The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-02-17

- ~@A*@ ~ - - EakstV@AAAN AtttA
girl, asked; what is a ruminatin
animal ?" Zone that chews her cubs,
was the innocent reply.
BE noble, and the nobleness that lies
7 IN other men, sleeping, but never dead
VIII rise in majesty to meet thine own
Lowell.
Mamma (reproyingly, Sunday)-Yol
told me you we're going TO play church
Little Dick-Yes'm. Mamma-Thel
I'd like to know what all this loul
laughing Is about. Little Dick-Oh
that's Dot and me. We're the choir
Good News.
He-Wonderful shooting that o
Henry'sl Why he bit the bull's-eye q
Bisley nine times in succession yester
day! She Yes but just think o
the suferings Of that poor bull. MeE
are 80 cruel THE Million.
Had Seen the Bogy Man Before
! She (to her little sister, aged fve)-
Now, Rose, you must 20 to bed, because
the bogy man will soon be here. Llttlt
Rose-Oh, Pm no more afraid of young
Mr.. Jones than you are.
The Innocent Abroad: Chappie-
Would you care to change your name
| Miss Higgins? Miss Higgins blush
Iing)-Ye-es. Chappie with bright
idea)-Why don't you marry ?-Life.
No Trouble About That: Editor
Yes; I'd like to sell you my paper.
Stranger-Td like to buy it, sir, but /
don't know how TO manage one. Editor
That doesn't matter. Your subscrib-
ers wlll tell you all about that.-Life.
She Read the Advertisements /:
Young Housewife-Any liver to-day,
Mr.. Bones I? Butcher-Yes, madam.
Young Housewife-Then I'll take ten
pounds; but please see that il is not
that wretched, torpid kind, which the
doctors say is the cause Of SO much dis
ease. -Raymond's Monthly.
Motto Cor Church Fair: "Now, Mr.
Bronson, we want Scriptural quota
ton for our church fair tickets. Can't
you think Of one ?" asked the fair maid.
Certainly" said Bronson. allow will
"A certain man fell among thieves do {"
IN. Y. Herald.
Seeking an Opportunity: Hell
have something to say to you, but there
are so many people in the room | am
afraid | won't have chance. She
Wait q moment and | will ask one Of
the young ladies 10 play on the piano.
-Harpers Bazaar.
Mrs. Podunker-Seems to me 'tain't
exactly right to be addin' so much wa
ter TO the milk, specially on Sunday
morning. Deacon Podunker (milkman)
Why, Miranda, don't ye know that
half o. them what goes 10 church never
hears word, because they're asleep an
snorin' in their pews? It's shameful
Mrs. Podunker-Indeed it Is. But
they shouldn't fall asleep. Deacon
Podunker-They can't help it, Miriam
da. Give people rich milk, an they're
bound TO feel sleepy. It's worse than
opium. Pump a little more, Miranda
New York Weekly.
Visitor-What a little mite ofa thing
your baby sister is Little Girl
Yes'm; it's a condensed milk baby.
Wendell DO come along down 10
the house, Philip. | left Dorothy
making an angel cake, and the dear
girl win be delighted to show it. Wen
dell and Philip approaching Dorothy
from rear)---Is that what you call an
angel cake? Dorothy lin tears)-I-I
guess il must be fallen angel cake
Judge.
Gems of Boyish Education: Miss
A. G. Graham, an English girl, has
won the prize offered BY the University
G Correspondent for the best collection Of
schoolboy "howlers." Among selected
specimens are the following:
Phmniclans were the inventors OF
Ph@nlcian blinds.
Bacchanal-A native Of Bechuana
in South Africa.
The two chief volcanoes in Europe
Sodom and Gomorah.
What is Republican I? A Repub-
lican is sinner mentioned in the Bible. |
Esau was a man who wrote fables and
sold the copyright to a publisher for a