Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-11
BRIGHT BITS.
WOULD it be right to advise st. John to keep
his spirits up in this campaign:-Detrou Jour


WOULD it be right to advise st. John to keep
his spirits up in this campalgns-DetroU Jour
nal.
Mr.. BLAINE seems to have got the matter
trifie mixed. Shouldn't it be that he is willing
to defend his life with the honor of his family
if need be9-Ail1CdUkee journal.
BUTLER drew larger audience at Mil
waukee than Logan, but 1t Is still an open
question whether he is larger traud.-Chf-
cdgO Times.
WE are enabled. after diligent inquiry, to
tate the real reason for Col. Thomas Pro-
metheus Ochf1tree's voluntary retirement
from Congress. He has hired himself out TO
be used as headlight on Texas locomotive.
-PhiladeLDhia Press.
"OH, MAMMA! such nice young man has
been making love to me at the picnic to-day .
He is just as handsome as he can be, anu
graduate of a musical college. too" "Nhat
mu, ical college, childf" ''Nhy, let me see
he told me. Oh, yes-Siug Sing. "-BurtiRgton
Free Press.
STEVE ELKINs Is said to be piOus, but 1t has
not been observed that his pantaloOns have
any unusual tendency to bag at the knees. II
Steve should succeed in praying few dollars
into the party barrel there would be no doubt
of the genuine and fervld character OF MS
piety.-Chicdg0 Times
ma. what are soldiers?" 'They are meh
with arm, dear" "And what is an encamp-
mentE'' 1T is place where the soldiers 60
TO practice using their arms, my child" ION,
yes, now l see why they always have an en-
campment at a place where there are plenty
of pretty girls. "-ChicdgO Ne1cs.
A YOUNG MAN arrived at Bar HarbOr some
weeks ago and last Monday he had to go
home One dozen girls went down to the
wharf to see him of, and with the most as
tonishing bravo he proceeded to give each ana
all parting kiss. None demurred except the
twelfth girl, who absolutely refused 20 be
kissed.
Now is the season at the lakes when the
young dude and dudelet sit in the tent or on
the piazza and begin to think of married life,
or when the "old lady" calls the young man
apart and in a motherly way informs MN
that life is not a continual spoon, that he
must either pop or skip and give some other
fellow chance.-1. Paul Herald.
BLAINE's reasons for not taking the stump
are not unlike those of the darkey IN slave
time, who was told to climb up and thin out
the branches of tall tree. He sald; 'EI
falls down and breaks my neck, datll De
dead loss OF a thousand dollars. Why not
send up an freshman, and den ef he falls and
kills hissef hit won't be no loss to nobody"
Logan is thinning out the branches OF the
tree, and if anything happens to him it will be
no great loss to anybody but himsef.-Ieras
SftiR0S.
THE Tomb said to the Rose
with the dew that Ger thee flows
What dOst thou, Loves own Flower"
The Rose said to the Tomb
''What dost thou with those whose doom
Is thy yawning gulf each hOur?"
The Rose said-"Sombre Grave,
Heavens tears, Transmitted, gave
perfume sweet and rare"
The Tomb said-"Tender flower,
Each soul that feels my power
Becomes an angel falr.''-VictOr Hugo.
A METHODIST MINISTER tried to start
church in a Western town, but from lack OF
support had to give up the project. This was
the peroration of his farewell sermon: 'At
the last day the Lord will say to Saint Peter,
where is your flockP and Saint Peter will
answer. Here, Lord > he viii say to Calvin,
And where are your sheep| and CALVIN will
reply, Here, LOrd;' and so all of the shep-
herds can answer. But when he asks me,
when / am compelled to reply, Lord. haven't
any; mine were all hOgs."-Nea0 York Iri-
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