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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-02-03
A LESSON FOR HUSBANDS.

| know a shrewd woman, who, when
ever her husband had given her lecture
ON nervousness, used to contrive to have
him dr. SIS one of the children for school on
a winters morning, after a breakfast
slightly belated. The good man would
fall meekly into the trap, not clearly re-
membenng the vastness of the labor-tbe
adjustments and tying, and the buttoning,
the leggins, over-drawers, and arctic shoes
the jacket, scarf, coat, gloves, mittens,
wristlets, the cap or hat or hood to be
pulled and pushed and tied in proper posi-
ton; the complete way in which all these
things, besides being put ON, have to be
mutually made fast by strings and buttons
and safety pins, so that the child thus
dressed is a model Of sell-compressed
packing, and could, like Well packed bar
rel of china, be sent aIound The world with
out injury. Calm must be the spirit and
high the purpose of the father who reaches
the eud of this complex task without word
of Impotence. while the wife, whom he
calls nervous, has long since taken off his
hands the other children, and has long
since, with delft fingers, dressed them and
given one patient. final, all-eomprehensive
tH itch, and the whole thing thing is done.
If you doubt whether men are, on the
whole and in their own way, as nervous as
women, test them 18th getting the children
ready for school, and remember that their
mother does it twice day, at least, and
every DAY of her life.-Harper's Bazar
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-02-03

but it has still been so large chat | found
myself away ahead on tie month.
"When We all came to reckon up, we
discovered that we had saved enough
money to pay all the small debts we had
out. have kept the practice up, although
the others, believe, have abandoned it,
find myself not only better off in purse
as result Of it, but in habits as we'll and
in the estimation of the old folks, who
have taken renewed interest in me since
l began saving my money"
Many experiences similar to those re-
lated were told, but none exceeded in in
terest the following, which was given by a
young lady as happening to two young
people she knew. They were yonug
coupie who were very much in love.
''Her father was very much opposed to
the idea of their marrying" said the re-
porter's fair informant, declaring that
she was too young, and that he was moth
ing but clerk, who might never be any
thing better. One night the gentleman
took the lady to the exposition After
the turning down Of the lights they board
ed cable car. She lives on Vandeventer
avenue. When the conductor came around
to the young man the latter felt of his
pockets, blushed crimson, and then, turn
ing to the lady, asked her if she had any
change in her purse She replied that she
had forgotten to take her purse. He asked
the conductor to stop the ear, and smiling
ly requested his love to step out with him.
The conductor looked surprised, but LET
them OFF, as they were not more than
block and a half from the Exposition
building.
No sooner were they 10 the street than
the gentleman offered an explanation and
an apology lie told his companion that
he never spent dime and that much to
his surprise lie found when asked for his
fare by the conductor that be had nothing
in his pocket but dimes. Rather than
break MS resolution not to part with
single dime under any circumstances he
took the liberty of requesting the lady to
lend him some change, and when she had
none to ask her to walk home They were
both very much more willing to walk than
to ride, | fancy, and enjoyed that long
stretch to the utmost But it was very
late when the young lady was admitted to
her home, aud she found her parents
awaiting her. both little bit alarmed at
her long absence.
After the departure of her companion
the lady explained lis mishap, and did it
SO nicely and with so much praise OF her
hero that her father changed his opinion
OF him at once. He said that young fell
low who would save money at that price
would get along in life without guardian,
and he determined to do all in his power to
show friendship for him. The young peo-
pie are engaged, of course, and the young
man stands better with his proposed pa
ter-familias than any one in the city
All Of which goes to show that it is a
good thing to save your dimes. 1t will
cost yoa a good many sacrifices, but stick
to the resolution to part not with the little
silver ten cent pieces, and you will find
yourself ahead in every respect.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-02-03
VOL. v.
THE WAY 70 SING.


The birds must know. Who wisely sings
VIII sing as they;
The common air has generous wings,
Songs make their way
No messenger to run before,
Devising plan;
No mention OF the place or hour
10 any man;
No waiting Till some sound betrays
4 listening ear;
No different voice, no new delays,
Ifsteps draw near.
"whlt bird is that? lis song is good 8
And eager eyes
Go peering through the dnsky wood
In glad surprise.
Then late at night when by his fire
The traveller sits,
Watching the flames grow brighter higher
The sweet song fits
By snatches through his weary brain
To help him rest.
w hen next he goes that road again,
An empty nest
On ieaness bough will make him sigh.
"Ah, me? Last spring
just here Lhcard, in passing by.
Thatrare bird singI'
But while he sings, remembering
How sweet the song,
The little bird ON tireless wing,
Is borne along
In other air. and other men,
With weary feet,
on other roads, the simple strain
Are finding sweet.
The birds must know. Who wisely sings
VIII sing as they;
The common air has generous WINGS
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'IItIIN. i WTN-
ssFfrllo, Kitty Is that yous"
yes Tom, Yes. It's conie and its per
tsct beauty You just Ought
''W hat are You talking about, Kitty ?"
Talking sbout2 " ny about the wonder
fnl things il does. I'm going 10 have Tai
Tor made dress right nway-and make IL all
myself You will be asfonished to see how
beautiful | can bind the sbattlements' and
syas,siykess 1 never SAW anything like it
Can't you come hotne right away and see
aKitiy viii yon please tell me what son are
tain ing ahpntff
s.WhSi About my New High Arm Davis
Vertical Feed sewing Machine. Thought you
knew
like i'll Good bye.
Good -bye. For sale by Mrs. ~ A Lippin-
colt Woodsfown, n J.
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Oranges that are burned Flori-
dian writes, take on their brown color ow-
ing to a diseased condition of the orange
trees. An insect, too small TO be isiblc
to the naked eye, makes its home npon the
leaves Of the tsee aud upon the rind OF the
fruit. These ''mites, so-called, live upon
the oil in the leaves and riud, ami in no
wise injure the vital parts of the tree. The
natives, he says, prefer the "rassets, as
they call them, because those oranges are
almost invariably found to be sweeter than
the bright fruit. owing TO the toughening
of the skin, which prevents evaporation OF
the Juices. Also, they bear shipping
better than the other sort; and Will keep
longer. The absence Of oil in the rind pre-
vents the smarting sensation so often felt
where the skin OF an orange comes in con-
tact with the mouth, thus making it a
pleasanter frnit for ordinary eating pur-
poses.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-02-03

Excessive distrnst Is as hnrtful astower-
ing presumption. There is no presumption
in ;he declaration that Warmers Log Cabin
Hons aud Buchu Remedy will cure dyspep-
sia by restoring the stomach to its normal
healthy action. Use 1t once and YOU win
disirast 0more.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-02-03

to the sick and suffering is DIR. Kaufmann's
great Medical Work, finely illustrated.
Send three 2 cent stamps, TO pay postage.
to A. p. Ordway & Co, Boston, Mass,
aud rec i've copy free.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-02-03

My son. said an old tnrbaned Turk
one day, taxing his child by the hand in
the streets ct Carlo, aud pointing ont to
him on the opposite side Frenchman,
just imported, in all the elegance Of Pa
risian costume. tmy son, look therel If
you ever forget God and the prophet you
may come to look like that. -
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-10-20
plague Of Mice in Australia

Australia is suffering from a plague
Of mice. 1t is said that from Coomc-
barabran to Coolah there is hardly a
residence that is not troubled in this
way. The mice come in and eat every
thing in the place. At one station two
shillings per hundred were offered for
their destruction, and during a single
night twenty thousand were killed.
The price then went down to one shil-
ling. In one hotel in three nights one
thousand mice were killed with a mix
ture of -four and strychnine. At an
other place the mice ate a whole carcass
of freshly-killed sheep in one night
leaving only the bare bones by the
morning At another station man was
kept, whose sole duty was to keep the
mice away from the provender during
the time the horses We're eating 1t, and
week before the races at Coolah the
the vermin got into the horse boxes at
the station and actually ate the band
ages from the legs of the race horses.
Sleeping people are said to have been
attacked by them. The crops were be-
ing destroyed. The mice climbed up
the stalks and ate the cobs. Many
fields, acres in extent. had been aban-
doned, the corn being eaten completely
away. People were at their wits end
to devise the best means for destroy.
ing the pest. The mice burrowed in
the fields like rabbits in miniature war.
rens.-PdH Mall Gazette.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-10-20
A Modern Rival Of Tell

In the forest of Esterel a man and
woman were at work recently, and not
far off babe-an infant six months old
was lying in its cradle, which had
been moved to the front of their cottage
in order that the little cherub might in
hale the fresh air under tho watchful
gaze of its parents. Suddenly a noise
was heard and an enormous eagle,
swooping down from the cerulean sky
seized the babe with beak and claws
began to soar once more toward the
sun, when the distracted father, rushing
madly to his hut, took up gun. With
out a moments hesitation the man
pointed his weapon at the cruel bird
and fired. The eagle dropped earth-
ward as dead as door nail and its slay-
err now achieved another feat which
would have won him any amount OF ap-
plause at Lords. He held out his hands
and caught the child as 1t fell, the lutte
one escaping without SO much as q
scratch and returning from its journey
into mid-air as "bright as button. ="
So Tell Of immortal renown has rival.
The only drawback is that a skeptic
has limited that If it were carefully ex-
amined the majestic bird may prove
after all to be only canard. Paris
Letter to London Telegraph.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-10-20
CONTAGlON OF YAWNlNG.
How Tired Travellers Can Amuse Them
selves without Expense.

serves without EXPENSE
"Did YOU ever notice how contagious
yawning isp" said round-faced young
man waiting for Harlem train yester
day afternoon at the Park street station
of the Sixth Avenue Elevated Road.
"You can make any man yawn If you
go about it properly" continued the
young man. 81 have to travel up and
down to Harlem a good deal and
amuse myself that way. Women yawn
Dftener than men, and fat men oftener
than lean men. The best time to make
them yawn is early in the morning and
late at night. Then all they want is a
hint and off they go. One night last
week | sat next to an old gentleman.
He got on at Chambers street and rode
up to Forty-second street. | made him
yawn twenty-seven times. Then ! was
tired, but the old fellow had got into
the habit and thoeght he would split
his jaws he kept them so far apart.
The young man had hardly seated
himself in the car before he turned
around and stared straight at a work
ingman opposite, who, of course, looked
at him. Then the young man leaned
his head lazily against the window,
closed his eyes, opened his mouth very
wide and began to yawn with great de-
/ liberation and an air of utter weariness.
The man in the blue overalls became
! interested and stared intently at the
wide-open mouth and the closed eyes.
The young man put up his hand with
an affectation of covering his month,
and then, as if it was no use to try to
check an overpowering impulse, he
drew his hand away, threw his head
still further back and uttered that
sound peculiar to the party yawner-
ho-ho-no. A moment later the man in
the blue overalls gave evidence of .
twitching of the jaws, spasm shot
across his cheeks and then his mouth
opened and he yawned so wide that il
appeared as though he were going tc
divide and the top of his head would gc
on up into space The workingmar
was now started and all the way up h
kept yawning every few moments. Ther
the young man turned his attention t.
an old lady opposite with equal success
N. Y. World.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-10-20
The Great Explosives.

The composition of some of the mod
ern high explosives is as follows:
Dynamite-75 parts of nitro o-glycerine
and 25 of infnsorial earth. Dualine-
so parts nitro-glycerine and 20 OF nitro
cellulose or gun cotton. Rendrock-
40 parts nitro-glycerine, 40 nitrate OF
potash or soda, l3 OF cellulose and Z
of paraifine. Giant powder-36 parts
of nitro-glycerine, 4S of nitrate OF
potash or soda, of sulphur and 8 OF
resin or charcoal. Mica powder-52
parts nitro-glycerine and 4s of pull
verized mica. Tonite-524 parts oil
gun cotton and Az of nitrate of baryta.
Blasting gelatine-S2 parts of nitro
glycerine and OF gun cotton. Atlas
powder-75 parts of nitro-glycerine, Il
of wood fiber, 5 of carbonate Of mag
nesia and of nitrate of soda Racka-
rock-77.z parts of chlorate of potash
and 22.3 of nitro benzol. -Enqtneertnq.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-10-20
A REVIVED ANECOOTE.
,tr Walter Raleigh and the Good Virgin
Queen Elizabeth.

Queen Elizabeth.
Bad weather held London in its
grong grip, and as her Majesty's state
hair had been sent to the chair shop
have new set of springs put in, it
,aclme necessary for the Queen to
Eak to Parliament, to leave her reg
iiar morning order for the state execu-
Toner The gallant Raleigh, who was
It that time occupying the exalted sta
ion of Escort Extraordinary and Gold
,tick-in-Waiting to the Queen. in ac-
cordance with the duties of his Office,
offered his arm to Elizabeth, and they
twain, preceded by six trumpeters, and
followed by three pieces of artillery
md thousand small boys, set out in
the pouring rain. As umbrellas had
not been invented at that period, Raj
eigh sheltered himself from the torrent
beneath the waterproof ruff her Maj
esty wore about her neck, while Eliz-
abeth was granted the sole satisfaction
for the soaking she received by order
ing the clerk OF the weather to the
block. The journey passed without in
cident worthy Of note until the party
reached the corner opposite the Parlia-
ment buildings, whore it was found
that a mud-puddlc of extraordinary di-
mensions "a puddle worthy of the
Elizabethan age-had gathered unto
Itself the larger part of the street.
by my halidom," quoth the Queen,
..but this puddle hath extraordinary
depth! Methinks 'twere well that we
return, and defer the executions until
the morrow"
Not so, my liegess," said Raleigh,
turning to one of his retainers and seiz
ing his cloak; /" 'twere better far tina
my friend here should sacrifice hi
habit to thy necessity. Never shall i
he said that while Raleigh stood by
the Queen of England was balked OF he
determination or wet her ankles in pur
suit OF her ambition,'
Saying which, the courtier threw hi
retainer's cloak upon the surface OF th'
puddle, and her Majesty, stepping
lightly upon it, reached the other sid
without wetting her feet. Elizabetl
never forgot Raleigh's gallantry; bu
ms for the retainer who lost his habit
ne likewise lost his head for saying il
the Queens presence that, 'sinc
Raleigh had SO many bad habits, h
thought il hard that he should lose hi
| 10 demonstrate what a tailor-made coul
tier Raleigh could be when he tried y
Uarper's Magazine. -
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-10-20
plTA AND POINT.

MANY people have just enough
conscience to keep them toleraoly mis-
cradle all their lives.
Love making is one OF the arts in
which experience ls not essential to
success.--Merchant 1raueier.
Poverty often deprives man of
all spirit and virtue. 1t is hard for an
empty bag to stand upright. t.-Frank-
I'm.
III necessity be the mother Of in
svention, there are q great many half
orphans in the Patent Office.
1t is perfectly proper to carve out
your own fortune, but you should not
chisel other people in doing it.-Bos-
ton Bulletin.
If man does not make new ac-
Quaintances as he advances through
life, he will soon find. himself alone.
A man should keep his friendship in
constant repair.
The man who can make SIC, 900 a
year as general thing can't save a
cent while the man who is thrifty and
wise is seldom SO gifted that he car
earn any thing at all.
The man who sits down and waits
to be appreciated will find himsel
among uncalled-for baggage after the
limited express train has gone by
whitehall Times.
We should remember that tn,
brain weighs about twenty times a
much as the tongue, and, therefore
there is no physiological law whicl
, requires us to tell all we know.-Bil
Nye.
The slaborer with ten children
keeps out of debt on $40 week, Will
many an unmarried bank Off cial witt
800 week can't get along withou
helping himself to the banks funds.
-Griefs are like the beings that Gu
dure them-the little ones are the mos
clamorous and noisy; those of olde
growth and greater magnitude are ger
orally tranquil and sometimes silent.
One man is spending all the none
he can earn in taking a girl to tn
theater and sending her flowers. in tn
hope that he may eventually make he
his wife, and his neighbor is spendin
all the gold he has saved to get
" divorce.
Every permanent state of mind
largely the effect of habit. Just as W
can perform an action so continual
that it comes to be habitual. so we ca
encourage conditions Of mind till the
too come to be habits of thinking an
z eten of feeling
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-10-20
WARNING TO MOURNERS.
Why Death Notices Are Often Sot Pub
lished in the Papers.

lished in the Papers.
''Dead and buried! And to think l
knew nothing about it. It's strange,
too. for always read the death no.
tices in the papers before turn to any
thing else. l am afraid my poor old
eyes are falling"
This remark was overheard on a
North river ferryboat. 1t came from
an old lady who had just been informed
Of the death of an acquaintance who
had lived for years within a stones
throw of the speakers house. The wo-
mans lament would have passed unno-
tced by reporter who sat next to her
had it not been for the reply made by
the young man to whom the remark
was made.
81 do not think your eyes are to
blame, Mrs -. for on the advice Of
the undertaken we refrained from pub
fishing any notice of grandma's death.
There is a certain class of schemers for
money who have no respect for atilic-
tion, and it was to save ourselves from
annoyance at their hands that we kept
the news of her death out of public
print"
THAT was quite right. Isn't il
strange what n number of poor relations
do spring up when a person dies and
leaves a little money!"
! II did not mean amy thing like that
referred to class Of conscienceless
solicitors who, as soon as they see {
death announced, call upon the family
and try to arrange for some commission
or trade in connection with the deatl
, or funeral. When they do not come IL
, person they make use OF the mails
! There are some who want to furnlsl
t everlasting floral pieces" others, VIII
have the only known process OF pre-
serving natural flowers. Then Sher
I are photographers who seek an order 4
r make pictures of the flowers used, or i
: event OF the family having no portrai
of the dead they suggest taking pic
Y trre of the corpse. Besides these ther
E are the memorial fiends. These me
e offer to furnish memorials Of the dea
+ ranging from an ugly black card COZ
Q tanning the name, the date of death an
u age of the deceased to the granite an
marble shafts to put over their graves
3 Dealers in hair and hair workers hav
e of late resorted to this qucstionabl
y mode of drumming up business, an
n send out agents TO solicit orders for d.
Y signs in hair-work. Jewellers also SUI
d gest. most respectfully the advi
ability of having the hair of the dea
made up into chains, brooches, charm
etc, and our undertaken told me th
he had known of cases where real-esta
men having burial plots for sale h;
3, approached bereaved families, seekir
IF to dispose OF plot or grave even aft
II he had told them that the matter of
N burial spot had been left to him. | al
N know OF a case where the interme
n was to be in a distant city, which "
rs no sooner advertised than two railro;
S. men wrote to the family and offer
lie special rates to certain number
10 momners. These were our reasons T
ic not advertising grandma's death. =.
to Y. Mail and Erpress
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-10-20
SIZES or THREAD.
The Mystery OF tho Numbers Of spoofs Of
Cotton. Etc., Explained.

COttOn, ETC.,, Expia1neus
Every body knows the sizes OF thread.
Every seamstress knows whether she
wants No. 80 or 60 or 120, and knows,
when she hears the number. about what
is the size of the strand referred to; but
how the numbers happen to be what
they are, and just what they mean, not
one person in "a thousand knows. And
yet it is simple matter to explain was
the information accorded a reporter by
an employe of one of the largest spool
cotton manufactures in the United
States. When $40 yards of yarn
weigh 1000 grains, a pound OF cotton.
the yarn is No. 1. If $3.50 yards weigh
pound it will be No. 2 yarn. For No.
so yarn it would take fifty multiplied
by $40 yards to weigh pound. This
is the whole OF the yarn measurement.
The early manufactured thread was
three-cord, and the thread took its
number from. the number Of the yarn
from which it was made. No. GO yarn
made No. 60 thread, though in point OF
fact the actual caliber of No. 60 thread
would equal No. 20 yarn, being three
60 strands.
When the sewing machine came intt
I, the market as the great consumer. un
4 reasonable in its work and inexorabl'
in its demands for mechanical accuracy
six-cord cotton had to be made as
smoother product. As thread mum
bers were already established, the.
were not altered for the new article
and No. 60 six-cord and No. 60 three
chord are identical in size as we'll as il
number. To effect this the six-cor
has to be made of yarn twice as firm a
that demanded by the three-cord. TIL
No. 60 six-cord would be six strand
of No. 120 yarn. Three-cord spool col
ton is made of yarn that is double II
number. AS simple thing as threa
is, there are 1900 different kinds made
~ Y Mail and Express.