The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-07-06
THINGS WISE AND OTHERWISE.

As TO the measure In which we
hope to have the cooperation of the
city council, I" SAID the agent and pro-
moter Of the scheme, 'there are some
facts which / should like to present
10 you The alderman from the
'steenth ward hastily led the way to
a private room. "Well," )" he said, "I
am ready for whateyer-h'm-facts
you may have TO Offer" Chicago
Tribune.
The Modern Way: "Do You think
she is marrying him for protection%
"Oh, no; for revenue only. Life.
Irate Owner Of This Side Of Water
Are you aware that you are tres
passing in this water, young man:
Sharp Youth-But | am not in the
water, sir. Irate Owner (more irate)
-Confound you, but you've just tax
en- fish out ! Sharp Youth-Yes,
sir. The fish was trespassing.- -
Punch.
Mr.. Porkingham (of Kansas City
Now, here's a question. Who shall
90 first in to dinner, Mr.. and Mrs.
Packer, or Mr.. and Mrs. McCann
Mrs. Porkingham with a sneer at his
ignorance) why, there's no qnes-
ton as to who takes precedenceI The
McCanns kill 200 more hogs a day
than the Packers. Puck.
Tom Bigbee-I believe the presi-
dent of this road, when he was a boy,
sold candy on the trains. Uncle 0at-
cake-You don't say so ! They do
charge like thunder for the candy ;
but hardly thought there was so
much money in the business as that
Traveller lin Europe) Who are
those two beautiful girls ? Steamer
Uaptain-One is a Circassian whose
parents are going to sell her to a
Turk; the other is an American whose
parents are going to buy her a noble
man. New York Weekly.
Women's Pocketbooks /: Pocket
books are left at this Office almost
daily that women have lost, and ev-
cry one contains samples Of dress
goods. One IN ten has a little mon
ey in it.-Atchinson Globe.
Mrs. JennJwing (to distinguished
foreign visitor)-That piece my
daughter is playing is extremely diff
ficult, baron. Baron Bressel lin ex-
treme agony)-Ah, madam, l wish it
was impossible Halo.
Mother = Miss Smither, your
school, mistress, tells me she's always
being obliged to scold you, Johnnie.
I'm so sorry TO hear that. Johnny
(considerately)-Oh, never mind,
mother. 1t doesn't matter. Pm
not one Of those sensitive children,
You know l-Brooklnn Life.
Our New Errand Boy: "Well,
Joseph, did you take my letter to
Mr.. Blank ?" eyes, sir /; but I'm
afraid he won't be able to read it ;
he is blind" "Blind ?" ayes, sir
while / was standing right.in front
of him in his private Office he asked
me twice where my hat was, and |
had it on my head all the time-ha,
ha r
If at Bargain: Mrs. Breezly-
Do you believe those stories about
men selling their wives BreezIy-
oh, / don't know there are some
fools who would buy anythingl
A close observer of human nature
remarks: Time marches on with the
slow, measured tread Of man work
ing by the day.
The Wife During spat)-Yes,
married You to spite Fred Jones.
The Husband (ruefully)-I wish, my
love, you had married Fred Jones to
spite me.-New York Press.
Frances and her papa had q few
squares to go, and the latter asked .
"Frances, shall we walk or take The
street cars P" "Well, papa" re-
piled the little girl, "I'Il walk il
You'll carry me-r-liarper's Bazar.
"Do men become what they eat p
asked Porper. "That is what ]
Think said Philosophers. "1'hen
give me something rich, said Porp.
er. Harper's Bazaar.