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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-18
BEEeHAM, sPn1s act like magic on a Weak stomacl

There are twenty-seven states with over
one million population each. At the preyi-
Gus census there were nineteen.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-18

When q steamer passes over the Port
Huron tunnel the noise of the wheel can
readily be heard in the hole, which is at leas.
forty feet under the water.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-18

F. j. CHENEY &, co, Toledo, o. Proprs
of Halls Caiarrh Cure, offer Sl00 reward for
any case OF catarrh that can not be cured by
taking Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for testi
monials free. Sold by Drug@i IS, 75c
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-18

George BluSt swore so frightfully at Mrs.
Chas. Graham, near New Albany, Ind, that
she went into conytllsionS and died.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-18

The farmers of St Joseph County, Ind,
are greatly troubled by wheat thieves. They
not only steal the grain, but horses and
vehicles with which to carry it off.
Would You Believe
The Proprietor of Kemp's Balsam gives
Thousands of Bottles away yearly? This
mode of advertising would prove ruinous if
the Balsam was not a perfect cure for Coughs
and all T.roat and Lung troubles. You will
see the excellent effect after taking the
first dose. Don't hesitatei Procure a bottle
to-day and keep in your home or room for
immediate or future use. Trial bottle free
at all druggists. Large size SOC. and 81.
A Harper County, Kansas, man makes
from $50 to $50 carload on watermelons
and is shipping sixty cars per day.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-18

FgCEC{5tMp NEW LAW. $4,000 soldiers, widows
HkHGis3kO and relatives entitled. Apply at
1 once. Blanks and instructions free. SSUkt5
& CO., Attys, Washington, d. c.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-02-07
Costly Cups.

what delicious water! It's the sweet
est water / ever tasted. / declare, I shall
come up here for a drink every day dur
ing my vacation" The young man who
spoke had come from San Francisco to
the Sierras for a fortnight. He had been
drinking from a mountain spring among
the red woods, a mile from the cabin
where he was camping. He had knelt
or the ground and his mouth had been
down to the water.
As he spoke, he rose, brushing the
drops from his face. His companion,
an old mountaineer, replied, "Suits your
taste, does it? Well, now, the sweetest
water / ever tasted was when I was
down to Frisco ten years ago. You know
that fountain in the square with the iron
cup chained to it? / used to go down
there every day while 1 was in the city
to take a drink from that fountain"
Reservoir water and lead pipes,,' ex-
claimed the city man, "and a public cup
rusty, tool"
The old mountaineer chuckled a mo-
ment before replying, 81 reckon you've
forgotten it cost me several days time
and $40 in carfare to git where l could
git a taste from that rusty free cup, just
the same as it cost you to git up here
and stick your nose into that spring in
the ground.
II tell you what, young mister, it's the
trouble 1t costs to git things that sweeten
J their taste, every time. '-<xs4As Qs1
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-02-07
How Hail is Formed.

A correspondent of Nature contributes
to that journal a theory of the formation
of hail, which is so short and clear that
it will interest many readers who have
at times opportunity to test its correct
ness.
Limiting our notice to such compound
hailstones as are the most destructive,
and are produced during a tornado or a
violent thunder storm, the following is,
in a few words, the theory of theirforma-
ton:
When the winds gyrate rapidly round
ali axis, more or less inclined to the
earth, the space at and about the axis is
rarefied. When air charged with vapor
is drawn into this rarefied space, it may
be condensed into cloud or rain, but at
q greater elevation into snow.
Now supposing the rain formed in the
lower region to be drawn up by the as
cending current into the snow region
and so held for a short space, the DROPS
will be frozen, and then, if prepe..,,ed be-
yond the gyrations, it Will fall to the
ground as a shower Of ordinary hail.
But if in the l.escent they are again
drawn in b the infiowing current, they
will 10 again carried up into the cold
region, and so acquire another coating
: of snow, or, if wetted in the previous
descent, the water will freeze into a coat
of transparent ice. Ip this way the
globule may make Q number of accents
and descents, and acquire a fresh coating
each time.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-02-07
Pooling q Sheep Dog.

was staying with Kentucky farmer
one night, and oon after supper he said
to his three sons:
"Well, boys, it is the right sort of a
night, and I reckon you'd better put the
wool on and lie low"
When I asked for an explanation of his
strange words he invited me to go out to
the barn, where the boys had preceded
us, and where I found each n covered
with a disguise made Of sheepskin. Each
one had a short heavy club, with a por-
ton of it ornamented with sharp spikes,
and when ready they went oyer to the
pasture, where about 100 sheep were
lying. When down on their hands and
knees and a little way off they closely
resembled oyergrown sheep. They took
different stations, and the farmer and I
sat down in a fence corne to wait.
1t was perhaps an hour before an
alarm came. Then a dog stole into the
field from the rear side and the sheep
came running toward us. Presently there
was a yelp and all grew quiet. Ten min
utes later a second dog came in, and he
was soon followed by a third. Then, as
half an hour passed without another
alarm, the three boys came over to us,
each dragging a dead dog by the tail.
"Git the spade and lets bury EN-"
said the old man. elbow many does this
make this summer Reube!'
"Twenty-six, I reckon"
"Nicest thing in the world!' continued
the father, as he rubbed his hands to-
gether. "Dog takes one of the boys for
an old wether, makes a dash at him. and
the next thing he knows his head is bust
ed. No shooting, no row to attract the
neighbors, and the man who misses his
dog can have no hard feelings. Tumble
'em in, boys, and then we'll tap that bar
rel of new cider New York Sun.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-02-07
Turn Your Clothing.

l will tell you a secret by which you
can buy first class clothes and make
them last so long that they will be
cheaper in the end than clothes at half
price. I learned it from a gentleman
who is always well dressed, and who I
thought must pay a large amount of
money for his clothes. The plan is this:
When you go to a tailor, or buy a suit of
clothes ready made, take care that both
sides of the goods are s~erviceable. Most
of the cloth made can be turned and
present entirely different patterns. At
ter YOU have worn the clothes until they
appear old, take them to your tailor, or
any other, have him rip them up, turn
them and sew them together. This can
be done at a cost for q suit of clothes of
less than S., and you will be astonished
at the handsome appearance of the
clothes. To prove this, look at the in
side of the cloth in the coat or pants you
wear. I do not care how soiled the out
side may be, the inside will seem new.
1t is on the same principle that ladies
have last seasons dresses made over.
More gentlemen than you may imagine
have their clothes turned. The great
difficulty is with the pockets in pants.
The clothes should in the first place have
the pockets on the sides and only one
back pocket.-Interview in st. Louis
Globe Democrat.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-02-07
What IN Is.

insomnia is not pain; that is, physical
pain. 1t is something in the nature of a
blank, a dead, level, sandy desert on
which there rests a dull glare. One
thinks necessarily and incoherently. An
impression inserts itself in the vagrant
thoughts to the effect: ''IfI don't sleep
soon it will be idiocy, heart disease or
death" Under the influence of this i'm
preston, the insomnia, which, at the
outset, was the symptom of some local
disorder, becomes itself q disease.
One lies with open eyes staring into
the darkness. The dire possibilities Of
the future, the interruption to business,
the ardent, intense desire to sleep, all
fit through the night, like dim and
menacing phantasms. The days are OPP
pressive. The body is weak. the brain
confused, the blood sluggish. An over
towering tendency to sleep possesses the
tired frame. He throws himself down
on a bed with the impression that he
must and will sleep for weeks; he drops
into a doze and in an instant later wakes
with a start, and then is as wide awake
as ever; if a wicked man he filings off the
covering with bitter m~aiediction, and
with tired frame and dulled soul re.
sumes his daily task.-Chicago Herald.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-02-07
The Mountain sphinx.

In Surrey county, North Carolina, there
is q remarkable natural curiosity in the
shape of a mountain resembling the fa-
nous Sphinx of Egypt in all its details.
1t lies east of the Blue Ridge mountains,
on the Piedmont plains, like a gigantic
lion, its body at right angles to the ridge
and with head reared aloft as if in the
act of rising. The head is of solid rock,
several hundred feet in height. The
shoulders and breast are finely proper
toned, and at the distance of a few
miles it looks like a thing of life and III
telligence. 1t rises about 800 feet
above the plain and can he seen for
a distance of fifty miles st. Louis Re
publican.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-02-07
About the Vikings.

Paul du Chaillu differs with many
leading historians as to the social condi-
ton of the Vikings, the direct ancestors
Of the English speaking people, whom
he believes to have been well civilized.
He insists that "the people who were
then spread over a great part of the
present Russia, who overran Germania,
who knew the art of writing, who led
their conquering hosts to Spain, into the
Mediterranean, to Italy, Sicily, Greece,
the Black Sea, Palestine, Africa, and
even crossed the broad Atlantic to Amer
lea, who were undisputed masters of the
sea for more than twelve centuries, were
not barbarians." and concludes: 'Let
those who uphold the contrary view pro-
duce evidence from archaeology of an in
digenous British or Gallo civilization
which surpasses that Of the north."-
New York Star.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-02-07
The Place OF Execution. Canton.

We pass now through a quarter given
up to the hewing out of the solid, heavy
collins used by these ~people-ftting
preparation for the place w are APP
proaching-the execution ground of the
Canton provinces, where every year some
three hundred poor wretches are released
from the misery which has been theirs
from their first imprisonment. Ground
is too valuable here to be wasted, and
when not required for its CHASTITY pur-
pose, the Enclosure is a veritable potter's
field, where the huge clay stoves and
pots, nodded in the adjoining factory.
are put out in the sun to dry. 1t is a
space open among the houses, and open
to the passing street at end, a dead
wall on the east and south, the potter's
shop filling up the long west side.
The whole ground is some forty yards
by twelve in size, and a more innocent
looking place could not be seen. Lean
xg against the wall are five o. six de-
eaying frames of deal, which the eye
just takes in, but passes over with in
difference, until it is explained that to
these are bound the miserable wretches
condemned to die by that most fiendish
of death sentences, the Ling-chi. To
these rough boards the criminal is tied,
and the callous crowd look on while the
sharp and heavy sword of the execu-
toner smites first an arm or finger, hand
or shoulder, ear or foot, until, still living
If he have strength to live-the quiv-
ering victim has sufficient wounds to
Justify a fatal blow. This death is the
portion Of PARTICLES, and of but few
others, that crime being the most helm
Gus in this nation of ancestor worshipers.
The man under ordinary sentence sim
ply kneels on the ground and stretches
his willing neckto the blow, death being
welcome after his experience of the
mercy of the law.-All the Year Round.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-02-07
An Unhappy Position.

The man who seeks wife for the pur-
pose of securing the OF living with
out working does not merit the respect
OF the meanest person that walks about
the earth. His intentions are so mani
fest that they deceive no one. He plans
his attack with the ingenuity OF d general.
Hiss an aggressive courtship, and ahyp-
ocritical II as well. He cannot afford
to let the flame flicker for a moment. He
must act the role of deception continu-
ally. If there should ever come t',e mo-
ment when a feeling of self independence
and self respect enters the young wom-
ans mind, his hopes in that instant may
be hattered beyond redemption. There
is the necessity of ever present caution
and a constant recourse to hypocrisy
Detroit Free Press.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-02-07

Modesty is a good rudder, but a bad
engine.
Lickin' may teach a boy to dance, but
not to do sums.
You may get learnin' at school, but
sense comes nat'ral or not at all.
You just bring a couple of little quar-
rels into your family an they'll breed
like sparrows.
Don't go back on your friends when
you're in luck, nor give away your UNI
berel Just because the sun shines.
You can't always judge a man by the
blood he's got. Corn bread an whisky
come from the same family.
A runaway horse is worse'n a run
away wife, because it sometimes takes
you with it.
Sometimes wen a man seems to be
liavin' the worst luck he's only getting
ready to come out, like a log from a
saw mill, worth double price.
Don't send a fox to tend geese or q cat
to skim milk unless they have a good
reputation for honesty. Remember this
Wen you put your money in the bank
Detroit Free Press.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-02-07
Wouldn't Need Protection.

Not long ago Fish Commissioner Bart
lett, of Quincy, was back in the Illinois
river country with a fishing party of
whom ex-Congressman Anderson was
n The ex-congressman is an amateur
with the rod and line, but attributed his
poor catches to various things, and on
this occasion blamed the fish commits
sionerfor not keeping the waters stocked.
You don't protect the fish, he said.
Your office is a sinecure."
at would be if everybody ished like
you," said the commissioner. ''They
wouldn't need any protection them
st. Louis Republic.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-02-07
IrN SIZE AND SUBJECT.

The painting is but 2l13x251a inches in size.
But art is not measured by inches. Here Is Il
brief description of the picture: Z
1t represents IL young man and Il maiden
pausing from their work in the field to listen
to the tolling of the "Angelus,'' themselves
joining in evening prayer. The sun has al
ready sunk below the horizon. The sky is
still luminous with the VAIN golden light
surrounding fields. The young couple have
been busy harvesting the potato crop. They
stand quietly in the foreground, their figures
clearly cut against the vivid background.
Their attitudes Express the deyout religious
sentiments of rustic piety. Both send in
silence IL feeling prayer to their Maker, while
the bells are ringing the "Angeius" 1.-The even
ing prayerl in the beliry of the quaint little
village church. which is seen far away on the
horizon, clearly defined against the golden
sky.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-02-07
lNFATuATloN.

Near to thee, near to thee, oft, in my roaming.
Missing thee ever. like willo-the-wisp,
Still I! have followed through light ami through
cleaning,
Knew | was near to thee,
Felt / was dear to thee,
Dreamed that you called and ! said II am com
ing"
Dreamed I was held in your arms to be kissed;
Followed thee. ~wistfully, year after year.
Loved thee, and missed thee. and longed for thee,
dear
Lost to me, lost to me. ever and ever,
Must / resign thee, oh, king of my heart?
To find thee, and bind thee, never, oh, never
Tt hold thee as lost to me.
Whate'er the cost to me,
Severed forever. vain every endeavor,
Always to know we are always apart.
To know that the space that divides from your
face
Can never be travefsed, whatever the pace.
BEST to me, blest to me, over and over,
Was thy essence of presence near or afar;
Friend OF my soul and closer than lover.
More than confessed to ma
Thou vert a rest to me.
AL that thou vert to me slow to discover-
Grand as a king and calm as a star;
Enthroned in my heart and set high in my sky
Still loyal to thee / will live and will die.
Pity me, pity me, fruitlessiy seeking.
Tireless as hopeless and eagec as vain;
With soul that Is 4 faint and heart that is break.
ing,
Still | will cry to thee,
Strive to get nigh to thee,
List, as for life, for the sound Of thy speaking.
Hark to thy silence with exquisite pain.
And still, If thou beckon, my star and my king.
l have no choice but thy following.
Over the river that bounds thee forever,
Through infinite grace Thy soul l will trace;
Resisting, persisting, but faltering never.
Down may flights to thee.
Up hazy heights to thee,
Rewarded at last my untiring endeavor,
count it great joy if discerning thy face,
And near or afar, wherever you are,
You still are enthroned my king and my star.
Ruth G. D. Ravens in Washington Post,
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-02-07
Ask Your Friend. AboutI,.

Your distressing cough can be cured.
We know it because Kemp's Balsam with.
in the past few years has cured so many
coughs and colds in this community. Its
remarkable sale has been won entirely ty
it's genuine merit. Ask some friend who
has used it what he thinks of Kemp's Bal
sam. There is no medicine so pure, none
50 effective. Large bottles soc and $i.0O
at all druggists. sample bottle free.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-02-07
All the World Within Earshot.

1t is computed that all the people now
living in the world, or about 1,400, 000,-
900, could find standing room within the
limits of a field ten miles square q. e. an
area OF 100 square miles,, and by the aid
of a telephone could be addressed by
a LA TL snaalar.--Naw Work .Jo,rna1
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-02-07
WONDERFULLY TRUTHFUL COPY

OF the original, Just II trifie smaller-l7x2GI1
inches in size.
The tab,eau presented in this great painting,
as says the New York Herald, us in no wise
beautiful except by color sentiment" And
the New York Church man: THE ever deep
ening charm of The Angelus is that it is mex
hausiibly charged with praise, faith and aspir-
ation." says the New York Sun. Those
whom IT pltases at first sight Will like it bet
Ter rs they know it more
But while, as says the Chicago Her0td, "the
charm OF The Angelus lies too deep for criti-
cism, in the moral and religious sympathies
1t inspires, yet, without the great genius dis
PLAYED by MiiIet in the color work of the
painting it would be deprived of The great in
nuence it imparts upon all who attentiyely
examineit. The perfection of art, it has been
well said, is to conceal art, and in The Angelus
the great artist has so well succeeded that
many who have gaZed upon the painting nave
imagined they could
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-02-07
The Great value or,ne Angelns.

tial to the life of this great picture, The
C~hurchman New York justly says: "Such a
picture can never lose its value"
The price paid for it by the American Art
Association at the auction rooms in Paris,
sllo,6O0, has been justified by all who have
wisely examined the great painting, while, as
says Public Opinion, 1.-THE good, sweet and
gracious influence this painting has exerted
in the world is incalcu1able.' so great was
the influence of his picture on the Parisians,
that those present at the auction sale burst
into tears when they saw that the American
bidders would probably remove it from France
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-02-07

Mr.. Lyngger-Yes Miss Dorothy, your
father likes Inc. Said to me today that
! was a young man of "go.'
Dorothy (demurelyEBGt-don't you
think papa is-in error? 1t is past eleven
now.-Pittsburg Bulletin.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-02-07
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TIME ESTEY ORGAN COMPANY have fur
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remember what II means. 1t means that the
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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-02-07
Hear The Church Bells Ringing

III The distance. In this the copies in black
and White ON the market-eheap Autographs
etchings, or OVERWHELMINGLY fail as sub
stitutes for the natural color work of the
famous picture, and, therefore,, can give but q
VIEW weak and unsatisfactory idea eft the
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