The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1892-08-10
THINGS WISE AND OTHERWISE.

the remark: 'For the oldest Of the la
dies" Profound silence. no one moves,
and Edelweiss resumes his seat.-Rail-
road Gazette.
'1f there's anything sarcastic in ma
ture," observed Mrs. Jimsey, sits the
sight Of huge rainbow telling us we
needn't be scared Of being flooded out,
just after the smallest sprinkle Of
shower in long dry spell, wien every
ones perishing for rain."--Puck.
An Unreliable Man: "Look out for
him" SAID Hostetter McGinnis, refer
ring to prominent Texas gentleman,
''he is a hypOcrite, and will play you a
bad trick some day, as he did me"
"What did he do to you 2" "What did
he do? borrowed ten dollars Of him,
and the scoundrel tried to make me pay
it back. Look out for him, / tell you f;
you can't rely on him.-Texas Sift-
Ings.
Marriage seems never so much O
failure to a man as when something
goes wrong at home that he can't pos
sibly blame on his wife.-Atchison
Globe.
"There is plenty Of room at the top"
That may account for the number Of
young business enterprises we read Of
''going up."-Yonker's Statesman.
Come Back, Charley: Here is an
advertisement that appeared in the ag-
ony column Of the London Times
"Come back Charley; all is explained,
dear; the house is sad without you and
your boots, brightly polished. are stand
ing in the hall, wasting their sweet
ness on the desert air. Another is a
little more practical. ITO Mary: Come
back! All is forgiven; or, if you will
not return, do send US the key of the
tea-caddy."
The drowning man, urged by the SUI
preme agony,lives in an instant through
all his happy and unhappy past when
the dark food has fallen like a curtain.
memory, in a single moment, sees the
drama acted over again. And even in
those earlier crises, which are but types
of death when we are cut off abrupt
y from the life we have known, when
we can no longer expect tomorrow 10
resemble yesterday, and find ourselves
BY some sudden shock on the confines
of the unknown-there is often the
same sort Of lightning-hash through the |
dark and unfrequented chambers of
memory.-George Eliot.
Beggar Cstanding in front of an ex-
hibition ofpaintings,to to stranger about TO |
enter with a lighted cigar)-I say, mis-
ter, there's no smoking allowed inside |
yOnder; but if you'll give me twopence
| don't mind keeping your cigar
a-burning till ye come out again.
Dorfbarbler.
1t is SAID that a physician in Ash
land, Mo-, has on his Office wall this
touching motto: Patients are a vIr-
tue. kansas City Star.
Father-As youhave had three terms
at the cooking school, Jane, | supposed
you'd know how to roast a piece Of beef
better than this. Why, It's burnt to
a crisp. Daughter-I don't see how
Pm to blame. The fire was too hot,
Father-And why didn you
look out that the fire wasn't too hot q?
Daughter man always attended
TO that at the school, and Mrs. Mixter
used TO do the basting. All we did
was to do the tasting after the meat
was cooked.-Boston Transcript.
Father-My son, do you not know
that all the rich men of to-day began
poor? Small Son-Yessir. Father
And yet, instead Of saving your pennies
you spend them. Small Son-Yesser.
Wen | start out ! wanter begin poor
Good News.
Easily Happy: "Do understand"
she SAID, bending her glorious eyes up
On him, as though she would read his
very soul, "do | understand that How
Ills stand higher in your esteem than
Ibsen? Tell me, Archibald" The
young man moved uneasily. "To tell
the truth, Clarissa," he said, smiling a
sickly smile, Il could be happy were
10Th dear charmers away."-New York
Herald
Hatred is like fre-it makes even
light rubbish deadly.-GeOrge Eliot.
The Prodigals Return: Mr.. Ryley
-Fwhy are yez decoratin', Mrs. Muir (
,hy? Mrs. Murphy-Me by Danny
5 comm home tn day. Mr.. Ryley-ls
fought it was fer foiye years he wuz
mt up? Mrs. Murphy-He wuz
,ut he got a year of fer good behav- I
'ure. Mr.. Ryley-An' sure, it must I
,e a great comfort fer ye to hav a good !
" loike that.-Puck.
It is a joyial time, that Of four-and- !
wenty, when every muscle Of mind and
'ody is in healthy action, when the
porld is new as yet, and one moves over
spurred onwards by good spirits, and l
he delightful capability TO enjoy. If
yer we feel young afterwards, 1t is !
nth the comrades Of that time the !
unes we hum in our old age are those
re learned then. Sometimes, perhaps,
he festIvity Of that period reyives in
ur memory {; but how dingy the pleas t
has grown, how tattered the q