Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-12
BRIGHT BITS.

IT is a suspicious circumstance that when
Kenneth Raynor died the women suffrage peO-
pie were all gathered at Washington.
"What Is syntax." asked the teacher. "A
saloon license is sin tax" shouted the son OF
prohibitionist.-g. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
THEY are going to erect twelve story
building in Chicago. It's no use; they can
get to heaven that way. Remember Babel
v. r journal.
\ RURAL subscriber writes to Us TO say that
il j. all bOsh-this talk about trees increasing
the rainfall. He wants to know i eyeryDo
doesn't get under tree when IL Is raining
burlington Free Press.
Il saw a capital thing in that last pam
phlet Of yours" said O'Connell TO concelted
scribbler. Indeed" rejOined the Delighted
perpetratOr, with beaming smliei "What
was it, "a pound OF butter"
a CLERGYMAN who recently held service IN
Auburn prison preached from the text, 20
home to thy friends And for once IN their
Sustained, crime-haunted lives, the audience
expressed a desire to follow good mans ad-
vIce.-BUfdl0 Ezl7ress.
Il THOUGHT ] heard Fred kiss you on the
piazza last night" said Burlington father 70
his daughter the other morning. "Oh. no;
pa. was the artless answer, she only Kissed
me on the ear" ''Wel, perhaps that was 1t,
cruelty rcjoined pater familas.-Eree Press.
"How can you stand up there during the
service and rattle of the responses so sancu-
mouth only" You wrong me. / assure you
they come from my heart ION, yes; you
mean TO say your heart was in your mouth
"WHAT are the religious papers doing TO-
wards directing souls ileaNenWdruf y tHS llIie
Of an article in piOus contemporary W ell. we
know for one thing they are advertising pat
ent medicines and cheap reYOlNer7 by the
column. at half rates.-Ncto York Coamercldt
AdrertiSer.
SYDNEY SMITH had a brother distinguished
f.1. hut
no element Of wit or humOr in his compost
tiOn. sydney said that "he and his brother
coutradicted the law Of grayltation, Tor ms
brother had risen by his gravity, anu ne had
sunk by his levity.'
ACCORDING to the Philadelphia Record Mr..
John Dubois. OF Central Pennsylvania, has
invented an automatic dam. We are pleased
to note that the Presidential year has -tlmu-
lated the dormant industries of the nation,
even if in the direction OF improving our pro-
fanity.-Chjcago NeaCs.
CHICAGO don't propose to be asked for any
thing and not he in position TO hand 1t out over
the counter on demand. faith cure IS re-
ported in that city. Some one is mean enough
to say that the patient was taken out TO one
Of the suburban towns in order that DIVINE
influence might reach him. Couldn't do 1t IN
the city.-Erchange.
As THEY were trudging along to school
5-year-Old Boston miss SAID 10 her companion,
a lad Of six summers: ''Were you ever az
frighted at the contiguity Of a rOdeLtEn"Nay,
forsooth," he replied; II fear not the juXta-
position OF the creature, but dislike its alarm
ing tendency to an intimate proplnqulty.'-
Eelc York Morning journal.
''DO YOU remember the poor" asked Wis
isng clergyman Of a misery parishIOner.
.Oh, YES. >" was the reply, Il remember them"
And a CLEAN Of happiness and rest passed
over his pinched old face as he continued: 1T
costs me nothing to remember and even drop
a tear for the poor and unfortunate The
clergyman dropped out OF the conversation.
ONE Of the little Indian girls at the Carlisle
school has tried her hand at rhyming, with
this result:
4 bird flew from nest
After dark nights rest.
She flew for a fat worm.
Her heart was on the little ones firm.
She was dressed very gay,
For it was nice day.
Another tried it, with less success, as fol-
lows:
/ saw girl had map
Upon her lap,
And walked about
The room and put
Her feet on stool;
sat down on mud and spoil
Her dress, and got
Potatoes ana put them in pot;
And shut the door
And swept the floor
And stood up look
And smile and took
Me up.