Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-01
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A deadlock woman's SWITCH
Burlington Free Hess.
Goes without saying The deaf and
dumb alphabet.-Hiia. Chronicle.
The heal. saiter is tho principal fee
male in hotel. boston Com Bulletin.
A dog kennel is great thing to have
in your yard to keep pup Appearances
| Boston Post.
ANNA, what must you do, before
everything else, to have your sins for.
given !" Commit the sins. - German
Rper.
| Dunrobin castle is the name Of the
Duke Of Southerland's shabty. Robson
ought to adopt it for his Jersey home
Boston Post
geological survey proves the maxi
mum depth o. the whirlpool rapids At
Niagara to be only rs feet RS no place
to go wading through. -Boaon Post.
Ex-Minis.er sohenck is made to say in
Life: "Will you please state that Miss
Anderson ia not the only digniisd Amer
loan. l, too, have In my day refused to
see the Prince OF Wales, although at the
time held three jscks.''
The oharred trunk of q Mount Vernon
boy WAS found in burned stable yester-
day.-NeD York Commercial Advertiser.
Sorry but 1t will teach him to have his
baggage taken up to the house next
time.-Boston Commercial Bulletin.
An exchange says q large deposit. of
"c0nundrum' has been discovered In
Lehigh county. Managers Of minstrel
shows should repair thither at once and
procure stock of fresh oonuudrums.
The discovery will fill long felt want
though 1t ia barely possible that the in
telligent oompositor has converted .'cor-
undum" into -NorristoDn
Herald.
Farmer Wurzle (mseting the curate;s
wife, who is beekeeper): "No, mum
I've no call to find any fault wi your
beekeepin', but | do wish as they
'oodn't light on my clover found one
O. my sheep stung in Lis mouth this
morning" Curste's wife (naively)
"And pray, Mr.. Wurzle, where would
you look for It's tongue but In its
mouth 2"
Texas boasts Of a magic water that NOT
only cures all the ills of the flesh, but
ministers to a mind diseased. 1t is Al
Toyah, and ia reported to have completely
cured ranger who was supposed to be
: hopelessly insane. We're not surprised
We've always thought If some Of those
/ Texans, supposed to be crazy, would try
drinking water, 1t would help them
I, Boston Post.
A circus man in Europe has new way
Of raising money. He rallies of hit
African lion at each town he visits. Ii
I this style of raflle the victim is the un
fortunate winner. "Take your lion, y
says the honest circus man as he goes Il
open the cage. The crowd stampedes
The uulucky winnsr, who find she cannot
buy the cage, generally pays the cirou.
n man to keep the brute.-Laramie Boom
D erang.
In the New York Court of Common
0 Pleas a lawyer named Dittenhoetel
- wanted an adjournment. The opposing
counsel insisted firmly on an immediate
u trial, as he wished to leave for Germany
Dittenhoefer replied II do not wish tt
@ call the gentleman a hog. That would b.
q unprofessional. But will say that whel
i Bismarck raises the embargo on Ameri
1 can pork, theh, and not till then, will /
b be safe for this gentleman to travel alon
( in Germany"
t "Father," said young Austin swell
9 with sporting proclivities, ''explain t,
J. me something about protection. What il
the duty on sugar f'' ~ don't know
i anything about the duty on sugar, but
y can tell you something about the duty Oh
3 tobacco. 1t is my duty to seize all tn
g cigars and tobacco can get hold of, ,
It and reaching over tow ards his sons yes
pocket, he snatched handful of HavRnAs
y | tsSn fbattl dt,t toL "a o
d said the young man. "Well / NAV b.
n but that looks a good deal like fire.
d trade. TIA .Sitfings.
" The king of Siam Ia most extraordi
. nary looking man. Karl l. is apparentl,
u about 20 years of ago, and the most re
Il msrkable fact concerning him is the inor
dinate length Of his nails, each of whio.
- measures about half yard. This detor
nifty is considered by the Siamese as al
N attribute Ct sovereignty, and, of course
" reduces the monarch to q state of absolut
helplessness. He can do nothing for him
self, and is obliged to have recourse il
every instance to his aid-de-oamp. W
p should think, though, he might help
Z poodle dog fight Elsa in good shape
g. Boston Post.
o MARY WAS puxom country lass an
i her father was an upright deacon in tn
70 Methodist church of q Connecticut I'll
10 lage. Mary's plan of joining the girls an
Il boys in nutting party was Illustrate
p by the unex pected arrival Of number c
Y brethren" on their way to conference
80 and Mary had to stay home and &c
70 dinner for her tsther's clerical guests
Her rufiied temper was incI essed by tn
81 reverend visitors themselves, who So
40 abo Mt the stove and in the way. One
10 the good ministers noticed her wrathfu
V impatience and desiring to rebuke tn
sinful manifestation, said sternly, sMary
u what do you think will be your occups
10 ton in hell ?" "Pretty much the sam
81 as it ia on earth," she replied "cookin
10 for Methodist Minister'S
~ Light-minded young thing in bathin