Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-02-04


NEW YORK. Jan eff the grin doosr,,t
I'll you, 1t at least gives you number of
t oIs lor rejection. And in between the
eiuies when you are moaning about The
aene IN your back, about the funny feel
iLg In your knees, and almost CHOKING
nj mhen you cough, you can think over not
Az your sins and those of yollr friends and
kinsfolk, but you have sufficient lima ~
uo httie thinking on abstract subjects
At least. that is what | called them
.nouBn am not sure whether il Is correct
VI NOT; However, II sounds well. So
many things sound we'll that are not trne
tpr,h ,la, was There ever a greater I'M
rum than the assertion made that 'iall
not. iney are
THE DIFFERENCE IN MEN,
some p are handicapped from the start
xhu u they come in at the finish victor
tney deserve. so much more credit for il
;inianulcapped with what? Well, one man
iins i ~ wi.n superb health, with clean
aihe o. ancestry behind him, and in re-
spectacle surroundings. Another comes
into the world inherlting the illnesses of
insanity or drunkenness, of indgest;on
or 81 bad heart, and among those wbo
mil encourage everything that is wrong in
MN. are those two men born free and
yn a. certainly not: Is John Brown,
VINO can take glass of wine and eniov ii
and stop there because he doesn't care for
ely more, on an equality with John
omitn, who because the sins of his ancos-
toIs cannot do the same without becoming
suIuhkaruI Is John Brown, who finds Il
III o rouuie 10 say pleasant word to every.
Dody, on an equality with John smith
VINO. lighting against an hereditary iii,
ThPeT, mas TO make an effort to be agree
hois Is John Brown, who wonId "a more
thlnk oil stealing than he would of mur.
aghflng' % an equality with John Smith,
WY mnose Iather was a convict. whose mother
mad no idea of what decency and nurity
were. and who came into this world ~.
MeiuoIheu and nncared for? Why. there
Is no such thing as equality. | DOM care
u ~ ihomas Jeifersons wrote that. And
uon't believe that when all these men
come 70 70 be Judged, that the God who
equality; but He will think Of the w Un ~
ness and wickedness that came to them nv
inherltance, of the surroundings that
tenueu TO increase these, and of the femnta-
lions that came in their way,
ARE WE FREE BEINGS?
freeY Are we free2 doubt that. We ali
o., US are dependent, the one on the other
Inc social structure, which means the
.,; the marriage and morality, would
tumble to pieces If we were free re- Won
iree to do things that would cause scan.
uai 20 come upon you and all belonging to
you Are you free to speak the eyii wnr1s
mat hurt another and that will AS Ger.
!aihly rebound as a boomerang You do
~, Ply certainly You are not free to. and
Ike fa. - not your privilege is proven by
.ne iact that Just as certainly as YOU com
mt inns crime or take this freedom. inst So
certainly you Will be punished for 1t. lis
nonsense saying all men are born free and
equhi. We are equal once in our lives ali
OF us, ana that is when we face death, We
anal l LOON u. u from among silken spreads
IL
but it is just the same. Death comes and
pe " prince or pauper, he is met In the |
same way. He looks at Won Won meet
nun, and you close your eyes lust as does
inc poor wretch who hadn't The food to |
keep him alive. -ooN "
WHEN WE ARE ALL EQUAL.
mat Is the only time in your life, nv |
lIienu, that you and the other man are alb !
solutely equal When the heir Of the /
British throne died little while ago wa |
al felt sorry and sympathized most of ali |
with his mother and the Young woman |
who was to have been his wife, That was
right and kindhearted. The newspapers |
hnd columns about this death, and vet in |
all that was written the keynote never was
struck, as it was in the description of an
other death, that of an Irish boy who lind
delighted in calling himself "a snort lie
was the same age us the Duke of Clarence
woman was weeping beside his dead
pouy, and she said "lIe has fought many
y nght, and he tried to fight DEATH but
downs every body at last And in the sight
OF that grim destroyer. the son of The |
inture King of England and the tough |
irish boy were free and equal; but they |
were not born so. Put it down to the grip
my friends, II | am moralizing. Every.
nouy commits sin once in awhile, and
the grip with its aches and pains and its
horrible depressing feeling, would make
IN angel iall from grace, so what can you
expect OF mere ordinary woman?
THE LATEST IN woMAN's WATCHES.
Every girl at Christmas seems to have
gotten new watch, and the odder ii is the
better satisfied is she to swing it on her
enateiaine to wear it outside her bodice,
ring. The latter by-the-by, Is usually sat
about with band of diamonds or pearls,
and is worn on the little finger The fun,
NEST OF the watches are those that are on
rose-colored carriers, and which have the
hands on. This is considered by the aver
age giri 70 be very marvellous joke. and
ior u she IS willing to pay the beautiful
sum OF $50, % being required for each
little watch. However, when she has
gotten tired of showing these to her girl
friends, she can have the watches fresh
ened up hands put on them, ana they can
pc Kept Tor Christmas gifts next year for
|
who wears chatelaine watch likes to
have it encased in silver upon which are
inymphs and satyrs in very high relief, and
beside 1t is swung q large silver KEY of
antique design, which is supposed to wind
u; but, alas appearances are deceitful, and
the key has no connection with the watch
whatever for, although the case may be
old or, what is much more likely, an
imitation OF an old one, still the watch it.
sell is OF modern make, and is wound by
she stem. When we see the wonderful
snameled and carved watches of to-day,
we think we are great people; but when it
ESmes TO marvellous watches the people of
long ago were far ahead of us. When
Diane de Poictiers became widow, the
gentlemen of her court thought II the
proper thing to give her presents TO allay
her grief, and most of them took the form
of watches encased in skulls, collins,
golden shrouds and hearts, designs that
seemed to them particularly appropriate to
her widowed condition, and calculated to
allay her grief.
A MOST WONDERFUL WATCH,
which is still in existence and is said to
Keep good time was given by Marie Stuart
to her maid Of honor, Marie Beaton. And,
by-the-by, can you ever hear those names
without thinking of that most delightful
book, "The Four Maries," or remembering
the jingle supposed to be said by Marie
stuart when one Of the Maries proved un-
faithful to her?
Last night there were four Maries,
To-day there are but three
There was Marie Beaton and Marie Seton,
And Marie Carmichael and me-"
But the watch; to return to the watch. I
II is set in silver case representing a
human skull the jaws open very wide and
the palate, which Is of silver, is the face of
ha in, |