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Everybody thought the man would be killed. But all at once the elephant loosened its trunk, and dropped him from the roof to the ground, in the very midst of the people. There he lay for a minute. or two, looking half dead; but when the people came to him, he got up and walked away as if nothing had happened.

Though he was very much frightened, he was not hurt; but you may be sure he never tried to play tricks upon elephants again.

A poor woman, in one of the cities of India, had a stall in the market-place, where she sold fruit. An elephant used to go by, and always stopped to look at her stall. She knew how fond the elephant was of fruit; and she used, now and then, to give him some.

One day the elephant fell into a passion with his keeper. He broke loose, and ran through the market, trampling down everything before him.

The people at the stalls ran away as fast as they could. The poor woman left her stall and ran too. But she forgot, in her fright, that her little child was sitting on the ground, close by the stall!

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It was just in the elephant's way, and you would think it must have been trampled to death. the elephant knew the child again, and knew that this was the stall where he had been fed with fruit.

Though he was in a passion, he stopped. He looked at the child, and picked it up with his trunk. Then he set it out of his way, and went on. You

may think how glad the poor woman was to see her child safe.

QUESTIONS.-Where are there large herds of wild elephants? For what are they useful when tamed? What are the elephants in the picture doing? When did this take place? What did one of the ele phants do when it could not get the pipe to fit? What did the elephant at Bath do to the baker who teased him? How did the poor woman in India make the elephant her friend? How did he reward her?

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The correct spelling of the word for each blank space either to be given orally or to be written on the slate.

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USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.

CLOTHING.

Cotton. What is Cotton? It is the soft down that grows in the seed-pod of the cotton-plant.

Does all our Merino Wool come from Spain? No; the merino sheep is now reared in Australia, and much of our

Where does this plant grow? In the merino wool comes from that colony. United States, and in India.

How is the Cotton made into Cloth? It is spun into yarn, and then woven into a web of cloth.

Where is the chief seat of its manufacture? Manchester, in Lancashire.

What is Cotton Cloth generally called? Calico, from Calicut, in India, where it was first made.

What is Nankeen? A kind of cotton, naturally of a yellow colour, first made at Nankin, in China.

What is the finest kind of cotton? Muslin; much used for ladies' dresses. The best is made in France.

Linen. What is Linen made from? From the threads in the stem of the flax - plant.

Where does this plant grow? In Ireland, Holland, Germany, and Russia.

What do we get from the seeds of the flax-plant? Linseed oil and meal; and oil-cake, with which cattle are fed.

What is Damask? Linen with figures woven in it; so called from Damascus, in Syria, where it was first made.

What is the finest kind of Linen? Cambric; so called from Cambray, in France, where it was first made.

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What is Alpaca? It is a silky woollen cloth, made from the hair of the Alpac sheep, which lives in Peru, in South America.

What is the finest kind of Woollen Cloth? Cashmere, made from the wool of the Cashmere goat.

Silk. From what is Silk made? From the fine threads made by a caterpillar called, the silk-worm, and wound round its body before it turns into a chrysalis.

Where did the Silk-worm first come from? From China; but it is now reared in all the warmer countries of Europe, especially in France.

What is Ribbon? Silk woven in narrow webs or bands.

What is Satin? A closely-woven and glossy silk fabric.

What is Sarcenet? A very fine, thin silk, first made by the Saracens.

What is Velvet? A thick silk cloth, with a shaggy pile on the surface.

What is Velveteen? Cotton velvet; an imitation of silk velvet, made of cotton.

What is Crape? A kind of gauze, made of raw silk, and stiffened with gum-water.

Lace. What is Lace? A fine kind of network, made of loops of linen, cotton, and silk threads.

Where is the finest Lace made? What is called real lace is best made at Brussels: it is made of linenthread.

Of what is common Net made? Of cotton-thread.

What towns in the British Isles are famous for Lace-making? Nottingham in England, and Limerick in Ireland.

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Paper.--From what is Paper made? From cotton and linen rags, and from different kinds of straw.

How is it made? First, the rags are torn into very small shreds, and boiled till, with the water, they form a thin pulp not unlike gruel.

What is done with this Pulp? It is passed through a machine, in which it is strained, dried, and pressed, and so becomes a web of paper.

What is now much used in making Paper for printing? A kind of grass that grows in Spain.

From what does Paper take its name? From the papyrus · - a plant which was used by the Egyptians for writ ing on.

What is Rice Paper? Paper made of the pith or rind of the rice-plant, used by the Chinese.

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What is Blotting Paper? It is soft, In 1803. porous paper, unsized.

How is Paper sized? By the addition of a thin resin, which makes it to some extent water-proof.

From what is Brown Paper made? From sacking, canvas, and other coarse hempen materials.

How are Paste-board and Card-board made? By pasting and pressing together several layers of paper.

What were used as Pens in ancient times? Reeds cut and pointed like a quill.

Pencils. What are Pencils made of? Of a mineral called black-lead or plumbago, enclosed in a small stick of cedar-wood.

Where is the best Black-lead found? In Cumberland.

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IN a town in the south of France, twenty poor people were served with dinner, at a certain* hour every day. A dog belonging to the place was always present at this meal, to watch for the scraps that were now and then thrown to him.

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The guests, however, were poor and hungry, and of course not very liberal.* So the poor dog hardly did more than smell the feast, of which he would have liked a share.

Now it happened that this dinner was served out to cach one on his ringing a bell; but, as the person

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