The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-09-21

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On Calais sands.
-Andrel0 Lang.
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Flight of the Bore An anOny-
nous writer utters some entertaining
reflections upon "The Woman Bore
and incidentally tells how two busy
sisters were tormented by a garrulous
person who insisted upon reading
endless pages Of manuscript TO them,
One Of the victims, however, rose to
the occasion. She announced TO the
bore that her own family was also
highly gifted in the literary line, and
here she dragged forth a bulky box
of papers, and offered 10 read aloud
some choice extracts. She talked
glibly of a charming lyric written by
"our baby" when only eight years
old /; OF an ode on Easter, composed
by her sister and of her own "Wails
Of Women," in which Tenderness
was supplemented by strength. "
"Some other day." gasped the thor
oughly-alarmed bore. "WhY not to-
day ?" urged tho willy one, with a
sweet, artless smile but the bore said
hastily, al must be gOingp' and
gathering together her manuscripts,
she fed.-Ex.
"Did Trotters make any purchases
while she was abroad ?" "Yes, in
deed; she got an Italian count off the
bargain counter in Rome" e."-ChicagO
Record.
Henderson-Why did they turn
Skinner ont of the church ? Viii
Iiamson-He sold the pastor a horse.
Life.
One bold Investigator, who doesn't
think too we'll Of his landlady's Ia
bic, asserts that the original skeleton
in the closet was a bUarder, who went
there resolved to get something 10
eat and starved to death. h.--Pniladel-
phia Times.
Careful Mother-Johnny, when
you leave the table before the others,
you must always say, "Excuse me. /"
Johnny (astonished) What! When
their amt any company ?-Boston
Transcript.
Jimmy-What is the moral cour-
age that the Sunday school teach
er was tellin' us about =? Tommy
It's the kind of courage that boys has
that's afraid to fight.--IndianapOlis
Journal.
The Opposite Jones (facetious-
ly)-Got a wife at last, ehl Smith
(sClemnly)-NO; my wife got hus-
band at last Vogue.
Why They Do Not Speak: Mise
Oswald Cher fourth season. Il am go
ing to Mrs. Thorpe's yachting party
tomorrow. Mr.. Snyder (who has
been invited and who, besides, sees a
chance to pay off an old score)-YOu
don't say so Whom do you chap
erone ?-Vogue.
The Young Idea: A lady occupied
the pulpit in one Of our local church
es Sunday. Upon returning home
from service one of her auditors re-
marked TO her husband, "We had a
woman preacher to-day" The bright
little daughter heard the remark, and
with curiosity plainly discernible in
her voice shot out the question,
"Does she wear preachers clothes,
mamma P''-Lowell Citizen.
A Merciful Infirmity: "What's
the matter with Jennings, Harlow ?"
ooh, some mental trouble. lie suf-
fers from q complete loss of memo
nv" sSuffers |? Jove J he's in
great luck, considering his past. -
Harpers Bazaar.
Mrs. Slimson--My little son has
been very wicked to-day. He has
got into a fight and got black eye.
Rev. DIR. Drowsie-So perceive.
Willie, come into the other room and
L will wrcstIe in prayer for you.
WilIie-You'd better 90 home and
wrestle in prayer for your own little
boy. He's got two black eyes.--The
Lodge News.
A minister who had difficulty in
keeping bis parishioners' eyes fixed
upon him during the sermon, solved
the difficulty by placing a clock di-
rectlv behind him.-Ksnsas City
Star.
Fricnd-How did you lose your
place AS foreman of the Daily Hust-
Ter (? Ex-Foreman (dolefully)-The
editor wrote @ column OF letters from
old subscribers, complimenting as on
our special edition of last Sunday,
and [ made q mistake and dumped
'em in the day before. Puck.
"Gayboy seemed unusually elated
over a package he received from his
taiIor's this morning" eyes it
was his divorce suit. He starts Tor
South Dakota tonight"