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The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-02-18

AT EatontowD, ON Wednesday.
January 9th, Mrs. Theodore Ar.
rance, of daughter.
at Locust Point, on Friday. Feb.
ruary 9Th, Mrs Louis Boeckel. of q
son.
At West Long Branch, on Friday,
January, Goth, Mrs. Marcus Cham.
berlin of daughter.
At Long Branch, on Tuesday, Feb.
ruary I'd, Mrs. John Clark, Jr., of a
daughter.
AT Matawan, on Thursday, JaIu.
ary 2Sth, Mrs. VIM. Diggin, of son.
At Long Branch. on Tuesday. Feb
ruary 2nd, Mrs. Edward Hayes, of a
son.
AT Oakhurst. on Thursday. Feb.
ruary 4th, Mrs. George Herbert, of a
son.
At Long Branch, on Saturday,
January Goth, Mrs. Siegfried Hirsch-
field, of a daughter
At Long Branch, on Thursday
January 2Stb, Mrs. VIM. VanBrunt,
of son.
AT Branchport, on Saturday, Janu-
airy Both, Mrs. Walter Wheeler, of u
son.
MARIkGAs-ES
At New York. on Tuesday, Janu.
ary Goth, Miss Mamie Assay of Ocean
Grove and Lester T. Borden of As
bury Park.
At Asbury Park, on Monday, Feb
ruary LIST, by Rev. q. Clark Marten,
Miss Lille Newman of Pleasure Bay
and William A. Gelhaus of Asbury
Park.
At Long Branch, on Tuesday, Feb
ruary 2nd, by kew. A. B. Herman,
Miss Annie Tallman and Jesse C. d.
LaFetra, both of Long Branch.
AT Long Branch, on Tuesday, Jan
uary 26th, by Justice Brinley, Mrs.
Margaretta Vanz and Daniel w
Wainwright, both o. Long Branch.
-sss%
DEATHS.
At Long Branch, on Tuesday. Feb
ruary Cd, Virginia, wife of Eugene
Britton, aged So years.
At Englishtown, on Thursday
February 4th, Cornelius E. Dey,
aged 6S years.
| In Manalapan township. on Mon
day, February 1st, Margaret, wife ot
Michael Erwin, aged SO years
At Long Branch, on Monday, Feb
ruary 8th, Mrs. Margaret Hampton
aged 81 years and 9 months.
At Long Branch, on Wednesday
February 5rd, John Harmon, aged
So years.
At Marlboro, on Sunday, January
31st, Amelia Ann, widow of Richard
Laird, aged "A years.
At Long Branch, on Friday, Janu
ary Goth, Augustus Lane, aged 6s
years.
At Keansburg, on Wednesday,
February Sd, Mrs. Catherine NJ.
Looney, aged 43 years.
At Long Branch, on Monday, Feb
ruary 1st, Mrs. Matilda Woolley oi
Seabright, aged 81 years.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-02-18

DOOMS for rent over L. Basini. G:
III b. Ellis. aec'l-ti
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-02-18

4 freight train of sixty seven cars
recently left Ashury Park,
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-02-18

WIFE have added to our usual line
w OF Dry Goods and Notions nice sssort-
ment OF Christmas Good&both useful and orna-
mental. Neshe McChesney.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-02-18

DISQuE Jointed Dolls with long
I'D hair from 10 cents mp. EeAne McchesneS'
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-02-18

VXTE are headquarters for Handker-
w chiefs. Great variety OF styles and prices
Weahe McOhesney.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-02-18

Gshildrens' Aprons, Ladies' Aprons
~ Nurses Aprons, Gingham Aprons. heane q
MeChesney.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-02-18

II OF in good location near center of
.Al town for sale chesp. Address, Bs1 B. Free
Bold.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-02-18
JAcKsoNs MILLS.

Miss Donna Matthews who has been
spending sometime in Philadelphia,
has returned home.
Gus. Strickland drove up from
Manasquan in Saturdays storm.
| Our weather report from Washing
1 ton gives true reports.
Mrs. P. Matthews has returned
from her visit to Keyport. We are
informed that Mrs. Matthews will
give up her boarding house at Key
port and spend her entire time at
jackson Mills.
Joseph Woodfield has taken the
contract to build E. 8. Morgan's
boats.
The cranberry growers here are
disposing of their stock.
They are talking of organizing a
Out-of- doors and Field clubs, base
ball nine, a foot hall team, lawn
tennis, etc.
| Jackson Township elects at the
March election: Freeholder, col
lector, Assessor and Committeeman.
Office seekers are already in the
field.
C. S. Hendrickson's cranberry bog
dam broke one day recently and let
the flood of water off.
The Harmony Ladies Aid will
have Pink Tea sociable, on Feb.
22nd
| The revival meetings at Pleasant
Grove have about come to a close
with a grand success.
Revival meetings are in progress at
Whitesville.
! Rev. Dan johnson preached Il
touching sermon at Pleasant Grove
on Sunday morning last, and also at
Harmony on Sunday afternoon.
The Holman Co is having a large
quantity of wood cut near Vanhise-
vile.
The trial of the seranaders who tin
panned Mr. and Mrs Chas Allen,
takes place to-day 01th.) before
Justice Brown at Cassville.
f. 7. Johnson has been having his
Lakewood ice house filled with ice
from the lake at Benefits Mills
The three-y year-old daughter of
burned to death few days ago. Mr..
and Mrs. Wenck are both employed
in the snuff works, she during the
day and he at night. He left his lit
tie child asleep in its cradle at nine
o'clock that morning and went to the
store for some provisions. He was
only gone short time and upon re-
turning found the house full of neigh
bors and learned that his child was
| dying from burns. 1t will never be
known how it happened. but from
certain signs it is supposed that the
baby awakened, and walking t. the
stove, in some way pulled Goals out
upon her clothes She evidently ran
back to the cradle all afire. A neigh
/ Dor heard the terrible screams and
ran in. sInothering the flames as soon
as she was able
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-02-18

ALL II. Newest Styles in Dress Good
IA Neafe Il McChesney.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-02-18

bicycles at reduced prices and
lid wagons very cheap at Tneo. Bickles' Carriage
Repository. South street. Aug6u
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-02-18

NORsErs! CORsETsn CORSETSl!l
" Neahe Il McOhesney.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-02-18

EVERYTHING in Dress Innings and
H. Trimmings. NeAne & McChesney. oc2o-2t
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-02-18

WE have all Linen Handkerchiefs
w from cents up NeAae Mcohesney.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-02-18

DRETTY Fancy Baskets and nu-
merous other pretty things for Christmas
ghta. Neahe Mchesney.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-02-18

nE IRONERS WANTED at Free
AC bold shirt Factory. V. Henry Rothschild
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-02-18

OAK Mantels $500 up. Catalogues.
" Grant 20s West {2nd street, New York City.
mar131yr
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-02-18
9e1nmep tn Ena1t.

dt18. 600 TO LOAN on good Mort
- ages. 8. O. oowart Freehold. msye-t'
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-02-18

TOAL Tar for Sale at the Freehold
" Gas works aug. 18th, II.
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The people who succeeded in getting
these claims from the property owners
would at once place them IN the hands
of firm of attorneys, who gave them
a percentage of their fees The road
in most cases, after receiving notice
of the suit, would offer to settle at
a low figure, which was seldom ac-
cepted A little later it is possible that
better terms could be obtained, in which
case the matter was dropped. As last
resort some Of these eases were pushed
to a final issue with varying results 1t
was a good thing for the solicitors and
the lawyers. but very bad thing for
the railroad, especially as there were
found persons who were not above man
ufacturing evidence when that essential
was lacking. Now the Manhattan L
has prosecuted firm which it has ae-
cused of doing this very thing Whether
III this particular instance the accused
are guilty snnot yet be stated. but
there Is 30 doubt that the railroad COM
pany has been frequently yictinaized IN
this manner, sta,l the officers have at
last come TO the determination TO fight
all cases except those which. after the
most rigid examination. are decided TO
have been brought in good faish.
IosEPH RussELL
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-12-04
TARIFF IS ALL
A Policy That Does o Help the
People.

A Policy That Does Not Help the
People.
The currency question is not regard
ed as a serious one by republicans gem
orally. There are some who, like the
president, think that the federal
financial system ought to be doctored;
many more who are Indifferent on the
( subject, and not a few who insist that
there is no need for any action looking
to fnancialreform. The senate did not
think the matter important enough to
Justify q few hours extension of the
special session, and the presidents mes
| sage recommending the establishment
Of a commission was not o~ver-courte-
ously received by that body. The adj
ministration doubtless has reason to re-
gard itself fortunate in getting a tariff
bill passed, for it is to be noted that the
president signed the DingIey bill in
such haste as to suggest that he was
haunted by a fear that if he wasn't
quick about fastening executive sane
ton on it it might get away.
The tariff is, therefore, all that is to
be hoped for just 0 in the way of re
lief from conditions that invited the
concern and activity of the ~administra-
ton. The protectionists say that the
tariff is enough; that all good is bound
up in the new law, and that the country
can now settle down and enjoy the pros
perity that is sure to follow the estab-
lishment of Dingleyism as q policy.
Thousands of the supporters of the "ad-
1 aonrk9e fncf-4 -thn4 fkfc AN law
Is not what they voted for. but it is
quite likely that the protectionist
leaders know better than they do what
they voted for. 1t seems to be held
that if they didn't vote for it they
ought to have done so. and that if they
don't like it 1t is because they don't
know what is good for them.
The new tariff is a fact, anyway. and
we must make the best of it whether
we like it or not. The Cleveland Plain
Dealer. lapsing into a satirical mood,
suggests that Everybody get rich by
paying taxes and then bless the tar
if. DON'T IL says, s'stop to think d
minute about the necessity of having
money with which to pay the taxes,
that is a minor consideration. It is far
more important that the trusts should
have the privilege Of collecting sub
sides than that the money question be
settled"
This is the truth. ironically speaking
The problem that the great American
people should now set about solving Is
this: How to be happy though taxed
like Observation-Disclosures IN. ~
Leader.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-12-04
opIMIoNs avn PoINTERs.

As to the sugar trust, it didn't
need any more prosperity.-Chicago
Tribune (Rep.).
-Prosperity is another name for
high tariff" cheerily chirps Mr.. Hanna.
That is, prosperity for the trusts.-St.
Louis Republic.
The people win let the admins
tration know what they think of the
new tariff act when the congressional
elections come "Reminiscences City
Star.
when hoodwinked consumers be-
gin to step up and pay higher prices
for food, clothing, furniture and car
pets as a result Of the tariff they will
probably omit all but the last two syl-
tables Of the TIE Deum Laudamus now
called for by the republican party
St. Louis Republic.
Prosperity? Why, certainly.
See how much more the American la
borer is to be permitted to pay for the
necessities Of life. Nowhere else in the
world can be found such glorious privi-
leges as those of the citizens Of the
United States under a high republican
protective tarin-Tammany Times.
To the mar who is hungry. idle
and in despair, it seems a mockery to be
told that the country is in the enjoy
ment Of unexampled prosperity. When
good times come everybody will know
it without being told. Does anybody
know Of anybody who is resisting the
coming of prosperity?-Columbu (O.)
Press.
President Mckinley was reported
as saying at Canton, o., that ''the pros
pect of a good wheat crop means a re-
turn to prosperity very soon." This
sounds very like fiat heresy against
the p~rotectionist faith. It is impossi.
Bile, according to the economic gospel
Of which Mr.. Mckinley has been the
great evnngel. that q good wheat croI
should bring prosperity. Prosperity
can only be the child of protection.-N,
=. World.
Willie al the people, with the ex'
eeption Of a few wealthy Americans
who can afford to go abroad for the pur'
chase Of their wardrobes. etc, are com
PEELED to pay tariff duties on all foreign
articles they purchase, the rich, who
can best afford to pay the duties, and
who should pay the largest proportion
OF them have, as q rule, paid no tribute
TO the government. The new tariff
stops this genteel amuggling-Phila'
Selphia Times
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-12-04
a RIVER.
The Niger Was for Many Years nm
unsOIved Problem.

III Niger Was for Many Years an
unsOIved Problem
For many years the Niger river was
the conundrum of African geography.
Nobody knew where its waters reached
the sea-, but many geographical experts
had the widest theories on the subject.
Some of them thought it entered the
Sahara and lost its waters in the sands;
others that it flowed into Lake Tchad.
Mungo Park evolved the fanatic idea
that it was the upper part of the Congo,
and the Inflated Turkey expedition.
sent by Great Britain in 1916, was in
structed to ascend the Congo to the
Niger. Some of the most famous Afri-
can explorers made great discoveries in
other directions while they were really
seeking to solve the problem of the
Niger. The only result of these inves-
LEGATIONS was a fresh crop of
theories. One of them conjectured that
the Niger reached the Atlantic, and
each one had an opinion of his own.
All these speculations were duly re-
corded on the maps and the cartograph-
ic delineation of the Niger from 1881
to 1892 is something wonderful to CON
template. 1t would seem to be a simple
matter to keep to the river when once
it was reached and follow it to its des-
tination, but that was the very thing
the explorers were unable II do. But
it was the German ~geographer Reich
ard, in his library at home, who solved
the Niger riddle. some is years before
the Lander brothers in 1852 proved his
assertions true. Everybody knew Of
the numerous rivers emptying into the
Gulf of Benin and they were supposed
to be independent streams of small i'm
p%ortance. But Reichard said that the
long stretch of the coast where these
streams reached the ocean was the sea
front Of a great delta and that the Oil
rivers were nothing but the subdi-
visions of the mighty Niger. Thatwas
true, and we know that the Niger delta
is the largest in Africa.-Chicago News.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-12-04
IRON IN tn 800

Here l have been going with you for
a year and have yet to kiss you for the
first time" he said complainingly.
Il have thought of it a thousand
times" she answered, "but you under
stand the social restrictions to which
my sex is subjected"
Then the bonds of conventions lism
were broken and for some time there
was q sound that was not that Of con-
versation.-Detroit Free Press.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-12-04

~ ZN"M ANAA
Mr.. Evans estimates for the three
remaining schedules-wood, including
lumber, pulp and paper and sundries--
are not given. He places tie average
on all dutiable goods at 54.66 per cent.
against 40.10 per cent. under the late
law. The present law is the worst we
ever had. Even under the Mckinley
bill the average on dutiable goods was
only 5O.06 per cent. at the highest, in
1894.
Mr.. Evans averages are figured on
the basis Of quantities and values of
imports for the fiscal year 1896. The
acreage for the current fiscal year will
be less than 1896 per cent, and may be
less than for the fiscal year 1894,
because so great a quantity Of the goods
on which rates are highest and have
been increased most has been imported
in advance under the lower rates of the
late law.
The average may reach the figure
given, because many of the increased
and highest rates are prohibitory, or
nearly SO, and the actual average win
be brought down by the comparatively
large importation of goods on which
the duties are lowest.
But for the purposes of fair COM
parison it is proper to figure on the
/ basis of imports under the compare
lively low tariff. So far as the actual
average may be less than that figured
on the basis of imports of 1894 the diff
ference will represent privation caused
by the monstrous Dingley rates. 1t
will mean that the people have been
forced by the prosperity" law to veal
less wooden clothing and more shoddy
and cotton. And so of other articles of
necessity and comfort
AS prices advance all along the line
the people will begin to see that the
new law means prosperity for the mill
bosses at their expense. The farmers
will begin to see that the duties on their
products are a fraud and an insult to
their intelligence. Not a few of the
tariff benefciaries themselves who real
ly desire to find foreign markets for
their products will see that the Ding
ley law handicaps them heavily, and
that they would be much better of
without any protection for themselves
If they were relieved Of the expense Of
protecting others who could do without
protection as wen as they.
In short, all but a few pr~otectees or
ganized as monopoly trusts viii see
that the protective system is a curse to
them. Then viii come a tremendous
reaction, more sweeping by far than
that of 1892. and it will come to stay.
Some Of the monopoly p~rotectees Elk,
pect it, and that is why they grasp al
the straw of a permanent tariff com
mission. They would be delighted tc
stake the tariff out Of politics. just al
It is. But they may as well accept the
conclusion that it viii not be taken out
of politics until it is taken entirely ou'
of existence as a machine forprotectioI
and that it will be taken out in that way
before very long and so quickly thai
their heads will swim as they never die
4 S-Ro-. NIs..-k Ub-1-sala
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-12-04

Prosperity for b mfIl Hosueu and
Eavorites.

Charles H. Evans, who has had much
% 40 with the preparation of tariff bills
during the last rs years. figures the ad
ealoxem equivalents Of the duties I'M
der the late and the present tariff in diff
fr4,nt ne follows.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-12-04

Some people send for a doctor mere-
~ to keep the neighbors from talking.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-18

and west. a fine boulevard is under construction.
 The Hotel Wilhelmena is beautiful edifice. containing large dining room, lounging rocms and all comforts If d club. A very fine table viii be set, as The Wilhelmena will. undoubtedly. be the dining pace of a large number
 Continued on page 10.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-18

They came sometime, one hundred miles over the toughest mountain roads. For many years this mountain has been summering place for from sixty to one hundred people who have had the same arduous trip to accom-. plish before they reached their goal Even when the road to the summit was merely a trail, sick children were carried to the top of the mountain in order tn at the cool mountain breezes and the tonic waters of the celebrated iron springs might institl new life and vigor into their little bodies.
 Now the Port Arthur Route has talk en charge of the old summer resort and has made it accessible to all the world, the long, tedious trIps n wa gons are supplanted by modem ul -.o- date vestibule trains; roads have been cut to the mountain too and every facility arranged for the seekers of health, pleasure and coolness.
 Instead or the culinary vielssitudes of camp life. d splendid cuisine aff ,rds the visitors palate all the comforts of the season, and in snort time the new hotel, the Wilhelnena, will be open for the reception of guests.
 Mt. Mena occupies an ideal position ID relation to the Port Arthur Route, and to the warmer portion Of the cen tral south. It is within few miles of the exact half way point between Kansas City and Port Arthur; it is the
The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-18
THE SUMMER RESORT OF THE
 GREAT SOUTHWEST.
THERE IS NOTHING ITS EQUAL.
HIGHEST POINT BETWEEN THE
 GREAT RANGES.
Coolest Resort South of Minnesota. Pure Health Giving Wa ter and Beautiful
 Scenery.

Mount Mena is the highest summit of the Rich Mountain Range, the beau tiful and picturesque height of land westernly direction for thirty miles along the line seperating the counties of Polk and Scott in Western Arkan- sas. It's most westernly spurs extend few miles into the Choctaw Nation. The foot hills at it's eastern extrem- ity run down toward the new and thriving town of Mena. To the north of Rich Mountain and parallel to ii is the Black Fork Range, seperated only ..o,u the summit of the Rich Noun
The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-18
MOTEL WILHELAEnA. NoUrT META. ARK. Gao NAAT-e " 8, ARcnr.
 EsrsAs Cfrs rla

nearest cool summer resort by many hours ride to Texas. Liuisana. Arkan- sas, Missouri, Kansas ana Oklahoma points.
 The Improvements now under way on the top of the mountain will add very greatly to tourists and visitors, and will greatly enhancs the beauty of this most picturesque spot The road from the railroad station to the top of the mountain S being entirely re built and fine drive made of the roadway. On the top If the mountain 9 model summer resort IS being laid out streets and drvewavs graded. bicycle paths built. as we'll as wind ing and T mantle wa ks In he centre of the little town nov building will stand the new hotel, The Wilhelmena, and each way from it running east
The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-18
A THRIVING CITY OF 3.ooo
 INHABITANTS.
ONE YEAR OLD ro.MoaRow.
HAS A BRIGHT AND PROS
 FERROUS FUTURE.
Has the Trade of d Large Ter ritory Fl Is the Midway Division of the Port
 Arthur Route.

Mena one year ago today was practi- cally unk lown, ex ept as prospec- tive town on paper, and even now you cam It fnd the name upon the maps of the country, unless tiey be of very recent publication.
 The town was named after Mrs Mena De Geoijen, the beautiful and a -complishcd wife of ]. De Geoijen. of Amsterdam. Holland, this couple oe- ing heavy stockh ,lders in the Kansas City. Pittsburg X Gulfroad. the found- CT of the town
 The larger portion of land apen which Mena is located was a farm of
The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-18

very large spring of pure soft water. also the old log farm houSe that was on the place and occupied by siss. origi nal owner. This honse has been re paired and arrangements have been made 10 preserve it as relic of tho. early eays of this country.
 Below the spring mentioned. an artifi ial lake has been made, fed by the spring, over which rustic brid ge has been constructed presenting a picturesque appearance.
 To the southeast of Jansen Park and across the tracks, upon a beauti. ful hill or elevated plateau is the . StiIweIi Park,
 comprising about five ares, which is now being gradually improved and which will in time become charming
The Mena weekly star., 1897-08-18

2l0 acres, owened jointly by Dr. G. C.. Baker and R 5. Owens. who sold it to the townsite company for s5,u00. This was laid out and platted during June and July, lS9d, and the lots put on he market for sale, but the actual ope n- ing of the town aud date recognized as ts birth was when the railroad had been completed and passenger traffic opened 10 the pla | on August 1a, lS96.-
 Mena. though at that time, a diamond in the rough, has been sufficiently polished by labor and capi- tssi .o begin te assume metrepelitan appearance as railway division point and commercial center to rsdiate out and command the trade of very large section of country
 Where one year ago was perhaps 300 campers in tents and "shacks' now