The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-10
BRIGHT BITS.
In purple and fine linen
MY country farm house shines
The purple on the lilacs,
The linen on the lines.

Inc linen on the lines.
f. L. KnotcLes.
WE BUY the classics but we do not read them,
while We read the novellsts but we do net buV
them.-Faegende BLdtter.
THE car seems to bear a charmed life though
the probabilities are that the car is not
charmed with his life.--Bdttimore American
FRIEED-I should think that in that Arctic
scene where you are clad in furs. you would al
most bake. Actor-It is a pretty hot roll, -
Lt0kt
You are beneath my notice.. as the land
owner remarked when he found t1e tramp
asleep under the sign, No Trespassing. BIOS
ton Z, dnscriDt.
The newspapers are publishing an account of
a man down IN Maine being paralyzed; and yet
the Maineiacs claim that it is prohibition state
boston Courier.
PHILANTHRoPIsr-I suppose this laziness is
bred in you fellows.
Tramp-Not by durn sight. I'm as empty
as vacuum.-NeIo York Herald.
Il HOPE to pay my board regularly Mrs
Hashleigh," said young Counterskip. 81 should
be very much put out if l missed payment
You certainly would, Mr.. CounteIskp," re-
Piled Mrs. Hashleigh, meaningly. Racket.
SIMMoNs-That is rather peculiar stone you
are wearing Timmins, Must be something
rare, is it not?
Timmins-Very rare stone indeed. my boy
That is an 1890 peach stone.-IndsdnGpol
Journal
GOLD can be beaten 200 times thinner than
printing paper" said Phiops.
Guess it can" said Within. tom Patton's
father left him great heap of it and he has
battered away until you can hardly see it,"
Chicago Tunes.
WHY, Bridget, did my mamma have another
husband before she married my papa?"
"Yis, darlint, but he doied, yer see "
husbandn
EsIN. 4
he'd lived he might a made ye q cruel slip
feyther!"-LJe.
THESE are my Poe relics. That is the quill
with which he wrote The Raven That is the
first draft of 'Annabel Lee This cane is made
from the wood of a tree under which he wrote
the Pendulum
What is that white liquid in the bottle?"
That is understanding Poe rarely ever
touched "-Hen,y Herbert hGrkleSs.
DEVOTED WIFE-Mercy! What's the matter?
Struggling Author with gasp(-It's all over,
all over! My dream of fame and fortune has
ended I'll bs nothing but a nobody, after
ALL
Devoted Wife-Horrors. What has happened
to your book?
Strug cling Author Observation-Disclosures Post
master General has refused to suppress it,
NeW York Weekly
SOME YEARS AGO young man applied to the
district court of Dallas Tex, for admission to
the bar, 1t looked very mnch as though he
lacked the requisite preparation, and the exam
min lawyer badgersd him until his brow was
beaded with Precipitation. do you know what
fraud is in the judicial sense of the word?" he
inquired. Il don't-I hardly think do" was
the stammerng reply. well, fraud exists
when man takes advantage of his superior
knowledge to lDjure an ignorant person. - so,
that's it, is it, Then if you lake advantage OF
your superior knowledge to ask me questions l
can't answer, and in consequence thereby, am
refused license, | will be injured and YOU
Will be guilty of fraud, won't you judger'
The lawyer was very thoughtful for few mo-
ments, and then added reiectively; MY young
friend. perceive you have great qualifications
for the bar '-TeUGS Slftings.