Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-08-16

= taclOrs.is Inc OGner uhy ole VI theIn
asked q passerby for 10 cents. he
promptly pulled coin from his pocket
and gave 1t to the beeger, who quickly
colsed HE hand upon it and summoning
orony entered the saloon and ordered
two "shocks. The bartender filled
the order but demanded to see the |
money, fol he knew his men. The
'.aotor'' for whom tho ghost had
walked, with q great flourish ola pped |
his hand upon the bar and disclosed |
the coin, Mt the same tins looking at I
the bartender with an air of triumph. |
But, the bartender was not dazzled, for
the coin before him was Just one cent |
aud not tho 10 cents that he beggar
thou 9ht it was. With great presence OF
mind the DISPENSER of liquor drew bnck
the untouched e lasses and the faces OF
the two actors foil most abjectly.
The postmaster of Round Up, Kan,
recently received notification from the
Department in Washington that he
would be compelled to give a larger
bond for the faithful performance of his
duty, as the business OF his Office was
increasing, The postmaster draws a
alary OF S25 q year, and he returned
the departments letter with the word
"Nit'' written ip red ink at the bot
tour. At last accounts the postmaster
was doing business under the old bond.
An English>offcer in Malta stopped,
in iiding, to ask native the way. He
was answered by shIuR of the Shout
ders, and a mo speak English"
You're fool, then, said the officer.
But the man knew enough English to
ask:
DO you understand Maltssas''
20 % you know Arabic''
20 you know 1ta'ians"
"4O you 70 know eresk'f'
"Then you four fools. 1 only one"
You may talk about the cool look
Of the shirt waist man." be who
leaves his coat behind and wears no
suspenders to weary his back, hut COM
parativsly few are the men who can
without feeling III at ease goud part
of ths time. There is that constant
"hitching up" of the trousers that
might be taken for rehearsal Of a
hornpipe. No, suspenders nre pretty
wal 81 sometimes, but they are sure and
the annoyance they save man is a
large compensation for his having to
wear his coat Al
The Smiths are everywhere. In Italy
they are called 'Smithi;" in Hol-
land, Schimdt;" in Russia, "Smit-
| ovaIti - In Spaip, "Smjthus - in
Poland, ..schmitiweiski,' . and in
Mexico, "Smitri. Z" In England the
Smiths are the most numerous of all
families, but in Ireland they are con-
tent to rank fifth, after Murphy, Kelly,
Sullivan and Walsh.
Among those who find the hot weather
very iuausticious for work is the anna
teur photographer. Any one who hal
spent an hour in dark room, where
scarcely any air could penetrate, de
veloping plates and afterwards fount
, that because the water was too warn
the plates were spoiled, >will appreci
ate the drawbacks of working IN Ihoto
graphic lines in the summer. Not onl.
muet the operator be very careful no
, to spoil bis plates, but he must us
: caution also in the handling Of tn
, prints, or they, too, will be spoiled. A
5 a consequence CT the risk and the un
0 pleasantpess, many amateurs suspend
Z great deal Of their efforts in ho
. weather. W.
r An absentlninded minister of Mana
yunk, Pa, tells this story on himself
2 II live Ia one of row of brick house
b that are all exactly alike, and when
l L.. &C. xxfa1lr In Mt ar n 10
saw a new hat rack in the hall. Il don
n think much Of your hat rack l calle
d upstairs. 1T has cheap look hung m
n hat on 1t and turned into the parlor.
d strange young man, friend of m
= daughter, supposed, sat with his feet O
10 the piano stool and smoked cigarett
b abominate cigarettes. You seem to
d milking yourself at home, | observed Gu
is tingly. Yes, why shouldn't 1?' he r.
% torted, flushing up. / looked around IL
ID parlor, and the furnishings seemed strani
Or to me. by Jovep thought, quick as
is flash, 'Pm In the wrong house. And, su
enough, / was. apologized to all hand
" but l was sorry had said what d
Or about the hst rack"
7e A Kansas man has struck new WI
Of getting living. He has a flock of O.
/. turkeys, which, in consideration of boa
II for himself, he moves from one farm
another, where they clean up the gras
IN hoppers with which the farms of tn
a section are infested. Via
or There is hospital for trees on 1
Q banks Of the Seine in Paris. Trees viii
by do not thrive on the boulevards are tax
be there to recover.
cd -
u. AN automatically genuine lock of
first Napbleon's hair, cut from his head
as his deathbed at St. Helena, has j.
he changed hands, the purchaser payi
ng $3.50 for 1t.
H. Enforced cleanliness prevails in
to public schools of Copenhagen. Thu
les times week the pupils have to bathe
a the schools, and while they are disporti
ith themselves In the swimming baths til
lid clothes are purified in steam ovens.
of tF
he "A pet Maltese cat belonging to an Ell
The fish woman has been successfully p
for vided with spectacles to counteract fall
he eyesight.
Jay
lb- The healthiest spot In the whole wo
he is Aumone. a French village containl
cal 40 people. Twenty-eight OF the inhabita