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IVHOlirriM BATES One year. . $1 53 •is mosthf, 75 Tkrss montha 40 ••■■fMiptr Law Drdilrai. t Any person who takM a paper regular ly from the p©« toffies— whether directed to hie name or another 1 !, or whether he hae anb* •onbed er aot— ia teaponiible foy the amount, 1. If a person ordere hia paper diaeontianed be muit pay ell arrearacee, er the pnbllaher may continue to lead It until payment ii made, and collect the whole amouat,whether the paper ia taken from the office or not. 3. The courta bare decided that refusing to take newapapera or periodioala from the poetoffioe, or removing and leaving them uncalled for ia prim* Tsois evidence of in* natiotnel fraud. SOUTHERN NEWS. d 130 i in West in Texas s hare It i last year. Italian laborer* Tor orange arrived at Jacksonville, Fla. The colored Methodists of Waco, Tex., aie to ereet a $7,000 college. Judge A. J. Unas. of Htilado, hav been elected Grand Master of the Texas State Grange. Philadelphia workmen are laving street mains for the new water-works in Jin- tea, Ga. Meridian has shipp'd more cotton for this season than any other town in Mis sissippi except Vicksburg. Alabama has a provision in her con stitution forbidding the consolidation of competing lines of telegraph. No smoking will hereafter he allowed in anv of the buildings of Vanderbilt University, Nashville. The voting ladies of Gretna. I.a., have organized ‘ The Meddlers’ Social Club.” Miss May Worley i» President. Maj. Gen. .1. M. Schofield, the new eoimnander of the military division ol the South, has arrived ill New Orleans. New and extensive coal mines are to he o|>ened this year oil the line of the South and North and the Alabama Great Southern. Between Irwinville and H/nvkimrjlle, Ga., seven or eight new settlements have been made, fences put up, dwellings erected, etc. Mrs. Matilda Fields, of Gibson county, Tcnn., sixty years of age, is the daughtei of the celebrated Davy Crockett. Atlanta, Ga., is a large horse and mule market. The receipts since Septcmbei have been 14,548 horsrs and mules, 5,550 cattle, and 25,300 hogs. The Tampa (Fla.) Tribune mentions a report (hut the people in the eastern end of Hillsborough county ami in Polk an becoming discouraged about the ornngf business because of the lack of transpor tation. Out of 17* 005 voters registered In Louisiana, 85,451 arc white, and of these lit,913 make thejr murks instead of wri ting their names. The colored registra tratioii is 88,024, and of these 1I,40S write their names. Atlanta Constitution: Capital not be accumulated very rapidly i South, but it will be rolled togetlici fully as fast as tbe Northern mill- will care to have it. 'J he North < will manufacture a vast variety ol things, but it cannot monopolize or lotq contiol the manufacture of the great staple of the South In Tennessee there are about 1,21 convicts, about half or the number tain* in the penitentiary and the rcmaiiule branch prisons. The branch prisons at llutllc Creek mill mines and at Sewanei are wooden structure's inclosed by wood en palisades, and it is said that they liuvt proved superior in comfort, security and lienltlifuliies.s to the penitentiary itself The size of the cotton factory at Pied mont, 8. C., has been more than doubled, and it is now the largest factory in om building in the South. A correspondent of the Charleston Nows mid Courier says that five years ago there was no a singli house at that place, and now there arc 1-17, besides the factory building, which is to support 1,500 people and house 12, 000 bales of cotton a year. Atlanta Constitution : The discovery of the lost portfolio came very near working a change in the list of States. Georgia nor Inis 1,512,071 people, and Tennessee 1.512,403. If the enumerators of Georgia had found 393 more people, Georgia would have outranked Tenues see, and retained her place as the twelfth State. As the case stands, she is the thirteenth State. Is the lost portfolio? The celebrated Dunimitt orange the oldest and largest grove in Fas ida, situated between the Indian and the Atlantic, comnrisinsr -150 having 3.50ft t THE BUTLER HERALD. W. N. BENNS, JAMES 0. RUSS. Editor* ' LET HR LIGHT.’ Subscription, S1.B0 in Advance. VOLUME V. BUTLER, GEORGIA, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY’ 15, 1881. NUMBER 20. New Orleans with the cities of St. Louis, Milwaukee, Chicago, Cincinnati, I<ouU> ille, Richmond, Baltimore, Washing ton, Philadelphia and New York, to con sider the expediency ef placing on their joint account a semi-monthly line of ocean steamers connecting the port of Aspin- wall, Central Aiaeriea, with the port of New Orleans, receiving as a contribution by the United Staten, the sea postage to accrue upon such route, with such other appropriations nsCongresi may be in duced to make for that purpose. Somethin* Ahont Babies. According to a Yorkshire notion, a new born infant abould be laid first in the i of a maiden before any one touches it; and in some places the infant's right hand is left unwashed in order thet he may gather riohes. It is, too, considered very important by mauy tint an infant should go up in the world before it goes down. Thns, in Cleveland, says Mr. Henderson, if a child should be born in the top story of a house, for went of a flight of atairs one of the gossips will take it in her arms and mount a table, chair, or chest of drawers before she carries it down-stairs. In the north of England, when an in fant for the first time aoes out of the house, it is presented with an egg, some salt and a little loaf of bread, aud occa sionally a small piece of money—these gifts being supposed to insure that the child shall never stand in need of the oomtnon necessaries of life. In the East Ridiug of Yorkshire a few matches are added to light the child to heaven. It was, too, in former times, customary, and the practice is not yet obsolete, to provide a large cheese and cake, aud cut them at the birth of the child. These rera called “the groaning cake and heese," aud were distributed among all the neighbors. In Yorkshire this cake is termed tbe 'pepper cake,” and in some localities lie “sickening cake.” It is tbe source of a species of divination, for being cut into small pieces by the medical man. it is divided amoug the unmarried of the female sex, under the name of “dream ing bread." Each one takes a pieoe, places it in the foot of the left stocking, and throws it over tbe left shoulder. This being done, they must retire to bed backward, without uttering a word, and those who are lucky enough to fall asleep before midnight are favored with a sight of their future husband in their dreams. Inventions of Women* Thelint of woman's inventions of recent date is by no means blank. Oue of the best machines now in use for the manu facture of paper bags ia the invention of Mary E. Knight, of Springfield, Mess. The accomplished wife of Father Hya- ciuthe holds a patent for an improved oorset. The Empress Eugonie invented the many flounced bustle—the procureor of the extinct crinoline. Mrs. Walton has devised a way of deadening the noise on the elevated railroads, and a spark ar rester for locomotives. Women obtain from the Governmental) average of about sixty patents yearly. During the year ending July, 1880, women received some seventy patents, h list of the subjects, which is appended, as a useful showing of the tendency of the inventive faculties of the sex. Ah might be expected, the plurality of articles relate to the lighten ing of women’s work. Antong them sre a jar-lifter, a hag-holder, a pillow-sham holder, a dress protector, two dust-pans, i washing machine, a fluting iron, u dress hart, a fish-1 toner, u sleeve-adjuster, lap table, a seaining-nmchina treadle, a wash basin, an iron beater, sad-irons, a garment stiffener, a foldingchair, award- robe bed, a window-cleaner, a napkin, a clothespin, a weather-strip, a churn, an invalid's l>ed, a strainer, n milk-cooler, a sofa-bed, u dipper, a pa j ter dish, aud a plaiting device. In the line of purely mechauical contrivances appear a car- step, a baggage attachment for vehicles, a shoe-channeling machine, a guard for sleeping berths, a loom for tubular fab rics, a window frame, an oil burner, life-raft, a window-fastener, a locomo tive's chimney, a buckle, paper baa ma chines, dnmping-wngon aud a bale-tie. Besides these are braces, corsets, a hat- cover, a collar, a doll supporter, a shawl strep, corset-clasps, undergarments, i game, a shoe and r hair-wash. nnoilici * now m nearing, pi during lust year 1,000 boxes, bus be sold to the Duen Telia Cartel I iiciu, officer in the Italian military scrvii The Duke and Du then will make Jack sonville their winter home. The Duke proposes to have skilled laliorors brought from his groves in Sicily. F. B Ferguson writes from the U hi ted States Fish Cjiiinii.'sjon to Gen. Chal mers, of MLniifeippi, that the charges by the 1 M»aIs ou the Mi-^k-ippi c*allv a bar to the continuance of the dis tribution in Chalmers’ Congr district* lie says; “In u|| other sec* 4ious of (he country railroads and tants make no charge fur the cans of fish, hut on the Mississippi river they not only clinrgt.d v» ry high rates for the cans, hut in some cases, especially at Fort Adam?, wharfage Cor lading and reshipping the e np{v cam*.was charged." The JCew Orlp^cs < r 'hamber of C’om- merco'hns appointed a committee of five persons to correspond or confer with the Postmaster General upon the following proposition : That lie shall BTBMB MAW. ThcrV* nothing more thou cimt comment. Threat fan tone beyond *hy band, MfefumSfbetwerD. • narrow line, Htrike while tbe Iron's hot—atrlke now. How ia the tine to do the deed, bow the time to uproot the wred, Act, norpauae toaak the how; Each i-aaalng moment chilli the glow. Good forging twlna the thought and blow, Btrika while the Iron's hut—strike now. Plan as w® wJJJ, alrike a» we mar, All rower, hone, growth from day to day, To the misalDg new must bow. Bwullaol reason, feeling, tact, “ “'Stinntae, the ‘ ‘ “* Strike While i ft ream iron's but-strike now. his si ways won, ITot k in tb« now from Urn t 'Tie always with yo«, new Blrlks while the Iron s hot farad in apota her* and there. The next day and the next, his labors brought him tho sama remit- ahont enough to pay expenses, or as the miner* call it, “grub money.” Tht fourth day, jnst before he washed out, in bis last rocker of dirt, at sunset, he found two pieces of gold, one worth 8150^ the other fnl! 8200. Bob was happy that night, and tied tiie blue rib bon with a leather string round his neck, so that it could rest on his heart. The next two days brought no big piece, but the sjlpplh he took pieces ef gold from w-like oement weighing about $700. r ’Itwa* dark colored gold, pretty solid! endiwisted into strange shapes, with notea in if, but not ap]>earing much worn, or, in miuingparlauee, “washed.” When the miners passed him daily on their wey to the divide, they stopped to ask what* bis luck was. and when thev saw a very little coarse gold in his pan, they laughed et him. Bat Bob kept his lumps of gold in hie pocket, or buried them beside tbe rock in his camp. In this way he worked on, taking sometimes large pleoes of gold out, half as large as Nell's little fist, and then for days very little. He now examined and weighed his gold, and found that lie had about $8,000, mostly in heavy pieces. This was a pretty good fortune for seven weeks’ digging, and Bob felt an unconquerable longing to go and tell Nell all about it. Tim next morning by daylight he cleared up, packed up his things and started down the ridge to the nearest trading tents. Bnt inliie blankets, carefully atrainied out of sight, was a heavy bag of gold in place of a whisky tattle. It was early in the day yet, and Bob set out to find the ranch of Nelly’s peo ple, leaving his pack, except the blanket containing the gold, which was slung over his shoulders on bis pick handle. In a little over a mile’s walking he found a pretty valley at the month of the creek, where some new log houses, fences aud Wearing* indicated Nell home. In aback room, with her white, strong, beautiful arms bare to tho shoulder, stood pretty Nell at the washtub, very busy in a stream of soapsuds and Ken tucky {Wins, tinging free as a bird. Bob put down bis pack and walked in, but NeH’a quick ear heard, and ehe turned snd saw him, and lior cheeks flushed and lier eyes sparkled. “What! jBoh is that yeti come at last? nnifore clothes, too?” said she, glancing with bright eyes at the young man, and with poorly disguised pleasure. “Certain, sure, Nell; you said I might eome.” “Yes, Bob! but liow about the whisky?" ., “ Nell, T haven’t touched a drop you saw nie; if I have they may shoot mo. Aud wliat’s more, I don't menu to —if you say so,” replied he. “An* Bob, did t bring luck to yer? Was thero gold up tliar?" “Nell, tliar’s six thousand dollars and more, rolled iu thorn blankets tliar, I owe to your pretty self, or I’m a nigger. And, Nell,'just look here,” and Bob took from the breast of bis shirt a package carefully wrapped in paper, which had rested on the bow of Nell’s blue ribbon ho had found, and which slio pluiul.v saw. Unwrapping it, there was a piece of gold, in the shape of a spread eagle, almost, exact in every part, weighing over six ounces. “Nell, yon said I might bring yer a spocirueu from my pile, and here ’tis." “Yes, Bob, hut what gal’s bit of rib- , tannin that yer so koerfui about?" said “Got no folks, no family, to keer for j Nell, with a loving look, but turning her ii?’* eaid Nell. i face from him mischievously, and stirring Marry one," replied Bob; “never liad. the soap-suds. “That ere,” replied ho, “broke loose from the liar of an angel that met me on the mountains, yonder, and said sonic kind words to a dead-broke man, that gave him new life, and what’s more, brought good lack, the thing as a charm to lighten his thoughts when lie felt downneartened. ’’ “Yes, Bob,” Haid she, “but ain’t that talk kind of airy?' Angels don't flit round these diggins, as I ever heerd ov.” “Yes, Nell, that's so; but any woman’s an angel to man that’s going wrong, who, in ths loving kindness of her heart, encourages him to do right, and that' WHISKY BOB’S CLAIM. Whisky Bob was dead broke, very tired, and wanted to Bit down and study his situation and what was best to ta done. 'Here I be again, the same domed fool as ever, ruined l>y whisky after nuk in’ piles of money; I just deserve it. What a doggoned jackass n human can make his self with whisky." Taking up hia pack, Bob toiled slowly up tho ridge under the trees until he came to the top, where it flattened out iu the level places and slight depres sions. Birds were singing and flowers blooming around him; 'mid, as he Hat down to rest, lie heard, to his astonish ment, not very far off, the clear sweet voice of a female, singing. Peeping cautiously under the young pine tree, there, in a little open fiat, sit ting on a rock, was the aiuger. It wan a pleasant picture to look at for a lonely man—a tall, shapely, buxom young girl, with light, golden hair, blue eyes, and very regular, pretty features. Him was dressed in a short calico dress, with moo- asaiua on hor feet, and a sun-bonnet thrown back on her head. Her baud rested ou a long Kentucky rifle. Him was a representative of the tatter class of Western girls, who were continually in tlioso earlier days arriving in the mountains of California from the long trip overland, emigrating in familiOB from Kentucky and other Htatea, Whisky Bob listened to the song with delight, and gazed at the singer iu ad miration; and then, with his naok..aiL his shoulder, upnllM walked out into her presence, and, putting his pack down not far from her, sat down himself. Thon •he spoke to him: “Well, Mister, who might you be, that walks into a young lady’s drawing, room without knocking, even on the bark of a tree?” “Fleas©, Misi, I’m called Whisky Bob —out prospecting.” “No ‘miss’ about it, Mr. Bold), pleaso. My unrae, for short, is Nell Green to all friends, aud to others —well, I’ve a shoot- '-iron," said the girl, aud continued: . our name of Whisky is a bad ons, young man, and I reckon shows yon are being mined by corn juice. Is that so?"' "Well, Nell, that’s a fact—but rather rough," said Bob, who saw tho girl had a half smile on her face. Now, Mr. Bob—without tho Whisky — it seems to me," said Nell, “ye’re throwing yeraelf away, aud there might be something tatter for yer, if ye’d seek it," and she looked at him with an ex pression of some interest. “I know it, Nell, if I could only do it.” Ht. Louis tr* Detroit. One would not think that there was such o difference between the people of St. Louis and the people of Detroit in the matter of committing snicide. In Ht. Louis when ft young woman has made up her mind that life is a burden too heavy to be longer borne she sits down and writes a dying lament to three differ ent daily papers. Then she writes a let ter to the Coroner and tells him to buy 8200 lot to bury her body in, erect a $500 stone in her memory, and to select a jury of poets aud clergymen to view her re mains. Then she dresses in her best aud starts for the river. It is always a wild night. Slio always reached a wharf- boat without being seen. Her wild, despairing cry as she leaps into the murky river always floats to heaven on the shrieking gale,‘and wlieu the body is found a smile of angelic sweetness is playing around her mouth. How different such things are in De troit! The young women write no poetrv, and have no thought of the Cor oner.* They care not for a burial lot centrally situated nor a monument with a cherub to crow n it. They never go out tp commit suicide on a wild night, as it might spoil their clothes. Some one always sees them as they go down to the river. They never say anything but “Oh!" when they jump. There are nlwavs a dozen men on hand to null them out. wring them dry, furnish them with a class of cheap lager, and seud them home with the warning: “Now, gal, if vou cCme fooling around with your drinking water any more we’ll have vou sent up for six months!" There isn’t any romance here in De troit'. Everything is a cold, stern reali- ,,, ty, aud our greatest poets and sentiment- _ alists givo their personal attention to i r.iitr ,...i ,• . buying the family cabbages.—Detroit I railroad corporations connecting J» rutt I toted myself and pack up this ridge to jest seek my luck ouoe morn, aud quit the corn juice aud reform. I said to my self, ‘Bob, if ye could only meet u wo man anywhere iu theso diggins, aud stake out a claim where she stood, it would bring ye fresh luck and ye might turn over a new leaf, and be somebody ouco more.’ And here, sure enough, I've met you. ” “Ye mean right, I’m sure," said Nell, softly. “But down the trail away yonder I see my folks are coming along, with their fixings and plunder, pan, man and the rest ov’em. I must put out, stranger, but Mr. Bob, let me say a kind word to ye on parting from a short acquaintance. You say a woman brings ye luck every time. Nowljusthopo I’ll bring good fortune to yer, and you may take youf pile out of this ’ere ajiot, though I can’t see where it is. Mr. Bob,” said the girl, hesitating, “ef ye do not find it, aud aot up to yer good intentions about the corn juice—well, then, Mr. Bob, my folks are raising log houses and shed fixings down on the opening at the foot of (he creek, away there you can aeo a break in the trees. We mean to locate.’’ And walk ing up to Bob, she put hor hand on hia shoulder, “and Mr. Bob, if ye raise yer pile yer can bring jeat a little piece of cold down for Nell to remember alie brought a tatter life to ye." He took hie rocker and put it in run ning order down the ridge by a little pool of water, fed by a small stream, where he could bring his dirt and w ash out for half an hour, aud then pack down more, while the pool was filling with water again. Next he went and rolled away rock where Nell had taeu sitting and r ug by the dry pebbles of the rivulet, taking hia pick, began digging out „ ditch in the grass, about two feet deep and two feot wide, down stream, and took the dirt to his rocker. Ho worked until sunset, only finding ataut six bits of coarse gold, but in liis last bucket, when washed out, he found a good solid piece of gold weighing tliree ouuces. Iu the morning he arose by daylight, and after hia breakfast of fried pork and coffee, ending with tho usual amoko of hia pipe, he went to work again, deter mined to work the gold out for Nell’s sake, if lie did not make a fortune. He worked hard aud steady through the day, only stopping at noon for some coffee and a smoke beneath the pine tree oamp. Tho sun was very hot, but he didn’t mind it. At night, when he washed out the result of the day’s hard toil, ho only had a dollars’ worth of coarse gold, but he found a little piece of blue ribbon Nell had lost from her hair, Thi* con soled him amply, as he kisded it and aaid to himself, “Bob, better luck to-mor row." Hia claim was what miners call “vary •potted," for the gold was f what ye’ve done for me.' That ere gold came to me by lack from you, and -if ye’d only take it with something else" — ‘•With what, Bob?” but Nell still kept her face turned away, while he was edging still closer to her. “Well, Nell, if I must make tlie riffle, just take Bob with the dust and make him a happy man for the reat of his life. He loves yer, and wonld die for yer any time," and Bob stole his arm around her Blender waist. Nell st lsst turned her blushing face, and looking roguishly at Rob, said: “Don’t you think, Bob, it would be bet ter sense to say you’d live for Nell than to die for her?” Bob did not speak, but drew Nell to him, and kiasod her. Nell, somehow had her hands so entangled in the soapsuds and clothes that she couldn't resist, but she pouted her lips, and Bob took his kias back from them Three years alter the above events happened, in that same valley, was a very pretty cottage, with a garden and Aowers arouud it, that indicated taste and refinement, and the whole clearing had become extensive, with its building* and improvements. Here resided Mr, Rotart Htinton nnd hia happy wife, the handsomest and happiest couple in the northern counties. Mr. Htinton was a prosperous cat- tlo dealer, well-to-do, and few remem bered that there ever was such a man Whisky Bob. Little six-year old was taking his first lesson in addition, and whon the teacher asked him: “If I were to give you two cats, and another nice young lady gave you two more, liow many cats would you have?" He quickly replied: “Why, pretty soon I wouldn’t have any, for my mamma would break their heads with the broom. Shs don't like cats." . Abtatibtician, who cla ; - made accurate calculi**’ the pine forests o' hausted in *' Wiscoi- A Chinese Execution. The criminal ia oonveyed to the execu tion ground in a basket slung on a bam boo between two coolies. Half stupe fied by fear and rendered almost insensi ble to the fate ataut to be suffered from the effects of aamshoo, which is given to the victim in abundance, the procession wends its way between throngs of Celes tials. The road ia lined with sedan chairs conveying the officials, both high and low, to witness the eight. Upon arrival at the place of punish ment, a crowd of ohattering Chinese may ta seen, eome engaged smoking their pipes, others discussing their early bowl of congee at the stall of tiie perambulat ing venders of edibles. Not the least trace of any feeling of awe or compassion is exhibited at the tragedy about to be enacted. A stolid indifference marks the countenance of the assemblage, and it is only when the cortege files into po sition before the dais, whereon the Viceroy and the provincial Judge have taken their aeata, that any observable emotion animates the crowd. The crim inal is made to kneel, while a subordi nate officer reads the edict of the Vice roy. This sets forth the crime and the penalty, and exhorts the culprit to con fess fully. All the victim can do is to cry for mercy, of which quality there is apparently a lack. At a given signnl from the Judge the two executioners step forward and seize the unfortunate wretch. Divested of every particle of clothing he or she is bound hand and foot to two upright pieces of wood in the form of a Saint Andrew’s cross. Tho minions of the law draw from their belts two short, sharp knives. They are now ready for their bloody work. With a devilish skill they commence to slit the skin and flesh at the wrists. Proceed ing up the arms until the neck is reached, their attention is then directed to tho lower limta. The ankles upward, tho fleshy part of the legs and thighs right up to the cheet are under operation. Tiie whole body is now ono quivering mass of stripe of skin and flesh, from which the blood is pouring in streams, dying the ground and the executioners' clothes a vivid red color. By this time the vast orowd are on the tiptoe of ex pectation, straining their bodies to get a glimpse of the gory figure, and eager to watun the loast sound of a sigh or groan. After the shriek of pain which attend.* the first me of the knife, frequently nothing but low. agonizing moans es cape the lips. While this horrible scene is being enacted, tho peanut hawkers, the beanenrd and candy hucksters ply their trade, oblivious of the fact that a human being is undergoing torture. With bead drooping on the hreust, closed eyes, and face bearing an unut terable look of pain nnd agony, the vic tim now stands. The Judge, seemingly tired at the disgusting sight, daps his hands. The ohief executioner, at the lignal. plunges liiaknife into the breast, and with oue hand tears open the flesh, while with the other he pulls the quiv ering heart out by the roots, holds it up to view, and then dashes it to (lie ground. Thus justica is vindicated. Flitting CJp Sardines. The little town of Eastport, Me., sit li ed ns it is at the most eastern extremi ty of the United Btntoe, and frequently called tho “jumping oft place," bus, within the last few years, bocome the confer of quite nn industry—tho puttiug up of sardines. Extensive .factories have been built on most of tho many wharves out into Passamaqnoddy bay, and from small beginnings tho putting up of these little fish has attained largo proportions. Tho fish used ore very small herrings, which a few years ago were considered almost worthless, beiug used only for pomace. They are very abundant at certain seasons of tho year, nnd are caught in large weirs, constructed for the purpose, along tho shore of tho neightaring islands. The weirs some what resemble a rustic fence extending out into the water. The fish swimming in with the tide are left as the tide falls below the weir, nnd are taken by menus of dip-nets, by men who go into the weirs in boats for that purpose. Homo- times a hundred hogsheads of fish are taken at one time. On reaching the factory tho fish go through a process of drying, nnd then, when partially fried in olivo oil, are put up in small tin taxes bearing a French braud, and cannot ta distinguished iu appearance from the imported article. Thousands of theso boxes aro put up in a day, almost a thousand persons 1 icing employed in the business. These fac tories are controlled by New York firms. There are, too, other ways of prepar ing theso fish. Ono rnriet*y resembling very much the potted herring, and pre pared with mustard, are called marines, and find a ready solo in tho Western markets. During the winter great quan tities of horring, which are too largo to put up in this manner, nro frozen, and are shipped in barrels to all parts of the country. The Upper nnd Lower Kye». “There are two paire of eyes in man, and it is requisite thut the pair which are beneath should be closed when the pair thut are stave them perceive, and that when tho pair atave aro closed, those which are tancatli are opened.* 1 The lower eyes see only the surfaces and effeotH, the upper eyes behold causes nnd the connection of things. And when we go alone or come into tho liouso of thought and worship, we come with pur pose to be disabused of appearances, to see realities, the great linen of our des tiny, to seo that life has no caprice or fortune, is no hopping squib, l»ii» growth after immutable lnws. beneficent influences the mos* The church is open to g*- in all nations, and b* how unattainable to set before come to * Manners. When, in general conversation, oer- tain opinions are pronounced or propo sitions advanced at variance with, or in op|Misition to, your own ideas, do not rush into an argument. A disputatious person in never a favorite. If you do not agree with what ia aaid, it is best to re main silent. Of course, if you are asked for your own opinion, give it clearly and firmly, and yet in a manner that cannot ta construed as offensive to those holding different views ; and if the matter is one with whioh yon are only partially or not at all acquainted, own tho fact rather than slavishly follow what another bos said. No one can know everything, and the candid expres sion that you aro not competent to judge in tho case will cause your opin ion on other ltoiuta to have all the more weight,’ H irae people bristle with objections like a porcupine with quills. No matter what is mentioned or proposed, there comes an objection in a moment, Huch a habit may ta almost unconsciously ac quired and indulged in, but it is a very vexations one. If a person appropriates to himself the best seat in the room, or stands with his back to the fire, or yawns while heia HjMikon to, or, in fact, does anything which shows selfishness, indifference, or disrespect, it is needless to sav ho cre ates an unfavorable impression, aud dis plays want of proper training. It is always wort to comply with, and defer to, tho wishes of others ns for as possible. Should a person of greater age or higher rank than yourself desire you to precedo him, either in passing through a door or entering a carriage, the proper thing to do is to obey imme diately. Precedence is always given to ladios— so, in ascending or descending a stair case the lady should go first. The con trary is ntnted in some l>ooks on eti quette, but this is not in accordance with tho usages of tho best society. At church the gentleman holds open tho door, and ths lady precedes him up the aisle, stopping at the pew-door for the gentleman to open it. Many lathes, however, do not wait, but ojien the door themselves and enter at once. Should you meet with a person of this temperament «lo not attempt to dofond your own vleA's, He would continue uuoonvinced ; so drop the subject and tutu tho conversation into another chan nel. The only occasions wher tho order of precedence is reversed are on entering a theater or concert-room, or walking along any crowded thoroughfare. The gentleman in these cases goes first to clear the way. With regard to other cases of prece dence, bo more solicitous nbout giving othera their position than ataut taking your own. A lady should uot ta permitted to de fray the cost of her entrnnee-fee to nuy theater or exhibition, or to pay for ro- refrcRliments, etc. If she insets upon reimbursing the amount tho gentleman must comply with her wishes. Except in large households, where servants arc constantly in attendance in tho ball, it is customary, before allow ing auy one to lonve the room ; to ring for the servant to open tho door. Every one is entitled to tho civility, and its omission may cause resentment. Ex cept, of course, when you accompany your visitor to the door yourself, as vou would do if you wished to show cs]>ecial respect or regard, or when you are on such terms of intimacy with your visitor that nil formality is dispensed with. When a lady is about to leave a room the gentleman should always rise and hold the door open for her to nans out Bookbinding. The bookbinders' craft wm at its zenith just before the invention of printing; it has waned since, because nobody would onro nowadays to give such prices os were cheerfully jwid for 1 looks in tho days when it took twenty- five months of a patient scribe’s work to { iroduoe one copy of the Bible. The findings of such costly liooks were works of art. Milan first, wo are told, acquired a reputation for its bindings of Hnanisli leather, arabesqued and gilt, which siqierseded the old-fashioned bindings of wood, metal, or ivory ; but uutil the closo of the fifteenth century the bindings of presentation volumes and of church hooks used on tho high altars of cathedrals were mostly of i f ;old or silver. Bruges produced some lenutiful works of this description, like wise bindings in cloth of gold wrought with silk of ninny colors. At Ypres, the groat cloth mart of North Europe, were first made plum bindings of cloth, em broidered more or less; but theso were used only for small volumes of josts and ballads, and for tho lioni books out of which the children iu noble families learned their letters. Venice had name for its bindings in ivory and woods from the East; Florence, liko Ghent ir Flanders, abounded in brass artificers, and produced brazen bindings gilt oi silvered, each ono the work of a master craftsman, for nono ventured to make book-covers who were not skilled wi»* their tools ; but the most gorgeous 1 ings of nil that wore made b invention of printing cam'' Here the guild of ltali" its chief hall; aud sure snle for v* gold, aco : |iotent' useful SUGGESTIONS. Gmahi Brora oi* Paper.—Grease spots may ta removed from paper by applvinff a little powdered pipe olay, on which place a sheet of paper, then use a hot iron. Remove the adhering powder with a piece of India-rubtar. Bcobched Liken.—Peel and slice two onions, extract the juice by pounding and squeezing; cut up half an ounoe ol fine white soap and add to the juioe; two ounces of fuller’s earth and a half pint of vinegar ; boil all together; when cool spread over the scorched linen and let it dry on it: then wash and boil out the linen and the spots will disappear, nnlesa burned eo badly aa to break tho threads. When to Cot Tmiibr.—July and August are the best months for cutting timber, that it may be the most durable. The growth of the yoar is then well-nigh over, and if tho trees are allowed to lie until the green foliage dries upon them, the greater portion of tho aap is thereby withdrawn from the wood, and the seas oning is rapid and perfect. Cut in mid summer, insects are much loss table to attack the wood, which is an important point with some kinds of timtar, like hickory. Damp Walls.—An exchange says: Moisture may be kept from a brick wall by dissolving three-quarters of a pound of mottled soap in one gallon of lKiiling water and spreading the hot so lution steadily with a largo flat brush over the surface of tho brick work, tak ing care that it does not lather. This is to ta allowed to dry for twenty-four hours, whon a solution formed of a quarter of a pound of alum dissolved in two gallons of water is to ta applied in a similar maimer over the coating of soap. The soap and alum mutually de compose each other and form an insolu ble varnish which rain is unable to pen etrate. The operation should bo per formed in dry, settled weather." Restorin'o Faded Flowers. -The ajoritv of flowers begin to wither a. »*r Wing kept in water for twenty-four hours. A few may ta revived by giving them fresh water with a pinch of salt peter in it; and even quito withered flowers can ta restored by placing them in a cup of boiling water deop enough to cover at least one-third of tbe stems. When tho water lias cooled the flowera should ta bright and erect again. They may now ta inserted in fresh cold water, after having shortened their stems by about an inch. Thin-petaled, white aud light-lined flowers, however, do not revive so completely under this treat ment as deep-hued, thick-petaled bios- •ms. Uninflammable Wood.—Prof. Ked- zie, of tho Agricultural College of Mich igan, an oxpert chemist, says that a paint or wash made of skim milk, thor oughly skimmed, and water briuo, will render wood uninflammable, and he proved it by experiment. He says this paint or whitewash is durable, very oheup, impervious to water, of agree able color, and, as it will prevent wood from taking fire, he urges i(s use, par ticularly on roofs, out-buildings, burns, etc. This can easily be tried, aud, if found to answer, the knowledge will ta very useful. Thero is many a building, as well as woodeu fixtures near boilers and fire-places, where tho mixture could ta woll applied. The Glossy Bilk Hat. Civilized man considers his silk hat the highest form of head-genr. It is tl o chosen article of Sunday wear. But why? It is in tho wav at church. How many men huvo had their feelings di vided tatween their worship and tho silk hat under the seat, the world will never know. Placo it anywhere, it ia in dnn- ;er. We have known men to carefully >ut it in the aisle, only to he caught up •y the train of a fashionable dress, and thus dozens of hats have been spoiled beyond repair. Othera have placed theirs in the furthermost comer, beyond the reach of supimsed danger. Alas! their expectations were doomed to dis appointment. The under corner of a seat is the most favorite place of de|>osit, but so cage! have men taon to put it there that the first hat placed in that corner lisa been crushed out of all reeoguizalfio shnjH*. To put it on a seat is evon worse folly, lieeause it is aacrifioed to tho crushing dignity of the first lady who enters the pew. fllio has no regard for either the liat or its wearer. Borne havo tried to haug it on a j»eg under the book- rests, aud wlieu thought lma become at tracted to the sendee of tho hour, some fair one, iu her careless haste to get tier hymn-book, upsets the row aud down tumble the hats. Each gentleman grabs- for his property at the samo time, nnd the result is a knocking of heads, a •nat tering of hats—and, wo fear, a com mingling of mild iuvective. For those who wish to maintain a worshipful state of m*nd, tho soft felt hat, however un dignified iu appearance, is preferable to its aristocratic brother. Capacity for Bleep, rublio men, subjected to severe men tal strain by exhausting duties, learn to sleep any where and al any time. Napo- loan mice Blept for an hour in the middle of a battle, with the roar of artillery ataut him. Brougham slept for twenty- four hours at the close of an exciting woek in the court-room. A story told of William Pitt, when Prime Minister of England, exhibits this facility: A mutiuy had broken out on a ship of war, and tue mutineers liad imprisoned Admiral Colpoice, and threatened b»* with death unless their grievance- redressed. It was feared that * pie would become contac' mutiny tacomo genor* 1 Beveral nemta- by Lord Win ' - Pitt's hov- but