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wants are engaged or instructed, where
tenants are received, or where the hun.
dred and one odds Of business, apper.
tanning to every household, are trans.
acted. There are comparatively few
men Of leisure In this country, and
many details that the Enslish gentle
man Il compelled to look after In HE
own home are here cared for at the
regular place Of business Of the head
OF the household. But still much r.
mains to be done at home, and the va
rious cases and troublements are met
and conquered In the library" or II
the householder Is blessed with such q
room, in what we have designated with
very questionable taste, the masters
"den." In many cases the word may
be appropriate enough. but Il has too
much suggestion Of the brute creation.
"O6ce" II infinitely better, being more
Significant Of the uses Of the room. -
well 40 more euphonious.
But whether we risk the charge of
Anglo-mauia, or stick to the thorough
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-03-20

the person Of william p. st. John. at
his home In New York City. He took
very prominent part Ia the last Pres.
idential campaign and gained national
renown. His death will be great loss
to the free silver party.
william p. st. John was born In Mo.
bile. Ala, In 1S40. After having 70.
ceived Q common school education In
his native city he went with relatives
to England, where he continued his
studies. Thence he went to Berlin.
where he attended one Of the gym.
nasiums, and subsequently went to
Massachusetts,. There his education
received it, finishing touches. In 1851
hs removed to New York City. For
several years he had charge Of the
credits and prices Of Havemeyer 4
Elder. which became the nucleus Of the
American Sugar Refining Company. Al
the time Of the formation Of the COM
pany Mr.. st. John was secured By
George W. Perkins. who had Just been
elected President Of the Mercantile
Bank. He selected Mr.. et. John q
cashier Of the Mercantile. 80,
Mr.. st. John gave an immense
amount Of satisfaction to the direct
ors Of the bank, and when Mr.. Perkins
died. In 1883. he was made President
In his place. The institution became
very successful under Mr.. St. Johns
management. He became a stockhold'
Or In tho Mercantile Bank and became
director Of the Hamilton National
Bank Of Harlem and Of the Second Ma
uOnal Bank. He was an elder In the
Madison Square Presbyterian Church
ana was one of the organizers Of the
Southern Society. Last summer. feel
Ing that his position on the question
Of free silver was not compatible with
his Office of bank president, he resign.
ed and thencefOrward devoted his en-
tire time and attention to the cause he
had espoused.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-03-20

y American "den," the thing itself n
assuming . marked importance In our
architecture. Almost every house that
u built with more pretentions than o
cottage contains "den," and while the
room u genenlly small, It frequently
occupies one Of the choicest and most
prominent places In the house. Not I'm.
commonly q great deal Of care and ex.
pense 10 lavished upon the finishing and
furnishing Of the ''den." 1t u felt that
this corner Of the house should reflect
the taste OF the masculine element, even
though Ill the rest be given over to the
feminine influence. For this reason the
den sometimes degeneratos Into mere
smoking room. and blaxes with Ill Of
the barbaric colorU of the Orient
The design illustrating this article
clearly defines the English idea Of the
once room. The den u shown connect.
Ing with library. the evening room Of
Tie house. With outside entrance from
rear porch.
A brise description Of this design We
give q follows:
0snseal Dimensions: Extreme width.
iuclu0lng veranda, SO fest 2 inches;
dspth, including veranda, % feet
aeights Of Stories: Cellar. Z test;
art seory. 0 feet o inches; second story.
o test: attic. 8 feet.
3xtosioe Materials: Foundation,
Stone: asst story. clapboards; second
seory, gables and roof. shingles. Out.
80 blinds to all windows except those
Of the cellar and bays.
interior Finish: Hard white plaster;
plnGtse cornices and centers In main
- (nrst and second story and par
lor, library and dining-room. Hard
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-03-20
the LATE W. p. 81. JOHN.

0ne Of the Foremost Of the Advocates
OF Free silver.
One Of the foremost silver men Of
the country passed away recently In
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-03-20

RICARDO RUIZ the American ssen whose mysterious death 70
Of Philadelphia dental college which gave him diploma 1878
and American: that he decided to become si.en and when he returned to
and living peacea with h wife and children when arrested BY the
forth alive The charge which the doctor arrested asserted to be false
whssy with the Cubsns His associates all sp9niard Even h wife
sp:ah military train short distance outside Guanaba II the spaniard
for ne doctor to have been present the train wn On the night
10 O'Clock Three Spanish gentlemen accompanied him. and
mpsse
II paEt. Of
these
Of
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-03-20
MODERN ARCHITECTURE.



Utt1itaeianism.
There IL one feature common 10 many
English private houses that u seldom
found In American residences, ct least
under the same name. This 10 the "of.
nce." One frequently finds mention Of
this In descriptions Of English resi-.
dences, even In the stately country
houses, and the term often confounds
che uninitiated. The word "ofnce" has
Q large latitude In America, and IL gen.
orally applied Unfortunately to any
place where business y transacted, do
ing duty equally for the English "cham.
Der" and shop" But the one use II
never has In this country IL that cor.
responding to Its use In the English
private room Of the master or the mis-
tress Of the house, where business let.
tsrs are written and nled, where Ger.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-03-20

Every woman looks upon herself a.
an ant. and u indignant with some
man bseauss Of hi aAmisa&1oa ~ bat
tDGjoe
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-03-20

Gallery Fine recently opened In washington 10 de-
arsd BE- the perfect thing Of s kind In the world The
has finished including Of
that building
Of
finished
Of
marble The second
exhibition Of pictures and has
panAA The building lighted
gallery audoriumwh
Of $50. o Of the Cosoean School OF Art
The Monitor-register., 1897-03-19
Alger Bought the Cow.

There are too many millionaries among
Mr.. McKinley's Cabinet selections to suit
some people. And yet, from the head OF
the lorg table down to the foot of it, so
far as the seats have been filled, every
prospective secretary was a boy who
began with no capital but brain and
muscle. Gage clerked for $500 a year
and saved money. He drove a lumber
wagon and added to his assets. Alger
was a lad without a cent, and with only
the one coat on his back when he went to
a doctor in town and begged to be allowed
to do the chores and attend school. The
doctor had no need of a boy, but Alger's
earnestness won his iuteret aud he took
him and gave him the opportunity for au
education. Many years afterward, when
Alger had more hundreds of thousands
than the superannuated physician bad
dollars, the millionaire went to his bene-
factor, who was in straits, and told him
he wanted to pay that debt.
You don't owe me anything" said the
doctor.
Il owe you my education" argued the
rich man."
"Boshl' returned the doctor, "you owe
that to yourself"
Il must have cost you trouble aud ex-
peDse, and 1 want to make it good"
Alger uIg'd.
SWELL" replied the old man, grimly,
'If there was any trouble, l have for
gotten it. The only expense can recall
was the loss of a Gne COW. When you
to live with me, Alger, 1 had the
best in these parts. You completely
spoiled her with your a~wkwardness. 1t
wasn't three weeks until you had her so
skittish nobody could go near her. had
to sell her for beef"
"There," said Alger, 81 certainly owe
for that COW, and there is about forty
years interest due on the debt. I'm
going to pay it."
The old doctor finally yielded. That
animal brought a higher price than any
cow which has been sold in Michigan
since the time of Lewis Cass.
The Monitor-register., 1897-03-19
Highest of all in Leavenng Power-Latest US. Govt Report
R@a!.!!! Rs%assz
ABSOLUTELY PURE
PURE

edo what you will with the trumpery
parchments, 1 will not have them again /;
they have long been a trouble to me, and
now 10 my old age l only want a resting
place for a short time, and kindness, and
both, l know, l shall have from you"
Minnie looked at Clifford, and in one
moment was in his arms.
"Tpat's right, that's right! Hold her
fast. my boy :; depend on it, your queer
old uncle has taken the right means to
discover the true from the false. And
now bid the bells ring. for We are all sat-
isfied. 1 have still my dear boy and a
loving niece as we'll. Clifford has the wife
of his choice ; Minnie has the husband of
her heart they both have the estate of
Great formation !; and Miss Flora Carter
has the pearly shell."-London Spare
Moments
The Monitor-register., 1897-03-19
Billings versus Hoadly.

Billings was tall, very tall, with an
e exquisite crop of red hair, whereas Hoadly
was short and %corpulent. On the train
home the other evening they became in
volved in an argument oyer the respective
abilities of their wives as ~marketers.
"Mr. Hoadly," Billings said, "let me
assure you, sir, that 1 fully concur with
you regarding the ability of Mrs. Hoadly
to market {; but, sir, Mrs. Billings dis.
plays such remarkable sagacity in her
purchases that 1 have never yet had an
occasion to question the ACCESSIBILITY of
one."
Hoadly's cheeks pulled out for a mo.
ment before he replied !: SWELL Billings,
l would not fol the world question such
excellent Judgment as that of Mrs. Bill
lings, especially when l think of her tasty
little dinners, but did 1 ever tell you of
Mrs. Hoadly's experience with a Wash
ington Market butcherP l have always
thought it the smartest bit of marketing
| ever encountered. You remember Pork
sides, the butcher. who keeps a stall near
the lower End of the market ?"
81 have heard Mrs. Billings comment
upon that person."
Eyes, it was Mrs. Billings that recon-
mended him to Mrs. Hoadly, and this day,
wishing to buy some spring chickens, it
occurred to her to try Porksides, SO she
inquired
How many spring chickens have VOC
got to-day, Mr.. Porksides p
I have just six left of the batch said
he; there they are hanging on the hooks
Now here is where Mrs. Hoadly ex-
celled in astuteness," and Hoadly's face
beamed proudly as he told it.
"'1ll take three of them,' she said,
but as | keep a boarding house, l want
you to pick out the three toughest. Pos.
sibly you can let me have them a little
less.'"
"Bah ~ exclaimed Billings. "You
don't call that astuteness, do you ?"
"Wait a minute, my dear Billings.
Porksides went to work punching those
chicks till he bad selected the three
toughest. Just as he finished in walked
your wife, Mrs. Billings"
"After the two ladies had greeted each
other, my wife turned. and, to the utter
a~stonishmeDt-o OF Porksides, totally disIe-
garding the three tough chickens he had
selected for her, coolly informed him that
she would take the other three. Now
what do you think of that method of Sc.
curing tender chickens ?''
ga smart one, Hoadly 4; yes, indeed,
quite clever in fact, almost as clever a
thing as Mrs. Billings would do. But
then it would be difficult for any butcher
to fool her on chickens"
Hoadiy had been laughing so hard over
his story that it was a moment or two
before he realized what Billings had said.
When he did he sadly shook his head and
relapsed into thought for a moment.
Billings" lie finally said, there was
only one person in that transaction l felt
sorry for"
"Who? Porksides p"
mo, old man, it was you."
me! What on earth did | have to do
with it p"
swell, you see, Billings, your wife
bought the three tough chickens ."-Har
per'S Bazaar.
The Monitor-register., 1897-03-19
SHERIFF'S SALE

IN CHANCERY OF NEW JERSEY.
Between
David Wiley, Executor of
Josiah Morris, decd, FL. Fa.
Compl INFANT, for sale OF
and Mortgaged
Emma j. Newell and hus- Premises.
Defendants,
Writ dated February "a, 1897. Returnable
May term, 1897.
DY virtue of sundry writs of Fl. Fa.. to
ID me directed and delivered, will be ex.
posed to public sale, on
SATURDAY, APRIL 8, A. D., 1897
In front of the Court House, in the city OF
Salem, n. j., between the hours of 10 and 6
O'Clock in the afternoon of said day tO-wit,
at 3 o'clock, p. NJ.
All that certain farm and premises de.
scribed in several tracts of land and prem.
Uses situate in the township OF Pilesgrove,
in the county of Salem and state of New
Jersey, and bounded and described as fol
lows, viz:
NO, /. Contains 70 acres and was known as
the Bilderback farm and is the same prop
erty described as No. l in Il certain deed
made by John H. Morris and wife and Others
to Emma j. Newell, dated the second day of
February, eighteen hundred and siXty-th ee,
and recorded in Salem County Clerks
Office in Book No. % of Deeds, folio 3s9, Sc,
where II more particular description of The
same may be found,
No 2 being No. in said mortgage and m
said bill of complainant mentioned) con-
sists of 81 acres, more or less, bounded by
other lands of said Emma j.. Newell and
others, and is the same premises which
Isaac v. Dickinson and Joseph X. Riley
assignee, &c., of Smith Ridgway conveyed
to said Emma j. Newell by deed dated
March "a. 1869, recorded in said Clerks Office
in Boob No. 80 of Deeds, pages 8 and 10, by
Smith Ridgway and wife by deed of record
in the last nBmed book, page, &C., as by ref
erence TO all Of said records will more fully
appear.
| C. I'll. SINFICKsoN, Solicitor.
Dated Salem, y. j., Feb. 26. 1897. So
The Monitor-register., 1897-03-19
THY MASTER NOW
BY THE REV. 1. MENoH CHAMBERS.

BY THE REV. 1. MENCH CHAMBERS.
Be quiet, SOUL! Thy Master knows
The trying day.
And in the midst of pain and tears
l hear Him say,
81 love thee still cast all thy care
Upon thy Lord, and leave it there
The blessed Christ is wondrous kind
To such as thee.
For as thy day, has He o said?
Thy strength shall be.
All, restful truth, in which to hide
When burdens press and cares betide
Gods love will hold, though dark the hour
This love is thine.
Fear not, dear SOUL, but rest beneath
The wings divine;
And sheltered there, be anxious still.
With patient heart, to bide His Will.
And a~fterwhile, at %eventide,
1t will be light.
And as o then shall view the past.
All will be right;
For God sends naught within these DAYS
For which thou shalt not give Him praise.
Be quiet, then let faith suppress
Disturbing thought,
And urge thy soul to lean and wait,
However fraught
For in the Christ thou hast a Friend
Whose Low is steadfast to the md.
The Lutheran Observer.
The Monitor-register., 1897-03-19
GEMS.

A great fortune often serves as an i'm
pregnable fortress to resist the advance
of co~ntentuIent.
The greatest pleasure l know is to do a
good action by stealth, and to have it
found out by accident.
1t takes a lifetime experience to teach
US that we are our own best friend: that
we ale our own worst enemy we never
learn.
The constant duty of every mau to his
fellows is to ascertain his own powers
and special gifts, and to strengthen them
for the help Of others.
Great souls attract sorrows as noun
taiDs do streams. But the thunder clouds
break upon them. and they thus form a
shelter for the plains around.
No man to day can win any great
triumph except by being in the right, and
this is the great political lesson we should
strive to impress on the rising generation.
Listen not to the tale bearer or SANDER,
for be tells thee nothing out of good will;
but as he discovereth of the ST. cts of
others, so he will of thine in turn.
No human life would be possible if
there were not forces in and around man
perpetually tending to repair the wounds
and breaches that he himself makes.
There can be no social beauty where
disorder prevails, no national beauty
where law is set at naught, no beauty of
life where the true ends of life are disre
garded.
That which we acquired with the most
difficulty we retail in the longest as those
who have earned a fortune are usually
more careful Of it than those who have
inherited it.
What furniture can give such a finish
to a room as a woman's tender face +?
And is there any harmony of tints that
has such STRINGS of delight as the sweet
modulatious of her voice ?
The Monitor-register., 1897-03-19
The Sound Money Propaganda.

The decision of the silver men to con.
tinue their fight for the 80 cent dollar,
despite the emphatic verdict of the peo-
pie in November, is appropriately fol-
lowed by the organization in New York
of a sound money league, which is to be
national in its character and in he
scope of it's work. From this time on
till the next presidential election the
dissemination of money facts and cor
rect views as to money is to be contin-
ued.
The most efficient agency of the last
campaign was the sound currency COM
mittee of the New York Reform club,
and its publications, each given to
some nj phase of the currency ques-
ton, were Invaluable to speakers and
writers. A sound basis for currency re-
form was thus laid in the minds of thou
sands who were cropping after the truth.
These publications, it is stated, are to
continue. An effort is to be made to
widen the field of operations by a class
of writings of a more popular character.
In the south and west particularly hon
est thinkers are to be supplied with ma
terial for progressive thought toward
sound conclusions on the money ques-
ton.
Much was done in six months of
1895 to uproot the ideas
planted in five years of populist agita-
ton. Errors had fourished simply be-
cause they had not been confronted with
fact. Now monetary truth is to be as
Systematically ineulcated as fallacy was,
and the result cannot but be most
wholesome. baltimore Sun.
The Monitor-register., 1897-03-19
ADOPTS THE GOLD STAuD-
ARD.
After Four Years of Investigation jana

After -Four Years of Investigation Japan
Decides to Discard Silver.
On March l it was cabled from Yoke
hama that Japan had decided to adopt
the gold standard at a ratio of 3213 to
J., the new standard to go into operation
in October.
This act, on top of many previous
ones, moves Japan completely out of the
ranks of the semi-civilized and into those
of civilized and progressive nations. 1t
was not taken hastily, but after two
years consideration of an exhaustive re-
port made by the japanese currency
commission, appointed in 1898.
This commission found that, while
certain capitalists, especially those EN-
ploying many laborers, were benefited
by the falling silver standard, the
wage earners were injured from the
fact that their wages did not rise S
fast as did the prices of what they
had to buy. The report pointed out
What every rational trader ought to
know-that q silver standard country
can trade n compete with gold stand
ard countries only after paying the loss
on exchange in foreign trade. However,
as the greater part of Japan's trade was
with China and India, the two countries
OF Asia still using the silver standard,
the disadvantage on this account was
not considered great.
The silverites have lost with japan
some Of their best capital. Of course
they will tell us how British gold''
was used to bride the government into
b~etraying its people into the hands of
the money power. They cannot, how
ever, much longer tell us that we are
unable to compete with japan because
she uses the silver standard.
The truth is that Japan got tired Of
being a second rate nation and of work
ing with second rate tools, and, after
careful investigation. concluded to get
rid of free coinage at ordinary ratios,
which drives gold out Of the country as
fast as it can be coined and which re-
suits in the single silver standard, and
to adopt the gold standard at a ratio
with silver which will permit the use OF
both metals in her trade. 1t is a wise
step. Japan is only one of four or five
nations which have adopted the gold
standard during the last IS months.
The Monitor-register., 1897-03-19
Migration of Birds.

AS far back as Bible days it was known
that birds regularly migrated from one
climate to another as the seasons changed.
While a few familiar birds may OCCASION
ally be seen during the winter, the advent
of any number of robins is looked upon
as the harbinger of spring.
1t was long ago decided that many
birds so changed their habits and appear
anoes that for a long time tLeir identity
was not recognized. 1t was as though
they went out incog.
The migrations of birds were probably
originally made on account of the food
supply, but in many thIckly settled
localities they go away because they find
no secure nesting places. They are
afraid of being disturbed where there are
SO many people.
a naturalist Of eminence, who is the
curator of the Department of O~rnithology
of the Academy of Natural Sciences, is
making extensive observations on birds
and their migratory peculiarities. He
finds that land birds make their journeys
in day time, and water birds by night.
Large numbers of birds seek the extreme
north for nest building; and it is end
always has been a matter of great interest
to observers of these entertaining
creatures, how 1t is that the old birds
teach the young where and when to go
for a food supply and how to get back to
the original home to which it is said they
return every summer. Whether the
coming and going is Instructive, or
whether they are taught, is what Pro-
lessor LOOMS would like to find out. To
this end he is making preparations to
observe birds from different points.
One theory is that locks of young birds
fly off with a few old ones as guides;
another is that their instinct leads them
unerringly to the proper place for obtain.
ng their subsistence.
The Monitor-register., 1897-03-19
THE A B
By W. W. MARROW.

Bring at once the steelyards,
And get the basket. quick;
Wrap her up in f1annels,
The warmest you can pick
All! take care, my lady;
Don't twist up your face
For we're going to weigh the baby,
The youngest of her race.
Now put in the pillow,
AS soft as elder down,
And place her gently on it,
And tuck the covers round.
Is everything just ready?
Do you have her just in place?
For we're going to weigh the baby,
The sweetest of her race.
She doesn't seem to like 1t,
She's going to rebel
Ha. ha! see here, my lady,
Dom fear your weight to tell;
IT'S time enough when older
To falsffy the case
And now we'll weigh the baby.
The proudest of her race.
Every n is precious,
More precious far than gold
That's it-shall l raise it 2
III keep a steady hold
Alas! again she's squirming,
And tears and frowns deface;
But were bound to weigh the baby,
The choicest of bar rana
But do you ask, "What baby ?"
Why, "baby mines of course;
And this l must attend to,
Or suffer grim remorse.
TIL at tale OF pounds so precious
Time never must erase;
So we're going to weigh tho baby,
The plpmpest of her race.
But do not keep me longer
She's growing, you must know;
L want the precious figures
Before this hour shall GO.
And now she frets and wiggles-
IT'S hard the lines to trace
But we must weigh the baby,
The dearest of our race.
Well, well! At leugth It's oyer,
The deed at last is done;
We've weighed tho precious burden
Her pounds are fully known,
We did it all so calmly
We managed it with grace;
We've weighed our darling baby.
Most presciOus of her roe
The Taterio
The Monitor-register., 1897-03-19
Notice.

DAVID F. HAINES. Executor OF Aaron
IL W. Haines, deceased. by dlrection OF
lne Surrogate of the county OF salem, nere,
nv gives notice to The creditors OF the saIo
Aaron W. Haines, deceased. to bring IN
their debts, demandJ and claims against Ine
a~tfjrmations within nine months from the
date he reof, or they will be forever barred
of auy action thereof against the sa1d
executor. DAVID +. HAINE S,
E. S. toGG, Attorney. Executor
Dated jar. ., 1897.