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The Monitor-register., 1897-08-20
The Hudson River Valley.

The Hudson river valley and the as
pect of the river itself have passed
through many changes since the eye of
90 years and over first knew them. The
old manorial estates, the many acred
places" derived from grants or by
purchase when land was worth but lit
tie money, were then i'll the full flower
of their hospitable occupancy and, with
the exception of few market towns,
themselves of small mpo1tance-Hud-
son, Poughkeepsie, Newburg-over all
the region else between Albany and
New York there brooded sleepy, pas
toral peace, not to be broken until the
demon of steam should come with ear
splitting scream and laundering tread,
asserting its right of eminent domain.
At the sound of that unruly voice the
white winged brood of sloops and sail
ing vessels of all kinds disappeared,
never to return-a loss i'll supplied by
the splendid steamboats, which, ablaze
with lights like so many Aaron's breast
plates, pillow their way through the hills,
sending their magic searchlights from
shore to shore.
The generation that knew and loved
the valley in this pastoral time israpid-
ly passing away, and the newcomers
who are remaking the land are in large
measure of different race, or at least
it may be said there has been so strong
an infusion of new peoples that the sur
face complexion of the towns and viii
lagos has been strangely altered. Where,
Ill this still remembered time, the names
OF the inhabitants betrayed, for the
most part, a remote Dutch or German
origin, with scattering contingent of
English and Huguenot strain, our rural
postmasters find the labor of having
every few years to learn the names of
even the older residents enormously in
creased by the necessity of answering
the calls for their letters of swarm of
outlandish folk-Bohemian Hungari
ans, Italians, Syrians. -Clarence Cook
in Century.
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Questions for Young Men.

If you treat your mother without much
thought, do what she asks as you feel
inclined, and not If you do not feel SO
inclined, she is naturally grieved, and
that may hurt you; but coming after
wards to think it over and realizing that
she has perhaps in the last fifteen years
done good deal more for you than you
have for her, there is suggestion of dis
appointment, to say the least, in yourself,
that you should SO far forget yourself as
to act 80 to one whom you not only have
the greatest affection for, but one whom
you know should have the greatest atten-
ton and care you can bestow.
If you scoff at some ones religious
views, or make fun of the ''old-fashioned
ideas" of others, very likely you are in
the right as to the idea in mind, but you
cannot fail to realize afterwards that
perhaps it was a bad piece of business
when you failed to give the other person
credit for little sense, and the general
result is lack of pride in the incident.
The feeling resulting from all these
situations is much the same, and it goes
by the name of loss of self respect. 1t
is lack of pride in what you have done,
and no one can be on the road to the
formation of bad character who has not
begun by failing to call himself to ac
count for such matters; no one can real ly
go further on this road SO long as he
maintains this self-respect. When an
occasion requires its use it should be
ready at hand. When there is q chance
to hit a man under the crowd, if this self
respect gets in its work quickly enough,
you are safe; but there needs to be con.
slant training to put it into such good
condition that it can be used on any
emergency, no matter how sudden that
may be. And this self-respect is just as
easily trained as is your body for its
coming trial in the hundred yard race.
Train it as you would anything else, and
it will invariably carry you over difficult
places. But it gets tout of condition"
easily, and you will miss it at the most
important time.-Haaper's Round Table.
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BUILDER AND BEING.

The king would build, so the legend says.
The finest of all fine pa laceS
He sent for st. Thomas, a builder rare,
And babe him to rear wonder fair.
The kings great treasure was placed at han
And with it the sovereign's one command
"Build.well, o builder, so good and great,
And add to the glory of my estate;
Build well, nor spare of my wealth to show
prouder palace than mortals know"
The king took leave OF his kingdom then,
And wandered far from the haunts of men.
st. Thomas the kings great treasure spent
In worthier ways than his master meant.
He clad the naked, the hungry fed,
The oil of gladness around him shed;
He blessed them all with the ample store,
AS never kings wealth blessed before.
The king came back from his journey long,
But saw no grace in the happy throng
That greeted him now on his slow return,
To teach him the lesson he ought TO learn;
The king came back to his well spent gold,
But no new palace could he behold.
In terrible anger he swore and said
That the builders folly should cost his head.
st. Thomas in dungeon dark was cast,
For the time of his punishment dire was
passed;
AVN ~ ShdASCu, VI Guo ROOu 6Ou H1ll6u IL
so,
That the kings own brother in death lay
low,
When four days dead, as the legend reads,
He rose to humanitys life and needs.
From sleep of the dust he strangely woke.
And thus to his brother, the king, he spoke:
81 have been to paradise, . my king
Ana have heard the heavenly angels sing,
And there saw. by the gates OF gold,
A palace finer than tongue has told;
Its walls and towers were lifted high
In beautiful grace to the bending sky;
Its glories there in that radiant place.
shone forth like smile from the dear Lord 8
face.
An angel said it was builded there
By the good st. Thomas by love and care
For our fellow men, and that it should be
Thy palace of peace through eternity"
The king this vision pondered well,
Till he took st. Thomas from dungeon cell.
And said, SO builder he most is wise
Who buildeth ever for Paradise
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The camel is beast of great strength
and endurance. Nothing hurts it until
the proverbial "last straw" is added to
it's burden. The human digestive system
is very much like camel. 1t is really
astonishing how much abuse it will
stand. Sometimes, however, something
worse than usual will be eaten, and will
60 through the stomach into the bowels,
and there it will stick-that's constipa-
ton. Nine-tenths of all human sickness
is due to constipation. Some OF the
simplest symptoms are coated tongue and
foul breath, dizziness, heartburn, hatu-
lence, ssllowness, distress after eating,
headaches and lassitude. A little thing
will cause constipation, and little thing
will relieve it. DIR. Pierca's Pleasant
Pellets are a certain cure for constipation.
They are tiny, sugar coated eranules,
mild and natural In their action. There
is nothing injurious about them. Sold
by druggists.
Address with 81 cents in one-cent
stamps, to cover cost of mailing only,
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
Buffalo, N. Y. and get free copy of the
Peoples Common Sense Medical
Adviser"
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avigating a Cow.
A CAPE COD CAPTAINS WAY OF KEEP
ING HER ON THE DESIRED COURSE.

When l was down on Cape Cod last
summer heard an amusing story about
an old sea captain and his COW. Captain
Patterson, after sailing the sea for more
than forty years, finally retired to little
farm near Barnstable, where he settled
down with horse, COW and two or three
dozen hens. His COW, though lank
and rather stubborn creature, was said
to come from very good stock, and when
the Barnstable people took it into their
heads to have fair Captain Patterson
determined to exhibit his COW.
But when the day came for driving her
to the grounds the COW showed that she
had mind of her own, and would not
bulge step beyond the gate. In vain
the old captain tugged at the lope, pum-
melted her sides. and pushed her fapks.
The cow wanted to go to pasture, and
was bound she wouldn't go to the fair.
Capt. Patterson's patience was very
nearly gone, when suddenly an idea oc-
CURED to him. Though he was not
strong enough himself to force the COW
to the fair, his training suggested some
thing that was. Tying the COW to the
gate post, he went up into the loft of his
barn and threw down an old sail stepped
to dory mast. Then he put horses
blanket belt through an iron ring,
strapped the belt around the COW, in
serted the end of the mast in the ring,
and bound the mast to the side of the
COW with some fifty feet of rope.
The wind blew "quartering," and
when the captain united the COW and
raised the sail the canvas was swelled
out over the cows back and away she
went ''sidling" down the road, mooing
and lungiug, and trying to stop herself in
vain.
Capt. Patterson seized her tail, and
using it as rudder, guided her skill
fully in the right direction. With every
fresh puff of wind the obstinate cow
would be hurried along faster, while the
dust blew up in clouds, and the sail
Tapped and tugged, as Capt. Patterson
held to the mainsheet with one hand and
the COWS tail with the other.
1t was hard voyage for both of
them, but not a long one; and when they
came in sight of the fair ground every
body ran out to see the remarkable sight
of cow being sailed through the
streets like ship. Cheers and laughter
filled the air, and when the captain
finally whirled his cow around at the
gate of the fair ground and brought her
neatly ''up into the wind" the shout
that arose might have been heard two
miles away.
Unfortunately, Capt. Patterson's COW
did not take one of the prizes for blooded
| stock, but the captain himself was given
a special prize by the fair commissioners
for "the best device for getting bslky
| cattle to market. "-IHe Outlook.
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YELLOWSTONE PARK.
A Complete Tour via the Pennsyl.
vania Railroad.

The Yellowstone National Park is I'M
questionably the most intere sting region
on the Globe, for within it is displayed the
greatest collection of natures manifold
wonders. Indeed, this mountain. bound
plateau, high up on the summit of the
everlasting Rockies, is veritable play
ground for the worlds giant forces. To
stand and gaze upon them in all theil
marvellous manifestations, the great
geyser upheavals, the fierce steam blasts,
the terrible leap of the river, and the
awful canon, is revelation, an experience
to be had at no other point on the earth
The personally y conducted tour of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, which
leaves New York on September 2, affords
the most satisfactory means of visiting
this wonderland and viewing its marve-
lous features. Tourist will travel by
special train of Pullman smoking,
| dining, sleeping. and observation cars in
each direction. Eight days will be spent
in the Park. Stops will also be made
returning at st. Paul and Chicago. The
round trip rate, 1896 from New York,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washing.
ton, $3.50 from Pittsburg, covers all
| necessary expenses.
For detailed itineraries and full
information apply to ticket agents,
Tourist Agent, f196 Broadway, New
York, or address Geo. W. Boyd, Assist
ant General Passenger Agent, Broad
Street Station, Philadelphia.
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ON THE GRAND BANKS.
How the Cod and Halibut Are Taken by
the Small Vessels.

How the Cod and Ralibut Are Taken by
the Small Vessels.
Gustav Kobbe writes an article en-
titled son the Grand Banks and Else
where" for ST. Nicholas. Mr. Kobbe
says:
The trawlers are generally found on
the Grand banks, the hand liners on
the western bank and Quiro. These
hand lines are smaller vessels with
fewer dories, and the men fish with
hand lines, one man and two lines to a
dory. The hand liner sits in the middle
of his dory, with compartment in its
stern and another in its bow for his
catch When you see the bow sticking
far up in the air, you kow the fisherman
has his stern load. Then, as fish after
fish flashes into the other compartment,
the bow settles, and when the dory is
on an even keel the hand liner pulls
back to the vessel.
The trawlers bait with fresh herring,
mackerel and squid, the hand liners
with salt CLAIMS. The catch of both is
split and sailed, and the vessel has
full fare" or catch, when she has
wet her salt"-that is, used up all
her salt-and is full of fish A trawler's
voyage lasts about weeks, a hand
liners H.
A trawler's crew receives no wages,
but fishes on shares. First the captain
gets percentage; of the remainder, one
half goes to the vessel. which "finds''--
that is, supplies the gear, stores, salt
and half the bait-and the other half to
the captain and crew i'll equal shares,
which run from $40 to $3.50 and even
to $3.50.
But among the hand liners each man
is paid according to what he catches,
the fare" from each dory being weigh
ed as it is taken aboard. This stimu-
lates competition. There is Judgment
in knowing where to fish or how long
to stay over certain spot, and even the
qulckness with which line is hauled
in will make a perceptible difference at
the end of days fishing 1t means
something to be thigh line as they
call the best fisherman, at the end of a
voyage, and those who win this distino-
ton time and again, as some do, be-
come known as killers" and "big
fishermen. "
The main catch on the banks is cod
and halibut There is also a fleet of
small American vessels which pursues
the merry swordfish. Swordfishing is
good sport-whaling on small scale A
man, dart i'll hand, stands in the YES
sells bow, supported by semicircular
iron brace. When near enough to the
fish, he let's fly the dart. A swordfish
may weigh $50 pounds. One can tow
dory mile, and piece of the sword
has been found driven through the bot
tom of a pilotboat
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1t is always gratifying to receive testi-
monials for Chamberlain's Colo, Cholera
and Diarrh@a Remedy, and when the en-
dorsement is from a physician it il
especially so. ''There is no more
satisfactory or effective remedy than
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rE@a Remedy" writes DR.. r. E. Robey.
physician and pharmacist, of Olney, Mo.
and as he has used the remedy in his OWL
family and sold it in bis drug store fol
six years he should certainly know. Fol
sale by Geo. M. Andrews, druggist.
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Tour TO Gettysburg. Luray, and
Washington.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has arranged for most delightful seven
day tour to the Gettysburg Battlefield,
UaverDs of Lursy, and Washington, to
leave New York September 0. 1t will
be in charge of one Of the company's
tourist agents, and will cover an in
tensely interesting section of the uppe
South. An experienced chaperon, whose
especial charge will be unescorted ladies,
will accompany the trip throughout.
Round-trip rate, including all necessary
expenses during the entire time absent
s27 from New York, $26 from Trenton.
and $24 from Philadelphia, and proper
tionate rates from other poiots.
For itineraries and full information
apply to ticket agents, Tourist Agent,
1886 Broadway, New York. or address
Geo. W. Boyd, Assistant General Pas
senger Agent, Broad Street Station,
Philadelphia.
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Try ALIENS Foot. Ease .

A powder to be shaken into the Shoes
At this season your feet feel swollen and
hot, and get tired easy. If you have
rect OF co tGns tbs sn9 Ses Try
walking easy. cures ana prevents
swollen and sweating feet, blisters and
callous spots. Relieves corns and bun
ions of all pain and gives rest and COM
fort. Try it to day. Sold by all drug
gtsts and shoe stores for 25c. Trial
package FREE. Address, Allen s..
Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
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1t is calculated that an American
agricultural laborer, by the aid of
machinery, does the work of one hundred
European farm workers-as measured by
production. The Northern and Western
American farm hand gets about twelve
dollars per month when found" and
about twenty dollars when he finds"
himself. The European will average
from oDe-fifth to one.tbird as much. His
wants are fewer
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Am Opportunity You NOW have

of testing the curative effects Of Ely'f
Cream Balm, the most positive Cure foi
Catarrh known. Ask your druggist for
10 cent trial size or send 10 cents, We
will mail it. Full size 30 cents.
| ELY BROS, Sc Warren st., N. Y
City.
My son was afflicted with catarrh.
induced him to try Ely's Cream Balm
and the disagreeable catarrhal smell al
left him. He appears as we'll as any one
III. G. Olmstead. ArcOla, I'll.
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Administrators Notice

" G. HILLMAN, Administrator of AL
". ward w. Hillman, deceased, by direc-
ton of the Surrogate OF the county of Salem,
hereby gives notice to the creditors of the
said Award W. Hillman, deceased. to bring
in their debts, demands and claims against
the estate of the said decedent, under oath
or affirmation, within nine months from the
date hereof, or they will be forever barred
of any action thereof against the said Ad-
minlstrator. U. g. HILLMAN,
Dated June 10, 1897. Aministr
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Notice of Assignment,

NOTICE is hereby given that Clark c.
Manning ton, in the county of Salem. in the
State of New Jersey, hath this day made an
assignment to the subscriber OF his estate
for the equal benefit of his creditors, and
that the said creditors must exhibit their
respective claims, under oath or affirmation,
within the term of three months
OLIVER IL. VIRGINS.
Dated Salem, N. j., June 3 1897.
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REPUTATION.

Some people on their families pride, =.
Some love their rank and station,
But best of all is he who loves
A splendid reputation.
Oh, blushing maid, oh, bashful youth,
If you would have salvation,
Remember that the road to 1t
Is through your reputation.
You may be rich, you may be great,
You may have education,
But what are these If you have not
With them reputation
One may lose his dearest friend
And have no food or ration,
But, then, this loss is trifiing to
The loss of reputation.
Three things to me are very dear
Wealth, title and vocation,
But these are little moles beside
My mountain reputation.
like the earth, the sea, the sky,
All things Of Gods creation,
But give, oh, give me first of all
A spotless reputation.
james Fl. Harrison in St. Louis Republic.
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The story of "Enoch Arden" as it
stands in the poem, is in every detail
true one. 1t was related to Lord Ten
nyson by the late Mr.. Woolner, the
we'll known sculptor, whose widow has
the manuscript of the story.
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CRESSON SPRINGS.
Personally Conducted Tour viz
Pennsylvania Railroad.

A OnaIIy.COndUcfed Tour VIA
Pennsylvania Railroad.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has arranged to run another tour from
New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Washington, Harrisburg and intermedi,
ate points to Cresson Springs, Pa, on
Saturday, August %.
Round-trip tickets, good going only on
August % on trains indicated below, OF
any train arriving in Philadelphia before
1920 p. M, and thence on special train;
and good returning on regular trains
within ten days, including also one full
days board at the magnificent Mountain
House, will be sold at the following
The Monitor-register., 1897-08-20

A Cambridge woman provided small
boy with a sponge the other day, and
paid him to stay at public watering
trough and wet the tops OF the heads of
all the horses that stopped there. 1t was
noble act.
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GEMS.

DoGIeT give IMAM take.
Drink not to elevation.
Take heed how We hear.
He who is silent confesses.
Better spared than i'll spent.
Gain i'll gotten never prospers.
Sweet are the uses of adversely.
Every cloud has silver lining.
To everything there is a season.
Little brooks make great rivers.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Use this world as not abusing it.
Industry is the parent Of fortune.
Excellence is the reward of labor.
Deliberate slowly. execute promptly.
When wine enters, wisdom poes
abroad.
Attention and patience will bring ut
far.
Comply cheerfully when necessity
enjoins.
He who dn'es on Vanity will SCOT
sup on Contempt.
The way to get better position is to
more than fill your present one.
Diplomacy consists largely in backing
down with dignity when you have gone
too far.
The religion of Jesus is unselfish; it en-
lists man as crusader against every.
thing that is unrighteous.
I'd rather trifle with the forked light
ming or the deadly pestilence than with
my chance of eternal life.
This world would be studded with
angels if each man would act upon I'll g
advice he is ready to give to others.
"Instead of 'All rights reserved, let
the motto be, 'All duties thankfully
acknowledged and faithfully per.
formed"
There are stronger natures among us
who write their names and purposes on
the blank pages of the weaker lives about
them.
"The one who gets all he can from life
and gives as little as he can is a moral
miser and is likely to die a spiritual
pauper."
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Executors Notice.

TNH0MAS SMITH. Executor of Fanny
i Smith, deceased, by direction of the
Surrogate of the county of Salem. hereby
gives notice to the creditors OF the said
Fanny Smith, deceased, to bring in their
debts, demands and claims against the
estate of the said decedent, under oath or
affirmation, within nine months from the
date hereof, or they will be forever barred of
any action thereof against the said Exec
utor. THOMAS SMITH, Executor
Dated June Is, 1897. 6 Is Pm
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The reciprocal civility of authors is
one of the most risible scenes in the
farce of life.-Johnson.
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Proportionate rates from other poin Is.
To persons remaining at Cresson for q
longer period than one day a special re-
duction in hotel rates will be given.
For tickets or additional information
consult ticket agents.
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Nerves

Are the Messengers of Sense,-the Telegraph
System of the human body
Nerves extend from the brain to every part
of the body and reach every organ.
Nerves are like fire good servants but hard
masters.
Nerves are fed by the blood and are therefore
like it in character.
Nerves will be weak and exhausted if the
blood is thin pale and impure.
Nerves will surely be strong and steady If
the blood is rich, red and vigorous.
Nerves find true friend in Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla because it makes rich, red blood.
Nerves do their work naturally and well,-
the brain is unclouded, there are no
neuralgia pains, appetite and diges-
ton are good when you take
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about three years ago was tax en-
with chills and fever which left me very
weak. 1 tried everything could think
of to gain strength, but everything failed
until began taking Hoods Sarsaparilla.
After l had taken few bottles my
strength was entirely restored"
CHARLES II. ETELTER, Oxford, N. ].
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To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic l0r or $50,
II G. C. G.. fail to cure. druggists refund money.
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SHOPS: WOODSTOWN, N. J..
Tetter. saIt-Rheum and Eczema.

DIR. Cady's Condition Powders, are
just what horse needs when in bad
condition. Tonic, blood purifier and
vermifuge. They are not food but
medicine and the best in use to put a
horse in prime condition. Price Is
cents per package.
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HOODS PILLS cure nausea, sick head
ache, indigestion, biliousness. All drug
| gists. 25o.
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A GENTS WANTED for Dr. Talmage's
n 1.-THE Earth Girdled,' or his famous
tour around the world. A thrilling story of
Talmage books sold, and "The Earth Cir
died" is his latest and greatest. Demand
enormous; everybody wants this famous
book. Only So 50. Big book, big commits
sion. a gold mine for workers. Credit given.
Outfits free. Drop all trash and sell the
king of books and make $500 per month.
Address for outfit and territory. PEOPLES
394l Market ST., Philadelphia, Pa. 6-ls
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HI, NH the best family cathartie