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THE DES .AWARE LEDGER
NO 40
NEWABK, NEW CASTIÆ COUNTY, DELAWARE, SEPTEMBER 15, 1888.
VOL IX,
With You -
again this time lo invite yi
all to come see our
Elegant Spring Styles.
All the latest TO'O-VEïIj.TIIEÏ» to be had in this
COUNTRY and EUROPE in Covering for Parlor Work and Ilang
ing. Every kind and grade of Parlor Suits from 0QCS to
81000, and from Sis to $500 in Chamber
Suit«. DON'T put it oil'but come SOON. Iam still hero ready to
SHOW you our immense stock of goods, and sell any thing you need
At lower ratoH than you cun buy any whero else. Drop in and ask
for me. Polite attention buv or not. Goods pack ed a nd Shipped free
Yours Truly. "W. O
WITH IVINS & BRO., 55 NORTH 2ND. STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Semi for price list.
Don't pay too much.
The activity of the Clothing Trade centres at
Sixth and Market Streets, just as usual.
We are giving customers good reason in both
our hot-weather goods and prices. No slow
goers in either.
Surpassingly good Serge Suits at $12.
If you'd rather have a good Flannel—it's the
same.
All Wool Suits (outrank any you ever saw for
the money), $8,50.
Loose, thin, easy-fitting and comfortable Clothing
of all sorts—best of style, best of quality—and
the cost several notches lower than anywhere
else. _
If not convenient to come, send for samples of
Ready-made.
Wanamaker & Brown,
S. E. Cor. Sixth and Market Sts.,
Philadelphia.
Oak Hall.
PICTURE FRAMES
Harry Yerger, 405 Shipley St, Wilmington, Del,
lias the largest I'KTURK FRAME ESTABLISHMKNT in Delaware, and does by
far the largest business ; and the only practical FRAME GILDER in the .State. Ilia
prices are the lowest and his goods the best.
JUgrltc-gilding Old Fuameh a specialty.
MOTHERALL'S STORE I
18 THE PLACE TO GET
Dress Goods and Trimmings, etc.
-Of the Finest Qualities mul Latest Styles.
BOOTS, SHOES and SLIPPERS
That will look well, fit well, and wear well, at the right prices.
China and Glassware etc.
ir.d examine it.
Of every description in west window, call
Such as Sugar, Coffee, Tea, Preserves
Canned Goods of all kinds, and evertliing found in a First Class Store.
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WM. II. S. ATKINSON.
A long time—a very long lime—
ago. I stud it'd medicine witti a jol
ly old New Hampsliire doctor. Even
after I obtained my diploma I con
tinued with Dr. Golightly until such
time as a fair and favorable oppor
tunity to branch out for myself
should appear.
Taking advantage of the presence
in his office of full-fledged M. D., my
old instructor deoided upon indul
ging in an extensive pleasure trip,
and left me in charge of his practice
at Brentford. Almost my first pa
tient, after my old friends departure
was a little girl, daughter of a New
York gentleman who spent his sum
mers at a country house in our
neighborhood. The child had scar
let fever, and, though she was very
sick, I was given sole charge of the
case. 1 n the sick room there was a
hired nurse in addition to the little
one's mother ; hut the child cared
neither for the nurse nor her moth
I
er.
A young iady, apparently visiting
at the house, was the only person
whom the sick girl would permit to
attend her in any way. I remember
that, in iny opinion, I thought the
child showed decidedly good taste
and sound judgment; for if little
Mabel loved Miss Morris before the
sickness came, I loved the lady my
self before my patient became well
again I I make this statement ad
visedly, alb r a lapse of—well, a
great many years. I still know, us
I knew then heyond, that I loved,
once and for always, Helen Morris.
Young and unversed in worldly
wisdom as I then was, I felt that it
would hardly he the thing to take
advantage of my profession calls to
make known my love and admira
tion for Miss Morris. I decided that
I would wait awhile, and when my
patient should become fully recov
ered I would aoek admission to Hel
en's presence ns a friend, and try to
win her affections in a fair and man
ly way.
Alas ! when I made my first un
professional call to make known my
love and admiration for Miss Morris.
I decided that I should wait awhile
and when my patient should be
come fully recovered I would seek
admission to Helen's presence as a
friend, and try to win her affections
in a fair and manly way.
Alas ! when I made my first
professional call at Mr. Houston's
house, I learned that Miss Morris
had returned to her home in New
York city !
Well, I felt blue enough and, had
it not been for Dr Golightly'« patient
T should perhaps have followed the
young lady to tin? metropolis. Duty
hade me stay where I was, und I
stayed. When my old friend, the
Doctor, returned, I was called away
to attend upon some family busi
ness and was detained in a distant
State for many weeks. All this time
I was mon: than anxious to learn
something of Helen Morris, and as
soon as I could I took the opportun
ity, during a conversation of asking
Dr. Golightly if he had met "a Miss
Morris, a friend of the Houstons."
No, he had not met such a lady
hut lie distinctly remembered Mr.
Houston having told him somo
story of a Miss Morris—a distant
connection of his wife, who had con
tracted a runaway marriage with
some man of questionable character;
also that said man had found it de
cidedly convenient to take up his
residence in Canada. The Doctor
thought I had better not press my
inquiries, as it was doubtless an un
pleasant subject with the Houstons,
Mr. II. having told the Doctor of the
affair in strict confidence—a confi
dence not guarded very closely on
the old Doctor's part.
This then, I felt, was the end of
"my love affair." Soon as I could I
purchased a village practice in a se
cluded corner of Pennsylvania, in
the leisure promised by a presuma
bly small number of patients, I pro
posed to study hard and forget Hel
en Morris.
******
I had not been at Marblehead a
week before I was called to attend a
lady—a Mrs. Williams—at the home
of an old gentleman who resided in
the outskirts of the small town. Of
course all the folks were strange to
me yet, and though the village drug
gist told me a great deal, and a gar
rulousold aunt of mine a great deal j
more, I knew absolutely nothing I
about the people upon whom I was
now called to make a professional
The old gentleman met me in the
hallway an<l, in queer, broken sen-1
visit.
tences , oflered me a sort of oxplana- I
tion of affairs.
"Poorgirl—heart-broken —darned I
rascal—just married—journey play
ed her out —trille better now," etc.,
etc.
Old Mr. Rathbone led me across
the hall to a pretty morning room.
The curtains were drawn so as to
shade the light. Reclining in an
easy chair was a lady dressed in
deep mourning, who turned her head
languidly as we entered the room.
As my eyes rested upon a pale
but beautiful face, they beheld the
one face in ull the world to me—that
of the women I loved—Helen Mor
• no Mrs.
"Why, John Beckwith, you're not
yourself! You're lonesome, man !
You will never he a success profes
sionally or socially, my boy, until
you marry. Now, there's a fine
chance right under youi nose, John.
A beautiful young widow whom
many a man would be only too glad
to have the chance of wooing, and
here site is a neighbor of yours in a
country place. Let me take you up
to see Mrs. Williams."
ris !
Forgetful of the fact that I had
called to see Mrs. Williams, and
quite unmindful of the runaway
marriage, I took the dainty hand
gently in mine, and with much feel
ing, exclaimed : "I am so glad to
meet you once more!"
Suddenly the thought did flush
itself across my dull brain, that this
was the Mrs. Williams whom I was
to attend, and the bitter knowledge
that she was another man's wife
came slowly to me.
An acute po.ss<*ssion of misery took
possession of me, while a thousand
and one thoughts of the past ran riot
in my mind. As for Helen—I mean
Mrs. Williams —she appeared to be
considerably astonished, as'did the
old gentleman, who exclaimed :
"You have seen my niece before,
then, Doctor?"
"Yes—no—that is—I thought—"
I shimmered ; then, as I fully com
prehended that for some reason she
wished to ignore all former acquaint
ance. I trieil to say coolly and
politely :
"I beg the lady's pardon ; it is a
a
a
I
as
his
the
on
of
I
se
in
gross case of mistaken identity on
my part, and I am sorry that I made
the blunder."
Quietly sli« bowed and with lier
old grace and sweetneos (which in
this instance, at least, ueerned to me
to lieg very admirably acting) she
said :
"I wish I could lay claim to for
mer acquaintance ; it is so pleasant
to meet old friends unexpectedly."
Then, as well as my nerves would
As I
allow, 1 treated my patient,
felt in no mood for conversation,
soon us I could I took my departure.
My thoughts were none of the
pleasantest as I drove down the vil
lage stic.'t, hut I thought I might as
well grow used to my disappoint
ment, and resolved to stay in Marble
head—Mrs. Williams
Williams.
That afternoon I was honored by
a call from my old aunt. I was not
exactly in a frame of mind to enter
tain lier, hut she was one of the sort
who can entertain themselves pretty
well. Even she noticed my glum
ness and rallied me in her talkativly
way.
By this time 1 was getting in
terested in my aunt's gossip.
"A widow, aunt ?" Aro you sure
Mrs. Williams is a widow ?"
"Sure? Why, of course 1 am,
John. Ah, I see you know some
thing of the lady and »re already
interested in her. Well, good-hv.
John ; I am real glad to find that
you can appreciate a good thing
when you see it."
If I had felt blue in the morning,
my ieclinga underwent a violent
change now, as I asked myself what
was to prevent me from wooing and
winning Helen? Of course, us she
was my patient, I had plenty of ex
cuse for calling upon lier the very
next day, and I did so. She ap
peared distant and strange at first,
hut after a while she "thawed,"
thougli she never seemed just lier
old self. I thought it best not to re
fer to ionner times, and so our con
versa tion». then and un subsequent
a occasion« was confiner) to passing
a topics. Three or four weeks slipped
away, and at last I thought I was
in bold enough to ask Helen for some
Of encouragement. Imagine the shock
to to my nerves, then, when I was one
one morning greeted by Mrs. Wil
gar- liams gleefully exclaiming : "Oh,
deal j Doctor Beekwiek, congratulate me !
I My husband is coming home to
was | morrow.
| but so many unkind tilings have
I been said about him, and now lie
the j can clear up all doubts and we botli
sen-1 take our rightful places in society
Perhaps you don't know,
again. You have been so kind and
such a good friend to me that I felt
I must tell you, Doctor."
Well, it was certainly very natter
ing to be so taken into a lady's con
fidence ; but I do not think my con
gratulations were very hearty, nor
my sympathy yery well, if at all, ex
pressed. I know just what I wish
ed ; I wished Mr. Williams in a
place where it is alleged they exper
ience endless summer of a more
than tropical nature. Then I made
my escape in the best way I could.
"Well," thought I, as I entered my
office a sadder and a wiser man,
"John Beckwith, you have made a
fool of yourself twice—and over the
same woman ! She has just been
playing with you as a cat plays with
a mouse. The first time you (so to
speak) threw yourself at her feet she
was engaged and on the eve of mar
riage ; this time she has had a live
husband all the while. You had
better steer clear of womankind,
henceforth and forever." I resolved
to never enter M. Rathbone's house
again, nor even to pass it more than
was absolutely necessary.
But doctors, like beggars, cannot
be choosers, and the very next day
I was compelled to drive past the
house. As I did so a voice (well
known to me) called out, "Dr. Beck
with !"
Naturally I turned my head to
ward the speaker, and beheld a
sight which made me imaging, for a
moment, that I had gone crazy.
There, on the poarch, sat two Mrs.
Williams', or else two Helen Morris'
or one of each !
The ladies were laughing heartily,
and even before explanations were
tendered I began to see through the
joke. They were twin sisters, exact
ly alike in every particular, except
that as I afterward noticed, Mrs.
Williams looked slightly careworn,
which her sister did not.
Well, I had been a great goose,
indeed ; but "all is well that ends
well"—-and Helen has been my
wife for many years, now. It is only
necessary to add that Mr. Williams
was connected with a bank, and
owing to some irregularities perpe
trated by others, in which they had
sought to implicate him, lie had got
into serious trouble. To avoiil arrest
and to give himself the chance of
establishing his innocence, as well
as of settling matters right, he went
to Canada. The natural suspicions
of his employers and the public
brought Ii is wife's sickness, for which
I attendeil her. As the people of
Marblehead were ignorant of Mr.
Williams' troubles and cnforcid
disappearance, obi Mr. Rathbone, to
shield bis niece from idle gossip and
unkind insinuations, allowed it to be
understood that Mrs. Williams was
a widow. To this day she never sus
pects that I was a mistaken suitor
for her hand and l.e irt, and she often
insists that she could never under
stand why I shook hands with her
when I first saw lier, finally conclu
ding that it wa
scription for a
s a part of my per
nervous illness.
She Couldn't Understand It.
"Wlmt in the world has happen
ed to you since the last time I saw
you " ? asked one lady of another
when they met on the street the
other day ; "I can't understand it.
Then you were pale, haggard and
low-spirited, and I remember you
said that you hardly cared whether
you lived or died. To-day you look
ever so much younger, and it is very
evident from your beaming face
that your low spirits have taken
flight." "Yes, indeed," was the reply
and shall I tell you what drove them
away ? It was Dr. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription. I was
functional derangements until 1 be
gan taking the Prescription." Now I
am as well as 1 ever was in my life.
No woman who sufferers as 1 did,
ought to let an hour pass before
precuring this wonderful remedy."
martyr to
!
A Republican journal s.-iys the ab
breviation "Dein." stands for Demo
crat or Demagogue, hut it fails like
wise to state that the abbreviation
"Rep." may mean cither Republican
or Reprobate.
John ii. Hullivnu got »hot in the
hand while holding up a c
day last month, and now
Western bandit In
head for holding up a train. Hold
up, gentlemen.
The actor who died before an aud
ience of five men and two women
may he said to have ended his days
in the poorhousc.
Ethclindu, a draft horse is
not a winded horse by any means.
A draught horse is a horse that
draws just as a draughtsman is a
man who draws.
one
been shut in the
No.
Fainting.
Fainting is what results when the
heart fails to send to the brain a
sufficient supply of blood. A faint
may be partial or complot«*. In
either case Utero 'may ho a warning
of what is coming, and some persons
can even assume a favorable* posture
before losing consciousness.
Most adult readers arc familiar
with the symptoms of a faint ; the
face turns pale, the eyes close, con
sciousness is Est, and the person
falls. Of course, when the heart fails
to send blood to the brain, it also
fails to send it to the surface of the
body, and hence the chin is pallid,
cold, and perhaps clammy.
Both the breathing and the pulse
may be interceptiable, and the per
son may seem dead. In other cases,
the breath may come in occasional
sighs, and a feeble action may be de
tected in the heart. This condition
may continue for hours, hut it com
monly lasts only a few minutes.
Fainting is sometimes a serious
affair ; indeed, at times, it ends in
immediate death. One cause of this
more dangerous fainting it a fatty
degeneration of the heart ; and an
other cause is a considerable loss of
blood. In any case of profuse hem
orrhage, of course everything must,
be done to arrest the tlow of blood,
but meanwhile, the lowering of the
head and shoulders below the level
of the body will greately facilitate a
favorable result.
Back of most cases of fainting is
an inherited nervous susceptibility
Only a small proportion of persons
ever faint under any circumstances.
A few faint at the slightest cause—
fear, joy, grief unpleasant sights,
noisome smells, heated and impure
air, sudden accident, or some irrita
tion of the stomach or other internal
organs. The exciting cause varies in
different persons, and each should
guard himself at his own point of
axposure.
In any case of faintness every
obstacle to the freest action of the
heart and lungs should be removed
by the loosening of the clothing.
But the first thing is to get the pa
tient into a recumbent posture—flat
on the back. We know of one person
subject to fainting who had learned
always at the first monition, to take
this posture of her own accord, and
it speedily terminated the attack. If
the person is in a crowded assembly
she should at once bo taken into
fresh air, hut under no circumstan
ces should anything be placed un
der her head.
The most common form of faint
ing does • not necessarily tend to
shorten life.—Companion.
Thoir Busiaess Booming.
Probably no one thing has caus»*d
■nil revival of trade at Beaton
Smith's Drug Storens their giving away
to their customers of ho many free trial
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Consumption. Their trade in «imply en
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from the fact that it always cures and
never dissapoints. Coughs, Colds, Asthma
Bronchitis, Croup und ull thront and
lung diseases quickly cured. You can
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warranted.
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red comes from the madder, and the
madder the turkey the redder he
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A struggling young poet recently
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with the words "O Shah."
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