Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-06-04

a ranching lord of high degree
Led off n horse that wasn't his'u and they
hung him up to his family tree.
, NM
Very embarrassing - Algernon-
I've a widdlc for you, Miss Miwanda.
Why are children like tooth brushes N
Mlranda-"I don't know. Why are
they I"
Algernon-"Because everybody pwe.
fers his own See 2
Miranda, tfrigidlyl-"Ne, l don't see.
Not having any children
Algernon (stammeringly)-"Oh, of
course not; hut you-you have a
tooth hwush, you know. "--Hdte FUld's
Washington.
My son is fine horseman,n said
Mrs Malaprop proudly-"he rides like
u century. - inghamtoB Republican.
The only time when it is possible
to get straight tip on the races Is when
crooked work has been done.
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THE LAY OF THE LATEST MINSTREL.
Lives there man with soul so dead
Who never to himself hath said,
With. throbbing heart and brain a-whirl,
This is my own, my summer girl.
i rRYlHG QUESTION.
The man who thought lie knew it all,
His head diminished hid.
When lie into the hands did fall
OF my twa-Near-old kid
Who with his series
Of puz2ling queries
Just knocked him out he did.
Nam
"A fool and his winter underwear
are soon parted, - E2mfid Gazdtte.
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To "Inquirer:" No. John Bunyan
was not the compiler of the corn laws.
--Ghicago 7rtdaae,
IIayti has so many revolutions that
it makes man dizzy to think about it
-DctFoH F'reo P,nss.
MIN
For every man who knows more
than he tells there are so who tell more
than they know .1tchison Globe.
About now one hears rs many de-
mands for shortcut at the barbcr's as
at the tobacconist's.- Boston Courier.
Hell believe III making hay while
the sun shines.
She-What do you want of hay? /
should think you would prefer thistles.
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THE MAID WHO BATTLES.
I wonder if the mermaids
And the sirens Of the sea
With envious ewes are gazing
At the maid who battles with me.
For, if they are, I'll warrant
That, with lips no longer mute,
Like all their sex, they criticise
Her scanty bathing suit.
Men York Hayata,
The Presidents friends fear he will
contract case Of g'out- GoiH0lJus Post.
When a girl is in love her heart is
remarkable for its abnormal sighs-Bing-
hampton kedder.
-ltis surprising lheamount of trouble
man will endure before it reaches him
--itchis1m Globo.
Tho man who tails 10 his sleep ia
not rs much Of II nuisance as the man
who sleeps in his talk
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The chickens aren't always tender.
but then il has hern a pretty tough
spring part Of the time,
jack Withersp2on-Why do You
sing all the time! Jim Wcsthall-
kill time. Jack Wltherspoon- You
have good weapon Princeton Ttgcr.
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Some one once said that he could
almost hear the grass grow. We be-
lieyed him until, while crossing Holmes
Field the other day, we distinctly heard
it mown.--ifopmrI LaHl91a.
Corporal Tanner is almost as
anxious 70 have Il thorough cleaning
out IL I he pension department rs were
the people when he was commissioner.
And i must be admitted that the need
is quite as pressing.
David BlaIock of Decatur, ILL.,, writes
to say: 81 claim to be the only living
son OF q Revolutionary soldier. NY
father, John Blalock, enlisted as pri-
yate in the Revolutionary war and was
mustered out as a lieutenant, serving
seven years If there is any other son
of a Revolutionary soldier living
would be pleased to have him address
me-"
NM
a SAD CASE.
The maiden had a silverly laugh.
wealth of golden hair,
But hadn't nickel wherewith She
Could pay her street care fare.
--Ea