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The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-02-20
HORSES ANp hoRsEMEN.

In races Azote has GO heats to his credit
In 2:10 or better; Alix, IA; Directum, J q
Lexington's spring running neetiis
will begin April ~ next and continue ua
til May 5.
Warsaw, Poland, will offer an interna-
tional Derby next year, with $4,000 add
edmoney.
Alix has trotted p public heats ugainst
time in 210 or better Tho ex-quean
Nancy Hanks has 1s TO her credit
June 20 is the date on which The 500
600 national Derby will in all probability
be decided over the st. Louis fair grounds
track
Rosalind, Musette Mayfowcr, D4me
Wood, Reality and Wilksie q. were the
most famous of tho brood mares that died
in 1895.
G. W. Williams claims the dates Aug
"a to 20for tho annual trottiug and pacing
meeting at Galosburg in 1895 The purses
will be worth 50, 600 each.
An attempt recently made in tho French
chamber of deputies to suppress the mu-
tual betting system on race COURSES WAS
beaten by "a vote of 1888 TO 9S.
Selma, Ala, is becoming a fayoritc spot
for winter training of trotters and PAGERS.
to that in charge of reinsman Ed Geors
StoneneIl is reported TO be getting more
savage day by day. Why is it that SO many
good, level headed American thorough
breds have become i'll tempered in Eng
land?
The sensational colt trotter in Tonnes
see just now is a weanling by Nuthantcr,
$50, owned by Frank Jenkins, at Station
Camp farm. This youngster can lead Il
$3.50 gait
August Belmont has shipped three Of
his best mares to Tennessee from Ken
tuoky to be bred to St. Blaise. One of
these, Fides, was probably the best miller
Of her sex in tho last decade.
The most successful sportsman ON the
Russian turf in 1895 was Prince Gfab0w-
ski, whose home is in Warsaw. His net
winnings amount to over $50, 900, and his
competitors probably think him wcll
named. -HorseInan.
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OUR GIRLS.

A girl who is truthful about everything
else will lie about the number of her ad-
mirers. "A tchison Globe.
We shall have chance now TO see
whether the new woman will leap any
quicker than the old woman did.--Boston
Globe.
Countess Aichy, formerly Mrs. Fernan~
do Yznaga, may be said to have completed
the alphabet of matrimony ny.-San Francis
co Examiner.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox believes in rein
carnation. She declares that she herself
was once Il cat. OF course she came back.
Wichita Eagle
Mrs. Fleming of tho Harvard observa-
tory has discovered new star in the con-
stellation Centaurus. Tally another for
the new woman. .--Syracuse Courier.
The first woman lawyer IN New Jersey
has been permitted to practice in court
without taking off her hat This is priv
iiege that no man lawyer has ever yet been
able TO obtain .--Someryille Journal.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-02-20
RINGS AND RING LORE.

Wedding rings We're USED in Egypt
3, 600 years before Christ.
Augustus wore a ring charm TO protect
him from thunderstorns
Lorenzo de- Mcdioi wore n ring which,
according to tradition, had once belonged
to the Emperor Nero.
Most of the medifeval kings wore and
used signet rings because they were un-
able to write their names.
Trinity rings were formerly fashionable
in France. The setting was in three di-
visions, and bore representations of Fa-
ther, Son and Holy Ghost,
In the time of Augustus portrait rings
came into fashion, probably for betrothals
or engagements. The portraits of the happy
pair were craven on the setting.
Dial rings were common in France and
Germany during the last century. BY hold
ing one up to the sun the time of day
could be approximately ascertained.
In India at the time of the British oceu-
patton foliated rings were fashionable.
They were SO large that when worn on the
second finger they covered almost all the
outer portion of the hand
Anchor or Christ rings We're frequently
used among the early Christians. Many
specimens have been found in the cata-
combs, bearing upon the settings the rep
resentation of an anchor and the Greek
symbol for the name of Christ.
: In tho fourteenth century q fashion
came into vogue in France, Spain and
Italy of two wedding rings being used at
the marriage ceremony. They were con-
nected by chain, and one was placed ON
the finger of the bride, the other on that
of the groom. st Louis Globe Democrat
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-02-20
THE PLAYER.

Charles Rohlfs has closed his starring
tour. He will shortly reorganize and be-
gin again.
Katherine Grey has left 1.-The Great
Diamond Robbery company and returned
to New York.
Stuart Robson has this season the
strongest supporting company and the
largest repertory of his career.
Agnes Miller made her first appearance
this season as the Maiden Up to Date in
1.-The Bauble Shop at Palmer's in New
York
The latest thing in feminine fashions is
to have pearl buttons for white gloves
Nina Cleary, the comic opera singer in
troduced the novelty
A New York paper says that there is
not room enough ON the stage of Daly's
theater for Ada Rehan and Maxine Ell
lott. That's absurd
Rose Coghlan, Maude Harrison and
John A. Lane have been engaged by Julia
Magnus for Edward Yrooms production
of For the Crown at Palmer's theater,
New York
Odette Tyler, who is to begin her star
ring tour Easter Monday in s'The C9un-
ciilor's Wife, will remain with The Gay
Parisians' in Brooklyn, Washington, Bal
timore and Boston.
Charles =. Richman, "a competent young
actor, says he is going to London to ac-
quire polish, as he does not see how he
can get it III this country. That is very
silly remark to make.
Tony Pastor has IA two years lease on
his vaudeville house in New York city,
but he said last week that he might not
y,
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-02-20
rng LISTENER.

III Hung Chang, who is living in retire
nent in Picking, is rapidly failing il
health.
Abe Buzzard, the notorious Pennsyl
vania outlaw, now serving term in pris
on, has become totally blind.
Senator Sherman, one Of II children to
begin with, is said to be 81 times en- uncle
and granduncle to 63 children.
J. w. Warburton, the now British con
sui general at San Francisco, is an Irish
man by birth and is about so years old
Gotti, one of the recently appointed
cardinals is the son of "a Genoese long
shoreman and was brought up in povoftl
ard self sacrifice.
Milton M. Woodward, the new treasurer
of the commonwealth of Mississippi, Is
the youngest state official in the country
he is only 81 years old.
Senator Hansbrough of North Dakota
who introduced tho bin 20 prevent the use
of the American Tag for Advertising pur
poses, used to l}a n reporter Oh a Saa
Francisco paper.
Matthew Arnold Was once generally he
rated in England for referring TO Lord
Salisbury as u man whodelighted TO pro-
woke shocks AMI collisions Events seem.
50 indicate that Mr.. Arnold knew his
man.
SehiapaHef.L the astronomer who first
discoverc. the so called '.canals' of Mars,
did so with much smaller telescope than
those in use in many Other observatories
at that time. And yet he is a very near
sighted man
A young man named johnson, an en-
ployee Of one of the Danbury (Conn. bag
gage men, i Il curiosity in his way. He
is z years old and measures feet INCHES
i'll his stocking fret During t be past year
he has grown nearly foot.
Heber " Wells, tho first governor of
The state nf Utah, was born in Salt Lake
City 81 years ago and was educated at the
University Of ljfab. He has been for five
years cass;tr Of the State bank Of Utah.
He is a member Of the Mormon church.
Elk Representative Champ Clark of
Missouri says of the new chairman of the
ways and means committee, Dinglcy
revels il statistics, and a book made up
entirely Of figures has as great d fascina-
ton fer him rs the latest novel has for a
girl of 16. =
Mr.. Alfred tie RotIisehild wears the most
gorgeous cuM links His cuffs, instead of
fastening uBdor the arm, fasten directly
over tle pack VI bhc llihuu Will uOublo
links consisting of two big pearls, one
black, the other white, surrounded by dia
monds of large size.
Andrew Carnegie has announced that
he will give $50, 600 year for the embel-
lishment of the museums and the art gall
lery in Pittsburg bearing his name. The
only proyiso that he attaches to the gift is
that two or more pictures by American
artists be purchased each year.
London's new lord mayor, Sir Walter
Willxia, made his fortune by the sale of a
German yeast In view of Sir Walters
probable elevation to baronetcy at the
expiration Of his term of office, political
antagonist remarked Wo Have Risen
would make fire family motto for she
wilkins :,
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-02-20

Dogwood wands make excellent whip
stocks, and are used in some of the best
whips. They are cut sometimes by coach
men in the suburbs and sent to town to be
dressed and made up into whips. The
stocks made Of this wood are notable for
their ornamental knobs at regular inter
walls, being the truneated and rounded
branches. These are initiated in some 9th
er whipstocks but the imitation is q cause
of weakness. The dogwcod stocks are ex-
treinely tough and elastic, being compar-
able in elasticity with whalebone. The
wood is used also for butchers showers
and some philologists conjecture that the
first syllable of the name is a corruption
of Gag, meaning a spine or dagger.
Dogwood, as being peculiarly free from
silex, is used by watchinakers and opti-
clans in cleaning watches and lenses. The
bitter bark Of the dogwood is used also as
a substitute fE the bark of the Peruvian
quinine tree. Dogwood is notably of slow
growth, and in all thickly peopled regions
the tree is recklessly dospoiled for the sake
Of its blossoms, so that the supply of the
wood for commercial purposes is not large.
New York Sun.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-02-20
A suggestion For Entertainers.

A worthy Partisan tradesman who IN
vited his friends some time ago to soiree
dansante has had a bad experience of the
class of entertainers whom Mr.. George
Grossmith calls society clowns. One of his
friends recommended him to secure the
services of certain young man to amuse
the guests The tradesnan took the ad-
vice, and the young man was among those
who attended the soiree. First the young
man gave an imitation of Paulus, then
began an imitation of Nine. Sarah Bern
hardt. So far all went well. The perform
er then said, II shall now give you my
celebrated sketch of the gentleman who
takes the piano to pieces to find a half
penny he has dropped inside it. y First
he took off the wooden case, then he pro
ceeded to unscrew the instrument, piece
by piece, and to pile up the pieces ON the
floor There was much laughter when,
after all this, the young man said, II have
it, and exhibited a halfpenny When ii
came to putting the piano together again,
however, he declared it must be sent to
the makers, and there was therefore nc
dancing that night. A hundred francs
damages were awarded by court of Law
to the outraged tradesman, who very nat
urally pleaded that when he invited ar
entertainer to make his guests laugh, i;
was not in order that they should be made
to laugh at his expense. London News.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-02-20
WORTH MORE THAN GOLD.

Indium is very dark, gIobular, and it is
kept in kerosene. 1t is worth $72 per
ounce.
Rutheninn is brick powder in appear
anoe and exceedingly difficult to melt. 1t
is worth $44 per ounce.
Calcium comes in a whitepowder and is
more readily melted than many Of the 9TH
ers. 1t Belongs to the aluminium family
and is worth $50 per ounce.
Erbium is much like cerium, of a blush
gray color, but when melted in globules
its real color is gray. 1t, too, belongs TO
the aluminium group and 1t Is worth seq
per ounce.
Lithium also is kept under kerosene to
prevent oxidation, since from contact with
the air 1t at once becomes an oxide and is
wasted In appearance il Is black mass,
and it is SO light that its specific gravity Is
only about 50. It's value is $8s per ounce.
New York Herald.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-02-20
70 4 WILD ROSE

Wild rose at night,
whep sets the sun. thy petals sink to rest,
Folded as though in prayer across thy breast
In sweet delight
Then shadows creep
Across the moss grown moor, and with sign
The wind comes dreaming from cloudess ssy
Upon thy sleep.
To me thou art
Fbe perfect model Of transient joy,
The first fair love that charms the growing
And stirs his heart.
would forget
The long ago when first saw thy face,
TJptarned and lovely with perfumed grace
That haunts me yet.
It mirrored then
a Thousand thoughts, each from placid calm
Which threw ats image with throbbing charm
That glowed again.
Those hopes are dead,
As in their last embrace thy red leaves close
II Is the hidden. not the perfect rose
That bares its head.
And In the past
The dreams that were are wrapt within the
cloud
OF riper thought, and that to which we bowed
Is gone ut last.
Percy Louis Shaw in Harvard Advocate.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-02-20
ADVERTISING TRUTHS.

Tho smart" style in advertisements
has died the placid death it so richly de-
served.
Truth is now regarded as a necessary ad-
junct to successful advertising. Formerly
it was believed to cut very little figure.
The undertaken is still obliged to adhere
to the plain announcement style In his
ads. II is q fact, however, that the under
takers who advertise are the ones who get
the business.
1t will pay the average merchant to
have his ads. written by an expert. The
latter regards the goods to be sold from
the standpoint of the public. The iner-
chant is apt to swamp the attraotiyeness
of his offerings in a maelstrom OF techni-
c&lities -Octayus Cohen.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-02-20

.sIt isn't fair to yourself have no right
to listen"
81 care not how unfair she be If only
she be fair so--herselfl Eh2 And you have
every right to listen, Jack. / give you
right, full right Besides | have TO talk
about it. 1t is so long ago, too, aDdwe are
somuch older. Surely, 1t does not matter.
1t was such a tender time. time OF dane
ing blood jack We shall never live it
again, never more foot it to tho same giddy
measure We are half burned ont now, ike
bloated candles in the cold dawn, We have
tainted our atmosphere with the CONSUME
in,s of our own fires
The flush in her checks died, leaving
them pallid Her head drooped and her
hands fell listlessly.
"You forgive me, Jack, don't your she
said presently.
could not speak Silence were best.
was wrung with vain regret. The poor
little ladyl
When you went away that night she
said ''you took more with you than you
knew. Had you como back it might have
been all different. l cried many nights
thinking of you 1t was the thought OF
your loneliness that made me cry. We had
been such good chums. And | was lonely
too
She paused Half uneonsefousIy cook
her hand in mine.
"They tell nae you are married, Jack,
said she presently. 1T is quite true, j
suppose. Why shouldn't it be? And do
you love your wife very, very dearly,
Jacks''
She was turned half from me, her hands
busy with the folds of her dress. had no
words to answer her. suddenly she Mt
tered a great cry, and sank down in chair,
covering her face with her hands.
Listen, listen. she said hoarsely, tap
ping my hand with her fingers. Listen.
This is the truth | hope you do love
your wife, Jack / hope you do love her
very dearly. | hope you take her in your
arms to your heart and kiss her-kiss her
always when you meet. | hope you are
proud of her and set her above all women
above me. No no; listen, Jack. listen! !!
Don't try to stop mo. You must not go
away thinking me worse than | am.
aThis is the truth--this is the truth.
Let me confess-or have | confessed al
ready?-I love you, Jack. | loved you
then / always loved you-always shall
love you hungered for you all of these
years. / can't keep silent. But we shall
not sec each other again. 1t does not mat
tor Ana II will be something to rernem-
ber. The years are very iong-very long
and my art is sometimes stale to me,
and the life has gone out of my brain, and
the cunnino from my hand. I am doing
ber no ,yrono S11relv T may have nv lit
tIe moment She has all her life for her
very own I have been meek, Jack. 1
have been ever cheerful. would not
have snokep now jf-if- It's n hard
nrice to nav for n little mistake. I was
verv vounr too. And everything was so
nossihle Oh nv GodFs
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-02-20
OUR soLoNs.

Tie new member of congress il already
assuming the ennui stare and the tired
feeling posture. Washington Times.
There are only three preachers in con.
gress, but the moral status of tho body Is
safe. There are 81 editors. Kansas Citv
Journal
1t takes one term to convince the aver
age member Of congress that he doesn't t
know what lie was sent there for.-Florida
Times Union.
Congressman are now engaged in mail
Ing their constituents copies Of speeches
that were never delivered, but the zap
plause" and other trimmings 90 With
them. Chicago Times Herald
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-02-20

Crediter-Can't you pay mo something
on account of that bill you owe me?
Debtor-How much do you want?
Creditor-Td like enough to meet the
fees of lawyer to sue you for the balance
Strand Magazine.
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ma o0pIFY pIsTRIor counr I.Aws.


A concurrent resolution, by Mr.. Skin.
ner, was adopted, providing for COM
miitee, made mp of one Senator and two
Assemblymen. to revise and codify the
statutes relating to the District Courts
Of this State. The members of the
committee are 10 eeeiye no compensa-
tion and the report is to be submitted as
speedily as possible.
The following bills were passed /:
House 5. authorizes township com
miitees TO divide townships into street
lighting districts; House 81, appropri-
uies $4,000 for the construction and
erection of monuments, markers and
tablets, to designate the positions of the
jersey troops on the Chicamauga battle
field, now a national Park; Honse 8. re
Stores the act by which Township As
SCISSORS and Collectors are paid IL cents
per name, instead of percentage;
Senate II, corrects clerical error in the
bill passed last year, authorizing borough
containing 5. 900 population to be In
corporaied as city.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-02-20

Senate 42, sets Fl portion o
Raudolph township, Morris county.
Senate 5S, repeuling the act of 189'
relative to vacancies in Office of Alier
men III Newark, cnme MP for final pas
suge III d was Oppose by s Datoi Knbl
SeDale 40, restores Morris Lewis ant
Asan Ford to citizenship in Burlington
county
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-15
What
Paine's

From no n class of men has Paine's
ceIsry compound received more unstinted
praise for its Wonderful powers of-maksns
the sick to be well again than from minis
ters Of the gospel IN every denomination.
Rev Father Ouellet, Rev. Or. Meek, The
editor Of the Central Methodist Rev.
Dr.. Baird, Rev. W. +. White. D. D.. u
the Georgia Baptist. are among the hosts
Of clergymen who have gratefully pub
Hshed, thai their experience might BE- Of
benefit to Others. the ever true story OF,
how this greatest of all remedies makes
people well. building up The shattered
nerves. errichsag the thin blood and root
ing OUT disease.
Rev. Charles l. Thompson. d. D., pas
tor of the Madison Ayensie Presbyterian
Church In New York City, is a man
crowned Will honor. Before going to the
celebrated church where he now breaches
in New York he served in prominent pull
pits in Cincinnati. Chicago. Pistsbnrg and
Kansas City. He has written much and
we'll IN themes of public interest. presided
over the Centennial General Assembly in
Philadelphia, and has been often a COM
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-15
Y. N. c. A. IN CAMP
Great Preparations Made
For the Annual Meet
ing in Ocean
Grove.
HUDSON WILL SEND 4 DELEGATION
Efforts Made to Start a Camp
Meeting in Jersey City
Site Suggested.

One of the events of the year in the
mind Of a Y. NJ. C. A. member lis the
August excursion to the camp meeting
at Ocean Grove. This year 1T promises
TO be of the largest held. Great pains
have been expended on the preparations,
and everything has been done to make
the visit enjoyable and profitable.
Wednesday, August 20, has been selected
as the big day when delegates from every
branch in the State will be present to
take part in the services.
T~wenty-four passenger coaches will car
~ the friends of the Z. NJ. c. Al. to the
canp meeting at the Grove, also to Asbury
Park and Long Branch. Trains will
leave the Pennsylvania depot between
seven and eight o'clock in the morning,
returning about $50 and Z o'clock in the
evening.
A large number of distinguished speak
ers will be present and among them will
be Bishops Ninde, Hurst and Fitzgerald,
of THE Methodist Episcopal Church.
Jersey City branch will b. well repre-
morning:-.'We are e-ndeavoring to take
down a large crowd, and we hope at
east to make a good showing. Hudson
county usually sends a strong delegation.
This year we won't be behind"
An effort is being made to hold a series
of camp meetings in Jersey City during
September. It is urged that if there
could be Instituted here a large number of
Y. NJ. c. A. societies, New York could
be induced to attend. A site has been
mentioned, and this is the large flats
at Communipaw. Something deinite viii
49,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-15
DONATIONS 10 THE GERMAN HOME

The following is a list of thu donations
to the Raymond Roth Pioneer Home dur
ing July:-William Peters, Henry Rohlfs
and Charles Ranyker. zach one keg of
lager: McMichaels. of Philadelphia, mems
shirts and underwear Mrs. Louis, gen
Elements clothing: meat, Busch Brothers,
Fender. Simon, Swift Packing Co., Alex
anser, Young. Burgheim, Kopf, Howard.
Mertens. Rohde, Adelung, Jansen KNOB
lock and Mrs Hepning: bread and cakes.
Helbig Braufiganl, LohIritt, Heirle, Hook.
err Beck, Lohmann, Snangenburg. Acker-
nam. stsueanagels Aas y FTeitag and
er Stats Zeffurgs.'' two Sunday Stats
lettings" enc New Jersey Staats Zef-
Newark Pioneer, one New Jersey
Freie Zeitung.v
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-15

missioner n chairman Of leading CON-
mittees, and an exceptionally forcfble de-
batter in all the church courts.
His large charity has made him a well
come representative OF his church 10
other churches and to his brethren OF
other lands.
DR.. Thompson is a prodigious worker.
He IS one of the many thousands who
have discovered what Paine celery COM
pound does for those who are worn out
by labor, who are suffering from some
stage of nervous exhaustion, who re-
quire a health giving remedy tha will
speedily reptenish the system with proper
nutrinent.
Writing from New York on June q, DR..
Thompson said
Il think TO the use of Paine's celery
compound is due the fact that after a
winter of exhausting work I have been
able TO carry my duties through the ener-
vat.ng springtime with unusual ease and
comfors."
To the multitude who suffer from the
enervating effects of the warm weather
in this climate, this plain, straightforward
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-15
A BALL OF FIRE In CAMP.
A Bolt Fell at Malaga KILLING Two
Horsen-The services.


MALAGA, Aug. L. 18ee.-The severe
electrical storm which swept over this
section of Gloucester county Thursday
night, badly scared the cottagers and
camp-goers at the camp grounds. While
the storm was at its height, a ball Of
fire was seen to come out of the heavens
and fall in the stable part of the grove.
When the rain had nearly stopped fall
Ing the whole camp rushed to the spot
where the bolt was seen to drop, ex-
pecting to find one or more victims.
A quick investigation Of this end Of
the grounds revealed thai with the ex-
ceptfon Of two valuable horses being kill
ed, no one was injured, although the
shock was plainly felt all over the grove.
Some of the cottagers near where the
lightning struck experienced a quick
burning feeling. The bolt struck the TOP
OF a large tree, and running down the
side entered the ground, but came out
a lew feet farther. where it demolished
an unoccupied stable and continued on
to the next one, where the two horses
were confined. Neither OF the dead
horses showed the marks Of the bolt.
and strange to relate the stable was not
injured. After killing the horses. All
traces Of the bolt was lost. In its descent
the bolt peeled OF half the bark from the
tree. and a a deep incision in the
hard wood.