Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-07-15

The colored voters of Richmond, Va,
have organized Hancock brigade.

ports, never meDtiOns the hops at the &c g.
side.
Come, gentle Sara, ethereal thlnness
come, but don't expect us TO pay 80 for
seats.
A man cannot be too careful of his repu-
tation. Some day he may want to run for
President.
Sherman used to rand fifty daily papers
while his boom lasted. Now he gets
along on two.
The average burlesque troupe suggests
an insane asylum, because it contains go
many padded sells.
The editor of Truth says he would like
! to he face to- face with the devil BE
patient, sir be patient.
Some of Mr.. q ,rtield's redecming quail
tiles are coming to the surface. IL is now
understood that he plays poker.
Until about o years ago nearly all the
bootblacks iu Paris were women. Now
they have altogether disappeared
When lawyer goes into battle, he is
usually non-sui,' d - SomerpiiIe journal.
Oh no he usually wears a brief attire.
Oar ost, emed contemporary the Graphic
has become quite buy-a- Graphic in its
tendencies. Mem York Commercial
Advertiser.
The watermelon crop Of Kentucky is
Very short aud nothing but the unusual
abundance of young poultry prevents a
colored exodus.
The United States army chews mp half
million pounds of tobacco md two
Indians every year This is the average
Detroit Free Press.
Was the withdrawal of Porter from the
Treasury Department "a concession to the
temperance principles of Mr.. Hayes p
Philadelphia Rec0,d.
Monopoists have got possession OF the
cork trade and have raised the price of
corks Immensely. This is a terrible blow
to the minstrel business.
When Mr.. Egarts begins TO write, the
| Spaniafds will wish they had not amused
themselves by shooting at the American
flag. Rom York World.
Now tell me candidly, are you guilty p
asked a lawyer of his client. why, do
you suppose I'd DO fool enough to hire
| you If | was innocentp"
The man who drew a 49,, 900 hotel in
Wisconsin in lottery, the other day, was
at once asked to pay up mortgage OF
$50 GOO on the property.
A gushing young man OF Terre Haute
has written poem entitled; Address to
Pauline Markham" The sentiment Of
the title is certainly laudable.
An exchange says: mo one is to be
compared with Sarah Bernhardt.' We arc
sure no one who had any self respect
would become paired with her.
The fact that nature only put one elbow
in mans arm is sufficient to indicate that
she never intended him to fastep the
colar-buttoD on the back OF his neck.
West Philadelphia has a woman who
admits that her baby is not half 10 pretty
as her neighbours. She has been sent tc
an insane asylum PhiIadeiphia Bulletin
The season has been 80 profitable tt
icemeu that they eau afford TO pay fines
and they are therefor having heaps of fur
committing assault ami battery. -i5Ost0t
Post.
Conscientious. Conductor Declining
tract which was offered him with his farce
Very much obliged, mum, but we ain
allowed TO take any perquisitts whatever
mum
A Troy man has made will bequeatli
ing his body after death TO medical col
lege, and his friends claim that this show
insanity. Certainly. He has given him
self dead away.
The New York FgprfSs complains be
cause Jersey City preacher didn't kis
| fl,n 10 xpall 10 IA w nj hto n,nt
But the EEprosS must consider that tn
men didn't want TO be kissed.
1t is the custom nowadays to nam
novels and stories after eel ebrated couples
"AdAm and Eve" and Mas Alcott's "Jac
and Jill, are examples. None has ye
appeared entitled John and Agnes
The Chinese are still obstinately or pose
to Sunday schools. Nothing can persuad
! y Chipamnn that it Is good for his childre
to go out into the woods and get raiued OF
A gentleman, on getting soda an
, brandy, was retiring from a railwa
station refreshment bar. "Recollect, sir,
said the polite barmlid. ''if you lose yot
purse, you didn't pull it out here. "-fuc,
They say it's will power on the part
fck persons that makes Them overeom
disease, therefore it is the best dc ctor wi
a piyes 1 he ua,ieut such nasseous n4dieir
AZ to make him resolve TO get well
. once.
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f tempting to persuade Private Daiz 'll
4, sign the pledge will be tarred an feat
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bavinu discovered that the h ,ttle of Rio,
II House Point. which was fought on Ju
y on,b I7su was q. Rriii-h victory ha
d" abandoned ,heir intention of holding
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Although most people are not awt
of the fact, electricity travels much fas
frnm enst ia vest ihln frnm west IN en
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