The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-18

The depth of wickedness to which
even Quaker child can sink make
one readily believe in the doctrine
Of total depravity. Two little quak-
ers quarreled, and after saying
words at each other. one of them in
tremendous burst of rage, with
clenched fists and blazing eyes,
shouted: "Thee's you" The other
boy looked at him in Mortified 81
lence. Then he solemnly said; 81
shall go and tell mother that thee
swored.'
Mrs John Steele, II white woman,
said to be the daughter OF a wealthy
Virginia family, was buried from a
colored church III Pittsburgh on
Tuesday. Five of the most promi-
nent colored ministers of the city
OBLIGATED 1t is said that she ran
away with Ter fathers coachman
when Il girl, and ever after identi-
fled herself with the people of her
husband. handsome and intelli-
gent mulatlu
Mrs. Ed. Morris of Chillicothe, Mo-,
put SS5 in bills under the bedroom
carpet, forgot about it at houseclean-
ing time, carried them out with the
straw that was under the carpet, and
made u fire of the armful. She re-
membered about the money after
the fire was out. On the surface of
the little bunch of ashes where the
bills burned We're plainly visible
the figures 40" and go and the
word dollars" as printed ON the
national currency.
Oscar Galley and VIII Jones of
Stantonsburg, N. c., were out shoot
ing and saw squirrel run into a
hole in Il tree. viii climbed the
tree to scare him out, and Oscar
waited for a chance to shoot The
chance came, for the squirrel pop
ped out, but instead of hitting the
game the hoy hit his comrade, who
plunged to the ground dead.
Speaking of "the light of other
days." how rapid has been the
change from pine knots to tallow
dips, from tallow dips to whale oil,
from whale oil to lard oil camphene
from these to kerosene, and from
gas to electricity-all within one
lifetime. If the light of the future
goes on at the same rate darkness
will be a thing of the past.
The various kinds of ingenious
contrivances which have beer
brought forward from time to tim,
for the prompt detection of fir,
damp in mines, are well known
but most of them have been of
somewhat complicated nature, AM
on this account failing of their pur
pose. The latest of these brough
u to notice, however, is described a
J so simple in principle and cor
struction as to excite wonder at il
not having been thought of before
A child's india-rubber ball with
/ hole in it is squeezed flat in the han
] and held in the place suspected {
] fire damp while released, and allow
. ed to suck in the sample of the al
the balls now directed towards
safety lamp and again squeeze,
n when the telltale blue flame wi
show if it contains any inAammnb
vapor.
A colored man in Talbot COUNTY
Ga, digging a grave alongside {
&. another that had a sort of little she
covering it, was scared out of h
wits when he saw four large eye
glaring at him from under the cove
ing. He dropped his spade, an
with an unearthly yell, leaped fror
d the grave yelling: "Fore de Lord
!, dem people dun cum from df
0 graves, and is watching OBJ me undo
: dar. Oh, Lawdy, Use gwine to d
= toow An investigation revealc
: 5 two very large owls under the graz
cover.
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