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The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-02-23

All persons having claims against the
estate of the deceased must present the
same, duly attested to the Administrator,
on or before the 18th, day of Feb. 1885,
or abide the Act of Act of Assembly in
such case made and provided.
GEORGE d. MEDILL,
Administrators
Address, Newark, Del. Feb 2e-2m.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-02-23
NORTH.

Trains marked with run daily.
A New York and Washington Expross
tram leaves Philadelphia daily az 10 3 M
ana reaches Newark at 11:3s pm. Tbi.
s srain stops to take on or let of pas.
Agent. OohuueVor OF
AN Adams Express and Emiprau,
Tram tram also leaves Gray's Ferry daiIy at
l2;lO AN :,reaching Newark AZ a. n
A New York and Washington EXPRESS
also leaves Philadelphia at 400 p, M
arriving a,a,s at Newark at 500 p. NJ, which
Stops Stops TO take or leave passengers on
giving notice to the conductor or agent.
T. H. wood General Passenger Agent
D. u Shiyler, Agent at Newark.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-02-23
T. ], SCOTT. P. LEGATEs.


These gentlemen offer their services to
Che public, generally, as auctineers. Mr..
scott has had long number OF years
experience in this business, and with close
attention to all business placed in their
hands, they will undoubtedly give salts
faction. Give them call.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-02-23
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY %, 1884.

THE Delaware iudgcship question
still hangs on the hook A new man
is announced every other day,
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-07-24

'Now. gintlemen," SAID Mrs. Muir
ply to the Journal man and other
boarders before they had concluded
their evening meal, 81 hears and sees
by yer looks some complaints fornlnst
tho food phawt l gives ye. Am right
ur am I wrong, sorsp'
All smile and look slyly ut each 9TH
or, but say nothing.
mo answer. Very well, sers. Now
I'll tell We phawt I'm goin"to DO. Av
course 1t will be a great expinse, but
I'm determined to plaze w let it cost
phawt it will
Bravo! bravo! Mrs. Murphyp' God
bless your Generous woman!'
"We'll pay up Saturday nightr' and
other like ordinations of delight rang
out from the hungry boarders' threats.
'Yis, Pm determined to piaze ye.
I'm going to be aqual to the fashion
able hotel in Newport, am"
'Tood!"
:''HowM on o minute an bear. !
like ye all as if 20 were Inc own chill
dren, an Tn goln' to have at aich male
nico printed programmes wild the
names OF the different articles OIL the
table in Frinch wurrads, and nice. now
napkins SO stiff that you can't bend
them, fined up stOylishly an stickin'
out of aich of yer tumbiers, an then
you'll find great difference in the
food, I'll warrant ye."
And then a mournful procession
moved in silence out of thereon. -Ke7s-
tsxcky State Journal.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-07-24

You SO to improve your own coudt
eson. but you need not be rude or self
ish, or Indifferent to tho rights Of others.
Gentleness Is . power the world over.
and nowhere will It bring quicker
returns than at the West. Your social
conditions Will be new. Your neigh-
bors will not be disposed to hunt up
your 'record," whether good or bod.
You will DO taken fog What you are.
and You will be measured very accu-
rately.
The West is young. and Is proud Of
its progress and Jealous Of criticism,
especially by Eastern standards; hence
It h not well TO say much about the
way of doing things ''back East" Love
the old home, and bring all its gracious
ways with you. 1t costs nothing to
bring these household gods, aud they
.'keep' themselves. But 5e chary OF
comparisons between those you bring
and those you find
Identify yourself with the town. the
neighborhood. the State; not patroniz-
!ngly, but modestly. Show that You
have como to stay. Be in no hurry to
invest your money. No matter how
ahrewd you arc ut home. You are In
danger Of investing wildly if you listen
to the men who are 80 ready to show
the newcomer all tho good openings.
Wait. The good corner lots and the
choice farms will not all be gone . year
hence. You are going to open farm?
Then by all means wait, if possible a
whole year. Even if you arc farmer,
tho conditions of soil, climate. vegeta-
ton, and the methods of using tools
and animals differ enough from what
you have known to make it the best
economy to wait. You need not lie
idle. 1t is often possible for u whole
family to find employment on farm
for a year, and strong. intelligent
man. with q conscience, can always
find work at good wages. Don't
90 to to tho extreme frontier
to take up Government land.
There are hundreds of good farms in
Southern Minnesota. Dakota, Iowa. and
Nebraska that can be bought for less
money than it would cost to bring Gov
eminent land to the same condition,
even if the land WAS given YOU BY q
little inquiry you can find such farm.
where roads arc ut least partly made.
and bridges, schoolhOuses and churches
arc built: You arc nearer markets,
and can get more for what you sell. and
pay less for what you buy. Why are
these farms for salep Because so many
restless, ''shiftless'' men think they can
better themselves by "going West. "
If you arc reasonably we'll of where
you arc, and can find work for your
boys and girls, stay there.
Finally, don't expect to got rich rap
idly. Bo willing to work hard and
wait for the result. Hard work and
honest living will, as rule, bring a
competence sooner at the West. than
at the East, while unthrift and laziness
will bring wretchetlness sooner and
moro bitter at the West than anywhere
in our land Christian Union.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-07-24
How to Live Cheaply.

One of the subjects talked and writ
ton about \ good deal at tho present
time is how to live cheaply. Prices OF
all the great staples of life are high.
Rents are enormous. Fashions arc ex.
acting. Wants multiply, while resour-
ces diminish. How to make strap and
buckle meet is the problem which press
es on hundreds Of hOusckeepers of the
middle class The difficulty in tho prob
lem is to reconcile tho irrecOncilab!es.
Tho middle class generally wants all
the fine things, all tho style and display
Of wealthy neighbors. The problem
would simplify itself ut once should the
niddle-class family cease trying to ap-
poar what it is not, and BIZ content to
appear and be thought just what it is.
1t is what is done to keep up appear
ances that destroys the equilibrium be-
tween outgo and income, and makes
life a drudgery and vocation. How tC
live chcaply is q question easy enough
to answer if ono will be content with
cheap living. Substitute comfort fol
show. Put convenience in the place OF
fashion. Study simplicity. Refuse to
be bcguiled into style of living above
what is required by your position in SO
ciety and is justified by your resources.
Set u fashion of simplicity, neatness. pru.
dence and expehsiveness. which others
will be glad to'follow and thank you for
introducing. Teach yourself to do with.
out Il thousand and one pretty and
snowy things which wealthy people pur
chase, and pride yourself on being just
rs happy without them as your rich
neighbOrs are with them. Put SD much
dignity, sincerity, kindness, virtue and
love into your simple and Inexpensive
home that its members will never miss
the costly fripperies and snowy adorn-
ment OF fashion, and be happier in the
cuzy and comfortable apartments than
most of their wealthy neighbors are in
their splendid establishments. II does
not follow that in order to live chcaply
one must live meanly. Tho great sta
pies of life orc not costly. Taste, re-
fincmcnt, good cheer, wit and even clio
gance arc not expensive There is nc
trouble about young people marrying
with no outfit but health and love and
an honest purpose, provided they viii
practice tho thrift and prudence tc
which their rand-parents owed all their
success, and make their thought aud
love supply what they lack in the means
of display. Those who begin life at the
top Of the ladder generally tumble of,
while those who begin at the foot ac-
quire steadiness, courage and strength
Of arm and will As they rise.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-07-24

do not hear from you In ten days l
will disclose the whole matter, and you
will he dishonored." His letter came
back promptly enough. Ale would
take the 500. 1t wasn't very much
Tho bank was over SO rich. Corpora
lions had no SOULS" consulted with
the bank President. who thought 1t was
better 10 closo with tho man. Would
it be believed that tic wretc}l aud his
wife Css,n8 t. apparently on a
pleasure trip? He haI done 4 sharp
and clever pieco OF business. Ike had not
the least co,npunctions Of conscience
He came ~ the Office of A evening,
aud do not hesitate In saying that IN
His hip pocket there WAS aIFevolver. He
handed me Over something less than
ceived less the travelling expenses aud
the $500 made up this balance. When
the money had been transferred by me
to the safe l gave him u
piece Of my mind. I did not
spare him. heapcd OH him every
Insulting epithet could think OF. Then
lac showed his temper. which was an
ugly one. Now" said (Temember
was twentysix then, and hotter blood
ran through my veins than today,
you have wrecked al honest mans
brains 1l,.st teller If tho bank whose
money you took. has lost his reason.
He will. am afraid. never lie SAKE
man again. This is your work. That
seemed to COW him. "Your repentance
comes too late. l hate you 20 that
God forgive nie--Lad YOU rs much 30
lifted your finger asainst me. should
not have hcsitated in killing you like u
dog, and DO jury IN Tire land would have
touched q hair Of my head. Go ont Of
this city by the early morning train, or
I viii make YOU" That wretch left
the Office like d whipped eur. What
was the seTuelp A sad one. The bank
teller lspsod Into u melanchOlic condi-
ton. which rendered all mental labor
impossible He had some little money.
but many friends, and SUCH few com
forts ~ h. required were uh!s,r,tdgingiy
given him. Ito died ton Years ago. He
never did completely recover his seDstsS.
AS to tho c:snting rascal. bis fate was ii
dire one. Somehow the whoh, story
came out. though l did not dsv,lgc it.
In that section OF country whore he
lived hs was discrpdited He took to
drink, and became q Continued inc
briate. lie neglected his business, and
his plantation WAS SOLD His wifo
sought and obtained divorce. Two
ye:trs ago l read that In Draw! IN the
most degraded quarter Of Il town in Ala
bama this man met his death In y Eu,,ru
dance hOusa.---M. y Times.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-07-24
ttIt's Garse."

There has been 80 much stealing done
of lato years by persons of undOubted
responsibility. and high social stand
ing, that in order to cover up their
Offences. new words. tho meaning Of
which it is difficult to discover, arc in
vented. Shortage and shrinkage are
polite substitutes for theft When an
educated Boston young lady entered a
public hall, she exclaimed: ''Oh, dear,
what dreadful odOr of carburetted
hydrogenP'
"Mum2'' said the janitor with a
puzzled countenance.
''The smell of carburetted hydrogen,
she explained.
That's no kind Of gin, num-" to
piled tho janitor; that's garse; the
pipe is leaky, mum"
Thcre arc great many public
Institutions about which there is very
suspicious odor, suggestive Of ''some-
thiag rotten in DeOmark." There Is q
leak somewhere. but it is more refined
TO call it carburretted hydrogen than
plain ',garse. "-Je1us Settings.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-07-24
home, FARM AND garden

The cabbage needs more hOdn8
and stirring Of the soil than almost any
other crop.-Cycvelaad Le0deS.
Grass lawns require moving often.
but not cut down close to the ground.
II is best to rake off tho mOwingS
The wise gardener never allows any
soapsuds to be wasted. II Is valuable
fertilizer for all forms of vegetation, aud
is especially serviceable for small fruits.
IN. y Herald.
The Medical Record recommends
lemon juice, it little water without
sugar, taken on going to bed and on
getting up. as better than any drug for
bilious system.
To make circular fOwer-bed.
drive q stake in the center. tie u cord to
it equal in length to tbe radius of the
bed. securing at the other end - large.
long knife by which tho sod may be
cut
Ice boxes aud refrigeratOrs in gen.
eral arc not half cared for. They
should be washed in every part with
hot soda water, rinsett with clear water,
dried aud airel each time before put
ting in fresh ice. between times. wipe
up any milk, gravy or vegetables that
may be spilt.-E9chonge.
Market gardeners find the growing
of small cucumbers for pickles one OF
their most profitable crops. In most
farm neighborhoOtis patch of cucum-
bers for pickles will fluid market
among farmers ut better prices than the
market gardeners obtain ut wholesale
for their crops.-Irairse Former.
The oven for the baking Of small
cakes should be quick" for u slow
oven will prevent the cakes from rising
properly. Nor should the heat be in-
creased after the baking has COM
menced When the cake is large
moderate oven will be required, other
wise it will be burnt or over,lone on the
outside before it is baked in the middle.
boston Post
"A writer in the British Msdic@
Journal says: 1.-The best remedy for
cramp-tho simplest and most eiiica-
ciOus that l know of is u band OF
cork. 1t is easily made by cutting
small new wine cork into thin slices.
which must be sewn close together up
on ribbon or tape an inch wide. IL can
be tied around any part affected and
worn during the night"
Not too great or too immediate effects
should be expected from drainage. In
loose, porous soils, draining easily and
quickly, the effect is marked within
month after drainage. but in tenacious
clays, and soils which have been for u
large part of the year under w.ter. the
change is slow and often requires
year to convert the drained field into
friable and productive soil.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-07-24

~ do declare, James," said the
farmers wife. as she walked about the
waiting room reading the railway ad-
vertisenents. ''here's something
never heard tell on before. A buffet
Car. What do you suppose that Is,
Jamesp' "Don't you know what a
buffet Car is. Sarah? Guess you haven't
been reading much of late, have you?
You ought to know that buffet car is
a car recently invented to put on the
end of the train. 1t Is fixed up with
springs and things, and Is is designed
to act rs a sort of buffer for the rest of
the train in case of collisions. They're
making such improvements In railroad
ing all tho while, Sarah, / b'ifevc. If it
wcrn't for me to tell you what is going
on in the world, you wouldn't know
Chicago Times.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-07-24

--Aremarkabay singular incident oc-
c1trrcd near Oil City, Pa, during thun.
der-storm few days u,o. The work
men who were stringing a telegraph
line had q cod Of wire partly TIP on the
insulators, while tie n,alu coil was still
on the roel in the wagon. There WIS a
vivid flash of lightning, and the nun
who-wss attending to tlncoiling the roll
of wire was seen b spring from the
wagon, drop upon his knees in the
muddy road, and, amid the descending
torrents Of rain, was heard to poul
forth fervid prayer and ut tho same
time confess his past sins. Il took the
rest of the gang Same minutes 10 con
vince the man that he was not sirucs
with lightning, but had. been merely
shocked by an overcharge of electricity.
OIL City Derrick.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-07-24

"A crematory is to be built at Buff
falo, N. Y. modelled after the famous
one at Milan. No fame, but intense
heat, Will be used to rcluce the body to
ashes. The high temperature is af-
foried through pipes from movable
heater, which will be connected with
the furnace. The required heat by this
method must be eight hundred degrees,
nd it will take four hours to reduce a
oody to ashes. buffalo Ezpress.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-07-24

Il thought you were a good team
ster," yelled SandersOn to his driver,
Is the horses baked. $50 l am, sir, "
retorted John. well, why In thunder
don't your team stir. theoS" WheO
the horses heard this they ran away
and nearly killed Sanderson. Brute in
stinct is wonderful. ~ Y. Nescs.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-07-24
BLANCHE.


B1aocbc E6s our baty, swcet ana faiFs
II ever c,s@e 10 u ulOthor's cars
A Oeoaict Afd than ours; and
Grow 4Olsd lAxsd proud Of hef pretty v0yBs
ltaasncd her psa&tle 70 understand.
III thoHe weso beautiful, bopeful Gays.
Hovo ct our cheerful fsoane freside,
she hsdded and bseofned nke pretty flow
eli.
Her nfOCDer 3 pH end neF Ia&eer HTno,
Lpla1R,ed ind hoped-whise siIe laughed and
While msdg her gsrmodtA with tuck and
foil.
W menQeo DEF bf1Sn1S, Voru nsN trAye
Hows0e would heip mo when was oid.
a Schootsha aoy, with wineOibo 18l4A
Careless. tnouahtiess ana strotl6 of VIII
And Dvlngk kindness, see hs,r stu,
T4lkane OF lessons 80 duH ass9 ureaf,
FettNsg u soiaetniag thc girls nen sin:
How tfts0 We think OF our rSS ~oen lIere-
How mpcn We miss thoin when Vhey nave
neR
Here. in our watcnfql care scc.lrt
She groz 70 wonhs.shoi sweet n'd pure -.
tro@
sa1e bvf'o, 3od hcf Eoy9ate ne@tS We "oH'
We gave hor away, q happy biTaa.
And WoreAy 10 Walk 10y oaf earnings sue.
And thuS. IN tho morn OF her AoPt4ui years,
VOthc pletA,aut RAesks n fcf WcNdel IKE
ShP passed. with our Blessing am oar tears
,,, "A faithfnI Ios,a n,sd myAR Wiz. ,s
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-07-24

Tho american Rarh Home says ::
Grass is treated with greater neglect
and abuse than anything on the farm;
it Is trotlden under foot, it gets no ferti-
lizatiOn; and yet we expect abundant
pasture and a bountiful hay crop.
We should promptly rid ourselves Of
tho delusiOn that we can have good,
permanent pastures or meadows with
out fertilization and cultivation. Grass
is as much entitled to cultivation as
corn. Zoo much grass to the square
foot is just as bad as weeds In corn
hill. so when grass becomes too densely
sodded, good narrowing with a sharp
toothed harrow is necessity.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-07-24

The only people, It appears, who
practice ses buriSi are tho aborigiises O,
tbe ChatAam Islands. When fisher.
man there departs this life they put g
baited sDd h bis hand. and, after lash.
ing him lest 10 , 4oek seBd IH sasit'
q ~
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-07-24

"A lawyers frank statement 81
hire an Office; hsve out MY gilded
Sign; I prepare my web; ] invite the
1ies to come in-and they do come id"
Boston Globe.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-07-24

Since Matthew Arnold compared
Chestnut street, Philadelphia, to Bond
street, London, the authorities Of the
City Of Brotherly Love have cleaned out
tho swinging signs and introduced Lon
don helmets for the police. English. 20
EnOW.-M Y Mems.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-07-24

"A German girl ID Ohio died recently
rom hytlrophoSis caused by che bite 0i
9 mad dog twelve years ago -0sw'aaJ
Leaskcy.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-07-24

--Geraniu1ns and calceolsrias. used
n "window gssaening." sfe said. 70
exert . powerful inAuenee jn keeping ,
room free u htss.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-04-24

Long ISLAND CITY. April 23d-This morning
prize fight took place here, witnessed by
about 400 sporting men. The fight was be
tween James Kerwin, of this city, and Con.
Walsh, OF Green Point for 500 a side London
przc-ring rules. Kerwin is - years of age,
and weighs l31 pounds. Walsh ISL years old
and weighs l4j pounds Kerwin was the favor
ite in betting. There was an old grudge be
tween the two men, and the fight was said to be
one of the most desperate that ever took place
on Long Island. Six rounds were fought dur
ing which Walsh was terribly punished.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-04-24
san FRANCISCO ITEMS.

Her Royal Highness, Princess Likelike
of the Hawaiian kingdom, arrived in the
city Tuesday by the steamer Mariposa.
William H. Lent, a wel-known mining
Secretary, committed suicide Tuesday night
by shooting himself through the head in
Jefferson Park. He had been Respondent
for some weeks past
The Land Reform Club, prominent
among whose charter members was Henry
George. have secured room in Grand Pa
cific Hall, where they in future will meet
on every Tuesday evening.
II. NJ. True. witness in the Sharon trial
died ut Santa Cruz Tuesday night of pneu-
monia, produced by cold caught while here
True was the man who testified as to Wells
conspiracy, and was quite an important
witness in the case.
Denis Heating, Il contractor and Philip
Elsner, Third-street plumber, are under
arrest, on four charges each, for violating
the health and plumbing laws and falling
to make the right connections i'll new
building on Folsom and Eighth streets.
A trunk in the baggage department OF
the Central Pacific Railroad was discovered
10 be on fire Tuesday morning, The flames
We're extinguished before the most valuable
contents. 1000 in currency. were injured
The owner did not thank those who put
out the fire. Matches in the trunk caused
the trouble.
DR.. H. w. Hardness exhibited Monday
evening. ut the meeting of the California
Academy of Sciences, TWO specimens OF
uutfies found by him i'll Marin county,
near Taylor's Mills, and also in the Uni
versity grounds in Berkeley. The discov-
cry is important, as the truffle is 4 much
priced article of food.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-04-24
MINING NOTES.

The Fort Jones Company has begun to
open its claim at Klamath river.
A ledge Of ore, assaying from $50 10 $3.50
ton, has been iound in the Lucas mine at
Tybo New.
Recent developments in the Maria mine
at Butte prove il to be one of the best min
ing properties in that district.
Two Indians brought in from the north
western slope of the Quiiotoas, A. r., on
Wednesday last, two ounces of SIS placer
gold.
The mineral resources of Calico are but
partially developed. The Bonanza King
has 40 men on its payroll, and other
claims are looking well.
Mines in Bernice district, Nevada, are
looking remarkably well, says the Austin
RceeWe 4 now mill VIII soon be erected
b. a couple of mining companies
Some very rich specimens of silver and
copper arc come from two mines at Santa
Rosa, near Logan, 4. r., owned by Boone
Lewis and Charles Murray, of Pinl.
Mining at Murphv's, in Calaveras county,
has been inactive on account of the eX
treme bad weather Some rich rock has
been found lately near the Calayeras mine.
Several new and rich strikes are reported
in the mines about Bellevue, in the Wood
river section, and splendid developments in
other mines along the river As bullion
producing region the great county of Altu-
RS viii soon stand al The head Of the list
on the Pacific coast.