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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-09-13
A SAD PARTING.

Two friends of mine, couple who hat
been married for twenty years, came to the
conclusion that marriage was failure fol
them. They agreed upon a divorce.
Years before the man had been well off
but had lost everything through specula
ton. He took to drink and soon degener
ated to worthless burden upon his wife
who supported the family by taking
| boarders.
For ten years these two had lived to
| gether in the same house, the estrange
ment widening as the husbands folly in
creased, until she could endure it no long.
err. The papers were made out and the
day came when he was to leave the home
he had made SO wretched.
happened to be a witness to their part
| ing. There was no one in the house at the
| time but we three.
She picked up his shirts and collars,
which she had that day ironed with her
| own hands, and he stood on the threshold
with a parcel under his arm, besides a
thhiih Scutdihto ms oluCt pCInpidt
belongings.
Scarce word was spoken. Both SEEM
ed to feel that a crisis in their lives had
come.
For twenty years these two had been
together, through light and shade, in good
fortune and ill, and now they were to part
forever. Twenty years before, buoyant
with youth and hope and confidence in
each other, these two had linked their
lives together. They had come to look
alike, so potent had been the force of as
ISOLATION.
What touching memories must have
surged through both their hearts as they
stood thus, she leaning against the STAIR
way in the hall and lie standing on the
doorstep, with the dusky twilight closing
in about him as if to emphasize the dark
ness of the future years.
The hour seemed strangely in keeping
with his strange parting. There are mo-
ments SO tragic in life that speech is
dumbly inadequate. This was one of
them.
''Have-I-got everything = Annies"
he slowly said, in dazed way as he turn
ed toward the door.
"All but this, Frank-do You want it?'
and she handed him packet of faded let
tiers tied with crumpled ribbon.
He turned pale as a corpse, as if not IN
til that instant realizing all the parting
meant. He looked at the packet, slowly
united the ribbon and wound it about his
hand, his whole frame trembling violently.
keep them-Annie-for me-" he sob
bed. made one convnlsive step toward the
woman, then turned and walked into the
night.
And she?
Well, an hour later | stepped softly into
the hallway, alarmed at the deathly sill
ence. Still leaning against the stairway
she stood, the letters clutched tightly in
her frigid hands, her eyes strained out
upon the night as if they saw the ghosts
of bygone days when faith and happiness
were hers, That look will haunt me for
eyer.-Bostoa Commercial.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-09-13

"Tick took! tick tock.r
Says the clock 'half past three"
"Tick took. tick tock!"
"IIalf-past three" still we see!
1t must be the hands are caught,
That is why it tells us naught,
Tho it ticks and ticks along
As if there were nothing wrong,
s'Tick tock,''
'Tick took, tick tock!'
Many q word, many word
"Tict took. tick tock!'-
Just as useless, l have heard.
These-the folks who tell us naught-
All. perhaps their hands are caught.
'Tis the busy ones that know
Something worth the teliing.-so
Click tocki tick tock.''
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-09-13

Is it not sad to see so many young men
every day of whom this can be said ?
Young man, take my advice. Stop all in
dissertations which you have praeticed, keep
good hours, retire early, and build upyosr
shattered system by using Sulphur Bitters,
which will cure you.--OLD PHYSICIAN.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-09-13

OF the Wakefield, Mass, Rattan Works,
C. n. Young, says: SIN all cases of bill
iousness accompanied with those terrible
sick headaches, have found no other med
icine that seems to take hold and do the
good that your Sulphur Bitters does. 1t is
the best family medicine made.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-09-13

Just opened, one bale OF 1884 yards, yard
wide. heavy unbleached shestinE or shirt
ing muslin, at o, cents yard. Only think
of it. rs yards for s1t,0. or 8 yards for
SO cents, at Humphreys store on the
corner
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-09-13
Ome Of Many Testsaontau..

CHAIRS RoRo. n ], DEC. q, rs.
Mr. j r. TRuITF, Bridgeport, vi.
DEAR SfR. affords me very great pleasure
10 write The following; MIS- Kate Ramsey.
a Young lSly who makes fer home with Us,
has been tneubled for a long time with very
severe painS in the stqfnach after eating,
whether she ake little OF much, and whatever
kind of food ~ ate A few weeks ago
bought some oEsaur4 Vegetable LozengeS
which she used " n ssfne relief immediately,
and perfect relief W. soon. and she has mol
had return OF pain NRee, and now eats Win
inpunity W hatever &If& wants. Respectfully
yours, John Il. MsAstcd pastor OF ciarks-
boro Nj. l.. Ghurch+
Don't fail to- try this valuable remedy.
1t will cure dyspepsia in any form, and at
the same time you may eat anything You
wish. Price SOC box. For sale by 4.
Hnmphreys& Co., or sent by mail. Agents
wanted in every county. Address j.. r.
TRUlTr, Manufacturer, r =. Box 5s,
Bridgeport. N. j. septss-ly
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-09-13

Canton mattings. We are selling ono Il
25 cents, which is worth, as things, 60 10
cents more. It's nicely woven and very
heavy. 1t don't pay to buy the lOc and
f5e qualities II you expect any service
from them. Il. b. Humphreys & CO.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-09-13
the nome,,e.t NAN i'm wooa~aown,

As we'll as the handsomest, and others are
trial bottle of kemp's Balsam for Throat
and Lungs, remedy that is selling entirely
upon its merits and guaranteed to relieve
and cure all Chronic and Acute Coughs,
Asthma, Bronchitis and Consumption.
Large bottles so cents and 81.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-09-13

Some people use Witch Hazel Linimeut
Ter all ailments. Yon can get bottle con-
tanning full pint Of the best for 20 cents
at Humphreys store ON the corner.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-09-13

Pillows and holsters made of good tick
ing and filled with IA lbs of new feathers,
at So. so for the entire set at Z. d. Hum
phreys & Co.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-09-13

When Bahy was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she WAS a Child, she criod for Castcr72.
When She became Miss, She chung 10 castoraA.
When she had Children, she gave them cAstoris.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-09-13

Hires Improved Root Beer Extract. One
bottle, Is cents, makes five gallons of
healthfnl and refreshing beer. Sold by
E. B. Humphreys y Co.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-09-13

Three entire eases. nearly 1000 yards Gan
ton FIannels in short pieces, running from
2 to Il yards, all perfect, at about cents
a yards less than regular price. This means
that you can buy as many yards ~ inns
way for 81 90. as you conld for Sl.2o II cut
from long pieces f. b. Humphreys a
Co. at the Corner Store.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-11

The ventilation is in the center. and is
indicated in the cut by the dark spot.
The roosts are placed close to the venti-
Iation, with tight floor just below,
slanted toward the ventilator, which is
large enough at the bottom to hold the
droppings These can then be taken out
at the feed room by placing a box of
convenient size under the ventilator
They can be removed without handling
Doors are placed just outside the roosts,
to permit one to pass around through
the different apartments. building of
this size and shape contains about 868
square feet of space. while one built in
the ordinary shape. say 2Ox36. contains
720 feet-a difference of 148 square feet,
while the outside walls have the same
area. A small window in each pen will
be sufficient. by having the partitions
made partly of wire netting, according
to Ohio Farmer, for which the plan was
first drawn and described
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-11

ducks twenty-six eggs per month for the
same time.
Mr.. Tanner is very much mistaken if he
thinks the Hamburgs or any other breed
OF fowls will lay 27O eggs in year, and
295 would be impossible, for during the
ninety days consumed in moulting, a hen
scarcely ever lays any eggs. In order to
lay 27O, in the remaining nine months,
she must lay an egg every day. The
largest number ever heard OF was 270
eggs from one hen. The largest average
in this country, according to statistics, is
i'll tt e New England States. which is one
hundred per annum, while it is only sixty
in the Western States and forty in the
Southern States. If hen lays an egg a
week she pays for her keeping, and all
above that can be reckoned as profit.
E. W. A.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-11
For THE POULTRY DEPARTMENT.
Poultry Notes.

Don't forget that green food is one of
the essentials in the fowls bill of fare.
Fowls must have plenty of shade in
warm weather and supply of pure water
at all times.
Avoid frightening your birds by max
ing quick motions while working among
them; and if you wish to catch one do
not run it down or set the dog on to it,
Have your hens tame so that You can
catch one at any time with little feed.
The Douglas Mixture is a good tonic
for fowls but should not be given too
often. 1t is composed of one pound OF
cOpperas, two gallons of water and
one gill of sulphuric acid. Give one tea
spoonful to every quart of water.
fyour poultry yard is made of lath or
pickets, and the hensfly over it, getsom
wire netting and run around on top of it.
Eighteen inches to two feet in width is
about what you want. The hens will
then fly on top of the board fence and
come in contact with the wire, much to
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-11
Concerning Egg Production.

Consul George C. Turner, in his report
On the poultry and egg business in Eng
land, gives an account of the business of
Mr. Mainwaring, including a record of
the egg product of ten breeds of fowls,
kept by him, according to the table. The
thirty-four Black Hamburgs laid 423
eggs in thirty-one days, an average Of
1912 eggs per month; the thirty two
Andalusians averaged little less than
eight eggs; The sixteen Langshans less
than six eggs, and the average for the
whole flock of 1886 was trifle less than
four eggs per hen, and these fowls were
nine months old, just in their prime, and
laying their best
If we could not make a better showing
in Florida we should have to borrow
money to buy feed. Two years ago this
spring had twenty-five white Leghorn
pullets only seven and eight months old,
that laid 1900 eggs in three months,
February, March and April, an average
of 68 eggs for each hen, or 22% eggs per
month for each hen. This year my flock
ofseventy-fvecommo hens sOmepullets
and a part hens two years old. have laid,
in January, 993 eggs in February, L.
O73; in March, 1, 142, or 3,1OS eggs for
three months, an average OF a little more
than thirteen eggs per head. My golden
Wyandotts have averaged eighteen, and
my white Wyandotts sixteen, and Pekin
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-11
Cooked Food for Poultry.

At this season of the year when green
food is scarce there is nothing relished
more by the fowls than a cooked meal.
Let itcOnsist of some vegetable boiled and
thickened with wheat bran or oats, or
meat if you have it, seasoned as though
it was intended for your own table.
Cooking all kinds of grain is better than
:scalding, but if it is impossible to cook it
let it be mixed with boiling hot water
and keep covered closely until ready to
iteed. This adds great deal to the value
'of all kinds of ground grain fully 25 per
cent, which is good pay for the time and
trouble
Everybody feeding much stock should
own farm boiler and cook all grain feed
by steam. The cost is within the reach
of any one owning several head of either
cattle, horses or poultry.
Hay cut in short lengths, mixed with
bran. then steamed, will go twice as far
as it will if fed in the raw state cutter
and steamer would soon pay for them
pClNC Wu0IC a. COW CtIlNl d 1uIlOI0u
head OF poultry are kept.
~
Are you getting two eggs from every
three OF your early Matched pullets? If
not, why not? AS we have said many
tunes before, a hen is literally an egg ma
tchine If the raw material is furnished
in the right proportion she will shell out
the eggs. Now, what we want is an
abundance of heterogeneous food when we
feed for eggs. In the same proportion
we feed this in the same ratio will we
reap the egg harvest.
Clover, wheat, middlings, bran and fish
meal, or desicated fish, is our best and
cheapest supply. One pint OF the desi-
tcated fish is sufficient for thirty hens, and
7two and half cents per pound is the
cheapest food we have, for it contains a
large quantity of bone meal, which is
;all ground fine ready for use Though
cooked once, it improves it to scald it as
you do the other feed E. w. A.
Ormond Volusia County Fla.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-11
A Convenient Poultry House.

The advantages claimed for the poul-
try house represented in the cut are: con-
centration of all labor connected with
it, more square feet of surface for the
same outside wall, and each apartment
has only one outside wall.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-11

their astonishment, and fall back into
the yard again.
Beginners are apt to go into the
poultry business with too much haste,
thinking they know all about it. They
want every new breed they hear of, and
usually get a lot of fowls crowded to-
gether, and the result is disease, dis
couragement and failure. If you have
not had experience in the business go
slow.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-11

MAKE YOUR Own FERTILIzER-Send for
sample price, ETC., of our kilncured, dis
integrated, screened Humus for compost
ing with chemicals, cotton seed meal,
ashes, or stable manure. Address, HICKS
& CLARK, Fort Mason, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-11

To whom all correspondence in regard to this
department should be addressed.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-12-11
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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-03-20
Collection of Debts.

On the evening of the 18th inst,
the retail dealers of Philadelphia
We're given a hearing before the Gen
eral Judiciary Committee of the Leg
islature in support of the Lafferty
House bin which provides for the
collection Of debts incurred for food,
clothing and other necessaries of life
This measure has great deal of
influence behind it from every sec
tion Of the State. Concisely stated
II gives tailor, a grocer or a butch
er the authority to attach wages or
the salary of a debtor, that entities
the latter To- n defense. The trades
men whom the bill VIII affect assert
that they are the victims of class Of
people, who are to be found IN every
community, vino make it constant
practice To beat their grocer or
tailor, and there is now no protection
against them. The tradesmen have
formed associations and got up black
lists of these professional delinquents.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-03-20

dish-wipers soap is left TO soak in
water clothes are whipped to pieces
bv the wind hams and cheese mould
and get full of shippers; tea, coffee
and spices stand open and lose their
strength coal is wasted; vegetables
that would warm over nicely are
thrown away; scrubbing brushes are
left to warp in water bits of meat are
thrown away that would make good
soup of hash; pint or less of dough
is left sticking to the bread pan the
cork is left out of the molasses jug
and flies take possession the ex.
travegant use of butter, eggs and
sugar in cooking pals are allowed
to sun-dry and fall apart; bread is
wasted tea and coffee are made too
strong; and careless breaking OF
dishes
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-03-20

a year. These reports commenced
when We had OILY 5000 miles of rail
way, while iIs~ we have 5000 miles.
The commissioners report last year
shows that there were killed and
.sotiiI.ie,. by these two causes alone
$40 men. There are 150,O50 miles
of railroad in the United States, and
over six thousand of these strong,
active men were either killed on
manned for life from these two causes
alone last year. Last year in the
state of Iowa there were %, ,345 SAG
passengers who travelled Not one
was burned by fire heating stoves
while at the same time We killed and
injured in that state, by the pin and
link coupler $50 men"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-03-20
The Contest in West Virginia.

THE decision uf the Democratic
Court of West Virginia il Just what
the Democrats have desired 1t 10 be.
II IL declared that General Goff can
not take his place rs Governor be
cause a Democratic Speaker of the
Legisls ture failed to comply with
the law and announced his election
at the time the vote was considered.
This enables Governor Wilson,
whose term had expired, To hold over
until the contest between Goff and
Fleming can be determined The de
cision does not touch upon the merits
of the case 1t merely shows that when
the Speaker refused to do his sworn
duty he is enabled to keep out of of
fice man elected by the people
and whose election Is clearly shown
by the returns transmitted to the
Legislature blythe Secretary of State
With the election machinery of the
State i'll their own hands the Demo.
Gratis have made the most unscrupu
lous use of it to defraud General Giofl
out of his election. Their effort tc
destroy the integrity of the returns
has So far proved futile, but they have
taken advantage of law which re
quires the announcement of election
10y the Speaker, who refused to max,
such announcement. This is tn,
contemptible bubble on which tn,
present trouble Is built.
1t was never intended to permi
General Goff to become Governor
but the case is far from concluded n
it tstands.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-03-20
Inaugural Travel on the Penn
sylvania Railroad.

When in 1885 the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company successfully car
ried into and returned from Wash
ington the vast host of Inaugural
Pilgrims, ii was considered that the
perfection of the railroad manage
ment, in promptly and effectively
moving large numbers ofpeople with.
in given space of time had been
reached. But Notwithstanding this
extraordinary record the achievement
of this company ON the inaugural
occasion Just passed surpasses all
previous accomplishments IN this di-
rection. The company was prepar-
ed to do much more than it did and
had not the unusal inclemency of the
weather intervened the total result
would have been far greater.
One hundred and five thousand
excursionists, including the public,
the organizations, and the military
were delivered in Washington be
fore noon of March 4th, and all, ex
cept the clubs and military, were
landed at the Baltimore and Poto-
mac Station For the conveyance OF
this number II required two hun
! dred and ten trains of ten cars each
with an average of fifty persons to
each car All the trains were run IL
sections and IN many cases the mum
ber of sections to a given train
reached ten This involved con
tinuous stream of crowded cars enter
ing the station at intervals of n few
minutes discharging their passen.
gers, and being shifted out to make
room for the incoming current. AL
these trains were moving promptly,
and no accident of any kind occur
ed to mar the success of the work.
No unavoidable delay was experienc-
ed, but under the strict rules gov
erning the operators of the block
system, there were, perhaps. here
and there delays, which safety nee,
essitated, on a hne of track filed t.
repletion with long trains of crowd
ed cars.
The true test of ability in man
agement came when the thousands
impatient and eager to return,
crowded into the station and filled
the train as fast as they were made
up. This difficult portion of the
work was accomplished with reason
able promp:itude, considering the
vast number of people and the mul
tiphcity of trains to be movod at one
time On Monday night and OF
Tuesday hundreds of trains started
from the Capitol, all freighted to
their utmost capacity, and, under
the admirable system which distin,
guishes the entire organization of this
road, were forwarded to their desti-
nation steadily and in complete safe
~. Such a result conld never be
achieved except under the method of
operation employed by the Pennsyl.
vania Railroad Company, coupled
with the ability, sagacity and faith
fnlness of the employees. 1t was q
truly wonderful exhibition OF skillful
management, and finds its only par
allel in a similar achievement, when
the same Company handled with
conspicuous success one hundred and
seventy-fve thousand people on the
occasion of the Constitutional Cen,
tennial at Philadelphia, in Septem-
Der, 1877.
The revenue from this service vii
amount to half n million of dollars