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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-10-04
ROCKING THE BABY.

| hear her rocking the baby
Her room is next to mine
And fancy feel the dimpled arms,
That round her neck entwine,
As she rocks and rocks the baby
In the room just next to mine.
l hear her rocking the baby
Each day when the twilight comes,
And know there's world of blessing and
Ioye
In the "baby-by'' she huns.
L can see the restless fingers
Playing with "mamma's rings
The sweet little, smiling, pouting mouth
That to hers in kissing clings,
And she rocks and sings to the baby,
And dreams as she rocks and sings.
hear her rocking the baby,
Slower and slower now,
And | hear her leaving her goodnight kiss
On its eyes and cheek and brow.
From her rocking, rocking, rocking,
wonder would she start
Could she know, through the wall between us,
She is rocking on heart
While my empty arms are aching
For form they may not press.
And my empty heart is breaking
In its desolate loneliness.
list to the rocking, rocking
In the room just next to mine,
And breathe prayer in silence
At IL mothers broken shrine,
For the woman who rocks the baby
In the room just next to mine.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-10-04
CHARLOTTE BRONTE.


The wind was blowing over the moors.
And the sun shone bright upon heather and
whin,
On the graye-stones hoary and gray with age
Which stand about IIaworth yicarage,
And 1t streamed through window in.
There, by himself, in a lonely room
lonely room which once held three
Sat woman at work with busy pen,
Twas the woman all England praised Just
then;
But what for its praise cared she?
Fame cannot dazzle or fattery charm
One who goes lonely day by day
On the lonely moors, where the pioyers cry,
And the sobbing wind as it hurries by
Has no comforting word to say.
So, famous and lonely and sad she sat,
And steadily wrote the morning through
Then, at stroke of twelve. laid her task asi d e
And out to the kitchen quickly hid.
Now what was she going to dor
And her eyes had failed as her strength ran
low,
And the tolls, once easy, had one by one
Become too hard, or were left halfdone
BY the aged hands and slow,
So, every day, without saying word
Her famous mistress laid down the pen,
Re-kneaded the bread; or silently stole
The potatoes away in their wooden bowl,
And pared them all over again.
She did not say, as she might have done,
"The less to the larger must give way,
These things are little, while l am great;
And the world Will not always stand and wait
For the words have to say
No; the clever fingers that wrought so well,
And the eyes that could pierce to the hearts
intent,
She lent to the humble tasks and small;
Nor counted the time as lost at all,
So Tabby were but content,
All, genius burns like blazing star,
And Fame has an honeyed urn to fill:
But the good deed for love, not fame,
Like the water-cup in the Masters name,
Is something more precious still.
Susan Coolidge, in 81. Nicholas.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-10-04

THE QUESTION FINALLY SOLVED.

One often wonders why such a large
number of idlers always surrounds every
excavation or new building in the central
part of the city, but an explanation given
by one yesterday sheds some light on the
mystery. \ man W no sat on a block Of
stone carefully watching the work on the
nine-story building attracted the attention
OF one of the bosses, who said:
Il have seen you around here most of
the time for the last two MONTHS
ssYes''
Are you drawing wagess''
..Oh, no .
rs it a relative Of yoars who is build
ing9''
mo-
Going to rent it when fnisheds''
"No.
s'Weli, then, what brings you here?"
well, I'll tell yeu. 1t struck me that
you Were moi making that front door wide
enough by an inch and half, and I've
been sitting around to see whether | was
wrong or you meant to change it,"
THAT door is ali right, sir, and wont be
changed. 2
SIS iii Then there's no longer any need
of my presence, and I'll move up-street
and see il they carry the walls Of that
new store up plumb. - Detroit Free Press.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-10-04
AUNT HOPES SECRET.

There was most dismal groaning sound
in the kitchen. Aunt Hope. passing BY
the half open door, looked anxiously in,
fearing Kitty had cut her finger or bumped
her head, or something.
Neither, Kitty stood by the sink over a
pan Of potatoes which she was set to wash,
and, if she did not expect to wash them
with tear drops, why did she send SO many
splashing down among the rough, brown
coated things9
"Why, Kitty SMITH" cried Aunt Hope
eheerily, s'is the well dry that you must
furnish water to wash the potatoes, or do
they wash easier in salt water?''
Kitty's only answer was a fresh deluge
of tears, half Of which Aunt Hope kissed
away with merry laugh.
NOW, dear child, . rolling up her own
pretty dress sleeves and plunging into the
potatoes as If she liked the fun, slet us do
these potatoes as quickly and Clearly as
we can, and will give you a secret.
Kitty always liked secrets, and the very
idea OF one dried W her tears. "I'lI tell
you one. F" she said, s'but it isn't any secret
to you now, you've been here three days:
| hate to work
''Do you2n said Aunt Hope, in as sur
prised tone as though she had never
dreamed of such thing.
.'Well, know just how to pity you, for
when was your age did too.
aNhy, Aunt Hope.'' and Kitty stared
in establishment. Ned and were talk
ing about you last night, and We both
thought We never saw SO busy body as
you are, always doing something"
Eyes, | love to work now, but didn't
then: hated it.
There are some kinds of work | am
sure | should like to do, said Kitty. IF
mother would only let me wash. or work
the butter or make the pies, know
should love to; but hate to wash dishes
and potatoes, and sweep down stairs, and
do all these things I have to do every
day"
And that is why Won hate to do them.
Anything you have 10 do every day you
soon tire Of, and mothers don't give their
little girls the hard and impossible things
to do, but the plain and easy ones. Well,
my grandma gave me grand secret to like
work, and it worked like charm. have
never forgotten ii. and it helps me even
now when | have anything to do really
don't like =
what is it?'' asked Kitty with deep in
terest.
1T is this. Listen: The more yon kate
to do anything that must be done, the
quicker 60 at it and do it in the best posi-
BILE fashion, Now, these potatoes, the
longer you stopped to dread them, the
worse they would seem to do. Plunge
into them at once, and rub and scrape with
all your might till they look clean and
handsome,
All the while Aunt Hope had been work
ing as briskly as she talked, and Kitty had
worked fast too; SO by the time the talk
was ended the potatoes were done.-lsun-
day afternoon.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-10-04
NEVER GROW OLD.

looked in the tell-tale mirror,
And saw the marks of care,
The crows feet and the wrinkles,
And the gray in the dark-brown hair,
My wife looked DER my shoulder
Most beautiful was she,
"Thou wilt never grow old, my love" she said
"Never grow old to me-
"For age is the chilling of heart,
And thine, as mine can tell,
Is as young and warm as when first we heard
The sound of our bridal be1l
| turned and kissed her ripe red lips;
'slet time 90 its worst on me,
If in my Soul, my Love, my Faith,
/ never seem old TO thee.n
-Tempte Bar.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-10-04

The well-known manager Of excursions to
Washington, California, and the White
Mountains, l. A. Whitcomb, says: | have
never had anything do me SO much good
as your Sulphur Bitters. 1t is the best
spring medicine | ever used would adj
wise all who suffer from biliousness and
dyspepsia to use sulphur Bitters. for |
know they cured me.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-10-04
JEREMIAH's LOGIC.
He Gets His Ministerial ssPa'' in a
Hole

b0te.
jeremiah (thoughtfully)-'' pa, il
| tell Willie Smith to tell Tom Hooker to
tell Jack Moore that he kin kill my little
dogs, would it be right for me to tell p'Iiee
and get Jack in jail?''
Rev. DR.. Elijah Duncan, taking long
view of his hopeful over the rim of his
gold spectacles-'Jerem have always
encouraged you to ask questions and thus
gain knowledge, but | have never encour-
aged you in asking foolish ones. But in
order to show your responsibility, | will
inform you, jeremiah, that of the foui
that were involved in the killing Of the
dogs, you were the greatest criminal.
Now don't ask any more questions.
fSilence for ten minutes.
ssPa?"
Eyes, what is it now?"
''Kin Jack Jones, the s'loon. keeper,
jine your church,
Most decidedly mott
"Why, pa?"
''Why? Because he is engaged in the
diabolical business of making drunkards;
turning the home of peace and comfort
into hell; taking the bread out of the
mouths and shoes from off the feet of
mothers and children; filling the jails,
poor-houses and insane asylums with its
victims. No, jeremiah, no saloon-keeper
could join my church for the world
"Well, pa, why do people low him to
sell whisky them"
For the reason that he has a license to
carry on the bellish business y
''Who gave him his license pa?''
Judge Lee
isn't Judge Lee a member of your
church, pa?"
''Yes he is; and one of the finest and
truest of Christian men,
''If he is such good man, how could
he give license to Jack Jones to sell
whisky"
Judge Lee is not responsible for the
law which compels him to give license,
jeremiah -
who makes the law ~
sIhe legislature.
''What is legis-legas-le-as'
1.-THE legislature is composed of men
elected by the people to make laws for
the people. Senator Smith Of our church
is one of the law makers.
'Did you vote for him, pa?'
''Yes sir, I consider it great honor to
belong to the old Jeffersonan Democ-
raey.t'
rs Senator Smith Dimmicrat?''
.sYes, he is.
Judge Lee. toos''
Eyes"
Jack Jones ?''
''Yes, yes. But see here, if you dom
dry up with yoGr questions you will feel
the lifting power of my number Mines.
Another long pause
Jeremiah, thoughtfully-.'Pa, if l was
to blame most for killing the dogs, ain i
you to blame, too, for voting for Senator
Smith to make a law that compels Judge
Lee to give a license to Jack Jones to en-
gage in diabolical business of selling
whisky? And since you and the Senator
and the Judge belong to church, why can't
Jack Jones jine, too? Amt he doing
just what the Dimmicratic party said he
kin do? And amt you all Dimmicrats9
Deacon Giles Is right, pa; the man that
votes with license party is worser than
the s'loon keeper"
''Shut right up sir. Never let me hear
You abiding to this subject again. A boy
of your age should never talk about things
you cannot understand. Prepare for bed,
and you can thank yourself that your faith
err is Christian man. "-Adshrille Issue.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-10-04
BE Your Own Doctor.

Itwon't cost you one half as niue h. Do
not delay. Send three 2-cent stamps for
postage, and we will send you DIR. Kauf-
mann's great work, fine colored plates
from life, on disease, its causes and home
cure. Address A. p Ordway & Co., Bos-
ton, Mass.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-10-04

s'Feebly she laugheth in the languid
moon, while Porphyro upon her face doth
look and wonders what has swelled it so.
When he finds it is neuralgia however. he
does not lose his head, but having twenty
five cents in his inside pocket invests IN
a bottle of Salvation Oil.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-10-04

remarked to friend the other
day that she knew Kemp's Balsam for
the throat and lungs was superior remedy,
as it stopped her cough instantly when 9TH
err cough remedies had no effect whatever
So to prove this and convince You of its
merit any druggist will give You sample
bottle Free Large size soc and 81.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-10-04

Every important human foodstnff is es-
sentially at bottom a seed or tuber, eggs
in the animal world answering 10 the one
and fatted beasts answering roughly to the
other Wheat. barley, Indian corn, peas,
beans, dates and coeoanuts are instances in
the first direction, potatoes turnips, yams,
beet root are instances in the second.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-10-04

Pillows aud holsters made Of good tick
ing aud filled with IA lbs OF new feathers.
at $3.50 Tor the entire set at E. d. Hum
phreys & CO.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-10-04
VOL. VI.
PATENT MEDICINES

Webrobose TO KEEP a skoek of
aHkhe 0a1zoafs P1b77etary Weal-
zines that there Is any aema,za
for, and acVM from time to time,
add to oap- stock all sueh that may
be enau1rea fer. We annex a
Prize hSk and ran furnish any
b70eu1u6Ae articles IN this line
at a6oNk tie same a0eyage Of b17ee
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-10-04

That we can, in connection with the MONITOR,
secure you subscription to any paper or
magazine published, at much lower price
than the regular rate, and you will do well to
let us know if you are contemplating a sub
Scription to any publication.
The MONITOR. Woodstown. N. j.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-10-04

RElD'S DAIRY FIXTURES,
Creamers, butter workers and butter prints on
hand A. EDWARDS, Agent.
Jan23tf Eldrid9e's Hit vi.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-10-04

Columbus discovered America and Edi-
son invented the monograph, but it re-
manned for DIR. Bull to invent the remedy
of the age, '.The Cough Syrup" the king
IL cure.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-10-04

The wind was blowing over the moors.
And the sun shone bright upon heather and
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-06-15
Disarming the Unseen Foe.


THIS WIS sometime a paradox"
a. Hamlet says. Since. however,
the Peep Of America and other
lands have been enabled to pit Hos
letters Stomach Bitters against that
unseen foe, malaria, il is no longer
paradox. but al easy possibility.
Wherever malaria evolves its misty
venom to poison the air, and decay
ing unwholesome vegetation impreg-
mates the water there, in the very
stronghold Of miasma, is the auxili
ary potent to disarm the foe and as
sure efficient protection. Fever and
ague, bilious remittent. dumb ague
and ague cake, no matter how tena-
ciously they have fastened their
clutch on the system. arc first forced
to relax their grasp and eventually
to 'handon it altogether But it is
its preventive force that should chief
Is recommend the Bitters to persons
dwelling in malaria cursed localities
for it is a certain bucklcr of defence
against which the en- envy is power
less. Cures, likewise, dyspepsia,
rheumatism, kidney and bilious all
merits.
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INTERESTING INCIDEHIs
Brief Syncpsis Of Hars and Mishaps
Occurring in Our Stale.
~ .~cissors .Ant Nshil

- t'A<cSNs< a r. & ~ tNst%@4
go. fo,sant Il country lad ON his
way to Ohio was met at the Clarks
burg ..ci,ot by \ tough, Ed Maphis,
who drew q revolver and robbed Co
nant of watch and $500 in cash.
The o. r. II. has engaged Prof.
White to make an examination Of the
iron ore on the farm of Mr.. Fugate
near Cottageville. Should the ore
justify development s switch win be
run TO the place.
There is in the Home ofthe Friend
less at Cincinnati, young woman
from Toll Gate, Richie county, who
gives her name as Lizzie Coffee.
She arrived in that city about two
weeks ago without money or friends,
and in delicate condition. She re-
fused when takeu to the Home to
give any further information about
herself beyond her name and resi-
dence, but said that if anything hap
pened to her, full particulars of her
misfortune might be learned of the
parish priest at her home
Buck Byrd, who lives with his par
ents near Walker Station, Wood
county, made desperate attempt to
shuttle off, Monday. He had been
respondent for several days, over q
love affair, it is said, and yesterday
morning he arose early and went out
into the barn. One OF the members
of the family saw him go into the
barn, and suspecting that all was not
right he went in search of "Buck''
and found him suspended by the
neck from beam in the stable by a
stout halter. He was cut down in
time to save his life, and is now in a
fair way to recover.
There was a fearful riot among
Fayette county coal miners, in Dan
iel's saloon, at Central, one day last
week. The row started over some
trivial matter, and men were knocked
down right and left. Justice F. T
Suttle and w. W. Cunningham were
the only sober men present. They
attempted to stop the row, but thcil
attempts were in vain, as their clothes
were about torn off them, but they
stayed with the fighters, about TWEEN
ty-six of whom were carried to theii
homes with badly damaged heads
while others laid out over night. NJ
arrests have been made, but mum
Der of warrants are out for the often
ders. There were two factions, Vir
ginians on one side and Kentuckianl
on the other. The Kentuckans wer,
from Stone Cliff and the others from
Echo and Central.
l.. +. Randolph, late postmaster a
New Milton, Doddridge county, W
Va, Justice of the Peace and Nota
nv Public, has been arrested b,
United States Detective A. w
Roome, at New Milton. He i,
charged with having forged tn,
names of pensioners to their pension
checks, and with having made on
number of false vouchers for pen
sion money, and Withholding pension
ers's certificates and vouchers al
collateral security for their indebted
ness The special agent recovered
| from Randolph thirteen pension Ger
tifcates and vouchers, which h,
found in Randolph's store Ran
dolph was taken to Clarksburg, ane
after u hearing before United Statel
Commissioner Camden Sommers, a
which time Randolph admitted hi
guilt, he was held in bond of 81 ,00'
to await the action of the Unitet
States Grand Jury.
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The Swift Specific Co.. Atlanta, Ca:
During stc spring If 1871, while working
h the field at my homo in Morgan county,
Ca, pulled of my shoes to give my feet
rest. Unfortunately, walked intS, clun.p
Of poison oak, and IN few DAYS my feet
were in terrible condition, and could not
put on stoe because of the soreness and
swelling. was treated as poison oak cases
usually arc, and everything was healed up
About TIE same time the following spring.
1872, my ieet became sore again, as at FIRST,
and every succeeding spring for FIVE years
brought back the same condition Of the dis
ease, only each time ii became more dis
trcssing, because logan to think it was
lifetime trouble. Finally, was induced to
try Swift's Specific. took six bottles, and
to-day am entirely well. My improvement
was gradual from the fret, and no eyidencs
of the disease remains. shall take pleas
ure in tcstifying as to its curative proper
ties. 1t is the greatest blood purifier in ex-
istence. Yorrs truly, J. L. MORGAN.
The foregoing certificate is taken At
random from thousands Of letters in possess
sion Of the Swift Specific Co., and presented
simply as a sample. 1t is a voluntary
statement, giving facts and re1uits Of the
case. Its accuracy and genuineness are
beyond question.
A valuable Treatise on Blood and Skin
Diseases mailed free. Address
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO..
Drawer Atlanta. Ga.
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A woman's Discovery.

Another wonderful discovery has
been made and that too by a lady in
this county. Disease fastened its
clutches upon her and for seven
years she withstood 4ts severest tests,
but her vital organs were undermin-
ed and death seemed imminent. For
three months she coughed incessant-
ly and could not sleep. She bought
of us bottle of Dir. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption and was Sc
much relieved on taking the first dose
she slept all night and with one bot
tie has been miraculously cured
Her name is Mrs. Luther Lutz. y
Thus write w. G. Hamrick Il CO., oil
Shelby, N. C.--Get free trial bot
tie at J. NJ Reed d Co. s Drug Store
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cssUsca wonk u suNgsa



> ~ saf6>6sisn< Us to How Il should
he Carried On
The churches and ministers are now
arranging for summer vacation. If the
summer vacation is an important factor
ia american social life, it is possibly q
factor more important in the American
ecclesiastical life. We make bold to
offer certain suggestions to churches and
ministers as to the conduct Of Christian
work in vacation.
We deem II specially important that
the church, in the vacation of its pastor,
should have minister. In every church
a small or large proportion Of the mem
bers are at home throughout the hot sea-
son. The preaching is to them an impor-
tant matter; it should be of the most
worthy character. We think it wise
that one minister should supply the pull
pit and serve as pastor throughout the
clerical vacation.
Pensioners thus know whom to ex-
pect to find in the pulpit Sunday morn
ing and evening. But preaching is only
one of several important matters. Parish
toner's are, having one minister, thus
able to receive services from him in many
ways The church. in word, is not
pastorless.
The community, too, as well as the
church, is benefited by the regularity Of
service during the summer. Frequently
those afflicted in the death of friends ex-
perience difficulty in finding a minister
to officiate at funerals. 1t is not, we be-
lieve, fitting for churches to be without
some one who can serve Its members,
and upon whom the general community
has right to call.
The minister, as well as the church, is
arranging for vacation. 1t is not i'm
probable that he is DESTROYS of opportu-
mites to preach. His motives are pecu-
mary, and worthily pecuniary. He
wishes to go from the east to the west,
or from the west to the east, but he
cannot go without some extra fees; these
fees summer preaching may supply.
We think that the question of minis
ter's preaching during his vacation is tc
be settled on broad grounds. His church
gives him vacation, not for the sake oil
earning money, but for the purpose Of
fitting himself for better service. He
should, therefore, respect the rightful
purpose of his church. His time belongs
to his church. His summer, therefore
should be spent in way not to unfit him
for the work of the following year. Some
preachers can preach during the summer
without depletion of their strength
otbaro ro,pof
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Engineering Society.

On tho ood of loot Jaruorv tho
students in the Eno;neering Denart.
mont of tho ITn;vars;ty met and con.
sidered tho nronr;otv IF oroon;z;ro
an Enoineeriny Society The result
was the anno;ntment If a COMMITTEES
CONSISTING of leroy swan Cbarles
RANKIN and r q Ross IN draw mn =
a Constellation and nv laws and p no
mort Of tho next a1no;nted moot
mo On February 81 after renor,
If the committee the Society adoptad
a Constitution RvJaws and Rnles
of Order with tho fol,ow;ng nream,
hlo. On tb;s ona Of arran;rat;on
rocoon;z;na thaf i, ~ +haro -
STRENGTH st;mnl,s 70 entbns;asm
;ncenf;ves 70 resoareb ond brood
op;no of y;ows NO tho nndars;anoa
stndonts ~ onn;rao,.;no - ~ W.
Va Tn;yers;ty berehv oraan;zo o M
selves into Society for mutual i'm
movement and o;d in o,r Chosen rn
eat;on With Tho fnllow;nr Cnnst;
tnt;on RvIawsand Rnles ef n rdar y
49, az oIaat;aa - aaiaa ~
c;aty was fully oraon;zad and hao.no
one Of the active soc;es;es If tho
Tn;yors;tr r. viii o he nn 80, ~ I1 &c
the other societies as ito objects are
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-06-15

Celery Compound. and ft has given entire sat
isfacfton IS an appetizer and blood purf1er.n
Z. l. RENSER, WATERFOWL, Dakota