A POPULAR SCHOOL.
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When Jacky got his new club skates he tried the old Dutch roll, And in the course of several weeks attained his humble goal. Then practising three hours a day, when there was ice to skate, He learned, a fortnight later on, to cut the figure eight. By this success encouraged, he essayed a loftier flight, And, in a month, upon the ice his name could fairly write. When Jacky's teacher heard of this, in truth he marvelled much, For he had found that Jacky knew but little of the Dutch. "In half the time you took to learn the figure eight," said he, "You might in your arithmetic have learned the Rule of Three. "And though your name you deftly trace with educated feet, The penmanship you do by hand, alas! is far from neat. "But since 'tis clear that unrequired tasks you quickest learn, My school to an athletic club I now propose to turn; "And then, perhaps, when tired of the stunts I'll make you do, You'll turn for recreation to the books you now eschew." H. G. Paine.
A BUSY DAY IN THE STOCK EXCHANGE.
