The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-12-08

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OF innocence as follows "Prisoner
az the bar, your counsel thinks you
innocent; the counsel for the prose
cution thinks you innocent I think
you Innocent. But a jury of your
own countrymen, in the exercise of
snch common sense, as they possess,
which does not seem to be much, have
round you guilty aud it remains
that l should pass upon you the sent
ence OF law. That sentence is, that
You be kept in imprisonment for one
day; and, as that day was yesterday,
you may now go about your busi-
ness"
Mollie's Exception: "I don't love
anybody" said Mollie, firmly, "ex-
cept myself and lot of other peo-
pie. ."-Harper's Young People.
Watts-So you don't believe in pat
ent medicines, ,eh? Potts-No. Jndg-
ing from the looks of the people who
are advertised as having 6een saved
by them, they do the community
more harm than good. .-Ex.
The malleabiliiy OF gold is 50 great
that sheet of foil, it Is said, caa be
beaten as thin AS the slice Of ham in
q railway sandwich.-Ex.
A Privilege: Three Year -Old-Al-
ice, do you like cake? Alice-Yes,
very much indeed. Three Year Old
Then you just watch me eat it,
Hsrpers Young People.
Chappie (after the introduction)-
"Would you think, now. that / was
married She-No, indeedl What
was your maiden name?
Fortitude: "That," said the nerv-
GUS citizen, ''is one of the most re-
markable cases Of fortitude / ever
saw" "What is?" "The manner
in which that man listens to his own
practicing on the clarionet. DE
troit Free Press.
Mankind is always happier for hav-
ing been made happy. III you make
them happy now you will make them
thrice happy twenty years hence In
the memory Of it.--Sidney Smith.
A Fair Proposition s'I wish, ,"
signed farley 10 his wife, "that |
coule get receipt for happiness. +"
"Well, perhaps some time If you will
give me little happiness, I'll give
you a receipt for it," reformed Mrs.J.
-Harper's Bazaar.
DIR. Antipyrine-Yes, / am going
to retire. I've got enough and am
willing to give somebody else a
chance. Wrinkle-I see. Your mot
to henceforth will be, live and let live.
''I see that you have been elected
a member of the Chamber Of Depu-
ties, and | would like to know what
policy you intend 10 adopt" "Oh,
| shall do as the others do. In other
words, / am determined not to swerye
one inch from the path Of tradition"
Paris Figaro.
Too Sacrilegious Job: Dir. Fast
ley (making Sunday evening call)
II understand, Miss Kostick, that
you are an expert mind reader.
Won't you please experiment on me?
Miss K.-Excuse me, Mr. Fastley,
but | don't regard your mind as a
proper subject for Sunday reading
Life.
The Retort Courteous: A showiIy-
dressed woman was sitting in tram,
when quiet-looking young man, in
getting in, accidentally trod on her
dress. She talked to him about ten
minutes, and wound up by saying
"a gentleman would have apollo
gized." Taking off his hat, the
Young man bowed and said: GA la
dy would have given me a chance"
Boston Globe.
Considerate Clergyman (lately
come to the parish)-Your neighbor
Smith says my sermons are rubbish.
Farmer-Ahl You needn't mind
i'm, sir; 'e's merely mouthpiece for
other folks.-The Sketch.
She-I am afraid do not love you
enough to be your wife, but shall
always be your friend. He-I know
what I'll do. She (anxiously)-You
surely will do yourself no injury. He
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