Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-15
BRIGHT BITS.

ITlsan i'll wind that blows n nobody good. The
labor news has crowded PHr-On Downs out of
| the daily newspapers. Commercial
Bulletin.
A NEW YORK PAPER speaks Of ''colOred
burying ground" Most burying grounds are
green at this season, but the one referred to is
probably a black berrying ground Boston
C08taerc5GI.
A PHILADELPHIA GENTLEMAN. after beng
shown about the city ny citizen OF the
Hub, SAID to his cirerone: "Boston isn't laid
outso well as Philadelphia" mo, replied he
latter, ''but it will be when it is as dead
B0St0a Post.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, Jones; you in
Paris|'
Yes; Pve just run over for a holiday"
"Where's your wife?''
"Couldn't como, poor dear; had to stop at
home on account of the baby"
why, Y ur holiday will be half spoiled"
Yes: mean to stay twice as long to make
up."-Punch.
The latest outrage committed by the admir-
ers OF JeG Davis was to present him with
rabbits foot good luck. and there is moth
ing 10 prevent them from passing from a rab-
! bits foot 10 buckeye or the lucky bone" Of
boiled ham. The Davis excitement is reach
ing pitch that ought 10 make patriots rem
BILE for the safety of constitutional liberty
50. Louis Post DiSpdtch.
All! THESE LANDLORDS. Landlord ito ten
antJ--Iiow did that door get mutiated at the
bottom in such an outrageous manner?
Teuant-My oOg was nrd last week and bit
1t before we could stop him. We were all
away hat day.
Landlord-Why didn't Won take the door OFF
| the hinges before YOU left. Seems to me
| little more foresight light be used In some
! cases.-Tyd- Bits.
He was sitting at the breakfast table yes
| terday morning and he was warm. The
| waiter had Just taken his order. Wont YOU
| have some flannel cakes dis mawniu' boss?
! Dey's mighty nice,' said the sable ganymede.
mo, waiter; not this morning" he re-
| piled, with exquisite suavity. wiping the per-
| spiraton from mis- brow with the table cloth:
| 'but II you can bring me some linen cakes, or
| even cotton cakes. will be under obligations
| to you."- Hdshingtoa CRITIC.
THE BOY had been in the habit of going to
| the old lady's residence each succeeding
spring and raking aud cleaning up her ward.
| THIS year he Went rs usual. The old lady
| asked him what would be his charges. ''Two
| dollars, num-" he replied How is thatY
! / never paid YOU butt heretofore"
well, mum, YOU see labor is capital, and
| we must insist on our WORTH
| The old lady cleaned up the yard herself
and sent 81 10 the missionary society," Btag
! lou nal.
SCHOOL TEAcHER-What! a boy of your age
| doesn't know the parts of speech.
| Boy-NO'm.
School teacher-Haven't you ever heard of
| a noun?
Bov-Oh. yes'm.
school teacher-well, what comes next?
BOYD mt know.
| School teacher-A pronnun. Now please re-
member hat. Then there's the verb. Now
| what follows that
BOy-A Proverb. Bits.
EYES," remarked Hon. Posey Stubbs of the
| wiregrass district, 81 managed to get $50. 600
! out of the river and harbor noodle for the I'M
! provrment of Rearwsllow creek, but my con
stituents have not risen to the emergency,
| am sorry to say"
slow is that?' asked the stranger
"Why, they write me that they can't find
| the id creek" cried Mr.. Stubs in disgust
| "Did you ever hear of such stupidity? Itele-
/ graphed the b oomIng innocents at once to re-
| christen convenient watering trough
| Washington Ratchet.
AN itnerant vender called at the mansion
| of Col. Yerger:
Cant / sell you some Rough on Rats?
| They will not die IN the house, kills 'em every
/ pop"
| ''Go away! There are norats in my house"
| reph he Colonel. "pve got something
that's heap rougher on rats than anything
| you've got"
whats that?"
1.-TWO girls that play on the piano. Clear
out, or I'll tell 'em TO strike up the Maiden's
/ Prayer"
A few minutes later the vender OF rat poison
was cleaving the air half a mile of.-Zenls
4 StftiHgs.