The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-12-07

goods store when he wrote Cali
the days Of my life will wait ell my
change comes. ."-Philadelphia Rec
ord.
Mrs. Hiland-I don't ike 10 see
girls throw kisses. It is 80 immod-
est. Mr.. Hiland-Yes and they are
usually such poor marksmen.-Pitts.
burg ChrOnicle-Telegraph.
Enterprise: A good-natured coach
man overlook a tired peddIer, and
gave him a lift to the next town.
The grateful peddler offered the
coachman the pick of bis wares, but
the proffer was declined. "Well,
them" insisted the pack carrier, elf
you wont take a present don't you
want to buy something ?"
The Penalty Of Criticism FASH
ionable Cafe Waiter Gin the bosom
of his family)-Hi wish, HELEN, that
you'd ave somethink TO say vile we
are dining. Hits bad form to feed
like mammals, hin habsolute silence.
His Wife -'Enry, Hi was most a.
feered to hask you for seven dollars
for Rupert's hovercoat, but Hi will
now.
Mary Understood "Mary," said
her mistress, 81 understand you had
two visitors last night" eyes,
num-" replied Mary. with an up
ward infection and smile. ''Was
either Of them the young man who
called last week, Mary ?' "Ah, no,
mum-nor him neither" "Well-
who was it, Mary ?' "Jesi two boys
from home, mum-Tommy Kennedy
and Willy Murphy" cit seems to
me that you have a great many
beaus, Mary r. severely. "Sure
thim's not me beaus at all, num-"
replied Mary with dignity. "And
what do you call them then, Mary p
"Jes' boys, mum. Sure il they was
beaus, mum, would | be hayin' thin
come two at time, mum ?" At
this evidence Of Mary's sagacity, her
mistress retired from the field.
Teddy wish hadn't licked jim
my Brown this morning. Mamma
You see now how wrong it was,
don't yon, dear +? Teddy-Yes, cause
| didn't know till noon that he was
going to give party.-Chicago In-
ter-Ocean.
Young LADY, should like to give
my intended little surprise before
our marriage. What would you rec
ommerd? Lady Friend-Don't wear
your false teeth just for once."--Ex-
change.
Fortune Teller-You will be very
poor until you are thirty-fye years Of
age. ImpecuniOus Poet eagerly
And after thenl Fortune Teller
You will get used 10 1.-THE Sketch.
"But, madame" said the tramp,
''you can't expect me 10 saw wood
on an empty stomach" "0h, no,
said the lady; "there is a saw-horse
in the she'd"
Husband - Anything you want
down town to-day, my dear ? Shall
I order some OF that self-rising hourg
Wlfe-We have plenty left, but |
wish You would stop at an int0lli-
gence Office and order me a self-rising
servant girl.
"Do you mean TO tell me-" said
the soulful young woman, "that you
have never yet met the woman whose
presence and touch thrilled your
whole being in an utterly indescriba-
bic manner p "Only once" sail
the weary young man. cit was
when | was in the hands Of woman
ntist"-Indianapolis Journal.
"Papa,7 said Jack, as he gazed at
ten cents Zone weeks allowance), edo
you know what | would II ! was an
awful rich king ?" "No, Jack.
What ?" "1'd raise my allowance
to quarter week. ."-Harpers
Young People.
Mr.. Walk.the- Boards-I've got
really first-class engagement at last.
Second Actor-What is it =? Mr..
Boards have been hired
to play a part in which have to cook
and eat plate Of real ham and eggs
at every performance.
An Electrical Dog: OharleY-I
must be full Of electricity. III
stroke our cat a little, all her hairs
,eem TO stand on end. Johnnie--
That's nothing. sly dog does that
without touching the cat at all.--
Ex.
1t would be difficult, says the Leeds
Mercury, to find Ia the pages OF fc-
ion anything to equal the following
,rosaic fact, which has just happened
n Scotland: A Capt. Heathcoto /.
ents a moor from year to year. Last
ear while out shooting he lost a dia-
nond ring. This year he was re-
minded Of it by the anniversary OF
is loss, and, sitting by the FIRE aud
skiing up a piece Of peat 10 put on,
e had scarcely uttered the words,
1t is a year to-day since / lost my
iamond ring" than his companion
vas surprised 10 hear the words
uickly followed by "and here it is."
he peat bad been cut from the very
l00r where the loss had occurred,