A PLEASURE TRIP. [Continued from page 342, October Number.] After spending our allotted time in visiting the Wonderful Falls, we concluded to go in a southerly direction to the city of Pittsburg in the state of ?-Pennsylvania. It is at the junction of ?—Alleghany and Monongahela Rivers, which by their union form?-the Ohio. Opposite here upon Ohio River is?-Alleghany City. This state is rich in?-mines of coal and iron, and is crossed by a river called?-Susquehanna; also several mountain ranges belonging to? -Alleghany System. From Pittsburg we sailed down the?-Ohio. Upon our left was the state of? West Virginia, also its Capital called?— Wheeling. The river is crossed at this place by?-a handsome suspension bridge. This state belongs to?-the Southern States. On our right was the state of?- Ohio, one of the?- Western States. In the southwestern part of this state we passed a large city called?-Cincinnati, and Dick says the quantity of pork packed here is?—very large. Opposite this city in the state of?—Kentucky, are important cities called?-Covington and Newport, and further west the largest city called?-Louisville. In Kentucky, near Green River, is a great Natural Curiosity called?-Mammoth Cave. As we sailed westerly we saw north of us the states of?—Indiana and Illinois. In the southern part of Illinois is the town of?— Cairo, and here is the mouth of?—the Ohio, which empties into?— the Mississippi. The valley of this river, is next to that of the Amazon the?-largest in the world. It rises in?—Minnesota, flows?-southerly, and empties into?-Gulf of Mexico, by?—several mouths called?-a Delta. Its length is ?-2800 miles, and is navigable for a distance of?-2200 miles. On the opposite side of this river from Cairo is the state of?— Missouri. We had intended to ascend the Mississippi to the largest city in this state called?-St. Louis, and from thence go by Pacific Railroad to the second largest state in the Union called?-California, bordering on?-Pacific Ocean. Hearing of the frequent snow blockades, however, discouraged us from proceeding further in that direction; therefore we decended the river, passing on our right the states of?-Missouri and Arkansas, and upon the left those of?-Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi. We passed also the Capital of Louisiana called?-Baton Rouge, and stopped for a few days at the largest city called?-New Orleans. Dick says this city is called?-the Crescent City, because?—it is built on a bend in the river. We now concluded to turn our faces homeward, therefore went on board a steamer bound for the largest city in the Union. Our course after leaving the mouth of the river was?-southeasterly through? -Gulf of Mexico, passing the states of?-Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. This latter state is called?-a peninsula, because? -it is almost surrounded by water. After leaving the gulf, we were in?-Florida Strait, which separates?—Florida from Cuba and Bahama Islands. Our course was now changed to?-northeasterly, and we were sailing upon?—Atlantic Ocean, passing on our left the states of?-Georgia, S. Carolina, N. Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey, soon after which, we reached our destination. This large city called?—New York, is situated at?—the mouth of Hudson River on Manhattan Island in the state of?-New York. . In commercial importance this city ranks next to?-London and Liverpool. The second city in the state called?-Brooklyn, is opposite here on?-Long Island. We spent several days in visiting these two cities, and then, having been invited to visit friends residing in the smallest state in the Union called?-Rhode Island; we again took a steamer for the largest city in that state, sailing in a northeasterly direction, between?New York and Long Island, upon what is called?-East River, into?-Long Island Sound. South of us was?-Long Island, which is in length ?-140 miles. North of us was the state of?— Connecticut. This state is often called the?" Land of Steady Habits." It has of sea coast about?-100 miles, and its best harbors are at the mouths of?-Housatonic, Connecticut aad Thames Rivers. It is celebrated for the?-great variety of its manufactures, and is engaged to some extent in?-foreign commerce and whale fisheries. We passed several smaller islands belonging to?—New York, and soon after Block Island which belongs to?-Rhode Island, and contains the town of?-New Shoreham. We also passed on our left, Point?-Judith. Our course was now changed to ?—Northerly and we entered?—Narragansett Bay. Upon our right we passed an island called?—Island of Rhode, which contains?—three towns ; the most southern of which called?-Newport, is one of the?— Capitals of the State. This city is defended by ?-Fort Adams, and is the most fashionable?—summer resort in the United States. The bay extends?-northerly, for a distance of?—30 miles, and contains several smaller islands. In the northern part of it, are two smaller bays called?—Mt. Hope and Coweset Bays, also the mouth of?-Providence River. As we sailed up this river, we noticed-at frequent intervals— upon either bank, what appeared to be small, uninhabited villages. Dick said he thought they must be the celebrated?" Down the Rivers," whither so many Rhode Island excursionists go every day in summer, to get a dinner of?-baked clams, take a?-bath, see the?-monkeys, and ride on the?-horses. This state was settled by?—Roger Williams in?—1636; and though its area is but?-1046 sq. miles yet it is the most thickly settled of?-any state in the Union. We soon arrived at the second city in New England call?—Prov- · idence; and landed at?-Fox Point. This city is also one of the? -Capitals, as Rhode Island like its western neighbor?-Connecticut, has two?-Capitals. As our stay here was not to be limited, we rested from our journey, before we commenced sight seeing. Our friends then told us, that for our first object of interest, they knew of nothing better than to accept an invitation to a school examination on?-Smith's Hill in?-North Providence, and so?" Kind Friends, Good Afternoon!" N. A. C. MR. ADAMS AND THE BIBLE.-In a letter to his son, in 1811, John Quincy Adams says: "I have for many years made it a practice to read through the Bible once a year. My custom is to read four or five chapters every morning soon after rising from my bed. It employs about an hour of my time, and seems to me the most suitable manner of beginning the day. In what light soever we regard the Bible, whether with reference to revelation, to history, or to morality, it is an invaluable and inexhaustible mine of knowledge and virtue." WHAT THE MICROSCOPE TEACHES ME. It teaches me to worship every flower, A silent token of a mightier power; To see In every leaf that swings in every breeze, It teaches me to bend the humble knee On wings of thought to worlds of light afar, It teaches me that God is everywhere, In myriad forms of earth, and sea, and air; In labyrinths of smallness I can trace, In all things find His many featured face. It teaches me the dignity of man, The crowning work of Nature's boundless plan. The mists and films of human vision flee, A deeper meaning lies in all I see- A guide for error groping into right, Another step from darkness into light; And lofty step in the high altar stairs That men are building up through pains and prayers Toward their God. Chicago Journal of Microscopy. THE SOLDIER ANTS AND THEIR CHATTELS. RAY GREENE HULING. "One fine summer's day," says a French Naturalist, “when I was just sixteen, I took it into my head to produce a masterpiece. At once I seized my pen for I had no doubt of myself or others, and I wrote a very fanciful poem in which all created beings flung themselves into a sort of bacchanalian ecstasy. In it I represented the animals holding festival and frolic, dancing and gambolling from morning to night, and man, among them all; their master and king, the only worker weary with the noise of their everlasting merriment. The moral can easily be perceived. On the one hand, life but for a day, joys of a moment,-fleeting pleasure, soon interrupted by death; on the other, deep meditation,-consideration for the future, -heroic sacrifices,-indefinite perfectibility purchased at the price of great sufferings. I had just put the finishing strokes to my composition when I all at once perceived that the lower animals-these poor creatures whom I had so maligned-themselves had to undergo severe labor and were obliged to toil as wearily for their livelihood as ourselves. First, the mole, a prudent creature, notwithstanding her supposed blindness, showed me that she had to burrow in the earth to find her food. Then I remembered that the beaver is a clever engineer and that the spider has nothing to learn from our weavers. Besides I called to mind the green woodpecker that has to pierce the trees with hundreds of blows before it can obtain its food; and I deliberated with fear on the quantity of kicks, bites and blows endured by an individual of the feline race, before the close of her existence. 66 Certainly I had set out on the wrong track, but at sixteen one is not cast down by such a trifle, and my resolution was soon taken. I instantly commenced another work, not less remarkable than the first, in which I showed that man, far from being superior to the other animals, owes to them all his inventions." While we are unwilling to admit this last proposition of the French gentleman, it cannot be denied that there are many curious resemblances between the habits of the lower orders of beings and those |