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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-11-10

1t will probably be shock to many
to learn that all the gold coins current
throughout the world could be COM
fortably slowed away in any one of
thousands of English drawing rooms.
A careful estimate of the gold cur
rency of the world places, its amount at
.e755, 600, 900. Although this enormous
sum will probably exceed our entire
national revenue for the next seven
years, it could, If converted into Eng
lish sovereigns, be placed in a room 80
feet long, 80 feet wide and 20 feet
high.
The process of packing the sovereigns
would, indeed, be q labor of time and
infinite patience. If the sovereigns
were placed in a position at the rate OF
one second, working for eight hours
day, a child of 8, commencing the
task today, would see his S0th birthday
before the last sovereign was in posi-
ton and the door could be locked.
To convey this gold to its strong room
would require the utmost strength OF
A, ZOO horses, which would have to pull
weight OF 5,95l tons.
The sovereigns thus accumulated
would make a golden carpet for the
whole Of st. James Park, with rem.
nant of three and two thirds acres te
spare, and, II placed edge to edge, they
would form a footpath of gold, siz
inches wide, between London,and Con
stantinople. It'd Bits. & fF
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-11-10
SUMMING AND FRosrisG.
Something New and seasonabie in Blanket
Cleaning.


Philadelphia Record.
The heavy wool blankets are coming
to light from the depths of cedar chests
and moth proof receptacles. They will
heed some sort of renovation before
cold. weather demands their use. Ii
theyNw washed in the spring, before
storing for the summer, a second wash
ing will be unnecessary, and only aid
in the shrinking; yet something must
be done to give them the fresh, sweet.
clearly odor and appearance so neces-
sary for all bed covering. Here is a
better plan than all the different
methods of washing ever recommended.
No matter how carefully the washing
is done, the wool fibre will harden and
the sblanket shrink and grow yellow
with frequent repetitions. 1t is better
to wash them only when they become
spotted or much soiled; but for fire.
quent freshening and sweetening simply
put them on the grass when the days
are hot and sunny, and the nights have
hoar- frost.
The alternate frost and sun, con-
tinued for at least two nights and days,
will whiten them, and they will be as
soft and fresh as when new, and with
an occasional summing through the
winter they are easily kept in good
condition. e
They may be put on the line if there
is no nice grass plat, but be careful to
turn them each day. The soft, heecy
baby flannels may also be kept white
| and fresh in this way.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-11-10

How n Good-iooking Young Woman May
be Utilized to Advantage.

Washington Times. tt
Speaking of collecting bills" said
the man from tho West, 1--WE have a
most effective method in Chicago.
There, instead of young men, they en-
ploy young women. l tried it myself,
and il worked like magic. A fellow by
the name of Green owed me small
bill, u matter, think, of ST or so. 1t
seemed impossible to make him pay it,
SO engaged the services of q pretty
and stylish girl. l sent her around to
his office. He was out. She called
again. He was still out, but, nothing
daunted, she made the third and the
fourth call. The fourth time he was
in, but he firmly refused to pay the bill.
% Look here, Mr.. Green said the
girl, Il will make proposition to you.
If you will pay five cents a day on this
bin / will call each day and collect
that amount until you have paid it in
full.
"But Green was hard party. he
again refused, and the girl left the
office apparently crestfallen. The next
day sheidid not call at his Office, but
she did call at his house. The door
was opened by the servant.
"'Is Mr.. Green in?" asked the
young woman.
No, ma am.
The girl left, but it seems that the
servant duly reported the call of the
pretty and stylish young woman who
was SO anxious to see Mr.. Green to his
| wife. The next day when the young
woman again called, the wife hung over
the banisters, taking peep at the
caller on her own account. The young
woman asked if Mr.. Green was in.
"'No, ma am, answered the servant
but his wife is. The wife had tolo
her to say this, of course.
Ellis wife!' stammered the girl
why, has MIR. Green a wife?'
''The wife, hanging over the banis
ters, heard this. She turned pale ant
gasped for air, while the girl ,seemingl,
very much confused and Distressed Al
her discovery, went on down the step
and into the street. 1t was impossibl,
TO say just what happened at tina
house that night, whether pokers ant
curling tongs were hurled, or the fur
niture torn from its foundations ant
flung madly about, or the roof raiset
skyward; but one thing / do know
the next day Green promptly paid tn
SIT. And the girl didn't call athi
office for it, either. He came aroun'
and handed me the money himself, an
he seemed to think he was getting Of
pretty easy at that"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-11-10
1Irr1r sAsn orNrAIxs.
How TO Give the Right Look to Those
Made at Home.

Philadelphia Record.
With the putting down of carpets,
when the hammer resounds through
the house, it is time to put up the
little sash curtains, which give light
through the lower panes Of window
without permitting outsiders TO gaze
into the room These can be made
up at home quite inexpensively If one
knows how. They give a trim aspect
to bed room, where they are much
liked, for the reason that they can
easily be kept clean and not hold
dust, as a large curtain would. A
defect often noticed in the sash cur
tains made at home is that they are
altogether too long. When hemmed
the extreme edge of the curtain should
Just touch the edge of the glass. 1t
should not be suffered to fall below
hiding the handles by which the sash
is raised, or, what would be still
worse, to dangle below the sash. 1t is
neglect of this precaution that gives
untidy 'srumples" and wrinkles to the
illy-devised, j homemade sash curtain.
Ii it should rain or if the window
should be suddenly closed the lower
edge of the curtain will inevitably be
caught beneath the sash, and soon be-
comes shabby or torn. The trouble is
simply this: Knowing that cotton sash
curtains must be washed and "done
up'' when they show signs of wear, and
that they will then shrink, the ma
terial has been cut into lengths much
longer than required. This would not
matter if the curtain is deeply hemmed.
| Have as generous turn in" as you
wish to the hem of the sash curtain,
but do not allow it when finished tc
bangle below the glazed part of the
window. Attention to this point gives
a neat professional" air to the sash
curtain, which is often lacking in
| those made by amateurs.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-11-10

OH what care for wealth or famel
They vanish as dream,
When night is drawn through gates O
Dawn
On SAUNDERS ebbing stream!
Let others sing of Death and War,
Or Sorrows tragic lore;
But Love has come and calls me home
To meet him at the door
oh, what care to weave my Fate
On Life's mysterious loom.
Its warp and wool from peace aloof-
The glitter and the gloom
Let others sing of Death and War,
Or Sorrows tragic lore;
But Love has come and calls me home
To meet him at the door!
Oh, what care for clashing creeds.
Or hostile schools Of art,
If may wear through smile and tear
The ermine of the heart!
Let others sing OF Death and War, 4,
Or Sorrows tragic lore; ~ u
But Love has come and calls me home
To meet him at the door
oh. what care for houseless winds,
With rain aud darkness blent,
Ifthrough the blight on me may light
The shy dove of content
Let others sing of Death and War.
Or Sorrows tragic lore;
But Love has come and calls me home
To meet him at the door
-Harper's Bazaar.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-11-10
a, 49,, cure Liver Ills; easy I'd
Max TWAIN pREAoH Es.
Gives HIS Ideas ON fiay-ActinE and sa
~ We Need Shakesuenre.

Gives HIS Ideas ON Pfay-ActinE and SayA
We Need Shakespeare. N
|, 1t is right and wholesome to hayeh
light comedies and entertaining shows
and | shouldn't wish to see them di
minished. But none of us is always
in the comedy spirit; we have our
graver moods; they come to us all the9
lightest of us cannot escape them, saysN
writer in the Forum. These moodss
have their appetites--healthy andy
legitimate appetites sand there ought
to be some way of satisfying them. It'll
seems to me that New York ought I'd
have one theatre devoted to tragedy
With her 10000 Of population and
| 20 outside millions to draw upon sheI
can afford it, she can support i'll
| America devotes more time, labor
money and attention to Distributing
| literary and musical culture among the
general public than does any othei.
nation, perhaps; yet here you find her
neglecting what is possibly the most
effective of all the breeders and nurse
| and disseminators of high literary
taste and lofty emotion--the tragid'
stage. To leave that powerful agencyb
out is to haul the culture wagon with az
crippled team. Nowadays, when d
mood comes which only Shakespeare
| can set to music, what must we dON
Read Shakespeare ourselves! Isn't ID
pitifulY IL is playing an organ solo cd
| q Jews harp. We can't read it. None
but the Booths can do it.
Thirty years ago Edwin Booth played
Hamlet a hundred nights in New
York. With three times the popula-l
tion, how often is "Hamlet'' played
now in a year? If Booth were back
now in his prime, how often could nd
play it in New York? Some will sayl
% nights. | will say 800, and say il
with confidence The tragedians are
4 dead, but 1 think that tho taste and
intelligence which made their market
are not
What has come over us Englishy
speaking people? During the first half
OF this century tragedies and great
tragedians were as common with us aa
farce and comedy; and it was the SAND
in England. Now we have not a
/ tragedian, 1 believe; and London, with
her so shows and theatres, has hui
three, | think. 1t is an astonishing
thing, when you come to consider i'll
Vienna remains upon the ancient basis
| tbara bac baan No chanoe She
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-11-10
NEW DRrss ooAr.g
The London Taiiors Would Embroider the
Lnpels.

Lapeh.
New York Advertiser. R
The new dress coat for the winter of
1889 is now ready to be launched.
From time to time efforts have been
made by sartorial professors to relieve
the sombreness of gentlemen's evening
dress. Last autumn vests Of divers
ornate kinds wcre introduced, one
variety being in positive colors that
suggested that the wearer was menu
Der of some hunt, or even D football
club. SgF5 8
This departure was altogether too
glaringly unconventional to "catch
on.' few men finding sufficient courage
TO appear at dinner or dance in a
vest of blazing crimson or mustard yel.
low.
1t is still considered desirable that
some little touch of color should be
| given to mems evening clothes, which,
though admittedly neat, are too funereal
| for occasions such as they are worn at.
The great difficulty is to hit,upon the
happy mean. ks ,t}S
fashionable tailors believe they have
| solved the problem of o new dress coat.
: \ In this coat pretty embroidery work
replaces the usual plain silk facings.
No important change has been made
in the cut of the coat, but the lapel is
decorated with raised floral designs. :,
The background is, of course, black,
and against this the sprigs of flowers,
dotted with the colors of the originals
they represent, show up to great adj
vantage.
The work is done by hand, and done
very neatly, judging from the lspeci-
mems shown. E,
The customer. may have any design
he chooses worked ON his coat, as each
has to be made separately. Therefore
it will rest with himself whether much
or little color is introduced.
So far the tendency has been to avoid
anything too obtrusive. A design thai
will probably gain much favor is one
in which threads of old gold appear OF
the tips Of the flowers. 1t
, III desired, two or more colors can bt
employed; but authorities do not ex
: pect this plan to meet with much
, favor.
! OF all. the attempts made,in recon
years to give to gentlemen's dres
, clothes little of that picturesquenes
, which characterized the garb Of thei
, forefathers, this is undoubtedly thu
] most acceptable. And it will be in
! teresting to see what extent the nev
fashion is adopted 3
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-11-10

A Jersey City druggist is making q
collection of the queer orders he re-
ceives from people who send children
to the store for things. Here are a few
samples of them:
''This child is my little girl. l sent
you five cents to buy to sitless powders
for groan up adult who is sick
Another reads: sA54
dear Doctor, pies gif barer five
cents worth of Auntie Toxyne for to
gargle babi's throte and obleage.'
An anxious mother writes 3S
"You will pleas give the lettle boi
five cents worth of epcac for to throw
up five months old baby. N. B.
The babe has sore stummick."
This one puzzled the druggist:
II have cute pain in my child's
diagram, Please give my son some
thing to release it. !" = N
Another anxious mother wrote.
My little bailey has eat up its
fathers parish plaster. Send an ante
dote quick as possible by the enclosed
little girl. -
This writer was evidently in pain:
II have a hot time in my insides and
witch l would like it to be extin-
guished. What is good for to extin.
guish it? The inclused quarter is for
the price of the extinguisher. Hurry
pleas. New York Sun. r'
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-11-10
WEALTHF BEGG Ans.
Professional Mendicnnts who Have Died
Leaving Large Fortunes.
Nav York Uerald


New York Herald.
When Tori, a well-known Italian
professional beggar, died last year there
were found hidden away in his rooms
bank notes, securities, gold and silver,
amounting collectively to the value Of
upward of 1000, 900 francs, or $400, 600.
His heirs were two nephews, who for
years had been existing in state Of
pitiable poverty.
In 1895 beggar who died in Aux
ere, France, was found to have 1000, 600
francs in bonds in a trunk, and in his
cellar 400 bottles of wine of the vintage
of 1880. In the same year an old beg
gar woman named Marie Dufour, who
occupied a wretched garrett at house
in the Rue de Severes, Paris, was found
dead in her bed. In bundle belong
ing to her were found a deposit receipt
for 10000 francs in the name Of the
deceased and government securities
representing an annual income Of 500
francs.
A man named Gustave Marcelln, a
professional beggar, was found dead in
his room in The Rue Puy Guillaume,
Avignon, in November, 1892. A search
led to the discovery of French govern
ment bonds and various securities to
the value of 100000. He left o paper
requesting that his savings might be
divided equally between the city and
the Bureau de Renaissance.
The wealthiest living professional
beggar, Simon Oppasich, was in 1893
sentenced to seven years. hard labor for
perjury. He was born without feet or
arms, and his physical defects brought
him exceptional sympathy and cash.
~ co. and IN 1872 ~ ne had by s spss dao
in cash and some 500 600 in Trieste
and Parenzo real estate. Since then
he has quadrupled his wealth by trad
| ing on the Bourse.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-11-10
How and when They Should be Acknow-
lodged.

Philadeiphia RECORD.
The member of the family who is
punctilious in acknowledging social at
tentions is sometimes puzzled by the
reception of cards of invitation to
wedding which is to be held at a
church. Those who are also invited to
the house of course at once dispatch
an acceptance or regret, so that the
BRIDES mother may have some guide
in providing the wedding breakfast.
But when you are invited only to the
ceremony at the church the matter is
not so simple. We all receive many of
these. Where the friend is married in
church in distant city, where the
BRIDES family residence is not known,
it becomes indeed a difficult problem
how to acknowledge the kindly meant
attention.
Where we know the address Of the
bride the invitation to the church cere-
mony is to be promptly acknowledged
by inclosing plain visiting cards to
This is most gracefully done immedi-
without waiting for the date OF the
wedding, which is sometimes done.
Prompt response in this manner in
forms the sender of the invitation
quite conclusively that the card has
reached the people invited TO the
church. The day of the wedding is
usually a time OF soma confusion il
the household of the bride, and card:
sent at this time are frequently mislaid
with circulars or other mail matter MOI
overly important.
| Again the man or woman who Ii
punctilious in acknowledging the small
matters of social intercourse always
achieves some popularity. ,Littl,
things count for great deal in so1nI
directions, and consideration for other:
is apt to win its reward. The people
who can be depended upon for pronp
acknowledgment of invitations are APP
to receive many such. 1t is rule tina
works both ways, and to mutual ad
| vantage, lAa
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-11-10
TRIAL OF MRS. B0rRiN.
California WIN Have TO spend About Fifty
Thousand Dollars on 1t,


Dover, Nov. 3.-Delawareans may
not be so greatly disappointed because
they cannot get to try Mrs, Cordelia
Botkin for the murder of Mrs. j. p.
Dunning and Mrs. j. d. Deane of
Dover. Advices from San Francisco
and a statement from Chief of Police
Lees of San Francisco, received in
Dover last night, show that her trial,
to be commenced on December LIST, will
cost upward Of $4,000.
Chief Lees says; "The defence have
commended all along that she was
amenable to the laws of California.
Now they must abide by it. Mrs.
Botkin will be tried at the expense Of
the people of California. The score Of
witnesses from Delaware and Other
Eastern points will be compelled tt
come out twice, have done all coulc
TO send Mrs. Botkin where she com
mitted her crimes, but as it has beer
decided that she shall not go there, W,
shall not allow her to escape full pun
ishment. ,,.
Judge Cook, in explaining the Su
preme Courts decision, states: 'tIf tn
allegations be true, most heinou
crime has been committed, one deserv
ing the greatest punishment known Il
the law, and if legal way could b
found to send the prisoner to her tria
there it should be done. The cour
has labored earnestly to find a way
but without avail. The prisoner, lik
all citizens, has certain rights whic
have been preserved to her by our Con
stitution, which cannot be violated. +"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-11-10

why are you SO unhappy, Elsie?"
"My aunt doesn't like mel She thinks
Bertha is everything that's lovely, and
of me she thinks nothing at all. First
she talks about Bertha's wonderful
hair, and then it's All, Bertha, what
wonderful large eyes you have!' F"
Little Hans" Don't you mind, Elsie ;
you've got just the loveliest big ears
ever was !'-Chicago Record.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-11-10

The Merchants and Miners Trans
portation Go. have decided to name
their two steamers now building by
the Harlan y Hollingsworth Co the
Kershaw and Nantucket, thus continu-
ing practice inaugurated some years
ago of naming their vessels in honor Of
towns and counties within the territory
served by the company, and also be-
ginning the name of each one in alpha
hatical rotation.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-11-10

Binks--I can't see how ] came to
break of that tooth of mine. Bolts
OF course not; it's your eye-tooth. H.
New York Press.
Didn't your sister object to all
those girls kissing your" "My sister?
She was busy kissing other fellows. -
Chicago Record.
think it's misnomer to say a man
is fired" don't know why. Because
fire doesn't get hot when it's put
out. -Philadelphia Bulletin. Ut
Why? she seems TO make regular
business Of flirting. And the worst Of
it is she does not keep her. business
Observation-Disclosures Bulletin.
Why do you let you little boy play
out on the sidewalk until bedtimeS II
we didn't, he would stay in the house
and ask us questions. Chicago Record.
A woman, said the Cornfed Philoso-
pher, gets mad at man IL he be
awkward in making love, and gets
madden if he makes love as il he had
lots Of experience. Indianapolis jour
nal.
well, Ethel" said the religious
caller, would you like to 60 to
heaven?" ''No, indeed" replied the
little one. mamma says that's where
Sister Agnes went, and she never came
hack. -Philadelphia North American.
Madame you've already overdrawn
your account. What's that? You
haven't any more money in the bank.
The idea. A fine bank, l think, to
be out of money because of the little
I've drawn! Well, I'll go somewhere
else. Chicago Record.
"Say, you were telling me the other
| day that you had some money to in.
vest. I've just heard of an excellent
chance for you" lis there trust in
this business you speak Off" No,
free competition all around. Ether
l don't want to put my money into it,
, If the trusts haven't got after it il
! can't be any good. cleveland Leader
WHAT'S this figure in the back
groundYT asked the German Emperor
: "That," answered the artist, sis sup
9 posed to be your Majesty on top of
5 mountain commanding the world
: Nonsense. Paint it out. The noun
o tain is very good idea: but the idei
Q of putting me in the background unde
i any circumstances is preposterous Pr
t Washington Star
!, What kind of a ring was it?" aske,
Q the detective. 81 judge it was a wed
b ding ring" replied the man who ha,
l. found the property believed to hav
been stolen. "Was there an inscription
on the inside of it?'' Yes "Wha
was it?" 1T was so worn that nothin
/ could be made of it. even with.a power
J. full magnifying glass. . Then it WASH
70 q wedding ring" briefly commente
the detective. Chicago Tribune.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-11-10

Hawaiian will add one word to our
slang vocabulary, says Leslie's Weekly.
Every soldier who leaves the port
carries it away, and somehow it sticks
to ones mind. 1t is "welakahoa"
pronounced willy. ka- how "a. It means
in Hawaiian, "Strike while the iron
is hot" 1t took the fancy of the
people who came to Honolulu long ago,
to grow up with the country. and is
now regular term, meaning "That's
all right or, if speaking of some
work being accomplished, THAT'S
done," until now it has become tho
expression among the people for any
thing they enjoy.