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The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1889-03-07

And all diseases of the Throat and Lungs,
can be cured by the use of Scots ElaQlsion,
as it contains the healing virtues ot Cod
Liver Oil and Hypophosphitesin their full
est form. Is beautiful creamy Emulsion,
palatable as milk, easily digested, and can
be taken by the most delicate, Please read:
81 consider Scott's Emulsion the remedy
par-excellence in Tuberculous and Strum-
Gus Affections, to say nothing of ordinary
colds and throat troubles."-W. H. s. Con-
NELL. MD. Manchester. o.
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1889-03-07

killed and Mrs. Craddock fatally IN
inred. Mr.. Despair was hurt internally.
West Dexter, a prominent lawyer
of Chicago, was dangerously If not
fatally injured by being thrown from
his horse on the evening of the I'd.
News has reached Jacksonville,
Florida, from Okeechobee, of bloody
ARRAY among the Seminole Indians in
the Everglades. "Jim." a young buck,
became crazy and killed eight OF the
tribe before he was shot.
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1889-03-07

Occasionally touching the latches,
locks and hinges of the doors with a
drop of kerosene or little tallow from
the candle, and thus keeping them well
fabricated, will insure the smooth and
quiet shutting of the doors and pre-
vent the jarring, grating or creaking so
common IN neglected cases. BY this
attention the doors and latches will
last longer.
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1889-03-07

Would use Keinp's Balsam for the Throat
and Lungs. 1t is curing more cases of
Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, Group
and all Throat and Lung Troubles,
than any other medicine, The proprietor
has authorized amy druggist TO give you a
Sample bottle Free to convince you OF the
merit of this great remedy. Large Bottles
DOC and 81,
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1889-03-07

IN indellbls ink that cannot be
erased even with acids. can be obtained
from the following recipe To good gall
ink add strong solution of Prussian
blue dissolved in distilled water. This
will form a writing fluid which cannot
be erased without destruction Of the
paper. The ink will write greeDish
blue, but afterwards will turn black.
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1889-03-07

Quite an ingenious way Of cooling d
journal that cannot be stopped is to
hang u short endless belt on the shaft
next to the box, and let the lower part
of it run in cold water. The turning
of the shaft carries the belt slowly
around, bringing fresh, cold water con-
tinually in contact with the heated
shaft, and without splll'ng or splatter.
ing drop of water.
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1889-03-07

QUITE LIKELY.-"Yes. my dear
children,n said the visitor at Sunday
school, lowering his voice to hushed
and solemn tones, ''this brave mission-
airy, this sanity man of God l have
been telling you about, was captured
by the cannibals and killed. And now,
Little ones. can any of you tell me
where he was after thatp"
Chorus-Yes, ma'am.
''Well, this dear little boy may tell
me.n
Dear little boy-In the soup.
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1889-03-07

Aproprietor of local chain works says
that in 1865, when be first commenced
making chains. he got over 81 a pair
for trace chains, seven years later Go
cents, and now IS cents. For coil
CHAINS, in 1872, he got % cents a
pound, against little over 81 cents
now,
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1889-03-07

a German patent has been Issued for
the preparation of wood fibre for spin
ming. The fibre is separated IN the
ilrst place by boiling in a sulphurous
acid or blsulphite solution, and the
Iibres are dried and softened in water
and subjected to sundry mechanical
operations. Strong fabrics are made
from the product.
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1889-03-07

Do not crowd too many sheep to-
gether. An open shed, facing south.
and well-llttered at night with clean
straw or leaves, will make an excellent
shelter for them.
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1889-03-07
1t is often a good thing to refuse
young persons favor, and thus prevent
them acquiring the habit Of asking,

I 1fyou have catarrh, you are in danger, as the
disease Is liable to become chronic and affect your
general health, or develope into consumption
HO1ds- Sarsaparlla cures catarrh by purifying
and enriehing the blood, and building up the sys-
tom. Give 1t q trial.
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1889-03-07

"YoUNG MAN" said the conductor,
tobacco chewing is not allowed in the
ladies' car"
'l'm not chewing tobacco" replied
the young man with some severity; 81
am chewing gum"
"Weil, for heavens sake," said the
conductor, pulling out from his pocket
his box Of Old Comfort, "here, take a
chew of tobacco
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1889-03-07

10 ths Edttor-Please inform your readers
that have positive remedy for the above
named disease which ] warrant to cure the
worst cases. So strong is my faith In its vir.
tues that will send free a sample bottle and
valuable treatise to any sufferer who will give
me his p o. and Express address. Resp'y,
H.G. ROOT, ID. o., 1S3 Pearl ST. New York.
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1889-03-07

: Il be trotters are getting "on top"
Twe3e Of item sold for Sill. 900, an
average OF Sl4,250. Mr.. Allen. of
Massachusetls, paid 100000 for seven
horses-thrte = year Odds, three year
Odds, all by Gay Wilkes, AMI one Z
year old mare out Of the dam or Sable
Wilkes. The youag mare Bosque
Bonita was sold to q foreigner fer
$4,000; the bay mare Mary Jansen also
brought $40, 900, aud 50 did Blue Grass
IIambletonian. On Thursday Feb. 81,
Anteeo (2.164) was sold for 100000,
and ON tile same day Bell Boy brought
SOL 900 at The Woodward sale in Ken.
lucky. This should be encouraging to
the breeder Of trottihg horses.
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1889-03-07

A clergyman, after years of suffering from
that loathsome disease, Catarrh, and vainly
irving every known remedy, at last found a
prescription which completely cured and saved
him from death. Any sufferer from this dread
envelope to Prof. j. A. Lawrence, IS Warren
St, N. Y, will receive the recipe free Of charge.
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1889-03-07

DR., j. b. Mayer, S3l Arch ST., Phil'a,
Pa. Ease at once, no operation or de-
lay from business, attested by thou.
sands of cures after others fail, advice
free, send for circular.
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1889-03-07

Don't work your horses to death with
poor axle grease; the L razer Is the only re-
liable make. Use it once, and you will
have no other.
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1889-03-07

Nothing Cures Dropsy, Gravel, Brights, Heart,
Dnbates, Urinary, Liver Diseases, Nervousness
&c., like Cams Kidney Cure. Onice, s3l Area
81, PMa. 81 a bottle, i for S.. At Druggists.
Uufesthe worst cases Cure 1iaranteeL Try lt.
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1889-03-07

One Of the singular things in life l.
why homely women always select hand
some husbands,
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1889-03-07

If your sewing machine runs hard
ami your oiler is empty, try as a sub.
stitute equal parts of clear lard and
kerosene oil,
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1889-03-07

FITS: All Fits stopped free by DIR. Klne's Great
Nerve Restorer. No Fits alter nrst days USE Mar
Vicious cures Treatise and 0O trial bottle free to
Eli cases. Send TO Dr. kllne,9 1881 Arcn 81. Pha, Pa
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1889-03-07

To take out iron mold stains, wet
with milk and cover with salt. The
latter also rubs egg stains from spoons.
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1889-03-07

To remove coffee stains, put thick
glycerlne on the wrong side of the
article and wash out in lukewarm
water,
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1889-03-07

One good man cannot elevate a
Whole shop; but one bad one can de.
moralize it.
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1889-03-07

"CANiT you put poor, starving
man In the way Of getting a bite OF
breadP" asked the tramp. as he presen.
ted himself at the door Of the house
where lived the humorist of the local
aper.
"Why, certainly, my poor man."
said the kind hearted wife OF the hui
morlst; "here's cake of yeast which
you are perfectly welcome to-"
''But l can't eat yeast, ma'am."
mo; but perhaps you can raise some
bread with it, we do"
And the hungry man lifted his hat
and retreated In the shadow of a smile
that was sublime.
DRUMMER-T want to sell you some
rope.
Hotel proprletor-I got all the rope
want.
"You don't say SOP"
Eyes; every room in the house is
provided with rope"
''I'm glad to hear that. Now, let me
show you new patent bolt by which
you can fasten the doors SO that they
can't be opened"
A DARK FUTURE.-Johnny is lad
whose future gives his parents much
apprehension. During the Christmas
holidays he tossed grain Of popcorn
on to a twlg Of mistletoe that was lying
on the mantelplece. Later on he said
to his sister:
isis, wonder If some of these deco
rations amt in PAIN"
NN0w Johnny DON'T D0 slllV ~
81 amt. Look here; this mistletoe's
got corn on it."
INNATE MoDEsTY.-A bright eyed
little miss OF five years rode down on
Madison street car in Chicago one
evening recently sitting on her rather's
knee. She was so full of queries that
they kept running out of her in per-
feet stream. Some of her questions
were. posers, and the father showed
signs of weakness several times. He
struggled along calamity, however, land
the passengers got interested in the
contest. The fodder finished him up,
however, just as the car was numbering
over the viaduct west of the bridge.
''If got Ill one of those cars where
would be tomorrow" she demanded,
as her eyes caught the cars in the
Union depot.
YOU'D go TO sleep and wake up in
st. Paul in the morning." answered
the father.
who'd wake me upp"
''The porter, the man in the car"
For moment missy was silent.
Then she cast look of scorn upon
papa, and in tone of inimltable con-
tempt, she said:
''And do you suppose I'd let q man
dress map,
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1889-03-07

A QUICK REToRT.-A father was
demonstrating with a son who was SOW
ing his wild oats.
"Father," said the young man In
self-defence, "you should remember
that / am in the very hey day of youth.
"And is that any reason why you
should make an ass of yourself ?" in
quired the father.
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1889-03-07

A SELF MADE MAN.-New Chicago
pastor-Of what state Ks your husband
q native. Mrs. Veneer?
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1889-03-07

Mrs. Veneer Of Chicago-Ccnnecti-
cut, believe, sir.
''Do you know in what part of the
State he was bornpn
IL don't think he was ever born, sir,
so often hear him speak of himself to
others as self made man."
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1889-03-07

Robert Garrett, the cratic million.
alre is Improving in health,
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1889-03-07
lS4 N. Second Street,
PHILADELPHIA,
FOR
Furniture and Bedding.

We told you to go to
CLEMENTS & PIDGEON
for your Furniture and save
from 10 to 20 per cent. on
the dollar. They will sell
you a Solid Oak Suite, seven
pieces (bureau, wash-stand,
bed-stead, two chairs, towel
rack, one rocker all for $40.
A nice apiece Hair Cloth
Parlor Suite for $24. Great
est bargains ever offered in
Philadelphia.
1t is acknowledged BY all the Retail
Furniture Dealers of the city that they
are 10 or 90 per cent cheaper than any
other dealers in the city. Having the
experience Of years in the business, and
they buy their goods for cash, they are
able to sell far cheaper than any other
house in the city of Philadelphia. A
A nice half dozen Chairs for 50 80, and
other goods in proportion. Call on
them and be convinced for yourself.
Goods packed free of charge. The
cheapest house in Philadelphia for
Furniture and Bedding,
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1889-03-07

Now is the time when your personal condition
should command careful attention. II you have
OF .'wiptered WE'LL" II you are tired out from
overwork, II your bloc has become Impure from
close confinement in badly ventilated ofices or
shops, you should take Hoods sarsaparllla at
once. 1t will purify and yitalize your blood,
create good appetite, and give your whole sys-
tf.r,, ta.,n rd ntrnH,nth
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1889-03-07

Spring Medicine
"Early last spring was very much run down,
had nervous headache, felt miserable and all
that / was very much benefited by Hoods
Sarsaparilla and recommend 1t 10 my friends"
MRS. J. NJ. TAYLOR. 1119 Euclid Avenue, Cleye-
land, Ohio.
NIB. Be sure to get Hoods sarsaparllia,
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1889-03-07

DRUMMER-I want to sell you some
rope.
Hotel proprletor-I got all the rope
ufanf
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-01-28
LIGHT AND AIRY.

Tho Water Meter.
I'm wicked water meter. Pharisaic watcr meter
with face Of white enamel hard enamel
trimmed with brass;
But wear the soft expression Of a painted Simon
Peter, looking out Into the future like gold
fish through q glasa
When Il happens that the carcass Of an infant
alligator plays the mischief with my vitala
In its efforts to get through,
record the strange occurrence on my bra@ bound
Indicator, by the fraudulent addition Of q
hundred feet or two.
O. the miasmatic matter and the poison which |
scatter. BY the simple name Of water. I'm.
adulterated, purei
While my friend the undertaken WAKES richer,
slckcr, fatter, and the druggist's wife and
daughter take European tour
o. loften pause and wonder as ponder DER my
plumber, pause and wonder why In thunder
honest people let me lie,
Why they do not rise In anger, tear me limb from
limb asunder. and adopt water meter more
ingenious than II
San Francisco Wasp
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-01-28

A New Year custom in France which
falls heavily upon young unmarried
men of limited income is that which
obliges them to send bonbonniere to
every lady in whose house they have
received entertainment during the ola
year that is just dead. This is tax
which society has levied upon batch
elors, and it is one which many Of the
taxed would like to ignore if they
could do SO with good grace.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-01-28


There is trouble in Syracuse. Thir-
ty ciergymen Of that city have issued
an appeal to citizens for aid in closing
the saloons on Sunday, and they pro-
pose to impeach the mayor. The may
or, although he was chosen by the H.
quor interest, announced in . letter
several weeks ago to the police comnis-
sioners that the saloons must be closed
on Sundays from 8 a. m. until l p. m.
In this epistle the mayor said II
see no harm if before 8 and after the
saloons are kept open for quiet bust
ness" The clergymen denounced the
mayor as counseling law-breaking, and
asked him to withdrad his letter This
he declined to do. but he has kept the
saloons closed Sunday mornings.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-01-28

: At last the Imperial bank of Ger
many has joined the bank of France
and that Of England in reducing rates
to 4 per cent. And still our gold flows
abroad In December we paid $41,-
226,O93 for imports as against $34.-
$40, 800 for the same month in 1887.
We continue to buy abroad; but our
foolish policy has almost put an end to
our selling abroad.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-01-28


On the arrival Of the steamer La
Champagne at Castle Garden the other
day, 1t was noticed that moro than
every other one Of the 218 Storage
passengers were bound for Florida. It
was found that all had come from
Alsace, Germany, and that their pas
sage money had been paid by man
named George Strum, of that province.
Later in the day member Of the firm
OF straiton & Storm, Of this city, ap-
peared at Castle Garden. He said he
was an Alsatian, and had arranged to
have his countrymen come here, but
denied having paid their fare. He had
nlarge tract of land in Florida and
proposed to furnish each family with
. house and forty acres Of land, and
start them at raising Sumatra tobacco
He would buy the product, The PEG
pie to the number Of 100 were detain
ad awaiting the action Of Collecto
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-01-28
Everything Has Its Use.

Mrs Honeymoon-rm sure, dear, don't
know why the crust should be 10 hard.
followed your mothers recipe.
Mr.. Honeymoon-There, there, don't cry.
know what we can do with the biscuits.
They won't be wasted.
Mrs Honeymoon-Whatf
Mr.. Honeymoon-If you win put them
back In the oven for few minutes and
brown them a little more III take them down
to the factory and have them cut down. pol.
ished and made into set Of jewelry for you
jewelers. Weekly.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-01-28

California fruit-grow crs have discov-
cred that fruit can be kept fresh for a
long time by packing it in carbonized
wheat bran.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-01-28
Another Famous Victory.
It was an autumn evening:
Old Caspar's work was done;

Another Famous Victory.
It was an autumn evening:
Old Caspar's work was done;
And he before his cottage door
Was sitting In the sun:
And BY him sported ON the green
His little grandchild, wilhelmine.
And q no sat and smoked, he saw
That little maid draw near,
A holding In her little palm
A severed human car
While DER the fleld appeared In view
OF human segments not few.
Her brother James came likewise with
The little cart he owns,
Quite filed with legs and arms and dis
Located collar bones.
Old Caspar looked, and then quoth he:
1t was o famous victoree."
"Across the Geld are stains Of gore,
And whitening bones see,
As evidence undoubteHl twas
A famous victoree;
And there b proof to back my claim
That twas q daisy football game"
-America
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-01-28

A new process Of making steel
threatens revolution in that trade,
and will be Of great benefit to the
South in . pecuniary point Of view. II
is claimed for it that with the aid Of
$4,000 worth Of machinery 100 tons
of pig-iron can be converted into steel
each day.-Memphis Appeal.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-01-28

A bill to establish the Australian
ballot system has been introduced In
the legislature Of Alabama. The ques-
ton of ballot reform is now being press
ed in some practical form in more than
two-thirds of the states.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-01-28
The Age Of Steal.

Grocer to clerk)-Did you read about this
mgar swindle, Jamesi
Eyes, SIR"
"What robbers there are in the world! The
days when honest men were in business seem
to have gone by"
"Yes, sir.n
"By the way. James, you might put an.
Jther gallon Of water in the vinegar barrel
while you have nothing to do."-Nebraska
State Journal.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-01-28

It is no wonder the timber supply Of
the United States is diminishing SO
greatly as to cause alarm. The extrava-
giant use Of matches is enough to de.
nude the forests of the country in .
few years.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-01-28

Five condemned murderers are now
awaiting execution in the New York
city prisons. They are men aud will
travel by the electric route. Eleven
other men and four women are held to
answer charges Of murder, the evidence
against them being very strong.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-01-28

Yesterday was the Fourth anniver
sary of the death of the brave Gen,
Gordon, at Khartoum, and equally the
anniversary Of the shame Of England,
which allowed one Of her grandest he
roes thus to perish at the hands OF
barbarian dogs.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-01-28

A crusade against dogs has been be-
gun in the Massachusetts, legislature.
A bill has been introduced and referred
in the house which provides that all
damages to persons or property, caused
by dogs, shall be paid by the treasurer
of the town or city in which such dam
age is done, the act not to affect the
double damage done to persons; and
that oil female dogs shall be prohibited
from running at large in places Of more
than 5000 people, Mr.. Blum Of Bos.
ton is the sponsor Of this measure, and
. member from the country portion Of
the state offers an order looking to I
similar end.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-01-28
WHAT He Really AIesu

editor Ito assistant)-That joke might
have been written by William Shakespeare
Assistant (blushing with pleasyre)-You
datter me, sir.
Editor-No, don't eitherI It's over 200
years old. Burlington Free Press
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-01-28

The dividends paid in Boston on
January aggregated $l2,00O,000, or
$50 for every man, woman and child in
the city, but it was not distributed in
that way.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-01-28

While three boys near Eckert. Ind,
were hunting, they dug into an old log
after rabbit and discovered pot Of
gold coins. The treasure counted out
$4,000.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-01-28
An ObliginR Author.

Your story, Mr.. Winterkin," said the
magazine editor to the rising young author,
suits me very well observe init some
trivial faults, however. For instance, you
describe the heroine's canary as drinking
water by Tapping 1t up eagerly with her
tongue Isn't that peculiar way for a
canary to drink waterr'
Your criticism surprises me-" said Mr.
Winterkill In panied voice. "Still, II you
think your readers would prefer II, perhaps it
would be better to let the canary drink il
water with a teaspoon. ~ Chicago Newa
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-01-28
Social Debt. Promptly Pa,d.

Mrs Westend-Who was 1t calledi
Marie-Mra Grubbs; told her you were
out
Mrs Grubbs is out making calls, theni
order my carriage quickly. win return
tho call before she gets home NJ Philadelphia
Record.
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-01-28
1t Killed Him,

me coobler yielded up his breath
And from this world be passed;
Tne moment be was choked 70 death
Was when he breathed his last
-BoGton Couriu
Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-01-28
Out Of Order.

Customer latter a shave, = Great Scott,
barber, that razor Of yours Is in terrible
conditioni
Barber-Yes, sab, l spect It am. was
out to darnce las night. Dat razzer needs
de grindstone, OATS what It needs = The
Epoch.