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The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-16

Never hold any one by the button
or the hand, in order to be heard
out; for if people are unwilling to
hear you, you had better hold your
tongue than them.-Lord Chester
field.
Aim at perfection in everything,
though in most things it is unat-
taihable however, they who aim at
it, and persevere, will come much
nearer to it than those whose lazi-
ness and dependency make them
give it up as Observation-Disclosures
field.
Injustice arises either from pre-
cipitation or Incidence, or from a
mixture of both. The rapid and
the slow are seldom Just: the unjust
wait either not at all or wait too
long.-Lavater.
In the commission of evil fear no
man so much as thyself; another
is but one witness against thee thou
art thousand; another thou mayst
avoid-thyself thou canst not
Wickedness is its own punishment
-Quarles.
No, mother your boy is not wan.
dering tonight. He sits in the par,
I
lor, glued to the old armchair and
Belinda's lips, while the old man
vainly listens to hear him wander.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-16

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Unselfsh and noble acts are the
most radient epochs in the biog-
raphy of souls. When wrought in
earliest youth, they lie in the men,
DRY of age like the Coral Islands,
green and sunny, amidst the melan-
waste of ocean. Thomas.
Euripides was wont to say silence
was an answer to wise man but
we seem to have greater occasion
for it in our dealing with unreason-
able persons, for men of breeding
and sense will be satisfied with rea-
son and fair words.-Plutarch,
Will the coming man work ? is
asked. That depends on the kind
of father-in-law he draws in the
matrimonial lottery.
The young man who neither
drinks, smokes nor swears may have
the worse fault of thinking he is
better than he ought to be.
1t won't be long before the young
mans mind will turn lightly from
thoughts of love to the dreary prob
lem of how to work another spring
suit out of an already too-excavat-
ing tailor.
1t costs about SIS for marriage
and only 50 for a divorce. There.
fore, if young man who contem-
plates matrimony wants to save So
and economy is wealth-he will
forego the marriage and invests in a
divorce.
The grasshopper has proportions
ate ly 100 times the kicking power
of a man. Blinks, who is not {
favorite with the father of his bes
girl, says that he will never cease t.
be thankful that the old man is no
a grasshopper.
1t is said that japanese women
do not know the use of pins. This
ought to cause young men to emf
CRATE, but with the usual reckless,
ness ofthe sex they will go right oil
bearing scratches on their wrist
with martyr-like heroism.
Ouida says A girls love mus
never be begged, but conquered
Too much stress must not be PLACED
upon this statement, however. w,
do not say that Ouida would misreI
resent, but she may have forgotte
you know. One cannot remembe
forever the experiences of one
youth.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-16

What is time the shadow on
the dial, the striking of the clock,
the running of the sand, day and
night, summer and winter, months,
years, centuries. These are but ar
bitrary and outward signs-the
measure Of time itself Time is the
life of the soul. If not this, then
tell me what is time.-Longfellow.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-16

Trains marked WIN u run ually.
A Baltimore Passenger train leaves
Philadelphia daily at l1:07 p. M, and
reaches Newark at 1918 night, and Bal
timore at 2:O5 a. IN. This train stops to
take on or let off passengers.on giving
notice to conductor or agent.
A New York and Washington Express
also leaves Philadelphia at 400 p. NJ,
arriving at Newark at 5:23 p. NJ, which
stops to take or leave passengers on
giving notice to the conductor or agent.
]. r.. Wood General Passenger Agent.
j. G. Shivler, Agent at Newark.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-16

$780, SSs s a aT you s; %
free package of goods of large value, that will
start you IN work that will at once bring you in
money faster than anything else in America. All
about the S2OO,0O0 in presents with each box.
Agents wanted everywhere, of either sex, Of all
ages, for all the time, spare time only to work
for US at their own homes. Fortunes for all work
ers absolutely assured. Don't delay. H. Hallett
h Co, Portland, Maine
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-16

IIrI 0fOr working people Send 10 cents post
Hi page, and we will mail you free, royal
Hi valuable ample box OF goods that will
put you in the way OF making more
money I'm a few days than you thought
eyerpossble at any business Capital not required
or all the time. All of both sexes, Of all ages,
grandly successful 90 cents to s. easily earned
eye'y evening That all who want work may test
all who not well sUtisfed we will send u to pay
for the trouble of writing Full particulars, d.
rectionF, etc, sent free. Immence pay absolutely
sure for all who start at once. Don't delay Ad.
dress stins0n Co, Portland, Maine.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-16

Abundance is a trouble, want
misery, honor a burden, baseness a
scorn, advancements dangerous, dis
grace odious. Only Il competent
estate yields the quiet of content. |
will not cline lest ! fall, nor lie on
the ground lest | am trOd on. | am
safest while my legs bear me. A
competent heat is most hcalthful
for my body. would desire Meth
er to freeze nor to bum.-Arthur
Warwick.
Despise not any man, and do not
spurn anything: for there is no
man that has not his hour, nor is
there anything that has not its
place.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-16
AMERICAN GIRLS AS STUDENTS.

American women of all classes
are extravagant in dress. All, from
the wife of the millionaire to the
"hired GIRL dress more showily in
the street and at home than French
or English women consider either
ladylike or becoming; there seems
to be no thought of conforming
dress to the position of the wearer
or the work she happens to be en-
gagged in.
By her quiet dress and refined
manner the English teacher can de-
monstrate to the American school
girl what constitutes a true gentle
woman.
Teachers will find that their
American pupils lack the respect
with which English girls usually
treat those in authority over them.
The American girl is shrewd,
quick of comprehension, instant in
repartee, easily taught, but not
easily trained, impatient of the re-
s.raint of school life, and therefore
taking pleasure in breaking all pos
sible rules and trying to outwit her
,eachers-rot from malice, but from
sheer mischief and what she calls
fun"
She is ready to make amends
also ready to offend again at the
first opportunity. She is only to be
guided by affection and quiet de-
termination.
English girls being more amena'
BILE to authority and also having
more persistence in the pursuit o
knowledge make better students
than their American cousins.
With regard to other workers do
nestle servants of all kinds have
the best chance of success and o
making money if they will only b,
thrifty and prudent, avoiding tn,
pitfall of snowy dress.
Good cooks, laundresses and gen
eral servants can generally Obtain
sufficient wages and comfortable
homes.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-16

One thing a wise housekeeper
learns as she grows Older is to look
calmly on unfinished work
and not fret if a large task cannot
be all finished in one day, in spite
of the temptation to "do it and have
done with it." 1t is no ones duty
to do more than she is able to do
and still keep well and cheerful.
1t is not all of life to live, not all of
good housekeeping to see that your
family is well fed and clothed, your
house cleaning all crowded into one
week or even your daily work done
at an early hour, unless you make
the best ofyourself which you can
not do if you are overworked and
especially if you are worried. No
work however hard, will draw such
deep and heavy lines about your
face as perpetual worry; therefore
learn to take life easily and do not
crowd two days work into one and
then fret when the night falls on
your unfinished task. Half an hours
rest before you are thoroughly tired
will do you more good than half a
day in bed when you are completely
run down.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-16
secure Yourself u Home.

Building Lots for Sale.-The under
signed offers for sale number of desir-
able lots which will be sold on easy
terms. Persons DESTROYS OF building eau
have liberal advances made. Apply to
THEo. +. ARMSTRONG,
Oct25 Newark, Del.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-16

SUNDAY TRAINS. GOING NORTH.
Train leaves Wilmington sos, m, Dupont s.25,
Chadds Ford Jc. S44 Lenape S5S, COatesyille $40,
waynesburg JIG. 1916, Springfield 1896, BirdsbOro
HOS, Reading li42.
Train leaves ST Peters Mt 4.2O IN. Warwick 4.3O,
Springfield 4.4O, Brdsboro 6. 81, arr Reading 5.55.
GOING SOUTH.
Train leaves Reading at 23) pm, BlrdsborO 3.0s,
Springfield 33g, Waynesburg J0 3. Z, COatesville
I.3l Lennpe 6.Ug, Chadd's Ford Jc 625, Dupont
6.4S, arrive at Wilmington 600
Train leaves Reading at $50, BirdshOro 9.0l,
Springfield 940, Warwick $50, arr st Peters 1000
For connections at Wilmington, Chadd's Ford
Junction. Lenape, Co9tesyille, Waynesburg juno.
all stations, l.. A. BOWER, Gen1. Pass. Agent
A. G. McCAuBLAHD, Supt.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-16
JOHN r. STRATToN,

Young MEN AND WOMEN s FasllssilIl 1,
II this College in the bnanchea forms and customs
, Of business, by competent and willing teachers.
An enlnrged md Improved course of instrucJ;
Iion with Increased facilities. Shorthand and
Tyre BrittHg Department In charge OF Mr. i. II Hem:
perley tSec'y e Gen, Huldekoper Postmaster u
philadelphia Mr.. L. q. Odenhemer and Miss X. J.
NTH. Open the entire yenr. Students may en-.
Ter az any time Gen, Garneld's Address to lounE
Men, aud illustrated circulars, free to all who call
Or write for them. BRYANT n SrRATTON BUSl.
NESS COLLEGE, Tenth n Chestnut Sts.. philada
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-05-16
J, Wilkes Booths Personal
Appearance.

John Wilkes Booth was, when he
committed his great crime, 81 years
of age. He had played stock parts
at Washington and other southern
and western cities, where he had
given unmistakable evidence of gen.
uine dramatic talent. He had, added
to his native genius, the advantage
of voice unsteady full and rich, a
face almost classic in outline fea-
lures highly intellectual; a piercing
black eye, capable of expressing the
fiercest and the tenderest passion
and emotion, and commanding
figure and impressive stage address.
In his transitions from the quiet
and reflective passages of a part to
fierce and violent outbreaks of
passion, his sudden and impetuous
manner had in it something of that
electrical force and power which
made the elder Booth 50 celebrated,
and called up afresh to the memory
of men of the last generation the
presence, voice and manner of his
father. Convivial in his habits,
sprightly and genial in converse
ton, John Wilkes made many
friends among the young men of his
own age, and he was a favorite
among the ladies at the National
hotel, where he boarded.
His features in repose had rather
a somber and melancholy cast; yet,
under agreeable influences or emo
tons, the expression was very ami
mated and glowing. His hair, jet
black and glossy, curled slightly
and set off in fine relief high in
tellectual forehead and face full of
intelligence. Both chin and nose
were markedly prominent, and the
firm-set lips and lines about the
mouth indicated firmness of will,
decision and resolution. He was
scrudulously neat in his dress, and
selected in his habits with rare
perception of what was becoming to
his figure and complexion. He
would pass anywhere for a neatly
but not over dressed man of fashion
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-09-02
CHILLY FACTS.
Note the following prices. Read them
and then come and we will convince you
that what we say we mean.
- - rrain hrttnn shoe ~


best grain button shoe. tipped, ST.
fine dress highcut kid button shoe %, worth l15.
fine dress kid button shoe worked hole. 50 worth 81.
Chldrens best grain button shoe to 10 - cts worth 100
Children grain button shoe solid leather tip 95c worth ST.
We give you these prices in addition to the above
have short space left Come early and you will get the
Of the bargains First come first served Founded
the rock of perpetual success Is the
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-09-02
NOTE THIS FACT.

Ladies' best grade shoes 1.25, worth 81 IS
Ladies' fine dress shoes 81 co. worth $1.25.
The best Ladies kid button shoe ever sold in the
city for $500 now being sold for 81 so.
Ladies' kid button shoes, $500, worth $3.50.
1925,
Our SO 90 kid and goat shoe is warranted to be
the best sold for the price, every pair made OF
the best stock and warranted to give $500 worth
of wear money refunded.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-09-02

This cold weather makes
people think of buying
STOVES. J. +. Failing < Co,
503 South Division ST, will
have something 70 say on the
subject ia this space on Fri
day next.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-09-02
NOTICE OF COMMISSIONERS ON CLAIMS
IN State nf Michigan Cnnnfr OF Kent a. Pro

NOTICE OF COMMISSIONERS ON CLAIMS
~ State of Michigan. County OF Kent IS: Pro-
tate Court for said county.
Estate OF Francis Il. Gilbert. deceased.
The undersigned having been appointed by the
Hon. Judge of Probate of said county, Commits
si0ners on Claim IN the matter OF said estate
and six months from the % day of June, A. ID.
i5s5 having been allowed 10y sail Judge u Pro-
bate. 20 AL persons having claims against said
tAtr. IN which 70 present their claims 70 us for ex
animation and adjustment.
Notice il hereby gwen that will U"eet on
SATURDAY. the 18th day Of August, A. ID. 1855. and
on Saturday, the 18th day of December A. d.
ISIS, At ten o'clock q. m of each day, he office
Of Jalins Houseman in Houseman building. in
the city 0f Grand Rapids. IN ssid county. 10 re-
ceive and examine such claims.
Dated July i3 A. ID. lSs5.
julius HOUsENAN.
LENUEL ID. PUTNAM
commissioners.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-09-02
EXPERIENCE


business only employed from three 90 four
hands doing al orr work without mActiDery.
Thie being our ffth year. ve constantly en- pioy
from eighteen to twenty hands. besides using
boiler and engine. tlrpe large washing machines,
sfHrching machine Peerless and CerfrfuRHi
wringe-s shiri ironing machines. two collar and
cuff ironing mHchinee and various others. such
danpcning and shaping machines. neck band
ironer. etc. Also two horses ano wagons Tor cob
lectiDg and del Vering goods. We clsim that this
large increase iu - short a period j. owing to
having done none bnt hfsf-fiasE work. paying
strict attention 10 ali the srual oefals and being
~ all times ready g. make any improvement re
sargilsss II expense whore We know thHf II would
better the qushty - our work and please
cuefor1prr- Those who taVe nDi Jet given
trial will confer great favor on IA iD doinE 40.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-09-02

The monument in the vicinity is reared
IN honor of the low prices prevailing at the
above establishment.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-09-02

We started out to give to the citizens of
Grand Rapids extra cash value for their
money. Have we done it! Our unpre-
cedented success, our immense sales, tell the
story we stated years ago. We have never
backed down We state it now. We take
no Competitors Dust We sell no shoddy;
we warrant our goods and we give you one
dollar and twenty-five cent cash value for
every dollar expended at our store. Our
lease runs for twenty years. You will find
us at the old stand.
GREAT CHICAGO BOOT nd SHOE STORE,
28 Canal Street.
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-09-02
J. s. McGREGoR,
New Steam Dye Works,


10 Fountain ~ Grand Rapids.
Isxf5s~ Dresses. Closxs SAexls % SaFs1ua<
c CiseDe~f - DYED II Srp-rior nnznrer. Gentle
nen's Msde-Cp t+sr-ranfs Clean~ss - Dy@d snd
Hsnzisornely Pressed ~ stesn: E.sasd - se-
Rsreiri1S Dune.
1cc<ss Recefvat s1d Re-urus~i ~ Frp~-~r-
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-17
The Poet and the Noble.

A young poet had written a most
scurrilous poem, in which he had de-
scribed and llbeled not only the en-
press, but also the grand dukes and
duchesses. Some one, the censor of
the press, went and told the empress.
1.-The man had better be sent off to
Siberia at once" he said; sit is not a
case of delay" 80 no." said the en-
press; ''wait little, but tell the man
desire to see him at o'clock to-mor-
row evening, When the poor man was
told this, he felt as if the last hour was
come, and the emperor Alexander H.
must intend himself to pronounce a
sentence of eternal exile. He went to
the palace, and was shown through all
the grand staterooms, one after an
other, without seeing anyone. till at
last he arrived at small common
place room at the end of them all.
where there was single table with
lamp upon it, and here he saw tho
empress. the emperor, and all the
grand dukes and duchesses whom he
had mentioned in his poem. "How do
you do, sirP" said the emperor. II
hear you have written most beauti-
full poem, and ! have sent for you that
you may read it aloud to us yourself.
and | have invited all the grand dukes
and duchesses to come, that they may
have the pleasure of hearing YOU"
Then the poor man Frustrated himself
at the emperor's feet "Send me to
Siberia, SIRE" he said; "force me to
become soldier, only do not compel
me to read that poem. ''Oh, sir,
you are cruel to refuse me the pleas
ure, but you will not be so ungallant
as to refuse the empress the pleasure
of hearing your verses, and she will
ask you herself" And the empress
asked him. When he had finished she
said: a. do not think he will write
any more verses abont us again. He
need not go to Siberia just yet"
A nobleman had entered into con-
spiracy against the emperor, and was
to Siberia His eyes were
oandaged and he was put into dark
carriage, and for seven days and
nights they travelled on and on, only
topping TO take food. At last he felt
hey must have reached Siberia, and
n the utm ost anguish he perceived
hat the carriage stopped, and the
,andage was taken off his eyes, and
le was in his own homel He had been
lriven round and round st. Peters
'urg the whole time; but the fright
.uite cured him.-Studies IN Russia.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-17

To the working material in hand there
We're added $500 zinc traps made on
new system; also, 2,S60 canyas
screens, making of these total which,
If placed in line, would have made
about 315 miles of canvas wall. The
island was divided into still smaller
districts for official supervision, but
the reduction in the number of the
foe rendered a corresponding reduc-
ton possible in the force employed to
cope with them. Only two thousand
persons were therefore employed, of
whom /, 400 were laborers, working on
contract. By judiciously marching
these from one point to another, they
were able to do all that was requisite.
At one point, however, a serious alarm
arose, for the locusts, having sudden
ly changed their line of march and
outflanked their watchers, had actual
ly reached the standing crops. In this
emergency working party of Eng
lish soldiers was called out, and thirty
two men of the Queens Own West
Kent regiment were marched out to
do battle with this tiny but serious
foe. 1t is superfluous to say that they
did their work right well.
To the Joy of all concerned, these
Iong-sustained efforts have at length
been crowned with such success that
last year literally no damage to crops
was reported, and though it is evident
that there will always be sufficient
number of survivors to necessltate
vigilance and the preservation of To-
Gust war material as an annual item
in the national expenses of the isle, it
may now be considered that the great
plague has been successfully conquer
ed. 1t is now proposed to render 1t
compulsory on owners of the soil an
nually to plow all lands where depos-
its of eggs are known to have been
made. Also, that rewards shall be given
Graduated according to the distance
traveled) to all persons reporting
matches not previously known to gov
ernment, and that fines should be
levied on persons who, knowing of
such, have failed to report them. The
total expenditure incurred in this war
fare has been: For the year ending
june 1882, about f32. 900; for the year
ending June, 1888, about f12, 300; for
the year ending June, 1885, about
f9, O0O-a considerable item in the
outlay of the isle, but one which will
very quickly be refunded by the rich
harvest, now happily safe from the
all-devouring foe.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-17
Industrial Notes.

A whitewash that will not rub off, is
made bv slaklng one-half bushel lime
with boiling water, keeping 1t covered
during the process. Strain it and add
peck of salt dissolved in warm wat
er, three pounds of ground rice put in
boiling water, and boiled to thin
paste; one half pound powdered Span
ish whiting, and pound of clear glue
dissolved in warm water. Mix these
we'll together and let the mixture
stand for several days. Keep the
wash thus prepared in a kettle, and
when used put it on as hot as possible
with painters or whitewashers brush
eS.
The latest improvements in raising
lima beans is to use brush about eight
feet high, stuck like pea brush in
stead of poles as co Ommonly practiced.
Plant IN hills about three feet apart in
the direction of the rows, two or three
plants to the hill, and the rows six or
eight feet from each other. Cut off
the tops of the plants when they get
above the brush, and stop all the side
shoots when they are two feet long.
The vines are much better exposed to
the sun and air in this manner, and
far larger crops are said to be ma
tured than by polling.
In some tests made with small
squares of various woods buried one
inch in the ground the following re-
suits were noted: Birch and aspen
decayed in three years; willow and
horse chestnut in four years; maple
and red beech in five years; elm, ash,
hornbeam, and Lombardy poplar in
seven years; oak, Scotch fir, Wey
mouth pine, and silver fir decayed to
a depth of half an inch in seven years;
larch, juniper, and arborvite were un-
injured at the expiration of seven
years.
The sales of land made by the land
department of the Northern Pacific
46, 800 acres, for $253, 472. OF these
sales 4,046 acres were in Minnesota,
q, ,349 acres were in Dakota, 4, 633
acres were in Montana, and 1882
acres were in Washington. The total
sales were greater than those of the
corresponding month of 1884 by 10,
acres. The sales of the month were
almost entirely to actual settlers.
1t is possible, according to French
authority, to foretell the weather
sometimes ten or twenty hours in ad-
vance, by observing and comparing
the sounds emitted by the telephone
connected by leads with two iron bars
stuck into the ground few yards
apart. In case of thunder storm,
noise like that of shrivel-
iny leaves, increases until a flash of
lightning occurs. when the sound re-
sembles that of rain or hail falling on
grass.
A Port Jarvis man has concluded
that if there can be scarecrow there
can also be scarebug. So he stuck
a little stake in the middle of his Gu
,umber hills on which he has attached |
l small white rag. He says that the
title bugs which were destroying his
cucumber plants are scared by the
looping of the rags, and vacate the
PREMISES.
The birds of Louisiana, papers of that
tate say, will soon be exterminated.
he colored people there not only
lake birds an article OF food. but
ave begun to use their eggs for the
anne purpose. The eggs of partridges,
obins, wrens, mocking birds, and all