Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-08-09
EYENING ECHOES.

- w nat III the world 40 you 40 WIN
them?" "Why, we eat as many as we
can, and what we can't eat we cam
An Atchison Judge has recently ad-
judged cablnet organ nuisance
unless some one in the family learns to
play it. One hours practice day
with competent instructor is per-
mittcd
Professor of neutrality-suspicious.
hold in my hand a phial Of soda,
What chemical shall | combine with it |
to produce valuable article of com
merce2 Goodsby (waking up)-
Br-r-randy!
Haverly-.Poor Mrs. Nagleigh has |
suffered terrible blow. She has lost |
her hearing. Austen-That doesn't make |
any difference to her. She hasn't lost |
her tongue. Haverly-.lt makes all the
difference in the world. She can't hear
herself talk.
A woman is never too busy to read a
short love story. We saw woman the
other day with crying baby in front of
her and scrubbing brush and soap on
the floor beside her, but she had for
gotten all in reading a story about u girl
who loved duke.--ltchiS0R Globe.
So many bachelors complain,
When they fall i'll and take to bed,
That no one comes to call on them
10 learn if they're alive or dead.
Now | avoid that lonely fate
And this is how gain my end,
And always have one caller true
An undertaken is my friend.
Those to whom the wedding fee is an
obstacle TO matrimony should emigrate
to Melbourne, Australia, where clergy
men vie with each other in their adver-
tisements to tie the knot cheaply. Their
charges range from $3.50 to rs cents,
and in some cases the wedding break.
fast and ring are included,
Miss Hardsense-I read the resolu-
tons passed at your dress-reform meet
ing. And so you're really going to
wear some of those horrid double
skirted things, are you? Miss Fan du
Syacle-Oh, dear, no. Those were only
resolutions. My gowns will all be
straight from Paris, just as usual
Chicago Record.
One lnstance-"Do you mean to tell
me-" said the soulful young woman,
that you have never met the woman
whose presence and touch thrilled your
whole being in an utterly indescribable
manner" only once" said the weary
young man. sit was when | was in
the hands of q woman denust."-In-
diaHdpo!is Journal.
Birdie Mcliennepin and her brother
were at the seashure. "Oh, see that !!
exclaimed Birdie. "See what?" in
quired the stoical John. "Why, see that
little cloudlet just above the wavelet
like tiny leaflet dancing DER the scene"
"Oh, come, you had better go out to the
pumplet in the back yArdlet and soak
your little headlet
The latest fish story comes from the
State Of Washington. 1t declares that
after a recent freshet on the Tauchet
river, on every barb OF three.strand
wire fence fish had caught himself,
waiting for the festive angler to arrive
and take him oil. Can any Eastern
disciple Of the famous lzaak get off q
more interesting tale ?-Reddiag Times.
Among the beautiful things which
belong 10 Queen Victoria is 4 dessert
: service of Venetian glass, lately pre-.
sented to her by the famous Salviati
J There are two large and six smaller
! dishes, shell shaped, and rejecting the
I tints Of opalescent pink bordercd with
|
and bearing the crown in colored glass
a The pieces have upon them an exquisite
5 design of lace work done in fired enamel
painting.
The LATEST man on earth is said to be
living ut Mauch Chunk. The othel
morning his wife repeatedly told hin
:. that The poles, upon which the clothes
y chad ought to be a-dryiug," were pros
trate upon the ground, blown down BY
Il the storm. MARY" said he, US he looked
: over his newspaper, don't be uneasy
{ The good Lord, in his own good pleas
II ure, blew down them poles, an wnen i
. suits his convenience he'll blow EN- vi
!, again. Heaiiny ltmes,
" The following is the unique epitapl
- of the Rev. Thomas Blair OF Codstream
:, Scotland
; Here lies the Reverend Thomas Blair
4 man of worth and merit.
), Who preached for fifty years and mar
According to the spirit.
u He preached off book to shun offence,
f. And, what is still more rare,
1T He never spoke a word of sense-
7. So preached Tammy Blair.
10 Elcctrolier is word that has found
l. place in the business world, and even i
u some dictionaries, though the grea
y public, with the characteristic conseryl
he tism that held on to chandelier" afte
/. oil and gas had displaced candles, sti
Is refuses to adopt the new word. As /
at the thing itself, it is a puzzle to decoru
+. tors, since there is Il genuine difficult
in producing just the right form so Ion
as people skeptically demand doubI
y instrument that can furnish gas whe
:" =" the electric current fails to run.
n. A gentleman, accompanied by lad
is wearing a handsome dress and bonnie
ie came out of the Albert Hall one nigl
II to lind 1t raining, while they wei
=, without umbrella or waterproof clotl
=, ing. why, Charles - the lady erie,
a "it's raining" 80 | see, said Charlie
ID calmly. "Well, what shall we do
rs 81 rather think we shall have to let
le rain, replied the matter Of fact husban,
i, Excited by the disaster awaiting h,
III garments, the lady amused the b,
ISLANDERS greatly by saying: "Wh,
Charles, how eau we, when l have q
this light dress aud bonnet l"-IM Bi