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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-09-27

Some curious devices practiced by
criminals are mentioned by the writer of
a series of articles in The Times of India
on "By-paths of Crime in India" One
curiosity which he was shown on visit
to the Presidency Jail in Calcutta was a
heavy lead bullet about three-quarters
of an inch in diameter This was found
on an habitual thief and was being used
to form pouch or bag in the throat for
secreting money. jewels, ETC., in the
event of his being searched The bail IS
put into the mouth and is allowed to
Slide down gently until it reaches some
part near the epiglottis, where it is held
in position and is kept there for about
half an hour at a time. This operation
is repeated many times daily, and grad
ually a sort of pocket is formed, the time
being longer or shorter according to the
size of pocket required. In some cases
six months have been sufficient, in others
year, while in some cases two years are
necessary. Such pouch as this last is
capable of holding ten rupees, about the
size of ten forms. The thief, therefore,
can undergo search, and nothing being
found he goes away with the spoil in his
throat the power of breathing and speech
being in no way interfered with.
About a score of prisoners in the Cal
cutta Jail have such pouch formations
In the hospital Of the prison the visitor
learned some of the malingering practices
of Indian criminals. In one case he saw
a youth who was a perfect skeleton, with
lustrous eyes looking out in ghastly
manner from worn, haggard face. 1t
was discovered that he had for two years
been taking an irritant poison, witlaa
view to produce diarrhea, in order tc
shirk work and get pleasant quarters in
the hospital But he had overdone the
part, for he had reduced himself to such
a condition that recovery was all but i'm
possible. This taking of internal irri
tants is q common practice among the
habitual criminals of Calcutta. Castor
oil seed, croton seed, and two other seeds
which have no English name are the
agents most commonly employed. One
man was pointed out who, in order to
get off his letters, had produced an ulcer
by rubbing the chafed skin with caustic
lime and then irritating the sore by
scratching it with piece of broken bot
tle.-Pall Mall Gazette.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-09-27

The queerest hobby on record is that
in which DIR. Hammond interested an
indolent patient in order to occupy his
mind.
"a man once came to me-" said the
doctor, sswho was suffering very severe
" from having nothing to do. He came
to me bewailing his state of mind i
have nothing to interest me in life he
complained. i have an abundance of
means, and my money is so invested
that l have nothing to do but cut the
coupons,of my bonds, and there is no
trouble to take care of it. l have moth
ing in the world to interest me or occu-
py my time l have been gradually be-
coming low spirited and melancholy,
and l shun society If you can give me
something to live for will be greatly
indebted to you.
81 told him to collect bottle corks, and
he took to the suggestion at once, and
now owns the most wonderful collection
of corks of anybody in the world proba-
bly,. He classifes the corks according
to the character of liquor their bottles
contained and the countries from which
they come. He has become marvellous
expert, and his collection deserves to be
exhibited in the national museum. He
will pick up a cork in the street and at
once tell that it came from bottle con-
tanning such and such wine and from
such and such a country.
''Of course that mans mind cannot be
of very high order to be satisfied with
doing nothing but collect bottle corks,
but the occupation is sufficient for him.
What he has accomplished however, is
really remarkable, and he has the salts
faction of knowing that he knows more
about this line of study than any other
living man. arlington Post.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-09-27
A Joke fcofn Criioac,,.

Sounds of dire conflict came from
the barn, and Mr. Kajones went hastily
out to see what was the matter.
"What are you doing, Willief" he de-
manded, as soon as he could make him.
self heard
Were settlin' the preliminaries of a
worlds fair we're goin' to hold in this
buildin'," yelled Willie in voice that
rose above the din. Bobby Stapleford
calls his dog New York an call mine
Chicago, and we've just writ the word
exposition On bone and throwed it
down between 'em. Chicago is climbin
all over HAL Good dog! Chaw i'm,
Chicago" Chicago Tribune.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-09-27
Queer Things That Are Patented.

There is claim in the patent office for
a patent on the Lords prayer, the specifi-
cations being that the repetition of the
same rapidly and in a loud tone of
voice" will cure stammering.
Among odd inventions are chicken
hopples, which walk the chicken right
out of the garden when she tries to
scratch; 1.-THE bee moth excluder," which
automatically shuts up the beehives when
the bees go to roost; 1.-THE tapeworm fish
hook" which speaks for itself; the "edu-
cational balloon" a toy balloon with a
map of the world on its surface; "side-
hill annihilators," stills to fit on the down
hill legs of a horse when he is blowing
along hill side; and the ''hen surpriser,"
device that drops the newly laid egg
through the bottom of the nest, with in
tent to beguile and wheedle the hen into
at once laying another.-Louisville
Courier Journal
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-09-27

That we take no mote of time" but
of its loss.
That they who criticise most are often
most open to criticism.
That idlcness and happiness may never
go hand in hand together.
That the chronic kicker does not al
ways monopolizo the kicking business
That it is better to be buried and not
dead, than to be dead and not buried,
That fitness OF things does not consist
in having your boots well BACKED while
sitting for your picture, and at the same
time leaving your lair unbrusllcd
That it is the height of folly as well as
the height of fashion, TO never care to
60 to church or the theatre, unless it is
presumed that there will be such a
crowd that you Can only get in with
difficulty.-Gocd Housekeeping.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-09-27
A Remarkable Dream.

Belief in dreams has received new adj
herents in Lincoln county, Me-, owing
to some strange circumstances attend
ing the finding of the body of Elbridge
Call. The account is given by The Bath
Times as follows: For three or four days
three or four hundred people had been
diligently securing the woods and exam
lining the ponds in the vicinity, when a
brother-in-law of the missing man in
whose care Calls motherless child had
been left, dreamed that he had found
the body of Call drowned under a
bridge After telling his wife and others
of his dream he started to follow down
a creek not far from his farm, over
which his dream had located a bridge.
Upon arriving in Dresden he sought his
intimate friend and brother-in-law, Mr.
Bowman Myers, and they both made
their way to the little stream from a
directly contrary direction from Calls
home, and under the old country road
stone bridge, SO old that old people say
that it was built before their time, they
found the body.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-09-27
Paper Pencils,

One of the difficulties which have stood
in the way of the substitution of paper
pulp for wood in the manufacture of pen
ellis has been the toughnes5 of the paper
covering, and its consequent resistance
to the action of knife. By new pro-
cess which has been patented, the mole
cular cohesion of the paper is modified
in such manner that it can be cut as
easily as cedar wood. The paper is first
Of all made into tubes, and quantity of
them are placed in frame at the lower
end of cylinder. The substance which
is to be used as marking material is
placed in the cylinder while in a plastic
condition, and sufficient pressure is then
applied to force it into the hollow centers
of the paper tubes. After the compile
ton of the process the pencils are grad
ually dried at increasing temperatures
during period of six days, and they
are then plunged into vessel of molten
paraffine wax, which has the effect of
modifying the texture of paper pulp as
described. - Manufactures and Indus
fx.,<
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-09-27

Coca is the dried leaf of South Amer
lean shrub, used for its stimulating mar
cotic properties, which it is said to pos
sess in a greater degree than opium, to-
bacco or any other vegetable produc-
ton. The leaves are gathered and dried
in the sun, and mixed with quicklime,
and are chewed by the Peruvian Indians,
the effect being to support the strength
for a considerable time in the absence OF
food. Its use is attended with PERM
cious consequences, as the appetite for
it increases, and the power of resist
ance diminishes, until at last death comes
as a relief. Herald of Health.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-09-27
LONG AFoRE HE kNoWED.

Jes' a little bit o. feller-1 remember still
Ust to almost cry fer Christmas. like youngsteT
will
Fourth o July's nothin to it,-New Years amt
smell;
Easter Sunday Circus day-jes' all dead in the
SHELF
Lordy, thought at night you know. - set around
The old folks work the story off atrcpt the siedge
and deer.
And SANITY" skootn round the ROOF. all wrapped
in fur and flzz-
Long afore
iknowed who
SANITY Claus wuz
Est to wait, and set up late week er two ahead;
Couldn't hardly keep awake, ner wouldn't go tc
bed
Kittle stewin' on the fire. and Mother settin here
Darnin' socks, and rockin' in the skreeky rockin
Pap gap, and wunder where it WIZ the money
went
And quart with his frosted heels. and spill his
liniment;
And me dreamin sleigh bells when the clock 'ud
whir and buzz
Long afore
knowed who
SANITY Claus WIZ,
Size the fireplace up, and fgger how "oid Sanity"
Manage to come down the chimbly, like they said
he would;
wisht that l could hide and see him-wundered
what he'd say
Ef he ketched a Teller layin' fer him thatawayi
But bet on him, and liked him, same as eff he had
Turned to pat me on the back and say. Look
here my lad,
Here's my paek-jes' hep yourself. like all good
boys doesr'
Long afore
knowed who
SANITY Claus wuz
Wisht that yarn was true about him, as it 'peared
to be-
Truth made out O. lies like that un's good enough
fer mel
Wisht still wuz so confidin' l could jes' go wild
Over hangin' up my stockns, like the little child
Clinbin' in my lap tonight, and beggin' ME to tell
Bout them RENDERS, and 'sOld Sanity that she
loves so we'll
I'm half sorry fer this little girsweethearto Of his
Long afore
She knows who
SANITY Claus Is.
james Whtcomb Riley
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-09-27
The Steel Pen Trade.

The steel pen trade at Birmingham is
reported as buoyant, the average weekly
production exceeding 1G0,000 gross,
something that would give an aggregate
annual product of l,1o8, 0800 coo steel
pens. In her majesty's stationery office,
one year, the consumption of steel pens
was about two millions, as against half
a million Of quill ones. In the London
clubs the proportion Of quill pens used
is larger than that in the government
offices. -Detroit Free Press.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-09-27

The number of applicants for fruit dis
tilleries in the state of Georgia is report
cd by the collector to be unprecedented.
Indications are that there will be in OPP
Grafton this year the largest number of
fruit distilleries ever known in Georgia.
The increase is attributed to the recent
act of congress, putting those distillerjea
on the same footing with grain distil-
leries in reference to the payment Of the
tax. extending the time from -four
months to three years. The outlook is
that there will be very large amount OF
Georgia fruit brandy on the market for
some time-New York Telegram.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-09-27
HE M ONITOR.
A partial. CRITIC.

20 little S:ii, whose twenty years
Make you seem more the olcer
Since that spring day wien loves !. l'ad tess
Bade BashfiI.ness tie boidef
Tell me, and have you grown ,:iese %ise
Or any moro discerning.
or are you more inci:ned 10 prize
The benefits Of learning
This to my love-ii birthday rhyme
gave when she was twenty:
Her little head Up 70 that time
I'd filed with books in plenty;
I'd offered Thaekeray and Scott,
Shakespeare and some of Milton
70 show her in a measure what
An cducation's built on.
I'd offered Wordsgorth-not too rGa-h-
Keats all, and hites of Shelley;
In Browning, whom didn't touch
feared q casus belli;
I'd offered T'ennyson and some
OF SwinbIrne that would go well
As spice with my selections from
Longfeilow, Holmes and Level.
and now, the fruitful year at end,
The ripe result I sought for,
And wondered IL her words would lend
The wisdom that thought for
alas.-yet confess it fell
Like 'Paid" upon debtor
Said she, Il liked them very well;
Ike WHIST YOU write better"
p MedeTst in HarTer's Magazine
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-09-27
Tne popu,at,on of wooas,ox

is about 1900 and we would say at least
one half are troubled with some afliietion
of the throat and lungs, as those complaints
are, according to the statistics, more numer-
ons than others. We would advise all our
readers not to neglect the opportunity to
call on their duggist and get a bottle Of
Kemp's Balsam for the threat aud lungs.
Trial size free. Large bottle Soc aud ! .
Sold by all druggists.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-09-27
A Very Queer Material.

Mr.. Snaggs-Well, l never expected
they would make steamship tickets Of
celluloid.
Mrs. Snaggs-Oh, they are not.
Mr. Snaggs-Well, you book for Ger
many and see if they don't sell yon
Lloyd Pttsburg Chronicle.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-09-27
L INire with a History.

\ bit OF wire was introduced into our
conversation at the club. TWAS q silent,
lmcommunicative bit of copper, about a
sixteenth of an inch thick and four
inches long. Most any hardware mer-
chant would give you a similar bit of
wire, because its value would be SO little
he could not reckon a price for it. But
this particular piece, Mr. Vail (whose
father co-operated with Morse in invent
ing the telegraph carries in his pocket
book rs carefully as if it were gold,
many times more weighty. 1t is a
passive, plant substance-an inanimate
bit of copper, but it gave the first cleo
trio thrill that has brought the inhabit-
ants Of the world close together, con
quered time, and annihilated distance.
1t is bit of the first three miles of wire
ever used for teleSraphy. 1t is piece
from the experimental line constructed
by Morse and Vail, ST., when they were
testing their inventions. Only a little of
this wire, Mr.. Vail, Jr., informed me,
has been preserved. After it was taken
down from the experimental line, his
father used part of it as a trellis for vines
on his front porch. Part of it may have
been used in the construction of the line
between the capital and Baltimore, but
if so it was lost track of. 1t was from
the trellis that the mementoes were re-
covered. Il think l got less than six
feet of it" said Mr. Vail after teleg-
raphy became wonder of the world
we began to appreciate the value of such
a memento, and we saved what we could
Of the original three mile wire. have
given pieces to a few persons who have
been especially interested in it, and some
was arranged on card, with a photo
graph of ths original instrument, now at
the National museum, that was sent TO
the Paris exposition. Washington Cor.
Philadelphia Telegraph.
john Bright used to say that in one
;,,,.ortant ,aennpt q, dor ic c11pc1.ioY RI a
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-09-27

TO RENT-rtore next 10 NoNlT0c office. VIII
he rented for restaurant, provision or any stint
liar business. Apply to i. Il. HI MfliRkNs,
Woodstown, y. j.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-09-27

If you have any need for dishes see our
immense stock before You buy. We have
nearly all kinds, L. B. Humphreys s. Co.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-09-27

You can get 10. box Of best Satin
Gloss starch for IS cts, or a G lb. box for
50 els. at Humphreys store.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-09-27

john Bright used to say that in one
important respect Il dog is superior to a
man When a man is utterly out of
everything, he gives up; but dog simply
curls up and so continues to make both
ends meet
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-09-27
100000,

rI,HE EsTEY ORGAN COMPANY have fur
/ nished the aDpvenumber. Who can real
lie il? When YOU think of this enormous SALE
remember what il 1Ifeans. 1t means that the
Estey Organ and Piano are Just what the peo-
pie want. 1t is the favaIitc OF all true lovers
of music Sodsby GEeRGE DARE, Agent,
Grant Street, Ssacm NE mat-29-ly
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-09-27

One hundred new linen salt sacks for
farmers towels, 30 cents. at E. b. Hum
phreys & Co.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-03
Female Farmers,

VIII Gn6 cOm1nS young WOLuhu De AaLm- ! era
 Scattered all over the broad prairies of the Northwest are hundreds of self-reliant, true | blue young heroines, living in small, isolated l cabins called shscks, proving up claims, en- tering homesteads and making money. It is lonesome, dreary business. this living along on wild, unsettled prairie. without 8 face or human form to welcome one or cheer one's solitude, but there seem to be good many young woman who have the grit to
 hang to this solitary life long enough to prove up claim at least.
 Four young ladies in Dakota last year put 1 their heads together and hit upon an ingen- ] ious plan, whereby they could each secure | claim and yet all live comfortab bly, together | in one house and each be upon her own land. Instead of building four shacks with one room each, they constructed one shack with | four rooms, but so nicely planned that each room of the square building was on differ | ent quarter section. Each had her own bed | in her own room, and in that way each ! claimant at night slept upon her own land. | Society ladies of the city will wonder, not
 so much how these young lady settlers get | along without social privileges, as how they | dared live so far away from the doctors. Why, bless youl they never thought of be. \ ing sick. Doctors are not half so much of a household necessity as city people are in the | habit of thinking.
 For all the ordinary ills of life the old | fashioned roots and herbs remedies are more effective, and much safer in results, than ! modern doctors pills and potions. These ! latter are so radical in their effects that, ! while they may better meet the modern de- | sire for quick results, they frequently per- l manentlY injure the system, nature rebelling against the unnatural methods employed. It is always safest to follow natural meth ods in treating disease. The old time roots and herbs remedies, which our good old log cabin grandmothers knew so well how to prepare, were the best medicines the world ever knew, because they were natures reme- dies.
 The modern world needs them. In War
 ner's Log Cabin Remedies, and especially
 such as Warner's Log Cabin Sarsaparilla and
 Warner's Log Cabin Cough and c1nsump,
 tion Remedy, the people of to-day have an
 opportunity to secure the healthy medicines
 which our rugged ancestors used with such
 splendid results.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-03
LEAVES BILLS BEHIND.

Departure of ssEdmund R1rke'' From the CItY-Transfer of the F. B. Eos. | ter Place.
 James R. Gilmore who has achieved some little literary fame as Edmund Kirke," and
 who has lived for the past year or two in this city, has left here, as it seems, for good and behind him are many creditors who have nothing yet to show for their confidence reposed in the distinguished author. MT.
 Gilmore at first lived at the Tontine and la
 ter on Lincoln street, but last summer pur-
 chased the Foster place on Orange street,
 corner of Bishop, of the executors of the es-
 tate for $50, ,000 He did not pay a cent
 himself, but mortgaged it back to the Fos-
 ter estate for this amount and said he was
 going to cut the rear of the estate into build
 ing lots, build upon them with lumber
 which he had at Lake George and would soon
 ship here, improve the homestead itself by
 many additions, and, in fact, make it a
 beautiful place. He told MT. Robert E.
 Nerwin, the real estate broker, with whom he made the transaction, that he had al
 ready built about sixty houses. Mr. Gill more did go so far as to repaint and paper large part of the interior of the house. Platt G Thompson did the work, which amounted to about $500. Later on he transferred the property to 0OrE1B T. 4y1eI, 6uO h 1oW weeks ago MT. Tyler transferred the property back to Aessrs. Barnum and Curtiss.
 November 2S Cooper & Nichols, the State street grocers, attached the property to satis- fly claim of $130 for groceries. The bill has not been settled. c. E. Hart & Co. have @ claim of about $500 for meat and vegeta- bles furnished MT. Gilmore, and he owed Machol, the tailor, quite large bill, as we'll as Samuel E. Dibble, the stove dealer, and Enos S. Kimberly the coal man.
 MT. and Mrs. Gilmore lived in few rooms of the big house and told callers that they were waiting for furniture which was stored at their county seat at Lake George. Much comment has been occasioned by this action of MT. Gilmore, who was held orna- ment to the city and much regret is ex- pressed that Edmund Kirke" should have thus left the city. It is said that he pur- chased the estate in hope of realizing much from book upon which he had devoted much time but that the sale was but small and he was nearly bankrupt in publishing it. He and his wife went from here to Lake George. Friends of MT. Gilmore, however, repose much con- fidence in his integrity and honor and believe that as soon as he is able every dollar of his indebtedness will be paid and all debts dis l charged, and that man of such literary ability and successful work in the past will not have to wait long for the wherewithal to isfv his creditors.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-03
adv,eeso moteerr.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for chil- drer teethingi is the prescription of one of the best female nurses and physicians in tue United States, and hhs been used for forty years with never failing success by millions of mothers for their children. During the process of teething it's valueis incalculable.i It relieves the child from pain, cures dysen tery and diarrhoea, gripping in the bowels and wind collie. By giving health to the child 1t rests the mother. Price 25c & bottle.
 a9mwf&wIy
Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-03
High school Essays.

Messrs. Graves, Plunkett, ,Dutton and Whit more selected the essays to be read at the graduation exercises. They selected the fol- lowing:
 Human Litanist and Human Greatness" Ralph D. Paine.
 Law and Order'' J. Weston Allen.
 ''Dutch in America, Minnie F. Tillou.
 ''Woman's Work in the Twelfth Century, J. G. Dillon.
 .'Many Sides of Culture May L. Blackman. ''Independeut Daughters g Gertrude Craig.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-03
A Snake CaOkus.

Mrs. Charles Bailey, of Hamden, has re- markable and curious snake cactus. It is seven years old and has twenty-eight blos- soms and fourteen buds. It is rare thing to see cactus with so many blossoms and buds On one stalk about two inches long there are five blossoms
Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-03
Pre.ident W. W. Conver.e nette,

President W. W. Converse, of the Win
 chester Arms company, is, the public will be glad to learn, convslescent and with contin- ued favorable weather, will. it is expected,
 be able to ride out in a day or two. The operation he submitted to about three weeks ago, for tumor in the neck, was of a very critical nature, but the results have been very satisfactory and much encouragement is
 derived. His physician, Dr. F. H. Whitti. more, hopes from the indications that in g
 week or so MT. Converse will be able to re. turn to business.