dollars
per year, But this is placed ON deposit in
quarterly installments and if during the
last quarter he diScontinues his business
for few days, his money is refunded for
behold! he has not kept open for a whole
year, and ought not to be required to pay
license, poor fellow. Again: 1t is ex-
pressly provided that no one man shall 90
on the bond of more than one saloon keep
er but one mans name was found by W.
{. L. |. woman on nine bonds Again
No signature to the bond is valid unless
that of a resident of the ward in which
the saloon is situated. but the constant
violation of this is patent to any one who
studies the books at the city hall. The sa-
looms are open and beer carts on the move
all though the sabbath The mayor is a
drunkard, and tie city at the lowest ebb in
morality. High license regulates in beau
tiful fashion at Omaha, Nebraska s bust
ling metropolis, beautiful for situation.
where every prospect pleases and only
rum is vile Union Signal
The Monitor., 1885-01-16
The Church and the Saloon.

In Iowa the prohibitory law permits the
sale OF liquor for sacramental purposes
hence the liquor dealers are taking out per-
mits to sell wine for such uses, and. under
cover of that authorizations are pursuing
their former business as best they may 1t
is very unfortunate that the church is thus
the occasion of violation of law. and
that it should have demanded from the
Legislature an unnecessary exception to
Prohibition. For ii conscientious church
members who desire that all things shall
be pure, will give study to the question of
Bible wine, they will be satisfied that the
authority for the use of unfermented wine
Is at least as good as that for alcoholic wine
Lords supper, and they will moreover be
convinced that Intoxicating wine was not
used by the Saviour or his disciples.
Speaking of Christs first miracle. a great
oriental scholar, i'll a pamphlet before me
uses this language ''The wine he (Christ)
made at the wedding feast, declared to be
''the best (Johl 2:l0) both the word used
and uniform history prove to have been
unfermented.
And he proceeds, ''The cup at the close
of the Passover feast Uuke 291S) and 1t
the Lords supper (Matt 2G:29, Mark A.
25) is called the fruit of the vine, or fresh
grape juice. This was following the
practice of the Hebrews in their obser
vance Of the Passover, as testified to by
the conforming Jews ''who, wherever
they are scattered, Asiatic, African or
European, nse, at weddings, at circumci-
sion and at the Passover Il wine made of
fresh grapes, free from ierment. =
The general view above stated las been
and is sustained by some of the best Bible
students in the Christian church in all
ages. Lnther in Germany, Coccius in
Holland showed that the wines approved
in the Old and New Testaments were un
intoxicating.
The writer above mentioned cites album
dant authority of the very highest respect
ability for these positions, and in view of
the fact that any reclaimed drunkard.
tasting alcoholic wine at communion. NAV
be thrown back into his former dissipation.
as many have been, is it not time for the
church to assume a new position in this
matter, one that will make it safe for all
its members to avail themselves of all its
privileges s-Licing Issue.
The Monitor., 1885-01-16

An opportunity will be afforded to the
dominant party in the Legislature this
winter to remove the vexed question of
temperance from politics in this State by
favoring the submission of constitutional
prohibitory amendment to the people di-
rect upon its own merits. The Republi-
can party ought to be glad of this oppor-
tunity and hasten to embrace it. for two
reasons; first, they can by so doing make
good the assertion that that party is the
party of temperance and the friend of tenn
p9rance measures; second, by giving tie
question of Prohibition a place of its own
Independent of politics. they will remove a
serious obstacle Gas alleged by the organs)
to the success of the Republican party in
the future. Inasmuch, however, as it is
claimed that the temperance cause has
been set back from twenty to twenty-five
years by the force of recent events, we
suppose the party will hardly feel like con-
tradicting the logic of circumstances so far
as to attempt to bring it forward by tenn
perance legislation until the expiration of
that time-or until the Prohibition voters
have manifested due repentance, of which.
up to the present time, we have seen no
symptoms.
The Monitor., 1885-01-16

The minutes of the w. G. T. e.. of New
Jersey, for 1894, are out. The pamphlet
contains 1lG pages of matter relating to the
work of the Union, it's constitution, etc. 1t
is invaluable to the women of the state Union
and as the price is only ten cents it should
be in the hands Of every temperance man
and woman in the state. Send to Mrs.
Mickle, Millville; or Mrs. Ellis, Fem-
ingtOn. for a COPY.
The Monitor., 1885-01-16

Francis Murphy, of fame as a temper
ance pleader is to be urged to make his
home in Pittsburg. A congregation has
been formed to be known as "Church of
Gospel Temperance and Mr. Murphy
viii be invited to be the minister. Lib
raFy Hall has been secured for the meet
ings During the eight weeks of the re-
gival in Pittsburg $4,000 persons signed
the pledge.
The Monitor., 1885-01-16

In the suit commenced by the Borough
officials to remove the cellar-way ON the
corner of East Avenue, some one has
blundered, and the suit had to be discon-
tinued and commenced over again; let go
to get fresh hold, as it were. We sus-
pect the ''chimicals wasn't mixed right.
The Monitor., 1885-01-16
The Battle of Bull Run.

written by the Confederate general G. H.
Beauregard. Brief sketches entitled "Recol-
lections of II Private, papers chronicling spe-
cial events, descriptions of various auxiliary
branches of the service, etc. will supplement
the more important series by The various gen
erals.
strict regard for accuracy will guide the
preparation of the Illustrations, for which
The CENTURY has at its disposal a very large
quantity of photographs, drawings, portraits
maps, plans, etc, hitherto unused. The aim is
To present in this series, not Official reports,
but commanding officers accounts OF their
plans and operations, interesting personal
experiences which will record leading events
of the war, and possess AT the same time, his
toifcai value not easily to be calculated.
The Monitor., 1885-01-16
CARD.

Reference is made in an
other column to a propos
ed change in our firm after
the goth of March next.
We desire to turn our en-
tire stock into money and
intend to go through and
mark down prices to fig
ures that will insure quick
and rapid sale for all our
goods. Further particulars
next week.
+. B. HUMPHREYS & Co.
The Monitor., 1885-01-16
i. c. MOBILES,
lSup't Dep.

The most dangerous places for the sale Of
intoxicants to women and young men, says
Mayor Doyle, of Providence. r. T., in his
inaugural address. are those of unlicensed
pharmacists
The Monitor., 1885-01-16

The practice Of giving purchasers of
goods chances, in certain prize articles, is
growing very prevalent with storekeepers
in this State, especially at Christmas time
Prosecutor Keen. of Essex county, how
ever, has caused the arrest of Newark
merchant who INDUCED in this practice, on
the ground that he has violated the State
lottery law.
This may be the law for North Jersey.
but it won't pass down this way The
head Of Woodstown's municipality took
part in one of these '.rafiles' on Christmas
and drew the prize. chamber set.-so it
certainly can't be on our ''statoot books.
The Monitor., 1885-01-16

Three hundred society ladies of Wash
ington joined in an agreement not to pre-
sent liquor to their New Years callers
Mrs, Secretary Chandler, headed the list,
yet some say temperance has received a
back set-W. State Sentinel.
The Monitor., 1885-01-16

To a casual looker-on, it would seem that
State Senator Schenk, (Rep.) was just a
little ahead in .the game with somebody,
but who that somebody is. it 5 hard to tell.
Elected to the Presidency of the Senate by
the help of the solid Democratic delega-
ton, his Republican colleagues We're
dismayed, naturally expecting that he
would join with the Democrats ON the
joint meeting question, i'll return for their
help it having been charged that a bargain
existed to that effect But the Democrats
were equally demoralized when the newly
elected President swung round to his party
colors and dashed the hopes of his whlom
supporters by voting fora joint meeting, in
which the Republicans carried off all the
good things. But as ''meetin' amt out
till they get done singin', it remains to be
seen where the laugh will come in last
The Monitor., 1885-01-16

Bradstreets Commercial Report shows
that there are now BIG, 600 workmen in the
country idle because of business suspen-
sions and strikes on account of reduced
wages. This is - per cent of all the
workmen in the country, and the loss in
wages is not far short of half million
dollars daily. This statement gives force
to a paragraph which recently appeared in
the Jersey City Journal the advice being
of practical value: ANY man in these
times and with the present immediate out
look for business, who has a situation or
employment. which enables him to pay
his way, will be wise to keep it. if he can.
The men who want. or will want chances
to work, during the next few months, and
who will not be able to get work or wages.
are the men who will need sympathy. Any
man who has chance to work and earn
wages. and throws it away, or won't make
the best of it, deserves no pity if he does go
hungry. - COHsfituti0n.
The Monitor., 1885-01-16
wooDsrowN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1885.

The next total eclipse of the sun visible
in this part of the world will take place
August u, 999-E'rehange
All right. Glad you mentioned it.
Call us early that morning, Will you?
The Monitor., 1885-01-16

If the person who sent the sum of
money anonymously to the ladies' of the
w. c. I. T., of this place, will send his or
her name to that organization, they will be
made an honorary member of the Union.
The Monitor., 1885-01-16

The February number of Demorest's IL
lustrated Magazine contains several art-
cles of unusual interest, among which are
Rembrandt and his Art, Madame
ADAM" ''The Story of Thorwaldsen,'
and cold and New Industries for Women"
by Jennie June. Mr.. Barnard's serial, "a
Strange Girl" is continued and several
good stories and poems, household and art
suggestions fashion and Current Notes
give additional attraction to this excellent
publication. The frontispece is an oil
picture suited to the season dedicated to
Saint Valentine.
The Monitor., 1885-01-16

The amount of drunkenness seen on our
streets day after day and night after night
is simply shameful. The MONITOR has
frequently called attention to the evil with
but little hope of abating it. and it does
not abate, but rather grows worse. Thurs
day evening of last week seemed TO he
given up to carousal. The borough mar
shal was on duty and attempted to keep
order among crowd of disorderly young
men, many of whom We're drunk. but his
efforts were set at defiance and he was
met with jeers and ridicule. 1t was use
less for him to make any arrests. for the
lookup was occupied by lot of tramps,
and rum was allowed for the time being to
hold full sway. The hope that Borough
government would result in better order
seems, after two years of trial, to be pretty
eifeetually crushed. As specimen of
''How not to do it, the Borough govern
ment of Woodstown is colossal success
The Monitor., 1885-01-16

There is another matter we would like to
see incorporated in Assemblyman Braker's
Justice of the Peace bill, to wit: Making
the keepers of rum shops, and the retailers
of ardent spirits generally exempt from
being drawn either as grand or petit jurors.
These people are indirectly interested in
seventy y-seven per cent. OF all the criminal
cases that appear upon court calenders,
and as jurors they stand in the way of both
Indictment and conviction of Offenders
lilloi1le Bulletin.
The Monitor., 1885-01-16

Liquors. reported as now being expressed
to prohibition counties in Georgia in nail
kegs
The Monitor., 1885-01-16
A New Novel by W. D. HoweIIs,

Author of ''Nenetian Days "a Modern In
stance" etc. This story deals with the rise of
an American business man. Anovel by Henry
James. novlette by Grace Denio Lifchfeld.
and short stories by "Uncle Remns" Frank X
stockton, ii. ii. Boyesen. L. \. Janyier, II. ii.
Julian Hawthorne and other equally we'll
known writers will nppear nj various times
The Monitor., 1885-01-16

What shall we say of political party
seeking to control the government, and
claiming to be national in all its principles,
that through its accredited organs emphat-
ically declares that no man who voted for
st. John need apply to the legislature for
the passage of any law to restrict or pro-
hibit the sale of liquor, with the eXpecta-
ton of a civil hearing? No political party
can live if it permits its underlings to do
this kind of work. \ certain class of Re-
publicans and newspapers have done more
injury to their party by their senseless raw
ings and abusiveness than the st. John
men and Democrats combined. A great
issue cannot be successfully met by such
treatment. Men who have the courage of
their convictions cannot be kicked out Of
the Legislature like spaniels, neither can
they be silenced by mud singers. Know
ing our rights we will maintain them. If
we believe that Prohibition is right we will
demand it because it is right, and we hold
the men in utter contempt who threaten to
withhold our rigbts.-7emperance Gazette
The Monitor., 1885-01-16
A GOOD PAPER.

The Youths Companion is a paper which
it is a pleasure to praise. For it demon
strates that it is not necessary to poison a
boys mind i'll order to stimulate him.
The pulse is made to throb, but With an
impulse to do right and to fill a high place
in the worlds estimation. That this can
be done and that The Companion has been
able to achieve a circulation of 325, 600
copies, is no small testimony to the skill
and liberality with which it is edited.
Those who know the paper best wonder
how any American family is willing to do
without it. The price is S1.75 year.
The Monitor., 1885-01-16
FICTION.

In this line The CENTURY Will maintain il
prestige, and furnish the best stories by Amer
lean writers that can he procured. In Novem
her ht.0ins
The Monitor., 1885-01-16
The New Northwest.

being an interesting group of papers by +. V
Kingston, Ontario), and others, descriptive o
iittle-known regions; papers on French and
American art,-sculpture and painting will
some exquisite Illustrations. miners on