The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-11-02
THINGS WISE AND OTHERWISE.

instance. She's got twice as mucl
sense rs / have and I amt ashamed
to acknowledge it, either" "Bu
don't you think" said one Of his aud
ltors, "that you put rather a low es
innate on your Wife's intellectual
powers ?"-Merchant Traveller.
Rev. Newman Hall proposed t,
publish very angry pamphlet a
gainst some one who HAD injured
him. He read it to Thomas Binney
who said it was admirable, and ad
vised him to publish it under The
title OF "Go to HE'LL" by the autho
of "Come to Jesus" He saw The
point, and suppressed it.
Malicious Professor-As SCI
you have written this poem under ar
assumed name, was your name toC
good for the poem, or the poem tor
good for your name ?-Fliegendt
Blaetter.
The Root OF the Evil He
While the choir was trying to master
the new TIE Denm the other night al
the church rehearsal, the organ sud.
denly stopped, and we found the boy
who had been blowing it fiat on hiE
back. unconscious. She-What did
you do? Send for a doctor ? He
No. We stopped singing.
The Too Liberal Highwayman
Unresisting Passenger-Yon divided
the plnnder among your friends, !
see. Snapshot Dick-Well, what OF
it? Passenger = Nothing, except
that that $4,000 you took from me
and divided with them was left to
you by your uncle's will, and came
way out here from Boston TO hand
il over TO you.
Father-He says that he loves you,
but can he support you in the style
you have been accustomed to
Daughter-Even better, father dear,
if you will just furnish the money
that is all that discourages him.
Mr.. .Bings Ito his daughler)-Clara,
is il possible that | saw you reading
that realistic novel, "At Last" yes
terday {? Clara (meekly)-I am a.
fraid you did, father. MIR. Bings-
Has it come to this, that the venom
ons serpent Of corrupt literature, the
insidious poison Of oyercharged and
fetid imaginations, is even now track
ing its crimson course through my
very household How was it
good +?
Kitty Its no use to urge me,
Tom. / tell you, wouldn't marry
an angel. Tom-Well, you won I
If Jou marry me Smith, Gray 4
Co.'s illustrated Monthly.
Overheard in 1892: "That's il,
said Columbus, as land first broke
upon his vision. "That is America. "
'sNorth or South ?" asked the mate.
"That / can't say until I've seen the
map" returned the explorer.
Much: "What's in q name p
asked Biggs the other day, in the
course OF conversation. Il guess
your wife can tell you,' said BOggs.
"N hat do you mean ?" "Why, ev-
erything you've got IS in her name,
isn't it p
Eastern Man Tin western restau-
rant)-I see You have oysters on the
bill Of fare. Are they fresh ! Wait
er-Yes. sab, JUS out OF dc can. sab.
Sarcastic Hicks-The paper says
there was a fire started in our street
early this morning. Mrs. Hicks
Well, nobody will suspect you OF
building it.-Puck.
MIR. Bingo-TOmmy, when you get
10 be the head Of a family, what will
You say to your sons ? Tommy
(thoughtfully)-I will tell them how
good / was when was boy.
"Uncle john" said little Emily,
edo you know that baby that was
fSd on elephants milk gained twenty
pounds in week ?" "Nonsense -
exclaimed uncle John, and then
asked "Whose baby was it I"
''It was the elephants baby" re-
piled little Emily.
Potterby's Mistake: "What be-
came of that Samuels girl that Pot
terby was flirting with last summerT
ssYou mean the girl that P0tterby
thought he was flirting with. She
married him."
The Bachelor Point of View (:
Nurse-Oh, ma'am, the baby has
sucked all the paint OF that new top
his uncle gave him Mother-How
awful Bachelor Uncle Never
mind /; I didn't pay very much for
1t.
Hostess-Lct me help you 10 some
more salad, Mrs. NeWcomb Mrs.
Newcomb-Just a little, please.
THEORETICALLY wish you wonll lot
me copy some OF your receipts all
mine are so rich.
"And what's your reason for in
creasing the servants wages, pray ?"
INQUIRED her friend "Because my
husband complained that my MILL
nerv bills, eoualed The household ex-
nenses. and | want to show him they
DO not. --Fliegende Blaetter.
Coroner--You swear positively you