The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-07-13
THINGS WISE AND OTHERWISE.

Speeches to be Lived Down Mrs.
Snaggs Crying to keep the converse
tion going)-My husband looks very
sober tonight. Mrs. Spudkins (aux-
ious TO say something appropriate
But you should never judge a person
by his looks, you know.-Pittsburg
Chronicle Telegraph.
care there any more jurymen who
have prejudice against you ?" in
Quired the lawyer. "No, sab, de jury
is all right, but | want to challenge
de judge. "-The Green Bag.
"We have queer experiences in
the house of mourning" said the
clergyman. "Recently, when call
ing upon middle aged shoemaker,
who had lost his wife, | enjoined up
on him the duty of being resigned.
When / had got thus far, he inter-
rupted me to say in a quiet tone
's0h, that's all right, Mr.. Prooftext ;
/ amt a kickin'. ."--Boston Trans
cript.
Miss Slagger-Your proposal is so
unexpected that / hardly know what
to say. You must give me time to
think it over. Mr.. Spooner-Cer-
tainly, Miss Stagger, that's the way
Pve-er-alwaYs been accustomed TO
do in cases Of this kind.-Harlem
Life.
Miss Giltedge-I was so disgnsted
to see people take up their ear Of corn
in their fingers. / always use a
knife to detach the corn from the
ear. Mrs. Homespnn--Well, l sup
pose a knife answers right we'll where
one has no teeth.-Boston Trans
cript.
Said an exasperated father at the
dinner table: "You children turn
up your noses at everything on The
table. When / was a boy | was glad
to get enough dry bread to eat. y
"Papa, you are having better time
now you are living with rs, ain'i
you ?' remarked little Tommy
Tid-Bits.
A little child laboriously prepared
an Easter gift this year for her saint
ly grandmother. 1t was cardboard
motto selected by herself aud bore
the words in scarlet worsted, eco
and Sin No More. IN. Y. Times.
Would-be Settler-How is the
death rate about here ? Old Citizen
WAL, it's pretty cheap jist now
since the town doctors got to cuttin'
prices. indianapolis Journal.
Maud-How do you like the new
way do my hair ? Frank (wantine
to cay something particularly nice)- -
Why, you look at least ten years
younger.
Pessimist-Revenge is sweet. Phi.
losopher--Maybe but it leaves bad
taste in your mouth.-N. Y. Journ-
al.
II your column article is cut down
to four lines, or consigned to the
waste basket, don't get angry anC
forever thereafterwards hold a grudge
against the editor. Remember thai
he receives enough to FIJI four or five
papers every time, and that some
have to be cut out.
Mathilde Mr.. Hnngerford is {
man who thoroughly believes in him
self. Elsine-How very gullible ht
must be.-Brooklyn Life.
Wise Wolf The portly gentle.
man, whose specially was chatte
mortgages, arose to address 4 meeting
Of the unemployed. Said he "Tht
chief cause of distress in this pros
porous land is lack of frugality an(
thrift. You talk of the wolf at thl
door. He never comes to my door.
sI guess he's afraid Of gettinl
skinned" shouted some irreveren
person in the audience, and the port
ly gentleman sat down.-Mercury.
His Mother-You shouldn't throw
away your piece Of buttered bread il
that wasteful way, Willie; you ma,
see the day you would be glad t.
have it. Her Son-But it wouldn'
keep. Rochester Post Express.