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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-05-30

A school ~janitor in New York complain
ed bitterly Of chose women on tie school
board" because OF their first visit they
opened up to the light a fostering mass of
filth in the basement. 'Ive always
thrown rubbish in there, and 10 commit
teeman in the fourteen years | have beal
here ever complained of it, doubtless be-
cause no committeeman took the time and
trouble TO penetrate that abode OF dark
ness. No one can listen to the late ac-
counts Of the fearfully %unsani!ary condi-
ions which these women found surround
ing New York school rooms, without feel
ing that women are needed on school
boards. and as the "power behind the
throne" to purify the school Re oms in
VIII ich the children spend onc-third then
waking hours. And physical filth is not
the only or the worst evil they are needed
to combat.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-05-30
BOYS

The brisk fall air acts like a tonic on the
spirits cf the street boys. In the summer
they keep in the shade, and when the first
touch of fall weather comes they are, as a
rule, so bnrdened with the early duties Of
about this time of every year, when the
brisk air sets them stirring and they fall
into the lazy routine Of school life, they
blossom ont into the streets like the trad
itional flowers of spring. The yell of the
small boy is now heard from one end of
the town to the other.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-05-30

Essay read by Maria l.. Tussey before the
tirst-day School at Mickleton.1


Essay read by Maria /. Tussey before the
First-day School at Mickleton.1
We as parents should give this subject
much thought. | think we mightd do much
toward making it interesting to them. In
the first place, is the Bible read at home
by the parents or is it kept nicely on the
| table from one weeks end to the other and
| the child afraid to oren it? If parents
! i'll read it, talk about it, in the presence
| of their children, get them interested in
the story of the Prophets and The example
| the Savior has set us, tuIn their little
| minds in that direction, then they will
| love it inste ad OF fearing it. There is
many a young man to day who is afraid TO
| let his father or mother sec him with the
Bible. Why? Because he has never seen
them with it and that man-fearing spirit
| oyertakes him and seed that might have
been sown in good ground is crushed.
The farmer cultivates the corn until a GER
tain time. then he lays it aside until har-
vest. just so with The boy-ifhis mind is
properly cultivated in the right direction
when he feels like starting ont in the world
for himself, lis then tho scripture would
be as manna to bis soul. But alas The
parent has so often neglected that imror-
tant work. They go to the Sabbath
school, but their boy is not there. lie has
arrived at the age he thinks he don't have
t, 90. True, you taught him to go, but
did you make it interesting forhin.? Had
he asked you a question could you have
answered il? or were You willing 10 get
the bible aud search for some question,
making him feel that you were interested in
the lesson also. If the word Jehovah was
spoken in some families, or the bible read,
the children would he astonished, yet those
same parents go to the house of worship
and Sabbath school every sabbath day.
How can We expect our boy to enjoy the
First day school and be an active member
there, if he is afraid to converse with his
own parents at home, about the Holy
Bible. Parents awaken to this thought;
all over the land IN all societies the boy is
neglected more or less. | am among the
Methodists, also Friends, a great deal, and
where the bible is taught at home and par
ents converse freely upon the subjects
therein " it'll their children, they are the
ones who love the First day school. Could
| see the parents take Up that Cross which
seems to be a cross, of bible reading and
teaching in their families, there would
be better First-day schools in every society
and better parents and we would receive
our reward as parents.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-05-30
Apples Are Wholesome.

The apple is a fruit which at all times
has a wholesome influence on the body.
but which is especially useful OF the din
ner table, though pines, grapes, peaches
and other fruits may be more fashion
able. The chemical composition of the
apple consists of vegetable fiber, albu-
men, sugar, gum, c~hlorophyll, malic acid,
gallo acid, lime and a large proportiono Of
water. The German analysts also assert
that the apple contains u larger proper
ton of phosphorus than any other fruit
or vegetable, and this phosphorus is 0:
great Use in renewing the essential nery-
Gus Observation-Disclosures the brain ana
spinal cerd.- Pittsbarg Dispatch.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-05-30
OF SLEEP.

Up to the fifteenth year most young peo-
pie require ten hours and until the tSenti-
eth year nine hours sleep. After that age
every one finds how much lie or she
requires, though, as a rule, at least six 10
eight hours is necessary. Eight hours
sleep will prevent more nervous derangc-
ment in woman than any medicine oan
cure. During growth there must be am
pie sleep if the brain is to develop to its
full extent, and the more nervous, cxeita-
bic or precocions a child is the longer sleep
it should get, If its intellectual progress
is not to come to a premature standstill,
or its life be cut short at an early age.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-05-30

"At last there is peace" So said the
wearied people, and the almost exhaust
ed nation breathed again and took stock
of her hurts. The grand review at Wash
ington delighted all spectators and all
readers, and on a smaller scale was many
times repeated during the summer; a
million Union volunteers returned home
to be welcomed by rejoicing neighbors,
to be held in ever increasing honors and
to be the preferred in nearly all politi-
cal contests, while the defeated Confed-
crate sorrowfully sought his desolated
home and faced an uncertain future.
And will it last? was the question
asked by many a doubling IN Will
the fruits of the war all be saved, will the
vanquished be reconciled, will peace be
assured for this generation? And be-
yond the most sanguine hopes of the
most optimistic all these questions have
been answered in the affirmative. TWEEN
ty-fye years have passed, and the i'm
p~ortanee of the victory only grows
greater every year. With each return.
ing Memorial day the American people
realize more and more that the Union
soldiers did better than they knew.
Theirs was a threefold victory. They
moi merely broke in pieces the opposing
force-that alone would have left us a
divided people-they destroyed the very
cause of the wal and conquered the
hearts of their foes. This last was the
greatest victory of all. While the Union
soldiers demonstrated the nations
strength to such an extent that no other
nation dreams of attacking us, they so
won upon the yanquished hat their
strength, too. soon became a part of the
nations strength.
twenty-five years of unbroken peace!
The United States has 10Y enjoyed a
longer exemption from war, foreign or
civil (minor Indian troubles aside. than
ever before in her history. In all the
great land there is a Sabbath peace, and
for all that human wisdom can see the
future is one of peace. And for this
fortunate condition we are indebted, un-
der God, to the wisdom of the war lead
ers and the valor of the Union soldiers.
They took up arms only to secure peace.
and every promise of the most sanguine
is more than fulfilled.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-05-30
III YOU WANT TO BE LOVED.

Don't find fault.
Don't contradict people, e,en if you are
sure you are right.
Don't be inquisitive about the affairs of
even your most intimate friend.
Don't underrate anything because you
do not possess it.
Don't believe that every body else in the
world is happier than you.
Don't conclude that you have never had
any opportunities in life.
Don't ,%elievc all the evil you hear.of
your ~neighbor. "A
Don't repeat gossip, even il it does
interest a crowd
Don't go untidy ON the plea that every
body knoWsyou.
Don't be fude to your Interiors or your
superiors.
Don't wear such a high and imperial
look tow ard your neighbor-he probably
knows of your standing, and how you
attained to it.
Don't express a positive opinion, unless
% perfectly understand what you are
talking about.
Don't get into the habit of vulgafizing
life by making light of the sentiment
of it.
Don't jeer at anybody's religious belief.
Don't try to be anything else but a
northumberland that means a man who
has consideration for the feeling of his
fellow-man and is willing to show him
a reasonable share Of the respect due to
him as we'll as to himself.
Don't puff yourself up and imagine that
you carry the sun in your coat-tail pocket,
and that others less favored by fortunes
smiles will be compelled to beg light
of you.
Don't be small and contemplate or
your soul will become so small-that had
We. an instrument small enough, VIC might
punch the pith out of n horse hair, and
have room to put in ten thousand such
little souls and still havc lots of room left
for them to rattle.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-05-30
900 STARS.

Astronomers say thai the fabulous
number of 20, 600, 900 stars, all aglow, can
BE- sem with a powerful telescope. When
we consider that the nearest of these is
200, coo times as far from us as the sun,
and that it would take from three and a
half to twenty-one years for the light
which reachs us to cease, if they were ex-
tingnished, WI cannot grasp and hold The
vast conception in our minds.
Yet it is supposed that each OF these is
a central sun, with its own colony OF
planets circling round it, which in size
are vastly superior to those of our W
solar system and are travelling through
space with such speed that it is impossible
for us to comprehend it. The star Sirius
is said to be moving ffty-fonr miles a
second, or 1914 400 miles per hour, a
flaming mass, leading its brood of planets
through illimitable space.-1reaa.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-05-30
MORE GOsPELAyD LESS RIM,

A Congo native who has been taught to
read and write, has just sent a letter, his
first to the Archbishop Of Canterbury. 1t
is as follows:-
Great and Good Chief of the Tribe of
Christ, greeting: The humblest of your
servants kisses the hem of your garment,
and begs you to send to your fellow ser
bonds of Christ, UGALLA.
That letter hits the nail effectively on the
head. Other countries than Africa would
be benefited by having "More Gospel and
less rum
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-05-30
HOW TO LAUGH ATTHE MosaUITo.

A correspondent writes: take a piece
of camphor fully an inch square and half
an inch thick; this I lay en- the bureau
Galway exposed) in daytime, and on or
near the pillow at night. This is the only
remedy That | ever tried that afforded
thorough relief. Even a mosquito bar let's
the mosquito in and bars the air out.
Have two windows and door Of the room
wide open, on bars, and draft through.
Have not been annoyed by mosquitoes
since using the camphor, except to a very
light extent for a night or two in case of
storm and unusual draft through the room.
| think that an additional piece or two Of
camphor would have prevented that.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-05-30

In Bermuda the soldier crab carries
heavy shells up the hills to puzzle future
biologists. Another species climbs the
mangrove trees. A shore crab in the Cape
Verde Islands may "be seen running along
like q piece of paper blown by a strong
wind" In Ascension Island there are
crabs which ''climb up to the top of Green
Mountain, and the larg er ones steal the
young rabbits from their holes and devour
them" The famous robber crab of the
Philippines, that cracks and eats cocanuts,
is itself routed out of its hole and Toasted
on by the wild swine.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-05-30
Forced TO Leave Home.

Over 60 people were forced to leave their
homes yes terday to call at their druggists
for a free trial package of Lanes Family
Medicine. If your blood is bad, your
liver and kidneys out of order, it you are
constipated and have headache and an un-
slightly complexion, don't fail to call on
any druggist to-day for a free sample of
this grand remedy. The aides praise it.
Everyone likes it. Large size package so
cents.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-05-30

increasing Importance of Memorial Day
When Memorial day was instituted its
obseryances were confined to the COM
memoration of the bravery and self sal
rifce of the fallen heroes, whose graves
are annually decorated with flowers and
adorned with flags. As the years have
passed these o~bservances have broadened,
and now they include, beside the cele-
bration of the deeds of those who fought
for the old Union and whose blood
quenched the fires of civil war, consider
alton of the demands of and the relations
existing between the sections of the new
Union. Animosities are forgotten, andth
north and the south each year clasp hands
in closer friendship. This is as the depart
ed soldiers would haveit they fought for
a common country and in the effacement
of the ~antagonisms of the past not n
lot of the reverence felt for the departed
ia abated.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-05-30

A soldier of the First North Caro-
lima regiment (Union), who had lost a
leg in an engagement in North Carolina,
and who had supplied its place with an
artificial member, consisting of a stout
oaken peg, was present at the battle at
Olustee, Fla, and while the battle was
as warm as n would care to experience
it a Confederate sharpshooter put a bull
let through his wooden peg. He felt the
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-05-30
Hold IL To the Light,

The man who tells you confdentially
Just what will cure your cold is prescrib-
ing Kemp's Balsam this year. In the pre-
paration of this remarkable medicine for
coughs and colds no expense is spared to
com binc only the best and purest ingredi-
ents. Hold a 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, 1890-05-30

"sHoT THROUGH THE WOODEN Leg"
blow, but escaped the twinge of pain
that generally accompanies the passage
of a bullet through genuine flesh and
muscle; and enjoying a keen n of the
ludicrous he forgot the battle and its
dangers and gave way to the hearties
and most explosive laughter.
He pushed along the line, and APP
preached the colonel, to whom, after a
severe effort, he was able to commune
cate the cause of his mirth. Almost con-
vulsed with laughter, he exclaimed;
Colonel, by George! the ID rebels
have shot me through the wooden leg!
Ha! ha! Devilish good joke on the fell
lows!' And he hobbled back to his posi-
ton in the line. Thrilling Stories of the
Great Rebellion.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-05-30
EXPERIENCE TAUGHT ME,

And ny money paid for it. After having
Liver Complaint four years, and spending
money on nostrnms and doctors who didn't
help me. | tried Sulphur Bitters. Six
bottles cured me. shall always use them.
G. N. Butler, Cohoes, N. Y.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-05-30
WISHED DEAD!

After suffering several years with the Leu
corrbm a and no doubt | would have been,
only q lady induced NE to try Sulphnr Bit
tiers. Now | am well. Three bottles cured
me.-Mrs. Copps. New port. Il. l.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-05-30
Plants for Sale

(~fABBAt.E, tomato, cauiifioWer. heel. COO
u pepper and all other kinds of plants e,
season. Al the hest varieties, grown from
Lam irelhs seeds. Call ana see them he foI,.
greenhouses, Creamery ave, W~oods.own l3t
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-05-30

WI SoRT o LEANS THAT WAY"
population many a family SC isolated
that it had seen no neighbors for months,
and had even ''lost the run of the days
of the week" A very curious fact land
it is a fact duly youched for) was that in
some narrow valleys the few families
had guessed that something unusual was
going on because they had seen no
strange hunters or tourists for a long
time, but did not know of the war. An
officer in the first cavalry company to
penetrate that region relates that after a
long ride over rocks and through forests
his company came to a tolerably well
built house in a circular hollow, where
there were perhaps five acres of arabic
land. An old woman rushed out and,
catching sight of the uniform, exclaimed:
Laws a massy me-ef h'yar amt n
O. Gineral Jackson's men. Why, mister,
/ lowed all his men was dead years and
years agone."
"And so they are, ma'am,"
AN who be you'uns::"
- "Union soldiers, ma'am-fghting for
Old Abe, as your folks say"
sold Abe! Who's he?"
"Why, Abraham Lincoln, president of
the United States"
"Lawd sakes! An what's you'uns in
h'yar fur? To fight? Is the British cum
in agin"
This brought an explanation and ac-
count of the war, at which the old wo-
man was almost paralyzed with astonish-
ment; and then followed this colloquy:
''Ma'am, are you Union:"
"Naw."
care Won Secesh?"
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-05-30

This is Il gingham year. They have taken
the place of satteens. All the new patterns at
humphreys.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-05-30
Dairymen. Take Notice.

7 f you want TO GOO yanr milk thorouahiv
i and quickly. lnit lsSulIne's Auromatic
MIX Aerator anN gooier. Win wui.r at
~ no zee IL necessary 10 reduce the milk To
beiow ~ within tYFie minutes after cntcrin.
tie cooier. II IS iyiRrongh %arrttor. ALLOW ing
an odor@ 10 escaV b3tore condensation. with
me ar below ~ nokwatrr is required. The
cooler can be s,kn in operation at any time ,t
attin > HfafS Maple Grove Farm. mean
Elmer. torrespohdtp,ce solicited, aud any
lhtorinntloh chcetfnl& supplied hv the ur.
dersigned, agent tor Cumberland, S,,Icu ana
gloucester counties.
4-li-ff ADAM 5. GRAF, Elmer. M.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-05-30

Nothing like our offer to new subscribers
has ever been made by any paper IN this
~iaoslity Read itcaref1liy.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-05-30

All of Johnny's references to
us are correct. We can please
you, too. We have the stock
and low prices wherewith to do
it. Other specialties in our bus
mess are Wall Paper, Window
Shades. Stationery, Books, &c.
We ask you to look at our goods.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-05-30

"Well, | hain't never jined nothin' yit,
but most of the folks around h'yar is
Baptisses, and so me and my old man
sort o leans that way"
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-05-30

They Were Mostly "Baptisses."
When the western troops first entered
that peculiar region northeast of Cum
berland Gap they found in the scanty
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-12
NeM Inealnarnllnns.

OLyMriA, Jan. Ia Ayer-Chapin COM
pany was incorporated yesterday with a
capital stock oi S2sa,00, At 500 a share,
and the following trustees: John L. Aver,
C. +. Chaplin. J. C. DiFlam. w II. colcori
and " ]. Toblnall. TIE objects Of the
company are to build, buy. sell. lease. es-
tablish. maintain and operats al ways and
means OF transportation and communists
tion, including railroad. Steamship, tcic-
graph and telephone lines. 10 deal geuer.
ally in all articles and commodities used in
science. art aud commerce. to do a gem
eral mining business, 10 do general In
surance and real estate business. etc. Ths
principal place OF business Is 70 he in
Seattle.
The Haley-tilenn Company also filed ar
ticlss Of incorporation. with a capital stock
OF t50,00. divided into -, shares at 500
each. The object Of the company i to
carry on general merchandise, farm ami
produce business Seattle is 60 be the
principal place OF b. sinsSs, and Inhn
Haley. J. II. Glenn. III. II. Mesksr and
May Donovan are sln trustees.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-12
A SHOT FOR A BLOW.
Violent Death of a Spokane
Falls Gambler.
uNwARRANTED INTERFERENCE
Justification Fer the Shooting ClaisAea
Upen the Grennd Of seIf-De-
Tense From Attack.

SroKASE FALLs. Jan. Hilary r.
Raer. Dutch Jake's" partner, shos and
killed II. MeCrossin. known SIS Big Mac. =
this morning at 30 c'eloek. ia front of the
formers salocn. on Riverside avenue. Nc
Crossin was shot in the right side The
weapon used By Baer was a S2-caliher
Smith a Wesson- After being shot he ran
across the street. sqaealing with pain. and
fell in front Of the Senate saloon. He was
immediately taken to the morgae, where
he wss attended 70.
Shortly after MeCrossin was taken to the
morgue be became unconscious. and died
at o'clock from internal hemorEhage
MeGrossin was a married man. living on
Third street. and vas about IS years cid.
He was a sporting man and was evidently
addicted TO the use Of opium. He had
been in the Northwest five years, had kept
saloons. and had been in The variety show
business. and was an s'all-aroand sport. .
His home was in Elkhorn. Wisconsin.
Captain Martin arrested Harry Baer inn
mediately after the shooting He was
taken 20 Judge CurTy's office. where he
was taken in charge by an officer until the
coroner's action.
The policeman's story is 10 the effect
that Baer was putting a drunken man cut
Of his place. and when he reached the side
walk he got into an alteration with Nc
cFoSsin. aud after scrimmage two shots
were fired.
Harry Baer. when seen by reporter.
Immediately after the afFAir. had q band
age over his left eve. which was badly
swollen from a cut above il.
He was aked the question: How did it
happeng"
II was in the saloon taking. when 5 man
came mp to me and told me there was a
man stealing chips in one of the back
rooms. went back aud took the man
and ran him ont of nay place. Just as
got TO the door. the big fellow, Mac,
pushed against me, and began 10 abuse
me. said to him, Its none Of your busi-
ness. and with that he hauled OF and hit
me in the eye.
As he struck me again l said: i can't
stand this; he'll xiii me. pulled my gum
and fred twice
McCroSsin's gun was found in the snow
about an hour after the shooting. Raer's
examination has been placed for Monday,
ard he Is under bonds OF s. 500.
The coroner's jury adjourned 10 meet
Wednesday. Deceased has a wealthy
brother az Fergus Falls, Wisconsin.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-12
"GooD-BYE. SWEET MOTHER"
The Sad Farewell OF an Elsping
Girl.


PoNoEa, Cal. Jan. ia yeung girl
named Annie Trimbler. mysseriousiy dis
appeared from her home last Sunday night
kilograms were sent all over California
and messengers were dispatched in the
hope of getting some clue as to where the
giri went or with whom she had fied. AietteF
mailed on Southern Pacific train seme-
where north Of Los Angeles. directed in
the handwriting OF a man, has been re-
ceiyed by Mrs. Trimbler, the girls mother.
which declares that she had resolved
never to return home aud had fled with a
married young man who was about 10 get
divorce from his wife in Portland and
then marry her.
She sent her love 10 her father and hoped
that no one would go 10 any trouble seek
ing her. for she was not worth the trouble.
She closed the letter as follows;
stsood- d-bye. sweet mother. We shall never
never meet, bat I shall always remember how
yoa loved aud caressed yoer bad. wsswRrd
child. Ny husband shall see no harm befails
me We don't mean 10 let any Pomona people
know where We are OF where we are going 10
1--we"
Mrs TTimbler is almost insane with
grief. and her husband VOWS he will never
relinquish bis search for his daughter. who
he is positive has been allured away from
home. Her mind was turned from reading
fashv novels