Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-04-30

She is coming, my own, my sweet
Oh summer girl, dearest of earth;
Though my heart were cold clay at her
feet
'Twould waken to happier birth
--New York Herald.
THE MoTHER-IN-LAws.
Fair Venus, returned from her conquests
one night,
Found Cupid in tears, and bewailing his
fate;
She soothed her arch offspring and pitied
his plight
Till her sympathy led him his woes to
relate.
My dearest mamma" said the god, with
a pout,
"This love is business I'm fain to
resign;
For failure is coming haven't doubt,
That to bearish reverses my stock will
incline,
'Gainst enemies many for years l have
fought,
And never have faltered, nor left them
the field;
But at last my defeat by woman is
wrought
To the mother-in-law l am fated to
yieldp'
Nay, nay, my dear boy" the love god
dess replied
Never fear; wait moment; recover
your breath;
For while you're reposing in peace by my
side,
The paragraph writers will do her to
death!p
viii take them with her.-Sanso-
The summer girl comes with the return
ing birds.
Rodd-Yes, and she will depart with
than in the fall-wearing them on her
hat.
The piano-makers have decided on
uniform pitch. The baseball fra,
ternity should take the question NJ
next.-B0tato Commercial.
Silence is golden, but the silence Of
the man whose voice should be raised il
defence of Justice is only guilt.-Biag
homt0n Leader.
When a man in hurry is trying t.
write with a fountain pen he realizes
| how man must feel who suffers
SomorUille journal.
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A boy whose leg was repaired ii
New York by grating some skin from
q dog complains now that his shin bark
easily-B0Ston Bulletin.
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The tenor's voice broke on G sharp
and the critics called it "a fiat failure.
-Elmird Gazette.
The ancient lays of the hens arc tn
music Of the spheres for transformers
Phitac1clphia Inquirer;
Sailors are said to be remarkabl
for their eyesight, OF course they are
because they sea so much.
A contemporary tells about "ugl
war rumors." The more pleasant-look
ing war rumors will follow later, pre-
sumably.
"A Moscow letter says an. Prilhns
Klentsky is Il new pianist who is max
ing name for himself" He needs i
badly IHilodclpAia Ledger.
MN
When you say man has cles
field You mean that he has nothing i
it. II is different, however, when yo
say he has clear head RoAkerS Suite
mUH.
Senator Edmunds' resignation hi
left gap in the Senate. That is info
tunate. The Senate was sleepy cnoug
without any extra gapes.
C. w. Cash, on trial for murder
Texas, did not plead his own case, a
though money talks.
1t may be that a great deal
this promised street car electricity
something of cell.-Baltimore 4me
ican.
-Fogg says that, after all, your tn
hue-ers of wood and drawers Of wat
are your landscape artists.
-"Yes, the doctor has given him up
she said tearfully.
"Well," said the caller, "there's Of
hope yet. Let him give the doctor up
: Philadelphia Record.
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Rewards are offered for designs
the new silver dollar. Most people ha
designs on the dollar, but the doll
,s itself to them is a sufficient reward.
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q Italian organs seem to have no u
i whatever for American cartoons.
: NM
v Hobbs (wishing to hire suite
: rooms and thinking his friend Gllsht
d can assist him)-Hello, Gilshaw, y
!. are just the man | want to see. /
d been looking for a fiat for over wee
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