Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-07-12

NEW York, July 6.-Nobody can be
expected to get up very much energy
when the Thermometer goes sailing
lround as it wants, and the early morn
ing and the late night alike are barely
breathing spells. Nobody cares to argue,
Ind everybody just wants to be let
hone. These are the times when the
blessings of civilization are appreciated;
when cool lemonade, tepid baths, lively
Doda, loose blouses and everything that
will convince one, at least for a minute,
that life is not to be spent in a bake
pven, is counted as of great value Per-
lonally, there are attractions in not
being civilized. Fancy the joy of the
Foung cannibal who walks around,
nappy and free in necklace and a palm
leaf fanl Fancy how delightful it must
be to discourse with Miss Cannibal on
NE arrangement of her bracelet while
Dhe gentle winds meander over her
ander the impression that she is a living
picturei ! have always thought that
eannibals understood tine real meaning
Of dress reform. There is no question of
seams and whalebones, or tight stays or
lrawstrings in their get-up; instead, it is
imple, easily arranged and quickly
forgotten.
NoIsE-PRoDUcING YOUNGSTERS.
Then, too, it must be cheerful to be
lble, as are the cannibals, to eat up any
children who may annoy them by sing
ing "Daisy Bell' when the evening is
sultry. live in a neighborhood where
lhere is one small shop. Said shop is
Kept by widow lady with only one
aye, from Ireland. I don't mean that
her eye alone came from Ireland, but
the lady herself is a product of that
productive country. For four weeks
The has been selling shooting crackers
shouldn't mind that in the least, for
AS she is a rather grim person she can
sell anything she wants as far as am
concerned, but the small boys Who
come to buy the noise producers are
given the money by their mothers, who
warn them that they are to shoot off
The crackers where they buy them, and
not come home to do it. And the result
is that for weeks before and weeks after
The day we do celebrate our neighbour
hood has been little hades of its own,
and we find ourselves given over to
strong language and bitter thoughts,
and dreadful headaches, and all because
the product of Ireland must be sup
ported.
have never approved of the Fourth
Of July; it is undesirable as far as the
weather is concerned it is indecently
noisy, very few of US know what it is
about, and the few who know don't
care. We are not independent AS a
specimen of the nation, if we will Just
take New York city, we don't have to
think very hard to come to the con
clusion that we are the least in
dependent of all people in the world.
We are under the control of cor
porations in every direction, and
NOBODY HAS THE MORAL COURAGE TO
KICK;
we submit to poor gas, insufficient
water, bad railroad service, badly paved
streets, and grumble a little, but fail to
see how we eau make anything better.
l would like to see the English or the
Germans submit to what we do and vel
We call ourselves independent The
conductor in the street car don't pretend
TO do his work, for he will let three or
four people take up the room Of six
while woman hangs on the strap, and
he never says word And the porter
on the railroad waits on us well if he
sees a chance for tip; otherwise, we
might ring the bell until we got tired
and there would be no attention forth
coming. The man in the shop Is impu-
dent or agreeable as he feels like it, and
nobody likes to complain for fear the
poor man might lose his situation.
Now, it wouldn't be a bad thing, YOU
know, if few people were, metaphor.
ca1ly, kicked because of their inability
then, after they had known the pleas
ures of idleness for little while, they
would probably appreciate what il
meant to do good work for value re.
ceiyed.
1t is funny idea, that "for value re.
leIved." A wise man and GOOD
worker gets that which represents bis
home and happiness for value received
while the shiftless and lazy man gets d
bare pittance for the value that he has
given. Things are apt to straightet
themselves out in the business world
and that is the reason why can't under
stand
TEE NATIONAL CONDITION OF TODAY
X, As nation we are, presumably, rich
and yet the spending of few thOusanC
dollars here in New York to beautify
the city, or make it more agreeable, i:
fought over and discussed and taIket
about until all the money has beer
squandered on the arrangements Of tho
committee, Men who are to be trieG
Tor some offence against the law viii
make an earnest request to be taken be
tore some one judge, because they will
cite how this one or that one likes Il
get the credit Of being severe, rather
than OF thinking things out and bein-
absolutely just, Pure Justice i
scarcely comprchcnded, and the fac
!hat justice means not only thought
for the crime, but for the arc OF the
offender, his former reputation, hi:
temptation, and all that went to make
him sin, is not recognized. The Judge
represents the fury Of the law He for.
gets that the law is to protect as we'll a:
70 condemn, and he only thinks what
the newspapers will say about him and
bis so-called opinion. Nine times out
of ten his summing up is directly against
'he prisoner, and then he is charmed Il
think that the jury are such an intelli
get ~ body that they agree with him
And very often the jury is simply anx,
ious to get to its supper, is tired OF stay
ing down there, and il quickly decide:
hat, Of course, the Judge knows it all
md soft does as he has suggested. Mercy
ihatisan unknown qualityon the beuct
io-day, unless the prisoner at tile bar has
pull. 1t is all such fraud. don
suppose il will be Strengthened up il
-FOUR tine, or in mine; and all we can dt
E 70 be sorry for the people who have Il
Isk for justice where it is not dealt in.
THE PESTS OF SUMMER.
When l get to thinking about this
find myself almost serious, and that i:
bad for the summer time. 1t tends t,
make one feel warmer, aud consequent,
Rad better be postponed, like ne%
play, until the early autumn. some yer,