Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-08-15


and extend her ride to the village Of slas.
consett.
The Louisville CO1rier.jourpdl Gays
there are ON the pension rolls more men
seriously wounded than can be found on
a muster roll OF all the southern armies
at for service at any one time, and inters
that the future historian will wonder
what deadly weapons were employed by
the armies of the South.
That sincere and Rmiable end-of.the-
world crank, the Rev. Mr.. Baxter, OF
England, has revised the date for the
great smashup. He now declares that it
will occur on the 18th Of April, 1891,
with no postp onement on account of the
weather.
A Sufficient Exouss.-Mrs. Gilbooley-
understand that your daughter Kate
said am gadsbout and other nncom-
plimentary things. Mrs. MoGinnis-
You should pay no attention to what the
simple child says. She is always repeat
ing everything the neighbors tell her,
Omaha World.
Wbitelaw Reid, American Minister to
France, could read French when he left
this country, but his conversational
ability in the polite tongue was limited.
Now, however, he can speak French tlu-
emily. He had sufficient knowledge OF
the structure Of the language to take the
best advantage of his few months in
Partisan drawing rooms.
II Washington oould have had his way
he would have been born in Chicago, and
II is o matter Of record that the old gen.
tlsman himself used to say to Jonathan
TIumbull: Brother Jonathan, the mott
ferious grief OF my life is that the CON-
veution which renominated me was not
held in the fumptuous Chicago Audito-
rum" (Yid. sparks Life OF Washing
ton," vol. 8, PIP. 1S9 ct 22O ct seq. CIT
casO NeuS
Judze-.Your age ?" Lady-"Thirty
years. Judge Qncredulousiy)-"
will have some difficulty in proving
that" Lady Sexcitsdiy)-"Youw will find
1t hard 10 prove the contrary, as the
church register which contained the
entry OF my birth was burned in the year
1915
The game was croquet
They chose to plet-
charming belle and Der cavalier got,
On u velvety lawn one pleasant Diet
But In u dClet
Betwenn shots, folk set.
I
So each will pursue a separate wet,
For she gave his fond hope u sad roquet
-Netg fork Hsrdid
"Will you pass ME the butter, pleasel''
asked stranger of q snuO ut o restaurant
table. THAT'S the waiter over there,
sir" was the supercilious reply. II beg
your pardon" returned the stranger, II
did make mistake" "You'te only adj.
ing insult sir" broke in tue snob; moth
ing vould induce me 10 believe that you
mlstook me for waiter!" "Oertaiuly
not" returned the stranger, 81 mistoot
you for gentleman. ''-Detrott Ere
, Press.
Admiral Porter lately held q state
dinner in Washington, aud All Sin, {
Chinese servant, was assigned to duty il
: attendance at the door. In his couatr.
visitors rank is indicated by the sizs o
, the card ard huge yellow one mean
the presence OF prince. Ths small bit
OF pasteboard received but scant courtee
from All Sin, but when the gas collecto
presented his bill the Oelestiafs de
: meanor underwent a change. The lonl
: yellow slip captured All Sin, and witt
4 profound salsams he bowed the aston
q ished gasmsn into the presence of tn
amazed family and the irate head OF tn
A navy.
n "Mr. Smith" said the electric ligt
o manager to his foreman, 1--WE want som
o men to testify 10 the absolute harmlessnet
# OF the electric light current as used by nj
Yon might send Roberts---n Foreman
''He was killed while fixing wire lei
night, sir" swell, Jackson will
a then" 'He accidentally grounded
i, wrong wire last week and is scarcely el
,f pected to live, sir" "SHch awkward
n nes7l Send Williams" "Sorry, sir, br
" he was paralyzed wbils fixing sn electr
q lamp on Thursday. y" Really. Itsmost Of
x noyine. Employ some new men at ont
8. and sepd them to testify to the committe
al before they have time to get themselvt
killed. "--Ne,o York Herald.
"What makes you so thoughtful t
night, George7" asked Nellie. "Weli
at said George, ns he threw his eyes up
~ the ceiling and took fresh hold upC
n. her slender waist, 81 was thinking tn
n. II Your mother was willing to become n
kg mother in law would like it very much
nd lyon Would?" 81 would, indeed
es 'sThen, if it will afford you any satisfa
ss tion, can inform you that / am qui
willing that she should aud that she
also quite willing to act in that capaoi
in quiet ard unostentatious manner
.m And thus, under the silent stars, the a
il. raugementa were concluded by which IL
90 lives hitherto running apart are to
Il. blended into one, and youth hitheT
nat his own master is 10 s;oop under the 20
OIL OF mother in-law - BoStoa Courier.
ng A correspondent Of the London Stan
afd, writing from Turln, gives some 3
count OF the venerable hungarian I
triot Louis Kossuth, whose eightie
fk- birthday was celebrated the other dc
Ate 1.-THE ba, qnst," says the oorrespondei
ON ''was g splendid sight, AS we'll AS an htf7
SUI ing one. 20 clearly rang the voice OF
en- venerable speaker through the vast b
ed. that had the discourse been in italian
ma could have understood every word OF
Time has passed over him so tende
that even the clear blue OF his expressi
eyes is still unveiled he ia still able
ate enjoy tramp OF seven or eight miles o
nm an honr'a billiards in the evening. His
has tellectusl powers are az great and
ing interest in the progress of literature q
lee fine arts in the various countries W
inc whose tongues be is fRmilier as kt
OF as ever. The visitors, doubtless CARR
away the flowers presented to them
tho banquet, but they werenot from X
smiths garden, for he has none, hav
nor LETT Barraccone, the villa near RiN
,ase where he formerly resided, soon after
to death of the friend who had shared
years Of his exile"