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The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-02-13
Mis,akinr a Cues, for a wai,er.

Washington Letter 10 Chicago later Ocean. Colored servants are out oi style, And have been replaced in the swell houses by Frenehmen who wear a lordly air tha causes them to be mistaken for the no. hility. A loud call tor reform in this direction comes from lady who gave a large reception this week and innocently missock guest for one ui tho swell wait, CTS. She is handsome, bright woman with keen sense ot the ludierous, and told the story on herself, laughing though much mortified at the affair
 thought should sink through the Aoor," she said. ." met the gentleman in the hall upstairs as was coming down to receive. lt was early. and when he bowed with 90 much manners, 1 though, 1t was odd. coming from one ot Demon. cts men, whom my husband had engaged to take charge of the supper room and the cloak rooms. But, oi course, | said good evening, and remarked that hoped the tables would be all right and the guests we'll served. He did not re- spond aud looked queer, so l continued "Oh, you arc looking alter the rooms up hese.' Then he put out his hand and like Hash. his name came to me, aud knew l had called Mir. Blank, my hus. bands friend, waiter"
 "Wha. did you say2" asked the ex. cited group around her.
 "Oh, thought I'd faint, and | really wished could drop through the floor out of sight; but he looked so amused tha, rallied and said: Oh, Mr Blank, you know Demonets men are so fine lookins s and such gentlemen in manner Then begged him to give me his arm, and he escorted me down to the drawing room but assure you l shall never look at s dsestcoat again without shuddeI."
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-02-13
ON MR. DossoN's NEW BOOK.
BY ANDREW LANG.

Iittle of Horace. little of Priar, A sketch of miikmaid, lay of the squire These. these are on draught At the Sign of
 the Lyrel" child iu blue ribbons that sings to herself A talk of the books on the Sheraton shelf AsNord ofthe Stuarts, a wig of the Guelph 4 lai, a pantoum, a ballade, a rondeau, A pastel by GTeuze, and a sketch by Moreau, And the chimes of the rhymes that sing sweet
 as they go; A fan, and folio, ringle, glove, Meath a dance by Laguerre on the ceiling
 above, And dream of the days when the bard was
 in love; A scent of dead roses, glance at a pun, A toss of old powder, glnt of the sun They meet in the volume that Dobsen has
 donel If there's more that the heart of man can
 desire. He may search in his Swinburne for fury and
 fire; If he's wise, he'll aiight at "the Sign of the
 Lyre!" -L01R~G~s Magazine.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-02-13

Lovely PhotoS ' ss Ss''" SS Ss"S
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-02-13

wAicA b assd a gsavsyafd for tAoss who die by capital punisAmene. TAt corner is paved vish large flags, each with come letters roughly cut In them in- dicating by initials those who have heea buried there One of them ls raised . trench Is dug and the cotsin is lowered, Water is poured In l, through the holes in the lid, earth and flag are re6xed. and soon, owing to the moistened sAvoud oi quicklime, which rapidly destroys body and eotiia, the grave Is ready to be used another time.
 The hangman receives Eio for each execution, and only 6S should tho con- vict be released at the ultimate hour.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-02-13
For the Orphans.
lDetrsit Free Press. 1

A Detroit poultry buyer was in Ma. comb county few days ago on business, when, just about dark, his horse became frightened at some object along the road and ran away. The man was thrown out of his vehicle, but not badly hurt, and after he had pulled himself together he started on after the horse. Pretty soon he encountered three sialwart tramps, each one of whom mad club. As they obstructed the road he was forced to halt, when one of them said:
 Being as you are a we'll known phi lanthropist, mebbe you'd like to donate . couple of dollars towards an orphan asylum"
 "Where is it7"
 "Out near Chicago. don't just re- member the exact dimensions of the building, nor the number of little kids as is cryin' their blessed eyes out fur their dead parents. but know they is sadly in need of m oney. Ain't it SO, boys?n
 "You bet l" replied his two compan- ions
 "If l give you & will the orphans ever see il? asked the Detroiter.
 twill they! Won't we purceed right
 
 nightt You don't take us far a passel of gents witnou, feelins, do ye ?"
 If he does" said one of the others, as he spit on his hands and gripped his ciub afresh, "l must clear my reputashun. I've allus been known as the friend Of the orfans, and can't Tow nobody to throw out hints that .'m a liar and hypo- crite 1"
 "And it's the same with mel" added the third.
 The Detroiter handed over two silver dollars, and the tall tramp received them with:
 Nov, that's right When a man won | give to the orphans you kin scs h:n. dsxn as too mean to live. On behalt of the leetle angels. many of which can't re- member their paw nor nav, thank you. If you ever come our way stop and see the children and hear them bless your name. Tom, you and Jim git out O the road, and let the public philsnthropiss pass on- I'm surprised that you stand in gentlem sns wayl Good night, old fel Heaven will surely reward you!"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-02-13

nNr rAck Fun VArts, aud sample HeoA fur c . VN0 e nt stamp. erAHUAAp Co, EnHeld, ,Ohio,
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-02-13

learned from this woman that ] was nearer Deer feot Landing than De Land, though how came round ia such an op-
 posite direction could not imagine She
 sent the child out with me to the nearest fork in the road, almost half a mile away. The dog came also. The child
 was like the mother, and chattefed all
 the way telling of gophers and king6 fish
 CTS and herons in a way that made me
 suspect his father might be a sportsman
 who indulged in large stories. The boy
 quite despised q rails as being altogether
 too common. de said they fed with his
 chickens half the time. He left me where there was what should call qaadruple
 fork, for four paths branched a ay
 through the forest. winding over the roll
 ing land in confusion. Here was thick
 undergrowth of palmetto and shrubs
 nameless to me. They made what
 seemed an impossible thickes save where the roads were. Now was the time to
 test my pony's knowledge. The boy
 pointed out the way which led to De Land, and cautioned me to keep bearing to my left all the time. let the Ieins lie loose, and my horse took the same path, which feat of sagacity greatly encouraged
 me. In short time had left the edge
 of the hummock land, which had inad- vertentiy entered, and the tangle of green cry vas behind me, while was again
 cantering among the pines. When once one has described the forests of pine here, the description might be always applied. But for all that sameness, there is to me contiuuous charm in them. always kn0w precisely what l am Koinx to see.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-02-13

Speaking -f oieomarx .,,as." rs- marked McSwiliigen this m rning, |, has occurred to me that there iS one kind of butter which will always defy counter, iei,ing" "Ah What kind ot butter is that5" asked Squ,ldig The goa,."-. PiIft6Hyg Chr Hiflk.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-02-13

e Cantc For k New thrnmt sc SD and @ tld EAse U VputACarta, Esasx CArd Worhs, Ivory ton, ,taha
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-02-13

qnh New scrap Pictures ant AEcst's Album ai ss aVV tatd examples tor Io ots. htsam Card woFka, tartRFd, Coma.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-02-13

At the Club. De Jones yawns and stretches himself Van Brown" Tired, dear boy7" De Jones-"Aw--beastiy."
 Van B." Up late, eh ?"
 De J." Nav. Beea thinking. g."-Zo- day.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-02-13

"Ahem |" exclaimed the needle.- PffksdSrY Cxrssiek.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-02-13

tnn New serAn rieturp. aad Assat's Hstup e for w iSso, cas, k. NJ fuOfE, NorthIe ,d, ,tanm
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-02-13

WAVING -HSnry Ritchle tu send hts Addr~sa "a l. N, Whsoa, la A. Foarth at., rapska, kAa.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-11-13


mo % premiums SO 'i'a' every oo'npe'''-
or mas Il sooa chalheo 10 get one pieih-
ium'
Ihese PREMIUMS range from Si.Vo 70
so'oo each' Cash' Articles eh'ereu ior
competition VIII pe urraheeu unue'
some one oil II classes, Tor instance bapy
SACKS form one Glass; Mit'ehs announcer
rurses announcer anu 30 OH, hi"A'ns -
cl'sses' haN'ns 4or Irehi'u''is Ill e"oi
CLASS
lnree capaD'e anu uho'aSseu Juuses,
Will De appointed 10 examine Articles ana
award premiums. Inc name Oh the
maker Will not De KNOWN as al ARTICLES
VIII De arranged ana classiheu Dy NUM-
oers. III awarding premiums lne Judges
VIII DC goVerheu' nrs'' Dy Workmanship
second, by Design Artlstic or Novel;
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-11-13

There are bad house servants, lots OF
them, but as rule housewives can have
good ones if they know how to pick from
applicants, and how to treat good ser
want after they get one. There are not a
few housewives who have not this knack,
who spoil good servants by failing to re-
member that, though servants, they are
still human beings and entitled to be
treated with some little Difference.
Servants thus made bad servants for
the spirit of retaliation is in us ALL may,
in turn make bad housewives, by trying
their tempers and souring their DISPOSE
tions, and thus the malady spreads.
There can be no safer test by which to
judge lady than is the manner in which
she treats her servants. She can be exact
and yet generous; she may insist upon
thorough work and yet be liberal; she
may exercise a just surveillance over
her servants conduct even during the
latters hours off duty, and yet not play
the tyrant. And nine times out of ten
if she measures her course by these rules
she will have no trouble either in get
ting or keeping good servants.--WILKEs
BARRE LEADER.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-11-13

For fiendish cruelty and unpro-
voked murder, the crime Of one Sam
Purple, of Hodgeman county, Kan
sas, stands unparalleled in the annals
of dark deeds. Angered at being
awakened to come to breakfast, this
brute leaps from bed, and begins the
slaughter of his family. He only
stopped in his hellish work when
his ammunition gave out, or rather
when he failed to load his gun prop
erly. Retribution followed quickly,
and the inhuman wretch was hang
ed to a tree at the scence Of his
crime.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-11-13

When oatarrh has progressed to a Ger
tain extent, it is only step to that ter
ribly fatal disease, consumption. If you
have catarrh, even slightly, il Is a terrible
mistake to allow il to continue its course
unchecked. Ifyou will only read, you
will find conclusive reasons why you
should take Hoods Sarsaparilla for
catarrh, in the statements of many people
who have been completely cured of this
disease in its most severe forms. Send
for book containing abundant evidence,
to c. I. Hood & Co., proprietors ofHood's
Sarsaparilla, Lowell, Mass.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-11-13
WANAMAKER'S

Some timely hints about fur
garments.
First: Some hundreds or
thousands of you have your
furs in storage here. When
you want them got out, please
drop us a line a day before
hand.
Second: Now and then a
woman has a real desire to see
how furs are cut and worked
and sewed in to garments.
Once we invited you to visit
the fur work-room. That prov
ed too great a tax. We had to
withdraw the invitation. But,
if one really has occasion to go
to the work-room and will bear
the unpleasant smells for the
sake of the information, we are
glad to take her up. 1t is on
the fourth floor 1901 Chestnut,
next the roof. There are forty
men and women, machines and
hand-work, steaming and stew
ing till ten o'clock at night.
Ventilation enough to carry of
the smells is out Of the ques-
ton. The higher up you &c
in this building the denser the
population.
The most useful garments
are coats, seal coats. We say
this with due regard to the
fashion. 1t is not a mere prac
tical statement. Nine out o
ten buy coats. Coat styles are
two-no trimming on either
The old straight front witt
wider skirt than formerly, roll
ing collar which buttons clost
in the neck on occasion; the
English style, which is snug al
over close in the body, close il
the collar. Both are SO to Al
inches long. $I25 to $3.50.
For your better understand
ing Of what we are doing il
furs all through we ought t.
say this We use more skim
for a coat than furriers com
monty use. There are two
ways of making a coat aside
from choosing the skins. On
is to cut them economically
the other is to cut them extrav
agantly. One results in a Goa
/ of varying fur ; the other
uniform all over. OF cours
, we make what you want us t
, make and we make it as yor
/, want us to make it. But, in tn
> absence of special agreemen
the other way, we make on
furs with a generosity rar
among furriers. Nobodyknow
}; how much this means bu
r a furrier. Nobody sees tn
e whole effect on a garment. II
= deed the effect may be in tn
= skin and not in the fur at all
t, invisible. Fur work is full {
chances to do or not do. 1t
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-11-13
READ THIS
TWICE.

In addition to our premiums Of
music and "NIikako' cards, WE have
just issued beautiful panel picture,
in colors, l4x26, facsimile repro
duction of one of the Paris salon
paintings for 1884, entitled "rwo
Sisters" 1t is a perfect gem and
well worthy a place on the wall of
any of the patrons Of Dobbins Flee
trio Soap. We have. copyrighted it,
and it cannot be issued by any other
house than ourselves. The edition
is limited, and will be issued gratis
to readers of this paper in the fol-
lowing manner only:
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-11-13
DELAwARE's official returns COM

DELAwARE's official returns COM
plete foot up: For Governor, Biggs
Oem.), 1892; HofTecker (Pro),
1882. For Congress, Pennington
(Dem.), 1887; Cooper (Pro), 1856.
The Legislature is solidly Demo-
cratic. 1t will be seen by the above
that Biggs, the Governor-elect, re-
ceived a good majority. Mr.. Biggs,
probably, was not as strong Il candi-
date as could have been gotten, but
it shows that the majority of the
voters of Delaware IRE satisfied with
Democratic management.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-11-13

THE oleo-margarine law has al
ready caused the Collector of Inter
nal Revenue to issue nineteen Ii
censes for Delaware. What a great
nation we arel After a while the So
called butter with Il big tail to its
name will be exhibited at county
fairs for first premiums. The strike
of the pork-packers at Chicago may
prevent the article from becoming q
drug on the market, for a while al
least.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-11-13

Now there is cry of reform, and
one half of the reform cryers do not
know what they really do want. Let
us all hope that the newly elected
officers to be men of judgment and
ability, and that they will reform
such mattere that need reforming.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-11-13
Art Needlework Contest.

Last year the Brainerd & Armstrong
Spool Silk Co., Cpl Market St, Philadel-
phia, Pa. held an Art Needlework Con
test which was decided success. There
was large number of competitors who
exhibited their handiwork in the various
forms of Knitting, Crocheting and Net
ting made with knitting silk. There will
be another exhibition this year.
The Brainerd & Armstrong Co, have
offered cash premiums amounting to
over $3.50. This amount is divided up
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-11-13
Horrible Deed. if True.

The following comes from Larnedo,
Kansas: Some seven years ago II beauti-
full young lady named Lowber fell des-
perately in love with Sam Purple, man
whose reputation for sobriety and mild
ness Of nature was not by any means
envious, against the wishes Of all to whom
the young lady was in any way connect
ed, they were married and settled down
near Marine. They never lived very
happily together and Puppies vicious
ness eliminated Friday morning last in
the murder OF part of his family and his
own death at the hands of an enraged
mob three days later. At the time of the
murder his family consisted of seven
persons-himself, his wife, his wife's sis
ter and four little children, the young
est of which was only few weeks old.
Friday morning his wife arose as usual
and prepared breakfast She then went
to awaken her husband which so enraged
him as to incite him to the heinous
crime which soon followed. He sprang
violently from his bed and seizing his
revolver shot his wife through the body
from which wound She died at once.
The newborn babe was next fired at with
the same result. He next shot and kill
ed another Of his children. His sister-in-
law Miss Lowber was then selected and
fired at, the ball passing through the
arm and lodging somewhere in the shout
der As this emptied his revolver ho
proceeded to load his shotgun in order
to complete the work. A slight mistake
in this was the only thing that stopped
the deadly proceedings. The powder
was poured into one barrel and by error
the shot into the other. With this he
tried to blow off the head of another
child, but as there was nothing except
powder in the barrel, the child S face was
only severely burned by the explosion.
A heavy blanket was seized and wound
around the suffering child and this Sc
curely wrapped with heavy wire in the
hope that he might accomplish by suflo-
cation what he had failed by the use Of
the shotgun. The child will recover
although terribly disfgured about the
face. The murderer then mounted q
horse and started across the field to.
wards Marine with the avowed purpose
of numbering his wife's father and moth
err. Before he could accomplish this
however, the wounded young lady had
made her way to the village and notified
the inhabitants of what had happened
and they had congregated for resistance
Seeing that his plan was frustrated, HI
PURPLE fastened to Jetrome and sur
rendered himself to the authorities
where he was placed in Jail surrounde,
by heavy guard.
LuN SMITHS Pubic Herald for Octobe
shows mp frauds and dead beats with
vengeance. Mr.. Smith has saved US con
, siderable money, MS we have been able
to tell frauds and dead beats when the
come. The Herald is a good guide an
lal 1. -. a l. r L I
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-11-13

REPUBLICANS claim great gain in
several of the States by the vote
shown after the election on Tuesday
last. This is one of the worst indi-
cations as to how this, that, or any
other State will go during the Presi-
dental election of 'SS.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-11-13
Were Ready

w g re heady
TO make you that New
Suit at amy time in a
short time, but in only
one way, and that is 50
that you will be pleased
with it. Any other way
would do lis more harm
than advertising in every
newspaper in the land
could undo. Have you
seen how full our store
is of New Goods, too
full for our convenience,
but we mean to give no
one cause to complain Of
not getting suited in
Wilmington in our line.
Fine Readymade Cloth
ing for Men and Boys
that will surprise you in
Make and Style, and
above all we hope in
Lowness of price. Have
we ever made you a suit!
Try us and see what we
can do to satisfy yon on
that point about which
every man should be
particular.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-11-13

The greatest sensation Of the season
so far is the advent Of the American
Opera Company an organization rich in
American talent and fast becoming an
institution of the country. This gigantic
company was first conceived in the mind
of a rich New York woman of wonder
full business capacity, Mrs. Thurbur, and
she has gained success and much praise
by her indefltigable energy. The result
of this woman's work is the American
Opera Company probably the largest and
most complete organization of the kind
in this country, an even rivaling the
superior grand opera companies of Eu-
rope. The members of this company
number three hundred and fifty people
and form an ensemble unsurpassed in the
annals of Italian Opera. The sale of
seats for their engagement next week at
the Academy of Music has been enor-
nous and it is really gratifying that pro-
vincial Philadelphia should extend such
substantial encouragement to this com.
pany. The repertoire will embrace the
first production of Gounod's Faust
by this company which is well qualified
to present this beautiful opera. "Orpheul
and Eurydice," by Gluck. and Delibes
"Lakme" will be presented on Tuesday
and Wednesday evenings. Wa gner'
"Lohengrin" will be sung and magnifi
Gently presented att matineee on Thurs
day, followed on Friday night with 9TH
Flying Dutchman" and on Saturday b,
aida" and "Galathee." Several partie
are formed here to attend during tn
week. LoBBY LoUNGER.
.,ae,.,N.p.i,.it.,sS,.i,.',,fs<
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-11-13

Tombstone dealer (to widow:
Would you like the cause of your
husbands death explained on the
stone, madame Widow: weller
perhaps it will be appropriate to en-
grave a couple Of cucumbers on it,
if you will.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-11-13

THE temperance ticket, taking all
in consideration made Il tolerablc
good record in this State. We are
not as bad here rs elsewhere, how
ever.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-11-13
MN


There are lots of mean men in this
world, unused an old settler in new
squeaky boots yesterday. Now, there is
the fellow who puts spikes in the pur-
pose of discouraging lounging, and then
there's the saloon-keeper who squirts
settler water down your back after his
own whisky has put you to sleep. They
have got one of those funny fellows over
on the West Side. He lives on the north
east corner of Monroe and Paulina street
l suppose he thinks somebody is going
TO carry off his house, or it may be he
fears some woman will tie her shoes on
one of the stones Of his cellar At any
rate, he has built barbwire fence
around his dwelling and the trees stand
ing near the curbstones. Several women
have already had their dresses torn by
the barbs, and it won't be long before
some child will stumble in front Of the
funny mans house and leave an eye or
piece of lip on the fence. A manlike
that fellow would take all the bed-clothes
would get up at night and drank the
baby's milk, and when he died would
exact promise from his wife that the
curtains in the hearse should be drawn
so the people couldn't see the coffin
Some day you'll see that barb fence lying
out in the middle of the road"
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-11-13

THE strike at Chicago still remains
in force, and is very serious in many
respects. The result will be disas
trous, financially, on both sides, but
how much more so with the en-
ployes.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-11-13

THE demand for small coins is so
great that the Mint at Philadelphia
cannot coin them fast enough. The
demand seems to be for one, five
and ten cent pieces. There has been
great scarcity of small change around
this office for some time but we little
dreamed it was on account of the
Mint not being able to fill orders in
this direction. MINIS enjoy a mo-
nopoly. Competition is not allowed.
IT seems almost daily occur
renee to read Of brawls between
American and Mexicans along the
border. 1t is generally to the death.
They don't believe in wasting ann
munition out there.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-11-13

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND is a good
Chief Executive, but he makes a big
mistake every time he opens his
mouth against the press.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-11-13

THE majority for Prohibition in
Cecil county was small, only pos.
The Local Option law which went
into force six years ago did not work
satisfactorily. 1t was violated terri
bly, and the punishment for the vio-
lators was light In the new law,
which goes into effect ON January
LIST, 1887, is over-done, we think, in
some places. However, we do not
live under its restrictions, but those
who do will have to abide its bid
ding. The majority can hardly be
called a majority. One-half the peo-
pie in Cecil must submit to what the
other half says. VIII they submit
and how long? Time will tell.