Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 5, 1875, Page 3

fHE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1875.-—SIXTEEN PAGE Q THE YOUNG FOLKS. They Continue to Avail Them- gelves of The Tribune's Offer. And Fill ©Gur Columns with Interesting Literas tare. gnother Batch of Correspondence on b he Subject of Matrimony, 4§ Variety of Practical and Useful Suggestions Given to the E World, ' Both Sexes Arraigned Before * - the Bar of Public Opinion. A Discussion which Cannot but Result in the Inauguration ot Needed Reforms. AN OPINION. RHYME, BUT GOOD SENSE: p,g‘n?xrsm Thave resd with prids our poble o} wedded .m,-flm proofs you give ‘In Tucid explanstibn: Fou show What benefiis accrue, What comforts will attend us, 7 ye bt only fake the view ‘Which co:omon sense will lend Tx. couneel's timels, and ‘twill take e foot it those who valus Their weifare here in tkis lorn » At best a8 but & ehadow : T tofls snd pares are manilold, $ “'No matter in what etation, he bich, the low, the rich, and poor, “Have each their due quotation. et we can mitigate thoee ills, ‘Just as wo can sugment them ; o mix the bitters will the swools traly s good mazim : T relapor o its peerioas hine T sunlit ehsdows round ft ;. 100, our bappiness 18 dus .*o sunhit faces round us. whit s sweeter then the it % Women, lovely Foman " 134 who can #0 Msu Beart begutie Frow paths which lesd ta ruin Ehe sheds & halooer h(i‘ t!z-‘ the glooms of saduves, A rwet the sioanes of Ui - ‘With more thian willing.glsdness. al to see,a home, * B ol reuares How ofted have I envied bim Who reigms amid such pleasures, Whte 1, & Benellict forlorn, -+ Am battling hard with sorrow, And sighing sadly day and night, ‘Haste, haste, ye bright to-morrow | OuIcaa0, Bpptember, 1873, THE MAIDEXS. 7O JOHN SMITH AND JANE THOMPSON. % the Bidor of The Chicago Tribune : | Camcago, Sept. 4—The genial suthor of “Getting o0 in the World” bas eaid thats fuide-post is not he lees trastworthy on account of its not having hopped off on its wooden leg, ard traversed the road it points out to others. On the strength of this ressoning. a few remarks will be sddressed to the would-be married men and maidens who are agitating the momentous question of single or double blesspdness. Jaue Thompson, if vou are really in earnest sbout this marrsing business, why dovon not profit by the exsmple of that famons enchant~ rees of the olden time ? Did she indulge in any longings after kindred sonls and the infinite, and wail over her lontly fate ? Not she! She went on and had & good tume with the rest of the girla, eol “that when the shipwrecked maviners paussd nnder the palace windows they beard Do diemal cry of * He cometh pot.” Nobody was weary, nor did oy one wish that they wersdesd. There issued from the palace windows only the sounds of mnsic and lsoghter, and they longed to enter. ‘When they did enter, they were flattered by the moat delicate of all flatterles, the knowledge tnat they were the Herosthat had been dreamed of and expected. Next they were well fed, and fhen they were ners to do with as che would. but ins limited senss only,~—aven enchantment gould not cxiend that far,—hers to intensi{y not {ochange. The swinish she conld make more #winish; the wolfish mare wolfish, And this far Jape Thompsom, your power sod Circe's are equal If you waat ¥ic- tms, attract them with ‘music, flatter with deference, and feed them with savory joints, to retain them, If you think the object warth all this exertion, the path is plain befors you. But when ull this is doue, don'c fret be- canse f‘m cannot transform the stag into 8 ghow-slephan:, or tne lion into the.lamb. Keither woman nor msgic is eapable of that. And now, my dear John Smith, you are some- | ‘what at faulz 28 well, and ahould leara one les- Son from Jave Thompeon. * It ehe wants & pair gloves, worth &2 or $£3, and cannot aford to get them, does she go barehanded and at the folks who can afford them for creat- unnecessary wants, and pandering toa vitiat- taste, and mappiog the foundations of society encouragicg extravagaut habits ? By no méans. She steps into the dollar store, gets the best gho can for the money, and pretends that m extetly the ghade and style that she Now, Johin Smith, sinco you are s clerk at & lary of $20 & week, and cannot afford to marry Moneybags and supply her with_dismonds, 0d Parig cresses, aud country residences, and city why do you raif at her and her pa ;:fl erma, and edviety, and rush frantically %0 pint in vain eudeavor to annihilste her and ey yourself ? It will not aid you in the inextendicg your resources or promoting ppinces. Wby do vou not, insiead of og all this commotion, just transfer your Mlention 10 Mies Jouos, whom you know to be 8 e as pretty, and ag iotelligent 23 the other > She is one of the world's workers youreelf, and unlike yourself receives M"lfl! than she reslly earns. Yon know fuat she receives 86 a week, and you know that Ber the offer of half your sslary and » share Jour litile home would be a8 great a windfall death of your rich uncle would be to you. d:‘hl other thing ehould be borne in mind; my ArJohn South: all the world's prizes’ are Kted, not given. When a man wants a prize o t-racing, does he argue that prizes should giveu to all, or that the judges are guilty of 8 gelighnees in mnot gmviog hitn the only 514 for the acking ? He mmply goes to work famit; he tirs. frees himself from sall eelfish Digences, makes a8 much of a map of himsel? 42 Nature intended he sbould be. \Vl:y;i flmlt:, : you expect to pgain .good wife Yithoat an efforc 7 ma.-i!,v‘z g women_ are S tlan silver cups. Depend upon it, Jobn omith, when vou have lived long enough to find g, otlety, human pature, Providence, and the illulllnxong‘ that the surest, the epeediest 47 of overcomiop theee many evils I8 to set o t mproving yoursell. Add when you have Sevated yourself into a real, geouing gentl- thatye che truest and best eense of the word. it the girl vou want will be 86 well satisfied Tith vom that your worldly affairs will be but a ¥ consideration with her. Rora. ntnfioumam IN THEIR EXTRAVAGANCE. the Edttor of Tne Chicaso Trtoune. . Cmicaso, dug. 811 bave been reading your Local Letters " oa the marriagé question mith s Fal deal of fntéredt, being an unmarried 1Y, g alihiongh 4 groas deal biss beeh already d o1 the ebject; I beg leavoto 3dd & Tow rd- Dafks o the socusation df extravagenes W Greas which is hmled st us continually b the flippaut young geots of the Period, I, mssert that they ere them- %aes t0 blame in this matter, for they $o%urage and foster the love of drees in women ,"i}he épecial aitention which they pay td Etyl: Iy dréssed périonia. TFor, 1et & woran :;o well 00 matter where she goes, ghe will o8 Wit icrs atlention. nan & Blaaiy drecsed %’1‘1. irrespective of what her warth or po- { bair, dance, ‘play_the piano, ete. Zaybe. I saythis from my own %~ 1 ‘| mean to perience, oorroborated by the experience of others, It is a well-knoan fact that men vie with each other to have their ladies (b they sweethearts or wives) s well dreesed a8 their neighbors. Iargue that if gentlemen werg to appreciate women according to their worth, and nog according to their dress, there would be a corresponding falling off in expensive dressing. Now, if thess newspaper discussions result in bringing intelligent and respectable men and women together in the sacred ralations of hus- baods and wires, 8 grest good will nave been accomplished. I am desirous of marrying some good man of my own social standiog gvhich is of the best), of whom I can be proud ; but busi- | goes in the same socicty with the yonng ladr, and it takes all his spare_change to keep his standing there, and as his salary incroases, to please the lady of hia choico, he indulges him- self to a greater extent, nnd at the end of the year. though his salary may have reacbed 92,000, ho finds a very small belance to his credit. It is useless to claim he has no other expensive habits besides this, for very oftep the cigars, billards, etc., are merely an outgrowth of it, and o the yeara roll past, aud 28 or 3 finds him just where be was at 18—only” he 18 conlirmed in extrayagant habits he finds 1t bard to gmive up. On the other hard, if be doprives bimself of ness keeps me #0 confined that I have no timog the benefits of society, and practices ecouomy, to lose in flirting, bad I a tendency that way, which [am plad to say I have pot. Other girls who bave little else to do than dress and prome- nadeare sure to step in and carry off the elicible and desirable men. And thoogh therse may be gome who dnecr &t the old-fashioned ~ potion , that women and men were created for each other's mutual advantage, I am not of that sort. I believe that were the arrangements of society based upon natural principle I wonld be the wife of & good busband at the present time. As to extravagance after marrisge, sll women are not like what our frend **Scribes” repre- eents, for moet women are content to make the best of their husband’s means, except the class we call *“upstarts,” who never Lave any higher motive in life than outside show. Belf-praws is no recommendatiop, yet I will say for myself that my knowledge of business has not prevent- ed me from becomiog a practical hounsekeeper. In conclusion I will eay, in opposition to the opinions of Messrs. Malthus and Mill, I believe that until every acre of ground in the world bas its man or woman to stand upon it, we are bound to fulfill, in & legitimate maoner, the com- msnd, * Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth.” Yours respectfully, MaRTHA, PLEASE RISE AND EXPLAIN. To the Editor of The Chicago Trivune : CH104G0, Aug. 80.—'Tis a myatery to me how ¢ Country Bachelor,” **J. B.,” and others know 80 much about us girls, “J.R."gays we are brought up in idleness; and * Country Bach- elor " that we can do nothing but crimp our bair, dapce, etc. Now, how do they know? Buppose Mr. A. aod wife begin life poor. They have four children. Maggie, the oldest, attends school, and helps her mother when at home. As years go on Mr. A. 18 prosperous in business. They cau now afford to hire help, and soon s brown-stone front is in process of erection, which when finished Alr. A. and family ogcupy. Miss Maggie is now a youog lady, has left school, &nd can do nothing but crimp her At least, that is the opinion of ber gentlemen acqusint- ances. They don't know how many loaves of bread she has baked (and can-do now if necessary) or how many piles of dishes she has waghed. Wo find Miss sladgie at an aven- ivg party. Herbair is crimped in the latest style, and her attire is fapltless. Mr. Brown approaches, all smiles, and wants to know if she wiil favor bim with tne next waltz. When sup- per is announced, Mr. Smith wants her company. Aftef supper Mr. White asks her for & song ; and €0 on through the whole evenirig. Now, why i8 it that these men are 0 auxious for her com- pany ? Simply because her hair is crimped, and Bhe is well dressed ; because she can dance and play. If ehe conldo’s play! Mr. White would care nothing for her; if she caaldn't danoe, Mr. Browh would folloyw his example ; and if she couldn't dress as well as the others, Alr. Smith wouldn't even 1ook at her. Oh, yes! Messra. Smith, Brown, and White, it’s all very well for you to talk, but, after all, it’s only those who look nice that you care for. And I think it is rather 1 epend an evesing in their company and prsise and flatter them, and the next day ruo them down to your bachelor friends. We girlsdo like to dreas nicely—of conrse we do (but 80 do you for that matter); but that is not all. We can follow our parents’ examplé and work our way up as tney did, and we are williog to doit too. I think if you wera to inquire into the mattar, instead of judg- ing entirely from appearances, you would know ‘moré about your laay friends, 3 Perhaps you want to know why I didn't write tnis beiore. I will teil $ou. Ididn't 1ntend to get mixed upin this affair at all, but things have gone 60 far, I thought I would let you kuow the opinion of Mavbe MsRTLE, | THE SELFISHNESS OF YOUNG MEN. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribunie : Cmcago, Aug. 81.—On the subject of matri- ‘mony permit me to say & few words. A great number of the young men who have the ability to earn a good livelihood bave such extravagant habits that they believe it impossible to marry and agsume aoother care. They live fast, gay Lives, ana are so selfish that, rather than deny themselves a few of their pet indulgences, they tear from their thoughts and attention some one who would donbtless bave mede life *‘ worth the sacrifice.” These same young men, many of whom bave broken-down copstitutions from the effects of diesipation in every 1 expect . and _believe, if they condeecens tp make ,Benedictsa of thempeives at all, that they are eotitled to marry some pure, fresh girl, with the condition thas her paren:s wiil give her s sufticient marriage portion to provide for her support. Other young men with emaller incomes, and aa equal amount of intelli- gence, donot dete to 2dd o their present re- eponsibilities by marryiog young ladies in thewr own circles of life. They bave tho fanny jdea that if they could find companionable worl ing girls they would gettle down to matri- mouy, never imsgining that pino-tenths of the girls who Live at home are working girls, though They have accomplishments in the way of music, conversation, and ali the littlo arta that make life pleasant. ‘They can make a good appesrance and a bappy home with less mouey than the majarity of girls who support uum;lelvu are ———— THE BACHELORS. IN A NUTSHELL. To the Editor of The Chiwcage Tribune: Crixroy, Aug. 25.—The carse of mudamA .0~ ciety is love of appearances. Therein, gmnd TRIBUNE, Jies the solntionof the complicated and tantalizing problem that is worrying and puzeling the two classes to whxdx you ailude. We all suffer from it to & certain extent, not from choice, perhaps, but from the force of cus- tom. Varions would be the reasons of each indi- vidual of either class if asked to explain why they do 28 they do. They might feel Justified in their course, but they would still be conlront- od with the grim wuth—you are liviog beyond your income ; you love to sppesr better than Jou really are by putting on style. The young man of the period understands {his, friend TRIBONE, Bnd he thinks that while be lives comforiably on his salary that he will not fiy to evils that he knows not of. He gees woman's _weakness in her display of silks and jewels: ha thinks e canuot ask her to give up these plessures for the plain attire and food of his humble home. And, no matter capable of domg. . . P. H. bow much he may desire the marriage stase and’ the jovs and comforts of % homs, he dnfts foto bachelorhood, and the last cound that comes up from the gloom thal surrounds hiuris a bitter waito? “TLogt! Jost! Yost!” 1f I had only— ‘What? Weli, vou'll find out for yourself, for wisdom is gaived only by experience, and the ex- perience of others can help you but little. 1 say it i8 not the ordinary expenses of a fam- ily thatcauses Bo much trouble,—it is the love of appearances ; and until that love is rendes subgervient to the dictates of common sense, you will continne to seée the hundreds of young men drift into_the aforesaid lost condition, and the yorng ladies mournfally peepiig through their Iattice. A F. Bowxzr. SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS. o the Editor of The Chicago Trivune : CHicaGo, Aug. $0.—Among the many replies to the question, “ Woy 19 there a decline in marringes?” I find only: chiArges of extrava- gance—the Indies in dress, the gentlemen in ci- gars, biliiards, ete. This undoubtédly s the chief causo of the-decrease. But whav has bronght sbout this extravagepce, and where does the blame lie? It is ouly &, few -years since our parents married, and often their onited wealth would. Dot ‘amount to more {han ‘s few hundred dollars. Now' & young man must own a gold mine to thitk of marriage. «'YVhy is this thus ?7 I think thegreat fault lies in the fact that these same parents, commencing at the Yoot of the hill, by economy having grined a cdmpetency, and are thus evsbled tg indulge their daughters, not in idieness, for I. have no doubt the majority of them are well up in the art and science 6f houseke! In their - fondness for dress, W ears of age, 18 ng, bot s the young man at, say 1 u in'rhign_ on his own ources, .and it depends on ‘his own exertions - whetber ho sinks or swims. He enters a storson a small . and for & few years is comparatiyel i and 1 rowaided. actorainaly, Hi he may at that age bave accumulated s few hundred dollars. He now enters B0- ciety, and nuonless he opens his purse aod freelvy sponds his money, he will tind he has no business there; that isn't the kind of & young man the Iadies like; they, by their preference, lead us to be fast, and spendthrifts. ‘Thero are, of course, exceotions, but I rearet to 8ay very few.* Take any gathering, see wbo has the preference—the young map, modest, respect- ful, and not lavieh Of his money, or the fast, tashy spendthrift—then tell me whers the blame lies. ~ Very rospeetfuily, Gys. ACKNOWLEDGES THE CORN. To the Edilor of The Clyicago Tribune : Cuicago, Aug. 30.—As many aro debating the subject of matrimony throngh your columns, and as you 8o kindly allow it, I would like also to make a statement. Young men, in some in- stances, have been accused of being ‘spend- thrifta.¥ It is too true. . They are and sbout nmine-tenths of ! them - are not atall calcnlated (through the habits into which they fall) to be married; for they only cause some fine, pure-minded. good girl to lead alife of sorrow through the abuse and neglect of her so-called husband. And yet, how is the evil to be remedied? I am now 30 years of age, have never played a game of billiards (in a sa- loon), have never tasted in mylife one mngle drop of intoxicating drink, or used in sy form that horribly filthy staff, tobacco. I cannot be counted as oue of the boys—they shup me—and while, perhaps, my looks are as fine a8 those of the majority, and upon all sub- jects I am as free in conversation, yet the girls will, in the face of whisky, fobacco-jnice, and a pretty certain knowledge of other fully as bad things, fly to the armsof the *‘gallant, lively boys,” who are willing to chat about any light, foolish subject, or flatter thom, and leave such as myself, who bave an earnest purpose ahead, and who are williog to stand up firmly aud do right, and speak truth, and live as near- 28 men should live, a half—cold shouldor, thereby,. at times, as it were, turning them iuto oxtrayagance and folly. Young women, when you koow thas s man goes where it 18 indecent for him to go, or does that in any form which is not or wouid not be deemed right for you to do, don’t go with him! 1f you were to spend your evenings in ealoons, or evea in walking in the streets With cigars in {Iunr mouths, what would your young beau say ? e would shun you (in_ what 0 wonld call decent socioty) s he would poison, and yev he (who bag tho hab- its) claims your atteution, respect, and, what is more, your hand. . Is woman man’s equal ?—his equal! ~ Yes, poor, abused oney, you-are not only bis equal, but his supetior, and far too good for him. L you could but have a little moro of his “ grit,” 2nd turn your back upon him in every mean thing you know nim to do, you would bring _ about 5 & | far ; bettor ° state of ~afftairs in' geperal, ¥ in matrimony. A woman' is expected to be purity and goodncss, or to be castout and shunned forever. You should work for the right and true. Dy your careless ways you encourage the meu in their foolishness and meanness, and discourage S(o some extent) the few who try to do differently. . ‘Winrisas. ‘THIS IS INDEED SERIOUS. Tothe Editor of The Chicago Tribune : Cuicago, Aug. 28.—I am one of the class that have been jilted, and cannot say with trathigi- ness ** Better to have Joved and lost than never to have Joved at all.” It was not want of money. Jack of affection, or any doubt of our mutusl sincerity, that parted us, a8 I have every reason to believe that my intended still has & warm place1n her heart for me; and, a8 for myself, I did and do now love the blue-syed girl with an affection as stroog as life itself, and under such circumetances the way would seem to be clear for us to marry, and do our duty to society and ourselves., But no,—that would be displeasing to parents, and, between parents and intended busband, the lady decides a6 sba * thinks for the best,” and lets her beau go Twith- ont anv one of her famify being able fo eay anything more thap that You are not suited to each other. Mcw, Mr. Editor, I bave wanted o homa Zoz years, .but, with my iove already fixed, ‘ spd vot being able to trapsfer it offband to any other woman I have ever yet seen, it would seem asif Thad got to go throngh hfeas an old “bach "—as great an abomination as for a lady to be an old maid. Probably there are thou- sands of men in Chicago to-day in the same po- sition] who, though forgotten, caonot them- selves forget 80 easily, aud all hide and ocover up their disappointment_closely from every eye, und, though willing and able 1o be kind and to provide for every want for esome good woman, think it wrppg to take the solemn yows upon themeelves that would bo required. Wbat do you think ? Coxsraxey. —_— THE MATRONS. - ANOTHER HAPPY FAMILY. o the Editor of s Chicago Tribune : Caoaco, Aug. 28.—I am sorry to see the articte in to-day's TrinoNe ending “Marrisges are on the decline, and this decline will be more marked hereafter,” There is a power at work here which human be- ings cannot control, and I most sincerely hope that the writer is mistaken. When & woman consents to marry & poor man, she is not worthy of the mnamo of woman if she 18 not only willing, but glad, to help him in the struggle of life. A woman who mar- ries a poor mao and expects him to support her 1 idleness, while he works dayand night almost, is not wortby to be the wife of any good man. 1 am not married myself, 80 I cannot epeak from my own experience, but can from observation. I have s friend who bas been married five or Bix years. When sho was first married, ber husbana was receiving $16 a week. He nad saved almost nothing, and they were obliged to make their housekeep- ing expenses at first very small, while that necessary evil, & servant-girl, was dispensed with altogether. His sslary has been steadily increasing, unul now it is three or four times what it was then. He is steady and indugtrions, and has no bad habits; she i8 prudent and eco~ nominal ; knows bow to work, and is not afraid to do it. Their greatest troubles have been two little ones, and, although her husband thanks God for them, it is Dot for the reason that it keeps her from following hLim, as he nbver goes to any place of amugement without her, 1 am pure that they love each other, and are happier every day they live, and that she thinks she is one of a good man. This is one case, and I em sure there are many more. Of course there ate many who are not worthy to marry ady good woman, add women who are not wotthy to marry any good man. Ilike the article signed ‘‘Mary,” but donot sgrée with her estimate of ** bovs and girls.” I think there are jist a8 maby godd men- ‘& women, and just 88 maby good Women &8 men ; but whon either 3 IaD Or WOMAD marries they want Yo be Bure they are marrying the right per- 800, A WoMax'S S1DE o IT. ~ . AREPLYTO "PAUL." To ths Editor of The Chicago Tridune: Cuicago, Aug. 28.—Béing a Fotng married 1zdy, I bave read with'much interest the lstters written. by both Sexes in regard to matrimony, and 88 * Paul” wished some married lady to let bim know how to live, I will undertake to do so, Thave been married fourteen months, and dur- ing that time iny husband's wages have averaged abot €65 per month, and we have lived and gaved money on that. To be suire, we have had to economize, but that has not hurt us any, ror will it any 6né else. When my husbind receives his pay every month, he gives it all to me except two or threo doliars, eaying, *‘Take this: you will spenc i better than I can.” The first thing Idoisto pay our board, which averages $37 per month, For this :_nlllnnnt yra] get anice mde room, which we_furnish ourselves. Then 1) i whith s 61 pek Wit T have bonght e g semnng-machine; which cost $75; this I bonight by payiog $10.dows, sod. 85 month. Now, L after paying—board, $37; miching, $5; Washe those women fortunate enough to nave married ! ing, §4.50—total, ©46.50, Wo have loft $18.50. Ho'w can three—for wo Lsya the dearest lictie irl in town—dress on that? I will tell you, I do all my own dressmaking mveelf, make my husband's clothes, eversthing but 'his coats. Tha way I do it is thia: ‘et him get one parr of pants and a ves: cut at the tailor’s, and then I take the pattern, 80 the next time he peedsa pair I cot them myseif, so Saviug the 75 cents for cutting. Now Ican make bim for $4.50 or S5 just as good 8 _pair of g\mus a8 he could buy for 29 or £10. We both dress well; and very fow of our young friends bave any idea on how ittle. ! l]’}Ae wey for young folks to do i8 to be saving before they are married. There ought not to be a youug man in the cily but that could (or does) furnish his own room, for even a chamber-set helps to furnish wonderfully ; and don't bo g0 foolish, young man, a8 to spend -ail you can esrn on vour own dress and for your own amusement. 3y husband ou $63 & month saves more money, aod haa three to take care of, ti he did hefore the fire on $75, and only one to look after. : Now, if the yomng men will only look gt it in tho ° right light, they will find out that there is more happiness to be had in taking care of some onp, than not, sud lstmp says word just bere: If you marty a young girl, and sho does not 'come up £o your expectations in overything, don't scold and find fault, for if you do sne will not try half 8o hard to please you the next time. Encourage bher,and tell her bow much you think of her and what she doos, and I will promisa you that the next time she will do better, Don't be always telling Lier of her ex- travagance, when you yourself know she is not 80; and if she aeks your advice upon any sub- ject give it to her, and advise With her, for two beads are better than oue. . 'As for “ Cosmopolitan,” I judge from his let- ter he is & very small spocimen of a man, and I thiok the girl that marries him will be sorry as long as she lives. Heis too mean and selfish to love any one (unless it be tbe rich widow he opeake of), and then I think it is ber money and not berseif he would love. I am gorry thag be Deing o man has such weak braine, for be bays if be had to economize he should be an inyslid, and tired of his wife. Poor map. - 3 » Busy Bopy. MORE ENCOURAGEMENT. To the Editor of The Chicaca Tribune: Cuicaco, Aug. 28.— ** Why do not young peo- pie marry 2" That is a question well worth all the atteotion the readers of TuE TRIBUNE are bestowing upon it. What various opinions thoy advance! Some come from true-hearted girls and women ; some from men who have to the fullest extont tha characterisiic feature of man— selfishpess — pare, pnadulterated selfishness. Bat there are a few, I am bhappy to say, that, by their own nnconscious shoning, would make good husbande. Do they thivk all girls are brainless? That, because they Lave been brought up to wear fine clothes, to play the ‘piano, and talk nonsense in nonsensical society, they know"and are capable of nothing bet- ter ? If g0, they were never more mistaken. It has been my own exporience, snd I doubs not of thousands of other girls, that, after an even- ing spent in seciety, the utter foolithness of the whole affair comes back to them so foreibly that they would never do the like again if it were in their power to do otherwise. How welcome to them is the opportunity of cariog for and mak- ing beautiful a home for tbe man they love. The same girls would live on suincomo of 8500 :f tho case required it. Does it necessarily follow that & girl cannot make & loaf of bread or cake be- causo she knows Low to play the piano? or that eho cannot broil a beef-steak because she can waltz 2 No sacrifice 18 too great for s loving wife, no burden too heavy for her to besr, no work too laborious for ber to do, when it is a labor of love; and the only zeward ehe craves is the loving commendstion of him who is to her all in ail. 1 konow the *‘strong- minded " ones will elevate their noses ot this, but what do we, the happy wives, care for that? If young men with moderate salarics¢ wounld only take heart to lay the whole case belore the 13dy of their choice, tell her candidly the state of their finances, and ask her whether she could make a home for themselves on such a small amount, they would be surpnised to find how noble aud self-sacriticing & loving woman can bo: aud they wonld find the truth of the old say- ing, ** Love works wonders.” Of ope thung I aw certain—let all women, either high or Yow, Tich or poor, give wide berth to & man who adyances sach priuciplos as does “Cosmopolitan.” Bo nssured ko will make anythiug but a goodhzsband. Work yourwuote litelume for §10 per week rather than marry such & msn, We both commenced poor; and now, after baving been married nearly thres yeats, we vever look back and wish we had waited until we wero rich. We have managed to keep our heads a long \way above water, aud the auxiety of 1t has not killed either ot ns. And what we have we bLave earned together; sud in the mesntime have enjoyed ourseives 8 1o poor, torlon old bachelors ever did. 1 sympathize with every word written by ‘‘Joha Ballard” and *‘ Mary,” aond thank them for their strong, truthful woids, and hope that the young men hearing such good reports may take heart to take unto themselves a wife, and kuow the blessing of a home, halloyed by the strongest tiea of love, By ONE Wuo Kxows. THE BENEDICTS. TO “THE LONELY SIX" AND OTHERS. o the Editur of T'he Chicago Tribune : Caicaco, Aug. 30,~If sou have a heart within your breast, you will refrain from tossing this poorly- sorded, grammarless letter into the nearest waste-basket, to mingle and perish along with *‘slush™ poetry and demented corgespond- ence, of which, no Joubt, yon are more than abundantly supplied. Ihave been a soldier for TuE TRIBUNE nearly five years, and this is the first time I have ever had occaslon to draw my sword. Mlay it penetrate deep into tho hesrts of bachelors, cut the fibres which cling to conceit, selfishness, and prejudice to the opposite sex ; may it causo *the-lonely six” to get. married indtantly, and open a pathway for all mankind tbat they may come forward from cheap board- ing-houses, marble-fronts, beer-gardens, bunko- shops, police-stations, and take unto thema w.ua. Oh, you miserable, forsaken, forlorn pieces of human wretchedness, how my heart aches for you! )gring forth *the lonely six” who centributed 80 unth‘mlytoyoux last Saturday’s issue, Let me call in a phrenologist to examine their pates. I there runs a channel of brains throngh their skulls, oh grant me leave, just this ouce, dedr 'TRIDUNE, to charter flotilla of tugaladen to the water's edge with good common sense, for these nofortunate beings. Whers is Robert Collyer, the guth?r of **Clear Grit,” tbat he will thus remain silent, and allow six friends from the outer world to riddle his famous eubject to pieces, to tear down the walls he has spent a quarter of a certury in building up, and allow our daughters to remain forever in fhe matri- monial market ? ‘The income of thé most muccessful of this un- bhavpy group of bacheldrs ia' $2,000 annuslly. Out of this large salary he complains that he can save buia few dollars. The remamder of the group receive far short of $2,000. We will edy S1,500 or eveti 1,000. When the 1stof January comes round their balances are abont the same. They say they are not extravagant, Now if your balances are the ssme, some of you Teceiting & mich higher salaries than othezs, do Fou Buppose you can force tlie readers of THE ’L:nmvsr. to believe you are not extravagant 7 Nor can 7ou make thom Deliev different from tHe fact that vou are not ona and &l extravagant, You say your ages rango from 2340 40 years. A man who Les apent forty years of his lifesn in- dusmous_puuu.ll& 10, one to care for but him- gelt, and poor, is to be pitied, He ls Eimply 6o menatall. The world should gaze upon tuch & mau a8 & worthless being. Suppose, all men were like yourselves,—destitute of ambition, lazg, good-for-uothivg fellons? Then where wouid We be? lojthe wilderness, wearlng moccasios, sleeping in hollow stumps, -and feeding oo acorus. Yob cldim to be men of education and 10 possess practical buainers qualitcations, 1t you are educated, you make poor use of your ed- ucations : aud, if you are practical business men, thers ara 1o g1dat pownts yeu have yet to Jearn, —how to save a dollir, how to spend a dollar. & practical busiess man, while yet poor, striving to become rich, t0 become famous in commer- cial circles, to build up & good pame generally, never pays thres prices for lus clothing, three prices for .board, smoke 23-cent cigarettes, or . entertain young ladiss whoae sole ambition is to dress in the lateat fashions and enjoy the com- ‘pany of ycung men who will spend their money. Now, I will teil yoa whitt kind of 8 man I am, ood don't pretend that [ am any better or can be any betfer or smarter thap any oneelse. At 14 years-of age Lwas left an orphan, to bé cast 3:;:’1‘ :fln ::A:n wave, Ever gincs then I b;\‘: roried 8t Yarious pursnits, among them tha! of mmkmg Everything I ever under- ' took fo work at I male money, saved mouey, and have money. ."On the 13th of August 1 was 23 vears' of age, and now 1 bave over £3,000 in tho baok, snd two beautifal residence lota in South Chicago. Altogather'I am worth £4,000. I never received higher than 8300 aonuslly, aad have ouly ro- cewved that sinco January last. I sm married and have been Leeping house for three years, aod live betier than your six unfortunates, or any other unfortunate old ** bach” who pays board. My wife, before marriaze, made. ber liviog by canvassing for newgpapers and periodi- cals. All the schooling I ever had was fourtesi mouths at night school in thus city. Now life i’ nothing buk bappipess. What I ent 0o I can relish, for you eee I purchase my own veal and know just “precisely how fresh it is, whether 1t died a patural death, was acciden- tally drowned, Lilled by dogs, run over by the cars, or had its juzular severed by the butcher ; buy my own coffes, and know how much ia Java sand how much is pess, beans, corn, rice, haminy, or whether it s really coffea at all ; buy my own milk, and am quite sure it is no lime, chalk, plaster Pans, and ice water.shaken up ie-s barrel, maguitied by s promising young calf standiug Dear; buy my own sugar, and do not bite off the head of a sbingle-nail, ‘swallow sticks, chaw pieaes of alligator, rhinoosros, calf, or dogekin shoes from tho feet of New Orleans darkevs, but know it is ctoan, No, 1 A+ buy my own flour, and do not occasionally bite off' the wing of a grasshopper, sud eat bread as biackns my wife’s uncle's black cat; buy my own fruit; and know that four-fifths is pot green, the other fifth rotten. My washing is done at home, nd [ never receive in.exchange for my ehirt one that is big enough to cover a barrel of salt or a hogshead of sugar; neither do I sleep on slats, but on a genuime mattress, and when I get in bed I do not strike my left knee where a tick ought to be, and take the name of the Lord in vain the last thing before going tosleep. Noram 1 woke upats o'clock in the morring by a great big overgrown rod- headed girl beating & gong that can_be heard from Stazo to Halsted streot. When I wake yp after s good night's sleep the water in the pitcher is not frozen Rnee-deep, towels gone, a piece of soap lying on the mantel-piece nearly the gize of a full-grown bean, comb full of red bair, probably the chambermaid’s. Nor do I cuss, kick, pinch, bite, get my back all over whitewash, tear up the carpet trying to get my frozen boots oo, git dows and damn all the Cnispins on earth, get up and try it egain, tbig time stumbling over the slop-bucket onto the bed, which goes down with a great crash, calling up tho red-readed chambermaid, and stand acd coss her till the ar 18 blue around me. Then &lip down three flights of stairs which have been scrubbed before day- light and become frozen; eit down to the table, wast half an hour till the lanalady gets through shaking her fist and arguing in behalf of Henry Ward Beecher, or censurning Mayor Colvin for. grossly kicking the Police Commissioners out of ollice, before I am waited on. Then get up from the tablo and find that some one bas taken my bat and left a reasy ona in its place; damn the men and the boarding-bouse, nnd swesr that I will get mauried inside of a week, and then break my promige. I will take the comfort of married life 1u mine in prefereuce to being Lkicked abont 1 modern hotels and buarding-houses, * with 10 one to cheer me and no one to caress me.” 3 L.C.W. MATRIMONY AND FINANCE. LA T the Editar of The Chicago Tribune; CHicaco, Aug. 31.—You expressed a wish in your Bunday's issus to hear from some of the contenled married people, how they managed to get along, and whot it cost them tolive. We subjoin a list of sctual expenditura for one year, u8 being the beet and briefest way of giving an idea of how economicglly married life can be maintaiped if both husband and wife are in & mind to do il 3 Butcher . 5 Rent (four Tooms on paved sireet), Tobacco, cigars, and theatres, & Total. ..5700 Thua ont of & yearly income of 3900 we can gave $200. The aboye prices could be much reduced. You see wo put our washing out and we live well; 1f we hked to live poorly we could reduce our grocer's bill one-third, and Lutcher’s at least ono-balf. Wo think wo kava demonstrated that & couple can live on $60 & month, ‘ard live well at that; and that they can get along very nicely on 350. I have friend who suppots wife, child, snd mother-in- law on 260 & month, and who does not owe a cent. P If any one thinks we cannot be_comfortable, bapoy, bealthy, and well fed, let bim or ber call on any day at 1544 Butterfield street, and we will introdnce them to & happy ho.ne, and show them an En%hshmn weighing 200 pounds avoirdu- pofs. Respectfully, Alr. AxD Mes. Mermisro. FATHER TO SON. Letter from father to s0n, counseling modera- tion in taking a wife on short scqualntance ; My Dear Goon SoX : I have this moment received your leiter. There i8 no objection to your takinga Sife if ehois the right kind of a lady. Iapproveof early marrisges, You, my dear gon, are so fmpulsive, kind, snd gencrous in your disposition, that I fear too rapid movements and haste. Marriuge is tho great intin a man's life, for happiness and suocess, or all The il of bfe. At this s man should Reeitate, delib~ erate, and calculate, Prompted by fancy, Leauly, and persanal inspiration, a man is likely to become in what 15 called loe, whilea calm and careful survey of the years to follow should have a predoinating in- Huence, mot only for himseif, but for the 1)dy. Prospects of health, practical ‘education, amia- Dility of- disposition, and tnmistaken evidences of strang devotion on ihe lady’s part, ore the indispen- sable necessities, together with innate Christian prin- ciple and truthfulness, No short acqusintance éan insure thess things. The expectations of the lady hus much to do in deu]mxnxngi”g ;2‘1:;. been bronglit up in dleness and luxury, and baving Al tho wished for the ssking, it 1 rarely that shie is capable of a belp-mate, and especially to ».man that hisa bis fortune to make. 1f, on the contrary, she bas peen taught the necessity of economy, and been used to earn her bread by & reasonable amount of industry, she would have health and frugality; and cheerfully acquiesce in ber duties of Jifo. ‘Consider all these things, and if you are worthy of, and in disposition and habite adapted to make her happy and command her respect (without mutual re- spect all 1s useless and disastrous to all goed), with the right woman there {8 00 reason wWhy you cannot sup~ port a wife. 1 shall be most happy to see the lady you write of. ana hope you will hive Four mother see her beforo o returns. !hI want to hear further from you on this subject. You know I am your best friend, my dear son, and you will confide in me always as before, In the mean- fime take no hasty action. 1f she loves you there s no danger of some delay. Do mot be preciritate. Your affectionate and devoted FaTnes, THIS MAY BE A FANCY PICTURE. o the Editor of The Chicaco Tribttna: Gaicsgo, Aug. 30.~Will you perait me fo tell my story about this marriage question? Three years ago I met 8 young lady wl'w, I d'mugm. possessed the qualities I wanted in a wife. I Joved her, but our friends opposed the match. We decided to fight the battle aione; théy awore néver to help ts—and they have kept their word well. The very next day after our marriage my em- ployer failed, and I.lost thus my savings of three yoars, abont $800. Al Ihad in the world now was $90 and & wife. We boarded for a couple of weeks, but our yellow moon was getting yellower sll the time; wWe rented furnished rooms and commenced hoasekeep- ing. . Fifteen dollars, 5o work, n_nd no friends, whs ths state of our affairs ono Dacember morping, after just one month of married life. Finaily I fouiid employthent, and for six months wo kopt adding to our atock of furniture out of my $15 per week, and bLasd laid,up something over $200 besides, wheo I fell sick, and lost my situation of course. Since thien 1 have not had work haif of the time. ‘Now, 1 wish I could handle a pen well,_enough to tell Lhe story of these two yeara sud & half, but I can't. I wishIcould tell bow my wife threw awiy her high-flown notions of ladsship; how ghe took in_washing sod sewing,” and often stitchied away until 21. or 12 o'clock at pight; how she went ont to work by the day, and wal ed 8 milea moroing and evening to save car-fare; pow she would bide from me to have a good cry by Berdelf, and then coma (o me smiliog, poor thing; to comfort me, and bid me cheer up! e have seen dark days.—so darkindeed that shadows of death mbre than once seemed to offer us 8 happy deliverance, and, althongh the clouda have thmnned, Lhé sky 18 not altogether clear set. Talk of curtailiog expenses! Our ‘moothly billa for_estaplés run Zrom S7 10 £9; eversthibg else” in proportion; ret i the bedviest iten, &10. i ‘But_if yon ask me: Under those circum- ‘stances. wouid you not rataer be single? I snewer: No, sir, I would not; and sémébody peeping over my shonlder at this momient say8: “Chorus!” . For, in my estimstion, a true wife is & treasure f{at supenior, to the single blessed- negs of bachelordom, or dny ottier blessedneas ; d every man cinfibd a true wife, if heis %l.i ”J;’ be trpe to her, and have her, "’Vu;i’.“ ‘mosey, byt for herselt, INFLATION. Nasby's Corners Decide for Inflation, and Pit Their Ideas into Practice. Glorlous Resuls of the First StepesThe . Unlimited Trust and Confidence L3 Companye s Toledo Blade. & Coxreprrr X Roups, WICH IS IN THE STATE UV KeNTUOKY, Aug. 23, 1875.—The Corners hev red the speeches uv Honest Ole Bill Allen and that other gileless patrigt, Gen. Samyoocel Cary, uv Ohio. on the momenchus subjick uv More Money, tiil they hev bin worked up to a sate uv absloot maduis. The Corners.are jist the same ez all other impecoonins people—they want Aore Money, and the idee uv Honest Ole Bill Allan, that, togitit, all yoo hed to do wnz tp ishoo it, filled our idees uv finanse eggsackly. It is simple, effectooal, and ezily gndamood. I determined to put the idee into practice and to that end sejested to my friends the organiza- shen uv s:bank uyishoo, under the name and title nv “The Onlimited Trust and Confidence Company uv-Confidrit X Roads.” .1 hed soma trouble to git the citizens into it, but I fineliy succeeded. I explained to the peo~ ple.that more money would be an advantage to tho debtor class, wich, ez nine-tenths uv em wos in debt to Bascom, settled them. They hailed with joy any movement that wood wine out their scores and give em new crodit at his bar. To Bascon, and them ez I'intended to hevin tho management, I showed that more money meant increased trads, and ez the -money wood all be ishood on our erpdit, it woodent cost any- thing but the minling; we coodent lose any- thing. 8o the Bank wuz started. I wuz made President; Issaker Gavit, Cashier; Bascom, Vice-President ; with a Board uv Directors con- sistin of Kernel McPelter and the venerable Deekin Pogram. We put the Deekin on becoz he is bald-headed, and therefore respectable. His biznis is to sit in-the front window reedin an inflashen paper. It inspires confidence. Yoo bave to watch him to keep him from hevin the paper upside down, but in this commanity that dou’t matcer, ez very few know the difference more'n he does, It woz fotchnit that our bankin room wuz lo- katid immejitly under the printin-offis, 6z we Xin let the privted cotes wich we isheo down to the President’s desk by a rope. It saves labor, wich is & great pint in an instooshen like ours. The theory on wich our paper is ishood 8 very simple. The Company ishoo it and the people take it. We hev no tume fixed for redempshuu, for the beauty uv the biznis is that we don’t vever inteud to redeem. Our notes reeds = ** The Onlimited Trust and Confidence Com- pany uv Coufedrit X Roads (wich 18 in the State !lxjv llx’:}ntucky), promises to pay the bearer One oilar."” ‘We don't say when, whare, or how, and there- in ia the strength uv the eaterprise. Our first ishoo waz reseeved with some hes- 1tasneu. “ Where is our secoority? " demanded ooe farmef to whom we offered it in payment for a load uv wheat. “ Faith in the company !” I acsered, lookin at him pilywly. *Gaze onto that face,” I re- soomed, pintin at Deekin Pogram, who rather spiled the effeck by brushin off & fiy that hed lited on his nogb; “*‘look at that face and theu ask for secoerity.” “ When is 1t to be redeemed ?” ackt another. *It never wants to be redeemed,” wuz my anger. **We shel be libral, and when s note wears out we will give yoo _another, Wat do yoo want it redeemed fur? Moaey ishood on’ faith needs no redempsbun, We buy yoor pradeose with it—y00_yoose it to buy your 0ods, and g0 it goes round and roundin a sir- §ie druponsin blessios whereverit lites, Ez loog ezyoo takeit wat do yoo want uy soytung elge 7" Avother remarkt that it wuz his idee that paper money wuz all to be redeemed -in gold. “Gold,” " I promptly replied, * is played out. Gold is merchondiss. Qur Democratio brethren in Obio bav desided that money is smply promises to pay. and that it don't matter on wat material that promise is stampt —whether gold, silver, iron, shells, or copper. ‘We shel put ourn on paper, cos it’s the cheap- est. Weshel hev no extravagance about thii bank.” Pollock, the Ilinoy disturber,in the wmost brootal manner refoozed to_tech it, and conse- kently his biznis suffered. Oue shoemaker from Ohio followed soot, and undertook to argoo sgin go much money. He asserted the hesesy that addin to the volume uy currency didnt add nothin to its power. Bed he: - I will illustrate 8o the Corners will compre- hend. Yoo takea gallon uv whisky and acd to it three gallons uv water. Well, yoo hev four gallons in the barl, but there ain't busons gatlon uv squars druuk ia it, after all.” x 1 apsered him by readin copious extrax from Cary's speeches, showin that troo prosperity goes hand in haod with plenty uv money. Thoy finelly was convinst and took our money for their grain, tho we hed fo pay them at tho beginin’ 20 cents a bushel more for their whest tnan other money wood hev gowit for. Butwedidn’t cars, for we knew we caod mske all uv it we wanted. E itwuz astonishin wat & era uv prosperity set in on the Corners to wunst. DMfoney became ez plenty ez blackberries, and everybody hed their pocketa full uvit. Land went up in valyoo 200 per cent in & week, and the price uv the neces- Saries uvlife raised ekally. Bascom putup his new whisky from 5 to 25 cents per douk, and sich waz the run uv trade he hed that his wife and oldest Ron, Jefferson Davis Bascom. both hed to stand in the bar to wait on costomers. The bank bought ail the whest and other prodwck- ehinns, and paid for 'em in its own money, and we paid sich prices ez happened, for money wuz with us no objeck. The high prices brot all the trade for twenty milea around to the Corners, and sl! the dealers who wood take ths money, stood up to their middles in it. Then mfium ccm‘s. gxnlmmm the ::awda uv eople in Bascom's, I gaid to the doubter: b3 -‘PWuz trade ez brisk ez that afora inflashan ?” wich gettled him. . Improvements are bein projected every day. We hev orimized a company to build a branch road from here to Becessionville, another over to Bloody Fork, and sdll snother to Little Andersonville. Five turnpike companies hov bin Organized, and three factries hev bin actooally commenced. The wuater- power on the Run jist above the vil- luge is to be improved at wunst, and Bascom is alreddy 4t work on & wing to the back part of the grocery, Town lots are doublin in valyoo every day, and naw sddisbuns are bein perpetyooally laid out. Everybody is spekelatin, and evary- body 18 gettia tich. Thare is flush fimes here. The people are all inflasbioniats. e Iam President uv all these compnies, and Isee uo reason why I cant put em throngh. It is troo the price uv everything hez gone up. The commonest nigger labor 18 now up to §8 a day, and & peir uv pegged boots is wuth §20, but wat dierence does that make? So long oz Simpkios, the printer, kin work his preas, we kin manufackter all the money we waut; snd ez [oog ez we kin manufackier money, why there must be prosperity. Pollock and Joe Bigler we bed to get red uv, for they waz prejoodissen the people agin us., Pollock’s stock uv goods and his gtore wnz woth, in the old times, before the era uy inflashun, about 91,000, and Biscom and me and Deekin Pogram went to him and offered bim that sum for his property. . | *Things hez raised,” said he, “and I Won't geli for less than £2,500.” Ve promptiy accepted that price, and Isent a boy back to the bank with a bushel basket to brig the money. When it coma Pollock re- foosed to take it. + I want greenbax,” sed he. . “ Our mon: est ez good,”sezL | “4¢1 know it,” 86z he, *butl have s prejoodisin favor uv other money.” - There wuz 8 erowd about, snd it wood naver do to acknowledgze tbat any money wuz better than ours, I took Buscom to one side. G, W.," sez I, “hereis & golden opportu- pity to do two things. First we gt nd uy & diturber, and second we give confidence in oar ishoos. Bake up what greenbsx yoo hev and pay him io em.” . - .G: W. consented, and it waz done in the pres- ence uv the people. 2 = T 5 “Yoo see,” sed I 1oy friends, thav we'd jest @z 500D pAy RTeEnbAX 82 OUT own money.” . . The crowd wux re-ashoosed and took our bills ez readily ez ever. Pollock and Bigler gave up the property, but theéy didn't leave the village. On the contrary, they went to the tavern. to board, and jeered st us wiiza than sver. They sed they hed made more money by this trandack- shen than they hed ever made in the Corners since thoy hed Ianded there.. . . Deekin Po Capt. McPelter, and_ Issaker Gavitt hiev off mortgages on their farms, and T hev bot a farm end am gettin up }mnn for & manshun befittin my new position, _I'am now happy and contented. Ihev finelly stzuck my gait. Bank Presidents soots me—I wuz born for it. Ef I wuz relijualy inclioed oI shood pray for Willyjum Allen until I hed corns on both koees. PETROLEUM V. N4sBY. President uv the Onlimited Tzust and Contidence Company. P. S.—There’s a triflin, bat still embarrassin, trouble okkurred. The onprecedented rua on. ascom, in consequence uv the plentifulness oy money, exhausted his satock uy hkkers yesterday, and he sent to ' Laoisville for more, Ths likker merchants uv that mersevary city, ez & mere matter uy .| form, generally require Bascom to psy for geods afore they ship em, to avoid mistakes. He sent on £1,000 uv our money, AND THEY REFGOUZED TO TAE 17! Ez he paid sl the greenbax he hed to Pollock, he can't get supplied, and the Corners is parched. Wat to do we don't know. Wa ?fi?s‘ #ea why our money ehoodent go in Laois~ It will take two weeks to ship enongh grain to Looisville tolexchange for &ho-l?khtr,nfnd ther comes anotber terrible quondary. Bascom de- mands the grain uv the Bank and wants to pay for itin the Bank's ishoos! And he insiats on hevin it at wat its wuth in Looisvills in zrean- bax! Finanseerin aint tho easiest biznis in the world. Our mouey ssartid well ennff on the cir- kie, but there seems to be a bresk init. Ef we let Bascom bey that grain and our own money for it, were 18 our profits? 1f wo don’t lot him hev the grain, the Cormerawill die uy drouth! ‘And ef he gits it, oor .maney must ha taken for it, for it's all he's got. I cood.cut thé Gorjen koot by failin, but then tho wheat wood be attached. I shell hold on and see wat a week will bring forth. Frovideuce uever -.leseP rted me yit. . V. N MR. STACK’S STORY. . Why Lt Didn’t Suit. Max Adelsr, 2 ‘Some time ago a young man named Stack senl 8 serial story to tho Morning Arqusin om village, and after waiting awhile and hearing nothio g about it be eoncluded to cell upan the editor. Col. Bangs, in order Lo aseertsio why that narrative bad not atiracted attenticn. Wher Stack medtioned his errand, the Colonel reached for the manuscript, and, looking very solomn, he 8ai **Mr. Stack, T don't think ‘T can accept this story. In some rospects it i really moudertul; Lut I am afraid that, if I publish it, it would at- tract almost t0o mnch_attention. People would get too wild overit. We have to be carefal For instance, here in the first cuapier you meotion the death of Mrs. McGio- nis, the hero's mother. She dies; you inter Mrs. McGinnis in the cemetery ; you give a0 affecting scens at the funeral ; you runup s wmonument over her, and plant honeysnckies upon her graye. You create ia the reader's ming & 8troug impression that Mrs. MeGinnis is thor- oughly dead. And set, over bero in the twenty- second chaoter, you maiks aman pamed Thomp- son fall in love with her, aud ahe is married ta Lim, and sbe goes skippiog aroand through the rest of the story as lively zs a hopper, and sou all the time sHuding to hempucn sa: het eecond husband. You ses that kind of thing wou't do. It excites remark. Readerscomplain about it.” ‘* Thundédr, you don’t say I did that? Well, now, do you kuow I was .thinking all the time that it was Jfr. McGionis that I buried in_the first chapter! I myst have got them mixed ug sormebow.” “and then,” continued the Colonel, ** when you mtroduce the hero, you mention that ha has got but one arm, baving loat the other in battle. But i chapter twelve you run him through a saw-milt by an accident, and you men- tion that he lost an arm there. too. And yet, in the nincteenth chapter, yoa say, ** Adolph rushed up to Mary, throw ius arms about her, and clasped her to his bosom,” and then you go ot to relale how ho eat down at the piano. moonlight, sod played one of B patas * with swect, poetic fervor. the Now. thing you see, don’t hang. Adolph couldn’t possatbly w his arms aroond AMary, if one was buried on the field of battio and the other was minced up. in & saw-mill ; and be couldn't clagp her to his bosom unless he throw a lassc witn Dis teeth and hauled her in by swallowing theslack of therope. As for the piano—well you know as well as I do that an armless man can’t pluy 8 Beethoven«sonats unless he knowa bow to perform on the lustrumest wish hig nose, aud in that case you ivsult the popnlar intelligence whea you talk about *swest, poetia fervor.” Ibave my fiugers on the public pulse, aud 1 koow they won't stoad it.” “Well, well® said Stack,” I don't koow how 1 ever came to—" * Let me direct your attention to snother in. cendiary matfer,” snterrupted che Colopel, *Ix the first love Ecene between Adolph and—and— lot me seey What's her name—Mary—you gay that *her liquid bluo eves rested softly upon him as he poured forth the story of his lqve, and its szure was dimmed by a flood of happy iears.” Well, sir, about twénty psges further on, where.the villair insults her,-you observe that her black gyo fiashed lightving at him, and seemod to scorch him where- he stood. Now let | me direct attentian to the fact that, if the girl’s eyes were blue, then tueyconldu’t bo black ; and f youmean fo convey the impression that ene had one blue eyoand “one black eve, 2nd that she bad only laoked softly at Adolph out of the off eye, while the near one Toamed around, not doing anytlung ig particulur, Wwhy, she is no phe- nomenal for a novel, and ouly suitable for a phace in the ‘menagerie by fhe side of the Iat woman. And then you sy that, although her eye was liquid, yet it scorched the vilisin{ Peo- plo won't put up with that kind of thing. It makes 'om delirious and murderous.” “Too bad,” said Stack. **I forgot what I said about her eyes, when I wrote that scene wiih the villain.” «*And here, in the twentieth chapter, you say that Magruder was stabood with a bowie-knife in the hands af the Spuniard; and in the next chapter you give an account of the post-mortem examinazian, and Take the doctors hunt for the ‘bullet ana find it imbedded in his liver. Even patient readers can’t remain calm under such circumstances. They loso -control of them- selves.” ‘- It's unfortunate,” said Stack. +Now the way von manage the Browna in the story is aleo exasperating. First, von represent Dirs. Brown 3a taking her twina aronnd to church to be christened. In tho middle of the book you make Jre. Brown lamenit that ! she never bad any children, and you ‘wing up{ the story by bringiog in Mrs. Brown with her grandson in her arms, just after baving cansed . Brown to state to tho clorgyman ihat tho only child he ever had died in his 4th year. Just ' thiok of the effect of such & thing on the pub-; Jicmind! Why this atory wounld fil all the in-: #ane asyloms in the country.” o i “ Those Browns don't seem to be very defigite somehow,” said Stack, thoughtfally. i ‘*Worat of all” eaid the CBlonel, “in' Cnspter 31 you make the lovers resolve upon smicsde, and you put them in s boat and dnft } them over Nisgara Falls. Twelve chapters T further on vou suddenly introduce them walkiog in the twilight in & leafy Isne. and although afterwards she [goes inio -a munmery. aod takes tha black ved, becanse tho has been killed by pirates in the Spanwh WeatIndies, in the next chapter to the last yon have 8 sceno where she goes to & snrgn:a party:at the Presby- teran minister's aud finde him there making arrangéments for the wedding a8 if nothing Lisd ever happened ; and then, after you disclose the #rct that she was a boy in dieguise, and not =, womzn at all, you merry them toeach other, and represent the boy beroine a8 giving ber blesain to ber danghter. OB, it is awful thin. It won do. It really won't. Yon'd betler go'info some other kina of buziness, Mr. ftack.” Then Stack fook Lis manuscript sud went Lome to fix it up, 0 as tb maka the story dove- ail better., The Argus will not publishIt. IN THE ORCHARD-SWING. Boftly bright the air above me, Mot a clnd the calto sxies shows Far away the folut boricon Blendeth with the laze below, There’s a il on yon blue water, . Passing southward from iy gaze, “Tinted by the vell of azure Which enfolds thess Autumn-days, Bwidgiog oat fnto tho sunshina, Life ecems ali witia J gLt aglow § Binking tack intothc shadow N Brings no ssddenug thoughts of wok 0h ! thre Tastiry of dreaming e ihe biain; with foncies ety ‘When the b wit] 7 Gladly weaves M*\fia rhymas, Needeth now no foreign, lotos 23U ST v or thls stil, blge ‘Droaws of reat aad oy entwined, * Not s aing! t Xm‘wwgom‘hnh: .. - Hero and thers the ruit dropping Just complates ths full repose. Here s reat. Life's tolls and Bleep, forgotten, far gway ; m‘" ot » thought of them darksn Thorich besuty of to-day. entering a- house, blew the occupaats in different took it to heart & 4 outithe lights and ‘parts of the room. and éxdlaimed : * Oh;'1'm undone, I'm undone ! Upon which snotharxeplisdz “Then come aad ‘undo ma.”