Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-11-18

Now we know what air. Jefferson meant
when he said, External vigilance is the
price Of liberty Richmond Dispatch.
A bcokwolm sometimes becomes so alb
sprbed in his vocation that he will not
turn when lac is troddsn upon. Spring
.ttetd Union.
Japan is the place for the Knights of
Labor. They have moro holidays than
in any ottSr part OF tie world. -BoSton
Commercial Bulletio.
a little arithmetic saows that miDcn
pie suitable for the Buriholdi Goddess Of
Liberty's mouth would havs TO be so 'eet
in diameter Springfield Union.
A young woman Of Harrisburg, Pa,
uti,iG,d her wire hustle the other day as
Cage fnr i a. ms So llrrl that she caught
Whit III tle country and wnrtei to carry
ioms.
Mi one eoiOrad congressional candi-
disto was elected on Tuesday last, and the
b0tu viii he the FIRST congress since the
war exclusively composed of white men.
.-E,rciaago.
An English journal in eriticising Lord
Eindolph's attempts 10 lock oraculas in
his new position, quotes the old SAY ing,
"a Young man should be wiser than he
locks, IN old man should lock wiser than
be is"
''Do you bilief" We'll, hardly, but
trihe.n You don't understand thid posi-
bly,. Permit us to say Il is the bicycle
aud tricycle. language in vogue in Wash
ington and other Wheeled towns. Wash.
Sngt9n CrStt3.
A course in assi nioloey Is ia be intro.
duc1d into the curriculum Of Jthns Hop
tins University. II would be q good
move If q more leugihy course ID Ameri.
canotogy WIS given 1t SOME college. =
I'astom 4faeslEr.
An ifate female seeks aimittuhce to
the eiitcr'R unciun. But ! tell you
MADAM protests the attendant, ''thnt
tho editor i too ~ 20 talk 10 any ons To
isy, y ser rttHa IE
.r.4 @Jk
iht,s is no indignation more terrible
tian that Of an elderly man in horse car
offered n scat by a sympHthizing lady,
when lie snorts, "Knp yer seat, MON
Tier hnint stronger man in this car n
mo ~ Eo&Aiggton Post.
- N"9 plAitl VI BupSe u geese, tine
plural Of moose should be meese, but
every hunter who ever camped in tht
woods of Maine knows that it isut.
Moose hasn't any plural. A fellow thinks
himself lucky ii be sees one. CdmJtdgt
| ChjUaicis.
Here in Portland jack Frost hfR MOI
put in an appearance yet, and fl iwars ,lle
blooming in sll tie gaIdeus Tona,oe,
are still ripening il he sunshine, and
geranlums and Gthfr semistrupivai plant.
are fouiishing FogttaRd (OTe.j O5e
! g1niaa, N9vtasts, 2d
~ eau say one thing in favor of Mr.
Featuerly, remarked Mira Hendricks, the
lGndlady, she never takes the last piece
of bread on The plats.2 No, indeed
Mrs Hendriek',n asseEteJ Dumley, cor
daily, 'Feathcrly ain't quick enough. -
h'TclStn9e.
a merchant in town received car lone
of Hour yesterday which has been on til,
road nearly seven weeks. With houl
famine on the market and the prospects
Of such rapid transit one might with per
feet propriety say, God help the poor.
--NOr21ich Bulletin.
Dom Pedro's venerable aunt, the es
,eemed and beautiful Princess Isabel,
Maria Conception jane Charlotte Gual
herta Anna Francis OF Aesisi XAVIER
Paula d'AlcGntera Y Antoinetta Raphaell
Aiohaela Gabrielle Joachina Gonzaga-
ii Y-Where were we--what was it--oh
yes-is dead Washington Post.
u hear, y said q sad eyed man the ot'lt
day, to a bartender in AN up town hotel
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