The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-28
BRIGHT BITS.

'WANTED-A man and his wife as care-takers
for gentlemans country house. One must be
syber. Derry ireland Sentinel
SUFFICIENT unto the day is the evil thereof;
but the day, it would sesm is not sufficient unto
the evil, which is very likely to lap far over into
the night. Puck.
PARRor-who is that very dignife blocking
gentleman yonder? He has an air that would
abash police captain.
Wiggins-Just so. He's an inspector OF po-
lice.-Pttck.
SHE-Now, want to wear the engagement
ring at the next hop. Please be sure you get it
on time
He-o. they have already told me they would
let me have it on time.-Life.
D1cK-They say Miss Planeface has met with
a serious accident. Her horse ran away with
her
William Run away with that woman! That
horse must be donkey Boston Transcript.
MULLIeATAwNEY SUPE-I shall never play
Hamlet again.
Hamfatta j. Rialto-Why nots
Mulligatawney Supe-My professional pride
will not permit. Even the gas went out last
night.-PtLck. go
A STATIONARY CoNvERsATIoN.-''You have so
| much address ! eau hardly be expected to com
pete with you" said the letter to the envelope.
Now don't get excited" replied the en-
velope, because you know you can't contain
yourself .'-BrookIyn Life.
LITTLE WHILE AGO waterpipe burst in
Windsor Castle and flooded the QUEENS dining
pened in the white house at Washington. This
eternal aping of the English is going to get this
country into trouble if we don't watch out
| Detroit Free Press.
LOVING WFE-You have no idea how well
| Mrs. Spenditall looks in her new bonnet, dear
Thoughtful Husba nd-She does not look half
| as well in it as you do in your old one
By this simple but neat remark the Thought
| ful husband enabled TO go to the races
and lose $50 with the comfortable belief that he
had quit even Life.
"WIsE men hesit e.e; only fools are certain, :"
| remarked a Montcalm street man to bis wits a
| few evenings ago when she was arguing point
with him.
81 don't know about that" she said testify.
We'll, am certain OF it, ." he replied SO en-
| phatically that she laughed in his face. and be
| has been wondering ever since what she
| thought was so funny about it.-Detroit Free
| Press.
HosTErrER McG1NNIs has been paying his ad-
| dresses for some time past to Miss Esnerelda
Longcoffn. She had not given him the
| slightest encouragement, and he was about to
commit snicide when she threw him into a
| spasm of delight by asking him if he would do
| her the favor Of giving her his photograph. He
| happened TO have one with him, and he begged
her to accept it, saying that it was the happiest
moment of his life, etc. AS soon as he was gone
| the young lady called her servant, and giving
her the photograph, said;
Whenever anybody that looks like that
comes to the door tell him I'm not at home. "
| TerGs Sifttn0s.
GEORGE ". asked DR.. Gregory what was the
longest Sedertlnt after dinner that he had ever
heard Of on credible authority. The doctor
answered: The longest | know OF was at the
| house of learned Scottish judge, Lord Newton.
A gentleman called at his house in York Place,
Edinburgh at a late hour. and was informed
that his lordship was at dinner, Next day the
same gentleman called at an early hour, and be-
ing again informed that the judge was at din
| ner expressed surprise that the dinner OF that
day should be so much earlier than the dinner
of the day before. 1T is the very same din
ner, replied the servant His lordshp has
not yet risen from the table, London Ldtc
Journal