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The Monitor-register., 1896-04-10
The Dates of Easter,

1t has been over fifteen hundred vears
since the rule was adopted which makes
Easter the first Sunday after the first full
moon after the sun crosses the line. Rv
this arrangement of things Easter NAV
come as early as March 90, or as late as
April 20. As all readers of the Repu5lsc.
foreign born or native, have some super.
stitlons concerning this feast day. I
have compiled the following facts CON-.
corning the days of the month upon
which it has fallen from 1903 to 1891
inclusive. In looking over the dates I
have been struck by the variety of DAYS
represented, which include every one in
the month of April except the last five.
which, as shown above, are mot in it."
since the date mentioned CS03) it has
occurred three times on the 9th, five
times on the 18th, five times on the list.
four times each on the I'd, 18th and 18th.
foul times on March 31st, four times on
April 6, three times on the 4th, 5th, 18th.
9Th, 10th, 18th, 18th and 22d of April and
9th and 2Sth of March. March 90, 1918.
was the earliest date upon which it has
occurred. Nine days In March are repre-.
viz, 22d, 23d, 25th, 2eth, 9th,
Goth, 30th and 31st.-St. Louis
Republic.
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A lady, when shopping in q large west
ern city, noticed a very small boy, who
was employed as ''cash'' in the store, and
being attracted to the little fellow. began
half quizzically to ask him questions.
"Would you like to live With me and
have everything my little boy has ?" she
inquired.
"What does your little boy haves"
asked the child, fixing his large, serious
eyes upon her.
ooh, he has books and tops and a
pony" and she enumerated a lot of
things.
HAS he any papa 2" asked the child.
"Oh, yes, has a dear, kind papa, who
gives him all these things"
"Then I would like to be your little
boy" said the child, grayely. "for my
papa is dead, and / would rather have
him than any of the other things"
The pathos Of this reply surprised the
lady and her eyes moistsned az she babe
the boy goodbye and moved away.
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IT FLOATS
''soRRoWFUL, YET REJOICING

oh! sleepless nights, waiting on days of
pain! oh, hearts, so remit!
Can these send forth a cry of thankfulness-
more than content?
Gan the pale cheeks and lips yet wear a
smile?-the reverish eye
oheo healing tears of joy, not burning
drops of agony?
Does not the Saviour stand beside her bed,
and ease each throe2
his presence just as real and comforting as
when below,
here on this earth, He moved and soothed
the smart of anguish sore
In those who touched with trembling faith
the hens of robes He wore?
And our dear Masters gracious presence
near-His love our own
How should we fret at earth's hare chastise-
ments-how make our moan
ger troubles which are BLESSINGS in dis
gu1se," ruled by His hand9
His followers calmly face the hercest storm,
If He command.
AND she who lies upon her bed of pain is far
more blest
Inan hundreds walking needless, midst
LIES joys, of His behest-
These joys. as fiow'rs, fade quickly meath
the touch; hers feed like fire
On all God sends of good or seeming Ill, and
never shall expire.
Thu Ar UoSU,
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the nelghbors gathered in; but now oh.
raised ner head from her work and said
You better go to Mrs. sloane,s 70.
night and decide afterward about vo,,.
letters. Long ago as when l was a or,
an anonymous letter was considered .
mark Oh il'breeding. 1 don't know what
people tnink about them nowadays: did
not know but they were a lost art.n
Evening came, and they did all 90 to
MRS. Sloane's, and she had a beant;fr,
Night blooming cereus'' to show than
1t seemed that in the morning she fell
sure that the plant would blossom that
nignt, and she told her goodman To oct
WORD around to have any come to see n
who wished to do SO. The c~oacbman
saw Martha Shafer, and thought it would
save him all the bother if he told her 70
the people.
Martha said, in explanation, that she
told 1t as she understood 1t, and she was
sure she was not hard Of hearing.
Nobody could aver make ont how
"Night-blooming ~cereus' could sonna
ike dressed in boomers to-night;" but
the party concluded to be friends with
Mrs. Sloane, if she would let them. from
that time forth.-N. ?. Ledoer.
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Jay Gould's Generosity.

The late Jay Gould is reported to have
said that a certain letter of thanks he
had received from q small Methodist
church in a Western town gave him more
pleasure than the elSsring of a million
dollars. The story, which the occasion
of the letter, is vouched for by the New
York Adoertiser, and is as follows:
Mr.. Gould and another railroad mag
nate were delayed for a few hours in o
small Western town. They started to
o,cupy the hours by making a tout of
their surroundings. They had not gone
far before they heard the mournful clang
of an auctioneer's bell, and came upon a
crowd of curious people surrounding the
seller.
The a%uctioneer was crying, "Fifteen
hundred dollars! Fifteen hundred dol
larsl Am I offered more ?" when Mr..
Gould touched a tall Texan on the arm,
and asked him what the sale was for.
"Pard," said the ranger, ''this is a
knockout for the parson."
SIN what way ?" asked Mr.. Gould.
"You see, pard, the parson built this
church. but the tin petered out, and now
the wood butcher is selling the whole
crowd out for his coin."
Mr.. Gould stepped up to the a~uctioneer
and asked for the contractor who was
closing out his lien. The auctioneer
pointed out the man, and Gould APP
preached him and asked the amount of
his claim.
Seventeen hundred dollars and ~costs,n
said he.
"What will you take in settlement ?"
asked Mr.. Gould.
"I1l settle for fifteen hundred dollars,
and donate the balance" said the con-
tractor.
Mr.. Gould, taking from his pocket
several bills of large denominations,
gave them to the contractor and took his
receipt in full, with the cancelled lien.
Just then an old man, who had been a
witness of the transaction, going up to
Mr.. Gould, said, STRANGER, what are you
going to do with the claim you've Just
bought ?"
Mr.. Gould looked the man over In that
calm way he had. and asked why he
wanted to know.
"Why," said he, 1T am a steward of
this church. The members and Sabbath.
school scholars are in the church, with
the presiding elder and pastor on their
knees, praying God to come to our help
and save the church."
Mr.. Gould said nothing, but taking the
receipted bill and cancelled lien, he gave
them to the steward, and turning towards
the depot, walked rapidly back to his
train.
The steward entered the church, now
free, and told the people what the Lord
had done, and they sang the doxology on
their knees. Then they went out into
the streets to find the stranger. They
soon found that the little man was none
other than Jay Gould. His train had
gone, and only a cloud on the far away
prairie indicated where. their bepefactor
was.
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For Peter Watts.

A lantern-jawed young man stopped at
the Post Office, and yelled out, "Anythinp
for the Wattses?"
"The polite Postmaster replied, "No.
there is not"
Anything for Ida WattsP"
"Nothing."
Anything for Ace Wattsp"
"No."
Anything for Ike Watts?n
mo, nothing"
Anything for Fool joe Watts?"
"No, nor Dick Watts, mol Jim Watts-
nor Sweet Watts, nor any other Watts.
dead, living, unborn, native, foreign.
civilized or uncivilized, savage or barbar.
ous, male or female, white or black.
franchanised or disfranchised, naturalizsd
or otherwise. No, there is positively
nothing for any of the Wattses, either
individually, severaIly, jointly, now and
forever. one and inseparable."
The boy looked at the Postmaster IN
astonishment, and said, "Please look IL
there is anything for Peter Watts."-7He
WGterbWl.
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GEMS.

Time is the old Justice that examines all
offenders.
1t is out of the storm alone that true
peace comes.
A sunny temper gilds the edges of
life's blacklist cloud.
All have the gift of speech, but few are
possessed of wisdom.
Men must love the truth before thew
thoroughly believe it.
If idleness does not produce vice or
maleyolence, it commonly produces melan-
choly.
He that is ungrateful has no guilt but
one. All other crimes may pass for vir-
tues in him.
When any one has offended me, l try
to raise my soul SO high that the offence
cannot reach it.
No liberal man would impute a charge
of unsteadiness to another for having
changed his opinion,
Melancholy spreads itself bet wixt hea-
ven and earth like envy between man and
mar and is an everlasting mist.
1t is HEAVIER upon earth to have a mans
mind move in charity, rest in Providence
and turn upon the poles of truth,
Every human being is Intended to have
a character of his owe, to be what no
other is, and to do what no other can.
Find your niche, and fill it. If it be
ever SO little, if it is only to be a newer of
wood or drawer Of water, do something
in this great battle for God and truth.
This world is like a mint; we are no
sooner cast into the fire, taken out again,
hammered, stamped and made current,
but presently we are changed.
Go not to a covetous old man with any
request too soon in the morning, before
he hath taken in that days prey; for his
~covetousness is up before him, and he is
in ill-humor; but stay till the afternoon,
till he be s~atiated upon some borro wer.
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sHERIFF's SALE.
Y OF NEW JERSEY

IN CHANCERY OF NEW JERSEY.
Between III 20
Complainant, tor sale OF
WIN r. Movers, and others, PREMISES.
w" Defendants.
Dated March %, 1886. R~etHrnable May
term, 1896.
~ virtue of the above stated writ of FL;
X ia. to me directed and delivered, l
Iii sell at public vendue, on
SATURDAY, APRIL %, 1896,
front. of The Court House, In the Guy OF
a. n,an N j.. between the hours OF ~ ana :
S "a tha sfternoon OF said day, to-wlt, az
n,aincr p. M, all the moftgaged premises
ocloyS11 writ described to-wit:.
IN s ~ the following described faTp, tracI OF
Al ~ land in the township OF upper Ailo,
plece Graek. in the county OF Saiem any
S wayt Of New Jersey, and bonnaeo le a. iioo
Staeo Adjoining the public road lSau M
lows Cd farm to Wistar's grist MN ar
Irom Sinins lands of JOB Bell ana Jerenlaa
also On the north, and the soutn Dfanc
Wassun ~ Greek on the south, containing
1872 acres more or IesS, ,ramises conveyed te
william B. Myers by Epa snid bv
wife and others. and to be sou ~ sheriff
OLIVER ii.
E:s 81 F ee,am Sol n j., March a5. 1896. s-a7
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A Fair Start.

Young men sometimes complain that
they can never get any start in the world
for the want of capital to begin with.
Let such young men read the following
extract from an Grafton delivered by Col.
Carr, at Galesburg, Illinois:
''The mar who owns the most stores in
the city worked out when an apprentice,
for $25 a year, and clothed himself outof
it. The most successful dry goods
merchant, one of our wealthiest men,
same to this town a poor boy, and l
knew him when he was q clerk in a store
on Main street at q small salary. The
largest stakeholder in the First National
Bank, and a man of large means, got his
start by working on a farm for SO a
month. One of the leading bank
directors worked as q hand, when a
young man, on a North River sloop. A
citizen worth 800, 600, who started with
nothing, learned to write his name after
he was fifty years old.
"One of the wealthiest men who walks
these streets worked as an apprentice In
a drug store in Philadelphia for his board
and clothes, and came to Peoria with
nothing but his good name, and hired
out as a clerk. He soon went into com
pany with a man who furnished capital,
and in a few years paid bis partner
$40, 900 for his interest in the establish
ment. One of our wealthisst c~itizens,
president of a leading bank in Iowa,
started life IN Cape Cod without q dollar
and has earned his own living since he
was eleven years old. Nearly every
director of the three banks-the First
and Second Nationals and the Farmers'
and Mechanics'-started penniless. There
is scarcely an exception. The president
of one of the banks told me that he did
not believe that the entire board of
directors had inherited 81, 500.
"The honorable Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court of Illinois, a resident of
this city, commenced the practice of his
profession in Knoxville, with only $40 in
the world. The honorable Judge of the
Circuit Court of this district, worked
his way through college and to his pro-
fession."
But real success consists of something
else than simply getting rich or acquiring
fame. He is the truly successful man,
who, going forward and being indus
trious and economical. and trying to the
very best of his ability to make an
Q living for himself and family.
forgets not at the same time, to be just,
kind and benevolent, and to have a con-
tented mind. Many a man having
labored and toiled necessarily to get rich.
and coming at last to himself, while
thinking what riches has cost him, has
been ready to confess. "My life has been
a failure. And were / to live my life
over again l would simply seek for a
moderate competence, and shun The
insane crowd that are striving, by might
and main, to become rich."
The Monitor-register., 1896-04-10

In Europe. Asia, Africa, Australia and
America, the five great continents,
Shaker medicines are being used by suffer.
Ing humanity for the cure of sickn ess and
disease.
Never were there such a universal
demand never such wonderful results.
Shaker Digestive Cordial, a cure for
indigestion, is prepared from herbs and
roots, and is a natural remedy, which
cures by aiding nature and not by fighting
her.
Shaker Digestive Cordial makes tho Sc
fat, who have become thin by not digest
lug their food.
1t restores the spirits and the appetite
OF those who are detected and tagged out
from the wearing effects of indigestion.
1t relieves the symptoms of dyspepsia,
and. after using for a a reasonable time.
nnally cures the complaint.
sold by druggists. Trial bottle 10
cents.
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Seems as If consumption always pioks
ont the brightest and best. Fully one
sixth of all the deaths that OCCUR in the
world are caused by consumption, Many
things were once considered impossible.
1t would be strange If medical science did
not make some progress. The telegraph
and telephone, and photograph. the
electric light-all were once Impossible.
to cure consumption. That was before
the time of DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. Taken according to directions,
this standard remedy will cure SO per
cent. of all cases Of consumption. Con-
sumption Is caused and fostered By
impurity in the blood. It is cured by
purity and richness in the blood-sureiy.
certainly cured by the Medical Dis
covery." It builds up solid healthy, flesh
and vigorous strength.
DR.. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser, q zoos page medical work, pro-
fusely illustrated, will be sent FREQ on
receipt OF 81 one-cent stamps to DOVER
postage only. Address, Worlds D.spen-
sary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Z.
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Is when nearly everyone feels the need of
some blood purifying, strength invigor-
ating and health producing medicine.
The real merit of Hoods ~Sarsaparilla is
the reason of its widespread popularity.
Its unequalled success is Its best recon-
mendation. The whole system is suscepti-
BILE to the most good from q medicine like
Hoods ~Sarsaparilla taken at this time,
and we would lay special stress upon the
time and remedy, for history has II
recorded that delays are dangerous. The
remarkable success achieved by Hoods
Sarsaparilla and the many words Of
praise 1t has received, make It worthy ol
your confidence. W. ask you to give thii
medicine 8 fair triaisi
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1t will be an agreeable surprise to
persons subject TO attacks of bilious collie
to learn that prompt relief may be had by
taking Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhea Remedy. In many instances
the attack may be prevented by taking
this remedy as 0 as the first symptoms
of the disease appear. 25 and 80 cent
bottles for sale by George M. Andrews,
Druggist.
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Written for the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
NOT WHERE I WILL,
BY ooouLro.

BY oooULTo.
Not where Twill, my Father,
For my poor sight is dim;
But at my side walks a wise Guide,
And will follow Him.
thou Who hast led me long, oh lead me still
But, Lord, not where 1 will.
Not where l will, dear Father,
1 do not know the way,
Thy HELM 1 need and Thou must lead
Or shall surely stray.
What seems to me all good may prove bu
Ill,
Lead me not where l will.
Not as will, dear Father,
1 labor for Thy sake,
And day by day for light 1 pray
Upon the path 1 take.
Into my soul Thy love and light instill,
And teach me Thy sweet will.
Not aDhat will, my Father,
1 might not choose Alright;
Thy way is best, Thy work is rest,
Thy service a delight.
In pastures fair and green, by waters still
Lead me if tbs Thy will.
But If Thy will, dear Father,
For me be pain or loss,
Help me to take for Thy dear sake
The darkest, heaviest cross.
Help me to bear 1t to the end, and still
Help me to love Thy will.
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This is to certify that on May 18th, I
walked to Melick's drug store on a pair of
crutches and bought a bottle of Chamber.
lains's Pain Balm for infammatory
rheumatism which had crippled me mp.
After using three bottles I am completely
CURED. | can ch~eerfnlly recommend it,
Charles H.. Wetzel, Sunbury, Pa.
Sworn and subscribed to before me on
August 10, 1894.-Walter Shipman, J., P.
For sale at 90 cents per bottle by George
N. Andrews, Druggist.
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MONDAY. APRIL. Ia. 1896.

the hours of u N 5 O'Clock in the
afternoon of said day, on the premises, ali
that tract or piece of land in the borough of
Woodstown, Salem county New JERSEY. ad-
joining other land of said John Wallace.
lands of !. Lewis Davenport and Others
containing one and a half acres, more or
less, together with the buildings, machin-
cry and fixtures, the whole being the can
the said John Wallace.
The plant comprises a large packing and
processing and storage house, about 46xI46
feet, one and two stories, fully eouinned
with boilers, engine, shafting, watts, scalders.
Killers and Gaping machinery and all appli-
ances for canning tomatoes, with CAPACITY
OF about $4,000 cans daily. A store house
adjoining, l5x70 feet, can-making shop. gas
olene house, and office, all Commemorative
arranged and well located for business.
supplied With borough water and conve.
nient to So plies both of labor and material
ana ready for immediate operation.
Also, at the same time and place will be
sold all the tools, stock and supplies Of said
factory, comprising pals, trays, benches,
trucks, boxes, Shocks, sheet tin, solder, etc..
about $4,000 tin cans, made in 1896; cap press,
top bottom press, labelling machine,
dies, shears, rolls, floating and scanning ma
chime and all other of the Movable machin-
cry and stock of said canning factory.
The above offers a rare opportunity for
engaging In the tomato packing business,
being located in a thriving community,
convenient to transportation and being an
old-establfshed factory.
Sale will commence at 2 O'Clock, P. M,
when the factory will be offered, and imme-
diately thereafter the stock, tools and fix
lures above mentioned. ~
Further in Information on application to the
subscriber, Yorketown. n. j., or his attor-
JOHN S. ELWELL,
Assignee of John Wallace.
w. A. Casper, A~uctioneer.
Dated March Il, 1896. 3-13 st
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"A friend in need Is a friend indeed >,
A friend advised me to try EIy's Cream
Balm and after using it six weeks / be-
lieve myself cured of catarrh. 1t is a most
valuable remedy. = Joseph Stewart, 624
Grand Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.
My son was afflicted with catarrh. I
induced him to try Ely's Cream Balm and
the disagreeable catarrhal smell all left
him. He appears as well as any one.-J.
q. Olmstead, Arcola, Ill.
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E~acntors' Notice.

X Az EEec g Of WILLIAM n,r goopef cf sse
essssd. y saIs%. Per Ct sh give ssI nSsIss e Re
creditors cseaas' ao Bring sgi in their debts t. demands sa;a ase enr
e Claims against the estate !; pa, Of sns S sat1 rhine nine
ent. D oath or afnrmof or thew will be
forever barred of any action .fStp
S'e pAe'q'o KATE A. COOPER,
JAMES III. MILLER,
Executors.
Dated March 8. 1896. a-l3zm
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Ehud was a ruler in Israel. He was
l~eft-handed, and, what was peculiar
about the tribe of Benjamin, to which he
belonged, there were in it 700 l~eft-handed
men; and yet, SO dexterous had they all
beoome in the use of the left hand, that
the Bible says they could sling stones at
a hairs breath and v miss.
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Makes life misery to thousands of
people. 1t manifests itself in many
different ways, like goitre, swellings,
running sores, boils, salt rheum and
pimples and other eruptions. Scarce
ly a man is wholly free from it, in
some form. 1t clings tenaciously until
the last vestige of scrofulous poison is
eradicated by Hoods Sarsaparilla, tho
One True Blood Purifier.
Thousands of voluntary testimonials
tell of suffering from scrofula, often
inherited and most tenacious, positive
ly, perfectly and permanently cured by
The Monitor-register., 1896-04-10
Easy Way Of Killing Smut Spores
in Oats Seed.

Run the seed through a good tanning
mill. Spread out on . clear barn floor
and sprinkle with water until quite wet.
Shovel the oats, about until the lime Is
thoroughly mixed in, and let the heap Law
10 hours or more before sowing.
The Monitor-register., 1896-04-10

Nature breaches cheerfulness in her
saddest moods; she covers even forgotten
graves with flowers.
The Monitor-register., 1896-04-10

1t is a maxim with me that no man was
ever written out of reputation, but by
himself.
The Monitor-register., 1896-04-10

Hawthorn spoke truly when he said:
Happiness in this world. when it comes,
comes incidentally. Make 1t the object of
pursuit and it leads us a wild goose chase
and is never attained.n
The Monitor-register., 1896-04-10

If sunshine had to be paid for, there
are people who would declare that candle
light could beat it.
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If a good face is a letter of recommen-
datioD, a good heart is a letter of credit,