Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-12
BRIGHT BITS.

KELLY is said To have gotten the idea of his
motor from another man. Two cranks with
but single thought, one motor which goes as
none. omaha Republican.
UNDER the head of 'Old Favorites" the
Br0oklyu Aagasine prints COWper's well
known lines, commencing Il am monarch OF
all / survey" and which it puts in the mouth
Of Alexander Selkirk. 1t prefaces the poem
with the remark that the verses indicate that
"Selkirk was poet Of no mean ORDER the
Christian at Work.
DRESS COATS to be worn this season:
For investigating comDittees-A coat Of
Whitcwash,
For shoddyites-t coat of arms,
For whOOperups-A coat Of red paint.
For ugly facts-A coat OF varnish.
At select parties-A coterie. - Pitts5urg
Chronicle TeIsgrdDh.
WEBsTER'S Spelling Book, it is said, still
sells at the rate of ,000, 600 copies q year. Aud
vet it is never called for at a public library,
while half dozen volumes OF Oulda's novels
may be taken out in one day. The plot in
Webster's Spelling Book is not thrilling
enough TO please the patrons Of public libra
ries.-NOTrist0J0n Herald.
THERE was a court martial held on a Young
officer who had gone on spree and had
fight in a barrO0m. The bar proprietor was
brought before the court and put in the Wit
ness box. The prisoner was placed In full
view. Witness, do you recognize the pris
oner:" "Yes. your honor, and most of the
court."-San Francisco Chronicle.
VISITOR lat the Indian school}-so all these
children are IndiansE
Feacher-Ges. Many OF them are sons and
daughters Of great chiefs.
Visitor-W hat are they doing now?
TeachcT-Thls is the arithmetic hour, and
they are doing sums.
Vistor-Ah Yes, l have often heard OF
The silence which followed was only broken
by the whiz Of tomahawks.-B Boston Record.
81 WISH you wouldn't 90 over to Yeasts,"
said Crmsonbeak to his wife the other morn
ing;
"Well, you know, they've got the fever over
there, and if you catch 1t you'll be sure TO
spread it,"
"Well, you will; | never knew woman vet
to keep a thing to herself" was the husbands
parting shot as he went out of the doOr,-IOH N
6erS Statesman,
IT is Just possible for a man TO be too polite
and Accommodating. John Peterson, of Hous-
ton, Is man OF that type. lie was eatlng
dinner at a restaurant, when Galveston
man who sat opposite . him, and who mad
just finished, lit cigar and blew a cloud OF
smoke over the table into his face. John Pc
tersOn did not get mad, as some Houston peo-
pie might have done when thus treated by
mlscreant from a rival seaport. On the con-
trary, he said very pleasantly, III my eating
interferes with your smoking, just say so, and
I'll wait TIL you get through."-Ie Stfttngs.
Come into the garden, goat,
For the brindled dog has fled;
Come into the garden, goat,
Where the rose is blOssOming red,
And eat it up with the airy vine
That's clamberlng up the shed.
Gulp down that passion flower
That's blooming there by the gate,
"COme of" says the snowy lily,
While the pansy murmurs "Fate!"
And the larkspur gayly whispers,
THE paint pot IS his bait;'
While the jimson says, with splendid
tear,
Hes a goat from Goatville straight"
-Nelos Letter.
THE Cabinet-whO can fOreteH
The lucky ones who soon shall dwell
Within the sacred precincts where
The nations secrets find their lair,
As safe as If IN citadelP
Though men without a parallel
Nav seek the statesmen's ranks to swell,
Yet few will get the chance to share
The Cabinet.
They come in droyes, they rush pell-mell,
And try to WELD the potent spell
OF craftsmanship beyond compare
A cOuntersign that cannot snare
The nations sapient sentinel,
The Cabinet.
-Nel0 York Journal.