Keeping One's Eyes Open

-Nobody is more like an honest man than a thorough roguc. When you seo a man with a great deal oí' religión displayed in his shop window, you may depend upon it he kecps a very small stock within. Do not choose your friend by liis looks, handsoinc sliocs often pineh the feet. Don't bc fond of complinients ; remoinber " Thank you, pussy," killed the cat. Don't helieve in the man that talks most, for mewing cats are very seldom good mousers. By no means put yourself in another person's power ; if you j.ut your thumb between two grinden, they aro iipt to bite. Drink nothing without seeing it ; sign nolhing without reading it, and niake surc that it means no more than it says. Don't go to law unless you have nothing to lose ; lawyers' houses aro built on fools' hed?. In any business, neverwalk into wnter whore you cannot seo the bottom. l'ut no depeudenco upon the labol of a bag, aud oouilt money alter your own kin. Seo the sack oponed before you buy what is in it, for he who trades in the dark asks to be cheated. Keep clear of the man who does not valuo his own charaeter. Beware of evcryonc who swears ; ho who would blaspheme his Blaker would ninke no banG8 rf lying or stealin:?. Beware of no man moro than yourselfj u-r ony our worst enemieK within us. When a now opinión or doctrino comea bofore you, do not bite until you know tvhettui it is bread or stoiur ; ;:i.l do Dot be suro that the gingerbrend is good because of thj gilt on it. Xcvcr shout halloa ! till you aro quito out of the wcod, and don't ery friod fish till they aro oaught in tho net. There's always time (nough to ooast - wait n liftlo longer. Don't throw away diriy water until you have c'.ean. Keep on at. scraping Uw road till yon get botter work, tor the poo: est pay is better than none, and the humblost office is better thnn being out of emplovment. Alwiiys give up the road to bulls and madmon ; and never íight with a eoal heaver, or cont"nd with a base character, for they will be sure to blacken you. In p.vstina; wall-papor, posters, etc., especiaüy where successive layers are put on, thcre arises a most disagreeable offluvia, which is prtrticularly noticeable in damp weather. The o:uisií of this is tho decomposition of the paste. In close rooms it is very unwholisoiue and often the cause of disoaso. In large manufactorirs, whero largo quantities of pasto is uscd, it often bo:omos sour and offensivo. Q-lae, alsa, hes often a very disagreeable odor. If, when making paste or glue, a small quantity of carbolic acid is added, it will keep swect and free f rom offonsijo srnells. A few drops added to murilaa;n or ink prevenís mola. In whitewashing tho cellar and dairy, if an ounce of carbolic acid is added to eaofa gallon of wash, it will prevent mold and p'evont the disageeeable taints oftou parceived in meats and inilk frora dump -Serald . Tr. Ti