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The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-12-09

Very few know it, but it is a fact, .
explained prominent builder, that
she Pension Office Building is the larg-
est brick building in the world. 1t has
been subjected to much criticism, but
1t can stand it, for, as time passes
along, there are many things seen about
it that escaped notice when it was new
er In all, there are over 10000 600
bricks in the building, General Meigs
took liberties with bricks that no other
architect had ever attempted. He not
only used bricks exclusively for the
building, but he used them in con-
structing the stairs throughout the
building. In the matter of stair build
ing bricks have often been used for
the riser, but the step has always been
of iron, wood, slate or stone. In the
Pension Office both riser and step are
Of brick. AS brick building, therefore
pure and simple, it is unique in con-
struction, outside of the fact that it is
the largest exclusively brick building
n the world. ''-Washington Star.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-12-09

If any hives have not been prepared
for winter, they should be attended to
the first warm day If hives are to be
wintered indoors they should never
be taken in until cold weather begins
in earnest, or il may be necessary to
set them on their summer stands again.
The later bees are housed the better,
provided the weather remains warm
enough for them to fly and void their
faeees The room in which the bees
are to be Mlntered should be dark, dry,
quiet, and we'll venti ated. If it is in
a cellar uEder a dwelling, a good way
to yentilate it is TO run a piece of COM
mon stove pipe into the tue which IS
used by stoves throughout the house.
this creates a good draft and forms
perfect Ventilation. Before placing
the hives inside, remove the caps and
nail wire cloth over frames as well as
at the entrance; this Will keep out
mice. Now place the absorbing mate
rial on the top and set the hives in
side, laying sticks over them ito allow
a perfect yentilation), and set the
others on top of sticks. After bees
have been prepared in this manner,
etAIA dll 4Adue snug lheAie, II tdl4HOt DC
recommended too strongly that they
be left severely alone Have a Their
mometer in the room. and keep it as
near fifty degrees as possible; but bet-
ter have it forty degrees if it can be
held at that al the time than allow
much variation Do not disturb them
until ready to take them out in spring;
there is no gain in setting them out
for cleansing flight, but very often
loss. All colonies ON summer stands
should be packed with absorbing ma
terial and given upward ventilation
through it.
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rosra, racslitiss in rxIondike.

The hosts that nave migrated TO the
Alaskan and Klondike gold fields dur
ing the past few months will not be
wholly without postal facilities during
the coming winter. There will be one
round trip month to Circle City nm
tiI July / of next year. This month
ly Service began on the first of last
month and, while no route is especial
ly designated, it viii be via the Chill
koot Pass. This service carries only
letter mail, no provision being made
for other classes Of matter.
Heavy mail has been carried so far
s.adef contract for five steamer trips,
a. gne Yukon river, and the last Of
L, nve trips win be started from San
i ancisco this month. 1t is doubtful
Sl,ether the last expedition-can proceed
81 the way, for in the latter part of
september the Yukon is usually frozen
over. The fourth expedition, carrying
the mails over this course. is now en-
route. The contract allows Tie car
riage of mails to the extent of five
tons in weight, and by the time the
mails now on the way reach the Circle
City district, and are forwarded into
the digging, into which the rush has
been made, the prospectors will be well
supplied with reading material.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-12-09

1t is most unfortunate that quality
is so seldom considered in connection
with sweet corn The market demands
fine roasting" ears, neither too old
nor too young. and SO long as the
husks keep a Bright green color and
the ears are large, 1t is rated as AL
corn and brings the top price. From
the standpoint of profit, probably Sto-
wells Evergreen is the best corn to
plant for market, but It is certainly
inferior in quality. | had small field
Of Squantum or Potter's Excelsior. The
quality excelled that of any corn
ever raised, but 1t was difficult to get
my customers to appreciate it. They
seemed welded to the idea of getting
big ears. There is an ample field for
missionary work in cultivating the
taste for sweet corn, and we may yet
see the announcement in our leading
restaurants Rhode Island Sweet
Corn" as we now have Rockaway oys-
ters.-G. ..ssass.a< =.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-12-09
PATENT COW FOR HUNTERS
1t Carries Them Quietly Into the Midst
of Unsuspecting Game.


1t is a we'll known fact that birds and
wild animals know what other ami
mails they have to fear Thus birds
that will fly from man or a dog will
hop around COW, even walking right
under her. Man has now taken advan-
tage of this fact to facilitate the slaugh-
ter OF birds and other game. A Ne
braska man has invented a patent COW
for hunters. The specifications have
been received at the Patent Office.
The invention presents the perfect
outward semblance of most peaceable
and amiable COW, but the foreIegs and
hindlegs are in fact the two pairs of
legs of two men, They are armed
with guns and have a plentiful supply
of ammunition. The patent COW moves
along like an ordinary, harmless ami
NAL until it is in the midst of a lot
of birds, when it comes open and the
two men inside blaze away.
The specifications state that the in
vention consists of hollow decoy ami
NAL adapted to be supported and held
in an upright position and operated by
an enclosed hunter, for whom the de-
coy forms a concealing shell or blind.
The device in its makeup comprises as
essential elements a flexible outer she'll
of canvas or other suitable material,
decorated exteriorly to represent the
animal in imitation of which the decoy
is constructed, and said shell is adapt~
ed to be supported or held in it's dis
tended position through the medium
of collapsible metal framework,
which allows the covering and frame
work of the decoy to be folded into
a small space for transportation. De-
pending from the framework are hol-
low portions representing legs, into
which are inserted the legs of the con-
cealed sportsmen, for whom there are
accommodations for two, one at each
end of the decoy.
Formed in the SIDES of the frame, at
suitable points, are windows or open.
ings protected by outward swinging
fapblinds, and through these windows
the sportsman in the rear may dis
charge his fow1ing piece when the game
has been successfully stallxed For the
firing of the hunter in the front of the
decoy there is provided downward
swinging portion, which includes the
head and neck of the animal, so that by
simply releasing a small catch from the
inside of the framework this releases
the swinging front portion, which inn
mediately drops by gravity and thus
leaves the sportsman free.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-12-09
WOMAN'S WORLD.
Lights and shades of Life How Women
Can Do Missionary Work ut Home.

Lights and shades of Life How Women
Can DO Missionary Work ut Home.
One Of the chief responsibilities de-
volving upon the summer tourist is in
the line of missionary work. Uncon-
sciously, whether she will or no, this
duty is thrust upon her. Strangely
enough, though, it is not in the inter
ests of her fellow tourists. It is the in
habitants of the various places that she
visits who are so benefited; those indi-
viduals who, having all their lives long
dwelt within a stones throw of the OBJ
jects of interest which the tourist has
come so far to see, are as grossly ignor-
ant of them as-well, as the tourist is
of the objects of interest in her own
town. The curious part of it is that
these aborigines are SO satisfied with
their ignorance. They positively pride
themselves upon it. At one resort this
summer New York woman spent
much of her time in enlarging upon the
fact that though she could see the Met
ropolitan museum from her home yet
she had never so much as crossed its
threshold. She was a woman, too, not
devoid of appreciation. She had sconr-
ed every art gallery in Europe with en-
tAuSAdo1u. lnC N1ttlOIOlAicl Wftc od11AR
ly too near neighbor to have any in
terest in; that was all. The average
Philadelphia that one meets has never
set foot in Independence hall. A maj
Ority of the Bostonians one met this
summer were barely aware of the efH-
istence of the Shaw monument. Real
ly," said westerner, who had so
planned her summer trip that it am
Ounted to a pilgrimage to the Shaw
monument more than anything else,
1 Il spent most of my time in enlighten-
ing Bostonians upon that monument.
Those few that had seen it knew moth
ing about it. One Beacon street cam
era fend recalled it with an oh,
know what You mean now. It's that
thing that they don't allow you to
/ photograph unless you promise not to
sell the pictures. The glass flowers
at Agassiz hall, Cambridge, that repre-
sents the rarest contributions to botan-
ical study in the world, are another
thing upon which the bean-eaters are
Dreternaturally ignorant. A year or so
ago a Boston club woman was the guest
of honor at club meeting in Jersey
City. The subject Of the paper for the
day was these glass flowers. 1t was
exhaustive in every detail (being writ
ten by woman who was not a Boston
ian.) When it was finished the presid-
I ing officer turned to the visitor and
said: Now, Mrs. Blank, you are from
Boston; you win tell us all that has
been left unsaid about these wonderful
flowers, won't your"
1t was a trying moment for the Bos-
ton woman. Never in all her life had
she SO much as heard of the flowers
until that afternoon, much less seen
them. She managed to gasp out in a
my-double-a how-he-undid-me style,
i however, that so much has been, said,
and, on the whole, SO well said,' etc.
And the first thing that she did on her
return home was to go out to Agassiz
hail. Cambridge and take a look at
the glass flowers. s.-Philadelphia Times.
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CARE OF THE BEES.
EquaIIze the Honey by Dividing with
the Poor.

4
EquaIize the Honey by Dividing with
the Poor.
In the Northern states all arrange
ments for winter should be completed
this month; and in the South when
the honey flow has ceased. Each hive
should have proper absorbing material
above and holes in the caps. Give
proper ventilation, but contract the en-
trance so that mice cannot gain ad-
mittance, for bees have no greater
enemy during the winter than mice,
and it is surprising through how small
4 space they will gain admlttance-
Unite all small and queenlesS colonies,
make winter passages, by laying small
sticks of about one inch in diameter,
across the top of frames, under the
cushion. Supersede old queens by in
PRODUCING young ones. 1t is essential
that every stock have a good young
queen, this not only avoids the neces-
sity of distributing the bees in the
early spring-when they never should
be disturbed-but a young queen Will
lay earlier than an old queen, and
there is no danger Of losing her by old
age.
Some stocks may have more honey
than necessary, while others have not
enough. If so, equalize them by di-
viding with the proper colony, at the
same time see that some empty cells
are left upon the bottom of the centre
combs for the bees to cluster on. II
frames are all full it would be we'll
to clean the honey from a comb and
place in the centre for this purpose.
When the weather is very cold 1t is
advisable to make holes through the
centre of combs, in addition to the
cross-sticks, to serve as winter pas
sages. 1t must also be borne in mind
that good wintering depends on plenty
of young bees, with a good fertile
queen, an abundance of good sealed
honey easily accessible, and warmth
with proper ventilation. A cotton quilt
with three or four thicknesses of bat
ting makes as good an absorbing ma
terial as can be used. If this cannot
be obtained, take some burlaps and
make cushions about four inches thick,
and stuff these with chaff or sawdust.
In uniting bees, smoke them thor
oughly, and then sprinkle them with
some sweetened water. The water may
be strongly scented with anis or pep
permint Now shake the bees alto
gether into an empty box, using the
best combs of brood and honey to
place in the hive, in which you intend
to winter them, then pour the bees on
a sheet at the entrance when they will
take possession and no fighting will re-
suit Should any boxes have been left
on until this MONTH they should now
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-12-09
iBreaIinr Up Sitters.

Quite positive in their ideas are the
motherly birds whose minds run to in
cubation at this season. Do not let
them waste time. If a sitter is doomed
to grace the festive board let it be be-
fore she has been sitting a month, as
Johnny claims the last one did. The
longer a fowl sits, the less wholesome
Will the flesh be, and the smaller will
be the proportion of fat. Upon this
proportion Tin lieu Of butter) often de-
pends tie fulIness of the gravy bowl
Let not the small boy be defrauded
thus by useless and wastefuI incuba-
tory preliminaries to the feast of st.
Domdnick. Rather let immediate de-
capitation ..break up the sitters.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-12-09
PEACHES WITHOUT DOWN.
Remarkable Results of . MARYLAND
Horticulturist's Experimenting.

Remarkable Results of MARYLAND
Horticulturist's Experimenting.
William P. Winter, a retired car
penter. who lives at S26 North Carey
street, has entered heart and soul in
to the wizard business with remark
able results. In a cozy little yard back
of Mr. Winters home grows a peach
tree that has produced annual crops
of luscious fruit for q number OF years.
Two years ago Mr.. Winter grew weary
of the conventional covering of the
peaches in his limited orchard, and de-
termined at least to produce a peaen
minus that Objectionable nap or down.
He began a series of experiments,
and that year produced a peach cloth
ed in the ordinary raiment of the ba-
mana; but, not satisfied with the re-
suit of his startling assault on nature,
he has succeeded in producing a crop,
which is just now ripe, that looks for
all the world like tree full of apples.
The skin of the fruit is perfectly
smooth and of dark red hue, shading
gradually into yellow, that Mr.. Win
ter claims is a remnant of the banana
skin.
Next year." said he, Il will have
an orange skin on them
The method employed by Mr.. Winter
to produce these startling results is
a profound secret, and he is preparing
TO copyright the scheme. Grapeyines
as well as peach trees tremble before
the skill of the ex-carpenter, and
among the curious things that thrive
in the rear of S26 North Carey street
is IA vine of this sort that bears at
this time ripe grapes as sweet as honey
and unusually large, half ripe grapes,
blossoms and buds, which MIR. Winter
expects TO ripen by Christmas. Bal
timore American.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-12-09

A curious story is told of how one OF
Queen Victoria's smallest gold spoons
was lost and found, says the Lady. Al
certain dame attended State ball in a
dress, the skirt of which was arranged
in perpendicular pleats in front, street
ched across at intervals, and, unknown
to her. q gold teaspoon got lodged at
supper in one Of these receptacles. OF
course there was one missing after the
ball, and it caused great perturbation
to The otacial in charge OF the gold plate.
The next Spring the lady who had
been the innocent cause Of the loss
went to drawing room in the ident-
ical dress she had worn at the State
ball, and as she bent low before Her
Majesty the pleats of her skirt expand
ed and the gold spoon fell at the
Queens feet Boston Journal.
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ggoanontB gnqlaltst
FREEHOLD, NEW JERSEY.
THURSDAY, DEC. Q. 1897.
Ratlrpacs.
[ 1l=lSENTRAI.. KAILROAD OR NEW

( (SENTRAL RAILROAD OF NEW
GJJERSEY {Freehoio aud Atlantic Highlan,s
DIV. Time Table OF Nov. l4th, 1897.
Anthracite coal used exclusively, insuring.
cleanliness and comfort.
Trains leAve New York foot Liberty Street, for
Farningdale, Lakewood Manchester, 4.30, $50
1915 a. NJ. az, 80, Lakewood onIs 40, p. NJ
t5s5 P. M. saturday . oniyl Sundays 1915 A. NJ
Trains leave Nsw York, Whitehall Street, For
FarmingdaIe, Lakewood, Manchester etc., wa
Red Bank 25 10 Is A. NJ, /. 40, q So Bakewfod
onlS) 4.S5 P, M (o.S5 P. Nj. saturdays onl, j
Leave Manchester tor New York, via Red Ruik,
7.s0. 1870 A. NJ; LAO. s.25, e.l4 P. NJ. suhuay
$50 P. NJ
Leave la kewood for New York. via Red Bank, 50
$50. 10 90 =. NJ. o., 045. 6.soP. M sundays,
Leave F4rInfngdale, tFor New yors, via r sd Bank
sol, ll.02 A. NJ 2.l4. S.57, GA ?. M san
day'a ~ P. NJ.
TRAINS LEAVE FREEHOLD.
For New York Newark. Elizabeth &e :, via all raj.
route at Tlo,sl5 HIS M.,2 90, 8 70. o5 = NJ.
For Long Branch, Ocean Grove &C., at s Is, ll.i5
NJ, 200, 420 6.u5 pm
For Atlantic highlands at S.15. l1.15A. M, 200
4 20, sos ?. NJ.
RETURNING TRAINS.
Leave New York uoot Of Liberty stree9 at 80
$50. ll,30 A. NJ, 80, 4.30 8 3S r M
Leave New York Whitehall ST., S.25 1880, A. NJ,
l.25, 4.25 5.25 r. NJ.
Leave Newark Broad street, at s.Ss, lls5. A. N
l.35, 40. Arp. N.
Leave Elizabeth ut 4 .o5. s.42, IL 40, A.. I4S
4.30- 5.52 p. NJ.
Leave Long Branch IN. Y.&L.B. R.R. Station
via; Matawao) At Si5, 1926, A. M. 1850,
Leave Atlantic Highlands at s.15. HIS, 4. NJ,
2. 05, APO, $40, p. II.
Through tickets TO all points at lowest rates
may be had on application to the ticket agent At
the station.
Fl. P. BALDWIN. Gen'l Pass Agt.
H. OLHAUsEN Gen Supt.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-12-09

Italian blankets are a new drapery
used for covering lounges and chairs
and decorating mantels and pictures
The blankets are woven in strips from
six inches to two yards wide and are OF
raw silk thrown on cotton found
alton. All colors and combinations are
shown, and they are brilliant and
beautiful. They are especially appro-
pirate for ORIENTAL rooms.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-12-09

The value of the churches and the
land on which they are erected in this
country, up to July i, 1897. is estimated
at six hundred and eighty million dol
lars. OF this sum one hundred and
eighteen million dollars belongs to the
Catholic Church.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-12-09
Admission . the.s.anaara Of Excellence

Fancy and utility have been so
strongly at war that one genius pro-
poses that they unite on common
platform to be known as "beautility.
1t seems doubtful that the war OF
words VIII influence the association
greatly. The preliminary committee
have united in refusing admission to
the standard to the breed known as
the White Wonders. The Indian Run
ner duck seems likely to be admitted.
The White Wonders have scores fpush-
ing friends, whereas few are familiar
with the duck above named. 1t is
thought, however, that these white
fowls, fine though they be. are too
nearly like some present standard
breeds. .--
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-12-09

The ordinary heel bootJack does not
work satisfactory when the boots are
wet or tight fitting. w. T. Kirkland,
Kendall County, Arkansas, sends a der
sign in common use in some sections of
the country for a bootjack faid." 1t
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-12-09
TN 3DAYS
The Overland Limited.

Leaves Chicago 600 P. NJ, every
day in the year. Buffet Smoking
and Library Cars All meals "a Ia
carle' in Dining Cars. Palace
Drawing-room Sleeping Cars
through to Salt Lake City and San
francisco without charge.
Through Tourist Sleeping Cars
to California and Oregon.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-12-09
CALIFORNIA
The aeific Express

Leaves Chicago 1890 P. NJ,
every day in the year Through
Palace Sleeping Cars Chicago to
Denver and Portland with through
Sleeping Car accommodations to
San Francisco and Los Angeles;
also through Tourist Sleeping
Car Service Chicago to San Fran
cisco, Los Angeles and Portland.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-12-09

consists of a strap of stiff leather fas-
tened in the shape of a loop, as seen
in the engraving, SO as to provide a
support to the fore part Of the foot. II
is easily added
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-05-05
AMERICAN MEDICAL CONGRESS-
The Triennial Session Convenes ut wash
ingtOn.

hc III ~
ingtOn.
WASHINGTON, May about 0
members of the medical profession,
among them some of the most distln.
guished specialists Ill the country, are
in Washington to attend the fourth
triennial congress Of American physi.
clans and surgeons. h congress
opened with a business meeting OF the
executive committee, following Which
the chairman of the committee, d..
Landon Carter Gray, called the genera.
body to order. DR.. William II. WEIGH
of Baltimore, the retiring president,
delivered the t%riennial address, and Il
reception was given the delegates by
the members of the local society At the
Arlington hoteh
The conference is divided into IA
distinct associations, the president OF
each Of which is ex-officlo vice presl.
dent of the congress. These assocla-
tions will hold daily sessions at their
respective headquarters III addition to
the regular meetings of the congress.
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STATE OF THE WAR.
Dificuit to Say what Has Actually Hap

DiffcuIt to- Say what Has Actually Hap
p.n.d-Rrcan OF vnss"..
LONDON. Nav J.-The difficulty of
saving what has actually occurred at
the seat of war continues, but tGe pre-
sumption Is that the Turks are contem-
plating delivering a general attack.
Edhem Pasha's repeated assaults ON
the Greek forces are apparently WITT
the object Of compelling Prince 0
stantine to send them re-cnfOrcement>,
and thus weaken his center at Phar-
saios. We may soon, therefore, expect
to hear that Edhem Pashn has struck
this weakened pony.
1t looks a. though Greece We're CIV
ing up the game in Crete, and the ~
call of Colonel NassoS can only be
regarded as making for peace, and Is
apparently the first step Ill that dlrec-
ton.
Greece may thus regain the friend
ship of the powers, who have always
stipulated this amende before using
their good offices at Constantlnople.
The appointment of a nominal success
sor to Colonel NaSsos is undoubtedly
only a blind to al.ay popular protests.
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BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

The 10th annual convention of the
National Association Of Railway Sur
geOns is i'll session at Chicago.
Governor Clough Of Minnesota haa
issued his Memorial day proclamation
fixing Saturday, May 20, as Memorial
day.
Fire at Caldwell, Noble county, o..
destroyed $50 900 worth of property III
the center of the business portion of
the town.
Advices from upper East Tennessee
and Southern Kentucky, show that a
general strike III all the coal mines in
that section will probably occur in the
lex few days. Already $500 are out.
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Did \ Gu f.Ver

Try Electric Bitters as IA remedy for
our troubles? II n0t, get a bottle now
and get relief. This medicine has been
found to be peculiarly adapted to the
relief and cure Of all Female Complaints,
sxertlng a wonderful direct influence i n
giving strength aud tone to the organs.
II you have Loss OF Appetite, Copetlpa-
ton, Headache, Painting Spells, or are
Nervous, Sleepless, Excitable, Melan.
eholy or troubled with. Dizzy Spells
Electric Bitters is the medicine you
need. Health and strength are guaran
teed by its use. Fifty cents and 81, a
G. III. Woods drug store. y
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was afterwards aggravated by Appendix
citis. An operation had TO b" per-
formed and from its effects the admiral
failed to rally.
The funeral will be held at Miss
Patterson's home 100 Vermont avenue,
and the interment with military hon
,ors will lie at Arlington. Admiral
Meade was one of the best known
officers of the modern navy, saw hard
service before, during and after the
civil war and sent III all parts of the
world on important naval and dlplo'
matte missions. During the last ad-
ministration he and. the president mad
a serious disagreement resulting from
the admiral's criticism, III an inter
view, of the policy of the administra'
ton.