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Written fsr Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
IN AND AEOUND QUEBEC.-No. II. 
BT GULIELMUM. 
The Falls of Montmorenci. 
Most beautiful of water-falls! — bow can I 
describe it ? Words, never so well chosen, want 
the poetic glow which paints the cascade in 
brightest colors upon the memory of the be¬ 
holder. There is music in the name—there is mu¬ 
sic, and painting, and a poem complete in Momt- 
mobenci itself. It and it6 surroundings make up 
a picture upon which the eye never tires of feast¬ 
ing, and which is ever disclosing new beauties. 
To lounge upon the green sward onacaknsum- 
man and woman, and a boy, who were unfortu- Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which were none issued, so that much of the beauty 
nately upon it at the time. They were preeipi- he had named in the audience of the sons of of the series is marred by the irre<mlarty of the 
tated into the cauldron beneath, and their bodies 
never revovcrea. From the supports still visi¬ 
ble I judge that the structure must always have 
been unsafe. 
From the smooth water above the cataract, a 
dyke is carried around at the foot of the table¬ 
land on the western side, upon the very edge of 
the high bluff, and an immense water-power is 
thus gained for mills that do a heavy lumber 
business on the bank of the St. Lawrence, a 
quarter of a mile removed. Thus is the beauti¬ 
ful iu nature made to subserve the useful, in 
man’s hands. 
I left Montmorenci with reluctance and a lin- 
Estu, four hundred shekels of silver, current 
money with the merchant.” Thus we see where 
money is first spoken of, and it is presumable 
that this was rude lumps of silver, as we have 
no knowledge of coined money until after the 
return of the Jews from their captivity. 
According to early writers the Jewish Shekel 
is valued at 2s. 4d. English money. This coin 
is very rare at the present day, but copies of it 
can be obtained of almost any coin dealer. 
It was the custom of the Emperors in early 
times to have their heads engraved or stamped 
dates. 
These are tfce extreme high prices of the above 
pieces which were sold at auction under the 
strong competition of our largest and most 
wealthy collectors. Some of the same pieces 
have been sold at other sales for half the money. 
l»ew lork, Aug,, ig66. Now and Then. 
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EVERETT ON THE ATLANTIC CABLE. 
In 1857, Edward Everett, iu bis memorable 
oration delivered at the opening of the Dudley 
on all coins made during their reign ; dates uot Observatory at Albany, thus spoke of the then 
being in use at that time, a collector must be P r °j°cted Atlantic Telegraph: —“I hold iu my 
7 *tuwu urea or mast- could lay clalm t0 be:mt v; have listened to the 
mg, am. w re m ever disclosing n»w beauties, pleasant song of many silvery cascades ; and 
o ounge upon the greensward onacakn sum- have been awed to silence by the sublimity of 
umr ay, with the deep music of the fall ringing Niagara,; but of them all, none so impressed mo 
in your car?, an e bright colors chasing each with a delightful blending of grandeur, pictur- 
o er a own t e precipice before you and then esqne beauty, romantic at)d iudescribable love- 
rowing up a nn?ty veil, like a halo, over the Uness, a 3 this. Iu itself, Montmorenci combines 
s eep Cscent, is o miget the world beside, and what the others make up individually. It is 
deamS -' aa ? See plSafaut picturcs justly celebrated, but its attractiveness cannot 
•V f i" SUU nev ‘ r painb5 in any other portionoi be told. Words cannot color it as did the bright 
Nature s great attlUr. sunlight on the day I took my leave, as a lover 
Two minutes walk from the little hostelry, does of his mistress, lingeringly — hesitatingly, 
through a field dotted here and there with alow It must be seen,—Us music must be heard,— its 
growth of evergreens, brought us to the brink charmed presence must be felt, 
of the Falla. Fora considerable distance above, The winter scene is pronounced strangely 
the river i3 compressed to about twenty-five beautiful. Theu the freezing spray forma au ice- 
yards in width between rocks rising abruptly cone of great height — sometimes nearly an 
nearly as many feet. Evergreens grow along- hundred feet—and one of the winter’s sports Is 
side in profusion, and beautify the banks. Be- to coast upon this. As the shallow reach of the 
tween the gray old walls of rock the water flows river always is frost-bound iu the season of 
calmly, reflecting the fir trees dinging to the frost, it and the cone give fine opportunities for 
edge of the clifi, until within a few yards of the this sport. 'Tis said the gatherings there of 
brink of the precipice. There a large rock, mid- city people and others to enjoy the amusement 
way in the stream, divides the curreut for an in- are often very brilliant, and the highly exciting 
stant, which, when reunited, dashes itself into sport Is entered into with equal zest by both I 
foam dovra a mmature vapid, as tliougli ia anger sexes. 
because of the obstruction, and then makes the When riding back to the city I was amused by 
final leap and la lost in a cloud of spray uearly the eagerness with which children followed our 
two hundred and fifty feet below. calash, intent on selling (lowers they held iu their 
A flight of strong steps leads from the bank hands. At one time about half a dozefl dirty- 
above the fall down to a point of rock at the faced little ones ran toward us, each bearing a 
very brink of the cliff, and upon this is perched >lar S 2 bouquet composed mainly of dandelions, 
a balcony, from whence the nearest view is ob- evidently plucked from a field yellow with the 
gering regret. I have seen many water-falls that well versed in Ancient History to keep a record band a P orti °u of the identical electric cable, 
could lay claim to beauty; have listened to the of the reign of each Emperor, and know how Si ven 1UQ b 7 my friend, Mr. Peabody, which is 
pleasant song of many silvery cascades; and to arvangc hU Cabinet. This single feature of uow lQ progress of manufacture to connect 
have been awed to silence by the sublimity of coin collecting will show you at once the great America with Europe. I read upon it the fol- 
Niagarag but of them all, none so impressed mo advantages of the science, for a person must lo wiog words: ‘a part of the submarine electric 
with a delightful blending of grandeur, pictur- study a great deal to be correctly informed, and tele £™ph cable, manufactured by Messrs. Glass, 
esque beauty, romantic aqd iudescribable love- by obtaining the coins he ha 3 an object before Eliot * Co> ’ of Lon don, for the Atlantic Tele- 
two hundred and fifty feet below. calash, intent on selling (lowers they held iu their 
A flight of stroug steps leads from the bank bands. At one time about half a dozefl dirty- 
above the fall down to a point of rock at the faced little ones ran toward us, each bearing a 
very brink of the cliff, and upon this is perched ’ lar S 2 bouquet composed mainly of dandelions, 
a balcony, from whence the nearest view is ob- evidently plucked from a field yellow with the 
tained. It ia too near the boiling mass to take 3am2 near by. As I gave them a look of eu- 
in at once the grand beauty of its entirety, but couragement, they followed our calash some dia- 
the picture presented is nevertheless a iuagaid- faace, aud the whole bevy proved quite nimble- 
cent one. Though nearly perpendicular, the footed. The incident provoked a hearty laugh 
fall is boken by projecting points of ragged rock on our part. Neither dandelions nor children 
so as to make it one mass of milk-white foam, were a novelty to ns, but a combination of the 
whose dinging, cloud-like forms, as they near two in such an amusing manner was Indeed now. 
the foot, remind of thuuder-heads in a summer —— 1 » 
sky when lit up by the sun. The roar is as deaf-' t» tr Q?ti ^ ft - 
emng as that of Niagara, and conversation while \L 
so near is almost an imposibility, _ 7 _'_ 
The little balcony aflords an airv look-out in 1 
deed, k i it, one outstretched hand maV drop ttttutovTJ t r, « 
a stone down into the abyss beneath, while the b U MIS M AlIOS, 
other may almost dip into the foaming cata- ~ " ~ 
ract. There Is another one opposite b ut the The headmg of tins article may appear strange 
view from this is finest. In it I lingered until t0 30mc RvBAL reader? > aud by way of explana- 
the singular facination of the wafers nearly Uon 1 will state that it Is thescience of collect- 
« a - _ 1 r « •. * Itlfr thP f ATa/IaIs .('A rtf’ flin tt.skIai, » 
hun which fixes it iu his memory; and any one 
who will take up the science ot Numismatics 
will obtaian a greater amount of Historical in¬ 
formation than he had any idea of when he 
commenced. 
A person who has never taken any interest In 
the coinage of his country has no idea what an 
interesting subject it Is, aud it is a singular fea¬ 
ture in American collectors that they prefer it 
to all other nations. I presume one cause of it 
is that they can become more fully acquainted 
with the history of each coin, and make a more 
perfect collection, and I am pleased to state that 
it is the pride of these gentleman to obtain a 
perfect specimen, as the finer the coin the more 
value there is attached to it. When I speak of 
fineness, I mean coins which have not been 
bandied, or soiled by use. Many of the seven¬ 
teen hundred pennies are found at the present 
day almost uncirculated; evidently they have 
been laid away and forgotten until the high 
prices apokeu of occasionally have brought them 
to light. A single instance to the point. An 
Old lady, bora in 1703, laid away in cotton a 
bright uncirculated penny of that date, as a 
memento of the year in which she was born. 
About two years since it was found, aud was 
graph Company, to connect St. Johns, New¬ 
foundland, with Valentia, Ireland, a distance of 
1,040 nautical or L.000 statute miles.’ Does It 
seem all but incredible to you that intelligence 
should travel for two thousand miles, along 
those slender copper wires, for down in the all 
but fathomless Atlautlc, never before penetrated 
by aught pertaining to humanity, save when 
some foundering vessel has plunged with her 
hapless company to tho eternal silence and dark¬ 
ness of the abyss? Does it seem, I say, all but 
a miracle of art, that the thoughts of living men 
— the thoughts that we think here upon earth’s 
surface, in the cheerful light of day— about the 
markets and the exchanges, and the seasons aud 
the elections, and the treaties and the wars, and 
all the fond nothings of daily life, should clothe 
themselves with elemental sparks, ami shoot 
with fiery speed in a moment, In the twinkling 
of an eye, from hemisphere to hemisphere, far 
down among the uncouth monsters that wallow 
in the nether seas, aloug the wreck-paved door, 
through the oozy dungeous of the rayless deep 
—that the latest intelligence of the crops, whose 
dancing tassels will, in a few months, be co¬ 
quetting with the west wind on those boundless 
prairies, should go flashing along the slimy 
bought by a collector for 125, when many of decks of old sunken galloons which have been 
that date in poor condition have been sold for 
SI. We will now take a glance at. some of the 
leading series. 
American gold stands at the head of tho 
American series, and a large collection of it is 
very rare and valuable. Only one Collector that 
I have any knowledge of ha3 a complete set of 
all the varietes of this valuable metal. I will 
give you some ol’ the extreme high prices that 
these pieces have been sold for. An Eagle of 
1705 sold for $35.50; out of 1707 for $51; do. 
1798, $86; do. 1800, §31; do 1804, $38. A half 
Eagle of 1790 gold for $21; do. 1320, $25.50; do. 
charmed me, and I felt the DecnliaiMioRim in ® the ( - !oins ’ Medals, &c. f of the various coun- SUwr.—A Flymg Eagle dollar of IS3G sold for 
’ W #CI~UUar (iU&ire mat A..,_ * _ . , SI 7 . rt*,.* nf Urn v enn 
others have so often felt iu similar places to trIea of the eartl1, Man yP erson5 handle coins 517 5 0ne of & e saD * e variety dated 1S38, S33. 
spring in and make the fearful lean Stran-e in th ° way of barter or tradc on,y > and These tW0 doUars arc nofc of thu regular cur- 
that mere babbling water has such nov.'eAo n0 more of tiu ' m tlian the meausof procuring rency; the y wero mad2 ** pattern pieces, but 
charm, isn’t it? " their gratification, while every piece has its own not adopted by the government. A 1794 dollar 
Ascending the steps, and retracing our wav a fW P ecnliar history which, if studied, would make ia very rare > aud onc sold for $90; do. 1795, $13; 
rods, we passed around a deep ravine and over tbem appear very Interesting; and when we do. 1838, $88; do. 1839, $40. The 1804 dollar is 
a fertile field sloping gently down to the north- consider how many patterns have been made by tLe most rar2 of a11 dollars; only two of them 
era channel of the St. Lawrence to anoint di desi S ner3 y ° r the government, and how few have are known any collection. Of the half dol- 
rectly fronting the fall, where a view is obtained be0n adoptcd ’ we are 9tl ‘ U2k with astonishment. lara but few arc «re; a 1790 sold for $27.50; 
commanding the whole scene. It i- inde^rii a 1110 so-called Washington Pennies arc mere ono of 1Tar for $83.50. A quarter dollar of 1790 
bly beautiful. The wild grandeur of the leaping P atteru I )ieces - or Medals, os our collectors now 3old for ?1 - > ouu of ls33 for $120. 
waters is at this distance toned down to beauty cIiSS them ’ TilLs ^ tk2 origin of them. A de-' Dimes.—One of 17% sold for $10; do. 1800, $10; 
most picturesque, and the rough cliffs ou either signer ’ thinkin £ to S rat i f y t' a2 pride of Wash- do. 1804, $21; do. 1809, $15; do. 1811, $15; do! 
side, crowned with their growth of firs are ISGT0K ’ en ? l ‘ aved dea d on a coin and pre- 1822, $11; do. 1834, $13. lint few of the half 
The so-called Washington Pennies aro more 
pattern pieces, or Medals, as oar collectors now 
class them. This is the origin of them. A de¬ 
signer, thinking to gratify the pride of Wash¬ 
ington, engraved his head on a coin and pre- 
one of 1797 for $83.50. A quarter dollar of 1790 
sold for $18; one of 1S23 for $120. 
Dimes.— One of 1798 sold for $1G; do. 1800, $10 • 
do. 1804, $21; do. 1809, $15; do. 1SU, $1,5; do! 
1822, $11; do. 1834, $1§. But few of the half 
charmingly in contrast with the sheet of foam sented Lt t0 Wm for hi3 approval, that it might dimes are rare, but those which are, are valua- 
constantJy whirling a cloud of purest white up- bC adopted , y ; 
ward, like a holy incense to Heaven. Through culatiot1 ’ ia ixui 
this ever rising cloud-mist the sun shimmered ,° f exaltIng ° n<l 
its silver rays, and threw a rainbow dear and ’ bUt tkC 
perfect across the ravine to the left of the faJL ” ashingtOn v 
R eclining on the green sod, I photographed the Ari * toora ; * he 
picture in memory, as I listened to the strong and noth ’ s owu 
and deep intonings of the cascade. to be su PP resse 
Beside the beauties of the fail and its imme ^ &Ed h ' gUy 
diafpsiiri-.-mn-im^ n • , ’ a u imm2 ‘ were never eire 
17 f ? ’ t “ l! vle "' lrom ‘"is point U in conditi- 
we " ort " ‘ <■»! o to Ofjoy. Thn panorama B«idca tho 
too vari““?f otter 
sue makes up tun scene to the southwest • -hp . ’ . 
Tctn ^.1 a-v -1 - - .. _ Iae tllul vanetv: A 
be adopted by the government for general cir¬ 
culation, in imitation of the old country mode 
of exalting and perpetuating the names of their 
kings; but they reckoned wide of the mark. 
Washington was a Republican, and not an 
Aristocrat; he sought his country’s promotion 
and not hiB own. He immediately ordered them 
to be suppressed; consequently they are very 
rare and highly prized, and to prove that they 
were never circulated they are generally found 
in good condition. 
Besides the coins of a country there are a 
variety of other pieces which are collected the 
same as coins. There is a large variety of Med¬ 
al? ; these are again classed in series, viz., U. S. 
Mint Medals, of which there is a large and beau- 
ble. One 1?94 sold for $18.50; do. $| 2 . a 
very poor one of 1802 sold for $50; do. 1805, $13. 
Of the three cent pieces but few are rare. 
There Is a series issued by the Mint known as 
proof consisting of a dollar, half dollar, 
quarter dollar, dime, half dime, three cent and 
penny. These are always in proof condition, 
and are struck especially for Cabinets. One set 
struck in 1830 ha3 been sold for. $42; do. 1838, 
$33; do. 1839, $40; do. 184-3, $70; do. 1848, $-50;’ 
do. 1849, $47.50; do, 1850, $26. 
Cents are the next on the list, and In propor¬ 
tion to their nominal value, are the most valua¬ 
ble in the whole list of the Mint series. The 
collector who can show the most valuable set of 
pennies is very much envied by his associates, 
as nothing short of an uncirculated set is aimed 
at by the best of our collectors. Some have 
arrived very nearly at that point, and value their 
sets at hundreds of dollars. The earliest date 
rotting for ages; that messages of friendship 
and love, from warm living bosoms, should burn 
over tho cold green bones of men and women, 
whose hearts, once as warm as ours, burst as 
the eternal gulfs closed and roared over them 
centuries ago! 
A SARDINE FISHERY. 
The Paris correspondent of the London Field 
thus describes the manner of catching sardines: 
“ The nets, which arc of the lightest possible 
material, are played out in a long line behind 
the boat, which drags the entire fleet of nets 
after it steadily. A man stands in the stern and 
throws across ami across the uet handfuls of 
prepared cod-roe, commonly called ‘rogue.’ A 3 
it falls on either side of the net the fiah dart 
through the net to catch it, and are caught by 
the gills In doing so. The long sunk trammel r 
have mentioned would require ten or a dpzen 
men to haul it in, but as it i3 worked on board 
the Bteam boats chiefly, it is wound in by the en 
gine. Besides the above nets, they aso the large 
eeine, or scan, and the ground sean, the mullet 
net and the shrimp net, and thero are some lift 
nets I could uot get at. At times a prodigious 
number of gray mullets are got by putting a 
long net across the mouth of a creek at low 
water, aud weighing down the corks with large 
stones. When the tide has come up to its full 
height the ends of the net are shaken violently, 
the stones topple oft’, and every fish which has 
entered the creek with the tide Ls inclosed, 
without auy disturbance or alarm. A gentle¬ 
man I met told me that he bad been out ~ou the 
day I Eaw him and taken between three and four 
thousand pounds of mullet lu that way, a large 
shoal having eutcrcd the creek, the whole of 
which were captured. Some species of the 
gray mullet will, however, when thus enclosed, 
leap over the corks, and when this is appre¬ 
hended it is requisite to prop the net up above 
the eurlace.” 
THE NORTH POLE. 
Two French gentlemen recently explored the 
island of Spitzbergen in a manner never before 
Island of Orleans, with its bluffs^and^n^ 116 variety; Agricultural Societies’ Medals, as nothing short of an uncirculated set is aimed done. They have measured the mountains, 
lands, dividing the St. Lawrence into tw^d ^ Tem P ei ' auce Medal?, Political Medals, (these are at by the best of oar collectors. Some have ma PP cd tho whole coast, examined the vegeta- 
nels, lies directly to the southward--till fV JU ! medalft 8truck ia tlie til112 of a political cam- arrived very nearly at that point, and value their We products, the geological composition, etc., 
to the south the dim, blue mountain t > ak paI?h ’ witb tbe head of eacb caa didate on one sets at hundreds of dollars. The earliest date of tbc island - They found that the long day ex- 
Maine seem to kiss the low bending sk ° Slde ’ and 60me ,avorUe motto ou other,) that we have any pennies which were struck by t2,ldod ovc ' r several months, during which the 
eastward tLe noble St." Lawrence stretches* q Tradesmen * Tokens, or Cards, and the small the L. S. of America is 1793. Those struck pre- sun never set8 > becamc intensely hot after a 
way to the sea—two broad ribbons of '] Tok <ms which were struck in 1862 and 1863 and vious to that date were either of the separate month or tw °. by the unceasing heat from tho 
uome or. .Lawrence stretches its , , • ,- - 
way to the sea-two broad ribbons of silver Toke f s ^ struck iu 1862 and 1863 and 
with Orleans set like a green mosaic between’ 68 pennies ’ commoaly k ™™ 33 Cop- 
An hour’s siesta on the fresh green turf, with the StrUCk iU 1837 wbicb were 
lovely panorama—beautiful as a dream-rmtutc— r U d Sbinplaster5 ' * ome have tde bea d of 
reaching away on either hand, a smiling sky 1^%°* °“’ 1 ° tbe 1 rs " Doukey . others a Turtle, 
overhead, and the music of Montmorenci fori il t a Ve ? iDtere ! tln ? 
ated as pennies, commonly known as Cop- colonies, or Washington Medals. There are a 
ads,—alse some struck in 1837 which were number of varieties of this early date, which 
. Shinplasters, Some have the head ot shows that the dies must have been very poor 
son on, others a Donkey, others a Turtle, aud soft, and could not stand the severe blow 
The Colonial series is a very interesting necessary to strike them distinct. 
lullaby, wiil never be forgotten..” “ one - This consists of all the coins circulated The highest price that I can remember being aea which is supposed to surround It, coaid be 
Below the fail, the river is broad and by tbc tolo!:5 ' ie5 before the U. S Government paid for a 1763 penny was $27. The variety o”f roacbed ^ rom Spitzbergen without any great 
for the short distance remaining before if wat ^ l0rmed ’ acd ia a tew ^stances they were 1790, known as the Liberty Cap, In fine condi- di2icaltk ' s be5n S encountered. A singular fact 
unite with those of the St. Lawrence "it V 8tmCk m En S latil and R‘‘ aa ce for the Colonies, tion has sold for $40. The 1799 is another rare aoUcedby explorers in connection with this 
not seem possible that the amount if ^ ^ 1 P r0 P 05e to present to Rural readers a few variety of the seveteen hundreds, and has sold fafa nd , is the enormous quantities of floating 
which is precipitated over the cliff ro^hZkh thou;?llts 0n thl ® sub J 2ct - tvhich I hope may for 332.50. One of 1804 sold for $26. This is the timbcr which literally cover the waters of the 
latter river by this course! Thereis’ath o , S prove satisfactory to most of them, although I most rare of the eighteen hundreds, although ba J 3 and creeks. A careful examination of the 
I think it quite plausible that the boilini/ 7 ’.! 11 . am aware k will nqt be iaferesting to many several sell quite high, and any of them will cbaracter - condition and kind of these floating 
voir into which the water plunges has old colle ®J? rs ; . bring several dollars each in proof condition. lo ^ 8 would . doubt, lead to a conclusion as to 
anean outlet, through which a nm-finn Tbe ® #rbiest abKsl0n ' tve have to the use of One collector of my acquaintance has one of wkence and how they came, and probably sug- 
same makes its way'into the l.-iwr-- , money in any purchase, is found iu the Bible, 1804 for which he has been offered $75. guestnewtheoriesfortheaolutionofgcographl- 
point some distance below. & and records the fact that Abraham purchased a 8ome half bents are also rare and valuable. A cal problems connected with the Arctic Seas. 
main which supported the light f rl n .- ie " grave for his family. In the 23d chapter of Gen- few were struck in 1793 and are very rare: some --- 
bridge that formely spanned th - o-n ^ es .’. “* b>tb and ldtk verie3 ’ la glveu the des- of them have sold as high as $25, One of 1794 TaE temperature of the earth increases as we 
dii-oAtln’ o Cription ot this transaction, which cannnf. f,iil Vifono-hf Sionn- Sn ITGG a no 3D T-I.dpaci?nd At thft mfc of ftnn Hcs-ree in fnrfv-sK- 
The highest price that I can remember being 
sun. In this period vegetation springs up in 
great luxuriance and abundance. The North 
Pole is only a matter of GOO miles from the 
island, and it is thought by the two explorers, 
as by many others, that the Pole itself, and the 
sea which is supposed to surround It, coaid be 
paid for a 1763 penny was $27. The variety of roached from Spitzbergen without any great 
1796, known as the Liberty Cap, in line condi- difficulties being encountered. A singular fact 
tion has sold for $40. The 1799 is another rare aoticed by explorers in connection with this 
variety of the seveteen hundreds, and has sold island > is tbe enormous quantities of floating 
for $32.50. One of 1804 sold for $26. This is the timbcr which literally cover the waters of the 
old collectors. 
The earliest allusion we have to the use of 
money in any purchase, is found in the Bible, 
and records the fact that Abrahasi purchased a 
grave for his family. In the 23d chapter of Gen¬ 
esis, 14tb, loth and 16th verses, ls glveu the des- 
directly ove ' Z 7 b-ink o- Lf' l ~ * tMi Ml 
abet thirty fee uiiT ° ud rJ : n ttf “7 1° 1,6 ! “ teresl1 ”? “And 
which nnnmrt'i,- tu ° r ua /' 6 ’ f Q tbe rock Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him 
11 lord, hearken unto me: T,l tod is5S£ 
-<■-,u.na the mun da lions of the four hundred shekels of sliver : what (a that 
. - --LUC 
owers therefore look insecure. The bridge it¬ 
self fell in the spring of 1856, bearing with it a 
Ephhox answered Abraham, saying unto him 
My lord, hearken unto me : The land Ls worth 
four hundred shekels of silver; what is that 
betwixt me and thee ?—bury therefore thy dead. 
And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and 
One collector of my acquaintance has one of 
1804 for which he ha3 been offered 375. 
Some half bents are also rare and valuable. A 
few were struck in 1793 and are very rare: some 
of them have sold as high as $25. One of 1794 
brought $10.50; do. 1796, $93.50. This is the 
gem of the series, in fine condition. The forties 
are all rare, except 1849; one of 1840 sold for 
$14; do. 1841, $12; do. 1842, $70; do. 1847, $10. 
L*nlike the cents, the half cents were not struck 
each year; in 1798,1799, 1801, 1812 to 1824 in¬ 
clusive, 1837, 1830, 1837, 1888 and 1839 there 
logs would, no doubt, lead to a conclusion as (o 
whence and how they came, and probably sug- 
guest new theories for the solution of geographi¬ 
cal problems connected with the Arctic Seas. 
The temperature of the earth increases as we 
descend at the rate of one degree in forty-six 
feet; at the depth of fifty miles It will amount 
to eighty thousand degrees Fahrenheit —a de¬ 
gree of heat sufficient to fuse all known sub¬ 
stances. • 
Those who know how to value liberty will 
not deprive others of it. 
LESSONS FROM SONG AND LABOR. 
“ have you lingered so long, my child, 
A11 this pleasant evo of a Hummer's day ? 
“By the hedges and through the fields, mother, 
To tho merry green-wood to play." 
They are healthful and pleasant and good my child, 
Tho hedge, the wood, the field—all three; 
But what did you hear in the wood, my child, 
And what In the Hold did you see ?” 
“ Ai» T walked along tUo bee was singing 
Hie cheerful aong 'mid the blossoms wild.’’ 
“ Ah! hut the bee, whlla he sung was bringing 
Tho fruit of his labor home, my child.” 
“ I saw at my feet a inonnd of clay, 
Where little black things played round and o’er.” 
“ They were ants, my child; but they wore not at play, 
They were laboring bard for their winter’s store l” 
Thus my child has lcarnod as she walked along 
One lesson from labor, and one from song,— 
5 hut summer work gladdens In wintry weather, 
That labor and cheerfulness dwell together. 
Ami ray child while she rambles along may say, 
“ I can learn as I walk, and think as I play; 
For all that I hear, and feel, and see, 
Some useful lesson may teach, to me.— 
Thanks to the ant, ami thanks to tbe bee!’’ 
[Juvenile Casket. 
WAKE UP, SOLOMON. 
Sol, wake up 1 It’s time to get up,” shouted 
young Harry to his sluggish brother one fine 
July morning aa be began dressing hims elf 
“ What time is It ?" j-awned Solomon. 
“Nearly six,” replied Ills brother, “audjmind, 
Sol, we start at seven. 
“It’s too early to get up yet,” said Solomon ; 
“ I’ll snooze till quarter to sovon.” 
' So the lazy fellow turned round and was soon 
fast asleep again. When he awoke, his room 
looked very full of sunshine. The house was 
very quiet, too, and rubbing his eyes, muttered, 
“I wonder if it is seven o'clock yet?” 
Crawling out of his bed he dressed himself 
and weut down stairs. There was nobody in 
the parlor, nobody in the sitting room, nobody 
in the dining room. What can be the matter, 
thought Solomon, 
“ Where are they all ?” he asked. 
“ Gone to the city,” replied the maid. They 
started two hours ago. 
“ Why, what time is it ?” 
“Nine o’clock! But why did’nt they ;call 
me?” 
“ You were called at six o’clock aud would’nt 
gat up. Your father would’nt have you called 
again. He said ho would teach you a lesson.” 
“ It’s too bad!” cried Solomon, dropping his 
head upon the table and bursting into tears. 
It was too bad thnt the lazy boy did not learn 
the lesson of that morning so as to turn over 
a new leaf in tho book of life. I am sorry to 
say he did not. Ho loved sleep. He hated 
work. He was the slave of lazy habits aud is so 
to this day. 
What sort of a man will Solomon Slowcoach 
bo ? Well if he don’t die of Idleness before he 
becomes a man, ho will be a shiftless, good-for- 
nothing fellow. lie wont have any knowledge, 
because he ia too lazy to study; nor any money, 
because he la too lazy to work; nor any good char¬ 
acter, because he i3 too lazy to conquer himself. 
Wake up, Solomon 1 Wake up, my dear boy. 
Shake off the chains that are upon you! Be 
manly, be wide awake, be something t If you 
don’t wake up, you will be a lost boy. Wake 
up, Solomon, wake up! If you don’t, you will 
make a shipwreck of your life. 
For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
GEOGRAPHICAL ENIGMA. 
I am composed of 55 letters. 
My 1, 30,13,13 is a city in Asia. 
My 2, 7, 3, 23 is a rivor in Europe. 
My 4,39, 32, 37, 5 is a city iu South America. 
My 0,12, 7, 31, 8, 4, 9, 40,11 is an Island in the Medi¬ 
terranean. 
My 10, 22,40,17, 27 is an island In Pylynosia. 
My 10, 30, 20,18,52 is a county in Michigan. 
My 14, 21, 29, 53 is a range of mountains iu Africa. 
My 18, 34, 45, 13,55, 19 is a strait in Australasia. 
My 19, 22, 2 Is a capital of a country in Asia. 
My 24, 12, 25, 33, 30, 13 is a country in Europe. 
My 27, 32, I, 51, 13, 17, 38, 44, 32, 30, 0,11, 43 is a Bay 
in Texas. 
My 28,30, 50, 30, 18, 39, 0 ia a Peninsula in North 
America. 
My 20,13,17, 47 is a cape in both Africa and South 
America. 
My 32, 30, 40, 41, 42 is a desert in Asia. 
My 54, 5,13, 17, 0,18, 33 is au Isthmus in Europe. 
My whole is an excellent pice of advice. 
Clinton, Mich. Archie R. Ckozieb. 
ia?” Answer in two weeks. 
For Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
AN ANAGRAM. 
Ho igev eni on w?ya ro'e het rwpoee neusen, 
Ubt a anumh etrah ehwer ym now aym anel; 
A denrif—noe rdeent dan gvllon ndrife, 
Shoewgeohtthu erl'e tuenccr itwh cinm yam ndbel. 
Fowlerville, N. Y. Mate F. 
VST Answer in two weeks. 
ANSWER TO ENIGMAS, &c., IN No. 866. 
Answer to Miscellaneous Enigma:—ThouTshalt not 
steal. 
Answer to Anagtam: 
There’s many an empty cradle. 
There's many a vacant bed, 
There’s many a lonely bosom. 
Where joy and tight have fled. 
For thick in every graveyard 
The little hillocks lie; 
And every hillock represents 
An angel in the sky. 
Answer to Charade:—Rural. 
Answer to Arithmetical Problem:—100 acres. 
