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Ill mmmm Mga two dollars per annum.] "t xx us x* n x o e o 31* 1j x 13 e n t it xs ete n. 3\r u v i o- x x* ^\. n o e . * * [payable in advance* by davis & chews. , abbeville, s. c., thursday morningtaugust 13, 185t vol. xiv n<)~ i? /.V....! //.? tr If! 1 OTHER PEOPLE'S EYES. UV T. S. AKTI1UR. "Our parlor carpet is beginning to look real shabby," said Mrs. Gartw right. "I deelaro! if I don't fuel right down ashamed of it, every time a visitor, who is anybody, calls in to see me." 4t A new one will cost " Tho husband of Mrs. Cartwright, a good naturcd, compliant man, who was never better pleased than when he could please his wife, paused to lot her finish the sentence, which she did promptly, by saying, "Only fortv dollars. Vv? <-(iimf<'<1 W ?H tip. It will take thirty-six yards. 1 saw a beautiful piece at Marian's?just the thing?at one dollar a yard. ISitiding, and other little matters, won't go beyond three or four dollars, and 1 can make it myself, you know." Only forty dollars! Mr. Oartwright glanced down at the carpet which l.ad decorated the floor of their little parlor for nearly five years. It had a pleasant look ill his eyes, for it was associated with many pleasant memories. Only forty dollars for a new one I If the cost were only five, instead of fori)-, the inclination to banish this old friend to an out-of-the-way chamber would have been no stranger in the mind of Mr. Oartwright. ]?ut forty dollars was an item in the calculation, and to Mr. Cartwright a seiious one. Evcrv vonr i v bo was finding it hauler to meet the gradually increasing demand upon his purse; for there was a steadily progressive enlarge? merits of his family, and year after yeiir, the cost of living advanced. J Le was thinking of tliis, when his wife said, "You know, llenry, that cousin Sally Gray is coming hero on a vinit, week after next. Now, I do want to put the very best facc on to tilings while she is here.? Wo were married at tlie same time, and 1 hear that her husband is getting rich. 1 feela little pride about the matter, and don't want her to think that we're growing worse off than when we began life, and can't afford to replace this shabby old carpel for a new one." No furlhnr argument was needed. Mr. Carlwright had sixty dollars in ouo of the bureau drawers, a fact well known to his wife. \And it was also well known to her mat 11 was Uic nccmnlatiuii of very careful savaging*, designed, when the sum readied one hundred dollars, to cancel a , loan made l?3' a friend, at a time when sickness and dcat.li in the family had run up tlicir yearly expenses beyond the year's income. Very desi lions was Mr. (Jarlwrighl ,to pay off this loan, and he had felt lighter in heart as tlio aggregate of his savings came nearer to the sum required for that purpose. But ho had no finnness to oppose his wifo in anything, llcr wishes, in. this int : {stance, as in many others, h - unwisely made a law. .The argument about cousin r. Sally Gray.was irresistible. No more than " v.bis wifedid he wish to look poor in her eyes ; ? '.andjso, for the sake of her eyes, a new car? . jpet was bought, and the old one?not by \1 any means aa worn and laded "as the lan4-. 0pAgQ.-of.Jiis wife indicated?iBcnt upstairs, nnil Ji tV? ? .??" 1*1 -T.?J?1""? " Utu* roora.. \ . . ' . ^ ?9 r " '* ? * w ^ . Not within the limit of forty dollars was . ? J-lrelSxpense confined, A jnorc costly pat tpi;n thaip-could bo obtained for one dollar toHfptcd tlse eyes of Mrs. (Jai t wright, J-aifltt abstracted from her husband's savings WHliO fiiira'-of- fifty dollars. Mats and rugs to ' ? ;.. ^go <witli3be carpet were indispensable, to parlor the right cfFcct in the ey.s , - ^c^^Sftiifein Sully Gray, and tho purchase , ' ??&&6rt&d the remainder of Mr. CartwriglitV ;>^'^rcD|lljf*boarded sixty dollars.. , V * / Unfortttnately for the* cotufortal I9 dondr * liob fit_ Mrtr> Gartw right's mfu^ the ^iiew carpejL'Witll Its tfaurfting cqlprs, put wholly' outtfij^cb^tttiSanco the.- Cano-seat chair* v * and i5tt5c8t p)er'*t;\J/1fe; andTg^vo to thc dull pape^T<Mf.4^Qr%fore die'lt&Si^r'coly hbrtccd'tlW li/^iugson llio .^Jferielian Winds; now it seemed as if the^hjSc]^ thorrfreilincss-Jp i^diiyand ^ wojce IrfWkcii and hud hcep^w^d ngaTrf, were ^gulftrly "apparent, - wfryAlm&iier 2ye rested up?B thejri. , ? n i>>r?d? do^hjjok drendfu'll!" she j e;ud J^^U8"ban<t,>f>r. jllie flay} nftoj- tliu ^ipet &cftt d^wri.. " Can you 'rcwopabcr L.- 1 A . , 'c replied Mr-;Ca*twriglit. wife sigliod *?s 6ho 1' ^ Fiemenibcr M r Can^r^tVfina?nor' grew I ' ?tfdd<;nly "morie Hicajrful, aa ll?o suggestion n client way tt>" iaipr^yejlLc windo\Y8 ) into berj.ougb^ . ^ |iKsame" answered licrj * * -,?? *'k , 44 Don't yon tliiwk *rVd Loiter Iiavoit done?" '* *e?* waajliecomplinyj answer. .. " ^'11 y6u fctt>p at tho blind-rfrpker's, ks you go to tho t^or^ and tteH Iifm to send up for lliem .H must be attended 10 at-once, you Know tor cousin Sally will C?riwriglfl' rfalFod m tlio pHnd nm| ktirm 08 requealcd, nnd tlie blind maker jtroinkt-J t0 bCll(j fol tjJC ijijnj', l-Voiii llionco .ho continued oil to tlio storo iti which lie was employed. There bo found a note on his desk, from the friend to whom ho was indebted fur tho one hundred dollars. y "Dear Carlwright," so the note ran.? "If it is possible lor you to let 1110 havo llie ? uc hundred dollars I loaned yon, its return to-niorow will bo a particular favor, as I have a largo payment to make, and havo been disappointed in the receipt of a sum of money confidently expeotod." A very sudden change of feeling did Mr. Carlwright experience. He had, in a degree, partaken of his wifoV. pleasure in obj serving tho improved appcafttnce of their little pailor; !>iit tliis pleasure was now succeeded !>) a sense of painful regret and mollification. It was nearly two hours before Mr. Carlwright returned an answer to his friend's note. Most of tho tuno had been spent in the vain ell'ort to discov- J er some way out of tho dillieulty.? ' lie would have asked an advance of. one hundred dollars on his salary, but! ho did not deem that a prudent step, and i for two reasons. One was, tho known character uf his employers; and the other was involved in the question of how he was to support his fan ily for the lime lie was working < ut this advance. At last, in sadness and humilaliou, he wrote a brief reply regretting his inability to replaco the loan now, but promising to do it in a very short time. Nut very long after this answer was sent, there came another note from his friend, written in evident haste, and under the the intlucnco of angry feelings. Tt was in these words: " I enclose your due bill, which I, \-es- I terdav. thouirht fooil for if s lint < it is worthless, I send it back. The man < who Lu\-s new carpets anil new furniture, instead of paying his holiest debts, can be < no friend of mine. I am sorry to have 1 been mistaken in Henry (Jartwright." I Twice did the unhappy man read this i cutting letter; then folding it up slowly, i he concealed it in 0110 of his pockets.? I Nothing was said about it to his wife, whose 1 wordy admiration of tho new carpet, at '< morning, noon aud night, for the next two ; or three days, was a continual reproof of ; his weakness for having yielded to her 1 wishes in a matter where calm judgment I and a principle of right slioukthavo pre- i vailed. l?ut she could not help noticing that lie was less cheerful; and ono or twice ' he spoke to her in a way that she thought f positively ill-natured. Something was I wrong with him : but what that something I O ' O was, she did not for an instant imagine. ' At last the day ariivod for cousin Sally 1 (Iray's visit. Unfortunately, the Venetian I blinds were still at the blind maker's, where i tlu*y were likely to rcmaiu fur a week longer, ' as it was discovered, on the previous after- < no n, that he had never touched them : sii:<& they came into his shop. Without ' them tho little parlor, had a terribly bare < look ; the strong light coming in, and con- i trusting, harshly, the new, gaudy' carpet, i with old, worn and faded furniture. Mr.s Cartwright larly cried with vexation. i " Wo must have something for the win- I dows, Henry," she said, as sho stood dis- < consulate" 111 thc.p^rlor after lea, " It will ' never fdo in the world to letacousin Sally < find us*in this trim." . i "Cousin Sally will find a weleomc in 1 our hearts," replied her husband, in a sobci I voice, " and that I am sure will be more i grateful to lior than new carjtets and win- 1 dow blinds.-' Tho way in which this was spoken rather f surprised Mrs. Cartwrighl; and she fell i just a little rebuked. V/,, ( ' Don't you. thinkshe said} after a few 1 moments of >flence on both 'sides," that s we might afl'yVd to buy a few yards of luce, ( to put up to tWtfhrdows, just for decency's ? fcake*?" /*.' 1 I ^ * 1 " No,'1 antv^r^d tlie husband firmly.? ' ' Wo have afforded Ji&o muclwilready." ? lire mjinner sectrwd to Mrs. Cartwright ' .almost ill-natured. " It hint lior very much. Both sal down in the parlor, and both rc- 1 maiticd silent. Mrs. Cartwriglit thouglit of ] the mean appearance"-* ev6ry thing in?that < "best vooni" would have in the eyes of i cousin Sally, and Mr. Cartwriglit thought < of his debt to his friend, and of that s (Fiend's anger and alienation. Both fell moft uncomfortable" thaii th'cy Ji?"d been 1 fij/ a longtime. 1 Qn the next day cousin'Sally arrived.? She hacf not come to spy out the nakedness <jf tire land?not for thd purpose of ma- t king contrasts between her own condition in iifo and that of Mr. <CarLwright?but . from pflfr* love. She had always been I waamly. attached to lier cousin ; and the \ years during which now -life-associations f had separated them ha'd increased rather yiau diminished tins attachment 13ut the i gladnoss of their meeting waa #gp overv $ shadowed; at least for cousin Sally* She 1 saw by the end of the first day's visit thai i hot cousin was more concerned to make a t good appearance in lior eyes?to have her 1 understand that alio and her husband ycro < getting along bravely in the world?than t to open hcuhoart to her as of old, and ex 0 .i f? . 'I F phango wiui uer a lew pages in tue history i of their inner lives. What interest had fche in tlie new carpet or the curtainless window, tlint seemed to be the most prominent of all things in the mind of her relative ? Mono whatever! If the visit had been from Mary Cartwriglit to herself, she wouid ncvor livvo thought for an instant of making preparations for her coining in the purchase of now furniture, or by any change in tho externals of her home, All arrangement for tho reception would have beeu in her heart. Cousin .Sally was disappointed. She did not find tho reiativo with whom so many years of her life had been spent in s weet intercom so, as s-ho had hoped to find her. The girlish warmth of feeling had given place to a cold worldliness, that repelled instead ot attracting her. She had loved, and suG'ored much; had passed through many trials, and entered through many opening doors into new experiences during tlie years since their ways parted ; and she had conic to litis old, dear friend, yarning for that heart-intercourse?that road together of some of the pages of their hooks of life, which sho felt almost as a ncces- j sity. What interest had sho for the mere externals of Mary's life ? None ! None ! And tho constant reference thereto by her cousin seemed like a desecration. Careful and troubled about the liltlo things" of life, she found the dear old friend of her girlish days to whom she had come hopefully, as ! to one who could comprehend as in earlier years, the feelings, thoughts and aspirations, which had growu stronger, deeper, iiuu ui wilier range. Alas! Alas! How was the lino gokl dimmed in licr eyes ! "Dear Maey!" she said to her cousin, on the morning of the day that was to end lier vis.it?they were sitting together in the little parlor, and Mrs. Cartwriglit had referred, for tho foitielh time, to the unshaded windows, and declared herself mollified to Jeath at the appearance of things?" Dear Mary, it was to see you, not your furniture, ,hat I came. To look into your heart, and "eel it beating against mine as of old ; not :o pry curiously into your ways of living, lor to compare your house-furnishing with no own. But for your constant reference .0 tnese things, I should not have noticed particularly, how your house was attired ; md if asked about them, could only have inKwered, ' She's living very nicely.' For^sve me for this plain speech, dear cousin ! [ did not mean logivo utterance to such anguago ; but the words arc spoken now, md cannot be recalled." Mrs. Cartwri<jht, if not really ofTuudedcd, ivas mortified and rebuked; and those states of feeling, united with pride, served .0 give coldness to her exterior. She tried lo be cordial in manner toward> her cousin ?to seem as if she had not full her words; but this was impossible, for she had felt them too deeply. She saw that the cherished friend and companion of her girlhood wii? uissippoimuu in Her; that she Intel ionic to look in her heart, and not into the ittiring of her lionic ; anil was going away kvitli diminished afi'cecliou. After years of Jivergcnce, their paths liad touched ; and separating oncc more, slio felt that would dever run parallel again* A few hours later, cousin Sally gave her i parting kiss. How different in warmth .o tho kiss of meeting! Very sad, very lissatisiied with herself, very unhappy did Sirs. Cartwriglit feel, as she sat musing done afl&'.hor relative had departed. She ivas conscious of having a friend forever, jecause she had not risen to tho higher erel to which that friend had attained? not in external, but in the truo internal ife.j, But a sharper mortification was in store or her. The letter of her husband's friend, n which he had returned the duo bill for >ne hundred dollars, fell accidentally into icr hands and overwhelmed her with conternation. For that new carpet which had ailed to win more than n few extorted icntences of praise from cousin Sally Gray, icr husband had lost the esteem of one of lis oldest and best friends, and was now suffering in silence, the most painfuHrial of lis life. Poor, weak woman! Instead of the ->Ieasuro sho had hoped to gain in the )ossession of this carpet, it had made her rompletely wretched. Whilo sitting alnost stupefied with tho pressure that was >n lier feelings, n neighbor called in and iho \ycnt down to the parlor to meet her. " What a lovely carpet!" said the neigh>or in real admiration. 41 Whcro did you my it ?" ^ .? . & " At Matin's," slio answered. " Had they any more of the same patem ?" enquired the neighbor. "This was tho hist piece." r The neighbor was sorry. It was the most beautiful pattern sho had ever seen; and she vould hunt tho city over but what sho would iudjfrfothor just like it. ^-You mny havo this one," naid^frs. Cartvright, on the itqpvijUd of tho moment? ?My husband-doscn't particularly fancy it. ?our parlor is oxactly th^jzo of mino. It ? *11 nwiA a a>i uiauu aim iAy|iu<4 'OHiUlJf K5 yOU SCO j fail this work on it shall jfest you uotliing. SVe paid a little over fifty dollars for tho, . ;arpet before *C$jMkwaa tak^fin it; ar*(L Ifty dollars willjmn you tho possessor?^ " Artf you realty ill earneat j" eaiJ the leighbor. . ' Never more so in my ){&&?, M' "ft is a bargain. then." . j "Very Well" 41 When can I havo it" ' Just as oooii as J can rip it from the floor," said Mis. (Jartwright in real earnest. " Go to work," replied llio neighbor, laughing out at tho novelty of tho a flair.? <4 IJeforo your task is half done, 1 will bo back with tho fifty dollars, aud a man to carry homo tho carpet." And so she was. In less than half an hour after tho sale was made, in this ollliand fashion, Mrs. Cartwright sat alone in her parlor, looking down upon tho naked floor. ]>ut sho had five ten dollar gold pieces in her hand, and they were ot more value in her eyes than twenty carpets.? Not loll" lliil sill! ?it iniio!"" 1 ,|'1 - u..v ?iv iiuiu* inert* was other work to do. The ol?l carpet must be ivplaeed upon the parlor tloor ere her husband's return. And it was replaced.? In tin; midst of her hurried operations, tho old blinds with the new hangings came in> and wer<3 put up to the windows. When Mr. Cartwright returned home and stepped inside of the little parlor, where lie found his wife awaiting him, he gave an pxchunatioii of surprise. " Why, Mary? What is the meaning of this ? Where is the new carpet She laid the live gold pieces in his hand, and then looked earnest ly, and with tears in lier eyes, upon his wondering face. " What are these, Mary I Where did tliey conic from ?" "Cousin Sally is gone. The carpel didn't scuin attractive in her eyes ; ami it lias lost all beauty in mine. So I sold the unlovely thing, and here is the money.? Take it, dear llcnry, and let it serve the purpose for which it was designed." " All right again !" exclaimed Mr. Cartwright, as soon as the whole matter was clear to him. " All right, Mary dear! That carpel, had it remained, would have wrecked I fear, the happiness of our home. Ah, let us consult only our own eyes hereafter, Mary?not the eves of nllmr ? - - --'"..w think the better of us for what we seem? only for what wo arc. It is not from line furniture that our true pleasure in life is to como; but from a consciousness of right doing. Let the inner life be right, and the outer life will surely be in just harmony.? In the humble abode of virtue there is more real happiness than in the palace homes of the unjust, the selfish, and wrong doers. The sentiment is old as the world ; but it must come to every heart at some time in life, with all the force of an original utterance. And let it so come to us now, dear wife!" And thus it did come. The liUle experience showed them an aspect of things that quickened their belter reasons: and its smart remained long enough to give it the power of a monitor in all their after lives Tliev never erred again in lliis wise. For two or three years more the old carpet did duty in their neat little parlor, and when it was at last replaced by a new one, the change was made for their own eyes, and not for the eyes of another. Tlutckcray on the Slitmj).?Thackeray, the English satirist and novel writer, lias presented himself to the electors of the city of Oxford, proposing himself as a candidate for parliamentary honors. Ilis prospects of an election aro said to ho fluttering.? He announces in his address that he is in favor of the ballot, of an extension of the C l r II ? .... ii.iuwiiiau, iinu 01 an rviorms winch the people may intelligently and earnestly demand. In Lis first electioneering or stump speech, lie rapped the aristocracy gently, declaring that lie thought it was time men of the people were permitted soma share in the government. He is reported as saying: * There is never any chance for a man of the people to step forward?there seems a sort of absolute necesssity that when Lord Palmerston goes out of ofRcc Lord John must come in ; and when Lord John jumps out of the boat Lord Palmerston must como in and pull stroke oar again. Are (liAi'A r?r?f nvn/lAMiv. 1a ? ?1 uv> 1'iuutiiV) iiucin^UUt UICI1 WIIOSU services tlic country might profit by who lmvc no chaneo to gratify tho legitimate object of their ambition, so that an eternal change of tho great aristocratic families seems intended to go on forever? "Will it bo j'our will and pleasure that this stato of things should continue 1 If so, introduce into tho House of Commons men of popular intelligence?the best men that you can bring into it. The popular influenco must bo brought to bear on tho present government of tho country. If they flinch, remind llietn that the people nro outsido, and want mora nnd more. If next year they do not givo sufficient measure of reform, let us screw them and screw them till wo get a larger measure. ' A Relic of Barbarism.?Blinds on the bridle of a horso I Why not teach your, cows to have a 1>lind bridle put on thong when you milk them You could soon teach oqo so tj&nt you could not milk lier without, and it is just aR easy to teach a colt to bo gontlo without a blinder, nnd when once broke, aro leas given to frights end shedHuga from the road. An Eye to her Future.^i&Vldovf Giiz1,??ii~i -aajL-I?- V.. Mwa uggproxv* uiwuiSIIWilim. Afl 1110 midat of the most acuto bodj&jpain, after the hand of dt&tl1 had toucofed hiixi^; aod kick Uo 11(1 so, and if yvtg&rc dying." & - t: CLAY, CALHOUN AND WEBSTEB. "Wo give tho following extract from (Jen. Haskell's spccch at Charleston tho other 1 day: 1 " l*'or two years of my life it wns my most cherished privilege to have lived in nl- , most daily intercourse with thoso intollec- , tual giants and most incorruptible states- 1 men. Mr. Calhoun was tho most modest, , most unpretending, tho least obtrusive to | catch the public ear of any man 1 ever saw, . and he was simple as a child in his every . day intercourse with men. "When as I have | viLv.il nun cioaKcu ol u cokl day upon | the streets of Washington, in liis unosteiil.itious way, lie often approached a group un- j noticed, but as the whisper rose, that is (Jal- , hoiin, every eye was turned, every head wa? uncovered, and to each it was a charm, that | lie had been noticed. He had the peculiar | faculty of commanding the attention of ev- | cry one who saw him ; there was no one | who ever sal with him on the same floor, | that did not know by intuition, when lie j wished to .spi-ak ; the Hash of his keen gray , eye was enough to show that .something | moved his spirit, and raising his Hashing eye, encountered and conquered all, and on \ I 4l? Jl '* - - mvj ikiui ui me .^cnaie, no never u lie red I \ one single word that did not command llie , breathless attention of every one within the . sound of hid voice. AY hen he talked, there . was the charm thai it seemed to l>e one's | own thoughts, it was so natural, and I nev- ( er heard him say, what at the time I did | not feel I could have said myself, and it was only when 1 sought with unaided energy to ( take the IligliL that I realized the heights to which I had been carried. It was a glory and memory to have seen Mr, Webster. J lis appearance, as he strode along the avenue, could not be mistaken or ^ forgotten?blue coat, brass buttons, bull' ^ vest, white neck tie, gloves and gaiters?all were a part of him, find, as pale and sflllow, intent on catching abstract thought, he pass * eil along, the crowd was still hushed in breathless notice of him, and but few would ^ venture to accost him?but when that, had ^ been uuiie the pallor left him, his eye brightened back to earth, the sun beamed out and thawed him, and his expressive "good morning" was enough to kill you, for 110 ono ever loved the morning better. I'nt if you have seen old llal as I have ^ seen him, like 1110 you never could forget ... 1 it; magnificent in his bearing and maguili- 1 ecntly dressed, ho strode along cheerful and 1 heart}', with an eye for every 0110, and when *' passing he bowed as he alone could bow, there was not one who did not lake it to himself. Thcso were mighty men, those 1 three old Statesmen. They dilfered in their ' fonns of greatness, but to each there was ( the like volume, and each was excellent, to 1 ili? ;i 1. ' - ' .. n.iibii aiiiiiuilllIVS occurs 10 mc: 1 would say that tlio genius of Clay 1 was like the rapid dashing of a- foaming 1 torrent, spanned with rainbows, Mr. Cat- * houn's, like a gentle stream, glided on, it 1 parted into a thousand channels, and gliding ' noiselessly along to cheer the glade and fer- * tilizo the forest, butaccomplishing its objects, 1 the streamlets camo again together; and 1 were ready when occasion called with all its 1 accumulated energies, to plunge with re- 1 sistlesspower into thegreatocean of thought. 1 Webster's was one single stream, deep, c still, sluggish, but broad, and seemed as ^ though it could float the navies of the 1 world on its mighty bosom. To change the figure, I might say that Clay, like a c kniirllt of old. cnnifi Imiimliiirr ^ tack with bearer up and lance at rest. Mr. Calhoun, with exact precision, wielded the scymclar of Saladin, while Mr. "Webster I bore down upon his objects with a sword of 1 llichard CVour do Lion. c Jlfeat for the First Time.?We wero sit- "! ting, says a writer in Blackwood, under the walls of Pliyle. We had trodden that rugged pass a hot sun, and wero resting under the shade of an oak. We had eaten and ,j drunken, and wero luxuriously watching f ?1.A ~r :? I-' - vuv a.?jv.nu vr> uul tlMill il3 It, CUTIUU HUllll fl the leaves, and the lizards as they crept and glided amid the huge old stones; when suddenly there stood beforo us a young Greek, perfect in form and feature as an Antinous, wild and savage as a colt of the ^ Ukraiuo. Curiously lie eyod us and our costume; more curiously still his eye fell on the fragments which lay beside our wallet. With the benevolcncc of a full fed ^ man, we threw hiru a bono of lunlb. lie clutched it eagerly, oyed it suspiciously, ^ smelt it as monkeys do when in doufyj^bit at it cautiously at first, snatched three or JJ Jour mouth fuls hurriedly and greedly, then throw up his hands hands and shouted in ed&tacy, and returning to tho attack, pro- ^ ceeded to tear off every morsel until the j! bono was whiter aud more bare than our . jStity Ponto, best of polishers, could have !' SPQVo thought at first, that wo were I wTtt)<?lffi|r the ra*euings of hunger, but | thero was more of novelty than of craving cj in tho young savage's delight; and tho fi truth then dawned upon us, that wo wore ^ looking on a creature^ genus homo, who n hq^; lasted flesh for the first time. The ^ fact wftfl a^lTfinomenon to us,^hp,,t|jwgl? ^ not^BO Voracious as the pipc^a b V *. - ' >'I "Ml Whit vs. . -* ' - ,B|||' | | - A ... .. THE USE OF BPECTACLE3. Ail articlo in the North British llevicw evidently from the pen of Sir David 1'rowstor, contains some interesting remarks on the use of spectacles. Persons who have enjoyed distinct and comfortable vision in early life, it is remarked, uro the most likely Lo appreciate the benefit to he derived from glasses. Between tlio .'iges of thirty and forty, they begin to experience a change in sight. This is the commeneement of long iightedness, growing out of an ineipient affection of the erystaline lens, beginning at il... ,..i, .1 - i:~~ * - > ' v-.^o Iiin.1 |?I UUVJUUIII^ lUWilRl 1110 C0I1 LI o, buring the progressof this alteration, much inconvenience is experienced, as no spectacles seem lo l>e serviceable in giving col lect vision. Jluppily, however, two or three mouths ends litis dillieulty, and as soon as Llie alteration is complete, distinct and comfortable vision is at once obtained by the isc of well selected glasses of a convex lixlire. ] > it ring this transition slate, it is important that the eye should he subjected lo 10 severe .strain, and great regard should >e paid lo the general health. The material of spectacle louses should ? * >e glass oi a very low dispersive power, or [idler still, of roclc crystal, They should he louhle convex, the proper radii of the inner md outer surfaces being in glass as 0 to 1, uid in rock crystal as 11 to 1. The)'should jo as thin as practicable. To correct a :oiiuiiou error in the manufacture of lenses >y which the distance between the centres jf the lenses is made precisely ??pi:d lo the balance between thu centres of the pupils jf the eyes, the following rule i* given : " Draw oil paper an isosceles triangle, the .wo sides of which are e<jual to the distance jf each pupil from the point to bese -n disinctly; while the third side or base is cpial o the distance between the pupils when the yes view that point. Then set oil'on each idu of III!'- 1 li;il?nrlrt fr.nn no..I. -.1" ll.~ >ase, llio distance of the centre of the lenses r tlieir frames from tlie pupil, ami the (Usance of llicse points will be the distance of he c.'litres of tlie lenses required." The long sighted person will gcnerallj', or ten or twelve years, require glasses only ur reading or work donchv hands, but as ife advances other spectacles will be needed ur objects at greater distances, and it will >e of great advantage to have two or three air of ditlerent focal distances. It is a vcy incorrect notion that it is prudent to .void the use of artificial helps to the eye is long as possible. The human eye is loo delicate a structue to bear continued strain without injury, ind the true rule is, to commence the use if glasses as soon as we can see better with ban without them. Fur special purposes, is reading a very line print or examining uaps, a hand reading glass two and a half nches in diameter, to bo used in conjuncion with spectacle, and never without them, s strongly recommended. The practice re<piently indulged iu of using an eye-glass vboso frame is grasped by the muscles of ho eyebrow, cannot be to strongly condemicd. AVhenevcr it is found ncccessary to noderato tho quantity of light admitted to ho eyes by means of colored glasses, they lever should be blue, which are more misihievous than useful. Green glass is better, >ut the best of nil is a colorless glass of im>crfect transparency known by tho name of ( *:.rr ~i ? i i ; ' ? uvuiiiii ui'i Lri?ss, i?y wmcn mo intensity if tlie transmitted light can be climinislied o any desired degree.?JJonton Journal, Munufaclurc of Artijiciul Flowers.?The Lalians appear to have been the first >eople in Europe who excelled in tho art if makihg artificial flowers; but of late 'ears tho French have been most ingenious n this branch of industry. Kibands folded 11 dill'ercut forms and of different colors rero originally employed for imitating lowers by being attached to wire stems, 'his imitation soon gave way to that by iathers, which are more delicate in texture, nd moro capable of assuming a variety of iower-like figures. ]>nt a great difficult v ras encountered in dyeing them with due ivacity. Tho savages of South America iianufacturo perfect feather fiowers, derived rom tho brilliant plumage of their birds,' ?hich closely resemblo tho products of veg* tation. Tho blossoms and leaves are dmirable, while tho colors nover fade.? 'he Italians employ frequently tho cocoons f the silk-worm for this purpose; theso iike a brilliant dye, preserve their colon ossesing a transparenyrelvoty appearance, 'he French uso tho finest cambric for inking petals, and the Uflota of Florence >r the leaves. Some manufacturers emloy whalebone in very thin leaves for arficial fiowers; and by bleaching and dyolg them of various hue# baturo is closely nitnted. ' ?_? Novel Invention.?A down-east mcclianiian has invented a bed which is made up of piral springs, and constructed with an air| 1 _ lb. i "- > uaiuLHsr in w?o ccniw, bo ingeniousta rranged Utftt every motion niatlo by tho [eaper produces a bellows action, and yjjj^.onf ibe air, which has become aflfeotcd j the perspiration of the body, and at tbo phe time a new supply is taken in, The qfcdforUing from it in the morning comlately uirs ltf Itatonco expands<6 sbapo, ;od can be mado and put in perfect order ti''tntnliln linn l!- - * ii v?v uiiuuiv) uiiiii xiiini^ miiicu iinic ami ^convenience. H*. - .* P TWO WAYS OF MANAGING A HU6BAND. ' It is a purely selfish motive that actuates either husband or wife to rule each other, and yet litis motive, unworthy as it is, ex i oils its baneful intlucuco in ton thousand times ten thousand hearts. Mr. Connor was a well meaning man, of very little energy of character, and was completely under the control of his wife.? Mrs. Connor was continually boasting no man should rule her, that she took care to let husband see that she had spirit, and that she could make him do what she lik'jd at any time, l'oor Mr. Connorsummiltcd to this thraldom very patiently, rather than contend with hor, tor when lie did try to contend with her, she got into such dreadful passions that she actually terrified him half out of Lis senses, and he trembled liku one in llic nguo; to secure his own pcacc, therefore, ho consented to her ruling him, and rule him she did in everything. Mr. Cooper, a neighbor, was fond of laughing at Mr. Connor's weakness. 44 Would I," he often said, " he such a poor, spiritless being as to be ruled by my wife J No, never: l'oor Connor, dare not say that the sun shines, without asking leavo of his wife ; but my wife knows pretty well that my will must be obeyed." Mow this very positive, overbearing disposition or Mr. Cooper's part enabled his I wilt: to manage him easily. If she waulcil to stay at home, she proposed to go out, when lie immediately determined not to stir a foot out of doors, to show he was master ; if she really wished for a walk, sho had only to request him to allow her to finish what she was engaged in withiu duors, and he would put on his hat, and ill a dictatorial maimer lull her to put on her I bonnet. Mrs. Cor.r.or, and Mrs. Cooper onco agreed to have a day's pleasure; it was therefore settled between them that their husbands should take them to a place of popular resort, about twelve miles distant. It was only necessary for Mrs. Connor to express her intention in a determined way, when her husband, to avoid a quarrel, agreed directly lo drive her over. Mrs. <' i - v^ujn;!, iiuwcvcr. wcni another way to work. She was determined to go, and commenced to her husband as follows: "Would you believe," said she, that our neighbors, the Connors, are silly enough to spend a whole day in a visit to Itoxhill ?? They mean to go to-morrow." Says Mr. Cooper?"I do not know as | there is anything so silly in it; if I felt disposed to go there or anywhere else I would go." "Certainly," said Mrs. Cooper, "you might go, but you wouid nol bo so unreasonable as to take me there against my will." "Against your will, indeed!" ssii?l MV I Cooper ; "a wife ought to have no will but that of her husband ; if I thought proper for you to go, you should go." "Excuso me," said Mrs. Cooper, " you have had your own way too much: if I were determined not to go, you would find some trouble in persuading me." "Trouble in persuading you," suid Mr. Cooper; " then I am resolved to go and you shall go loo. I will havo my way, Mrs. Cooper, and no wife in the1 world shall control me; so to-morrow morning prepare to go to Hoxoill, for whether you will or not, there you shall go." "^ir. Uooper," said his wife, "I know when you lake a thing into your head, you will have your own way; I never yet met willi so determined a man." " Charlie, my boy, why do you stand there?" said an ovcr-anxions mother to her son, at a fashionable party; "go in and enjoy yourself. You look like a statue.? There's Miss J.?she's a splendid creaturo * ?plump as a partridge : shall I introdueo you?" " No, I thank j-o. I saw tlio laily in bathing at Nabant last summer. Excuse 1110." .. Col. Fuller with his usual urbanity, took rih^rell known wit by the hand, and.said, "Good morning, Mr. , yotraro looking vory.well to-ilay, sir." The wit repTftkl, " I .am not very well, Colonel, but I supposo you think I am, because lam looking Fuller in the face." J>~ . "Ilavc you any limb-horn boj&el* Vf inquired a very modest^U&s of a ' " Any what ?" " Any Jimb-lidtnoonhots." "Any?jfrou d6n'^ mean leghorn?" Tho young Iwy was brought too by tho use of proper restoratives. An old lady in Pennsylvania had a great aversion to rye, and never could eat it in any form. "Till of late," said sho, "they have got to making it into whisky, and I find that I can now and then, worry down a little." a 1 1-1 - ^ 1 n ...njvi iwm'u ii i'lucinnnn in court, what ear-imrks a pig had that was in dispute. " Veil, he has no ear-marks, oxccpt a vory short tail." Tho saying-"that thcro is moro pleasuro in giving than receiving," is supposed to ap^ly chiefly' to kicks, medicine, and ad" Fra g^n'g to draw this beSii into a knot," as the lady said when standing at tlie hymeuoal^ter. , A ma^jbeing r.ympajhizod with, liooau .o of his wife tttiiitiug away, said ':dou't pity me till alio cornea back again."