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THE YOUTH’S CABINET.

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true plan—the one which is the most
sensible, as well as the most scriptu-
ral—is, for each side to endeavor to
yield a little, so that both can come to-
gether. Dear children, whatever some
older heads may do or say, I trust that
you will love the Union, and the whole
Union, and that such sentiments as those
which are so happily expressed in this
national song of ours will ever be dear
to you. Wherever I may happen to be,
whether at the north or at the south,
it would delight my heart to hear
little boys and girls singing in concert
such a chorus as the one which belongs
to “Hail, Columbia.” Hark! let us
repeat it to you :—

“Firm united let us be,
Rallying round our liberty ;
As a band of brothers join’d,
Peace and safety we shall find.”

 

A Leap for Life.

s the supervisor of inland revenue

at Aberystwith, in Wales, Mr.

Miller, his nephew, and two pro-

fessional gentlemen, geologists,

were examining some strata of rock in

the cliffs between Aberystwith and Llan-

rhystid, they proceeded along a narrow

ledge of projecting stone on the face of

the cliff, about one hundred and twenty

feet above the level of the sea, which

providentially happened to be af full
flow.

On passing round a projecting angle,
the professors and the revenue officer
had rounded the point, and the young
man was in the act of doing so, when the
rock, suddenly breaking from under his

feet, he was whirled round with his far
toward the sea; and as he descended,
he seized with one hand the ledge be-
neath his uncle’s feet, while he extended
the other hand to him, and it was firmly
clasped by the revenue officer, who held
him suspended for fully five minutes, dur-
ing which time he with great difficulty
kept his position, there not being more
than six inches to stand upon.

At length, a breathless pause ensued,
while Mr. Miller gazed on a rugged pro-
jection of rock, about ninety feet below
them, and on which he concluded the
unfortunate youth was doomed to be
dashed.

But the uncle, who calls himself “an
awful coward,” at length said, with all
the calmness imaginable, “ Tom, there is
but one way for it; [’ll save you, or we
will both perish together;” and with a
firm voice, he commanded the young man
to loose his hold of the rock, which was
mechanically obeyed, with a faint reply,
“ Yes, uncle.”

At this awful moment, Mr. Miller
horizontally sprang into the air, carrying
the young man with him; and such was
the force with which he leaped, that the
check caused them to perform several
somersets over each other, as they de-
scended, linked together. With the
rapidity of a flash of lightning, they dis-
appeared below the foaming billows,
having cleared the craggy ledge, which
projected more than six feet from the per-
pendicular of the point over which the
youth was suspended.

To the delight of their companions,
who were for a moment horror-struck,
they rose about twenty yards apart, buf-
feting the heavy swells of the flowing
and returning waves, At length, they