The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1892-01-27
THINGS WISE AND OTHERWISE.

1 hedu tndt poem. 4 wrote IL IOF TIE
UiShH WGShg Monthly when | was
only thirteen years old Brown (after
readingl-Do you mean to tell me,
Sappy, that you were as old as thirteen
years when you wrote tins thing?
Mr.. Patty latter the honeymoon)-
Always remember, my dear. that you
are the weaker vessel. Mrs. 7.
That may be-; but you II soon find that
the weaker vessel sometimes holds the
stronger spirit.
Available Remedy: Thompson Ito
village cobbler;-What's that yellow
powder YOU are always putting to your
nose, Waxey? Waxey-It's snuff CT
tarh snuff. Thompson-Is it a good
remedy? I'm troubled that way my
self, at times. Naxey with the air Of
a man who could say more if he chose)
Well, I've had catarrh nigh on to
thirty years, and I've never took moth
m for it but this.
Salesman-What can / do for you
madam? Mrs. Silbernagel-I don'd
vas buying dis morning. Iyoost come
TO let hddle Moses see der cash fly a.
roundt for an objccdt lesson J
TonsoriaV Arnst-Your het vas
bald on tob alrctty; try some Of mine
batent hair dOnic. Potley-Why don't
you try it yourself? You are balder
than /. Tonsorlal Artist-Yah, but |
rcbresendt "pcfore using; and der
parper py der next shair rebresendt
''afder using" We know our peezness,
you ped.
Miss Bunker Hill So you belong to
Browning society IN Chicago, Miss
Wabash? May | ask your opinion a.
b ,ut this great poet? Hiss Wabash
He is no slcuch in metaphysical subtle
ties, but there is no more lyrical slap.
dash about him than there is in a boil
ell sausage.
When chaplain McCabe was travel
ing around trying to raise 81 100000
Tor missions, little boy in Kansas
heard his appeal and determined to
help. That same week he gathered a
quart Of chestauts which he sold tor
FIVE cents. This sum he sent to Mr..
McCabe with the note. "If you want
any more, let me know"
Zenobia Beanley Ia Boston child. ms
she sees her mother reach for the slip
per)-Mother. the consecntiveEss and
prcvalency Of these cashgatiOns are
slowly sapping my very life.
On Guard: Big Slster-Bobby. ]
think il is quite time little folks we're
in bed. Bobby Ton Mr. Ilcnderson's
knee. oh, it's all right,Cora Moth
er sand ] should stay here until she
came down stairs.
Editorial paragraph IN Texas paper:
We bad fight with Jim Raddell yes
tcrday. but policeman spoiled the fun
by pulling the scoundrel oft our person
before we had a chance to disfgure
him. Two Of our front teeth disap-
pcared during the excitement.
Gentlemen" shouted a passenger
on a suburban train yesterday, keep
Your seats. Restrain yourselves, gen
tlemen. The ladies IN the aisle can
stand up; they are used to it-on this
line" Seven sheepish-looking men at
once rose and hurried off to the smok-
ing car.-ChicagO Ncirs.
Five cents fare for that child, mad
am" sand the street car driver, putting
his head into the car "Very we'll. f"
replied the old lady, who wore a wig
and looked like a Roman general; "but
this IS an orphan child and / am its
guardian; and / am instructed to get
a receipt for all money paid ont. Please
write one and III drop a nickel in the
box" The car driver did not pursue
the subject further.
Tn Arcadian Days: "Evangcline,"
said old Basil, as he sat in the gloam-
ing, without knowing what it was,
"Evangeline, child Of me heart, why
dost thou call thy heier Oleomarga-
rine ?"
because, papa" said the fair faced
girl, who could not tell lie, because
she is no butter"
For an instant Basil sat as one IN a
trance, and then leaping from his chair
like the roe when he hears in the wood
land the voice Of the hunters, he seized
his trusty club, but it was too late,-
Eangeline was gone.
A Strictly Limited Demand: Stern
Parent 10 applicant for his daughters
hand)-Young man, can You support
family? Young Man (meekly)-I on
" wanted Sarah, sir.
Young Dempsey with inflated tur-
key-bIadder)-Sh-h! Watch me bust
this BY grandma S ear Grandma taf-
ter the explosion, stopping in her knit
ting and looking placidly towards the
door, D. Come in
Evangelist Moody declares that ''if
the angel Gabriel himself should 20 to
chicago he would lose his character
before he had been there six weeks.
This is probably an exaggerated esti-
mate Of Gabriel's power to resist cor
rupting influences. Louis Globe
Democrat.