Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1876-01-06
PERSONAL AND pARrIovLAR,


S-Pasisian ladiss have discarded false hair.
=" T1ns's up"-whsn your watch 10 In pawn.
,Sconis June notes = mania for the antique,
a. TLos.nsport, Ind, lies Lost 1000 population
-isinch ios has already bssn harvested ,on
=" Gingerbread germans" for little girls, arc
social novelty.
Father Hysoinths contemplates establishing
himsslf In Boston.
New. Years resolutions are like silence
made to BE- broken.
Tho Nov Jeruey cranberry patches ars a..
sossed n Gels, ssS, l96.
-says the Graphic. "Fllug ont your flag
The year Of jsmboree has come"
New Years callers in New York hal fog
whistles attached ~ their carriages.
"A man In Nav York supplies boarder~ with
erdhks already llIed with which u cheat lsndla-
dies.
Myrtle green, nut brown, navy blus and
plum, arc now the most stylish colorH for chill
dron.
"A man who has tried IL says that grumbling
at msaltima helps meat 10 digest ~ we'll ~
laughter.
If you have favor to ask Of man, nov, be
sure and shut the door after you when you go
Into hin office.
-Better be limbering mp your fingers 40 ~ to
tear on those January coupons nicely Millions
| In it.-RossOn Post.
| Madame Borgsss, the wife Of the Brazilian
Mintster 1t Washington, has introduced Sunday
| evening receptions.
| Black cashmsrss and merinos make mex
pensive wrAppers, and look we'll frightened
with wooden braids.
In Cincinnati every other street lamp 10 to
DO extinguinhed, thereby eHecting an annual
saving Of eU2, 900.
| An Indianapolis witness testified tho other
day that h0 kept fire burning IN his stove all
night to save matches.
| Tho total income of the Prince Of Wales,
from all sources, Ia about ,,e575. 200. The prin-
ooss recsives. besides, $4,000.
| Col. Reagan, one Of the principals in the
shsllpot duel. has been appointed to u. SEQ
clefkahip 10 the Navy department..
or linen collars, the high ono with turned
| over corners In front 10 decidedly the most
favored, though many styles are popular.
"A ladies' club in London for suburban shop
pers and matinee attendants gives dinners,
lunches and dressing rooms, but prohibits talk
ing.
-" don't have to go to the newspapers for
my whiskey news" she remarked oonfdsntialIy
to friend. l can always tell Il by his breath
the moaaent he gets into bed"
"A New York lady correspondent defines the
| stde-way clutch, ~ the fashion Of wearing
the right hand ~ far in the rear "a practicable
with . iist-full Of pettcsAts in it."
"A London chemist has been arrested for
cowhiding his wife. But then it's not strange
that man familiar with oxides should show
Partially for tho COW hide ~ we'll.
Miss Annie Louise Carey has completed her
engagement 70 go 70 Vienna in the spring, after
which sho will remain in Europe for time, aud
return to America late in the summer.
| -HnwApynor (ha - a,,,al,
e called "whipper-auapper" by the Boston
Traveller, just because he snapped Wiipper and
Moses from the Judicial bench Of that State.
-Fichus have superseded the long scarfs
for street aud house wear. They are large,
three cornered, and arc knotted careleasly III
| front, or else the ends are passed through \
/ gilt aide.
"A gentleman who has the rower Of moving
bis scalp was amusing his little niece with the
trick, Christmas, and she expressed her surprise
~ exclaiming, ma, sjust sss un,le wink with
The London Saturday Repiep says that
"the farmers and traders Of the United States
Are probably superior in moral and intellectual
qualities TO the bulk of any other civilized COM
munity."
Elmo wool sashes in check like tsrtans, yery
| long aud wide, are trimmed on either eide with
2 black velvet band, embroidered with delicate
tracings In white silk, and on one side only 10 y
row Of fringe
A Greenboro, Vt, girl fell out Of bed when
three months old, striking on the back OF her
head. Her head commenced growing and in
fonr years 1t measured 26lS inches one way and
2AA inches the other way.
1t In the fashion now instead of tying q
| ribbon around the throat to ornament tho front
OF the paletot or jacket with loops and long
ends. These are always scarlet unless the rib.
bon matches the suit or costumes.
The father Of eleven unmarried girls who
hadn't bad male visitor in three months, was
70 deeply moved one day last week by the spec
tacie OF Young man coming up the front steps
that he could do nothing but lean out the win
dow and gasp.
LATHE Nell.' who, by the way has dropped
the Little, in reported to have run away to
Austislia in company with noted comedian Of
Tue fsci'ic slope. Her mother, Mrs Williams,
In said to have been Clearing mad in conse
qnence, and Y she followed her naughty daugl-
tor on the neAt steamer