Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-02-03

man who has hogn growing cut of the
side of bis bead
3hs reason why 30 few marriages. are
happy is because yonug ladi S I'D thciY
time IN nlakif 6 nets, not in making cagfs
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How would thia DO Blaine, Secretary
of State Conklipg, Secretary Of War;
SprpPue hut perheps Ihis is .uttician, =
Detroit Free Press -.-
Competent architects estimnse the - ue
Of buildings erected and started in omsia
dnriug the year inas clos d at iioui
$500 600 to ~ ooo, ,oG0
Joseph SNOW, Of Ind'a o, told his wife
u Yeas san to shut up, and sue hiss not
spoken since, though living ioge,ter as
man Il wife. Joseph is TAT aud con.
tented.
A Chicago woman, the wife of police
man, rigned mp in her husbands uniform,
aad nobody detected the disguise until she
allowed herself to be found when row
was going oo Then they knew she wasn't
one of the force
Mother, what il On angel 2" San
angelo We'll, RI. angel is being that flies. y
But, mother, why does papa always call
my goveruess an angel ?" We'll, ex-
claimed the mother, after a moments
pause, ''she's going to fly immediately 8
Uncompromising THE DOCTORS daugh
ter--"I declare, you're dreadful fanatic
Mrs. GcCizzom. do believe you think
nobody will be saved but you and your
minister !" Old lsdy-"Aweel my dear,
alb whiles l have my doots about the
nleenster i'-P Punch.
Just why man should be ashamed to
own that he is injured by fall, We don't
see, but 10 men out Of 100 on getting mp
from slippery spot, will lie like butchers.
and say sNot hurt ut ALL" when in truth
they arc bruised aud skpn in over 20
places. = Boston Post.
A poted sharper, wishing to rgratiate
himself with clergy man, said: "FarsoD.
/ should 10 hear y0n preach more Than |
can tell you." well" responded the
clergy man, "If you h,d been where You
ought to have been Inst Sunday you would
have heard me-" "p'here was that -
I'm the county jsil!'
Some arithmetical chap has figured out
thai Sauderbilt's income would allow him
to visit 5000 circu4os eat 10000 piDts of
peanuts and drink 5000 glasses of lemon
ade every dsy In the year. But he doesn't
do IT. Thus it can be seen that wealth ia
given to those who don't know how to
enjoy it.-Bcston Post.
He came in Yesterday, and taking seat
at desk asked, "Well, what shall | write
about p The editor told him he ind
better right about face. When he left, n
small scrap of manuscript was found on
the desk, and the fellow had apparently
followed instructions, for he wrote, "rhe
editor has lots OF cheek. Turner's Fail
Reporter.
NJ. Collodon has found that any tail tree
may serve as a lightning conductor to pro
tect house, provided its roots enter duipL
soil. In the case, however, where The
house stands between the tree and pond
or stream OF water, the shortest path fol
the lightning from the tree to the liquid
conductor may be through the house.
Ever kill ?" they asked of the
tender foot, when he arrived at Dead.
wood. "Reokon ] have, several" he re
piled. 5iore respected in manner they
asked "9hoot him 2" mo" .'Kuif,
him p NE" "Oleb him to death p
Nc" "Pcison?" mo, sir - "rheI
how the devil did you ever kill a man 2
"Drove butchers cart ~ B0st0n Post
A young man recently called Mt littl
| domicile in Nicksburg. a small boy ant
q big yellow dog wera snuRged on tb
| doorstep, and the young man asked
"Wiil that dog bite?7 "Well," said tn
boy, 'It's owin' to certain things ef he d,
or not. Iii yer want TO colleck sewin,
machine money ha's fierce as tiger, bu
eft yer cot anything To give us he's harm
less Gs . kit n-aint yer, Iowsers"
III was genial, smiling nign,
And fond of WHISKY pialn;
| But when he ilinet the temperance club,
! He never smiles again.
-SomeruiHe Journal.
Gather We roses while you muy,
Old Time is still a-fying,
| And this same flower that smiles to-day
Tomorrow witbe dying.
| -Herrick
| A teacher in Galveston Sunday schoo
| wishing to Impress his class with a.
necessity of faith, asked the elesa why di,
| Moses lift up the serpent in the wilder
ness. None or the class knew except one
He said Moses lifted 1t because he kpey
it couldn't bite. Ii was the same you'll
who said the jewe made golden calf be
cause they didn't have enough gold t
make whole COW. - GClgfSt0a NetoS.
II is NOT growing like tree ~
In bulk ddih make men b ter he; .-
| Or standing long an oak, three hundred year,
10 fail log ai last. dry, bald and scar;
a lily OF u day
Is farer fur in May.
! Although II fall and lie that might
| II WIS the plant aud flower of light
| Ia small proportions VIZ Just beauties see;
And in short measures life may perfect be.
-.-s ben, JOnsOn,
A Presbyterian Clergyman of Chicago
who hes never been inside a theatre, say
that he will not in his pnipit allude to th
theatre because all the boys and girls VIII
hear him speak might thereby be temple
to go there. He believes that the firs
duty of theatrichi manager is to get
minister TO advertise the theatre from tn
pulpit. 70 Beruhardt he would give a
the justice that ministers, whom he call
'poor, human, Incapable creatures" ar
capable of giving.
The London n01M speaking of Rugby
SAYS: The sooner this graceful but nol
seusical project is abandoned the better
MIR. Hughes really ought to feel som
little responsibility in the mastyr H
ought 10 know th.t Il is the .torg {
''Aiariin Ghu2zlewirs' Eden tnii eve
agaip, and the fact that it is embelishe
now with 4 great deal of sentinIt Itat tall
ing AID writing lawn tennis uDd = o'cl1c
tea, will not prevent il from being u nil
erable and heattbreakiug failure to oil ah
are Induced TO embark il H."
Every niRht the streets OF Paris OIL
SWEPT, but not until they Lave 6rst yielde
a harvest 10 the army OF collectors, whoI
nothing etcspes be 1t leaves from the IRE
for coiLpust, stray Plus 10 be stuck o
pFpsrs and sold 10 the poor, cigar s-ubt
to ne chopped up f,r smoking Iobaee;
broad Gusts 10 b. dried end ground Il
cookne purposes, huir cariiens to /
tHEut, 4 at the hair5rtssei +, waaie bone
rags old lin ara irou. pnper ard ciIder
al! g .hta tho beg. Mary OF the colif
} ;rIS manage to terive spch profits fEal
.her hbos taat rot !;frt qnsn,ly tho f;.i
Vi tI's daash.er receives . DIT that l,akj
IL 1t hara's aYes twinkle.
CriiiHuc un i.rurge t3iiut.
s curious criticism upon tae chsonoiog
Of Adam b de appaars in the cotrespo
d nee of The Pei 3da Gazgtte. Aft
referring to the psiEs taken by the auth
to give definite dates to the chief even
of the story he complains that ''soarce
any care seems TO have been taken
insure that the dates should be possib
,, ones. They are frequently wrong. III
opening date, June Is, 1893, is correct
? fixed on Tuesday, but after that {
/ goes wrong. Adam is supposed to
1 returning from work on August IS, 17g
which was on Sunday. Chapter XXI
begins: 1t was dry Sunday, and real
pleasant day for the I'd of Novembe