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The Monitor-register., 1897-02-26
HARPER'S Bazaar
IN 1897

The BAZAR, a thoroughly up-to-date periodical
for women, will enter upon its Thirtieth Volume
in 1897.
AS fashion journal it is unsurpassed, and is an
indispensable requisite for every wel-dressed woman
Katharine De Forest writes weekly letter or cur
rent fashions from Paris. In New York Fashions
and IN the fortnlghtly pattern sheet supplement
ladies hnd full details, directions and diagrams for
gowns, wraps, and children's clothing. Sandoz
Baude and Chapuis draw and engrave the newes
and finest Partisan designs every week.
The serials for 1897 will be: The Red Bridge
Neighborhood, by Maria Louise Pool; and Father
Quinnalon, by Octave Thanet. Short stories will
be constantly presented by brilliant writer's among
whom are Mary E. Wilkins Harriet Prescott SnoE
ford, Marion Harland, Ruth McEnery Stuart, Viola
Roseboro, and Margaret Sutton Briscoe.
what w women omen are doing in various parts of the
Union will form series of special interest
Other interesting features are The Out door Wom-
an, devoted to healthfu sports and pastmes: Music
weekly critical summary of music in New York,
Amateur Theatricals, Embroidery and Needlework
Ceremony and Etiquette, Good Housekeep ping
"What Girls are Doing "Current Social Events,
and Personals cleaned from original sources.
regularly continue his valuable essays.
Answers to Correspondents. This column is con-
Quoted tor the benefit and convenience of readers,
and all questions received answered in rotation
as promptly and fully as practicable.
Art; The BAZAR is notable picture gallery,
reproducing the most beautiful works of American
and New York exhibitions. Wit and Humor
Everybody turns for hearty laugh to the BAZAR'S
last page.
An Ail-Round Womans Paper.-What more ap-
propriate gift be made wife, daughter or sister
than subscription to HARPER'S BAZAR? Se-
aure 1t as welcome visitor in your household for
1897.
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The W. c. 7. U, and the Congress Of
Mothers.

TO the question; Why is not the
founder of our social purity wolk, with
its mothers meetings, literature, white
cross pledge, and all the appliances as
yet Bnown for the protection and up
building of our children and youth 10
lltf, announced as a speaker at the
Mothers Congress the Union SignaI
replies:
Miss Willard's book, entitled "A Great
Mother, would alone make it seem the
most natural thing in the world that she
should represent the white-ribbon work.
1t is due the ladies who have organized
tae Mothers Congress, to have it under
stood that our President was written to
il September last and urged to use her
Hhence In favor of the movement, and
"a November was invited to accept
pi &c upon the program. She has done
all in her power to help spread to good
news of the meeting 10 England as well
as 10 America, ana the only reason she
does not attend is that she has deter
mintd to take several moaths for unipter.
ruped physical apbuilding."
Many prominent members of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
We're in attendance on the Congress,
among them the following: DIR. Mary
Wood Allen, National Superintendent of
the Department of Purity; Miss Jessie
Brown Hilton, the National Superinten-
dent of the Department OF Mothers
/ Meetings, which is organized 10 every
| Sta'e; Mrs. Mabel L. Conklin, National
| Superintendent Of White Cross Societies
Mrs. Mary T. Burt President of tle New
York W. G. t. U; Mrs Frances ].
| Barnes, National Secretary of the ''Y"
Branch of tie W. G. 7. U; Mrs. NJ. D.
Ellis, National Superintendent of the
| Department of Legislation; Mrs. Anna
W. Hammer, President tf the Pennsyl.
vania W. G. T. u; Mrs. Emma Bourne,
State President of New Jersey W @. T.
u; Mrs. Mary Haslup, the Maryland
State President; Mrs. Jones, the Virginia
State President; the general officers of
the District of Columbia w. G. 4. U
Mrs Emile D. Martin, National Supern-
teudent of the department. for the Pro
motion of Purity 10 Literature and Art,
and Mrs. S. NJ. Perkins, of Olio.
While Mrs. BAllipgton Booth seemed to
possess the magnetism to attract all
hearts, Mrs. Helen H. Gardener, of
Boston, CT Gated the greatest furor-in the
newspaper world at least-of all who
addressed this First National Congress OF
| Mothers,
MRS. BALLINGToN BOOTH spoke of her
work among the poor and criminal Glasses
in New York City When she appeare d
on the platform, dressed in the uniform
| OF the American Volunteers, she was
| greeted with a burst of enthusiastic
applause. She appealed to mothers to
guard every avenue by which thei1
children could be led astray, and declared
that mothers love was the most potent
inf lence in the formation of the character
Of the child. Her own work she long
since had ceased to regard simply as a
| duty. Ii was, she said, a work of love in
which she took supreme delight.
The Monitor-register., 1897-02-26

Senator Seweli was unsuccessful in his
effort to have the United States Senate
reconsider its recent action in conf run Jog
the nominations of certain ostm asst ers in
this State. The test vots WAS taken on
the nomination of II. J. Kohlhaas to bs
Postmaster at Paterson, in which there
was especial interest because of the fact
that this is the home of Vice President.
elect Hobart, whose name figured 10 the
brief debate that preceded the vote. Mr..
Sewell said that Kohlhaas was objection
able to Mr.. Hobart because he was a
Democrat, but he refused to sly the
nominee was personally Objectionable to
Mr.. Hobart. The Democrats, Populists
and Silver Republicans voted soidly
against reconsideration, while the straight
Republicans supported the Sswell
motion. The vote had the effect of con
hrmiag Mr.. Kohlhaas, and after the result {
was announced Mr.. Sewell withdrew his
objection to the others involved. The
d her vacancies filled we're: J. ]. David,
SOD, of Swedesbor; M. A. Devine, Atlantic
City; J. W. Goddard, Bayonne; G. H.
Pierson. Bridgeton; William Gill, Rock
away; G. W. Scott, Cramer Hill. Fhe
corfirmations were sharp move of
Senator Smith in taking advantage of the
absen,e of Senator Swell.
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it is proposed to take from the State fund
by bill No. 1874. and allot to municipal
lities, and the Senators from these
counties could be readily prevailed upon
to oppose bill that would deplete the
State fund and leave this money to be
apportioned to school districts, thus in
creasing the local tax 10 their counties in
that respect.
The railroad interests, which were salts
fed to see No. 1874 enacted, have now
changed front. and it is probable they
will oppose the bill, and Jersey City,
instead of securing s1140O0 year in
addition to what it now receives from the
State railroad tax, will receive nothing
additional. The Hudson members, or
some of them, we're made to realize this
before the session adjourned, a, some
of the men did not feel highly elated over
the temporary victory which it appeared
they had secured.
The bill passed in the House to day
fixing the open season for game was
introduced by Mr.. Hutchinson, of Mercer.
but was amended several times, until now
it will satisfy, according to Mr.. Scovel.
the Chairman of the Fish and Game Com
mittee, "Dinety per cent. of the sportsmen
iD the State" Mr.. Scovel informed the
House that no bill satisfactory to every
one could be passed. The bill has these
provisions: Wilson, or Elglih n snipe.
from March Is to May 1, aud from
August 25 to December 10 inclusive:
Upland plover and doves the month of
August, rail and reed birds and marsh
and mud hens from the 25th of August to
the 10Th of December inclusive, rabbits
quail, gray aDd black squirrel from
November 10 to December 10. in.
elusive; woodcock, ruffed grouse or
pheasants in the counties of Sussex,
Passaic, Bergen and Warren from the
goth of October to the 10Th of December
inclusive and 10 the counties of Mercer.
Morris. Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon,
Somerset, Union, Middlesex, Monmouth,
Burlington, Ocean, Camden, Gloucester,
Atlantic, Salem, Cumberlagd and Cape
May from the 10Th of Novem Der to the 10
of December inclusive. The penalty
prescribed for the taking of game is $50,
and the same amount for having in
possession or to offer for sale ten days
after the season.
The Bicycle Baggage bill was also
taken out of the hands of the Committee,
and will be considered in Committee of
the Whole next Tuesday morning. The
House then adjourned for the week.
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a Pointer for Advertisers.

Out of a total of 277 weekly papers
published in New Jersey, the Amer
lean Newspaper Directory for 1896
accords circulation in actual figures
to but 81. The MoNIToR-R REGIS
TER is one of the 81, and the cir
culation is guaranteed by reward
of 500.
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SOMETHING ABOUT BEETLES
Iheir Strange Habits, Instincts and Means
Getting Eood

Their Strange Habits, Instincts and Means
of Getting Food.
You are all familiar with the common
black beetle known as the tumblebug.
and perhaps may have seen it rolling a
ball with its hind legs, pushing it back
ward. The ball contains the egg of the
beetle, and the creature is taking it to
place of safety.
A green beetle spotted with white is
called the tiger beetle. He is q clever
fellow and very cunning in his manner
OF securing his prey. He will dig a hole
a foot i'll depth and then crawl to the
top and form himself into bridge
across the chasm, burying his head in
such manner as to appear like some
thing inanimate, but he will be on the
alert for the unwary creature that
makes an attempt to cross on his back.
In an instant the bridge will give way
and the prey will be precipitated into
the hCle. The beetle will follow and
quickly dispatch the game, when he
will return, reform the bridge and al
lure another victim.
Old fashioned furniture is often COM
pletely ruined by the larvae of beetle
called the anobuim. A peculiar sound
like the ticking of a clock is made by
these beetles when they call to each
other, the noise being made by striking
the jaws against their resting place, and
often in old houses filled with old fur
niture the superstitious, when they hear
this peculiar sound, imagine the place
to be haunted.
Another beetle is found in dark eel
lars, where it thrives upon dust and
trash. 1t is so difficult to exterminate it
that it is looked upon as something un-
canny, and the ignorant regard it's pres
ence as an i'll omen.
The sacred beetle of Egypt is not un-
like our own common beetle, and the
female lays her egg in the same way,
wrapped in substance which is to pro-
tect it and furnish food. She rolls it up
into a ball with her fore legs, sometimes
carrying it a long distance upon her
head; digs hole in the earth, deposits
her egg laden ball, covers it up, and
leaves it to attain its perfect develop.
ment.
The sexton beetle is a curious crea-
ture He has thick body and powerful
limbs and a most acute sense of smell.
No sooner does small animal die than
the sections gather about the body and
begin to put earth upon it. In a few
hours the dead animal has been covered
and the beetles have laid their eggs in
the carcass, which is to nourish the
larvae.
A remarkable creature is the bonn
bardier beetle, and it is provided with
a strange means of defense. 1t lives in
a community under stones, and when
disturbed discharges fluid of a very
penetrating door, much like gas, which
explodes as it comes in contact with the
air and passes into vapor. Eighteen ex-
plosions can be made in succession by
one bombardier, and while these are
being thrown off like volley of artil-
lery the beetle effects its escape The
fluid is like nitric acid to the taste. It
causes sharp pain if placed upon the
tongue and leaves yellowish STAIN
Our Animal Friends.
Don't express a positive opinion un-
less you perfectly understand what you
are talking about.
The Monitor-register., 1897-02-26
WANAMAKER'S
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, Feb. 22, 1887.

A discovery and its outcome. A
story of linens. Sixteen years ago
our Linen Chief, travelling among
the linen makers of Germany STUN
bled across a gem-a tiny linen fac
tory that could have been set in its
entirety on couple of city lots.
But its ruling spirit was genius and
the linens he was producing shone
by comparison with the best in all
Germany. We bought few and
ordered more and the firm of A. E.
Stiller & Sohn had stepped to the
fame it deserved. Yearly the orders
grew, and the factory at Sorau to-
day is ten times the size of the bijou
we first found.
Stiller linens are unmatchably
good.
Sturdy, slightly stuffs whose char
acteristics are being unsuccessfully
aped by makers far and wide. We
have their product for retail ii ,ri-
bution-or rather his product, for the
elder Stiller has been dead these
four years. The son succeeded to
the business in its entirety-and the
qualities that won him high military
rank have ample play in the life
work he has taken up.
Ireland makes some damasks more
elegant in design. So does France.
You love them and pay their price.
Those linens for high-days. The
Stiller linens for three hundred and
sixty days of the year.
The first 1897 shipment is here
important news because we haven't
been able to get the goods quickly
enough. Staple values, but best
picking now, for variety.
TABLE LINENS
5Oc-Rle9chedD Drill hnaVV coin
The Monitor-register., 1897-02-26

The New Jersey Epworth League,
which held it's convention at Burlington
last VI eek, elected the following officers:
President, Rev. J. Hoffman Batteu,
Asbury Park; First Vice President, H.
l.. Titus, Camden; Second Vice President,
Mrs. l.. H. Swain, Goshen; Third Vice
President, Miss Bessie Atwood NJ
Holly; Fourth Vice President, W. L
Miller, M Msrchantville; Superintendent If
Junior Work, s. H Thompson. Camden;
Recording Secretary, Il. Hendrickson,
Long Branch; Corresponding Secretary,
Rev. Marshall Ovens, Palmyra; Treas
nrer, Joseph P. Severns, Burlington; !;
Executive Committee, the four pre- sidir q
elders and four district presidents Tt e
sessslo ons we're closed with grand rally,
led by Rev. s NJ Vernon, d. D.
The Monitor-register., 1897-02-26
NEWS AT THE C0UNTY-sEAT.

OALEMs lou 80 AOo''
Rev. Edwa ard McMinp, of Jersey City,
has accepted the call to the pastorate OF
the First Baptist Church, recently ten
dered him, and has already entered upon
his work. He is an able preacher, and
will no doubt have successful pastorate
at this old and Influential Church.
With the Lear approach of the first of
March ones thoughts begin to turn to-
ward the toothsome shad, but as yet none
have been caught. Generally, by this
time, an advance agent has been taken as
a harbinger of what is to follow. No
doubt, though, but what somebody will
be picking one up soon.
The abominable condition of our streets
still continues to be a subject of comment,
for never have they been quite so bad as
this winter. The need of something being
done at once to permanently improve
them all agree upon, and it is hoIe1 that
City Council will soon take some steps to
inaugura to such work. The miserable
condition of our streets no doubt largely
initiates against our business interests,
and our merchants shonld at least insist
on something being done. People from
the country have good excuse for not
coming to Salem when they have to wade
through mud to get into the town. 1t
would be good investment from busi
ness standpoint to improve the streets, to
say nothiug of the improved appearance
it would give our thoroughfares
By the will of the late William R
Freas, admitted to probate on Tuesday,
the sum of $4,000 is bequeathed to the
Society for Organizing Charity of the
city of Salem, the interest only to be used
so long as the society keeps up its
organic alton and after it fails to keep up
its org anization by election of off GERS,
etc., the principal sum is given for Other
uses. The residence of the deceased, or
West Broadway, after the death of bis
wife, with the remainder of the estate, il
to go to the West New Jersey Baptis
Association, for missionary purposes
VIM. T. Hilliard and VIM. j. Frea'
are executors of the will.
Dr.. Warren W. Flitcraft and Mr. Harry
G. Bailey have resigned from the employ
of Joseph C. Robinson. Dr.. Edwin A.
Trist takes charge of the store
Mr.. Joseph Miller has rented the store
now ocucpied by Alex. Ramsey, and will
open q dry goods and notion store about
April 1st.
The Quaker City Band is still continu
ing services at the Broadway NJ. q.
Church, with large crowds in attendance
and considerable interest being manifest
ed, though not as general Ind far-reaching
as was hopsd for. The Baud has W. n
thu good opinion of the people by thei
devoted work, and by their labors an l
music on the streets.
FRIDAY MoRNING.-The Republics sr
held their primary meetings last night,
when Clement Ballinger was nominated
for Mayor, Elwood Griscom for Ere, :
holder in the East Ward. and Oven L.
Jones for Council, Thos. B. Starr heine
named for Council in the West Ward
The Democrats will name their ticket to-
night. The Prohibitionists have ne min
ated K )bert L. Seagrave for Mayor.
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Mark Hanna is to be Senator from
Ohio. He is to fill the unexpired term
of Senator Sherman by appointment Of
Gov. Bushnell, and he can be depended
upon to take care of the long term, Sen.
While Foraker is beating the air Hanna
will be getting the votes.
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F RANGES Willard's Temperance Work.

| Mrs. Stevens, vice pr esident of the
National W. q. 7. U tells the following
interesting story of how Frances E. Will
lard entered upon her present work.
Miss Willard has repeatedly said to me
that when the crusade came, she read of
it daily in the Chicago Post, edited by her
brother Oliver. and she, as we'll as her
| mother, became absorbingly interested
In it; more so than in anything which
they had ever read, except abolition and
the anti-slavery war.
The winter of 1874 was time of hsa IT.
break to Miss Willard on account of diff.
culties in the North western University
| at Evanston, Ill.,, and she resigned her
presidency of the Woman's College and
her professorship in the University in
June of that year. Attractive positions
as the bead of educational institutions
we're offered her, but she felt more and
more drawn toward the women of the
crusade. She was not at Cbautauoua
when the preliminary committee was
formed, but was at that tin 10 MaiLe
consulting with Neal Dow and i n Boston
consulting with DR.. Dio L,wis, who as
is we'll known, instigat ID the crusade
movement. Meanwhile Miss Willard
wrote to Bishop Simpson, who ha been
greatly honored friend of her family for
years; also to Mrs. Mary A. Livermore,
whom she and her mo! her admired more
than any other woman they knew, and to
other leaders, as we'll as to her own
family, friends, and relatives, not one of
whom sent her favorable reply, except
Mrs. Livermore, who told her by all
means to follow her leadings aud en-
couraged her greatly; but Miss Wizards
resolution to join the crusade movement
was taken Independently.
One morning in August of 1874 There
came to her letter from Mrs. Lousie
Rounds, gifted woman who had led the
crusade movement in Chicago in the
winter, and who asked Miss Willard if
she would come to Chicago and act as
president of the local W. G. T. U. Mrs.
Rounds wrote that she had been thinking
this matter over as she sat at her sewing
aud she was SO impressed that she went
out to see various good women to ask
them if they did not think that. as Miss
Willard had left the educational work, it
might be the best thing they could do to
invite her to be their president. They
The Monitor-register., 1897-02-26
The New Woman.
WHAT A METHODIST LADY OF TIL
MODERN SCHOOL. DID.

WHAT A METHODIST LADY OF THE
MODERN SCHOOL DID.
Eliza Archard Conner tells the readers
on the Womans' Page in the North
american that:
"Duriog recent j 'urney in Olio, |
had conversation with my mother Mrs
j. W. Arohard, on the woman question.
Mother was.a Methodist when | was a
little girl. She was always more given
to Christian works than to church doc
trines and church observances, however.
For one thing, she has been all her life a
consistent advocate of the emancipation
of woman, politically. socially aud
industIially. That doctrine ia a very
large part of tue Christianity. In the
course of my chat | learned something
never knew before concerning what
mother did to testify her faith in woman's
rights by her works. She was not a
woman ever to talk much, but she
watched with intense interest the begin
ming of the movement to give women
representation as lay delegates to the
general church conference that meets
every four years. Those with memories
dozen or fifteen years long will remem-
Der when the eloquent and devout
Frances E. Willard and a woman friend
of hers sought to sit in the General Con
ference as delegates. There was not
then, there is not to-day, man. in the
whole Methodist Church, preacher or
layman, with the eloquence, the fame,
and the il fuence welded by Miss Willard
and don't care who he is. The big wigs
of that Geaeral Conference dozen wears
ago, however, ruled that Miss Willard,
being woman, should not sit with them.
There could be, there can be, only one
motive for such conduct on the part of
the mea of the conference. 1t was a
motive of jealousy. They knew Miss
Willard outshone them all; therefore they
would not display their inferiority 10 her
presence. So she was ruled out, NV
mother tbereupoD, without making any
fuss at all, withdrew both her name and,
what was perhaps more important, her
annual subscription from the Methodist
Church. Outside she remains to this day,
though as devout a Christian as ever.
wish with all my heart that 1000
Methodist would go and do likewise
before next week is over. If thay would,
it is absolutely certain that WON en- dele,
gates would be admitted to the next
General Conference. If women crawled
out from holding up the Methodist or any
other church organization, it would
tumble.