Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-03
BRIGHT BITS.

Do TAKE some more Of the vegetables, Mr..
Blood. for they 90 to the pigs anyway. '-Har-
ydrd LqnpO0n.
0. WOMAN! woman. take the pocketbook
and-the middle OF the crossings. but leave to
mankind the helm Of state.-ChicGgo Current.
A FRESHLY ARRIVED in Paris correspondent
writes back to his American editor that
'MeissOnier. like Victor Hugo, is passing the
latter days Of his life amid the radiance Of his
Immortality" 1t IS well.
CHARLES MONTAGUE DE POORyILLE: "Will
you tell your sister | am here?" Maud !:
Wei, IA like to oblige you, only she's in the
mamma says if interrupt them | must go to
bed without my supper."-LjJe.
A sORRowFUL and misinformed man writes
to the Boston HeraId about the White House
receptions, and asks if there ''has been any
record Of any reception for those poor in
purse and small in rank" He evidently has
never been in Washington Post
YfRY few travelling theatre managers
achieve positive success. 1t Is more apt to
he comparative, thus: POsitive-"Run a
show" COmparative-"Run ashore" The
snperlatiye is reached when the company is
obliged TO leavelits baggage with the landlord
and walk home on the railroad track
THE late Bishop Bloomfield preserved his
passion for bon nsOts to the last. During his
illness he inquired what had been the subjects
Of his two arch deacOns charges, and was told
tnal the one was on the dfJ OF making SER
mons and the other on churchyards 'Oh. /
see said the Bishop. composition and de-
composition
Il SEE in the papers" said DR.. Riehl, one of
our leading professional swimmers, THAT
celebrated diva named Patti Is IN town. I'll
20 him a match, best three dives in five, OF
Meiggs' wharf" 'Oh, it isn't he, but a
She" was the reply, land they call her a
'deeva, not diver. She comes here for her
diva-dends with a man named Mapleson.'-
San francisco Post.
Two gentlemen, while at party, were ca
gerly watching good looking lady Of COM
handing presence. SIS she married. asked
one. 81 don't know for certain" was the re-
ply, "but III bet she is. j overheard her tell
a man few moments ago to stop bother
ing her, and no woman would talk that way
al party to any one except her husband. y
PhitadeIDhid Chronicle Herald.
ONE of the causes of Mr.. Sargent's I'M
popularity at Berlin is said to have been his
difficulty in addressing State officials by their
full titles, as etiquette sternly requires. When
he received a call one day from the account
ant Of the. bureau where the State debts are
paid. and read upon his card the title of a
notwithstanding cassebuchhalter the
poor man lost his equanimlty altogether.
$50 POOR Bill Stubs is dead" said a Louis
Vile man on the train the other day, ~ es,
/ understood So" "Where did it happen?"
"In Cincinnati" "Did yOu hear any Of the
particulars" "NOthing, except that he died
Il natural UGdLn.f rs LIdL sOs " ny. 1 WAS
told he was knocked down on the street and
had the life beaten out Of him." 'Wen, that's
what they call a natural death in Cincinnati
now. "-Ncrchdnt TrdUeler.
To GREEN APPLE
Oh! concentrated qulntessence of collie
At once the base Of pies and school boys
frolic--
As all unconscious Of your power you hang,
More strong than lions grip, than serpents
fang;
Here's To thee, apple green, drink your luck,
Thou ever-faithful and perennial jest of Puck
-HdrUdrd LdmpOon.
BLAINEis BOOK
fOndly thought my course was clear,
And when the glorious deed was done,
l never more would need to fear
The raking up of 'SiXty-one.
Ny deep revenge | mean 20 nuss,
His literary goose to cook;
And now, although l never cuss,
! boldly say cOnfound his book
jim A. Ign.