The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1892-11-18

A HC afHuoA EApiNtneu* 1fACn-
er-Now Johnny. want you to say
your Sunday school lesson. John
NY can't. Teacher-You wretch
ed boy; have you forgotten II 50
soon Johnny-No, lna'am /
nin't forgotten it. Teacher-What
do you mean by telling me you
can't say it and then that you have
not forgotten il2 They can't both
be true. Johnny-Yes'm they be.
| never knowed it.-Boston Cour-
Ter.
"Billings got his pension yet p
"I didn't know Billings was entitled
to a pension" "He thinks he is,
any way. He claims to have con-
tracted a chronic case oi that tired
feeling from reading war articles
in the magazines. indianapolis
Journal.
Prattle (lo his wife)- You don't
seem 10 have the c0uragc Of your
convictions. Mrs. Prattle-I'd like
to know how you get at that con-
clusion. Piattle-You say, There's
no use talking and then you talk
some more.
Shortly before his elevation 10
the bench, certain Judge entered
a Continental hotel, and asked who
was staying there. Among others
the "Duke Of Blank" was nention-
ed. He slipped a sovereign into
the hand of the head waiter, and
whispered: ''PuL me next 10 the
Duke of Blank" In the evening
he found that he was placed at the
other end of the room from the
Duke, and called the head waiter
to explain. "Well. SIR" replied
that official, ''the fact is that the
Duke gave me two sovereigns 10
put you as far from him as posi-
BILE. ."-Tid-Bits.
Missionary Enthusiasm Little
Dot-Where did you get all that
money /? Little Dick-From papa
and mamma, uncles and aunts, and
the rest. told 'ein wanted it for
the hcathen. Little DOt-Will the
heathen get it? Little Dick-Yes.
The heathens wot makes firecrack-
ers will.-Good News.
Visitor-That is a very inielli-
gent looking man; isn't his insani-
ly doubtful ? Asylum Attendant
Oh, no his case is hopeless. His
hobby is patent thermometer that
will agree with the government
weather forecasts.
Satisfied With Sunlight Dent
ist-With or without gas With
gas, fifty cents extra. Mr. Hard
acre-Ef you can't see in this glar-
ing sunlight, / haint goin' to pay
extry for gas, that's saTtin.-Puck.
The Love Of Mothers A veil
should be thrown over those sacred
emotions of love and grief. The
maternal passion is q sacred mys-
terry TO me. What one sees symbol
lzed in the Roman churches in the
image Of the Virgin Mary with q
bosom bleeding with love, / think
one may witness land admire the
Almighty bounty for) every day. /
saw Jewish lady, only yesterday,
with child at her knee, and from
whose face towards the child shone
n sweetness so angelical that il
seemed to form sort OF glory
round both. protest / could have
knelt before her too, and adored in
her the Divine benehcence in en-
dowing us with the maternal st0rge
which began sith our race, and
sanctifes the history Of mankind
Thackeray.
Attorney WantIing-What Gid
your father say when he saw my
picture in your watch Miss Worth
That IL was the only case you had
ever appeared in.
Left Luggage Irate Passenger
las train is moving oH-Why didn't
you put my luggage in as told
you ? Porter-Eh, mon yer lug
gage is no sic n fule as yersep.
Ye're l. the wrang train l-London
Tid-Bils.
The Punctilious Clerk Bowles
Did Bullion give you a vacation 2
Knowles-Two weeks. But | won't
90 back to him unless he relracts
his words. Bowles-What did he
say KnowIes-He said not 10
come back alter the two weeks were
over.-Jeweler's Circular.
Aunt Furby Low Cat art store
window did you ever Look at
that little bit Of picture I It's
marked 800. Uncle 81 Low (retail
grocer(-That means by the gross.
Thalassa. Thou primordial Sea,
the awlulness of whose antiquity
hath stricken all mythology dumb,
thou most wrinkled living Sea,
the millions OF whose years outnum-
Der even the multitude of thy hoary
motiuns;-thou omniform and most
mysterious Sea, mother Of the mon
sters and the gods, whence thine
eternal youth 2 Still do thy waters
hold the infinite thrill Of that Spirit
which brooded above their face Ia
the Beginning l-still Is thy quick
ening breath nm elixir unto them
that fec to thee for life. like the
mx*~4m fxtm &ka