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$2 PER ANNUM - VOLUME IV. . SELECTED TALES. [Front the Little Pilgrim. COUNTRIES I HAVE SEEN. Travel*, Description*, Talc* and Historical ? Sketches. BY ORACR ORRRRWOOn. LONDON Til* TOWKH. On the evening of June 24tlv, I first , entered London. Coining up from Cov- , entry by the railway, I could nee little of the great city till I wan in the midnt of it. 1 I only remember neeing in the dintnnce n , groat elowl of nmoke, overhanging a dim, , vast multitude of houses, towers and | spires?then as we drew nearer, and the , darkness deepened, hosts of light* as in- ( numerable as lliough all the stars had | dropped out of heaven, began to twinkle, and flash, and throb and waver?and | then, above tho clang of tho engine and , the rush of tho train, I could hear a , -strange, dull, unceadng roar. This was thj noise of the travel and traffic of Lon- ( don?sounds that are never wholly hush- | od, but in tho day time thunder like torrents and cataracts, and in the right, come , t> your oir with a hoarse, heavy iwell, | litJ ti.. ? ..r .1.- ? - r ???%v ?no i/wovii ^ ui iiiu mzii ? iar, rjcky shore. In truth, thoro was somelhing almost frightful in this first rush an.I roar ninl vastnosa of Loudon, to mo, coining to it as I (li<l. at night. Hut when I found myself in n beautiful station, roofed with glass nnd cheerfully lighted, anil met there a kind friend who was awaiting me, I took heart At once, and when, an hour later, I sat with in7 dear friends, the L a, in tlwlr pleasant drawing-room, chatting and drinking tea, I felt as contented and happy as I had ever felt in my life. ) . I was scfcrnl weeks in London, on this first visit, and during that time, I saw many people?authors and artists, and talesmen and philanthropists, whom I t had long loved, or honored for their works and their noble deeJ*; and I saw others of wIioid I had hardly heard before, whom I learned U> love and honor with all my heart. ^ It will not be poesiblo for me to do II !.. 4 -5 -t 4 < f ncrioe 10 you kii uie gre*i wgnw oi uou- don?but I will tell you something of the mo?t noted. Wo will begin with the Tower. Thin famous fortress and ancient palace stands on the north bank of the Thames, ' just beyond the limits of the city. It is * a* large it regular building, of dark gray J stone, with four corner turrets and two entrances?one by a bridge, over the.moat, and the other by a gateway from the rirar. This last is called the "Traitor's Gate," a* State prisoners were obliged to pass through it The older portion of 1 the Tower was built by William the Con- ! queror?bnt nearly every succeeding sovereign down to a recent reign, made addi- 4 tions and improvements. It passed from ' a palace into a fwliess?from a fortress J to a prison, and sow it is usod only as an . armory, and a safe lepository of State papers?rare and curious relics, and the * eron n-jewels, called tlio Regalia. Near where visitors now enter, the i * ttoyal Menagerie was kept until few . veer* ago?when it waa removed to the . Zoological Garden*. Here King James I., once witnessed a fight between a lion . and three dogs, and aeeined highly amused 1 by the sport. If we were sot talking of a crowned King, I aliould any he showed ' reft cruel and vulgar propensities. 1 In the Bell Tower?the Princess, after- 1 wards Queen Elisabeth, is supposed to . have been eonfhied. She wa* imprisoned by the order of her aister. Queen Mary, ' on the charge of treason?of which site waa quite innocent. When the atern ' guard* brought her to the Traitor's Gate, 1 aha refused to land there, but who? they ' roughly reminded her that she had no 1 choice, she stepped proudly op on to the \ stair, and said solemnly?" llore Ian loth J a* troe a subject, being a prisoner, as ever ' landed at these stairs ; and before Thee, ( O God, I apeak it, having none other ' friends than Thee.** ' Opposite to the Traitor's Gate, is the , MIm.1* TnaM_jit /-all Jk. I ksrailajt il ia twa. tiered thnt in it, the poor young prince*, 1 mm of Kdwerd IV., were murdered by ' the or dor of their cruel uncle, the Dnke . of Oloeter, afterwords Richard III. In the Ueauchamp Tower, Lord Dudley, the httubend of Lmly June drey, Robert Dodley, Soil of Leieeeter, end 1 meev other eminent prisoner*, were confined. The Lody iane wet inipnwoned in 1 the Prick Tower. The llowyer Tower ie eld to here been the erene of the mur . I der of Uie DeTte of Clarence, by order of I hie brother, Richard of Olooter. The*e.>ie e long apartment celled the ffawrimwry?where I new e greet meny Spares of keighte dad in complete suite ofra ail, mounted and armed. These figures represent the fashions sad, the ooMnhe or free^nen of ereryrtRgn beefclE thai of Wt first Edward. It ie e very luterestiog Jamil, but not eo much en ea the one ie the Wh it*,To*ar, called a Q***M KUxthttiCt Armory. This oon- ? Uiee e veal rariety of earioee old wen pone of weWlffe, r?ch ee beiUwaxes, lam**, *^*11 Vrpta*' IL ? k as ? * V ' ' Mr \ * mJ?. M * ' ^ j ^ ^ k, _ NEUTRAL IN POLITICS and cut by many a deadly blow, lie- 1 side it, leans the headsman'** axe?now ( blunt and rusty, but which was doubtless keen and bright when it severed the proud head of the Earl of Essex from his body, and struck through the slender neck of poor Anne Bolevn. But moro dreadful , to behold even than these, are the in- I struments.of torture. Theso are horrible weapons and machines used to oxtort confessions from criminals and su r.ected persons. The sight of them made me shudder nnd grow faint?the thought of them has ever since been painful to me ?so, if you please, wo will talk of other tilings. At tho further end of this hall, there is a figure of Queen Elizabeth, on horsoLmek, dressed as she was when she went to St. PanPt^io return thanks for tho destruction of the Spanish Armada which had been sent against England. Out of this hall opens the gloomy little room in which Sir Walter Raleigh was confined during his long imprisonment in tho reign of James 1. And now I will tell you some stories af the Tower, beginning with tho brief ife of Sir Walter Raleigh. Walter Raleigh was the younger son rf an ancient and honorable family, who lived at a fine old country scat, called Fardel!, near Plymouth. lie was horn n 1552. At an early age, lie showed utoh extraordinary talent, that his father, who was an excellent scholar, educated lim very carefully, and took much pride n the wonderful advnnces he made in nil ranches of learning. At the ng<? of six eon, ho entered Oxford, where he soon rained a groat reputation for scholarship, lint in a littlo more than a yenr, ho left College and entered the army, having I rolunteered to join a noble expedition, it'ed out by tho order of Queen Eliza?eth, to aid the | craocutod Huguenots in 'Vance. Like a good son. lie first returned home o receive his father's blessing ami his nother's farewell kiss. His proud father rave him a fervent benediction?his genie mother kissed him tenderly?and vhen she had followed him down to the sourt yard, and seen liiiu mount his fiery teed and ride away, with his pretty page i i*. i ii?i4 inibiiitn siiu iimx'iKiuu 10 nor hamher in a turret, and watched him rom the window, as long as she couhl see ho waring of his whito plume, and wept ind prayed for him, and then sat alone, a ong time?thinking of all the pleasant last, and wondering if li.?r darling son vonld come back to tier froiu the wars inchangod?still her own good beautiful *>y?if she would rcrr see him again. Walter Raleigh was abroad on this langerous and toilsome service, five years. I'lien after a visit to his home, ho made i campaign in the Netherlands, and the text year, embarked on his first voyage o America, with his half brother, Sir Iumphrey (filbert. They unluckily encountered a largo Spanish fleet, and were lofeated. Walter reached Kngland just n time to head nn expedition to Irelund, o put down an insurrection raised by the aligning Spaniards. Here he was sueicaaftil, and so distinguished himself by lis bravery, that he was apnointed to the pifrernineut of Munster and Cork. Hut matters becoming too quiet in 'reland to suit his restless, daring spirit, le returned to England, and went to 3oim, 44 to seek his fortune," as they say n old fairy-stories. lie was then a remarkably handsome ind accomplished gentleman, with elegant manners and a great taste tor splenlid dress. For some time, he did not succeed in lis object, as ho was not very wealthy ?nd had no groat friend to present him .0 the Queen. But fortune favored him it last. Ono day he was so lucky as to neet her Majontv walking out, with her rourtiers and ladies. The Queen was immiiltwnllv HrMuwl in anlin mi.I vnlcnl ? ?/ -1 ?n<l as usual, was loaded with rn?tlv jewels. Around her neck was a still" rulf >f rich lace, full a foot wide, and her hair >f a reddish yellow, called hy the court poets ** golden," was confined by a net of pearls and diamonds It was Raleigh's first view of the Queen ; ! tie was quite awe-struck by her grand manner, an#so dazzled hy her gorgeous ires* as almost to think her beautiful, (lis brave heart that had never failed Ititn in battle, or on the stormy seas, now fluttered wildly in his breat, like a frightened bini. Such was English loyally Tn the olden time. It had been showery that morning, and a little pool of water lay just across her Majesty's path. As sho canto to this, she pansed, net being willing to spoil her gold-wrought slippers, or risfc getting a cold. Just as her Minister, Lord Burleigh, wee ad vising her to turn back and lake another path. Waiter Raleigh stepped forward, and bowing very low, took , from his shoulders bis hew emirt cloak of j fern-pie piushtand aprffcd.it over the mud- ! dv pifpe. The Queen smiled graciously | on the young stranger, lor she was pleased with his gallantry and ready wit, and i not displeased with his elegant air and handsome face; then setting heJ%ot 4h lite cloak, she walked daintly "over it to AftflLfbe and Iter gay train had pass?y|Bdniii took up bis fine now cloak, j *,ut u'mosi M ??? ** j Wk ~ Jfl?. f * ufCfli Clisi.il Wc c -DEVOTED TO LTERA1IY, LANCASTER, C. H? SOUTH that mud dried, it seemed to turn to gold 1 dust for him?for his gallant act won i the kind regard of tho Queen, and that i brought fortune. One dny, being in one of tho halls of I the palace, ho wroto on the glass of the | window, with his diamond ring, the fol- t lowing line: < " Fain would I climb, but that I fear to fall." I Elizabeth observed him, ami the next ' morning, much to his surprise and joy, he found this lino written underneath his, in the Queen's own hand : " If thy heart fail thcc, do not climb at all.'' From this time, Italeigh knew that Queen Elizabeth was disposed to befriend him, and ho rapidly rose to the highest favor. For awhile, ho was very happy, and 1 am afraid, a littlo proud. It seemed to him a grand thing to he one of that great Queen's chosen friends?to have her conlido in him, ask his advice and praise his wisdom and eloquence?to receive titles and honors, to dress splendidly and live sumptuously, and bo followed and flattered by a crowd of courtiers almost like a reigning prince. He went down to Fardeil, about this lime, for a little visit, where he talked a great deal of the Queen and the great people at her Court, ami every body wondered and admired, and was dazzled and delighted?except his mothej. She was strangely sad and anxious, for she feared that this sadden favor and fortune would excite envy and ill-will, and that his own bold adventurous spirit would bring on trouble and reverses. And then, though he vyas still good and loving, she saw that his old home looks and ways were gone. She,did not take to his fluo Court dress, the night after ho .vent away, she unlocked nn old chest, and took out a faded school-boy suit, which he Had worn when he tirst went away from home, and wept over it, and felt that the great world had indeed got her deai boy away from her, and that she could never, never have him hack again. After a while, Walter Raleigh found that there same flattering courtiers were Liis secret enemies, plotting against him? ho becarr.o restless and uncomfortable, and set out on another voyage. lie was again L iin*ucce*?ftil, hut no wise discouraged, and- , in the following year, fitted out two ships and sailed for the New World. This . time, he discovered Virginia and founded j a colony there. It was lialeigh, I grieve to say, who first introduced the savage habit of sruok ing into civilized society?for it was on his return from this voyage that tobacco was first brought to England. It is re lated that one morning shortly after he reached home, his servant coming into his library with a foaming tankard of ale, j on seeing him sitting in a cloud of tobac- | co smoke, was so frightened by the strange sight, thai he threw the ;de at his head, | to extinguish him, and rushing down stairs, proclaimed that his master was on ' fire! | For several years, Ualeigh continued to make voyages of discovery and conquest, | aud gained great treasure ami honor for himself and Ws counfry. Queen Elizabeth was grateful to hiin^sftrf. knighted him and bestowed upon Tiiiufncw offices of trust. aihI large estates. Sir Walter IUIeigh, as we will now call him, continued to be noble and upright, and never used bis influence with his s? vereign, except for good and j*?st purposes, ile was honest and independent, and whenever he differed from the Qitteh in opinion, told her so frankly, lie so ofien interceded with her for thoso whom he j thought unjustly imprisoned, or condemned, that she once exclaimed impatiently : " Sir Walter, when will you cease to bo a tgar r When your Majesty ceases to be a ' efactrese," lie answered. Yet, for all the Queen's partially for him, she was fearfully angry at bis pre J suming to love and woo, without asking her consent, oafe oi" her maids of hnm.r tlie beautiful Elizabeth Tiuockmorton, and imprisoned liim and bis wife for several ' months in the Tower. Hut she afterwords pardoned them, and again showered smiles and wealth upon Sir Waller^ I do not know whether with such a beautiful voting wife, he cared very much for lh? tf&j|?j?|ueoirii smiles?but money n?j^d|Bi+ Waiss to him, for be lived vett extravagantly. ami baJ almost as gre ?t a passion for costly dress aa Queen naitnlielh MnwlC He tilted in tU-er arm?-?b? sword and belt were set with diainh#tl|jfr pearls and rubies^ on great occasions, he appeared at court, wearing thirty thousand pounds worth of jewels P# For tho next eight or nine years. Sir Walter Unleigh's lite w full of sttoceses, conquests, and honor* Tout After the death of Queen Elizabeth, all went b ully with them. His enemies influenced James the Fi st ngfcfnst him, and he was so slandered and permitted that lie joinod in a wild conspiracy to place the Lady Arabella Stuart on the throne. For this ho was arrested, tried,^aud sentenced to death. The king, hoi^^r, reprieved him, but j kept him imprisoned in the Tower fqu twelve years. Here It was that Bir WaT teW*lialeitfh beat Jiroved that he waa a i g nt and good man. He did not sink n in sultan despair, and mope away m?lAneb& days, but went to work diligently anw cheerfully f>r the good of 'li *1 ii 1 w* ** * " I'd to no Piirty'* arbitrary xway, leave to truth wher'nro *Uc load COMMERCIAL, AGRICULTURE [ CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY M( u I [lie world, lie wrote "Several noble works, nnd showed himself to bo a rare scholar, a philosopher, a historian, and a |K>ctAt length, lie was released, but not formally pardoned. lie found himself poor?forsaken by bis old friends, and Hill persecuted by his foes. Yet his great ' coragcous heart did not fail. He undertook a new voyngo to Guiana?King . lames granting him a commission, in the ,n! liopc of his bringing back much treasure. P'1 Hut through treachery, and the folly of ' lames himself in revealing the secret of [he expedition to the Spanish Minister? fialeigo suffered a disastrous defeat. In tn unequal light with the Spanish forces, lie lost his beloved eldest tan. lieturn- on ng almost heartbroken to England, Sir Walter was again arrested and commit- Wl Led to the Tower. A set of wicked old Judges who only tared to decide as the King v\i>hed, and 11 brgol that Ood would judge them, detided that the sentence of death prol on need upon him fifteen years ago, was ,n< still in force, and should be executed. Sir Walter defended bimtelf with wonderful eloquence, but it was of no use?lie was igain condemned, and the very next day was lo I to the scaffold. He died grandly ar< is a brave soldit-r, but meekly as a true diristian. After addressing the multitude, lie took tlie axe from the headsman, and elt its edge, saying, "Tisa sharp incdi- f? tine, but a sure cure for all ills." He aid his head upon the block, as calmly J0 is though it were a pillow, and commendjd his soul to God, as serenely as though " laying his nightly prayer. The heads J 1 nan was so touched with reverence and ' pity, that he hesitated to do his dreadful a Jury. Seeing this. Sir Walter said? 'Strike, man, strike !? And ho'struck. ^ When that noble ftfad. grow\? gray in a* [oil and study, care and hardship, rolled ipon th?scaffold, a dismal groan went up 'rom the crowd. (July selfish and ambi[ious courtiers had envied and hated lialeigh?the people had always loved uid honored him, and many there were . that wept for him that day, and prayed W1 that his soul might rest in God. On the night before bis execution, Sir r Walter Raleigh wrote a very affecting let- vc ter (o bis beloved wife, with some portions jf which I will close this history: "You shall receive, my dear wife, me art words in these my Inst lines: mv ^ . ove I send you that you may keep it when I am dead, and my counsel that ^ you may remember it when I am no in ore. " 1 would not, with my will, present you sorrows, dear Hess: let them goto tho grave with me nnd be buried in the lllfit. A ml ^iiniiirv fliul it to esrtll ?s - * - | n(, >f God that I shall see you any more, . boar my destruction patiently and with a ! Iieirt like yourself. j.V 44 First, I send you all the thanks that my heart can conceive or my words oxpre*.i, for your many labors and cares for ine ; which, though they have not taken j ?flfeot as you wished, mv debt to you is not tho less: but pay it, I never shall in ? n ' an this world. 44 Secondly, I beseech you for tho lovo ^ you bear me living, do not hide yourself j many days, but by your labors seek to help the miserable fortunes of your poor child. * * * * * fn 44 To what friend to direct you, I know not?for mine have left me in the true liinc of trial. Most sorry am I that being thus surprised by death, I can leave j you no better estate; God hath prevented ^ all my determinations ? that great God who worketh all in all, and if you can jjp live free from want, care for no more, for the rest i* vanity ; lovo God?in Him you ^ shall find true and endless comfort. Teach ^ your son also to se. ve God whilst ho is jj young, that the fear of God may grow up in him ; then will God be an husband to you, and a father to him- an husband M nnd a father that can never be taken from you. ^ 44 Dear wife, I beseech you, pay all poor men * Remember your poor child for his father's sake, who loved you ^ in his happiest estate. I sued for my ' life, but it was for you and yours that I * desired, jt: for know it dear wife, your child M the eon of a true man, who,in his (r own respect, dcspiscth dentil, and his misnhap n and ugly forms. |n 44 T cannot writo mucli; God knows how hardly I steal this time when all jj sleep ; and it is al?o time for me to separate my thoughts from iho world. * Heg my dead Itody, which bring was denied yon, and either lay it in Slierbourne, or in Exeter Church, by my father ^ and mother. 441 can say no more ; time and death call me away. The everlasting God, "I #. i ( n i i **i fHprorvm, inuvmn, una mwruiame ?uron " Almighty, who is goodness itself, the trug ** light and life. Keep yon and yours, and have mercy on me, ami f <rglve iny per secutor*.nnd falsa accusers, and semi us to meet in bis gloriona kingdom. My dear wife, farewell; bless my boy, pray for me, and let my true God hold yon n< both in hU arms. Yours that waa, but b< now not toy own, * pi flmm M WALTER RALEIGH." T y fc ft ^ _ Preserve few secrets from thy wife ; for if she discover them, she tftll grieve, not that thou bast kept from her tby secrets, Imt tiiy confident hi ^ ^ TP* * # * tlie way. iL, SCIENTIFIC, GENERA 1RNING, AUGUST 15, 1855 "CIGARS FOR TWO,'' on, Caring & Smoker"Smokes, does he? The abominable retch, exclaimed Mrs. Volant to her end, Mrs. Washburn, a young wife 10 had just gone to houskecping. "lie smokes, but he is not an abom?ble wretch?I am sure he is not," reed Mrs. Washburn, a little started by e hard name applied to her husband, ?om sho both loved and esteemed. "Not a wretch?" "No, I'm sure be is not!" "Yes, he is; any husband, especially o who h ts been married only a year, d won't leave oft' smoking when his fe desires it, must be a wretch." "No, you overstate tho case. lie is Brything a husband ought to be?so id, so devoted, so indulgent. I?ut 3ii, I do wish ho would not smoke." "You must break him of it?the cruel >nstcr." "Nay do not call him such hard names; ore him with all my heart, though he es smoke." "Well, I suppose you do; young wives j apt to bo foolish." "Foilish!" "Yes; he sees' I dare say, that you love n, and so ho takes the advantage of "Why, Mrs. Volant, don't you love ur husband?" "Well, suppose I do; there is no need telling him of it. I make hiui think lon'tcare any thing about him. Why, ran manage him as easily as I could kitten." "I don't like that; I think there ought he love and confidence between uian d wife." * "Pooh!" "You cannot be ??*ppy with him." "I should not l?e, if 1 bee tine bis slave!" "Not bis slave!" "Don't you believe it! When you have en married as long as I have, you II get rid of some of these sentimental lions, which answer very well for the st year or so, but become very inconnient after that." "For my part, I always mean to love y husband as much as I do now, oven it is sentimental.*' 4,See if you do! Husbands must be enrel!y managed, or they become tyrants. 3\v, my husband smoked the first year er marriage: but then he was a litilc refill about bringing bis cigar into the use, for I told him, up and down, I nildn't have it." "I should suppose lie have rebelled." "He did, but not at first One night, arlv a vear after We were niarriid. lie ought home a whole bundle of cigars, I put them on the mantel piece. Tang one, he very coolly lighted it and oceeded to read the evening paper." ' That's juat the way my husband does.11 4,I was downright mad at his iinpuncc, but I did not say n word. The ixt day I bought a monstrous great utT box, and filled it full of rappee, llio evening he lighted his cigar as be re; hut no sooner had he done so, than seated myself opposite to him, and awing out my snutYbox, I took a gonous pinch, snuffling the filthy stud to my nostrils, at the risk of sneezing V head off." "Flow funny!" "Mv husband did not think so. He oked at mo with astonishment. "You ke snuff?1 said he. 'I do; at least, 1 ean to learn,1 I replied.? 'It is a filthy ibit,1 says he. 'No worse than smong,1 says I. We debated the mattei r a long time, and at last he gave up e point, and promised to throw away s cigars if I would throw away my off." "And he never smoked any more?11 ked Mrs. Washburn, laughing. "Yes, ho began once after; but I tool tbo snuff again, and ho gave it up," "Arc you sure lie don't smoke novr?" "If he does, he never lets me see him y sitting rootn is not all smoked up, m >urs is.1 "It was a glorious trick!" "That it was, and I advise you tc y it upon Mr. Washburn." "I! I couldn't take a pinch of snulT anv ore lh:in I could swallow an elephant.' "Sfiioko, then. There are some nie< tie cigars sold at the apothecary'a ade on purpose for ladies. They an m Id that they wouldn't make yoi ;k; though, even if they did, yoi nuldn't mind, so they cure your husbam ' smoking." "It seems too had to play such a trie! >on him?he is always so kind, and per its me to do just as I please," said tin nder-hearted Mrs. Washburn. "What else could he dof" "It looks kind of mean to me." "Not a bit." "I don't know as it would succeed." "Nonsense! I am sure it would. Hi t 1 I a # ?l A rwvr wimjhi lei yc?u kvhokc, ior wiv iimI have an awful horror of any impro riely in their wire*.** "Then, he tare be ha# always smoked id can't leav it off." "Pshaw! The old etory." "I ?m almost templed to try it." "I would." "It seem* *o unkind, though, thai ive hardly the heart to do it," m 4 1||P L AND LOCAL INTELLIGENI "You are notional, my dear Mrs. Washburn.?When you have been mar- i ricd - ?" i The remark was broken off by the ab- < nipt entrance "aliorninablo wretch" himself. Mrs. Washburn rose as he entered, i and in spile of the abominable order that his breath must have exhaled printed a i kiss upon his tabacco-stained lips. The lady "who had been married sev- i eral years" was disgusted, and after a < few words concerning the weather took her lenve- i Mrs. Washburn was a pretty, affectionate, gentle-hearted wife. Her whole ex- I istenee was bound up with her husband, i as well it might be ; for never was hus- I band more devoted to his wife than he whs. To our inind sho was a model wife; i none of your stormy vixens, thnt set their < hearts upon attaining a point, and will 1 pull the house down upon your head but i they will attain it. In her eye, Mr. Washburn had only one fault; and that was the villainous habit of smoking, which all her eloquence 1 had been powerless to overcome. Sho didn't "put her foot down," as her friend 1 Mrs. Volant, had done; for?poor gentle t hearted creature?she couldn't think of provoking a quarrel with him, and had about concluded to make the best of it, and let him sinoke in peace1 1 But there was something so irresistibly t funny abont Mrs. Volant's plan, that she < determined to try it, and, accordingly, on I the afternoon of the next day, she sent the Irish girl to the apothecary's shop I for a bunch of"Bagdad cigars." Disjios- I ing a tew of them in her work basket, ' ready for the momentous occasion, her mind pictured the scene that would ensue w hen she should light one of them. It J w as so funny that she laughed out loud < at the idea. Wouldn't he be surprised i to sec her, who had teased him so much to leave off smoking, commence the practice herself! Wouldn't his eye stick out, when he should see her puffincr a cicar at her sewing, as lie did when ho reau the evening paper! She was so please*) with the plan, that she would have put it in execution, even if it had been only for the sport it promised her, independently of any good result which might flow from it- Wouldn't he beg her to siuoke no more! Wouldn't he be mortified, and wouldn't she win the day, and glory over his defeat! Wouldn't he be glad to promise her that he wouldn't smoke another cigar as long as ho lived! She was so delighted that she could hardly contain herself. Mr. Washburn came home to tea, and, as usual when he entered the house, he gave her a kiss, and a tender greeting. They wero seated at the tea table; Mrs \\ ashburn was so full of mirth, that she came near scalding hcrrelf with the hot tea when she poured it out. Her merry, mis( ehievous laugh rang pleasantly on her husband's ear, who, poor fellow, could have had no ide? of the terrible ordeal through ' which he was doomed to pass. Wbeu tea was over, the astral lamp w as transferred to the lightstand, and Mr. Washburn had stretched himself Into 1 a comfortable position in the largo easy rocking chair, with his legs lrtzily reposing in another chair, the everlasting cigar ' was produced, lighted, and began to dif' fuse its fragrance through tho room. Mrs. Washburn could hardly control her inclination to burst into a laugh at ' the mere thought of what she was about ' fr? <lr? S??.llinor liArsolf al (ha ai.la nf tlia table opposite her husband, she took from the work basket, with an air as prate ami solemn as a judge one of the "Hagdads." l'lncing the filthy roll between ' her ruby lips, sheglanced at her husband. "Now Mr. Smoker, " thought she?it would have spoilod the joke to have said , it?"we will seo whether you don't abandon that nasty habit. Mr. Washburn happened to glance at ' her; but, contrary to her expcc ation, ho manifested no surprise, and wont on read* ing the Transcript. "So, so, Mr. Smoker," thought she a* 1 gain, "you think 1 am joking, do you? I will soon couvince you and the lmly took a taper, and applied a light to > the cigar. , Hut Mrs. Washburn was rether inox? pericnced in tlio modus <>j>oran<li of light} ing a cigar, nnd alio was unable to make it "go." Slio lit another taper, and puffed * away with all her might; hut the Hagdad ~ was as resolute as the greAt caliph himself. ( Kho perseteied, till l?er extraordinary j exertions again attracted the attention of Mr. Washburn. "You are lightiing tUe wrong ?ml my dear," said ho with Ike k utmost nonchalcnce. "How provoking ho isl" thought Mr*. r Washburn. "Why don't he remonatratel' "You should bito off the twisted end, tnd then put it in your mouth," continued the husband, turning to the paper ag*in. Aided by there directions, the lady B took another cigar, which she succeeded in lighting. The first taste of the tobacco smoke was horrible; but she had determined to be a martyr for her husbau<Tt ' Mike; and taking Iter sowing, she continued to puff away as she plied her needle, till a certain nausea compelled ber to abandon the experiment for that time. Casting the Bagdad into the grate, the i I began to wish she had not listened to Mrs. 1 Volant "What u the matter, my dear? J jl .... . - V ^ lij IN ADVANCE m ? 1. NUMBER 27 Wasn.t it a good cigat? Trv mine; they are Monte Ohristos of the first quality," and the imperturbable Mr. Washburn offered lier a choice from his case. "No, 1 thank you, my clear; I will not smoke any more to night. "But what's the matter, Mary? You are as pale as a sheet!" "I feel a little faint; I shall bo better in a moment," and Mrs. Washburn was obliged to le.ive the room. l'oor woman! she was sick all the evening! But the next day, Mrs. Volant, who had called to learn the success of the experiment, advised her to try again, assuring her it would not make her sick the secoud time. Mrs. Washburn bad a couple of intimate friends at bis house to play a game >f w hist the next evening, and the devoted wife resolved to try the effect of a smoke n their presence. When tbo party were seated, Mr. Washburn passed round bis cigar case, "Won't you smoke, uiy dear?" asked je tendering tbo cigar to iiis wife. " I will; but you know, Joseph, that [ never smoke your cigars, they do not mit my taste." Whew! that was cool! Mrs. Washburn lit a Bagdad. "Is it possible you smoke, Mrs Washburn, asked Mr. Barnes, astonished at the spectacle of a woman pufling away at a cigar, for all the world, like a loafer in a bar room. "Occasionally, just to please my husbacd," replied Mrs. Washburn, ofter sho bad blown out a long wreath of blue tinokc. " Yes, Barnes," iuterposed Mr. Washburn ;" it is more sociable, you know, to have company when one smokes. Wo are generally alone in the evening and she is so kind as to smoke with me. Ah, Barnes, teach your wife to sinoke, it is so pleasant to smoke with one's wife," The lady was thunderstruck. Was it possible that lie bad no more respect for tlit) proprieties of life than that? She stnoko! She had already acquired the reputation o( being a smoker, without I aving produced any of the anticipated good results. Mrs. Washburn throw the lighted Bagda 1 into the stove. Sho had almost cried with vexation. "Not sm^ke, my dear!" said her husosnd. "I thick you can l>o sociable to night, if 1 don't smoke." 44 l)o sinoke my dear; it gives nw so much pleasure to see you enjoy a good cigar. "That's too bad Joseph" Mr. Washburn laughed outright, and throwing down bis cards, explained the event of the previous evening. "I will own up; I did it to break lam nf il.? i :? ? i" V* I??v HOVIV* A ^if C lb up . When the gentlemen had taken their leave Mrs. Washburn explained by whose advice she had adoptod the plan. Mrs. Volant has the reputation of being a perfect shrew. Iler husband is a laughing stock for all State Street. She is a bad adviser." "How slick you turned the joke upon ?. me?" said Mrs. Washburn, laughing hoart*'y? "To tell the truth I overheard some of your conversation when the plot was laid." "O, ho! you did! No wonder it failed then, "I did; but, Mary, are you so very much against my smoking! I love the weed, but I love you more;" and Mr. Washburn kissed her tenderly. " Nay I will say no more about it. Perhaps I was selfish." "Not aelfish; I will leave it off, my dear, for your sake." "No, no; I don't want you to do to. If you are so very fond of smoking, I neter will say another wor4 atout it." And Mr. Washburn has smoked his cigar in peaco ever since. No Soots in Heaven. The oclebraied Whillield, when preaching on one occasion from the balcony of the Court house, in Philadelphia, criad out, lifting his eves to Heaven: "Father Abraham, w ho have you got in your bosom? Any Episcopalians!" "No!" "Any Presbyterians?" "Nul" "Any Baptist?#" "No!" "Have you any Methodists there?" "Nor ltav? you any Independent* orSecedersl" "N??I no!" "Why, who have you, then!" "We don't have these name* here; all here are Christian; believers in Christ, Oh, is that the cam! Then God . help ua all to (orget party tfaite>, and to become Christians in deed a ul iu tratb Slbrpiko in Chohoii.?It is said that when Ilishop South was preaching before Charles IT. and court, many of the monarch's suite went to sleep, and some of them snored. Whereupon, South a addressed himself to Lord Lauderdale, Sua of the offender*, and Mid: "My lord, 1 ask pardon for disturbingy*u, hull must tall you that yon snore so loud, that you are in danger of waking up h?| majesty." This warning woke up every one, and banished all deure to sleep. 'rrrrfiitfV >< jj A friend of (lie rrorideffoe Journal air- * \ ij unit* umi u'u mpHiuj tth.ii wurou eUtion k?? carm fbrwurd in MeawebnaetU within the put few waekn,? attribu Ubie to tha cjrcumetancu thai ?|l?Mtioo of the member* of the Ganera! Court ha* aoatferqd a rafreabing treniuw *M o\ar th? Slate. A