The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-08-11
THINGS WISE AND OTHERWISE.

eyes, children, we are bound TO
resist the tompter, however often he
may approach rs. | went into q
butchers shop once when was an
apprentice. / was very hungry and
had no money. There we're sausages
/ on all sides OF ME and no one was in
the store. Surely that was great
temptation" And yon remained
firm, father?n eyes, only took
one small sausage. ."-Schalk.
The Leaven: Artist (to class OF
young women)-Now, think The
composite picture Of this class would
be artistically beautiful. Pretty Stu
dent (aside)-Strange that one face
could 50 bring up the ayeragel-
Puck.
Jinks-Hellol Studying a book
on etiquette, ehp Oll Gruff-Yes.
Jinks-Want to learn how 10 treat
folks politely, ehY Old Gruff-Naw;
want to find out whether folks are
treating me politely.
| Little Flo Sanborn had been GEN.
sured by her mother for some small
mischief which she had been engaged
in@ She sat thinking 1t over for some
time, and finally said in an utterly
discouraged tone: "Everything |
do is laid TO me. "-Youth's Compan-
ion.
Teacher-Tommy Taddles, what is
the meaning of the words ''transpar
ent?" Tommy-Something you can
sec through. Teacher.-Name some-
thing you can see through. Tommy
"A ladder. .-Harper's Bazaar.
81 saw painting by an old mas
ter to-day in New York." said Mrs.
Spriggina "What was his name?"
asked Spriggins. "Let me see
Remnant, / think. Yes, I'm sure it
was Remnant. lie was one Of the
last Of the great painters, / believe"
-Harper's Bazar.
$50 Marigold has applied for a
divorce from his wifeI On what pos
sible grounds?" "0h. he accuses her
Of failure to support him.p-Town
Topics.
"Have you got any Georgia patent
curry combsw asked a man OF Toe
coa merchant. 81 don't know" re-
piled the storekeeper. 'sI've got
several kinds. What sort Is the
Georgia patentf" "It's made with
scallops so it viii fit in between a
mules ribs this time of year, "replied
the num-. Atlanta Constitution.
w. w. yelling, the popular stamp
clerk at the postofiice. has an impcd-
iment in his speech. Recently Il
we'll known business man came to
the window for some stamps. Mr..
yelling tore off a sheet, and threw
out the change in his usual brisk
manner. "Wcll. | see your right
hand hasn't forgotten its cunning"
remarked the patron. "No," re-
sponded the clerk, without changing
his expression, "b-b-but my TIT
tongue still c.c-c-clcaves TO the r-r-
roof OF my monmouth. .'-Indianap-
oils Journal.
We get accustomed to mental as
we'll as bodily pain, without, for all
that, losing our sensibility to it; it be-
comes habit of our lives, and we
cease To imagine condition of per
feet ease as possible for rs. Desire
is chastened into submission; and we
are coutented with onr day when we
have been able to bear our grief in
silence, and act as il we were not suf-
fering. For it is at such periods
that the sense of our lives having vis-
ibIe and invisible relations beyond
any Of which either our present or
prospective self is the centre, grows
like \ muscle that we are obliged to
lean on and exert.-George Eliot.
Just the Other Way: The story
Is told of famous Boston lawyer
that one day, after having q slight
discussion with the judge, he delib-
crateIy turned his back upon that
parsonage and started to walk of.
fare you trying, sir, to show con-
tempt for the courtP" asked the
Judge, sternly. "No, sir" was the
reply. II am trying to conceal it,
"What viii yon have, sir" said
the pert waitress. 'sSomething TO
heat" replied the English visitor
10 the restaurant. "Suppose you
try a lat-iron," said the 2. W., who
thought she was being guyed. -Bos-
ton Bulletin.
Comparative Morality of Rich and
Poor.-The immortality of the upper
ranks assumes a different guise from
that worn by the vices Of the poor.
Men comparatively well of arc not
likely to be guilty Of those grosser Of
fences seen among the lower orders;
but the bad propensities may and do |
exist in full force Notwithstanding. |
Fraudulent bankruptcies, actions for
debt. suits for the restitution OF u
surped rights, Quarrels about wills
all these show the activity Of pas
sions which, under other conditions,
might have produced acts technically /
called crimes. Men who, by legal |
chicanery, cheat others out OF their