Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-07-08

A fiery spsech should invariably be red
hot.
"What is nuisance?' asks the Port
land A79us. GreRt Scott! Doesn't the
Argus know Neal Dow p Boston Post.
''Ihe king Of the Csnnibal Island wants
to buy our navy" says al exchange. He
must have heard that our ships are old
man-traps.
When Emily Soldene was child, her
companions never let her take bites from
their apples. 1t wRs cheaper to give her
the apple.
MIR. Hayes Will soon be visiting the truly
agricultural horse tTots, but he wont see
any squash equal 10 that OF the Grant
boom at Chicago.
Naturally when tho hair that lady has
piled two feet high, upon her head gets
loose and falls off, showing it TO be false,
she feels very crest.fa!len.
Boston is the sixth city in tbs Union in
point of population. In 1860 it was the
fifth, and in 1870 the seventh. 1t passed
ahead of Cincinnati in the last decade.
New York heiresses are falling in love
with Organ-g grinders, They are bound to
marry Counts that are Counts and not
mere preterders who turn out to be
BARRIERS.
1t is believed that the North Polo will
soon be discovered by some Denver mnn,
as the citizens of that city have been
made to believe that whisky springs exist
in that vicinity.
Tho little girl who Was disappointed
because her name could not be found in
the Bible, saws 'Never mind | will be
such a good girl that if ever another Bible
ii written, my name shall 60 into it. -
A newspaper up the Hudson solemnly
announces that "Rev Mr.. Greenville and
Rev. Mr.. Stats will exchange puliets
next Sunday" Hens there was consider
able merriInent AlJdnS Advertiser.
Eggs acting. ...
4 magnificent new theatre called the
'Ilden THEATRE" to which a splendid
winter garden is attached, has Just been
opened IN Brussels. The whole construc-
tion is perhaps the haudsumest Of its kind
in Europe.
"Oh, it is, is it Now, if you dom
show me your pass, or fare, l will stop
the train. There is no railroad man that
l ever saw who would say twenty minutes
past nine He would say nine lwenty.'"
He sett!gG.-l'uck.
The fact that Wait Whitman, Blaine,
Joaquin Miller and numerous other men
known to be very patriotic ia times of
peace, have gone to CanaGa, leads TO the
suspicion that we are about to have war
and draft Of troops.
We suspect that Maoaulny lad Just
| beeu forced to listen 10 some friends
original verses When he wIete, "Eerhaps
no per-ou Cen be u poet, or even enjoy
poetry, without certain uueoandless
of mlnd.-IranScript.
Churches claim to ba ruu in ord to
lead men to better and holitr lives, and
yet those same churches will get up fairs
aud sell to children, horus, drnms, and
other instruments calculated to make people
forget everything except Low 70 svuer.-
Boston Post
An exchange says: "Biyard WAS born
in 1928 and Is therefore Sc years old" If
everybody hOrr i'll hut yeCr has forged
ahead OF time in that style, We hope few
ladies were born tnat year The poor
thinps grow old fast enough, any way.
Boston Post.
A Nevada woman challenged aneditor,
newly arrived from tine East, to duel.
As he found out that SIZE could hit d cent
nine times out uf ten at twelve spaces,
With a Colts revolver, no declared lhat he
WAS too ohivelsous to fight woman and
would even apologies first,