The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-02-16
THINGS WISE AND OTHERWISE.

man 10 believe or disbelieye. -Thom-
as Carlyle.
Rev. Sandy Poundlext Ito invalid
deacon)-Tm sorry ye missed nv
salrmon on predestination last Saw
bath, deacon. / spoke VII great
freedom twa hours and feefty min
utes. Deacon Blimber (sympatheti-
callYl-Eh, mon, but We must hae
been tired. Rev. Poundtext-Na,
ma, | was fresh as a rose, but We suld
haze seen the congregation.
Sympathizing Friend-Tm sorry
TO learn that your marriage with the
rich American heiress is on unhappy
one. Is it on account of her disposi-
tion Impecunious Foreign Prince
= Yees-her deesposeetion 10 handle
all re money erself.-Chicago Trib-
une.
Affable Friend-Ah, Mr.. Grump-
sey, hope / see you we'll. Grump-
sey-If You don't, you had better
consult an oculist.-Philadelphia
Record.
Phrenologist-You have been mar
ried some years ? Patient On sur
prise)-By George That's true.
How could you tell {? Phrenologist
Your bump of hope is a Dent
Puck.
Looking Ahead Robert-Mam-
ma, can have another piece of pie |?
Mamma-Why do you ask, when you
have not eaten all that you have on
your plate /? Robert-Well, il |
could have another piece | wouldn't
eat the crust of his.-Puck.
Peculisrities Of the Language
Gus De Smith, hear that your
wife's mother is very sick-is she
very dangerous? Pete Amsterdam
She is very sick, bat she is not as
dangerous as when she is well.-Tcx-
as Siftings.
In Demand-Fat Man Yes, /
was quite an athlete when | was
young. was always in demand
when feats OF strength were to be
performed. Inquiring Boy = Did
they want to try to lift you Good
News.
The Marquis Van Dickens (at the
swellest ball in London)-Surely /
have seen your beautiful face before,
Miss Saintlouis : Miss Saintlouis-I
More'n' likely. Pa used it on all bis
patent medicine ads as "aftcr tax
ing. Chicago Record.
"Oh," she cried, elf / could only
see myself as others see me 20 at
wouldn't do said he. cit would
make ron too conceited. !" And then
she smiled upon him all the rest of
the evening.
Grandpa-Well, Sammy, where
have you been to-day? Sammy Uust
back from the natural history muse
we've had a fine time,
grandpa. We've been to dead cir
cus.-Hartford Times,
A Case for Psychical Researchers
"He always said that he felt bis Gre
ator had endowed him with a hero's
spirit, and he believed he was destin-
ID to meet hero's death-leading
some wild charge or rescuing the per-
"And you've seen bis pre-
nonition realized ?" "Well, this
paper says he was caught in a fold
ng- bed. Life.
She-Should you die, are you OPP
posed to my re-marrying T? He-No.
She-WhY not? He-Why should
be solicisous about the welfare Of a
fellow | shall never know ?-Life.
Mother-Why don't you Try TO do |
night instead Of doing wrong john
/ can do wrong without
irving. Detroit Free Press.
At the Gates OF Death.
Most persons have died before they
,xpire.-died to all earthly longings,
o that the last breath is only, as it
we're, the locking of the door OF the
already deserted mansion. The fact
4 the tranquility with which the
yreat majority of dying persons a.
gait this locking of those gates of
ife, through which it's airy angels
AVE been going and coming from
he moment Of The first cry, 10 famil-
Ar 10 those who have been often call
n upon to witness the last period of
ife. Almost always there Is a prep
ration made BY Nature for unearth-
ng 9 soul, just as on the smaller
Gale there is for the removal of q
nilk-tooth. The roots which hold
,uman life TO earth are absorbed be-
ore II is lifted from it's place. Some
4 the dying are weary and want rest,
he idea of which Is almost insepara-
,le from death. Some are in pain,
md want 10 be rid of it, even though
he anodyne be dropped, as in the
eqend, from the sword OF The Death
Angel. Some are stupid, mercifully
,arcotized that they may 60 10
leep without long tossing about.
md some are strong in faith and
,ope. 90 that, a. they draw near the
lext world, they would fain hurry
oward Ii, as the caravan moves fast
: over The sands when the foremost