The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-02-03
THINGS WISE AND OTHERWISE.

orer-Business. ] want to marry your
daughter.
In a private letter the editor Of the
BillyilIe Banner describes Chaucer as
"the most talented dialect writer Of his
age. Atlanta Constitution.
Edwin Ito Angelina's father)-You
might at least give us a check for q few
thousand. Her Father-But, my dear
fellow, / haven't q cent nothing but
the house / live in. Edwin-Well,
you might give us a mortgage on that.
The Poet-This little poem was in
dited only yesterday, and The Rude
Editor (interrupting) How did it get
out? On bail?-Harlem Life.
A Western editor met well educat-
ed farmer recently and said to him that
he would like TO have something from
his pen. The farmer sent him a pig
and charged him S975 EOrik-Ex.
II hardly think ] have any father, /
hardly think | have any father" FIVE
year-old Helen was heard repeating to
herself Investigation showed that she
was trying to repeat the first line OF a
prayer which began, Il heartily thank
thee, heavenly Father. p Buffalo News.
Nearing Home: "Once, "said Lawrence
OEphant, Il was in a Cornish mine
Crawling down a ladder and feeling
that the temperature was every moment
getting warmer. l SAID 10 a miner who
was accompanying me: 1T is getting
very hot down here. How far do you
think it is 10 the internal regions?"
4 don't know exactly he replied. but
if you let go you will be there in two
minutes "
ii. II. Hartley, secondhand book
seller, will give good prices for copies
Of the following books: "The Art Of
Turning BY Handel" " "John Knox on
Deaths Door," "Malthus's Attack on
Infantry" "Macadam's Views in
Rhodes, " "Pygnalion, by Lord Bacon"
Boyle on Steam,D and Lambs Re-
collections of Suet."-Dook-Shop.
Getting On: He-WeIl, how are you
progressing in your French? =? She
All right till / attempt to think in
French then / have to ask some one
else what mean.-Boston Beacon.
A Western musical critic recently re-
marked that "when it comes to gargling
her notes, Miss Matte Smith of the
Baptist church choir is in it with any
one in the State" e."-philadelphia Re
cord.
When the public has faith in writ
er's name, it is faith which must be
backed up by good works.-Puck.
Man in wagon (who has bought an
unsound horse from the Quaker) No.
| don't expect you to take HIM back.
| only want you to lend me your hat
and coat 50 that can sell him to some
body else. Pitts6eld Journal.
Mamma, ifa child should be born
on the ocean, to what nation would it
belongw "Why, to the nation 10
which his father and mother belonged,
of course well, / know. But sup
pose bis father and mother were not
with him. Suppose he was travelling
with his aunt g"-Life.
Sue Deeung-I am afraid papa was
angry when you asked him for me,
wasn't he, Jack, love? Jack Ililow-
Not at all. He asked me il | knew any
more respectable young men who would
be likely 10 marry your five sisters If
properly oaxed--Harpers Bazar.
A Vain Search: Judge (to man up
for having five wives )-How could you
be so hardened O villain? The Guilty
One-Please, yoar honor, | was only
trying to get good one.-Life.
Harry-That mans name is known
wherever the English languageis spok-
en-. Gertie eagerly Indeed ! He
must be celebrated parsonage. What
is il? Hary-Smith ALLY Sloper.
Il tell you," said The man with q
confding nature, ''it is mighty discour-
aging to have your wife laugh at your
efforts" "Mine never does" you re
in luck" II don't know. You gee, |
write for the comic papers. Washing
ton Star.