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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-10-05
DUBl1o SALE OF HOUSEHOLD GooDs-The

DUBLIC SALE OF HOUSEHOLD GooDs.-The
Il subscriber intending to relinqush house.
keeping and move to Phila will sell at public sale
in the borough of Rising Sun, on
MONDAY. OCTOBER sth, 1888,
the following property: l No. 8 Cooking Range
and fixtures, has not been used one year; i Room
stove cherry dining table, good as new; bench
table, small breakfast table, q small stands wash
stands. bedsteads, doz. good hickory chairs,
rocking chairs. dresser cupboard. lounge, clock,
lot OF dishes, glass and tinware looking glasses
carpet by the yard, tubs buckets, kettles and paus
whoelbarrow. lot of good wheelwright tools, and
many other articles not mentioned
TERMS.-Sums of $500 and under to be cash.
On sums over $500 credit of months will be
given, purchaser to give note with approved secu-
rity, payable at the National Bank of Rising Sun.
Interest from date if not paid when due.
Sale to commence at one o clock D. M
PRUDENCE HARGAN.
J. G. Hndman Auct.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-10-05

~ School Books, States, Paper,
Sponges, Ink, etc, for sale at DR..
Kinks Drug Store. 24au6
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-10-05
KAUFMAN. TEX. Tune %. 1888.

~ hAUFMAN, EX., June %, 1888.
The Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ca:
Gentlemen-I have been afflicted with
skin disease for about twelve years, and the
best medical treatment failed to give me re-
lief. l am now using Swift's Specific, and
have received the greatest benefit from its
use. Yours truly, VIM. JONES.
For sale by all druggists.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.,
Drawer 8, Atlanta, Ga.
New York, 1856, Broadway.
London, Eng, IS Snow HE.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1888-10-05

This department is mine of rich
ness and beauty. Grandest stock; gor-
geous styles. Everything for Men and
Boys to fit them out For instance:
Neckwear in superb array and exquisite
styles so cents, worth $1.00-and every
thing in same ratio.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-05-11
EVOLUTION OF THE TABLE.

1t was late in the fourteenth century
of silver cups were noticeable on the buff
fet. The dishes were made of pewter or
wood, and spoons of bone, wood or silver.
Knives were rare, and on that account
knives. Forks came in general use still
later, and for long years alter their intro
duction they were considered ridiculous
aifectation and foppery, and not nearly SO
convenient as ones wi fingers. The
lord aud his lady dipped their fingers into
the same plate and slipped their wine from
the same cup. Even the queenly Eliza
beth, with all her elaborate ideas Of Ell
quette, was content to carry her food to
her mouth with her fingers, and at first de-
spised the newly invented forks as nnseem-
ly and awkward.
Very gradually the dining hall grew in
comfort and splendor. Dishes of gold and
silver we re made, and so eager were the
mobiles for them that they would sacrifice
anything to possess them. The salt-cellar
was for a long time the article of highest
Importance on the board. 1t was Il great
affair, and it stood directly in the centre
of the table; il was the dividing line; the
mobiles were seated above the salt, the com
moners below, hence grew the proverb
'below the salt The passing of salt was
a ceremonious custom, the quest throwing
a pinch over his left shoulder and muir
muring a blessing.
The salt-cellars were of the most curious
devices. Sometimes they represented huge
animals, sometimes a great, full-blown
flower, or a long, slender stem, and again,
on four wheels, on which they were easily
rim down the table.
The first glass cups came from Venice
during the sixteenth century, and from
that time on society began to lose many of
its primitive ways, and become, in a sense,
more refined.
Henry VIII was born with luxurious
tastes; he had his banquet chairs supplied
with velvet cushions, and abont this time
the parlor, or ''talking-room," as it was
called, was introduced; and here it was
that the danes took refuge when the din
ner had advanced beyond prudent limits, as
it invariably did before the finish. =
The cool that presided over the kitchen
in those days was not the counterpart of
our nineteenth century Bridget, but he was
an artist, and generally a man of quality.
The ladies of the household, even those of
noble birth. attended to many domestic
duties, making the bread, preserving the
fruits; while to understand the proper use
of starch was considered a great accom-
plishment.-1utie Nay Forney. in Woman.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-05-11
A PERFECT FORM.

For a woman ) feet 5, 1873 pounds is the
proper weight, and if she be we'll formed
she can stand another ten pounds without
greatly sh rowing it. When her arms are
extended she should measure from tip of
middle finger to tip of middle finger just .
feet 5. exactly her own height. The length
of her hand should be just a tenth OF that
and her foot just a seventh, and the diane
ter Of Ter chest a fifth. From her thighs
to the ground she should measure just
what she measures from the thighs 20 top
of the head. The knee should come exact
ly midway between the thigh and heel. The
distance from the elbow to the middle fin
ger should be the same as the distance
from the elbow to the middle of The chest.
From the top of the head to the chin should
be lust the length of the foot, and there
should be The same distance between the
chin and the armpits. A woman oil this
HEIGHT shonld measure 81 inches about the
waist and "a inches about the bust II meas
ured from under the arms, and 43 II over
them. The upper arm should measure ID
inches and the wrist G.. The calf of the leg
should measure 14l inches, the thigh %
and the ankle s. There il another system
of measurement which says hat the dis
lance tw ice around the thumb should go once
around the wrist; twice around the wrist
o,ee around the throat; twice around the
throat once around the waist, aud SO on;
Int the first is the measures used by scnip-
tors who nave gained them by measure
ments of the Greek statues.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-05-11
BON STALLS FOE HORSES.


The stable for the horse shonld be of
good size. The narrow dimensions of
many of the stalls are a positive cruelty to
horses. They are built too narrow to en-
able the horse to extend his limbs when
convenient. He is compelled, when in a
recumoent position, to double his limbs up
under him, and his legs are thus kept
cramped, when they shonl Id be completely
at rest. Box-stalls permit the animal to
choose its position and change it at pleas
ure Comfort is essential to health, and
it is evident that the animal can not be
comfortable when closely tied in a narrow
stall. The stalls should be kept clean, and
the floor daily sprinkled with some good
absorbent, as gympsum, to absorb the foul
odors continually arising. Absorbents are
not generally used freely enough in stables.
Besides having pure air for the animal to
breathe. a stable hat is stored full OF hay
and grain ought to be kept we'll ventilated,
and kept clean, that the Impurities of the
air may not penetrate these. All food
shonld be kept as pure as possible. Clean
liness about the stable is just as important
to the health of the horse, as cleanliness
about the house is important to the health
Of the family .-AmericdH 4grfculfngTst.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-05-11
LENGTH OF DAYS.
Five Years bids Living a
lost ARR

is life worth living?
In the days Of long ago people seemed
to think it was, if the length of time they
devoted to becoming acquainted with its
lights and shadows is any criterion.
1t would seem as though life must have
afforded much of enjoyment in the good
old days. Sophocles hung on until he was
100 years old, then persisted by an accident.
Attila was ia when he died Of the con-
seqence of a revel on the night Of his Sec
ond marriage. This is a warning toyoung
men. E~pemenides was 157 at his regretted
decease.
Crowns did not sit so heavily on the
brOws of monarchs as they seem ~latterly
to do. Fohi, the founder Of the Chinese
Empire reigned 115 years, and so did
Apaphns Of Theses Egyptian. Taeitus
gives 175 years toTuisco, a German prince.
Daddon, an ~Illyriau noble, lived for 800
years according to Alexander Cornelius.
The art Of living seems to be one of the
many lost arts, which the dark ages COW
cred over, and modern civilization has not
yet been able to uncover. It is certain long
life was not secured by using mineral poi
sons as remedies for disease. That is es-
sentiaily modern practice The ancients
doubtless drew o n the laboratory of nature
for their medicines, hence the span of
their lives was naturally extended.
We know that our immediate ancestors
found their medicines in the fields and for
ests, adjoining their log cabin homes.
These natural remedies were eficacious
and harmless left no poison in the system.
Physicians were rarely called in, and the
people lived to rugged and hearty old age.
Is it not worth while to return to their
wholesome methods Of cure for common
ailments9
IL. H.. Warner & Co.. Proprietors
OF Warmers Safe Cure, have introduced
20 the public a line of Log Cabin remedies,
and their name indicates their character.
They include a "~Sarsaparilla, ? "Hops and
Bucbu Remedy" !" Cough and Con-
sumption Remedy, +" Extract for Exter-
nal aud Internal use, Rose Cream, . for
Catarrh, ''Scalpine7 for the lair, Liver
Pills aud " Porous Plaster. " They are
carefully compounded from actual recipes,
the most efieacious in use by our grand
parents, and those who would like to try
the virtues Of old-time remedies, have an
opportunity to secure the best in Warmers
Log Cabin Remedies. "
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-05-11

JUST TRY IT.

Place the follow ing table before you,
take a pencil and paper, and answer the
following questions without looking them
up. 1t will be quite amusing to see how
many you miss, and how far you miss
them:
1. How many inches long is a five dollar
bill
?. How high is a plug hat?
8. Is a spider an insect ?
4. How do YOU go to church ?
5. How many steps do yon take in going
up your stairs
G, Are there any L. S. coins of which
three will make a dollar?
z. How many teeth have yon ?
s. What does dog spell !?
.. What is the color of your best friends
eyes ?
10. Does a deer have a gall ?
IL. What is the average weight of a
dozen eggs?
12. Can a mole see ?
-. What is the gender of a working bee?
IA. Is is proper to say king bee ?
IS. Which came nearest to being Pre-
sident. TiIden or Aaron Burr?
16. Does the Bible teach us to eat
g~rasshoppers
Il. Who was the first Yice-President .
IS. Where do they get sulphur ?
10. When does spring commence ?
20 How much money have YOU IN your
pocket ?
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-05-11

it was not long before their purpose was
accomplished. There was not even the ne
cessity Of recours to law. The com
bined influence of the members of these
churches created a public sentiment which
could not be resisted.
Deacon Whites prayer-meeting marked
an epoch in the history of the town. Since
then there has been greater activity in all
departments oflegitimate business. There
has been a higher standard OF morality.
and more entire conservation to the service
of the Lord.
OH for a Deacon White in every church
to convince its members of the terrible fact
that they are verify guilty in this matter
of liquor selling!-Mary DmiaeH Chelis,
IN National Temperance Adcocate.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-05-11

Every human habitation should contain
some convenience for a complete bath in
water. In the catalogue of diseases, says a
we'll known physician, scarcely one can be
named in the treatment of which a bath is
useless. To those blessed with good health
a bath gives thrift and growth to healthy
functions, a brightness and delightful
serenity, a clearness of mind and buoyancy
of spirit. 1t is certainly a blessing to
both mind and body. For the mental
worker it is a nerve tonic. A thorough
application of water of proper temperature
will calm and give tone to his whole system.
The indoor laborer, who gets bat a
scanty supply of fresh air, needs a bath
to obtain the skin invigorating elements
of open air
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-05-11
ADVICE To THE GIRL OF THE
PERIOD.

You will have to know Latin, and Logic, and
Greek,
You will have to be able correctly to speak
OF Atoms and Molecules, Acids and Bases,
OF the Earth in Aphelion, of the Moon and its
Phases,
OF the three laws of Newton, of gases ex-
panding,
OF how to preserve equilibrium when stand
ing,
OF what is the green coloring matter in
plants,
ofthe structure of elephants, beetles, and
ants;
You should also be able to fluently chatter
OF the prevalent opinions of Mind and OF
Matter.
Never mind learning to "play" or to "sing,"
To be able TO please is no longer the thing;
Don't trouble your head about baking and
cooking,
Red faces and fingers aren't studentlike
looking,
In all household duties, whate'er there's TO do,
Let your brothers see to it, they've more time
than you;
At table. sulp down your food, don't try to
talk,
Don't waste precious time by taking a walk,
Don't heed the broad hints about spelling
your looks,
Let health, beauty, pleasure go, stick to your
books;
BE sure u fixed hatred of mankind you show,
superior women don't marry, you know.
When years have gone by, if you find, when
too late,
That your love tor book lore, and for mankind
your hate,
Have brought no repose. but "A heartrending
PAIN,
And You wish you could live your life over
again,
Whatever occurs, don't show what you feel,
Let no one imagine the grief You conceal.
But rather bequeath what you have to "a col
lege,
And, in dying, proclaim, "There is nothing
like knowledge Temple Bar.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-05-11

The New Century Guild Of working
women in Philadelphia has a mending
department. Garments can be sent to its
Office to be repaired; or, on application,
skilled members are sent to families by
the day or half day. The Guild now pro-
poses, in addition, TO send by the day OF
half day experts persons TO sweep, dust,
do chamber-work, etc. " 1t is thought
that a better class Of help may thus be
obtained, from young women who do not
object 70 the work, but 10 the living out
at service
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-05-11

Book Meas for May, (Iohn Wanamaker,
Philadelphia), with its bright pages Of pr
quaint book talk, has cached us. with
the New Books by TaIeott Williams,
tells in a charming manner of the really
good new books. A Veteran Bookseller
spicily replies to Senator Chace's lnterna-
tional Copyright article in the April mum
Der. and the miscellaneous matter rs fully
M to the standard. The portrait is OF
Louise Chandler Moulton, who contributes
an article under the title of Reading for
Women that will by most readers be re-
garded as tie best thing In the whole nnra
Der.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-05-11
SUPERIOR LONGEVITY OF WOMEN.

The gathered statistics OF the world
show, it is claimed. that woman has a
greater tenacity of life than man, and that
the Hebrew women are the longest lived
of any race. Then, too, among insects
the male perishes at a relatively earlier
period; in plants, the seminate blossoms
die earliest, and are produced in the
weaker limbs; and female quadrupeds
have more endurance than males. In the
human race, despite the intellectual and
physical strength of the man, the woman
endures longest, and will bear pain to
which the strong man suecumbs. Zymo-
tic diseases are more fatal to males, and
more male children die than females. De-
verga asserts that the proportion dying
suddenly is about one hundred women TO
seven hundred men. Intemperance, APP
oplexy, govt, hydrocephalus, affections
of the heart or liver, serofula, paralysis,
are far more fatal to males than females
while pulmonary consumption, on the
other hand, is more deadly to the latter,
females in cities being more prone to this
disease than are those in the country.
Though there are from two to six per cent.
more males born than females, yet there is
an excess of more than six per cent. Of
females in the living populations.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-05-11

OFT obscure the road that leads 10 health,
Unmarked by board or signs;
lSdom ayailS not. pnweriess is wealth
To sootbe those aches OF thine.
But do not despair, with life there's hope,
The cloud eOnee1aiS the sun;
with Pierce's Favorite Prescription al hand
l0u lifess full course may run.
More truth than poetry IN these lines,
as thousands Of ladies all over the land now
blooming with health. testify TO the great
curative powers Of DIR. Pierce's Fayorite
Prescription, adapted by much research
and careful study to the happy relief of all
those Weaknesses and ailments peculiar
to females. All druggists.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-05-11

Even SO did Pitt hold up his hands in
CONSERVATION, after a talk with Wolfe, the
hero of Quebec. Even so did a secretary
Of state declare thai Nelson was the
greatest fool he ever talked With. You
mast take a man upon his proper ground.
you must measure his strength where his
strength lies. The duke Of Wellington
was not an impnlsive soul, who could get
up from the dinner table, draw his sword
and swagger aboptthe room Dragging that
he was to surrass all the soldiers Of
antiquity. as Wolfe did in Pitt presence.
We wonder not that the minister held up
his hands on Wolfe's departure, with
words to the effect, " Must we trust our
army to that idioi?7 Yet the great duke,
long after Waterloo, paid a large sun to
get back a letter written by him on the
evening Of the battle, which he instantly
burned, saying that when he wrote it he
was The greatest ass in Europe. | fancy
that, had we seen the letter, We should
in SO far have agreed with the great hut
by 30 means exemplary duke.
There is the streak of the fool in the
wisest OF men. It was very apparent in
solomon. There is the streak of inca
paeity in the most capable man. And it
grows most conspicuous when he strays
beyond his proper measure. What more
graceful than a swan in water? What
more awkward than the swan waddIing on
shore.-LORgman' Magazine.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-05-11

Miss J. Prindell, Of Baltimore, lectures
Washington, DC, on the current new OF
the world, taking mp such topics as the
tariff, the surplus, tile Irish, etc. In this
way the pupils. while follow ING tie course
of ancient history. keep pace with the his
tory of modern times, and when they
leave school they know as much about the
President of the United States as they do
about Julius Caesar
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-05-11

In these days O sharp competition and pre-
gftsss. il j. well to be cautious IN purchasing
any article Of merchandise, on the spur OF the
moment, or, upon the recommendation Of
Others, who ARE not thoroughly posted ~
peciaily + ii So, As regards purchasing 4 srM-
ING machine. Frienfis aud Bcighis,f All think
ihrsrs the best. and do not hesitate 10 sAy 80,
the fact may be. they have newer -tssstf
the Davis isetote buy Ing a seA ing MHfnine'
Arm Davis. and we are SURE they VIII be ~
paid for the EFFORT 81 seems almost isefedi
f,Ie that. III this tate date. 50 Ins4rh Improve
n,ant we're possible. II me preeenf esidentss
OF popularity continue, this new. lpnirl utsi'
chine " ~ have the greatest safe OF any eyer
placed on the marKeL Tor sale By Mia "a. A.
Ifppiucutt. N uu~9@tOun, NJ.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-05-11
poor ba, Honest.

Charlie Sullivan is a poor but honest Irish
lad. who, while walking down Wash ington
street, found a wallet containing checks
aud money TO the valne OF several hundred
dollars. Although almost destitute, he
returned it to its owners, Messrs. A. p.
Ordway & Co, proprietors of Sulphur
Bitters, who gave hin a liberal reward,
and also gave him SIX bottles of Sulph ur
Bitters for his mother, who has been 4
terrible sufferer with rheumatism and who
returned many blessings after being cured
by their use Weekly Horld.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-05-11

Don't sneze, sneeze, hawk, hawk, spit,
blow, and disgust everybody with your
offensive breath. II you have acrld watery
discharges from the nose and eyes, throat
disease. causing choking sensations, cough,
ringing noises in head, splitting headaches
and other symptoms of nasal eatarrh
remember that the manufacturers Of DIR.
saee's Catarrh Remedy offer, in good faith,
$500 reward Tor a case OF catarrh which
they cannot care. The Remedy is sold by
druggists at Gully so cents.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-05-11
SAMUEL j. HURFF.

prrO sea wonders exist IN thons.ihuS VI
uLLp forms. but ARE surpassed hy Inc mar
I'LL vels Of invention. Those VINO ARE IN
need of profitable work ihat ''in ~
done while living az home should AZ ohcs
send their address 10 I~iallettN Co. Ioftianu,
Maine, ana receive free, full Information nv
per day ana UPWARDS wherever they live gu
are started FREQ, Capital not iegnifcu, S"nht'
have made over $50 Ia IA singlc day atthiS""'N
All succeed.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-05-11

Tin Lard Cans, nicely painted. holding
80 pounds. 40cts; - pounds, o9cts, AT
Humphreys.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-05-11

That we can, in connection with the MONITOR,
eecurc you II subscription to any paper or
magazine published, ri q much lower price
than the regular rate, and you viii do well TO
tet Us know if you are contemplating a sub
scfiption TO any publication.
THE MONITOR, W~oodstown, Nj.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-08-07
The Concerts This Week.

The open.air concerts will be given
this week in accordance with the follow
ing programme Tonight at o'clock,
in Monroe Park Thursday night at s
O'Clock, in Marshall Park Libby Hill.
and Saturday night at the same hour, at
the Reservoir.
The following programme will be rem
dered tonight /. March George
Streit). 2. United States Lancers
(Moses). 3. Song and dance. "She's
such a love- (Catlin). 4. Selection,
Don Juan (Mozart). .. Waltz, Reign
OF Venus (yoelker). 6. Russian Car
risge Song-Characteristic Piece (Thorn-
tom. 7. Trombone Solo, "Blue Bells
of Scotland" (Baselar,) Mr. A. Equi.
8. Railroad Galop (E. Z. Collinsl. ..
Selection. Little Tycoon (Spencer). 10.
March (Brooke). Felix lardella, band
tnaStar
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-08-07
po,,co Ru,ss and Regulations.

The rules aud regulations for the gov
ernment OF the police force, revised and
adopted 10y the Board Of Police Commits
sioners July 9Th, have been printed and
neatly bound and are now in the Office
of the Chief OF Police to be distributed
among the members of the force.
There are very few mateiial changes
from the old rules, One ofthe most i'm
portant of the alterations made is in tho
height of the officers. Formerly no man
was eligible TO elec.io who was underfive
feet ten inches; now the required height
is reduced to five feet eight and three
fourth inches, and the applicant must
weigh $50 pounds, and be not less than
twenty-one nor more than forty-fiye
years of age.
No member of the force is allowed to
carry cane or umbrella or smoke while
on duty.