Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-01-26
AROUND THE EVENING LAMP.

"Kimberton Kernels" in the West
Chester Local News announce that
''Mr. Allison Yeager has. started to I'LL
his icehouse with four inches OF ice. "
He must be somewhat of a wizard; or
possibly it's only u small icehouse.
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The silly season seems to have struck
the Wilmington newspapers. After sew
eral of them had started the town to
laughing at publishing the launch of
the Kershaw ahead of the fact, one of
them recorded funeral before it had
taken place and morning paper du-
plicated the error
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There's many slip 'twixt the cup and the
lip,
And many stick 'twixt the ways and the
creek.
Here are some aphoristic remarks on
wonan's ways, found in an exchange:
A domestic wife is a blessing, put
not il she is too domestic.
A wife is willing to be obedient, but
she hates to be considered a slave.
When woman says no she wants
You to insist on her saying yes.
A man will always respect woman
if he sees that she respects herself.
With a woman, her soul should al
ways be at least as well clad as her
body.
IL a married woman commences as n
slave, she will never regain her free
dom.
A great many women transfer to their
baby the love they once had for their
husbands.
Even whom woman is in love she
never forgets to see that her hat is on
straight.
A woman should not be afraid to die.
Why, just think! 1t relieves her of
the marriage tie.
A woman who is good cook can
always retain the respect of her hus-
band, If not his love.
A woman should be chary with her
kisses and caresses, even to her hus-
band. We get tired of canvas back
duck If we get it every day.
| 49,
In speaking OF the early days when
| the Custom House was on French
street above Second, gentleman re-
| called a scheme of emigrants to save
| money. To enter the port of Philadel-
| phia cost 50 head. whereas to enter
| this port cost only 90 cents head.
And so emigrant vessels would anchor
off the mouth Of the Christiana and a
small boat from this port would bring
the emigrants here and they would
| duly enter upon payment of so cents
each. Then squads of them would walk
up town, taking in the sights. This
| gentleman remembers seeing the Ger
| man fraus with their dresses of blue
| material and heavy shoes as they
| walked around before returning to the
vessel, going thence TO Philadelphia.
Having entered hero, no further fee
could be collected there.
| #s.*
You may talk about young Hobson, and the
many girls he kisses.
OF his wholesale OSCILLATION on the run;
4 Well, let him have his kisses from mlscel-
laneous misses,
For the most Of us are satisfied with one.
~
"Afrer the Postoffice Curtains are
Pulled Down, What?' was the peculiar
subject Of Il sermon preached by the
pastor of the Pomeroy, Pa, Nj. Il.
| Church last night The previous Sun
day he preached on "After the Ball.
| What?'
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| Rudyard Kipling has sent to Capt.
Robley ID. Evans of the Iowa set OF
his works, and with them these verses
Zogbaum draws with pencil,
| And do things with q pen,
But you sit up in a coming tower,
Bossing eight hundred men.
Zogbaum takes care of his business.
And take care of mine;
But you take care of ten thousand tons
Sky-hooting through the brine.
Zogbaum can handle his shadows,
And can handle my style:
But you can handle a ten-inch gun
\ TO carry seven mile.
To him that hath shall be given,
And that's why these books are sent
TO the man that has lived more stories
Than zogbaum or could invent.
| Xxx
| In one of the local churches, a stranger
recently conducted services. When hi
announced his text as "There is one
among you whom We know not" the
application of it to himself seemed
Istartling, although he made no such
reference. One of his listeners inquired
of two vestrymen of the church, but
neither knew the preacher and it wal
not until two or three days later thai
he learned the strangers name.