Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 2, 1876, Page 10

P ks - T e TR = i AT A i ST e 12 2 AT S TS 10 THE CHICAGO SOUTH CAROLINA. The Alleged Contempt of Court. The Whole Case Between the Board of Uanvassers land the Soprome * ‘Oourt, What the Court Wnanted, Wilat the Bonrd Did. and The Dilomma in which the Demoorata Found Themselves, and the Way Thoy Tried to Get Ont of It. Waa There Any Contempt of Court? Aeio York Timar, Tho action of the Bemrd of State Canvassors and of the Bupreme Court of South Carolloa seems to bo so much misunderstood that It would be well to state briefly, Irom authentic sources, what wero the’ actunl procecdings in the Supreme Court and of the Board of Stato Canvasscra. . 4 g THS DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE BOARD are thosc usually resldidg in such boards. Becs. 20 and 27 of an nct epproved March 1, 1870, aro as follows: g2c, 20, The Donrd, when thus formed, shall, npon the certifled copios of the stutements made by tlic Board of County Conyassers, proceed to make @ atatemont of the whole number of votes given at ruch clection for the various officers, and for ench of them voted for, distinguishing’ the meveral connties in Wwhich they are glven, ‘Ilioy ahail cer- tify such statement to be correct, and sabacribo the anme with their proper names, Sre. 27, Upon anch statements they shall then Jroceed to determine and declaro hat perxons ave boen, by the greatest number of voles, du) elected to such otlices, or eithor of them; fhey shall have poicer, and U 18 made their duty, (0 ds cases under proleal or conlest lhal may ark the pouer (o do so does nioty by the Conal reatde in some other body. The exceptlon here refors to the office of Gov- ernor and Licutenant-Governor, declsion on which, increase of contest, is with the Legisla- ture. On tho 14th of November Mr, Youwmans, for the Democrats, - ASKED THE SUPREME COURT FOR TWO WRITS~— one of mandamus to compel the Board to per- {form tho purely ministertal function * of ascer- taining from tho managers’ (County Canvass- ers’] returns what persons have the highest number of votes, and certifying the statements thereof to tiro Beeretary of State;” and ono of probibition “from hearing any protest or con- test, and from cxerclalng any juaiclal functions whatever touching the clections.” The Court ndjouried to the 16th to give the counsel of the Board tine Lo unswer. Ou the 10th of Novomber tho motlons were argued and the Court adjourned. On the 17th the Court ngain sat, and the Chilef Justice (Moses) sald that **the Court had examfued the suggestions of mandamus and those In probibition, and befors §t pruceeds to floal Judgment it desires to save time, . . and tuat the Court requires an ‘onder to b drawn that the Board of BState Canvnsscrs furthwith proceed to count and vomparo the roturus, aud make a report of the result to the Court, und certity their action in the preinises to the Court,” Counscl on both sides then consulted as to such au order, but, falling Lo agree o3 fo the terms, such an order was thereupon - 1SSUED BY 'THE COURT ITSRLF— Asgociute Justice Wright dissenting from so much of the order as required the Board to cer- ux{ thelr action in the premises to tha Court. 'he order ald not extend to the oifices of Governor and - Licutonant-Governor, which it was understood wera lett by law to fho decislon of the General Assembly. ] It will be observed that this is, so far, the only order issued, that It was understuod to be Intermediary, and that it leaves the original mo- tiun st unuecided, On the 18th, the Board not being ready to re- port, further argainents were hieard “by the Court on the motions for mandamus and prohl- bition, and the Court adjourned without ex- ng any opluion, giving counsel un either privileyss of submitting written arguments b;.-mn: 10 u. i, Monduy, 1€ they should s0 de- slre. Monday, Nov, 20, the_Board not yet report- Ing, aflidavits wero presented to tho Court by ihe Democratic vounsel, on which they asked an order lrom the Court requiring the Hoard of Cunvassers In reporting the.r action under the order of Nov. 17, to report to the Court ot tho game time ull errors and Irreqularities fn the statements of the County Cunvassers, * and lo annez to their reporta all official documents and pagiers in thelr pussession showing the natnre und character of auch errors and i laritles,” The Democratic counsel suid, “No notice Lind been priven, and lie did not suppose the other slde would object." TIIE OLDER WAS 80 OUTRAGEOUS in fts requirvmients that Chief Justice Moscs sald: ‘It scems to me tobe n very Irregu- lu; mode of proceeding.” Associaie-Judge Willard safd: " What responsivility are the Board under in virtue of that order? They are® not commissfouers In cquity nor referecs nt law, Zhey arenot in perurtance of a power con- Jerred upun them by this Uourt. 1t sccius to me you have tstaken your right.’” Tho order asked or was nol granted,and the Court adjourned to await the report of Lie Board, Nov. 21, un the opening of the Court, Mr, D. T. Corbin, counsel for the Board of State Cun- vassersy moved thut the order of Nov, 17 bo re- sunded, arguing thut it was an Interlocutory order, und always subjeet to the diseretion * of the Court; that it was fu the nature of monda- mus, and that it could not be lssued at that stuge fv the proceedings, During the argu- menes which followed, Judge \illard safd: W1 canot see the olyfect i askiny the Court tu upon the abstract question® “hm. of the exercise of judiial powers by tho Board] “with ls eyes shut 5 we weant to know who recewed the highest number of votes,” And agaln, luter, he sald; 44 We do not want to declde the abstract question of law axud then have you coms before us on the apr plication of those questiona to the facts." It thusappears that THE RELATIVE FOSITION of the Bupremo Court ond of the Board was this: The Buprems Court, before It would de- clde an abstract question of law, wanted to know what facts (Whose clection) would be af- fected by its dedision, ‘The Board asked to know by what construc. }lmtl of thelaw it was to declde questions of act. 'A:snclnteJndfu ‘Wright probed the matter to the quick when ho satd? ** I'take an entiroly dif- ferent view af the proceedings before the Court, aud, later on, he sald, reterring to bis dissent from that part of the order of tho 17th of No- vember reqiiring the Board to certify thelr oe- tlon to the Court, “I dlsented fur the renson that I did not consider it necessary that the Court should kouw whether A, B, or C wos ¢leeted, and the only question before the Court was one of law, whelher thie Board had the puwer to biear and determine protests and con- teats. To pass that part of the order I thought would bu to tury the Court into a political tnn- chine to cloct purtles,” 5 Later In the day Mr. Corbin submitted the EXI'ONT OF TUR BOARD OF STATA OANVABBERS, reading only its conclusion, part of which was s follows: * “Tuis statement s tnade to the Court 1 obedlenee to its ordur of Nov. 17, 1678, but it {s respectfully submitted that, under the bresent proceediugnin this Court,this Board s uot by law cumpullgd to report any of fts actions to the Court,” 'The statement then recites certuin errors, undg tho results from corrocting the eane, and further, that allegations and evi- dencds of fraud Ld been Wed with the Board as to the clection in Edgeteld, Barnwell, and Laurens Countles, Tho y of the report of the Board showed that on tfm faco of thy re- turns two Dewocratle members of Congress Would be cleeted, 8 part of the Denocrsf State oflicers, sud such Democrathe members 'of the Geueral Assembly os would give them o majority of one on joint ballot; but {t also showed” that, on_the fave of the same returns, the Republican Electors of President and Vice- Presldent were elected, aul slso some of the Btate officers—Eltlatt, Cardoza, and linyne. ‘Llsia shuplo statement furnishes fn purt o so- lution to the (fl::ulunr which uaturally arliug, why the Court bud oot yet after soven days do- tided the plun question of law, which, as Judge Wright suid, *was the only ono_beforu the ourt, via.: *Whether the Board bad the power ¥hear protests and coutests.” And why Dem-, wratic cuunsel did not dare to press for Its de- clslon. It I evident that A PRIGHTFULLY-AGURAYATING DILENS(A presented ftsedl to the Democrats. The face of the returus gave the control of o Btate Government to the Democruts, and woiwitistanding the frauds In Fdgotleld aud Laurens, the Electoral ticket to Hayes, 11, on motiou of Democrutic counsel, the Court denled to the Board the power to hear protests and contests, then, though they would b alusd ave | thelr great end, tho posscsafon of tho Btate, TRIBUNE they would nt the same time have dealt an al- most Tatal blow to the fmportant, but to them secondary end,—the suctess ol Tilden. If, cn the other hand, the Court had decided that the Board had the power fu questfon, Lhey would have endangered the poscession of the Seate, and could nardiy then have hopedt to make out a cade for the rejection of the Hayes Electors, and the threats anil intimbdations of the ,rifle clabs, the massacrea of [Tamburg aud Ellenton wouli have been in vain, But, ns we ahatl see, the effruntery of the counsel and thelr ndvisers was cqual to the emargency, 8s It (s an open secret that the pro- cealings fn court were dally transmitted by tel- egraph tq'New York, and the action of Demo- cratic counsel inspired from thence. On the statement ol the Board of State Can- vassers heing recetved, the Demucratic counsel request time to examing the statement and con- suit. They then ask the Court to grant two orders,— ONE POR EACIL IORN OP THR DILEMMA, The first, **that the Board do certify to be cor- rect the atatement of tue whole number of votes for membera of General Assembly, . . . and determine and declare what persons have been by the greatest number of votes clected to ench Offices, . . . make certificate of their determination, and deliver it Lo the Beere- tary of State, who shall transmit a copy to each person doclared to bo clected, « .« nndthat they shall do the samo in reforence o mombers of Congress,” , . This order, if granted, would give them a Demoeratic Leglslature, and_cousequently the Governor and _Lieatenaut-Governor and two ' members of Congress, which was all they needed, and mord than thelr most sangulue hiopes had expected. ‘e second order was the one of the previous day, now brought np again, “to compel the Board to surrender to the courts all vfllcial does uments showing the nature and character of crrors and Irregularities.’ So that the Court, after by the former order giving then tho State, mlghr. at last puss upon the original question, and 80 decids whether tho Board had power to go belilnd the fave of the roturns ns to the Re- publican Electors nnd Republlean State officers. TUE PLAIN MEANING of these two urders is: 1. We have the Stato Lealslature; fssne the certlficates, and don’t go behind the returns. 2, \We have lost the Presidontlal Elcctors and most of the Stato ofticers; send us thy {;n I8, and then we will decide whether you shall go behind the returns or not. When the Court entertalned such motlons {t alroady Indicated what answer {t wonld F[w:.but 1t at least proserved the falut show of diguity by not granting Lhe orders at once, and adjourncil after loug argiments, ? But deiny was all in favor of the Democrats, -It was well known to all concerned that the statute defining the powers and dutics of tho Board limited “their sitting to ten duys, This period cxpired abont noon the next day, 1f the Board had not fulililed its duties by that time, and certified Its determination and’ made certilleate of election accordlug to tho statute, At would no longer have had legal existence— would have been incompetent to perform o single function, could not lave given validity to any certificate, and would not, as a Doard,, be longer amenable to judiclal control. What would have been TIE INEVITABLE RESULT] ‘The Supreme Court, the unly legally constituted body v pussession ot the records “of the eloce tlon, though illegally wrung from the Board, would hiave assumed, with alncrity, thy respon- sibllity of declaring the result of the election. Was not the accomplishment of thls desirable end the object of the dellberate policy of the Democrats, and would not its success have been a au'uu-u of the gravest peril to thejllepublic- aug’ Wo now come to the 224 Noveinber,~the last cventful day. ‘The Board of State Canvassers, having obeyed the only mandateof the Supreme Court addressed to tiiem, in fall view of the pluln requirements of the statute, with but n few hours left them of Jegal existence, and be- fng without further express Instructions or or- ders of the court, et at 10 2. m. to complete their duties. Their minutes show: ‘That they corrected tho errors referred to In thelr statement to the Conrt, namely, counting the ‘votee cast for F, C. nn a8 Controller-General, aud Joha B, Tolbert as Superintendent of Educa- tlon, for T, C. Dunnand Joan K. Tolbert, reepect- ively, for paid ofilcer, ‘Tie following certificates and determinntion of the Bonrd were submitted anidadopted: [Here follow ‘the ccrtificates ns to Premidonilnl Electors nnd State, Congressional, Circuit, and county of- ficers.] - Un tha question s to whetlior the statoment of the County Canvussrs «of Edgelleld nud Laurens Counties ‘should bo included In the statement and determination of the Board, the mujorily voted in the nezutive. 'Tho Board theu adjoirned sine dic about 1 p. m, 1n tho meantime the Snpreme Conrt, having dallied with the mnin question of luw until within n few hours of the determination of tho Board’s legnl existence, met at 11 g, ., and granted the principal part of tho order asked on tho previvus day, viz: Thata writ of per- emptory mandamnus’ do issue, directed to the Board of Stats Canvassers and the Seerctary of Staté, commanding them to forthwith deé- clare duly elected, and to issue certificates to, the persons who recelved the grestest number uf votes for ofllces of Senators and wewbers of the Houso of Representatives (State). 'THLLRL I3 B0 FAR NO EVIDENCE that the members of the Buard, malyidually or iu thelr cotlective capacity, bad anv knowledze of this writ untll after thilr adjournment sine e, : “The Court, after a short recess to give Demo- eratic counsel opportunity to amend or divide thelr second order of the previous day, met at 1 p. m., uud then on vory lengthy aflldavits and motions (ur suggestions), presented by counsel, reeiting ¥ the frregularities in certeln counties ns to Presidentldl Electors, and neglect or fail- uro to net on the purt of the llounf; and asking taat the Board shall proceed nccording to law opud submit to the Court their report, and that the Board_shall bring foto court all ofliclal papers und documents,” ete,, the Court ordered that a rulo do lssue requiring the Board of State Canvassers to show cause on Friduy, the 34th (uvo duys atter the time when the Board would ceuse Lo exist), why o writ of mnn- dnmus should not issue in " necordance with the ]\rn{lnr ot the sald suggestion, 1lis Court then took up other business, Now, in view of this recital of whut actually took ‘un, fulr-minded men wre asked to dosids whetlier the Buard could have acted othierwlss @ than It hus doue, without o ehameful abdleation of iLs functlons as a Board und neglect of its du- ties under the platn requirementsof the statute, aud whether thero is any just ground for the charge of cuntempt of court i THE HOME. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. v the Editor of The Tribune. Mr. Canmort, I, Nov, 28.—In glancing over the Home Department of Tug Trisune I happenedt t come ucross the very sensible letter from * Bol's Sister,” und I can heartlly nssure hior “thew’s iy sentiments, too.” Not ouly my sentiments In regard to Christmas glfts, but nlso fu the decoration of Lome the ladies have beéu discussing lutely, I liko to sce homo muda pleasant (by the way, that bas becomo a rather hackneyed phrase), but I cannot say that I think in order to do so t s pecessary to lave an innumerable amount of burnt-mateh holders, sputter-worl, worsted flowers, bead bungiug-buskets, wnd cornucoplas, [ Uk to sou the born of plenty represented In many different ways, Dut not bead undt worsted,—nseless artleles ull of thesc, that no one would know what they were in- tendod for If Ltho natmes were vt generally ape pended, | Gather up all of this wmmulvuml aily, inake & bonflry of it add substitute in the l:luw of worsted Howers, Gud's own lovely ones, reathlge their exquisite frageancs on e iy} music, stutaary, books, and picturcs—not thesu cheap water-olors, but handsoms chromos oe il palntinga, h‘urcie‘ you cin wifond tWo or tirey of thoss [ plags of thirec or four duzen of the cheap ones, - If you happen to have b natnher of wood cnts, don't stick them In o theso rustie frumes, but lot thein le looscly on the table, and, when they have becomi wory out, which they ‘soun will it there are many to lovk &y them, burn thein, and replace them with new subjeets. Not wnly are all uf theso things Leautiful apd inter- estig to look at, but think of thelr moral agens ey, Lihink flowers ure tho best of all teachers -of ethits, Who ever guzed upon a fluwer Lt what It breathed unto them the love and holl- ness of Godd Who ever llsteued to o strain of sweet musle but what [t conched the keynote of the inmust svul! Al! we do nut kiow how ofton a tny lawer, o beautlful iclody or plet- ure, buve ‘been [ustramental I turuing wome Wretehed imortal back fromn the paths of sin to thuse of righteoustess. Aud now, tu cums dowu from tho sublime to the ridiculuus, are such wlluences ever connected with inatihe bolders und pen-wipers! How bathed -in wortitieaton somu - of the mothers and slsters wowid bu it they kuew with what feel- ugs of love und pity their sons and brothers Buze upon thess little articles of tramp- ery, Would it not Lo better if, when fur away Irum home, ho guzes on some littls token of Jove,—It should b 1 the shope of a favorite Look, poem, or pleture,—how ke will appre. viate their besuty aud how proud he will e of the cultivated wind of thut mother or slster. These are things ho can by proud to spenk of to frjends. Perhupa you say thut in ydur homo you luve plelgires, statuary, and worsted-work all glortously oiublued. 1t you have, what a claghing of line yelvet and homeapun| was amnan and had euchn home as that, it would rise before mf* mind; a vision of nwi{r wam with adear little syuaw preaiding over (L. "cflghl[f pardon for nfrinzing wpon your para- discof Tancy work, and hopingt [ have not made m(v escape without overturning at lenst n fow of your articles of beauty and grace, Iam, yours reapectfully, Car. 1 the Kditor af The Tridune. ' Cmicaao, Dee, 1.—Chelitmas fs ahnost here, | and I hope to be ready for it this year without ‘the usual hurry to finfsh up this or that at tho last moment.. When our friends commenceil writing on the subject of Christinas gifts, 1 thought that Iwould =ay nothing, but * Hob's 8ister " has made me want to say something, 501 will beg your permission, Amonyg the gifts that T would rather receive are books; of course uscful or fancy articles are always aceeptable, Now 1 agreo with ** Bob's Sister,' when she rays that the subscriptions for a paper is a goud thing; also usinglo number of any stamlanl magazine. For a number of years I had tho plensure of givine to one_of my brothers the Galary; at,other times I presented Scrib- ner and Harper's Weekly to our other * boys." But druslng-{:uwns‘ slippers, and fancy articles are very much appreciated in our home. We do not let onr brothers hide away thalr httle #ifts, and they do not scem Inclined to do so. 'To have thelr'rooms jook tasty and neat s as much of a pride a8 §f ourown. And I know that they too enjoy {t, for they have expressed themselves aa pleased, To be sure, all ' boys " are not like ours, but T know many who are, and L thiuk that if mothers or sfsters would encour- uge snch a taste, no pretey things would bo disearded. One great difilculty in_giving presents ls, to know ** what to glve.,” Througn the past year, when Ihave heard auy mcmbér of our cirele, with whom we exchange gifts, express a desirg for anything, it s been noted down, and I find that I have quitea list from whichto choose, - A protty, a8 well as useful articlo, Is o shay- ing-case; it may be made of two pleces of flan- nel or merino, cut in_the shape ot a large leaf, the edge embrpidered with a scoliop; somoe kind .of a pretty pattern worked in the centre; a loop of ribbon ur brald by which to bang it on the bureau; 11 it with white or colored tissuc paper thie shapu of the cloth, Kirmin, o the Edltor ar The Tridune. Prixceroy, I1, Nov, 28.—f can hardly steal time from many dutles to say a few worda this week, but I want to tell * Another Mrs. I, C, ." that I think a balf-dozen pocket-handker- chiefs, worked with a pretty inltlal In red,would be n Christmns prescnt any gentlewan might bo willing to accept. # Yira, Mary I, I havo often had my En- glish ivies refuse to grow during the winter, but cannot nccount for it unless they were tnking needed rest. I havo one now that scarcely grew ot all In the summer, but commenced O push out in nll directiuns 03 soon as I brought It Into tho house, and is still "';f““""'i' fluely, Thank vou, * Aunt Libby;" I will awalt with pleasant anticlpations what your journal may revenl. I can nppreciate thoe pleasure your children take in i, forone of the delighis of my childish days was to pore over old ;oumnls, Enrtfmllur!y one of my grandinother's, which, esides detafls of her New England honse- keeping, contained many items of historieal In- terest. How strange ft scemed to me Lo seo recorded In such unpretending manner the birth of one whoso birth-day pocts, artists, and tho literary nnd selentifle men of the whole country now uniteto celebrate, ** Mrs, Oliver ‘Twist,’ hero §8 my hand, Wo _may never have an opportunlty to become per- [e4nally acquainted, but as lonjr as we are per- mitted to exchanga fdeas through the columns of Tue TRIBUNE, Jet us not necleet the oppor- tunitles we have. Do vou read “ Laws of Lite,” published monthly at Dauvsville, N. Y.1 To many others, greeting, and more i€ T had time, Mr. Editor, may you and alf the {riends of the Home Department enjoy the best of Thanksglving dinners with contented minds, thankful hearts, good dizestion, und surrounds ed by all the fricuds that ure dearest, SUSAN, v the Faltor af The Tribune, Matrooy, I, Nov. 23— May Denn,” to make o pretty match-recolver, take two pleces of perforated cardbonrd, cither silver or plain white, four or five inches square; ornament one side of cach with somae pretty design done with zephyr in cross-stitch, In the centro of each block fasten a match-recelver fu the formof o hall-barrel (the barrel divided through the cen- tre from top to bottom), ornamented. Now placo the backs of squarca toguther and bind with ribbon color of zephyr, For the burned matches take n plece of card-board two Inclies wide, eizht long; ornament and fasten the ends together; bind one side of this hoop with rib- bon; scw to the other side the top of n littlo bag of silk to match ribbon, and draw the bot- tom of bag up, and tlo with cord aud ballsof zepilyr; maxe o cord, fasten ono eud to ench re- ceiver, and swing from gus-burner, or tho end of mantel, allowag the bag to hang lowest, A very nlee prosent for wgentleman (8 half o doxen hankerehiefs with monograws embrold. ered with flus linen, Muako cacii one dlfforent {from the others; on some put Inltlnls, on some glwn name, and on uthers the entlre name. Tlicse ave niways approciated by gentlemen, ‘Take a small cross, say ten or twelve inchos high; cover neatly withlichen; frost {t if you choose with {singlasa or nlumn, and hang over it & wreath made of vy or an autwinnal or hul!{ vine, which you can get, sent by mall, by ad- dressing Decorating Company, 365 Maln strect, Buffalo, N. Y., and you have a beautiful mantel ornament for some of your *falr Grrrrups, v the Editor of The Tribune, GALEsnuRg, Iil, Nov. 20.—1 would lke to contribute a short article to tho Home Depart- ment for the first time, Iwas very glad to sea 8o much about Christmas glfts in last Satur- day’s issue. Perhaps some ouo who las not much money to spend would like to muken work-basiet llko mine, Cut pasteboard the re- quired slze, cover with any woolen goods left from dressmoking, each pleco separately,—a dif- ferent kind for the insile is pretty. Scw to- getlier, overhand, the pleces for the sides, then sew ull on to the bottom; muke a little box the sume wuy, with or wilbout cover, as preferred; Bew on tic [nslde, near the top; more 'cun by mande if desired. Makon pin-cushion for one corner, ancedle-book for one slde, o thimble- case, und gelssois-cuse. If nicely made and covered with [)rcuy colors this will be very pretty us well os useful, Card-receivers and hanglng-baskets mado of clgar-ligatera are very pretty and clicap, ero issomething stuillarto** Mrs, Mury 1.'s" ege-shell vase. Follow her divections” in pres aring the snell for the vase, fixing both ends of Tie shicll the same way, put on one shls a nur- ruw strip of the paper for o hundle, o three-cor- nered Flm‘ for a spout on the other slde, and you will have a very cunalng little pitchor, e Bauan Eriza, n the Editor of Ths Tridune, ExaLewoop, Nov. 20,—Oh, how pleased | was to tind that my artlcle had caught the ojes of Georgia 1L, and that she felt Inclined to Cehat awhile with moj 'twas short, * Georgln,” but woud, and I thunk you ever so much. Your ar- ticles are su very plalngtls easy to follow your directions, and I shall he more than pleased for wore “chuts™ of the samo nature. 1 wish also to thauk “Alrs, Mary L) “Mrs, J. B, 0., aud “Em Droderio" for thele Kind suggestions. I shull profit by them alk, Tussure you, To “ Mrs, Mary H," T would eny, that I hiave seen crosses mude In the sanis manher s her brackets, and they were very pretty, 1did not qulte understand about, Your Cdublia M and the stick you call sheep- hack, 1, for one, huve o great "desics to hear from you again soun, eithier on useful or orna- mental articles, Would {t by asking too much tousk you to write uu both subjoctst I, Nike SLitts Oliver ‘Twist " and * B Brolderle,” still ery for “more.” 1oplug, Mr. Editor, that this wiil recelve a weo small place In ony mnch- loved “Home" I thauk you for the spuce (If You see proper to secopt lLivuml your patience, Alay DENN, T B.—Please sk 4 Matilda " to be more ex- et I roturd o her ruge, wir-castles, wall- aakets, and tho many things she kn L the beneiit of poor wey o0 oo knows ot fur Tu the Editor of Ths Tridune. Cu1cA00, Nov. 23~For the benetit of * Mrs, E. P.C 1have a pretty design for a cross, mado of white straw, which can bo obtatned at any crockery atore. Use six straws, niue or ten Inchies long, for the uprlght part; for tho crosss plece, tve straws, about five Inches long, ang sew {tondlagunally; for the base, commence wh) one straw, a triflo over four inches long, the one sbove a little shorter, and sa “on, untll you have niue sewed togethery fasten to the bottom of tho upright part; cut the cross-pleco und top ‘diagonal, and ornament with forns and loaves touched with frast, or vines aud flowers, Use black velyet or cloth for o bachground, und frame, The eflecl §s very pleasing. I huve u recive for muking cocoanut cake Which I8 fnexpensive sud pgood, It any one of 11| the cuntrlbutors would 1ike ft. I aw looklug SATURDAY., DECEM iR [} -~ 1876—TWELVEl PAGES. forward nnxiously for thenext Saturday’s fsaue, and hnln: to hear'something more from_** Mary Moore” Very respectfolly, Susie, T the Editor of The Tribune. SrriNerieLD, Ik, Nov. 23.—* Bob's Blster "’ wrote sich o sensible articlo Jnst week that there {s no use of my trying to competo with her. But as sho has told an Incldent for femle nine gift-makers, Iwould 1fke to tell one equally as .good for masculine gift-makers, Two or three years ago, wlhen we wero eaving every cont fowards buying n honie, an vonsequently were _not very flush In pin-money, one New Year's morning my huaband edlled me to him whero_he was atanding by the base-burner, opened tho stove door, and anid, * Look there.'! Iraw only & quantity of tobacco burning, and immediately looked to him for an explanation. e aald, @ My dear, that s your New Year's present!” It Is the most costly pift ho ever gave me and one I most apprecfate, Can any gentleman go and do likewisel 2 T am sorry I eannot try * Ilonsekeeper Not Young's " experiment,ns’ I put my weahing out, but will remember It, and perhaps sometime in tho tuture profit by it. Ladius, (sn't the Homo * just splendid 1, YouNa HousEREEPER, v the Editor of The Tridune. Citicaco, Nov. 24— Little Sally,” of Jefter- son, Wis,, was correct in her advleo (In the Home Department of.Inst Raturday's TRIBUNE) to those Interested In rug-making to send tu A, QibLs for circulars, etc., but mado a mistake In the street and number, The address should hiave been A. Gibbs, No, 78 8tate street, Chilcago, 1ll, Pleaso correet us above for tne beuelll of the many who may wish to find the right place, nud oblige, Mns, THANKFUL. —— GERMAYN COOKING. To the Editor af The Tridune. Cm1oAao, Nov, 28~ Mra, M. E. M.," Evans- ton, asks the * Hamburg Kitchen " for a recipe torellevo herbusband of perlodieal sighing-spelis over his sour ronst. The *Iamburg Kitchen” casily removés Indispositions of that kind; in fact, it willy If once thoroughly comprehended, and consequently appreclated, by our fair and enerzetle Anglo-American cousins, not alone worlk a phiysical, but nlso fntellectual and moral, revolution, The latter scems far-fetehed, aud still, although it Is an open sceret umong the people that the rousing successof the * anxious- seat !’ at meetings now {n vogue is largely at- tributable to the short funds of the occupants and to the hard times generally, n conslderable shareof the cnuse of the epidemle {s clearly tmceable to tho kitchen, But, to return to the caso of “Mrs, M.s’* “poorer halfy" the pro- seription will read as follows: Boll good, mealy potatoes, not too solt, In thele ¢ facket;" peel and grate them when cold, which can best bo done twelye hours after thelr cooking. Mix ongaud a-half pounds of such %\mtud potatoes with sixounces of fing flour, Take four unces of wheat bread, cut §nto rather small dice, fry them yellowish brown fun shfllcient batter ar pork; “let them cool off a little; pour themn over the potatoes; add four beaten egirs as \mfl 0s salt aud mix the whole well, “From thls dough form with flour-powdered hands, nlee largo dwnplings, and boil them in salt water till done, which will reguire according to the 8izo of the potato dumplings (kartoffel “kloesse) from ten to fifteen minutes, Reduce and cheapen this recipe to sult your wants, Cousluly greeting from the *Haspune Kircoey,” To tha Editor of TAs Tridune. Cmicaqo, Dee. 1,~I bave been an fnterested reader of the Home Department for tho last three months, and am glad to have an, ovpor- tunity to be of scrvice to some one, It only to the Yankee wifo with the Duteh husband. I therefore riso to give hee the recipe for making smearkase ple: Take ono quart of smearkase, which must be drained until all the water Is guno; put o llttle salt in, and work it a good deat; then ndd two or three egzs well beaten alittle eingmon or Jemon; water and sugar to make It very sweet, say a tescupful.” For crust, take o little f.mmug powder and mors butter than for ple-crust—no lard; add a little eugar and cinnamon, and use millc; make no wpper crust, but spread beaten egig on the sur- fuce, Bake until brown. And now, while I am In the humor, I will send you a recipe for Dutch cookles, which [ can recommend to every Yankeo wlie, and which are as good when o week old as the day they arc bakied; one-half pound pulverizel sugar; onc- half pound butter, worked untll a cream; add 8IX ciegs, tho yulks first, and the whites beaten 10 o troth; then cnnugln flour, futo which put three !cnn{mun(uls of buking-powder, to make a dough which you can roll thin; then cut with a biscuit-cutter, Beat one ogg, and spread sumo on_vach covkle; then strew sugar, cluuamon, and slicod alinonds over them. The uluonds must be previously scalded. T should lke to hear If any of the ludies llxe them, Will the Indy who gave the recips for chars lotte-russe kindly repeat it, a3 I have lost it, ond obligy A Durcu Morues, o the Editor of The Tribuna, Grexwoon, In, Nov, 27.—I want to tell ¥ A Yankee Wife * how. I sympathize with her. I befug English and my husband Uerman, so I have been slx years trying to cook ns things “were cooked at home,” and havo only succeed- cdin two or threa dishes, which are potato sal nd—* pans prechen "—1 don’t vouch for cor- rect spelling) and soup, The ono thing that I have dono best with Is soup. Imake barley, lintel, macaront, vegetable, nnd potato soup, und it Is surprising what a zood dinner ono ean muke, and which costs 8o litthe money. Wo consider a soup dinner, with a Iittle dessert, all that fs required. I kuow that soup ls not so dlstinctly & German dish, but 1 think they con- sider it wore especlally thelr imtive dish, It ony one in the Home Department wlshes me to o fnto detalls ns to how these things are mude, will tell them to the beat of my abllity. Grexwoop. v the Edlior af The Tridune. Peonny, Itl., Nov. 25,—In your last Saturday number, * Yaukeo Wife™ wants to kuow how to make smearkase pfe. Now sho docs not de- serve to have the recipo on nccount of ler way of mskiug for it, but to belp her to please her Duteh husband I will give It. Take some Hight bread sponge—cnough to llne asquare ple-pan; work o Jttls butter in it to mnke 1t ugh to sult lxunrnulf: take enuigh smearkase s will #l) the pan ahout half of un inch thlcks beat with it ons egm, one table- spountul of sugar, l.wulnl)le»poomu‘s of sweet eream; bhake untfl uico browi, Hope * Yankeo Wita"” will try this, and my word for it, her Duteh husbaud will have some one to help eat it Yours respectfully, DEUTSCHLAND, lI‘. 8,—I have alsou Teclpo to make nice onlun ple. Tn the Editor of The Tribune., Citicaao, Dee. 1, —Neing a German, I can glye the desired Informatlon in regurd to smearknse plog hope the results of therecips will meet with the approvalof thuhusbaud of my * Yankeo Housewlfe." For one ple, one pint of cheeso; sugar to sweeten; a little clnnamon; (wo eges; one laltcup cream, sweet or sour; oo table- spoo of fluur; the rind of lemon, € desired mix all tozether; plo erust or rulsed dough withe out coverfing to pie, Lerlaps the Aperlean housekeeper ean tell me how to adorn a room with ferus and sutumn leaves. GusTeL. TAVORS ASKED, 70 the Editor of The T'ribune, SpminarieLD, 1N, Npv, 28.—I feel so0 very thankful to the cditor of Tie 'TRInUNE for his paper that Lonly regret that I am by distance prevented from a personal expresston of such, for the large umount of valuuble knowledge that through this paper comes to nie, and I slne cerely feel that winedium of this kind enunot bu overestimated. Now, would some one plense tell mo the price and whers 1 could obtain o palr of rubber lJ.(lm'csl and fareturn I would Euy to 4 Florld,” that vafuable fnformation. in rugard to an artlclu which may be prepared by herself for beautifying hier skin, which troubles hier 80 wuch by becalng rough and red, can be obtsined from o ludy of this city, The address is Mrs, Craudull, und tho price to be inclosed n quarter aud o stump, Fuor, To the Edltor af Tha Triduns, Marroow, 1L, Nov, 37.—I really feclasif I should love to know whera I have beon all this thue, neverto have canghtn glimpseot the flomo Department until weele before last, husband auxjously searching every paper hoping to lud that Florida, Loulsiana, New York, ete., had Kone—the way they should go,—brought howe o Tuiouxne, when I found the delightful Home Deportment. Let o assure you I was pleased to make s acqnaintance, I am ouly in the sccond year of my housekeeplug experlence, and fuuud 8o muck Intormatlon that 1 desired, that henceforth I shall be u coustant reader, S Matllda's? cream-cako {3 excellent, Would 1lke for some une who hus bad experlence to toll o whether it Is more economlcal to buy breud, mincement, and stich things aleeady prepared. or to preparc them at home, I tuo wish * Marv Moora ™ would furnish her bill of fare. Wil some ono plenso give e a reclpe for taplden puddingi QERTRUDE, To tha Editor of The Tribune. drruwooD, In., Nov. 27.—I cannot help but | hao surprised at theabillties of ** A Young House- keoner,” and, ns Iam a working woman and one who does not rely on nervants, I would like toask herto give adny’s experlence.” If she docs not work cvenings, how many hours s day can sho sew, and_how minny minutes at a time does she sit without having to jump up and walt on her children? Does sho have much company, and van she go out much? I will en- eavor to profit, v 1 wlah to tronble somo ong to send mo n recipo for taking stains out of zine, mnklng it look new and bright. & To the Editor nf The Tribune. Ciicado, Dec, 1.—Won't some one pleaso tell me of some suitable gift for n gentleman who s dressing-gown and slippors, and does mnot amokel Won't:** Aunt Molllo™ tell me nlitile more about tho head-rest?_ What Is to bo done with the fourth strip? Ilow arc thoyto bo j““lwlm h‘\l“d what shape nnd slze sfinll the cushion be ic ever-interesting subject, * Christinns W""" ! 1iaven't scen anytl n(n'g rom * Georgla 1LY lato- 1y, loplug youw woun't slight my “q“c\’ltl'nm “Th the Editor af The Tridune, Jourer, 1ML, Nov. 20.—I desire to return thanks to*Mrs. C. (1. 8.” for tho rye-bread recipe. I tried it and found it splendid, 1fnot too much trouble, will some one glve o bill of fare ¥ for every day in the week,—something mood and plain that will do for those living in small piaces where everything eannot be obtalued? It would be thankhilly recelved by others as well as my- sclf, I am sure, ] Jessin, To the Bditor of The Tribune. CnicAqo, Dec, 1.—I havo been very much In- terested of late In the Home Departinent of Tug TrinUNE, and have thought several times of gending my mite, but modesty and bashful- ness have kept me back untll now want of in- formation and love of beauty prompts me to sacritice bashfulness nnd modesty, and step out Lefore the gaze of the publie and ask the rend- erg of the Home to tell me what will remove bair from the neck, and obiige, SORLLY APPLICTED, -« In the Kditor of The Tribune, BELLEVILLE, Ill,, Nov. 27.—May I have just alittlo corner of the Home this weekl 1 wish o express iny thanks to *Mrs, Mary H." for fn- formation fn regard to the smali bosket, Now, | will she please ;zdvn tho address of that astoro where they can be obtained? Being many miles from Chluqlm or any large city, I will Jinve to send by inail for them. Mns, H. B. To the Editor of The Tritune. CricAgo, Dec, 1.—liaving read with great pleasure many of the suggestlons, ote. in your columns, 1 desire to a8k some of the depart- ment readers to give me the Infortnation whero 1 can purchaso a cocoanut grater (or how 1 can have one made) that wilt save the first Joints of my three firat fingers, and at tho samo timo grate all the cocoanut. By answering this n tavor will be conferred upon a Home reader nud A GRATE BUFFERER. To the Editor af The Tribune. Cmicago, Noy, 80.—1 am a daily reader of Tue TriBUNE, and have got tived hearing so much about gingerbread and doughnuts. Will sume ono tell us what to do for discased hair aud sealp, and say something to enlighten poor mothurs, that they inay kuow how to take eare of thele sick chilldren? FodoW. To the Editor of The Tribune. Cuicace, Dee. 1. — Wil “Qermanla,” of South Evanston, be kind enough to .give us the recipe for squash ple with which shio teased 15 threo weeks ngo? 1 know there 8 more QGerman cooking than we Amecricans dreawmn of in our philosophy. Also, tell how North' Ger- mans make the filling of thelr oat-meal sau- enfzes to be fried In tho pan Mke hash. AMERICAN GIRL. T the Rditor af The Tribune. ‘LAPAYETTE, Ind.,, Nov. 23.—I am a constant reader of your valuable paper, find much infor- mntion in your Homo Depariment, so I tako thollberty to write and ask if nny ot the many cor- respondents can tell me what will take fruit- stains out of muslin, and greaso spats out of black cassimerei By so doing you will greatly oblige RINKIE. 0 (he Editor of The Tridune. Broowixaron, I, Nov. 28.—I should like to ask some of my kind lady fricnda It any of then have a zood reclpe for washing-crystal, or anything that will make washitg easy. It some of the ladies will Invor me with this reclpe Lwill Le under obligations to thom. Lizzis L. 70 the Editor of The Tribune, Mazomanir, Wis, Nov, 20,—Will somo of the kind readers of the Homo circle tell me how to erate o lemon or orange? I have never done 1t successfully yet, and would Iike to know. Also,hiow to make pressed chicken. Wil be mmch obliged for any {nformation on theso sub- Jucts, GWENDOLEN, 7o the Editor af The Tribune, Cmicago, Dee, 1.—Please may I, through the columns of youe paper, ask ‘* Blanche to send mo ber revipe for riec pudding, stirred? Have not scen any oneelso sk for it, but would Dbo very thankful 12 I could have it, AMALIA, ‘M the Editor of The Tribuns. CitteAao, Dee, 1,—Will some one please send areclpo for o good brown (meat) atew; also, o recipe for Gralinm broad? Mnrs, R H.. DOMESTIC . ECONOMY. o Ine Edilor af The Tribune. Cuicsao, Nov, 20.—* Mary Moore," you area “woman after my own heart.” Iwas so oratl- fied by reading your contribution to the Homa Department of Nov, 25, that I must beg our goad cdltor's forbeurance while I add my testi- mony on the slile of economy, Economy would Lo a distressing word to o socioty Jady, whoflits away her life around the Mecea of fashlou, like nmoth around the fllusive blazo; butto thetrue woman, who scca something more n ife than a mera pastime by which to meet tho end tho most Juglorlously, (t holds no such terrible meaning. Our houseliold expenses never exeeed er week, and ure generally much lesa than that and yet we ure @ coupls who do mnot look as if wo suflfered much from a lackof provisions,—my husband welrhing 225 pouuds, mysolf 150, No physlcian ever prescribed mnediclrio for me, and unfy oneo for my husband, aud that before our marringe. Tolct you seo thy heatth which our mode uf lifo culiaiices, [ will say that the20th of next May will bo our silver wedding-day, Ihuve neyor employed a seryant; never paid a dollar for sewing, wasilign froning, or, I fuct, any kind of wotiau's work, In tho tueauting I° have dabbled In Mterswure and musle, spent soveral years 08 Justructor In a sewing-muching olfice, and two or thres more na proof-reader, keeplng houso all the thine, Indeed, we have never boarded, both of us proferring o tireside of our own, whers wo cau be free to do as suits us wst, Ir I iad double the amount of work to do, I would freely “buckio onmy armor’ and work the harder, rather than Do pestered with o servant alter hoaring what I do of thelr laxity, Aud yet It s 3 strunge thatmyslster (snother Mary, by tho way) Is nover bother b{ them, Perliaps 1t 13 beeattso sho always troats them aa shio does her own douglhiters, “They never get present but .what tho servant-glrl gots one,— perhaps not quite ns coatly as the others, but ¥et o gowd, substantisl prosent. "F'o Iet_you sev how much a servant apprecl- ates such thoughtfuln I will relate an in- stance, Bomo flve years ago I was at the pala- tlal residence of Peter S—r, shortly after Christmas, The threo girls took me down jute thole nicely-arsanged quarters, aud showed me the Cliristuias_presents the lady of “the houso had been so kind as to give thew, Among them were three ploces of elegant Em clothi—a dress for o *%0Oh, ma'am,” sald Barah, *you do not knuw hiow kiud they are to us, Woudlways get such nlcs presents, and it encourages us to do the beat we cun for them," Then, aguln, sister Mary nover allows ler children to speak disrespectiully to her serv- ants, aud will allow them In nons of the aunoy-. ng tricks children are usually allowed to play u!pon thelr “inferiors,” as they of course deem thent, Like * Mary Moore,” we drink nelther teanor coffee, proferringe cold water toany other drink, Our motto is, Pay as we gu. Wo nover taste & drop of beer, ur [lquor of any kind. Our next duor nelghbor takes her beer” threo times o da ut least, tea or coffeo twice, never bakes bread, plo, or cake, buys everything by the piece, washes onc fn threo weeks, and 18 always com- t:lnlnlng of her head or stomach. Her husband a luboring man. - Bpeakiug of fried musl, thero never wase Hope “Zoo! will write more on’ more palatable dish gotten up. I havé a prarlon fur fried mush and candy, 1have n mouth full of candy teeth, tever laving loat one, [ wish somcbody would gend me o recipe for making caramels, A long, tedous winter is bofo and perhaps somebody might llke a sup tlon about preserving the ewds of com- fortables from petting solled 8o much sooner than the hody, With every new com- fortable or quilt, [ ¢et n strip af prints ns long 08 tho quilt {s wide, hiem the ends, and, aiter the apread s all finfshod off, fuld it over theend, half on ono sida and hall on the other. Elther make buttonholes nnd button it on, or pin it through with salety pins.. As soon ns solled it can bo taken off, waslied, nnd put back on, sud we have a clenn apread ngain, 1 see people going home with turkeys under thefr arms, ready for Thavkagiving. My turke! wiil be n fresh spare-rib—of which we tire tnucl more fond, ind which fs much the cheapest— nicely sensoned, rolled up ana atufed the same asaturkey, and Dbaked a good, old-fashloned Urown, Hoplng 1 have not fntruded, I will take my leave, with thanka to all. ORLENA. v the Bditor of The Tribune. Cnicago, Dee 1,—1 must add my expres- sions of pleasuro to those of * Garnet” at the return of tho long-lost ** Amber,” it it be really she whose Igtter wo used to read with so much Interest years ngo In the Journal, When in my eirlhood homa In n distant city, e who s now the best of husbands used to send weekly n huge package of Chieago papers, “Amber's" letter was always cagerly looked for, and since Chicago hns become my home, Mr, T.aud L have often cxpressed regret that those charm- fyz letters had ceased, and wondor a8 to the cuuze of the sudden disappearance of * Ambur?! from the literary world, However, it tho “ Amber ! of the lonie Department be not the resurrected one, but hins accldentally happened on the suma hom de plume, slic i3 nona tho less “Mcm;lw’ us one may very well be mistaken for he other. Thelr suggestions are excellent, thoso of “ @nrnet ¥ and “ Amber,” in referenco to establishing schools where the art of properly performing household dutles may bo thoroughl tnught. Iow would it bo to Incorporats sich {nstruction with the branches usually tanght in seliools, to mix mathematics with bread-making, or_history with plckling and rreuervlmu Ina sciiool I attended in tho Canadian dr.r of my birth, and which was a * model school,” at least in namo If not in nature, every Friday al- ternoon was devoted to the subject of ** Dowmva- tic Economy," at which times we had to bring sewing or fancey work, and were ollowed the prnvilego of sitting with our favorite school- mate and whispering to our hearts' content, so it mny readily be Iuferred that the amuun‘. of talking done usially far exceeded that of tho sewing performed. “In addition to this, about Lalf an hour weekly was devoted to thee oretieal Instruction” in various cullnar arte, Wo were taught the modus operandl of making cheese, probubly for tho reason that few of us would ever bo called upon to manu- facture suieh an_ nrtlele, and we were tolil that coffco was ronsted ‘‘to destroy tho homlike tenacity of the green bean nnd to develop its fine aromne,” and n few other things of about as much practienl benefit, A Here i8 o recipe for a most deliclous and qulekly prepared nFrlumdding:, Pare aund slice \Kln applea tofill your pudding-dish, and repare o rather thin® batter with onc ezg {;nn!cu, flour with sullicient baking-powder added, or elso soda and sour milk. Mx with water and pour over the apples and bake till brown., Try It once, and I think it will not be the tust time, Mns, Louisa Fo 0 To the Editor af The Tribuns. CnicAGo, Nov. 30.—1 have been,decply inter- csted fn the numerous articles written for the Tlome on the over-vexing question of * servant- girls." My sympathy for all who are compelled to bear the burden of the management of * serv- onts” i very great indeed; but how few housckeepers there are who take the course so necessary to interest the * hired girl ” In dolne iho work of the kitchen thoroughly and well. My experience has compellod me to leatn the Important lesson of personal supervision, cepe- cinlly in the prepagation of the pastry, as most girls, it Teft to do this work unalded, are elther fneompetont or becoma carcless and’ neglizent s thero are few who will do jt well. Not only Is the cuke beavy and tho pies hard and indigestl- ble, but nxuavn&ranco and willful waste {s often tho caeo In this a\smmuut of the eulinary art i€ left entircly to the girl I do all my pastry cooking and cnjoy It Some time ago n friend of mino called iny attention to & nusw invention which has alded ‘me very much in my worl, Doing tired of the drudgery incldent to the in- convenfence of Lavin; m{ materlals stored awny {n storerooms und pantrics. After laving seen this I sald to mysell, ‘*Eurcka,” aud de- ciiled to have one, 1t i3 now 'a pleasant tnak forme to stand beside this Ingenlous kitchon storchouse, which occupies no more room than a kitchen table, and contalns oll the im- plements and mnterfals used in doing my worl, without moving ono step, and with lttle fa- tiguc I nccomplish iy task. Bridget secs ma cnjoy theso dally dutles and is inspired. by my presénco to mako extra excrtlon to do lier work, nnd the result s we get along pleasautly and liavo everything es Idesire it, - Auxr Auicz. To the Fdltor af The Tridune. 5 CmicAdgo, Nov, £0.—1 am afrald you cannot flod room for o new contributor, as your col- umns secm fairly thronged already, but I have felt so much luterest in **sary Moore's" artl-, cles upon economical housekeeping that I can- not forbear telling of my success in that line. 1 can provide very comfortably for my family of tlree, besldes entertalning somo visitors, with an average outlay of §3 per weck for tabla cxpenses. Of courae, this is when I do my own work: with a_wasteful girl in the kitchen, it would be impossible. Perhiaps I ought to 80y hiere that our **patch* 1s large enough to sup- ply us with most of our frult and vugetables, sud all of our milk, butter, egps, and foultry, but, in keeping account of cxponees, 1 always put them fu at what they are worth fn the mar- ot . Although I do not know that 1 eyur won n Tover by my skill in making mush, I think I can suggest an improyement upon "l\lury Moore’s'! way. If sho will wet up lier corn-meal with o Titile colil water before atirrfug it Into the boll- fugz water, sho witle find it {5 ‘moro easlly and quickly done, and wo think it tastes better. not quite thick enough, n little dry meal can be udded afterwards, My rule 1s o make it so the srcon witl stand alonc in the middie of the ket- tle. : e : I often pot roast bect just as sho does, but it 1 wish to inaka it go'n little farther yet, I tako {t from the pot when bolled tender, put it in the over to brown, sctting the water in which it was bolled awny dotl the next day, when I skim off the fat that has arisene—which 1 use for _shortening Discuits, ~ginger- snaps, ole.,—nadd any vegetables I please, mak- ing un excollent soup or stew, thus getting still auother good meal out of our 25 cents’ worth beel, I _would suggest to those ladles who find it neccssary to study cconomy, that beans, bolled, baked, or used ini soup, g0 o great ways with' thoso who are foud of them. 1 bake tliem ac+ cording to dircctions found in Tur TRisuNe, substituting n plece of butter for pork, which o never use in any form. . There arc other things T would ke to sy gest, but fear if T malo this too long it will crowded out eutirely. Yours In the interest of ccanomy aud good bousekeeping, NeLLis. Tu the Editor of The Tribune. ¢ Et Paso, Tll., Nov, %8.—Week beforo Jast X plcked up the supplement and read ** Dabbler's letter to my good old husbaud, Thay gentle- man dropped his knife and fork, luoked up, and softly murmured, “ Give us a rest.” “1think as much,’ commented I3 * people only posscas- ing enough’ of this world's goods to keeo one sorvant, and still make the poor creature leave her washing to clear off the table for dessert, merely that her mastor's daughter should think herselt ¢ rellned,’ I had thought it fmpoesible .Jor such_snobbisliness ta exist, in America ot lunst,” But what was my nstonlshment to fiud in the supplement of lust weck o letter from ‘ Winale,” suobbish to the last degree. It % Winnfo " ‘thinks sho {s imposing on us the (dea that sho {s very *rofined " sho 18 mis- taken, We all kuow "tho tricks these girls are up to. Perdons only ablo to keep ono servaunt make thumselves oxtremely ridiculous by as- suming all thoalrs and graces that belong to uppertendom, Some of tho most cultivated and reflned persons of thisday and ago Insist on having all tho catables scrved at once, ind will nluc lnzl {ntlicted with waltivg for the table to be cleared. “Tlattle " has some very cxcellont recipes. We trled her cottage Bmmlu » tho otler day, oud were charmed with'It, Try wy reclpe for puddiug szuce: Yolks of 1lve egyzs; ono cur of sugars half cup of . butter; beut all together ull' light, and add stowly one plat of boling water, B30 Purdon me, dear ¥ Winnfe™ ond *“Dabbler,” but you must _couslder that the frosts of muny wiuters have descended on the head of . Bropy MoBruisag. INFORBIATION IMPARTED, To the Edllor of Tre Tridune. % Barasoo, Nov. 30.—Your Homo column fa 80 extousively read, and Las been lh(‘u meuns of calling out s0 many valuable I t destrous of adding n fl:\ln_nrllnll‘nnm.!,lv:h'[‘nl) Lim beuelit of Jonn 1lolden, of Puorig wh: l“lvu mauy others, Is troubled to knoyw o v:h’z“‘c carty o church and to Bunday-school ln“nh coughing,’~and snys “T donot Iike any tro vl" that I have tried for one cannt take iy, we gan recommend Euiorson's Muriateet el 1 Troches o3 superlor to anything eyer u-"~"|mkl plesant, wholesome, and elfestnt G119 Il vecaston L e them hen - a2V dica had falled, a8 0 ninger, In- ey (0 dffleulties, 17 wonld not pe ;,‘lficlzg.“ Innd( )inuw“ many be d In a simple and fnexpenay :!:“'{}m}‘{"‘lgnly::j uLl’nlEmI olr)Im:‘r llrrellrr'"x?lr:zvsruni{ . A, Einerson’s (san of” Prof, f:ne et Coticol ani our arcer il o eats OF ]{ Mled, o box costing only 95 epnis, i thom nud they wil be Just What sou'wary, 1 fore clolng allow me o make' 5 meausy e Many articles have been written n‘i’mdoln ) throiving open the windows and Tetting in tlu sunshine, Let e also romiod you that why . }:‘mllsfi?rl;grinsnio:'v‘lcu'an. Wwo have greater m:f-fl y and e loug winter evenings qp, near, and you who have !immumi‘Ilcu;;:;lel;“c:“;‘: around tho open grate under the us-{izht, roil up your curtaing and ket the sunshing of + Ine of family cirele, light on its v G i wayfarer, fwho gkm;wu nnz“"wlfl’l’l.xlenr ‘"i;'I: stepa are straving.. There {8 a potent o mm‘l‘l nmtcl Who pauses even p{or a ul‘l‘:morztt the parndise within, and the Jife warmed ar,d [permanted by Lo e ntmospicre bf tove s ¢ stimulated to nobler, puror effor ’ a s, 2 you throw onen your wiioivs for the shor s sunshing and alr, draw up {1 riing light may ponetrata tho darkocss af w8 dispel the gloom of many & Jone, sad lmnn‘ pal Mus. 1. M, Pagr, To the Edltor of The Tritune, Five MiLrs eno IL, Mich.—In these “limes thnt try men’s souls,” whgn the massive (n. telleck of tho malo sect ** 1a doing tts Tevel best to clear up this Presidential muddic of 18if—no other political paper has consldered that the *women and Idiots * might be giad of o u[»vsny‘ sgmcthlh:,;':.'—x‘:l?d when Tue Ta cs us two whole sldes ong Ve Fibie over with thankhuimes. TC% Ve Nntwmumndln? ‘¢ Amber's? fnner ness, I predict an fncrensed clreutation vnluublolpuncr * 8s n natural conses fnur gallantry; for, since tho way ieart “1s through Tits stomach, ]mm.o is dally gratified with' gz dishes known chanee 1nuNE fulrly ‘onsciouy- of “youp (uence of to a man'y In””’.‘ l'fls ape hose tempt. only to tho re tho *MHome,” he must be cuh:;l?;n‘r’: ster or o Democrat who would foy to shoit bis appreciation of tha goodles by o coming n TRIBUNE subscriber for the rest of Ui life. Thls departmont has become VeI popus Jar among my' friends and fellow-workera, ind when thio trump, trunp, tramp of house work 13 over for the duy, and twelve hours’ furlough 1rom the katchon {3 ranted, I always find n ftg lively articles advice, encouragement, and nuéusnmutllxt, pxlurllc:lxlnflylthn Intter, i nee the chemlloon has been wor . ‘bare, aud pork and plekles used an I'Eu'p"’,’fflfi; sume new ‘““bone of contention’ mizht b -thrown amoug the crowd o Keep up the inter- est. - Servants T am not equal to discussing, ne having been under uu:.fl\ afllietion, but lfil’on\fifl: Aunt Lucy " or some other good soul would tench mo how to liko housework. She says |t is woman's sphere. I won't disputo ity but T will 83§ that my devotlon to the broom and :}lslér;\m, like Mark Tapley's jollity, hos somo merit init, . A few years since, Sonta Claus, ont of Aym- pathy formy poor dyspectic husband, put In my Chirlstmas ntucldngn arcel of % Common Scnse,” and thought It originated in the braln of Marian Harland, Ihave managed to appro- priate o fofr share, and it has become my Yade Mecum as I journey through “this Pilgrim's Projess of a wale.! * Allow 'mo to recommend {Common Sense to the many “young housc- kecpers who aspire to that summum bonum of culinary art,—things that taste just likg mncllmr .1 i il ora, sec if you will try my ginger-snaps; they il never stick to the muu{dlglmfimnnl,l’m; matter how thin you roll them, And is not that the thing most deslred! One pint New Orleans molusses (no othier will ~nnewer), three-fourths cup Jard bolled together and cooled; then add one tablespoon soda, ditto ginger and four to mix stifl, I make slx dozen crisp snaps from thils rute. I can rocom- mend *Kato Cob's 8ponge-Cake," contributed Dy Garnct, though I think two teaspoons bak- ing powder a narked improvement, 1 don't 1ike soila anywhere. S, why don’t you_use Patent-Offlce Re ports tor serap-books? I know of nothing elso under tho sun that they are good for, I mado seyoral by cutting out lcaves to allow for added thickness of tho scraps and paste, Perliaps some one would llke to know abont those littlo receptacles for burnt matches, mads of small tin boxos (In which ground spieg 1s put up), covered with sllver card-board, uud hun; by trocheted cord aud tasstls to chandvllers unfi Urackets. And, finally, witl Mres, M, E. M, pleaso *riss to explain® a *‘sour roast "1 Mns, Carr. Wraag, o the Editor of The Tribune, Ciitcao, Nov. 23.—I should like toglive ““Pearl . tho heneflt of my experlence fn jel-, lles, 1t you will kindly allow me tho space, T nlways make my ownand flnd*it much more sate Isfactory than depending.upon oceaterer. Corn-starcls blanc mange fs. casily made from tlic dircctions on the package, but gelatine or lsinglnss Is moro delicate to people who object to n starch taste, * Velvet cream Is aaleliclous dessert and easily made. I take o package of Cox's melating aud soak It in a cup of cold water till nearly dls- solved; thon place on tho stove till Leated through ond thoroughly smooth (baying added suflicient sugar to sweeten n quart ol cream) Straln throuph a fino sfeve, und add the crean when nearly cold, stirring uuntll well mixed. Flavor ol course,—almond Is very delicate,—~ turn into a mold, and it will hardén in a short titne in colld weather, Some peopls use s cup of white winc Instead of water, Lut it will ba moro apt to curdle, Dlane mange 18 mado fn the samo way, only uso milk mstead of eream, and no suiar. Lsb with pulverized sugar, swcet cream, and plum jcll{)lt you havo it. . (I always make this jelly Tor blatc mango; think no other Lalf eo puod) Velvet cream requires no sauce at all, uod (5 1s tru to its name, Blane mange made from corn-starch turns readily from’ the mold by dipping it nto cold water before using; but anything mudo from fielnflne uecessitates tho dipping of the mold fnto hot water before b can bu turned out. Wine jelly requiros no egas for clarifyine it made from Cox's gelatine, Take one :.r\".‘"{ packet, Juice of threo Jemons, rind of one, and ono pint of cold water; lct stand one hour; then add two pinta bolling water, ono and nm‘-ll:\l! pounds whito sugar, and a pint of shierry winy i turn into molds to cool, after straining. : you like cinnamon flavor, add a few drops of that extract, If you wish to mako nny utlner kind of jolly, omit the sherryand add vrungs Julee, -mehomi. pineappto, cherry, or any- thing you Mke, It takes its name from the flavorfug, If you wish an elepzant-looking lrlliy for company, it can be mode I two r.-nlornl y dividiug whien all ready for molding and a:‘wl': ing one-half with & few drops of uwnm‘;al (be ter procuro it prepared at the deuggist's 1t ‘y1ml have never nru%urcxl 1t yourdelf), A third st fi can bo mado by dissolving o little gelutine milk, but put no wiso in, or 1t will curdie Each color must harden ~befory adding the. moxt, or they "will run. Tie "n:; sult -1s. delightful, but it fs rall slow work, ‘Thio top ornament of blanc mavgs fs much handsomer If colored with wcl\lnc\ll.b ' 1'm_afrald my -lotter {8 rather ted(ous,l t:. thjs kind of cookery requires careful directiony to Insuro success,. 1'm positiye ¢ Pearl u‘::'llu not fafl if_ahe makes a fuir trisl. A very o oxperfence Wwill mako her ag proficiont a8 ® one. n Many thanks to the Jadles for auggenllonl' i i1 mbrie. Cun any ono tell me . I:I::t \:ltfv“‘g )::ey zine bright Mas. E. I Tothe Fditoraf The Trivunt. Boor EvanstoN, Nov. 2.—Thu "llnnlxle"; grows so very jutoresting, that I am cnmpi !:’ toput sside ucedleand broom, and jus s something,—not in fault-uding, my dz:r"; Editor, but in * thanksglying.” Weall have fancy for somo sortof dish. Then, ll’%o{' ;xth womadn has, or uught to have, some a ok shio makes her specialty, and, of course, b s cess, If sho has any, I take the * Home o 4 sort of council-chamber, in which on¢ H‘,,‘: . Delped toward proficiency fa_the whole e cookery.” “Aupt Lucy has becowmo .l‘u 77 prominent, suthority In ‘my kitchen l}!‘-‘l}:lunsa The Parker House rolls*? aro Just du sy but the white of an ezg, s'{med 3lut'.“uj gmllw fuu )l the four, helps le. This is un ol P of mino n making my breakfust m'l '&s(du'nnd ‘weather, I just ct some bread dough astde et Yhon, by tho aid of the *blessed egky lamc’th{nx palatablo evers mn'mln!,. cars Bave “Wiunlu" wnd ‘¢ Dabbler? 1t app kent] cryants, und are troubled about umm; it ILcam .n'\y things," and *‘company “t‘.‘uu - But what are we_poor mortal3, “lfliw Tishos Bridgets, to do about removing uuu.l‘s TC papith berloh"dc crtf Thero are waily usc ufi“ 4l Iad:zmu homes, W‘hc{u :xl:'fi::u‘::& Buo Ft evers Vi cre es of clrct . FOLES e e e gt 40 b wmads lavIa