The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-10-16

| Couiicalittcs--A Wax Man. Etc.
| A laughabie Joke occurred whom one
Of our prominent Wilmington citizcns
was taken at the World's Fair for a
| wax man.
A party Of five persons from Illinois
stopped In front Of the II. u IL. Cos.
| marine exhibit about five minutes.
They admired the models but looked
with particular curiosity while they
riveted their gaze upon the man ait
| ting behind the desk reading d news
paper, leaning back in his hight back
| revolving chair, with his feet posed
across the corner OF the desk.
The party then went to the north
end of the exhibit and held an argu.
ment for few minutes. The boy
said he must be wax man because
his paper never moved. but, said a
lady, The corner OF his paper did
move" 'Oh yes." said her husband,
That lie all done by machinery"
They nearly all came to the eonclu.
sion as the exhibitors wife. (sitting
near overhead) that the man was wax
and the lady was In charge OF the ex-
hibit.
To settle 1t they all returned to the
| front OF the desk and the farmers wife
stepped inside the rail to examine the
wax man. She, however, put her mouth
near his ear and said (whlle he was
| still absorbed In his newspaper.) 1--WE
had all come to the conclusion that
you were wax man" "Sulphur,
| pandemoniun, sky rockets, earth
quakes. thunder. lightning, billiards.
and tornadoe5!!!" exclaimed Captain
Tom. Johnson, as he jumped upon
his feet. Just ask my wife there about
all my antics and other doings and
she'll satisfy you can do come nice
things no wax man ever even dreamed
| off,
While your reporter wac gathering
this in. man, about 80 years old with
companions. onne along and asked
Capt. Johnson where he could see the
exhibit OF the ocean steamship that had
sunk to the bottom OF the ocean. been
raised. transported and set up on exhi-
billion In the transportation building.
| On inquiry 1t was learned that he
was not In search of the Nictorla's
model. which represented sunken
but never raised battleship, nor of
any other model, nor OF tho section
of the American liner" but the iden-
tical thing he called for. He contin-
ue; his search. The captain, who is
courteous to every Inquirer, although
many questions are devoid of COM
mon sense, politely regretted he could
not give him the information he
asked.
MURDER IN DELAWARE BUILDING.
In the reception room OF officials
and visitors large rat presented
himself. Mrs G omitted to greet him
with the elegant grace with which she
introduces everybody to everybody.
All the ladies. like ships In squat,
as quickly "furled Sails and unlike
ships and more like angels. immsdi-
ately rose higher than their usual
level and stood upon the chairs. ta-
bles, etc.
Janitor George seized his poker and
every, man a cane. chair or umbrella,
and they all went for MIR. Rat.
Cheersd by an exhilaritin chorus
OF voices, they drove him under the
desk, table and into the corner of tho
room and finally into the fireplace
where murder was consummated by
cremation.
LADY FROM ILLINOIS EGYPT.
The most comic and ludicrous sight
at the fair was the old woman from
down in Egypt" (SouLhern 1llinois)
who, either because OF steps or mud
patch, had ut sometime during the
day gathered all her skirts up over a
foot high with her right hand while
her left upheld an umbrella.
With mouth open and dazed eyes.
gazing up in wonder upon the novel
allurements which adorn the shows.
she was walking through the Mid
way" transported beyond the realm
OF material consideration, into that
marvellous enchantment entirely OBJ
livious that she had forg otton to low
er her skirts to their normal position
although thousands OF persons were
: convulsed at sight ludicrons beyond
description,
JONI G. HARDNESS, Reporter.