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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-02-17
Written for The MONITOR
WHAT HAND ARE YoU TAKING IN
THIS FIGHT?

The most superficial observer must be
impressed with the fact that one of the alb
sorbing topics Of interest, (if indeed not
he absorbing topic in our land to-day is
the suppression Of the legalized liquor
traffic. Indeed, it is no figure Of speech to
say that prohibition is in The air. To
the laekneyed objection, emphasized as
it is by our leading journalists that ''prohi-
btion does not prohibit, we say without
fear Of successful contradiction that who
everelse asserts tbisit is neither the whisky
ring DOR the beer baroHs. IN their official
organs, which presumably represent their
sentiments and which, by the way, We
commend To temperance workers and
takers as most effective prohibition am
munition, they make the most foreihIe APP
peals TO their constituents to arouse them
selves from their lcthargy to fight the in
creasing prohibition sentiment Appreci-
ating the fact that money is indeed the
sinews of war, it is being poured out like
water, to defray the necessary expenses, in
the way Of the circulation of literature, to
provide funds for employment Of speakers,
also to bride Legislators and buy mp votes,
dc. A wise general, it is said, learns
from his enemy, hence temperance workers
would do well to note with hat unanimi-
ty the rom oligarehy voice their sentiments
respecting either of the dominant parties
daring to befriend temperance measures,
no matter how mild the latter may be-
Not only must these parties possess the
negative virtue of not advocating temper
anee legislation but they must positively
do all that in them lies to tllw art and de-
feat any measure bearing upon the restric-
ton Of the business. Surely in view of
such terribly suggestive facts, it is high
time that all namby PANTY, milk and
water, warranted not to cut in the eye,
sort of measures should be forever aban-
doned A heroic disease requires heroic
remedy. Surely business. the logical
outcome of which is to send at least GO, 600
men tramp, tramp, tramping their way
into drnnkards grave every year IN this
land of ours, and that in the closing de-
cades of this wondreus 18Th century; that
at the present in the midst of the almost
phenomenal advantages Of the day in
which We live. there should, as the legiti
mate fruitage ofth liquor traffic. be one
million Of drunkards in the United States;
that for the qualification of vice which
works destruction both to soul aud body,
there should be expended every year, in
the United States alone, $3.50, 600 coo, a
greater sum than for all our schools both
public and private academies, colleges,
universities, foreign and home missions.
Bible and tract societies, benevolent or
CARNATIONS, &c la brief more expended
for the qualification Of this terrible APP
petite than for all and sundry Of religions,
moral, educational, scientific and philan-
thropic enterprises. In view of these fear
ful facts, what hand are yoa going TO fake
in this fight?
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VERY SENSIBLE.

0ne OF our lady friends is sensible
woman. This is the way she talks con-
corning the ups and downs of life, and she
is right in her views. We wish every
woman had the same independent ideas.
She says. 1T matters not whether my
dress is silk or cotton, SO long as it clean.
prefer clean cotton gown to a dirty
silk. Sometimes have visitor-a real
heavy s'swell." He or she finds ma in a
cotton gown, shady one at that, whose
only merit lies in its cleanliness, but what
eareI? My gown is cotton My hands are
red because do lots and lots of house.
work, but my brain is just as it always
was and | can hold my own in spite of the
cotton gov and red hands. If visitor
has any idea that / am not the proper per-
son to be on friendly terms with, because
open my door in cotton gown, it is the
privilege of that visitor to walk down the
steps and never ascend them again. Ii
my matted rooms do not seem good ip the
eyes of my acquaintance. who possess
body Brussels carpets. they need not call.
II cannot hang up Landseer's pieturss
upon the wall, am happy to get hand
some chrome ia lieu thereof, since it would
be worse than folly 10 go without some
sort of ornamentation because the finest
couId not be obtained -SteH5ea Signal
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The ann of this magazine is to interest
read for themselves and lead them along
for year or two with pictures and stories
and pleasant tasks so pleasant as to make
them forget the task part altogether.
The following outline includes the
larger topics of the year:
Pocahoutas teaches a little early Amer
lean history through the year.
French story, Susanna's Auction, fall
of amusement.
A story month entitled Laura's Hol-
idays suggests to other little girls what
they can do on holidays.
A story month on Tiny Folks in
Armor, which means beetles.
A flower poem in every number.
BnGy's (six) Letters to his Mistress.
Buny is a eoon.cat.
Six Mexican stories on Little People Of
the Plaza; also about some Mexican
animals.
Besides there are many, too many to tell
of. stories short and bright and nnexpeet-
ed.
With all this entertainment of picture
and hamor there is serious purpose all
through implied in the name, Our Latte
Men and Women 1t is TO teach and lead
the children to take reading for profit; but
pleasure comes first as it ought.
4 dollar year. Five cents for = sam
pie copy. D. Lcthrop Company, Publish
ers. Boston.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-02-17

woman's skin is like a piece of satin
and viii not stand rubbing. rinsing or
soaking If it is to retain The del
icaey of texture, and wear without
wrinkles or discolofation, it must be
cared for as belle pets her laces
and lingerie or matron her bridal finery
There is no prescription and no one remedy
that will cure all patients. The thing TO
dois To study effects How water is good
for one face and the injury of others;
the delight Of brunette beauties; some
skins never chap, and others will show
eruptions and discoloraton in midsummer
There are no women who take the care of
their faces as professionals do. To them
health is beauty and beauty capital.
Every actress has her own methods of
preserving her complexion, and soary
water is not one of them
Soap should not be used on the face, as
there are chemicals which shine and dry
the skin. One serubbing a month is a
sufliciency, unless one has been travelling
through a coal mine. The best way to
make mp the face is to rub it
with soft linen or chamois cloth until all
the dirt comes off. The friction should
be sufficient to quicken rcrspiration, thus
opening the pores Of the skin without ir
ritating it, When the cloth RIBS clean dip
it in cold cream, and, after working it in
the face, rub it dry. There are creams and
creams, but il the pure dairy product can
not be procured here is substitute that
neighborhood of 50, but half the quantity
prescribed will suffice for six months:
Almond oil, 90 grains; spermaceti, GO
grains, white wax, 30 grains; tineture
Mix wax, spe rmaceti and almond oil in a
hot-water bath. Remnve from the fire
and stir until snowy: then add the other
ingredients and beat until cold and white.
Bottle in paste vial or jelly-cnp with
glass cover, and use whenever the face
needs cleaning. Don't tell your husband
or he will fancy You are greasy and make
your life miserable.
When it is desired to use pow der the
simplest is The best. Those W it'll rice flour
or prepared chalk for the basis are harm
less. Powder may be used when driving
or travelling to protect against dust.
French chalk is the best and most harm
less of all for that purpose.
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VOL. Y.
THE IOST KISS.

+ put by the haif-written poem,
While the pen, idly tfailed in my hand,
" rites on clad / words TO complete it,,
who'd read it, or who'd understand"
Tnt the little bare feet on the stairway,
And the faint, slnothered laugh in the hall
And the eerie-low lisp on the silence
Cry M to me over it all
So Gathered it ul,--w here was broken
The tear faded thread Of my iheme,
Telling how, as one night sal writing,
a fairy broke IN ON my dream,
little inquisiiivc fairy
NY own little girl, with the gold
or the sun in her hair, and the dewv
Bne eyes of The fairies of old.
Twas the dear little girl That scoided-
eror was it "A moment like this
/ said, s'when she knew was busy,
10 come rompins in for IA kiss
Come rowdying up from her mother
And elamoring there ut my knee
For one little kiss for my dolly
And one 'itile uzzer for me-"
God pity the heart that repealed her
And the cold hand that turned her awayl
And take from the lips that denied her
This answeriess prayer Of today
Take. Lord, from my mem'ry forever
That pititnl sob of despair,
And the pattcr and trip of the little bare feet
And the one piercing cry on the stair,
pnt by the half-written poem,
While the pen, idly traed in my hand,
Writes on, Glad words 10 complete il,
who'd read it, or who'd understand
But the little bare feet on the stairway,
And The faint, smothered laugh in the ball,
And the cerie-low lisp on the silence,
Cry up to me over it all.
-.Jagcs JlHffcoD,J Ieitey
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-02-17
A RELIABLE SERVANT.

The most amusing incident, however,
that have heard Of, happened to we'll
known official of the Commercial National
Bank. He aud his family went away leay-
ing in charge an entirely trustworthy ser
want, as they imagined. She Was not pos
sessed Of a desire for reyelry, but she was
Of an exceedingly thrifty turn of mind,
and Immediately proceeded 20 rent out all
the desirable rooms in the house, at top
prices, too. The gentleman returned rather
sooner than expected, and. as he entered
the yard, lie saw a stranger on the steps
eomposedly occupying one Of the best
chairs in the house. Somea hat startled by
the incident. he said to the stranger: DO
yon live here, SIRE
. i do, was the calm response
9 Maybe you own the placer the gem
teman managed to falter out.
No: but | have rented room from
the lady who does own if, was the answer.
The gentleman gazed at the stranger
moment in speeehless astonishment and
then made break for the inside of the
house. The Imagination can better deal
with the scene that ensued Words are
particularly weak 10 do full justice to such
an occasion. | may add, however, that
the gentleman was the sole occupant of the
house that night, and for days the person
who inadvertently used the words reliable
servant IN his presence took his life in his
hands - Detroit Tribune.
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sABYl.AsD, .sss.

In general it will be about the same as
in 's7
Nothing in Babyland ever pleased more
people than Finger-play rhymes and pic
lures. They have even beea sought by
n indergartners here in Boston and else
where; and the author has personally
taught them. Six of the IS BabgldRds
will contain new Finser-rlays.
The other six will have series Of baby
stories IN rhyme abeut Criekets, how they
manage their babies, with many pictures.
r Me and Toddlekhs rs a baby-cst story
all through the year by Margaret Johnson,
with pictures also by Margaret johnson.
There will also be a lot Of jingle bits aud
story bits aud pieiure bits, 50 many as to
make yon wonder whore the neat years
entertainment is 90 come from.
Fifty cents year; copy sent for hive
cents. D. Lothrop Company. Publishers,
Boston
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-02-17
HINTS ABOUT BANK ACCOUNTS.

If you wish to open an account with a
bank provide yourself with proper intro
dnction. Well managed banks do not open
accounts with strangers.
Do not draw check unless you have
the money in bank or in your possession to
deposit. Don't lest the courage or gener-
osity of your bank by presenting or allow
ing to be presented, your check fora larger
sum Than your balance.
De not draw check aud send it to
person out Of the city, expecting to make
it good before it can possibly get back
Sometimes teleerapbic advice is asked
about such checks.
Do not exchange checks with anybody
This is soon discovered by yonr banks; it
does your friend no good and discredits
You.
DO not give your check TO friend with
the condition that he is not to use it until
certain time. He is sure to betray you,
for obvious reasons. Do not take an out
oftown check from a neighbor; pass it
through yonr bank without charge, ard
give him your check for it. You are sure
to get caught.
Do not give your check to stranger.
This is an open door for frand aud if your
bank loses through you it win not feel
kindly to yoa.
When yoa send your check out of the
city to pay bills write the name and resi-
dence of your payec, thus-pay to John
Smith & Co, OF Boston. This will put
your bank on its guard. if presented at the
counter
Don't commit the folly of surprising that
Because you trust the bank with yonr
money tho bank ought to trust you by pay
ing your oyerdralts.
Don't suppose you can behave badly in
one bank and stand well nth the others
You forget there is clearing house.
Don't quarrel with your bank. II you
are not treated well go somewhere else,
but don't go and leave yonr discount line
unprotected Don't think it unreasonable
if your bank declines to discount an ac-
commodation note. Have clear defini-
ton of an accommodation note-in the
meaning Of bank it is note for which no
value has passed from the endorser to the
drawer
/. you want an accommodation note dis
counted tell your bank frankly that it is
not, in their definition, business note.
If yon take note from debtor with an
agreement, verbal or written, that it is to
be renewed in whole or part, and if you
get that note discounted to take up The old
one, tell your bank all about it,
Don't commit the folly of saying that
yon will guarantee the payment of note
which you have already endorsed
Give yonr bank credit for being intelli-
gent generally and understanding its own
business particularly. 1t is mueh better
informed, probably, than you suppose.
Don't try TO convince your bank that the
paper or security which has already been
declined is better than the bank sapposes.
This is only chaff
Don't quarrel with a teller because lac
does not pay yon in money exactly as yoa
wish As a rule he does the best he can.
In all your intercourse with bank officers
treat them with the same courtesy aud
candor that you wonld expect and desire if
the situation were reversed.
Don't send ignorant and stupid messen-.
gers to bank TO transact your business
Piila Ledger.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-02-17
rhe ART Amateur

For February gives a delightful celored
portrait study Of a little girl, by Ellen
Welby; decorations for a plate Ga France
roses, a lamp (sun- flowers, and fish
plate, a striking study of orchids, by Vic
tor Dangon; numerous models for wood
carving, embroidery designs for cushion
and chalice veil, and page of mono
grams in @. Articles Of special practical
interest are those on animal painting
dogs, siil!-life painting tfsh), painting
in water-colors, wood carving and church
embroidery Mrs. Wheeler tells how one
may become an artist with the needle, Mr..
Shugio discourses on Japanese sword
guards. Theodore Child and 'Greta
gossip about art IA Paris and Boston, aud
aMontezuma Note Book. as usual,
with piqnant paragraphs. An article ON
beds is proiusely Illustrated, as Is the one
on dogs. The Moran aud Rnhot etching
exhibitions are reviewed, and all the minor
departmcnts of this excellent magazine are
ably sustained. Price. Is cents Mon
tague Marks, 20 Union square, ~ \.
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THE dead LINE OF FIFTY :

For many OF the purposes and achieve
ments of life, youth and early manhood
and womapLood are the most favorable;
but for certain Others the compacted men,
tai fibre, long experience and matured
Judgment of old age are the most service
get their full growth until they have passed
the meridian. \ great deal OF nonsense
has been said or written about the dead
lire of fifty" The author of this prepos-
teroas phrase eoald never have heard that
Milton produced paradise Lost and Ben
jamin Franklin began his philosophical
studies when they had both passed this
''siead line. - Dr. Chalmers, at sixty three,
was the field marshal of the glorioEs Free
Church Exodus, and for the next fonr
years was its master spirit.
John Wesley at eighty eight still preach
ed almost every day and still held the helm
of Methedism. At this moment the two
intellectual giants whose white heads
tower above all Europe, like Mont Blanc
aud Monte Rosa, are Gladstone and Bis
marck; they are both beyond the allotted
three score and ten. They have not their
match in brain power on the globe. Pre-
coeiously developed minds frequently
ripen early and soon drop off the tree.
Those who ripen the slowest last the
longest. My eloquent neighbor, Or.
Storrs, has produced all his grandest teats,
both of cloquence and erudition, since he
passed that apecryphal dead line Of tif-
ty." One secret OF keeping young is 20
keep at work, touching lite at as many
points as possible. -Rso. r. L. Cug'er.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-02-17

/ should advise any man or woman to
give faoney. time and energy to the build
ing up the library of his neighborhood,
rather than to build up his own, even If he
were only thinking Of the advantages OF
his own family. Few OF us can spend two
thousand dollars a year on books. But
almost any village can spend two thousand
a year Oh books if the leaders Of that
viliage-the people who will nse the books
most--are willing to speak freely and
wisely for the village library. Now So, 900
is a great deal Of money in books. II will
keep up a supply of the best books Of re-
ference. of the most engaging and most in
teFesting magazines, Of the current books
of which everybody talks Of, bntwhich are
not worth keeping in private house, and
it viii give good additions Of the stand
ards. There are great many important
books Of which you do not want more than
one copy in the town. 1t is pity TO waste
force by piling too many together. II the
library is well regulated a good deal of
range will be given to Intelligent visitors.
Ard very few boys or girls, Of decent
sense and fair character, are proof against
the temptations to read afforded by good
public library. Rec. Dr. Efoard Eosretf
Hdle.
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werih Ten DouIara

to any family, is DIR. kaufmann's book ON
diseases finely illustrated plates from life;
don't bc hnmbuggcd, but cure yourself.
send three . cent stamps for postage 10 A.
r. oclway & Go. Besion, Mass, aud re-
ceise a copy free. Febis.es
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-02-17

..How * il, Mr.. Brown, said the mill
owner 10 the farmer, ''that when | came
to measure those five barrels Of apples !
bought from yon, found them nearly
barrel short - singular, very Singular.
for put them ap in some Of your own
ilour barrels "Aheml did, eh Well,
perhaps made mistake. Fine weather,
isn't Il %
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-02-17

TIE mighty oak is hid in the little acorn:
So is dread disease hid under the flushed
face and bright eyes. Warmers Log Cabin
Cough and Consumption Remedy VII, not
onls prevent bas cnrc the dread dises-e.
Il = the only reliable remedy Two sizss
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-02-17
FARMS. DWELLINGS
AND
TOWN LOTS FOR SALE.

WYE Offer for owners, at Private Sale, de-
w Sirable farms and other properties
among " hich we mentions:
No. IA farm OF IGJ Acres in u. A. Greek
Township, 40 acres improved, balance timber
land. Good buildings, terms easy.
No. Farm of GO Acres near YORKTOWN.
Good buildings, property in good condition.
No Farm oi Sd Acres near YORKTOWN.
Buildings in good repair and land in good state
of caltiVation.
No Farm of 10 Acres on Salem Creek,
near Sharptown. 100 acres upland in good
condition: i0aeres meadow.
No. 5-Farn of TO Acres near Shaiptown.
Buildings new one of the best farms in the
county. 80
Also handsome and convenient dwellings,
ON Spring Garden street; choice building lots
on Dick inson street, Allen avenue, East ave-
nne and Hroad street, in W oodstown, N. j.
FOGG & HICKMAN,
NoyIStf Conyeyancers.
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ktS.Bteshber
That we can, in connection with the MONITOR,
secure You n subscription to any paper or
magazine published, at II much lower price
than the regular RATE, and you will do well to
lei rs know if you are contemplating sub
scription to any publication.
IBE MONITOR Woodstown, Nj.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-08-08

bis omcs 10 b headquarters for the Eagle
Rock and w .ow Greek. Water Co.. CT
which he is p esident.
l must rot omit to Say that great
preparation are being made to make
the Bingham County Fair = grand sno-
cess this year. The fair grounds are
IN the vicinity of the town, ana are all
that great county cclld wish in the
way of accommodations for stock and
buildings for the exhibition Of farm pro-
DUCTS. all of which have Dsen
done by the public spirited men con.
neoted with the Fair Association. This
wear, the county has appropriated
800 to aid In making the fair all that il
should be. Heretofore the exhibition
Oh stock and farm products has been
1r5t-class, but not so extensive as il
desired. A general invitation will be
extended this year, aud the citizens of
the county vii! be expected to do their
best.
This town may yet become q railroad
centre, as the surveys of the PARK
branch are now being made from this
place. with the positise assurance that
the work Will be- puNheu TO completion
by Tie Union Pae tie Company. And
such thing Is p1ssIofe as this being
the crosstni; If rne n rthwestern,
which is tending in th's direction.
Those wanting homes vii. GO we'll &c
visit olut hs M County, ld4';p. K.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-08-08
Provo pUiNIS.

TUrRx yer 2.l -rCti7 Tor Inc P nple'
nd:oa. 8. q: d IS TO-. the Liberals al
the elect on yes.o.oaY, wn:ch passed
! off very qujt tly.
THE Proctor AGA denny, under the
| control OF the New West Educationa.
C"Inmiss'on, aud also the district
schools Of Provo, will begin the next
schools year on Monday, Septs mber Sd.
The Two Johns was witnessed BY d
larse ana pleased audience st the The
atre Last night, ana gave general salts
faction. she bulky proportions of the
johns. with the Comical situations,
caused any amount of laughter,
though the plot OF the play is not OF the
kind to interest people IL its study, or
to attract the same audience to wines S
second performance OF the same
piece.
AT the conclusion OF his speech at the
Republican rally On Saturday night,
Judge Emerson called for three chesrs
for Harrison and M0rto9 In respons-
to this some yoHn. IN, II Wtth CleVelano
BADGES we're n0l; &C. d hufrahing viii
Tue Repnbl cans. and when asBei wby
they did so one OF them seld:" We We,
hnyehing for judge Emerson t,s. i :,
ne prayej for the d iaoerats To bas
HARRISON - The bows evidently 4.4.s
unuerstro oil the judges prayer.
Or TIE first time in its history, h,
Woolen factory has conjnued to1u;
sHd U.s. Its pro 1afa of the Provo Rty,r
water during the d = eaasnn. Hereto
fu'a, w@en tha ws.er vas 800 low 1t
furnish tie II osssnry power tn e
t9ry bah allowed its por7j0n Of tt;
water t. be C;i'id.'d in tha- several irr-
gotIcn d'toFes 10 The farmers. thnue,.
never reliF.qashire It's pTior rig, t.
5 versl years ago tie n ansgsment O.
toe fa0joIy offered 10 T.li. qai.!i .:
Calm 20 The water duGiig the tin {
farmers mast needed il Oh cond IT, n
thst the several irrigation ditch rrni-
p=alea purchase for rne fGc CRY III on
giDe of euficie', power TO dive its m&
cnjnery, which ihr farmer. have SO fe.
d .cine,i 20 do Ihie s~n"un the factory
msuSGenepe paVe pure spss {. 81 ,rsA
power l.,-aFEf;s- which is IsES s.ssllI ho,f
The power needed, npd the zSF5.y has
contlpnsh To run With e oo3IoiD alton AZ
water aad steem power.
Augusg /, 1883 b