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 BASSETrS SCRAP BOOK 315 books of the Bible would take far more room than we can possibly give. NOW. Why do we mourn the days that go — for the same sun shines each day, Ever a spring her primrose hath, and ever a May her way; Sweet as the rose that died last year is the rose that is born today, — Cosmo Monkhouse. IT IS FOR YOU TO ANSWER. Who Was He?— He was born at Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia, January 21, 1824. His father died in 1827, and his mother in 1831, thus leaving him an orphan at the age of seven years. He was graduated from Vyest Point in 1848, and won some distinction in the Mexican war. In 1851 he became the professor of natural and ex- perimental philosophy in the Virginia Military Institute of Lexington. At the commencement of the civil war he en- tered the Confederate forces, with the rank of brigadier gen- eral. He was soon promoted to that of lieutenant geneiral, and ranks as one of the most notable soldiers of his time. He was mortally wounded at one of the great battles of Virginia, and died ten days afterwards, May 10, 1863. His last words were: "Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees." Who wrote: — A health unto the happy, « A fig for him who frets, It isn't raining rain to me. It's raining violets. Problem. — A man has a piece pf land 100 x 40 ft. He wants to make a driveway around the lot of sufficient width to leave 2,000 ft. of land in the centre. Driveway to be of equal width all around. How wide will the driveway be? Answer to July problems. The man — Grover Cleveland. Weight of ball — 4 pounds. Diameter of ball, 15 inches. Geo. T. Titus sends correct answers.