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The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03

Poor Reason tries her best to rule,
And keep an honest grip;
Yet men will sometimes play the fool,
And give their wits the slip.
Let Judgment caution or condemn,
And conscience still cry may"
Sweet Fancy sings her song to them,
And gives the heart its away
Its own delightful way
In spite of all that Thought can do;
In spite of Judgment, tried and true;
And all Experience ever knew
The heart will have its way.
So Nature wills it-old and young,
The wisest and the best,
Have caught the strain from PASSIONS
tongue,
And felt her sweet unrest.
'Tis well to be of human kind
To own dear Natures sway
For midst the dim, cold realms of mind,
The heart would lose its way
Its own delightful way
In spite of Wisdom's happiest rules;
In spite of sages and of schools;
In spite of reason we're but fools
The heart will have its way.
See yonder child, by Nature led,
No rule of life to guide;
See Prudence with her thoughtful head,
And manhood in its pride
All run in pleasures needless race,
And after folly stray
At every age, in every place,
The heart will have its way
Its own delicious way
In spite of all the head can do;
In spite of Judgment, tried and true;
In spite of sad experience, too,
The heart will have its way.
Alas for him whose heart is dead
To every generous beat;
No loye-light on his life is shed,
No sympathy he'll meet.
'Tis better far to give the price
That fools to folly pay
Be men in everything but vice,
And give the heart its way
Its own delightful way
In spite of Wisdom's golden rules;
In spite of sages and of schools,
We're all but erring, love-sick fools
We give the heart its way.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03
A Plea for Old Maids

The mere fact Of won# II .ot
having found a partner in liM ph res
her at once AT a certain disad aani &c
in the estimation Of the w@d. If
man remains single, it ia ecg use
he prefers it !" but who woq ! Teri
ously believe the lady who We he
same reason for not havi8 | zen
married. Consequently shd IA ely
ventures upon such an a eri on.
No; she is single-because s. ctnld
not help herself And he Fef rth
she is accredited with all the wax
ness and eccentricities of o In aid
ism. A married woman NAY ike
cats and parrots without c1 ic SIN !;
if single woman makes pc of
either of these animals it is &c use
she is an old maid. Should b s0in-
ster by chance not care abb t oets
it is held that, being a spins r, she
ought to do so. If a motheR co iries
small bag in her hands " fn out
walking, it is nothing more less
than bag carried for con n ence
or fashions sake. In the Oh mlid's
hands the same article BED n es a
reticule-a spinster's badge When
Mrs. Somebody is orderly il. her
house and tidy in her persd an
observation on the subject lade
at all, it is as follows: "W by. you
are as neat as an old maidR re-
proachful compliment paid I'll the
miss. No one, of coursd tenies
that thereissuch a thingas d ilaid-
ism 1--WE employ this word prwant
of a better), to which sowe 8yimen
are evidently born, as some Ari also
driven to it. But as the taHtts and
habits of married women fBr, Sc
likewise do those of single men.
1t is, therefore, rather unjus tc label
every lone woman with Il ,adge
which she may be inclined b elftc
ridicule in others. And ifsq / IA one
be of sensitive nature, sh 'oufd
greatly appreciatethe privil beof be-
ing able to keep the world gnor-
ance of her real positicn-en sally,
perhaps, when traveling-h 1 rpt be-
ing compelled to reveal it, ler IL
tie of miss.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03
A Unique cyolOpedia.

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it offers fund of entertainment and
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The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03
HER YANKEE"
AN INCIDENT OF THE WAR.

~ A@fNAbfA-fA ~ AAAt@ N@hAs
There is long lapse of years be-
tween that time and this, but the
incident has lost none of its pathos
or beauty, because Of that.
/ can sec her now as she trips
along to school, sweet little girl of
7 years, her sunny curls blown back
from a fair forehead, her bright blue
eyes glad in the innocent happiness
of childhood.
1t was in 1864 that there were a
few prisoners of war brought to
G. for incarceration and kept
here several months, well guarded.
Little Sallie passed the prison
every morning on her way to school
and, with childish curiosity, though
not evincing any fear, she would
look at the gloomy place of confne-
ment giving a glance of commingled
pity and awe at the prisoners, peer
ing hopelessly from the small win
dows of the forbidding house. The
men, weary of the monotony Of cap
tivity, were glad to see the little
sunbeam as it fitted by, morning
and evening, though it left them in
shadow.
There was one, however, pale and
sick, whom the child gazed at in
mute sympathy, and he in return
would smile at her until once he
called her, saying: "Come and bid
me good morning, and tell me your
name."
Attracted by his gentle manner
and refined appearance, she ap-
preached and said; "My name is
Sallie, and what is your name2"
"Charlie," he answered; then he
said, "My dear little girl, if you have
anything in your bucket please give
me something TO eat, for am sick
and cannot eat prison fare"
81 will give it all to you, but 1
don't know how to get it way up
there"
"Ask the guards to let you pass"
With childish confidence she went
to the nearest guard, but was court
eously refused, and going back, told
the Yankee. He then bade her ask
the guards to pass the bucket to
him.
Returning to the sentinel, she
said so earnestly, "Please carry this
to that poor man, who is so sick,
that the Confederate soldier could
not resist the pleading eyes and
manner, OF the compassionate feel
ings of his own heart, and taking
the lunch passed it as requested. Sc
it continued for a week, until the
child was seen coming with two
buckets, one ior herself, the other
for cher Yankee"
She was afraid to reveal her secret
at home, fearing she might be de-
MED the privilege OF feeding hel
Yankee, and when her mother ask
ed her why she carried two buckets
and why she chose the daintiest and
best Of all on the table, she replied
"Oh, mamma, it is for poor person
not able to Iuy nice things to eat.
The evasion was pardonable under
the circumstances. Often did she
deprive herself of delicacies to put
into the "other" bucket; and SO il
went on for four months, the guards
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03


Two WALL STREET PIcrUREs.-A
speculator in four years has paid
one firm in Wall street the sum of
$250,000 in commissions, says New
York letter. He was a wealthy
man when he went into the street
with laudable but unwarrantable
desire to increase his patrimony by
specializing in stocks. Now. so
heavy have been his losses that he
would be satisfied if he possessed
the sum he has paid out in commits
sions. AS it is, he will cheerfully
accept clerkship in the said firm,
who wish to avail themselves Of his
numerous acquaintances to increase
their custom. If he had been con-
tented with a handsome sufficiency
for the day, amounting really to
superabundance, he would now be
in affluencc instead of in the posi-
tion of comparative destitution he
is. On the other hand, a young
clerk few years ago commenced to
speculate in the street with 5000, the
savings of years abstinence from
smoking, and now is worth in real
estate over 100000 and several
more in securities. In Wall street
speculation, more than in anything
else, what is game for one man is
ruin for another.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03
A Literary Curiosity

The Glasse of Time, in hd First
and Second Age. Divinely Hihdled
by Thomas Peyton, of reolnes
lime, Gent. Seen and allowed.
London: Printed by Bern ID Alsop
for Lawrence Chapman, |; dare to
be sold at his Shop ove yainst
Staple lime, 1920. Now Mlrinted
in neat volumne, LonA 'rimer
type, bound in fine cloth ut top,
beveled boards. Price sol bits.
The quaint poem, of lhe title
page of which the above tran
script, appeared nearly hi fla CEN
tury earlier than Paradise kgt, and
it is intrinsically probabl that it
would have fallen under @oeye of
Milton; in any case there strik-
ing points of resemblance ftween
the two poems, and many ie sup
posed Millions immortal fork to
have been inspired by til ormer.
Only two copies of the Srk are
known to be in existence levious
to the issue of the present dition,
one being in the British bseum,
the other in the Bodleian fbrary,
Oxford. The copy in til British
Museum was purchased 4 noted
sale of old books in 1919, Baron
Bolland, who notes upoli blank
leaf that it cost him 21l. lgs 3d.,
(about $4,000. Some ears ago
a gentleman of Virginia, III. J. L.
Peyton, sprung from the, II Eng
lish family of that name, hade an
accurate transcript of tn iopy in
the British museum, serving
even the quaint spelling, hnctua-
ton, capitalizing, and ita lzing of
the original. This present ition is
printed without alteration Apart
from its presumed conned IN, with
Paradise Lost, the poem as very
considerable merits of it'd kn, and
is in every way a literary riosity.
John B. Alden, Publis /, New
York.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03

A tongue that never talks scandal
tho tongue of shoe.
An anomaly in pantaloous- .he,--
are never tight when they are full.
A woman refused TO give a meal
to dwarf the other day, because
she was opposed to dine-a-mite.
A man should buy ready-made
shoes If he wants something to wear
we'll because he never sees the last
of them.
She-"What man YOU are
George; always making fun of the
iadies taper waists" He-"And
what should 1 do with taper. I'm,
to make light of it,
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03


THREE POINTS WORTH REMEMBER
ING.-If any animal has a rye beard
or chaf in It's eye, sure and sim
pie way of removing it is to dip the
finger into honey, open the animals
eye and touch the foreign substance
which will adhere to the finger.
If COW or an OK bloated or
"hoven" badly? Pierce the hide
paunch with a penknile where the
two adhere on the left side, half way
between the hip and ribs. If the
gas. s.does not escape rapidly enough,
insert a quill. The orifce will heal
at once.
If a sore exists on an animal that
is obstinate about healing, make a
liquid of saltpetre, and blue it
slightly with vitriol and apply. 1t
keeps off flies, prevents the growth
of proud flesh, and induces heal
ing.-H. r. Coffin.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-03

The pupil of ones eye made to
attend to business by th Psh that
is held over it.
maud, dear, why is ardener
like your check ?" IN John !
you know I can never gu conun-
drums. Why is he ?" "H Eause he
is the cutler Of roses, Low Tab
leau.
In olden times thoy US to pun
ish man for lyingby boz g a hole
through his tongue. j modern
times they quit it, becal a mans
tongue would not last bore six
weeks, if hole was pG n or every
lie he told.
Lieutenant Ito a broth officer):
81 have ill-luek in gettiil married.
A fair one without mono my ia,
ther objects TO, A homelY ane with
money my personal feelf g objects
to. A fair one with ,ney her
father objects to. A nelly one
without money-why, naturally
everybody objects to.
The Dillon tribune., 1886-07-24
Murdered for Love.

st. Paul special: The people Of New
Richland, Mimi, are in fever over a
double tragedy enacted there. Henry
Young, respectable young man OF the
place, killed Mary Discl,er. Two shots
were fired, each taking effect in her breast
and causing almost instant death. Young
then put the muzzle OF the revolver in his
mouth and took his own life. The young
woman was IS years old and her murderer
g. For some time Young had been
seeking Miss Discher's hand in marriage,
but was repeatedly refused. On the occa.
sion in question he told her that he had
come to ask her hand for the last time
Upon being refused he committed the muir
der and suicide without further reply
The dead girls mother and sister were
eye. witnesses to the tragedy.
The Dillon tribune., 1886-07-24
Approaching Water Famine.

A Denver dispatch says: There has
been no rain in Colorado during the past
three months, and in consequence the riv'
ers are drying up and crops, ranchmen and
stock, as we'll as families, are suffering
greatly for water. What little water re-
mains in the Platte River is taken out by
the Highline Ditch Company, above Den
yer, causing the ranchmen lower down
great drought. The farmers held meet.
ing here Saturday, protesting against the
action of the ditch company, and petition
ing the Governor for relief. The same
evening the State officials issued an order
to the State Engineer directing him to
shut off the supply Of water above the city
ior irrigating purposes until the domestic
wants of the farmers lower down are salts
fed. 1t has been raining in the mountains
as we'll as east and south and the opinion
is that the drought is at an end.
The Dillon tribune., 1886-07-24
Cattle and Crops SufIs ling.

Dispatches from the Indian Territory
say: The t,routh still continues over nearly
the whole Of the Territory. The ranges
are rapidly being ruined and prairie fires
are already burning in every direction
The Murrian has broken out among the
cattle in several localities, and many are
dying. Unless they have rain soon reg
ulsr epidemic among the stock is feared
A dispatch from Topeka says the present
drouth in Kansas is the severest the state
has known since 1873.
The Dillon tribune., 1886-07-24
PRISON REFORM.
Work Of the Conference Of Charities and
Correction

At the Sunday session. Of the conference
Of Charities held at st. Paul, in Plymouth
Church, the two following papers on Pris.
on Reform were read: Of the two regular
papers the first was report by Rev. !. l..
Milligan, OF Alleghan, Penn, delegate
from Pennsylvania to the International
Prison Congress held in London in 1872.
He said Presiden, Cleveland, as we'll as
the National Prison Association, commits.
stoned me to the third International Pris.
on Congress, held at the close OF last year
in Rome, where it met on the invitation
OF the King OF Italy. Its sessions we're
opened and held in the Palace OF Fine Arts.
NJ. Depretis was made President, and
spoke the welcome OF Italy The number of
delegates from Europe, Asia, England and
America was large and made up Of expert.
enced men. The session continued eight
days. The display OF prison products Of
every conceivable manufacture occupied
nine large halls in the Palace Of fine Arts.
| Models OF twenty.eight cells from various
countries, made after actual dimensions
and style OF occupancy, were built in the
grounds Of the Palace. The questions
treated aud conclusions reached, pertained
to criminal Jurisprudence, prison discipline
and preventative measures. The proceed
ings will make two large volumes and can
be secured through our Secretary OF State
These only can give fair idea Of the
breadth and importance OF this Congress
The next one will convene in st. Peters.
burg.
The second paper by Gen. Brinkerhoti
OF Ohio. 1t embodied such principles o
prison reform as arc recognized as axiom
by all leading penologists. The don'inan
idea in the creation OF prisons should b.
the protection Of society by the reforma
tior or permanent detention OF prisoners
Vengeance is not tanable under the Chris
tian dispensation and experience ha
slo wn that it is not effective in the refo'
nation OF prisoners. One Of the require
ments is the intermediate sentences unde
which criminals are sent to prison as NOR;
hospitals from which they are not to /
discharged until they are cured. A gene
al discussion followed, in which numbt
y OF delegates spoke briefly.
The Dillon tribune., 1886-07-24
MEXICAN TROUBLES.
A Small Band Of RevOlutiOnists Attack
Trains and Raid Ranches.

a Matamoras special says: The up train
on the Matamoras Il Monterey Railroad
was attacked by revolutionists at Capote
station few days since. Over fifty pas
sengers were on the train, among them
delegates to the Congressional College
from Revnosa, Mier, Camargo, Guerro
and other up.rivcr towns; several army
officers and their ladies'. When it reached
Capote, according to telegram from the
customs guard to the Collector Of Gus.
toms, it was attacked by Innocencio Tano
and Adolfo Gonzales, at the head OF fifty
revolutionists or bandits, ard the passen-
gers were robbed of all their arms, but it is
not stated whether any Of them were hurt.
Col. Proledis Cov*ssas, with force of
cavalry arrived 1t the station within an
hour after the train had passed, but found
that Tarias' men had also left. 1t is
thought that he is pressing them closely,
though no account Of the fight has been
obtained. The Revolutionists are raiding
all the ranches The revolution appears
| to be spreading in the State Of Neuvoleon.
Advices from Urea Tamaulipas state
that there have been revolutionary riots
| there in which three men were killed and
| Lieutenant. olonel Antonio Echurctta,
| Commissioner of the State Government
was wounded Prominent Cuellerists
have all been driven from the place and
have taken refuge at Escandon.
Excitement ran high ill., New Laredo,
caused by the sensational reports coming
in from Micr and Guerro. 1t is said that
the whole country in that section is in
arms and that recruits are going there
from the American side Of the river.
The Dillon tribune., 1886-07-24

David NJ. Reese, a we'll known rancher,
living about four miles east OF Anaconda,
was found dead in his cabin Wednesday
afternoon about ,:3o o'clock by Morgan
Evans. lie had committed suicided by
hanging. lie had evidently been hanging
several days, as when found decomposition
had far advanced. Deceased had been or
a spree for month past which probabl,
unsettled his brain and caused him 10 com
nit the rash act.
The Dillon tribune., 1886-07-24
INHUMAN TREATMENT.
A Free Love Colony in Camden County,
Nj. Living on Cracked Com.

4 Philadelphia dispatch, says that Pros.
ecutor OF the Pleas Jenkins, Of Camden
County New Jersey, has been called upon
to investigate a case OF alleged inhuman
treatment of two boys at the liarmonial
Home Ancora, small place in the pines
twenty-five miles from Camden on the
Camden and Atlantic Railroad. The
Harmonial Home was started by ]. Madi.
son Allen as free love institution about
fifteen years ago. lie intended to form a
community similar to the one 1T Oneida,
New York. \ dress worn by men and
women alike consisted OF a single carmen,
from the neck to the ankle, huttoned
down the back and tied at The waist.
Allen had ono lawful and one or two un-
lawful wives.
Six months ago Aliens community
was increased by family named Bronson
who came from Russell, Mass. The fam.
lily consisted OF Bronson, daughter, aged
10 years; two sons, aged l3 and 1t, and 8
..year old baby. The property they hae
| was turned over to the community.
During the winter the boys were oblig
ed to beg food from the neishl,or>, ant
one Of them has been sheltered by ma,
named Spalding for some time. Some o
the food was exhibited by the boys. l
proved to be corn mashed in a mill ant
baked with water. \ sample vas sent Il
Prosecutor Jenkins, along with a state
ment that the boys were beng slowl.
starved to death. An investigation will
be made at once.
The Dillon tribune., 1886-07-24
The Carmen Win.

\ San Francisco dispa'ci, says: The
carmcns strike ON the North Beach and
Mission n City Railroads ended Saturday
by the compans's conceding the demands
of the strikers. All the men whose dis.
charge led to the strikes were rein stated.
Both lines are running full force Of cars.
The trouble encountered by the companies
during the strik. was the work OF oussid.
ers, not the strikers.
The Dillon tribune., 1886-07-24
Mrs. Gen. Grant.

Mrs. NJ. 5. Grant, wife Of the late Gen.
eral Grant, has recently been in Cincin'
natl under the care of surgeon for the
removal Of tumor whose presence had
been known to her intimate friends for
some time, fears being entertained that il
would cause death. She is said to have
undergone a very successful operation
and departed asking that her visit should
be kept profound secret.
The Dillon tribune., 1886-07-24
OUT WITH POLYGAMY.
Proclamation by Governor West. of the.
Territory of Utah.

Whereas, Within this Territory an or
ganization Of religionists, denominated TIN.
Church OF Jesus Christ Of Latter Day
Saints, known also as the Mormon
Church, has its head and form here, and
said body has heretofore sent and now has
missionaries in every State in the United
States and in foreign countries, proselvt-
ing to its faith and inducing its converts
to immigrate to and settle in the Territory,
and immigration has heretofore and con-
tinaes to come into the Territory; and
Whereas, Such church il, its places OF
worship through its public teachers and
press openly proclaims the right and duty
Of its members to violote the law Of the
land upsa the subject Of marriage; and
Whereas, The chief officers OF said body,
the Presidency are now in hiding avoiding
process Of the courts, under the charge Of
the violation Of said law, and others Of its
prominent members, Apostles, Bishops
and Teachers are confined in prison
under conviction and sentence for vioala-
ton Of said law, and
Whereas, a great expense is necessarily
incurred and our courts continually
crowded with the trial Of offenders against
said la@, now therefore
1,Caleb W. West, Governor Of Utah
Territory, while disclaining all right to in
terfsre with the religious belief OF any, ye.
recognizing the duty Of all to obey the law
of the land, do hereby make proclamation
Of the foregoing fac: and warn violators OF
the law as to the marriage relation that
they do incur and subject themselves to
{ heavy fines and imprisonment, and warn
all we'll disposed persons from associating
/ themselves with any persons or organi,a
ton for the purpose Of i,nmigrating to this
Territory to enter into or maintain an,
marriage relation other than that allowed
and sanctioned by law, or to aid or abe
s others in so doing. Salt Lake, July 10Th
j. 1856. Caleb w. West, Governor; BY thu
:. Governor. Arthur l.. Thomas, Secretar,
r Utah Territory.
The Dillon tribune., 1886-07-24
Gladstone Gives Way to Salisbury.

When G,adstone's messenger returned
from Osborne with the Queens acceptance
OF his resignation Of the ministry, he not-
fled his colleagues. Gladstone will not pro-
ceed to Osborne to personally surrender 70
the Queen the seals OF office until Her Maj
estv shall have appointed his successor. 1t
is Officially announced that the Queen will
summon Salisbury for the new ministry.
The Dillon tribune., 1886-07-24
Montana i<sDnsl Agents.

\ st. Paul Pioneer Press special says at
noon Saturday six mounted and masked
highwaymen robbed Her Majesty's mail
coach near Humboldt Station obtaining
$4,000 from the mail bags. The coach
had left Queppele Friday. 1t is reported
the driver was killed. 1t is supposed to be
the work OF Montana road agents. Mount
cd police are securing the country.