Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-21
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THE State in which most political work is
dOne-The state of intoxication.-Puck
THE young man with a slender salary
should choose for his bride young woman OF
small waste.-LouisCiXe ConrierJCuFnal.
\ MANS love for his daughter should not be
measured by the foot with which he lifts an
/ nnWelcome sutton out Of the hOuse.3fdU Ri1eT
Ad0dRce.
STATEN ISLAND MAN has eloped with a
girl named Ohel. Two to one he will be call
ing her by her maiden name before the honey
| moon is oYer.-PhiladeLphia Press.
WHICH Is the more costly, horse or a BIZ
cycle?-Reader. The first cost is often about
the same; the difference in the costs after
wards depends on the relative price OF arnica
and Oats.-Pbiladelphia CAL.
THEY say that Belva Lockwood is not old
enough to be eligible to the Presidency. This
is probable. For nearly hundred years no
woman has been elected President because no
one old enough could be found.-PhiZadeIphia
Times.
AN eminent authority on the nervous mala-
dies of pugs announces that ''quinine is good
for dogs" Had the gentleman gone a step
further, and told the world what dogs are
good for, he would have been talking to some
purpose. -PhiladelDhia Press.
1T was the second time he had called upon
her, and he happened to mention that when
he married he would like 70 live in a pretty
little cottage. so would /" she softly muir
y
perfectly understand each other you can ask
pas consent. '-PhilddelDh cal.
mo, said an old lady, "I'm not one to talk
agin nKM neighbors, or say anything behind
their backs. Now, there is Mrs. Brown, she
who lives over in the corner house. may
not like her very well, still there's no reason
why / should run her down. But / do feel
miserably sorry for poor Mr.. Brown and the
children."-IrOY Times.
WHATS the matter2' asked an intimate
frfn I no. Lat A1,-s.T
and it had my card and address in it," ''Then
it may be returned to your residence" "Oh,
gracious, / hope not! There's nothing in it
but a recipe for a face powder and two I'M
paid dressmakers' dunnIng letters, that /
would not have George see for the world."-
Pitts6Ur9 Chronicle.
LET'S go and call on Miss JONES' said one
dude to another. ''Naw, | don't think like
quite dwight. think" Because, don't you
know, 1 took her dwivIng lahst evening, and
when her sistah asked her if she had had a
pleasant dwive, don't you know, bah Jawve,
she said, Yes, it was such lovely horse :"
why, Cholly, what's the hahn in that?
Don't you like to have youah horse compli-
mented?' Yes, but didn't yer know, old
boy, whaiah do | come in?" 'tAh, tWue, quite
twue. l nevvah thought Of that, you know.
Come, let us discuss it Ovah cup of tea. Ba
Jawve, she must have meant something's
Merchant Ird0eler.
How dear to my heart is the loose Mother
HuDDdfus
Why can't the authorities let it alone?
Twas worn by the matron who went to the
cupboard
One day to procure for her doggie bone.
And if a staid matron could wear such a gar
ment,
Why is it indecent if worn by a BELIEF
l vow / will wear it; there's really no harm
init,
The loose Mother Hubbard that suits me so
well,
The sweet Mother Hubbard, the gay Mother
Hubbard,
The frllled Mother Hubbard that suits me so
well. -CAicd9O Girl.