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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-03-13

CIGARETTES.

Near the office of the ~Compaaiol is a
boys school. The bright young fellow.
troop into it every morning, with theft
books in a strap, and give each other jolly
greetings as they meet.
As they come out of school, a few hours
later, many of them stop at the door, pull
out their bunch of cigarettes, from which
one is selected, and then start away. puff
ing the smoke from their mouths and nos
trils. BY no means all of them do so-per-
haps not one half Of them-but the pity is
that any boy can be SO foolish.
The use of tobacco in any form is bad
enough. and it is a constant wonder why it
is that every boy smokes at least once in
his life. But cigarette smoking is regard
ed by those who know Of what material
the cigarette is made, as the most obiec-
tionable and injurious way in which the
poisonous weed can be used.
We need not go over HAT ground again.
and tell our readers that the smoke of pa
per is even worse than that of tobacco in
the local injury it causes; that the tenden-
ey of all cigarette smokers is to inhale the
smoke into the lungs, where it does much
greater harm than it can do in the mouth:
and that a cigarette is so little that one
quickly finds the need Of smoking a great
many.
The evil need not be described in detail.
Everyone can see at a glance. No defence
is possible. Men do not need the stimulat-
ing effects of tobacco, and boys surely do
not. 1t weakens their minis aud their
bodies, and leaves upon them an incubus
of a habit which is costly, harmful, and
productive of great discomfort.
How? does one ask In two ways: II
causes some form of dyspepsia in not less
than two out Of every three who indulge
i'll the habit. That is a permanent source
of discomfort. On the other hand. there
are many occasions when the smoker ean-
not, for some reason or another, light his
cigar or his pipe; and the bodily i~nconpe-
nienee he feels from being deprived OF it is
greater in a single hour than that which
the non-smoker experiences from the same
cause during his whole life.
This evil is greater to the cigarette smok-
er than it is TO any other. because he
smokes so frequently that the occasions
when he is unable to indulge himself come
%oftener.
We are aware that these are Q by any
means the strongest reasons for avoiding
the pernicious habit, but as to~bacco-using
is a bodily indulgence. it may be that
some boys will see from it that their phys
zeal pleasure will be greater, or the whole,
if they refrain from tie nareotic-or, if.
having begun the habit. they break it. and
stop where they are.-Ioath's Companion.
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HINTS FOR THE HOUSE.

If flannel dresses of the children are
soiled and at all greasy, add borax to the
water in which they are washed. Dissolve
a large tablespoonful OF borax in a pint of
boiling water, put about u third of it i'll the
first suds i'll which the garment is to be
washed, another third in the next water,
and the rest of it in the rinsing water;
shake the garments thoroughly before
hanging them up to dry.
The onion is said to be a specific for the
The application Of onion-juice instantly al
lays the pain caused by the singing of
hornets, yellow.jackets, wasps, bees, etc.
Pictures hung on the wall look we'll with
a piece of Indian silk carelessly draped
over the top and hanging down at one side.
Some people put silk round their flower
pots, but this is hardly an idea of great
taste, as it is homogeneous, and that is
never good style.
Rough iron pots look well painted dull
red, pale blue, or sage green, with a large
flower, such as a lily or srntlower-painted
on them. They are a good size, and will
take a large plant well.
A new way of decorating the glass lamp
shade is to tie a bow of ribbon round the
shade, with a fall of coffee colored lace from
the ribbon. Rooms get darker and darker,
the light is so much shaded.
\ pretty counterpart for summer can be
made of twill calico of il good substance,
bordered with furniture lace and covered
with detached sprays of embroidery, or
squares of guipure dart and linen alter
nately, with a gnipure edging. The lace
and squares are now sold cheap. For hos
pitfalls either plain white are used, or the
text quilts. the texts being printed on cal
leo.
NJ. S. S. writes: Il have at last got the
art Of washing dishes down to a fine point,
and | send the results of my experience for
the benefit of your readers. When | be-
gin to clear the table, | scrape out the
largest plates first and set them in a large,
deep dishpan, on these | put the smaller
plates. the cups saucers, knives, forks,
and spoons, butter-dishes, ETC.. and on top
of all a bowl or happy with a cake OF soap
in it.. On this | pour hot water till the
dishpan is nearly full, then take out the
soap and in the bowl rinse off the glasses
and wipe them. Then With a dish-cloth
with a handle | wash the dishes as they
come, putting them to drain on an Old
shirt Of one of the boys that is past wear.
When the pan is empty Of dishes ! put
Others to soak while | wipe what | have
washed. separating them as ! wipe, put
ting plates of a size together, knives ditto,
and So ON, all on a large tray, so with one
handling they can be set away into the
closet. Proceeding il this way ! very
soon get through and have no waste move
ments steal away my time,
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MAXLMS FOR YOUNG HOTSEkEEP
FRS.

In making soups put the meat i'll cold
water.
Coned beef and ham should be put in
boiling water.
Doughnuts fry best in deep lard.
Cut warm bread or cake with a warm
knife.
Anything mixed with water requires a
hotter oven than anything mixed with
milk.
A tablespoonful of corn-starch is equal
to one egg.
One teaspoon Of baking powder and an
egg improves dressing.
Allow one tablespoonful of coffee for
each person, and one for the pot.
Allow one teaspoonful of tea for each
person, and one for the pot.
A tablespoonful of vinegar in the pot will
make tough meat or chicken tender.
Bake custards in cups set in a pan of
cold water.
Beef for roasting should not be sailed, as
it extracts the juices. Simply sprinkle
with flour.
Bake crackers till crisp to be eaten with
oysters.
All vegetables should be put in boiling
water.
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A specia, Notice 10 our aeaaers.

The COTTAGE HEARTH is, as its name indi-
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For ten years it has had Il steady growth both
in circulation and literary quality, and now is
II most excellent home magazine, crflnlnled full
of good things, among which there is always
something toamuse or instruct every member
of the family. Its poetry is by some of our
very best writers, its short stories entertain
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special features of this interesting magazine
are original stories and poems by the best
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VOL. II.
INVITATIONS OF IMMORTALITY.
FROM n~EcoLLrcrIoSs OF EARLY CHILDHOOD

FROM RECOLLECTION OF EARLY CHILDHOOD.
our birth is but n sleep and a forgetting:
The soul that rises with us, our life's Star.
Hath had elsewhere its setting.
And cometh from aftr;
Not in entire forgetfuiness,
And not in utter ia kedness.
But trailing clouds OF glory do we come
From God, who is our homei
Heaven lies about us in our infancy!
Shades of the prison-house begin to close
Upon the growing Boy,
But lie beholds the light, and whence it flows,
He sees it in his joy;
The Youth, who daily farther from the east
Must travel, still is Natures Priest.
And by the vision splendid
Is on his way attended:
A length the MIN pcrceives it die away,
And fade into the light of common day.
Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own
Warnings she hath in her own natural kind,
And even with something of a Mother's mind,
And no unworthy aim,
The homely Nurse doth all she can
To make her Foster-child, her Inmate Man,
Forget the glories he hath known,
And that imperial palace whence he came.
Behold the child among his newborn blisses,
a six years Darling of pigmy size
see, where mid word of his own hand he lies,
Fretted by sallies of his mothers kisses,
With light upon him from his fathers eyes,
See, at his feet, some little plan or chart,
Some fragment from his dream of human life,
shaped by himself with newly-learned art.
a wedding or a festival.
\ mourning or Il funeral,
And this hath now his heart.
And unto this he frames his song,
Then " ill he fiji his tongue
To dialogues of business, love, or strife:
But it will not be long
Ere this be thrown aside.
And with new joy and pride
The little Actor cons another part
Filling from time otime,his humorous stage"
With all the Persons, down to palsied age.
That life brings with her equipage,
As if his whole vocation
We're endless imitation.
From Poems by UIitiam Uordsp0Tth.
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NEWS OF THE DAY.

The President has suspended the post
master at Rome, n Y, for neglect of duty:
and appointed James B. Corcoran to attend
to the duties of the Office.
Presidents Taylor and Cannon, oftbe Nor
mons, have issued an epislle lamenting and
denouncing the treat ment that the Mormons
receive from the federal officials.
In pursuance of custom on Easter Mon
day, thousands Of children assembled at the
White House grounds in Washington yes
terday to roll eggs and engage in other
games.
Senior de Pcrata, Minister to the United
States from Costa Rica, received advices
Yesterday from Nicaragua and Salvador con-
irmatory of previous reports of the death OF
President Barrios, of Guatemala.
Superintendent j. Ormand Wilson, who
for twenty seven years has been at the head
of the public schools of Washington, on Sat
urday sent in his resignation to take effect
at any time the commissioners may desig.
nate. The cause of Wilson's resignation is
generally supposed to be the result Of the
charges preferred against him last year re-
gardipg his management of the schools.
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The Richmond Tragedy.

The grand jury of the Hastings Court ot
Richmond, yesterday found an indictment
against Thomas J. Cluverius for the murder
of Fanny Lillian Madison. The indictment
was carefully prepared, anu embraced nearly
twenty counts. These in substance charged
Cluverius, with killing Miss Madison hi
striking her on the temple, with Knocking
her insensibe, and, while she was in TIN,
condition, drowning her, and with throwing
her into the water and drowning her. These
counts are meant to cover every possible
phase in which the case may present Itself
The case was continued until the twelfth Of
MAY. There were several new witnesses
before the grand jury, but what is still want
ing is evidence to identify Cluverus "a the
man supposed to have been with the girl
while she was at the reservoir. The latest
evidence goes to show that he was walking
on Belle Isle with lady closely yelled on
the 18th, the day of the murder, and while
many witnesses identify him, one of them
remembers commenting upon the condition
of his female companion.
Belle Isle is fully mile from the reser-
voir. There are many important links in
the chain of circupstantial evidence against
Cluverius necessary to complete it. One o!
the weakest points in the case for the pros
ecuton is that the deceased has never been
recognized az the woman who accompanied
the prisoner after the couple is supposed 10
have left the American Hotel Oh The night
of the girls death.
A farmer from King William county, the
home OF Cuverius. was in Richmond yes
terday, and said whether he gets OFF CT
M. he will he hung if he sets foot in thai
county again" The counsel Indignantly
denounce the disposition of the public to de-
clare the prisoner guilty before his trial.
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Z2Sl Es51'Ss$1
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES
General Grants Condition.

New YORK, April As had been anti
cipa,el for some time, General Grant had a
hamorrhage from the throat between three
ard four o'clock this morning, which con-
side:ahiy alarmed every one around him.
He srat about two ounces Of blood aid then
wired ie traces from his face with his hand
and appeared calm and collected. The
General had an injection Of morphia at + a.
IN and i. j. thought he will live through
the ,'a;. H lost ;pacupfui Of blood, and
w. 50 much collected that he directed
those attending him to hold the vessel so
taat no blood would reach the floor.
at $50 General GRANT under the in1u.
ence Of morphia was sleeping in a sitting
posture. The hemorrhage in the Generals
throat ceased naturally and without any
styptic application. 1t is OF course possible
that crisis may occur to-day but the pro-
liability orsuch a turn during the daylight
is scarcely entertained among those best
posted as 10 he Generals condition, Sena-
tor Chalte's opinion this morning is that
General Grant may not die during the day,
and such is the opinion CT well posted per-
sons who have no Incentive or bent 10 be
a!armis:s, though all hold themselves in
readiness for any critical developments. The
hemorrhage this morning ia General Grants
throat was arterial and not vcnous blood.
The General seems not at all alarmed. The
hemorrhage WAS due somewhat TO the in
crease Of tha disease, and was induced by
momentary fit Of coughing. The probabili.
ties are that he may survive the day.
At II u H., General Grants condition
WAS unchanged He has taken his food
without pain. His pulse was still steady
and reasonably firm. There was no more
heiuoyrha9e. HIS mind was clear. He re-
plies to questions and gives evidence OF the
same accomplishing lirmness which has
characterized him drri9g his entire s!ci-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-04-07
Elections IN Ohio.

CISCINHATI, O., April Returns from
all bnt five precincts sho" hat Amor Smith,
jr., (rep.) has been elected mayer by 1000
ma ority. The remainder Of The republican
ticket is elected with small majorties ex-
cept Caldwell tcr police judge who is de-
featel ~ Fitzgerald, DEM and possibly
the candidate for justice of the peace.
The democrats elected their whole tick ct ut
ChilIcothc TiiIin, Marion, Except one
councilman Circ!eviIc, Except the ASSESSOR
Corning, Logan, Defiance, Crcstline, Denni-
son, Mansfield, Except the mayor and two
other nG;cey+j Dayton, Except two ollicersl
Hamilton irhcept one counclimAnl.
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steamer Dolphin and report whether she
was constructed in accordance with the
terms of the contract, before he Will issue
the order for the last payment on ner TO DC
made to Mr.. Roach The Secretary mas
also informed Mr.. Roach that be, Roach, is
eompelled by the contract TO maintain Inc
insurance on the vessel until she be accept
I'd by The Government; and also tnaI 10
has received no answer from him 10 ms
communication suggesting another TRIAL
trip of the Dolphin 10 set whether she can
make the time required by the contract.
Among those who called upon the fresl,
dent to-day were Congressman Wise ana
Col. J. B. Carey and Alfred Shield OF Vir-
ginia, and Charles H. Marshall of Baltimore.
News here to-day from Cincinnati IS that
at the municipal election held there yester-
day the republicans carried the city oy
from four to FIVE thousand majority. sour
and disyruntled democrats from ONO say
that had the proper removals aud appoint
ments been made in the federal cttcts there
the result would have been different.
Col. Lewis, the recently appointed minis
ter to Portugal, has appointed Mr. Harry
Crenshaw, formerly of Richmond, secretary
of his legation.
Gen. Fitz Lee has been invited by the
committee in charge to he present at the
inspection of the battle field of Gettysburg
on the 4th and 9Th of next May, and TO at
tend the grand banquet to be held there.
Mr.. Charles Page son of Surgeon Charles
Page, U. S. A. formerly of Alexandria, was
married here to-day to daughter OF the
late General Getty, U. S. A. Among those
present at the ceremony were several Alex
andrians.
All the Virginia democratic members OF
Congress except Col. O'Ferrall are in the
CITY to day, and he'd conference in the
room of tie House judiciary Committee.
In addition TO the members of the confer
ence most all the Virginiaus who are ap-
plicants for important federal positions are
10 the city In addition to the applicants
for these positions heretofore mentioned in
this CORE spondence, it is reported this
morning hat ex Senator Withers will be
urged by his friends for the U. ;. Marshal
shin of the western district Of the State. C.
IT. Smith and Mr.. Keen are applicants for
the internal revenue relationship of the
Danvlle district; Messrs. Wingheld, Lee OF
Richmond, and Boothe, want consulshlps
Mr.. Levin Powell's friends would like him
TO be postmaster at Winchester. 1t is re
ported that the question as to whether the
eastern or the western portion of the Alex
andria internal revenue district is entitled
to the colectorship is as difficult of solution
as ever.
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The Prokeu norfolk Bank.

SAS FRANCISCO, April 7.-Dr. K. Ii. Nc.
Donald, president Of The Pacific Bank Of
this city, and who was presidential candi
Gate before The Prohibition convention last
year. is . creditor OF the Exchange National
Bank Of &orfyIk, which lately suspended,
for nearly $200G00. He owned ,O09 shares
of its capita! stock besides having about
So 600 on deposit IN it, His son, when in
tervjewed last night, admitted these facts,
adding should the amount prove total loss
bis father could stand it without complain
lug. DR.. McDoaald is possessed ofmmenso
wealth, 50 TIE loss does DOT cause him The
,liphtc est embarrassment.
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Grant and Lee-The Last Act OF War

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Ex-senator Mcdonald

CHICAGO, April 7.-Ex Senator Melon
aid, of Indiana. il in Chicago on business
connected with the courts When the
question was put to bin, "Wouid you 90 on
the bench Of The Supreme Court Of the Uni
ted States ?" Mr Mcdonald sailed ard
said There i no vacancy in the Supreme
Court. | am a lager and not q politician
and of course it i gratifying to every law
yer to rise IN lis profession 10 lhe hghest
point attana5le, and if there was vacancy
On the J,nch OF the Supreme Court, and I
was offered the pace should feel warrant
ID in accer.ing it.n