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The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-06

Chinese laDorers in the California
vineyards get $40 a month and board
themselves. Other laborers charge the
same and must be furnished with board
beside. A kind of claret known as
Zlnpandel is shipped by the vessel load
to Europe. European capitalists have
large sums of money invested in the
vineyards that produce that particular
wine. The finer grades of California
wines, Zinpandel, CaliforniassSokay,
Muscat and RelSling, have advanced
33 per cent. in price during the last five
years. This has not been the case with
the old Black Mission wine, made from
cuttings sent over many years ago,
Thousands of acres planted IN Black
Mission grapes have been torn up and
planted with the finer vines. The pro-
duct this year will probably amount to
20, 600, 900 gallons. The finest quality
Of grapes nave been sold for future de-
livery at S30per ton. New wine can
be sold at the press for 35 cents a gall
Ion. After that its value doubles
every year,
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-06

1t is a slow process. The customer
seats himself erect on stool or bench,
with the knowledge than a hour must
pass before he is released. The barber
begins operations by carefully washing
the victims face, ears and head with
very warm water, wiping off the drip
ping parts with wet towel. He then
begins shaving the head, or rather
around the crown where the cue begins,
commencing over the right ear and
moving along until the forehead and
lower part of the back-head are clean
ed. He next passes to the face and
afterward to the neck. The ears are
shaved and carefully brushed out and
cleaned with delicate brushes and
ingenious instruments. The face, neck
and arms are then washed and rubbed
until the skin assumes a healthy pink.
The second part is somewhat like the
"Swedlsh-moVement cure" The bar
Der begins to turn and manipulate the
head and neck until every cord and
muscle has been stretched, pinched and
pulled. The shoulders, arms and back
are also scientifically pounded aud
pulled until the victim expresses a
desire to have the manipulation stop.
The cue is then unbraided, combed and
and again braided up and put
in place. Occasionally, when barber
desires to show great attention to
customer, he rubs and
pulls his fingers and even his toes until
The joints crack.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-06

son was the favorite point for overland
freighting, because it was the place Of
departure of the great overland stage
lines that carried the mails to Denver,
Salt Lake, Nevada, California, and the
Territories of the Northwest. The
British mail from London for Vancou-
ver's Island also passed over this stage
line. The overland was the longest
stage route in the United States, and
was equipped with the finest horses and
mules for that purpose to be procured
in America.
Twenty-one years ago at least 400
miles of the overland stage route was
considered vast region almost worth
less for agricultural purposes. Many
thought that stock would starve half
the way between Denver and Julesburg.
Not one man in hundred at that time
ever dreamed of corn being grown in
Colorado, and few ever expected to
hear that apples, pears, peaches, plums,
raspberries, Strawberries, etc., would
be successfully produced here. The
change in the climate of Colorado is
nearly as wonderful as the change in
the country. Then overcoats were not
uncomfortable at night, even in July
and August. In 1864 head of cab
bage was sold in Denver for $500;
ranch butter went up to $1.25 per
pound, and flour at one time was SIG
per hundred.
it is pleasant to look back and note
the wonderful changes that have taken
place in the lest twenty years, when 1t
took six days staging, day and night,
to make a journey that can now be
made inside of twenty-four hours.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-06

SOh, Mamie" " said .one young lady
to another, at Atlantic City, "I'm aw-
full glad TO have you come down, we are
going to have a german and you can
trot inside 2:40, sir, and road ten miles
an hour, best hOss ever owned he's
engaged to that young Soper and they
do say he's dreadful fast, no daughter of
mine should be-taken by the head and
dipped into a dish of melted butter then
they taste like-flannel trimmed with
braid and tennis hat of black crimson,
then l think, Jennie, 1 shall be-the
best catch on the field, sir, took it right
off the bat. Jim Boggs he was playing
behind and he ran back and-wiped
Stitch and Smorlware completely out,
sir, all their assets are-the loveliest
box of French candy you ever saw,
Nellie, and when he came down asked
him if he sent it, and he sald-jess as
soon as he stuck his fork into 'em,
them's mothers pickles, sez John, l
can tell mothers pickles, they allus
taste like-a regular old maid, my dear
been down here for the last ten years,
she Is trying to catch-the biggest cod
fish that has been taken off this shore
this year, when Jack pulled up the fish
was-down at the roller skating rink
having an awful good time. 1t is en-
barrassing though to fall into-the
meanest clique that ever was planned
and just to put down-a hot whisky
punch. l wish we might, old boy, but
the Law and Order League has taken
"a dreadful chill, catch me In the wa
ter again without-managing private
theatricals, I'd like to have you try it.
Girls say they can't take a part that
has lovemaking and then kick like
steer If you give them part that HASN'T
-horrid mean thing, l do wish people !
would mind their own affairs. Why
we danced the german Saturday, and
Sunday we went to the rocks together
and now they say ana perfect bar
room, all kinds of liquors in his room
and go to Saratoga be-
cause-stocks, sir, that have risen over
ten per cent. in a-blue silk dress, if
you ever heard such a thing then
held eleven trumps and took-Five
dollars, father, to pay subscriptions to
ice water to ninety-fve |
and call me-a jackass, sir, to do bust
ness with no more capital than-her
headdress which makes her look like
"a thousand shares in Union Pacific
that-seems exactly like heavy rain"
etc.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-06
THE MoCKINs BIRDS.

oh all day long they flood with song
The forest shades, the fields of light;
Heavens heart is stilled aud strangely
thrilled
BY ecstacles of lyric might;
From Hower-crowned hooks of splendid
dyes,
Lone dells shadowy quiet girds,
Far echos wakening, gently rise,
And DER the woodland track send back
Soft answers to the mockinR birds.
The winds in awe, no gusty law
Dare breathe In rythmic Beauty's face ;
Nearer the pale gold cloudlets draw
Above charmed, melodious place.
Entranced Nature, listening, knows
No music set to mortal words;
Nor nightingales that WOO the rose
Can vie with these deep harmonies
Poured from the minstrel mocking birds
But vaguely seen through CULTS Of green.
We glimpse the plumed and choral
throng;
Sole poets born, whose instincts scorn
To do Songs lowlIest utterance wrong;
Whate'er they sing, a sylvan art
On each wild, wood born note conferred,
Guides the hot brain and hurtling heart.
Oh magical flame, whence, pulsing, came
This passion of the mocking bird?
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-06
a Ceylonese Night.

There is no twilight in Ceylon.
When the sun sets darkness falls sud
denly upon the earth and the stars
shine out as if some hand had turned
on the starlight. And it is thick dark.
ness, too, so thick that an anthropolog.
ical speculation is born in my mind
that the dark complexion of these peo.
pie is due to primitive natural select
ion of the night-like. A Singhalese
man is invisible against the night and
the tread of his bare feet is inaudible,
That is fair defense against many
foes. The lighter, more visible varities
of their race would be killed off by in
vaders and wild beasts, and those who
mimicked the night would be passed
by. In addition to this the predatory
class would be successful in the proper
tion that, as is said in the Book of Job,
they were masked by the night. Ths
Colombo cOachmen will not drive step
after six O'Clock unless his lamps be
lit, lest he should run over a slunber-
ing native.
The darkness lends a special beauty
to the bungalows of the rich, which
appear Illuminated, the rays from their
lamps shining through the foliage in
mystical way-especially if they be CO.
coanut.oil lamps, which give a dim
religious light. The most palatial bun
galow in Colombo, l should say, is that
of Muta Cumara Swamy, whose hos
pitality and that of his brothers was
extended to me in consideration of my
friendship for their uncle, the late Sir
Cumara Swamy. AS l drove up last
evening through the large park of
palms radiant with fire flies, the bun
galow looked like fair palace in
the distance, but when arrived and
entered it was fairy palace.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-06
NUMBER SO.


Do you shorthand reporters manage
to report any ope's speeches verbatim
without difficulty?" ] recently asked
of one of the brightest shorthand men
IN the profession. "Well," he replied,
''you study shorthand, and try to report
one of Phillips Brooks sermons. II
you can do it successfully, you will
accomplish more than most of the
boys can" HE is tie hardest man to
reprt you know, then2" said. "Well,
he is one Of the hardest, and | guess L
would rather tackle anybody than him.
He Iattles along In his sermons at Il
rate that often comes near battling us
entirely. We scratch and scratch until
our hands are tired, but he always
seems to be little bit ahead. An in
experienced man would be crazy TO
attempt to report his sermons. The
way we do it is this. After we have.
become complete masters of the art of
shorthand we drift into system Of our
own. We abbreviate to wonderful
extent, and then, as soon as the speech
or sermon is through, we go to the
office and rewrlte the sermon in long
hand supplying whatever is left out
of our report by the aid of memory"
Talking about shorthand writers with
Mr.. Brooks recently, 1 found out that
he was well aware of the difficulty the
newspaper men labor under in report
ing his sermons, and suspect that he
takes a certain amount Of satisfaction
in the knowledge Of the fact. under
stand that Choate was one of the hard
est men to report that ever liyeds An
old lawyer recently said: 'Choate.
when before the jury, used to get off
some of the longest sentences ever
heard. Sometimes-quite often in
fact-he would start on long sem
tence and before he got half way
through with it would get all tangled
up and drop the sentence III mid-air, as
it were, without ever finishing it. He
would then take up new subject
entirely. 1t made no difference,
though, in the printed reports of his
speeches; he talked so rapidly that no
one could report him verbatim. The
reporters simply got his ideas, took
what notes on them they could, and
then Strengthened them out In their
offices.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-06

Scan you see under water2" VERY
seldom. remember years ago going
down to have look at the wreck Of
the Fonarshire-the vessel Grace Oar
ling and her father pulled to, not from
wlndward Of the island, as the story
says, but from the lee side, where the
cable lay ready and where the water
was smooth. / dived just out of cur
iosity, and saw the old hooker plain
enough. OFF that same coast I've been
down in water 80 bright that I've stood
among weeds as tall as this room, a
beautiful garden of them, and watched
'em with delight, almost to forgetting
the job was down there for, and saw
all kinds Of fish swimming about and
appearing quite close through the glass
in my helmet, though if put out my
hand to them found them to be faith
oms away" "But as a rule you can't
seer" ''No more than if l was looking
through London fog. And then take
a ship. Suppose you were to come into
this room at night without light
you couldn't see. So it is with Ships
hold and cabin under water. It's pitch
dark. A man can only grope."
''It must be dangerous WORK moving
about among cargo under such circum-
stances" why, not when you're used
to it. A bit of sea on above is often
lnconvenIent by making the vessel on
the surface roll and tauten the tackle
for heaving up the cargo, and so run
ming up q mass of dead weight on a
sudden before you're ready, and then
letting 1t come down crash again. A
ground SWELL mean the swell at bot
tom-is troublesome, for it'll swing a
man to and fro to distance of seven
feet and more. But this is only on
deck. It's quiet enough in the hold. Z"
''Suppose such a swell should dash the
diver against anythlngp" "It wouldn't
hurt him, sir. The dress makes him
so light. l have fallen through many a
yawn and hole in ships decks, fit to
break mans neck and back, you
might think for the depth of it, and
have gone very softly, and have come
up again just as quietly"
"Can you converse under water?''
"Yes; but very few know how it's done.
If you were to stand face to face with
another man each might burst himself
with yelling without producing the
faintest sound. Now, how do you
think you can hear?" 81 cannot i'm
agine." "By lying down. You and
your mate must lie down on your
breasts-it must be on your breasts
h ad to head or side to side, close,
and in that position you'll hear one
another easily as you and 1 can hear
each other in this room." 81 suppose
the sound is conveyed by the deck or
sand, or whatever you lie upon?"
POSSIBLY. l only know its true.
When l found this out L spoke to
another diver about it, and he would
not believe me. Well, one day we
happened 10 go down to a wreck to-
gether. l told him beforehand what
position to put himself in; and after we
had been at work some time, we came
together and both laid down, as agreed
and said, "Jim are there many more
casks in the foreholdH" Heaps" he
answered right off. "And 80 you can
hear me2" said 1. "Ay," he answered,
wonderfully plain" and with that he
laughed, and so did 1, and we both
heard each others laugh just as we
heard each others words. TN about
eleven fathoms.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-06

A North Carolina Postmaster re-
ceiyes q yearly salary Of 8 cents.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-06

Quarter mile posts have been set on
the beach for two miles at Long Branch,
Los Angeles. This makes the finest driv-
ing or trotting track, perhaps, in the
United States. The sand is so hard tor
about one hundred feet between the
water and dry sand that a horse in trot-
ting over it wlll not leave a hoof-mark,
if shod with ordinary shoes.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-09-06
FURNITURE
nEPARTMENT


is fully stocked with everything
needed for Housekeeping. Par.
lor suits in Walnut and Hair
cloth. Chamber suits in Wal
nut, Ash Cherry and Other hard
woods, and a large variety OF
Cottage suits in al! colors at
very low prices. Also Stoves,
Mattresses, Bedding, Lounges,
Chairs, Tables, Bure us, Wash
stands, etc., which we will sell
on cur usual easy terms.
On Il bill Of $1,000, 100
down AMI 100 a week.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1884-07-11
A Mnlf,s nislike for Music.

It is well known that domestic uoSs
dislike music, but the hatred OF 1t seems
&, be much IN re stronger IN a won;
Dogs have b come familiar with II, anu
have learned to endure it; but to inc
wolf it is intolerable. 1t would pc WEI,
for those who live in countries infesteu
bj wolves to arm themselves with SOM
loud sounding musical instrument, o. 'n'
following anecdotc would suggest
A scotch bagpiper was travelling IN
Iiel,nd, when he encountered a VOL,
Which seemed to be very ravenous. Inc
poor man could think of no other way 70
save his life than to open his wallet ana
tr, the effect Of hospitality. lie qua SO,
AMI the savage beast swallowed all tnat
was thrown to him with such Voraci'y
that it seemed as if his appetite was not
in the least degree satisfied.
I'll whole stock of provisions was ol
couo Q, soon spent, and now the man
only resource was in the virtue oil ms
bagpipe. This the monster no sooner
heard than he took to the mountains as
suddenly as he had left them The poor
piper did not wholly enjoy his deliver
ance, for looking sadly at his empty
wal ct, he shook his fist at the departing
animal, saying, ,
GAY / Are these your tricks3 Had
known your humor, you should have had
your music before your supper "
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What a Nan SAYS:

When woman tries on pair oil nc"
shoes she pulls them on part way GaiV !
fully, witches them oil again to taeo
last look and see il she has got inc - ~,
one. pull them on again, looks az ' ~
dreadfully. says they are Just rght, W. 81
takes another look, stops suddenly ~
smooth out wrinkle. twists AROUND an0
surveys them sideways, cxelaims, heloi,
how loose they are, " looks at them as' ~
square in front, works her feet apou. -
that they won't hurt her quito SO hlu ~
takes them off. looks at the heel, the .ov,
the bottom and the inside, puts them H., on
again, walks up and down the room if 9 .hat
or twice. remarks to her better nan ~. AZ
she won't have them at any price, IL
down the mirror 50 she cirti see no" ~
look, turns in every possible dre ecu ~
and nearly dislocates her neck, trylns
see how they look from that way p s"rt,,
off. steps up again, t.kes thirty or l9 Sot
farewell looks. says they make her l .Io
look awful big and will never do III s .mr
world. puts them off and on three OF io Iia
times more, asks her husband whas ~ ~
thinks about it, and pays no attention ~
what he says, goes through 1t all agatIi !,
and finally says she will take theh' ~ ~
a very simple matter, indeed.
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Her little Brother.

Little Tommy was entertaining one OF
his sisters admirers until she appeared.
Don't you come to see my sisterF he
inquired. =,
Eyes, Tommy, that's what l come for.
"You like her immensely don't youi
"Cf course, | admire her very much.
vt you think she is very nice"
"Well, | have to cause she's my sister
out she thumps me pretty hard some
times. But let's see you open mouth
once. Now shut It tight till count ten.
There knowed you could do it. 49,.
"Why, Tommy, who said lcouldntF
ooh, nobody but sister"
"N hat did She say!"
"Well she said you hadn't sense enough
20 keep your mouth shat, and | bet heI
two big apples you had; and you have,
haven't you9 And you'll make her stump
up the apples, won't your
The young man did not wait to see
whether she would "stump up" or not.
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Agriculture is Inc heFs
cou nir,' a NIP prosperity " of q DC
utterly utterly lost when, , af'o. q the aSa gis i
lending and WAITING '',Sr plands, ~. !
brings no harvest ~ Il; the haryefs , slu
completely ptseg interest soss instantly i fe5 g.y
even short crops paral, crop failpts, NV !,
OF the whole coubtry yes the b1.ire =,
good crops stimulate o, 30 a ssrss 81
railroad iye Every very dropping i1dp Ua.ls and
are busy, the iron ~; Tue rolln, Ia
.ne lumber camp, are ali ene sss mill
~, 49, ana every instrun,ooana~ Of &C.
n lIercc Is IN use. The bn, ,ent q com
tiIlnery IS the natural aec co,,, o. iis ma
,,,'I Songs Of the harvest feI5 Intent to
pup lished telegram from IN ny, The daily
tribute ,E to agriculture and 'f tbs lou daily
me prime factor in commo No, .l'e ~ l.araer as
a anu chronicle every frost. eye,,. laey note
sician t ib,see . as carefully as h. every
S s,I,a, ene symptoms of Sis ue ply
STOCKS go up and down with '' ~ ntient.
reports as to wheat and corn Jug varying
street gambler who never Inc Wall
meadow lark in the field, read mead "a the
IRON the grain fields as one fo 'ls news
a friend would. With the gro 1salIng for
country, increased prospeTit v"' y. q the
multiplied and splendid edn aaa the
our colleges. uniyersi tac''lonal
emles and Other Institutions ,'' ~ acad-
are ming up with ambition, 'oihlng
boys vigorous in body and mia laimer
upon acquiring knowledge. ri. bent
wen. They make good sfpdoa lnA Is
scholars, but have feared thar ' taA and
OF them disdainfully turn from ' ,o.l many
70 the professions, as being a sten NH Ii, NE
| would like to impress upon spab higher lyme
men m, that they are mistaken r u 'olng
there is In true sense no '.sten HI. nus !;
from the calm, thoughtful inden ~s5er
NE OF the intelligent farmer. Gcauelt
Ritsh. Of Wisconsin. 'V'sfiao1'
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Mrs. Harriet Cummings, of Cincinnati,
Ohio, writes; Early last winter my daughter
was at'scked with Ia severe cold, which settled
on her lungs. We tried several medicines,
none Of which seemed to do her any good, but
she continued to get worse, and finally ras7d
large amounts of blood from her lungs. We
called in a family physi ian, but he failed to
do her any good. At this time a friend who
had Teen cured by Dr. VIM. Halls Balsam
fer the Lungs, advised me TO give it trial.
We got b5tt e, and she began to improve,
and BY the use of three bottles was entirely
curec.n
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HAY-FEvER. can recommend Ely's
Cream Balm to all Hay-Fever sufferers, it is
. my oninion, a sure cure. / was afflicted
for 20 years, and never before found perma-
nent relief. Nv. II. HAsKINs, Marshield, Vt.
Fay FEVER. | have been Hay-Fever
sufferer for three years; have often heard
Ely's Cream Balm spoken of in the highest
terms. | used it, and with the most wonder
full success---T. S. GEER, Syracuse, N. y.
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Wells Health Remover" restores health and
vigor, cures dyspepsia, sexual debility. ST.
Young Men,-Rend This

The VoLTAIo BELT Co., of Marshall,
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PLIANoEs on trial for thirty days, to men
(young or old afflicted with nervous debil-
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~, ne Colone! never made a success of the Eve
alter business, but Carboline struck bonan-
"a with Petroleum as its base. If your hair il
thin and falling out, try it.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1884-07-11

THE best test of human life is the
amount of good it has been and done to
others. Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham may be
gwen seat of honor among those who have
helped to change sickness into health, and
to transform the darkness of suffering into
the sunshine of rest and hope.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1884-07-11

Scarcely does a day go by but what YOU
meet some one who is nearly dead from the
distressing effects of malaria, Men and
women of strong constitutions are compelled
to give up, and from pictures of perfect
health are reduced to the condition of appar-
parent consumptives.
1t is no uncommon thing TO meet person
suffering from chllls and fever who would
prefer death to their present condition, and
their cry is for relief
To tlsose suffering from these dread dis
eases we would recommend trial of Ayers
Ague Cure, which has become so popular
from its merits, that dealers are authorized
to refund the money in case of it not giving
relief. With such an inducement it GER
tainly must be worthy of trial.
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False teeth for pet dogs are now n.,,,.
manufactured Dentistry seems u g''i ~
keeping up with the times. Oe
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been sent for, when along came an indi-
vidual who Observed
Gentlemen, don't you do it,"
"Whyi" asked score of voices.
''For two reasons. First, this building
will make a good poker room, and sec
ond, the president Of the bank is on the
inside. If you blow him up we can't
lynch him. "
The crowd desisted, and at the end of
two hours their patience was rewarded.
They got hold of the president and had
fun with him for half an hour before he
choked to death. Val street Ne,rs.