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on it for the water for plants. Regions of heavy dews are 

 usually fertile , regions, and do not find rain so necessary. 

 In Gen. ii. 5 and 6, we read : " The Lord God had not 

 caused it to rain upon the earth . . . ; but there went up a 

 mist from the earth and watered the whole face of the 

 ground." 



Dew can be best studied in spring or early summer, 

 when its work, its value to plants and to man, and the 

 beauty of its jewels glistening in the morning sun, can be 

 seen and appreciated by the children. 



WATER JEWELS. 

 " A million little diamonds 

 Twinkled on the trees ; 

 And all the little maidens said, 



4 A jewel, if you please ! ' 

 But when they held their hand outstretched 



To catch the diamonds gay, 



A million little sunbeams came, 



And stole them all away. ' ' 



MRS. M. I. BUTTS. 



HELP ONE ANOTHER. 

 " ' Help one another,' the dewdrop cried, 

 Seeing another drop close to its side ; 

 4 The warm south wind would dry me away, 

 And I should be gone ere noon to-day ; 

 But I'll help you, and you help me, 

 And we'll make a brook and run to the sea.' " 



Rain. Formation. In the schoolroom ; on the kitchen 

 windows or walls on wash-day ; in the sky. Conditions 

 necessary, evaporation from water or damp places ; 

 water dust and vapor in the air ; cold to make it condense. 

 Cold may be due to cold slate ; cold window or walls ; 

 cold hills or mountains up or against which the moist air 

 may blow ; cold regions of the air high above the earth, 

 into which water dust and vapor may rise ; cold countries 



