THE LOST SIXPENCE.

A lit-tle girl one day came run-ning to her mo-ther say-ing, "Oh! mo-ther, I have found this new bright six-pence. It was ly-ing on the ground, all in the mud. Let me run o-ver to wid-ow Grey's, and buy some of her nice sweet cakes, and I will give some of them to ba-by." "Wait a lit-tle, my child," said her mo-ther. "Don't be in such a hur-ry to run o-ver to wid-owGrey's. Let us try first to find the own-er of this lost six-pence, and if we can-not do so, then you may ask her to sell you some of the nice things in her shop, for we may not keep all we find.”

The mo-ther was right in not let-ting her lit-tle girl spend the six-pence un-til she had tried to find the own-er of it.

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PUT THINGS IN THEIR PLACES. We have oft-en heard boys and girls ask for things they had mis-laid, and seen them get ve-ry much out of tem-per at not be-ing a-ble to find them. To such we would say, "Have a place for ev-e-ry-thing, and put ev-e-ry-thing in its place." When you have done with a book or a slate, a bat or a ball, a top or a kite, or a-ny-thing else, put it back a-gain in-to its place. Why should you leave your things a-bout, for some one else to put a-way? By put-ting things in their pla-ces when you have done with them, you will know where to find them when you want them a-gain, and thus save your-self and o-thers much time and trou-ble.

Once more we re-peat, "Have a place for ev-e-ry-thing, and put ev-e-ry-thing in its place."

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THE OLD MAN AND HIS CART. "Lit-tle boy, will you help an old man up the hill with his load?" These words were spo-ken by a grayhead-ed old man who was draw-ing a cart in which was a sack of corn for the mill. I can't-I am in a hur-ry," said the boy, and off he ran to school.

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Soon after, a-no-ther boy go-ing to the same school came by, who said, Shall I help you up the hill with your load sir ?" "I shall be glad if you will," said the old man, "for I am not ve-ry strong," say-ing which he a-rose, and, tak-ing the han-dle of the cart, while John (for that was this kind boy's name) push-ed be-hind.

When they had reach-ed the top of the hill the old man said, "I am much ob-lig-ed to you, may the Lord reward you ;" and John ran off to school feeling quite glad.

commandment

I will not hurt my lit-tle dog,
But stroke and pat his head;
I like to see him wag his tail,
I like to see him fed.

For lit-tle dogs are ve-ry good,
And ve-ry use-ful too;

And do you know that they will mind
What they are told to do.
Then I will nev-er hurt my dog,
Nor try to give him pain;
Poor fel-low! I will give him food,
And he'll love me a-gain.

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MULTIPLICATION TABLE,

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7 times 7 are 49 7 times 8 are 56 7 times 9 are 63 7 times 10 are 70 7 times 11 are 77 7 times 12 are 84

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SIMPLE ADDITION.

There are 21 boys in the first class, 19 in the se-cond, 16 in the third, and 13 in the fourth: how ma-ny boys are there in the four class-es ?

I met three flocks of geese, in the first there were 23, in the se-cond 30, and in the third 28: how ma-ny geese did I meet?

There liv-ed in a cer-tain village 169 men, 204 wo-men, 211 boys, and 220 girls: how ma-ny per-sons liv-ed in that village?

DO NOT PLAY WITH THE FIRE. Lu-ey was one day left at home to mind the place, while her mo-ther went to buy food. The last words her mo-ther said to her be-fore leav-ing were, “Lucy, do not play with the fire;" and Lu-cy said she would not. But when her mo-ther was gone, Lu-cy did be-gin to play with the fire, and by and bye her frock was in a flame. Poor Lu-cy ran about the room scream-ing. Her screams soon brought help. Some of the peo-ple who lived in the same house came and put out the flames, but she was so much burnt that she di-ed that same night. Should a lit-tle girl's dress take fire, the best thing she can do is to roll her-self on the floor into the hearth-rug or car-pet. If Lu-cy had done as her mo-ther had told her, she would not have been burnt.

Beware of sin. R