The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-02-03
Things We See and Hear.
TAKING AROUND A PETITION.

TAKING AROUND A PETITION.
Reader, did you'ever take around a pc
tition that was to tho interest of tho peo-
pie to have certain law passed? Ii not
take one around some time and you Will
be surprised at the lack of interest taken
in such petition by the very men whom
such II law would benefit.
This one will readily sign. another one
will hesitate and hem and haw and give
this or that excuse for not wanting to put
his signature on the paper, but still he Is
perfectly willing that any law passed
should accrue to his benefit. 1t is one Of
tho most thankless jobs taking a petition J
around and one that would disheartsn tho
majority of men who have the good of the
merchants of his city at heart. Its an old
and true proverb what is evetybody's bust.
moss is nobody's business
Then again the excuses Of the twelve
disciples came to his mind, first this one
and that made excuses until the meeting
became very lnonotOnous. But then
there are lots of disagreeable things that
us Door mortals have to do in our life
time.
PEOPLE ARE SUPERSTITIoUs.
The average person Is very superstitions
and the fact has BEEN the means OF the
lady who has been keeping the boarding
house at the corner Of Eighth and West
streets for several years, giving up the
house.
A lady several months ago lost her life
by falling from one of the fourth story
windows and strange to relate from that
day the fourth floor has been uutenant-
able and the boarding house hns failed to
reimburse the land lady sufficiently to
justify her In re-renting the property for
the coming year This may not be the
real fact of the cause of the lady giving up
I. H. hau hnat, In
circulation for some time and like all
other such reports It did not fail to lose
anything in its travels The fact remains
all reports TO the contrary that a bill for
rent is now seen on the house
In this enlightened age of the nineteenth
century such things are past belief but
nevertheless stronger things are told every
day, that to the average mind fail to make
any impression upon, while there are
others, that tremble every time the wind
blows and the windows and doors rattl
SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST.
We should like to see John L. Salisbury
meet the editor OF the Sun, for great would
be the meeting thereof ltwould be like
Greek meeting Greek and the survival Of
tho fitlest.
The editor has not mincsd matters any,
he has called a spade spade and deuce a
deuce, while John T. has shown his .yalor
bybringing County Constable with him
from Dover to. arrest the editor oil capas.
The editor says: John f. knew he was
hundred mlles from Wilmington when
he came 80 bravely after him. Further
more he would not have submitted to ar
rest at the hands of Con stable. That il
the writ was served on him by either the
| Sheriff Of Kent or New Castle County -bo
could be found and would not dodge the
warrant We EXPECT vet to see somebody
either killed or tarred and feathereu yet be
fore this ghost Of William N. Boggs is
| downed Who will be the next man on
the listp 1t is to be hoped that they won't
be SO numerous that any Of them will BIO
| missed.