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The Monitor-register. [volume] (Woodstown, Salem Co., N.J.) 1892-1972, 1896-11-27
Creamridge, 18th Mo. oath, 1896.
Something About Partridees.


Among the habits of the partridge
one is thai when covey is roosting on
the ground, with their tails punched to-
gether in a circle, the bunch is sur
mounted by a line of watchful heads,
like sentinels on duty. Another is that
they run the instant the ground is
touched after ''flush," the dogs often
trailing them in rabbit hunting fashion
Their sense of smell is evidently yery
acute, for during the nesting season, if
the eggs, which number from 10 to 20,
are disturbed i'll any way or hand even
inserted in the nest, it will be immedi.
ately deserted and new one built. A
short time previous to the nesting the
males are often involved in desperate
combats for the choice of mates, who
stand by and quietly watch the encoun-
ter, seeming not to care which one be-
comes the victor. The incubation is
performed entirely by the female, the
male, when not feeding, often being
perched on some slight elevation, en-
couraging her by his mellow toned cali
of "bobwhite. " Two and sometimes
three broods of young are reared during
a season, the nesting beginning as early
as May 1. Later in the fall the broods
of young occasionally join forces, but
whether from want of company or for
protection is not known.
When feeding, the birds are some
times scattered several yards apart, but
at the first sign of danger an alarm is
given, and they Immediately ''bunch,"
with their heads placed close together,
as if in consultation. The first shot into
a covey will often cause them to break
and fly in all directions, and if not dis
turbed again for several minutes "scat-
ter calls" will be heard ON every side.
These are made to collect the remaining
birds, who again bunch. Many of the
market gunners seem to have no qualms
OF conscience and very often kill with
out hesitation an entire covey, when at
least one or two pairs of birds should
be left for breeders. Baltimore Sun.
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psafns.s cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There Is
only one way to cure deafness, and that
is by constitutional remedies. Deafness
Is caused by an infiamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube gets inflamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed Deafness is the
result, and unless the Inflammation car
be taken out and this tube restored to its
normal condition, hearing will be de.
stroyed forever: nine cases out of ten are
caused by catarrb. which is nothing hui
an inflamed condition of the mucous
sufaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars fol-
any case of Deafnesst caused by catarrh'
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free,
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. O
GB Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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The monument erected on Orchard
Knob. Tennessee, to the New Jersey
troops who fought in the battles of
Chickamauga, Chattanooga and Mis-
sionary Ridge, was formally dedicated
and turned over to the Government on
Monday, A delegation of representative
Jerseymen, headed by Francis Child and
Hon. John j. Toffey, of the New Jersey
Commission. and Senator E. s. Stokes, OF
Cumberland, who represented Governor
Griggs, was present to take part in the
ceremonies. The monument cost $14, 000
and is tall shaft forty feet high, of gray
granite, and surmounted by figure
representing Federal volunteer at pa
rade rest, the figure being nine feet high
Each of the four sides of the column
bears an inscription in raised letters
with polished surface. On one side il
"New jersey" on the opposite side il
recorded: Erected by the State of New
Jersey, 1896" The third side bears thu
line: "Twenty-third New Jersey Volun
teers, First Brigade, Second Division
Eleventh Army Corps" The fourth sid'
is inscribed to the Thirteenth New jersey
Regiment
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New Jerseys Official Count.

The State Board of Canvassers on Tues.
day declared the official vote for the Nc
Kinley and Hobart electors to be
221, 367; for Bryan and Sewall. 1873 675;
for lowering and johnson, Prohibition,
5614; for Palmer and Buckner, National
Democrat, 6373; for Matchett and
Mcguire, Socialist Labor, 1886. This
shows total vote of 371 ola, an increase
over the vote of 1892 of 33.547. The
Republican plurality is S7,692. Bryan
carried but two counties: Hunterdon, by
1928 plurality, and Warren, by $50. Essex
county alone gave Mckinley 22,07s, and
Major Carl Lentz. of Newark, wins bis
wager with City Clerk Varney, of Cam
den, that Essex would. give Mckinley
more plurality than the Republican vote
in Camden county. Hudson county gave
Mckinley 5943 plurality, and Passaic, the
home of the Vice Presidential oadidate,
gave 6157.
For Congress the present Republican
members were reelected by the following
pluralities: First district, Loudenslager,
1854; Second, Gardiner, II. 449; Third,
Howell, 1921; Fourth, Pitney, 2977;
Fifth, Stewart, TO- 7S; Sixth, Parker.
Is. 666; Seventh, Nc Evan, ATT Eighth,
Fowler, 11,644. The total Republican
plurality on the Congressional ticket is
| 1853.
An interesting matter brought out by
the official canvass is that neither I'll
National Democrats nor the Prohibition
party received the necessary number OF
votes to enable them, under the law, to
nominate their next State ticket by con-
vention. The law requires independent
parties to poll per cent. the total vote
cast before they can nominate By conven-
ton. Two per cent. of the vote cast at
the last election would be 1890, and the
Gold Democrats were more than 1000
short of this number, while the Prohibi-
tionists polled considerably less than
that. Should either of these parties
desire to name ticket next fall they will
be require to do so by petition.
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Question of Adinnse.

A criminal lawyer of long experience
at the bar was heard to say the other
day.
Il have made juries in murder cases
an especial study. There are large
number of men, larger than most peo-
pie suppose, who have scruples about
finding death as a punishment for a
murderer. ] used to make it my bust
ness to study jurymen's faces and see if
I could read by the lines whether or not
they had scruples about the death sen.
tence. l gave this up, though, as being
beyond my power of comprehension.
Later continued study of the jury box
led me to discovery. That was that
in nine cases out Of ten jury composed
mostly of tall, lean men would, when
the evidence was sufficient, never have
the slightest hesitation about fixing ex-
treme sentence. On the other hand, a
jury where short, fat men predominated
in number would occupy twice as much
time in finding its verdict, and when
brought in it would generally be term
OF imprisonment for the murderer. -
louisville Commercial.
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RIG. Dun & Co. say trade is growing
better. The grain market in volume OF
business continues entirely without pre-
cedent. More than 800 establishments
have started work since the election,
which were idle, and at least 300 have in
creased working forces. Every day thus
adds thousands to the number of those
who are able to buy a weeks supplies,
and to make up gradually for many
months of enforced economy. Business
men are all anxious to prevent anything
like the fictitious excitement of last sum-
mer, and in nearly all branches an exces-
sive rise in prices is presented. Even the
beginning of the good times ahead is seen
everywhere. The industries which have
been nearly paralyzed for three years are
beginning to start up.
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NEWS AT THE COUNTY.SEAT

Thanksgiving is being generally
observed in this city By suspension of
business, and home gatherings for the
annual Thanksgiving dinner. Union
religious services were held this morning
in the Presy byterian Church, at which
Rev. J. M. Sitter, D. D., of Crozer Theo-
logical Seminary, preached an able ser.
mon.
In the afternoon services were held in
the Broadway M. E. Church, conducted
by Evangelist Harrison. He will close
his engagement here on Sunday, and hold
his farewell service on Sunday night.
Much good has no doubt been done during
these meetings, but there has not been
that general move that has characterized
Mr.. Harrison's meetings in many places.
The meetings will be continued.
A large flag was presented to the
Griffith Street Public School to-day by
Salem Council, No. 2O3, Junior Order of
American Mechanics. Councils of the
order were present from Swedesboro,
Pennsgrove and Pennsville. The visiting
councils were met by Salem Council on
arrival of the $40 P. M. train, and a
parade was formed, headed by the Quin-
ton Band.
These were followed by johnson Post,
No. SO. G. A. R, Of this city; members.
of visiting councils, Sons of Veterans, OF
Pennsgrove; Salem City Band, Junior
Guards, of this city; Salem Council.
They marched to the school bouse, where
appropriate exercises were conducted. in
Guiding presentation of the flag by Rev.
B. P. Hope, acceptance by Board of Edu.
cation; raising of the flag, and salute by
the Junior Guards; singing and recitations
by the children of the school. A large
audience was present.
A new departure was inaugurated by
the public schools of this city this year in
their celebra ton -ef.e.thess TbapksgiYips
holiday, ana custom That may W6lI nno
an annual observance. On Wednesday
the children of each of the schools brough'
| an offering in provisions to be distributed
to the homes of the needy, and as result
half dozen wagon loads of the necessa.
ries of life and luxuries as we'll were sem
throughout the city to gladden. the homs
of many deserving ores, and give them 8
real Thanksgiving.
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MARRIAGE FOR MONEY.
DIR. Parkhurst on the Tendency to Degrads
Marriage to the Level of Commerce. \

| t.
DIR. Parkhurst on the Tendency to Degrade
Marriage to the Level of Commerce., !
81 cannot dismiss thfs'matfsf4 lShout
deprecating the tendency so conspicu-
ously operative among us to degrade
marriage to the level Of commerce, +"
writes the Rev. Charles Fl. Parkhurst,
D. D., in The Ladies Home Journal in
paper on ''The Young Man and Mar.
rage. +" 'This is not denying that there
are material considerations that in this
matter, as in all others, require to be re-
spected. A poor young man marrying a
poor young girl, with only the prospect
that their life will become more and
more complicated as time goes on, is a
fool. l have had affectionate couples
wait upon me to be married and then
ask me to trust them for the wedding
fee. think that we who are clergyme1
ought to refuse to marry applicants who
cannot show to our satisfaction that
there is no likelihood that either they
or their possible offspring will ever
come upon the town.
Nor, on the other hand, does my
objeoflon lie against any amount OF
o0ptjngent assets with which either or
both of the contracting parties may
chance to be endowed. My only conten.
ton is that in every marriage not es.
sentially unholy the basal element is
love, and that marriages which are ar.
ranged, marriages which mean, first
of all, an affair of perquisita 81 d bar
ter in commodities, are distinct in
fraction upon the spirit of the seventh
commandment The voluminons dis.
plays with which we know such unions
to be sometimes celebrated onlg .aggsa.
TAte the mischief and operate to teach
our young people in all conditions of
life that marriage may be reduced taee
species of traffic, differing from. the
dealings on the Stock or Produce 'Exs
changes only in some of sstletails with
which the bargain is consummated,
Such examples are distinctly alien to
the entire genius of the institution Of
marriage"
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We are constantly confronted with
the fact that neither material advan
tages nor Intelligence nor education no1
even a good moral record is proof
against disloyalty to life Many causes
are adduced. grief, shame, remorse, de-
spair being among the most numerous.
But perhaps the foundation cause
which underlies all others may be said
to be the common habit of thinking that
life is to be valued only for the happi-
ness it yields. Many people grow up
with the idea that if personal life be
not personally happy tbs useless. Thus,
when they come to some epoch when
sorrow triumphs over joy, failure over
success, pain over pleasure. life loses all
meaning to them and is easily parted
from. This view OF life is essentially
untrue and most injurious New York
Ledger.
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CoueiGtencv.

She was just 5 years old, but she was
capable Of emotions which In their in
tensity would strainsthe capacity of
much larger breasts than hers.
Il am mad as bull, she cried. 4
am going to grow me some horns and
run everybody out of the house.
Her grandmother overheard the re-.
mark and called the little one to her
side.
You wouldn't run your grandmoth-
er out Of the house, would your" she
asked.
"N-no," the tot replied, relenting
under the personal appeal. "You could
hide
would you run your mamma out?"
mo. She could hide too"
"Your papa and Aunt Mary and Jack
what about them?" persisted the
grandmother.
They could all hide. -
"But, my dear, what use would your
horns be if we could all hide?"
"Oh," she replied with delightful
inconsistency, shut I could find you,
though. New York Mail and Express.
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A Pointer for Advertisers.

Out of a total Of GIT weekly papers
published in New Jersey, the Amer
lean Newspaper Dire Glory for 8e6
accords circulation in actual figures
to but 81. The MONITOR REGIS
TER is one of the 81, and the cir
culation is guaranteed by reward
of 800.
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EASY GOING CONVlCTs.
How They Enjoy Life In Prison In the
Marquesas.

"
How They Enjoy Life In Prison In the
Marquesas.
That "the French are a good natureG
people and make easy masters was
Robert Louis Stevenson conclusion
when he had studied the various pro-
tectorates that serve for governments il
the south sea islands. The Marquesal
group, for instance, is under French
control. Mr.. Stevenson tells in ''In the
South Seas" how he visited the Gala.
boose at Tai-o-hae-the port of entry
and found it empty.
From this noontide quietude it must
not be supposed the prison was unten-
anted. The calaboose at Tai-o-hae does
good business But some of its occu.
pants were gardening at the residency,
and the rest were probably at work up.
on the streets, as free as our scavengers
at home, although not SO Industrious
On the approach of evening they
would be called in like children from
play, and the harbor master, who is al.
so the jailer, would go through the
form of locking them up until 6 the
next morning.
Should a prisoner have any call in
town, whether of pleasure or affairs, he
has but to unlock the window shutter,
and if he is back again and the shutter
decently replaced by the hour of call on
the morrow-he may have met the har-
Dor master in the avenue-there will be
no complaint, far less any punishment.
But this is not all. The charming
French resident, M. Delarnelle, carried
me one day to the calaboose on an off.
cial visit. In the green court a very rag
ged gentleman, his legs deformed with
the island elephantiasis, saluted US,
smiling
Zone of our political prisoners--an
insurgent from Raiatea, =" said the resi-
dent, and then to the jailcr, ~ thought
l had ordered him a new pair of trou.
sers?'
Meanw lille no other convict was t.
be seen.
Well" said the resident, "whcre
are our prisoners?'
Monsieur the Resident" replied
the jailer, saluting with soldierly for
mality, "as this is feast day | let
them go to the chase. They were all
upon the mountains hunting goats,
Presently we came TO the quarters Of
the women, likewise deserted
Where are our good ladies'" asked
the resident, and the jaiier cheerfully
responded, 81 think, monsieur, that
they have gone somewhere 10 make
VISIT
1t had been the design of N. Delar.
nellie, who was much i'll love with the
whimsicalities of his small realm, tc
elicit something comical, but not even
he expected anything SO perfect as the
last,
To complete the picture of convict
life in Tai-o-hae, it remains to be add.
ed that these criminals draw salary
as regularly as the president of the re.
public. Ten sous day is their hire.
Thus they have money, food. shelter,
clothing, and, was about to write,
their liberty.
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For Earaehe.

The following cure may be tried in
cases OF severe earaehe when ordinary
remedies have failed: Get small guam
tity Of dried arnica flowers and put
them into two small bags. Put half a
pint OF whisky into small saucepan
Oh the stove, and when it is heated dip
one of the bags into it and apply to the
ear of the sufferer. AS soon as one bag
begins to cool and the steam stops COM
ing from it change it for the other bag
which is heating in the whisky.
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President Cleveland has appointed
Judge Kirkpatrick, of the Essex County
Common Pleas Court, Judge of United
States District Court, in place of Judge
Edward T. Green, recently deceased
The position pays s.. 900 a year and has
a life tenure. By accepting the Federal
office Judge kirkpatrick surrenders a
place with a salary of 81, 500, and which
would not expire for three years. LIS
successor on the Common Pleas Bench,
who will be named by Gov. Griggs, Will
receive $1,000 per annum, in accordance
with the provisions of the County Judge
act. apr owed March &C. 1896.
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Mountain Climbing.

In sketch Of Sir William Martin
Conway, the mountain climber and ex.
plorer of the Himalayas, The English
Illustrated Magazine says that he has
the climbers walk"-that is, gen.
tie roll of the body, with no unequal
steps, but swinging his legs with rhyth-
mic precision. He is a slim man, but
tough, full of energy and with iron
muscles. When climbing the HimaIa-
vas, he spent "a days on snow and gla-
cier. During that time he traversed
from end to end the three longest known
glaciers in the world outside the polar
regions and landed ON the summit Of
Pioneer peak, $4,000 feet high, the
greatest height yet reached by man.
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Personal Ends.

Saw Won coming out of the barber's
this morning." said the sociable board
er.
Il went in on business connected
with purely personal ends, +" replied As
bury Peppers with much dignity.
"Oh. beg pardon. r.
"That is to say, got my hair cut
and my shoes shined. Cincinnati En-
quirer.
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During the tenth century, when wars
between the noblemen and the king
were continual in almost every country
OF Europe. all ranks of the nobility as
sumed sort Of crown or coronet in or
der to assert their equality with the
king. 4
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The white lily in the south of Europe,
particularly in Italy, is an emblem OF
sweetness, light and life. In some OF
the country districts of the Italian pc
ninsula lilies are always placed on the
cofiirs of young girls
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Seash0re Notes.

Just why we have absented ourself fol
t'oo aohole gears from this city, which to us
is filled with pleasant memories, we dc
not know, unless it is the pleasanter, the
more imperative work of the W. g. T.
U. that has engaged our time, our atten.
ton, our n ems.
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Senator johnson, of Bergen county, will
make an effort at the coming session of
the Legislature to improve and harmon
izs the present numerous and often con-
ficting borough laws, with view to
their greater efficiency in securing what
these municipalities need in the way of
better government. Under various acts
of the Legislature large number of bor-
oughs have been created, and great
many laws passed relative to their gov.
eminent, some of which the Supreme
Court declared to be unconstitutional, SO
that in some particulars the exact stand
ing of these corporate bodies is not very
well understood. The difficulty is to
classify these boroughs under the law, so
that the residents affected will obtain all
they want or be satisfied with what they
gei, but perhaps Senator johnson, in the
general inquiry that he has instituted,
will be able from the sue gestions received
to frame a general borough law that will
meet all the needs. He has prepared a
circular letter, which he is sending to the
leading men in the different boroughs, in
which he propounds the following queries:
"What, if any, additional powers should
bs Conferred on our boroughs ?
Does the Borough Act now confer any
powers which ia your Judgment are ex-
cessive, and should be limited?
What, if any, practical difficulties are
met with in the administration of the
borough laws2
What, in your judgment, are the chief
advantages and disadvantages of the pres
ent form of borough government /?
What can you say as to the success of
your borough? Are its operations in the
main satisfactory to the people? Is there
any desire to return to the township form
of government
Have you any other suggestions to
make bearing on this general subject ?"
It would be an aid to Mr.. johnson in
his laudable work if all parties interested,
whether they receive the circular or not,
would send prompt replies to the above
questions. His post Office address is
Hackensack, Bergen county, NJ
So far as experience goes here, we are
of the opinion that boroughs ought to be
given power. through their corporate off
GERS, to control and regulate street paw
inc and road repairs, and also construct
public sewerage, and all otter public
improvements that may be needed by the
necessities of growth and that are ap-
proved by the popular will, with, of
course. such limitations and restrictions
as arm imposed for the protection of both
public and private interests. We have
had eu.uah of BASTARD tom governments.