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The Monitor-register., 1896-04-17

The Earl Of Dunraven, finding that
there were too many pike in his waters
at Adare Manor, County Limerick, Ire
land, for successful trout fishing, recent
~ ordered his professional fisherman to
capture what he could of them. Thirty
four have been taken SO far of an aver
age weight of 9 pounds each. the
largest weighing 30 pounds and the
smallest 2 pounds. Why three-fourths
OF them were females is not understood
at all. That there was need of taking
out the pike is shown by the fact that
several Of the fish contained trout. and
nearly all the females were heavy with
spawn. The pickerel fry feed on the
trout and salmon fry, being far better
lighters than equal sized trout.
The greatest of care is necessary at
fish hatcheries to prevent the pickerel
fry from getting among the fry Of other
varieties. A dozen small pickerel in a
year will destroy thousands of other
small fish, aud the loss is considerable.
The Monitor-register., 1896-04-17
The celebration Of the fiftieth ~anniver-

The celebration of the fiftieth anniver-
sary of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany, in Philadelphia, on Monday, was a
golden jubilee of more than local interest,
for the present system of this great
transportation company, by its W lines
and connections, belts the continent.
Beginning in 1916, within the limits of a
single State, by a never firing enterprise
and wise management, it has grown into
a mighty corporation, whose cars traverse
every State in the Union. Extraordinary
as has bean the growth and prosperity of
this great corporation, it is largely due
to the faithful adherence to a settled
policy ia the management, which from
tie first, under J. Edgar Thompson and
Roberts, has steadily recognized three
great principles-fidelity to the just due
of stockholders, the use of the best
possible material equipment and the
recognition of ability, loyalty and integ-
rityin employees by steady promotion.
Through all the history substantially the
same group of able men have directed its
course, and it is in a position to-day to
reeord a more remarkable advance during
the next half century. The Pennsylvania
railroad Company has set the pace for
successful railroad management, and
trained many Of the best railroad men
who are directing the great transporta
lion ines, and its prosperity is SO inter-
woven with the prosperity of the country,
and it has done SO much for the develop
ment Of commercial activity. that its
fiftieth anniversary is an occasion fol
ceaa1atnlation on the part of q wide
constituency.
The Monitor-register., 1896-04-17
A DAY IN BED.

An Experiment That Few Healthy People
Have Time or Disposition to Try.
One often hears somebody say with
glee that he is going to take a day off
or a day i'll the country or a day on the
river, but seldom if ever that he is 60
ing to take a day in bed, and yet a day
SO spent when one really needs a day off
is il which deserves a red letter record
in his history, according to a writer in
the Pittsburg Times. One lies late of
Sunday mornings and tells what a lux
-ury it is not to have to get up at the
usual hour, but one never knows the
glory of such a thing till he spends a
whole day i'll bed. To enjoy it one must
not be sick nor pretend to be. He must
be in fairly good health and free from
trouble or worry of any sort. Then he
is entirely himself, and it is the only
place in which he can be.
AS soon as he dresses he comes under
restraint, not merely physical, but
mental, for no one can wholly escape
the influence of his clothes, whether
they be good or bad, in fashion or out.
For ages character has been identified
with clothes and will be for ages, in
spite of all that has been or will be said
against it. One may not always be CON
sclous of the influence, but it exists all
the same. Not a trace of it is felt when
n is in bed. There he is free. He can
twist and roll and kick and throw his
arms about as he will. If he should do
the like elsewhere, there would be sus-
picion of his sanity. A day in bed is
not a day of rest merely, but of liberty.
He has the infinite for his own.
Not a few of Pope's best lines came to
him while in bed. Thomson composed
his finest description of natural scenery
while in bed. A like thing doubtless
may be said of the humorists. There is
little doubt that the liveliest jokes cur
rent were thought out while their au-
thors were in bed. The blood flows free
ly then, digestion does it's perfect work,
the mind is relieved of the care of the
body, the Imagination and fancy roam
the earth and skies and gather of their
treasures, the inscriptions on the tablets
Of memory come out, and incident and
adventure recur in a light of their own,
suggesting new ideas and relations. One
never knows what life is till he has
spent aday in bed, in full or fair health,
without a thought save those which
come smiling to him in his rest.
The Monitor-register., 1896-04-17
He Was Eligible.

James Payn, the London writer, SAYS
a young man was paying his attentions
to beloved object" contrary to the
wishes of her father, "a man of thews
and sinews." and one day the latter
kicked the lover violently into the
street. In a day or two (after recovery
the rejected sutton, apparently not one
whit discouraged, called at the house
once "What, againp exclaimed
p~aterfamilias, putting on his we'll soled
boots for action. mo, sir, cried the
young man. Il have given up all hope
OF winning your daughter, but in con.
sequence of that astounding kick you
gave me the other day I have been re-
quested, on the strength of my earnest
recommendation to the committee, to
ask you to join our football club
The Monitor-register., 1896-04-17


The Sunday papers of both Philadel-
phia and New York devoted several col
ums to what purported to be a confession
OF ID. ID. Holmes, the multi-murderer and
arch fiend, now awaiting the gallows 10
Philadelphia. The confessions differ, how.
ever, and while each paper thought it was
getting the bulge on its neighoor by a
stroke of journalistic enterprise, the fact
is they were all duped by Holmes. The
alleged confessions are fakes in the main,
aJ least as to detail, as the facts brought
out in his trial disprove many Of his asser-
tions, though he no doubt had little re-
gard for the sacredness of human life. He
owns to having committed tweDsy-seven
murders, and relates the s~ickening details
with a gusto that stamps him a fiend and
proves that the moose is the only cure for
such a monstrosity. 1t is exceedingly
r~eprehensible on the part of the press to
dish up such a purient mess for their
readers, and especially on the Sabbath,
and as Andrew d. White asserts, in an
article on crime and criminals published
elsewhere, snch Publicity given to the
details of crime tends to breed criminals,
and there ought to be a law against the
publication of such pest-breediDg filth.
The Monitor-register., 1896-04-17
During 1896 the
Public Ledger'S

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maintained, but advanced by Improvement IN every
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crary attractions, and special features. 10 enapie
the publisher TO make the proposed Improvements,
and to meet the steadily and rapidly CROWNS ViFe''
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Sextuple Presses of the latest and mosl 9PlI9sSu
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In ,be PuRLIc LEDGER every statement Is verified,
its news is therefore thoroughly reliable
Outside its news department l"hlen includes
snecial correspondence from all the Important cues
and towns in Pennsylvania, New jersey ana Della
ware). the LEDGER is an illustrated family newsiea,
ner II exceptional interest and value, giving special
aatteniion to domestic affairs, religious news aud
Comment. social events, games, sports, the fashions
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To is special New York and Washington CORES
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It's financial news and market reports are com
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The Monitor-register., 1896-04-17
The Fisb She Wanted.

A lady entered a south end fish mar
ket and asked for two pounds of head
acke. She meant paddock, but she pro-
nounced the word wrong. While there
she said that the fish in this country
contained more bones than those in the
old country. This may be considered a
fish" story, but it isn't.-New Bed
ford Iourna1
The Monitor-register., 1896-04-17

The result of the municipal elections in
this State on Tuesday in n or two i'm
portant centres indicate a change in pub.
lie sentiment from that which dominated
the State last fall, and is an admonition
to the party in power that it cannot pre-
sumo on the absolute support Of the peo-
pie unless its course commends itself as
wise and for the public good. 1t has come
to be a recognized fact that the indepen-
dent voter is the prime factor in deciding
elections, and SO long as he holds the bal
ance of power there is hope for pure cleo
tions and honest politics. If New Jersey
is to be continued under Republican con-
troll the party will have to adopta broader
gauge than that which was pursued at
Trenton last winter, and prove more fully
their right to popular confidence by con-
serving the public good in every way
possible.
The Monitor-register., 1896-04-17

While there is a steadily growing SEN
timent in favor of sound money among
the Republicans of the West-where the
money question has been waged most
Earnestly. it is becoming more and more
noticeable that the free silver advocates
are rapidly dominating the Democrats,
not only of the South and West out oil
the East as well, and the parties are
de stiued to divide on this issue as well as
+bo tariff.
The Monitor-register., 1896-04-17

in Rectal Diseases is such that none but an expert ii
chronic work can determine the seat of disease thai
gives rise to so many. complaints. Well-defnec
symptoms of Locomoter Ataxia, Heart Disease
extreme head trouble, KidRey Complaint, Epilepsy
OF long standing, and Female Complaints in ar
aggravated form, have all been found to have thei,
origin in complicated diseases of the rectum. We
the true cause had not been suspected by former
doctors. 1t is astonishing how much trouble a fssurt
or rectal ulcer will produce. Time and money are
wasted in doctoring unless the cause is removed.
DR.. Finlaw, 311 s. 9Th St, Camden, N. T.,
can be consulted free of charge by both sexes, Fri
days, 9 a. m. to 8 p. M; Saturdays, 9 a. m. to IL m,
and 6 to 8 P. m. Call or send for book containing al
particulars, testimonials of cures, etc.
Uterine Diseases radically cured by a mild
treatment; withoutt the use of supporters.
Hemorrhoids cured and guaranteed not to return.
No Cutting. Alex. Thomson, of R~ancocas, NJ,
says to all who are suffering from piles eNo matter
how much you have tried and failed, you need only
to put ysur case in the hands of DIR. Ftnlaw, al
South Sixth street, Camden, N. J., who will COM
plete a cure without cutting. 1 could scarcely walk
at times for years. Now l feel like another man."
The Monitor-register., 1896-04-17

The Republican State convention u u,
Trenton yesterday exhibited a deciu'u
Mckinley sentiment, but the delegates go
to St. Louis practically uninstructed' ex-
canr so far as favoring the SELECTION OIL
Hon. Carrot A. Hobart for Vice. fres'-
dent. Gen. Sewell, Mr.. Hobart, Franklin
Murphy and John Kean are the delegates.
at.Iaroe. with congressman Hires, OF
this county, and Robert P. Hand, OF Cape
May, representing the First District Inc
platform adopted declares in favor reel
procity, for upholding the Monroe doc-
trina and for sound money.
The Monitor-register., 1896-04-17
DISEASES OF THE SKIN.

The intense itching and smarting incl
dent to eczema, letter, sa~lt-rheum, M other
diseases ofthe skin is instantly allayed by
applying Chamberlain's Eye and Skin
Ointment. Many very bad cases have been
permanently cured by it. 1t is equally
efficient for itching piles and a favorite rem
edy for sore nipples; chapped hands, chill
plains, frost bites and chronic sore eyes.
Q sale by druggists at IS cents per box.
TryDr. Cady's Condition Powders, they
are just what a horse needs when IN bad condi-
hon. Tonic, blood purifier and vermifuge.
The Monitor-register., 1896-04-17

solute leadership rests here
Other stores match us-ir
in spots ; here a few, there a
few; with prices as a rule
enough higher to pay the
costs of their indirect gather
ing.
The Dress Goods Salon is
the home of the novelties-be
their texture cotton, linen,
wool, mohair or silk. For in
stance
Irish Dimities. plain and fancy, Csc.
Organdie Fantasia, CSC.
English Lappet Lawns, 30c and 35c.
French Printed Organizes, 37Lc.
Organdie Raye. 40c.
French Printed Plumetis, SOC.
Batiste Trianon, 40c.
Batiste Faconne, doc.
Batiste Neigeuse, 40c.
French Azalee, 40c.
Plain, figured and bordered Pique,
25c, 3719c, 40c, SOC, 6Oc, Csc and zoe.
And Dress Linens, $50 to
$3.50 a yard-for the novel
weaves. I2Hc to soc for the
plain.
And the story is stopped
without a word of the silk-and-
wool beauties-75c to 81 a
yard.
Enough to ask you come
and enjoy them.
The Monitor-register., 1896-04-17
WANAMAKER,S

PHILADELPHIA, Monday, April 10, 1895.
Wanamaker's mail order
department is the envy of
every big store from Maine to
Florida, and cross country as
well. Seventy-6ve careful peo-
pie are engaged in Hooking
The Monitor-register., 1896-04-17

Gov. Grieg s has appointed Samuel >.
Moore, of Elizabeth. State Prison Keeper
Tbs term of Office is for five years, the
salary $500 per year, and the perquisltes
okont soOoo more. But after all that,
there ara more desirable positions.
The Monitor-register., 1896-04-17
Her Only Friends.

Mamma, asked the little 4-year-old,
chow do you spell 'ginger?'"
"Put away your book, dear. 1t is
time for you to go to bed"
Papa, how do YOU
"Don't bother me, Katie"
"What does it lei when it says
Didn't you hear your mother?"
Katie threw the book on the floor.
II don't believe there's anybody that
loves me-" she burst forth, i" 'cept
grandpa and God. Grandpa, he's in
Michigan, al I don't know where God
isl''=Exchange.
The Monitor-register., 1896-04-17
The New Reporter

did you report that suicide as I tole
you to do last night?'' asked the editor
OF the new reporter, a graduate of 8
school of journalism.
=" saw the corpse, sir, but found il
impossible to write a description of the
affair.""
"Why?"
"How in the world was I to state the
mans throat was cut from ear to ear
when he had only one ear?"-London
Fun
The Monitor-register., 1896-04-17

The constitutional amendment, making
women eligible TO serve as lay delegates
in the General Conference of the Metbo-
dist Episcopal Church, has already
received enough votes to insure its adop-
ton. a letter from Rev. DR.. Monroe, of
Altoona, secretary of the General Con-
f~eren3e, says that while ten of the 1870
Annual Conferences had not voted at the
time when it was written, the amendment
had already received large enough support
to carry it, no matter what might be the
vote yet to be taken. This will be a con-
cession clearly in line with the spirit of
the age, as even those who opposed it have
recognized it as inevitable 10 the end
70 most people who understand the
influence, the devotion and the activity
which women display in the work of the
Methodist Church, it seems a concession
demanded by policy and by justice and
too long withheld. This action of the
Annual Conferences however, has 40
power in changing the laws of the
church, and is only recommendatory to
the General Conference, the law-makiDg
body of the church.
The Monitor-register., 1896-04-17

If the Spanish Government has had
any lurking doubt as to where the Cuban
n~atriots stand, it could not do better than
TO mark we'll the words Of General Gomez
TO the Cuban planters: "If you wish to
be rich again, try to compel the Spanish
Government to give independence to the
island of Cuba. We are ready, for the
country's sake, to accede to any treaty in
which independence is granted, even pay
ing to Spain an indemnity. But we shall
not hear any more proposals based on
home rule or reforms" This is plain,
honest. unmistakable talk.
The Monitor-register., 1896-04-17

P. D. Armour said in a recent inter-
view 81 believe that wheat will sell at
81 a bushel, or near that figure, soon.
This is speaking from the standpoint OF
a merchant and not of a scalper. 1t ought
to sell there on its merits and will unless
something now unforeseen occurs"
The Monitor-register., 1896-04-17
DEPARTMENT OF THE ". C. T. U
OF WOODSTOWN. VI.
GLEANINGS.

ECHoEs-AN OLD CHURCH-COULD HAVE
BOUGHT THE
NATIONAL IMPORTANCE - HOPEFUL
SIGN OF THE TIMES - GOVERNOR
HUGHES OF A~RIzoNA-''IT NEVER
RAINS U IT PoURs."
The Monitor-register., 1896-04-17

Figures, we are told, canno lie, and it
is not difficult to distinguish between the
figures that indicate prosperity and those
by which an opposite condition is repre-
sented. The following from the New York
Tribune speaks for itself: "The Wilson
Tariff law has now been in operation for
nineteen months, and in only three of
those have the Treasury receipts exceeded
the expenditures. The deficiency for the
month just ended was 81, 302, 491, and the
total deficiency down to date is SIC, 257,-
515. In tue same mum Der of months after
the passage of the Mckinley law there
was a surplus OF s24, 9Ss. 2e1. Is it sur
prising hat the people of the country,
who well know how much surplus is to
be perferred to a deficit, are manifesting
by unmistakable signs their interest in
The policy of protection ?''
The Monitor-register., 1896-04-17
Your comrade
Creamridge. 18th Mo. 9th, 1896.
r0.c Corxrur ~.

STATE OF ONO, CRY OF TOLEDO, l..
LUCAS COUNTY, ,"
FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that be
is the senior partner OF the firm of F. J.
CHENEY & Co doing business in the
City of Toledo, County and State afore.
said, and that said firm will pay the sum
of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case of CATARRH that
cannot be cured by the use of HALLS
CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 9th day of December,
A.. D. 1886.
SEAL A. W. GLEASON,
~ Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly or the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Send for testi-
monials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
10 Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Monitor-register., 1896-04-17


lawlessness and crime in that territorv
AS a consequence, no doubt, to his reform
tendencies, Governor Hughes has had to
meet malicious and defamatory accusa.
ton. which his political enemies have
beer forced by action of the grand Jury
to publicly retract. When, therefore,
the news of his removal reached W. G.
I. U. Headquarters. the general officers
telegraphed to their staunoh friend.
Senator Frye, of Maine, urging thorough
investigation. Ten of the state W. G.
Il. U. presidents have also been asked to
communicate with their Senators 10 Con.
gress requesting them to give the matter
their attention.
The Monitor-register., 1896-04-17
Davenport's entire wheat flour leaves
the old Graham in the shade. Try It.

When Baby was sick, we gave her castoria.
When she was a Child. she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss. she chung to castoria.
Whsn ahs had Children. she gavethem Castoria.
The Monitor-register., 1896-04-17
Cured BY Baeo-Cure and Gained THIRTY
Pounds.

From hundreds of Testimonials, the
originals of which are on the file and omen
to inspection, the following is presented
Clayton, Nevada Co. Ark, Jan. Is. 1875.
Eureka Chemical & Mfg, Co, La Crosse.
W1s.-Gentlemen: For forty yenrs | nsed
tobacco in a. its forms. For twenty-five
years of that time l was q great sufferer
from general debility and heart disease.
For fifteen years l tried to quit, Int.
couldn't. l took various remedies. amoug
others "No-To Bac." "The Indian 'Tobuec6
Antidote." "Double Chloride ,of GoldH
etc, etc, but none of them did me the lenst
bit OF good. Finally. however. l purchased
IL box OF your "Baco-Curo" and it has
entirely cured me of the habit in all ifS
forms, and l ave increased thirty pound.
in weight and am relieved from an the
numerous aches and pains of body and
mind. L could write a quire of paper upnn
my changed feelings and condition.
Your respec fully, p. IL. MAnBuEY,
Pastor c. P. Church, Clayton, Ark.
Sold by all druggists at sl.Oo per box:
three boxes, (thirty days treatment), $3.50
with 1ron-clad, written guarantee, or sent
direct upon receipt of price. Write for
booklet and proofs. Eureka Chemical &
Mfg. Co., La Crosse. Wis, and Boston. Mass.
I-Ie TN
The Monitor-register., 1896-04-17

New Jerseys April elections have
raised Democratic hopes fifty per cent
The Monitor-register., 1896-04-17
DON'T STOP TOBACCO.
HOW TO CURE YOURSELF WHILE
USING Il

The tobacco habit grows on q man untit
his nervous system is seriously affected
impair1ng health, comfort and happiness
To quit suddenly is too severe a shock 10
the system, as tobacco. to an inveterate user.
becomes a stimulant that his system contin-
ually Graves. "Baco-Curo'f is Il Scientific
cure for the tobacco habit, in all its forms.
an eminent Berlin physician who has nsed
1t in his private practice since 1872, without
a failure. 1t is purely vegetable ana euar.
anteed perfectly harmless. You can use aIf
the tobacco you want while taking "Baco-
euro" 1t will notify o when to stop. We
give a written guarantee 10 cure nerma-
nently any case with three boxes, or Tefund
the money with 10 per cent. interest. "Baco-
euro" is not a substitute, but IL seientidc
cure, that cures without the aid of Will
power and with no Inconvenience. 1t leaves
the system as pure AID free from nicotine rs
the day you took your first chew or Smnkc
The Monitor-register., 1896-04-17
National.

One of the most hopeful signs of the
times is the Intercollegiate Prohibition
Association. 1t represents twenty.one
States, has one hundred and fifteen clubs
in as many different colleges, and
publishes a monthly magazine, The
College Stat esman. Like the American
Republican College League, which oon-
vened in Chicago last week, these young
men, our future prohibition leaders, are
working for protection, THE former
for the protection of sAmerican indus.
tries, " the latter for the protection of
the American home. They believe that
given pure, peaceful and prosperous
homes the Industrial and every social and
economic problem will be speedily and
satisfactorily solved.
The removal from office of Governor
Hughes, of Arizona, is a matter in
which white ribboners throughout the
country feel a keen interest. Mrs.
Hughes is v. CT. U. territorial presi-
dent, and the Governor himself is fear
less and outspoken in his championship
OF temperance and woman suffrage. In
his report to Congress be denounced the
liquor traffic as the great obstacle to
progress and prosperity in Arizona,
49, garing it to be the prime source Of
The Monitor-register., 1896-04-17
Reflex Action

HOODS PILLS cure Liver Ills,
BiIiousness, Indigestion, Headache.
A pleasant laxative. All Druggists.