Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-07
BRIGHT BITS.

AN opera troupe has been m assacred entire
in Algeria. The critics of that country do not
cOnfine themselves to tired eggs and dead cats
-Barlington Free Press.
THE road to a mans heart may be through
his stomach, as an old adage asserts, but the
way to a maiden's heart surely lies through
the seductive GOODNESS of the ice-cream sa-
lOOn.-B0St0R Times.
'ICE-cREAM may be made of glue" said a
pretty Newport girl. ''but don't care. There
is just that much better chance for me to
stick to it for the summer campaign. Gin
ciRndti Merchant Ird0etteT.
SINCE constitutional prohibition came into
effect in Iowa, buttermilk has become the Ia
VOrite tipple. You may wink and wink at
the barkeeper, but he doesn't cheese. You
can get nothing but milk sour.-SDTinQfetd
Union.
THE young man from the country and his
girl were drifting slowly into an ice-cream
saloon, when the following met his eye " a
nilla. chocolate, lemon and strawberry ice
cream 81 so per GAL" He turned and He'd
Rochester Post EgpreS8.
1T has been suggested that the Bartholdi
Statue of Liberty may arrive here before we
have the pedestal ready for her to plant foot
on, but if she does she can be quarantined and
kept in the lower bay on the ground that she
comes from an infected cholera district
Ne10 York World.
A CHICAGO LADY has bleached her hair to
match the shade Of her bright sOrrel horse.
Some OF her friends, however when they see
her out with her husband. think she attempt
ed to change the color of her tresses to match
his nose, and didn't get the tint quite enough
| of a strawberry blonde. -Norristoaon Herald.
MIR. LOGAN saws: "The advantage of hay-
ing a bankuote in the house which will be as
| good in the morning as 1t was the night before
| should be appreciated by ALL" 1t Is the same
way with fresh fish which you are trying to
| save for breakfast, and yet there Is little
chance for fresh fish in a letter of acceptance.
-Nea0 Orleans Picdguae.
IN libel suit against Louisville paper, the
| plaintiff was awarded one cent damages. I0
| show how popular some papers are, 1T is stated
| that a number of influential capitalists lmme-
| diately stepped forward and offered to loan
| the editor the money to pay the damages,
| without any security more than a chatter
mortgage on the press and material.
mo" said Fogg, medItatively, 81 don't fear
| what may come to me in another world; 1T IS
| the act of dying that fills me with sort OF
nameless dread | don't like the idea of
or the 20 dar om %fd let
| that worry YOU" replied Mrs. Fogg; you'd
have a splendid chance to dry your clothes
| when you reached the other slde."-B0Ston
| transcript.
| BENEATH shady tree they sat;
lie held her hand, she held his hat;
! / held my breath and lay right fiat;
| They kissed saw them do 1t.
He held that kissing was no crime;
She held her head up every time;
/ held my peace and wrote this rhyme,
While they thought no one knew it.
| -PrincetORidR.
THE yearly GubernatOrial election in the
! United States is Likely to result in a victory
! for the Wings. The Federalists, under the
! leadership OF Mr. Blaine, who was recently
nominated for Mayor of Chicago, are hopeful
Of success This now distinguished party
! leader was brought from the Sandwich Islands
| by Mr.. Barnum, and exhibited as the tattoOed
| man. Having learned something of American
| politics while travelling around the provinces
! ne abandoned the show business and devoted
| himself to the work of writing book. The
| advance proof sheets showed such insight that
| he was at once taken from his lOwly condition
| and placed prominently before the people.
| MIR. Tilden, the prominent barrel-maker, has
declined to vote in the coming election.-LOn-
| don Times.