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The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-10-02

Have you noticed how some people enter q
car and where they siti A lady will walk
past dozen vacant seats, often the entire
length of the car, then come back again and
take one OF the seats she has Just passed, and
often nftcr she is seated change to another
just exactly like the ono she leaves; never ex-
actly decided at homo or abroad.
The old traveller walks direct to the best
seat IN tho car TINT is vacant 1. O., the one
nearest the center and ON the shady side-not
because it rides easier, but it is safer in case
of any accident. Tho o. t. never passes a va
can't seat If the car Is in any way nearly full
The small boy or his sister must get next
the window, and usually fiattens his nose
against it if It is not open, he being on his
knees on the seat-we mean the small boy on
a small journey. If the trip lengthens out
any he will get oil over the car before be gets
to the end of the trip.
The backwoodsman will take the first seat
inside the door, whether the cur is crowded
or empty, and will put his entire family on
the one seat if he can squeeze them in between
the arm Of the seat and the window. II it's
down in Kentucky or Tennessee they will
take off their hats and bonnets and make
themselves at home.
The colored brother or sister from down
south hunts q window before he does a sent
raises the sash quickly, passes his body
through to the waist and to people he has told
"good-by" he shouts again, "Goo,by, goo-by;
give my love to Amt Mary; goo'-by; you
must write" While the person yelled at is rs
innocent Of writing as a babe When tie
train is on its way no sinks into a seat, the
one where he is as good as any: he stays
there looks around with smile of satisfac-
ton, is glad he is alive, and gladder Of all no
is "gwine on this yere cyar," and gladdest Of
all That the car is supplied with ice water n
luxury that does not appear in his every day
hfe.-Merchant Traveller
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-10-02
WANpERlNes OF A WA

Chophouse Attendants Who Arc Perpet-
ualiy on the Move-In New York City.
The average waiter must do great deal Of
wandering in the course of his lifetime. In
the very swell restaurants good waiter may
keep his place for years, but those of moro
modest standing seem to DO perpetually ON the
move. The men who used to bring mo my
breakfast and dinner at this or that hotel now
serve me with beer at the concert gardens,
and old pot bearers from tho concert gardens
greet me when drop in to sat my lunch. l
have for years kept track of the movements
Of a veteran chophousc attendant, whom l
originally tipped in a John street Shrine to tho
stomach. have been served by him from
Rockaway to High Bridge; he waited on me
at the centennial in Philadelphia, and at
Washington when Garfield was inaugurated.
The other night 1 came across him again in
an uptown resort, looking not day older
than when he set my deviled kidney and my
pewter Of Bass before me on the day made
his acquaintance He fetched mo my lager
and my sandwich with the SAME old flourish,
and gave mo greeting with thesamc familiar
civility. This man Is as good a waiter as you
would care to be served by. He is quick,
sensible and civil; just the sort Of person one
fNNAN NeA+eJ bseeAhb a PAoSp ohu AcDlhiB H.
remarked as much 10 him, and he said:
"Don't you sometimes get tired of eating
the same dishes at tho same place, sirl Well,
get tired Of serving them, too When I'm
weary Of chops and ale take to beer and
sandwiches, and whom I've got all want Of
them go to handling French dishes. When
Pm tired in New York mako trip to Bos-
ton or Philadelphia or Washington, or take a
Job at the seaside There's nothing like
change, sir, 10 keep man fresh and his ideas
bright, no matter how small the change isn
"But how Is it." asked, "that you always
como back to New York"
because New York is the only place a man
can live in, after all, sir. Away from hero a
waiter has to rely almost entirely on his
wages. The bosses have cut these down to
next to nothing on account of the tips, but
there isn't enough tipping done outside of Now
York to make life worth living. l can picl,
upmorc here in a week than I'd get anywhere
else in u month Even the summer hotels
can't hold a candle to New York for tips, il
you only strike the right place. ALFRED
Trumblo in Now York News.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-10-02

Excise Commissioner Morris of the old
board lives on West Twenty-frst street -Four
years ago cats drove people from their homes
in this street by their midnight music. Com
missioner Norris owes the peace of his home
to his son, who is an amateur electrician. He
put a wide board on top Of the back fence to
better facilitate cat locomotion. He then ran
six bare telegraph wires along the top Of this
board, very little distance apart. He con-
nected these wires with the strong battery in
the house, and a key, within easy reach, con-
nected the battery with the wires on the
fence.
With darkness the cats came. When a
few vigorous notes gave indication of a
promisingly loud concert, Wettmore touched
the key. Ono long, loud yell followed. -Four
cats were seen several feet nbove the fence
paving the air, and all fell down in the yard
quite paralyzed. One by one they got up
smellcd of their paws, murmured new, and
quietly stole away This was kept up for
several nights until every cat in the block
had tasted lightning.
Now, whenever a cat finds it necessary 10
cross the dangerous path, he first puts a paw
gently out upon the wires, and crosses very
slowly, with every muscle wound up for a
spring to the ground at the first suspicion Of
shock New York Star.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-10-02

An attache of the postofilce, agRdpos of the
new letter sheets, tells me something with a
good deal OF human nature in itJ eishgk he:
Every new thing the postdfihsSs g&ts, out
has run at first among the peoples sfad Qre
simply anxious to take hand i,f ia aitc.
The postal cards and the internationaH1 q hi
cards each brought to the front u lot Of letter
writers who mover would have dreamed of
writing il there had not been some novelty
attached to tho act. Now I'll bet there arc
hundreds Of men using the letter sheets who
month from now won't think of conducting
correspondence with any one until some
thing else piques their curiosity again. Tho
stamp sellers downstairs are nearly crazy ex-
planning the use Of the sheets, though they
are simple enough for u child to understand
at sight timed man to-dny at one of tho
windows He was five minutes finding out
how to fold the sheet, and tho stamp clerk
told him twenty times over. He had line
of twenty or thirty people behind him, and
he bought one sheet, and kicked because no
had to pay cent for It In addition to tho
stamp. ALFRED Trumble in New York News.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-10-02
THE BUCKEYE PANORAMA BUSINESS.

A Place Where Big Paintings are Manu-
featured for Exhibition-Dig Scheme,
Chicago Is the center of the panorama
business in America. And the panorama
business is more extensive one than most
people imagine it to be. There ore several
panorama factories in town, or near by.
One of these stands near the Rock Island rail-
way tracks in Englewood-a monster turret
of wood, whose doors are closed b allvisitors
except those accompanied by tho proprietor,
DR.. Pierpont In this turret-lfIe housn
painters arc always at work upon panoramas'
mot creations, but copies of works already
known TO fame. Gettysburg Is the favorite,
md it is estimated that there are now in ex-
istence something like two dozen copies Of
this famous panorama. Tho copies are
known 10 the trade as buckeyes though
the origin of the term in this application is as
yet n mystery. These Buckeyes cost all the
way from $1,000 to 100000 apiece, and some
of them arc fine copies Of the original They
are sold to enterprising chaps in large cities
throughout tho country, and exhibited usu-
ally in cheap wooden buildings. Some of
them have made fortunes for their owners in
few years.
The cheaper paintings are carried about tho
country by railway cars, being wound up for
snipihcnJ ON u Dig spool, anu eXn1Dlted IN
tents. Some of tho first buckeyes" manu-
featured were turned out by house and sign
painters, and sorry jobs they made Of them,
too. In addition to their ignorance of per-
spective and ooloring they only knew how to
mix paints for wood surfaces, and some Of
the canvases which their clumsy brushes
daubed, and which have been carried around
the country until they are weary, cracked
and weather-worn, do not much resemble the
original Gettysburg.
A queer feature of the business Is that the
painters of these buckeyes" pay the proprie-
tors of the originals nothing for the privilege
Of copying. Photographs are on sale of all
sections save ono of the Gettysburg panorama,
the exception being the view of the wheat
field The copyers buy these photographs,
slyly take notes as to the coloring while pre-
tending to look at the canvas, and in the same
manner make hasty and crude sketches of the
wheat field
1t Is said that there is a scheme on foot to
procure $4,000 copies of Gettysburg, Shiloh.
Missionary Ridge, Siege of Paris and Atlanta
tho new picture being painted in Wehner's
studio, Milwaukee,, and combining them all
under one canvas-"only one admission ticket
to the five greatest panoramas on cartilage
on the road in true circus style Surely, this
is a great world for schemes.-Chicago
Herald.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-10-02

NJ. dc Parnelle has called the attention of
the French Academy of Sciences to a curious
Illusion of the vision, which may account for
the apparent oscillation or swinging of stars
sometimes observed, and which is called by
the Germans Sternschanken When the eye
looks for somo time at a small, fetbly lighted
body, itself being in complete darkness, the
body appears to oscillate or describe certain
curves. 1t Is u phenomenon of the subjective
order, and appears to be Of the same nature
as the movement Of star observed when a
person leans his head against n wall and fixes
his eye upon the star The star appears to
be agitated in its place and to oscillato rapidly
In order that the motion may be noticed.
there should be no moon and the sky should
be- clear, A lunette takes away the apparent
motion-Ncw York Mail and Express.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-10-02

1t is all very well to rise from the gutter,
like Rachel, but is not the gutter that does
it. Half tho female pupils at the Conservative
are from very low extraction, indeed II We
follow them home we would find that their
parents are conciergcs, secondhand dealers
and worse. Shopkeepcrs are now and then
tempted to cultivate musical and dramatic
instincts in their daughters. dealt for some
time with a pork hatcher who was always
asking me to get his daughter recommended
to NJ. Ambrose Thomas, and would, have
no doubt, if had seen fit to give her a letter
of introduction to that worthy, Cancelled my
little bill on the spot Higher up in the social
scale parents would as soon think of turning
their daughters into tho street as to let them
go on the stage.-Paris Cor. Argonaut.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-10-02

That striking but erratic genius of the
British and American stage, George Fred
erick Cooke, was his own worst enemy. and
killed himself at last with his cups, which be-
trayed him otherwise into much trouble.
Once, Mt Liverpool, after shameful exhi-
bition Of himself on the stage ho was brought
to his senses by the audience, who demanded
an apology ON the spot Cooke drew himself
up with great dignity, and replied: apology
from mel From George Frederick Cooked
Take it from this remark: There is not q
brick in your Internal town which Is not CO.
mented by tho blood of a slavci"-Tho Argo-
naut
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-10-02

Pictures of the Prince as,d Princess.
a highly iattcring portrait Of the i'~incc Of
Wales Is on tho why The kindly artist has
given him suggestion Of hair where in
reality there Ia none, and the almost ugly
prominence Of his royal highness' eye, has
been reduced Altogether very beautiful
result may bo expected by the public, and
thor who are not familiar with the hcir-ap-
parent in the flesh are likely TO be much i'm
pressed with his facial charms as depicted on
cardboard. Photographers when atouching
up tho portraits Of the prince hnvc to pursue
precisely contrary course to that demanded
by likencsses of the princess In the former
ease the figure has 10 be nrtisticnlly toned
down, Us the less stomach that appears the
moro plcnsed is his royal highness. In the
Inter casp fullness has to be invariably im-
parted to the face ind figure 10y judicious
u.e Of the artists pencil. The princess hust
and features are far from being 10 rounded
as her photographs show them TO be-
a charge, we see, has been madu ngainst
the Princess Of Wales Of rnnmeling to pre-
serve hor youthful appearance Nothing
could be more unwarrnntcd. Her ROYAL high.
ness is not so foolish. beyond using II little
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-10-02

French Creek Branch Trains:
n sunday, . % IN. Arrive 1t. Peters
o'iu, iV.U5a m, 800 and G.i5 y IN. Sunday o. so am
=, saturday only-GOlng NOrth-Trnin innvts
French st Wilmington, / 10 D m and arrives NJ
Duponi II 90 Going sOuth-luaves Dupont IOo
aII WI 10 7 IN. Dupont 6 %. arr VII 70
SUNDAY Only-tiolng north train leaves Ierenri.
~ ~ WI at ) % m, stops nj all stations arr nj
nI y, I'M u 70 m Train leaves 81 Peters o.
~ aIr iteadlng 80 p IN making all stops
Going soulh-tr train leaves Reading 00 4 m RIM,
70 ~ Peters all stops, arr as ni' Troin ieav
N9:, or 10 = IN arr WI 50 m. All stops
Junction, I4enape, C6atesville Wavnesbnr I rUl.
n az hiIusDoro, and Reading SEQ Timetables m
III stations, L. A. BOWER GcniI. Pass Agont
A. G. MeCAusLAND, supt N''' IL ass Aso"'
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-10-02

powder-as nearly every woman doos-and
occasionally, at night, milky wash for the
skin, she is independent of all those SECRETS"
of the toilet that are supposed to heighten
the beauty Of the complexion II she Is a
trifie extravaganza IN tho matter of special
eorsets, u Il because they are demanded by
her figure. and it is to them that the exquisite
fit of her dresses Is to an extent due. The
princess is ono Of those people whom no
amount Of good feeding will render plump
London Modern Society.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-10-02
DFilSTER'S ORDER.
In Dna,;pl

DF LISTERS ORDER.
~ Registers Office,
Ne Castle County, Del, Aug. %, 1886.
Jpn the application of Eliza Pember-
ton and George J. Pemberton, executors
of JON Pemberton late of White Clay
Cree hundred, in said county, deceased,
it is rdered and directed by the Regis
ter Mt the executors aforesaid give no.
tice # granting of Letters Testamentary
upol the estate of the deceased, with the
dateof granting thereof, by causing adj
vertsements to be posted within forty
day from the date Of such Letters in six
Oft most public places of the county
of NV Castle, requiring all persons hay
ing demands against the estate to present
the anne or abide by an Act of Assem-
bly, II such case made and provided; and
alsCcause the same to be inserted within
thesame period in the DELAWARE LED
GEI newspaper published in Newark,
Del and to be continued therein two
mo this.
r, Given under the hand and
is. Seal of Office of the Register
" } aforesaid, at Wilmington, in New
Cattle County aforesaid, the day and
yer above written.
john X. BRADFORD, Register.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-10-02

A gray-headod man was recently brought
before n court in Berlin, charged with picking
n lady's pocket OF her handkerchief During
the trial it was proved that he had as many
rs l0O costly handkerchiefs in his posses
sion obtained in the same manner His
defense was not kleptomania, but n mania
which imptllcd him, Shonever he saw a
beautiful woman, to try and obtain some
object from her as a souvenir He was ncquit-
ted.-Chiango Herald.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-10-02

The institution which has been established
at Moscow by Prince Dolgoroukow, governor
general Of that city, for the treatment of cases
Of hydrophobia according to the system of
Pasteur, has accommodations for thirty
patients The merits of the treatment will be
carefully studied under the most favorable
conditions for determining its value, and the
sum of 10000 roubles has been appropriated
for the purpose. New Yorl; Mail and Express.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-10-02

Mount Vernon docs not pay. This year
the association finds itself exactly 81, Tl q in
debt AS patriot and q soldier Gen. Wash
ington was an entire success; spectncularly
his tomb is a failure. When Americans arc
in pursuit of ruins or relics they 60 to the
old world. -Exchanpe.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-10-02
NOTICns

I'll persons having claims against the
esue of the deceased must present the
saie, duly attested to the Executors, on
oibeiore August 25th, 1887, or abide the
AT of Assembly in such case made and
pjvided. ELIZA PEMBERToN.
GEORGE ]. PEMBERToN,
Address, Newark, Del. Executors.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-10-02
CONSU MPTIVES

The advertiser having been permanent
~ cured of that dread disease, Consump-
ton, by Il simple remedy, is anxious to
make known to his fellow sufferers the
means of cure. To all who desire it, he
will send a copy of the prescription used
(Free) with the directions for preparing
and using the same, which they win find
a sure CURE for COUGHS, COLDS,
CONSUMPTION, ASTHMA, BRON-
CIlITIS, &c. Parties wishing the Pre-
seription, will please address. Rev. +.
A, Wilson, 1914 Penn. street, Williams
burg, N. Y.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-10-02

The latest social fashion up in Maine Is to
get up green pea supper. 1t is voted as su-
perior to either the strawberry supper or tho
ire cream socinble. -Exchange
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-10-02

A new industry has sprung up along the
line of the Bangor and Piscataquis railroad
In Maine. 1t is the shipping OF fir Luushs for
pillows.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-10-02
The CENTURY
for I88E-86

The CENTURY
for 1886.
f., The remarkable interest in the War Papers and
in the many timely articles and strong serial feat
nres published recently in The Century has given
that magazine reg ular circulation Of
MORE THAN 100000 COPIES MONTHLY.
among the features for the coming volume which
DeBlhs WIN the November number, are:
THE WAR PAPERS
mi, BY GENERAL GRANT AND OTHERS.
These VIII be continued (mOst OF them iiiustrated)
until the chief events of the Civil War have been
described by leading participants on both siJes
General Grants papers include descriptions of tho
battles d 81 Chattanooga and the Wilderness Gen
era Mcclellan viii write Of Antietam General ID
q. Buell. of Shiloh, Gen. Pope, LOnRstreet and
others of toe Second Bull Run, etc. etc' Naval
combatsi including the fight between tho Kear
sarge and me Alabama by officers Of both ships
The "Recollections Of a Private" and speclal
mnI oI an sneeIotal or humorous character
Will De FEATURES OF the year.
SERIAL STORIES BY
w. ID. HOWELlSi MARY HALI.OCK POOTR.
AND GEORGE W. CABLE
MT. Howellss serial will be in lighter vein than
"The Rise Of silas Lapham" Mrs. Foote's Is n
story OF mining lie, and Mr. Cables n novelette,
OF the Aeadlans Of Louisiana. Mr. Cable viii also
dances. including negro serpent-worship. etc
SPECIAL FEATURES
Include "a Tricycle. Pilgrimage 10 Romen tll,,s
, ,. W IehneI Historical Papers by Edward
EggiestOn, and others Papers on Persia, by S. g.
w. Benjamin. lately U, S. minister, with numer.
Gus Illustrations Astronomical Articles, practical
on Christian Unity by Representatives Of vario,,s
religious denominations; Papers on Manuel Edtl-
cation, by various experts, etc, etc.
SHORT STORIES
by Frank II. Stockton, Mrs Helen jackson ut
III Mrs. Mary llallOck FOOte, Joel Chandler IIar
ris, II. II. BOyesen 7. A. Janvier Julian IInv
thurne, Richard NJ. Johnston and others; nnd
poems by leading poets. The Departments
open Letters, "Brtc-a-Brae," etc., Will be IN Nv
sustained. y
THE ILLUSTRATIONS
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The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-10-02

The largest single bet ever made
on horse in the West was the wa
ger by james II. Murphy, better
known as "Jim," in connection with
the great American stallion stakes at
Louisville, he laying $4,000 to $4,000
with Ira Bride, a bookmakor, that
Sir Joseph would win the event re-
ferred TO. Sir Joseph was beaten by
Jim Gray, so that Murphy's $4,000
was transferred from his bank ac-
count to that of the parties who ac-
copied his heavy bet.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-10-02

Thomas Wilkinson, of Adrian,
Mich, shaved for the last time about
six yearsago. Since then his beard
has grown at the rate of about an
inch n month.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-10-02

The great horse farm of this coun-
try is thirteen miles north of Chey-
enne, Kan, where the Post Percher-
on Horse Association owns 10000
acres. The association owns 1000
head, including SO imported Percher-
on-Norman horses, $50 high-grade
mares from Canada and the East,
and over 1900 carefully-selectcd
mares from Oregon and Utah.
Officer examining recruits-"Why
do we salute superior ofIicers?'
Recruit-"In order to keep out of
the guard-house."
Every dog has its day, and the
summer boarder has found out that
country dogs day begins about
4 o'clock in the morning.
An exchange says that ice two
inches thick will support man. In
midsummer it supports the ice man
and his entire family.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-10-02
ROUND SHOULDERS

IIltched up and arched shoulders common
called round shoulders, is generally fOui
among rapidly growing and oVer-studlOus chi
dren, from the constant bending forward OF u
head and neck over books or desk The habit
OF school life aggrvate these evils and often
degree OF defOrmity Is Induced, which is an a.
nOyanee through life Therefore IL is matt
OF vital Importance To adopt such means as W
expand the chest, thereby increasing the spa
within which the lungs are contained. For ii
purpose we have improved
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-10-02
Wilmington and Northern Railroad.

time -IAble, in effect Sept 81, 1886
GOING NORTH.
Daily Except Sunday