Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 11, 1876, Page 10

3 THE BROOKLYN SCANDAL, A Counterblnst from an Antl- Plymouthite. The Late Advisory Counoil in Its Ree lation to COongrogational Usage. A Beecher Man Goes for tho “Adranco? aud the Rov. W. W. Pafton. THE OOUNTERBLASTI_,?; AN ANTI-BEECHER- &0 the. Hditor of The Chicago Tribuna: " Onicano, March 8,—*¢Hope,” In your Mon- day'a 188110, 80 woll sota forth the mode of ros- moning ndopted by most of tho pattisans of Daechor, that & dosiro to submit in roply & fow ‘words, which 1 boliove will axpross tuo idoas of & largs numbor of thoso who, in detianco of Plymonth Church, do not bow the knoe to the Brooklyn Baal. Tho writer first clalms for tho beleaguorod pricst the protection of the maxim lald down by Dlackstono, that ¥ Evory man 18 to bo eatecmed Innocent until proved guilty.” Tho maxim is truo to n cortain oxtent, and for n cortain pur- poae, only. On trial bofors a coort, & man ia o bo deomed innooont until tho ovidenco shows to tho contrary. Bywhom is he to bo so decmed? Why, by Judge snd jury and tho officers of tho Coart. Aro tho witnosses who personally know the prisonar's gullt to ca- “toom him fnnocent? By no meands. Thoy can- not if thoy would, e was not doomod inno- cont, oxcopt {n thoory, or ha would not hava been arrestod and hold to bail. It doos not moan, thon, that every man ncongod of crmo mast be estoomed by overy ono _innocont until proved gulity beforo n Oivil Court or other tribunal. Somo of ths groateat criminala of his- tory, otnorwiso, would pass muster na innocont aod harmiess cronturos, Even Judas Iscariot must ba ranked as an Apostle without roproach, auder that rule. i ‘Chus {t will bo soon that. while o man should not bo catoemed gnilty uutil proved so, outsida of Courte tho quostion of what is proof i ono loft to each ono's own judgment and moral senso, Parsounsl knowledge, tho statemonta of witnossos, tho confossiona and conduct of the wccaseld, circumstantial ovidenco,—all theae, avon thongh ot olicited before auy tribunal, aro logitimnto matorial upau which to form an opinion; nud auy oue hearing such ovidenco must form & boliof of pome kiud on tho subjeot. o mny feel tha: lo is open tonchango of opiaion upon & receipt of cmmmrbn‘nncmf ten- timony; but, until such is prosented, ho liag a bolief, it ho has any mind worth speakiog of, ‘ 1In_tho caseof so ominent anmau as Ar, Boechor, it is proper that the public should anapond tho bxpression of & beliof in- his guilt untit nresonable timo has elapsod to enable him to present all the dofengo of which his caso in suscoptiblo. No onocan -disputo but that much timo haa long einco been given him, Wo have had his eido prosented to us before o jory, beforo Inveatigating Committees, and boforo tho press. The public have o right now, mnot only to form an opinfon, but to oxpress it. vast mojority of the Amorican pooplo beliove Beochior proved guilty of adultery : and aro thoy to bo saked o catoom him jnnocent untt} zomo jury can be got topsth- er Lionest and resolute onongh to withatand the appliancos of lymonth Olhurcl, aud to convict hun of record ? Mothinks not. Thiis champlon of the Droolilyn snint depra- cates his coudemnation on ** cirsumsatantial ovi- dence,” and invokea (ho rocollection of bhow many innocent mnen bave boen put to death ou such evidonca. Tho fnct ethll romaing, howovor, that clrcumstantisl ovidenco may b, and ofton 18, far morv roliablo thnn any other. Witnosses maay lio, but facta nover, ‘Uhis epecles of crime, too, I8 nbover suscoptible of proof by vpositivo testimony of por- sonel knowlodge of tho witnosses, Tako it 1o tho oxtramout caso of kuowledgo sworn to in any oase in our Courts, and _the nbsolute guilt is, wftor all, n mattor of inferenco. Ia Ioecher to Le mado an excoption of in tho anplication of sll rules of ovidenco? ~Idou't won- dor that Lo ond Lis friends Lowl agalnet circumstautisl evidenco; for 1t enval- opes poor Beacher in {tu toarful coila as terribly s :.mr thie sorpents of old the Greok priest Lao- eo0n, ‘What indignation * ITops * hurls at the scan- dal-hantors{ 1fo thinks it not at all nocossary that overy caso of adultory smoog the priest- hood shonld bo exposed. Ile thinks **tho suu woutd atill shloe though all the violators of the Seventh Commandment woro not hunted down Dy theso bumnn hounda.” 1fe thon invokes on tho heads of Bowen, Miss Authony, Mra. Swise- holm, Mrs, Btunton, and all others who scom in- clined to ventilate the botiom facts of tho scan- dal, **the loathing nud contempt of all trua and righteous peopte.” Mark tho nico sense of jus- tico which porvades this writer's mind. ‘Are thero no charctors to bo vindieated in this mat- tor but that of Baccher? Doea not Tilton stand by tho ruina of his wreckod home and sppeal for ustice 7 Ianot tho fair famo of the koightly foulton st stake in this contest ? Doos not Emma Moultop, with all her womanly and Chrjstian gracos, atand accusod by ber pastor of foul porjury in this matter 7 Are the characters of theso people, and many others of good re- pute, to bo flung aside for tha doga of Piymouth Chureb to rond and draggle in the mire as thoy wish, 8o only that Boachior sball have his sores unprobed ? What encers those Bacchor fanatics have for poor Bawen, becauns, foreooth, La mentions no now names of pastoral victims, nor deposes to poraoual witness of pastoral dobaucheries, It s of no accouut that Lo corzoburates tho whole awful testimony of Tiltog, It is of no so- count whon 'ho tolls whal fonrful ravelations of clorieal vice have, from timo to time, for yonra past, beon sobbed into his ears by Beoch- er's victims, or rohoarsed to him by appalled foliow-church-members, 1t iy of no account that he rolls upon Boecher an avelaucue of proaf confirmatory of pravious testimeny, sufti- clent to burv any ordinary mango deop that no bubblo would ever riso to sliow whoro ho lay, Ah] lot mo tell **Hopo™ that “loathing and contempt " which he invokos upon what ho calls scandal-mongors, is boing * nursed to kaop it warm " for the Phariasca of Plymouth Church, and for their Jospitical defendors, Tho whole course of Plymouth Obarch in this mattor f1\mlmu the opilon that tho leadiug famifics there, if mot thoe entire Charch, aro fully convinced of tho guilt of sheir paator; aud that it is all & hypocritical protonso wrhion flxuy €0 loudly assert bis innocouce, yot so wedulously strive to provont a fair juvestigation ioto bis conduct. Tho course of Boochor's par- tieans, from the firat appointmont by him of Lie Iovestigating Committee down to tha Jsat hu- miliating spectacle of tha Advisory Council, Las beeu a uniform libe! on the Christian civilization of tho nluctesnth contury. Btar Chambors, your KHoly Im}ululunuu. all the corrops Courts that in past history tram- pled on justice, iguored overy _principlo of squity, ~and defied publio oplnion, in order to earry out tho will of their founders, and {uu will baidly find ono that outdid that Iuyes- igating Committoe in outraging overy principle of judicial inveutigation, Aud what eall wo say of the Advisory Conn- ell, which deliborately indorsod the proceodinge of that Committoe? " Who were they? Simpl rmlnna of Plymouth Olureh, rakod from lfl be land by & fino-tooth comb, Thoir mction shows whatall history demonstrates, that relig- loas culture, uuder “the do-colled Christiun Hieology, doos wnot unecassarily dovelop fu tbo characier » love, or, percoptlon, of sbaolute mcueut tuat, on the contrary, it furnishea tho winda of its votarica with uuch violent prejudices and intonso zosl that thoy often blind “the moral sonue, and nien who, in ordinary affsics, would bo fair-minded and lovers of justice, becomo, wheg their roligious bins is aroused, the most unroasouablo defenders of Injustice and wrong, T'o crush horesy, or do- fend avorita priest, calls forth all thelr in. tensest zoal, Baldon do wo have exhibited to the civilized world a display of such aycopliautio subservienoy as this Couucil showod toward tho Church that created it. It indorsed overyihing racan and diabolioal thst Tlymouth i done sud then—Lknowlng that the publio wouid never be salisfied till » further iuvostigation was had ©f the pastor's conduct, and knowing aléo that auy thorough and falr investfration was just whiat Plymouth Church fowred to Lave—wbhat did this Couucid do? It coucocted s plan which would do credit to the Jeanits in their palmiest duye, and announced s nroposed iuvestigation under copditions ko preposterous that it knew no accusar would ever appear before 1ts tribunal, After alxty days and no acousur, then, forsootls, Boechor 14 to be considored vindicsted, The miockery is too trausparent, gentlemen, It won't win. How {neffably silly is * Hope's" talk abo belug ooly s “littls flistation * that hix idulu:nx: sogsged fo,—only “u tittle fanullarity and iin. fnulanul, nod extending o saythio orlminal." 1a! bai all thoss ‘ragyed edges,” *caves of gloom," *gbelions of tus Day of Judmman),* Go tbrough your THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 18i6—TWELVE PAGES. wishes “that T wora doad, little innocent flictation! 1 16 to fiictation that hio confessed to filton? Was it to only & little familiarity that ho confosred to Frank Monlton? Waa it only to s alight imprudence that he confogacd to Mra. Moulton? Waa it ta only n flirtat{dn that Llizabath Tilton confosacd to ber husband, to AMies Aonthony, lo Jra, Stanton, to Mra. Maulton, to hor brotier, to or Drather'n wifo, and to Dr. Blorra? 'Those peo- o must, in **1lone’s ™ estimation, ba all eituor diots or llars, 1la would donblloss rank them all ag both itiots und Jiars, rathor than mistruat tha immacnlato Beecher of human frailty. ‘Away with such blind man-worship! Common senso has not yet wholly departed from tho worid. Plymoutt Church hns o vast influenco, Dy roagon of {ta tontacies of businosa aud family rolationstips, stratchiog throughont tho fandj but 1t la not Eownrrul onough to seltle this sonn- ;i;?l l-:;-lm“ e ctornal priuciplos of Justice aud zht. - Allthe platocracy of Drooklyn Iloights, ail ths man-vorshipors and dupes of tho Advisory Conucil. all the gonlus and magnotic afllatua of Houry Ward Beccher himaalf, caunot savo him from tho abyas of condomnation {nto which hs 18 being slowrly pushed by the irreaistiblo logic of evonts. Capatos. THE ADVISORY COUNCIL AND CONGRE: QATIONAL USAGE, To tha Editor of Ths Chwage Tribune: OnAnas, Iil, March 7.—Nos that tho Advisory Couancil, rocontly in sosslon in Drooklyn, lms adjournod, and its inception and procoedioge have bocoma mattera of history, it is fittiog and propor that its cnactments and decroca should bocoms subjects of publio iuveatigation, dis- cusslon, and criticlsm. Tho writer bas been looking long and sox- {ously to find whero tho forum lica to mako the final declsion, that declsion which bocumes pre- cedont and law for oll Congregational ehurches throughout tho country, in such casos as thoso that bave Ueon rocently agitating Plymouth Church, Brooklyn. According to the theory of Congregationalism, Plymouth Church would woom to Lo the only Court competent to tako ariginal juriediction of Mr. Boocher’s caso. 1In the Congregational organization there ia in form no such thiog known or recognized na & Court of Appoals. Thore s no powor suywhero competont to constituto such » Court. Thoroare uo rocognized laws aud forms of proceduro to govern auch n Court. 'The docislons of any body of mon claitning to bo such n Court can, conse- quontly, havo no binding authority over tho lacal c{un:h; aud much leas could such s Court rovorse tho decisions of tho local church. Plymouth Church bas tried Mr. Boecher, and M, Boocher and Tiymouth Churoh uro satiaficd with the resnlts; and theureticslly thare would scem to bu nothing moro to bo said or done In the casa. ‘Ping theoreticsl indopendonca of the local cliurch was ropeatedly and somowbat ostenta- tlously recoguized and ossortcd by tho recent Council, ‘Chuis wus fitting, incsmuch as it was in fect ror thia specitio thing that this Couned way catled, Dut, natwitbatanding this indopendoncs of the local church, this apparent liburty to do about 28 pho ploascs, yet, if ‘sho do not ploaso to act sbout right sccording to Cougregational idoas, if eho do mot ploase to contorm in _hor practicos to tho womowhat .vague and indotinite thing termed Congrogativual usage, shio yenders Liersoit liablo to roccive ad- monition from the neigbonng cburches; and, Incaso such sdmonition bLe not hoeded, such churches msy refuso to communo with her. Thoy mny, moreover, proceed Lo call & Council to conaidor tho case, and to determinn whether all has Loon dono iu accordauce with Congraga- tional usaga, Yot it 1 not' admitted thoorstically that tho Council sits in such n earo in the capacity of & Court of Appeals, though it would scom that, in Jact, 1t st least porforins the fuuctions of o Court of loview, and that {tu docrcos and dn- tlictions aro intended to be ultimate and final. Io tho avont that tho docreo is agalust the of- fonding church, oud tho offouding chuxch proves to bo wealt, or timid, or contumacious, it _‘ould scom that bov only slternative f@ to submit to the decree of Council, or to be excluded from tha nisterhood of the churchen. Lint what i4 to bs donoiu the not impossiblo ovent that tho aforesald offending church does not prove to bo humble, or feeble, or timd; and that it ontortatne viows of its own iu regard to Congrogational usayo; and that it procceds, nc- cording to Cougregational usage as it undor- atands it, to call ita frionds togother io the form of sn Adyisory Council of it6 own,—a Council ropresonting all parts of tho country, and con- sleting of meu entiroly onteide of tha'fow neigh- boring churches that bad provioualy taken sction in its case ? Thia was in fac!, though not in form, much tho condition 1 which Yiymouth Oburch found horsolt imumediatoly precading the calling of tho recent Advisory Council. Onae Council had beon ealled in duo form in 1874, by neighboring churclios, to iovostizate hor alNairs, While Plymouth Chiurcls ntudioualy avoided provoking au fgsue with eaid Council, sho wag, at the samo time, oqually careful not to recognize its jurin- diction ; or, at Jeast, sho gave no heoa to its in- Junctions or ite suggestions. ¢ Btll more recont offorts, by Individuals and by churches, to scoure a Council to take hor affairs uuder consideration, havo only served to demon- strato tho existanco of a flxed purpose on hor part to submit bor affaira to the jurisdiction of no Council not ealled by herself alone, and that in her own way, sud at bor own time; and n Counetl, too, Whose faith, views, and sympathics, woye not largelv in accord with those of her mombership and of her pastor. Porsistiog 10 maintaining this atéitude of fo- dependence of sistor-churches, and of indiffer- ence to, if not contompt for, their friendly sug- gestions, until she finde horself in daugerof Bacomiug ontirely isolated from tholr followshlp, and until & powerful outside pressuro renders o movemout or domonstration of somo kiod indis- pousnble, shio finally, with dus deliboration and caution, boldly sdopts the policy of calling an Advlsory Council of oton,—all, a8 olaimad, 10 due form, and accordiug to Coogrogational ussgo, And bers lot us considor -for a moment some of the remarkablo circumstances undor which this Council is caliod. - Plymouth Church is » great ana poworfal organization, of nesrly 3,600 members, Apart from her grast numbors, sho possessen in an eminont degreo all tho olements of powoer and iofluonce kuown to modern times. Ior momboer- sbip conafsta Iargely of active, intolligont, and indomitablo men and womon, in the prima of lite. Thoy roprodent many millions of dollars in capital, Ifer ministor is o man of groat gonius wud power, and o is indopendout aud erratlo in thought and in action. 1fo Lins boen the pop- ular. lecturor, preschior, oditor, wrniter. aod theologian of tho pation for n whale gonoration, —moldivg and fashioning tho views, thouglta, tastos, culture, and manuers of hundroda of the clergy and millions of laymen throughout the nation. This great organization had ropresonta- tives of lta views, ita culture, its stylo, and its theology, in every conslderablo town and city in our country, Now, thia great church, thua conetitutod and thus circuustanced, and with all theso far-roach- ‘“F intluencas, sends out itu letters misaivo, in- viting large numbers of clergy aud Iaymen from sll parts of tho lsnd to meot It In ito city, in Its own church-building, in tho form of au Advisory Council, o advise with it in regrd to ita church- diflouttles. Tho luvited delogatos aro promised & hoarty wolcome to tho homes of Brooklyn, and thoy are tondered tho cuh to pay their sxpenses. They go, and they are welcomed with shouta by tho preat congregation; they re cordlaily grostod in thrilling toues by the great orator aud prescher, It was under such unprecedentod conditiona aud ciroutmatances s thosa that the repregents- tlves from about 140 churches, and a fow persona not reprevouting churches, assembled to deliber. ato and advise with Plymouth Church, to decida what {8 Congrogational ussge, sud to make rrncndunu and doclsions that aro (o become tho aw aud uaske that aro henocsforth to govorn the 3,000 churohoa of Americs. 1b was of this assewmbly, thue coustituted, and thus hedged about and welghed down with frresistible intlu- ences, that the brother of Davenport declares that “I¢ was not prejudiced.” It waa of this Council that he announces to the world that 1t kopt iIntact tho independence of this local cllurfih.—lhe doareat right of Coogregational- m,' ‘I'rue, the Independence of Plymouth Church way well nursod aud gu: d; but what about tho rights snd {udepundo: of wmore than 2.000 churchies that wora not there, sud for whom thls picked Council of the pecullar Plymouth typs were makiug precedents aud nesyo that are henceforth to liavo all tho forco and suthority of constitutional law for tho government of tha Congrepational ohurches of the land? Iave thiese more than 2,000 churchoa not_repressnted uo righta that ought to Le mnyecle«l? Plymouth Chureh 18 paculiarly constituted. ‘There sio probably very fow clurches in the Uunlted Btates—with the “oxception, perhaps, of hore sud thoroone that Liaw Leen fashioned romowhat afterthe Plymouth model—that re- semble it ju ite by-laws, practices, and usagou, Theue by-laws, piactices, aud usagea have besu carefully grunmuu by the rocout Advisory prung from o = Couucil withoul exception, thoy ki snd all, bean declared to be within the rich and inexbausiidle mine of Congregstions! ussge. What latosart w 37 ofote been s garded a3 tho poculiar local practicos, usnges, and laws of the very and notoronaly pocnliar Joeal IMymouth Church of Brookiva—Ioeary Ward llaveher, pastor—have, Ly 6 most wonders ful aud unbieard-of process, hecomu tho constl- tutional faw of all tho Congrogationsl chuickes, of the conutry. § i I8 thia * keeplog intact (ho indeponidencs of * the local ebiret, —tho dearest right of Congre- gationnliem™ ? In this the freadom and Indepeud- enco of which Plymouth Rock le tbo kmybol 2 1las it flonlly come tu this, that few hundred individualg, of oxtreme and fdionyncratio vlews, and roprosenting oulv o limited” constitusnoy, can assamblo, sud in fack though not in form, constituto thomeaolves a judicial sud logielativo body, and procoed, under rocognized forms and uaages, to make decroce and onact lawa that aro to govern lundreds of thousauds of meu and women who hava no voice whatever, oithor di- roctly or indirectly, in controlling the proceod- fugs, or dotormining tho resulta 7 Agatn I aok, 18 this tho froedom uud indepondenco of which Tlymiouth lock 18 tho symbol ? 1t will doubticss be cantendod by somo that tho churclies not represonted in tho recent Trooklyn Council aro not bound by ity proceod- juge or ita decroce, But why mot? Did it not ropresont all parts of tho country? Waa it not oallod [n duo form, and iu_nacordance with Con- grogational usago? \Yas it not unanimoustoa mau iv tho conclusions to which it fually camo? If tho deoreos and ennctmeats, or it the recom- mendations f“ thls terminology auila bottot), of the Council called by Drs. Budington “aod Btorra, in 1874, wero binding ou churchey vot roprosented iu [, why are mot' the prococdings of tho recent Drooklyn Council binding upon sll tho charchos ot the, land? How are wo to determine what Congre- gationnl usago is, except by studying tho pro- ccodings of such Councils aa the two that havo rocontly boon holdin DBrooklyn, amd of othors auslagous to thom? If their procoedings, if fhoir interpretations of Congrogational usago, aro not ltked by anybody or any chuarch nob roprosontod, by whom, or what ag- thority, nroe tholr decroea sud onactments to Lo rovorsed or repealed? Lot n larger Council, claming to bo & moro roproseutative body than oither of tho Brookiyn Couneils, ba called, and let it proceed to anoul or roverso the decrees of one or eithor of tho Brookiyn Conucils, and whoaliallsay which of the Councils ehnll be oboyed? Whero is tho au- thority to turn mo or my church out of tho brothorhood of churchos, If I' or my church nccapt tho decrotals of ons Council, and roject thoso of the others ? Lot us know, lot ns havo some clenr and dis- tinct idea, of tho liberty and indopandence of which Ilymouth Rook is the symbol. * Nasorir, THE "ADVANCE™ AND THE REV, W. W. PAT- TON. To the Edttor of Tha Chicugo Tribune: + Cinoaao, March 8,—Plonso allow me a small spaco In your paper to say n faw words regard- ing the present aspect of tho Decchor case, and of tho relation which soma prominent individa- ala sustain toit. And firat, with rogard to the Chicago Adcance. It1a evident to avery ono who has read the Advance since the timo this scandal was first brought before tho public, that it has sought avery opportanity to throw sueplcion on Mr. Deechor's innncenco; and, to tuis end, it bas published overything againat him, and acarcsly aoything in hie favor, Littlo squibs bave been tlrown in Lers and there from timo to time, without soy connection or explanation, which Laa had a tendency to loave an unfair impression on thie minde of its roadors respectiug tho true merits of tho case. 1t iz evi- dent that it has been projudiced sgainst Mr. Beecher, and trioa to force its views on othors. Now, I ask, {8 thet n manly or o Christlan man nor in which to conducs & roligious nowepaper? It it knows anything that will prove Mr. Beochor guilty, let it go boforo the proper tribunal and mnko it known. If not, lot it givo = fair ropro- #cntation of the caso. It Is tho leading papor of Congrogationalisin in the Northwest. aud clalms to ropreasnt the op inion of Western churchos on the question of Mr. Bocchor's guit or in- nocence. Dut I can msanra you that it comes far from roprssenting Western churches oa this question. At a meoting of Congropational pastors, recontly, it recoived vory sovore censuro for its courso in rogard to tho Brooktyn scandal And noxt allow mae s word In regard to (lic TNav. W, W. Patton. I have known lum by roputstion from my youth, and lesroed to love him as I grow older and could spprociate his manly and Christian bearing and dealing with tho truth, But what has been his rolation to the Deacher scandal? In 1874 ho wrote an editorial for the .Advance, plainly implying that he know somothing about Mr. Booctier that was simply awful; and that, I ho shonld make that somothing known, it would astonish tho world, ‘This eoot & thnll of sad- nosa through the heart of every ous who knew bim and loved bim. But., whon the timo camo for that somothing to bo made known, and ho was summoned to Drooklyn for that purpose, ho confosned that ho knsw nothing of the case, and did not go. Now, 1 ask;, s it manly, 1s it Ohrietian, for sn one, and espeaially one occupying s high posi- tion in tho Oburch, to bo constantly binting that ho 1a in posaession of facts disoreditablo to Mr. Boecher, and, at tho arme time, rofaso to mako those facts known whea avory opportu- nity Ia given for tuat purpose? It he kouvws anything against the moral charator of a broth- or ministor of such a naturc us in this case i3 plainly tntimated, is it not hia duty sa a ministor of Christ and a lover of tho truth to make it kuown? Hou lie aver gono to Mr, Beochor In & Christian wanner, and talked with him about tho tacts [n his poksossion ? If g0, hio hea novor given ua a rocord of it. If he haa light on this subjoct that will prove BMr. Boocher gullty, and, at the uamo time, refusce to lob that light shins, be bolies his position as a mimster of righteousncas, and commita o gravo of- fenso againet Chnstianity aud the Church in genoral. If he has not thess faots, Lo s equally guilty in protend- iug to their posscssion. And, If ho bas hiu in- formation third or fourth rate, hie makea. him- solf rosponsible for its truth, If bo wishes to have anything tossy ln the case, lot him trace Liis {otormuation from O to B, and from Do A, and thon, if ho hsa any facis, let him give his authority. ‘I'hea lot mo say that I bave no eympatby with that cry whict bas boon made 8o ofton of lats, that tho ** bottom ™ facts cannot be made known because thay would exposo promincnt persons in Brovklyn, “They must not ba exposed| Ob, mnol! It is too baso & thought to ba harbored for & moment. wh; not oxpona ons parly os well asanother? Ieay,letthe truth cut whera it will. Let tho truth come out though tha lonvens fall, 1tis mmply absard for suy man to say that ho is in {mluulun of bottom facts, but will not divulge them because it would expose certain parties prominent in Brooklyn socioty. But, now that an opportunity is given for the buttom facts to be made known, I hope no one will be 80 base or false to common Lumanity as to keep thewn covered. In tho name of all that is manly, and virtuous, aud holy, lst thoss who bave Loitum facta maku them kuown. MESDAM?S MOULTOM AND TILTON. New York Independent. Tho mombars of tho Boscher Council ara re- porting ita results to thojr churches sud frisnds, ‘Thoy are usually very favorable to tho spirit and rosults of tho Coancil. No specially new views or facts aro doveloped, except aa relating to in- torviews with Mre. oulton and Mrs. Tilton. Mr., Pattingill, of the Rutland (Vt.) Herald, who wad & member of tue Councl), says : Hoversl members of the Council hiad interviews with Mre, Tilton sud Mrs, Bfoulton, sud oblsined from uferzed from languaye which Lo u whatLie tueaut, [Another dolegate says she used 1 but nubhie,) Mre. 'Iiton told thiose who viaited her wust Was W crime which she Lisd committed, fu_cou- donuenceof her discovery of her husband’s infidelities, sud which wav tho cause’ of her remiorss. Hho do- termined to baae no miors children to Lit, and, as the statuto of Hiwltation now prevenis the' arreat and ml;fim:: of e phywician wbo alded bee 1o the o we Havo the fact publicly datagq, " *0* P4 10 sblectlon to ‘This conflrms the report that Mr. Beecher told tho samie wtory in his meeting with his Boston friends. Dr. Watren, of the Cluristian AMirror, who was also «Lresent, tolls the same atory of abortion procured by hor, fu this way 1 Could hor wholo statament ns she public, 1t would Lirow a Hood of Uit a ner oo adt confussious, and couvince mosl eandid persons, not ouly thiat slie was gulitiess, though weak, but wlag that sbis’ deserves the lendersat commiserabion from all Whio have Lisarta to feal for the autlaring, —_— = Kliled by o Grain of Coffeo, Pattavilie (Pa.) Hiners’ Journat, A little boy usmed William Bibbet, aged ba- tweon 8 and 4 years, whose parents live on Sov- enth stroet, near Norwaegian, met with & singular and tragio death yestordsy afterncon, about 1 o'clock, It appears that Le seized & handful of nonflu.' s‘l‘xldermmu [y "l‘al ?‘l. is Ln‘nlgl N:n:?utg. e of 6 graing made I~ ips, sud lu wpite of l!.llhuln!d be dome for xln ha mf in s abord whils, - » HOUSEKEEPING. The Art of Cooliing. Zo the Fditer of The Chicago Tribune: Ciicaco, March 10.—In looking over the various lottera which appeared in your columus Iast summer concerning Lo question of inat- ringo, I obeerved that the Inavitablo “*girl" mado o part of every catimata of exponditnros— an item apoarontly nomoroto bo loft out than coalor rent. AsIwonderod how s young and hoalthy woman—If not hoslthy sho suroly bad no right to macry—could roconcile hor con- sclonce to 8o unnecessary and exponsive s bur- don when alt outlays aro to bo met by a enlary ranglng from $700 to §1,600 a year, I recallod cortaln cozy Lomes I knsw long sgo, and which still nestlo happlly on mountain sides and o valloys a thousand miles mway,— homes where noat houso-raothora do all tho work savo washing sod *epring ™ and ¢ fall cloaning,” dross in good tasto, mako calls on tho whole nelghborhood, go to church, and Sun- day-schiool, and sewing-circlo, rond a llttle Ger- man or Fronch evonings, play -oroquot summor sfteruoons, cultivato some pet houby, and have alvays & loaf of light, whito bread and dainty calie, and mn Intelligont, aympathetlo eriticlam for tho visitor who drops in to take tea sod talk over Georgo Ellot'y last novel and the current Atlantic. So_ rememboring, I wondsred still farthor whothar ** faculty™ was not alsoindigenousat tho West ; whethor our girls ace oll quits spoiled; whothor housskeoping is Loros lost art; whathor wo aro quite ready to giva ovor our homs com- forts aud digestions to Bridget and Grotahen. 1t seoma mv solicitudo might have beon spared, for horeis ** H. J. E.," who writes to Tux Tun- UNE vory wiso aud truo things s to tho valuo of n knowledgo of cookery,and fallows hor thosis by inatructiona that prove hor mistress of her profession. I ueo the word * profeseion” ad- visedly, kaowing of nono more noblo than this of house-mother, and of uo caltura or accom. plishments which indemnify for failure in this direction. ‘There is room for fino talont in the ordering of s bousehold. As much thought may go towards the makiog of an omelatts as a poem, and it tales no small amonnt of benlos to know when tho brosd §s raised juat onough to knead for the ovon, I kuow I lay awake all night worrylng over my flrat attampt in that line; it gave mo Infinitely moro troublo than any hundred lines of tho Eneid uvor did. Tho newspapor which undsrtakes to dlifnso ‘most widoly a knowlodgo of the srb of cooking pinces tho publio under obligatioh to it ; so0 also do the womoen who contribute to tho common fund from thoir own ozperionco, and, io order that I too may deservo well of tho aumlu, I propeeo to do somowhat to anawor thoir recant call for inatruction in elck cooking, Binco the offico of tho physiciun of the futuro will be as much the preservation as tho curo of iltnosy, I beg leavo to onter at tho outset an nrgent protost against a suporfluity of sweot: thoso dolusivo tomptations, which ara o weari- noss to the flenh of tha cook, a neediesa drain upon the purse, and a fearful tax upon tho digostion of ail 'the houschold, especialiy tha chiliron. “Can't you think of some way to lighten womon’s work ?" seked an ambitions young Tousckoopor one day—*‘something that would givo us moré time for reading sud recroation ? + I know of nothing that wounld servo that ond 80 woil as tho abalition of ple,” I roplied promptly. There camo s dreamy look into hor brown oyes, I don't think 1’ could do without pio," sho eaid, with gentlo regret. Alag, for our national idol—tnknown on tho Continent of Xurope, a strangor to the menu of Trance snd Germany, countrics noted tho world over for their rofined and excellont cooking. It roally does scom s though the nationnl fonds ners for pio was an acquired taste, Aud, bolng 8o acquired, cannot it bodissequired? Uan't wo roform? Would not this Contennisl year boa good time to begin? Think of the backaches and 'indigantions; the nervousnocss and family jars ropreeonted by **a pieco of pia ™ Think of the outdoor walks and drives, the unused boolks, tho uvheard musie, the social ploasures lost; tho swoot, leisurely iutorchange of thought nud fontimont insido the homo circla—nll eacriflced to this 108atiablo Moloch of the table. It is a pity to seo - the readiness with which good, sensiblo womon will immolato thomsolves upon the altar of dopraved taates. Oh, fora sonson of Bpartan simplicity ; for tuo plala liv- ing and l.\!gh thinking which our great seer glorifieal 'nL. it is tho piain living only which can mako tho high tbinking poseible, o can- not have onr leisura for noble usos, and at the same tima fritter it away igonbly, We by onr plea and onr puddings, our rafilos, our plontings and shirrings, our thousand frivolitios, at a hoavy cout. Ou¥ and all the American peonlo seom to bo of Dr. Holmoa' mivd, ' Give me tho luxuries of lifo, and I can do without the necossarics.” And theeo nacossarios aro, aa the samo bright wit opigrammatically puta 1t, * Droad £nd the nowspaper " Aund wo will choose inatoad, Pie and abirred far ekirts | Wa wiil shako our heads ruefully overour folly, snd go on waking pios, Bomethlug thon must bo conceded. Wo might consont to mince ple at Thanksgiving and Curiatmas, The two montka following the lnat Thursday in Novombor aro the dootors' richost barvest.” Why stould so dencrving a class bo anddenly defrauded of tholr ravenues? Bat 1t we will have pies, lot thoso who make them soeo that thoy aro well mado. Let the tiour which makes the paste bo loavoned with some adoquata bread-powder ; lot ic be wet with jco- cold water, and so deftly handled and quiokly and thoroughly baked ns to sacure tho utmost posslble lightuess ; . and abovo il let us have nono of thst badly-done uadorcrust, that #+moist, unpleasant body " that underlioa the deceitful fabric. Andlot usail beware of the shopa whore thoso poor shams are offored for salo, ‘We might alzo with groat benefit restriot our~ solves in the mattor of cakes and puddings. These are, indeed, far more satisfactory as works of art than pies, but they oro also preat consumers of timo snd money. ~ Lot us get back to first priociples. Do not think that tea-table moagrs which presouts its bits of cold meat, ita swaet bread, aud canned frult, Koop tho swoeets mainly for hollday occasions, and beware of fontering in tho children au inordinate taste for damtlee, ‘The uso of other cercals than wheat is ofton mluinmu] an beiug moro ‘healthy” and oco- vowical, Doubtless both these notiona azo part- ly truo, A vatioty fa demrable, sud n wuitable Rmpnmnn of corn-bread and tho so-called Gra. am, mado of unbolted whoat flour, may,be used with advantage. This advantage hiss, howevor, beon overratod. While in soma dyspeptio oon- ditions coaree whoat broad is cortsinly useful, thero ia no good resson why we should all eat it nolens rolens. ‘Tho constitiionts of which tho flour s deprived in tho procens of hnldnfi ey be -ugpllm.l to the system in other ways, Noris corn-broad aspocially good for mome dolicate stomachs, It 18 too oloaginous for oasy diges- tion, tou apt to *gour” wnd *‘lie hard." Por- sons whoso digestion s impaired—and how many ot ua must tako places in that catogory |—will do wall to disregard thoorios, and dopand for their guidanco upon tho teachinga of intelligent ox- periance, ‘Whilo upon this aubject, let me give & recipo for making the old-fashioned New Kngland *'brown broad,” whose tauteloas and wretched countorfeit 1@ In our market with the word *“Boston* profixed. You should take 2 pints of sifted corn-meal, If this is old or dry, pour on a sutliciency of bolling water o wet it thor- oughly. If the mesl ba fresh and moalet, the water neod only be warm. In the first case mix in gradually, whon tho mass is cooled, 1 pint of zyo-moal ; in the latter tho two may bo mingled and the wator poured on both at once, Now add ono even teaspoonfol of and one large tablespoonful of molazacaj at the same time mix in thoroughly half a toacupful of fresd, sweet yeast, Lot it stand over night in & mode: worm placa, It should be light fu the morniog, but atill sweet. Novertheless, I won!d add a nmall uufwurnl of goda to noutralize any Iatout acidity, After this 18 perfoctly incor- orated the mass should bo placed in woll-but~ {nred earthion b-klnfz-pnnl. or, still better, iron ones, and smoothly rounded of. The pan should ba only three-fourths full, It should be set in & warm placo, and when tho losf has risen #o that tho psn is quita ful), it is ready for ‘baking, the oven being previously wetl heated. 1t your success fs perfect, you will rejoice over & loaf that will bhave a delicious and unique favor; tha crust will ba a lovely weal-brawn fo colur, Bud at Jeast half soiuch thick, flssured like an Alpius glacier, and competent to mske uu-urru blo toast. Of course, you can cover It while baking, it you Iike, aua have noxt to o arui-.ll ':L all, but tbat, to my ibinkiog, would apol 'To thoss who like Graliam flour, I wonld like to recommend ** Graham Gems.” They may he leavoned with wour milk or Lutteruik, “or pref- arably with tho best hmng-pumlu n tue world —*Honford's Dread Yreparations "—should bavae a little sugar, and it possible ogg, avd be wet with water and miik in e?unl propor- tious, earichod with m spoonful of cresm or molted buiter, ‘Thoy should then be dropoed into tho lron bakiug-cups—thess baving been Ena%“" :ndn qm%l hz::lnd placed lail wolle v Cakes u‘l pécullsz essallense msy be made In winter by simply mixing with the (iralism maal a tosoupfnl of drv, light snow, and then wetting 14 un quickly with water in which snow or ice I3 floatiag, dropplig tnta tho hented capa and pino- sug It in tho hiot bven with all poasible hasto, Fhoy will ba very light and toothsama, tackod whoat I8 a vory good articles of food, bot “H{!I‘BPII‘I“M’ is so tedious that it will novor, 1 think, como into vory gonoral use. It tequiros to bs soakod a groat many hours, and thon boiled n great many hours more. As it urually comos upon tho table, it is apt to Lave an unpicasant, raw taste, Mugh bottor aud moro eaaily proparod fs ont- meal, if ono coull obsain it th parfoction in Chieago. 'Thoro are two kinds in thin market, Ono 18 whito, rnd with the gralns noarly entiro, This requires soaking ovor night, which gives it & pasty cavalatoncy, which good ostmanl pud- ping should nof have, Tho othor is finoly ground but dark, and full of impuritics, Good oatmesl should bo whito aud fino, freo from any forslgn substancos, and can bo porfectly caokod in hflf an hour. It should be froshly ground, 88, howevor puro it may be, it wili in time dorel~ op o bittor taste, dorved with eroam or milk sud sugar, thero 8 no bettor brenkfast dish (thnn this, and nono wholosomer or cheapor, It s emphiatically fhe broakfast for tho voor, and In cspecinlly “adapted to childron, who are ustally vory fond of it, With tho editor's pormisalon, I will have somo- thing to say rogarding cookory for tho alck in & fature paper. Axiz AL Have, M. D, S =tiicnta A Talk About Broad-Making. To the Bduor of The Chicago Tribune: 5 Cuicago, March 8.—Broad has vory proporly boen called * tho staff of Jifo,"—It is indeed the basts of all our food., Whoat coutalns more matorial for suatalnmg lifo in all ita functions than any other articlonsed for food. Wo, how- evor, loss much of the nutriment of the grain when wo throw naide all tho bran sad conrsor parto, and uso only the puro white floar. Bome thirty yoars ago, whon Horaco Grooloy publishied in the Now Yotk Tribune a number of articles on cookery, tho use of Orabam or un- bolted flonr waa talked ovor, and soon becamo populer. Having a dyspoptic husband, I was vory glad to loarn tho bouefit to be derived from its use; and so, *Grabnm bread” becamoa staple articlo upon our table. I Boon learncd, however, that tho millers often used Inforior whent for thoir unbolted flour ; and for this roa- gon our Graham broad was ofton poor. 8o, bo- coming quito desperate st one time for some good brown brosd, I thought of tho cow's nico clean bran; and, immadiately acting upon tho thonght, I took a cup of coarso bran, romoving noy bite of straw, and put it into my fine white flour, and the result was the beat brown broad wo hiad evor bad upon aur tablos, I still, how- over, havon projudico In_ favor of nice, puro white bread, so AllrnJu bake both kindy, and place thom mdo Ly sido upon the same plate, making o ploasing contrast. Tomnko good broad wo must have the best wintor-wheat flour, I bave, howover, made very nico bread from somo of tho cheapor branda; still, I think thoroe is not much economy in usiny inferior 1luur, for it will not make as much bread as the beat; it will also requiro much more work to make tho broad, and it is not quito satisfactory in any way. Noxt in consideration 1a tho yeast, I sball give no dircotions for making yeast, since the article is furnisbed us by tho grocers so chonp and so roliablo. Iumo the compressed yoast; but, for persons living fu tho country, thero are many varioties of good dricd yonst, which can bought so cheaply that it fa hardly best to mske 1t Lastly, the potato haa an importsut Ellcn; two or throo good potatoes for a amall aking,—asy four loaves, 1f the woather is cool, start your bread at nl;:ht for tho noxt day’s baking. Boak tho'yasst (if dry {s used) an hour i warm water, If tho compressod ia used, two cente’ worth will be sufficient for four loaves; 1t should simply bo dissolvod In the warm trater. In buying tho compressed yoast, 800 that it is in good order. Our grocers sometimes konr itina warm store till it'in quito upotlod. Yol and boil the pota- toes; when dons, mash carefully, and do nob put tho water in which thoy ato Toiled Into your broad. Ono pint of warm water will be sufflotent for ono emall baking; put it Into this the potato and the yoast, theu stir in sifted flonr enough to mnko n 8till puste, or aponge, Cover tho pan carofully, ond get itin & warm clesst or room to rise. Do not st it near a stove, wuuro ono side will bo Liot and the other cold, but In somo place rogu- Intly warmed., If tho uight {s.vory cold, wrap tho pan with warm blaokets. Remambor that regular, steady warmth 13 tho great soorot of success in bread-making, : Having silowsd our bread to take s night's rost, wo fospect it inthe morning. If water stands on tho spooge, it 15 uot well; you did not stir it thick enough; or, porhaps, the flour 18 not good. TPoor flour growa thin on atanding while tho best will ewell and thicken up. Right hore lot mo say, do not bo in haato to condamn the flour and roturn It to tho grocer. I once -had & good losson on this Bub- {ncz, whon I was n fioung Lhousekesper. We were invitod to a littlo ton-party at the bouso of the chief miller of tho town in which wa livod. The lagy was a fine cook, and her besutiful breed and biscnit wera praised by all, I wes ospecially joud in my fin["" and gald Jostingly, ** Well, no wonder Mra. B. has good broad ; whe has a millor at home to supply hor with the "{3 bost tlour,” Bhio at onco replisd naively, * Why, Mrs. B, this bread was made from the flour which you returned aa bad flour.” Of courso I hiad no more to say, but took pains in futuro to glvo my flour & fair trial boforo ro- turniog it to that miller. To go back to our sponge : We will suppose that It 1 light aud in good order ; wo will also nupposa that you wish to make both brown snd whito broad. First, sift 4 or 5 quarta of flour; ifitis very cold it will neod to be carofully warmod, Also set your molding-hoard to warm, Divide the sponge, sotting a part of it aslde, while you make the white broad. Put in this a'pint of warm wator sud a tesspoon- ful of galt. Work In with tho band tlio flour gradually, till tho dough is quite atift; continus to work tho doogh for fifteeu or twen- ty miuutes, till it is all warm and smooth; thon replacs it In tho pan, cover it with a warm tow- el, and gst in & warm place to rise. Keop all tho doors closed, snd watch to koap it warm. Re- momber it {a to bo as carefully protected from cold asn hlh{. Now wo will sttend to our Lrown bread. Add to the spongoe ona piut of warm water, one tems onp of coarse whoat bran, salt as before, and ono-fourth cup of molasaes; then add white ilour tiil the dough 1 tiff, and work the broad Lnn a5 you did the white'bresd. If you have een sxpeditious in your work hoth broads will be light nt about tho eame time, for the brown brond risea quicker than tho white, We will now atlow two hours for the broed to rise. It msy roquire more time; or, it the room i warmm, may 1ise in one hour, It will roquire some experience to know just when ihe dough is rendy to be molded’into loaves. Itemember that this rising - must bo complete bsforo the daugh is diaturbed, olso timo ia lost, aad thie Lread will becoms sour in waltiog for it to rise in the pans, On the other haud, it loft too long, tho fermentation passes into completion, - and ths bread loses ita good flavor and bocomes sour, Whon this takes place, no smount of working, or additions of soda, will restore it. . Your bro ‘Whon ready for mnldlng, ve the pans well groased, and the molding-board warm ; taka the dough from the pans, aud divide jt into loavea with a knife; mold each loa? tive minutes, till it lasmooth and resdy to be placed into the pana. ‘Theas aliould ba deop and small—a soparate ono for each loaf is beat., Oue balf hour is geuer- ally long enough to d this time, and it sbosld bLa sllowod to rise to about doubls the bulk which the loaf ocoupied whoa first put in tho pan. Hemember this when yon put tho loaf {n, and make it amall, 80 thera will be no fear of runniog tho pans in the ovan. Pick tho top of the loaf with a fork, light- 1y, on getting it in the oven. The oven should be protty hot when the bread ia sot in. Aftera shight orust ia formed, the heat stould bs mod- eratsd, to give tims to bake thoroughly all through, An hour {arequired for ordinary-sized loaves, When the broad is taken aut it should bo lsft In the pana for ono halt bour, well cov- ored with several folda of linen, to steam and #often the crust ; thea turn the loaves over in tho pans, and leave them to cool, atill cavered, It should, on no ascount, be out till very tho; oughly cold~—botter Lo leave it till the pext %:y. L J —— How to Purchase Bupplies. ' the Xduor of Tha Chicago T'ribune Exarzwoop, L, March 9.—Men of aotion are rarely good writora§ so with the housekeepars. Our thoughts are so fully expressed in our deeds that wo have littla leisure to give thom mny other volce, Howbeit, sluce muoh diseats and suffer- ing, 1 not wholly prevanted, is greatly mitt- gated by & wholesomo dlet, the culsine 1s worthy of our thought and care, thereby acquiring akill In that which so clossly concarne the Lapploess aod well-belngof our familias, Thae first requliaite in cooking ix Lo learn to buy well, and that with sare exceptiona le the housskeeper's A woman with any business ability san ssve a ervant's wages and dal & batter table svery wosk i i Highs Setin B e S R T than If tho markoting fa Intruated to fa- milias, who, with hin mind on lita own affairs, or- dera the suppllos and pasa monthiy bills. ~Ana 1t in economy to olyvays buy good artiolea; it Ia not so muet tho actual prico s it 18 to buy only what is nooded, having nothing wasted, and havipg such ohange each day that overy moal will bo eaton with a relish, and not bave half-n-dozen dishes to bo thrown away, Somo sriiclos can bo bought in quantitios ; othors have eo littla margin on the wholonale Eflnn that tho cost of cartago, paok- agoe, and the shrinkage will fuily covor {t. And moreover, in tho. rotail storo you con better judgo of quality than when in packagoea at tho wholosalo houae, and it 8 an annoyance to ba obliged to worry |l|roulzb a poor articlo for threo miontha in & small family. In buying, treat . your grocery-man and mar- ket-man gonorously, Itomomber thoy Lave fomilies at homo for whom they aro striviog to maka & liviog. Bub ime press upon tholr minds tho i{mportant fact that yon'mnat havo what {8 Rwoot, frash, and good. ow, If wo bavo bave good bread, moat woll cooked, somo kind of fruit, with relishes ‘which are in gonson, wo can praparo an appotlz- fog meal withont that bauo of American cook- fng—pio and cako. Wo hiavo boon {nformod how to mako good broad, The noxt arlicio is tho meat. Take s sirloln steak, trim off tho oxtra fat, cut the edges 80 thoy will not curl, put {t on the grid- fron and oyer o bright firo, and turn It over, and eo continde to do untll it fs cooked ecithor raro or well dons, a8 you prefor, Ilave ready befors Enu put it on tho fire your nlatter, with a little buttsr on i, and sutun;l whoro it witl got thoroughly warm, ‘The point to romombar, 1f you wish & nics, juioy steak, I8 to turn it over—not put it on tho fire and lot it sizzlo whilo you make tho coffes or set tho table, but atand by it and turn It over con- atantly, and serve immodiately aftor you take it {rom tha fire. Mutton-chopa treat in tho same way, outtin off tho onds, which, with a littlepesr] batloy an tomato, make s ulco moup. The fat trimmings make axcellont kiudling, sand serve togat » Julck broakfast, Roast beef—Flour the outalde a little; no salt; pat m & pan without water, and set the pan ou rings iun hotovon, If it browns too fast, put a brown papar over it, and, after it gota to caoking woll, lat the oven caol,—that Is, take no moasures o 1ncroaso the heat aftor you ha put your ronst In. Roast beof gravy—Pour out somo of the fat, and stir lour in tho rest, moving the pan to the back of the stove, 8o that tha flsur will oot cook inlumps. When weil mixad, pour in hot twater until of tho ripht conslstoucy; lat it boll, and you will Lave pravy which canbo oaton,—not & dl?.vll‘ with groaso on top, o8 wo find on so many tablen. . Log of mutton—Iavo tho butchor tako out all tho bong, which, by the way, will make & nico soup. Propare some broad " with poppi paraloy, otc., and slufl the log; sew it up, tie up B0 that it Is In good sLapo; put it in & pol of boiling water, covor tightly, turn it over fro- quoatly, and not flll up the pot with water un- Joss this wator bolls away very rapidly, Aftor boiling two hours, put in o dripping-pan with the liquor in ‘which it 8 boilad, and sot it n the oven for hialf an bour, Pat tho meat on a platter and garnish with parsley. Tho gravy will be ready, ospecially if yon have lot it cool’'so as to take off the fat. This leg of mutton {8 good warm or cold. It can bo bolled on Saturday, and not sot in tho oven until time for Sunday dinner. 'I would like to givo varlous reclpes for using tho bits of moat aud bread, Lut fear I have write tou tao much now. Thosubject iw inexhaustible but interesting, for if we wivos and mothers do our duty we shall have a stranger, better raco in the next genoration, and our children will need it, for in'thia progressive age greater domands will bo made upon their capacity and Intelliganco forty yonrs Lience, Lot ua oo to it that thelr [;hysk:nl Byatema aro built up strong, and thoir raing will not bo found wantiog, M. L. H. e How We 8hould Live. To the Editr of The Chicaaa Tyidune : Citioaco, March 10,—I havo & word to offer your correspondont, * Patorfamilias.” I sup- poae that his family conslsta of four persons, and that ho employs thros servants; that his wifo is & * Jady," and doos not invostigate the affairs of the kitchen closely. This being the caso, Isbould asy that $100 8 month is not s high estimate for grocors’ and butchers' bills. 1 am quits suro that ho must live, na ho says, ** plsinly,” else his billa would far oxceod tho abovo catimato, A gentleman who wishea to koep such an ontablishmont should have a larga 1nconio, Bay 810,000 o year ; for, of course, gro- cors' and butchors' “bills aro only a. small port of the expenses of liviog in this #tyle, Wo oitizons of Amorics, Laye some very aorious lossons to learn upon this subjoot of just 0o should live. Wo oro now, =a a natioo, bawed down and humblod to tho dustin the faco of tho world by the disgacs of many of our loadivg citizons; and juss hero is whoro they bogau their mistake: the effors to hold & position in socloty which they could pot main- tain by thelir legitimate incomes.. We wounld do well to tako some lessons from our cousins across tho watar, Tho English gentlewoman nttonda to all the varlons dopartments of her gatablishment personslly, Hhe carriea ber keys, and gives to her sorvants only mo much as will bo required for the daily consumption of the family. Tho sorvants havo thoir tablo, and all its appointments, quite distinct from the family, Thoy are well supplied with food suit- ablo for their atation, bnt thoy do not enjoy all the luxuries of the gontleman's table. If the station of the family will admit of it, a houso- koeper ia employed, and the lady is roleased from this porsonal supervieion. In this country it seems jusl abont impossible to bring sbout avy roformation in this vexed question of sorvico. I soe noremedy butin combiuation, adiea aro notlvo in all good works; lst them form gocioties aud appoint committoss to con- sider this important question of ** How we should live.” them eatablish schools of cookery and housohold cconomy ; and lst tho daughters bo learned tn theso arts, and taught that no education fa complote without this knowledge. Not that I would have our Isdles patform all thel rvices with their own hands ; bat knowle edga s necossary to diroct othors intelhgently, AMaren, —— Economical Cooking, To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune s LA Onosag, Wia., March 8.—I think the houss- koepers' cornor will bo a valuablo featura in your paper, and hopo overy one who contribntes will aim to give good, practical recipes, with direc~ tlona for putting ingredicnta togother, so plain- Iy given that those who are sosking for light on this subject of palatabls and eoconomical oook- lug may moot with auccoss. In her recipe for griddle-cakos, *Lila O." loaves us to infor that the baking-powdor was to bs put right in the milk, Idon't know what the result would be, and ghould not like to rlsk {t. The surer wa: would be (and probably ‘the way she lnundnd‘ to thoroughly m{x the Laking-powdor with tho flour befors adding the other ingredisnts, In thia case & smaller quantity of the baking-pow- der would do jast as well. At the risk of offendiog * Patorfamlilisg,” I would liko to ssk what manner of & lady It can be who would not be willing to invostigate tho subject of livinz expenditures, I think s wonld Laye looked much batior if the lady harself ad written tho letier, inatoad of leaving it to tho * bread-winner * to ask for information, I think while the husband labors to procure the house- bold supplies, it {8 pot boueath tho dignity of any lady in the land tosce tist thoas upplles are not wickedly squandered by wasteful and ig- norant servants, I Lave hoard of goutlomen who did not wish tholr wives to be troubled with such cares. If thatis the caso with “P, "I am sorry for him, sud can offer no remedy. Buck a wife {s an expe: uxury, aod I doa'y wonder that the billa ai avy. 1 thiak, with the sad example of Mrs, Belknap ‘befora us, we shoutd study harder than ever to make our homes comfortable, and to lig| burdens of our husbands. When & woman's heart is in this work, thero la no danger of her yioldiog to exiravaganoce, dhrlu. and living be yond her meaus. Bhe will find the trueat nru:l, happiness in thus strving tobs & help- maet, x I for ono am trying to solve the problom, ss expenscs aro gotliug to be quite heavy in my own family, and earoeatly wish that contributors to this dopartment will give suggeations and ex- perience iu regard to this, and not devots their communicationa entiraly to the making ef ples, cake, and bread, [ atarted out to tell * A Young Housekeeper™ how I make Grakam bread, thauking her for her yeant aud brasd recipes, which 1 ahall make of. When baking whita bread, I use ona coffes. aup full of the bread-aponge, then take Lalf cof« fae-cup of molaases, Al it up with bolling water, add half teaspoon aods, and stir till is fosms add this to the spooge, snd stie in Grabam tlour to make rather & auff batler, Letitriseins buttered basin or deop cake-tin. When light, bake in sn oyen about right for white bread. 1t i done when it will not atiok to & straw, Hteamed brown bread—Two cups cornmeal, ono cup Grahsm, half cup molssses—swaet wilk uni:luu:‘:xwu h to mlllku‘l nuur'l‘:ldu~ h;luu i » ltto a aod & soial €84D0CT ALl ised and disscived (o the wmlik, Guu.: n'un- .Gsy womsn Dreams Ing water in 18 cover all tight (a aver tho Kettlo With & 0t Inen o1t ontoT nicely). Lat It stoxn two ani hall liour, ey don't Took [n tho pall to nes I€ It 18 light, tog oue hour. Juat befors turuing i$ out eu-phu' tako tho cover off tha pall, .mi'm it atand 1 () oven a few minutos, With gooit butfer thie) nico, and a sllce of it with maple yr| makos & vory good downort, ? Many housokeopern objact to the uss of 0y or saloratus in broad preparations, f (hjpy judicious ues of it montralizos the sy molassen ; or sour milk will dowo harm, 1t fy ) o excess of it that produces tho yoilos he Hone tet should o it sblo, never appesr on n As it roquires so mmh ]ndgmonfl:‘x“ffl I am diecarding “it from rag, or aoda and croan of tartar, and b stituting baklng-powder with good resul Gratiam Gems—For tho baking of thess inpy, foction, the iron gem-paos aro lmlllpennv] ana Ilakolt for granted that all housokespe bhavo thom or will bavo them. Pat 0no quarge Gratam flour in a basin; add two tablespuony o sugar, 8 Jittlo sslt, aud two heaplng toanpoonyyy of baking-powder, One littls dip moro in by baking-potrder will do no harm, {f you weg them oxtra. Doat two eggs "r{ Mght Iy ‘Vowl, fill up with cold water, mixing l?mm well, Btir thera quickly in tho flour ; and hore tety, 88y to heginners, ihat horeln ‘los tho grany suceenn in tho usa of baking-powder. 8lir ly, lightning, aud alwaya have plenty of fiour, u stispeot that ' foathior-ake ™. triod to fly syy bocauso thoro wae mnot flour enough g jf It is not safe to trnst to .fpu Py tively In this repect.) Dat to roturm 1 our . gems. The ~batter should bo igy thick enough to barely pour from tho ooy, and moro'cold wator can bo addedf oo thieg Tho gem-pans aro sapposed to bo hoativg on thy stove, Takoabit of butter on a knifo 4y groass thoh (hlllck]y. It thoy aro hoated rigy the buttar will ¢ fo.” Fill hatf-full of tyy butter, snd bake In an aven almost hot onoggy to bumn snvtbing elso up, If my ovon s yy hot cnough on the botlom, I put tho panupey the grate, Dy the timo the tea is mado, wy baby o his chair, with clean faco and bib, iy muflins aro dono, and Ihona thoy will bo oo, Thoy oertainly will be if the directiona ara fo. lowed. The pans can bo filled agaln £ thors |y any buttor left. Thowe ara very good eold, snf aro hoalthful and economical, 83 1o shortenizy or milk 18 required. I havo tried to write these directions plainly and truat thag I will not be judgod todious szf tiresome. L, —_— Bympathy and Oookies, Te the Editor of The Ohteage T'ribuna: Cuttoago, March 7,—I sympathize with 4Py terfamiliss ™ fno his uncortsinlyns to whathy bills ought to be per month, I've often wos. dered how our billa would compare with thow of our noighbors, but of course have novn asked, We have & family of mevon,~mpal, hmaband, énrao boya from to 11 yoars of and two servants, Wa live in a piain bdut the: oughly comfortable way. I do tho market mysolf, except a few articlos, such aa tos s goffoo, which we buy at wholesale. Wo almp have tho bost articles—no second-rate bulie for cooking; no brown mugar, except j littlo In tho wintor for mluco pley 28 good coffoe and black ten s can be found, Our butchor'a bills are from 818 to $20 per month—somotimes lead, nover moro; and our grocera' billa will averago from 380 to €35 py moath—nover, 1 think, excasding 800, and sows. times, as whon wo Lave just Iaid in & good story of supplics, rnoning as’ low as $10 or 918, T’ requires some managemant to do this, bt ooy an onerous amount, I havo sometimos thoughy' whon I havo socn the wasto in some honsohotds, that an sxcellont plan would bo for s gentlemm to caleulate what ha could fn roason afford toliy out oach yesr for honsehold oxpenses, and ki wifo'a clothing, and thon pay the sum pe month into his wife's hands, aud let her apest 1t, making suro that this was tho finally, —that no excess would bo mllowed. The lot tho lady financier for horsolf, Tha allow. ance shiould ba liberal ; that 18, in the proportion to the gentleman’s own private oxponses. [ think that such o plan would be tho saving of many caroloss, extravagant housekoopors, wh ofttimes ueod only the pressntation of a wufs ficlent motivo to make thom as prudent, touy the lesst, na the average of men. 1 close with n cookiereceipt, which I eapoclally rocommend to the mothors of youug abildren, Thers cookies are as shrlo in my family i broad, e aro mavor without them, sod fial them dolicious with coffes in tho moming, with & frult deasert at dionor, or to take tho placact more expouniva cako st tes. Especially I lun found that for vonngchildren~tecthing infants— thoy are the boat food I can provido as a ohiange from milk. I laya cookie in asaucer, pour ovrt s very littio bolling water, and thon a spoonfu! of milk, to Boften, and feed with a spoon, Mix togother one cup of buttor, $wo of grams. Iated or powdored sugar, atirring with the band Il tho mixturo Is of the conalstenoy of thik cream; add one cup sweot milk, in which fa dis- solvod & half tesspoonful of - wodn, and stirin flour, with & to onfal of cream-tartar aified througl it sill the dough can be turned out upon tho board, The losa flour the better, so thatyou can posaibly roll thom, Iioll very thin, and cuf, with a cookie-tin. Bake in & quick oven till thy color of good créam, Bo particular abou th stirriog, haviog tho mixture perfocily smoolk when the flour is added,;and thers can ba no il —_——— Grocery and Meat Bills, To the Editor of Tha Chicago Tribune : OnioAgo, March 8.—In last Saturday’s Tam. URE was an articlo signed atorfamilisg” which morits » roply. Yes, alr; your grocery and moat bills are too large, and yoursolf wrong {n assorting your wife, balng a ludy, cannot bs expeoted to look after the kitchen, Would yoa think it & compliment if your wife would ssy, * My Liusband, being gentloman, cannot ba ez pooted to look aftor his busin You, il degrade ladyahip to toyship and good-for-notb- 2 be} iogship, We read that Queon’ Vietoris gos ™ through her servante’ apartments very often and soes that her linen is properly cared for. Whon gentlomen can pget it iolo thoir heads that a lady in & lady under all cin cumatances, whetber superintonding the serv- antain tho kitchen, or entertalning people In the parior, and when wo mec » cloanly, valk rogulated touse, obedient servant or servants, we conclude a4 once that a lady prealdes-—othar wise shoddy, Barvants must be Jooked after, sometimes to encoursge, sometimes to jmpart knowledge of neatnaess, order, frugality ; soms- times to sao if their rooma and porions are kpl comf{ertable, and not left 10,run pelt-msll in dix order, dirt, snd wasto. 1am an old bousekesper. I think I can o1t some outlines of what your bj oul 'ako, for inatance, the article of sugar, Ose mmnd per wook for tos and coffeo to aach ood our family s suffictent; the v mainder used muet dopend upon the numbes of pis 8 and cakes made, For s family of serea twolve pounds should ba aufficient, A ldom averages more than one pound of meat to esch porson perday. This depen much upou tho sccompaniments,—v ato. Always buy the boat meat (sce ¢ of it is frled) ; she beat butter; tho be: aod nover have any ¢ cooking-buiter,"—it is® waato,—better tako fard, Who is to take charge of the honse if the 1sd) of the hiouse cannot ? Upon her oare sud msu sgoment will depend much of tho expense. A man with s salary of 81,200 per year caon afford but one seryant ; lot this one be truthfol frugal, and roliable, or none at all, L IA:( ship bs mado usefal, my dear sir, snd you will prosper. ¥ Houszxxaris. THE HOMELESS. ire ‘Whiere the ight OF the lamps of the strest falls dimby— From the stare Of the herd who woald dare A3 Bar tattars to feat unssemly, Faltars the homelsss ons, Bitter task Alms from the crowd te sad3 s bright ot (el e Fubhicatreigatags Cald and starl L Ty Plg{ll I sas] To ba dead,— T'® ba aid in the bed Whare Lhis hesd ¥inds o rest with the earth ez a pllowy Or 1o laap In the ses, whers your Weuld Nlu.lhdzlflu plash of the billew? Thoughts of the Lomaless ons ) trighé ©Of the sness and the Ln'l,huwlufih bauiisd Mot .l:srha;'-‘finslu aeny b O il e 8010 the ead Wil be evar; the fris Will ot lend A hand te sid, » ward ta eomscle thes, 0n thasisseiTuasls the uby Ty e S e e ad e 4 7 gaxces Lavaumt