Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-22
BRIGHT BITS.

s.FALL LFAvEsr' exclaimed a punsteT, IS
the book be was holding fell to the noor.-S.
y. JOurN1l
FIRST citizen I'm a crowd)-''Is your watch
going sirf" Second cltlZen-"1 ess expect
It is: IN fact, it's gone. ''-BHrAHgE0R Free
Press.
THE blon lie girl Is out of fashion, and the
dav Of brunettes has come again. Those
who bleaehed before may as well prepare TO
dye now.
I'm not in politics this year, but I'll take
the stump, all the same" said the tramp, 60
ing down into the gutter for q halI-smoked
clgar.-NeFchGHt Trdueier.
TEE remark that sspolitics makes strange
bedfellows" is supposed to have emanated
from man who had been around the state
on a stumping tour and put up at country no.
tells Of nights.-LO1ceH Citizen.
BEN BUTLER always wears claw hammer
coat while he is speaking. TINS IS the only
emblem OF the wOrkingman tn at he carries
about with him. 1t may also Indicate that
he is sin for penny, in for pound. "-E1-
change.
s'sWHOLE CLOVES are now used to extermi-
nate moths" saws a ladies' journal. II gen
temen notice q remarkable decrease IN their
weekly supply OF this delicacy. they VIII be
able to guess who has been at their pockets
Burlington Free Press.
"HAvE you heard from Ohio:" asked an en-
thusiastic Republican Of a verdant looking
e
.'Oh. yes" he replied, Il hear from there
nearly every day. Ny girl wants to know
when I'm coming back"
4 DISTINCTIVE DIFFERENCE
One strong distinction marks the risky
And festive rulers of the State
One-half are pledged to crooked whisky,
While ali the rest take whisky straight:
-Ee1c York Journal.
Mrs. Apo you know I often wonder
how you came to marry drummerf" Mrs.
Iii Ha- ma kos a
sulendid husband" Mrs. A.-'But. then. he
is away from home 50 much" Mrs. b.
why, that is his chief charm. ''-BOstO7 Tran
script.
WHEN a man marries fashionable young
lady and goes to housekeeping, he should
always bay healthy dog. And the healtnler
the dog is the better for his purpose, II he
wants to try the effect OF her PIE crust upon
1t before he INDUCES in it himself.-fdA Rtger
AdrIRcs.
ONE of the funniest typographical errors
ever made was in q recent exchange. A re-
porter in writing an account OF bali, sali
that The belle Of the evening looked au Ialt
The types put it that she Hooked all feet"
Now neither the lady nor the reporter IS
happy.-PrOCidsnce Sunday Star.
THE poor woman had stepped upon an up
turned tack. and her condition grew serious
until phy stefan was consulted. He was eN
planning to her husband, who said: And do
you think. doctor. that she will have the lock-
jawEn '.Im afraid 90. my man. 'Ihank
YOU. sir: thank you. Those are the first en-
c0uraging words I've had."-RocbesteT Post
Express.
THE dude" GERM.-The new tobacco bug
is fixed fact. That il e Is cigarettes Is also
certain. Tobacco has been generally sup
posed to be fatal TO insect life. Yet the "dude''
can consume it well as the new bug. May
these tobacco worms not have been IN their
day dudes: Who knows but the original dude
germ may have been tobacco bugf"-Phu-
IdelpbiG Nelcs.
LOOK here, Bridget said Van Ness ave
nue. matron to her cook the other day, Il
really can't allow YOU to have company in the
kitchen every night" Its all along of the
terrible fire in Chicago, num-" '.What on
earth has that to do with its' "Why, mum,
ever since then do be afraid of fire, so that
have one Of the boys from the engine house
round the corner come and sit with me eve
nings. 1t do make me feel more comfortable
like, somehow. San francisco Post.
4 NEWLY married New York lady rebuked
her husband in the following terms: Before
we we're married, George, you used to call
and see me every evening. Now you go OF 70
your club and get drunk. You have entirely
4 different mode OF life now from what you
had then" mo, Emeline, my mode OF life Is
not changed, only 1 have reversed things.
Before l was married used to call around IN
the evening to see you and Il en- | went to the
club room and got tight, but now / go TO the
club room first and get tight, and then l come
to see you"