The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-05-19
THINGS WISE AND OTHERWISE.

Il, nhat F0mps Are. The breaches
had been talking to the Sunday schoo
lchlldren and beseechine them 10 re-
nounce The world and its yanities
Wishing to discover whether he hat
made made his meaning clear TO the in
= fant mind he said "rve beerffellins
you OF the pomps and vanities Of thi.
life. Now | want to know who can tel
me what pomps are" There was q
dead silence until boy who lisped put
up his hand and said: "Pleath sir
= pompth ith thingth to get wathef oui
Prof Nye says he met 20 young roue
} from the salons Of Paris, Illinois, who
can pass cigarette smoke entirely a.
round through the inside Of his head
land out at the nose without injuring
the brain, although the favor Of the
smoke is somewhat impaired"
| So He Had: Editor (reaching for
bis walking stick $50 you are the per-
Ison who sends the poems from Polecat
Hollow? The Poet with pride) Il am
he indeed and ! came down 10 sub
scribe forBour paper. Editor (agitated)
-Oh-er-allow me, then, sir to pre-
sent you with this cane, as token Of
my esteeml / purchased 1t expressly
for you Puck.
REGINALD" she sand, Il would like
to ask you one very serious question"
What is it, my dear ~ he replied.
Would you object to marry mamma if
| refused ?"-Puck.
"Why do you ask me for my auto
graph 2" asked the poet, who liked to
hear words Of praise. Because you
are the only one who can write it," SAID
the applicant meekly.-VoQue.
Grocer-Ah, good morning, Judge
Tried them eggs ! sent you yesterday,
/ suppose. How'd you find 'em?
Judge RasclbIe-How'd / find them
Guilty, sir, guilty, every blamed one Of
them Buffalo Courier.
"Patrick, you haven't given fresh wa
ter to the goldfish" mo, miss; they
amt drunk wot they had already."-
Harper's Bazaar.
"What was your objection to my
predecessor n asked the missionary Of
the aesthetic cannibal. "He was utter
ly devoid of taste," returned the cannl-
bal with q wry face.-Harper'S Bazaar.
Mrs. Vermont Brown Why on earth
don't you get your husband to cut off
his whiskers? (? Mrs. Smifiian Jones'
/ wouldn't have him do it for the world.
| want him to let them grow and get
them all out Of his system.-Ex.
Belle-I suspect that Carrie is going
to get married at last. Air. Manning
was having long conversation with
her last evening Kate--But was he
serious Belle-Serious ? Positively
sad.-Boston Transcript.
New Girl-Young man has called to
see you, mem. Miss Lillian Languid
(gIancing at card)-"Fitz James Nc
Stabw Gracious Pm not fit to be
seen. Tell him, Bette, that Tm-0,
she's gone New Girl "a moment later
% young man)-Yes, sir, she's in, but
yraciousl she's not fit to be SEEN
Chicago Tribune.
"What's that advice you charged me I
or, Brief2" asked Drinks Of his young c
egal friend. Don't you remember 1
lou were in here complaining about 4
Tour cold, and / advised you to see a
Ioctor" returned Brief-Harper's
Bazaar.
Father-Washington vas very fa- u
nous man-now why should we cele- q
,rate his birthday any more than mine ? q
|ohnny-'Cause he never told lie. q
Mr.. Noopop Through the telephone,
a m).-Doctor, come down right a. :
yay and see the baby DR.. Paresis- .
What seems TO be the trouble? ? MIR. :,
Soopop I think it's insomnia. Life.
II have had some new photographs, D
lear" "Yes, love, have seen them"
What do you think Of them, dear ?" 4
Very pretty. love; but you don't do 4
hem justice. Truth. In
At Dinner Party: Mistress
But, Mary, how often must tell you o
lways to serve on the left? ? Mary n
from the counhy)-Oh, madam, but n
sn't that merely superstition ?-Flie- q
ende Blatter. r
We alter very little. When we talk
this man or that woman being no q,
niger the same person whom we re- N
,einber In youth, and remark (ofcourse 4
D depIore) changes in our friends, we :, :
ont, perhaps, calculate that circum- i
lance cnIy brings out the latent defect Il
r quality, and does not create 1t. The +
elhsh languor and indifference Of to- Il
avs possession 40 the consequence of =,
hs selfish ardor Of yesterday's pursuit; z
he scorn and WEAKNESS which cries
uxitas uanitatuna IL sbtlB the lassitude = y
+ the sick appetite palled with pleas : !,
re-: the insolence of the successful :" =
orrenu IS only the necessary continu- - -
nee of the career Of the needy strug- =
ler our'nental changes are like our
raw hairs or our whiskers-but the N
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