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The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-13

DEAR Rs:-Chancing across
copy Of last week DELAWARE LEDGER,
| was glad to notice the article that occu-
pied this column and advocated for
| Newark, a reading room or pleasant
gathering place for her young men. 1t is
proposition that | should have made
long ago, had held closer acquaint-
ance with your quaint and sometimes
beautiful little town; and feel yet that
few remarks will reawaken an interest
in my predecessor sensible proposal.
Something practical and possible will
| win the attention of every one where
vagueness and only probability will fare
\ poorly. A reading room Tor Newark is
certainly a very practical contamination
and one which We very devotedly hope
for. Books are cheap and plentiful, mag
azines cheaper yet and more plentiful,
newspapers have become invaluable as
instructors and everyday school-mas-
ters, and from these three sources could
be culled enough for respectable start
at very slight cost; while in little
| time how the shelves would fill up
and tables become crowded. A good
deal Of rightly applied public spirit and
| a fair portion of silver would soon see
this institution born, and added zeal soon
see it grow and enlarge. From out the
chaotic masses of books and periodicals
that stand in solid possession OF book-sel-
lers shelves and publishers ware-rooms,
it will he matter of some moment to
choose we'll for the young library and
the tastes of its ideal readers. Merely as
a side light on the subject, let me pro-
pose that you do not Gas is the general
case with such institutions in country
towns) discard poetry and the poets. In
searching for pure books and clean read
ing we need go no step beyond the pro-
auctions of the poetic muse. They are
all pure, all clean, and taste for them
once awakened in the minds of the most
boorish will turn their lower thoughts
into higher channels. History, biography
and poetry, together with a few Of
George Elliott's Thackery's, Dickens
Hawthorne's, Cooper's and Irving's bes
works will make the catalogue sufficiently
lengthy, palatable and attractive. Thest
can all be obtained in such cheap ant
durable form that the purses of the phil
anthropic will hardly miss the littl'
demanded of them. An occasional lee
ture or essay will prove quite essential Il
the welfare of the proposed institution
and bring broader company within it
walls. Many would rather hear lecture
than read a book; the thoughts wheI
spoken express more than the cold typ
can indicate, and an author can teach hi
readers more by shaking hands will
them and telling his stories with his owl
tongue, than is possible through tn
medium Of press and paper. From per
sonal intercourse with the Folger McKin
= sey, who has lately contributed to you
columns, believe he would gladly pre-
= pare and deliver an essay for you iron
time to time, and your local talent woul'
surely come forward to win its laurels
May the fair September days see tn
Newark Reading Room" we'll placed o.
its infant feet and stepping of towards
successful manhood +. M.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-13
Where to Go.

The question is often asked by those
attending Court in Wilmington, where to
go to put in their spare time with inter
est to themselves. And in answer we
cannot recommend more desirable re-
sort than that at the Ebbitt House, 10th
and Market streets, where you will find a
thorough Geological Garden connected
with the house, containing all animals
from white rat to an untamed porcu-
pine. Music every evening by Reybold's
orchestra Hot lunch served free every
day. Bar supplied with the choicest
wines, liquors and cigars. A. W. Gookin,
proprietor.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-13

NOTICE
TO THE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS OF NEW
CASTLE COUNTY.
Pursuant to a call by the Democratic state
Central Committee, notice is hereby given that
in accordance with the rules governing the Dem
ocratic party, an election will be held in the sew
ernl wards and voting precincts of the city OF
Wilmington, and at each Of the voting places in
the different hundreds In the county, on
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1884,
Between the hours of IL NJ. and 7 r. NJ, for tho
purpose OF electing eleven delegates fiom the
city Of Wilmington, and five delegates from each
Of the other hundreds Of the county, to represent
the county in the Democratic state Convention,
to be held at Dover on TUESDAY, September 23rd,
1884, to nominate three candidates for President
iai electors, and one candidate for Representa-
tive in the Forty-nlnth Congress of the United
States.
The Judges appointed to hold the nomination
election for sheriff and coroner will hold this
election.
BY order Of the Executive Committee.
THEO. y. ARMSTRONG,
Chairman.
LEVI A. BERToLETTE, Secretary.
sept l3--2t
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-13

LADIES MEDICAL ADvIsER-A COM
plete Medical Work for Women, hand
somely bound in cloth and illustrated
postpaid for 10 two-cent stamps. Tells
how to prevent and cure all diseases of
the sex, by a treatment at home. Worth
its weight in Gold to every lady suffering
from any of these diseases. Over 10000
sold already. Address Nunda Publish
ing Co.. Nunda, N. Y. aug9 3m.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-13

ANY HoUsEKFEPER who sends at once
the names of five married ladies, at same
address, and 10 two cent stamps for pos
tage, will receive free for one entire year
a handsome, entertaining and instructive
Domestic journal, devoted to Fashions,
Fancy work, Decoration, Shopping,
Cooking, and Household matters, Best
Paper published for Ladies. Every
Housekeeper wants it. Regular price
s1.O0. Must send now! Address Domestic
journal, Nunda, N. Y. aug9 3m
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-13

Can any one bring us a case Of Kidney or Liver
Complaint that Electric Bitters will not speedily
curef Wesay they can not, as thousands OF cases
already permanently cured and who are daily re-
commanding Electric Bitters will prove. Bright's
Disease, Diabetes, Weak Back, or any urinary
complaint quickly cured. They purify the blood
regulate the bowls, and act directly on the de-
seasod parts Every bottle guaranteed. For sale
at soc. bottle by z. q. Jay, druggist. Newark.
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A LAWYERS Opinion Of Interest to Am.

J. A. Tawney, Esq, leading attorney of WI
mona, MINI, writes, "After using 1t for three
years. take great pleasure In stating that re-
gard DR.. Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
us the best remedy In the world for Coughs and
Colds 1t has never failed to cure the most severe
colds have had and invariably relieves the pain
in the chest" Trial bottles Of this sure cure for
all Thoat and Lung Diseases may be had tree at
jays drug store, Newark, Del. Large size, Sl.00.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-13

NJ. d. Woolman, wagon manufacturer
of III and 115 Orange St., Wilmington,
whose bay stallion Edward" A years
old took the premium at the indie
pendent State Fair, is pronounced by all
who have seen him to be a ''perfect
beauty" Mr.. Woolman may well be
proud of him.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-13

NOTICE.-The regular meetings of
the jackson Democratic club will be held
at Grange Hall, Exchange Building, the
second and fourth Wednesday evenings
of each month at 8 o'clock p. NJ. All
Democrats are invited to attend by order
of club. s. b. HERDMAN,
Sept6-1mo. Secretary,
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-13

Those in need of cunning suits this
fall cannot do better than go to W. H..
Hartloye, 206 East Third St., Whining
ton, where you will find the finest supply
in the city. Mr.. Hartlove also makes a
specially of fine gunsmithing.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-13

Tho best salye In the world for Cuts, Bruises
Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores. letter
Chapped Hands, Chilblnins, COrns, and all Skin
Eruptions, and positively cures piles, or no pay
Iequired. 1t ia guaranteed to give perfect salts
faction, or money refunded. Price rs cents per
box. For sale by Edward q. Jay, Druggist, New
ark, Delaware.
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MARRIED.

LYMAN = VANSANT =. On Friday,
August 22nd, 1884, by the Rev. w. s.
Pugh, of 1926 N. It'll, street, Philadel-
phia, James X. Lyman of New Castle
Co., Del, and Amanda Vansant of
Cecil Co., Md.
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$50 REWARD.

The above reward will be paid for in
formation that will lead to the arrest and
conviction of the person or persons that
poisoned and otherwise injured my stock
JAMES r. DEIGHTON,
sep 1875 Cooch's Bridge
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WANAMAKER'S.


w Hat happens 10 d maker
of any article of general use
who surpasses other makers
who make the same thing?
He, gathers the trade. Moth
ing but woful mismanage-
ment can keep him from
heading his industry, what
ever it is.
There's a maker of CASH
meres who does that; Lupin.
Thereare many other makers
of cashmere; a great many
others as good as the makers
of other like stuffs. But,
when we put their cashmeres
side by side with Lupin's,
price by price, to be looked
at and felt of, taken or
rejected, by ladies who wear
them, Lupin's are taken and
the others rejected with al
most unanimous judgmt mt
There is something in the
feel of the goods, something
that responds to the touch
rather than sight, a certain
solidity added to softness, a
certain frmness in the very
delicacy of the fibre itself,
something alluring, some
thing assuring, that wins the
satisfied choice. If Lupin's
weave is not there, the others
are soft and smooth and
pleasing enough. Compare
son alone brings out the
supreme refinement of work
and material that cannot be
accidental. 1t is work of a
master; material refined by
a masters skill.
There is no Lupin. The
famous maker has done his
work and gone. His fame is
entrusted to worthy success
sors who honor the name by
keeping the factory standard
up. The supremacy of the
name is made the more sig
ni6cant by the very fact that
the winner of the unques-
toned laurel is out of the
race. There is no longer
any personal triumph in the
name. There is a fortune
for the inheritors of its use.
There is release from watch
fitness for the merchant.
There is confidence for the
buyer. There is a standard
of magnificent attainment for
the makers of similar stufs.
There is cheer for deserving
in every sort of industry.
The world is a gamer every
way.
We are led to these pleas
ant reflections by the rather
prosaic fact that a new lot of
Lupin's 5o-cent cashmeres
has come; twenty colors or
more. But that's no wonder,
full thing. We had already
about the same colors in the
finer grades of Lupin's cash
meres, 90, IS, IS cents and a
dollar. They are constantly
coming and going. Thenew
are not new, and the old are
not old. When you look at
them piled on the shelves, it
never occurs to you, care
they new or old?" care
they Lu pin So" "They
are" And then you wonder
whether you are not going
to pay something for the
prestige ofan eminent name;
and you want to see other
makers cashmeres. So we
also keep them. But we try
not to keep anything to look
at and never to sell; and,
when we buy cashmeres
other than Lupin's, we are
apt to be sparing. We can't
lay them in with so generous
hand.
On the whole there is no
other collection of cashmeres
in town that approaches our
own, especially when the
range is widened a little and
kindred fabrics taken in. In
town did we say? Is there
any beyond Jersey? Where,
anywhere, is there a store
that gathers SO for rich and
poor alike Where, any,
where, a store that makes
the trade of the rich so help
the trade of the poor, and
the trade of the poor so help
the trade of the rich? But
that is another subject.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-13

FOR SALE:-An 10 months old
Attorney Bull. Price $50. Very fine.
EVAN W. LEWIS,
Sept, @, If Delaware House.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-13

FOR SALE.-A first class, three
spring Dearborn. 1t is made from the
best wood, and the workmanship is of
competent hands. 1t is a splendid wagon,
and can be seen by calling on
JACOB CAsHo, Newark.
mo 30-tf
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-13
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
FOR RENT OR SAIE:--A
house on Main street, Newark, Del.
Apply to VIM. MckEowAN.

WANTED.-A man who thor.
oughly understands how to take care OF
horses and carriages. Call or address
this office, Sept 10 1t
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-13
STEAM POWER lCE-CREAM ManufaCtOrv

We have commenced for the season supplying
PIC-NICS, FESTIVALS, PARTIES, WEDDINGS,
SALOONS, and all parties In need of pure rich
article of ICE-CREAM. Quality guaranteed.
Prices low. Prompt attention paid to orders, and
sent by rail to any point, Mandatory at the east
end of Elkton, store opposite Court House, Elk-
t.,,
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-13
NO AGENTS
Is What Makes Low Prices.
4 III. Power, on Wheels, $3.50

Stationary Engines, u 80 Horse Power, Boil.
ers OF any Style or power, stacks, Tanks, Furnace
Work, Saw Mills, Flour Mill and Mining Machin-
cry steam pumps, Centrifugal Pumps, Croamerles
fitted up Bark and cob NJ II, and General Ma
ohin,sts,
JOHN BEST & SON,
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-13

FOR SALE.-A frst-class family
mare, five and half years old. Also
horse, three and half years. Both guar
anteed perfectly sound and gentle. Have
no use for them. DELAWARE CLARK,
Sept. 13-ti. Glasgow, Del.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-13
THE PEOPLES COLUMN.
Work for the Workers.

This column Is open to ALL All articles must be
brief and couched In respectable languaLo.l
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-13
NOTICE.
TO THE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS OF NEW
CASTLE COUNTY,

CASTLE OUUNIIs
Notice is hereby given that, in accordance with
the rules governing the Democratic party OF New
Castle county an election will be held in the sew
eral wards and voting precincts Of the city of VIII
minRton and at each OF the voting places in the
several hundreds of the county on SATURDAY,
September 18th 1884, between the hours of IL M.
and p NJ, for the purpose Of nominating one
candidate for the office of State Senator and seven
candidates for Representatives in the next Legis.
lature and for five candidates for the Office Of
Levy Court Commissioners for Newcastle county.
TIE Judges appointed to hold the nomination
for Sheriff and Coroner will hold this election.
The Judges are requested to send the ofncial re-
turns Immediately after the election to Levi A.
Bertolette Secretary, at No. 305 Shipley street.
BY order of the Executive Committee.
THO. Il. ARMSTRONG,
Chairman.
Attest: LEVI A. BRRToLBTTE,
Secretary.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-13

FOR SALE:-A first-class hand
cider press. Can or address
Sept. @, IF. JAS. @. MORRISON,
East of Newark.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-13
FOR ADOPTION:-A bright boy
FOR SALE

between two apd three years Of age.
Sept, @, t-f. Apply at this office.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-13

3s3 E. FULTON ST., LANCASTER, PA.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-13

LEVI A. BERToLETTE, Secretary.
sept I3--2t
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-01-05
Women as Oyster shuckcrs.

TIE female shuckers who pick oul
the la ger part of oyster meat at the
Fair Haven shops have had plenty TO
do the past season. There has bcen
good demand for stock, and in some of
the hops the people have worked over.
time. The stock has been in good
order, so that the shuckers have not
had much trouble i'm their wotk. Shuck-
ers make from six to thirteen dollars
per week. At the opening of the
season some dealers paid three and
one-half cents per quart fof opening,
but the gene al rate at present is three
cents. the same as last year. The
shuckers begin work at seven o'clock
in the morning and leave off at noon,
excepting on Thursday and Friday,
when they work until three o'clock in
the afte noon, the largest shipments Of
the week being made on those two days.
The shuckers furnish knives hammers,
and tracking iron. Most of the wo-
men are married, some having worked
twenty years for one fl m. Some can
shuck one hundred quarts in ten hours.
The smokers measure the meats by
beer measure. and dealers sell stock
by wine measure. Tie Providence
shuckers are all men. Virginia plants
and native stock open much easier
than Virginia oysters, the latter having
very thick she Is, which are hard to
crack. Providence s5uckers open by
the stabbing process, driving the knife
between tie shells upon one side No-
men are not strong enough to shuck
oysters in this manner. At Fair Haven
the thin end of tie oyster is placed on
Il cracking iron attached to block OF
wood, and the little iron hammer. with
two or three blows, kno ks off the end
of the shell. so that the thick. strong
oyster knife is easily inserted between
the shells, and by dexterous twist the
oyster is opened. -Ne,c Haren PaL'a.
dunn
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-01-05
Novel Reading Made 0diOus.

A bitter wag, made angry by the
ever-increasing output of novels, has
devised a new and malignant antidote
for the appetite for romance. He de-
clares that he will write q supplement
to every modern love story, to be sold
ut half price, setting forth the matri-
monial adventures and experiences of
the hero and the heroine. The sweet
and pathetic maiden with the mild blue
eyes aud the golden hair is to be devel-
Oped into the fat and ruddy shrew with
tendency to quarrel with her husband
and row her servants The gallant
gentleman with the long mustache and
the silver voice is, on his part, to be
ruthlessy pictured marching up and
down his bedroom in a ~ attire, with q
squalling baby in his arms, redolent
of sour milk and catnip. The will of
the rich old uncle, which brings wealth
and happiness at the end of the first
volume will be proved a forgery in the
second. What with the upsetting of
every pretty conventionality and the
disclosure of the inevitable conditions
into which no well-bred novelist ever
follows his characters, this cynic hopes
to make novel reading nauseous and
novel writing as Improbable as it is a
dark industry. Louis Spectator.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-01-05

On the appearance of the first symp
toms, as general debility, loss of appetite,
pallor, chilly sensations, followed by
night-sweats and cough, prompt measures
of relief should be taken. Consumption is
scrofulous disease of the lungs; therefore
use the great anti-scrofulous or blood-puri-
fer and strength DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery" Superior to
cod liver oil as a nutrtive, and unsur-
passed as a pectoral. For weak lungs,
splitting of blood, and kindred affections,
it ha, no equal. Sold by druggists. For
DIR. Pierce's treatise on Consumption send
two stamps. WORLDS DIsPENsARY MEDI-
CAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, Ny.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-01-05

Daniel Somers, who died at New
London, Conn, recently, in the eighty
seventh year of his age, was formerly a
man of remarkable strength. For years
before steam-power was introduced into
the offices of the New London papers
Dan was the motive power of the press
that printed the star, and when he took
day off it required four iaboring men
to do his work. When seventy-seven
years of age he was able to do as much
work rs two ordinary men.-Haryord
Post.
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Blessed Benefactors.

When n board of eminent physicians and
chemists announced the discovery that by
combining some well-known valuable reme-
dies, the most wonderful medicine was pro-
duced which would cure such a wide range or
diseases that most all other remedies could be
dispensed with, many were skeptcal; but
proof of It's merits by actual trial has dispelled
all doubt, and to-day the discoverers of that
great medicine, Hop Bitters, are hcnored and
blessed by all as benofaotors. These Bitters
are compounded from Hops, Buchu, Malt,
Mandrake and Daplelion and other oldest,
best, and most valuable medicines in the
world and contain all tho best and most eura-
tive properties of all other medicines, being
the greatest Blood Purifier, Kidney and Liver
Regulator, and Life and Health Restoring
Agent on earth. No disease or i'll health can
possibly long exist where these Bitters are
used. SO varied and perfect are their opera
tionC.
They give new life and vigor to the aged and
nfirIn. To all whose employments cause ir-
regularity of tho bowels or urinary organs, or
who require an Appetizer, Tonic and MID
Stimuant, these Bitters are invaluable, being
highly curative, tonic and stimulating, with
out intoxicating.
are, what the disease or ailment is, use Hop
Btters. Don't wait until you are sick, but III
you only feel bad or miserable, use the Bitters
ut once. 1t may save your life. Hundreds
have been saved by 80 doing. ~ S0n.-49ct
will be paid for a case they will not cure or
help.
DO not suffer yourself or let your friends
suffer, but use and urge them TO use Hop Bit
tiers.
Remember, Hop Bitters is the purest and
best medicine ever made; the "lnval1d
Friend and Hope" No person or 1ainlly
should be without them.
IL was troubled formany years with serious
! Kidney and Liver Complaint, Gravel etc; my
blood became thin; | was dull and inactive;
+ could hardly crawl about, and was an old worn
| out man all over and could get nothing TO
! help me, until got Hop Bitters and now am
| a boy again. My blood Is pure kidneys are al
right, and am as active MS man OF ~, III
! though am T2.-FtTBER"
"FOr ten years my wife was confined to her
/ bed with such o complication of ailments that
| no doctor could tell what was the matter or
| cure her, and used up small fortune in
| humbug stun. Six months ago saw L =:
| tlag with Hop BitterS on it, and thought l
| would be II fool once more, and tried IL, but
my folly proved 70 be wisdom, and two bottles
| cured her, she is now az well and strong as any
mans wife, and it cost me only two dollars,
| III W, Detroit, Mich"
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We especially invite trial by all those
sufferers from Kidney and Liver complaints
who have failed to obtain relief from other
remedies and from doctors. Natures great
remedy, Kidney-W Wort, has effected cures
in many obstinate cases. 1t acts at once
on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleans
ing the system of all poisonous humors
and restoring n healthy condition of those
important organs. Do not be discouraged
hut try il.
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chr onic and blood diseases, brain and heart
affections, nervous debility, exhaustion,
etc., who have failed to find relief. 1t tells
of wonderful cures effected by DR.. Scotts
Coca, Beef and Iron, with Phosphorus.
sold by druggists; 81. DR.. Scott, Kansas
City, Mo. Ask your druggist for pamphlet.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-01-05

CArARRH.-For fifteen years l have been
greatly annoyed with this disgusting dis
ease, which caused severe pain in my head,
continual dropping into my throat and UNI
pleasant breath. NJ sense of smell was
much impaired. By thorough use for six
months of Ely's Cream Balm L have entirely
overcome these troubles. j. b. CASE, st.
Denis Hotel, Broadway and 18th St., n. Y.
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How He nouhloa HI. Trade.

Mr.. BENZ. w. Patton, pharmacist, Globe
Village, Mass, says that the miraculous
pain cure. st. Jacobs Oil, has greatly
helped his other business, and the sales of
the remedy have doubled in one month.
He keeps large supply always on hand.
Officers of the Army and Navy pronounce
st. Jacobs Oil to be tho greatest pain-cure
of the ace. ..
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-01-05

Fannie Bush, well-known shop.
litter, tried her game in John Wannc-
makers store in Philadelphia. When
arrested she was seized witha violent fit
of coughing and four valuable rings
flew fronl her mouth. -Rbiiale rh}n
Press.