The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1892-05-04

the eye outw asked Smithers, who
had seen women waving umbrellas be-
fore.-Haper's Bazaar.
Far Patient-But, doctor, | suffer
so much with my eyes. Doctor (who
is becoming testy at this, his fifteenth
calD-You'd suffer much more without
them, madam,
Il suppose -ha! hav' simpered
young Shmpate, you ladies can't help
remembering once in while that this
Is leap year ~ FL con Tess I hadn't
thought Of ID this evening at alLp
eohly replied Miss Quickstep.-Chi-
Gag Tribune. lln'TT THr 81 r.
The Usual Way: Madge-Does
Anna play the piano? MilIicent-
Well, she labOrs at it; one can hardly
call i playing you know. .... ..l...
Ethel-After marriage we two shall
be one, shan.t we, George? George
Theoretically; bar / ao0bt If they win
make out the board bill that way. .
Unforgiyen: The pet Of the house
hold kneIt as usual to say his prayers
at his mothers side. "God bless pa
pa and mamma and Uncle Ed and
and"-here he hesitated. "And Pol
W." prompted his mother. Polly was
his nurse. @Ma - he cr1ed indignant
ly, looking up, "can't / skip Polly?
She spanked me tO-day."-Youth's
Companion. M
The Crucial Test Skribbler--If
there's o saint on earth it is our relig-
ious editor. Busby What makes you
think so? Skribbler-IIe dipped
his paste brush in the ink yester-
day and all he said was, "0h, pshaw.'
Life. f4tf nn w -W
Seeker-So your friend, Dumbleton,
has written a novel, Ell? Sageman-
Yes, he has. Seeker-What is bis
plot? Sageman-Ilis plot seems to
have been 10 inveigle the public into
buying q book that isn.t worth reading.
= Boston Courier. 8fiiAffa a4aa eAa 3
Easily Explained: Mrs Blank
The paper tells Of a postmaster who
was appointed BY John Quincy Adams
md has held the position ever since.
Was he an an unusually good man ?
Mr.. Blank (an experienced citlzenl-I
Oh, not at all. IL was an unusually
poor ofhce.-New York Weekly. & II
Man--Why didn't you follow some
trade? Tramp--1 did, sorr; but /
liyer caught up wid it.-Artin Adver-
lislng,I irs7e gni4nm d nuoi no
tits a sad weakness IN us, after all,
hat the thought Of mans death hal
ows. him anew TO US /; as If hfe we're
not sacred too-as If il were compare
lively a light thing to fall IN
ove and reverence 10 the brother
who has 30 climb the whole toilsome
steep with us, and ali our tears and
tenderness we're due to the one who is
spared that hard journey. George
Eliot s13d aaN ofolis8M 81 =
/ Comparisons Are Odious: The OIL
Beau lrocklng little Anna on his knee
Gor aunt Susan's sake II suppose that
Is what you Ike, Anna? Anna Yes,
It's very nice, But Irode on real
donkey in the park yesterday-I mean
'ne with four legs, you know gIaaI
Below MasOn-DIxon's justly cele-
brated line the sunboHnet is remarkably
prevalent. Quite generally it is made |
)f black material The black sunbon-
net is one Of the saddest things / know
Il. Especially il this true if it has
ost its vertebre. One can stand the |
Vertebrated sunbonner but not the 9th
4 kind. While have been tempted |
n my youth 10 sneak up 10 Che fragrant |
'ecesses Of The freshly starched white !
Iunbonnet and lingeF there for an in
tant, / do not think Icould have done
% if it had been one Of the black and
leryOusly prostrated variety. IL seems
% now at least.--Bill Nye. .s 5.
Desperation. .You are most enter
aiming, remarked the gallant old gen
Ieman 10 bis Eair partner at dinner
i assure you envy 200 your future
husband" The maid turned an ap-
ealing Eace toward hina.l 'eWould YOU
mind Introducing him ~ she asked
Iarper's BazaE I'D 1o siiima,o9 axnrol
Difference Of Opinion Jones (read-
ng aloud "A true, good, noble woman
J ever ready to make herself q doormat
Dc The man she loves All, Dolly,
hose ore the women who make the |,
est wryes! hrs. 7, (who is not oil
his type)-Yes, dear. and the worst /
Punch.
Something Of Q Curiosity Himself
lr. Saphead i've got . fad too, don't |
on know. | collect old and rare vio-
ns. Come around and see 'em. Mu-
lcian (suspiciousE) - Do you hlayY |
II. Saphead Bless sou, no not note.
lnsician enthusiastically II s. viii |
pms -rNew York Weekly s vrifs,s
wbagher there wiil bs three or iOur