Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-20

He had been ridiculing her big feet and to
get even with him She replied that ne nlghI
have her old sealskln Sacque made oyer INTO
pair OF ear muhs.
MAPLRsON has been offered $4,000 to so to
san Francisco, but hesitates about accepting,
knowing that John L. sullivan was Kissed by
an audience there.
"PAPA, what is meant by AN anomaly "
IAN anomaly, my son" replied the father, rs
a man who pays his gas bill without referring
to the company as thief."-Fhttddetphta
CAL.
IT is believed that in the coming summer
the great Snowman will give Sacred Ele-
plant Sunday Afternoon Exhibitions to
which Sunday schools viii be invited 10 ad-
JOurn at half price.
"CoL. PAINE is on still hunt for another
grp which VIII enable him to catch on to the
cable. Perhaps he will find the grip / once
had in the Democratic party. | have lost IL
somewhere. '-Butler.
ONE of Wilkie Collins latest popular tales
is entitled "She Loves and She Lies" Wllkle
would have shown more familiarity with
human nature if he had putt "She Loves and
He Lies '-Seeo York Commercial AdcertiSer.
II all ages and all countries the scales have
been the emblem of justice. From this ii is
painfully evident that the fellows whose bust
ness it has been to get up emblems have never
traded much at groceries and provision stores.
-LOIoeU Citizen.
EVERY effort to invent a cotton picking ma
chine has proved unsuccessful. The last ma
chine, invented by an ArkansaW man, tore OIL
the operators clothes, threw HIM over fence,
and then hobbled off like wounded grass
hopper.-ArkdhSdO Irdceler.
He has quit wearing fur Oyerco9t and
cap, We refer to a Maine man. He had
dropped his knife in the snow and was looking
for it when, happening to raise his glances, he
saw himself surrounded by seven hunters who
had stole down on him and were going to
shoot him for a bear.
Is a glove fight at Cleveland, on Tuesday
night, one of the bruisers received such
terrible blow under the ear that he was
knocked senseless, and it required ten min
utes for physician to resuscltate him. There
should be a law filming a ply stefan $4,000 for
being present at prize fight.-Norr. Herald.
A GIRL out West is said to have refused a
telegraph lneman three times in as many
months because he was "toO much OF a wan
derer-he wandered from pole to pole and
from climb to climb and If he should come
home he'd be so 'insulate' that he'd make
ones hair stand up straight, and ther'd be no
end to batteries and crosses "-C0ttdge Cty
Star.
"GAzE upon yonder evening star and swear
to be true while its light shall shine! Swear
my love! Swear by VenusW exclaimed
youth in impassOned accents to one of the
Vassar girls. GLOW stupid you are" she
answered. THAT is not Venus The right
Ascension of Venus this month is the l5h.
On; her declination is Il deg. 25m. south, and
her diameter is 1912"
Not Not, But KNOTT
Says Reuben Knott unto his fair,
In language burning hot,
Matilda, do you love me, dearg
Says she, 81 love you, Knott"
"Oh, say not SOP again he cried;
''Oh, share with me my lot!
oh, say that you will be my bride?"
Says she ''IIl wed you, Knott"
"Oh, cruel fair to serve me so!
love you well, you wOtn
Il could not wed you, Reub," says she.
For then | should be Knott"
A light breaks in on Reuben's mind
AS in his arms she got,
She looks demurely in his face,
And says, pray kiss me, KnOtt!'