Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-02-21

The owner of n small bookstore In
Harlem, DESTROYS of a distinctive name
for the same, after hours Of deci, cogifs
tation, finally hit upon the legend,
"Harlem's Literary. Mecca. - This he
thodghu exceedingly good, and he had
man put it up in enamel letters upon .
his window. After the job was dong
he was standing out by the ourbatona
admiring the effect OF the inscription,
when he heard an old ltishpau, who
had stopped and was also looking at
it, soliloquize as follows: tWell, now,
will you LUX at that The cheoE Of.
that Sootchman, calm himssH
Haar-r lem's Literary Mickey, Just
to catch some of the Irish trade! AM
the blackguard don't even know how
to SIP II Mickey /. y The inscription
has besn removed.
French doctor has hit upon the
idea of the homIug pigeon as means
of receiving communications from his
patients. He has established "A pigeon
station in each OF the villages on his
rounds, so that be may be promptly
summoned whenever his services are
required. The entrance TO the pigeon
cote is SO arranged that the arrival of
bue bITh rings hu etbbtflC p6lls
writer in Law Notes speaks Of the
question of whether man retains his
title TO seat in a train by leaving
valise IN it, tells this story:
IAN elderly gentleman on entering a
car found but one vacant seat, and that
was by the side of pretty gsrl The
following oolloquy ensaed: ~
f. q. Is this seat taken2''
p. q. "Yes.''
Z. q. who occupies itP'
p. G. "Young man.
Il. g. "Wbere is his baggage?"
p. @. II am his baggage, Old
Hateful!''
Quere. What we're the resp Give
rights Of the PARTIES as viewed from a
strictly legal standpoint
Eleyating the stage from behind the
footlights is one thing, and elevating
the world from behind the stage is
quite another. The beauteous girl
with the auburn hair told an amusing
story the other day Of the unsa isfactury
result of an attempt which she m de
to do good by stealth. When sue was
ut Boston last year, youth who was
employed about the theatre asked il
he might have a pile of about SO news
papers from which the press notices
had been clipped; Yes shc replied,
"if you will tell me what yon want
them for. He explained that he
wanted to cut out coupons, as there
WAS a coupon competition. The girl
thought that he probably want d thsm
for his girl, ana that it would be
kindly act to get more papers to give
him, which she did. One day she in+ !.
CURED. well, how's the girl getting
along with her coupons?" "Girly,
was the astonished answer; what
girl2" why the girl to whom you
arc sending the coupons. II m not
sending the coupons to no GIRL" was
the candid admission. Its for free
trip to Paris, and the bartender around
the corner gives ne a beer for every
ten. He's collecting them"
The retirement OF Sir John TennieI..
from Punch after 30 years OF faithful
service is the severance OF u link witty
the past, indeed. Tenniel's first assol
citation with Punch has sometimeg been3
whiIusically ascrihed to the Pope of
that day. Tenniel's predecessor W ~
Dickey Doyle, of famous memory.
Doyle resigned because of tue attitude
of the paper in regard to that long
| forgotten trouble of the so-oalled
'Papal Aggression. Tenniel was APP
| pointed to fill the vacancy. and thug
began connection with the paper
destined to outlive the century. In.
| the beginning, of course. he had onlyA
| small things to do-initials, tailN
pieces, aud the like. Then in time heS
| took over from Leech-who was by ndX
means 10th to relinquish it, bJ-the4
way the "hig cut" q the week, andH
thence forward it was entrusted Oh the&
rarest occasions only to any other
hand. His record, indeed, in this2R
respect is probably unique, AltogethetH.
he has designed over 1900 Of his in vi
imitable full-page cartoons for f-elehld'
~
| Wall Street gossip has attributed then
palm for hard luck to recently eleaie1fF
member of the Stock Exchange whoI
| purchased lot of valuable expe, ieuce
at very high price. He paid nearly
| $50, 600 for his seat and although he
WIS not well versed in the husiness
done on the floor he plunged into ita
with y courage commensurate 60 hiaA
| ignorance. He misuldei stood his orders
and he neglected occasionally TO make
n memorandum OF his sales. When he
| found that Gus oper had asked him
! 10 sell certain stock insteaaSof buy
it, as he had done, be tried to make
good his losses from his blunder by
taking a small gamble on his own ac-
count Bus ness on the Stock Elk
cha sc is cone in "a rust in these dass
and the man whN hasitales or who is
slow witted rnds himself outclassel.
This NV mem or, at ha end IT his
| first mon h Il ne kaDae Ia n ed
up his lss fss = q InEua til his
Hoses . No h 9 nv ~ me .
BruHne oFiafs + MS eustliMsr.- hsu y
t9ti, o u .,A.l tal ,s,tr ct
/ isi nqw s4scLlat ng as al Fyh' th RIO not
itts az L 'is r.; 10 ~ ATTY,
VI - 90. {. VS. uof,h the
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