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Ladies' hair dresser, 1893 Houston street, has
Just received a fine line of HAIR goods In the
latest styles. Also perfumery, toilet articles,
and fine lace neck wear etc. 1921 at
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viii be paid by the LIGHT for the best car
rlers' address, to be not over $50 lines. One
years subscription to the LIoHT will be given
to the second best poem. This offer will close
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-12-24

Within the past few days a neat and well
executed imitation of the silver quarter has
put IN an appearance at Dallas, and so clever
IS the deception that ii is difficult to distin-
gnish them from the genuine. They are
circulating to great extent, and resemble the
ence is Observable.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-12-24

Several large houses, one rooms, one s
rooms, one III rooms; also stores centrally
located HILTON x YOUNG,
aB West Houston street.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-12-24

Have removed their office to the Stock Ex-
change saloon. where they will open up the
same business Old friends are requested to
continue the same faYors. l2-3-tf
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For fine WHISTLES, wines and beer, go TO f.
Hart's neat and cosy Little House Around
the Corner" A neat lunch served daily. No.
Soledad street. R-2-tf
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-12-24

Work boxes, cabinets, handkerchief and
glove boxes, trays, smoking sets. tatutate sets
pampas grass, ETC. All must be sold this week,
400 Kast Houston street. ll-92-tf
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Railroad tickets bought, sold and exchanged.
Reduced rates 10 all points, At Barnctts ticket
office in Sim Harris cigar store, Main plaza. 5tf
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Grtn opening up of holiday goods at tn,
l2-l2-l2t f. AnRAHAMs.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-12-24

No. West Houston street, isthe leading hous
for fresh oysters. game, poultry, fish, etc.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-12-24

the finest and most delicious angel food,
minoe pies and fruit cakes can be had nj
Harnlsch X Baer's during the holdays. Ia I0t
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-12-24

No. 10 Alamo street, opposite Soholz's hall,
furnishes first-cass meals at 20 cents. Tickets
for 81 meals "a 90. Communication tickets Tor
darsl So 90. u l1-2M
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SEWING MACHINES repaired. Furniture way
on always ON hand ut Pearson n Coton's, 81
Soledad street. I2-l2-lm
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Buy your bitters for the holidays at the City
Grocery store, FOG Commerce street.
2-l2-l2 a. AnnAu.Ns
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WIN buy one Of the reliable Emerson pianos
from Thos. Goggan & Bros, No. go Commerce
street. q-2S-tf
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Mrs. Feille, 223 West Commerce street, keeps
In stock the best assortment of fashionable
millinery at reasonable prices. u-3O-lm
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Second Monday in January, 1884,

OIth) for the following officers, to-wit
One Alderman In each ward to fill vacancies
occasloned by the expiration of the term of
service of the following Alderman, viz; j. N.
Gallagher, ward No. |; Augustus Belknap,
ward No. 2; ii. l.. Degener. ward No. 0; Emil
Nigel, ward No. 4.
The polls will be opened In the different
wards from o'clock a. m. until O'Clock p.
m. at the following places, to-wlt First ward,
Recorders Office, presiding officer Henry Cole
man; Second ward, 33 Acequia street, opposite
Neramendi street, presiding officer G. @. Artz
Third ward, Alamo, presiding officer Edward
Rische Fourth ward, 207 Alamo street, near
Villita street, presiding officer G. X. Bren-
neman.
The election will be held and returns be
made in accordance with an ordinance govern
ing elections, chapter 10. revised ordinances
of 1880.
In testimony whereof | hereunto sign my
name and have caused the seal of the city TO
be Affixed this the End of December, 1888.
IL. s. j. IL. FRENCH,
Mayor City of San Antonio.
f. p. CLAuDoH, City Clerk. 2i-5t
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II you want a suit made. He has a full line of
piece goods and a first-class cutter in charge,
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found In any market.
V-sS-u PAHCoAsT & Son.
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To act ia capacity OF governess TO sma |
children, or os companion 10 some lady. Apply
at once. Best references given. C24-3U
Miss JENNIE STEELE, 45l Acequia street.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-12-24

The largest stock of stationery, Juvenile
books, albums, ETC., In the city, at Mic rengg's.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-12-24

As good a stock of gents furnishing goods
ms can he found In the State for fall and win
tor, ut Pancoast q Sons. q-l-tf
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Repaired, packed or shipped by Pearson & Col
YOU, oo oOleuh1 street. l2-l2-lm
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Always on hand to move fu nlturc. Orders
left at % Soedad street, opposite Court House,
will be promptly attended to-.
l0-ll-tf JuNIus MEANS.
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DIR. NJ. II. Tarvln, Dentist,
Successor to DIR. Weems. Office 4I3 East
Houston street. Up stairs. I2-IS-Im
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Holiday Goods of Every Description.
A splendid assortment at G. W. Baldwin &
Co.'S, 257 Commerce street.
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An Old FOet bhyHI
"In the forehead and the eye,
The lecture Of the mind doth lie.'
MODERNIzED:
"In the stomach-through the lips,
OF GAIiAgHER's IlEsT. I2-l2-lm
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Carat moneys and beautiful line of Christ.
mas cards at Thomson's book store. l2-al-it
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Cut and split to order and delivered to any
part of the city. Cheap for cash.
WALTER SCOTT
l2-l0-lm 306 and 30S Laredo st,
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-12-24

Untii you have seen the fine stock of clothing
OF Pancoast y Son. b-2s-tf
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will sell my boarding house, No. II Alamo
street, cheap, for cash. J. j. PoEsMANs.
m
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-12-24

Fine Mixed Candy
only 20 cents per pound at Bells.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-12-24
Calomel relieves: "BLACK-DRAUGHT"

Sold by james olavin and L, orynskl, druggists.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-12-24

Pure wines and liquors at Huermann X
Bros ll-D-tt
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-12-24

nice line OF New Years cards ut the Lien
office. Send your orders early. II
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-12-24

Don't forget the assortment of Christmas
cards at Thompsons. l2-l04t
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-12-24

Selection OF Christmas cards and holiday gifts
You will certainly be pleased in price on Sc
lection. l2-20-4t
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Have Your Teeth Filled
by DR.. A. j. Smith, No. 30 Commerce street,
over Clavin's drug store. ll-l-tf
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-12-24
SWINE OF CARDUI" for Ladies only


Sold by James Clavln and l.. Orynski, druggists.
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Black and COlOrGd Dress Goods.

Excellent bargains. We claim to have the
largest assortment of black and mourning
dress goods over brought 70 TINS city, in all the
Artnurs foule, etc.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-12-24

You win find Thompson & Co. selling as cheap
as the cheapest
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-12-24
200 Cords Dry Wood For Sale.

Fruits and Toys,
Any quantity, and cheap at Bells.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-12-24

A very complete stock for sale by Pancoast
q Son. N-9-u
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City Proclamation,


MAYORS OFFICE.
City of San Antonio, December %, 1888
by virtue OF the authority conferred on me
by the charter and ordinances of the city, /,
James II. French, Mayor of the city of Anto-
MO, do issue this, my proclamation, ordering
and directing that AN election be held in this
city, on the
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-12-24

Late Styles of Hats
FOR sale at Pancoast Il Sons. g-l-tf
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For Holiday Presents
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-12-24
Ladies Cloak Department

now open. A large line OF fall and winter
wnps. Newmarket, walking Jackets cloaks,
ulsters and Jerseys. "jerscys,' "jer-
seya," for ladies', misses aud children, at all
the popular prices.
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cial house to exhibit a patent y0n went
on again and telegraphed to your EN-
ployer that his daughter was found
and locked up, and to come on on the
last train and you would meet him at
London Bridge Station. You did meet
him ; it was in the night you took
him to the room you had previously en-
gagged you fell upon him you gar
roted him ; you hung him up to the
wall you burned the telegram, and
then you fastened back here to play the
role of innocence"
l went through with my accusations
rapidly, giving the villain no time for
consideration or even interruption
Il piled one fact upon another 50
quickly and surely that l seemed
to the guilty wretch to be an eye
witness, relating what L had seen /;
and ! brought the. whole damning scene
so wildly to his minds eye that, with
a face distorted with horror and COW
cred with the sweat of mental agony,
he staggered back, sank down
and half groaned and half shrieked
out:
"Good heavens have mercy
Well, l had my clew but before |
could make much use of it the muir
| derous scoundrel blew out his own
brains.
1t turned out in settling up the estate
| of the murdered broker, that his mur-
derer had been his confidential man of
success and trusted friend that the
latter has systematic ally robbed his
employer of many thousands of pounds,
that he had been too intimate with the
wife, while poisoning the husbands
mind against a true friend and that,
not satisfied with all this, he had con
cocted the hellish plot of murder,
which / have thus revealed.
OF course, the affair made quite a
sensation in certain circles at the time
but wa kept as much as possible from
the public at large, and was soon
hushed up and forgotten by everybody
not in any manner interested beyond
Il e mere curiosity and scandal of the
hour.
What part the wife had in the wicked
| plot l do not know.
L, of course, won the distinguished
approval of my chief for the part
| had taken in the dark affair, and
that proved of much importance
to me in the future of my profess
/ sion.
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creased expectations over the same
period Of last year that of New YORK
has decreased. Boston, FOR instance,
has increased her expectations about
% per cent. in values over last year I;
Baltimore has increased 80 per cent;
Philadelphia over 80 per cent. and New
Orleans 125 per cent, while New York,
instead Of increasing, as have all these
ports, has actually fallen off nearly
81 900, 600, or about 4 per cent. In the
past two months New York fell off
over 40 per cent. as compared with the
same period last year, while Philadel-
phia exhibited a slight gain.
The Chief of the Rnreau of Statistics
reports that the total values of the ex-
ports of domestic provisions, tallow and
dairy products for August and the eight
months ended August 81, 1888, were IS
follows Total for August 1888, $l2,-
060, OCT for 1882, $685. i7. Total
for eight months ended August 81,
1883, ST., 457, $40 for 1882, SOS, 922,-
1876.
The total values of exports of provi-
sions and tallow for the ten months
ended August 81 were as follows; In
1888, Ss4, 1888, 2O4 in 1882, S75,S51,6 $40.
The total values of the exports for
dairy products for the four months
ended August 81 were as follows In
1888, So CSC, O31 in 1882, s7,116,s16.
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1t Was All Right.

A man who was looking through a
secondhand store in Brooklyn, with a
view of finding a bedstead to suit him
finally examined one, and asked fare
you sure there are no bugs in this ?'
"Bugsl Why dot pedstead was oudt OF
my own family ! We got it when my
brudder Moses vhas here, und now he
has gone away ] sell it for half-price. =
''Say, | believe it has had bugs in"
"Ompossible, my friendt, My wife
yhas so neat dot if she knew of such
tings in der house she go crazy. And
I'll be hanged if here isn't proof y ex-
claimed the customer, as he pointed to
unimpeachable evidence. "Vhell !
Well !" The customer was going out
with a beart-broken look on his face,
when the other detained him, and said /:
'Dot's all right after all. Eff you puy
dot pedstead you know you have bugs
from a respectable family Moses was
head-clerk in Rochester, und you knew
l yhas here twenty-seven years in pees-
ness
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Jocoae Clips.
LGovcrument pastry-A mint spy.

Government pastry-A mint spy.
The provincial press "a cider
mill.
1T never p~erspires bat it pores.
An echo is a halloa mockery.
-Outv ard bound-Books.
"A forbidding profession-The c
tioneer's.
Pound marks are always found
with pugilis 5.
Very few brass bands in a military
parade can play as many airs as the
drum major puts ON.
An exchange speaks of a man who
isis but one step removed from an ass"
He'd better make it three or four.
The animal has a long reach back
ward.
First boy "Say, do you know
why those factory chimneys are
50 high ?" Second boy Eyes,
to keep out the water in case of a
hood.n
Dickens hero, Oliver Twist,
was a great lover of Irish poetry.
He was continually asking for
More.
"A man whose best works are al
ways trampled under foot-A carpet
manufacturer.
How sensible your little boy
talksl' exclaimed Mrs. Smith. YES"
replied Mrs. Brown, che hasn't been
among company yet"
When a man does not get up with
The lark in tie morning, the presump-
ton is that he was out on a swallow
the night previous.
-"May / leave a few tracts ?" asked
a trave ling quack doctor of a lady
who responded to his knock. 'sLeave
some tracts :? Certainly you may"
said she, looking at him most benignly
over her specs; ''leave them with
tie heal toward the house, if you
please.
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POTATO BALLs.-Wash, pare and
soak as many potatoes as You think you
viii need. Usually, allow two for each
person, as you wish to be sure of enough,
and if any be left over they a be SC
easily utilized and made into such pal
atable dishes that they are never
lost or wasted. Cook them in boiling,
sailed water for half an hour, or until
tender drain them and, if they are
small, put two at a time in a coarse
napkin !; twist the napkin and wiring
out the water in the potato. Then
turn them out carefully on to a hot
platter, and serve at once. They ale
light, dry and meally, and look like
mock snowhalls. You must take care
to wiring the napkin hard, 50 the potatoes
will keep a good. round shape.
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A Very Useful Bird.

Ha
"What did Captain Walker mean
when he told papa he always Kept a
secretary when he was in south Africa ?
Did he mean he had SO much writing
to do Pr
"No," said auntie, laughing softly !;
''he meant a bird called the secretary"
ga blrdl What was the good of
that ? He said he could not do without
it,
ssThe secretary-bird is a most useful
creature. He is a real blessing to all
who live in south Africa; for he de-
stroys a vast quantity of insects and
reptiles, which are a great annoyance
"Why is he called the secretary p
IL is such a funny name for a bird.n
$50 it is. / believe he is SO called
from a long tuft of feathers which
hang from the back OF his head, and
which is supposed by some people to
resemble a writer with his pen stuck
behind his ear. He is also called the
serpent-eater ; but the first is his most
usual name.n
"Is he d very large bird ?a
"He is about the size of an eagle,
but he has very long, strong legs. The
secretary, like other large birds ofprey,
builds his nest OF the tops of the high
est trees. He always kills his PREY be-
fore eating it and the way he does so
is curious. He invariably brushes it
with the sole of his foot and with such
skill does he give the blow that he sell
dom has to strike twice. If the snake
is large and makes a strong resistance,
the secretary seizes it by the back of
the neck and flies UP with it to a great
height, then drops it to the ground.
The snake is stunned by the fall, and
the secretary gives it a heavy blow with
his foot before it is recovered, which
kills it. Is it not a clever way ~
eyes" said Allen quite interested.
"Are they very ferce?"
"No, not at all ; and they are easily
tanned. They are worth making friends
of for they are SO useful to man"
well, auntie, if | go to Africa
vi an | am a man, | shall try and get
4 secretary to live with me, like Captain
Walker did. I should be frightened at
the snakes, and should like some n to.
kill them for me.
~Yes / have no doubt you would (;
and you should thank God, teo, that he
has provided such useful BIRDS
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The New York Herald says 1.-The
feet and legs of horses require more
care than the rest of the body. They
must not be allowed to stand in filth
and moisture, and in grooming a horse
the feet and legs must be as thoroughly
brushed and cleaned as a coat"
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WISDOM.
ElcHAED n.

Not in what the schOOlmen write,
But in simpler leaves than theirs
Look for wisdom in your sight
Il is lurking uRawares.
See yon bush, atiame with roses,
Like the burning Bush OF Moses
Learn what wisdom there discloses,
Listen there, and you shall hear
What the schoolmen never knew
How from out it, soft and clear,
God is speaking (hark D to you.
Learn the wisdom of the roses
That on sunshine live, and dew
They have never asked what Moses
Thought was wisdom. Why should your
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in h NeSzprlm district OF west tiun-
gary.
james Punch & Son, merchants, of
No. "a Norwood street, E. c., Lon
don, have failed.
"A fire in the Kaadi Keni quarter
of Constantinople destroyed 300 houses.
Five townships in Tipperary coun-
| ty, Ireland, have been proclaimed by
the Government on account of ~outrages
perpetrated there.
The reply of the Government of
China to the dispatches of the Marquis
Tseng relative to the Tonquin question
has been received at Paris.
Armed bands have appeared at
several points in Spanish territory,
near the French frontier, and Spanish
gendarmerei are pursuing them.
The Croatian members of the Au-
strian Reichsrath declare that they
will not take their seats in that body
until the constitutional administra-
ton Of the Government is reinstated in
Croati.
The official report of the fatali-
ties consequent upon the late earth
quake on the island of Isehia states
that 1880 persons were killed and 374
injured.
The British Association for the
Advancement of Science has decided
to invite the American Society for
| the Advancement of Science to be-
come honorary members Of the asso-
citation during its visit to Montreal in
1884.
PA~RNELLITE MEETING PREVENTED
BY oRANGEMEN.
LoNDoN.-At Dungannon, Thomas
Power O'Connor, M. p. for Galway,
and Mr.. Small, M. P. for Wexford,
visited Unchnaclay Market for the pur-
pose of holding a POLITICAL meeting.
They were unable to speak, however, as
a body of Orangemen took possession of
the place and compelled them to re-
main within doors. The Orangemen
held a meeting in the principal streets.
| Shouts of "No home rule" were heard,
and cheers for the Queen were given.
The mob announced there intention of
keeping possession of the town until
Messrs. O'Connor and Small should
withdraw. anddeclared that they would
remain up all night to prevent the
Parnellites from erectin a platform.
Three thousand Orangemen will march
in procession Tomorrow and afterward
hold an anti Parnellite meeting.
Orange bands played throughout the
night and great excitement prevailed.
A troop of lancers, 100 infantry and
300 police officers have been drafted to
Dungannon.
200 JEwISH FAMILIES RENDERED
HOMELESS.
81, EIEtSBU Oh Iu6
recent anti-Jewish rioting at Nowomos-
kowsk, in the province of Jekateri-
noslay, have been received. Only a
synagogue and three Jewish houses
escaped demolition, and 200 families
were rendered homeless. Order was
restored after five rioters had been
killed and thirty arrested, The trouble
originated in the discovery that a Rus
sian Church had been plundered,
which act was attributed to the
Jews.
YGLEsIAs' TROOPS TO ENTER LIMA.
LIMA, via Galveston. -H Conner cio
states that General Linch, the Gillian
Commander-in-chief, has given orders
to the various chiefs of corps here to
be in readiness to leave Lima to allow
Yglesias' troops to enter the city. 1t
is reported that these chiefs will remain
in the city of Lima until Yglesias is es-
tablished.
IL Mas All Right.
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About Wo @ ;.

l know a woman wondrous fair
A model woman She
Who never runs her neighbors down
When she goes out to tea.
She " gossips after church
Of dresses or of hats
She never meets the sewing school
And joins them in their spats.
She never beats a salesman down,
Nor asks for pretty plaques;
She never asks the thousand things
Which do his patience tax.
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A wise Choice.

A good minister, while sitting at the
dinner table with his family, had the e
words said to him by his son, a lad of
eleven years: Father, / have been
thinking, if | could have a single wish
of mine, what | would choose" "To
give you a better chance,' said the
father, IS. ppose the allowance be in
creased to three wishes what would
they bep Be careful, Charley p He
made his choice thoughtfully, first, of
a good conscience; second, of good
health; and third, of a good education.
His father suggested to him that fame,
power, riches and various other things
are held in general esteem among man
kind. 81 have thought of all that, "
said he 'sbut if I have a good con-
science, and good health, and a good
education, l shall be able to carr all
the money that will be of any use to
me, and everything else will come
along in its right place" A wise de-
%cision, indeed, for a lad of that age.
Let our young readers think of it, and
profit by it.
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FOREIGN.

About 10 French Judges have
Just been placed on the retired list.
-Anti-Jewish excuses are reported
in the Veszprim district of West Hun
The Penn's Grove record., 1883-10-06
Our Young Folks.
Going to school.


lis nearly nine, and Tom and Bess,
Are on their way % school.
They walk along At pace so slow
As il they stepped by rule.
ITS not so NICE said Tom to Bess.
go to school all day
As tbs to stay at home and read,
Or run about and play"
why, no, of course It's not so NICE
Said Bessie. with a sigh;
But we must do our duty. Tom,
And never question why"
Dear mel how very grand you talk
Perhaps you think like me
But boys can be as brave as girls,
As you, dear Bess, will see.
And side by side we'll go to school,
And both together try
TODD our duty every day,
Without y q lestion why