The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-03-10

There were only two common peopI
on the floor" 'sWho were they =
"Mr. and Mrs. Barton. PUCK.
II would probably be hard to con
vince a bantam rooster that bis crow
| ing doesn't have q good deal to do with
making the sun rise.-Ram's Horn.
Brownleigh Visiting friends in tn.
country II don't often get such goot
supper. Johnnie (helping himself q
preserves for the third time)-Neithel
do we.-Life.
Father What would you advise me
TO do with my son? ? bis pronunciation
is perfectly terrible. Teacher-Gel
him position as brakeman On a rail
road at once.
| Fortieth Friend (since breakfast
| BY Joye, old fellow, you We got a fear
ful cold. What are you taking for it
Sufferer (hoarsely) = Advice. New
York Weekly.
Information: Papa, what is vet
erinary surgeonY ''0ne Of those fel-
lows at the pension Office, my son, who
examine the veterans for pensions. -
Philadelphia Record.
Success at the Outset: DIR. Pulser
Yes, sir, have literally snatched
men from the grave. Stokes-Is that
so? When? DR.. Pulser-When I was
medical student Life.
lie Knew She Suffered: my wife
is very sick. DOCTOR" rs she suffer
ing much% Suffering? Well. I
should say 80. Why, she has such a
bad cold she can't talk."--Life.
Kansas City notice Of an amateur op-
cratic performance: "The worst Is ov-
er. The Wichita amateurs accomplish
ed their 6endish purpose and gave I'll
Trovatore' last night
Father-You told me when | put nv
son into school that be would be able TO
graduate this year. Professor-Yes,
| know but at that time we had no
idea that be would be 30 slow at foot
ball.-Inter Ocean.
Pilkins-I don't see why you charge
me So a day when you charge others
only 81. Hotel Keeper-Our medical
adviser tells me your respiration is 10
per cent above the normal. We don't |
give air like ours away.-Puck.
Boy-POp, kin l 90 to tn circus >
Pop-Circuses is wicked. Boy-The |
man gave me two tickets fer carryin' |
water for the horses. Pop-Umi AL
man wot's as charitable as that can't
be very bad. Wen both go.-Good i
News.
mo" said citizen, when asked ifl
he would contribute anything to the re-
lief of the food sufferers, Il don't think
will" Cant afford it, eh?" 1T
isn't that, but the lasthme | gave some
thing for charity one ofthe papers SPELL
ed my name wrong"
A little girl who had mastered her
confessed herself disappoint-
ID because" /" she said, though [ obey
The fifth commandment, and honor my
papa and mamma, yet my days are not
! bit longer in the land, for / am put 30
bed at z O'Clock"
Impossible: She (reading)-Joe, this
laper says that out in Oregon they
nave just discovered footprints three
eet long, supposed to belong to lost
ace. Hell don't see how race Of
,eople that made footprints three feet
ong could ever get lost.-Truth.
Guest (at Oklahoma HoteI)-Wasn I
here some shooting at the other end Of
he table minute ago? Waiter IRE
'lacing his smoking revolver) Yes. :
Dude from the east Wanted a napkin.
,ay, if you're done that knife and fork !
Vhy don { you pass it to the next man?
Chicago Tribune {
Physically Unable 10 Comply Z
Come and SIT round the 6re, Emerson
!" said the hospitable Western rela-
i've. There are physical limitations '
bat will prevent me from doing 90, .
AUNT Rachel, replied the young wo-
nan from Boston, "but with your per
mission viii sit in front of The fire." a
Chicago Tribune. In
Some Families Have Them: She
Who i that exceedingly meek young
IAN you just bowed so2 He-0h, that
! Willie Wildboy, very exemplary a
oung man. She-WhaE One of the I
Vildboys2 I thought they we're such a |
I'D lot. He-Yes, gil but Willie-he's I
well, he's the white sheep. Brook |
N Life. h
A Safe Bet: Not long ago man !,
'agered that he would ask the same r
uestion Of ifty different persons and E
sceive the same answer from each. He :
ent 10 fret ons and then to another /,
nd whispered Say, have you heard n
lat Smith has failed ?" @What !,
NTH 2" queried eacn victim in turn,
nd the man won bis bet
Overheard in Chicago: "Tour wife's 3
eople," said the man in the mackin- 9
,sh, ''live somewhere III the east, do Q
aey not ~ "Yes,p replied the man p
| the creased trousers. "In New Hamp- =
alre" Wasn't there some romance q
,nnected with Jour marriage 7" I'VE Y
A. - W