Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1851-10-22

energetic. He is always sure to succeed in his
business,an prosper in whatever he undertakes.
Let him first lay good foundation, and his
course is sure to be onward and upward. Let
no man despse small ginnings-knowledge
not the offspring of a day, but requires years of
the closest application; but unless small be-
ginning is made, it can never be attained. Let
every young man remember this.
MANUFACTURE OF LETTER EHvEIopEs.-It
may seem little thing to manufacture this ar
ticle, but, on the contrary, the machinery en-
ployed is one OF the most complex and ingen-
ious character, and the various stages of the op-
Grafton are highly interesting. A pile of paper
is first laid under the cutting press and the flat
form OF the envelopes are cut out at once.--
These are then taken to the folding-machine,
which is one OF the most singularly construct
ed and beautiful pieces of mechanism we have
ever seen. IL requires but one person to feed
it, and it performs all the rest of the operation
itself, for the paper, cut in proper form, being
placed in fixed condition, is seized by nippers
and drawn forward to a bed, where it is held firm
by an overhanging plate of metal, which covers
just so much as marks the size intended to be
made, leaving the part to be folded over, loose.
The sides are then, by means of plates, advanc-
ing towards each other, folded over and as they
retire, roller covered with gum, passes under
the surface of double-curved piece of brass,
which instantly falls upon the paper, and as it
rises, another plate turns over the outside fold,
while at the same time roller presses on it and
causes adhesion. This being done, the bed on
which the envelope rests, falls to an inclined DO.
stion; and, being caught between two rollers,
the finished article is passed through a trough
into receiving basket. The only remaining
labor is to pick the envelopes up, and sort them
into packages of twenty-five each. The whole
is done with great rapidity, and so various and
contrary are the motions of the machine, that it
appears almost to be in some degree, sentient.
PEOPLE DIFFER AS MUCH AS ANYBopY.-
Whether an act becomes an insult depends al
most as much on location and surrounding cir
cumstances, as our faith and prejudices do.
Ask Hindoo to partake of your meat and
he would spit in your face; neglect TO ask an
Englishman to do so, and he would probably re-
quest the favor of meeting you in the Park
To offer wine to Turk would be to make an
enemy of "enlarged breeches" forever. The
same act to 4 Frenchman, would probably Sc
cure you an unending friendship Among our
Oriental friends, for man to introduce himself
into the presence of a married woman, would
be to the husband an objectionable injury;
bare request to sec her an affrOnt. The person
who should call on an American, however. with
out inquiring for the partner of the bosom,
would be considered as having lost his title to
a gentleman. On the coast of Malabar, if Hal
lachore chance to touch man of a superior tribe
the outrage is so great that the laws allow the
injured party to punish the insult with death;
in almost any other country, it would be treat
ed as an act too frivolous to notice.
In France, duellng is looked upon as an ac-
complishment; in Japan, it is murder. Suicide
on the contrary, is thought by the Frenehman
an act of baseness-while the Japanese people
esteem it the most satisfactory proof of your
possessing bravery. To wipe out disgrace,
the Frenchman shoots you; the Japanese, on
contrary, shoots himself; while your refusal to
follow his example, would be considered such an
act of poltroonery, that your family would con-
slider themselves disgraced to all eternity.