Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-20
EVENING ECHOES.

The stranger in an apiary who ex-
claimed there's no end of bees around
here" realized his mistake when he got
q singing rebuke.- Yonkers Gazette.
Wiggsy Ito stranger with stump Of
Stranger-Certainly. I'll press the
"butt" on; You do the rest."-NeD York
Herald.
"Can you tell me all the particulars of
that veterans meeting?" "Particulars9
Bless your innocent heart, there amt
any; they're all generals. "-Bdltimore
american.
First Promissory Note.--You've
changed considerable about the face
since | saw you last. Second Promis-
sorry Note-No wonder! I've just been
shaved. PWlSburg Telegraph.
Girlie--Mrs. TinlSle intimated to me
yesterday, Maudie, that you wore
false hair. Maudie-The ideal Why,
the dealer assured me that it was genu-
inc hair; and that he imported il him
self.-N. Y. Daily NeWs.
Five hundred and twenty-five Italians
who landed recently brought cash
capital of IA cents apiece And there
is u loud complaint of n stringency
in the money market. The money
problem is becoming more problematic
daily.
He: You consider engagements bind
ing, you say? She: Yes. He: And yet
you confess that you were engaged to
two men at the same time. How can
that be possible? She: The engage
ments were binding on them, but not
on me.
It's poor rule, &c. Mind-cure Doc
tor-Make up your mind there is no
| pain, and there is none. Five dollars,
please. Patient knowing toward the
door)-Make up your mind there is no
| payin', and there is none. Good morn.
ing Yankee Blade
| Potter-Ycs, sir, that man is a hypo-
critic, If there ever was one. While pro-
Tossing the warmest friendship for me
he was for a whole year stabbing me in
the back and never knew it. Irwin
Goodness gracious What kind of q
back have you got9-Brooktyn life.
Haven't you forgotten something
sirf" limited the waiter, insolently, as
the guest was leaving the table. "Ah
yes, thanks; believe have" and the
guest took half dollar from under his
plate, and, with pleasant smile, put il
back in his pocket Washington Star.
But They Grind Exceeding Fine
"Poor fellow! But why did you reiec
him in so summary way?n swell
he's the editor of that Noo1,shine Maya
cine, and rejected one of my poems
once. just thought I'd let him know
that two can play at that game.-LJe'
Cdlenddr.
Different Views About It.-Farmel
Closefist-"M Marian, what'd yer like te
hey fur yer birthday presentS" Maria
"a gold breastpin, What yer goin
ter give mes" Farmer Closeiist-"
haint decided yit 'twixt pair o. stock
ms an the calf give John last Chris
mas. "-Je,oeSlers' Circular.
A Harmonious Couple.-She-No
If You hadn't married me you woulC
not have been able to enjoy all thes
Injuries. He-True And if you hadn'
married me you would still be tn
homeliest old maid in eastern New
York. She-True How fortunate w
have been in marrying each other
Mnnssy's Weekly.
Melon growers in southwest Georgi
are angry. The report that the return
from the sale Of the crops have been any
thing but satisfactory, and that man,
growers will lose money. A grower tina
the Atlanta Constitution knows, aftc
paying freight and other charges OF
three carloads of melons, had just /
cents for himself.
Il
Blngo-I wish you would tell tn
lady next door to be careful about he
hens getting in our back yard. Mr.:
Bingo-Had'n mt you better tell her hus
bandY Bingo--Not much. He hasn'
! anything to say around that house. Mr..
! lSingo-llow do you know he hasn't
Bingo-l notice by their wash thi
morning that he wears home-mad
shirts. Cj0ttier and Furnisher.
Farmers wife (excitedly)-I bleoy
, our new boarders are Just married, an
, trying TO hill it. Mirandy What wa
Mr.. and Mrs. Newcombe a-doin' whe
you and father come on EN- so quick /
,, the orchard Miranda Gust home frol
! college)-They were engaged in pra,
! tical discussion of osculatory rec
procity. r. W. (disgusted) tn,
! l AiJuN VI q ilhl bDlu lit tlt ultGNGu tlH
! was swappin kisses.-Baitimore Anne
lean.
) Things one would have said diffe
) entity; A young lady was calling for II
Q first time upon acquaintance, who
4 friendship she was exceedingly glad
y cultivate, and before whom she wisht
to appear as advantageously as possibl
But as she withdrew gracefully from Il
parlor, she exclaimed, cordially, viii
shaking the hand of her hostess, "De,
i Miss c., do come and see me 500
, and don't stay as long as have done
Christian Union.
u "Music," said the eminent pianist,
the reporter TO whom he had kindly a
a corded an interview ran his pencil ra
idly over the paper, sis the most eleva
q ing of sciences. 1t moves the deeps
It ones nature, refines the scnsibijitit
and enlarges the heart. It-what we
L you about to ask " II should like
know, sir, how you regard the di
e tlnguished virtuoso, Professor W
's Bergstein, as musician" "He is not
ing, sir, but o cheap, vile imitator-
base counterfeit-a tcnth-rate key boa
hanger, sir J" exclaimed the emine
l. musician, scowling fiercely.
v One of the peculiaritics Of human n
o ttlrc is to ask a question that is cxcce
.e ingly foolish. For instance, if one Sc
a friend knocked down by coal CO
N the first question that one is apt to a
a il, "Did you get knocked down 2"
Y. Troost Park last evening a gentlem,
re was standing on the edge of the Ia
/. when he slipped md fell in. Natural
le his temper was as white heat
G glared about savagely, when strang
IN who was standing by and who had SCI
10 the accident asked, "Did you fall in
The fellow paused and while his ey
le were swapping fire remarked sarcl