Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-12-26


the ordinary hot water bottle.
IL a shirt bosom or any other article
has been soorched in ifoning, place it
where the bright sunlight will fall
directly upon it, This, it Is said, will
surely take it out.
Recently London Tit Bits offered
prize for the best definition of home
Here orc some Of the answers:
Home--a casket containing most
precious NJ all jewels -domestic happi.
ness.
The blossom of which heaven is the
fruit.
A little hollow srooped out of the
windy hill OF the world as Shelter from
Its cares and yeSati1ns
The central telegraph office Of human
love, into which run innumerable wires
OF affection, many of them extending
thousands OF miles, but never dis
connected from the one great terminus.
The only place Oh earth where the
faults and failings Of humanity are
hidden beneath mantle of charity.
The place where one is treated best
ana grpmDles most.
II, Il. Rich of East Hampton, Conn,
had pumpkin vine ,S74 ieet in length
by actual measurement, which bnre 81
seed only and covered place 40 fest
square.
Max O'Rell thinks the press now full
fills the duties formerly monopolized by
RI iTtIn M nd ~ lie tnn %
the pen to refrain from writing on any
subject with which they hare not at
least an elementary acquaintance. IL
this plan were followed every where he
says that 20 years Hence the peace Of
the world would be assured.
John W. Gates, the former steel mag
nate, Gays automatic machinery for the
saving Of labor ia not used 10 numerous
German factories because the govern
ment desires to keep as many people
employed as IossIple. and the manu-.
facturers do not want to incur the dis
pleasure of the government.
: Says the Chicago News:
True wit never gives birth to i'll
| thoughts. .A5
Ill luck often turns friends into mere
acquaintance.
A wise man enjoys the little he has
while the fool is looking for more.
Wealth IL bottomless sea in which
honor and conscience may be drowned,
| ESoesses in youth are drafts upon cd
age, payable about 30 years after date.
A marriage license Is receipt in full
| for the promise man makes during
courtship
Nest OF the shadows that CROSS a
man path in life are caused by his
standing 10 his own way.
A Detroit man has pass which
ent ties him to carry his dog with him
oosthe street cars. The psss lie 10 the
shape of photograph of the dog, on
/ the back OF which il an order, signed
4! by the superintendent of the lines,
directing the conductors of all cars to
permit the dog 10 ride.
A An industrious seeker OF the curious
has discovered that President Roosevelt
! is the first occupant of the White House
lie whose name the letter "a" does noi
APT ear. ..'5'
A good many formalities are necessary
for the women of Sumatra before the,
can lay aside their widows weeds, says
Womanhood. Immediately after this
husbands death the disconsolAte widow
places flagstaff in front OF her door
and ON this q flag ia raised. As long Oh
the flag remains uniform by the WING
etiquette forbids her to marry, but with
! the appearance OF the first rent she car
lay aside her mourning Rarb, begin tt
take notice and to receive offers o
marriage. 1t would seem, therefore
that much depends on the strenuousnes,
OF the season, the favorableness OF thu
gales and the quality of the materia
used Ia the construction of the flag.
h. II. Giger of Independence, Kan.
urges the other Kansas farmers to Joil
him 10 an agreement not to raise an.
wheat next year. It's the only way, h
says, to force up the price.
Ivan Petroff of the United State
Census Bureau has created new recort
by taking census of Nuniyak Island
In Bering Sea, where the population
numbers 600 and feeds solely on walru
and fish.
The daughter of j. Pierpont Morgan
Miss Anne, as might be expected iron
such father, is systemat @ bushes
woman, keeping books OF her expense
and income and overlooking all her in
vestments herself.
To relieve nervous headache apEl
: hot water 70 the temples and back q
the neck. A hot foot bath will ais
> materially aid.
The Atlanta Journal is authority fc
3 the statement that Gen. Stonewa
! jackson saved the life of Mckinley
8 "At the battle Of Antietam, 1t says
T lone of Gen. jackson 3 men raised hi
: gun to fire at a Union soldier, VIII
: stood Just opposite the creek. AS
b was about to fire Gen. jackson said
t Stop, lower your gun; have watche
r that boy all day. He IL TOO brave
t be killed. The boy in blue was our lai
: PresIdent, then only II years of age.
d Through his mother, Martha Bul!oc
l. of Georgia, Theodore Roosevelt's al
9 cestry ia traced back to the Scottis
9 kings John and Edward Balio'. Tn
10 name, to escape the wrath Of Edwai
e |, King OF Enr'and, was changed
d Baltic, and from branch of tn
family, which early settled in ii
South, the President is descended.
70 When the first Bible Society in th
10 country was organized the Englli
language was spoken by only 20, 600, 0
people. Now l20, 000, 600 people spe'
y it. Then the Bible was printed in
:, languages; now it is printed in 4
m languages.
Edwio n Mead who adits the M