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The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03
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Not Such Ferooious Beast After All
Characterization Of Youngnter.
Dr. Van Haren, who passed several
years in the delta of the Gaboon river,
confirms Professor Brehm's opinion that
the gorilla uses his stout arms chiefly for
two purposes: to bend down branches
that would break under the weight Of
his body, and to dart off with wildcat
speed at the approach of a hunter. He
will avoid a conflict as long as he can use
his limbs for locomotive purposes, and
If the whole truth were known the man
killing monster would turn out to be
nothing but an overgrown orang. Van
Haren secured two youngsters, who
failed to survive the first year of their
captivity, but conducted themselves very
much liketh pet of the Berlin aquarium,
which at first was supposed to be an al
together exceptional specimen.
One Of them was purchased from a
river boatman, and proved to be in a
badly crippled condition, but never be-
trayed its ill-humor by anything worse
than plaintive grunt. He now and
then would leave his couch in quest of
tidbits and ransack every trunk he could
open, but would promptly defer to the
first protest. a lifted finger was enough
to make him limp back TO his corner.
He learned to hobble forth at the bidding
OF his master and seemed to get recon-
ciled to his captivity, but his broken leg
kept him moaning all night, and he died
from general exhaustion. His successor
was too young tomasticate bread, and in
default of milk had to be fed on half
boiled eggs. He would cling TO his mas
ter's arm and move his lips with sup
plicating humble, strangely expressive
plea for protection, or perhaps for q
mouthful Of more congenial nourish-
ment, for the poor little kid evidently
loathed his egg diet, and at sight of a
fresh installment would retreat with
frog-hlke jumps and all sorts of ludicrous
grimaces.
Strange to say, he seemed very fond Of
liquor, and ogled every bottle with the
leer of dyspeptic; but it was afterward
ascertained that his first owner had fud-
died him with guslK, or sweetened palm
brandy. There was nothing sanguinary in
his symptoms of youthful depravity. He
would not touch meat in any form. Even
hash excited his grins of disapprobation.
He was evidently averse to cruelty, fol
at sight of dog-fght between combat
ants of rather unequal size he rushed
forth and shrielsed out an appeal to the
mercy of the victor. All the character
traits of the alleged ogres tended to con.
firm Professor Brehm's priori that a
creature with a frugiferous organism
should be swayed by the passions of q
were-wof.-Dr. Felix L. Oswald in Chi.
cago Times.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03

In Switzerland, at least in some local
tiles, the custom still prevails of hiring
out paupers to the lowest bidder. One
of the advertisementsin newspapers pub
lished in the Canton Vaux reads: 1.-THE
municipal authorities of Palizieux hereby
announce that they have to provide for
a man rs years of age, in perfect health,
and still able to work; offers to be adj
dressed to the president of the munich
pal council" And another: 1.-THE mu-
nicipal authorities of lie Lieu would like
to hire out woman 60 years of age,
healthy and still able to WORK, etc. Both
communities named are reported to be
very wealthy.-Chicago Tribune.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03

The results of the Russian level sur
veys between the Euxine and the Caspian
show considerable modification of
former estimates, the difference being
reduced from 400 to IS feet. The sur
face of the Caspian is certainly little
below the ocean level, but its subsistence
is subject to strange fluctuations. 1t
slowly rises and then slowly sinks each
alternate thirty years. The inhabitants
of the rocky south shore have q special
name for this phenomenon and explain
it by variety of the absurdest theories.
The Caspian is nearly as salt as the Med
iterranean, and its former connection
with the ocean seems probable from the
fact that it abounds not only with sea
fish but with seal, which the harpooners
of the last hundred generations have
failed TO exterminate.-Dr Felix L. Os-
valid
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03

When we hear of a little thing by
Raphael, half a foot square, fetching
1925, 900 we are amazed until we reflect
that this little trife has a monumental
significance as marking the point where
the great master, and with him one
might say the art of the world, forsook
the early tradition and under the guild
ance of the newly-discovered antique
fragments turned to the study of nature
alone.
That Raphael picture will never go
out of fashion, and the same may be said
Of all the great names which have sur
vived through many centuries of change
But when such sums are paid as we have
seen paid a few weeks ago for modern
work we can not but wonder what will
be the worth of those same canvasses a
score Of years hence. Amy one who can
look back quarter of a century will re-
member how many changes of fashions
there have been in art, as in everything
else. A dozen fashions have followed
one another, each for a brief period, as
the manipulators have found it to their
interest to Observation-Disclosures Times.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03
PROGRESS IN PAoTosRAI I



Every Profession aud business.
He is wrong who thouehtlcssly sup
poses that in the reproduction Of the
human face alone is photography doing
important and considerable work. II
has gone far beyond that field, TO which
1t was so long confined, and now has en-
tered into almost every profession,
science and business. For the lawyer it
does more work than most people dream
of, in proving the genuineness OF sigma
lures, in establishing identity, and in
copying important documents. Fer the
surgeon it gives exact reproductions Of
wounds and operations, to help students
of surgery who can not see the originals.
The physician finds it Of the greatest
help in giving linn photographs Of dis
cases, sores, monstrosities and all the
other things in which the true NJ. d. de-
lights, as well as a perfect record Of The
progress Of a cure.
In the astronomical world the camera
has beenof great value ON such occasions
as the transit of Venus and eclipsea Of
the sun and moon. To scientific stu
dents it has given benefit in the way Of
more accurate illustration of books and
lectures. To the student Of art ospec-
tally has it been Of value by enabling him
to study at his leisure the works Of the
old masters in copies exact in every par
ticular except that of color, and with an
advantage Of ease of comparison that no
gallery of originals could give.
1t is the camera that has made the
stereopticon power for education,
whether il be used in. the college class
room, the public hall or the private par
lor. All over the land pictures of for
cign scenery, buildings and works of art,
as they are thrown on the platform
screen, are educating the masses; in fact,
there is no better educator than the illus
trated lecture. In the same line pho
Biography bids fair TO do grand work in
the columns of the newspaper-a work
not to be sneered at because it is in its
infancy.
To the business man the camera is of
great help in the preparation of adver-
tisements, circulars, catalogues labels,
designs, plans and many other things.
Every one knows how the rogue's gal
lery helps the law enforcers. Not least
of all its good works, the camera has
given the world new recreation-one
both so attractive and beneficial that it
has secured in less than dozen years
thousands upon thousands Of devotees.
In other respects the wonderful dovel-
opment Of photography has far more sig
nificance, for while it has gained great
commercial importance both as work
factor and play-factor in the worlds
life, it has made itself factor in the
soul of the world by establishing its right
to rank as one Of the fine arts. When the
camera and the chemicals replace the
brush and the paints, art does not flee.
In the guise of the muse of photography
she lives, even though we have no Greek
name for her.-Robert Luce in Boston
Globe.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03

A young student was reading from a
"black- lettered tome" when suddenly he
looked up and said; "Can you tell me
who Sometimes meansY An inspection
of the volume showed that the old-time
printer was not an adept at syllabifca-
ton and that he had divided the word
sometimes" after fashion of his own.
On the upper line the syllable 40" with
hyphen after it led the reader into UNI
known depths of language. Boston
Budget "Saunterer."
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03

The new English ironclad just launched
from the Pembroke dock-yard, the An
son, in twin-screw, armor-plated bar
bet ship. Her principal dimensions are;
Length beween perpendiculars, $50 feet;
extreme breadth, 65 feet inches; dis
placement, 10000 tons; engines, 1900
horsepower; and indicated speed, 10
knots. Her complement of officers and
men viii be 430. Her belted armor will
be IS inches in thickness and she is to
carry four 63-ton guns, six 6-inch broad
side guns, ten Nordenfeldts, and twelve
6-inch quick-firing guns. = Chicago
Tribune.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03

If is commended by some orchardists
that tree bearing certain number of
bushels of small apples will not grow as
fast as one bearing the same kind and
same number Of bushels of large apples.
The reason offered is that the seeds of
the apples take much Of the trees
strength, and that as the seeds of the
small apples are nearly as large as Of the
large ones, the trees growth is thereby
more retarded. The weight of evidence
appears to favor this conclusion.-Chi-
cago Times.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03

A girl in Burmah is affianced early to
one of her cousins, but the match may
be broken off. In such case the de-
faulter, if the man, has to give the girl
five pots of khoung "a fermented drink
a bullock worth 80 rupees, a
pig three feet in girth, a spear, a
fork, a bag and a piece of orna-
mental cloth. If the girl breaks off the
match she has to give the man brass
dish worth 10 rupees, silk cloth and
belt, each worth about rupees, and a
six turban worth about s annas.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03

Feminine subservience to fashion is the
greatest enemy to our native birds. To
minister to this vanity an army of men
and boys are employed throughout the
country to murder these innocents, that
their stuffed skins may decorate lady's
bonnet. Travel hundred miles along
our coast and you may not see a gull
where five years ago there were thou
sands of white breasts flashing in the
sunshine. In many places meadow
larks, bobolinks and orioles are almost
extinct
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03

The largest circus in Paris accommodates
only 1000 people, while one in ancient
Rome could hold over 10000, where
from 100 to 400 lions were let loose at a
time. Augustus filed the arena once
with $500 wild animals, and one Probus
got up a free fight between 1000 wild
bears, 1000 stays, 1000 rams and 1000
orstriches, and the occupants of the
upper galleries-the gods-had the right
to shoot arrows and javelins into the
melee.-Chicago Herald.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03

D1PI0EH"IIv HHaHHBeIHeht m FersIhs
Diplomacy, intrigue and influence in
Persia are dependent in a large measure
on the force of character displayed by
the women. If man wishes to influence
another in an affair of Importance, he
manages it by confding the matter to
one or all of his wives, who in turn visit
the wives of one who has influence over
him, and by urging and presents seek to
attain the object. Most of the important
transactions of Persia are conducted in
this manner.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03

Here is his frank summary of the
situation; Il had neither resolution to
see Adele, the courage to do without her,
the sense to consider what was at last to
come of it all, of the grace to think how
disagreeable l was making myself at the
time to everybody about me. There was
really no more capacity or intelligence in
me than in just Pledged owlet, a just
open-eyed puppy, disconsolate at the ex-
istence Of the moon. Pail Mall Gazette
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03

The population of London now exceeds
every other city, ancient or modern, in
the world. New York and all its ada
cent cities combined are not equal to
two-thirds of it. Scotland, Switzerland
and the Australian colonies each con-
tains fewer souls, while Norway, Servia,
Greece, and Denmark have scarcely half
so many. Yet, at the beginning Of the
present century the population of all
London did not reach 1000, OOO.-Chi-
cago Herald.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03

Nine. Norman Neruda gave $4,000
for the Stradivarius which belonged to
Ernst; Wilhelmji $4,000 for another,
for which he was afterward offered $685.
900; zeno Hubey, n professor in Brussels,
S15, 900 for Wieniawsli's Guarnerius,
and Zajic, of the Strasburg conserva-
tory, 100000 for another Guarnerius,
which was the favorite instrument of
Ferdinand David.-Exchang
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03

The ancient Roman bedsteads were
of considerable height, requiring foot
stool or set of steps to get into them, and
were made like our largest sized sofas
with headboard, sometimes q cores
ponding one against the foot and high
back at the further side, but entirely
open on the one ON which the occupant
entered. The frame was strung with
girths, which supported thick mattress
on which were supported bolster and
pillow. Budget.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03

The natives in the southern portion Of
Africa-the Zulus, Basutos, Swarzies,
and Bechuanas-are among the best
races in Africa; they are exceedingly
bright, have regular and handsome feat
ures and small feet and hands, and are at
all times friendly Chicago Ledger.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03

New York Town Topics says that, ac-
cording to letter from London, at q re-
cent social event there Canon Farrar,
who was one of the guests, was asked
how he found America as a country TO
travel in. Excellent" he replied. II
can scarcely conceive how it could be
improved in any way. The better classes
there are really SO civil and attentive
that one could almost do without a
valat y
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03

Some remarkable and very successful
experiments have been made at Ports
mouth, England, on the use of creosote
as a steam generator in ships-of-war.
The creosete is contained in a tank, and
kept at uniform temperature and con-
sistency by steam-coils running through
it, and steam injectors force the vapor
into the furnace. Boston Budget.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03

The Japanese are away head of us in
some things. They always keep their
back yards in apple-pie order-no ash
heaps, garbage barrels, tin cans and rub
bish. The Japanese back yard is little
paradise, and is made as beautiful as art
and nature can make it. The Japs, how
ever, have no front yards and they dump
their rubbish in the street. Chicago
journal.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03

Paris is so attractive because it appears
every morning with a clean face. The
streets are thoroughly swept, and even
washed when they want it. The house
fronts are periodically scraped, or
secured, under heavy penalties for nee-
lect.-London News.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03
As Love DIES.

II all our days were cast in Mays,
Fresh buds and new-green grasses,
We'd fear no III, for we should still
De blushing lads and lasses.
Or II the moon Of sweet breathd June
Were shining IN December,
We'd see no wiles in maiden smiles,
And naught but joys remember.
But songs Of birds and laughing words
Are drowned in LIES loud hustle,
Until we hear, Of all that's dear,
Only the dead leaves rustic.
-Maybury Fleming in Brooklyn Magazine
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03

In the course of some excavations at
the Acropolis, Athens, near the Erec-
theum, three statues Of women, in an
excellent state of preservation, half as
large again as life, with large heads, and
completely colored were discovered.
They belong to the period before Phidias,
are delicately finished, and are of an
archaic art, admirably preserved.-Ex-
chanpp
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03

"A young Scotchman has discovered the
true inwardness Of the debating club.
Hurrying along the street in his best
clothes, he was stopped by friend and
asked where he was going. ~Tm GAVIN
to the debatin' society" he said, ito con-
tradick n bit
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03

Evaporation is a wonderful power in
drawing the water from the sea. Every
year a layer of the entire sea fourteen
feet is taken up into the clouds. Tho
winds bear their burden into the land,
md the water comes down in rain upon
the field, to flow back at last through
rivers.-S Scientific American.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03

One thousand dollars was lately paid
by London autograph collector for the
manuscript of Alexander Popes essay on
"Pastorals." Like all Popes manuscripts
It is seamy with interlineatioEs and cor
rections.-Chicago Journal
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03

Pilgrimage in the Greek church would
seem to be conducted on sound commercial
principles. Very Rev Archpriest Hatherly.
who is about to make his third pilgrimage
to Jerusalem, offers TO procure water direct
from the River Jordan at 5 shilliugs neT
bottle payable in advance Chicago Times
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03

At the City theatre at Cologne all the
scenery and implements have lately been
impregnated with chemicals as a nre-
ventiye against fire.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03

Professor Reclaim, the German hygien-
list, declares that night air is injurious
only in swampy regions, whereas on dry
soil, in the mountains, and everywhere
in the upper stories of the house it is
more salubrious than day air. Neither
does he consider draughts hurtful unless
one is in a glow.-Exchange.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03

A telegraph wire is now being brought
out in England in which the steel is made
TO surround the copper The wire is said
to be drawn from compound metal. con-
sisting of hollow ingot of steel filled
with copper.-Philadelph Record.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03

A young doctor says: sour profession
is the only one in existence which gives
all its improvements to the world free Of
charge"
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03

American cannon powder claims to
beat all creation, some of the latest make
speeding a UNDERGROUND projectile
through the air at the lively pace of 2,O29
feet per second. This result was reached
at a recent trial of the new navy guns at
Annapolis.-Boston Transcript.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03

LII 0llol working people Send 10 cents mar
TIL ~ssi,, ahu we VIII mail you free, foynl
IlLLI Naiuahle ample box OF goods that ,3iii
put you in the way Of maxim. ,n WI
cver,o.., money IN few days than Won iLongbt
You tan yo ~ ~ Iny business Capital not required
~ aii me time All Of both sexes Of ' N, oly'
so successful 80 cents to IS easilv ea pses
the eng ,,o tnat all who want work may est
Mho are not we'll satisfied We wilsend ~ ~ 10
or tae trouble Of writing u.s. Full parficniaros py
snre oS a Il senl nee lmmenee pay absoIately
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The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03

The census officials estimate the popu.
lation Of the country at present to be
60.00O,O00.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03

Trains marked with run daily.
New York and Washington Express leaves hi
ndeiphia Gasp m Chester COG; Wilmington 113
Newark 1888; Peryyllie SOB II. de Grace S.Os
Baltimore SIS.
a New York and Washington Express
Also leaves Philadelphia at 4:02 p. NJ,
arriving at Newark at 5:15 p. NJ, which
stops to take or leave passengers on
giving notice to the conductor or agent.
J. X. Wood General Passenger Agent.
J. G. Shivier, Agent at Newark.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03

The Iron Review does not approve Of
the practice of evaporating water upon
stoves or in furnaces for the purpose of
moistening the air. "The trouble is,
most housekeepers maintain too high
temperature in the rooms; the air is un-
duly heated, and hence arises the intoler-
able sensation of dryness. This sensa-
ton can be, and often is, produced in
dwellings by high-pressure steam. Air
heated to so degrees or IS degrees pro-
duces very different physiological effects
from that of 10 degrees. A rise of 2
degrees or degrees in room is noticed
by those who are accustomed to a uni
form temperature of 70 degrees or few
degrees below, and a sensation of uneasi-
ness is produced. The great advantage
of low pressure steam is that by its en-
ployment we are able to avoid high tenn
peratures. With boiler pressure just
sufficient to drive the vapor through the
coils perfectly uniform heat is main
tanned. Once regulated it needs but lit
tie interference or care. The use of steam
or hot water imparts no moisture to the
air of Philadelphia Record.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03

~ mhke DfAWhB-fAper transparent.
A conveient method for rendering or
binary drawing-paper transparent for the
purpose of making tracings and Of re-
moving its transparency so as to restore
its former appearance when the drawing
is completed has been invented by NJ.
Puscher. It consists of dissolving a
given quantity of castor-oil in one, two
or three volumes of absolute alcohol, ac-
cording to the thickness Of the paper,
and applying it by maans of sponge.
The alcohol evaporates in a few minutes
and the tracing-paper Il dry and ready
for immediate use. The drawing and
tracing can be made either with lead
pencil or India ink and the oil removed
from the paper by immersing it in ALSO
lutte alcohol, thus restoring Its original
opacity. The alcohol employed in re-
moving the first oil is of course, reserved
for diluting the oil used in preparing the
next sheet.-Frank Lealie's.