The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1891-07-15
Wit AND WISDOM.

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No orator, no singer, no artist
worker is to be compared to the
molher who is carving the image of
God in the soul of her little child.
II. ~ Beecher.
In Urgent Need: Bailey lin his
tory examinatiOn) They say that
history repeats itself. Ali il it
would but repeat itself to me-Har-
rard LampOOa.
The true teacher finds intensest
delight, not in imparting knowledge
--that IS a comparatively poor
thng,-but in leadinga mind up TO
what it was before incapable OF see-
ing. Geo. McDOndld.
Oar esteemed contemporary, the
Boston Post, is watching with
bated breath" for the sea-serpent.
We regret that the Post does not
indicate what variety of bait it is
using this year.-PhiLadelphia Press.
Oscar Prefers to Wait: Oscar
Wilde desires to be buried in West
minister Abbey, says a London par
agraph. Well, we are willing. Is
there any reason for this madden
ing delay ?-SOmerrille Journal.
Ground for Suspicion Father
WHAT'S that noise i'm the room up
stairs Mother-It's Bobby sing
ing i want to be an angel" Father
Well, you had better go up and
see what he is doing.-N. y. Sun.
Not to be bored: Miss Thumpit
(pausing for breath)-But / am
wearying you with.all these selec-
tions from Wagner, Mr.. Heavy
weight? Mr.. II. with great cheer
fulness)-Not a bit Of it; play on.
] can't tell one tune from another.
-Bwdette.
Putting Himself Right: Fnthu-
siastic Young Artist presume
that you paint, Miss Highupp ?
Miss Highupp indignantly, mis-
applying the remark Sir Do you
mean to insult me2 Young Artist
(overcome hy emharrassment)-Oh,
on my word, Miss Highupp, don't
think for a moment that | alluded
TO the paint on your cheeks.-JWdge.
Applying Proverb: Whatever
is worth doing" observed gosSHsy
Tarbox, smearing another daub OF
green paint on the family cat, lis
worth doing WE'LL" "Itis, my son;
it is, cordially assented Mr.. Tar
box, unexpectedly emerging from
the kitchen door with a trunk strap
in his hand and leading Tommy rap.
idly toward the barn.-ChicdgO Tri-
bWHe.
We must not allow any creed or
religion whatsoever to conhscate to
its own private use and benefit the
virtues that belong to our common
humanity. The Good Samaritan
helped his wounded neighbor sim
ply because he was a suffering fel-
low creature. Do you think your
charitable act is more acceptable
than the Good Sarsafitan's, because
you do il in the name of Him who
made the memory OF that kind man
immortal 2 Do you mean that you
would not give the cup of cold wa
ter for tho sake simply and solely
of the poor suffering fellow-mortal,
as willingly rs you do now, pro-
Tossing &c give it for the sake of
Him who is not thirsty or in need
Of any help of yours ?-HOlmes.
Robert Burdette's Boil: Since
the happy days of boyhood, when
/ had, scattered over my mortal
frame, coloaies Of Jobs comfort
ers, said by old and wise people to
be worth So apiece, I have been
free from such prosperity. And now
that il has suddenly come upon me
again, / know not how to abound.
One who has walked so many years
in tho Vafe Of poverty finds it hard
to stand prosperity. The fact is,
gentle reader, | have q distressing
carbuncle on my neck.
Remember job" says a lady
friend, softly, in the tone of a COM
forter.
But | ask her, how can / remem-
Der q man whom | never knew ?
Is it possible for a fellow to remem-
Der stranger who died before he
the fellow-was born7 But /
do think of him and contemplate
his patient and venerable figure
with reverence. | wish he had my
carbuncle. Not that / feel harshly
toward him, but, when he had so
many, he wouldn't have noticed
one more. And one carbuncle is
like one child The man who has
il makes more fuss about it than
the man with a dozen. Just see.
| have one, and | can't help writing
about it. Job had hundred, and
never word did he say about one
of them. He just sat down and
scratched himself with one hand,
and wrote grander poetry than
Shakespeare with the other. That
/ is the difference between Job and
myself. / know that this isn't a
pleasant subject 10 thrust upon
public attention, but then it is quite
as unpleasant on q private neck.