Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-05-06

When some pontlclans are weighed tney
are found wanting every office in which
there is a vacancy. T'eras Sytiags.
The average congressional statesman is
looking for tariff policy that will return |
him to Congress. -Neso Orleans Picagttaie. |
The Boston Post wants to know where
all our American pennies are gone. Gone |
for little change, we venture to say
LosoeR Citizen.
In Cation, Cal, there is woman real
estate Spectator who is very successful
She made $4,000 the other day on turn
in two or three hours.
Don't be impatient, ye Rangeley fisher
men. The ice is still solid. aud OK teams
are plodding across the lakes of upper
Maine. = Boston Herald.
"This is where he drank his liquor" is
what mourning badges ON club room
door mean, at the death of member. -
Nei0 Orleans Picdyune.
Rossville, Kan, is run by young men.
The mayor is but % years old, the police
iudge ~, the principal of public schools
25, and the postmaster %.
There are 400 known ways in which
horse can be unsound and yet when you
buy one you will find a way not yet cata-
logued. - Albany journal.
England's puzzle and Pats charade
aYou rouse my first by asking rent for my
second, and my whole is my country
ireland. - 7eEdS S1tiRgs.
Shakespeare was one of the worlds
great minds If he had lived in our day
he would have been n newspaper mau,
without doubt, -SpTRQfed Union.
A Massachusetts, paper adyertises for
the state legislature us lost, strayed or
stolen.n Some people never know how
to let well enough alone. Hacpa ne
graph.
Cinnamon in Quincy, Cal, built II big
bonfire one night recently during henyy
snow-storm, and then caught over 20 oil
the wild geese that swnrncd around the
bright blaze.
Though the rules of the House have
been changed ana Mr. Randall put OH q
back seat, the business Of Congress is
further behind than it Inns ever been. --
atlanta CONSTITUTIONS
The London 2imes recently said that
the Smithsonian Institute afforded u better
course of chronological teaching, based on
primitive relics, than can be had any
where else in the world
81 threw my love at him and it hath
gone astray," sings Lille Drake, in an
exchange. Lille should have thrown ii
in an opposite direction il she wanted to
be sure of hitting him. 80. Ilbana
Messenger.
Florida Strawberries, that taste MS if
they had been picked, have made their
appearance in market If they really
have been picked, too much vinegar has
been used. Atianta C0lItitatiOR.
Greece continues to strut around with a
chip on her shoulder daring anybody to
knock it of. We renew onr suggestion ms
to small bottle of ammonia and a rag in
the case of Greece L0,GSojIs CoWrier.
JOurRd!.
A dense fog, only ewyardsin breadth
settled down upon one of the wharves o
New Haven at noon one day lately, anC
remained IN that isolated portion for TIVE
hours or more while the sun shonc bril-
liantly elsewhere in the vicinity.
The prisoners in the jail at Helena, NJ
t., dug out through brick wall on
night, went to saloon, captured Il lot q
whisky, returned 10 the jail, and wer
found safe in the morning, but all yer
drunk.
A Baptist missionary in China write
home that what an American fnmil
>. throws away in II year would keep a do4e
! Chinese families; and what Chines
i family throws away in the same tin
a would not feed mouse.
Il ''The Pilgrims Progress has bee
a published in Canton in Chinese chara
II ters, aud illustrated by Chinese artist
il. All thu characters are Chinese. The scel
lis is laid Ia CHM, aud Apollyon Is as line
IN specimen o' dragon " one could w
ne to sec
~ The editor of the Desert Ners, ST
ed Lake, is in Jail for supporting four wiz,
OF We will guarantee the payment of
ef fine if he will give it away. Just let I
ne profession know how lie supports four
nc one paper san FRANCISCO dtd'
y" Poor patcrfamilias, who is caught
home in house-cleaning time and sent {
.,, into the hot sun to shake the carpets,
IS. ready to offer n certificate that every d
all of them is all wool and yard wide
measuring from fence to fence. th6t
Ne'7s'
Lewis Reiuhardt, Baltimore l.,
u maker and Knight of Labor, stood
,,,' fore the looking glass and in the presci
~, of his little 3-years- old girl cut his thro
~ He had worried over supposed chal
a. against him by the knights until his III
Nh gave way
for Three young girls imprisoned in
er. Cleveland House Of Refuge procure
n "A small saw, and on Monday night
,ed through bar in the window OF tn