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Be Careful of Vatr Honey.
y , When life is fall of health and gloe.
!
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Work, work, as busy as a bee ;
And take this gentle hint from me
Be careful of yojrr money f -
Trail find it True, that friends are few
y ; When yoa are abort of money !
The single grain cast in the monld r
, ' 3ay spring and gtvw a hundred fold :
- 3fore preciooa than lis weight in gold'
.Be careful of your money !
,. The grain yoo sow to atachs may grow ;
- ' 1 Be careful of your money ! - , '.,t
' Bnt io not shnl sweet Mercy'a floors
" When Sorrow pleads or Want implores:
r To help to heal Misfortune's sores,
.;- Be careful of yonr money !
. To help the poor who seek your door,
', B careful of your money ! . , --
Would yoa escape the hepfrar's lot,
' ' The death bed of the tippKng sot.
And lire in sweet Contentment's lot f
Be careful of your money ! .
' And if yon need a friend indeed,
" ,- Be careful of your money !
... . . ....
Caagtit lu Ills own Trap.
'"Confound the boy! what does he mean?
Does be thuik I'm going to be a father to
him, and not be obeyed as a father? Does
lie think I'm going to pi re him my money
to spend in bnsiues, and take only ingrati
tude io return? What can the -yoang dog
he thinking of? Plaice take the young
ster! What business has he to go aud fail
in love with a poor piece of trash! I'll
I'll fix him! I'll but here comes the ras
cal, the spnrner of my counsels!"
. And as Captain Jerry Pieman thus spoke
be sank into a great stuffed chair, add look--ed
daggers; and twice lie stamped his dumpy
foot vehemently to keep up his stern pur
pose, lie was a round-bellied, jol!y-faceofI
red-cheeked bachelor, just five and forty.
Most of his life he had spent at sea, and
had lately settled down ashore with an im
mense fortune, for the purpose of enjoyiug
the rest of Lis days "after his own heart,"
-as he expressed it. His pale was just bald
enough to carry his jolly face high up over
ihe brow, but yet bad a goodly quantity of
llark carls clustering abent his short, fat
Deck. TLe only. near relative he had in the
Jower world was Jack Kendall, an only
-child of his only sister. Jerry Pieman had
loved his sister fondly, oni when she died
she was a widow then she left a prayer
upon the record that her brother would
rare for her orphan boy. And uncle Jerry
Lai done it faithfully. For ten years he
bad provided for bis nephew, keeping him
t one of the best schools for a while, and
then paying his way through college1 Bat
-now he had settled down for a home, he had
.Jack come and live with him.
"Ah, you are here, are you?" growled
the uncle,- looking up with a very dagger
like expression.
Jack Kendall was twenty-three, some
what taller than his uncle, but with the same
family look. lie was a handsome, good
natured, generous, affectionate fellow, aud
loved his uncle Jerry with his whole soul.
"Yes, ancle, I'm here," he replied, tak
ing seat, "and I know you are glad to see
Be
"Aye, I am glad, for I have omething
to say to you," the bachelor resumed, look
ing some more daggers. Vllave yoa seen
that baggage again?"
. - "Baggage, uncle?" -
- "Baggage, air. I said baggage. II are
you seen her?"'
"Her, uBclef Baggage? Her? Why
what wo' you mean?" -'''' .l '
i "Yon know Tery well what I mean. I
mean that piece of poverty that hanger on
that that baggage tliat-gal V '
-c-"Ob, yon mean Lizzie Brown. Hie girl
-that--"" j ia ? ...i .t .,
"Tkiks to catch you, and tuns catch my
snouey!" in terra p ted uncle Jerry, emphati
cally. " ' "
, "It ia hardly fair to say that, uncle, see
ing that I made all the advances myself." "
f Woujicnse! ' Dont you suppose I know?
I say she set-tfie trap for ye! But I won't
have it. If I'm to be a father to ye, yon
ast obey me. Now I've got a choice. I
srant ye to marry with Sosan Garland."
-"But she's a widow, uncle.'--
"'So UQch the better. She'll know bow
to make a tiome for ye." ,
.f Aud she's older than I by a dozen
jeara. - '
.--"Just five years. She's only twenty-eight.
It's all the better for that."
'- Bat I can't love her."
"Can't love her!" cried the uncle, look
ing an immense number of sharp-pointea
daggers. " "Can't Jove Susan Garlandl
Can't love the woroaa who was the wife of
the most faithful "friend I ever had! Let
me tell yoa, sir, that when the old Gazelle
was cast upon the rocks of Barnegat, Bill
Uarland saved my life and lost uis owul
He died ia these arms, sir! and the last
words he ever said to me were 'Be kind to
my poor Susan T and I will be kind to her!"
the captain added, wiping a big tear from
bis cheek. "I'll gie her a husband a
graeelss husband, perhaps but with money
enough to keep her above want. You shall
marry her sir." -
"Bat suppose I should refuse."
"'"Refuse! refuse your own uncle? Yon
dure not do it, sir! "I'll turn yoa out of
doors ia an instant? I'd see you ctarre be
fora I'd gire yoa another peuoy! I'j take
away all I eTer did giTe you!" . . ..
"Ah, yoa couldn't do that, uncle. The
education I hare gained under your noble,
generous patronage, is a mine of wealth of
which yon caunot rob me; and I would hot
to day exchange It for all the wealth you
ever possessed. I can jivo by my own wits."
"Aha! Yon threateu me.do you? You
mean to rebel do you? Yoa mean to diso
bey me outright? " . '
"You do not understand me, uncle. You
surely would not force mo to belie my own
heart. If yoo could know Liuie Brown" j
"Lirzie Fiddlestick! I don't, want to
know her. I know Susan , Garlaud, and
that's enough. I've had my plan fixed ever
since t cauie home. I promised Bill ld
take care of her, and I mast do it; and how
can I do it if you don't let me hare ber for
a niece?"
"Why not have her for a wife?7', asked
Jack quietly.
what do you mean? ! Hie marry! Zoniidsj
Do you tliiuk I'm crazy? I'm old enough
to oe ner latucrf. .y
"Only seventeen years, uncle. Just
enough to give you a character as a has
band." - -
: csiieneo, villain i would yon nave me
make a fool of myself just as I am settling
down lor cotmort and quiet r Uou't you
neer dare to lisp such a thing again! I
shall go and sec Susaa to-morrow, and I
shall tell her that you will hare ber. Thai's
enonsjh! 1 won't hear any more! By the
big titlr, but 1 11 seep my promise!"..
Jack knew that 'twould be useless to say
more at present, so he held his peace. Wil
liam Garland had been his uncle's first mate
dnring his last two Voyages, and the cap
tain bad not only liked him math, but be
also thought much of Susan, having step,
ped at her home while her husband was liv
ing, ti hen Captain Jerry came home with
the care of the widow upon his shoulders,
he had hit upon the happy expedient of
making her Lis niece, by marriage, and thus
having the right to care for her without ex
citing scandal.' Jack knew how bis uncle
had cherished the plan, and he feared it
would be bard to thwart him. The old fel
low was as stubborn as he was kind hearted,
and where he thought he had authority he
wonld not yield.
Finally Jack retired to ponder 'upon the
f object, and before dark he resolved to see
the widow in advance of his uncle; and he
went that very evening.
Susan Garland was a pretty woman, with
a plump form, and a dimpled, cheerful face,
over which sweet, genial smiles were con
tinually playing when she was happy. She
had been alone two years. She welcomed
Jack kindly, and after some common-place
remark, the young man came to the point.
He related the conversation which had pass
ed between himself and uncle that after
noon, and expressed the hope that she would
help him.
"Sorely you would not take me from the
btin? I love," he said.
"Of course not," the widow replied, with
an earnest smile. "I should be decidedly
opposed to any such thing. I know Lizzie
well, and I knowt too, that she will make
you a good wife. Yoa way depend upon
my assistance, for I can tell your uncle
that I rrfra't, and that will just be the end
out."
They chatted awhile longer, and then
took his leave.
"He'll be here to-morrow forenoon," the
young man said, as be reached the door
stone. "I shall be ready for him," was the reply;
aid a funny light twinkled in the widow's
eye as she said so.
About t-leven o'clock on the following
day, Uncle Jerry called upon the widow
She had left off ber weeds, and now appear
as fresh and fair as a maid of 'sixteen. She
welcomed the captain with one of her sweet
est smiles, and finally took a seat close by
him. By a dextrous turn she got him en
gagedin relutitig wonderful stories of bis
adventures at sea, and thus an hour-elip-,cd
away. And of course he must uow stop to
dinner.
"Oh no, I must go homo to dinner," said
he, "But before I go, I have a little bisi
ness matter to touch upon." ;
"Then you must wait, sir," pronounced
the widow, decisively. "It is my dinucr
hour and I must prepare it. Wait and eat
with me, and then I'll listen."
And with this Susan drew out her table,
spread the snow white cloth, and soon had
the dishes in their' places. Then she went
away to the kitchen, and preseutly the cap
tain heard the pots aud kettles rattling, the
meat sputtering, and brisk culiuary racket
going on generally.
"Kgad," the old fellow muttered to him
self, "ahe's a splendid craft. What a clean
build.. If I had eome across such a woman
years ago, I beleive I should have made a
fool of myself." " " ,."
, In due time the dinner . made its appear
ance, and the captain was invited to par
take. ' " ' '" : ":- : k
"Now make yourself at home " the wid
ow said, with a charming smile; 'for I look
upon yoa as one of the very dearest friends
1 have." . ii:,
"Egad? If she ain't a beauty!" Uncle
Jerry said this to himself as he moved op j
to the table, o ' . I
The lamb-chops were done as the captain
had c;ver seen them done before. So juicy,
so rich, so delicately apiced and so sjlen
didly cooked. And then the little et cete
ra s, and the pies, and the cake,:' Bnd the
rich, golden coffee. Bnt above all was be
entranced by the bright smiles and the
sparkling wit of his fair hostess."
- "Zonnds!" be muttered, while she was
gone away with the dishes, "ain't she charm
iagl" . . : ..': -
Finally the widow came aud sat down by
the captain's side upon the sofa. Her dim
pled cheeks 'were all aglow. Her bright
eves snarkled with a beaming lastre; and
over her white shoulder flowed a wavy, curl
ing tress, which trembled ever and auon, as
though there were some strange emotion in
the bosom beneath it. ' J '
"Now sir," said she, "I am ready to lis
ten." - '.- . .. .; , .
."Well well," uncle Jerry managed to
say, after a prodigoos effort at clearing his
throat, "you must pardon 1 me if I come
right to the point."
"Of course." .
. "Then here it is: Yoa know I promised
BUI that is Bill Garland my- old mate;
or. I,sboald say, rfljyoqng mate that 1
would look after yoa care for you. Yoa
know that."
. "Yes, sir," returned Susan, with a. grate
fa! look. "I know that: and t have bless
ed you many time for your kindness to poor
me; Alas i l don't Know wuat l snonid
haye done but for your generous bounty."
"Tut, tut dou't talk so. How could J
help being kind to yoo?" , , ( , . ,
"Ah, bnt everybody don't have hearts
like yours. ' - - ,
The captain rather liked the compliment;
and then it came from an agreeable source,
too. So be did uot dispute it. But be
made auother prodigious effort io clear bis
throat, and then said
" I have tried to be good to you Susan;
and I hope I hare been; but I can't do-all
I want to do for yoa at present. I am
coming right to the poiut now." ; , ( Another
charge of, the t hi out.) ,.lou know you
are a wraow," .
She did knor it.' " s ' ' 1
: "Aud you kuow yoa are yet young and
very "beautiful." - , - . ...
. "Oil, nol Not beautiful; and surely cot
rery young.f . . .' , . , . ., -
" But you are not cW, and you are beau
tiful. Now this won't do. Scandal will
reach you. I ahem am not so old my
self but that the shaft of. scandal might
reach me too."
"You old?" uttered Susan, looking up
reprovingly and yet admiringly. ' " Why,
you are right in the very prime of manhood.
A man at your age, and with 'your genial,
happy disposition, has just reached hid full
dawu of life at five and forty." - . r
Uncle Jerry rather liked this, so he did
hot contradict as he had at first a will to
do.- !. ' : - ; : -'
" Then, of course," be returned, applying
the compliment to his own purpose, " it is
still the more necessary that there should be
a new and nearer relation between us. I
love you too well to have a single breath ol
suspiciou rest upon you. Should you object
to such a relation?" ' f , '
The widow's long lashes drooped, and the
dark tress upon her bosom trembled more
perceptibly. '
"If it is your wish, sir, I should have no
opposition to make," she said. 1
" And you'll come and live with me?"
"Yes."
"And we'll be as happy as kings!"
" Oh, I should be very, Tery happy," she
whispered; and as she did so, her bead res
ted upon the captain's shoulders, and the
bright tress fell upon his band, with several
tear-jewels glittering amid its curls.
" What a time we'll have!' Uncle Jer
ry cried, winding his right arm about ber
plump form, and drawing her more closely
to him. "When you are Jack's wife,
we'll" . . -
" Jark!" repeated Susan, breaking from
his embrace, and starting to her feet.
"Jack's wife!" she uttered, dashing the
tears from her eyes. '
" Why, bless me, yes." '
" Aud hare yoa meaut for me tp marry
kimV
- " Lord bless me! who should I mean?''
"And do you suppose I would marry
with a mere boy? Are there not girls
enough for the youngster? . Sir, yoa mis
take me you mistake my heart, you mis
take my love, if yon think I could give my
heart to your ucphewl"
"But, bless me! ahem chh-h-m!
Jack is "
' I know, sir I know him well, lie Is
a fine youth a worthy youth, and may be
a noble man, if he lives long enough. But
I cau soy no more. I am sorry to disap
point you. I am am deeply grateful for
all your kindness to me, and 1 will pray to
God for his blessing upon you continually.
Bet we had better pnrt now. You have
spoken my doom! Farewell I" -
"But, Susan! Iltrel Stop! Bless
roe!"
Susan did not stop, and Uncle Jerry
found himself alone. lie said, " Bless my
soul!'' forty-three times, and then left the
house. All the way home he muttered to
himself; and when he met Jack at the supper-table,
he was moody and silent. Wbeu
he went up to his chamber, be commenced
to matter again; and be kept on muttering
and pondering until-he fell asleep. Finally
he began to drteru. He dreamed that Su
san Garland became his wife, and he held
her to his bosom, aud wondered that he
could ever have thought of such a foolish
thing as allowing Jack to have her. But
while he held her thus, who should appear
in the nuptial chamber but Bill Garlaud,
pale and cold, with sea-weed for hair, and
durk, green ocean moss for raiment! And
the cauda verous presence said, " Give live
my wife!''. .. , t -, . . . -i . .
The dreamer awoke with a Eharp cry of
fear, aud found the sunlight streaming into
his room. - - He arose aud sat down by the
window, aud finally be said, iu a deep fer
vent toue ... , ..
' " Thank God, Bill Garland hasn't come
back!" .......
sr. For three whole days Uncle Jerry Was
like a newly converted sinuer. ; He could
not eat, . be could not read, he could uot
sleep, and the burden of bis remarks to
Jack was ' " ' '" 1 '
" Clear out, yoo rascal!"
- On the evening of the third day the cap
tain made : an-extraordinary toilette, and
then went up to see . Susan Garland, . She
welcomed him with a. warm greeting, and fi
nally, at his particular- request, sat down by
his bideupon the"sofaj just us she sat be
fore. . ! Vvtf
' Susan," said he be spoke bluntly, 'for
his courage and determination had been du
ly brought up to the sticking poiut before
be started, ,! you said . the-other day, that
you should be very, very happy to come and
live with me., Did you mean that jou
would be willing to become my wife?"
There -were a dozen tretses' upon the
white shoulder now, and they shook like as
pens.' ,-r- ..,f i ',"
" That's a curious question, sir,"t 'she re
plied. . " "
" Bat tell me plainly, ' did you ' mean
thatr, . ..w t!,i. .,;;.,,.;.
."If I mistook toar meaning, sir,, you
have no right to .question nine." ' '
"" But, Lord bless me! suppose I should
ask yoa to be my wife? ? Answer mo that.?
Yoa never did ask me, sir." ; . i
" Then, by the car of old Neptanc, I ask
you now. r Susan Garland, will you be my
Wife?" "e ' -'.ri-. ...3 . n - - 1k
" Jerry Fleman-I will!?, r - - 5
What?" cried the captain,' starting
back, and gazing into ber blushing, tear-wet
face "do yoa meaij that Joi can lbve; ant
bid mail like me? that fcyoa tlrf love teo Bl-j
ways?"'." 'nu a vm-'nA ba ,;r:?:jt v
You are uot fold; and a; for loving
yon, a note loved yoa lor ., lonj whiles .and
if you take. me for a wife" I'H tore and biess
' "Then come here! 1 Comebere, Susan
Come right here; and if I ever eeaerto
love you, and cherish you, and be true to
you, may rosy that sea-weed ghost como
oacjcr .. ,
About ten minutes after tHs Uncle Jer
ry made the following tery ' sensible re
mark; , . ;,, .$. t,,,r ; n -.Tii-r;
" Why, bless my soul! wo are acting like
IWO I00ISJ" .. . ..i, . .r
. The widow only smiled and laid
"Two vei-y happy ones, ain't wer'
'AndJerrv Said i - !7 -'
Bless my soul-si
we 011? ' ".
On til fftl inr i fV ljfniM.J 4n
pass near the widow's . house, and he drop
ped in. -
In a few moments he was the happiest
fellow imaginable. -'
But," said Susan, earnestly. ',' don't
mistake me. I have loved your -uncle
loved him well and truly and I believe he
loved me, but dared not say so. Had it
not been thus, I could ot have done this.
would have helped you all the same by
simply and flatly refusing you; but I would
not have toyed or trifled with him. He is
a good man, Jack a good man;"
So he is, replied Jack. And then he
went home. ' :
The youth found his uncle in . the libra
ry, with a book in bis hand said . book be
ing bottom-end up. lie sat down aud pee
ped wickedly out of the corners of his eyes.
while a very ill-mannered smile kept play
ing around the comers of his month.
u hat are you winking, aud blinking
squinting, aud grinning nt, you young dog?"
ked the old captain, with tremendous fe
rocity. 1 v
1 was thinking of a story I once read."
returned Jack, quietly. .
A story, eh? UbaU is it, yoa scape
grace?"
I'll tell yon, uncle," said the nephew.
with the smile and the twinkle more-wicked
than ever. " It was a very fnnnv thine
he funniest thing I cut heard of. A
man ence went to set a trap in which to
catch a very respectable and honorable
young friend of his. He had got the trap
all nicely set, as he supposed, when what
do you think?''
" When, w hat, you graceless rascal?" .
" Why, uncle, when the thins was all fix
ed, there was the fuuuiest thing happened
you ever heard of. Instead of catching his
respectable, high-minded young friend, the
old fellow got uabbed himself. In fact
he cor caught i.i bis own traf! Wasu't
it
'Get cut cf my house, yon young scamp
out with you, reprobate!''
But, uncle when I come back, mayn't
bring Lizzie with me to see and partici
pate in ypur new aud deep felicity l"
ir you u oeucceiu, you uar ing young
villain, you may bring the queen of slnt-
terns herself; but beware bow you offend
uiel I can't bear everything and I won't!
put up with it! I'll I'll kick yun out of
doors, you ungreatful traitor!"
After this effervescence, Uncta Jerry's
soul settled down to a clear placid calm;
and when Lizzie Brown finally appeared be
fore him, be actually kissed her, and said
she was-ju&t the girl for bis rascally nepli-
ew. , - . .
And in a few weeks thereafter. Uncle
Jerry had a wedding arty. He was mar
ried first, and theu sat down and saw Jack
married.
There,"' said the happy old fellow, af
ter the thing was all over, as he approached
bis nephew aud buuded him a paper, "There
is something to make up for the loss you
have sustained in letting roe rob you of the
best woman in the world."
Jack opened the missive, and read it with
tears iu his eyes, for it was a certified check
for twciitj five thousand dollars, with a lit
tle note attached, sayinc that, if he behav
ed himself.
be might, at some future time,
have more.
Discloscrsb of a"s Old Maid. I may
safely say that the organ of mirthfulness has
been the cause of most of the misfortunes of
my life. While still a child, I exhibited the
proponsily of laughing at . anything which
Struck me as being ludicrous, no matter. when
or where it was.
At one time I went to a funeral with my
mother. It was the funeral of a young lady
who was very much beloved, and of course
lamented. Every one was in tears, when on
turning towards a window, I saw two men
sitting side by side, one of whom was noted
for his length of nose, the other, because he
had none. It was too much for my risible?.
I choked, coughed, sneezed but It would
not do; laugh I must, and laugh I did.
Suddenly a shadow fell across my eyes, and
fleshy protuberance, resembling a barbed
hook, traveled some distance across my nose,
and I heard these words pronounced in my
car: - .' , , - - . .
"Child, you may bo the next victim to
the fell destroyer."
This completed my overthrow, and my
mother shaking me .violently by the shoul
ders took me home, declaring that I should
never go any where again until I knew how
to behave myself. ;
When I went to school, the same fate
followed me. I received more reprimands
and more puuisbmeuts than any other six
pupils, r Once when my teacher, had been
scolding me, and was just granting pardon.
I looked up and perceived the remains 01 a
pinch , of suuff adhering to the end of (lis
uose. .Then, plus I woe was mo that day. .
When onr committee came 'to school, 1
was always watching my master's' great
hands and feet, and the awkward way he
had of rolling his eye and banging out his
tongue; and many are the whippings t, re
ceived over the school's back. I langhed
my way from, girlhood to maidenhood! At
length there i came a time tome, m there
comes to allr when I was ia Ipvsv f tf .y;
Edward Peysou was a youth whom any
lady might be projid to love. 'He was gen-j
tie and kiud, and for a time I was" able to
control my laughing genius while with him.
My parents really hoped that I had begun
toimpr6vev -'.--' Z -O.
One evening be was unusually fcoberr -'?
unusually gay. He wished to converse so-
berly; JL' lwouid not; dnd; tried td? breTewt.
him frpaojiasq.-oThe.- more; 'sober and'
grave, he became, tucbinUer my. spirits; till
at jengiu my lover, iireu. nuu buuuuui uis
gusta?.iafai, - iVAmeTIa; he 'laid in a VtAUf 5Mcef I
bad hoped that yoa: were the ooe to control
my , destiwes, one who1 would, be-my eam-
.i i! , .t . - t ; 1 '
ijbiuuii tnrauKii me s mica maze s iricuar?
a wife." ' But I see ray mistake, J am friend
less and alone, and must remain so. For
give me for thinking trj tame ybur wild, free
spirit.-Yoa .bare said it is aseless--I be
lieve it. ... Farewell ; hereafter- we meet but
as friends.' r r. .',., , t,f. s ... . ,
I was amazad thunder.struck, but The was
gone. ' I often met him nfterwardsj but he
was reserved, and I was always gay and
trivial iu bis presence. ; Oh woman; thou art
an enigma! When thou fcelest most deeply,
thou seemest most gay! When thou lovest
most, thod seemest to scorn7 .T
' Then came another lorer,! lfght beaded as
myself.'- He wit always joking, always gny.
People said, "What a mateh!", and "looked
upon the thing as settled. One evening lie
came" to me wjth a very solemn countenance,
and said ; ' '-'-''
"Amelia,: I have an idea in mr head." ''
"Don't ft feel; funny!" said 'l.' which so
frightened the poor man that he was not
able to finish. In like manner I have stop
ped two or three confessions. .Thus yon see
that my propensity for making fun ha made
me what I am a lonely old majrf. I have
not mourned -my flesh cfT ou that account,
however. . ou-the contrary, hare "laushed
aiid grown fat." ' '. .
15ut still if some machine could be invent
ed to keep my countenance whilst I listened
to another declaration, I would be most hap
py to receive both the machine aud the dec
laration. -
A Hixt os Reading. Avarice in regard
to gold is base, in regard to knowledge is
noble ; parsimony in hoarding np pelf is
meanness ; in aggregating scraps of wisdom
into a thesaurus, it is "most praiseworthy.
Says Lord Bacon, "Some books are to be
tasted, others to be swallowed, aud some to
be chewed and digested." In a life so short
as ours, need it be said that books of the
latter kind should be the staple r-f our intel
lectual repasts? He who values time and
its grand purposes aright, trill find very lit
tle leisure for the mere relishes aud flummery
of lierature.
Some people will pet more profit in an
hour's reading, than others will in a whole
day of listless, indolent dozing over a book.
Their reading is iu fact study. The brow is
kuit with intense thought, the eve kindles
with lively atteution, the lius perhaps inrol
uutari'y move pari passu with the glowing
lines of the writer. To such minds every
fire minutes spent in reading is of inestima
ble advantage. Every sentence leaves a
path of light in their memories; every page
is a tonic to their reflection; every metaphor
leuds a new pair of wings to their fancy.
A great proportion of what people read
leaks tbrougbt their miuds acd is lost like
water running . through a sieve.. ' To some
extent this is not to be regretted, since such
tons cf intellectual trash ure now devoured
to gratify a depraTed" appetite. But why
lose a single sciap or'shied of thought that
is worth'keepiug? Wbv uot devise a meth
od to embalm an authors most valuable
sayings? - -
1 ou read a fine thonght to day in a bor
rowed book, perhaps iu a newspaper which
the kitchcu maid will use tomorrow morn
ing to kiudle the fire. "Capital thought!"
yon exclaim; it thrills you with a momenta
ry delight, flushes through your 60ul like a
meteor In the sky, and is gone. Weeks,
perhaps ' months, go by, and you fall into a
train of thinking which by association re
calls to mind the shadowy foraxuf the bright
visitor. But you caunot define the beaute
ous shape. All you remember is, that not
long ago you Tell iu with a fine thought upon
the subject which now' engages your mind.
Perhaps you would give a dollar to recover
it; but ub bribe will call the ttglected vict
or back again. Five minutes trouble would
have saved you the mortification of this be
reavement. If it was a newppnpef that con
tained -the gem, a little scissor-wor-k would
have quarried it out iu a trice all bright and
glisteuiug with beauty, aud a little paste
would have laid it away' in' the scrap-book
to delight your eyes in after days. Depend
upon it, a pair of scissors and a bottle of
paste are not to be despised as impliments of
a well stocked iutellect.
If the thought flashed out from the pages
of a dull book, like a lone star ia a cloudy
sky, a little scratching with a pen, jotting it
down in the common-place-book, would in
stantly have invested it for future life with
"a local habiUtiou and a name." That is a
fine saying of quaint old Thomas Fuller,
"A common place book contains many no
tions in garrison,' whence the owner may
draw qut au army into the field on compe
tent' warning." Other biuts might be added,
but for the present we forbear. ;
Dad Morton's Best. Uncle Morton, bet
ter known at Hyde's, in Sudbnry, Vermont,
as "Dad," is a famous story teller, in both
senses of the word, for he not only tells
many, but they ure generally of the most
Muuchauseuish kiud. In fact ie has drawn
so long a bow in the way of romance, that
being nearly ninety years of age, he now re
peats bis old factious as indisputable facts.
The following is too good to be lost, and I
give it verbatim; I only wish I could give
you the matter-of-fact on oath manuer in
which he impresses its truth. I bad been
talking "with the old tnau on the sensible
manners and customs of our forefathers, and
their success in doing the busiucss of life,
when he broke out ' ' .
"I'll tell ye, them ancesters of our'u didn't
do no thin' half ways. But. there's all awful
falliu', off sence them times. Why, in my
time,' when I' was a boy, things went ou
more economical than now.' .We all worked.
My work was to take care f the hens and
cbickings, (.Dad is famous for his haudiing
of .the alphabet,); and I'll: tell yer howl
raised ;'cm. You ' see l'se a : very ; thinkin'
child, al'as a thinkin' 'cept when l'se asleep.
Welt it came on me one night to raise a big
lot of chickings frOm :one hen ;' and Ptttcltj
you ; howsa 4id kWJ looltaih old -waisky
barrel arid filled it with fresh f gs, and theu
pat jt'on lW 'south' side"! the barn,' 'with
Eomi horse' manure adupd1 lt'an'rl tlfen set
he old heifon the rManleVThe oiacrit-
kee': kept, her'-sittin', audio three eees a J
ieerd alittle 'deep.' Then I put myeUftd:aBa Cfty-teur, souiTeban;
he sr. trot, when the neeniur erowea nee a
swarm of bees. ' I didn't say anything to the
folk about trie bachiu', for they'd all. the
time5' tola m 1 1 was a ' fool, but the next
morula? f l Shocked trie Head out of the bar-
re- aud : Covered the barn floor two feet
stofcp; all "over ;wtth Httle chicking. Now
yoa rosy Ilalgb as much as yoo please, but
it' true." .a-R..u i-.v.
-t s V;
iSWs'at THE TJ3TITED STATES.' V' '
AN ACT, making appropriations for : the
current aud contingept'Vxpenses ofthe
T' Inditfrr 1 Cfpartraeht, - and for fulfilling
-' treat stipulations with ' various Indian
tribes, for the year ending June thirtieth
: eighteen hundred mid fifty-nirie.:
: Be it eiialeit by the Senate and Souse 'nf
Representatives of the United Stales of Amer-
tea in (Jongrtss assemble l, That the follow
ing sums be and they are hereby appropria
ted, Out of any money in the Treasury not
otherwise, appropriated, for the purpose cf
paying the current and contingent expenses
of the Indian Department, and fiiifiHLne
treat v stipulations with the various luJtutj
tribes. " ' -: ' - ' -
For the current and eongeat expenses of
the Indian Utpartment, viz: -
ior the pay of superintendents of Indian
k flairs, and of the several Indian agents, per
a r I i. i T - a a r
acts 01 liiin june, ciguteen cuuarea ana ni-
ty, tweuty-eightu September, eighteen hun
dred and fifty, twenty-seventh February,
eighteen hundred and fifty-one. third March.
eighteen hundred and fifty-two, third March,
eighteen hundred aud fifty-three, thirty-first
July, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, third
Alarcb, eiguteen hundred sod fifty fire, eigh
teenth August, eighteen hundred and .fifty
six, and third March, eighteen hundred and
fifty-seven, eighty-six thousand two bundred
aud fifty dollars.
For the pay of theseTcral sub-agents, per
act of thirty-first 'July, eighteen hundred
and fifty-four, ten thousand lire hundred dol
lars. For the pay of the clerk to Superintend
ent ct St. Louis, Missouri, per act of thirty
first June, eighteen hundred and forty-six,
one tbousaud two hundred aud seventy-four
dollars. .
For the pay of clerk to superintendent in
California, per act of third March, eighteen
bundred and fifty-two, two tbousaud five
hundred dollars.
For the pay of interpreters, per acts of
thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and thirty-
four, tweuty-seventh February, eighteen
bundred aud fifty-one, and eighteenth Au
gust, eighteen hundred nnd hity-six, tbirty
oue thousand nine hundred dollars.
For presents to Iudiaus, five thousand
dollars.
Tor provisions for Indian?, eleven thous
and dollars.
For building at agencies, and repair for
the same, tea thousand eight huudred and
fiftv dollars.
For insurance, transportation, and ueces
ary . expenses of delivery of aunnities,
goods, and provisions to the Indian tribes
iu Minnesota. Mich:ran, and Wisconsin,
thirty thousand dollars. -
For contingencies of the Indian depart
ment, thirty-six thousand five huudred dol
lars.
For the enii.Iovment of temporary clerks
by superintendent of Indian affairs on such
occasions and for such periods of U;ue as
the Secretary of the Interior may deem nec
essary to the pubiie service, five thousand
dollars. " m - , "
BLACKFOOT NATION.
For third of ten instalments as annuity
to be expended in the purchase of - such
geods, provisions, and other esefnl articles
as the 'President,1 at his discretion, may
from time to time determine, per ninth arti
cle of the treaty of seventeenth October,
eighteen hundred autl fifty-five,: twenty
thousand dollars. '' . '
For third of ten instalments as annuity,
to be expeuded in establishing aud instruct
ing them in agricultural and mechanical pur
suit?; and iu educatiug their children, aud
promoting civilization and Christianity, at
the discretion of the President, per tenth
article of the treaty of the seventeenth Oc
tober, eighteen hundred and fifty five, fifteen
thousand dollars. ' -
. For expenses of transportation and deliv
ery of auuuities ia goods and provisions,
seventeen thousand eight bundred and fifty
dollars.
CALATOOI AS, MOLALLA, AND
CLACKAMAS INDIAN'S OF WIL
LAMETTE VALLEY.
-For fourth of five instalments of annuity
for bcueficial objects, per second article of
treaty of twenty-second January, eighteen
hundred and fifty-five, teu thousand three
hundred dollars. -
For fourth of five instalments for pay of
physician, teacher, blacksmith, and fanner,
per third article treaty twenty-second Jan
uary, eighteen huudred. and bfiy-fire,' two
thousand two huudred and sixty dollars.
CHASTA, SCOTON, AND UMPQUA
INDIANS.
For fourth of fifteen instalments of annu
ity, to be expeuded as directed by the
President, per third article treaty eighteenth
November, eighteen hundred aud- fifty-four
two tbousaud dollars. , .
. For fourth of fifteen instalments for the
pay of a farmer, per fifth article treaty eigh
teenth November, eighteen hundred and
Sfty-fonf six hundred and seventy-eight dol
lars. ' "-
For fonrth of five instalments for support
of two smiths' aud smiths? shops, per fifth
article treaty eighteenth November, eigh
teen huudred and fifty-four, two thousand
dollars.
For fonrth of ten instalments for pay of
phvsictan, medicines and expense of care of
the sick, per "fifth" article treaty eighteenth
November, eighteen hundred and fifty-four,
one tbousaud two hundred and sixty-three
dollars. - ' -
For fourth of fifteen instalments for pay
of teachers and purchase of books and sta
tionery, per fifra .article treaty eighteenth
November, eighteen hundred and fifty-four,
one thousand two bundred and scveuty-two
dollars. ,
j : For this amount to be expended wbeu the
uitilcd bauds shall be required to remove to
the Table liock reserve,, or elsewhere, for
provision to aid ia their subsistence during
the first year thejr shAlllreside thereon, as
toe President ina direct,, per fourth article
treatTHiWeeuth otemoer, etgmeeii . oun-j
eea uoiiar.
CHIPPEWAS OF LAKE SUPERIOR.
. Fulfilling the treaty of thirtieth Septem
ber, eighteen hundred atnl fifty-four.
For two-thirds of seventeenth of twenty
five instalments in money, per fourth article
treaty fourth October, eighteen bundred and
for fy-fomy and, eighth article treaty thirti
eth September, eighteen hundred and fifty
four, eighty thousand three' hundred and
thirty three dollars and thirty-three cents.
For two third Of seventeenth of twenty
fire instalments for the pay of two carpen
ters, per fourth article treaty fonrth Octo
ber, eighteen hundred forty-two, and eighth
article treaty, thirtieth September, eighteen
hundred and fifty-four, eight- bundred aud
twenty dollars.
For two-thirds of Seventeenth of twenty-
five instalments iu goods', per fourth article
treaty fourth October, eisbteen bundred and
forty twy nod eighth article treaty thirtieth
September, eighteen hundred And fifty-four
seven hundred dollars- ' -
For two-thirds of -seventeenth of twenty
five' instalments for the sappdrt of schools,
per fourth article ' treaty fourth October,
eighteen hundred and forty-; tiro, and eighth
article tretty thirtieth September, eightees
hundred - and fifty f jur -one1 thousand three
hundred and thirty three dollars and thirty
three cents. , ' ' ": ' - -
For two thirds of seventeenth of twenty
five instalment for the pay of two farmers
per fourth article treaty fourth October,
eighteen hundred and' forty two, , and eighth
article treaty thirtieth September, eighteen
hundred and fifty four, six hundred and six
ty six dollars and sixty seven cents.
For two thirds of seventeenth of twenty
five instalments for the purchase of provis
ions an J tobacco, per fourth article treaty
fourth October, eighteen hundred and forty
two and eighth article treaty, thirtieth Sep
tember, eighteen hundred and fifty four, one
hundred aud thirty three dollars and thirty
three cents. - '
For fourth of twenty instalments in coin,
goods, household furniture and cooking
utensils, agricultural implements and cattle,
carpenter's aud other tools aud building
materials, and for moral and educational
purpose?, per fourth article tntj thirtieth
September, eighteen hundred and fifty four,
nineteen tl.oasaud dollars.
For fourth cf five instalments in blank
ets, cloths, nets, . guns, ammunition, aad
snch otLer articles of necessity as they may
require to the Bois Forte band per twelfth
article treaty thirtieth September, eighteen
hendred and fifty four, two thousrnd three
hundred dollars. -
For fourth or twenty instalments for the,
support of six smiths' "and assistants, per .
second and fifth articles treaty-thirtieth Sep
tember eighteen hundred and fifty four, fire
thousand and forty dollars.
For fourth of twenty instalments for the
support of six smiths' shops and assistants, -per
second and fifth articles treaty thirtieth
September, eighteen huudred and fifty four,
one thousand three hundred and twenty one
dollar j.
For second of twenty instalments for the
seventh smith and assistant, and support of .
shop, per second aud fifth articles treaty
thirtieth September, eighteen hundred aad
fifty four, one thousand two bunered and
sixty dollars. -
For support of a smith, assistant, and
shop for the Bois Forte band, d uring the .
pleasure of the President er twelfth arti
cle treaty thirtieth September, eighteen
hundred and fifty, four, one thousand - and
sixty dollars. .. ...
For support cf two farmers for the Bois
Forte band, daring the pleasure of the
President, pertwelfth article treaty thirti
eth September, eighteen hundred and fifty
four, one thousand two hundred, dollars.
CHIPPEWAS OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
Fulfilling the treaty of twenty-second
February, eighteen bundred and fifty-five:
For one third of seventeenth of twenty
five instalments ia money, per focrtb Octo-:
ber, eighteen bundred and forty-two, and'
eighth article treaty thirtieth September,
eighteen huudred and fifty-four, oue thous
and two hundred dollars.
F.or one third of seventeenth of tweaty
five instalments for the pay of two carpen
ter?, per fourth article' treaty fourth Octo
ber, eighteen hundred and forty two, and
eighth article treaty thirtieth September,
eighteen hundred and fifty four, four bundred
dollars. " - ,i- ; -
For one third of seventeenth of twenty- ;
fire instalment, ia goods, per fourth article
treaty . fourth October, eighteen hundred
and forty two, and eighth . article treaty
thirtieth Sv'ptembch, eignteeu bundred aad
fifty four, three thousand eight In jdred -dollars
- " ' -
For one third of seventeenth of twenty- :
five instalments for the support of schools,
per fourth article treaty fonrth October,
eighteen hundred and forty two, aad eighth
articlo treaty thirtieth September, eighteen
huudred and fifty four, six hundred and
sixty six dollars and sixty seven csnts.
For one third of seventeenth of twenty
five instalments for the purchase of provis-
ions and tobacco, per fourth article treaty
fourth October, eighteen hundred and forty- -two,
and eighth article treaty thirtieth
September, eighteen hundred aud fifty four,
six huudred and sixty six dollars and aixty
seven cents.- ' .- - -
, For one third of seventeenth of twenty
five instalments, for the support of two';
smiths' 6hops, including the pay of two
smiths and assistants, and for furnishing
iron and - steel, per fourth article treaty
fourth October, eighteen hundred and forty
two, and eighth article treaty thirtieth Sep
tember, eighteen hundred aud fifty four, six
hundred aud sixty six dollars aad sixty seven
cent. '
For one third of seventeenth of twenty
five instalments for pay of two formers, per
fourth article treaty fourth Oetober.eighteeu
hundred and forty two, aad eighth article
treaty thirtieth September, eighteen bundred
and fifty four, three hundred and thirty if
dollars, and thirty three cents.
For fourth of twenty instalments ef as
nuity in money, per third - article treaty
twenty second February, eighteen hundred
and fiftf five, twenty thousand dollars.
CHIPPEWAS, PILLAGER, -AND
LAKE WIXNIBIGOSH1SH -BAKE 8
i For fourth of thirty iosUtlraeata f U
nuity iii money, per third article treaty-eee
ond Fbaaryeigkteeo hundred aad fifty
five,, tea thousand six hundred, ad sixty
ttUra Kixtv-six ceata. - J -a -
) . Kpr Toarta - " j -aurty
in goods, per third articto treaty
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