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The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-03-22

He sat by the stove in Michigan
avenue store, Detroit fully twenty min.
utes before speaking. He spread out
his legs to encircle as much of the fire
as possible, drew his sleeve across his
nose at regular intervals, and there
was strong smell of burning boot
leather as he finally looked up at the
grocer and said:
"Can you tell me why combustion
causes a draughtP"
"No, SIR" was the prompt reply.
'It is positively wonderful how ig-
norant the masses are on scientific sub
jects," continued the man as he helped
himself to an apple. Scan you tell me
why this isinglass in your stove is not
consumed by the heat?"
81 guess it's because you keep all the
heat off," was the sneering reply.
"Gou are liar, sir, and you say that
to excuse your ignorance. Now, then,
what pressure does water exert on the
human body at a depth of sixty feetp'
'H'n exert pressure on your body
if you call me a liar againl'' exclaimed
the grocer. ''What do you want
here?n
81 want to ask you if you understand
the principle by which birds flY2'
"You get out of thisl l have no
time to fool away with such nonsenser'
"Nonsensel" piped the old chap;
"why, 1 don't believe you know the
amount of oxygen that you consume at
each respiration"
The grocer laid hold Of the man to
draw him to the door, but he caught a
Tartar and was Topped on his back.
~ exerted force of about one-eigth
horse power to accomplish that" said
the old man as he knelt on the pros
trate body. "a dead blow of twenty
pounds from my fist would flatten your
nose, while two pounds additional
would crack your SKULL"
"Glt off'n me, or I'll slay YOU"
81 seize your hair with a clutch equal
w bhO SAoeP VI q hdlu lubluB lOuIl6eU
pounds of iron and bump your head
on the floor with force equal to nine
pounds"
''Let go my hairl" yelled the grocer
as he kicked and struggledr---~~
l,--"IEsf6h are now using force equal tC
eight pounds to the square inch," sai(
the old man as he bumped him again
''but it is useless. shall now exert ;
force equal to forty-eIght grasshopper
to shut off your wind, and 1 will thel
administer kick equal to the fore,
necessary to upset cord of four foo
wood"
When the grocer got up the man wa
across the street.
"Policel Policel'' shouted the vic
tim.
You exhausted six gallons of oxy
gen in the first yell and five in th,
second," called the scientist, ''but j
was simply wasted. 1 will now max
off at one.quarter of the speed exercised
by an antelope in outrunning a lion
} Good by sordid flesh-pot, good by"
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-03-22

week, and they advertise and are ad-
vertised for just as any other class Of
talent. 1t is regular business there
and well followed. Shouters are gen.
orally decent fellows, but as their bust
ness is often precarious they sometimes
will accept situation with an unre-
liable Snowman, and that, perhaps, is
one thing which has prejudiced so
many people against our trade. But
shouting is our business, and it does
not make much difference to us wheth-
or 1t is the amphibious and carnivorous
dog or panorama of the Holy Land.
1t is not an easy business to learn, but
when once man becomes accustomed
to it he can shout before the crowned
heads with the dignity and ease of a
fish peddler in the most familiar alley
on his business route. 1t is great
business in one way. You see, we
don't have to pack any apparatus or
carry any wardrobe. A man can start
on moments notice. But hotel men
are not apt to think any more of
traveller because he has no baggage.
That is the way it goes-one thing
balances another. There are advanta-
ges and drawbacks, ups and downs.
The worst calamity of all, of course, is
the failing of the voice. Did you ever
see shouter who couldn't shout?
Well, he is the most melancholy man
you ever will see. He pines away and
dies. Before dissolution everybody
abuses him. The curiosities whose
praises he has sung for years refuse to
recognize him, and the boys who steal
in under the tents make him the butt
Of all their jokes. He is the embodi-
ment of misery. You can knock him
down with straw. Try it,"
At this point the shouter paused. He
had ratified off his story of the strange
business in much the same style he
would have assumed on his box in front
of the show. He did not appear the
least exhausted, but the reporter found
some difficulty in keeping track of the
ideas elucidated by the voluble show
man.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-03-22

Shouting for a sde-show is not the
most esthetio occupation in the world,
but it is one of the healthiest, and it
has other advantages which attract the
class of young men engaged in it. In
yesterdays rain the reporter had a
talk with one of the outdoor men of
one of the recent additions to the
city's varied attractions in the amuse-
ment line, and that was what he said
about the shouter's business. When
asked if that was all he could say for
the business, he replied: "Oh, no; it
gives man a chance to travel, broad
ems his views and gives him an under
standing of human nature for which
no other occupation affords as great an
opportunity. This rain has knocked
business for this day, but give me one
hours sunshine and L will start in
again with the enthusiasm Of man
who has just entered the business. In
the East good shouter gets s25 a
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-03-22
LONG AGO.


/ sit beside the sinking fire,
Watch the weird faces In Its glow;
All through the night should not tire
But they have faded, long ago.
Ah-dust to dust l--the last reposs-
Ashes to ashes l-wel know
How surely this hath been with those,
Those whom loved, so long ago.
How surely this with me will be
From every petty joy and woe.
From fancied slight, from jealousy
Made free and safe-ah long ago.
And yet some things with us stay
As on the waters lilies blow
In white and green-just as they lay
In white and green 80 long ago.
IT'S pleasant now to think,
In memory's light ones face may glow;'
"Out upon Time r. for all things lapse
In that sad, dreary long ago.
But when Pm dead, don't thou forget
Thou whom L used to treasure soi
Yet may one tear thine eyelid wet,
Because loved thee-long ago
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-03-22


THE agricultural editor of the New
York Times says that no doubt many
farmers who are intending to underdrain
their farms would save money by en-
ploying an expert at the first to lay out
the whole system and make good be-
ginning, and SO avoid any possible mis-
take, which might cost ten dollars for
every one paid for skilled advice. 1t
should not be forgotten that when q
drain is laid it is laid.
A STAGE driver was taxing q gentle
man across country from the Pleasant
Plains Station on the Staten Island
Railway, yesterday, when the passen-
ger remarked that the snowstorm of
Sunday was quite heavy. "Yes." said
the driver, .'but faint like the SHOWS
we used to have. Bee that plain over
there?" asked the venerable Jehu,
pointing down the hill. "Well, one
day in '56 L drove up to that peaked
roof farmhouse, stopped my team on
the snow-crust beside the chimney, and
dropped them provisions down through
a chute in the snow
We may compare the soul to linen
toloth-it must be first washed to take
off Its native hue and color and to make
it white, and afterwards it must be
ever and anon washed to preserve and
keep it white.
NJ. Dalton Gibson asserts that on
dissolving molecular proportions of ami
line aud aurin in alcohol and evapora-
ting at moderate temperature red
crystalline residue Is Obtained, soluble
In alcohol, imparting to it an orange
color. 1t dyes silks in neutral solutions
exactly the same shade as aurin.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-03-22

"A marble company at Rutland, VT,
employs more marble cutters, it is as
serted, than all the Italian queries put
together.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-03-22

What was once the town of New Lib
erty, KY, lis nothing now but a portion of
tdhhae dhae Ohio river. Never will it be known
how many souls have g6Re. forth into
the infinite hereafter during this awful
flood of 1884. Already from all the
villages and farmlands Inquiry is made
for those of whose fate nothing can be
learned.
Recentlyas steamer carefully plowed
her way shout for help was heard.
To our right faint light was seen. A
skif was lowered and put out toward
this feeble ray. 1t returned with a
motley crew. An old man, an old
woman, i've children.
"These 'erns my grand-childrens;
this FERNS my wife-their grandmother.
My name's Col. William Humphreys
Col. VIM. Humphreys, of Kentucky
State, gentleman, sers, gentleman, evry
inch Of me, sersl Flooded, flooded.
Coin way, sers; goin' to my only livin'
son, sers. Can't STAN it; nothin' left,
sers," explained the head of the family
"Col. William Humphreys" and his
brood were provided with state rooms.
At breakfast the next morning the
children ate like famished beasts.
sat near the old man. His silver. bowed
spectacles were tied on with piece of
twine; he glanced over them at me
sharply.
"Don't mind 'em, miss" he said,
'they'll soon fill up. Day before yes
terday, miss, sence they he'd a mouth
full. No stove left tub cook on; nothin'
left to cook"
81 saved the banjo though, "spoke up
the old lady, whom her consort ad-
dressed as ''Miss Mag" eyes; saved
the banjo if the stove did go. Miss,
can you pickP"
"Pick what-cottonp 1 asked.
"Oh no; bless my soul no. Pick the
banjo. Eff ye do, now, we can just have
bit o'music. 'T'wd sort o. conforta
me. My Sally, she used to pick right
smart -
These strange Kentucky people,
From the richest to the poorest, the
most polished to the most simple, then
calamity seems to slip from theiI
minds like water from ducks back.
From all the larger towns which have
suffered the least, daily small steamers
start on excursion trips to view the
scenes of disaster. The people visit
these places where ruin is spread every.
where, and the waters are but sepul.
chre to hide the dead, with bands Of
music, with dancing and every appear.
Iance of festivities.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-09-02
A Country With No Tax Collectors.

In the last number of the Consular
reports MIR. Worthington, United States
Consul ut Malta, gives an account of
the Government of that little country.
which he claims to be a model one. 1t
would certainly prove happy land to
those who dislike taxes, debt, interest,
etc. There are absolutely no taxes of
any kind levied on the inhabitants.
There are no Insurance rates to pay.
because all the buildings are fire proof.
There is no fire department in Malta,
and no need of one. The islands have
no debt, and therefore no interest to
pay. On the other hand they are not
only out of debt, but the local govern
ment has handsome surplus on hand
OF 81, 25O, 600, which is invested in tho
English funds, returning them reve-
nue. yearly. Every roveaue depart
ment pays u surplus into the local
treasury after paying all expenses, and
the surplus thus accumulated is grow
ing so rapidly that it is proposed to d.
vide 1t among the inhabitants as there
is actually no use for il.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-09-02
The Oratorical Triumph of Young
Lady From Memphis.
NOTES OF THE CONVENTION.

NOTES OF THE CONVENTION.
The National Educational Associa-
ton at Madison, Wis, was the most
successful ever held.
The New England pcdagogues were
the most numerous in the convention,
and among them were some of the
brightest minds of the tutor class-men
like Stanley Hall, Prof. Harris, and
Prof. Woodward, and women like Mrs.
Hopkins, and Mrs. Kellogg, of Boston.
and Miss Doyle, of Providence, yet it
was woman of the South who. at al
most the last moment, took the fore
most place as an orator and rs the au-
thor of the most interesting paper Of
the series. The name of Miss Clara
Conway, of Memphis is on every
tongue. Possibly the effect was due
not SO much to what she said rs to the
manner in which she said it; for her
earnestness was intense, her lips
quivered with emotion, and glow
came into her pale checks, while her
brilliant black eyes flashed an accom-
paniment to the fire of her tones. Her
willowy form clasped in some soft ma
terial of a pale orange TINT wide-brim-
med hat shading her interesting face, as
sho advanced to tho platform her APP
pearance, so unlike that of her predo-
cessors. for they were in sombre col
ors and the pcdagogue was proclaimed
in every lineamcnt, excited more than
ordinary attention. Her discourse was
u plea for the women of her section,
who she declared were in nccd Of odu-
cational advantages now denied them.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-09-02

YOUNG LADIES' ATlENEUM. Prepares for
Well sley. Full Academic Courses, School OF
Art Oratory. From kindergarten to College.
Furnishes tuition in Illinois Conservatory on all
branches of Music Address
E. CHASE, Supt, Jacksonville, III.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-09-02
The Market
MONDAY EVENING, Sep. /. 1884.

MONDAY EVENING, Sep. !, 1884.
The SIM is very hot through the day, and
the nights are cool; altogether the improve
ment over the extreme heat of the past two
weeks is marked and very acceptable.
Business does not seem TO improve with the
weather. Trade in all leading commodities
of the farm is very slow; especially Is this
the case with flour and meal Stocks are
generally full and the great lack is in pur-
chasers and consumers.
FLOUR-The supply is ample, but there
is no demand at all Prices are weak and
unsettled.
HAY-Dull and unchanged. Receipts
are light, but there is no demand.
CORN-The demand is limited. New
corn is beginning to move in this section,
and ear corn of this years harvest Is already
in the market in good condition, though
scarcely dry enough for milling as yet.
OATS-ln good supply and dull. Only
nm exceptionally good article will bring
more than 20 cents.
MEAL-Easy and quiet. Prices are UNI
changed.
BRAN-Quict and unchanged.
BUTTER-The market Is firm for
choice and prices firm. The demand is
active for best grades.
EGGS-Choice fresh receipts still COM
mand ready sale, but prices are not so stiff
aud ~ cents is considered sutside fig
ures to-day.
CHICKENS--SCarce and in good re.
quest for choice young. Old are neglected
FRUIT-Very little doing and quota
tons are nominal. The local market is
supplied by country wagons.
VEGETABLES--Dull. Sweet potatoes
are selling ut $l.95 per bbl and not want.
cd on consignment. Country wagons sup
ply the market.
Sales and Quotations.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-09-02
RATES OF FREIGHT.
TINTED STATES MARSHAL'S SALE.
L

BY virtue Of q writ issued out of the District
Court of the United States, for the Southern Dis
tr,ct Of Illinois In admiralty dated on Monday the
18th 'ay Of August A. D., 1891, will sold at Pub
lie Sale, to the highest and best bidder, Tor cash,
at New Liberty, Pope cOun, in said District, on
the fourth day o September, A. D., ISL, between
the hoIr OF sunset of said day and o. lock A. NJ
the fol owing described propert to-wt
The wreck OF the eambOat e. h. lie IL, inClud-
ing her boilers, 2engine1, Niger engine, doctor,
pump, CRATE bars, &c the same having been order.
&C. by said court to be sold. JOHN A, TANNER,
U, S. Marshall.
Springfield, H., August 18th 1884.
by ii. +, DARWIN,
Deputy
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-09-02
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
ILLINOIS CONSERVATORY " MUSIC

Established In 1872. A College course OF study
in.Piano. Organ, Singing aud Orchestral lnstru.
ments Languages, Art and Elocution. Address
Is BARLOW, Musical Director,
jacksonville, III,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-09-02
CHICAGO MEDICAL COLLEGE,

Medical Department OF
4 he NOr TIA western University.
N =. DAVIS, NJ. D., LII. D., Dean.
The Co lcplatG year will begin sept. %, 1881, and
close March "a 1885, The course Of instruction is
graded, Students being divided into frat, second
and third year classes. Qualifications for admis.
sion are either a Degree of A. b. certf ate of
reputable academy, or preliminary examination.
The method of instruction IL conspicuously prac-
tea and IL applied n the Wards of the Mercy,
St. Luke 3 and NJ chael Reese Hospital dali ut
the bedsid Of the sick. The Practitioners Course
will begin the day after the Annual Commence
ment and c MT ne four weeks Fees In advance:
articulation, s. 90; Lectures $500; Denonstra.
ter, $500 Hosp tails Mercy $500; st. Luke's,
$500. Laboratory, s.. 90; Breaka1e, 5 90, Final
Examination $4,000, February lst Practitioners
Course, $1,000. For further information, address
WALTER HAY, NJ. D., LII. D., Secretary,
n54wdl 243 State ST., Chicago, H.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-09-02

One of the scarcest of State histories
is McCall's History of Georgia." two
copies Of it being known, one of which
is said to be valued at $3.50. A con.
fidence man has victimized a number
OF prominent gentlemen of that State
by sending them letters and stating
that ne would forward copy of the
book for $l6. He failed to respond up.
on receipt of the money.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-09-02

no ADV RTISERS.-Low rates for adyertis-
i Ing In W2 good newspapers cent free Address
GEO p HOWELL " CO, 10 Spruce St, NY
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-09-02
And You are MANY.

THU IVH WIU III UHJ'
No ma ter how you got it Benson's Capcine
Porous Plastors will cure your dy' pepsia % cts,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-09-02
TEACHERS TAUGHT.

A Highly Successful National Com
vention OF Teachers at Mad
ison, Wisconsin.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-06-24
Arsenic pills by the Pint.

| }. 4. Smith, q Gainesville, Ca, merchant,
saws "FOr years was victim TO the COM
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cal skin. | consulted the very best physi-
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was recommended a faithful trial and re-
ceived no benefit. | took large quantities
OF potash ana pint cup full OF arsenic pills.
! The patent medicine, pills, and potash mix
| lures fed instead OF curing the disease.
They destroyed my appetite and wrecked
my system. lost llesh and cnecy. lost
| three years from my business, and spent
1900 in a iruitlcss effort TO regain my
health. At last. when began TO consider
my case hopeless, commenced taking s. :.
S., and in short time was entirely cured.
i waited a year after cure was effected.
and continued to take Swifts Specific off
and on rs 4 sort Of safeguard, before | was
willing TO make public this marvellous
cure. Being assured beyond the possibili-
ty OF doubt that the cure was permanent,
wrote this history OF my case for the
benefit Of my fellow-men.
"My skin is now as smooth as it was when
boy. weigh more than l ever did i'm
my life, and my general health was never
better. | passed through last winter
(which was an unusually cold One) without
losing single day from my business. For
the last twelve months have had no re-
turn OF the erysipeas III any shape Of form,
or a2y touch OF eczema"
Treatise on Blood and Skin-Diseases
mailed free.
Tina Swift Specific Company, Drawer 3,
AtIaata, Ca. $50 west Twenty-third street,
New York, and 1905 Chestnut street, Phil
idelpbia.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-06-24
KILLED His Landlord.

A New York TELEGRAM OF sunday says ::
Peter Mccormick, a wealthy resident OF
HunterS's Point. l.. l., was shot ana Killed
to-day Nv l. trick Kirnan, one OF his ten-
ants. Kirnan kept liquor-storc N build
inr which he rented from Mccormick, and
getting behind in his rent was told yester-
day by his landlord that ii he did not pay
immediately he would be diSpoSse>Sed. Kir.
nan went TO McCormick's house to-day and
asked to see him privately. \ stormy in
teryicW between the two men ensucd III
Mr.. McCormick's private private sitting
room, during which pistol-Shot was heard
and Kinan ru>hc | from the house. He was
captured before he had gone far, and was
locked Up. Mccormick died almost in
stantly. lie leaves a wife and six children.
The murder caused intense excitement in
Hunters Point, and much difficulty was
experienced in getting kirnan to jail, Il
large crowd having collected, which de-
mandcd tie immediate punishment OF the
prisoner.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-06-24

I BILE proportions, but In growing rapidly.
This IL specially true rs regards the move
ment in New England. II Is stated on the
best authority that in Massachusetts, alone
the BLAINE managers concede loss OF
| 10 900 votes, while the Independents claim
that q, 700 would not be too high heure.
We are also told that businessmen In all
parts OF the state. and in the vicinity
of Boston particularly, are encouraging
the revolt with promises OF DOM
moral and financial support, ana tha'
many OF them base their opposition 10
Mr.. BLAINE not so much upon his
personal character as upon the injury 10
business interests, which they hold MS
election would be sure TO cause. In New
Haven, Conn.,, the revolt has taken organ
lied shape. and is led by men whose names
are known all over the country, ana VINO
represent the best elements in their city
and State. Among the New Haven boilers
mentioned are prominent merchants. man
ufacturcrs. lawyers, professors, clergymen,
and physicians, TO say nothing OF poilil-
clans, who have been noted heretofore Tor
fidelity to the Republican party. Another
significant fact is that the New Ia
ven protest Is made public after more
than two weeks Of deliberation and
meditation, and could not have had
IFS origin in the personal feeling to-
wards Mr.. BLAINE, which it is asserted
gave a great deal OF impulse TO the diSaf-
lection in Massachusetts. II would seem
therefore that whether the Independents
decide To support the Democratic p"rty'
nominate a ticket Of their own, or disinte-
crate and go back TO the Republican party,
they must for the present at least con-
stitute pretty big thorn in the side OF
the Blaneitcs. Even the Tribune
should recognize by this time that
il is rendering itself ridiculous III
speaking Of the movement as DUDE
movement" and that it has every appear
ance OF possessing pretty stiff backbone.
The Boston Globe, in summing up the sit
uation in that State, says: The contest
now opening between the two wings OF the
Republican party in this state bids fair to
Guido in intensity and bitterness anything
OF the kind ever before seen her" y; while
the New York Times, speaking OF the New
Iaycn revolt. declares that "the list draws
heavily upon the bone and sinew and the
intelligence OF the Republican party in the
largest city OF Connecticut and that the
protest is "thc protest OF men who hate
shams and domaCOguCS and rascais, and
who believe in honesty, sound statesman
ship. and economy If the BLAINE or
cans are satisfied with the outlook at this
stage OF the game, the Democrats certainly
have q RIGHT to he