The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-08-31
THINGS WISE AND OTHERWISE.

1 a, N~.ASNASA~osiSoAtJ ~ -AiiS nAioc
Nomer astronomy is grand study.
Look now, for instance, at Orion
yonder is Mars; oyer there is Jupi.
ter, and that beautiful blue star ID
Sirius. Miss Nomer deeply inter.
ested)-Oh, professor How beauti.
ful ! But, tell me, how did YOU as.
tronomers ever find out the names OF
all those stars Puck.
"The coffee has a very unusual
taste this morning." said the boarder
who likes TO be disagreeable. 81
have no hesitation in saving that it
Is very good coffee" said Mrs. Hash
EN-, bristling. EYES," replied the
disagreeable boarder. cit is exceed
Ingly good coffee. ."-Ex.
Reformed Him: Kittie--I heard
you married your husband to reform
him. Sarah-I did. Kittie-Why,
| didn't know he had any bad habits.
Sarah-He had one-he was q bach
elor.-Tid- Bits.
A local band was one day playing
at Dunfermline when an old weaver
came up and asked the bandmaster
what they were playing. "That is
The Death Of Nelson, solemnly
replied the bandmaster. "Ay, man, y
remarked the weaver, eye haze glen
him an awful death. - Dundee
News.
A Pointed Question: Judge-The
accused declares that he partook of
various heavy wines at your house on
the evening in question is that COR
rect Witness Ia landlord )--Hum,
| certainly remember his ordering
several bottles Of Burgundy. Judge
Really .? And, pray, what did you
give him PIE Broutteux.
Agent called to see If l could
insure your husbands life. Mrs.
O'Flannigan-It wudden't be wort
th' whole he wurruks in powdher
mill an is loiable e. be blowed up en-
ny minute Judge.
What makes these slums (of Lon
DOM so horrible ? / answer with the
certainty and the confidence of one
who knows-drink |! tell
the nation with conviction, founded
ON experience, that there will be no
remedy until you save these outcasts
from the temptation Of drink. Arch
deacon f. w. Farrar.
Mother-I wish you would rake up
the dead leaves in the yard. Sammy
I've got sprain in my wrist, an
headache. Mamma-After you have
raked the leaves into a pile, you may
set it on fire and jump over it. Sam
my-Whoopee Where's the rake :?
The Legal Way. If man were
to give another an orange he would
merely say, ''I give you this oranges"
but when the transaction is intrusted
to the hands of a lawyer to put in
he adopts this form "I
hereby give, grant and convey TO you
all and singular my estate and inter-
est, right, title, claim and advantage
of and in the said orange together
with all its rind, pulp, and pips
therein, and full power to bite, cut,
suck or otherwise eat the same, or
give the same away, as | the said A.
b. am not entitled to bite, cut, suck
or otherwise eat the same or give the
same away, with or without It's rind,
pulp and pips, anything heretofore
Or hereinafter or in any other deed
Or deeds, instrument or instruments
Of what nature or kind soever 10 the |
contrary in any wise notwithstand-
ing.' -Amencan Penny Press.
Mrs. Highleighfe-Haye You had |
your monogram puton your carriage +? |
Mrs. Bongtong (who is making her
iebut in society)-Yes, indeed. And |
had Or S. V. p" put with it, Just
ike your lovely invitation cards
The new tariff means low wages
Tribune. This will be an improve
nent. The Mckinley tariff has re-
uIted in no wages at all.-Chicago
Dispatch.
The Power of Spiritual Forces.
Let one take the last half hour at
light before retiring, and sit alone
n silence, and in a harmonious and
eceptive mood to higher influences.
Let him resolve that the succeeding
lay shall be beautiful, exalting, ex-
iilarating that into it shall come all
ioble and beautiful influences, all
harm and sweetness of friendship,
4 unselfish work, Of noble thought.
rhis mental process stamps its i'm
,ress on psychic conditions. The
deas that thus formulate themselves
,ecome realized and take form and
hape and existence in outward af-
airs.
Many people devote time TO mate
ial details and accomplish little
vhile the same time devoted TO ac-
uiring harmony with the currents
Il spiritual life would have accUu-
,lished a thousandfold greater re-
uIts. IL is this truth that Emerson
las i'm mind when he says "Our
,ainful labors are unnecessary {; there
) a better way"
Spiritual regeneration reacts upon
II the lower life, renewing and trans
orming it. "Good alone Is eternal
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