davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1886-04-10

Children need a safe cough medicine.
Red Star Cough cure has no opiates.
, 1886-04-10

have just received two cars of good brood
mares raised in Colorado. which will be
sold cheap for cash. Call at the Lone
Star barn, Seventeenth street.
, 1886-04-10

To introduce our work in Cheyenne we
will engrave name on copper plate and
print fifty best cards from same for 81.
Regular price e. SO. Elegant stationery,
invitations, society cards, etc. Mono
grams, etc. stamped Send for samples.
ELaAs 4 OWEN, 1870, 10th St, Denver
, 1886-04-10

One hundred cases Of claret wine Tor
sale, 1915 per case. at Masten's-
, 1886-04-10

V. 8. Glsfcke, the florist, telephone
No. 60. Artistic floral work a specially.
, 1886-04-10

Engraving in all its branches Is dons At
zKHsKR. JACKSON K B%uromER's
, 1886-04-10

Fresh Fish and poultry at
Ae0fh's Guy marker.
, 1886-04-10
WANTS

WAsrrD-Gih to do general house
work in small family. Inquire N. K cor
ner Eighteenth and Warren venue
, 1886-04-10

WANTED.-We want salesmen every
where, local and travelling. 70 sell our
goods. VIII pay good salary and all ex'
penses. Write for ter-nA 1t once and state
salary wanted. Standard Silver Ware
Co., Boston. Mass.
, 1886-04-10

WANTED. Copying BY = rapid aud
legible writer. Address box 1908, Chey-
enne, Wyo.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-17

EdIJllq udkeS nave Deen Shaking
New Zealand. The inhabitants
thought the island would sink into
the sea. The Philadelphia Record
gives the following: The sensation
experiencedis said to have been fear
full beyond description. Immedi-
ately after the first shock the inhab-
itants rushed frantically in all direc-
ton. When the second shock came
the entire country for miles around
was lit up by the glare from volca-
no which had suddenly burst into
activity. The scene was as grand as
it was awful. Huge volumes of
smoke, illuminated with flames,
simultaneously burst forth from a
range of mountains oversixty miles
in length, and above the smoke
could be seen huge masses of fire re-
sembling meteors rushing through
the sky. The natives who had es-
capped death and gathered ingroups,
filled with abject terror, held relig-
ious services, but when another shock
would cause the earth TO tremble
they would fall with their faces to
the ground quivering with fear. AS
soon as the news of the fearful occur
renee was received at Auckland a
Government agent made immediate
preparations to go to the relief of the
sufferers. Wagons were chartered
andfilled with provisions and clothes.
Mr.. Johnson, the Government agent,
on his arrival at Rotorno sent back
the following account:
The scene among the mountains
as viewed from the Wairoa road is
terribly grand. Flashes of tighten
ing, peals of thunder, and shocks Of
earthquake are incessant, while dust
is falling in heavy showers. In adj.
dition to these inconvenience the
roads throughout the entire country
are covered with several feet of blue
clay mud elected from the volca
noes. All vegetation is destroyed
and the aspect of the country il
changed. Blue Lake and Lake Ro
takakahi have been transformed in
, to mt d baths. The outlet of tn,
latter lake is blocked up, and the
bridges which cross the lower enc
,, are covered with mud, Nearly all
the buildings that | have noticed
are crushed in by falling mud. A
this place Shows Temperance 1 F5lil
. and the two principal hotels. as arc
/ neaiiy an other buildings in the
, 'oH are completely wrecked. The
Z. house occupied by Mrs. Hazard ant
her family was BONE down by the
weight of the debris. Mrs. HazarC
+ was dug out alive, but four of hel
children were found dead. Mr.
Hazard is missing Detailed reports
of the foreign residents at othe
points who were killed have not ye
been received.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-17
GRAVE AND GAY.
IMPORTANT SCRAPS sCIssORED WITH
DISCRETION FROM BRIGHT
EXCHANGES.


Those who have seen his bent form
will appreciate this story which Presi-
dent Dwight tells at his own expense.
"a little girl, after watching his walk
for awhile, remarked: mamma, think
he is the stoopedest man ever did see"
Xxx
''No," said the Vermont man, who was
shot in the head by his friend while they
were out hunting, lost the most of an ear
and was considerably scratched 81 don't
mind the wound so much, but it breaks
my heart to have my head mistaken by
my most intimate friend for polecat."
#A*
new concrete now being used quite
extensively in France is composed of
eight parts sand, gravel, and pebbles,
one part powdered cinders and one and
4 half parts unslaked hydraulic lime.
These materials are thoroughly beaten
together, the mixture forming concrete
which sets almost Immediately and be-
comes in few days extremely hard and
solid. 1t may be improved by the addi-
ton of one part cement.
#a*
Old Diogenes ought to be here to turn
his lantern upon Joseph O'Neill, a Chi
cago street car conductor, who has four
motherless children, the eldest H. He
found in his car a handbag containing
nearly 81 200. ''Pd tell you lie if /
said it was no temptation" he afterwards
said ''for it was for have to work 1865
days to keep the wolf from the door"
He at once turned the money over to the
company"
*##
An eccentric farmer at Hartford, Ind
is engaged in the task of endcavoring
by walking many miles each day upon
an imprOvised track, to wear away three
layers which he imagines have been ad. J
ed to his feet. He began hs-.A,;.aI','a
walk about two years ssn'" 1850
upon his feei, ..i i5In , hnnrs mt r. r.,
" s-tt'.eettnty -four. Instead of being made
weak by the exercise he is growing
nc ;rnn al ~, ,.,,.,ons ILL., m,h;aaa.I
H. -. ,...,,,aI .. ''' co oon ',
~ ' -. 49," 80, ,o'''' "v'''' '''''e'
49, 80 f''' " " X '
Customer lin rest,nrantl- er tbi.
chicken SOM has pumerous feathers in
it, Waiter ayes sah If vo' want
soup made outen chicken OLD cnougb f.
be bald sah vou'll have 10 90 IN com,
oadon ,,tall;,Inon.
o'''' ''"''''''''''"s'
Tho cowhov evopgelist w woslo,
Describes himsolf nc o. horrel or dns,
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-17
AGENTS
WANTED.
FOR THE GREAT NEW BOOK
1.-THE WORLDS WONDERS
By ]. W. Buel.

The most successful subscription book
ever published. Orcr half a million copies
acre sold The pdd eight MONTHS and it is
selling three times as fast now as ever
before. Regular canvassers clear
from $l5 to $25, $40 $50 per day.
Nothing like it was evC known in the
history of book publishing. Proofs sent
free on application. No experience need
ed to insure success. We help persons
without means to do large business
no capital needed. Write for particulars.
Salaries guaranteed 10 pefsons rho do not
lGiSh 10 cdauds on commission. We mean
business, and want live agents in every
township. 1t will cost You nothing 10
write for terms and full descriptions of
our plans of doing business. We also
giue a,0dy standard hooks 10 persons who
send us names of book agents Write for
our list of free standard books.
llisroRIcAL PuBLisn1NG Co.,
120 Il 100 n. 7th St., Philadelphia Pa.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-17

for the personal use Of physicians at
rate from so to go per cent lower than
that demanded of the ordinary customer
is evidence enough of the wide margin
of excessive profit left to the dealer"
*k*
There are about 10000 houses in the
Prussian capital. A small number are
inhabited by one or two families, but the
great majority are divided into several
distinct lodgings. Two thousands five
hundred contain from 10 to 20 lodgings
10000 from 20 to 80 lodgings, and 10000
over 80 lodgings each. Seventy-fve
thousand of these lodgings are composed
of one room only.
*.*
An iron tower 9s4 feet high is TO be
erected on the grounds of the coming
Paris Information Exhibition. The
tower will be supported by four pillars,
which will be higher than the magnifi-
cent towers of the Cathedral of Notre
Dame, which have an altitude of 295
feet The structure will cost 81 100000
and will be visible, it is believed, as far
as Dion, which is 1917 miles southeast of
Paris.
~
THE COUNTRY EDIToR's SPHERE.-The
Importance of the country editor has
never been fully recognized. The ten
dency has always been to undersize him,
and more particularly is it apt to be done
by his brethren of the metropolitan
press, when in fact his position is the
only one of true independence in jour.
nalism, although the work of the coun-
try newspaper is more limited than that
of the metropolitan press. Still the
editor has the advantage of impressing
his exclusive individuality upon it, while
metropolitan journalism is Of necessity
the aggregate work of many. If the
country editor is man with force Of
character he naturally becomes leader
of the community in which he labors
He moulds public sentiment and dictates
public policy. He is in reality the coun-
RVS law-giver.-S Paul Globe
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-17

LITTLE ONES OwN.-Satur-
day we began a weekly maya
zine with colored pictures, for
children.
There is nothing wonderful
in it for grown folks. The pic
lures will please the little ones,
keep them out of mischief, give
them occupation, and do them
no harm-that's enough to
promise beforehand.
There is a page of big let
tiers and little words; another
page of Bible tales and the
like and the rest short stories
and other diversions. 1t ism t
heavy, scientific, aesthetic, or
blood-thirsty.
The whole is four pages of
bright-colored pictures, four
pages of good safe English !.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-17

SOME men grumble because their
fellow man is making an honest liv-
ing, and doing what is right. They
would rather chuckle over the down
fall of the industrious.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-17

GRAHAM, the man who is seeking
notoriety, passed through the whirl-
pool rapids. He is a cooper, and
being able to construct a craft after
his own ideas, safely accomplished
what his heart sought after. There
are lots of queer people in this
world.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-17
1855.
THE THOROUGHBRED IMPORTED
Clydesdale Stallion,
NORFOLK HERO.

For the improvement Of our stock and
and increasing its size the subscribers
will offer the service of this beautiful
and powerful young horse to the public
as follows on Monday, Tuesday and We'd
nesday of each week ut the stable of ].
l.. Irons, West Grove, Pcnna., and the
three last days Of each week at the Deer
Park Hotel stables, Newark, Del.
Norfolk Hero, is chestnut II hands
high, was bred by Mr. c. Jones, Stowe,
England and registered in stud book No.
1888.
His Sire, Leviathan, No. 1924; his
grand sire Hercules, NJ. 1924 his grand
grand sire, Heart of Oak 10. 1905; his
dam by Honest Tom No. 1888, who took
six first Royal prizes and never was
beaten.
TERMS.-Sl5 to insure 50 to be paid
at the time of service, which will be part
of the insurance if with foal. SIP the
season to be paid cash. Insurance to be
paid us soon as ascertained to be with
foal. Any person parting with mare
which has been insured will be held for
the insurance
Good stable keep or pasture furnished
for mares from distance at reasonable
rates. Lindsey * EIOssinger,
Myl-u Newark, Delaware.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-17
At your service


Our entire establishment
with its many adjuncts
is placed at your dispos-
al for the getting and
wearing of better, nicer
fitting and more econom-
ical clothing than ever
before. Every circum-
stance is in your favor
this season; goods We're
never lower, styles were
never better, garments
We're never better made,
nor were we ever more
anxious to sell. We ask
an especial examination
of our stock of fine ma
telials for making suits
to order selected, as it
has been, in early time
to secure all the novel
ties and scylish patterns
for the coming spring.
Our cutters and work.
men need no extended
recommendation as we
employ only competent
and experienced artists.
In fact, it would be folly
for lis to do otherwise
In regard to the i'm
mensr assortment of fine
clotlllilg LOT men, youulls
and boys, we will give
full particulars later
enough now to say that
we have such an assert.
ment as we feel conf.
dent will meet your ap
ploval in every way.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-17

RIoTING in Ireland between the
Catholics and Orangemen was in
dulged in this week. A lively time
was had many were knocked down
by stones and bricks.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-17
BUCKEYE
Reapers and Mowers.

pS~ First-class machines.
Buckeye Platform Binder.
Buckeye Elevator Binder.
Buckeye Mowers.
Buckeye Table-Rake.
Tiger Hay-Rake, self-dump.
Randall Harrow.
Bird q Sons Sulky Cultivator.
Doughten's Disc Corn Marker.
Moline Corn Planters.
Binder Irvine.
Sharless q CarpaptteA4Fs Phosphate.
) dffifes P. Rothwell, Agent,
New London Ave, Newark, Del.
Apr24-tiuly
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-17

The two lower counties want to
furnish a man for Governor. We
always understood that Kent and
Sussex counties wanted to furnish
men to fill all the offices.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-17

ATTENTION
FARMERS and GARDENERS
Buy So Bone Mill
And make your own bone meal, crack
ed corn, and ground oyster shells for
your chickens, The increase in eggs
will soon pay for the mill.
Buy a Cooley Dreamer
And make better butter, more of it
with less labor than by any other
method.
Buy Matthew Seed Drill
And SOW all the small seeds in your
garden with regularity and precision,
saving labor and seed.
Buy Lees Wheel Hoe
70 destroy all the weeds in your gar
den. A boy can work it,
Buy Cahoon Broadcast Seed-sower
TO sow any kind of grain or grass seed
at the rate of to acres per hour.
Call and examine these and other labor
saving implements at
ID. Laudretf and Sons,
IMPLEMENTS and SEED WAREHOUSE,
u ana 90 South sixth street. Philadelphia.
Branch stOre-Delaware Avenue and
Arch Streets. Phila.
Seed and Implement catalogue free 10 all ap-
pllcants m20-sm
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-17

Ilrl nfor working people Send 10 cents post,
I'LL Dage, and we will man you free, foya
iii valuable sample box OF goods that will
stESi put you In the way 0t making more
money In n few days than you thought
ever possible at any business, Capital not required
You can live at hOlnoand work In spare time only
or all the time. All Of both sexes, Of all ages
grandly successful. 50 cents to S. easily earned
every evening. That all who want work may teFi
the business, we make this unparalleled offer 10
all who not we'll sutshed we will send VI to pay
for the trouble of writing Full particulars al
rections etc. sent free. lmmence pay absolutely
ure for all who start at once Don't delay Adj
ress Stinson 4 90 Portland, Maine.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-17

THE Hon. VIM. Dean appeared as
the funny man in the Every Eoening
of Tuesday. He said he wanted an
office, but was not quite sure what
kind of Office. His experience in
ofiice-holding, he believed, was
ample recommendation for any
trust that might be thrust upon
him. While it is true that truth
escapes sometimes when jesting is
INDUCED in, yet in this instance we
are led to believe that the gentle
man is merely poking some fellows
in the ribs.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-17

A CONSTITUTIONAL reform-to be
changed or not to be. Needed-a
change.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-17

A REVIEW of the business of every
kind almost for more than u year
past shows a depression that is
startling in its effects. Heretofore
the iron trade has contributed no
small part to such a state of affairs,
but the past twelfth-month troubles
can hardly be laid to this cause.
They originated principally through
labor troubles in every branch of
industry superinduced by strikes.
The labor trades-unions exerted an
influence never before experienced.
By these strikes wise lessons, have
been learned by both sides. While
this trouble has not been wholly set
at rest, yet there is a healthier out
look than for a long while. Indica-
tions now point to a surprisingly
heavy fall trade. 1t now rests solely
with the manufacturer and laborel
as to whether prosperity will again
take the place of hard times and
dissatisfaction.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-17
WAN4MAKER'S.
PHILADELPHIA, july II, 1856.

PHILADELPHIA. July -. 1856.
Till late in September the
store will close at one O'Clock
on Saturdays.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-17

r,', a,9ifa l only-GOng North-Train leaves
rmlu nh ~ Wilmington IL 10 p IN and arrives NJ
"rI VIZ ~ m. Dupont as arr Wi 20 ~"
90 S,uuii,uhS Only-Golng nOrth-train leaves Frenr,,
~ ~ WI NJ % a m, stops at all stations arr ",
nelulng II 80 n IN. Train leaves ST Peters a y,
p ~ 9Ir Reading IS p m making an st0ns 80
nolilg snuth-train leaves Reading al n m r,,,
an stops arr 10 IS M Train leaV
hIiaulng 90 p IN arr WI 30 p m. All stems '''
=, for connections at Wilmington. ChaIip r.v.,
1i uct p i-enape Coatesyle, Waynesbure l,nrs
az brdshoro, and Reading sec timeta6les a,
a. u. McCAUsLAND Supt. . ass agent
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-17

A small waist these hot days means
bad circulation, and that means sun
stroke or vertigo.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-17

IT seems to be ii game Of chess
between the Pennsylvania and Bal
timore and Ohio Railroads in rela-
ton to this town The playing
ALI seems to be done by the Penn
syIyania at present, while the B. and
o. are working hard to win the
game.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-17

ONE of the most difficult feats
that any party can do is, to place
men in office who do not belong to
a ring" 1t generally is, you tickle
me and I'll tickle you" or in other
words your influence is asked to
work for me, I want an Office
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-17
], t, MULLEN { SON,

Tailors, 9th IL Market, SITS.
Clothiers. Wilmington.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-17

Southwest and southeast OF the center
It's the season-madness-cot-
tons themselves are down.
Batistes are down from 10
to G2H. Seersuckers down
from IS to 10 and rs to 2H.
Some of the Scotch are down
from SO to 371a.
Cottons not down are low
enough already; crazies for in
stance, I6c; sateens for anoth-
er, I2H to 371a.
1t isn't easy to make these
cottons understood. They vary.
A name means one thing here
another elsewhere. We might
as we'll say we have them all
and that all are down to the
bottom.
Northwest Of the contcr
1t is only the ante-summer
furry of trade that is over.
Out of nearly a million inhab-
itants how many are out OF
town? Not a hundred-thou-
sand. Out of other millions
of travellers passing through
the city how many pass our
door? Another way Of asking
the same-what other object
of interest is jotted down in
everybody's note book for
Philadelphia? independence
Hall and Wanamaker's. We
have won that place by having
something to see whatever the
time of year,
They are welcome.
Ohm WANAMAKER
Chestnut Thirteenth and Market streets
and City-hall square.
The Sunday herald., 1886-09-05
Jim Keene's Collapsed Condition.


james Keenc, the celerated s2ecuator, Is living
this summer In a rented cottage Of very plain
character at Far Rockaway, 10 which place he goes
every night, giving more time to Ills family In these
days OF prlvaiOn than when he WAS at the top OF The
social and speculative world. Persons who know
over the ferry, not that no IL 80 desperately hard
up, but that he has pinched his expenses
al every point IN order to get square with tho world
Ing, and is accused OF having too much confidence
In himself 80 that from time TO time he has Lost the
support OF powerful men who would have, with IL
little solicitation on his part, helped him through
Mr.. KeeDc's condition when he came TO New York
City was very substantial lie had ut least 81 10000,
and was presumed TO have In California further
backing. lie arrived In the city when there was no
leader TO Wall street, and ihe brokers came around
him with hungry eyes to get hls orders. One Of
missions, has refused 10 carry stocks for him OF late
and another who is deep IN his account would moi
Of the chief Inventors Of the gram speculation
coincident with the stock market. lie was sharply
reprOvcd for having put specNlatlOn into the ncces
wheat. following the advice OF Rufus Hatch. II |,
said he met Hatch at the tape measure, who was
aeaahs nn hs me yam s eyes @ o.
shall break" Keeno went TO Ills assistance and
Hatch showed MIN how great dcal Of money
loser. lie also mako heavy loss In the Hannibal
aud 81. Joseph corner, where John Il. Duff OF Bos-
9 haa az baiemea to SCOOP me whole street.
restaurant table: "Ihe man you see yonler is Jim
keene, and we are going TO break him." This persoI
bethought It well to go and tell Keene, whom lie had
not previously known. Keene found that he wai
In the tolls, so he got to work quietly and began Il
buy this stock, and for some OF 1t he paid rs higt
as 325 and the same stock he ultimately sold at 70
lie made the most OF his money In Northern Pacific
preferred. lie believed hlmsclfn 1911 just after th'
Pittsburg riots, when ne became bull, worth $40,
900 600. When be sold his race-hOrse FOxha h,
was already hard pressed and unable to leave tht
city lest his absence might bc Interpreted as fright
or desertion. i!e had no person to send but
woman who had taken q sympathetic view OF h
to Lord ROsebery was f25 900, which was a. 900 NOR
than Keene expected, Keenes nat uptown Ia sal,
10 bring him the comfortable sum OF 81 800 month
1t Ia no great amount OF money 10 man still In tn
street, satisfied that there IL no future for him
less he re establishes himself there
The Sunday herald., 1886-09-05
THE wnIsTLING SEA SERPENT.

The residents of the Atlantic coast, from Maine
verisbe ses serpents, which have APPEARED @ % At ihs
or that point on the coast, while lately one lodged
through the E@srrows, Narrow past New York, and was seen
man In thousand believes In the existence OF the
marine monsters or processes to have seen them
Professors gu! and Goode, OF the Fish Commission,
and the former a skepllc, and SO we may say that
the experts are at ioggerheads on the sea-
serpent question as well AS the mariners.
are fashionable topics lust at this time, THE
HERALD reporter thought dip into the subject
wond be interesting reading, and, as luck would
on TO was an old mariner who had passed many
weary days sailing along the southern In the
"what do you Know about sea serpents, my
heariy?" was asked az an opening wedge.
"Avast there, shipmae," he anawereh; "sea SER
varied accomplishments II the papers record them
Alright; for read that some fancy yacltsmen saw
one on Cape Charles that whisled after them"
swell, mate, what do you think OF IL? Have you
any reason to doubt tho story?"
swell, my scribbng land-lubbcr, listen to my
story and then perhaps you will see II there IL any
four months ago the patented fog.whlslle, which
was planted by cabes on lIatteras, and is worked
automatically by the force OF the sea, slipped from
the fastening, was carried oil, and has never been
recovered. II drifted into the Gulf Stream and
got into the long meshes Of seaweeds and grass, II
has perhaps accumulated quite a weird,ioOklng
shape, and II proTudcd above the level OF the aea
would DO liable TO scare the best OF US. Now, /
nrmy believe that this is what the yachters saw on
the capes the heavy cables attached keeping II un.
der water most OF the time, but once In awhile II
strikes shallow water, and allows the cone shaped
conriyance to thrust Itself above the sea level the
swaying to and fro causing the dismal aud peculiar
whistle that mariners were accustomed 10 hear on
Hatieras."
This the ancient mariner said was his yarn, and
az there N good common sense IN hB CxpauatlDn
The SUNDAY HERALD let's II 20 for what ii Ia worth
!, knocks out the whislling sea serpent.