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scraped, and pinched and spared, to get tlie money together for the pay- 

 ment of this debt.' 'About ten days ago,' said he, ' I had made np the 

 sum within twenty dollars. My wife knew how much the payment of this 

 debt lay upon my spirits, and advised me to sell a cow, and make up the 

 difference, and get the heavy burthen off my spirits. I did so — and 

 now what will my old woman say ? I must get back to the Cape and 

 tell her this good news. She'll probably say over the very words she 

 said when she put her hand on my shoulder as we parted — '/ have never 

 seen the righteous man forsaken nor his seed begging bread.' After a 

 hearty shake of the hand, and a blessing upon our old father's memory, 

 he went upon his way rejoicing. 



" After a short silence — taking his pencil and making a cast — ' there,' 

 said my brother, ' your part of the amount would be so much — contrive 

 a plan to convey to me your share of the pleasure derived from this 

 operation, and the money is at your service.' 



"Such is the simple tale, which I have told as it was told to me." 



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RAIN AND HEAT IN THE UNITED STATES. 



The last Patent Olfice Report contains meteorological tables and 

 statistics, by which we learn the mean annual depth of rain at various 

 places in the United States, as well as the mean annual temperature. 

 The gi-eatest depth of rain falls at Fort Monroe, Virginia, where it is 

 52.53 inches, the least at the St. Louis Arsenal, Missouri, where it is 

 24.12 inches, or less than half At Fort Hamilton, New York, the depth 

 is 45.71, and at West Point, 48.70. As a general rule, the least rain 

 falls in the Western States, and the most on the Atlantic sea-coast, 

 and on the eastern side of mountain ranges. At New Orleans, 

 however, and other points near the Gulf of Mexico, the fall is heavy ; 

 it being 51.85 at New Orleans. The fall at Baltimore and Boston is 

 about equal, being 39.2.3 at the former place, and 39.90 at the latter. 

 Through Michigan and Missouri it ranges at about 30.00 ; but, as we go 

 more South, it rises, and in Arkansas averages 35.00. At Fort Consti- 

 tution, in New Hampshire, the depth is 28.85, the lowest on the Atlantic 

 sea-board. At Key West, Florida, the fall is comparatively slight also, 

 being but 31.39. At Charleston, South Carolina, it is 33.89 ; at Wash- 

 ington, District of Columbia, 34.62 ; and, from that place, it steadily 



