Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-06-09

a lady who is not thoroughly posted in natu-
raj history asked friend who was going away,
to ing her couple Of Mormons for her
aquarium She thinks they are some kind of
an oyster.
This motto stands at thc editorial head of an
exchange;
at is hot rank, norbrth, nor state, But tn.
git-up anJ-git that makes men great
Who shall say that elegant Literature is not
as much 4 characteristic OF Western as Of East
cru Journalism? AKansas new spaper refers to
the spectacle Of u eat fight as ~ view Of fuI-in
parts"
When II wife in Turkey forgcls TO keep the
suspender buttons sewed on her husband''
trowsers She is patted on the back for half an
hour with pine board an ineh thick
A gentleman was complmeniing pretty
young lady i'll the presence Of his wife. sit lS
lucky | did not meet Miss Hopkins before
married yuu, my d,ar.'
"Well, yes it is extremely lucky-for her,
was the dry rcjoindcr.
, pilkins, thinking that an exhibition OF CON
jueal affection might increae the quality OF his
dinner, called his wife My sweetest She
merely asked him who his Others were.
What cord is that which is full of knots which
10 one can unite, aud in which no one caute
| another. a cord Of wood.
Why is the towering style cfbonnet new in
vogue called the "Mausard?'
| Because il takes great deal Of mans hard
earnings TO pay for one OF them.
| Doctor johnson used 10 say that the habit
| of looking at the best side of things was worth
more than thousand pounds year,
The Chicago hack drivers will hold grand
jehuhelibilee in June that will knock the Bost-
| Oh affair clear into the shade.
An aristocratic tailor is engaged in evolving
a suit OF clothes TO consist entirely of cravat
that will wind about the lody nCm neck 10
ankle, and be fastened with diamond pin.
"ls that maree?" asked u gentleman, who
was examining statuary in shop, pointing, as
|, he spoke, at u bust of Kentucky great states
| man .No, sit; that's Clay replied the dea-
Ter.
What kind Of cattle do they have i'll Scotland
a | A man there a,lvertises that he wants woman
| to wash, iron, and milk one or two cows"
/ "She only wore a single rose" is tho language
| of song. Rath ,r a light costume. Wind wasn't
probably east that day.
SOME people are never contcned.
After having all their limbs broken, their
heads smashed, and their branis knocked out,
they will actually so 10 law and Try 10 get fur
ther damages.
,, 1t a Bedouiu should lose his teeth, would he
, talk gum Arabic'
. 1t TO b" hoped there will he l,eS deal with
: the Moducs, and Jack up.urncd at the iirsl
cut.
The husband who deyourrd his wife will
n kisses found afterwards that she disagreed Will
y him.
#; lie who reads no newspapers OF any kir'
/ is only spared of heaven that he may sit OH
y jury.
t Why is nature like baby? Because tlIer
| is generally a squall when / 5 fac, Is washed.
. Amisers first rule in arithmetic is addition
a but his heirs generally began with division.
Every parent is like a looking ,lass or hi:
v children TO dress themselves hy.
/ What no uairyman can adulierate-The mill
e of human kindness.
A fire in the Mccormick block, at Peru, Ill
y OH Sandy morning destroyed live stores an
Of eatly 4 tmaged ;tf, eau ing total loss c
about $4,000.
=. Dannie Lazarus, aged II, brother of IL. &
=, Lazarus, jeweler, of Pittston, rennf., wa
:. drowned OH Monday, white bathing in til
&C. Susquehanna.
1t has hern found that FOR a l,ns time tl
Long Island mails have been "sySemaiicai
ed and successfully robbed" Tie ptople
On Hampton, Suffolk and Glen Cove have Tee
the sufferers.