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The Monitor-register. [volume] (Woodstown, Salem Co., N.J.) 1892-1972, 1896-11-13
Tobacco and Color blindness

-. AZ
t Color blindness is on the increase, -
z said Dr.. D. j.. Bliss of New York. "The
causess0f fhissdefect in vision that may
be otherwise perfect aresai1ots ailsvery
well understood. II would seem that the
use of tobacco had a good deal to do
with it., l have examined great many
for color blindness, having on several
occasions been employed by railroad
companies to dol SO. and in every in
stance where the man examined was
found to he color blind he was user Of
tobacco. Women are seldom afflicted in
this way, hence it must be scaused by
something that men do which women
do not What cases exist among women
will be found to be inherited from male
ancestors. l have never known wom-
an to be color blind whose father was
free from the defect. l am a smoker and
my perceptions of color are unusually
good, so that it is not impossible that a
man may use tobacco without such an
effect, but | believe large proportion
of the cases are caused by tobacco. = :
Washington Star
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A Pointer for Advertisers.

Out of total of 277 weekly papers
published in New Jersey, the Amer
lean Newspaper Directory for 300
acoords a circulation in actual figures
to but 67. The MONITOR REGIS
TER is one Of the 81, and the cir
culation is guaranteed by a reward
of 500.
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The Prohibition Newsboy.
BY LIZZIE YORK CASE.

Buy paeprs sir! Last edition:s
Railro ad sfhashup, great loss o. life,
'Leverin's speech on prohibition, VI 2
Picterslo' Bryan an his wife, 4S
AL de candidates on de stump, = e
: speekin' an smilin' and shakin' hands, {;
Can't tell which is de biggest trump,
Kissin' de babies, oh, my lands! n
They's in fer it now like all creation! 81
Reads de papers Course do. ff'ta "
Jist keeps up wild de situation,.Y
Knows what goods Use selling to you, H..
Has my 'pinion bout silver an gold.
Perfection an big lot m ore,-
Yes, sir, I'm bout twelve years old,
Manages to keep de wolf from de door.
Yes, k in laugh at de politicians.
+ Which does go fer3 Silver or gold? q
Wen, maybe you'll thro' in prohibitions, q
Er furlons hope. es Use been told.
Well, sir, goes fer de whole tree,
Gold an silver an temperance, too.
An OATS what's de matter. fer don't yer see?
Prohibition takes in de other two
1t means gold an silver. yes. an perfection,
Home and perfection to SIGH as me. -.
An, sir, haint the least objection. w.
Out at de elbows. as we see. ia.
If 1t wasn't fer rum wouldn't be here,
Trying ter sell paper ter you,
I'd be in college, fer OATS me sphere.
Some day might go TO Congress, too.
Use de newsboy crank on prohibition.
OATS what dey calls me, but yer see,
Use wild dem as I'D better de condition
o. de poor rum orphans sech as me.
Tell me: Leverin' amt got no show!
All demore honor, OATS what say,
Working FER a causese an de angels know
In what gold and silyer he'll get his pay.
The Monitor-register. [volume] (Woodstown, Salem Co., N.J.) 1892-1972, 1896-11-13
LETTER BOX.


EDITOR OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Dur
ing the political campaign. just ended,
much was said about corporations in the
United States. and from the pages of q
magazine before me feel disposed to
tell the readers of your paper few facts
about the biggest corporation, not only
in the United States, but In the whole
world. 1t is the Pennsylvania Railroad,
which has 15.430 miles of track and
traverses thirteen states. 1t has 1856
locomotives, which Econsume 10000 tons
Of cool day and make runs equal to the
distance around the globe every two
hours The total humber of passenger
and freight cars is 1853, 524, which make
journey equal to the circumference OF
the earth every eight minutes. The total
annual revenue of the road is $135, 600,
900, equal to SIS. 525 every hour of the
day and night. How about thatP
Yours truly,
1850 ONE CENT.
The Monitor-register. [volume] (Woodstown, Salem Co., N.J.) 1892-1972, 1896-11-13

Another illustration of the superiority
of the New Jersey ballot over the Aus.
tralian blanket sheet ballot is given by
the practical disfranchisemt of many
Kentucky voters, both Republicans and
Democrats, who made mistakes in mark
ing their tickets. They put cross marks
opposite the names of the first elector on
the list of their respective parties, instead
Of at the top of the party ticket. In con-
sequence their votes count only for the
elector whose name they marked. With
the New Jersey system such errors are
impossible. With the blanket ballot
they are readily made even by ordinarily
careful and intelligent people.
The Monitor-register. [volume] (Woodstown, Salem Co., N.J.) 1892-1972, 1896-11-13

Archbishop of Canterbury.

The archbishop of Canterbury is re.
ferred to as "his grace, and he writes
himself archbishop, etc., "divina prov
identia," whereas other prelates use the
phrase "divina permissione +" He is the
first peer in the realm. At coronations
he places the crown on the head Of the
sovereign, and the king and queen are
his domestic parishioners. The bishop
of London is his provincial dean, the
bishop of Winchester his subdean, the
bishop of Lincoln his chancellor, and
the bishop of Rochester his chaplain.
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Time Occupied by Dreams.


The time occupied by dream is one
of the marvels of sleep. In the work en-.
titled 1.-THE Philosophy of Mystery" we
read of man who dreamed that he had
enlisted as a soldier; that he had Joined
his regiment and travelled to a.. foreign
country; that he finally deserted on &C.
count of the harsh treatment he had re-
celved aG the hands of his superior off
GERS; that he had been apprehended
and carried back to his regiment; that
upon arriving there he was tried by court
martial, condemned to be shot and was
led out for execution. At this moment
the guns of the executioners exploded,
and the sound awoke the dreamer. It
was clear now that loud noise in an
adjoining room had both produced the
dream and awakened the dreamer al
most at the same moment.
The Monitor-register. [volume] (Woodstown, Salem Co., N.J.) 1892-1972, 1896-11-13

The new battle ship Texas must have
been launched on an uniucky day, for she
has had almost continuous run of mis-.
haps, the latest being to partially fill with
water and sink in her dry dock at New
York on Monday. She was designed by
an Englishman, but this can hardly be
the cause of the ill fate that has steadily
purs ued the craft, though Uncle Sam will
most likely prefer American skill here
The Monitor-register. [volume] (Woodstown, Salem Co., N.J.) 1892-1972, 1896-11-13


AGATEWARE SECONDS"
Every day lessons your
chance to share in this distri
button of Agateware Kitchen
Utensils. They're seconds
but from beauty hurts, not
hurts to goodness-and as a
rule it takes an expert to find
any flaw.
Cheaper than tin-because
so durable; better than tin,
because all foods are safely
cooked and kept in agate
ware.
Coffee Pots-quart, CSC; 3-pint, Csc,
and up to 8-quart at SOC.
Dish Pans-S-quart, 40c; 10-quart. 47c;
l4quart, SEC; 17-quart, CSC.
Butter Kettles, SOC, Coo and &c.
Pie Plates, SC, &c, Tic.
Budding Pans, '11z-quart at 13c; 2
quart at 15c and on up to 19-quart
at SIC.
Let these hints stand for
the stock.
john WANAMAKE8.
The Monitor-register. [volume] (Woodstown, Salem Co., N.J.) 1892-1972, 1896-11-13

The suggestion that the coming Legis'
lsture re.enact the Sunset Election law is
being favorably commented on by both
press and people. 1t worked we'll when
tried. and has many reasons in its favor.
There is no reason why every voter can
not find time between sun and sun to cast
his ballot, and then we would not be &c
long on the anxious bench waiting for the
The Monitor-register. [volume] (Woodstown, Salem Co., N.J.) 1892-1972, 1896-11-13

At the clos of the fiscal year, the
States balance of cash on hand amount
ed to s959, 62s. 9s-an increase OF $50. Soo
over the preceding year. Had it not
been for a large amount expended for
improving and extending the States
institutions the gain would have been
much larger, but it is very creditable
showing as it stands.
The Monitor-register. [volume] (Woodstown, Salem Co., N.J.) 1892-1972, 1896-11-13

Notwithstanding an adverse majority
of $4,000, the Philadelphia Combine
has not found out yet that it was beaten.
Dave Martin is already figuring on the
spring primaries, and Mayor Warwick is
said to be urging him on. Perhaps the
Mayor may yet learn that the Philadel-
phia voter aims straight when he wants
to hit the mark.
The Monitor-register. [volume] (Woodstown, Salem Co., N.J.) 1892-1972, 1896-11-13

New jerseys candidate on the national
ticket was not a dead weight by any
means the way the majority has rolled mp
in the State. New Jersey really, in the
matter of majority for Mckinley and
Hobart, sound money and protective
tariff, eclpses any other State in the
Union, population and former political
utilization considered. 'Rsh for Jersey
The Monitor-register. [volume] (Woodstown, Salem Co., N.J.) 1892-1972, 1896-11-13

Senators Stokes, Parry. Kuhl, Herbert
and Daily have been appointed as the
State Board of Canvassers to meet with
the Governor in the Senate Chamber on
November 24th, for the purpose of can
wasting the votes of the State for Presi-
Dental Electors and Congressman.
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Spirited Chemistry.

, A French savant thinks that by the
year 1000 a spiritual chemistry will
have been discovered thaeshou1d entire
~ change human nature. This will be
greatly due to- chemistry utilizing the
heat Of the sun and tapping the central
beat Of the globe. Under the reign of
chemistry the earth, we are told, will
bedome q vast pleasure garden and the
sliprlaa race will live in peace and
plbusy.
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Deafness 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 infamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Enstachian Tube.
When this tube gets infamed you have a
rumoling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it Is entirely closed Deafness is the
result, and unless the Inflammation can
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 eatarrb, which is nothing but
an infiamed condition of the mucous
sufaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness( caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY 6 CO., Toledo, o.
M Sold by Druggists. 75c.
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GLEANINGs.
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.
A Yellow Chrysanthemum
BY SARAH K. BIOL

BY SARAH K. BOLTON.
oh, royal flower from far Japan,
A bloom in autumn weather.
A thousand yellow ribbons, tied
With wondrous skill together.
All summer long has nature wrought,
While sun and rain befriend her,
To give us in the early SHOWS
This marvel of her splendor.
Fitted to deck bridal hall
With all its love and gladness,
Fitted to bend in sympathy
Within the home of sadness.
Oh, royal rich chrysanthemums,
OF every shade, we bless thee!
We give thee welcome to our land;
We prize thee, we caress thee!
The Monitor-register. [volume] (Woodstown, Salem Co., N.J.) 1892-1972, 1896-11-13

Col. w. E. Potter, of Bridgeton, who
served with distinction in the war, and
who was one of the leading lawyers of
South Jersey, died this wetk and was
buried on Wednesday. The same day
his law partner, J. Boyd Nixon, died in
the South, where he had gone for his
health.
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"Dare to Do Right. Dare to Be True.

L e =
DEAR BOYS AND GIRLS Let me see,
We were to talk about Neal Dow thi
week. hope that you have all followed
my suggestion and asked some one who
knows to tell you what the Grand Old
Man, OF the temperance reform has done
to make the world better for his being
in it.
Those Of you who live In white.ribbon
families (where they always keep The
Union Signal on file, Of course y have per-
haps looked up the Neal Dow Prohibition
number of February, 1894 There is the
history of his useful life, with fiue pic
lures of his home, his library and him
self. There is, too, an article written by
the Prohibition hero himself, giving a
good account of his great work for hu-
manity in the passing Of the Maine law.
More than sixty years ago, it was, that
brave Neal Dow commenced to preach
the fact that alcoholic drinxs are only
harmful, and should be prohibited by law.
This is difficult in many places now, but
then it was even harder to face the oppo
sition Of those by whom the dram of
liquor was thought to be- as necessary as
| bread.
The story of how Neal Dow became
int crested in prohibition is told by Miss
Willard "There was certain Portland
citizen who occupied a government posi-
ton, and who was addicted to periodical
intemperance. One evening his wife
came to the young Neal Dow, who was
even then power jn temperance circles,
and told him that her husband was at a
certain saloon, and that if he was absent
from his duty on the morrow, he would
surely lose his position. Would Mr.. Dow
20 after him and try to induce the rum
seller not to sell him any more liquor
Mr.. Dow found him in the saloon, and
said to the proprietor, 4 wish you would
sell no more liquor to Mr.. B.
why, Mr.. Dow he said. 4 must sup.
ply my customers
But was the reply, this gentleman
has large family to support. II he goes
to his Office drunk to morrow, he will lose
his place. / wish you would cell him no
more
The rumseller became angry at this,
and said that he, too, bad family to sup
port, that he had license to sell liquor,
and he proposed to do it. and that when
he wanted advice he would ask for it.
so you have license to sell liquor p
said Mr.. Dow, and you support your
family by impoverishing others. With
Gods help I'll change all this
He went home, fully determined to de-
vote his life to suppressipg the liquor
traffic.
The Maine law says he, Originated
In that rum. shop"
Neal Dow's work for prohibition took
many years. He Travelled the Pine Tree
state over and over, no place being too
small for him to visit and address meet
ing. He rode hundreds of miles in his
own carriage, over muddy roads in sum-
mer and through terrible snowdrifts ia
winter. He was abused BY the enemy,
and even Ill treated by friends. He dis
tributed thousands OF leaflets and gath
cred up great petitions, which he pre-
The Monitor-register. [volume] (Woodstown, Salem Co., N.J.) 1892-1972, 1896-11-13

The bill to establish a State Library
Commission passed by the New Jersey
Legislature last winter, not having be-
come law, committee was appointed
at the recent meeting of the State Library
Association at Bayonne to endeavor to
secure the enactment of some such law
during the coming winter. The commit
tee consists of Morris 81. Stratton, Of
Salem; Ernest C. Richardson, of Prince
ton, George F. Winchester, of Paterson,
Beatrice Winser, of Newark, and John
Bodine Thompson, of Trenton. The last
named is president of the association,
and Miss Winser is secretary. The next
meeting will be held in some town not
hitherto visited by the association, since
the object is to interest the entire State,
The Monitor-register. [volume] (Woodstown, Salem Co., N.J.) 1892-1972, 1896-11-13

A Scotch visitor to the Carlyles in
Cheyne row was much struck with the
soundproof room which the sage had
contrived for himself in the attic, light
ed from the top, and where no sight or
sound from outside could penetrate.
my series, this is fine," cried the old
friend, with unconscious sarcasm.
Here ye may write and study all the
rest OF your life, and no human being
be one bit the wiser, " = Household
Words.
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Getting Ready For a Fight,

On the way to Richmond Sherman
paid but slight attention to dress, but
when he did the staff knew something
was going to happen. ''There is going
to be fight today, sure, said Colonel
Audenreid of the staff one morning.
How can you tell?" asked a COM
rade.
Why, man, the generals over there
by the fire putting on clean COLLAR
That day Cheraw with 40 cannon fell
into the hands Of the army.-Human
Documents.
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Local.

The sabject in Fourth.day's local meet.
ing, Library Parlor, was Temperance
Teaching in Public Schools" by Mrs. ].
W. Humphreys. We hope to enrich
gleanings with some of the thoughts
expressed next week. =
Next week. 18th inst. the subject to
be treated is "Antf Cigarette League"
by Mrs. Anna B. Panooast.a
Members Of the W. 9. T. U. aud others
should avail themselves of these oppor-
tunities of hearing these papers and dis
cussiOps that are sure TO follow.
:. Sincerely,
"a RUTH.
Creamridge, 18th Mo. oh, 1896.
The Monitor-register. [volume] (Woodstown, Salem Co., N.J.) 1892-1972, 1896-11-13

The first mandatory of edged tools,
including axes, hatchets, chisels and
cutlery, was opened in Hartford, in the
year 1926. Previous to that date it is
said that coarse butcher knives and
hunting knives were made by black
smiths, and the better quality of cutlery
was imported from England.
The Monitor-register. [volume] (Woodstown, Salem Co., N.J.) 1892-1972, 1896-11-13

An ox-roast on Saturday will be Elmers
safety valve for her ectasy over the result
of the election, and incidentally for Inc
honor of furnishing one of the three
ooroners in the person of Dr.. J. G. Camp
ho11
The Monitor-register. [volume] (Woodstown, Salem Co., N.J.) 1892-1972, 1896-11-13

We notice that in the apportionment of
the Legislative plums at Trenton this
winter, Salem, as usual, is putting in
claims for the share that may be likely to
come this way. Isn't it about time some
other parts of the county were being
recognized. and especially since those
who are making the claims have been
amply repaid for all service they have
rendered the party, having been taken
care of with a birth at Trenton almost
every winter. 1t is time the honors were
little more evenly distributed.
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Not What She Expected.

"Four years more, Mrs. Grossly, and
you will have your wooden wedding"
said her friend, who was calling.
"I'm beginning to think had 1t q
year ago, my dear. " - Detroit Free
Press.
The Monitor-register. [volume] (Woodstown, Salem Co., N.J.) 1892-1972, 1896-11-13

From the handsome R epublican major.
ity the Borough of Pennsgrove gave last
week, we fear Editor SUNNI erill's free
The Monitor-register. [volume] (Woodstown, Salem Co., N.J.) 1892-1972, 1896-11-13

Those who were wont few weeks age
to ridicule the idea of Major Mckinley
being the advance agent of prosperity,
are now discovering that they were really
uuarreling " ith fate.
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That Robber Alcohol.

Edward Everett Hale preachesa mighty
temperance sermon in the close of an
article on the poet, Robert Burns. He
says
''Tte English government Of. that time
has been much ridiculed because, for the
noblest poet of the time, il could find no
gift but the Office of an exciseman. But
it should be remembered that, at that
time, at least, no one supposed that gov
ernments were formed to provide for
poets, or that, the provision for poets was
one of their duties. We live in state of
high civilization, as we think but even
with us, if you have a man like Haw-s
thorne or Howells you have to make him
a consul il you have lady who writes
poetry you have Go make her aspostmas-
| ter. 1t is fair to the wretched ministry
of the time to say that Burns himself
asked for the Office Of exciseman, and it lie
more than probable that the selection Of
the Office was made hghimseff.
And he died in his thirty seventh year, so
young And we should have had SO many
more treasures from that warm, heart
and ready pen, that sympathetic friend
Of everybody who desired friend, IT,
If!
II he had been able to resist the tempta-
tions of liquor.
| Let it be remembered then, that men of
d =
his gift, men who have this exquisite
fiber Of brain and sympathy of heart are
the special prey of this special devil. And
let it be remembered that. taste not !;
touch not handle not; seem to have
been known, even by pure and temperate
men in Scotland, in their effort to sup.
press drunkenness. Such men, if they
counselled poor Burns, only counselled
moderation ss
As if there conld be moderation in play
ing with fire
1t would seem that no man, woman or
child, not the father who loved him nor
the mother who bore him, no one proba-
bly, but bis poor wife. ever begged him or
even asked him to give up whisky, wine
and all intoxicating liquor.
What would this page of literature be
to day, had Robert Burns been taught in
his childhood of the dangers to which
poets are the nearest? What would it be,
had ths ready sale of a. social glass been
prohibited by lawf What would It be
had he lived in social order where gen.
tlemen bate and despise drunkenness, and
those who tempt men to drunkenness ?
Where would it be, had not all Scotland
combined to defeat his prayer when he
asked the good God that hesmight not be
led into te mptation ?"
The Monitor-register. [volume] (Woodstown, Salem Co., N.J.) 1892-1972, 1896-11-13

EDII EpSY new and effective
majority Of the worst cases. a great offer
TRY 1t, and no fee will be charged unless
benedtted or cured. Home treatment
write full history and symptoms and medi-
can be sent Do not hesitate because other
remedies have failed Plies, E1sIulas and
Fisaures; method mild. safe, sure cure or
no pay treatment at office. DIR. TUCKER
a co. New York Hotel, 665 Broadway, New
York Call Tuesdays and Fridays. from
10 g. m. to IL m.
The Monitor-register. [volume] (Woodstown, Salem Co., N.J.) 1892-1972, 1896-11-13

The Venezuelan boundary dispute
between this country and Great Britain
has been happily terminated. The Secre
tary of State Olney on Tuesday made
public two diplomatic notes bearing upon
the matter, one of which embodied Score.
tary Olney's suggestion that Great
Britain should ''assent to unrestricted
arbitration of all the territory in contro-
versey W ith the period for the acquisition
of title by prescription fixed by agree
ment of the parties in advance at sixty
years." A virtual agreement fixing one
period of possession at fifty years was
reached. 1t was this proposal the accept.
apce of which was announced by the
British Prime Minister. 1t is believed
that the details yet to be settled will be
disposed OF without difficulty or delay.
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WOMEN's SHOES So 60


But not$2. 90 shoes. They're
81 shoes, and worth it. They
are yours at $500 simply be-
cause the Philadelphia maker
of them lost profits to keep
running during a dull spell
giving us the shoes at less
than last lot or next lot will
cost.
Women's black Shoes of
chrome-tanned kidskin, with
oak tanned soles. Hand
sewed welts.
High Shoes-button and
lace.
2oth Century, or mannish
The Monitor-register. [volume] (Woodstown, Salem Co., N.J.) 1892-1972, 1896-11-13

The name "barleycorn, in long
measure, arose from the use of this
grain as a measure of distance.
The Monitor-register. [volume] (Woodstown, Salem Co., N.J.) 1892-1972, 1896-11-13

Louis XVIII of France was ironically
styled by his subjects the Desired. He
was forced upon them by the allied
armies.