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The Monitor., 1891-09-25
TheFarmers Alliance.

The Louisiana State Lottery cost the
people of this country s2s, 600, o00annually.
Less than half was returned in prizes. No
wonder the Farmers National Alliance
wants constitutional amendment adopted
forbidding the chartering or conducting of
lotteries. Congress will be asked to take
steps to secure the ratification of such an
amendment.
This is all excellent beginning for the
new Alliance that starts out for reform
with big R on its banner. Twenty.eight
million dollars spent for lottery tickets
annually, and about twelve millions re-
turned in rriZes-a less Of sixteen million
dollars annually to the people.
Is the amount lost, the cause of depres-
sion among farmers?
No doubt but that it has bad something
to do with it.
But cannot they see greater cause. Or
are they blinded by the same disease that
haz troubled the two dominant parties for
more than twenty-five years? The writer
has been reading the platforms of the
Farmers Alliance Conventions throughout
the United States during the spring and
summer, and rot one single convention
has introduced and passed resolution
condemning the manufacture and sale of
intoxicating liquors.
The great american Leper, ''the saloon. y
has been let severely alone.
What are sixteen million dollars, lost in
lottery tickets, in comparison to nine hun
dred and airty million of dollars spent
annually for that soul-destroying element
that robs man of his manhood, home of its
purity, intellect from the soul, farm from
the farmer?
Nine hundred aud sixty million dollars
taken annually from the farmer and the
laborer, and where does it &C? To pay
taxes? No. To pay off farm mortgages?
No? To build new houses for the work
ingman? No. Then where does it goe
1t sends the millionaire distiller and brewe
and the rum seller to your Congress and
Houses of Representatives to make laws to
more fully protect them in their robbery Of
the people. 1t fills your poor-houses, ,jals,
prisons and gravey ards, increases your
taxes tenfold.
Is the Farmers Alliance afraid Of the
liquor element of the country? 1t most
certainly looks that way. | would like to
see platform of theirs that declares
against the saloon and rum drinking.
would like to see platform of theirs that
protects the farmer
/ would like to read platform of theirs
that does not protect the liquor-seller.
| would like the Farmers Alliance to
figure the difference between sixteen mil
lion dollars and nine hundred and sixty
million, then decide which is the greater
leper-the lottery or The saloon. Neither
is fit for them to unite with. Ii you would
have peace, prosperity and happiness, vote
for the prohibition of both lottery selling
and liquor r-drinking. g.-W C. Z. UBulletin.
The Monitor., 1891-09-25

Prolfbitionists than they do for their psi1-
eiplss. That lhe rum party are nct half
so much disturbed over shat tae gTest
Republican party may say or do as they are
over that Of the weak and Gin yoar mind)
despised Probibitionists. That the ruin
seller knows at first sight what to DO With
a Prohibition ticket, while many Of them
vote the Republican ticket. That the Re
pablieans have been longer time firing
ballots in the air, /" in the State OF New
Jersey, than any political organization ever
existing here. That if all the Prohibitionists
of the state had voted for Grubb he could nos
have been elected governor. That tnoRs-
ands of straight out Republicans refuse to
vote with their party for prohibition and
chose the rather to vote the rum democratic
ticket when prohibition is made an issue
That many of the Republican kickers who
voted for Van Syckel last year are cursicg
the prob ibitionists 10 advance for not hurry
ing over and help them nominate temper
ance ticket. That many Republicans II
the past were divided in their choica as
between the local option Republican Law
and the Phillip BAker-WeEts Democratic
law. That the Prohibitionists Of Cumber-
land county may yet conceive il for the good
of the people that they endorse the RepGb
liean nominee fer Assembly this fall, when
said nominee is faIl fedgei and uneqaiso-
cally for prohibition. That they do this
to help the canse Of prohibition and not in
the interest of any particular party.
That the infamous excise commission bill
could never have become a Law without
republican yotes IN the assembly? The
bill was passed under suspension of the
rules and required a vote and the neees-
sary z vote vas furnished by the demo-
Gratis. That in all the excise commission
boards of the State not single prohibi-
ZIONIST is to be found while third of them
at least are willing aud superseryieeable
republicans tools for the rum party. That
when the local option Law vas passed By
republican legislature and senate that two
democrats from Cumberland county,
Senator Baker and AssemblyInau Smalley,
voted in its favor. And how in any
way OF by what reasoning the Repub-
lican party could lay claim 10 the
support Of the prohibitionists? That
the Prohibitienists of the State are more
desirous of roofing out the rum party in
the State than the Republicans are. That
we shall see further on what we shall see.
That some Republican newspapers of the
State are not SO outspoken in condem na-
ton of the infamous excise commission
law as are some of the Democratic faith.
That this especially applies to Cumber-
land county. That Of all the Republican
papers of that county that are pronounced
on the question, none are more so than the
Yineland Indepebdent. That the Demo
Gratis beat the Republicans BY one, since
they have two in the county, the journal
and Patriot That we are now through.
The Monitor., 1891-09-25
W. c. IL. DEPARTMENT.

which has been kept up for nearly fifty
years for women's enfrapchisement, the
whole social system has been changed.
The legal status of wives, mothers, and
widows has been greatly modified; educa-
ton, selfsupport and opportunity have
been accorded TO women; larger concep-
ton of womanhood prevails, and the days
of ''womcn's snbiectionn are nearly ended.
The agitation of the woman suffrage ques-
tion for half a century has made possible
the large work of women today in educa-
ton. philanthropy, reform and cooperative
work.
The Monitor., 1891-09-25

Everything in boys and mems boots
and shoes, both IN leather and
rubber.
Mems hats. The new shapes in
dress hats for young men, and the
older men also, are in stock. You
can save 25cts. on the purchase of a
hat, and get the latest and best OF US.
our stock of clothing was never
so large, and we shall make LOW
PRICES on it this season. This
means just as it reads. If you want
reliable goods at the lowest prices
you ever saw or heard of, come and
look at our stock. You will not go
away disappointed.
Our own good make of panta-
looms and shirts, made in our own
factory, not skimped in cutting or
sighted in making. None better
made in this country. This is the
decision of those who are selling
them elsewhere.
In a word, if there is anything
you want in the clothing or outfit
ting line, come to our new store
under the Opera House and we will
do you good.
E. B. HUMPHREYS.
The Monitor., 1891-09-25
NEW STORE UNDER THE
OPERA HOUSE.

Our boot and shoe trade is en-
couraging, and the indications are
that we will largely increase it over
last year. We deserve to, as our
stock was never better or cheaper.
You don't need to buy-we won't
ask you to do that-but you'll save
money if you come in and see what
good goods we are selling and how
little money we ask for them.
The Monitor., 1891-09-25
What women are Doing.

Mrs. Mary A. Livermore says, in the
North American Reuiem:
There are upwards of sixty cooperative
societies Of women, of national scope, ell
gagged in the phiianthropies of the country.
like the Women's relief corps, the Kings
Daughters, protective agencies for women
and childlen, the working girls guilds,
the Women's Educational and Industrial
Unions, etc, and their aggregate member
ship runs up to half million. They own
and erect buildings for their work, dis
burse funds, look after defective, depen-
dent, and delinquent classes of women
and children, establish industrial schools.
kindergartens, and day-nurseries, and do
whatever other work comes to them for
the helping of the age. One, the Rama
bal Association, stands behind the school
for high caste Hindu windows, in Poona,
India, established and taught by the Pun
dita Ramabai, who three years ago can
vassed America for funds to maintain her
school until it should be sef-supporting.
She haserected bungalow for her work
with money contributed by American
women.
Of the movement to give suffrage to
women, MIS-. Livermore says:
The magnitude of the change contem-
plated by this reform has necessarily de.
layed it. sit envolves radical recon-
struction of social ideas and usages all
along the line of human relations" and
will not be accomplished until the govern
ment, now composed of men alone, shall
be changed into government of men and
women. Twenty three States have con-
ceded the principle of woman suffrage by
making women voters in school elections.
Three States have given women the right
to vote on liquor licenses. Kansas has
given women suffrage in municipal cleo
tions. And Wyoming, after twenty-onc
years experience as a woman suffrage
Territory, has given women full suffrage
ard political equality through its State
constitution" Under cover of the fire
The Monitor., 1891-09-25
Humphreys Store al the Corner

Our attention is now directed TO
goods for the fall season, some of
which we have bought and have in
stock, and some that we have given
orders for that is yet to come. We
have made unusual preparations and
hope to show larger and better as
sorted stock than heretofore.
Black and colored Henrietta at
25c to sI.oo; excellent all wool So
inches wide at 50 cts, probably the
best you may find anywhere for the
price.
White shaker flannel, p inches
wide, at the remarkably low price
Of 8 cts, worth more-only 5 pieces
$50 yards to sell.
Fancy striped skirting for child
rens skirts and suits, 10 cts. yard,
made to sell for IS cts.
Canton fannels, all prices, from
&c. to I2Hc Wool lannels in the
usual variety. Good Shaker fan
nels &c., worth I21ac.
Bed ticking-every good make.
Table linens from zoe. to 75c. for
the best.
Shirting and sheeting muslins, all
widths, both bleached and brown.
Hamburg edgings, flouncings and
embroideries. The best selected
stock il. town, and by far the best
we have ever owned. This branch
is in trained and experienced hands
now
Ladies and children's underwear
from the cheapest to the best.
Hosiery ofall the popular makes
and qualities for children, misses,
boys and ladies'.
Our ladies' and children's shoe
department is growing in favor all
the time. We have a good stock of
good qualities at fair prices.
Infants and children's caps and
coats-much lower than you can
buy them elsewhere.
Rag and ingram carpets, and the
largest stock of floor oil cloths and
patterns in South Jersey, at prices
below all competition. There is no
three stocks in this vicinity of oil
cloths so large and cheap as We are
showing.
Stoneware-every size in pots and
jars, from ? quarts to 5 gallons, di-
rect from the pottery at Akron, O.
Also porcelain lined kettles, and all
kinds Of spices for catsup and pre-
serving.
Try our pure ground pepper at
I2c. a pound. You don't know
how cheap we sell good groceries
if you've never traded with us.
L. B. HUMPHREYS & CO.
The Monitor., 1891-09-25

At West Grove. Chester Co., Pa, on
Saturday last, Ex-Governor John P. St.
John was among the speakers. He said
the large gathering reminded him of the
anti-slayery movement forty years ago. at
the time ofanother political uphe2yal. The
liquor laws of Pennsylvania to his mind
were ten times worse than were the black
laws OF Illinois, where he had been indIct-
ed for delivering an abolition speech. His
address was frequently interrupted by ap-
plause. Among other things he said that
it was estimated that last year sS1, COO, 900
was wasted in Pennsylvania over the saloon
bars. He then talked to ihefarmers on the
tariff question and explained the differ
ences between the two old parties on the
subject. Reciprocity as explained by the
Democrats was fair exchange between
Canada aud the United States. while to a
Republican il Was fair exchange between
the United States and Canada. Under the
Mckinley bill wages had been reduced
more fhan in any other Ten months in the
history of the country. He opposed the
sub treasury scheme. We do not wan-, be
said, To make it easy 70, man to borrow
money. # man owning farm in the
rich county Of Chester canuet pay off his
mortgage in reasonable time there is
something fundamentally wrong In 1890
there were l43, ooo, coo ef bushels of grain
exported, ard IN 1880 there were only 49,
000, 090 bushels sent cut Of the country.
In conversation Governor st. John said
he had only five vacant days up to Deeem-
Der, ard had spoken $50 times in the last
Sly rnuntlis - pr,blfe Tf30e,
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We hardly think The answer to the Mon
IToR in last weeks Nineland Iadependent
well Up in G." Neither do ne think the
readers Of tie Hsdfptndent think so and its
intelligent publishers We are quite sure do
not. So many points are misstated, so
many facts distorted that as matter Of
authority tie reply is yalueless. At its
best, however, looked at by any body or set
of bodys or from whatever standpoint pos
sible, it is simply the refreshing of the
same straw, by the same clubs, welded
By the same party Of air beaters and appears
more like the furious charge Of whoop la
Ia party with resoundiog tom toms and
Chinese rattles thar anything we can just
now call to mind.
The LFdtpeadtnt shies the main facts
mnei as q meftlescme horse does a circus
tent ard gives them the broad Ego by as
If conscious that tie truth could not be
used to advantage il at hand.
Some Of is points are most amusing or
would be if not threadbare and we don't
know but after al the ihreadbare feature
OF it the more amusing part of the whole
'Ifthe prohbiiionists lad only helped us We
wouldn't have been in snch an awful pre-
dieament. Yes, we see. But why pro-
hibiiinr;sts? Why not rail at the Presby-
teriaps, Meihodists, Baptists and other
sects ard sections FOR not coming over in a
body and lootipg the bloody Democrats?
Why not in short make the same point as
against the Democrats themselves? What
business has. or Lad, the party Of Jefferson
and Jackson, Mcclellan and Hancock and
Tilden. joining hands with the wicked rum
selltrs when they might just as well have
been fighting under tile bifurcated banner
Of the Republican party Why nor, in fact
blame everybody for not coming over to
"cnr side. >
Bus no. that's roS the Republican way.
Looking ont from the enclosure in which
the Democrats have hedged them in they
see tho prohibition procession marching
along. Hello, they shout from behind
the fence. ''What business have you
fellows doing that? Why don't you come
ovai herr and help us fight the rum Demo
erats9 We ehavo stood SO long in this pen
waiting for somebody or something to come
along, as actually to have worn a hole in
the ground, aud that's Why the democrats
say they Lave us in a hole. Now come
over please, and hep US out. .
'tShow ynnr colnrs" answer hack tho
Pros and forthwith up from behind the
fence flag WITH the inscription Down
with The Salooa'' and on the other side
High license and restriction :" THAT will
never do, say the cold water party, AS
they contians on TIE marsh, "Yon must
be for one side or the other and be one
thing OF The other, the good Lord good
devil racket won't work with u.s." Then
the Republicans make mouths at them
from over the fence and called them cranks
There are & number of things that Bro.
Seigman ought to know if he does not
already. He ought 10 know that the Pro-
hibition party is first, last and all the time
for tie determination Of the saloon in our
midst. That the Republicans, who com
pose large percentage Of it's members, are
such because they could not trust their
own party on that issue. That it has
been limited time and again thai the
Republicans care more for the votes of the
The Monitor., 1891-09-25

OFFICERS Y VIC T Z, wooDsTowS.
President. Miss Aida IL. TURNER.
Vice Presidents, Miss MARETg GAUNT, Miss
Cora WARE.
Rec. Secretary. Miss IRExE i. sxiTH
Cor. Secretary. Miss BELLE q. HUMPHREYS
Treasurer, Miss Lulu W WgTeHT.
Time of meeting ". C I. u Thursday after
noon st O'Clock.
Time of meeting Y. W. 1. u Monday
evening al 80 O'Clock
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The Wsst Jersey Press asks the MONITOR

The West Jersey Press asks the MONITOR
to name .'the few weak kneed, penny
catehers in whose private scales political
pap at Trenton outweighs the sense Of
moral obligation to party" and smoke out
the guilty rascals, De. Well now this IS
something of job, Messrs- publishers oil
the Press, naming them all, and il you
don't mind we would rather take stock
inventory of the crowd and report at
another time What say You, Messrs. ".
j. p?
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DEPARTMENT OF THE ". C. 7. q.
or WOCDSTOwN. N. j.

ovyiczzs OF TIE SALEM eoUFIx vo,f4E CHRIST
Ian TEMPERANCE UNION:
Pres, MRS. REBEccA p. PATTgRsos, salem
Cor sec, MRS CoRsELI4 NIsFAg. saleni-
Rec Sec, MRS. .. j, GRoFF, PennsgroFe-
Treas. Mas MAGGIE CgIsPIs. Sharptowa.
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WILL be sold at public sale, on
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER rs. 1891.
Salem Co. orphans' Court.

ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.
Enoch s. Fogg and Charles il, kicn
man, administrators OF rhebe Idoyd,
deceased, by direction OF the Snrrogaie
of the County OF salem, hereby glNe
notice to the creditors of The said Phebe Lloya,
deceased. TO bring in their debts demaous anu
claims against the estate OF the said aeceaei.',
under oath OF affirmation, within nine niontiis
from the date hereof. or they VIII be fofcNet
barred OF any action against the sIld admins
traitors ENOGU - tDGG,
CHARLES II. RiCilhANt
Dated Aug. H. IS9l-slt-lot Administrators
The Monitor., 1891-09-25
opera House, FRIDAY Ger. Cd.

The Danbury Conn. Ne1c8 OF Aug. Goth
has the following to say of the Joshua
Sinpkius" Company which will appear at
Woodstown next Friday:
Reno x Ford's comedians in Joshua
Simpkins' attracted fair sized audience
at the Opera House last evening. The
play is of the 'Joshua Whitcomb' order,
but is infinitely more humorous than the
latter.
The scenic effects were better than pre-
sented by the average travelling company
the river scene with ferry boats in motion
being especially fine. The company is ex-
cellent and they made a hit individually
and collectively. The singing was very
enjoyable feature.
The Monitor., 1891-09-25

OFFICERS W. c. 7 {, WooDeIoEr-
President. MRS. ANNA r. SoCDEg.
Cor. Secretary, Mrs. j. W. HUNPHgEYs.
Recording Secretary, ELIZA Z. GIBSON.
Treas urer, Mrs. ANY DAVIS.
The Monitor., 1891-09-25

The West Jersey Game Protective So
ciety held it's annual meeting in Camden
last week. The secretary showed that
$1,000 had been expended in propagating
game. The Treasurer reported balance
10 favor Of the society amounting to $500.
The following named gentlemen were
nominated for Board Of Directors: Camden
county, II. W. Kersweli: Cape May conn
ty. Henry Shaw: Gloucester county,
Samnel Reeves Cumberland county, ].
II. Avs; Salem county, Jeremiah Watson;
Atlantic county, Charles II. Dougherty.
President Esenbrown was nominated. but
positively refused to accept, and the elec-
tlon Of a President was postponed until
October H.
The Monitor., 1891-09-25
Admission, 25, 35 and Scots
FIGURE 1T UP.

Reserved seat tickets now on sale at II
new store under Opera House.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-09-01

lngton. When the reply was received
the United States cruisers put to
sea.
The next morning the London
Times published editorially
" When the Milpitas sank yesterday
afternoon off Diamond Head, the nayies
OF the world sank with her. A new era
has dawned. The world expected it
some time, but it is here now. Every-
thing pertaining to warfare must now be
reconstructed. The weapons of yester-
day are but the bows and arrows of bar
barous ages.'
The New York Sun contained
this
The blindness of our Administration
has brought shame and humiliation to
the American nation. But we need not
mourn; it was not Hawaii that lowered
the colors OF the Sacramento. It was
the great and awful teacher-Progress
The wooden navy persisted with the
Cumberland, and the steel navy has met
its fate with the Milpitas''
The lesson is brief, but awful.
Henceforth the sea will know no
more strife. Armies will vanish from
the land. War will make his king
dom IN the clouds, and Mars will
drive his chariot on the mountain
tops. In word, the huge structure
of modern warfare has crumbled to
dust.
During the Inter uropean War it was
usual to fill the harbors with torpedoes,
and fire them by electricity when conven-
lent. A system OF alumina- platina cables
was sometimes laid at the entrance to
harbor or river, on the sea bottom, and by
a SIMPLE arrangement car .of explosives
could be almost instantly run under any
passing vessel which it was desired to deS-
troy. But these systems of harbor defense
were rendered almost useless by the inven-
ton of peculiarly constructed diving
suit, in which divers could explore the
bottom of the harbor and destroy all cables
and shore connections.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-09-01

Mr.. Thomas Bate, Editor of The Graphic,
Texarkana, Arkansas, has found what he
believes to be the best remedy in existence
for the fux. His experience is we'll worth
remembering. He says: Last summer
had very severe attack of fux. tried
almost every known remedy, none giving
relief. Chambelain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoer Remedy was recommended to me.
I purchased bottle and received almost
immediate relief. l continued to use the
medicine and was entirely cured. l take
pleasure in recommending this remedy to
any person suffering with such disease,
as in my opinion it is the best medicine in
existence % and 80 cent bottles for sale
by all Dealers,
BENSON SMITH d CO.. Agents.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-09-01

any form, there is nothing better than
Chamberlain S Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. Mrs. Nancy Berry, of Adams,
Lawrence Co., Kentucky, says one dose of
it cured her of an attack of diarrhBa. Two
or three doses will cure any ordinary case.
When reduced with water it is pleasant to
take. 25 and SO cent bottles for sale by all
Dealers.
BENSON SMITH d CO., Agents.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-09-01
A Throat
and Lung
Speciality.

ly appreciate what truly wonder
full medicine it is. The delicious
sensations of healing, easing, clear
ing, strength-gathering and recover
ing are unknown joys. For Ger
man Syrup we do not ask easy cases.
Sugar and water may smooth a
throat or stopa tick1ing-for a while.
This is as far as the ordinary cough
medicine goes. Boschee's German
Syrup is a discovery, a great Throat
and Lung Specially. Where for
years there have been sensitiveness,
pain, coughing, splitting, hernorr-
hage, voice failure, weakness, slip
ping down hill, where doctors and
medicine and advice have been swal-
lowed and followed to the gulf of
despair, where there's the sickening
conviction that all is over and the
end is inevitable, there we place
German Syrup. 1t cures. You are
a live man yet if you take it. o
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-09-01

Syrup"

Those who have not
used Boschee's Ger
man Syrup for some
severe and chronic
trouble of the Throat
and Lungs can hard
The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-09-01

BENSON SMITH d CO., Agents.