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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-09-19
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Pieces of cheese cloth make tho var,,
pest Kind OF busters. Hem the edges and
nave large enough supply so that one
set can be washed each day.
whole cloves are now used To extermi,.
ate the merciless and industrious moth
1t is said that they are more effsctual as
destroying agent than either tobacco cam
phor or cedar shayines.
IePid water with little borax Dissolved
IN IL is good to wash eolored table linen in.
Nice table cloths and napkins should not
De allowed to become very much soiled. SO
that they will lequire vigorous rubbing
with soap or in hot water.
when putting away the silver tea or
coffee pot, which is not used every day Law
a little stick across the top under the
cover This will allow fresh air to get in
anu prevent the mustiness of the contents.
familiar to hotel and boarding -bouse
sufferers.
10 mend china or broken earthenware
take very thick solution of gum arabic
III water and stir into it plaster of Paris
until the mixture becomes of the eonsis-
tehcy OF cream. Apply with brush to the
broken edges of the ware and Join tc-
gether.
Ice boxes and refrigerators in general
are not half cared for. They should be
washed In every part with hot soda water.
Finsed IN clear water, dried and aired each
time before putting in fresh ice. Between
times, wipe up any milk, gravy or yege-
tables that may be split.
Spirits of ammonia, if diluted with
water If applied with a sponge or flannel
to diseolored spots of the carpets or gar
ments will often restore the color.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-09-19
Don't BLAME TuE WORLD.

Don't blame the world because the thorn5 are
found among the roses
The day that breaks in storm may be all sun
shine whom it closes.
we cannot hope to always meet with for
tunes fond caressing;
And that which seems most hard to bear may
bring with it a blessing.
The buried seed must rot in earth ere it pro-
duce the flower;
And the weak plant to fruetiiy must have
both sun and shower;
So man, to gain development. must struggle
with ife's crosses,
And view with calm philosophy his trials ana
his losses
\ deadly poisonous weed may yield Il salve
OF surest healing.
The sweetest bloom may poisonous be al
though It's bane concealing.
Things are not always what they seem, but
sim twas heaven designed them,
And We should class Them all as good, ard
take them US we find them
Little we know of this bfief life, and nothing
of its sequel;
Then let us take in humble trust all that may
seem unequal.
Gods ways are not our ways, and he should
certainly be trusted;
All that is wrong in HIS good time will surely
be adjusted.
Hawkes. Bay New zcotand) Ne,os.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-09-19
TO = LITTLE BRo0K

You re not so big as you we've iheu,
little brook,
l mean those hazy summers when
We boys roamed, full fave, beside
Your noisy, foaming, tumbling tide
And wondered il it could be true
That there were bigger brooks than you,
mighty brook, O peerless brook.
All up and down this reedy place
Where lives the brock,
We angled for the furtivc dnee;
The redwing -blackhird did his best
To make us think he'd built his nest
Hard by the stream, when, like rs not,
He'd hung ii in secret spot
Far from he brook, the telliale brook,
And often, when the nooniime heat
Parboiied the brook,
We'd draw our boots and sw ing our feet
Upon the waves that. in their play,
Would tag us last and seoot away;
And mother never seemed 10 know
What burnt our legs and ehapped them So
But father guessed ii was The brook!
And + ido-how lie loved TO swim
The cooling brook,
Whenever we'd throw sticks for him;
And how we boys did wish thai We
Could only swim a. good a. he
" ny, Daniel " ebster never WAS
Recipient OF sueh great applause
As Fido, battling with the brook
But onee--o most unhappy day
For you, nay brook
Come Cousin sam along that way;
And, having lived Il spell out west,
Where creeks arn't counted much at best,
lie neither waded, SWAN, nor leapt,
But, with superb indifference, slept
Across that brook-our mighty brook
" by do you scampcr ON your way.
You little brook,
W hen ! come bacl. to oil to-day
Is il because you fee the gttss
That lunges AT you rs you pass,
As If, in playful mood ii would
Tickle the truanl il it could,
You chuekling brook-you sancy brook!
Or is 1t you no longer know
Ypu tickle brook
The honest friend of long agos
The years that kept Us twain apart
Have changed my face but not my heart-
Many and sore those years. and yet
l faneied you could not forget
That happy time, my playmate brook,
oh sing again in artiess giee.
My little brook,
The song you used to sing to me
The song that's fingered in my ears
SO soothingly these many years;
My grief shall be forgotten when
l heal your tranquil voice again
And that sweet song. dear little brook.
-EHcene Fjefd.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-09-19
4 DOCTORS DOG.
He Bosses the Horse and Amuses PEG.
pie in sunGry WAYS.

DIR. Gle, an old time doctor of rural
Windham village, rides long medical
circuit up and down hill through the eoun-
| try, and he takes along his Scotch collie to
keep him company. The collie is the most
| original dog in Connecticut, and a better
| companion than many men are. 1t anus
| es both DR.. Gle and the people along the
! routes to watch the collie's eccentric per-
| formances. To vary the monotony of
travel the dog has two ways of faring on.
| For part of the time he travels under the
forward axle of the carriage, and, no mat
ter how fast the steed prcks ON, the
dogs nose is close to the horses hinder
heels. If the horse is disposed to be lazy,
and does not respond quickly to the doc
tors urging, the collie has a never failing
remedy for the animals sloth. He makes
just one snap at one Of the steed's shod
hoofs, and the horse steps in a mighty
lively fashion for the next five minutes.
Why doesn't the horse take revenge for
the practice by kicking the collie into king.
dom come? A great many persons have
put that query to DR.. Gle, and the Doctor
smiling, dryly says: Cant be done. The
horse does not live that is quick enough to
get in counter on Dick. He isn't there,
You see, when the hoof gets where he is.
vi course, the horse tried it several times
at the staff, but it was no use; besides. he
has got used to being spurred up by Dick.
understands that be is driver No. 2, and.
On the whole, rather admires it now.
guess
But pinehing lazy heels isn't the collie's
smartest trick, by any means. After 90
ing afoot as long as he pleases. the COL
lie slips out from beneath the vehicle and
with head cooked to the one side. makes
sign TO the Doctor that very likely he
would be agreeable to an urgent reonest
to get in and ride. So the Doctor pulls mn
snort, and with single bound Dick is in
the carriage, laughing broadly and survey
ing the surrounding landscape with ont
stretched neck and twinkling ewes Th,s
he rides for mile or SO, and then tires of
getting over ground In that humdrum
style.
His next act is an extraordinary one
fiacing his forefeet firmly on the rail
OF the dashboard, he suddenly vaults over
the board and lands squarely ON the
horses launches. There he sits mn
straight and tall and very cool, in the GUS
tomary canine attitude of reflection. and
whether the horse goes slow or fast main.
talns his perch mistaken. That posture
and role pleasss Dick immensely. and it
appears to amuse the Doctor, as well as
the whole country side, which grins broad.
" to see the Doctor S big road horse looping
along the highway with the big collie
rocking on its back and bowling and beam.
ing on the world. As for the horse. il If.
ieFs no objection to the act, but with one
ear cooked forward and the other back
ward it has curious expression. as if won
aeflng what that dog will do next.-N Y
Sun.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-09-19
COMPLEX TASK OF WOMEN.

| knew a shrewd woman who, whenever
her husband had given her lecture On
nervousness, used to eontrive to have him
dress ne or two of the children for school
on winters morning, after a breakfast
slightly belated. The good man would
fall meekly into the trap, not clearly re-
membering the vastness Of the labor-the
adjustings and the tyings and the button
ings; the leggings and the overdrawers
and the arctic shoes; the jacket, scarf, coat,
gloves. nittens, wristers; the hat or cap
or hood, to be pulled and pushed and tied
in proper position; the complete way in
which all these things, besides being put
on, have to be mutually made fast by
strings and buttons and safety pins, SO
that the child thus dressed is model of
self compressed packing, and could, like
well packed barrel of china, be sent
around the world without injury. Calm
must be the spirit, high the purpose, OF
pick task without word of impatienee,
while the wife who he calls nervous has
long since taken off his hands the other
child assigned to him, and has long since
with deft hands dressed her, and given one
patient, final, all comprehending twitch
and the whole thing is done. II you doubt
whether men are, on the whole, and in their
own way as nervous as women, test them
with getting the children ready for school,
and remember that their mother does it
twice day at least, every day OF her life.
-Hd7-per's Bdsdr,
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-09-19
TIsLRE'S a B0YEN THE HOUSE.

n gun in the pallor, kite in the hall,
In the kitchen Il book. Il bat ana a ball;
On the side board ship, on the bookcase a
flute
And hat tor whose ownership none would
dispute;
And out on the porch. calamity prancing no
where
\ spirited hobby horse paws at the air:
And a well polished pie-plate out there on
the shelf
Near a tall jellyj jar " Inch Il mischieyous elf
Emptied as slyly and slick as a mouse,
Make it easy to see there's a boy in the house.
rattle, racket, It roliicking shout,
Above and below and around and about:
y whistling, pounding, hammering of
nails,
Entreafies for paper, for scissors, for string,
For every unfindable, bothersome thing,
\ bang Of the door and dash up the stairs,
In the interest of burdensome business af-
fairs,
An elephant hunt for "a hit of mouse,
Make it easy to hear there's a boy in the
But on, il the toys were not scattered about.
And the house never echoed 10 racket and
reut;
Ii forever the rooms refll thy and neat.
And enc need not wipe after wee, muddy
feet.
II no one laughed ont whom lie morning was
red,
And with kisses went tumbling all tired TO
bed
whata wearlsone. york.a.dly world, don't
you see,
For an Who love wild little laddies ',wculd
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-09-19
FLAG LORE.

10 strike flag" is to lower the nation
al colors in token of submission.
Flags are used as symbol of rank and
command, the officers using them being
called flag officers. Such flags are square
to distinguish them from other banners.
A flag of truce is white flag dis
played to an enemy to Indicate desire for
pariey or consultation.
The white flag is sign of peace. After
battle parties of both sides often go oft
to the field to rescue the wounded or bury
the dead under the protection of a white
flag
The red flag is a sign of defiance, and is
often used by revolutionists. In our ser
vice it is mark of danger, and shows a
vessel TO be receiving or diseharging her
powder.
The black flag is sign of piracy.
The yellow flag shows vessel to be at
quarantine, or is the sign OF a contagious
disease.
A flag at half-mast means mourning.
Fishing and other vessels return with a
flag at half mast to announce the less or
death OF some Of the men,
Dipping the flag is lowering 1t slightly
and then hoisting it again to salute ves-
sci or fort.
II the President Of the Uuited States
goes afloat the American flag is carried In
the bow of his barge or hoisted at the
main of the vessel on board Of which he
is.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-09-19

Charles A. Daley was arrested last even-
ing for stealing from the drug store OF
Shiefman, bottle of Sulphur Bitters.
Before the court this morning, upon being
asked why he should steal, he stated that
his mother was troubled with Rheuma-
tism, and that it was the only medicine
that helped her, and being out of money
and work was tho cause of his stealing.
As this was his first offence he was put on
probation. Nescark Mems
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-09-19
Helditto the Light.

The man who tells you confidentially
Just what will cure your cold is prescrib-
ing Komps Balsam this year. In the pre-
paration of this remarkable medicine for
coughs and colds no expense is spared to
combine only the best and purest ingredi-
ents. Hold bottle of Kemp's Balsam to
the light and look through il; notice the
bright. clear look; then compare with
other remedies. Price SOC. and 81.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-09-19
Will Never!

Allow myself To suffer again what have
suffered for the last year. That vile dis
ease, Dyspepsia, gave me no comfort. |
could not eat nor enjoy anything. The
doctors amounted 10 nothing; nothing
seemed to relieve me. until | used bottle
of Sulphur Bltters Four bottles made me
well.-JosepA Batcaelder Naster Of lsetoon-
er c. A. Baker.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-09-19
IsItsB0M SAUCE.

One peck green tomatoes, six large
white onions, four green peppers, one
small head Of cabbage. all chopped fine;
one teacup of salt-let stand twenty-four
hours-drain off and add quarter pound
white mustard seed, half ounce mace,
one-half ounce whole allspico boiling in
vinegar to cure it all.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-09-19
PATENTS
Caveats, Trade Marks and Copyrights

Obtained. and all other business In the U s.
Patent Office attended to for Moderate Fees.
Our office is opposite the Z :. Patent ONCE,
and we can obtain Patents in less time than
those remote from Washington.
send Model or Drdt9iag. We advise as to
natentabilitg free of charge, and we make no
charqe unless zee obtain Patent
We refer here TO the Postmaster. the Supt of
Money order Div. and to officials Of the u 5.
PatentD flee. For circulars, advice. terms
and references TO actual clients IN your own
State or cosnty, write to
O. A. SNOW 4 CO,
opposite Patent once. Wellington, ID. G,
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-09-19

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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-09-19

25oo yards of standard quality calicoes fast
eolors and perfect goods just the kind for
quilting, sets a yard. al Humphreys.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-09-19

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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-09-19

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yard weighing half pound. % inches wide,
lass cts yard. at Humphreys.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-09-19

That we can, in connection with the MONITOR,
secure you subscription to any paper or
magazine published, at n much lower price
than The regular rate, and you will do well to
let Us know If you are contemplating sub
7crtptlan TO any publication.
THE MONITOR. Woodstown, N j.
The Washington critic., 1890-05-20

Of baseball in this vicinity, will not
forget Harry Mclean, who used to look
after centre field and play change
catcher for the Nationals. He had
knack Of capturing long hits close to
the ground while on dead run, and to
his agility the Nationals owe many
victory. Life is pretty easy for Harry
these days as chief clerk of the office Of
the Supervising Architect of the Treas
ury, at salary of $1,000. In addition
to being a good ball player Mclean en-
Joys the distinction of being the best
amateur billiard player among the ball
tossers of his day.
When the first professional ball team
made It's tour of the United States in
1869 the star catcher of that period was
DOUGLASS Allison of the Cincinnati Red
Stockings. A year or two later he was
tempted to come to Washington along
with Asa Branard, Fred Waterman,
Sam SNasey. Andy Leonard, Charlie
Gould ana others. Since that time
Doug" has made this city his home,
and for a while he was employed in the
Government Printing Office. Now he
keeps q chair warm at the National
Museum watching the ouriosities, for
which he receives S120 per annum.
Another old.timer is George w Joyce
who was for many years the leading
spirit of the Jefferson Club, whose
grounds were in the White Lot joyce
has never been in public Office, but h'
conducts cigar and news stand in thu
vicinity of the War, Navy and Stat,
Departments, which brings him in
handsome income.
The Washington critic., 1890-05-20
PERSONAL.

Captain Kessler of the new North
German Lloyd steamer Karlsruhe was
the guest of Mr.. +. F, Droop yesterday,
who did the city and suburbs with him.
First Sergeant John Sheehan of the
U. S. S. Portsmouth, now lying at Nor
folk, is here on flying visit, The
sergeant has long and meritorious
Army service, having entered New
York regiment as "the Irish drummer
boy at the commencement of the war.
Mr.. Sulzer and Mr.. Gruber of
Switzerland are being entertained by
hospitable Mr.. L. F. Droop this week.
Millett's Woman Spinning" which
was sold 10 the late Mrs. Morgan for
$17, 100, has been bought for 1900 by
a Paris firm, who will take it to France.
AS relaxation from his work on the
boards Salvini indulges in a game Of
pallone, greatly resembling racquet.
He has become an expert at 1t, and has
not yet met man able to defeat him.
The Washington critic., 1890-05-20
coNGREss AND COMMERCE.

A number of our esteemed contem-
poraries in different parts of the couu-
try, especially in those parts where there
is disposition to legislate people into
good behavior, appear to think the
recent Supreme Court ruling, known
as the Original Package Decision
sounds the death knel Of State rights.
We hardly think this view of the matter
sound or tenable. The Constitution of
the United States always reserved to
Congress the power to regulate com.
merce between the States, and'the Su-
preme Court has, in this instance,
simply upheld that privilege as against
an attempted encroachment. We can
not see wherein the decision impairs
any rights originally conferred upon
the States or contemplated In the Con
stitution. If 1t be true, as Is stated and
as We thankfully believe, that this deci-
sion will incidentally prevent the opera
tion Of prohibition laws, the cause of
human liberty will, to that extent, be
the gamer. 1t Is high time that the med
dlesome cranks. who would compress
the world into their small mould, should
receive wholesome set back.
II seems to us, however, much more
appropriate at this time to inquire
whether Congress has, in connection
with its right to regulate commerce be
tween the States. the right to destroy
commerce altogether There is bill
now before Congress, with every pros
pect Of becoming a. law. which will do
This more effectually than a simultane-
aus destruction Of all the railroads on
The Washington critic., 1890-05-20
TIE MAILED MONITORS
They Are Far From Being Ready 70
Active Work

They Are Far From Being Ready for
Active Work.
The authorized announcement from
the Navy Department that the double
turreted monitor Puritan will not be
ready for sea for at least two years and
a-half will open the eyes of many
people who, from seeing the names of
the monitors, carried on the Navy lists
for so many years, have been led to be-
lieve that they were at least so near
ready for sea that they could be put in
condition to be of some use for harbor
defense within few weeks, in case of
an emergency, says the Washington
correspondent of the Baltimore Sun
Such is far from being the case, how
ever. The Puritan. which Is the
tors, will probably be the last one COM
pleted. She stands to-day in just the
same condition as when she was towed
to New York from Norfolk year or
more ago. Not even beginning has
been made to her turrets, or the super
structure which Is to be built between
them.
The Miantonomah, also at the New
York yard, is the only one of the five
that is at all near completion. She was
to have been ready for commission in
July, and a number of officers whose
terms of shore duty are ending were
hoping to be ordered to her, as she will
remain on the home station and spend
most of the time in New York Harbor.
They are destined to be disappointed,
however as the Miantonomah will he
fortunate If she is In commission be-
fore the middle of September. The
Terror, which lies alongside the Milan.
tonomah at the New York yard, is moi
as far behind as the Puritan. and con.
siderable work is being done on her
She may be ready for sea in two years
The Amphitrite, at the Norfolk Navy.
Y ard, is In about the same condition a:
the Puritan, and her date of compile
tion Is very uncertain, as work has no
been commenced on her.
The remaining double-turreted vesse
is the Monadnock, at the Mare lslant
Navy. Yard, California, where work ha
been going on for the past two year
and a-half in a leisurely way, and /
| likely to continue two years and ashal
more before she is ready for commits
sion. Nothing at all is now being don
with the twelve single turreted monitor
which are laid up at the various navy
yards and in the James River, nea
Richmond, They are practically use
less in their present condition wit
their smooth bore guns. Yet, wit
modern guns, they might be made quit
effective for harbor defense.