The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-10-26

me, and the Bladder am the more he
loves me. Mamma-Why, Dorothy.
whom do you mean? Dorothy-T6e
devil.
Room For Doubt Mr.. Whitney
House (pointing TO young Clarence
Verisopht and Miss Gushy)-Two
souls with but a single thought !
MT. Chauncey Lake (cynically)-
Which has il i?
A Woman Of Family: $50 Ford
ham has married Mrs. Bronson, eh?
eyes. Pm surprised too. She is a
woman of no family" "You must
De mistaken. Fordy told me she had
five children"
Jimmy (aged six)-What would
you like for Christmas present-a
sealskin sacque or horse and bug
gy! Jennie (aged five)-A sealskin
sacque. JimmY-All right. I've
gOtseVen cents saved up.
A Melancholy Difference Blink
ers-Hello, Winkersl | hear you
married woman with an independ-
ent fortude. Winkers-N-o; mar
ried a fortune with an independent
woman.
Peasant Ito his son)-Say, Hans,
how long will you have to study be-
fore you can wear glasses2
he-I shall never marry until |
meet a woman who is my direct op-
poslte. She (encouragingly)-Well,
Mr.. Duffer, there are numbers Of
bright, intelligent girls in this neigh
borhood.
Too Often /; Ignorant Child Ito
his father)-Papa, what is a Christ
mas gift ? Father-A Christmas
gift, my son, is something you do not
want, returned by something you can
not afford.
Winkle-Eh ! how is this, BinkIe q
I've heard you say many a time that
every man should be master in his
own house, but ha ha you don't
seem to be master here. Binkle
(sheeplshlyl - This is my wifes
house.
The Reason Of His Hatred Pim-
ply. Youth-What makes you hate
cigarettes so ? They're not half so
as folks say. I've smoked
them for years and they haven't
killed me yet. Crusty Citizen-That's
why hate them.
GIVE years ago." began the stran.
ger to Wentman, 81 sought that wo-
man TO be my wife. | believed her
light-hearted and beauti-
ful. Has our married life been pleas.
ant i? Mop "No? Why not 2"
"Why not Because she declined to
marry me !"
The Ups and Downs Of Politics
Newly Appointed Police Justice
Your face is familiar to me, prison
er. Where have | seen you before ?
Prisoner formerly police justice,
himselfl-I had the honor to send
your honor to the island once when
| was on the bench.
Pleasing the Public: Great Edi-
tors Wife (laying down a copy of his
Sunday edition)-Why do you print
such lot of trash ? Great Editor
Ny dear, do not print paper to
please cultured readers like you and |
me. l try to please the general pub
lie. Bridget Gin the kitchen) ANY |
good readin' in tn masters noosepa-
per tn day, Mary? Mary (chief
iish washer)-No, Biddy, nawthin'
but trash.
A Premature Disagreement
I'What was the basis of Mr.. and
Mrs. Futill'so separation ?" "Well,
Tou know their baby-the one that
vas born last month !" eyes"
'Futill said he should go to Yale,
ind Mrs. f., who is from Boston, In
listed on Harvard"
After the Whipping: Mother twho
las been using the slipper)-Now,
Bette, don't you feel ashamed Bet
lie (aged six )--Yes'm. I'm ashamed
" you.
On the Shelf: Miss de Muir =
Papa always gives me a book as q
birthday gift. Miss de Meanor-
What library you must have.
Counsel to YOUNG Men.
Courage is a mere matter of course
.mong any ordinarily we'll born
'ouths; bot neither truth nor gentle
less ia a matter of course. You must
ind them like shields about your
Iecks; you must write them on the
ables of your hearts. Though il be
lot exacted Of you, yet exact it of
ourselves, this vow Of stainless truth.
Your hearts are, If you leave them
as tombs in which a god
les buried. Vow yourselves crusad-
rs to redeem that sacred sepulchre. |
Ind remember, before all things
or no other memory will be so pro- q
ective Of you-that the highest law '
I this knightIy truth is that under I
fhich it Ia vowed to women. Whom s
Oeyer else you deceive, whomsoever c
on injure, whomsoever you leave c
naided you must not deceive, nor v