The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1891-07-29
VIII AND WISDOM.

There are said TO be O,UOU sur
plus women in Washington This
kind of surplus ought to be reduced
without delay, and the manhood OF
the country is called on to do Its
duty.
Clergyman-My friend, why do
you persist in drinking? Drunken
Wreck-To drown my troubles.
Clergyman-And do you succeed ?
Wreck-No, hang 'em, they can
swim.
Astonished Patient-That's big
bill of yours, doctor. You only
looked at my tongue and prescribed
quinine. Affable Physician-YOu
forget, my dear sir, that also felt
your pulse.-Teras Siftings.
Our Boarding House Mrs. Slim
feed (adding another spoonful of
sugar to Bronson's coffee)-What's
a good thing to put a little money
into, Mr.. Bronson Bronson "a fat
broker)- r)-Beefsteak and pie, madam,
are always good investments.
A Too Willing Messenger Boy
Stranger TO boy in drug store)-
Boy, can you direct me to Mrs. Nc
Bugg's boarding house? Boy-Yes,
sir I'm going there with package
of insect powder, and I'll show you
the Way.-EpOCh.
| Why the Big Girls Grieved: Lit
tie Nellie-A gentleman in the street
car was real polite to me, and gave
me a seat. Mother-Indeed ? Mel
Ilic-Yes, on his knee, and some
big girls standing up looked mad
because nobody was polite to them.
A child playing with another
youngster ran to his nurse crying
that his companion had slapped
him. "Well, you must hit him
back" said the nurse who had new
er read the sermon on the mount.
"But / hit back first, !" sobbed the
enterprising infant.-JRdge.
Equal to the Occasion: Simpkins
Gust introduced)-How homely
that gentleman near the piano is,
Mrs. Berry. Mrs. Berry-Isn't he2
That is Mr.. Berry. Simpkins (shock-
edbut self-possessed) )-IndeedI How
true 1t is, Mrs. Berry, that homely
men always get the prettiest wives.
IN. y. Sun.
Some kinds of fthonghts breed IN the
dark of ones mind like the blind fish
es in The Mammoth Cave. We can't
see them and they can't sec us but
sooner or later The daylight gets in
and we find that some cold, fishY little
negative has been spawning all over
our beliefs. and the brood of blind
questions il has given birth to are bur-
rowing round aud under and butting
their blunt noses against the pillars OF
faith we thought the whole world
might lean on.-H0lmes.
A Horses Fears = "You can recon-
mend this horse, then n Certainly
he is as kind as can be, and there's on
" one thing that he's afraid Of"
aWhat is thatr .'IIe's afraid some-
body will say whoa to him and he
won't hear it."-Jmlge.
She-Do you think these stockings
are high enough2 am going to be
at Narragansett Pier all summer.
Saleslady (producing longer article)
II beg pardon. You will like these
better. was under the impression
that you were going to Ocean Grove.
Cloak .ReUies0.
Was any woman ever the better for
possessing diamonds7 But how many
have been made base, frivolous, and
miserable by desiring them2 Was ev-
er man the better for having his cof-
fers full of gold? But who shall
measure tho guilt that is In
Cured to fill them Look into
tho history of any civilized ma
tions; analyze, with reference 10 this
one cause of crime and misery, the
lives and thoughts OF their mobiles,
priests, merchants and men of luxu-
rious life. Every other temptation is
at last concentrated into this; pride,
and lust, and envy, and anger all give
up their strength to avarice.-Ruskin.