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THE DELAWARE LEDGER
NO 41
VOL IX.
NEWARK. NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DELAWARE, SEPTEMBER 22, 1888.
With You
again thin time to invite you all to come see
Elegant Spring Styles.
All the lutest NOVELTIES I
COUNTRY and EUROPE in Covering for Parlor Work
ing- Every kind and grade of Parlor Suits from $120 to
$ 1000 . and from «15 to $000 in Chamber
Suite. DON'T jjut it otf but come SOON. I am still here ready to
HIIOW you our immense stock of goods, and sell any thing you need
At lower rates than you can buy any where else. Drop in and ask
for me. Polite attention buy o r not. Poods pa cked an d Shipped free
W. O. LAWS,
WITH IVINS & BRO., 55 NORTH 2ND. STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
be had in this
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Send for price list.
Yours Truly.
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
H arry Yerger, 405 Shipey St, Wilmington, Del,
Has th« largest PICTUBE FRAME E8TABM8HMKNT in Delaware, and does by
; and the only practical FRAME (HLRElt in the Stute. Him
the loweNtand his goods the best.
SaV Ke-gilding Old Frames a specialty.
far the 1 urgent businc
price
MOTHERALL'S STORE I
IS THE PLACE TO GET
Dress Goods and Trimmings, etc
is
-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 cvcrthing found in a First Class Store.
l'ltov ISIONH
TsT_ M. MOTHEBALL, Proprietor.
Newark, Del.
Main Street, West of College,
.AND.
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One 8x10 I'ICTUKK
FREE tor
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$3.00
PHOTOGRAPHER
302 MARKET STREET,
niCLAWAIIE
wii min(;ton,
CELEBRATED
ICE CREAM
SALOON,
COR. SEVENTH AND SHIPLEY STS, WILMINGTON, DEL.
GARDNER'S
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supplied to Picnics, Excursions and
TELEPHONE CALL 412.
special rates.
Apr.-Ulf.
Beaton Smith.
DRUGGIST.
CASKEY BUILDING,
Del.
Newark,
WESLEY B. HART,
Furnishing Undetaker,
Delaware
Newark,
t-gy-Q))] » »site, tin* residence of Dr N. II. Clark.
• Funerals attended in all parts of the country.
FURNITURE done np.
.tr.
Dobson's Ice Cream Saloon.
-SPECIAL PARLOR FOR LADIES
REMEMBER THE OLD STAND
Envelopes Printed oheap — this office.
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THE STUDIOUS MAN.
A cake of Ivory Soap In view.
"No alkali this soap contains,
It leaves the lace and takes the stains;
It comes from oils, sweet as the rose
That In the palace garden grows;
It floats like cork upon the wave;
With this we may both wash and 6 have-—*
gh!" the student cried;
've saved me from u longer ride,'*
And turning round his wisdom showed,
For back to Ispahan he rode.
Out through the gates of Ispahan
One morning rode a studious
"Oh, whither bound? a traveler cried,
Who rested by a fountain side.
"I go to seek," replied the sage,
"The greatest wonder of the age."
"Then from your saddle now descend
And call your journey at an end,
For here within this sack I hold
The greatest wonder bought or sold."
And stooping down, the speaker drew
Enough,c
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A WORD OF WARNING.
There are many white soaps, each represented to be "just as good as the
'IvoryV they ARE NOT, but like all counterfeits, lack the peculiar and remark
able qualities of the genuine. Ask for " Ivory" Soap and insist upon getting it.
I'upyrisUt 1800, by Procter & Uuinblc.
PROVEN.
PROVEN.
That mu* styles are the Handsomest, Our Workmanship the Best, Our prices
the lowest. Now Ready,
BEAUTIFUL FALL STYLES.
Men's, Boys, and Childrens Clothing. Our clothes are ready to put right on
Nothing but newest Fabrics and latest sfyles. We have spent lots of our
time in selecting our Fall Stock and we can suit the most fastidious in every
particular, Our whole second story has been devoted to
OVERCOATS.
Every garment in our store
All kind heavy and light weights at all Prit
is guaranteed to he us represented if not your money will lie refunded,
we ask is to give us a cull when you get ready to buy your Full & Winter
Clothing. If wo don't sell you it will not be our fault.
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HARRY HART
316 Market Street, Wilmington, Del.
The N. Y. Clothing Mfg Co.
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VI a in St., near II. & O. Depot,
DELAWARE.
NEWARK,
—THE OLDEST STAND IN THE STATE—
Every requisite for funerals, Caskets. Coffins, Robes Ac., fur
nished at the very lowest prices. Chairs also furnished.
Mr. J. A. Wilson of Wilmington will direct funerals when
it is desired.
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ABSALOM'S SOUL IDEAL.
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My name is Absalom Bigger. I
résilie at Dugan's Ridge. I am 38
years of age. and am by occupation
a school teacher ; I also practice law
and during the vacation nssist in
the conduct of my father's grocery
store. 1 will endeavor to relate, as
succinctly as I may the circumstan
ces which led up to my assuming
the married relation, and also at
tempt to explain some theories I
have, or had, or may of had in re
gard to matters pertaining to said
relation.
I was 37 years of age and still in
the single state, when there came to
obtain summer board at my father's
residence a young gentleman who
was much interested in composite
photography ; by which I mean
that intricate and interesting art
whereby, through the superimposi
tion of one solar image upon another
a total product is obtained which is
as entity of itself, but yet contains
the characteristics of the individu
nls.
As I engaged with this gentleman
in experimentation in this singular
and interesting art, I became strong
ly impressed with an idea which
grew upon me more and more, and
which I was fully convinced was
fraught with the utmost interest to
the human race.
It is easy to see a man's taste by
an examination of the pictures he
gathers about him. An intellcstnal
man will make à collection of intel
lectual faces ; a merely I eauty-lov
ing mun will be apt to collect pho
tographs of those whose charms ap
peal rather to the eye ; and if it be
true that you may judge a man by
his friends, then to some extent you
may judge a man's preferences by
the photographs of his friends,
therefor, you had the sum of all his
photographs, it might be said that
you hold his taste in a nutshell.
Apply this simple though to the
question of selection of an individ
ual from the opposite sex and the res
ult is most startling ; indeed, most
electrifying. In a dozen pictures of
Indies a gentlemen will hardly find
one which also charming in one or
more particulars. The unfortunate
man is left undecided, llis mind is
confused. Rut upon the other hand,
were it possible lor him to helmld
all these faces blended into one
which should possess all the desira
ble features of the group, there
would no longer be any hesitation
at all. He would be pleased at once.
In other words, he would have
found his ideal.
Very well. My theory, elaborated
into a formula after long and
patient thought, was this : Let a
man determine what qualities
are known to predominate, or a
number of pictures in which these
qualities are plainly manifested :
from these, by the process of coin
posit photography, have a .-ingle
negative made. The print from this
will be the ideal—or, as I prefer to
call it, the sold idea. I proposed to
take out letters patent upon this
simple hut inestimably valuable
process, which 1 designated as "Mr.
Absalom* Rigger's Ratent Process fur
the Soul-idea." Subsequent events,
however convinced me that a little
further experimtation was desirable
before making formal application
therefor.
I resolved to try the working of
the formula in my own case.
I had already a number of pho
tographs and other pictures in my
possession, including some of differ
ent footlight favorites, one of Mary,
Queen of Scots, one of the Empress
Catharina, and one of Lyda Pink
ham. I was always a great admirer
of the sweet face of Lyda Pinkhum.
To this collection 1 now added sev
eral other pictures, including one of
a meek, lovely milkmaid. I am dis
posed to favor a certain tranquillity
of disposition in women.
Reing in favor of woman's rarest
power, beauty in my ideal I put in
several actresses, operatic stars then,
not wishing to neglect the intellect
ual features, 1 threw' in Geo. Eliot
and tlirce noted lecutrers on
woman's suffrage ; being disposed
to admire a noble hearing in woman
kind, I put in Mary, Quee of Scotts,
the Empress Catharina and Mary
Antoinette fearing the deal would
be too dark, I added the picture of
my mother's Swedish hired girl
whom 1 knew lo be a very light
blonde, albeit possessed of a cast in
one eye : to these I added the milk
maid and Lyda Pinkham as a sort
of safeguard.
When I gazed upon the compos
ite photograph which represented
the sum of these pictures I must say
I was surprised, not to say startled.
if,
Yet that this was my soul-ideal
there could not bo any doubt. There
is no escaping the conclusions of
logical reasoning. Moreover, I reflec
ted, there is nothing like being rat
ional and practical in the business
of getting married ; indeed, nothing
is so confusing as sentiment in mut
ters of the heart, and it is very much
to be guarded against at all times.
Having now obtained my soul
ideal, it remained only to put into
effect the simpler part of the process
and find the lady who resembled
the picture.
After considerable looking around
among the friends of my people in
the neighborhood I at last decided
upon Miss Eliza l'erkins, a young
lady of about my own age. I ex
plained to her my theory, assured
her without doubt that she was my
soul-ideal, and, in short, proved
this to her so logically and conclu
sively that within three weeks there
after we were joined in the holy
bonds of wedlock.
I have stated that I have not yet
taken out letters patent upon my
soul-idea process. I have been mar
ried now for a trifle over a year, but
within that time events have trans
pired which have led me to question
whether X was absolutely careful as
I should have been in the elabora
tion of my own soul-ideal.
At times I think I l race too strong
an empress element in the disposi
tion of my wife, and then again I
fear I put in too much or the wom
an's suffarage factor, while in other
periods I have observed a certain
freedom, not to say volubility, of
speech, which I can attribute to
nothing but a too great preponder
ance of the actress element. Then
again my wife requires that I
should do all the milking both
morning and evening, and I often
think, as I trip down to the bars
pail upon my arm, that it would
have been better if I had put more
of the meek and loving milkmaid
into my ideal.
I would not however, be under
stood as saying that there is any
thing wrong with my process for
obtaining the soul-ideal. I claim
that if that process be completed so
that a man can logically and mathe
matically select from among the to
tality of living woman that woman
who is exactly suited to his charac
ter and personality, there will have
been conferred upon humanity a
boon, the present lack of which
makes countless thousands mourn.
I am satisfied that my theory is eor
reet in prineiple. I only say that I
am quite ready to call it complete
enough for patenting ; and I must
add that pending its final elabora
tion and perfecting matrimony re
mains, it seems to me, a course at
tended with no little logical certain
ty that it should lie ventured upon
only might say, with utmost prayer
fulness .—Pittsburg Telegraph.
Let the Girls Romp.
Most mothers have
romps, so \liuy lecture the girls
daily on the proprieties, and exhort
them to he little ladies. They like
to see them quiet and gentle anti as
prim as possible. The lot of such
children is rather pitiable, for they
are deprived of the fun and frolic,
which they are entitled to.
ren—boys and girls—must have ex
ercise to keep them healthy. De
prive them of it, and they will fade
away like flowers without sunshine.
Running, racing, skipping, climbing
—these are the things that strength
en the muscles, expand the chest
and build up the nerves. The mild
dose of exercise taken in the nur
sery with calisthenics or gymnastics
will not invigorate the system like a
good romp in the open air.
Mothers, therefore, who counsel
their little ones to play very quietly
make a mistake. Better the laugh
ing, rosy cheeked, romping girl than
the pale, lily-faced one, who is call
ed every inch a lady. The hitter
rarely breaks things, or teais her
dresses, or tires her mothers patience
as the former does; hut after all,
what does the tearing and breaking
amount to ? It is not a wise policy
to put!an old head on young should
ers. Childhood is the time for
childish pranks and plays. The
girls will grow into womanhood
soon enough. Let theip he children
as long as they can. Give them
plenty of fresh air and sunlight, and
let them run and romp as much as
they please. By all means give us
healthy, hearty, romping girls, rutil
er than pale faced little ladies, con
demned from their very cradles to
nervousness, headache and similar
ailments.
druid of
Cliikl
Subscribe for the Ledger.
HE WAS CA UTIOVS.
"Would you like to go with me to
call on a young lady to-morrow ?"
asked Sam Sample of Billy Bliven.
"Does the girl lisp ?"
"I don't think she does. What
has that got to do with it."
"Well, I don't know. You see X
had some experience with a lisping
girl yesterday evening, and j would
not like to go through it again."
"What was the trouble ?"
"We were talking about some
music that hud been performed in
the concert that we had attended,
and I remarked that there was a
good deal of theme about it."
"And what did she say ?"
"She said: 'Yes, it themed so.' "—
Merchant Traveler.
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The Present Fashionable Bouquet
In the center and rising above a
cluster of moss and buds is a bunch
of cattleyas, pushing out from among
which are sprays of odontogloss
utns or oncidiums. The dainty or
chids fluttering over the pale laven
der ol the cattleyas and the blush
color of the roses with an edging of
maiden hair ferns, proves a charm
ing combination.
To Preserve Oat Flowers.
Tiie secret by which florists pre
serve cut flowers in their freshness
is this. Take a sharp knife, and by
a slanting, clean cut through the
stem, remove a small piece of the
end which has been in water, every
day, and replace the water with
clean, after rinsing the vase thor
oughly. Do not do this cutting
with scissors, for this closes the
cells of the stem so that no water
can enter, and also crushes them so
that rot begins.
A 'EWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.
Red and violet do not accord,
Washington girls are taking up
fencing.
Oriental combinations of color are
in vogue.
Russia leather in all colors is
worn for house shoes.
Loose blouses are worn by young
girls and children.
Mrs. John Sherman is a deAoted
student of horticulture.
Silver for personal adornment in
creases in fashionable favor,
Queen Victoria has had wicke
baskets made for her cats to travel
in.
Miss Mary Anderson, the actress,
lias celebrated her thirtieth birth
day.
The fal! colors will be pearl grey,
olive, absinthe green and reseda.
Edith Thonms, the poet, will assist
in editing St Nicholas next season.
White enameled sticks are seen
upon some of the prettiest white
parasols.
Mrs. Laure A. Russell, of Bluff
dale, 111., is ninety-one and loves to
work.
Thirty-five women are students
in the London School of Medicine
for Women.
The fancy of the hour is jersey
pins is a long rusty-looking nail of
oxidised silver.
A Prominent Merchant in
Trouble.
Old money hags mops in his office
all day,
As snappish and cross as a
bear ;
The clerks know euough to keep
out of the way,
Lest the merchant should grum
ble and swear.
Even Tabby, the eat, is in fear of a
cuff,
Or a kick, if she ventures too
near ;
They all know the muster is upt to
he rough,
And his freaks unexpected and
queer.
What makes the old fellow' 90 surly
and grim,
And behave so confoundedly
mean ?
There's certainly something the
matter with him—
Is it stomach ,liver, or spleen ?
We've guessed it—his liver is slug
gish and had,
llis blood is disordered and foul.
It's euough to make any one hope
lessly mad,
And greet his best friend with a
growl.
The world-wide remedy, Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, will cor
rect a disordered liver and purity
the blood, tone your system and
build up your flesh and strength.
Beautiful Adornment.
There are many varieties of flow
ers which require but little care, in
order to obtain from them a fine dis
play of bloom from early spring
till late fall. Of these every country
home, whether in village, rural
town, or on the farm, ought to have
an abundant supply. The pains be
stowed upon them will be well re
paid in the pleasure they will afford
both to the household and its guests.
A small buoquet of fragrant blossoms
on the table at breakfast, dinner, or
tea, adds a grace to the pretty dish
es and the shiniest silver, and gives
an air of refinement to the plainest
board. Flowers are the most beauti
ful adornment of the parlor or
"livi ng-room"—always excepting
iou incomparable beauty of bright
and loving faces—and in the sick
room are a veritable "minister of
angels" to weary eyes and sad
hearts.
Buoklen's Arnica Salve.
The Beet Salve in the world for Cute
Bruieee, Sores, Ulcere, 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, Newark, Del. june 9-ly.
The Philadelphia Times says that
many of the fine and expensive
orchids seen in florists' shops are
grown by a woman in New Jersey.
She was a school teacher, saved a
little money and married, but on
her wedding tour her husband died,
and she could not get back her
position as a teacher. Her father
left her a little piece of pine land in
New Jersey, and in a very small
way she started floriculture. Now
she has taken her two young Bisters
into partnership, and does a big
business.
An Explanation
What is this "nervous trouble" with
which so many seem now to be afflicted ?
If you will remember a few years ago
the word Malaria was comparatively un
known,—to-day it is as common as any
word in the English language/ yet this
word covere only the meaning of another
word used by our forefathers in times
past. 80 it is with nervous diseases, os
they and Malaria are intended to coyer
what our grandfathers called Biliousness,
and all are caused by troubles that arise
from a diseased condition of the Liver
which in performing Its functions finding
it cannot dispose of the bile through the
ordinary channel is compelled to.pass it
ofT through the system, causing nervous
troubles, Malaria, Bilious Fever, etc.
You who are suffering can well appre
a cure. We recommend Green's August
Flower. Its cures are marvelous.
QATHERim PEARS BEFORE
MATURITY.
Pick a few at intervals from a
week or two to two or three days be
forefull maturity, marking the dates,
and observing their quality, when
soft, with a few gathered from the
tree when fully ripe. The best time
may be thus definitely ascertained.
The rule among pear growers is to
gather the crop when, by lifting the
hanging specimens into an upright
position, they readily separate or
crack off from the tree. Select the
largest and lipest first, which will
leave the smaller and greener room
to grow, increase, and develop into
later and larger ones.
Our Candidate for President.
He will be nominated by the conven
tion and will be elected by the people
because he will come the nearest to till
ingtheir idea of a Chief Magistrate. Elec
tric Bittere has been given the highest
place, because no other medicine has so
well tilled the idea of a perfect tonic and
alternative. The people have indorsed
Electric Bitters and rely upon this great
remedy in all troubles of the Liver,
Stomach, and Kidneys. For all Malarial
Fevers and diseases, caused by Malarial
Poisons, Electric Bitters cannot be too
* ghly reccommended. Also cures Head
lie and Constipation. Satisfaction guar
anteed, or money refunded Price 50cts
and $1.00 at Beaton Smith's Drug Store.
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Some-colored costumes may be re
lieved with lucifer red or absinthe
green.
Draped bodices of soft white silk,
with black Swi.-s belts and braces,
are in high favor.
Newer white parasols are compos
ed of larger petals of muslin
hangings each other.
over
A
;w shade
»f green, rather
dark, is extensively used iu combin
ation with while.
Lace fluuuciiiga anil net are about
equally popular for coutumes this
veason.
Reducing the Snrpluo.
The dispositi.fllie Surplus in the
I S. 1 reuen ry cimanc* the attention of
Statesmen, hut a more vital quest ion
has our attention, unit that is the reduc
tion ot tlte Surplus Consumptives. Since
the Discovery and introduction of l>r.
King * New Docovery for I'onHimption
there has been a marked decrease it» the
mortality from thin dreaded disease, and
it is possible to still further reduced
number 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 tiret symptoms, such as u Tough, a
Co d, a Sore Throat, a Chest, orSide Pain.
Taken thus early a cure is guaranteed.
Trial bottles free at Beaton Smith's Drug
Store. 4 *
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