Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-09-08
EpESIhG ECHOES.

on cheeky prisoner)--"Di hear you
call me an old fool?n Prisoner-"No,
yer llonor--leastway [ didn't intend
you TO. "-Neto Yorb Herald
Recent archaeological discoveries tend
to deprive Asia Of distinction which
she has long enjoyed by locating the
| cradle of the human race in the Rocky
Mountains, where one would naturally
expect to find it'll Philadelphia Record
All, spring is here-that is to say,
y was here just the other day;
| but it is gone--that is to saw
u had gone just the other day;
And ere this poem may appear
| Spring is-was-has been--mav be--here.
Detroit Free Press.
You shouldn't make them smack so,
Henry. dear don't you know that
fathers room is just overhead said
Mabel. "That is one OF the inconyeni-
ences of being below par" said Henry,
whose business kept him in State street
during the daytime.-B0stoa Post.
Mrs. Margerine-"Mr. Readyprint,
the newspaper man, applied for regular
boarding this morning, but | refused
him. Olio Margarine" What for ?"
Mrs. Margerine-"He claims to have
tremendous circulation, and / am told
he has patent insides. -" Boston Post
staggers Coming in at 2 a. my
Look out o tlish window, m'dear,
ana see the glorious aurora borealish. ;"
Mrs, Staggers (waked out of n sound
sleep)-"Window? That's a mirror you
are looking into and the aurora you sec
Is yonlr own highly decorated nose. -
Brookkgn Life.
Brown-"You don't look very happy,
Robinson. What's the mattcr?n Rob.
lnson-"No; ! left of my hannels this
morning and have caught cold" Brown
-"T That's bad " Robinson-"Oh. L
don't mind about the cold; but my wife
told me ! was leaving them off too
soon." - Funny Folks
a teacher in one of our grammar
schools was giving her class Il lesson on
The art of putting words into sentences,
The words selected, with their defni.
hons, were "aqucduct, conductor"
and "eyervesce, 10 work" One of the
sentences handed in was: "My father Is
an aqrcduct and he has to cveryescc
very hard"
Perhaps tho habit Of eXaGgeration is
sometimes born of desire "a be pictur-
esque in speech. a schoolgirl returning
nome the other evening was overheard
t9 say 70 q young friend II didn't
wake np this morning until five minntes
before Z I'd rather have iiyc minWtcs
sleep in the morning than whole week
at night " hostoa JoHrnoi.
Two newsboys in the gallery witness
2 performance of Hamlet" In the
last scenes, after Hamlet has killed
"Laertcs and the "King," and the
queen" has died of poison, and
Hamlet of poisoned wound, one Of
the htwsboys cxclaims; "GolIy, Jim,
what time that must have been for
extras tHi9cAdc Battcr.
II is charged that Mr.. Ward McAllis.
ter is ali imitatDr of one Of the ancieuts
and the following Is the authority cited.
Acts y, j6. "For before these DAYS rose
up Iheudas, Boosting himself to BE-
somebody; 70 whom Il number Of men,
about four hundred, joined themselves: |
VINO was slain; and all, as man as
obeyed him, We're scattered, and brought |
g naught. ". y. Eceaing P5a.
Not parallel casc.--"Bcssie," said |
Mrs. lpstart, after the visitor had gono. |
how her son Peter was. Ii was yerv III.
polite. Fie,is d young man. You should |
have said MIR. Peter WASN'T pctnr |
the mama Of one of the disciplcs :" nskcd |
Bessie. eyes" They didn't cali him
Nh. Peter, did they mammal" Peter
Ghilu' replied the mother with dignity,
WI . fisherman; lie didn't move in
soo'' S'c'c'y' = e"tcd9p It76@hc.
Coming to a business basis-BanI,or
Scadds--"No, sir EmphaticalIy noI
consider yom request for permission
to pay your addresses to my daughter
an act Of unoarcionabIe pTcsnn,ntinn
sir. Fora young physician on stn s'.
ton practice to aspire 10 Tic hana ~ ~
heiress Of millions is, | repeat, nresn,om.
tuons, sir Itis piece 81 umparalIeIsd
Young phvsiriar-.sycs
sir. Any Of the family want yarcinotinr
70 Then good morning. r. Chtcogo
i't'""e'
A travelling theatrical monaocr re.
Gently wrote 10 the owner Of n Xiii in
small town in the state il Wasbinrto,
for booking. lie received tie rnIi3wt
ing answer: Yours 10 lima - ~,
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