Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-10-18


of youth burns in the heart Of human
being, that human being wants to go to the
circus. Just now. the circus is represented
4 by an exhibition of animals, and however
low II may sound, ] must confess that |
enjoyed the lion and the tiger, the bon and |
the bear better than | have any of the
Z dramas or comedies written by the omni-
present and very stupid American play
s wright. Anybody can get up a situation
anybody can get mp the idle chatter of
drawing-roonl, but it takes somebody who
4 is very accomplished to teach a lion how
70 ride horse or an elephant to work q
bicycle. l never before realized the use of
s d bicycle--but see it now. Its intention is
TO make the elephant look graceful. The
lions roaIed at us, especially when we hit
them i'll the eyes with peanuts, and the
bear broke the shell of a peanut and ate
the inner sweetness with the same grace
that he would hug you or me to death.
altogether, the show was so far and away
ahead of an ordinary play that am going
j 70 sec it again.
KINGS OF THE FOREST.
There were the most beautiful glossy
tigers you ever saw; sleek, dainty, ex
quisite looking things, that seemed to
scorn lion and to inquire with its eyes
why such an ill.smelling ungraceful crea-
ture could be called the King of the forest.
really don't understand 1t myself. The
lion to me represents nothing but size,
while the tiger is everything that is beau-
tifui. and one knows that when he gains
possession of Il human being that 1t will
toy with it as cOquette might with
piece of fruit, and not gobble 1t all down
at once, like gutton or lion. The people
who nominated the lion as king of the
desert evidently considered bugeness be.
fore anything else, and yet the biggest and
worst of these lions was cowed and shrank
Into a corner when Il dog barked at it. Up
at the Park there is an immense elephant
and when the keeper can't make it behave
< they send in a fox terrier, who has loud,
shrill bark, and Mr.. Elephant soon goes
n Into corner shrinks into nothingness
and looks as if he were going to cry.
10 A funny thing happened to Inc once. A
friend had promised to bring dog to see
me. They came when | was ILL., heard
the family saying. Don't let him jump
on the bed and brighten her! y Don't let
him go IN too suddenly |" and, of course
fully expected to sec large hound.
4 When my friend entered could see moth
ing but a string, and there was lifted up
on to the bed black something about a
quarter of yard long and an eighth of a
yard widel And his name was Leo! |
laughed SO much over this that the doctor
thought was getting we'll How ridicu-
lously people do name dogs Here was
this bit of a beastie called Leo" and
saw a dirty, miserable poodle the other
great big hound was called "Biiou."
NAMES AND NAMES.
Still, when people are so silly about
their children's names, is it not surprising
that they should be equally queer about
their pets? Who hasn't heard the story of
the baby, whose mother was very
romantic. and who rejoiced in the sur
name of Rose? When daughter appeared
this seEtimentalist thought ii would be
tn n ms an al a
was known as wild Rose" until her 18th
birthday. when she married man named
Bull. Situation
"a Then there's the story of the small girl
who was being taken through the mines
in Montana, and the miner, who had her
by the hand. asked her what her name
B was. Very quickly she answered. Helen
g Virginia" He looked at her closely, and
added: What is it in MontauaH' Chest
nuts? Perhaps, 1 don't know. They were
new to me, and after all, we have chest
III nuts fresh every year.
jE TYPICAL POLITICIAN. S..
II Now that election time is getting near,
IA the genus tough is present. His nose is
snub, his collar high his hair is plastered
y on his head, and he bears the sears of the
= noble conflicts in which he has fought.
He wears a huge seal ring on the third
finger of his lefk hand, and he carries q
stick made heavy by having upon it about
4
was presented to him, as he will tell you
"by de gentlemen members of de Grover
Cleveland Flashlights It's very con
venient is this stick; it overawes simple
minded voters, and it can hit pretty hare
when stubborn one is found. The clothes
affected by this gentleman--l cali him {
tough-l meant to call HIM taak-art
light trousers, with seams most promi
nently pressed, fancy waistcoat, and ;
cutaway coat, with long tails. There is I
n large tlashlight in his red scarf and hi
will tell you, if you ask him, las how deN
say none but gentleman can look well il
dress clothes. but, Hully Geel yer ough
to see me when I'm dressed up to call OF
de candidate what's bent on taking d.
nomination long before wes offered it t,
him." oh. he is a love, this politician o
ours He is credit to the country.
] don't know how many of him Their
are. If he would take a fancy to auicid
think it would be very good thing.
UP HE COMES!
n He talks to the poor, ignorant man
promises him anything he wants, am
then considering himself the victor, take
all the spoils. He is bad all through; h
a hasn't a redeeming point; he doesn't re
5 spect anything i'll this world or III the next
& aud he only regards women and children
as troublesome things that are better whel
Z they are beaten than when they are lei
alone. He is generally killed in fight,
presume, for have never seen him whe
he was old. During the summer he is
tout for the milling houses, or the rae
courses, but the early autumn finds hir
at his best. Certainly nature never made
ward politician, so that such Il creatur
A must result from the gradual degenerate
of mankind. Sometimes he rises frol
touting for gambling house, and h
f makes money enough to become one o
the partners. Then, il he doesn't govern
euln a
that time his name begins to be in til
newspapers us 1.-THE Honorable Timoth
Sailor"
AH HONORABLE" HAS No MEANING
there, except that his hangers-on inten
sending him to Congress, and so they civ
M him his prefix a little ahead of time. [
course, lie eventually gets to Washington
and he may in time he Presdent-i
wouldn't be the first tough that has o
NIN Cupied that position-but this will on
happen if he sticks to his friends. II
does as others before him. and feeling Il
honorable" drops their acquaintance
is quickly forgotten, and ''de gang"
down on him.
It's funny when he gets Marie
M Usually this is after he is Congressms
III and be selects woman a little above hi
socially, and wins her if she happens to
q little ambitious. If he isn't marri
right down where his constituents live,
at least sends them all piece of bride
N cake, and when he comes to New York
i a visit, he stays at II down town hotel
that they mayn't call him ''stuck up"
invites ''de gang" to call on his wife, N
when they come he introduces them aft
this fashion,
'DEREs MRS. SAILOR,