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The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-03-28
GCoNTINuED ON 4TH PAGE.
UP WITH THE DENTIST.

With eleven teeth had l parted
without the aid ofanesthetics. I'm
conditionally surrendered them to
the dentist, who was willing to re-
ceive them for a consideration. A
twelfth must go. AS / took the
chair of torture l remarked that it
was four-footed molar and would
hurt.
"Take gas, Suggested the dentist.
"What is gas?"
Nitrogen monoxide-the best
anethetic known. 1t is harmless
and serves well"
an take it;give me enough"
The dentist brought forth a rub
ber bag, the wooden muzzle of
which he thurst into my mouth.
With bound l sprang into the
air. l attempted to fasten my hold
upon something, but everything
gave way-even a giant elm came
up by the roots. ! realized that l
had but a few minutes to live. All
my friends-I saw every one-were
watching me. My deeds, good and
bad, filed past me. / will not say
which formed the longer procession.
A man to whom I had given a pew
ter quarter asked me how 1 liked il
and said heknew I would come to
| it.
Now l was going upward, and
when l had reached a great height
l swooped down like bird of prey
and dashed through wall of solit
masonry-just a hundred feet thick
, by actual measurement. A dozeI
times scared aloft and as man,
; times l sailed down. When l de
f scended all the stones fences cobble
powders and trees ran to meet me
: / hit them all. Now 1 was ascend
t ing again, but in different man
4 ner. A balloon miles in circumfei
|. ence was bearing me upward.
n chung to its lower parts with m
e teeth. My hands were in my pocl
l. cts, for the air was chilly. Aboy
me was the balloon-car, and out
v it leaned a man resembling the dei
fe tist. In his hand he held an in
lie mense pair of tongs. He regardt
le me with manifest displeasure.
ID We were rising at a fearful rate
D, speed--so fast, indeed, that / oou
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-03-28

Once Ralph came up the carriage
drive, and, peering from the win
dow, she looked at his frank face
and stalwart figure with queer lit
tie ache at her heart.
He was making call on the
ladies of the house, and, no doubt
was a lover of-an accepted lover of
-one of Mrs. Thursby's daughters,
those graceful, fair-haired ladies who
were so dignified in their grief at
the loss of their father.
She felt relieved when her busi-
ness was over, and she stood wait
ing in the little railway station for
the train that was to carry her to
London, There is no place under
the sun more depressing than a
country railroad station, and our
little heroine had repeatedly glanced
at the clock, when a tall form dark
ened the doorway, and she looked
up to see Ralph Vernon standing
before her.
$50 you are going back to town" "
he said, shaking hands with her as
if they had been old friends. 81
thought / would like to come and
say good-by."
"How did you know2" she asked
in surprise.
"Oh, Grace Thursby told me-" he
answered, carelessly, "she is one Of
the best girls in the world"
She seems very nice to her infer.
iors," observed Eveline, a little bit.
terly. II can imagine how charming
she can be ro her equals" 3"
''Who is her inferior?" asked
Ralph Vernon, quickly. "Not you
by Jovel She was saying to me that
you were perfect lady"
every kind of her, l am sure,
said Eveline, haughtily; "only an
at a loss to understand how such q
discovery came about"
"There, now, 1 have offended
you," said Ralph, contritely "but
am such clumsy fellow"
"Not at ALL" returned Eveline
huskily. at is very kind of you
affianced wife take such an interes
in me-"
"My affianced wifep he said
with a hearty laugh. II should lik'
my brother John to hear you sa,
that" He was very close to he
now, as they say on the hard bench
"Dont you know that 1 fell desper
ately in love with you that nigh
when l rescued you from the traml
at least, think 1 did, although
was not till I saw you peep at me
through the window that / kney
how exquisitely pretty you were
Be my wife, and let me take care G
you, not only on dark nights, bu
all your life.n
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-03-28

LINcoLN's OFFIcE-SEEKERs.-Pres-
ident Lincoln, when Congressman
came to bore him for an appoint
ment or with a grievance, had a
pleasant way of telling a succession
of stories, which left his visitor no
chance to state his case. One day
Representative, who had been thus
silenced, stated his experience as
follows: GIVE been trying for the
last four days to get an audience
with the President. I have gone to
the White House every morning
and waited till dark, but could not
get chance to speak to him until
to-day, when ] was admitted to his
presence. l told him what l wanted
and supposed | was going to get
direct answer, when what do you
think? Why, he started off with, do
you know, heard good thing yes
terday about the difference between
an Amsterdam Dutchman and any
other dam dutchman. And then he
commenced telling his stories. He
told three, and l didn't listen to a
word he said. was mad enough to
knock the old fellow down. But the
worst of the whole thing was that
just as he got through with the last
story in came Secretary Seward,
who said he must have a private
conference with him Immediately
Mr. Lincoln cody turned to me and
said, Mr.. -, can you call again
Bother his impudence, 1 say, to
| keep me listening to his jokes fol
two hours and then ask me to cal
again!n -
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-03-28

not shut my eyes. The wind blew
the lids open and held them back.
At last the man in the car said
"Now I'll pull that tooth; you must
cling with your nose while / pull"
l obeyed, knowing that l was in his
power. The tooth came out on the
end of the tongs, and was placed in
the car Soon after | heard o tumult
in the car above. The dentist ap-
peared and shook his clenched hand
at me, and shouted: "Confound your
old toothl 1t is growing so fast that
it will crowd me out. Pretty fellow
you are, to shed such a monster mo-
lar" 1 thought this very unkind.
l had not asked him to pull the
tooth, and how could l be response
BILE for its size?
A gain the dentist appeared and
cried in great wrath: 81 shall throw
it overboard-look out!" 1t did not
hit me. saw as it whizzed by
that it was many times larger than
the Capitol building at Washington.
hoped that none of my friends
were standing where it fell upon
the earth. We were now near the
sun and approaching nearer at light
ming speed. The dentist sat on the
edge of the car, dangled his legs and
smoked. He had the impudence to
ask me why did not smoke. 1t
was SO warm from proximity to the
sun that l decided to go no farther.
1 relinquished my hold and shout
ed: Goodbye old jawbreaker."
Quick as thought, insulted, indig-
nant, the dentist for his tongs.
"I1l pull them all" he said, and as
l fell the tongs heightened and gave
chase but could not overtake me.
After falling all day and all night
I came the earth early in the morn
ing. AS l few downward, gilded
weathercock on a church steeple
crowed. l considered this offensive
and, by some unknown agency, ar
rested my flight and went back to
the weathercock and demanded to
know what he meant by it. He
crowed the louder. This was too
great an insult. / flew at him, when
presto, he began to crow louder and
to grow larger. | was on the earth
now, fleeing from a monster cock.
The church and steeple were still at
tached to him, but he had become
so much larger that they were no
imyediment! l demonstrated with
him, but his only reply was a
blow from the foot that held the
church and steeple. He was on the
point of dancing a hornpipe on my
stomach, when I emerged into a
new world in time to hear the den
tist say "There it isl" at the same
time holding up tooth. "Did you
know when 1 did it?" Yes;I saw your
tongs pulling, but felt it not. You
were great while about it! How
long have l been here?" The den.
tist consulted his timepiece. "One
minute and twenty seconds. Livery
other Saturday.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-03-28
One Dark Night.

The night was extremely dark,
for the stars that twinkled in the
black sky had no power to light the
dull earth.
Nervously, with beating heart, a
young girl hurried down country
lane, . parcel in her hands. She,
was London bred, and had the town
fear of country lanes, and, if she
did not think, "every bush an Off
cer," dreaded that every bush might
conceal a thief, Eveline Moreton
was employed by large London
mourning establishment, and she
had been sent down according to
the advertisement, to eft" a recently
bereaved family. If the way was
dark and gloomy, Eveline's thoughts
were dark and gloomy, too. The
poor child was tired and hungry,
for her train had been detained for
two hours by an accident on the
line. She had been told to take a
cab, but there was no cab to be had,
and North Lodge was "quite three
mile walk" " the sleepy porter had
informed her. His directions had
been clear enough. Eveline was to
keep straight along the dull gloomy
lane, till she reached the high road
when North Lodge would be the
third house. Oh, how she wished
the walk at an end; it was so dark
and dull and lonely. Eveline paus
ed suddenly, and looked down the
gath she had to pursue with fright
ened eyes, for she distinctly hearc
footsteps. If she had yielded to he
first impulse of chilish terror sh'
would have tried to find some hid
ing-place behind the hedge; bu
ashamed of her fears, she walked OIL
with low nervous laugh. The foot
steps approached rapidly, and sool
a dark figure came in sight. Evelin
shrank back to get out of its way
but it moved also, so that it was still
right in front of her.
"Good nightW said gruff voice
, "Good night p' repeated Eveline
, for, as Charles Dickens said. we ar
never so polite as when we ar
frightened.
at is dark night for you to b
out in, went on the man, Have yo
such a thing as a copper about yo
to give poor fellow?"
T" Trembling Eveline took out ht
purse to look for penny; as 81
n did so, it was suddenly snatched o,
of her hand. Eveline gave a lit
|, cry of distress at the loss of Il
money; but she was too mu'
alarmed to utter u single word
remonstrance. The mans burl
u" figure still barred the way.
n "Let me pass" she pleaded.
l. have no jewelry. My purse was t
ay only thing 1 had worth stealth
you have that, so pray let me go.
Don't be in such hurry, pre-
one," said the man, with cou
RS RS laugh, and he caught hold of
,ns S arm. "I want to speak to you"
"Ohl pray-pray-let me
cried Eveline, dropping the par
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-03-28

Four miles from Charlestown, s.
c., Henry Gallman owns a mill and
pond. He has man by the name
of Pruit, who attends to the mill.
Pruit owns large cat that as soon
as the mill is stopped, by shutting
down the gate, will Immediately
run down behind the mill, and get
on log just over the sheeting over
which the water is flowing. Size
will then look very intently into the
water, which is from eighteen inches
to two feet deep, until she spies
fish, She then plunges into the
water, frequently burying herself
under it, but almost always coming
out with fish. Not long ago the
cat became mother. Since then
she will catch only roe fish, which
she disembowels, giving the roe to
her kittens.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-03-28

Young ladies who will not marry
when they have ~ chance Miss it.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-03-28

A REMARKABLE WoMAN.-There
has lately died at Benares, Northern
India, Anna, widow of Gen. James
Kennedy, of the Bengal cavalry.
She was in her 97th year, having
been born in 1887, and she lived to
see no fewer than 176 lineal descend
ents, of whom 12S survive her. She
had eighteen children, eighty grand
children, and seventy-three great
grandchildren, and five great-great-
grandchildren. Her father hus-
band, two sons, one son-in-law, and
four grandsons have been generals
in the army, and her descendants
include many military officers o.
lower rank. She was married al
fifteen, was never out of India for 8
single day, spent all her life in tht
plains except once, when she paid {
brief visit to the hills, the climate
of which disagreed with her. He
husband died quarter of a centu
ry ago, at the age of eighty-two, after
fifty-five years of married life.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-03-28

THE WOMAN QUEsTIoN.-David
Dudley Field comes of very emf
nent family. One of his brothers is
Judge of the Supreme Court of the
United States. Another brother,
Cyrus W., had more than any one
else to do with the laying of the
Atlantic cable, and the whole Field
family are an evidence that great
ability is often due to hereditary in
fiueroes. David Dudley Field, a
few days before he entered upon his
eightieth birthday, was asked to
speak at the anniversary dinner of
the Sorosis Club at Delmonicos. On
that occasion he avowed himself a
believer in woman's suffrage. He
argued that women should have the
same rights as men, and he further
affirmed that the State would be ad-
vantaged if women geneeally exer-
cised the right of suffrage. This
opinion is of value as coming from
an old, an able, and trained lawyer.
1t shows the progress of public
opinion. Twenty years ago Mr..
Field might have held the same
view, but he would not have dared
to express it publicly. From every
quarter there is a manifest tolerance
of the idea of women's equality
with men in business education as
well as in the political field. In
every age, when women have been
honored and allowed freedom of
action, it has beftted the race. The
future is all the brighter now that
there is general willingness to edu-
cate, improve and give higher re-
sponsibities to the female SEX
Demorest's Monthly.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-03-28

Some weeks ago three eagles kill
ed goose on the farm of Warren
Wheeler in the Adirondacks, but
for some reason did not carry the
carcass away. Using the goose for
bait and procuring seven steel traps,
the farmer swaited the birds return.
One was at once caught in the trap.
To the surprise of the watchers the
other eagle Immediately set about
unriviting the steel jaws with its
beak emitting all the while a shrill
humping sound as of blacksmith
at his forge. Soon the steel trap
was loosened, when the men, rush
ed on the noble bird which had re-
leased its comrade, dubbed it to
death. On its neck was leather
medal showing that it had once been
captive for seved years in cage in
the blacksmith shop of John Bugg
where it had evidently picked up its
acquaintance with chilled steel.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-03-28
Memory.
DIR. HOWARD W. LONG.

Memory! Thy voice we hear,
Sweet as the vesper bell;
Solemn and low, yet clear,
As of the past ye tell
Sounding the sweet refrain
Life was not lived in vain
Memory! Unfold the past
Throw open wide the door
Fen though in shadow cast,
Yet would we see once more,
Unstained by soil or rust,
Those who'ye returned to dust
Memory! Alas, the tone
Changes for now again
Wrung from the heart, groan,
Tells off bitter pain!
Shows by the falling tear
Mem'ry's not always deart
Memory Enough 1 pray
Thou wilt be silent now!
No more return Away
See'st thou this furrowed brow?
These lines show care and woel
Can'st thou efface them? No!
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-10-08
Politeness of Swedes.

One great popularity of travelling in
Sweden is the extreme quiet and lack
of furry. The Swedish are taciturn
and noiseless people. They do much
BY signs, and never shout; Swedish
crowd makes singularly little sound.
Swedes. even of the lowest class, never
push or iostle. 1t is the custom to do
so much bowling and hat-lifting that
one is obliged to move more slowly
than in England to give time for all
this courtesy. When a train leaves a
platform. or steam boat pier. all
the lookers-on lift their hats to the de-
parting passengers and bow to them, a
compliment returned by the travellers.
If You address the poorest person In
the street you must lift your hat. A
gentleman passing lady on the stairs
of a hotel must do the same. TO en-
ter shop or bank with ones hat on
is terrible breach of good manners.
If Won enter or leave a cofiee-rOom you
must bow to all occupants. Passen-
gers on board the little steamers which
Div about Stockholm invariably raise
their hats to the occupants OF any
other boat which passes them. The
very men in charge of the locks on the
canal bow politely to the sailors as the
boats 90 through.-Chica9o Standard.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-10-08
DAMAGES DEMANDED.
Julio r. Santos Files His Claim Against the
Ecuadorian Governments.

Julio r. Santos Files His Claim Against the
Ecuadorian government.
WASHINGTON, September 3o.-JuliO X
Santos called again at the State Department
to-day, in connection with his claim for
damages against the Government of Ecua-
dor. He will leave at once for Ecuador to
get up the evidence necessary to prove the
extent of his pecuniary losses, the unjusti-
fable nature of his arrest, the hard
ships endured and the falsity of the
statements transmitted to the
State Department of completely in
revolutionary movements. He declares
that the statements against him have been
secured from timid and ignorant men, BY
means of threats and intimidation on the
part of the Ecuadorian Government, and
that he will have no trouble in proving this.
The people in fact are in sympathy with
him and others who suffered with him.
He expects to return to Washing
ton by January 1. The revolution In
which he was accused of taking part was .
small affair and was suppressed in about
fifteen days. The Ecuad0rian authorities
do not yet recognize Mr.. Santos American
citizenship, but being acknowledged by the
Government of the United States he fears
no annoyance while engaged in securing his
evidence.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-10-08
BISHOP D'ORLEANS.
The True Version of an Incident Mad
Famous by Victor Hugo.

The True Version Of an Incident Made
Famous by Victor Hugo.
In public estimation Lies Misera-
bles," among the prose works of Hugo,
has taken so much the lead that il is
needless to speak much of it here. Its
great scope, its immense pity, its scenes
of tumult, its love and its peace, its no.
BILE, its humorous and its sordid char
acters are all known now throughout
Europe and America. Even translation
can not mar It's beauty. An incident
which excited general comment when
the "Miserables first appeared, the
theft of the Archbishop's silver candle
sticks by the unhappy man to whom he
had given shelter when he found him
hunted down after his release from the
prison to which he had been consigned
for having stolen loaf for his little
starving brothers, was probably sug-
gested to the poet by an anecdote told in
the memoirs of St. Simon" Here is the
anecdotc, translated and abridged. for
those who chance not to have read the
Memoirs"
M. d'Orleans added many secret char
tiles to the public ones, which consumed
the whole revenue of the Bishopric.
Among these private grants was an an
nual pension which he bestowed upon
a poor ruined nobleman who had no
other help; he was alone in the world,
aud he dined daily at the Bishops ia
BILE. One morning the servants missed
two massive silver ornaments from their
masters room, and having observed
that this poor gentleman had paid spec
ial attention to them they suspected him
of having purloined them, and commu-
nicated this suspicion to NJ d'Orleans.
The Bishop would not believe it. yet
was shaken by the fact that his habit
ual guest all at once ceased to frequent
his table. Presently he sent for him.
and in a private interview extracted
from him full confession.
Then Nj. d'Orleans said to him that
he must be in great want indeed to COM
NIT such an action, and taking from his
purse twenty pounds presented them to
him, reproaching him for his want OF
confidence, begging him to resume his
daily visits, to forget what had passed.
as he himself meant to do, but never to
do the like of it again.
The story came to be known. not
through the Bishop. who never referred
to it. but through the unhappy gentle.
man himself, who told it out of his
gratitude to show what manner of man
was NJ. d'Orleans.-N. y. Graphic.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-10-08
TRICKS ON THE TRAcKsi
Dangers from Which Engineers Save tho
Public And Themselves.
Oo;1
THE Railway Review.1


Ono who is accustomed to railway
travelling can scarcely realize how much
he is dependent for safety upon the en-
gineer. Added to the responsibility of
their station, engineers are also in con-
slant danger Of accidents caused by the
tricks of jealous rivals.
This rivalry, it is said. sometimes
prompts to the doing of utterly mean tricks.
A Nickle Plate engineer after his very first
trip was laid of because he had ''cut out"
all the bearings of his engine. He was re-
instated, however, after he proved that
some rival had filled his oiling can ,oith
emery. Another new engineer was sus-
pended for burning out the fues of his
boiler. Through grief at the loss OF his
position he died, and then a conscience
stricken rival confessed that he had put
oil in the tank SO that it loaned and showed
water at the top gauge, when In reality
there was scarcely quart in the boiler!
These intense jealousies, together with
the terrible anxiety incident to their
work, have terribly straining effect on
the nerve, and statistics tell US that,
though Locomotive Engineers may look
strong and vigorous, they are not all a
Hampton, Indianapolis, Ind, (Div. 143)
was one of those apparently hearty men,
but he says: 1.-The anxiety, strain and
ielting came near finishing me-" His suf-
Ierings localized in catarrh of the bladder,
but he used Warmers safe cure faithfully
for twenty weeks and now exclaims: Il
am a well man." T. S. Ingraham, Of
Cleveland, O., Assistant Chief Engineer,
and other prominent members are also
emphatic in its praise.
The Locomotive Engineers Brotherhood
has II GOO members and 240 divisions. Its
headquarters are in Cleveland, O., where
Chief Engineer Arthur for twenty years
has exercised aim st dictatorial sway. 1t
was organized in August, 1868, by the en-
ployes of the Michigan Central. 1t has
given nearly two million dollars to the
widows and orphans of deceased members.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-10-08
Held Up by . Youth.

BRowxwocD. TEX, September 30-The
Cisco and Brentwood stage Was robbed
yesterday thirteen miles this side of Cisco
BY slender built nineteen year old boy.
The mail pouch was rifled of the registered
letter packages. The robbcr exchanged
horses with the stage driver, remarking as
he mounted that he thought the horse
would carry him to the Indian Nation. The
coach contained one passenger, rho wn
unm0lested,
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-10-08

He shut up: Il beg your pardon,
SIR said Mr.. Swell to a friend with
whom he was holding heated argu-
ment. II beg your pardon, sir; l
ought to understand this matter better
than you. l am graduate of two col
leces. SIR You remind me-" replied
his friend. every much of a calf my
father used to own who had the milk
OF two cows" ''Why, how was that?'
He was a very large calf. Ign"
Union.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-10-08

We had the pleasure of a call re-
Gently from four very remarkable
brothers. They were Messrs. A. g.. }.
w., H. j. and d. P. Hightower, and
aged seventy-nine, seventy-seven. sew
entv-five and seventy-three years-a
total of three hundred and four years.
They have in all thirty-four children,
sixty-one grandchildren, and two
REORGANIZATION. The four broth
ers are in good health, and there is not
thirteen pounds. difference in weight
between the heaviest and lightest. The
most remarkable thing is that none OF
them was ever drunk, or played game
of chance. or took a dram in bar
room. They are all members OF the
church and lead pious, godly lives
La Grange (Ga.) Reporter.