much pains to love it one can get to use it; but after one learns to love it, it is almost impossible to break up the habit; and it gradually weakens the body and destroys the health.

Besides, what is worse than all, those who use tobacco are very much tempted to use ardent spirits and become drunkards. How sorry I should be if my dear brother or my cousin Edwin should grow up to be a drunkard! I am afraid of a drunkard, and I always run to get out of the way if I see one in the street. I do not believe Edwin or Henry will use tobacco or ardent spirits; then I think they will never belong to the drunkards.

There are some habits of neatness which our mother takes great pains to teach us. She says to us, " Children, always stop to scrape your feet before you open the door. Then, when you come into the hall, be sure to wipe them again on the mat." She tells us these may seem very little things to us, but they will have great influence upon the future. Even now it will make us feel more comfortable;

what other bad habit does it lead? Would you be sorry to have your brother a drunkard? What habit of neatness should you practise before entering a Will such habits have influence upon your future? Will they make

house?

we shall have a sense of cleanliness; it will make our feet drier and warmer; we shall be received with a smile instead of a frown; our tempers will be better; and all this, not for one time only, but for thousands of times, all our lives after. But if we walk right into the house, not noticing scraper or mat, with wet, muddy feet, we shall be complained of, and that will fret us; and from this one act of carelessness continually repeated, we might get a sourness of temper that it would be a pity to bear all our lives.

We are taught to be very particular to leave things just as we find them. If a door is open, then we are not to shut it, but we must be careful that we do not leave a door open which we find shut. If we take a book to read, we are required to replace it, when we have done with it, just in the manner we found it. If we get out our toys to amuse us, we are allowed to take our comfort with them ; but when we have done playing with them, we are expected to carry them to their proper place.

you more happy now in your childhood? If you fail to get such habits of neatness, will it be likely to sour your temper? How? About what should you be particular? What about doors? About books? About toys? In

Our mother tells us we can help her very much by being careful that we do not soil or tear our clothes. When we walk out, if the dew is on, we are very careful to keep on the gravel walks and to avoid the wet grass. If we are obliged to come home in the rain, we use our best care to get wet as little as possible, especially to keep out of muddy, splashy places.

When we write at school, we take pains to set the ink where it will not be likely to get spilled, and we are very careful that we do not get it on our clothes. When we play, we try to avoid tearing our clothes; though sometimes we do tear them, and then we are sorry; but mother does not scold us when we tell her about it. She says it is a pity, but it is an accident.

what way can you help your mother? What should you do if the dew is on the grass when you are walking? What if you are obliged to come home in the rain? About what should you be careful when you write? What should you avoid in your play? Will your mother be displeased with you if you are frank and tell her the truth?

LITTLE THINGS.

Little drops of water,

Little grains of sand,

Make the mighty ocean

And the pleasant land.

Thus the little minutes,

Humble though they be,

Make the mighty ages

Of eternity.

'Thus our little errors

Lead the soul away

From the path of virtue,
Off in sin to stray.

Little deeds of kindness, Little words of love, Make our earth an Eden,

Like the heaven above.

COME and see my garden. I love these bright cups of gold, and these dear, sweet little violets, because they bear the cold so well. There have been a good many frosty nights, yet they look almost as bright as ever; while my poor balsams and China asters are shrivelled and black.

Questions. What are some of the flowers which bear the cold the best?