Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-10-18
HpEB AND rHSRE.

II is probably tho attention paid IL
which makes tho weather-vaIie. --Lye'
A shskespearean student asserts that
the Bard of Avon was no sluggeIa, put
iaman Of action. A sort OF 40 Bull -
were. -HdTTer's BdEdr.
MIR, OogRshall--"I believe we were en-
osesd NJ Mt. Desert few weeks ago.
I've iust come In on the accommodation
train.p Miss Countemup-.Pm awfully
sorry but one of the others just came on
the express. Time.
Harry-'iSo your are going to marry
old Dina Hunter. Well, Tom, my boy,
do Won think she is Just the girl for you,
old fellow, that is--er-----" Ton-oh, !
know, old fellow, she has many faults,
but consider, above all, her pa value
--Hrpn-'s Basar.
Nature sometimes makes fool OF her
aelf. Che had watorspout burst In
Bourbon county, Ky, the other day In Q
| neiehborhood where they had over 5000
barrels Of whisky stored mp, and nobody
cared to see drop Of water for the next
| FIVE yeGra.--NayistoB Herald.
Ohumley--"Come here, my son, and
| Ieit NDttL tuO AhNtteA"
| don't want 10 come. That's Mr.. Dunn
ley" Chumley-"Well, what OF 1t r
Son-'sYou said yesterday that he would
talk the head of from anybody. and 1
don't want TO lose my head."-lhs Gar
tom.
An agricultural Journal makes the re.
markable statement that "a horseshoe
nailed on the forward feet Of COW or
steer will prevent jumping fences. Farm
ers who have trouble with jumping
| fences should try the experiment. A
jumping fence on farm must DO very
annoy Ing. -N0rri,tJ,on Herald.
Bilkins---" hope am not in the way,
Miss Tompkyns." Mrs Tomkyns =
/" Why, MIR. Bilkins, how can you sug-
pest such thing. You know I believe
in even numbers. Polly and Charley
make two Jack and make four; you
and the dog make six. We are oil paired
OF nicely. THE Cartoon.
Atfable CLERK" Can l be mistaken
Isn't this the Mrs. Orozier whom met
so pleasantly ct Fire Island this simmer"
His oustomer-"Why, yes; I'm Mrs Gro
aier, and / remember your face but
thought you told me you were engaged in
religious pUrsuitsf" AGable Clerk--"This
is the nuns.veiiing department, madam, I"
Tune.
Mir. Isascstein--"I sells You dot coat,
my trent FOR ssyventeen tollnr. You
dsko him alongn Customer-'I thought,
lsasestcip, that you didn't do business
Saturday. Isn't this your Sunday?n Mr..
Issacstein lin O low, reverend tone OF
voice My fren., 20 sell coat like dot
for sayventeen toller vas not peeBness,
dot vas charity "-Er.
Tom Bigbee (ferooiously) "Hang II,
Gibbon, / can't see why you have
adopted that idiotic way Of carrying
your umbrella! You're jabbing every
body, back and 'front.' Howell Gibbon
--"You cawn't see, Oh? Why, its abso-
lutely necessary. I'd get the blawsted
thing tangled in the skirts OF my new
English trousers il didn't carwy II in o
harwizontal position. Puck.
MIR. Sampson asked me to be hiB wife
Inst night, papa" "And what did you
say n 81 told him & mist give lle a
little time, and b. sAl' could haze the
usaA. " aaS-, o. pei cent OF Tor cash,
and then he stopped and apologized.
Whit am / to think Of him papa ~
Think Of him !" shouted the old man.
THAT young fellow is full OF business,
and you can't say yes too quick !"- Ia.
Editor Ito assistant)--'' one OF your
editorial paragraphs, Mr.. Smith, you say
TINT seven persons were drowned in Bos-
ton harbor by the upsettipg Of q catboat.
That is not editorial matter, it is merely
a statement OF fact. An editorial must
eIpress an opinion or sentiment" As
siatant--"I hadn't quite finished that,
sir; should have added, "This ia truly
heartrending. Phillip II. WEIGH, in the
Epoch
He Was Anxious. -"Captain,n said the
Kentucky statesman, who was about to
take his frat trip across the ocean, III
understand the way this ship is oon-
sttucted, it's got several water tight com
partments. Yes, air." Waters all
on the culsila-cs1t't none get in
nohowSh No, air.n ''oap'n," said
the ksptuckian, decidedly, II want one
q them compartments, don't keer what
1t costs, Cdicaoo Tribune.
a labarer in a ship-yard was one day
| given 8 two foot Iule to msasure piece
q iron plate. Not being accustomed ia
TIE use OF the rule, he returned it, after
wasting . good deal Of time. "Well,
MIKE, esked his superior officer, s'what
Is the gizs OF the piate?n "Well,n re.
piled Mike, with tho smile which accom-.
panies duty performed, "it's the length
OF your Guile and two thumbs over, with
ms piece q brick and the breadth OF my
hahd and arm from here to there, bar j
hnGer NJ io9a'S Companion
In9 Astur library contains among liz
historic relics copy Of 6 letter Of 90.
.uMons, OF which only six are known IA
oe "a existence, One OF these copies sold
,or $i91 q an Rnction sale in London in
loiA, lhls letter was written by Colum
oas g l4tsbch, and is addressed 10 Raph
ael sauehis, treasurer 10 the King d
/ spain, a Latin version OF the letter va,
, printed IN k0ne The letter ia deserve
we q ne travels and his discoveries. i
Aston. ~ " ="
! Miattoss weli, Bridget. did you se,
4. the dentist Yea, masm.n nDid n,
, pa.l Sonr tooth n "Shuso, ms'am, b,
aia rot lay . maud TO puil st sll. II,
i Eeonped II cut Wild wee hos, an then h,
/ ofuV y IN q stay tefyer--yil MINI, n,
/, rae top q I 10 ksep il tight. iii neve
= be caught d1il It's lIkee ao,ip ma,sm
What With his Hpsottin' lAe ssfS hs m m
tIe -, an 'y'u' dirty BIT ov an cid gun
,, sn2e n NY Month for bib Gu maxim
i ~ 70 ,ne S'ls oy : coffee mill in me head
Er. ~ a'faiie. :
] 80 a fashionable ehurch wedding anon,
/, sonle summer Eoioususrs was june ID
I g mi IL little New England yillpes
. me high hand with which thinga wst,
o carried. on aroused tho Jealousy nm,
sharponed the tongues OF he native ala
!, lnent, whose highest idea Of merrieo
J. ceremony ger bud always apparently been /,