And sure enough the promise was kept. In about a year from that time, ten times the value of the fare was sent, and both Mike and Dan went to the New World, and became in course of time substantial farmers in Canada. In their new homes they often told of the poor wearied emigrants to whom they gave what they could -a lift over the broad Kerry ferry.

In this we wish you to see how that, not only do "evil communications corrupt good manners; "but also good and generous acts win over selfish hearts.

Home Exercise.-1. Define incident, manhood, ferryman, neighbour, oarsman, and travellers. 2. Give in your own words the parable of the Children in the Market Place. 3. Give an example of how sympathy acts for good.

I'm sittin' on the stile, Mary,
Where we sat side by side

On a bright May mornin' long ago,
When first you were my bride:

The corn was springin' fresh and green,
And the lark sang loud and high-
And the red was on your lip, Mary,
And the love-light in your eye.

The place is little changed, Mary,
The day is bright as then,
The lark's loud song is in my ear,
And the corn is green again;
But I miss the soft clasp of your hand,
And your breath, warm on my cheek,
And I still keep list'nin' for the words
You never more will speak.

'Tis but a step down yonder lane,
And the little church stands near,
The church where we were wed, Mary,
I see the spire from here.

But the grave-yard lies between, Mary,
And my step might break your rest-
For I've laid you, darling! down to sleep
With your baby on your breast.

I'm very lonely now, Mary,

For the poor make no new friends,
But, oh! they love thee better still,
The few our Father sends!
And you were all I had, Mary,

My blessin' and my pride:

There's nothin' left to care for now,
Since my poor Mary died.

Yours was the good brave heart, Mary,
That still kept hoping on,

When the trust in God had left my soul,

And my arm's young strength was gone;

There was comfort ever on your lip,
And the kind look on your brow-
I bless you, Mary, for that same,
Though you cannot hear me now.
I thank you for the patient smile
When your heart was fit to break,
When the hunger pain was gnawin' there,
And you hid it, for my sake!
I bless you for the pleasant word,

When your heart was sad and sore-
Oh, I'm thankful you are gone, Mary,
Where grief can't reach you more!
I'm biddin' you a long farewell,
My Mary, kind and true!

But I'll not forget you, darlin'!

In the land I'm goin' to;

They say there's bread and work for all,

And the sun shines always there,

But I'll not forget old Ireland,

Were it fifty times as fair!

And often in those grand old woods
I'll sit, and shut my eyes,

And my heart will travel back again
To the place where Mary lies
And I'll think I see the little stile

Where we sat side by side:

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[morn,

And the springin' corn, and the bright May When first you were my

bride.

MRS. BLACKWOOD.

Home Exercise.-1. Learn the piece on "The Moss Rose." 2. Write out the parts of speech, and give, if possible, three examples of each from this piece.

APPLICATIONS OF SCIENCE, No. 10.

Cause, that which brings

about an effect. Effect, that which arises from a cause. Certainty, without doubt. Positively, with great force.

Telegraph, that which carries news over great distances.

Cubic inch, an inch in length, breadth, and height.

Cylinder, a circular solid. Remember, to keep in mind.

Electricity, the force obtained from bodies known as electrics. Discovered, found out. Alternately, each in turns.

You remember what was said in the last lesson on law. That it was a general expression of a rule by which certain phenomena follow each other, and are known as cause and effect. Now, it is upon the knowledge of these natural laws that the applications of science are based.

A very little consideration will show you that this must be the case. If, for instance, we knew nothing of what is called the law of electricity, we should have no electric telegraphs; or, if no knowledge of the weight and pressure of the air, we should have no barometer.

If then we can safely predict, or say beforehand, what will happen under certain conditions of natural objects, we can easily see how we may perhaps use some of the powers of nature to do our work.

Let us take an illustration. It was observed that as water became heated it increased in bulk, and in time changed into steam; and

that this steam, when it became cool, changed back again into water.

Now, if this occurred at one time but not at another, or if the change varied so greatly under different circumstances, that no one could say with certainty when the water would expand into steam, then steam could not have been made the servant of man as it has been.

It is because we know positively that a certain amount of heat will always change or try to change a cubic inch of water into a thousand cubic inches of steam, that we can apply that power or force.

In a simple form we see this when a quantity of water is made to boil in a kettle or saucepan. The steam requires so much more space than the water did from which it was formed, that it must find its way out somewhere. It therefore rushes out of the spout, or lifts the lid and so escapes.

Seeing this to happen constantly, thinking men began to experiment, for the purpose of finding out how they could make this force do their work. First: the force with which the steam rushed out of a tube fixed into a vessel of boiling water was made to keep a wheel turning. In course of time, a tube, or cylinder, like that of a pump, was fitted with a solid movable piston fixed to an iron rod; the cylinder had two openings, one near each end, into each of these was fitted a small tube with a tap, which passed into a boiler.

Now you can easily understand that the water being made to boil, steam would be