Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-16
HERE AND THERE.

Certain free trade organs seem to be
displeased because John Roach's Dolphin
is a success NOrTfStO'oH Heruld.
Rapid Transit. following are
among the cable passengers per Cunard
steamship .SerpiG, Captain McKan, from
New York for Liverpool yesterday. -Bos-
ton Courier.
Henry V. Poor says; "Watered stock
must soon 90 to the wall" We should
guess he meant Wall Street were il not
for the fact that most of the watered stock
is there already.-BOstOn Transcript.
The.Ch,fsttan Union numbers the Uni
versity of Michigan, Cornell, and Johns
Hopkins among colleges which, "by their
historic associations" (as we'll as by
wealth and scope'D, "easily fill the i'm
agination."
The New York EgeRiag Post says 1.-THE
time has arrived for bidding farewell in
these columns to Kelly and his motor"
Why this unseemly haste p They are not
going away. The motor can't go, and
Kelly won't go without it.-NoiTistoDa
Herald.
The New Orleans Picayuao has an
article headed "How Shall We Help the
NtRIo! IL VIC uit NOlltbbig
MS to the character and tastes of the black
man, the negro is amply able to help him
self, if there is n good moon and the
melons are sufficiently ripe.--BostOR
Transcript.
The quietly habited person of the new
American representative, Hon. George
Edmunds, was much looked for, appear
ing as he did here for the first ball in the
place of the much-liked MIR. Lowell, whom
he replaces, and if we may Judge by the
number who went up for introduction, he
bids fair to be as popular. Coart
Journal. ..
Mrs. Livermore says 1.-The American
boy comes into the world with such a his
tory before him as no Greek or Roman
boy ever looked upon" This is a self
evident fact. The first history set before
the American boy mt school is somebody
History of the United States, and if I
Greek or Roman boy ever looked upoi
such work it is not recorded in ancien
history. NO17fStOOn Herald.
Poor young artist displaying picture
THAT is IN exact copy, madame, o
Raphaers Madonna which, you will re
member, sold for $125,000. Madame
"And how much do you ask for this pic
ture?" Poor young artist-''Two dol
lars and quarter" Madame-"What i
the cause of such n wide difference ii
price," Poor young artist-"Competi
ton, madame. The business is not wha
it used to be. "-Eschan9e.
Landlady (at Sunday dinner)-Mr
d umley, may ask you to carve the piec
lie resistance? Dumley (who doesn't know
French)-The what, ma'am? Landlad,
The piece de resistance-the chicken
please. Dumley-Oh certainly, witt
pleasure. after perspiring struggl
with the venerable fowl Er.-Mrs
Heartyeater, shall | send you piece O
the resistance Pm. y. Times.
"There is great deal of religion il
NATURE" solemnly remarked n younJ
Clergyman, while calling upon younl
lady of his congregation the other even
ing. ''lhere is" was the quiet reply
1--WE must never forget that there is
sermon in every blade of grass" "Quit
true. We should also remember while W
are about it that grass is cut very short a
this season of the year. n-BnBdlO COnl
merridL.
/ Old Mrs. Bcnnington-Did We find on
how Mrs. Brown is gittin ony | heer,
! she's very sick. Old Mr.. Bennington
| | saw the doctor MS he was drivin' alon
to day an he said she shuflied off
mortal coil last night. ] s'pose it'll d
her good to get rid of it, Old Mrs. Ben
Q nington-Drat these new-fangled doctors
4 they can't talk nothin' but Latin. Tn
@ poor soul may be worse. I'll try an q
I over there myself this afternoon. Ia
chaRge.
4 The Archbishop of Canterbury is quit
: right in saying that if the clergy wish t
h trent of modern scientific doctrines
Il it might be well that they should lsno,
/ something about them. A correspondent
r sends me the following observations upo
/ astronomy by Welsh curate, whe
& preaching to nm English congregation
e lie has transcribed them phonetically
o starr is hut lidl dot in the skyee. Sa'
s. many STAIRS mex one plannnt Saw man
II plnnnats mex n constellesshon. Saw man
= considerations mex one milkee we. 81
4 milkce ives mex one rorriborriallis.
y Truth. .-..a
y Again we say to the readers of IL
II 1ppeH, for whose benefit we are no
= uttering caution, put your fingers fl
= some minutes in ice water such {
you drink; reflect how it must he {
shower that water upon the internal orgai
=. ization, especially when heated, and TIN
S. will, to n sensitive person, say more thu
IT all we could write further.-Memphis A,
n pedl. II has been noticed that Memph
n men put their fingers in glass of il
to water but they do it to get a piece of il
ii to put in the other tumbler. They {
+, not drink the water.-NelD orleans Pic
G. yuRe. .......-..
rs The Bear and the Wolf had been War
81 Friends for many years when the We
u one day asked him for II Loan to help hi
q out of n Tight Squeeze. 10 his utt
NC Astonislment the Favor was Prompt
r. Refused. Haven't We been Friends
y asked the Wolf. "Trnly, we have
u "And don't you wish to beIin the Future
at is for that reason, answered the Ben
that | refuse the Loan. If You have !
Trouble in repaying me you will Deeper
er upon me i'll all Future Emergencies.
e, you Fail to repay you will Become II
" Enemy for Life" Moral Go to yo
D. Friends for sympathy-to your Paw
ed broker for loans.-Amertcan Fables in d
is tyOH Free Press.
ed The gentleman who, during the pa
'e, few months, has added to his income
i'll writing autograph letters of Cleveland
the statesmen Of the saloons, must low
his tariff or there will be no longer
market for his goods. For the latter pa
" of April and the past two weeks they we
* negotiable for drinks and cigars, and d
nd purchasers of these documents lived
nv clover. But the spell is broken. IT
y man who was promised the Collectorsh
of the Port was seen yesterday with Il
man who was to get the Postmastersh
-, endeavoring to evade the social rule tn
ne that the gentleman who dimes at the fire
lf- lunch counter is expected to call at II
y, bar and order something. An italian e
n. lie had heated controversy about Il
IN, non-payment of n nickel with the man w
he was to have been Surveyor General befo
the ides of May. These things all poi
= to the fact that the local Democra
he is on the eve of advertiser
81 IS for bids for large stock of sac
Is cloth and ashes, and that autogral
ng Cleveland letters have become drug
IT, the market.-San Francisco Mems Lett