Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-01-06
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When a Deadwood man rises up In gin
mill, aud says the whole crowd present are
liars they call him IN imprudent man He
generally has bang-up funeral, too.
A knife with 1871 blades was lately sent
to the Prince of Wales on his birthday.
But he doesn't like 1t. There are so many
blades 1t takes too long to find the cork
screw.
Emma Abbott says that kissing, ON the
stage, Is no fun. Or course 1t isn't.
There's none OF the feeling that you're
doing something that you ought not, about
it.-Boston Post
Mrs. Jessie" Fremont, as she WAS
fsmlliarly called during the campaign OF
1866, is HIS full of bright spirits as iu
younger days aud is as accomplished o
politician as ever.
Thousands have tried it and will never
use any other" is the significant and
pathetic enoomium of cough balsam
which oirculstes in New England
Detroit Free Press.
High-standing Bernhard ruches and
fraises for the neck have received their
death blow. A fashion journal recon-.
mends them for ladies with long, soraggy
necks.-Philadeiphia Neios.
Come to my bower" is the title of a
recent song. We presume the party who
says come" holds the right.-Detroit
Free Press While the party who Is invited
mas the right to pass, We presume.
Mary Andetson's Christmas contri5u.
| ton to the New York Egpress ia on the
| subject of Loneliness Why did YOU
keep silent so long, Mary? Our address
is Philadelphia, Pa philadelphia NsDs
81 swear" said gentleman to bis lady
love, you are very handsome" 'Pooh,"
said the lady, "eo you would say il you
| did not think so" And 80 you would
think answered he, Though should
not say So"
Marin, will you darn this hole in my
arm9" yelled youth, as the garment he
reached her; when she drew in her yarn,
and cried out Ia alarm, "G'langi I'm
busy on slippers for the preacher. -
Wheeling Leader.
Gan give my son college education
At homer says proud and anxious
father. Certainly" replies an expert
sho knows all about it. "All you want
is base bali guide, racing SHE'LL and
ieM Heohhkon VI oiBhrelteb.
Cincinnati manufactured 10 999, APO
GALLONS of whiskey during the year ending
| Nov. l. Now don't let US hear word
against Cincinnati. Boston Post. You're
not Likely where there is such prodigious
still ness. PHILADELPHIA Bulietia.
Defeated Athlete-I say, Slugger, what's
the reason that fellow ran away from me
so? Slugeer-Well, if you young fellows
sit up ut night and study and poke over
books, you can't expect to be any good on
the track, nohow Columbia Spectator.
Ella Wheeler has written new poem
called What Are the Little Stars Say
ingT Those we've interviewed are say
ing that the big ones, like Sadie and
/ Saiyini, have scooped everything and
made business bad for them. -Boston
Post
Some fellow has discovered that there
are 33,525 ways of spelling scissors. If
he had been correcting manuscript for q
newspaper he would have discovered that
there are 9S9 999 ways of spelling every
~nrd IN the English language. -Steu5en-
ollie Herald.
Old letter, paper torn into narrow strips
and curled with a knife or over a Hitting
needle, is used for stuffing pillows Young
ladies contemplating matrimony can thus
make poetic use of the love letters re-
ceived from all their old sweethearts.
PHILADELPHIA Netos
Chicago man, on q visit to this CITY.
vent to have his picture taken, and said
be wanted to look perfectly natural. The
photographer succeeded by having IA
saloon Keepers come in and present their
bills Just AZ the camera began its work.
Philadelphia Ne,os,
Mamma seeks to console her CRYING
child; why do you cry, johnnie? What
has hurt your Mamma and he bawls
more Justify than ever yesterday | fell
down aud hurt myself" Yesterday !
Then why do you cry to-day 2" "Oh,
because you were not home yesterday"
At Oxford, o., Mrs. Antony requested
her daughter to play piece OF music for
her. When her daughter, after doing 40.
turned around, she found her dead. Gen.
orally, music of that sort isn't so fatal iu
these parts. 1t merely makes the hearers
wish that they Were dead.-BOston Post
IL is worth mouths salary to
persuade boy that he needs an overcoat.
The little rascal will run his hands into his
pantaloons' pockets to the elbows and
chatter his teeth, and deliberately tell yor
that hes 'j-j-jdst as wa arm. "-Neu
Ha0en Register.
/ The German navy now includes sever
ironciad frigates, five ircnclad corvettes
eleven covered corvettes, five so-called fla
dock corvettes, aud four more in course O.
/ construction, Line gunboats, with varet,
OF vessles for coast defense, dispatch
4 boats, transports, training ships, tugs
pilot boats, &c.
r The Marathon Independent says. ~
correspondent wants 10 know the bes
method of feeding cattle. We are hardl,
a able to advise You might place them il
l rocking-chair5, put napkins round thei
I uecks, and feed them with soup ladle
l Or take 'em iuto the kitchen and let then
< en- with the hired girl"
Did you ever notice the fact that if
: girl has seal skin sack to wear to a.
y entertainment she'll keep it on until sh
:, becomes animated oleomargarine, wherea
" Il she has new dress handsomel
" trimmed, snd no seal skin, she II dust GU
:, al her ssck with the rspidiiy of kerostu
:, cophagraLion. L0ckpolt UatOn
:, The circus takes a rest now. The "a
a woman packs away her arm stuffiuR. tn
4, wonderful double headed boy takes off hi
n wooden head the girl with moustach
A on her north lip gives it to her city beat
aud the walking skeleton hires himse
n nut to county sheriff 10 unlock all door
t. with nilhamSpOrt Breakfast Table.
e Mr., Forepaugh'e giraffe,
r. Too terdtr by half
=. Aud 80 nigh that no price could enhance v,
nhllght IN the freight pensu
< Prolonged influcnza
IA Aud persisted, unit utly, IN transit
= The iclors dssccted,
And left him this note:
:. "We've duly inspected
e Nine yards VI sO;e throat"
=. --Andrcps' Am Queen
4 People who live in towns where Beer
Ii hnrdt IS not billed are shocked at IN
y thought that any self respecting perso
,r will go to see her. II, however. III
d towns happen to be within oonveniep
IL distance of some city where she will a,
Ie pear, they cannot see why theatre Roel
Z. should not separate the artistic from III
woman aud secure seats at onoe.-Philt
aelphia NeUs.
MIR. ODwyer rents shanty on GaIve
Ia ton avenue from old man Chrysler,
h prominant citizen. Yesterday Crysie
a called in to collect the rent, and O'Dwye
v showed him over the house, compainin
" OF its Inconvenience. Said ODwyer
/ "Mlshter Chrysler, your house is intoirl
d 10 low on the ground to he healthy, Ii
;, caleings are too low and the door ain
!, high enough" "Mr. ODwyer," sal
n Ohrysler, sis there anything about tn
"a house that is high enough to suit you (
"Indade there is "What ia it?" 9Th
m Tint, be jabers - GalUeston Neps.