Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-12-28
EVENING ECHOES.

never can remember whether soda.
water is written as one word, or two
joined together by syphon g"-Boston
Budget.
The clergyman-"And why should
little boys say their prayers every
night?" The good boy-"So's the Lord
can have a chance to get what they want
by morning."-LJe.
Temperance in eating and drinking is
a cardinal virtue; the majority of man
kind saturate their own death warrants
with their cups and dig their graves
with theft tceth.-Mdgoon.
At the Club.-Mr. Murray Hill
"You here, Uptown? Why, under
stood your daughter was to be married
tonight" Mr.. Uptown-"So she is;
but make it rule never to mix i'll
other peoples affairs. "-TerGs Siftings.
There was young Manayunk Mrs.
Who dotted on sweet, stolen KRIS,
And when a gay Mr..
One starry night kr,
"Yum, yum, said this misguided Mrs.
philadelphia Record
When the great tower now being con-
structed at Wembly Park, near Harrow,
Ia England, is completed, it will be IT'S
feet higher than the Eiffel Tower. The
height will be 1850 feet, and as it stands
on hill 1865 feet high, it gains SO much
in extent of panorama. 1t will be built
of steel.
Mammal wonder what your papa is
stamping around about. Little Boy Il
don't know. l didn't go into his room,
cause he acted cross. Mamma-Maybe
he can't find his razor. Little Boy
Yes, he can, cause put it right back
Where he Keeps it, soon as got through
taxing up tacks.-GoOd NeeoS.
Mr.. Lovett ian accepted suitor)-
"Here, Willy, want TO ask you some
thing on the quiet. When your sister
was at the seashore this summer, did she
keep the young men at distance ~
Willy-"You bet she didl Why, she'd
take 'em way, way down the beach,
and keep 'em there till meal time"
Puck.
Examining Medical Professor-"N
sir, tell me how you would treat a case
of typhoid fever" Student-"Well, sir,
/ should first-I should tirst-I---"
Il. NJ. P. Gmpatiently)-"Yes, yes; go
on" Student (seized with brilliant
idea)-"I should first call you in for
consultation !" Passed with honors.-
It'd Bis.
"No, sir, cannot let you kiss me-"
"Y0u permitted Jack Getthefe to kiss
YOU the other night" "But that was in
payment of forfeit. Then, you know,
he is my cousin and besides he is u
divinity student" swell, SO am
divinity student" "You?" Eyes
haven't been studying you for long
time 2"-Nel0 York Press.
Bring the good old shotgun, Dan, we'll
shed little gore.
They ducks are flying low, they say, along
the Jersey shore,
The Senate's kicked the bucket--Stewart' s
yielded up the floor
So once more we'll go a.sniping.
-Chicdgo Tribune.
A young couple are getting married,
Suddenly some absurd idea enters the
brain of the bridegroom and he bursts
out laughing. Thereupon the old priest
who is officiating pauses moment and
says gravely: do not laugh, my son.
You will have little occasion for mirth
in the state into which you are now
entering. "-L'Echo do Paris.
Mr.. Jason-My boy, that's up there
in Washington, writes me that he will
be home in time fer his Thanksgivin'
turkey, I'D. v" What does that there
meanG Potts-I believe it is from the
Latin, meaning if the Lord is willing. Mr..
Jason--oh, that's it? l lowed mebbe
it had something to do with Dan Voor-
hees. You see, Dan got him his job
Indianapolis Journal
Miss Daisy Uppercrust Ito maid)-
"Molly, | heard somebody kiss you in
the dark hall last night" Muid-"Well,
you get kissed, too, don't you?" "Yes;
but am kissed by the young man to
whom l am engaged to be married,
There is no harm in that" "rm glad
to know it. He is the same young man
you heard kissing me in the hall last
night."-1eras SVtin9S.
A man who has been wearing russell
shoes says in the New York sun: al
paid 10 cents lick to keep those shoes
polished at first, but don't any more. |
saw that paragraph about rubbing them
with the inside OF a banana skin. ltried
it, and it worked first-rate. One day
had no banana peel by me, so | tried a
small potato, and that worked flrst-rate,
too. Since then I've tried all kinds of
stuf-potato parings, apples. carrots,
turnips, dent know what all-and /
find that they all work as well as the
banana or as the polish that you pay
for"