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The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-06-30

Excise Commissioner Morris of the old
board lives on West Twenty-frst street. -Four
years ago cats drove people from their homes
in this street by their midnight music. Com
missioner Morris owes the peace of his home
to his son, who is an amateur electrician. He
put a wide board on top Of the back fence to
better facilitate cat locomotion. He then ran
six bare telegraph wires along the top of this
board, very little distance apart. He con-
nected these wires with the strong battery in
the house, and a key, within easy reach, con
nected the battery with the wires on the
fence
With darkness the cats came. When a
few vigorous notes gave indication of a
promisingly loud concert, Wettmore touched
the key. One long, loud yell followed -Four
cats were seen several feet above the fence
paving the air, and all fell down in the yard
quite paralyzed. One by one they got up,
smelled of their paws, murmured a new, and
quietly stole away. This was kept up fol
several nights, until every cat in the block
had tasted lightning.
Now, whenever a cat finds it necessary tc
cross the dangerous path, he first puts a paw
gently out upon the wires, and crosses very
slowly, with every muscle wound up for /
spring TO the ground at the first suspicion o.
shock-New York Star.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-06-30
TAE euoKeYe pANoRAMA BUSINESS

A Place Where Big Paintings are Manu-
factured for Exhibition-Iiig scheme.
Chicago is the center Of tho panorama
business in America. And the panorama
business is a more extensive ono than most
people imagine II 10 be. There arc several
panorama factories in town, or near by.
One Of these stands near the Rock Island rail-
way tracks IN Englewood-a monster tuiTet
Of wood, whose doors arc closed TO all visitors
except those accompanied by the proprietor
Dr. Pierpont. In this tuITet-like house
painters are always at work upon panoramas
mot creations, but copies Of works already
known to fame. Gettysburg Is the favorite
and it is estimated that there are now in ex-
istence something like two dozen copies Of
this famous panorama. Tho copies arc
known to the trade as buckeyes though
the origin Of the term in this application is as
yet mystery. These buckeyes cost all the
way from 5000 to 100000 apiece, and some
of them are fine copies of the original They
are sold to enterprising chaps in large cities
throughout the country, and exhibited usu-
ally in cheap wooden buildings. Some Of
them have made fortunes for their owners in
few years.
The cheaper paintings are carried about the
country by railway cars, being wound up for
ohApAAANhe WI "a DAb Nlfpbif
tents. Some of the first buckeyes manu-
featured were turned out by house and sign
painters and sorry jobs they made of them,
too. In addition to their ignorance of per-
spective and coloring they only knew how to
mix paints for wood surfaces, and some Of
the canvases which their clumsy brushes
daubed, and which have been carried around
the country until they are weary, cracked
and weather-worn, do not much resemble the
original Gettysburg
A queer feature of the business is that the
painters of these buckeyes" pay the proprie-
tors Of the originals nothing for the privilege
Of copying. Photographs are on sale OF all
sections save one of the Gettysburg panorama,
the exception being the view of the wheat
field. The copyers buy these photographs,
slyly take notes as to the coloring while pre-
tending to look at the canvas, and in the same
manner make hasty and crude sketches of the
wheat field.
It Is said that there Is a scheme on foot to
procure $4,000 copies of Gettysburg, Shiloh,
Missionary Ridge, Siege Of Paris and Atlanta
the new picture being painted in Wehner's
studio, Milwaukee,, and combining them all
under one canvas-"only one admission ticket
to the five greatest panoramas on cartilage
on the road in true circus style. Surely, this
Is great world for schemes. Chicago
Herald
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-06-30
Tree-Planting

In planting the greatest care is
exercised when the soil is not natu-
rally good, holes are dug two feet
deep and nine feet in diameter, and
filled in with good rich loani Tl.I
trees are lifted from the nursery
with the greatest care, to preserve as
far possible the roots, and in transit
to prevent them from dying or freez-
ing. In planting, the soil is packed
closely around the roots, and then
copious watering is given. A tree
protector is at once placed around
them, for the purpose of preventing
them from being shaken by the
winds or gnawed by horses, and
perhaps what is most important of
all, to shade the stems of the trees
until their own foliage is sufficient
to do so. For this last reason,
the best and cheapest tree protector
yet used is one made of wooden
strips placed three inches apart
and bound with iron hoops this
gives the necessary shade To the
stem, and at the same time allows
free circulation of air. The best
height for the tree box is six feet.
This shading referred to is all-im-
portant when trees are growing in
forests or in the nursery, they shade
one another, and it must be evident,
if set out without any protection
from the blazing sun in the streets
of city, they must suffer. Many
thousands of diciduous trees, both
fruit and ornamental, perish annual
~ the first year of planting
through this cause. When taken
from the closely planted nursery
rows and rows are exposed to the
full sun and air, the change is too
great, and unless the season is esiaa:
cially favorable, however carefully
the planting may have been dane
large losses must ensue unless the
stems are shaded. Trees in orchards
and other enclosures can be shaded
by wrapping the stems up to the
lower branches with straw or any
thing that will shade the trunk from
the sun; but for trees and elsewhere,
exposed to injury, the Slated box is
the best method of shading. Tn,
grand success in planting tho
avenues in Washington is no doub
due largely to the persistent use o
this precaution, for it is never omit
ted, and the results attest its value
All trees for two years after planting
are cultivated, just as if they were /
crop Of corn or potatoes, by the sol
being stirred by pronged hoe fol
four or five feet from the stem in al
dircctions.-IImpcr's Magazine, july
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-06-30

NJ. de Parnelle has called the attention of
the French Academy of Sciences to u curious
illusion of the vision, which may account for
the apparent oscillation or swinging of stars
sometimes observed, and which is called by
the Germans Stenschanken. When the eve
looks for some time at u small, fceby lighted
body, itself being in complete darkness. the
body appears to oscillate or describc ccrtain
curves. 1t is n phenomenon of the subjective
order, and appears to be of the same nature
us the movement Of star observed when a
person lean. his hoad against a wall and fixes
his eye upon the star. The star appears to
be n;itatcd in its place and to oscillatc rapidly.
IN on, y that the motion may he noticed,
there should he no moon and the sky SHOULD
be clear y lunctto takes away the apparent
aotiln.-New York Mail and Exprc .
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-06-30
LIE oTAgR ace oF NIGHT.


/ sorrowed, slept; and this my dream;
Hooked, and saw q large Hesper CLEAN
Right in tho east, above the bar
OF morning mists-a morning star
Full liistered, tfcmulous he stood
Throbbing on silent stream and wood
"Beholdr' cried. "That watcher bright,
Who trims the lamp Of jealous Night,
Hath on u stolen errand gone,
TODD the service Of the Dawn"
Then spake voice, serene I'm air:
Thou art new como, nor yet aware
How the calm heavens OF tho dead
Above thee and around IRE spread,
80 maryclsst thou that lIesper clear
Doth In the van Of Dawn appear.
But from thy brow chase vexing thought,
And be thou apt, and soothly taught;
The star Of eve to sorrowing men,
Is morning star In spirits ken.
Thou seest the other face OF Night,
And planets flushed with orient light.~
dreamed, and woke, and did rejoice,
SO dwelt with me the blessed voice
Edith Thomas In Boston Traveller
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-06-30


been compared TO the aroma Of the tropical
banana. The scent rarely lasts over an
hour altar the flower has been picked
Aniline COlors Unsuitcd for Painting.
In paper on the action Of light upon pig
monts employed in painting, an Edinburgh
astist states that his experiments have led
him TO the conclusion that RUSSIAN blue in
oil is the most stable Of colors He asserts
however, that it would never do to employ
the fecting aniline pigments upon the samo
canvas with the stable Prussian bluo-paint-
ing one portion Of picture with the latter.
In fact, the aniline colors are found to be,
for the most part quits unsuited for paint
ing purposes, and some of them, as Is well
known, are SO changeable in the sunlight as
10 be used in the production Of Photographic
images. They are also extensively employed
for coloring photographs, their thin trans
parent character rendering them pnrticu-
larly suitable for the purpose, it being pos
sible to sos the shadows and outlines Of thu
image beneath the layer OF color. Never
theless, photographs tinted in this way soon
lose their bloom and tho colors are often
seen fading while the pictures are yet ex-
posed for sale In the shop windows. Boston
TRANSCRIPT
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-06-30

A gray headed man was recently brought
before a court in Berlin, charged with picking
lndys pocket OF hcr handkerchief, During
the trial it was proved that he hal as many
Is 100 costly handkerchiefs in hi posses
sion obtained il the same manner His
defense was not l;lcptomania, but mania
which inlpclled him, ~hcnever h. s.,w a
beautiful woman, to try and obtain some
object froia her a. IA souvenir. He was acquit-
tod.-Chicago Herald.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-06-30

A German ties for watered milk con-
sists in dipping a well-polished knitting
needle into deep vessel Of milk and
then Immediately Withdrawing it in an
upright position. Ii the milk is pure a
drop of the fluid will hang to the needle,
but the addition of even small proper
ton of water will prevent the adhesion
of the drop. Chicago Tribune
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-06-30

A doctor is called to man suffering
from asthma. His visit over, he is stopped
in the entry by the sick mans wife.
"Well, doctor. WI do you think o.
my poor husband
"Reassure yourself, asthma is n patent
Of longevity
sBut you will cure him Of it, won't
your Detroit Free Press.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-06-30

1t is recalled by Forest and Stream that
the first effective law for the protection
of insectivcrors birds was prepared by
Henry William Herbert. The original
draft is still in existence. Exchange
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-06-30

Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland Is getting a
reputation for bon mots; such as this: A
western visitor remarking in his ree-and-
easy,way, you hail from Buffalo, believer
she replied, @YOu, we hail from Buffalo, but
We reign Washington Letter.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-06-30

Carp are used ut Hartford Conn, to ke,;l
the iii, reservoirs clean, The fish have com.
plctlly cleaned one reservoir Of vegetable
growth, AMI are now at work upon second
.-Cnilueo TilncR
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-06-30

II is better for the general health of a
community to have one good-natured
man in a neighborhood than four doc
tors.-Chicago LedGeT.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-06-30
DILWORTH'S
PILLS

These Pills are a specific and anti
dote for Chills, Fevers and all forms
Of Malaria Disorders. We have not
known Il single case of chills dumb
or shaking) that they have failed to
cure, when taken in strict accordance
to printed directions. In majority of
cases a single box is sufficient to cure,
but in long continued cases when they
have returned again and again, more
is required. As a tonic to build up the
broken down constitution produced by
over exertion, fevers, &c, these pills
cannot be excelled; they promote the
appetite, relieve headache, backache,
and strengthens the system.
The low price Of 25c per box brings
them within the reach Of all. For
sale by all druggists and country
stores. aprSS
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-06-30

Arrive Newark Centre Station from Phila. q
days.
Peninsula express leaves Newark 9.ti a m, ar
rlyes at Baltimore l1.1Oam.
Baltimore passenger leave phlla. daily 10.40p
M Chester ll.i7 p m; Wilmington l1.8s Il IN. ar.
irving Newark 1900 night Baltimore 1877 am.
Philadelphia and Baltimore express, 202 p. IN;
Wilmington, 2.44 p. m. Newark, 1903 D. m, and
Baltimore, 4.40 p M, on week days
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-06-30
NORTH.

Trains marked with run daily.
Leave Newark Centre Station for Wilmington
and phila. IiG u m; ., 10 and COS p IN week days
Peninsula express leaves Baltimore 280 o nj.
arrives Newark 95j m, runs through to ptants
on Delaware Division.
Express train leaves Baltimore, 40: Newark
COL, Il. m; North East, j3s a. IN. Iron Iill 556
u. NJ. Wilmington, $50 a. H.. and Philadelphia,
T.20 n. m, week days
j. II. Wood General Passenger Agent.
j. G. Shivler, Agent at Newark.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-06-30

French Creek Branch Trains:
Leave Springfield II 10 II IN, and c 20 p IN o
week days, ana . 10 Il IN O. sundays
Arrive st. Peters Il 41am and Gbopm
week days, and 30 m on Sundays
On saturday only Will leave Dupont station
90 and t2 m, Newbrdge at 20 ana 10 MA
lor wilmington and all Intermediate points.
On Sunday leave Heading at 800 D. IN for W
mingtOn.
For connections at Wilmington. d. & O. juno.
lion, Chadds Ford Junction, Lenape Coatesyillo
Waynesburg Junction, BrdsbOro, and Reading
SEQ timetables all stations
A. G. McCAusLAND, supt.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-06-30
'A 1s,, C0NSUMPTIVE,

Have you Cough, nronchitia Asthma Indgestioni Use
pARkER'S TONIC without delay. IL has rurcd
many Of the worst cases and is the best remedy for all
affections OF the throat and lungs and diseases arising
from impure blood and exhaustion The feeble and sick
struggling against disease, and slowly drifting to the
grave Will In most their health by the timely
use Of PAaeERs ToSc but delay 6 dangcrouz Take q
In time. Cures when all else fails. Gives life and
strength 10 the aged and inhrm. 81 at Druggists
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-06-30
THE MODEL PRESS.
See what is said about

My Model Press nettcd me in three months
over Se0lO0-I never had instructions In print
ing before, yet set up and printed 100 de-
pOsit tickets ON my Model Press the day after
received it'll have made more than double
what my Model Press cost me the first two
mOnths.-IIave done about $4,000 worth OF
work on my No. Model Press. ltbeats all.
After three years use find my Model Press
as good as new.-The Model Press is well built
and ought to last half n century.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-06-30
TIME CARD

Phlla., vii. & BALTIC. Railroad
Schedule in effect Nov. I3th,
1887,
Trains ioHl run as folioaos.
SOUTH.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-06-30
THE MODEL PRESS

Is fully equal TO the largest and cosilest
machines for fine Card and GENERAL
BUSINESS printing. Any smart boy
can turn out hundreds Of dollars worth
Of work every year, even with one Of the
smaller sizes. Send for all particulars.
Address,
The MODEL PRESS CO., Ltd,
912 Arch Street, Philadelphia
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-09-06
RAILROAD VICTORY In IOWA.
Judge FairalI Makes Perpetual the Order
Restraining the COmmissloners'
rIowa Citv QoWal speciall

Judge Fairall tting as Chancellor, mas nled
his opinion in the case OF the Iowa railways
AGAINST the Iowa Railway Commissioners, Delhg
fire test case OF the Chicago, Rock lsland ana
Pacific Railway against the Conhissi8mefS sSo. Az
restrain them from putting into enect tne
schedule of rates prepared by the Cohn,ls-
sioners I'm pursuance OF the recent law
OF the Iowa Legislature Inc Juuee eiVes
an opinion of great length and sustalns the
injunction. He goes into tne nsSoay y,,po, itas ~
snst ain his position. First, ne coheiueis sns
onasticn cf tie iufi diction OF deienchhIs anu
fben whether the Sta.e is such accessory larty
as urecludes assuming jurisdiction on tne sSso
tion under the lule which author acus ns
egaina officers I'm their official aYacity wnetn'r
to ar,est or direct tn IL official actions oy IL
junction or mandamus Where sucl suiss 70
sara antho,ized by law and the act TO be done OF
onitted is purely ministerial, I'm the perform
snce or omission OF which the plaintin mas u
legal interest these may be maintalneg, even
thouoh the State be directly ahected thetepy:
Az To the jurisdiction OF the court Of the suplecI
1n after of the action, this is sustained on tns
aronnd that while the commissioners are autnor'
i1ed 10 exc rcise q discretion I'm hxing IN rates,
vat when they Ak such rates so low thht tnt
earnings are too low 10 enable the plalubiu y
pay hxed charges and operating eAPo9t1t 20 ~
then their acts contravene the sp rs OF IN
stat,te which requires ra es to be reasonaDit
and inst and is i'm violation OF the CONSTITUTIONS
nrovisions which entitle the common carrier 70
rreuari for his services. The court furtner noiu
that the title of authority OF the Leslsiaeuie -, !
between rates which are compensatory am
| those which are not and when not compenssa s''
| torv n court OF equity has the authority 70 nl
ouire into the matter. This IL based ON IN
RIGHT OF such court TO cont,ol the actlon !,
public officers and to prevent them ironi S0''''
THE Iowa Commissioners have appealed
| the Supreme Court fI.i.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-09-06
Tbe Drama In Chicago,

The Oldest theater in Chicago-Mc-
Vicl1er's-which has been under the man
aoement of the veteran j. H. McVicker
since its foundation, has entered upon its
thirty second year. For the season OF
1859 an unrivaled array of attractions is
offered, including Joseph Jefferson, Lotta,
Maggie Mitchell, Margaret Mather, Mile.
Rhea. Mrs. Potter, Mary Anderson, Den
man Thompson, Mrs. Langtry,. Annie
Pixley. w. J. Florence, Coquelin, the great
French comedian, and many other stars OF
world wide fame. The season opens this
week with Imre Kiralfy's production OF
the famous Ravel pantomime, Mazulm,
the Night Owl, I" an entertainment combin-
inc ali the well-known spectacular fea-
tuPes associated with Kiralfy productions
and the mirthful drolleries Of apanto
mime performance. ..lt
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-09-06
PREPARING FOR WAR.
THE WAR OFFICES OF EUROPE FE.
VERI SILLY ACTIVE.

Great Bodies of French Troops Spend Their
Time In Military Exercise, and All Over
France the Bugles' Notes Are Heard
American Pension Claimants.
London special dispatch.l
A tourist just returned from trip
through the continent reports the follow
ing as the result of his observations:
"The martial example set by the young
German Emperor has caused oil the war
offices of Europe to take on feverish
activity. More orders are issued, more
inspections held, more Investigations un-
dertaken than ever before. Drilling
everywhere is incessant. Great bodies of
troops march out OF fortified cities every
morning and spend the day in military ex-
ercises in the field. Never has such hard
work been done before. To the traveller
the continent has the aspect of q fortified
camp. Wherever troops are stationed ana
they are everywhere, they are kept In mo-
tion from morning until night. All over
Franco thc-sound of tho hngle is heard
and the drillmaster is busy instructing re-
cruits. Large masses of troops are con
tinually moving from point to point on
the frontiers. Changes are made to rail-
roads to increase their strategic adyan-
tages. In the interior, troops are being
constantly exercised, stores inspected,
transportation tested, and experiments at
mobilization made. 1t may almost be
said that France is mobilized; she is ready
for action and will not be taken by sur
prise again. The maneuvers now gong
on in the Romagna have grown out OF the
military spirit now prevailing throughout
Europe. There are $4,000 thoroughly
equipped and we'll drilled troops going
through the movements of an active cam
paign under the eye of King HumDert
whoh formed regular military estaD-
lishment at Forli. There the general stan
seriously plot operations on large scale
and the army execute them fIom day tc
day. Italy has witnessed no such scene
since Solferino.
Little Bulgaria, armed to the teeth
has caught the infection, and under the
spirited lead of Prince Ferdinand, If
marching her little army to and fro, anC
strengthening her Notifications and from
tier posts.
Austria, stimulated by Germany, II
gradually bringing her military forces NJ
to that degree of efficiency which is goo
in the ewes of her German critics. he
troops are continually on the move. Ihos
on the frontier are relieved by fresl
forces from the interior. The Hungailans
with their usual impetuosity, cry for &C
tion, and act as if they were preparing 10
immediate war. At the same time iron
all the Chancellories of the continen
comest he announcement: The peace o
Europe will be maintained.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-09-06
A DANGEROUS ADVENTURE.
BY JEFFIE FoRBUsH HANAFoRD.

One fine morning in the year 1861 L
went with eight or ten others to Lex
ington, about thirty miles from Lone
Jack. to see the Confederate troops.
Gen Prices army was stationed there.
I rode little black mule, while the
others went, some on horseback and
others by team. We found the pickets
posted about five miles from the main
body. but we were allowed to pass in
side the lines without interference, and
reached Lexington in safety.
As soon as we arrived i inquired
where the Lone Jack company was
stationed, as my partners brother, Tom
Trundle. was member of that COM
pany. and l wanted to see him. As soon
as / found Tom he suggested taking me
through the camps. So, giving the
mule some hay, we started.
It was all very new to me, conse-
ouently very interesting. Among Other
sights we saw the Union prisoners like
so many wild animals, in what appear
ed TO me, regular circus cages.
After walking about for severa
hours we returned to the Lone Jacl
Camp. where Tom was obliged to leav'
me for time, while he attended to IN
duties.
had just seated myself ON a smal
stump in front of one of the tents
when Captain Carlyle came up, hayin
seen me at Lone Jack, he recognize
me at once, and with q bow he asked
"Do you belong to this company
Mr.. F-?"
answered, II do not.
Then he said, "If You don't belong !
; this company, what is your bushes
here2"
/ told him I came TO see the Coz
: federate army, and as l had friend
the Lone Jack Company, Tom Trul
4. die by name, came, to see him, ais
adding that Tom had just left me.
, The Captain was silent for sever
:, minutes, then he said:
"You are an Eastern man, j belicv
e are you not3'