Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-06-30
HERE AND THERE.

A church is being built on the spot
where the late Gar of Russia was killed.
Josh Billings says he has never known
a sekund wife but was boss of the situa-
ton.
All things come right to him who will |
only wait, provided he doesn't die in the
Would it be legal to tender Confeder-
ate money in payment Tor a copy of JEFF |
Davis book
Don't talk when you are climbing up
the mountain, because silence gives
ascent Huntington Hawkeye.
A big mouth is said to denote intellect.
1t also denotes a rapid transit route for
clam chowder.-N. Y. Com. Adv.
The Paris Figaro says that of every 20
marriages in that city five are the work of
professional matrimonial agencies.
"There are sights of sites for a worlds
fair in Boston," says the Lowell Courier.
There are grounds for such remark.
While one man can smile and smile
and be william still, another will smile
and smile, and get drunken every time.
Sunday School Teacher-"Next Sunday
we'll have the death of Moses y Over
joyed pupil-'Then he did die at last"
"Why is young man like kernel of
corn ~ asked a young lady. BECAUSE"
answered another, she turns white when
he pops"
writer on physiognomy would like to
know "If large ears denote a misery
disposition why is mule so apt TO
squander his hind legs t'
Many man after marriage solemnly
wishes he had one-tenth of the money he
fooled away on other girls, with which to
purchase baby carriage.
Here is dialogue between a clergyman
and traveller Give lost my portman-
teau. Tt pity your grief C.-All my
sermons are in it Tt pity the thief!
A student at Oxford University, on
being asked, "Who was Esau ~ replied
sEsau was man who wrote fables, and
sold his copyright for a mess of potash"
\ mischievous boy of Port Jackson
His grandfather's cushion put lacks on,
Then fegned great surprise
At seeing him rise
And hearing his fierce Anglo-Saxon.
The "Jersey Lily is fading. She
attended the opening of the Royal
Academy to show herself among the
pictures. People stared curiously at her,
but she looked pale and worn.
A black snake ran up the trousers leg
of Joseph Stanton, of Wurtsboro, while he
was walking in cemetery. He grabbed
its head and held on until help came,
when it was pulled out and killed.
Notwithstanding the terrible power of
| the alaotric aul mural IN ior
there is little parasite fish, two or three
inches in length, that preys upon it,
utterly oblivious to its shocks.
| He left her in the cream saloon,
| While in the east up rose the moon.
| When he returned TO pay the fee,
! 1t knocked the life out of Il "
He sighed a sigh of sad regret
| And moaned "What has my JUL ct ~
Syracuse Sunday Times.
The Chicago Tribune says "From the
accounts given by the London papers, il
seems that Archer won the Derby all by
himself. OF course it was handy to have
Iroquois along, but his presence did moi
affect the result"
A new book on etiquette advises girl.
not to be treated by their gentlemen
friends to car-fare or ices, or allow then
to pay any triiing sum providing it is
simply friend or chance Acquaintance,
met on the way, and not a near relative
who oilers it.
1t is said that the wife of an English
officer has written to tell him that. having
embraced Buddhism, she, in right of hei
new faith, divorces him. 1t is feared
that her change OF faith will he extensively
followed if it be found to carry with il
such privileges.
| Jenny kissed me when we met,
Jumping from the chair she sat in
Time, you thief, who love to get
Sweets INTO your book put that in
Say I'm ugly, say I'm sad,
Say that health and wealth haN missed me-
Say I'm growing Old, but add
| Jenny kissed me
George Asp went to Everett, Mass, tC
make up a quarrel with his sweetheart,
but found her obdurate. Then he tried tc
drown his sorrow III whisky, but did not
succeed, though he drank quart day
for two weeks. His final recourse was t,
a pistol, with which he ended his misery
, at least for this world.
pair of lovers at Brownstown, Ind.
were ordered by their parents to give u
their counting because they We're only |
years old. The girl dutifully obeyed an,
forbade the boy to see her, telling hin
, that in three years She would agai1
!, receive his attentions but he would no
, submit to such a delay, and committe
suicide under her window.
. pretender to the Rus sian throne LA
/ been giving the police in the rura
I districts of the empire much trouble
: He represents himself to be Nikolai Alex
androwitch, who was reported to hav
e died at st. Petersburg and he has, undt
e that name, been stirring up the peasantrS
The police, though pursuing hi
o ostensibly with much vigor, have not y,
;, laid hands upon him.
e A wealthy Chicago widower is about
y marry the wife of Mike Weaver,
! notorious burglar, and herself belongil
e to Il family of thieves. Mike robbed til
;. mans house of "a, 900 worth of plate an
q iewelry, and was sent to State prison
II Mrs. Weaver is pretty and winsOme, it
It needless to say, for when the widow,
a called on her TIC negotiate for the retul
e of the plumber, she captivated him. II
Ie marrige is to take place as soon as she ca
e obtain divorce from the convict.
a Stamp and card collecting has becom
a such a mania that when United Stat
~ Marshal in Hartford, Conn, detectt
, some boys stealing the stamps off be,
~ barrels in transit at the railway static
-, he attributed the theft to this caus
in But, questioning the boys separately,
=, learned that they took all the stamps
ne school and turned them over to the
To- teachers, who gave them "merit marks
.. for certain number of stamps. RI
40 stamps Were subsequently sold by Il
10 teachers.
it. The mountaineers of Montenegro Ike
no no record of births; and, according
T. Dwight's Turkish Life in War Time
the Government resorted to the "rule
to the string" for determining the age
recruits, none under Is being accepte
ne A bit of Irvine is used to ascertain t
adj circumference of the neck of the won't
wv If this circumference is less than t
to length Of the face the boy is under
ric But if the circumference is equal to t
Ter length of the face, the young fellow is
mt military age.
al A face so fair,
in y form 50 rare
he duplex folding crnnline;
- An eye 50 bright
eT' A wrist So slight
INT Rosettes and lace and bandOline.
\ laugh SO light,
\ glove 50 tight,
The latest taste in mOire antique
A look so sweet,
A foot so neat,
tout ensemble quite unique.
on 4 bang 50 straight,
A hte-u.frte,
jolly old port wine papa;
me =.. A.mOuth So small,
jri- No ma at all,