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 Entered according to Act of Congress, in tlie year J86i, by 
 WASIIIN'GTON BAIRD, 
 
 4b6 Clerk'9 ofBco of the District Court of the Confederate States, 
 ■^^— - ^for thie Southern District of Georgia. 
 
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 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 <-c^il- 
 
 Ix presenting to the Public this Klem^ntarj work for the use of 
 the Families and Schools of our rising and glorious Confederacy, 
 it istke dutj of the Author to make the following explanatory and 
 apologetic stntenaents. 
 
 Nothing was farther from his mind than the thought of preparing 
 such a work.^ The suggestions of friends, the extreme necessities 
 of our beleaguered Confederacj^, and the great importance of 
 providing lln immediate supply of such works on our own 'ijeil, 
 have led to this attempt. 
 
 In the preparation of the work, the Author jias deviated from 
 all other plans. And yet this was not done from disrespect of 
 any other authors, nor Irom any desire to innovate. Adaptation 
 to our wants, as a people^ and the securing of the hi-ghest good to 
 the children and youth of our couniiy, wei;p his only motives. 
 
 Any great variety of suitable school books cannot, at once, be 
 prepared and published. "Few jvkd good," should be our .motto. 
 The fact alspgig, that under the old dynasty, wo had "series" after 
 " series" <i^;D0oks in the same deparimerd op instruciion, vastly 
 beyond 1)s\0, jvaa needed. A series of five or six Readers, fer 
 example, is an extravagance wkich'should be avoided." 
 
 The gr«at importance of- sp(Ml'''^g, no one can doubt. Long and 
 ttiprough drilling should bo given in that :depaitment , 3jUt spelling 
 ii a iasTx) a dull rfn^fft/er?/, -in .which children seidpm take any 
 delight. It imparts no knowledge of Nature', of Art, or of Duty. 
 It elicits no thought, and aftbrds tutHittle mental culture. ' Obvi- 
 ously, then, oveK^ lesson in spelling shouKl have connected with it 
 an •lercise in ^eMing which is pt oi\QQ^kasing and inffruciite, 
 uftording ipy<i f"^!' thougM, exercise for tire f^evcral faculti|;Si'bf the 
 mind, and calculated to pto^ice; a good moral impressioS: ' Moral 
 principles and noble scntimeat^Hranscend all olfe^er <jflal1-tte.s and 
 atUi»ments. And they should bo. .largely ind faricftjsly inculcated 
 in iW'fitst books that are put intoiho h.anrls of children and vouiii. 
 
 Tii<« sipcuring of theso sercral /a kept stea^ly iu 
 
 '<S0ii4uT*s 
 
4 t^TViOtiXfonovi. 
 
 view by tbo Author iu the preparation of the whole work. It Is 
 knowQ, also, that Rhyme and roetry*are ^minontly pleasing to ♦ 
 children ; and that they assist greatly the nicmory in treasuring up 
 and retaining knowledge. And yet, strange to say, there is not a 
 line of poetry in "Webster's Spelling Book — the one in ^vhich most 
 of the present generation have been instructed ! The moral also 
 is a scarce article ! The present work abounds in useful, and 
 especially in moral instruction — a large portion ' of whiclr is in 
 choice poetry. Fables also are largely eu.ployed ; Proverbs and 
 Anecdotes are introduced. An effort is made to give an impulse 
 to the mind toward manj' departments of knowledge. Its expand 
 ing powers are exercised in various apartments of Jv'ature. Some 
 of the reading lessons are of thrilHng interest. " Past wrecks give 
 fearful warnings." Henco the results of " Defective Education" 
 are shown in ludicrous and appalling lights — admonitory against 
 similar " irea/rer.'?. " An extended list of "prefixes'" and ''.suffixes'' 
 is also added — .showing the true import of our compound words, 
 on principles easily understood and remembered. 
 
 Most of the reading lessons are simple and easy; but some of 
 them are intended only for advanced pupils. The reasons for the 
 introduction of the latter, will be apparent. The Spelling Book is 
 commonly laid aside too soon. It should be the main book until a 
 thorough mastery is obtained over all the departments of spelling. 
 Hence reading lessons of corresponding character should be annexed 
 or interspersed. This work is so arranged as to supply the want 
 of the first two Readers iu most of the other "series,'' as well a« 
 afford all needful exercises in spelling. On going through it each 
 time, a higher mastery wiil be obtained over the more difficult 
 parts. New food for thought will be found, as each field is again 
 explored. Those pupils who can read well all the lessons which 
 it contains, can read any thing elae. Kconomy, Utility and Conve- 
 nience are, therefore, combined in having one book instead of three 
 or four, as was the case under the old system. 
 
 Should a Primer, containing a greater varietj' of easy f'pelling 
 and reading lessons for Icginners, be found necessary, the Author 
 will take pleasure in preparing one. He intends also to prepare 
 two Readers for advanced classes, the latter containing e-vercises 
 also in Elocution. Thus the three works may suffice for the W'hole 
 cours6 of both speUiug and reading, even in our higher schools. 
 
 In soma elementary works many pages are occupied with elabo- 
 
INTRODUCTION. 5 
 
 rate treatises on the '• Sounds of the Letters of the Alphabet." So 
 far as ■pupils are concerned, this is useless. Those sounds can be 
 learned only from the living Instructor. Teachers, in our day, are 
 supposed to understand the pronunciation of their own mother tongue. 
 To those engaged in that important and noble calliiig, the Author 
 having given the accerd and ihe syllabification of the words in the 
 regular spelling lessons — confidently and cheerfully entrusts the 
 whole business of instructing from the work, as now prepared. 
 Observation and oxpcricnco may indicate future changes and im- 
 provements, W. B. 
 
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THE ALPHABET. 
 
 Tho Alphabet of -the Engli«h Language consists of twentj-six letters. Of 
 these, a, «, i, o, and u are vowels, having distinct sounds of their own. All th« 
 other letters are consonants, sounding only in connection with the towcIb; 
 v) and y are vowels when they end words and syllables. When they pr«ced« 
 vowels sounded in the same syllable with themselves, they are constaanta. 
 Letters, as regards /o/'wi and size, are divided into Capitals and small letters, 
 Italics and Roman letters : 
 
 :A 
 
 B 
 C 
 D 
 E 
 F 
 
 H 
 
 I 
 
 J 
 
 K 
 
 L 
 
 M 
 
 N 
 
 O 
 
 P 
 
 Q 
 
 E 
 
 S 
 
 T. 
 
 U 
 
 Y 
 
 W 
 
 X 
 
 Y 
 
 Z 
 
 ROMAN. 
 
 
 ITALIC. 
 
 
 ROMAN 
 
 
 a 
 
 A 
 
 a 
 
 L 
 
 1 
 
 b 
 
 B 
 
 h 
 
 P 
 
 p 
 
 c 
 
 
 
 c 
 
 N 
 
 n 
 
 d 
 
 D 
 
 d 
 
 R 
 
 ^ r 
 
 e 
 
 E 
 
 e 
 
 Z 
 
 z 
 
 f 
 
 F 
 
 f 
 
 Q 
 
 q 
 
 g 
 
 
 
 g 
 
 M 
 
 m 
 
 h 
 
 H 
 
 h 
 
 Y 
 
 J 
 
 i 
 
 I 
 
 i 
 
 K 
 
 k 
 
 J 
 
 J 
 
 j 
 
 C ' 
 
 c 
 
 k 
 
 K 
 
 k 
 
 J 
 
 j 
 
 1 
 
 L 
 
 I' 
 
 F 
 
 f 
 
 m 
 
 M 
 
 m 
 
 B 
 
 b 
 
 n 
 
 N 
 
 n 
 
 U 
 
 u 
 
 o 
 
 • 
 
 
 
 A 
 
 a 
 
 P 
 
 P 
 
 P 
 
 G^ 
 
 g 
 
 q 
 
 Q 
 
 1 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 r 
 
 R 
 
 r 
 
 D 
 
 d 
 
 s 
 
 S 
 
 s 
 
 W 
 
 w 
 
 t 
 
 T 
 
 t 
 
 S 
 
 s 
 
 u 
 
 U 
 
 u . 
 
 I 
 
 • 
 
 1 
 
 V " 
 
 V 
 
 V 
 
 T 
 
 t 
 
 w 
 
 w 
 
 10 
 
 ~Y 
 
 V 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 0* 
 
 o 
 
 y 
 
 Y 
 
 y 
 
 H 
 
 h 
 
 z 
 
 Z 
 
 FIGURES 
 
 z 
 
 E • 
 
 e 
 
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. 
 
 * 
 
 DOUBLE LETTERS. • 
 ■ ft' fa fi fl ffi <^G, . 
 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 
 
 EXERCISE UPON THE LETTERS. 
 
 The following is an exercise for beginners upon 
 the several kbuU of letters, as presented by repetitions 
 of the same words. It may be cither spelled or 
 read. Its utility, as an exercise^ is obvious. 
 
 Be 
 
 JUST 
 
 AND 
 
 WIN 
 
 THE 
 
 PRIZE. 
 
 Be 
 
 just 
 
 and 
 
 win 
 
 the 
 
 prize. 
 
 Be 
 
 just 
 
 and 
 
 ivin 
 
 the 
 
 prize. 
 
 Be 
 
 KIND 
 
 AND 
 
 GOOD 
 
 TO 
 
 ALL. 
 
 Be 
 
 kind 
 
 and 
 
 good 
 
 to 
 
 all. 
 
 Be 
 
 'hind 
 
 and 
 
 good 
 
 to 
 
 all 
 
 Love 
 
 God 
 
 WITH 
 
 ALL 
 
 THE 
 
 HEART. 
 
 Love 
 
 God 
 
 with 
 
 all- 
 
 the 
 
 heart. 
 
 Love 
 
 God 
 
 with 
 
 all 
 
 Hie 
 
 heart. 
 
 
 
 QUIT 
 
 "EACH 
 
 WAY 
 
 OF 
 
 SIN. 
 
 
 
 quit 
 
 each 
 
 way 
 
 of 
 
 sin. 
 
 
 
 quit 
 
 each 
 
 way 
 
 of 
 
 sin. 
 
 Fkom God all good expect. 
 
 From God all 
 
 good 
 
 expect. 
 
 From God all 
 
 good 
 
 expect. 
 
 ON DOUBLE LETTERS. 
 
 Fin, 'fill, flint, lufif, muffin. 
 Scuffle, , fish, flesh, flippant. 
 Whiffle, abb, ebb, egg.. 
 Off, bec^,' boon, bill, whiff. 
 Purr, runnion, puss, • butt. 
 Add, Aaroil, t apple, ottbr, 
 
8 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 LESSON I. 
 
 Words and Syllables of Two LtUers, 
 
 Note. — O sounds like k bufore a, o and i^; like a before e, i and y. 
 
 ba 
 
 be 
 
 bi 
 
 bo 
 
 bii 
 
 by 
 
 ab 
 
 eb 
 
 ib 
 
 ob 
 
 ub 
 
 ea 
 
 ce 
 
 ci 
 
 CO 
 
 cu 
 
 cy 
 
 da 
 
 dc 
 
 di 
 
 do 
 
 du 
 
 dy 
 
 ad 
 
 ed 
 
 id 
 
 od 
 
 ud 
 
 fa 
 
 fe 
 
 fi 
 
 fo 
 
 fu 
 
 fy 
 
 af 
 
 ef 
 
 if 
 
 of 
 
 uf 
 
 lia 
 
 be 
 
 hi 
 
 ho- 
 
 hu 
 
 >0' 
 
 j'i 
 
 je 
 
 ji 
 
 jo 
 
 j^ 
 
 jy 
 
 ka 
 
 ke 
 
 ki 
 
 ko 
 
 kii 
 
 be 
 
 by 
 
 me 
 
 me 
 
 by it 
 
 on 
 
 an 
 
 ox 
 
 he 
 
 at 
 
 it 
 
 it 
 LES 
 
 by me 
 SON IL 
 
 ox 
 
 on 
 
 it 
 
 la 
 
 le 
 
 li 
 
 lo 
 
 lu 
 
 ly 
 
 al 
 
 el 
 
 il 
 
 ol 
 
 ul 
 
 ma 
 
 me 
 
 mi 
 
 mo 
 
 mu 
 
 my 
 
 aiii 
 
 em 
 
 im 
 
 om 
 
 urn 
 
 na 
 
 ne 
 
 ni 
 
 no 
 
 nu 
 
 ^^y 
 
 ail 
 
 en 
 
 in 
 
 on 
 
 im 
 
 pa 
 
 pe 
 
 pi 
 
 po 
 
 pu 
 
 vy 
 
 ap 
 
 ep 
 
 ^P 
 
 op 
 
 i. 
 
 ra 
 
 re 
 
 ri 
 
 ro 
 
 ru 
 
 ^y 
 
 ar 
 
 or 
 
 . ir 
 
 or 
 
 ur 
 
 uz 
 
 so 
 
 I 
 
 a;"a 
 
 in 
 
 it is 
 
 go 
 
 to 
 
 it 
 
 am I 
 
 so? 
 
 is 
 
 it in ? 
 
 it 
 
 to 
 
 go / 
 
 
 
 
 LESSON III. 
 
 
 
 
 sa 
 
 ' se 
 
 si 
 
 so 
 
 au 
 
 sy 
 
 as 
 
 es 
 
 is 
 
 OS 
 
 us 
 
 ys 
 
 ta 
 
 t« 
 
 ti 
 
 to 
 
 tu 
 
 ty 
 
 at 
 
 et 
 
 it 
 
 ot 
 
 ut 
 
 va 
 
 .ve 
 
 vi 
 
 vo 
 
 vu 
 
 vy 
 
 . av 
 
 iv 
 
 ov 
 
 uv 
 
 wa 
 
 we 
 
 wi 
 
 wo 
 
 ax 
 
 ex 
 
 ix 
 
 ox 
 
 ux 
 
 ya 
 
 ye 
 
 yo 
 
 za 
 
 ze 
 
 zi 
 
 zo 
 
 za 
 
 zy 
 
 az 
 
 ez 
 
 iz 
 
 oz 
 
 uz 
 
 
 as it 
 
 is 
 
 so 
 
 be it 
 
 up 
 
 to it 
 
 
 . 
 
 sit by 
 
 us 
 
 by 
 
 m sit 
 
 * to 
 
 go at 
 
 
 
 SO do 
 
 we 
 
 we ^.0 go 
 
 do 
 
 it so 
 
 
 
 s@^ tb 
 
 C OS 
 
 lie 
 
 i^i'^% 
 
 %o go Iq 
 
 
 
 fe it ; 
 
 agw 
 
 npw ^9 it 
 
 c?r 
 
 |9b^ 
 
 » 
 
 ^j^ jit -'a^ii:- i M wa H'^*^'""''"^'^ ^^v^ 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 
 
 
 
 LESSON IV. 
 
 
 
 
 Words 
 
 a7id Syllahlee of Three iMiers. 
 
 bad 
 
 bag 
 
 cab 
 
 ban 
 
 bap 
 
 bat 
 
 cad 
 
 dag 
 
 dab 
 
 can 
 
 cap 
 
 cat 
 
 dad 
 
 fag 
 
 gab 
 
 dan 
 
 dap 
 
 fat 
 
 gad 
 
 K^S 
 
 nab 
 
 fan 
 
 gap 
 
 hat 
 
 had 
 
 hag 
 
 pab 
 
 man 
 
 hap 
 
 mat 
 
 mad 
 
 nag 
 
 rab 
 
 ])an 
 
 map 
 
 pat 
 
 pad 
 
 rag 
 
 sal) 
 
 ran 
 
 sap 
 
 rat 
 
 sad- 
 
 tag 
 
 tab 
 
 tan 
 
 tap 
 
 sat 
 
 I am 
 
 to be lip 
 
 he is to 
 
 go in 
 
 an ox is by me 
 
 up I i 
 
 ^irn to be 
 
 in he is 
 
 to go 
 
 by me 
 
 is an ox 
 
 if wc 
 
 do go np 
 
 I is it my 
 
 ■ cat, pa' 
 
 i^ m}^ cap 
 
 •, it is so ! 
 
 
 
 LESSON y. 
 
 
 
 bam 
 
 lax 
 
 ben 
 
 bed 
 
 bet 
 
 bin 
 
 cam 
 
 tax 
 
 den 
 
 fed 
 
 get 
 
 din 
 
 dam 
 
 wax 
 
 fen 
 
 led 
 
 let 
 
 fin 
 
 bam 
 
 bex 
 
 hen 
 
 ned 
 
 met 
 
 gin 
 
 jam 
 
 clex 
 
 men 
 
 red 
 
 net 
 
 pin 
 
 ram 
 
 sex 
 
 pen 
 
 wed 
 
 pet 
 
 sin 
 
 yam 
 
 vex 
 
 ten 
 
 zed 
 
 yet 
 
 win 
 
 The cat has ^pt 
 
 < a rat, 
 
 The heft sits by 
 
 the tree, 
 
 How 
 
 very nice 
 
 and fat ; 
 
 The chick-ens too von see: 
 
 The dog lies on the ha}^, The bird sits on the limb, 
 The pup-pies by him stay. And sings its pret-ty hymn. 
 
 
 
 LESSON YI. 
 
 
 
 bla 
 
 ble 
 
 bli 
 
 bio 
 
 blu 
 
 bly 
 
 fla 
 
 fie • 
 
 fli 
 
 flo 
 
 flu 
 
 fly 
 
 gla-' 
 
 pla 
 
 rha 
 
 gle 
 pie 
 rhe 
 
 gli 
 rhi 
 
 glo 
 
 plo 
 
 • rho 
 
 glu 
 plu 
 rhu 
 
 rhy 
 
 sla 
 
 sle 
 
 sli 
 
 slo 
 
 sill 
 
 sly 
 
 trft 
 
 tre 
 
 tri 
 
 tro 
 
 trii 
 
 try 
 
10 
 
 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 •Here is my lit-tle box, The pig is in his pen, 
 And there the old fat ox ; See, too, the lit-tle wren ; 
 O ! my old map is wet, Now I've got a fire bug, 
 A new one I will get. I'll put him in the jug. 
 
 bry 
 cry 
 dry 
 fry 
 gry . 
 
 , pry 
 
 try . 
 
 The bee is on the wing, 
 Be-ware his cru-el sting ; 
 The wasp now makes his nest, Now ope this i-ron box, 
 He is a hor-rid pest. And see my pret-ty fox. 
 
 LESSOK YIII. 
 
 
 
 LESSON VII. 
 
 
 bra 
 
 bre 
 
 bri 
 
 bro 
 
 bru 
 
 era 
 dra 
 fra 
 
 ere 
 dre 
 fre' 
 
 cri 
 dri 
 fri 
 
 cro 
 dro 
 fro- 
 
 cru 
 dru 
 fru 
 
 gra 
 pra 
 tra 
 
 gre 
 pre 
 tre 
 
 gri 
 pri 
 tri 
 
 gro 
 pro 
 tro 
 
 gru 
 pru 
 tru 
 
 The old man wears a wig. 
 And feeds his fat- ted pig ; 
 
 pha phe phi pho phu phy 
 
 sha she shi sho shu shy 
 
 bug , dug hug jug mug rug 
 
 bot cot dot hot mot sot 
 
 bit fit hit kit pit sit 
 
 dip hip lip rip -sip tip 
 
 bob cob fob job rob sob 
 
 The cat has shut her eye, Tl:|e ox now eats his corn, 
 Now I can eat a pie ; A fly sits on his horn ; 
 
 I see the old fat ox, O ! put a- way the map. 
 
 Here lies my pret-ty fox-. Now let us take a nap. 
 
 
 * 
 
 LESSON IX. 
 
 
 
 bog 
 
 dog 
 
 cog 
 
 fog 
 
 gog 
 
 log 
 
 bud 
 
 cud 
 
 dud 
 
 hud 
 
 mud 
 
 rud 
 
 big 
 
 fig 
 
 gig 
 
 hig 
 
 rig 
 
 wig 
 
 bum 
 
 gum 
 
 hum 
 
 mum 
 
 rum 
 
 sum 
 
 bub 
 
 cub • 
 
 dub 
 
 hub 
 
 rub 
 
 tub 
 
 bun 
 
 dun 
 
 fun 
 
 gun 
 
 run 
 
 tun 
 
 bar 
 
 car 
 
 far 
 
 gar 
 
 mar 
 
 tar 
 
SPELLING BOOX. 
 
 11 
 
 Tbe dog bas got bis meat, Tbe cat is on tbe log, 
 
 Come now and see bim eat ; Sbe biss-es at tbe dog ; 
 
 ! see tbe pret-ty boy, Tbe fisb swim in tbe sea, 
 
 lie bas a nice new toy. A £sb-er I would be. 
 
 
 
 LESSON X. 
 
 
 
 bay 
 )ay 
 lew 
 
 bod 
 
 day 
 ray 
 jew 
 cod 
 
 gay 
 
 say 
 
 mew 
 
 bod 
 
 bay 
 way 
 new 
 nod 
 
 lay 
 dew 
 pew 
 rod 
 
 may 
 
 few 
 tew 
 sod 
 
 fop 
 bib 
 
 bop 
 fib 
 
 mop 
 nib 
 
 pop 
 rib 
 
 sop 
 sib 
 
 top 
 tib 
 
 spa spe spi 
 
 Th« bce-tle now I spy, 
 And see its lit-tle eye ; 
 It sits upon the flow-cr, 
 "VVi^h-in the sha-4y bow-er. 
 
 spo spu . spy 
 
 I feed my pet on rice, 
 And keep him from the mice; 
 "\Vith-in his cage he sleeps, 
 Or thro' its bars he peeps. 
 
 di al 
 ty ro 
 be ro 
 la va 
 pi ca 
 so da 
 so fa 
 ba lo 
 
 The rain 
 The win- 
 The bird 
 AndO! 
 
 LESSON XI. 
 
 Easy Words df Two Syllahl&s. 
 
 ga la po em pu ny fi at 
 
 la va po et ba zy fu. ry 
 
 ru in da el la zy to ry 
 
 vi al na vy la dy ca to 
 
 real mazy zany lu cy 
 
 ri ot bo ny si zy ro sy 
 
 bi as po nj ti dy fu el 
 
 di et do zy li my fu my 
 
 is fall-ing fast, 
 ter days are past ; 
 s are on the wing, 
 how nice they sing. 
 
 The calrcs now crop the grass, 
 And scam-per as we pass ; 
 The lambs I love to see, 
 And near them ever be. 
 
 LESSON XII. 
 
 bid 
 
 did 
 
 hid 
 
 lid 
 
 mid 
 
 boy 
 coy 
 
 joy 
 
 roy 
 toy 
 
 bon 
 
 con 
 
 don 
 
 mon 
 
 pen 
 
 die 
 
 fie 
 
 bic 
 
 lie 
 
 pie 
 
 tiX 
 
 mix 
 pix 
 rix 
 six 
 
 ace 
 
 age 
 
 alo 
 
 ape 
 
 ate 
 
12 
 
 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 lag 
 
 
 hern 
 
 
 caw 
 
 maw 
 
 cue 
 
 elk 
 
 sag ' 
 
 
 gem 
 
 
 daw 
 
 saw 
 
 due 
 
 ell 
 
 tag 
 
 
 cup 
 
 
 law 
 
 taw 
 
 hue 
 
 elm 
 
 wag 
 
 
 sup 
 
 
 paw 
 
 raw 
 
 rue 
 
 end 
 
 The e 
 
 -vil 
 
 way of 1 
 
 sin 
 
 But take 
 
 the up- 
 
 ward track, 
 
 ! neve 
 
 r once 
 
 he 
 
 -gin ) 
 
 -And ne'er from 
 
 it turn back, 
 
 Lest then you on-ward go Then Heav-en will be your home 
 To pain and end-less wo ; For end-leas years to come. 
 
 
 
 LESSOX XIII 
 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Words of 
 
 Four Letters. 
 
 
 bane 
 
 vane 
 
 bale 
 
 cope 
 
 bone 
 
 dire 
 
 cane 
 
 wane 
 
 gale 
 
 hope 
 
 cone. 
 
 fire 
 
 fane 
 
 cave 
 
 bale 
 
 lope 
 
 lone 
 
 hire 
 
 lane 
 
 li'ave 
 
 kale 
 
 mope 
 
 tone 
 
 mire 
 
 mane 
 
 lave 
 
 male 
 
 pope 
 
 dive 
 
 sire 
 
 pane 
 
 nave 
 
 sale 
 
 rope 
 
 hive 
 
 tire 
 
 sane 
 
 save 
 
 tale 
 
 tope 
 
 rive 
 
 wire 
 
 To all be k'nd and true, 
 No e vil ev-er <lo ; 
 
 The njoon is clear and bright, 
 The stars p;ive light by night; 
 You must not work or play And all the show-ers that fall 
 Up-on God's ho-ly day. For grate- ful praises call. 
 
 LESSON XIY. 
 
 bake 
 
 bare 
 
 V^ent 
 
 fine 
 
 blot 
 
 bore 
 
 cake 
 
 care 
 
 cent 
 
 dine 
 
 clot 
 
 -core 
 
 lake 
 
 dare 
 
 dent 
 
 line 
 
 glot 
 
 fore 
 
 make 
 
 fare 
 
 gent 
 
 mine 
 
 plot 
 
 gore 
 
 rake 
 
 hare 
 
 lent 
 
 fiine 
 
 quot 
 
 lore 
 
 sake 
 
 mare 
 
 ment 
 
 pine 
 
 shot 
 
 . more 
 
 take 
 
 pare 
 
 rent 
 
 tine 
 
 spot 
 
 sore 
 
 wake 
 
 tare 
 
 sent 
 
 wine 
 
 trot 
 
 tore 
 
 Tak,e not God's ijftme in vain, 
 Each sin will leave a stain ; 
 God's ho-ly word is true, 
 It t^Ils you what to do. 
 
 Love God with all your hearty 
 From evil ways de-part; 
 Keep all God's laws iu sight^ 
 And pray for guid^iug light. 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 
 
 18 
 
 
 
 LESSON XV. 
 
 
 
 dace 
 
 cage 
 
 code 
 
 bite 
 
 date 
 
 bile 
 
 face 
 
 gage 
 
 mode 
 
 cite 
 
 gate 
 
 file ■ 
 
 lace 
 
 page 
 
 node 
 
 mite 
 
 hate 
 
 mile 
 
 mace 
 
 rage 
 
 rode 
 
 rite 
 
 late 
 
 pile 
 
 pace 
 
 sage 
 
 tone 
 
 site 
 
 mate 
 
 tile 
 
 race 
 
 wage 
 
 zone - 
 
 . zite 
 
 pate 
 
 wile 
 
 made 
 
 came 
 
 gore 
 
 cure 
 
 cape 
 
 fife 
 
 f^ide 
 
 dame 
 
 sore 
 
 lure 
 
 tape 
 
 life 
 
 jade 
 
 fame 
 
 . tore 
 
 pure 
 
 nape 
 
 rife 
 
 wade 
 
 lame 
 
 wore 
 
 sure 
 
 rape 
 
 wife 
 
 All Na-ture's fresh and gay, 
 
 I love the thou- 
 
 sand flow-ers, 
 
 Come let 
 
 us take our play; 
 
 And all the bloom-ing bow-ers;' 
 
 How swt>et-ly in 
 
 thesprin.2j 
 
 But rose 
 
 s red ar 
 
 id white—- 
 
 The woods with ; 
 
 music ring. 
 
 They are 
 
 my chi 
 
 ef de-light. 
 
 
 
 LKSSON XVI. 
 
 
 
 bold 
 
 best 
 
 bate 
 
 bolt 
 
 ball 
 
 crab 
 
 cold 
 
 lest 
 
 date 
 
 colt 
 
 call 
 
 drab 
 
 fold 
 
 nest 
 
 iiite 
 
 dolt 
 
 fall 
 
 grab 
 
 gold 
 
 rest 
 
 gate 
 
 jolt 
 
 gall 
 
 blab 
 
 hold 
 
 test 
 
 hate 
 
 malt 
 
 hall 
 
 slab 
 
 mold 
 
 vest 
 
 mate 
 
 halt 
 
 pall 
 
 stab 
 
 sold 
 
 west 
 
 , rate 
 
 roll 
 
 tall 
 
 crag 
 
 told 
 
 zest 
 
 sate 
 
 toll 
 
 wall 
 
 draff 
 
 0, come>ind see my top, 
 How it does ppin and hop I 
 And then it linm^, you see, 
 Like the prct-ty bee ! 
 It is no com-mon toy, 
 9 It fills me full of joy ! 
 
 "We must either advance 
 learning, we are losing. 
 
 ^ Idleness and want aro 
 dwgll together* 
 
 And now it is my wish, 
 To catch a 1 it-tie fish ; 
 I'll take my pole and hook 
 Down to the flow-ing brook, 
 I'll catch the lit-tle sin-ner, 
 Andbringhim home for dinner. 
 
 or e;o backward. If we are not 
 twin sinters^ and they alwayo 
 
14 
 
 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 LESSON XVII. 
 
 THE SNAIL AND THE SHIP. 
 
 The snail lives in its shell, 
 I found it in the dell ; 
 For house it ean-not lack, 
 It bears one on its back. 
 
 The ships sail on the sea, 
 And there I like to be, 
 When high the wind doth rave, 
 And mount the foam-ing wave. 
 
 Words of Tu:o SylldbleSy Accented on the First. 
 
 CO pal 
 do tal 
 lo cal 
 to tal 
 ho ral 
 vo cal 
 fatal 
 na tal 
 vi tal 
 fi nal 
 
 pe nal 
 
 ve nal 
 re gal 
 le gal 
 mo dal 
 na sal 
 pa pal 
 po lar 
 so lar 
 fa vor* 
 
 toper 
 focal 
 sa vor 
 fe ver 
 lu nar 
 Ko man 
 hu man 
 pa gan 
 Si mon 
 ni tre 
 
 so ber 
 ca per 
 su ral 
 sy ren 
 ci der 
 la ver 
 viper 
 caper 
 paper 
 pi per 
 
 vo ter 
 ro ver 
 am ber 
 up per 
 under 
 o ver 
 o ral 
 po ker 
 to ken 
 bo lus 
 
 Be ev-ei" good and true, 
 Mind what jou say and do ; 
 God's word would make you wise, 
 Do not its truth de-spise. 
 
 Learn some-thing ev-e-ry day, 
 And ev-er watch and pray ; 
 To run in ways of sin 
 1 ncv-er once be-gin. 
 
 HOW I LOVE. 
 
 How [ love my tender mother, 
 How I love my father dear; 
 
 How I love my little brother. 
 And my gentle sis^r here : 
 
 They are all both kind and true, 
 
 And they dearly love mc too. 
 
 Be my neighbor proud or lowly, 
 He shall my affection share; 
 
 Be he sinful, be he holy, 
 
 He may claim my earnest prayer; 
 
 Let me not unfeeling prove. 
 
 Nor myself too dearly lore. 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 15 
 
 But of all afFcctioD given, 
 
 God on high demands the most ; 
 
 God the Father in the heaven, 
 God the Son; and Holy Ghost : 
 
 Three in one, and One in three, 
 
 Be thou all in all to me. 
 
 LESSON XVIIL 
 
 band bamc bate bank 
 
 band 
 
 came 
 
 date 
 
 hank 
 
 land 
 
 dame 
 
 late 
 
 lank 
 
 mand 
 
 game 
 
 mote 
 
 rank 
 
 pand 
 
 lame 
 
 note 
 
 sank 
 
 rand 
 
 name 
 
 pote 
 
 tank 
 
 sand 
 
 same 
 
 rote , 
 
 bulk 
 
 ripe 
 
 tame 
 
 Eote 
 
 bulk 
 
 type 
 
 fame 
 
 A SECRET, 
 
 vote 
 
 sulk 
 
 THE LITTLE NESTS. 
 
 There is a se-cret I would like 
 The lit-tle girh to know ; 
 But I won't tell a sin-gle boy — 
 They rob the birds' nests so. 
 
 "We have four pret-ty lit-tle nests, 
 We watch them with great care j 
 Full fif-ty eggs are in this tree — 
 Don't tell the boys they're there ! 
 
 Joe Thomp-son rob-bed the ne«ts, last year, 
 And year be-fore, Tom Brown ; 
 I'll tell it, loud as I can sing, 
 To cv-c-ry one in town. 
 
 LESSON XIX. 
 
 STEALING. 
 
 " Docs Ilar-ry Flint steal apples ? " 
 
 '^ No ! nor any thing else. lie would as soon cut off his 
 own right hand as to steal. When he was a child his 
 moth-cr taught him this les-son : 
 
 "In God's sight, it is a sin, 
 To steal a.pen.ny or a pin." 
 
16 
 
 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 He has re-nicm-be:*-ed that les-son to this day. In-deed, 
 he nev-er will fur-got it. He acts on that prin-ci-pl« in all 
 that he docs ; and eve-ry bod-y hon-ors him for it." 
 
 "Well, then, I want to em-ploy him/' said Mr. Wil- 
 pou. " But, as for Tom Sands, I would not let him coin£ 
 in-side of my door, he is such a liar and thief. '^ 
 
 ■ Words of Five Letters. 
 
 block 
 
 "brays 
 
 barns 
 
 bangs 
 
 barks 
 
 clock 
 
 frays 
 
 earns 
 
 • fangs 
 
 harks 
 
 flock 
 
 grays 
 
 darns 
 
 gangs 
 
 larks 
 
 smock 
 
 sla3'S 
 
 tarns 
 
 hangs 
 
 marks 
 
 stock 
 
 sta>s 
 
 yarns 
 
 pnngs 
 
 parks 
 
 crock 
 
 swa3's 
 
 farms 
 
 tangs 
 
 bakes 
 
 frock 
 
 prays 
 
 harms 
 
 bores 
 
 cakes 
 
 "\vhelp 
 
 quays 
 
 brags 
 
 cores 
 
 lakes 
 
 yelps 
 
 plays 
 
 crags 
 LESSON 
 
 sores 
 XX. 
 
 makes 
 
 BE "WISE AND GOOD. 
 Oh ! no, I'll nev-er be a fool, 
 For I will mind my books and school ; 
 I'll learn of duty all 1 can, 
 /Vnd strive to be. a use-ful man. 
 •31y fel-low pu-pils I will love, 
 And try to be like those a-bovo. 
 
 caves 
 
 bites 
 
 bines 
 
 holes 
 
 bends 
 
 laves 
 
 cites . 
 
 dines - 
 
 moles 
 
 lends 
 
 waves 
 
 kites 
 
 fmes 
 
 poles 
 
 sends 
 
 fades 
 
 mites 
 
 mines 
 
 soles 
 
 sakes 
 
 lades 
 
 rites 
 
 lines 
 
 lobes 
 
 wakes 
 
 rades 
 
 bides 
 
 pines 
 
 robes 
 
 pants 
 
 gales 
 
 hides 
 
 sines 
 
 notes 
 
 rants 
 
 sales 
 
 rides 
 
 tines 
 
 votes 
 
 hills 
 
 darts 
 
 nests 
 
 vines 
 
 hopes 
 
 mills 
 
 parts 
 
 pests 
 
 ^^ines 
 
 ropes 
 
 pills 
 
 TIME. 
 
 Chll-dren sol-dom thiftk of the value of time. But it 
 is far bet'ter than gold. They should be care-ful to ira* 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 
 
 17 
 
 prove it as it flics. The dnys of youth \vill soon pass 
 a-wny ; and tlicy will ncv-er re-turn Those wno are i-dle 
 in youth will regret it very much when they are old. Let 
 all child-rcn, then, take warii-intr ; ini-prtn'c all their time, 
 and do all their du-ty. Thus they w'ill be both use-ful and 
 hap-py. 
 
 
 
 LESSON XXL 
 
 
 carts 
 
 falls 
 
 binds 
 
 books 
 
 feels 
 
 darts 
 
 balls 
 
 liuds 
 
 cooks 
 
 heels 
 
 harts 
 
 calls 
 
 hinds 
 
 nook.:! 
 
 keels,, 
 
 malts 
 
 galls 
 
 kinds 
 
 looks 
 
 reels 
 
 j)arts 
 
 malls 
 
 minds 
 
 rooks 
 
 deeds 
 
 tarts 
 
 palls 
 
 winds 
 
 hooks 
 
 feeds 
 
 cents 
 
 wasps 
 
 bolts 
 
 cools* 
 
 boots 
 
 rents 
 
 wands 
 
 colts 
 
 fools 
 
 coots 
 
 panes 
 
 warts 
 
 dolts 
 
 boons 
 
 hoots 
 
 vanes 
 
 warps 
 
 jolts 
 
 moons 
 
 roots 
 
 "We love the lit-tle girls and boja, Hear bow the li'.-tle lark 
 
 And give thera pret-t^y toys. Flies \ip when it is dark ! 
 
 Tlie kit-tens go to bed. He ris-es up on high 
 
 "When they, on milk, are fed. To car-rol in the sk}', 
 
 The bird is on the tree, Then down he cotr.es, rou see, 
 
 And chirps its note for me. And siis be-nwith the tree. 
 
 *' Sprint^ is com-ing, Spring is com-ing," said lit-tle 
 An-nie, "for now the lit-tle snow-drops and the vi-o lots 
 are be-gin-uing to peep through the green leaves. 0,h©w 
 glad 1 am; for soon the air will be iill-ed with sweet per- 
 fume, and wc shall have .so nia-ny pret-ty flow-ers. 
 
 The mea-dows, then, will be cov-er-ed with fresh grass. 
 The lit-tle lambs will de-light us with their sports, and the 
 birds will fill the for-cst witli their cheerful notes. ~ 0, 
 how de-light- ful Spring is! 
 
 . MARINERS-. 
 
 How cheer-y are the mar-i-ncrs, 
 Those 'lov-er§ of the sea 1 
 Tl^cir hearts aro like the crc."jt*ed wcreei 
 As bov.nd-iug aad as frnc. 
 
18 
 
 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 
 
 XXII. 
 
 
 
 brave 
 
 blame 
 
 blade 
 
 bride 
 
 spoke 
 
 crave 
 
 flame 
 
 glade 
 
 chide 
 
 smoke 
 
 grave 
 
 frame 
 
 shade 
 
 bribe 
 
 scope 
 
 shave 
 
 shame 
 
 grade 
 
 tribe 
 
 slope 
 
 slave 
 
 shape 
 
 sjiade 
 
 glide 
 
 grope 
 
 stave 
 
 grape 
 
 trade 
 
 slide 
 
 trope 
 
 brake 
 
 plate 
 
 shine 
 
 drove 
 
 grace 
 
 flake 
 
 state 
 
 swine 
 
 grove 
 
 :)lace 
 Drace 
 
 shake 
 
 stake 
 
 twine 
 
 stove 
 
 snake 
 
 drake 
 
 brine 
 
 snore 
 
 mange 
 
 spake 
 
 quake 
 
 trine 
 
 store 
 
 range 
 
 AGAINST QUARRELING AND FIGHTING. 
 Xet dogs de-light to bark and bite, 
 
 For 'tis their na-ture to ; 
 Let bearg and li-ons growl and fight, 
 
 For God hath made them so. 
 
 But, ehild-ron, you should nev-er let 
 
 Your an-gry pas-sions rise ; 
 Your lit-tle hands were ney-er made 
 
 To tear each other's eyes. 
 
 What-ev-er brawls dis-turb the street, 
 There should be peace at home ; 
 
 AVhere sis-tors dwell and brotk-crs meet, 
 Quar-rels should ncT-er come. 
 
 LESSON XXIII. 
 
 HANDS. 
 
 '' I have a pair of ti-ny hands. 
 They're Ht-tle bits of things ; 
 But moth-cr says, that they were made 
 To serve the '' king of kings." 
 
 bland 
 
 blank 
 
 crack 
 
 bring 
 
 clung 
 
 grand 
 
 crank 
 
 track 
 
 cling 
 
 flung 
 
 brand 
 
 drank 
 
 smack 
 
 fling 
 
 brick 
 
 stand 
 
 flank 
 
 slack 
 
 swing 
 
 stick 
 
 stamp 
 
 frank 
 
 stack 
 
 brink 
 
 trick 
 
 cramp 
 
 prank 
 
 quack 
 
 think 
 
 click 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 
 
 19 
 
 speck 
 
 small 
 
 bless 
 
 flush 
 
 blend 
 
 check 
 
 stall 
 
 clreps , 
 
 crush 
 
 spend 
 
 smell 
 
 crawl 
 
 chess 
 
 stock 
 
 bench 
 
 spell 
 
 yawl 
 
 press 
 
 clock 
 
 wench 
 
 THE LITTLE SPARROW. 
 
 Glad to seo you, little bird, 
 
 'Twas your littlo chirp I heard; 
 
 "What did you in-tend to say ? 
 
 " Give mc some-thing this cold day.'' 
 
 That I will, and plen-ty too; 
 All these crumbs I sav-ed for you; 
 Don't be fright-en-ed, here's a treat— 
 I will wait and sec you eat. 
 
 LESSON XXIV. 
 
 MY LITTLE BODY. 
 
 My lit-tle body's very weak, 
 A fall or blow my bones might break j 
 The wa-ter soon might stop my breath, 
 The fire might close my eyes in death. 
 
 But God can keep me by his care, 
 To Him I'll say this lit-tle pray-er: 
 " 0, God ! from harm my body keep. 
 Both when I wake and when I sleep." 
 
 Wor 
 
 ds of Two Sf/UahleSj Accented on the Second, 
 
 a bate 
 
 be gin 
 
 de base 
 
 ra zee 
 
 re tire 
 
 ► a bide 
 
 be tide 
 
 de vote 
 
 re bate 
 
 se date 
 
 a bode 
 
 be lie 
 
 de cade 
 
 re late 
 
 so lace 
 
 a rise 
 
 be dim 
 
 de hide 
 
 re print 
 
 se cede 
 
 a rose 
 
 be mire 
 
 dc nude 
 
 re mark 
 
 se cure 
 
 a dore 
 
 be side 
 
 de fame 
 
 re fine 
 
 se rene 
 
 ■ a maze 
 
 dc ride 
 
 de rive 
 
 re lume 
 
 se Crete 
 
 a base 
 
 de note 
 
 de port 
 
 re clinc 
 
 se vere 
 
 a like 
 
 dc sire 
 
 dc fy 
 
 re bukc 
 
 se ducc 
 
 « live 
 
 de pose 
 
 *de nj 
 
 re viVe 
 
 se elude 
 
20 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 THE MODEL BOY. 
 
 Wil-liniii is a good boy. See liim yonder in the field 
 louk-ing af-ter his fiith-er's sheep. He has a l!t-tle box in 
 his hand full of salt. Tlie sheep love to sec hiiii, for he 
 al-ways has some-thing fur them. 
 
 Now he i.s put-ting salt on a board. See how they come 
 nin-ning to liim. They are glad to get it^ and it is very 
 good for them. 
 
 Wlien the sliccp .^trny off from home, he and the boy 
 Ned i:tt on their po-nios and hunt them up. 
 
 Wil-liam loves his moth-er, and al-wiiys docs as she bids 
 hiiij. When she sends him on an errand, he hev-er plays 
 by the v^ay. AVhen he goes to school, he tries to learn all 
 1-is lessons well ; and when he is at home, he is al-Y?ays 
 try-ing to do some-thing use-ful. Eve-rybody loves him; 
 Jind he will be a great and a good man some day. 
 
 PLAY. 
 
 Let your sports be gay, but kind -, 
 
 Thus the bod-y helps. the mind ; 
 
 Earn-est phiys, if not too long, 
 
 Make both mind and bod-y strong. ^ 
 
 DUTIES. 
 
 Love God, who all your bless-ings gives, 
 With all your heart and mind ; 
 And love your neigh-bor as your-self, 
 ]Je ev-er faitli-ful, just and kind. 
 
 Deal with an-other as you'd havn. 
 
 An-other deal with you; " 
 
 What you're un-will-ing to re-ceive, 
 
 Be sure you nev-«r do. 
 
 LESSO.^ XXV. 
 
 DIPHTHONGS AND DIGRAPHS. 
 
 A diphthong is a union of two vowels, both of which 
 are sounded. As oil, hud, j^j-oiuL 
 
 A digraph is the union ot two vowels, of which only 
 one 15 fiQund$d. Aa sen, p«?ach; rgndi The digraphs or* 
 merkod with Mmt 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 
 
 21 
 
 
 DIPHTII0NQ3. 
 
 i DIGRAPHS. 
 
 
 oil 
 
 our 
 
 bound 
 
 j oar 
 
 load 
 
 coach 
 
 boil 
 
 sour 
 
 hound 
 
 soar 
 
 goad 
 
 poach 
 
 coil 
 
 awl 
 
 sound 
 
 roar 
 
 road 
 
 roach 
 
 Toil 
 
 owl 
 
 growl' 
 
 earn 
 
 toad 
 
 mails 
 
 moil 
 
 bout 
 
 prowl 
 
 learn 
 
 cdat 
 
 pa?'ls 
 
 soil 
 
 lout 
 
 ounce 
 
 yearn 
 
 goat 
 
 sae'ls 
 
 GOD OUR MAKKR. 
 
 In six dajs God made the world, nnd all that is in it. 
 
 He made the sun to give light by day, and the moon and 
 8tars to shine by night. 
 
 The grass, the plants and the trees were made to a-dovn 
 the earth, and give food to man and beast. 
 
 He made man in his Oivn im-age, and placed him over 
 all that He had made upon the earth. 
 
 When He had made all things He said they were very 
 good. 
 
 We ought, then, to love God for what He had done for 
 UH. And .we ought nev-er to do any thing bad iu this good 
 world which He has made for our use. 
 
 LESSON XXYI. 
 
 EVENING. 
 
 The day-light fades. 
 
 The evening shades 
 Are gathering round my head ; 
 
 Father above, 
 
 1 own the love 
 That smooths and guards my bod. 
 
 "While Thou art near, 
 
 I need not fear 
 The gloom of mid-night's hour ; 
 
 Dear Savior still, 
 
 From every ill, 
 Defend me, loith Thy 'power » 
 
 Pardon my sin, 
 
 And enter in, 
 And sanctify my heart, 
 
 Spirit Divine ; 
 
 Oh ! make me thine, 
 And ne'er from mc depart. 
 
aa 
 
 TBI comitoztixn 
 
 — ■ ■ i—w earryifli^wr^Tw 
 
 In the following words, the vowel a of the digraph 
 ea has no sound ; and the e has the short sound of 
 that letter, as in 7a€L 
 
 feath er 
 weath er 
 health y 
 wealth y 
 meas ure 
 trerts ure 
 pleas ant 
 pleas lire 
 jeal ous 
 zeal ous 
 
 bread 
 
 breath 
 
 earl 
 
 ear nest 
 
 head 
 
 death 
 
 pearl 
 
 ear ly 
 
 lead 
 
 earth 
 
 earn 
 
 earth ly 
 
 read 
 
 dearth- 
 
 learn 
 
 earth en 
 
 stead 
 
 sweat 
 
 yearn 
 
 heav en 
 
 tread 
 
 threat 
 
 cleanse 
 
 leav en 
 
 dread 
 
 health 
 
 dreamt 
 
 clean ly 
 
 spread 
 
 wealth 
 
 meant 
 
 search ing 
 
 dead 
 
 stealth 
 
 realm 
 
 heav y 
 
 thread 
 
 breadth 
 
 breast 
 
 leath er 
 
 To God all hon-or give, 
 Ami to IJis glo-ry live. 
 Be love-lj iu His eyes, 
 And tben to Him a-iise. 
 Those wlio the Svi-vior love, 
 Shall reii'U with llim a-boY«. 
 
 From Yrays of sin now eenso, 
 
 And make witli God your peace. 
 
 [Man's body, tho' it dies, 
 
 Tet it a-gain shall rise. 
 
 Of all your. words take caro, 
 
 And nov-er lie nor swear. 
 
 EARLY PIETY. 
 
 Happy the child, whose tender years 
 
 Receive instruction vrell, 
 Who hates the sinner's path, and fears 
 
 The road that leads to hell, 
 
 " GOOD NIGHT." 
 
 At night my mother comes up stairs. 
 She comes to hear us say our prayers ; 
 And while I'm sitting on her knee. 
 She always kiss-es little me. 
 
 Before she took away the light, 
 She tucked the blank«ts close and tight; 
 And round about my sleepy head, 
 She drew the curtains of the bed. 
 
 I saw her walk across the floor, 
 And sofdy close the nurse-ry door, 
 And then I called, with all my might, 
 ^' Good night, dear mamma, good night." 
 
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 LESSON xxyii. 
 
 Words of Tioo Syllables^ Accented on the First. 
 
 ma ker 
 
 giant 
 
 bi ter 
 
 i cy 
 
 navy 
 
 ta ker 
 
 fri ar 
 
 la bel 
 
 ne gro 
 
 tiger 
 
 cri er 
 
 libel 
 
 slimy 
 
 pa cer 
 
 vi per 
 
 lu nar 
 
 fa vor 
 
 gro cer 
 
 ni tre 
 
 plu ral 
 
 metre 
 
 wo ful 
 
 ro ver 
 
 fin ish 
 
 mo live 
 
 fitful 
 
 tro ver 
 
 lior rid 
 
 ze ro 
 
 fin ish 
 
 wa ver 
 
 sol id 
 
 tu lip 
 
 lin net 
 
 ca ger 
 
 dol lar 
 
 tu tor 
 
 mil let 
 
 pi lot 
 
 dan dy 
 
 ce dar 
 
 min ion 
 
 pli ant 
 
 dap pie 
 
 era zy 
 
 mim ic 
 
 se ton 
 
 dor sal 
 
 tri al 
 
 mor al 
 
 libel 
 
 ton sil 
 
 III ler 
 
 mor tar 
 
 do nor 
 
 ton ic 
 
 ra ral 
 
 pot ter 
 
 fla vor 
 
 Lat in 
 
 pu pil 
 
 pil fer 
 
 lia ler 
 
 liv cr 
 
 cru et 
 
 pup py 
 
 lia ter 
 
 liv id 
 
 cru cl 
 
 363 ter 
 lat ter 
 
 bu mid 
 
 lum ber 
 
 gru el 
 
 tu mid 
 
 lub ber 
 
 vi tal 
 
 • mat ter 
 
 idol 
 
 ros in 
 
 
 LESSON XXVIII. 
 
 
 
 TOBACCO. 
 
 
 
 I'll never use 
 
 tobacco, no! 
 
 
 It is a filtt^ weed; 
 It never in my mouth sliall go, 
 Said little Robert Heed. 
 
 In the following words the e of the digrapli has 
 the first sound of (•, as in ?7?e, and the other vowels 
 are silent. 
 
24 
 
 THE OONFEDKRATE 
 
 enst 
 
 eat 
 
 eave^i 
 
 ear 
 
 beast 
 
 beat 
 
 leaves 
 
 dear 
 
 least 
 
 feat 
 
 heaves 
 
 fear 
 
 feast 
 
 heat 
 
 greaves 
 
 hear 
 
 yeast 
 
 meat 
 
 weaves 
 
 shear 
 
 cease 
 
 neat 
 
 hears 
 
 blear 
 
 peac« 
 
 seat 
 
 fears 
 
 clear 
 
 lease 
 
 peat 
 
 gears 
 
 smear 
 
 crease 
 
 treat 
 
 sears 
 
 near 
 
 , grease 
 
 bleat 
 
 tears 
 
 rear 
 
 Drief 
 
 meal 
 
 thief 
 
 drear 
 
 lief 
 
 neal 
 
 grief 
 
 year 
 
 ceil 
 
 peal 
 
 wield 
 
 spear 
 
 deal 
 
 seal 
 
 shield 
 
 bead 
 
 hsal 
 
 veal 
 
 field 
 
 lead 
 
 wheal 
 
 weal 
 
 yield 
 
 mead 
 
 cream 
 
 be^an 
 
 dream 
 
 dean 
 
 . fleam 
 
 lean 
 
 gleam 
 
 mean 
 
 scream 
 
 wean 
 
 piece 
 
 glean 
 
 niece 
 
 fierce 
 
 liege 
 
 pierce 
 
 siege 
 
 speak 
 
 bleat 
 
 fcjueak 
 
 wheat 
 
 shriek 
 
 beam 
 
 beach 
 
 '' seam 
 
 leach 
 
 team 
 
 preach 
 
 3lead 
 vnead 
 
 reach 
 
 teach 
 
 "GOOD NIGHT." 
 
 [continued.] 
 
 I told you what 1 said to ^' ma," 
 
 As she went back to sit with '' pa;" 
 
 And now I wish to let jou see 
 
 What it was she said to me : * 
 
 That dear mam-ma ! so sweet and mild, 
 I heard her say, ^* God bless is[y child ; " 
 And al-ways when she goes a-way, 
 Those arc the words we hear her say. 
 
 Oh I wdiat a happy child am I^ 
 "When in my lit-tle crib I lie, 
 ' Blest by a ten-der moth-er's love, 
 And by the ho-ly God above. 
 
 . NOAK AND THK NEW WORLD. 
 
 And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord, and took of 
 eyery clean beast, and of ever}' clean fowl, and offered 
 burnt offerings on the altar. And the Lord su^elled a 
 sweet savor, and the Lord said in his heart, I will not 
 again curse the ground any more for man's sake ; for the 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 25 
 
 imagination of man^s heart is evil from his youth ; neither 
 will I smite every living thing any more as I have done. 
 AVhile the earth rcmaineth, seed time and harvest, and 
 cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, 
 shall not cease. 
 
 LESSON XXIX. 
 KINDNESS. 
 
 .THE PET LAMB. 
 
 Mary had a little lamb, 
 
 Its fleece was white as snow ; 
 And ev-e-ry-where that Mary went 
 
 The lamb was sure to go. 
 
 He went with her to school one day, 
 
 That was against the rule ; 
 It made the children laugh and play 
 
 To see a lamb at school. 
 
 So the teacher turned him out, 
 
 But still he lingered near, 
 And waited patiently about, 
 , Till Mary did appear. 
 
 And then he' ran to her and laid 
 
 Ilis head upon her arm, • 
 As if he said, " I'm not afraid, ' 
 
 You'll keep me from all harm.'' 
 
 What makes the Tnmb love Mary po ? 
 
 The eager children cry ; 
 " O ! Mary loves the lamb, you know," 
 
 The teacher did reply. 
 
 " And you, each gentle animal 
 
 To you, for life, may bind, 
 And make it follow at your will, 
 
 If you are always kind." 
 B ' ^ 
 
26 
 
 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 Worck of Tico Sf/Uables^ Accented on the Second 
 
 a base 
 a bate 
 a side 
 a pace 
 a maze 
 a wake 
 a ware. 
 ar rive 
 cajole 
 as pire 
 at tire 
 ca nine. 
 
 a wake 
 a live 
 a like 
 a tone 
 a dore 
 a bode 
 a bide 
 a cute 
 as size 
 ma ture 
 sa lute 
 ac crue 
 
 com pare 
 con nate 
 col late 
 com pose 
 con s me 
 bap tize 
 com mode 
 com pute 
 com mune 
 com port 
 com ply 
 com plete 
 
 ob late 
 ad mire 
 at' ford 
 ad vise 
 as size 
 il lume 
 at tune 
 ac quire 
 ac cede 
 al lude 
 al lure 
 ma ture 
 
 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard 
 of the man void of understanding; and lo I it was all 
 grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face 
 thereof; and the stone wall thereof was broken down. 
 
 Then I saw and considered it well ; I looked upon it 
 and received instruction. Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, 
 a little folding of the hands to sleep. 
 
 So shall thy poverty come'as one that treveleth, and thy 
 Tfant as an armed man. — lJSoIoi7ion. 
 
 LESSON XXX. 
 
 SWEAR NOT. " 
 
 I must not uso* God's name in vuin, 
 
 Or ever speak a word profane; 
 
 For those who learn to cur.se and swear, 
 
 The children of the Devil are : 
 
 My little lips, Oh^ may they be 
 
 Attuned, O Lord, to honor Thee ! ' ♦ 
 
 Woi'cls whose Memiings are Alilce. 
 
 babe 
 
 child 
 
 beak 
 
 bill 
 
 bind 
 
 tie 
 
 bile 
 
 gall 
 
 brute 
 
 beast 
 
 harm 
 
 hunt . 
 
 sack 
 
 bag 
 
 hurl 
 
 throw 
 
 loop 
 
 noose 
 
 flame 
 
 blaze 
 
 peak 
 
 point 
 
 heap 
 
 pile 
 
 pawn 
 
 pledge 
 
 hide 
 
 skin 
 
 bilge 
 
 leak 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 
 
 27 
 
 bond 
 
 " deed 
 
 jest 
 
 joke 
 
 tine 
 
 pVong 
 
 boon 
 
 gift 
 
 lad 
 
 boy 
 
 glade 
 
 lawu 
 
 bulb 
 
 root 
 
 maize 
 
 corn 
 
 pest 
 
 plague 
 
 bush 
 
 si 1 rub 
 
 noua . 
 
 nnme. 
 
 poll 
 
 head 
 
 bulk 
 
 size ■ . 
 
 lout 
 
 clown 
 
 blank 
 
 void 
 
 cowl 
 
 hood 
 
 den 
 
 cave 
 
 crude 
 
 raw 
 
 dread 
 
 fear 
 
 rind 
 
 bark 
 
 fain 
 
 glad 
 
 fib 
 
 lie 
 
 space 
 
 •room 
 
 prime 
 
 first 
 
 flesh 
 
 meat 
 
 staff 
 
 cane 
 
 calm 
 
 still 
 
 glebe 
 
 soil * 
 
 stag 
 
 deer 
 
 bleak 
 
 cold 
 
 glee 
 
 fun 
 
 polt 
 
 blow 
 
 rope 
 
 cord 
 
 fume 
 
 smoke 
 
 guile 
 
 craft 
 
 lax 
 
 loo^e 
 
 flaw 
 
 crack 
 
 blotch 
 
 stain 
 
 vast 
 
 . great 
 
 LITTLE FRED. 
 
 When little Fred was called to bed, 
 He always acted right ; 
 He kissed mamma, and then papa, 
 And wished them both good night. 
 
 He made no noise, like naughty boys, 
 But softly up the stairs. 
 Directly went as he was sent. 
 And always said his prayers. 
 
 Then little Fred, all snug in bed, 
 Did gently go to sleep ; 
 Nor did he ever lift his head, 
 Till day began to peep. 
 
 LESSON. XXXI. 
 
 MORNING. 
 
 The morninti' bright, 
 
 AVith rosy light^j. 
 Hath waked me from my sleep. 
 
 Father ! T own 
 
 Thy love alone 
 Thy little one doth keep. 
 
28 
 
 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 ' All through the day, 
 
 O God I pray, 
 Be thou my guard and guide ] 
 My sins forgive, 
 And let me live, 
 Dear Savior, near thy side. 
 
 Oh, make Thy rest, 
 
 Within my breast, 
 Great Spirit of all grace; 
 
 Make me like Thee, , 
 
 Then shall I be 
 Prepared to see Thy face. 
 
 Words of Two Si/Uables, Accented on the First. 
 blem ish blis ter 
 
 bla tant 
 bla zon 
 clo veil 
 clo ver 
 car man 
 car ver 
 car nal 
 eor nish 
 dis mal 
 dim pie 
 bin der 
 hun ter 
 med al 
 men sal 
 
 bles sing 
 blus ter 
 blub ber 
 blun der 
 blot ted 
 bran dish 
 bram ble 
 cem ent 
 cen sus 
 cher ry 
 cber nb 
 dent ist 
 dim ncss 
 
 bliss fui 
 bios soni 
 bow er 
 bow els 
 bran dj 
 can dy 
 bro ken 
 bro ker 
 cin der 
 cir cle 
 civ ic 
 civ il 
 cav il 
 
 fin ish 
 fen nel 
 'fer ret 
 box er 
 boy ish 
 cap tive 
 cat tie 
 cal ends 
 can vass 
 clar et 
 cis tern 
 cler gy 
 clin ic 
 clos ct 
 
 THE BLESSED. 
 
 Blessed are the poor in spirit ; for their's is the king» 
 dom of heaven. 
 
 Blessed are they that mourn ; for they shall be com- 
 forted. 
 
 Blessed are the meek; for they shall inherit the earth. 
 
 Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after righteous- 
 ness; for they shall be filled. 
 
 Blessed are the merciful ; for they shall obtain mercy. 
 
 Blessed are the pure in heart; for they shnll sec God. 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 
 
 29 
 
 Blessed are the peace-makers.; for they shall be called 
 the children of God. 
 
 Blessed are they who are persecuted foi; righteousness' 
 sake; for their's is the kingdom of heaven. 
 
 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute 
 you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, 
 for my sake. 
 
 Bejoice and be exceeding glad; for great is your 
 reward in heaven ; for so persecuted they the prophets 
 who were before you. — Bible. 
 
 LESSON XXXIL 
 
 now TO ACT. 
 
 My books I must not tear or lose. 
 
 But try to keep them clean and neat; 
 
 And vile bad words I must not use,' 
 Like those I hear when in the street. 
 
 And I must think of what I'm told, 
 
 And as I'm bid must try to do ; 
 I must not mock the lame or old, 
 
 Nor should I say what is not true. 
 
 These are the things I ought to mind. 
 
 And so I will, with all my might ; 
 For I am sure that I shall find, 
 
 I must be loved, if I do ri<j7it. 
 
 ■ 
 
 Words 
 
 of Five ar 
 
 id Six Letters. 
 
 
 bonds 
 
 files 
 
 dates 
 
 crafts 
 
 blocks 
 
 ponds 
 
 miles 
 
 fates 
 
 dmfts 
 
 clocks 
 
 cures 
 
 tiles 
 
 gates 
 
 grafts 
 
 docks 
 
 lures 
 
 gales 
 
 bates 
 
 shafts 
 
 flocks 
 
 tunes 
 
 tales 
 
 mates 
 
 rafts 
 
 locks 
 
 prunes * 
 
 loads 
 
 pates 
 
 ^^vafts 
 
 frocks 
 
 spoons 
 
 roads 
 
 rales 
 
 'carps 
 
 mocks 
 
 moons 
 
 toads 
 
 states 
 
 barps 
 
 rocks 
 
30 ' THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 Accent means giv-inggreat-er force of ut-ter-ance to soidc 
 one syl-la-ble of a word than is giv-en to the others. The 
 TVord " ar-ri-val " has the ac-cent on the sc-cond f^ylAa-hle — • 
 ri — but tlie word '^ ma-ka:'' lias it on the jlrsl-. — niu-ker — 
 not nia-ker. Your tcach-er will ex-plain this to you, and 
 give you nia-ny more cx-am-ples. 
 
 When you t^pell words al-ways no-tice where the ac-cent 
 is rc-quir-ed to be pla-ced, and put it on foi-ci-bly. And 
 when your teach-er gives out the words of your les-son, 
 lis-len for the ac-cent-cd syl-la-ble ; spell the word, and 
 then pro-nouuce it your-self. Thus you will learn by the 
 car the cor-rect pro-nun-ci-a-tion of words. JVev-er al-Iov: 
 yourself to pro-nounce a word in-cor-rcct-lt/. 
 
 LESSON XXXIIl. 
 
 KINDNESS. 
 
 A lit-tle spring had lost- its way 
 
 A-mid the grass and fern ; 
 
 A pas-sing stran-ger scoop'd a well 
 
 Where wea-ry men might turn ; 
 
 He wall-ed it in, and hung with care, 
 
 A la-dle at the brink. 
 
 He thought not of the deed he did. 
 But wish-ed that men might drink ; 
 He pass-ed again, and lo ! the well. 
 By sum-mers nev-er dried, , 
 .Had cool'd ten thou-sand parcli-ed tongues, 
 And sav-ed a life be-aide ! 
 
 Spelling is an im-por-tant part of ed-u-ca-tion. Boys 
 and girls should learn to spell cor-rect-ly while they are 
 young. If they do not learn it then, they nev-er will. 
 Some per-sons spell ver-y bad-ly. All their friends laugh 
 at them, or pi-ty them. Let it not be so with any of the 
 child-ren of this school. Be_-gin at once, and in^arn-est. 
 Stud-y close-ly. No-tice ev-e-ry let-ter. Spell each word 
 first on the book, and then off the book. Make it a point 
 to spell some-thing ev-€-ry day, dur-ing the whole course of 
 your ed-u-ca-tion. 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 
 
 81 
 
 boasts* 
 
 chants 
 
 douse 
 
 bumps 
 
 bridge 
 
 coasts 
 
 grants 
 
 house 
 
 .clumps 
 
 midge 
 
 roasts 
 
 . plants 
 
 louse 
 
 dumps 
 
 ridge 
 
 toasts 
 
 slants 
 
 mouse 
 
 humps 
 
 singe 
 
 deals 
 
 fields 
 
 grouse . 
 
 lumps 
 
 cringe 
 
 heals 
 
 .wields 
 
 crank 
 
 mumps 
 
 rincje 
 
 meals 
 
 yields 
 
 drank 
 
 pumps 
 
 since 
 
 peals 
 
 m beams 
 
 flank 
 
 'rumps 
 
 clung 
 
 seals 
 
 creams 
 
 Drank 
 
 ounce 
 
 • flung 
 
 veals 
 
 dreams 
 
 Dlank 
 PROVERBS. 
 
 pounce 
 
 stung 
 
 A burden ono chooses is i^ot felt. 
 
 A hasty man never wants woe. 
 
 A man is a lion in his own cause. 
 
 As you make your bed, so you. lie. 
 
 Better to be alone than in bad company. 
 
 Friendship cannot stand all on one side. 
 
 He that would eat the kernel must crack the nut. 
 
 LESSON XXXIV. 
 
 THE LITTLE DOO. 
 
 I like to see a lit-tle dog, 
 And pat him on the head, 
 So pret-ti-ly he wags his tail, 
 When-ev-er he is fed. 
 
 Some lit-tle dogs arc ver-y good, 
 And veP-y useful too ; 
 And do you know that they will mind 
 What they are bid to do ? 
 
 Then I will nev-er beat my dog, 
 And ncv-cr give him pain ; 
 Poor fel-low ! I will give him food, 
 And he will love me then. 
 
THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 SPELLING AND DEFINING. 
 
 2^TQig^ The exercises in this department are inserted rather as 
 
 specimens, not as parts even of a regular system — our space not 
 permitting the insertion of .many examples. But y^e commend 
 Btrong!y to all teachers the practice of defining some -svord, term 
 or phrase in every lesson. 
 
 a bide 
 a bode 
 ab duce 
 ab bor 
 abject 
 ab rade 
 a bridge 
 ab rupt 
 ab stain 
 ab sterge 
 ab stract 
 ab struse 
 a hvise 
 a byss 
 ac cede 
 ac cept 
 ac cess 
 ac cuse 
 ac curse 
 ac quire 
 a cute 
 ad apt 
 ac quit 
 
 dwell 
 dwelt 
 witli draw 
 Late 
 mean 
 rub-off 
 shor ten 
 crag gy 
 for bear 
 cleanse 
 sep a rate 
 hid den 
 re yile 
 gulf 
 come 
 re ceive 
 ap proach 
 blame 
 doom 
 gain 
 sharp 
 suit 
 free 
 pro verb 
 
 ab er rant. wan der ing 
 
 ab bre vi ate shdr ten 
 
 a bil i ty pow er 
 
 a bol ish de stroy 
 
 ab o li tion de struc tion 
 
 a bom in ate ab hor 
 
 a bor tive fruit less 
 abridgement con trac tion 
 
 ab ro gate re j^eal 
 
 ab so lute com plete 
 
 ab so lu tion ac quit tal 
 
 ab ster gent cleans ing 
 
 ac ci dence gram mar 
 
 ac com plice as so ci ate 
 
 ac com plish ful fil 
 
 ac ere tive grow ing 
 
 ac cu ra cy ex act ness 
 
 a cer bi ty 
 a cute ness 
 ac ri tude 
 ad he rence 
 ad ja cent 
 ad um brate 
 ad orn ment 
 
 sour ness 
 sharp ness 
 sharp ness 
 at tach ment 
 con tig u ous 
 fore shad ow 
 or na ment 
 
 ad age 
 
 If we scrutinize the lives of men of gcaius, we shall 
 find that activity and persistence are their leading charac- 
 teristics. Obstacles cannot intimidate, nor labor weary, 
 nor drudgery disgust them. 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 
 
 S8 
 
 coun ter 
 coQch ant 
 coun sel 
 count ess 
 coun ty 
 coup let 
 cour age 
 cour ser 
 cour tier 
 court ly 
 court ship 
 cous in 
 oov er 
 
 LESSON XXXV. 
 
 DOMP]STIC LOVK. 
 
 Birds in their little nests agree, 
 
 And His a shameful sight, 
 When children of one family 
 
 Fall out, and chide, and fight. 
 
 Hard names at first, and threat'ning words 
 
 Which are but noisy breath,. 
 May change to clubs and naked swords, 
 
 To murder and to death. 
 
 The devil tempts one mother's son 
 • To rage against another ; 
 So wicked Cain was hurried on, 
 Till he had killed his brother. 
 
 Pardon, Lord ! our childish rage, 
 
 Our little brawls remove, 
 That as we grow to riper age, 
 
 Our hearts may all be love. 
 
 Words of Two Syllables Accented on the First. 
 con stant crack er 
 
 con sul 
 con test 
 con text 
 con trite 
 con vent 
 con- vex 
 cool er 
 coop er 
 cop per 
 CO ping- 
 cor dage 
 cor ner 
 
 era die 
 cran kle 
 cran ny 
 era ven 
 cray on 
 ere dent 
 crea ture 
 cred it 
 creep er 
 crest ed 
 crev ice 
 crib bagc 
 
 crotch et 
 crus ty 
 cryp tic 
 crys tal 
 cu bit 
 cud die 
 cud gel 
 citt ter 
 cul prit 
 cul ture 
 ciira brous 
 cu rate 
 cur dlo 
 
84 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 cov ert cos tal crick et cur tain 
 
 cov et cos tive crim pie cusli ion 
 
 cov e}'- cost ly crim' son cut lass 
 
 covv^ ard cos tume cri sis cut throat 
 
 coy ly cot tage crisp ness cyg net 
 
 coy ness cot ton crit ic cyn ic 
 
 coz eA • coun cil cro cus cym bal 
 
 PROFANITY. 
 
 The profane abuse of the adorable name of the great 
 Jehovah, before whom all Heaven bows in profouodest 
 reverence, has become shamefully and lamentably preva- 
 lent. It is a high -criminality. The great God has, by 
 express command, forbidden it, saying : " Thou shalt not 
 take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord 
 will nothold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain." 
 
 Let every youth be on his guard in .relation to Ihis sin. 
 It is evil and only evil continually. And a most fearful 
 account must be rendered for it at the last day. '' /Siveai' 
 not/' said the Divine Instructor 
 
 LESSON XXXYI. 
 
 THE HONEST BOY. * 
 
 Once there was a little boy, 
 With curly hair and pleasant eye, 
 A boy who always told the truth. 
 And never, never told a lie. 
 
 And when he trotted off to school 
 
 The children all about would cry, 
 
 ^' There goes the curly headed boy — , 
 
 The boy that never told a lie." 
 
 And every body loved him so, 
 
 Because he always told the truth, 
 
 Tliat every day, as he grew up, 
 
 'Twas said, " There goes the honest youth.'^. 
 
 And when the people that stood near 
 Would turn to ask the reason why, 
 The answer would be always this, 
 " Because he never tells a lie," 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 
 
 85 
 
 brinks 
 
 crests 
 
 worst 
 
 didst 
 
 slept 
 
 beeves 
 
 drinks 
 
 quests 
 
 curst 
 
 midst 
 
 crept 
 
 leaves ' 
 
 links 
 
 chests 
 
 durst. 
 
 blest 
 
 swept 
 
 cleaves 
 
 minks 
 
 breasts 
 
 - thirst 
 
 chest 
 
 grows 
 
 splice 
 
 pinks 
 
 charts 
 
 crest 
 
 crust 
 
 knows 
 
 slice 
 
 sinks 
 
 smarts 
 
 guest 
 
 trust 
 
 doves 
 
 trice 
 
 winks 
 
 first 
 
 birth 
 
 brunt 
 
 loves 
 
 sa?ht 
 
 clinks 
 
 burst 
 
 mirth 
 
 grunt 
 
 shoves 
 
 tamt 
 
 paint 
 
 sCakes 
 
 cringe 
 
 sleisht 
 
 burns 
 
 camps 
 
 quaint 
 
 quakes 
 
 fringe 
 
 flight 
 
 churns 
 
 damps " 
 
 brains 
 
 ledge 
 
 hinge 
 
 plight 
 
 spurns 
 
 lamps 
 
 grains 
 
 hedge 
 
 singe 
 
 slight 
 
 turns 
 
 clamps 
 
 blains 
 
 dredge 
 
 colts 
 
 bright 
 
 dines 
 
 stamps 
 
 chains 
 
 pledge 
 
 dolts 
 
 fright 
 
 lines 
 
 vamps 
 
 drakes 
 
 sledge 
 
 motes 
 
 might 
 
 shines 
 
 ramps 
 
 flakes 
 
 wedge 
 
 quotes 
 
 light 
 
 spines 
 
 tramps 
 
 MONTHS, DAYS AND SEASONS. 
 
 The twelve months of the yeav arc divided into four 
 seasons : Spring, Summer, Autumn nno Winter. Spring 
 includes March, April and May. Thu Summer months 
 are June, July and August. The Autumn or Fall season 
 embraces September, October and November. The Winter 
 months are December, January and February. 
 
 The number of days belonging to the mouths respec- 
 tively is as follows : 
 
 Thirty days have September, 
 April, June and November ; 
 February has twenty-eight alone, 
 And all the rest have thirty-one. 
 
 LESSON XXXVII. 
 
 TIIR EARTH. 
 
 The Earth is a larfre globe. It is round like a ball. The 
 distance through it is nearly eight thousand miles. It 
 turns around upon its axis once in twenty-foufJiours. It 
 receives light and heat from the sun. 
 
 Darkness is simply the absence of light. That half of 
 the earth which is turned toward the suu has day. That 
 which is turned from it has night. 
 
86 
 
 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 Although the earth is nearly round, its surfaoe is quite 
 irregular. It has its lofty mountains, and its deep valleys, 
 its hills and its dales, its deserts and its grassy plains, its 
 mighty oceans, and its many streams of water. 
 
 It is Tery pleasing and instructive to read about the 
 different parts of the earth. Every child should strive to 
 obtain that kind of knowledge. The science which treats 
 of the earth's surface is called Geography. Ife^is a very 
 pleasant and useful study. 
 
 The science which tells about those parts of the earth 
 which are below the surface is called Geology. It brings 
 to light a great many very' curious things. Metals and 
 many other useful things are dug out of the earth. 
 
 Words of* Two Syllables, Accented on the Second. 
 
 ad mit 
 ad vert 
 ad ept 
 adjust 
 at tach 
 ar rest 
 at tract 
 as sent 
 de tect 
 di rect 
 de bar ' 
 de test 
 de duct 
 de mur 
 
 an nex 
 an nul 
 as sert 
 at tend 
 oc cur 
 ob ject 
 oc cult 
 re dress 
 re gard 
 re gret 
 reject 
 de ter 
 de fer 
 re fund 
 
 at test 
 at tent 
 at tinge 
 at tune 
 ar ray 
 ac cord 
 ac cost 
 ap peal 
 ap pear 
 be get 
 be gin 
 be set 
 de bark 
 de feet 
 
 com mit 
 com press 
 con cern 
 con fer 
 con feet 
 con firm 
 con nect 
 con sent 
 con tent 
 cor rupt 
 con vict 
 con vince 
 con sist 
 con suit 
 
 LESSON XXXVIII. 
 JOT AND GRATITUDE. 
 How thankful should we always be 
 
 That we have life and food ; • 
 So little suffering see, 
 So much abounding good ! 
 
BPELLINa BOOK. 87 
 
 Thus warblers in the wood 
 
 Their cheerful notes employ ; 
 When they're enough of food, 
 
 How constant is their joy ! 
 
 Then we,^with reason ^s gift, 
 
 And all God's goodness crowned, 
 
 Should thus our voices lift, 
 And His high praise resound. 
 
 The foUowmg Words have Ojiposite Meanings. 
 
 free dora slave ry in hale ex hale hil ly, lev el 
 
 feeling numb nesa af firm deny double single 
 
 import export simple com plex wis dom folly 
 
 col lect scat ter a base ex alt for mer lat ter 
 
 flourish with er di verge converge lar ger small or 
 
 ma jor min or zc nith na dir con vex con cave 
 
 small er great er sum mer win ter ere ate do stroy 
 
 of ten sel dom long er short er dam age pr(J fit 
 
 in let out let dis sent a gree pro fane sa cred 
 
 has ten loi ter in duee e duce en camp de camp 
 
 former latter inspire expire advance retreat 
 
 i die bu sy pub lie pri vate up per un der 
 
 ac tivo clum sy pret ty ug ly in most out most 
 
 mat ter spir it in crease de crease a bove be low 
 
 love ly hate ful pro fuse stin o^y be hind be fore 
 
 ho ly sin ful pa tient fret ful ac ccpt re ject * 
 
 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches; 
 and loving favor rather than silver and gold. 
 
 The memory of the just is blessed ; but the name of 
 the wicked shall rot. 
 
 The righteous shall bo had in everlasting remembrance. 
 
 He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water ; 
 his leaf shall not wither. 
 
 The ungodly are not so; but arc as the chaff which the 
 wind driVeth away. — Bible. 
 
38 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 LESSON XXXIX. 
 
 LITTLE THINGS. 
 Little drops of water, 
 
 Little grains of gaud, 
 Make the mighty ocean 
 
 And the beauteous land. 
 
 And the little moments, 
 
 Humble tbo' they be, 
 Make the mighty ages 
 
 Of eternity. 
 
 • So our little errors 
 
 Lead the soul away 
 From the paths of virtue, 
 Oft in sin to stray. 
 
 Little deeds of kindness, 
 
 Little deeds of love,' 
 Make our earth an Eden, 
 
 Like the Heaven above. 
 
 Little seeds of mercy. 
 
 Sown by youthful hands, 
 Grow to bless the nations, 
 ^ " Far in heathen lands. 
 
 Words of Two SyllaUes^ Accented on the Second. 
 
 de fine e lect ex ceed ex treme 
 
 de grade em bale ex clann . ex trude 
 
 de lade em balm ex elude ex ude 
 
 de gree em blaze ex eel ■ ex Tilt 
 
 de note em boss ex cept for bid 
 
 de nude en chain ex cern for get 
 
 de pute en chant ex cess ful fil 
 
 de-range en close ex change gre nade 
 
 de duce en croach ex cise hu mane 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 
 
 89 
 
 de i:ive 
 
 en gage 
 
 ex cite 
 
 il lude 
 
 de vote 
 
 en large 
 
 ex cttse 
 
 im mure 
 
 dis da ill 
 
 enjoy 
 
 ex cuss 
 
 . im pose 
 
 dis course 
 
 en list 
 
 ' exempt 
 
 im pure 
 
 dis creet 
 
 en rich 
 
 ex ert 
 
 nar rate 
 
 dis gust 
 
 en robe 
 
 ex hale 
 
 neg lect 
 
 disjoin 
 
 en rol 
 
 ex hort 
 
 o pine 
 
 dis mount 
 
 en snare 
 
 ex pand 
 
 mit 
 
 dis play ' 
 
 en throne 
 
 ex pause 
 
 'op pose 
 
 dis please 
 
 en tice 
 
 ex pend 
 
 ob struct 
 
 dis plode 
 
 en tire 
 
 ex pense 
 
 object 
 
 dis port 
 
 es cort 
 
 ex pert 
 
 o vert 
 
 dis pose 
 
 es tate 
 
 ex pi re 
 
 ob tain 
 
 dis praise 
 
 es teem 
 
 ex pi am 
 
 per tain 
 
 dis proof 
 
 es trange 
 
 ex plode 
 
 pre pare 
 
 dis prove 
 
 e vade 
 
 ex plore 
 
 pro pose 
 
 dis tract 
 
 e vent 
 
 ex port 
 
 re tain 
 
 dis tress 
 
 c vert 
 
 ex pose 
 
 re veal 
 
 dis turb 
 
 e vict 
 
 ex press 
 
 re vere 
 
 e clipse 
 
 e vince 
 
 ex tant 
 
 re voKe 
 
 e duce 
 
 e volve 
 
 ex tend 
 
 re view- 
 
 ef feet 
 
 ex act 
 
 ex tinct 
 
 re vise 
 
 e lapse* 
 
 ex alt 
 
 ex tort 
 
 se Crete 
 
 
 PROVERBS. 
 
 
 Reckless youth brings rueful age. 
 
 Kule the appetite and temper the tongue. 
 
 Ruin is easier made than mended. 
 
 Silks and satins put out the kitchen fire. 
 
 Search others for virtues, thyself for faults. 
 
 Sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. 
 
 Seek a beggar and catch a louse. 
 
 Saying and doing are two things. 
 
 Send a thief to catch a thief. 
 
 Sharp appetites need no rich sauces. 
 
 She shows more airs than craces. 
 
40 
 
 THE .CONFEDERATE 
 
 LESSON XL. 
 LOVE ONE ANOTHER. 
 
 A little girl with happy loot, 
 
 Sat slowly reading a pond'rous book, 
 
 All bound with yelret and edged with gold, 
 
 And its weight was more than the child could hold ; 
 
 And dearly she loved to ponder it o'er, 
 
 And every day she prized it more, 
 
 Eor, as she looked at her dear little brother, 
 
 It said, " Little children must love one another." 
 
 She thought it was beautiful in that book. 
 
 And the lesson home to her heart she took ; 
 
 She walked on her way with a trusting grace 
 
 And a dove-like look on her meek young face, 
 
 Which said as plain as words could say. 
 
 The Holy Bible I must obey ; 
 
 So, mamma, I'll be~kind to my darling brother. 
 
 I am sorry he is naughty and will not pray, 
 
 But I'll love him still, for I think the way 
 
 To make aim kind and gentle to me, 
 
 Will be better shown, if I let him sec 
 
 I strive to do what I think is right; 
 
 And thus when I kneel to pray to-night, 
 
 I will clasp my arms around my brother, 
 
 And say, ''Little children must love one another." 
 
 The little girl did as the Bible taught, 
 
 And pleasant indeed was the change it wrought; 
 
 For the boy looked up in glad surprise, 
 
 To meet the light of her loving eyes; 
 
 His heart was full, he couid not speak. 
 
 He pressed a kiss on his sister's cheek ; 
 
 And Crod looked down on the happy mother, 
 
 Whose little children loved each other. 
 
 clams 
 
 words 
 
 blains 
 
 brawls 
 
 batch 
 
 drams 
 
 works 
 
 chains 
 
 crawls 
 
 catch 
 
 crams 
 
 worms 
 
 scrapes 
 
 shawls 
 
 hatch 
 
 skims 
 
 launch 
 
 drapes 
 
 sprawls. 
 
 latch 
 
 swims 
 
 lunch 
 
 grapes 
 
 yawls 
 
 match 
 
 plums 
 
 munch 
 
 crones 
 
 brash 
 
 snatch 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 
 
 41 
 
 drums . 
 
 bones 
 
 drones 
 
 crasli 
 
 swamp 
 
 scraps 
 
 cones 
 
 jerks 
 
 march 
 
 swarm 
 
 straps 
 
 stones 
 
 smerks 
 
 starch . 
 
 drawn 
 
 barks 
 
 blinds 
 
 shells 
 
 parch 
 
 spawn 
 
 marks 
 
 minds 
 
 smells 
 
 squash 
 
 Ijtwns 
 
 sparks 
 
 winds 
 
 swells 
 
 swash 
 
 yawns 
 
 A RUINED CHARACTER. 
 
 * 
 
 The poet's assertion thut '^ the boy is father to the 
 man'' — that is, shapes his destiny, is strikingly illustrated 
 by the following incidents : 
 
 Not long since, in a certain neighborhood-, a man was 
 wandering in search ef employment. lie called at a 
 respectable farmer's house, and told his errand. 
 
 " What is your name?'^ asked the man. 
 
 '' Jonathan Gilman," was the reply. 
 
 ''Jonathan Oilman! the same who lived near here 
 when aboy ?" 
 
 " The same, sir." 
 
 " I will not employ you then.^^ 
 
 Poor Jonathan, surprised at such a reply, passed on (0 
 the next farmer's; but the same reply was given. He 
 soon came in sight of an old schoohhouse. 
 
 "Ah," said ho, ''I understand it now.. I was a 
 school boy there once, but what kind of school boy '/ 
 Lazy and disobedicilt. And although I am now in a 
 measure reformed, they all think me the same kind of a 
 man as I Vv-as a boy. O that I had done my duty when at 
 school ! then again could I dwell pleasantly in the laud of 
 of my birth." 
 
 School boys and school girls, please remember that your 
 school mates will be likffly to look upon you in manhood 
 or womanhood as they did in youth. Then, in your school 
 days, prepare for noble men and women. 
 
 LESSON XLL 
 
 PROVERBS. 
 
 A lie has no legs, but scandal has wings. 
 A bad workman quarrels with his tools.. 
 A happy heart makes a blooming countenance. 
 A clear conscience fears no accusation. 
 A fat kitchen makes a lean will. 
 
42 
 
 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 A fault confessed is half redressed. 
 
 A fool and his money are soon parted. 
 
 A chip of the old block. After death tho dootor. 
 
 A friend in need is a friend indeed. 
 
 A good, name keeps its Instre in the dark. 
 
 A good word is as soon said as an ill one. 
 
 Whore the miser has trod the goose cannot graze. 
 
 A^grcat dowry is a bed full of troubles. 
 
 A light heeled mother — a heavy heeled daughter. 
 
 All are not hunters that blow the horn. 
 
 All is not gold that shines. 
 
 Wordi so nearly alike that they may he icsed far mch other. 
 
 art fill 
 bos ky 
 bon ny 
 clam my 
 dis mal 
 ea gcr 
 essay 
 be best 
 clas tard 
 as sault 
 ad age 
 bib ber 
 bod y 
 af fairs 
 ail ment 
 pa pil 
 ten or 
 rap iae 
 Tor tex 
 res ponse 
 bear say 
 bol ster 
 . gar bage 
 cus torn 
 gen tile 
 lor ceps 
 thral dora 
 reek on 
 
 craf ty 
 syl van 
 ban (7 some 
 vis ciis 
 lu rid 
 *ar dent 
 at tempt 
 com mand 
 cow ard 
 at tack 
 prov erb 
 tip pier 
 sub stance 
 con corns 
 ill ness 
 stn dent 
 pur port 
 plan der 
 ed dy 
 re ply 
 ru mor 
 cush ion 
 of f Ul 
 prac tice 
 Ilea then 
 pfn ccrs 
 slave ry 
 com pute 
 
 cun nmg 
 ru ral 
 pret ty 
 sli my 
 gloom y 
 ear nest 
 tri al 
 man date 
 pol troon 
 on set 
 say ing 
 drunk ard 
 mat ter 
 bu si ness 
 sick ness 
 scbol ar 
 mean ing 
 pil l;ige 
 whirl pool 
 an swer 
 re port 
 pil low 
 ref use 
 "u sage 
 Pa gan 
 nip pers 
 bon dage 
 num ber 
 
 re nounce 
 dis own 
 J back bite 
 ( de fame 
 de prave 
 cor rupt 
 ( ex hort 
 I ad vise 
 j ex pand 
 I ex tend 
 j im pede 
 [ re tard 
 se date 
 so ber 
 in tend 
 de s\gxi 
 j dan die 
 j ca ress 
 / ig nite 
 \ in flame 
 ] reck on 
 I com pute 
 con sole 
 com fort 
 bur nish 
 pol isb 
 j pre diet 
 (fore tell 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 43 
 
 CniNESB "WALL. 
 
 This famous structure is one of tho most remarkable 
 monuments of huuian industry on the face of the 'globe. 
 It passes over high mountains, and crosses deep valjeys. 
 In many places it is strongly built, and fortified with 
 towers, at regular intervals. It is, for the most part, of 
 brick, restino: on foundations of stone. It is twelvo 
 hundred and fifty miles long, and it employed several 
 millions of men five years in its con«truction. 
 
 LESSON XLII. 
 
 HOME AND FEIENDS. 
 
 Oh, there's a power to make each hour 
 
 As sweet as heaven designed it; 
 Nor need we roam to bring it home, 
 
 Though few there be who find it ! 
 
 .AVe seek too high for things close by, 
 
 And lose what nature fouud us; 
 For life has here no charms so dear 
 
 As Home and Friends around us ! 
 
 We oft destroy the present joy 
 
 For future hopes — and praise them ; 
 While flowers as sweet bloom at our feet 
 
 If we'd but stoop to raise them ! 
 
 For things afar still sweetest are, • 
 
 When youth's bright spell hath bound us ; 
 
 But soon we're taught that earth hath naught 
 Like Home and Friends around us I 
 
 The Friends that speed in time of need, 
 
 When Ilojie's last reed is shaken, 
 To show us still, that come what will, 
 
 We are not quite fors;aken I 
 
 Though all were night — if but the light 
 
 From Friendship's altar ciown'd us, 
 'Twould prove the bliss of earth was this — 
 
 Our Home and Friends around us ! 
 
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44 
 
 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 PROVERBS. 
 
 He that lives badly one year sorrows for it seven. 
 
 He that reckons without his host may reckon again. 
 
 He that runs fast will not run long. 
 
 He that runs in the night stumbles. 
 
 He that^tays in the valley will never get over the hill. 
 
 He who sows not corn plants thistles. 
 
 He that will not be counselled cannot be helped. 
 
 He that will steal an egg will steal an ox. 
 
 He that rises late, never does a good day's work. 
 
 He that runs after a shadow has a wearisome race. 
 
 He that sows brambles must not go bare foot. 
 
 He who swims in sin will sink in sorrow. 
 
 He who would catch fish must not mind getting wet. 
 
 Hiders are good finders. Hot sup, hot swallow. 
 
 Home is home, be it ever so homely. 
 
 Humility is the foundation of all virtue. 
 
 I can see as far into a mill stone as the picker. . 
 
 Idle folks have the most labor. 
 
 If the cap fits, wear it. Kissing goes by favor. 
 
 Idleness is the parent of want and shame. 
 
 Words of 
 
 Tib ne gate 
 nb ro gate , 
 iab so lute 
 ab so, nant . 
 ab sti nence 
 ab la tive 
 ac o lent 
 ad di ble 
 am e tliyst 
 am i tj 
 am. o list 
 am o rous 
 am pie ness 
 am pli ate 
 am pli fy 
 am pli tude 
 
 Three Syllahles^ 
 
 ac tu al 
 an i mal 
 an i mate 
 an nal ist 
 an nu al 
 an nu lar 
 an nu let 
 an o dyne 
 an o my 
 an swer er 
 an te date 
 an te lope 
 an te past 
 choc o late 
 cic a trice 
 cic a trize 
 
 Accented on the First 
 
 come.li ness 
 com for ter 
 com ic al 
 com mi grate 
 com pe tent 
 com mo dore 
 com mon er 
 cor mo rant 
 com plae's ance 
 com pli mcnt 
 com pli cate 
 com })ro mise 
 con di ment 
 con fi dent 
 con fi dence 
 con flu ent 
 
.^SPELLING BOOK. 
 
 45 
 
 am pu tate 
 am u let 
 an a gram 
 an a lyze 
 an a pest 
 am bas sago 
 am bi ent 
 am i ty 
 am nes ty 
 an ces tor 
 an ces try 
 and i ron 
 an CO dote 
 an ge lot 
 an gli can 
 an gri ly 
 an gu lar 
 an gu lous 
 an cho vy 
 ap er ture 
 
 cal cii late 
 cim e ter' 
 cir ca lar 
 cir cu late 
 cir cum flex 
 cit i zen 
 civ il ize 
 clar i on 
 clar i fy 
 cal an der 
 col li quate 
 col lo cate 
 col lo quy 
 col o nize 
 col o ny 
 col or ing"" 
 col or less 
 com bat ant 
 com bi nate 
 com e dy 
 
 but ter fly 
 cab i net 
 cal e fy 
 cal i ber 
 cal.o mel 
 (Tal um ny 
 cap ti vate 
 cas u ist 
 cat a combs 
 car ni val 
 car a van 
 ca pa ble 
 cat a ract 
 cat a pult 
 cen tu ry 
 cen'tri cal 
 cir cu lar 
 cen ti pede 
 cen tu pie 
 ccr ti fy 
 
 LESSON XLIII. 
 AGAINST IDLENESS. 
 
 How doth the little busy bee 
 Improve each shining hour, 
 
 And gather honey all the day, 
 From every opening flower. 
 
 How skillfully she builds her cell, 
 ^ How neat she spreads her wax ! 
 And labors hard to store it well, 
 With the Bweet food she makoB. 
 
 In work"! of labor, or of skill, 
 
 I should be busy too ; 
 For Satan finds some mischief still, 
 
 For idle hands to do. 
 
 In bookB, or work, or healthful play, 
 Lot my first ycjirs bo past, 
 
 That I may give, for every day, 
 Some good account at last. 
 
46 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 Worcls of Two Syllables^ Accented on the First. 
 
 marble mindful number pilgrim 
 
 mar gin mod est nurs ling pin cers 
 
 mar kct mon ster nov ice pig my 
 
 mar mot mys tic new ly pis tol 
 
 mar tin mil ler nim ble priv et 
 
 mar qnis mil ky nine ty priv y 
 
 mar vel min im Nes tor pub lish 
 
 mas tiff. muf fler op tic- pun ish 
 
 mem ber mum ble oc tave pun ster 
 
 mus lin muz zlc or gan pur pic 
 
 muster murmur om let printer 
 
 mer cer mus ty ot ter pur chase 
 
 mit tens mut ton pen cil 
 
 mir ror mum my pen ny 
 
 PROVERBS. 
 Good works cost nothing ) but are of 'great value. 
 Have not the cloak to make when it begins to rain. 
 If you wish a thing done, go; if not, send. 
 Men apt to promise arc apt to forget. 
 In a calm sea every man is pilot. 
 
 Alms-giving never made any man poor, nor robbery rich, 
 nor prosperity wise. 
 
 A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth. 
 Forget others' faults by remembering your own. 
 It costs more to revenge injuries .than to bear them. 
 Never be weary of well-doing. 
 One ill example spoils many good precepts. 
 
 LESSON XLIV. 
 WORKS AND POWER OF OOD. • 
 There's not a piant or flower below 
 But makes God's glories known ; 
 And clouds arise and tempests blow, 
 By order from His throne. 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 
 
 47 
 
 Creatures, as numerous as they be, 
 
 Are subject to his care ; 
 There's not a place where we can flee, 
 
 But God is present there. 
 
 His hand is my perpetual guard, ' 
 
 He keeps me with His eye; 
 Why should I forget the Lord, 
 
 Who is forever nigh ? 
 
 The good Samaritan occupies a high niche in the temple 
 of faine ; but the oold hearted wretches who despised the 
 sufferings of him that was ready to perish are consigned U 
 everlasting infamy. 
 
 To do good, and to communicate, forget not; for with 
 such sacrifices God is well pleased. 
 
 Words of Three Syllables^ Accented on the Second. 
 
 a base ment 
 a tone ment 
 a bu sive 
 ad he sive 
 ac cu ser 
 ar ri val 
 de base ment 
 de ci eive 
 cor ro 8iv;e" 
 
 he ro ic 
 hu mane ly 
 de mure ly 
 se cure ly 
 sin cere ly 
 sur vey or 
 pur vey or 
 sur vey ing 
 de fray nient 
 
 con clu sive 
 de lu sive 
 en casement 
 en tail ment 
 en rol ment 
 in cite ment 
 in ci sor 
 in ci sive 
 in he sive 
 
 nar ra tor 
 cu ra tor 
 en no ble 
 en a ble 
 ob Rcure \y 
 se rene ly 
 se date ness 
 en slave ment 
 dis fa vor 
 
 in de cent 
 ad ja cent 
 € lope ment 
 en du ranee 
 en snare ment 
 en fee ble 
 c qua tor 
 e rase ment 
 hi a tus 
 
 di vi sor 
 Pa go da 
 ad ju tor 
 Oc to ber 
 de port ment 
 de po nent 
 po ma tum 
 po ta to 
 de ba tor 
 
48 
 
 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 nar ra tor 
 ac cu scr 
 re fu sal 
 de tru sive 
 a muse ment 
 en su rer 
 su pine \y 
 su preme" ly 
 un time ly 
 en tire \j 
 
 tor pe do 
 tor na do 
 in tru der 
 vi ra go 
 pro fuse ly 
 ver bose ly 
 se date ly 
 se date ness 
 ino rose ness 
 un sha ken 
 
 LESSON XLV. 
 
 SOURCES OF LIGHT. 
 
 un sta ble 
 un seem ly 
 ac quaint ance 
 ac quire ment 
 a bode ment 
 ar thrit ic 
 as bes tos 
 at ten live 
 at tor ney 
 a ver ment 
 
 The moon and planets, while they run, 
 Their circles round the night, 
 
 Receive their lustre from the sun, 
 Source of created light. 
 
 Angels and saints on earth alone 
 
 Beauty and bliss obtain, 
 From Him that sits upon the throne. 
 
 The Lamb, that once was slain. 
 
 Oh sun of righteousness, impart 
 
 Thy glorious light divine ; 
 On every school, in every heart, 
 
 Arise and ever shine. 
 
 Words of Two Syllables^ Accented on the First. 
 
 ran ter 
 
 sliut ter 
 
 stub born 
 
 tur nip 
 
 rcn der 
 
 shuf fie 
 
 stur dy 
 
 ty rant 
 
 ros in - 
 
 sim per 
 
 sub ject 
 
 twen ty 
 
 rot ten 
 
 sin gle 
 
 sul len 
 
 twist ed 
 
 rec tor 
 
 sick ness 
 
 sum mon 
 
 var nish 
 
 rus ty 
 
 sim pie 
 
 sur face 
 
 yap id 
 
 scg ment 
 
 sys tern 
 
 sur plus 
 
 ver min 
 
 sev er 
 
 skill ful 
 
 swel try 
 
 ver dure 
 
SPETJ.INC} HOOK. 49 
 
 sex ton skit tish tar cly vis age 
 
 sen try six tj tat ter vig ils 
 
 ser pent squan der tax es vict ualvS 
 
 six pence squal id tap ster vi ands 
 
 "sliel ter stam mer tor rid vie tim 
 
 sliiv er stin gy tur gid vil lc7in 
 
 THE LO.-^fi OF EARLY PrRITY OF CH A RACIER. 
 
 Over the beauty of the plum nnd tlit>. apricot, there 
 grows a bloom and beauty more ex<i[Ui?Bite than the fruit 
 itself — a soft delicate plush that overspreads its blushicg 
 chfck. Now if you strike your hiiud over that, and it is 
 once gone, it is gone forever, for it never grows but once. 
 
 Take the flower that hangs in the moruing impearled in 
 dew — arrayed as no queenly woman ever was arrayed with 
 jewels. Once shake it so that the beads roll off, and you 
 may sprinkle water over it as carefully as you please, yet 
 it can never be made again what it was when the dew fell 
 silently upon it from heaven I On a frosty morning you 
 may see the panes of glass covered vritli landscape, moun- 
 tains, lakes, trees, blcudino; in a beautiful, fantasti?^ picture. 
 Now lay your hand upon the glass, and by the scratcli of 
 your finger, or by the warmth of your paJm^ all the delicate 
 tracery will be obliterated. 
 
 So there is in youth a beauty and purity of character, 
 which when once touched and defiled,' can never be 
 restored ; a fringe more dclicDte than frost work, and 
 which, when torn or broken, will never be ve-cmbroidered. 
 A man who has spotted and spoiled his garments in youth, 
 thouL-h he may seek to make them wliite again, can never 
 wholly do it, even were he to wash them with his tears. 
 
 When a young man leaves his father's house, with the 
 blessings of his mother's tears still wet upon his forehead, 
 if he once loses that early purity of character, it is a loss 
 that be never can make whole «gar!i. Such is the consc- 
 ([ucnce of crime. Its etfccts cannot be eradicated ; it can 
 only be forgiven. It is a stain of blood (hat we can neror 
 make white, and which cau .be washed away only in the 
 blood of Christ that " eloauseth from all sin ! " 
 
50 - THE CONFEDEEATE 
 
 LESSON XLVI. 
 
 THE BIRD OF. SPRING. 
 
 Sweet bird, thy bovver is ever fair, 
 Thy sky is ever clear : 
 Thou hast no sorrotv in thy song, 
 No winter in thy year. 
 
 EMPHASIS. 
 
 That force of utterance which we give to certain words, 
 to bring out their sense strongly, is called emphasis. It is 
 very important, both in speaking and reading, to consider 
 what the fiense requires, and so to place the emphasis as to 
 bring it fully out. Below you will lind several examples 
 for frequent practice. Your teachers will take pleasure 
 also in furnishing many more: Be studious, and you will 
 excel. ItiseasiertoZo.se than to gain. Those who siccll 
 in pvosperitij will shrink in advcrnitij. When man sins 
 angels weep and devils rejoice. "We live in two worlds — a 
 natural and a spiritual world. ^\'ience has no niemj/, 
 except ifjnorancc. We cannot love those whom we do not 
 respect. The good man has God in his heart., even wlien 
 He is not in his mouth; but the hypocrite has God in his 
 mouth without having Him in his Jteart. Nothing sow, 
 nothing reap. 
 
 Words oj Two SyllaUes^ Accented on theJFirst. 
 
 babble poplar beggar kindle 
 
 gan der gen der sud den lim ber 
 
 bin der gip sy pot ter cam el 
 
 gen tile pul ley gird or gar ment 
 
 bun die gar ret gel id pon dor 
 
 glibly plunder ravage pi n^ pie 
 
 lob Ktcr bill lad • glim mer ger man 
 
 ges ture pad die suck er sul \Qn 
 
 mid die glean er buf fet gar net 
 
 gin gle spat ter ^ar nish glo ry 
 
 mar mot mag pie prim er cam let 
 
 glow worm glow ing ket tie pud die 
 
SFELLI^^Ci' BOOK. 51 
 
 gen try pot ter glov er gin ten 
 
 suffer girdle pippin garland 
 
 gath er gawnt let girl ish rav age 
 
 huddle //um Ijle gloomy rabble 
 
 sim pie sin glc lum ber gar lick 
 
 gleam y glee ful ger und g/^ast ly 
 
 trav el dam son geor gic sim mer 
 
 glis ten glit ter rad dish scat ter 
 
 grav el bit ter glob ule mat ter 
 
 ^■•iflin pilgrim buckle marvel 
 
 IMrORTA.NT TRUTIHS. 
 
 It signifies nothing to say we will not change our religion, 
 if our religion does not change us. 
 
 A desire for happiness is natural ; a desire after holiness 
 \ is supernatural. 
 
 If you forget God when you are young, God will forget 
 you when you arc old. 
 
 LESSON XLVII. 
 
 THE SUN. 
 
 MORAL DUTIES. 
 
 My God, who makes the sun to know 
 
 His proper hour to rise, 
 And give light to all below, 
 * Doth send him round the skies. ^ 
 
 When from the chambers of the -east 
 
 His morning race begins, 
 He never tires nor stops to rest, 
 
 But round the world he shines. 
 
 So, like the sun, would I fulfill 
 
 The business of the day ; 
 Begin my work betimes, and still 
 
 March on my heavenly way. 
 
 Give me, O Lord, thy early grace, 
 
 Nor let my soul complain, 
 That the young morning of ray days 
 
 Has all been spent in vain. 
 
52 
 
 THE CO]S!»r<EDERATE 
 
 THE SlllV. 
 
 How gloriously ho,r gallant cour.se s<bc goey ! 
 Her white wiugs %ing — Jicvor from lier foes ; 
 She walks the waters like ft thing of life, 
 And seems to dare the elcDicDts to strife. 
 Who would not brave the battle-fire — ^The wreck- 
 To move tlie monarch of her peopled deck ? 
 
 Wo7'ds of Four Syllables^ Acccn 
 
 a cad e mist 
 a cad e my 
 ac eel er ate 
 
 ac cen tu ate 
 ac com mo date 
 ac com pa ny 
 ac cos ta ble 
 ac coun ta ble 
 ac cou tre ment 
 ac cred it ed 
 ac cus torn ance 
 ad dec i mate 
 a men i ty 
 am phib i ous 
 am phib o lous 
 am plif i cate 
 a myg da late^ 
 a nal o gous 
 a nal o gy 
 a nal y sis 
 a naph o ra 
 a nas tro phe 
 a nath e ma 
 a nat o mizc 
 an drog i nal 
 an droph a gas 
 a nem os cope 
 an gel i cal 
 a nil i tj 
 
 anx 1 e ty 
 a pel o gy 
 a pol o.gist 
 a pol o gize 
 ap pel la tive 
 ap prov a ble 
 col le gi ate 
 col le gi an 
 e mer gen cy 
 em phat i cal 
 em pov er isli 
 en cour age men 
 en tab la lure 
 en ta ble ment 
 ex ter mi natc 
 ex tern por izc 
 cacu mi nate 
 cal ca ri ous 
 ca lig i nous 
 ca lid i ty 
 ca mel o pard 
 ca non i cal 
 can tliar i des 
 ca pac i tatc 
 ca pac i ty 
 ca par i son 
 ca pit u late 
 cap tiv i ty 
 oar nal i ty 
 
 ied on th£ Second. ■ 
 
 cir cum fer encoj*^'^* 
 cli mac ter ic 
 CO ad ju tor 
 CO er ci ble 
 CO hab itant 
 CO in ci dence 
 con com i tant 
 col lee tive ly 
 (^.ol lo cjiii al 
 com meni o i-ate 
 com men da ble 
 t com mo di ous 
 com mod i ty 
 com mu ni cate 
 com par i son 
 com pen sa tive 
 .com pen sa ble 
 com pi a cen cy 
 con cat e nate 
 con ceiv a ble 
 con cil i ate 
 con fis ca ble 
 con form a ble 
 con form i ty 
 eon glom er ate 
 con glu ti nate 
 con serv a tire' 
 con serv a tor 
 con sid er ate 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 5g 
 
 an nu i tant car iios i ty con sist ent ly 
 
 an nu i tj car niv o rous con sis tory 
 
 an tip a thy ca thol i cism con sol i date 
 
 an tis tro plie con tes i mal eon ven ti cle 
 
 LESSON XLA^Tn. 
 INNOCENCE. 
 
 TUE TURTLK UOVU. 
 
 When good Nathaiiier.s praiso I read, 
 
 In Scripture page lenown'd; 
 ^^ Behold an Israelite indeed, 
 
 In whom no guile is found;" 
 
 His fame, I'lirsure is higher far 
 
 Thau kings or heroes gain, 
 Who reap their laurels in the war, 
 
 But not without a stain. 
 
 The gentle words that banish strife, 
 
 Our common joys increase ; 
 But what is home, and what is life, 
 
 Without the bond of peace I 
 
 Then would'st thou earn thy Savior's praiae, 
 
 Whose eye regards the young, 
 Let meek discretion guide tliy ways, 
 . And kindness rule thy tongue. 
 
 So shalt thou learn to keep iji pight 
 
 The wisdom from above, 
 And with it always to unite 
 
 The mildness of the dove. 
 
 Spelling and Definvtg. 
 
 nl ti tude height eu cha rist sac ra ment 
 
 ar inis tice truce unity oneness 
 
 ar ti iicc do vice ev it ate a void 
 
 dom i cil houFc ag it ato shake 
 
 ve hi cle car ri a<ice ex e crate 
 
 'ri 
 
 curee 
 
 sur cin glo ginli ex e cute fin Lsh 
 
54 
 
 THE CONFfiDERATE 
 
 rem e dj 
 res i due 
 cav i ty 
 fo li aoe 
 era ni um 
 con di ment 
 can ti cle 
 or i SOD 
 Ion gi tilde 
 syl lo gism' 
 sjra me try 
 com pro mit 
 dig ni ty 
 di a lect 
 id i ot 
 in te ger 
 de vi ous 
 fir ma ment 
 des ti ny 
 dis si pate 
 dif fer ent 
 dif fi cult 
 dig ni fy 
 
 cure 
 
 re main der 
 liol low 
 leaves 
 skull 
 sauce 
 song- 
 pray er 
 length 
 ar gu ment 
 beau ty 
 pledge 
 gran deur 
 speech 
 fool 
 whole 
 rov ing 
 sky 
 fate 
 
 scat ter 
 un like 
 hard 
 ad vanco 
 
 dis ere pance 
 fa mi gate 
 ev i dence 
 es ti mate 
 ex er else 
 fam i ly 
 dis pu tant 
 di a dem 
 di a pliragm 
 dul ci fy 
 did CO rate 
 ful mi nate 
 in du rate 
 irrigate 
 el e vate 
 sig ni fy 
 tu me fy 
 fab ri cate 
 im i tate 
 oc cu py 
 cu mu late 
 hes i tate 
 com pli cate 
 
 dif fer ence 
 
 smoke 
 
 proof 
 
 val ue 
 
 ©X ert 
 
 house hold 
 
 rea son er 
 
 crown 
 
 mid riff 
 
 sweet en 
 
 sweet en 
 
 thun der 
 
 har den 
 
 wa ter 
 
 raise 
 
 mean 
 
 swell 
 
 frame 
 
 re sem ble 
 
 hold 
 
 heap 
 
 stop 
 
 en tan gle 
 
 ANEfDOTE. 
 
 A conceited magistrate was driving a pair of unruly 
 oxen. Finding that they had no reverence for his authoritj, 
 he leaped from his cart, took each by the horns, shook 
 them severely, and exclaimed : Why don't you obey the 
 Magistrate as the Scriptures direct, especially as I have 
 more sense than both of jou put together ? 
 
 LESSON XLIX. 
 
 WHO MADE THE WORLD ? 
 
 'Twas God that formed the concave sky, 
 And all the shining orbs on high, 
 Who gave the various beings birth, 
 That peopled all the spacious earth. 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 55 
 
 'Tis He that bids tho tempests rise, 
 And rolls the thunder thro' the skies; 
 His voice the elements obey, 
 Through all the earth extends his sway. 
 
 His goodness all His creatures share, 
 But Dian is His peculiar care ; 
 Then while they all proclaim His praise, 
 Let man his voice the loudest raise. 
 
 THE SUN. 
 
 The Sun is a body of immense size. Thirteen hundred 
 thousand globes, as large as our earth, might be form,ed 
 from it. its distance is ninety-five millions ot miles from 
 the earth. It is the great source of iifjht and heaty not 
 only to our globe, but to the entire solar system. 
 
 The word *' system " means placed together. As the 
 head, the chest, and the several other members of our 
 bodies make up the human system, so the solar system 
 consists of the sun and the planets which revolve round it. 
 It is called the solar system from the Latin word ^' Sol/' 
 the name given to the sun in that language. 
 
 The sun is the centre of thit system. All the planets 
 revolve round it at dilTerent distances. The attraction of 
 that immense Ij^ody — the sun — holds them all in their 
 places. 
 
 Take a small weighty body, tie a string to it and then 
 throw it round your hand in a circle. The body will repre- 
 sent a planet. The string will represent the sun's attraction. 
 The force which you give it causes it to go forward; but 
 going forward, and yet held to the centre by the attracting 
 force, it must move in a circle. 
 
 Now take a slate, make a small central figure on it for 
 the sun. Then draw eight circles around it — the first one 
 very near to the sun, each one outside being more distant. 
 
 Place on those circles the eight first letters of the 
 alphabet, putting A on the one nearest the sun, and you 
 will have a correct idea of the solar system. 
 
 The circles in which the planets md^e are called their 
 orbits. The sun being the centre, does not revolve in a 
 circle like the planets ; but it turns round, like a grind- 
 stone, upon its own axis, once in twenty-five days. 
 
56 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 QUESTIONS. 
 
 What is tlie sun ? Its size ? Distance ? Of what is 
 it the soiircu ? Moaiiing of the word si/stem f Of what 
 does the solar s^^stein consist? Why called solar? Whac 
 is the centre oi" the system? What revolve round it ? How 
 describe that system ? What holds the planets together ': 
 How many principal plaiiets ? What are those circles* 
 called? Does the sun revolve in a circle? In what time 
 docs it turn upon its axis ? 
 
 LESSON L. 
 
 GOD'S CARE AND* LOVE. 
 
 There's -not a plant, or blooming flower, 
 In field or fragrant bower; 
 But shows the constant care and love 
 Of God who reigns above. 
 
 BOTANY. 
 
 This science gives a sort of natural history of the vege- 
 table -kingdom. Trees, shrubs, plants, grasses, mosseii, 
 flowers, fruits — all these come under review. 
 
 The different' modes of arranging this great kingdom 
 into classes afford high gratification to persons of enquiring 
 minds. 
 
 Little folks are common Iv delighted with the exami- 
 nation of the several parts of the flowers, of different 
 plants. They are wonderful structures. Not only are they 
 very beautiful, but they are very useful. Without flowers 
 there would be no seeds, no grains, no fruits. 
 
 This science displays many wonders. The study of it 
 improves, delights and refines the mind. Young people 
 should all study it. Our climate is very favorable for it. 
 The South also abounds in rich specimens of great variety. 
 The evergreens, especially, are very numerous. 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 
 
 67 
 
 Worck of 
 
 ad mire 
 ad diet 
 de bar 
 de base 
 carouse 
 ob tain 
 com plain 
 be moan 
 dis ease 
 de pose 
 post pone 
 sug gest 
 re quest 
 fre quent 
 re quire 
 con spire 
 ex plore 
 ab j ure 
 
 Two Syllable 
 
 re store 
 ob sou re 
 a do re 
 en tire 
 ex pi re 
 en ibrce 
 em brace 
 sus pi re 
 »e date 
 in flate 
 fo ment 
 mo lest 
 di gest 
 ex ist 
 exempt 
 ex ert 
 sometimes 
 re quite 
 
 .■?, Accented 
 
 de lif^ht 
 di rect 
 en list 
 in sist 
 com puto 
 se rene 
 sur mise 
 un true 
 un stop 
 be wail 
 un veil 
 re tail 
 vo lute 
 ob serve 
 ob scene 
 de plore 
 in case 
 ac cruo 
 
 on the Second, 
 
 ca jole 
 pis tola 
 a tone 
 de note 
 dis suade 
 in snare 
 se lect 
 re fleet 
 as sert 
 a vert 
 per vert 
 sus pense 
 im pair 
 im pale 
 in scribe 
 de tain 
 at tain 
 de pose 
 
 LKSSON LI. 
 CALM AND THANKFUL. 
 
 Father, wliate'er of earthly bliss 
 
 Thy sovereign will denies, 
 l.ccepted at Thy throne of grace, 
 
 Let this petition rise. 
 
 Give' me a calm and tbankful heart, 
 
 From every murmur free, 
 The blessing of Thy grace impart, 
 
 And make mo live to Thee. 
 
 Let the sweet hope that Thou art mine, 
 
 My life and death attend ; 
 Thy presence thro' my journey shine. 
 
 And c^own my journey's end. 
 
 C* 
 
68 
 
 THE COXPEDERATE 
 
 ANECDOTES. 
 
 The celebrated Doctor Andrew Fuller, in a jocular 
 mood, said one day to bis clerical friend. Dr. Sparrowhawk: 
 " Do tell me, Doctor, wbat diifercnce there is between a 
 Sparrowhawk and an Owl?" ^< A wide difference/' said 
 he. '' An owl is fnUer in the head, />?//<"?• in the breast, 
 and fuller all over." 
 
 Dr. Parr, who was regarded as a walking library, in his 
 day, was. thus accosted by a conceited Sophomore : — 
 " Doctor, an idea has struck me. Suppose you and I 
 make a hook." " That is right," snid the Doctor. " Lot 
 me put into it all that I know, and you put in all that you 
 (L) not know, and we shall make a book tliat Jonah's wbale 
 could not swallow." 
 
 Words of 7.\co Syllcthles^ Acccnied on the First. 
 
 fin ish 
 fun nel 
 fit fal 
 ga?mt let 
 g03 ling 
 growl cr 
 bast €n 
 home \j 
 her ring 
 Kieek ness 
 life long 
 nu bile 
 name less 
 paint er 
 pre script 
 pom pons 
 rai ment 
 rea son 
 aap less 
 sky light 
 sleep er 
 spon dee 
 
 fur nish 
 fore bead 
 flax en 
 gal Ion 
 gras sj 
 glow ing 
 hire ling 
 bol ster 
 bope less 
 mo?/rn ing 
 lap wing 
 nee die 
 no do us 
 pal ace 
 plain tiff 
 pew ter 
 rain y 
 reap er 
 su«t or 
 sboid dcr 
 slut tieb 
 
 flip pant 
 fore most 
 gran ite 
 gal lop 
 gruni ble 
 gloom y 
 hope ful 
 jail or 
 honie spun 
 mu sic 
 latb er 
 notli ing 
 neat ness 
 pan tile 
 pick et 
 pba sis 
 ran cid 
 iT)ll ei' 
 se rous 
 sbip ment 
 speecb less 
 
 spike nard spot less 
 
 for mcr 
 fop pisli 
 grit ty 
 gos sip 
 grant ed 
 beal ing 
 hot spur 
 leak y 
 bind ranee 
 mea sle« 
 Ian tern 
 ni trous 
 pat ent 
 pas turc 
 pock et 
 pban torn 
 read er 
 row el 
 si pbon 
 sneak ing 
 spon sor 
 spoil er 
 
BPELLING BOOK. 59 
 
 * LESSON LII. 
 
 THE ROSE. . . 
 
 >r F, N T A L B K A T" T Y . 
 
 The Ivosc, the sweetly bloomiog rose, 
 
 E*er I'roin the tree 'tis torn, 
 Is like the charm which beauty shows, 
 
 In life's exulting- morn. 
 
 But oh I how soon its sweets arc gcjnc, 
 
 IIow .S0051 it withering: lies : 
 80 when the eve of life comes on, 
 
 Sweet beauty fades and dies. 
 
 Then since tlio fairest form that's made 
 
 Soon withering we shall find, 
 Let us posHess what ne'er can fade, 
 
 The beauties of the mind. 
 
 Words of Tko iSyllahles^ Accented on Hie First. 
 
 gar den 
 
 hunt er 
 
 grif fm 
 
 Ian cet 
 
 gar 11 er 
 
 huntsman 
 
 glim mcr 
 
 lem on 
 
 gar glc 
 
 hur die 
 
 ham mer 
 
 ]es son 
 
 gen der 
 
 in come 
 
 ham let 
 
 lim ber 
 
 gun tie 
 
 in most 
 
 hin der 
 
 lim pid 
 
 gid dj 
 
 in cest 
 
 hun ter • 
 
 lim ner 
 
 g»g gltJ 
 
 in dex 
 
 hur ry 
 
 lev er 
 
 giv er 
 
 jar gon 
 
 ker sey 
 
 low Ij 
 
 ham j>er 
 
 jest er 
 
 kin dred 
 
 loy al 
 
 hap pen 
 
 Jus tico 
 
 kins man 
 
 lum ber 
 
 bar per 
 
 jum blc 
 
 lin den 
 
 lus tre 
 
 help er 
 
 jun to 
 
 lis ten 
 
 mas ter 
 
 hid den 
 
 kcr nel 
 
 liv er 
 
 mat ter 
 
 bin der 
 
 kit ten 
 
 liv id 
 
 man ly 
 
 
 HOW TO LRAEN A LESSON. 
 
 An easy lesson may appear, 
 At first, too hard for me, 
 
 Although to others very clear, 
 And simple as can be. 
 
60 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 If with good will I try to learu. 
 
 Soon I shall find it plain ; 
 But if in haste I from it turn, 
 
 Hard it will still remain. 
 
 It will not do to think or say, 
 
 •'Tis of no use to try ; 
 To give it up is not the way, 
 
 Nor yet to fret or cry. 
 
 The way to make that lesson plain, 
 Which now too hard I find, 
 
 Is hut to try^ and try again, 
 AVith all my heart and mind. 
 
 ' LESSON LIII. 
 
 THE FIRMAMENT OF HIS POWER. 
 
 The spacious firmament on high. 
 With all the blue, ethereal sky, 
 And spangled Heavens, a shining fram«, 
 Their great Original proclaim. 
 
 The unwearied sun, from day to day, 
 Does his. Creator's power display. 
 And publishes to every land 
 The work of an Almighty hand. 
 
 Soon as the evening shades prevail, 
 The moon takes up the wondrous U\U\, 
 And nightly to the listening earth, 
 llepeats the slory of her birth. 
 
 While all the stars that round her burn, 
 And all the planets in their turn, 
 Confirm the tidings as they roll, 
 And spread the truth from pole to pole. 
 
 What tho' in solemn silence all 
 Move round this dark terrestrial ball; 
 What tho' no real voice nor sound 
 Amidst those radiant orbs be found f 
 
/ 
 
 S1*ELLING BOOK. 
 
 61 
 
 In reason's car they all rejoice, 
 And utter forth a glorious voice ; 
 Forever singing as they shine, 
 " The hand that made us is divin«.*' * 
 
 '[Addison. 
 
 Words of Tioo Sylkibles^ Ac^enkd on the Second. 
 
 de bate con fuse con sole ap prize 
 
 re late ob late im pale ap proach 
 
 ere ate be rate iiar rate ap pulse 
 
 se date be late re tarn ap ply 
 
 col late in flate re mmw a right 
 
 pro bate sur yey tie tarn a rise 
 
 con nato in lay pro claiin a venge 
 
 a base mis lay de cry a wake 
 
 de lay de cay do mam a ward 
 
 A buse por tray ob tain a way 
 
 a 1 cade astray appease awoke 
 
 ar cade es teem ap pe«r a wry 
 
 pa rade re deeni ap pend ba sUaw 
 
 pre pare ca recn ap plaud be spice 
 
 ac case de claim ap plause be spread 
 
 re fuse con dole ap ply bias pheme 
 
 pro fuse pa role ap praise block ade 
 
 There is no '^ card" that so certainly leads to fortune 
 as the ^' spaded' when well employed in the field or garden. 
 
 A wag, down 'East, wrote over the door of a school- 
 hou«e : '' The New England Whaling Institution." 
 
 The poor man who was overwhelmed by astonishment 
 has not yet been dug out. 
 
 An Irishman's prescription for making cannon wa;^ : 
 'Take a long //o/< and pour melted brass rou.nd it." 
 
 LESSON LIY. 
 
 WOMAN. 
 
 Kot she with traitorous kiss the Savior stnn^', 
 Not she denied him with unholy tougue; 
 She, when Apostles shrank, was stcvdfaat, brave, 
 liast at the cross, and earliest at the graT©. 
 
62 
 
 N 
 
 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 PROTERBS, 
 
 A lazy niau loves a willing horse. 
 
 A little pot is soon hot. All the fat's in the fire. 
 
 A man may buy gold too dear. 
 
 An honest man's word is as good as his bond. 
 
 An idle brain is the devil's work-shop. 
 
 An oak is not felled with one blow. 
 
 A pitcher often to the well, but broken at last. 
 
 A rolling stone gathers no moss. 
 
 A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. 
 
 A rotten sheep infects the whole flock. 
 
 A single fact outweighs a ship load of thcor}'. 
 
 A small pack befits a small peddler. 
 
 A spur in the head is worth two in the heel. 
 
 A wager is a fool's argument. 
 
 A willing mind makes a light foot. 
 
 A word before is worth two behind. 
 
 Besfirars hare no ri():ht to be choosers. 
 
 Bo alow to promise, hut quick to perform. 
 
 Better to round than fall into the ditch. 
 
 Better ride an ass that carries than a horse that throws. 
 
 Birds of the feather flock together. 
 
 Borrowed irarmentB never fit well. 
 
 Wcn-ds of Thred SijIMks, Accented on the Third. 
 
 ad ver tise- ku per vise 
 
 bar ri ea'de nn dor mine 
 
 eireum vent un der go 
 
 cir cum volvc 
 dis es teem 
 dis u nite 
 d«b o nnir 
 dom i neer 
 dis r« pute 
 de com pose 
 dis em bark 
 dis ap pear 
 die in t©r 
 dis a grce 
 
 o ver leap 
 o ver top 
 ap per taui 
 in ter leave 
 in ter vene 
 un der went 
 un der sell 
 o ver hang 
 ap pre hend 
 »ar e nose 
 *auc tion eer 
 
 com mi nutc 
 com pre hend 
 con de scend 
 con tra vene 
 coun ter act 
 coun ter cliarge 
 coun ter charm 
 coun ter mand 
 coun ter march 
 coun ter mine 
 coun ter poise 
 coun ter vail 
 c^ur te san 
 de com pose 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 63 
 
 in com mode co in cide dcv o tee 
 
 ab sen tee co a lesce dis en gage # 
 
 an te cede co ag ment ' dis cm bark 
 
 an te pone co ex ist dis o bey 
 
 con tra vene col on ade dis re gard 
 
 LESSON hY. 
 
 Til 15 CHICKENS. 
 
 At night, the chickens sleep under the wings of the old 
 hen. In the morning, thej are out very early, and they 
 run about the grounds very actively, picking up seeds, 
 bugs and worms for breakfast. Thomas, looking at them 
 
 one morning, said to littlo Marj : 
 
 » 
 
 See, sister, how the chickens trip, 
 
 So busy in the morn ; 
 Look how their heads ttey dip and dip, 
 
 To pick the scattered corn. 
 
 Dear sister, shall we shut our eyes, 
 
 And to the light be blind ; 
 Nor think of Him who food supplies 
 
 To us and all mankind 7 
 
 Whether our wanta be great or small, 
 
 Or rich or poor our fare, 
 To Heaven above, we ewe for all, 
 
 The voice of praise and prayer. 
 
 Words of Ti>'o /SijUahles, Accented on the &con<L 
 
 im pute con ta?"n en dear 
 
 pol lute cm ploj be deck 
 
 do mure de ploy be dew 
 
 so cure ad join be dim 
 
 in case en join be drench 
 
 misstate rejoin be dust 
 
 re plotc pur loin be fall 
 
 de plete de stroy be fit 
 
 com plete an noy be fool 
 
 trans late al loy be fore 
 
64 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 ^e Crete 
 
 de coy 
 
 be foul 
 
 i>^iitd 
 
 en joy 
 
 be s:in 
 
 re cite 
 
 . a void 
 
 be gird 
 
 polite 
 
 de void 
 
 be gone 
 
 in cit« 
 
 de vour 
 
 be grim 
 
 ar ray 
 
 ca ix)use 
 
 be guile 
 
 a way 
 
 es pouse 
 
 be gun 
 
 nn say 
 
 a mount 
 
 be have 
 
 dis may 
 
 sur mount 
 
 be bend 
 
 o bey 
 
 en dow 
 
 be held 
 
 de ny 
 
 a vow 
 
 be best 
 
 re ply 
 
 al low 
 
 be hind 
 
 sup ply 
 
 re boil 
 
 be hold 
 
 jm ply 
 
 tur moil 
 
 be- half 
 
 corn ply 
 
 be wray 
 
 be hoof 
 
 be tray 
 
 as tray 
 
 be lie 
 
 af frav 
 
 ca reer 
 
 be 1/ef 
 
 EXERCISiiL 
 Exercise iu the open air is essential to health and enjoy- 
 ment. Without it the body becomes feeble, the countenance 
 pale and dejected, the spirits depressed and gloomy. On 
 the contrary, suitable exercise regularly taken, creates a 
 healthy appetite, invigorates the powers of digestion, 
 produces sound and refreshing eleep, causes freshness of 
 complexion and cheerfulness of spirits, "wards off disease, 
 and tends to preserve the vigor of both the body and the 
 mind to an advanced age. 
 
 LESSON LVT. 
 THE WICKED BOY. 
 
 Marry Blount had a very kind and good mother. She 
 did all for him that a mother could do, but he was very 
 unkind and wicked. Ho would do nothing that she wished 
 him to do ; but he did all he could to vex her. lie would 
 let the hogs into the garden, turn the calves in with the 
 cows, break up the nests of her hens, and cut the bark off 
 her shade trees. He would lie, swear, get drunk, steal, 
 fight, and do everything that was vile. 
 
 His mother sent him to school, but he did not like to 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 65 
 
 go. ' He would play by the way, or go oflf into tlie woods, 
 and stay till the school wa.s out. 
 
 But he could uot be idle there. He spent his time in 
 killing lizzaids, bees, bugs and young birds. To take life 
 was his delight. At home it was tlie same way. 
 
 He threw hi» little sister's pet kitten into the fire and 
 burnt it to death. Her charming little canary bird he fed 
 on poison berries and killed it. He soon became so bad 
 that everybody despised him. So he could not stay at 
 home. At last he ran away. He went to a distant town 
 to get something to do; but^ his bad name followed him, 
 and no body would employ him. He became a beggar 
 and had to lie out in the gtreets. 
 
 Soon he was caught robbing a store, and was put in jail. 
 'J'here he killed one of his fellow-prisoners. Jin was huny 
 as a murJerer — deeply lamenting all his folly and wicked- 
 ne8v«< when it was too late ! 
 
 How true it is that " a bad beginning makes a bavl 
 end ? " '' Evil days the wicked:' 
 
 Words of Two Si/lhiMes, Acceiiied on the Fir.<L 
 
 ab bess nb sence . bar rack con text 
 
 ab scess an ise ac cent ad veiso 
 
 ardent actress adjunct agile 
 
 ad dice am bier branch y al ley 
 
 am bh^i- an swer bas tare! cam let 
 
 an Sire r anthem blossom bluster 
 
 captor captive canker bantling 
 
 <^r r/agc blan dish bam mock cal lous 
 
 bap ti.sm ban quet can dor car rot 
 
 eul prit cap tain com nien-.e com ic 
 
 eas sock' Cashmere convert chattel 
 
 chal ice clns sic con vent cross ness 
 
 dac tyl chal lenge von vict com mou 
 
 cband If r chol er cor ner cov et 
 
 chap hrin ehan ere com mnTU cut lass 
 
 dan dm IV das Uird doo ile <log ma 
 
 dol lar doc trine i'ab ric dam age 
 
 dol pliin dor ick lam ine fath cm 
 
 fiac cid flan nel fran tic fe^vth er 
 
66 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 AX ATTRACTIVE RICTURE. 
 
 There were once three very attractive children, whose 
 names were Gustavus, Hcnnau and Annie. Their father 
 owned a large ystat*?^^ and they went forth one day to 
 gather flowers in liis fields. They were very happy in 
 their sports, because they loved eaoh other, and each 
 atrore to increase their niutual enjoyment. 
 
 After playing awhile the}'^ agreed to separate, and to. 
 colleot each a bunch of favorite flowers. When this was 
 done, they met again beneat]^ the branches of a noble tree. 
 
 "I liave chosen the violrty' said Grustavus, ''because 
 it is fragrant and modest." And he gave his violets to 
 Herman and Annie. 
 
 Herman said : *' I have choson the Ul(/, because it is the 
 emblem of innocence. I love it, because it reminds me 
 of a pure heart and the love of my Father in Heaven.'^ 
 And he gave his beautiful lilies to Gustavus and Annie. 
 
 Annie produced a bunch of forffet-mc-nots, and said : 
 ''I have chosen the forget-me-^upt, because it is the flower 
 of love and tenderness." Then Annie gave her forget- 
 me-nots to Gustavus and Herman. 
 
 After this, these lovely children agreed to weave their 
 flowers into crowns, which they carried home and placed 
 on the brows of their father and mother. This affectionate 
 conduct delighted their parents ; and thus, by innocence 
 nnd love, was this whole family made happy and joyful. 
 
 questions: 
 
 Describe this scene What did each select? The 
 roasons given in each case ? What did they then do t 
 What effect upon their pi^rents and tlie whole family ? 
 
 LESSON LVIT. 
 
 GOOD RESOLUTIONS. 
 'I 
 
 Though I'm now in younger days, 
 
 Nor can tell what shall befall me, 
 I'll prepare for every place 
 
 Where my growing age shall call me. 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 
 
 67 
 
 Should I e'er be rich or great, 
 
 Others shall partake my goodnoss ; 
 
 I'll supply the poor with meat, 
 Never showiii*;" scorn or rudcnesB. 
 
 When I see the blind or lame, 
 
 Deaf or dumb, I'll kindly treat thorn; 
 
 I deserve to feol the same, 
 
 If I mock, or hurt, or cheat them. 
 
 Jf I meet with railing tongues, 
 
 Why should I return their railing ? 
 
 Since I bcRt revenge my wrongs 
 J>y my patience never failing. 
 
 When I hear them telling lies, 
 
 Talking foolish, cursing, swearing. 
 
 First I'll try to make them wise, 
 Or I'll soon go out of hearing. 
 
 I will no one e'er offend. 
 
 Nor be easily offended; 
 What's amiss I'll strive to mend, 
 
 I5ut endure what can't be mended. 
 
 Words of Three ^Syllables, Accented mi the Secomi. 
 
 con sump tive 
 con tern plate 
 con ten cler 
 oon tent less 
 con tex ture 
 con tin gent 
 con tin uc 
 con tracted 
 oon trib ute 
 con vcr gent 
 con ver sant 
 con vex ly 
 con vey ance 
 con vul give 
 CO part ner 
 
 de fi ance 
 de liv cr 
 de 111 sire 
 de n"ier it 
 de mol ish 
 d€ mon stratc 
 de mul cent 
 de mure ly 
 de part nient 
 de part iire 
 de sert er 
 de spond ent 
 des pot ic 
 de strue tive 
 de tacb mcnt 
 
 dis tur ber 
 ex cen trio 
 e clip tic 
 ef fee tive 
 e lev en 
 e la sive 
 em bla zon 
 en a ble 
 en am el 
 en am or 
 en clo sure 
 en com pass 
 en coun ter 
 en cour age 
 en croach ment 
 
68 
 
 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 cor rect ive 
 ere a tive 
 ere den da 
 ere den tial 
 cyl in dric 
 de cep tive 
 de ci plier 
 de CO rum 
 de ere tal 
 de due tive 
 de feet ive 
 de fen sive 
 
 de tain der 
 
 de ter mine 
 de trun cate 
 de vas tato 
 de vel ope 
 dis ered it 
 dis cum ber 
 dis GOV er 
 dis cur sive 
 dis fig ure 
 dis her it 
 dis 7ion est 
 
 en cum ber 
 en dam age 
 en deav or 
 en gage ment 
 en large ment 
 en joy ment 
 en light en 
 en li ven 
 e nor mous 
 en rol ment 
 en tan gle 
 en vi ron 
 
 LESSON LA^III. 
 
 MAXIMS. 
 
 Uooii luaniiers are not onlj a passport Into socictij, but into 
 Uie lieavts of those with whom we associate. 
 
 Any action may produce effects over which human 
 |)Ower has no control ; nor can human sagacity foresee the 
 end of their bearing. 
 
 If a kind word or two will render a man bappy, said a- 
 French king, he must be a wretch iodeed who would not 
 kI^'Hv bestow them. 
 
 ft is a maxim in the schools 
 
 That <a^lattery" is the food of fools; •' 
 
 And whoso likes such airy meat, 
 
 Will soon have nothing else to eat. 
 
 The youth or the man who indulges in ridiculing the 
 little imperfections of his friends, will soon find mankind 
 united against him. 
 
 Two of the greatest human evils are n dLiieased body 
 and a discontented mind. 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 69 
 
 Words of Tloo Syllahles^ Acccnicd on the First. 
 
 ea ger fear less for tune gain bier 
 ca gle fear fill IVee st-C)ne gain inon . 
 ear less iea turc free dom gar ment 
 'earring feeble fren z)' garden 
 ear wig fe male ire quenl gar ner 
 earl dom 111 trate i'resh et gar gle 
 early filthy fretful grandchild 
 earth I3' fis eal Fri day gran nie 
 earthen flagrant friendship graphic 
 .earth born flat ter fris ky grate ful 
 ^arth quake fleet ne^-s froth y grnv el 
 earth y flesh y fro ward grave \y 
 east er flimsy IVus trate gra zfer 
 e diet fb'gh ty fad die grca sy 
 etch ing - flip pant ful ness great ly 
 e ther ilu id ful some great nes? 
 eth ie flu ent fur bisli ^ire cism 
 eu rus fool isb fur nish grec dy 
 even football furtive greenfinch 
 e vil foot path fur ther . green gage 
 exile forceless fur zy greeting- 
 ex it Tore arm I'u ture grzev ous 
 63*6 less fore cast gal lant green ness 
 eyebrow fore top gamer grinder 
 eye shot fore most gam ful grind stone 
 fac tor for v/ard gam say griz zlv 
 faith ful foun dcr ga/r ish grot' to 
 false hood foun dry gal Ion gi'og' ^'^^^ 
 false ly foun tain gal lop guile ful 
 faulty fo?/r teen gallows guileless 
 
 LESSON LVIX. 
 
 T HE LAND ABOVE. 
 
 'I'lioro is a land above, 
 
 All beautiful and bright, 
 And those who love and seek the Lord 
 
 Rise to that world of light, '^ 
 
70 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 There sin is known no more, 
 
 Nor tears, nor want, nor care ; 
 There good and happy beings dwell. 
 
 And all are holy thero. 
 
 THE GREEN GLASSES. 
 
 A little boy one day put on his father's green glasses. 
 But when he had ^ looked around him, he exclaimed : 
 " How very strange everything looks ! The sheep, and 
 the geese, and the fences, all look green I Everything is 
 green I What is the matter ? " 
 
 His mother replied : '' All the objects around you are 
 as they were before. No change has taken place in them. 
 The glasses thro* which you look have given them that 
 appearance.'' 
 
 '^ And now, my son, this should teach, you a good 
 lesson. When we view things thro' the medium of envy, 
 or hatred, or pride, or any other passion, we think they 
 have all changed; and yet the change is in ourselves only-," 
 
 " I saw a very cross, ill-natured boy, the other day, 
 who said that everybody was cross to him, and abused 
 him! Another boy is so proud that he thinks all other 
 persons are mean and worthless compared with himself." 
 
 '' But I know a pretty little girl who is so good-natured 
 that nothing ever goes wrong with her. She is so cheerful 
 and happy that everything seems to be so too. She is so 
 joyful that ail the world appears as if it were rejoicing 
 with her." 
 
 Now, the youngest of my readers can understand this. 
 Evil in us makes evil all around us. Good in us changes 
 all else into goodness. Cheerfulness and kirjdness in us 
 cause every thing around us to wear a cheerful and pleasant 
 aspect. 
 
 Let me, then, exhort each of you to expel all evil 
 feeling* from your hearts, and never suffer theui again to 
 enter. They are . worse than poisonous serpents. Keep 
 the sacred fire of love toward God aod man always alive ia 
 your hearts. Be kind and good to all. Look on the 
 bright side of everything. Never murmur. Never repine. 
 Be always thankful and cheerful. 
 
'SPELLING BOOK. 
 
 71 
 
 Such a life only is worthy of rational, immortal man. Ik 
 ennobles his nature, and gives him a foretaste of heaven, 
 Avhile yet upon the earth. ^ 
 
 LESi^ON LX. 
 
 ANECDOTES. 
 
 A man by the name of Shin married a lady whose name 
 was Foot. Their neighbors called a meeting, and rejoiced 
 with them both that the Foot had thus risen in the world. 
 
 ALSO AND LIKEWISE. 
 
 A counsel once, of talctjts vain, 
 
 A Quaker rudely treated. 
 Who in his story plain 
 
 The word ^' aL<()" repeated. 
 
 *' Also,'' said Brief, with sneering wit, 
 '* Won't ' likc'iri.se' do as well ? " 
 
 '"■ Nay, friend; if thou permit, 
 Their difference I will tell. 
 
 Erskine's a counsel learned, we know, 
 
 Whose talents oft surprise ; 
 Thou art a counsel ' also,' 
 
 But not at all ' likewise.' '' ' 
 
 Words of Three Sijllahles^ Accented on the Second. 
 
 de mon strate 
 a ban don 
 a bet tor 
 ab cr rant 
 a but rnent 
 ab hor rent 
 ab ject Ij 
 ab ject ness 
 ab lep sy 
 a bol ish 
 a bor tive 
 a bridg ment 
 
 a mend- rnent 
 an gel ic 
 an jiex ive 
 an nex nient 
 an noy ancc 
 an noy er 
 .a noin ter 
 an oth cr 
 ant arc tic 
 a part mcnt 
 a pert ly 
 a pos tie 
 
 com pul sive 
 con cen trate 
 con cen trie 
 con cise ly 
 con cise ness 
 con clu dent 
 con fis cate 
 con clu sive 
 con cor dance 
 con cur rence 
 con cur rent 
 con den sate 
 
72 
 
 I'HE CONFEDERATE 
 
 nb rupt ly 
 
 ap par el 
 
 con du/n ly 
 
 ab rupt Dcss 
 
 ap pa rent 
 
 con do lenoe 
 
 ab 8or bent 
 
 CO er cive * 
 
 con du civc 
 
 ab ster gent 
 
 CO e val 
 
 eon due tor 
 
 ab ster sive 
 
 col lu give 
 
 con due tress 
 
 ab strac tive 
 
 CO los sus 
 
 con fes sor 
 
 ab surd ness 
 
 com mand er 
 
 con fig ure 
 
 a bun dance 
 
 com min gle 
 
 con fine ment 
 
 a but ment 
 
 com pla cent 
 
 con flex ure 
 
 a can thus 
 
 com mit tance 
 
 con form ist 
 
 ac cep ter 
 
 com mit tee 
 
 , con found ed 
 
 ac cep taiice 
 
 com mix ture 
 
 con ces siv^ 
 
 ac com pi ice 
 
 com po sure 
 
 con elusive 
 
 ac com plisb • 
 
 com bus tive 
 
 con ver sive 
 
 ac cord a nee 
 
 com plete ly 
 
 con vul sive 
 
 ac coun tant 
 
 com po nent 
 
 con vie tive 
 
 ac cou tre 
 
 co»n port ment 
 
 con sign ment 
 
 a bun dant 
 
 com po ser 
 
 con Eis tent 
 
 ac cur sed 
 
 com po tor 
 
 cou strin gent 
 
 ad emp tive 
 
 com pres sure 
 
 con struc tive 
 
 i;esson Lxi. 
 
 Words Whose Meanings are the 6'amc. 
 
 arch er 
 bed lam 
 alms bouse 
 in gress 
 pot tage 
 Sab bath 
 que ry 
 quad rant 
 rub bish 
 re gent 
 fla vor 
 fluid 
 flex ion 
 bios som 
 
 bow man 
 mad house 
 poor house 
 en trance 
 por ridge 
 Sun day 
 ques tion 
 quar ter 
 ru ins 
 ru ler 
 sa vor 
 li quid 
 ,ben ding 
 flow er 
 
 tu tor 
 un guent 
 ves ture 
 tor por 
 tumor 
 vel lum 
 treat ment 
 ton sure 
 fra gile 
 bale ful 
 diz zy 
 ac rid 
 fla grant 
 drea ry 
 
 teach er 
 oint ment 
 gar ment 
 numb ness 
 swell ing 
 parch ment 
 u sage 
 shear incr 
 fee ble 
 wo ful 
 ^•id dy 
 pun gent 
 gla ring 
 dis mal 
 
gal lows 
 
 gib bet 
 
 se ton 
 
 is sue 
 
 nap kin 
 
 tow el 
 
 deal er 
 
 tra der 
 
 sci ence 
 
 knowl edge 
 
 scof fer 
 
 scorn er 
 
 Ibi ble 
 
 fail ing 
 
 pas tor ■ 
 
 pliep herd 
 
 SPELLINO BOOK. , 7S 
 
 cans tic burn ing 
 
 ar dent fer vid 
 
 fool ish sil \y 
 
 bril Ifant splen did- 
 
 tran script cop y 
 
 spon sor &iire ty 
 
 sin ew ten don 
 
 p]i crs pin cers 
 
 FABLE, POETRY AND SONG. 
 Fable and song have, in all. ages, been regarded as the 
 most pleasing and impressive modes of conveying moral 
 truth. The authfti' needs, therefore, make no apology for 
 employing these methods so largely in this work,- intended 
 chiefly for ^he young. 
 
 THK VIPER AND THE FILE. 
 
 A F A B L E . 
 
 A viper, whose caudal extremity bad been crushed by a 
 cart wheel, detcnuined to take revenge upon ^ome other 
 object^. Full of fury and fight, he pitched upon a large 
 and sharp fife which lay near him. Blow after blow he 
 struck it with his fanp^s, but without making the slightest 
 impression upon it. This but increased his rage. The file, 
 moreover, laughed in his face, taunted him also with his 
 crippled condition, and exclaimed : 
 
 "■ Oh, fie I you broken backed fool ! 
 •What rage is thi^ that you feel ? 
 My maker made me a tool, 
 
 To bite both iron .and steel. t 
 
 '• When with teeth filcid away. 
 
 Helpless in body you lie. 
 Then with what anp;uish you'll say, 
 ' By my own folly I die ;' " 
 Taunts and insults like these the viper could no longer 
 endure. Swelling with tenfold rage, he cried : 
 «' While <ceth and strength I have. 
 The drama now I'll end ; 
 , With blood my body lave, 
 My soul toiPluto send 1" 
 
 D 
 
74 ■ THE CONFEDEBATE 
 
 Witl) tliis hu struck the f.ital blow, plunged his fangB 
 d(cp ioto liis sides. »nd, in a very ahort time, died, ^^ As 
 the fit^ldlttk^^ — the victim of his own folly and madness, 
 
 LKSSON LXri. 
 
 SONS OF PEACE. 
 
 Blest are the sons of peace, 
 ' Whose hearts and hopes are one ; 
 
 Whoee kind designs to serve and please 
 Thro' all their actions run. 
 
 Blest is the pious house, • 
 Where zeal and friendship meet; 
 
 Their songs of praise, their mingled. vows, . 
 Make their communion sweet. 
 
 Thus on the heavenly hills, 
 
 The sairTts are blest above; 
 Where joy, like morning dew, distills, 
 
 And all the air is love ! 
 
 THE CRABS. 
 
 Sliuiue on you, ray son, said an old crab to one of his 
 male oflP<pring — shame on you for moving always in that 
 awkward sideway or backward manner. Go straight 
 forwavi^ I 
 
 I shall willingly f »llow your advice, said bis son, wbeu 
 I shall first sec you doing the same, 
 
 * MOllAL. 
 
 "Word* are of little avail without example. First S-3 
 and do what you disire to have others be and do. Then 
 may yoa hope fur success. 
 
 TForcfe of Three Syllahles^ Accented on the First. 
 
 an ii quale ar mor er or re ry 
 
 an ti tjpe . ar mo ry bar mo ny 
 
 anx ious ly ar ro gance bet o ny 
 
 ap a thy ar ro ga!e com pa ny 
 
 ap er feoxe ar se nal des ti ny 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 
 
 76 
 
 aph o rism 
 a pish ness 
 ap o thcgm 
 ap an age 
 ap pe tence 
 ap pe tite 
 ap ti tude 
 a que duct 
 a que ous 
 ar a blc 
 ar bi ter 
 ar bi trate 
 ar bo rist 
 scr bo ret 
 arch er y 
 ar cu ate 
 ar den cy 
 ar dent Iv 
 ar du ous 
 ar go sy 
 ar gu ment 
 a ri es 
 arm a ment 
 
 ar te ry 
 art ful ly 
 ar ti choke 
 ar ti cle 
 ar ti fice 
 ar ti san 
 ac tu ate 
 at ti cism 
 at ti tudo 
 at tri bute 
 au di bie 
 au di encc 
 au gu ry 
 au ri cle 
 cen tu ry 
 cut lei' y 
 effigy 
 eb o ny 
 lit a ny 
 lai* ce ny 
 tjv an ny 
 mas ter y 
 fop pe ry 
 
 THE ZEBRA. 
 
 fel^ o ny 
 col o ny 
 beg gar y 
 fish ery 
 gal le ry 
 gran a ry 
 witch er y 
 bot a ny 
 flat ter y 
 but ter y 
 pil lo ry 
 mem o ry 
 rib aid ry 
 min is try 
 hap pi ncss 
 hor ri fy 
 hon es'ty 
 her aid ry 
 heb ra ist 
 horn i cide 
 her e tic 
 his to ry • 
 or a tor 
 
 How beau<iful tbe zebra ! 
 How pretty is bis name ! 
 
 But he's vicious, 
 
 And malicious-, 
 Aud ho cannot be made tame. 
 
 He in found in Southern Africa, 
 How striped is his f*ide I 
 
 Kut be never 
 
 Is Ko clever 
 As to sufler jou to ride. 
 
 I have heard about a Hotteutot 
 "Who caught a zebra wild ; 
 He led him. 
 And be fed him, 
 And he loved him as h child. 
 
 He carded down his glossy hair. 
 But all his toil ^ as vain ;. 
 
 Zebra could'nt, 
 
 Or lo would'nt, 
 Be controlled by bit oi'.rcin. 
 
 What a shame for one so beautiful. 
 And outwardly so fair, 
 
 Tq be vicious, 
 
 And malicious. 
 As the pretty sometimes are I 
 
 God never smiles on beauty 
 When it hides a wicked ueart ; 
 Then be good here, 
 As vou should, depr, 
 Lc8t He' say at last, •' Depart!" 
 
'6 
 
 THE CONFEDERlTE 
 
 LESSON* LXIIi: 
 
 THE ANT AND THE (IRASSHOPPER. 
 
 A FABLE. 
 
 One day, ifi the winter sca.<oiij a large group of ants were 
 employed in airing and drying their supplies of corn. A 
 grasshopper, almost dead from hunger and cold, came to 
 them and begged that they would take pity on him, and 
 relieve his wants by giving him a single grain of wheat 
 or rye. 
 
 One of the ants enquired why he had not laid up food 
 for himself during the summer as they had done. 
 
 " Alas ! " said he, '' I passed away my time merrily and 
 thoughtlessly in drinking, singing and dancing, and never 
 thought of winter.^' 
 
 ''If that be the Case,'' said the ant, ''I can do nothing 
 for you. We are workers. Idlers wo never encourage. I 
 dismiss you by reminding you of the old adage : 
 
 "Thej ^^bo in summer dance and sing, 
 In wiuler die of hunger's sting," 
 
 Words of Four Syllables, Accerded on the Third. 
 
 ■ ab e run cate 
 ad a man tine 
 cat e gor ic 
 
 par a phras tic . 
 sci en tif ic 
 el e men tal 
 
 ■ ep i sod ic 
 
 in con clu sive 
 con tra die tive 
 e nig mat ic 
 dem O'Crat ic 
 an a torn ic 
 CO ex is tout 
 fun da men tal 
 cos mo log ic 
 
 CO cf fi cient 
 o le on der 
 or tho graph ic 
 cat e' chu-mcn 
 di e tet ic 
 in ad ver tence 
 com piemen tal 
 hy dro stat ic ' 
 dis con cert ed 
 
 dis en cum ber 
 in ad vcr tent 
 in terces sor 
 dis in her it 
 un der ta ker 
 dis in ter nrent 
 ov er bur den 
 pred c ces sor 
 dis con tent ed 
 
 con se quen tial un for giv ing 
 circum spectivo mal e fac tor 
 dis con tin ue un for sa ken 
 cor res pon dent ben e fac tor 
 in cor rect ly as tro nom ic 
 dis af feet ed par c gor ic 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 
 
 77 
 
 un im por tant 
 in con.ais tent 
 ab so lute ]y 
 cal o rif ic 
 an a Icp tic 
 
 ec o nom ic 
 \\y per crit ie 
 iui ma tnre \y 
 con ti neii tal 
 man i fes to 
 
 LES80N LXIY. 
 
 un der val ue 
 ev er las ting 
 an ti do tal 
 ret ro spec tive 
 con va les cent 
 
 SpelliiKj and Defining. 
 
 a lac ri ty 
 a rid i ty 
 a vid i ly 
 be nef i cent 
 ca pit u late 
 ce lib a cy 
 in car cor ate 
 in ter po late 
 pre pon der ate 
 hos til i ty 
 ca lam i t}' 
 va cu i ty 
 re cip i eut 
 ur ban i ty 
 u til i ty 
 in i qui ty 
 so lil o quy 
 pos ter i ty 
 tru gal i ty 
 lo cal i tv 
 
 cheer ful ness 
 dry ncss 
 ea ger ness 
 beu e tl cial 
 snr ren dor 
 sin glc life 
 im pris on 
 in ter line 
 over bill anco 
 en mi ty 
 mis for tunc 
 emp ti ness 
 re ceiv er 
 po lile ness 
 use All noss 
 sin ful ness 
 nion o logue 
 des cend ants 
 par si mo ny 
 res i dence 
 
 ca lum ni ate 
 de lib er ate 
 en thu si ast 
 cor rob o rate 
 con sol i date • 
 im pov er ish 
 re cip ro cate 
 de cap i tate 
 di.s en tan gle 
 com mem o rate 
 suf fi cien cy 
 pro gen i tor 
 ve rac i ty 
 fe ciai di ty 
 to lie i ty 
 dis crim i nate 
 sub or di nate 
 a bom i nate 
 a nal o gy 
 a troc i ty 
 
 elan der 
 con sid er 
 fa nat ic 
 strength en 
 so lid i fy 
 pau per ize 
 in ter change 
 be head 
 ex tri cate 
 eel e brate 
 com pe teuee 
 an ces tor 
 truth ful ness 
 fruit ful ness 
 hap pi ness 
 dis tin guish 
 in fe ri or 
 ab hor 
 
 re sera blanee 
 bar bar i ty 
 
 THE VrOLET. 
 
 When April's warmth unlocks the clod, 
 Softened by gentle shower.s, 
 The violet pierces thro' the sod. 
 And blossoms first of flowers; 
 So may I give my heart to God 
 In childhood's early hours. 
 
 Some plants in (jardcns only found, 
 Are raised with pains and care ; 
 God scatters riohtsnW around, 
 They blossom everywhere : 
 Thus may my love to all abound. 
 And all ray fragrance share. 
 
78 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
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 Some scentless flowers stand straight and high, 
 With pride and hautiness ; • 
 
 But violets perfume land and sky, 
 Akho' they promise less: 
 Let me, with all humility, 
 Do more than I profess. 
 
 Sweet flower I be thou a type to me 
 Of blameless joy and mirth, 
 Of widely scattered sympathy, 
 Embracing all Clod's earth — ■ 
 Of early blooming piety, 
 And unpretending worth. 
 
 , CITAPF ALLEN. 
 
 A gentleman gives it as his opinion, that the most 
 '^ cloicn in the mouth ^' of all Mr. Lincoln's Generals was 
 Gen. Burnside, while he held his headquarters at Falmouth. 
 
 LESSON LXV. 
 
 A Minute — how soon it is ftown ! 
 
 And \et how important it is ! 
 God calls every moment his own, 
 . For all our existence is his ; 
 And, though we may waste them in folly and play, 
 He notices each that we squander away. 
 
 THE ANT OR EMMET. 
 
 These emmets, how little they are in our eyes ! 
 Wo tread them to dust and a troop of them dies, 
 Without our regard or concern ; 
 Yet, as wise as we are, if we went to their school. 
 There's many a sluggard, and many a fool, 
 Some lessons of wisdom might learn. 
 
 They don't wear their time out in sleeping or play, 
 
 But gather up corn in a sun-shiny day. 
 
 And for winter they lay up their stores ; 
 
 They manage their work in such regular forms, " 
 
 One would think they foresaw all the frosts and tlie storras, 
 
 And so br'ot their food within doors. 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 
 
 79 
 
 But I have less sense than a prior creeping ant, 
 If I take not diie care for the things I shall want. 
 Nor provide against dangers in time ; 
 When death or old iige shall staie in my face, 
 What a wretch shall I he at the end of my da.va. 
 If I trifle away their prime ! 
 
 Now, now, while my strength and my youth are In blocca. 
 
 Let me think what shall serve me when sii-kness ihall oomo, 
 
 And pray thiU niy sins be forgiven ;- 
 
 Let me lead in good hooks, and beUeve and obey, 
 
 That -vvhen death turns me out of this cottage of claj, 
 
 I may dweU iu a palace in heaveu! 
 
 Words of Three SylJahhs^ Accented on the Pir$L ^ 
 
 can o py 
 pan o ply 
 tap es try 
 ten e ment 
 van i ty 
 vis i ble 
 vio^to ry 
 vig or ous 
 vis it or 
 pari ty - 
 perju ry 
 per se cute 
 plen ti fal 
 per quis' ite 
 pol y glot 
 prop er ty 
 pov er ty 
 pen u ry 
 pur ga tive 
 pun ish ment 
 quack e ry 
 quer u lous 
 quid di ty 
 quick sil ver 
 rad i cal 
 
 dep u ty 
 del i cate 
 dis si pate 
 dom i nant 
 det ri ment 
 del c gate 
 dul ci iy 
 dec i mate 
 cal cu late 
 cal i CO 
 cap i tal 
 cap ti vate 
 cer ti fy 
 con fi. dent 
 cop' per y 
 cop u late 
 cop y ist 
 cor o nal 
 cor o ner 
 com e dy 
 cor mo rant 
 cor nc ous 
 cor di *al 
 cor net cy 
 cor po rate 
 
 bit ter netss 
 ben e fic^ 
 bip: a mist 
 big ot ed 
 bla zon ry 
 ed i Yy 
 ed it or 
 ed u cato 
 ef fa bio 
 em u late 
 el e gy 
 el e ment 
 el e Diiant 
 era a nato 
 em e ry 
 em i grant 
 em bro cato 
 em e raid 
 em i grate 
 em i nent. 
 ep i euro 
 en er gy 
 en er gize 
 en fi lade 
 en ter jpriso 
 
80 
 
 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 rad i cate 
 ram i fy 
 rap tu rona 
 ran cor oiis 
 rar i fy 
 rav en ous 
 def er ence 
 dil i geut 
 dig ni tj 
 dim i ty . 
 
 cor pu lent 
 ban isli ment 
 bap tis try 
 bar ba rism 
 bar ba rize 
 bar be cue 
 bar ber rv 
 bar ley corn 
 ben e fit 
 big a my 
 
 LESSON LXYj 
 
 TJIE THIEF. 
 
 er 6 mite 
 er rqr ist 
 er u dite 
 es ti mate 
 es ti val 
 lam i Ij 
 fab u Ions 
 tabri cate 
 fab u list 
 A\c to rv 
 
 Why should I deprive my neighbor 
 Of his goods against his will? 
 
 Hands were made for honest labor, . 
 Not to pfunder or to steal. 
 
 'Tis a foolish self-deceiving 
 
 By such tricks to hope for gain ; 
 
 -All that's ever got by thieving 
 Turns to sorrow, shame and pain. 
 
 Have not Eve and Adam taught us 
 Their sad profit to compute^? 
 
 To what dismal state they brought us, 
 -When they stole forbidden fruit ! 
 
 Oft we see a young beginner 
 Practice little pilfering ways ; - 
 
 Till grown up a hardened sinner, 
 The galfows ends his days. 
 
 Theft will not be always hidden, 
 Though we fancy none can spy : 
 ^en wo take a thing forbidden, 
 Uod beholds it with His eye. 
 
 Guard my heart, God of heaven I 
 Lest I covet what's not mine : 
 
 Lest I steal what is not given, .. 
 Guard n?y heart and hand from sin 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 
 
 81 
 
 THE POLTTTCIANS, 
 
 Two political parties were passing each other, going to 
 their respective places of meeting. Much caustic wit and 
 dry humor passed between them. Said one of them to 
 his friend: ''George, what do you think? My horse, 
 back yonder, was such a fool that he wanted to turn and 
 go with your party, but I would not allow it." '' Why," 
 said George, '* I think he clearly showed that, like Baalam's 
 ass, he had more sense than his rider." 
 
 gen feel 
 glo bose 
 grantee 
 gran tor 
 grim ace 
 har peon 
 mon soon 
 re vise 
 ca rouse 
 tri unc 
 re bate 
 in flate ' 
 sa lute 
 pre pare 
 en snare 
 de sire 
 dis may 
 bal loon 
 
 of Two Syllahles^ Accented on the Second. 
 
 en dear 
 en twine 
 
 re pnie 
 de sist 
 de fray 
 un say 
 at tain 
 en twine 
 con sign 
 con elude 
 la ment 
 le gume 
 se cure 
 se Crete 
 col lude 
 ex plain 
 ex pose 
 e lope 
 es cape 
 en close 
 
 de fine 
 dif fuse 
 sur mount 
 re lume 
 do main 
 ex plain 
 pre pare 
 dis train 
 sue ceed 
 sur round 
 at tain 
 at tempt 
 behest 
 be hoove 
 de ceit 
 a light 
 
 un sown 
 un worn 
 un wept 
 un told 
 en close 
 con sole 
 six teen 
 sus tain 
 un teach 
 re hearse 
 re search 
 ro bust 
 re mark 
 un mask 
 nn seen 
 bas soon 
 im pugn 
 de note 
 
 LESSOxX LXVII. 
 REVERENTIAL PRAISE. 
 
 Before Jehovah's awful throne, 
 Ye nations bow with sacred joy ; 
 
 Know that the Lord is God alone, 
 He can create and He destroy. 
 
 D* 
 
82 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 Ilis sovereign power, without our aid, 
 Made us of clay and formed us men ; 
 
 And when, like wandering sheep, we strayed^ 
 He brought us to His fold again. 
 
 We are His people, we His care, 
 Our souls and all our mortal frame; 
 
 What lasting honors shall we rear, 
 Almighty Maker, to Thy name ! 
 
 We'll crowd Thy gates with thankful songs, 
 High as the heavens our voices raise ; 
 
 And earth, with her ten thousand tongues, 
 Shall fill Thy courts with sounding praise. 
 
 Wide as the world is Thy command, 
 
 Vast as eternity Thy love ; 
 Firm as a rock Thy truth shall stand, 
 
 When rolling years shall cease to move ! 
 
 Wo7'ds of Three Syllahles^ Accented on the First. 
 
 cit a del cow ard ly gar ni ture 
 
 clem ea cy eras si tude gar ri son 
 
 cler i cal cred i ble gel a tine 
 
 cod i cil cred it or gel id ness 
 
 con so nant cred u Ions gem in ous 
 
 con sta ble crim i nal gen er al 
 
 con Stan cy crit ic al gen er ate 
 
 con sti pate crock er y gen er ous 
 
 con sti tute croc o dile gen e sis 
 
 con ti nent cru ci al ge ni al 
 
 con tra band cms ti ly gen i tive 
 
 con tra ry en bit al ge ni ns 
 
 con vo cate cul min ate gen u ine 
 
 cop i er cul ti vate glo ri fy 
 
 CO pi ous cul pa ble gloss aVy 
 
 cor o nal feb ri fuge gov ern or 
 
 cor po rate fee u lent gov ern ess 
 
 cor pu lence fed er al grad u ate 
 
 CQS mic al fed er ate gran u late 
 
SPELLING 300S. 
 
 m L 
 
 83 
 
 cost li ness 
 cot ta ger 
 coun sel lor 
 coun te nance 
 coun ter part 
 conn ter sign 
 cour te ous 
 cour te sy . 
 cov e nant 
 cov er ing 
 cov er let 
 coy et ous 
 
 fel o ny 
 flat tor y 
 flat n ous 
 for ti fy ' 
 for tu nate 
 ful mi nate 
 fu mi gate 
 fur 1:)e low 
 fur tive ly 
 gal le ry 
 gal ax y 
 gal li cism 
 
 graph ic al 
 grass i nes3 
 grat i fy 
 gra lingiy 
 grat u late 
 grav 1 ty ^ 
 grav i tato 
 greed i necja 
 prid i ron 
 grit ti nes3 
 hab it ant 
 hab i tude 
 
 LESSON LXVIIL 
 
 THE SOUL. 
 
 « 
 
 The soul, of origin divine, ' 
 
 ■0 God's glorious image, freed from clay, 
 
 In heaven's eternal sphere shall shin© 
 A star of day ! 
 
 The sun is but a spark of fire, 
 
 A transient nieteor^n the sky; , 
 
 The soul, immortal as its siro, « 
 
 Shall never die. 
 
 THE SLUGGARD. 
 
 The voice of the sluggard, I hear him complain, 
 
 '" You have waked me loo soon, I must slumber again; * 
 
 As the door on his hinges, so he on his bed, 
 
 Turns his sides, and ^is shoulders, and his heavy heu*i- 
 
 " A little more sleep, a little moie slumber," 
 
 Thus he wastes half his duys, and his hours without nnmtxir; 
 
 And when he gets up he sits folding his hands, 
 
 Or walks about sauntaring, or trifling he stauda. 
 
 I passed by his garden, and saw the wild brier, 
 The thorn and the thistle, grow broader and higher } 
 The clothes that hung on him are turning to rags, 
 And his money still wastes till he starves or he be^ts. 
 
84 
 
 THS CONFEDERATE 
 
 I made him n visit, still hoping to find 
 
 He hud taken more care for improving his mind ; 
 
 Ue told me his dreams, talked of eating and drinking, 
 
 But he scarce reads his bible and never loves thinking. 
 
 Said I then to mj' heart, " Here's a lesson for me ! 
 That man's but p picture of what I might be ; 
 But thanks to mj friends for their cave in my breeding. 
 Who taught me betimes to love working and reading.' 
 
 Words of Fom 
 
 matli e mat ics 
 con va les cent 
 're im burse me tit 
 re com mence ment 
 in de pend ent 
 cm ni pres ent 
 pre ex is tent 
 in at ten tive 
 sup pie men tal 
 in ter mit tent 
 or na men tal 
 sac ra men tal 
 in ter mar ry 
 ac ci den tal 
 o ver la d(^ 
 ri en tal 
 reg i men tal 
 hor i zon tal 
 an a lyt ic 
 an te mun dane 
 des pe ra do 
 en ter tain ment 
 
 mg 
 
 ' Syllables^ Accented on the Thud. 
 
 in de ci sion re in force ment 
 
 in se cure ly 
 
 in CO lie rent 
 
 ir re spec tivo 
 
 su per struc ture 
 
 mis de mean or 
 
 mis be iiav ior 
 
 ap ]>a ra tus 
 
 per ad ven ture 
 
 ef flo res cen.t 
 
 in con clu sive 
 
 in con pis tent 
 
 bas ti ua do 
 
 ac ci den tal 
 
 an i mad \'fert 
 
 in ci den tal 
 
 in con des ceuce 
 
 man u fac ture 
 
 af fi da vit 
 
 dis a vow al 
 
 in stru men tal 
 
 raon u men tal 
 
 met a phys ics 
 dis con tent meut 
 met a mor phose 
 mis in ter pret 
 cir cum ja cent 
 dis a gree ment 
 dis en tan gle 
 in ef fee tive 
 pes ti len tial . 
 prov i den tial 
 su per struc ture 
 ar mat ic 
 e nis: mat ic 
 e go tis tic 
 re con sid er 
 over bur den 
 Lyp crit ic 
 his tri on ic 
 com pli men tal 
 el e men tal 
 
 LESSON LXIX. 
 
 JEWELS. 
 
 Some ladies are fond of showing jewels made of diamonds 
 and gold. A Roman lady once had two sons whom she 
 had reared with great care. She valued them above all 
 price. While ladies of fashion were dis-play-ing their fine 
 clothes and costly jewels abroad, she was at home training 
 np her sons in the way they should go. 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 
 
 86 
 
 When asked where and what her jewels were, sho 
 presented her noble sons and said : ^' These are my jewels." 
 
 Children, you little know the value of such mothers. 
 You should honor them highly, and strive to become 
 jewels such as Home never produced — at once the joy of 
 your parents and the honor and glory of your country. 
 
 THE LORD'S PJRA\KR>^3(f*v 
 
 Our Father who art in heaven. Hallowed be Thy name 
 Thy kingdom come. Thy will bg done in earth as it is in 
 heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive 
 us our debts as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not 
 into temptation, but deliver us from evil; for thine is the 
 kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen ! 
 
 Words of Three Syllahles Accenkd on the First. 
 
 cii mu late 
 cu ra live 
 cu ri ous 
 cur ri cle 
 cur so ry 
 cur ya ted 
 cur va ture 
 cur vi ty 
 cus torn er 
 cus to dy 
 cu ti cle 
 cyn ic al 
 dan ger ous 
 de cen cy 
 dec o rate 
 del i cate . 
 def in ite 
 del e gate 
 del i cate 
 dem a gogue 
 dem i god 
 dem o crat 
 
 det ri ment 
 dif fer cnt 
 dif fi cult 
 dif flu ent 
 dis ere pant 
 ear nest ly 
 earth i ness 
 ea si ly 
 ea si ness 
 eas ter ly 
 eat a ble 
 eb o ny 
 ec sta cv 
 ed u cate 
 ef 11 gy 
 e go tisni 
 eg l^n tine 
 e go tise 
 ef flu ent 
 el e vate 
 el o quence 
 em a nate 
 
 eq ua ble 
 e qual izc 
 e qui no^ 
 er e mite 
 es cu lent 
 es tim ate 
 cs ti val 
 eth ic al 
 cu lo gy 
 eu pho ny 
 e ven ing 
 ev er g]*een 
 cv i dent 
 e vil ness 
 ev i tate 
 ex ca vate 
 ex e crate 
 ex e cute 
 ex i gence 
 ex or cise 
 ex pe dite 
 ex pie tive 
 
86 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 dep u rate ed i fy ex quis ite 
 
 dep u ty ed i ble ex u date 
 
 der o gate en ter prise eye "wit ness 
 
 des o late ep i cure fab u lest 
 
 des pe rate ep i logue fab u lous 
 
 des ti ny ep i thet fac ul ty 
 
 des ti tute ep i taph fal la cy 
 
 LESSON LXX. 
 
 PROVERBS.- 
 
 The comforter's head never aches. 
 The covetous man is his own tormentor. 
 The crow thinks her young one'^ the fairest. 
 The eye of the master does more than his hands. 
 The faulty stands on his guard. 
 The foremost dog catches the hare. 
 The ma« of threatened life lives long. 
 The gray mare is the better horse. 
 
 THE WISE CHOICE. 
 
 - . King Sol-o-mon of old 
 
 A hap-py choice had made ; 
 'Twas not for lifcj 'twas not for gold, 
 Nor lion-or that he pray-ed. 
 
 He chose that bet-ter part, 
 
 That leads to heav-en-ly joys — 
 
 A wise and under-stand-ing heart, 
 And God ap-prov-ed the choice. 
 
 If this is what we seek, 
 
 We can-not ask a-miss ; 
 The young-est, poor-est child may speak, 
 
 And ask the Lord for this. 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 
 
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 Woi'ds of Two Si/Uahles, Accented on the First^ in which 
 Ow have t/ie long sound o/'o, as in note. 
 
 bar row 
 
 ill low 
 cal low 
 tal low 
 *el bow 
 hoi low 
 bel low 
 min now 
 
 hal low 
 fel low 
 yar row 
 Ibl low 
 far row 
 mead ow 
 mal low 
 shad ow 
 
 bur row 
 har row 
 win dow 
 nar row 
 mor row 
 spar row 
 win ow 
 wid ow 
 
 swal low 
 fur row 
 ar row 
 wil low 
 yel low 
 mel low 
 ful low 
 sor row 
 
 Words of Tv'o /Syllables^ Accented on the Fiist^ in which 
 . A sounds as in fall. 
 
 daugh ter 
 saw pit 
 flaw y 
 slaugh ter 
 au ger 
 
 plan dit 
 wa ter 
 law yer 
 braw ny 
 au thor 
 au tumu 
 maud Hq 
 pal sy 
 draw er< 
 
 pal try 
 saw yer 
 want ing 
 draw ing 
 sau cer 
 faal ty 
 gau dy 
 draw ers 
 mawk ish 
 
 mau ger 
 al ter 
 fal ter 
 pal ter 
 
 wal nut 
 quar ter 
 haw thorn 
 al most 
 cau sey 
 pan per 
 sau cy 
 taw ny 
 drawl ing 
 
 LESSON LXXI. 
 t.IVE FOR SOMETHING. 
 
 Live for something, be not idle, 
 
 Iiook ahout thee for employ ; 
 Sit not down to useless dreamiog, 
 
 Lfibor is the sweetest joy. 
 Folded hands are ever weary, 
 
 Selfish hearts are never gay; 
 Life for thee hath many duties, 
 
 Antive be, then, while you may. 
 
 Scatter blessings in .thy pathway. 
 Gentle words and cheering smiles 
 
 Botter are than gold and silver, 
 With their grief-dispelling wiles. 
 
88 
 
 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 As the pleasant sunshine falleth, 
 
 Ev-tir on the grateful earth, 
 So let sympathy and kindness 
 
 Gladden well the darkened hearth. 
 
 Hearts there are oppressed and weary ; 
 
 Drop the tear of sympathy, 
 Whisper words of hope and comfort, 
 
 Give, and thy reward shall be 
 Joy to thy soul, returning 
 
 From this perfect fountain head ; 
 Freely as thou givest 
 
 Shall the grateful light be shed. 
 
 Words of Four SyUahles^ Accented on the Fir.^t. 
 
 ac cu ra cy 
 am i ca ble 
 am or ous 1}^ 
 ac cu rate ness 
 ad di to rj 
 am pli fi er 
 cu li na ry 
 mo ment a ry 
 nu ga to ry 
 nu mer a ry 
 a mi a ble 
 es ti ma ble 
 an cil la ry 
 an i ma live 
 bre vi a ry 
 del i ca cy 
 con tu ma cy 
 an nu la ry 
 an te cliam ber 
 ob sti na cy 
 ex i gen cy 
 a pi a ry 
 ap o plex y 
 feu da to ry 
 
 car i ca ture 
 col or a ble 
 nee es sa ry 
 ex eel len cy 
 com pe ten cy 
 con ti nen cy 
 cor ol la ry 
 cor ri gi ble 
 cov et ous ness 
 dec re to ry 
 die tion a ry 
 drom c da ry 
 im po ten cy 
 med ul la ry 
 par cc na ry 
 im i ta ble 
 cer e mo ny 
 cu mu la tive 
 ali mo ny 
 an ti mo ny 
 mat ri mo ny 
 Aon or a ry 
 sec on da ry 
 preb en da ry 
 
 bal i?c a r}^ 
 ac tu a ry 
 lu min a ry 
 mo men ta ry 
 mod er ate ly 
 ap pe ten cy 
 sed en ta ry 
 mil i ta ry 
 ar bi tra ry 
 foi'ui u la ry 
 fo^' tu nate ly 
 lit er a vy 
 pul mo na ry 
 em is sa ry 
 mis eel la ny 
 dif fi dent 1}^ 
 dif fi cul ty 
 dil i gent ly 
 ad e quate ly 
 an swer a ble 
 sal u ta ry 
 dil a to ry 
 cap il la ry 
 man da .to ry 
 
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 LESSON LXXII. 
 WEALTH AND TOYERTY. 
 
 Can he who with the tide of fortune sails, 
 
 More pleasures from the sweets of nature share ; 
 
 Do zephyrs waft him more ambrosial gales, 
 Or do his groves a gayer livery wear? 
 
 To me the heavens unveil as pure a sky, 
 
 To me the flowers as rich a bloom disclose, 
 The morning beams as radiant to mine eye, 
 .And darkness guides me to as sweet repose. 
 
 If luxury their lavish dainties piles, 
 
 And still attends upon their stated hours. 
 
 Doth health reward them with her open smiles, 
 Or exercise enlarge their feeble powers ? 
 
 'Tis not in richest mines of Indian gold 
 That man this jewel, happiness, can find ; 
 
 If his unfeeling breast, to virtue cold, * 
 Denies her ciitrance to his ruthless mind. 
 
 Wealth, pomp and honor are but guady toy>:, 
 Alas ! how poor the pleasures they impart ; 
 
 Virtue's the sacred source of all the joys 
 That claim a lasting mansion in the heart. 
 
 TREASUKES. 
 
 Lay not up treasures for yourselves upon earth, where 
 moth and rust do corrupt, and whcix; thieves break 
 through and steal. But lay up for youi selves treasures 
 in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and 
 where thieves do not break through nor steal ; for where 
 your treasure is there will your heart be also. — Bible. 
 
 Words of Six Syllables , Accented on t}\e Fourth, 
 
 ac cep ti bil i ty com pat i bil i iy in vol u bil i ty 
 
 ac count a bil i ty en cy clo pe di a e jac u la to ry 
 
 a mi a bil i ty in com pre hen si ble in sen si bil i ty 
 
 ex tern po ra ne ous re sis ti bil i iy im prob a bil i ty 
 
 a pol get ic al un pop u lar i ty an te me rid i au 
 
9.i) % THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 ap pli ca bil i ty in flam ma bil i ty iiu mu ta bil i ty 
 
 a poo a lyp ti cal in com pre hon si ble in cred i bil i ty 
 
 ma te ri al i ty ir reg u lar i ty an ti gcor bn ti cal 
 
 dis ad van ta geous de fen si bil i ty im pos si bil i ty 
 
 in fal li bil i ty nial le a bil i ty in tan gi bil i ty 
 
 in fu si bil i ty in fo ri or i ty a tiath e mat i cal 
 
 ec cle si as ti cal per cep ti bil i ty ac cus torn a ri ly 
 
 an te ri or i ty il le gi bil i ty in ca pa bil i ty 
 
 am bi dex ter i ty di vis i bil i ty in flex i bil i ty 
 
 do struc ti bil i ty un phil o sopli ic al il lib er al i ty 
 
 im per son al i ty con ge ni al i ty 'in fran gi bil'i ty 
 
 gu bcr na to ri al u ni ver sal i ty in hos pi tal i ty 
 
 com pres si bil i ty ir rec on ci la ble im pres si bil i ty 
 
 LESSON LXXIII. 
 
 PROVERBS. 
 
 The dime is ill saved that shames its master. 
 The hasty hand catches frogs for fish. 
 The highest branch is not the safest roost. 
 Fly pleasure and it will follow you. 
 Forgive any one sooner than yourself. 
 Faint heart never won fair lady. 
 Fools tie knots and wise men loose them. 
 Plenty of thistles, plenty of prickles. 
 Give a dog an ill name and hang him. 
 Give a fool rope and he hangs himself. 
 
 THE ROSE. 
 
 How fair is the rose ! what a beautiful flower I 
 
 The glory of April and May ! 
 Bnt the leaves — how soon do they fade in the bower 1 
 
 See I they wither and die in a day. 
 
 But the rose has one powerful virtue to boast, 
 
 Above other flowers of the field ; 
 When the leaves are all dead, and the colors are lost, 
 
 Still how sweet a perfume it will yield ! 
 
 So frail is thtj youth and the beauty of men, 
 Though they bloom and look gay like the rose ; 
 
 But allour fond care to preserve them is vain, 
 Time kills them as fast as he goes. 
 
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 Then I'll oot be proud of my youth or my beauty, 
 Since both of them wither aud fade; 
 
 But gain a good name by well doing my duty, 
 This will scent like a rose when I'm dead. 
 
 X 
 
 Words of Thi 
 
 a muse meat 
 a rnu sivc 
 a mass meiit 
 a na nan 
 ap preu tice 
 ap prov al 
 *ap prove ment 
 a quat io 
 arch bish o 
 ar*ina dr. 
 ar men t,al 
 ar rai^n ment 
 ar range ment 
 ar rear Fvge 
 nr ri val 
 au ro ra 
 au then tic 
 a ven ger 
 back sli der 
 be diz zeri 
 be drag glo 
 be gin ccr 
 be hold er 
 be la bor 
 be la ted 
 be lea giier 
 be liev er 
 pi den ta.' 
 bo tan ic 
 bra va do 
 • III men 
 e cov er 
 or get fr.l 
 
 ee Syllables^ A ccen 
 
 at tor ney 
 en ven om 
 en vi ron 
 en cum bcr 
 pre sump tive 
 re dan dant 
 pro cure ment 
 com mit ment 
 com min gle 
 ere a tive 
 pe ru sal 
 
 in vec tive 
 
 im pul sive 
 
 de liv er 
 
 de duce ment 
 
 hor rif ic 
 
 ho mer ic 
 
 en ti tie 
 
 e rup tive 
 
 er rat ic 
 
 es tab lish 
 
 e ter nal 
 
 c van id 
 
 e va sive 
 
 e vent ful 
 
 ex act ivo 
 
 ex am ine 
 
 ex am pie 
 
 ex clu sive 
 
 ex car nate 
 
 ex cep tive 
 
 ex cheq uer 
 
 ex cite ment 
 
 ted Of) tJie fSecond, 
 
 ex ot ic 
 ex pec tance 
 ex plo sive 
 ex po sure 
 ex pound er 
 ex prcs sive 
 ex pro brate 
 ex pul sive 
 ex sic cate 
 ex tal ic 
 ex ter nal 
 ex tin guish 
 ex tir pate 
 ex treme ]j 
 ex ult ant' 
 for get ful 
 for giv ing 
 ge nor ic 
 ge ne va 
 ig no ble 
 ex pie tive 
 es cape ment 
 re fu sal . 
 in tend ant 
 neg lect fnl 
 pro due tive 
 pre ten der 
 im prcs sive 
 per sua sive 
 sub mis sive 
 mo men to us 
 pro grcs sive 
 re ten tive 
 
92 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 fi, nan cial ex clu'sive se lee ted 
 
 sa tan ic ex ere tive of fen sive 
 
 for got ten ex cur sive re ver sivo 
 
 be sot ted ex em plar per spec live 
 
 a ver ment ex bib it pro trii sive 
 
 LESSON LXXIY. 
 
 THE OWL AND THE MOUSE. 
 
 A. FAULK. 
 
 An owl was caught in a snare. In tliis sad conditioti 
 he entreated a mouse to gnaw ofl' the cords and liberate 
 him. The mouse refused to do so, unless the owl would 
 first solemnly promise never again to kill mice. 
 
 The owl was liberated on that condition. Not long- 
 afterwards he caught a hat in an old barn, and%\as about*to 
 devour it. But being struck with its resemblance to the 
 mouse, he hesitated about killing it. At length he con- 
 cluded to devour it as a bird, and not as a mouse. 
 
 itORAL. 
 
 I'he principle with many persons is, '* Change the name 
 &bd you may do what you like." Thus murder is defended 
 as duelling. Theft and robbery arc lauded under the 
 name of '^ sharj) tradiiuj ! "' Do wicked men hate religion 
 and desire to make it odious '{ They give it the name 
 hypocrisy or priestcraft, and then they spit at it all their 
 venom, and pile upon it all their abuse ! 
 
 Words of Two Syllables, Accented on, the First, -iiieddk 
 of ivhich TH have their asperate sound. 
 
 an ther au tbor tbirs ty diph tlioiig 
 
 e ther meth od tbim ble triph thong, 
 
 etb ics pan ther thick et ■ tbin^ly 
 
 ze nitb length y tbrif ty tlior'ougb 
 
 tbe sis Tburs day throt tie tbros tie "* 
 
 tlmn der think er . sab bath . ja ciiitU 
 
 an them d^ath less tbou sand tilth y 
 
Sl^ELLING BOOK. 
 
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 Words of Three 
 hles^ Accented 
 have the aspei 
 
 a can thus 
 ca thar tic 
 me theg liii 
 me thod ic 
 -pan the on 
 aU'tben tic 
 syn tliet ic 
 ca the dral 
 pa'thet ic 
 \\ re thra 
 ath let ic 
 nn think ins: 
 en throne ment 
 de' throne ment 
 tho rac ic 
 un thrif tv 
 WW thwart ed 
 nn thank ful 
 cath p lie 
 plcth o ric 
 
 SylUdfles^ and Words of Four Sylla- 
 on the Fird and Second ., in which TH 
 •ate sound. 
 
 am a ranth 
 am e thyst 
 math e sis 
 ayii the sis 
 up a thy 
 Icth ar gy 
 lab V rinth 
 liy a cinth 
 cp i thet 
 ap o the^/m 
 en thusiasm 
 me thod i cal 
 a rith me tic 
 CO rin thi an 
 li thot o my 
 ca tholi con 
 hy poth e sis 
 my thol o gy 
 or thog ra phy 
 li thog ra phy 
 
 lt:sson lxxv 
 
 ther mom e ter 
 can thar i des 
 phi Ian thro py 
 the ol o gy 
 an tith e sis 
 an tip a thy 
 a nath e ma 
 mis an thro py 
 the oc ra cy 
 the od o lite 
 me thod i cal 
 e the re al 
 the ri a cal 
 aii then ti cate 
 au thor i ty 
 le vi a than 
 hy potli e cate 
 un truth iul ncss 
 un think ing ly 
 ath let i cal 
 
 FLOWERS. . 
 Yes J floTvcrs have toDes— God gave to each 
 A- language ot* its own, 
 And bade the simple blossom teach, 
 Where'er its seeds are sown ; 
 Ttis voice is on the mountain height.- 
 And by the river's side, 
 Where flowers bljish iu glowing light, 
 III loneliness or pride ; 
 Wo feel all o'er the blooming sod, 
 It is the language of our God. 
 
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 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 PROVERBS. 
 
 Silence seldom does any harm. 
 Sit in your. place and none will make you rise. 
 Speak the truth and shame the devil. 
 Short reckonings make long friends- 
 Sloth is the mother of poverty. 
 Speech is the gift of all — thought of few. 
 Such is the tree, such the fruit. 
 Soon ripe, soon rotten. Soon well, soon ili. 
 Take care of the dimes — dollars then are safe. 
 Take heed and surely speed. 
 
 Tell me your companions — that is enough , 
 
 Temperance is the best physic. 
 That is weir spoken that is well takfcn. 
 That's placing the cart before the horse. 
 The blind man's wife needs no painting. 
 The cobbler's wife is the worst shod. 
 
 Words of Different Accent. 
 
 Many words, alike in spelling, are distinguished only by 
 the accent. In the following lesson, the nouns and adjec- 
 tives of the first and third columns have the accent on the 
 first syllable. The verbs, in the second and fonrtb columns, 
 have it on the second : 
 
 affix 
 
 accent 
 
 abstract' 
 
 compound 
 
 collect 
 
 conduct 
 
 confine 
 
 conserve 
 
 conflict 
 
 concert 
 
 convict 
 
 digest 
 
 extract 
 
 export 
 
 affix 
 
 absent 
 
 absent 
 
 accent 
 abstract . 
 
 augment" 
 cement 
 
 augiiient 
 cemeut 
 
 compound 
 collect 
 
 colleague 
 convert ' 
 
 cono;:.gue 
 conver.t 
 
 conduct 
 
 conduct 
 
 conduct 
 
 confine 
 
 consort 
 
 conijort 
 
 conserve 
 
 contract 
 
 contract 
 
 conflict 
 
 contest 
 
 conlcet 
 
 concert 
 
 converse 
 
 . converse 
 
 convict 
 digest 
 
 convoy 
 ferment 
 
 corrvoy 
 ferment 
 
 extract 
 export 
 
 import 
 frequent 
 
 • import 
 freq J.ent 
 
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 impress impress gallant gallant 
 
 incense incense insult insult 
 
 concrete .concrete attribute attribute 
 
 record record rebel rebel 
 
 refuse refuse subject subject 
 
 survey survey surname surname 
 
 transfer transfer torment torment 
 
 transport transport upcast upcast 
 
 LESSON ftXXVI. 
 
 THE CONFLICT ENDED. 
 
 Servant of God, well done ! 
 
 Rest from thy loved employ ; 
 The battle fought, the victory >yon, 
 
 Enter thy Master's joy. 
 
 His sword was in his hand, 
 Still warm with recent fight, 
 
 Ready, that moment, at command, 
 Thro' rock and steel to smite. 
 
 Oft with its fiery edge 
 
 His arm had quelled the foe,* 
 
 And laid, resistless in its course, 
 
 The demon armies low. • 
 
 At midnight came the cry, 
 
 *' Come, take a higher sphere ; '' 
 . He woke and saw his Captajn nigh, 
 Then strong in faith and pruyier. 
 
 His spirit with a bound, 
 
 Left its encumbering clay ; 
 His tent, at sunrise, on the ground, 
 
 An empty ruin lay I 
 
 Servant of God, well done ! 
 
 Praise be thy new employ; 
 And while Qternal ages run. 
 
 Rest in thy Savior's joy I 
 
96 
 
 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 Words of Thi 
 
 a bate ment 
 en rol-ment 
 en large meut 
 en tan gle 
 in her it 
 de tile ment 
 *in duce ment 
 ^n camp ment 
 de cep tive 
 CO part ner 
 pre fer ment 
 con fine ment 
 ac quil tal 
 e quip ment 
 af firm ance 
 de ter gent 
 di min ish 
 de ben ture 
 dis cred it 
 do mes tic 
 do min ion 
 de mer it 
 cos met ic 
 en deav or 
 in form ant , 
 a bu sive 
 as sio-n ment 
 
 -ee Syllables^ Accented on the Second, 
 con clu sive en slave ment 
 
 de fi ant 
 em bar go 
 cm bar rass 
 em bit ter 
 ac knowl edge 
 op po nent 
 op po^er 
 ab sor bent 
 of fen sive 
 ab j are ment 
 as sua sive 
 ac cus tom 
 ac cou tre 
 CO e qua! 
 CO e-val 
 con tent ment 
 sub mis sive 
 sub ver sive 
 re fine ment 
 re li ancG 
 re cum bent 
 so cern ment 
 se due tive 
 de liv er 
 de struc tive 
 de throne ment 
 
 •re ten tive 
 ro man4ic 
 tor men tor 
 en coun ter 
 sur ren der 
 fo ren sic 
 for bid ding 
 sple net ic 
 spe cif ic 
 pe dan tic 
 se ques ter 
 sub scri ber 
 de liv er 
 en rap turc 
 en force ment 
 in for mal 
 pre fer ment 
 pro lif ic 
 pros pec tive 
 tri um phant 
 re bel lious 
 re plev in 
 oc cur rence 
 ac cred it 
 a mal gam 
 ad mon i'sh 
 
 LESSON LXXAai. 
 
 GOD'S PRESENCE AND GLORY. 
 
 God came from Teman, and the Holy Oue from Mount 
 Paran. J>clah. His glory coA^ered the heavens, and the 
 earth was full of His praise. His brightness was as the 
 light. He had horns coming out of his hand, and there 
 was the hiding out of His power. Before Him went ihe 
 pesfilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet. He 
 stood and measured the earth ; He beheld and drove asunder 
 
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 the nations, and the everlasting mountains were scattered, 
 the perpetual hills did bow ; His ways are everlasting. 
 V ' I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction ; and the curtains 
 of the land of Midian did tremble. 
 
 Was the Lord displeased against the rivers? Was 
 thine anger against the rivers ? Was Thy wrath against 
 the sea, that Thou didst ride upon Thy horses and Thy 
 chariots of salvation ? 
 
 Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths 
 of the tribes, even Thy word. Selah. 
 
 The mountains saw Thee, and they trembled ; the deep 
 uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high. The 
 sun and the moon stood still in their habitations ; at the 
 light of Thine arrows they went, and at (he shining of 
 Thy glittering spear. 
 
 Thou didst march through the land in indjf nation ; 
 Thou didsi thresh the heathen in anger; Thou wentest 
 forth for the salvation of Thy people, even for the salva- 
 tion of Thine anointed. — Bible. 
 
 \Vords terminating in IZE, Accented on the First Syllable, 
 hot a nize bar bar ize gal van ize 
 
 ro man ize 
 
 clog ma tize 
 
 fer til ize 
 
 tyr an nize 
 
 mor al ize 
 
 em pha size 
 
 mod ern ize 
 
 mem or ize 
 
 lo cal ize 
 
 ster il ize 
 
 civ il ize 
 bas tard ize 
 sub si dize 
 det o nize 
 gor mand ize 
 her bo rize 
 mag net ize 
 stig ma tize 
 
 the o rize 
 jour nal ize 
 can ter ize 
 pat ron ize 
 ox yd ize 
 ju da ize 
 can on ize 
 ag o nize 
 
 gar ga rize 
 tan tal ize 
 or gan ize 
 chris tian ize 
 au thor ize 
 dram a tize 
 
 bra tal ize 
 col o nize 
 i dol ize 
 3^ al ize 
 gal van ize 
 le gal ize 
 pul ver ize 
 mel o dize 
 po lar ize 
 fo cal ize 
 vo cal ize 
 sat ir ize 
 OS tra cize 
 tem por ize 
 gen til ize 
 scru ti nize 
 
 ^Vo^€.— The terminations ing^ ed and atioiv should be added to each, 
 of these words as they are spelled. 
 
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98 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 TROUT AND YOUTH. 
 
 It is said that trout are often caught with hooks in their 
 mouths, which they had carried oflf only a short time 
 before ! . > 
 
 This is not strange to those who reflect that juveniles of 
 the human family will swallow the same lioolc a thousand 
 times ! They do this also with the known fact before 
 them, that " Canglii at last '' is always the death-knell 
 report ! 
 
 LESSON LXXVIII. 
 
 EARLY DEVOTION. 
 
 Early, my God, without delay, 
 
 I haste to seek Thy face ; 
 My thirsty spirit faints awory, 
 
 Without Thy cheering grace. 
 
 So pilgrims on the scorching sand, 
 
 Beneath a burning sky, 
 Long for a cooling stream at hand, 
 
 And they must drink or die. 
 
 I've seen Thy glory and Thy power, 
 
 Thro' all Thy temple shine ! 
 My God, repeat that heavenly hour,. 
 
 That vision so divine. 
 
 Not all the blessings of a feast 
 
 Can please my soul so well, 
 As when Thy richer grace I taste, 
 
 And in Thy presence dwell. 
 
 Not life itself, with all its joys, 
 
 Can my best pnssions move. 
 Or raise so high my cheerful voice, 
 
 As Thy forgiving love. 
 
 Thus, till my last expiring day, 
 
 I'll bless my God and King ; 
 Thus will I lift my hands to pray, 
 
 And tune my lips to sing. • 
 
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 Wbi'ds of Five Syllables,- Accented on the Third. 
 
 ac a dem ic al hy dro ceph a lus in ca pac i tate 
 
 im me chan i cal 
 
 im mc mo ri al 
 
 il le git i mate 
 
 im mc thod ie al 
 
 ap the sis 
 
 el e men ta ry 
 
 ep i log ic al 
 
 ex com mu ni cate 
 
 fii si bil i ty 
 
 aph ris ti cal 
 
 on er get i cal 
 
 hy per crit i cal 
 
 im mo bil i ty 
 
 im ma te ri al 
 
 ira mor tal i ty 
 dis pro por tion ate im per cep ti ble 
 am bi gu i ty 
 
 en er get ic al 
 e nig mat ic al 
 met a plior ic al 
 ac a do mi an 
 am phi the a trc 
 il le gal i ty 
 an e mom e tor 
 am ni a cal 
 an e mog ra phy 
 in ere du li ty 
 par si mo ni ous 
 gram i niv or ous 
 cu ri OS i ty 
 in ac ces si ble 
 in sig nif i cant 
 
 con tra ri e ty 
 an ti typ i cal 
 ar mat i cal 
 ep j gram ma tist 
 ep i sod ic al 
 aph i Ian Iho py 
 
 im mar ces si ble 
 im per sua si ble 
 im por tu ni ty 
 im pro lif i cate 
 al i men ta ry 
 in ar tic u late 
 na tion al i ty 
 
 in can des cen cy 
 in ef fi cient ly 
 fu si bil i tv 
 fri a bil i ty 
 di a met ri cal 
 in ter me di ate 
 in cor rupt i ble 
 in dis crim i nate 
 im pro pri e ty 
 in ex pe di ent 
 in com pat i ble 
 in de ci sive ly 
 ho mo ge ne ous 
 ac ri mo ni ous 
 e qui pon der ate 
 un ac cep ti ble 
 in ad mis si ble 
 in ter nun ti o 
 par ti cip i al 
 in ef fee tu al 
 ef flo res cen cy 
 in dis pen sa ble 
 in ter cal a ry 
 
 LESSON L^XIX. 
 
 GRATITUDE. 
 What shall I render to my Grod 
 
 For all his kindness shown ? 
 My feet shall visit Thine abode, 
 
 My songs address Thy throne ! 
 
 Among the saints that fill Thy house, 
 
 xMy oiferings shall be paid ; 
 There shall my zeal perform the vows 
 
 My soul in anguish made. 
 
 Now I am Thine, forever.Thine, x 
 Nor shall my^ purpose move ', 
 
 Thy hands have loosed my bonds of pain, 
 And bound me with Thy love. 
 
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 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 Various Mo7iosyUahles. 
 
 stride 
 
 guide 
 
 sword 
 
 gourd 
 
 lewd 
 
 shrewd 
 
 crouch 
 
 slouch 
 
 grove 
 
 strove 
 
 pouch 
 
 vouch 
 
 sprite 
 
 smite 
 
 barge 
 
 charge 
 
 sheen 
 
 screen 
 
 quaff 
 
 laugh 
 
 burst 
 
 worst 
 
 launch 
 
 craunch' 
 
 stoop 
 
 troop 
 
 crump 
 
 trump 
 
 twist 
 
 wrist 
 
 dose 
 
 gross 
 
 loose 
 
 goose 
 
 snare 
 
 square 
 
 rough 
 
 tough 
 
 dodge 
 
 podge 
 
 trash 
 
 splash 
 
 meek 
 
 sleek 
 
 small 
 
 scrawl 
 
 clothe 
 
 loathe 
 
 Natural History is at once very pleasing and instruc- 
 tive to children and youth. It treats of the entire animal 
 kingdom, which you may know includes all the beasts, 
 birds, fishes, reptiles, insects and the auimaleulae, i&o small 
 to be seen without the aid of the microscope. 
 
 It is very delightful to see or to read about all the 
 different animals, to learn their classifications, and become, 
 acquainted with their size, their appearancCj their struc- 
 ture, their disposition, their manner of life, and the uses 
 which they may subserve in the world. 
 
 In this little work I can give you only a few specimens ; 
 but I hope you will take an interest in all of God's won- 
 derful works, and get acquainted with as many of them as 
 you can. 
 
 Here is a very curious little creature, called the '' Red 
 Owl." His eyes and his ears are very wonderful. And 
 then the manner in'lvhich he doles out his notes is very 
 queer. You need never be afraid of owls. They do not 
 hurt people, nor do they forbode any evil to us when they 
 oome about our houses. 
 
 THE RED OWL. 
 
 Owls are birds of prey, and the only birds of that sort 
 that are nocturnal in their habits — that is, which sleep 
 through the day, and move about and seek their prey at 
 night. To enable them to find their way in the dark, and 
 
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 see their prey — even down to small mice — their eyes are 
 very large, and the pupil is extraordinarily large, so as to 
 let in a great amount of what little light there may be 
 shining in the night. At the same time, there is a circle, 
 almost funnel-shaped, of light feathers, surrounding the 
 eye, and so disposed as to throw light upon the eye. Then 
 its ^ears are very large, (it is the only bird that has an 
 external ear) and very sensitive. In some sorts of owls 
 the ear has a lid, which opens at the will of the bird ; and 
 so its sense of hearing is perhaps as important a help to it 
 as its sight is in catching its prey in the dark. Besides 
 these qualifications for the peculiar life they lead, their 
 plumage is so downy that when they fly they make no 
 noise, which enables them to pounce upon the little mouse 
 or rabbit before the victim is aware of his danger. 
 
 The red owl is known in this country as the little 
 screech-owl. Did you never hear their querulous, melan- 
 choly voice in the evening ? On moonlight nights they 
 seem to take delight in making the country road lonesome 
 by answering each other across the fields. 
 
 They sleep in the day time in cedar, pine and other 
 thick trees, and generally build in the hollows of trees, 
 but sometimes in orchards. 
 
 LESSON LXXX. 
 
 HEALTH AND BEAUTY. 
 
 A maiden once, well known to fame, 
 
 With rosy cheek and beaming eye, 
 When questioned whence her beauty came, 
 
 Thus promptly made in rhyme reply : ^ 
 
 '* O'er beauteous grounds IVe daily walked, 
 Where buds and flowers their glories spread j 
 
 With them, as friend to friend, Tve talked, 
 And on their richest fragrance fed. 
 
 " Where Nature grouped her magic bowers, 
 And breathed Elysian sweets around, 
 
 There have I sp^nt my leisure hours. 
 And there my chief delight have found. 
 
102 
 
 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 " My mind is- ever active, bright, 
 
 True wisdom's teachings make me wise ; 
 
 Each winged hour brings fresh delight, 
 
 And thence both 'Health' and 'Beauty' rise." 
 
 " Enough, enough/' her friend replied, 
 
 '' The ample causes now I view ; 
 My in-door life I'll lay aside. 
 
 And your example I'll pursue." 
 
 And now, ye Southern ladies fair, 
 
 Would you to those attainments rise ? 
 
 Live much in fresh and oj)en oiVy 
 
 Eve^s ancient duties ne^er despise. — B. 
 
 In the folloioing lists of Words ^ Monosyllables and 
 Dissyllahles, the sound of H p7'ecec/e5 that of the W, 
 Jiwen hwat. 
 
 whale 
 
 which 
 
 whee die 
 
 whi tish. 
 
 what 
 
 whisk 
 
 white wash 
 
 whi ting 
 
 wharf 
 
 whiff 
 
 whip stock' 
 
 whis per 
 
 wheat 
 
 whim 
 
 whis key 
 
 whis ker 
 
 wheel 
 
 whip 
 
 wher ry 
 
 whith er 
 
 wheeze 
 
 whin 
 
 whet stone 
 
 whis tie 
 
 while 
 
 why 
 
 whith er 
 
 whif fie . 
 
 whine 
 
 whiz 
 
 wbit low 
 
 whit tie 
 
 white 
 
 whelm. 
 
 whig gisli 
 
 whig gism 
 
 wHt 
 
 when 
 
 whim per 
 
 whin ny 
 
 whelp 
 
 whist 
 
 whirl pool 
 
 whirl wind 
 
 whence 
 
 whey 
 
 whin yard 
 
 whil bat 
 
 where 
 
 whig 
 
 whip graft 
 
 wharf age 
 
 EXAMPLES POR CONFEDERATE LADIES. 
 
 An English traveler, who has had opportunities of 
 observation in the first circles in the various American 
 States, North and South, expresses his astonishment at the 
 indolence of American fine ladies. 
 
 He says no English woman of rank, from the queen 
 downward, would remain unemployed for half an hour, or 
 sit in a rocking-chair, unless seriously ill. With hardly 
 an exception, he says, they copy the business letters of 
 
SPELLING BOOK. IQS 
 
 their husbands, fathers or brothers, attend minutely to the 
 wants of the poor, taking part in their amusements and 
 sympathizing with their sorrows, visit and superintend the 
 schools, work in their gardens, see to their household 
 concerns, look over the weekly accounts, and with all their 
 occupations, by early hours keep up their acquaintance 
 witli the literature and politics of the day, and cultivate 
 the accomplishments of music and drawing, living lives of 
 energy and usefulness, without ostentation or an idea that 
 they arc doing more than their simple duty. 
 
 LESSON LXXXI. 
 
 WHO SHALL INHABIT? 
 Who shall inhabit in Thy hill, 
 
 O God of holiness '/ 
 Whom will the Lord admit to dwell 
 
 So near His throne of grace ? 
 
 The man who walks in pious ways, 
 And works with righteous hands ; 
 
 Who trusts his Maker's promised grace, 
 And follows his commands. 
 
 LOOK UPWARD. 
 
 A man, whose memory was so short that he could not 
 remember the eighth commandment, went one night to 
 his neighbor's field to steal corn. 
 
 He took his little son with him to hold the sacks, and 
 assist in the intended robbery. 
 
 Before entering the field he stood upon the fence, and 
 looked in every direction round him to see if any person 
 was watching them. Supposing that no one observed 
 them, he got down and started toward the corn-heap. His 
 son, who had been well taught in the Sabbath School, said to 
 him : " Father, there is one way you did not look." '* What 
 way V said he. " Why you forgot to look upward.'* 
 
 Conscience smitten, and in terror at the thought of that 
 all-penetrating eye that was upon him, he instantly with- 
 drew from the field ; and, it is said, never afterwards was 
 guilty of a like offense. 
 
 ''Look upward" is a good motto. All persons should 
 remember it 
 
104 
 
 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 Words of. Four Syllables^ Accented on the Second, 
 
 ad ven tu rous ir res o lute ma lev o lent 
 
 ad ver si ty pre em i nent i tin er ant 
 
 un gen er ous e mol u ment h}^ drog ra phy 
 mag nan i mous dis par age ment ich nog ra phy 
 im pos tu mate en courage ment im mac u late 
 es tab lish ment im man a cle 
 em bel lish ment im man i ty 
 em bod i ment im me di ate 
 en franchise ment il lau da ble 
 im pros per ous il lit er ate 
 im mor tal ize 
 im mod er ate 
 ve rac i ty 
 ve nal i ty 
 fe cun di ty 
 'fu ne re al 
 
 im pose a ble 
 im pres si ble 
 om nip o tent 
 mi nor i ty 
 mel lif lu ent 
 in car cer ate 
 in an i mate 
 im prov i dence 
 im por tu nate 
 in teg u ment 
 as ton ish ment 
 
 im pol i iut 
 sym met ri cal 
 som nif er ous 
 vo lu min ous' 
 mor tif er ous 
 
 re lin quish ment im prob a ble 
 im pris on ment in noc u ous 
 ir rev er ent in cor po rate 
 
 ar mig er ous 
 ar mip o tent 
 al tim e try 
 ar tis ti cal 
 
 LESSON LXXXII. 
 
 THE EARTH. 
 
 How goodly is the earth I 
 Its mountain tops hehold 
 Its rivers broad and strong, 
 Its solemn forests old ; 
 Behold the radiant isles, 
 With which the ocean smiles ; 
 Behold the seasons run, 
 Obedient to the sun ; 
 The gracious showers descend- 
 Life springing without end ; 
 Behold all these, and know 
 How goodly is the earth. 
 
 How goodly is the earth ! 
 Yet if the earth be made 
 So goodly, wherein all 
 
SPELLING BOOK, 
 
 105 
 
 That is shall droop and fade ; 
 So i^oodlj, where is strife 
 Ever 'twixt death and life ; 
 Where trouble dims the eye, 
 Where sin hath mastery ; , 
 - How much more bright and fair 
 Will be that region where 
 The saints of God shall rest, 
 Rejoicing, with the blest ; 
 Where pain is not, nor death — 
 '* The Paradise of G6d!'' 
 
 •N. 
 
 THE HUMBLE AND CONTRITE. 
 
 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth 
 eternity, whose nume is holy : I dwell in the high and holy 
 place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, 
 to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart 
 of the contrite ones. Heaven is my throne, and the earth 
 is my footstool; but to this man will I look, even to him 
 that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my 
 word. — Bible. 
 
 Words of Four Syllables^ Accented on the Second. 
 
 de nom i nate in firm a ry 
 
 ac cip i ent 
 ab dom i nal 
 ab sur di ty- 
 ac com mo date 
 al lo di um 
 fa ce tious ly 
 fer men ta tive 
 ap pro pri ate 
 se ver i ty 
 so lid i ty 
 a per i tive 
 fe roc i ty 
 flu id i ty 
 a pos tro phe 
 ap pa rent ly 
 an ti ci pate 
 dis GOV er y 
 
 pre var i cate 
 an niihi late 
 am mo ni ac 
 am bil o quy 
 am big u ous 
 ad ver bi al 
 am bas sa dor 
 an nu i tant 
 an tag o nist 
 a nom a lous 
 an thol o gy 
 an tip o dal 
 an tip o des 
 an tiph o ny 
 a poc a lypse 
 
 ad ven tu rous 
 af firm a tive 
 ap par i tor 
 ex ec u tive 
 ec cen tri cal 
 cen trip e tal 
 cen trif u gal 
 con sol i date 
 be ro ic al 
 liu mid i ty 
 pa ter ni ty 
 fer ment a ble 
 fes tiv i ty 
 fer til i ty 
 flu id i tjr 
 
 ap prox i mate neu trail ty. 
 
106 
 
 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 LESSON LXXXIII. 
 
 PPwAISE. 
 I'll praise my Maker with my breath, 
 And when my voice is lost in death, 
 
 Praise shall employ my nobler powers ; , 
 My days of praise shall ne'er be past, 
 While life and thought and being last, 
 
 Or immortality endures. 
 
 Happy the man whose hopes rely 
 On Israel's God; He made the sky, 
 
 And earth and seas, with s,li their train : 
 His truth forever stands secure ; 
 He saves the oppressed, He feeds the poor, 
 
 And none shall find his promise vain. 
 
 He knows His saints, He loves them well, 
 But turns the wicked down to hell : 
 
 Thy God, Zion, ever reigns ; 
 Let every tongue, let every age, 
 In this exalted work engage ; 
 
 Praise Him in everlasting strains. 
 
 ■ 
 
 Various 
 
 Monosyllahles. 
 
 
 sweat 
 
 cheese 
 
 helm 
 
 crawl 
 
 threat 
 
 squeeze 
 
 whelm 
 
 drawl 
 
 scheme 
 
 eight 
 
 fitch 
 
 switch 
 
 theme 
 
 weight * 
 
 pitch 
 
 tv/itch 
 
 built 
 
 surge 
 
 snore 
 
 clink 
 
 guilt 
 
 purge 
 
 swore 
 
 think 
 
 tempt 
 
 brief 
 
 furl 
 
 cheat 
 
 dreamt 
 
 thief 
 
 churl 
 
 wheat 
 
 splint 
 
 cease 
 
 bourne 
 
 flounce 
 
 squint 
 
 lease 
 
 mourn 
 
 trounce 
 
 ounce 
 
 snout 
 
 drink 
 
 didst 
 
 pounce 
 
 spout 
 
 chink 
 
 midst 
 
 GOOD FOR EYIL. 
 1. Jnjustice, private injuries and a spirit of retaliation 
 or revenge are the prolific sources of most evils found in 
 human society. 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 107 
 
 2. Hence, as a most wise and beneficent provision, the 
 rendering of evil for evil is divinely forbidden. " Recom- 
 pense to no man evil for evil '^ is the divine command ; 
 and it is binding upon all men. 
 
 3. Another injunction is : '' Be kindly afi"cctioned, one 
 to another, with brotherly love ; in honor preferring one 
 another.'' Again it is enjoined : " Bless them that curse 
 vou; bless,. and curse not. If it be possible, as much s» 
 lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.'' 
 
 4. " Avenge not yourselves ; but rather give place unto 
 wrath ; for it is written, Vengeance is mine, I will repay, 
 saith the Lord." 
 
 5. "Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he 
 thirst, give him drink ; for, in so doing, thou shalt heap 
 coals of fire on his head." "Be not overcome of evil, but 
 overcome evil with good." 
 
 6. The known fact also is, that all men wish others to 
 treat them justly, kindly and charitably. But the sum of 
 the whole moral law is: "Whatsoever ye would that mea 
 should do unto you, do ye even so to them." 
 
 7. If all persons would observe this simple and beautiful 
 rule, what a peaceful and happy world would we soon 
 have, instead of its being full of contention, strife, evil 
 speaking, war and bloodshed, as it has always been ! Let 
 all learn, then, to do as they would be done by. 
 
 LESSON LXXXIV. ^^ 
 
 SUBLI^^E THOUGHT. 
 
 Above the crowd, 
 On upward wings, could I but fly, 
 I'd bathe in yon bright cloud, 
 And seek the stars that gem the sky. 
 
 'Twere heaven indeed. 
 Through fields of trackless light to soar, 
 On nature's charms to feed. 
 And nature's own great God adore. 
 
 THE ZEBRA. 
 
 The little readers of this book would be greatly delighted 
 tp sec the JSebra. It is found only in the inferior of Afrioa, 
 
f 
 108 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 and is one of the wildest animals found on the globe. Few 
 of them have ever been taken. 
 
 It is a very beautiful animal. Its form is very much 
 like that of the horse, except that it is much smaller. Its 
 body is round, compact and fleshy; its limbs slender and 
 handsome. Its hair is smooth and glossy. It is destitute 
 of mane, and has only a tuft of long hair on the end of its 
 tail. 
 
 The whole body of the Zebra is covered with black and 
 white stripes, which give it a very singular appearance. 
 "When in the forests and deserts, they are always on the 
 watch ; and their swiftness is such that it is exceedingly 
 difficult to take them alive. In disposition, they are very 
 vicious. To handle them is dangerous, to tame them 
 scarcely possible. 
 
 So you se^, children, that it is not every thing heaud'fiil 
 that is good or useful; and so lon^ as you get nice little 
 ponies, you need not desire this strange animal. 
 
 con tern pla tive de clar a tive dis cour te sy 
 
 contemptible declinable dispensary 
 
 con tempt u ous de crep i tude dis pla cen cy 
 
 con ter min ous de cum ben cy dis qual i f}^ 
 
 con test a ble de ri va ble dis qui e tude 
 
 con tig u ous de struc ti ble dog mat i cal 
 
 con trac ti ble de light ful ly ex tat i cal 
 
 con trib u tor de mo ni ac ef fee tu al 
 
 con vex i ty de pop u late ef fern i nate 
 
 CO op er ate di lu ci date ef fron te ry 
 
 CO or di nate dis cern i ble e lee tri cat 
 
 CO part ner ship dis ci pie ship e lu ci date 
 
 cor po re al dis con so late e man ci pate 
 
 cor rob or ant dis cour age ment en bar rass ment 
 
 cru cif er ous dis cov er y em bel lish ment 
 
 LESSON LXXXY. 
 PEAR NO EVIL. 
 I need not fear an evil day, 
 While to my Heavenly King I pray ; 
 For all my wants will be supplied 
 By Him who ia my shield and guide. 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 
 
 109 
 
 I cannot in my .Bible find 
 ""'One word of FoHnne being hind; 
 But this I know that Jesus came 
 To save me from eternal flame. 
 
 I know that unto Him is given 
 Almighty power in earth and heaven ; 
 ' . I know no other God can be, 
 
 Than He who showed such love for me. 
 
 Let but His blessing crown my store, 
 I need not look to chance for more, 
 Or let Him take my wealth away, 
 I yet will trust Him tho' He slay. 
 
 I ask but to be made His own, 
 I tremble at His wrath alone ; 
 If I have grace His will to do, 
 I must be safe and happy too. 
 
 ART OF HAPPINESS. 
 A good temper and a cheerful disposition are the prin- 
 cipal ingredients of happiness. Almost every object has 
 its bright and its dark side. He that habitually looks 
 upon the unpleasant side will sour his temper and impair 
 his happiness. On the contrary, he that looks upon the 
 side which is bright and pleasing will improve his temper, 
 increase his happiness, and become a channel of commu- 
 nication by which the cheerfulness and enjoyment of all 
 those around him will be enhanced. 
 
 Words of Two Sf/Uahles, Accented on the First 
 In this and the following lists of words, tion^ cion and 
 .s?"on are pronounced as if written " i^hun : '' 
 
 ac tion 
 die tion 
 ces sion 
 fac tion 
 fie tion 
 fu' sion 
 June tion 
 lo tion 
 man sion 
 
 men tion 
 cau tion.. 
 mis sion 
 na tion 
 no tion 
 pas sion 
 pen sion 
 por tion 
 mo tion 
 
 po tion 
 see tion 
 sta tion 
 sue tion 
 ten tion 
 tor tion 
 op tion 
 frae tion 
 func tion 
 
 mix tion 
 fiie tion 
 stric tion 
 sane tion 
 spon sion 
 aue tion 
 ses sion 
 flue tion 
 vis ion 
 
110 . THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 . I — ■ ■ tm ,— — —^ — - 
 
 - LESSON LXXXVI. 
 
 DEPARTED FRIENDS. 
 
 Friend after friend departs ; 
 
 Who has not lost a friend ? * 
 
 There is no union here of heaits,- 
 
 That finds not here an end, 
 Were this frail world our final rest, 
 Living or dying, none were blest. 
 
 Beyond the flight of time. 
 
 Beyond the reign of death, 
 There surely is some blessed clime. 
 
 Where life is not a breath — 
 Nor life's affections transient fire, 
 Whose sparks fly upward and expire. 
 
 There is a world above, 
 
 Where parting is unknown ; 
 A long eternity of love, 
 
 Formed for" the good alone ; 
 And faith beholds the dying here, 
 Translated to that glorious sphere. 
 
 Thus star by star declines. 
 
 Till all are pass'd away, 
 A morning high and higher shines. 
 
 To pure and perfect day ; 
 Nor sink those stars in empty night, 
 But hide themselves in. heaven's own light. 
 
 Words of Three Syllahles^ Accented on ^ the Second. 
 Their terminations are pronounced as if written SHUN 
 (yr ZHUN. 
 
 ab rasion al lii sion in spec tion 
 
 ac ces sion co he sion con cep tion 
 
 ab lu tion col la tion cor rup tion 
 
 ad di tion fru i tion de struc tjpn 
 
 ad die tion ig ni tion in struc tion 
 
 af flic tion il lu sion pro fu sion 
 
 af fa sion in fu sion pro pul sion 
 
SfELLtN^ BOOK:.. 
 
 Ill 
 
 in fee tion 
 in flic tion 
 im mer sion 
 in jec tion 
 in June tion 
 in tru sion 
 in va sion 
 oc ca sion 
 ob la tion 
 at ten tion 
 con ten tion 
 sal va tion 
 pro vis ion 
 re vis sion 
 in cis ion 
 in va sion 
 per va sion 
 per sua sion 
 prQ Ven tion 
 con ten tion 
 ere a tion 
 pri va tion 
 vo ca tion 
 ro ga tion 
 suf fu sion 
 sue ces sion 
 sus pen sion 
 
 LESSON LXXXVir. 
 
 ANECDOTES. 
 
 BECLOUDS D. 
 
 A sprightly gentleman, whose name was Fowler y married 
 a Miss Cloud. A friend, congratulating him on the occa- 
 sion, expressed the hope that, though he had for several 
 months been quite '^ beclouded," he would now have 
 bright sunbhine before him the rest of his days. Another 
 friend replied : " That is hoping against hope ; for the well 
 known adage is, ^ When clouds turn, ^/owlcr/ look out 
 for squalls.' " 
 
 cog ni tion 
 de cis ion 
 di vis ion 
 de tru sion 
 col lis ion 
 com mis sion 
 com mo tion 
 con di tion 
 CO ac tion 
 CO emp tion 
 com pie tion 
 com pul sion 
 com pres sion 
 de vo tion 
 dis plo sion 
 dis cus sion 
 de lu sion 
 af fee tion 
 e lee tion 
 as cen sion 
 as per sion 
 at ten tion 
 dis per sion 
 con cis ion 
 CO er cion 
 ad he sion 
 dis mis sion 
 
 re vul sion 
 sub ver sion 
 sub mer sion 
 re ver sion 
 pre emp tion 
 re demp tion 
 se ces sion 
 con fes sion 
 cor rec tion 
 e vie tion 
 e mis sion 
 re mis sion 
 per mis sion 
 pro due tion 
 pre die tion 
 col lee tion 
 con fee tion 
 in fee tion 
 in spec tion 
 pre lee tion 
 m ven tion 
 sus pi cion 
 im mis sion 
 in cis ion 
 di vis ion 
 de flee tion 
 du ra tion 
 
112 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 LAUGHING. 
 
 A gentleman walkino; along the street saw another person 
 look that way and laugh. Feeling indignant, he, with 
 much warmth, enquired : " Why do you laugh as I pass 
 by ? " The other promptly retorted : " Why do you pass 
 by as I laugh 1 " _ 
 
 The tei^minations TIAN anclTiONyin the following words ^ 
 
 are pronounced as if written CHUN : 
 chris tian ' ad us tion con ges tion 
 
 fas tian di ges tion ad mix tion 
 
 bas tion com bus tion ex haus tion 
 
 mix tion ex us tion sug ges tion 
 
 ques tion in ges tion in di ges tion 
 
 llie terminations in the Jolloiving words are pronounced 
 
 like ZHUN : 
 
 di vis ion pro vis ion in cis ion 
 
 pre cis ion e lis ion de ris ion 
 
 de cis ion col lis ion » ab scis ion 
 
 re vis ion re scis ion con cis ion 
 
 ex cis ion mis pris ion pre vis ion 
 
 In spelling the following ivords ending in IC, the syllable 
 AL should he added to each of them, aiwd then LY to 
 that: GritiCj critical, critically : 
 
 con ic clin ic ^ 
 
 erit ic 
 
 cu bic 
 
 cyn ic log ic 
 
 eth ic 
 
 eth nic 
 
 clas sic cans tic 
 
 cen trie 
 
 com ic 
 
 lyr ic mys tic 
 
 mu sic 
 
 mag ic 
 
 skep tic op tic 
 
 pht^ds ic 
 
 spher ic 
 
 Stat ic sto ic 
 
 styp tic 
 
 top ic 
 
 rus tic graph ic 
 
 typ ic 
 
 trag ic 
 
 Words of Three Syllables 
 
 in TION 
 
 , Accented on the 
 
 JSecond. 
 
 
 sub trac tion re jec tion 
 
 re ten tion 
 
 dis trac tion sub jec 
 
 tion 
 
 ex ten sion 
 
 se lee tion se lee tion 
 
 ex pul sion 
 
 ^is sec tion re gres i 
 
 sion 
 
 ex pan sion 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 
 
 118 
 
 ci ta tion 
 vi bra tion 
 stag na tion 
 gra da tion 
 dam na tion 
 pros tra tion 
 pul sa tion 
 mi gra tion 
 li ba tion 
 pro ba tion 
 ces sa tion 
 plan ta tion 
 po ta tion 
 so lu tion 
 o va tion 
 lu na tion 
 lux a tion 
 
 di gres sion 
 gy ra tion 
 pol lu tion 
 de mis sion 
 de ser tion 
 con ver s'ion 
 con vie tion 
 cor rep tion 
 de due tion 
 dis cur sion 
 de tee tion 
 pro tee lion 
 pre ten sion 
 pri va tion 
 ex cus sion 
 ex trac tion 
 ex plo sion 
 
 ex er tion 
 can sa tion 
 ear na tion 
 per sua sion 
 in tru sion 
 ro ta tion 
 sen sa tion 
 djs mis sion 
 e mul sion 
 an tla tion 
 cor ro sion 
 tax a tion 
 quo ta tion 
 vex a tion 
 sa na tion 
 re fune tion 
 ex ere tion 
 
 LESSON LXXXVIIL 
 
 THE WASP AND THE BEE. 
 
 A wasp met a bee that was just buzzing by, 
 And he said : little cousin, can you tell me why 
 You are loved so much better by people than I ? 
 
 My back shines as bright and as yellow as gold, 
 And my shape is most elegant, too, to behold ; 
 Yet no body likes me for that, I am told. 
 
 "Ah, friend," said the bee, "that is all very true, 
 
 But were I half as much mischief to do, 
 
 Then people would love me no better than- you. 
 
 " You have a lino shape, and a delicate wing. 
 
 You are perfectly handsome, but then there's one thing 
 
 They can never put up with, and that is your. sting. 
 
 ** My coat is quite homely and plain, as you see, 
 Yet no body ever is angry with n)e, 
 Because I'm a useful and innocent bee." 
 
 From this little lesson let people beware ; 
 For if, like the wasp, they ill-natured are. 
 They will never be loved, tho' they're ever so fair. 
 
114 
 
 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 111 the following lists of words, c^, a, ^^and si have 
 the sound of SH : 
 
 Wo7'd^ of Two Syllables^ Accented on the First. 
 
 vi tiate so cial 
 
 pre cious gen tian 
 
 par tial Gre cian 
 
 ^ an cient can tious 
 
 ques tion vi cious 
 
 cap tious spe cial 
 
 mar tial nuo tial 
 
 spe cies pa tient 
 
 fie tious quo tient 
 
 Words of Three SyllaUes^ Accented on the Second. 
 as so ciate an nuu ciate in gra tiate 
 
 dis so ciate no vi tiate in sa tiate 
 
 ne go tiate e ma ciate sub stan tiate 
 
 ex cru ciate con so ciate of fi ciate 
 
 Words of Three Syllables^ ending in TIOUS and CIOUS, 
 Accented on the Second. 
 
 gra cious 
 con science 
 spa cious 
 fac tious 
 lus cious 
 spe cious 
 ter tian 
 frac tious 
 con scions 
 
 H tro cious 
 au da cious 
 fal la cious 
 pre CO cious 
 sa ga cious 
 fe ro cious 
 te na cious 
 vex a tious 
 crus ta cious 
 in fee tious 
 sen ten tious 
 
 am bi tious 
 aus pi cious 
 nu tri tious 
 fla gi tious 
 ma li cious 
 - pro pi tious 
 ca pa cious 
 fa ce tious 
 lo qua cious 
 ra pa cious 
 ve ra cious 
 
 se qua cious 
 vi va cious 
 vo ra cious 
 con ten tious 
 li cen tious 
 in can tious 
 de li cious 
 of fi cious 
 sus pi cious 
 per ni cious 
 se di" tious 
 
 LESSON LXXXIX. 
 
 THAT LAZY BOY I 
 
 1. That lazy lad ! and what's his name ? 
 I would not like tp tell ; 
 But don't you think it is a shame 
 That he can't read or spell? 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 115 
 
 2. He'd rather swing upon a gate, 
 
 Or paddle iu a brook, 
 Than take his pencil and his siatc^ 
 Or try to read his book. 
 
 3. There, see I he's lounging down the street, 
 
 His hat without a rim ; 
 He'd rather drag than lift his feet — 
 His face unwashed and grim. 
 
 4. He's lolling now against a post, 
 
 But if you've seen him once, 
 You'll know the lad among a host. 
 For what he is — a dunce. 
 
 f). Don't ask me what's the urchin's name, 
 I do not choose to tell ; 
 But this you'll know — it is the same 
 
 As his who does not blush for shame, 
 That he don't read or spell! 
 
 "I'll lefyou down easy this time," as the horse said 
 when he upset his master in the deep bog. 
 
 " If you beat me I'll eall out the soldiery," said the 
 drum. 
 
 *' This is the day w^e celebrate," said the fat turkies to 
 each other, on a bright Christmas morning. 
 
 Words of Four Syllables^ Accented on the Third, 
 
 cal e fac tion irn pli ca tioii en er va tion 
 
 bal ne a tion sup pli ca tion cm u la tion 
 
 cal ci na tion rep li ca tion am pu ta tion 
 
 cap i ta tion vac il la tion ap pli ca tion 
 
 cir cum cis ion mac er a tion an i ma tion 
 
 cir cum spec tion sal i va tion nav i ga tion 
 
 cog i ta tion . nav i ga tion ob li ga tion 
 
 col li qua tion pec u la tion cor ru ga tion 
 
 com hi na tion rad i ca tion im pre ca tion 
 
 com men da tion prov o ca tion im pu ta tion 
 com mu ta tion stim u la tion * ju di ca tion 
 
 com pen sa tfon stip u la tion al lo cu tion ^ 
 
116 
 
 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 rev e la tioii 
 el o cu tion 
 el e va tion 
 em bar ca tion 
 ex til la tion 
 ex su da tion 
 ex ul ta tion 
 fab ri ca tion 
 fee un da tion 
 fer men ta tion 
 fil i a tion 
 em u la tion 
 ed u ca tion 
 eb ul li tion 
 ex €1 ta tion 
 flag el la tion 
 flue tua tion 
 bi fur ca tion 
 cu'rmu la tion 
 cir cu la tion 
 ded i ca tion 
 del e ga tion 
 e Ion ga tion 
 
 LESSON XO. 
 
 SAYINGS. 
 
 Dr. South says the author of a malevolent slander, and 
 the person who listens to it, are equally guilty, and should 
 both be hung; but with this difference — the one by the 
 tongue, the other by the ear. 
 
 No one can say, I will sin just so far and no farther. 
 Sin is like a snow ball rolling down a hill — small at first, 
 but increasing as it goes, till it becomes an overwhelming 
 mountain. 
 
 Punch says that "• Time is money ; " but it does not 
 follow that a man is a very heavy capitalist who has a 
 great deal of it on hand. 
 
 con ca va tion 
 con clam a tion 
 con for ma tion 
 con glo ba tion 
 con tra ven tion 
 con ver sa tion 
 con vo lu tion 
 con vo ca tion 
 cor o na tion 
 cor rus ca tion 
 dec la ra tion 
 •dec la ma tion 
 dec o ra tion 
 ded i ca tion 
 dem on stra tion 
 dep o si tion 
 der i va tion 
 des ti tu tion 
 dis qui si tion 
 dis ser ta tion 
 dis si pa tion 
 dom i na tion 
 da pli ca tion 
 
 com men da tion 
 con se era tion 
 cor o na tion 
 ex pe di tion 
 com pe ti tion 
 con firm a tion 
 com pli ca tion 
 dem o li tion 
 des \^ na tion 
 ag i ta tion 
 lam en ta tion 
 mac u la tion 
 lac er a tion 
 mas ti ca tion_ 
 nav i ga tion 
 prop a ga tion 
 com pu ta tion 
 con cen tra tion 
 con ster na tion 
 ad ju ra tion 
 ad ju va tion 
 in flam ma tion 
 
^ SPELLING BOOK. ^ 117 
 
 The worst of all feuds, collisions and heart burnings are 
 those which pertain to the domcBtic circle. Those who 
 value peace, comfort aud enjoyment should avoid them as 
 they would death. As a preventive, Jioneij is the best 
 prescription. Vinegar is dead I j/. 
 
 Words of Four k^yllahlcs^ ending in tion^ Accented on 
 
 the Third, 
 
 ac cep ta tiou ab so lu tion ex plo ra tion 
 
 ad ap ta tion af fir ma tiou, ex tij; pa tion 
 
 ac cla ma tion an no ta tion ex ul ta tion 
 
 ac cu ba tion ag gra va tion ex pli ca tion 
 
 a cer va tion em en da tion ex po si tion 
 
 am bu la tion in car na tion ex cla ma tion 
 
 am pu ta tion en er va tion ex an tla tion 
 
 am mu ni tion ex pi ra tion ex ce la tion 
 
 an i ma tion ex cla ma tion ex hi bi tion 
 
 an nex a tion ev o la tion ex hor ta tion 
 
 ap pa ri tion em u la tion ex su cla tion 
 
 ap pel la tion ev o lu tion im mo la tion 
 
 ap pe ti tion ev o mi tion im per fee tion 
 
 ap pli ca tioi'i ex al ta tion im pli ca tion 
 
 ap po si tion ex e era tion im por ta tion 
 
 ap pre hen sion ex pe di tion im po si tion 
 
 ap pro ba tion ex pla na tion im pre ca tion 
 
 ab ju ra tion * ex por ta tion im preg na tion 
 
 ab ne ga tion ex po si tion in can ta tion 
 
 ab o li tion ex pur ga tion in car na tion 
 
 LESSON XCI. 
 A CONTRAST. 
 
 Some murmur when their sky is clear, 
 
 And wholly bright to view. 
 If one small speck of dark appear 
 
 In their great heaven of blue ; 
 And ftome with thankful love arc filled, 
 
 If but one streak of light, 
 One ray of God's good mercy, gild 
 
 The darkness of their night. 
 
118 
 
 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 In palaces are hearts that ask, 
 
 In discontent and pride, 
 Why life is such a dreary task, 
 
 And all good things denied ; 
 And hearts in poorest huts admire 
 
 How love has, in their aid, 
 w(Love that not even seems to tire,) • 
 
 Such rich provision made. — Trench. 
 
 In (lie following words ^^sion " are pronounced ZHUN, 
 - , and " sia '' like zha : 
 
 af fu sion 
 ad he sion 
 ef fu sion 
 a bra sion 
 dif fu sion 
 oc ca sion 
 con fu sion 
 in tru sion 
 ob tru sion 
 per sua sion" 
 am bro sia 
 col lu sion 
 
 CO he sion 
 e va sion 
 €x plo sion 
 col lu sion 
 e lu sion 
 con clu sion 
 il lu sion 
 in va sion 
 dis sua sion 
 de tru sion 
 am bro sial 
 dif fu sion 
 
 A FABLE. 
 
 de lu sion 
 e ro sion 
 pro fu sion 
 dis plo sion 
 per va sion 
 cor ro sion 
 in va sion 
 suf fu sion 
 e ro sion 
 pro tru sion 
 se clu sion 
 ex cln sion 
 
 THE OWL AND THE EAGLE. 
 
 An owl that had often heard of the keenness and 
 strength of the eagle's eye sight, bantered that lord of the 
 feathered tribes to swap eyes with her, .'^Mine,'' said 
 she, '^ are larger than yours, and they are better also, for 
 you can see with them in the night." 
 
 *^ I decline the trade," said the eagle. ," Your nature 
 leads you to seek your prey in the night ; mine, in the 
 clear sunshine. A change of eyes would impel to a 
 change both of n5,ture and of occupation; and that 
 might prove fatal to us both." 
 
 MORAL. 
 
 Discontent and a restless anxiety for change of condition 
 or occupation, are the enemies both of enjoyment and life. 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 119 
 
 CONUNDRU^f. 
 
 , Why was Frederick, when leaving home on a journey 
 for the recovery of his health, like a man who had fallen 
 from a tree, and'was determined to go up again ? Becanse 
 he was going to try another clhnc. 
 
 Prentice says : " It is bad husbandry when a man 
 harrows up his wife's feelings/' 
 
 LESSON XCII. 
 
 THE ROBIN. 
 
 PURE C L D AY A T E R . 
 
 T asked a sweet robin, one morning in May, 
 
 Who sang in the apple tree over the way, 
 
 What 'twas she was singing so sweetly about. 
 
 For I'd tried a long time, but could not find out ; 
 
 " Why I'm," she replied. " you cannot guess wrong, 
 
 Don't you know I'm singing a temperance song ? " 
 
 " Teetotal." — 0, that's the first word of the lay, 
 
 And then don't you see how I twitter about ; 
 'Tis because I've just dipped my beak in the spring, 
 And brushed the fair face of the lake with my wing ; 
 •' Cold water, cold water," yes, that is my song. 
 And I love to keep singing it all the day long. 
 
 And now, my sweet Miss, won't you give me a crunib. 
 For the dear little nestlings are waiting at home ? 
 And one thing besides, since my story you've he?rd, 
 . I hope you'll remember " the lay of the bird ; " 
 And never forget while you list to my song, v 
 All the birds to the cold Vater army belong." 
 
 Hood's ifelodiee. 
 
 In the following words of two syllables, accented 
 on the first, the n of the last syllable has the sound 
 of yu^ or is preceded by the sound of y : 
 
 na ture mix ture pic ture sculp ture 
 
 tor ture fea ture pos ture Scrip ture 
 
 su ture cap ture Ice ture rup ture 
 
 stricture texture jointure puncture 
 
 nur ture stat ure ves ture mois ture 
 
 rap ture struc ture tine ture June ture 
 
 \ 
 
120 
 
 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 G and k are always silent before ?i. The followijig 
 words illustrate that fact : 
 
 gnarl 
 
 gnash 
 
 gnar 
 
 gnat 
 
 gnaw 
 
 knob 
 
 knock 
 
 knap 
 
 knave 
 
 knur 
 
 knead 
 
 knee 
 
 kneel 
 
 know 
 
 knew 
 
 knife 
 
 knight 
 
 knit 
 
 knob 
 
 knock 
 
 knoll 
 
 knot 
 
 knout 
 
 knurl 
 
 gno mon 
 gnos tics 
 knap sack 
 knap weed 
 knock er 
 knock ing 
 knot ty 
 knot grass 
 knot less 
 know ing 
 know er 
 knowl edge 
 
 knit ting 
 knight hood 
 knav ish 
 knuc kle 
 knot ted 
 kna ver y 
 kna vish ly 
 knight errant 
 knot ti ly 
 knot ti ness 
 know ing ly 
 know a ble 
 
 LESSON XCIII. 
 
 BIRDS. 
 
 A light broke in upon my soul — 
 
 It was the carol of a biiM ; 
 It ceased and then it came again, 
 
 The sweetest song ear ever heard. 
 
 THE HOOPOO. 
 
 Children arc fond of birds. I wish they could all see 
 the one I am about to describe. But it is not found in 
 this country. The hoopoo is quite a pretty and quite an 
 innocent bird. It is nearly twelve inches long, and is 
 about the size of a pigeon. Its bill is long and slender, 
 and it curves gently toward its breast. It is of a red 
 color about its head and neck, but it has bars of white 
 and black across its wings. It has a crest of feathers on 
 its head, which fall back upon its neck ; but when it 
 becomes excited, they rise iji the form of a half circle 
 above its head. 
 
 Its tail consists of ten -feathers, several inches long, and 
 they are so arranged that when it is closed it forms a 
 narrow fan in shape at the end like the new moon — the 
 longest feathers being at the edges. 
 ^ The hoopoo belongs to Europe, but it goes to warmer 
 
ePKLLIKO BOOK. 121 
 
 cUraatea in the winter. It never makea a nest, but hides 
 its egpjs in holes or crevices of the walls of houses or 
 other buildings. Take it all together it i:; a rarp bird, and 
 it is here described because it is so singular. 
 
 111 the following words ng' are heard, sharp and 
 close, in both syllables : 
 
 clan gor an g^r an gle 
 
 dan gle an gry an gler 
 
 an guish con go din gle 
 
 fan gle din gle fun gus 
 
 fin ger hun gry * in gle 
 
 hunger . jan gler *jan gling 
 
 jun gle , Ian guid Ian guish 
 
 jingle longest mango 
 
 Ion ger min gle man gler 
 
 sin gle strong est young est 
 
 The Rainbow is caused by the sun's rays passing 
 thrx)ugh drops of water. The ra3's are thus divided into 
 the seven diifereut colors; and these, meeting the eye at 
 a certain angle as they are thrown off from the countless 
 drops that fall during a shower, form that beautiful, many- 
 colored arch. 
 
 LESSON XCIY. 
 
 MORNING SONG OF GLADNESS. 
 
 As a bird in meadow fair, 
 
 Or in lonely forest sings, , 
 Till it fills the summoi' air, 
 , And the greenwood sweetly rings ; • 
 
 So my heart to Thee would raise, 
 Oh ! my God, its soQg of praise, 
 That the gloom of night is o'er. 
 And I see the «un once more. 
 
 If thou, Sun of Love, arise, 
 
 All my heart with joy js stirred. 
 
 And to greet Thee upward flies,- 
 Gladsome as yon litde bird. 
 
122 ^U2 Qomm^t^A's^ 
 
 Shine thou in me clear and bright, 
 Till I leai'Q to praise Thee right ; 
 Guide me in the narrow wa}'^; 
 "Let nie ne'er in darkness stray. 
 
 lly Thy spirit strengthen me, 
 In the faith that leads to Thee, 
 Then an heir of liie on high. 
 Fearless I may live and die. 
 
 G is silent in the foUowino: words : 
 
 sign 
 
 re sign de sign im pregn 
 
 as sign 
 
 con dign ma lign in dign 
 
 con sign 
 
 be tiigri im pugn en sign 
 
 Tlae vowels in the second syllable of the*following 
 
 words are 
 
 mute : 
 
 ba con 
 
 bea con bra zen 
 
 hid den 
 
 bid den box en 
 
 black en 
 
 'boun den but ton 
 
 bat ten 
 
 beech en ba sin 
 
 bla zon 
 
 beat en bit ten 
 
 cho sen 
 
 beck on clo ven 
 
 Words of two syllables, in which (h have the soft 
 
 or vocal sound : 
 
 fath er 
 
 breth ren . lath er with er 
 
 feath er 
 
 whith er faV thing heath en 
 
 fath om 
 
 cloth ier ei ther South ern 
 
 gath er 
 
 North ern nei ther un wreathe 
 
 lath er . 
 
 broth er * thith er be neath 
 
 ppth er 
 
 moth er leath er be queath 
 
 broth el 
 
 wor thj oth er weath er 
 
 LESSON XCY. 
 
 THE LAW AND THE GOSPEL. 
 
 There is a God who reigns above, 
 Lord of heaven, nud earth, and seas; 
 
 I fear his wrath, I ask his love, 
 
 And with my lips I sing his praise. 
 
Bmumm moK^ • 123 
 
 -'.c x^w ij; r M e -w^ ' -i!> ' g a & * m v» s.x *j 5g «i T wa w g o 
 
 •Thore is' a lawwliuili ile hafi writ, 
 
 To teach iis all that we must do ; 
 My soul to ilis commands submit, 
 
 For they are hol}^, just find true. . 
 
 There is a gospel of* rich orace, 
 • Whence sinners all t.lieir comforts draw; 
 
 Lord, I repent and seek Thy face, 
 For I have often broke Thy law. 
 
 There is nn hour v»'hen I must die, 
 Nor do I know how soon 'twill come* 
 
 A thousand children, young as I, 
 Arc called to their eternj^l home. 
 
 Let me improve the hours I have, 
 
 Before the day of grace is fled; 
 For there's no repentance in the grave, 
 
 Nor pardom offered to the dead. 
 
 SOUllCE OP. COLORS. 
 
 The lovely colors, light and shade, 
 
 Of every varied hue, 
 All these our heavenly Father made. 
 
 All praise to II im is due. 
 
 A colorless world, what' would it be ! Light is the 
 source of all color. Had light been made different from 
 what it is, there would either have been no color, or the 
 colors would have been different from those which we 
 now see. 
 
 Were there no light, perfect blackness would cover the 
 whole face of nature. Light, as it comes to us from 
 the sun, is irliitc. But when divided, it iS" found to consist 
 of seven different colors. These are called red, orange, 
 yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet. 
 
 Now, the reason why bodies have so many different 
 appearances as regards color is this : I^odies that absorb' 
 all the light which falls on them are Uach, just as all the 
 world would be if there were no light. Others that reflect 
 all the rays are wlu'tc. They do not divide the light at all. 
 The black bodies swallow it whole; the white ones throw 
 
124 tJIB CONriCDfiSATE 
 
 it back whole. The light comes to our eyes from them 
 just as it was before it fell upon them. That is the reason 
 why they appear white. All other bodies divide thelight^ 
 absorb most of the ra}"s, but throw back some of them. 
 The body that appears red throws off the red rays. The 
 blue body throws back the blue ruys. And so of al[ the 
 rest. By this simple, and yet wonderful process, all the 
 different colors are produced ! Truly God's ways of doing 
 things are calculrUed to fill us with wonder and delight. 
 Try now wbether, when you look at different objects, you 
 can tell whtt each one does with the light that falls upon ■ 
 it. Remember that each body appears to be of the same 
 color with the light it reflects. 
 
 LESSON XCVI. 
 
 TPIE RAINBOW. 
 
 Far up the blue sky a fair rainbow unrolled 
 
 Its soft-tinted pinions of purple and gold ; 
 
 'Twas born in a moment, yet quick at its birth, * 
 
 It had stretched to the uttermost ends of the earth; 
 
 And fair as an angel, it floated as free, 
 
 With a wing on the earth and a wing on the sea. 
 
 /in the beginning of a sjdlable, in the following 
 words, has the souqcI of the consonant y ; bill-ion is 
 pronounced as if written hiU-yon^ and so in all the • 
 other words : 
 
 Sav iour min ion brill iant dis nn ion 
 
 court ier pin ion bat tal ion p>e cul iar 
 
 pav ior trillion pavilion behavior - 
 
 jun ion pon iard fa mil iar ci vil ian 
 
 cloth ier val iant ver mil ion se ragl io 
 
 sen ior on ion com raun ion al ien ate 
 
 bill ion bill iards mo dill ion val iant \j 
 
 coll ier scull ion com pan ion bil ia ry 
 
 fil ial runn ion o pin ion brill ian cy 
 
 mill ion trunn ion re bell ion val iant ness 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 125 
 
 ANECDOTES. 
 
 THE SCOTCHMEN 
 
 Two elderly Scotchmen, full of dry liuiiior, were spending 
 an evpning . together. One of them complained of a 
 ringing in his head. The other promptly and earnestly 
 enquired.- ''Do you know why it rings?" "No/' said 
 his afHictcd companion, ''I do not." "Then," said he, 
 " t will tell you ; it is because it is f.mpf>/ t " 
 
 "And do you never have a ringing in your head," 
 enquired "empty" head of the other. "No, never,'' 
 said he. "And do j^ou know why that uV "No," 
 said he. "Well, then, I will tell you," said the other. 
 " It is because it is cracl-cd !" 
 
 Cleopatra's decoction of diamonds, as a rare dish, was:} 
 fairly exceeded in originality' and neatness of conception 
 by the English sailor, wJio placed a ten pound note between 
 two slices of bread and butter, and made his black-eyed 
 Susan eat it as a sandwieh. 
 
 LESSON XCVII. 
 
 THE SLOTHFUL. 
 
 As vinegar to the teeth, and ns smoke to the eyes, so is 
 the sluggard to them that send him. 
 
 Ef>aminondas, the Theban General, having found a 
 sentinel asleep at his post, thrust him thro' with his sword 
 and left him dead I AVheu others cast up that act to him 
 as a feproach, he replied : " i Ir/t him an I found him ! " 
 IHs meaning was that idlers, drones and sluggards .ire at 
 once drad^ to all the ends of their being, and us useless to 
 the world as dead people are. 
 
 Man was made for activity and enterprise. Our first 
 parents were placed in a magnificent garden — an inviting 
 field of action — and they were required to ^' dress it and 
 hep it." Alas I that any of their descendants should ever 
 become* "creation's blank, creation's blot." 
 
 Would wo fill our stations aright, we must be at once 
 good, active and vseftd, 
 
126 
 
 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 In this list of words c, s and t have the sound of 
 sk when followed by i oi u: ra-ti-o, ra-she-o: 
 
 cen. sure 
 fis sure 
 is sue 
 pres sure 
 spa eies 
 
 in su lar 
 con su lar 
 sen su al 
 as su ranee 
 li cen ti ate 
 pro pi ti ate 
 e. maci ate 
 vi ti a tion 
 ap pre ci ate 
 
 ton sure pre science pre sci ent 
 
 tis sue spa ci ate pre sci ous 
 
 as sure sa.ti ate gra ci afe 
 
 en sure ra ti o gla ci al 
 
 in sure gl^" ci ate cas si a 
 
 corn men su rate men su ra tion 
 con so ci ate 
 in sa ti a ble 
 
 ii du ci a ry 
 an nun ci ate 
 dis so ci ate 
 in gra ti ate 
 ne go ti a tor 
 
 of fi ci ate 
 ex pa ti ate 
 ne g^o ti ate 
 
 e nun ci ate 
 as so ci a tion 
 an nun ci a tion 
 
 con so ci a tion 
 e nun ci a tion 
 pro pi ti a tion 
 
 Kegard every day of your life as a page of your histor3\ 
 Be careful, therefore, that nothing be written on it which, 
 "at last, you would wish to have blotted out. Once entered, 
 the record is made forever. 
 
 LESSON XCVIII. 
 
 FRUITS. 
 
 Fruits stand prominent among our earthly blessings. 
 They add, at once_, to substantial living and grateful enjoy- 
 ment. They come early, pour forth their summer abundance, 
 and not a i'evf of them abide with us tlirough the winter. 
 What warm friends, what welcome visitors are they on cold 
 winter evenings ! 
 
 The only wonder is, that through our whole Confederacy, 
 they have not been multiplied a thousand fold i Roll on, 
 blessed dayj when they shall clusior round tlie dwellings 
 of the poor, adorn the grounds and load the tables of all 
 our substantial planters, and fii), with their profusion of 
 luxuries the cellars of the wealthy and the greut, of what- 
 BTer profesgion or calling, 
 
 Men ftix public besefsf^tovf? *-vhc» introduce into eur 
 
SPELLING -BOOK. 127 
 
 ^ .. — ~ ^■■:-; -i jX:. , ^,. — *— 
 
 country fine varieties, and supply tlicir fellow-citizens with 
 grafted vines and trees of the most approved qualities. 
 
 The South is the land of fruits as well as of flowers. 
 Taking our whole Confederacy together, we can raise more 
 kinds of fruits, and most of them better ones, than can be 
 reared i^n the States farther North. 
 
 Trees once procured, it requires but little labor to keep 
 them in order. No yearly planting is required as in other 
 crops. All the attention they require affords but a delight- 
 ful occupation for leisure hours. Fruits, fruits ! let 
 them, then, be everj'where foujid, everywhere enjoyed. 
 
 Words of Five JStjUahles, Accented on the Third. 
 
 circum an bi ent in do scri ba ble sub ter ra ne ous 
 
 circuni locu tion aii i raal i iy cir cu la to ry 
 
 cir cum vo lu tion in car nal i ty in ad ver tent ly 
 
 Op por tu ni ty in ex cu sa ble mis eel la ne ous 
 
 importuni ty in com pat i ble mi cros iJop i cal 
 
 an ni ver sa ry mag is te ri al cos mo graph i cal 
 
 im me mori al lit er a ri an by dro stat i cal 
 
 im ma te ri al mat ri mo ni al an a tOm i cal 
 
 un con sre ni al sen a to ri al as tro nora i cal 
 
 un ad vi scd 1}^ min is te ri al in tro due to ry 
 
 det ri men tal 13^ die ta to ri al in ter ja cen cy 
 
 dis in gen u ous in se cu ri ty sue ce da ne ous 
 
 in con so la ble in de struc ti ble par si mo ni ous 
 
 ir respon si ble in tcl lee tu al pen i ten tia ry 
 
 an ti mo ni al in ef li cicn cy per son al i ty 
 
 in ter cal a ry in.co he rent ly pop u lar i ty 
 
 in ac ces si ble par lia mcnt a ry pos si bi-1 i ty 
 
 in ad ver ten cy pat ri mo ni al prob a bil i ty 
 
 tes ta men ta ry mcr i to ri ous prod i gal i ty 
 
 tel e graph i cal si mul ta 11c ous in si pid i ty 
 
 LESSON XCIX. 
 
 STAND FOR TUK lUGnT. 
 
 Be firm, be bold, be strong, be true, 
 
 And dare to stand alone ; 
 Strive for the right, whatc'er ye do, 
 
 Xhoug^i helpers there arc none> 
 
128 THE CONFEDEKATE 
 
 Nay, bend not to tlie swelling surge 
 
 Of public sneer and wrong ; 
 ^Twill bear tliec on to ruin'n verge, 
 
 With current wild and strong. 
 
 Stand for the right! tho' falsehood rail. 
 
 And proud lips coldly sneer — 
 A poisoned arrovf cannot wound 
 
 A conscience pure and clear. 
 
 Stand for the right ! and with clean hands 
 
 Exalt the truth on high ; 
 Thou'lt find warm, sy^mpathizi ng hearts 
 
 Among the passers-by. 
 
 Stand for the right! proclaim it loud, 
 . Thou'lt find an answering tone 
 In honest hearts, and thou'lt no more 
 ]3e doomed to stand alone. 
 
 TOO INQUISITIVE ANT) MISCHIEVOUS. 
 
 A F ABLE. 
 
 A monkey "Tsaw his master hide something in his garden. 
 He marked the place with his eye, and, when he thought 
 no one saw him, he went and raked away the covering to 
 see what had been so carefully concealed. But instead of 
 discovering a treasure, suddenly he found his paw caught 
 in a trap, by which he was maimed for the rest of his life. 
 
 MORAL. 
 
 Nes'^er meddle with that which neither belongs to you, 
 rior concerns you. 
 
 Words of Four SijUahles^ Accented on tile Second. 
 
 a bom i nate im per feet ly mi rac u Ions 
 
 a nat o my per fid i ous im per ti nent 
 
 a nal o goiis fas tid i ous im per son al 
 
 a non y mons u nan i mous im pla ca ble 
 
 bar bar i ty nn gen er ous im pos si ble 
 
 be nev o lent as par a gus mu nif i eent 
 
 am big n ous pre cip it ous im prov i dent 
 
 pa dav er ous fira pLib i ou,3 non res i de^t 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 
 
 129 
 
 ca lum ni ate 
 fruc tif er ous 
 im mis ci bio 
 ini ped i ment 
 impa tient ly 
 im pen i tent 
 im per a tivc 
 
 m gen ii ous 
 in con gru ous 
 sig nif i cant 
 con com i tant 
 miig nif i cent 
 CO in ci dent 
 in dem ni ty 
 
 LESSON C. 
 
 MAN. 
 
 be nef i cent 
 pre dom i nant 
 ex trav a gant 
 ha bil i ment 
 im ped i ment 
 im pet u ous 
 
 Scarce less, at first, -than angels made, 
 And then for him that ransom paid ! 
 How majestic, god-like and grand, 
 When all his noblest powers expand ! 
 
 ERECT POSITION. , 
 
 It is the gloi-y of man, that while the brute creation are 
 prone — inclining to the earth — his Maker gave to him an 
 erect position and a lofty countenance. Nor is the "human 
 face divine " more worthy of admiration than the agile 
 movements of the human I'mme, when its symmetry is 
 complete and eveiy muscler plays well its part. 
 
 And yet where can we look upon a crowd of human 
 beings, without heing pained at beholding the curbed 
 spines, the rounded shoulders, the sunken chests, the pro- 
 jecting necks, the rigid muscles, and the awkward and 
 slovenly movements of many a lord or lady of this lower 
 creation ! 
 
 The origin of most of these deformities, and the causes 
 of these painful sights, arc found in the shameful neglect 
 of p/(//.swV.-a/ traitiiiKj in our family circles and our institu- 
 tions of learning. 
 
 An erect position, with the chest expanded, the coun- 
 tenance slightly elevated, and the weight of the body thus 
 supported at ease over the feet, is at once the most hcalth/v I 
 as well as the most du/nijied and graceful that can be 
 occupied. Aiftl yet, with a little attention to training, in 
 early life, how easily is this^acquired and ri)tained ! 
 
 It should, therefore, bo the law of every family and every 
 school, that dMren and youth itand ercctj iU crect^ walh 
 
130 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 erect, and that every motor muscle Ks trained to easy and • 
 graceful movements. How different, and bow vastly 
 improved «. race of beings, w(?nld we^ soon be were these 
 simple laws of nature strictly enforced! Parents and 
 teachers have before them, in this department, a wide field 
 for beneficent effort. 
 
 BOASTING. 
 
 A Kentuckian once boasted that he could dive deeper, 
 stay down longer, and come up tlrkr than any other man 
 on the globe. 
 
 LESSON CI. 
 
 I N N C ]^] N T 1' LAY. 
 
 Abroad in the meadows to see the j-oung lambs 
 Run sporting about by the side of their dams, 
 With ileeces so clean and so whit^; 
 Or a nest of young doves, in a large opan cage, 
 AVhen thty play all in love, without auger or .rage, 
 How mucli may we learn from the sight ! 
 
 If we had been ductks, we might dabble in mud ; 
 
 Or dogs, we might^play till it euded in bl^od, 
 
 So foul and so iierce aie their natures ; 
 
 But Thomas and William, and such pretty names, 
 
 Should be cleanly and harmless as doves or as Iambs — 
 
 Those lovely, sweet, innocent creatures. 
 
 Not a thing that we do, not a word that we say, 
 Should injure another, in jesfing or play, 
 For he's still in earnest that's hurt! 
 How rude are boys that throw pebbles and mire ! 
 There's none but a madman will fling about tire, 
 And tell you " 'Tis all but in sport." 
 
 THE JJQG AND THE SMADO^y. 
 
 A F A B L E . 
 
 A dog, with, a large picoS of ilesh in his month, was 
 crossing; a smooth and limpid strc:i;n,.on a clear sunny 
 day. His shadow was so strongly depictod on the stream, 
 that he took it for another dog equally hiden with a similar 
 booty. His eager desires got the better of bis judgment. 
 -Letting go his own, he plunged at the meat of the supposed 
 other dog! He grasped but -a shadow I And, in the 
 meautime, his own valued prize had sunk to the bottom. 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 181 
 
 MORAL. 
 
 Look before you leap. Never let go the substance to 
 grasp at shadows. 
 
 A wasted morning- makes a sad and dark Evening. 
 
 If there bo no sowing, there can be no gathering ; but 
 if no gathering, there must be extreme want and wretch- 
 edness. 
 
 Words of Five Syllables^ Accented on the, Second. 
 
 ac ce})t a ble ness irii me di nte \y in cal cu la ble 
 
 ao com irio da ble im med i ca ble in can ta to ry 
 
 iic com mo date Ij il lib er al ly men da ci ous ness 
 
 accom pa nable il lini it a ble me thod i cal ly 
 
 aecompani ment il lit er a cy ju rid i cal ly 
 
 <ic ens tom a ble il lit er ate ness nn for tu nate ly 
 
 a nath c ina tize im portu nate ly in tol er a bly 
 
 a potli e ca ry im pen e tra ble in or di nate W 
 
 ap pre ci a ble imperiously nn an swer a Die 
 
 a bol isb a ble im peri ous ness ir reg u lar ly 
 
 a bom i na ble im perish able in tem per ate ly 
 
 ab stc mi ous ness im prac ti ca ble in sep a ra bly 
 
 fa mil i ar ize , im prov i dent ly pre pos ter ous ly 
 
 fe lo ni ous ly , in ap plica ble presumptuously 
 
 im mod er ate ly ina lien a ble con sec .u tive ly 
 
 im ag in a ble in ap pc ten cy conspicuously 
 
 LESSON CII. 
 FEAR GOD. 
 
 Kemember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, 
 w])ile the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh^* 
 when thou shalt pay I have no pleasure in them. 
 
 Fear God :nid keep His commandments, for this is the 
 whole duty of man. 
 
 WILD OATP. 
 
 We often hear it said of dissipated and reckless youth 
 that ** they are soxoing their icild oaiSj and -when they get 
 
132 
 
 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 through they will become sober, industrious, and valuable 
 members of society." But when will they ^^fjet ihroui/h^" 
 Ah ! there are many who " get through'' very soon ! A 
 candle on fire at both ends is quickly burnt out. But 
 suppose they should live to old age, what have they profited 
 by their past course? An early life of indolence, dissi- 
 pation and crime is the poorest of all qualifications for 
 future enjoyment and usefulness. Besides, it is a fearful 
 truth, that 
 
 The seed of wild oats never dies, 
 
 Oue growth having past ten otliers arise. 
 
 Each crop also produces its own peculiar fruit; and so 
 will it be to the end. For '^whatsoever a man soweth 
 that shall he also reap." And thut, too, with an increase, 
 often, of many fold ! For ^' they that sow the wjnd shall 
 reap the whirlwind." 
 
 *' Let it, then, be borne in mind by every youth, that 
 '^wild oats" are the poorest crop that ever has been 
 sowed, and the least satisfactory to the owners of all that 
 ever have been gathered. And v/orst of all, they, in a 
 short time, so deeply wipovcrLah and poison the soil, that it 
 eeldom, if ever, produces anything valuable afterwards. 
 
 In this lesson, e when not silent, has the sound of 
 a long. Keiijli^ tlieir and obey are pronounced as if 
 written nay, thare, obay : 
 
 obey tliey 
 
 CO heir , . there 
 
 eigh ty their 
 
 hein ous tray 
 
 neigh bor skein 
 
 par terre vein 
 
 in veigh. weigh 
 
 pur vey where 
 
 sur vey whey 
 
 DAGGERS AND TKOENS. 
 Many a reckless youth by a single thrust of his dagger 
 plants a thousand thorns in his own pillow for the remainder 
 of his life. Be guarded. Worlds offered as a price oan 
 aever retrieve the deed, or restore your peace of miad, 
 
 ere 
 
 tete 
 
 sley 
 
 rein 
 
 reign 
 
 heir 
 
 neigh 
 
 eight 
 
 freight 
 
 o bey sance 
 pur vey or 
 sur vey ing 
 con vey ance 
 dis o bey 
 there in to 
 there un to 
 there with al 
 con noisseur ' 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 133 
 
 LESSON cm. 
 
 THE HEAVENS. 
 
 1 
 The shining worlds above 
 In glorious order stand, 
 Or in swift courses move, 
 
 By God's supreme command. 
 -He spake the word". 
 And all their frame, 
 From nothing came. 
 To praise the Lord. 
 
 He moved their mighty wheels, 
 
 In unknown ages past, 
 And earth His word fulfills, 
 While time and nature last. 
 In difiereut ways 
 His works proclaim 
 His wondrous- name. 
 And speak His praise. 
 
 G has two sounds — the bard and the soft. Its soft 
 sound is like that of/. It is bard before a, o and w; 
 buf it is sometimes bard and sometimes soft before e, i 
 and I/. In the following lesson it is bard before these 
 last named letters : 
 
 geese 
 
 fin ger- 
 
 flaggy 
 
 stag ger 
 
 gear 
 
 lin ger 
 
 gid dy 
 
 swag ger 
 
 get 
 
 mon ger 
 
 gib bo us 
 
 sprig gy 
 
 geld 
 
 ' mea ger 
 
 giin let 
 
 slug gish 
 
 gimp 
 
 ea ger 
 
 girl ish 
 
 snaggy 
 
 gild 
 
 ti ger 
 
 gig let 
 
 shag gy 
 
 give 
 
 big ger 
 
 g»g g^e 
 
 scrag ged 
 
 g^S 
 
 ^"ggy 
 
 rjg ger 
 
 twig ged 
 
 gird 
 
 "i«g gy 
 
 rig ging 
 
 twig gy 
 
 girl 
 
 gog gy 
 
 dig ger 
 
 trig ger 
 
 girth 
 
 ^>og gy 
 
 dig ging 
 
 leg gin 
 
 gift 
 
 nog gin 
 
 wag gish 
 
 bag ging 
 
 leg god 
 
 tar get 
 
 wag ging 
 
 geld ing 
 
134 
 
 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 rag ged 
 pig gin 
 an trer 
 
 drug got 
 drug gist 
 flog ging 
 flog ged 
 slirug ged 
 shrugging 
 gif ted 
 
 cog ger 
 hug ged 
 hug ging 
 
 gild in 
 gil der 
 cird er 
 
 fog gy 
 jaggy 
 
 ]-ug ged 
 tug ged 
 log ged 
 get tmg 
 fkg ged 
 jag ged 
 
 gir die 
 bi\ie: ser 
 
 to" 
 
 au ger 
 snag ged 
 gew gaw 
 dog ged 
 dog gish 
 liog gish 
 
 AVords in which cA have the sound of sh ; and i 
 that of e long : 
 
 brag ging 
 swag ging 
 tag ging 
 
 chaise 
 chan ere 
 cham ade 
 chara pai^n 
 chi cane 
 chev er il 
 chev a lier 
 chiv al ry 
 chan de lier 
 
 cap a pie 
 cap u chin 
 car bin ier 
 can non ier 
 brig a dier 
 bom ba zine 
 sub ma rine 
 ti'ans ma rine.- 
 mag a zine 
 
 cav a lier 
 cor de lier 
 man da rin 
 po lice 
 ma rine 
 fas cine 
 cash ier 
 fron tier 
 der nier 
 
 CURTIUS. 
 
 VALOn AND I'ATIUOTISM. 
 
 It is said that a feartiii torreut,'f rom beneath the surface, 
 once burst up in the Forum of ancient Rome. The popu- 
 lace became alarmed. The. Augurs were consulted. Their 
 response was, that the breach never could be closed until 
 the most precious things in Koine were thrown into it. ■ 
 
 Upon hearing this, t^urtius, a noble-minded and heroic 
 Koman, clad*in complete armor, and mounted on horseback, 
 .leaped into the midst of it, declaring that there was nothing 
 more valaable than valor ixnd patriotism. 
 
 Tlie historians declare that the gulf immediately closed, 
 and that Cuvtius was seen no more. 
 
 There is many a moral breach in this our beloved Con- 
 federacy, whose bitter and poisonous floods would over- 
 whelm and- desolate our whole land ! Who and where are 
 the self-sacriticing sons of the South that ore ready, as the 
 embodiment of valor and christian patriotism, to achieve 
 immortal honor by a similar piocedure ? 
 
SPELLiNO BOOK. 135 
 
 LESSON CIV. 
 
 GOD'S PRAISE. 
 
 Let every creafure join 
 To praise the eternal God ; 
 ■ Ye heavenly hosts, the song begin, 
 And sound Ills name abroad. 
 
 Thou sun with golden beams, 
 
 And' moon with paler rays, 
 Ye st'iiry lights, ye twinkling flames, 
 
 Shine to your Maker's praise. 
 
 ''^He built tliose worlds above, 
 
 And fixed their wondrou!^ frame; 
 By his command they stand or move, 
 And ever speak His n^mc. 
 
 THE MOON. 
 
 This beautiful orb has no light of its own. It shines 
 only by reflecting the light of the sun. That side of it 
 which is turned tov/ard the* sun is bright; the other side 
 is dark. 
 
 The moon is a small body, chiefly made to give light upon 
 the earth. The distance through it is only two thousand 
 miles. Its distance from the earth is two hundred and 
 forty thousand miles It completes its revolution round 
 the earth, as its centre of motion, once in twenty-nine days 
 and a half. 
 
 The appearances of the moon are very different in the 
 
 difl'erent parls of its orbit. These changes in appearance 
 
 * are called its " j^A'tr.sr.s.'' The moon turns on its axis once 
 
 each time it goes round the earth. Only one side of it is 
 
 ever seen by us. 
 
 When the moun passes between us and the sun, as it 
 does once a month, its dark gide is turned toward us : then 
 . it gives us no light. It seems as if it had gone out, or 
 had ceased to oJvist. But in a day or two a little of its 
 bright side is turned towards us, and it appears like .^a strip 
 of gold an inch broad, tapered at the ends into two sharp 
 horns. Then it is called new moon. 
 
136 
 
 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 From tliat time, for two weeks, it shows more of .its 
 bright side each night, till it apptjars round as a cart 
 wheel. Then it is called full moon. From the day on 
 which it is full until the next new moon, it seems to waste 
 away again to nothing. Then it passes on, and begins 
 again to enlarge as before. This is the way it does the 
 whole year through, and from age to age. 
 
 Now, though it a-pjycars as if it had W'astcd to nothing, 
 and an entirely new moon had come into existence, it is 
 not so. We have the same moon now that shone upon the 
 Patriarchs before the flood. 
 
 The moon, by its attraction, raises the tides in the ocean. 
 But we do not know that it exerts any influence upon 
 either the animal or the vegetable world. 
 
 LESSON CV. 
 
 GRATEFUL DEVOTION. 
 
 How much is mercy Thy delight, 
 
 Thoii ever blessed God ! 
 How dear Thy servants in Thy sight, 
 
 How precious is their blood ! 
 
 How happy all Thy servants are, 
 How great Thy grace to me ! 
 
 My life which Thou hast made Thy care. 
 Lord, I devote to Thee. 
 
 The soft 
 
 or open 
 
 sound of ng is 
 
 heard in the 
 
 following 
 
 words : 
 
 .- 
 
 
 bang 
 
 
 bang- 
 
 sing 
 
 string 
 
 bring 
 
 
 sang 
 
 song 
 
 strong 
 
 bung 
 
 
 hung 
 
 sung 
 
 slung 
 
 king 
 
 
 ring . 
 
 swing 
 
 sling 
 
 cling 
 
 
 ling 
 
 sprung 
 
 spring 
 
 clung 
 
 
 pang 
 
 tung 
 
 sprang 
 
 lungs 
 
 
 Drong 
 
 tiling 
 
 ding 
 
 rung 
 
 
 3ung 
 
 dung 
 
 strung 
 
 stung 
 
 
 flung 
 
 wriwg 
 
 gang 
 
 wrong 
 
 
 twang 
 
 swang 
 
 gong 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 13T 
 
 Although no other letter comes between the g and 
 the n in the following words, yet the}'' belong to 
 different syllables; and therefore the sound proper 
 of each, when separate, is retained : 
 
 sig nal 
 
 
 in dig nant 
 
 des ig na tion 
 
 sig ni fy 
 
 
 in dig ni ty 
 
 im preg na ble 
 
 dig ni ty 
 
 
 as sig na tiom 
 
 sig nif i cant 
 
 dig ni fy 
 
 
 res ig na tion 
 
 sig ni fi ca tion 
 
 preg nant 
 
 
 op pug nan cy 
 
 lig num vi taj 
 
 ira preg n 
 
 ate 
 
 re pug nant 
 
 lig nif er ous 
 
 3reg nan 
 
 cy 
 
 re pug nan cy 
 
 cog ni tion 
 
 3e nig nant • 
 
 mag ni fy 
 
 cog na tion 
 
 be nig ni 
 
 ty 
 
 mng nif i cent 
 
 ag ni tion 
 
 ma lig ni 
 
 ty 
 
 cog ni zance 
 
 ig ni tion 
 
 ma lig nant 
 
 rec og nize - 
 
 cog nos ci ble 
 
 "CONSIDER THJl LILIES." 
 
 1. Several important lessons might be learned from a 
 proper consideration of the lily. It is the emblem of 
 purity^ modesty and humility; and its teachings are at 
 once pleasing and impressive. 
 
 2. In common with jnany other plants, it displays the 
 wisdom, power, goodness and superintending care of the 
 Creator. But it would seem that its chief mission into 
 the world was to impress upon mankind the importance of 
 that crowning christian grace — humilifi/. ^ ' 
 
 3. It teaches this lesson by the j'^odtion in which it 
 grows, and the attitude which it assumes. It is ^^ the lilt/ 
 of the vallrf/." It loves lonely places and lonely situations. 
 The back-ground and the shade are its delight. 
 
 4. You do not find it on the mountain top, or showing 
 forth its splendor from the lofty cliff. You must search 
 for it in the most retired places. Its stalk is uncomely, 
 and it grows without the slightest pretension. Its cliief 
 beauty is in its flowers; but it, in a great measure, con- 
 ceals its leaves. 
 
 5. It show^ its humility also by its attitudr as well as 
 its position. When the lily is about to bloom, it hangs 
 down its head as if it wished to PQOce^l its beauty and 
 withdraw from observation, 
 
138 " . THE OONFEDERATB 
 
 G. The pink, the rose and the proud dahilia lift up their 
 
 heads, 'and seem to covet attention and applause. '^Corne, 
 
 -Bee how beautiful 1 am." Not*so the lily. It mates no 
 
 such display. On the contrary, every feature indicates 
 
 modesty and humilify. 
 
 7. Although '' Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed 
 like one of these," the lily has neither pride nor vanity. 
 Thus it shows how despicable ai* these c{ualities among 
 the dwellers upon the earth. 
 
 8. From the fact that it makes no display, but conceals 
 its beauty, it teaches us to seek suhdantial vsorth^ and not 
 be captivated by beauty or external appearances alone. 
 
 Quest ions."~J)Q,^Q,Y\hQ the lily, and state the several 
 lessons it teaches? Notice that the sum of the whole is, 
 tliat humility h the chief christian grace, and that worth 
 h before beauty. 
 
 LESSOxNl CVI. 
 
 INFINITE EXCELLENCE. 
 
 1. could I speak the matchless worth ! 
 
 could. I set the glories forth ! 
 Which in my Saviour shine, 
 
 I'd soar ai^d touch the heavenly strings, 
 And vie with Gabriel while he sings, 
 In notes almost divine. 
 
 2. I'd sing the precious blood he spilt, 
 My ransom from the dreadful guilt 
 
 Of sin and wrath divine; 
 I'd sing his glorious righteousness. 
 In which all- perfect heavenly dress 
 
 My soul shall ever shine. 
 
 3. I'd sing the characters he bears. 
 And all the forms of love he wears, 
 
 Exalted on his throne ; 
 In lofricst songs of sweetest praisCj 
 
 1 vfould to everlasting days 
 ^loke rH hi§ glotiee l?nowni 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 139 
 
 4. Soon tlic delightful day will come, 
 
 AYhen my dear Lord will call me home, 
 
 And I shall see his face; 
 Then with my Saviour, Brother, Friend, 
 A blest eternity I'll spend, 
 
 Triumphant in his grace. ^ 
 
 CONSCIENCE. 
 
 We cannot escape the company of our own conscience. By 
 niulit and by day — in company or in solitude, it is always 
 with us. He is wih-c, then, who, by always doing his duty, 
 makes conscience a pleasant and cheering companion. But 
 to the wicked, instead of being a bosom friend, it is a 
 bosom fury. 
 
 date and iiate in the following words are • pro^' 
 nounced as if written ^^ shatc:^^ 
 
 OS so oiate 
 
 ex pa tiate 
 
 an nun ciate 
 
 dis so ciate 
 
 ne go tiate 
 
 li cen tiate 
 
 con so ciate 
 
 in gra tiato^ 
 
 sub Stan tiate 
 
 e ma ciate 
 
 in sa tiate 
 
 pro pi tiate 
 
 In the following words ^t? is silent: 
 
 who 
 
 ?^;hoop 
 
 whom so ever 
 
 whose. 
 
 wdioUj 
 
 whole sale 
 
 ivhom 
 
 who ever 
 
 whole some 
 
 ivho]e 
 
 who so ever 
 
 whole some ness 
 
 X, in the 
 
 following words, takes the sound of gz 
 
 ex ist 
 
 ex is tence 
 
 ex am ine 
 
 ex act 
 
 ex u ber ant 
 
 ex am pie 
 
 ex empt 
 
 ^ex liib it 
 
 ex or dium 
 
 ex bort 
 
 Vx or bi tant 
 
 ex em plar 
 
 ex ert 
 
 ex ec u tor 
 
 ex em phi ry 
 
 exalt 
 
 ex ec u trix 
 
 ex em pli iy 
 
 ex ude 
 
 ex as per ate 
 
 ex on cr ate 
 
 ex haust 
 
 ex ec u tive 
 
 ex emp tion 
 ex or bi lant 
 
 exile 
 
 ex ng ger ato 
 
 ex ult 
 
 tcx ot itt 
 
 ex or bl tano© 
 
140 
 
 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 LESSON CYII. 
 
 FLOWERS. 
 
 Foster the good, and thou shalfc tend the flower, 
 
 Already sown on earth ; 
 Eoster the beautiful, and every hour 
 
 Thou call'st new flowers to birth. 
 
 Ye are the scriptures of the earth, 
 
 Sweet flowers, fair and frail ; " 
 A sermon, speaks in every bud 
 
 That woos the summer gale. 
 
 There is a lesson in each flower, 
 A story in eacli stream and bower ; 
 On every herb on which we tread, 
 Are written words, which rightly read, 
 Would lead you from earth's fragrant sod, 
 To hope, to holiness, and God. 
 
 ANTIQU^ED WORDS. 
 
 Living languages are constantly changing. Certain 
 words and phrases cease to be used ; others come in their 
 places! Words not now used are said to be antiquated. 
 Many such words are now found in our translation of the 
 sacred scriptures. The following are examples of that 
 kind — with their meanings *attached : 
 
 albeit 
 
 although 
 
 kerchiefs 
 
 caps 
 
 anon 
 
 soon 
 
 kine 
 
 cows 
 
 bewray * 
 
 expose 
 
 leasing 
 
 lying 
 
 cracknels 
 
 cakes 
 
 listeth 
 
 Dleasetli, 
 
 days-man 
 
 umpire 
 
 let 
 
 linder 
 
 fenced 
 
 fortified 
 
 peeled ^ 
 
 smoothed 
 
 holpen 
 
 helped 
 
 jjassion 
 
 suffering 
 
 liosen 
 
 stockings 
 
 blains 
 
 blisters 
 
 molten 
 
 melted 
 
 prevent 
 
 go before 
 
 carriages 
 
 baggage 
 
 advisement 
 
 counsel 
 
 unwittingly 
 
 unawares 
 
 implead 
 
 to go to law 
 
 seetlje 
 
 boil 
 
 (leal 
 
 portion 
 
i5?i;i.trN0 moK^ 
 
 Ul 
 
 etrew 
 
 twain 
 
 wist 
 
 straitly 
 
 meat 
 
 clean 
 
 quick 
 
 ravin 
 
 bruit 
 
 wax 
 
 fray 
 
 eschew 
 
 scatter 
 
 two 
 
 know 
 
 strictly 
 
 food 
 
 entirely 
 
 living 
 
 prey 
 
 rumor 
 
 become 
 
 frighten 
 
 avoid 
 
 tache 
 
 wench 
 
 sad 
 
 tale 
 
 wot 
 
 harness 
 
 worship 
 
 cuiinine: 
 
 honest 
 
 ensue 
 
 instant 
 
 trow 
 
 iD 
 
 button 
 
 gin 
 
 boiled 
 
 number 
 
 knew 
 
 armor 
 
 reverence 
 
 skillful 
 
 decent 
 
 pursue 
 
 earnest 
 
 think 
 
 "Four beasts," living ones. 
 " Uppermost rooms," chief seats, 
 "Do* you to wit," cause you to know. 
 "Cast in the teeth," reproach or reprove. 
 *' Chode with," quarreled or disputed. . 
 "Living waters/' running or flowing. 
 
 LESSON CVIII. 
 
 THE TEMPTING CUP. 
 Look not upon the wine when it 
 
 Is red within the cup ! 
 Stay not for pleasure when she fills 
 
 Her tempting heaker up ! 
 Tho' clear its depths, and rich its glow, 
 A spell of madness lurks below. 
 
 They say, ^tis pleasant on the lip, 
 
 And merry on the Ijrain ; 
 They say it stirs the sluggish hlood, 
 
 And dulls the tooth of pain. 
 Ay I but within the flowing deeps 
 A stinging seipent, unseen^ sleeps. 
 
 Its rosy lights will turn to fire, 
 Its coolness change to thirst ; 
 
 And, by its mirtli, within the brain 
 A sleepless worm is nursed. 
 
 There's not a bubble on the brim 
 
 That docs not carry food for liim. 
 
u^ 
 
 tHE COHFEt'SrtAT^ 
 
 Tlien dasli the brimming. cup ftsido, 
 
 - i\.nd spill its purple wine*; 
 Take not its raadneys to thy lip — 
 
 Let not its curse be thine. 
 'Tis red and rich — but grief and woe 
 Are hid, in those ropy depths below. 
 
 WiLf.TS. 
 
 Words of Five 
 
 ap pel la to ry 
 sym met ri cal ly 
 u nan i mous ly 
 im meas ur a We 
 im mod er ate ly 
 de rog a to ry 
 d'e lib er ate \y 
 in con ti nen cy 
 un con quer a ble 
 un rea son a ble 
 in com pe ten cy 
 in or di nate ly 
 com par a tive ly 
 con tern po ra ry 
 con ter min ous ly 
 con tempt u ous ly 
 com men su ra ble 
 con tarn in a b!e 
 in im i ta ble 
 in yi o la ble 
 in vul ner a ble 
 in es ti ma ble 
 in tol er a ble 
 
 Syllables^ Accented on (lie Second. 
 im pet u'ous ly un sea sou a ble 
 
 pre em i ncnt ly 
 dis pen sa to ry 
 de lib er ate ly 
 con sid er a biy 
 ir ref ra ga ble 
 com pul sa to ry 
 com men da to ry 
 con sec u tive ly 
 iu ap pe ten cy 
 re mu ner a tive 
 pre fig u ra tive 
 an nun ci a tive 
 inflammableness 
 in com par a bly 
 in Sep a ra ble 
 in ad e qua cy 
 e rad i ca ble 
 ex trav a gant ly 
 iu ter mi ua ble 
 in cu ri ous ly 
 un rea son a ble 
 in cal cu la ble 
 
 im mod er ate ly 
 un par don a ble 
 pre sumpt u ous ly 
 in of fi ca cy 
 in ac cu ra cy 
 ex ter min -a ble 
 . ex tern po ra ry ' 
 in el li gi ble 
 ex clam ma to ry 
 he red i ta ry 
 in her i ta ble 
 in vul ner a ble 
 in su per a ble 
 ae com pa ni ment 
 il log i cal ly 
 un com foi;t a ble 
 un suf fer a ble 
 un an swer a ble 
 un so ci a ble 
 fe ro ei ous ly 
 im^er a tive ly 
 im per ish a ble 
 
 LESSON CIX. 
 
 PRAISE AND CONFIDENCE. 
 
 1. Thro' all the changing scenes of life, 
 In trouble and in joy, 
 The praises of my God shall still 
 My heart and tongue employ. 
 
^i^sstLij-re^ mm, 
 
 S. My soul shall inako hor boast in Tlini, 
 And celebrate His fume ; 
 Come, m8gnify tho Lord with me, 
 Witli me exalt His name. 
 
 3. The hosts of God encamp around 
 
 The dwellings of the just; 
 Deliverance He affords to all 
 Who on His succor trust. 
 
 4. O make but trial of His love, 
 
 Expeyence shall decide, 
 How blest are they, and only they. 
 Who in His truth confide. 
 
 T). Fear Him, ye saints, and you will then 
 Have nothing else to fear; 
 Come, make His service your deli^iht, 
 He'll make your wants his care. 
 
 Chj in the following words, liav 
 
 Christ 
 
 chlo ride 
 
 chasm . 
 
 mon arch 
 
 chrism 
 
 an arch 
 
 chyle 
 
 Plu tarch 
 
 chyme 
 
 stom acli 
 
 cliord 
 
 chro mate 
 
 choir 
 
 an ar chy 
 
 chrome 
 
 an cho ret 
 
 scheme 
 
 arch i tect 
 
 ache 
 
 chrys o lite 
 
 loch 
 
 cat e chisin 
 
 school 
 
 cat e chist 
 
 ar chives 
 
 char ac ter 
 
 an chor 
 
 • in cho ate 
 
 tro chee 
 
 chol er ic 
 
 cho ral 
 
 al cliem ist 
 
 cho rus 
 
 al chem y 
 
 cha OS 
 
 lach ry nial 
 
 i chor 
 
 ol i garch 
 
 Sep ul cher 
 
 o chre 
 
 e the sound of 7: 
 
 o chre oiis 
 sac cha rine 
 brach i al 
 cliol e ra 
 ca chex y 
 chor is tcr 
 syn chro mism 
 chron i cle 
 chron i cler 
 pa tri arch . 
 eu cha rist 
 och i my 
 or ches tra 
 scho las tic al 
 pa ro chi al 
 me chan ic al 
 al chem ic al 
 cha me le on 
 cha lyb e ate 
 a nach ro nism 
 
144 THE CO^^rEBSEAtE 
 
 e pooh tech nio al cbro nom e ter 
 
 ech o arch i tect chi rog ra phy 
 
 chron ic . • arch i trave chi* rog ra pher 
 
 chem ist arch a ism chro nol o gy 
 
 chris tian arch e type mo narch ic al 
 
 Christ mas chrys a lid lo gom a chy 
 
 schir rus scho li nm the om a chy 
 
 schoon er scho li ast cho rog ra phy 
 
 Bchol ar pol e march syn ec do che 
 
 chol er mach i nate bron chot o my 
 
 sched ule mon ar chy cat e chet ic al 
 
 pas chal hep tar chy ich thy ol o gy 
 
 LESSON ex. 
 
 NATIONAL PRAYER FOR THE SOUTHERN CONFED- 
 ERACY. 
 
 {Tune — Amkrica.) 
 
 God bless our sunoy land ! 
 May Heaven's protecting hand 
 
 Still guard our shore, 
 From foes by land and sea; 
 May we suc3essful be, 
 From strife be ever free 
 
 As ne'er before ! 
 
 From Death, a nation's grief, 
 ' O Lord, preserve our Chief :— • , 
 
 Long may he live — 
 His heart inspire and move 
 With wisdom from above, 
 And in a nation's love 
 His power control. 
 
 May just and, righteous laws 
 Uphold the people's cause, 
 
 And bless the South ; 
 Land of the martyrs' grave. 
 Home of the free and brave ! — 
 On such a land we crave, 
 
 God, thy smile. Wakd. 
 
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 145 
 
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 ■ M t j f ^K i^ vm.BUv ^: mm 99 
 
 In the following wordfl of two and three syllableg e 
 before the d at the end is silent, and the d is prO' 
 nouncedin connection with the preceding syllable: 
 
 brib ed 
 kill ed 
 call ed 
 warn cd 
 saw ed 
 ^^naw ed 
 form cd 
 sow ed 
 soil ed 
 coin ed 
 coil ed 
 sour ed 
 
 pav ed 
 roll ed 
 seem ed 
 mow ed 
 fear ed' 
 ra/s ed 
 prazs ed 
 liv ed 
 oil ed . 
 foil ed 
 prowl ed 
 pour ed 
 
 us ed 
 tir ed 
 seal ed 
 sav ed 
 pain cd 
 ple«s ed 
 drain ed 
 rain ed 
 toil (?d 
 boil cd 
 growl ed 
 frown ed 
 
 con ven ed 
 con vey ed 
 com menc ed 
 as sum -ed 
 de priv ed 
 sur viv ed 
 de sir ed 
 con spir ed 
 de form ed 
 sub serv ed • 
 bap tiz ed 
 blasphemed 
 
 D, at the end of the following words, has the 
 sound of t: 
 
 fac ed ask ed im press ed dis miss ed 
 
 lac ed fix ed perch ejX preach ed 
 
 bas ed mix ed de press ed reach ed 
 
 gra ced talk ed class ed in due ed 
 
 pla ced ^valk ed cross ed re due ed 
 
 rak ed work ed lash ed re lax ed 
 
 quak ed wish ed bark ed em bark ed 
 
 nurs ed class ed dash ed dis pers ed 
 
 THE RAINBOW AND THE COVENANT. 
 
 And (Jod blessed Noah and his sons^ and said unto 
 them : Be fruitful and ninltiply and replenish the earth. 
 Every thing that livoth shall be meat for yon; even as 
 the green herb have I given you all things. 
 
 But flesh with the life thereof, -which is the blood, 
 thereof shall ye not eat. 
 
 And surely your*blood of your lives will I require; at 
 the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand 
 of man ; at the hand of every man's brother will I require 
 the life of man. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man 
 shall his blood be shed. 
 
 G 
 
146 5?HB COKFfiDKHATE 
 
 Attd G-od spake unto Noah and his sons with him, 
 saying ; Behold I establish my covenant with you and 
 your seed after you. And Grod said : this is the token of 
 the covenant which I make between me ;iand you, and 
 every living creature that is with you, for perpetual gene- 
 rations. 
 
 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token 
 of a covenant between mc and the earth. And it shall 
 come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the 
 bow shall be seen in the cloud : And I will remember my 
 covenant, which is between me and you, and every living 
 creature of all flesh : and the waters shall no more become 
 a flood to destroy all flesh. 
 
 And God said unto Noah : This is the token of the 
 covenant which I have established between me and all 
 flesh that is upon the earth. — Bible. 
 
 LESSON CXI. 
 
 UNITED HEARTS. 
 
 I saw two clouds at morning 
 
 Tinged with the rising sun ; 
 
 And in-tlie dawn they floated on. 
 
 And mingled into one : 
 
 I thought that morning cloud was blest, 
 
 It moved so sweetly to the West. 
 
 I saw two summer currents 
 
 Flow smoothly to their meeting, 
 
 And join their course with silent force, 
 
 In peace each other greeting : 
 
 (>alm was their course thro' banks of green, 
 
 While dimpling eddies played between. 
 
 Such be your gentle motion, 
 
 Till life's last pulse shall beat ; • 
 
 Like summer's beam and sumnaer's ptreani. 
 
 Float on in joy to meet 
 
 A calmer sea, where storms shall cease — 
 
 A purer sky where all ;s peace. 
 
 Moore. 
 
Si*»LHKa BOOK. U7 
 
 Woj^ds of Seven Syllahlesl Accented on the Fifth. 
 
 per pen die u lar i ty im pen e tra bil i ty 
 an ti trin i ta ri an , ir re sist i bil i ty 
 
 in de struc ti bil i ty ini per cep ti bil i ty 
 
 in el li gi bil i ty in com pat i bil i ty 
 
 in di vis i bil i ty in di vid u al i ty 
 im ma te ri al i ty • in com press i bil i ty 
 
 in de fen si bil i ty in com bus ti bil i ty 
 
 in con tes ti bil i ty in con form a bil i ty 
 
 The Two following in Eight Syllahles have the Accent 
 
 on the Sixth: 
 
 un in tel li gi bil i ty in com pre hen si bil i ty 
 
 THE SHOPKEEPER AND THE LAWYER. 
 
 A shopkeeper, in a certain city, sent a servant to the 
 office of a lawyer, requesting him to lend him a hook which 
 was known to be in liis library. The reply was : ''I cannot 
 lend the book, but if you will come to my o&ce you may 
 read all day in it/' 
 
 A short time after this, the lawyer, on a cold rainy 
 morning, sent to borrow the shopkeeper's fire-bellows. The 
 following answer was returned : " I cannot let the bellows 
 go out of my shop ; but, as often as it suits your convc; 
 nience, }'ou may come and blow all day with it." 
 
 LESSON CXII. 
 
 BEHOLD THE LOFTY SKY. 
 Behold the lofty sky 
 
 Declares its Maker, God, 
 And all the starry worlds on high 
 
 Proclaim Mis power abroad. 
 
 The darkness and the light 
 
 Still keep their course the same ; 
 
 While night to-day, and day to-night, 
 Divinely teach His name. 
 
 In every diiferent land 
 
 Their general voice is known ; 
 They show the wonders of His hand| 
 
 And orders from His throne. 
 
THE STARRY HEAVEN?. 
 
 The blue canopy above us, bo thickly studded with stars, 
 has, in all ages and countries, been contemplated with 
 wonder and delight. To us, at the South, those brilliant 
 orbs shine with captivating beauty. 
 
 The children^ therefore, of our Southern Confederacy, 
 should not only become well acquainted" with that delight- 
 ful science — astronomy — which treats of them, but they 
 should make the starry heavens a subject of frequent and 
 delightful contemplation. 
 
 I have already told you about the sun, the moon and the 
 earth. I will now tell you about the stars. There are two 
 kinds of stars. One kind consists of planets; the other 
 of fixed stars. 
 
 The word planet ^means a wanderer. This name is given 
 to those orbs which revolve around the sun as their centre 
 of motion, because they are constantly changing their places. 
 
 Thore are eight principal planets. None of them has 
 any light of its own. The earth is one of the planets ; 
 and you know that it is a dark body. The names of tbc 
 planets are : Mercury, Venus, the Earth, Mars, Jupiter, 
 Saturn, Uranius and Neptune. 
 
 Each planet has two motions — one around its own axis, 
 and the other a progressive motion in its orbit around the 
 ^un. Each turn on its axis makes a day ; and a complete 
 revolution in its orbit makes a year. 
 
 The earth turns on its axis three hundred and sixty-five 
 times, while it makes its yearly circuit round the sun ; and 
 that is the reason why we have that number of days and 
 nights in our year. Those planets which have larger orbits 
 liave many more days in their year^.han we have in ours. 
 
 All the larger planets which rcvolvo around the sun as 
 their centre of motion are called 2)rimar7/ planets. Those 
 which revolve round the primary are called secondnri/ 
 planets or moons. The Earth has one moon, Jupiter four, 
 Saturn seven. 
 
 The use of the moon, you know, is to give light at 
 night to the primary planet, by refl-ccting upon it the light 
 of the sun. In another lesson 1 will tell you about the 
 fixed stai's. 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 
 
 149 
 
 LESSON CXIII. 
 
 WORTH OF THE BIBLE. 
 
 The Bible ! the Bible ! 
 
 More precious than gold, 
 The hopes and the glories 
 
 Its pages unfold ! 
 
 It speaks of salvation, 
 
 Wide opens the door; 
 Its offers are free 
 
 To the rich and the poor. 
 
 The Bible! the Bible! 
 
 Blest volume of truth ; 
 How sweetly it smiles 
 
 On the season of youth ! 
 
 It bids us seek early 
 
 The '^ pearl of great price," 
 Ere the heart is enslaved 
 
 In the bondage of vice. 
 
 Anomalous Words. 
 
 The following words vary from all the regular 
 
 vowel sounds, as indicated 
 
 modes of pronouncing the 
 in the foregoing exercises : 
 
 buoy 
 
 c'hoir 
 
 cough 
 
 draught 
 
 laugh 
 
 one 
 
 once 
 
 rouge 
 
 says 
 
 said 
 
 slough 
 
 tough 
 
 troiigU 
 
 buoe 
 
 kwire 
 
 kof 
 
 draft 
 
 laf 
 
 wun 
 
 wuns 
 
 roozhc 
 
 sez 
 
 sed 
 
 sluff 
 
 tutf 
 
 trof 
 
 hie cough 
 J ron 
 laugh ter 
 ma ny 
 neph ew 
 pret ty 
 waist coat 
 ser geaut 
 su gar 
 wo nien 
 a gain 
 a gainst 
 bat teau 
 
 hik kup 
 i urn 
 laf tur 
 m'en ne 
 nev vu 
 prife te 
 wes kot 
 sar jant 
 shu gur 
 wim miu 
 a gen 
 a genst 
 bat to 
 
150 
 
 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 any 
 a pron 
 bu sy 
 bu si ness 
 
 Col nel 
 cup boArd 
 flam beau 
 haut boy 
 hal le lu jah 
 pal an quin 
 
 en ne 
 a purn 
 biz.ze 
 biz ness 
 
 kur nel 
 kub burd 
 flam bo 
 ho boe 
 hal le lu ya 
 pal an keen 
 
 bu reau 
 CO quette 
 der nier 
 e nough 
 
 bu ro 
 ko ket 
 dern yare 
 e nuf 
 
 main tain men tane 
 
 cbor is ter kwir is ter 
 
 lieu ten ant lev ten ant 
 
 port man teau port man to 
 
 roq ue laur rok e lor 
 
 belles let tres bel la tur 
 
 Cyrus' Crown, — Cyrus, the Persian King, was accus- 
 tomed to say that did men but know the cares he had to 
 sustain, he thought no man would wish to wear his crown. 
 
 Alexander's Tears. — The conquests of Alexander 
 the Grreat could not satisfy him • for when he had con- 
 quered the whole of the known world, he sat down and 
 wept because he knew of no other world to conquer. 
 
 LESSON CXIY. 
 
 THE SKY-LARK. 
 
 1. Eternal minstrel, pilgrim of the sky, 
 
 - Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound, 
 Or, while thy wings aspire, are heart and eye 
 Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground ? 
 Thy nest which thou canst drop into at will, 
 Those quivering wings composed, and music still. 
 
 2. To the last point of vision, and beyond. 
 
 Mount, daring worbler ! the love prompted strain, 
 ^Twixt thee and thine a never-failing bond 
 
 Thrills not the less the bosom of the plain ! 
 Yet inight'st thou seem, proud privilege to sing, 
 Independent of the leafy spring. 
 
 • 3. Leave to the nightingale the shad}' wood, 
 
 A privacy of glorious light is thine, 
 AYhence thou dost pour upon the world a flood 
 
 Of harmony, with rapture more divine! 
 Type of the wise who soar, but never roam, 
 True to the kindred points of heaven and home ! 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 
 
 151 
 
 Quotations 
 
 Ad iDliuitum 
 Ad valorem 
 Alma mater 
 Anglice 
 Beau molide • 
 Bona fide 
 Bon mot 
 Bon ton 
 Caput mortuum 
 Carte blanche 
 Compos mentis 
 Coup do main 
 Cornu copia) 
 En masse 
 E pluribus ununi 
 Ex officio 
 Ex parte 
 Fac simile 
 Fille de chambrc 
 Fortiter in re 
 Habeas corpus 
 In statu quo 
 In to to 
 Ipse dixit 
 Ipso facto 
 Literatim 
 Lex talionis 
 
 froin other Layiguages, 
 
 without end 
 
 according to value 
 
 a cherishing mother 
 
 in English 
 
 the fashionable world 
 
 in good faith 
 
 a witty repartee 
 
 the fashion 
 
 the lifeless remains 
 
 unconditional terms 
 
 of sound mind 
 
 a bold effort 
 
 horn of plenty 
 
 in a body 
 
 one out of many 
 
 by virtue of his office 
 
 on one side 
 
 exact likeness . 
 
 a chambermaid 
 
 firm in action 
 
 you may have the body 
 
 in the same state 
 
 in the v/hole 
 
 he said so 
 
 by the thing itself 
 
 letter for lettei' 
 
 the law of revenge 
 
 THE ARCHER AND HIS ARROW. 
 
 A FABLE. 
 
 An areher complained of his arrow because it did not 
 hit the mark. '" If you had directed me right I should not 
 have failed/' said the arrow. 
 
 Moral. — We too often blame others when the fault is 
 our own. 
 
152 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 LESSON CXV. 
 
 THE POOR OLD LYON. 
 
 A FABLE, 
 
 A noble old lyoii, worn down by age and disease, lay 
 UDon the ground, groaning away tbe last remains of life. 
 But now that he was thus prostrate, the ignobje beasts 
 commenced their taunts, their insults and abuse. 
 
 •The boar, with foaming rage, assailed hira with thrusts 
 of his tusks. Next, came the bull, and gor.ed hira with 
 liis liorns. The wolf growled and gnashed his teeth at 
 Mm. Then came the ass, spiteful and insolent, and brayed 
 at the old monarch of the forest in a most insulting man- 
 ner. Having thus ascertained that his lionship was no 
 longer able to resent an injury, or defend himself, he ven- 
 tured near and hiched Mm on the forehead ! Ah! said, 
 the dying lion, I thought it hard to-be insulted, in my last 
 moments, by the brave; but to be thus treated by the 
 meanest of beast^, this is past endurance— it is a double 
 death ! 
 
 Moral. — Only cowards insult fallen greatness. Only 
 asses kick dead lions. The most painful of all deaths is to 
 die by the .kick of an ass ! 
 
 \ - Quotations from otJier Languages. 
 
 [continued.] 
 
 Memento mori ^ be mindful of death 
 
 Mirabile dictu * wonderfal to be told 
 
 Multam in parvo mucli in a little 
 
 Maximum the greatest 
 
 Minimum the least 
 
 N^ plus ultra nothing beyond 
 
 Non compos meMiti not of sound mind 
 
 Pater patriae Father of his country 
 
 Per annum by the year ' 
 
 Per diem by the day 
 
 Prima facie lirst sight, or face 
 
 Pro bono publico for public good 
 
 Pro tempore • for the time 
 
 Quantum ' how much 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 153 
 
 Quantum sufficit enough 
 
 Quid nunc what now 
 
 Sang froid with indifference 
 
 Sine die no day appointed 
 
 Sine qua non a thing indispensable* 
 
 Secumden arteni according to art 
 
 Sanctum sanctorum the most holy place 
 
 Summum bonum the highest good 
 
 Sub rosa under the rose 
 
 Utile dulci the useful with the pleasant 
 
 Versus against 
 
 Verbatim word for word 
 
 Via* by way of 
 
 Vice versa on the contrary 
 
 Viva voce with the living voice 
 
 Data truths admitted 
 
 What is a flirt f A young lady of more beauty than 
 sense J more accomplishments than grace of mind; more 
 admirers than friends; more fools than wise men for 
 attendants. 
 
 LESSON CXVL 
 
 NOW IS THE TIME- 
 
 Remember thy Creator now. 
 
 In these thy youthful days ; 
 He will accept thine earliest vow, 
 
 He loves thine earliest praise. 
 
 Remember thy Creator now, 
 
 Seek him while ho is near; 
 For evil days will come, when thou 
 
 Shalt find no comfort here. 
 
 Remember thy Creator now, 
 
 His willing servant be J * 
 
 Then when thy head in death shall bow, 
 
 He will remember the©^ 
 
154 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 Almiglity God! our hearts iacline, 
 
 Thy heavenly voice to hear ; 
 Let all our future days be Thine, 
 
 Devoted to Thy fear. 
 
 Exercises in Spelling, Deriving and Combining Words. 
 
 Base, basely, baseness; abase, abasement; debase, 
 debasement. 
 
 Beauty, beautiful, beauteous, beautifully, beautifulness, 
 beauteousness, beautify. 
 
 Bounty, bountiful, bountifully, bounteous, bounteous- 
 ness, bountifulness. 
 
 Form, formless, formation, formative ; inform, conform, 
 informal, conformably, conformity, conformableness, non- 
 conformist, reform, reformation, perform, performance, 
 information. 
 
 Govern, governor, governess, government, ungovernable. 
 
 Honor, honorable, honorably, honorary ; 'dishonor, dis- 
 honorable, dishonorably. 
 
 Grace, graceful, gracefulness, gracefully ; ungraceful, 
 disgraceful, disgracefully. 
 
 Credit, creditable, creditably, creditor, accredit, incred- 
 ible, incredibility, discredit, creed, credence, credibility. 
 
 Cover, covering, coverlet, uncover, discover, discovery, 
 discoverable, recover, recovery, irrecoverable, irrecoverably, 
 irrecoverableness. 
 
 Scribe, scribble, ascribe, ascription, describe, description, 
 inscribe, inscription, proscribe, proscription, subscribe, 
 subscription, conscript, conscription, superscribe, super- 
 scription, descriptive, iudescribable, prescribe, prescription, 
 prescriptive. 
 
 Light, lightly, lightning, lightness, lightsome. 
 
 Season, seasoning, unseasonable, unseasonably, unsea- 
 sonable n ess. 
 
 Venture, venturesome, venturous, venturcsomeness, per- 
 adventure. 
 
 Will, willing, willingly, willingness, unwilling, unwil- 
 lingly, unwillingness. . 
 
 Youth, youthful, youthfully, youthfulness. 
 
 Note. — It is earnestly recommended that other similar exercises be 
 frequently given to pupils in all our schools. 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 155 
 
 LESSON CXVII. 
 
 V I C E OF N A T U R E . 
 
 There seems a voice iu every gale, 
 A tongue in every opening flower, 
 • Which tellSj^O Ood, the wondrous talc 
 * Of thy indulgence, love and power. 
 
 The birds that rise on quivering wing, * 
 
 Appear to hymn their Maker's praise, 
 x\nd all the mingled sounds of spring 
 To 'I'hee a general antliem raise. 
 
 Mrs. Opie. 
 ARTICULATION. 
 
 By this is meant a clear, full and distinct utterance of 
 the sound of each syllable of the words which wc pro- 
 nounce. You need not be told that it is a prime quality, 
 both of conversation and of public speaking. 
 
 There is a charm about line articulation, which capti- 
 vates every ear and delights every heart. But there is ii 
 vulgarity about indistinct and slovenly utterances which is 
 at once disgusting and painful to all persons of refined 
 taste. 
 noun< 
 
 Thu.s to wrest away a /, 
 And make it end in c. 
 
 The word imagination is also pronounced 'mag'nation ! 
 And you wonder what newly discovered "nation'' the 
 speaker is about to describe. But should j'ou resent such 
 an offense against ^'ears polite," the quack who uttered it 
 will apply to you hiaters^ instead of blister, to draw upon 
 your ill humors. 
 
 Your neighbor b'leeves he owes you for makin' his mill 
 w'eel, aod he 'sposes you 'avc no Ejections to 'ceivc the 
 money now. A pompous wight, number three, 'nounces 
 ph'los'phers fools, and threatens to icip them into their 
 senses. A fourth saw a large 'sembly last night, and he 
 and a gem'man talk'in pol'tics. A fifth fought in the 
 mem'rable battle of 'Nassas. A sixth sicaa the river 
 Mis'sipi in Jan'wary. A seventh has the 'eadache from 
 
 }. How often do we hear the word '-perfect" pro- 
 [iced as if written pe/^/ec ! It is robbery outright 
 
156 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 heatin 'ot lioysters for yupper. An eighth thinks buflos 
 omd hugly han'mals. A ninth took a 'slution of pep'mint 
 for the 'sturbance of his stomach. A "tenth speaks by 
 'thority. Au eleventh prefers ^^tron'my to mathematics ! 
 
 LESSON CXVIIL 
 
 THE VICTORS. ^ 
 
 I^ee them on their winding way, 
 About their ranks the moon beams play ; 
 Their lofty deeds and daring high, 
 Blend with the notes of victory ; 
 And waving arms and banners bright, 
 Are glancing in the mellow light. 
 
 Articulation. 
 [continued.] 
 
 In a previous lesson numerous examples were given of 
 gross and ludicrous departures from the established laws 
 of articulation. Verily such horrid butchery of our noble 
 mother tongue is an iniquity to be punished by the judges. 
 Not only does it greatly olfend the ear, but it makes one's 
 flesh creep to think of such barbarity. AVemost sincerely 
 hope that no youth of this Confederacy will ever be guilty 
 of such outrages against propriety and refinement. 
 
 We would, therefore, as the only sure preventive, urge 
 upon all pupils, at the very commencement of their educa- 
 tion, the great importance ef a clear and distinct utterance 
 of every syllable in each lesson which they either spell 
 or read. 
 
 Form your organs of speech to proper utterances while 
 they are tender and flexible. Learn the correct pronun- 
 ciation of every word you spell or speak, and then confirm 
 yourselves in it by daily practice. 
 
 Examples in Ai'tictdation. 
 
 armedst harmedst burnedst turnedst 
 
 bonstest reastcst break est quakest 
 
 fouledst howledst talkedst walkedst 
 
 hunteth grunteth laughedst quaffedst 
 
 drinketh thinketh snuigglest strugglest 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 
 
 167 
 
 grantedst 
 
 hauntedst 
 
 mangiest 
 
 stranglest 
 
 gain'st 
 muzzlcdst 
 
 rain'st 
 puzzledst 
 
 hedged 
 nervedst 
 
 wedged 
 swervedst 
 
 combedst 
 
 thwarttidst 
 
 ncstledst 
 
 bristledcst 
 
 baskest 
 
 maskest 
 
 humblest 
 
 stumblest 
 
 drivledst 
 
 grovledst 
 
 hurt'st 
 
 dart'st 
 
 blankets 
 
 trinkets 
 
 length 
 
 strength 
 
 rapp'st 
 
 harpedyt 
 
 crumple 
 
 nipp'st 
 
 carpedst 
 
 rumple 
 
 dipp'st 
 swivels 
 mumble 
 
 ripp'st 
 drivels 
 stumble 
 
 wharf d 
 
 scarf d 
 
 scraped 
 
 draped 
 
 whirlest 
 rank'st 
 
 curlest 
 sink'st 
 
 prancest 
 thoughtest 
 
 princes 
 boughtest 
 
 gackedst 
 
 thwachedst 
 
 wriukiedst 
 
 twinkledst 
 
 truckledst - 
 
 wrongedst 
 
 strength'nest 
 
 length'neet 
 
 LESSON CXIX. 
 
 THE BEST GUIDE. 
 
 How precious is the book Divine, 
 
 By inspiration given ! 
 Bright as a lamp its doctrines shine, 
 
 To guide our souls to heaven. 
 
 It sweetly cheers our drooping hearts, 
 
 In this dark vale of tears ; 
 Life, light and joy it still imparts, 
 
 And quells our rising fears. 
 
 This lamp, through all the tedious night 
 
 Of life, shall guide our way, 
 Till we behold the clearer light 
 
 Of an eternal day. 
 
 THE TEN" COMMANDMENTS. 
 
 The Ix)rd our Maker has given to us His holy law m 
 the guide of our conduct. Some of His commands are 
 intended to restrain men's passions, aod keep them from 
 evil. Others are given to direct in the performance of duty. 
 
 Taken all together, they tell us what we ought to do, 
 and what we must not do. How thankful should we bo 
 for such a law ! AVithout it, how could we know what is 
 right .and what is wrong? 
 
158 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 That law was delivered from the flaming summit of 
 Mount Sinai, amidst the most wonderful displays of the 
 power, majesty and glory of God. Children and all other 
 persons should, then, have the most profound reverence 
 for that holy law, and keep it constantly before their minds 
 as the rule of life. 
 
 It is found in the ]3ib1e, at the twentieth chapter of 
 Exodus. You can there read each commandment just as it 
 was at first given. But I will here give the substance of 
 them in a much shorter form, and happy will it be for you 
 if you obey them : 
 
 1. Thou shalt have no more Gods but me. 
 
 2. Before no idol bow thy knee. 
 
 3. Take not the name of God in vain. 
 
 4. Nor dare the Sabbath day profane. 
 
 5. Give both thy parents honor due. 
 G. Take heed that thou no murder do. 
 
 7. Abstain from words and deeds unclean. 
 
 8. Nor steal, though thou art poor and 'mean. 
 
 9. Nor make a wilful lie, nor love it. 
 10. What is thy neighbor's do not covet. 
 
 ■ Questions. — By whom was the Divine law given? 
 Where? To whom ? How many commandments? What 
 is the first ? The second ? The third, &c ? In what part 
 of the Bible are they found ? 
 
 LESSON CXX. 
 
 BRIGHT SIDES. 
 
 1. Whate'er the grief that dims our eye, 
 
 Whatever the cause of sorrow, 
 We turn us to the weeping sky, 
 
 And say, *' We'll smile to-morrow." 
 
 2. And when from those we love, we part, 
 
 From hope, comfort borrow, 
 And whisper to our aching; heart, 
 '^ We'll meet again to-morrow.'' 
 
 THE IBEX. 
 
 1. This is quite a pretty animal of the goat kind. My 
 young readers would all like to see it. It is nimble like 
 
SPELLING BOOK, 159 
 
 the deer, but climbs like the goat. It frequents the highest 
 mountains, and is found chiefly in the Alps, the Caucasian 
 Mountains, and in the mountains of Abjsinia, in Africa. 
 
 2. The ibex is very shy. It retires from the haunts of 
 mankind, and, like the chamois, it not only takes up its 
 abode among the lofty and dreary fastnesses of the rocks, 
 but it delights in the regions of perpetual snow ; and, like 
 the reindeer, feeds principally upon the mosses and the 
 leaves of the dwarf shrubbery found in such regions. 
 
 3. The horns of the ibex are of enormous size. They 
 project backward from the upper part of the crown of the 
 nead in nearly a straight direction, and then, toward the 
 ends, curve over toward the back of the animal, extending 
 sometimes more than tliree feet in length. 
 
 4. The color of the ibex changes with the seasons, from 
 a reddish brown in summer to a brown gray in winter. 
 This animal is hunted both for its flesh and its skin. But 
 such is its shyness, its activity, and the extreme acutcness 
 of its senses, both of hearing and of smell, that it is sel- 
 dom taken b}^ the most skillful hunters. 
 
 5. When tamed, they become very familiar with their 
 owners, but nothing can tempt them to come in sight of a 
 stranger. The ibex is equally agile and strong, and when 
 driven to desperation, it turns upon its pursuers, and by a 
 plunge with its powerful horns hurls them over the most 
 dangerous precipices. 
 
 6. Huntsrs when thus pursued have endeavored to make 
 their horned enemy the victim by throwing themselves flat 
 upon the edge of a precipice, and causing the ibex tp 
 pitch headlong to immense depths below. But to their 
 great surprise they have found that in going over it hurled 
 itself upon its enormous horns in such a way as to escape 
 unhurt. 
 
 Questions. — What is said of the ibex 'f Where found ? 
 Its haunts y Its horns? Its color? Hunted for what? 
 Easily taken ? Tamed ? Fights ? Leap a precipice 
 unhurt ? How ? 
 
160 
 
 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 LESSON CXXI. 
 
 NUiffiERS. 
 
 Romansj hound in mental fetters, 
 Instead of Jigures used their letters ; 
 For one an I, for f.ve a V, 
 But X for ten you always see. 
 
 The L a note of fffi/ paid, 
 
 And C a hundred always made ; 
 
 D, richer, for five hundred stood, 
 
 But M made his plump tlioushnd good. 
 
 I, left of V. its value takes ; 
 I, right, a greater value makes ; 
 Just so, if found with X it be, 
 So, too, the X with L or C. 
 
 .ETXERS. 
 
 . FIGURES. 
 
 VALUES. 
 
 I 
 
 1 
 
 one 
 
 11 
 
 2 
 
 two 
 
 III 
 
 3 
 
 three 
 
 IV 
 
 4 
 
 four 
 
 V 
 
 5 
 
 five 
 
 VI 
 
 6 
 
 six 
 
 VII 
 
 7 
 
 seven 
 
 VIII 
 
 8 
 
 eight 
 
 IX 
 
 9 
 
 nine 
 
 X 
 
 10 
 
 ten 
 
 XI 
 
 11 
 
 elevren 
 
 XII 
 
 12 
 
 twelve 
 
 XIII 
 
 13 
 
 thirteen 
 
 XIV 
 
 14 
 
 fourteen 
 
 XV 
 
 15 
 
 fifteen 
 
 XVI 
 
 16 
 
 sixteen 
 
 XVII 
 
 17 
 
 seventeen 
 
 XVIII 
 
 18 
 
 eighteen 
 
 XTX 
 
 19 
 
 nineteen 
 
 XX 
 
 20 
 
 twenty 
 
 XXX 
 
 30 
 
 ^ thirty 
 
 XL 
 
 40 
 
 forty 
 
 L 
 
 50 
 
 fifty 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 
 
 161 
 
 LX 
 
 60 
 
 
 
 sixty 
 
 LXX 
 
 70 
 
 
 
 seventy 
 
 LXXX 
 
 80 
 
 
 
 eighty 
 
 XC 
 
 90 
 
 
 
 ninety 
 
 c 
 
 100 
 
 
 
 one hundred 
 
 cc 
 
 200 
 
 
 
 two hundred 
 
 ccc 
 
 300 
 
 
 
 three hundred 
 
 CCGC 
 
 400 
 
 
 • 
 
 four hundred 
 
 1) 
 
 500 
 
 
 
 five hundred 
 
 DO 
 
 600 
 
 
 
 six hundred 
 
 DCC 
 
 700 
 
 
 
 seven hundred 
 
 BOCC 
 
 800 
 
 
 
 eight hwndred 
 
 DCCCC 
 
 900 
 
 
 
 nine hundred 
 
 M 
 
 1000 
 
 
 
 one thousand 
 
 
 MDCCCLXIV. 
 
 
 
 LESSON 
 
 CXXII. 
 
 
 
 ONE 
 
 FAMILY. 
 
 
 Come, let us join our friends above, 
 Who have obtained the prize, 
 
 And on the eagle wings of lovo, 
 To joy celestial rise. 
 
 Let saints below, in concert sing, 
 
 With those to glory gone ; 
 For all the servants of our King, 
 
 In heaven and earth are one. 
 
 One family, we dwell in Him ! 
 
 One chur3h, above, beneath; 
 Tho' now divided by the stream — 
 
 The narrow stream of death. 
 
 One army of the living God, 
 
 To His command we bow ; 
 Part of the host have cross'd the flood, 
 
 And part are crossing now. 
 
 E'en now to their eternal home 
 
 Some happy spirits fly ; 
 And we are to the margin come, 
 
 And soon expect to die. 
 
162 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 0, Savior ! be our constant guide, 
 
 Then when the wx)rd is given, 
 Bid Jordan's narrow stream divide, 
 And land us safe in heaven. 
 
 C. Wesley. 
 GRACEFULNESS. 
 
 Be graceful in your manners. The same thing said or 
 done delights or disgusts hearers and observers, just in 
 proportion as it is accompanied or deserted by good 
 manners. 
 
 From your own observation, reflect what a disagreeable 
 impression an awkward address, a slovenly figure, an 
 ungraceful manner of speaking, whether, stammering, 
 muttering or drawling, make upon you at first sight in 
 .strangers, and how lasting is the prejudice thus created 
 ;igainst them, 
 
 PROVERBS. 
 
 Provide for the worst ; the best will save itself. 
 
 Procrastination is the thief of time. 
 
 Praise the sea, but keep on land. 
 
 Politics make strange bed fellows. 
 
 Passion, like fever, leaves us weaker. 
 
 People who live in gl^iss houses dread stones. 
 
 Possession is nine points of the law. 
 
 Promise little, but perform much. 
 
 Pull hair by hair, the scalp grows bare. 
 
 Quick resentment brings long repentance. 
 
 Kaise no more spirits than you can conjure down, 
 
 Respect your promises and others will respect you. 
 
 Stop the leaks before the rain begins. 
 
 Seek the devil and you are sure to find him. 
 
 Time and Tide Wait for no man. 
 
 Wishing seldom cures want. 
 
 LESSON CXXIII. 
 PRAISE FOR CREATION AND PROVIDENCE 
 
 I sing the Almighty power of God, 
 
 That made the mountains rise, 
 That spread the flowing seas abroad. 
 
 And built the lofty skies. 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 168 
 
 • 
 
 I sing the wisdom that ordained 
 
 The sua to rule the day ; 
 The moon shines full at His command, 
 
 And all the stars obey. 
 
 I sing the goodness of the Lord, 
 
 That filled the earth with food ; 
 He formed the creatures with His word, 
 
 And then pronounced them good. 
 
 Lord, how Thy wonders are displayed, 
 
 "VVher'er I turn my eye ! 
 If I survey the ground 1 tread, 
 
 Or gaze upon the sky ! 
 
 THE FIXED STARS. 
 
 At first sight the stars all appear alike, and you would 
 suppose they were all of the same kind. It is not so. 
 The fixed stars differ from the planets ; first, in shining 
 by their own light ; secondly, by their having a flickering^ 
 or flame-like appearance, while the planets shine with <4' 
 steady light; and thirdly, in their retaining, at aiftimcSj 
 the same position in regard to each other. 
 
 They all seem to move from East to West, but they all 
 go together. It is not so with the pjanets. They arc 
 constantly changing their position, both as regards each 
 other and the fixed stars. 
 
 In consequence of the earth's turning on its axis, from 
 West to East, we are carried forward under the heavenly 
 bodies. That makes them appear to move toward the 
 West; but fixed stars retain the same position toward 
 each other as the letters on a show-bill or the spots on a 
 bed-f(uilt do when drawn upon the caipet. 
 
 The fixed stars are very numerous, and they are very 
 distant from us. They may be immensely large bodies; 
 but their great distance makes them appear very small. 
 They shine by their own light. They are, therefore, suns. 
 And wc infer that each one is a centre of a system of 
 worlds like ours — they revolving round, and receiving 
 from it light and heat as we do from the central orb of our 
 solar system. If so, how immense must be the extent of 
 the Creator's works ! 
 
164 THE CONFEDERATE # 
 
 The fixed stars are divided into classes. A few ^ the 
 largest form the first class. The next in size form the 
 second class, and so down to the seventh — -the smallest 
 that can be seen without a telescope. 
 
 Groups of stars are called constellations. A noted 
 example of this kind is what we call the'" seven stars.^' 
 There are very many constellations. Names have been 
 given to them, and they are well known to astronomers and 
 navigators. Truly, " the heavens declare the glory of 
 God, and the firmament showeth His handy work." 
 
 LESSON CXXIV. 
 
 SAYINGS. 
 
 i,^uarrels would never last long, if the fault were on one 
 side only. 
 
 Learning, with virtue, is better than houses and lands. 
 
 Difficulties are only the occasions for the development of 
 talents. 
 
 The laws of most nations punish crimes. Those of 
 China u J' m^'i — they reward virtue. 
 
 Refrain from bitter words. There is a difference of only 
 one letter between words and swords. 
 
 The credit that is gained by a lie lasts only till the truth 
 comes out. 
 
 It is better to correct one fault in ourselves than to find 
 a hundred in our neighbors. 
 
 Words of like ■proyiimciation^ hut different Orthography 
 and Meaning: 
 
 ark, a vessel led, did lead 
 
 arc, of a circle lead, a metal 
 
 bin, for corn plum, fruit 
 
 been, has been plumb, a weight 
 
 bell, to ring ring; 'a circle 
 
 belle, a young lady wring, to twist 
 
 but, a conjunction rude, rough 
 
 butt, a large vessel rood, of land ■ 
 
 bred, brought up rest, repose 
 
 bread, food wrest, to force 
 
HfHUilSS EOOK, 
 
 U& 
 
 It. > ■ ^owfcmwM v m , ^jw»s ' ' -CT g ^y-K. - jm v ^ j ^ ^ t 
 
 ne\\, to dispose of 
 cell, a hut or cave 
 gilt, with gold 
 guilt, sin 
 herd, a drove 
 heard, did hear 
 him, that man 
 hymn, a sacred song 
 hart, a deer 
 heart, seat of life 
 in, within 
 inn, a tavern 
 kill, to slay 
 kiln, for brick 
 all, every one 
 awl, an instrument 
 aught, anything 
 ought, bound to do 
 hall, a large room 
 haul, to drag 
 
 rang, did ring 
 wrung, twisted 
 ruff, a ruffle 
 rough, uneven 
 sent, did send 
 cent, a coin 
 sum, the whole 
 some, a part 
 sun, source of light 
 son, a male child 
 too, likewise 
 two, twice one 
 ball, a round body 
 bawl, to cry aloud 
 call, to name 
 caul, part of the body 
 cord, a small rope 
 chord, in music 
 naught, bad 
 nought, nothing 
 
 SPICES. 
 
 Swift somewhere makes it a query whether churches are 
 not dormitories for the living as well as the dead. 
 
 Hannah Moore says the world contains but two evils — 
 sin and bile. 
 
 The Turks, notwithstanding the " conscientious moods'^ 
 of their verbs, are said to be full of deception, and much 
 given to lying. Beware of too much use of ^' indefinite 
 tenses." 
 
 LESSON CXXV. 
 THE SABBATH DAY. 
 
 Oil, welcome to the weary earth, 
 
 The Sabbath resting comes, 
 Gathering the sons of toil and care 
 
 Back to their peaceful homes ; 
 
166 
 
 THS COKFlBliBATl 
 
 And like a portal to the skies, 
 
 Opens the house of God, 
 Where all who seek may conie and learn 
 
 The way the Savior trod. 
 
 But holier to the wanderer seems 
 
 The Sabbath on the deep, 
 When on and on, in ceaseless course, 
 
 The toiling bark must keep. 
 
 And not a trace of man appears 
 
 Amid the wilderness 
 Of waters — then it comes like dove 
 
 Direct from heaven to bless. 
 
 Words of like jyronunciation^ hut different Orthography 
 and Meaning. 
 
 cask, a barrel 
 casque, armor 
 dam, mother of beasts 
 damn, to condemn- 
 dram, of liquor 
 drachm, a weight 
 jam, to conserve 
 jamb, of a door 
 berry, a fruit 
 bur}^, to inter 
 lessen, to make less 
 lesson, instruction 
 succor, help 
 sucker, a twig 
 pensile, hanging 
 pencil, a brash 
 rigor, severity 
 rigger, a mechanic 
 alter, to change 
 altar, for offering 
 augur, a soothsayer 
 auger, an instrument 
 manner, form 
 
 rap, a blow 
 wrap, to fold 
 tax, a rate 
 tacks, small nails 
 bow, to bend* 
 bough, a branch 
 flour, fine meal 
 flow^er, a blossom 
 foul, filthy 
 fowl, a bird 
 seller, a salesman 
 cellar, roorn below^ 
 cousin, a relation 
 cozen, to cheat 
 signet, of a seal 
 cygnet, young swan 
 sealing, fixing a seal 
 ceiling, of a wall 
 vial, a bottle 
 viol, an instrument 
 cannon, a gun 
 canon, a rule 
 choler, rage 
 
SF£LLIKC^ BOOK. 167 
 
 manor, lordship collar, of a garment 
 
 pallet, a bed profit, gain 
 
 pallette, painter's board prophet, foreteller 
 
 mantle, garment assent, agreement 
 
 mantel, chimney-piece ascent, steepness 
 
 COMPLATSANCE. 
 
 If we wish the good will and esteem of our acquaint- 
 ances, our good breeding must be active, cheerful and 
 winning. 
 
 Answer in a pleasant and cheerful manner when spoken 
 io. Do not sit while others stand. Do everything with 
 an air of benevolent delight — not with a sour look and an 
 indifferent manner as if you did it unwillingly. 
 
 LESSON CXXVI. 
 
 OYERDOING. 
 
 A Chinese being asked how his countrymen would 
 express the phrase " Overdoing a business," replied: ^'By 
 a hunchback making a bow." 
 
 THE MUSKET. 
 
 A son of " Green Erin " being asked whether he had 
 ever known anything about a certain musket that was in 
 dispute, replied: Faith, yesj I've known it ever since it 
 was SLj^istoL 
 
 Words of like pronunciation^ hut different Orthography 
 and Meaning. 
 
 ere, before • blue, a color 
 heir, inheritor blew^ did blow 
 bare, naked bore, to make a hole 
 bear, to suffer boar, a beast 
 beet, a root bale, a package 
 beat, to strike bail, surety- 
 beer, a liquor bay, of the ocean 
 bier, for the dead Bey, Turkish officer 
 bow, to shoot with borne, carried 
 beau, a gay fellow bourn, boundary 
 
!8 
 
 tn% soKttsnmA'm 
 
 ■^■aap^c^f:^ 
 
 coarse, not floe 
 course, direction 
 cote, a sheepfold 
 coat, a garment 
 fare, food 
 fair, beautiful 
 fain gladly 
 feign, to pretend 
 grate, for coals 
 great, large 
 hare, an animal 
 Lair, of the head 
 hue, color 
 hew, to cut 
 hole, a cavity 
 whole, entire 
 meat, food 
 meet, to assemble 
 mete, measure 
 leaf, of a plant 
 lief, willingly 
 lone, single 
 loan, lent 
 mean, low 
 mien, manner 
 
 core, the heart 
 
 corps, a body of soldiers 
 
 deer, an animal 
 
 dear, costly 
 
 flee, to run away 
 
 flea, an insect 
 
 freeze, to congeal ^ 
 
 frieze, in architecture 
 
 frieze, coarse cloth 
 
 heel, of the foot 
 
 heal, to cure 
 
 here, in this place 
 
 hear, to hearken 
 
 high, lofty 
 
 hie, to hasten 
 
 I, myself 
 
 eye, organ of sight 
 
 key, an instrument 
 
 quay, a wharf 
 
 leek, a root 
 
 leak, to run out 
 
 lyre, a harp 
 
 liar, one who tells lies 
 
 moan, to lament 
 
 mown, cut down 
 
 LESSON CXXVII. 
 
 ANECDOTES. " 
 
 A little hoy having often heard of the Green Mountains, 
 and thinking it strange that they continued so long in that 
 condition, enquired of his father how long it would be till 
 those mountains were ripe, 
 
 A splendid organ was once placed in a newly arecied 
 church. A Quaker, who had heard its rich tones with 
 j^reat delight, said to the pastor of the<;hurch: " Friend 
 William, as it is thy wont to praise God by machinery, I 
 rejoice with thee that thou hast ;?o fine an instrument 
 wherewith to do so ! '^ 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 
 
 169 
 
 Words of like pronunciation^ hut different Orthography 
 aiid Meaning, 
 
 nave, of a wheel ore, metal 
 
 knave, a dishonest man oar, a paddle 
 
 new, not old 
 knew, did know 
 pare, to cut off 
 pair, a couple 
 pear, a fruit 
 place, situation 
 plaice, a fish 
 raze, to demolish 
 raise, to lift up 
 rain, falling drops 
 reign, to rule 
 rein, of a bridle 
 sale, selling 
 sail, of a ship 
 seen, beheld 
 scene, of a play- 
 see, to behold 
 sea, the ocean 
 slow, tardy- 
 sloe, a fruit 
 sole, of the foot 
 soul, the spirit 
 stile, steps 
 style, language 
 strait, narrow 
 straight, not crooked 
 slay, to kill 
 sley, of a loom 
 sleigh, a vehicle 
 vane, a weather guide 
 vain, worthless 
 vein, for the blood 
 week, seven days 
 weak, feeble 
 
 H 
 
 pane, of glass 
 pain, suffering 
 peace, quietude 
 piece, a part 
 peer, a nobleman 
 pier, a column 
 pray, to beseech 
 prey, plunder 
 plate, a dish 
 plait, a fold 
 rye, corn 
 wry, crooked 
 rite, ceremony 
 write, to form "letters 
 Wright, a workman 
 sow, to scatter 
 sew, with a needle 
 slight, to despise 
 sleight, dexterity- 
 sore, an ulcer ' 
 soar, to rise 
 steel, a metal 
 steal, to pilfer 
 tale, a story 
 tail, the end 
 toe, of the foot 
 tow, to drag 
 vale, a valley 
 veil, a covering 
 waste, to spend 
 waist, of the body 
 you, yourself 
 yew, a tree 
 
170 
 
 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 LESSON CXXYIII. 
 
 THE RAINBOW. 
 
 Triumplial areh, that fill'st the sky, 
 
 When storms prepare to part, 
 I ask not proud philosophy 
 
 To tell me what thou art. 
 
 Still seem as to my childhood's sight, 
 
 A midway station given, 
 For happy spirits to alight, 
 
 Betwixt the earth and heaven. 
 
 Words which nearly Teser)ible each other in Sound^ hut 
 differ both in their Orthography and their Meaning ; 
 
 ait, atmosphere 
 are, plural of is 
 accept, to receive 
 except, to take out 
 affect, to move 
 effect, to perform 
 accede, to agree 
 exceed, to surjDass 
 acre, a piece of land 
 achor, a scald head 
 access, approach 
 excess, what is over 
 allusion, reference 
 ilhisioD, deception 
 elusion, escape 
 ♦ acts, deeds 
 axe, a tool 
 assay, to test 
 essay j' attempt 
 affusion, pouring on 
 effusion, pouring out 
 allowed, permitted 
 aloud, with a noise 
 errand, a message 
 
 elicit, to draw out 
 illicit, unlawful 
 earn, to deserve 
 urn, vessel for remains 
 emerge, to come out 
 immerge, to plunge 
 fat, obese 
 vat, a tub 
 gesture, motion 
 jester, a joker 
 harsh, severe 
 hash, fine meat 
 idle, not busy 
 idol, a false god 
 impostor, a deceiver 
 imposture, deception 
 naughty, bad 
 knotty, full of knots 
 ingenuous, frank 
 ingenious, having skill 
 morse, the sea horse 
 moss, lichen 
 line, a cord 
 loin, part of the body 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 171 
 
 errant, wandering loom, for weaving 
 addition, act of adding loam, earth 
 edition, act of publishing medal, a coin 
 ballad, a song meddle, to interpose 
 ballot, a vote pint, half a quart 
 creak, to make a noise point, sharp end 
 creek, a stream radish, a root 
 clothes, garments reddish, slightly red 
 close, the end since, after, in time 
 consort, husband or wife sense, faculty or feeling 
 concert, harmony tenor, course continued 
 descent, falling tenure, holding- 
 dissent, to disagree talents, endowments 
 decease, death talons, claws 
 disease, sickness valley, space between hills 
 dost, thou dost value, worth of a thing 
 dust, fine powder 
 
 LESSON CXXIX. 
 
 ANECDOTES. 
 
 A gentleman, whose name was " Rice,*' married a lady 
 by the name of " Bacon/' An editor having announced 
 their marriage, thus gave vent to his rljyme : 
 
 "What strange, fantastic, airy whims. 
 
 By different folks are taken ; 
 She sups upon a dish of "Rice," 
 
 While he prefers the " Bacon." 
 
 They tell of a man down East, who is so much opposed 
 to capital punishment that he refuses to hang his gate. 
 
 A Western farmer, it is said, declines raising poultry, 
 ipst he should get " hen-pecked." 
 
 TABLES OF SUFFIXES. 
 
 Primitive words are those which cannot be reduced to 
 any simpler form in our language : Teach, icrite, learn. 
 
 Suffixes are letters or syllables appended .to certain 
 words to vary their force, form and signification. 
 
172 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 FuL, at the end of a word, means full of, or abounding 
 in: Mirtb, mirthful; health, healthful; hurt, hurtful; 
 hate, hateful ; guile, guileful ; right^ rightful ; care, careful. 
 
 Less, the opposite of /w?, denotes destitution ov want : 
 Art, artless; guilt, guiltless; sense, senseless; track,' 
 trackless. 
 
 IsH denotes likeness^ or somewhat like : Brute, brutish ; 
 white, whitish ; clown, clownish; boor, boorish. 
 
 En, as a suffix, implies made of or to make : Hard, 
 harden ; soft, soften ; Wack, blacken ; oak, oaken ; beech, 
 beechen ; gold, golden ; flax, flaxen. 
 
 REJOICE IN THE LORD. 
 
 Although the fig tree sh^ll not blossom, neither shall 
 there be fruit in the vines, the labor of the olive shall fail, 
 and the fields shall yield no meat ; the flock shall be cut 
 ofi' from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls, 
 yet will I rejoice in the Lord ; I will joy in the God of 
 my salvation. Bible. 
 
 LESSON CXXX. 
 
 MAY, FLORA AND SPRING. 
 
 Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire 
 Mirth, youth and warm desire ; 
 Woods and groves are of thy dressing. 
 Hill and dale do boast thy blessing. 
 
 How Flora decks the fields, 
 With all her tapestry ! and the choristers 
 Of every grove chaunt carols ! mirth is come 
 To visit mortals. Everything is blythe, 
 Jocund and jovial. 
 
 Come, gentle spring, ethereal mildness, come, 
 
 And from the bosom of yon dropping cloud, * 
 
 While music wakes around, veird in a shower 
 
 Of shadowing roses, on our plains descend. 
 
 Tables of Suffixes, 
 
 Er, ok, 1ST, STER, EE and ESS mean the person who, 
 or the thing which. Ess is used to denote females only : 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 173 
 
 Vend, vender; visit, visiter; team, teamster; priest, 
 priestess ; lion, Honest j art, artist; grant, grantor, grantee ; 
 debt, debtor. 
 
 Ly denotes like, or in a manner: Man, manly; wise, 
 wisely; king, kingly; deaf, deafly ; mean, rneanly ; scholar, 
 scliolarly; grave, gravely. 
 
 Ed denotes what is done to a person or thing : Wound, 
 wounded; sound, sounded; fold, folded; call, called; 
 delight, delighted ; end, ended. 
 
 Ness denotes the abstract quality of, or the state of: 
 Good^ goodness; bad, badness; white, whiteness; rude, 
 rudeness ; blue, blueness ; swift, swiftness. 
 
 Ble, able and ible denote capacity uf, or fitness, or 
 worthiness of : Value, valuable ; blame, blameable; com- 
 mend, commendable ;. dcf^ire, desirable ; warrant, warrant- 
 able; resist, resistible'; contempt, contemptible. 
 
 Ic, AL and ICAL denote j^^rtaining to, relating to, or like: 
 Angel, angelical ; method, methodical ; prophet, pro- 
 pketic, prophetical ; poet, poetic, poetical ; synod, synodic, 
 synodical. 
 
 LESSON CXXXI. 
 
 FILIAL DEVOTION. 
 
 Some feelings are to mortals given, 
 
 With less of earth in them than heaven ; 
 
 And if there be a human tear. 
 
 From passion's dross refined and clear, 
 
 A tear so limpid and so meek. 
 
 It would not stain an angel's cheek, 
 
 'Tis that which pious fathers shed 
 
 Upon a duteous daughter's head. 
 
 Tahles of Suffijxes. 
 
 Ion and ment express the state o/, the act of, or result 
 of: Relate, relation ; create, creation ; conclude, conclu- 
 sion; state, statement; reduce, reduction; amend, amend- 
 ment; subject, subjection; atone, atonement. 
 
 IZE signifies to make^ to cause, or to assimilate : Brute, 
 brutalize; legal, legalize; Pagan, Paganize; christian, 
 christianize ; idol, idolize ; signal, signalize ; canon, 
 canonize. 
 
174 THE CONFEDEKATE 
 
 Fy signifies to make or become: Amplify, to make 
 ample ; fructify, to make fruitful ; classify, to form into 
 classes ; verify, to make known the truth. 
 
 Note. — Ing and ation are often added to words ending 
 in FY ; the former denoting continuance^ and the latter the 
 act of, 01' sitate of: Amplify, amplifying, amplification; 
 multiply, multiplying, multiplication ; rectify, rectifying, 
 rectification ; solidify, solidifying, solidification. 
 
 LESSON CXXXI. 
 
 FILIAL DEVOTION. 
 
 Some feelings are to mortals given, 
 With less of earth in them than heaven; 
 An4 if there he a human tear, 
 From passions dross refined and clear, 
 A tear so limpid and so me^k. 
 It would not stain an angel's cheek, 
 'Tis that which pious fathers shed 
 Upon a duteous daughter's head. 
 
 Tables of Suffixes. 
 
 Ion and ment express the state of the act of or result 
 of: Kelate, relation ; create, creation ; conclude, con- 
 clusion; state, statement; reduce, reduction; amend, 
 amendment; subject, subjection; atone, atonement. 
 
 IzE signifies to make, to cause, or to assimilate : Brute, 
 brutalize ; legal, legalize ; Pagan, Paganize ; Christian, 
 Christianize ; idol, idolize ; signal, signalize ; canon, can- 
 onize. 
 
 Fy signifiesl^^o make, or become:. Amplify, to make 
 ample; fructify, to make fruitful; classify, to form into 
 classes ; verify, to make known the truth. 
 
 Note. — Inq and ation are often added to words ending 
 in F¥ — the former denoting continuance., and the latter the 
 act of or state of : Amplify, amplifying, amplification ; 
 multiply, multiplying, multiplification ; rectify, rectifying, 
 rectification; solidify, solidifying, solidification. 
 
 Ance, ence, ancy, enoy denote the act x)f state of or the 
 thing ivhich, or person who: Annoy, annoyance; abhor, 
 abhorrence; disturb, disturbance; emerge, emergency; 
 connive, connivance; expect, expectancy. 
 
Si^ELLINa BOOK. 175 
 
 Note. — Ant and ent commonly denote the person whoj 
 or the tJiinff which : Defendant, one who defends ; depend- 
 ent, one who depends upon something else ; absorbent, that 
 which absorbs ; corroborant, that which corroborates. 
 
 TiVE and sivE imply tendency to, ov nature of: Res- 
 torative, tending to restore; abusive, having the nature of 
 abuse ; creative, power or tendency to create ; expansive, 
 tending to expand. 
 
 Cry, TORY and sory denote nature ofjylace of , power 
 of: Prohibitory, power of prohibiting- laudatory, tend- 
 ing to, or having the nature of laudation or praise ; deposi- 
 tory, place of depositing ; dispensatory, place of dispensing ; 
 observatory, place of watch or observation. 
 
 The best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet and Dr. 
 Merry man. 
 
 LESSON CXXXII. 
 GOD'S KINGDOM. 
 
 1. The Lord Jehovah reigns, 
 And royal state maintains. 
 
 His head with awful glories cro^ LW; 
 Arrayed in robes of light, 
 Begirt with sovereign might, 
 And rays of majesty around. 
 
 2. Uphold by Thy commands, 
 The world securely stands. 
 
 And skies and stars obey Thy word; 
 Thy throne was fixed on high 
 Ere stars adorned the sky ; 
 Eternal is Thy kingdom, Lord ! 
 
 SOLITUDE. 
 
 sacred solitude ! Divine retreat ! 
 Choice of the prudent! envy of the great! 
 By the pure stream, or in the waving shade, 
 We court fair wisdom, that celestial maid : 
 The genuine offspring of her loved embrace — 
 Strangers on earth — are innocence and peace. 
 
176 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 Tables of Suffixes. 
 
 Cy and ity denote state or condition, quality or capa- 
 city : Solid, solidity ; calid, calidity ; able, ability ; ductile, 
 ductility ; sterile; sterility ; accurate, accuracy ; conipetent, 
 competency; urgent, urgency. 
 
 Ous denotes like, partaking of, or full of: Peril, peril- 
 ous; danger, dangerous; fury, furious; ruin, ruinous; 
 venom, venomous ; valor, valorous ; pomp, pompqus, 
 
 BiLiTY and bleness denote the property or quality of, 
 capacity, susceptibility or fitness : Compress, compressi- 
 bility ; cliange, changeableness ; conform, conformability ; 
 diffuse, diifusableness ; desire, desirableness. 
 
 Hood, ship and age denote office, state, rank or condi- 
 tion: Man, manhood; boy, boyhood ; friend, friendship ; 
 scholar, scholarship; lord, lordship; pupil,'pupilage; vas- 
 sal, vassalage ; waste, wastage ; cord, cordage. 
 
 READING. 
 Boys ! read something useful every day — something to 
 reflect upon and talk about while you are at work, or as 
 you pass along the road. Be observant. Notice every- 
 thing. C^MtYyCrse with the wise and the good. Store your 
 minds early in youth with wredom. Crowd in a little 
 every day. Neglect not th«* Bible. It is the only true 
 chart of life. The ways of that wisdom which it teaches 
 are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. 
 
 LESSON CXXXIII. 
 
 SLANDER. 
 A whisper woke the air — ' 
 A soft, light tone and low, 
 Yet barbed with shame and woe — 
 Now might it only perish there, 
 Nor farther go I 
 
 Ah, me ! a quick and eager ear 
 Caught up the little meaning sound ! 
 Another voice has breathed it clear, 
 An.d so it wanders round 
 From ear to lip — from lip to ear — 
 Until it reached a gentle heart. 
 And that — it hroke ! 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 177 
 
 Tables of Prefixes. 
 
 Prefixes are letters, syllables or words placed hefore 
 other words to vary their form, and change or modify their 
 signification: -Place, m^sp]ace; true, .,;^true; believe, 
 ai*beiieve; form, conform. ' 
 
 Un is negative, and denotes not, or the opposite of, that 
 which was before affirmed: Like, unlike; able, unable: 
 wilhng, unwilling; pleasant, unpleasant. 
 
 Mis means ivrong, erroneous or ill : Use, misuse ; spend, 
 misspend; rule, misrule; lay, mislay; take, mistake 
 name, misuame. ' 
 
 Pre denotes before: Suppose, presuppose; engao-e 
 pre-engage; conceive, preconceive; meditate, premeditare- 
 examine, pre-examine; dispose, predisposed. ' 
 
 Re implies again, back or repetition : AVrite, rewrite • 
 compose, recompose; unite; reunite; construct, recon- 
 struct ; place, replace ; iraburse, reimburse. 
 
 E, EX, EF and EC are the same. They mean out, out of 
 from : Educe [from duco I lead and c out] means to lead 
 or draw out; elope, to run away; expel, to drive away; 
 effuse, to pour out; extirpate, to rcot out ; eclectic, chosen 
 out ; extract, to draw out. 
 
 Im, in, il and m have the same meaning—that of 
 destitution or want: Proper, improper; pure, impure- 
 secure, insecure; complete, incomplete; legal, illerral- 
 logical, illogical; regular, irregular ; resistible, irresisti'ble' 
 
 1)1, Dis and DIE have the same meaning— o8.s?<7?,:/er sepa 
 ration, dwision: Join, disjoin; agree, disagree;' robe, 
 disrobe; fuse, diffuse; divide, [video I see, and di ^Hun. 
 der] separate into parts; differ [/ero, I bear or carry, and 
 di or dis asunder] to be wide apart, or very unlike • use 
 disuse; like, dislike; form, difform. ' ' 
 
 A narrow-minded person has not a single thought beyond 
 he little sphere of his own vision. The snail, says the 
 Hindoo, sees nothing but his own shell, and thinks it the 
 grandest palace in the universe. 
 
 H 
 
 * 
 
178 THE COSTFEDERATE 
 
 LESSON GXXXIV. 
 
 HONEY AND FLIES. 
 
 A TABLE. 
 
 Honey was poured out in a wide dish. Flies were 
 enticed by it. But having lit Kpon it, they sank down into 
 it, became entangled, and could no more escape. 
 
 "■ How cruel," said one of them, " is this flattering 
 sweet I It first enticesy then kills." So with all sinful 
 pleasures. 
 
 Tables of Prefixes. 
 
 Col, com, con, co, cor, arc only different forms of 
 con, together ; and they mean ^cith, together, Jointure, 
 tmion : Heir, coheir; press, compress ; mingle, commin- 
 gle ; locate, collocate; migrate, commigrate ;^ relative, cor- 
 relative; partner, co-partner. 
 
 ' Ad means to, and from it are formed AC, af, al, an, ap, 
 AS, at, all of which mean to : Adjoin, admit, affix, ally, 
 annex, affy, anoint, appoint, assent, assort, attune, attach, 
 accept, accrue, accord. 
 
 In takes the form of IIM, IL, IR, the general meaning of 
 whieh is in or upon: Press, impress; come, income; 
 impose, imprint, insult, induce, iufuse, inflame, inhale, 
 iilude, illume, irrode. 
 
 N'ote. — In sometimes implies negation: Irregular, not 
 regular ; irresistible, not to be resisted. 
 
 Bi means two or double : Biform, bicornous, bisect, 
 biangular, bicorporal, bimanous, biennial, biped, bivalve. 
 
 Inter means between : Intermix, interleave, interlink, 
 intervene, interweave, intermarry, interline, intermeddle, 
 intercept, interchange, interjacent. 
 
 Trans and ultra mean over or beyond : Transalpine, 
 transmarine, transatlantic, translucent, transgress, trans- 
 pose, transmit, transcend, transform, translate, ultra mun- 
 dane, ultra mural, ultra marine. 
 
 Unsafe. — A sea-captaia declared in relation to a fa«t 
 sailing belle of the upper ten grade, who was glittering 
 with gorgeous silks and costly jewelry, '^ It is an unsafe 
 vessel where the rigging is worth more than the hull.'' 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 170 
 
 LESSON CXXXV. 
 
 SLEEP. 
 
 Oh ! liglitly, lightly tread ! 
 
 A holy thing is sleep, 
 On the worn spirit shed. 
 
 And eyes that wake to weep ! 
 
 ^ 
 
 Tired nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep ! 
 
 He, like the world, his ready visit pays 
 
 Where fortune smiles; the wretched he forsakes; s 
 
 Swif c on his downy pinion flies from woe, 
 
 And lights on lids unsullied with a tear. 
 
 Tables of Prefixes. 
 
 Pro means he/ore, forth or forward : Procure, proceed 
 produce, provide, provoke, progression, propelling, pro- 
 genitor. 
 
 Per means through, hj/, thoroughh/j or ly means of: 
 Perchance, per day, pervade, perform, perfect, permit, per- 
 suade, perjure, perforate, persecute. 
 
 Mono means one : Monocular, monogram, monosyllable 
 monochromatic, monomania, monologue. 
 
 PoiA' means mani/ : Polysyllable, polyglot, polytheism, 
 polyanthus, polypede, polymorphous. 
 
 Omni, pan and panto mean all: Omniscient, omni- 
 present, omnipotent, omnivorous, omniferous, panoply, 
 pantomime. 
 
 Uni means mie : Uniform, univalve, univocal, universe, 
 unison, unanimous. 
 
 MuLTi means many : Multiform, multiangular, multi- 
 nominal, multifarious, multilateral. 
 
 Equi means equal : Equidistant, equiangular, equinox, 
 equiponderate, equivocal, equiform, eq*uivalent. 
 
 Anti means against: Antichrist, antifebrile, antipodes, 
 anticontagious, antimonarchical. 
 
 Em and en mean in or into. They also intensify: 
 Embitter, enhance, enrich, entrap, enmesh, enwrap, entan» 
 gle, ensure, enchain, embolden, empower, ensnare. 
 
 Demi, hemi and semi mean half: Demigod, den\^ 
 
180 TSS OOKFBBEBATE 
 
 man, demidevil, hemisphere, semitone, semilunar, semi- 
 circle, semiannual. 
 
 Tri means three : Triangle, triform, tripod, triennial. 
 
 Not a Dust Hole. — A gentleman opened his snuff- 
 box, and, holding it out to his friend, politely invited him 
 to take a pinch of snuff. To this the other replied : '^ No, 
 I thank you, sir ; my Maker never made my nose for a 
 dnst hoUj or he would not have turned it wrong end up. 
 
 LESSON OXXXVI. 
 
 THE SOLDIER. 
 
 How beautiful in death 
 
 The warrior's corse appears, 
 Embalm'd by fond affection's breath, 
 
 And bathed in woman's tears. 
 
 Give me the death of those 
 
 Who for their country die ; 
 And oh ! be mine like their repose, 
 
 When cold and low they lie I 
 
 Their loveliest mother earth 
 
 Enshrines the fallen brave, 
 In her sweet lap who gave them birth, 
 
 They find their tranquil grave. 
 
 Tables of Prefixes. 
 
 Super, supra and sur mean over, hei/ond^ upon : 
 Superhuman, superabound, supervene, supervise, .super- 
 scribe, surpass, surmount^ surcharge, survive, supravulgar, 
 superangelic, superfine, surcingle, surtout, superadd. 
 
 Sub and subter mean binder : These change into sue, 
 swp and suf, but retain the meaning of mh : Submit, 
 submarine, subastral, sublunary^ subterrene, subside, suc- 
 cumb, succor, support, suppose, subjugate, subterfluent. 
 
 Ob means hefore or opposite. It changes also into oc. 
 ofy op and OS ; Object, oppose, occur, offer, oblige, oppugn, 
 obligate, ostend, ostensible. 
 
 Betro means hack : Ketrospect, retrograde. 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 181 
 
 Bene means well: Benevolent, beneficent, benefit, bene- 
 factor. 
 
 Mal and male mean had : Maltreat, malpractice, mal- 
 content, maladminister, malformation. 
 
 De means doivn, off, from: Depress, derive, depose, 
 denude, derange, decamp, dethrone. 
 
 CiRCUM means round : Circumvolve, circumfluent, 
 circumscribe, circumpolar, circumspection, circumambient, 
 circumference. 
 
 Ante means before : Antedate, antecede, antemeridian, 
 antemundane, antecedent. 
 
 Post means after : Postpone, postscript, postmeridian, 
 posterior, postdiluvian, postmortem. 
 
 Philip, king of Macedon, when wrestling at the Olympic 
 games, fell down in the sand. Having arisen, he beheld 
 the print of his body in the place where he had fallen, and 
 •exclaimed : " 0, how small a portion of earth will hold vs 
 when we are dead, who are ambitiously striving after the 
 whole world while we are living ! " 
 
 LESSON CXXXVII. 
 
 DEFECTIVE EDUCATION. 
 "past wrecks give fearful warnings." 
 
 The defects of early education are a species of '' fretting 
 leprosy,'^ which cleaves to its subjects to the day of their 
 death. Even when those defects are not of the most 
 glaring character, still they are like the blighting East 
 wind let in upon all the fair pastures of life. 
 
 To persons in prominent public stations-, they occasion 
 *' deaths oft'^; and, at the same time, inflict the deepest 
 mortification upon all their admirers and friends. Take 
 the following examples as specimens : 
 
 A pursy old gentleman, who had spelled '' dimes and 
 dollars " more frequently than any other words in the 
 English language, proposed to a brilliant assemblage at a 
 Governor's levee, that they should drink a toast to " The 
 three R R ^." On being asked for an explanation, he 
 replied he meant, '^ ReadiUy Eitm, and Ekhmetic." 
 
 A man of mark for means and influence in his own 
 neighborhood, informed his factors that "weynd^' and 
 
132 'fHB OONFEDERATl 
 
 ^' weothur " permitting, he would visit them the next week. 
 A waggish member of the firm, on receipt of his letter, 
 remarked : " Our old friend must recently have acquired 
 some prodigious electrical influences, for he has raised one 
 of the most awful spells of weather I have ever wit- 
 nessed/' 
 
 A lady who had exchanged a swamp plantation for a 
 palace in a city, informed her friends that since she " had 
 came " to reside in the city, she had taken quite a '^ lika- 
 tion " to literature. 
 
 A good old lady, who kept a public house in a certain 
 villao^e, having learned that an eclipse of the sun would be 
 " visible " at that place, the next day, went earnestly to 
 work, preparing for the reception of a great crowd. In- 
 quiry for the cause of all that, was made by her neigh- 
 bors. Her reply was, that the Eclijyse was coming to town 
 to-morrow — everybody would be there to see it, and she 
 must prepare to accommodate as many as she could ! 
 
 A miss in her advanced " teens/' who boasted of spend- 
 ing most of her time in "readin and writin,'' was asked 
 which she mostly wrote, poetry or prose : '^ O, na-ra one," 
 said she, " I write small hand ! " 
 
 A French clergyman having laid down the law of duty, 
 strono-ly urged upon his congregation compliance with it 
 on the ground of the relation subsisting between them ; 
 viz : that he was their shepherd, and they were his 
 <•' muttons." 
 
 An Englishman comforted his people under sore trials 
 by telling them that the '* harm of the Lord " was around 
 them for protection. Another read of the ^^ Angle of 
 the church," instead of the Angel. 
 
 And still another informed his auditors that he would 
 read for their edification a portion of the Pefsams " — that 
 is the psalms ! 
 
 TiESSON CXXXVIII. 
 
 BLISS FROM SORROW. 
 
 What bliss is born of sorrow ? 
 
 'Tis never sent in vain — 
 The Heavenly surgeon maims to save. 
 
 He gives no needless pain. 
 
SPELLING BOOK, 188 
 
 DEFECTIVE EDUCATION". 
 [continued,] 
 
 A young lady of fine personal appearance, but who had 
 more of Juno than Minerva in her composition, on bein<>" 
 asked; in the midst of a brilliant literary circle, if she had 
 ever road the ^* Last of the Mohegans," with a captivating 
 lisp on her tongue, promptly replied : '' No, sir, I never got 
 that yet ; but I read the first some time ago." 
 
 Many an Englishman calls for " ot hoysters." instead of 
 hot oysters. 
 
 A planter says of his low lands : *' They are very prol- 
 ifiss" — meaning prolific. 
 
 A man of great wealth ordered a "statute^' of Wash- 
 ington to adorn his grounds. 
 
 Another denounced his factors because when he ordered 
 a carn'a(/e, they bought "for him a " ve-hick-kle " -, and 
 declared that no such "critter" should come upon his 
 premises. - 
 
 A certain lady has procured a portion of the *' saliva " 
 of Mount Vesuvius for her cabinet. She is very anxious 
 also to visit the '^ Niagara Springs." 
 
 " Which do you admire most, Ctcsar or Pompey ? " said 
 a literary savau to his domestic beauty. " That," said she, 
 " depends on the use one has for them. Cassar is the best 
 field hand ; but Pompey is the best cook." On receipt of 
 this response, the learned gentleman, without wailing to 
 witness the prowess of Cajsar as Field Marshal, or test the 
 culinary skill of Pompey, made his own desert and left for 
 parts unknown. 
 
 The Speaker of the House of Eepresentatives, in the 
 Legislature of one of the States, declared that if they 
 should so disgrace humanity as to pass a bill that was then 
 up for consideration, he would forsake civilized society and 
 take up his abode among the " Ah-ro-ghines.'* 
 
 A fashionable lady declared that she had seen the 
 wounded General carried ofi" upon an '^ avalanche," and 
 she heard his groans " visibli/y quite visibJi/ !" 
 
 The friends of a Governor elect of one of the States 
 beyond the line, advised him to procure, as part of hie 
 outfit, a fino library — named many standard works, and 
 
184 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 then '^ miscellaneous '* books. He replied that the first 
 named sets of books he would procure; but as lor Miss 
 Lany's, she might keep her's till doomsday, for he never 
 would have in his library a book ^' icrote hy a woman," 
 
 LESSON CXXXIX. 
 
 STEADFAST HOPE. 
 
 While floating on life's troubled sea, 
 
 By storms and tempests driven, 
 Hope, with her radiant finger points, 
 
 To brighter scenes in H«aven. 
 
 She bids the storms of life to cease, 
 
 The troubled breast be calm ; 
 And in the wounded breast she pours 
 
 Religion s healing balm. 
 
 Her hallowed influence cheers life's hours, 
 
 Of sadness and of gloom -, 
 v^}\Q guides us through this vale of tears, 
 
 To joys beyond the tomb. 
 
 DEFECTIVE EDUCATION. 
 [concluded.] 
 
 The preceding lessons on this subject present numerous 
 examples of the ludicrous lights, and the utterly prostrated 
 positions, in which certain persons have been placed — not 
 from any mental or moral defects, but solely from the 
 want of education. 
 
 They knew no better ; and, therefore, they were to be 
 pitied. But even pity, in such case, is no relief. It is 
 but the testimony of the heart to ih.Q lamented fact of 
 their ignorance, and the deep mortification it gives to their 
 friends. Then, 
 
 *' No such pity e'er demand. 
 But boldly on your merit stand." 
 
 Ignorance on the part -of most children and youth in 
 our day and country, is a sin — a grievous sin against God 
 and man — against the highest interests also of themselves 
 and their country. 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 185 
 
 Even now, such examples are tlie rare exception, not 
 the rule. Better days for our Confederacy are at hand. 
 The ignorant, from this period onward, will be a small and 
 an obscui*e minority. Be not ye found among them. 
 
 Nor is it a vain boast to say, what, from personal 
 acquaintance I know to be the fact, that the Confederate 
 States abound in highly educated, refined and noble- 
 minded citizens. 
 
 Our Orators, Stiitcsmen, Judges, Generals, and other 
 professional men, would do honor to any country. Our 
 enemies themselves also being judges, it is an admitted 
 fact, that in matronly dignity, elevated sentiments and 
 refined taste, the ladies of this Confederacy are ^' chief 
 among the highest.'' 
 
 Emulate, then, these noble examples ; and avoid the 
 solitary wrecks to which I have pointed. Be men that are 
 Tiien ; women that are icomen — not iiretenders to the name. 
 Be worthy of )'0ur country and jour expected destiny. 
 Let your unremitting effort also be, to make your country — 
 your orcn '^ sunny South," — the model country of the 
 world — 
 
 '' The land of all the lands the best/' 
 
186 
 
 THg CONFEDERATE 
 
 ABBREVIATIONS EXPLAINED. 
 
 A. A. 8. Fellow of tlie 
 American Academy. 
 
 A. B. Bachelor of Arts. 
 
 Abp. Archbifhop. 
 
 Acet. Account. 
 
 A. D. Aiiuo Domini, the 
 year of our Lord. 
 
 Ala. Alabama. 
 
 A. M. Master of Art§; be- 
 fore noon; ill the year 
 of the world. 
 
 Apr. April. 
 Ally. Aitoriiey. 
 Aug. August. 
 Bart. Baronet. 
 
 B. D. Bachelor of Divi- 
 iiity. 
 
 B. V. Blessed Virgin. 
 Bbl. Barrel. 
 
 *C. Centum, a hundred. 
 
 Cant. Canticles. 
 
 Capt. Captain. 
 
 Chap. Chapter. 
 
 €ol. Colonel. 
 
 Co. Company. 
 
 Com.Commissioner.Com- 
 
 modore. 
 Cr. Credit, 
 
 Owl. Hundred weight. 
 Chron. Chronicles. 
 Cor. Corinthianar 
 Conn, or Ct. Connecticut. 
 O. 8. Keeper of the Seal. 
 C S. A. Confederete 
 
 States of America. 
 
 C. P. S. Keeper of the 
 Privy Seal. 
 
 C. A. S. Fellow of the 
 
 Conn«cticut Academy 
 CI. Clerk, Clergyman. 
 Cons. Constable. 
 
 Gent. Gentleman. • 
 
 Geo. George, Georgia. 
 
 Gov. Governor. 
 
 G. R. George, the King 
 [of England ] 
 
 H. S. S. Fellow of the 
 Historical Society. 
 
 Heb. Hebrews. 
 
 Hon. Honorable. 
 
 Hund. Hundred. 
 
 H. B. M. His or Her Bri- 
 tannic Majeiity. 
 
 H. C. M. His most Chris- 
 tian or Catliolic King [of 
 France and Spain.] 
 
 Hhd. Hog.shead. 
 
 Ibid, in the same place. 
 
 i. e. that is (ide?t.) 
 
 id. the same. 
 
 Ind. Indiana. 
 
 Inst. Instant. 
 
 Is. Isaiah. 
 
 Jan. January. 
 
 Ja. James. 
 
 Jac. Jacob. 
 
 Josh, Joshua. 
 
 Jun. Junior. 
 
 K. King. 
 
 Km. Kingdom. 
 
 Kt. Knight. 
 
 K. C. B. Knight Comman- 
 der of the Order of the 
 Bath. 
 
 K. G. C. Knight of the 
 Grand Cross. 
 
 K. G, Knight of the 
 Garter. 
 
 L. C. Lower Canada. 
 
 L. or lid. Lord or Lady. 
 
 Lev. Leviticus. 
 
 Lieut. Lieutenant. 
 
 Nov. November, 
 
 N. S. New Style. 
 
 N. W, T. North Western 
 Territory. 
 
 N. Y. New York. 
 
 Obj. Objection. 
 
 Ob. Obedient. 
 
 Oct. October. 
 
 O. S. Old. Style. 
 
 Pari. Parliament. 
 
 Pa. Penn. Pennsylvania. 
 
 Per. by ; as, per yard^ by 
 the yard. 
 
 Per Cent, by the Hun- 
 dred.' 
 
 Pet. Peter, 
 
 Phil. Philip, Philipiaus, 
 
 Philom. A lover of learn- 
 ing. 
 
 P. M. Post Master, After- 
 noon. 
 
 P. O. Post Office. 
 
 P. S. Postscript. 
 
 Ps. Psalm. 
 
 Pres. President. 
 
 Prof Professor. 
 
 Q. Question, Queen. 
 
 q. d , as if he should say* 
 
 q. 1., fts much as you 
 please. 
 
 q. s. a sufficient quantity. 
 
 Regr. Register. 
 
 Rep. Representative. 
 
 Rev. Reverend, Revela- 
 tion. 
 
 Rt. Hon. Right Honora- 
 ble. 
 
 R. I. Rhode Island. 
 
 S. South, Shilling. 
 
 S. C. South Carolina. 
 
 St. Saini. 
 
SPELLING BOOK. 
 
 187 
 
 Clsr Cents. 
 
 I). D. Doctor of Divinity. 
 
 Dea. Deacon. 
 
 Dec. December. 
 
 Del. Delaware. 
 
 Dept. Deputy. 
 
 Deut. Deuteronomy 
 
 Do. Ditto, the same. 
 
 Dr. Doctor, or Del)tor' 
 
 Fi. East. 
 
 Kccl. Ecclesiaslicus. 
 
 Ed. Edition, Editor. 
 
 E. G. for example. 
 Eng. England, English. 
 Eph. Ephesians. 
 
 Esa. P'saias. 
 
 Ep. Epistle. 
 
 Esq., FJsquire. 
 
 Etc., and so forth, et cnc- 
 
 tera. 
 Ex. Exodus, Example. 
 Eir. Executor. 
 Feb. February. 
 Fr. France, French, 
 
 Frances. 
 
 F. R. S. Fellow of the 
 Royal Society, (Eng-) 
 
 Gal. Galatians. 
 Gen. General. 
 
 Lend. London.^ 
 
 Lon. Longitude. 
 
 Ldp. Lordship. 
 
 Lat. Latitude. 
 
 Lou. Louisiana. 
 
 LI/. D. Doctor of Laws. 
 
 lbs. Pounds. J 
 
 L. S. Place of the Seal. 
 
 M. Marquis, Meridian. 
 
 Maj. Major. 
 
 Mass. Massachusetts 
 
 Math. Mathematics. 
 
 M. B. Bachelor of Pbysie 
 
 or Medicine. 
 Matt. Matthew. ■ 
 M. D. Doctor of Physic. 
 Md. Maryland. 
 Me. Maine. 
 Mr. Master, Sir. 
 Messrs. Gentlemen, Sirs. 
 MS. Manuscript. 
 MSS, Manuscripts. 
 Mrs. Mistress. 
 N. North. 
 N. B. Take Notice. 
 N. C. North Carolina. 
 N. H. New Hampshire. 
 N. J. New Jersey. 
 No. Number. 
 
 Sect. Section. 
 
 Sen. Senator, Senior. 
 
 Sept. September. 
 
 Servt. Servant. 
 
 S.T. P. Professor of The- 
 ology. 
 
 S. T. b, Doctor of Divi- 
 nity. 
 
 ss. to wit, namely. 
 
 Surg. Surgeon. 
 
 Tenn. Tennessee. 
 
 Thco. Theophilus. 
 
 Thess. Thessalonians 
 
 Tho. Thomas. 
 
 U. C. Upper Canada. 
 
 Ult. the last, or the last 
 month. 
 
 U. S. A. United States of 
 America. 
 
 V. Vide, See. 
 
 Va. yirginia. 
 
 viz. to wit, namely. 
 
 Vt. Vermont. 
 
 Wt. Weight. 
 
 Wm. William. 
 
 Wp. Wov.ship. 
 
 Yd. Yard. 
 
 & And. 
 
 &c., And so forth. 
 
 PUNCTUATION. 
 
 Punctuarion is the division of a composition into sentences or parts of a 
 aentence by points, to mark the pauses to be obsei^ed in reading, and show 
 the connection of the several parts or clauses. » 
 
 The comma (,) indicates a pause of the length of a monosyrlable, or the 
 time of pronouncing one. The semicoloH { ; ) indicates a pause of two mono- 
 syllables ; a colon ( : ) of three ; a period { . ) four. The period is placed at 
 the close of a sentence. 
 
 The interrogation point (?) denotes that a question is asked, as, tMa( do 
 you see ? 
 
 An exclamation point ( ! ) denotes wonder, astonishment, or other emotion, 
 expressed by the foregoing words. 
 
 A parenthesis ( ) includes words not neticssary in the sentence, and which 
 are to be uttered in a lower tone of voice. 
 
 Brackets or hooks [ ] are sometimes used for nearly tlic same purpose ae 
 the parenthesis, or to include some explanation. 
 
188 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 A dash ( — ) denotes a sudden stdp or a change of subject, and requires a 
 pause, but of no definite length. 
 
 Vie 
 A caret { a ) showp the omission of a word or letter, thus, give me book. 
 
 A 
 
 An apostrophe (') denotes the omission of a letter or tellers, thu.*, lovM, 
 tho^t. ' 
 
 A quotation is indicated by these points, " '' placed at llie'beginning and 
 end of the passage. 
 
 The index { \Iir* ) points to a passage which is to be particularly noticed. 
 
 The paragraph { H ) denotes the beginning of a new subject. 
 
 Tlie star or asterisk (*), the dagger (t) and other marks (j. §. II), and 
 sometimes letters aud figures, are used to refer tJie reader to notes in the 
 margin. 
 
 The diaresis ( •• ) denotes that the vowel under it is not coiwiecled with the 
 preceding vowel. 
 
 CAPITAL LErrERS. 
 
 A capital letter should be used at the beginning of a book, chapter, section, 
 sentence and jiote.' It should begin all proper names of persons, cities, town?, 
 villages, seas, rivers, mountains, lakes, ships, &c. It should begin every line 
 of poetry, a quotation, and often an important word. 
 
 The napie or appellation of God, Jehovah, Christ, Messiah, &c., should 
 begin with a capital. 
 
 The pronoun I aud interjection O are always capitals. 
 
SPELLINa BOOK. 189 
 
 TESTIMONIALS IN FAYOR OF THIS WORK. 
 
 While on a visit to his highly valued iViend, Col. W. Perroneau Finley, late 
 President of CharleBton College, whose judgment and lasie in literature, and 
 whose zeal in the cause of education are well known, the Author re(|uesled 
 of him a review tuid criticism of tlic manuscripts of The Coniederate Spelling 
 Book, before committing it to.press. That service he rendered in connection 
 with liis friend and pastor, the Rev. John R. Dow, of Aiken, S. C, and the 
 following paper was returned as their opining of its merits : 
 
 Aiken, S. C, Get. 27, iy63. 
 
 The Rev. Washington Baird, being about to publish, for the use of schools 
 in the Confederate Slates, a Spelling Book, interspersed with Reading Lessons 
 in prose and poetry, &c., and 'having explained to us the system on which it 
 has been prepared, and having submitted many portions of the m.inuscripts 
 containing lessons adapted to the various stages of a pupil's progress, we lake 
 pleasurc'in now expressing our opinion of the merits of his work. 
 
 We consider this book of Mr. Baird's, not only a great desideratum in our 
 schools, but, as the title page asserts, well calculated to please and instruct 
 the young; and while it imparls usefj^l information, its tendency is to produce 
 correct moral impressions. 
 
 It has also the special merit of beingifcdapted to our Southern latitude, and 
 in accordance with the views and sentiments of the people of the Con.federale 
 States. We also think it a valuable acq^uisitioh as a family book for the. 
 instruction aJid training of children during their elementary «ourse ; and we 
 have no hesitation in recommending it to the patronage of all who are con- 
 cerned or interested, either professionally or otherwise, in the training of ihe 
 young and rising generation, ^^'e really think, also, that Mr. Baird deserves 
 the gratitude of the Southern people for this elaborate, well-timed and patriotic 
 contribution to tlie menial and moral furniture of our schools, and the educa- 
 tional resources of our country. 
 
 W. PERRONEAU FINLEY, 
 JOHN R. DOW. 
 
 The following persons, distinguished for their position, their attainments, 
 and their profound interest in the cause of education, have also united in 
 their commendation of this work to the confidence and patronage of the 
 
190 THE CONFEDERATE 
 
 public— some of them from a thorough examination of the manuscripts, and 
 all of them from accurate knowledge of its character, designs and merits. 
 
 J. L. REYNOLDS, D. D., 
 Prof, of Roman Literature in South Carolina College, and Editor of the 
 Confederate Baptist, Columbia, S. C. 
 
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