THE YOUTH’S CABINET.

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EDITORIAL TABLE-TALK.

GEOGRAPHY IN OLD TIMEs.

 
  

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2) 2 told how ignorant peo-
ple were about geog-
raphy, as late as the
beginning of the elev-
enth century. There
was a great deal of ignorance through-
out the whole civilized world, respecting
countries situated at only a little distance
from England and France. A learned
man, who lived in Bremen, wrote a geog-
raphy in the year 1010 ; and among other
rather laughable things, he tells us that
Sweden and Norway were two vast realms
unknown to the civilized world, and that
Russia was a country where the people
had but one eye and one leg.

 

TO CORRESPONDENTS,

All letters relating to dollars and cents,
or in any way connected with the busi-
ness department of the Casrnst, should
be directed to the publisher—all other
letters to the editor. Communications
for both may be sent in the same en-
velope, and even on the same sheet; but
they ought not to be written on oppo-
site sides of the same leaf,

Our friend S. N. whose communica-
tions we value highly, and who knows
it, because we have told her so, as plain-
ly and plumply as an editor, with the
kind codperation of his printer, can do
such a thing, says something about turn-
ing her attention exclusively to “the
manufacturing of raspberry tarts, repairs
On ancient hose, or such other feminine
Occupation as may offer.” Nay, Miss

S. N. we hope you will do no such
thing. While we should be sorry to
hear that the raspberry tarts and the
ancient hose suffered from your neglect,
we should be almost equally sorry to
miss your labors in the enigmatical de-
partment of the Casrner, whether those
labors are directed toward getting our
little folks into some new maze, or help-
ing them out of an old one. °

H. T. L. has told a good story; and
what is, better, it contains a capital moral.
But we are almost afraid to publish it,
Some of our readers are pretty well ac-
quainted with the reason for the falling
of the dew; and we guess they would
laugh, if anybody should tell them that
a farmer found out where to dig a well
by the quantity of dew on the grass,
The thing looks rather dubious, to say
the least.

The Mobile correspondent should have
sent the answer to his enigma.

 

ANSWER TO PUZZLE NO I

OAK, CLOAK, LOCK.
EMMA R,

 

ANSWER TO ENIGMA NO. VI.

Attila is the name of a savage chief-
tain, once terrible on account of his power
and rapacity. Misery is a consequence
of the neglect of the laws of God and
man. The Missal is an object of reli-
gious reverence by some, but of abhor-
rence by others. Temerity is sometimes
mistaken for a virtue. A Mortar is well
calculated to unite the masses. Morality
is considered by some philosophers—
who, by the way, in my judgment, are
greatly mistaken—as the basis of all pre.