The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-08-25

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dude
Large volumes Of sinoke are sol
{" issue from the summit Of St
Helena, Ore.
\ youn- lrly l.. Philadelphia i
said To have lad five lovers al
named Samuel.
The bronze statue Of Sir William
Wallace, unveiled by Lord Lorn,
at Aberdeen, Is thirteen feet high.
A new thing in England j. a wal
king stick made hollow, with a
place in it for holding eight or nine
cigars.
The loss in Transporting cattle
across the ocean was in 1880 81
percent It has been reducrd TO II
percent
There are thirty seven tunnels Of
more than / 90 yards in England,
the longest being that Of the Severn
1855 yards.
The latest arrangement in Paris
for wedding at home is floral
umbrella, under which the happy
pair stand.
The Burns County, Oak, county
commissioners have this season
paid bounty Of 3 cents each on
81, go gopher tails.
The custom Of going bareheaded
one day in the week ION the Shah
bat. " or Sunday is observed by the
Mingrelians,
An enterprising physician in Aus
tralia ADVERTISE Il will pay half
the funeral expenses in cases where
] am not successful"
Anuggei Of ruby ore, weighing :
coo pounds was taken from a mine
near Elko, Cal, few days ago,
Tea cultivation, it Is said, Is 10 be
tried by a rancher Of Elko New,
who proposes employing Indian
women and chsldren % gather the
leaves.
Burlington. n. j., is the champ
ion town 81 widows. There is one
block that gives shelter to thirty
one Of this attractive but dangerous
beings.
The latest meteor story is one that
is alleged To have fallen near Kiey.
Russia, and which when broken
open is said 70 have been found full
Of small diamonds.
Pet dogs in Pans are now clad in
mantles with pockets for holding
Jumps Of sugar, bracelets on their
paws and a string Of little silver
bells around the neck.
Customs officers in Ontario levy a
blackmail charge Of % cents each on
passengers for examining their bag
bage, and there is mighty lot of
kicking about it.
Colonel Elliot Shurtz, Of AIarshal-
town, Ia, has received notice from
the War Department that MS claim
Of s75 for the loss Of horse in the
Mexican War was allowed. The
claim was filed in 1913.
The flower mission in New York
has fructitied into a fruit mission.
New York City has 479 blind ~ ~
sioners, each Of whom is POI :, ar
in gold.
It costs the Emperor of Austria
100000 to entertain the Gar d
Russia for three days.
The new census shows that near
" 81 per cent. Of the children Of
baltimore do not attend schools o.
any kind,
London has feTer inhabitants t.
'ne mouse ran any other Of til,
s'ea' cities Of Europe. Vienna Ia.
the mott persons 70 the house hay
ing five times as many as London,
In answer To causnl question,
How easy and truthful to tell IL
A cure for the worst indigestion
To take Pierce'a PuFgaiiye Pei
lets.
Wooden gowns are made Of spec
ial material, which has Il sati
foundation worked all over in gol
and colored silks.
He was reading "The Prisoner Q
Chillon" TO her. She listened cage
ly 70 the cad story 81 told in Byron
magnificent verse and her golde
head dropped lower and lowe
while She almost wept At last III
, story ended, and she looked u
: with sigh and Il quiyerng lip.
Whats the matter, Mabel ?" AL
ed her lover tendcrly.
"Oh, Herbert" she exclaime
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