Life — July 3, 1890 — page 12: what you’re looking at

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LIFE’S PRIMER. TO THE TEACHER, THUS primer is designed to meet the wants of the progressive pupil, Its illustrations are varied and suggestive; its reading matter is pure in tone and simple in construction, YAll definitions are full and complete, and leave no room for doubt in the mind of the pupil. As, for instance, the definition of ‘cat" as given on page 388: "CaT—A musical, ‘domestic, carniverous quad- tuped of the genus Fel When the child reads this description he will have an astonishingly clear idea of what a cat is even though he 1 have seen one. ‘A judicious use of this book will lighten the toil of the teacher, and at the same time awaken in the pupil a desire for knowledge that will be as far reaching as it is permanent. A few examples like the following will enable the dullest pupil to grasp at once the meaning of a word from its com- ponent parts: A Quart. A Quar-ter. A Vi-al. A Vi-o-lin. A Rat. A Rat-tle. A Wren. A Wrench. A Saw. A Sau-sage. A Span. A Span-ker. A Toe. A Toad. Some Userun ALLITERATIVE COMPARATIVE DESCRIPTIVE ALPHABETICAL ILLUSTRATIONS. (Let the pupil memorize this heading.) A Arm-or. Is the son up? The son is up. Up, up, he is. A Cat-tle. COAG I” A Doll. A Doll. ON THE BEACH. HE night is warm, the moon is bright, And here, upon the sandy beach, A brush-fire burns with glaring light, Removed above the billows’ reach. The rest have wandered down the shore, We two are left awhile alone. We talk, as we have talked before, In quiet, confidential tone, She holds just o’er the smould’ring ash, On point of reed, a white ‘marshmallow.’ Her eye droops low bencath its lash, Watching the flames dance bright and yellow. How fair and sweet she looks to-night ! How wistful, yet how strangely shy ! ris joy to watch Love's kindling | at leaps and sparkles in her cye. But then she's been just so before, To lots and lots of other fellows ; And so we sit here on the shore, And talk and laugh, and toast ‘* marshmallow: JONES'S REVENGE. UGGINS: Funniest thing happened the other day—Jones was trying to make his mule drink out of a bucket, when the ani- mal kicked him. Cope: Ah, then did Jones kick the mule ? MucGins: No, he kicked the bucket. THE WANING. 4 THEL: We've been —~ married three months to-day, Charlie. Cuaruie: Great Scott! Is that all ? See he is up. NODGRASS: I'd like to pay that bill, but I can’t just now. You must give me time, CREDITOR: I don’t mind giving you time, but you seem to want eternity. NOT SO BAD AFTER ALL— Dessert. comicbooks.com