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TWO D OTiLAKS^ A Ycarin Atfvance*
VOLUME IX.
PERRY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 17, IS79.
JIB. GRASSEY’S secret.
KEAMX BANDOLrH.
'•So you’ve made np your
min d to eoaae and live with ns,
Jlrs. Hedgiafiton.’* said Mr. Grassey—
w a as he spoke the words a curious ex-
pression, which might he interpreted
either os gratification or otherwise,
came out aronad the corners ol bis
mouth.
Mrs. Hedgington, a portly- dame in
black silk, with extremely juvenile
earls on either side of her well-powder
ed eheeks, nodded assent, as she set
tled the bows of white ribbon which
adorned her eap.
“Yes, Oswald,”'said she, U I have.
Not but that my own little house is
pleasant enough—-and dear knows I’ve
no wish, at my time of life, for wh it
the gay world calls society. But Sor
pbianeeds me.”
“Needs you?” repeated her son-in-
jaw, with some emphasis.
“The housekeeping, you know,’"sug
gested Mrs. Hedgington.
“We are able to keep plenty of ser
vants,” said Mr. Grassey. “And I real
ly think we ought not to expeet you to
give up your time and attention—”
“It isn’t that, altogether,” said Mrs.
Hedgington, with an aggressive toss of
the cap ribbons, that betokened a sort
pf overt hostility.
“No?” Mr. Grassey’s countenance
became enquiring.
‘•It’s Sophia’s spirits,” ssia Mrs.
HedgiDgtoM.
»0h!” said Mr. Grassey.
“The poor, dear girl pines,” said
Mrs. Bedgington. “She needs socie
ty.”
“Really?” Mr. Grassey raised his
eyebrows. ”1 was not aware of that.”
“And if I say it,” added the
mother-in-law, “although I’nj the very
lust person to wish to sow the seeds of
dissension, you give her very little of
your companionship, Oswald!”
“Business,” said Mr. Grassey, brief
ly*
“That’s what men always say,” said
Mrs. Hedginton, with a meaning sniff.
However, the faet remains the same—
my. Sophia droops. And as yon can
hare no sort of objection to my occupy-
ing a little insignificant cosner » this
big house—
“Not the least in the woild,” said
Mr. Grassey.
“I thought so,” said Mrs. Hedging-
ton. But she had anticipated a pitch
ed battle on the subject, and was, per
haps, just a little disappointed that
lier.son-iu-lnv had capitulated without
a blow.
“What did he'say, ma?” nervously
questioned Mrs. Oswald Grassey, a
meek, pink-eyed little creature in white
muslin and bine ribbons,' who was a
Bort of female chameleon, taking the
color of the nearest companion t»o
“He said he had no objection, ” said
Mrs. Hedgington. “But I know he
doesn’t like met”.
“Don’t say that, ma,” said So
phia.
“But 1 do say it,” retorted the wid
ow. “And he is one of the kind—sar
donic, is it? ox satirical, or sarcas
tic—”
“I’m sure I don’t know, ma,” said
Mrs, Grassey.
“Well: it doesn’t matter much,” re
marked Mrs. Hedgington, bcligerently
scratching the bridge of of her Roman
nose. “One of the kind, I mean, that
is always poking fun at you.”
“O, ma!” fluttered Sophia. “I’m
sure Oswald means nothing of the
kind.”
“Yes be does, too,” said' Mrs. Hedg-
jngton, sharply. “But TU teach him.
He’ll find out that his secrets and mys
teries don’t go down with me!"
Mrs. Grassey burst into tears. In ut
tering these words her mother had
touched upon the spring of her heart’s
inward discontent. Oswald had se
crets! There was no diputing that
sack Oswald came and went myste
riously, like a brigand, or a conspira
tor, kept a special key to the cellar,
and when asked what all this meant,
only chucked his partner under the chin
and responded
“Business, pay dear, business.’ 1
“And J’m sure, ma,” whimpered
Mrs, Grassey, with her pocket-hand
kerchief to her eyes, it'd gure all I’m
Worth to know what it means,”
’-‘Down cellar, eh?” -said Mrs, Hedg
ington, feeding reflectively of her
thin.
“Yes,” said Mrs. Grassey, “down
eellar. In the little north east room,
where there is a gas-burner, and a
shuttered window, and a stope floor, and
a lot of shelves.”
“Can’t you contrive to get hold of
his key?"
“Oh, dear no,” said Sophia. “He
always carries it about with him.”
“It can’t be counterfeiting,” said
Mrs. Hedgington.
“What nonsense, ma!” bristled up the
bride.
“Or another wife hidden there, like-
Bluebeard.”
“Ridiculous,” said Mrs. Grassey,
“Well,” said Mrs. Hedgington, “it
tnay be ridiculous and it may not But
whether-or uo, I meau to flud out what
it all means!”
“But how? ’ said Sophia:
“Youll see,” nodded Mrs. Bedgiag-
too.
“A married naan has no, right with
seereta, and, besides, I’ll show Mm that
it doesn’t pay to make fun of me! I
may be his mother-in-law, but I’m not
the dust under his feet.”
“Oh, dear, oh, dear!” said Sophia,
with a burst of weak tears* “I don’t
think he consider you so at alt”
And Mrs* Hedgington threw up her
head like a war-horse eager for toe
combat:
tt track out his guilty mysteries,”
said she* “ox I’ll know the reason
why?”
And in a week Mrs. Hedgington had
borrowed a bunch of keys big enough
for a locksmithb sign, and fitted one of
them, triumphantly, to the mysterious
cellar door. And the heart of conquer
ing Julius Caesar himself never beat
more exultant Mian did that of Mr,
J
slipper-footed* into the stone-floored!
sanetum.
She was not altogether cert an what
she bad expected to find, whether a hu
man skeleton, a set. of counterfeiter’s
tools* or a can or so. of nitro-glyeerin-e:
but it was to have been something very
terrible. And her revulsion of spirits*
bn discovering only a row o& boftfcfe«j
was correspondingly great
“■Humph,” snoned Mm Hedging-
ton, holding up her candle and looking
around. “Bottles! Nothing on earth
hut bottles!”
She put down her candle* and indulg
ed herself in a second review.
“I wonder whatfb in them,” she said
to herself.
The corks were not; sealed down.
“It can’t do any harm jiist to look,”
said Mrs. Hedgington, “or to smell,
whieh amounts to tbe same tiling.’-’
And whipping out her pocket sciz-
zors, Mrs. Hedgington proceeded to re
move the corks from the bottles and
inhale the odor of their contents one by
“Wine, as I live!” said Mrs Hedg
ington, ‘•‘and good wine, too! Ob, the
hardened sol! Only thiuk of a man
like Oswald Grassey making nightly
visits to this spot, with his depraved
associates just to drink himself into
deMrium tremens! Oh, mv poor So
phia! Oh, the wickedness of mankind!
But that isn't had wiue, I must
iOh, dear! oil, dear! what shall I do?
Run to the druggist,; Oswald! Bring
some warm water, Sophia! Do you
mean, among you, to let me die?”
“So you’ve been prying into my af
fairs, eh?” said Mr. Grassey, deliber
ately leaning baek in bis chair.
“Yes I have!” acknowledged Mrs.
Hedgington. “Biit I didn’t mean any
harm—I didn’t indeed; and I’ll never,
sever do such a thing agai!”
“1 wouldn’t, if I were you.” said Mr.
Grassey. *
“Can!t anything be done? Can’t I
be saved?” wailed the old lady, begin
ning to. twist and: writhe herself about,
while Sophia clasped her hads in mute
MERCER UNIVERSITY
MEWTEMENT-
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“Don’t excite yourself,” said Mr,
Grassey. “If you have been breaking
into my wine cellar: you’re all right. I
doaY keep the poisons about the
house. ”
“Gh, thank Providence for that!"
sobbed Sophia, while Mrs. Hedgington
drew herself upright with a jerk.
“Is. this a joke?” she said indignant-
say.
And out of a laudable spirit of inqui
ry, Mrs. Hedgington took a good com
fortable swallow out of each bottle.
‘A slight difference in the flavor,”
said she,-smacking her lips. “Iu tue
bouquet, as poor dear Hedgington used
to say. But none iu tbe body. One —
two—throe—four shelves full. Well, I
never! What will Sophia say?”
And carefully replacing the corks and
re-locking the door behind hir, Mr.
Gvassey’s motber-in-law hurried up
stairs to impart her tidings to Mr. Gras-
sey’is wife.
Sophia listened, wrung her handsand
wept.
Oh, ma! oh, ma!” she bewailed her
self, “what shall I do? Do you really
think he is a drunkard?”
Just wait, my dear, and hear me
confront him with his sins,” said Mrs.
Hedgington, severely.
But what good will that do, ma?”
sobbed Sopbia.”
“Child, I do believe you are a
fool,” said Mrs. Hedgington, almost an
grily.
And there was the mysterious solem
nity of an avenging Fate upon her
countenance when Mr. Giassey came
home to dinner, She was still culling
out, in her mind,, the most aperopriate
terms to use, when the culprit himself
broke the silence, rubbing the palms of
his hands complacently together.
“Well, Sophy,” said he, “you can
have a fortnight at Saratoga this sum
mer, if you. please.”
“What?” said the pink-eyed wife,
scarcely disposed to believe her own
ears.
“I have done a smart stroke of busi
ness lately,” added Mr. Grassey, “in the
manufacture of poisons.”
"What?" shrieked Mrs. Hedgington
dropping her knife and fork.
“Exactly,” said Mr. .Grassey, all
smiles* “To be sent out to Central Af
rican-ordered by the king of Gharri-
Wakki, to evterjftinate the hostile, tribe
of Fouchi-Haba. Rut up and flavored
like the choicest wines. Ko one can
tell corrosive sublimate from Madeira,
®or strychnine from Si- Julien claret.
Qf course the whole thing is safe rosajr
the government passes ’em through for
wines; but there’s ft fortune to be made
out of this thing' And—”
Rut here Mr. Grftssey’s tide of elo
quence was cut short by a fearful shriek
from his motlieran-law,
■Eli?” said Mr. Grassey. ‘‘What’s
tie matter, Mrs. Hedgington?”
But toe old lady had started up, with
both hands pressed convulsively over
the pit cf her stomach.
‘Water!” she gasped. “White of an
egs! Emetics! A "stomach pump!—
Quick! Don't lose a moment
“You den’t say-^-” bagan Mr. Gras-
soy.
Yes I do.” said Mrs. Hedgington
with a choke and a gasp. “I g >t into
the cellar, Oswald—and I thought it
was wipe—and—I tasted every one!—
“Well—-if you choose to consider it
sol” demurely acknowledged her sons
in-few.
“It is a shame!” shrieked the old la
dy.
‘Do- you mean that; system of yours:
of prying and peeping around a genlle-
man’b house? I quite agree with you,
then,” said Mr. Grassey.
Mrs. Hedgington rose to her feet in a
rage.
“I won’t stay, another night under
this roof, ” said she.
“Don’t—if you don’t feel like it,”
said Mr. Grassey, blandly.
And Mrs. Hedgington packed her
trunks and departed, leaving serene
peace behind her,
Oswald,” said Mrs. Grassey, fee
bly.
“Well, my dear.”
“Was it true?”
“Was wbat true, my dear?”
“About thft poisons.”
“It was what they call poetic license,
my dear, "chuckled tbe husband. “En
tirely imaginary. It isn’t tbe poison
business I’m in—it’s the California wine
trade.”
“But the two weeks at Saratoga?”
“Ob!” said Mr. Grassey. “That’s
true’enough! But don’t you will enjoy
the mineral springs more without your
motlier?^’
“Perhaps so, zpy dear-.” said Mrs..
Grassey.
And Mrs. Hedgington never came
back" to stay at tlie residence of her
son-in-law again.—New York Ledger,
A Natural, Soap Mine.—On Smith’s
Creek, in Elko county, there is a most
remarkable stratum of steatite resting
horizontally in a steep bluff of volcanic
matter which flanks tbe eastern side of
Smith’s Creek valley, The stratum of
steatite if from three to ten feet in di
ameter It is easily worked, and is a ver
itable soap mine, In fact the farmers,
cattle men and sheep herders in that re
gion all use the natural article for wash
ing purposes. Chemically considered,
thisp. etiliar clay is a hydrated silicate
of alumna, magnesia, potash and lime.
When the steatite is fi st dng from the
stratum it looks precisely like immense
masses of mottled castjle soap* the mot
tling element being a small percentage
of iron oxide. To-day Prof. Stewart r< -
ceived a sample of this natural soap
prepared by a firm in Elko who have
undertaken to introduce it into the mar
ket, It is similar in appearance to the
castile soap sold in laree bars. Noth
ing is added to the mineral but a tri
fle more alkali and some scenting ex
tracts. Its detersive qualities are
as powerful as those of any manufact
ured soap. — Virginia City (Nev) Chron-
ide.
i Who is Responsible.—“The Federal
courts are paralyzed. There is no
money to pay for the execution of civil
or criminal process.” This is owing,
according to onr esteemed contempora
ry the New York Times, to “the refu
sal of the Democrats iu Congress to
pass a bill appropriating money for the
payment of the United States marshals’
expenses in enforcing governmental ju
dicial process.”
The faet is undoubtedly as it is stated
by onr esteemed contemporary, but
there is a mistake respecting the cause
of this fact:
The truth is »hat the Democrats m
Congress passed a bill making ample
appropriations of money for .these very
expenses,, but Mr. Bayes vetoed it be
cause they had not also appropriated
money fop other purposes. The respen^
sibility Tests entirely with Mr. Hayes,
and not with Congress. Tbe bill was
passed and the money was ready;
but tha Fraudulent President struck it
with his veto. The fault is wholly his.
—AT. Y. Smu
Mr. Gosahen, M. P.j the distinguish
ed political economist-, in his speech on
the financial problem in India, called
attention‘to the fact that, since the sales
of silver by the German government,
India has received from Europe and
absorbed • exactly the amount sold by
the Gernmns, $I35.00fl,Q00.
Editor Home Journal:—
%
The nnnsnally interesting character
of the recent eommeaeemeat exercises
of Mereer University will. I trust, ren
der a brief reyort thereof acceptable to
your readers. The- eonaaencement is
regarded by many as the most brilliant
and in every way successful exhibition
given by the University for many
years.
The commencement opened at Ma
sonic Hall Friday evening June 27th,
with a champion debate between the
Phi Delta and Ciceronian literary socie
ties of the Uuniversity, on the following
subject: “Should the-Voluntary Emi
gration to Africa of the Free Blacks
of the South, be- Encouraged?” There
were three speakers from each soeiety,
the Phi Delta taking the affirmative
side. The discussion though some
what lengthy, was exceedingly interest
ing, and was enjoyed by a very large
and intelligent audience. At the close
of the discussion Hon. Clifferd Ander
son, of Macon, Judge of the occasion,
delivered in a most appropriate manner
his decision in favor of the negative.
The decision was greeted with enthu
siastic applause from the audience. The
The speakers were introduced by Mr.
S. D. Smith, of Houston county, Sec
retary of the occasion.
On Saturday afternoon too ee-remor
.nlee of the
PLANTING OP THE CLASS TEEE ;
by the graduating class took place on
the campus of the University, in the
shadow of the magnificent- central edi
fice. The exercises were opened with
a most elopuent prayer by Rev. Dr. J.
J. Brantley, and consisted of an oration
by Mr. Cullen G. Battle, son of the
distinguished president of the Univer-
eity, an historical sketch of toe class,
by Mr. B. R. Calhoun, of Montgomery
county, Ga., and tbe prophesies of the
class, by Mr. P. A. Jessup, of Pulaski
county. The ceremonies were novel
and most unique in coneeptien, and
were exceedingly interesting through
out. The speeches were highly credit
able, and- being well flavored with nice
hits and pleasant witticisms, were high
ly enjoyed by the-audience.
The stone erected is a beautiful gray
marble slab, having on each of its four
faces the names of the entire class. The
tree selected is. an olive.
On Sunday morning at the first Bap
tist Church tbe
COUMEN CE3TENISEKWON
was preached by Rev. Dr. MeH, Chan
cellor of tbe University of Georgia.—-
The church was filled to overflow. The
distinguished divine departed! from the
line usually folllowed on such occasions
and preached a purely evangelical dis
course, rich in piety, irresistible in log
ic and powerful in eloquence. Dr.
Mell is unquestionably one of the ablest
thinkers and pulpit orators of the day.
The Sophomore prize declamation at
Harmonic Hall on Monday evening,
was witnessed by one of the largest and
most intelligent andiences ever assem
bled in Macon. Three prizes were of
fered by different individuals There
were twelve declaimers, all of whom ac
quitted themselves in a maner whieh
showed diligent sindy and and most
careful training. The exhibition was a
most successful one, and reflects great
credit on the department of elocution
in the college. At the close of the
Sophomore exhibition, the annual Ju
nior and Senior medals for excellence
in .English composition were delivered
in a most appropriate manner by Rev.
A. H. Nunally, of Rome, Ga. The Sen
ior medal was awarded to Mr. B. R.
Calhoun, of Montgomery county, and
tbe Junior medal to Mr. W. T. Cheney,
of Cbatooga county.
On Tuesday morning toe
annual addbesses
before tLe Alumni Association and Lit
erary Societies took place. The first
speaker was Rev. W. H. Davis, of
Hephzibah, Ga. The character of this
report will not admit of a -review of this
speech. Suffice it to say that for ele-
grance of expression, solidity of thought
aud purity of sentiment, the address
has perhaps never been surpassed be
fore the association. The speech elici
ted much warm applause and many
cordial congratulations.
Captain Henry Jackson, of Atlanta,
orator for the, literary societies, was
next introduced, and procee'ded to de
liver one of the most eloquent and ele
gant addresses ever delivered hi fore
the societies. His speech was chaste
and beautiful- Bis gesticulation and
manner on the stage is most engaging.
The same audience seldom hear two
such addresses as those delivered on
this occasion.
THE fONIOIt EXHIBITION,
on Tuesday evening, was also enjoyed
by a very large audience. This exer
cise consists of original speeches by
certain members of the Junior class.—
There were on this occasion ten speaks
ers, all of a high order, evincing careful
study and thorough preparation. The
most enjoyable exereise, however, of
this occasion, if not, indeed, of the en-
young man, is a popular and most i HOUSEKEEPING IN SUMMER,
graceful speaker, nevor failing to charm i
with, his beautiful word-paintings and; -®- HE Oooj> Wipe’s Plebelexites.—Di-
felicitons attempts at humor. On this : F0B Dog Daxs.—Flies and.
occasion he surpassed himself, and kept! Fresh Ads.
his autiierce in a continual roar of -—■
langater. The speech was of excellent | H popularly supposed that toe
length and proportions every way, and ly spring is the season which most tries
elicited many warm congratulations.
The successful competitors for toe
Sophomore prizes were.F. H. Greaves,
Jones county, J. S. Rodgers, Burke
county, and W. J. Nunnally, FJojd
county; receiving first, second and third
prizes, respectively.
The exercises of
COMMENCEMENT' DAT
were in every respect most pleasant,
and were witnessed by a large, intelli
gent and withal well behaved audience.
Lack of time forbids an extended men
tion of these exerStses. The Latm sa
lutatory was pronounced by Mr. Cbas.
W. Crockett, of Macon,-(secondhonor,)
and after speeches by several members
of the graduating class* the conferring
of degrees by the President took place.
The degree of A. M. was conferred on
Rev. J. A. Ivey, of Dawson, Ga., and
T. E. Murpney, Esq., of Barnesville,
Ga. The degree of B. L, was confer
red on Mr. J. T. Holleman, Houston
eonnty, of toe law class of the Universi
ty. On the. graduating class, twenty-
two in number, was conferred the de
gree of A. B. Ot this class S. D.
Smith and R. H. Blalock are Houston
county young men. The valedictories
were delivered by Mr. B. R. Calhoun,
of Montgomery county, iu a very pleas
ing manner-, and with an originality pe
culiarly his. own.
Thus ended the thirty-ninth, com
mencement of Mercer University, and
the large audience retired convinced
that the occasion was one of the most
successful exhibitions in the history of
the University.
Septimus.
Macon, Ga., July 8th, 18,79.
"Fall River.
Life among the Fall River mill oper
atives is pictured by the Boston Herald
as a round of drudgery. They live in
crowded and often cheerles tenements,
although the common laws of health
are not generally disregarded, and some
of the homes are beautified with pic
tures, carpets and flowers. Men, wo
men and children work together in the
mills, and the home is little more- than
a lodging iu most cases. The wives
and mothers are bound to a perpetual
slavery. They work as hard as- any
body in too mill, and when the mill
day is over, their home duties become
terribly onerous. Upon reaching home
the supper is to be swallowed, and then,
while the rest of (he family find-rest or
recreation, all there is of housekeeping
is performed by the ivife, occasionally
assisted by her children, if they are old
enough. There will be no time the
next moimng for cooking breakfast,
and it must be looked out for over
night. Dinner is to be taken to the
mill, and its substantial materials must
be cooked during the evening. While
the kettle is bubbling* or the fryiug-.pan
sizzling, or the oven baking, or all to
gether are sending out their heats, the
washing of the bed and personal cloth
ing of the household may be perform
ed, the old man’s trowsers mended, or
the children’s clothes made or repaired.
If ODe of the brood is sick it may also,
receive attention at the same time.—
The wife and mother, toils thus; for hei
family, living a life the like of which
no Souther slave ever dreamed about.
Intemperance too commonly adds its
sorrows to the rest.
Considerable excitement has been
caused in Cyprus by two Greek priests
being imprisoned by order of tbe
British Commissioner at Famagusta,
and their beards and hair being cut ac
cording to prison rales, Mr. Glad
stone sends to the London Haily News
a telegram on the subject which he has
received from Larnaca, which "states
that the offences of the two priests
were—the one unknowingly not sign
ing a debt summons, the other cutting
trees, his property. The inhabitants
of every town, it fe stated, held indigna
tion meetings, and sent protests to the
head of the local government.
Camels thrive in Arizona. Three
years agoja herd of these animals -.was
taken to Yuma,the intenlion being to
make them serviceable as beasts of bur
den. The attempt was a failure, the
climate seeming to disagree with them,
and it was found they were not so use
ful as the little mules. The owners
turned the camels loose, and they roam
ed about the Gila river apparently en
joying their liberty and profiting by it.
They appear to have become acclimated
to the region, thriving as though they
bad been in their own native Africa.
The Americas Republican learns that
a man by the name of Bryant Slaughter
was killed by James Mathews, near
Warwick, last Thursday evening.
Slaughter was a large healthy mar, of j e fc him
the souls- of housekeepers. Perhaps it
was so in our grandmothers’ days, when
canned frnits and vegetables were un
known, and the prudent housewife
was forced in summer, like the ant and
the bee, to lay, “np stores of sweetness
for use in winter hours;” stores which,
if not large, were likely to run low be
fore- the kitchen garden came again in
to bearing. But now* with the grocer
at onr backs ready “for a compensa
tion” to supply ns with every known fruit
and vegetable all- the year round, she
who has money or credit may spread
her table bountifully in all seasons, with
small fore thought of her own, aud the
dog days ai-e those in which she- is most
prone to exclaim wearily: “I wish peo
ple did not have to eat!” Appetites
are capricious; dinner eaten heartily one
day will be scarcely touched the next,
and though every has a feeling of emp
tiness, few persons are actually hungry.
Provisions cooked one day ore kept to
the next only by the free use of ice,
and even then are apt to taste of the ice
chest. Thus the economy practiced at
King Arthur’s court, where “what they
eould not eat that day tbe queen next
morning fried,” 1 becomes an impossible
virtue, and the anxious housewife stands
perplexed between the Scylla of nig
gardliness and the Charybdis of waste.
Nature, however, is always a law unto
herself, and he who in warm weather
eats much meat is apt to pay for it by a
dulled brato and a genera? feeling of
nneemPortable heaviness. In w rm coun
tries laboring classes eat sparingly of ani
mal food. Ihe East Indian cooKa sub
sists almost wholly on rice; the West
Indian grows fat upon bananas and or
anges, and tbe hardy Arab of tbe des
ert conquered a worlston a diet of dates
and barley. Milk and frnits, bread and
vegetables, are cooling and healthy di
et for the dog days, and may be freely
indulged in.—Aud since in hot weath
er the kitchen is a modifiied purgato
ry, and preparing deserts becomes a
penance, we have cause to ’congratulate
ourselves on the delicious deserts which
nature brings to us ior tbe gathering.
Strawberries, raspberries, blackberries
and peaelies—all these- come to the ta
ble without tbe smell, of fire having
passed npon them, and eaten with cream
are a “dioh to set before a hitog.” So al
so in the country, where, fiart and milk
abound, ice cream, that most delicious
desert, costs almost notbmg. Given a
pailful of ice and "a five-minnfps freezer,
tbe rich milk, or still better, cream has
but to be mixed with tbe crushed frnit,
sweetened and let to freeze itself, Cov
ered with an old banket oar piece, of car
peting the process of congealing will go
on slowly bnt surely, with small
aid from yon, even if yonr freez.er be
a fin bucket—aafyin this case you must
stir the cream with a kmfetwo or three
times while freezing to prevent tbe for
mation of crystals of ice in tbe free
zer.
Breakfast, especially, should never,
in hot weather, be a heavy meal. A
enp or tea or a glass of milk, a dish, of
oatmeal, a soft boiled egg, with fresh
fruit and cold bread which need not,
however, be stale, are far better prepa
rations for the laborers of the flay than
flapjacks and fried bacon washed down
with abnudanoo ef hot coffee. When
the Greek athletes were trainingfor the
Olj mpian games they were fordid ani
mal food altogether, and won their races
on a diet of bread end fruit. In biter
days Newton was the most abstemious
of men, and the architect of the Crys
tal Pftlaqe, Sir Charles Fox,, ascribed
his ability to undergo the severe strain
of his almost incessant labor for days
on bia drawing, to bis temperate hab
its and daily plunge bath.—Such in
stances might be multiplied indefinite
ly, bnt it is scarcely worth while.
Every housekeeper knows wbat a
nuisance flies are in summer.
T vo weapons are powerful against
them, cleanliness and darkness.—
Therefore the dining-room short'd be
be kept dark between meals, apd care
should be feiken to sweep every erum
from tl e table and floor. But it will
not do simply to shut up tlie room,
shutting up tbe flies ip it. Close every
door and window but one, and through
that drive the flies out. This is not so
hard as may seem npon paper, and
practice makes perfeet here as ip all
else. "We have know a housekeeper
who was so expert that she hail only to
wave her broom and- the flies dutifully
swarmed ont as they saw ihe standard
raised in the air. Fly-neis for tbe win-*
dows are comfortable appendages for
living and sleeping-rooms, Bought
ready made are somewhat expensive;
made at home they cost only a iriffle.
Hava the carpenter—or some one in the
family who knows how %o handle tools,
make a frame of inch-wide
an old Loopskirt make serricablo cake:
and butter covers. Bend' one hoop in
to around of the size wanted-, then oa.
this- fasten two semi-circular hoops,,
crossing eaeh other at right aDgJes ip,-
the center above the- bottom hoop..
This forms-the frame, xhich. if of wire,
should be wrapped, with worsted; orj
‘this the netting is sewed, and a button
on. the top serves as-a handle.
Afr every sleeping room thoroughly
every morning, and, if possible, let in th*
sun to shine on the bed and bed
clothes. Often at night, when tha heat
well-nigh unbearable, a wet cloth hung
in the window over toe blinds. wkU eoo^-
the room as if a shewer bad fallen, ancf
au"d every one knows how water poured!
on the pavemedt in front of thadtoor
will- freshen the hot, dry air. This prin
cipal of the seduction of temperature, by
evaporation is capable of mnch practi
cal application. In India and othe®
tropical countries, where- iee is almost
unknown, toe natives cool their drink-,
ing water by suspending earthen jarat
filled with it in a brisk current ofair,
which is said to cool it thoroughly and
rapidly. So, also, when ice is. un
attainable, hatter may be kept firm and
sweet by setting toe bowl containing it
in a shallow vessel of water- and cover
ing with a napkin, the ends of which
aie well immersed in th - ' water in the.
bottom, dish. - A wet handkerchief or-
sponge worn in the hat when e^joeect
to tbe sun, as in the harvest fie&l, will
prevent sun stroke under the most in-:,
tense heat known to onr climate, and^
will often relieve headache arisisingfrom
beat and exhaustion combined'."
THE ROTHSCHILDS.'
"J
tire commencement, was tbe delivery • a quarrelsome disposition, aud at!emp-. i.itb, fitting the window frame.—-On
by Jos. H. Jones, Esq., city of the Ma. ted to whip Mathews, who was smajl, [this stretch mosquito netting—dark
con Telegraph and Messenger, of the weak, and jusl up from asiek bed, and; green is tbe best—and fasten with tacks
Sophomore prizes won on the previous in defending himself, killed Ms eppe-; to the laths. Tbe same netting oyer a
evening. Mr. Jones, though quit? a sent. | frame of reeds, of osier, or wires from j hanged
Since the death of Baron Rothschilifc
nearly all the newspapers of Europe have,
been guessing at the wealth of the great-
house. Nobody outside of its members.*
and their confidential employees kas, we
suppose any actual knowledge of the
subject, although many persons cfeim to
be informed ns to its resonrees and op->,
erations, A writer in a Paris Journal’
claims to be in a position- to know
[that the Present capital of the different
Rothschild houses is at least $500,000,-
000, and that they can control as much ;
more. Stories of the Rothschilds wilp
always, be told, as they will be abont any,
and every body that is thought to bei
enormously rich. More idle tales aafi^
’told of the celebrated Jewish bankers'
they, by the by, call themselves mer
chants, which they really are) than of
any other banker-* probably because they-
are the wealthiest of their class. One
of these tales is that the RotbschiidS
almost never lose any thing* ^which isab-*
surd ort'its face, considering the prodi
gious extent of their operations* They
lose a good deal, but‘their profits are.
doubtless always in advice.of their
losses. There seems to be authority^
toe statement often made, that then- 1 "
losses, from, depreciation is thq funds
and securities which followed the dis-v
turbances brought about in, various Eu
ropean capitals by toe French revolu-f
ition of 1848 reached some §40,000,000,•
They afterward made up toe los% it is. 1
asserted* whfeb they would be very
likely to flo. A great advantage such, 1
bouses have is their colossal capital./
The interests of the Rothschilds aro :
well-mgh universal, and toei? secrecy,,
save in epen transactions, is invariably,
profound. A'atban Rothschild is repu-.
ted to have said; “One great reason of-
o-ftr success is that we knowhow to hold,
our tongues.” They are as reticent as'
the grave touching their business. Af
ter Baron LionicI had beer* dead &
week a London wag was remarked; ‘.The-
old Baron is jast as communicative as,
ever.”- The recollection that the fonn--
der of the bouse, Meyer Anselm (he
took the name Rothschild froiift tlie !
sign of a red shield placed over his 1
small thup in Frankfort)j, entered Han--
over in 1763 barefoot with a bundle of-
rags on his back, is enough to prevent
any poor man from despair. But it is?
not every one who has the brain. of £
Meyer Anselm.
FEMALE DELICACY!-
Above all other features which adorn?
Ihe female ebaracter. delipaey stands 1
foremost within the providence of good--
taste. Not that delicacy which is per
petually in quest of something to be>
ashamed of, which makes - merit of a-
blnsh, and simpers at the false construc
tion its own ipgennity has put upon an
innocent remark; this spurious kind of
delicacy is far removed from gopd sense;
but tlie higb-minded deheacy which
maintains its pure and undeviatiug
walk alike among worsen aDtl in toe so-.
ciety of men— which
necessary duiy, and can spe
required, cf things of wl
ashamed fy smile or blush—t
< j which knows how to i
without wounding the feelings of an-.
ofher—who cap give alms without as\
sumption, and pains not the most sus
ceptible being iu creation.
Gov. Robinson, of New York, lias
commuted to imprisonment for life too
sentence of Lester Brcthcrtop, eighty
years of age. who was sentenced to
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