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MINIONNIMINUMI
1.; - 1..„0;r . ritselT,, VOList
Visttitantous.
B. Tile for Truant Httebande•
'Where are you going... George t' asked Zs.
Wilson, a;4' her husband rose from the tea-
Jable, an& took his hat.
~ going,our; was the careless re
sponse. •
'But where t' asked his wife. - •, •
' , What odds does it mako,Emma 1' returned
bur buatand. 'I shall be-back at my Usual
•
time: •
The Tonna wife liesitated;and a quick (lush
oreraliread her. face. She seemed to have
made up her mind to speak plainly upon the
subject witieh --. ..„bad Jain uneabily_ upon her .
bean" for some and she could not let
the opportunity . pass. It requited an- effort—'
but she perievered:
• 'Let me tell you what Odds it mates to me:
sbe said, in a kind, 'but tremulous tone. 'R-
I cannot have your company here at borne,[,
should at least feel better if I knew - Where 'you
were.'
--qiut you know that I am safe., Emma, and
what-more can
. Son ask I' •
'I do not; know- that you are safe,
Geor g e. I know nothing about you when
you are Away ' "
'Pooh I. pool: I - Would you have it that I
am not able of taking care of myself •
'You put a wrong construction upon my
words, George. Lore is 'always anxious when
its dearest of away. If I did not•love
you as I do, I might not be thus uneasy.
When you are at your place of business, I
never feel 'tints, because I know I eau seek
and find you At any moment ; but when you
are absent daring these long•erenings. I ger
to wondering where you ate. Then I begin
toleellOnesome; -and so,ono thought follows
another, and 1 feel troubled and uneasy., Oh
ybu ,, would s"nly stay with me a:portion
- of your eveilinp• '.' • -
Altis--4thought ;Lai., was what you were
aiming at; said George, With a playful shake
of tbe.bead, 'you would' have me * here every
evening.'
*Weil—can yon wonder et it 4' returned
.Emina. ' l l ust.d . to be very happy when' you
came•to spend.an evening with me Wool) we
were:Olarried ; and I know I should be very
happy in tour society now.'
`Ak e said George, with a satire. 'tlioce were
buriness meetings.- We were aronging then
for-the future.'
'And ivliy not conlin,ue•r•o to do, my bus.
6 . '0112. I-min-sure gi-e omit.' hie A. tisppv now
a ever.. • It yip will temember oue of our
1114:e
. /11 11(.1111..
"Aud liavu't; we got one, Emma
bare cerisinly a place in wl.ich to
live,' unsvicied tile mir; Fottiewhat ern.
sivetv. •
;Atul it 'is our pursued - George—
'And,' he added; quilt a - sort of e4tfi4ent
tioutsl 4 ,•hottie is the Ore's peculiar province.
Sue has - charge of it, and xli her work is
there; while,the cidties uf (he hustutud eel!
him 10-ottiersoenes!
mlitlit that, rc, rxr ^s certain. du
tie, a r e ooneertied," replied Emma. - Tut cetn
• must ietneinber that we 6.111 need .r e t e xation
bona labor; we- need -time' for EOCilii and
mental iliipruvement and : enjoyment; and
Ikt:sit tiMe-have we E'er this
-my
e%enings
Why stn;uld not this be -my limns of ad
evening, as well as in day time and is the
..Welbil-isn't it asked George. , • .
`llow -, Cati it bi• if ton are not here 1 What
Takes a Louie for chi dren, if it be not the
abode of 't be plieuts What home can a
itnatttnl Lave Wheie there is no wife • And•
—what real home: - 4.l‘..mrhrti. can a wife enjoy
witere there jail() husband 1 - You do not
con. der how lone-sine I am a. : 11 MORE! bete
during these long evening , . •'•''They are the
vet) .beasons when 1 am at• ietstire to eni..y
our companionship, and when you would •Ite
at ieisute to enjoy mine, If it is worth enjoy
ing. • TLey are the seasons -when the hap
piest 'hours of - Louie life might le passed.
C:ine—will you 'not spend a few evenings
esiteimie r
•Yqu't.ad enough\ of me as it.
husload, lightly. I
to be the hest judge of yhint,
George. .I%:u would I.,tt very lonesome b 1 re
.'Nut if it 'WitS my place of business, as it-is
teturnea the young Man. 'lion
are used to sl . aying befe. All wived - itelong
to '
home.'
'Just remember, My husband, that,previous
to our ntrliage,l had pleasant society all t
the time. Of,: course I remained at home
much of tny time; but I had a father and a
Inotherahere, and I hadsbre.hers and sisters
there ,and our evenings were happily *pent.
fluidly I .airve up all fur you. • I left the old
borne and Bought a home
,with my busliabil.
And now, have I not a right to expect some
of your cumPaniono:hip t How would you`
like toliii4 Me - away every evening, whiles;
you were _obliged to remain here alone, I
George!'
*Wby—l - aliould like it well enoughi l
'9b—but sou would not be willing tb try
. I
'Yes, I would,' said George, at a venture.
'Will yolk remain here' every _evening • next
week, and let me speled my time among m a y
female friende
. -'•Certainlv I will,' he
,replied, 'and I can
asstue - you4 sball not be so lonesome as you
itaszine:
With Ibis the husband went out and was
soon anion z his friends. He wasa steady,
industrious twin, and loved his wi fe truly. ;
but, hke thousands of others, he had con
tracted A habit of spending his evenings
broad, and„ thought it no harm. Ilia ; only
practical idea of home seemed tohe. that it
was a place whicb-his wife took e l ite of,: and
where be could eat, drink and . sleep, as long
As he could pay ter it. -Ili short, halireated
it as son of private boirding house, of
which hisistife \ was landtadY; and as 'he paid
all the - tills, be considered his . duty done.
r -His, wife had frequently asked him to stay at
_home with her, hit he bad centered
upon any argument befiire,..and he bad no
..conception of how - inuch she missed him.
:She always -licensed hippy when .he came
and he stipposedtdis-eouldwrways he
Monday aiming emile,atul - George,Wilstin
siimuned true to his promise. flis wife put
oa:her honest and shawl;, sod lie . - he
wmgd, Husain sod losep house.. '
`Whit will you do whes I am gooerEmtna
usketi.
d sing, and enjoy my-
'oll—l she read'a
self getierally!
• 'Very welt,' said E
ma. shall be -back
The wife went out, nd the btisband was
left alone. He.had a interesting book' and
be began to read it. I e mid till eight o'clock.
and !hen he bean to yawn,. and look
fieptently at the clue .--- The book did not
interest him as usual. •Ever and anon Ito
would come to 'a .oassitge
,which he knew
would-please: his wie, and instinctively he
turned as:• if he • w uld read it aloud ; but
„ I'
there was -no Wife to Fear it. At half past
tx,,
eight he.ruse from It a chair and began to
pace , the floor .and histle. Then he- went
and got his flute and played several of hi - ,
favorite airs. After ti is he got a alien board,
an& played a game w . th an imaginary part,
nerJ ' Th en be walk 'the Hoer - and whistled
again. Finally the cock struck nine and his
la de. rat ut ned. . -
-"Well, George,' sai
time. How have yo
'Capitally t return ,
no idea it was so
she.'l am back in good
enjoyed yourself!'
the husband. had
I hope you hate 'en
joyed
'Ol/, splendidly I' s
idea how much en
id Ilia wife. 'I lia'd no
orment there was away
dull
A place after all—
flomlkMthe. • Home
18u't 71 r
it any that it id.''returned
a fact,' he added, 'I ra-
'Why—no-1 can
George, carelessly. ' '
tber like it,.
glAcl of that,'
retorted Emma, 'for we
elves now. You
le week of it'
ti!joy on :
Fire a nice t;oinforia
His team) k, but he kept
determined to stand it
George wiaced at
his countenance, an
0.0 T. I
On the next eveni
l g Emria prepared to go
as, ay again.
- 'l shall be hack• a
?aid.
ain in good tin:le,' she
going 1' her husband
•W here are you
a , ked. •
exactly. , I may go to
'Oh, I can't y
severs: places.'
So George Wilson
and he fried to amu
tra's left alone solp
e himself as before ; but
task. Ever and anon
upon dial empty chair,
Id cptne, •Ilow pleasant
•re bete !' The clock
id he began to li,ten.for
he found it a diffleul
he would ea•t his ey
and tbe attnight wo
it would be if she w
GOxily shtick nine, a
;he step of b; wife
Flipped by, and he b
lialf an host mole
came very nervous and
I tered to himself, after be
i time in
not to slay ow au late I"
tenleTTlivEtl that he uften
ih later than that, and
tig n."lse Liao hoar
declare,' be rratt l
lied lititened fur emu;
too 14mi. She might
But he hapNaltd to
remained away ma
so be concluded tLa
Emma
I riot t the Enid, look
• But !fell ,mr
lhave you enjoyed jour
At n crnrter to le
- 'A not'
ing up At the ch.ek,
uri f,iendl. Uow
self I'
•Ftrst rate; returned George, bravely. •1
think 111,tne is a capital plane:
T.speetal y - when a man can hare it all to
himself,' added tie wife, with Al i.itlelong
gbatee at. her-l.u6band. But be made ri)
reply.
' On the next evening Etiima prepared to go
out - as before; but this time sbe . kiased her
husband ere she weal, - and seemed to hesi
tate.
'Where do-yln think of - go:ng George I
a-ked in an-undertone.
•I may drop in to see Unele John; replied i s
Emma. *llowever,'cou wen's be uoca-y.— I r
You'll know I'M safe.' I
'Oh. certainly,' said her husband; buts when
left to his own reflections he began to ponder
seriou-ly upon the.suljeet that pre-rented fur I
consideration. He could not read—he could
not play—nor enjOy- himself in any 4
while- the chair was empty. In short.he fOund
ibat•horim had no real comfort without his 1 j
wife. The one thing needed to make his,
name cheerful was not present.
deciare,t he said to himself, 'I did noi I I
think it woUld.be so lonesome. Ana can it
be that she feel- as I do, when sheis here all
alone .It naug..latlacill - 16 —s c..' l
rutty. - It is just as ale says. Beforti wed'
were married she was very 'happy in her
childhoocrahome, :Her parents, loved her, 1
and her btothers anrsisteta loved her, and
they did all they could to make her corn
.for tsble.'
After this be vvalked• dp and doire the
room several times, and then stopped again
and communed with hi triself.
'I can't stand this,' said he. should die
in a week-. If Emma were only here, I think
1 could arimse myself eery well How lone
some and dreary' it is 1.. And only eight
o'clock'. I dettlare—l'se a mind - to walk
down as far as Uncle John's and she if see is
ih e ie.' 1t would be a relief to the to see her.
I won't go in. She shan't know yet that I
hold out so faintly: ,
George Wilson took another turn across
the glanced once more at the clock.
and then took bit hat and went out. He
locked the door after him, - and then bent his
steps towardS Uncle tan's. .It was a beauti
ful inomirght night, and the' air was keen
and bracing. He walked al( ug, witls-hi.-
r e% es bent upon th 4 pavement, -when he heard
la, light step approaching him. He looked
I up, and—he could dot be mistaken—saw his I
wife. His first impelse was to avoid her,but
she bad recognized tdin.
- 'George; said She with some 'surprise,
'is
lira your
is,' was the - reponse.
I 'And sou do not spend your evenings at
homer ,
`This is-the first i l time 43,1 have been out,.Ent
ma, upon my ~cord; and even now I have not
been absent f oni the house ten minutes. I
trerely came out sotake the fresh Het
w here. are you gong?
am' going home; George. I Will yon 'go
with me I' , •
- "Certainly,' retttrued. the basbeed.
Emma took Idiarm,and they walked borne
in silence.. I.
When Emma bad liken off-her shawl and
bonnet,"ebe.eat dOwa in her. ofiiiir . endloOked
et the clock.
'You have come,home early to-night,' re
marked
,George, .
The young - wire looked into her husband's
face; rind," With an eipreiwien of bilf smiling
and half fearful, She answered :
'1 will honfoia the tretb..GeOrge; I bane
given tip the a - split:neat. I `'managed to
stand Mast is; • ' 4 bat lecntid not beat it
through to-night. - I thooght_of you
here all skins, wentedlo. tie with you. It
E SOIN OURSELVES TO NO PARTY - THAT DOES NOT. CARRY THE FLAG AND KEEP- STEP 40 1 ."TFIR:MUSIC OF THE. UNION:
1117
seenrright. I havn't enjoyed myself
at all. I bare no hems but this.'
'Say you so I' cried George, moving his
chair towards his wife's, side, .and taking one
of her hands. glen let me make my con.
fes , ion. I have stood it not ft whit better.
When I left the house this evening, I could
'bear it no lonier. Isfound that this was- no
homelorine,.-wnile my sweet wife was ab
sent. I thought I would walk- down by
Uncle John's, and see your face, if possible.
I had gated upon your empty-chair till my
heart ached.'. ,
Ile kissed her as be spoke, and then add
edriwhile she reclined Ler head upon his
at in
•I have learned a very good lesson. Your
presence here is like the•bursting forth of the
sun!after the storm ; sod if you love me as
I love you—wltich, of course, I cannot doubt
—my presence may afford .some sunlight for
you. At all events, our nest experiment
shall be to that effect. I will try and see
how much home comfort we can find while
we are both here to enjoy it.'
'Emma was too happy to express bar joy
in Words ; but she expressed it nevertheless,
end' in a manner, too, not to bo mistaken by
her busbaild.
- •
liontrose, 2asquelianira Counta, Veipt'a t kursh lorninq, pertittr 0, 1854.
The next evening was s spent at borne by
both husband end wife, and, it was a season
of Much enjoyment. ,
short time George began to realize
hoW much comfort was to be found in a quiet
andJpaaceful home, and the longer he enjoyed
this comfort, the more plainly did he see and
um4srstand the simple' truth, that it takes
two lto make a happy home.. and that if
theist- de is one party, the At usband must. be
the lather. • 4
French Kissing.
- smir.ing Paris correspondent
of one ,of ibe pipe's, thus clegerloes the rage
fur iti,sing in "La Belle Fratiee :
. .
Tie almost. universal custom of kissing in
Paris seems at first singular to a stranger
Owning from the country, where the proprie
iies:of life rarely permit you to taken lady's
hand, much less to salute her. In France, to
kiss a lady with whom you are not intimate.
is eery common ; especially is this the ease if
she lir; a married lady. Not only the
beril of the family, but all the guests, expect
invariably to salute the lady of the house,
on l ooming down in Oat moin44. But
thotigh the modest American may s perhaps,
escape the, ceremony on ordinaiy occasions,
yet trtt New Year's morning it is ittlpesatire.
On ;that morning I came down-to my coffee
shout 9 o'clock. I eat down quietly, bidding
Minimtne bon four: as on ordinary Der:Astons,
In la few moments she was at my elbow,
'Monsieur i 3., I am angry with yol.'
Ilexpressed ®ret and annoyance of hay-,
inOlveD her any reason.
said she, 'you k'tow very well- the
reason. It is beeausd you sdid not embrace'
rids morning when you came down.'
Madame was a lady of perhaps twenty
bt, with jet black, glossy, hair , nod a
fair complexion. She was %'ery, beauti
bad she had been plain, I should hays
rless en:marrassed. She waited as though
ieciing me to atone (or myneglect;but bow
ld I before the whole table 7 I sat all
time,trembling in my seat. At length
,ante said
el till
de
ful '
felt!
el
B, carasez mot.'
The worst had come. I arose, trembling;
t!rnv bloodless lips, all greasy with hatter,
( l'esel with coffee, (for in my embarrasi
t, I has dropped wy napkin) to those of
This was my first French kiss.
pIE BRITISH FRIGATE'S' TENDER
ia d the Yankee Coasting Sloop.
TORT OF TIIE LAST WAR WTTII ENGLASD
T was early on a sunny morning, during
. last war with Great Britain, that a young
xl Lffic s er. walking art the Battery a t
k. had his atra.,•-- ..t.own to a group of
ons• earnestly engaged to rt.welting two
['els that were just etst•bte down the harbor.
What is it; my friends i ^ he asked in a
litk, hearty tone, as he, joined them. •
j• The British tender; again, chasing -a
ooner, sir," answered an old tar, touching
- point of his hat, as he noticed the anchor
ton on on the officer's coat.
` Ile:a is a 9'y glass sir," said a master's
I te, at the isme time iespectfully landing
By its aid be could clearly distingnisli an
armed schooner of about ninety tons, crowd
inall sell in olive of a "foie and after,"
t
bob by towing and wetting her-sails.
The chase-is about a half a mile a head,
sir " said the master's 'nate:, "but the tender
sails like a dolphin in chase of a shark. The
fore and are] don't stand' any chance of get
Ma in past the fort."
.1... The render can sail, s - 1- I am the' one.l
that ought to know it," said l 'stout weather 1
beaten man, "She was a pilot boat, and the
frortest craft that ever danced over the water.
Three weeks am 1 and my Crew Were oth in
her, when yon English frigate suddenly made
he'r appearance out of a fog bank, and brought
aril to. I took to my yawl and pulled to the
land, a league away, and escaped; for the
fog was so thick that: the Engli4tittan Dever
caught a glimpse of me. It is my schooner
that they have turned into- a tender, sir, and_
that has made so many captures the vast
th l ree seeks, of our small coasters."
1 1 " She carries forty meb and' a long thirty
trio as I Lear," observed a seaman in the
r '
group..
It would be a blessing," observed' a Tan
i .
ofiwar's men, who had not spoken, "if that
craft could be caught napping?
1" That's a fact, Ben," responded another
seaman. ""She has iaken; or driven back in
Itirt, no less than twenty-six crafts in the last
three weeks. I shall be glad for once, when
- otir frigate lying off there- gets her amend
ment aboard ; for then I think we'll swallow
the 'English frigate lying outside, and pick
otir teeth with the tender."
• . I All these remarks'«ate heard by the young
offitmr, who continued " to look through the
si;) , glass Alt the tender and her Chase: ,
I« There goes a gun ler vied severat oftbe
siientators, ass dash, sod: a jet of smoke came
fr i m the tender's WC ' -
:
l*Tinire botd enovigbroliserred the voting
to cer; as. if iipearking • hi - C.IIIOOOU ;timid ;
44 `jIle 'impudent tender it alnrost up to the
fart, and dares to4re at the abise in the very
fs4e of the batteries' :
It is only to try and do her mischief,
sir," said the master's mate; "for
to
finds
the fort and after will escort her, to she fires
a gun to cat away something."
"You ate right, my Man," responded the
officer, ",for she has put slant and stands
sva.raid again.' ,
He continued to watch the retiring tender
foj some moments in silence. -
ir"lt's a pity we hasn't an armed cutter , in
port, that would sail fastisr than she can so
that wo might give her a chase ow," said a
lad approaching the group. His dress was
that of a midshipman, and his air singularly
frog and cat elm.
"Ab, Frank, are you , here!" snitrthe Lieut.
"Come aside witicme," said he, potting his
arm in that of the midshipman, "I have C.qu•
craved a plan for the capture of that tender."
"in what way, sir j'' enquired the youth.
"I will show you. The tender's game sp•
pears to be the coasting vesselstrolb which
she takes men to impress into the British
navy, and also plunders the crafts of seek as
they contain which are of any" valise. My
plan is to charter' an old sloop, the worst
looking one that it is possible to find in port,
yet a tolerable sailer, for she must work_well
and readily obey her helm. I will load-her
-decks.with ben coops filled with poultry, pens
mined with pigs, and a few sheep, and a
eklf or two by way of variety. You "la, ugh,
Frank, bui tire commander of the tender will
find it no laughing matter, if I succeed as 1
anticipate., 1 shall ship about thirty•five
men, and 'congeal them in the hold and
taking command of my creft.„ with onfy one
baud visible on Lite deck, I shall set sail out
of tbe harbor. When I get out side, 1 think
I shall be able to show John Bull a Yankee
trick he will not be likely to forget very soon.
But all will depend 9p your n good manage
ment of the affair. Now "you see what I
would be.at, Vrank
Wlll you join me I"
"Heart and hand, sir," respecded Frain
Talbot, stith enthusiasm.
•Now we want to proceed at once to ac
tion," said the Lieutenant. "I want you
should go to the Anchor retwlezvous, in Pearl
street, and drum up abotit five-and-thiry
men. Trikwonly those who are daribg and
ready for anyth og. Let noue-of them know
your object, lest we should be betrayed by
information being critiveyed to the tender.
You will find enough of those that will ask
no questions. Meet me at twelve o'clock at
the Exchange reading rooms, and report to
me."
The inidshiptert then took his leave and
hastened up the Battery., The Lieutenant
returned to the group, and taking aide the
Maal ea . a mare, yr Duns do 1 pew, tie lam - totem
before him his project. The old tar entered
;eve it with alt flis-teaL Together they Went
to the docks, where, oa account of the "block
ade, lay idle a large number of vessels of
every descriptiont,.... They_ werw.‘not long in
discovering such a craft'as suited them ; a
Budsou. sloop of seventy tons. She was lin
mediately put in trim for sailing by the mas•
ter's mate and, three , or four men whom he
employed, while the officer proceeded to buy
up and send on board his live stock.
The morning foUowing
,thee went:, the
tender of the Briti-h frigate wog s i a ndinz off
easy sail, and domain with ;Sandvdy Book.
The wind was from the south, and blowing
about a five knot breeze. The sky was witb•
out a cloud,and only a gentle undulation lifted
the surface of the ocean. The tender was a
clipper built vessel, very narrow in the beam,
acid constructed solely with an eye to her
fast sailing qualities; and she gave proof of.
them by ov'erhauling everything. She car
ried amidships a long 32 pounder. tier crew
consisted of about thirty men, in the uniform
of the British navy. They were now ptinci
pally assembled in the bOw and cm the, wind
last+, talking together, or watching II shore.
Aft, the officer of the deck, a bluff, full faced
young English , 4-rwiBrty," Wag lounging over_
the quarter-railing, smoking a cigar. The
man at the helm bad a sinecure of his
post, for the ve-sel tripped along so easily
that she seemed almost to steel herself..
-Sail ho!" cried the lookout from the
keel of the browsprit.
•• Where away I" quickly demanded the
officer..
" In shore, two points forward the beam."
"Aye,_ aye, I see,"' answered the middy,
leveling his glass at a sloop just stealing - oat
of ihe harbor. closely hugging the shore. "It's
another of the Yankee coasters. A sail in
shore, Mr. Stanley," said he,epeaking through
the sky light. -
The Lteutenapt, a stout -fleshy visaged
John Bull, came on deck, and, took sight
it the stranger, which - was about a
,league
distant.
"It is a luinber sloop; bet we will bring
ber to, if she daMs venture out ; -for we may
get some fresh prOvisions and vegetables' from
her if nothing more."
" Shall I put her be the other tack, sir !"
asked the middy.
" Not vet. Keep on els we are till the-sloop
gets au i:ffin e ,tr. If we run for heroow, she
will take refuge in the harbor," replied the
Lieutenant.
The sloop stood Off for half a mile, and then
hauling her wind, beat down along the land.
The tender delayed her chase till she had
got too far from the en-trance of the harbor
to get back again, and then putting about,
rap for her so as to cut ber off.
The sloop seemed to take alarm, and put
ting ahPut, began to make the best of her
way toward the harbor she had left. Confi
dent of the speed, of his own vessel; the Eiig
li/h Lieutenant felt satisfied that the chai.e
wfts already his, and laughed at the efforts of
tile sloop to get away.
At length they came near enough to tee
that her decks were covered with pigs and
poultry.
" A rare haul we shall make this morping,"
_said the middy. "Enough of chicken pie'
for the 'whole frigate's crew, to say nothing
of the turkey and roast pig for the cabin.
" What a regularllab sided Yankee skip
per she has at hirlelm I Man end boy, she
bas aratoutOrewl" said the Lieutenant laugh
ing. The7'look'frighteued out of their senses,
as they begin to think they auf,gone fur it !
Sloop ahoy 1" - • -
What ye want!" came across the-titter;
in the strong nasal of Yankeedcum : •
. " -want "you to heave tot brother Jon
athan:" , ' -
" tether not, if it's all - the same, to you :
I'm in a mighty !im s ", Was dna reply.
Freak," .added the the disguised agar,
in akendertone, when I order yon to lat,go
the jib you must draw it aft as hard, it your
Strength 'wilt let yort. I at the same time
will put the helm hard, up, so the alOp will
pay rapidly off, and fall aboard .."of the
tender; for I am lietertnined to fall .aboard
of her. I shall curse your blondes, and
order you to let go; but don't mind me;
keep polling tbe jib bard to the windward.
Leave the rest, to me.. - Wow me, men," he
said, speaking through the companion way,
"take a good grasp of your outlaises and
pistols. Wben•l stamp . my root on the del*
over your heads, throw off the hatihes, leap on
deck and follow= me." --
" Heave to. or I'll sink you What are
you palavering about!" cried the Englishman.
The two 'vessels were now side by side,
steering the same COilfae abeam of each other;
the tender to the leeward about a hundred
fathoms off.
" Wal, don't be too free with your powder
and. I will.. Aminadab, let go that. sheet."
"Yes, I will," answered the young reefer;
and with a hearty will .he began to draw it
to windward, at the same moment the Amer
ican officer put the lielm hard un and the
sloOp paid-off right toward the tender.
" Yes, Aminadab, you tarnal- fool let go,
I say I Let it go I Don't you tee we are
coming right aboard of the Captain's vessel f"
But " Aminadab" pulled the harder, and
fairly took. a turn with the sheet about a
belaying pin.
The English officer was about to - pour out
upon him a volley of oaths,wben, seeing that
the slOop would certainly fall foul of him. be
turned to give Orders-for the protection of his
own vessel; but ere be could utter them, the
sloops boWs struck her near - the fore rigging,
and swang round, stern with stern. At the
same instant the American officer stamped
upon the derr, and forty men Made their ap
pearance- from the hatches, -forecastle, and
cabin., and leaped after Percival upon the
tender's deck.
The' Englishman, taken by surprise, sur
rencleted without sea rbaly , 'striking I. 10.;
and 'getting both vessels under! sail, in the
very sight of 'the frigate,. the gallant young
captain sailed with his 'prize back into the .
hat bor, and safely mithoteKl her off the' Bat
ter', after an absence of six hours and 27 min
'was.
This exploit is doubtless one of the boldest
and.rnost spirited affairs that eame off during
the war, and the account given is a faithtu)
narrative of the transaction., •
, 54131 getting his rettalne told.
seriou4 apprebensionajodging from
the past,that tbo future might dill be pregnant
wan disappointtneuls and dire upsetting of
venturing, to 4.10010111, one of our prognostica;
Las of.time and events , in ord4r. - tp- get a
gliinfrga beyond the sail veil, no la s h a per
son than the famous clairvoyant and fortune
teller of td—a alley. gtr I called upon
•Ikirs. o—, and with an air of the most
humble expectancy. made known my desirSs.
Baying entered 113 temple of wisdom some
what unceremoniously perhaps, •the Oracle
appeared, b nneted, shawled, and with bas
ket on arm, about to lenve for market; but,
on learning the object of my visit, bonnet,
&bawl and market basket flew into one corner
in the "twinkling of an eye," and the center
of all my hopes and fears stood before me in
all the glories of a ten cent calico, check
apron and . low quartered shoes. A young four
year old was sent howling into the basement,
his movements being immensely accelerated
by a box on the ear from his inspired ma.
The coast now beings clear, the clairavoyant
state was at once assomed,(preceded of course
by the reception of fifty cents,) and "ready
for tineetiona" warned me that at length "my
hour had come." Being iomewbat skeptical,
I concluded to inquire somewhat of the
present ere we ventured into hidden affAirs.
"Am I a married man I"
"so." fell with a startling digtiv4psss on
my astonished ear, as I ha've a Ride and vim
Arlo Idrea.
"Have I any children!"
"No, of course not, how cotild you, not be
ing married 1 . 1
"True," I replied, apologetically. "how
could .I,"forg •iting,iu m y anvetlir after know
ledge, the niter absurdity .of the question.
- .110 I owe any. property I"
"No, not a thing ; but von expect con
siderable from your father after his death."
Lie number three, for I- certainly am pos.
sa:sor of one second bind bridle and saddle,
minus the horses, ope shot gun, one glazed
hat ; one passable suit, 000 pair boots, one
pocket testament shaped Ila4c, and one Al
len's revolver; and as to the old gentleman,
I had 14 hesitancy in pronouncing shit lie
number four.as I had lung -since been inftnm
ed that the day of gifts was past.
I.sow for the future..
"Shall I ever be rich r
"Yes, you - will be a very wealthy mac."
"Will 1 ever be married I"
"Yes," she'replied,after some
,consideration,
"von will be in love; ind_tben You won't ;
and then rti will be disappointed andgive
up to despair; bat your beart will not break,
and yOu will get over it, and the n,at last,you
will marry a widow woman."
••Sdop I" I cried, "if I do, may I
well. it does not matter ; go on."
"Yes, yes, you will, I see it all before
ma." .
But, having now obtained eveti , _ thing
necessary on this earth, viz: money and ma
trimony, or, 'rather, matrimony and money,
I informed Madanie,tbat I wits perfectly satis
fied of the. peace of mind, benefits, '4ke., that
ber science was calculated to affird,and
assuring her tbatj Would not MI tomake
known her claims on the public through the
columns Of the press.—Saus, in Pittsburgh
Moining Post.
BELPINCITthI Witssna.-4Strolling leistirely
about Uncle Sam's big ship-yard the other
day,we observed a regular hard weather sailor
chap from a email-of-irar, who in turn, wig
arching." two Min: dragging -a seven;feet
cross-cut saw . through, a live-oak log. The
saw was dull, the log terribly hard, and there
they went fee , sari, seataw, pull-push,. push
pull. lack-studied . tbe Matter mier a
until be camalkt the cOneltision :they were
ptilling to see vrtio:Vronld )iet the saw and,
as one was a Monstrous big chap, while the
miter wis w littlecknowjack decided town
fair play-;• so :taking tbb biggest °sea clip
under the ear tint capsized him nd ober end,
he jerked the saw out of the, log ; and giving
it to the small one", snug Now run,..you
Meatokaka emit ie muob easier to
borrow trouble than mosey.
&national.
If you would leim.—Atudy. If you want
become, Icarued.—Ometice Whet you kelt.
. Disrespect to Irehohers.
The ichixil" , was composed entirely of boys
and numbered about fifty scholars, 'ranging
frorweight to sixteen years of . age.. It *.ls
situated four or five miles froM a large city;
ia'a villa - gel which was then, as is go*, a not•
ed resort for "fast" young viten. . As a conse
quence, the lioys beeline aeqtutinted with all
tbe profene,. : vulgar encl . ,elang ezpreseions of
the day, and were much kuctitied , to be rude
and pert, both in and-out of school
One day a slight disturbance having occur
ed in one of the classes, the teacher- skied one
of the'seltmlsca concerning it, and received a
Very disrespectful,and in-miting reply,. After
a moment 21 silence, he went on with the reci
tation apparently intending to take
,no no
tice of the offence. The scholars *ere mica
surprised at this seeming indifference, and
cormtiented en it freely at the close of the
school. .
The next morning the teacher called the
attention of the school, saying, pleasantly,
that he wished to ask a few questions.
`lf,' said the teacher, 'you were at play in
the yard, and a gentleman riding by in a
chips would stop and :nquire the way to
Brighton; would you tell him
'Yes, sir,'-promptly answered•the boys.
'Bet how would you tell him I In pleas
ant. gentlentanly . tones, oF - gruffly,.as though
he had, no right trouble you and disturb
your play's r -
'I would telnim as lyell rod' could,' said
one of the boys, and all raised their hands to
indicate their approval of the answer.
'But suppose that a common laborer would
ask yoo the same question, would you tell
him I'
'Yea,' was again the reply.
'And Would you tell him in a• polite and
gentlemanly manner, as you told the other
'Yea, sir,' said all the bop.
'But suppose a strolling beggar, clothed in
filthy garmenta,Wnd having every appearance
of having debased hiinvelf by , sice',•hould ask
you the same infurmation,would you tellltim
A heerty •Yes,air; was the response,as'before.
- aßdt would you be as particular to . tell him
as kindly and pleasantly as you would be to
tell the others -
'Most certainly we should, said the boys,
some even adding that they ought to be more
pat tioular to speak kindly to such a person.
The teacher had now gained his point.
The ;chairs lied established for themselves
a principle which `each felt wasjuit and true,
and it only remained for the teacher to make
t
•Yehterday.'Nsid he slowly and impressively.
1 asked George Jones a question, which I
not only had a right to ask, but it was rnv
duty to ask, and he gave me a di!trespectful
answer. Is it possible that thete is a boy in
this school who will treat his teacher worse
than he-would the meanest vagabond that
walks the . str_eet I'
It was enough. Nothing more was said.
yet every scholar felt the reproof ; and the
teacher did not, during the remainder of the
terat,have-occasion to complaiu of the slight
est want of respect on the part of any of his
pupils.—Mass. neeher.,
?tot Worth Picking Up.
, `He has given ma a dirty, greasy cent,"
said a man, contemptuoin-ly, on receiving his
change from an omnibus driver. As he spoke
he held the coin so carelessly between his
forefinger and thumb that it fell into the
straw.
"Let it lie there," he said, "it isn't worth
pickip 9' up !"
That. Man was the type of a class. Thous•
ands peas through life poor in money, know
ledge,- anal; skill; because they consider few
di 111 grr.reila she picking up. A. young law
yer haughtily declines some petty ease, for
getting that even in such cases repute' ion
may often be won. A storekeeper is uncivil
to a customer who wishes to buy only is
and so loses the chalice of selling to that
customer, some day, a heavy bill. Two . men i
go through the world—one with his cysts (p
-en, coritinuelly picking up new facts ; the
other, indifferent, and never learning any.
tlr ngtanti when the first rises to the hiptd of
his profession, and becomes eminent among
his fellow.citizens. the last gruMblies at What
he,calls the . other's luck. When the Marquis
of Newcastle expeAmented with the tea-kettle,
he laid the to - laudation of all subsequent
wonders of steam. It is a greet mistake, a
fatal misconception, to suppose there is any
thing not tioith picking up.
Fusel:lin said-once, as everybody knows.
"take care of the pennies and the dolla'ra will
tak scare of themselves:' That gliat apostle
of cowman sense never uttered a truer word.
The smallest leak. in time, will sink the
mightiest ship. .A grassy cent dropped in the
strew of an om n ibus is, therefore, worth the
picking up. He who despises a penny will
not stop the. reveals a f
ou
mind which re bottlers The act
wastefuluess,qua lity o
if it is
not wasteful itself. We are no ailiocatei
meanness.' But economy and that are not
meanness. There tire f w things wh ch we
can afford to throw away, because there are
few which at seine .future. time,' may not he
useful to us. If all of us were less reckless
of little savings we:would . bave-,knore to be
stsiw in benevolence. ')Ve have, indeed, no
right tg waste even a peony. Nothing is too
small in value not to be wokh the "picking
np.."
What made Napoleon the first master of
Ea - opal It Was a single idea, which must
have struck thoulands of generals before, but
vihicb all, prior himself, considered units'.
important. That idea was that be would
win is' battle, all. things else being equal, who
could concentrate . on a given point, - more
troops than Isis opponent. „What gayest new
world to Columbnal The idle dream, as his
cotemporaries called _ `it, that the - earth wet
round....-What. suggested. to Gibbon that
great.history - which, hat made his name im
mortal 1 A. lazy stroll through the ruined
Coliseinn ,at: midnight. What made the,
United - States iiidependent l The attempt of
it Sim& Minister to tax a fess - youide . of tear.
The wrests almost invariably orir
lute to Arlfiee., HisturY, as the'sits majestic-
ANY above the- nkareb of events, over-seeing .
aid oirer-iriling, does, not , disdain tb.work
_
out the;ightiest yerolitioas by taking a
-Vantage! tif the smallest things. To her aoth
log la.too. : petty- for the '..Pickiag
Baltimore Sea. _ . - -
foinint 15, S
Cultivate :the t'aimer, ail
Ctirrespoidence of lb , I.: Agriculturist
, .
Look out for In - ndiaries! \
- ir it were known br he farineri, of an t
town, that *a company : incendiaries wel
engaged 'lb burning th hawks of hay ell
grain, gathered with so Much labor (brio
the Summer, the great, excitement wool
prevail. Sheriff:, constables eod their di
puties would be on th alert ; patrols an
watclimen *held be e irloyed, and reds
Lynch "Would bold liimsolf•in readiness i
",serve 'em right" when caught.
And yet ontnany births nearly ono•third I
the hay ebd grain fed o 4 ddring the Wino
is needlessly burned. t us etre.
• Food is taken by animals to sustain bet
as well es furnish nutriment. At. ever
breath . oxygen from tlih, inspired air tinil
with carbon io the blr.4, exactly as it do
in a burning stove, and beat is given • out
thus, par of the food, having first change
to blood,i is burned as certainly, though n,
as rapidly, as if it, had been used for fuel i
the stove. The colder theweather; the great,
hre e quantity of food uired to siapply" at
, i
mel beat. Every observing farther koo,
that it requires more food, to fatten cattle
cold than • in warm weather, and bere
have the reasoo.
..
The winter-will soon I
telligent and thrifty farm
shelter for all his stock.l
in bay abd grain each 1
buildings in good repair,
ed with good stock, and
besides.
Only theignorant or
leave their cattle to shell
they may, under the lee
fence, and let them go
u one-third of their foC
to keep-their disconsolat,
When we -see a, dile
open shed for cattle, or
vision for shelter, we th
incendiaties this Winter
Frost has burned more h
ever destroyed !:iy tflidni
keep the doom well shut
Re&Apt for Curin
This receipt, winch e
has now had many year
to be unsurpassed as
~ w
the Modirn receipts, win
dip Jitra,ant agricultural
anything, partake, in s :
Identically,ef the ingredi'
set forth in ours, which
15 or 18 years ago. Sl
lately - publiAted, rtquirl
labor,and are not le ree l
period in thasert.on;whe'
ate potting down they
may add, their nest yea
may be of service to r
which is u follows :
• To 1 0-41Ioe
Take 1* lb. of
lb. hro
oa. salt
* oz. pot
to this ratio the pie
to any quantity &abed.
Let these be boiled t.
dirt from the salt and -
and is ►kimmed off.
into a large tub to cool,
it orer your beet And p•
say from four to six sr
size of the pieces; and
The meat must be sel
pickle, and it should no
list two dr e. after`
it should be sli
powdered saltpetre.
Several of our frie
boiling of the' pickle, a,
equally AS irell.. B tb .
it Is purified—for the a
is thrown off tv the o.
and iu ar, is surprising.
graph.
Work for
Let ua look .over, the farm, and esPeci
'at the buildings fir hot man and.beisat,to
that they are accomfor able as piissible.
not already storm pruo make them so.
Cattle come in for a large sbare'of att
don now.lete fa tening the beeves
early as may be, keep p thk. EtOW of
by . giving cows the rem: fining pumpkins,
nip and cabbage lops, with cut feed
Indian meal, or sbcirti „oily full feed.
young stock that they suffer no check in t
growth ; have worki g oxen sharp a ,
where the ground is fr aen or .Icy ; and
that all the stock is seltered at night, 7. ,
supplied with water - an. salt: hay gn
them once 'a week..
Cellars tbrio need ad
keep out the frost.
Fodder-Do not wa'
but. run it thrOugh s it;
add mule kind of grbei
in the yard to keep i
undisr foot : • .
, Hogi—Complefe fat
for killing, Keep awl!
supplied with muck - au!
and ;absorbents.
Manures—Push the
at this season. Use ••
straw to absorb alt the I
stable. 'Cart a large •
swamps to the stab!.
free bedding of.it nod
urine r Will make twie.
wefuld-be saved where
allowed to run to was
Poultry—dire War
food and think, with I
and you may expect
season,- ' etean roosts
COntents.for an excell:
.S c hools are novr ip
Let the children atte
sible, and show them,
you take,* lively inte
Sheep—Provide •
cover during atm me.
and.horses, from them
rota; instead of 'all
are etipidied with:salt
good ' boob, of an irn'
—An. Apr.
mbir 4g.
ur.
well u tba Fang.
.1
e nixrn us. The 1,
cr will provide
thus saving enou
inter to keep.-
his flocks renienis,
something plea
aretess will willin,
r themselves aii..
lof a stack or a
0
n uselessly burni
der, to enable th -
Yves in their bodi
Waled strible -or
worse stilt, no p
ink, here's work
-
I Remember Ja
ay-stacks than w
ght-rnarauders, a
against him.-
- . CARBOS.
Beef andPo
ig inated with as,
of trial, we
pickle. Newly
c.. 13 hisye appeared
journals, and sio
.me instances aim
nts and proporti.
e Iliac printed so
lents of the reeti
:g1
IR
• a large amount
mmended. At t
farmers and alb
winter's, and
supply of meat,
publiukt" the mei
f
water,
1 1t,
1 -
o anger.
)etre,
:sh.
le is to be ie
1, ether until all% ' 1
, gar rises to the ;
len throw the pi!:,
and when cold. •
. rk, to the areal ti
• kt, according to
the, kind of m
covdred - with
lie,,Ptit down fur
. Ilitig,'•during wit,
litly Sprinkled . 1
1
=•de imie omitted
, d found ft to sea
/:. bulling of the riib,
clunk of dirt-wh
~ration, from the !
!
Y3ermcntotpx
°comber.
itioasl protectio
!e it abdut the b
acr or bay cutter
d feed. Use r
from being 'trod
i'
.~
ening, those inte
pris'and yards
. other alumna
manufacture of
uctr, loath, leaven
quids orthe yards
(sap of muck fro ; .
s fpr. Winter use.
r horses to absorb
se much- mater•
-ati the ii rids
with no atom..
quarters i 'plent
avel, lime and
ggs in the Wi
often, barrelin •
:nt , home-made g
• rt in most dist
11l ate steadily, as
Ifreqeent
st in their eettesea
!Fr ,
I ke for, and food n,
Seep horned 43'
Give turnip - a t or
teed: See that
and. proiided w'
• roved brewl,if •