The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-15
BRIGHT BITS.

WE SUSPECT that the upper ten includes the
winning nine and the umpre-Pttck.
The Italian chestnut vender is no Spectator.
but he nearly always has corner on the street
Wall Street Nems.
DESMITH-I tell you, Nelly Travis mouth is
perfect poem.
Poseyboy How many feet to the line ?
Huntington Free Press.
THERE is girl in Bowery museum feet 9
inches tall and when her lover stands on his
tiptoes and pleads for a kiss, she stoops to
concur Wal Street NecS.
AN Iowa well-digger who was imprisoned for
five days in a well says he did not suffer much
for food or drink, but he was much vexed that
ne did not think to put a novel in his pocket
when he left home that morning Detroit Free
Press
A bright little fellow years old was told
that it took six men and boy to make pin.
An. said he II suppose that it S the six men
that make the pin, and they keep the boy to
stick it into to See if it's sharp enough. "-PhiIu-
detDhid Times.
MRS Brown Tell me, Nellie, was your nus
band much embarrassed when he proposed to
your
Mrs. Yonngblood- Not nearly so much as he
was after the bills for our wedding reception
came in.-Boston Transcript.
81 DON'T say marriage is a failure" said
Adam candidly, as he sat down on a log Just
outside of the Garden of Eden and looked
wall "but if had remained single this wouldn't
have happened. "-ChicGJo Tribune.
WEI was so annoyed my dear, to day. to
find one of my pictures displayed in photog-
rapherS show window.
Husband--Nhy didn't you go up stairs and
tell him to take it out?
Wife, declare. | didn't think of that-and,
besides, the picture is a very good one.-TiHle.
REGINALD-Papa, can have piece of mince
pie?
P4pa-You may if you will promise not to tell
mamma that Igave it to you. (Pie is devoured
Reginald Please can have some moreY
Papa (sternly)-,No more, siri
Reginald (afteg pause)-1f you don't let me,
l shall tell mamma.
He got it.-LVe.
HIS BIRTHDAY PRESENT TO HIS WrrE-To-
morrow, Maria. will be your birthday and [
want to give you some appropriate present.
What shall it bes4
Next day. maria, you know how your
poor back has suffered from pulling off my
boots in the evening. 1t will not suffer any
nice new bootjack which l will use hereafter
instead. Chicago Tribune.
OLD HEAvYwATE docking over the Yell col.
lege account-Bless my soul, Twenty-t two hun.
bred dollars Jack, Jack, this won't do!
Young Heavywaite-(9uite the correct thing
governor.
Old Heavywate- don't understand why
two-thirds Of your expenses should be put
down as extras.
Young Heavywaite- includes surgeons
fees after the football match and the regular
police fines. You'll find that the charges are
not exorbitant, sir.-Drdke's Magazine.
IT'S ENGLISH, You KNow-Boy (reading aloud
BY heaven. I'd rather coin my heart and drop
my blood for drachmas-
Parent (interruptng)-The bloke is bloody
generous, Bobby. Who is the bloomin hdiot
wot thinks that drachmas, or wotever you calls
hit, is good in England Who wrote that there,
shakespeare"
Shakespeare, is it = knew that cad was
thief. cos I've read about lis goings on in that
line; but, Bobby, never heered he was a shower
of the queer afore. Boston Transcript.