Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-08-26

Elhlb-lcb, ubhTt IL yOu ellt buOURn
angel cake il will make an angel Of yon.
--Neto HaDen Netos.
Honesty may be the best policy, but a
man will find il difficult to strike gig in
it.-Ne'o Ha0en Nelos.
The club editor TO whom poets nre re-
ferred is pretty much of nm epicure in his
way Merchant Traveller.
Some girls are said to bs 80 modest that
school teachers cannot persuade them to
learn vulgar fractions. Item.
"Discords that Butter Bred" was the
Worcester Telegrdm's headline for the
oleomargarine debate in Congress. -
Boston Herald.
II is brave man who mounts the
perilous elevated seat Of q hanson cab,
but then none but the brave deserve the
fare. Detroit Free Press
The world is making progress, UNI
doubtedly, but il 10 stern fact neverthe-
less, that II pays better to be freak in
dime museum than to be a poet. --II0stOa
Courier.
A Hartford baby that died the other
day weighed less than three pounds, but
its little body was placed in burial
casket and carried to the grave in little
white hearse.
An old lady of 40, being left widow
and destitute, on being asked what she
would do 10 make a living said "Im
sure l cannot tell, unless | become a
ballet girl " BOSsOT, Courier.
"a Dude Nearly Drowned at the soa,
shore" is Tho provoking hsgd or tcle
graph dispatch. His Escape is easily
understood. Ills head was too light ia
sink. -N07TstO,on Herald,
The actress who succeeding in slappinp
Sara Bernhardt in Brazil should Join d
baseball nine. If she could hit Sara she
has certainty of never going out On
strikes. - Washington Critic.
Brown-Do you know that that long
haired Indian doctor is a wonderful bone
setter? Most astonishing thing | ever
saw. Smith--Shuoks Come down ant
see my dog.-LOt0eH Citizen.
A morning paper asks "what is III,
reward for lyingw The hired girl who
answers the door bell and tells visitor.
the family has gone to the seaside receives
about SO week, we believe. life.
"Why don't the newspaper men of til,
country step TO the front 7" asks nm ex
change. Their modesty about exhibiting
the patches in the rear may have some
thing TO do with the matter. -Life.
A 12-years-old boy, swimming in til,
surf at Riverside, CAL, straddled a lol
floating in the water Just M n breaker
flung log and boy on the beach. The lol
came down on the boy, crushing his skull
killing him instantly.
Lawrenceville, H., n strong prohibition
village, is considerably agitatod becaus,
its town board has granted licenses 70
two saloons at 8 900 each. Threats ar
made that the saloon keepers will no
have an easy time of it.
Il is told in st. Paul that the children
in Minneapolis, its nearby and hate,
rival, has refused to read the Bible in tb
public schools because il is "iilled full o
talk abont 81. Paul." while from Gouesi
to Revelation there ia no mention mad
Of Minneapolis.
The man who can exquisitely cut hi
piece of pie with fork is not desoryin
of all the praise of the dinner table. III
who can most quickly shove his plat
over the grease spot that appears on ia
table cloth whom he spills the gravy is en-
titled to wear the laurel crown. --Natto1,0
Weekly.
Fair Traveler-What does this mean
The expressman says he can't find m
trunk. Here ia the check for it. Bap
gageman-The trouble is, ma'am, TIM
you changed cars too often. The Chico
and part of the handle has arrived br
the other pieces haven't got along vet,
/ Omaha World.
The more / see of England and tl
English, the more | am persuaded of th
irreooncilable difference between us nm
them and the more odious seem 10 me N
, afectation and imitation of Anglicism b
the American, who, having got elimpl
OF the nobility would straightway get hin
selfa coat-of -arms.-EditOT WatteTson.
An English physician has condemne
baby carriages. Every citizen who hp
, stood with his legs extended explainin
, the why and because of the Mexiea
trouble to group Of admiring noiRhbo,
; and who has been laid on his back on
cold unfeeling sidewalk by having bah
,, carriage thrust between the legs aforesai
, Will indorse the physician without hesiti
: tion.-LODeH Citizen
| Two sayings of the little ones amuse
4 us the other day. ~ sec one of bod
/ finger nails" said little 3-year old, point
3 ing to the crescent moon in the evenin
a sky; he's been pairing his nails and on
| has dropped through" "Isn't God biz
/ ger than all the worldI" said little Charlj
' to his father, who carelessly replied, &c
! yes" well, he's big enough to lick
policeman, any wayl" was the furtbe
3 comment of the young theologian-I'or