The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-06-30
THINGS WISE AND OTHERWISE.

trait he has just completed We'll, sir,
how does your portrait please you
Gentleman latter gazing at the picture
Tor some minutes Say, you'd obligc
me very much If you'd just change this
portrait into landscape.
Barber (after shaving pOety-
Why do you let your hair grow
so long? Poet-Ill tell you If You
won'tmentionit. Barber-I won't give
it away. Poet (in a whisper)-Well.
then. I'll tell you. ] let it grow because
can't prevent it from growing-New
York Press.
Mrs. Candid called on q lady friend
and found her petting one Of those pug
dogs "Whefe did you get that ANIMAL"
asked Mrs. Cand d. "My husband
gave it 10 me to remember him by when
he was away travelling" "What a hor-
rid brute it is %
"You have forgotten something. SIR
said the fashionable usher at a Boston
church wedding as Mr.. Wilkins Of Chi
cago started to leave his seat without
his gloves. "Great heavens p exclaim-
ed vii ins. "Doyou expect a tip, too"
-Elinira Gazette.
Scene, a gambling saloon A game
Of ecarte has just been played. The
two players got up, and one Of them
stepped up close 10 the other: "Sir %
"What do you want?" IL saw you
cheat just now" Sir" Il am sure Of
it.D "You mean to ruin me?" "Quite
the contrary; want you TO take me
into partnership" journal pour Kirc.
Mrs.De CioOde Its perfectly awful {!
The paper says there are thousands Of
families in this city who have never
seen n Bible" Little Johnny (hastily)
~ Send 'em mine, mamma.-Good
News.
Fond Mamma-"Such good news,
dear-baby talks. lie has just said
his first words" Really ?" "Yes.
Just fancy We were at the zoo,
standing before the monkey cage, when
the darling cried out, 'Ah, papa"
Dear mep cried mamma. "What
is the baby crying for ?" "Ile's mad
at me, mamma" said Mabel. Il was
trying to make him smile with the glove
stretcher." ."-llarpcrs Bazaar.
Only One Living: Friend-Does
the new landlady at your boarding house
appear to be getting a living out of it =?
Boarder-Yes, she is, but We are not
New York Weekly.
Our deeds determine us as much as
we determine our deeds and until we
know what has been or will be the pc
culiar combination Of outward with in
ward facts, which constitute a mans
critical actions, 1t will be better not 10
think ourselves wise about his character.
There is a terrible coercion in our deeds
which may at first turn an honest man
into deceiver. and then reconcile him
10 the change; for this reason-that the
second wrong presents itself to him in
the guise of the only practicable right.
George Eliot.
Sins of the Tongue: Rev. Mr.. b.,
n man of serious aspect. caused his con-
gregation to smile by saying impressive
ly. .Now let us pronounce the doxology
and | will sing the benediction:" The
same unfortunate cnce startled his
hearers by the exhortation, "Bow not
thine eve to needle" when he meant
to say "thy knee to an idol" An
other clergyman, a young man who
prided himself on his superior pronun-
citation. attempted in the course Of his
sermon TO quote the words, behold the
f;o-tree how il withereth away" TO his
inter humiliation he asked his flock to
behold the wig tree how it fthercth
away"
Been a Boy Himself: Practical
Father-I want to buy watch for my
bows Christmas present-the cheapest
Won have. Honest Dealer-Im afraid
| / can't warrant the cheap ones to keep
very rood time. Practical Father
on. that doesn't matter just FIX it Sc
he can open the back case. Puck.
The NebuIous Future: Perdita Pa
pa saws shall marry the man WISH
- Mary who has had experienced
| What Will he do? HypnotIze the man
-Life's Calendar.
A Beginning: Resident Think O
oDen;nr an Office IN this neighborhood
lob3 seems 10 me you are rather young
Cor q family physician. Young Doctor
Y.e-s but-er- I shall only doctol
children at first. IN. Y. Weekly.
Are YOU not awe stricken, ou,frlend
Ilv reader, to think how you, who have
consummated your success or your dis
sster-who may be holding marked
station. or a hopeless and nameles'
nIsce in the crowd--who have passe'
through how many struggles of defeat
success. crime, remorses TO yourself onl,
known! who may have loved anc
crown colo. .wept and laughed again,hov
nftcn TO think how YOU are the sam'
Yom whom in childhood you remember
before the voyage Of life began l
has been prosperous, and you are rlo