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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-08-15
Get shoes After Noon.

The best time to get fitted to shoes is
in the latter part of the day. The feet
then are at their maximum of size and
sensitiveness. Activity m~easurably en-
larges them. When the muscles are in
play the flow of blood in the arteries is
Increased and the joints also; conse-
quently they are more tender. Even
gravity affects the venous circulation, SO
that standing on the feet alone tends to
enlarge these members. 1t is gravity
that produces varicose veins in the legs
and feet of persons of relaxing fibre who
are required to be much in the erect
position.
Hence when healthy persons lie down
at night their feet, being relieved from
the weight of the body, resume their
normal size. Try on the new shoes with
moderately thick stockings, too, and you
then have q margin of room by putting
on thinner ones when the feet are i'll at
case. For tender feet fit them late in
the day with the aid of heavy stockings,
and the next morning, clad in thinner
stockings, those feet will rest in the new
almost as comfortably as they would in
old shoes.-Herald of Health.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-08-15
Paralysis Cnred.

Not even the spinal cord, incased
though it is in its thick bony envelope,
is sacred to the surgeons knife. a boy
8 years of age was admitted recently to
the Mount Sinai hospital suffering from
a complete paralysis of his lower ex-
tremities and the lower half of the body.
This condition had developed very sud
denly. On arising from his bed one
morning he found himself unable to
stand or to use his legs. He had sus-
tanned no injury, his general health was
fair. On examination it was found that
he had u marked prominence over the
spine in its upper portion, giving rise to
q deformity such as is commonly seen
in h~unchbacks, and which is the result
of an infiammatory disease affecting the
yertebrse, and known as Potts disease.
The spinal cord is a dependency of the
brain, and really is its continuation, and
lies within a bony canal formed by the
bones of the spine. The nerves issuing
from it govern the power of motion and
sensation of those parts of the body to
which they are distributed, and any in
reference with them destroys their func-
ton and paralysis more OF less complete
ensues, although sensation may be re-
tanned, for the sensor nerve are given
off from a different portion of the cord.
From this physiological fact it was at
once surmised that the boys paralysis
was due to some pressure upon the roots
of the motor nerves governing the lower
limbs, and an operation wasdecided upon.
The patient having been placed under
the influence of ether. a longitudinal
incision. including all the tissues down
to the spine, was made over the site of
the prominence, the skin and muscles
were lifted up together and the dorsal
aspect of the vertebre exposed and the
projection sawed off, thus opening up
the canal in which the cord lies, where
upon a considerable bullying was per-
ceiyed. This membrane was divided, re-
vealing an abscess which was thoroughly
emptied, the swelling disappearing en-
tirely. The opening made in the mem
brane was closed by fine catgut sutures
and the wound was dressed. The paral-
ysis did not improve for some time, but
it gradually disappeared.-New York
World.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-08-15
slsoNle FErE DAYS.
What the Antiquarian of 5000 Years
Hence Will Think of the Present.

What the Antiquarian of 5000 Years
Hence Will Think of the Present.
Imagine a cultivated person from Hin
dostan, or say the heart of Australia
man who knew the English language
thoroughly, but who by sad fate had
never heard of a baseball game-sitting
down toread a skillfully written account
of a great contest like that between the
Buffalos and the New Yorks. To make
the point palmer yet imagine this schol-
arly gentleman as living 1900 years
hence, and as having dug up from the
ruins of Buffalo a perfectly preserved
newspaper of the date June 81, 1890. In
archaeological ecstasy he seats himself
amid the ruins of the soldiers monu-
ment-looking just as they do now-and
proceeds to read:
'.Giants jumped on. Buffalo wipes
the diamond with New York's pets.
Buck Ewing told the mighty pitcher to
gather up his loins and NOW down the
Bisons. When the Bisons put on a
clincher in the ninth Buck took off his
red overshirt, donned a black and white
blazer and packed up the Giants traps,
vowing that he and Keefe would kill the
Bisons tomorrow. Crane soaked one
man. White was nailed between sec
ond and third" etc.
Now this naturally will puzzle the
scholarly gentleman; nor will he receive
light from other copies of other papers
of the same period. He will read how
one mighty man .'fanned tho air." how
another died at third, and how several
we've sacrificed amid great rejoicing.
In his erudite history of THE Ancient
American Republics and the Causes
Which Led to Their Decay" w would
find some such paragraphs as these:
From the perfectly preserved record
of their sports it may be asserted with
out qualification that the Americans
were the most brutalized and blood
thirsty people who ever laid claim to any
degree of enlightenment. The arenic
sports of Rome were less debasing, and
showed far greater regard for human
life. In the priceless Ancient Print col
lection made by the author is a perfect
record Of one of the Bisonic fete days.
1t is matter of fact in tone, yet the old
chronicler was gifted with rare skill,
for, like Homer, he pictures the most
thrilling events in the simplest language.
Here, too, is undisputable proof that
there were giants in those days. They
We're so large and savage that the spec
tators sat in iron cages. and the
young men who did combat with them,
sometimes riding or possibly driving
wild bisons, brayed death for victory.
Often at these 50 called games, the con-
testants in which sought to pitch each
other out of the arena, the o~verwrought
men would often die while running levi
IDENTIFY pursuing or fleeing from the
giants. Those who survived Were often
sacrificed on Il hot plate, while the popu-
lace, safe in their cages, would howl
with bloodthirsty rage of delight.
Frequent illusions to soaking =
probably in boiling oil-and to the con
testants being nailed show that these
horrible diversions combined the hazards
of a Roman arena with the fendisl
atrocities OF the inquisition."-Buffalc
Express.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-08-15

Uncle Enoch, from Oldboro, was visit
ing his daughter III New York, and enc
evening she took him to a concert ut
which Sig. Bangelli was to play a piano
solo,
The signor has "a peculiar way of play
ing chords. After each one he gives a
sort Of spring into the air, which ena-
bles him to attack the next n with
great vigor.
My stars" Uncle Enoch was heard
to whisper confidentially after the first
CHORD passage - The struck them notes
so hard they fetched him clean off his
seatr'-Exchange.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-08-15

A new kind of swindling or of horse
stealing is reported by The Kennebec
Journal. While Mr.. Charles F. Thaxter,
Of South Gardiner, was at work a
stranger called at his house and told Mrs.
Thaxter that her husband had sent him
to swap horses and that she was to pay
him $15 to boot, and that he would leave
his horse. Mrs. Thaxter carried ont the
instructions and received in exchange a
white horse which has since proved ut
terly worthless. Mr.. Thaxter's horse was
a handsome and valuable red bay.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-08-15
because lie Was Not Up in G

because lie was NOT Up III geography.
A curious incident regarding a strait
occurred during the Russian war. 1t
would have been ludicrous, if anything
can be ludicrous connected with war.
Commodore Elliot was blockading a
Russian squadron in the Gulf of Sagha-
lin, on the east coast of Siberia. Think
ing he had the Russians in Il cul de sac
he complacently waited for them to
come out, as the water was toe shallow
for him to attack them. AS the enemy
did not come out he sent in to investi-
gate, and found TO his establishment
that Russians and ships had vanished.
While he had been waiting for them in
the south they had quietly slipped out
by the north, teaching both him and the
British government a rather severe les
son in geography, rs it had been Thought
that Saghalin was an isthmus, and they
We're totally nawa Of a narrow cham
mel leading from the gulf to the Sea of
Okhotsk. Chambers journal.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-08-15
Poor One Minute. Rich the Next.

One minute with poverty staring him
in the face; the next a rich man for life.
That was the actual experience of S. P.
Armstrong, who died of heart disease at
Butler, Pa. He had invested all his
funds in sinking a well in the Thorn
Creek oil region of Pennsylvania. 1t
was thought to be dry, and as a sort of
farewell protest against his i'll luck the
explorer fired a torpedo in its depths.
Immediately after its explosion the well
began TO flow at a tremendous rate, a
volume of oil being lifted into the air to
a height Of at least one hundred feet.
Not having expected a big well no con-
nections had been made TO the tanks,
and the oil flowed on the ground, COM
pletely~ deluging the entire neighborhood.
After several hours the oil was turned
into tanks with great personal risk to the
workmen, and the first days production
was 10000 barrels, the largest we'll ever
opened in the oil county 1t wa a mine
Of wealth TO Mr.. Armstrong, and devel-
oped a large scope of rich territory
New York Press.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-08-15
TWO DoRoTHYs.

A little maid with downcast eyes,
And folded hands, and serious face,
Who walks sedately down the street,
Her dainty dress all smooth and neat.
Each curl and ribbon in its place.
A dovelike maid with brow demure
Beneath her comets shady brim.
Who quiet sits within the pew,
And gravely reads the service through,
And joins in every hymn
The sweetest maid that could be found
From Cuba to the Bay of Fundy;
\ flower, the loveliest that springs,
A saint, an angel without wings
That's Dorothy OF Sunday.
4 little maid. in breathless haste,
With glowing cheeks and tangled hair,
Who races up and down the street,
And with her skipping, tripping feet
Is here and there and everywhere.
A saucy maid, with cap askew
Upon her rumpled yellow curis,
With twinkling feet and chattering tongue
And breezy skirts about her swung
In swift, ~ecstatic whirls.
The merriest maid that ever shocked
The seryile slaves of Mrs. Grundy;
a bird, a spark of dawning light.
\ romp, a rogue, a witch, a sprite-
That's Dorothy on Monday.
Margaret Johnson in st. Nicholas.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-08-15
Hens That Ate Gold.

Even the hens at Byron have caught
the gold fever. Two men got a pan of
mixture supposed to contain about s.
worth Of the precious metal and set it
under the stove to dry. The next morn
ing two hens wandering about in search
of good things ventured in through the
door, Spying the pan they at once helped
themselves to every bit of yellow they
could find and probably went away
wondering at the poor taste of mankind
who could prefer that kind of fodder to
yellow corn.-Bangor (Me.) Letter.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-08-15
100 ..aE.e. - antea.

And 100 men to call on any druggist for
a free trial package Of Lanes Family
Medicine, the great root aud herb rene
dy, discovered by Dir. Silas Lane while in
the Rocky Mountains. For diseases ofthe
Blood, Liver aud Kidneys it is a positive
cure. For constipation and clearing up
the complexion it does wonders. IL is the
BEST spring medicine known. Large-size
package, so cents. AT all druggists. 1
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-08-15
Wise Youth.

One day T., aged3 years and 0 months,
said to Jack, aged 2 years, Jack, do you
know what knowledge Isl" No, in
deed said Jack. Il don't either was
the reply; then after a few minutes,
"Jack, you will eve amount to any,
thing if you don't know what knowledge
is."-Babvhood.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-08-15
Manted the Job.

Woman want this room white
washed, but dread the mnss Of it all.
Uncle Pete-Guess you'se had sum
oh desc here cheap whitewashers at wuk.
Use very '~ticular, ma'am. Use white
washed sum oh de finest fences in de
city. Whitewash am too 'spensive ter
spill 'roun' o. furniture.-Epoch.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-08-15

Mr.. Henderson is a pnnctilious man,
with a special antipathy against nick
names and pet authorizations. The other
day, after much fruitless running about
the city ON some errand, he declared
that he had travelled "from Daniel to
RaprSha1,a 8;
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-08-15
Of "A Can.

An Oldtown manufacturer bought a
cap for his little boy in Bangor, and at
once recognized the cloth of which it was
made as a product of his own factory.
The cloth was sold to New York parties
who sold to Philadelphia manufacturers
who made it into caps and sold them to
Boston wholesalers from whom the Ban
gor merchant bought.-Lewiston Jour
nal.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-08-15
( Stery of Byron.


Among the stories related in Mr.. viii,
IAN Archer's new life Of Macready, the
actor, is this: Macready had won dis
tinction in the provinces, and wishing to
appear in London sought Lord Byron's
Influence to procure an engagement at
Drury Lane. Among other things the
person who spoke to Lord Byron in his
behalf mentioned that Macready was a
man of excellent character. "Ah, them
said Lord Byron, Il suppose he asks five
pounds "a week more for his morality, >
and the negotiation fell through.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-08-15

Mr.. Haden, the great English etcher,
spent two hours on his well known
plate, 1.-The Agamemnon." He has real
ICED, | am told, over $50, 900 from the
sale Of prints from this plate.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-08-15

If the salt held in solution In the ocean
were spread over the earth it would
form a layer of more than thirty feet
deep covering the whole globe.
Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1890-03-14

SEVERELY INJURED.-Wedn edneslav
while MIR. Chr. Gorder, one of the
aldermen, was assisting in measur-
ing the depth Of the artesian we'll lie
was struck on the back with the iron
beam and knocked down. He was
injured so that Alderman Lynch had
to carry him out Of the we'll house
and have him conveyed home. DR..
Boardman was called TO attend him
and founa that while no bones were
broken he was severely injured. DR..
Matthews informed us to-day that
the beam struck Mr.. Gorder with
such force that it would have broken
his spine had the blow not fallen to
one side. He was knocked down
and compressed within a space of
about eight inches, most of the force
corning on the right side and limb,
injuring the knee joint. It seems
that the engine started up unknown
to him, which caused the accident.
Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1890-03-14
HOUSE BILL NO. 337.
INTRODUCED BY A. T. COLI

INTRODUCED BY A. T. COLE.
For an Act to Amend sectione of Article Is Of
Chapter 70 Of the General Laws of 1887.
Be it Enacted by the Legislative AS
sembly of the State of North Dakota:
SECTION l, That section two (2) of
article thirteen (13 Of chapter seventy
T0) Of the general laws of 1887, be and
is hereby amended so as to read as fol-
lows: "Sec.2, Each ward shall con.
stitute an election district but when-5
ever the number of legal voters in any /
ward shall exceed Eve hundred, the
council may by ordinance divide such
ward into two or more precincts for
voting purposes, and whenever, the
number Of legal voters in any two or
more contiguous wards shall not ex-
coed two hundred and fifty, as de-
termined by the last annual election
the council may by rdinance consoli-s
date such two or more wards into one
precinct for voting purposes; Ployid-
ed. such ordinance shall be passed and
take effect before time of giving alotices
Of an election, and said wards and pre-
cincts Shall be and are hereby made
election districts for all territorial aiill
county officers" 81
Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1890-03-14

The Pierre Free Press makes the
figures Of the legislative work as
follows: During the session of the
legislature which has just closed, III
bills and joint resolutions passed
both houses and ,eached the COVER
nor. Of the bills passed, 7S we're
senate and 81 house bills. Up to
yesterday evening $50 bills had been
approved by the governor, 8 had
beed vetoed and 10 were still held
for consideration and examination,
This shows an average of nearly
three bills per day during the ses-
sion and indicates great deal Of
genuine hard work. Many of these
bills are long and important, and
most OF them were carefully consid-
cred. Some important things may
have been omitted, but on the whole
the legislature is entitled to much
praise.
Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1890-03-14
CLEMENT.

School commenced Tuesday in
the Lee school house, with Miss
Minnie Ladd as teacher.
Miss Maggie Mclean and Mr..
Geo. Nomadew left last Thursday.
for LaMoure, their journey to be ex-
tended to Grander as wedding tour.
The query is, "Why is not Oakes
the county seat instead of Ellen
dale?" as Oakes has more trains
in one day than Ellendale has in a
week.
Mr.. G.. N. Goecke and Mr.. Tom
Cox and others are improving this
fine weather by working on their
land.
Ben. Nelson had walk-a-way
on the mugwump ticket in York
town.
Mr.. E. R. Stevens, who left this
place about four weeks ago to visit
friends in the East, has not been
heard of since. Fears are entertain
ed by his friends that he has been
foul]y dealt with. Any information
concerning his whereabouts will be
thankfully received by his friends.
Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1890-03-14
Superintendent Mitchell Dead.

At 1O:30 Monday night, William
Mitchell, the state superintendent
Of public instruction, died at his
home on Second street.
The cause of death was heart
failure and not moments warming
was given Mrs. Mitchell. A few
moments after retiring MIR. Mitchell
threw up his hands and gasped.
Mrs. Mitchell asked, "What is the
NATTER but received no reply. Be-
coming alarmed she rushed to the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Rea, calling
on Mrs. Rea to go with her to her
home and dispatching Mr., Rea for
I a doctor. When the ladies returned
life was extinct and DR.. Kendrick
arrived only to look upon the face
Of the dead.
The news of the sudden death of
the popular educator spread rapidly
throughout the city and expressions
Of deep sorrow were heard on every
side. Superintendent Mitchell was
one of the most highly esteemed
citizens Of the state and he will be
missed by the people Of the COM
monwealth who were looking for
ward with happy anticipation to the
time when the effects Of his good
work in the interest Of the public
schools would be felt.
Deceased was born in Knox coun-
! ty. Ohio, near Mt. Vernon, and was
60 years Of age. He came to Fargo
in 1883, since which time he had
been citizen Of North Dakota. He
was superintendent of instruction
in Columbus, Ohio, several years,
served in the Goth Ohio as captain
during the war, and after coming to
Fargo was elected superintendent of
schools for Cass county. He is a
Knight Templar. There are three
children-Prof. Chas. Mitchell, of
St. Paul's School, Concord, N, H.;
H. H, Mitchell, of Marquette,
Mich; and Miss Anna, at Oberlin
College, Ohio.
The bereaved wife and children
have the profound sympathy Of the
people Of North Dakota, who, while
sympathizing with them for the
the loss Of a devoted husband and
father, mourn the loss Of a friend,
a counsellor and guide.
The remains will be placed on to-
nights train and taken to Mt. Yer
non, Ohio, for interment. Bis
marck Tribune.
Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1890-03-14

THOSE persons who gather up the
census statistics next June are to be
paid for doing the work as follows:
For every living person, two cents;
for every death, two cents; for every
firm, fifteen cents; for every factory,
twenty cents; for every veteran or
veterans widow, five cents; in spe-
cial cases an enumerator may be
paid by the day, not to exceed $500
The cost Of taking the census Of
1880 was over S3,000,00o, and the
next one is estimated to cost over
$4,000 1000, the population being es-
timated at 100000 larger than il
1S60.-Ex.
Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1890-03-14
WILLIAM MITCHELL, state super

WILLIAM MITCHELL, state super.
intendent Of public instruction, died
suddenly in Bismarck Monday even
ing of heart failure. We publish
elsewhere a more extended notice
from the Bismarck Tribune. His
place will be difficult one to fill
and his death is not only great
personal loss to his friends but a
loss to the educational interests of
the state. The vacancy will be
filled by executive appointment un.
til next election.
Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1890-03-14
OFFICIAL PAPER OF DIcKEY COUNTY.
JOHN 7. LESTER, wealthy stock
broker, died Tuesday night at his
home in Chicago.

PRIVATE WILD, the soldier releas-
ed, by order of President Harrison,
has developed into dime museum
freak, in Minneapolis and Chicago.
This showssa week spot somewhere
in his head, and all sympathy for
him will doubtless come to a sudden
termination.
Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1890-03-14

The Republicans are making an
effort to get started on the bill for
the admission of Wyoming, but
from the outset the Democrats have
stubbornly opposed the measure
Wyoming is strongly Republican
politically and will give to the
party two senators and one repre-
sentative in congress.
Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1890-03-14

WILLIAM PRESTON TAULBEE, at
one time representative in congress
from Kentucky, died Tuesday morn
ing from the effects Of the pistol
shot by Charles D. Kincaid, the
Washington correspondent Of the
Louisville Times. Kincaid was ar
rested and locked up. Theory Of
self-defense will be set up by his
lawyer.
Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1890-03-14

THE effort to resurrect the lottery
bill, on Wednesday, proved futile.
Its advocates offered $3.50, 900 annu-
ally to the state and 250,000 bushels
of seed wheat to the needy farmers,
to be paid back in the fall bushel for
bushel without interest, with a de-
posit Of 100000 as security for the
performance Of the seed wheat
agreement. The vote on the bill in
the house at the evening session
stood % for and 81 against. In the
senate the vote stood 18 for and IL
against,