The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1891-12-23
THINGS WISE AND OTHERWISE.

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bashfully IN hIs mammals gown)-You
do it, mamma.
Would Make a Feeble Attempt !:
What if the riches Of Croesus were
poured into your lap? Would you
know how to rightly appreciate them +?
Could you retain them Troy keicS-
Banner.
We would try.-Hempkis Ara
laRche.
The Family Look: Roberts That
pug dog Of yours has a look Of intelh-
gence that is remarkable. Sappy-
Remarkab'el There is nothing re-
markable about it. In my family that's
the way we all look.
Newspaper Misfts: When news.
papers are reduced in size to fit their
towns, blanket sheets will not be near
SO common. A seven-column paper,
published in q five-column town, by
threo-column editor. is enough to make
the angels weep copiOusly.
Found At Last: AT last burglar
has been found under a bed. A wO-
man found him. Thus is the labor OF
the sex for FIVE thousand years reward
ed. This event occurred in st. Louis,
and the fame Of that city is assured.
The bed with an actual burglar under
it is bound TO thunder down the ages.
Stout, Hlgh-Fed Old Lady (watching
the lion)-Pears to me. mister, that's
mighty little piece O. meat for sech
an animal. Attendant with a or, at
show Of politeness)-No doubt it looks
small 10 you. madam, but it is quito
enough for lion.
Difference To The Sex; Miss Bank
stock elderly and plain-looking. to Pat
ChOgue, who has offered her his seat
You have my sincere thanks, sir.
Pat-Not at all, mum, not at all it's
jooty We owe to the sect, especially
in these sthreet kyars. Some min on
ly does it whin lass be pretty, but |
says. says |. "The sect, Pat" says |,
mot the individjool"
Bobby's Interested Liberality; Bob
by (excited)-Maw, Sissy Perkins says
our church is goanter raise fund to
send Mr.. P.-undtext 10 Europe on. Is
it so, nav? Mother-Yes, dear.
Bobby-Won't there be no preachin'
till he gets back? Mother-No. my
child, our church Will be closed all the
summer. Bobby (earnestly)-Well, |
nav, can't | take that dollar I've
saved and give 1t to the fund?
An Interesting Child: Brown-I
want to tell you about my little boy. |
He Jones (picking up his hat)-Ex-
cuse me, old fellow, but | must catch |
that $50 tram, and BrOwn-MOst |
ordinary cllildin existence. Backward
or his age, and never said bright
thing in his life. (They shake hands
and drink together).
An Opportunity at Last: Elevator
Boy We are stuck between de fift
and slxt floors, an she won't move no
furder; sump'n wrong wI1 de machin-
cry. Amateur Elocutionist (his first
chance for months)-LAdies and gen.
tlcmen, will now recitc "The Charge
Of the Light Brigade" Attention,
please: "lIalf league, half a league,
&C."
Marriage a failure% o. soliloquized
Rev. Mr.. Joinum in the solitude Of his
study, as, opening the envelope the
bridegroom had handed him, he found
in it a hundred-dollar bill. Marriage
a failure ?" he repeated with indignant
fervor, putting the bill into his pocket.
''Neyerl The idea is infamous llet me
look at that bill again; yes, it is genu-
incl, and strikes at the very foundation
Of society"
Nemesis Is lame, but she Is of colossal
stature, like the gods; and sometimes,
while her sword is yet unsheathed,
she stretches out her huge left arm and
grasps her victim. The mighty hand
is invisible, but the victim totters un-
der the dire clutch.-GeOrge Eliot.
Society is everywhere in conspiracy
against the manhood Of every one Of its
Society is a joint-stock
in which the members agree,
for the better securing Of his bread TO
each shareholder, to surrender the lib
erty and culture Of the eater. The vir-
tue in most request is conformity.
is its aversion. 1t loves
not realities and creators, but names
and customs.-EmerSOR.
The young glrl who marries for rank
and wealth who is it sets her on the
path she walks in? It is her parents |
hands which lead her, her parents vol !
ses which command her to accept the
set before her. What does
she know of the character Of the man /.
selected to be her husband? Tho G
Tho should know better bring him to !
ner and vouch for him. Unhappy /,
loung creaturel hidden to traffic in your |
oeauty. to crush and slay your honest !
natural affections, to sell your truth /
md your life for rank and title. But 4
he Judge who sees not the outward o
lcts merely, but their causes. and views '
lot the wrong alone. but the tempta-
ions, struggles, ignorance Of erring
;reatures, we know has different code ?
rom ours-from ours, who fall upon 2
ha fallen. who fawn unon the nrosner. u