The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-05-18

The minister was preaching a SER
mon which drew forth the deep sym
pathy of his hearers and caused the
tears to we'll up in his own eyes. He
reached for his handkerchief and
shook it out preparatory to wiping
away the tears, when a long, white,
woman's hose took the form of the
supposed handkerchief. Imagine the
mirth Of the congregation and the
horror OF the digni6ed speaker, whose
handkerchief had got mixed with his
wife's stockings.-Utica Observer.
"Does your artist friend paint por-
traits true to life ?" "He did at
first, but he has learned better" !"
"Indeed r. eyes; the first two or
three commissions he executed were
so true TO life that the sitters refused
to take the pictures. lid Bits.
She-You profess to think a great
deal Of me. That's all right 80 long as
everything is going pleasantly. But
would you make any great sacrifice
for my sakel He-You know l
would. Haven't / offered to marry
you ?-BostOn Transcript.
"No,' sobbed the pretty girl, ''Har-
old and never speak now. And it
is all through the Vaccinations Of
that deceitful Sallie Simmins. +"
"Why, what did she do Z" ''She
persuaded us TO join the same
church choir. ."-Washington Star.
briggs Can a man serve two mas
ters {? Henpeck (bitterly)-Well,. ,.he
may have wife and a grown daugh-
ter.
'You don't mean to say that you
have challenged Kinkins to a duel p
"Yes. You know the laws against
dueling, and that was the only way
for me to resent the insult"
Progress of the Women's Cause /:
Mrs. Smith-Mrs. Uptodate is one Of
the leaders Of the woman suffrage
movement, is she not ? Mrs. Brown
Yes, indeed /! She is an advanced
thinker. Have you read her maga-
zine article on "How 10 Stuff Ballot
Boxes ?"-Puck.
Dangerous City: ga nice sort Of
town this is At every corner a
creditor awaits fellow. ."-Fliegende
Blaetter.
Mathilde-Mr. Hungerford is a
man who thoroughly believes in him
self ! Elaine-How very gullible he
must be.-Brooklyn Life.
Pastor-Our church is Just like one
family. Mrs. Candid-Yes, indeed !
/ notice there is a good deal Of quar-
reling among the members.-Puck.
"Now," said the medical professor,
eff a man were brought to you, Mr..
Hawkins, suffering from an unmis-
taxable case of smallpox, what
would you do p 'tI'd light out. y
said Hawkins. s.-Harpers Bazaar.
''Papa," asked Tommy Goodman,
fswho was Gains wife p "Caro-
line," said the Rev. DIR. Goodman,
after an ominous pause, addressing
his wife, evil You please hand me
my heaviest slipper and leave the
room ? There is going to be a trial
for heresy right here and right now.'
Sixty years ago there was a French
Huguenot preacher in New York
who modelled his sermons exactly af-
ter the pattern laid down in Claude's
Essay on Preaching" Usually he
preached in French, but when he re-
sorted to English, the effect was ir-
resistible. BE not only built his dis
course upon a set plan, but was care
full to have the fact known and ap-
preciated. To that end, he announced
in turn each of its divisions. "Now
we have de oratiou," he would say,
grayely; and then, tnow we have
de peroration." His masterpiece of
effectiveness was exhibited when,
with a befttingly solemn face, he
gave out the thrilling announcement:
"And now, my friends, we come to
de pa-tet-ic"-Ex.
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