Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-06
BRIGHT BITS.


WHEN cyclone gets through with a West
ern village II is like the play of Hamlet"
with Hamlet left out.-EHr}in0tOa Free Press.
SOME one says the Goddess OF Liberty on
the silver dollar looks as though she had lost
something. She has. She's lost fifteen cents
she cant seem TO find -IOUkeFS Statesman.
WHEN Bob IngersoH SAID, LET the gods
nave the heavens, but let us have the EARTH"
he was evidently thinking about those land
grabs in which he had acquired an interest
with Dorsey.-St. Louis PAST Dispatch.
'.WHAT are the wild waves sayins?' asked
Hip young man OF a sharp girl on the beach
ut Old Point "rhev are saving they are
glad they are not fresh, ~ she answered sweet
and low. Cincinnati Merchant ZraUeIer.
lie HAD GRowx.-A father was very much
annoyed by the foolish questions of his little
noyance to me-"
What's the matter, pa2"
You ask so many foolish questions |
wasn't big donkey when | was your age"
mo, Pc: but you've gr0wed heap since."-
Teas SlftingS.
TRIFLE UNREAsONABLE.-Nee person
TO Gentleman)-'Will you please give me
little money, sir2 / need { badly"
Gentleman giving him i've cents)-'.There
you are. Now tell me frankly, my friend
what will you do with that money!"
Needy ,person-.Buy beer with it. Do you
expect ! would buy with five cents cham
pagne cocktail? "-Nea0 York Sun.
The way to the Broad Guage. 'swhy do
they call II pool2" asked RollO.
''Well," replied Rolo's father, ''you see, the
trunk lines all pustheir earningsi in together"
"1esf' AND "put in isOllo's Uncle George
az Rollo's father hesitated, ''the bait costs
more than the lish can sell for"
And Rolio's father nodded and said, YES
that is it,"
And Rollo said. aye eesg, with the air of p
'Oy WHO wasn't more than half satisfied, but
had to be.--Br00ktVR Eag1e.
CITIzEN-"Will you take in the hanging to-
day." ~
another Citizen with a yawn)-''NO, l
guess not. Who aaie the boys after thus timegu
First Citzen-"Pne boys have nothing to do
with this affair. It's Il legal matter, the
prisoner having been tried and sentenced bv
regular Judge, the same as is done back in
the eff te East ~
Another CITIZEN with display of interest
lis that 500 Then III take it in as matter
Of curiosity. "-Nsto York Sun.
AMAN who looked like a stockholder walked
INTO the Office ai President Ingalls,, of the
Big Four the other day, and, after saying
good morning, he remarked, inquiringly:
docs your railroad ever give any passes?'
mo, sir" replied the President, promptly:
lit issues no passes whatever"
"N"v "-.os anything, eh?"
"Never, sir"
Il ,..oos". maybe it did. 1 heard so up
town."
eyes. "a. heard it passed dividend
last week"
AIR. ing ais took a header into pile OF pa
per on his desk. and the man sighed heavily
and went out like a tallow ca idle in a draft
--Negc&aHt TrQoeler.
A LADY's PURSE
always thought pocketbOok
place TO keep your money,
But when lady's once took
My researches we're funny.
found some string, lock of hair,
Receipts and memoranda,
photographer fact a pair
A letter from Amanda.
piece of cloth. a small latch key,
\ little silver bangle,
or har-pins. too, some two or three,
And ribbons in n tangle
The things that from this purse l took
we're very, very funny;
found her pocketbOOk "A NOOK
For every thing but money.
-ChicGO0 Rambler,