Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-26
BRIGHT BITS.
"HAMLRT" was undoubtedly base ball
player. He caught the conscience of the King
by some very good playing. -BostOn Budget.


by some very good playing Budget.
A CUCUMBER grew by the garden wall;
Grew round and yellow.
A little boy saw it--thst's all,
Poor little fellow p itts6ur0 Chronicle.
LOVE may be blind, as all the old poets have
sung in unison, but we do MOI recall any we'll
authenticated instance of Young Love kissing
his grandmother by mistake.-SaddIerVJ Jour
nal.
"a NEW policeman on the beat" remarked
an esteemed contemporary. Well, that's too
bad. The old pOlicema an was on the beat too.
! Times don't seem to improve any.-BrOOkLVR
E0gye.
EDITOR DANA of the Sun is said to grow the
largest and finest strawberries in The United
States, He also cultivates the ripest and
most symmetrical chestnuts.-Nelo York
Graphic.
+ THE Indiana editors recently discussed the
question; 'Is 1t the duty Of Il political editor
to defend an unworthy candidateg 1t WIS
finally decided that it all depended upon the
value of the county printing.-Detroit Free
Press.
DO you think you can clear him % she asked
of the lawyer. 81 don't know, madam" re-
Piled the attorney doubtfully. He haslived
here all his life, sir, and knows every one"
Yes, that is what makes me nervous about
it."-Ddity GrG91hte. -fc
A sHOPKEEPER will overdo a good scheme
by Offering too great reductions in prices.
Thirty seven cents, formerly SIS is an an
nOuncement to make a customer feel that he
Is being cheated bv looking at such goods
Ne10 Orleans Picdyune.
A FASHIONABLE Austin lady. immedi-
ately after the death OF her husband, married
his brother. a visitor at his house, noticing
the picture of her late husband, asked who it
was. ut isis" she replied, hesitatingly,
my deceased brother in-law. '-Teeas Siit-
| iRGs.
''THERE is only one thing that makes me
| doubt the truth Of the gospel" said Cross
/ when Ross, who is an earnest devotee, was
trying to persuade his friend to turn from the
| error OF his ways. "What is that?" asked
/ Ross. The apostles were nearly all fisher
men.n-St. Paul Herald.
"DO you know why they call a certain por
| ton of the theatre the pltPn asked little
Johnny CrimsoHbeak of his father, the other
| morning at breakfast. mo, Johnny, really
do not" replied the amiable man. ''Why, be-
| cause there are so many 'seedy' people there -
said the smart son of his father Yonkere
| Statesman.
THERE, said an excited man, entering a
| grocery store, "what kind of a chicken wa
! that You sent to my houseg 1t certainly
wasn't the one | ordered" Great Scott,
exclaimed the grocer. ''if that boy hasn't
made another mistake. He went and gave
! you one of those gutta percha ones that We
keep especially for boarding houses. Did the
paint boil oG?"-E1chdn0e.
SUMNER resort hotels are putting on bis
| adjectves and otherwise keeping apace witt
the season, MOsenbuum, who keeps the
| "Boudoir," was taEen TO task for stretching
bis advertisement too much. Hi, there
! Nose said a friend, II see YOU ad.
| vertise that your rooms have been enlarged
! so dey hat" "But there haze been no car.
penters at work on your place." ''No
Wait Till I tole you. / hat scraped der papeI
of dose walls. Seep-HGrtford Post.
LITTLE rays OF sunshine,
! Little drops of sweat,
Make the stlGeued linen
Very limp and wet.
Little beads of mercury
! ON the upward glide
Cause a mighty movement
Toward the ocean side.
Men of little salaries
Cannot get away;
] So against the seaside
! Boldly they inveigh.
Columbus piennfsb