The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-04-28
THINGS WISE AND OTHERWISE.

rope round your neck, 10 feel IL CRUST
ing and crushing on your throat, to-
NO" interrupted the other, "but
know what IL is 10 propose to and b
accepted by q Boston girl"
Lady of the House Ito her seryant)-
You tell me that you are going to qui
my service, and you know that ] hay
done almost all of your work. Seryan
Yes; but you don't do 1t to suit me.
Judkins Ito Black, who is preparin
for a continental trip)-How do yol
gee on with your languages. old fellow
Black -Capitally. Why PYe got s.
now | can think in French. Judkin
We'll, that's more than you could eV
ef do in English.
Fair Visitor (fshlng for compli
menD-How wonderfully well Mrs
Wilkinson wears! | do hope / shall
be as good looking as that at her age
Fair Hostess SO do |.
After the Introduction Mrs. Var
Twlller (who mistakes DIR. Jovial for q
physician)-And where do you prac
tice. doctor? Rev. DR.. Jonal-Ah
madam, | do not practice; | only
preach.
A Philadelphia preacher tells this on
himself: Last summer / went to the
lunatic asylum and made an address to
the poor unfortunates. In alluding to
the custom the Hindoo women have Of
throwing their babies into the Ganges
river, / noticed one Of the men gazing
at me with a very unpleasant express
sion. After / had finished my speech
| went to this man and remarked that
he had seemed interested when /
spoke of that horrible Hindoo custom.
YES" he replied with a rude laugh,
Il was wondering why your mother
didn't throw you in"
Mrs. Youngwife- Did you ever try
any of my biscuits, Judge? Judge
No, | never did I; but | sdare say they
deserve it.
Father--James, you know ] disap-
prove very much Of your fighting, but |
can not help feeling proud Of you for
whipping such a big boy as that What
did you whip him for? Son (indig-
nantly)-Why, he said | looked like
you.
Il want a pair Of your smallest
tweezers, please" said the well-dressed
customer to the instrument maker.
Eyes, SIR. Are you physician !" ask
ed the dealer, it being customary to
make reduced rates to the members Of
that profession. "No; / am going In
to the ice business"
"And is that Liberty % asked the
immigrant, pointing to the statue as
the vessel entered the harbor. ayes"
said the sailor, that is Liberty"
'Then give me DEATH" cried the immi-
grant, and he jumped overheard.
Speeches to be Lived Down: "How
good Of you to come, doctor. | didn't
expect you this morning" "No; but
was called TO your opposite neighbor,
DOUr Mrs. Brown, and thought might |
Is we'll kill two birds with one stone"
Meeting an Old Acquaintance;
Mamma and little Helen were seated
n the crowded street car. The small
yirl was eyeing the floor intently, and
he passengers were cycling her with
curiosity. Mammal she
,iped out "What is it, dearest?"
Mamma, / believe / see a bedbug."
New Application of Hyponotism
3unting-Let me see if I can hypnotize
Iou, Larkin. Larkln-Goahead. Bunt-
ng latter few passes) AT noon to-
morrow you will hand me the $40 you
borrowed. LarkIn Coming to sudden
y)-This is carrying joke too far.
Maggie 10 her stspfather, who is
cry popular with the children )-Oh,
wish you had been here when our pa
"a was alive. You would have liked
ach other so much.
Choosing wife is very much like
rdering meal in Paris restaurant
ghen you don't understand French.
you may not get what you want, but
ou will get something. = Colorado Sun.
Robby-What sort of man is a spec
1list, papa? Pater-One who devotes ,
imself TO the accumulation of specie.
Gray 4 Co.'S Monthly. |,
Il am not believer, "said Jones, sin 7
he maxim that silence gives consent" =
mith-"Why SOP" Jones--'1 tried a
, enter q front yard where bulldog
'as lying"
Inquiring Child-What is q Bourbon,
az Intelligent Parent-A Bourbon.
" child,is one who does not change bis |
pinions promptly enough to suit his +
pponents.-Texas Siftings.
The daylight changes the aspect of r
Iisery TO us, as of everything else. I
4 the night it presses On our magma r
forms 1t takes are false, .
tfuI, exaggerated; in broad day 1t sick v
ls our sense with the dreary persis- 8
nee Of definite measurable reality. 1
he man who looks with ghastIy horror r
! all his property ahame in The dead .
night has not half the sense of des-
tuition be viii have in the morning.
han ha walks over the rnins lvin1