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should you not', like others', pay the penalty due to rashness', and disobedience'?

Mary. But', Ma', I will', indeed', try to obey you', and keep away from the fire. Now go on with the story`, if you please'.

Ma. The shrieks of the two girls, reached the ears of a servant in an adjoining room', who ran to their assistance. With great presence of mind', she snatched the hearth rug, and wrapped it round the suffering girl and extinguished the flames'. But, alas! the relief came too late. All that could be done by medical and surgical aid, was done, but to no effect; after suffering for about twelve hours' the most heart rending tortures,' she resigned her breath'.

ARITHMETIC.-LESSON 39.

Decimal Fractions.-Division.

RULE. 1. Place the given terms for operation, and proceed therein the same as in division, whether long or short, of whole numbers.

2. Point off to the right of the quotient, as many places for decimals, as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.

3. If the places in the quotient fall short, supply the deficiency by prefixing cyphers.

4. When a remainder occurs, cyphers may be added and the operation continued to any given degree of accuracy.

5. The Proof is the same as in division of whole numbers. Thus: (1).192800÷.032 6.025 Ans, and 6.025.032=

7.192800 Proof.

(2) 2.734-51.2=
(4) 21.8875=

(6), 5.5÷.625=

(8) 31.416 3.625=

(5) 1.÷.99=

(7) 2.25 1.125=

NOTE. Fractions, divided by fractions, produce whole numbers, or figures which approximate nearer to whole numbers than did either dividend or divisor. GRAMMAR.-LESSON 40.

Of Verbs, Participles, &c.

Mr. Murray divides the verb into three kinds; the active, passive, and neuter. This distinction appears to be based upon characteristics derived from the subjects or agents to which the verbs respectively refer. These are also of three kinds. The agent that performs the act which is expressed by the active verb; the agent which receives the act expressed by the passive verb, and the agent to which belongs the state of being expressed by the neuter verb. Thus:

The active agent, as: Mary writes a letter; the box rolls. The passive agent, as: a copy is written by Mary; the box is rolled.

And the neuter agent, as: the boy is well; the tree is dead. Hence, the kind of verb may be readily determined by the character of the agent or nominative case.

Sometimes the neuter verb is placed before the past participle of an intransitive verb; as: the boy is gone. This forms what Mr. Murray styles a neuter verb in a passive form.

Sometimes the neuter verb is put before the present participle, as: the boy is writing a copy; this is what is called an active transitive verb, or if the participle is derived from a neuter verb, then the whole is termed neuter.

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READING. LESSON 42.

Reflections, Cotton Plant, Sc.

Mary. Oh! Ma, I shall never forget this story'. How the poor girl must have suffered! What a change in all her hopes and prospects' in the space of twelve short hours! The thought makes me dread the fire'.

Ma. I hope', my daughter, the remembrance of this sad catastrophe will lead you to avoid the risque of a like painful death'.

Jane. Muslins and calicoes are so very easily set on fire', and they burn so quick', that I think they must be dangerous. clothing for children'.

Ma. They certainly are'; and yet no fabric is more gene

rally worn. It is so abundant and cheap, that the poor find it more convenient than any other fabric`.

Mary. I suppose cotton is the material of which muslins and calicoes are made'; where does it grow`, Ma'?

Ma. It grows in Asia, Africa', and America'. Some of the cotton plants are annuals'; that is, they live but for one season'; others are perennials', and live many seasons'. These are pruned', and not allowed to grow above four or five feet high`. The pods in which the cotton is enclosed, are gathered twice a year; in November' and in February`. These pods are generally as large as a good sized apple'; and, when picked', they are dried in the sun. When dry', and the outer husks are taken off, and the seeds taken out by a mill', then the cotton is picked clean by women', packed in large sacks', and sent to market'.

ARITHMETIC.-LESSON 43.
Decimal Fractions.

Exercises in the Foregoing Rules.

1. Find the amt. of 16.1235+3.16125+362.5+7.53785 +75.16125.

2. Find the difference between 12.3625+19.571, and 23.87125+1.13275.

3. Find the product of 136.2235×3.04-132.3525

4. Find the result of 21.1235.52-121.16875-2.375, 5. Find the result of 19.1375×3.16—375.1551÷3.335. 5. A. bought 13.51, 5.625, 3.1625 cords of wood, and burnt 11.5, and sold 5.125 cords, what was left?

Ans. 3.6725. 7. B. bought 136.375 bu. of wheat, for $119.875, and sold 49.25 bu. fo. $57.375, What had he left in wheat, and what was its cost? Ans. 87.125 bu. and $68.5.

GRAMMAR. LESSON 44.

Inflection of the Neuter verb, To Be.

NOTE. I have often experienced much difficulty in enabling the pupil to un derstand the nature of the passive verb, and have therefore thought proper to treat the auxiliar as the principal verb, and the associate verb as a past participle. also separate the neuter verb from the present participle. Indicative Mood.-Present Time.

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READING. LESSON 46.

Mary. Ma', I have been thinking that the labour of picking and cleaning cotton', must be a slow and tasteless employment'; and that it must require the time of a great many women'. But what course does the cotton take' after it is packed for market'?

Ma. It is exported to foreign countries, and committed to the hands of the manufacturer. Cotton constitutes an article of immense trade'; it employs a vast cash capital', and gives encouragement to many thousands of industrious men women', and children.'

Jane. Yes'; for the raw material must be picked', carded', spun', wove and bleached', before it comes into our hand'. Ma', perhaps', will tell us something of the manufactory of this article?

Ma. I would most cheerfully', had I the least hopes of making you understand it'. I can only say it passes through a great variety of operations'; and the machinery by which these are effected', is more curious and beautiful than you can imagine'.

Mary. Machine, I suppose, means an engine'; and export implies carried out of the country; while import, its opposite, (a word which you used just now) is to bring into a country. Thus, we export cotton',and import silks`.

Ma. You are right, my child'. It gives me pleasure to see that you attend with care to the nice meaning of terms'. Jane. Does the machinery go by hand'?

Ma. Not generally'; for the whole requires an immense power'; for the production of which', a steam engine is used'. Mary. When we visit the factories with you', Ma', you can then explain the engine and machinery, so that we shall understand it'; we will therefore suspend our enquiries for a season'. ARITHMETIC.-LESSON 47. Reduction of Fractions.

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