Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 12, 1873, Page 7

METHODISM IN ILLINOIS. Reminiscences of Some of its Gireat Men. Willinm MeKendreo, Josso Walker, Petor Cartwright, Potor Akers, and Jouathan Stampor, Correapondence of The Chicago Tribune, Brooxxatoy, I, Oct, 1, 1873, Tho souelon of tho Illinois Aunual Conferonco of the Methodist Episcopal Chuirch was an ovent of no small intorest totons of thousnnds in the contral part of the Prairio State, and now thut it has just closed, and the 200 travoling preachors Lavo rocolvod their appointmonts, and hastened to their flolds of labor and trial for another yenr, o.skotch of somo of {ts notoworthy mon, aud of scones in tho early religious history of onr State, may not be out of placo in your columns, As I looked over tho Conforonos, I' Zonnd but four votorans who woro In tlicir prime’ ‘whon I flrst mado nequaintance with the body, five-nnd-thirty yoars ago,—Poter Akors John 8. Barges, Darton W. Randle, and Richard W. loney, Tho last named, it {s truo, wag only n boy in the ranks whon I first Inow him, and {8 now n membor of tho Central linois Conforonco. Tho sight of these aged men rocallod the memory of many noble sons of the Church, who once tonched olbows with them ns thoy boro tho bannor of the Cross through Liardship and danger to now triumphs. At such & ilmo, one cannot ropress the mournfal ory, * Our fathors, whoro are they ?" Thoy sloep in honored or forgotton gravos, ecatterod over the Valloy of tho Missieaippl; ¢ thoy rest from their Inbors, and thoir worka do follow them.' It ia not well for us that the record of their nomes, self-saorifices, and achicvoments should pass from our rocollection, They cloth thom- selves with honor who keop alive and bloss the momory of thoir nobla dead, TIn the yoar 1800 WILLIAX M'RENDE) on horsoback, crossed tho Alloghany Mountains on his way from Virginia to Kontuoky. Tho ** 0ld Dominion," tho mother of great mon, never boro o worthior son,—one of finer form, wora commanding presenco, more herofo in character, or imperial in soul. Notwithstanding tho host of mighty orators whom Virginia sud Kentucky have given to the forum and tho Sen- ato, I doubt if citlor of thom lins ever produced one superior to McKendroo ; and it is to bo quosttoned whothor the air of tho Westorn coun- try ng over beon stirred by straing of more overwhielming ologuence than thoso which fell from his lips. The lato Hon. McLean, ono of the Justicos of the United Btates Supromo Court, thus speaks of him: *Nature had formod him in her finest mold. Mis highand well-doveloped forchead, his prominont aud piorcing eyo, the beautiful proportions of his face, his bonign and intelli- gont_oxprossion, tho blandness of his mannor, ond the symmotry of his form, prosentod one of tho most improssing figuros thnt ever occuplod Lhe sacred desk, Ho was, in tho highost sonso, n oloquont man. With great simplicity snd grace of dolivery he united a forco and boauty of illustration that approached mearer to tho Sermon on the Aount than I aver henrd from soy ono clse. A child could understand him, and, at tho esmo time, ho commanded tho pro- foundest attention of the lenrned.” MeKendroo's orrand to the *“ dark and bloody ground,"” us Kentucky was called, was not to ncquire Jands in the besutiful Dlue-Grass ro- gion, to gain worldly weslth, to win civil dis- tinction, political famo or honor, Ho camo ss a shephord to fold tho few scattored sheop of the wildorness, and as an ambassador of the Highest *‘to command all men overywhera to ropent.” o was appointod by Bishop Asbury Progiding Elder of tho Wostorn District, tho territory of which included all the white settlomente bo- twoon tho mountains sud tho Mississippi, the Bpanieh and Frouch fromtior on the ‘south nnd tho Groat Lakes on the north, For this vast field ho had a bandful of obscure, illitorato prenchers, whoso ouly book was the ‘Word of God, whogo one gmssion was to do good to tho bodiey'and souls of mon, Thoy wrought Iike horoes, and suffered liko martyrs; aud wo Javo ontored into tho vineyards and orchards Which they planted, aud dwoll at peace in the edifice of civil and rBUfilmls liberty which they did o mnuch to frumo nud conserve. About tho time of McKondree's coming, THE ** GREAT REVIVAL," a8 it was called, began nt Cano 1dgo Mooting- Louse, in tho very heart of Kentudky,—~whore the “ camp-meoting® had its birth., Frouch in- ldelity aud gross jmmorality woro almost uni- voreal in tho Wost, when the arm of Johovah was mado baro in tome of tho most signal and wonderful mauifostations that have becn wit- nessod since tho days of the Apostles, To Cano Ridge, and wherover sncramentsl mootings were appointed, the sottlors flocked from far and noar; and, as they were used to tho rough lifoof the border, brought their provisions and tents, or used their wagons or the ground for bunks, All worldly business was laid asido, religion be- camo the absorbing pursult, ond tho thronging thousands remained on tho grounds for dsys, snd eomotimes for woeks, Mr, MoKondree and his preachers joined hoartily in these meotings, but kept ss clear oA possiblo of tho oxtravhgances into which #omo others wore hurried, and, instead of mak- ing a ropo of sand, as wod said of Whitfleld, lo- Yborod night and day to form a compact organis bod&. whoio dovelopment, might Inst from gon-, oration to genoration. Most of the laborors thus far [ tho brond flelds of the West woro men who had como from the other side of the mountoeins ; from this time forth, & majority of tho preachers wore natives of the Great Valley, or, ut lonst, had grown up here. Among those called to this sacred work, in the firat unrter of the cflutur)v-‘. wero Petor Cartwright, olin Btrange, James 1, Finley, Rusgol Bigelow, Henry B. Bascom, Jobn P, Durbin, Willinm Winans, Potor Akers, and othors, the girth of whoso renown i s wide as tlo Continont, Boma of thiom were gons of thunder, and others sons of contolation, Ho far a8 I know, Mr. McKendroe and his eir~ oult-riders wero tho first Protestant missionaries to entor tho limits of Illinole, Next to tho Presiding Eldor, the most remarkablo of these Wad JERBE WALKER, By trade be waua drossor of skine, in the doys whon cloth was not to bo liad, and buck- skin was “ all the woar.” He hud pliod his oraft upon tho Holsjon; but, found by some of Mr. Asbury's pronchors, ho récelved the Ward gladly, ‘was converted, and became himself s traveling prencher. Lithe aud strong of limb, patient, ‘enduring, bold a8 a lion, all his sonses trained 4o tho finoness of an Indian's or a backwoods- man's, quick to hear, steady of eyo, wiftand suro of foot, inured to all the exposuro and bardships of tho border, ho was _tho Daniol Boone of Jthe Suddlo-Bags Regi- ment, With his soul on firo with love to God and his follow-man, no post wad too hard or hazardous for him, and it was ever his dosiro to bo sont to tho purtsboyond, thet, as Tonce Loard Channoy Hobart eay—¢Ho might preach the word of tho Lord in tho cabins nenrest sun- down." Trom tha oarliest yoars of the country to bis doath {n 1886, ho ranged from end to and of Tllinois, preaching from Fort Maseno to tho gito of your own peerless eity; for I think he was the first Protostant to proclaim the un- gonrobable riches of Christ whore Chicago now stands, Ills labors also oxtonded into Mis- sourl, snd among tho Indiuns of Iowa, Phe = Mothedists = of Illinols owe it to thomsolves to rear » monument to tho {onoor, Jogso Wallior, and his name ahould bo P i avorlnsting rentombranco, - Why doos not tho Northwostorn Univorsity, ot Evanaton, do itgolf honor by naming one of its hialls for him ? Dy 1608 tho Westorn District had doveloped into & Conforanco, aud Williun MoKondaco was mada o Biskop, to assist Mr, Asbury. Again aud sgafn Lio cams to Tllinoly porstading and ex- horting mou to bo reconeiled to God, and sprend- ng among his prouchora tho confagion of his own zosl and mighty love. Out of that Westorn Conferonco hnvo grown tho two or throo aoores of Conforoucos uow inoluded within its old tor- ritory, Si2 "yoara aftor Tilinols was ndmittod nto tho Union " as & Btato (1821), it was orootod by tho Gonoral Couferonco into s soparate Annual Gou- forencoj nud PETER CARTWRIGHT, & prosolior of moro than twenty yoare’ tandlng, sud who bad gjust moved from Xontucky to the John | “THE CHICAGU DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, nelghborhood of 8pringfiold, was mado Presid- ing Eldor. Tho famoiia old man, who passod away last yoar at tho ago of 87, affor a ministr of “noarly soventy yoars, is woll kuown to noed ~ speoisl horo. The first timo I saw him wns In 1638, aa lie ontorod a ohuroh fn his district to hold Divlno sorvico, on o ploasaat Sunday morn- ing in the summor timo, Aa lho walkod, with firm, olastio atop, up the aisle of the church, my boylsh curlosity noted a powerful, aqunro-built man, woighing nbout 200 pounds, b foot 10 inches in hoight, with bronzed faco, o Inrge head, ro- mindiug one of the frotful poroupine, for *each Hnrfleu nr hair stood an-ond.” Ho was olad fn a rossing-gown of furniture-calico, the figures of a largo pottern; while his nothor ox~ tromitles woro covored by copporas-dyod linsgy-woolsey pnautsloons; and in ‘his bond ho carrlod a low-crowned, broad-brimmod whito boaver. In his weathor-beaton faco you road ehirowdnosa, firmness, fun, and indomitablo pluck, His volca was husky and Loarse,—braken, —for tho Mothodist firouchnm of that day (and ‘might I not add of this as woll ?) kuow nothing about taking care of this our noblest organ. 1r Inght paugo in my nnrrativo, it would bo to say that the sonsitive car and rofined tasto are conatantly shocked in a Conforence-room, 08 In our ohurches, by tho dlscordant, honrao, ‘husky, nosal tonca ono honrs on ovory haud miscrablo travontios of tho mualo which Go ‘monnt should drop from tho lips of thoso who ‘ought to be pattorns of tho best and moat scomly thivgs, Dut to roturn to Poter Cartwright, who wag as trenchant in polomics 08 he was doughty in carnal confliots—upon oceasion. His brawny flat has sont many o foomnn to bite tho dust; and his tongtio, if not a two-cdged eword, was somotimos vory like s bludgoon, In this first sermon I hioard from him,to illustrate a polut, ho favored tho congregation with TIIE FOLLOWING INOIDENT ¢ Ag T wos ridlog along the rosd some time 8go, & man ovortook mo who looked asif lo miight bo a preachor. Ho called mo by name, St attor soras alk, askoil3f T wosxsady o ea: the truth. I told him that Gartwrl};hb was my name, my dobts wore paid, my will made, and I ‘a8 roady for angthing. ¢ Vory well, said ho, fyon old ignoramus, or hypocrite, you ought to know too much, or bo too houest, to romain o Motholist. Iused to bo ono mysolf,—yos, Mothodiat proacher,~until I found out the error of my way' ‘Ho! hol' seid I ‘and what “are you mow?'" Cartwright men- tioned the namo of the deuomination to which his inlerlocuter had gone, but which I nood nob repent, and then proceoded : * Now, Drothren; I know woll enough that the dovil had only ono of thros ways to got A man out of the Mothodist Ohurch into that donomination ; and that there must bo rascality in monoy-matters, o ‘woman-gerape, or iquor, ab the botiom of this follow's change. Bo, judging from his_looks, I palled » bow at s yenturo, and said, *What wos that fues you had about s woman? Cartwright,you old rascall’ he shouted 1n o rage, ‘how did you ever hear about” that?' And, puitipg whip to -Dhis horse, ho o soon out of sight, Inover saw_or hoard of the man boforo; but that's tho way I treod that coon,—no, drove that skunk to his hola.” Cartwright wos_onco proaching nt o camp- meeting, when suddenly there camo up a strong wind, which frightenod_somo of tho pooplo so {tnk bhoy xomo 6 go. Mo cried oty 8t il brothron, eit skl Tt's only my od encmy, tho dovil, the' prince of tho powers of thoalr; ho knows I'm proaching, and wauts to keep you from honring mo. finco I was hore lnst, four years gone, he and Lave had mouy a tusslo. Moro than onco he's hud tho best of t, and got mo down s but many o time, by the graco of God, I'vo given it to bim round- 1y, and mado his old hidorattlo ; ¥ and, aftor T opisodo, went on with s sermon, “ How is it you Mothodists havojng %, 'DOCTONS OF DIVINITY ? " onco sald & patronizing thoologin of anothor donomiuation to him. *We have no uso for thom,” said the old_man, our Divinity isu't sick, 'and don’t noed doctoring.” Bince thon, Mothodism soems to havo fallen into a deop do- oline, judging from tho numbor of Doctors it bonsfs. Through thoe woll-menut but mnisplaced courtesy of some obscuro college, even * old Potor " himsolf bocame s Dootor,—although I Buepoot Lis nearest approach to Hobrow and Grook was & little Choctaw and a smattoring of bockwoods German, Mlholfih Liomely, eccon- tric, and, {¢ muy be, rudo in his public_ #poceh, Lio mometimes, in his oarlier and middlo life, Tose to great' hights of oloquonce. Ho loved Mathodism—whioh Dr. Ctinimors dofined to bo “ Qhristianity in oarnost”—with all the en- thusissm of bis suggod heart, and did u work of covonty yoars in ita beilf, whoso in- fluonce_ond offccts will not’ moon pass away. If his roligion waa not characterized by ‘meclmons,—for, whon emitton on ono choek ho raroly turnod tho othor, but gave tho smiter two for obo,—ho_was sturdy, honest, fearices,—tho child of tho backwoods, with tho fmoll of the onk and hickory on bLis garmonts, and tho braits of tho frontior in his naturc, Among thio honored names of Iilinols Method- fm, in the_oarly days, aro Samuol Thompeon, Charles Hollidny, John Dow, Josoph Ed- monson,—~all now numbored’ witn their fathors. Twkoy Hill, abont 830 milos east of 8t. Louis,—betwaen Balieville and Leb- anon,—and the old camp-ground called Bhiloh, wore famous spois in the former times, Ilore- abouts many of the old preachers found homes for life's decline ; and hither camo the tribes to Lhold their Foasts of Tabornacles. Lot Chicago remomber that, in thoso days, tho river of that nome flowed through a swamp; and that the Capital of the Stato was firat Kaskaskin, 208 e Veodslrenpnitsd, . eald. the ‘waga who christoned it for the eapient Logisla- ture, in honor of a celebrated tribe of Indians, i}nli\ubifiug tha rogion of tho Okaw, called Van: ula, Soven or oight yonrs after Poter Cartwright came to Illinols, anothor man was transforred from tho Kentucky Conferouce, of far loftier character snd greator apiritunl power. This way . PETER ARERS, & men of such sweot and saintly lifo that our ecclesiastical annals can’ show no more sacred name. Born in Virginin sbout 1700, sfter recelving a thorough academic education, ho removed to Kentucky and bogan the practice of the law. Thore canbe no doubt that ho would have won the highest forausic distinction, if i hnd not beon converted through the influenceof aMethodist rovival, He soon felt moved to take upon him tho ofiice aud ministry of reconciliation, and, throwing up his rrnt(co at the Bar, was onrollod in tho ranks of lo tingrancy. T1i prospet for worldly pay was not_flattering; $100 n yoar for the prencher, £100 for his \vlh), 10 for ench child under 7 years of age, aud $24 for those between 7 and 14 years (by which timo it was thought thoy wera old ouough to be apprenticed to trades, aud thus shift for~ thomsolvos), was the allowanco, aud hoppy wore they who received it. But Mr. - Akors, having reckoned tho cost, and fuado up hia mind to connt afl things as lost for the ex- colloncy of the knowlodgo of Christ Jesus his Lord, gave himsolf unresorvedly to the work. Taroly in any age has & complotersct of Rolf-dod- ication been performed than that in which Potor Alors outored the Methodist ministry, Dring- ing to his vocation & superb physiquo, of Scoteh- Irich and Gorman oxtraction, no #mall stock of loarning for those days, fine powers of intol- loct, the sensibilitios and simplicity of a ohild, togothor with a woundorful uttorance, it is no surprisiug that he bocamo an nble minister of the Now Testamont, His ministry hos been in domonstration of the Spirit and with power; and I suspect that there has nover boon such preaching o this State as his for lucid, con- vinoing oxposition of Holy Eoripturo, and for_irrosistible unction, He is now the patri- arch of the Conferonco, and, after fifty-two fim“ in tha sctive minfstry, in the Bith yoar of 8 ago be sits quiotly, joyfully expocting the Mastor's call,—but not idly, for almost every Sunday finds him pronching once or twice froy and fll ealvation, 1 caunot omit another bolaved namo,— JONATIHAN BTAMNPER,~— whom Kentucky also gave to Illinols, Tor thirty yeara he had been one of Lor most famous and ~ powerful preachers; and the stories told by nged poople of some of his bor- mons and their offect would, §f ropeatod hero, soom fabulous. o romoved to this State a liftle moro than thirty years ago, and was somewhat past his primo, but still possossing rodigious vitality and eloquence, Yromombor im as armaou about the middle height ; stout, but not obeso ; his faco, when in repose, almost honvy, and his eyo dull, " To seo that common- lace ontside In the street, you would nover ave droamed that it was the iloshly wrappago of a kindling imagination and of u burning soul, wloso straius ~ of tondornoss, or words of thundor, would prolong themsolves for years in the echoos of memory. I shall nover forgot—uor will any who beard {t—the impros- glon mude by a sormon of his at s Gonforonco held in Nasuvillo, in the southern part of this Stute, in Boptembor, 1844, It wus on Bunday ovoning, in n grove,—for no church in town could hold tho people, Iwat in a wagon outsido the congrogation, to enjoy the full effect of the scone, which was most ploturosquo. Luutorns Ing from tho troo-branchs, and faggots, pilod high upon tho five-stauds, Wazed in pyramids of flamo, * flickered, smouldergd, and again whot out thefr lurid tongucs, A great multitude wag in front,—~among them, 200 ministors, ‘When thoy sang beneath tho greenwood's shindo and tho mighty hoavons, it soemed, in sooth, the sound of many watorss Then tho old man stood ur to preach, and a hush foll upon the nosom- bly; tho brooding sflonce seomed to hold tho Who toxt was, c!ulvnrlug “ Hoar, U heavous, nmliveur.o oarth, for the Lord hath spoken, 1 lvo. nourisiod and brought up obildren, and they have robolled ogningtme,” At flrat his mannor was dry, his voleo husky; but, before long, he was quickoned by the themo, and his wholo appenranco and mannor underwont o transformntion,— you might alnost ssy o tronefgu- ration. 'Fho voico became clonr, round, musi- cal,—no {n tones of mnjosty, and thon of Boft- eat pity or plonding, Tho form, fuakint with 1ifo, ndl o commanding presonce; tho honvy faco wna all nglow with flitting but finost ox- roasions ; and the dull eyo shona with ethereal rightness, A vivid imagiuation, o lively fanoy, & copions digtion, togotliarwith o simplo faith ond werm buman tensibilitios, groupod thomeelves in high u\‘fllmunlu, marvolous de- seriptions, and frresistible sppenls. The sor- mon burned its improssion iuto tho momory, a8 had beon o live coal fr'a the altar, " Bleciric subdnlng, overwhelming, its offcet upon tho_congrogation was indescrib- ablo, Inthat kind of cloguence ho must havo beon unrivaled. I have listoncd to many famous orators on both sides of tho Atlantie, but nover to ono who affocted me as did dear old Jonathan Stamper in tho sermon of that Sunday night. But horo I am at the end of my papor, and m; storyis not half told. With your pormission will finish {t anothor timo, IDATPED, OCTOBER, leaves In roposo. Octaber mild roturus once mare, The forvid Bummer-heais nre o'er s Tho Liand, sweot, goninl Autumu-jlow Qreats, warmn, inspires, whero'er wo go, Natnro, in rapt, transporting mood, Folnts out to man lis nurturing food, 1111l vale, grove, garden, flelly, abroad, Bmile with abundance,~gitt of God Thio biusling r0so now fados bway right waving tasscls, touched, decay, Tho aweot, luxuriat, Turple dye Of budding Bpring meats nol tho oye; Springs niyriad, Jovoly volce, neet o more tL ouraptured ear will groot; Its thrlling, bounding fosa now cease, But Naturc's annual joys increaso In grandour still alio lifta hor head Maturer forms around aro sproas Tu amber, poarl, in aziito brigt, Bho towers proud Queen, before our sight ; In matchlcss drapcrics, goldon light, Shio stirs each Aoul, gives decp deliglit, Thio shadows fall on all around, o darknens paff tho ferile ground ; Blie speake in yaterics profouud ; With {nward senso, with moanings tare, 8ho clotlios {he things thnt visual nro,— To Teasoiv's eyo polnt ot the way o realms where gormn fmmortal Tay | Tho' durting now lior sobered boam, In majesty shie grovws suprowo ; In atatelior charm, in gorgeou hu, In changing dyes, in lustres now, 1n tralling robes, bursts on tho view, Of scarlet, erimron, faded green, In atatuesguicoess glorloun seon, Tolliug that Ais the fulling year That wide sugments hor wondrous sphere,— Given compass, breadth, enlargement, still,— Not Fato it bound, but Bovercign Will; That, while tho acorn, moldering, dics, hio bak In grandour doon shall 50} From Bummer's glory in tho dust The fmmortal Phaoux soon shall burst ; That Autumn's, Winter's frou sway But preludo resurrection-day, hen ow-born Iustree, glories grand, Shiall teem and {hrong on evory nud Bweel, aitvory echocs, soft o, And cholce perfume, enrich tho airj Durkuess dissolvo, bo chased nway 3 Ttehorn be Nature's vernal day 3 Liova, long ropressed, with ardor burn TThe hours of hope, of joy, Teturn § Creation, waklug from rofoso, Bo Paradise, with lilics, rose]’ Rev. Prov, W, F. BLANORARD, Mark Twain’s Lotest-=Tho Trent- mont of Criminaly ut Newgate Prison, Londan Correspondence Cincinnati Commercfal, American lady who was being shown through one of the ehows of London—Nowgato —tho other duy,oxprossed horselt rathor forcibly to tho wardor concorning soveral foaturca of the rison which hardly appeared to hor humane. ho was grioved touco the claborate and new machinery for holding the prieonors tight while being flogged with tho cat, stocks for holding their foet, and similar arrangoments for. tho body and hands. ‘TCho lady asked whero the thumb-scrow wae. 'Tho warder innocently re- lyllud that thoy hadn'tany. However, he must af- orward linve pondered moro profoundly over the sarcasm of tho inquiry, for moro recently anothor Amorican lndy, upon giving oxpression to & similar feoling about tho rosuscitated stocks, was sharply told by the wardor that thoy ha mannged to get along thero without flogging for ‘many yours until fomo Amoricans camo ovor and bu(i’m to garrote the citizens, and this wus found to bo the only way of dealing with them. Tho Indy ropliod fhat it must have been because tho Enghsh came ovor and took away their business, sinco American prisons wero full of Enf;liuhmbn. fl.\u HQ\N\'er, " she added, ‘“we don't torture om." On coming to the smaifalloy in which oxecnted crimiuals aro buried, this lady—who isa good Qq&knr—a}.\uddnmd 8t that, and the warder suid : “You will notice hero that ours is a great im- provemont ovor tho Amoricanplun. In Americn, they give the bodies of executed criminals to thoir frionds, who, as likely as not, make a horo of bim, and_bury 'him with pomp, But thoso scoundrels drond boing buried nway in tlis alley almost as mucli as thoy dread the gallows, This i & chiof part of thoir puuishment.” The ludy baving suggested (hat exccution was quite enouglh, the watdor rephed : * Not s bit of it. I was showing our place the other day to o romarkably intolligent Amorican, who admired our arrangemeuts oxcoedmgly, only he thought we wero too leniout, 'That gontlemun said that the great miatake in_America was loniency, ‘ Would you beliove it ?* said Lo, ‘we canght a rascal in America the other duy, whom wo ought immediatoly to gave burned, and wo only hung him. But we arn coming to our sonses, and are now making arrangoments to burn cortain men tor whom tho gallowa fs too good. “ Wil theo bo good onough {o toll me the name of the American gontieman who made that remark to theo? ” enid tho Quakeress, ‘¢ Ak, yen,” said the warder rofictively, *let mo soe—it was & Mr. Mark T'wain.” —_— An Impromptu Wedding. A Migsouri papor gives a dotniled account of how a betrothed coupla woro persuaded Lo anti- cipate the duy set for their wedding, and to havo the ceromony abruptly performed ut & birth-day party, at which thoy’ ehauced to be guests, 1t &nya: * Rocordor Thois was also presont, and s BoOD A8 ho saw the young couplo como in, with an oye to businoes e suggestod that if anybady wus prosout who wished to be married, Lo was at their servico, Tho young couple at ouce took the hint. The youug man was willing, but tho mnidon wns backward aund would not conseut, Adam concluded to uso o little diplomaoy, 80 ho siays : ¢ I will mnken prosont of QgBE cooking-stove to any couplo that I shall marry to-night.” This proposition so_delightod tho company that othere commencod offering prosonts. F. G. Muollor said, ‘I will give & nico buroau’ ¥, G. Allers, *And I o spring mattress ;' Finchor, the hatler, * Call on mo fora rocking-chair;’ Millor, tho gutsmith, * Il given &ot of cushion-bottom obairs;’ Mr. Volis, 1 Aud here's un extonsion-table;’ Mrs. Auns Noitobook, *T'll give & 50 bedstond ;’ Mr, Gatz, ‘Put ‘mo down for a fine looking-glass;’ Mrs, Mitcholl, *Horo's a bronkfnst-sot; Miss Fritz Niotobock, Tl give & clook,’and so they went on until tho presonts in tho aggregato amounted to abont #4100, tha young conl{:ln meanwhilo blughing and bordly koowing what to eayor do, Ssveral frionds ot tho Young 1ady © around hor, and told hor sho would not again bave such a fayor- nole opportunity to ‘make & start in the world;’ and just a8 the party was breaking up, about 11 o'clock, Mr, Hunstock, who seomed to be work- ing in Adaw's interest and \u-glnfi on the matoh, came roung to the Recorder, end whisperod in Lis onr: ‘Stop a leedle, dot's ol right—by chinks, we got a yedding anyhow poody soon|” Adam unllcgnhnlt, the company stood bl in hats aud bonnots, whilo tho Rtecorder procoaded aud 8ald: ¢ T pronounco you man end wifo, and may God bloss you,’ and Miss Stiorin wats Mrs, Groon, to tho tutente delight of all presont.” eao e il An Ethiopinu 0 Is Ohanging ¥is Spots, From the Centralia (¥o.) Guard, A nogro man from Mouroo County by the name of Bmith eallod at this oflico lust Monday, who cortainly is one of tho most romarkable of all the Nving ouriosities we have over mot with, IHis entiro body I8 covored with white spote, from the sizo of & pin-hoad up; his arms from tho wilkt to tho shoulder ara of alabastor whitencss, au alyo aro his loga from tho anlkles to above the kucos, whilo bis- ontive bronst and neck, and a portion of hik baok, is&s whito ng uny whito man's. 1lis fuco, howovor, is of sbony blacknoss, ‘Phis phouomenon was born uuc raised in Monroe County, and during ohildhood ho was unboalthy until arriving st tho ago of fourteen, whoen tho strango transformntion now takiug Jinon on hiis body Tt o ity wpposr- ance, 1o says that amall white spots are con- tinuully nplmrmg on dilforont portions of his Dbody, \\‘hluul'mduull sprond In sizo, With his shirt vomoved Lo louks an nllouu(l a8 o loopard, and was & mont ourious sight to witness, 1Mo i3 now thirty-five yours old, and if this chnnge continues ho wilf in time como forth & white an, o far as color is concernod. LABOR-PROBLERS. Housework and Working- ‘Women. Views from Various Standpoints. A Lady Who Does XEer Own Xousce worl. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Bm: You havo lately givon place In your. popor to lottors from * Patorfamiling,” “ Bono- dict," and othors, rogarding domostic affairs; also gomo from Indies of tho quill, whose opin- fon, like that of all thoorists, s of vary fittlo nccount, My exporionco of that clags of women (and Ido not eny it from disrespoct) is, that thoy are very brave warriors—away from tha battle. I have nevor known one of that ilk who would not shirk any of tho labor that comes undor the head of *woman's work," if put to tho tost. It fs vory oesy for ltorary womon to writa bravo thinge of tho imaginary loveliness of housoworlk; but lot us see thom put Into the' tracos, and follow it week after week and yoar aftor yoar, ng 80 many thousunds of us do, and fhen, when thoy look back at the soa of good, honost work thoy lavo waded through, will thoy not foel ns though thoy bLnd fought the good fight ? T know thoro is a large clagg of women who look down with groat con- tempt upon women who live without sorvants, and cry out, What a dosocration of talont! DBut 1, one of the working boes, assure you that wo have junt a3 good an opinion of ourselves, if wa have succeodod in making our homes clean, com- fortable, and refined, and our table well set with nicely-cooked food, ns though wo had demolished on ndversary with a slashing artiolo, or slopped over fnto trashy poetry, iustead of gushing into tho dish-pan. ‘¢ Bonedict " writes like & good-hearted soul, All honor to tho man who would do tho house- work to help & poor, slek wifel~but, friend B., one rcason why you found it o disagreenbls was o lack of eystem. Very naturslly, you were not an adept at woman's work, and 8o woro un- handy; but you did do it, and I salute youns one nmong thousands. ¥ married o poor may, and we commenced lifo literally on nothing. Rathor a slim foundation, you will sny. Not a bit of it. Young peonle aro lito young trecs; the wind of trial makes them root more firmly. Our family consiats of ono child, now 16 years old. My husband's salary has never boon over $30 o waok. Now, out of that wo havo managed to 8av0 & nice cottage-home, It is nicoly furnish- cd. Wo hiave ns good o tablo a8 we dosire ; and, when we sit down to our Sunday-morning bronk? foat of broiled spring chicken, delicious coffes with cream in it, tho sweotcst of frosh broad and butter, end potatocs cooked in eresm, yo onjoy 1 o8 woll'ns if wo wero guesty of the Grand Pacifio or '* any othor man.” Wa dross a8 pregoutably ns any ordiuary lady or gentlo- man. Now, I could have kept a servaut, who would have charged me for hergoneral inefllcion- cy, to sny notbing of tho cost of hor board, ond the waste of fuel, food, ete.,—euough to smount to $5 or 36 o week; but, in _doing that, and poying for drossmaking, ~millinery, and plain-sowing, our substance would hava been wasted ; all of which was saved and appliod to tho purchase of & homo. 1t can bo done, ladios, if you will try my ro- ceipt: Dare to be poor. Whon you marry a poor mon, go to work. Don't discourage him to Qonth with tho iden that ho bus got o lndy-loaf- or; norimagine that, if you live in a stylo be. yond your ineans, anybody i decoived. All Sour acquaintances know what you ata worth, sud all tho sonsiblo ones will lnugh at the sham, Your husband's credit will suffer, too. Now, togethor with doing oil my houso- work, T find timo for recreation. I cultivate Elums, and ralge the most Lenutiful flowers; cop up my musical practico; do all my own sowing; atiend publio amusomonts and church 3 and fcol as woll aud look 08 young as my ol school-mates who rida i their carriages, Porhaps Enu would think it an uneudurablo iden not to have what the world culls “posi- tion.” Bab! Unless you have the money to sustain it, tho moro of "that you have tho worse you are off, The socioty of u fow old, intimato rionds is all I care for or hove tho time to at- tend to. WhonIreturn aftor an absonco my Lome looks beautiful to mo, ndorned s it is with (not luxuried, but) 8o many agrecabla ob- cols and dear associations. Does tho proudest udy in the Iand fool nn{ moro_conteuted? TIs not & ping pail when full as full as a gallon- meastiro? Ifyou think I am domoralized, or lacking in &pirit, you misteke. I hold myealf Just o good us any_othor American sovoroign, and will sing an Italion arin or serub o floor with any other amatour in the country. But then I shutl not attempt to deceivo you, Thoro is ral bard work in housekeoping; but, if you hinve for an objoct the comfort, plensure, and prosperity of others, thore is also compensa- tion. Many fimos you will feol tired or feoble, aud discouraged. Work it off ; you cau, for I'vo tried it Yon may not doull things well at first; but keop trying, The domou of discontant will not stay with you if you don't enter- tain him, It "you have plouty of good, wholesomo work, you will not have time to run after froc-lovo nonsenso, and sigh after admirers, and howl about the non-nppre- ciativenoss of ‘husbands. A good, old-fashioucd dust-pon will wind up the aflinity ‘business ; it's vulgar, but offectual. I've tried lt,—-li'\ tho aflinity, but tho dust-pn, E Now, all that I have written may look egotist- feal 3 but my only object is to show whal cdn ho and is done by thousands of our countrywomen, who will nof, as I have, venturo o speuk up =ud relate their experience. If this should con- sole any who aro contemplating s marringo with- out maney, orgive & drop of comfort to any wives of poor man who are ¢ hoipiug a lawo dog ovor o stilo,” ity mission will Lave Deen accom- lished, Do not think me vaiu ; I ouly mean to o _candid, and I well know that my poor works look small beside the works of many brave woman, who have accomplishod far groater ro- aults undor groater difficultios ; but their good works ara uufortunatoly unwritten history. Yours truly, ‘WorkiNg Bek, Advice From n Working-Woman, o the Editor of The Chicugo Tribune : Bm: Somuch has boen said on this subject by those who uuderstand it better practically than I, that porbaps Ihad botter not touch it, yot 80 full of love aud sympathy {s my hoart for all that suffer, and especially for my own sex, that, if T can do them no good, I will do thew no barm, My own experiencoe as a working-waman has been the exporience of many. Tho noces- ity camo suddenly and unoxpoctedly,—swept down liko a thunderbolt from & tropicat sky at noonday. The blow that took homo and fortune took also the only arm that could bave interpos- od botwoen mo and poverty. Thon the strong will that poverty could not intimidate or calami- ty daunt, looked the tuture in the face, and ask= ed for work with which to earn broad aud shel- tor. And this have I to suy for iho world, so harshly spoken of by others, that I have ever found it kind and just, if not gonerous ; admir- ing energyand determination, and ready to as- sist those who try to holp themsoelvos, = I havo eald tho nocesslty to labor came unos- poctedly upon me, and it found me unpropured, a8 thoso aro who have nover foroseon the possi- bility of such an omergenoy; o, constituting mysolf o committee of one on ways and meuns, Isat down to considor. For yours my pou had Deen o friond and companion, and writing was tho only work I knew how to do. What had boon a source of amusomont must now bo a source of proflt; but how ? I had not the talent that could etartlo literary ciroles, and bring showers of greenbacks to my pocket ; o sowething more ordinary muat bo rosorted to, and I obtainod a situation’on trial in & publishing houso fn_tho cily, whors I have wogked us correspondent for nowrly two youts, with & ealary ranging from the lowost 0 tho highost ‘pald for such work, I liave learned uy woll 8 any ono nocd what it costs to live, I have paid for board, lodging and Taundry-work from éo o woele upward ; aud #irls I'assuro you upon my honor as a lady, thut, whon 1 recoivod but thal sum, I wrolo from 8 in the mornitg until 7 or 8 at night in the of- fico; then worked on the book, or wrote for newupupard and magnzines, st lomo, unutil far inta *tho wos wma' hours," to carn enough 1o clothe myself,—happy to Lo uble to do {t ut all. You uro hot tho only onos in whose lives somoe doys havo beon durk sud dronry, 'ho nverage wages of sewlng and shop-girls ls about £6 por weol,~ranging from i to §0, Camuon sonsa shows thut a girl can but live on {his sum; aud, unloss sho havo & home whoro sho is fuvored, or some othor incoms, sho must LInn{ hornol€ the comforts of Iife; and, through tho long and bitter wintor, when the wind sweepa over Inko and praivie with piercing sting, slio o0y to and from work with an Insufiiciony of clothing that would shock aud startlo tho uniuiti~ ated, Board in docont housgs caunok bo obinined for losa thad 84 per wook ; Inundry-worl, £1 por dozon; car or 'bus faro, nenrly 1° moro; which loaves—nothing Now comos tho question 8 to whothor thoy cnnnot do bottar by hocoming housomalds. Yoit who ndvoenta and itrga thiy forgat that the prof- oronco is givon to forolgn holp, and that tho clags of girls yon ndvise havo novor boon odu- onted or trafnotl for this worl, and muny havo not tho health or strongth to permit thom to do the hiard worl of a lnuwdry or kitchon, It I8 as impossiblo to find in every woman a good honse- ikoopor g in evory man a ’;uml ehoomaker or bincksmith, You seom to think that, becauso sho Is & womnn, sho fs just natueally n liouso- keoper ; and that, boeeanso sho was Knru o girl, sho came info the world with a disheloth in ono md o acm\lbluf;-bnmh iu the other of her pink baby flats, x‘afl(ly. &t tha shorteat notico, to battlo with dirt and disorder; and you are nstonishod if sho does not think o horself, and Lolleve she ought to sufler if sho does nok nequiesco tnmoly, ow, thero Is work enongh in tho world of all Xinds 3 thoro aro onough to do it, ond, in spita of panic, thore is 1aonoy enough 1o pay for it. Mon aro not selflsh or” unjust, or disposed to rob, starve, or abuso women, o Song of tho Shirt bolonged to an era long woman who is stondy, industrious, and well~ boliaved, will haye auy Lrouble in obfainiug om- ployniont Ly which slio can support horaolf. Thore may Lo, and I presume aro, eases whore the omployer entiches himsolf by grinding down Dis employos ; but, in tho West, espacially in Chilcago, publlo_ oplufon would ot sanction i, ovon if thoro wero a diaposition to do it 3 an thoss who work for small wages, too often mis- take tho notunl nocossity ou the part of flnan- cors to rotronoh their éxponses, for moannoss or welflshnoss. Business-mon are mnoither brutes nor idiots ; and, if the fact Is_shown that thoy do not pny onough for sorvico, thattho omploye ig worth moro to thom than shio rogeives, avd tho profits of businoas will pormit it, she will be hettor paid, But, girls, 1t is no uso to storm and scold among yournslves, calling man all sorty of ill uamos bohiud thofr backs, and working yoursolf inton state of fury of which thoy sro nuvor aware, Boladies. " Go to your employors, re- mombering that they are burdened with caros too hoavy tobe borne, and cnrry londa of ro- sponsibility and sccrot auxicty such ne you nevor droamed of ; talle kindly, pationtly, and sonalbly, stating facts frankly and onndidly, nob 18 o 8lavo crouching to a master ho hatod and for whom he did eye-sorvice, but s one human Deing to anothor,—ns thosa Wwho have like capac- ity for rensoning, for happinoss, and for suffor- ing ; don't, if you want them to' roupect you, go londed with dollar-jewalry, ehoap jowelry, frowsy halr, and slovonish ll‘nmnF 0R806, DU plain and neat, WlthuFun!le dignity aud lndylike solf-respect that will prevenc your desplsing your wark or slighting it, or ignoting or neglect- g your dutlos ; and € Linvo hitlo fear but full natico will bo dono yon. Abovo all things, don't o ashamed of tho fact that you work, in this Inud whoro labor onnobles and idlencss is o dis- graco ; nor attowpt to imitato thoso who wour sioft ralnment, and “ toil not, neither do thoy spin.” Bnid & young lady wlo worked for lous thun balf the salary I received ; * I know ns far s T Bpw you, with'your ledger and_dinnor-bus- Lkot, that you wrote in somebody's office, T wonld starve boforo I would carry a dinner-baskot.” Gad pity the wenknoss that dospises sny badge of honest toil I I novoer seo the crowds of woary- worn, dispiritod womon who pour out of storgs and shops ot G each ‘night, but I mentally hope Bome wisor brains than mino may solve this problom of lifo, and thnt tho day may come wwhon thoir feot may trand “in groon pasturcs sud besido still wators,” oven on carth. GARNET B. FREEMAN, pust, and_ 1o Statement by n Servant in a Private Family. o the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Bm: Ibavoread a groat many pieces in your paper ehout homes for sowing-gitls, aud Low grout many would liko the gowing-girls to go in- to the kitchon, or do housowork, in othier words, I am o servant in a privato family, and I will try and tell you o littlo of the reason why girls would rathier Aow for lews monay than do hiouso- work. TItisthis: Whon n girl doos hiousework, sho hna to got up at 6 o'clook, and work us bard a8 shie is ablo till 9 or 10 o’clock at night. So, if a sorvant geta 53 or 24 a week, sho woll earns it Besides, #ho has to hire her sowing dono, 80 sho doos not have much loft nfter hor hard work, T will tell a littlo of what I bave to do: Fivat, thero aro six in the family. Second, Ihaveto have breakfast for one or two of tho family et 6 o'clock, and brealfast for Lhe rest of the family 847 o'clock ; 80, by the timo I havo my broak- fast, it is most 8 o’clock. I doall the washing and imningl and all the dish-washing and sorub- bing, and sll the cooking ; in fact, I do ull thera is to do in the Louse, Onca in a while the lady of the house will yat the table. By the time I have my work all done sk wight, it is 9 o'clock, snd then I lave to try and sow for myelf, aud Yery often the lord or lady will “call ont fo " put out tho gas; 80 L hiave to hire my calico dresses mado, which cost $2 for makiug. Thus o sorvaut has not much " moro at tho cnd of the weok than o sow- ing-girl ; besides, o sowinz-girl doos not worls neir vo maby Lours as o servant does. Sho goes to work nt 7 or 8 o'clock, and quits at 6. They soy that thoy give us servants on aftor- noon every weel; butono thing s corbuin, it wo do gt cut in the afternoon or in the evening, wo hava to worl that ruuch harder when wo gob Dack, to make up for lost time. 1 seo in to-dny's papor that some think that servants want to mingle in the family, It is o mistake. For my part, I_onjoy mysolf botkor whon I am uok at work, i Lavliug my own_usso- cintes, than boing with'tho famy I live with, Yor my part, Llike to do housework and cook- ing ; bub it is not_tho difforonco in tho worls, it isthe difforenco in tho timo that wo have to work, and the treatment wo ot from lord and lady.” Wo aro human, s much as onr ludy is, and sho epeaks of not boing woll very ofton; but, whether we are wall or unwoll, we have to go to tho wash-tub on BMonday morning, and do all wo can, and thon bo called slow or lazy, just us thoy plonse. If sorvants wero tronted With littlo moro coneidoration, thore would not boe so many go to sew. I road with o growing interest all that is said about sowing-girla and bervants. Citicago, Oct. 5, 1874, ¥ ANNA. The ; Opposition to the Tjé Xome ?- Erojects o the Editor of Ihe Chicago Uribune : Sm: Youlave kindly publishod two Iottors from * Miraudy,” written in o choortul mood, and, a8 A change has come o'er the pirit of hor dreams,” she craves your iudulgence whilo submittiug another, of & moro sobor tone, ox- prossive not alono of Lier foolings and views, but of & group of working-girls whose willing hands aro all thoy have to insuro them s living,—all renlizing the sorious fact that their labor will only bring them lifo's necossitios, whilo man's briugs him thab aud ite luxuries, aud ensbles him to provido for tho coming years. . Wo have resd with interost your articlo in 1ast Bunday's ImnuNe, sud appreeiato its good, sound senso; and will sy, bad you not been quito o sweoping in your charge as rogarda tho kind of roading working-girls indulge in, 'twonld have been to huudveds of us, who do not chioose the kind yon mentioned, muck moro sntinfactory. #You will pleaso bear in mind that, two years ago, this night, whon tho flro-boll In solomn tone poulod forth its lond lurm, many working-girls of Chicago to-dny wero dwellors fu pleasant liomes, whoro good books wero thelr daily companions, and, though homes, books, and all that mudo life bright and happy, on that night vanished forovor, yot our love for good, sensible reading till rowning, Tho proposition of *ohaerful, ploasant Homes for worthy, homeloss working-gilu, at ratos corrosponding with thoir carnings,” hos 1ot with consldornblo opposition from partios who have writton articles against the idea, and, 10 tho girls intorasted, thoir opposition to this p]m]wt. soawn docidodly strange and out of plnce, b While we liave attributed this objection to a lack of that truo, onnobling kiud of Christinnity which delightu i soolng olhiors, as well i wolf, Tinppy aud’ progporous, wud to un elemont found in human charactor styled selfishness, wo yworo surprised that the opposors of this niovamont had found, in an_unoxpestod quurter Lo us, & now ally,—poworful, indeod, It tho true exponent of thie Viows of tho Chyistiun Chureh. Wo rafor to_tho writer of the couumonty, in ono of tho religioun pupors of this city, on this to us vory importunt subjeot. Can & bo pousiblo that, within the henetw of the Christiun community, thero oxlsts much a cold, indifforent fealing to- wavds tho working-givlu? I thoy will dony us o “11lomeo," will they uot deny us a'Bavior? Worldug with tho ncodlo where 1 um employed is tho daughter of n ministor who wors his ife out in the cause of Lis Mustor In un Eustern oity, while his child is wearing her lifo ont with tho noodle Lioro in Qllesgo, and to whow such a * Itome " wonld bo a gront blessing, Dy whom 1n it denfod hor 7 Rtompcetfully, Outcado, Oct, 8, 1873, Mmnaxpy MEANS, Tio Low of Supply and Domand. Tv the Jiditor of The Chicayo Tribune i+ B Unless you think that sufficiont spnco in your cotumna Iina alrendy beon given to tho disoussion of this subject, pleato nllow mo n fow words more. 8omo of the girls seom quite put ont by my former suggotions. They should not find fanlt with “ Alpha,* but with the un- welcomo truth thnt he presonted thom. 'They should try to disprove Lla conclusions heforo thoy denounce him ag “no [riend of tho works ing-glrla" Thoy are vory Indignant because I say that the gitls are themwolves to blame for their low wages, ‘‘as IL," they say, * the poor sowing-girl could dictato torms with her employer It seoms, thon, that they adinit that the whop-girl will tako for hier labor whatovor is offered, pro- vidod t will furnish a baro subsistonce, and i Uhe best her employer will do. T'his, I prosume, isn faok. Now, let us sea how this fact will worle in_connection with those proposed Homen whero girls oan gt thoir Jiving nt reducod price, Tho great Jay of supply and demand regnlntos the Inbor-market, s it ducs overy other markot, and that, too, boyond the interforenco of tho most kindly-dlsponed, Undor the presout system and diaposition of worliug-womon, thore lu n constant, supply of gowing nnd nhu}v Inbor offored at the bare cost ofn lrllfln ond frugal living, ''he eont of hoard and lodging, and n Tow cescntials of dross, seems £o bo flgured up by thene toifers, and sithations nceopted readily al wagos only sufliciont to covor that sun, Lot us 10w Aupposo & canat Theso Homes for working-girls aro ostabliched. Martha, with tho others who hiava socured the honefits of one, gety her liviug for 1.0 o week less thaw it used to cont hor, ko i, wé Wil supposo, ono of n doze cn inmates who aro employed. in the ostablish- mont of n shirt-mulker, gotting thelr27per weok. Panie comes. Shirt-mnker fails, and girls rro out of employmaont. Thoy look rronnd foralhior sitin- tlons, but fiud litlle encoutagswmont., - All' that omploy sowing-girla seem to huvo nll the hands thoy need. artha at last becowos nervous, Her [;umo iy ompty, and bonrd-bills must bo paid, thongh they aro reduced. She hins can- vasgod nll the eatablishments sho knows of, but tho same story moots hor: * Ifwrd timos ;" “no demand for goods;” “all tho hands wo want,"” ete, 8ho rollects that sho can work for €6, and have then moro money aurplus than sho formerly lind t %7, 8ho roturng to one of tho sliops, and intorviews tha ** boss.” Mattha—t! Couldn’t Sou pay 88 for o good ond 7 : Boss—** Don't think I could, Might pay $5.50, if you want to work at that," Martha (roflecting that this would bo virtu- ally the saine as hor old situation ab 57 and full Yl‘icfi {'or board)—*Well, I guess I'll como and vy it Bhe trios it, and tho *boss" soou finds that about ten mora gitls would liko to try it, too, *for awhilo, any way.” Comsequonco {8, ho nu- nounces o hig old eiuployes that, as he can get hands at 36.50, they must work for that, or yield pluce to thoso that will. rival establishmont aorows the street i run, wo will sy, by gyour corro- upondont * Employer,” who i8 sure that no * respectable™ (rm. would reduce 51':15’ Wagos when thoy got their liviug chenponed. Ho soon finds hisrival is selling shirts ub 322 o dozon tlnt it costs vimeolf 23 to maunfacture. Mow i this? Why, old Patorkin puya only 3550 or worl, What i8 tho result? Mr, E. bas to reduco wages or shut up shop. Old Totorkin it perhups not’ very “respectable,"—only “s low-lived old follow ;¥ but his goods rule the markoet, and our kind-hoartod *Employor” must succumb, 1t Ja tho working of a law ay unbondiug as that of gravitation,—us remorscless as K'ate. Martha and Mirandn ‘must sce that, ne long s human aiaturo is as it is, those resulls must follow from thoso promiscs. The furnishing of cheap Homes to shap-girls would oventually bring down tho wages giver thom, and thnt, too, just in fmpm-xiun 10 tho numbor of girls thus provided. 'The inmatos of cach such Howe would be » standing menaco to the situntions of othor girls who could not live 80 cheaply, No ona wotild be benefitod evoutu- ally, oxcopt tho emcloym and thoir_ customers. “To secrot of **Chinoso chenp Inbor,” whowo introduction our luboring clses so mueh dopra- cuta, is, that John can livo 8o cheap,—can thrive ou boiled rats, if need bo,—aud chus cay, and will, worl ut @ mengre componsation. as sho oxprossed it Dut,” I nalked, nflor & pauso in the convorsntion, “when' doos Jousokeoplng go with you ? Turning & somo- what eare-worn faco awny, and luighing o biltgnr littlo laugh, sho made this confession : Tho first yonr ot two I took gront comfort in l.mvlny ovorything fn beautiful order, Aud, though wi snmuamns pretty tired, I nover neglected to havo my dinmet-tablo ornamented with a fow flowors, the meat-pluttors trimmod with parsloy, and dninty littlo butter-pots rob off with sprigs of greon. Thon the elilldren commoncod, and I couldn't Ieop things as I uscd, 1 hired at firnb ona, thon to, oxtra servants ; but It didn't im- prove mattors vory much, Tho washings wero #o Jargo, you Jhow,” sho lnotily oxplained. “Mhon I loft off tho trimming of meat-plnttory an rolling in of flowers, and only occaionnlly found tima to arraugo anything tastofully ; and now, nolually tho butior ling heen kot on 'fu o groat, Inteful lico oyary day for.(he lnab six months, Once in a whila I hnvon &;uml crying- spell, becnuso I am go haravsed and worried In tryinge to do wellin all my dulies, sud falling £a fat short from my iden of how o homo ghouid look, Dut Adolphus soys, *Nover mind, Pussl. You'ean't holp it 1t all owing Lo thnt deme nition wushing.'" Donsey. —_— HUMOR. It was romarked recontly, of a solemnly preciso youth s 1o tools s 1f ho wore cutting o oxaniplo (0 Lia aucostors,” —Whon thoy tricd to swindie Machoth with thio customary apring chickens, ho oxclaimed s ¢ Unyonl moclkory—Nons " " —Seeno in a Jacksonvilte, Tln.,, Qourt: Tho Court—3r. Bhorlff, light tio gns. Deputy—Wo have no metor, Tho Comrt—Why no meter? Deputy—Tho gas-company will not trust tho countyl The Cowt edjowrned, — A_Business Acquaintanco — DMiss Lofty — # Renily, sir, I don't romombors whoro ws it T Tinve mot you?” Jonkins—** Woll, wo ain’l met oiten, o to speal ; but I wold you thom stock'ng whicli, T guess, you've got ou.” —Tho following tender missive was picked up in the Indios' sitting-room of the railrond depot at Fonda: * Dear Charles, do you love me as much s you dil at o quartor to 12 Jast night? Bay you do, denrest, and it will give me apirit to go down sud taczle thom cold benus 1okt from yosterdny." 'The answer sout was, ** Yes; hoist thiem in, my angel.” —An Ohio clergyman makes roport that he once married & couplo, and the man said: * Bo short | bu ehort!” "1 uald, *Yos, Iean do it in threo minutes,” “That’s right,” hewnid, I snw that thoro was some little dissaiifaction on the part of the othor balf, I wsmd, * You dou't want %o hava it too short 7 _# No," slie said, * o, body don't want to got horsolf up ko for nothing.” —A momber of the Society of Friends com- limentad ono of his soct wiho Lind johned n regu- Tt Glingah. uion, tho aew ureats i tho Jitiers #\Vhy, I thought theo objcctod to such- things ag nasic jn worship ?” “*Aud so I do," wuu tha roply, © butil theo must worship God by ma- ch'fuury, Lwant theo to hiavo the best,” —A man gob up bofore dawn, Sundsy morn- ing, to see the stn rise, and wus shot by the ex- asporated ownor of & moloi patel, next door. In Moy last he made o similar effort, nnd was bitten on the heel by n strango dog. Ile thinks of hiring n boy to 4o the oarly rising for his fomily. o monnost man hns boon found sgain, Ho visited Iornellsville tho othor duv, and hitohod his toam to n fonce. Palling an old sack of onts from undor tho seat ho proceeded to focd the horses. 'Then ho produced a specklod hen from tho wagon, and tieing hor by » string to u wheel ho loft bor to pick up the lust ant. —Young men will bo rojoiend to loarn that tight bools moy be drawn o easily by o simple rocoss. ‘L'ho patient lios down ou the foor, and olds his feot sbruight up m tho air until tho blood ruus out of thom, thus diminishing tho 8izo of tho foot, when it will slip into tho boot na sleol a8 gotting into a gutter ou n dark night. o enjoy porfect immunity from pedal tortura whilo the foot is thus encased. it is only neces- unry Lo romain in tho position until rondy to draw off tho boots, - —According to n California paper, s young 1ady of that city, in Loling » gentloman sbout ner Yosemile trip, snid the sconory was gor- “ How's d you loco " who roplicd, their style of locomotion down there. at?” gaid hor frieud, “how moto?" ¢ Why, don't_you thinlk, I lind to ride & ln clothes-pin.” —i¢1ow much aro_those teatful bulbs by the quart 2" asled o muiden of wrocer. Ilu stared ut her s momeut, recovered Liwself, sud said: +40b, them inguus; § cents.” —A practical argumont: * Marin, have you given tho fisher ay fresh water?™ ' ¢ No, gir; what's tho uee? They huven't drank up what's in thero set.” —+ Bodad, T nover was in n country hefore seous,—porfootly ravishing,—but sha didn't like Skilled labor can protect itsolf by combining in trades-unions, aud tholike; but wnskilled ln- Lor hus 10 rosouice excopt, when o fleld of Inbor is crowded and wages too' low, to scel other }:muéflxee of labor whero Lotter wagos are of- ored. You might to-dny, by n greal charitablo or leg- islativo wovemont, Tureish tho entira laboritg clagnen of the country with their food and hous- ing, freo of oxponss, and, within a veel, tho wigas of all would come down to n sum but littlo mora than sufliciont to provide necessary eloth- ing, t!uh what should these ill-paid slop-girls do? Those who are physically capable of doing that kind of worl should, I thiuk, seelk .tho fiols of housework, whoro good wagos aro offered, uoloss thoy hive substantial ubjochions to it Whore aro eorious _objections ontortainod by gy und I hoped some of thess objections would bo stated Lo us by tho girl, thut they uuém be considarcd, and porhaps ramoved. ne of the most serious objections that occurs to my mind it tho custom of requiring those in domestic sorvies to ¢ive most of their ovonings aud most of Sundny to their household-duties. F'ho shop-girl looks all dny townrd tho evemng as lior own timo, nud forward to the Sunday as hor own eutiro day for whatever nso sho desivos to put it to. 1F housohold servica conld bo laced on the eame basis in this yespect, I bo- iovo thousands of gaod mixls would gindly avail thomsolves of it, Lo got tho iucroaso of wages which thofl now #o soroly need. A movement to aecomplish this would bo of far more bonefit to worling-womon than the building for them of free Lhomos, or the furnishing their liviug ot loss than cost. ALrya. Servantgalism. 10 the Editor of Tl Chicago Lribune : Bm: Of ths subject there scoms to bano end. At lonst, after all that has Leen written and epoken upon it, no conclusion has boon reached that ie ut all watisfactory to tho Amori- can femalo mind. Every right-minded mistross of & houso expects, aud is willing, to porform her share of domestic dutics. Sho desires to rule Lier own house, uud, as that cannot be well dono by moroly lesuing orders, sho nssumos thoso cares which are most negleoted, end calls thom hors, DBut tho difficulty is, that, as dowestic sorvitudo ia at proseut arranged, her shuro of caros bins grown yenr by your to such n multitudo that she is in dangor of befng overwhelmed, as sho is alroady dishenrtenod, by thom. Sho has noithor timo nor strongth to conquer thom all, and, at the same timo, attend to those other du- ties, matornal, roligious, and social, whioh may fall to her lot, In most familios, sud I am sponking now of woll-to-do poople, there is too much worlk to do, aud too fow to do it, There is ono Leroulean task, and only ono, inevery family, which orowds all other iabors togothor, and causos them Lo bo 8o burriedly performed that housekeopor is, on that account,in a clronie state of excitement and unrest. This uecossary duly, rogular in it8 require- ‘ments, aud 0 moro Lo bo “avoidod than taxos or deatl, is tho weekly washing of the fumily-linen. It is tho servaut-girl's lovor, with which #he hay power to movo our vory souls to perco or mnd. neay, Vor thesnke of having one's wnshing well and reqularly dono, & housokeepor will sub- mit, evory duy in" the weok, to many an annoy- anco. Of courso, the servaut whose duty it s to waeh, iron, and cools, cannot o _expectal Lo got up othior than very plain menls on tho days on which the family-laundrylng is done. If tho soce ond girl takes her Jllm:u 1y cook, then her dutios fall to tho shinre of others, who gonorally have sufliclont to employ their timo without thnb ox- tra burden, 1Is thoro any romedy for this atate of affairs? 18 tho eommdrnm ofton propounded,—uover, oy yol, satinfactorily snswered, 1f thore {8 noto, thon lot us hold onr pencs, But thoro is ono. It is Co-oporutive Laundrios, Hotwo ouo, & yoar or Lo ago, in one of tho daily pupors, provod that, it they vould bo aturtod i ench neighliorhood, they could bo earriod on at & cost 80 low us {0 Do withiy tho monns of overy family. I washing could bo bath well anil chonply done out of ‘tha fouse, thon wonld thy great bughear of hanwckeaping bo nb onco. and forovor romoved, I3 there u{vhllnmhmylul in tha city who will oxert himmolf to have one sturted ? Thon, oneo more, wonld inatorfa- miling hnvo timo und inelination to docoratw lioy fubla with flowors, and prepare daingy dishes for hor Jord, and mweet thingn for the childron, Tho fullowing httlo tuecidont Blustrates partly what Iuean: £mop un ol sehool-uite onp diy last wealk, who had beon housokeeping for nearly olght B-mm, and who startod out with tho dotey- winatlon {0 *have things right” in hor Loue, whoro thoy bad so much laud_that thoy had ic staclc ity iy o remark fuuputed to u sonof ol alter he hud inspected the numerous hills ang ‘mountain-ranges of Now Hampshire. —Somothing in the Darwininn thoory after o — Whnt u pity,” #nid an onthusinstic musicia to an ardent dincliflo of Darwin's, *“ that I didn romain an npo! I should bave buen able to pl pisnoforte duots by myself.’ —In Galloway laigo cragé are mot with havir anciont writings on_them. One on the farm Knockloby Lo ent deop on the uppor kido, ** L me up and Il tell youmore.” A nuaber, Jeaple gatherad o this crag aud auceowdod fting It up, in hopes of bolnyg woll ropaid; by inutond of finding nny gold, they found writty on it, ** Lay mo down as I wau boforo.” —A man whose morning dram Iad boon much for him, in_saddling his_horso got saddlo wrong ond foromost. Justas ho v about to mount, s neighbor camo_up and cal bis attoution fo tho mistake. Tho borsen) gazed for o moment at tho intrador, ns if in d thought, and thon suid: “ You lot that Bngy alono. How do you kuow which way I amjg ing?" Andhe lookod daggors ab the officy noighbor. e —fcone—Datlor of a fashionable rasidencyy Now York—Jonkins on 1ho ovo of departuro tho African dinmond mines, making his_udj to Miss Mary—2r, J., hastily— Worl, % Mary, work? Ah, Idon’smesn to work.” L Mary—** Then, how do you expect to got h. fortuno?” Mr. J,—'0, I should knoekpe somo follow's brnins, and run off with his {y monds.” Mies Mery (crushingly)—*¢Chon | would make & fatal mistake, Yoi should rugy with the brains,” Collapea of Jonkins, 44 —I Is relatod that upon ono oceasion, W Commodoro Judking was in commund of ;3 Scotin, o fussy littlo gentloman cumo o him g a8 tho stenmer was leaving Livarpool and a. him if he thonght the Scotin would arriveiv York upon » cortain day in timo for hi cateh the noon train for Philudolphin, Judy. lookod at biin o momont i _silonco, and {! taking out his wateh, repliod, I fonr, bityy will bo fiye minutes too Inte I" b —It is related of aScoltish lndy in arom:* pare of tho Highlands, noted for her profuse erality, that, being sometimos overburden, with hiabitusl ¢ worners,” when any of thom Oig slaid his wolcomo she would take occasion say to him at tho morniny meal, with au |ap’ loak at the rest of tho compauy, * Mak' gl - broakfast, Mr, , whilo you're about, " dinng on whanr yo'll get your dinnergys. 03 hint was usually talon, aud ‘tho ** sorndhy ponr partod, Dartic: ~=4A littlo shavor was sitting near his ™)< who woa pickivg ovor raising, whon shyt5¢ callod out of tho room, and, ay sho lefE" Ty “Nov, sonny, dow't touch any of thoso i whon I wm gone.” DLresently the mog “jp", tiirued snd lguired: % Woll,” Charloy, porion take any ralsins " “No, ‘mammy," 00 kuow if Em did, God saw you.," “Yes, % fu, e did, but Ho won's toll,” 3 ~—1ho Now Orlenns Zimes gots off tho folly ing bustling pootry ; o Sty hud o il lamby b With which slio used'to tusslo, 8lio suateled tho wool ull o fta back, Aud stuiled it lu bor bustlo, o lymb scon a he had boen fleccods 4t And In o praston flow 3 (g e Lut Mary got ub on her'car A Aud stuifed {liolamb v, too, i —An old farmer, diotating his will to a lang snys: T givo and bequentit to my wifo tho 3y of £100nyour, Is thut wit down, mastyit *Yos," gnald the Juwyor; “but slio it nob s but that she may marry again. Won't you nd MIX chango in thut caso? Moat podple ry “Ah, do thoy? Well, writo again, and say fo~ wifo marry aguin, T give aud boqueath fo hojea sum of £200 a your, 'That'll do, won't gi~ “\Vll{, that's just doublo the sum - thalgi would have hnd'if sho had remnined unmarigs~ snid tho lawyer, it Is gonorally tho otber 3xd **dyo," uaid tho farmor, “*but him thut talig will dosorva It]" al —_—— 1 A Woman Horn Saly 4y 1776, dtddeford M. (0st.), Correapondence of the' ¢ it e at Miss Tuoy Langdon Nowoll was bog Alfred, July’s, 1776, on the duy and yory . tho lonr of tho situing of tio Leolarag Indopoudence, Wiion Sight, years of 8 ¢ unitod with the Alfrat Sunkors, aud lagg lived with thom. Whon oighty-fous. yog aggo whia wove thirty-four yanla of cloth, ng ninoty-six kuit ten paita of wittens., Blhe navor beon in o rudlvoad enr, nid 14 oxe, hoalth, If sho ives until 13760 Pulloan 3q cur will b dospatehod (o liew nutive Luyy tranpport hor 10 Borton, Jrom thouco sk bo curriod diveot to tho Quakor Gily, whor, prosonce willbo ano of tho foatures (g graud Contonuial, ro en ¥