The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-18


know what to do. His friends say he is on the
fence. 1t is not the man who is talking, for he
is onto the man who is on the fence. lie wants
an Office and he is trying to get the man with
the fence the man will come Off. Children,
when you run for Office always grease the
fence.
THE TIRED MAN.
o, look ut this poor man. How tired he must
be. He las been working since clock. After
supper he went to see Il man who was sick.
Then he had to go 10 lodge meeting. He saw
Il man ride Il goat. Did he tell his wife he
would see man ride Il goat He did not tell
his wife he would see man ride Il goat. lie
said he would have to step in his store for lit
tie while. How kind he was not to tell about
the goat ! His wife would have felt bad if nc
had told about the goat.
THE LAMP POST
Here is a good spot. Let us rest here This
is where the man rests who has been to see Il
man ride a goat ft makes men very weak.
DO not you feel sorry for them If it were not
for the men who go to sec the goat the lamp
post might fail.
MISSIONARY BONES.
Do YOU pity the poor hcathens? We do. He
does not often cat. We feel bad when we do
| not eutt $50 does the heat hen That is why we
put our money in the box to send away Il mis-
SiOn-ary.
CIRCUS TENT.
Why do the boys smile? They thought they
would crawl under II circus tent. Was it u Cir
Gus tent? No; it was not circus tent it was
Il Houston street girls hat. Would you smile
if you were IL boy! ! should smile.
THE PRINTER.
This is IA printer He sets type all night and
throws dice for the drinks all day. Would you
like to be printer should like to be II
printer if it were not for the night-work.
CHEWING TOBACCO.
What is that yellow thing? 1t is chew of
tobacco. 1t does not look nice. Children, new
or chew tobacco. Go throw the nasty thing in
the coffee pot or some Otncr place where it will
not be seen.
A ROLLING STONE.
Now we see a rolling stone. The stone does
not gather moss. Does it want to gather moss?
No, it does not want to- gather moss. 1t will
gather patent mcu-I-clne advertisement
byand-by.
THE HOTEL CLERK.
See the hotel clerk. He has his hair parted in
the middle and wears Il diamond pin. He was
not always II hotel clerk, Once he split rails
for twenty cents an hour Do not believe he il
rich. The pin he wears belongs tO the hotel.
They have Il dozen made every year for their
clerk. When This clerk goes To splitting rails
he will return the pin.
A WASHER.
see liIShcr. Do you see "A mashcr? II
stands on tn" corner and grins. Grinning and
standing on the corner were invented for the
miShrr 10y q. Washing ton. Ladies' like mash
ers. They would like Ia make them better
BOARDING HOUSE STIFF.
This man j. leaving his boarding house. Sec
him Shinr tn" salt mack -Cr-pl hS the tail. lie.
tells the salt mack-rr'-cl iguOd-byc and wceps
because he is l',Nins" it. Poor MAN, do not cry:
you will sec the mack ere, when yOu come
back next year.
SPRING POETRY.
Here Is Il spring poet. lie dies in the autumn
and comes Ia lii" again III the spring. II there
were no spring poets the editor would not have
an-y-thinw to Ito. DO not stick Il pin in the.
spring poet. This insect is not rare.
Boston is said to be the highest taxed city
in the world. 1t spends more on the educa-
ton Of its children alone than is raised for al,
purposes by Birmingham, England, though
the latter is the larger city. 1t has 10000
females to 10000 males, and yet so thrifty
are her spinsters that while u, 900 people own
the SI27 .ooo. 600 government bonds owned
in New York. $40 600 600 held in Massachu-
settS are divided AMONG III ono holders