The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1893-07-07
THINGS WISE AND OTHERWISE.

. ~iaTa-A want something 70 mattel
my head tonight. What would yoV
TearY Misunderstanding light.-Tlt
Bits.
Lady Ito famous animal painter)-I
IS great pleasure to me to meet YOU
1 adore animals.-Harper's Bazaar.
An Extra Inducement: "We1l riy,
youJusttwenty-four hours to leave town,
said the chairman of the vigilance com
mlttee. "Do you believe that time il
money" ?" asked the undesired visitor
Yes, certainly" "Then how much
cash will you give me to leave at once p
-Des Moines Arponaut.
Under Difficulties, She-YOu say
you never loved any one but me? He
II swear it. She-And yet you have
been married twlce2 He-Yes and
divorced twice, too. She (rapturously)
MY darling. Chicago Record.
Morris-"I have just been discharg-
ed from the bank, Miss Mary, for max
ing use Of my confidential knowledge
outside Of the bank" "How was
that" "Iproposed to heavy depositor
and was accepted.'-Life.
At the Table d'Hote.-Husband 10
his wifel-For goodness sake, Frieda,
don't talk so much. We've got to pay
four shillings each for the dinner, and
at the rate you are going on, you won't
get through with a shilhng's worth -
Basler Nachrichten.
A Sensitive Soul: @Opcn your eyes,
George. What's the matter with you ?"
said the occupant Of q corner seat in
crowded car. "Mind your own busi-
ness I'm going TO keep 'em shut. 1t
hate to see women stand in horse-cars,"
said George, settling down in bis own
seat.-Exchange.
1--WE we're not in last week." writes a
Georgia editor, "when Major Brown
called TO settle his bill. He was deter
mined to pay us, however, SO he slipped
the dollar under the door. Our print
er found 1t and left for parts unknown.
We have been hunting him for the past
four days, but have failed to find any
trace ofhim; but we will catch him yet,
and have q bitter reckoning."-Ex-
change.
The Ruling Passion: Young Lady
Mercy me! And so, when fast in the
jungle you came face to face with tig-
er. %! What did you do? Modern
Traveller (proudlyl-Photographed it.
New York Weekly.
Old Gent (as spectator at football
match, to youth who has been uttering
unutterable language Look here, young |
man, just modify that language It's
Abominablel Don't you
see there are ladies present? Lanca-
shire Lad See thee, ovid cock, if thou
thinks thou's comm to a religious en-
tertainment when thou co.'s to see th'
Owdham 'ornets, thou's mistaken
Judy.
Waiter (seelng dissatisfaction on
guests face)-Wasn't the fowl cooked
70 suit you, sir? Guest-Ycs, all but
he bill; just take that back and tell
hem to boil it down little.-Harper's
Weekly.
Bangs-Boston seems to be a regular
lotbed for freethinkers and atheists.
Eangs-Yes; it is hard to get Boston
an to believe in a future heaven. Truth.
A London schoolboy brought to his
eacher a letter from a physician stating
hat "this boy is unfit to attend school
or 304 days" The long and rather
'xact period named aroused the teach
RS suspicious and he discovered that
he physician had written 20 or4 days"
This the boy had changed to 1904 days"
II doesn't take a bit Of meanness /
nut of rascal to polish him.-Ram's
Horn.
The ToiIer: Venerable 10 me is the
lard hand crooked, coarse; wherein
lies q cunning virtue,
ndefeasibly royal, as of the sceptre of
his planet. Venerable too is the rug
red face, all weather-tanned, besoiled,
With its rude intelligence for it is the /,
ace Of man living manlike. Oh, but !
he more venerable for thy rudcness,
md even because we must pity as well