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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-11-07
TapDed a Volcano.

Intelligence has just reached here of a
remarkable phenomenon five miles west
of Goodland, [. T., and about thirty
miles northwest of this city. Some time
since a white man named Charlie Good
ing employed an Irishman named Mike
Duhaney to dig a well on his place, \
depth of sixty feet was reached at
noon. After noon Duhaney started
to go down to resume work. When
about twenty feet below the surface he
screamed TO his assistants above to haul
him out quick, as he was burning up.
He was pulled up in an unconscious con-
dition, and it was two hours before he
revived.
The poor fellow was literally blistered.
A coat which had been thrown across
the windlass was scorched till it crum-
bled to pieces. The rope was also burned
until it fell apart. People of the neigh
borhood are much puzzled over this
freak of nature, and many are greatly
alarmed. Others take a more hopeful
view, and believe that it is natural gas.
No scientific investigation has been
made, but it looks as if the internal fires
of the earth are about to find an outlet
at that point in a geyser or volcano
Paris Tex Cor. New Orleans Times
Damocrat
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-11-07
was Originally Kansas.


In 1928 the commander of the ter,
ritory ii which was included what i:
now Kansas, claimed by France, erected
a fort a the mouth of Usage in the
hope Of preventing any further incur
sions by the Spaniards into the region
beyond the Missouri. It was called Fort
Orleans. and was built after the an.
Inhalation Of u colony of Spaniards from
Santa Fe (by the Kansas Indians, who
had attempted a settlement in ON por-
ton of what's now the state OF Missouri,
near the mouth of the Usage, probably.
OF the 500 that left Santa Fe with hope
full hearts not one was left to tell the
story Of the massacre.
The territory now called Kansas, or at
least that portion Of it that borders on
Kayv, was occupied by the Kauzas In
dians. and kansas is a corruption Of
that primitive name, happily, too, for
the original is harsh and lacks the Gu
phony Of the modern form. 1t is alleged
that the name was diverted from the
original through the mistake Of Il proof
reader, who, revising the very early
work of some missionary, mistook the
''u" for IN inverted m" and SO ''cor-
rected" it, and to that blunder w arc
indebted for the name Of Kansas. The
Kansas Indians are called the Kaws, a
diminutive of Kansas or kauzas. |
have seen the word spelled in old books
Kauza and Kausa, but the z is probably
the correct tter.-Kansas City Star.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-11-07

DR.. William Thompson, of Fourth
avenue, is q hay fever victim, and suffers
terribly about this season every year.
Before the 10th Of August in each year
he lays in five or six dollars worth Of
medicine. The fever was two or three
days late this year, but after calling on
Frank Calhoun TO exchange notes, and
hearing him sneeze, DR.. Thompson be-
gan also. He has invented a device
which he thinks will eventually save
him the yearly infiction, but he didn't
have it perfected in time for this season.
1t is a padded steel spring, or clamp,
which, fastened on the nose, prevents
the entrance of the pollen of the rag weed
bloom.
The doctor caught this idea from wit
Messing prize fighters whose noses were
like those of the heather gods the psalm
list talks of-they smelled noticing
rendered useless in the business prose
cuted by the pugs. The doctor thought
that if a prize fighter could breathe per-
manently through his mouth there was
no reason why he couldn't during the
short time Of the reign of hay fever.
Hence the MISUNDERSTANDING Dis
patch.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-11-07
ENGLAND to Tale q censua.

The bills for taking the census next
year have been published. For the most
part the arrangements are much the
same as they were nine years ago. Tbs
census day is fixed FOR Sunday, the 9th
of April. The particulars to be asked
for in England and Wales are the name,
sex, age, profession or occupation, condl.
ton as 20 marriage, relation to head 1
family and birthplace of every person
who abode in any house on the night OF
the census day, showing also whether
any such person was blind or deaf and
dumb or imbecile or lunatic. The only
new question to be put is one recon-
mended by the ensus committee-name-
ly, where the occupier is in occupation
of less than five rooms, as TO the number
of rooms occupied by him.
One particular that was asked for at
the last census and is now omitted, in
accordance with the committees recon-
mendation. is the crank" of each person.
In Scotland the matters to be inquired
into are the same as those in England,
except that the new n does not relate
to the number of rooms occupied, but Is
whether any person speaks Gaelic only
or both Gaelic and English. Neither in
England, nor in Scotland, nor in Wales,
it will be observed, is any question to be
put as to religion. In Ireland, however,
the religious profession" of each person
is, as before, to be asked for.
The other information to be obtained
in Ireland includes the sex, age, birth
place and occupation. However, there
is a provision in the Irish bill that the
constabulary are also to take an account
of all such further particulars as by the
instructions of the lord lieutenant's chief
or under secretary they may be directed
to inquire into.-London Times.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-11-07

One Of the most peculiar and most
valuable trees in Florida is the cabbage
tree. The tree, in fact, belongs to tho
palmetto family. It grows TO a height
varying from twenty to forty feet, and
there is scarcely an inch difference in the
diameter from the roots up to the leaves,
The leaves or bayonets all CROWN aclus-
ter at the top. The wood is very porous
and extremely light; it resembles cork.
It's value lies in the fact that it is utter
II impervious to the rayages of salt
water and barnacles, which quickly de-
stroy all other natural woods. Hence
the cabbage tree ismuch sought after for
posts and piles for building bridges and
wharyes in salt water. Pine piles that
are used in building through salt water
have to be ~creosoted in order to preserve
them any length of time, and the process
is a very expensive one, but the cabbage
wood needs nc application of any sort
Exchange.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-11-07

A special six inch gun has just been
made at the naval ordnance foundry at
Washington. and the ordnance officers
are tickled half to death oven the fact
that it has been constructed in ffty-two
days.
1t is a small gun, as guns go nova
days, and it wouldn't be worth much
for defense against a first rate power.
But if such a power should attack Is it
would take at least ffty-two days to
make another one like il.
And in fifty-two days from the deelara-
ton of war a foreign feet would have
bombarded New York and Boston and
Baltimore and Charleston, and sailed
away again. In these days nations don't
wait a year after declaring wa before
beginning to fight.
The obvious moral is that we must
prepare for contingencies while there is
time and opportunity.-Norwich Bulle-
HD
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-11-07

1o1v Ine pune a useful utensll and TO
receive a reasonable remuneration.
His production was scorned and ridi-
called by the proprietors, and they re-
fused to have anything to do with it.
Unwilling to be thwartedin what looked
to him to be a reasonable and sensible
project, he proposed leaving them to be
sold on commission, and was told that he
could leave one or two If he would pay
storage on them. From necessity he
took them back to Hopkinton. The first
one he made was laid away fer a curios-
ity. 1t has since been given to the An
tiquarian society, and now finds home
in that valuable collection. Soon after
Mr.. Knowlton's defeat Mr.. Amos Kelley
began pressing them into the required
shape, and By slow degrees they found
favor before the public. Today no New
England homestead is without one No
patent has ever been applied for SO far
as is known.-Concord On. H. People
and Patriot.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-11-07
Egectrieity-in street Carr.

Two young electricians were disputing
as they rode on an Albany motor car the
other day as to whether they We're in an
electric field or not. One strenuously
insisted that no electric current passed
through the car, and urged that all the
fluid went underneath the floor. 81
viii prove it otherwise" replied the
other, as be drew a bunch Of keys from
his pocket. Tossing his keys on the floor
he nodded to his friend to PICK them up.
He did so, but found a perceptible resist
ance. Another part Of the floor was
tried, and it was clearly shown that a
strong electric current was passing
through the floor. "Een,. he remarked
as he handed the keys back to his friend
and removed his watch to his upper
pocket and btttoned his coat, Il believe
it now. Albany Argus.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-11-07

An odd result Of rivalry between two
tiger snakes IS recorded by d. lie Souef,
assistant director Of the Melbourne Zoo
logical gardens. One of the snakes was
large. the other small. Not long ago
both happened to fasten on the same
mouse, at each end. Neither would
give way, and the larger snake not only
swallowed hemouse, but also the small
er snake. Il about ten minutes nothing
was seen Of the smaller snake but about
two inches OF its tail, and that disap,
peared next day"
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-11-07

And the Go Abroad club-where are
they! Some Of them are scattered in
foreign countries; some are yet upon the
sea. Only this week two of our young
women-one a successful lecturer, the
other a popular teacher-made a sudden
decision to go to Amsterdam. Monday
evening Miss w, sitting on the porch, is
seized with an idea.
"Instead of going to Chautauqua | be-
lieve l will go TO Amsterdam" she an
nounces 10 a family, long since callous
to surprises. DO you think 1 might sail
Wednesday? No? Saturday? Well,
perhaps Saturday will be better"
Miss R. drops in on Tuesday.
Il wish you could go with me-" Miss
W. says to her.
Miss II. thinks the matter over and
engages passage. And thus it happened
that the steamship Rotterdam, which
sailed last week, carried as passengers
two Of Buffalo's best.-Bufalo Courier.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-11-07
Almost as Big as a Bird.

A few days ago a horse standing in
front Of Peters feed store, on Central
avenue, pranced about and then fell
down. Men who hurried to the animal
discovered that q horsefy was sinking
his proboscis into the animals hide.
They brushed the fly off, and, bottling
him, sent the bottle to Professor Lint
ner. He now forms one Of the profess
sors notable specimens. The fly meas
ures p inches spread of wings, and is the
largest horsefy that DR.. Lintner ever
>3w.-Albany Journal.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-11-07
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ASK Your Friends About IL.

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. It's
remarkable sale has been won entirely by
lis genuine merit. Ask some friend who
i.as used it what he thinks of Kemp's Bal
sam. There is no medicine SO pure, none
so effective Large bottles sec and 81 at
all druggists.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-11-07

y man and his wife walked into Pier
sons hardware store the other day and
asked to look at some nippers or pliers.
y pair was shown him, whereupon he
calmly affixed them to Il Of his teeth,
pulled the molar from his jaw, laid it
with the nippers on the counter and
asked the bill.-Pittsfeld Cor. Spring
field Republican.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-11-07

I'm sorry I shall be away so long,
Miss Janet. You don't know how Ihate
to say good-by to you, but suppose the
best of friends must part, you know"
"Oh, yes, and what's the Use Of people
who are nothing to each other growing
sad over separation? That's the way ]
look at it. '-Chatter.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-11-07
How He Hammered to Fail.

Senator Stanford made his first dol
lar by selling horseradish," remarked
Snively.
"That accounts for my poverty" added
Snodgrass. Il don't know horseradish
when I see it. Judge.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-11-07

Igle meanest woman IN Cneisea mas
been found. She engaged a poor wash
woma at fifteen cents an hour, and dur
ing the job set the clock back an hour.
The trick was discovered, and the mean
woman's husband paid the proper
amount, declaring that he had been
known rs a mean man himself, but this
beat any Of his performances.-Chelsea
Mass Record.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-11-07

wcai1 You are you can eat anything you wish
ana mt the same timebe cured. ou viii never
regret trying il. 50c. IL box At +. u. Humph-
reys s. Co. or by mail. J r. TkuiTT, Manu-
i-ctarr. bridgeport, Nj. sept2s-ly
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-11-07

A fire ball, blue and white, fell in
Brooklyn, Conn, during a recent thun-
der storm. One account says it seemed
to come straight down from the sky, and
hit the carriage in which Mr.. and Mrs.
Sperry and children We're driving. AL
were hurled out Of the vehicle. Mr..
Sperry was badly burned and his wife
and two children were paralyzed.
Neither carriage nor horse vas much
injured.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-11-07
The First Cornpopper laughed At.

In the winter of 1887 Mr.. Francis P.
Knowlton, of Hopkinton, N. H, pur-
chased of Mr.. Amos Kelley a sheet of
wire netting from his mandatory on
the main road, and constructed the first
cornpopper ever made. The various
parts We're cut the required shape and
then sewed together with wire. Mr..
Knowlton then made some for Judge
Harvey and Judge Chase, which they
sent to various parts of the United States
as curiosities. Thinking that he could
see a field of usefulness for the newly
conceived article, Mr.. Knowlton made
several and took them to Concord to a
hardware etc-1. ;souin0 ~ inrroeuza he
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-11-07
10 Death.

Ninety-niue out of every hundred suffering
with Dyspepsia, virtually starve themselves
to obtain relief. and at last sink under the in
fiueuee OF general debility, when to effect a
cure should eat good solid food which, il di-
ge.fcd. produces rich blood and impafis new
life and strength TO The entire body.
TRUTHS vegetable LozcDses have prov
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-11-07

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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-05-24
A Safe Remedy.

When a person is sick they wish more
than auGht else a restoration of health.
They are willing to a even n~auseous
medicine in order to get well. With many,
however, . first consideration is whether
the medicine is perfectly safe Will it or
will it not leave any evil after-efectsl
Now, there is one remedy known to be
certainly safe. 1t is q botanical discover,
and it is called Botanic Blood Balm, or B.
b. b. It will not harm the most delicate
constitution, nor will q discontinuance
cause q craving for its further use. 1t is .
sure antidote for poison in the blood. The
blood becomes poisoned in various ways.
Constipation, urinary difficulties n other
causes of effete matter remaining in the
system will cause blood impurity, or blood
poison, as many call il. Symptoms Of blood
poison should not be neglected. B. b. b.
should be taken at once. 1t will cure
promptly, and it is not bad to take, o will
Il leave any evil after-effects.
I'D. Watkins, Blakely. Ga, writes: "Old
sores covered my entire person and itchcd
intensely night and day. For several
months / could not work at all. I com
mcnced the use of Botanic Blood Balm and
began to grow better the first week, and
am now sound and well, free from sores
and itching and at work again"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-05-24

At another time ! figured In . way
No. calculated to increase my reputation
as ! diplomat. Royal persons deem 1t
a duty to address, as far as possible,
every one in the circle. Her Royal
Highness n evening entered into con-
y~crsation with me. Among other things
she said she was very fond Of reading,
but sometimes had difficulty in getting
interesting books. With the innocent
inexperience OF an American, Ireplied:
"Why your Royal Highness' palace
Adjoins the Royal Library" had sense
enough to perceive that l had made .
mistake, but, as Macbeth says, retreat
ing is worse than going ahead. l finished
the sentence as l had first intended:
;.And there are 500. 600 volumes on its
Shelves In a German this speech
would not have been very leniently
Judged. But, with tact and grace, she
answered very kindly: THAT is true.
but We sometimes want new books"
/ think she was rather pleased with my
simplicity .-Philadelphia Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-05-24
The Beauty OF Health.

How many women with regular features
hat might be beautiful. are not. and instead
of awakening our admiration only arouse
our pity. Their hollow eyes and sunken
checks and sallow skin haunt our memory.
Alas! an invalid wife or mother or sister
fills the house with gloom and sadness, and
an otherwise happy firesidc is shadowed
with q pail OF regret. Blessed be the physi-
clan who has invented a remedy with power
20 strengthen the female organization, that
regulates the delicate functions Of feminine
life, that relieves those bearing-dowu pains,
that the appetite, that perfects di-
~yesticn, that brightens the eyes and beauti-
aes the complexion with the glow of health.
Such q remedy is DIR. Bulls Sarsaparilla
It is woman's best friend for counteracting
.hc evils that aflict her sex. Thousands OF
aides owe their beauty to q use Of this in
comparable Alternative. Demand il Of your
druggist. Take no other.-Pdrts NeRs.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-05-24

Tho Various Ways In which Discarde
shoes Are utilized.

The Various Ways In which Discarded
shoes Are Utilized.
An absent New Yorker of an inquir-
ing turn of mind recently saw some rag
pickers gathering up some ~castaway
shoes. and began TO inquire what it
meant. He soon learned that there was
a market for these articles, and after
leaving the feet they come to very hon.
orable estate and position. He found
that these pickers sold them tc manu-
~facturers of the most fashionable kind
of wall paper. So he went to n of
these establishments to get an insight
into the matter, where the foreman
made the following explanation: I'VE
buy" said he. "all the old boots and
shoes the scavengers can bring us. We
pay different prices for the different
qualities of leather. A pair of fine calf
skin boots will bring as high as fifteen
cents. We don't buy cowhide boots.
The boots and shoes are first soaked in
several waters to get the dirt off them.
Then the nails and threads are removed,
the leather ground up to q fine pulp and
is ready for use. The embossed leather
paperings which have come into fashion
lately. and the stamped leather fire
screens, are really nothing but thick
paper covered with . layer Of this
pressed leather pulp. The finer the
quality of the leather, the better it
takes the bronze and old gold and other
expensive colors in the designs painted
on them. Fashionable people think
they are going away back to the medic
val time when they have the walls of
their libraries and dining-rooms COW
cred with embossed leather. They
don't know that the shoes and boots
which their neighbors threw into the
ash barrel q month before form the
beautiful material on their walls and
on the screens which protect their eyes
from the fire. We could buy the old
shoes cheaper if it were not for the COM
petition from carriage houses and book
binders and ~picture-frame makers. I
don't know how many other trades use
old shoes and boots, but the tops Of car
riages are largely made Of them.
ground up and pressed into sheets.
Book-binders use them in making the
cheaper forms of leather bindings. and
the new style of leather frames with
leather mats in them are entirely made
Of the cast-of covering Of our feet
American Analyst
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-05-24

"Yes, I remember that occasion was
Young then. am not old now. ] had not
. pain nor an ache. My blood was pure
and my cheeks showed its crimson. ! was
happy and healthy. But row., woe u mel
distressing dragging-down pains, this con-
slant weakness, and ! feel all the time worn
and weary"
For al such sufferers, DR.. Pierce's Favor
ito Prescription IS . panacea Of inestimable
value.
AZ an invigorating tonic, il imparts
strength to the whole system. For over
worked. "woru-out," debilitated teachers,
milliners, dreanmakers, seamstresses, "ahop-
girls" housekeepers, nursing mothers, and
feeble women generally, DR.. Pierce's Favor
ite Prescription ID the greatest earthly boon,
being ~unequaled q an appetizing cordial
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-05-24

FrIfRRx cooteseants clad for the fray,
Armed with good steel and in battle array
Surviving for Iucre. as brave knights Of old
Stroyo for their honors and medals Of gold.
Drvtnx each shining pen over the pAper-
esskfne 20 sound. a. the most proper capes.
The praises Of remadies known the world ove@
From PArts to Calais. from Calais to Dover;
But each Knighs vainly strtvss-languags fails - -.
~scrtption
OF the manifold virtues Of 'Favorite Prescription"
When i'll or depressed with that ''dragg-
ing down" feeling, consequent upon weak
ness, suffering from headache, weak or
lame back, and the many ills common 70 the
weaker ser, take DIR. Pierce's Prescription,
which IS guaranteed to give satisfaction or
price 81. 0O) returned. See printed guaran-
tee on bottle wrapper.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-05-24

A traveller. calling at a hotel, left
his umbrella in the stand with q label
attached, on which was written in bold
characters: This umbrella belongs to
a man who can deal a blow with his fist
of the force OF $50 pounds. Coming
back in ten minutes" Having accom-
piished his errand, he went to look for
his umbrella, but found in its place a
card inscribed as follows: This card
belongs to a man who can run fifteen
miles an hour. Isn't coming back
Elbeuvien.