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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-02-06
ARTeMUS WARDS FORESIGHT.
He Couldn't Afford to Work on News
paper That Was Unreliable.
lCipcinnati Times-Starl

He Couldn't Afford to Work News
paper That Was Unreliable.
Cincinnati Times-Star.l
There is an unlimited amount Of humor
on tap in the average newspaper Office,
and the other day some historian un-
earthed an anecdote of Artemus Wards
first experience as a reporter on Cleve-
land newspaper. That was before he be-
came known as humorist, and he was
pressed into the harness as the Jenkins of
the establishment One evening he was
sent out to write up swell" entertain
ment to be given by the leading club of
the city. On his way to the hall Ward
met friend.
(Which way, Charles?"
''Going to write up sort of a fly shin
dig"
Lets 90 in and take bowl. I'm going
down that wav pretty soon"
They went into a beer hall. Il must
60, said Ward, after he had spent half an
hour in the place.
'Oh, no; sit down. Let's have another
bowl. Say, you can write up that affair
just as well from the program as you can
by seeing the performance. Got pro-
gram, haven't you?
cS.
"Well, write it up and let's make little
round"
"Ward surrendered. He wrote up the
performance, took the article to the Office,
and. after having received the praise of
the city editor for the gracefulness of his
work, went out with his friend. The next
morning he read his report and was much
pleased with his own ingenuity, but his
complacency was of short life, for, taking
up another paper, he read the following
announcement:
THE performance of the A club, in
consequence of the sudden illness of a
leading feature, did not take place last
night"
Ward had not the courage to 90 to the
office, but boarded the first outgoing train.
Three months later he returned to Cleve-
land, and was walking lazily along a street
when he met the managing editor of the
paper for which he had worked
''Why, hello, Browne!" the editor ex-
claimed.
"Good morning"
"'Where have you beenY
'Sequestered.'
"'Why didn't you come back to the
Office after making your bad break?
Conscience stricken.
"'Oh, that was all right
" 1t might have been all right for you,'
Ward replied, but not for me. You see, I
suddenly discovered that l could not
afford to work on so unreliable a paper
The paper that makes use of my services
must be above reproach. Your sheet
does not pay enough attention to telling
the truth. have decided to go to work
on an afternoon contemporaries paper
that never tells anything Farewell.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-02-06
A MAROON ESCAPE.
The photographers Story of How He Barely
stopped No. on Time.
TNfinneanolis Journal1


Comparatively few railroad accidents
are due to the mistakes OF train dispatch
ers and telegraph operators, but there are
a good many narrow escapes that the
public and even the railroad managers
never hear OF"
The speaker was a telegraph operator
who had long since retired from railroad
work and branched off into more profit
able branch of the profession.
Il remember" he continued, "some
ten years ago | was at Mattison, Ind, a
little office on the Michigan Central road
One day | had an order to stop freight
that was due about noon and hold it at
my station until another train. coming
from the opposite direction had passed.
The order came quite early in the morn
ing and before long l had forgotten all
about it. About noon the freight came
along and the conductor came in as
usual for his orders. He got none from
me and In a few minutes / started home
for dinner. Just as | was swallowing the
last mouthful it flashed into my mind that
/ had had orders to stop the train l
thought my heart would jump out of my
throat / ran for dear life for the station.
The freight had gone Rushing into the
telegraph Office / called up Frankfort,
Ind, the other Office.
" For Gods sake, i signaled, stop No.
4. / was ordered to hold No. here and
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-02-06
is THERE A BRIDGE TRUST.
A Matter That Seems to Need Legislative
Attention.

Matter That Seems to Need Legislative
Attention.
To THE EDITOR-Sir: Under the present man
agement THE SENTINEL can be relied upon as
sound democratic paper, and should be sustained
by every democrat in the state For we never had a
paper before that showed the independence THE
SENTINEL did in the last campaign, and since the
corruptionists have shown their hands
You have handled Dudley, Woods and our 190, 600
deficiency president in the proper manner.
But 1 write to say that the law empowering county
commissioners to levy taxes for bridges should be
amended so TO tax only those people in the town
ship where the bridge is TO be located The cities
should be relieved of this tax, and allow the city
corporation to tax and apply it to the bridges near
the city. The pike road law should be on the same
basis; in other words, more democratic, local
self-government. But don't put any more power
into the township trustees Office there is much
there now. This should be limited by law too. 1
sent Mr.. Applegate letter the subject but what
want to point out is that there TO be
bridge trust, and they have the tariff on the
side and now the law compelling county commits
sionerS 10 build bridges the other Do you see
the point? If it is divided up they cannot
build two bridges where one would have answered,
as was the case in our LJeferson) county.
Madison, Ind, Jan. %. JOHN ADAMS
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-02-06
THE SKIN,

After a few days use of the SARsAPARILLIAS,
becomes clear and beautiful. Pimples,
Blotches, Black Spots and Skin Eruptions re-
moved. Sores and Ulcers soon cured. Per
sons suffering from Scrofula, Eruptive Diseases
of the Eyes, Mouth, Ears, Legs, Throat and
Glands that have spread, either from uncured
diseases or mercury, may rely upon cure il
the Sarsaparillian is taken. Sold by all drug
gists. s. bottle.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-02-06
HEALTH. STRENGTH.

Pure blood makes sound flesh, strong bone,
and clear skin. If you would have your
flesh firm, your bones sound, and your CON-
plexion fair, use RAILWAYS SARSAPARIIr
LIAM RESOLNENT
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-02-06
Not So Namby-Pamby.
THE Epoch.1

Waiter ITO customer)-"Well, sab, what'n be
next% Customer-"Well-er- don't know
what / do want" Waiter can give yo'
some nice apple fritters, sab" Customer Ia
little Indignantly do you mean by
asking a man like myself to eat such namby-
PANTY mess as apple fritters" Waiter-"Yes,
sab, apple fritters with cognac sauce" Gus
tomer-''Well, ! might as well try few of the
frff
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-02-06
nADWAY'S un..-..
IL SarSapariIIian
Res0lVent.

For the cure of all Chronic Diseases and Func-
tional disorders. Chronic Rheumatism, Scrofu-
lous Complaints, ETC., Glandular Swellings,
Chronic Dyspepsia, Water Brash, White Swell
ings Tumors, Ulcers, Dropsy, Salt Rheum,
Bronchitis, Consumption, Diabetes, Kidney,
Bladder. Liver Complaints. etc.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-02-06
The True Relief.
Malaria in Its Various Forms
FEVER AND AGUE.
RAILWAYS READY RELIEF

Not only cures the patient seized with malaria,
but if people exposed to it will, every morning
on getting out of bed, take twenty or thirty
drops of the READY RELIEF in a glass of
water, and drink, and eat cracker, they will
escape attacks.
Travellers should always carry q bottle Of
RAILWAYS READY RELIEF with them.
A few drops in water will prevent sickness or
pain from change of water. Ii is better than
French Brandy or Bitters a stimulant.
Fifty cents per hottie. Sold by druggists.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-02-06
C0NOUEROR OF PAIN

and has done more good than any known rem
edy.
For headache whether sick or nervousA
toothache. neuralgia, rheumatism, lumbago.
spralns, bruises, bites of insects, stif neck.
pains and weakness in the back, spine or kid
neys, pains around the liver, pleurisy, swelling
of the joints and pains OF all kinds, the appli-
cation OF Railways Ready Relief will afford
immediate ease, and It's continued use for few
days e ect a permanent cure
Inflammation of the Kidneys Inflammation
OF the Bladder, Inflammation of the Bowels,
Congestion of the Lungs, Sore Throat Difficult
Breathing, Group, Catarrh, Influenza, Head
ache, Toothache, Neuralgia Rheumatism, Cold
Cbills, Ague Chills, Chilblains, Prostitutes.
The application OF the READY RELIEF to
the part or parts where the difficulty or pain
exists will afford ease and comfort.
INTERNALLY, a hall TO a teaspoonful in
half a tumbler of water viii in a few minutes
cure Cramps, Spasms Sour Stomach, Nausea,
Vomiting, Heartburn, Nervousness Sleepless-
ness, Sick Headache, Diarrhea, Collie, Flatu-
lency, and all internal pains.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-02-06
CURED BY
ia READY RELIEF.

The safest and most certain pain Remedy in
the world, that instantly stops the most excru-
eating pains. il never fails in giving ease to
the sufferer of pain, from whatever cause aris-
ing. II IS truly the great
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-02-06
DIR. RAILWAYS
Regulating Pills,

The Great Liver Remedy.
Perfectly tasteless, elegantly coated With
sweet gum, purge, regulate, purify, cleanse
and strengthen.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-02-06
DIR. RAILWAYS PILLS.

For the cure of all disorders of the Stomach,
Liver, Bowels, Kidneys, Bladder Nervous
Diseases, Loss Of Appetite, Headache, Costive-
ness, Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Fever,
Inflammation of the Internal Viscera- Purely
vegetable, containing no mercury, minerals, OF
deleterious drugs.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-02-06
PERFECT DIGESTION
SICK HEADACHE,

VIII be accomplished by taking Railways
Pills. By so doing
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-01-18
Greeiy on the weather.

Chief Signal Officer A. W. Greedy has
written the following letter to a friend re-
garding the present remarkably mild
weather. The significance of the unusual
weather conditions for the past seven
months can be explained only with refer
ence to the abnormal distribution of at
m~ospheric pressure over the northern hem
isphere. Under the doctrine of averages
we could reasonably look for an open, mild
winter, since the late spring and simmer
was cooler than usual, and to counterbal-
ance the deficiency of temperature in the
spring and summer there should be an ex-
cess in the winter. just now occurring.
This, however, cannot be regarded as re-
sponsible for future prophecies, since the
scientific use of the average can only refer
to very prolonged periods, and cannot safe
ly be referred to in special short periods,
such as six months or a year, in case OF
temperature and rainfall. My personal
opinion is that no one has reasonable ground
for predicting a late spring on ths simple
basis of the present winter being SO far
mild and omen.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-01-18

Our people are beginning to appreciate
the value of Building Associations as a
loan institution more than ever before.
There has always been some prejudice ex-
listing against these associations ON account
of the premium exacted on loans, ard
without investigation many borrowers
have decided hat the associations were
usurious institutions and have preferred to
borrow Of private individuals. Bot inves-
tigation proves that it is cheaper to borrow
money of these associations than OF private
persons, when in addition to the interest
the borrower must pay the tax. The
Building Association is a cooperative sys-
tenn and if a member pays a premium on
borrowed money he shares in the premium
which others pay, SO in the closing up he
finds that he not only has had easy terms
to pay the principle, but has paid no more
interest than if he had borrowed of indI-
viduals, These societies will bear inyes-
tigation and the more there is of it the
more the people will like them.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-01-18
New Tapping MACHINE.

Salem county tomato packers will pro.
badly be interested in the following con-
densed description of a new Gaping ma
chine, invented by Ferguson Bros, ma
ehinists, of Bridgeton:
The machine is round, and stands upon
a table supported by three legs. 1t is Sc
constructed that within the cylinder are
six Gaping irons, which nave a rotary mo-
ton, and can be turned with the hand with
the slightest effort, or steam power can be
arranged to do the work. These Gaping
irons are directly overaswinging table, upon
which, in trays, are set the cans, when, by
merely pushing down a pedal with the
foot, the cans and Gaping irons are
brought in contact, and the work is neatly
and completely done. Three burners fur
nish the heat, and the irons are kept at a
uniform temperature. Either gas or gaso.
line can be used, at a cost of not more than
ten cents per day. To run the capper it
is not necessary to have an extensive gas
plant. A can of gasoline is all that is
necessary. The capper can be run by a
child, and the amount of work accomplish
ed depends on the skill Of the operator.
This machine is much cheaper than any
other in the market, and ii will probably
sell for about 500. Gamers who have
carefully inspected it, pronounce it the
most complete, durable, simple and per
feet machine they have ever seen.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-01-18

The weather for 1855.

P. V. Spader, a veteran meteorologist at
New Brunswick, in his thirty-second an
nual report of the weather, gives the fol-
lowing report for 1888: Maximum, June
23d, SO; minimum, January 22d and Feb
uary 10th, a; range for year, 50. The to-
tai rainfall and melted nov was on IA
days to the amount of 80 inches, which is
1858 inches above the average, and the
greatest, except the year 1873. There
were 9o wholly clear days in the year.
Every month had an excess of rain except
June and July. There were 20 storms,
which deposited from l inch to three inches
Of rain or rain and melted snow. Nearly
every month had some surprise. The re-
markable features were in January and
February, the coolest spell since 1857, last
ing until February Is; the March blizzard;
the summer heat on April 29th, u~nequalled
since 1861; the disagreeable rainy May;
the extreme heated term from June 18th
to June 9th; the cool July and September,
and the unpleasant, rainy and cool October.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-01-18
south Jersey xores.

1be recent poultry show at B~ridgeton was
not a financial success. It viii be held in
Camden next year.
Two large tracts of land have been offered
to Harmonious Board of Trade, To be given
to any parties who viii locate factories upon
them.
VIM. Townsend. a merchant of Cape May,
was swindled out of $40 on Tuesday by a forged
check. a man giving the name of Daniel
Long purchased goods to the value Of 3, Civ
ing a check for 800 with the forged signature
of II. Clay Hughes.
An unknown person entered q carriage
which had been left in front of a store in
Bridgeton by Thomas Tice, Of Deerield, On
Tuesday night, and drove away with it. Tice
procured another team, gave chase and re-
covered his property about two miles out of
town. The vehicle was found to be unoccu-
pied, but several articles were missing from it.
The Camden county Grand Jury made q
final presentment of 80 true bills of Indictment
on Tuesday, making a total Of 50 out of about
$50 cases acted upon. 1t was stated that trRe
bills had been found against the persons who
were Interested in the recent glove fight at
stockton Park, and it is thought that efforts
viii be Immediately made for the apprehen-
sion of those implicated. The first criminal
cases of The term re to be tried on Monday
next.
At Riverside, a tract of land along the Co
hansey, just south of Bri6geton. an oilcloth
factory, a knit goods factory, two houses and
a store and dwelling are now being erected.
with "A prospect of much more building in the
Spring. Streets have been laid out and there
is q strong probability of tracks being run
there from the West Jersey and Cumberland
and Maurice River Railroads The place has
rapidly grown in importance, the ground hav-
ing been unbroken less than TWO mouths ago.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-01-18
The vendue Season.

The season for vendues is again APP
preaching, when those of our farmers who
intend to sell out will want attractive
posters to announce the fact to the public.
Some farmers think it sufficient to merely
post up twenty or thirty handbills to make
known their sales. This is necessary, but
all such sales should be advertised in the
MONITOR. 1t goes into the families of
hundreds of substantial farmers who take
no other local paper, and if sales are not
advertised therein the persons holding
them cannot be sure that they will be
known even to their ~neighbors, for some
times no especial attention is paid to the
hundreds of handbills hanging about the
country taverns and stores. a yendue adj
vertisement printed at length in a widely
circulated newspaper like this one, will
cost a few dollars in addition to the ex-
pense for posters, but it pays for itself
many times over by the increased attend
ance at the sale, and by the competition IN
bidding which this produces. The wise
fnancier will advertise his yendue thor
oughly.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-01-18
State noara of rsea,th.

The State Board of Health met at the
State House in Trenton on Friday. The
Secretary, DIR. L. Nj. Hunt, was present
and made a report as to the various matters
relating to the health of the State. The
yearly report of vital statistics shows:
Marriages, {, 1925; births, 2S,074; deaths,
81. 173. OF the marriages 4 ,557 were Penn
sylvania couples. OF these 1850 were in
Camden. 1t has become a Camden indus
try. There has been some increase in the
death rate in the State, owing especially to
.diphtheria and typhoid fever, and to the
fact that people are more and more crowd
ing into the cities and renting smaller
space to live in. The board discussed with
much earnestness the Importance of greater
care of houses. H~ouse-to-house inspection
and the enforcement of the plumbing law
are the two chief remedies. Reports as to
animals show a decrease of animal dis
eases. In all respects there is progress in
the care Of the public health, but very
much remains to be done.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-01-18
m posato crop of s,,e Country.

'The entire potato product ef the u
try in 1888 was $50, 600, 900 bushels, an in
crease over that of 1887 of upwards of co.
600. 600 bushels" said Mr.. T. c. Daven-
port, one of the largest dealers in potatoes
in Philadelphia, on Saturday, to a reporter,
who was in search of general information
on the subject. Mr.. Davenport further
stated that the principal potato producing
States last year were New York, Michigan,
Illinois and Minnesota. Dakota is also
coming into prominence as a potato grow
ing State, her crop last year exceeding that
of the previous year four-fold. None OF
the potatoes grown in the Western States
reach the Philadelphia markets, as the
present low price of the tubers and the
great expense of freight would not warrant
shipments. The Philadelphia markets re-
ceiyes it's supplies ffom the States of New
York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Tie crop in Eastern Pennsylvania was very
large and the potatoes of excellent quality.
Mr.. Davenport adds that potatoes were ex-
ceptionaliy free from disease last year,
considering the large crop. Early in the
season the rot prevailed 10 some extent in
Maine and the province of New Brunswick,
but the latter crop was not affected
There will be no importations this year,
Mr.. Davenport says, from the British
Provinces or from Scotland, except what
he himself will import from Prince Ed
ward Island for seed. The total importa-
tions last year were about 9,UO0, 900 bush
els, and he remarked, ssf the price OF po-
tatoes in the sections named advance ~
per cent we can export them with proflt- "
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-01-18
A Forged Note.

a. man who turned out to be Chas. A.
Fries of Alloway, alias Harry A. Reeves,
and who probably has a~ceomplices, was
arrested in Swedesboro on Friday, for en-
deavoring to pass a forged note on the
Swedesboro bank. He first took a note
for 5000 purporting to be endorsed by
Stille Chew, who lives on the Mullica Hill
turnpike neal Mantua, but the bank off
GERS asked him to call on Friday, giving
him a blank note to brink back in better
shape, which he did. At this time Freas
was on hand with a 500 note. He was
delayed until the arrival Of Constable Gar
rison who arrested Fries after he had sign
ed a check to draw the money. The bank
officers suspected the forgery by the mis-
spelling of Justice Chew's name, and net
being placed to the credit Of the drawer.
On Saturday Officer Garrison took him to
Nineland to assist in corroborating his
story about his alleged acoomplices. Dur
ing the night he attempted to commit sui
eide by cutting the arteries in his arm
while in the Vineland lookup.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-01-18
Iover week Lu,iabies.

Within recent years a bar has formed in
the Delaware river, some two miles above
Fort Delaware, which has become a serious
obstruction to the navigation OF large
ocean steamers. We believe an appropri-
alton of $40, coo was made by Congress, at
its last session, for the removal of this
bar. Two mud-diggeis, as they are gen
orally called, nave employed a consider
able of the fall in taking the dirt from the
river AID dumping it on scowsw which,
when loaded, convey it to near the mouth
of Salem creek and throw it in the river.
We have known steamers, plying between
Philadelphia and Liverpool, to be detained
nearly twenty-four hours from being
grounded on this bar.
The fact that some few hogs have died
in the n~eighbofhood of Peansville recently
made hog-killing in Lower Penn's Neck a
lively business for quite awhile after il
became generally known that they had
died of the disease known as the cholera.
By the way, they make short work 0 fhog-
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-01-18
sl;pued Through unno.,eee.

Cashier VIM. Il. Flitcraft. of the First
National Bank of Woodstown, is in the
possession of a curiosity that is doubtless
a rare sight outside Of a mint. The article
in question is a piece Of silver, the size and
weight of a Bland dollar, but minus the
stamp of the head, date, inscription and
milled edge--in fact, perfectly plain and in
the condition that silver dollars are before
they are stamped with the powerful dies at
the mint. This piece was discovered
among $1,000 in Bland dollars that had
been received from The United States mint
in Philadelphia, and as the piece in ques-
ton was necessary to complete the $1,000,
it is evident that it did not slip in the bag
by mistake, but had evaded the sharp eyes
of perhaps scores of watebful employees
through whose hands the money must have
passed before being sent out.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-01-18
Real Estate sales.

DAVID Davis has purchased of his brother
Frank Davis, the farm on the Swedesboro
road, near Woodstewn.
The house of Hannah G.. Coles, deceased,
offered az public sale on Saturday, was bid
up to So, 450 and Withdrawn.
Lewis S. johnson, ON Saturday last at
Salem, bought the farm formerly owned
by David Dubois, adjoining his property
in Upper Pittsgroye.
Asa Engle sold the 34-acre farm Of the
late Matthew Ryan, in Harrison and South
Harrison townships, last Saturday to James
Dougherty at SIS per acre.
Owing to irregularity ia advertising
the farm of Samuel Moore, decd, near
Jacksonville, lately sold to Charles Starn,
the property will be resold next month, the
court refusing to grant a title for the sAme.
The homestead farm of Joseph ii. Mat
lack, deceased, situate in Warrington,
containing 1856 acres, was sold by the e1-
ecutors on Saturday TO VIM. Ii. Matlack
for s3S per acre, who also purchased a
piece of meadow containing 0 6S-1Oo acres
for SIT per acre.