Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1851-10-31
From the London Punch.

enough to print my challenge to Mr.. Hobbs?
challenge him to open lock-for $500 side
or G50-or box of cigars-or dinner for a dozen
anything he pleases. 1t isn't the money want,
but merely the principle of the thing. am con-
fdent of winning
MIR. Hobbs boasts of having opened Bramahs
lock with twenty tumblers.
This was done in daytime. Can he do much
at night?
don't wish to boast, old Punch. but I mean to say
that have been in the habit for the last three years,
after going home from the Coal Hole cider cellars,
of opening lock-a patent Chubb-with at least
twenty-five tumblers l-tumbers of gin and water
bot ! mind you-and this have done, not with set
of instruments, but with simple latchkey! and
proud to say my hand has never failed me once
Now, my dear boy, if MIR Hobbs will undertake
to do much for three consecutive years, will pro-
mise to pay him the e500-or the 950-or the box
of cigars the dinner for dozen-or anything he
pleascs-in the event of his being the winner, which
doubt very strongly; for very few men, fatter
myself are equal to the task of opening lock with
five and twenty tumblers of hot giu-and-wa
This is a fair challenge. in proof of which have
the pleasure of subscribing myself to the extent of
three-pence every week.
Your constant admirer,
FELIX FAsTBoY. D. D.
and my money-or my dinner or my cigars,
the may be, to be heard of at any time be-
tween the hours of four and twelve, at the Albion,
and afterwards first at the cider cellars and then at
the Coal Hole.
AN ENEMY's CouRTEsY-When the Crusaders,
under King Richard of England, defeated the Sara
Gems, the Sultan, seeing his troops fly asked what
was the number of the Christians who making
all this Slaughter He told that it was only
King Richard and his men, and that they all
on foot. Then" said the Sultan God forbid that
such noble fellow King Richard should march
on foot, and sent him a noble charger. The mes
senger took it and said Sire the Sultan sends you
this charger, that you may not be foot" The
King cunning as his enemy, and ordered one
of his squires to the horse in order try him
The squire obeyed but the animal proved fiery: and
the squire being unable to hold him in he set off at
full speed to the Sultans pavilion The Sultan ex-
pected he had got King Richard, and was not lit
tie mortified to discover his mistake.
THE Ex-QUEEN OF SPAIN-Queen Christina and
her husband, the Duke of Rianzares, staying at
Tarancon, the birth place of the latter. The veal
thy fnancier, Carriquiry. who has immense posses
sons in that neighborhood had organized bull fight
in honor of the illusrious lady The local paper is
in ecstacies the brliancy of the entertainment
no fewer than twenty horses killed, and one
of the toreadors diabled. The Barcelona papers
state that The English ship of the line the Trafl gar
had anchored in the roads, and that the officers had
been invited to ball.
DEATH OF A S1MILE.-ln the backwards of one of
the southern States there dwel of those clerical
characters common to the piney woods. with small
natural ability. and still smaller requirements, re-
markable only for the tenacty with which lie would
cling one idea He had taken the notion that his
Satanic mai estv bore striking resemblance to a
black fox. While illustrating this simile one Sab
! hath to his congregation, for the thousanGh time
save one, chap, who had been hunting near by. ar
rived at the meeting house door with his gun and
game; and surfing the action to the word threw a
defunct black fox upon the floor in the front of the
astonished parson, esclaimins-' There. Parson Me-
k, blast your black fox-T have killed him at
last and reckon you needn't make more noise
about it no how" 1t is needless to say that it was
the death-blow to Parson McK-s smile.
SINE DIE.--In neighborng county, the Demo
Gratis had for twenty years been in the habit Of
holding their county nominating conventions at the
house Of saunch old Democrat Mr. c.
He happened on recent occasion, for the first
time to be in when they had finished their business
and heard little delegate from R move that
this convention do now adjourn SINE die.'
Sine die" said Mr.. c. to a person standing
near, ''where is that q
"W'y-that's way up in the northern part of the
county, said his neshbor.
} Hold on if you please, Mr. Cheerman" said c.
with great earneSness and emphasis; hold on, sir
I'd like to be heard that question. I have kept
public house for morn twenty years. I'm
poor Eve always been democrat and never
split nv ticket in my life. This is the most centra
location in the county. and its where we've aHer
held our caucuses I've never had, or asked an of
fee, and have worked nj ht and day for the party
and now think sir it's mean, it's contemplate, t.
90 to adiournng this convention qroq up to sae die
! SPIRIT Of the Times.
! LIFE IN CH1LI-The New Orleans Picayune says
\ friend of ours a resident of Santiago de Chi
Ii in South America, in private letter. gives us
very amusing account of some of the phases of f
, in that distant cline. They have warm times dowr
: there sometimes The Shaking Quakers must hav
originated there Just about the hour that an earth
quake made its debut:
e THE only amuSements we have here are earth
= quakes and revolutions. We expect a few more i
about three weeks from this time. The revolution
# great shakes'-the fighting being only SO
f But the yethquakes' vegetables and no mis-
s take. 1t is common thing here, during their oc
currence have the plugs shaken out Of ones teeth
and sometimes, as the natives relgously affirm, tn
# entire tooth is thrown out by the roots
E. The ordinary mode of churning butter IN thi
J. country is to put the milk in skin-usualy dog
h skin-tie it donkey; mount boy on him wit
rowels his spurs about the length of the animal
T. ears and then run him four mile heats But in thes
e earthquake times they hang up the dogs skin an
s the spurs and leave it to the quakes to make tn
d butter come =!
WITTY TRUTH-The celebrated Er Johnso
said that in epigrams truth generally sacrifice
# to point but insert below case in which trut
It adds point TO the sentiment. At celebration of tn
IT last 4th of July, in Paris by number of American
d the following of the toass given the bar
Y quet:
Of = The Cartrideebor, the BaLot-bor and the Ban,
e. boz The external the internal and the eternal pr
j. servatives of Repubcansm.'
10 This (says a contemporary is the best toast eve
" drank on the Fourth of July, in America Europ
1t is worthy of being placed at the head of Lord B;