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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-31
HOW TO MAKE EIFEuaPPY

Take time. It is no use to fume or fret
or do as the angry housekeeper who ha.
got hold of the wrong key, and pushes,
shakes and rattles it about the lock until
both are broken and the door is still un.
opened.
The chief secret in comfort lies in no
suffering trifles to vex Us, and il the cult
waiting our undergrown or small pleasures
Try to regard present vexations as yos
will regard them q month hence.
Since we cannot get what we like, LEI
us like what we can get.
IL is not riches. it IS not poverty, it il
human nature that IS the trouble.
The world is like a looking glass. Laugh
at it and it laughs back; frown at it ant
it frowns back.
Angry thoughts canker the mind ant
dispose to it the worst temper in TIA,
world-that of fixed malice and revenge
1t is while in this temper most men BEGAN,
criminals.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-31
TURPsxIINEIN THE HOUSEHOLD.

After a housekeeper fully realizes the
worth of turpentine in the household she
IS never willing to be without a supply of
it. 1t gives quick relief to burns; it is an
elegant application for corns; it is good
for rheumatism and sore throat. Then it
is a preventative against moths, by just
dropping a trifle in the drawers, chests
and enpboards it will render the garments
secure from injury during the summer.
1t viii keep ants and bugs from the clo-
sets and store-rooms by putting a few
drops in the corners and ON the shelves:
it is sure destruction to b~ed-bugs, and it
will effectualiy drive them away from
their haunts if thoroughly applied to all
the joints of the bedsteads, and Injuries
neither furniture nor clothing. A spoon
full Of it added to a pail of warm water is
excellent for cleaning paint.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-31
How TO LIVE.
Be Moderate In All Things TO Promote
Health and Longevity.

There are two things We chiefly wish
for while we liye-heaIth, to make life
enjoyable, and length of days, to make 1t
lasting. To obtain both mainly depends
on ourselves.
We do not simply die; we usually kill
ourselves. Oar habits, eur passions, our
anxiety of body and miad, shorten our
lives.
The key to health aud long life is So
briefly in living. 1t is the fashion to re-
strict the term sobriety to the use Of in
toxicating liquors.
We can say with truth that the drunk
ard is killing himself, but we rarely speak
of over-eating as a shortener of life.
A sober life implies moderation in all
things. st consists" says German, Sin
moderate eating, in moderate drinking and
in a moderate enjoyment of all the pleas
ures of life; in keeping the mind moder-
ately but constantly employed, in Guilt
waiting the affections moderately, in
avoiding extremes of heat and cold. and
in stunning excessive excitement either
of body or of mind. A sober life is a life
of order, Of rule, Of temperance-that
divine sobriety which is grateful to God,
friendly to nature, the daughter Of reason,
the sister of virtue, The companion of tenn
perate living-modest, gentle, content
with little, guided by rule and line in all
its operations.
1t is an important rule to observe and
practise for health, comfort and our peace
within and without. Il attack every all
ment and malady at its beginning, to
arrest the premomitory symptoms before
they take root in our yitals, and gradually
or quickly interrupt the normal action of
the organs. A loss of strength, a weak
ened memory, a tottersd walk all bespeak
a mental or physical disorder, which, if
not arrested in the early stage, will lead
to disease and fatal consequences.
Zone can hardly believe, : says ReveilIe,
chow far a little health well treated, will
carry u.s."
".And the rule of the sage says Cicero.
SIS to make use of what one has, and to
act in everything according to ones
strength .'-TaJie Tall.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-31
THE
POWER.

The great scientists and modern astron-
omers concur in the opinion that only the
ignorant common people believe the moon
to exercise an influence over human affairs,
only to tell us on the next page of mon
strous tides invisibly put in motion and
induced by the very agency sneered at in
a preceding chapter. That our attendant
satellite does exert a powerful influence
over our little globe may inferred from
what we know Of its tide producing power
alone.
As our planet sweeps along at an un
thinkable rate of speed, it is drawn toward
the moon very pereeptibly, enough to pro-
duce tides on opposite sides of the earth's
surface at the same time. II these great
mountains of water can be put in motion
by the pale white orb of night" why
should we not attribute to it minor i~nfiuen-
ces, even though they be of a detrimental
or pestilential character? Denying the truth
in the case can never help matters.
But how can the moon be the cause of
tides IN America and China at the same
timer some one says. According to the
best authority on the subject of tides. that
part of the earth's surface which is turned
away from the moon or sun has a smaller
degree of attraction than the side next the
luminary e~xerting the pulling power;
thus. in effect, leaving the water behind.
and producing a tide on the opposite, as
well as upon the side acted directly by the
force of gravity.
Thu moon is now 240, 900 miles away
biologists and astronomers tell us that
there was a time when it was only 40, 900
miles distant, only one-sixth of what it is
at the present moment. The tides of to-day
average all the way from three to fifty feet.
Say that they are now three feet at the
LADS Jetties at the mouth Of the Mississip.
pi; what would be the result of the moon
being brought fve-sixths nearer, or back to
the old mythical 40, 000-miIe marx? In
stead of tides being three feet at the parent
OF waters, they would rise to a height of
64o feet! The whole of the Mississ;ppi
valley would present the appearance of
a vast beach; St. Louis would be covered
out OF sight and the waves forty-eipht feet
high would flow through The streets of
Chicago into Lake Michigan, The writer
is not an astroioger, astronomer or sootli-
sayef; he knows nothing OF .tdivlnations"
or black art; does not even profess that we
are on the eve of a pestilential visitation,
eut wiz not deny believing in moon inau-
enee. Is it not rational, after all, to give
Luna credit ofhaving something TO do with
orr fortunes and misfortunese-a. Louss
Rspnbte.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-31
WILD

We have heretofore given expression to
the feeling of regret at the threat of exter-
mination which hangs over some of our
beautiful wild flowers, or at least at their
certain disappearance from places where
they have once a~bounded. 1t is unayoid-
able, where Important changes are made
in the face of the country by drainage or
cutting away forests and By burning over
clearings, that many indigenous plants will
be destroyed. Where land is needed for
agricultural use proprietors will not be
careful - save trllinms or lady's slippers,
but it does seem cruel for collectors to
gather SO many of these plants to sell that
they are practically eradicated from locali-
ties where they once bloomed in profusion.
Other offenders in this respect are certain
botanists who gather rare plants for speci-
mems because they are rare.
But the most serious attack of all m
from the thoughtless gatherers of flowers,
who carry away wild flowers by the arm
ful only TO throw them away We speak
VI tiiS INV pttalSG VIZ HdFt .lNSb ICtClESl
a descriptive pamphlet from the secretary
of the American Wild Flower Club, which
contains an earnest appeal for she preser-
walton of our native plants. lie can not
help feeling that a society of this kind
might do much good if properly directed,
and the formation OF local clubs with the
same purpose should be encouraged. 1t
may be that the appeals OF this pamphlet
are fraught with a trifle more of urgency
than the cause demands, and no enterprise
of this sort will succeed without the en-
thsuiasm and devotion which comes from
a profound conviction of its Importance on
the part of its promoters.
We have no personal knowledge Of the
working OF this club, but all persons who
have at heart the preservation of onr
native flora are invited to address lhe sec
rotary of the American Wild Flower Club,
Wilmington, Del, if they desire more
specific information as TO its scope and aim.
-Gardea and Forest.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-31
THE GARNET.

The garnet has many admirers. The
brownish red tint is caused by the oxide of
iron which it contains. Some of them
contain SO much iron as to be attracted by
a magnet. The color is that of claret or
red wine, and is of different shades. When
Of a rich, deep color and cut en- cabochan
lin raised form like the r~oandness of an
egg) it is called c~arbuncle. Garnets of a
line quality are found in large quantities
in the mines of Zobliiz, in sileasia. They
are also found in Piedmont, Siberia, Nor
way. India. Siam, Mexico and in this
country. The finest garnet is the Oriental
or Syrian, the name coming from the Sry-
ian, a river in Pegu, in Farther India.
Fine camel have been cut in garnet Il
was not a f~ayorite with the Greeks. but
was used very much in the later Roman
times, especially in the imperial period.
The Romans called the ruby the male. the
garnet the female variety, and magical
virtues were attributed to the latter. It
was much used by the gem cutters of tn G
renaissance, who have left some magnifi-
cent works in this stone Modern artists
have rarely used it. 1t is hard to work
and very ittle.-Aeystone.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-31
FNDEASsSGMw

=,
7he "afeth royal scepter
OF valley afd giadc ana void;
het 're'u IS the tread OF a monarch,
ier i"iilehti Is purple and gold;
Is meshed in her floating hail,
And Il tunie of isf-wreatbn siivo.
Encircles her bosom fair
= Ne9ture Oh scarlet spiendor
And cIothas ll'ples
- 80 ~ NoS"oou ana sumac
'D,ie VI Eastern aye.
'i tHS "oOhianQ aStefS,
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-31

wonderful monument has been erected
to Marie Bashkirtseif by her bereaved
mother, which is more like 4 house than a
tomb, near the entrance Of the cemetery
at Passy, The interior. which can be
plainly seen, contains the young artists
rocking chair, littls table, and f~avorite
books and he names Of her paintings
shine in geld letters on thu wall. A per
petual light burns before her bier. which
her girl friends heap every day with fresh
flowers, and her portrait, life size, hangs
above it.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-31

And 100 men TO call on any druggist for
a free trial package Of Lanes Family
Medicine, the great root and herb RENE
dy, discovered by DR.. Silas Lane while in
tie Rocky Mountains. For diseases ofthe
Blood. Liver aud Kidneys it is a positive
cure. To7 constipation aud clearing up
the complexion it Ices wonders. 1t is the
pes, p-ing medicine known. Large-sizsd
packages so cents. At all druggists. l
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-31

Hooking Backward is the title of a
book dealing with the events ufthe future.
If you suffer from oatarrh. Won can lock
forward to a speedy cure by using Old
Saul's Catarrh Cure. Price 25cts.
Babies are too highly priced to permit
them to snfler with collie, fiatuleuce, etc,
when DIR. Bulls Baby Syrup will at once
relieve them. % cents.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-31

There are 200. 900 women in the Woman,s
Christian Temperance Union, 1S5, 900 in
in the Kings Daughters, 100, 600 in the
Woman's Relief Corps, and 81, 900 in tie
Eastern Star. An aggregate OF nearly 500,
600 banded together under various names
for loyal service to all manner of human
need.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-31
OUR MAMMOTH BOOK OFFER
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PATENTS
Caveats, Trade Marks and Copyrights

obtained. and all other business in the u. s.
Patent Ofiice attended to for Moderate Fees.
Our office is opposite the Us: Patent once,
and we can obtain Patents In less Time imam
thost remote from Washington.
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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-31

Everyone who has once used DIR. Bulls
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when vice prevails and implous men bear
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rwo Years ago.

| was a sight to behold and was unable to
enjoy life at all. Now l am the picture of
health and can eat anything. What did
h9 Sulphur Bitters cured me of Dyspep-
STA and Liver Complaint. after suffering
two years-W. II B4cman. Manchester
n "
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-31

When she was a girl that her mother al
ways gave her sulphur and molasses TO
parity her blood, but she nov gives Sui
phur Bitters to her grandchildren. as it is
the best medicine she ever sAw.-Ihe
Father.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-31

Any yoRng man who wants Il neat lifting.
well-m.kde. BatIy suit, cut in Iifest style aud
good enough to wearany W heFe and on all oc-
csaSfons. should see those we have at SI4. They
are The highest grade OF goods, and yen wouId
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in AT the new Store under the uper1s Hpnse
No charge fir looking or obligation To buy
H. u. Humphreys
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-31

Adam Bede, George Eliot
Andersen's Fairy Tales,
Arabian Nights Entertain'nts,
Mary Cecil Hay
Asops Fables,
Anne Gray,
Amateur Amusemeats,
Iorento
American IIumorists,
iiawcis
Adventures among the In.
dians, Kingston
Arundel Mortc, the, Mary &c.
ell Hay
Browning's Poems, Mrs. T.. Il.
Barnaby Nudge " Hard Times,
Boy Conqueror
Boys own Book of Outdoor
Sports.
Bryant's Poems
Boys own Book of Indoor
Burke on TIE Sublime and
Beautiful,
Cast up by the Sea, Baker
Champion Book OF REGULATIONS
and Readings, Hawthorne
Children of the Abbey, Roche
Christmas Hook. Dickens
Camille. Dumas
Charlotte Temple, Rowson
Charming stories,
Mary Hewitt
Corinne, be Stael
Course OF Creation, Anderson
Crooked Path, Mrs Alexander
Creasy's Battles,
Chris, w Il Norris
Canon's Ward, james Patyf
Complete letter writer,
iiundfort
Cook Book, the Household
Daughter OF iie1h, a, Blael
Deersiayer, Coopel
Don QuiXotc, Ceryante:
Devils Die, Grant AlleI
Derrick Vaughan, Novelist,
Lyal
DR.. Rameau, Dime
Diseases of the Horse, liinI
David Copperfeld, Elcken'
Dombey aud Son. Dcken!
DR.. Jekyll and MIR. Hyde,
Stevenson
Dora Thorne, Clay
Daniel DerOnda, tiiO
Dlsowned, Bulwei
East Lynne, Mrs Henry Woo
Eiiot's, George, Poems
Economical Cook Book.
Warre1
Ellen Terry's ladies' l,eciter,
Emersonis Essays,
If, .EN bItfuFa1
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-31

FITS-All Fits stopped free by Or. hline's
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door and Window Nets, N-sawing, scrolls
and Brackets. nAving an eNNxricnce of over
a quarter Of Il CENTURY in this business, good
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5SlIv. Wodosto~n.NA..
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-31

Fairy Bells, Lander
Faust, Goethe
Farmers Barn Book,
Five weeks in Il Balloon,
Flowers from Fairy Land,
Footprints of Fate,
Giant Raft, Verne
Great Expectations, Dickens
.Grimm's COLLINS
.Gulliver's Travels and Baron
Mnnchausen, swift Y ltaspe
Guy Mannering, Scott
Germany, History of
Guilderoy, Ouida
Gems of Prose and Poetry,
Goethe's PoeticaI Works,
Goldsmith's Poetieal w orks,
Good Nj easure.
Han dy Andy, Lover
Harry Lorreqner, Lever
Hours with the Bible, Geikie
-iIypatia, Kingsley
Hardy Norselnan, Lyall
Highways OF Literature, Pryde
House Party, ouida
Imitation OF Christ,
A'kempis
In the F0reeastle, Cleveland
lngelow's P0etical Works,
Scott
John Halifax, Gentleman,
Mulock
Jack ofan Trades, Reade
Jane Eyre, Bronte
Juliette, Mrs. NJ Leslie
jackson, Life of Andrew,
Ikenelm Chiilingly, Lyton
King Arthur,
author of John Halifax
iknickerbocker's History oi
New York
keble's Christian Year,
knowledge of Living Things,
kingsley's Poeticai Works,
Lady Audley's Secret, graddon
Last of the MohicGns. Cooper
Life ofiienry ward Beecher
Last Days of Pompeii, BulweI
Life Among the Mormons,
Smuckel
Little p0rritt, Dickens
lLongfellow's Poems,
lucille, Meredith
life of Washington
Life of Paul Jones
Macleod OF Dare, black
Miltonas Poems
Moorc's Poems
Mrs. Geolsrey, The Duchess
Mysterious Island, Verne
Master of Ballentrae,
Stevenson
Mary James Memoirs. sim:
Merle's Crusade, Carey
Mil! ON the kloSs. klio'
Mayor OF CasteFbriQge, Hardy
M~ohawks, Bladdol
Mexico and Macmillan, Hal
Mploek's roetieai " 0rks,
Modern Gree, "Duchess'
Nicholas Niekelby, Dickens
Not Like Other Girls, Carey
oliver Twist, Dickenl
lOutre 2ier. LongfelloV
Outdoor Life in Europe,
Tbewin,
One Hundred Years of n Ma
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-06-11
mIGH AurmoRIrl QUOTED.
Emgli>hmen TO secure Possession of the
Union stock Yards

CuIcAco. june lu.-lf present iudica-
tious are 90 bc relied upon. the stock ut
the Union Stock Yards and Transfer
Company Will pass into the hands of the
English syndicate that has been nesoti-
atiug for TO before the l>t OF July.
pom the testimony of one OF the
highest officers OF the company the only
thing that can prevent the transfer Is
the withdrawal of the offer by the Eng
liSh capitalists.
By far the greater number OF the
owners of stock. boo fact. enough 90 iurn-
i>h the GOD per cent. of the stock re-
ouircd by the Eusli>hmeu. look at the
proposition with the utmost favor, and
willing to part with their holdings ON
the terms offered.
The offer of the City of LoudOn Com
uauy. to which the stock of the yards
will undoubtedly pass. WAS first made
known officially % the smaller holders
through President Thaycr'S circular.
The larger stockholders. who live In
Eastern cities. have known ut the Oiter
for some time. aud favored 10 from the
first. although a previous proposition
from the same syndicate was rejected.
Fully SD peer cent. of the stock of the
stock wards is held in New York and
New England some Of the Eastern
storkholdcr, are said 90 have already
filled ont their contracts and returned
them to President Thayer. Nearly all
the Western stockholders are OF the
same disposition.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-06-11
BUILDING UP THE NAVY.
Bids for over 80, 900. 900 Worth of Vessels
Opened

WASHINGTON, June lO.-Bids for
over five million dollars worth of naval
vessels were opened at the Navy De-
partment to-day at noon. The vessels
bid for were of three distinctive types
and there was considerable excitement
about the contest between the rival ship
builders engaged in the war of compe-
tition. The largest of the three vessels
in fact the largest vessel ever design
ed for the United States Navy-iS known
officially as the armored cruiser num-
Der two (thc Maine being number One),
and popularity as the s,l00 ton vessel.
She belongs TO the class of swift cruiS-
ers and is very close to the battle ship in
that ship provided with a moderately
heavy armOr belt, besides Il protective
deck. The armor will be about four
inches thick and the curved protective
deck six inches thick. She will be
armed with six s-inch and twelve finch
brecch-loading rifles; is to develop lG,-
900 indicated horsepower and speed
Of twenty knots. Her dimensions are:
length, $50 feet; breadth, 64 feet 2l4
inches; depth in hold. IL feet inches.
This vessel is to be of about the same
type as the Baltimore, Philadelphia,
New York and San Francisco, except
that her tonnage is over 1000 greater
than any of them. 1t is generally cx-
pccted that the builder who is awarded
the contract for this vessel will lose
money, as there is just as much mate
rial TO 20 in her as in some Of the larger
crniSerS
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-06-11
rnr OIL Wells Ar BELMONT.
Those That are Working. aud Others IN
pccted in shortly.
TFTINII IT "II|I ~
So ciGl Isl.grlm 20 'tt R.qis',~.

~ 'iNa lrtf fff NNN 'N 'Ir 4trfNe'ff-
BELMONT. W. Va. june lO-The O'Neal
well 0u the Ohio side of the river. is now
two bits into the sand aud viii be drilled in
tomorrow A quantity of the sand has
been brought 90 the surface and 10 IS found
to be of the best quality.
4 shot was put into the Barnsdale X
Moore well at Eureka to-day 10 try 10 blow
the tools OUT, which Were lost IN the well
three weeks ago. The shot failed 10 10 the
work The contractors will be at loss OF
several hundred dollars If the tools cannot
be gotten out The derrick will have 10 be
moved and another hole drilled
The ferry lot well was tubed yesterday
and IL is believed she viii settle down as
4O barrel well
The johnson and Brockuuier we'll Ne.
Z was cased to-day, amt is expected I'M
abeut Saturday.
The tubing n the Graveyard well was
drawn out to-day, and 10 viii 0c retubcd
tomorrow During the operation she made
one flow of about fifteen minutes duration
throwing oil one hundred feet above tie
top of che derrick. She is good for 30
barrel well
The johnson and Brockunier No. g Will
Doe shot tomorrow morning.
The BrOckuu.er * Co.'S well No. =,
which was burnt last Tuesday morning
resumed work tonight The burnt derrick
and belt house have been rebuilt
Drilling began yesterday morning at the
I e. h Hart X Co.'S well. which is located
I ON public property About o'clock IN the
afternoon the work was stopped by an ON
Ger armed with an injunction tiled by L. y
Boss. The particulars of the injunction
. were mentioned m the REDi>rEe few days
lrn