may be in the same neighborhood. The bone-makers, for instance, that make the socket of the eye never ge: mixed up with the eye-manufacturers.

Once in a while, however, the bone-makers get to work in the wrong place, or rather, some workmen that ought to make something else go to making bone. But this does not often happen. If it does happen, it always produces deformity, and sometimes destroys life.

The workmen all work so well together that it would seem as if they must understand one another, and agree together just as men do about the way of doing their work. But we know that they do not understand anything; and how it is that they work together so well is a mystery to us. A mystery that teaches us the great power of God. But I have not told you who, or what, these little workmen are that are so busy in using the blood for the growth and the repair of our frame.

All that we know of them is, that they are very small vessels between the very smallest of the arteries and the very smallest of the veins. The blood comes to them in the arteries, and they use what they want of it, and then it passes into the veins, by which it is returned to the heart.

What can be more wonderful than the formation, the growth, and repair of the human body! How strange that the simple red fluid which we call blood should be formed from such a variety of substances as we eat, and that out of it should be made such a variety of organs and structures as compose the human body! Who can contemplate the mechanism of his own body, and not admire and adore the wisdom of the Creator?

Questions: To what is the human body often compared? Mention some of the materials necessary to build a house. How is mortar made? What is the use of hair in mortar? What is the house the

soul lives in? Of what is it made, and how is it kept in repair? Mention some things on the outside of the body. Mention some of the parts of the eye. What are nerves? What are tendons? What are muscles? What is a gland? What is the use of the eye-glands? Are tears of any use to the eye? Show how. What organ sends the blood to every part of the body? What are arteries? What are veins? Is it more dangerous to cut an artery than a vein? Why? If an artery has been cut, how may the bleeding be stopped? What should we admire in the mechanism of our bodies?

Memorize "It must be allowed that matter alone could no more have fashioned the human body for so many admirable purposes, than a beautiful discourse could be composed by a writer destitute of eloquence and skill."

Robert Southwell, S. J., born 1560; martyred during the persecutions of Elizabeth's reign, in 1595. He was descended from an ancient family in Norfolk, educated on the Continent and received into the Jesuit Order at Rome. He was arrested, while on the English mission, in 1592, and thrown into prison, where he remained three years, during which term he was put on the rack on ten occasions. On the 21st of February, 1595, he was hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn. The bigotry which has pervaded English literature and history since the Reformation has prevented the recognition of Southwell's merits. And yet he is far ahead of his age in the vigor and energy of his diction, and is a better example of the progress of the English tongue of that period, towards its modern strength and fluency, than many quoted in the Rhetorics; while as regards the spirit of his writings, their noble moral elevation, beauty and pathos stand out in bright relief from the licentious literature of the Elizabethan era.

HUN delays, they breed remorse,

SHUN

Take thy time, while time is lent thee;

Creeping snails have weakest force —
Fly their faults, lest thou repent thee.
Good is best when soonest wrought,
Ling'ring labors come to naught.

Hoist thy sail while gale doth last,
Tide and wind stay no man's pleasure;
Seek not time, when time is past;
Sober speed is wisdom's leisure.
After-wits are dearly bought,
Let the fore-wit guide thy thought.

Time wears all his locks before,
Take then hold upon his forehead :
When he flies he turns no more,
And behind his scalp is naked.

Works adjourned have many stays,
Long demurs bring new delays.

Seek thy salve while young the wound,
Older sores ask deeper lancing;

After cures are seldom found,
Often sought, scarce ever chancing.
In the rising, stifle ill,

Lest it grow against thy will.

Drops do pierce the stubborn flint,
Not by force, but often falling;

Custom kills with feeble dint,

More by use than strength prevailing.
Single sands have little weight,

Many make a drowning freight.

QUESTIONS AND COMPOSITION.

Why must delays be shunned? What is remorse? What are “ling'ring labors"? Name some "ling'ring labors." When is good "best"? Explain "lest thou repent thee." What dangers occur in 'boisting sail"? Explain "sober speed is wisdom's leisure." What

are "after-wits?" Why must we seize time by the forehead? What are demurs? What is a "young wound?" Explain "ask deeper lancing." Put four substitutes for the word "ask." Copy last stanza and commit to memory. Write following lines in three ways:

THIS
HIS magnificent bird is found over a large portion

of the world in America, and in various parts of Europe, Asia, Africa. It is a splendid bird in point of size, for a full-grown female measures about three feet six inches in length, and the expanse of her wings. is about nine feet. The male, less by about six inches.

The nest of the eagle is almost always made upon some elevated spot, generally upon a ledge of a rock, and is constructed of sticks, which are thrown apparently at random, and rudely arranged for the purpose of containing the eggs and the young. A neighboring ledge is generally reserved for a larder, where the parent eagles store up the food, which they bring from the plains below. The contents of this larder consist of hares, partridges and game of all kinds, lambs, rabbits, young pigs, fish, and other similar articles of food.

In hunting for their prey, the eagle and his mate mutually assist each other. As the rabbits and hares are generally under cover during the day, the eagle is forced to drive them from their place of concealment, and manages the matter in a very clever manner. One of the eagles conceals itself near the cover which is to

be beaten, and its companion then dashes among the bushes, screaming and making such a disturbanco that the terrified inmates rush out in hopes of escape, and are immediately pounced upon by the watchful confederate.

The prey is at once taken to the nest, and distributed to the young, if there should be any eaglets in the lofty cradle. Eagles always feed their young by tearing the prey in pieces, and giving it to them in morsels.

When in pursuit of its prey, it is a most daring bird, having been seen to carry off a hare from before the noses of the hounds. It is a keen fisher, catching and securing salmon and various sea-fish with singular skill. Sometimes it has met with more than its match, and has seized upon a fish that was too heavy for its powers, thus falling a victim to its sporting propensities. Several instances are known where eagles have been drowned by pouncing upon large pike, which carried their assail

ants under water.

It is a fierce fighter when wounded or attacked. An eagle was at one time captured in County Meath, in Ireland, by a gamekeeper, who, surprising the bird sleeping after a surfeit on a dead sheep, conceived the idea of taking him alive; and for that purpose approached the bird noiselessly, and clasped him in his arms. The eagle recovering, and unable to use his wings, clutched with his talons, one of which entered the man's chest, the hind claw meeting the others underneath the flesh. The man, unable to disengage the claw, strangled the bird; but the talons were yet too firmly clutched to open. Taking out his knife, he severed the leg from the body, and walked with the penetrating member to the village dispensary to have it removed.

A golden eagle had been captured in Scotland, and, being very tame, always accompanied the family to