Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-03-12

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| LAME RECORD.
An eX-drummer boy for a pension az
7 piled,
! With an agent TO further his claim;
+ But, strange though 1t seems the poor ma
was denied
His cash-for his record was lame
The commissioner found, to his wrath an
surprise,
That the drummer had drummed-but 70
suffers supplies
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The copyright law means no RICH
to eopy'-Pi'''6erg Il; Press
The Colossus Of Rhodes marked ;
great stride in art Washington Post.
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Words with ring-'I pronounc,
you man and wife. "-Ifttsbu,y Chroa
icle.
The debt of nature is one that 1
man always pays as he goes.-Bihg.
hampton Leadcr.
"A correspondent is in doubt as tc
whether he really has religion or not
lie l i advised 70 buy fountain pcn.-
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The latest is soap trust to regulate
prices. Makers complain that at present
the article is sold dirt cheap.-PhiIddeI-
pba Times.
1t is generally the negro that carries
the largest number Of razors on, his per-
son who has the most scars on his face.
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"A writer on rcform-dress subjects
says: 'rhe garters must CO." Well,
that is what they are Worn for. If they
We're left off they would not go.-Neio
OrIedHs Plcoy,tnc.
1t may be true that the worl is all
a ileeting show, but the may who begins
to lear an assessment for an Easter bon
net Will hardly be convinced that il
isn't dread reality. -Hastctoa Seatiad
"A sale has been made in this city Of
Arctic whalebonc at $6.10 per pound,
the highest price ever paid at first hands.
There is demand for baseball
players in Chicago. Reliable men who
will not go out on strikes are wanted.-
Ne'r Or!eaaS Picaynne.
"A good name is rather to be chosen
than great riches, though many men
seem TO have pretty good time without
either.-IndiaadpoIis ,Ionrnol
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Gen. Booth says beer is d good bev.
erage eff used as the Germans use it,"
which is the way most people use it,
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A member of the Missouri legisla-
ture introduced bill to prevent women
from holding Office and then took to tile |
woods.
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Susan Helen Holman, pretty New
York girl, is learning to be d locksmith,
Notwithstanding the fact that love
laughs at the whole profession.
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The dumb woman of PHILADELPHIA
who spoke after three years of silence
concluded there was no excuse
for her after Mr.. Quay had found his
voice.
The number Of girls who promise to
succeed Patti is necessarily limited. The
names Of those mentioned at present are
Esther Palliser, Philadelphia girl
Mary Howe Of Vermont, Emma Eames
# Boston, Emma Nevada, boff In Vir
rinia City; Sybil Sanderson of San
francisco, and Marie Decca, an Ohio
,irl Still, as Patti promises to retain
Ter youlhfulness us long as Queen Vic
oria, it is question hardly worth con
idering for the next so or go years,
NM
-Armor plates are probably the best
N which to serve hot cannon balls
3ost0n HtraiR
The dogs who take the prizes at the
'ench show are the bred winners.-EE
ara Gazette.
blows are not always exchanged
when you strike an acquaintance
'ittsJurg Dispatch
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FLOWS business Oh, picking ur,"
S the collector Of cigar stubs said to his
Joseph Meas.
*ax
GA rolling stone gathers no moss"
ut the way its edges round off is a
uutloA' - htoUhiV thFONtctC.
NM
When man begins to accumulate
little money he refers to his parson as
the decentralization Gl96c.
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-"What was that noise | heard in
le parlor last night, Maria?" at was
William breaking his engagement
'0ston Gazette
"A new use has been discovered for
le telephone. II is said to foretell
orms. That must be when a mans
life calls him up and the typewriter
lrl answers the all.-Chicago Post
MN
1t Is now supposed that the reason
n Indians head was placed on the
,nts was because the value was Z" lo.n-
onkers Statesman.
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Now that South Dakota has sent
yle to the Senate there should be no I
ore trouble there about digestion.
!. Louis ost-Dispdtch. [
MN
said the poor victim of
rong drink, as he looked about him at
9 InebriGtes' Home, "is the house that 4
6 built.-Chic0go Tribune 7
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-Lo may be ward of the govern
uf. lou L.