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The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-10-10
Cheap Time Keeping.

What is known as the regular-ma
American watches could be sold for less
money but for the combinations of the
manufacturers" said an old matchmaker
yesterday. "That it can be done Yankee
watch company has very fully proven.
mention particular make as sample
Of'the cheap watches which are made to
run as well as to sell. OF course, they
are not as good they will not last as
long as one of the higher priced watches,
but the machinery used in their con-
struction is just us elaborate and as finely
adjusted us that used in the manufacture
of the others. Dealers are compelled by
the company not to sell its watch for
less than $3.50. 1t is wholesaled to them
fol $2.43. The cheapest Waltham watch
the works without cases-wholesale
for $3.50. No Waterbury watch is ever
sold without the case The latter watch
can be furnished so much cheaper be-
cause the case is of nickel, the works are
principally brass, no jewels are used and
there are fewer parts in it. 1t is the alb
sence of jewels which prevents these
watches from wearing as long as the
others. In the works alone of ordinary
watches, including key-wnders, there are
never less than hundred parts, while in
the Waterbury there are but fifty-seven,
including crystal, all other parts of the
case, dial, hour and minute hands and
stem-winding parts"
NO. he continued, in reply to ques-
ton, these differences will not account
for all the difference in price of the two
kinds. 1t is very strange that the man
ulacturers of the regular style should say
that they cannot possibly put their work
on the market at a cheaper price when IL
clock complete, which will keep time,
made to sell at retail for one dollar
Dealers pay to the manufacturers seven
ty-tive cents each for them by the hun
drcd. The old manufacturers are begin
ming to feel the effects of this arbitrary
keeping up of prices for their wares.
Hundreds now buy the cheap grade who
would otherwise buy the higher priced
ones were the price but slightly nearer
that asked for the Waterbury" -Phila-
diphid, NeWS.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-10-10
Puzzled.

The Newark Leciger dosn't make any
hesitation whatever about expressing a
deep political opinion. 1t throws down
its coat, splits out its quid, takes up its
pen and writes in II manner that for
terseness and comprehensibility we have
seldom seen surpassed. As witness the
following: 1--WE are pretty well pleased
with the way President Cleveland is run
ming the administration, This is brief,
clear, to the point, and more, really than
the subject deserves.-CecH Wing.
We have read and re-read the above,
but are unable to comprehend it. How
ever, it reminds us of the following,
which we cut from one of our eX-
changes
BOY" said gentleman to the hostler
of hotel, on alighting from his phae-
ton, "extricate that quadruped from the
vehicle, stabulate him, an adequate sup
ply of nutritious ailment, and when the
aurora of morning shall again illuminate
the oriental horizon, l will award thee a
pecuniary compensation for thine adj
mirable hospitality" The boy ran into
the house and told his master that a
Dutchman wanted to see him.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-10-10
London Shopping.

This is certainly velvet year, and the
days of brocades are numbered. Plain
tufts find favor intermixed with very,
elaborate stripes We have not as yet
come to plain glace, though we no doubt
shall. The silks of the season are all
more or less corded, but show-the most
costly at least-veyet and plush stripes
The one particular novelty of the year
are pentes. If you look in the dictiona-
ry you will see that, being translated,
pente means, declivity, valance, the side
of an awning, so that only in a rounda-
bout way does the word express what is
meant, viz, breadth of silk one metre
and sixteenth long, intended to be
placed on the front of the skirt or at the
sides Occasionally three are employed,
but only on very expensive gowns one
is thought enough us a rule, and they
all specially ornamented Floral designs
would seem to have had their day, but
watered stripes are much worn.
There are more novelties under the
head of millinery this year than we
have known for some time. Very beau
tiful stuffs have been employed for COW
ering bonnets; for example, a rich brown
velvet embroidered with satin thread in
distinct designs, like an Arabian letter !;
dark green velvet worked all over
with open-work wheels in gold thread /;
a brown cloth embroidered in running
pattern of silver, accentuated with round
of cut steel as large as a threepenny
piece for silver is now more fashiOna-
Bile than gold. Many of the new bon
nets are to be covered with an inter
woven wooden stuff, very fine and trans
parent, apparently knotted in the honey
moon stitch and interblended with sill
yer. A new make of plush is also en-
ployed largely it is shot, the pile long
and loose the novel effect is produced
by the under color being shorter.
Wool plays most important part in
millinery, even wooden ribbons have
been introduced, and plenty of tinsel
and chenille. Much cloth is worked in
chenille.
The new ribbons are legion they all,
however, show one new feature, viz, the
pucot or purl edge which obtained TWEEN
ty years at least ago. Newer but hardly
as yet introduced, is narrow double
fringed edge as, for example, a string
colored ribbon with fringed edges of two
shades of darker brown. Some of our
best milliners are using a special make
of corded ribbon with a thread edge
fringed-expensiye, but excellent.
Feathers have come out in new guise.
The ribbons Of ostrich plumes, the wings
and heads etc, of others, are coated with
mixture that looks like sandpaper, and
nearly all are outlined or embellshed in
some way with gold tinsel Velvet
feathers, every curve outlined in gold,
A metallic appearance has been impaired
to ostrich feathers, as though they had
been dyed with lustra coloring. Little
birds-alas! for the naturlist-havc
been prepared by thousands. White
birds are largely used-indeed, any kind
of bird, large or small.-THe queen.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-10-10
In Bed With Wasps,

4 gentleman from Kingston stopped
over night recently with farmer. He
was treated to the best of everything in
the house. Milk and honey flowed in
profusion for him, and the charming
daughters of the host sang and played
for his entertainment. He was in the
seventh heaven until bed time, and then
he reached the fourteenth by the way of
the best bedroom in the house.
1t was the state bedroom reserved for
the exclusive use of company" 1t had
not been used for some time. The night
was cold, and the farmer started rous-
ing fire in the room below so that the
pipe which ran through the room up
stairs would take the chill off. But, I'M
beRnown to the farmers wife, swarm
of wasps had managed to get into the
room and fairly loaded the ceiling and
windows. The gentleman did not fancy
the presence of the bees, but, of COURSE
was too timid to complain to the farmer,
who was entirely ignorant of their pres
encc.
The supposed bees We're quiet enough
until warmed up by the fire below, when
they commenced to drop in punches.
The lodgcr hurricdly undressed; "few
and short were the prayers that he said"
and blowing out the candle he started
for the bed. A bundle of wasps fell on
his feet, and giving bound, he jumped
through intervening space, landed on the
headboard and pillows, and covered him
self head and all, with a quilt.
During the night the wasps continued
to drop and buzz until 10000 were on
the bed and floor. He finally fell asleep
and dreamed. He thought he was be-
side the organ on which the farmers
two daughters We're making delightful
music, and their big brother was prod.
ding him with u pitchfork from behind
but he must not move feature or COM
plain. Still, the buzzing went on, and
when morning dawned he brushed the
floor with a pillow, scraped the pests
from his clothes, and made his escape to
the regions below
At the breakfast table he was asked
how he rested, and asserted that he
never slept better in his life, the country
air had good effect ON him, and he had
longing to be a farmer.-Albany Even
ing Journal.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-10-10
Go to the Cecil County Fair to-

The October number of DcmOresfs
Monthly MagdsiRe is, as usual, very inter
tanning and instructive. As a family
magazine it is worthy of honorable mem
ton. The present number is filled with
readable articles, among which are
Three Days at Chamounix," "The Poet
Milton" and "Rambles About Grief"
All the articles devoted to fashion and
the adornments of home are very sugges-
tive, and the stories, poems and various
departments furnish agreeable and in
structive reading. There are some good
Illustrations, and the frontispiece is a
fine steel engraving. This number COM
pletes Vol. Xxi
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-10-10
A Wonderful Discovery.

Consumptives and all, who suffer from
Throat and Lungs, can find a GER
tain cure in DIR. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption. Thousands of perma-
nent cures verify the truth of this state
ment No medicine can show such a
record of wonderful cures. Thousands
Of once hopeless sufferers now gratefully
proclaim they owe their lives to this New
Discovery. 1t will cost you nothing to
give it Il trial. Free Trial Bottle at +.
q. Jays drug store. Large size, $l.O0.
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The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-10-10
A Very Remarkable Recovery.

Mr. Geo. V. Willing, ofManchester, Mich.
writes: my wife has been almost help
less that she could not turn over in bed
alone. She used two Bottles of Electric
Bitters, and is so much improved, that
she is able now to do her own work"
Electric Bitters will do all that is claim
ed for them Hundreds of testimonials
attest their great curative powers. Only
fifty cent bottle at T.. q. Jays.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-10-10
Fine Oysters.

MIRA. w. Gookin Proprietor of the
Ebbht House 10 4 Market street Will
mington, has recently filled up an oyster
bar in his house where he will serve you
with the finest oysters in the City.
Liquor bar supplied with the best brands
of wines, liquors and cigars.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-10-10
Bucklen's Arnioa Salve.

The best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever,
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required.
1t is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac-
ton, or money refunded. Price % cents
per box. For sale by Edw. q Jay, Drug
gist, Newark, Delaware.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-10-10

Men are often heard saying that their
aspirations are high, but every time they
cough their noses go toward the earth,
with indications that they will follow
them soon, unless they are wise enough
to take DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup in time,
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-10-10

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria,
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung to CastOria,
When she had Children, she gave thom CastoriA,
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-10-10
Poor Jumbo

is dead but we are still alive and ready
to please little and big folks with neat
comfortable footwear at moderate prices.
Family shoe house 2OG Market street
Wilmington, Del, VIM. II. Babcock.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-10-10

STATE OF DELAWARE, COUNTY OF New
CASTLE, IS:
l, Geo. w. Lindsey, Cashier of the
above-named bank, do solemnly swear
that the above statement is true to the
best of my knowledge and belief
GEO. w. LINDSEY, Cashier.
Subscribed and affirmed to before me
this 9Th day of Oct. 1885.
WIN. MCKEowAN, n. p.
CoRRECT--Attest:
JAMES HOssINGER,
$. NJ. DoNNELL,
JONI PILLING,
Directors.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-10-10
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

NOTTCE.-Theo. Amnelius, of New
ark, desires to inform the public that he
is prepared to contract to build stores,
dwelling houses, shops, etc. Good refer
ence given. Give him call and learn
his figures. Octl0tf
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-10-10

DEPORT OF THE CONDITION
III THE NATIONAL BANK OF
NEWARK,
At Newark, in the State of Delaware
at the close of business, Oct. /, 1885.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-10-11
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FROM I1FE.


The rich man sat in his costly store.
After tine work Of tho day was done.
Thinking and planning with eager heart
How could more gold be won.
Twilight softened the city's din,
Lcssened the crowds along the streets,
Shaded the face of pale young girl,
who passed with hurrying feet.
Come in" with n cold. III uaturcl grace.
IL read that you needed help" she said,
"And could fill the placer
"You seem too young, AMI your hands too
white;
You have worked before to-day, you said.
Has your life been rig 1t, and free from
No sin upon your head-'
~ am well and strong for my every task.
You shall find me honest, and Just, and
true;
The past is buried with me and God;
And can serve for your
"A woman must he above reproacb,
No matter what she has power TO be!r
And he turned the door Oh the trembling
girl
Into that human sea.
The years went by, and the merchants
child,
Grown TO womanhool fair and sweet
Trusted and sursed with her virgin soul
A viper at her feet.
The rich man, broken in heart and home
Thought of the gIrl he had tirned away:
81 would she might come again." he said,
For my heart is kind To .dav!
SARAH X. BoLToN.
CLEVELAND, Oct T.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-10-11
PENINGTON'S SURPRISES.


The little town of Pennington had thres
surprises within as many months. The first
was when old Mrs. Brayton voluntarily
left her home, Travelled to the city and Wis.
tied her daughter. whom she hadn't seen or
written TO for twenty years, The daughter
bad taken the but IN her mouth In marry
ing, and "a nice fist she had made of it,"
they said. Her mother never forgave her
never till last spring, What induced her
tbon 10 do so nobody has been able to find
cut. The town was so astouishcd 1t couldn't
sleep well for a week after this event.
In all probability this surprise would have
had scriuus results in some cases Il the force
of it hadn't been broken within a week by
another social thunderclap This was moth
ing less than plain little Dora Melville. the
village seamstress, inheriting "A fortune
from England. She had been ensluvcl and
snubbed by all the prosperous people Of the
town year IN and year out. That she, of all
persons, should inherit furtnnal penning-
ton could not get over stroke like that
easily.
No doubt Miss Melyiles inheritance
would have thrown society badly out of
JOINT for all time to como If, as topic of
conversation, 1t had had an uninterrupted
run. But it hadn't 1t was intertered with
by something which excelled all previous
surprises. ani took Pennington completely
off its feet About the time the third stroke
fell the town began to be frightened. 1t
felt that the unexpected was getting the
better of it,
This third surprise IOds simply nnpardon-
able, and paid for itself in serious results.
1t came about in this way:
Nearly threo years ago Mr Rockaby's
wife died. The Rockabys had lived IN
Pennington ever since they were married.
fifty years or more. They were as we'll
known TO every soul In the place as Main
street or the postotlice. They we're old
settlers" props of society" pillars of the
church" They were liked, looked up to
and pointed out as models Of the houored
old age which comes when life has been
well spent. And they deserved all this
They were honest, simple minded souls,
whose success financially had not been bril-
Liant enough to excite envy, and whose
kindness and conscen tiOuSness had been
put to the test too often, one would think,
70 be evermore doubted
This being the case, it is not strange that
when dear, good old Mrs Rockaby died all
Pennington was really moved. Such
funeral the town had never seen. The
splendor Of it was all that recuncilci society
10 its loss. l say this without a shade Of
irony. Average human nature finds comfort
in funeral honUrs. The dead are never quit
dead to it, They hear the praises shy
tongues never uttered in life The tears
that fall upon them are somehow believed
to warm their poor stilled hearts. The
words Of love sobbed over them must surely
sweeteu death.
And so, with genuine mourning and
long procession they buried the body OF
Mrs. Rpckaby.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-10-11

The old man gently replied to all they
said, politely retraining from any mention
of his grief Indeed. he never talked of it.
That fact in itsolf had great weight with
the townspeope, though it made it more
difficult for them to take him in hand"
Finally Mr. Parkman, who had assumed
beforehand the Office of spokesman, gathered
hmself together and opened the discussion:
Now, Brother Rockaby,' said he, don't
get offended if We say something to you
about private matters; but we think You
grieve too much after your wife. You
ought to go among vour nelghbors more,
and not mourn so constantly. IL isn't jus.
tice to yourself to do rs YOU do"
Thank you, friends said the gentle old
man.
The two delegates were nonpluSsed. They
had come fortified with no end of argu-
ments which 1t was plain they were 10 have
no opportunity of airing. They had exc
Pc cted him to defend himself introduce the
subject of his grief, or do anything but
what ne did do
Mr. Walker at last spoke up: "Nr Rock
nbv. we all feel for you. We know you
lost one of the best women that ever lived,
but we don't like to see you worry yourself
into the grave over your affiiCton We
want YOU to try and be a little more recon-
cilei to the will Of heaven; to mix with
your neighLors little more, and-ani find
a little pleasure in life even yet"
you are very kind" said Mr.. Rockaby.
and there was reprassed an gush in his
voice which even those two laundering souls
underst stood, and they said no more. They
realizei that, after all. Rockabv's grief was
his own; that it was genuine, and not a
thing to be interCered with, since he thrust
it on no one, and they SO reported at the
drug store, where on the following evening
were assembled the most fluent takers and
chewers "a usual
From that time, however, Mr.. Rockaby
became an ornament to the town. 1t
pointed him out to visitors as an object OF in
terest, and became a. proud of his constant
grief as it was of the new schoolhouse, or
the old soldiers monument. Two, nearly
three years passed, and still h. was faith
tul He had disappointed all the prophets.
Not only had he fallei to marry again. but
he never even looked at a woman" they
said. Still there were thunderbolts in store
for Pennin ston
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-10-11
THE TROUBLE WILL PASS AWAY.

Written for the GLoBE-REruBLIC.
watch you. dear, with tender ruth you
are face to face with sorrow;
Worn with the struggle of yesterday, faint
at the dearth of tomorrow.
And To- day. To-day is an ogre gaunt, repd-
ing your heart in twain.
You bitterly laugh to scorn the thought
that you'll ever be happy again.
II tell you, love, that a life NAV lie, shorn
of all it has cherished.
The hope of its youth like a torch outblown,
its fondest ideal perished;
That over it dreariast storms NAV sweep
when the winds Of fate are wild,
And yet, that the life may arise again, you
will hardly believe me- child.
Ny dear, though the Miserere sound, with
its chords so YEARLY wailing,
And the beat Of the wounded heart keep
time to the measure faint and failing
speak what l know, not a fancy, sweeti
The music shall wake once more,
And the victor's march but the prouder
rings, for the dirge that went before.
Ever who climbs to serencst heights must
tread over paths the steepeSt;
Souls that attain 10 the purcSt joy must
wrestle in strife the deepest;
Never the plant arrives at its fruit till the
pruner has wrought his i'll;
There's priceless drop of the altar Of
rose. that thousand roses distill.
II ! could, would carry the load for you.
would sootho the dumb. dull ach ing
Alas! for the woe that il fearless and
hushei, when the strength is nigh to
breaking;
But courage, dear! for the hour will pass;
YOU will step with fetterless feet,
And the voices of life shall be CHEEKY yet
the face Of the years he sweet
All trouble and anguish, loss and pain,
when they've done their task ap-
pointed,
Vanish and fade; it is joy that lasts. The
seer with vision anointed
Beholds the flush Of rising dawn, though
the midnight skies are grav.
Patience, poor soul, with the present pain,
IT, re cometh better day.
MARGARET f. SANGsTER
BRoOKLYN, Oct. :.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-10-11

"My wife. my dear wife: If you can sos
me from heaven. you know how wrctchcd |
am. have never ceased to love you n
moment, but they drove mo into marrying
For that impore your pardon. l would
not have done it, but my neighbors treated
me like felon. and could not stand it.
Call me to you. for I am 50 miserable
here
This rebuke from the dead unnerved Pen.
ningtou somewhat, but 1t Taught it no last
ing lesson Every body blamed everybody
else but him elf Those who hal given Mr.
Rockaby the deepest wounds brought the
largest wreaths to lay upon his collin.
They buried him with overwhelming
honors. The widow went into the cx.
tremest mourning, and l. now in unjis-
puted possession OF "her thirds
GERTRUDE GARRISON.
NEw YORK Oct. 4