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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-21
THE o o

OF all the full moons, the harvest full
moon has been the most celebrated in fes.
~tivities. Longfellow has well said
II Is Harvest Moon I. On gilded naves
And roofs of villages, on woodland crests
And their aerial neighborhood of nest
Deserted, on the curtained window panes
Of rooms where children sleep, on country
lanes
And harvest fields its mystic splendor rests.
The full moon of September is popularity
called the harvest moon. At this pa rtieu-
lar period Of each year the moons orbit
makes its smallest angle with the line of
our horizon. As a consequence. the inter
val between the time at which it rises on
consecutive evenings are found to be short
er than in any of the other IL months. To
those unaccustomed to close and intelligent
observation of celestial phenomena the full
moon of September would some years APP
pear to rise at nearly the same hour each
successive night for almost a week. IT the
hour of its appearance on consecutive
nights are carefully noted, however, it will
be seen to rise later and later each night by
a well-defined though not constant inter-
val. The simple agriculturists of the early
ages in England believed that the rising of
the moon in August and September for sew
eral nights in succession about the time
the sun had set was a beneficent provision
Of Providence to give them light to continue
their labors without interruption into the
night. Hence the moon which is full in
September came to be called the harvest
moon. 1t has given a theme to innumera-
BILE poets both in England and the United
States. Turner voices the sentiment of an
earlier age toward the harvest moon 10
these glowing lines
How peacefully the broad and golden moon
Comes to gaze upon the reapers toll.
That they who own the land for many a mile,
May bless her beams, and they who take the
boon
Of scattered ears. Oh! beautiful, how soon
The dusk is turned to silver without soil,
Which makes the fair sheaves falrer than at
noon,
And guides the CLEANER to his slender spoil.
Science has robbed the September moon
Of much of its sentiment and has shown
that it moves in obedience to laws imposed
upon earth and moon ages before the hl.-
man race was created. It still continues,
however, to be the most charming feature
of the early autumn evenings as it COM
pletely bridges for several successive nights
the interval between the setting of the sun
and the subsequent rising of the same.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-21
TO REBUILD THE HOLY LAND.

It is stated that Rev. DIR. Siyertha, of
Chicago, has sailed for Europe to begin
operations upon the project of rebuilding
Palestine. A plan for rebuilding Jerusa-
lem has been marked out carefully with a
view to harmony with Bible prophecy.
The leader expects that most of the colo
nists will be English and American, the
Hebrews proper comprising only about one
sixth, and that after a nucleus of the new
nation has been formed, the European
power will unite in declaring Palestine
independent and neutral. The movement
is exciting considerable interest In some
quarters. 1t will be a wonderful thing if
the waste places of Judea and Galilee can
De made to blossom once more and the
scream OF the locomotive whistle be heard
echoing among those ancient deserted hills.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-21
DISHONESTY AND HONESTY.

Lazy folks take the most pains" and
wicked folks certainly do. s'The way of
the transgressor is hard"
s'That fellow makes his money easy
said a young man to his fellow-workman,
as a rich man rolled by in his carriage. He
did not have to dig and work as we do"
Il hope you do not envy him, Russell"
Il don't know about that; | think we
have it pretty hard
Eyes, but what we do get is honest
money,-we have comfort. I don't want
TO shave so close that | just escape the
State Prison. / want to be able to look
honest men squarely in the face; besides,
if get a fortune I want my boys to have
the good of it. ! am sure his boys dash out
IN his money"
"Yes. they are dashing down to ruin al
a fast rate. Riches got in such ways take
wings. They seldom 60 down to the next
generation, and almost never to the third.
More often the getter loses all in his own
lifetime. / remember that Mr.. Beechsr
told his young men about this way of max
ing a fortune. He said, There is nothing
so profitable as lying aud stealing in the
beginning, but there is nothing so sure to
be hit by Gods lightning in the end l
don't want my possessions to be a mark
for Gods lightning. A dry morsel, hon.
estly earned, is better than that for us and
our children"
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-21
HINTS FOR HOusEkEEPERS.

Hartshorn will usually restore colors
that rave been taken out by acid.
Many persons perfer almond meal or oat-
meal to soap for washing face and hands.
To take out INK or iron-mold stains from
white goods wet with milk and cover With
salt.
For roughness caused by exposure to
wind, sponge the face with equal parts of
brady and rose water.
Chloride of lime is an infallible preven-
tive fo- rats, as they flee from its odor as
from a pestilenee.
The rooms of a house need ventilation j n
the daytime as well as in the night, and in
the winter as we'll as in the summer
Casters made of leather are a new inven-
ton, sure to prove useful. 4 sound leath-
er castor will save many a rug or carpet.
For stains on the hands nothing is bet
ter thar salt, with enough lemon juice to
moisten it, rubbed on the spot, and then
rinsed off with clean water.
1t is well to remember that blouses of
washing-silk must be ironed always OF the
wrong side, and care taken that the iron
be warm rather than hot.
Newspapers are the best thing for clean
ing lamp-chimneys. Put the least bit of
kerosene on q piece when filling the lamp,
then rub the chimneys until they shine.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-21
PURIFY THE FOUNTAIN.

Our mistake is in eleeting too many cor
rupt men to make and execute our laws.
What VIC need is purity in the making and
administration of laws. We can never
have reformation of criminals until We pu-
rify the elections of our country and select
men of eharacter-yes, pure and moral
men-to guide, control, and direct our af-
fairs. When you have done this, and you
go to the Legislature and ask for aid to
help these little children to do right from
the beginning, to teach them, that they
may grow up men and women Of purity,
Of character, OF stability and honesty of
purpose and determination, then your work
will be easy.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-21
III Il OLD

Good Bishop Ken ministered to Charles
II. when that dissolute monarch was dying,
and ''applied himself to the awakening of
the kings conscience, " albeit with no great
success; but the holy bishop did not fail
when he wrote the morning and evening
hymns, and appended to them the doxolo-
gy which Americans sing in moments of
special gladness as their Te Deam.
In April, 1865, a great crowd assembled
in Wall street, attracted by the rumors
that Lee had surrendered his army to-
Grant. Every boy knew what that surren
der meant, and when the telegraphic an-
nouncement that it had been cosummated
was read to the crowd, the pent up feelings
of the throng, thankful for the dawning of
peace, found their only adequate express
sion in the grand song
"Praise God, from whom all blessings low =
The Rev. Samuel W. Dufiield. in his
English Hymns" tell an antedote of the
singular use of the old doxology which il
illustrates how natural it is for Americans
congregated in masses to express their
feelings of joy by singing this sublime as
cription Of praise.
On the evening of "Wednesday, October
Is, 1884, a great crowd of men filed the
street in front of the Republican head
quarters in New York waiting for the news
of the important election in Ohio, and
cheering whenever a favorable bulletin was
displayed.
I'VE won't 60 home till morning, was
started, and sung by a thousand voices, as
the crowd waited long past midnight. But
at last the final bulletin for the night was
given ont; it was favorable, and the crowd
cheered again. Then, before the applause
had subsidized, the stereopticon threw upon
the great white screen the words: 'Praise
God. from whom all blessings flow. Good
night
A deep-voiced man in the throng
pitched the old doxology, and a mighty
volume Of song swelled upward. Then
the lights went out and the happy watchers
departed.
Inc stHle dutloi wits tuoSeots - . ~
girl who was taken by her father to the
top Of Mount Washington. Where they
stood, above the clouds. all was calm and
sunshine, but below a thunderstorm flashed
and rumbled. Their eyes could rest upon
nothing but the blue Of the sky above, aud
a few rocks and MOSES beneath their feet.
'Well, Lucy" said the disappointed
father, gazing at the clouds which hid the
view, ''there's nothing to be seen here, Is
there ?"
30 papar = she exclaimed, u see the
doxology. All around says
ssPraise God. from whom all blessings low
Praise him an creatures here below n
! -IoatA's Companion.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-21
MGaNEsr THING IN TnE WORLD.

''You want my opinion of what is The
meanest thing in the world, said a yete-
ran sport. "Well, I'll tell yon, and il don't
take long to decide it. The meanest thing
is a gambler, a professional gambler. Not
one of them has the hundredth part Of
honor of a ra~ttlesnake, and they know it
and show it by skulking and avoiding the
company of decent people, "Are there
no exceptions?" 'Just enough to prove
the rule. AS with out and out thieves,
there is what they call honor among them
selves, which, after all is said and done, is
often disregarded. Self bagished aid out
iawed, with no hope of ever regaining a
good name, the professional preys without
mercy or remorse on the innocent public,
whom he dignifes with the name of ''suck-
ers." Ishmaelites. whose hands are
against all honest people-and little respect
have gamblers for a gentleman who for
gets himself aud treats them clvilly.
What legacy Of shame and misery does
such a man leave 10 his children.'
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-21
E. A. URION.

Perfection Bustles, the best and cheap
est bustles sold at the price, so cents.
They always keep in place and in good
shape, and wear beyond expectations. e.
b. Humphreys & Co.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-21
common Talk.

Anma.-W hal is the matter, Mary
Mary.-Matteri | ann In trouble enough
Anna should think so! 1ou look Wor-
ried.
Mary.-I have been trying very hard to do
my sewing, and have my clothing as pretty
and neatly made as Jennie,s. / have basted
ana scwed until am tired out
Anna.-I used to be bothered in the same
way; but have had no trouble since bought
Mary.-I have heard some'of my friends, who
have seen your new machine, say that II does
much better work than any others they nave
ever tried. Why is it9
Anna-weI, III the first place, 1t runs very
light; then, yon are not Obliged TO DO any
the braid beautifully; made all my winter
clothing. and did the embroidery work with
out a bit of trouble, and did not doa stitch OF
Mary-what IS the name of your machines
And has Jennie one like iii
Anna-My machine Is the New High Arm
Davis Jennie's Is the same. she made all
her under-ciothing on IL; such nice running.
shirring and tucking we never could make ON
any undcr-feed machine.
Mary-I wish / could trade mine for q
Davis.
Anna-You had better do so; and don't have
any other kind, for / find there Is no parficu-
lar difference In the under-feed machines; one
is as good as another. Bat With q DAVIS You
can do all kinds of work easily. My machine
never gets ont or order.
Mary-Whe bought my machine, they
showed me a variety % nice saimpass mhscns
thai / could do the same work; but l have not
been able TO do II, and they do not teach me
how.
Anna-I am afraid they deceived You and
that the samples you SAW were really made On
a Davis machine. That Is the way the agents
If the old-style under-feed machines do some
times. Sou ought TO have asked them to do
some OF the work, so you could see how IL was
done.
Mary-l did. but they said they had not
time, and did not have the attachments, buf
would have In a few days; and they said they
could do All the work that could be done on
the Davis: but l know better now. and r. mad
bought a Davis, like yours. | could have done
ANA Ienniess. l.-a going to trade Tor u Davis
and pay the difference IN price, for ! an snfe
i can save Il good deal of time. besides doing
my work satisfactorily
For sale by Mrs. II. A. Lippipeofts woods-
town, Nh.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-21
TEE WAY TO 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 plani
No mention of the place or honr
Toa any man;
No waiting till some sound betrays
Listening ear;
No different voice, no new delays,
If steps draw near.
'fW hat bird is that? lis song is good
And eager eyes
Go peering through the dusky wood
In glad surprise.
Then late at night, when by his fire
Tho traveller sits,
Watching the flames grow brighter, higher,
The sweet song fits
BY snatches through his weary brain
To help him rest.
When c he goes that road again,
An empty nest
on Ieafiess bough will make him sigh:
"Ah me! Last spring
Just here / heard, in passing by,
Tha rare bird sing!'
But while he sings, remembering
How sweet the song,
The little bird, on ~tireless wing,
Is borne along
In other air, and the 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,
Songs mak their a
Helen HINT.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-21
SoME HINTS ABOUT BEDROOMS.

The care Of 4 bedroom is sometimes neg
lected because of the apparent simplicity
of the work. The style in which it is usu-
ally accomplished is known to nearly every
one.
The coverings are thrown back over the
foot of the bed, permitting them to drag
on the dusty floor, and the window is left
open five or ten minutes, a length of time
popularity considered sufficient to air the
room. The bed-maker may possibly turn
the mattress, but in seven cases out of ten
the bed-clothes are spread up without going
through this form, and tucked in snugly at
the sides and foot, to prevent the fresh air
getting in or the stale air escaping.
The right way of performing this work
is not so difficult that one need shrink from
it. The coverings should first be stripped
back over two chairs set at the foot of the
bed. The mattress should then be doubled
so that the air may get to all parts of it
and left so from half an hour to an hour.
In very severe winter weather the time
fhaJ pt AGoStiiOps iIbCh pitCC VI Z Gitti-
ing should be we'll shaken before it is re-
stored to its place, and the pillows beaten
and patted into shape. The white spread,
that should have been removed at bed
time the night before and neatly folded, is
now fresh and smooth. If pillow shams
are not used, the creased night slips may
be exchanged for fresh day cases and the
former laid aside until the evening.
The bed is not all that needs close care
in the sleeping room, The busting is far
more important than many people sus-
pect. Accumulation of fluff and dust form
a favorite nesting place for disease germs
and unsavory smells. On this account,
many ornaments are not to be commended
in a bed-chamber. The bits of drapery,
the brackets, the gay japanese fans, the
photographs and the pieces of bric.a-brac
that are admirable in other parts of the
house, are out of place here. Whatever
furniture there is should be carefully wiped
of each day with a soft cloth and this sha-
ken out of the window afterwards.
The room should receive a thorough
sweeping at least once a week, and at this
time every article in it should be moved
and no nook or corner left unbrushed. If
there are curtains at the windows they
should be we'll shaken that no dust may
linger in their folds.
The reeeptacles for waste water should
be washed out every day and scalded three
times a week. In hot weather the scald-
ing should take place every day, and the
utensils be summed, if possible. Washed
clothes should be wrung out in boiling
water every otherday. Without this, they
soon become offensive. Shoes and other
articles of apparel should moi be left lying
about the room to gather dust and look
untidy. Soiled clothes should never be
left in a sleeping room. They contaminate
the atmosphere.
When all these precautions are closely
followed, there will be no trouble with the
close, unpleasant odor that one finds often
in even handsome and apparently well
kept bed rooms. Malodors are not only
disagreeable, but positively unwholesome,
especially for delicate persons and children.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-21
TRAINING OF

A truthful child is generally strictly
veracious, and does not comprehend any
deviation from the letter Of truth; so that
it is often necessary, to save it from moral
confusion, to explain what may seem to it
like umtruth. If it become impossible to
keep a promise made to a child, the him
dering circumstances ought to be mention
ed, Or at least it should be explained that
there are such. Again, the Bible com
mand, parents, provoke not your child
rem to wrath" is often forgotten, while
the corresponding one, "Children, obey
your parents" is quoted and enforced. A
great deal of i%njusti ce is often done, more
over, in settling disputes among children,
by not allowing for provocation received.
A most obvious practical rule in the
training of children is, always take for
granted that they mean to be good. II, to
give a dog or a child a bad name, is an ex-
cellent recipe for making him deserve it,
to let it be a matter Of course that he is to
behave properly is to go a considerable
way toward having him behave so. /
have seen mothers actually put it into a
child's head TO be naughty, when it had
never occurred to the little enc to be SO.
In this connection | would utter a protest
against a kind of infant literature, usually
illustrated, in which greedy Tom and
s~lovenly Jane, cruel Peter and vain Polly,
are wildly described in the act Of making
themselves unpleasant.
Manners and morals are closely connect
ed, though parents attentive to their child
ren's training in the Il are strangely neg
ligent with regard to the other.
Example goes a mile where precept goes
an inch, with children, and | believe that
the irreverence toward their elders which
is justly blamed in children of the present
age (and, perhaps justly also, in especial,
among Americans) is largely owing to the
greater freedom of eompanionship with
their elders nowadays allowed to children.
Few people will restrain themselves in
speech on account Of the presence of the
little ones. and these, consequently, hear
an immense deal of personal comment and
criticism which they ought not to hear, if
they are to keep that respect for their
elders in general which surely it is desir-
able they should retain so long as it is
possible. To the same cause is due the
sophisticatien of children, so noticeable and,
to my mind, SO deplorable. 4 boy need
not be baby because he does not know at
ten what his grandfather did not know
till he was twenty. The modest simplicity
and the fresh and tender bloom of girlhood
no, it has not all disappeared yeti | be-
lieve that a child who, without being cod
died and "babifed, yet is kept a child 50
long as, according to its years, it is called
one, has a physical advantage over the
child too early initiated into the knowledge
of manhood or womanhood. Parents dc
not realize the physical wear and tear that
accompany premature development Of the
brain; and the undue tax upon the nervous
and vital forces, when a child engages in
the occupations and amusements of q
grown person, leaves it, in matureT years,
low in physical resources, just when it has
most call upon them.-AaaHtic Monthly.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-21

When Rahy was sick, we gave her Castoria,
When she was a Child, she cried for castoria,
When she became Miss, She chung to castqria,
When She had Children, she gave them castoria,
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-21
VOL. V.
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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-21

We have silk umbrellas-called silk and
generally sold as such; the warp only is
Silk and the filling cotton, 26 inch for So;
% inch 1925. Eight ribbed paragon
frames, mounted on the ends of handles
with heavy 14-carat gold knobs. AS it is
the fashion now for every one to carry a
silk rain umbrella, we commend these as
being of exceptional good value for the
money!. b. Humphreys " Co.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-21
Porcelain lined Preserving Kettles, best

Our customers tell us that our shoes
wear better than those they buy elsewhere.
This is easily accounted for. We've been in
this business for 50 years-know what to
accept and what to reiect-ard are always
in position to protect Il patrons. If you
want anything in Shoes give our stock a
trial. New store under the Opera House.
Z. b. Humphreys.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-09-21

At no store south of Camden can be
found a larger or better stock Of staple
goods and general merchandise than we
show. L. b. Humphreys & Co.
, 1888-02-11

Golden Rock, Lit. Princess, La. CIR. Princesse,
Bellevue, Rattan, Morning Star, Mt. Pelller,
St. Johns & Judithfancy.
TIRSDAGEN den 28de Februar d. A.
Kl. 2 Eftermiddag paa Friedensfeldt
Skolehus,
for: Rust up Twist & La Vall6e, BeIvedere,
Canebay, North Star, Prosperity, Concordia,
Saltriver, Marysfancy, Mt. Pleasant & Soil
tude, Mon Biiou, Windsor, Glynn, Lebanon
hill & Lit. Mt. Pleasant, Canaan & Betsy's
Jewel, Bonnie Esperance & Hermitage.
ONSDAGEN den 29de Februar IA. ri.
u Middag paa Petersrest Skolehus
for: Bugbyhole, Cathrine's Rest, Granard,
& Diamond, Canegarden, Jerusalem & Hope,
Annashope, Grange, Work & Rest, Humbug,
Retreat, Peters Rest, Sion Farm, Constitu-
tionhilI, BuIowsminde, Sionhill, Castle Coax
ley, Diamond & Ruby og Strawberry
hill.
ONSDAGEN den 29de Februar d. A..
XII. 2 Eftermiddag paa Kingshill
Politistation
for: Slob, La Refine, Barrenspot, Blessing,
CIiftonhill, Spanishtown, Profit, Anguilla Il
Annaberg, Lower Bethlehem odd Works)
Lower Bethlehem New Works. Kingshill
& Freden8borg.
Christiansteds PoIitikammer den lode
Fe bruar 1888.
MAXEN.
est.