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1 1 ? 71 7 r 71 71 1 no :is NEWARK, NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DELAWARE, AUGUST 11, 1888. VOL LX. 1 With You u again thin lime to invite vi all tu » Elegiint Spring Stylos. All Hu* Intent, .rnT Th S4 to he lmil in this COUNTRY ami KlIUOPK i imr. Every kind and grade of Parlor Suits from S3B to 81000, and from «is to $500 in (.'IihiiiIkt S uita. IM)N'T put it oil' but cimio SOON. 1 am Ht il I here ready to SHOW you our immense stock of good», and Hell any tiling you need It lower rate« than you can buy any where else. Drop in and ask forme. Polite attention buv Truly. I Hang Covering for Parlor Work of tes, go of buy or not. Goods packed and Shipped free ^W-. O. LAWS, Scud for price list. Y WITH IVINS & BRO.. 55 NORTH 2ND. STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA. It's Summer in Oak Hall. Do you know what'a going on? Maybe you'll know by the prices. liar gains arc as plenty as chippies in a wheat-field. After {retting llie lowi st prices for our reliable cloth ing all through the .season, some lots are totally sold. Others—part of them are left. They make enough, gathered together, to more than fill one of our big rooms. They're two-thirds or half price as long as they last. We're not a bit anxious to lose money. We're brave enough lo t'o it when we've either got to do that or carry goods till next season. You wouldn't stick at the railroad fare if you knew what you'd save. Maybe $ 2.00 ; maybe $ 10 . 00 . For the Summer itself. Stacks of Thin Clothing. Customers say: It's a sight to see the beautiful goods we have. It's tire finest we ever had. We've a heap of Clothing yet to sell, and we've made the prices low enough to cut a quick furrow in it. J. Wanamaker & Brown, OAK HALL, S. E. Cor. Sixth and Market Streets, Philadelphia. 1 PICTURE FRAMES Harry Yerger, 405 Shipley St, Wilmington, Del, Has the largest. PICTURE FRAME ESTABLISHMENT in Dulaw fur the largest business ; and the only practical FRAME GILDER in prices are the lowest ami his goods the best. UnjrKe-gilding Ou» Franks a specialty. *, and does by theHtate. His MOTHERALL'S STORE I IS THE PLACE TO GET Dress Goods and Trimmings, etc, -Of the Finest Qualities and Latest .Styles. BOOTS, SHOES and SLIPPERS That will look well, fit well, and wear well, at the right prices. China and Glassware etc. Of every description in west window, call and examine it. Such as Sugar, Coffee, Tea, Preserves Canned Goods of all kinds, and overtliing found in a First Class Store. 3ST_ TÆ. MOTHEEALL, Projirietor. Newark, Del. PROVISIONS Main Street, West of College, .A Nil. One 8x10 P1CTUIIE FREE tor PHOTOGRAPHER 302 MARKET STREET, $3.00 DI'LAWAUi: WH MINCTON, Beaton Smith, DRUGGIST. CASKEY BUILDING, Del. Newark, WESLEY B. HART Furnishing U ndetakor, Delaware Newark, j[-??"0|n>iisite the i-esidcnec of Dr N. II. Clink. Funerals attended in all parts of the country. FURNITURE done up. 4 ti . _ Dobson's Ice Cream Saloon. —SPECIAL PARLOR FOR LADIES REMEMBER THE OLD STAND IF, JJ, w You etui stive money by getting your BILLS jniutetl at 'Ils office. Also, increase the attendance by advertising in these Tbe paper 1ms a splendid circulation. -columns. No common work done. 1 The Original DRY GOODS j JJ BEE HIVE u fro for bis Of Wilmington, 306 Market Street. aal GREAT CLEARANCE SALE, of any and everything pertaining to Spring or Summer Good» to go now, fegardloHS af coat or value. Some broken lines of Dress Goods from 75c down to 50 . 50c goods down to 25 . 25c ones down to 15. RenmautH of Dress Goods Mid SILKS at about half. Our entire stock of Silks Lave had a big mark down. SatoenH, Dress Ginghams, Batis tes, Challies, Seersuckors, Lawns, etc. go in the big mark dow n list. 1 lot of Colored Parasols from $3 down to $1.50. $1.50, good, now 75c etc., etc. Lace Caps, Fans, Laces, and Em broideries down to Half ond Two thirds former prices, and broken lines of goods all over tho store marked at such prices you cannot help buying. at in It RUSSELL.MISSIMER UO., Successor» to 1*. L. Russell, 306 Market street. Wilmington, Del. J. 11. HUDSON & CO., STEEL COAL AND DIRT BARROWS. V Steam Packings, Oil Cups, Twines and Rope, Belting, IACHINE'RS 1(1 FINE BURNING OILS No. 15 Market Street. WILMINGTON, DELAWARE. 188 s. »847. Geo. W. Williams, Nmv Attic, Dki. •gent for the Kent County Mutual Fire Insurance Co., of Dover, Delaware, In sures against loss of Fire, issuing Mutual Policies only under which Payments are made annually in advance during mem bership, and on ceasing to bo members whatever remains unexpended after jmy ing loses, expenses and dividends are re turned, thereby furnishing Insurance at cost. Dividends returned after the second annual payment. janltf iVAHE. J. W. PARRISH, JEWELER AND OPTICIAN, AND Dealer in Watches, Jewelry, Silverware, Spectacles, Clocks, &c, Buy tho Hampden for a Reliable R- R- Watch ODD FELLOWS BUILDING - Newark, Del Main Street, JOHNSON & McMICHAEL Tho Newark llrlck Manufacturer»! lmve their Yards Hums be delivered. ds ol fli'M-cIttKH brick H to BUILDERS «ter» will ut yo lake notice to the ; be tilled nt »hört Itotlci Builders would do well to inspect these bricks before purchasing else where. at Johnson & McMichael, Newark, Del. uly 30-tf. FOR SALE. Holstein Friesian tliomu*li-brcd Hull Calves, from my thorough-bred Dull, "Faithful's Sir Howard." AIko, lialf blood Dull Calves. Janlttf. NkI.HON WaitRKN, Newark, Del. 1 THE DIAMOND RING. "Yes; it belonged to poor Turenne,'' said Wise, as lie pulbd the ring it handed it to us e by hie Huger a fro "lb- left it to it'in muiiinry ctnrs ami one of the for inspection, bis will, null I kee| one of the best bent men 1 ev* r knew." Meanwhile the ring was panning il, and the uni ver bild from hand to Inn aal verdict ever Been a liner ntone. Unit none of vealthy of our little circle, ''Turenne was rather man," said "hut 1 didn't think lie could have tlbnii'il or would have cared to 1 so mil h money moot as that ring must have cost." "lie wanted it for some special illicit afterward fell an nrnn H|.f jiurjiusc through" ri-joiued Wyse. "I know nil about it, for 1 bought it for liini my self. I bad quite a little adventure on the occasion." "Tell us the story," we cried. "Well," suid Wyse, taking a pull at his cigar and setting himself back in bis chair, "it is a good many years ago nmv. I was playing high comedy ehnrneters at the old Prin cess's, and as I bad been working very hard I set off for the south of France us soon ns the season closed. It happened that Turenne (who bad proved himself a true friend to me) wanted a good diamond for a pur pose I needn't trouble you with ; and before I sat out on my travels I told him that if I met with a partic ularly fine one at a moderate price I would buy it for him, and lie, being too busy at the time to attend to the matter himself, gladly consented. I was staying at Nice, when there came to the hotel one of those tall loquacious Americans who are now so plentiful all over Europe. There seemed to be nothing objectionable about the man, excejit that he was vulgar and eternally talking about the Uniied States. "On the evening after his arrivul a few of 11 s bajipened to be sitting in the bililard-room, and by Borne chance or other the conversation turned on the subject of diamonds. "I don't know much about the business myself,' said the American, 'tmt I'm told by good judges that tbar's about as good.it stone as you'll sec in a day's round." "So saying lie drew a ring from bis finger and handed it to me, who happened to sit next to him. was, indeed, a magnificent brilliant, set in a ring of a peculiar pattern. When the lamp was removed it seemed to gather into itself the light out of the semi-darkness, and glitter ed like a bit of broken glass in the sunshine. 'What is it worth ?' asked n one of the men present. "That I c hardly tell you," answered the American, 'seein' a friend at Buenos sent it to me direct, and I had it eut myself, tired of it, and seldom we " 'Would you sell it?' I inquired, out of curiosity." "'I might,' answered the Ameri can, 'especially at this European trip is cleaning me out faster than I expected ; and I don't want to go home to Vermont skinned as neatly cod. Yes, you may have that diamond for eighty jiounds of your money, stranger, and diit cheap at that, I should say.' "I looked at the stone again, and the longer I looked at it the better I liked it. Eighty pounds was quite as much as my friend wished to jiay for a stone, hut what if I could get one for him worth a hundred for lint I'm it." ILS eighty pounds ? " 'Will you trade ?" lie asked. "I'm not a judge of diamonds my -els," .-led I, returning the stun" ti its owner. "I'm afraid I couldn't buy without taking a lnpidury's njiinion as to its value." "All right," said the Atnerie carelessly, 'if you care to have it we can go around to morning. value on the stone than I did, von have it at the price he names, if you liko to buy. I can't say fairer than that.' "The oiler did, indeed, seem a very fair one und I went to bed that bight determined to secure the jewel for my friend if the expert re portrd favorably of it. "Next morning the American and I strolled down to the shop of the chief jeweller of the town ; and when entered the jilace I first of all paid my footing by purchasing some trifle, and then, taking the ring from the hand ol my new acquaintance, I placed it before the jeweller and asked him to give mo an opinion as to its value." jeweller's in the And if he puts a lower we said - the "A vor' fine stone sir, Frenchman ; 'I congratulate you on the possession of so fine a diamond." t is not mine ; it belongs to my friend here." Ah ! if that be the case, then I congratulate hcein,' said the polite tradesman. "What do you suppose its worth?" 1 asked. ••Go, it iB difficult to say," said the I,shrugging hisshoulders. "Von gentleman sinks von price mor' for him, another sinks-." "Yes ; but what would you give if you were to buy it ? Would you give eighteen hundred frances ?' "The jeweler did not reply for a second. He popped his microscope once more into his eye, held the ring up to the light, examined the setting and fell to making elaborate calculations with a pencil on a sheet of blotting-paper. "I do not often buy such large stones but l will give you two thousand five hundred francs for ibis one," he finally said to the American. "The Yankee did not reply ; and the Frenchman assuming that his offer was accepted, placed the ring on a little ledge behind him and opened his desk for his check book. "Not so fast, said Brother Jona than : the diamond is not for sale." "Two thousand Bix hundred," was the Frenchman's reply. The American Bhook his head. "Seven hundred—eight hundred. " "No !" "Nino hnndred—three thousand francs ! That is my last offer. Pause I beg of you, mosieur, before you refuse it. It is a largo sum—three thousand francs, and as if he were convinced that no one could refuse such a price, lie put the stone once more among his own treasures and again turned around for his check book. "Thunder ! ' exclaimed the Yan kee : what do you lake me for? I tell you I can't and I won't sell you the ring. It was as good as sold to this British gentlemen last night and it isn't mine to sell any more. Give me the ring. "So saying the American took the ring rather sharply from the jewelers hand and replaced it on his finger The Frenchman next made me an offer for myself, of course I could not sell it, and we left the shop. "My mind was clear now as to the prudence of giving eighty pounds for the diamond. I had heard the best jeweler in the town offer three thousand francs, or a hundred and twenty pounds, for it. "Well, I must say you have acted most honorably, said I to the Amer ican when we reached the street. After all, a bargain can't be all on one side, and I had never promised to buy the ring, so you had a per fect legal right to sell it to the Frenchman. "You needn't say no more, stran ger, said tha Yankee, as if he were tired of the subject. You can have the stone now, if you choose, at the juice jvc fixed on last night, and he held the ring out to me. "But I had to get my letters of credit cashed, and I agreed to meet the American in the billiard-room in an hour's time and conclude the transaction. "No one was in the billiard-room Freii'.'.hi vlicn I entered it (for it was still early in the day) except the Amer ican, who was standing by the empty fire-place. The transfer did not occupy more than live seconds, and the Yankee immediately pro posed drinks. These were discussed, we «operated an 1 I saw no more of my friend from the States that day. "That evening after dinner I hii|> pened to he sitting not far from the firejilaee in the billiard-room, when I noticed a small round object just lying inside the marble fender. Curious to know that it was. It was a jeweler's ring ease—not an uncom mon article, certainly, yet hardly the sort of thing the floor of a billiard-room. "Suddenly I remembered that the American had been standing close to the sjiot where I found it where I found it when, earlier in the day, I had exchanged my two thous and francs worth of notes for his often sees on diamond. An uncomfortable feeling erossd my mind. What did lie want with a ring ease ? Ho had been wearing tbe ring he had sold me. He might of kept a case for it, of course, and might have thrown it away when he jiarted with the ring : yet that seemed an anusual sort of thing for a man to do. I ojiened the case. The makors name was inscribed in gilt letters in side the lid, and the address given was Paris. 'Paris ?' said I to my self. 'He said the ring had been bought in Brazil, real ground for suspicion, yet I I uneasy. I went ujtstairs and took There was no was out the ring. The jiattern—you see it is a peculiar one—I remembered well. Somehow I judged, or fancied, that the diamond did not shine as brightly as it had done the night be fore. Next morning 1 took the ring to a second jeweler and asked him his opinion as toits value. He examin ed the diamond carefully and laid it down on the glass case before him with one contemjituous word : "Paste 1" "Paste !" I echoed. "Impossible !" "Certainly paste, and a very good imitation," he replied, turning away. "My heart sank within me. Eighty pounds was a sum I could ill afford to lose. It ment a summary end to my holidays, not to speak of embarrassments that would last some time. "With a faint hope that the second exjiert had been mistaken, I took the ring to the jeweler who had of fered the American three thousand francs for it. "He seemed jilcaseil to see me, but as soon as he had glanced at the ring his face changed. "This is not the same ring you showed me yesterday," he said in a tone that made it plain that he thought I meant to cheat him. At least,' he added, 'it is not the same stone. This is not a stone at all ; it is paste.' "So I have been told," I said sadly 'Are you sure the jewel I Bhowed you yesterday was a genuine dia mand?' "I am certain of it," he answered. "The honorable conduct (as I had thought it) of tho stranger in refus ing to sell to the jeweler was now intelligible. The jeweler meant to keep the real stone. It was not dif ficult to see how the fraud had been managed. The swindler had had two rings inadu exactly alike of a striking and peculiar jiattern. In one of them lie had placed a genuine and very tine diamond, closely res embling in size and shajie the gen uine one in the first ring. The one he wore and offered to sell was the When he got it back true stone, from the jeweler he had kept it and hud given mc'thc sham one in ex change for my eighty pounds. What was I to do ? The first tiling was to ascertain whether my friend had left the hotel. Of course he had—on the afternoon of the previous day : still, the scent was hot, I fancied I should have but little difficulty in tracing him. Rut when I found my difficulties would only begin. Of course he would swear that he had mid me the ring with the stones which the jeweler lmd declared to he genuine. 1 might conceivably, have substituted paste for the true gem as well as he. In any ease, when 1 thought of the dif ficulty of getting back my money from an American wandering about Europe, my heurt sunk within me. Even if the police consented to help me, taking my word against his, even if the rogue were convicted, how was I to recover the two thousand francs ? "These thoughts passed through my mind as I hurried back to the hotel. Certainly the prospect was gloomy enough. "I easily ascertained that the American had taken the train for Paris the day before, and I deter mined to follow him at once. I did not despair of finding him as he would probably put up at oneofthe good hotels. "On the way up to Paris I could think of nothing hut my loss, fellow I saw had hit upon a very safe and profitable method of swin dling. In nine eases out of ten the cheated man would not discover his loss for years after lie had seen the lust of the American, if, indeed, the trick was discovered at all ; for the paste was quite good enough to de ceive a casual observer, as the owner would, of course, be actuated by a profound faith in his diamond straight from Brazil. Had it not been for the incident of my finding the ring case, which the rogue had accidently dropped, I should in all probability have unwittingly cheat ed poor Turenne out of his money, and he might afterward have been supposed to he trying to palm ofi a spurious diamond for a real gem. In all probability the fellow made a living—and a very good one—by going about Europe and practising this trick. "This idea sent off my thoughts on a new track, and by the time I had arrived in Paris I had decided on my cource of action. "First of all I made careful in This quires at the railway station as to a tall American who had arrived from ing day ; and by the help ot some Nice by a certain train on a proceed five-france pieces, I found the cab man who had driven him to his hotel—the Continental, This being ascertained, I chose a quiet, unpretending hotel for myself near one of the railway* star tions. Then I emptied the contents of a bag on my bed, and taking it empty in my hand, I went to a the atricals, I hired the costume of a French abbe. (It was a part I had often played in a jiieco that had a pretty long run in London some eight years ago, and I had little doubt that I would be able to acquit mysely in it fairly well.) I got the proper dress, wig, jjowder, and everything complete, and hav ing put all the articles into my bag, I went to one of the railroad sta tions and took a return ticket for a little way out in the country. "To my disgust I found it impos sible to geta compartment to myself, the train was so crowded, but I re flected that the trains returning to Paris would probably be much less crowded in the afternoon than those going into the country. "In this sujipo 8 ition I was right. I hung about the suburban railway station till a return train was about to start. It was nearly empty, and a douceur to the guard secured me the jirivacy I needed. By the time I returned to Paris I was a stout, benevolent looking French priests, in comfortable circumstances. My suit of tweeds I had placed in my bag, which I took care to leave at the railroad station. Then I made the best of my way to the Hotel Continental. Concluded next week. A Natural Fly Trap. One sees many curious things in nature, and no where is there any thing stranger to be found than among certain specieB of the vege table kingdom. There is to be seen in the yards of C. L. Stilson, of Chico, Cal., a flowering curiosity. It is what is known as a black lily. When it first blooms it is black, but gradually fades to a dark purple. It is bulbous, the same as other inem The flow hers of the genus lileicctt. er is something of the shajie of a calla lily, but much larger, being some sixteen inches across the top by ten inches in breadth. It is ser rated around the edges. The pistil emanates from a pouch about ten inches long, by neatly an average width of an inch, and is it self perfectly black. But the. most ourions thing about the flower is its odor, and it lias lots of that. It is extremely offensive, smelling like the decaying carcass of a horse or Flies swarm about the flower a a I cow. Attracted by tbe odor, they find their way into the pouch from which the pistil conies, and once down in there they never get out. Pointers. How to get even with some men— Pay them what you owe them. We respect our rich uncles for their great will power. The barbed wire fence is the greatest drawback on a farm nowa days. A Cineinnatti tailor has failed. lie lost money speculating in wheat priviledgee in Chicago. X advertises to exchange a shot gun for a trombone. If he resides in our neighborhood we would beg him to keep the shot gun and blow in that. It is said that kissing was first in troduced into England by Rowcna. There are lots of fellows who would like to subscribe $5 for a monu ments to Rowena. "George," said the hajijiy bride, "papa lias jilaeed a check among the wedding presents." "Is that so?" whispered George anxiously. "Did you notice if it's certified ?" An Explanation. What is this "nerv which so many scorn now to be afflicted ? ugo tronlile" with If you will remember a few ye the word Malaria wa known,—to-day it is parut ivelv common us any word in the EnRÜsh language, yet this word covers only the meaning of another word used by our forclathe past. So it is with a rs in times diseases, ae they ami Malaria are intended to cover what our grandfathers called Biliousness, and all are caused by troubles that arise from a diseased condition which in performing its funct ions finding it cannot disjiosc of the bile through the ordinary channel is compelled to pass it off through the system, causing nervous troubles, Malaria, Bilious Fever, etc. You who mo suffering can well uppre a cure. We recommend Green's August Flower. Its cures are marvelous. of the Live A writer in a St. Louis paper is looking hopefully forward to the time when the walls' ceilings and floors of our dwelling will be of malleable glass as a period when approximate cleanliness will be possible. Is This What Ails You. Do you have dull, heavy, head ache, obstruction of the nasal pas sages, discharges falling from the head into the throat, sometimes jiro fuse, watery, and acrid, at others, thick, tenacious, mucous, purulent, bloody and putrid ; eyes weak wa tery, and inhumed ; ringing in the tars, deafness, hacking or coughing to clear the throat, expectoration of offensive matter, together with scabs from ulcers ; voice changed and nasal twang ; breath offensive, smell and taste imjiaired, is there a sensation of dizziness, with mental depression, a hacking cough and general debility ? If you have all, or any considerable number of these symptoms, you are suffering from Nasal Catarrh. The more complica ted your disease has become, the groater the number and diversity of symptoms. Thousands of eases an nually, without manifesting half of the above symptoms, result in con sumption, and cud in the grave. No disease is so common, more decej) tive and dangerous, or less under stood, or more unsuccessfully treat ed by physicians. The manufac" turers of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy offer, in good faith, a reward of $500 for a case of this disease which they cannot cure. The remedy is sold by druggists, at only 50 cents. Bucklen's Arnioa Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fev er Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chil blains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay re quired. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Beaton Smith. jnne 9-1 y . Drift. A 11 Indianapolis woman has be come insane through fear that her husband, who had been bitten by a dog, would be attacked with hydrojfiiobia. It is possible now to photograph a bullet in iti flight, and all the timo allowed for taking the picture is one hundredth thousandth jiart of a second. The inhabitants of the Congo district believe that shcol is a place capable of containing 10,000,000 peojilc, and that it has been filled up with with people, and the negro need have no fears. One of the wonders of Paris is a well 359 feet in depth. Hot water rushes out of this well in a stream 114 feet high. Basic slag, the refuge of steel works, when freed from iron and duced to jjowder, proves a valuable fertilizer. The latest thing in envelopes is an article that turns black, blue and red when any inquisitive person attempts to open it by the use of steam or water. If Reducing the Surplus, The disposit ion of the Surplus in the l . S. Treasury engages the attention of our Statesmen, hut a more vital question lias our attention, and that is the reduc tion of the Surplus Consumptives. Since the Discovery and introduction of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption there has been a marked decrease in tho mortality from this dreaded disease, and 4 possible to still further reduced the her of Consumptives. How ? By keeping constantly at hand a bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery and using accor ding to directions, upon the appearance of the first symptoms, such as a Cough a Cold, a Sore Throat, a Chest, orSide Pain. Taken thus early a cure is guaranteed. Trial bottles free at Beaton Smith's Drue Store. 4 h I Well up in Everything. "Do you know Jim Bullarn ?" said a passenger, poking his head out of the car window at a small station in Texas. Jim's a friend o mine, an came down here bout two year ago ; he was a mighty likely young fellow." "Yes, mister, I knew Jim,''replied the citizen. "Jim's smart. I reckon it didn't take him long to learn the rojies." "No. you bet it didn't. Jim liadn'i three mouths, stranger afore he stole a horse. TI he found out all the been here inon'i the r »pen." Our Candidate for President. eil I le* 'led I He will lie the t(-n\<n the people > till 'I Magistrate. Eleo !• iveil Hie highest I* medicine has so lion and will hr because he will •the ingtheir id f a < I trie Ritters has I place, bee . well lil let I the id« alternative. The Electric Ritters a remedy i Stomach, f « J.-rlW «que hav My upon this great all troubles of the Liver, d Kidneys ers and discuses, 'e, 1'oisons, Elect lie Bitte highly ritruiiiiiipiiuiNj. .\isncures J ache and Constipation. Satisfaction anteed. tonic and indorsed : Fc all Malarial aused by Malarial rs cannot be too 'ccommended. Also cures Head money refmulal. 1 'riee 5 n?ts d 81.90 at lleaton Smith's Drug store. Advertise what you have to sell and you will sell it.