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The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-04-12

have attended parties of both Sects
of Mormons, saysa correspondent. The
Mormon party was chiefly distinguish.
able for the abundance of its pretty
young girls, and the rather large pro,
portion of elderly and gray-headed
escorts, while the scarcity of middle
aged women and the small proportion
of young men seemed conspicuous.
The appearance Of a blooming little
Mormon beauty, scarcely into her teens,
whirling through passionate waltz in
the close embrace of flery-eyed old
grandfather, in whom the fires had no
right to lurk, struck me as singularly
unpoetical. A friend has likened it tc
the appearance of snow.storm on .
sunny July day. 1t Is one of the fam
GUS "beauties of polygamy, ," this blend
ing of winter ana summer.
The girls have grown accustomed to
1t and generally accept their aged part
ners gracefully. The old fellows them
selves seem never to grow rusty. They
fall as maudlinly in love at so as they
did at IS, and their watery eyes gloat
over the soft compilations of their fair
companions with all the appreciation
of connoisseur in theart of "mashing,"
and their exalted position in the ranks
of the faithful serves ofttimes to make
them dangerous rivals of any youthful
Adonis who may venture to enter the
lists against them. At the Gentle
party which attended, masquerade,
l was much amused by the character as
sumed by one of the male maskers, aid
ed by half-dozen feminine companions.
He impersonated an old rustic Mormon
and the girls figured as his SIX wives OF
six different degrees of age, from 13 up
to so, and of six different styles OF
beauty-a blue-eyed school girl, an un
couth German peasant clod, a sparkling
brunette of petite form, a buxom Scot
tish Highland lassie, strong-minded
strong featured, vinegary-browed dame
Of 40, and gray-halred matron.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-04-12

'Jhutes over dams for log and lumber
driving, and slides down mountains and
hillsides for the same purpose, are COM
mon, but such appliances for running
grain from mountain tops are a novelty
that Washington Territory has intro
duced among the utilities of industry.
They are employed on Snake river. The
hills on either side are so rugged and
precipitous that wagen road is an i'm
possibility, but the great wheat country
demanded that the grain should be
brought to the river banks as expeditI-
ously and economically as possible,
therefore, pipes were laid up the face of
the mountain, and grain is now sent
down in bulk to the warehouse, where
it is again sacked; the price paid is 81. so
per ton for merely bringing it from the
top of the hill to the boats; the pipes
are of wood and are fully half a mile In
length.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-04-12

William ]. Palmer, of Battle Creek,
Mich, now eighty-four, was a British
soldier on duty at st. Helena and at
tended the burial of Napoleon on that
island, May 8, 1921, And singularly
enough, within 100 miles of him at
Detroit, Francis Martin, at that time
with his uncle commanding a ship off
st Helena, also attended the funeral.
But several people In this country were
in Paris, December 10, 1910 when the
Emperor found his final rest beneath
the dome Of the Invalides.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-04-12

The reign Of Henry Ill, which
occupied fifty-six years of the thirteenth
century. appears to have been the
elimination Of the power and wealth
of the Templars. But their position
became invidious; their privileges en-
croached on the rights Of the Church
and the prer ogatives of the sovereign
and feudal chiefs. 1t is not wonderful
that, distinguished and enriched as the
Templars had been, their hearts should
have been lifted up with the pride
which goes before a fall. The Tenn
plars won the scream of the cream" of
European chivalry, and the esprit du
corps Of the order inflamed the pride
which ch1valry universally inspired.
Their pride, however, does not appear
to have shown itself in magnificent
buildings; their preceptories, as far as
we can judge from the few remains of
them at Temple Hurst and elsewhere
were unostentatious. Iudeed, as they
were only transient occupants of their
houses, they were not likely to expend
much on their architecture or orna-
ment. OF the history of the Templars
in Yorkshire, between the time of their
establishment and their dissolution,
scarcely any records remain. That
many of the Templars were stained
with the RIGHTEOUSNESS of the age is by
no means improbable. In January,
1908, orders were given that the Tenn
plars throughout England should be
arrested and their property sequestered.
The King had seEt writ to the Sheriff
Of Yorkshire, Sir John de Creppinge,
commanding him to summon twenty
four discreet and faithful knights, to
be at York on the morrow of the Puri-
fcation, the day appointed for the
capture of the Templars. The Tenn
plars, who had been brought together
from all the northern countries to York,
had undergone examination from April
27 to May 4, 1910. We are surprised
to find that they were only twenty-five
in number; most of their names indi-
cate their Yorkshire origin. (See list
III RaiHe's FaSti Ebor., p. 372.) Among
them were the preceptor of Ribston,
William de Grafton; the preceptor of
Flaxhete, William de ia Femme; the
preceptor of Newsome, Godfrey de
Arches, and two priests. William de
Grafton. of Rlbston, as appears from
his examination, had been thlrty-two
years in the Order, having been admitt-
ed in London by the Grand Master.
Being questioned on the subject of its
imputed heresies, he replied that he be.
lieved as other men believed; and as to
the abnegation Of Christ, he declared
that he had never heard of such things.
The distribution of the Templars
among the monasteries soon afterwards
took place. John de Hopperton, for
merly Templar, appears as enjoying
free maintenance from the preceptory
at Ribston, near Wetherby, then held
by the Hospitallers. Among the charges
on their revenues in 1888 are the annual
wages, six marks each, of twelve Tenn
plars, among whom are several York.
shlremen. The records of the Exche-
quer contain numerous documents re-
lating to the property of the Templars
in this country.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-04-12

Of every victim was protected, This
same spirit exists in every mining COM
munity to-day, and is shield against
much distress, Attempts have been
made from time to time to organize
mutual benefit associations among the
miners, but invariably the schemes have
come to grief, usually through the Gu
pldity of the managers. The miners
unions that have been formed to relieve
distressed miners, and the widows and
orphans of miners. have all been wrecked
in the shoals Of politics. An association
of the kind was organized by Charles
Parrish, at the time president of the
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre coal company
and large owner of the collieries. 1t
was in the flush times of several years
ago. His system involved the payment
of so cents month by each employe
into general fund. Every miner in
juTed in his work drew out a stated sum
for his support during his illness. Every
widow got fixed sum, as did every or
phan up to certain age. Thousands
of miners were enrolled in this organiz-
alton. Not only were the men taxed,
but the company itself contributed
something. For long time things
went on swimmingly. The fund in
creased great deal more readily than
demands were made upon it until the
sum of S60,OOo was In the treasury.
This accumulation worried the men,
who imagined that something would
happen TO the money. Agitation
famed the fears of the doubling into a
blaze Of suspicion, until finally, against
the earnest petitions of Mr.. Parrish,
and hosts of well-informed miners, the
demand for the distribution Of the fund
among the contributors became so OBJ
stinate that the trustees turned the
money over to the claimants. Since
then no other effective system has been
adopted.
Efforts have been made from time to
time to induce the miners TO abandon a
custom that prevails among them.
Whenever man is killed in a mine
while at work, every man in the colliery
stops work. Frequently 1900 en-
ployes turn out and remain out for two
days. There appears to be deep su-
perstition that prompts this peculiar
exhibition of respect for the dead.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-04-12

There are more young American men
in the penitentiaries in this country
learning trades than there are outside
of them. The principal cause of this Is
that we are educating our young men
for gentlemen-trying to make lawyers,
preachers, doctors and clerks out of
material that nature intended for black
smiths, carpenters, sailors and other
honest "hewers of wood and drawers of
water" 1t is a mistake, and a big one,
to teach the boys and girls to believe
that to labor is disgraceful, and to do
nothing for living is more becoming
the society in which they expect to
mOve and have respect. Hang such
societyI 1t is rotten to the core to-day,
and there are many mems sons and
daughters who are now being educated
to play the parts Of ''leading lady" and
walking gentleman" in the great
drama of life who will light out for a
poor-house or a penitentiary before they
have played their parts and the curtain
drops. Go to work.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-04-12

The peremptory American method Of
making telephone calls-"Hellol"
''HelloP" "Give me 1299l' etc.-would
never do in the polished Castillian
tongue. Courtesy of intercourse must
be preserved even between invisible
communicates, and the unseeming vex-
atiousness and petulance which the tel
ephone seems to provoke in Saxon moods
is ne~Fr allowed to obtain utterance
here. The regular response from the
central office to a telephone call is
"Mandeustedl" which is equivalent to
cat your commando Then prelimin-
aries are gone through, something as
follows: Good morning, senorita; how
do you doP" Every well, l thank you;
what service may render your" "Win
you kindly do me the favor Of enabling
me to speak with Don So-and-So, No.
TIP" with much pleasurel'' ETC.,
ETC., and when the connection is male,
the usual polite introductories are gone
through before proceeding to the busi-
ness in hand.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-04-12
LAID BY

all by IN my silent chamber,
hear them stirring below;
Voices l love are sounding clear,
And steps know are in mine ear,
Still passing to and fro.
And ask my heart, Shall never more
Ot mine own will pass through that door?
| ask, Oh is 1t forever
That have ceased to be
One Of the group around the hearth,
Sharing their sorrow or their mirth?
Am from hencetorth free
From all concern with the things Of life,
Done with its sorrow, and toll, and strife9
Shall they carry me forth in silence,
With blind and sealed-up eyes?
Shall they throw the windows wld to the
air
And gather mementos here and there,
AS they think, with tears and signs,
"rhs she was fond of-this she wore,
But she never shall need them any more2'
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-04-12

The real count enjoyed the lesson as
well as the rest. But let it be remarked,
en- passant, that Lettie and Minnie were
types of more than two-thlrds of the
bellies at Grapnel, and that
the pretended counts were perhaps
more sensible, and certainly more hon
est. than the fops who laughed at them.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-04-12

Life is made up not of great sacri .
foes and duties, but of little things. in
which smiles and kindness and SIN all
obligations given hsbitually are what
win and preserve the heart and secure
comfort,
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-04-12

"YEs." said Amy to the high school
girl, "She told the story, and OF course
she got the cart before the horse"
"You mesn," corrected Mildred, "that
she caused the vehicle to precede the
quadruped."
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-04-12

GINGER DROPS. -.One-half cup OF
butter, one cup of molasses, one cup OF
sugar, one cup of cold water, one heap
ing teaspoonful of soda, Ginger and
salt to taste. Drop in tins and bake in
qnick oven.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-04-12
THEo. F. ARMSTRONG,

Loans negotiated and collections
carefully attended to.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-04-12

aoru1-,. wanted for the lives Of all the Prosi-
MIM L dents of the U. 5. The largest, hand
ul1T IN y soonest, best hook ever sold for less
tiOLN " than twice our price. The fastest sell
ling book in America, Immense pro-
nts to agents Ali intelligent people want II. Amy
one eau become a successiulag agent Terms free HAL
LET BOOK Co., Portland, Maine.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-20

q. and q. System. This would include tn
Morgan lines. II ,uston and Texas Central
probably 0alvsst N, Harrisburg aud BAT
Antonio and toe new Huntington line
from Memphis south. ltis intimaied that
this will DO done AFTER the ilnnl payment
has been made on the Morgsn purchase,
rhe roads could DO handled better under
one management than by the present dis
tinet organisation,
Railroad journals are discussing tho die
tsnc, the running OF trans can be- heard.
Eighteen miles Is the greatest distance
clsimed.
Henry Willard 10 mentioned In connec-
ton with a railroad ent-'prise from NJ
Andrews bay, gsst Florids, u connect
With tho Peneaeoa q Atlantic road.
Tho Standard Oh company rs about 10
build ns'r0w.gauee road from Lake de
Funlak, Florida, 10 Montgomery, AL
bama.
Ons OF the officers Of the county court nj
Trenton, New JERSEY, stated the other dsy
thai nn official 0i the pennsyivanit Rail
road he'd informed him that tat q ,mpauy
lott In The neighbOrhood oi $3.50 900 wear
by the theft OF railroad tukeis by employee,
and that the tickets were disposed OF TO
scs pela,
A nov line, which will open NJ. yalus-
BILE timber and cotton regions Ia Missouri
ana Arkansas, Is nuder confederation. ~
Will run from Poibt Pleasant, New Madrid
county, Missouri TO Mintnrn. Ark, form.
ing junction with the Iron Mountain road
nj Mlnturn.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-20
TINK Erred TEA.
Tho Palate Of the Ton sumer-Trlcks
Of the Trade.
Crooked Ways for Uawary Buyers.

The fact that with the growing tendency
oiail classes Ia drunk tea IA. importation
has been decreasing nas oCcasins-d consid'
era, |. comment When u Teportar from
the Mail aud Express called this morning
upon q prominent Water street n.fohsh',
4 sou ion was volunteered. "Pf.yions 10
1916 said the gentleman, "Elslsnh was
oyeihnwed with spurious teas oi every de-
scription. Leay, thgt had been us.h ~
China were dried and curled
again ard imported A. "a
peTior article, and more Hluiis were useu ~
aduI srAt ons than | could name IA hdAy
Fiually Parliament touk up the mn'ief,
ana In the year ntion ~ was rnfsen
excluding all these compou I'd, rom Brush
norris. The deal rs who tract ssd this He
Ultimate business turned "a America ns the
country ON which to unload their stock
Several million pounds Of This stuii we're
shipped 10 INSCRIPTIONS ] ,bhrrs IN dinsi-
ont parts OF the Uuited Sta'cs. LarRe
Companies were IoiWei, eiegait s'or's
were lifted up throughout IN. country,
and premiums oi crockery ahd glassware
ofIsred TO customers. These enterprises
met with succefs The puilc In general
were attracted by the gaudy app .arnnce OF
the esta blishmeuti, aud the presoi q were
an iuducsment that was lot 10 be resis' ed.
Hundreds Of sbrewd spectators nut their
money into this spurio"s tea, Tor tue elm
iost and every thing T. be gained. Fity
DER cent. aud over was real Esd on all ssl.s.
The customer who purchased 10 the
amount Of SO received t3 worth OF tea aud
~ worth OF crockery. Meanwhile what had
become OF the legitimate trud'P Pure, gen
mir a teas could not be ttli ~ the same
price as the spurions, ana con.eqn-it y
business was almost ut a stands'l. Money
was rapidly lost aud ~ ny hfms coll psed.
IL was ut this cIisis int the exam IL ~ tn
tea merchants OF England was llIa.d,
petition signed by SKY tour importers ana
iobbers was addressed To cnnHr'sa ara the
result was thst on March 2 1888. n bill was
passed prohibiting the lsndi \ ui spurionu
or aiulterated / as upon American SOIL.
This Is the reason OF the decrease In the i'm
porta,Ion, In that same year III 0OI hiO
pounds OF spurious tea were denled land
ing on our shores. Tuls stun that was sent
over here previous to the passsge
of the bill ~ now nearly
used up, and of course when the
people who u.e II ccme 10 purchase eebu-
inc lea they Will Il al hat the price viii be
much higher. WHAT viii these syndicstes
do who give away premium Wen, sew.
ersl OF them have opened tea factories
here in New York City, where they make
their own goods. Ana Just here ! may ray
that half the coffee CONSUMED IN New
York City is also manufactured In this VI
cinity. Rye and cocoauut shell are largely
used for this purpose. There ~ not an.
other branch OF bu mess under the sun In
which more frauds are perpetrated, or more
dishonest transactions practicsd, than In
the i'm port ton and hsnoling OF teas. And
the legit,mnt trade wish 70 throw light
upon this subject for the beneht OF the
public. Spurious tea Is as dangerous TO
.t-t.x ,..,s.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-20
DIR. sCHEyCiV5
MANDRAKE PILLS

DO rot produce sickness nj the stomach, nausea
or Rriuing Ga the conrar they airs 50 mi ID
AID agreeab c ~ their acton tina! person suii
or ug with sick mead tch,, sour stomach, or
unii ia The bowels. il spo ldily relieved ~ these
dis re.ginc symptrms They act directly on
inc Ii .er, th- organ which, whoa Ia healthy
oondi'iog, pirihes the blood Tor TIC Whoie
body.
They arc n perfect preparation Of that great
n q well.kn WI remedy, NJ tndraae or Po.ophyl'
liza d remedy thst has displaced the use 81 mer'
curry, rs well rs many other poisonou, drugs, In
The practice of ev. ny iutelig al I'll siclHn. :,
Professor John KING ol the College OF Medi-
cine, o. Cincinna /, says: In Constipation 1t
A rs upon the bowels without dlsposing them
to ubsequent .custiyem IS. In Chronic Liver
Complaint there is not it equal III
the VIII 10 range OF medicines, be,
ing vastly more useful than nercurial
ngenis. arousing the liver to healthy action. Ia
creasing the dow of bile, ana keoping. up these
aci ns longer than snv other agent with winch
We are acquainted (Seethe American Dispen'
, a DRY, page '2O) ,--.,
In all cgScs ~ Liver Complaint, Dyapepsia,
W. II there is great weakness or debility, DR..
Seawced TonIc shoul1 be uAci III
c1uDec ion with these i'll
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-20
Forty Years ESper,enos OF mn ord Nurse

Mrs. Winsow's Soothing Syrup Is the
prescription OF one OF the best female ply
sioians and nurses IN the United States,
aud has been used Tor forty years with never
failing safety and success by millions oil
mothers and children, from the feeble infant
OF one week old TO tho adult. II corrects
acdity of the stomach, relieves wind collie,
regulates the bowels, and gives rest, health
and comfort to mother and child. We be-
ieve il the best and surcst remedy IN the
world, In all cases of Dysentery and Diar
rh@a in Children, wbethersr!s'ng from teeth
ing or from any other cause. Full direc-
tions for using will accompany each bottle.
None genuine nuess the facsimile OF Cur
It's q Perkins Ia on the outside wrapper.
Sold by all medicine dealers. % cents
bottle.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-20
IRON ASHLAND. MASS.

DR. j. "A, sCHsSCK-DcGr SiG In tho month
of december, 1851, | took n henye cold, when
finally tormii.t d Ia y. eum'iia Ny lungs
were soon very much schse red b. the 81 a.li OF
my cough, wnich was almost witho u g. ssatton
| had severe pain In my hacs and side anu De
twcc IN shoul iets; my bfeat ng wa quick
/, nd there was great oppression o. my chest i
could lot lie down Without cough ng, At this
tine my physt ian Tod me tat mad consump.
ten. rais d 'a'ge quantities OF matter aud had
several severe hemorrhages / became much
EN-. ciated aud very weak ! was MI ID %
the house for FIVE months Aft the doctors mad
ri ven mo up as iBcurabe, conclnt' d To yyonr
meii ire. began MS : 4 the seawecu rome
aud Pulmonic syrup, and In n shor timc Jaw
considerable improvement In my worst symp-
lmg Gould n down without bringing On
coughing spells. Ny breathing ats tues was
easier had no more hem"rrhages. and after l
hai taken thu me icinrs or some Tim, got 20
much tet.er that cpuid walk a few rods fron
the door. I am now We but yet my lungs are
weak, and am told by the physicians ~ho mist
attended M. that part OF one lung gene, but
the caviies are now ne'.ed. They also say
tn at your medicines haye wrought wonders Tor
me. Doctor, ! c mot iell you how sick ! WAS
In letter. but II anyone who IL afflicted VIII call
on me- / will give them all particu ar, gadly.or
will answer th,ir letters Ia case they cannot
come to zee me. Yours truly.
June l6. lss2. Mrs. JENNIE NJ. JONES.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-20

Never before, ut east since the war, has
New leans received in ono season 30
many visitors from ihe north a. during the
has che been less attractive TO persons In
search III n GENIAL climatr. Ice IL seen 10
New y leans OF " once In seven or eight
yearo on an average, but leo has formed
there a. least elk times during the present
month alone. Moreover, rain mud Tor have
m sde tao chilly atmosphere unspeakiblY
d.pres,inga great part ut the time, ana al
together Vt would he hard 10 conceive a
m jro dresry winter city.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-20
Imported Goous.

Imported Goous. ,,
The Elm street Exchange saloon, Elm
street., ia the only saloon in the city which
imports its own wines and liquors. They
i'm port in and out Of bond Hungarian and
other wines. and therefore can give their
regular patrons the benefit. No saloon 10
house Their cigars, lunch, liquors and at
tenticn given to the public cannot be ex.
relled In the United States. Don't forget
TO get your lunch and liquors ct the Elm
Street Exchange, whore you will always
Gnd the affable Jake Menczer and assist
ANITA
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-20

We recommend Carter'a Iron Pills to
every woman who 10 weak, nervous and
Discouraged; particularly those who have
thin; pale lips, cold hands and feet, and
who are without streseth or ambition.
Tbese are the cases for which Carter's Iron
pills are specially prepared, and this class
cannot use them without benefit. Valu-
able for men also. In metal boxes, at 90
cents. Sold by druggists or sent py mail.
See advertisement elsewhere.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-20
Onr Chnrming Conntrl women

are winning an enviao. g distinction Tor their
fine teeth. This they in n great measure
owe {, the Identifying and restorative intin'
encs OF Gz,cont, the most popular prepa'
ration tor the teeth on this continent. III
r moves from the dental surface every i'm
suriiy, checks decay aud enable; the teeth
TO ma-tica'e without communicating the
food, thus indirectly contributing to hetlih-
ful nutrition. II eifectnallg neutsalizes an
unpleasant odor OF the breath.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-20

Something thai wa quiet the nerves,
give strength to the body, induce refresh
ing seep, imprrv We the qu'iity oi me o.oou'
and purify and briehten the complexion,
ia what many per ons would DO very GLAD
TO obtain. Csrter's Iron Pits are made Tor
* ,ciIy this class of iron Jles, Huu are re
n. arkab successful IN accomplishing the
ends desired. as nsmrd above. They are
useful for both men AID women. sod oy
arusgiei.. Price. so cents box. Bee an-