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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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I WILL BE GOOD, DEAR MOTHER.* 
1. ‘’t Trill bo good, dear ss^-or," I heard a sweet child say, 
2 And when night came, that hi - tl« ©ns, la kneel - ing down to pray, earn, 
3. Je - bus can help us to b« good—To Him we’ll hum-bly pray, His 
will be good—now watch me— I will be good all day.” She lift - ed up her 
in a soft and whisp’ring tone, “Have I been good to-day?” O ma - ny, ma - ny 
grace a - lone can make us good, And keep us good all day. He’ll help 
He’ll help us hate alf 
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•bright young eyes With a soft and pleas - ing smile, Then a moth-er’i 
bit - ter tears ’Twould save U3 did we say, Like that dea 
e - vil thoughts, All sin - ful words and ways; And in his 
s kiss was 
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her lip, So pure and free from guile. “ I will be good, I will be good, I 
earnest heart, “ I will be good to-day.” “I will be good, I will be good, I 
take de light Thro’all our earth-ly days. “I will be good, I will bo good, I 
dressing. When oxygen and nitrogen really unite, 
something very different from the air is formed. 
They unite in different but uniform quantities, and 
form several different substances, one of which is 
nitric acid, or aqua fortis, a liquid which will dis¬ 
solve iron or copper almost as easily as water will 
sugar. We might mix oxygen and nitrogen in pre¬ 
cisely the same proportions that they exist when 
combined in nitric acid, and still be able to breathe 
the air thus made without harm; but a very little 
nitric acid taken into the lungs would cause death, 
and a few drops on the skin would make an ulcer or 
other bad sore. This shows very strikingly the dif¬ 
ference between combination and mixture—a dis¬ 
tinction which must always be borne in mind. 
The oxygen in the air is called free, and so it is; 
that in water, and in iron-rust, and in carbonic acid, 
is combined, that is, united with other elements. 
When it is free, it enters into combination with 
other things generally, more easily than if it is in 
any combination. Now oxygen is the most abun¬ 
dant element; it is everywhere in the world—in the 
air, in the water, in the solid rocks, and in the soil. 
It is everywhere in a state of combination, except 
in the air, and will combine with every other ele¬ 
ment. Our own bodies, and those of the animals, 
and all plants, consist in great part of oxygen. It 
is therefore the most important, and is certainly 
the most interesting of all the elements. Wood, 
coal, tallow, oil, and all such things that we usually 
see burning, contain carbon, and all except anthra¬ 
cite coal and 'charcoal contain hydrogen also. 
When any of these things burn, they combine 
with oxygen, and it is this very thing that makes 
them burn. The result of the burning is the for¬ 
mation of carbonic acid by the union of oxygen 
with the carbon, and the formation of water by 
union of oxygen with the hydrogen. Whoever 
wishes to see the water which is formed when a 
candle, or piece of wood, or piece of paper burns, 
has only to hold a cold plate, or piece of glass, over 
the flame, and the water will settle on it. Did you 
never see the little cloud of dew-like moisture 
which collects on a lamp chimney when it is first 
lit? This is the water from the flame which settles 
on the cool glass. As soon as the chimney is hot it 
will settle upon it no longer. The carbonic acid is 
a gas—and all that is formed when coal or wood, or 
caudles, and such things burn, flies off and mixes 
with the air. We shall have something more to 
tell you next month about this carbonic acid gas. 
Tlae Tiger I.ily and the Violet. 
A correspondent of the Agriculturist sends the 
following story with- a moral, to our young readers: 
“ In the same bed with the lowly violets, and the 
modest lily of the valley, there grew a Tiger Lily, 
tall, showy, and soaring over these, as if despising 
them and glorying in its own large leaves and or¬ 
ange-colored spotted flowers. Some girls would no¬ 
tice it first of all, and say, “ isn’t that handsome ?” 
“ Why no,” Lizzy would answer, “I think the tiger 
lily is coarse and gaudy. I never put itin a bouquet.” 
Her mother was pleased with her choice, and drew 
a lesson from it something like the following : The 
lily of the valley and the violets are emblems of 
modest beauty, (they always have been, as I could 
show from the best poets,) charming every beholder 
all the more because they are so unpretending, al¬ 
most trying to hide away from gazing eyes. Genu¬ 
ine modesty is always beautiful ;■ and its retiring- 
manner never fails to be admired by the true and 
the good. “When unadorn’d, adorn’d the most.” 
The tiger lily may represent those wh* arc 
pleased with vain display, and who fail to gain the 
admiration they. court. Flaunting coiors arc very 
offensive to good taste; they indicate such qualities 
of mind as a correct judgment would never admire. 
The aspiring lily towered above the garden fence ; 
a gust of wind broke off the stalk, and there it hung 
for weeks, an unsightly emblem of fallen pride. 
The violets and the lily of the valley nestled safely 
at its root, while the storms rolled harmlessly over 
them. (See Matt. 23: 12.) M. 
Anagrams. 
An Anagram is a certain transposition in the letters 
of any word or phrase, so as to make another , phrase or 
word of pointed significance. They are sometimes quite 
interesting, and muoh amusement may be had in forming 
them. The following were received some time since : 
Equestrianism —Quite near, Miss—[A very appropriate 
speech for a lady’s companion in a horseback ride.] 
Intemperate —Repeat “ I ment.” [Ah ! yes ; every in- * 
temperate man ment well enough.] 
Degradation—To dread gain. 
Incorrigibleness —Crinoline begs, Sir. 
These from Miss Mary Usher. 
Egotism— Mites go. Atheist— It hates. Nectarines—In 
ten acres. From Rufus W. Weeks. 
For tlie GSuessers. 
Rebusses .—We have here two Rebusses ; one of them, 
No. 12, is a moral sentiment. 
It will be found very hard to guess, we think, still it is 
perfectly legitimate, and if written out in various ways, 
may be guessed. Who will answer it ? 
No. 13 is a common proverb. 
A nswer to the Rebus No. 8 is founded upon the text 
in Gal. vi: 7: “ Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he 
also reap’’—but it properly reads: What a man soweth 
that he reapeth. 
Answer to the Block Puzzle No. 9 is given in the follow¬ 
ing cut. A somewhat different arrangement is admissable. 
Correct answers have been received from Chas. S. 
Stimpson, 8, 10 ; C. II. Post, 9, 10; J. C. Bronson, 10 ; 
Oliver Combs, 10; Jacob Stephens, 10; B. C. Atwood, 8 ; 
G. F. Sly, 8,10; Abigail E. Downes,9; J. H. Goodrich, 10. 
