Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-07-22


The ''slant-cyed natives of China arc
suggested as the best material for reorgan
lied Gotham police.
A man in Norwich, Connecticut, has
domesticated lot of toads, which keep hi.
garden clear Of insects.
Two New York butchers were thecon
testants in embarrassing match for $500
on Saturday. The winner dressed five calvc:
in superior manner in 29a minutes.
1t is understood that as soon as the
Great Eastern returns to Europe she will
take fresh cable on board and start for Indi,
to lay line between Bombay and Suez.
The latest new State scheme is to sepa.
rate the two western tiers OF counties from
Arkansas, join them to the Indian Territory
and form new State with the capital al
Fort Smith.
"A Cincinnati treasury agent caused him
self to be locked up in bank vault to escape
the wrath of n tobacco dealer whose factory
he had closed, and who was hunting him
with big whip.
London is to have the pleasure of list
ening to Chinese comic singer named Chez
Nah. The natural tones and manners OF
the Chinese being so very comic, what mu I
be those when one sings as funny as he can :
"A Partisan lady was informed that her
husband had just died in an asylum. ''Ah!'
replied madame, without emotion, s'misfur-
tunes never come singly! This morning my
poor dog Azore was greatly troubled with
indigestion"
--Garibaldi has written novel and don,
know what TO call it. He first gave it the
name OF Cecilia, then re-chrislened 1t sRo-
ma AIilante, and st j he is not satisfied
The Object of the work is 10 exhibit the
corruption of the Romish priesthood.
Farmers are wanted in Nebraska, All
the trades, says the Omaha Republican, are
well represented; the professions are full TO
overflowing, and every department of busi-
ness is fairly supplied with wide-awake and
energetic dealers. But for farmers ihare is
plenty Of room.
The landlady of hotel said to board
er :-"Look o'here. Iwant you to pay your
bill, and you must! have asked you often
enough for il and ;ell you now that you
don't leave the house until you have paid it. F"
"Good!" said the lodger, an stay with you
as long as live
Three tons of solid silver in bricks
weighing from 800 TO 1904 ounces each,
were recently shipped from Georgetown,
Colorado, to Chicago. These bricks were
packed in sealed leather sacks; one, however,
was uncovered, and was stamped as weigh
ing l25 pounds 2 ounces, and is worth
: 1902.
We have all heard of artesian wells. but
a wonderful novelty is now announced in
Algeria in the shape of artesian fisheries.
A well lately sunk at Ain Sala to the depth
of forty-tour metres threw up not only a
large bod Of water, hut, to the great sur
prise of the engineers, an innumerable guam
tity of small fish.
"A memorandum found upon the person
Of the lately deceased DR.. Cruikshank, who
was surgeon of Rajsh Brooke, of SarawaIk,
the following philosophic senti-
ment: 'Some men are born vagabonds, some
achieve vagahondage, and others have il
thrust upon them. l may characterize my
self as one OF the last class.
The Cleveland Herald relates the fol
lowing =" A young Cincinnati dentist was
introduced TO fashionable beauty, and
gracefully opened the conversation by say
ing: Miss - :, hope that NAV consider
that we are not entirely unacquainted
had the pleasure of pulling a tooth for your
father only short time ago?'n
A young lady's opinion OF the bonnet
OF the season ;--"Oh, the bonnet of my girl
hood--the kind wore to school. / really
thought them pretty. l must have been a
fool. And yet used to think myself on
hats a janty miss. Perhaps was, as fashion
went but what was that to this? Oh, the
lovely little pancake-the charming little
natl It makes my head so level, and so
Fsry very fat'