Save Your Rags

-Theie is sound sense in tíio following adviee givcj to hnusowives by tlie Albany Express:- "There was a time wben rags were not considered of sufficient v.ilue to be looked after with nny particular curo or attentiüu. ïrue, they sclu for two or three cents per pound, but tliat was not a very good indueement The 'rag bag,' however, was tn be fouud in every well regulated house, and thescraps fouud their way into it a portioti of the time at )est, eo that when the tiiiman camo around be could gather a few pounds daily. Paper was uot held as a luxury in those days. It was a comtnon article, commanding a commoii prioe, and could be had, withr out beggmg fr it. Then, if you paid for it, -'u could get e. Now, we must not only pay for it, and dearly top, but we niuat actu:illy beg for it to get it at atiy price. Paper is paper, and rags is ïags. Every wotuan, therufore, should look tu her 'r ig bag," and soe to t that every sorap of a rag finds its way into it. Slie should valuo the cUppmgs as niueii as so iiiuoh silver, nrd should look after Iht'in as she does tverytlijng valuable n lier houseliold. Raga are growing scarcer and scarcer every day, and uuless greater cara is exerei-ed by the "gude house wife," the supply of paper will beeoino so limited that nejvspapers will uouiinaiid fiibulous prices, and half of those now publishcd will of necessity be suspended. Öo we s;ty - look to jour Tag b.ig,' and save your rags!" JFf Tl'ere tro many that despisa halfthe world; hut if thero be any ho despiss the whoie of it, it is beoause olheis despise them. J3L" Why i.- a man whn hns falien in the river, liïte a man ruined by u l)ank failure? - BeosTüe he has loat bis balance at the bank.