Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1893-08-01

from poor little Siam can now resume
her diversion OF throwing mud at the
Worlds Fair
MARS and the Siamese war cloud seem
to have disappeared simultaneously and |
suddenly. There was great deal of
rareded air about both Of them.
srArrsrIcIAN Atkinson, OF Boston,
SAYS tersely that the true definition Of
good, sound money is "a coin which is
worth as much after it is melted as it
purports to be worth in the coin. D."
TIE New York Herald refers to the
Boston Baseball Club as "world beaters;"
that is certainly better than using
another heavenly body TO explain their
efforts and calling them lunatics.
TIKI idiot who shouts fire in a theatre,
the rool-the- boat nuisance, the didn't
l.nowit was loaded imbecile and the
Wild eyed fool who starts a run ON a
bank are all geese OF the same feather.
THE young men WHO are absent from
the watering places this summer are
likely present la great numbers with
increased capacity at the beer places.
Many young men do not prefer water to
beer even at the same price.
PRIVATE Secretary Thurber may not be
q prophet. but he says a pleasant thing
when he announces that the extra
session will be brief and decisive 1.-THE
Lord be with us" as our Episcopal
friends beseeoh, when they expect
trouble.
A BANK cashier is frequen ly very
expensive product Of modern industry
The Springfield Republican has reckoned
that, I'm one wy and another, Cashier
Francis, OF pltts6eld, Mass, cost the
people Of Berkshire county half a million
dol airs.
GovERNoR BoIEs is thinking Of leav-
ing the Democrats of Iowa to
fight their own battles hereafter. AS he
could not be President he seems to have
decided not 70 play. The governor ought
to stand in the game TIL his trumps are
exhausted.
TIER fact that those Western soldiers
burned Hove Smith eaigy tends to
prove, perhaps, that they did not get
enough lighting during the war or that
they are "old veterans" now. An cold
veteran" Is a recent product in phrase
ology and in ethnology.
TER humorists Of the Republican
press are advising Congress TO adopt
Tom Reeds rules. The humorsts Of
the British press are advising Parlia.
ment TO adopt the London prize ring
rules Both suggestions are comical
but the former is the funnier.
THERE was a conference Of psycholo
gists n Chicago last week, which our
water commissioner did not attend II
was a meeting for rational psychology"
at which one psychog claimed TO have
ten senses. lie probably could see two
lamp posts, where only one lamp post
grows.
TOE newspapers in England are as
afraid OF tie word bloody" i'm referring
10 words Of the Member Of Parliament
who denounced the Irish Members as "a
pack OF bloody rebels as the American
news paper are Of the word d-n. The y
spell 10 with dash, b-dy.
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TuE Delaware Pilot notes that evel
since the pruning Of the pension list
began here has been an unusual number
of falling men around about Lswes
Many in that briDy old haven as else
where, no doubt. can now put their W AZ
time experiences as malingerers to q
practical use.
WE suppose congratulations to th,
Hon. BIN singerly, Of the Philadelphia
Record are in order insomuch as hi.
winged hoofed Pegasus. the fleet footed
Morello, is now the undisputed King o
the Turf. his mile and a quarter il
2.l5 at Chicsgo having earned him tina
title.
Those fortunate individuals who hav
made up their minds to visit the World
Fair should not lose sight Of the fac
THAT August % has been set apart a
Delaware Day. State pride should in
pei an % sla areaus TO so time their ton
that 81 shall Include this date and thu
give our little paradise a oreditable an
representative gathering at the Whit
CITY
A MARINER who cruises by means Of
undoubtedly paddle declares the Deli
ware river 10 be the finest stream 4
canoeing in the United States east Of n
Mississippi For league after league n
manipulation Of the paddle has a fr'
swing and bis varying tastes can ha'
every variety Of water, from the broa
rough bosom Of the bay. to the swift