The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1892-08-17

Die predicanent, lying nat on the
ground, while the subject Of his expert
ment jumped up and down on him, oc-
casionally varying the treatment by sit
ting upon him. Doubtless it was safer
TO lie down than to stand up 10 be
kicked, but 10 be sat upon as If one
were an egg must have been indeed hui
miliating.-London Spectator.
The Fatal Number: take these
berries away" said boarder at a cheap
boarding house as he handed his small
allowance to the waiter. "What is the
matter with the berries ?" asked the
landlady. 'Nothing, madame it is
the number ! object to. There are Just
thirteen, and | don't want 10 die be-
fore the year is out" The landlady
added another berry.-Detroit Free
Press.
His Strange Taste: She-I don't
suppose you are fond Of kissing babies?
lie Not unless they are girl babies
about eighteen years Old.-Munsey's
Weekly.
Citizen-That last murder is the
talk Of the town. Everybody seems
excited. Reporter-Eyerybody? Git
izen-0f course, / mean everybody ex-
cept the police.-GOOd News.
"Do you understand Latin ?" asked
the student. Il regret to say | do not"
20, we'll, can make myself under
stood, / suppose, in German; lend me
g5."-Fliegende Blatter.
"How long did you remain with your
last mistress = asked the housewife of
the applicant for employment. "Only |
three weeks, ma'am. There wor
good deal Of heavy work about the
house, an sure the misthress wor so
delicate that had to let the place 60"
Washington Star.
II see you are advertising again for
a runaway dog. This is the third
time in a single month" "Yes, bother
it. Since my daughter has been TAX
ing music lessons / can't keep dog in
the house. ."-Sountagsblatt-
"And, ladies and gentlemen" roared
the temperance lecturer, "what has fill
ed more graves than whskey? doc
tors" squeaked still, small voice in
the back part Of the hall.
Our landlady is a most respectable
person, who has seen better days, Of
course,-all landladies haye,-but has
also, / feel sure, sren a good deal worse
ones. For she wears a very handsome
silk dress on state occasions, with a
breastpin set, as | honestly believe, with
genuine pearls, and appears habitually
with a very smart cap, from under
which her gray curls come out with an
expression, conveyed in
the hisratic language Of the feminine
10 the effect that while there
S life there is hope.-Holmes.
1n parent knees naked newborn child
lay weeping while all those around II smiled |
10 live that, sinking in thy last long sleep.
Calm thou may'st smile while friends around
thee wsep.
From ne HsrsiaM.
What Turned the Scale: Il know
am not good enough for YOU" he adj
led half apologetically after proposing,
but that's my misfortune, not my fault
mo man can be as good as o woman" I
why notp Because the Bible says /
hat man was made little lower than 1
he angels" /"
A Real Grievance II don't know 1
Ehat Smith does with his money"
Mop mo, / don't. Yesterday he
Tas short and he is short again to day" Q
Did he want to borrow from youw 5
No, hang it, / wanted to borrow from "
i'm. New York Press.
"How old is your boy?' Twelve" il
Can he write?" "No.' "Read Z" =
No" "Why, aren't you ashamed to !,
eprive him of ordinary education 2? :
Hush Pm educating him TO be an ac- "
sptable juror, and it's the terror Of my 2
fe that he may run away and 20 to
,h0ol.-WaShlngton star. n
A Soldiers IIardships: He-Yes, 5,
have been in the army for fifteen
ears, and Of course had some terrible i
rains upon my courage. She [sym- !,
Athetically) Yes, / suppose all the .,
me you have been expecting to be =
lied into service. Epoch. A
In this God's-world with ITS Wild T
hirling eddIes and mad foam-oceans. iii
here men and nations perish as If bI
ithout law, and judgment for an un- "
st thing is sternly delayed, dost thou "
ink that therefore there is no justice I? le
is what the fool hath said in his 81
art. 1t is what the wise, in all su
mes, we're wise because they denied ty
"a knew forever not to be / tell thee li'
ain there Is nothing else but justice. 10
ne strong thing | find here below the We
st thing, the true thing. My friend, tn
thou hadst all the artillery Of Wool pc
ch trundling at thy back in support by
an unjust thing; and infinite bon6res ty
Sibly waiting ahead of thee TO blaze ar
ntufies long for thy victory on behalf
it,-I would advise thee to call halt, "
fling down thy baton and say, I'm
,d's name, No." Thy success {? Ia,
or devil, what will thy success a. ve
'unt to? If the thing is unjust thou ~
st not succeeded; no, not though c;,
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