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The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-11-01

Ell Perkins says; even in July, Lon
pom Is very cold to the American. It's
latitude is about the same as Hudson's
bay. You wear your heavy woolens all
summer in London. We were told not
to be surprised when we went to the
park to see the people wearing furs even
in July. We did see young ladies
dressed In muslin with seal skin jackets
over them. My wife said all of the
white dresses were heavily lined, and
some of them wadded in London.
The swell time to ride on horseback
in Rotten Row is from II to 2, and the
fashionable drive from 5 to Z. The
carriages are not so well equipped and
the horses are not so fine as in Central
park. At l O'Clock there were perhaps
seventy-hve ladies riding on horseback.
They ride stitfly up and down Rotten
Rown Ia drive of mile along one side
of the park. The sidewalks were lined
with spectators, who paid cents for
seats. II was nothing but free circus.
1t was human peacock drill. The la
dies would canter their horses up the
road about fifty rods and then return
and stand and talk with acquaintance
standing or promenading on the side
walks. The walks on each side of Rot
ten Row were filed with ladies and gen.
tlemen in good clothes. asked an old
habitue of London who these people
were.
''Oh, everybody-clerks, statesmen,
squires from the country, brewers
daughters, and titled nobility. Form
erly," continued my friend, sit was on,
: ly the very wealthy who kept carriages
in London. Then you would not sec
, 400 private carriages in London. Each
3 carriage then had coachman and foot
= man. Then the coachman wore white
, wig and the footman wore powdered
, hair Then only the nobility had coat
of arms on their carriages and cockade
3 on the coachman's hat, but now ever,
: one puts up coat of arms who can pa
, 500 year for the privilege. 1t cost
9 IS year to powder servants hal
9 now.
J, At 5 O'Clock the private carriages be
C gan to come out. By 6 there wer
, about 800 carriages in line. Some coach
a men wore wigs and some footmen ha
e powdered hair, but noticed that whel
a the powdered-hair fellows got out int
IS the street the people gazed at them
e The hack-drlvers would shout, "Ge
e out of the way there, old white topl
,e or, Get on there, old tow-headl"
ID is true that the sensible, so-called con
% mon people have ridiculed the vulgs
Y. displays made by the nobility so muc
lie that the nobility are now dressing an
3, driving In very quiet fashion. I'll
r. vulgar nobility have been taught goo
5, taste by the ordinary people.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-11-01

That gray, gaunt, rrlin-strewn, fever
stricken, yet marvelously fascinating
plain, sweeps away in mile after mile
of heritage, interrupted here and there
by some. row or cluster of stone pines,
with their spreading dark heads and
bare rudy trunks, by the shattered ru-
ms of past prosperity and the poor cot
tages of the present age, by the broken
lines of the Claudian and Marcian
aqueducts, to the base of the AlDan
hills and the loftier masses of Monte
Gennaro and the adjoining Apennines.
Looking back, the towers and dOmes OF
Rome rise over the city wall, and be-
You'd them the bold ridge Of Soracte,
conspicuous above the lines of distant
mountains. Nothing can well be more
impressive, especially on a winter even
ing, than that long stretch of gray
PLAIN, those long lines of giant arches
and that long straight road with its Dor
der of ruins. AS the sun sinks low {
broad arch of glowing orange forms il
| Jlo WSopSlh ohgJ hOibihb A1SS wv
purple blue in the vault above, A
cleaning light, as froma window in III
heaven, shoots athwart the Campagna
it creeps along the slopes Of the Albal
hills, ana klndles with new fire tn
lavas of Rocea de Papa and the crater
of Monte Cavo. 1t steals upward Oh
the Alpennines, as the lower dells dar
ken into purple shadows, till the Who'll
chain is flushed with ruby light, an
the SHOWS are transmitted INTO molte
gold. Then comes the change, as G
death. The glory departs from tn
SUBMITS, though it hovers yet like a
ascending spirit in the cloudland of th
upper sky; the SHOWS turn pale an
corpse-like, the east is violet with tn
coming night, the thin mist gather
over the plain, the evening star shint
out in the clear sky; but still, as we r.
turn to Rome, the glow yet fingers
lhe west over the distant sea, and u
cypress trees stand out, living obelisk
dark against the light.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-11-01

Famine in India are caused by goats.
The goats of India appear, as rule,
to live always on the brink of starvation,
as, indeed, goats almost everywhere
seem to do, collecting a scsnty livelI-
hood out of the barrenest materials.
Especially, however, do they attack
the green shoots and topmost twigs of
every young tree which they come
across. A heard of goats, numbering,
say, from $4,000 to 10000 animals, as
is sometimes the case in the desert
tracks of Asia. Is not likely to leave
much vitality in the saplings that grow
in It's line of grazing. These saplings,
therefore never grow to trees. The old
tress, unless REINFORCED from time to
time by younger growth, die OFF, and
whole forests thus disappear. Without
forests the rainfall ceases without rain
the crops fall. In spite of the enor.
nous extent Of Indian plains, 1t is alto
gether possible that the action of the
goats must be thus indirectly RESPONSE
bic for Indian drouths, st. Helena, al
every one knows, has been converted
from a Garden of Eden to bowling
wilderness. owing to the importation o
the goat alone. In Cyprus, too, tn
diminished rainfall and oonsequen
sterility is attributed almost entirely t.
the herds OF goats hich every Cypriot
appears 10 keep, and which have lon
ago devastated the vegetation of tn
island.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-11-01

In recent work Prof. Newcomb
gave some interesting points relative to
the physical constitution of comets,
and said that theory of this, to be
both complete and satisfactory, must
be founded on the properties of matter
as made known to us here at the sur
face of the earth; that is, we must show
what forms and what combinations of
known substances would, If projected
into celestial spaces, present the ap-
pearance of comet. He held that this
has never yet been completely done,
Theories without number have been
propounded, but they fail to explain
some of the phenomena, or explain
them In manner not consistent will
the known laws of matter and force
He then proceeds to consider those pro
pessiss which are 70 SEINE sxtsnt su
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-11-01

a great many colleges have been
started, and number of them are well
attended, attended too by farmers
SONS; but it somehow turns out that few
of them graduate as farmers. They
prefer to become lawyers, doctors,
civil engineers, etc. 1t is all wrong,
vigorous protest is made, and 1T is held
that somebody must be to blame In
some way for mismanagement. Earn
nest attempts are made to bring about
reform, 80 that the colleges for farmers
shall turn out an abundance of gradu-
ates as farmers. But this most desira-
BILE end can hardly be brought about
except by changing the nature of boys
or the nature of farming.
Tue generous youth who spends four
or five years in getting college edu-
cation desires to engage in some bust
ness which will afford a justification
of his large expenditure in preparation.
He desires to enter the lists with his
peers where he will have full use for
his culture, with opportunities for a
wider influence than is possible in the
most intelligent discharge of his duties
as farmer. Even the civil engineer
has fitting field to bring into full play
the qualifications derived from his
course of study. The like even to a
greater extent is true of the clergy.
man, the doctor, the lawyer. How is
it with the college-bred farmer? Placed
in isolation on his farm, nth his un'
cultured neighbors and hired men fol
constant associates, he is in no fitting
field for the use either of his esthet
ic or scientific attainments, and he
would be a rare bird, indeed, if he die
not become lonesome and dissatisfied
He may direct the care of his stock ant
the management Of his fields like ;
very oracle of science; but, unless hi
farm is extensive enough to organic
the labor with foreman at its head, h
must himself be with his men and worl
with them, or his scientific direction
of business will afford him a poor re
turn for the cost of his education. Blu
will your college-bred man relish TEL
or twelve hours a day at the hundrun
labor of farm, without the exchang
/, of one thought with companions on tn
high themes he leal ned to love at co
legeP Nay, nay; this idea of educatin
farmers who are to stick to the far1
all their lives is an amiable dream, liR
, many another, which, in the very nj
! ture of things, cannot be realized.
: brings out the absurdity of the case I
insist that all the farmers and farm
laborers shall be college bredp For VIII
= should one farm in ten or in a. hundre
! have all the direct advantages of co
!, lege drill.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-11-01

Don Miguel Hidslgo y Costello was
born in the year 1747, in the village of
Peryamo, in the province NOW state) of
Guanajuato. His father, Don Cristabal
Hidalgo, was born in the village Of Te-
jupilco, situated in the intendency of
Mexico, having settled in the town of
Peryamo. He married Dona Ana Maria
Gailamandarte, who bore him four
sons, the second being Don Miguel, he
being sent to the city of Valladolid, at
present known as Morelia, to be edu-
Gated. Don Miguel distinguished him
self in his studies in the College of San
Nicolas, Of said city, and afterward
gave lectures on philosophy and theology
that gave him such renown that he
was appointed rector of that distin-
guished establishment. In the year ITS
or 1779 he went to the City of Mexico,
where he was consecrated priest, and
took the degree of doctor in theology,
having served as curate Of various par
ishes. His brother, Don Joaquin, curate
of the town of Dolores, having dice, he
was appointed to succeed him. This
parsonage brought him from 5000 to
SO, 600 per year. Don Miguel, whose
disposition was very kind to his flock,
and who possessed liberal ideas, did not
busy himself much with the spiritual
ministration of his parsonage, but left
the same, with one-half of his income,
to an eccleslastic named Don Francisco
Iglesias. Don Miguel, translating the
French language, took fancy to the
reading of works of art and science
published in that language, and dedi'
Gated himself to propagating several
branches of agriculture and industries
within the limits of his parish. The
impetus he gave to the cultivation Of
the grapes and silkworm in his section
of the country made him very popular
He also established mandatory O
crockery, a brick-yard, a tannery, an,
other workshops for divers arts. Bein,
more than generous with his money, h
won the love of his parishioners, an,
more particularly of the Indians, who's
dialect he spoke well. He was held il
high esteem by the principal Spanisl
officials, such as the distinguishes
bishop of Montclova, Abad y Quiepo
and the intendant of his province, Gu
anajuata Riano. He also promoted be
culture, and although his knowledge 1
: all these arts and manufactures wa
! limited as to some, he succeeded
!. manufacturing from the silk of his ow
l raising some pieces of silk cloth for h
, own use and the last wife of his tathel
He was also very fond of music, havln
given lessons in this art to the Indian
of his own parish, where he had organ
) lied an orchestra with his own pupil
, Physically he was of medium heigh
u broad shouldered, of brown colo
Il with very expressive green eyes, car
less of his wearing apparel he wor
Q as all the parish priests Of those day
d long cloth coat, a round black HI
\ with broad brim, waistcoat and
: jacket made from cloth imported fro
Il China, aud long stick completed h
toilet,
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-11-01

the town, the mild Luini's influence Is
seen IN an altar-piece by one of his fol-
lowers. / trudged up to this sanctu
one afternoon, to be rewarded by the
expedition Itself beyond my expecta-
tions, which were not great. Two deep
gorges bring down two noisy demon
strative brooks by SO precipitous path
that the water is ready to leap into cas-
cades at every step, until they unite
and seek the lake together. Up the
strip Of wooded rock between them,
which rises higher and higher, broad
ening until it joins the mountain,
winds the way to the church. 1t
is very steep and laid in coordinate,
a pavement of cobble-stones crossed
by a curb at every few feet, much
like railway track, ballast and sleep
ers without rails, raised to an angle of
seventy degrees from the level; the
curbs are about as far apart rs cross
ties, and it is as hard to walk either
upon or between them. The pilgrimage
to the Madonna del Sasso should be
made by all but penitents only after
the sun has set behind the ives tern
mountains. 1t is pretty walk,
although dis6gured by the stations of
the cross at short intervals; the way
farer passes out of the village under a
long, vine-wreathed pergola, then over
bridge, then up the narrow hillside,
between the ravines, to the foot of the
foundation walls of the building, and by
few more sharp twists to the solitary
little stone piazza from which he enters
the church Itdates from miraculous
appearance of the Virgin four hundred
years ago, but has few signs of It's age;
within it is as freshly gllded, painted
and freseoed as hotel dining room,
and it is in 80 far a surprise after the lone.
ly scramble beside the bed of the tor.
rent. l reached it at the hour of the
Ave Maria. The church was empty
save tor woman and two children
who were kneeling together, telling
their beads. There was murmer Of
y prayers and responses uttered by twC
= invisible ministrants; the voices seemed
= to come from behind the high altar, bu
l priest or acoyte there was none to b,
I seen. The effect was 80 mysterious a
that sunset hour that the renovated
: church grew venerable to the quickenet
; sense of awe. After the last amen
while looking for the Luini scholar
|" painting, came upon picture of tn
U Entombment, work of considerable
= beauty and religious feeling, by Signo
u Cerusi, of Florence, as my fellow-wor
shipper told me. A modern pictur
a from our Savior's history, painted witt
talent and skill, yet reverently, ant
d hidden in slde-chapel of this inac
u cessible and unvlsited little church, wa
u strange thing and worth coming t
~ find. The view of the lake from tn
y steps is fine, and still better from
" little pillared slde-porch, which look
" as if it were the Oldest part of th
=. building, and overhanging the lands
y cape like the parapet of castle. TIL
IN scene was very lovely; the peaks wei
ie pale rofe-color, and blush moisture
~ like the dew on dark grapes, reste
~ upon the surface of the lake.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-11-01

They lie in the lap of the mountains
like jewels dropped from the sky, and
Nature has lavlshed her love and man
his labor on the setting. By political
geography they belong in part to Swift
erland; but If there be any force In the
theory Of natural boundaries, the Alps
bar her claim with tremendous empha-
sis, and in climate, scenery, religion,
custom and speech they are Italian. No
sooner does the traveller by the st.
Gothard Railway reach Locarno, the
first station on Lago Maggiore, than he
finds another heaven and another earth
from those which vanlshcd when he en-
tered the great tunnel, few hours ear
lier. The mountain peaks are sharper
and more serrate, the curves and inden-
tatI0n of the shore more delicate, the
outlines Of the landscape more finished
and perfect; the light is at once softer
and more splendid, the sky has deeper
and more tender blue, the verdure Is
richer and darker; the very weeds give
the wayside the grace of garden run
wild. Already there are terraced vine
yards to be seen, and vines trained over
a sort of trellised arbor called pergola
the supports of witch are stone-ont
of the most ancient modes of grow
ing grapes in Italy-and orange walks
hanging gardens, arcades of shrubbery
walls of evergreen, stone stairways anC
balustrades, pillars, vases and fountain
among the flower beds, different cul
tivation, different style of gardening
which adorns the humblest plot. Tn
gle tanning towns upon the waters edg
have irregular tiers of red-tited roofs
broken by arched portlcos in the atti
story, by slender Lombard bell-towers
cupolas, long, blank palace-fronts -
different architecture. All this can
seen from Locarno, which is yet but
poor place compared with the town
lower down the lake. 1t is worth Will
to stop there, though, to wash off tn
dust of the long journey in great whit
marble bath.tubs. of antique form, file
with cool, diamond-clear water, and t
rest and attune the spirit to softer Ike,
There is new hotel, remarkably flI
! building, with lofty hall of entranc,
, from each end Of which marble stat
{ case leads to galleries with baluster
q colonnades rising one above the othel
n and intersecting long perspectives, lii
a the back grounds of Paul Veronese
4 banquet pictures-a Palladian interio
q every corridor ending In an arch drap'
g with muslin embroidered in Orient
8 patterns, through which a mellow qi
a. ture OF lake and mountain is visibl
n AT Locarno, Moreover, there is Il
q first glimse of the art of Lambardy,
!. which some of the towns on the small
lakes are 80 rch, and which has adorn,
theentlre region with countless church
!. and palaces. The front of the Chic
a Nuova IS by Tammaso Rodari, the for
ii most of three brothers who have lie
Il their mark OH the alchitec ure al
sculpture of the late fifteenth and ear
. ixteenth centuries throughout Mort
n ern Italy. In the pilgrimage church
Al the Madonna del Sasso (Our Lady
the Rock, half an hours walk Abo
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-11-01

Milk should be slowly taken in
mouthfuls at short intervals, and thus
it is rightly dealt with by the gastric
Juice. If milk be taken after other
food 1t Is almost sure to burden the
stomach and cause discomfort and pro-
longed indigestion, and this for the OBJ
vious reason that there is insufficient di-
gestlve agency to dispose of it. And the
better the quality of the milk the more
severe the discomfort will be under these
conditions. Milk is insufficieRtly used
in making simple puddings Of such
farInaceous food as rice, tapioco and
sage. Distaste for these Is engendered
very often, 1 believe, because the milk
is stinted IN making them, or poor
skim milk is used. Abundance Of
new milk should be employed, and
more milk or cream should be added
when they are taken. In Scottish
households this matter is well under
stood, and a distinct pudding plate
like small soup plate, is used for thi
course. The dry messes commonl,
served as milky buildings in England
are exactly fitted to create disgust TO
what should be most excellent an,
deliciouspart of a wholesome dinner.
|
Politeness is like an air cushion
| There NAV ha nothing In n hl1Y 1
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-11-01

The worst enemies of the oyster are
the star6sh and borer. Starhsh in
Long Island Sound abound at certain
seasons of the year on the Connecticut
coast, and when the oyster supply is
slack there, and starfish appear in great
numbers. they migrate to the shore Of
Long Island. Their methods Of adj
vancing on an oyster bed are either to
form in long row like windrow on a
hay field, aud swoOp down on their prey,
or to roll themselves into balls three or
four feet In diameter and drift with the
tide until good camping ground is
reached. when the ball melts away and
the separated starfish begin to feed. A
starfiish can crawl on sea bottom and
can float, but 1t makes slow progress in
swimming. When oystermen see these
star6sh they go out with dredges sc
made that the heavier oyster remains
on its bed, but the lighter starfish are
scooped up, and it has been known
that IN one day a dredge scooped up
three big scowfuls Of starfish. They
we're used as fertilizer. There is moi
enough substance in them to MAKE
them fit for eating. They are like
puff ball, all outside and no inside.
Three starfish at the hatcheries are
having good time feeding on oysters
They fasten each on an oyster with the
middle of the star in the centre of the
oysters shell. Then the adjustable
stomach slowly comes out of the crea
ture and spreads around the edges o
the shell until the vital economy o
the stsrfish is mostly out Of doors
while the oysters lips are sealed. A
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-11-01

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The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-11-01

Politeness is like an air cushion.
There may be nothing in 1t, but it
eases our jolts wonderfully.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-11-01

In Northern Dakota, recently. trac-
.tion engine drew eight plows. turning a
sod four inches thick as evenly and well
as could be done BY horse power, ana
a rate of over twenty. five acres day.
"A serious collision of two trains
at Third street crossing on Monday
morning caused the death of engineer
arman, and the manning Of several
hers. Cause, misplaced switch.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-02-10
Valentines.

AS long as there are hearts to
sigh, as long as the tender buds Of
love blossom into life. as long as
young people have a dollar left,
there will be valentines piled into
mai,s to make thousands ofpeop!e
flutter with the excitement of get
ting a love letter in nine different
colors and blue poetry thrown in.
In the early deays, a valentine was
compiled with scissors and paste like
a lazy editorial, bat that time has
passed away. and Prang makes the
valentines for the rising generation,
all ready to be directed. They
are scld in an astonishing variety
by Cagwin & Noteware. and an as
tonlshingly low price, although If
ANYBODY wants to go as high as
SO. and has the cash in hand. that
same person can be accommodated
at either of Cagwin II Noteware's
two stores.