Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-02
HggE and THERE.

''foiks wot don't fight over religion. -
I'ep1S Sittings.
@. A, Davis Of Nevada, Mo, sneezed
so violently the other day that he broke
one OF his ribs,
Take her all around, /" says a writer,
.'she is the best product OF her SEX"
Yes, but did that writer ever think of the
expense of taking her all around 2-Neso
HageSs Neros.
a citizen of Salamanca has United |
States aix-dOllRr bill dated 1774. On its |
back are tho words, at is death to coun- |
terfeit." The Pittsburg Dispatch Is re-
sponaihle for this statement.
Wasn't il a little strange that when
Sauor SALIVA, the chief engineer o. the
City OF M4xico. visited Boston 10 inspect
the sewerage system, they took him to the
State House first p It'd Bits
As Henry Esterwin of Bethany, Va,
was ehopping wood, his little 4year OLD
daughter ran up and put her foot ON tho
log Henry did not notice her until tho
axe came down on the foot, seyering 1t.
An item in the Telegram Umpire and
Mrs. Quest will winter in Detroit"-leads
us to desperation, and we despairingly
announce that Bookkeeper aud Mrs.
Jones will spring III Kalamazoo.--P'ick.
Hon. jefferson Davis recently gave the
site of his birthplace, near Fairview, KY,
TO Baptist congregation, and hand
some brick church editice has been
erected thereon Wilmington (N. o.
Star.
Nora Brown of Greensboro, Ky., lying
ill with a fever, startled her friends by
suddenly saying that she saw an angel,
who said TO her distinctly, "Thou shalt
live another year" Her friends believe
Nora.
David Wright, a colored citizen of
Columbia City, Fla, is the father of as
children, most Of whom are living, His
present wife is worthy of her third hus-
band, for she has born ~ children Of
whom 10 live.
A large and sound Missouri pumpkin,
recently cut open, was found to be filled
with thrifty vines and leaves. The seeds
had sprouted and sent out vines, though
there were no signs of decay, the meat
being sound and sweet.
One of the institutions of Connecticut
this fall is the cider beat, who, pretend
ing to be out buying cider, samples the
farmers apple juice, gets invited to eat
| dinner or take tea, says he'll call again,
and goes on his dishonest way.
A negro we'll digger in Leesburg, Ga,
was alarmed at the disappearance of his
erowbar which he was using in the bottom
of we'll. Investigation showed that
thin crust of stone was between him and
a pool Of cold water 20 feet in diameter.
Citizens of Eminence, Mo-, recently
saw seven wild geese flying south, pur-
sued by large eagle. Soon he caught
up with them, and then the geese turned
and made fight, and, after driving the
eagle off, went on their way southwark.
Joe Demones, Is years old, and black,
went down to the landing of Jefferson
vile, Ky, to see steamboat 60 ont. As
he stood looking, she blew her whistle
viciously, and Immediately the boy lost
the power of speech, and hasn't spoken
since.
A Brooklyn man, while chasing his
wife and threatening to kill her, fell into
cistern and was drowned. There is n
lesson in this sad incident. 1t teaches
Brooklyn wives not to flee from their hus-
bands when the latter want TO kill them.
--N0rrist0ion Herald
Drummer (selling real Coffee -"Just
smell of that, and you'll order ton of
it." Grocer mot recognizing the aroma)
, -'sGuess you've made q mistake II yer
wan ter sell any o. them Turin drugs fer
coffee, you've got ter git that pecooliar
scent out n it, It'd Bits.
'The car is full of alumni, =" whispered
Miss Beekonstreet to her friend from the
west, as they both journeyed Cambridge
ward in the horse car. Yes" said the
Chicago girl, land how il chokes one up,
don't it? wonder they do not open the
yeutilators. boston Commercial Bul-
Ietin.
George Willis and Alfred Brown, near
Benton, Mo-, saw deer in the road one
evening. 1t did not run away, aud Willis,
by lighting matches, attracted its stteu.
ton while Brown sneGked up closa enough
to grab il by the horns, Then cav tive
men got it down and cut its .nToaG with q
: jackknife.
Getting His Points. First Bostonian-
Before We say good-by, Eugene, l wan
to tell You that l have become confirmed
vegetarian Second Bostonian-"H HOY
I queer So have IT, First Bostonian-
! "Why, then, we part TO meat no more.
Second Bostoninn -"Yes, but we can fish
can't we ?"--Ttd. Bits.
Ills that Landseer, Mr. Crmsus,
asked the visitor, pausing before th
painting. "No," replied the host
treckon it's Durham; zee how broad i
is between the horns, and see the colo
and the curl on its forehead. That's
genuine Durham, sure. That aiu't NJ
Landseer. - Erchdag0.
His Mind Elsewhere, Professor twh
i has told the young men to bring ii Al
4 essay on N original subject -'Well, Mr.
: Saunders, what have you got 10 day (?
Collogian (who has spent the summer as
, waiter at one Of the mountain hotelsJ-
: "Er-ronst beef, roast pork, fish, an,
4 corn beef hash. - It'd Bits.
J. A citizen of Summer county, Ga, foun
@ a hawk struggling in the coils of q blac
e snake that were wound three times aroun
i one wing and twice around the bird
10 neck. The snake wonld not release ID
0 hawk until partly paralyzed by a GLOW
# Then the coils fell of and the almost e,
l. hausted hawk flew slowly away.
a As soon as Liberty WAS unveiled in Ne,
u York, a newspaper reporter asked he
. what struck her most foroibly in th
d country. "Ihe astonishing number {
d poets you have here, she imme diatelyr r,
70 piled 'and il one can be found who he
* not written a poem about ME, 1 shout
like TO see him. He must be a create
IS curiosity than myself. = Nori8tow
So Herald.
y Mr.. Homespun was reading a thrillin
Il story of an accident winding up with IL
=. expression, "but before they could reac
y him the vital spark had fled. "a vel
n pretty story" said Mrs. H.-''but what
suppose became of the fellow after |
u ran awayP" Mr.. II. --"Fellow ran ava,
= What fellow What are you talkir
Z about 2" Mrs. H.-"Why, that live
=, fellow, the vital spark, IS the paper cal
i, him. Boston Transcript.
no A gentleman who had been in tow,
nj only three days, but who has been pa
nv ing attention to Appointment belle, wantt
ns to propose, but WAS afraid he would !
ms thought to be hasty. He delicate
I'd broeched the subject as follows "If
M we're to speak to you of marriage, aft
ng having only made your acquaintan
= three days ago, what would you say
III" well, I should say, Never put {
till tomorrow that which you should ha
done the day before yesterday. "-E1,
az Press me closer, all mine own.
Warns my heart for thee alone.
Every sense responsive thrills,
ne Each caress my being fills;
ay Rest and peace In vain crave
as- In eestacy live, thy slave;
DnyUprpd with bona xiyftb Len llaef