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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24
OUR DETECTIVES PERIL.

Dangers of Detecting Crime and Arrestinr
Criminals-Roger ofMara's Kpights-In-
spector McAIeese's Good work-Lucky
Fitzserald's Close Cal-McTighe's De-
liyerance-Detectiye Robinson's Little
Picnic.
ApAY or two ago asked Police Inspector
McAleese. as he sat at his desk in the Public
Safety Department at City Hall, with a great
heap of correspondence on police matters
before him, if he had not some story of per-
sonal peril to tell me. He shrugged his broad
shoulders, and said with laugh' "Why,
bless youi 1 never take any desperate
chances; you must go to my men for that
sort of thing. There are lots of them who've
got adventures to tell of, I'm o tyro still in
police business. Fighting fire was my call
ing till the last year or two, and 1 told Mr..
Brown when he asked me to enter the police
service that didn't know how to arrest a
man, never had arrested a man, and
didn't know that could learn. He
insisted on my coming all the same, and
here am-doing my best to serve the city"
There is no mistake about it, Inspector Nc
Aleese has done the city good service al
ready, and is likely to do more. The evil
doers of the First police district know what
he has done, and respectable citizens, If they
will look about them and compare to-day
with yesterday, must realize the change for
the better If the malefactors fear him, q
good many who perforce come in contact
with the police have cause to like Inspector
McAleese saw little.woman, with a wan,
haggard face and draggled black dress, ap-
proach the desk in Central station last night
where the Inspector was sitting, just as the
night force OF policemen were assembling.
The woman edged up timidly between the
detectives, and choking back the tears told
Inspector McAleese the old, old story of a
drunken husband arrested on q Saturday
night. The Inspector listened patiently, al
though it was a chronic case, know,and said
gently, when the story was told: you come
back in a couple of hours and you can take
the old man home. He's too drunk to go
now; he's better locked up and the woman,
with fearful "Thank your crept away.
And though he disclaims any share in the
perils of policing, the detectives tell me that
whenever men are short and work is plenty
Inspector McAleese isn't Slow to Jump in and
hustle. His broad shoulders, strong arms and
sharp eyes are as powerful in their way as
his brains and moral vigor.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24

EVERY man on the detective force has had
ticklish experience OF two, a narrow shave
of sudden death, and most of them from the
veteran chief Roger o. Mara, to the rawest
recruit have known what it is to lay hands
on men who regard murder as nothing more
than necessity that their calling imposes.
Roger O'Mara probably knows more desper-
ate criminals by actual acquaintance, and
has had the nippers on a large percentage of
them, than any other detective in the State.
His hair-breadth escapes would fill a book,
and they have filed innumerable pages of
newspapers, court records and police his
tories already. The stories below are taken
at random from big -sheaf gathered from
the actors lipS:
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24
An Editorial Announcement.

East Palestine, (O.) Reveille.I
It's girl, and not likely ever to kick a jol
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24

why b8cnei0rS should Rejoice.
THE HEobservantandf frugal eater will note the
difference in price between the same articles
served in the gentlemen's cafe and the ladies
department of the same establishment. But
he will never understand why there should
be such difference. Articles offood served
in the ladies' restaurant are usually from
10 to e5 per cent higher in price than the
same i'll the gentlemen's cafe. The reason
may be that gentlemen will not be imposed
on when alone. When accompanied by
ladies they expect and take it as matter of
course. Men naturally prefer to dine where
they can read, chat and smoke without
restraint, and it seems q little odd that this
fact is not seized upon to compel them to
pay the same price for their food as they
would have to pay for it If in another room
accompanied by ladies. In many restaurants
even the wines, malt liquors, ETC., are
|. marked up ON the bills of fare in the ladies'
department. The coffee that costs 10 cents
u cup IN the care, Is % when associated with
skirts.
Nor is this difference confined to what you
eat gentleman alone can get II room Tor
from 81 TO 81. Ii he is accompanied by his
wife the same kind of Accommodations will
cost him s3 to 80 per day. This exactly re-
verses the ordinary methods of business
life. The stores and every class of trade
prices down to the last cent and n split
nickel is the rule of every sale. Gentlemen
who buy their underclOthing and fancy arti-
things cheaper than at the mems furnishing
stores. The plain inference of this incon-
gruity is that the increased price of food in
the ladies' restaurant is an imposition that
is tolerible and tolerated only through the
weakness of human nature.
Seats on the Steamers.
THE steamer chairs that line the eurbing
in front OF the shops where a speciality is
made of travellers outfits indicate the ap-
preaching exodus of the more restless
Americans The names and addresses
painted on these show large proportion of
people of other cities. "Mr. Henry Jones'"
"Mrs. Henry Jones'" Miss Jones, . Miss sar
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-08-07
Al WORLDS FAIR.
wome N oil the w. Z Il. u. ASK for Room
for a Zig Exhibit.

~JoSephine X. Nichols. OF indianapolis.
has made application for space fof the ez-
hibit of the Noman's Christian Temper
ance Union and Woman's Temperance
Publication Association. She wants 4
space 10ox20 feet in which to exhibit ban
ners, flags, books, etc. ''ice water for free
distribution, Temperance drinks for sale,
model crecbe; model hospital for treatment
without alcoholic stimulants; literature on
all philanthropic and hYeienic topics for
free distribution: reception room for ladies
ard juveniles The exhibit is 10 he the
result of female labor. Miss Nichols says
in her letter to Secretary Hirst that she
would like space in the main building, and
also space outside of the building for the
hospital. The creche is TO haze nurses aud
cribs to take care ofchildren hose parents
will leave them for fex hours. The hos
pital will lie fitted up to care for emergency
cases. She says in the outside space there
will be fitted up one large pavilion or
group ofthrec. This will be fitted up with
fountains, flags and banners from thirty
FIVE national uLions. Native attendance
has been promised from the foreign unions.
81 am only asked, " says the writer. "by
the national superintendent Of restaurants
in the society 10 apply Ter space for 4 fine
restaurant, in connection with one Of your
large buildings uuder the outside gallery.
We Ill also have unique toilet rooms for
ladies. l will soon be in Chicago and
would be glad tomake application for this in
person, locate spaee,ii possible, and explain
what we will do. I have au elegant silk,
hand made flag for every state and terri
tory, finest satin and hand painted banners
that can be made, and will have the most
unique and handsome set of State shields
ever seen, all made Of special products in
the most artistic vay-seme Of iulaid
woods, some Of native minerals, some OF
slate, hand-painted, some Of beaten brass,
etc" TIE Canadian ladies, she says.
propose to have a fountain in q rookery
filled with & display Of all tie ferns intheir
country-Igrer.
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temper, Of anything hat determines It's
quality.
.sToo much temper"-"too highly tenn
pered, . not veil tempered, or 'ill-temper-
ed, ; is a cause of trouble both With tools
and people.
Liquor is a prime cause of i'll temper,
ard intoxicating drinks will always infAme
an evil temper, and make an ordinarily
good natured person cross, @fre,fal. pees-
ish. To say that a man IS in temper, or in
liquor, would oftentimes be to express the
same fact.
Liquor drinkers are also tempted to IN
dulge in other sins. II the word in emper-
anee was spelled in accordance with lis
origin it would be written in.ternpter-anee.
Certainly the chief tempter is always pres
ent where evil spirits gather.
INTOXICATED.
The word tozicai means poison. and it
originally slgnifed the poison in which
arrows had been prepared for battle, or
the chase.
Toxioology is the. science that treats of
poisons.
To say that a person is intoxicated, is
therefore to say literally and in fact, he is
poisoned.
All intoxicated persons are the victims
of poison. Deadly drugs like arrows
dipped in deadly poison, have sped to their
brain and vital organs. and they are really
poisoned as they would be if arsenic had
been swallowed.
Poison in quantities is one of the lnvari-
able ingredients of all intoxicating liquors.
The manifestation Of its evil effects, is only
a question Of bow much poison any par
t%icular person can endure.
The poisoned arrow was prepared to
produce dealt. and death here and here
after is the doom of the habitually intoxi-
Gated.
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and experienced hands now.
Z. B. HUMPHREYS co.
NEW STORE UNDER THE
OPERA HOUSE.

II you have deferred buying a
new spring or summer suit for your
self or either Of your boys, you can
save money now. Those in charge
of the clothing store are instructed
to take off a good slice from many
of the suits or odd pieces, both in
summer wear and for goods suited
to all the year round service. Come
in and try your luck. You will be
likely to find what you want at
prices that will satisfy you. Our
stock is as well selected and as
varied as at any time during the
season, and will be kept up during
the warm weather.
Mems thin all wool %hannelette or
zephyr wool coats and vest to
match at $3.50 to s4.75. These,
with a neat pair of pants Of any
shade or color, make a dressy and
comfortable summer suit.
Striped blazers for boys and men.
There's no dress-up about them.
but they're just the thing to rough
it in.
Ali 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 u 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 u.s..
f. B. HUMPHREYS.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-08-07
tOOIeSt of

Never in the history OF the Weather
Bureau has there been SO cool a July. In
all parts of the country east of the Rocky
Mountains the temperature has been below
the normal. Throughout the lake regions.
Northern New York and New England the
GOODNESS has been most perceptible. On
several occasions the minimum temperature
in northern New York and along the lakes
to Michigan has been within ~ degrees Of
freezing, and in Canada just north of the
lakes it reached the freezing point.
There has been a deficiency Of o. degrees
of mean temperature below the normal Of
twenty years, although the record shows
an excess of temperature Of 341 degrees
since Jan. l.. THIS shows that the winter
months were warmer than usual. The ex-
cess was: for January, 1860; February,
143o; March, 1Gc; April, III; May, H.;
June. $50; July, deficiency, 94o. There
were but eight days in July on which the
temperature equalled or excelled the nor
NAL. The coolest part of the month was
from the list TO the 18th and from the 26th
to the 31st. The maximum temperature,
go, occurred on the 18th, minimum, So,
on the 9Th and 9th; mean temperature, IL.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-08-07

Assistant Postmaster Clarkson. the
same who now steps into Qnays shoes, has
S post.ofices named after him, and We
don't know how many babies answer to
the call of Clarkson. Wanamaker has
given bis name to five new towns and Har-
rison to four. Vice. President Morton,
Senator Edmunds and Wm. E. Gladstone
have a score or two post-offiees each. Mis-
souri, has thought fit to dub a new post
Office Dudley, while Indiana honors
Private Secretary Halford in the same
way. The Democratic administration
still has its admirers. Idaho has chosen
the name of Cleveland for ere of its new
towns, 9hile Maryland christens a new
post office Bayard. a post-ofice in Penn
sylyania has applied for the name OF
McGinty.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-08-07
TO ..gaeob."in Kindly Remembrance.
Ills sweet to be remembered,
Ills sad to be forgot

With what tender. yet conical pathos
have we heard Frances T.. Willard en-
different occasions, repeat the above lines.
And after reading the very interesting and
beautifully word pictured account SO kind
IL dedicated by 'Jacob," in last weeks
MONITOR, of the Temple Baptist Church,
at Broad aud Berks St. Philadelphia. the
above lines presented themselves in answer
thereto.
Many others no doubt remember these
words as Frances repeated them in conuec-
ton with her expected, but never realized
interview with one OF the committees of a
great political party in convention assem-
bled. How She, with her colleagues Of the
W. CT. L, waited outside expecting every
moment TO DE remembered and ushered
into the presence Of these eminert commit
teemen, but how-after long and tiresome
waiting-they finally had to conclude
90 twas sad to be forgot" Until we heard
tic voice Of Frances +. Willard dwell on
that sad word "forgot'' We never realized
what a world Of want Of interest, want Of
brotheriy kindEess. want OF living christ
ian love, want Of all that goes toward
making the wheels Of time move along
smoothly and easily it ross esscd, never
realized before how much CT Sofe disap-
pointnent, Of fioWu friendships, Of un-
fulfilled promises and Of deepest despair
it engendered.
Therefore to have The above mentioned
article dedicated as it WAS, Of course il has
a tendency 10 quicken tie memories of q
year ago, and VIC fuily believe Ruth
will be excused by the readers of tho
MONITOR if her pen shonld lead her to
converse with Jacob through its columns
in reply TO this appreciated remembrance.
We are willing TO admit it freely, for as
an elder sister has an interest in ali her
younger brothers Who are e~ndeayoring to
fill their cleft in the ''rock of ages"
so is Ruth" interested in Jacob in his
city lie IN as great a degree as one unknown
person can be interested IN the welfare Of
another person similarly known.
We are led to illustrate This recurring
memory Of Jacobs to the whistle Of 2
large steamer, as the latter arrested our
attention but a few hours ago. Up from
the shores Of the Delaware Though the
winding course Of the valley came the
distant yet perfectly clear sound from his
moving steamer, but v neither it was nov
ing from or toward US we could not tell.
Again, as we listened, the sound was re.
peaied, ard judging from the lesser force
with which it sounded on The ear the con-
%clusion reached was, that it was passing
out into deeper water, further away from
the protecting arms Of the bay.
Thus it is with the memory OF stJacob, 81
and all the dear boys who are leaving the
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-08-07

There is but little doubt but that the
standard Of christian attainment as set up
at Pitman Grove is high, very high. A
great many members Of other evangelical
churches, and among them members of the
NJ. j. church too, declare they believe it
set too high. The average christian, they
say, will never come up to it.. We don't
so hold, and further, don't believe the
standard should be lowered in the least.
The christian church, and by that we mean
christians Of all denominations, have
nothing to gain by having them lower it,
either. There is plenty Of the namby-
pamby kind Of religion in the world, a
sort Of parlor car christianity as it were,
without giving them the earth, and it is
positively refreshing to find somewhere in
the gorld, and that somewhere 50 near at
home as Pitman Grove, a place where we
run right straight against a snag in at
tempting to live this worldly kind of
religion. Let the church come up to the
%colors, VIC say, bnt don't carry the colors
back to the main body of the church.
But one thing We want to say to the
brethren at Pitman who are preaching
holiness-don't imagine that because you
are living in The higher realm of christian
experience, and so teach others, that no.
body else has religion but yourselves, and
that nobody else will be saved but your
selves, now don't. We know this to be a
perfectly natural sequence but fer all that
dogmaticalIy and radically wrong. Our
prohibition friends, we sometimes think,
fall into this error when they class all
temperance workers, who are not prohibit
~tionists, as of and with the enemy.
Christians cannot be too Christ-like nor too
much holy, but it is well to remember that
of the s~earafied hosts in the past. who
having served their generation and wit
messed a good confession were afterward
received up into glory, but few ever pro-
fessed holiness and so it will ever be.
Be good as You can, brethren, but don't be
intolerant.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-08-07
Cnrc for Drunkemness.

A correspondent of the New York SIN,
in answ CT to the question. Can any one
give me q cure for drunkenncsS?" says:
Indulgence il spirits after a while-which
is longer or shorter according TO the cons
titution Of tie person-produces irrita-
tion ,infammationau and fever Of the stomach,
hence tie craving for drink; ard the greater
the fever tie greater the craving. As
spirits act also on tie nervous system and
On The brain, The nervous system becomes
impaired and the brain weakened. Who
can deny that a person ailirg in these sew
eral ways is laboring under a serious
disease? He las then 10 viii power to
exercise, because tie seat Of the will is in
the nervous centres, and when these are
impaired OF destroyed So is also the will
power.
Here is the cure: Let lie person have
within his reach a small vial Of the best
kind Of tincture Of Peruvian Dark, ard y hen
the craving for liquor m on him let
him take a %teaspoon;ul Of the t%iactuTo
every two hours. In 4 few days the taste
for liquor is destroyed, and destroyed
while INDUCING in it, for t~inoture 0 fPeruyi-
an bark is spirits into which has been
drawn ali the substance of Peruvian bark.
1t is to be found in every drug store, but
it should be of the very best.
Peruvian bark is a tonic. 1t is also the
bes, if rot The only known cure for fever.
II is ircm Peruvian bark that quinino is
extracted, aud, moreoyerit is auti-periodic.
1t is by these three agencies that it de-
stroys tie craving for liquor. Any one
wishing to be cured of that ailment can
be in the way I have described, but there
are few drunkards, indeed, who wish to be
cured.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-08-07
Humphreys 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 ovcr 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 peopie want it for.
Ginghams are more in favor this
year than last, and desavedly 50,
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-n7ade window screens with
ash frames and covered with wire.
easily adjusted to fit almost any
window, Is and soc. Also black
and green wire netting for doors
and windows, from % to "a inches
wide, at &c to 25c a yard. Black
is the most popular, and deservedly
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, founcings and
cmbroideries. 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
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-08-07

Building societies in New Jersey are re-
quired to report their business to the Gov
eminent Of the State. Reports have been
received irom 254 societies, having II, 726
members or shareholders, of whom nearly
one fourth are women. The societies have
issued 437, 773 shares, ard have assets of
So. 4e6. 500, averaging over $50 per share.
A great deal of money is paid cut every
year on account Of " Withdrawing ormatured
shares, but the annual income, it is stated,
reaches very nearly SO, o00, 900. One of
the interesting features Of the report is the
statement that the average yearly ex-
pense account Of a New jersey society is
1884. They have evidently learned the
important lesson that lie success Of any
such cooperative enterprise depends upon
economy Of management.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-08-07

We lear the term ''our billion dollar
congress''used by many a mouthing fiipper,
0 a days, just as though they had the
figures al their fingers end and knew ex-
actly the magnitude of the sum implied.
We do not believe they do, nor do we. but
to give some idea of what is meant by a
billion we give the following from an old
writer:
If you were to eat a penny cake every
second for 42, 500 years, you would have
a bill Of 81 600, 900, COO to pay the baker.
A billion dollars stacked up in a single
column would make a pile 1404 miles high.
If the dollars we're taken mp in the air
and thrown to earth in a shower, they
would cover an area of more than half a
square mile.
The weight of 81, 900, 900, 900 is equal to
that Of Al, G45 American men.
1t would pay the salaries of 90, 900 Pres
idents Of the United States. and support
the royal family of Great Britain for
several years.
Placed edge to edge 81, 900, 900. 600 in
bills would carpet an area Of 81 square
miles, with a liberal fraction left over for
repairs. Laid in line lengthwise they
"ouli iciM d beIL o.OoSo lncItS woe ana
HAP miles long, that would 20 around
the earth nearly five ii mes and reach half
way to the moon.
A billion dollars in paper money would
make, If spun together in one sheet and
then cut up into pieces of proper size,
gowns for 127, S67 women, or dresses for
1888, Col children.
1t would pay for the education of 2j0,-
600 children from the kindergarten to and
through college, and buy a city lot apiece
for 30, 600, 600 persons nearly the entire
population Of the United States.