Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-09-12
MOSTLY SCISSORS AND PASTE.

SO much horror on the European con-
tinent, has contributed largely to make
the nation what it is today. 1t enabled
our forefathers to do an amount Of
work which it appals foreigners to
contemplate.
Alexander Simpson, the lawyer, was
elected president Of the Pennsylvania
Bar Association some time ago AS
soon as it had been announced that
Mr.. Simpson had been elected the
lawyers crowded around him and offered
congratulations Mr.. Simpson g little
son was in the soom, and for several
minutes he watched the crowd shaking
hands with his father. Then he made
his way through the crowd until he
reached bis fathers side. A gentleman
had Just. said g i congratulate you, Mr..
simpson, when the newly. elected
president felt tug at his coat. tail,
Looking down he saw his son.
Well, what is 1t, my boys" asked
ster.
Overcome with joy, Mr.. Simpson
picked up his son, Rugged him tightly
ano kissed the little fellow. The rest
ofohthh WdFb Two llOn8s'
Simpson, senior, ard Simpson, junior.
The other day one of the best known
English accident insurance companies
received claim for $50. The insurer
mad received blow In the eye which
compelled him to stay 10 the dark for
month. In the column cause Of
accident" we're written the sardonio
words, Went to peace meeting
One of the strangest botanical
ouriosities In the world is the wonder
wonder flower in the Malay peninsula.
IL is simply a blossom without leaves.
vine or stem, and grows as parasite
on decayed wood. This extraordinary
flower IS something like a yard Ia
diameter, and has a globular cum ia
the middle with capacity OF FIVE or
six quarts.
In Italy, Sandow made some astonisb.
ing records in wrestling. He challenped
all the champions, and fought some Of
them not singly but three at time.
Bartolotte, the Roman champion. was
one off, trio that he wrestled with
simultaneously, the rule being that
they were permitted to attack him as
they pleased, but that when one of
them was thrown he was to retire from
the bout. 1t took Sandow 80 minutes
to win. And in one Continental city he
was attacked in q cafe by a group of
scoundrels with knives. He took the
nrst man by the soutf of the neck,
ntted hlm in the air, got another grin
on MS feet, swung him once, and then
Drought him down on tho centre of a
table. This blow with human mallet
split the table in two, and the man
went through 1t. The other fellows
left.
Ours must be, not "a nation Of anna
tours, but nation Of professionals, il
~ ID to hold its own in the coming
struggles struggles not merely for
commercial dominance, but for the
supremacy OF political and moral Ideals.
OUT period of national isolation, with
all It. brought Of good or evil, has been
outilVed. The new epoch will place a
heary handicap upon ignorance of the |
actual world, upon indifference to in. |
transitional usages and Undertakings,
upon contempt for the foreigner, What |
is needed is, indeed, knowledge, and |
5nehsKili that knowledge makes possible.
Inc spirit with which we confront |
the national tasks of the future should |
nave the sobriety, the firmness, the |
steady effectiveness, which we associate |
WIN the professional. The August |
10 make a substitute for cream when |
you want to make ice cream and tbe |
cream is out, boil two quarts of wiIk |
10 double boiler or vessel set within |
announcer, hlled with boiling water; beat |
tne yolks OF eight eggs until light, add |
one ana half pounds OF white sugar
aud when the milk has reached the
poiling point stir Into IL slowly the
eggs and sugar. Let this boil two
minutes, strain while hot, and set away |
~ ~ oooh Ihen when ready to pour into
sne freezer add the whites of the eggs,
ing.
Like most public performers, Ssndow
mas had his hard times" and at the
outset OF his career, after. he had been
touring with oircuses and sitting as an
artlst's model, he found himself In low
water IN Amsterdam. What he wanted
10 bring himself to the front was adj
vertisement; he had the strength. He
suddenly turned his attention to the
automatic weightliftine machines IN
the town, and resolved to lift them with
vengeance. CharterinR a cab. he
drove all round Amsterdam, dropped a
penny in the slot OF each machine.
gripped the handle, aud-lifted In
every case the spring was smashed and
tne thing was thrown out of gear, The
Guy rang next day with the story OF a
gang of marauders ard their wilfuI
damage, q thousand guilders Leino
offered for information leading to their
arrest. Sandow repeated his perform
ance twice, and on the third trim round
was captured by the police. But he
pointed OUT to the authorities that he
mad done nothing wrong : he had
merely, as invited, PLACED his penny ia
the slot and tried bis lifting mowers
AS a necessary result, he was promptlv
released, and his great feat became the
talk of the town. He Immediately com.
menced successful season 10 his
proper character. 1t was his first big
hit as Snowman.
II know Of no meaner expeiiepoe
imam to get caught in lie that tbere
Is no necessity for telling, - said man
who holds down roll top desk in the
United Gas improvement Company.
"The other morning a
man with whom 1 have only a slight
came in and asked ma To
end him q. There was no reason wby
'hould not have refused him outright,
nut instead l explained that / had
some away from home with only some
nali change in my pocket. He accented |