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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-10-26
THROWING UP ENTERTAINMENTS.
Military Experiences Of Which little ia
Said in Books or out of Them.

Military Experiences Of Which little ID
Said in Books or out of Them.
A regimental historian thus describes
the process Of throwing up intrenct-
ments in the face of the enemy. The con-
strained position and violent labor must
prove painfully monotouous and exhaust
ing; but there is no loss without some
small gain, and the attentions of the
sharp-shooters on the other side are
doubtless sufficient to prevent any feeling
of wearincss on the score of q lack of ex-
element.
Each soldier crawls fat on his belly as
close to the enemy's lines rs he dares to
go. lays his gun down beside him and
with his spade begins to make a hole in
front Of him throwing the dirt forward. If
the rebel pickets are vigilant, they soon
see what he is about, and begin to send
him their compliments.
He has no time to pay any attention to
this, however, but digs fer dear life. In
@ few minutes he has thrown up dirt
enough to protect his head, Eut must be
careful to keep it very low, and his legs
straight behind him. A little longer, and
he has q hole big enough to sit down in,
when he works his feet round to the front
ana puts tHCil into the IOIc, DuI uOeS nOb
dare yet to raise his head.
His feet now aid him ! thrustingi in tho
spade, and in II few minutes more he can
rise upon his knees; then lie can work
faster, as he is less cramped.
Presently he stands on his feet, but
never raises his head till the earth in
front of him is high enough entirely to
hide him from the rebels. All this has
perhaps been done inside of twenty min
utes.
He now brcathes more freely, and be-
gins to enlarge and shape the hole; andin
an noun from the time when he began to
dig he is ready to lay down his spade and
take up his gun. Even then, however
his feelings cannot always be of the pleas
ATTEST. There is no getting out of the
hole before night.
Six or eight rods from him, on either
side, is a comrade in just the same pre-
dicament, and as they lay aside their
spades and begin to shoot, it brings down
upon them the concentrated wrath of the
rebels in their front, till the grape and
canister fairly rain about them.
There they must lie in the broiling sun
till darkness comes and they are relieved
each by two others, who spend the night
in digging right and left, to unite the ex-
cavations and complete the mine.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-10-26
KEYING UP RACE HORSES.
Their Immediate Preparation for II
Contest.

Contest.
The work at starting is usually slow.
A Jog of a mile and q gallop of three
hardens the muscles and takes off the
flesh fast enough without producing any
soreness. The fast work begins only after
the animal has been Keyed up to II fine
point and is ravenous for his exercise.
All the skill of the trainer is called out
for the few days before the race. Itisthe
custom to speed the animal a distance a
little longer than that of the race. II Il
mile race he is given trials of a mile and u
quarter, so that he can do the distance
with something in hand.
Horses often become track sick by being
put through their trials too often. This
makes them sulky and sometimes turns
them into boilers.
The timing trials usually come off two
days before the race. IL was for this that
an army of touts have been besicging the
training stable for days. They and their
employers are rs anxious as the owncrstc
know what may be expected, but the las
ter are also anxious that the touts shall
nc5 find out. If The trials are made in
open daylight the chances are that fifty
watches will do the timing.
Sometimes, however, the touts arc
fooled. Trials have been ran at dead OF
night, with the aid of lanterns.
The day before the race a horse is sent
along at slow gallon, to work out stiff.
ness, and is then returned to his stall nos
to come out again until early in the racing
morning, when he is sent along at full
speed for an eighth or quarter of Il mile,
to make sure of his speed. He is then re-
turned to Ills stall until the saddling bell
rings.
He is given 4 light feed Of oats at noon
and a very little hay. His water is meas
ured out to him carefully. When the
time comes for him to appear he is sent
out under q sweating blanket and moved
around pretty fast ii lie shows any stiff
ness, but slowly ii lie is in good shape.
He is rubbed out well when the blanket
is taken off, and then sent to the post.
After the race the greatest care must be
taken to cool and dry him off slowly. He
is usually walked around under II heavy
blanket before going to his stall fer a
days rest.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-10-26
OUR PURITAN ANCESTORS.
Their Harsh Views on the Subject of Nc:
and Women'S Attire.

Their Harsh Views on the Subject of Men
and Women'S Attire.
Governor Bradford describes the severe
standards of the Puritans in dress.
For example, the wife of Mr.. Johnson,
the pastor at Amsterdam, gave offense
because, having formerly been a rich
merchants wife, "she wore such apparel
as she had been formerly used to, which
were neither excessive nor immodest, for
their chiefest exceptions were against her
wearing of some whalebone in the bodice
and sleeves of her gown, cork shoes, acd
other such like things as the citizens of
her rank then used to wear. And al
though, for offense sake, she and he were
willing to reform the fashions of them so
far as might be without spelling of their
garments, yet it would not content them
except they came full up to their sizes"
The Governor gives another instance.
In England u godly man, long impris-
oned for his religion, is releas ed, and
goes to see an old woman who has been
very kind to him. She came up to him
aud felt of his BAND (for her eyes were
dim with age), and perceiving it was
something stiffened with starch, she was
much displeased and reproved him very
SHARPLY ledllhS oou Noulu Hob prosper
his journey. Yet the man was u plain
countryman, clad in gray russell, without
either welt or guard (as the proverb is),
and the band he wore worth scarce three
pence, made of their own homespinning,
and he was godly and humble us he was
plain"
Writing in 1913, the Governor says:
What would such professors if they
were now living, say to the eXi of our
times?'
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-10-26
A TITLED MISER.
tarily Left Splendid surroundings for
Squalor in Order To Save Money.

The Life of = Soblcman Who VoIun-
tariIy Left Splendid surroundings for
squalor in Ordor To save Money.
A celebrated miscr was Ephraim I,apes
Pereira, Baron d'Aguilar, formerly
cashier to the Empress Maria Theresa of
Austria. Strange to say, the early years
of his life at the Austrian coart were
years of splendor.
Then he moved to England, married a
wealthy lady and s tiled down. Helived
in sumptuolis style, kept several car
riagcs and twenty servants. He was
married twice, and after his second mar
riage he left his family and friends and
withdrew himself from the fashionable
world.
He turned farmer. At this time he was
worth 81 geo, coo. After Il year in the
country his place began to be known as
starvation Farmyarl." His cattle and
poultry We're a mass of skin and bones,
and peasants began to hoot at the Baron
whenever he appeared for his mean treat
ment of his animals.
He always insisted on being present
when the stock was being fed so that he
might see that there was nothing stolen
or wasted. He went about his farm clad
in mean and dirty clothes, and ref lsed to
spend money to buy new mes.
After Il life of scliSlIness and
he died in March, 1902, leaving property
estimated Mt 81 100, 900. His diamonds
alone were worth $50, 600. while his solid
silver plate weighed over 700 pounds.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-10-26
DESTROYING
Two Ways Employed in Their Whole
sale Destruction.

Two Ways Employed in Their whole
sale Destruction.
Accounts published of the devastation
caused by crickets in Algeria show that
the insects resemble, but are not iden-
teal with either locusts or g~rasshoppers.
They spring like grasshoppers, but have
q more rapid and sustained flight They
form clouds, which shut out the light of
the sum-.
When they alight on the ground they
destroy every trace of vegetation. They
sometimes fall exhausted on the ground
in such numbers as to cover it with a
layer of dead bodies, from which pesti-
lential e%xhalations arise.
The method still employed to check the
evil in the African possessions of France
is the old and expensive one of DIGGING
long trenches at a right angle to the adj
vanclng swarms, and placing on the most
distant side Il sort of fence, formed by q
web of cloth. The advancing insects
strike against the cloth, fall into The pit,
and arc there covered with lime or mold.
1t was recently stated that the English
authorities in Cyprus had traced the To-
Gusts in that island to their breeding
places, and had there to a great extent
succeeded in destroying them in germ,
before they became developed into the
destructive swarms which periodically
devastated that island.
AS yet the French do not appear to have
introduced this method into Algeria.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-10-26
THE MONITOR.
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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-10-26
THE COMING NJ
But She Must Learn a Good Deal FIR.


But She Must Learn u Good Deal FIRST
At q meeting of q dozen ladies the other
day to organize a lodge of the Kings
Daughters, the utter unfamiliarity of
women with parliamentaryla law, or even
with the general idea of organization was
somewhat humorously illustrated.
After they had sat lookingateach other
atrife n%ervously for a while, one of them
said:
"Well, here VIC are. What are we going
todo?"'
"Oh, dear said another, u don't
know, but let's do something"
At last. II young la0y suggested they
might try not to say iaean things about
other people until isXt meeting, anyway.
Everybody thought i;at would be nice.
Just asthey We're aejournlng, W. hours
later, a lady EXCHANGED:
"Oh. suppose we fought to havea presi-
dentf'
why, OF course we uGht,' sad an
other.
Il don't suppose anybody Will object to
Mrs. brown for president" sad q third,
lets have her.
All right, let's" echoed the rest.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-10-26
70 COFFEE PERFECTLY.
Tho beverage q Drink for Men Rather
than for Women.

The beverage % Drunk LOT Meh
than for Women.
To prepare coffee you must take the
green seed, using your Judgment to MAKE
SIRE that it is new. You must then roast
IT. in u rotary cylinder, or even III u small
irving pan over a charcoal fire.
IT, will change its color from light sage
g;a,n TO dark brown, and will at the same
tirne begin to sweat. Drops of brown oil
stand out upon it and will give out an un-
mistafable aroma. This aroma consists
of u delicate essential oil, so volatile in is
nature that coffee roasted the day before
yestcrday-not to sly coffee which has
been roasted and ground and kept i'll TIN
foil for II m~oulh-has no more left OF us
virtue than u rose II week cut.
The seed thus prepared should stain
vour fingers or leave II p~erceptiBle greasy
brovnt trace on white blotting paper. From
this point all is e'sy.
Break YOUR seeds, for the kernel of tue
nut is always the sweetest. lie the
frapments in muslin. Then, II you arean
cnicure. pour II small quantity of actually
boilinr water upon IL large allowance OF
them. But you can get admirable coffee
for n larger Number OF guests if you boil
Che muslin bag for ii minute and IL half or
two minutes, and not longer.
Coffee is an infusion, and not adecotion.
Coffee thus prepared is a beverage within
the reach of every nan who will make it
or see it made for himself; and it can be
made by any woman Sho condescends to
be taught.
Coffee is more potent than tea. 1t not
onlya arrests waste of Tissue, but it also
POSSESSES qualities which bring it very
near to the limits of the range of danger
ous drugs. If we take theme, the aka
line of tea-and we may practically leave
outofconsideration the difference between
black tea and greenland compare it with
the corresponding alkaloid in coffee, we
find certain marked differences.
Coffee is more immediate and more
marked in its effects than tea. a strong
cup of coffee viii act on the moment, and
is sometimes employed hy medical men as
an emetic. Or, again, II cup OF hot coffee
will recruit u man who has suffered from
n violent shock, wncre Il cup of warm tea
would be not much better or more efiica-
cious than Il basin of Cruel.
1t may be agreed, then, that coffee prop
erly prepared is a drink for men rather
thar for women.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-10-26
GOING AROUND IKE MATTER.
something To %erci-c the Wits Of
Young INO,tlC.

something To xerci-c the Wits Of
Young People.
A correspondent writes to ask whether
ahunter goes around" IL squirrel which
keeps on the opposite side or IL rec about
which the hunter makes - circuit.
The squirrel is un the trInl of the tree
andshifts his posiii1IaS Isl 1T hunter walks
around to shoot him il such II way us al
ways to keep the tree between him and
the hunter. The man docs not ever get
into Il position to see the other side of the
squirrel-supposing the trte to he trans.
parent-but lie .'g0es around him in the
sense in which any circle may be said to
go around II circle described within it.
In a very practical sense. however, the
squirrel "gets around" the hunter, mas
much as he succeeds in defeating the pur.
pose of the latter to shoot him.-Baltimors
Sun.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-10-26
Well Up in Ranking.

Business Man-"Now, don't forget; de-
liver this note to the president of the Mil
lionaire Bank. On ho account give it to
any one else. Go right to the president
and hand him this yourself. Don't let
any one of the clerks take it."
Messenger Boy-"Don't yer fear. Them
dudes can't fool me"
"Eh? Ever carry messages to banks?"
Gotten"
Glow do you flEd the president?'
"Look fer the cove il the shabby suit"
Omaha World.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-10-26
\ CHILD ON DEATH.
Skepticism in tho Mouth of Babes and
Cp.IIinx

Skepticism in tho Mouth Of Babes and
Suci.lings.
I suppose every child finds death, on
first seeing or hearing of it, a fascinating
puzzle.
The little boy was listening to their
talking about somebody who was dying.
"What is dying?" he asked.
"The soul leaves the body, my child"
"And where does it go?'
"Up into the skies"
The sick woman died, and the boy heard
of it.
"She amt dead yet" he said.
Eyes, child; she died at 6 o'clock"
mo, she didn't. She wasn't dead when
! came in"
"What do you mean?"
Coos watched, an I didn't see no
soul go up into the skies at all"
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-10-26
n L~EFr-uANDED FABLE
After the Old Greek, but Not Warranted
To Catch Up.

After the Old Greek, but Not Warranted
To Catch Up.
Two cats, having stolen a piece of
cheese, asked IL monkey to divide it for
them. The latter broke it into two parts,
and under pretense Of equalizing them,
gnawed at them alternately until nothing
was left but the rind, which, with grav-
ity, he returned.
The cats, who had been for some time
sitting their glee, now departed, wishing
the monkey a good digestion to wait upon
his appetite, inasmuch as the cheese had
been intended for rats, and was plenti-
fully supplied with arsenic.
On hearing this, the monkey expired
in great agony.
This teaches the folly of indulging in
cheese, w%ithoutfirst ascertaining whether
or not it is loaded. Jun Table Talk.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-10-26
HYPNOTISM.
Experiments lately Made in snain,

experiments Lately made in Spain.
At the trial of certain religious fanatics
IN the province Of Malaga, Spain, expert
ments in |hypnotism were na,ie on the de
PENDANTS by medical specialists. Innearly
z,cry case the defendants proved TO be
good" subjects. Many of the expert
ments tried by the doctors were of the
most extraordinary character.
One of the accused, for instance, when
in the state of hypnCtisnl, on being or.
dered to p%erspire, broke out almost in-
stantly in a p%rofuso state Of perspiration,
while another, who WAS ordered to ascend
a high mountain, being the while in an
ordinary room, behaved as if he were
actually climbing, his breathing becom-
ing difficult and his heart beating vio-
lently.
When the mar was told that he had
reached the summit and might rest
awhile, the symptoms of exhaustion grad
ually disappeared. Others were pricked
with long pins and gave no evidence Of
feeling what wa being done to them.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-10-26
Uses of Ccla:a Uonrnals.

Solemn Individua'-''I have called, sir,
to personally express to you my gratitude
for your SCI Vices u N and present you
with !. slight testi..onill, Il $3.50 watch"
Editor Comic Wc,kly-'Eh? Youhave
made some mistake"
mo, sin. You Know you have always
run pretty strong Oh jokes about married
men kissing tAe serving maids when their
wives weren't looking. We'll, my wife
got so scared abouba year ngo that she
has since lone her W toHsework, with
much improvement TO her A,aah, great
benefit TO nly Gi4,s. ion and 1T Il saving TO
me Of $40 wee; q. 520u year. Take the
watch, sir, and il yon ever want a friend
let me know.n-On,nha World.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-10-26

A certain minister of our acquaintance
was invited to line with q member Of his
flock who, though we'll enough off in the
goods OF this world, lived spnringly in his
greed for the dollars and cents. When
dinner was served the host said:
~ can't give you nothin' but bacon and
greens. parson; it's all | can afford these
hard times. Will you ask a bles in'5"
The minister responded:
"Lor1, make us truly thankful foF Watt
ye are about to receive We expected
nothing but greens-and irit9di here 10
bacon also. Make us trtily tiia.ihlnI!'
S.nithville (Ga.) News.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-10-26
Kind to Ills Little BOY.

"Mother writes that she will be here to-
morrow for Il short visit, my dear"
VERY well" he replied, and us he left
the house lie patted his little boy on the
head kindly, ard said:
Bobby, didn't you ask me to buy you
q tin whistle and u drum, the other day."
eyes, pa"
"Well, l will bring them 10 you to
night, "-Sun.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-10-26

Purser (making 'dinner-talk")-"Glad
you made up your mind to come back
with us, Mr.. Venu. Did you so every
where you ~interdedf"
Pa Venu-"Yep, didn't miss nothin'.
Went all through Italy, m all over"
Purser-''You spent some days at Ven
fee, OF course?'
Pa ~Venu-"Nop. Meant to but when
we got thar, tber' was IL food or some
thin, and the hull place Was under
water. Everybody goin' round in boats.
So we cleared right out"
Ma YeEu-"We WAS so Gisappointedr'
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-10-26

Our customers tell rs that our shoes
wear better than those they buy elsewhere.
This is easily accounted for. We've been IN
this business for 80 years-know what 10
accept and what to reject-ard are always
in position to protect our patrons. III you
want anything in Shoes give our STOCK Il
trial. New store under the Opera House.
e. Is. Humphreys.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-10-26
No Wonder.

visitor-"What has become of your
living skeleton?"
Dime Museum Man-"Ahl he is dead.
poor fellow. Drunk himself to death"
Wood gracious!'
D. NJ. M.-"Yes, he married the two
headed woman and it took all his salary
and hers to keep her in bonnets. So ho
took to drink"
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-10-26

Mistress Ito servant)-"I want you to
do your best to-day, Bridget, and have
everything pat for to-night's dinner"
Bridget-"Shure an Oh wull, mum, fer
it's Pat himseif wat'll be here this blissed
ayenin'.n-Texas Siftings.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-10-26

If want to be well-informed, take a
paper. Even a paper of pimsWiil give you
some good points.-Yonker rs Statesman.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-10-26

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria,
When she was q Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
when she had chillron, she gave them Castoria,
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-10-26
Porcelain lined Preserving Kettles, best

500 pairs ladies Lisle thread gloves at
and Is cts, usual price 20 and % cts,
all the shades at E. b. Humphreys & Co.
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Mems Tennis Oxford shoes, rs cents, at
Humphreys New Store, under the Opera
House.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-04-27
ATTEMPTToBL BLOW UP A BRIDGE
The Old Stone Bridge Must Go.

FREDERICK CITY, April Is, lSSS.-At
an early hour Tuesday morning an I'M
successful attempt was made to destroy
the old stone bridge on the Baltimore
turnpike, just east of Frederick, and
across Carol creek. The bridge Is a
solidly built stone structure, and four
holes were drilled into its walls and
then charged with large quantity of
powder, which was ignited by fuse.
This bridge has been subject Of consid-
cradle discussion during the past two
years. 1t is atwo-arched bridge, but the
arches are quite low, and in the event of
high water in Carroll creek, the water
backs and submerges adjoining proper
ty.-The Union.
The above account reminds us of
our nuisance of an old stone bridge
on the same turnpike extending
through Charlestown. OF course,
we do not advocate such desperate
measures to have oar old bridge re
moved or properly reconstructed !;
nor is it necessary to do so, to get
our Town Council TO attend to the
matter, but we have tried, and will
try from time to time. to have the
subject brought clearly to the minds
of our citizens, and to speak of the
serious damage to property, caused
by the present condition of this old
bridge and the channel of Evett' 8
run.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-04-27
CHURCH NOTES.

Rev. B. +. Bausman, of the Re
formed Church at Shepherdstown,
will preach in the Baptist Church on
next Sunday at ii a. m and at Beu-
lab at 3 p. IN.
The General Assembly Of the
Presbyterian Church in the United
States will meet in the Franklin
street Presbyterian Church, Balti-
more, on the 18th of May, 1888, at
IL o'clock, a. IN.
Rev. Rumsey Smithson, Presiding
Elder of Winchester District, NJ. +.
Church South, will preach at Beulah
Church, where Quarterly Meeting
will be held, April 2Sth and 10Th, at
IL a. IN.
The First Quarterly meeting for
Jefferson Circuit, Nj. +. Church
South, will be held April 2Sth and
29th, and for Charlestown Station
April Goth and 30th. The Presiding
Elder, Rev. Rumsey Smithson, is ex-
pected to be present.
An interesting Sabbath School
service was held in the Presbyterian
Church at 4 p. IN. last Sunday.
Addresses were delivered by Revs.
f. NJ. Woods and j. NJ. Clymer, and
the services interspersed with Cos
pei songs and prayer.
The following are appointments of
Bishop Peterkin.
Sunday, May 20, Zion Church. Charles
Sunday, May 20, P. NJ. Manning's
School House.
sunday, MAY 20, p. NJ. st. Phillips.
Monday, May q, Ripon.
Tuesday, May %, Shepherdstown.
Wednesday, May %, Harper's Ferry.
Bishop Peterkin will visit the
churches under the rectorship of
Rev. Jno. S. Gibson on Sunday next,
10Th inst. Services as follows:
Church of the Holy Spirit, Sum
nit Point, at IL o'clock, a. m.
st. Bartholomew, Leetown, at
$50 p. IN.
The rite of Confirmation will be
administered at each church. Of
ferings TO be for Diocesan Missions.
All are cordially invited to attend.
Seats iree-always.