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12. Show me the person who, in his conversation, dis covers no signs that he is "puffed up" with pride; who never behaves himself" unseemly" or with impropriety; who neither envies nor censures; who is "kind" and "patient" toward his friends; who "seeketh not his own," but considers others rather than himself, and gives them preference; - I say that person is not only all we intend by a person of good manners, but much more; he really is, what all artificial courtesy affects to be, a philanthropist, a friend to mankind; whose company will delight while it improves, and whose good will rarely be spoken of.

13. And here let it be remarked, and impressed upon the mind of the reader, that one of the best distinctions of a person of politeness is, that in the ordinary affairs of life, he is patient and extremely slow to take offence. Christianity, therefore, is the best foundation for good manners; and of two persons having equal knowledge of the world, the one who is the best Christian will be the person of the best manners.

14. A modest, Christian man, is sweet-tempered, kind and condescending to all; he is not wont to put on supercilious airs, nor affect superiority to any, but is gentle and humble, never looks angry when spoken to, or returns a short, ungracious answer. In company he does not seek to engross the conversation, nor indulge in the loud laugh which speaks "the vacant mind;" he associates with the virtuous, and prefers a useful to a showy life.

QUESTIONS. 1. What are the three sources of ill manners? 2. What is a proper definition of good manners? 3. What is a plain rule for good manners? 4. What is said of contradicting persons, of loud laughter, &c.? 5. What is a sign of great ignorance? 7. What does true gentility avoid? 8. How does a person treat the company when he talks of subjects familiar to himself only ? 8. Is it true that the stork made an entertainment? 10. How must you keep your friend? 11. Who was the apostle Paul? 11. How was the name of Christians originally applied to the followers of Christ? 11. What is meant by Christians? 13. What is one of the best distinctions of a person of politeness?

ERRORS.-1. In-dus'trous for in-dus'tri-ous; 2. in'trest for in-ter'est; 2. promp'ly for promptly; 3. prin'tice for ap-pren'tice; 4. main-tain'ance for main'te-nance, 7. ed-e-ca'tion for ed-u-ca'tion; 8. em-ploy'munt for em-ployment.

FEMALE ENERGY.

- MRS. SIGOURNEY.

1. Ir is a pity that females should ever be brought up in a helpless manner. It is still a greater pity when they think it is not respectable to be industrious; for then, principles as well as habits, have become perverted. They ought to feel that their endowments qualify them for activity, and their duty demands it.

2. Our sex should begin while young, to take an interest in the concerns of the family, and daily do something for its comfort. They should come promptly and cheerfully to the aid of the mother in her cares. They should inform themselves of the amount of the yearly expenses of the household, and keep an accurate account of their own.

3. No female should consider herself educated, until she is mistress of some employment or accomplishment, by which she might gain a livelihood, should she be reduced to the necessity of supporting herself. The ancient Jews had a proverb, that whoever brought a child up without a trade, bound it an apprentice to vice.

NOTE. -a Jews; a people called Hebrews before the Babylonish captivity. They have no belief in the New Testament, but adopt the Old as their rule of faith.

4. Who can tell how soon they may be compelled to do something for their own maintenance? How many families, by unexpected reverses, are reduced from affluence to poverty! How pitiful and contemptible, on such occasions, to see females helpless, desponding, and embarrassing those whom it is their duty to cheer and aid!

5. Many instances of most laudable efforts to obtain a support, might be mentioned among females of our own country. The disposition to be active in various departments of usefulness, ought to be encouraged in the young, by those who have charge of their education. The office of a teacher, is one of the most respectable and delightful, to which they can aspire.

6. To instruct others is beneficial to the mind. It deepens the knowledge which it already possesses, and quickens it to acquire more. It is beneficial to the moral habits. It teaches self-control. It moves to set a good example. It improves the affections. For we love those whom we make wiser and better, and their gratitude is a sweet reward.

7. The work of education opens a broad field for female laborers. They may both reap and confer benefits. If they do not wish to enter upon it as the business of life, it will be found a good preparation for the duties of any sphere, to which future life may call them.

8. Let the young females, of the present generation, distinguish themselves by energy in some useful employment. Indolence and effeminacy are peculiarly unfit for the daughters of a republic.

QUESTIONS. 1. Should females be brought up in a helpless manner? 2. When should they begin to interest themselves in the concerns of the family ? 3. When should a female consider herself educated? 3. What was the proverb of the ancient Jews? 3. Who were the Jews? 3. What part of the Bible do they believe? 5. What is said of the office of a teacher? 6. What are some of the advantages of peing a teacher? 8. How should young females distinguish themselves?

ERRORS. -1. Srubs for shrubs; 3. a-lar'um-ed for a-larm'ed; 4. crea'tchure for creat'ure; 5. jest for just; 8. nawch for notch; 9. con-sid'er-ble for con-sid'er-able; 10. wedth for width; 10. holler for hollow.

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SLIDE OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS.

SILLIMAN.

1. We have passed the day in the Notch" of the White Mountains, examining the scenery, the geology, and the ruins. The avalanches were very numerous; they were not, however, ruptures of the main foundation rock of the mountain, but slides from very steep declivities; beginning, in many instances, at the very mountain top, and carrying down, in one promiscuous and frightful ruin, forests, and shrubs, and the earth which sustained them, together with stones and rocks innumerable, and many of great size, such as would each fill a common apartment.

2. The slide took everything with it, down to the solid mountain rock, and being produced by torrents of water, which appear to have burst like water-spouts upon the mountains, after they had been thoroughly soaked with heavy rains, thus

NOTES. -a Notch; a narrow defile between two huge cliffs of the White Moun. tains, about two miles in length, and barely wide enough for a road. b White Moun'tains; a chain of mountains in New Hampshire, nearly a mile and a quarter in height above the level of the sea. c Water-spouts are supposed by some to be caused by a whirlwind, which condenses the cloud coming between the conflicting winds, and causes it to descend in a column; while, at the same time, the ocean below it being agitated, ascends in vapor to meet the column above. Professor Espy supposes that a column of rarified air is formed, between the cloud and ocean, by heat and electrical influence, and that the water is thus made to ascend in a col umn, to meet the cloud in its descent.

loosening all the materials that were not solid, the trees, pushed and wrung by fierce winds, acted as so many levers, and prepared everything for the awful catastrophe.

3. No tradition existed of any slide in former times, and such as are now observed to have formerly happened, had been completely veiled by forest growth and shrubs. At length, on the twenty-eighth of June, two months before the fatal avalanche, there was one not far from the Willey House, which so far alarmed the family that they erected an encampment a little distance from their dwelling, intending it as a place of refuge.

4. On the fatal night, it was impenetrably dark, and frightfully tempestuous. The lonely family had retired to rest in their humble dwelling, six miles from the nearest human creat

ure.

5. The avalanches descended in every part of the gulf, for the distance of two miles; and a very heavy rain began on the mountain top immediately above the house, and descended, in a direct line, toward it; the sweeping torrent, a river from the clouds, and a river full of trees, earth, stones, and rocks, rushed to the house, and marvelously divided within six feet of it, and just behind it, and passed on either side, sweeping away the stable and horses, and completely encircling the dwelling, but leaving it untouched.

6. At this time, probably towards midnight, as the state of the beds and apparel showed that they had retired to rest, the family doubtless issued from their house, and were swept away in the torrent; five beautiful children, from two to twelve years of age, being among the number.

7. This catastrophe presents a very striking example of sudden diluvial action, and enables one to form some feeble

NOTES.—a See June, p. 91, note a. b The fatal avalanche referred to, took place on the night of the 26th of August, 1826; by which Mr. Willey, who kept a public house at the Notch, and his wife, and five children, were buried beneath the ruins. c Willey House; the public house kept by Willey at the Notch.