The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-07-21

Sounds Like q Fake: sfDo you
think that this telegram about a
lynching in Texas Ii authentic, sir?"
said the news dealer. sWhat makes
you suspect it?" asked the chief.
ut does not say that the affair was
participated in BY the best citizens
OF the place. Truth.
In the Museum: The Fat Lady
I'D like to know what there 10 to at
tract public notice about that child
the manager has just secured. The
Mule-eared Man-They claim he
reads the Juvenile Department" of
a Sunday paper, aud / understand he
was discovered only after six months
of search. Between you and me,
though, / suspect he's not genuine.
Puck.
"Was Col. Whiskers actively en-
gagged in your civil WARP" asked the
visitor. every" said Major McGil-
licuddy. "He fought 80 fierce and
fast he was always through before
anybody else. Truth.
"Please, sir, 1t was 9:20 when you
got here. When we're late you al
ways keep MS after school," said the
smart boy. Every well,v said the
schoolmaster; "you shall all stay and
keep me after school for on hour. -
Tid-Bits.
learned this, at least, by my ex-
pertinent, that if one advances conf
IDENTIFY IN the direction of his dreams,
and endeavors to live the life he has
imagined, he will meet with a sue
cess unimagined in common hours.
In proportion as he simplifies his life,
the laws Of the universe will appear
less complex, aud solitude viii not be
solitude, nor poverty poverty, nor
weakness weakness.-Thoreau.
Encoln-I hear that Miss Mel
pomene Gilberfns has become an nc
tress. Hamilton-0h, no; that's
mistake. Lincoln-Why, I was told
positively that she.had gone on the
stage. Hamilton-0h, yes; that part
of It is true enough, bat the story of
her being an actress is absurd
Brooklyn Eagle.
A writer on New England said that
the caution of the New Englander in
giving an answer to a direct question
was illustrated to him one day, when
he asked an eastern friend, whose
family were not noted for very active
habits, "Was not your fathers
death very sudden?' Slowly draw
ing one hand from his pocket and
pulling down his beard, the interro-
gated cautiously replied: "Waal,
rather sudden for him. ."-Harpers
Bazaar.
Mrs. Witherby-Did You ask your
mother If you could have two pieces
Of cake, Bobbie? Bobbie Bingo-
Yes'm. Mrs. Witherby-And what
did she say? Bobbie-She said ]
could have ten pieces if you offered
them to me, and then she laughed
Life. ~
Ever Judge Of men By their profess
sions. For though the bright mo-
ment of promising is but moment
and cannot be prolonged, yet, If sim
cere in its moments extravagant
goodness, why trust him, and know
the man by it. | say not by his per-
formance, which is half the worlds
work, interfere as the world needs
must with its accidents and circum-
stances: the profession was purely a
mans own. / judge people by what
they might Le-not are, or will be-
Browning.
A Boom: Editor Bungtown Bugle
What circulation are we claiming
now? Foreman-Nine hundred.
Editor Better claim nine hundred
and fifty this week. ! got two new
subscriptions to-day.-Puck.
Caller-Why are you waving your
handkerchief so wildly? Murilla-
Since papa has forbidden Jack the
house we have arranged a code OF
signals. Caller-What is it? Muir
| ilia-When he waves his handker-
chief five times that means ''Do you
love me?" and when / wave franti-
callv in reply it means Eyes, dar-
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