Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-03-31
HERE AND THERE.

cause some of the members of his church
persist in dancing.
An agitation has begun in New Yo,k
having for its object the persuading of
theatrical managers to admit people At
half price when the play is half over.
This is the London custom.
See here Mr. Forepaugh: You offer
$40, 900 for the handsomest woman. Now
who is to decide which one it is. We
demand competent judge and nominate
the Rev. Captain Beecher Boston Post.
A Milwaukee man wrote letter
abusive of the police force to a paper and
signed it John Smith, and the next day
| forty-seven men of that name said they
had done nothing to he arrested for, and
were very ugly.
The eucalyptus tree has been fonnd
very effective in banishing malaria from
many feyer-plagued regions of southern
Italy, Corsica and Algeria, where the
atmosphere before tracts of the trees We're
| planted was pestilential.
Mr.. George William Curtis speaks OF
the slow wages" of New York reporters,
whereat the Sun says ''The clever and
successful New York newspaper reporter
makes more money in the course of year
than the average preacher, lawyer or
DOCTOR"
White lying is pronounced generally
sinful by the Methodist, but it adds
"The puzzle of moralists has been to
either justify or entirely condemn class
of such mendacties. For example, what
shall we do with the hopeful word of a
| physician who has no hope Y
In 1879 Arab land holders in Algiers
sold to Frenchmen 4j, 900 acres of land
valued at upward of s200,000. On the
other hand, the Aarbs bought over 10, 0Ut
acres, thus showing their willingness Il
depart from the old patriarchal system o
| tenure.
The ashes of an ordinary sized man
after cremation, weigh from five to sever
| pounds. 1t will be seen, therefore, tha
there are no scales delicate enough t,
Cincinnati EMqairer. Don't believe you
| and should like to see the thing tried. -
Boston Post.
An officer of the Orleans Regiment
having been sent to Louis XIV. with ;
dispatch announcing a victory, demanded
the Cross of the Order of 81. Louis. "Bu
you are so young" objected the monarch
"Sire," rejoined the officer, "the men o
the Orleans Regiment are not in the habi
of living long,"
Second Advent congregation a
Greenwood, Kansas, have lost coniidenc
in their pastor because while publicl,
avowing a belief that the world woult
come to an end in 1881, he secretly tool
Il note for five years on Il loan of 81 ,OOu
and demanded Il per cent. interest witt
ample security.
Blacklnount Forest. the most eXtensiv
forest in Scotland, including over sOU 90
acres, is in the market to let for the com
ing season. 1t is to he let at "a 1000 10
the season. Lord Middletom's forest q
Applecross, in West Ross-shire, is also t.
let; it extends over 80, 900 acres the rem
being about e3, 800.
Mr.. Gladstone, says Labouchere in th
LoAdon Truth, now wears Il black sku
soap in the House of Commons. Thi
somewhat ages him, but, think, in
proves his appearance. am afraid
however, that his recent accident great
shook him, for his voice does not seem
me SO strong as it was.
Fine old trees are being ruthlessly cu
down in New England. "rhe ParSon'
Elm," the largest and handsomest tire
in Enfield, Conn, dating back beyond til
memory of living man. was laid low h
its owner, to get 80 cords of iirewood OF
of it. The ,SpyiHqfeH Rtpuliicm declare
such acts to lie ''the murder Of our olde.
Inhabitants
When young woman's hair begins
turn gray she can If She is Il brunctt
with fresh cheeks and black eyes max
herself look Just stunning by having
bleached white. But of course she nu,
have some great grief to account for III
sudden change, and some husbands al
lust provoking enough not to die ON sue
; occasions.-B Boston Post.
The director of the Bureau of Statistic
ut Vienna has made some interestin
researches concerning the cOmparatiy
longevity Of women and men in Europ,
: lie finds that out of l02, S3l individua
,, who have passed the age OF 80 year
go, BOB are women, and only 42,52 al
men. In Italy, al alleged centenaria
women are found for III men of that ag
A New England pastor called upon ol
of his deacons with whom he was
variance, and with an air of gre
e solemnity said "l}rother, it is a shun
that this quarrel of ours should hrh
+ scandal upon the church. | ha,
5 prayed earnestly for guidance in IL
/ matter, and have come TO the cnnchsic
t that you must give in, for cannot. -
LouiSrWe CoWier-JOUHdi.
i, a gentle hint They stood at the do
preparatory to saying good nigh
!, "Whcn shall l call again - he asllr,