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A Woman's Crimes

Mrs. Rebecca Sutton, ifty-ave years old
lured Martin Reed, thirty years old, from
Beatyestown, n. j., to Hampton Junction,
murdered him as he slept and killed herself.
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TO MAKE FRUIT TREES SYMMETRICAL,
When young fruit trees are received
from the nursery, one is occasionally
found that is one.sided. No branches,
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standard money Of the country. We are
opposed, as permanent financial policy, to
gold monometallism on the one hand or TO
silver monometallism on the other.
William C. Whitney was announced as In the
ranks Of the New York City delegation.
Mayor Gleason, Of Long Island City, was
given q greeting, too, when he entered no.
tice Of his contest for q seat.
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tions, and filed out of the hall. There were
a few hisses, but the convention went on
with Its work. Mr.. Thacner was mace tcS, re,-
manert Chairman, and merely salu inanA
YOU"
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Politico-G Geology.

The teacher had been asking the class
a few questions as to the indemnity of the
malachite, the meteorite, the tellurite,
and others in that category, and when
she seemed to be about at the end of her
string a boy down about the foot of the
class struck his hand up into the atmos-
phere.
"What is it?" inquired the pedagogue.
"What's a bryanite?"
"a bryanite?" repeated the teacher,
plunging at once into a study of this new
one. 'Really 1 never heard of it. Where
is it found?"
"Atl over" and the boy grinned at the
Importance into which he had so immedi-
ately risen, but mostly in the West"
elmer" hesitated the teacher, "have
you a specimen"
enc; but l kin git one."
GLOW long will it take your"
Soon as l kin go out and pick one up;
but l kin tell you SOS you'll know just as
good"
swell, what is it? I'm sure 1 never
heard of a bryanite before"
The boy got himself ready for prompt
action in case of any kind of an emer-
gency, and led off.
sit comes in different shapes and
sizes, " he said, land is sixteen. sixteenths
brass and one-sixteenths silver. "-New
York Sun.
The Monitor-register., 1896-09-18
GEMS.

Inspiration, like death, always comes
unexpectedly.
Labor is the great substantial interest
on which we all stand.
Genius may be almost defined as the
faculty of acquiring poverty.
Age-makes US not childish, as some
say. 1t finds us still true children.
Real happiness is cheap enough, ye,
how dearly We pay for it's counterfeit!
knowledge and timber should not be
much used until they are seasoned.
An enterprise, when fairly on,e begun,
should not be left till all that ought is
won.
There is nothing so minute or i%nconsi-
derable that | would not rather know il
than not.
Be your character what it will, it will
be known. and nobody will take it upon
your word.
The light of friendship is like the light
of phosphorus-seen p~lainest when all
around is dark.
Brahma onee asked of Force, "Who is
stronger than thou ?" She replied, cad
dress"
Generosity often follows the possession
OF riches, but riches are slow in coming
to the generous.
Affection is a school of virtue. Il COT
reefs levity and interrupts the confdenc e
of SHINING.
Thinkers are the PIONEERS; they go be.
fore to prepare The way for those that are
to come after.
Every joy which comes to US is only to
strengthen US for some greater labor that
is to succeed.
There is nothing SO sweet as duty, and
all the best pleasures of life come in the
wake of duties done.
The greatest pleasure / know is to do a
good action by stealth, and to have it
found out by accident,
There is hope for the man who doesn't
nave to fall down more than once to learn
how to stand up.
The man who bowls at the passing OF
the hat in church will pay a big hotel bill
with a smile on his face.
The heart lisa loom, and it may weave
whatever it pleases. 1t may make life a
continual progress toward triumph.
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The Way He Voted.

10 Kentucky it is necessary for a voter
to pay a poll tax of 50 in order to be al
lowed to vote. This necessitates a cam
paign fund in both parties-ih order to
enfranchise such voters as can not pay the
tax.
At Mt. Sterling an old man came in and
the manager of the Republican campaign
fund asked him if he had voted.
mo; bain't got my poll tax paid yit,"
was the reply. Two dollars was given to
him and he started for the collectors Of
fee. On the way he met the Democratic
candidate.
"Voted yet?" inquired the politician.
emo; hain't paid the poll tax.
The candidate produced 50 and the old
man went, paid his poll tax, returned, and
voted.
"Well, you voted right, did your" in
quired the Republican.
"Yaas. I allus vote as my conscience
dictates. never lows no considerations
bat duty ter influence me. [ voted as l
alIus does, the straight Prohibition ticket.
ter do away with rum, an drive ther cor.
rupt old parties out of the country"
The Monitor-register., 1896-09-18
The Girl of To. day.

The modern girl is none the less beau
tiful for all her ability. Her mouth is
stronger than the dimple-circled rosebud
of her grandmother; her chin sets firmer
than that of the girl of two generations
since; her eyes are bewitching and sweet
with the knowledge that is made pure in
them, and her voice-the loveliest thing
in wtman-is deeper and comes from a
larger heart than the heart of the child
roman of long ago. The old-time knight
fought in the jousts for his lady love, and,
having won her, killed her with neglect;
the modern girl is sure she can command
devotion in a man b.fJIe she consents to
be won. The modern girl is better than
any other girl 10 the world, or else pro
gress is a delusion. She is the best pro.
duct of what the world thinks the best
century in all history.
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studies; placed him in government posi-
ton where he remained three years. At
the change of Administration he, with
many others, was discharged. Too proud
to begin at the bottom and work up
where he was known, or take again the
broken thread of his first venture, be
come West to make his fortune-specu-
lated, and lost what he had. So he was
forced to begin at the bottom, after all,
and do whatever he could to earn a liveli-
hood. AT the end of ten years we find
him at office work, making little more
than a living; sure of nothing, prema-
|turely aged and distrustful of the world.
Had the father encouraged his son to
keep to his law, to-day he would have
been independent, known to the legal
profession, and a happy man. Had that
father been able to give counsel and
sympathy, discovered the mistake, bade
his son to take courage and begin again
the choice of his life, broken family ties
might nave been averted. But no, CEN
ouI6 iuSJSdu Vi y pdJuy hiOb bhO JOAHS
mans failure, %wounding the sensitive
soul almost to death. The world does not
care whether an individual is sensitive to
its thrusts or not. If these sensitive
natures could only be developed in early
youth not to wilt at the first hard rap
from the world, what heartaches would
be spared them! So many of us can look
back to some rebuff that has turned our
lives into channels not to our liking. 1t
seemed a terrible calamity then; and so
it was, only in that it turned lis ti~ui tur
main purpose.
Be careful in your choic F; lC1k to the
unpleasant as we'll as Il pleasant fea-
lures Of it. work for it an s~aorific , for if.
Remember that the Gro ling of your
life-work is not in youth. The years this
side of thirty must be spt, in preparing
for the opportunity which comes to all.
1t may be at thirty, or it / " be at fifty.
Be ready for it; grasp it , 18th a master
hand; success, in large l~e'1ers, will be
added to your namely 7. Independent.
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About Eyeglasses.

Ii you are so unfortunate as to be com
PEELED to Wear eyeglasses or spectacles,
sec that they fit not only as regards the
glasses, but the frames. There is moth
ing uglier than the marks Of i'll fitting
glasses on either side of the nose. All
opticiaD who understands his business
measures the bridge OF the nose, the dis
tance of the eyes from it and the width
of the temples, and bends OF fits the
glasses accordingly. Apart from the
discomfort and Disagreement of badly
fitting frames, it is hardly possible that
the glasses which they hold are right.
They are almost certain to be out OF
focus. In choosing glasses, although the
oculist O optician is bound to provide
you with what is right, much depends
upon yourself, for he cannot see with
your eyes. The great mistake of those
not accustomed TO lenses is to get them
too strong. 1t is such Il pleasure for the
moment to see things clearly that we
exclaim: "Oh, yes, that's just right
whereas the proper glass would be one
of considerably less power. -Brooklyn
Eagle.
The Monitor-register., 1896-09-18
JOHN DOE AND RICHARD ROE

Two Prominent Legal Names and Their
Origin In England.
The houses of York and Lancaster
began and ended with strife within a
decade, Napoleon and Wellington pur.
sued mutual carnage for only q few
brief years, but two belligerents, ia.
nous i'll legal circles, seem to have been
predestined for eternal combat and dis.
sensiOns.
They are John Doe and Richard Roe.
Twin brothers, creatures Ct the crea-
tive British legal mind, these two mel
of mystery have puzzled the astutt
minds of judges and lawyers and have
caused juries to hang in the jury room
while attempting to pour Oil on the
troubled waters Of litigation.
Under the reign of Edward III, whel
the patient and plodding Saxon was
picking his way nut Of feudal gloom, q
new form Of legal procedure was enact
ed by parliament for his relief.
John Bulls love of dominion ovel
land is only equaled by his desire tC
secure dominion oven the high seas, anG
LII lHG past dS II Is now TRUE OI Jn(
present, whenever he got "a hold, /;
leasehold, "a copyhold of any kind upon
a spot of earth, great OF small, hi
would cling to it as though the spo
was "a hallowed heirloom. To reposses.
the Englishman of his real estat,
wrongfully withheld from him a wri
of ejectment was invented.
Hitherto his means Of redress la,
through a writ of right or a writ of en-
try-writs wrapped i'll acobweb of MAJ,
and technicalities. This writ of eject
ment was the mother of John Doe anC
Richard Roe. These sons, twin boys
were to her as Punch and Judy are t.
wandering mOuntebanks, and under tn
name of one she gathered all the com
plants Of the plaintiff and under til,
name of the other all the defenses of TIL,
defendant, and thus two armies NEE
i'll legal form, while hoodwinked justice
in wig and gown, shakes the dicebox.
Slowly the power of monarchy wan.
ed and the power of the people grew il
strength i'll old England. The materna
colonies left the maternal roof and sci
up housekeeping, but both in England
and America these two brothers, John
Doe and Richard Roe, keep up the fam
lily quarrel with fratricidal intent
Atlanta Constitution.
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Tho Oily

The oily character Of the menhaden
is familiar. 1t is caught for its oil,
which is tried out i'll factories. Menha-
den fishermen use purse nets, which are
tarred to preserve them. To keep theil
hands from sticking to the tarred nets
they rub on them a freshly caught men
haden, handling it somewhat as they
would a cake of soap. So oily is the
menhaden that the simple pressure thus
applied is enough to bring through
the scales oil sufficient for the purpose.
New York Sun.
The Monitor-register., 1896-09-18

The big, hearty, healthy man is in con.
tinual irritation to his dyspe ptic friend.
Constipation is the root of n%ine-tenths OF
the sickness of men, and of a large pro-
portion of the sickness of women. It can
De cured easily, naturally and quickly.
Nature is continually working as hard as
she a to throw off impurities, and to
force out poisonous refuse matter. When
there is an impediment, DIR. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets set the wheels working
again without any trouble. They assist
nature in a gentle, healthful, efficient
way. There is nothing violent about their
action, and yet it is just as certain as if
it were twice as violent. "You do not
become a slave to their use." They are
different and better than any other pill
for the pure of constipation, headache and
kindred arrangements. Almost all drug
gists understand this, and are consci-
entious enough to tell you SO. The drug
gist who tries to sell you a substitute is
not a safe man from whom to buy medi-
cine.
Send 81 cents in one-cent stamps to
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
Buffalo, N. Y. and receive DR.. Pierce's
1908 page "Common Sense Medical
Adviser" illustrated.
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AUF WlEDERSEHEN.

Say not "Goodby." The sounds have all re.
greet.
l cannot loose your hand with such a word.
Our ways part here, and yet, o love, and yet
1 cannot leave you till my soul has heard
The charm to bring me to your side again,
The dear "Auf wiedersehen."
Say not "Adieu." The word has hidden pain
Within its foreign accents sweet and clear
That haunts my heart with sad and hopeless
strain
And pleads with duty just to linger here.
Smile courage in my eyes, o Love, and then
Whisper "Auf wiedersehen.
Say not Farewell" If thou would have it
SO,
The word, like a wan hand, waves us apart.
1 cannot leave, mein liebiing-will not go
Until you whisper, lying on my heart,
The golden bridge between now and then,
The sweet "Auf wiedersehen."
Grace Duffie-Boylan in American Jewess.
The Monitor-register., 1896-09-18
Buffers Obstinacy.

An English journal tells a story to
illustrate the obstinacy of Sir Redvers
Butler. During the last Nile campaign.
when descending through one of the
c%ataracts on board "A river steamer, he
got into Il discussion with Lord Charles
Beresford as to the proper channel that
should be taken. Each obstinately de-
Tended his W course, but i'll the end
that which Butler insisted upon was
adopted, and the steamer got through
without accident. "You see L was
rightl' cried Sir Redvers. mime was
the proper channel" "That was mine,
too" coolly replied Lord Charles. Il
only recommended the other because
knew you would go against whatever
| said"
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In a recent letter to the manufacturer

In a recent letter to the manufacturers
W. F. Benjamin, editor of the Specta.
tor. Rushford, N. Y, says: SIT may be
a pleasure to you to know the high esteem
in which Chamberlain's medicines are
held by the people of your own state,
where they must be best known. An
aunt of mine, who resides at Dexter, Iowa,
was about to visit me a few years since, and
before leaving home wrote me, asking if
they were sold here, stating if they were
not she would bring a quantity with her, as
she did not like to be without them
The medicines referred to are Chamber.
lain's Cough Remedy, famous for its
cures of colds and Group; Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera aud Diarrh1a Remedy for
bowel complaints. These medicines have
been in constant use in Iowa for almost a
quarter of a century. The people have
learned that they are articles of great
worth and merit, and u~nequalled by any
other. They are for sale here by Geo. M.
Andrews, Dru ggist.
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The Wisdom of Experience.

Aunt Sabina-Berthy, don't you have
none Of these here firtatious young
fellers that propose as SOC as they call
half a dozen times. They amt no kind
of partners for life.
Bertha-But ONE of them are very
nice, auntie.
Aunt Sabina-Never mind that, Ber-
thy. I've lived long enough to know
that the hollowest and windiest things
is most liable TO pop. -Detroit Free
PracS
The Monitor-register., 1896-09-18

A mans W good breeding is the
best security against other peoples i'll
manners. 1t carries along with it q
dignity that is respected by the most
%petulant. Ill breeding invites and at
thorizes the familiarity Of the most tim
id. No man ever said a pert thing tc
the Duke of Marlborough. Norman ever
said a civil one to Sir Robert Walpole.
Chesterfield.
The Monitor-register., 1896-09-18

Wood sees your wife shining in society he
may be sorry he refused her."
The plan was carried out. Mr.. Wood
did meet the young lady in society, but
did not at first recognize in the elegant
and self. possessed woman the awkward
girl whose hand he had rejected. When
he learned the secret he was provoked
with himself for not having seen through
the trick. But it was too late.
Mary had found a husband whom she
regarded as far his superior, and is moi
likely soon to forget the strategy thai
won her Robert Fenton for a husband
Boston Post.
The Monitor-register., 1896-09-18

After meals you should have simply a
feeling of comfort and satisfaction. You
should not feel any special indications
that digestion is going on. If you do, you
have indigestion, which means not
digestion. This may be the beginning of
so many dangerous diseases, that tits best
to take it in hand at once and treat it
with Shaker Digestive Cordial. For you
know that indigestion makes poison,
which CAUSES pain and sickness. And
that Shaker Digestive Cordial helps
digestion and cures indigestion. Shaker
Digestive Cordial does this by providing
the digestive materials in which the sick
stomach is wanting. 1t also tones up and
strengthens the digestive organs and
makes them perfectly healthy. This is
the rationale of its method of cure, as
the doctor would say.
Sold by druggists, price 10 cents to 81
per bottle.
The Monitor-register., 1896-09-18
Re sure You Are Right

And then go ahead. II your blood is
impure, your appetite failing, your nerves
weak, you may be sure that Hoods Sarsa-
parilla is what you need. Then take no
substitute. Insist upon Hoods aud only
Hoods. This is the medicine which has
the largest sales in the world. Hoods
Sarsapariila is the One True Blood Puri
fer.
The Monitor-register., 1896-09-18
IV0RYSOAp
$4,000 PURE
To cleanse dairy utensils, such as churns and milk pans,
dissolve Ivory Soap in warm water, then wash the articles and
rinse we'll. The Ivory Soap will leave neither odor nor taste.
90 $3.50 PURE
BICYCLE SONG.
BY HARRIET PRESCOTT sPoFFoRD.

BY HARRIET PRESCOTT sPoFFoRD.
Light upon the pedal,
Firm upon the seat,
Fortunes wheel in letters
Fast beneath our feet,
Leave the clouds behind us,
Split the wind we meet,
Swift, oh, swift and silent,
Rolling down the street!
When the dark comes, twinkIing
Like the firefiies in the wheat,
Bells before us tinkling
FAIRLY and feat,
By the gate of gardens,
Where the dusk is sweet,
Slide like apparitions
Through the startled street!
Spearmen in the desert
Maybe fly as fleet,
Northern lights in heaven,
Sparkles on the sleet!
Swift, oh, swift and silent,
just before we greet
The outer edge of nothing
Turn rolling up the street
ST. Nicholas.
The Monitor-register., 1896-09-18

"The Armenian era" began Tues
day, July 9, A. d. 500, when the coun-
Gil of the Armenians formally separat-
ed from the church of the Greeks, thus
definitely establishing a separate &C.
clesiastical organization.
The Monitor-register., 1896-09-18

Dobbins' Floating Borax Soap being
100 per cent. pure, is, therefore, absolutely
all soap, and has nothing in it to turn
yellow. Dobbins' Soap Mfg Co., Phila !,
guarantee it's purity. Every one knows
the value of Borax. Try it once, please.
The Monitor-register., 1896-09-18
Prospects Of Revange.

The father of a large family had been
looking over his bank book and making
calculations, with summer hotel bills as
the principal data.
"There's one pleasant thought that
comes at this time of the year, anyhow"
he remarked, with a male7olent chuckle.
"What is that?" asked his wife.
"The summer resorts III soon be
entirely deserted"
"Yes."
"And then there wont be anybody for
the mosquitoes to devour but the land
lords. - Washington Star.
The Monitor-register., 1896-09-18

Literature has her quacks no less than
medicine, and they are divided into two
classes-those who have erudition with.
out genius and those who have yolubil-
ity without depth. We get secondhand
sense from the IL and original non
from the Other. Cotton.
The Monitor-register., 1896-09-18

On receipt of ten cents. cash or stamps
a generous sample will be mailed of the
most popular Catarrh and Hay Fever
Cure (Ely's Cream Balm) sufficient to
demonstrate its great merit. Full size SOC.
ETV RPOTHERS
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56 Warren So. NeM York Citu

Catarrh caused difficulty ia speaking
and to a great extent loss of hearing. By
the use OF Ely's Cream Balm dropping OF
mucus has ceased, voice and hearing have
greatly improved j. W. Davidson.
Atty at Law, Monmouth, Ill.
The Monitor-register., 1896-09-18

George (seriously): $40 you think
your father would object to my marrying
your" Ada: II don't know; if he's any
thing like me he would"
The Monitor-register., 1896-09-18

Halls hair Remover is pronounced the
best preparation made for thickening the
growth of the hair and restoring that
which is gray to It's original color.
The Monitor-register., 1896-09-18

HOODS PILLS act tremendously with
Hoods Sarsaparills. Cure all liver ills
25 cents.
The Monitor-register., 1896-09-18

The first iron forge in English North
America was located at Raynham in
the year 1862.
The Monitor-register., 1896-09-18

Purify your blood with Hoods Sarsa-
parilla, which will give you an siittite,
tone your stomach and %strepgthtl your
nerves.
The Monitor-register., 1896-09-18
Must Be Posted.

"EDoes young Whittle know much
shout politics?"
eyes, I think he does. He has had
several chances to run for office and
didn't do it. '-Washington Star.
The Monitor-register., 1896-09-18
Buff and Red Brick

uTANTED-SeveraI faithful men or wo
w men to travel for responsible estab-
Iished house in New Jersey. Salary $3.50,
payable $15 weekly and expenses. Position
dressed stamped envelope. The National,
Star Building, Chicago. S-2S
, 1896-03-19
THE POT BOILING.
Wisconsin Resolutions Not at
Par With Free Silver.
POLITICS IN NEW YORK.
PaHdc Rcisus In Some of the
city Fighting
the Plat Men Every
where.

Milwaukee, March 1S.-The republic
can state convention adopted a plat
form as follows: The republicans of
Wisconsin. in convention assembled,
renew their devotion to the doctrine of
protection. We believe in the adjust
ment of tariff duties for the two-fold
purpose of providing sufficient revenue
to meet The requirements of the gov
ornament and to furnish a reasonable
ana adequate protection to American
industries. A tariff for both revenue
and protection.
We also renew u allegiance to the
doctrine of reciprocity. We favor as
logical and beneficial the result of pro-
tection tariff laws, mutual trade ar
rangemenss with foreign countries
that will provide for our manufacture
ers and producers markets for their
surplus product and at the same time
enable us to buy from them. under ad-
vart1geous conditions. such articles
as ;hey produce and we need to pur-
chase.
The republicans of Wisconsin are
u%nyielding in their demand for honest
money. We are ~unalterably opposed
to shy scheme that will give this
try a deprecated or debased currency.
We favor the use of silver as currency,
but to the extent only and under such
restrictions that its parity with gold
may be maintained.
A resolution was adopted amid ire
mendous applause commencing the
distinguished public services of Will
lam Mckinley and instructing the del
egates from Wisconsin 70 use all rea-
SOM BILE effort to secure his nomination
for the presidency.