Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-11
BRIGHT BITS.

FROM Europe comes the report that a new
star ha- been discovered. Ii must be that the
ladies' wear smaller hats to the theatre there
Ionher6 StttesDtd1t.
''NO or know am hortcultHrist.'
81 should Judge from your elastic stories
that yO1 devoted your principal attention TO
the cultivation OF the ln1la rubber tree. ~
Bost0n Budqet.
IL the Justices Of the United States Supreme
Court had not Indignantly denied that they
keep black bottle n their coat room we
should. of course. have supposed that it was a
bottle Of ink. -Ppoh
A NAN may not feel very mad az being left
Of @ caucus ticket, but let him imagine That
he does not get fair share Of the turkey
strtfing and he never torglves the wrong
fGi Rjrer AGrTHce.
TERRIBLE EFFECTS OF EXTENSION OF THE
ELECTIVE SYsTEM.-First Freshman-"Say,
old man. don't we want q bookcaseg"
Second Freshman--' No; hang The luXurles ,
We need a wine closet and some glasses. -
HdroGrd LGnDOOfs.
DANCING MASTER to prospective pupiB.-
On. yes: have the best people In the place
among tn m three bank cashiers. PrOspeC i've
Pupil-Have you any new dances Dancing
Master-Quantites Of them the most popular,
however, seems to he the Canadian skip -
Baltimore Hedrld.
SOME Of our contemporaries express sur
prise that Mr.. john y igel0ws letter to the
PRESIDE resignjng the Sub-Treasurershl D
of New York is still withheld from the pub
lie. There is suspicion abroad that the
original copy was sent to tee New York Sun
nffcc for pUb1ca ion. and tn manuscript " as
devoured by the Suns Office cat.-Norrtstotga
Herald.
IN Malta persons are forbidden TO come to
the oDeTa "in short sleeves or with naked
| feet We can under tand why there should
| he an objection to short sleeves. but why
should bare feet be GUIDED? some OF these
notions Of etiquette are too absurd for anv-
| thing. A society young m4n don't want to
stay away from the opera simply because his
only pair of boots are at the shoem ker's get
| ting half -sOled .---No~riatOi0n Herald.
AN EMINENT SCIENTIST attributes the re-
mark bic longevity Of a woman who recently
died at the age of l09 to the fact that sbR never
l. wore a bl&h bonnet IN theatre. We aiso
understand that the vigorous health of Il
.Phl1adeipAis m as now In his G9th Sesris due
| to the faet that he never went OHt het wabn the
| acts to. make astronomical observations
Through a. lass yVeryfftoqQn, HsralGr !.
''THAEdmnsGE AK VIII syst make has m ark
IN thts 1BRFld, dIisofBethought is wonder
what is remarkable shout hjmp'
''Why the very day he popped The question
he FIRST stopped INTO lawyers once to know
what divorce suit would cost. He Is indeed
a rem arkahie man. and rever makes move
ment OF shy sort without stopping to consider
the cost. Phildde(D6ia Item.
81 SIZE the papers haye good deal to say
about Jay Gould leaving the street." said Mrs.
FSngle.
I'VE thev have replied her husband.
"We1, think he did inst right, and wish
3 great lot OF other men would leave the
street. This thing Of having to pass between
two dies Of loafers every time lady goes
down town IL disagree able, and ] hope that
others will Follow Mr.. GOuld's example. -
Pits5p89 Chronicle.
a SPECIALIST in throat troubles was called
to treat a Boston lady who mani tested so
much interest IN mis- surgical Instruments that
he explained their uses to her. "Ihls larvr-
gOscope." said. he ''is fitted with small mir
rors and an electric light; the interior of your
throat viii be seen by me as clearly a. the ex-
terror; you would be surprised to know how
far down we can see with an instrUment of
this kind" The operation over, the lady ap-
peared somewhat agitated. Poor girl" SAID
her sister, VINO was present; ''it must have
been very painful " "Oh. no. not that not
that" whispered the Boston lady; ''but lust
as he fixed his instrument IN place I remem-
bered hat had hole in my stocking. Ned
Yak