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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-12-26
How 10 Dee,Iues Freat.

The following conversation was heard
netwee- two coIlegians. who were discus
sing a class dinner:
"0f course said one with a conse-
quential touch of self complaceney and
patronage which students call ''fresh,"
and which only length of days can cure),
''if a fellow hasn't wit enough to know
when to stop, he'd better be careful at
first. Some heads are built weak, you
know
Careful in WHAT" interpolated I, and
both laughed.
"Why, drinking. of course said the
first speaker. "a fellow has to take his
seasoning sooner or later. Some can stand
it. Some cannot, at least for a while"
He was. as 1 cave intimated, a fresh
man. His friend, a bearded senior, the
only son Of rich man, slapped him good
humorsdly on the shoulder.
when was your age, old fellow, my
father said TO me, IF l Lad my life to live
over I would never take a glass of wine
Vi 6HIOkE u GiGo4. L o4ohtitd, IL hbdtO
be foolish not to profit by what srch a SEN
sible man says Ihaye eve tasted wine
or touched tobacco, and l am glad of it
gladder every day live. might have
been built with q strong head-and then,
again. l might not"
"What do you say when You are offered
q 'treai?'"
Il say, No, thank you, l never take it,
Generally that settles the matter quietly
"And IL they poke fun at you?"
Il let them poke, and then stand ready
to put them to bed when their heads give
out"
There are-for the comfort OF mothers
be it said-many fellows" strong enough
to maintain this stand and sensible enough
to see that the risks are not worth taking.
It is the fool who NEEDLES with firearms;
the coward who carries a loaded revolver.
Home Maker.
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Already the papers are ''poking sticks
at the sort of material the Farmers ALI
ance people, are likely to inject into the
body of the United States Senate after the
4th of March next. Says one:
1t is evident they are raising some Gull
Gus material out in Kansas in the Alliance
Senatorial cabbage patch. The next dele
CATION from hat State in the House will
be a curiosity, a fine field for the wits in
the reporters gallery, and it seems likely
that when the place which now knows Mr..
Ingalls, knows him no more forever, 1t Will
be occupied by a statesman of the original
sort, according to Alliance ideas, home
spur in intellect as well as in garb. Verify,
If these amateur political reformers, with
their crude ideas aud multifarious wants,
should come into national power, the ma
tional hobby-horse would be ridden to
death in a very short time.
1t is all very good for these sleek, we'll
fed and over-paid editors reclining in their
easy chairs to seribble off something like
the above, but when it comes to raising
potatoes at 80 and 40 cents per bushel, as
they did last year, and Cain and the potato
rot as they have this year, it is high time
something was done by this class of our
citizens, and they are doing it.
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The many building and loan associations
of the State have for some time been discus.
sing the matter of organizing a State
League Tor mutual protection. Other
States have led in this matter, but none
have been 50 prosperous in the matter Of
management of the associations as New
jersey. 1t has been settled that the much
talked about convention to form the league
shall take place during the last week in
January. Judge L. Amber Armstrong,
of Camden. was the chairman OF the con
vention held for the formulation of the
blanks, aud he has instructed James
Bishop, chief of the Labor Bureau, to call
the convention. Meanwhile, a correspou-
dence @ill be opened with SONS notable
Authorities on the subject of loan assoeia-
tioHs. Ii isDrobahle that Professor Dexter
the well-known New York writer, will be
invited 10 be present On this occasion. The
majority of the associations in the State
are in favor Of the league, aud will rave
a vigorous legislative committee. Some
changes will be made in the laws now on
the statute books.
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If carried out as at present designed,
there will be the exhibition of much at the
coming Worlds Fair at Chicago to sur
prise the nations. Among these will be a
duplicate Eiffel tower, twice the height OF
that stupendous wonder at Paris, and more
than three times its room accommodations.
Another feature will be 2 reproduction oil
the famous tower of Babel as it stood IN
the great city of Babylon 5000 years ago.
Added to these vill probably be a minia-
ture exhibition OF the hanging gardens
aud other wonders oil the remote past.
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Assiguee's Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given to the creditors of
N Paul McAliister. (farmer). Of Pilesgrove
township, Salem county, New Jersey, that all
the subscriber, his assignee, under oath or
affirmation before the 27thDAY OF DECEM-
BER, next, being the time limited by the
Orphans Court OF the c0Anty OF Salem, or be
forever barred from coming in for a dividend
OF the estate. and said creators aye further
notified that Il list ofthe claims against Paul
McAliister will be fled with the Surrogate OF
the county of Salem before the ensuing Jan.
uary term of the Orphans C0urt OF said
county, when exceptions thereto may be filed
by any person interested.
o. II. WRIGGINS,
Dated Nov 3, ~ls90.-ll-l4-7t Assignee.
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QWalIatl1aker's
rHILApElrn1A. Monaay Dec. q, 1890.

r~AILADELrH1A. Monday Dec. %, 1880.
Have you thought how al
ways and every where welcome
a Rug is? OF course the top
note Of richness is struck with
the Orientals (the grandest
assortment ever shown in
Philadelphia, $50 to $500,
is right here, but there are a
hundred grades of Rug delight
beside.
Moquette Mats and Rags, lsxSd to 35x72
inches lbs 10 500.
English Velvet Rugs, 4.6X6.6 and 9.gxG. 10,
IS. 75and So.
1I5 scotch Administer Rugs. down from
$l4 to - ana from Us 10 -.
Mecca Rugs, down from sig 10 Sc and
from SO TO 81 80
$50 Ingram Rugs, 27Xis inches, 81 from
$l.55.
About 23C0 best quality smyrna Rugs at
average OF one-thHd under price. 81 Is
to 81. Sizes l.6X2. TO- 10 All.
Ingram Arr squares, sue 10 SLID the
square yard.
Skin Rugs like Il menagerie, gone wrong,
aud Mountain China Goat, white, gray,
black, S2.75 to $500, and Mountain Skins
wolf, fox, tier, cat, c~oon,-%G to $3.50.
sheep skin, thirteen shades, sf.so 80 sl5.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-12-26

Coughs and colds are the universal CON-
plant. ~Changeable weather is alleged to
be the cause, and the greatest sufferers are
those who had the''grip" last winter, and
whose constitutions have never recovered
their previous robustness. a slight cold
rapidly develops, producing cough, in
fammation and general p%fostration. A
victim of grip, and one susceptible TO
every variation in the weather. has lately
Bit upon asimple remedy forthe alienation
of bronchial difficulties and head troubles.
Branches of young pine trees are cut and
packed in a pillow ease or other hight COW
ering to keep the needles from scattering.
The bag is then laid over the beat register
or hung back of the stove. The odor OF
the pine soon hills the room, and inhaling
it seems to afford great relief. Besides
the aromatic flavor of the pine makes a
delightful perfume through the house, sug-
gesting the forests without having to go
through them.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-12-26

House decorators say that the beautiful
the expensive thing that uniformed
persons might suppose. In fact, it is the
most beautiful, and at the same time one
of the cheapest of the hard woods. Black
walnut, for example, uow little used in
house decoration, is considered most ex-
pensive. The carving of hard woods, as
we'll as the decorative cutting of stone, has
been brought to a high degree of perfection
in this country. and only the best class Of
European work equals that put into COM
paratiyely inexpensive buildings here.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-12-26

The Labcr Bureau is nov compiling sta
tistics on the farms in the State that have
been sold for mortgages and taxes. The
information is sought through tho graf
uitous services of the township assessors.
Some of them are kindly filing in the
blanks, bat others hesitate because there
is no compensation fixed. An assessor in
Burlington County duiing 'he week wrote
to the chief as follows: "Tnee asks for
much valuable information, but thee fails
to state in tiny communication, what thee
will pay, if thee receives these figures"
It is possible that one to"nship will be
blank.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-12-26

The year 1890 will soon have come and
gone. Already We see in the far off hori-
ION Of the future the golden halo of 81,
while to our back is the setting sun of the
present year. How the years of our life
come and go, particularly to us Of the
''sere and yellow Leaf Drifting by us
seward, and in plain view, is the prettily
painted buoy 1890. Farther down the
tide is 1880, 10, 60, 80. 40. 80, and some
with strained vision may see tie numbers
30. 10 and even 100, floating like tiny
corks in the way off distance, but beyond
that, few of the living see anght but the
great waters of oblivion.
Although each coming year gives prom
Use of something better than the past, yet
how wistfuliy, sadly even, we turn our
eyes in the direction of the dead past. This
year the date of eur birth, that our mar
riage, another the twining of tender
GIANTS about the homestead. ard still
another a vision Of the dark winged mes
sspger death, and the loss of a father,
HoIuel, husodLh, WIZ, CillN HUN tue
family circle. AS Judge Fitzgerald, IN
his eulogium on the death or John Boyle
O'Reiily, beautifully puts it:
The world in which we live is indeed
but a temporary abode. We are at best
but creatures of the moment passing
through a shadowy vale. We live our
brief span and then are lost in the vast
| ocean of eternity. To-day, strong and
vigorous; tomorrow, cold and dead. So
the amending drama proceeds, and will
continue until amid the shock Of an ex-
niring sphere the requiem Of our race is
chanted.
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a Lambs Wool Blanket with
beautiful broche borders. Soft
as down, almost; light, fluffy.
Twice over as warm as one OF
the soggy sort that weighs
more. A blanket delight.
Would be quick at SI2.5o. We
make a Christmas special at ten
dollars tie part Ask for the
North Star. Each Blanket
bound at both euds, and the
pair put up in q neat box.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-12-26

SO much has been said of Prof. koch's
curative lymph that public curiosity and
expectation has been greatly raised as a
consequence This is perfectly natural
and not at all to be wondered at when the
great number of incurables from pulmon-
airy and tubercular ailments be considered.
Pulmonary consumption has for so many
years baffled all skill in its cure, and SO
many thousands have annually been swept
away by its ravages, that it indeed is but
small wonder that this class of invalids
should be greatly exercised over the claim
of DIR. Koch to cure consumptives in their
incipient state. 1t would be well, how
ever, for these persons not to be over san
guine, as the discoverer himself is not, and
not to greatly anticipate cures that may
never be effected. Remember DR.. Brown
Seauard and reflect.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-12-26

You can sit in your easy chair
at home and do the Book
choosing if you. care to. Get
Book News, f0e cents. Then
you have every clue that any
body needs. Each Holiday
Book is held up for you, its story
told, sample pictures shown, and
the proper price given. You
can't go wrong if you trust
Book News.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-12-26

Billy McAdoo, our own Billy, is wanted
down in Virginia Somewhere down that
way he has a father-in-law, a hne old Nir-
giuia merchant, who is wooing Billy In
his sweetest way to come down to VIZ
qinia and be made a Congressman IN short
meter and for a long time. And "bhhy
may GO.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-12-26

Another fond delusiou has been shat
tered by the relentless data Of science.
Whisky has long been regarded as OF value
in the treatment Of pneumonia, but a com
parison Of the results attained in different
hospitals by its use in this capacity shows
that its employ ineut is not desirable. 1t
is found that in New York hospitals So
per cent. of the pneumonia patients die
under alcoholic treatment, lille in Lon
don, at the Object Lesson Temperance
hospital, Only 8 per cent. die,
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Notice of Attachment.

Salem Circuit Court,
Emily Brown, Attachment.
vs.. on
Samuel Johnson. Jr., Contract.
Notice is hereby given of the issuing of 81
writ of attachment on contract. out of The Cir
cult Court, of the county of Salem, nj the suit
OF Emily Brown against the estate Of samuel
Johnson, Jr., for the sum of Two Hundred
and sixteen dollars, returnable and returned
into Court on the Fifteenth day of October
eighteen hundred and ~eighty-nfne.
CLINTON kelly, Clerk
h. 5. FOGG, Attorney .--l2.26.ll
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-12-26

The New York World publishes the
startling fact that more conyictshave been
nardened in tie State Of New Jersey since
Osfebe, Sis. 1880 than III the entire ten
States Of Nea Yufk, Pennsylvania, Ohio.
Massachusetts, Connecticut, New hamp
shire. Maryland, Indiana, Delaware and
Maine. One hundred and twenty-ivehave
been pardoned in New Jersey in this time,
ard only one hundred and nine in the ten
States named. The prisoners in the ten
States, exclusive Of Pennsylvania, where
the exact number could not oe learned,
numbered 6, 2S9, against 963 in New Jersey.
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TMamamaker's

Bed Covering of all kinds
have a similar welcome.
Comfortables-
Sateen, covered and filled with clean
cotton, SlS0 each, from S2.25
Quilts
Covered with best quality French Sateen,
stuffed with clean, good down: full size
(6x6 fiji, and the price S. so. Ten dollars
wouldn't be out of the way.
Silk Covered Down Quilts; newest pat
terms and colorings, SIS and 81.
24-inch Down Pillows, $3.50 each.
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Notice of

NOTICE is hereby given that Jerodlah Dn-
~ bois, merchant, OF Daretown, in tho
township Of Upper Pittsgrove, Salem county.
New Jersey, hath this day made an assign
ment of his estate to the subscriber for the
equal benefit of his creditors, ana the said
must exhibit their respective claims
under oath or affirmation within the term OF
three months.
OLIVER II. wRIGG1SS. Assignee.
Sharptown, Salem Co. Nj.
dated December Is, lSo0.-l2l94t
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-12-26

December II is now rated as the shortest
day in the year by the scientists, who say
that the succeeding days lengthen at the
rate of a minute each. December y for
merly enjoyed that distinction.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-12-26

OFFICERS 7. ". C. T. T., woaDsTowN
President, Miss JOE MAcALTIoNER.
Vice Presidents, Miss MARTlE GAUNT, MISS
CORA WARE.
Rec. Secretary, MISS Lulu WRIGHT.
Cor. Secretary. IRENE Il SMITH.
Treasurer, Miss CORA WARE.
Time OF meeting w. CT U. Thursday after
at 3 { O'Clock.
evening ut 80 O'Clock
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-12-26

How the great heaps of Books
are melting away! Bright mat
ter and smart binding aren't all
the reasons; those pencil marks
inside the back cover help-the
prices.
Look at these sets, all neatly
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-12-26

eos, 600, 900 was appropriated for PEN
sions up to June 3oth, next gear, and this
amount is believed to be about $40, 0O0, oVo
shor of the actual amount needed to go
around. Verify, peace has its debts no
less than war.
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Some Children's Books:
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OFFICERS w. C.. 7. o., wooDsTowE:
President, MRS. HENRIETTA DAVIS.
Cor. Secretary, MRS. j. w. HUMPHREYS.
Recording Secretary, Mrs. ANNA FLITcRAFT.
Treasurer, Mrs. AMY DAVIS.
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DEPARTMENT OF TIE ". C. 7. o.,
OF WOoDsToWN. N. j.

OF THE SALEM oUNTY oMA CHRIST
IAN TEMPERANCE UNION:
Pres, MRS. REBEccA p. PATTERSON, Salem.
Cor. Sec, Mrs. CoRNELIA WIsTAE, Salem.
Rec. Sec, Mrs. o. j. CROFT, Pennsgroye.
Treas, Mrs. MAGGIE CRIsPIN, Sharptown.
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Notice.

THEREAFTER / wifi buy Poultry ana
Ill squads on Monday aud Thursday at
Woodstown from 10 4P. NJ. At Yorktown
on Wednesdayffrotn IL TO 5 p. NJ. Market
prices paid foral kinds of poultry.
lG24-tf WILBERr HICKMAN. Agent.
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Public Sale

At2o'cloas,,P NJ, \ fon. of the hotel IN
BridgeportsN. j. all<hat certain farm and
premises sitRitei in WBolwich township, county
of GloucesleNand safe OF New Jersey. bound
ed on the NorR bYdands OF Jos. c. sumlnerill,
on the East by kaE summeli1l and lands late
John b.. Siyil, oftfhe south by lands of Caleb
Kirby, decd, anApn the West by Birch Greek,
and contains 94aces, more or less, and is the
same farm col%eyN TO Elizabeth c. Alien by
Eli II. Lawrepce and wife. February 10, 1859.
This farm isa goodSruck farm andis divided
into convenient tillagSs, l6acres ofwhich land
is first-cla@s meadow The buildings and
fences are in good order. The farm lies with
in a half.Inlle of navigation and railroad sta
ton, and5s we'll worthy 6ftruckers' attention
The property viii be sold on easy terms
two-thirdso of purchase money can remain on.
mortgage. Conditions at sale.
l2-26-2t JOHN s. R~EDSTRAkE,
For the heirs of Elizabeth c. Allen, decd
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-12-26

At the annual conventiono fthe National
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
held in Atlanta, Ga, iu November, the
resolution following was offered by the
newlyelected Superintendent of the Depart
ment OF Mercy, Mrs. Mary T. Lowell, OF
Bryn Ma@r, Pa, and adopted;
WHEREAS, We believe vivisection 10 be
cruel, unnecessary, and demoralizing, tend
ing to a deterioration OF the human soul utter
~ out of proportion to any known benefit to
the human body gained thereby, the practice
of it thus reversing the teachings of Chris
tianity, therefore
Resotred, That we will doull in our power
to develop sentiment against it, and because
we do not believe in half measures, nor in
licensing any evil, we viii do this with view
to securing Legislation foritstotu prohibition.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-12-26

Mrs. G. r. Alden, better known as
''Parsy," is one of the consistent temper
ance people who talk it and live it. Her
sister tells that she would walk a mile ont
other way, or go without an article, rather
than purchase of a rumseller, and she
hunts up temperance hotels, preferriug
them even though the beds be harder and
the fare commoner. She is a Prohibition
list, %outspoken and enthusiastic. For
twenty years she has drilled the children
in tie primary department Of the Sunday
school in temperance principles, teaching
a thorough lesson once a month, whether
it was in the prescribed course or not, and
showing what Sunday-school teachers may
do if they have the will Organizer.
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r OF THE PRESS.

TERMS OF THE PRESS.
BY mail, postage free in the United States
and Canada.
Daily Except sunday, one year. $500
+" one month, so
" Gncluding sunday, one year, $50
one month. .G5
sunday, one year, 200
Weekly Press, one year, 100
Drafts, Checks, and other Remittances
should he made payaDlet to the order of
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REPORT

IN th&condition of the FIRST NATIONAL BANK
W of Woodstown, at Woodstown, in the
State of New Jersey, at the close OF business
18th month 18th, 1888.
IgnIT1rT-E