Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-15
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preventing visitors from chipping of pieces Of
the ice paace to carry away as relics. A frag-
ment Of the structure would be vaiuab e fftS
yea 8 from now, and relic hunters realize that
tact.-MtnRedDOLi Tribune.
"THIs weather III be the death o. me-" said
Mother Wigtop. "Fust It's cold N then it's
warm, N then it's all sorts at once"
Never nind. You haven't long to stay
mere, you know" said poor CONSIDER"
II know it. m do hope | shall go where
there's an even temperature. "-RGtttoyd
Post.
AUNT HANNAH-''B But don't You think peo-
pie Will talk and'say ali sorts of things about
your remarrying 50 soon after the death OF
your first wife, Henry|
Henry-"That's just like you womenfolk
1t Is no fault of mine, is it, IL Clara should be
80 incouslderate as to die a short time before
my second marriageY'-B st0B TrdnseriDt.
sIMILIA sMILIBUs CURANTUR.-"Good
morning. Mrs. Gilligan. How is Patrick this
mOrning?'
''sure, he's no better, sir"
WHY don't you send him to the hospital TO
be treatedg'
ITO be treated, is it? Faith, an it's the de-
larium trimmins he has already. '-Pdrts
Ne1Cs.
A SHOPPING ROMANCE
felt her little hand clasp mine
hough there were others near,
1t might have been a lOver's sign,
But thenshe held small tape line,
Which round my hand she did entwine.
And said so all could hear,
"Sevensr Oh. no you wear nine"
a' &h- -Eeehdn0e.
'YoU say that you have played Maobeth?'
said q New York theatrical manager to an
applicant for position. ode
II have acted the role Of MaahetR fourteen
times" i. lsF
.. Wei" " let me hear you repeat his defiance
20, never got so far a, that The audience
always aosi J, made me quit before got to that
Nv, HE BoeE.--a -,'>-- oolJsa.
"heh Weary, restless nature slnks
- ADD To sleep, a.
AnGof the river Lethe drinks
a. Full deep;
Then kind forgetfulness reigns in the breast
Bringing the worn-out editor sweet rest.
Y ct when the morrow comes he thinks
N 'H Once more
He'll come from whom my sad heart shrinks,
The bore;
He is the dend by whom am oppressed;
Worse than the fever is this living pest.
etpH.s -Asao HGgen Ns,cs.
A REPORTER who heard that a man had been
found frozen to death on Michigan avenue in
terviewed salooDist on the subject and was
''Vhen, he doan' freeze exactly to death,
but he comes awful near him.
"HOw near2'
"A boy comes ind tells me dot somepodv
vhas lying on der snow, und goes oudt undt
"les."
"Und I pours tree big drinks of whisky
down his throat, ind pays myself soc. oudt
of his pocket, una he comes to u1d says he'll
have me arrested, md vhaks ont"
HE didn't have any gratitudeW
mo. He said What allied him vhas FITS, ind
all dot whisky was wasted. Dots de VERY
last time l safe anybody from freezing to
death If you doan' forget it."-Detroit Free
PFeSs.
Hon. FREDERICK H WINSTON Is slowly but
surely vending mis- way towards the capital
Of Persia. At last accounts he was crossing
the desert on the back OF two bumped
camel; his dragoman. secretary, and inter-
prefer, Prince Wolf Won Schierbrand, rides a
smaller camel that has only one hump. There
are As camels in the caravan, but Mr.. Wins
toms is the only Ouble-humped one. At
BOsh- Tebir the ahkoOnd OF Swat came out
with vast retinue and paid his respects TO
the distinguished diplomat, giving him 200
male and female slaves, 900 pungalOes of dried
figs. Is bangshees of prunes. leo gOatsklns Of
swat keebah wine, and dozen green par
rots. This was a spicuous honor. In res
turn Mr.. Winston presented the ahkoond
with jack-knife, 6 pounds Of cooFed glass
beads, two cans of Chicago pressed beef, and
volume of the Illinois Revised Statutes
bound in sheep. The festivities wound M
with splendid banquet under the palm trees
Ia feast largely made up of broiled hyena
steake, vulrures stuffed with dates, and
picked wild boars' feet.-Chtcd0o Netos.