Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 21, 1876, Page 11

THE LOME. ey ¢ Mystery of the Chemi- . loon Expleined. % f ion of Its Appearance and Manufacture, e e 4 Varioty of Remarks Abont Its Usefulness. T ake Molasses Candy and Tafly. —_— tecipes for the Constrnction of sl 1 gll;ocnlnlo Cnke, ——e—— Mealth, Food, Etc.---Honse- hold Adornment. — THE CHEMILOON. BLE GARMENT. ax ,’:‘,’n)‘llhfir of The Tribune. ., Oct. 18,—The querios of * Mrs. Ny fi' s, Eve," regarding the chemiloon, 1ed In such language that it rendered 10s ta whether they really deslred the Koonledge thes profvsaerd to ask for, or whether oy did not wlah to ridicule (1am surry to say ot auid otherwise scnsible women do) o e f which they say they know noth: w:[l:;::;.w)hs N. N. {s mistaken when stc L:mm that I am not aceom: modating enough to :," whata chemlioon ls, and how {t is made, On {be contrurs) i she really wishes to know, and t by theknowledge, I 3will not only gladly do but witl also furnieh lier with o pattern, o full directions concerniniz it; although she :m be surer of geitlog a corvect it by sending lier measure and 30 ecnts, with stamplaclosed, for 3 cireular, to the Dress Re- forn Committec-Rooms, No. 4 Hamilton place, Boston, Mass., from which she can also praocury fall ani comprehienslvawork on Dreas Reform, 'm Includes fectures by four of our most gue- nesful woman physicians: Drs. Saflord-Blake, Jlastings, docksot aml Ilaynes, and Abbu Gould Woolson, who edits the work .ml ulds o valuable appendix. Tho 0 & 8150, ond 1 consider” it worth ten fimes that smuunt for the nractical information sndadvice it given, Mra. N. N.'a excuse for not tendlng of Nicaring anythijvg about the Con- ¢:a and ita zood work 'Is an excellent one, I ave been detafned at lLome for a like reason srse)] from mauy enjoyable things; but while Plinz the happy 8nd hleased privilege of motherhoodt In the highest degree, I should ever dare to cast o reflection wpon m{ dieter women to whom God hua not vouclisafed (k¢ mme blessinz. I happen to know, how- eter, that many trite, noble Women aud nibthers Slendcd the Congress with benefit to_ thewm= welves and their families. Dr. Mury 8nflord- [tke's lecture on * Pre-Natal Infinciices ™ was caethat every inteliigent tnother fn the world wunld be better for nenrlu;i, nud her children beinfnitely benefited by a Sulthful application of Its sensible teachinga, = “Toe *Chemiloon? 88 garment combining (kemise and drawers §n one, or It Is mada sepa-~ rtexith drawers to button on, called basque waist and drawers, ‘These ean be arranged to suppart the skirts and stockins from the shonl- der, leaving be Jungs and other viial organs pasctipt ith How t0 M puays o8 A ere entic! sdoubtful that, free and untramunefed In their actiow.’ Al tands and tedlous and troubles wne gathers ure avoided by fts use. Forsumurer the chemiloon (elther low o high necked, shart or Jong ateeved, ag you vrefer), 13 ‘made of mnstin, Lonsdalc catibric, or inen, and trinmed 83 handsomely s you wish, or your “iinances " will allow,” with embroldery tucks, wuliog, ete. For twu winters past ['and my sister and severn) fricnds have worn over il Lnion under flaunel (so well deseribed in Dr. E. (i, Gook's admirable Jetter * Ahout School- (irls") & chemlloon made of fine, soft twilled water-proof cloth, light drab incolor, with ueclk, botton of aleeves ond drawers tlalshed with an ecibroldered ecatlop ln sitk or zoplisr. Ladles’ cloth v pressed flannel will anawer, but we ind Iizut water-proof to wear and wash better, In yory cold weather o second gurment of Canton thuned may he woru Leteeen the two mentloned above, The body being thus warmly and cven- Iy dothed, corsets, underwatats, and undep- skirtaare entlrely dove away witi, and a lght sl et almoral, buttoned around the walst aata the chewiloon, resting no welzht on the hipe, and the menal dress und overskirt fastened ta rome une of the excellent suspenders now wmade for dles, with a vomfortably-fitting basque, or bright, jaunty house sacgue, gives ooz the " adyanced camfort? samllfl‘u wonen srenow eraving. ‘The white w.dergzarment can bechanged s often as desived, of course, as the flannel chemiloon uowhere touches the skin, and woolen roods, as we all Anox, allow the persplration to puss throush Ireely, instead of otafning It, ns muslin_docs. Itueed not be washed but several times durlng the winter, i it Is well shaken when taken off atnight aud hnn;i in the uir, g8 our mon-folks dotheir red flanncl nudersuits. Upon the spime '\r(uclp!u that ladies nowndays find u nice dark nlmoral wwueh veater aud i bettor tnste for strect ad house wear thaw white muslin skirts whlch retain all the dlirt. they gather, so the col- ored faugel chemifoun commentls ftself even to the fustidione, And hero I should say that while the syurd “ clennliiess * ghould huve beon :‘xlm .(:. donot regrot the mls;uln:, 8 l;v has % b an opportunity for such ke sl ot s, Bpo Ity wel 9 8 substitute for the colored every-la; rments, to be worn under o Hght elfk u{ m&dlomecvunlnzdmu, a themfloun moy bo m o of white 8haker flanuel, or Canton flannal, ¢ of thiese with two durk ones will Inat thres nars, They areno more trauble to nuka thun f.nlunlumy it of chembse und drawers, and lm ¥ take dbout two-thirds the matevial, \\"mh, ! ugh more expensive to bewln with, i clicaper ln the end, and (e savhng fu washing and_{ron- l:?z-hrxrneumny where |1mrn are several ludles 'JhS fumnlly, 1s a great {tem, ere is o necensity that “ Mys: Fve ¥ or any wfle&wum *make 3 figure of themselves " in T “mcl and blg buttons. Asmuch tusts and = w;l;mn,l' bewed n the coustructfon und it o tha chumliloon as tlie viber gas- "’111' und L baye ot found those ludies winy mu;»:uunq elther In refinement. or mod- moniutonghe contrary, and lusrtlly recout- it ol women who desiro ¢ advanced ucatness, cconomy, and- cloun- BHEPPARD, A MODIFIED CITEMILOON. ti To the Fitor af The Tribune, bee AGD, Oct. 11.—For some thie past 1 lave -nd“l u lterested witness of the mutual ald nstruction afforded through the * Houe- ':;lmluxvm," ol consequently was much i) !v‘cld to learn in the lust Isuc that Bheppard, uu’zo there (s uny thing fn ine, should lead of bewliderment, had fnstead noswered alth, b hmlz’mml\m, bl T help by o gureas. Al :‘":):flu U0t 3 wearer of the wenuine e Olun" (if. Mrs. Bwlsshelm or uny one i IOWS. exatly what {t is), T will give as :ll)'-’u Leana deseription of a modification ® Bment which glyes much comfort to The designor took s high-necked i _puttern,~oue couslating of eight i hl the gores runniug to the shoulder- ‘“Nm';d-;.{‘la sbe extended ton proper length b th, much' 03 & mother does the gored m'nw‘l:"m ol Ler Mttlo girts who haye flulwhmdmf' It must bo loose emough fuurop pp ¥hen the anns aro ralsed,—ubout il ticdied lurgor thap the walst, ‘The i Fhen eut by this pattern, wiil look Ut !-‘uh'u-gc chlid's gored dress, except Wil thio b d's “dresg cenerully liag six pleces, il ¢lalt, Now for the arrangement b lt;wu the comfort. A utay fa placed be- NM.»; fur buttous, whichi are put aliout under, nkln.p‘"" on these are buttoned the Uware g which wust bo shorienea. At we Lythe Dlaced o row of buttons, ou which o w'mnl'_ll the hustle and onter skirt. St RS AT, wotles o g an £N0 ihe e e tho Wholl welght 2 Nited Troly bt Le nevk milght bo cut syuare, but a tiwe :-‘ garmeut was trivd “and 1 did not draggea s ull, 58 the welght of the clothiug “flmummu'“her shoufdera so us to feel very linlfeg w:h]le. This govinent calls for an un- for gy e u!lbut ot-holes, but the cows Ve iy P Y8 the trouble required, o the ¢ X atag ok 28 how {bls garment might apoeur Lor of g g vhallo Lour 10 wn unanuounced yia- War i B1ivate apactiuent, but I veuture to say “guod gy F rould be juatitied by suy twilve <y .mfi".fl_ " women'in the landt i fmme- Hectmeuy TS Ler shots to the purpose of A Latgieg elore, this {3 not th v : ‘u:':l:lxl;u Lumnw'u;lnn, (sowne ning“:lll::l::f; or it {s not L St S illy employed," us N forget thy taltiuls—divoutly wishes uil ate * THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2I 1876—TWELVE PAGES. tenday participants in that Tl heen. [ am sure, while sil wore w In varions lines, somoe had “well done ' fn the one line, “ Would that all had Leen so worthily cin- ployed ™ lua been salil often enough o lead the aflenced but not convineed to wander if, while lier vye wanders over the houschold gronp, it ever oecttered to the mather that tha happiness of the lttle two-year-old of to-day ilugs not de- Imull #o tnuelton the fact of there being six or en predeceesors or surceessors, as on some other things. Thave oven known those who wero— unlapplly—spinaters, and possibly wora red flan- nel, naalst In the sunport of aged parents, or an unfnrlquuclimlhcr‘n or sistor’s ehildren, and I have nir fear that the good All-Father will say on that great duy, ** Depart ye; would that you had beeu more worthily employed.” It fa truo these poor, sour, disappointed ones are no tha pleasantest to meel, nor to oe, but 3 Mra, ~— wits goaded Lo the rctort maternal by he fallure to got u deacription of a chemiloon, what can hie expecet of thosc who have falled In pusscssing huabaud, home, and household groups! K, A M A NEW PARTY GARMEN'F. 7v the Kditor af The Tritune, Cuteado, Oct, 10.—In reply to Mra, N. N, an the Chiemitoon quostion, your wail of * Is thera 10 one that van or will tell me what is a chemi- loon 1" reaches me like the wail of Cresar, “Help me, or I slik,” nod with outstretclied arma [ come to your ald; but I think it this mnch-satd-of garment had becn offered to Cresar, le would hnve preferred *a life on the acean wava' to one on land with acliemiloun on (but then menare pecullar). Now, wheu o man dcsires to distihctly neuter-gender himself, and “cvolutlon” himself into the sacred Woman's- righta? sphere, ho allows bis locks to grow long, us in that way to assume us nearly as he can n womanly appeargnce. And a woman, when ehie feols the woman's callto manly Hfims, cuts off ler own beautifully long locks, sifects standing collars, Bloomers, and sometimes ([leaven defend) swings & cane, demanding the right ‘“to.reap nnd to maw, Lo plow and to sow,' at Teust politically,~tite two sexes hy so dning, Jolning by wgeneral consent a Neuter Gender Soclety, making, as the world knows, s uo furce purty. nvention 1 dofng nlready earned Now, this **Chemiloon " fs exactly the gar- ment for this new party. The uppes'part fem- Inlne enouzh to not tutdrely eaet off. the old shackles that maternity brings, und the lower part. maseuline, in that it frees the limbs of thy “ Wormnan's rights,” leaving them .unbound of uml cl(na{;mn irts that havesolong held.woman a slave (7). ‘The nativity of this garment is laid in the lap af Mrs, Swisalielm ; how true Lnisls [eabnotatate. Any way, the brain that gendered It s the great infalilble, Mrs. Swisshelm once, in loaving & boarding- house on Wabush avenue, Ieft In her clnset oneof her fadmous garments, with the fmpresafon of ker falr form atill. fresh within its folds, ‘The bonrders offered it ns o burnt offering, wearlng the nsles as souvenira to departed greatiness, Betler pronounced an anathema ahd sent {t to the Morgue. F This * Ciiniloon,™ or give it o new name, “the Nc Plus Ultra.” I8 simply an outcast; it neither promotes *“health, comfort, neatness, or cleanlinesa” Itis lnflmmnuuuwd, homely, owkward, uncouth, and unflt for the eyeof man, Give to the new party the new garment; tliey and [t are the neuter genders of roclaly, Givo tham.the go-hy, Mus. Gronoxn Lut, CITEMILOON RITAPSODIES, 7o the Editor of The Tribune, JerexnsoN, Wi, Oct. 18.~Ladles and gen- tlemen: I wish to tell you of a pleusunt way to spend an cveniny occaslonally when tired of reading and work. It is to write rhnapsodics. We play it quite often fn our family when the evenings arelong, Euchone whojoins in it must be furnished with a slip of paper and pencdl, and write a question and two words (the words may, or muy vot, have some connection with the sub- Ject). Then they are all collected together, and each one draws one from the number, and the one that falla to your lot you must answer in rhyme, snd bring’in the two words, That you muy. the better understand it, Twill glve you'the following example: Question—What do you think of Prof. Hux- ley's lectures! Tadpoles. Chuailuons. His lectures are pood of thelr kind, I've no doubt, Hut what is thls muddic he's talking sboutt My mund {8 qulte clear upgn uflmlus and “coony, Liiat these evolutionw juat hent chawmlloons, This 18 my rhnpsody, sud T thiok it will do very well; hut the Individual whom I useto b .my eriments {u cooking upon (just to see what effect they will have upon the human system before L tr{ them ruysolf), with tho nolle sell-esteen that belongs to bis sex, thinks he cun do better, and offers the following: i The summer-night croekers from oui the lone 8 'renn'm“‘fimdorm atory that from tadpoles como ron, The preat Mr, Huxley most lnlmnnlfy ntates, That he without doubL was evolvod from tho spos— The muse fzom withiu me assolemnly crooun, That from grave Woman's Congresd wero evolved chemiloons, . Ithink hls (s Ly far the best poetry, bub. It docs not answer the quesilon us squarely oy wilne, you seo, After we. had written there, we amuged. ourselven for awldle [ the following way, end o run our play of rlupsodies into the groutd: ) Give mo a ganuent of **dnal form, ™ Snld frog who from tadpole 1 stely was born, fafd-Darwinlan Haxley, yon'rs iuch ton soon; Evolve to a woman, und ne'er bare chenillaon. Mrs, N, N, aud Eva, keep. up unod couruge nbout thut garment, for if neither the sheep noy $8heppard P give you the desired Informution, I will tell you all T know uhout, It when my bus- havd gets his, for slnea reading L s lotter ho fully lutends imvuug one. LvrLe SaLLy. JUST WHAT I'I! 18, v the Editor of The Trivune, @raxv Bapips, Mich, Oct, 18.—T want to thank who ladies, one and all, for thisdeur Hatie Department. 11hink thoe editor will have lix re- wurd some time for giving us time ‘and space, and T Know le bas ull our thunks, Flrat, as o one clee will Leil you, denr Mes, Em, T am yolng to,what o chantloon i Your owu descrintion wag amost banpy Db, only thers s a slight differenee. ‘Lhis much-talked-of garment *ex- tends from the unkle, or @ littic above, to the— gullet—or n Iittle helow. It iy 4 most wonderful constraetion, It s gencrally made of ** Frult-nf thu-Loom " clotiy Lo HE the "hady cxactly, but- toned down behind,” und *huitons here, and buttons there, and buttons averywhore,” Ta- dlus trim this garment around the top aud bot- tout, tnake button-holes in petticoats, uud lo} you wre restoril $0 pevfeet health llx[ wearlng this wonderful invention. For myself, 1 prefer tho good, old-fashivned garments made by my minther before e, anil atways worn by its all **now aud forever." CoustN A8Na, ' Th tha Zditor of The Tribune. 87, doseri, Micl., Oct. 1B.~Furcply to * Mrs, N. N.,"' X will say the chembloon or chemelette, an it [s sometimes cealled, 16 an undergarment, combinivg chswmise and drawers in owe, free from gathers or bludings, and sp urranged with | huttons that It supports the welght of tho skirta and atocklags from the shoulders, If you will stato your uddress i your next letter, I will mall you the pattern with full directions whut to do with it or you cau get fnformatlon re. saecung those reform garments by addresving tho % Dress Heform Committee, No. 4 Hamilton plage, Boston, Muse,” r, ——— .~ USEFUL RECIPES. LEVEN T BABIES CRY FOR I'l. 70 the Editor of Tha Tribuns. Ci1cA00, Oct, 20.—In answer to Mrs. C. M, W.'s boy’s luqulsics for & good recipe for ino- lasses candy, {f they ure nat afrald to eat, it after rending the urticlo on sugar, ete. Old-Fashloned Molusses Candy: Iuta a Lettle holding at least four times the amount of molasses to be used, pour a convenlent quantity of good molusses, Pluce over a slow fire, and boil for a half hour, stirring all tho thne, to diminish ns oiuch as posstble the increass of bulk caused by bolllug, and checking the fire or rcmnoving . the kottle if thero {8 any danger of the contents runuing over. Do very carcful nof’ to, let the candy burn, especlully ” neur tha close of tho bolltug, When a Ustle dropped {n cold water becomes quickly hard and sucps apast ke a pipe-stemn, add a' teaspoonful of carbonats of soda, free from lumps, to every two quasts, Btir quickly to mix, and pour on greased plat- ters tocoul, When thoe caudy L& spfliclently cool to huudle without burniug the haudas, it fs pulled baik und forth, thy hands belug rubbed with a little butter to prevent the candy stivk- ing to thew, Flour is sometimes used for this purpose, but gives an unpleasuut fuste ta the’ candy, Tho mora the und{' I3 worked, the lighter It will be in calor, but It inado from mo- Tasics only, it wll ho of a bright ygllowish brawn shiade, and uever 50 whitu as thut sold by confectloners fur molusscs candy. Frequently some Huvor {3 addad, us vauBly or lewon, but tho nuturyl favor of the balled mwplasses is gen- evally preferred, Wiite Molasses Candy: Take two pounds of refined sugar, one pint of pure sugar-how alrup, anCone pint of hest Porto Rico or New Urleans molasses, Bofl together until it hard- ena, ns before deseribed, when dml'mc-d in cold water} mdd one tearpoonful of carbonate soda, aud work In the usual manner. This style of mnluwocnmlf {s thut mnde by the large con- fectioners, and is, In fact, nsugar candy Havored slittie with molusses, ILIs casential” that tho olrup obtaiued from the draining of lonf sugar inthe refining proceas be used. Much of the so-called augnwe-house slrup I3 in. reality nothi, but a sirup of giucosr, and is manufectured froto starch, It may be knowa by Its dark enlor and viseld consfstence, tvaembllug \hick inu- vilage. Tt is also less swect to thic taste than the pure sugar sirup, & ‘Tully: Lither of these two kinds of molasscs candy, If poured frous the kettle futo tin trays, without working, will produce a fine, plabs 1afty. It may be left in one sheot, the stze of tho tray In which it ts fm"ml, on, when slightly cooled, nay be marked ofl in squarce. Lvprton Tally—Nec Pius Ultra Tally: Thisis a favorite Euglish ¢ ction, ‘To make it, take three pounds of bext brown sutar, aud boil with one und onc-half pluts of water, until the eawdy hardens fu cold water. Then add one- hn{t pound af sweet-fldvored fresh butter, which will soften the cundy. Boll a fow winutes until it ugaln hardeng, and pour into trays. Flavor with leman il desired, _Be careful not to burn after the butter 1a In. You will naver have any dusire for molasses candy after rylag this, Duon't givo up if you happen to miss it a littla the firat time; the second thne you will hit {t. If these arc satisfactory, would like to know. After reading the sensfblearticle on children’s dict aver the cognomen of * Idw," can only ex- claim, *“Them's my sentiments, too.” re. main, 0 1va, T the Bditar of The Tribune. Aunons, I, Oct. 18.—1 think E. M. W.% hoys will like molassen candy made In this way: Boll some molusses {n a spider until It hardens o snow or cold water. Wlien tone stir In soda until there {8 about twice us much of the candy s there was of the molasses, and a little lemon extract for lavoring. Care must be faken that the candy does nat burn, or It will have a bitter taste. ‘hic soda makes it light xaul ves it o gralu, Pofir on buttered plates toyrool, Tn Jast Satorday’s Home Departofent 1da says, Y As for J)urk which Mrs. Loukss|T. condeming a8 unhealthy there Is nothing I like better for my breakfast than sliced ralt pork,® cte.,—na thougli tho fact. that sbe liies {4 proves that v is fit for anyhody, especially children, to eat. Nelthier ducs” the fact that' she weighs 180 pounds dt the age of 1Y prove her theory to be vorrect, L nm 16 yeors of age and weigh 109 pounds, but presuine L am us bhealthy us she. Aoxrs 1L CHHOCOLATE CAKE, 70 the &ditor nf The Tribune. i JoLigT, 1L, Oct. 18.—I bave always beena Intercsted reader of the “Ilome,” and secing “Lu's' request for chocalate cake, thought I would send her my recipo for the chocolate Jelly)—my'cake recelpt being the ‘same a8 her 4 Frencheream eake,"—only to be in thin lay- ers. Jelly: One cup of milks ona Lalf cup of chocolate; onc half cup of sugar; yolk of one egp; tenspoanful of corn-starch. Mix wel to- eetlier, aud Boll until quite thick, When cold, put besween the layers as for felly cake, with the addition of a lttle huster. Water can be used fostead of ik, Also by taking half of tho eake, puttiug cbocolate In to moke it adurk hfown; this, with siternute layers of the re- malning white, 4 very nice cake. Frosting cau be made brown by " adding choco- lato ufter tne sugar has been mized with tha cegs. Lalweys use bakers’ chocolate, as I find it wuch hetter than the Getman, A hearty welcome to Mrs. Barah L., and hope that we Will hear from her aguln, if only to “ask fora renlqc for Mg green peppers,’’ Thanks to A. M. R, and Mra. d. C, H., for we are glal to know low to “spatter.’? Will.some of the ladies please tell me how Lo make “gond old-fushifoned”* rye bread] OQur- husband s _very fond of the hread his grand- mother used toinake. And oblige Jesse, 79 the Adltor of Tha Tridune, Opvrr, 11, Oect. 1—Chocolate cake: One cup of sugar; two-thirds cup of sweet milks one egg; one aud two-thirds cupa of flour; one tablespoontul of butter; 1o tenspoons of bak- ing-powder, Make this in fonr cokes. Mix- ture to put betweon: To - the white of one e add two tablespoons of siigar, two of prated chocolate,. I ttse the sweet chocolute, Put this quantity hetween each layer, and also on “the tup. You will find it. very nfve, Fllling for peppers: Ona large cabbuge: abaut the same quantity of green tomatoes; vnodozen lurgce onious; one-half dozen cucumbers (vou can taka pickles). Chop fine; ]u\t v w dish fn layers; sprinkle salt between; let it stand ovor nizhti deain off throngh o colander perfectly dry. Add spiees of all kinds, and oue table. spounful of English mustard seed. Cut out the top-af the pepper; 811 and sow in again nicely; Inyina {nr und pour over cold vinegar, Will Mrs, K., of tho Bl Villugy, send mo hey recipe for eream pufla! Muns. H. T the Bditor af The Tvidune. " Racise, Wis,, Oct. 15.~The followine recipe will auswer “Lu's” inquivy In your issue of Oct. 14. Clincolatu paste: Grate onc-quarter of n eake of baker's chocolate; put {u 8 small tin pail aue vz and ono cup of white sugar: aftér beating well, udd onp cup of sweet milk, Set. 1he pill over the iire [n o Kettle of water, When the mixture commences to cook, add the choco- late, and.stir almost voustantly, When ucarly done, flavor with vanilia, and when thick put away to coul For the cuke: Ono cup of. sugars bulter, size of an oge; one cup sweet milks oue cup (more 11 nceded) flour; and two teaspoonsful of bak- Inz-powder. Buke in three layers and spread with the paste, putting rome on the top layer ns frosting, soon na the oike is taken froin the ovett; then sct undee 4 pau to p iuulst, ‘That. the ahova recipe mny prove vs sutiefie tory, td “ Lat ag it always has to us, s the wish of AuBIE. T (As Eilitor of The Telbune, : Cuicaco, Qct, 20.—0ne of your correspond: enty recontly uasked for a reclpe for making choeulnte felng for cuke. lMeredtin: Ono eake (or 13 ponnd) of Malllanl’s French vanslla eweet chucolute, grated; 35 cup of grunulated sugar; 34 cup of sweet milks oue tublespoon of butters nlittie salt. Doil 20 minutes, stirring constant- ie from the fire, sud me- Into u dlsh, y cooly -aidd one tablespoon of Vo~ spread” on the cake. ¢ ftho mixture I5 thi than’ Jelly, thin I with mik. This uantity will ice two _cnkes, thrve Joyers eacn, ''lie best cakie 1s gold enke baked ln jelly tios, This will provi a suceess if the experimenter h that Y Lwlst of. the wrlst * that for ul but indelfuable part of every won- Sanau E 10 the Editor of The Trisune, caanpeaiox, Lk, Oct. 18.—~T am glad to have an apportunity L0 become v contributor to the “ Home," whichy departinent of your paper [ enjoy very much indeed, uud that my first cou- tributton will confer favor nu * Lu,'? who a-ks for layer chocolute-cake. T herewith send my rocipa, Which T think will please: Que cup of butter, two cups of syzar, one cup sweet milk, cah eaf ) es: an's redpe, tive eege, theee and & Lalf cups of four, thive and u half teaspoonsful of bakjug-powder. Save out the white of one egg for frosting; faver with vaniflas buke fn four thivk lavers, Frosting: Oue cup of sugury wuter enough to dissolve; boit til rvery (Aick ;- while hot, pour over the beaten white of one cgg, ond at the wame time stiy briskly til) thick; add two sticks of Gennan sweet cliocolate, grated fiue, and apread over cake immediately, Have all the cukes baked a0 the frosting cun be used s soon us made, for {t hardens very quickly, - ’ Ars. G, G e CARE AND CARAMELS, 7 the Kditor of The Tridune. GHAXD Rapis, Mich,, Oct. 18.—Will some one of the dear ludies tell me just how Lo make the rend old-fashioned doughnuts, such as my grandunother used to make—real Boston doughe puts! That gogd pubstanfial taste is what I arpnt to zot, and many times have I trled aud a4 many falled, 1 had lecome woll-nigh dis- couraged, when I thought perhaps some onc would b kigd enough to tell just haw, « 1f Tonly had Auut Lucy's receipt for portes- house rotls, -Tdowant it; bug 1 enly kuew of thils depurinient two months ago, g0 1 bave lost ' 80 mapy valnable recipes, + b abiall walt most” anxionsly for Mrs. B.'s cregmi-pufls, and fn ono of the August papers WAguea' prumised us some of her Kuickerbock. er uiother’s reclpes, which § have besu longing ‘to try, but bitve uot secn the recipes. . To tiulsh, will send you & couple of recipes thut 1 use and tind good fu every way, Delicate cake; Whites of four ¢gya; onocup of milk— running over; ‘onc-hall cup tumr; two cups suguar; twound-ove-la)f cups hicaping - teaspoonful buking-powder. makes two Joaves, I you At rery nice, use oy cup of cutu-starch dn ‘of oneof lour. Chocolute Caramelss One cup molasses; one cup mllk; 1o caps brown sugury one-quarter flour; want place pound of ehocolate (unprepared); butter alze of an e, stirred with one tablespoon of flonr. Boll sbout ono-quarter of an haur, or until It lieepa ita ahade in water, Hoplug the ladies will try thesc, and not for- get shout the doughnuts, [ remnty, Cousty Axva, —— DBEEF-TEA. To the Editor of The Tritune, Catcago, Oct, 10.~The following I3 of practl- cal worth, »8 thcre are hut few people who clther know the purpose for which beel-tea s given to the sivk, or who, knowing this, can properly prepare {t. An oxperlonce of scveral years has proven the efliclency of beef-tea made In the following manner: Take of beel one poumd—a neck plece s preferablo. Chop or mince as you would for hush: put Inton glass frult Jar; pour over the meat one pint of colil water acldulated with Hydrochloric ur Murintle Acid—ono drachin, Aflow tbis to atand for an honr, then cover and placein a ‘water-bath, that ls, in any larzer metal vessel, taking the pmc-ullnn of placing or resting the frult-far upon & plece of wood, and &0 posturing it that it shall not topple over. Having thus fixed tha bath, 1ill the outer or larger one with watt, not not, water; put over a quick fire.and boll untll the beel rises to the top of the jar. Htrain.and press contents of jar tk'mugh coarae finen. 8alt to sult tho taste, and your patfent will nod only have a lmnfila. but also an ex- ceeding nuiritious, diet, Hydroculoric Aclais used for the same purpose s nature uses the gastric juice, This acid [s the representative of the gastric acld, Da. T D, Winniavs, CONN GRIDDLE-CAKES, To the Lditor of The Tribune, I wish to give the many readers of the “Iome" tho henefit of a reclpe for corn griddle-cakes, which are pronounved good by all who have tried them. Tuke two cups of coru-meal, one cup of flour, a little salt. Mix well together, ‘Two egga well heaten, one pint. of thick sour milk, In a little of which stir one even teaspoontul of sods. Mix well together In & batter, and %ry un o well-greased griddle. The ladies need not be afrald to let their children ent them, for my maotner-in-law considers them ex- cellent, and whie has raised thirteen children, Now.I wish to sk for some favore, While T waa ‘away this summer, the paper which con- talned Aunt Lues's mince-pie recipe ziut lost, and as I would not Mfke (0 miss any of ber recl- pes, I would he obliged if she would cend it ngu]n. And, nlso, If somie of your corréspond- ents will please eend some reclpes for cooklug oysters. BruLe M. D, TO PRESERVE CI'I'RRON, To the Kditor of The Tritune. LAwResce, Kas, Oct. 17.—I eend you o recipo for preserving cltron, which I know to be excellent: Pare and remove the sceds, refect- fng all but the solid part of tho melon; cut in anch pleces 'as you chnose; welgh the pleces, and boil In water untll you can casily cut them; reinove the fruit, and add sugar to make the elcup, allowlng ona pound of sugar to each pound of fruit. When it bolls, }mt 1n the fruit, aud holl slowly one hour. ‘\hen cold, aild sliced lemon, atiowing onclemon fortwo poatds of citron. One large’ lmn¥ of water is the gen- eral rule for oue pound of fruft, oSt 8 b My Gy o 3¢ ORANGE PIE. T (he Fditor of Ths Tribune. Cuicago, Oct. 10~ pend you n recipe for crange ple. Take four good-sized oranges, peel, geed, and cut fn very small pleces. Adda cup of sugar, and let stand. Into a quort of nearly bolliing milk stle two tahlespoonsful of cornd starch mixed with a little water, and thy yolks of three egggs, Whed this i dane, let it coo), then mix \rltk the oranges, Putftin :tms)h‘ a lower crust. Make n frosting of the whites of the cges, and vne-hatl cup sugor. Hpread it over tup of ples, and placo for o few sezonds in the oven tobrown, hupcflmlly. Mes. J. C. H. INFORMATION ASKED, To the. Edilor of The Tribune. Cineaco, Oct, 20— have read with interest 2]l articles under the headof * The Home," and Taust Mnfess that you deservethie sincere thanke of ull your subscribers, mare purticularly, per- haps, those of the feminine gender, for the fn- troduction of such o pubject. WL some one please inform me how 1o make. cmb-u;l&)ln and also quince jelly? As 1 am rather fuexperionced, Elcn-: tell mo plaloly. 14 there any German lady in this oty who can tell me just how to make * potato-salad, as it Is magle by the *Mother In Germany ™4 lfilr;w. one more recipeviz. : how to cook egg- nt. pxr you have space, please insert this in next Baturiluy's supplement. Respectfully, . lusxrmgescr. Ta the Lditor of The Tridbune. SPNGFIELD, 11, Oct. 19.—1 want to ask a fuvor of aume of your many readers of the Ylome. Will somie one tell me how to make good haking-powder blscuit—what ia the secret ¢ Tcan make passable ones Just by recipe,—one quart flour, two teaspoonsful baking-powder,~— but vot *light, flukey ones that mclt in your mouth, like my elster’s,’" as my husband Is al- ways telling nte. Now, I'm not speaking dle- aragingly of my husbund, but my conscienca Pmu iles ine, for [ Kuow myself I have acen bet- ter biscuit than § make. 17 any on will tell me how to make perfect buking-powder biscuit, she will conter a great favor. B Youxa HOoUSEKEEPEL, To the Editop of Ths Trilune, Nrew7os, Tu., Oct, 10.~Your paper secins to be the vehlele of all sorts of Inforination, and 1 would like tu know if any of your correspond- cnts can glve some dircctions for cleanine gilt chnandeliers, or braclots, or framey, and also the et polish to use for o rosewood plano, And thie experlenve of thore who luve used the felt- fug under carpets, It {4 an open question as to whether the ofd plan of struw does not xave the carpet more than the paper. Yonurs respectful- Iy UOUSLKEErEK, To the Editor of The Tribune. Mzypota, Wis, Oct. 16.—1 have noticed In your Spturday's papers thay eeveral fnquiries Lave been made by ladles i regard to *Howe," aud have been very readily answered. 1 hope two or thrue questlons that I will put will ueet with llke regponse, Wil some person please uive suggestions fu shell-worlt How can shells be elemied! What 1a done with sutumu leases, asfde from pressing, to preserve themt Re- speetfutty, JENRIE C. GAVEN. o s e - IN GENERAL. WOMAN'S HEALTIL, b sha Kdlior of The Tribune. CiticAGo, Oct. 0,—Tuz IRmuNe, some time ago, notlicluy the death of Chorlotts Custinin, used the luuguage, “cuncer the scourge of woman,”? Tue TRIBUNE was right, and might wlth truth have added, **cugendered by igno- rauce und perverse carclessness.” With what * recklessness will some younw girls, aye, and old auus, too, regardless of circuinstances, throw off wouleu garments {u winter, substituting flimsy lacs sud wusyu and discsrding warm foot-wear, It fs but a stcp to the earrisze, and not worth, the trouble of overshoes; but in that one bric! exposure au fucurable discase may bave taken root, Ons of the worst cuses of cavcer 1 ever kuew was & womun whoso feet were forover wat, 8he protested she could not woar over-shoes or walking boots; that they presecd upon her corns, and that it dide't Lurt her to wet ber fect. When I looked st her splendid physigue 1 thought it might be so; but Ngtureatlast revolt- cd, as shealwaya doesat the violatfon of Lier [kws. 1t Is nat among the poor, or laboriug cless, that concer 18 found, Thoy Instluctively koow how ta take care of their health, Cancer, with man, Ia a herediary disesse transmitied through the femulo lue, ” To womaun belongs the honor or dishonor_of origiunting nud timnsmitting the dlicase, Bome phystcians cluim there aro but two diseases,—cold and polson. Could we not huve lecturus on physiology and other 1opics pertaln- {ug to womun's weltured Which one of the laay coptributors to tho Home will lcad off In a lec- ture? ‘Chereis a vast amount of phyeical und mefital lguumm:u amoug young wouien of thy proseut day, Sald Niss Addle, unfoldlug the supplement to ‘THB TRIBUNE, “ Do oll the ladles that weite theéo nleo thirgs wash and fron and bake breadl" They koow how to do jt, unld if called upon they can do it without fuss or trouble. This young girl came in from shopplng the other day; the baf's had been throwing mud balls at “each other; aome of the bally miesed thelr wlm and lodged on the white ar. ble frout, near the dour. It imuet be taken off The servanta wers not ut hand. Miss Addie tukes & whits damask unapkin, peeps out of the door, looks up and down the strevt Lo see that u0 oue is pasying, und In Ler flurry and fzuo- runce rubs the dirt in, instead of out. lmugine tbiy glel suddenly trausferred bebind @ conlee- tluner’s counter to carn buer liyiug, or & fuw years later the mistress of a second-rate board- jug-bouse, Thiuk of ¢ puly cod fears the transftion would coet hrr, be. lm-pnrod for any fate.” Directions for inakinz elove-lioxes, letter- hoh!er:‘ cte.t Take card-board; cut in ahapos 1tue und cover with bright-colored silk: thon sew togother; take pleces of Sorrento carved wood made [o the shape of 1he curd-board, snd gum on the outside. F. ovit Foon. T the Editor of The Tribune. Cnicaco, Oct. 20.—In the early days of the “Home Department ?* of your valuable paper I was tempted {o write s fow of my ideasof a liealthtul, nutritous diet, but concluded to wait for saine other corrcspondent to diacuss the same pointe much better than could my un- aksilled pen, Several months having passed and nothing tauching the questions Involved having appeared in the “ Rome,” I venture a begin. ning, which, If you think worthy of publication, may encourage me o wrile agaln, more fully explainiog my theory of nutrient. Au experfence of more than twenty yeara in dealfng fn the varfous materfals of foud, hoth fu Jarge and small guantitics, i this and East- ern citles, has convinced me that among the most prominent causcs of early nervous prose tration and prematura decay of the vital powers, attifeting our husiness men, undespeciatly Iadics, is an inoutritious diet. Perhaps, when quce- tioned, 90 per cent of them will say they eat fond “cnough always, and frequently” too much, but from some raure (L dies not Turnish them with the needed steangth, and fre- quent oitacks of fiiness, with corrcaponriing calls} on the physician, who prescribes rest, voupled with care in swallowiug hls putious, and then a short respite from paly and wearl- ness fllls up the programine, and {lIness, driice, and relfef alternate with increasing fraquency ua the years rull ou. Buch Is the experience of nearly 0 per ceut of our ative-born, middle- aged husiness men and fashionable ladics, With a guod climate and healthful location, in the vervy contre of & country producing the best materlal for nerve-food, furnished “Our girls should b’)' & bounteous Providence, wby la this the fartt Somuthing fs wmnfi—mme one ab fault, Whereand wliols It! Let us sce. Chemista and physlologist® tell us the phos- phates enter largely fnto nerve and brain sup- piv. Where can we get them fn the purest and most couventent formi First and best in wheat. Yot in supertine flour, hut fu the whole wheat, and more especially in the outer colored part of the kernel, and which the dictatesof a perverted taste and the mischievous frnorance of the miller separates and rejects from the flour by boltlng, And If, by chance, a small percentage pagses Into the fashionable white portion, the baker, or cook, as the case may he, o if, with pereistent deoravity, destroys the last remuant, with his, or her, “pernl- clous process of ralsing a “nfce white Joal® ~#it oply to throy—no, unt to the doge, for even fhey starve on such counturfelt fuod. The result then I3, no food for the nerve fn bread. Where shall we find 12 Beef, which is therichest animal food in nerve- supnly, according to Lichig's aualysls containa an average of 3 m!uer cent of the phosphates. Bome grudes contaln more than 5, others even Jess than 1. And here smonr our meat dealers we flud the sune fimorance prevally as with the millers, Not one meat dealer fu o hundred knows what elements the meat contains. Not one In flve hundred {sa judge of the propor- tionate canktituents of the various grades. In- deed, fn the Prcucnt condition of the science of food, it requlres the most careful research and a very close and long-continued range of experi- neits and observations to beecome an expert. ln the selection of mneats richin ncrvesuPpla'. And, having sccured the beat grades of meat, the fgnorunt cook now steps in, and, Ly her slip- slind, uncertaln process of cooking, is about. as linble to retain the pecullarly volatile phos- phates a8 wlhen she prepares” the Immenselv- rulsed und elightly-heated white doogh, popu- larly termed bread. - But I find 1 am moking this articla much Tonger thau 1 {ntended, aud If, perchynce, it falls ot in your waste-basket, may wrfl.«%fl! n. . NEURINE. AUTUMN LEAVES, To the Editor of The Tribune, Cmicaao, Oct, 19.—Nothing hrightensa Louse and makes it look more homelike than sutumn leaves or ferns. So many persons spuil their collections by not knowing how to preparce them for futur use, that Twill give s Lrief explaun. tlon of my way of preparing them, which {svery simple, but still the effect fs all that 18 necesva- v, Our prettiest autumn leaves ure the mu- ple, rose, and gumiach, They should be gather- cd after the first beavy frost: care should be taken to select the perfeet leaves, and those which have o firm stem. The necessary articles are a flatiron, hafr-wire, and fome resin—tive centa will procure enough to use for two years. The fotllowib prigess I3 then undergones The leavos are taken fresh:from the trees, aud Iron- ed on the right slde witlrthe flatiror, which s leated at such a termperature ne will melt the resin, which fa rubbed on the fron. The mure resin used the bandromer will be the leaves brings out the rich tints, which Is the heauty of autunin leaves. As fast as & leal bs froncd, 12 Ia placed Ia o book or between papers, to prevent ]L curllog up, and pressed for two or three weeks, The wire §s thou cut into plecea twice the length required for the stems. This fs wound around the stem, commencing ut the boeeof the luaf, This mukes ther stem accure, The leaves are then sreanged fnuny shope de- fired, Leaves propared in this way may be ured for two or three years, alterfug the deslmevery time. The lenves sre fastened together by winding the wire—which 8 (astened to the stem but etifl Touger thon ft—together, This eaves putting so many tacks and pivs o the 1, which spoils the effect of the design, INDIGNATION. To the Fitor uf The Tridune, Cueaae, Oct, 15—\ Jovely belng seareely fornicd or malded, a rose with all its sweetest leaves yet foldedV'—Is *Ida,” whose abeurd Jetter fu lust Natunday’s fssuc 1 hasten to answer and expréss fu a feeble way iny indlgn. tion. Yes, indignation, that a 16-year-old girl, with 6o }ttle brajns and so many pounds uvolr- dupols, should presume to dictate to experi- enced und sensible matrons the diet for thelr children, Miss 1ds lkus nothing Letter Lhen fried pork and plekles ad Libitum for hreakfast, Undoubtedly!, her 100 pounds wonld prove that sbe was fuet such o gourmand, But nutwithatanding tha valusble (1) evi dencs of this )‘nuuF miss of sweet eixteen, il selentfsts aud physiciaus sre aware lhal nothing su develops and produces eerotalofus ns pork; aud as for plekles counteracting the cifect, that b4 an idea purely originul with the youug lady. It needs wo other recomiends- tion. 1 would advise Idas wamma to nourlsh lier 160-pounds of dungliter on u scant Grahan duhnuil 1 suggeat privalely to luu that vioegar i thinnlng. Wil uangle ouc kiudly give a recipe fur lemon jelly that can be cut In syuares. Mo, Loulsu V'8 dlot {8 excelicut, sud deacrves the notlee of all mothers. Let me add that cating between weals und henrly wuppers alould be avolded, Youra reapcet fully, Buaxen P.8.—Lcanglve n eplendid recipe fur vice pudding stirred If auy one wishes it. e — TO0AY. 1'm alune with my restless dreaming, — Alone %lth my turbulent heart : Oh! how did this cloud caine between us? OhT why did we two ever pare? - ¢ g:lltd ghost of the daylight, GHiding In through the leaneds vine, Cowesvut fromn the graVe of the Sununer, = Vowmes to glout o'cr this heart of wtne, 13 careles me back, In [te dimneds, ‘Tu the baayuifal Sumnier de. 14 catries e on ta the erimne Uf & Winter [ vaguely dread. Q corse of my beautiful Summor! Hreathe once, thy volupluous way; Swile again, tn thy gracelul languor, And brighten my dreams for to-day, Mxpuka CLans, Oct. 10, 1876, ——— Tunaveeen ot Gono Over. Dr. B. L. Bonine, of Niles, Mict., who was a Represcutative In the State Legislature four yours, aod Surgeon of the Second Michigau In- antry duriog the War, denles w report ju clreu- lation that he hud gouc over to the Deaocratie party, and had written a loug Jesler * insup- port of the gonglomerated toass of Rebels, clocyats, and fag-cuds, whose prineipal bsad. cre are Southern traltoys snd Northern Copjwr- Leads.” The Doctor eays that when he luses his scuses su that ho cdunot seu in his droams thode cuiacluted humun forms cowming forih from Belle 1sls aud Andorsonville ho wma; fuduced to vote the Nebel-Detuncral At the .lattla of the Wildesuu Doctor volurteered to remain on the feld to lovk after the wounded, aud \suun;s.'ui some most borsld bulchuries of - Unlea eoldie During the long, durk night hic had to tuthy grogns and cties for hvl;lu‘ and 1bs mormy; ¢y dnstead of belug al- Jowed to help the sick and wounded soldiers, he wos surrounded by Rebels, and compeltled to 1ok on while his comradys were shot down 1, doga, Hundreds of Unlon nien were shot af they Bud srrendered on Wt mopning, undir his immediate observation, and no colored man waa spared, th say nothing of the white soldfers who were taoat eruelly aasassinated. Col, Frank Uraves, of Niles, ay brave a man as ever.went into lattle, was murdered on that morning be- cause he refised to pull oft his boots and” give' thein to a gang of Rebel eoldicre, fn Dr. kcr nine's lotter, embodying these facts, he sayn: ** After having seen all thin, 2ud more too, it Is hard to be accueed of golng over to the Demo- cratic party, winle it {s in full fellowship with hiose vile inunlerers of Col. Frank Graves, and £0 many otlers of our brave Unfon soldiers.” eeta— THE TIGER-LILY. Transtated from Lo Petit Jonurnal Medice-Veycho- 1egigue fur the New Tark World. There—my card, alr—Jules Maleval, late chef do battalton, Chuescurade Vincunnes; here 18 my Grand Cross of the Legion of Honot—my sabre—you £ce wy armless aleeve—eh bizn/ 1 have my honorable discharge, tou, distinguished servizes—three brevets on the Reld—but § will not shake hands with you, sir. Morbleus One does not consentingly ehake hauds with a mur- derer, and that is my chief title to dlstinction. Vou cannot believe §t? Morblen! There has Leen 8 time, &lr, when T wonld ram your inere- dullty Jown your throat with the pumniel of my sword! What to you suppose 1ot In this vile maison de sante for, Inslead of chasing the wild Kabyles to their dene acruss the red desert, ex- cept fn explation of my erime! Dol resemble the doting wilksops who sit {u corners and maunder over books! Morblent The Malevals were never indoor folks; we always had some soldiera or sailors of our stock away from home, roving, Aghting, trading.~what not. The first of us known in La Teste was an old Biscayan pirate, grizeled, bluck aud scarred with despe- rado work on the Spanish Maln and Brazllian vapst, with a cheet full of ingots and Spanish pillar dollars, every one stained with blond. Bichelieu, for eervices done at the sicge of Roclielle, entitled him to call hlrgsd{(hc Bletur e Maleval. fle built the old house in La Teste and margled. Morblent At the revolution we dropped the title but kept the old house {n La Teste, It 13 there yet,~I was born in it,—a Maleval lives in it to-day 1 wus fust turned of 20 when J bad olore affulr that sent me to the wara, ‘It Is no use to speak of it. She fs nxunnf the angels now, Ao- nette Flzeae, sn ungel herscll, "I never saw Annctte agaln, In 1859, however, when my regiment was In camp ut Chalous, T received @ letter from her. Read ft: My dear friend, U hate never met you, never wished ta meet vou. since a cragl fale sundered us, but I bave watched your career with solicitude, with pride, nnd‘yon have never been misved in my cowmnunings wfth the boa Diew, 1 now show my fulth In you by usking you to gulde, befriend, pro- teet my unly fon, Leot, my noble boy, who comnes ta the army to-morraw fresh from "his classes at Faint Cyr, where he has won enoagh distinction to chuose the arm of the rervice be wishes to Join, and be chooses ta be near you, the friend of lis mother. 1 (rust him to you, my dear friend. e I« 1wy all. My husband is old, fecble; I have nothing but Leon. ' Morbleu! In the dust aud smoke of twenty campalgns, in the nonchalance aud hardenings of u Lhousaud hivouacs, one luses some_of the quallties which hest fit one to become tha guar- diay of Ingenuons youth, IHowever, I aceeptod the cburge, 1t would be o pity if Aunette’s boy should turn out n vaurlen, as Le might under same ruldance, or never chied his denls de lait, as migzht happen under other influences. Leon catne to e uext day, A tall, graceful youtl; the image of his mother—just ber soft expressive brown eyer, aud lier mouth, not con- cealed under the silky Jitte pretense of mus- tache. He was not a’bit of o fpoon. Manly as he waus gentle, bright as he was amfable, he koon became the greatest of favorites in the battalion. T took him to lodie in my own quarters, aud morbleu! in a week I luved bitn s my own son ond be e a8 an elder brother, and wo weresuch Iriends and companions as 40 aud 20 never were befure, N So it was for a year, and the boy promised to be aa line a soldicr as the army could produce, ‘Then there was a change. The boy gave me Tess of his company, He fell pale and auxious, was distiaint, silent, reserved. 1 sald to inyeelf: 41t Is some alfalr of the beart. ‘Thers is a woman at the bottomn of it. Morbleu! 1know ull the symptome of it. But 1t will come righc, Patiened! It did not come right so soon, liow- ever, and ut last I received o despaiving letter from his mother: * What has come over my Leon! Why does my Loy cease from writing 1o wel O my friend, if there be snytbing wrong do not conccal it from me!” It wasa cry o agony, It wrung my heart. When Leon came In'to dinner, I lald the letter on his plate He rose with a pule fare and went out without aword, 1dined, and then went in search of him. At lnst, at the Colauel's, I faund that he had ap plied for Jeave of abeence, 8 month's furloughn, ou plea of urgent business, aud had gone home. Yrcturned to my quarters to flud Lean already departed, and 8 note for me, e(uml; saying, 'L goto mvmother to tell her alll'f 1”sent for one of the junior Captains, fn whom I could trust, and who thought much of my boy. s What Is this affalr which crumples the roses leaves for Leon so, Capt. Regnault?” e shrngeed his shoulilers, *41t s o bad case, non Colonel. The Tizer-Lily bas another victim,” Gubrielle Provilio had carned her title of the S Tiger-Lily.” Eho wad the dauchter of a Cyp- rlute woniuh and & 8wedish tnerchant, who hiud been Vice-Consul at Batla and amassed afortune fn the Orlent, When ehe was B years old he scparated (he oiild from her mother and scnt hier to o Carmolite pension st Paris, Here Gabrichle remnined until her 17th year, when she eluped and beeawne the mistress of a liandsome Trish adventurer, roving up and down the world. and airing his fine Dublin echolar- ship fn letters for the press, and his consum- mate usstirance {n meddling with tue most re. condite dipfonustic affalrs everyw 0'Cal- vhere, laghan ended by getting himaelt safely fu- pitsoncd fun dungeon in Muscat, where the thermoneter was 180 degrees, and here Gubriclly deserted hhin und geeepted the escort of a half- pay officer In Lhe Brivsh Indlan screice. This entletuan was so exeessively fond of brandy- pawnee that he cut s shroat in Calro, aod Gubrielle possessed herself of some Jewels he wus tokhne home to his sisters and his rupees, of Which he bad 8 good muny, It i3 uwot exaetly known what became of Gabrielle vow fur 8 year or inore, but she iy thought to_have ut least scen tha inside of the Rbedlre's Palace. ‘The next adventure of hers waun being sent out of Constantinople In & Turk. 1zh revenue steamer by express order of the Sul. tana Valde. (iiven her cholee where she would be st wshore, she declded upon Malts, and soon made the intimate acquuiutance of a Col. Moni- pesson i the garrison there, & man who bad a wife end five children, end wis worth £10,000 & vear. In thohelabt of the ecundul attending this alfalr O'Calluchan turned up in Valetta. He was poor aud migell as & buzzard, but lg borrowed 4 euit of clothes from au Irish surgeon and challenged Mowpessou. They went to Cundia_and “fought, nid O'Callaghian was shot througts the heart. When Mompesson retorned to Valetta the bird und flown, und the Colonel blew bis bralns out fn a Uit of vemorse, Gabrielle wow cumne to Algerds, and fors while Gept houae fu the elty in a very demure way, laving a duenns und two black servants, A Mursta) of France pald her great stioution, 1t waa In bis cavriage that she cume to Coustan. tlua one day to attend the ruces. ‘Tlst was the fivst thne I'saw Gabriclle, snd sho made 8 pro- found impression upon me, as_ she did upon nearly every one. 8he was livoly bLeyona de- .cri\v'uun aid Jively lu o unique sort of beauty, u blending of styles oun would nuflgou cauld uot be blended, yet whicl ln her barmonized splendldly, ‘The porth uud the south wmet ln her favo and figura without any dividing line, yet you saw them Loth there, She wus Greek, she Was Gioth; she was blonde, she was brune; vet you saw this not fu any (ndividusl feasuro, t was the {upresston they made fu their encral effect. . Over ol "cast an alr of ndescribuble {nnocence, wixed with froliv. sume epiegleric; v her race and gentlonuss "ol mouner, Wit ntellizence, tact, conrage, and the power u{ elaborute com- bluation sud foresights let her be falie as hell, cruel us the viviacetlonist, cunulug os the shes fox with sucklings, hard as a salliatone, merve- nary a8 2 Swiss, tacivjous as Lesbin; und you will understand why they called this Qabrielle, the most remurkabfe woman of her the wTiger-Liy.» 1 o not treat of her carcer in Algorla. She gut e fu her tojla for aue monient, but coukld not keep e, and hoted wiv bevatiss she could not. Two ulmy deareat fitends disd for ber,— one ny sulcide, one fu o duel; then sba wade liv tle Preville, the Paymaster, inarry her, aud };t\\: Jier 1aine, Touse, fortune, ind went uff to Parl 1o consunimate her carecr. 1t was a faumous oue, with a broad ewath of Tiin and many gravea o Ler tra Now, at 30, Gubrlelto wis 1o oldey in look thun when =)y lml & nillion times more russe and daugervus, f:km &l should be doing t Chalons L could uob conceive, exceps bat bLer dp;mluz uppetites lunkored o the vigor und rudeness of the comps, She and Proville, s poor, brokei-uown, cowrd wreten, it feast 50 years old, ucflpylu& a fine vilfa froutlng on the promenude wt the Jurd; but Proville wsuatly found something to tuke him away ta Varts, and Muduine was not loneeoina in his ah- senre. Her salons were tha headsuarters of the ary, snd the wus 3y dowibuut ie military st fulra ag, in foruer tiges, La Belle Tupeyia bsd been fuecclealistival aflalvs. Bahind Gabrielle's bandavine valoon was the Mafntinat of bowdoira, 1o Which boaae bt e =, prime favorites were admitted. It was hera that the Tizer-Lily acenrded me the interview which I had demanded. * Col. Maleval, 1t {3 not iy fault that you hase not heen here before,' -, . shie zald. 1 auswered brusquelys % No, but vour fanlt that T em hers now. ~ You know my rela- tlona to Leon Pitau, s you know cversthing. I'demand that you celesra him front . your- tolla; break the spells you have put upon him. . If not, 1 shall be forced to make pablic sdme* things T know of you, and that would make it uncomfortable foF von to stay n Chalons,— equally 80 to return to Paris.” “*You love the - lad \'cr{ much?? suld she, ©“¥ea" % And loved his mother passionately?”! +Yes,” Sho’ turned her eyes dreamily upon .me and sali: “1 cannot concelve of yon loving passfonately, yevit must boeo. [ bever kuew the fire fo tnelt eatne sorta of Ice.” ¥ Ciigste wavinth ad ", ure glow, madame, are mysterica of Jatent \eat which must needs renraity probiemn to some.” QO saneta stinplicitas ! ehie cried, nughtng heartily; “sit down lere by e, Colonel, Une rebuff from you fs worth a" thousand complitnents of ovdinary men. Sit doswn, Maleval, while 1 tell you about Leon." Morblen! 1 aat dowa wlongside the Tigers Lily, rizht where shie could look Into my eyes V* Maleval,? she said, in o soft, dreamy volee, “ygu think I do not know what love ir. Yon are wrong. 1 have Joved twiee,—once. tho hearta less adventurer who led me to rujui once, wig soldler, the aoul of bonor, o low's heart, who . acorned mo, Do you n:ml{ when we were both in Agcrin, Maleval? Of that thine I can tell you | what you do not know. I saw the sollicy’ I, speak of. 1 saw fn his foce that he did not lové™ e, | was desperate, and determined to captore his heart by 8 copp de main. [ was ot Constane*' tina; be at his camp in the desert, twenty miles:t away. 1went to the bath, end tired and per-- fumned wnyscll, and strewed my hair with ;u:arh‘i,: and put old “ornaments abuut my wrists ani ankles, sud wrap| myself fn soft, white In- dinn ‘tlseues, like the Benpal maldens’ who scek thelr groomsmen In the Gaoogee. Then, at nightfall with = trusty ganide, I mounted o swift mare, and llke - a carrier-plgeon flew over the desert tows my soldier’s cainp. Tho breath of the desert was warm, but not so warin _as the breath of my.. lougling. The atars overhead were bright, but not 50 bright as my hopes, ‘The mare that Irode was awiftos_the wind, but slow to the pace od' my.degire. I arrive at the camo. It is mide night. I pass the hribed rentrics like a flitting Liost. I come to the tent of him I Jove. I fling’ osn at the entrance the conrse white Aalar in- which I hed wrapped myself, and, in all the aplendor of my jewela and musiins, with a blush: maunun[z to my hair, and a heart, beating itsell like & wild bird caged, 1 pass swiltly in to where ho lies llmwlng. To Jies slee {ng—direaming, I come to bis gide, I kneel there, and scek ta mult mygelf into the textureof his dream, I drop soft kisses on his land; I bend over him* and touch his lips with a falry lp-tonch. Still dreawnlng, hic clusps an arm thout me tightly,. tightly, and whispers, ¢ Annette, Angettel” “[ tore mysclf lnose, Maleval, and Hed'Into the duesert,” But for my guide I had been lost. Would I had! Maleval, you ask why I had flume the net over Leon "'—shé let her hand fall softly on miug and turned Ler gnze full on me,~*10 draw you to me, Malevall" Morbleaw! it was lics, every srliable—Dnt what an actress she was! At 45 fool s & fool all-over—eh bien/ We made_an excursion to Brussels, Mme, Preville and T, and from thers we concluded to go to Dresden, 1 found two persons walting for me when I got back to camp. One was old Preville. *Mon- sleur,” L suld, “1 am at your service. Any sat- isfuction you think fit to—"" The wretched old {ellow twaddled his thumblhuluun‘fl{. “She seows Lo ke you, mon Coloncl; if It would’ suit you to take Mme, Preville off my hands—L am acarvely equal to—I think the matter could be satisfoctorlly—" “Neverin the world, M, Preville; bot, {f you thinkyour honor demands a shot, 1will give you a tarzet, and flre—in tha air,” 1caniot say—1 miust gak madame,” sald old Yreville, departing greatly dejected. The other person was Capt. Regnoult. He bore g chiallcuge to me from Leon Pltau. *L told you how it would be," said be, in & grave volve. **But this is absurd, Regnault. Therels no cause; I therc were, 1 still'could not fight my own child.” ‘e will foree yon tolt. Ilcis desperate. She has written o him, demanding of bim to punlsh you for virtually abductlug her. She swears you made her flee by threats of terrible exposures, etc., cte. He Is half- frantic. Yo will Lave to fight him." * 1 sw I'willnot. Where {s Leont lorblen! I ean make it right with him {o ten seconds.” * You decling bis chadlenge! " “ Yes,? * Very well, then, prepare yoursclf for something desperutn on hls part.” The next morning, at dress-parade, Leon Pl tou catue towards me, and, in tho presence of the whole battalion, truck me » blow between the eyus with his .clenched fist, knocking me down, When 1 rose, he kicked me, and stroda away. Morblou? Regnault was right, Thero was no_ help forit now, and Leon, who had cholce of wenpork, fixed od gabres, with which T coufessedly bad no match, Wemetat gray dawn the next morning. Leon waa furious, and attack-~ oil furiously. 1 was determined not to hurt my boy, and contented mysel! with a cool defense nst which he dashed ln vain for half an hour. The genso of exhaustion, the fecling that Iwould not* fight him, drove the poor lad frantic, “ Leon," 1 whispered, * hear reason!” * Col. Maleval,” he screamed, * your whole treatment of mo (s an {nsult—an Infquity—an outragel’® $ My ron, 1 am older thban you—I love you! 4 Vous etes un lache/"" he yelled, dashing on ma ngain, 1 disarmed him, and whirled Ls sabre ten yards awsy on the sward, The Bgar, un- happy, misgulded Jad, crazed with lmpotent ruze, darted upon his weabon, turned o look of indescribable vindictiveness on me, and instantl, fell upon his sabre, driving it _hilt-deep throug] his breast. ** You have killed e, though!” he said, and dled. At this moment a e with o palr of Thorses, thut had stood at o distance to watch the combat, drove clattering by, and @ shrill lsaght sounded in my ears, It was the laugh of the ‘Tiger-Lily, rejoleing in her work. Idashed my sabre down and pursucd the carrfage. 1torcthyg driver from his seat, sclzed the roins, whipped tho - horses up to full speed, and drove tha elrieking woman lfke s whirlwind toward the steop bauk of the Marne, Sho screamed fright- {ully, but darc not':r out, The seconds pursed us, but i n. On, on-the horses plunged back, but I forved them on and over, where the fall was not less than fifty feet, down which wo volled, horses, y Tigers Lily, and all. Both m( lcgs were broken, and had other injuries hesldes, but was still able to ralge miysclf ypon one elbow se them tai Gabrlel Preville from the wreck of the carriaze, a wreck herself. not fatally but frightfully crushed, hier face a welter of scarring wounds,, lier spine awry, her beantiful Nmbs misshapen, Alter that ) faintod, sod they brought me ux, this place when my term at”the hospital was over. Amnetto Pilou is dead, { think, but Gabrella Preville still llves, I know. Shacomes., to curse me every fete<dny, DBut she comesaon, crutehes, and she wears o vell thick enough e}, serve her for o mask. ———— IOWA'S NEW ADJUTANT-GENERAL. * Special Dispateh o The Trivuns, Des Moixis, I, Oct. 20.~John H, Looby, , appoipted suceessor to N. B. Baker ss Adjutant- Qeneral, is a citlzen of Clarke County, During the War of the Rebellion e enlisted asapri- vate in Company D, SBecond Iowa Infantry. He was promoted to Sccond-Lieulenant of Compas ny G, Eightcenth Towa Infantry, At the battle of Shiloh lic was severely wounded, from whiclky wound be bus never recovered, snd probably willuot, His jvjuries were snch as to incapasls tate bita for active business; {n fact, most ot thu time he hus becn whullfl unable to fict nbout, His mllitary record [s good, aud, for R‘raj\'cry uud prowess o action, lie was breveted mjor. GROCERIEN, DO YOU KEEP HOUSE ?. 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