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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-12-27
THE MILL OF CONGRESS-.

L. A. Coolidge in Ainsee's
"The average length of career In
Congress IL four years. At the begin
ming of every Congress about third
of the members of the House are new
to the business. 1t is rare thing for
member to make any sort of mark in
legislation before he has heen in the
House at least two full terms, and
those who have forced themselves above
the surface before the close of single
term can almost be counted on the
fingers OF one hand. The ordinary Con-
gresham comes and goes and leaves no
trace behind him, except on the salary
vouchers. The man who stays in the
House for more than two terms has a
fair chance Of welding little in
fiuence. He gets his name into the
Congressional Record once in while;
he is recognized by the Speaker oc-
casionally and if he is unusually lucky
the newspapers take him up and some
times give him headline all to him
self. There are 134 members of the
present House who are serving their
third term or better. Of these %, at a
generous estimate are 80 well-known
that their names might carry some
meaning outside their own State. The
work of Congressman is thankless
enough. 1t brings nothing in the way
of money little IN the way OF reIuta-
tion, except in rare instances, and a
vast amount Of drudgery. A man must
be in the harness for years generally
before he amounts to anything, and by
the time he begins to count in legisla-
tion he has lest his enthusiasm and
spirit, and becomes pack-horse. Once
tt,,, xr,h 10 Mt tk,ts, lie &c q,
flash across the dull legislative sky like
meteor, and sudden reputation is
made for new man. That was the
way with Bryan when he first came to
the House in the Fifty third Congress
and sprang into instant notoriety with
speech on the tariff that dazzled
erybody. Littlefield of Maine, made
an even more effective stroke last winter
with his argument against the unseat-
ing of the Mormon Roberts. These are
the most striking examples in recent
years of regulations quickly made.
A way back in the Fifty-thi,d Con-
gress, LATE Pence caught the House in
the first week after he toak his seat
with free silver speech. 1t is signifi.
cant that those who thus make dra-
matte entrance in the House rarely
count for much in legislation after
ward. Bryan never had any influence,
and all the while he stay 10 Con-
eress he was looked on as good talker
and nothing mere. Towne frittered him
self away after his silver speech, and,
as for LATE Pence, who had black type
in the newspapers for few days after
his maiden effort, it is hard NOWADAYS
to find anybody who can remember his
name"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-12-27
PURLIC PRAYER.
Too Little Attention Given by Ministers 3
It's Expression.

Too Little Attention Given by Ministers to
Its Expression.
Baptist Standard. .
For five ministers that can preach to
the edification Of intelligent Chris
tians, there is hardly more than one
that can genuinely lead" in prayer.
The rest occupy certain conventional
number of minutes in the enumeration
OF desired blessings, in language OF
recognized dialect, neither biblical nor
colloquial, and round out the prayer to
a familiar close. The beginning Of the
trouble is that, so far as we know, no
serious attention is given IN theologi.
cal seminaries to the training of young
ministers in public prayer. Little or
no time is given to the study Of the
best examples of such prayers, in the
Bible, the writings Of saints and sages,
the Book of Common Prayer" the
works Of modern preachers. The young
man of limited education has his SER
mons rigidly criticised by his in
structois, as to material, arrangement,
style, delivery. In his public prayers
he clings to provincialisms of speech,
such as forgive us of our SINS" to
Jesus" to the haokneyed phrases Of
ubo pray othiooIiupiouui- lploSS dli loI
whom we should pray" "May Thy
spirit rest down upon us. " and that
to bless" this branch of Thy Zion, -
and the like. He continues to utter
prayers without dignity, without depth,
without reality; and IN all this he goes
on without guide, learning better, il
he ever does, by observing the faults of
others and comparing them with his
own. This is all wrong. The public
prayer, though limited in time, is
equally important with the sermon as
means of raising human hearts to the
level of things divine. 1t IS worth
studying and worth teaching. We
venture TO say that many prayers are
spoken every Sunday morning which
the speakers would not be willing to
have appear in print unrevised, simply
because their orudities-grammati
rhetorical, theological would be too
obvious, The notion prevails in many
quarters that prayer should be entirely
extemporaneous, and evidence abounds
that some ministers give no time to
preparation for this most important
part of their public duties. A sentence
that is too vague, too weak, too repeti-
tious for sermon is not fit for a
prayer. Language that would not pass
muster in sermon can never be
worthy of tho sacred mystery and
miracle of prayer.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-12-27
SOME STATISTICS ABoUT TEA.

chicago news.
As to ea-mahing, one fact seems to
havo been established by all connois-
seurs: The tsapot should be warmed
before the leaves are put into it. Pour
ing hot water into it for moment ac.
complishes that. Then it is generally
conceded that the water should have
just reached the boiling point and BIZ
used Just on the instant, before it has
suffered losses from evaporation.
Without question the mixture should
not be allowed to boil. There may be
question Of whether or not coffee
should be allowed to boil, but.there is
none with reference to tea. Five to 10
minutes are allowed for sleeping in
some warm corner Of the stove, after
which the tea is ready for the cups.
In general ten does not range in price
much above 81 o pound. But, in spite
of this, there are teas that to the tea
cunnoisseur are fabulously rare and
fine. Sly, diplomatic old Ii Hung
Chang, visiting the Ucodent years ago,
left trail of scented teas through the
British Islands such as gave to Eng
lands favored ones new conception Of
the plant. Gladstone was one who at
tested to the virtues of these magic
leaves.
Much of the finest tea grown in
China is consumed in that country,
even there commanding high price.
Little of the ''pekoe tip tea finds it
way out Of the kingdom, and then it
comes as souvenir and not as com
modify. This is the budded tip of the
tender branches of the plant, and they
are bound together in little bundles.
a.nI -
come from the same bush-the pekoe
tip being first choice. Next in order
are orange pekoe, pekoe, souohong and
congou, all representing the stage Of
growth of the leaves.
Green tea is the leaf plucked and
dried quickly and treated to coating
OF Prussian blue in the drying. Black
teas may come from the same shrubs,
but they are fermented before drying,
losing much of the undesirable fannie
the teas imported to America is classed
as slow middlings'' and much of it
has been ''doctored' to meet market
demands.
The tea production of the world has
been estimated at 700, GOO, 900 pounds
annually, of which China produces
$50, 600, 600 pounds, India and Ceylon
are credited with 200, 900, 900, Japan
100, 600, 900 and Java %, 900, 900 pounds
OF this vast crop Great Britain alone
consumes $4,000, 900 pounds, or more
than seven pounds to each man, woman
and child in the kingdom.
From the beginning of tea drinking
in the United Kingdom in 1865, when
the pulpit, and almost the state, was
against 1t, the habit has grown
amazingly. Someone has remarked the
fact that "to be in tea" in that country
does not close Mayfair to the trades
man unless he should be SO obtuse as
to sell sugar also. Yet Hahnemann,
founder of great school of medicine,
once wrote Of the tea merchant as ian
immoral member of sooIety, lying in
wait for mems purses and lives"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-12-27

Bradstreet's notes that seasonable
conditions rule in trade at present.
Holiday trade activity is widespread,
and comparisons with previous years
are favorable at most markets, with the
possible exception CT some parts of the
Northwest, where the spring wheat
shortage and unreasonable weather have
checked distribution. Notably cheerful
reports come, too, from Western job
bers, who have been called on for
reassorting orders, and who report col
leutions good. Current gross railway
earnings are running we'll up to or in
excess of last year, though some de-
crease might naturally have been looked
for. Net earnings of the railroads, as
a whcle, are smaller than last year, be-
cause the decreases due to the coal
strike are now in evidence. Bank
cleariugs are little below those of last
year, which, it will be recalled, were
the heaviest of any week in 1899, be-
cause of the swelling OF bank opera.
tions by the short lived December panic
of last year. Speculation IN the cereals
has been narrow, dull and featureless,
but Prices have been aided by shorts
covering on Argentine crop reports, adj
vices of an exportable surplus from that
country of only 10000, 900 bushels and
the poor grade OF receipts at the North
west.
R. g. Dun, & Co. g Review says:
Distinctive holiday business, which
at this period OF the season means re-
tail distribution, has shown further
| improvement, and no complaint is heard
from any quarter, while the lewelry
trade Is much more active than for
| .,t Da,1 nf,fV
for the first half of December we're nc
per cent larger than last year and 1915
per cent over 1888. These are much
heav Ter figures than in November for
| the same roads Unchanged conditions
in the leading manufacturing industry
during the last week before the holt
days mean much. At this time in ordi-
nary years fur naces close down in large
nun bers, and dullness is general at
| mills and shops where iron and steel
are handled. Instead Of reduction of
working force or conce ssions in price
this year, however, reports from the
principal cities indicate the existence
of contracts that will take months to
fill, and new sales are made at the
for ner level, despite much talk of
cheaper ore next year. Instead OF holt
day quiet in the wool market the last
weeks figures of sales at the three
chief Eastern markets amount to Z, 23S, :
600 pounds, against 6,755, 800 In the
preceding week, and 5,267,34 two
weeks ago, while a year ago the aggre-
gate has fallen to 1912, 500 pounds from
an average of over 11,C00, 600 pounds in
the two previous weeks. Prices are
steady, but show no recovery from the
recent decline, and manufacturers pur-
chase only raw material to fill orders. I"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-12-27
THE SHELL.
Frank Sayile.

From DER the sea it came to me
Blush-tinted as the dawnins day,
1t brimmed with murmured melody,
In chords of bilow breeze and spray,
And whispered echoes ceaselessly
From sun.girt oceans far away.
Dream tales it wove of Faerie cove
And cavern in the deep sea'dell.
Where, ambushed by the coral grove,
The mermaids and the mermen dwell,
And hunt the reckless dolphin drove
Beneath the long Pacific swell.
All, we'll it knew the phantom crew
That ever beat against the breeze
With tagging keel.to groove the blue
OF deep, unfathomed, charities seas,
Or sought within the dark bayou
The hidden boards of centuries.
Oh. it could speak of crag and peak
Uplift above the climbing tides,
OF still lagoon and tropic creek
Wherein the alligator hides.
oh those clear depths the divers seek,
And where the pearlng galley rides.
And now within the city din
It's spell is DER the aching jar;
The roaring street finds echo in
The songs of southern seas afar,
The voice of wanton waves that win
The ramparts of the coral bar.
Pail Mall Magazine
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-12-27

The Elton jacket in its various modi-
fications makes the accepted short
wrap for street wear. The model illus
trated IS one of the best and most avail
able, as we'll as the latest offered. 1t
can either be turned back to form long,
tapering revers or closed in double
breasted style with one short rever
turned back from the right side. In
either case the two thicknesses provide
ample warmth and special protection
for the lungs and chest, while the high,
flaring collar is worn well up about the
throat and the back of the head. As
shown, the material is velvet with re-
vers and collar OF Persian lamb and
the jacket is designed for wear with
various skirts, but cloth and oheviot
are equally suitable for the purpose
and the design is also appropriate for
costumes of broadcloth, zibeline and all
the range of suiting materials. This
revers and collar can be of any fur
desired, Persian cloth, astrachan or
velvet, or can be of applique Of cloth or
silk over white, or covered with braid
ing on the cloth foundation.
The fronts are fitted by means of
single darts and are Joined to the
seamless back by under-arm cores that
are curved to fit the figure snugly and
gracefully. The fronts are faced and
rolled back to form the revers. The
high collar is cut In sections that en-.
sure the necessary curve and flare. The
sleeves are two-seemed and fare over
the hands, where, as shown, they are
finished with bands of fur.
To cut this jacket for woman of
medium size AIS yards of material 81
inches wide, 2114 yards A inches wide,
or la yard 30 inches wide, will be Ie-
CURED.
The pattern No. 1857 is cut in sizes
for 32, "a. SO, 3s and 40 inch bust
measure.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-12-27
COALITION DnrEcTs OF sIGHT.
Many Persons Refuse to Wear Glasses 4,
the Sake of Their Looks.

Many Persons Refuse to Wear Glasses for
the Sake of Their Looks.
Youths Companion
The three defects of sight which are
most commonly encountered In other
wise healthy persons, and which can
be more or less perfectly overcome by
by means of glasses, are nearsigh ted-
ness. farslghtedness and astigmatism.
These are all important, for, besides
the discomfort and annoyance of imEer-
feet sight, the involuntary efforts which
the sufferer makes to see better strain
the eyes, and not only iniure them, but
also give rise, through reflex action, to
headaches and various nervous dis
turbances.
Nearsightedness, sbortsightedness or
myopia, as it is variously called, is a
condition of the eyeba!l-usually a
lengthening-iu consequence of which
tine rays of light are brought to focus
in front of the retina, and so the OBJ
jact is blurred.
This condition may exist from birth,
but is usually the result of too much
and too early use of the eyes, as in the
case of students, engravers, women who
do line sewing, and SO forth. Thus we
may say that putting the children to
work at some of the kindergarten eAer-
cises, such as perforating and draw
ing. is in a double sense shortsighted
procedure.
Many near sighted people refuse to
wear glasses, preferring to deprive
themselves of sight fol- everything be-
yond the nose rather than to iniure
their personal appearance, as they think.
This is another shortsighted policy,
for, besides losing much of the Joy of
existence which comes from seeing the
beautiful things about and above us,
such persons are very liable to suffer
from inflammation of the eyes, pro-
duced by constant strain.
A less common defect is long or far
sightedness, or hypermetropia. This is
the opposite of mycria, the eyeEall
being tlattened or shortened, and the
rays of light, consequently, not coming
to focus by the time they reach the
retina.
In this case the eye often corrects The
defect more or less successfully by MAX
| ing the crystal line lens more convex,
hut it does this at the expense of the
| sufferers nervous force, and SO we
often find tired and congested eyes,
headaches, indigestion, and even seri-
GUS nervous affections. The effort to
correct the vision is entirely involun.
tary, and can be overcome only by the
fitting of suitable convex glasses. A..
The third and most common defect is
astigmatism. In this condition there
is some irreeularity of the surface OF
the eye or of the lens, by means Of
which the image as it reaches the
retina is distorted. Untreated astigma-
tism is frequent cause of headache
and other nervous disturbances. The
only relief is the wearing of glasses, al
least while reading, writing. or when
ever near objects are looked at.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-12-27
Casey and the Law.


A Canadian gentleman, Casey by
name, was appointed to government
place which technically had to be &C.
oupied by lawyer, which Mr.. Casey
was not. The benchers of the Law
Society, however, undertook to obviate
the technicality and appointed one of
their numher as special examiner to
examine him as to his knowledge of
the law.
swell, Casey said the examiner,
what do you know about law, any
way?" ... ...
ITO tell the TRUTH" replied the can
didate, II dom t know single thing. !"
The examiner reported, stating in
his affidavit THAT he had examined
Mr.. Casey as to his knowledge of the
law, and, to the best of his informa-
tion and belief, he had ansa cred the
questions entirely correctly" Mr..
Casey was admitted to the bar. Law
Notes.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-12-27
Rise of the Green carnation.

Boston Herald.
The green carnation has broken loose
again, making it's aesthetic reappear-
anoe 10 Paris. 1t has even become q
science, and ladies go and eagerly fol-
low ct the Sorbonne the lectures of a
celebrated chemist whose specialty, is
the artificial coloiatio of flowers. 1t
may be recalled that it was quite by
chance that the green carnation came to
tight. A young girl who was making
flowers for milliner let fall one day
into vase where there was bouquet
of white carnations few drops of the
aniline with which she was painting
the foliage of rose. In moment, to
her establishment, she saw that her
carnations had turned delicate green.
This discovery was at once utilized by
her lover, who on the E;orrow sent
baskets of green carnations to the
market, where they we're sold for 60
cents apiece. But the feast was OF
short duration. The municipal labora-
tory of Paris got wind of the affair.
pounced upon the carnations, and de-
nounoed what it called dangerous
fraud, as the mere smelling Of these
strangely disguised flowers had pois-
onous effects. Prof. Dubois of the
Sorbopne shows now, however, that the
discovery was not a new one. 1t was
found out in 1709, man, Magnal by
name, having plunged white tubei oses
in the juice Of phylotaque, and OBJ
tanned pale pink flowers Of the most
ravishing hue. He made lots of money
by it, as did another ingenious italian,
who made black convolvuli by dipping
the stems Of the flowers in ink. A
very cheap device for making nature
look ridiculous.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-12-27
PAN-AMERlCAN EXPOSlTIONA BUFFALO

e. j. Costa of Buffalo, N. Y, travel
ing representative of the Publicity
Department of the Pan Amer lean Elk.
position to be held at Buffalo next
year, has been here several days in the
interest of the exposition. He dis
tributed large amount of advertising
for the affair. Among the specialties
was an embossed view of the American
continent, North and South America
being each represented by beautiful
woman in flowing drarery, their
position b6ing such as to admirably
represent the formation of these two
sections of the continent. Also, cards.
innumerable and handsome Autographs
of the plans of the exposition grounds,
some of the latter being framed for
hanging.
A particularly valuable feature of
these advertising specialtIes was a book
setting forth the attractions OF the ex-
position, Of Buffalo, Niagara Falls and
the surrounding country, handsomely
printed and beautifully illustrated.
Much interest in this exposition is
felt in and around Wilmington, and it
is probable that the attendance from
this section will be very large.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-12-27

An Island in the Pacific Which is or in Its
Reclcnnings.

hecRDninSs.
New York Times. ..
One of the facts as to distant PARTS
of the world which sifted into this city
during the Eoumenicai Council on
Missions ia that there is an island,
Rarotonga, in Polynesia, which is badly
mixed in its reckoning of the days of
the week.
This island, only 81 square miles Of u
hill sticking out of the sea, with one
Fort, Ararna, flies the British flag, and
is an orthodox Church of England
settlement. No one impeaches the
doctrine OF the first missionary, but it
is conceded that, from causes which
tradition does not specify, he was some
what muddled, and announced his first
religious sery ices for Saturday, think
ing it was Sunday. Rarotonga in
nocently fell into the missionary s
blunder, and the mistake was not dis
covered for generations.
Recently, when the reforming Legis-
lature undertook to correct the error,
the natives became indignant and re-
fused 10 make any concessions to such
new tangled notion. Now they stay
home on Saturdays and they keep the
day as Sunday, religiously refusing to
work, while the English population
have acceIted the corrected calendar.
As result the natives have two holi-
days each week.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-12-27
"ENOUGH FOR ME-"


Sometimes think I'll thrash him good
He needs 1t bad. I'm sure,
An sometimes-well, | b'lieve would
N then can't endure
T. tech TIL 'musin' little kid.
For when he smiles. y see,
He looks jes' like his mother did,
An that's enough for me.
~ guess hundred times or more
I've taken him inside ...
TIL bedroom there. an closed tn door
An tried an tried an tried
T. bring myself to strike him onct,
Jes' onct- au' then see
His mothers smile on his wet face,
An that's enough for me. y,
First think know Pm sittin' there
Pettin' the little chap,
An strokin' of his curly hair,
Holdin' him in my lap,
An dreamin' of her-seein' her
Jes' as she used to be,
An somethin' makes my ewes q blur
An me cry silently,
"He's got the same brown eyes she had
An the same silky hair,
Looks so like her, til little lad,
That-well, jes dom dare.
To lay finger rouph on him,
It'd almos' seem as though
] was a. bein' harsh to her
An so let him CO.
HE amt bad boy-no, he amt,
Jes' mischievous, that's all,
In all his makeup tn amt faint
o. meanness-an' call
II mind when things she used to do
Exactly like he does,
thought was jes' tn cutest an
TIL dearest ever was.
"Y' know, sometimes he'll come t. me
An say to me: Say, Dad.
Y amt goin' to whip me, now, are We?
amt been very bad
An then he'll twist, an sort o. smile,
NV ewes get blurred an dim,
TIL amt enough gold in tn world
r. hire me T. tech him.
Folks say I'm spoilin' him--maybe
am. but / don't dare
To tech him rough-he looks like she
Did, an so don't care.
He puts his little arms aroun'
My neck. an can see
Her in his eyes, so big an brown,
An that's enough for me-"
Bismarck Tribune.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-12-27

bility the citizen assumes to his
government where the people rule y
10 conclusion, Mr.. Cleveland said
the greatest danger attending the ac-
cumulation Of wealth is found in its
hardening effect upon the heart and
conscience and its suffocation of our
best feelings and impulses, and added:
ut is deoreed that we can surely
exact our dues from the world and at
the same time can achieve SUCCESS
that shall be glorious. To do this it is
only required of us to be true to our
selves, true to our duty to humanity,
obedient to the Divine law and sub
missye to the will of God.n
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-12-27

1t is understood that tina Whining
ton City Railway Go. ia the company
which has purchased controlling in
terest in the Wilmington & Christiana
turnpike, and expects to extend its
trolley system to Newport and Stanton
next spring.