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The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-07-04
Denver's Haunted Hack.

Hack No. 80 has gained an unen-
viablc notoriety arising from the
wcll-authcnticatcd fact Of its being
haunted. There is some dark my
stery surrounding it which the pres
ent owner and driver, Sam Magee,
cannot explain. The supernatural
appearances always occur at 2
o'clock in tho morning and are
about as related to n "News" report
er by gentleman who rode in
the hack. His story is:
81 engaged hack to take me to
the house of some friends on Broad
way, where there was to be a we'd
ding anniversary. There was moth
ing particularly noticeable about the
hack or its interior. 1t was nicely
upholstered, and comfortable and
cosey as one could desire. The eve
ming was one of the most pleasant
ones ever spent, and the hours
flew quickly. 1t was probably Il!
o'clock in the morning when l was
ready to leave. The carriage was
at the door, and l babe good-by to
my friends and was driven off. We
had travelled down Broadway for
perhaps half a mile when | felt a
cold shudder and an uncomfortable
fear, and became aware of the fact
that | was not alone. Suddenly q
bright unnatural, ghostly sort of q
light filled the interior of the vehi.
Gle, and, frozen with horror, l be.
came the witness of u scene which
it curdles my blood even to relate
There on the seat opposite was the
form of a beautiful woman ben
down on the seat, and over her, anC
grasped by the throat with one hanC
and with Il sharp pointed dirk il
the other, was man whose features
were almost demoniacal with rage
Paralyzed with horror, l saw hin
; plunge the knife thrice into hel
, bosom, and crimson flood poured
over the cushions and to the foo
of the hack. a piercing scream
rent the air, and the door of hacl
was thrown open, and the body o
the woman thrown out, the, ligh
j vanished, and all was still. l sa
trembling in my seat, almost froze
!, with fear, and not daring to movC
4 Before | fairly recovered myself tn
n carriage halted, and | found myse
n at home"
r The gentleman who told the stor
!, is Il wcll-known business man {
g Denver, who is known to be of IL
d strictest integrity and reliability, an
a whose word is as good as his bon,
= The hackman, upon being int
!, viewed, at first denied there beir
u any popularity about his hac
but, upon being confronted wit
the story told by his passenger, +
luctantly admitted the fact that h
he hack was haunted. He could gil
st no explanation of the phenomena
d which he said occurred at precise
bS , o'clock every morning.-Denv
". News.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-07-04

Tsin leaves Reading at 80 PIN, Ririsboro 1892
Springfield l.O2, Wayncsburg Je AIS, Coatosye
~ Lnnaps 5.2i, Chadd's Ford Jc $50 DupOnt
600, arrive at Wilmington Ga.
Train leaves Reading ut 300 BlrdshOro 9al,
Springfield 1923 Warwick 1858, arr 81 Peters 1913
Train leaves reading at 80 u M Birdsburo o.,
Springfield 6 ~. Waynesburg Jc & IS, COatcsyilr
~ lcunpe Z o. Chadd's FL Jc 0i. Dupont -,
arrive WILMINGTON b5
For connections at Wilmington, Chad1's Ford
Junction, Lunapa, Coa,csvIlle, Wayncsburg June
ton. llrdsIuru, and Reading soc timetables at
all stations l.. a. ROVER, GEM. Pass, Agent
A. q. MrGAusLAND, Supt.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-07-04

BLACK is very becoming to you"
remarked a Waco gentleman to a
newly made widow,
Eyes. If my dear, deceased hus-
band had had any idea how well
would look in mourning, l really
don't believe he would have died,
was the candid reply.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-07-04
Eating the Goat without Horns.

Sir Spencer John, now British
Minister to Mexico, was twelve
years, beginning with 1868, Minis
ter Resident from Great Britain to
Hayti. In his recently published
book, called "Hayti, or the Black
Republic" he has a chapter on
"Vaudoux Worship and Cannibal-
ISM" and his testimony is so strong
and direct that the horrible facts
which he exposes can hardly be re-
futed. The evil is so widespread
that the Government has never dar-
ed TO grapple with it, with the ex-
ccption of the administrations of
President Gellrard and Boisrond-
Canal, and it is probable that they,
in some measure, owe their fall to
this action. The Emperor Soulou-
que was Il firm believer in the Vau-
doux, the mulatto General Their
longe was one of its high priests,
and late Prime Minister was said
to be chief priest Of the sect.
AT a dinner Sir Spenser heard the
Archbishop of Port-au-Prince give
an account of the occurrences at a
Vandoux ceremony held the pre-
ceeding week in the district of area
have Gin 1869. A French priest in
charge of the district had a curiosi-
ty to witness the ceremonies, and
he persuaded some of his parishion-
ers to take him to the forest where
n meeting was to be held. They
were very unwilling, saying that il
discovered he and they would be
killed, but he promised faithfully
that, whatever happened he would
not speak Il word. So he was taken
with them, disguised as a peasant
After the usual ceremonies of kill
ing white cock and white goat
those present being marked the
blood the priest said that present
ly an athletic young negro came
and knelt before the priestess Of thu
occasion and said 80 mamma,
have favor to ask" "What is i
my son ?" "Give us to complet,
the sacrifice, the goat without
horns.' She gave a sign of assent
the crowd in the shed separated
and there was child sitting witt
its feet bound. In an instant
rope, already passed through
block, was frightened, the child
feet flew up toward the roof, an
priest approached it with a knit
The loud shrek given by the viz
tim aroused the Frenchman to tn
truth of what was going on. II
shouted, 80 spare the child !" an
would have darted forward, but l.
was seized by his friends aroun
him and literally carried from IL
spot. He got safely back to IL
town and tried to rouse the polio
but they would do nothing unit
morning, when they accompanic
him to the scene. They found tn
remains of the feast, and near tn
shed was the boiled skull of Il
t. child. The authorities were excee,
ingly incensed with the priest fl
his interference, and, underpretcn.
: that they could not answer for h
:, safety, shipped him off to Port-a
i Prince, where he made his report
the Archbishop.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-07
ssTins,, in English Homes.

London Letter to the San Francisco Argonaut l There is, believe, a scale to guide guest in the amount of tips. good deal, of course, depends upon the size of the house, the number of servants, the style and gran deur and all that. When you go away is when you tip The butler you must fee, if you have to walk to the station. Less than gold to him you cannot offer. At some houses butler would sheer at anything un- der five pound note. If man shoots he can't possibly get off without fleeing the gamekeeper, and some gamekeepers can't look at anything less than "paper." The smallest paper money in England is i've pound Bank of England note. Then there is the footman who looks after your things Gf you don't bring your own valet with you) and brushes your clothes, fills your bath in
 the morning and unpacks your portmanteaus when you arrive and packs them for you when you go away. He must get-if your visit extends for week-at the rate of three shillings day. If you stay one night you had best give him half a sovereign, for you'll not be sorry when you come again The housemaid, also, who does your bedroom,
 must not be forgotten, and be sure she'll give
 
 in your room, dusting some ornaments on the dressing table or chimney piece, if you want to tip her when no one is looking The prettier she is the more you give her and the longer you are about it. You can tip her every day if you like, and the chances are that you will like, for few men, old or young, are proof against female beauty; and the housemaids in the houses of the upper class es in England are, in their saucy little caps and neat cotton gowns, about as pretty set of young women as you'll find in Great Britain. Their ranks have supplied more than one Hbeauty'' to the burlesque stage and soubrette line of theatrical business. As a rule, one might say, they won't object to 8 considerable amount of strongly exhibited affection accompanying the tip you bestow upon them, the strength and extent of their reciprocity naturally depending on the size of your present. The upper housemaid- one of whose subordinates your particular white-capped and rosy-faced damsel is would like to have 8 parting remembrance. The cook, too-be he chef or she cordon bleu
 will be glad to have his or her efforts to please your palate duly appreciated by the presentation of golden impression of Vic toria's pudgy profile.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-07
DUM ASs FOLLY.
His Palace of Monte Cristo Which
 Became a Geological Wonder. Paris Letter to London Truth

His Palace of Monte Cristo Which Became a Geological Wonder. Paris Letter to London Truth.l
 Iwonder the idea of starting a casino at St. Germain has not taken root in the brain of some enterprising speculator. There are some tables d'hote, chiefly known to officers, where capital dinner can be had cheap. But one must be at table as the bell rings. Millionaires only can go often to the Pavil- ion Henri Quatre, which is still, as it was in the second empire, great resort of success full dramatic authors and dramatists. The latter swarm on the Paris side of the river near Vesinet, where, not a score of years ago, an English earl applied the views of life given by the Marquis de Sade in his writ ings. Sardou often comes to meet his theat- rical friends at the Pavilion Henri Quatre. The author of ''La Famille Benoiton" has still jet-black head of thick lank hair. His face is now like parchment. It does not ex- press high order of intelligence, but is in teresting without being prepossesslng. The mouth beiokens conceit, connoisseurship and hardness, and, as old Dumas used to say of grimacing women, smiles are pinned to its corners-or rather it's corners are pinned back into smiles Tourists used to go from St.
 
 ral folly of old Dumas, which he built at a cost of FOG, 900 francs, and sold to get rid of an urgent creditor for 30,000 francs. It was
 an asylum in his time for all the masterless
 dogs in the neighborhood, and the grounds
 were opened to anybody who felt tempted to
 use them as a promenade. The inhabitants
 of his menagerie, with whom he was on
 companionable terms, were almost human in
 their intelligence. Jugurtha, vulture which
 he bought in Algeria for ten francs, and
 brought thence in ante-railway time to Monte
 Cristo at an expense of 50,000 francs, was
 the tyrant and, to some extent, the school
 master of Dumas private Zoe. All this is
 changed now. There is a high wall round
 the premises, with broken ends of bottles
 stuck in the mortar on the summit. A fe-
 rocious dog menaces all those who try to
 peep in through the bars of the gate. If the
 ghost of Dumas haunts the domain he creat-
 ed, how it must suffer at the presence of this
 Cerberus!
Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-07
Too MANY,


 The King of Siam has 5000 wives. No cards.-Buffalo Commercial
 "The lecture season will soon begin, D remarks an eastern editor. Aha! your wife is coming home, eh?-Newman Inde- pendent.
 Trotting horses are quoted cheaper. Even Maud 5. is expected to come down another quarter before the end of the season.-Chi- caGo Herald.
 Florence Marryat, the novelist, advises
 English girls "to sit down on the men, D
 Miss Marryat is evidently accustomed to riding in crowded cars.-:Philadelphia Call
 If young lady cannot fire 8 young mans affections any better than she can fire stone, you can make sure she will lose many pound of caramels-YonkersS States man.
 Love may be blind, as all the old poets
 have sung in unison, but we do not recall
 any well authenticated instance of young
 love kissing his grandmother by mistake.-
 Saddle1y Journal
 A plate has been discovered on which a pie can be baked without burning while the mistress of the house is finishing her novel and the cook is having few last words with the policeman. Chronicle. q say, Bobby,' whispered Featherly. twas your sister pleased to learn that had called upon herr" 'fYes, indeed, she was, J replied Bobby. "When mother told her that MT. Featherly called while she was out she said thank heavens. '"-New York Sun. It is remarkable how mother will let her daughters run loose at summer resort, and then, when the winter season opens in town, will insist upon accompanying them to all balls and theatres whither they are invited to go by their young gentleman aequain- tances.-Lowen Citizen. Freddy had been repeatedly told he must not ask people for money. One day he met Mir. Williams, who could never resist an ap- peal from the small boy. "Mr Williams, ,
 said Freddy, s'do you ever give five centses \ to little boys what don't ask for 'em?' H. got the money.-Harper's Bazar.
 ''I am just as much opposed to tippling as | anybody" said Henderson; ''but, neverthe
 less, liquor rightly used is blessing to hu | manity. When I was ill last winter, actu I ally believe it saved my life" Fogg-'Very | likely; but how does that prove that liquol l is blessing to humanity?''-Boston Tran script
 Lawyer-'But, my dear sir, you cannot abandon this suit now. It would ruin your reputation as business man and make you the laughing stock of the community. You were wrong to enter upon it, but now that you have entered upon it, there is no helI for it but to fight it through to the bitter end." Client-'You didn't talk that way l last week. On the contrary, you advised me l to go into this and assured I sure of my suit" Lawyer-"Yes, but don't yor see the difference? I didn't advise you off | cially. You were not my client n."-Bos
 ton Transcript.
 month ago
 We wished for frost and snow,
 And in swearing at the heat our time we spent; ! When the mercury takes tumble We will then begin to grumble l That the radiator don't heat worth cent ! Boston Courier.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-07

that the men who leave the Republican and join the Democratic party to escape "bossism" are nearly as smart as the South Sea Islanders who in old times used to run into the sea to escape a shower Of course it is not conceit and all that sort of thing when a very small minority of the party dictates to the large majority as to whom they shall nomi- nate. Just at present they consider themselves the masters (bosses) of the situation, and the supreme complacency and indifference with which they see jail birds, horse thieves and the worst sort of offensive partisans reeeiv- ing appointments to places of trust and pro- fit just casts shadow of suspicion over their high sounding professions of devotion to the public good and that alone
 PusrTr
Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-07
Monday, September 2, 1885
THE SCHOOL ELECTION,


 It is encouraging to see indications that the next school election in New Haven will be somewhat unlike many that have preced- ed it. It ought to be.
 It has been the pleasing and pacifying cus- tom in this city for few voters to go to the polls on the day of the school election (while the rest stayed at home) and vote with cheerful indifference for those men whom the Board of Education and Superintendent of Schools thought would make the least trouble for them when elected. This has been very convenient custom for the two or three gentlemen who have really managed our school affairs for several years past. It has thus been made easy for them to carry out whatever plans they might concoct for ''the best interests of the schools"
 It is time, in our opinion, for change in the programme. The ruling members of the Board, aided and abettsd, or shall we say pushed on?, by the able and astute young superintendent, have gone too far. They have managed school affairs in "ring fash ion." They have delighted in secret meet ings and in keeping their doings from public notice until too late for the public to do any thing in opposition to them. And they have often apparently forgotten that there is a public very deeply interested in the schools.
 We have good reason to believe that since the new superintendent assumed command the management of the schools has been growing worse instead of better. He has been determined to have his own way, and though he has not had it often as some suppose, he has had it in several cases when he ought not to have had it, and when he would not had the Board been composed of men with proper amount of backbone. He has made great deal of trouble and has ac- complished very little beyond increasing the expenses of the district. He needs sttsn- ton.
 In order to make an improvement the first thing to do is to get some men into the Board who cannot be cajoled or bullied, who will ask questions, and who will not feel obliged to consent to what they do not ap- prove just to s'keep the peace." These men must be able to command the confidence of the community, and be men of good judg- ment as well as some fighting ability. No real friend of the schools desires to see them rashly dealt with.
 Something in the right direction can be done at the next election if the voters will do their duty. A committee composed of well known citizens has been appointed to pre- pare ticket to place before the voters. The result of their labors will be announced soon. We expect that it will deserve the approval of all who are unselfshly interested in the welfare of the schools.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-07

ing pools on the Puritan. This may be true and it may not. If it is it is valuable 'point."
 It costs fifty cents in western city to have barrel of four taken from the mill to the door of dwelling. Thirty-fve cents more will land it on the dock at Liverpool. Cheap enough for Liverpool.
 Woman suffragists in Maine, who have been petitioning for a communication of the death sentence of Mrs. Barrows, on the ground that she will be the only woman ever hanged in the State, have had their petition weakened by the discovery that two women have been hanged before in the State. The suffragists now claim that mercy should be shown because the prisoner was tried by men and would be hanged by men, which they think is not fair.
 There are, it is said, one hundred millions of acres of land on the Pacific coast of the United States especially adapted to the cul- ture of wheat, the great bulk of which yet lies untouched. A Chicago syndicate owns 8 ranch of three millions of acres in Texas on which there are twenty thousand head of cattle, and this is by no means large num- Der in comparison with the herds of others. These two items are calculated to give some idea of the undeveloped resources of our country.
 There have been dudes before. This is the kind of dude they had in 1900: The panta- looms of beau went up to his armpits; to .,,%<~ o,I when in, to sit down was impossible. His hat was too small to contain his handkerchief and was not expected to stay on his head. His hair was brushed from the crown of his head toward his forehead and looked, as a satirist of that day truly wrote, as if he had been fighting an o1d-fashioned hurricane backward. About his neck was 8 spotted linen handkerchief and the skirts of his green coat were cut away to 8 mathematical point behind.
 notable feature of the pilot chart for September, just issued, is information relative to cyclones, from which mariners in the North Atlantic will be in peril these next two months. A dozen of the more noted hurricanes of the last eighty years, in- cluding that of few days ago, are 50 traced on the map as to show the usual course of such storms, ,and to indicate where one is most likely to be encountered. The data is supple mented by diagram which will enable nav agator, thus overtaken, to ascertain from the direction of the wind his relative position in the colossal whirl, and which instructs him how most easily to escape from it's power.
 We are glad to see that some of our read CTS still retain an interest in the girls ,and we can assure the pessimists that the good girls are not all gone. There is one who stepped gracefully into horse-car in this city last
Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-07
), N. ADAM & co.
NEW GOODS.

1>I w OoODo' s. -5,.s,z Z Ess.
 Our Summer Sale ended and inventory over, new goods will be constantly added in every department-Hosiery, an d Gloves, and Underwear, and Laces, and Dress Goods, etc. Our purpose is to show a stock of goods which will be to the liking of our customers and to their profit as well as ours.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-07
J. N. ADAM G co.
BLANKETS.

We also made large purchases of Blankets early in the season, and before the boom boomed, and these we shall be able to sell cheap. Some of the lots are now being delivered, and thrifty housekeepers will do we'll to look at some we shall show this week-Blankets that will be Blankets all the days of their life and not wash cloths the year after next.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-07
A Case Without a Parallel.

In that horrible railroad disaster at Ashtabula, Ohio, which everyone remembers, Mrs F. M. Coul- ter was hurled through the bridge 70 feet in the river of ice. Her friend and Messrs Moody and killed, and she so badly injured and her nervous SIS as Sent t nrista oevim where after long treatment, she was pronounced incurable. Four years ago a friend sent her a bottle Of pr. Flowers Nerve Pills. The effect was like magic; F bottles were taken, and Mrs. Coulter was thor orrcrh h1xyo1
Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-07
some Question:. For ssIndependent.,

Some Questions For "1ndependent.s' To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER: Will you permit question or two for ''In- dependent" to answer if he thinks it worth
 l his whilea He says 'the Republican party
 | is now entirely under the control Of these men of tactics' or "boses" Has the Demo cratic party any advantage in that respect, and if not what have you gained by the changea Was the collector of New York ap- pointed for his conspicuous fitness or because he the choice of "Boss" Hubert O.. Thompson?
 Was the postmaster of New York selected in the interest of civil service reform or to please Boss" Curtis, the great mogul of the mugwumpss If his appointment was simply a reward for efficient administration why was MT. Sperry, who was in every respect his peer, set aside for new man?
 Was Mir. Troup appointed on his merits or because ''Boss' Mitchell, like an honest man
 | that he is, wanted to pay on his political lia-
 | bilities e'cent per cents"
 Was the appointment of the present postmaster of New Haven, or the collector either, spontaneous on the part of the pres
 ident, 8 sort of inspiration, so to speak, or a
 1 concession to certain "bosses'' carefully fore l casted with view to the most efficient aid
 ! ing of the political aspirations of the great l mule buyer and others? It seems to me
Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-07
arly d5nnas.
). N. ADAM & co.
FLANNELS.

ELAN IN ELO.
 Some time ago we announced that we had been large buyers of Flannels at the great Auction Sale held in New York, and that in due season we would place them on sale. Could the manufacturers have foreseen the turn the market would take, we think there would have been no auction sale. Wool has ad- vanced, is advancing, and will still more advance. Flannels have advanced. But having said we would give our custom CTS the advantage of our. pur- chase we mean to do 1t. This week, next week and all through September, we shall offer Elan nels at prices it would simply be impossible to make if we had to purchase now.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-07
RIP VAN TWINKLE.

Joseph Jefferson, the great actor (whose equal the character of Rip Van Wrinkle shall never see again. states that he visited Dr. Flower in very low state of health. He had given up the stage on account of his health being utterly broken down I. Dr. Flower entirely cured him. and he is to-day en- toying the very best of health, after having filed last season heavy professional engagement. The two great remedies used in this celebrated cure were Dr. Flowers Liver and Stomach Sanative and