The practical mechanic, as well as the business man, will find much to assist him in the weights, measures and capacities, and the traveling public can at once turn to the distance tables and find the exact number of miles from place to place. The calendar for two hundred years under the head "miscellaneous" will enable any one to discover the precise day of the week on which any date, past, present or to come, will fall. To the young man or young lady about to enter society, and indeed to many of the older, the etiquette department will prove a valuable friend. If it is carefully studied and its teachings remembered, it will be the means of saving many pangs of mortification to those who would thoughtlessly commit errors which might be the cause of estranging from them people who would otherwise be good friends. Aside from all refining influences, it is policy to be possessed of good manners. When the value of synonyms are once understood their need will be ever after felt, and indeed should be at hand at all times, to enable one to express himself with conciseness and decision. There is no department that will prove more useful than this. The number of people who mispronounce words, and many of them of the simplist kind, has induced us to add the last department. It will well repay anyone to occasionally glance over these few pages, if they wish to become good talkers or writers. In the Science department it has not been our aim to delve deeply into the subject, but simply to enter an opening wedge and cause a demand for further knowledge. There is nothing that will afford greater pleasure to the careful reader than to obtain a knowledge of the mysteries that surround him in his daily life. What querries suggest themselves when we consider that all about us, all we feel, all we see, all we eat, drink, and wear; the high mountains, the green fields, the running waters, all, all are but a combination of gasses, constantly undergoing change. It is a study that once entered upon, will be followed while life lasts. And now, thanking the many who have so kindly assisted us in our labor, we present it to the public in the full confidence that it will meet many wants, and in the hope that it will find a resting place on the shelves of many private libraries throughout the land. LEGAL. NOTES AND DRAFTS.-Notes on demand, notes on demand, with interest, note on time, joint note, bank note, note not negotiable, negotiable note payable in merchandise, joint negotiable note payable at a bank, note negotiable by endorsement, note negotiable without endorsement, judgment note, statement of account, receipt on account, receipt in full, inland drafts, due bill, order for money. ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT.-General form of an agreement, agreement for building a house, agreement for the sale and delivery of personal property. BILL OF SALE.-Form of a common bill of sale. DEEDS.-Form of a deed without covenants, form of a deed with full covenants, form of a quit-claim deed, proof of deed. MORTGAGES.-Form of a mortgage, satisfaction of mortgage. CHATTLE MORTGAGES.-Form of common chattle mortgage, form of sale on chattle mortgage. LANDLORD AND TENANT.-Form of a landlord's lease, form of a tenant's agreement, form of notice to quit, by landlord, form of notice to quit, by tenant. PARTNERSHIP.-Form of articles of partnership. WILLS.-General form of a will, disposing of both real and personal property. ASSIGNMENTS. -General form of an assignment. EXEMPTIONS FROM FORCED SALES. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS ON OPEN ACCOUNTS, NOTES, JUDGMENTS, ETC. NOTES AND DRAFTS. A note made on Sunday is not void in all the states. A note obtained by fraud, or even from one intoxicated with intent to defraud. cannot be collected. If a note be stolen it does not release the maker-he must pay it. An endorser of a note is exempt from liability, if not served with notice of its dishonor within reasonable time of its non-payment. A note by a minor is voidable. Notes bear interest only when so stated, but do bear interest from date of maturity. Principals are responsible for their agents. Each individual in partnership is responsible for the whole amount of the debts of the firm. Ignorance of the law excuses no one. It is a fraud to conceal a fraud. The law compels no one to do impossibilities. Contracts made on Sunday can be enforced in some states. A contract made with a minor is voidable. The maker of an "accommodation" bill or note (one for which he has received no consideration, having lent his name or credit for the accommodation of the holder), is not bound to the person accommodated, but is bound to all other parties precisely as if there was a good consideration. Checks or drafts must be presented for payment without unreasonable delay. If the drawee of a check or draft has changed his residence, the holder must use due or reasonable diligence to find him. If one holds a check as payee or otherwise transfers it to another, he has a right to insist that the check be presented that day, or, at farthest, on the day following. A note endorsed in blank (the name of the endorser only written) is transfera ble by delivery the same as if made payable to bearer. If the time of payment of a note is not inserted, it is held payable on demand. Notes payable " on demand " are not entitled to grace. An endorsee has a right of action against all whose names were on the bill when he received it. If the letter containing a protest of non-payment be put into the post-office, any mis-carriage does not affect the party giving notice. If two or more persons as partners are jointly liable on a note or bill, due notice to one of them is sufficient. If a note or bill is transferred as security, or even as payment of a pre-existing debt, the debt revives if the bill or note be dishonored. All claims which do not rest upon a seal or judgment must be sued within six years from the time when they arise. Part payment of a debt which has passed the statutory limitation revives the whole debt, and the claim holds good for another period of six years from the date of such partial payment If when a debt is due the debtor is out of the State, the "six years " do not begin to run until he returns. If he afterward leave the State, the time forward counts the same as if he remained in the State. An oral agreement must be proved by evidence. A written agreement proves itself. The law prefers written to oral evidence, because of its precision. NOTE ON DEMAND. $300.75 NEW YORK, February 14th, 1882 On demand, I promise to pay Samuel Smith, or order, three hundred dollars and seventy-five cents, value received. Wm. Cox. $205.50 NOTE ON DEMAND, WITH INTEREST. Brooklyn, August 29th, 1883. For value received, I promise to pay John Fuller, or bearer, two hundred and five dollars and fifty cents, on demand, with interest. JOHN HAWKINS. $275. NOTE ON TIME. JERSEY CITY, April 27th, 1883. Ninety days after date I promise to pay Messrs. Kinlock & Lewis, or order, two hundred and seventy-five dollars, value received. PAUL JONES. $333.74 A JOINT NOTE. NEW YORK, June 6th, 1882. Six months after date we severally and jointly promise to pay George Griscom, or order, three hundred and thirty-three dollars and seventy-four cents. $800. BANK ΝΟΤΕ. ANDREW DUNCAN. NEWBURGH, July 12, 1881. Sixty days from date I promise to pay S. G. & B. Jones, or order, at the Chemical Bank, eight hundred dollars, value received. N. C. GOLDSMITH. REMARKS.-The above are the usual form of notes. A note on demand is due at any time when demanded. A note payable to S. S. or order, may be sold or negotiated if S. S. writes his name upon the back, and if payable to S. S. or bearer, it can be sold without being endorsed, and will be good to the holder. In the State of Pennsylvania the words "without defalcation," or "discounnt" are inserted after dollars. In Missouri, the words "negotiable and payable, without defalcation or discount" must be added to the words "for value received." When two or more persons sign a note "severally or jointly," they are each responsible for its payment. The words "value received" should be written on a note to make it valid. A person endorsing a note, or writing his name across the back, becomes responsible for its payment. If, however, the person thus endorsing is not notified |