Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-11-29

manufacturer Of explosives, who, when
some of his workmen were blown up,
locked them for the time that they
we're In the air. A MiddleseS tEnglandl
man has, however, ''gone one hetter'
than this. lie gives his child 'en
penny each at night to 10 TO bod with
out any supper, and changes them
penny api zee for their breakfasts next
morning, in order, as he says, to teach
them the value Of money.
Quail are destroying the crops of the |
Colorado farmers, and have been de-
clared u nuisance by various town ard
county boards. ....
IL is pleasant In this matter fact,
work a. day world of ouis to come upon
hit of genuine sentiment. Robert
Day Melhuish, a fishmonger Of Grimsby,
England, befriended the miners of
South Wales two years ago, when they
we're on strike. He sent them q LARGE
consignment Of his wares for distribu-
tion among the neely at Newport And
now Mr.. Melhuish himself has fallen
Ii on evil days, and those whom he
obliged are going to return the compi-
ment. They have organized large
| IuR. AT WuiCb q NoiioSbioh 30 w ~
made, and meanwhile they have sent
their former benefactor some funds in
anticipation of their larger efforts on
his behalf There is as g cd fish in
the sea as ever came out Of it, and the
proverb applies ne rertinently to men
with their heart in the right place as
to denizens Of the deep.
An increase of 100 per cent in the
support of Prohibition in one Of the
loca newsraper offices in thus on
planned: There ussd to be one Prohibit
ZIONIST there; in the last campaign
there were two and one of them wins a
nominee for Office.
At dinner party young man was
once talking rather fqolishly about
Darwin and his books, speaking very
contsmptuonsly of them, and he said
to the Bishop of Winchester (Wilber-
foroe): my Lord, have you read Oar
wins last book On the Descent OF
Mann" Eyes, have" said the
bishop; whereupon the young man con
tinued: What nonsense it is, talkin
of our beine descended from apes
Besides. can't see the use of such
stuff, | can't see what difference il
! would make to me il my grandfather
WAS an ape" mo" the bishop re-
piled. II don't see that 1T would
!; but 1t must have made an amazing
difference to your grandmother " TIT
young man had no more to say.
Andrew Lang says: cit is almost
i safe way tn success, an attack, il
fiction, on. the clergy. They get ex
! cited, preach sermons, and unwisel,
] advertise the peccant volume. The.
ought to be less sensitive. Solicitors
, baronets. earls and minor poets hav
long been the recognized butts o
, noveiists. Yet solicitors suffer meekly
the Order OF Baronets holds its peace
J the peers are more than usual calm,
, and the minor poets do not givo
? single expletiye when novelists rag
against them. The ministers uf relig
ion ought to initiate this dignifie
I tranquility, even when censured by tn
9 inspired Miss Corelli. But we canno
Q teach worldly prudence to our ghostl
Q counsellors-th will rush into print
g The defeat of Bryan was doubtless
r great delight to II certain small boy i
n this oity. For on the occasion {
o Bryan's visit, when he was bein
Q driven to the residence Of Peter !.
y Ford TO take supper, this boy foilowe
n the carria2e aud shouted: "You won
n git itn' You won't git it!'' "Yo
;, won't git it!'' Nothing was said b
% any one in the carriage. After suppe
l. Mr.. Bryan was driven down town
y take part in the parade Again tt
If thought Bryan had not heard h
II Hnolurntton fnr ha pontt In ua6 IN phpt,
70 "You won't git itg' "You waa't q
l. it!'' Finally, Bryan leaned over to OF
of his fellow passengers in the carrial
and said: "Weil. il I am elected,
will be great blow to that boy"
IA The Snectator