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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-03
The Alcohol Test.

Miss Julia Colman, corresponding Sec
rotary of the Womans Christian Temper
ance Union, demonstrated by means of
test tnbe last evening before an audience
composed OF members of the union, that
alcohol does exist elscw here than in liquors
sold over mahogany bars. Miss Colman's
audience had gathered in the Pilgrims
Congregational Church, l2ist street and
Madison avenue, the occasion being the
quarterly convention of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union
Hiss Coman's first experience was with
some so-called uniermcnted wine, just
purchased at drug store, which she said
she is accustomed to pass frequently. Miss
Colman poured about two teaspoonfuls of
it into small test tube and put the tube
over a lamp. Then she explained that
whether the liquid burned or not, she
knew there was alcohol in it because the
cork had popped like the cork of a cham
payne bottle when she had removed it on
taking it home. When the liquid began
to boil Miss Gclman applied a lighted
match to the vapor, and small blue flame
could be distinctly seen.
There you have it" she said, "real
blue blazes."
Miss Colman strongly condemned the
use of medicines containing alcohol, and
repeated her experience with Jamaica GIN
ger. with witch hazel paregoric, and
|
tanned alcohol. In connection with the
test with paregoric Miss Colman said
"Many a mother who has wondered why
her baby has went astray has little thought
that his appetite for liquors might have
been created by such medicines as this in
his infancy. For my part | am afraid of
all patent medicines
The speaker then turned her attention to
havors She touched match to a saucer
| full of essence of lemon and is burned up
| bright and long. Il once heard OF re-
| formed man. she said, "who used to
taste the flavors that his wife kept in the
house. He was noble, kind-h hearted
man, but he fell IL his wife had not kept
favors in the house her husband might
not have fallen, and il we keep flayors ont
of our houses we shall not place this
temptation in anybody's way.
Il do not say that we should not use
| perfumery, but alcohol is one of the in
gradients of perfumery, and for one had
rather preserve nay senses to detect aleo-
hol in medicines and other things that |
might have occasion to use, if knew they
contained no alcohol. ~. Y. Sun, Sept.
| or
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-03

Superintendent -. L. Liebhardt of the
Postoflice Dead Letter Department has is
sued a circular from Washington in which
he states that over C, 000, 600 pieces Of mail
matter reach the dead letter Office year
~, because of incorrect, illegble or def
cient address, insufficient postage or in
secure inelosing-a daily average Of over
90, 600 pieces. y large proportion of the
matter sent to the dead letter office fails to
be restored to senders because of the alb
serce OF wrappers and Enclosures Of any
thing to Indicate ownership thereof. OF
the letters which reach the dead letter Of
flee AZ, 900 were sent 10 fictitious addresses
and were principally correspondence relat-
ing to green goods OF ''sawdust' swim
dies. Many of these contained money
with orders for the purchase OF the fraud.
alent goods. Twenty eight thousand let
tefs contained money amounting in all to
| SIS, 642, and i 900 others contained postal
notes aggregating s.. 800, and checks,
drafts, notes, etc, representing nearly 81
800 GOO were received.
| The remedy, Superintendent Leibhardt
says, lies with the senders, and lie makes
the following Suggestions: Mail matter
should be plainly and correctly addressed:
the name of the post office to which it is
| TO be sent slould be clearly and distinctly
| stated, aud the name of the State should
be given in full; street and house numbers
should De given in every case where it is
| possible to do SO, and where it is known
the place of employment Of person as well
as his residence should be given. Letters
addressed to persons temporarily sojourn-
/ ing in city where the letter carrier Sys-
tenn IS in operation should be marked
transient, and the name and address Of
the sender written or printed on the rap
per.
In mailing packages to foreign countries
Supe rintendcnt EcibhaTdt recommends the
senders to consult their postmastcrs who
are enabled to give proper Information re-
spcetng conditions, etc, of mailing to
foreign countries. He further recommends
| that hotel proprietors should omit the re-
turn request from envelopes Supplied to
guests.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-03

| Some Que last week sent us copy OF the
Vine and Spirit Gasett6, a semi-montbly
publication printed at New York City and
credited as being tue official organ OF the
| wholesale liquor dealers association. After
a somewhat critical examination of the
! Gazette and its contents, We should vote
| it very excellent paper-to burn, and
poor, very perncious paper, even, for
general circulation.
Like the liquor dealers themselves the
paper has no field and seeks to benefit no
one but members of their own craft. 1t
hasn any plan for the bettering of society
and the uplifting of man. Not a word OF
encouragement and advice to the young
men of the country as to the future. Moth
ing to improve home and the home asso
citation. Not a line in support OF the
church or the established schools Of the
country, but ali on the dfeary dead level
line of how to sell lum, how to sell more
rum. how to sell without breaking the
law, or if breaking tine law how to avoid
its penalties What the output for the
lianor business here amp there how dis.
tileries are run and TO be run; how this
aud that line of legislation will affect
''our" trade, and SO Oh nd iafnitam No
heming and haNi ing about the Gazette.
No beating the bush, no shilly-slally
mouthing but it goes right to tho spot
and talks rum.
One good thing, however the Gasehe
contains that We want especially to com
mend and hat is an article in dennnciation
of the Rey W Il. Covet, of WestmorIand
county, Pa, who, at the Prohibition State
Convention at Harrisburg, told how he
forged the name of Mr.. Ross To a letter
W hich he sent to Chairman Quay. asking
him how he, (Ross), as a liquor dealer, !
should vote The Prohibition party has
no use for such methods as those practced
by Mr. Covet and the Gazette is in very
good company in roundly condcmnng the
little piece of DISSEMINATION practieed by
Covet Outside Of that the contents of
the paper is whisky rot of the rottencst
kiud
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-03

The Nenark Mems makes the follow ing
comments on Mr.. Beidgman's remarks be-
fore the State Tax Commission in Salem
last week:
A Woodsto~n clergyman, Rev Chester
Bridgman, at Salem ol Tuesday, pre-
scented to the counsel of the State Tax
Commission vigorous and timely protest
against the law which virtually prohibits
many honest people having money loaned
ont in other States from living in New
Jersey. His appeal was for relief from the
system of double taxation under which
mortgages and securities for loans made
outside Of the State by residents here arc
taxed even when directly or Indirectly
such loans arc taxed in the States where
they are made. The preacher said that
such taxation was unconstitutional, unjust
and unealled Cor; that it bore with partc-
ula" hardship upon women depending for
support upon the proceeds Of such invest
ments, aud that it was calculated TO drive
people having money So placed out of the
State and to prevent others from coming
here. lie might have added with truth
that such system Of taxation in practical
operation imposes in many eases a penalty
upon honesty and truthfulness and hand
somely rewards perjury.
In few States is such system If taxa.
ton practised. In Pennsylvania, where
the tax laws are undoubtedly efficient and
in the main equitable, Investments OF this
kind pay State tax of three mills on the
dollar, rate fair at once to the investor
and the community. In this State, in the
cities and towns in which high rate OF
taxation prevails, newcomer from anoth-
er State deriving his revenue from invest
ments in mortgages on property taxed in
other States, finds himself confrontcd With
the alternative of committing perjury in
his statements TO tho taxing authorities or
conserving to the e0nliseation by the state
of one-half or one third of his income.
Instances in which such laws have repell-
ed intending settlers in the State and com
PEELED them to remain away have Dme ind
the observation Of almost every one.
Along with the converse legislation I'M
der which the tax shirkers of Newark and
the whole State are enabled to dodge their
taxes by swearing to bogus Indebtedness,
should go this law, so oppressive to hon
est, conscientious men and women, SO
easily evaded by sharper tricksters.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-03

A late writer and one competent TO
speak on the matter of newspaper train
ing, says:
believe l have done everything which
an editor or publisher ever has to do, from
directing wrappers up to writing the bog
raphy of president within an hour alter
his death. This means, If the training be
continued through many years oflife, and
if one be under good chief, that one
gains. of necessity, the ready use, at least,
Of his own language. We newspaper men
may write English very ill, bit We write
easily and quickly So that to rs, who
have been in this business, there is some
thing amazing to hear clergyman say
that be occupied week in composing a
sermon, which was, at the outside, thirty
five hundred words ia length. One can
understand absolute inability to do it at all;
but no newspaper man understands how
man. who can do it, can spend thirty-siX
hours in doing it.
If you have to send copy" up stairs,
hour after hour, with 4 boy taking the
slips frem you, one by one, as they are
written. aud you know that you are never
to see W hat you write until you read 1t the
next day in tie paper, your copy will be
puncluated carefully, " ritten carefully, and
it will be easily read. That is one thing.
Another thing goes with it, 1on will
form the habit of determining what you
mean to say before you say it, how far
yon want to CO. ard where yon want
to stop And this will bring you to valu-
able habit OF ife-to stand by what has
been decided Napoleon gave the same
ad vice when he said, ''lfyon set out to
take Vienna take Jenna.
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zz]icn.

CURRtDEN.-In Pennsgrovc, September
18th, ls90 Charles Curliden, aged q years.
DENNY.-ln Pcnngrove. September Goth,
Fannie NJ j., wife OF W II. II. Denny aged 81
years
ING-Drowned at BrdntIcy, Texas
May lsth George W. Harding, aged - years.
SPRINGER - In pennsgrove Sept 18th,
Martina W springer, aged SO years.
MONCHEF-In Pittsgrove, Sept I'D, Henry
G., son of VIM. l.. ana Susan Moncref, aged .
months.
I.EWALLEN-In Decrfeld, Sept I'D, John
). Lewallcn, IN the I'D year OF his age.
BURT-At Wing Lane, Sept l7ih, John Burt,
aged ~ years.
DARE-At Monrocville, Sept ?3d, Isaiah A.
Dare, aged Il years.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-03

Somebody's got to chaw crow, certain.
Vice President Morton / o longer sells or
has sold at the Shoreham liquor at retail
and the buyer has either got TO lug of a
whole bottle full at the time or 60 away
thirsty An exchange says:
The bibulously inclined " ho may stop
at the Shoreham must now either go dry
or buy bottle. Vice President Morton
came to the city last week and stopped at
his own hotel Immediately the sale of
intoxicants at retail was stopped, and now
the Shoreham is the largest aud finest
strictly mperance hotel in the city The
'grillroom" and cafe no more echo back
from their oaken walls the pop Of liberated
champagne corks and the gurgle of strong
liquor, poured from fat black bottles into
fragile glasses is stilled.
Manager Keenan, says That Mr.. Morton
never for an instant" supposed that he
was selling liquors or wines at retail. and
his present visit, which began last week,
he pat stop TO it all. No longer is wine
served on the small tables in the dining
room at table d'hote dinners, and when
people dine or sup in the cafe and orilroom
they cannot drink. Guests at the hotel
can no longer even have drinks sent mp to
their rooms from the bar, unless they
Mr.. Morton is determined that there shall
be nothing that savors of retail liquor
selling about his hotel.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-03
what An OId Rarteu,,er SAWS

"Do you know" said an old bartender,
recently, '.that every time | sell a man a
drink | feel like criminal? | have been
doing it for twenty years, and have never
known the taste of liquor in my life. But
have seen men drink it to their ruin and
never one to his good 1t actually makes
me angry to see men stand up to the bar
and drink liquor. | have often been
thought surly, but it was not snrliness, it
was anger that made me seem so. You
cannot get brutes to touch the stuff, and
they show they are a good deal smarter
than men. | am not a Prohibtionist and
would not vote that ticket under any cir
cumstances, because know enough about
the business to know that an attempt to
enforce such law simply means that You
make liars and sneaks out of all drinking
men. But | know that drinking does no
man good, and the man is q fool who says
that a drink when he is feeling badly is
just what he wants. I've seen those men
turn drunkards. You may think that
mine are peculiar views for barkeeper
No doubt they are; but | have had long
experience, and tell you the opium eater
has stronger arguments in favor of his
drug than the whiskey drinker has for his
whisky. Why don't get out of the bust
other, and | am too old now to learn"
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eflarried.

ASTLE EFT = At the residence of the
brides parents, sept. 18th, by the Rev. Il. e..
Suniicld, Mr.. Henry +. Astle, of Union rove,
and NJ ISIS Nina l.. Eft OF Olivet.
81 NJ ERlLL--SIMPERS At North East,
Md sept. 18th, by Rev. Thomas e. Terry, as
sisted by Rev. j. k. Quigg. oseph }. sum
merrill, ESD, of Woodbury., and Miss Altha
May, only daughter of Charles " Shippers, of
North East, Md.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES sept. 10Th Mt the
residence OF The brides father in bridgeport,
lay Rev. }. Ward Clark, Mr. Clarence j. Hen
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-03

Should the puglists and song and dance
men on the Republican side of the House
of Representatives form combination
with the Democratic hIgh-kiekers and
make an exhibition tour Of the country it
is safe to predict an unprecedentedly large
business for the show.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-03

If it took New York five years to adopt
a design-the ugliest ever seen-iOr the
Grant monument, how long will it take to
build the monument? Serd answer to the
monument committee.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-03

A strange phase in the ever changing
wants of people is to be found just now
in the hankerng of the French Canadians
to jump from the English frying pan of
home rule in Canada to the hot fire of
Reed despotism in this country. Better
wait awhile.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-03

A letter has been received at the State
w. C. T. U. headquarters, Kansas, threat
ening the lives of the leaders of the organ
ization. and saying that 500 men have
banded themselves together to forever
stop the work of the society and see that
the State is relieved from its influence.
1t further says that any church, hall or
public building in which the w. &. L. u.
is allowed to hold its meetings will be
blown up with dynamite.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-03

A member of the Brooklyn, n. Y,
board of education has made the wonder
full discovery that one of Longfellow' 5
poems, "Building of a Ship" is unfit to
be read by the young That fellow will
bear close watching The idea that a man
who lived as pure life as Longfellow did
could write anything immoral is simply
ridicnlous.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-03

The $25, 900, 900 River and iIarbor bill
will doubtless enable many og-rolling
statesmen to successfully sail over the
shoals and pillows OF popular criticism and
get back into the peaceful harbor Of office
holding A liberal appropriation is won
derful lubricant in some localities, We
might almost say in all localities.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-03

The honorary members of many Y. w.
c. L. Unions seem to be protesting vgor-
ously against not being allowed equal suf-
frage privileges with the young ladies. In
reply to one OF these letters The Oak and
10y Leaf APPLY says:
"The position of the honoraries in the
!. w. G. 7. L. is very analogous to that
Of the auxiliary members OF the Y. NJ G..
A. These young lady members have none
of the voting privileges of that association,
but their Importance as auxiliaries cannot
be questioned If our honoraries some
times smile at the errands asked of them
carrying chairs, hanging decorations driv-
ing carriages, etc, is it not the same kind
of an auxiliary business that young
ladies all over this country are doing for
this association Of Christian men, baking
cakes, making lemonade, serving refresh
ments and receiving guests? With fidel-
ity and patience almost phenomenal, they
ale performing these duties, and we have
yet to hear of them asking equal suffrage
in the Y. NJ. G. A."
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-03

Politicians sometimes utter great truths
in the midst of the most partisan speeches.
For instance, Speaker Reed, in an address
to the Republican League of Pennsy Iva
MIA the other day at Philadelphia, said ::
''But friends, the greatest thing in this
world is the people. They make and nm
make parties; they create history they
govern and move, aud the people Of the
United States are alone responsible for
this government. and it is their business
to know and act up TO the responsibility. >"
1t would be well if this little paragraph
were printed in plain letters aud pasted in
the hat Of every voter in the United States
There arc entirely too many men who
seemingly forget that this is government
''of the people, Big the people, and for the
people, and they should be occasionally
reminded of it.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-03

The two weeks deadlock in the House
OF Representatives is another argument III
favor of having contested election cases
decided by non partisan judicial tribunal.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-03

AS between the Standard and Sunbeam
it's a regular 'Simon Peters wife lay sick
of fever" pow-wow, and the old woman
isn't dead yet.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-03

W hen the CAREFUL student of history
comes to judge between ISLAM bang"
Reed and bang thunder" Kilgore, he will
need struck jury to help him decide.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-03

If ynn have little boy in his first boys suit,
take him over to Oui new store under the
Opera House and get him pair of our boys
Continental boots, with fancy red tops ana
gilt mouldingS. They will build him mn
greatly in his own ana in your opinion
h. H. Humphreys.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-03

The cheering intelligence reaches as by
mail that the baseball fever is on the
wane. In tins ease the wane is 10 be
nitied
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-03

In recent number of the century JOS
eph Jefferson tells IA pathetic story Of meet
ing in the wilds of Australia a shepherd
who had once been man of rank aud posi-
ton in London He had become Il drunk
ard, and after trying every means Of reform
had at last fled to Australia and buried
himself in the bush, alone but for dog
that. bore him company; he would not tempt
him to drink. For years he had remained
there solitary, not seeing the face of hui
man being for months at a time. But he
conquered the habit which was making
beast Of him.
onting hannels are all The 20 for ladies' and
III
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-03

Peter Jacobs, the last Of his elan, the
noor follow Who recently sped to his 'hap-
It, .,r,,n..t.,, and oe whom, the
Ply hunting 'o''''@ - " -.
MONITOR made Dtiei neh''oii a II" "'ohS
since, is THIS done for in the Philadelphia
Eneaiag T6leqyaph:
pa..g taoahs - ono tin,o n,ohahlv the
ha.t h. Gnn "o InGisr on the continent who
~ .s,.,,i., p,,,a ont as har, at
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-03

A word with the managers of the
Worlds Fair-kecp politics out OF your
exhibition, or you will have no exhibition.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-03
Special Notice.

DRICE LIST OF GROCERIES AT HUM
Orleans nloasses, l0cts, best, 50ctS; best Oene
soap, sets; pure pepper, lseis pound, bets
quarter pure ginger, lets pound, lets quar-
paper, papers, 25ets 3 papers, lScts; corn
starch, Gets pound; best laundry starch, Bib
cartons, lScis; Alb package Gold Dust, The new
Washing powder, 20ets; Bankers horse and cat
tie powder l0cts; good black tea, 29cts, try il;
sugar, 6 and Gl9cts; coffee, % and 2Scts. Come
and see how much dollar will buy you.
+. b. HU MPHREYS & co.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-03

The first session of the Fifty first Con-
grcss ended ON Wednesday evening a
concurrent resolution for adjournment at
that hour having been agreed to by both
Houses. During the closing hours the
Tariff bill, signed by the Speaker and the
Vice President, was sent to the President
and approved by him. It is, therefore
now 4 law
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w, C. T.U. DEPARTMENT.
rieaIth talk

Intestinal parasites, caused by impure
drinking water. was the topic Of the
Health Talk on Monday evening by DR.. a.
Victoria Scott, of the National Woman's
Health Association in Philada. The Doctor
said of the twenty one different parasites
found in the intestinal canal. only eight
are peculiar to man. and of those only
three, the tape worm, round worm and pin
worm, are common.
The first-named as had been told in
previous lecture. had its origin in nncook-
ed meat, whereas the presence Of the lat
ter in the system is due entirely to the use
of the water containing them. Epldemics
of the round worm have been traced to
drinking water in which sewage flowed.
The round worm, the doctor said, is
most frequently found in children, and the
pin worm in adults 1t is only of late that
an attempt was made to clear up the
mystery surrounding the origin of the pin
worm. 1t was formerly thought that they
were the result of an enfeebled physical
condition, but it is now known that they
are swallowed in the egg, and the en-
feebled condition results from their
presence.
The eggs are indestructibe by natural
forces, as frost, air, sunlight, but are de-
stroyed by boiling. Country residents are
oftener affected than are townspeople, for
their greater opportunity for drinking from
ally the sewers of their vicinity.
Salads, and particularly watercress
growing by tho sides of infected brooks,
the Doctor said become covered with this
ova, and this, if eaten without being per-
fectly cleansed, carries the parasite into
the system. 81 also apples or other frnit
that has fallen into infected water.