The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-04-18
Things in Quaker City


cence in the late match between Sullivan
and McCahery. And the more the Mayor
strives to extricnte himself from it the
more the people believe he is deceiving
them. All this happens at a dangerous
period in Mayor Smiths official career,
for he was laying plans for future honors,'
either for second term, or for the Gov
ernorship ut the next election. Now it
is evident that he couldn't even be
elected TO the lowest position in the re-
wards Of the voters, or even carry his
own precinct. Outside of this breeze
over this pugilistic affair, ne has much to
contend with in not satisfying the many
promises he made prior to his election
and some Of his staunchest friends are
berating him in fine style.
There was a Mayor in our town
And he was wonderous wise,
He jumped into bramble bush
And scratched out both his eyes"
There ia hardly worth while for me to
finish this couplet, as it is matter too
noticeable that the Mayor is shutting up
everything he thinks hurt the peoples
morals.
Spring has thus far been backward
and it is u question whether there will
be any spring trade this year. Spring
ovcrcoats have been drug in the mar
ket, and as to bonnets there is hardly
one to be seen on the streets as the ladies
are afraid that the little brains they do
have in their heads will be frozen. The
fashion of pulling the hair up over the
back part Of the head has given many
ladies colds this past winter, as it leaves
a portion of the Uranium exposed that
should be protected. The continued ex-
citement over the roller skating Kinks
has given the hustle trade bulge, and
the waste commons where ashes are de-
posted are encountered with demolished
springs out Of these now useful articles.
This is the only spring that is q success
here, and suppose it is about the same
in your town, as sec you advertise one
in your columns. Yet if this frigid
weather continues l am afraid that the
little johnny-iump-up will be frozen in
his bed. and the peach merchant cry out
in despair that the hoar frost is at hand.
The question just now with us. Will
the Built bill become a law. With peo-
pie at Il distance and even with many of
our own citizens this bill is puzzle. No
person, without he has had Il schooling
in the political affairs dating back year
or so could tell you anything in regards to
its merits, other that it was the Built
bill. Some people have an idea that it is
bill to manufacture bullets for the Dy-
namiters to fight England with, but
am glad to say that there are few of this
sort of enlightened people. As it is this
bill has turned us up side down and its
advocates a year ago are now its OPP
posers. Our great reform editor, Mcclure
is, strange to say, opposed to the commit
tee of one hundred, in this matter, while
the bosses are with the committee. The
upstart of all this is because the people
did not realize the great change that is to
come over the body polite when this
bill becomes II law, as it really takes
away from the people the right to select
persons by ballot to some half dozen
offices. All this will be delegated to the
Mayor, which many argue is too much
Capitalization of power in so small per-
son as the chief executive of this city.
That the bill will pass in some shape is
not doubted, but it is very doubtful
whether the present Mayor will be given
the chance to appoint any of the numer-
GUS ward politicians who are laying low |
for these plumbs.
The circus has opened. Some of the |
performers in the parade the other day |
were SO benumbed by the cold that they
could hardly lift their Fore-paugh.
Our squares have all been nicely fitted
up awaiting springs approach to put
them in garb of green, and then we
may expect to see swarm of tramps
come out to air themselves on the
benches, and to pick themselves like SO
many birds before the storm comes on.
The trees have not began to shoot yet;
perhaps they are deferring that event till
the Fourth of July, as things having
desire to make noise generally go off
about then. SPIIYNx.
A facsimile of map prepared by Gen
eral Gordon in Khartoom and with note
in his handwriting, forms feature of
SCIENCE for April 10. General Stone, late
of the Egyptian service, writes the de-
scriptive text, and Colonel Prout who
served with Gordon, contributes an arti-
Gle upon his character as an officer, show
ing the misconception of these persons
who have supposed him to be mere en-
thusiast. "The Climate of the Soudan,"
by an officer of long experience, and the
'Route from Suakin to Berber," are re-
cent articles in the pages of SCIENCE, the
new scientific weekly. [Sj per year 40
Bond street. New York.
BABYHooD, the only periodical in the
world devoted wholly to the care of
young children, has succeeded in securing
the services of eminent specialists in
A pril number contains articles on "The
Care of Children's Hair" by ProfGeorge
II. Fox, NJ. D. Isolation in Contagious
by DIR. l.. Emmett Holt; "True
Group" by Prof John II. Ripley, NJ. D.,
etc. Under the title of Domestic Dis
George NJ. Sternberg, major
and surgeon, U. S. A., publishes some of
the results of the recent Government in
vestigation into the properties of the best
Among the miscellaneous