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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-29
SIJ VER

Is now very cheap. We have 1t in
thousand shapes, from a cake basket to
toothpick. a WONDERFUL variety.
People are ASTONISHED when prices
are mentioned.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-29
CI.OCKSI

Porcelain, Onyx, Marble and Gilt. We
have BIG BARGAINS in lot of Marble
Clocks, just received. Less than half
price. They are fitted with the best Amer
ican jeweled movements and are about as
cheap as a good common clock. They are
we'll worth looking at.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-29
personal MENTION.

Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. N. b. Kllam, of Pau
pack, Pike county, are visiting relatives
here. They came to attend the wedding
on Thursday Of their granddaughter Miss
Florence Edgar.
Right Worthy Grand Master r. w.
Henderson has appointed Thomas L.
Wells, of this city, district deputy grand
master of the Thirteenth Pennsylvania
Masonic district.
John Nallin, NJ. T. Howley, T. ]. Duffy,
Frank Mccain and John j. Murphy at
attended social in Wilkes Barre last
night.
| Miss Richardson, of Hornellsville, is
expected in this city today and will be en-
tertained for a few days by Miss Arch
bald
The Misses Stanton, of Honesdale, will
be here Monday to attend the Bachelors
ball and will be entertained by Miss Hunt
! f. r. Drake, of Easton, who is expected
to arrive in Scranton today, will be the
guest of James Archibald.
Miss Blanche Payne and Miss Porter
OF kingston have been the guests Of Miss
Simpson, of Olive street.
| Miss Wells and Miss Sadie Wells. of
Cazenovia, are visiting the Misses Torrey
of Jefferson avenue.
VIII Hand today leaves for Bellefonte
where he will spend few days with an
old school friend.
Thomas b. Israel, of Baltimore, is Wis.
! iting his son, Rev. Rogers Israel at ST.
Luke's rectory.
The Misses Updegraff of Elmira, are
the guests Of Miss Frances Pratt, OF
Olive street.
Miss Carrie Bishop of Green Ridge, is
spending a few days in New York.
Miss Mabel Dlckerson, of Brooklyn, n
Y, Is the guest of Mrs. n. Y. Leet.
c. G. Boland was in Wilkes-B Barre yes.
terday adjusting insurance losses.
Miss Gould, of Seneca Falls, n. Y, is
visiting Miss Blair.
Mrs. c. J. Markwick is reported to be
seriously Ill.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-29
MERCEREAu { CORNELL

Have now completed their arrangements
Tor the holidays, showing the largest and
most complete stock they have ever dis
played, consisting of
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-29
BANQUET LAMPS

And Onyx Top Tables. All new and ele-
giant designs Art Porcelains, all brought
In since the new tariff went in effect
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-29

All are invited to look at our display,
whether purchasing or not. At the old
stand.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-29
RICH CUT GLASS

brilliant and dazzling display. Low
prices for labor and perfected machinery
have done wonders with the prices.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-29

When Baby was SICK, we gave her Castoria.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-29

Frank Ruccio, who was injured in n
dynamite explosion, was resting comfort
ably at the Lackawanna hospital last
night and hopes Of his recovery are enter
tained.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-29
Music Boxes Exclusively.

Best made. Play any desired number Of
tunes. Gautschi & Sons, manufacturers
1880 Chestnut street, Philadelphia Won
derful orchestral organs, only s. and $40
Speciality: Old music boxes carefully re-
paired and improved with new tunes.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-29

and Messrs. Belin, Clark, Welles, Shell
don, of Greenwich, Conn; T. f. Arch
bald, Moffatt, A. e. Hunt, jr., and F.
p. and Z. S. Fuller.
II H
Mr.. and Mrs. James Moir on Thurs
day afternoon entertained a number of
children in honor of their little daugh-
ter, Elsie. Those present were Misses
Eva Miller, Bertha Kelly, Mabel Moir,
Kittie Fish, Myrtle and Margery Win
chester, of Whitneys Point; Masters
Stuart Weston, Leon Fish. Fred Mel
son, Leo Kelly and Harry Fish.
II H
Yesterday afternoon the Misses Mer-
riman, of Dunmore, gave a tea for
their guests, Miss Troxwell and Miss
Farrar. of Plttston. A number re.
manned until evening and enjoyed an
informal dance.
Il Il Il
Invitations have been issued by the
social committee of the Green Ridge
wheelmen for the smoker to be held al
the club house, 1929 Wyoming avenue
Monday evening.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-29

Picture Framing at Griffin's new studio,
209 Wyoming avenue.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-29
FINE JEWELRY!
The finest on earth.
Hundreds of styles of
STONE RINGS!
New and beautiful.

Opera Glasses.
Chains, LOckets and Charms.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-29
LUCE BROS
CASH STORES,
l22H. MAIN AVENUE, SCRANTON, PA.
303 MAIN STREET, TAYLOR, PA.

) lbs. New Mixed Nuts, 25G
4 lbs. Choice Mixed CQndy, 25c
Best LGg1OTn CIITOn, !0c
Best Lemon Peel, l0C
6 lbs. New RlISinS, 25G
EIgS, per b., &C
SGId|GI'S SR0ISlHS in | b Packages, |OC
C0COQnl!S, IQTge, Sc
4 lbs. D1|eS, 25C
LQIge F|0IIdQ Oranges, per dOZ, |8C
We have large assortment of Can
dinc nj nriroc th,t ,,;II ,,Iaa,o ,,n,,
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-06-16
A CHILD.

Old signs are written in thy tender face,
Desires, regrets that thou hast never known.
Thou art the heir Of thy aspiring race,
Heir of troubled throne
OF hope that hardly dost portend the morn,
And sadness that hast scarcely guessed at
pain,
God takes the characters of fate outworn
And writes them fair again.
whose little feet, that scarce the light turf
press,
Those little hands so brown with wind and
sun
God grant they tremble not for weariness
Before thy course be done.
And thou shalt love and learn what love is
worth.
And thou shalt trust and learn to value men,
And all the sudden mysteries of earth
Shall open to thy ken.
What wilt be flying? Am I, then, too staidi
Can not smooth the mcditative brow,
Flash through the sun and flutter through tho
shade,
AS birds from bough to beugh?
What Dost thou linger? All. my dear, how
much
Thou givest, couldst thou only understand
The kiss of childish pity and the touch
OF thine absolving hand.
New York Ledger.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-06-16
DOT LONG HANDLED pIPPER.

Der poet may singof Der oldt 0aken Boolzit,"
IND in schveetest langvitch its virtues may
tell,
Und how, when poy, he NIT cggsdasy dock it,
When dripping init GOODNESS it rose vrom der
veil.
rdon'd take some schtock in dot manner OF
Thinking.
1t vas too mooch like horses und cattle,
dink,
phere vos more sadsfactions in my way of
Thinking
Nit dot long handled dirpcr dot hangs py dor
sink.
SLOW schveot vrom dor green messy brim to
receive it,
Dot would sound poorly goot, eef it only vas
true,
Der water schkills Offer, you peter believe 1t,
Und runs down your schleeve und schlops
indo your shoe.
Dhen down on your nose comes dot oldt iron
handle
Und makes your eyes water so gvick as q Wink.
tdells you dot bookit it don't hold a candle
To dot long handled dipper dot hangs Ply der
sink.
How nice 1t musd been in der rough winter ved-
der,
When it settles right down to coldt, freezing
rain,
To hat dot ropo COON CUP so light as a feddher
Und hndt dot der bookit vas broke off der
chainl
Dhen down in der veil NIT pole you go fish
ing,
While into your back cooms an oldt fashioned
kink.
Ibet you mine life oil der time you vas Wishing
For dot long handled dipper dot hangs py dei
sink.
Dhen give CUP der bookit und pals to der
horses,
Of microbes und tadpoles schust gife diem
dher fill.
Gife me dot pure water dot all der time courses
Droo dhose pipes dot run down from der
schpring on der hill
Und eef der goot dings Off dis world l gets rich
in,
Und frendts all aroundt me dheir glasses
schaN olink,
Ischtill viii rememper dotoldt coundtry kitch-
en-
Und dot long handle dipper dot hangs by der
sink.
Charles Follen Adams.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-06-16

The Crystal Ice Co. is here to stay, and offers
special inducements to all-the- year-round Gus
TONERS. Telephone 1856.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-06-16
A Reason For Incidence.

Our public school and university sys-
tenn of training consists, from its con-
ception to its end, in one continued
series of competitions among those
whom it is training for practical life,
and the most successful competitor is
supposed to be the most promising man
of the future. But the triumphs thus
obtained on the threshold of practical
life are not infrequently purchased by a
strain OH the power Of adolescent man
hood, to be followed by period of las
situde and indifference when the real
work of the world begins.
A story is current that in early life
one of the ablest and most vigorous of
modern statesmen was reproached by q
relation for his apparently incurable in
dolence, and he retorted, 81 am storing
energy. "-Quarterly Review.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-06-16

Mark Twain was once asked to go to
the Elmira reformatory and give read
ing to the boys there from one of his
stories. He replied: Now, that's a
good idea for me, because have been
asked by literary club to read down
in the town. The boys are unarmed and
under guard, and it will be perfectly
safe for me. BY watching them can
get an idea Of how safe it's likely to be
to read the same thing to that club. y
He gave both readings and still lives.
Exchange. :
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-06-16
An Old Germanrradition.

The Germans have saying, which has
almost become proveFb, that "a duke
of Brunswick never died at home" 1t
received confederation by the death Of
the last duke, who followed in the foot
steps of five Of his predecessors-to wit,
his grandfather, who died at Ottensen
from wounds received at Auerstadt; his
father, who fell at the battle Of Ligny;
his brother, who died at Geneva, where
he lies entombed in the well known piece
montee; his ancestor, JULIUS Leopold,
who was drowned in an inundation OF
the Oder, and William, who died in a
hamlet far from his estates, though near.
er to them than the death spot of any Of
the others.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-06-16
WHARF, the Danger Is.

A stranger in New York city was be-
ing shown the sights by a resident
friend They had been putting in about
"a hours day at it for week, and the
last day but one had arrived.
''By the way" remarked the visitor,
I've done this town pretty thoroughly,
but before ! leave want TO see the most
dangerous locality in it and go through
it,
''You've been, replied the resident.
81 guess not. "
eyes. Two or three times"
"Why, / didn't know it. Why didn't
you tell me?"
81 never thought of it. -
fWhere is it?''
"Wall. street. Detroit Free Press.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-06-16

Man Of Fashion (reading in a newspa-
per that a village schoolmaster had shot
himself because he could not pay debt
of 80 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Why, if
were to shoot myself for every so marks
that owe, I should be kept at it all
the year roundi-F liegende Blatter.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-06-16

l have two little grandchildren who
are teething this hot summer weather
and are troubled with bowel complaint.
l give them phamberlain's Collie, Chole-
ra and Diarfhna Remedy, and it acts
like charm. / earnestly recommend
it for children with bowel troubles. |
was myself taken with a severe attack
of bloody fux. with cramps and pains
in my stomach, one-third of bottle of
this remedy cured me. Within twenty
four hours was out of bed and doing
my homework. Mrs. w. L. Dunagan,
Bon-aqua, Hickman county, Tenn. For
sale by Of & Vaughn. Fourth and
Spring; @. F. Heinzeman, 222 North
Main, druggists.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-06-16

Halls Hair Remover contains the natural
fool and color matter for the hair, aud ma ic-
inal herb for The scalp, curing grayness, bald
ness dAndrutf snd scalp sores
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-12-14
TAKEN FOR GRANTED.
The Old and the New Ways OF Nursing
the Sick.

The Old and the New Ways OF Nursing
the Sick.
1.-THE difference between the old ara
new schools of nursing is even more
marked than that between the modern
system of medicine and that in vogue
in the days of our grandfathers, SAID
Dir. Pulser at the club the other even
ing.
.Perhaps you will understand this
better if 1 tell you a little bit of my
experience in the matter. The other
morning l visited patient who had
trained nurse.
ION nv arrival inspected the chart
which had been carefully filled in oy
the nurse, giving me all the intorma-
ton I could desire about the SICK
woman's pulse. temperature, resplra-
ton. etc. taken at regular and fire.
ouent intervals during the night by
Joye! she had almost put down every
time the woman had breathed. Al
once I knew as much about the case as
II l had never left Tho bedside for
moment.
after that l went to another house
where they had nurse OF the old
fashioned family sort. Here of course
/ had no written details to guide me
and had to resort to cross questioning
the nurse.
Her replies were rather hazy and
unsatisfactory until ! asked whether
the patient had slept well during tue
night
"'Oh, yes, doctor; 1 guess she must
have, said the nurse, amiaoty; she
didn't wake me mp! Harry 10
| maine, in Life.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-12-14
BOTH IN THE SAME FIX
An Error which Called Down Anathens@
on q Conductors Head.

An Error which Called Down AnathenssA
on Conductors Head.
A tired looking traveller who was fast
asleep submitted to vigorous pokin2
in the ribs and sound shaking by the
coat collar from the railroad conductor
on board the Albany express the other
evening.
Here. rouse up.' shouted the con-
ductor. I'm getting played out on
this business. This is the second man
sleeping like the dead I've had to shake
up tonight"
Are we near Poughkeepsic?" asked
the man. rousing up.
'.Poughkeepsie?" echoed the condue'
tor. Don't You begin talking 60
.Poughkeepsie' to me any more to-
night You're just into your own sta
ton. New York. / promised to call
Won and here YOU are. l called up one
chap at Poughkeepsie, and good thanks
I cot. After carrying him to the plat
form he swore like the deuce after me
when the train steamed out and prayed
TO the Lord I might be tumbled down
a precipice. I've got enough fough-
keepsie. and New York, too, for Cne
night"
sDo YOU mean to tell me, you sccIn-
irel." said the now fully reused man,
that you've allowed me to be carried
10 New York after giving yo= LS!f
| dollar to put me off at Poughkeeps,e?'
Good landr' said the astonished con-
iuctor. 81 put off the wrong chap at
Poughkeepsie. That's the reason he
.ame tearing back on the platform
after the train started to rsrear blue
DEVILS at me. Here, sir, here's your
half dollar. I'd give more than one to
yet the two of you changed rou+d to-
light. I'm mighty sorry"
Keep your coin," said t1ss 'rate
man. depressing his readiness to swear.
You've put me into preesoos <'asty
tx. but some one else is there, too. It's
pretty bad all round, but scnsc won
mend it. In future III tahe sccd cara
lot to pin my faith on conductors
\. Y. Herald
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-12-14
] song or THE ANVIL.

49,
listen 70 snu old 81 blacksmith shopt
a z 10 clear and Ds ell an,nr ri"s'
WY. - even, steady swlns.
Rnas ~ !. never seems 70 stop
How Ta y saaus!--shwangl
", u, tho sparks q are;
D Ss.sine iron shoe ana ..rs'
Fo.ssmsring the rosy sseei
H n, !. Ats the shaft Or Wno''
g n, out 50 shseriiy.
s ! ~ ! laugh ~ Of honest giee
lla s...r music never rang .ru,
s8s I'm wansl-thwang!-'aWas
"a. CHEEKY sound to say;
~ sss- rn.st work Is happy. ~
ls, .Ss task be what 1t may
w " ~ a promptly, DO It well
M % morrow as to-day y, 20, sva,ii
~ anS hearts JOY shall IN you s"''
!, III -ho makes On honest lining
LAS rs The spirit in him sing,
l sss., 20 happy heart and mind;
y. ~ ,ask SO humbly planned
~ T.. u do 1t well is grand.
q Inc blacksmith anvil sans
while the hammer on ~ ..ns
s v n take 1t, not untrue.
% T ii only shape q snoe'
: Wal Wal Il in It's sturdy olang
ws can and lesson too
~ ~ u make lies anvil peal
10y, aUn !, NE 80, gladness that we feel,
Wi'n ~, ~ hlaoksmith's honest steel
l.iAo oTrhvang-thwang!-thwsngr -.
!, Ructhsm, in Harpers Young Peopis
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-12-14

During the gold fever in Cali
fornia, beef brought thirty cents a
mound; butter, one dollar; eggs were
one dollar and a quarter a dozen; g
hen sold for two dollars and haltr
and milk at twenty-five cents quart
The herald., 1894-04-26
BIG TRANSFER OF REAL ESTATE.
Pacific Improvement Company
Closing Out.
All Its Lands Transferred to the
Central Pacific.
Union Pacific stockholde ers' Msetlng-A
Northern Paclfis Loyal Bout.
Local aud General Rail-
road News.
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
SAN Francisco, April 25.-The Cali
s1ys: BY the action of the board of
directors OF the Pacific Improvement
company, at thoir meeting yesterday, it
was decided to place property valued at
from $40, 900, 900 TO $4,000, 900 in charge
of the land department. of the Central
Pacific road, for disposal. The Pacific
improvement company and the South
ern Pacific, although organized under
different charters, are practically one
and the same, as the stock of both cor
porations is owned in great part by the
came persons. Various reasons are sur
missed for the selling out OF the Pacific
Improvement company. One is that
Mrs. Stanford. who is heavy stock
holder, 10 anxious to secure large
amount of ready cash in order to carry
out the wishes of her late husband.
Another reason is that the affairs OF the
Pacific improvement company have not
been prosperous lately, and that its days
OF usefulness as an auxiliary OF the
Southern Pacific have passed. The Off
cers OF the company, however. deny that
it s the intention to dissolve the corpo-
ration.
The sale will include considerably over
125 600 acres of land, scattered over the
states OF California, Oregon, Nevada and
Utah. Some of it ia improved and some
Of it is not. Also included in the list
are 125 townsites, comprising such places
as Reno, Truckee, Corning, Willows,
Montague, Merced snd others on the
lines OF the Southern Pacific and its
branches. Near Santa Barbara are 1000
acres, 1000 of which is called the Hope
ranch, and in Siskiyou county are 80, 600
acres, 10, 900 Of which are under fence.
The great Hotel del Monte, at Mon
terey will also probably be placed on
the market, though this is not vet de-
cided. The property at Monterey com
prises IA 900 acres. Pacific Grove and
Ell Carmeio, near Monterey, and the big
hotel at Castle Crags, near Mount Shasta,
will also be sold.
The herald., 1894-04-26
NATIONAL PAsrIME.
Results OF Yesterdays Games on the
League Diamonds.

Results OF Yesterdays Games on the
League Diamonds.
LOUISVILLE, April 25.-Baseball score:
Louisville, Il base hits, B; errors, 0.
Pittsburg, 2; baHe hits, s.; errors, l.
Batteries = Hemming and Weaver; ;
Gumbert and Mack.
INDIANAPOLIS, April %. - Baseball
score: Indianapolis, Z; Grand Rapids,
8.
ST. LOUIS, April %. Baseball score:
st. Louis, 10; base hits, IL.
Chicago, 3; base hits, 8.
KANSAS CRY, April 20. - Baseball
score:
Kansas City. IL; base hits, 15.
Milwaukee, 3; base hits, B.
TOLEDO, o.. April 25.-Basebsll score:
Toledo, Z; Detroit, 8.
CINciNNATI, April 25.-Baseball score !;
Cincinnati g. base hits 8, errors 6.
Cleveland II, base hits 8. errors 4.
Batteries-Dwyer and Murphy Cup
py and O'Connor.
BALTIMORE, April 25.-Baseball score /:
Baltimore, g; base hits, IL; errors, &.
Boston, 8; base hits, 4; errors, 2.
Batteries -Mullane and Robinson ;
Nichols and Ryan.
WASHINGTON, April %. - Baseball
score:
Washington, 8; base hits, A; errors, 8.
New York, IA base hits, 10; errors, 5.
Batteries-Moul. Meyer and Mcguire
German and Doyle.
BRooKLYN. April 25.-Baseball score
Brooklyn, 81 baae hits, 10; errors, 0.
Philadelphia, 2; base hits, 7 /; errors, 4.
Observation-Disclosures and Stein; Glenn
ents and Taylor.
LINCOLN. Neb., April 25.-Lincoln, Al
Omaha, 2.
The herald., 1894-04-26
THE DROUGHT BROKEN.
LIGHT SHOWERS IN NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA.
Every Drop as Precious as n Flake OF
Gold--rhe storm May Reach
Southern California
by Friday.

SAN FRANcIsoo. April %. The drouth
which has prevailed in California for
over 80 days was broken by lighe show
ers this morning throughout Northern
and Central California; and indications
are exceedingly favorable for rain in
has done much damage grain and forage
crops, but the moisture has been OF
great benefit, except in the district weat
of tho San Joaquin river, where the in
jury is widespread and almost beyond
repsir. The rains were by no means as
heavy as desired, but they have done
much &c relieve the great anxiety OF the
farmers. Fruit prospects throughout
the entire state are exceedingly good,
aud the cherry crop is reported to be the
largest in many years. The dry spell
baked the top OF the ground 80 thor
ouQhly that summer following up to
this time has been generally abandoned,
as we'll as the cultivation OF orchards
and vineyards.
The Associated Press has received re-
ports from Northern California, all show
ing that todsy's showers we're most well
come.
AT Lakeport ,36 Of az inch fell, and
farmers are praying for more.
Ukiah got .37-enough to insure the
hon crop and help along the grain.
At Sonoma warm showers fell all day,
much to the delight OF farmers and dairy
men. as feed OF all kinds had stopped
growing.
Dunsmuir had rain all day, which
tnrned to snow at night, but the
weather is not cold enough to damage
fruit.
Chino had a hall storm which dam
aged apricots and cherries, but not
enough to hurt.
Corning got one shower, which WAS
not enough.
Petaluma had little rain and wants
more. Some fruit is ruined, but the
crop will be immense.
Oakdale got "a. and makes no COM
plant.
At Gilroy a quarter of an inch of rain
fell, the drops of which were aa precious
as flakes OF gold. Feed and grain were
greatly benefited.
At Sonora it rained all day, helping
At Martinez all Tears OF droutn nave
vanished, and good crops are assured by
today's rain.
From indication tonight the chances
for general rain are few. At the beet
but a few showers more are possible
from the storm, and these will be in the
Sacramento valley. II the storm moves
southweas, as it appears it will. showera
on Friday in Southern California are
possible.
For Northern California the indica-
tions are showers. followed by cool
weather; for Southern California, fair;
cooler weather.
The herald., 1894-04-26
Old Delft Ware.

The earliest wares for table use i'm
ported to this country were tortoise
she'll and delft. 1t is impossible to give
any list of the many marks found on
delft ware. The character of the decora-
ton is frequently oriental, being copied
from Chinese wares; hence the pieces
are often mistaken and called India.
The color Of decoration generally used is
blue, sometimes combined with green
and yellow, the designs bold. The ware
is a coarse pottery. The old pieces found
here are usually plates, round platters,
tiles and occasionally tea caddH teapot
or "bowpot. =" Old delft is much sought
after for decorative purposes. The pieces
made a century ago have Dutch scenes,
windmilla, ETC., and are frequently
bulging bodied or naring topped vases.
The word delft has come to be applied
to common crockery, wherever made,
and many mistakes in definition arise
therefrom.
The tortoise shell ware is English.
Much of it was made by Whildon, the
predecessor and partner of Wodgwood,
till 1859. The marble, agate, tortoise
shell, caulifower and melon wares were
made by him and by the Wedgewoods
and one or two other potters and are
really beautiful in color. r.--Phliadlepnla
Times,