Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-09
BRIGHT BITS.

SOLE STIRRING MUSIC: The beat of moth
erly slipper on boys understanding shoe
makers Record.
a MAN in Milwaukee has written a poultry
book Of 200 pages, a regular Encyclopaedia,
as it were.-B0stOn Transcript.
CABLE dispatches have considerable to say
about the "mudlr of DOngOla," and ignore
the fadir entirely. Dongola's mudir evidently
wears the breeches.-NorristoaoR Herald
"THERE Nowr' exclaimed Mrs. Popinjay. as
a tray of dishes went crashing to the floor,
while the waiter was trying to put Popnjay's
quarter into his pocket. That is what comes
of tipping the waiter."-BurJta0ton Free
Press.
''YoU did not pay very close attention to the
sermon, 1 fear, this morning" ''Oh, yes, 1
did, mamma" "Wen, what did the minister
say? He said that the picnic would start
at 10 O'Clock Thursday mOrning-and oh! ma,
can l go?'
THE cruelty of woman's criticism sometimes
goes beyond life. Did you ever see more
natural corpse than Mrs. Podson?" asked a
lady of friend; 'such cOntented smile.
"COntented smile"' repeated the friend; ut
was all put on - rbGnsdlD TrdUeIer.
THERE are about 10000 physicians and sur
geons in the United States, or one to about
200 Of our pOpulatiOn.-Ridge 4 UeBue Ad0o-
cate. We now begin to have dim inkling of
the reason why we never heard tell of an un-
dertaker being taken to the poor farm.-FdU
RiUer AdUdRce.
A YOUNG LADY Of Texas writes to the New
York Sun that she believes the constant read
ing of novels to have injured her mind. Con-
sidering the fact that she wrote to the Sun
about it, we should suppose her TO be con-
slant reader of that paper, and consequently
feel that she is rather unjust to the novels
LOGCeH Citizen.
"CLARA, what makes you sit so close to
George when he calls Saturday night? IhOpe
you will not forget the proprieties, my child !"
'Oh, but ma, George is so dreadfully deaf
''Y es, remember your father was troubled
with the same complaint before we were mar
ried. but now cannot go through his pockets
in the morning without waking him up"
HARD TBIEs.-"Ain't yer got er ole coat
yer could gin POI pussonW said an old
negro, applying at the house of a we'll known
citizen. Il only have this one" said the
gentlemen. "Shall take it off and give it to
your" mo, sab, doan' like dat rip un'er de
arm. Wanted er Sunday coat, but ez yer air
so particular, reckon I'd better move on.
'Clar ter goodness. de times is gettin so hard
dat er cullud gennerman is bout ter be lef' in
de lurch. "-Ar6dnSdLC IrdUetter
SMILES aim no sign O good disserposishun.
De red apple ain allus de sweetes' Good
sense doan' banker arter fine cloze. De stalk
ain nigh SO bright arter de con Is ripe. Dc
abidin' place o. good sense dOan' bar no sar
tin mark. De rabbit dOan' allus hide in de
tales grass. De man carried erway wild hate
is like de man carried erway wild love; IT is
mighty seldom dat he's tempered wild good
sense. hab neber knoWed er wise man ter
spread hisse'f. De rake kivers mo- grOun' den
de grubbin' hoe, but 1t doan' get down nigh so
deep.-A rkdnsdlo TrdCeLLer.
How doth the little editor
Improve each shining "our,"
And sling it in his articles
Wherever he hath power!
Well knoweth he those articles
Would disregarded be,
Unless his personality
He spelled it with i've"
-Drdbe's TrdUellerS' Magazine.
BITTER SWEET
The cleIklet sleek
His earnings saves,
And stays a week
Beside the waves.
Yet after all,
1t only means,
That through the fall
He'll live on beans.
Boston Post.