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pjj.it tlie dauntless Xantippe, not one whit afraid,
Converted the siege into el blockade.

A t last, after reasoning the thin^ in his pate,
H e concluded ’twas useless to strive against fate:
And SO, like a tortoise providing his head,
Said, “ M y dear, m ay we come out from under our bed ? ”
“ Hah ! hah I " she exclaimed, Jf Mr. Socrates Snooks,
I perceive you agrre to m y terms by your looks:
Now, Socrates— hear me— from this happy hour,
If you 11 only obey me, i ’ll never look sour.”

T is said the next Sabbath, ere going to church.
H e chanced for a clean pair of trousers to search;
H aving found them, he asked, with a few nervous twitches,
" M y dear, m ay v c put on our new Sunday breeches ? J*

HOW GIRLS STUDY.
D ID you ever see two girls get together to study of an evening; ?
I have, and it generally goes like this :
“ In 1673 Marquette discovered the Mississippi. In 1673
Marquette dis------■ W hat did you say, Ide? Y o u had ever so much
rather see the hair coiled than braided ?— Yes, so had I. It’s so in tic h
more stylish, and then it looks classical, too ; but how do you like—
Oh ! dear, I can never learn this lesson 1
(f In 1S63 Lafayette discovered the Wisconsin, In 1B63 Lafayette
discovered the— well ! what’s the matter with me, anyhow ! In 1673
Marquette discovered the Mississippi. I don't care if he did. 1 sup­
pose the Mississippi wou'd have gotten along just as well if Marquette
had never looked at it. Now, see here, Ide, ts there anything about
m y looks that would give you to understand that T know when Co­
lumbus founded Jamestown and how George Washington won the
battle of Shiloh? O f course, there isn’t. H istory’s a horrid stud/
anyhow. No use neither. Now, French is much nicer, I can in­