The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-07-31
GRAVE AND GAY.
IMPORTANT SCRAPS scIssoRED WITH
DISCRETION FROM BRIGHT
EXCHANGES.

A woman's labor union has been incor-
porated at San Francisco for the purpose
of manufacturing wearing apparel, estab-
fishing laundries, eating houses, restaur-
ants and reading-rooms.
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A little newsboy of Orlando, Fla, being
told of his fathers death drop
ped his papers and hurried home. A
citizen picking them up sold them
through the town, telling the circum-
and realized $40, some of them
fetching S. apiece.
*A*
Ned Buntline passed his youth in the
navy, and when other midshipmen refus-
ed to associate with him because he had
served before the mast" he challenged
thirteen of them to mortal combat. Seven
of them accepted and were marked for
life" by his "unerring rifle"
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Not content with driving the princes
out of the country, the French govern
ment has determined to get rid of the
Seine washerwoman and of the washing
ships moored along the banks the river,
There are over fifty of these huge barges,
which are made use of throughout the
year by no less than 3S, 600 washerwomen.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Foster, who are
visiting at Hornellsville, N, Y, are the
parents of very remarkable child, who
is now Is years of age. The young man
is only fourteen inches high and weighs
only eight pounds when dressed. He is
probably the smallest child of his age in
the world The boy is as intelligent as
the average boy of his age. He enjoys
good health, and is as playful as any
child. The father weighs over 2O0pounds.
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An electric weapon, a sword, has been
invented at Shanghai, which when the
point touches the party attacked, sends a
powerful shock through him, and if not
Immediately killing will put him
hors du combat. The sword is an ordi-
nary military sabre, but along its whole
length is let in fine platinum wire which
ends at the foil of the weapon. A small
but very powerful storage battery is carri-
ed strapped about the waist, much the
same as a cartridge box. Insulated wires
connect the battery with the sword, and
by pressing button the holder can COM
plete the circuit at pleasure.
#.*
There are many people who have SC
much reverence for religion that they
have nothing to do with it.
#4*
a Muscogee county farmer claims that
he was recently breaking young mule
A stalwart negro man mounted the mule
in the middle of the lot and the specta
tors mounted the fence. The mule began
to buck and dance at the same time.
cloud Of dust enyelOped him and his
rider, and unearthly noises came from
the midst Of the dust cloud. When tn,
cloud of dust cleared away the mule wa
quietly eating out of the trough in lii
stall, and one of the negro's knit suspen
ders was wrapped tightly around his lef
leg. No other portion of the negro hai
yet been discovered
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Outing" not content with sendin,
Thomas stevens on bicycle to "circum
wheel the world, has just dispatched an
other special correspondent to the Arcti
I Ocean, for the purpose of travelling on
tricycle. which serves as bed at night
through the heart of Russia, from Arch
angle to the Crimea
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4 newspaper in Illinois recently broueh
suit against forty-three men who woul,
not pay their subscription, and obtaine,
judgment in each case for the full amour
Of the claims OF these twenty-eigh
made affidavit that they owned no pror
erty in excess of what the law Above,
them, thus preventing an attachment
/ Then, under the law Of Congress maxim
thetaking of newspaper from APOSTOLIC
without paying for it, theft, they wer
arrested for petit larceny and bound owe
in the sum Of $500 each. All but 81,
gave bail, and the others went to jail.