The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1860-04-05

Ia new ,earpet--that cost. we suppose, twelve
,bi;nc. ,or, ,,ar,,. so,,r,,,. xy;,, ~, A..
CO re- in rbuying an,exact, anhn,ity. there WIS
remnnnt tlef of. we si,ould isaya some where be-
tweea one ward aud a ward and a half of
course it wlss only sayed b,t carefu,l, ,,,
taway. Occasionally, in the course of the next
1.-Two OF three wars, Smith saw the remnant or
carpet out for an airipge bright idea at length
struck ,tomake something ont Of IL. \, sd =
!, Among sssni,hs customers was a rjourneyman
eabfnet max who loved to come in Of al, even
ing and enioy,a a taste of good old Scotch whisky
| punch, and have q chat andm smoke. Now. .he
| bright idea of Mrs Smith ,wass that slie would
get Bob, the cabinet maker, 10 mike her a t,air
of foot, tools, ottomans, or sometbing el.e-littls
non-descript things that ladies have In phrlors.
neither clair. bench or stoo-good for, nothing
10 sit on, and ofno account for anything ese, ex.,
eept to stumble over. A pair Of these she would
have made, md that would save the remnant Of
the carpet,4fs sId \. 80, Ers ...,..I..-,..,, 4.
= So she called him in and told him what she
wanted, and showed him The piece of carpet
savce SO long, md now TO be at length appropri-
nted to profitable purpose, ,.g,,.. s " ,r,s, a.
T''Tes, twill make very nice. tops, md there
is plenty TO make large-sizcd pair. Will YOU
have them of mahogany, black walnut. or rose
woodfT, y ,..... .'., I ....5 ,,, 10. ~
a She was not particular; she wanted them nice.
and be might make them ofanything he pleased
-"any remnant that he could pick UP about the
shop"
Nrs. Smith asked-no she told her lusband-
about the arrangement, and he said: ..,.. ..r.
"Jnstas yon lihes Idon't care" ssr-r.as Fl
7 Time wore on Robert drank, and smoked.
and worked. He worked slow but he worked
sure for by the,by, he brought in the new arti.
Gle Of paror furniture-the cohtrivauces for saw,
ing carpet remnants. Mr. Smith thought them
| good looking, and sent them up stairs Mrs.
Smith was delighted with them. q. s.. es-,
They were beautiful--just the thing--exact.
,ly what che wnntcd--such match to the parlor
rearpet-she was really proud Of them" And we
may be allowed to say, proud also of her econo-
! my Of housekeeping. "Some folks would have
| It lay around loose OF no use" - p.
By-and'by, business over in the shop. Smith
came up. Smith must go md see them; but
somehow he could not see quite 90 much beauty
| In them as his wife did no. IN fact they did not
look near so well as they did when he first saw
them, and as for the economy of the thing, that
| he couldnt'sce n bit of-but he looked and said
| nothing. He thought, "'Well, they arc a wo.
man. baubl bought and paid for, so let IL go but
hope therenr no more little remnants of car
pet round the house to lie saved" But he said,
good naturedly, in answer 10 the question: .. =.
| !" Yes they look very we'll" ai@a .ase- ..
!, "oh, they are perfect gems Now hope you
l1never viii laugh at me again for being so saw
Ing. "'ota dow saT'a a''a ia i"shnsd '.oF ahai'
! 4, /" No, he thought he shouldn't" p. ,sr
"By-the,by,s Mr., Smith, how much did Bob
charge for the jobi"FgE F7Fv aa i, srrh 5d' "
a'f Eighteen dollars, ,,,. e.. 49, , ., s.r q,
- Eigh----'ass So gnoEs7a7s- %, .-=.s ass..
Her jaw fell before the other syllable would
como out, for she saw by Smiths face that he
was In earnest. 1t was no laughing matter. 1t
never has been since, but il has been a standing
lesson Of family economy. aud will probably de.
seend to the next generation as SUCH '.'' ''.'-
17 cse = 100. -. ----.,. --.,r..,r 81. fl
"'WoRMs" on the FAcE--An English editor
inforn'sa a eorrespondent-wlo signs himself "A
Tronbled One "-as follows:~e
Little black speeks are occasionally observed
upon the nose And forehead OF some individuals.
These sPecks' when they exist.ih any number,
are n 'c"ose OF mnch unsightIncsS They are
lated lymph, which close the orices of the pores
or cShalent vessels of the skin. On the. skin,
Immediately adjacent to them, being pressed
with the finger nails, these hts Of coadgnlated
lymph viii come. from il in yermienlar form.
They are vulgarly called "fesh worms" many,