Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 30, 1876, Page 9

ARS. SWISSHELM. I The Reception of the German Emporor at Leipzige e titude of spmtatou.‘Who Evince e YVory Little Enthusiasm. —_— hich, fall of the Statuo of Pencey W, y m"nn:ln‘ of Plnster, Ts Smashed into Filnders. e COatoways, Oolonnades, and wm“vvams—m I'llnminauon. P espondence af The Triduné, “f:zfl‘:, gz;;n:: 8ept. 7.—Tho stanch old cror hias been to ace his loyal subjects of fl’?p;(g ‘and to revlow the Sazon army. Both kPu'm\ accomplished, and he leaves this ‘M:.cm I suppose thore Is no reasonable cu‘mg 'lur ‘doubt of the loyaity of the people g;“]{lng and Emperor, but 1 was greatly d.llmu: pointed I {ts manifestation, e The city bad appropriated 100,000 marks to Jecorating and {lluminatiug, and worlmen had been busy for weels. ‘The auniversary of the ictory of Bedan was on tho 24 hist., and there . 9 & double call for flags and rejoleing. There :n a bountlful display of bunting, but they yraste no gunpowder here, and boys know noth- {ng about crackers; 80 1t was ALL QUIET ON THE BLSTER. Thousands of people came from a distance to g6 the Emperory and the citizens turned out enmasac; buby during the entiro visit, thero a8 less shouting thiau Awmerleans would havo over avery ordinary stump-specch, Iwas great- 1y surprised at this} for, in the opera, or at a concert, they are for more demnonstrative than we; and they were ten times more cnthusiastle " Peschka Leutner aud Gurn, when they i 0::; thele farcwell performance after & slx it aps cars’ engagement, than over this, the frsf :;c:rlnw ‘of bis Imperial Majosty. The processlon passed from thedepot through along, narrow strcet, where tho windows and sidesralks were packed with people. ‘Fhis street Jeads Into the Konlg Tlatz,—a large, open equare,—where thoro Wwos & mew circus pullding, and on the gldo fuclug the processiun were atands, in which there must have been seated over 1,000 people, while thou- sards more crowded around, perched on wag- ons, droschltys, and any other avalable cleva- tion to sce all the denac crowd which lined the etrect. *It was o favorlta point -of obsorvation, because it commonded o view of the strect up which the Emperor was to come, There was no « sound govae the ringing of bells, hoard falntly above the voar of couversation atid the surging wean-waves of peuple who filled the Platz. I ywas watchlng the erowd, expectihg to sce and Year the approach heralded from afar, when, suddenly and sllently, four men on horscback rode past, ubreast; then camo o two-horse car- rlage; then another. 'Thero was a general, falnt shout, s waylng of kerchiefa,—for TUAT WAS THE EMPEROR, and with him the King of Saxony, In o haund- soma open phiseton, with a driver {u drab llyery, The Ewnperor touched his hat in acknowledg- wnent of the cheer sud waving, Hoth men wero fo gorgeous unlforms, helmets, and snowy plumes. The Emperor's coat was (.:rucn and rold; and o was all ablaze with 5! tter. The ‘rowu-Prince followed ; but the cheering sub- slded, and was renewed only for an instant when Von Moltke turned the corner. 'Tho whole pro- cesslon was less than two dozen carrloges, 'The cutrance to tho strect through which the Emperor passcd from the Platz had been incnm- bered by one of the four triumphalarclics ereet- ed In honor of tho ‘occasion, and, 08 he ap- roaced it, & band struck up **UGod Save tho filn . Our position commanded a full view of thoargest mass of peoplo through which he ,msu\ on the route, and nis approach was un- lieralded by any shout of weleome. There was ouly that one fuint cheer ag heentered the Platz, and no further demonstration as hu passed its catire length, : Hearrdved at 4 o'clock, and untll 10 the crowd swayed Inthe streets, and the Augustus Plutz was packed, oll excopt the stroct between the palaco.and the park, which was kept clear by the palice. Thero ecemed to be an expectation that bie would come out on_ the veranda; but e 11]1.1 nol show himsell, aud the palace was kept ark, . Next day Lie reviewed tho Saxon army, 40,000 men, on a feld about, eight miles from tho city, Apguteway had been bullt, through which lis cntored the parade-ground, The men were drawn-up in Jong lines as faras eye could sre; uod, whon he cam through the gate, there was one half-respectablo cheer along the line, and tho bands began to play, As he rode along, the nen touched thelr caps; but TUERE WAS NO MORE OIECRING, Tha Emperor and tho King rode together, and two heralds preceded them, About w hundred officers rode after In helter-ckelter foshion; omong them, the Crown-Princo of the Emplre and Riugdom, Voh Moltke, nud_quite a Hberal mfiylyu minor Princes, Alter they had passed, o hatidsome phacton, drawn by two flue bay Torses, with a postillion, driver, and two out- rldurg In drab liverles, rolled along, with the CrownPrincess of Saxony leanfuyg buck on the cushluly, elegantly dressed. At i suitablo dis- :anw, to givy tme und spuca to take notes, the Jucen awept past, gurgeously attired, i o Plnma ton drawn by four hiorses, with {wo_postillions and four outriders, ll in the Royal drab livery; ;ud not o goldler sadd Hurpaht!' If they ha cen deaf and dumb, they could not hava been nore lqnm. A Gorman lady, who thought it all \'nr‘.vll.uei| sald they touclied” thelr vaps to the Qgten i ut I saw o salute of any kind. ¥ tands had bueen ereeted, In which thousands o m:f:le were seated. Thousands more ti‘flrll tho outskirts uf the fleld, Field-Mur- I’:Iu s and Geucrals, Princes and potentates, b loped past with waviug plumes and glittere ng uniforms, and not a shout aroso frum that w:fll:u mucs of people. An old, torn battle-tlag iy carried past by onc of tho regiments, un b one scemed to “notice it, Our ull-glorlous “hy frlend safd that a circular had been dis- ributed, asking the puoplo not to cheer from the 1y \THl & BIONAL WAS QIVEN from 2 Royal tribune. I was anxlous to know X 0 Saxan people could cheer; but, us [ dld wnkfi“ shecally to witness the enthusiasin v Royalty kiept bottled-up to be let out thr;l requiced, and the wind and clouds encd raly, wo came away buforg the cheer- lhE’ dlnd ere thus fortunate enough to cscape renching rain which caught thoussnds on 1m‘zuy home, durgutiento say that there was one regis ;;‘;':: n‘é‘ mvnlr& to which Prince Fmdcrfl& oD m«u.-lmg specfal relations hud that, when it Pt ltm the Royal stand, he rode out aud l_tpo(: tion at thi head of ft, when the men of B, ‘& lnum. came very near cheering heartily; bk ‘“;i.l was what they. jutended,’ the fivst +ort discouraced them, and_they did not tr ,:f“;" B0 ulo when the ® Emperor's Own " it lrlfi}‘eflmcnt came up, he rode out to give P ;"~u'" recognition, when there was aliiost i muml eer, and the peoplo on the stand were by lntereated as when o man's lint was s urll and caught by anothor. But the N the doy,"in the ¢ Feld-Marshal's that ut‘} s the ulowlug of o hiat clean off, 50 ) n shoul et hils or her "m ga.ml o gluse n!pbcur as the pllgoceulon came Tu other w the txhllxmu‘;l,“".:‘.:b‘ people were Interested fu SOMETILNG THEY M, 0 but no one for, 17or oy earriod got himecl! Vi byl:u_y o T LA T, or was carried uway ‘M‘;t:‘ almost a surlelt to come from n field s Uu"muuh Royalty had been on exhibition |luleld-i'uud alt down to dinuer fu_the old Firat g L2091 the room tn which Napoleon I plaxM his defeated Generals und drew up fay,luy ol Fetreat, which waa spoiled, next el ¥ the prowature blowin el .:L'i lm iuserable lttlo Ilver Elster, Ve fnterio¥r ft sectas bnposalbls that ft could R terbuscd 8o futally ugulnst the French us ) “‘ll.‘lln- duath or cantivity of 95,000 men} 4 “ubrl“dlil. aud yet 1t ia {s‘mu mory Lhun lh:‘gllmn “ac.‘..ud deep o the Chiengo River at Nupolcous buat st look > . ) ooks down on the tabls .:l‘:filzh b gketehed hits pluns on that nl;l'x'tbog P .'lu‘ Octover, 18135 and the ol hatel, ks t’ hlxu:i'uu“ of sume imodern finproves lwufi’n el do not chany s thouppearance, and N fiylru\:ulm, stands Just as it did then, und ils Anyerid gtood for a’huyndred years ticfore. A crican headguarters now, and we were 2odiig aped under ity red-tila roof wlhen the mkefi( orm burst upon the clty, - While we e nj"' &4 upper window oveér the trees of l!lummt the ot of the Museum, at the two S .llu, colossal figures of Peace and War “d uu bikh to welcome the Emperor, tho I Sbruck Prace, : ST KR CHABIING TO PAV] A 3 e vhm “:u‘; I:(;gawx‘nlcs,: u!l}ler heud‘::uf”hi"?t xpoied Ly tho smashiug Parta bone {u her ery Wnlu-gl(. of o bady, aud the tours -up ol & nflnll;u “fiy- THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1876—TWELVE PAGES, Ing of her gilded robes all into very amall frag- menta. Fortunately, the storm had driven the people from the Platz; =o that, when this plece of hollow moeckory, this ininge of plaster and et which Lelpzix htd et up, met, ber fate, no one was hnrts and, If they are careful Lo f"“"" p and geind the fragments, they can mike nn- othier * Peace just na goud na she, and the cost of_gtlding will be a triflo. ‘The people shake thelr heads and feel that his sudiden vome<loswn of thelr Peuce fa A bad slen; but, IF they had attached nny specinl afg- nffleance to the enthlem, they shonfd hiave mude it sulid, If_thg material had been no more_ than ood Drickclay; then tley aliould linye haked her well, and set her on a aubstantial brick or atone foundation, on something near alevel | with the hieads of the people, A plaster Peace, all emptiness inside and all glit outslde, perchied on the clrcular top of wooden tower that looks 11ké & factory-chimucy tricked out In blue-and-gold, and overlooking the tons of the tall houses around it, was too muceh Jike the l!uynlt{, to which it did’ honor, to stad o goud, slurn{ lnat, Hy way of decorntfon, the city bullt POUR GATRWAYE, all allke, througly two of which the Emperor tothe Palnce. The other rusuud, on his Wiy wo nro to the right and left of the Theatre, ncroas the broad street which runs through tha Platz between it and the Musenm. Each rep- resenta o sectlon of “a high and lolty wall,” sutne clighteen or twonty feet thick, with threa openings, They serve to obtruct the ,mnungc, and are ns good a represcntation of the ' praid, gloomy, and peculiar ' of old feudnl times ns eould ho gotten-up with pine scantling, rough boards, anil plaster, The scantl! u{g nnd boards do duty for bnck- round or wall, while the ploster imakes Cor- nthian coltimns rivaling o magniticence uny- thing over had 1 Corinth, but cvlored to n-gll- resent the Tonnesses inarble supports of the old TInll of Represuntatives in Washington, Perched aloft are vases, In which thore were fires that contributed great volumes of smoke to tho fllwmiuation; but this wus all the licht furnished by the trinmphal archies. They also have a liberal supply of gllded plastsr state unry. ‘Ive approach to both of those through which the Royal cortege passed {8 through rows of white poles wound spirally with wreaths of oak- leaves, green-and-white being the Saxon colurs; but the form made them resemble barberpules, aud I could nut but wonder whether thelr Muj- oatica were groing to be shaved or were advortis. lug their busivess, ANOTHEI QUERR DECONATION was a semi-cirenlne colonnade, extending quite across tho Plutz, on ench shde of thie Musenm, and faelng the Theatre, us If the Musvutit stretehed out arms to embrace the Hoyal guest) but, nlasl all that was within its embrace wos the two tull wooden towers, holding nfoft thelr hollow embleis of Peace and War, and & colos- sal feminino fizure, quite destitute of all bowels of compassion or stoiach fur wholesomae meat, aml which had not yet had her head put on when I Jast saw Der, although her Hmbs were plentifully displayed through plaster robes of gilded drapery, ‘The Cormthinu columns of thecolonnade wero constructed ot telegraph-poles incused e pluse ter, which casing was made In senil-clreular zees tlons nbout thres feut long, and was quite easily setup around the poles, and plastered into unjty. Wihen 1 saw & hundred men ot work one Sabbath afternoon constructing this gim- crack for the delectution of his Most Gracious Christlon Mnjesty, who aiways says his prayers before he goes toed, 1 thought thuy wanted to roduce a gcenle effect in the {llunation. I had been Informed that thuir Majestivs were to uttend the Thentre on tho 6th, and, ut the cluss of the perforiunce, step out on the balvony, wheit the entive Platz was to bo a blaze of light; and this dounle row of white columns, oueir- eling the tull, blue-nnd-gold towers, with the fi‘lll;md figures, all well lighted, would makoa zling “display, But, o and_bebold! . tiey colored” all the colntnns, one-third the length from the base, a divty red, and the other two- thirds a towny-brows, put oue row of lights uround the cornlee, ome dim Chiuese lanterns inslde, uml tho whole concern wos invieible from tho Theatre. Howover, it was no matter, for THE ILLUMINATION came off on the Gth, and their Majesties were 1ot supposed to see it Tho general plan of the Ughits was lovel lnes,—n row un cach window- sll. Inuticed but four departures from the rule, and the ouly trausparency, aud motto L snw was that over the entrance of the Uotel do gmnsc, and thie proprictor talksof emlgrating to 1 hicago. Thepeoplo scem destitute of originality aud the taculty of fuvention. Thls Inck shows fteelf iu everytlitmg, Tu tbe Uuminatlon of Wush- ington, at the cluse of the War, thero was more ovfpina) deslgn displayed in any one short street than fn the entiro City of Leipzig on this grand occasfon, when they attompted 8o much and accomplistied o Httle for the laborand money exponded, Bhow and seonle effect wore the objoct, and certalnly any American city woulld have mede u fluer appearance on half the movoy und with one-third the work. Thoy were “not ready, Their arrangements were unllnished; and, whilo the streets wore blocked with people in guln dresses, huudreds of worlkimen re busy wetting up flugs wud statuury, and' vases, and getting down seafTolds, Teatns golng for, and cotuing away with, long ladders, and boards uud seantling, aiid trestles all dunbed with lime and colorinr muttor, were foreed through tho surging muiuuol’pvanle on foot und In ever; forin of conyeyunee; und tired workmen, al steared with plaster, und with bauds fall of touls, were Jostled by gentlemen with no moro conglderation thau if” they liud been women, The reason ol the snncncss and want of readi- ness wos the CIKCUMBCRIDED PIZLD OF LAUOR. With us, cvery muon and womsn would have gone to work, each fu his or hor own way, and done something to oald tho general cffcet; but here eyverything must bo done Ly men or wouen who follow tuat kind of business. No guntle- mun or morchant takes oft his coat and nails un an arch, or contrives and excecules some devicos Each one gives an order to o workman for such decorations_as lic mmy roquire, The geatry, even on auch an oecaslon, do uot soll their hunds with wanual labor; the workman's ldeas are confined to hls own branch; and 8o thelr grent and cxpensive effort was a very tume aliuie, By the way, my flrst {nfornant Puhucd out the'wrong house as the Palace. It is not wbove thu stores, but next door, aud I8 quite a good- slzed heuse, but is not large cnough for much cnmfmny; 80 tho Emperor ulone was the gucst of the Ring, while tho Crowu-Prince und Von Moltke oncli did honor to u_wealthy private family by aceepting its hospitality, ‘Theé beautlful fountstn in frunt of the Palace was stopped, {n order to mako way for o square raft of rough bourds, bearivg o huudred or two lttle lunps, arranged In the form of u star, When they wero all lighted, they showed tho raft to great advantage; but the green gooso- pond was not particularly distingulshable from the ereen grass avound {6, decorated with rows of Jumps bordertug all the walks, In llluminating the parks, it did not occur to the authorities to hang lghts fn the trecs, und sprinklo them over the pgrass and uwong the shrubbery, Nke firo-dlles. Everything wus fu lnes, wid the tens of thousands o people surged through the strects and looked on in sllunt wonder. JANS GREV SWISSUBLM, PAUSE. Be tho life-path high or luw, 4 Come the scasunas, arasons go,— Couios the Bpring:time, fobed in greon: Coimos tho Suwmmer, blossom-crowaed; Comcth Autuwn, burvest-queen, And tho Wintor, icy-bound, 1u unceasing flow, Paus ata cooling fonnt, Nostiug ‘fore an untried mount ‘Waolug strength at healing lprings‘ Beeking second-youth in prime, To the past of barled thingy i Swveeps Lifo's horitage of Time, Vanished to sccount. Natura's acta havo no recall liriof the te1ra when nobleat fall— Yor tho Present, dilod with 1ife, Overlays tho Past and tUoue, Ao o Sarson RIS tarth's children, On, Fitloth ol fn all, gt Faint liko Antwus, touchiog Earth, . 1iall trausttion, swite new birth, Tle lv calling, Yot 'tis day, JAnd, though sombre, clear the light, Naturu's higher volce obey, Ere has sunk 1n ondless night Al in 'Time of worth, Arva, Kaa, ——— unnnlng ths Slides, Outaice (Cun.) Fres Press, You never ** run Lhunl‘duu," ehi—-never went down hills of water on u erib of timberl—ucyer unjoflml the pleasure of a shower-bath on h wmall seale with all your (loths ont—neyer an- ticipated thet you might have a dangerous duck fnthe wiver by the crib sniashlug upt Noi Well, then, {;m liave missed o most enjoyuble senvation, But como with us {n thought, wod we will endeavor to take you through. Iere Wao are, then, on the booms at the beginnlig of the Chaudlere Slides, In the viciulty of Ruche cster's eaw-milll. A solld-looklug erlb 1s approaching, belug carrled by the curventon the bosows of tho water. It is Juanued by o couple of muscular men, who huve n sweep-out aplece at thb rear part of the raft, inorder to gulde it W. B, Into the chanuel which s now being eatered. ‘They observe us.and diviue our mission, so with a cheery volce onu of then cries, ¥ Do you waut to rdn the slides?’ An afllrmative suswer belng givew, the erib {8 swune in u little cloer, and the words, “‘Jump ahoard, then," are heard. You do g0, The erib 1s alfding along at the rato af five or alx miles an Lour, and the fecllng 18 deeldedly pleasant . We are now rapidly approaching the first fall, which, has 0 deseent of .gbout three tert, down which’ the water rushes lively, merglug in a turbulent imass on the upron obout twenty yards below, We are toy passing under the' fron bridges on Brkize street, inthe vielnity of which Iarge numbers of persons are gathered, wit e ing tha cribs ns they pars down. The rafta- men have ahipped ‘their swecps, nid the entire party ure standing - upun the urpcr timbers, four of which formn the sccand ther of the erlh, thelr walght keeplig the lower onee, which are ficpt togettice by traverses, doswn an it thelr places. The erlb “begdus to move morg rapldly, tha verge of the falls s reached, and the next Instant down we go like a ghot, ainid the creaking of the tiinbers and the splashing of the waters, into what appears n perfect ealilron of threatening waves and fomn, But instend of diving into it and Lelng swamped, the unury waters aro sdriven befors the criby, which seems to rest for wmoment upon the apronhefore ghiding swiftly along to the next fall. Down we go, aver & couple more of the fulls, experlencing the same fecling as at the first, only morc so It anything, us n couple ol saw-logs have alded materlully fn shuking us up, renferfng it necessary to erotich and cling to the thnber upon which we are standing in order to keep our footlng, Floally th lost fall s reached, which s the most sensatlonal of tholot. ¥or forty or fift: yards ut the end of the slide the water 1s dar! und angry lookings having nttoincd quite o ve- lovity, It rushes olong in jageed waves, and mingics with the Ottuwn in o mass of foam, ‘Thy erlb fs moving aloug raplily, In front of you 18 the Grand River, covercd with timber, sleamors, and bargess around you are hinmense piles of lumber, On the * homestreteh ! the crib slashes tho water around lively, and flnally 1t takes n plungo as it leaves the sifdes. Down 1t goea, nml you hear nothing but the roar sud rush of watér, which scemingly surrounds you. For amoment there scems tu be a strugele, when the ertb slowly and majestically rises sguln 1o tho surface of the water then you know that 1t will not be necessary for you to” tnke u bath with ull your clothes on, On examinution you find that the water was within an fuch or two of Where you were standing on the middie of the raft, ‘This ends the pleasaut sensatlon of ** run- ning of the alides,” THE HOME. AUNT LUCY'S SCRAP-DAG. Tv the Edltor of The Tribune. Cittcaco, Sept. 20,—When I Iast wrote fo “The Tlome™ we were walting for & highly- rocommended girl,” a “perfeet treasure.! Evegythlng was fn “apple-pic order, and we were “resting on our oars,’” when wo heard that tho *reliable ” hnd gone to auothier place, and not even given us notlec. After tho surprise and exclatnations (such s “ How provoking " * Would you lave belleved L") were over, we (that 1s mother and daurh- ters) held o consultation,—we always do upon Important subjocts,~and this is tho proposition offered by the trio, “Let us try o few weeks without auy girl,” ave o woman to wash, and see how nicely we will get along, and how much we will save in o servant’s wages, board, gas, and waoste, Ol coursc mother sgrees, snd W are rather enjoying the experitnent. . Edna's weol closed Saturday night, Eyery~ thing all right. Parker Iouse rolls three times; huve bad them twice a week for two years, We, too, think they are splundid. I eent the revipe to * The Ioute” in one of our first numbers. Edow and Carrie made marble cake; Carriv wode the light, Edna the darie, undl placed it In the pans together—a epoonful of one upon theother. It iy very prelty when cut, 1cre 1s the recipo: Marblo Caice, Hght: White quprar, one and o balf cups; butter, half cup; sweet milk, half cupj tour, two cups and_a Jialf; whites of four Clil.’l‘. two teaspoous of boking powder; luvor with lemon or alwonds. Durk part: rown suzar, ong cup; molasses, hu.l!-cut:‘;’ huil~cup; sweot milk, half cup; yolks of four egie; two cups and & balf of flour; two tea- speuiis of baklug-powder; mix in scparate puns; flavor with splcca, % 0, M. W wrltes os it I hod glven a recdjo for plckive, 8he is mistaken; I did wot. In regurd to our yeast, she mude dry yeast, which is very ggoud; inine was lquld, ** Butsey’s note M took me back to long ago, when I, tdu, % rucked baby to sleep 7 and resd, one of thy pleasantest pajzes of motherhood. “ Lillie W.""—Do net try to do us your hus- band's _mother did; it will bo “ Love's Iabor lost.” I guess everybody’s husband bad anoth- cr, 'They geain to forget the many yeurs of ex- perlence these mothers hud, and to you it must come day by doy; but if you, too, have a ¢ baby to rock” to sloep, remcmber, {n after years, somebody wiil wish to know how husbaid's* mother cooked, und you will be the mother thon, It culy takes thue aud patience, with ex- perience. “ Allegen,"! now_ about the fiied chicken, This Is one way, und, it you do nol learn of o better way, iry it. Cut “your chicken to pleces according to the slzo; If very young, just In lally it good elze, divide ot the joluts; sco that It Is llmruufhly cleancd. Wipe It with o cleun_ bic of musling I keep such things hem- med for the purpose. Beat up two eggs, have a plate of tlour, dip cach pleee trat in the flour, then i the egy, #euson with salt and ‘m{lp@l‘c Liere pour lu lflslhxu hot In your skillet, put your chiclien ins when brown ou one sidu turn 1L, brown the th cr, place upon the platter, mix & tablespoon of four smouthly into a cup of sweet wilk, pour nto tho fat, stir, boll u few mluutes, pour_ it over the chivken, and T guess unybo nl) s usbund will think it vretty good, I ry veal cutlets the sming way two. Auxt Luex, buttur, PICKLES, 70 the Edltor of The Tribune. CuicAqo, Sept. 27.—If * Mary " will bave the patience to read as long as I can write, Iwill give her my pleklo recipe, und when 1 tell her that tn twenty years I have never lost a jar of cucumber pickles, sio witl think my plun worth trying, Imust begin from the garden out, in order to'make the reeipe completo, Always cut cucumbers from the vine with scissors, allowing a hnlf-luch of stem on each cucumbor, Avoid runbing the prickly coat off, and vever wash them, llandle ns care- fully- a8 If they were cggs, This b8 the first and great secret towards preserving them, Tave ready ina clean hulf-bureel or beer-keg brine, made’ with raln-water und salt, stronig eniough to bear up an egg, The covar of your ke must bo arranged i the following manuor: Sed that it fits tightly two Inches from the top, and by putting (t in sldeways you will be able to fit nicely; cut a square holu ubout the slzoof w hinlf-brick fu the top of the cover, After the legg s fitled with brine nearly and the cover is fitved-in and pulled up tight by taking lold in the tentre ut the openlng mude, you ure ready to drop in tho cucumbers, dirt “und all,—tho brine Wil goon soak thut off and it will settle at tho bottom, You con . put in a few or many at o thne ut one thing {s absolutely uccessary, viz.: Alwuyu leave the keg with brim overflowing, nnd this the scum that - inverisbly riscs to the surface will be above the covor, Of courss & plate and stone Is kept over the opening in the cover, and that Is what soltens thucucumbers, but with my nlan the scum never touchies them at all, for be- ore nddlug fresh aues L slways dip out or skim off the tup,and add o landful of salt to cach hall-peck of pickles au thut the brivc may not be weakened, - Now you have the firat chipter on the pickle question, und you can fecl sure that I kept in & celar or cool pluce where they will not freeze, you huve them for all winter. Watch tho britie, and Kkeep it over tho caver; it will evaporate for u time When you wish to muke plekles of the above, tako out'and puck lo a jar (ulways hundiing curo- lulli). cover with clear ralu-waler, souk one week, chauging the water overy two days, have mul&r # porcolain kettle,—no Lirass ones for mo, —tuke your pickics one by one, put inu close lnfcr. aud sprinklo over the topa little whole allspice, eloves, and cinpaulon, und one green peppur torn i 'mu. a small pleco of horgerudial, and contiute so till the kettlo is full, Then cover with water nud viuezar (white wine) Lalt and balfl, Cover tixht, place on the back of your » runge and lieat slowly, until you can just ‘bear the linger i, then ramove wnl leave in thoe ket- tle to cool without disturbing till - next day, Tuke out the pickies one by one, and placo In layers In your jur, putting a littls spice as sboye over euch layer, and”pack till all are used, sdding « pepper or two, Cover with cold vinegar throw away tho water, vinegar, and epite that bus been ufed in u-nf-llnx. 1t prepured as above and kept always under the vinegar one can suake as many fuis o8 onc likes and keep all winter, Wo spont last winter Bouth, and ou our return found our pickles in o -pluudid cuudition, and not _one . soft one, not hoving been sven luoked ut for four nouths, I auy lady tries tho aboye ploase give the result, Bhull Istop here or give reclps for excellent. Lup yeast withiout lour which will keep sweet 1 o tool placs weeks? . Grate ten Jarge 50“!02! Tuw, hive roady six quarts of strong hup tea boiling, pour over the potatoes, stirtlug constantly, and. let it boll & moment or two s add one coffes cup of salt and sugar ouslsi When milk-warm riso with a piat of bukers! or home-pade yeast. 8ot ina warm rhm: until done working.” It will take a day or Wo to tiulsh, but it stops after & whils, This -follures nnd reedpe I have given to s number of friends, and it never falls to do its duty, 1 forgot to state that 1 "keep green pe) ready for seasoning piekles by pricking with a fork, and covering with cold vinegar and kept in alr-tight Jars, o lttle vinegar helng added daf); anttl the peppers refuse to absorh any moic. have fownce kept in thia way three years old, and [ prrkurm;: my picklea I nise the “sharp V'ncfflr tocook Inas 1ar os it will go, Ikercmuu by, Mnx, W, 8. Q. e PREFARING PLANTS FOR WINTER, Ih the Kdttor of The Trivune, Prasceron, 1, Scpt, 20,—1 find fn the Nome Dopartinent a request for Information about preparing planta for winters 1 do not profess to know “all about potting and pruning,” bhut haying had some experience In growing window plants may, perhaps, give some hints that will be uecful Lo thuse who have not, Planta that have been Licoming in the garden all summer can hardly be expected to blossom in the hiouse all winter without soine reat; hence, 1 prefer to bed out iy planta {n the spring, and start new ones from cuttings or secd for tho next winter. If taken from tho ground most things require to be closely cut back, and must be well aceus- tomed to the change before taken into the house. A very sucesssful florist stated that he always potiea his plants In the timae of new moof In SBeptember, Not having as much faith in the Influences of the moon ubon vegetation 48 wome people, I should not hcsitate to doit nt any favorable time. Ralny weathor would be best, but if sunny and warm, they must be carefully shaded, and not allawed to wilt at all, If plants are to be obtaned from cuttings, they should be started not Jatér than the 18t of Adgust, that Lhey mn{ be well ruoted and growing befure taken fi. 1have everythiog that { intend to keep in _the house well “eatab- lished in pots early fn Boptembur, pinching off the buda from those that fncline Lo blossom too early, thus keeping them from exponding the energies I wish them to reserve, As soon . as tho frosty nights,come, take them juto s rovm where no fire Is kept, where 1 zzive them all the sun and alr ponlb‘c until freczlug weathor mukes [t uccessary to close svindows and keep fires. Whenever the temperature will adinit, 1 open a window to give them fresh alry and as,often a8 practicable either set them out in » warm shower or remove to some place wherel ean glve them abath from my sprinkler, —if thuy can bo sprinkled where thiy stand so much the better. For two years 1 have practiced sorinkling them with a small clothes broom just befure golog to bed every night, and have not been troubled with aphis or green iy since adoptiug it plau, : 5 Beyonins are very well suited to the warin, dry atniusphere that Is found (n most sitting- rooms, and there is such agrreat variety of kinds and all of them so beautiful in leaf and flower that they nlone would malte a fine collection, I have succecded very well with several varieties uf coleus, though'if the tem- crature varius tvo much they sre ept-to drop lelr leaves, Geranfums aml double petunius blossom well If the uir Is not too dry, Hollo- ers “tropus requlire s great deal of sun, and with me bloum constantly. Roses do best to be left in the cellar to reat until February, as do fuclirins, thoagh I have had the common speclora full of flowers all winter. If Tiwere new to the busi- nesg, 1 would begin with o few comnmon plauts wnd fncrease tho varicty s I Jearned by exveri- ence what 1 could maunge best. Whoever ute tempts to grow flowers in o_sittng-room or par- lor window will undoubtedly wmcet with many dlsappolntineuts. Those why have & genuine love for them will persovare nud succeed in gomo things. 'Those who have not wlll soon give up in despair. [ havo many a timo left iy bed fn a bitter cold night to look ut the thermomoter and roplentsh the fire, end mors than - ouco. shed . toars in the morning over my frozen pets; but I do mnot know of anything that would inducs me to be without them, and have generally had very goud success. If any- thing 1 huve written should be of any assint. ance to any contributor to thie lfome I shall foel amply repald, and quite willing to tell anything more that 1 know about the cultivatfon of flowers, § might have sald somcthiug dbout tho kind of soll and pots to use, but am hopiny aome one who s better fuformed will tell us about that. IBAN, RUG-MAKING. Tv tke Kditer of The Tribune. Jeeennson, Wis,, Septs 30.—As I find 1t somewhat confusing to address all ‘ths con« tributors of *tho Homa" ut once, I will seleet one from the number, and that cus , Allegro, because I too *‘wish we could discuss some- thing elsc besides whot we eat, drink, and wear,” Lhelleve I will take amuscmonte or entertalnments for my subjeet, In- the first place, then, T think thut one of the best waya to make 1i{e enjoyuble (8 to -take quita ' varlaty of publicationg, which perhaps many cfen afford to do, who thinlcthiey can not, by atiying them- sclyes somothing tlat they would be just as well off without'if they only thoughto, and perhaps better. I have been mn)rlnf,'n drawn rugto take to our County Falr, nndd” this is the most amusing thing of all,—to sce how very uulike tha flowers upon it are to reel ones. At another time I shiall take for apattern'some flgure from u car- pet, or wall-paper perbaps, and not try to fml- tote flowers. [ _took _a piceo of encking one yard and five inches Jong uud 298 inches wide, and gewed it fnto a frame. ‘Then I marked ont my flowers upon it with red chalk, aud then cut my rags into nar- row strips aud hoolted them up with o Uttle Iron Tiook, made the ground-work of black rags beeause I thought thie fluwers would show bet- ter, Ialsomaden border to the rug. It took the sccond premfum at the falr, and go I con- clude thet the Committee of that department wore muuscd with 1t too, There are some l.hlng:n in my last lotter which I wish to epeak of fn this, If you ever maoke any yeast by my recipe be partlentar to scald the flour so thoroughly that it wiil thicken up. 1f tho pint of hop-wuter dues not do i, set the dish ju n kettle of bolling water loug enough for that purpose, atirring it all the thue, Ttold you about my bake-pans In my last, In this L wish to say that, about ten or fteen minutes befure the loaves are dong, I take them out of the pans, turn them (the pans) over, and put the lonves on top to finlsh them off. Llease say to_* Betsey' that when my hus- band rewd lier letter hé remarked that good bread-making covered a multitude of sfus, When usked what would cover o multitude of mcen's alug bo repied, ¥ Leaving off the use of tobucco." ‘W Jnughed heartily over Mrs, N.'s letter on the chemiloon question, Just imagine, if you can, one noble Roman, whilo wrapping hie togs about him, saying to snother nobl¢ Roman that the Amerleans made one of their garments al- most “exactly Mke their towas, only they called theirs achennloon," andthen just {insgine the other to exelaim with m'al]y wink, *Too thin? 1 think that the gentfeman who gave Mrs, N, such Information hasu't any little chil- dren who wear night-drawers, or o need not hiave ronined 80 fur for a comparison, LimiLe SALLY. BED-SPREADS, - v the Editor af The Tribune. Berorr, Bept. H.~1 have been for many months a constant reeder of the * Ilome De- partment * of Tun THIBUNE, and think it {s the must valuable part of the paper, Our kind friends have sent nany excellent veclpes, but 1 fear we should do little clse than cook and eat 1f we should try themall, ¥ have tried eowe, and had good siiceess, especially with lemon ple und corn oysters, only our sweet corn did uut Tast long chough, Wil sunie one pleasesend mo full instyuctions " for making bud-srrcmlnl 1 wish lo make some of tine cotton ¢loth, using Dexter's cotton yarn, No, 0. .What kind of w necdls shall [ use How shall T mark then, and what shall T mark with? lHow is the yurn to b drawn ini_ I wish them to be well covered with work, s T do not thinl a Flnln ono looks well, By sending these fustructions you will greatly “oblige a sub- seriber’s wife, Asthisisthe time to make Pleealill I will sond my revipe, which 1 thiuk cansot be sur- pussed,” Some will mfi' {t is too cheap to be good. Well, try it, and et me hear of your BULCCES. One peck of green tomatoes, sceded, two large hcuds of cabbage, thiee green peppers, o amull teacup of salt, “Chap and mix well, and put in a colunder to drafn over night, In the morning cover It with good elder vinegar, aud let It bull until soft. Then dralu off that vine- gar and put in tableapoonful of mustard, 1 of allsplve, 1 ol cloves ;iruuml, 3 pounda ot sugar, and about one-half a teecup of horso radlsh, and § onfons if you like, Cover nicely with elder-vinegar, and let it boll a fow wnln- utes, Put futo a stons Jur und loy on the top & thin to cloth, Putan old plate on to keep 1t under thevinegar, Aund you will have an ex- cellent pickle, Tomit the onlons, thinking 1t (s uleer without, A Busscusew's Wivn, el i BEANS=-=-RYE AND ¢ INJUN,» 7o 1he Editor of The Trituns, Cn10AQo, Bept. 28.—A short way of giving a recipe for Boston baked beans would be: “Do Just the opposite of what most Western house- keepers 4oy L o, Boll thém all day, aud bake them balf oo bour, At least, they will begin in the middlo of the forcnobn to prepars beans for anoon dluner, and, aflet bolllug s loog tlme, wiil put them into a dripplug-pad, Lo mat. ter how large, und Luko balf-anlvur, and I sup- . pose well satfsfied with them, though by nlpmlnf no much enrface to Lhie heat of the ovenhalf the heans are hard, if_not burned, and the rest very white. No Eastern, or ot least New England, housekeeper of my nc- qnalntance would think beans' cuoked i that mauner it to cat, Inthe firet place, yon need an earthen or stone jar,—1 understand that regular Boston, nr Down-East bean-pots, are now te be hind in Chlcogo, but I could not Aind one when I came to the city fiftecen vyears ago, 8o pro- vided myself with a smnall” stone Jar, narrow /i the top, which has done good service, Now to the method of preparing the beans: Wash; then, par-bofl half-an-haur, then bake all day or nigm‘ As to the scasoning it is much a matterof taste. Some like thom with ”im'l deal of fat, and intoa pot that would hold n quart of beans would put half-a-pound ni pork (salt), cutting through the rind as if to allce, then l'nylug it at the wr, 80 that the rind iy .become wlcely brown. Then soma a tablespoonful of molnsses, We do not belleve much in erk, #0 only [un. it n very thin alice of it, addinga 1ittle salt and otnittlig the sweetening. But the inain point, after all, is the baking. In Boston, as your husband vflh tell _you, they are baked In @ brick oven all night. We do not have these licre, but §n winter we run our cook- stove day aml night, end bave our beans and brown-bread votne on to the table steaming hot for breakfaat, for all thut I can sce, as good s i1 baked In a brick oven. Butthe heat must not be flerce, hut moderate and steud{. Now I often reat In ** Tho Ifome " where Aome onc cays: '* I have scen no teceipt for such a thing as good as mine,” umd that e just what I have thought when 1 ruad brown-bread re- ceipts, A Buston man wants n lual of brown bread with his beans, and thie receipt [ have was uged by m{ grandinothers on both sldes, and all thefr chfldren and grandehildren to this day use the same: One guart of ryc-meal gnut lour), Lwo qitarts of corn-nical, two-thirds ol & curln of molasucs, It which beat u teaspoonful of roda, ndt‘uiauponnml bf galt, aud ‘mix quite 8oft With holling water, and hake and bake. 18 recipe 1make a loaf that fills my Lread- pot, which is o common gallon stone jar. It wllfkneufcr days or weeks, for aught T know, I cool weather, But In cooking the bLreaq sometimes, in these high winde, thie draft ls so atronug that it §s imporsible to regulate a stove 80 but what the crust of the bread beconies too hard before the lunl1pa 15 thorougbly done. So of lute on froning duys I get the beuns into the oven by breakfust time or before, and get the bread fnto bolling water, and let it cook until about I o'vlock, and then put Into the oven to dry and get o Mittle brown erust by 5 o'clock chnner thoe. The more unything made of corn- menl {8 cooked the better” and healthier it (s, Respectiully, V. R THE YANKEE DISIL. To the Editor af The Tribune. Anvivotox, Ill, Sopt. 24.—Iam areal Yau- Ieee, born and bred near Buston, within twenty tiles, aud perhaps “Lillic W." snd some otliers may like my way of bakiog benns, for it 18 the true New England way. Plck over and wash u quart of good white beans. Boak them over night In cold water enough to stand two Inches on top of the beans. In the morning put them in fresh cold water in a kertle an the back of thestove and Jot thent parboil. [ drain them out of that water when they are cookcd cnough for the skins to breuk by blowing them, After draining put them fua -bean-pot, uneof tho old-fashioned New Englaud kind {s the best, but if you Laven't onc and can't procure one, usc a tall erock about elght {nclies high and alx inches across the oponing, ~Such & oue {8 slnostas goodasa swall-necked bean-pot. After tho beans are fn the pot put a plece of ault pork us large as tho palia of your hand or o plece of butter samo size, and an oven {ablespoonful of enlt on top of than, Cover with bolling water, und bake in a moderately-heated oven from breakfast time oue morning throughout the doy and evenivg, aud leave them standiny fu tue oven all night and they are there ready to heet by the breakfast fire. They must be lqoked afier once In Awo or threw bours wuutil. the middle of the after- noon, and Lot water put on_ them often envupth to keep them uolst. The last fow lours they will tuke care of, themselyes, and In the morning will bo ss dcliclous a dish of Laked beans us you'll ever want Lo eat. If ne- cessity roquires & very hot flre for other pur- 06¢8, put a tiu plate ot top of the crock, near- ly covering 1t. Somwtimes, with the best of care, they will scorch u little oun top. Take tho burnt ones off and the rest aroall right. This {8 a lengthy nccount, but will pay it adlicred to. P'vea hfes seelpe for brown bread to cat with them, {2 yon like my way of baking beans and want to Knuw more, 'l tell you, Alsg, for johnny-cake,~that §s eo nice for Lreakfast o Wwinter's morulng. Yours, cte., W. A 8 ALMOND PUDDING. To tia Rdttor of Ths Tribune. Appisow, Sept. 20.—In gratitudo for the many good recipes T have made use of, T would 1like to offer a few, in hopes that they will help some other young housokeeper like mysclf in a country place. First fo rauk comes my almond pudding, Tuke n quarter of a pound of sweet almonds, scald, remove the sking, and ‘pound as fine as cver you can in & mortar, Then ‘put in your stirring-dish the yolks of four eggs, with a quarter of a pound of powdered sugar, and beat well for a few momeunts, Then put In tho almouds, aud £tir all three. When the bub- bles visc, put fu the well-beaten whites of the eggs, with the zrated rind of o leinon and somne of the julee. After smearing the puddlng- dist, fmle the flnest possiblu bread erumnbs around it before putting in the pudding juat a very lttle bread, and bake tn a protty hot oven, 1f°the top grets too brown, lny o plece of pn{mr over it, but do not remove the puddln(i. ‘o be euten with lemon snuce, made by put- ting in_an earthen pot, not tin, the juice of a nice soft lemon, some water, sugar til s cnouch, aud a little whole ciunamon. Let come to o Boll, and pour a little fu a cup where you lave the well-beaten volks of two cgps, iththe “eye of the czp removed, and when you have the cup filled with the bofling sauce (be sure and stif, with one hand while pouring a lttle ot a time fu the cup 1 full), pour back in the pot, set on the stove, and let it come toa boll again, sthring all the while; then remove fmincdlately and put In your sauce-dlsh to get cold. Beat'the whites of the eges very stUE with powdered supar and put right on top of tho asuce. Do not pour the aatice over the pudding till just ready to eat it, and some one please tell mu how they like it, 1f this meets with favor, I will give o few more recipes; also, will some one kindly glve me 8omo i)lnln 5auce reclpes, as onc cannot always et a lemon, or such” articles In o Bmall place, Respectfully, 03z B, Mas, Ri VEAL LOAT, 70 the Editor of The T'ribuns, FEraiy, 1., Sept. 20.—1 am much indebted to thu % Home” columnaof Tre TiinuNg. Tho ex- cellent “Beef Loaf" reclpes of lnst week sug- gost that somnc of your correspondents may be able to tell e exactly how to propare * Veal Lout " aud * Chicken Olfo," > The *Veal Loaf" I have fu mind purporta to be an Euglish dish,—looks as if hard-boiled eggs had been sliced and placed In a dish; then veal which has been bofled and afterward well shred or cut flue Is put In the dish; over thisthe liquor Inwhich the veal was bolled, rkimmed and properly seasoned, Is poured. Whea cool, it can be turned from the dish as from s mold, and served in alices lke head-cheese, The principal ingredionts of * Chicken Olfo,"” according to my experience, scemn to be cold “chicken and blanched celery cut fine, and niixed with salad o, I do not kuow the pro- portlons; would be glad to learn. 1 huvo never seen o recipe for % Chipped Beef on Toast,” or “Chipped Beef with Milk and Figzas,' prepared Jike vodflsh, I think ita good breakfast dist. ~Dried-beef is *handy to bave fn tho house* wheu other things fall. “I should ke to compare notes with anmuhmly.n SR A FRIEND OF THE CITEMILOON, 0 tha Kditor of Ths Trivune. Camo, N1, Bept, 2W.~Although dwslllng far away lu the ‘subposed) darkuess of Egypt 1 am an {uterested and appreciative resder uf Tus Tripuns, avd enjoy 1t ail; ospecially “The Home.” 1have been many times tempted to rush into priut, fmpelled by varlous and aundry poluts, In the articies so full of inteiest and fu- struction, under tue sbove head, But-belng a housckecper of only elght yesra' experience, and realizing that althouga I have learted muca In that pleasant poriod, there are wany who far wxcol e in housewllely lore, Thave beld my peace until now. The letter from * Mrs, H. II.", of Sept. 14, howavur, 80 stirred me up that 1. could bardly wait s weck to ses if somo oue would uot suswer her “question,” ss 1 de- sired 16 Lave it auswored. Whilo ©A, L. 8 has dome w0 to o certain exteut, 1 am far from satisfied, and cannot belleve that she_can wear and enjoy the cowmfortublo and healthful chemiloon, as do I und many ot my frieuds. Whers was * Mre. H, IL" during the Woman's Congt beld fn Chicago two years ago, &t which Uress reforn was 80 8bly ¢ pounded, and {llustrated by the garmcdts so rdwlrablo ia every way, bly Mra. Flynt and Dr. Mary Satford-Bluke (the lutter forwerly of a Chicaza wumn:} of Boston] Conld she have heard Dr. Bafford-Blake's delightful explanatory lecture; seen, tried, or adopted and wom the arments, ae 1 have (inne, shie would feel a new cave of Hife, and_realtze thie boon of advanced ith, comfort, neatn and cleanllncas, T can assure * Mrs. M. L' and her “fricnd that those Iadfes who wear the chemilooh are passeased of tha usual amount of * backbone,” mental, intelfcctual, and moral, a8 well as phys- fenl, and that no amount of tidieule can make them “give {t up," especinlly as it does not in- terfere with, but ndda tu the case of dressing s clegantly aud atylishly as one can afford. ~ 8o (llnu;'h d(ur the d’mmlloon this time, and mora if esired, 1 am so glad to read * Allegrra®s " and **Mra. J.C, 187 letters, and think as they do in re- ard to making our homes bright and attract- [vo with the many pretty and graceful articles tasteful fingera can eaally lufilnn at slight ex- cnse. Anil the books wi might read, the stud- ies we might take up, to etrengthen outr hearts and minds, it wo conld only enve o little thino ¢ach day from coolilug, aud eating, and uselcas hemming, snd tucking, snd rufliiog. [ have many of your correspondents 1o thank for their excellent recipes, Buepranb, DANGEROUR PREBERVES, Th the Editor of The Tritume, New Yonk, Bept, 35, —Under tho caption of “Polgoned Bugar" Mr. L. Roseiter In Tam TRIBUNE nakes tho statement that the * cannod frults" are packed with bi-sulplate of lime to save sugar, This Information will be new to overy packer of frults in cans throughout the country. There are undreds of them, and not one of them uses it or could be foduced to use it. Bl-sulphate of lime fe not nor can not be used as & substitute for sugar; It bas uo saccha- rine properties; it will not even ncutralize the acid of fruits. " On the contrary, it would add somewhat to thelr ncfd, and render the use of augar mecessary. It would not be useful 08 A preservative, as the rarefying of the air and the expulsion of “the oxygen from the can by the hot bath is at once the mode and the only effectual means of pre- serving frults in o fresh etate with thelr natural flavor,” Comblinatinns of suiphur and lime have been experimented with for twenty years past, ns anexnd to preserve fruits in barrels, kews, and peinse, without sugar. These preparations have Lieen put on the niarket a8 preserving pow- ders, aml probably no sane pergon hod ever bought themn twlce. Al nttempts to preserve withithem have proved unprofitatle aud imprae- ticable, The public should mot Le needlessly alurmed by false atatements founded upon hear- say and misconception. Ience these few lines. 8. H, Provosr. —— BEEF LOATY. To the Editor of The Tribune. Hupsox, Mich, Scpt. 24.—Now s tho time for plannlug our window-gardens forthe winter. ‘The woods must bo scarched for mosscs, the Lright bitter gweet, the alry wild clematis, Jeaves and ferns pressed for the Chrlstinas adornlngs, ivies moy be started belind pletures, Lulbs and slips arrunged for winter blooming. 1 have tricd tany of the recipes, " Mary's" grape jelly, *C. M. W.'s" sponge-cake, and tnany others. Wil some one glve me a recipe for breakfast-rollst Far “ Mary's ' benefit, I will give my recipe for Franch “picklcs: Oue colander of sliced grreen tomatoes, one quart sliced onlons, one colmder of cututnbers pared oud sliced, two good loudfuls of ealt, Let all stand over night; then draln through sfove, and scald ohe- half cup celory-sced, half-ounce sllspice, une teacup white ‘mustard-seed, one tablespoon black™ pepper, one pound frown sugar, two tablespootis mustard, one gallon vinegur, pour- ed over hot. < My rocipe for beef Joaf s three and onc-halt pounds of ronnd steale chopped fiue, one cup rolled crackers, two eges, o cup mllk, one teaspoon pepper, one tablespoon salt, plecs of butter slze of an egg. Buke three and one-hall hours. X Y. Z, TPURE SUGAR. 70 the Bditor of Tte Tribune, Crnrcaqo, Sept. 28.—Whenever I find my- seif In o *slongh of Ignorance,” I nate urally scek rollef through your mnever- failing, ever-open columus of wlsdom. Days have multiplied to wecks, and weeks to wmonths, still there 1s no cossation of the *pizen sugar " question, but its purposes are all still- Born §f we are not directed to the place where sugar, free from the obnoxious '*cola pizen,” caf be obtatned, Would it not be a healthy iden, to say nnl.hlnf; of the wealth there Is in it, for gome enterprislug grocer to advertise fn Tun Tripusz the above ‘‘unadulterated sweet factd"" Wo Lave had *cold plzen* onough to glve us A Rust, To the Editor af The Tvibine, CnicAco, Sept. 27.—Mr. Rosslter thinks that’ sugar cannot be made from molasses without the use of chomlicals, It can be made mechan- feally. More than thirty years ogo a Frenchman had an apparatus in Cubn. The molasscs was hiented fn- g sultable vessel by oxhauet-steat, aud kept gtirriug by w wheel or other device to the proper consistency, and becams a very fine- grained sugar, Fiop grain is a wark of superior sugar, . A, —— 2 DOUBTFUL JAMES, To the Editor of Tha Tribune. CnicAGo, Sept. 24,~1 am a young man, and, belng sometling of an Invalld, I have been deeply interested fn the letters of Mrs, Dr. Hale, and also in the communicatfon of Mra, E, @. C., M. D., in last Baturday's Tiisene, Her advico to young people I considur excellcut, but there was ang thing I wish she would ex- plain to me, 8ho advised bathing In eslt-water at least three times a week, but sald that one weck In every month should be omftted. Now, if she will bo kind enough to tell me which week to leave wut,—the first or the last,—she will confer & great favor on JAMES, A BALLAD OF DREAMLAND, TLid my heart In a nest of rosen, Out of tho sun's ar, hidden apsrt; 1n a softor bed thun the suft white sgow's s, Under the roscs 1 hid my heart. Why would {t sleop not? why should It start, When nover a leaf of the rose~tree atirred? ‘What made Sleep flutter hiv wings and part? Only the song of a secret bird. Lie still, 1 sald, for the wind's wing closes, And nilld leaves mutlle the keen sun's dart; Lie still, for the wind an the warm sea doz And thy wind {s unquieter yet thao'thon ark. Doth » thought ju tive willl as 4 thorn's wound sanrt? Dors the fane athl fret thee of hope deferradt What bids tho 1ids of tly sleep dispart? Only o onz of a secret bird, The green Jand's name that a charm tncloses, Tt never was wrlt in the trayeler's chart, And, sweet as the fruit on its treo that grows ls, 1t nover wa voll In the merchant's mart. The swallows of drecms through ita dim flelds dart, And sleep's arc the tuncs fn its trea-tops heard; No hound's note wakens the wild.wood hart, Ouly the song uf a secrot bird, ENVOIL In the world of dreams I have choten m; To lrep for a scanon und hear no wou{ puk Of true love's truth or of light love's art, Only tho sonz of o secret bled —Algeruon Chartes Swinburne in Belgraria, haries Sl anrie i B Tacks und Ghosts, It seoms that o spook-tester lins been fuvent- od (or ruther adjusted to cireumstancos) that s more effective thun o shul-gun, Sweet Koty Rlngbmlghl have been killed, you know, it there hod been o naughty person with tive-arms wicked r.-um‘l‘:h to Interrupt the proceedings with a gun« powder test, Bul there |s a tack that saves 1lfo aud yeb bas a very buppy Intlucuce In making apparcus thu matiriul elément In the medivm- fstles, Buo this hittlo brightuess in the records, tlnllwu from the editorial pags of the New York Limnes ¢ *There is udthing which {a more revalting to a sensitiveghost thui thesharp, fat-headed tucke known to artists as * drawiugtacks,’ When one of these tucks I8 tossed ou the stage where materializod ghosts dispurt themselves it fuvarla- bly remains with its point upwsrd, 1t nuy reudily bu couvelved that un unsuspecting bars- footed ghost who treads heavily on such a treacherous and penctrating tuck would baves right to munifest u hearty snd violent todigua. tion, Indecd, olmost any amount of languuge ou the purt of the injured ghost would bo par- doned by all humuny wen. " But what did'the ghost of Danicl Webster do when ho recontly trivd to walk over 4 stage atrewn with drawing tacks, durhn% a* muterlullzing scancs’ In a Wia- consin towni When the first tack entered that ostensiule ghost’s rlght foot he calmy lifted up his injured limb sud undertook to withdraw the Inatrusive bit of steel. 1t was not unti, In ks efforts to balunce hlmself on one lei, ho run unother tuck i his left foot, that Lo broke silence by softly remarking fouch, auditis doubt- fu) I ho would buve repeated that statament or vetitured upon any other had honot lucautiously sut down, sud thus inserted two more tacks futo his persun, In these clreumstances he might have tbtally lost s temper, and no man could have had a'word of blmno for him; but instead of lettiug Lis ghostly passions rlso he merely exs pressed Lifs views of the matter by the siinple and touching remarks: *Welll by goshi!’ knd burrledly withdrew ito tho wystle cabivet,” THE IIORNET’S NEST. The Wrath which Mrs. Swisshelm 3 Has Stirred Up. The Ielpzie Goose-Pond--Her Views on the Temperance Quostion. TUE GOOSE<POND. i Ciicaao, Bopte 28.—.Mrs, Jane Grey Seiss helm, Lévrlg—MADAN: Ifaving read your rorre- spondence in;Trx Cnicaco TRIBUNE of the 27th Inat. concerning the potica regulations in a Gers manclty, and of n munfetpal ““goose-pond, ¢ one wanld naturally suppose that Germany must be a terrible land to live in, especially the City of Leipzig, not at all comparable, [ sup- pose, witli a small city on this Continent; at least you seem to have been in & terrible fix. Traveling Americans In Europe bave always be- haved 80 nicely, o modestly, and so hohestly, and earned such 8o excellent reputation there, aswellos hera before thoy started, that it soema quits out of reason that city ordinances. should not be suspended on their sccount. To tell the City Fathors that you are Mrs. Swisahelm, from UncleSam’sdominfons,should have brought' thenz on their knees nnd made the old Emperor Wilbelm trembla; they ought to have seentod the goose-pond with ‘cau du vie, paid your lmsm;:c, and removed your fgnoraunce about tho jerman language by glving you a perfect lin- guist as teacher fhatond of the one you cmplnxy- ol yourself, Having omittod all thifs, certainly they are to biame, nud I advise you to leava the cursed conntry without delay. 1t seems o very entertalning and so In placa for a fcmale to lonk out for the gouse-ponds, and see,too,thattheyare all in orderand that the revonuo fromn thern goos to It proper place, that I quite admlre the' kdea of letting the world know somcthing about them. The re- cording of fmportant events now golng on {u Europe, calling the attention of -Lthe whole dvilized world, would bo dry reading 10 we (id not oceasonally got o stimulant from you telling us something ahout gooee-ponds, Poslni&smmm, atul how it (erman’ philogoplier m Leipziiz would behnve if he wos sealed tp In & glass case und dropped futo the Bosphorus or thy deepest part of the Atlantie, Youy knowledge, I must confess, 18 marvelous, and should command the exteem 1t Is preullarly do- serving of. It must, however, In some tégres ba conoling that the Emperor Is combie to sce ou i Letorly, but it Ie o pity he did not tako lsmarck with bl you certalnly ought to re- proach bim for such d neglect, It would be ad- visable for you tu welcome the Em- eror first, Dut ne he Is polng. to live according to your statement) on the sceond floor abovoe some undignified shupkeeper's cstablishment, aud perhaps have to other facd than what he gots from the res- taurant next door to him. [ thiuk you ought to show some healthy contempt by letting him call un you fiest; bealde, he might not know how to trent a ladv of your quality. v Amlcl‘rnunu many mure opportunities o ad- mire and unswer your excellent lutters, I have for the present only ong proposal, viz., to get o sopiewhat dilforont subject in your next. Re- specttully yours, « GusT. FRep BERuDOLTZ. et AND TEMPER- MRS, SWISSOELM © ANCE. Tb the Bdlior of The Tribune. Evaty, IlL., Sept. 22,—Mrs, Bwisshelm®s views of the Teinperance movemens fn the country, sy expreased in to-day’s TRONE, are truly palue ful to read. It Lias all been a mistake,~worse than usclesa! Positively prenfdous our influe ence has been! After u Hfe spent (n the glorious cause, he goes over to the encmy. Nuwmore may we Lope from her !n behalf of Temperance, for she says: ** I preach no serinons ou. the usy of lntoxicating beverages, but try mny best o talee my beer aud be thankful.” — Where will it end! Would stie not do well to imitate Paul when lie says, ** But I keop under my body and bring i into subjection, st that by any means, when I have presched to others, I myself should be n castaway "1 But to the issue: intemperance in Amerd- ca aod abrond, aond I8 causcs. Having witnessed the effects of nleoholic drinks upun the peopls of dlferent countries for nearly u score of years, and pondered well over them, L hope no ony will accuss mo, of laste in my conclusions, Climate bas littlo to dowith it loss yet bas anything inharent 18 roco or natlonality, It I3 an uuqinwlb oba hyher Ruman development— of dvilization, so ealled. The higher we rise fu the scale of buing, the more complieated beeomes the problem of existence; fucreased advautagea arc always sccompanied by new and ever-lucreasing daogers, Intemperance arises from a foverish, ab- normal, disordered condition of the stomach, brought about largely by the uss of sundry cullnary abowinations, Differont coustitutionia are susceptible to the cffects of fmproper dletetle Labits in dirces proportion to the de- velopment and activity of tho nervous system. A person of u flue, superior urganization will be more exhilaruted and injured Ly a thimbie ful of beer than some courss oues with a gutlon} 80 that Il Amcrica wishes to rise, to ' ga aliead," she uiuat abstaiu, 1f sho wishes to Le. come * earthly, scusual, devellsh,” lot het “driuk peer.” ‘The following from the work on * Medieal and Surgical Uses of Electrleity,” by Drs. Bourd und Rockwell, New York, may corroborste lu ¢ measure suma of tho foregoing: Thy norvous diathesis 1s the provaillog one in tho United States. Comparing the diffurent cive izedlands, wa fad that dyspopula s more fre- :anul nmmlfi thore who use’ the Drain wmoat ex: clusively and wost {ntensely, and who, a8 a logical consequenco, are mosl nervous, Amung the Ger- nina, the most phlegmatic of civillzoa people, the ll'l‘mdyn{:u psia v aimust unknown, because the iscaso jiscif is comparatively rure, In France It 1 bettee kuown #nd understood. England §s only surpdaved by the Lulted Stutes, Here is ite home, Niuc-tenths of tho dyypopslia {3 of tha nervauy va- Everir ono knows that the Anglo-Saxons sur- pass all other people fu the promotive of Chris- tlanlty, civilization, progreas, drunkennesy, sud temperance-roform, ‘Tuey bave ueed of the last named. God pity Amorlea when the Temper- unce-crusade {8 abandoned. G. B PRETTY NEAR RIGIIT. To the Kditor of Ths Tribune. Jererason, Wis., Sept. 32.—I forsce that you will be favored with mauy letters of pro- tust against the sentiments of 3ra, Swisshelm upon the Temperance quostion, as expressed fn her recent letter from Loipzig. Btill, I think the lndy (s sbout half right—wholly right In thinking that sho overestimuted tho good sho was dolng at tho thue sle sigood so many total- abstinence pledges,—pledgea which, it nppuears, she has now broken, as, no doubt, ninety-nine one-hundredth of those who signed with ber have also done, Indeed, It was lu ftself ubsurd to thiuk that they would evor du uny different; and docidedly” absurd tu think thiat uny body which was orgunized on 50 narrow & haals us toful ubstinence from certaiu drinks, could ever hold tozuthier for any great length of time, or accomplish uny great lastlog ood, But, whoo the ludy says that shosecs no ons drunk in Germauy, she sy conyey & wrong fme resslon; for, although It tuay bu ‘strlctly true, t {5 alsu no doubtiruo that sha has seen wany pevple who have not gono to bed sober u single night for years, aud who ars suffering :lnl“‘:ullnd, ody, nd estute,” from uxcessive rluking. The hln‘nlylaullo wrong fn tbinking that tho Rirls she lias fn charga will attain to the condi- sion of healtl of the Gennan girls stmiply by driuking beer for, I thoir Lobits are thoss of the sverage American young ludy, all the beor n ucrumn?r tunuot give them hoaltl; while, It they had lyed as thoe Germau girls live lu other respects, they might have quite nd good health n: I‘IIB German girls, without d.rluk‘l{ug any beer atall, . It 1s not desirable that Awmerlcan women should 3o s the German womon do, in wheel- ing heavy barcows thrnufih the strects, or climbing steep hill-sides with baskots of manury on thelr backs for the vurlchment of the yines; but, untll the Awerlcan woman {a I:rout(ht.up [T sowe kind of steady and moderately active labor, snd to sume kind of reapect for the body which unlumfilm hery ahe cantiol reavonably hopo to keep ber ucalth by drinkiug beer, C. Along; about 10 o'clock fu the wmorning ho comes up with x:jzpln- und pears, und aa Le puts hila basket on & chalr and wipes his young fore- head he remnarks: “#Four for flve " cenls, and blast them atuivs 1"—Delrolt Free Press. T SUUARS, g PURE SUGRARS, THE BALTIMORE STEAM SUGAR REFINERY, s yuppliet Biandard Pure Sugars far 13 Lail Rty e year in'x "1::-'7 e e puk o i barmls pARHA R i 100 pau s 1¢your Ofocer does Bot Xocp tiema e a5d Baalidy goods, LA el i i 7 ¥ WOODS, WEPKS & Co., % Bugar Refluessy No.3 Wabash-av., Chicago. 3 0eu up Bratea ' A P