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gUWIN MARTIN, Proprietor. Devoted to Hares® Interests ast4 Cult 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- COM- “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 - ■ ■ wiiSf