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The Monitor-register., 1897-08-20
OUR SMALLER COLLEGES.
In Many Respects They Are Doing Better
Work Than the Larger Institutions

In Many Respects They Are Doing Better
Work Than the Larger institutions.
There are few striking facts about
the small American college," writes
Edward W. Box in The Ladies' Home
Journal. Zone striking fact is that &C
per cent of the brainiest Americans who
have risen to prominence and success
are graduates of colleges whose names
are scarcely known outside of their OWL
states. 1t is fact also that during the
past ten years the majority of the new
and best methods of learning have en-
anated from the smaller colleges and
have been adopted later by the larger
ones. Because a college happens to be
unknown 200 miles from the place of
its location does not always mean that
the college is not worthy of wider re-
pute. The fact cannot be disputed that
the most direct teaching and neces-
sarily the teaching most productive of
good results is being done i'll the small
er American colleges.
The names of these colleges may not
be familiar to the majority of people,
but that makes them none the less wor-
thy places of learning. The larger col
leges are unquestionably good, but
there are smaller colleges just as good
and in some respects better. Some of
the finest educators we have are attached
to the faculties of the smaller institu-
lions of learning. Young girls or young
men who are being educated at one of
the smaller colleges need never feel
that the fact of the college being a
small one places them at disadvantage
in comparison with the friend or COM
panion who has been sent to larger
and better known college. 1t is not the
college; it is the student"
The Monitor-register., 1897-08-20
The Question of Domestic Service.

One of the most intelligent presenta-
tiuns of the "hired girl" question that
has ever come under our notice, appears
in the last issue of the Union Signal.
Quoted from the Ladies' Home JournaD
from the pen of no less a parsonage th N
the Countess of Aberdeen. 1t touch 4
our heart to the quick. Would that it
could reach even the "outer walls" of
the heart of every woman who has "a
hired girl"-a hard title In itself, living
remnant of the American slave. But ~.
believe. Too, that girls may, II tn ~ soitl,
learn to live above this blishtiug CO =
niz ,uce
We quote AZ follows: "Americ It,
women seem to think that they have a
| monopoly OF the difficulties and trials in
CT INJECTION with domestic servants, but
the wall of mistresses about the difficulty
OF obtaining good servants is becoming
almost as loud and as persistent on one
side of the Atlantic as on the Other; vet
all the while We see young girls GRO y ding
factories aud business houses often to
fiud themselves out Of work, underrsjd
overworked and losing their health under
the uDfavorable SURROUNDINGS and neo.s.
stiles f their elected trade. What does
1t all mean3 Iu this age, which has tren
termed the age Of women, is woman
content to acknowledge that In that
kingdom where she has held undisputed
sway, in that sphere which has ever been
allowed to be her own, she is failur,e
at would seem that there must need
be revolution in the way In wi ich
domestic service is regarded before real
improvement can take place. Say what
We will there exists in the public mind !.
notion of infsriofity in connection wi
the calling of domestic servics. Al
other honest trade. aud calliups n,
honored-the handicrxfts as well "a Tn
professions. And it is auestio.
whether domestic service is accepted as a
deflnite trade or profession at all. Is it
not rather taken AZ matter of course
tina. any one who cannot be any thing else
can become servant and earn her living?
And having become servant is there
not an inbre Idea (hone the less true be.
cause 1t is not often openly expressed)
that her business is to Do servant aud
nothing else, aud that she has no right
to, aud no need for. the education and the
books. and the amusements expected by
other girls # her ag /?
''There is an idea, too. that servants
can not possess cultivation or education, /
that their very duties forbid 1t, and tha J
The Monitor-register., 1897-08-20

The other day a pupil in one of the
public schools asked the teacher to do a
little example in grammar, and since
then what seemed at first to be simple
problem has had the serious considera-
ton of all the pedagogues in the COM
munity, and it has been unanimously
agreed that there is no rule in grammar
to cover the point raised. The young
ster's proposition was this:
at is two miles to Woodfords. Now,
please write under that sentence,
There arc two twos in the above SEN
tence. ,"
That is what the boy said. He did
not submit the problem in writing, and
when the teacher tried to follow his
injunction she found out the reason
why. 1t dawned on her that there were
not two twos neither were there two
tos, and how to express in writing what
was easy enough to do verbally she as
certained to be impossible.
The boy responsible for the foregoing
must be a near relative to the youth
who asked his teacher how to spell
paris green. and when she replied.
Par par, is, paris, green, green;
paris green, retorted:
"No; you're wrong. You can't spell
paris green, or blue, or any other color.
You can't spell it anything but paris. "
Portland Argus.
The Monitor-register., 1897-08-20
RACING IN MOSCOW.
The Horses Run Not Side by Side, but II
Opposite Directions.

The Horses Run Not Side by Side, but In
Opposite Directions.
1t is racing day in Moscow. The
course is swept free from snow and fol-
lows the wooded shores with red paint
ed ratings on each side. On one side
is stand, with seating room for sew
eral thousand people, and special box,
with tent hangings, for the governor
general, surmounted by the imperial
eagle in gold. In front of this box, low
er down, you see the prizes, consisting
of gold and silver cups, vases and orna-
mental pieces, all in Russian style and
taste.
A bell rings, the course is cleared by
mounted gendarmes and the competitors
in due order take their places in front
of the stand, but not side by side, as
they always start from opposite sides of
the course, with heads also turned in
opposite directions. The usual race
course hum and noise Of the betting
men are heard and increase In volume
as the bell rings the second time They
are off And the fascination of rapid
motion, open air and strenuous exertion
throws its spell over the assembly, high
and low, for trotting is certainly the
most fashionable and beloved sport in
Russia. You cannot recognize people
just yet-the great fur collars are raised
and reach over the fur caps, leaving
only red tipped noses, beneath which
appear never missing cigarettes. The
ladies' heads are almost entirely Gov
cred by wooden wraps, SO here again
you can only guess who is who. To a
stranger not investing his money in
backing his opinion as to winners, the
game might seem monotonous enough,
as the horses do not finish side by side,
but in the way they started. Yet the
Russians think differently, and. besides,
are there not plenty of vodka and caviare
to be had between the races?
Single horses are pitted against each
other, drawing light little sleighs, in
which the driver is seated very low
down and far away from the horse, ow-
ing to the long shafts intended to give
the horse perfect freedom of action. A
whip is not used, but on the reins are
metal buckles over the quarters, which
are employed instead, and almost all
horses run without blinkers.
Sometimes horse is attached to the
sleigh ON one side of the trotter, who is
between the shafts He is the pacemak-
er and gallops the whole course,
whereas, it need not be said, the trotter
must not break. Then follow pair
horses, harnessed, and lastly troikas
with three horses, sometimes four
abreast Troikas are very barbarously
gaudy and clumsy things to look at, but
exceedingly comfortable all the same
Badminton Magazine.
The Monitor-register., 1897-08-20

Senator Carter, of Montana, " no is a
Silver Republican, is reported by the
New York correspondent of the Pnila
delppia Ledger, as speaking enthusiast
cally Of the revival of business west OF
the Missouri river. and the effrct it il
having In States like Kansas and
Nebraska dollar or even rs cent " heat
will, he says, solve the political problems
that confront the r publican party In
the purely mining States, however, the
fall in silver is serious matter. M N.
tana, however, has varied resources, AID
with wheat CLOSE to the dollar mark.
wool at Is cents insiesd OF 6, and thu
cattle industry ag ia on its feet, that
State can get its share of prosperity even
though the price of silver Is on the down
grade Bryan as a political factor of
cpnsf quence, he thinks. is passing away
The Monitor-register., 1897-08-20
"Sweeter Manners, Purer Laws. u

SWC00O4 AduuCAcs u4CI 4dWS.
In the last issue of the Union Signal,
which appears in q new Typographical
dress, in large, clear type, more in &C.
cord with up-to date journalism. which
all Subscribers must gladly welcome,
Francis E. Willard, commenting upon
White House doings, speaks as follows:
The press hastens to write up q recep-
tion given by PresidenJ Mckinley to the
delegates from all countries representing
the International Postal Union. We
suppose it is true that on this coca sion
punch was furnished, but since then
there has been dinner in the Cabinet,
and evidently there was no intoxicating
liquor, for if there had been the press
would have heralded it from ocean 10
ocean. We look upon the reception re-
ferred to as having been of an excep
tional nature, and we greatly regret that
the theory prevailed that "as a matter
of courtesy our government must fur.
nish to foreigners the liquors to which
they have been accustomed" but the
very fact that this apology is made
shows the gathering strength of public
opinion against the use of intuxioatin 2
liquors as beverage. But we regard
this apology las lame and impudenl
conclusion" What foreign court modi.
fies its customs in the smallest particular
because Americans are PRESENT. II the
facts were known as to the manner in
which American customs are commented
upon by courtisrs and made the sub .ct
of ridicule, our governm sntAl leaders
would De more Inclined than they are to
Set the example f that sturdyindividualty
which wins respect from all right. think
ing people, and points the way toward
%" eeter manners. purer laws"
The Monitor-register., 1897-08-20
"The Sacred Bow"

Mrs. Kate Raphael, the State Y score.
tary of New Jersey, in writing to the
'Young Woman's Branch" of the Union
Signal, in part, says these brave words
81 believe the true Y should endeavor to
secure only such young women to don
the sacred bow of white as can remain
true to their principles though buffsted
about by the cruel words of ignorant
scorn and prejudice; only those girls who
will not waver under the alluring smiles
of the young meu whose aspirations rise
no higher than the delicate curls OF
smoke from their cigars. We demand
from our young men purer atmosphere
unclouded by the fumes of wine and
tobacco. We ask for our young women
broader view, unhindered by restrict
ions, and the DEGREES of Madam Grundy.
We should have our young men as pure
as our maidens, our girls as self.reliant
an ! well equipped for life as our boys.
For him we demand purity. sobriety and
honor, for her a sound mind in a we'll.
developed, untrammeled body. Side by
side we would have them 20 through
life, sharing its responsibilities and its
pleasures, considering no pleasure, No
resort fit for him that is not fit for her
also. and denying her no field that her
abilities fit her to enter"
The Monitor-register., 1897-08-20
Antique Oak Bedroom Suites, $1e-

Antique YAK bedroom suites, S16-
Full size double bedstead, carved top; T.
drawer bureau, 2 swell drawers, beveled
plate mirror 24x30 in. swell-top wash
stand, Splasher back. Four styles at
this price, including suite with cheval
dressing bureau.
Antique Oak Bedroom Suites, SIS
Full-sze double bedstead; carved head
board; 4-drawer bureau, beveled plate
mirror 24x30 in; 3-drawer and closet
Washstand. Two styles at same price.
Antique Oak Bedroom Suites, 500
Full-size double bedstead, high carved
headboard; 4-drawer bureau, with bev-
eed plate mirror 24x30 in. swell-top
washstand. Four styles at same price.
Antique Oak Bedroom Suites, $29. so
Ful[size double bedstead, high carved
ornamental headboard; 4-drawer bureau,
top 44x20 in, beveled plate mirror PAX
80 in.; swel-top washstand.
Antique Oak Bedroom Suites, $50
Full-size double bedstead, deliberately
carved headboard; 4drawer bureau,
top 43x2l in. oval plate mirror 24x3O
in. quartered oak top; washstand has
3 drawers and closet.
Bird's-eye Maple Bedroom Suites,
$50
Full-size double bedstead carved top head
board; 4drawer bureau, top 44x22 in
beveled plate mirror 24x30 IN. swell
top washStand
Curly Birch Bedroom Suites, $40
Full-size double bedstead, high carved
headboard; 4-drawer bureau, shaped top
4Sx20 in; pattern plate mirror 30x36 in;
shaped top washstand.
Mahogany Bedroom Suites, $45
Full-size double bedstead, 4 drawer bu-
reau, top 44x23 in, pattern plate mir
ror 24x30 in. swelltop washstand.
Highly polished.
Mahogany Bedroom Suites, $50
Full-siZe double bedstead; swell front T.
drawer bureau, top 4Sx23 in, beveled
patte.n plate mirror 36x30 in; swell
front waShStand. Suite inlaid on edges
of all pieces.
Bird's-eye Maple Bedroom Suites,
S48-
Full-sze double bedstead; high plain-top
headboard; drawer swell front bureau
top 44x2l in, pattern plate mirror 24x3O
in; swell top washstand.
Curly Birch Bedroom Suites, $50
FuI.-size double bcI5tcad; 5, drawer bureau,
,.l.il long French legs, swell-top obIong
'ss7-or ~ in. sweIiitop washstand,
2uIaa rs and double closet
The Monitor-register., 1897-08-20
Not Discouraged.

A duffer of a sportsman went out
partridge shooting, accompanied by an
Irish keeper who was good natured
enough to make all kinds of excuses for
his patrons bad shots. At last the
shooter, made reckless by ill success,
perceived covey of birds quietly feed
ing Oh the other side of hedge aud re-
solved to have a slap at them OH the
ground. He fired, but to his mortifica-
ton they all flew away untouched.
"Oh, faith" cried Pat joyfully, "be-
CORA, sor, you made them Fave that
anyway. "-Household Words.
The Monitor-register., 1897-08-20

while the girls who become telegraph
operators or nilliners may attend classes.
pursue some line of study or attend
conce rs, etc, in the evening, there is no
time for these things for the house
servant That they should have any
definite aims after self Improvement, or
that they should take up work for the
benefit OF others, is rarely thought of.
DO we not all need to recognize that the
times have changed; that we need to In
troduce into the education of girls, both
at school and at home, q di ffsrent esti
mate of industrial work? Ia all Glasses
they should be taught to see it's value. to
realiz, that it needs mental as we'll az
manual training, and that to nderstand
domestic economy, to be a good house.
keeper OF good cook, aye, or to be a
good general servant, one must be an
educated woman. This position being
conceded, girls would be trained for
domestic service as for definite pro-
fession, and mistressss receiving such
trained servants would realizs that
women of this stamp need consideration
in all respects, and that they will have
their own outside interests and occ upa.
tions and friendships, for which they will
need leisure as we'll as do persons
pursuing any other trade or calling.
When once this position is conceded l
fancy there will be but little trouble;
there will be no slur on any educated
woman of any class doing the work of a
servant, and there will d ,ubtless be In
time system whereby certificates and
degrees will be granted for various grades
of proficiency in the domestic arts at
centers for industrial education"
Though this case which contains me.
may of necessity feed pigs or scrub
floors, nothing 10 heaven above nor hell
beneath can hold me here if l choose
meanwhile to be off conversing with the
angles" Very truly,
Creamridge, 8-17.'97. RUTH.
The Monitor-register., 1897-08-20
rhere Is No,n,nr So .,ooa

There is nothing just as good as DIR. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds, so demand it and do not Permit the
dealer to sellyou some substitute. He will
not claim there is anything better, but in order
to make more profit he may claim something
else to be just as good. You want DR..
Kings New Discovery because you know it
to be safe and reliable, and guaranteed to do
good or money refunded. For Coughs. Colds
Consumption and for all affections Of Throat
Chest and Lungs, there is nothing SO good as
is DR.. Kings New Discovery. Trial bottle
free at Harry Guests Drug Store.
The Monitor-register., 1897-08-20
Ladies can Waar snoes

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder to be shaken into the
shoes 1t makes tight or new shoes feel
easy; gives instan t relief to corns and
bunions It's the greatest comfort dis
covery Of the age. Cures and prevents
swollen feet, blitters. callous and sore
spots. Aliens Foot Ease is certain cure
for sweating, hot, aching feet At all drug
gists and shoe stores. 900. Trial package
FREE by mail. Address, Allen s.
Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
The Monitor-register., 1897-08-20

William G.. Wilson, aged about go
years, proprietor of Wilson's Circulating
Library, 1117 Walnut street, Philadel-
phia, was brutally murdered on the first
floor of his library between and 7
o'clock on Monday night. His head was
beaten into jelly. The police have no
clue to the murderers, who ransaeked the
building in search Of plumber, and Sc.
cured a small sum of money.
The Monitor-register., 1897-08-20

Shakespeare wrote "native and to
the manner BORN" "To the manor
born" is believed to be an American
innovation. There is not single editor
of Shakespeare who admits that read
ing, but there is wide belief in it,
absolutely ungrounded.
The Monitor-register., 1897-08-20
A Great Surprise is I'm Store

lot those who go to-day and get a package
OF GhAIN-O. 1t takes the place Of coffee
~ apout q the cost and Gun be given to the
ca "a as well as the adult with great ben
ent; 1t Is made of pure grains and looks
ana tastes like the finest grades of Java
conee. cup of Gratn-O is better tor the
Syslen IMAM tonic. What coffee b reak 3
uown Grain-O builds up. Ask your grocer
ior Gratn-O. l5c. and 25c.
The Monitor-register., 1897-08-20
Temperance Day at Fenwick Camp.

Temperance Day will be observed at
the Fenwick Camp ground on the after
noon of Thursday, Aug. 26sh, by the
ladies of the W. G. T. u, and others.
Addresses will be given by Mrs. M. E.
Lawrence, of Salem, and if possible, by
Mrs. s. N, johnson, of Elmer, and others
All interes ted in the cause of temperance
are cordially invited to attend.
The Monitor-register., 1897-08-20
Friesburg.

At the Angus meeting of the Fries
burg W. G. T. u, it was voted that Mrs.
Holvey be invited to give an address at
this place during her visit through the
county. The Scripture selection for
study at this meeting was LIST Cor. tx,
1927. An article on PARTY" WAS read
by Miss Dell Miller.
The Monitor-register., 1897-08-20
WANAMAKER,S.
Velvet A RARE offering
Cor,,a4r Velvet Carpets.
Ool klCtS ter Il cnrr,nt ,,r

Velvet A RARE offering of finest
Carre4s Velvet Carpets. No mat
' '0'' ter if carpet prices are
mounting upward-and they are.
You may choose from the forty-five
styles of the finest make of Velvet
Carpet, at
s1.1O A YARD FOR THE s1.35
GRADE.
There is a wide range of color
ings and styles-carpets for every
room and for halls and stairs. Ex-
perience proves that velvet carpets
are longest and best wearers, if we
except the Administers that cost
fully as much again.
| his lot will soon find owners
and there seems no possible chance
OF the bargain being repeated.
John Wanamaker
The Monitor-register., 1897-08-20
GLEANINGS.

Let the work be perfect. Whoever
falters or fails. keep the flag flying and
meet every obligation on time. We
work for no master but Christ, and
every stroke ia for the cause and not for
the individual. After twenty years let it
be said of us: "We have kept the faith. I"
Mary r Lathrap
The Monitor-register., 1897-08-20

The Bank Of France has camera SO
arranged that the picture of any sus-
picious visitor may be secured without
the suspected individual knowing that
he has been caught.
The Monitor-register., 1897-08-20
what do the Children nrinn.

Dor D9h z give them tea or coffee. Have Won
IIleu tne new food drink called Grain.O9
~ ID ueilclous and nourishing and takes the
pace pa g, OF coffee. The more GTain-O YOU give
. Tho cniLuren Inc more health you Distribute
Inrough their SYSTEM. Gratn-O is made of
pure pure grains, and tastes like choice coffee bnt
l5c and 25c. " eA"Noi9 9oii IT,
The Monitor-register., 1897-08-20
Live Stock Markets.

New York, Aug. 19.-European cables
quote American steers at 1Oh@11Ac. re-
frigerator beef at SdS5sc. Calves very
dull; veaIs, $45Oq6.75 buttermilk calves,
$3.S5Q4. Sheep and lambs very dull;
sheep. $S.25@4.25; lambs, 5.121aQ5.S71a. Hogs
easier at $430q4.6O.
East Liberty. Pa. Aug. 19.-Cattle
steady; extra. $5@5.1O; prime, $4,000 50,
common, $3.40Qt3.7O; bulls, stays and cows,
s2Q3.5O Hogs fairly active; prime pigs
and light Workers. $4.SOQ4 IS; best ma
dunn weights, s4a4.25; grassers, $4,000
AIS; heavy hogs. $4.1Od4.15; roughs, 81. 75G5
L75. Sheep steady; choice, $4.1OQ42O; com.
mon, $2.60q350; choice lambs s.. 2OG5. 40;
common to good. $4q5; veal calves 81. 5Oa
as
The Monitor-register., 1897-08-20

The Best Salve In the world for Cuts
Bruises. Sores, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores,
letter. Chapped Hands, Chilblains. Corns
and all Skin Eruptions. and positively cures
Piles or no pay required. 1t is guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction or money ref unde d
Price rs cents per box For sale by Harry
Guest.
The Monitor-register., 1897-08-20

The Wife-What a sweet smile there
is on the baby's face, Johni
The Husband-Yes, he's probably
dreaming that he's keeping me awake.
Town Topics.
The Monitor-register., 1897-08-20

1t is barely possibly that Herr Andree
may yet accomplish his object in the
effort to find the North Pole by balloon.
Information received at Christiana con
firms the story of the shooting of car
rier pigeon bearing message from Herr
Andree, which read: Eighty two de
grees passed. Good journey northward."
The date of the message was illegible
This would indicate that he had journey
ed about 100 miles toward the Pole and
had some $50 miles to travel yet. Aerial
navigation is very uncertain and if he
shall succeed, he may be able to give
some points to Perry, Nansen and othel
Arctic explorers who are restless until
the North Pole is located.
The Monitor-register., 1897-08-20

The Canadian Government is after its
share of the wealth that is being taken
out of the Klondike gold mines, and has
claims yielding $500, and above this
amount twenty per cent.
The Monitor-register., 1897-08-20

Who are injured by the use of coffee. Re-
Gently there has been pl aced in all the gro
Gerry stores new preparation called CHAIN
o, made of pure grains, that takes the place
of coffee. The most delicate stomach re-
ceives it without distress, and but few can
tell II from coffee. 1t does not cost over u
as much. Children may drink 1t with great
benefit. 10 cts. and 25 cts. per package. Try
1t. Ask for GRAIN-Q.