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The Monitor-register., 1897-05-14
GEMS,

-
A poor man has as much right to his
own as a rich one.
The highest friendship must always lead
us to the higest pleasures.
Mems muscles move better when their
souls are making merry music.
The greatest friend of truth is time.
her greatest enemy is prejudice, and her
constant companion is humanity.
We learn words by rote, but not their
meaning; that must be paid for with our
life blood, and printed in h esubtle fibres
of our nerves.
Were the conceptions of duty and
pleasure always associated in our ow n
thoughts, the one would be sweetened,
the other dignified, and both would be
raised to a higher plane.
If all the sunshine was poured on us
we should be blinded and burned. But
we a see it on every little spear of grass
and in the water.sparkles and on the hills
and the white clouds. That is the way
we get it all.
If the simple attitude of quiescence and
waiting be secured, the emotion of anger
and the desire for revenge will usually
p~ass-a~ay together. aud bRte5r feelings /,
wiser counsels, and truer views will take
their place.
Can a man or choose duties ?
No more than they can choose their birth
place or their father and mother. Man
cannot choose his duties. He may choose
to forsake his duties and choose not 10
have the sorrow they bring.
Set yourself earnestly to see What
you wee m ade to do, and then set your
self earnestly to do it; and the loftier
your purpose is the more sure you will be
to make the world richer with every
enrichment of yourself.
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Pneumatic Tires in England.

Gan the American makers establish a
demand for the hose pipe type of tire in
this country ?" The question is pro-
pounded by a writer in an English
paper, who then proceeds to answer in
the negative. "This a quest ion which
of the people in the trade across the
Atlantic. Some of them seemed dis
posed to make any sacrifice in order to
convert the English rider to the hose
pipe,' but l fear they will be grievously
disappointed. This kind of tire does not
suit the finty roads of Great Britain, and
we nave learnt from experience how it
lacks durability and resistance to pune
ture. If anything were needed to
strengthen the convictions of the English
riders that the hose pipe tire is not suited
to their TT ~quirements, it is the fact that a
year or two ago ore of the very best
examples of that type of tire was ex-
plotted theoretically in this country, and
for a time seemed likely to carry all
before it; but after it had been
thoroughly put to the test on British
roads it could not face the ordeal, and
the company formed to manufacture it
was forced to make a double-tube tire its
leading speciality. American makers
catering for British buyers will, there
fore, be wise to consider this undoubted
fact very seriously. If they wish to
obtain a grip of the English trade they
must throw over their pet fad-the hose
pipe tire"
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b -Cuddle.

A dear little five.year-old ran up to a
very busy mother the other day.
"Mother, mother, does you love me to
day same's any other day?" she asked,
%anxiously.
"Why yes, dearie. But mothers SO
busy she can't talk now, She can't spare
a minute"
But, mother, mother, it doesn't take
u minute just to give me a mother
cuddle."
And at that pleasing request of the
child down went the mothers work, and
the dear baby had the mother.cuddle she
longed for.
cit doesn't take a minute" if we only
thought so, for the mother cuddles that
both older and younger children need for
their best growth! We are busy-so
busy with the piledup work that as one
anxious mother sighingly said, "I've
given up any hope of ever getting
through" And often, although we know
how much good these gifts of mother
love and mother-talk and mother help
might do, we feel constrained to put
them off because of the hard insistent
demands of more material things.
But sewing, or house-work, or social
duties should have no rights where the
call comes for a little pure expression of
the love which makes the motive of all
work, and without which all work is a
shallow pretence. Perhaps if we looked
upon "mother. cuddles" as hard but
necessary work, we might find more time
to give them!
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LADIES WHO STOLE.
Strange Tales Are Told of Our Ancestor
of Washington's Time.

Strange Tales Are Told of Our Ancestors
of Washington's Time.
We naturally have q very exalted
opinion of the aristocracy of our coun-
try and can scarcely be convinced that
the ladies of society i'll the early days Of
independence conducted themselves in
any but the most dignified manner. In
deed some of their descendants would
feel highly elated to know that they in
any wise resemble their supposed count
ly ancestors. 1t is to be hoped that they
are not kin to the personages referred to
in the following complaint:
One of our early statesmen actually
complains that between tippee beuux
and fashionable bellies an honest fellow
will stand a good chance of being fleeced
by the politest tissue of mistakes con-
ceivable. The gentleman will help him
self very casually to your hat if it is
better than his, take up your umbrella
with the most absent air imaginable,
bear off your loose coat without once
p~erceiving his mistake and pick up your
gloves, they so much resemble his.
And now for the ladies' part i'll this
proceeding:
'The lady will borrow your penknife,
very accidentally put your pocket band
kerchief into her muff or playfully take
your ring from your finger or breastpin
from your bosom, all as innOcently as
though it was the very thing you called
upon her for, so that between ladies
and gentlemen you will stand a good
chance of being turned out, stripped of
all your possessions, according to the
rules Of etiquette. "-Philadel-
phia Press,
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KinIinp,s Famous Poem.

1t is the sentiment, says Arlo Bates
in The Atlantic, and not the object,
which arouses sympathy and kindles
the imagination. No mistake could be
more complete than to suppose that in
this poem is to be found any argument
in favor of the use of machinery as ma
terial for poetry. In "McAndrew's
Hymn it is the character of the stanch
old engineer and his feelings by which
the reader is moved. The wonders of
the great engine are a hindrance, and
not a help, if they are looked at in any
way other than through the eyes Of Nc
Andrew. The piece succeeds OF fails to
the degree i'll which it makes his emo
ton real and contagious to the reader,
and that, too, as emotion pure and SIM
pie, quite without regard to what has
excited it. In SO far as the attention is
caught by tailrod, crank throws, feed
ing pump and ''purrin dynamos"-
finely suggestive as is the epithet in
this last-the emotional effect is weak
ened at the expense of the intellectual.
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Small Courtesies.

Ole evening last week | entered a
room where several young people, with
books and work, were sitting around the
lamp. The young man with the lexicon
and grammar on the table before him
was the busiest of the group, but he in.
stantly arose and remained standing
until l had taken my seat. The little
action was automatic; the habit of this
family is to practice small courtesies and
boys have been trained from childhood
to pay Difference to women. They
always rise whenever a lady, their
mother, sister, friend. or guest of the
house, comes into the room where they
are at work; they place chairs CALAMITY
and gracefully for ladies at the DINER
table, they take off their hats when they
meet their mother on the street, and the Y
never kiss her with a hat on; in saying
good morning or good evening to her, it
is with hat in hand. Her bundles are
carried, her way is made easy; a beautj-
full politeness waits for her word in the
domestic discussions, and r~efraiBs from
interrupting her even in the most heated
argument. Neither mother nor sister
goes out after dark without an escort.
One OF the boys can always 60 out of his
way, or find it in his way, to see her
safely to a friends door, or to the meet
ing which she wishes to attend. Most
winning and sweet is the air of good
breeding which these young men have
acquiiei-which they wear with 40 un-
conscious grace.
Equally charming are the manners of
the girls in the home l speak Of; gentle,
soft-spoken, appreciative, considerate, and
reverential. To old people they are
tender; to children, kind; to each other,
lovely.
One eanaot too sedulously look after
the small courtesies in ones conduct, and,
if one be charged With the management
of a household, in the accustomed ways
of the family. Habits count for every
thing here, and example is better than
precept -Mdrgdret b. Sangster.
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FIGHT FOR A BIRDHOUSE.
F1ycatehers Driven Out by Bluebirds.
Wrens the Final VictOrs.

Flycatehers Driven Out by Bluebirds.
Wrens the Final victors.
Zone spring" said a lover of birds,
"there came to a birdhouse in my gar
den a pair Of great crested fycatchers.
I had a dozen birdhouses scattered
around. This particular one was about
a foot square, with a peaked roof and a
chimney at each end, a doorway for the
birds to go in and out and a couple Of
auger holes bored through the back to
give the house light and air.
"This birdhouse, the summer before,
had been occupied by a pair of blue
them. This nest the great crested fly
catchers pulled apart and threw out of
the house, every twig and straw. They
cleaned the house out completely and
then they brought in everything new
AVID built a nest Of their own and set
tied down comfortably for the summer.
But in a few days a pair of blue
birds came along, and they made for
this house. 1t might have been the
same identical pair of bluet:.L5 ;-.at g.
cupied it the summer BEIGE. | don't
know about that, though 1 have no
doubt that robins and othcj birds that
have been south for the ' inter-, hun
dreds of miles away, do cone back in
the spring to the same place and to the
same trees. Anyhow this I il of blue
birds wanted that birdhou and they
were ready to fight for it, i'd that is
what they did. The fycatcl = is a nice
little bird and a pretty pluC sort of a
fighter, but not a match #" the blue
bird. They had a grand round up inside
the house, and finally the bluebirds
pitched the fycatchers out, and later
they pitched out every stick of furni-
ture that the fycatchers had brought
in, cleaned the house out entirely and
then brought in fresh material and built
a new nest according to their own ideas,
and they settled down for the summer.
"Well, a few days after that a pair
of wrens came along, and they took a
fancy to that particular birdhouse, too,
and they sailed right in and tackled the
bluebirds Oh the spot. You couldn't see
the fight from the ground, but every
now and then you could see a straw or
a feather shoot ont of the front door of
the house. The bluebird is a good,
sound fighter, but the wren is a better
one, and the upshot was that the wrens
fairly put the bluebirds out and took
possession of the clubhouse themselves.
And then the wrens did just what the
others had done. They pitched out ev-
cry scrap of stuff in the birdhouse-just
tumbled it out of the door, to fall on
the ground-and then they brought in
new stuff and built a nest for them
selves.
Nobody molested the wrens. They
staid there and raised their young
there, and in the fall they all flew
away and left the clubhouse again de-
serted for the winter. New York Sun.
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"Yes," he slowly said, looking pity
ingly at Jennie. "For his sisters sake l
will not detain him. But he must leave
this part of the country at once"
"How can II" Wells asked. 81 have
no money. Better shut me up. Any
thing is better than starvation"
Jennie's grief broke out afresh at this.
go, Charlie I! My poor, poor boy p
she moaned.
"Don't Jen !' said her brother, almost
irritably, though his lips quivered. "You
are making a child of me. I-I-God ia
Heaven l never dreamed l should
come to this %
He turned his back on them all and
sobbed aHdibly.
By this time tender hearted little Fanny
was crying as bitterly as her friend, and
there was a suspicious moisture in
Jessop's eyes.
"Come, come, my man, don't give
way" he said c%beerfully. There's a
chance for you yet. I'll provide you
with enough money for your present
needs, and we'll see what you can do in
the West. l have businesstfri ends there
who may give you a lift. Will you go ?"
Il shall be only too glad of the chance,
sir, and May God bless you for your
kindness p said Wells, brokenly.
very well-it is a bargain. Come.
Fanny, nc doubt these people nave much
to say to each other. We will leave them
together. When you are are ready to
start, Wells, you will find me in the
library; Jennie, you show the way"
What passed between the unhappy
brother and sister no one save themselves
will ever know. But when they presently
sought Mr.. Jessop both wore a calm and
hopeful look. The young man thank
fully took the money Jessop gave him,
and solemnly promised not to dishonor
his recommendation.
81 am not 80 bad as | seem,'' he said.
ga little kindness could have saved me
from this. If our own people had acted
90 yOu hoN0 uohOi NY AhO WYNN NAVE
been different. But they drove me from
home by their h%arshness, and 1 was
afraid of them when poor and needy.
May God reward you for what you rave
done !"
Ed. uttered a few encouraging words
and with a hearty hand shake the two
parted. They never met again; but
Wells became a prominent man in the
West, and Jessop knew that his clemency
had not been misplaced.
Jennie is married now, and has forgot
ten her early troubles. She hears often
from Charles, and is proud of him; but
while she lives she will never forget how
near he came to total shipwreck, or the
debt of gratitude she owes to the man
whose kindness to the sinner at a critical
moment turned him from evil courses
and set his feet in the right direction
Surely, in some instances, mercy is greater
than justice.
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UIIver OPTICS Will,

There were 10 public requests in the
will Of William T. Adams (Oliver Op
tic). 1t was very brief and was written
i'll the authors OWL hand, under date of
April 81, 1885. Gas a simple token of
my high esteem and regard, to my sons
in-law, Sol Smith Russell and George
W. White, l give 1000 EACH" All the
remainder of his estate, including his
copyrights and other literary property,
he bequeaths to his daughter, Mrs.
Alice Adams Russell, the wife of Sol
Smith Russell.
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10 order to prove the great merit of Ely's
Cream Balm, the most effective sure for
Catarrh and cold in Head. your druggist
will supply a generous 10 sent trial size
or we will mail for 10 cents. Full size
so cts.
ELY BROS, Sc Warren St N. Y. City
Ely's Cream Balm has completely
cured me of catarrh when everything else
failed. Many acquaintance have used it
with excellent results-Alfred w. Ste
VEINS, Caldwell, Ohio.
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For THE MoNIToR-REGIsTER.]
THE W I LOVE BEST.
OCCULTO.

OF every flower on earth that lives and
grows,
The only really perfect is the Rose.
In its most perfect sweetness (rarest sight)
With the most perfect beauty doth unite.
Next comes Chrysanthemum, whose hardy
Seems almost human. and deserves such
place
In our esteem Us trusty friend who cIings
Long after summer flowers nave taken
wings.
The next with breath all inc ense, sweetest
bloom,
h dainty Pink delights with rare perfume,
Reminding us, though why we hardly know,
OF childhood hours and days of long ago.
The Pansy next, with tiny baby face,
A 1ower-child with royal beauty graced,
Sure, were it minded, in its flower speech
The flower language it could de ty teach.
The Sweet Pea, fragrant climber, reaching
high,
AS if its tiny tendrils sought the sky;
Seeming to say, "Oh, earth born climber.
And seek a mansion far beyond the skies.
Next comes the Heliotrope, sweet. lacking
pride,
For beauty unto it has been denied;
But more than beauty is the fragrance shed
Sweet modest flower upon thy tiny head.
Thou seem'st TO us like some plain, faithful
friend,
Who loves us still, though other loves may
end.
Again a friendly feeling we may trace
For the Verbena, ana may yield it place
Among our favorites, for its beauty rare,
Its dainty fashion and its colors fair.
And last of all the Aster, charming, bright,
queen Marguerite" is ever a delight.
Perchance our favorite she should be of
flowers,
For she a dali nty namesake is of ours.
SO now I've mentioned every favorite one,
And you may think my task completely
done;
But lest you find your brains are in a middle
By all the various names mixed in a huddle.
Let me rebearse them Roses, sweet and
rare,
Chrysanthemums and Pansies, Pinks most
fair,
Sweet Pea and Heliotrope, Verbena bright,
And fair Queen Marguerite, our hearts de-
light.
so OF all flowers on earth that live and be,
These are the very dearest ones to me.
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DAVIS L
Administrators Notice.

GARAH C. WILSON. Administrators of
- William S. Wilson, deceased, by direc-
ton of the Surrogate OF the county of Salem,
hereby gives notice TO the creditors of the
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 viii be forever barred
of any action thereof against the said Ad-
minlstratriX. SARAH G. WILSON,
Dated Feb. %. 1897. ADMINISTRATORS,
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Executors Notice.

DETER C. SPARKS, Executor of Mayhew
Il Sparks, deceased, by direction of the
Surrogate of the county of Salem, hereby
gives notice to the creditors of the said
Mayhem Sparks, 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. PETER G. SPARKS.
Dated April 3, 1897. Executor.
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DECORATION DAY AT GETTYSBURG
PersOnalIy-COnducted Tour via Penn
EyIvanlB II atlr0ad.

EykVAnlB II AAAFoAus
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
arranged to run a throe.day personally.
conducted tour to Gettysburg. leaving
New York by special train Saturday,
May 30, at 8 90 q. M; Newark, $50;
Elizabeth, 8 80; Railway, 8 4S; New
Brunswick. 905; Trenton, 93S; Phila.
delphia, 10 80, and Frazier, II 10 A. M.
Round trip tickets, including transporta-
ton. box luncheon at Harrisburg on
going trip, transfer of baggage at Gettys-
burg, two carriage drives over the battle
field hotel accommodations::At Gettysburg,
from supper. May 30, to luncheon, inolu-
sive, May 81 (two days., and on return
trip, supper at Philadelphia for holder of
tickets purchased at Trenton and points
east thereof, will be sold at the following
rates.
New York. $14 so; Newark, $14 80;
Elizabeth, $14 is; Railway, $13 95; New
Brunswick, $13 so; Trenton. $12 80; Phila-
delphia. $11 %; Frazer. $40. 55; PHILIPPE
burg, N j.. $12. so; Pottsville, st3 rs;
Reading. $12 Is; Long Branch, $14 25;
Freehold, $13 so; Mt. Holly. $11 rs;
Atlantic City, $12 so; Cape May. $13 90;
B~ridgeton, $12 %; Salem, $12 %: Will.
mington. $11 %; Chester, $11 .25, and
at proportionate rates from other points.
Apply to ticket agents, district passen
ger agents, or address Geo. W. Boyd,
assistant General Passenger Agent. Broad
Street Station, Philadelphia.
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Up to Date.

johnson - Man alive, you've only
been wasting your talents. The play is
execrable, the worst l ever saw. How
could you write such rubbish? There's
not an idea i'll it.
Bronson-That's all right. What do
you want me to do-revolutionize the
modern drama?-Brooklyn Eagle.
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administrator Notice.

VOSEPH t. HEWITT, Administrator OF
- Charles s.. King, deceased. by direction
of the Surrogate OF the county OF salem,
hereby gives notice to the creditors OF the
said Charles j. King, deceased, to bring IN
their debts, demands aud 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 against the said Admins
traitor. JOSEPH Il. HEWITT,
Dated March 13, 1897, Administrator.
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Badness is either hereditary or caused
by sickness, mental exhaustion, wearing
tight fitting hats. and by over NO rk and
trouble. Hairs Remover will prevent it.
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Many children Are Troubled with
Worms

Mother Gray's Sweet Worm Powders cure
Feverishness and Destroy Worms. Used
by Mother Gray, a nursa in the Children's
Home, New York. at all druggists, ESQ.
Sample FREE. Address, Allen 8. Ohm
sted, Leroy, N. Y.
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Some yonng married couples begin
housekeeping with hope and misft wed
ding presents.
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aNot Exactly Right,

Thousands of people are in this oondi-
ton they are not sick and yet they are by
40 means well. A single bottle of Hoods
Ssrsaparilla would do them q world of
good. 1t would tone the stomach, create
an appetite, purify and enrich the blood
give wonderful vigor and vitality. Now
is the time to take it.
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Execntors' Notice..

r WALTER PANCoAST and VIM. q.
e. Flitcratt, Executors of james G.. Pan
coast. deceased. by direction of the Surro-
gate of the county of Salem, hereby give
notice to the creditors of the said James C.
Pancoast. 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 executors.
j. WALTER PANCOAST,
VIM. Y. FLITCRAFT,
Executors.
Dated March o 1897. BIZ
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Typhoid Fever
Did Not Get Over the Weak, Lam
guild FeeIing-Terrible itching and
Burning on Limbs and Hands.


CATER I had typhoid fever, for a long
time 1 could not get over the weak and
languid feeling. l had no appetite and
was taken with a terrible itching, burn
ing heat on my limbs and hands. was
treated for a long time, but l did not
get any better. l could not eat or sleep.
A friend advised me to try Hoods Sarsa-
parilla, and l procured a bottle and began
taking it. In a few days | felt better ana
could eat and sleep. l continued taking
Hoods Sarsaparilla until | was entirely
cured" MRS. r. AVERY, Bergen, N. \.
"My little girl was almost blind, owing
to a s~crofulous trouble. We resorted TO
Hoods ~sarsaparilIa and today her eyes
are perfectly well and she isthe plctureo
health" B. G. ALLEN, 221 West 6lss
Street, New York, N. Y.
Hoods sa psriiia
Is sold by all druggists. Price 81; SIX for So.
Hoods Pills with Hoods s~arsapariila.
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Hot Milk as Nutriment.

If any one doubts the nourishing
properties of milk, let a test be made Of
the following preparation of it: When
very weary or weak from exhaustion,
heat some milk to the scalding point,
until a thin skin begins to wrinkle up
ON the surface, and then drink it as hot
as possible. 1t refreshes almost instant
ly and restores the exhausted vitality
to a surprising extent as soon as it is
taken. 1t is more nutritious than any
Of the beef teas made from meat ex-
tracts or that made frcm fresh beef.
Sick stomach means sick man Cor
womap.) Why not be well?
Sick stomach comes from poor food,
poor nourisbmeDt; means poor health,
poor comfort. Shaker Digestive Cordial
means health and q well stomach.
If we could examine u stomach we
would understand why it is that 80 little
will put 1t out of order.
But, unless We are doctors, we D5' er
see our stomach. We only feel it. We
would feel it less If wa took Sh .ker
Digestive Cordial.
Shaker digestive Cordial makes your
stomach digest all the L ourishing food
sou eat, relives all the symptoms of in
digestion, acts % a tonic and soon makes
you we'll and ST. or G again.
The more you take, the less you will
feel of your stomach.
AT drugg's SITS. Trial bottle 10 cents.
Try a can of Hopkins Steamfd T.,miny
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HOOPS PILLS cure pausea, sick head.
ache, indigestion, .biliousness. Alldrug
gists. 253,