Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-22


deadly OF all po.sons. A single drop
placed on the tongue of cat Ia enough
TO kill the strongest man."-German.
With the advent of cold weather,
tramps are becoming 80 scarce that it will |
soOon be necessary to bsgin feeding the |
house dog. The poor dog can't live with
out something to eat Burlington
HdWkeye.
The startling announcement is made |
that foot passengers on the Brooklyn |
bridge are beginning to fall of. We pre-.
sume, thougt, on second thought, It ia
only the traffic that is falling off -New
York Commercial Advertiser.
Don't" the little look put forth by
the Appletons, says gentleman's visiting
cards should always have the prefix
MI" 1t is likly that society gentlemen
in the east are sometimes mistaken for
ladies.-Louisrille CoWier.Jownal
A gentleman on being introduced to
Mr.John Holmes of Cambridge, remarked:
What Are you brother of Oliver
Wendell Holmes ~ "No," replied Mr..
Holmes, who possesses the family skill
at repartee, she is brother Of me''
When a mans wife CONES in and sees
him, razor in hend, and eith his fsoe all
lather, aud asks him: "Are yOu shay.
Ing 7" it's provoking thius for him to
answsr; mo, Pm backing the stove"
but II = in humsa nature to so reply.
A dyspeptic turklirE, being much re-
vilei by his associates Tor his wan add
maoa,ed appearance, quietly remarked
thht ho would try TO lid time to step
nd nd cd 4.
memory tbs day after Thanksgiving
Chicago News.
i provincial tradssmsn having eaten
an excellent dinner at Paris restaurant
the other day deliberately blew out Ills
brains and expired at the table Some
msn are never happy unless they are
pheating restaurant keeper .-{Aliadei.
T cha Call.
An enthusiastio contemporary says Mrs
CORVALLIS West has a rich complexion,
fine suit of rippling brown hair, Irish
eyes, small statue and admirable figure.
She dresses stsrtlipgly, rides dsshingly,
| talks entertsiningly, She'll do! Intro
duce ns,-Boston Post
Scene: Country road, Syo Young
women who are walking past the parish
doctor. First young woman, Chat WAS
DR.. Richard. They say he's got al
awiu' wealthy wife" Second young
woman, go, ay He marriet the money.
and asked the wife 10 the waddinl"
A Texas debating society debated the
question, When watermelon vine runs
onto another mans land, who owne the
melons ?" The rsferee decided that tie
colored man who lives about mile and
s-hsli from the two farms owned the
melons. -i3sck's Sun.
Apollo once found his Tyre in a seolud ID
nook. "Where have you been 80 long
that have been deprived OF your sooth-
ing society,"" he inquired. "Chide me
not too severely, for MY dereiotion carried
its punishment with II, -" replied the Tyre:
" have been editing a campaign paper in
Ohio. u Chicago Nelos.
''Bsg yer pardon, but do yer think |
can find buffalo in New York P'' inauiYed
a Nsth'l Wiukle looking got up Ru.lish
man of 90 American fellow passenger on
the steamship. Buffalo in New York
Certainly only about 400 miles from tn.
city at the end of the Central railroad. u
"Ah, vas thank yer teller down In
the cabin Just now said there wasn't one
thin 1000 miles New York, yer know,
Can't fool an old spor. ,msn, yer know,
with that sort of CANNON"
An observer says always stsad
wet umbrella with the handle down one
trial will convince you OF the rapidly
with which it will drain, and yonr
umbrella viii last longer IL dried
quickly We tried that one; tried il in
of tle div with wbicl II vii -,
and il ;t,s prsssut oossas5or Mi 49,
advise US ROW il "A iasting. ga yin al.'.i.
at more length of The test - IN lax. p''-N
Dar r,, n., ,a-..,
ucart rHr,la g. ,y ,il, ~ anu soltiy s"ys:
~ D,,ro;t 49, 9eo ~ 81, Svieets
No n', tueoP 'n'' D,ooo VheA'
bsd,n en- 49,, - sieisnlps toniy
go, 49, -" 'nHn. 70 ste Iu,VH
,ink niv ~, 80 leg ~! pfeAl ~
IN ra,, Ia, ''''Aes Il. ~ uuco noss'
sit,g,,. -. =" se1 Oh ueI HCfk'"Bnep
hasr,s -, 81 5,,.'.'' '!A iulV Si'ei J" der
ali Vii H., ~ Dgt mas 'is
| s.vhaii - ,' n.y. ., "es street
,',, 49, - -, - ts 20 S' All cls
d,,.. H., 80" 'V'""o shAGl-
tbrnncb -, farl J,,o,{.. pu''' US
'J""'7.
now dc you liHe III" sIusa pi-,
Aufto asked youlS Milton wife Of
| "Woll; II il prettr GOOD bu---,i uRr+
| wharf 7 sr,,Ios,, &C.,.
| "a gp'se ygu FtHrlee 10 say tnAt
| " Ism as good az that which yGur
mother makes - oval. vs. Ala
| MIA o. I4 80 ~
| aurehi yonr mother made that very pie
| ard sent il TO lnp--n sGyVb,- Srsi.
| a., >, o,- ail.t. - "n'''
| - uirAi =" Hurl your
| teenngs' Mother probably never made
| thai pie Sin. bOupht il nj vn,r fatb.ri
| haksrv -. MIN, Mars
A gentleman riding along tbs. ,,sd ,-..a-
| Dai Van, - if,I- ""t rV''
| 10 'N"o "a" 'hl''i-Ss 1VohlbS fellow
| Seated on tine tip rail- Of fence whiting
| and hs said 10 him HS.a Lr
| eta - -. -, HN''i NY
| hiohut you ouSht 70 Us ht WOfk, not SIT
| ting there on the fence WhitLliEg.p 81
| made fiv. dOllars hare v.st.,do,, ,I
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