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POETICAL. The Game of Life. This life is but a game of cards, Which mortals have to learn ; Each shuffles, cuts and deals the pack. Ami each a trump doth turn ; Some bring a hijrh card to the top, And others bring a low ; Some hold a hand quite flush with trumps, While others none can show. Some shuffle with a practiced hand, And pack their cards with care, So they may know when they are dealt Where all the leaders are ; Thus fools are made the dupes of rogues, "While rogues each other cheat, And he is very wise indeed Who never meets defeat. While playing, some throw out the ace, The counting cards to save; Some play the ducc and some the ten, lint many play the knave ; Some play for money, some for fun, And some for worldly fame, But not until the game ’s played out Can they count up their game. When hearts arc trumps we play for love, And pleasure rules the hour— No thoughts of sorrow check our joy, In Beauty's rosy bower; We sing, we dance, sweet verses make, Our cards at random play, And while our trumps remain on top, Our game’s a holiday. W hen diamonds chance to crown the pack, The players stake their gold, And heavy sums are lost and won liy gamblers young and old ; Intent on winning, each his game Doth watch with eager eye, How he may see his neighbor's cards, And beat him on the sly. When clubs are trumps, look out for war On ocean and on land; For bloody horrors always come When clubs are held in hand; Then lives arc staked instead of gold, The dogs of war are freed— Across the broad Atlantic now, See ! clubs have got the lead ! Last game of all is when the spade Is turned by hand of Time ; He always deals the closing game In every age and clime. No matter how much each man wins, Or bow much each man saves, The spade will finish up the game, And dig the player’s graves. FACTS AND FANCIES. W'e know an individual who always wears dirty boots; he is too poor to have them blacked, and too much of a gentleman to do it himself. What a fuss we are making over our poor little Centennial, when the Japs have just been celebrating.their two thousand, five hun dred and thirty-fifth anniversary! An exchange thinks that Eve must have been a very unhappy woman. There was no other woman to pass her on the street, that she might look around and see how that dress fits in the back. An Irishman attending a Quaker meeting, heard a friend make the following announce ment r “ Brethren and sisters, lam going to marry a daughter of the Lord.” “ Och 'n ye are,” said Pat; “ faith and it'll be a long time before you see your father-in-law.” Butler says he doesn’t know what to make of Grant’s letter, and that isn’t all—he doesn’t know what to make of Grant himself, lie says he can’t see wli} r he should be laid on the shelf, while a meaner man is continued in office.— Vicksburg Herald. Asa stranger was yesterday knocking at the door of a house on Second street, a boy came around the corner and inquired : “ Got anything to sell?” “Yes, I want to sell your mother a box of tooth-paste.” “Might as ■well git ofF’n the steps,” continued the boy. as a smile broke out around his mouth; “ she's got store teeth, and she cleans ’em with a woolen rag !”— Detroit Free Press. “ See that fat man, don’t you, Jack?” queri ed a bootblack at the post office yesterday ; “ well, lie’s laying up heaps of trouble. W'hen you see a man named Johnson, for instance, slying around to the general delivery window and getting little pink envelopes directed to “ De Forest,” lie’s standing on the verge of the grave. The first thing he knows, his wife ’ll! come down here and get hold of one of those purty little letters, and then she'll untie her bonnet strings and mop her husband all over these flags, and the public 'ill get up’n Tah for her side I” And Jack began to pon der.—Detroit Free Press. Of the many juvenile funniments that bub ble up and seek for publicity through the types, the following of a little New Hamp shire girl—quite mature at six—is not bad. She went into a store where her father was lounging, and slyly approaching him, said: “Papa, won’t you buy me anew dress?” “Well, I'll see ; I'll speak to your mother about it.” A sad look came over the little maiden's face, until, looking up with a smile into the paternal eyes, she said : “ Well, papa, if you do speak to mamma about it, touch her easy, or she may want it for herself!” lie bought it—for the daughter, A negro revivalist, named Andrew Coon, is said to be as effective with his own race in Mississippi, as Moody and Sankey are with white people. lie is a powerful fel low. physically and vocally, and the scenes that attend his fervid exhortations are de seril>ed as being the acme of religious excite ment. A correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial attended one of his meetings.— After a harrowing sermon, that wrought the impressible hearers to intense feeling, he made the following admonition and appeal: “ Now bredren and sisters, we want mounahs heah to-night. No foolin'. Ef you can't moulm lV*r your sins, don’t come foolin’ arouif dis attah. I knows ye. You's tryin’ mighty ha’hd to be convarted Thout bein’ hurt. The Lord ’spises mockery. Sometimes you sin nahs comes toh’rd an’ holds your head too high a-comi: '. You come foah you’s ready. You starts too soon. You don’t repent; yon’s no maunah. Yon’s foolin’ wid de Lord. You come struttin’ up the altali; you flops down on your knees an’ you peeps fru your fingers, dis way, an’ you cocks up your ealis to see who’s makin’ de bes’ pray’r. You’s ’tirely too peart for penitens. You’s no mounahs, Ef you comes heah to fool, 3*oll bettah stay away. Bettah go to hell from de pew asleepin’, or from your cabin a swearin’, dan from the raounah’s bench a foolin’.” iil'tc Modem Stoqpl&effet. These Circus Bills. She had one in her hand as she came up stairs, and she didn’t say a word until she had wiped her spectacles, placed them on her nose, unfolded the bill, and read a few of the headlines. She was old-fashioned in look. There were-strings to her bonnet, she had no bustle. ! her gray, hair was combed down smoothly, and there were only eleven yards in her black alpaca dress. “ Young man. don’t 3*oll know that cir cuses are awful liars and humbugs ? ” she fin ally* inquired. The man at the table leaned back in his chair, and refused to express an opinion. “Well, I know it,” she continued in a posi tive tone, “and believe they get wuss even* day. Now see here —listen to this :‘ A gor geous panorama of amazing wonders—a gi gantic combination of astonishing acrobatic talent.’ That’s all right 011 the poster, hev they got ’em ? I’d like to see one o’ them animals.” “ You're lalmring under a mistake, madam. It means a grand display of natural curiosi ties, and informs the public that the proprie tor has secured main* first-class acrobats—the chaps who stand on their heads, turn head over heels, and cut up so many monke3 r shines.” ** It does, eh?” she mused; “ waal, do you believe that it takes a smart person to keel over ? ” “ Well, one has to have a good deal of training.” “ They do, eli ? ” she remarked, as she put her unbrella in the corner and spit on her hands ; “ I'll show 3*oll that you are deceived ! I'm an old woman, but ef I can’t ! ” “ Madam, hold on—don’t do it! ” exclaim ed the man behind the table. “ I can flop right over there and never shake m3* bonnet! ” she said as she rose up. “ I know 3*oll can, madam, but don't. I am here alone, and I—l don’t want 3*oll to. I’d rather 3*oll wouldn't. If 3'ou are deter mined on it, I shall leave the room ! ” “ Well, 3*oll know I can do it, and that’s enough. You ma3 r be right about what that means, but see here—hear this : ‘ The high way ablaze with resplendent chariots—the grandest pageant 011 earth.’ I’ve been to lots of circuses, young man, and I never saw a pageant 3*et. If the3* had one, the door of his cage wasn’t open. “ You are also in error there. The bill refers to the fact that the great number of wagons, chariots, etc., make up a sight worth seeing as they pass along the street.’’ “ Um-in-m,” she muttered as she folded the bill over ; “ I don't see why they couldn't say so then. An 1 now see here—read that: Sig. Govinoff. in his aerial flights.’ Now, then, is that a boa constrictor or a cunduran ,ro ?” “It is a man, madam—one of the perform ers. His real name is probably Jones, but that isn’t grand enough, and so they put him down as “Sig. Govinoff.” He is the man who jumps off the rope, turns over twice, and comes down all right.” “He is. eh ? Well, if he’s got an idea that he’s the smartest man alive I want to disap point him. I never did try to turn over twice, but I'll do it right here and now or break my neck! Git the tilings offn the table! ” “ Say, madam, don’t. I wouldn't have 3*oll do it for fifty 7 * dollars.” “Just once!” “ For heaven’s sake, madam, get down offi'n this table—here—here's a dollar if 3*oll won’t do it! ” “I don't want your money, and I won't try it ifyou’re so scart, but I don’t want any circuses going around talking about aryal flights and deceiving the people ! ” She sat down, the young man wiped the sweat off his brow, and presently’ she remarked, “And here’s another thing, right here: ‘A sparkling asterisk, flashing across the field of the cloth of gold—Mons. Gomerique in his great delineations of human character.’ I'd like to know who she is.” “ Madam, that’s a man—a man who de lineates character.” “ How ? ” “Why, he makes up faces—expresses mirth, sorrow, joy, and so forth. “He does, eii ?” Well, what’s that to blow about ? Make up faces—see here !” And she shut her e3*es, run her tongue out, and looked like the bottom of a brass kettle which had been kicked by a mule. “They are humbugs, sir !” she said, as she drew her tongue in, “and d'}*e ’spose I'd pay fifty cents to go to one ? ” “ They arc quite entertaining as a general thing.” “They are, eh? Entertaining, eh. Well, if I can’t do more entertaining in five min utes than a circus can in all day I leave m3* bonnet up here! Here, hold on to this chair! ” “I can't madam—l wouldn't do it for all the diamond pins in Syracuse ! Go away*, madam—go home. lamin an awful hurry !" “ Well, 1 won’t then, but when l say cir cuses are humbugs, I can prove it. I don’t kecr two cents for their panoplies, pageants, asterisks, giraffes, arvals. georgouses and ourangoutangs —I can beat ’em all holler my self ! ” And she took off her spectacles, lifted hej unbrella and went down stairs. — Detroit Free Press. Ethan Allen. It was one hundred 3*ears ago on the 10th of May*, that Ethan Allen, with the assurance characteristic of the first-class Yankee, de manded of the British officer in command of Fort, Ticonderogathe surrender of the garrison and all its sanguinary paraphernalia. He was polite enough to say that the request was made “on the authority of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress,” and upon those papers he took possession. This Cen tenary business brought out a good many anecdotes of Allen, some of which yvere sup posed to be planted be3*ond resurrection. Here is one : Allen was in church one Sunday with a number of friends listening to a ver3* high Calvinistic minister, (exact stature not re corded). The text chosen was, “Many shall strive to enter in but shall not be able,” and he premised his remarks observing that the grace of God was certainly sufficient to include one person out of ten. “Secondly” disclosed the fact that not one in twenty would attempt to avail himself of salvation. At “thirdly” it came out that but oneTnan in fifty was reall3* an object of Divine'solicitude. “Fourthly” was announced, and the estimate of the elect now reduced to greater correct ness, the sad conclusion was being drawn that only one out of eighty—when Allen seized his hat and evacuated the pew, ex-- claiming, “I’m off, lioys * y any one of 3’ou may take my chance.”— Editors Drawer, in Harper's Magazine for July. Mrs. Gavett’s Box. There is not a kinder-hearted, more benev olent woman in Detroit than Mrs. Gavett. Last year she was on the committee to can vass for aid for grasshopper sufferers, and this } r ear she intends to send a large box of her own getting up. She had Gavett to bring up a box the other day, and when it had been placed in the shanty she put on a calico dress, tied on a check apron, and ram bled around the house to pick up enough ar ticles to fill the box and have it sent off the next daj r . Iler greatest anxiet}* was the fear that the box was too small for one half the things she wanted to send. Opening the closet door she took down an old coat, one that her husband threw awa3 r two years ago. “ I'll send that for one thing,” she mused, as she held it up. “ I don’t know, though— that’s'a pretty good coat. Put a patch on that elbow and Thomas can wear it half the summer.” She placed it on a chair and took down one of her old dresses. “ I'll make some farmer’s wife glad with this,” she said, as she shook out the folds and held it up. “ Let’s see! Why, there isn’t a hole in either sleeve —skirts all right —waist almost as good as new. I believe I can sell that dress second-hand for enough to bii3* me a bracelet.” The dress was laid beside the coat, and she hauled out Gavett's boots. The heel of one was run over, and there was a hole in the toe of the other. “ They’ll do for someone to plow in,” she soliloquized, as she took them over to the light. “ Some farmer—ah ! Why, those are good boots! I believe I could get them fixed up for fifty cents so that Thomas could wear them half the winter. I don’t believe in throwing anjdhing away, even if 3*qu are well off.” The boots were set aside, and she took down a bundle of children’s clothing. “ Ah! I can send these and make little hearts glad!” she whispered as she untied the bundle. “ The children have outgrown them, and they will be a prize to some Kan sas—sakes alive ! but these garments are al most as good as the da3* they were made up ! I believe I can sell them to washerwoman for at least $2, and as soon as I can get $2 more I can buy me anew braid.” She tied the bundle up and stuck her head into the closet and brought out another dress. “ A hole in each elbow—skirt torn half off,” she mused as she turned it over. “ I’ll send this anyhow. Some mother can take it and get enough cloth out of the skirt to make her little girl a bran new—here, what was I thinking of ? Why, this is exactly the stuff I want for the blue stripe in that new rag carpet. If I’d known this dress was in the house I’d have cut it up last week.” She unlocked another closet, peered in, and hauled out Gavett's old overcoat—one worn out and stained, and kicked around for a 3*car. “ That will do splendid !” she said, as she held up. “It isn't very nice, but some far mer can wear it to chop in. Oh ! hold on ! I want that lining to make a cushion for 1113* rocking-chair, and Jennie will want these buttons for her string, and the rest of the coat’ll make a beautiful rug to lay in front of the lounge. I'd like to send it, but pro bably it wouldu’t be appreciated, or probably someone else will send a better one.” She rummaged around for a full hour, and when she got through the chamber floors were piled high with old “ duds.” Those she meant to keep were placed on the right— those she meant to send away on the left. Oil the left was a wall basket made of hoop skirt wire. She hasn’t sent the box yet, but she means to. — Detroit Free Press. His Looks Deceived Him. lie did not look like a joker, says M. Quad. One to sit and study liis face would have said that his soul was lost in melancholy—that he didn't care two cents whether the sun set at noon or staid until 7 o’clock, lie entered the ladies’ sitting room at the Central Depot, walked up to a woman whose husband had left the room about ten minutes previously, and calmly inquired: “ Madam, your husband went out to see the river, didn't he?” “Yes—why?” she asked, turning pale in an instant. “He was a tall man, wasn’t he?” “He was,” she replied, rising up and turn ing still paler. “lias red hair?” “ He had—oh ! what has happened?” “Weighed about 180 pounds?” “ Yes—yes—where is he—where is my hus band?” she exclaimed. “Couldn't swim, could he?” “He’s drowned ; my husband is drdwned !” “Had a silver watch chain?” continued the stranger. “ Where is my husband—where is the body?” she gasped. “Do not get excited, madam. Did your husband have on a gray suit?” “ Yes —oh ! my Thomas ! my Thomas !” “ And stoga boots?” “ Let me see him—let me him?” she cried. “ Come this wav, madam, but do not get excited. There, is that your husband across the street at that peanut stand?” “ Why, yes, that's him; that’s my hus band!” she exclaimed, joyfully. “ I thought 3’ou said he was drowned.” “No, madam, I did not. 1 saw him buy ing peanuts, and I believed it my duty to sa} r to you that peanuts are not healthy at this season of the year !” lie slid softly out. and she stood there and chewed her parasol and stared after him as if he were a menagerie on wheels. An old enactment still stands on the statute book of Massachusetts, providing that “who ever travels on the lord’s day, except from necessity or charity, shall lie punished by fine not exceeding ten dollars for every offense.” So far as its direct purpose is concerned, this statute has, of course, been a dead letter for many years, but a curious effect, not design ed by its framers, because railroads did not exist in their days, results from it, namely : that no damages can be recovered in that State for injuries received on railways on Sunday, unless the applicant can show that he was traveling through necessit}' or for a charitable purpose. The old engine house at Harper’s Ferry, in which John Brown and his party were stormed and captured, is used by an under taker as a hearse house. The loop holes which the insurrectionists made have been bricked up, but the outlines can be readily traced. The places on the floor where one of Brown’s sons died and the other was mor tally wounded are pointed out by the villagers, although the, blood stains that remained for several years have faded out. A man may be great by chance, but never wise nor good without taking pains. THE FARM. Wheat in the South. The editor of the Union Springs Herald gives the following as a mode of preparing and cultivating wheat, which will insure it from rust and secure a large yield: This, June, is the month in which to begin your preparatory work for next crop of wheat. Select a high, well drained piece of land, however thin it may be, in preference to low land. Lay off in rows 12 inches apart, with a shovel plow, following in each shovel fur row with a subsoil plow, or a scooter 14 in ches long,made of iron or steel, 1 |x2| inches, not wider, or your horse *vill not be able to pull it, if put in the ground as it should go. If the land be thin, put in sufficient manure to give the peas a good start, before running the scooter furrow. In these furrows drill one to two pecks of speckled peas per acre, and close these by splitting out the middles with one shovel furrow, followed by the sub soil or scooter plow. Bore two holes with a 6 quarter auger into a 4x4 inch scantling 6 feet long, one foot from each end. into which inserts two small hickory poles, which, when fastened to the hames, will serve as shafts and traces. With this implement you can “ knock off” five rows simultaneously. When the peas shall have attained a growth of about eight inches it would be of benefit to run one furrow, with a small shovel, between the rows. During the month of August, while the peas are in bloom, turn the vines under, covering them entirely with soil, if possi ble. To accomplish this, twist two heavy chains together, to be used as a drag ; fasten the two ends to the singletree, thus forming a bow, which should at the nearest point be two or three inches in front of the turning plow. This drag will hold down the vines, enabling the plowman to cover them up. In October, between the Bth and 15th, sow broadcast 30 bushels of cotton seed on each acre. Turn under with a two-horse plow, following in each furrow with your scooter or subsoil plow. Sow broadcast 1| bushels of good seed, wheat, and then sow broadcast one sack (4 bushels) of chloride of sodium ( common salt) to each acre ; cover by drag ging a harrow or very heavy brush over the land. Prepare seed wheat for sowing as fol lows : Take a tub, fill half full with water, and dissolve"salt in the water until a freshly laid egg will float, showing a space the size of a nickel above the water; then stir, and skim off all the wheat that rises to the top. Continue to stir as long as any wheat will rise to the surface. Feed the scum to stock. As soon as the defective wheat has been thus re moved take out the sound wheat, and repeat the operation until all the wheat designed for sowing has been in the brine. In January, scatter, broadcast, one bar rel per acre of gypsum (land plaster) over the growing wheat. If these directions are closely followed you may confidently expect to reap, next spring, twenty bushels per acre of as good wheat as can be imported. As the result of the years operations you will have S4O for each acre treated as above directed, and your land, which is now poor, will then be rich. Repeat this process the second, third and fourth years, omitting the cotton seed, and after the second year use only two bushels of salt—and 40 bushels of wheat per acre will be the result for the fourth crop. For the fifrh year five times as many bushels of corn per acre as can now be raised on the land ; and for the sixth and seventh years, from one to two bales of cotton weighing 500 pounds each, barring Providential interference. Raising Tomatoes. —lt may be worth while for our farmers to read the following account of the French method of raising tomatoes. It is clipped from an exchange : “As soon as a cluster of flowers are visible, the stem is topped down to the cluster, so that flowers terminate the stem. The effect is that the sap is immediately impelled into the two buds next below tire cluster, which soon push strongly and produce another cluster of flowers each. When these are visible, the branch to which they belong is also topped down to their level, and this is done successively. By this means, the plants become stout dwarf bushes, not above eigh teen inches high. In order to prevent their falling over, sticks or strings are stretched horizontally along the rows, so as to keep the plants erect. In addition to this, all the laterals that have no flowers, and after the sth topping all laterals whatsoever, are nipped off. In this way the ripe sap is directed into the fruit, which acquires a beauty, size and excellence unattained by other means.” Hints for Emergencies. If a man faints, place him on liis back and let him alone. If any poison is swallowed, drink instantly half a glass of cold water, with a heaping tea spoonful each of common salt and ground mustard into it. This vomits as soon as it reaches the stomach; but for fear some of the poison remain, swallow the white of one or two raw eggs, or drink a cup of strong cof fee—these two being antidotes for a greater number of poisons than any other dozen ar ticles known, with the advantage of their al ways being at hand—if not, a pint of sweet oil, or lamp oil, or “drippings,” or melted butter, or lard, are good substances, espe cially if they vomit quickly. The best thing to stop bleeding of a mod erate cut, instantly, is to cover it profusely with cobweb, or flour and salt, half and half. If the blood comes from a wound by jerts or spurts, be spry, or the man will die in a few minutes, because an artery is severed ; tie a handkerchief loosely around, near the part, between the wound and the heart, put a stick between the handkerchief and the skin, and twist it around until the blood ceases to flow, keep it there until the doctor comes. If in a position where the handkerchief cannot be used, press the thumb on a spot near the wound, between the wound and the heart; in crease the pressure until the bleeding ceases, but do not lessen the pressure an instant un til the physician arrives, so as to glue up the wound by coagulation, or cooling of the hardened blood. If your clothing takes fire, slide the hands down the dress, keeping them as close to the body as possible, at the same time sinking to the floor by bending the knees ; this has a smothering effect upon the flames ; if not ex tinguished, or great headway gotten, lie down on the floor and roll over ; or better, envelope yourself in a carpet rug, bed cloth, or any garment you can get hold of, always prefering woolen.— Hall's Journal of Health. “ Dan,” said a little four-year old, “ give me sixpence to buy a monkey.” “We have got one monkey in the house now,” replied the elder brother. “ Who is it, Dan?” asked the little fellow. “ You,” was the reply.— “ Then give me sixpence to buy the monkey some nuts.” The brother could not resist. 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JEFFERSON BUSINESS DIRECTORY. PROFESSIONS . Physicians... J. D. & 11. J. Long, J. J, d O(3 . ter, N. W. Carithcrs. Atty's at Law... J. B. Silman, W. I. Pike, J. A. B. Mahafiey, W. £. Howard, M. M. Pitman P. F. Hinton. MERCHANTS. Pendergrass & Hancock, F. M. Bailey, Stanley & Pinson, Wm. S. Thompson. MECHANICS. Carpenters. .. Joseph P. Williamson, Sen'r; J. P. Williamson, Jr. Harness Maker. .. John G. Oakes. Wagon Makers. ..Wm, Win Bum, Monroe Ray, (col.) Buggy Maker...L. Gilleland, Blacksmith.., O. T. story. Tinner. .. John 11. Chapman. Tanners... J. E. & 11. J. Randolph. Boot and Shoe-Makers...N. B. Stark, Sea born M. Stark. HOTELS. Randolph House, by Mrs. Randolph. North-Eastern Hotel, by John Simpkins. Public Boarding House, by Mrs. Elizabeth Worsham. I.TQUORS, Segars, &c... J. L. Bailcv. Grist and Saw-Mill and Gin... J. D. & 11. J. Long. Saw-Mill and Gin...F. S. Smith. o CO UNTY SCIIOOL DIRECTOR F. Martin Institute. —J. W. Glenn, Principal; S. P. Orr, Assistant; Miss M. E. Orr, Assistant; Miss Lizzie Burch, Music. Centre Academy. —L. M. Lyle, Principal. Galilee Academy. —A. L. llarge. Principal. Harmony Grove Academy. —R. S. Cheney, Prin cipal. Murk Academy. —J. 11. McCarty, Principal. Oak Grove Academy —Mrs. A. C. P. Riden, Principal. Academy Church. —J. J. Mitchell. Principal. Duke Academy. —Mrs. 11. A. Deadwyler, Prin cipal. Park Academy. —Miss V. C. Park. Principal. Chapel Academy. — W. 11. Hill, Principal. o ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS. Athens mail arrives at Jefferson on Wednes days and Saturdays, at 10 o'clock, A. M., and de parts same days at 12 o'clock, M. Gainesville mail arrives at Jefferson on Wednes days and Saturdays, at 11 o'clock, A. M., ami de parts same days at 12 o'clock, M. Lawrenceville mail arrives at Jefferson on Satur days, at 12 o'clock, M, and departs same day at 1 o'clock, P. M. F. L. Pendergrass, Dep’y P. M. Useful Information .for the Millions. A note dated on Sunday is void, A note obtained by fraud, or from one intoxi cated. cannot be collected. If a note be lost or stolen, it does not release the maker; he must pay it. An endorser of a note is exempt from liability if not served with notice of its dishonor within twenty-four hours of its non-payment. A note made by a minor is void. Notes bear legal interest except when otherwise stipulated. Principals are responsible for their agents. Each individual in a partneship is responsible for the whole amount of the debts of the firm. Ignorance of the law excuses no one. It is a fraud to conceal a fraud. The law compels no one to do impossibilities. An agreement without consideration is void. Signatures in lead-pencil are good in law, A receipt for money is not legally conclusive. The act of one partner bind all the others. Contracts made on Sunday cannot he enforced, A contract made with a minor is void, A contract made with a lunatic is void. To ascertain the length of day and night,—At any time in the year, add 12 hours to the time of the sun's setting, and from the sum subtract the time of rising, for the length of the day. Subtract the time of setting from 12 hours, and to the remainder add the time of rising the next morn ing, for the length ofnight. This rule is true of either apparent or mean time. RURAL DIVINITIES. Flora—The goddess of Flowers. Pan—The god of Shepherds and Hunters: fa mous for his whistling which fatigued him so much, that he invented pipes to blow on. PI.UTUS—The god of Riches ; represented with wings. Pomona —The goddess of Orchards and Fruit trees. - DOMESTIC POSTAGE. Newspapers. Magazines, and Periodicals sent from a known office of publication,“ or by newsdealers' to actual subscribers, postage to be prepaid in bulk by publishers and newsdealers, at office of mailing, and go free to subscribers. Letters 3 cents each | o/„: Drop Letters at let ter-carrier office. 2 cents ; Drop Letters at letter-carrier offices, 1 cent, j Transient matter embracing newspapers, circulars, and other printed’matter, seeds, cuttings. | bulbs, roots and scions, books, merchandise ami samples, 1 cent for each 2 oz. Registered Letters 8 cents in addition to regular postage. Port-Office Money Orders.— Attention is called to the Money Order system, as a safe ami cheap method of transmitting money through the mails. Orders are issued in sums of not nmrf than fifty dollars. Larger sums can 1* transmitted by additional Orders, On Orders not exceeding $lO, 5 cents ; over 810 and not exceed ing 840, 20 cents ; over S4O and not exceeding SSO, 25 cents. INTEREST RULES. For finding the interest on any principal for anv f number of days. The answer in each case being in cents, separate the two right hand figures of .* answer to express in dollars and cents : Four per cent.—Multiply the principal by the | number of days to run ; seperate right-hand figure I from product, and divide by 9. Five per cent.—Multiply" by number of day*, | and divide by 72. Six per cent.—Multiply by number of days* | seperate right-hand figure, and divide by 0. Eight per cent.—Multiply by* number of days, | and divide by r 45. Nine per cent.—Multiply by number of days, ■ seperate right-hand figure, and divide by r 4. Ten per cent.—Multiply by number of days, j 9 and divide by 36. Twelve per cent.—Multiply by number of days, ■ seperate right hand figure, and divide by 3. Fifteen per cent.—Multiply by" number of days, ■ and divide by 24. Eighteen per cent.—Multiply by number of days, v seperate right-hand figure, and divide by 2. Twenty per cent.—Multiply by number of days, | and divide by 18. . ; Twenty-four per cent.—Multiply by number ol | days, and divide by 15. USEFUL TABLE EOR FARMERS. 4 inches make one hand. 56 lbs. Corn make one bushel. 56 lbs. Rye make one bushel. 60 lbs. Wheat make one bushel. 60 lbs. Clover Seed make one bushel. 196 lbs. Flour make one barrel. 200 lbs. Beef or Pork makes one bid. 32 lbs. ()ats make one bushel. 60 lbs. Potatoes make one bushel. 14 pounds make one stone. 3 miles make one league. C feet make one fanthom. A perch of stone is 16J feet long, 1J feet thick I and 1 foot high, or 24J cubic feet. A mile is 320 rods—l,76o y-ards—s,2Bo fect"B 63,360 inches. ,m An acre is 4,840 square yard—l3,s6o squ ar H feet—6,272,640 square inches. COUNTING. 12 units are one dozen. 12 dozen one gross. 20 units one score. 5 scores one hundred. PAPER. 24 sheets one quire. 20 quires one reams 2 reams one bundle. 5 bundles one bale. Recipes. —To drive cabbage worms away, f J China tree leaves on them. To kill lice on the ■ take one gallon of ashes, three spoonsful of and one of sulphur; mix and sprinkle it on > vll J twe with dew. A sure remedy.