Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-06-18
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At the Lebanon (Pa.) railroad station
man who had dropped nickel in the
slot was holding his hand for q cake Of
chocolate, but instead a live mouse was
deposited in his palm.
New Jersey 1Yife-Wake up, John |!
Burglars are trying to bore through the
shutter. N. J. Husband tdrowsily)-
Nary hurglar That's only the mos
quito | put out Of the room an hour
ago. Let him Pttts1ufg Bulletin.
A colored man, the Rev. Charles A,
Parrish, A. NJ, Of Kentucky, before the
Baptist Publication Society meeting in
Cincinnati last week, said that Adam
was black man and the forbidden fruit
watermelon. "lhe sun do move. y
Washington STIR.
General b. F. Butler wishes it to be
distinctly understood that amid all the
talk US to who is and who is not likely
TO be nominated for the presidency, his
address is, as usual, Pemberton Square,
Boston, where he may be heard Of at any
time when he is not climbing up on the
neck Of some three-for-a-quarter Rhode
Island Judge. PHILADELPHIA Times.
Orr DNsab Aninats holds this sensi-
BILE view; IF your dogs and cats disturb
the neighbors by bowling in the night,
it is your fault, not theirs. You have
no more right TO let them disturb neigh
bors by bowling in The night than you
have TO go ont in your back yards and
howl yourselves; and if by reason of
your neglect they are poisoned or other
wise killed, ii is your fault"
A new explosive called ecrasite 1.-THE
| invention of two Austrian engineers
named Siersch and Kubinl is said to be
about one-third more powerful than
| dynamite. Shells made at Essen and
charged with ecrasite were exploded
against palisades, representing batalions
OF men, at various ranges up to 1900
metres, with indicated results said to be
| unparalleled in explosive munitions. In
Essen shell respects, SO to speak, ecra-
site will make grim-visaged war grim
mer than Philadelphia Ledger.
A novel experiment has been devised
for the entertainment of dinner guests,
the serving of salad grown under the
eyes OF the guests who partake of it..
As explained by the Argonaut, the
secret OF performing this magic feat
lies in soaking terminating lettuce seed
in alcohol for about six hours, and SOW
ing it in an equal mixture of unslaked
lime and rich soil. After the soup has
been served sprinkle the seed with
lukewarm water and they will sprout
Immediately, the lettuce growing to
about the size of hazel nuts before the
time for serving the salad arrives.
The oldest epitaph in English, which
is found in churchyard in Oxfordshire,
and dates from the year 1870, to modern
readers would be unintelligible, not
only from its antique typography, but
from its obsolete language, the first two
lines OF which run as follows, and may
be taken as a sample of the whole !:
MAN com d Sc how schal allie dede be.
Wen VOW comes bad & bare: moth hay
ven we aware fare: all US werines Vt We
for care" The modern reading would
be: Man, come and see how shall all
dead be, when you come poor and bare
nothing have, when we away fare All
Is WEAKNESS that we for care.-C orRhSD
Ndgdsiae.
Prospective Purchaser.-What a yery
thoughtful docking parrot Polly want
cracker? The Parrot Qate of Boston,
u am aware, my dear madam, that
there exists an almost universal but err
roneous belief that all parrots manifest
a prediction for crackers This hy-
pothesis would be amusing were it not
for the intimation it affords of the pa
thetic paucity of dietetic knowledge
upon the part of the masses. May |
awsk if you are aware that there is more
nutriment and inspiration in single
plate of beans than in threescore and
ten crackers? A thorough appreciation
OF Browning will never follow regimen
of crackers. But what is the matter,
may awsk2 You manifest considerable
perturbation.-Ly6
Valley City, N, D., has, it is said, one
OF the most extraordinary specimens of
horse flesh in existence. He is sorrel
stands fully 10 hands, or 6 feet 4 inches
from floor to withers; his legs are 3 feet
9 inches before touching the body, and
a small broncho can easily walk under
him. A man 6 feet in height can't see
over his back, even when standing on
tiptoe. In length he is fully 10 feet, or
II feet from tip of nose to tip of tail.
When standing VITA his head as ordi-
narily checked up six foot man, by
standing on tiptoeo can just touch the
base of the ear
Robert Il. Barker Of New Bedford,
Mass, has read the Bible through no
less than 100 times, it is reported |
"He began reading it in 1868, out of
sheer curiosity, and had it finished be-
fore he scarcely realized it, Again he
began and again he finished, finding |
more enjoyment in the perusal than the |
first time. He read it again and again,
until, as the years rolled by, he found |
himself reading it through on IN average /
ofabout four times year. Atlength hay |
ing nothing else to do, he conceived the /
idea of reading it through 100 times, and |
for the past few years he applied him
self diligently to the task. He SAYS he |
can read it through in month. He |
does not intend to cease his reading
now, but has begun on his 101st
reading, and hopes to complete 200
times"
A Sidewalk of Pins. Conn,
will have almost a unique pavement, if
one of her citizens carries his ideas into
execution. lie is president of brass
pin company, and intends rebuilding
he sidewalk in front of his home with
pins. He has at the company's shop
'ome twenty barrels Of old and imper-
ect pins, the accumulation of Years,
ind these he will utilize Concerning
he value and durability of this kind Of
idewalk material, the Ansonia Sentinel
ays; son the corner Of Broad and Pine
treets, some years ago, several barrels
# pin scraps were placed. The neces-
airy factor in this style of sidewalks,
accomplished the rest, and
low there exists walk of solid iron.
Nhe hardness Of the walk was tested
ecently, when the telephone men at
empted to set pole on that corner.
BY dint of much hard work, drilling