The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-05-04

60 do l. They never attempt a piece
beyond their abiIity.-Tid-6its.
His Favorite Animals: Sunday,
School Teacher-Do You love ami.
mails? Boy-Yes'm. That's right,
I'm glad you do. What animals do
you like best?" "Snakes.'' GOOD
ness Why do you like snakes
"'Cause it amt wicked to kill 'em. "
Good News.
Porker-Since our great Fair, Chi.
cago has become known all over the
world. Yorker-Yes, that Fair has
certainly done you great damage. =
Halo.
Caught the Idea Miss Antique
II must have dress for the ball,
and you must do your very best to
make it effective. NJ. Capaw French
dressmaker)-Oui, madame; CON-
prond. You wish to be-vat you call
him ? modernized.-N. Y. Weekly.
Teacher-The prince was born
when the battle of Leipsig took
place. Now, who can tell me the
date of hIs biIth (? Pupil-The 18th,
18th and 10th of ober.-Fliegende
Blaetter.
A book agent attempted to sell a
Frankford politician an encyclopae-
dia. encyclopedias ?' exclaimed the
Frankford man. ''No ! don't want
it. Wouldn't have time to ride it,
Philadelphia Record.
Mrs. Mulligan- I'D rather hev the
hull family sick than you'll Mr.. Mnl-
ligan-So would / l-Hallo.
The Green-Eyed Monster Wife
with u determined air)-I want 10
see that letter. Husband-What
letter? Wife-That one you Just
opened. l know by the handwriting
that it is from a woman, and yon
turned pale when you read it. | viii
see it! Give it to me, sirl Husband
smiles grimly and hands over a mil
liners bill.)
Physician-Madam, your husband
is suffering from a severe attack Of
nervous prostration. He must have
been laboring under q terrible men,
tai and physical strain of late. Mrs
Woodby-For the last four weeks he
has been engaged in at last consent
ing, at the earnest solicitation Of bis
many friends, 10 permit his name to
be used as a candidate for the legis-
ure.-Puck.
A man never knows that woman
has any old clothes until he has mar
ried her.-Texas Siftings.
An Exception Williamson-Ey-
cry man is proud of his own work.
Henderson-You are mistaken. No
doctor points with pride to one of his
funerals.-Truth.
Husband-Jobson wanted to know
to-day if you had any more Of these
mullins you made yourself. Wife
Then you may ask him to tea again.
Husband-He said his doctor wanted
TO analyze one.-Life.
ave won't print any such stuff as
that I" said the editor loftily, as he
handed back the manuscript. "Well, |
you needn't be so naughty about il, "
the irregular contributor,
you re not the only one who won't
print it. "--Pnck.
A shoemaker has a card in his WIN
low reading: "Any respectable man
Dr. woman or child can have tit in
ibis store. Bangkok Times.
"Edison's idea of greasing the bot
,oms and sides Of ships to make them
70 faster" said the alderman from
he 'Steenth Ward, els nothing new.
The principle is as old as the hills.
Srease," added the eminent alder
nan, looking meditatively in the di-
ection of the city hall building,
'will facilitate the passage Of any
hing."-Chicago Tribune.
The Last Straw: care you the
nan that answers correspondents'
ueslions " 81 am" eff you've
ct Just minute to spare" said the
arness looking citizen in the shiny
'rince Albert coat, sinking into a
hair and leaning his elbows conf
entially on the table, "Pd like to
ave you tell me In few words what
he Scriptures really teach as to the |
roper mode of baptism and the
sading arguments that are adduced
Y the commentators in support Of
ne various theories they" 1t was
/ this point that the long-suffering !
nswers-t -to-queries man lifted up bis
oice and sWore, for the first and on
time in long and useful life
hicago Tribune.
Kosciusko Murphy-How do you G
ke Miss Jones In my opinion (
le is not only handsome, bat very t
Itellicent. Gus de SMITH agree t
ith you as far as her looks are con- d
,rned, but she is not intelligent. b
We been courting her for the last a
< months, and ] don't think. from I
10 way she acts, that she has found ]
out yet. ?
He Started the Machinery '1t is !
pretty good rule not to let your left .
Ind know what your right hand is !,
,ing.V "Well, / don't know about :
at. know a fellow in a wood !,