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

The following stock, WAGONS ANA household
STp6KS head ct horses No. 1 is q bay
stallion, John a. Logan. coming four years
old. sired h ratasrson's Happy Medium.
record $50 ~ 1y old Happy Medium. record
s2ls and his dam Is an American star mare.
who has trotted IN three minafcs or less. be
ing a mate &c great endurance Na. Is
Perchefon stool, sonBd and geatle a good
driver No. h soriei mare colt, Linda,
coming years cid, sired by othelie, her dam
Is a muscular lnalfF OF zl.atensinranee she is
an extra driver atsd very promising. COWS
llow milking and dc other due 10 calf Aprli
LIST. 1 goat. Years gid, Of great strength and
Of irsf class buttii3g abilities. Jersey Red
SOW pig; { turkey sSRnte t;,.. ,...4..
I l. new never bseA used; No. . Is i-Nd0w's
huiia: No WIS baiif by Mclear 4 Kendall
both in good order. express wagons. one
almost new: wita roc a.nd shafts suitable
harness. one entirely Efw; sets nyHetsi
buffalo robe. Blankets, s%e.; lol OF chicken
corn. several gsiions Of y4isegar with barrel;
4 lot OF ear ,)enter tools wiLtkEhesI.
HotsElioi.S G'i'S ~ an s,s;,1 wI5a ~,
eaReseaf ana windsor ehAir% dining and
kitchen iabtess bedStessas and8wo hen-feathef
bedroom sto<e IS; cook stove; sne large coal
stove with heater Ia heat ronHis above. bought
new last March, this Is worthy hhe notice u
those ishfhg 10 buy a good sfos@; rhDfnSs
cheese press aud fixtures: Dntfex tubs; wiash-
tabs: refrigerator. ice cream frf& Ger: meat
~a water not Stone and Iass jars, hmps ain
ana AMI a asa 10 pounds j PORK old shienea
Coz 1oadiiions a sale Sale 70 eomn4 eee =
1870 NJ ,,A
cHALkLEf kiEfa in.
Also. 4: the same lime and place. one hiQwn
,sinfe coming wears old. sound and fP0d
,;44yer. ] grey mare good "a drive W A<k.
The property OF Charles y hornfr.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-03-02
posi- OFFICE.

Office hours, 500 A. II. TO 500 p. NJ.
Oifice hours for money order business 200
A NJ. to 100 p. NJ.
MAILs-Close mt &. 81 and sos a. NJ 1888 and
4.13P.M. Arrive ut $50 A. T., 500 and 100 p. NJ.
SALEM MAus-Close Mt g.l9A. NJ. and4. 10 T.. II.
Arrive at " 81 aud i.i5 p. NJ.
SHAGProwN MAILs-Close at 9.S0A.M Arrive
at 7a0 A. NJ.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-03-02
MARY A. KfEBY
tsHALkIEf kfKA ,
VOCAL MUSIC

TN addition Ia the cistsS in Nl9si ,nns}c new
/ Ia progress another wiithe formed ~ ~
early date NaN}eA VIII ~ reeeiyeA ~ ans
time. elasses m}'n< 1. flas resitlenfe ~ Mrs.
smith HaWiit.-en re-
TuxspAx &xs'fnspse ~ srnrwoess
Ipsaasyr el2ssss tbs 1ea'esas.ia net@t1on y
nj u. FLAXEtsAN.
febl7tf wood*soas. n
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-03-02
Itrectocu.
W EST JERSEY RAILROAD.
ON and after jan. eth, 1893.

Trains going north.-7.07 and sos A. H., 1913
apd ld2 p. NJ. Sundays, 7i2 A. NJ, aud 4.5S p. NJ.
Trains going south.-g29 A. NJ. 2i7 $50 and
G.2aP. NJ. sundays, glS A. NJ. and 6. - T.. NJ
Trains leave Philadelphia.--S ~ A. NJ, 100, $40
and go 2. NJ. Sundays. 500 A. NJ. and l5r. NJ.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-03-02
LARGE SALE
OF VALUABLE
STOCK & FARM IMPLEMENTS

yTyHH subscriber wit sell at public saie, at
L hi4 residence ia ElsinboFo, about lFmile
from SAi4lf on
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-03-02

Annual taN-..-.- ..Tl.oo
Permits granted for the use Of books AT 8
cents per week on application 10 any OF the
trustees.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-03-02

The following are the signers OF the
lpetitien for license for Samuel French
10 keep "A tavern in Woodstown
tEWkLr EIonMAS. WILLIAM AUSTIN,
iWM EoEBINs, II. W AUSTIN,
Il. l.. CRlsPIs, u. Il. W ADpINGToN,
limos. T. PARKER, .IouN :. JOHNSON, /
| NJ. NJ. HICKMAN, RICHARD GsoSBTNa,
lC. NJ. MILLER, .lohN h. DEACON,
JOHN Il. HUGHES.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-03-02

Oar pin clreck yari vide wool snItings
at 90 cts. are going rapidly. 10 yds. make
suit. +. .. Humphreys x Co
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-03-02

button or hook Ladies' iine kid gloves
sl.25- Every pair warranted. Il. Il.
Humphreys 4 Go.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-03-02

Examinations are being held in our pnblic
school this week.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-01-21
Worms in FIower-Pots.

sF
have seen several remedies recon-
nended in different agricultural pa
pers lately for Kidding the soil in
fiower-pots of worms, such as cam
phor. limc-water, etc. l suppose that
it is the common angle worm that is
meant. | have often been troubled
with these pests to such an extent that
the appearance of the soil would be
completely changed, leaving in it a
sort of granulated condition. some
thing like sand. When the soil is thus
infested the plant will not thrive To
get rid of the worms l simply SUBJ
merge the pot in lukeWarm water to a
sufficient depth to just cover the soil in
the pot, and await developments AL
most Immediately the worms will be-
gin to crawl up out of the ground,
when they can be secured. Of course
it would not do to leave the pot too
long submerged or the plant would die.
But a few minutes will be required to
drive them out; and as far as l have
tried it. [ have seen no injurious effects
from the treatment hiero, in Farm
and Home
St. Landry democrat., 1888-01-21
Contents of a Ton of Coal.

A careful estimate made by an
English chemist of the contents, or
constituents. of ton of coal presents
some interesting facts not familiar GER
tainly to unscientiic minds It is
found that besides gas, ton of ordin-
airy gas coal will yield 1000 pounds of
coke, 20 gallons of ammonia water and
140 pounds of coal tar. Now destruc-
tive distillation of this amount of coal
tar gives about 20 pounds of pitch, Il
pounds of creosote, IA pounds Of heavy
oils, about % pounds of naphtha yell
low, 8 $40 pounds of naphthaline, A
pounds of naphthol, 2.25 pounds of
alizarine, "a pounds of solvent naph-
tina, LIS pounds of phenol. LIZ pounds
aurine, IL pounds aniline. OF pound
of toludine. 0. 46 pound of anthracine,
and 90 pound Of toluene from the
last named substance icing obtained
the new product saeehaIsiae said to be
230 times IS sweet rs the best cane
sGgar.-A. ] sse8.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-01-21
LIES SUM.

The day is filled with golden hours,
Which fly with winged feet,
TO those who gather life's bright flowers,
With perfumed odors sweet.
The week is filled with gladstone days,
Which pass with rapid stride,
To those who tread 1ife's pleasant ways,
And rarely turn aside.
The month is filled with precious weeks,
Which all too quickly go,
To those who bask in fortunes freaks,
And know no tale Of woe.
The year is filled with months so bright,
Which shine with hopeful glow,
To those who ne'er msfortune's blight
Have learned to feel and know
But ah /! the years are filed with care,
Passing with timely tread,
TO those who wait with silver hair,
Whose youth long since hath sped.
Yet round and round the wheel of years
Turns on with even turn.
Passed is the time in prayer in tears,
That brings us to our urn
o.! restless wheel of years, turn on;
Though in the gloom to-day,
To-morrow's turn.wil bring the dawn,
To bright the darksome way.
--A. j. Hamilton, IN Louisville Courier Jourao
St. Landry democrat., 1888-01-21
The grand total of lands newt

The grand total of lands newly
filed on and purchased by immigrants
arriving in Dakota during the year
1887 closely approximates 1861, 2S1
acres, or 4, 1853 square miles, an area
quite four times greater than Rhode
Island, about three times that of Della
ware, or nearly that contained within
the boundaries of Connecticut. The
vacant area now open to settlement is
stated to contain %, 811, 445 acres, of
which the Devils Lake district has
1882. o98 acres; Grand Forks district,
SOC. 600; Fargo district. 2S1,s 800 acres;
Aberdeen district, 802.873 acres, and
Watertown district. 112,625 acres.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-01-21
Georgia has one fortune-teller who

Georgia has one fortune-teller who
can be depended on. She is a young
girl, and was recently thought to be a
gypsy by widower who is looking for
a young wife, and was therefore
anxious to know the future. The girl
said she'd tell the past and the future.
and. having first received good fee,
she told the man to take off his hat
he did. Then she said: .'You took
off your hat; you will put it back on.
God love you, and if you don't look
sharp the devil will get YOU The
fortune-teller then walked away and
left him standing looking like the boy
the calf ran over
St. Landry democrat., 1888-01-21
"A cow belonoino 10 Co,onel T

A cow belonging to Colonel j. H.
Weeks, of Mikesville, Columbia County,
Fla, had calf recently which exhib-
tied a strange freak of nature. 1t had
two heads and eight legs and feet. 1t
was very fine-sized calf, very broad
where the neck is joined to the body,
and from this broad neck depended two
heads. each with two eyes, two ears,
one mouth, and Dostrils-in fact, two
complete heads hung the same as any
cows head. The hind legs at the upper
part Of the thigh were single, but just
above the knee they divided, forming
two complete legs to each, of equal
length. with lower hook joints and
hoofs- The front legs also divided
above the knee joint, forming four
front legs, making in all, as stated
above. two heads and eight legs.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-01-21
The DWELLING Of 4 nrom;nent m

The dwelling of a prominent mer-
chant in Railway, N. j.. came near
being burned the other night through
the ingenious scheme of an ineendiary,
who took q shoyelful of hot Goals from
a stove. deposited them in the drawer.
of u table, replaced the table cover. and
placed several fancy articles on top of
the table. fortunately the fire was
discovered before much damage ~
done.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-01-21
1t is proper to warn art collector

1t Is proper to warn art co11ectors
against purchasing any Rembrandts,
Durers, or Raphaels which may stray
into the market at present. A new
scientific process of copying is said to
have been applied to the pictures in the
Esterhazy gallery at Pesth with start
ling results. and the fact has become a
subject for investigation by the Hun
garian congress
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-03-01
CONSTIPATION!

There Is no medium through which
disease SO often attacks the system
as by Constipation, and there is no
other i'll flesh is heir to more apt to
be neglected, from the fact material
Inconvenience may not be immediate.
ly felt from irregular action Of the
bowels. When there is not regular
action the retention Of decayed and
eiiete matter, with It's poisonous
gases. soon FrisOUs the whole system
by being ABSORBED into il, causing
piles, fstula, headache,
and many other seric ..yns.
BURD0CK BLOOD BITpERS will
Immediately relieve, and one bottle
positively cure or relieve any case
Of Constipation.
"Was troubled for year with
torpid liver and Indigestion, and after
trying everything imaginable used
BURD0CK BLOOD BlTTERS. Tho
FIRST bottle revived me and the second
cured me eItirely,"--J s, Williamson,
Rochester, N. Y.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-03-01
Short Sermons For B:ys

Most boys aud girls do not like
sermons they say they are too
long for their highnesses. Perhaps
they may like these short sermons
They will give food to think over
aud must not be read over hastily
A Swedish boy fell ont of the
window and was badly hurt, but,
with clenched lips, he kept back the
cry OF pain. The King, Gustavns
Adolphus, who saw him fall, proph'
esied that tho boy would make Il
man for an emergency. And 30 be
did for he became the famous Gen
eral Bauer.
A hoy used to crush tho flowers
to get their color, and painted the
white side OF his fathers cottage 10
Tyrol, with all sorts of pictures,
which the mountaiueers gazed at as
wonderful. He was the great artist
Titan.
An old painter watched IA little
fellow who amused himseli making
drawings of his pot and bushes, east
and stool, and said 'rhat boy will
beat me one day So he did, for be
was Michael Angelo.
A German boy WAS reading q
Llood- d-and-thunder novel. Right in
the midst of il he paid to himself
Now, this will never do. get toe
much excited over il. l cant stndy
80 we'll after it. SO here goes
and he flung the book ont into the
river. lie was Fichte. the rrea,
German philosopher,
Do you know what these little SER
mons mean 7 Why simply this
that in boyhood and girlhood are
shown the traits for good or evi
that make the man or woman good
bad
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-03-01

'hbo tuc lOuk w tohO y" "h' "BP'N
ciate the situation, and thinking diss
cretion the better part OF valor,
said to myself, 'Well, old fellow II
you catch me you'll travel down this
mountain faster than you ever did be
fore.' Then began one of the swift~
est go as-you-please races you ever
saw or heard IL started down the
mountain, making prodigious leaps
from one rock to another and going
at the rate of thirty miles an hour,
with the bear tumbliug and grunt
ing close behind. II was almost
neck and neck with us for about
quarter of mile, when the bear,
which was no doubt suffering from
the effect Of his wound, stopped, and
after putting about three bnpdred
yards between ns, 1 did the same,
and keeping one eye on Mr.. Bear
proceeded to flush loading my Rnn
which succeeded in doing without
further interruption.
Now the order of things was re-
versed, for no sooner had finished
loading than the confouuded bear
turned tail and started mp the noun
tain again. was determined to
kill bin, so was obliged to follow.
Now began another race, with myself
Ms the aggressive party. He took
mo back over nearly tue same route
until we arrived at the place we
started from, when having gained
considerably on him, / shot again
and he fell, bat got up Immediately
aud disappeared in the bushes. |
didu't care to follow bin with au
empty quo, so stopped to reload it,
When | had completed this opera
ton and was thinking whether or
not il would be advisable to follow
my game heard slight noise in the
opposite direction from which the
bear had disappeared, aud turning
around to inquire into the cause, |
: hope never to shoot another deer, If
there was not another bear fully as
large aud even more savage looking
, than No. |. lie was standil ou the
trunk of an old fallen tree, aud from
: bis actions judged he had not yet
seon me. 1 raised my gun and blaz-
ed away and down be came of the
; log al in hosp. bnt before could
; reload ho got up and ambled off in
the same direction as the other one
had taken.
| was little unnerved by this
second encounter and not knowing
but what / might be in tho midst OF
i regular colony of bears l started
on straight line for camp
What do you suppose became OF
tho bear inquired bystauder,
We'll, sit, said Rnbe, Il have news
er soeu or heard anything Of either
of them since, but they must have
gone of somewhere aud died. Yes
+, they certainly died-that old gun o'
mine would kill anything
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-03-01
MIDDLEBURGH, SNY DER. co, PENNA MARCH !, 1888

her fearful eyes were Hxed upon his
own, with eager questioning in their
blue depths. 81
Melville Austin's answer was spok-
en- with unhesitatIne tondness: ~
meant that II oil the world he's striv-
en- to separate us, Dora, ! should still
have struggled to rssain you. Until
to-day never have known the
strength and power OF my love-
His arm were clastod about her
now and she was sohbing forth her
thankfulness, and reilisd, Dora we
owe this happiness to "The Pretty
Model"
Connecticut western news., 1888-09-05
Ceremony at the Capital.

Foreign ministers demand the most scrupulous obs crvance of tho stereo- typed rules of etiquette, and watch with scrutiny every attention and h. attention to them. A fai.uro to seat q member of the corps or his wife in tho rrccise seat belonging to his or her rank at the tablo would probably destroy the pleasure of tho occasion. Not one inch flu thcr from the host or hostess than belonged to tho country they represent would be tolerated. The
 lacing of diplomats in line to be pre- scntcd on occasions of ceremony must be done ia strict observance of rank and importanc ce of each. Hence, per sons dining or entertaining thesc digni- taries must first post themselves accu- ratcly on tho status of every kingd om, province and prin cipality if they expect to givo their guests pleasure and to avoid scene such as has characterized occasions where ''second- class South America" has occupied positions few races above 'fi-,t class Europe," or whcro little European provinces have Leon given moro conspicuous places than greater kingdoms. -I American Magazine.
Connecticut western news., 1888-09-05
THE POOL OF BETHESDA.
1t has Been Discovered at last With
 Reasonable Certainty.
From the Pall Mall Gazette. l

[From the Pall Mall Gazette.l
 "We have generally an announcement to make, but not often of so much i'm portance at that of this day. It is the discovery of the Pool of Bothesda." So writes Mir. Walter Besant in the Quarter ly Statement issued by the Palestine Ex- ploration Fund He IS jubilant, as all Palestine enthusiasts are likely to be, that vexed question in regard to site is apparently settled forever
 Bethesda is mentioned only by the fourth Evangelist. In the fifth chapter of his gospel, John says: "Now there IS at Jerusalem by the sheep market Cor gate),a a pool which is called by theIHebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches." The word translated ''poor' in the au- thorized version is given by some author ities as swimming bath;" and the phrase ''pool by the sheep market is possibly better rendered "sheep pool" Eusebius explains the occasional red color of the water of this "sheep pool' as being the trace of the carcasses of sheep washed in it before sacrifice; hence the name. There were, according to the Evangelist, five porches, or porti- coes, around the pool. These Dr. Geikie thinks, charity built for the accomoda- tion of sufferers. It seems to us, how ever equally probable that they formed part of the original scheme for the bath. Five porticoes would seem to imply q pentagonal structure; but this is by no means essential. A rectangular pool with portico on either s de, divided by one accross the middle, would answer the description. "Bethesda" Ca Hebrew name which was very probably invented by St. John) may mean either "house oi mercy" or "the place of the pouring forth" [of water.
 At the northeast of modern Jerusalem, close to St. Stephens Gate, stands the | Church of St. Anne. At the time of the | Crlmean war 1t was ruined mosque, but when the French came into posses. sion of it they restored the church and | handed 1t over to the Algerian monks, It is near this Church of St. Anne, and in connection with excavations made around it, that the real Pool of Bethesds has recently been discovered by Herl l Conrad Shiok. There is court yard te the northwest of the church, which leads through a newly opened passage into another court yard some fifty feel square. At the north of this latter courI yard there was at one time small church. Beneath the floor of this some time church are vaults, and through the floor of these vaults cistern is reached cut into the rock to depth of thirty feet. This cistern is portion of tho original Pool of Bethesda. There Ii still water in it, but it is difficult to say whence it comes. This, in brief, il Herr Schicks report of April 5. Since then further excavations have beer made, and he has prosecuted more ex tended inquiries. A twin pool has beer discovered. Further examination vii bring more details to light; but it ma, now fairly be assumed that the twt pools, tanks, or cisterns thus discovered really constituted the Pool of Bethesda ''having five porches," where Chris healed the paralytic of eight and thirt. years standing.
Connecticut western news., 1888-09-05
OUR PENSION LIST. Annual Report of the Commissioner Shows Heavy Increase.

The Commissioner of Pensions has complet- ed and sent to the public printer his report of the operations of the Pension Bureau for the year ended June 30, 1888. It sets forth the functions of the several divisions of the bureau and gives a sketch of the progress of 8 case from the receipt of an application until it's adjudication.
 It also shows that there were during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1888, added to the pension rolls 6O.253 new names (the largest annual increase in the history of the bureau), making total of 453,557 pensioners on the rolls at the close of the year, classified as fol lows: 326, ,S35 invalids, 92, 92S widows, minor children and dependent relatives; 37 Revolu- tionary widows, 836 survivors of tho War of 1872, 10, 787 widows of those who served in that war, 10, 900 survivors of the war with Mexico, and 5, 104 widows of those who served in that war.
 The names of 2,o2s previously dropped were restored to the rolls, making an aggregate of 62, 2S0 pensioners addcd during the year. Dur the same period 15, 730 were dropped from the rolls on account of death and various other causes, leaving net increase to the rolls of 46, $50 names. There have been 1, 166, 926 pen sion claims filed since 1861, and 737, POO claims of all classes have been allowed since that date. The amount paid for pensions since 1861 has been $963, ,CS6, 444.
Connecticut western news., 1888-09-05
The California Back. .Scratcher.

The back has reached Phila- delphia. It comes from the Pacific coast, and out there it is q very useful article. Here it remains to be seen whether it has a place in everyday life. The back scratcher is little stiff brush with 8 long, ivory handle, and the first speci- mons seen in Philadelphia were brought yesterday by party of returned tourists from San Francisco. "What are they for9" echoed one of the party to a curious reporter. "Why we scratch our backs with them. What for? for feas, to be sure and it is fun to go into a Pacific coast theatre some times and watch the deftness and art with which the spectators use their back -scratchers. Pleas abound on the Pacific coast, and even the most aristrocratric belle of the upper ten cannot say when any of these pests will make himself known. Now you will readily see that the safest place for flea is on the back, where he is out of the reach of all ordinary modes of disturbance. That is why the back scratcher was thought of, and it is now in general use on the Pacific coast. One sees, for instance, lady and her gen. tleman escort seated quietly at the opera, listening enraptured to charm ing tenor, when all at once spasm cros- ses the lady's face, she twists uneasily in her seat and finally appeals to her companion. He at once responds with the little back scratcher. He thrusts it gently down the back of her collar and pushes it on down to the spot where the offending insect has taken refuge. When she tells him that the pest has been re- ached he proceeds to scratch with the brush. The relief which this affords is at once testified by the clearing up of the lady's face and the appearance of a soft smile of satisfaction and comfort. One can also use these scratchers on ones own back with success, but more frequently the operation is performed by second person. We brought back these we have with us more as curiosit- ies and trophies of our trip than for any other reason. They are very interest ing to us as mementos."