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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-05-04
A Novel Enterprise.

A company, with a capital stock of $780,
900, has been incorporated at Camden, for
the purpose of supplying requirements at
funerals. The scheme is modelled after the
insurance plan, and there is a division into
six classes. BY the payment of from so
cents to $1.50 per month, according to the
class. a person can share the benefits off
company in acquiring a certificate which,
wien paid up, calls for one burial. These
certificates are transferable, and when
fully paid are to be negotiable. The lowest
class provides n funeral outfit and attend
ance for thirty dollars, while he cost in
the highest class is 500. The induce
ments to be held out in the latter class
comprise "a fine, full-mounted, cloth COW
cred casket, tue use of one patent ice-box,
a Grape door band, fine shroud, attendance
on body and the use of a hearse and two
carriages to attend a funeral" A large
factory, in which the supplies needed by
the company are to be made, is to be i'm
mediately erected in Camden, while ar
engagements re being made to open branch
offices or agencies in all the principal
cities.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-05-04

500 pairs ladies Lisle thread gloves at
te and Ii cts, usual price 90 and 25 cts,
all the shades at L. b. Humphreys & Co.
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No.. 399.
REPORT

al the condition of the FIRST NATIONAL BAN
~ Of Noodstown. Mt Woodstown. in the
state OF New Jersey, at the close Of business
4th month Both. ISIS.
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Annual taN 90
Permits granted for The use of books at 5
cents per week, on application to any of the
trustees.
T.. s. FoGG. Secretary.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-05-04

Scotch Zephyr Ginghams. The
boldest, richest plaids and stripes
of all that canny cotton family.
Selected long fibre cotton; pre-
else spinning, thorough weaving,
wonders of the dyers art. The
braes o Bonnie Doom never
doomed more fresh and fair.
Grown wearers, these Zephyrs;
50 centers, every one of them.
But the knife has been at work.
Just as rich and royal as ever,
this seasons bahe,ns md every
yard ne7y, 6uf tie Prize IS size.
Plaids. overplaids, mixed
plaids and stripes, and many
Jacquard patterns. S. styles in
all.
For 37Hc! Thrifty mammas
will be slowing away yards and
yards of these for another
season.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-05-04

Not another store in the world,
perhaps, treats Gloves as we
treat them AS feet Of counter,
and never a Glove away that
ought to be there. and never one
that comes short of good worth
for the money.
But we are every now and
again doing something in Glove
values that makes unusual talk.
A late steamer brings us a
fuller stock and newer shades OF
our famous 4-button real Kid
Gloves. The new corners are 5
modes and ) new greens. Their
~color-scale now runs
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-05-04

The 5o-inch wickstriped and
plaided Scotch Bingham at 25c
is slipping out right merrily. No
wonder; imported to sell at soc.
and worth it.
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second story I:iley's Building.
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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-03-13
THE ARCTIC REGIONS.
Astonishing skllI POSSESSED by the Natl,
Of the Eriuld ynnc

Astonishing Sklli Possessed by the Natives
OF the Frigld Zone.
The natives OF the frigid zone know,
too, how to set effective traps for deer
wolves and other animals without the
aid of wood or white mems implements.
A deer trap, for instance, is made by
digging n hole in the deep snow and
covering it with snow blocks held in
position by resting upon each other.
For bait little lines of salted water are
led to the center of the covering of the
pit. and following up one of these the
unsuspecting animal falls in and be-
comes an easy prey to the hunter.
A wolf-trap is made by coling into
as small u space as possible slender
strips of whalebone about foot In
length, and tying them with thread
made from sinew. Each coil is then
imboddod in II small chunk OF meat
and thrown upon the snow. where It Is
subsequently found by the wolf and
bolted without chewing. In a little
while the frozen meat thaws, the sinew
is wet and slips the loosely made knots,
the whalebone straightens and pierces
the stomach and intestines, and the
animal dies in torture. In winter the
northern native knows how to find the
"blow-hole" in the ice fields, where n
seal comes up to get a fresh supply of
air for his lungs. This "blow-holen is
very different in reality from that
which is usually pictured in the illus
trated stories Of Arctic travel.
Generally they are represented as
irregular openings in the ice from two
to six feet in diameter. The fact is,
one unfamiliar with the habits and
haunts OF these marine mammals would
pass directly over blow-hole in winter
or spring and not see it. rs it is not
usually more than from half an inch to
an inch in diameter at the surface of
the ice. The native seGl-hunters are
greatly assisted in these searches by
their dogs, whose keen noses scent tho
odor Of seal meat and guide their mas
tors to places on tho right and left of
the line Of search that would otherwise
have escaped the notice of even these
keen-eyed hunters. When found, the
location is marked for future refer
enco, and at some subsequent time,
when meat is scarce in the snow-hut
that shelters the hunters household,
he repairs, with snow knife and spear,
to one of the places previously marked,
and, building n shelter or break-wind Of
snow-blocks, sits down to await tho re-
turn Of the seal. Sometimes these
vigils are prolonged not for hours only,
but for days, at sitting.
In the spring, when the seal comes
out upon the ice to bask and doze in the
warm sunlight, tho hunter approaches
him by lying down and advancing
at the same time initiating
-he motions OF IL seal, keeping his feet
md legs, which he crosses at the
'nklc, close together, so that they much
'esemble the headquarters of seal.
indeed, when at a distance, have fire.
luently found it difficult to tell which
vas the seal and which the man. It Is
he early training Of the northern
avages that has taught them to do all
his skillfullY.-C Cosmopolitan.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-03-13
DEATH IN PILLOWS.
The Probable Cause of Many Mysterious
Outbreaks of Infectious Disease.

| Outbreaks OF Infectious Disease.
Another note of domestic alarm is
sounded by correspondent of q medi-
cal journal who bids us take note of the
fact that disease and death lurk in the
very pillows and holsters upon which
we lay our heads at night. 1t is asy
to talk of down and feathers; but, us a
fact, If they were cut open these articles
would bo often found to be more or less
stuffed with the most heterogeneous
materials. Pillows, holsters and beds
have been examined and found to con-
tain portions of filthy coarse black serge,
apparently parts of soldiers old coat
sleeves, pieces of dirty, greasy silk
dresses, old worsted braid from the
borders of women's gowns, soiled
linen rags, and colored calico, and
even nuts and walnut shells, and pieces
Of crinoline wire. The bedding in this
case was bought new, we are assured,
few years ago of an expensive and
respectable upholsterer. Moreover, "a
woman who was employed to do the
unpicking work of the trade informed
the lady of the household that the prac-
tice of stufling bedding with dirty rub
bish and rags was very general, and
that few beds or holsters contain only
the material of which they are supposed
to consist: This is very terrible, and
the worst of it is that it is only the last,
for the present of long list of kim
dred discoveries which of late have
powerfully contributed TO give ironical
force to the question; 'Is life worth
livingP" Fortunately, in this case, tho
remedy involves nothing more difficult
than ripping seam or two and stitch
ing them up again as soon as we have
ocular proofof the contents. Bedding,
as all good housewives know, ought to
be opened periodically, SO that its con-
tents may be beaten with sticks. Ia
France bed-cleansing in this fashion is
followed rs irregular trade. 1t is more
than probable that the neglect of such
sanitary precautions is, as the corre-
spondent suggests. the cause Of many
of the mysterious outbreaks of infec-
tious disease in schools and families.
London Daily Mevs.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-03-13
ILLS OF BACHELoRHooD.
An Article which Was Probably Written
by IA Marrlngeabls Maiden.

One reason among bachelors for not
marrying is that they think by keeping
clear of matrimony they will avoid all
care, expense and responsibility respect
ing the next generation, and secure an
equable and certain happiness in life,
oven to its close. Poor. unhappy mcnl
it is little they know of tho way in
which affairs are really to he run in
the future. In regard to this cxpecta-
ton, VIC would just ask If any one ever
knew an old bachelor who was not
burdened somo way or other with chill
drenP Arc they not sure to have
brothers and sisters who bring whole
lcgions of children into the world.
which children are sent TO visit regu-
larly in alternate lots their bachelor
uncle partly to relieve tho press ofmat-
ter at home, and partly from beneyo-
lent desire to provide him with COM
pany and partly to cheer his solitary
parlorP
Is not "our uncle" appealed to on
every occasion of expense. such rs the
fitting out Of n boy for college, and the
sending of another to school? And
does he not thus in tho long run dissl-
pate ms much of his hard-earncd gains
us If he had had children Of his own
in which case, moreover, he would have
had little more O. the honor to con-
sole him for tho costP No. no; tell us
not of the Saving Of bachclorship. One
way or another, the expense of rearing
the next generation is pretty well dis
tributed over society.
But old bachelors are not suffered to
escape with simply providing for a troop
of nephcws and nieces; they very fire.
quently become the prey OF their serv-
ants, who consider their property q fair
subject Of plunder in every possible
shape. where Ia tho old bnshoio,, ,ho
man who perhaps abstained from mar
riage to escape being ruled-who is not
wholly ruled, three-quartcrs tormented
and al least half robbed by Jenny or
n Betty or u Mary-some old withored
female domestic. who knows his cue,
aud manages him accordingly. No,
no; 1t is all stuff TO talk of there being
any saving, or any defense against
being ruled in old bachelorhood. II
bachelors knew their own interests in
time they would in reality marry in
sclf-defensc.
Finally, rs TO their assurance of hap
piness to the very close Of life. nothing
could be more wilfully absurd. II hap
piness depended alone upon wealth.
which 1t notoriously does not--then It
might be secured. But happiness de-
pends upon the cultivation of the social
affections, SO far as it depends on any
thing earthly; and this is the very point
which the bachelor has neglected.
While more prudent men made provis-
ion in middle life for the necessities of
age, by rearing attached and honora-
bic offspring, who at last become
great comfort TO them. the poor, thnid,
and unforseeing bachelort thought, that
because he was contented to enjoy
wealth. ho would always beso; and, ac-
cordingly. he went on in state of de-
clare,l rebellion against nature, till, at
length, when it is too late, he finds
himself unable to be comforted by his
gold, and totally destitute of what
alone could make him happy.-M Y.
Leader.
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IA Lover Of candor.

d." Y. = T. 7.
Impecunious mani wish you would
be so kind as to lend me five dollars.
I'll pay you backih a few days.
Candid friend--If you had asked me
for a loan III n candid and straightfor-
ward manner Iwould have1ent you tho
money, but asking me in the, way, you
did causes me to distrust You. m.sr.t
II don't understand you"
"You asked me to be SO kind as to
lend you five dollars. ~ Z A'ApllAH IAi
yes, 40 &h EBA0
"lf you had been candid you would
have said to me; 'I3e Sc, stupid, be such
an ignominioas asst snch a hopeless
IDIOT us to lend mo five dollars, J, and
you might have got it."-TeraS SIT
ipgs
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-03-13

~; LAS9ggAops-En English, Latin, Greek.
= SoiEscE-Mental, Moral and Physical.
.. ENGlEKERiNG-Applied Mathematics,
ohMFhQk-COmihercial Inv, CONNER
clal Arithmetic aud Book Keeling.'
o.. NORMAL CoURsE--( Designed, especially,
for the INSTRUCTION ofthose who txpect 10 teach1
Theory and Practice of Teaching. Normai
Methods, Graded Schools, School C;overnment'
School Amusemcnts, Tcachors institutes. etc'
8. PRKPARAToRY AND PRIMA any IN tNiNnc
Reading, Spelling, Writing, Geography, Arith-
metic etc. e'"F''' "'''"
Z. MUSIC and ART,
8. Two LITERARY SoOIKTIFs-Essav Rand.
ing, Defamation, Recitation and Deb9ting
0. Daily Reading and Writing oxercises for
pupils IN all Departments.
IN WORK the C0llogo challenges comparison
with any other first. class college or school
Monthly Reports sent to parents and guardians
- Both soxes admitted to the Study Hall and
hecitatiQn Rooms Young ladies board with
.he PRESIDENT IN college building Young gem
sh uvnnsh ~ private 6Imll3s. Pupils. entering
ncnooi on the 1st OF JHiiuary, 1888. and remain
lng until tho close OF the session in June, will
reserve one months tuition free. TERMS MOD
1aArk, FOR further particulars, catalogues,
Etc' auuress JAMES E. sCOBEY,
President.
Prof. NJ. L. LiPsCOMB, v. p,
Or A. j. ID ABNEY, Com'd't Cadets.
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Opium q I'd q
g.z.lligg.l y. " Ml:AW'loQLLEY, lA' Y MD.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-03-13

"How did you enjoy tho
opera last EVENING" L1cy-"It was
divine. 1 had thcnobbicst hat in tho
housel'
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-03-13

~ Passengers should purchase Tickets via
this Line, II is emphatically the Most Attract
i've Route in the South to-day.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-03-13
TOURIST TICKETS

MAGNIFICENT PULLMAN BUFFET
SLEEPING OARS RUN BETWEEN
LOUISVILLE AND NEW ORLEANS
VIA MEMPHIS WITHOUT
CHANGE.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-05-10

~ AN IMPORTED oUHRNsEY.
and geographical center of the most fer
tile and valuable agricultural district in
the Eastern Mississippi Valley. Her ad-
vantages, a. general market, to which
this whole territory is tributary, are
without enumeration and it II not to be
denied that in her growth and develop
ment, there 10 not city therein, . town,
. village, or . community, that u not
vastly benefited thereby.
is, therefore, possible for this city to
extend an invitation to every manufac-
turer, producer and consumer in every
sphere Of industry to contribute to such
an exhibit Of the prosperity of his re-
spective section a. viii insure q most
hearty acceptance.
The result 10 that in the exhibit Of the
advancementa and prosperity Of the North
western Territory, 1t can bs stated, with
no uncertainty, that not an item Of i'm
portance will be excluded. And II 1t be
remembered that the Northwestern Terri
tory il, for the most part, an unlimited
agricultural empire, 1t can easily be
understood how the industry Of hus.
bandry can be made to play no unfm-
portant part in the days the Inhabitants
Of the Northwestern Territory are Il
celebrate this year at Cincinnati.
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Departed this life at the home Of Mr.. and
on April 10th. In the seventietb year OF
her age. The subject OF this sketch was .
daughter OF Mr.. aud Mrs. Morris. Born
In the year 1878, in the State of Delaware.
twenty-five miles from Baltimore, and
subsequently moved to Ohio. Married In
1885, at the age OF seventeen, in Washing.
ton Q. H., Fayette county. to DR.. Lorenzo
D., vickers, who was for many years en-.
gagged In the active duties of his profess
few years ago be removed to Solomon
City, Kan, where \ son still resides, in
which city DR.. vickers died December,
1886. From this union four children were
born, Of whom two are deceased, and two
are living; James r. vickers. of Solomon n
City, Kan, and Mrs. Harriet Hudson,
near Winchester, Ohio. Mrs. vlckers
united with the M. e. Church In Hills.
boro, some thirty.fivs years ago, and re.
Gently removed her mem bership TO the
church at Solomon City. She bad some
visions of the presence Of her departed
husband during the last twelve months,
and at times seemed to join him In spirit
gone before. Had lougings and desires
to 60 home and be with Christ. On being
interrogated a. to her readiness to 70,
she replied: II am ready; I-have tried
TO do my duty, and to do that which is
right" Her preparations being made,
when the SUMMONS came she calmly fell
asleep in Jesus, aud her soul went home
to God who gave 1t. The funeral services
were conducted by Rev. Maddox, Of the
NJ. e. Church, and Rev. Park, OF the
Presbyterian Church, Winchester, Ohio,
April 2lst, 1888.
Oh that homo Of tho soul, in ny visions and
dreams,
Its bright Jasper walls I can see;
Till fancy but thinly the veil intsrvsues
Between the fair city and me.
TSP.
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Spring Medicine.

The necessity Of spring medicine il
almost universally admitted. And the
superiority of Hoods Sarsapsrilla for
this purpose becomes more and more
widely known every year. That power
to purify the blood, and those elements
of strength and health which the system
Graves, and to which it ID 90 susceptible
at this season, are possessed by this
peculiar medicine in pre-eminent de-
gree. sorofula, pimples, boils, or any
humor, billiousness, dyspepsia, sick head
ache, catarrh, rheumatism, and any dis.
ease or affections caused or promoted by
impure blood or low state Of the system,
are cured by Hoods Sarsaparilla. Try
the peculiar medicine,
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=
The pioneers Of our grandfathers' days,
who were accustomed to carry their old
fint-looks on their backs while they titled
the ground in their primitive way, would
be non-plussed II, upon . sudden resur-
rsction, they were to bs placed upon .
modern farm and allowed to continue
their work where they left OF, but with
the aid Of the implements and appliances
Of husbandry in use to-day; or II, upon
the opening Of the Exposition, the arch
angel should summon them into that de-
partmsnt which win include the diver
sifed machinery and instruments Of labor
which their descendants use that the
earth may yield Of its fruits and the
cattle and faocks Of their increase, they
would surely call ON the hills and noun
tains to hide them.
Who can imagine what II included in
this sxhibiti The farmer Of to-day has
developed beyond what may bs imagined.
He 10, indeed, specialist. He cultivates
the soil in the main, or turns his atten-
tion to the rearing Of stock. And every
new device pertaining to his special work
has acted as an incentive to the further
ance Of his plans.
In the Department Of Agriculture there
are included twelve different groups.
They include instruments for the tilling
Of the earth and the harvesting, storing
or transportation Of crops. The appliances
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oBlruARY.


Daughter Of George aud Elizabeth Spick-
ard, lwas born Oct 18th, 1913, died April
3lst, 1853. She united In marriage with
Bsnnet Frost Sept. 7th, 1857, with whom
she lived over 0fty yoars, having paesod
the nitieth anniv6r6ary Of the marriage
In September lest. She We the mother
Of four children, three Of whom disd
b. Church at the a9e Of sixteen years,
and during the remainder Of her life lived
up 70 the full measure of Christian
womAuhood. About thirty years ago che
Joined the Christian Church. For many
years she had been au invalid, and unable
70 attend public services and enjoy other
religious privileges, but her religion was
nature. About two months before her
death she was attacked with what her
friends believed to be the old disease
which she had been fighting for % many
years, but the weak frame which had
withstood DO many assaults finally gave
way, and she quietly and peacefully. fell
asleep-
"Aslssp In Jesus Blessed slssp,
From which none ever wakes to weep !"
She seemed 70 realise for some time BE-.
fore her death that she would not recover,
and 10 conversation With her friends and
with Rev. Mr.. Clark she gave unmistak.
able evidencs Of her acceptance Of God
and her perfect peace Of mind. She spoke
Of cooling h0me," and often whom she
was struggling for breath our listening
ears would catch such broken sentences
therei" Said she 70 Bro. CLARK, II have
loved and trusted Jesus too long n have
any fear about His deserting me IN the
hour of my extremity" Mrs. Frost's
tastes were Of quiet, unsssuming nature.
She disliked fulsome sulogy or ostenta.
tious display. Therefore those Of us who
knew her most intimately feel assured
that she would desire no greater tribute
than this :-She was Q true wife and .
loving mother. 8. N. L.
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hich covered her neck and bosom and

which covered her neck and bosom and
said,
"'Shoot me II you dare =
HE was about to FIRE when compan-
ion threw up his hand and saved the
brave girls life. I might tell you .
hundred stories Of the actions Of our
brave men and women, but II is getting
late"
"Tell me, please" said; "where
were you at the battle Of Kings Noun.
tain2"
"In IT," he promptly replied. ~ was
at home on furlough and volunteered
to resist Ferguson and his Tories. We
met him among the gravel hills you saw
to-day. He was killed and a large por.
ten Of his men were made prisoners.
You saw the stone that marks the spot
where Ferguson fell and was buried did
you not?"
eyes," replied, "and made this
sketch Of it" handing him my drawing.
ION that limb" said Mr.. McElwees,
pointing to one on the tree nearest the
memorial sketch, II saw ten Tories
hung. They were murderous gang
and deserved their fate"
"Did you see Sumter after the war ?''
I inquired.
"Often. He died only about twenty
years ago, when he was almost q hun.
dred years old. was at his funeral at
his home, South Mount, near Camden" !"
Turning to grandchild, Mr.. McEl.
wees said, cts nine o'clock; please
hand me the Bible" He read q short
chapter, then hymn was sung, and he
then concluded the simple family wor.
ship with most impressive prayer.
bade the venerable man good night
with feelings of gratitude for a rich en-.
tertainment.
BENSON j. LOSING, IL. D.