LESSON 104.

There are sixty minutes in an hour; three feet in a yard; four gills in a pint; two pints in a quart; four quarts in a gallon; four pecks in a bushel; sixteen ounces in a pound; twenty hundred pounds in a ton; ten cents in a dime.

See that spider in the centre of the web he has spun. He is watching for his prey. His legs are jointed like a crab's, with claws at the ends. He is artful and greedy, and lives on flies, moths, and other insects that get tangled in the web.

most used are the trumpet, the bugle, the cornet, the violin, the flute, the fife, the piano, and the organ. Sometimes they breathe out low and soothing notes; at other times they give forth loud, cheering, and stirring strains.

LESSON 107.

The following fable teaches us that it is not wise to judge a man by the coat he wears.

"An ass, finding by chance the skin of a lion, put it on, and, starting off into the pastures, frightened the flocks and herds terribly by his savage appearance."

"At last, meeting his owner, he would have made himn afraid also; but the good man, seeing his long ears stick out beneath the robe, and hearing his voice, instantly knew and stopped him, and with a stout cudgel made him feel that, although he was dressed in a lion's skin, he was really no more than an ass."

LESSON 110.

"A little boy, who had been stung with a nettle, ran to his mother crying and sobbing bitterly, and saying that he had only just touched it. It was your only just touching it that has caused the pain,' replied his mother; had you grasped it firmly, it would not have hurt you.' This fable teaches that we should be bold in facing danger."

LESSON 113.

Grocers sell flour, sugar, salt, butter, cheese, coffee, choco late, syrups, spices, vinegar, pickles, jellies, tea, dried fruits, canned fruits, and many other things.

stir'ring

ter'ri bly own'er

stopped Dan'i el bath'ing

choc'o late

pick'les

mis'chief

rogu'ish cloaks

o'ver shoes

LESSON 115.

The silk-worm, which is a kind of caterpillar, belongs to the insect tribe, and feeds upon the leaves of the mulberry. It spins the threads of silk in the form of cocoons. Of these threads many of the fabrics used for clothing are made. Even the beautiful and costly silk dresses worn by ladies. are the product of a mere insect, an ugly worm.

In a fish-market near the sea-coast we may find halibut, cod, haddock, mackerel, eels, shad, trout, pickerel, perch, smelts, salmon, bass, herring, lobsters, oysters, and clams.

Ain't is an improper contraction of am not or are not. One should not say "I ain't," but "I'm not ;" not "they ain't," but "they aren't." Won't is strictly a contraction of would not, but is commonly used for will not.