Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-04-24
EVENING ECHOES.

Glrl-( Heepln6)-lm so sorry you nave
to 10 on the road again. 1t almost breaks
my hsayt. Drummer-Don't cry. Fanny,
pil manage to pick up another girl some
where,-Tezas S:ttihgs.
Travis Well, De Smith, I'm bache-
lor of art now. De Smith-Bosh You
never graduated anywhere. Tfavis--I
know it, hut have learned how to sew on
buttons and wash lamp chimney.-Bur-
ington Free Press.
Girl friend (kissing the bride eostatic-
ally Fan, ycu did spiendidly at the
altar, and this is only your second
Bride (complacently)-YeH, I've really
had very tile practice hunSey'S Weekly.
The young lady who was recently ad-
mitted TO toe Massachusetts, bar secured q
clisnt, and last weak IN FRIED him. Sh
is now going to apply for admission to
practice before the United States Supreme
Court.
Miss Hugsble-You wouldn't be much
Of success as a stock broker, would
you, Mr. Nudity Mr.. Tlm Midity-on,
| cont kiow. Why not? Miss Hugable
Why, you wouldn't know how to act as
bear, would YOU? I0tedo Blade.
"Cant you msk bot er time than
this 2" ASKED mere of an office boy
VIM had cun.unsG u. much time ON an
GRAND. "My dear n, replied ths boy,
who was FROM Boz Il do not make
time at all. mar VISA that provided
by higher wer."-Juige.
~ am at complete loss," remarked
the editor, ito account for the fire which
recently broke out in this Office" "May
it not have been," timidly suggested his
youthful assistant, "from some burning
thought accidentally dropped into the
waste basket 2"--O Chicago Times.
ross-examining Oounsel-Isn't your
husband q buralar2 Witness-Y-e-s.
Oross-examining counssl--And didn't you
know he was burglar when you married
BIN? Witness-Yss; but was getting q
little old and had to choose between
burglar and lawyer, so what else could
! dor
MoGinty has secured recognition in
the Congressional! Record. Somebody
cast vote at him in the canvass that sent
"Iceman" Turner to Congress fr m the
Sixth district, New York, and in Mr..
| Turner'S biography the fact Is gravely set
forth that he was returned by so many
| votes for himself against so many for the
MeGinty."
Every man can have his price in the
next Presidential campaign. gentls-
man Of that name publicly announces
himse'f: "John L. Price of Saline county,
Missouri, as your candidate for President
of the United States, su ject to a vote of
the whole people In favor OF Christie.
cratic labor electors." For q Saline man
I Mn Datn a., II. a. .lxs
-Phiia. Ledger.
Barbafa-"Hulds, that gentleman over
yonder is my friend, Mr.. Floyd. May /
present him ?" Hulda--"No, You must
excuse me. He Is the very man who kept
his seat in the car the other evening while
stood all the way" Barbara-"Really 2
Why am shocked. If he didn't have
any regard for our sex he might at least
have shown some consideration for age."-
Life.
1t was on the rear platform OF street
car as crowd was going home from the
theatre. Lets see, /" unused a man who
was jammed on the railing to the ons on
his left "have We been introduced ?" 81
think not. My name is Taylor" "Ah
And mine Is Porter. Mr. Taylor, you are
| throwing time away trying to get my
watch. 1t is an old one and ont of re.
pair, and wont bring you S2."-Detroit
Free Press.
They we're two girls who had "done
Yurup," and as they waited for the our
tain to go up at the matinee one of them
said "Oh, Maggie, they cay that the
Mississippi river is going to drown thou.
sands of folks !" SIS it possible We
have seen the Mississippi river haven't
we2" HOf COURSE" "Whero was ii p,
"Why, Maggie I" "But we saw 30 much,
you know" "Yes; but how cou you
ever, ever forget how that railroad bridge
at Pittsburg almost gave way and plunged
US into the awful, awful Mississippi." ~
Detroit FIRES Press.
81 don't want that young fellow Il
come around here any more,n her father
gave out deoisively. "All right, father.
He is only newspaper reporter, and
"a reporter Oh, we'll, In that case
don't think it's any use. In the first place
it wouldn't do any good, and we'd only
be having him coming down the chimney
or through the window, SO / guess VIZ
had better yield gracefully" And thai
evening, sftor she told him, it was 6
pleasure to them both to acknowledge
tho great power of the press. PhiiGdei
EAia Times
In Avondsle there are two little girl
who have younger brother whom they
regard as nuisance. The other day
they had been playing together for &
long time, when their mother told then
that they must take the lit fellow into
their game. And 80 one of the girls an.
nounosd: well, we'ii play iGmil y. Johnny
wall be the papa, I'll be the mamma
Mary will be the little girl, and the papa
must go away and stay for seven years.
TIE brother starred for the seven year,
of exile behind the door, the little
girls went on with their separate game.
1t took the boy long time to discover
that he had been viciimlzsd, but when
he did make the discovery there was the
mischief to play. Cincinnati 1in,ss. Star.
One Sunday iast fall l listened TO 9
morning discourse delivered by 6
preacher who would probably be called
sensational" He was enlarging on the
destruction Of Jerusalem. Describing
the horrors of the famine to which its
wretched inhabitants were reduced, he
cited from Josephus that memorable pas.
sage which tells how party of Roman
soldiers were led by the smell of meat tc
enter house. Whno 'rsy demanded the
roast, woman brought out .he remains
Of her own child, which she had cooked
for food. At this juncture tow headed
youngster, Who evidently remembered
his late experience with The Thanksgiving
turkey, asked in an audible whisper;
"Say, msrni, was it stuffed 2" Some Of
US who heard the query felt like tender.
ing vote OF thanks to the srtless ques.
TONER, who had given an unexpected
turn to the preachers hoEEibls desoTip-
| tim - Lststsfon Journal