Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-01-31
HOOPS PiLLs cure conEtipation. 20 conts.


for penoies In tue Southwest and no
the Pacific Coast, where for years until
quite recently, the nickel was the
smallest subsidiary coin in active cir
culation. There Is, however, law
before Congress now permitting their
coinage in other mints.
In Germany IL is considered necessary
that child should 'go up" before ii
goes down in the world, 90 1t is carried
upstairs as coon a. born. In case there
are no stairs, tho nurse mounts table
or chair with the infant.
Hiram Crouk OF Dun Brook, town of
| Western New York, the only survivor
Of the War of 1912, has Just received
letter of congratulations from the
veteran artillery corps OF the Military
Society of the War of 1879 upon his
having lived In three centuries. Mr..
! Cronk was horn In the first year Of the
last century In Frankfort, and few
years after the family settled at Wright
| Settlement, near Rome, and in 1887
| moved to the town OF Western, then
located in wilderness, where Hirsln's
| father had farm. Hiram, his father
and brother enlisted Ia the War OF 1872
and were IN the service at Sacket's
ilarbnr. Mr.. CroEk's name is the only
name in the list OF survivors OF the
War of 1912 as published by the United
States CommisFi ner OF Pensions. He
10 nov drawing pension OF 81 a
month. Mr.. Cronk is still living at
Dun Brook. On April 9th last he
celebrated his centennial anniversary.
"If thou dost bid thy friend farewell.
But for one night though that farewell
may be.
Press thou his hand In thine.
Huw canst thou tell how far from thee
Fate or caprice may lead his steps ere that
Men have been known lightly to turn the
corner OF a street,
And days have grown to months,
Aid months to tagging years, ore they
| Have looked In loving eyes again.
Yea, find thou always time 20 say soma
Between the idle talk, lest with thee hence
forth,
Night and day, regret should walk"
Farm hands are so scarce in Germany
that difficulty IL experienced In raising
! enough sugar beets to supply the de
mands of the factories.
! As has been said before, Charles is .
/ very observing boy. Yesterday one oil
, manuals friends came to the house Il
call. Mamma was out and Charles
! opened the door. 4
! MAMMA Is not home, . he said.
: "Will you please give her my care
! when she comea?" inquired the caller
! "Yeth, ma'am," said Charles.
The ealler opened her card case, ant
as she withdrew the engraved paste
board a bit Of tiFsue PAPER fiutterei
down onto the steps. Very grandly
= Charles picked it up and handed it tt
> her, saying.
"You dropped one of your cigarette
papers.
g ''The most remarkable draw eve
!. saw made at poker was in Chioag
\ club one night. " said Robert Hurd o
i Illinois. There were five OF us in
little social game, with limit of s25
/. and all jaokpots A friend Of mine
a whom / will call Jones, was dealing
d was first under the guns and passed
n as did also the two men sitting next
Tho fifth man-we will say bis nam
II | WAS bTuWu-UDbNcu blb pun JUT "a
rs Jones didn't nave the shadow Of
4 thing in his hands, but be raise
d Brown $40, intending to stand pat an
/, bluff it out. Brown had three aces
II and he came back at Jones with 81
better.
"Now, instead Of laying down, as
d wise man should in a case like that
d Jones determined to see it through
:, lie knew, of course, that 1t would b
Ie useless to try and bluff, so he dre'
lie three cards to a king and queen {
|. spades. Brown had drawn two card
= to his aces, and had gotten sma
is pair. AS bait he led off the bettin
ID with s.. Jones hadn't looked at hI
" hand until Brown bet, and when
n picked up his cards be almost fe
ID dead. He had drawn mn ace, jack an
ID ten of spades. making royal fiust
Ii They raised each other back and fort
at unti one or the other had all hi
money in, and when the hands wei
shown the game broke up right there.
,g Memberships in the New Yor
OF Stock Exchange are now held to |
is worth S52, 200, and one has been So
at these figures. In 1893 two membe
ships were Sold lone al S13, 500 aud ii
On other at Sl7,500
ID
as The late Lord Armstrong was ms
of exquisite taste and refinement, al
ne his pet aversion was what be callt
the vulgar practice Of swearing.
Some years ago, when the Elswit
ne guns used to be tested on the Uragsi,
y. hill, young geutleman-a student
u, Elswick was working the gun tn
was being tested, and something harii
et gone wrong with 1t, he exclaimed: 20
d. the thiug!'' but observing th
ak Sir william, as he was then, bad hea
~ him, he at once apologized. S
ly William rebuked him thus: .
swearing will advance science, swe
away as long rs you like: but IL
er won't, what is the good of it?"i
In
d. In 1899 California shipped to Engls
95, SIT cases of canned fruits. In Is
the number of cases was $50, BOB
~ increase of over 800 per cent iu sew
. years.