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The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-07-10
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Washington, July 9, 1891.
The politicians, both Democrats and
Republicans, are at their wits end to find
out what, if any, part the Farmers ALI
ance proposes to take in the Ohio campaign.
this year, and ruses of all sorts have been
unsuccessfully adopted to find a leak at
the National headquarters of tie Alliance
here. To the credit of the men at the
aforesaid headquarters there is no leak and
everybody outside of the organization is in
the dark as to the intentions of the Alliance.
1t is perfectly clear from the action of Ohio
politicians, a number of whom have been
in Washington during the last few days
that they fear the Alliance, indeed many
OF them frankly say that it is impossible
to predict the result without knowing
whether the Alliance proposes to cast its
vote solidly, and nearly all OF them admit
that the Alliance is strong enough if it
next governor of Ohio shall be a Republi
| can or a Democrat. OF course, if it runs a
separate State ticket nothing can be pre-
dicted, because it is not known from which
party it would draw the most votes. The
Alliance leaders seem to fully appreciate
the adage that "Silence is golden and
although themselves strong advocates of
silver they are willing. in this ease, TO
stick to gold for the present.
Mr.. Harrison's worst enemies must
concede that he made an excellent appoint
ment when he selected Hon. w. E.
Slmonds, of Connecticut, to be Commits
sioner of Patents in place Of G. L, Mitchell,
resigned. Mr.. Simonds is the author of
several works on patent Law and practice
that are regarded as authority by the pro.
fession; be has for seven years been lecturer
on patent law to the Yale law school; he
served on the Patent Committee of the last
House of Representatives, and for many
years he has been the senior member Of a
firm practicing before the Patent Office.
With this experience 1t will be strange if
Mr.. Simonds does not make a o efHi-
Gent head for the Patent Office.
aoHIDPlOA 10 SoihS 70 tuItI tle lSI1
for the great National conventions of next
year. Heretofore she has been handicap
ped by not having a hall large enough to
accommodate the crowd, but she will have
a hall ready that will seat 1900 people
within three months.
The old project of transferring The PEN
sion Office from the Interior to the War
department has been revived, and from
present Indications it will be vigorously
pushed in the next Congress. Secretary
Noble and Commissioner Raum are under
stood to be opposed to it, though one
would naturally suppose, in view of the
trouble he has had with it, that Secretary
Noble would be only too glad to get rid Of
it; but, come to think Of it, politicians
never willingly relinqnish patronage Of
any kind, and there's a lot of very fat
patronage under the Pension Office.
The Post Office Department is now being
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-07-10

The best thing on temperance we have
seen in print for some time is the following
nugget of truth from the Alliance Dispatch
of late date.
We need more temperance education.
Not amongst the children only, but young
men and women, and older ones, too, need
education on this subject. The physiolo-
gical action of alcohol on the human sys-
tenn, its effect on the mental powers and
kindred lines of thought, should be placed
before the people in such a way as to cause
thinking people to study them and to FAM
iliarize themselves with the scientific truth
in relation to these matters. Education
dispels ignorance. Ignorance is the mother
of a thousand wrongs in connection with
The use of liquor.
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w. e. II. u. school of Methods,

On Tuesday the annual summer
School of Methods Of the Woman's TEN
peranee Union, of New Jersey, opened in
James Memorial Tabernacle, Ocean Grove,
at 10 O'Clock. Devotional exercises were
conducted by Mrs. Emma Bourne, record.
ing secretary Of the State Woman's Christ
ian Temperance Union; Mrs. S. J.. G.
Downs, President of the State Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, made the
opening address of congratulation. At II
o'clock Mrs. Il. S. McMinn, of the Hudson
County Union, spoke on "The Relation of
the Temperance Reform to the Church at
Large Women from Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Maine ard New York discussed
the paper, which was highly commended.
In the afternoon Mrs. Ella b. Carter. of
Newark, talked about ''Press Work, Mrs.
S. Obefholtzer, of Norristown II. Pa, SUI
venile Work" Mrs. A. NJ. Hammer, of
Philadelphia, aud Mrs. May P. Sparks, of
Bridgeport, N. j., answered questions on
the subject. Mrs. X. E. Connal, the State
Superintendent of Literature, made a strong
appeal for purer reading and for more tenn.
perance literature.
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Store al the Corner

In our Ladies' and Children's
Shoe Department we find a ready
sale for kid lace Oxford ties. They
are as cool and comfortable as a
slipper and as dressy as a high but
ton boot.
Porcelain-lined preserving kettles,
Stuart & Peterson's best make, for
zoe to Scots. Mason's fruit jars,
pints, quarts and halfgallons.
We are still selling good New
Orleans molasses at 2oc a gallon.
Dealers all over the country have
caught on and are quoting a 2oc
molasses, but all our customers,
who have tried from other sources,
tell US there is none like ours. The
kind we sell makes good cake, and
that is what the people want it for.
Ginghams are more in favor this
year than last, and dese,vedly SO,
as they make a nice, sensible
dress within the reach of every lady
in the land, as the material don't
cost much money. We have over
40 patterns, all new and good.
Prices from SC to I2Hc.
Canton mattings, 25cts, very
heavy, weighing over two pounds to
the yard, new and pretty patterns.
Cheaper than carpet and much nicer
for warm weather.
Step oilcloth and step carpets.
Window shades, 25c, with spring
rollers, all ready to hang up. Dado
borders at 4oc, plain shades at IS to
4oc. Best oiled shading. This is
headquarters for these kind of
goods.
Ready-made window screens with
ash frames and covered with wire,
easily adjusted to fit almost any
window, IS and 3oc. Also black
and green wire netting for doors
and windows, from 2S to "a inches
wide, at SC to 25c a yard. Black
is the most popular, and d~eservedly
SO, as it don't look so common as
green. Mosquito or fly netting,
best goods in all c%olors, 2 yards
wide, at 38c, 4oc and 42c a piece of
8 yards.
Hamburg edgings, flouncings and
embroideries. Every need pertain
ing to a white dress or underwear.
The best selected stock in town,
and by far the best we have ever
owned. This branch is in trained
and experienced hands now.
E. B. HUMPHREYS & co.
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There's no dress-up about them.
but they're just the thing to rough
it in.
All kinds of straw hats, also
dressy fawn and brown stiff hats,
made in light weights, combining
both dress and comfort. Boys hats.
boys caps, furnishing goods of all
kinds, and every needful article for
mems Quitting.
Our own good make of panta-
looms, overalls and shirts. Try one
garment made in our way and
you'll be a customer for our make
of goods ever afterward.
Our mems and boys shoe trade
has largely increased since we have
given it more room and more at
tention. There is no place on earth
where you can obtain better value
for your hard-earned dollars than
in our stock Of boys and mems
shoes. Come in and take a look
at us.
r r HIJMPHPEVC
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and home; second, teach them how to
make agriculture profitable, and thirdly, to
make farm life intellectually and morally
on a level with the best possible life else
where. 1t is the hope of those interested
in this plan to live and see every school
house in the country set in a plot of and
for comparative horticulture, and have the
farmer understand that a child is studying
best when he studies things. not books.
This move is certainly very radical, as
also a very important one, and we shall
watch with great interest its further deve'-
opment.-
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Erect of Drinking on werkmen.

A big Cincinnati manufacturer thus de.
scrlbes the effect of the drinking habit on
workingmen: "a drinking man will turn
out ten to twenty per cent. less work than
a non-drlnker, and in addition 1t is apt to
be defective and require o%verhauling. This
is especially true of heavy beer drinkers. A
workingman may tamper-with whiskey to
a very considerable extent and still be
capable of a bright idea or suggestion; but
not SO with beer drinkers; they become
heavy, sodden, lack ambition and seldom
vary the mode of doing their work. When
one workman drinks too much it affects
the work of others on the principle that
"a little leaven ~leavens the whole lump.,
The workmen of a shop are parts of a great
machine, and the inability of a part TO
perform its functions will derapge the
whole The amount Of the arrangement
Will be III exact proportion to the number
OF parts affected. The employer pays for
what he gets. If drink decreases a mans
output ten to twenty Per cent he will
receive that much less, or the EMPLOYER
will retire from business, unless he can
command sufficient sober help to make up
the shortage of the drinkers. Arbitration
Of labor difficulties would be an EXCEEDING
ly easy matter and long strikes would be
unheard Of, if saloons were closed. All the
trouble We ever had With our hands could
be traced directly to saloon influences"
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-07-10

Frank NJ. Taylor, the editor of the Long
Branch Record, who was arrested tendays
ago upon a charge of contempt of court,
in charging that a judge had tried to con-
troll the liquor vote, appeared on Tuesday
in court. Justice Bcasley quashed the
rule requiring Mr.. Taylor to show cause
why he should not be committed for con-
tempt of court, and thus threw the case
out of court.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-07-10

A pathetic little story told by enc of our
exchanges, like too many other stories, is
spoiled in the ending. 1t uns as follows:
Pretty Nellie Dusey, OF Grand Rapids,
fell in love with a gambler named Hickock,
and as she had 5000 he married her.
After pending her money he deserted her.
She followed him. and the other day met
him on the street in St. Paul. He roughly
repulsed her, and she fell dead at his feet.
The finale would have been better read
ing had it said lie fell dead at her feet.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-07-10

The young man who lost his life a fort
night or so ago at Long Branch, in trying
to save the life Of another, may or may
not nave a shaft erected to his memory,
but in the act alone he has erected a mon
ument more lasting than brass, and more
sublime than the royal elevation of pyr-
amids, which neither the wasting shower,
the unavailing north wind, or an innum-
berable succession of years, and the fight
of seasons shall be able to diminish.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-07-10

The curriculum of our public schools, as
far at least as implies to the rural schools,
is to be changed, allowing the plan formu-
lated by the State Board of Education and
Agriculture be adopted. The trend OF the
plan proposed can be guessed at by the
following outline by Franklin w. Dye.
Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture.
eve must give them (rural scholars)
an education" Mr.. Dye says, ''that
will get the young in love with land
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AT night Mrs. A. Swan Brown, the bead
OF the scientific temperance instruction i'll
his State. presided. The address of well
come was delivered by Rev. Z. II. Stokes,
ID. D., president of the Ocean Grove As
ISOLATION. The address OF tie evening was
delivered by Mrs. Mary H. Hunt, national
AID worlds superintendent of scientific
temperance instruction. The building was
crowded.
The School of Methods closed it's two
days session Wednesday evening in the
Tabernacle at Asbury Park. Delegates
representing every county in the State were
in attendance, and unusual interest was
manifested by both delegates and lay men,
bers, about 800 of whom were present.
Among the many delegates OH the ground
are: Mrs. Harriet Lame, of Bordentown;
Maggie B. Ellis, Newark; Mrs. NJ. X. Nor
rison, Newton Hamilton, Pa; W. G.. Nc
Dowell, Washington, d. c.; Mrs. t. j..
Ellis, Newark; J. w. Humphreys, Woods
town; Mary Grant Cranmer, East Orange;
Christina L.. Kirk. Pittsburg, Pa; Mrs.
Alfred P. Reid, West Chester, Pa; Mrs.
Thomas McCauley, Chester, Pa; Miss
Miller, Rochester; Miss Mamie E.. Camin-
AIDE, Trenton; Mrs. L. E. Clayton, Mrs NJ.
E. Morris, Manasquan; Mrs. Nellie L.
Smith, New York; III. D. Ellis, Roseville,
N. j.; Mrs. Jay Humphreys, J. G.. Van
Cise, Summit; Mrs. Clinton B.. Fisk, Sea
Bright; Mrs. Anna Kent, Bradley Beach:
Mrs. Croskey, Lakewood; Mrs. G.. B. Hud-
net, Belmar; George T. Underhill, Railway;
Miss Caroline Swift, East Orange.
An exhaustive discussion on "The Rela-
ton of the Temperance Reform to the
Church at Large" brought out as debaters
Mrs. Rev. McCauley, of Chester; Mrs. A. P.
Reid, of West Chester; Mrs. Hammel, of
Philadelphia; Mrs. Helen Peck Crane. of
Asbury Park; Mrs. Crocker, of Lakewood,
and Rev. Mr.. Winans, of the Newark Con-
ference.
In the evening Anthony Comstock, Esq.
of New York, President of the Society for |
the Prevention of Vice, closed the meeting
with an interesting and able address on
Social Purity. as Exemplified in the Home
Circle"
An audience of nearly 1000 people filled
the hall, although it rained all day.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-07-10

We see by the papers that the Egyptian
Sphinx is soon to get a thorough over
hauling. 1t is thought that the Sphinx is
a tomb, and that under or inside OF 1t
rare valuables may be found. The work
will be carried on with great care so that
the corpse may not be disfigured by the
somewhat slow autopsy.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-07-10

Years and years ago, when a small boy,
we read over and over again the story
old by Peter Farley, of the wonderful
wealth of the Incas and how Itchulapa's
faithful subjects piled the room in which
he was imprisoned ceiling high with
gold in the vain effort to satisfy the av-
arice of his greedy eaptors, and how he
Incas was afterward cruelty put to death.
1t is a sad, SAD story and one too that has
been read by more millions perhaps than
most of the thrilling stories of the dreary
past. The Washington Star in speaking
of it says:
Exactly how much plumber the con-
querors of Peru under PiaZarro secured
can never be known and all agree that the
precious metals torn from the temples OF
Cuzco alone amounted to more than s90,-
600, 600. 1t is known that the twenty per
cent. which the Spanish king claimed as
his share of the loot was enough to restore
financial credit to impoverished Spain.
Millions more went to the church; enor-
nous sums were expended in the erection
of converts, menasteries, palaces for the
viceroys and other public buildings, and
enough remained to enrich every impecu-
NOUS adventurer who came to the coast.
1t is a story that the true Spaniard can
never repeat without the flash of shame.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-07-10

As some of US may be obliged to go to
Cape May this summer to kill time and
the mosquitoes, it may be well to know
something in advance of the geography OF
the country. In the first place we are
told that the sea is constantly making in
roads upon the narrow peninsula, and if
his be so it will be well to ego about"
and get down there while standing room
remains. Goshen ard Dennis are each
streams that water this stretch of country,
although both are said now to have short
ened or soured on the natives. Anyhow,
they are not as long as they fused to
wasp by several rods. AS there is, how
ever, plenty of ocean front left and room
up higher" their 'cut' en- the inhabi-
tants may amount to but little
II is said, toe, that the Islands, If left
unprotected, are carried slowly but surely
o~ceanward, by whom is not stated, but
the thief is perhaps 'the old man Of the
sea- II, however, it be from the action
of the waves and tides, as some assert,
they may ultimately be drowned if out
after bathing hours. In the prehistoric
past, dimly visible from east Cape May
light house, these islands may have come
visiting inland and been left. There is
one thing, however, down that way that
even the insatiate monster old ocean won't
have, and that is the miles of drift sand
back, covered it'll stunted forests Of fir,
dogwood, sassafras, juniper. birch, holly,
etc. Veal by year an army of foreigners
come down to Cape May to take the place,
but they get beat every time. The charge
upon them of the hack drivers, truckers,
soda water ~sizzlers. bathing tub houses,
ETC., is too much for them and they are
glad to beat a September retreat.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-07-10

In 1878 the Rev. David Walk, a minis
ter in the Christian church, bought five
acres of land in Kansas City for 81, 500.
He WIS a poor mar then and had to work
hard to keep the taxes paid, but did, and
the other day sold the tract for 500, 500.
We know of but one case furnishing a
parallel to this, and are not quite sure that
this latter altogether does it. Some years
since the Rev. Thomas Sovereign, OF the
New Jersey conference, located at one time
in this county, bought property at Atlantic
City which in the end made him quite
rich,
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-07-10

Some idea of the wonderful speed OF
electricity may be formed, when it Is re-
bered that this fluid can wrap ltselI
10 times around the globe in less man d
second of time. To do this a cannon ball
would be 21s hours slam bang and u
dering along the way.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-07-10

Every now and then we hear some
young man, generally a well paid mechan-
ic, making from SIS. 90 to $50. 90 per week,
say that his pay is insufficient to keep him
and his family comfortable. Stuff, non
sense. Some of the richest men of this
time labored fol- long years, day in aud
day out, fol less than one dollar per day
and boarded. We know well to do
farmers who started in life as month hands
serving at $500 per month, board and
washing included, and the occasional use
of a horse, free. Can't live on $4,000 a
a week eh, then better starve.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-07-10

Chas. n. Bell, of the firm of Hornblower
& Bell, publishers of the Woodbury. L'o-
eral Press, has withdrawn and Mr.. Horn
blower will hereafter conduct the paper.
Mr.. II. is a practical newspaper man, and
will doubtless continue the Improvement
noticeable in the Press since the new firm
has had charge.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-07-10

Where horse racing abounds there Is
gambling, where gambling, rum drinking
and reprekensible conduct, and where thess
exist. no self. respecting person should be
found.
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lHnYI Az HlMi

A year ago he was not expected to live.
Liver complaint almost killed him. He
got great relief from three bottles of
Sulphur Bitters, and six bottles cured him.
Editor Veekly Press.
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One is carried way back in Philadelphia
lore when told that the oldest merchant
vessel in the world was built at her port.
The bark is called the True Love" is
100 wears old and still afloat.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-07-10

If this country consumes one-half oil an
tho tin nroduced in the world, with the
whole world to draw upon, what are "eto
do when the supply is limited to the pro-
duction of this country?
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Cam der Chips,

The grocery stores in this city close at
seven o'clock every evening excepting
Fridays and Saturdays. During the months
of July and August the majority of the
retail stores will close sharp at half past
six O'Clock on Tuesday Wednesday and
Thursday evenings. The clerks highly
appreciate the change.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-07-10

Liquor dealers and anti-prohibitionists
who are constantly barping on the blight
ing effects of prohibition upon the pros
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-07-10

The captain of the Salvation Army and
her lieutenant are still laboring for the
conversion Of sinners and scores of young
men and women attend the meetings every
uight. The fearless captain holds open air
services at the principal street crossings
before going to the barracks and | have
seen the crowd applaud her at certain
points ia her exhortatiou. DIR. Graw and
other ministers of different denominations
have been at their barracks during service
hours and all spoke a word of encourage
ment for the Salvation Army. DR.. Graw
in his church last Sunday evening referred
to these nomadic worshipers and said they
were getting hold of a class of people
whom the church cannot get. lie hoped
they would be aided by the church people
everywhere. P-ANTsINBoors.
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GEO. II. MORRISON, surrogate.-52sat

Y,RY Cornpton's Poultry Powders for Roup
l. and Cholera in fowls; and sscours" In
youn 9 chicks. Solo by b. B.HumphreysS co
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One DAY last wsek every tavern and
drinking saloon was closed 10 consequence
Of the proprieters not being able to renew
their license in time to keep their mills
running. As l understand it, there was
a wrangle over the question as to whether
the rumsellers should pay five hundred
dollars for a license or only three hundred
dollars. But let the fee be whatit may the
saloons are again in full blast. DR.. Graw
in abiding to the action Of the authorities
in this matter said in his sermon last Sun
day evening that he had been sizing up the
political parties and had discovered that
the difference between a Republican and a
Democrat now is just two hundred dollars.
And when they get done with their work
there will be one hundred and fifty licensed
saloons. 1t is his candid belief that if it
were put to vote, more drinking people
would cast their vote for prohibition than
protesting Christians.
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DEPARTMENT OF TIE ". C.. 7. u,
OF N. j..

OFFICERS OF THE SALEM COUNTY woMAE'sCHRIsT-
IAN TEMPERANCE UNION:
Pres, Mrs. REBEccA p. PATTERSON, Salem.
Cor. Sec, MRS. oRNELIA NISTAR, Salem.
Rec. sec, MRS. o j. GRoFF, Pennsgroye.
Treas, MRS. MAGGIE CRIsPIN, Sharptown.
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The body of a woman was found in the
river in North Camden one morning this
week by 2 couple OF men at work along
the shore. An investigation revealed the
fact that the unfortunate woman's name
was Rose ~Cavanaugh, of Philadelphia.
Overwork in the carpet mills had brought
on nervous prostration which slightly de-
ranged her mind and in q state OF melan-
choly she had committed suicide by
drowning.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-07-10

Did ever a more beautiful 4th OF July
dawn upon a free people than That OF last
week?
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OFFICERS Wv C. #. u, wooDsTowN:
President, MISS JOE MACALTIoNER
Vice Presidents, MISS MART1E GAUNT, Miss
CORA WARE.
Rec. Secretary, Miss LULU WRIGHT.
Cor. Secretary, IRENE B.. SMITH.
Treasurer, Miss CORA WARE.
Time ofmeeting W. C. L. U. Thursday after
400 ut 3 O'Clock.
Time of meeting Y. w. Z I. U. Monday
evening at 80 O'Clock
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OFFICERS w. c. T. e., wooDsTowN
President, MRS. HENRIETTA DAVIS.
Cor. Secretary, MRS. j. w. HUMPHREYS.
Recording Secretary, ELIZA z. GIBSON.
Treasurer, Mrs. NJ DAVIS.
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A Maurieetown man picked from / Both
acre of Wilson Seeding straw berries 7l5
boxes. or at the rate of 2i,450 quarts to
acre.