was specially ill-humoured then, was displeased, scolded me, and said I was idle and had not worked. I said I had; she called me a "liar." I felt my spirit rise indignantly at this, and standing erect told her she should never have a chance to call me that again. I walked out of the house to re-enter it no more. I had a cent in my pocket when I stepped out into the world. What do you think I did then boys? I met a countryman with a team. I addressed him boldly and earnestly, and offered to drive the leader if he would only take me on. He looked at me in surprise, but said he did not think I'd be of any use. "O yes, I will," I said "I can rub down and watch your horses, and do many things if you will only let me try." He no longer objected. I got on the horse's back. It was hard travelling, for the roads were deep, and we could only get on at the rate of 12 miles a day. This was, however, my starting point. I went ahead after this. An independent spirit, and a steady good conduct, with what capacity God has given me, as He has given you, have carried me successfully through the world. Don't be downhearted at being poor and having no friends. Try and try again. HOW THE POOR LAD BECAME A BY THE REV. JOHN Dodd, d.d. MANY years ago a poor boy was walking one of the many crooked streets of Boston, on his way to the printing-office. He was an apprentice in that office, without friends or home, or anyone to care for him. He had met with some rebuff that day, and felt discouraged. There was no one to cheer him when he tried to do well and many to blame him when he did not try. As he slowly moved towards his place of "It was, Sir; but he is dead." "Well, are you alone in the world, without friends or property ?" "I have neither, Sir." "Nor have I many or much. But let me say, Samuel, that you can do well without either. You have a young heart, strong limbs, good health, and you have only to earn a good character, and you will be a man. It is all in your own power. You can make yourself just what you choose to be. I have watched you and noticed that you are sober and industrious, and have too much self-respect to go in bad company. Continue to do so, and you will be all that you want to be. Remember, my boy, that your character is in your own keeping. God bless you!" The old man passed on, and so did the apprentice. They never met again. But those words of kindness, and approbation, and cheer sank deep into the heart of the boy. They gave him new hope and courage, and from that day he began to develope more character and more that was manly. Faithfully he served out the time of his apprenticeship, though often he had not a whole shirt to his back. Years passed away, and he had become a man-had risen in wealth and influence till he was mayor of the city in which he resided, and was the acting governor of the proud State that gave him birth. And on these high places he was not giddy, but was the same painstaking man that he had ever been -universally respected and greatly honoured. One day he met a young man who was qualified for a valuable office under the Government, but he had no friends to aid him. "Whose son are you?" asked the mayor. "The son of," was the answer. "Was old Mr. grandfather ?" "Yes, Sir." your "I remember him well. He it was who gave me kind words of encouragement when I needed them most! I attribute most of my success in life to those few words that dropped from his lips. Young man, if in my power you shall have the office, out of gratitude to your grandfather!" to Away posted the mayor Washington, aud soon returned with the appointment in his pocket. He used to say it was the only office he ever sought. How little do men know the power of kind words, especially words of encouragement! The good old man had no thought that what he was saying would produce so much of character in the poor apprentice, and still less did he dream he was weaving a cloth of gold for a grandchild then unborn! Words seem a small affair, but they carry a mighty power. And such deeds of sympathy are like casting bread on the waters—sure to be found after many days. My reader may do to-day what will carry a blessing through generations.-S. S. Times. BOYS, BE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER. "You are made to be kind," says Horace Mann, "generous and magnanimous. If there is a boy in the school who has a club-foot, don't let him know that you ever saw it. If there is a boy with ragged clothes, don't talk about rags when he is in hearing. If there is a lame boy, assign him some part of the game which does not require running. If there is a hungry one, give him part of your dinner. If there is a dull one, help him to get his lesson. If there is a bright one, be not envious of him; for if one boy is proud of his talents, and another is envious of them, there are two great wrongs, and no more talents than before. If a larger or stronger boy has injured you, and is sorry for it, forgive him, and request the teacher not to punish him. All the school will show by their countenance how much better it is than to have a great fist." READ YOUR BIBLE. DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON said to a young man who visited him on his death-bed, "Young man, attend to the voice of one who has possessed a certain degree of fame in the world, and who will shortly appear before his Maker; read your Bible every day of your life." Lady Jane Gray was once asked by one of her friends, how she could consent to forego the pleasures of the chase and prefer sitting at home reading the Bible; she smilingly replied, "All amusements of that description are but a shadow of the pleasure which I enjoy in reading this Book." A little before Patrick Henry, the Governor of Virginia, died, he remarked to a friend who found him reading the Bible, "Here is a book worth more than all the other books which were ever printed." THE CROSS. Louis XII., King of France, had many enemies before he succeeded to the throne. When he became king, he caused a list to be made of his persecutors, and marked against each of their names a large black cross. When this became known, the enemies of the king fled, because they thought it was a sign that he intended to punish them. But the king, hearing of their fears, made them be recalled, with an assurance of pardon, and said that he had put a cross beside each name to remind him of the cross of Christ, that he might endeavour to follow the example of Him who had prayed for his murderers, and had exclaimed, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." "I FEEL BAD." A LITTLE boy who had seen but four summers ran to his father a few Sabbaths since and, overcome with grief and his eyes full of tears, said to him: Papa, I feel bad!" "And what is the matter, Frankie ?" said the father. "I have been a naughty boy. My mamma told me not to play on the holy Sabbath day, for it was displeasing to God. I did play, and I feel bad because I hurt God's feelings." "But how do you know you have hurt God's feelings?" said the father. Because," said the little boy, "my conscience bites my little heart." Poetry. THE STRAYED LAMB. But night and day he went his way He clasped his arms around it. THE CHILD AND THE ANGELS. THE Sabbath's sun was setting low, Amidst the clouds at even; "Our Father," breathed a voice below, "Father who art in heaven." Beyond the earth, beyond the clouds, "Thy kingdom come," still from the ground, That childlike voice did pray; "Thy kingdom come," God's hosts resound, Far up the starry way "Thy will be done," with little tongue, Their closing evening prayer: Our Youths' Department. THE HISTORY OF ROME. Chapter XII. FROM THE EXILE OF CORIOLANUS TO THE LASTING UNION OF THE PATRICIAN ORDER. (A.U. 263-273; B.C. 491-481). 1. Great Games at Rome-Story of T. Latinius.-2. Attius Tullius and his People at Rome-At the Fountain of Ferentiua.-3. War with the Volscians-Conquests of Coriolanus-His Ravages about Rome-State of the City-Embassies to the Camp-Procession of Noble Women-Meeting of Veturia and Volumnia with Coriolanus-Their Conquest-His Latter Days.-4. Sp. Cassius-League with the Hernicans.-5. Citizenship among the Ancients-Public Lands-Early Allotments at Rome-The Century-Estates of the Populus-Disposal of newly-won Arable Land-Effects of its Allotment-Patrician Encroachments.-6. Agrarian Law of Sp. Cassius-Fate of Cassius.-7. Policy of the Burghers of the Greater Houses-Disadvantages of the Luceres-Attempts to exclude them from the Consulate-Reckless Usurpations of the Burghers-Union of the Greater and Lesser Houses-Election of Consuls shared by the Curies and the Centuries. 1. THE Great Games at Rome had lately been celebrated, but were about to be renewed to avert from the State the wrath of Jupiter. Pestilence and monstrous births, following the recent celebration, greatly afflicted the people and puzzled the soothsayers, who in vain taxed their skill to find either the cause or the remedy for these disasters. At length one Titus Latinius, a plebeian, declared that Jupiter had ordered him to tell the Consuls that further troubles would befall the City, unless they celebrated the games anew and with great splendour. The reason assigned for this command was that Jupiter was sorely displeased with some one who had danced Just as the games began. Afraid of making himself the laughingstock of his neighbours, Latinius delayed the delivery of his message. This delay cost him dear, for in a few days his son died, and the vision again appearing, threatened a more dreadful disaster if he would not obey. Still loath to go, he hesitated till he himself was | struck with palsy and lost the use of his limbs. Then he called together his friends, told them what had happened, and begged them to take him into the Forum to the Consuls. From the Forum he was carried into the Senate, and there told his story, when behold! he was cured of his palsy, was able to leave his litter, and to walk home without help. It was now remembered that on the morning of the first day of the games a master had scourged his slave in the Circus where the games were going to be held, and this was the dancer whose performance had offended his Majesty the "King of the Gods." Such were the silly superstitions of Rome! 2. The Great Games were therefore celebrated afresh, and to be present at them many Volscians visited Rome. Attius Tullius urged his own people to attend the games, and then went privately to excite the fears of the Consuls. He reminded them of a riot once caused by the presence in the City of a crowd of Sabine youths, deplored the fickleness of his own people, and advised the Consuls to prevent by their wisdom the Volscian multitude from doing mischief. The wily chief then started for home. His warnings were reported to the Senate, and "criers" were speedily sent round ordering every Volscian to leave Rome before sun-set. The order was hastily obeyed, but the Volscians were wild with rage at being driven forth as if too polluted to join in the festival. Tullius knew their way home, and waited for them at the Fountain of Ferentina. As they arrived, fuming with resentment, he addressed to them a speech in which he complained much and bitterly of the insulting order of the Roman Senate, by which they had been publicly disgraced before neighbouring nations, and driven off as if their presence would be an offence to the gods. He declared, indeed, that the Romans had made war upon them, since only their hasty escape from the City had saved their lives. Then, appealing to their pride, he urged his people to show themselves men by revenging the vile outrage. By such means he hurried the whole nation into a war with Rome. 3. The Volscians assembled a great army, the command of which was divided between Attius Tullius and Coriolanus, whose presence everywhere gave victory to his troops. The Colony of Circeii was first taken then Satricum, Longula, Polusca, and Corioli. Even the sacred city of Lavinium fell into the hands of Coriolanus: Corbio, Vitellia, Trebia, Lavici, and Pedum were captured, and the conqueror marched for Rome. When within five miles, his army encamped on the Cluilian Ditch. Between his camp and the City lay the Burghers' estates, which he was careful not to injure, but he laid waste the lands of the Commons which were beyond, that he might both breed dissensions in Rome and punish his former foes. Through fear the Romans had failed to help their Latin allies against the common enemy, and now they were left without an ally to help them. All was confusion; the burghers and the commons reproached each other as the cause of the present miseries, and no army could be |