The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1891-04-15
SOMEWHAT FAcETloUs.


to break the news 10 him.
Customer Ito bakers boy)-Ts
your bread fresh and light, sonny
Boy (confdeniially)-Yessum it
don't weigh but ten ounces To the
pound.
/ A vindictive school boy, prompt
ed by painful recollcctions of the
last term, says that teachers are like
dogs,-"they lick your hand. =
Teras Sittiags.
The problem, chow to stop the
concentration Of wealth" doesn't in
terestp us. What we want to know
is how TO start the concentrations
! Philadelphia Press.
Wife-How beautifully Mrs. Dc
collete vas dressed at the opera,
last night. Her dress was quite q
revelation to me. Husband (dryly)
And to me, too.-Pack.
He Was Right: "Eve," said
| Adam, few minutes after he had
eaten the core. "Yes, Addie ?"
81 believe we are going to have
trouble in our midst.-B''oOklyn
Life.
Progress of Feminine Culture; {;
/ Lady, will look at some books,
please. Bookseller--Yes. What
shall ! show you? Lady Some in
blue and gold, about nine inches
long and five inches wide.
Making Things Safe: Chairman
of the board-The master mechanic
reports the four-mile bridge in a
very dangerous condition. ,Direc-
tors (unanimously)-Give it fresh
coat Of paint N. y. San.
Without Medical Aid: Weeping
Child Ito the pastor)-Mr. b., ma
sent me to tell you that Tommy is
dead. Pastor-Poor little fellow
What doctor did you have? Child
We didn't have no doctor. He
just died of hisself.
Shabby parsonage addressing
old lady)-Please, mum, will ye
give me a few clnts fur brcakfast2
Old Lady (sternly)-No, sir. You
have been drinking. S. P. Faith,
an is that any reason why l
shouldn't ate?
Embarrassing: "You should not
have given up your Sunday school
class. f" 81 had to- The boys are
getting to be such big fellows, and
they ask such embarrassing ques-
tious ! One Of them asked me to
marry him. .-Hdrper's Bdsdr.
CT don't want any castor-oil," ("
said a sick little Boston boy, petu-
lantly. "Why, Horace" expostu-
lated his mother, "don't you know
that castor oil ismade from beans2"
Aud the little boy, whose faith in
his mother was perfect, took the
dose, and fcebly asked for more.
Rev. DR.. Carradine is going TO
preach a sermon against the sin of
church sociables Ii the Doctors
congregation are so nearly perfect
that nothing but the church socia-
BILE stands between them and abso-
lutte righteousness. they are ready
20 be measured for harps.-Globe-
Democrat
Pocketed the Insult: First Wait
er-Dar's some mighty mean folks
i'm Boston. You see dat hatchet-
face man | been waitin' on ? Sec
ond Waiter-What de matter wild
him ale insulted me wild
dime" "What did yer do 2" 81
'cepted OF it wild indignation. -
Teras Sytiags.
"John, said a reproachful wife
to her lord who had been out with
the boys the night before, "the
trouble with you is that you can't
say No. Learn to say that and
you will have fewer headaches. BY
the way, / am going shopping this
morning. Can you let me have
ten dollars ?' "No,' said John
with apparent ease.
Sunday School superintendent
Who led the children of Israel into
Canaan ? Will one OF the smaller
boys answer No reply. Super
intcndent somewhat stcrnly)-Can
no one tell ? Little boy ol that
seat next to the aisle, who led the
children of Israel into Canaan ?
Little boy (badly frighteneG) 1t
wasn't me. II jist moved yere
last week I'm Mizzoury.-C Chicago
Tribune.
Retributive Justice Here is q
piece of good news for thousands Of
male people: A COW got into a
mans garden and found an oleauder
growing in tub which was painted
green, and contained FIVE thousand
pounds 5000 lbs) of earth. The
cow ate the oleander, which is rich
in prussic acid and straightway
the oIeander killed the COW. Here,
indeed, is n blessing that makes
glad the heart OF man. You kill
the marauding COW that prowls
around, living on the neighbors,
and at the. same time get rid OF the
| Ithrce-accursed oleander that blooms
only once in 300 years, and has to
to be carried twice year down in-
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