structive members, composed of one or more simple members, then the semicolon marks the division. Thus:

The path of truth, is a plain and safe path; that of falsehood, a perplexing maze. The work is a dull performance; it is capable of pleasing no one. Although the past of life is gone, and the future may not reach me; yet the present is mine, and it shall be employed.

NOTE. A moment's attention to the order and construction of a sentence, will, with the aid of the foregoing examples, enable the scholar to distinguish at once the proper use of the Semicolon.

re ceive re-sēve' re cite re-site' re claim rē-klāme' re cline re-kline' re cluse ré-kluse' re coil re-kòil' re cord re-kōrd' re count re-kòûnt' re cruit re-krôôt' re cur rē-kur re doubt re-dòût' re dress re-drĕs' re duce re-duse' reflect re-flěkt' re flow re-flō' re flux re-fluks' re fract re-frǎkt' re frain re-frane' re fuse re-fūze' re gress re-gres' re hear re-here' re hearse re-hĕrse' reject rē jěkt re joice re-joise' re lax re-laks' re lay rẽ-la

SPELLING. LESSON

re lease ré-lése
re lieve re-lēve
re ly re-li'

re main re-māne'
re miss rē-mis'
re move re-môôv
re new re-nū’
re noun rē-nòûn'
re paid re-pāde
re pair re-páre
re pass rē-păs
re pay re-pa
re peal re-pēle"
re peat rē-pēte
re place re-plase'
re ply re-pli'
re pose re-pōse
re press re-pres

21.

re sign_rē-zine'
re sist re-zist'
re sort ré zōrt'
re sound re-zòûnd
re spect re-spěkt
re strain re-strāne'
re strict re-strikt'
re sult re-sult'
re sume rê-zūme ́
re tain re-tāne'
re trace ré-träse

re tract re-trǎkt'
re treat re-trēte'
re trench re-trĕnshí
re veal re-vēle"
re venge re-věnje'
re view re-vū'
re vise re-vize'

re proach re-prōtsh' re volve rē-võlv
re prove re-prōy
re quest re-kwěst
re quite re-kwite'
re state re-state'
re sent re-zĕnt'
re serve re-zērv'

re side re-zide'

se cede sê-sēde se clude sê-klūde se crete sē-krēte' se cure se-kūre' se duce se-duse' se lect se-lěkt u nite u-nite'

READING. LESSON 22.

4. This bird of the cliff, where the barren yew springs',
Where the sun beams play', and the wind-harp sings',
Sits erect', unapproachable, fearless and proud',
And screams, soars aloft', and lights in the cloud'.

5. He's the bird of our banner'; the Eagle that braves',
When the battle is there', the wrath of the waves'.
He rides on the storm', in its hurricane march',
'Mid flashes of lightning', across the blue arch'.
6. He dips his bold wing', in the blushes of day`;
Drinks noon's fervid blaze', and eve's parting ray`;
He visits the stars`, at their hoine in the sky,
And meets the sun's beam with an unalter'd eye`.
TARE AND TRET.-LESSON 23.

Practical Exercises.

1. What is the neat weight of 4hhd sugar, each 7cwt 3qrs 14lbs gross, tare 20lbs a cwt? Ans. 25cwt 3qrs 14lbs. 2. What is the neat weight and value of 10hhd tobacco, each 5cwt 1qr 13lbs gross, tare 16lbs a cwt, at $8.75 a cwt? Ans. 46cwt. $402.50.

3. At 23 cents a lb, what cost 13 bags of coffee, 27cwt 3qrs 22lbs gross, tare 3qrs 14lbs? Ans, $444.50. 4. A. bo't 15hhd sugar, each 5cwt 2qrs 19lbs gross, tare 2qrs 25lbs a hhd; what is the neat weight and cost, at $6.75 a cwt? Ans. 74cwt 0qr 22lbs. $500.82. 5. What cost 24 casks prunes, each Icwt 1qr 23lbs gross, tare 18lbs a cask, at $5.171⁄2 a cwt? Ans. $160.794. C. B. bo't 15 bags of sugar, each lcwt 1qr 13lbs gross, tare 22lbs a bag; at $9.54 a cwt; what did they cost?

Ans. $169.13.

APPLICATION OF THE COLON.-LESSON 24.

NOTE. The colon is used to set off members of a sentence, less connected with each other than those pointed by the semicolon.

RULE. When a sentence is complete, but is followed by an explanatory remark or some reflection, the division is marked by a colon. Thus:

When we look forward to the approaching year, what do we see? All is conjecture: a dark unknown presents itself. OBS. 1. When several semicolons have been used, and a still longer pause is necessary, the colon may be introduced.

The shadow has moved along the dial plate, though none saw it move; and the grass has grown, though no one has seen it grow: so the progress in knowledge can be measured only by the distance gone over.

ŎBS. 2. When an example, a quotation, or a speech, is introduced, it is set off by a colon.

He was heard to say: "I have done with the world, and am ready to leave it."

Remember the golden rule: "Do to others as you would others should do to you." The smile of gaiety is often assumed, while the heart aches: though folly may laugh, guilt will sting.

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CHAPTER 27.

SPELLING.-LESSON 1.

Words of two syllables; Accent on the first; Vowels broad.

cuckoo kuk'kôô
dau-ber dâw'bur
daugh-ter daw'tur

au-ger âw'gur

au-gur âw'gur
au-gust âw'gust
au-stral âw'străl
au-thor âw'thor
au-tumn âw'tum
bald-ly bǎwld/lē
bal-som bâwl'sum
baw-ble bâw'bl

boo-by bôô bé
boo-ty bôô tế
braw-ny brâw'nē
brew-er brôô'ŭr
broad-ly brâwd ́lē
bru-tal brôô'tăl
bru-tish brôô'tish
bul-let bûl'lět
bul-lion bûl'yun
bush-el bûsh'il
bush-y bûsh'é
calk-er kâlk'ŭr

dau-phin daw'fin
do er dôô'ur
do-ing dôô'ing
false-ly false lē
fau-cit fàw'sit
faul-ty fâl'tē
faw-ner faw'nŭr
flaw-y flâw'è
foot-ball fût bâl

foot-hold fat hold

foot man fût'măn

foot-pad fût'păd

fruit-ful frôôt'fûl

fruit-less frôôt les
ful-ly fullē
full-ness fûl'něs
good-ness gûd'něs
hal-ser hâw'sur
haugh-ty hâw'të
law-less law/les

moor-y môûrê move-ing môôv'ing

naugh-ty nâw'tē
nau-tic nâw'tik
pal-fry pal'frē
pal-sy pâl'zē
pal-try pât'trē
pau-per pâw pur
plau-dit plâw'dit
poor-ly pôôr lē

poor-ness pôôr'něs
proof-less prôôf'les

pru-dent prô'dent quad-rate kwadrate qualm-ish kwâm'ish raw-ly râw'lē

raw-ness râw'něs rheu-my rôô'mē

loose-ness lôôse ́nès ru-ler rôô'lŭr

loose-ly loose'lê

los-er lööz'ür

can-tion kâw'shun

ru-mour rôô'mur

moo-dy môỡ ́dē ru-ral rôô'răl

crook-ed krôôk'ed moon-less môôn'les ruth-less rôôt'h ́les

READING.LESSON 2.
The Bible.

1. The Bible is a brief recital of all that is past', and a certain prediction of all that is to come. It settles all matters in debate'; rovolves all doubts', and relieves the mind of its scruples. It reveals the only living and true God', and points the unerring way to him'; it sets aside all other gods', and exhibits the vanity and folly of those who trust in them.

2. The Bible is a book of laws to point ont right' and wrong'; a book of wisdom which condemns all foolishness and vice', and a book or knowledge', which makes even the simple wise'. It is the book of truth', that detects all lies', and confutes all error`; and the book of life', which leads in the sure way from eternal death`.

3. The Bible is the most compendious work in the world`; the most authentic treatise', and interesting history that was ever written'. It contains the earliest antiquities, the strangest events, the most wonderful occurrences, heroic deeds', and unparalleled wars'. It describes the celestial', terrestrial', and infernal worlds'; the origin of the angelic hosts', the human tribes', and hellish legions'.

4. The Bible can instruct the most accomplished mechanic', and the most skillful artist`; it can teach the ablest rhetorician', and exercise the powers of the most profound mathematician; it can perplex the wisest anatomist'; and confound the ablest critic'.

ARITHMETIC.-LESSON 3.

A concise and equitable mode of Assessing Town Taxes. NOTE 1. A tax is a species of premium which every man should cheerfully pay for the support of government; and in return for which, he receives the protection of the laws, in the security of his person, his property, and his liberty. The amount assessed, should always be proportionate to the property possessed.

NOTE 2. The legally appointed appraiser of taxable property, furnishes an inventory of all the estates, real and personal, and also the number of polls or heads within the town.

Then, to find what each dollar of the appraised property shall pay toward a given tax, adopt the following.

RULE 1. As the total value of the inventory, is to one doldar, so is the given tax to the rate on one dollar. Thus:

1. Suppose the town of Utica lay a tax of $2782.72, and the total value of her inventoried property, amounts to $69568; what must each dollar pay toward the tax? Ans. 4 cents.. As, 69568: 1 :: 2782.72 : 04;for,2782.72X1÷69568=-04. for, as .04 1 :: 2782.72: 69568, Proof.

2. New Hartford lays a tax of $1256, and the total value of her inventory is $62800; what will one dollar pay? Ans. .02 cents.

PUNCTUATION. LESSON 4.

Application of the Interrogative Point.

NOTE. The note of Interrogation is used when a question is asked, RULE. When a question is written which implies or admits of an answer, this note is used at the close.

Thus:

Whom do men say that I am? But whom say ye that I am? When shall we be stronger? When cast on our backs and bound?

OBS. Questions which are asked or implied in contemplation, are marked with this note.

Who adorned the heavens with such beauty? Who directs the sun and the moon to rise and set?

"To whom can riches give repute or trust,
Content, or pleasure, but the good and just?

Application of the Exclamation Point.

NOTE. The note of exclamation is applied to words and phrases, which indieate an emotion of the mind.

RULE. Words or phrases which express an emotion or an invocation, are marked with a note of Exclamation. Thus: My friend, your conduct amazes me!

Oh! had we both our humble lot maintained

And safe in peace and poverty remain❜d!

Bless the Lord, O my soul! Hear me, O Lord! for thy name sake!

OBS. A sentence in the form of a question, with no answer implied or expressed, adopts this point.

Who can express the goodness of the Creator!

What is more amiable than virtue! O the vanity in the pursuits of life!