Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-10-25
HIRE AND rnSRs.

"A serious tnrn-INihtnk ones nA~&t
A dancing msster-a hop-msroAaxi.
.--Californla has red headed Ohinsnss
Chicago street cara are labeled o. q
NJ.
Sheridan Knowles was guilty Of "s>e
thin +"
Rich but honest Is ths new wsy ~
putit. -... fH.-n
--"'feTss" Is Spanish and means .
plain. .+-f ti
--Fizzieal weaknsss--Loys Of chamr
pagne. ..t. ..s .... o.. ......a..
-BlsmArck's wife was bis private sse
retary.
George Eliot says happy wOnss AArs
no histories.
-Tiltou calls Massachusetts . "ssSsw
Ia politics."
Secretary Boutwell, swings graceful
billiard cue. srA
New York's municipal debt Il shssa
Sl85 900, 600.
Italian girls are married at iwlrs
years Of age.
Perkins is a new bssso. He k -
American, too.
-Chleagol Is building sa,s0c.oOO wsrsh
Of new churches. X -.l.l-aaf.s
=" oau't," Is derived ftoa basEar's
whine or chRunt. -....,l..
The longest advertiser knoeks The
most persimmons.
.-Is stealing = march" wsss tsaa
"taking walk7"
"A well-dressed dog wears callar
ar pants In the summer.
Persian ladies call European ladr'a
dress " "trowsers With one leg"
"A legitimate infereues-rAAt q 4sA.
tlst's office Ia drawipg-room.
Sycamore, Ill, has thrss brsss bands
and metal enough for another.
"A woman in Chicago has applied fpz
the position Of Pension Agent.
If q man marries lst-dRnear Will
his children have q stepemother
1.-THE Smashed " 10 the nsms Of .
London club Of malmed people. b..
Peoria claims to be the aest Apdqat
settlement west Of the Alleghanle4.
Some ladies' arms feel coolhad ssfk,
like rose leavee.-NfUdrk Rsgisser.
-" Dod ding II all lev diusnstisn IN
a mild expletive Of enragea Yankees.
There have been no eemplslsts Of
hasing at Harvard College this ssaAss.
st. Augustine, Florida, y spoks4 81
as the cradle Of Catholicism In this ssasr
try.
The Geneva arbltrstlonfs 70 farnish
the subject Of one Of the London psAso-
mines. a H Iet
Il wish 1t were eustomsry 10 puAlisA
the eauees OF marriage a. u IA Of deaihs.
i-Iks Marvel.
He who says that General JAehsss
was never licked knows nothing aboxa
two-eent stainpe. reg 'lt
-" Heroism is. cheap" said man The
other day. What the world vanss h
common sense"
Il. is said that there Ia q dis2ositiozI
among fashionable ladies In New TeTk
10 discard eorssts.
If there are any more cough rsmAAis7
invented, we viii have TO 30 70 work la
venting coughs for them.
Don't loaf about the streets and DE-
pend on She Lord for your "dAlly brAaa-S
BE isn't rpnihng bakery.
An Illinois maiden is proud Of having
wasted time In the construction Of 8
quilt containing 2s,s17 pieces.
When they tried to sWlndle Maekesh
with the customary spring chickens he
exclaimed, "unreai mockery-hens |"
AT a sale In Scotland OF thoroughbred
sheep recently, some fancy breeds sold fer
$500 each, while single ram brought
$1,000.
Nearly every jeweler In London ex.
hiblts In his shop window some ornament
said TO have been owned BY the kmpresa
Eugenie. '..'
A New York chemist says he oaA
reduce boot legs 10 beefstesk. Some
Western landlords have had tan years tha
start of him.
The Michigan Constitutional Conyea-
tion adjourned for three days during he
panic, 10 allow members to look aftsr
their financial affairs.
"A veteran observer says that Q lsla
baby IL an easy thing to love bat biz
baby Ia 4 hard thingto love-espeelally q
you have married her or him.
The editor of Kentucky paper was
thrown into pond by priEe-aghter, asd
10 said to have swallowed seme wafer fes
the first time since his boyhood-
1t is painful sight, says the nAz-
bury heps, to sse an old man, seventy
years Of age, trying to sap the atanp
from secondhand postal card.
No actor has yet been able to eeun-
terfeit the expression Of Joy whleh .
Danbury man shows when discovering .
ten.cent stamp In his paper OF tobaess.
Illinois papers are publishing llsts af
county fairs. An oblivious tdltof seis-
sored one, noticing that every line bsssA
with a capital, and published Ii As posVy.
| "A Boston reporter found = package Of
sixteen thousand dollars, the other day,
and he refused the Two dollars which ths
owner rendered him. Some folks are -
alrish.
The CallfoTuians have new domestic
fowl, the chaparral cock or ehurra, whieA
ia easily domtsticated, and whsn properly
cooked is said TO be superior TO ehtsaR
for eating.
! "A Texan town was recently viatua
BY a clergyman for the first time IL It's
history, and the hospltAbls inhabitAns
proposed getting up horse rAeu for kk
enter .ainment.
"A Nebraska man, on his dying hsa,
remembered that his wife was smokiae
some hams, and he said {: SNOW, HsH-
rietta, don't 60 to snuting around aAa
forget them hams"
"A country editor, writing 10 aslin-
quent subscriber requesting him 70 ray
up bis back dues, concluded with, hIf
you pay up, you will oblige me II yea
won't, III oblige you"
"A man recently appeared IA Dsyles-
town, driving horse which ls describes
as beiug without q particle OF hair, and
without name or tail, the animal's hide
resembling that Of an elephant
"A Missouri Clergyman was lately
called upon 10 marry fourteen eoaples Ia
one day, and his fees amounted 10 aftT
pounds Of dried apples and due-blll fsf
elghtsen pounds Of buckwheAt.
"A ire.eatlhg resident of BAnSoE,
Me-, has challenged the reporter Of =
local paper for emitting his name ffen .
social paragraph, and now has the ssals-
faction OF seeing himself In print.
The prohts realized BY the heirs on
William II. Seward for copyright OF hiS
Travels Round the World Is said 70 have
been without a parallel In this eouatry, lf
Il has ever been equalled anywhere.
"A doctor Of Portsmouth, N. H.,
wants the custom Of tolling bells for fun-
erals discontinued. II has a depressing
effect upon the sick, and cannot prove :
source Of much enjoyment 10 the departed.
-''If you don't wADI the SCOT, don't 10
up the chimney" was the reply Of an
editor TO respectable" parties Who re-
questea him not 10 mention the fact that
ney had been arraigned Ia the poles
court.