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Instruction
Instantaneity
Liniment
Miscalculation
Pastime
Contusion
Paralysis
Hasty
Supererogation

Can a boy learn anything without a teacher?--Does the pupil ever
know more than the instructor?--And why not?--How long does it
require one to learn to speak and write the Spanish language
correctly in six easy lessons, at home, without a master?--And in
how many lessons can one be taught to walk Spanish?--What is meant
by a "rooter"?--What is the difference between a "rooter" and a
"fan"?--Parse "hoodoo."--What is the philology of
"crank"?--Describe a closely contested game of "one-old-cat," with
diagrams.--What is meant by "a rank decision"?--Translate into
colloquial English the phrase, "Good eye Bill!"--Put into bleaching
board Latin, "Rotten umpire."--Why is he so called?

MR. HARE TRIES TO GET A WIFE

BY ANNE VIRGINIA CULBERTSON

One day the children's mother told them that she was going to spend a
few days at a plantation some miles away, taking with her Aunt Nancy,
who was anxious to pay a little visit to a daughter living in that
neighborhood. Aunt 'Phrony, she told them, had promised to come and look
after them during her absence.

"Oh, please, mamma," they begged, "let Aunt 'Phrony take us nutting? She
told us one day that she knew where there were just lots and lots of
walnuts." So it was arranged that they should take a luncheon with them
and make a day of it, Aunt 'Phrony being perfectly willing, for her
Indian blood showed itself not only in her appearance, but in her love
for a free out-of-door life, and her fondness for tramping. She would
readily give up a day's work at any time to discharge some wholly
insignificant errand which involved a walk of many miles.

The day was a bright and beautiful one in October, warm, yet with a
faint nip of last night's frost lingering in the air. They made a fine
little procession through the woods, Aunt 'Phrony leading, followed by
children, a darky with baskets, her grandson "Wi'yum," and lastly the
dogs, frisking and frolicking and darting away every now and then in
pursuit of small game. A very weary and hungry little party gathered
about the baskets at one o'clock, and three little pairs of white hands
were stained almost as brown as those of Aunt 'Phrony and William. But
everybody was happy, and there was a nice pile of walnuts to go back in
the large bag which William had brought for