Evening journal., 1908-10-01
BY THE WAYSIDE

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Maybe he amt the grouchy man. said
the barber TO a customer as he took MS
seat yesterday. referring to the man who
had lust been shaved and was leaving the
front door.
THAT fellow came in here and in little
squeely voice yelled;
shave. Yes, the weather's bum II
looks like rain and the baseball season
over for this town 1 don't know any wo-
men in Wilmington. Now get down to bus
mess
Didn't give you an opportunity to say
q. word. did hep asked the new customer.
Nope; only bay rum or witch hazel
These foggy mornings are making the
engineers Of the fast passenger trains
keep right down on the job with their
ewes strained for danger signals. And be-
sides" said one of them, "even extreme
vigilance does not make me feel that l
have a clear track ahead of me some
times"
The engineer explained that in the early
mart of the morning the signals are barely
perceptible one hundred yards ahead OF
the engine. and in the event Of the eye
sight being just the least bit weak, IL
would be impossible 10 stop a train before
it has run by the signal.
That superstition is stil pretty well
grounded in the majority Of human be-
ings was demonstrated the other day when
a hearse and dozen OF more cabs on
their way to a funeral passed across Mar
ket street The vehicles were all empty
vet while passing across the street only
two persons Of at least twenty-five wh9
wanted to pass TO the other side OF the
street walked between the carriages. Ine
others waited on the curbs until the last
of the cabs had passed over the street
before crossing.
According to eminent naturalists OF
youthful age, who have already been out
in the woods for chestnuts, walnuts and
other products of other mems trees, many
of the choicest nuts-on the outside-are
/ full Of worms. II appears that the boys
investigated most OF the woods In the
vicinity Of the city on Saturday and that
they found some fine nuts, which happen
ed TO be full of worms when cracked
omen. The boys are at a loss 10 account
| for It and some of their teachers yester'
day explained the trouble BY saying thai
there was too much rain when the nuts
ware forming Others blamed the recen'
dry weather as encouraging the growth Of
the woriiA
Two men stopped before an umbreh'
dealers establishment day or two ag'
and cast puzzling glances at a new sigi
displayed in the window.
Both hesitated bit. one OF the mer
carried an umbrella much frayed as L
cover. The other had no umbrella at al
NOW 1 wonder which OF US that means,
commented the man who had no umoreli'
as he noted the much worn rain protector
of the o. her, someone stole mine rev
davs ago." And they both looked at tn
sign again. 1t read: Umbrellas recovered
here"
The next time / want TO heat a bott
NJ r,ibber cement I'll know how to do H.
remarked Mr.. Newlywed.
..yyhen my wife and were in Phiaoel
nhia a few weeks ago we ran into Gem
onstration Of rubber cement wh'ch wa
Guaranteed to mend anything about 'h
house except metal It looked GOOD am
we bought one-ounce bottle. we trle'
a. on several things and it worked nne'
yesterday I wanted to mend oroks -.
n,atter. so I got the stuff out ot u
closet. A requisite for proper work is ina
the cement should be boiling hot a GOO
wav to get IT so being to place the oot'i
on a hot stove. did. as had before.
my wife and I were on the back pore
when we heard a loud Popl' hustled int
the kitchen and found much Of the cemen
/ scattered in tiny globules over the TOP o
the stove 1 had neglected to remove IN
cork and an explosion followed.
"The bottle was intact"
Some very handsome copies OF jews
calendars and New Years cards have bee
received in this city. especially from Ne'
York where the holidays are being kep
, with the usual festivities. Some Of tn
calendars are Of rare interest as they con
, tain not only the Hebrew character an
/, the method Of calculation but are give
typical ornamentation. few have bee