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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-07-05

Neglect 10 Use the DaTnpeg Properly
Often Leads 30 ssase-Brok isin-
gIasSa Dangerous Thing When IA Hoe
Is Made rn the gtoye BY the Bssaaass
How so n.nage II.
It Is a surprising fact that very few people
know bow to make proper Hseof the damper,
and a majority 40 not nse It nj all. Tbs dam
per is designed to economic fuel and to make
the ten p~erzture Of the room more eguaDle.
However cheap fuel may be it IS yet worth
while to economize in its use. Para1oxical
~ It may seem, the most extravagant wayin
which to use-iueI is to be sparing Of it. II
only a few sticks are put on when the fire
has started, the room has not warmed By the
time they have burned down and If the fire
is s~cantily ~repiegIehed there is not enough
fire at any time during the day to heat the
room. The damper must be Kept opento
keep the 2cant supply Of fuel afro, and a con-
siderable part Of the heat produced escapes
up the chimney. II, however, a goodly num-
Der Of sticks arc laid on the fire when II u
started, and they are allowed TO blaze, With
tic dauaper open, until they are well ahrs
aud some Goals are formed, and then the
damper be closed almost completely, d large
volume Of heat will be thrown out into tho
room. The sticks viii blaze less slowly, but
nearly all the heat from them will be saved
and q bed Of Goals will be formed fthe damper
being nearly closed, 50 hat they viii
lust keep alive which will throw
out enough heat to keep the room
at a proper temperature, it having
already been raised to that temperature by
the heat from the blazing sticks. Thus, by
using the damper to prevent the escape OF
heat up the chimney, and using a liberal sup
ply Of fuel at the beginning, the room viii be
warmed and kept 50 for hall a day before 1t
viii be necessary to put On more fuel. When
the damper is left open the temperature Of
the room will vary greatly as the fire blazes
up and then dies down. Neglect 10 use the
damper properly cften leads 10 disease. And,
no matter what the fuel or whether it is used
literally or sparingly, using the damper
economies the fuel, since il throws out into
the room the heat that otherwise would es-
cape up the chimney.
Many people who close the damper when
the fuel is wood, fear TO do go when burning
coal, on account OF gas being thrown of into
the room. But although the damper be al
most completely closed, if the stove is in
proper condition, the gas will not escape
through the aperture made for the draught,
as the current there, though weakened, will
yet be inward, not outward. The only danger
is when there arc openings toward the top Of
the stove, some inches above the fuel. Many
coal stoves, especially the "base burners"
self-feeding anthracite coal stoves have
blocks Of ~isinglass in the sides. These, cast
ing a ruddy light into the room, are agree
able, but they are apt 10 become broken,
making appertures through which the gas
will escape. A close watch should be kept
upon them, and a neg block be put in as soon
az one becomes defective. A broken block is
dangerous, and the danger is almost as great
when the damper Is open as when it is closed.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-07-05
100 Ladies wanted.

And 100 men to call on any druggist for
a free trial package of Lanes Family Med
icine, the great root and herb remedy, dis
covered by DIR. Silas Lane while in the
Rocky Mountains. For diseases of the
blood, liver and kidneys it is a positive
cure. For constipation and clearing up
the complexion it does wonders. Children
like it. Everyone praises it. Large-size
package, so cents. At all druggists.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-07-05

Cultivate singing in your family. Begin
when the child is not yet 3 years old. The
songs and hymns your childhood sang
bring them back to your memory and teach
them to your little ones mix them altogether
to the varying moods that in after-life come
over US so mysteriously sometimes. Many u
time and oft in the very whirl Of life some
little thing will wake up the memories OF
curly youth, and we almost see again the
ruddy cheeks, the smiling faces and the very
eyes of the schoolmates, some gray-headed
now, some moulderingi in the grave. and anon
1.-THE Song my Mother Sang" springs unbid-
den to the lips, and sooths and swestens Ill
he memorIes.-Christian Leader.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-07-05
FLOOR PLAN OF CREAMERY.

with the leo chamber above and
cold air space below, with perfect drainage
for the water from melting. Tho ice house is
twenty feet square and twelve feet high, the
studding covered inside with matched floor
ing, and the outside with drop siding. The
main building complete and painted. in a
substantial, workmanlikc manner, eostabout
SG2j: the ice house about $50.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-07-05

THB half-long sleeves Of dressy evening
eorsages admit Of many fancy arrangements.
When of black or white lace, they are trimmed
with ribbon crauiettes. bands OF velvet cross
ing the sleeves diagonaily. and also arrange
nents TO produce the effect OF lace puflnGs
or embroidered tabs, with long strings OF
beads like a heavy fringe depending fros
Qem in Eastern fashion.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-07-05
MARGARET o4K1Ers LETTER

ANES OAKLEY was
working al his trade
as carpenter in the
same village. near the
Hudson river, where
he was born. His lit
tie cottage Nth the
tall Iilaes 10 front, and
the kitchen garden ia
the rear, was a very
dear place TO him.
His pleasant-faee i,
sunBy-hearted wife
kept The home always
bright and tidy, and
the three rosy chill
dren filed it with glee
4 laughter. Mar
garet, The oldest. was
g Ioring girl;
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-07-05
DAKOTA CREAMERY.
cesVEyIESCEs THAT COST LITTLE
BUr 4crOMPLTsH NUcH.

The Building Complete with Every
Facility Costs About s625 I'm the Far
West-Prospeetfve View of the strue-
its Ground Floor.
The accompanying illustrations show our
creamery in its general aspect and details
says r. G. Newton, in the American Asrieul-
turist. Fig. / Is a perspective view OF the
building, which is "a feet wide ard 30 long,
with twelye-foot posts. The studding, two
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-07-05

bag Of oil silk large enough to accommodate
tho sponges used, run wire into a hem at the
top and fasten it in "a circle large enough to
admit the hand easily, run a gathering thread
ia the bottom and draw it up and fastcn it SO
closely that no water can escape. Over this
fit q bag Of the same depth, but nearly twice
as wide, made Of white web lace with a lining
Of some plain bright color; silk or satin con-
siderably soiled often looks bright and fresh
beneath such a covering. Ii should bs
sliirred in at the top below & standing rulie
at least two inches wide, and closely gathered
at the bottom md finished with several cord
loops and two ~tassels. Sew the shirriDg 10
the wire at the top, and suspend by tassei-
tipped cords which may b. white or colorcd
or u mixture Of both. Very pretty ones for
this purpose are composed principally Of fine
white darning cotton, to which a few strands
ofcoarse silk matching the lining in color are
added. Ribbons would be handsome, but
homemade cords and tassels are not as ex-
pensive and are very pretty if the bag is
made Of wash lace, scrim, muslin or darned
net, all Of which are appropriate. Should a
sponge be- carelessIy left too wet the oil silk
may be drawn out through the opening,
wiped and dried without rumpling the cover.
american Ag~riculturist.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-07-05

Pillows and bolsters'made OF good tick
ing and filled with IA lbs of new feathers,
at $3.50 for the entire set at Il. u. Hum
phreys & Co.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-07-05

ana VINO are often OBJ
liged to collect and
hurriedly pack toilet
articles regardless OF
their condition; in
which case wet
sponges are not easily
disposed Of. All that
is really necessary is a
plain bag or case made
Of oil silk or rubber
cloth through which
the moisture cannot
penetrate, but there
are few who do not
prefer a fancy bag 10
one that is unadorncd.
To initiate the one
here shown, make a
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-07-05
Water-proof sponge Bag.

An article much oftener needed than pos
sessed is a sponge bag, especially by those
who most often change their abiding place,
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-07-05

You can get a 3 ID. box Of best Satin
Gloss starch for 1S cts, or a 8 ID. box for
So cts. at Humphreys store.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-07-05

IT yon have any need for dishes see our
immense stock before You buy. We have
nearly all kinds, E. B. Humphreys Il Co.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-07-05

One hundred new linen salt sacks for
farmers towels, 80 cents. at L. b. Hum
phieys u Co.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-07-05
HOW TO USEADAMPER
VERY FEW PEOPLE KNOB nor 10
MANAGE THEM.

Neglect 10 Use the Dampe9 Properly
Often Leads 80 Dissase-Broksn isir-
glass; Dangerous Thing When IA Hoe
Is Made ln fife gtove BY The B~ssaaase
How 20 Manage II.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1889-01-05
THE TERRITORY.
MINING NOTES AND MISCELLAN
EOUs NEWS ITEMS.
The Latest Territorial Jews Pertain
tng to Mtning Interests and other
Matters as Cleaned from Oar
Exchanges.

The Lady Franklin mine al
Kingston continues to work, al
though the water 10 very difficult
to handle.
Eastern capitalists have entered
into contract to erect near Ger
rillos a $4,000 plant of machinery
in the early spring.
The Farmers Alliance of Colfax
county, N. NJ, has organized q CO.
operative farmers exchange.
Joseph Chambers, the murderer
of Henry Byers, died in the coun-
ty Jail at Lincoln.
The Silver City Enterprise says
the Optic, always one Of the most
sensible newspapers in the Terri
tory, is the first to suggest that
while the new sehssl law should
compel the teaching Of the Eng
Iish Language in our public schools,
that Spanish shorid also be taught.
The Folsom idea says some one
in that town should arrest and
make an example OF the petty
thieves. One csnnot lay down an
Implement or a tool OF any kind
that ia not stolen. They even ~
80. far IS to steal stovepips off the
rooss OF houses. This thing has
got to be stopped er somebody will
be sent to the hotel de Spingsr
c. o. d.
From information which appears
reiiable, the Silver City Enterprise
learns that the Santa Rita Copper
mines will start up January l with
a force OF i50 men.
The Ell Paso Foundry has just
finished the FIRST part Of large
order for the Flsgler reduction
WORKS at Silver City, consisting Of
crate bars.
Ths Silver City Enterprise says
1dus l.. FisLdar disposed of a one
aall Msslest in she Oentralia, Gen.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1889-01-05

Visitor to sanctum-"How Is It, Quill
pens You always used 10 have ladies
dropping IN 70 see you about puffs for
church soc!ablss, etc. Now there hasn't
a single lady been in here this morning"
F.ditor-"No; put atop to that BUSH
meas
Visitor-"Hnvis
Editcr-"Wsy, inserted paragraph
stating that the mice were getting go
thick in this Office that they frequently
ran mp the table legs to see II there was
any cheese in our pockets. Since then
there hasn't beeu lady inside the build
Ing. ~ .Buriugtop Free Press.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1889-01-05

"why. what IL the matter" asked .
LADY of friend xhose eyes were red from
recent ieaw. Z
ooh, I'm-boo aoo--fh rrch trouble"
"what has happensdi Something
Dreadful, am sure" b
"yes. 1t was sonethiAg d dreadful"
sWhs. 10 it9 Has your husband beer
drinking harder than usuali"
"No, that's Just IL. He has signed the
pledge, and he is 90 disagreeable when he
is sebern
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1889-01-05

tfAl Q1SLFlCt, 10 n. l.. W ateij i41h
| ing man of some experience, for
$4,000 cash. Development work
will be commenced on the mind in
few days.
Peter Mungall, while doing the
assessment work on the Red Cloud
at Black Hawk, owned by W.
G. Shedd and Mrs. John Black,
made strike, which for richness
cannot be excelled by any thing in
that camp, which has produced
many tons of ore worth from Sc to
$40 per pound. The extent of the
strike has not yet been determined.
Enterprise.
Mr.. O. T. Ober, of Chloride, re-
ceived on Christmas night the sad
intelligence that his Youngest
daughter, Jennie, had died at Al
buquerque. The Albuquerque
Democrat Of December rs says of
the sad affair A beautiful young
woman named Jennie Ober, who
came here from Chlorlds, n. NJ,
in aaarch of employment, died at
her'room in the Armijo house at
about half-past six yesterday even
ing. She came to Albuquerque on
the first of the present month and
registered at the Armijo. After
being there two or three days she
found employment in one of the
best families in the city. But not
being strong and in rather delicate
health, she soon found the work
WAS more than shs could do, and
at the end of two weeks she again
went back to the Armiio house to
look for lighter work, registering
there a second, a time week before
her death. That sane night, or
the next day, she was taken sick,
and though she had good medical
attendance, and though Mrs. Tai
bot did everything that was posi-
BILE to make her comfortable, she |
grew worse and breathed |
her last between 6 and 7 o'clock |
Christmas evening. She died lit
orally a stranger in strange land.
The Friend brothers, formerly !
# this city, have recently organ
zed convpsny in Missouri, with
l,npls capital for the development
# their property in Greenlee dis
rict, near Clifton. A number of
shipments have been made from
he mine, all of which indicate
hat the Gre is of a high grade and
9 said to exist in csnsid erable |
bundance. The new company
viii commence operations on
lore extensive scale. Enterprise.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1889-01-05

"why, Wooden, what makes yoa -
happy this morning.
.'Happyf Well. should think could
afford to be; l made s2c0 yesterday"
CHATS good. How'd you do III"
"Why, put $500 into Union Pacife.1
but l thought stocks fell of ysstss-
dsy." N
80 they did; lest the 500, bat l would
have put in 1900 IL l had had IL. So you
see that other eaco was clear gain. -
Boston Commonwealth. ...,
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1889-01-05

A Visalla Justtcs Of the reaes has he
upon a novel way OF clearing his district
cf trsmps.
Arrested and taken before him be leo.
tures them on tss enormity OF their OF
fense, pronounees them Guiltys sand tells
them to come next dag and receivs SEN
tence.
or course. thcT get ont Of his jurisdic-
tion as soon 90 possible. FRANCHISE
Cali.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1889-01-05

The Finest Stock OF Filligree
Jewslry, manufactured by native
workmen, at GEO. w. HICKOX
Il HlXSON'S, Santa Fe N. nj.
Mail orders will receive prompt
stssntios. aupSfh
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1889-01-05

"Mary, how could yon serve up such .
piece OF beef ss thist 1t 10 all bcne. You
ought to have known bstter thap to have
accepted 1t from the butcher"
Eyes, ma'sm, know 1t, and told him
wouldn't have taken it II il had been
tor myself. New York Truth.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1889-01-05
weraa's Opinion.

There is no difficulty in married life
that cannot be xurnounted il q union Is
founded on respect as well as affection.
Ninety nine men out Of every hundred
will listen to reason If put to them In tie
right way. z1.ss- s.--
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1889-01-05

Mrs. uomespun-"I declare I would
lust like to be able to vote once"
Mr.. Homespun--"Why, my daar, l
thoughs you we're strongly opposed -
woman suffrage"
$50 / am; and would like TO vote in
order that might vote against tho horrid
thiuR,n
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-10
Nests and Eggs of Alligators.

The eggs and young alligators are such
common objects in the shop windows in
many of the Southern States, that it ap.
peared to be a simple matter TO secure
the eggs at the right time and in abund-
ance. 1t proved on the contrary, to be
very difficult. i was assured by various
hunters in Florida that each month from
january to September inclusive was the
only month in which the alligators lay
their eggs, and this resulted in my hav-
ing to make two journeys of over 2GO0
miles each.
The nests vary much in size, the larg-
tss1Seing about two and half meters in
diameter at the base, and eighty cru,
high in the central part, the whole hav-
ing the shape Of a rounded coin. They
are located generally on slightly ele-
waited place, which is higher by meter
or slightly more than the surrounding
level, and covered with thick growth
of pamettos, mangroves, magnolias, etc.
These are called "hummocks" by the ma.
tives. On one side of the hummock at
least in some cases on all sides is a pond
from one to two meters in depth, and in
the bank, under water, the female alli-
gator digs a cave, which in some cases
extends three meters under the hum.
mock, and which is always close to her
nest. The nest is made by scratching
together a great pile of dead leaves and
twigs and humus which forms the surface
of the ground, and which is arranged
with some care. The inside is made of
the more finely divided-almost powdery
material of the deeper layers of the top
sell, while the outside even TO the top,
is covered with twigs and leaves which
are whole or but little broken, and with
many of the long, unbroken leaves OF
needles of the southern pine. The eggs
are deposited about twenty en-. from the
top, and in the nests were found living on
top of one another, making rows OF
layers, with the fine humus filing all the
intersects. The top of the nest is always
exposed to the sun
DR.. Clarke describes the eggs as very
difficult to manipulate as the shell mem.
brane is tough, and the white very
sticky.-S iRsyc american.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-10
NaptlIa IntOxicatIon.

In several large factories in Germany,
especially in India rubber factories and
establishments for cleaning India rubber,
peculiar morbid symptoms have lately
been observed. The faces of many of
the girls who had not left the factory
during the day, became flushed and
swollen in the evening, and they could
not walk steadily. An examination of
their clothes and of the workrooms for
brandy, opium, etc, yielded no result,
till an accident led to the solution of the
mystery. In these factories naptha is
used IN large quantities, and Kept in
special boilers closed against the air.
The girls had succeeded in getting keys
to the boiler valves, and soon learning
the Intoxicating effects of naptha, were
in the habit of sinking unobserved to
the reservoirs to inhale the poison, which
threw them into state of happy forget
fulness and conjured up thousand sweet
dreams of wealth, splendoi, happiness,
etc. The secret was revealed by a
novi e, who made too deep an inhala.
tion and fell into hysterica convulsions.
-LuurCt
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-10
Trnewrlter sneed Exnlnlned.

"Typewriter contests" said a pretty
operator as she clicked away at her
machine and a Cincinnati Ga.ctte man
kept tally with his pencil, "aie decep-
tive as to the speed achieved by the
operators. ou read in The newspapers
that MIR. McGullum wrote 2i words in
one minute True, he may have writ.
ten l25 words in one minute, Lut they
were very short words and words Sc.
lected with especial reference to the
nearness Of the letters forming the word
on the keyboard of the machine. For
instance, l can write 100 the's' on ,he
machine in a minute but do not say be,
cause Of that that l can write l0) words
a minute As matter OF fact, the high
est speed on a typewriter is segenty-tive
words a minute. BY that, ! mean to
take up aud write for some me that
many words a minute of matter selected
from the newspaper, matter that the
operator has never seen before. That is
the only true test of a typewriters speed,
and very few operators come up to that
standard either"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1889-04-10

Those who have never seen or been in
sod house are apt to feel great pity for
those whom they consider so unfortunate
as to have to dwell in such a domicile.
mere mud hut is their idea, and they
cannot imagine how one can be content
in so mean home. Just there they are
greatly in error, for while the sod house
is not very beautiful to gaze upon out
wardly, yet it can, when built by master
hand, be made to look very neat, and
with coating of cement over it, and a
little penciling could not, at short dis
tance, be distinguished from a stone
house, while, even without these, it is
one of the most comfortable houses that
cau be made for moderate sum of
money. 1t far exceeds common frame
one for warmth in wiLter and GOODNESS
in summer, and is stronger and more
durable, withstanding winds and storms
that would demolish the former. IL can
be neatly plastered inside on the walls,
which, unlike stone and brick, are not
damp after once drying out. In this To-
cality we are very fortunate in having
material from which good mortar is
made, without having to purchase lime
or hair. The magnesia and sand are
used, and make a hard, durable plaster.
They can be had free of expense by all.
If course, shingled roof can be used
as on any other house, but in this coun-
| try those made with boards, with tarred
paper placed between the two layers,
| then layer of sod, and lastly coating
| of alkali dirt, are considered preferable,
as they keep out both summers heat and
winters cold better, and seldom leak at
| all when rightly made. These houses
are not plastered overhead, aud when
| good dressed lumber Is used, fastened to
smoothly peeled pitch-pi ridge logs,
have a very neat appearance and are
more airy and roomy than if low cell.
ing were placed overhead, and much
more healthlul.
The great point for commiseration is
that most of those persons who have
them for their abiding places do not
have large enough ones. They are
generally limited TO one or two rooms,
and so. of course, are often much
crowded
A house lex2O feet, with 2-feet walls
leaving a room 14Xl6 feet in the clear
can be finished completely, or with on'
coat Of plastering- (Which is all thai
should be put on at first as the walli
will settle some and thus crack tn
plasterng, and a second coat be needed
alter after a few months for 500
the work is hired done. But if one ha
/ a team aud can do the work himself tn
only expense will be the lumber for roo
or floor, base boards, sash and door, tn
tarred paper and few nails In thil
way little money will 90 good way. -
Farming Wrld.