Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-11-04
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is said TO be Augustus Jessup, "a years
old, with an income OF over 10000.
A palindrome in actual existence is the
sign of baker in Yreka, Siskiyou county,
Gal. This is 1t; "Yreka Bakery.-E1-
change.
The appearance of "0uidan as an oppo-
nent Of woman suffrage lends new force
TO the late Mir. Weller'a advice to "beware
of the 'ouidas. - Virginia Cay Enter
prise.
Four generations live in the house of j.
U. Tutcotte of Lowell, Mass. His
daughter, aged 6; her mother, aged 80
his mother, aged S. and her mother
aged 81 years.
Captain Ira Paine recently fred 100
shots with A calibre army revolver ut IL
target SO yards away and made 79l ont oI
possible !, 900 His poorest shot wa
nine inches from the centre OF the bulls
eye.
Story tellers who have been annoyed By |
receiving their best yarns followed by u
| card from the listener ayiDg, II anl |
somewhat Of liar myself" should get |
| some of the new return cards which have |
the inscription, $50 I'm told by those |
who know you"
elias prohibition proved failure in
| your town 2" asked u gentleman or man |
| who had Just come down from the hills.
you bet it hain't. Wy, podner, We can
get more Ticker now than we ever could
before. No failure about that, is thar ?"
| -ArkanSaD 1rGUeiIer.
Colored Camp. Meeting Excited Sis
teri wish l was June bug" Par
son -"Whaiior, Sister Snowflake" Sis
ter-''So could fly ter de heabenly man
sions." Parson-"Fool niggah, wood
peeker ketch yer befoah you gifts outen
de woods. ~ Teas S,ftiags
The Synod of New Jersey recently in
session at Camden. passed resolution
saying that as representatives of 289
churches and so, 302 commandments they
recomm ended that the legislature of New
Jersey pass wise and proper marriage
law for the state. The present law is too
lax.
Taken Aback. -Sportive Young Lady
"Oh, Cousin Charley, how do wish you
could have come week ago !" Cousin
you, really !" Awt'ly kind. Here now,
Ut all events !" S. Y. L,-"Ah, but you're
no use now We only wanted you to tell
us what to back ln-Fun.
Peanuts ought to be cheap. The crop
now ON the market, and which must sup
ply the small boy until next September,
is 3,479, 700 bushels. Last year there
were eaten 2 905 900 bushels, which leaves
margin of 574 200 bushels for waste
and possible increase of peanut-sating
population.
A junk dealer of Lewiston, Me-, found
I n ho1 nF oh S,,a rll AZ
I used the thread for wrapping cord until
: it was nearly gone, and then found that
: it had been wrapped around q wad Of
money, consisting of hnlf-penny, q gold
dollar, a 81 treasury note, a 81 Canadian
! bill, and Confederate IS bill.
! The other day white dove perched OF
5 the cab of Engineer Staggers' locomotiv,
o on an Ohio railroad, and afterward flew
i back and forth in front of the window
= several times. A few minutes later TIL,
/ locomotive was thrown from the track
v and Stageers was killed. The fireman
/. who was slightly hurt, tells the tale.
h Dogs Unfortunate Mistake.-"Yes,
If said Mr.. Hendricks to the minister. g
le am proud of that dog. Why, he know
is the different days of the week" just the
III the dog began to run to gun which stoo
4
r. and wag his tail. Hes made mistak
n, tbis time. pa said young Bobby; ..h
he thinks IT'S Sunday. n-HGrper'S Bazaar.
BIS Dangerous Boarder. The wido,
aa Flapjack got new boarder the other day
ief At the first meal he took he choked an
40 and had terrible time trying TO swallo,
on some coffee. What's the matter, stran
tes ger n she asked kindly. Nothing, 81
Mt Ahnt 4 N,
nc way" GOOD heavens it isn't possibl
that have secured boarder with tw
IN Threats" exclaimed Mrs. Flapjack, VIII
~ has been complaining very bitterly of th
fK amount of food man with only on
throat can destroy Texas SitEings.
ID. The news that the ladies have carrie
CT taT6e fGuFtihs 81 lie nonors IN Il
(. junior class of Colby University, an
Nat y size the Jys ..aj kind u sho,
ing two English parts have been assignt
instead of one as usual-and this in CO
nection with the fact that there are b
he six young ladies in the class, is receiv,
with delight by some people who hs
not forgotten when an argument us
,as. against the admission of ladies into {
nen colleges was that they had not suticie
,no intellect to master the intricacies of Lat
I'M I
In. too largely taken up with such frivoliti
~, as dress and society.-Ee,OistDR M
III Journal.
NJ Before Bismarck reconstructed the m
iii of Europe and made United Germany
III dozen little principalities used to ann
rs travellers by stopping them at their fro
M tiers until they had satisfied the custol
IA house demands. A Yankee once had |
nm carriage stopped ut the frontier of pet
~ PRINCES country. The Herr ODER, CO
sT;,, troleur of the custom house, came Il
sst ward, and, much to his indignation, "
ved received in a npnchalant way. L
mis- Yankee WAS ungentlemanly enough not
inr get out OF the carriage or even to take
his hat The Herr 0ber sharply demand
,et. the keys OF the tourists trunks, which
tter subordinate began handling rough
,,o,, "Here, hands off !" shouted the Yank,
IL II didn't come from the United States
heir America TO be controlled by you. /
. he those trunks back. III not 90 throu
I'll. you nj all. I'll turn back. I'm in
hev hurry, and don't care for losing d
dif. You're no country, you're only spot
in go round You" And he did ,-.SdH Fir,
,icb ctsco ATgonnHt
the Base Plot, The other day as
tba veil known citizens were standing
gether in the corridor of the post of
a,,v one happened to notice that postal C
reat held in the fingers of the other '
4 rs directed to the holder. why, how d
yanr thi8 come z" was asked. "Do you W
iona letters 10 yourself p sin this case, "
, ~ was the answer. That's fuuny.n Nv
atIv not so very. See the other side.n
. ~ held it up end the other read:
the BIO MN BL4xE: There will be a meet
/ nj the q \ n M 127 az the hall on