Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-01-24

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Lansing, Is the Oldest man In the
postal service, and is believed to be
the oldest employee of the Federal Gov
eminent In any capacity. He was APP
pointed Under the administration OF
John Quincy Adams, 1923, and has
served under 10 Presidents and 81
PostmastefstG General. In all that time
the town Of North Lansing has not
grown much, and Postmaster Bardsley Is
salary Is after all these years no more
than IL was at the beginning of his
term--Sl75 year. When he was ap-
| pointed there we're but 5000 post
offices in the United States. Now The
number Of post offices Is 76,6S8. Mr..
Bardsley will be ono Of the Govern
ment's invited guests at the Inaugural
| tion OF President Mckinley next
March. In all the years of his service
| not single complaint relative to his
management Of the office has been
filed.
A certain lady, an English magazine
| relates, ureamt that she was in Hong
| kong, and that she saw her uncle ther
fathers brother and his wife in the
form of candles burning down to an end.
| There was sort Of race to see which
would die out first, and she was
curiously interested in it. At last, to
her intense delight las it Heemed). the
aunt fiickered out first, to BIZ followed
shortly by the uncle.
| Some days after this she heard that
| her uncle and aunt had both died at
the same time at Hongkong. The uncle
left a will bequeathing all his properly
to his wife. The wife had died intes-
tate, nod 10 the property was claimed
by her heir-at-law. The lady now
began to tell her wonderful dream. At
last abe happened to mention 1t to q
legal luminary, and whom shs told him
also how the property had gone. he
became suddenly Interested. ~ here
may be scmething in the dream he
said. According to it your aunt died
frat, leaving no will. Therefore your
uncle's will became valusless, and he
practically died intsstste. Therefore
bis property would go TO his heii at
law who, as far as | can see, is your
self. II is worth inquiring about. :"
| Thes'lady instituted inquiries, proved
the sccuracy Of the dream, and got the
money.
After having supplied moonshiner
in q South Carolina Jail with month 3
supply OF smoking tobacco" said q
government surveyor the other day, 81
presumed upon the deed to ask:
| Didn't you know, it was against
the lay to manufacture moonshine
81 heard that was a law once, he
replied.
| What do you mean by 'once?'
Why j uba French told me thar
was sich a law. but when / asked Jim
| Truman about it he says that Juba is
sich liar that nobody kin believe
him under oath, and SO / reckoned
| was safe to go ahead. Shoe, but /
| wonder how Tuba come to tell the truth
fur thar one timer
Tharo is q photographer 10 New York
who has adopted as speciality that
phase Of bis business which most
| picture makers detest-the making of
babies pictures. He takes no pictures
of grown people.
Someone has suggested a few things
that every girl can learn before she ss
| II. Not everyone can learn to play or
sing or paint well enough to give
pleasure to her friends, but the fol-
lowing Accomplishments" are within
-ef6ryuOuyiB rehon.
Shut tine door, aud shut it softly.
| Keep your own room 10 tasteful order.
Have an hour for rising and rise.
| Never let button stay off "a hours.
| Always know where your things are.
Never let a day rass without doing
something to make somebody comfort
| able.
| Learn to make bread as we'll as cake.
| Never go about with your shoes un-
buttoned. Home Notes. &
The mouse which dispersed whole
| women'B rights meeting has turned up
| again. This time 1t was in Austria at
/ q great stare concert. A famous singer
was delivering famous song. Sud.
| denly the mouse came on the stage
| from the prompt side. The famous
singer stopped, trembled, wavered be-
| tween fear and etiquette, and then
boldly, though somewhat tremulously,
continued.
Tho mouse. daunted by SO much
heroism, left the stage and made
straight for the bench wherein sat the
diplomatic ladies. Why he selected
them for attack is not known. When
they saw this terrible monster coming
| straight at them fiutter arose, there
was a Tremendous struggle between
terror and etiquette, and then panic set
in. Some of the ladies got on chairs,
others skirmished away down the hall.
The older courtiers were horribly
shocked at this behavior in the
presence of royalty, but the Emperor,
who 10 humane and polite sovereign,
decreed perfectly gravely that 1t was
quite In accordance with etiquette for
ladies to get on chairs in the presence
OF mouse.
There are about 3, 800 miles Of rail
! road in Russia, OF which $500 miles
are operated by the imperial govern
| ment Pension funds are maintained
for the employees of these roads. These
| funds amount to something like
s55, 900, 600.
In 1876 the postage on letter from
| New York to Wisconsin WAS % cents.
| People wrote long letters in those day 8
in a fine copper plate hand on thin
paper-to get the worth of their money
but theyswrote seldom.
"There Is man in our company. >"
says Philadelphia stage manager,
| who hash b drunk drop of water in
n years. He boasts of 1t. He is al
ways the first man into the theatre for
a performance, and is as regular as
clock work at rehearsals. No, he isn't a
'rumny, In fact, liquor is most re-
pugnant'to him. But for 81 years he
has drunk nothing but tea, and be
will probably continue 10 his present
course until be dies. He carries his
| little portable gas arraupement aiout