The Delaware farmer., 1883-08-17
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

of the Union is contained within the
boundaries of five States, which form a
compact section of country between
the Atlantic Ocean and the Mississippi
River. New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois have over II, ,O0O, 900
inhabitants, according to the census of
1881, and if Missouri is added to the
chain-making 10000, 900 Inhabitants
the six largest States in the Union are
to form one unbroken band. In variety of
resources and business interests, as well
as in strength of population, they are of
themselves an empire.
BEER DRINKERS ARE hereafter to know
all the ingredients used by beer brewers
in the brewing of beer. The new forms
under which the brewers are to report
to the Collectors require a sworn month
" statement of all details on the subject,
and the penalty against fraud is heavy
enough to make it very dangerous. We
have from time to time heard alarming
stories about the harmful ingredients
put into beer by some of its manufac-
turers, but it will be well for them now
to take warning and refrain from evil
practices.
Two YOUNG MEN WE'RE clerks in their
fathers store. One lived in the parental
house free of expense, and the other was
paid salary. The former sued for com |
pensation, and offered to prove the value
of his services by the amount paid to his
brother. In this case the Supreme |
Court of the District of Columbia de-
cided in favor of the father, saying that |
unless there is an express contract to
pay a son for services where he works for
his father, who is boarding and lodging
him without charge, he cannot recover
compensation. The law will not imply
a promise to pay him, and, if a recovery
could be had, what was paid to the
brother would be no evidence of his ser
vices value
WHEN A CITIZEN OF Sault Ste. Marie,
Mich, wishes to send a letter to friend
in the opposite village on the Canadian
side of the river, he directs it, prepays
the postage and puts it in the Post Of
flee on the American side; then, in order
to reach the Post Office on the Canadian
side, which is about one mile distant, the
letters go to Detroit through the United
States mails, crosses from Detroit to :
Windsor, where it enters the Canadian
mails, and is sent over the Canadian
routes back to the Sault, reaching the
Canadian office there in about ten days
from the time it started-ten days to go
one mile. But when one is In hurry
he goes across theriver himself and talks
to the other fellow; he doesn't write.
WHEN IT WAS KNOWN that royalty was
to be present at a charity fair in London, .
and that any one would have a chance v
Of buying a rose from the Princess of c
Wales, the response was overwhelming. i
The great success of the night was for y
5he Princess of Wales. There was such !
crush that for a time one could only a
latch a glimpse of the ladies who had Fl
leen chosen to assist the Princess, in 81
wo large mirrors which hung in the IA
booths at such an incline as to reflect e
he figures and faces that fitted before
hem. She wore an exquisite white cos
dme. The short petticoat was a mass
# lace and white silk, and the corsage
Uttered with beads. At the throat was g
cherry -colored velvet ribbon sparkling -
nth diamonds, and throwing into re- =
ef diamond necklace. The feathery
ufis of light brown hair were orna- -
1ented with diamond horseshoes. Acor- -
espondent says that no mob could possi- y
ly behave worse than this throng Of = =
attired people when it real y y
sed that the Princess was on duty, and r.
-ould hand over a rose for anything -
'om half crown upward. She had to 60
stire for few minutes while geatlemen n
esought the people to be less demon tb
rative and to fall into line. fir
A LONDON WEEKLY TELLS us that the III
,cretary of Mrs. Woodruff. candidate an
Il the Presidency of the United States pr
r 1884," has circulated printed call of
from free England, supported by Eng
IN capitalists. She is ''ready with all tn
81 wonted devotion to her country and in
the cause of humanity to take this $2
ork upon herself, and gives unre- on
rvedly all her strength, enthusiasm, seV
ID all the wealth she has accumulated tai
England to the result of this election. . tha
ATTENTION has REEN CALLED anew in col