Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 23, 1876, Page 10

PEBMECBRRE . NS 20 A A AT M H A A - + uvss of plun sud arrangement. 10 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE : SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1876—TWELVE PAGES. worma seems to bo unusually lu(‘ccl!!\lllln taming his varlous pets, His mcthod Is “to Landle them [recly, pet them, and on no_ac- count to punish them fu any way'' *Give them food at regular Intervals,’ he adds, “atudy thelr peculfar habits,and fndulge them fn auyihing they take pleasure in.” He has by Ahls ‘menns cultivated the affections of tho chamelcon, toads, mice, rats, birds, and even the mud-fish, all of which take thelr tood freely from his hand, It ts his opinlon that these animals have a genuine fondnees for a keeper who {8 kind to them, and prefer his caresscs to thelr food even. But he concludes his remarks by observing, “1 llke all such lhln‘gs, and [ suppose that fs part of the secrot'” of their M{;ullun and confldence. EGGS. There I8 no article of food more wholesome and’'nutritfous thaa that supplled by eggs. There is a difference In thelr flavor and quality, owing to the difference fn the diet of birds; yet there are no cges of winged creatures which sre unfit for cating and far nourlsiiog the human body. ‘Their chemical composition [s nearly the same, for thewhite and yelk are almost {nvarla- bly present; and theso consist, o the first case, of albumen and water, tnd, fn the second, of albumen, olls, sulphur, and water, Eggs re- quire for dlgestion about as much time es mut- tom,—that i, from three to four hours. They are most readily digested whon boiled untdl the ‘white becomea partially consolidated. An ordinary hen's egg weighs from aue and a half to two ounces; a duck's egg, from two to three ounces; the egg of the sea-gull and the turkey, from threo to four ounces; and the egg of the goose, from four to six ounces. The solid matter and the ofl In & duck's egrr exceed 1hose In a hew's egg by about onc-fourth, Ac- cording to Dr, Edward Bmith, in his treatise un $ Foods,” an egg weighing an ounce and three- quarters consists of 120 grains of carbon and 193¢ grains of nitrogen, or 15.25 per cent of car- bon and 2 per cent of nitrogen, A writer in the Seient{flc Farmer estimates that the value of one pound of eggs as food for sustaining the active forces of the body is to the valuc of one pound of lean beef as 1,584 to 100, As a flesn-producer, one pound of eggs fs about - nrfiunl to one pound of beef, 88 shawn by the following analysis quoted by tho author: ONE POUXD OF B0GS. Water, 12 oz, 40 grs. Albumen, 2 oz, Latractive, 130 grs. Ol or fat, 1 0z, 314 grs, Anhy 28 grs. Will produce nt the mazimum two ounces of dry musclo or flesh: OXNE FOUXD OF BEEF. Water, 8oz, Fibrine and albumen, 1 oz, 122 gra, Gelatlne, 10z, 02 grs, Fat, 4 oz. 340 gra, inoral, 360 gra. ‘The author then'proceeds 1o discuss the ad- vantaze in polnt of ‘economy of eggs over beef and pork: A ben may be calculated to consuma one hashel of corn yoarly, and to lay twelve dozen or eighteen pounda of eggs. Thle Is” equivalent to eaying that turee and ono-tenth pounds af corn will pm‘éuce whon fod o o hen, ono pound of egas, A pound of pork, on the contrary, requires abont five and ono-third pounds of corn for Its produc- When eggn aro 24 conts & dozan, and pork {n 10 cents 8 pound, we liave tho bushel of corn fed producing 82. 88 worth of egga and 81,05 of pork. Judulne from thesq facis, cggs must be eco- nomical In their production and in tholr cating, and aspeclally fittod for the laboring man fn replace ing ment. In on article in Chambers’ Journal, * About Sbarks." tho ewgs of these fishes are com- mended for food.” They are about the size of n small orange, and consist svlely of a pule-cols ored yelk. “1u the mnorth of Eurape they are Lighly estcemed as an artlels of meg s S b GOLD-FISH. A naturalist who haa succcodod In breeding gold-fish in o glass globo has furnished an ac- count of tho experiment to the Sclence-Gosip, As the event fs a rare one fo plscatorial obserya- tions, wo copy tho description entire: For abiout Lwalve monthe we have had two gold- fleh in an nveried ,‘lmnnuullng'glnn fourteon inclies tn diameter. Thoy are malo ond fomale; and on Sunday, Ang. 27, the female began to du- poxit its egun” the mnle puraning 1t with the great- est fury, rubbing axainst ite ldes, and av times al- must puehiny it out of the wuter. Tho eggs wero tali elndy, at timen two or three holding together, the mule devouring them with the greatest avidity: o much 8o thut wa had to take thom out that wo mizat see whether they wonld hatel or not, On the tlurd day those that contalned young showed with s muznlier o black ¥pot for the eyus, and a durk bund for the Luckbone, which was'moved cvery few minutes trom th sides to the tap, and the k ngaln: whilo the addle ez were opaqua ed with con! On the elghth day we waw the first young one, abont one-elghths inoh lonz, wriggling lu the water Ik a tadpole, and, after xwlmming aun Inch or two; It rested on the eides of tho pluss, tail downwards, Ita form at this time might bo compared, when under the mi~ croscone, 1o a codfish with the head cut ot hehind the gllls, and thon Lwo Jarzo eyes put on sufiictent to cover the front and "bulte out on each aldo, With o good fnch-power wo conid see no Internal urgans, cxcept the intestinal cansl, ang no ecircu- Jatlon, Thuy are noir & woek old, and about one. quarter fnch lone; tholr head still seems to be all cyes, but thelr form aud_ mode 0f sylmming aro now very much 11ko that of the old fish, nve Just pul one under the microscope, and find it much nore developed; the fina and tall’ ate ke o bit of tivenc-paper, thio atomach s very Jorge, nd cach phuap of tao heart in plainly seon, whilst tho clrculation 1y now a sight worth sceing, —— INSECT-FOES TO VEGETATION. Trance has under consideration the passage of a law compelling land-owners and tenantsto wagea systematic warfare upon Insects noxious to vegetation. The season of the year and the proper methods 1o be used will be prescribed by tle statute, and finea will be fmposed whenever there 1 neglect to obey ils soveral decrees, Publle Iands and those borderiug upon railroads will be especially provided for, As carly 081783 Franco established an edict commanding oll farmers to destroy tho caterplllars on thelr lands, under a peoaity of 50 lvres, ‘Lhis law wos renewed in 1777 and In 1787, Durlng the Hevolutlon tho fines were abollshed, and ye- wards were substituted, but with no advantaye, Iu 170 a law wu‘put in force whoreby the own ers and tenants of Jands were to cffect tho de- struction of caterpillars, and, in cuae of negles hy the work was to be done for them at thefy pense. The luw still exists, yet {s practically null, and it {s intended to put i mew one (n it place which ahull be thoroughly carrled outs In cvery country tha Govorninent should uttempt slmilar meusures, as furmers will not keep dowa thelr inscet-foes uuleas forced to do so. —— GEOLOGIC, 1t fa proposed that, at the Parls {International Exbibitlon fn 1878, thero shall be collected as complete o serles of geological specimens, maps, and sections, as can be assembled to- zether by the co-operation of geologists throughout the world, The collection fs to consist: 1, of crystalline rgcks, fu the forn both of schlsts and eruptive rocks; 2, of speci- nens {llustrating the fauna and flora of the Talieozolc and mors recent perlods; 8, of geo- loglcal mups, snd sections, and models, es- pecially those {llustrating the laws of mouns ialo-stiucture. It (s also proposed that an Interuutionul Geological Congresa shull he held ut Parls during the’ Kxposition, and that the meeting shall be made lqm occasion for cunsid- cring the great disputed problems of geolugy. 'Taking ndvantage of the expericnce of previous Internatlonal Exhibitions, it {s to be_presumed that Puris will surpuss in 1878 all_eurller undey- tokines of the kind {o efliciency aud complete- PROTECTION FROM LIGHTNING, A novel method of protecting buildings from lightuing ts suggested by Prof. Maxwell in Na- ture, 1t consists n surrounding the ballding With sncets of copner, or with a network of cop- per wire, This last oy be done by pussing the wire around the foundation, up each of tho cor- ucrs nud gables, and alove the ridges, It Is not necessary to facilitate the discharge of tho elec- tricity Into the carth, but all gus or water pipes entering the houso must be connected with the wires, Should the bullding be coyered with thick shivets of copper on the rool, the sldes, and the zround floor, fL would be perfectly pre- served from ony electrlc discharge during s thunder-storm; but the network of “wire would undoubtedly auswer in our clmute, —— BRIEF NOTES,. Belglum annually produces pig snd wrought iron to the valie of §25,000,C00, 1t 15 stated in 8 forcign exchange that, by fin- pregnating paper of good quality with & liquid prepared by dissolving shelizc at 8 moderate heat in a saturated solutlon of borax, it may be wade thoroughly water-proof. It fs in this etate transparent and fiupervious to fat, apd may be colured by various aniline dycs. An cxteusive deposit of plumbago has beeu discovercd in Luu&u\vnm J ’l'u\\'mhlli, Berky County, Pennaylvanls. © The denosit,! says the American J[un:}['au[um, 13 between seven und clght feet iy depth, and the mineral ts of the beat quality,” Shollur depusiis ww su’ Josed W not become o Juw? cxlst clscwhere In the same regloh, and persons are now engazed In prospecting, but as yet no new discoveries have been made.” According to statistics for the first six months of the current year, the consumption of horse- flesh In Parts and fn the other large citics of Franco Is incrensing. 1In the first half of the vear there were rold, at the butchera' establish- inents (n_Parls, 3ISG9 horses, 103 asses, and 15 mules, These ylelded 1,044,742 pounds net of meat, besldes “the liver, }mnfl. tougue, ete., which are used as the same organs are Tn the case of beeves. ‘The productfon of coffee has incrensed during during Chrletmas week eome poor childran who were glad to got them, A fow years ago this Christmas eve, a3 1 wvan looking at” my tree, and thinking haw pleased my little ones wonld be on the morraw, | remembered I had forgntten God's Mttla destltnte chuldren. But it was midnight.and 1 felt too tired {o alt np another minute, so I went to bed, Anl lay makingall soris of excuses for myself, the words, **Take heed bow you offend one of (heso little ones,” catme to my inind with siich force that | arose, put on my wrapper, &nd was suon making tariatan: hags. Early the noxt riorning my hittle danghter heard of a poor widaw living ‘near ws, and very desiitute. Packing a basket with proviafons ‘and taking the bags of candy, with a fow toys, my boy and girl ataried on Ing way: If fAeir pies or puddings ever lack the roper gell»h; or If they e{"er xu‘{o thelr wit's end or something gond. Two or threa weeks ago romo one asked for breakfast rolls that were sure, and I thought to ree 4 many replies as there were to the inquiry for cream-cake, but notone appeared, sent my well-tried rula_for breakfai fins: One pint of sour milk: one (enapoon each of soda and ealt, one egg woll beaten, and flour 1 wish thas more girls of my own nze (I am 16) enonh ta make It wo atiff it will hardly drop from | would_ write in The Ifome, \Whils our eldors the epoon, —perhiaps moy neod a little help. lave | are holding animated discussions abous **drers ro- Your gem-irons already hot on the stove; grense | form, u nd the ever-prosent subject them and put in your batter, 1f your ijrons are | of *‘girls,” cannot wa find loPh:n Just us Intereat- ehallow, A1l each cop Inll.—hcnr them | Ing and profitabla for us to write nbont? AsChrist- even, ~but thn[ are deep, think | ma near, we can exchange views about pros- three-fourths full _will be sufiiciont. add some crated cocoant, then pnt yonr eakes (o~ gother: jmt cocoanut or frmllnfi for the top. Yellow Mountain Cake: Yolks of ten egas; one ;lnunbu of learning, with everjthing by ke ears im the j.clukg to larder. your tert, ‘The liome fa the right 1hing in the right piace. When It |s merged Into something else, theao domestic women lose thelr Interest, and lny&zncl (uplg‘n-ncv. its novally, i1s practical every-day good. T'le third time Is the charm, let me say again atick to your text. Give ns more good uc?c- and tell us how you get slong with yoor ** hired girl™ succesefully. 1 think the questions the callez askod '*Olive Qreen " were much mota senaible than thoss the #nked Tar Trinuns, Still, as sho answered the ealier, some one ought to bo courtcons enough to anewer her, rufMes or no rufies, Tha reason we think coffca best from & tin pat 18 becanso {t ia ctp butter; twoof sugar; one of milk; thres of flour; ono teaspoon soda; tiwa of cream-fartar, 1 wondet If all of your readers know that oll of femon will remove paint from almost any kind of dress gaods without changing ite color, even if the palnt lins been on for two or three yoars, - 3 A the wi . Bake | ents: snd, when that time 1a pst, perhaps ‘*aome. the lnst malf-century from 100,000 cwt, to [ fooir i *hon, Thoy,found the pooe widow, surc | the only o S B e T G e Pl B Lh 1 6,500,000 cwt, The cansumption of the srtiele | fright, The stoveptne had fallen and sct fire to | the house for her tohs while ahe is rubbing. | anything, They will puft out and over, and be a T have o nice pudding recipe. which I {ntended to {8 estimated for each inhabitant of Belgium to | the room. the foor of which was covered with soot ** Ollve," take & {nrd ar two of Anest lincn cam- | nica golden brown, They still telter |f you | eend, but, as my letter is aiready (3 long, Iq'lll be 8,22 1bs. per annuim; of Holland, 7 b3 of | and water, and the poor womnn was crying over | bric and embroider 1t with Germantown yarn, and | have part sour cream and another e dofer that unt!l soms other thno. Maniox. Bwitzeraland, 8,70 1bs.i of Dentnark, 4.83 Ibs.} | the broken' pipe, which conld not be mended, My | tack uuglurn splashor in your wash-housc, era nother for ralsed muf Qne halt CHOCOLATS 80UP. the Zollverein, 4,33 1 of Sweden, 3,00 b childran had never mel with poverty Iike thia be- As to the plo-cri ovorybody knowe {tliasto | pint. or s littie more, of sweol milk: warm a lit- Tv the Bdltor of The Teibune, of taty, 0.04 | of Great Britaln, 0,33 libs. fore, and they hurried homae for help, the girl | be rolled from you on account of the undecom- le, and melt In it butter the size of half an !H? SR 1Il., Dec. 10.—11ake & great in- and of Russls, 1'3 1ba. A ' | with tears In her eyes and the boy looking sadder | posability of the “dephlogisticated substance of the add onc beatet ¢ g, a little salt, one-half toacup ol arienn, Ik, .+ 10, B! ey ¥ than | had ever ascen hun bofore. One | phlogiston effervescence, giving off anti-phlogiston | good yeaal, and flour to mako & stiff batter, Let it | tereat in The lome. You are very kind to allow Dr. Gray announces, In the Journal of Setence | of onr good neighbors carricd an | and hydro-Guroric acid, snd the eyanogen com- | rissover night, or balf & day udyou wish them for | the tadies » voice In your paper. 1 havanot writ- and Arts, the discovery of subradical flowers (n | ' elbow ™ and you | pounda of Licbig's physico-chemical dimorphtsn, | tea, and juet before baking add a vory little soda and mended” the dplpv. may be eure these little ones had a merry Christ. maa, [ am sure you have pieces of while cotton flannel in the house, Takea picce, dot here and thore with black zephyr, sew strips of bright rib- bon, silk, or cambric, on two ends, join together, and dinw up thy ends of silk ufter you have lined with st puper. Finish with cord und taasel, and you will have an ermine mufd to @lf with candy that will do some Ittle lionrt more good than any Bible or tract you can bestow. Yoo don't know of any destitute’ children! My friond, make the bags, and God will furnish the children. If you don't wee thom pass the window, go out in the strect and their hungry faces wiil tell fnu who would Jike & Christimas present, 1f you have not tricd it, you do nut kunow how much plensure you can give by a fow minut work, and let m¢ bew ench mother who will read Tue TRIRUNE lo-nllz it to try my plan of pl fln:ll'l ‘nv:nlvclcd cl l“'(::'flh '()ur huil| 1a and yet every year. with s few candlies, nuts, Bentxarietn, 1, Dec. 20.—If women may not rllll{ll‘ 1 manige to make a numher of children wield the sword, Lhey are privileged 1o usc the pen, | very happy. find poor children MNke candy which ta mighticr; and, It we havo not had the | As “well “as rich ones, and although you 7ight of anfirage bestowed upon us by our broth- hn;‘l ]!’Ae:{)er give them something useful, give them candy tou, ors, we desire as much a3 theya better #tate of | “irgtyg inother of the lttlo boy so olid-fashtoncd natlonal affalrs, Do uotba frightened out of hear- | oy to have the legache, 1wonld recomuend vigor- 1ng me through, forIam not an open advocate of | ous runbing with ilniment made of sweet oll, woman's suflrage, No Indced; God gave us a | chlotoform, and smmonia, 1amatrald you don't higher misslon to perform. line Mo not put the let your buy have cnotgh excrcise. —Dives him young voters Into our hands for the first molding? ton before, but would like to teli *'Waestern Reader" that a weak Jogwood dye will jmake a lovely seal brown, 1 don't cali myself a young housckeaper, nelther an old one. but o kept house roveral years, and think 1 cansafoly reply to ‘¢ Gertrudo" that It Iamuch more ¢conomical to bake bread than to u (wm contribntea favorite dish with us_for tes, ono that I think Mrs, M, K. M, will reilsh; m{ husband and children fove it; we call It chocolate soup: Take four tablespoontuls of grated choco. 1ata, one of butter; swecten to taste: add this to three pints of milk; boll tn & double boiler, or ina bucket ina kettle of water, When it comes toa ‘boll, pour aver broken bread and eat aa soup. Mrs, Mary il., thanks, Em Broldrin, my brown. ed Barria will thank you for a set of lincs on onday, Mre. J. A D, DOUGNNUTY ARD MUFFINS, 7o the Ediior of the Tribune, Cnicago, Dec. 22,—As **Leona”™ and *'Alme- da" would Ilke to have my recipe for doughnuts, 1 witl send it. 8ix cupsof flour; ono and one-hall cups of augar: threo teaspoons of baking-powder; ono teaspoon of ealt: butter the afze of half an egg. Mixthoroughly. Then sdd four eggs well beaten, and molsten with sweet mllk until & soft dough. Flavor with nutmeg or clnnamon. lero s a mufiin recipe for E, M.: Two fea. Scirpus aupinus vur. Halli,—a specles of club- rush. In specimens growing in Woburn, Masa., eolitary [emale flowers were found in the axils of slcathin or short Icaves at the base of the culm. They are destituto of atamens, but have piatils, and sometfmes mature frult. ~ They are fl;pm:enlly produced near the close of summer. r. Gray “finds no traces of these subtadical Nowera “In his_speclnens of the true Scirpus aupinus of the Ola World; but they are com- ;‘!mn among those trom [1linols, Mfissourl, and exas, , unitng with tetratom|c or quadvivaient carbon and | dissolvedin warm wator, and stie briskly, Drop forming homologous allotropic oxygen, caueing | 1o heated trond and bake, ? duspcpsis of the stomach, Avecro, hA (lrlclm:llgld mo :h thflur dnlyl(h;l ‘everytlrltlnn ohe treated her grates and coal-hods to & coa 0;;;?'5.:,',: :‘;";fi:mru::,::'“ black paint, Whlihl ¢ bought at & drug atorg un- . < der the name of **black palnt for ironware." It Cuicago, Dec. 10.—If 1 don't commonceto: | hasa gloss of {ts own, and b or 10 conta’ worth 18 night it will ba a8 1t wae last week, —Friday night | sufiicient, Perhavs the lady wiio some ttmo ago before T knew tt. I must thank ** Garaet" for her uited for something to take the ruat frum coal: coffce-cake recipe. 1 havo trled and found (t in tml s may find thia of use, all af d. Tsee that *'Gypay* wishes a recipo { any one wants the Union merino underwear, and, llke me, can't afford $0 a auit, ehe will find for orange cake which has been well trlod; I will -e(x;d her mine, them at Field & Lelter's at a very miuch less price. Iinuat add my thanks for the bints on fancy nge cake! Thbee-fonrths cup butter: one and | work and the many other good things, o '-f”'m"i {1 nur'! 'l—bellfinllcp?rnclly‘; "mmu:." recand & balf cops of tour, and two heapi “ 4 Hehepoum of Bking Eowder: oy Sup Witk 'hus | “NETURNS PLOM ANOTHER cOUNTUY thefrosting: Oneorange: grata the rind and aqucese d o tho juice and pulp; add thrcesfourtha cup of eugsr, | VENMoxT, Iil,, Dec, 19.—The subject of homs nnd then the orange juice, I make two cakeaof | adornment scems about to prove somewhatof a Breelurart,, o: Besle auarter of & poundof | GrEbrandn the neretofore poaceful circlo of The o ¥ llome. Ithink the true wayto sottle the matter 3?”.5.’:.’;'.'." m"‘:,o.l :{f,:‘rfi} ‘:,’? :;3:';:‘;,‘&';%:,&"%3 will be to iave, a5 Emorson says, '*Inmateswho eggs, the whillé to & snow, and the yolk very light, | do not ask your house how theira shall bo kept." m‘fl) 'L"fln'.}'xf.?'.fr“.m u'"«?m :".‘.%Bl:?’e -"f;o i fln'f'i? Therefore, it my (riend in her charming cottage fut alle g llahtly ndulekly an possile, PUCHLS | 0 n Sianadthast e, B1L tvar Halls Wity etatuary, and cover her walls with paintings by the old ‘masters, It would rcem an asinmption off THE HOME. ON THR RDUCATION OF VOTERS. o the Kditor ar The Tridune. wuko into a pretty hot oven at once, and do not til warm, and [eL his legs run so much that thoy will | the tnolds, as the cak swoile. Of caurse butter can not have thng to ache, Ue weed In place of the dripping, “This has been Epoons of sugar; one of butter: two eggs. Bilr Aut It batalroady leon thoroughly demousirated | v Dirtros® ‘waniy rectpes (or conking ment, | el i and [ tini i " Yery nlce and cneap fhe oL, Ofgihe - latter o adplto’ the | alftogechr, 'nAhu‘?danc cup of swest "éégfgfl"f; W e Lave meat plo once & week, Cut in plecea two . " < 5 caepoons af baking-powder: Uit Grst mproesione art Lo [mont inetinyg. Who | Pountis of veal and-uallin wator anil romdor: o an® qDickens makos . Mr. ¥o'8 4U0E | mabo’a st battor. Dako twonty minutes in & Alyons whthing to make Yery prelty “d{l:.r. remark 8o frequently. Bhall not 1 have my humbie window filled with geranlume, becanse my neighbor over the way has In her cn!llf groens house rare archids and all the wonders of the I'rop- ics? ) once saw a put of dateies Inthe window of & little brown honse, and when the owner, a liand- tollet ncts can - find lovely pattorua fn bein-work in Hurper's Bazar tor Dec, 9, structions were given iu No. 14, Vol. 1X,, for dulnq(hls kind of work. 1think they aro much prettler than the old croes-stich, for they are allke on both sides. Mns, M, J, T, season and aded alx potatoes sliced; boil until done and pour in a decp pan. Stir in 8 spoantul of four and cover with a crnst made like bisenlt. Buke a 11ght brown, but be sure to have ;m—my of travy in the ple. "Isometimes make It of cold meat, Now a word to tha littlo onca. quick vven. 1 will also pive a recipe for corn-meal muffinat One and one-half cups of corn-meal; the eame of flour; two teaspoons of baking-powder: onc-hall cup of augar; one-half teaspoon of salt; smail tablespoon of melted ing of character, strongth, and purity of mind? 11 the foundation of character be nat lafd in all the strength and parity possible, we need not expect a powerful upbuilding. Who more than our mothers should underatund the Canatitution Fall fn- You all know butter; two eggs; milk 1n ad d my attentlon, i i whose birthday we will cclobrate on Monday, I CRUSHED-WNEAT PRITTENS, sotncold lady, naw they Attracte; ! enough to make o stiff batter, sud laws of thole countey, that tiey may teach 1t | Wis'you wonld think what kind of a hoy Jesns o ot Bt e A T she repieated some quniit liney by an Bngileh post | “\¢il) Kitto ploaso tell mo If preased forns can ba Jnall its virgin purity to thewe aona? could ahout undpenaugh for every mothor iu the 1and to hear me. ] would tell thém to 1nstitl into the minds of thelr vons the idea that a pood Gov- ernment dependa upon them with a power that would tell Inall thele after lives,—holding it ns one of the highest and holiest dotles of their liven was, “Waa He kind to is eisters nnd brothcra? Did e alwayz abey [1a parents? Was He so gently and good that Ti¢ nade all around Him happy? You are thinking of the nice presents you expect, and wondering what you can glve papa and mamma, Make them & present of a little boy or In praise of the modest dnlnx‘ rs have pascd, 81, Joseru, Mich,, Dec. 10.—~Dzar Ginta: We | but the flowers, the fine old face, and the quaint will not bo frightencd by **Cap's " letter advising vld‘l"m.“n;m left.a srcoier inghiory than mauy & ua to burn our pretty fancy work, Lot her talk. I | COypY conacrsatoriy 0 dopaetpioit dpes soom would not change 1y homo for hers, 1 know that | ¢rivial, and ‘ot if one shoid ray, ** What faols the blenched according to the recipe sho gave in Tue Tmnune of Nov. 18! *'Cousiy Nevw." CHICKEN-FIE, CROUP, ETC, 1o the Editor of The Triduns. Moxnox, Mich., Dec. 20.—Thinking that tho **boya" likeour pretty work aswellasweour- | women are,” wo might suswer with the plous old % o to oxert every powcr (o promota its' ntereata and e e Wil Popiiat e modr Rt PODIC | yolves, and thoy ssy they think moro of what Is | 1Y, +Tho Lord made em (o matcls Uio mon. :‘l:_':a?:"‘:‘:;‘;’fafilz‘:xc:&f"; ;"f,‘l;‘l’“'“;fl:’['l‘n :r';::cyd 'llx{ulul}:ld!“: mh:nnl;‘:gtn:;:xx: fi'lfé'.'."i}{fif& been. Do “you ever siy bad worda? [ made for them than what they could buy for them- :v‘:«un coull& o gflwu(::; PaE e 1:‘!::!.1 time, Twill send mine, hoping it will please her, De fn the disgraceful state thay sro to-day, Oh, | Ule —mamma o = promfss you Wil | sclves, As ‘*Marry " saye, thoy canbo fanght to [ tiicies has been for the past few months, never say another, llave you a quick temper ¥ Make nslow ono outof it, “and give it to her for Christmas, Oh! there aro hundreds of euch I'make tho crust like baking-poswder blacuit,only & the stigma, the dreadful stizinn, thatrests uponus! Ttoll halfan inch thick and linen take cure of, and pride {i1, these Mittle ** fixings ¥ The true-hearted, patriotic women of onr land ns woll aswe. ** Kittle™ I'would lko to shako hands with you; 1agreo with 50 let u8 pick tp a crumb hero and_ thero, whether it he of the multitudinous creami-cako or humblor | irific shorter, feel the need of refunin, and are willing to bear ou tn all you #0¥. | Giraham bread, and a0 eat one bread with thankful | four-quart tin-pan with it, liave ready two small thelr sharo of the [hl:uu.; for u;l-‘ cl:u lmcf‘;a‘lfiy.‘ :‘,:g;f"};n{gfilfigg_gm’lI:‘;' E’fi".'n'.la'" ;{:,':cyl“llflmg 1‘13:. xln‘t ::-‘:5?2;“‘"‘“»1 o lni;)lm:‘h« E‘Q‘?:L mffl' un'u-‘?{mll'enou'n‘l( hc;l‘rl. i arid c%fl‘:en 3 boll‘el;ll ;}u ‘(lender. Plnr.;o lfiw !pllla‘cc::; But you must not infer from whal ave sl 1 b ove all, let us take the canny counsel of the | clicken amaof in'tho pan; sprinktlo ol the mothers 1oy to blames. timt coufd | WOFId can buy. Rizpaw. | tho dessert ~fs brought on. I think | geotchman: **If ye joostswantio getaiong i the | popper, and & \ltio flout over them add & fow nevar be, for wo have been tanght tnat men were born to rile, and I8 it not natural that we should expect a falr shareof innate patriotiem?—cnoughat leant to fuclte to a better acquaintance with gov- ernmental usages in _general, and our own in par- ticular, Many of our wisest, most learned men apend the greater portion of thelr lives in sclentific rescarches for tho great benefit of mankind,—as they express themsclves,—whereas, if they gave tholr share of tifo and talonts to the prowotian o a better finvemmunt. mankind “would be donbly bonefitod, IHow very apt we ars to want to holp our felluw-men, when In eo doing we are allowed to follow our awn tastes and inclinations concorning the beat method? 1t honcst, pure-minded, and otherwise A HOMBSHELL IN THE CAMP. To (Re Editor of The Tribune, Drooxizuroy, 1l,, Dec, 18.—I have a stroug fellow-fecling with “*F. J. W.," and heartlly sympathizo with her short, plthy mnote In o late ls- suc, espocially as eo fow of us hava patent stom- achs or long purscs, And can #o well dlaponse with most of the cake and ple recipes, which I8 tho bur- den of the song in the deur, Intoresting Home De- partment.c Health {e, after all, tho great dealder- atum of life, and, as but few of us **enjoy " any- thing but a eecond-rato articlo In that line, a little hyelenic talk won't come amies. ahie can munago 1t nicely, snd, {f somebody don't teil her how, Lywill try to do so, I think slio will lind it much more pléasant to have the dirty plates outof tho way, and hopo she will iry even If ++ Biddy Melirulser® doea cry *‘Snobs,” 1 whl mond a'recipe for crushed-wheat fritters: Tuko cold c:'lilhc wheat; nnlc“]nrglflmhlna‘pnqn 0{ I’l‘om: onoe tal YOOI suRAr, x ull together with uno v ) figz well hlunlen: drup with a luarge spoun tnto goou Flehis.liateotion. In- ehaplng o Infont's sk, 51 Jard, "and fry @ nico brown.. They will bo | Would say to her that, ne theso diroctions for found very nico for lunch or breakfast, 'The best | working In crachet aure rather more diMenlt way to cook crushod whoat fstoput it [na doutla [ to put in type thom are reclpes for bailer with water, bolling hot, enough to cover it. g = When well soaked, which will bo (n about haif un | FooKIng. Pesaps out editor will oblect to fnnrt. hour, mix np with milk ond lot it stwmer threo- | ;1% i ilen lassy,” 1 belleve, ono styled him- quarters of un hour, 1t will be found to bu_wuch | sgl—who scem delermined not to Jeave us an warld, its not condooslve to your intereats to bo *too recht.' Ita beiter jooet 1o let others belleve they'ra recht, and you wrang. " AN INFANT'S S8ACK. To the Editor of The Tribune. Strarixo, 1, Dec, 20, —Lesh B, of Chicago, pleces of butter, sizc of o hazelnut, about s large tablespooBul in all; ponron a little of tho liquor they wero bolled fn; then roll the tap crust rathior more than half-Inch thick: cul largo stars or air- holes n §t, Bake till cruet (s thoroughly dono. 1 wonder it all the mothera know what a nlco remedy cold water is for croup, I think it supo. rlor to’ anything clse. As soon as my little oncs ‘begln to choka up and cough llke croup, Ibind a napkin wot with cold water, and a dry ono over it, around the throat, and give a good dose of sirup of ipecac, T'ho cloths must bo changed cvery few mioutes till tho chioking {4 over. If nccersary, give the tpocac ar bive sirup till the child begins to 1 thiuk It 8 splendid remedy. Croup must orat., ood ¢ ho treated {mmedlately, and cold ‘wator s nlmost 4 dubsb) it It [s the opinion of soma physiciane—and obser- | nicer than when conked with water only. Wheat R X nys handy to get. man have no Laste for **dubbling n volitics,* and Fatton AL eplnerl:ncu ronflr’:u Yt—that mont peaplo | is bottor when sou bity It ungrownd, and grind it III'::LI 'I’l'mo:\! %L:n?rd lg“'“fi:‘n‘x:nnunflm! wonld | always handy to get. * trajacanth. " Therefore, if Leali B, would 1lke the detaila of nerdv le snck, indeed, let her sond nddress to Box 028, Bierling, 11l., and your correspondent Wiil somo “ong "tell me just how to doup fins whito skirts nicely in cold weather when the starch freezos, If thoy are starched when hunqmu. todry? sADOBA mixlng in the ‘vrlmnry mectings with the low- minded, ignorant creaturee, who I am told hold possensdon and supromely piraside. thore, wonld It not e well for them to lay aside those delicate your coftee-nuill yoursclf, thaa tlio vrucked wheat et too much and too often of theze snme good ‘! this | we buy. Paxsry, things w0 fuently discaursed about in Home Department. 1In this climate tlie Tiyer w usnally ot faalt, WASIHING MADB EASY. feeliugs uud awoko to the fact that it Is thelr When symplonis v the Edltor af The Tridune, will, with pieasute, furnish thém, BREARFAST ROLLS Lounden duty to go there In o mnes, and by thelr | 0f indluposition are feit, and tho causo i too of- , T Think Mrs, Anna Thomas wonld Ond Zhe A e, ml!nnqr“a 0 BreRencs Gater n{‘ Yo | ten teacenble to avercating, Paw Paw, Mich,, Dec. 10. —I would like to give A To tha Editor of The Tribuns, not plain food, such a4 cereala, fruits, cte,, but rich, indigestible com- binstlona of lard or butter, #nuar, eggs, cic. which tlckle the madern palate, tIl our paor aver- worked stomachs and livors succumb, and we caddle ang dosa till tko doctors und nndertakers nluno are mastara of tho mtuatlo ot that wu have nnything nuainat the former,—'*1f they only had nothing against ws after calling in a way that scoms av (riendly," Tho Frenchman'a ruloe for tho m.:rnll rlarm‘-muz on gl 2 m'nm holds !lnm!’ m;l"m 0 valid excose for ignorance physlcal e., to begin with onc's granduother. [hars tanban ou for Ignorance except | [0 N ol Iaheritancs of préry Cullg AhoNI be & Many ignorant mon hoast of thelr sight to vota | healthy oniunlzmlon, and 1t ia” the duty of moth- a8 {7 1L wae the higheet privilego of thelr flves, | ersto doall in their power, by reading and closo whilo if you were 10 reelkc from thom luformation | observation, to bring this aboul,—Nuture does mo concerning the principles ndvoeated by the party | much for children nnder tho most adverse condi- they vote to npholid, vou would seek fnvain, If | tions, sa that childron delicate from birth can, this voling 1 20 dear to thoe heurts of the junorant, | under wise maternal Lringing up, become healthy Is 1t not presumable the, majority would b | menand women. Lizzlo L. the benefit of my experionce in washing, s sbe aska soms onc to tell how to make washing casy, If overthere waa one thing I disliked moro than another, It wna taking clothes vut of a boiler, getting the clothes all tangled together, sticking the clothes-stick through some garments somewhat warm, and apoliiug them entiroly; spliiing the hot suds on the stove, und haviug tho bolling suds run down tho stick and scald iy hands, cte, ~ All these things wwers my especialdrend, A soveral yeara of vearch fora better way, Ican at lunlexcfnlm. **Eurekal” 1 have dlscarded my boller forevor. busliucss of thosc mectings in such ‘a manner that corruptlon, fraud, and bribery could no lopger thrive in tho affalrs of * govern- montt “Surely, where knowledge asscrts lts awuy, fujoranco caunot long prevail, Sinco it Iy %0 lvcrc(lxly domonstrated in every instance that Jearncd pursons can accomplieh greater things for aur benofit, why 18 it that infelligont saftrage shall In ull this great land, whero freo schools and collegos av numurously exist, Little Gein and Youag Folka't Farorife, published by Honry T, Williams, Now Yok, price 60 conts per year, exacily what she desfres fur her little pfiu;llc. If 1 dared, T would like to say to ‘*Amnnda Apronstrings’ just one word: Capitall To a few, In this burgh, whe have found a strong love for hooka and some knowledzs of literaturo not al- torethor Incompatibla with the fashioning of dainty articles from ‘‘tlay cotton and puetevonrd,' tho lady was amusing In hor decrinl of everything of that 11k, followed ns it was by a cholce quotn- tion from **Josh Billings,"'~the sdle p}xuclmen of bur montal furnishing with which she favored ns! Astortimg ago {onran adrertsoment ricgm | alen wl Yaa BRE sarea. with M. that ! mending Manstield, O., cold-water woap. The | Zoe's dove eliould e lithogranhed, st the ex~ directions Tor uaing Just suited mo, and 1 think [eneo of all thss ywho have appilud, or 1¥hio intond o they will plense ull”tho ladics that wiil tey it, ly tu b the pattern? " 1t ls of world- Before nlvh‘u;lhn modus operandl, §will suy tiat L e e o i g Dxrorr, Wis,, Dec, 18.—For the pust four or flvo weeks we have been buying Tuz Taiuse of the newaboys, and thus our intreduction to The Ilome, Tho result is I find mysclf anxionsly walting for Saturday's number, and my better-half secms to assume & look of contont when ho ls fully aware that the supplemont lsall I crave, I cannot express how much wo enjoyed Bra, Hale's Iast lotter, and slncerely trust aho will write ayat Am sorry to know wo do not hear from ¢*Win- ‘4 Dabblor,"" Nover mind, dear friends; put In your oar againi that little afale only mmrmls us of our thorn In the alde—an ill we araall obliged to submit to once in a while, Next timo it wlll'be somo ona clue (Your humble servant, IarlnmnmR. Will_scnd a recipo we think excellent for break. Ayide faine llo\rhuml who wonld not wish to behold y think any good hard saap will anawer every pur- | {1 **countorfelt prosentment™t And what mora - i 3 sugt - willlng to" earn hgt Fight by tho ex. | The llrat step tawarda this la plaln, wholosome, | pose, [ uso tho Peerlens Sonp with ho naie bita- apnrophiate Zurd. than thas ns.n huadtag fur tnd m‘u ;ms; bfl':’a""u“l‘u":a\.'é:fién':?fi?"n.fll":" ct'-;hlgt e{lcl.m orun littlo “brixln sleert \h.-l have m;frlt}g:;,{omé.mun!lf"-‘“flm;fl"'\'lf;;{‘lrhlghflll,?’l“l; fie--h"}'t:%um‘nnclgu‘{elh:n ny mm;:-lau:: %wr duxmlrutmunu osides, wlmzn\mm]or trouble it { yeant; one pint scalded milk, or wator, if milk {a all eeen roven haf —~Qr propes we . res 8| C! 0 ies 1o Le washed towether. | [ 0 1 ITACINTIE, " Tnliorit—aro not half sa hishly approciated as thows | 106ks. Great cars showld Lo takon to Keen tha | liave soimo water warmed suticlont to. cover g | "7OUId 8V tho poor girl TACIfRL scarce, onda littlo salt Set to rlso until "1,]‘\" then knead until bard, and set to rise. and when wanted, make i rolls. Place a picco of butter ho. tweon tho folds, nnd bake inaslow oven. Try them, avine one. ADLRESSED TO * AMBER. To the Edltor of The Tribune. East SauiNaw, Dee, 10.—A copy of your paper we have enrned tho rlght (o possess. According to the lyws of this land, where schools and colleges abound, Americans musl areive ot tho uge of 21 beforg {hey have the right of suffrage. Wy not extremities warm., When the circulation {s right, dixease can take no hold of anc. One_ of our ableat pliysictans read an esaay before tho Medical Soclety here, which shonld Do in every mother's white clothes in the tub, Take cach garment sep- arately and put It in the tab, curefully rubbing tho voup on all the moiled purts thorouzhly, ana put them In the water until all are in, ‘Ulien lot them has come to iy hand, and through its columns I Yoor **Zoc," fen't yourdove, or patlence, or awmend this law by ptnvfi)lngflmt they shall avail | hands, on the insufiiclency of clothing for liitle | woak until the breakfast work s n)l done, hava b acqualnted with ¢ pleasant | both, almost’ exhavsted? 1think somo one that e ! : ndvantoses? The rght - | girls, und the dire results’ in aftor 1ifo, if death | Then rub th L and rinse thro % acome <acquatnf L Jour . X J e ot & anais douth br Peeslunda | Epures themm o lom 4 Theu s e DRE 4ol sige gl tWO ) ames® und now Iam filled with s desiro to has pru_cured tho Rntlcm :h\mlu mhm!.neri 1 know something more of ano of its nmates, WL | 4 ¥0, | Marurct, "dzom x;“f,";.'. 1 oul. sandt **Ambor kindly snewer o fow quorics from 8 | geek redress through the columne of The iomo, Mlchigan girl, who has read her articles In Tiaz | but would apply for a divorco forthwith. Moro TRIBUNEY \v‘hy. ‘¢ Amber, "' It scoms to mo tho | anon, STELLA. bright huea should never fade ,with tho potent s#afeguard of your pon to keep thom fresh, = Now, 1 am only a glel, Just pust my happy school-days; ast tho ave of unlimited fiirtation,” juat begiuning 0 look for lnmulhhlg nore than fun, wvatera, first n soft and lastly a hand water, blug a little. 1 have done mY wishing this way for somo tlme, and I uust say that I never saw whiter clothce than mine, 1 have tried several kinds of washing flulds, and know that they rut clothes af- tee a tine, and 1 know that Loilinit elotlies makea them yellow, ‘T'ry this, Indices, und lot me kuow how yon succoed., 1 have been an intereated reader of your valuahle l;apcr forsome time, and have often Telt as thoush would 1ko to becoine & member of yoitr ** weok- A few more \lnnfi abont the food, and the man- nor of eating it. A child's stomach—unicss it has that of an ostelch—can no mory digest tho food usu- ally caton by grown persors than its mind can comprohond Shskepeare, Ewropean children are univereally fed on porridge, ik, and suntil in their teens, and tho denth-rate is nall compared with ours. 1 belluve children aro horn with morbid appetites for food ns woll as d It bohooves mothers to act consclen. intelligence, The majorily of our most \hnmnxih achoturs have oblained thelr knowledite under the most adveras circumstances, Among my friends, at leaat, the most_thoroughly educated aro thoso who have ¢arned thelr own woy through college, 1f our boys nnd girls had lesn leisuro, wo should have fower {gnorant, worthlcss men and women, Ob- utacles cftoner prove incentives, 1f an Amoriean )8 given twenty-one years In which (o leam to NER PIRST ' HOME ' LETTER. To (he Edltor of The Tritune, Deeatun, I, Dee. 14.—I have reaas The and, ety i S R A Tome with great intercet for somo time, but nevor ** loge lord, " * “ " vote {nfelligontly. " “why shonld * not ftle slyin this mattor of eating and deinking. |}y’ fomalo convention,” hut have mubducd | 1O t 3 had *‘chook” cnough to writa untll I read E;m,r foruigner bo dllowed ut least g{.xr Shuh ngm. z:’u‘:lzl; r:;:;l :Lfilwlfllrf’ rm;;vl(llj::llecfi:&lllrh: !:lcllr'i::mi nLymmc‘llllvlml‘nlm. ‘lhlnkhmg porhaps lou lIm(& {i’,fi':}“.‘,.‘,‘.‘i;,‘.‘g"&.‘}i‘fl. ;'5‘,‘".'323!;,,. Iafifi"'rhfi.hilfl *'Chat'a* intoreating and Instructivo letter fn last T na 3, 18, 2 " abo ie members you coufd atten ore " k ) A AR, GATRTINE. of ouc lgnorance of the lairs which govorn Tieaith, [ o3 but 1 moticed that you kept giving them worg | 304 slipper-casen for =4 fiob X do nut | woek's lsemo. I did mot regrot that I walked up and the bad consequonces therotrom should stimis- Iato us to investlzation, When we live in accord. ance with the laws of llygiene, health will he catching inetead of disease, “Rtabert Ingersoll to tho contrary notwithetanding, Regularity infoed- ing children {2 of groat fwportance. A child niay form & habit of cating slx and elfhnln day, or it may learn to watlaty its sppetite at three rogular mends, 1f achild gets 80 hungry between meals that waiting ecome impossible, give it all the bread without butter It wants, [ find it works sdinirably with my children. Don't stuff it with cookics or cuke until It losea all desire for normal food, Hut I must not prolong this article. 1 will sim- ply add in complianco with Mra, ¥.J. W.'s ro- quent, that dipping the fingers [n cold water and rubbing and -lnppln\fi the sealp ten or fficen miu- i meun to eny that I am by any moans # young lady of elegant telaure, Probably I should na moro know what to do with el my time than [ do with what lttlo | have. 1 puppose that my usual accupation, the modest amount of socicty In which T indulge, and books, ought to satisfy mu. 'The fact rensainy, however, that it docs not, ‘and I am as reatless and worrlgome a good share of the time a8 one of the bald-heads, ‘Aro thess mental disturbances at all ‘ailied to: *‘growiug palpa!™ Did you ever wonder what you were made for, anil how %(ull were to flnd out and accompiish that pur. DId it come to you with a flagh ** onco upon o time, "' and docs your silver pen eatfsfy all the deslre? Am 1 trcepossing on’ forbidden ground, and do you deem me curlons and inipertinent? Do not thhik it, please. Somewhero I bavo aeen room each week, and 1 have made up my mind that our ¢dltor must bua man of great putlence, and very generous, or he would not us the opportunity of discusain genorally ~ ore condidored wisby-washy by men, am afraid I have Cepun thie out rather long, but purdon mo, far you know how 1t Is,—na womuu never knows when to stop, lint atlow me tosay one thing more, and then I will take my s nd keep a8 still as a mouse, whilo some other sistor glves Lier oxporience. 1 havo an excellent wuy o pnh:hlu} shieet-iron, o It will look just like now, and wlll glye the node of duing 50 Lo'any who would hike it, "Now I @m dene. Re- spectiuily, WisNernen, GOBSIP PROM JARE'S WIPE, town, at the risk of freozing my nose, expressly to get Tue Tinune, 1should think **Chat," with her investigating turn of mind snd fondncss for trying recipes, would be a very desirable addition to a hotol or ready-made minco-mcat establlsh- ment, besldes being o boon to tho doctors and undertakers, 1'm afrald *Chat" s a trifling, 7hldy young girl, who wan left an orphan, without fathcr or motlier, at an carly age, Girls dldn't use to do su when [ was young,™ 1 owaurT X Y usod to BRI A e Nevortheless, I thank **Chat’ for her Jetlor, and no doult her *'young man,” i ho reads Tug Tripuxg, wiil be gratife To the Bdilor of The Tribune. Ciiteaao, Doc, 22,—1 am pman full of sorrow and angulsh, and you'aro responsible for it. Much an It grleves me to thus arraign the cdilor of my favorite Journal, o storn senav of duty, which can- not be compramlsed, compels ine to the act, Two months 030 I was the happy head of a pleas- ant family,—in pogsession of u fair lucome from which I could save u comfortablo sum each month, 1tipped the scale nt 200 pounde, had never known Weick day In my life, and could ent lke & horns; wy ebildren wera stout, and healthy, 3 joy touny parent'a heart; my wito was o jewel; wy food wus well cooked, digestibly, and” § know what T was tolearnof the lovely X In-Tuy, who I th mo, Wtes cvery day [s bighly benuficial to tiie halr, 7o tha Editor of The Tridune. .| Jvelrd old legond teliing of the marvelons power | gif in utora for hiui, ,',2{,‘3.'.,,l.‘.’,fif".‘;{d";m’:}‘;, Yo ’Ifi'rl..dfl",v.‘,'l'.'; ‘lmfi"hlflm zeneral heatth hunl much to do with it, | Gazzenuna, 11, Doc. 16.~1 must speak, even :::]":';},’c',f",g‘;'é,}{';“'&';‘,‘,’,’;‘,"‘,‘;"g[; u:; "l‘,‘; ‘},‘{‘,fl‘; "u',;"{‘fl’h‘“fi""gfl;=l§;‘:agl‘:|.§g;'rfgf "'flfi;f e Tint v rei . zal 3 felgned in thohousoof Lawrence. ” Alast now hov | 1 will clovs J1b. 8 rsige WAL B .l:;m‘:lc%fl“{m attho risk of my words bolng thrown In the wasta- | \wamen, less gifted but longing none tha leas” for 4 i changed, In an evll hour, thinking to afford Innocent Yll.'llllte to the female membersof my houschold, carried my Saturday's Titsune hotio to them. They pounced upon The Ifome Dopartment, aud from that hopr my misery dates, Not thot thery Iy anytbing hurtful In The iome itself,—most of it 1 preaume 14 well conaldered and proven before it i sent for publication,—but oti! thoe inventive enlus of the Amgrican woman. ° Lhaveheen dosed or tho laet three montha with unrecognizably very much to know yon,—you are not s bit snippy, Wil sume one kindly tell me how to stick ferns &nd leaves on n hard-Nnished wall? *'Mand ™ (of Urbana): My Pennsylvania mothor he don't think muchof your apple-butter She saya a good recipe s to fake o buahel-and-a-haif of apples to a barrel of cider, lustead of threo gallons; ball it thick, and streng 9nough ta keep until u LD Maw. N “nropy " EXPLAINS, Lasket. Idon’tcarc if they are, so I get to havo & Mitloeny, I mover could keep wtill when others were doing 8o much talking, 8o, Mr, Editor, al« low me first to thank you for this very interosting department—to us ladles anyway, if not to the men; but Ithink thoy like ta read it too, They have the greatest share of tho papar, and olways huve had, Now I think itis time wo ‘had a small epace once & weelt Lo make what Hittlo spoeches we find palatabla and digestible. 1 Lediove 1t {a called Rpple-show, Yaro olght medium-sized applea as for suuce: after 3L 18 cold, break tho white of ong ez in diahg turn your pplo-sauce over it and whin with 3 fork thirty minutes. Care should bs taken that each blemish bo carsfully cut away In prepariug the applev, av tho whitcpess of tho snow dependy matily on this, DotoruEa, INVALID SLIPPERS, HTO," v the Editor of The Tridune, stmifar work? Wil you answer, ** Ambor ' ? Manuaner, TAPIOCA PUDDING, BTO. To the Editor af The Tribune. Fainouny, 1., Dec, 20.—1 think **Gertrude,” of Mattaon, 11l., will 1iko my recipe for taploca pudding: Four tablespoonfuls of tapioca; ono quart of milk; four eyge, leaving out the whitos of 3 wantto, 1know, my good edltor, yoilr patience js | LW0 for frosting; threo tablospuonfuld of augar. To the Editor of Ths Tribune, disher, hich aro, lauded to iho skies by WWelr | pyue Jouawn, Dec, 10—+ Hatharinas To [ Vo mactt foioh: s caceeing fosmmnianicn 82 | Soak o taploca over nlgh of of sevoral hoursn | EuPaso, Dec. 10.~1 noticed with no litla the binuda of thoss who atfempt to concoes then, mnke & very pretty pair of invalid-slippers, getan | after & while you will ~ think n | allittle water. Dol the milk and turn over thy | amusement the Jotter of ** Deatrice" in jast Satur- I ahall not sttempt to dexcribo the numberloss | ounce of Germantown wool,—{wo colors are pret- | 4reat deal of us. ' You will #ud wa | taplocs. Add, when itis blood warm, thosugac | day'sjasus. Idld not quebtion any one's right ta linpositions which Lave been ot upon wy table, | tlest,—searlet and black, or drabi and blug,~half will Lo friends that never change awlonzas yon | and egas woll boatens bako avont an hour, and, conduct thelr domestic Arrangements in sny man- mer that seems beat to hier; but It seems to me that the right of commehting on such arrangements shonld not be restricted efther, As fo her belong- Ing to tho ** codish-arlstocracy” brigade, 1 have nut the sllghtest doubt, and wish her joy of her automaton servant, Lot yow must confess, friend Beatrice, that the nane, and not the tonc, of the fotter gave you the idea that I wasan ex-Irish aorv- ant, Nothing could be farther from the mnh‘.1 relating nulL the resulte, further on. Hul ‘thisla not the worst feutire of (hie case, Every Baturday, to keep barmony in the family, I ancompelled to buy Lo TiisuNzs, that both nf my feminine relatives “]‘Y enjoy The Humo at the hmzle tme, luml ‘l"f“ lu; mul’»l am f““l"""],"fl t sten to s fong atring of recipes read aloud, Orat 3 by one and umghy tho othier, yai wny head la so | 1L, Up over the Instep, alternuting tho colury. full of cake, ulu. amienrkase,'chuese, plckles, efc,, ml"“ “",:l':,"‘,“':.fi';":",“,'“lfig"l‘l‘fl":x“fl’:"o"“"{‘?}fi""‘ Hf;‘,‘,{,}.‘.’,‘;“’." now whether Lam o mau o weneap | Pt S S0 T0llh “crotener the other continue The Iome, and your subscription-list will never bo smaller, but certainly larger, But ¢ you close up The liome, I declare my Jake~thnt's the mau 1 100k after~ehall not cnjoy his Triuse and :h}ar In peace by the warm tire any more; but he shall eit on the back doar-step—it's a etone vne, st that—and read It, if ho wuntsto, Keep un eye open to business, and The Home, and yor will b a happy nisn yet bafore you dia! ** Mary Moor,” **Orlena,* und 2 host of athers, T wish you Loow how much real good your ounce of cach, Commence with a chain of twelve stitchea; then go buck, uddlog an extra atitch ox- actly in the centre, and uaing the shart atitch. Now take {he other olor and do the asme, getting the extra stitch overy time, a9 this after it has cooled n ilttle, add tho whites of (i vgys to one-halt pound sugnr for frosting. It uusv\l'm well for a eauce, and looks quito orng- meuntal, v [tiukie," 1 have always had good success in taking out frult-stalns by pouring bolling kot water ovor them before wawhing. "flrlml.“lnrnwclflu your suggestion In re- gard to protectlvg cowmfortables” from , getting “soiled, v . Mr, 3, B, M., yours | capital {ded—to b 3 Iddy McBruer' is merelya nom de pluue, Ut , | »!de. ond Join, 1f you want it higher ot the back, | worda have done me. 1 am nota young hoi brown bread in tomata cans. * 1 have tried it, and 3 e i iy isplred by the cxample of thote who e [ Widen st ihe top of thi shppers Finish with & | Keeper, Boc (00 okl & ohe 108 Tears scoxomy | e b LI hoes ars of Sredt capelce to g, aod ['",::{,Y,,,“;“Q‘\,‘g',}'ufl’“f,;’ s kloRh, my veln hand, and of courde tosthor juventionsat home | Crocheted edge around the tup. and sew to fuside | couking, either. 1f 1 could have hud fm 1 have received so many througn The Home that I it > formerly occupied the position as teacher In one ol oyr public schould. Ji way that 1 thought sych a domestic arrangement oe the one in questlon Jarred againat the mlnclp‘ ! American soclety hich induced me Lo write as I did, ‘Il lydics of the Mcthodist Church are sewing for a church falr und we dud The Home invaluable, . Next time 1 may impart vomething useful, For this time good-by. * Biopy McDuuisen, WIHAT DAVID 8AID, sales, Or, wake a slipper the sane way, using the afghan stitch, snd a solld color, Then em« brolder u patiern on it, finlshing with s erocheted, ta | or knit hand, or fur, if you prefor it. Hiack, with o ounch of rosebude, or drad with forget-wme-nots, would bu very preity, ‘athariue Ann ™ aske **Rolla " for directions for sputter ud{. I have madu them on whlte Swias, Make the tidy tho slzg you wish} hem thie edyu with wide hemy caver (b with paper, Then before sending to the paper. ~ Can {94 pleture tha atate to which 1 min reduced? 1 could have endured it all but for one crowning abomtnation, Oned, 1 C. (which, I takeit, meane ** juat half cra. dircetfons for a **Centennial pudding, hich of courvs niust be tried, and it was. Traw It mado, know that the directions were carefully fullawed, and what & resudt! What there [a in the simple lu- gredienta of which It 1s compoved that cauves them w |1M‘ out such nn shaminable 1:4|mpuum‘!f 1cannnt such advice a. ant Lucy's " snd yours inmy Brst days of nlukenpln* Imight have yaved my busband wany a dollar, Vowever, 1 don'y expuct he will think "1t too late for we o begin now. e has slready made the remark, **Tug "TUILUNK haa gnmlor itsell." Lamuot nor ever have been, lownrlght extravagani—ttien | have not donoas well e 7 Mary Moot ™ or ** Urlens. " did tke “Sarab L." 1 don't know whether I like ner mow ur not. 1verlly believe she in wanted (o udd m{ mite this week, Az it ia my fret otfering, 1 hope It will be acceptablo. Hmllxmd"l y)uul should ubu “ur lui;u ;'up(nllu '; somebody Is Joalng s guod wife, Don't you with miat LA Mus, T, W CHOWDER WITHOUT ONIONY, . Yo ths Edjlor s The Tridune, Aupor, Ill., Dee. 14.~1 wolld like to tell 4 Prank" how T |carned to moke chowder withont und crubbed; o, b -1} but pince four ferna ln the centre, and apatter: when | notaing but a mun sfter ail, or shs would nol hat onlons in the Old Bay Btate. For s can of clams, 79 the Editor af Tha Jridund, iy hing 111 1 shauld. prater bl attckers | 7 prots upd seoiore e piver from fa o, | un i of anyihing Loy Ve s wascal 5re | o210% n s OBy Siate, ROt 8 SBSESIES |y onovsy siate f ipioAuny Da i8.as hoo- paste, well cooked. ond you hiave a Udy with a border of white. 1have | Come, Jet us hear from you again, it would be tog + out th fotr thln ali £ al shers Don's vede tho papers Dut david—thats my Now for rusults: From 200 T am reduced to 103 | & #ievo far epatter that I muat tel} you about, bad for ¥uu t0 g0 back “on us i you nre s woman. | GUAr} mieasure; vut three or four thin slices of nicy 1d 1 Ko i rnuml-, From bLelng. Among {hose who K1OW me, m:‘llu:“trlm"fl:\u:;un ':lhnn:lm‘ch::' [mu:;s e & 1 don's n;u n;;(“n‘ml #hiould AV the creditof | sult pork {n the kettlo In which the chowder s to g c"‘“fl; lol 1l:' llf“n’nm'r:‘:x\:n l:m‘::v?gluol: ;vdl‘fl- H 4 frum i 4 {0 diaime asying such gova thi 0u did, 4 nagls—On e . bl‘g“,::z,':“';f:‘ ot patience and good nature, § have | G CUR UER 0000 ot handie, then cover | LA tor, * Y08 tahd the thith abous naking catipl; whed the poricle sbast bl feied, put | 55 b i bave nul appeiite, a layor of the sliced potatoes over the pork, thens | Fomber which—and he nose everything most | Tel) and am I tending 10 ou _early 'grave. m‘m Anu.n'\]rinlv‘l‘rc‘“l::v.ej ‘“{"fl"‘{“'.’.’“h a | our big men suct liitlo faucy presenta, lknnw,my. Tiyar ol el hen 8 layer of Boston crackers | ¥ou—but Me le ndit Contrsry Like And he Wi m’l ,“‘.'!',“"“bm ":ylyn')lx‘l,c IL‘}"““"‘:‘L tf ll):"ll:‘url:;m‘. a pak Jauc gy thlng) Mo '-’e‘lkr,' Xi?n‘.‘é‘d;"fi‘ k:":‘:’fi‘(’.f‘..‘n‘, lhnu:; .:",“:24‘.",:’ ".'fl.':‘,'.. whieh e bean aplit opou and slightly buttered | Takethe papers ond They be handy to poton the 1 huve mae Tel N sickly; wy Wife and_ sivter-In-law appear’ fn the e oA Bl cut places in the bouse: yebt o Lis eyes they are morning hiaggard and \mm.llmm sleepless nights something belunzing W woman, #nd nothing he could make uee of, Cubberd Shclves—Saterdsys Mostimes Ie reas the home Out whil | Hock The bAby sex { *‘ds- 1ambrequins, splash. of spatter, that ware and dipped guickly i cold wuur'h| N poletosd, [ that perforated card. clumne, gnd crackers again, potit all e a the kettle, " “Now " aprinie . oer litle sals a iy : yery pretty. 1 belinve mon look on suca P! vid 1 dou't Kes uo Manner Ouse | eny HLEUhibE Shasainuiin, CME ety et 2 iiared i deicate it waed T, | Wil ey ot aa a8 Bacheor S0kt | and, Depper opd, afirvenls pour va mil, | Yl k' ot ol ol buout wih o4 ¢ ol 0 i " {2 o o e | n ez ) ‘) jerg ' —davi il S bl S LRV siar ik vy gl | Skl s el SAE Sl W | sbirabe il Lok ol e R, Sty | Bl v bttt guniihe S5 s . . o ¥ T . . ow you cook and Perba Vill” adopt yo {t'.':,‘.‘:“n‘b‘.', n‘lr&" : :g:“-‘:l)l;h Il,)‘ltz l"nmx ll‘x‘l'hct a STICK TO YOUR TEXT, Tove theps, they will think much of it becauao they “"l‘lmlll tile potatoey hH :l"b'} %{;"‘ rumavecare: | 500 A2 SHOLRLS Tatin e for he st oo ofody Can't youat leastmake ail these Jadice nrove 70 the Bdiior of TAs Triduns. love us. My reupecisto the devil. ully to 8 tureen for the tu v POk prevenis | can cook but fhe yanke e 1e how | mak thefe récipes, ‘snd send you s samplie before wllblllhcdl 3 Jarn's Wirs. Thus way you enter intosll BREAEPAST ROLIJ OR MUFPFINS, 70 the Edjlor af Ths Triduns. Boyvi Evawsvoy, Dec, 10,—As the weeks zo by 1am morg and more conyinced that The fome (s getting to be an * fustitution.® The ladies look for {4 &g gagorly a4 thelr busbanda do tor political nows, Two (bat | know of reminded their bus. Marroox, 111, Dec, 37.—The Home ts becoming quite & neccsaity fn well-organized househoid: The experiences "of all thoss devoted alstery welcome iudecd to manya (rled and tempest- tossod housekeepor. Now snd then somobady ad- vince you to soar above stomachic things, Lut dear sldters atick (o your I Let po pedantic womaa th thy mass from sticking to tha kegtle, and helps lo | ¢ Y deaion{ho Chowder. Tha il proveute st | COOY 1 grind dusis Nute bl When( hev pienty of black, unppoticing look which soa chowder b | il & Whom wasterul yankes do wall\ pore or the Fresh flan chowdsr inage by this \u(.. with milk, | \uterand the Cofly aetles flacif—~Leastaways it is Ia dellcious 1o thoso who ko iah. What 1a1eft1d | JOUS%ELT Yur e Slostimea | keap tho CORy pot. on yery nfco warmed over for Ureakfast, with s bivof | F05OU uad wien | s borely und feel ousy 1ike butter ¢nd a 1tla milk added, OcTavia, A good drink of Cofly makes mo feel Right Port WHITE SIOUNTAIN CABE, pext week I'll tell vou bow s make corn Dodgers To (Ae Editor af TAs Tribune. they s wy o tall upon you, In the naine of eullerinj an. Wty to o lom'umlng for u-.’mvnfluu‘. eut, Yours truly, Jouy 1. Lawuenos, , _ GOD'S FOOR CIILDBEN, 20 the Editor af The Tribun Yoxp nu Lac, Wis,, Dee, 10, or David ae3 { musint rite much to Onet. Yoy Ired the | urge you to drob doughnuts and chemiloons to dis. Davssrour, Ja., Dec, 10.—] hovo been very forianiaty ) Srgrry, Iadies fo hold hack their letters fora week, but 1 fuy K‘K}‘"d?""fi,‘~d et '“'-"h Mo 'g’s ‘l"“-“,"" banda last Baturday st b:”“"' Suat whateys much {nterented 1o 'he Home ever sinco 1t ape CHARLOTTE RUSSE. Hope you will for the ehildrew's sak publish mine. | WAIPIAIICY So0d 1he ienfia OF sich (elVIngRc | Eappened they were not o forget Tus TalhuwX, | 0o g "un haye fnally summaned p courage 10 Tuie Edlioref The Tribinis Leur mothers, thero 18 no fear that you will nege lect your own children, but have you done any. thing for the children who will hiave no Christinas presents unless tiod Lelps you to remember them? 1 know you ure very tlred to-might, after this week's bard work, and somo of you sy have Lo sl up 1ste tu-nlght; but Tet me tell you my experience. For yesra 1 have prepared frum aix to twelve extra bage of cundy dud vo alwava found aud, If one might jodge from the expressions we sce, otherg are equally Interested. 18 gives cach qne of up A chance to tell ** What I know about houuk:erluu. " As forme, ! find that five or »ix years will not teach onv evarything in_ that lne, nor inyuto them perfect success eyery time, aud L sumetimes wooder ) ten or wwenty yeam will do if some of thess old houckeepirs ever have auy troutle; il (Asir bread o alls to rivo as it ought; 1f thalr cako ever falls [n suck » dlabeaigon- Cuicaoo, Dee, 21,—I noticed in your Home De- pertment of Dec. 18 a request from ** Undine for & reclpe for Charlotie Russe, And, slthough bear- ing in mind your nutlce to subscribera to **Jet up™ untll you have published those elghty-four lettora now on band, 1venturas to send this, knowlog lhe tecips lawo yood It will keep untll you ind oo to Euu 18 i, or perbaps send [t to the wan ol the nb (v hand “‘Undlne o her walety home, kitchep hearth with tuem. Let us give rocipes and exchonge amall-tylk about kitcheu matters 3 &4 healthful, palagabla food is host for the buman stomach. Crown **Dorothy Fox'* with lsurel; lier doughnut n:r.'l}m was cxcelient. 1had ratugr have bad that, whlle my yoist uas freeh, thsn tho best treative on the Evolution of Protoplavm that ever dre. Huxley wrote (U thera fa such'a belng se ahe), for what XD could 8 good wilg-mother aus Lousekeeper dud Iu the lbrury, taking In grand saend g contribution tu (t. 1 have a nice recipo for White Mauntain cake, which parhape poms one would ke totry: Two cups sugsr; two-thirds cup bdutter; whites of sevep pygs, well beaten; ywo-thirds cup eweel pillk; Lwo cups dour; one cup corn-starchy two teaspoons baking powder. Hake 1n Selly-cane tns " Froaingt Wiites of three eggs and Eome sugsr, beaten togethier, quite 88 st gy fur trosting; apread ayer thg ci which, Taupnose, I In Lake Mich Tho réclpe [n % follows: Ona pint. oy sealt? 1LIrd of a box of gelntines o lablesoererls Une- Flavor Lo tasle. “Put the'sugar in tho cronm rei™ whipping it. thien whip 1t nntil 5 1n gt mySiore Mght. _Four cold water over tho gelutine. ik Statand until a1l in dissolved. Thon add g o Jet and pou into & mold Tined \with alleen of ool eakie. “Stand 1n a cant placs, far & fow horre T pSe tanne) will _yerhana auit ' Cnding's ™ puypil) This recipe T generally use 1o Jno iny moii wiop: four eggs: two cunaof sugar; three cupn of fy.rs three teaspaons of baking powder; ono ey "i sweet milk, Boat the sugnr and egga togetiior o fftcon minutes,” BHieIn tho siftl or wis: 10 baklog powder. Add the milk, and bake: " ‘N0 Dnrap, resenty RELIEP FOR ''zoE®."” To tha Editor af Ths Tribune, Torexa, Kan., Dec. 18.—I know you wijy think I haven't much conrtosy when you recolve this, or that T was not a close rendar, o I would have yeer your *Nole to Contributors,” If you do, youwil| bo mistaken as to tho close reading, ang Ty plead {mmy to the courtesy. Bul 1 conld 1:91 help tlylng to the rellet g 0 Zoe."" 1 uii afraid sho hos slends "ut como 4 bankrupt using Mampa_to send hey dovs pattorna, thrauigh 1o mail,’ Now, 3r, Eiipec'? Troposo to relleva liee menially, physically. aa tinancially, by eending you twenty dove pijjerss and request that as many of The l’ want sald patterns will send {nn & directed stamped envelope and_you will furnish the, think in this mannut we can holp the readers (g “lctup' on “‘Zoe." Yours In the Interest of ha. manity, TavR Hoog, QINGER COOK{ES AND BREAD, To the Editor of the Tridune, CntcAgo, Dec. 20, —I am much Interested In The Tome, and the valuable Information it containg each week. For tho bencfit of the readers of Tie Homo, 1 send the following recipes: Boft ginger-cookles: Two tencaps Now Orleany molagacs; one leacup of melted lard: ono teacnp of bolling water: four teaspoontnls of soda bought lb';mulk; ;mo lf:npnejnln‘l! of !giagnr. Pour the Ing waler on the soda ; do no Bako with steady heats ° °C B o i, nger-hread: Two teacnps New O . 1aszess two teacups bolling ‘:mu:r; lh;lc'ivn-,;zn’r':gl cup of melted butter; one tableapoonful of Jine gor; two teaxpoonafuls of soda, Add flour enough tomake & emooth batter. Deabwell, Junsie, TAPIOCA CREAM, To the Editor of Th Bxuviete, I, Dec. 20.—1can tell yon how fe make taploca cream, which is very nice: Soak ong cup taplocs over night, or soak it by pouring qulto bot wateron It. Take one pint of milk, hait A teaspoon ealt; when the milk bolls, atlr |nthe taploca, and tha yalks of twa eggs heaten well with a cup of sugar; 1ot 1t taok about ten winutes, eiir- ring all the time, Take off the stovo and stir in tna whites of the cags, boaten to a stiff frath, and s small pleco of butter, Flavor to sult the taste. Can sonie one tell me what wili take out iron-ruet? NELLIE M, CARE FOR NEW-YEAR'S, Tolhe Editor of The Tribune, Ciicado, Dec. 20.—8et me in a corner of youe rocipe department, and Iwill help the ladles to a nice cake for thelr New-Yoar's callers, Anyono of you know how to' make white and gold eake, but I do not sce nlnk at all. For that you only want one-half of the proportion that you have for the othor cakes. Bubstitute pink sugar-sand. It too deep, mix with white sugar, Thu cakes shonld be baked in squtare puns, and a full haif-Inch thick whondone. When thay are cold and firm, ahave cach cako wllhllnllnrr kulfe, and putany kindaf jelly tee tween that you like, ifave’ the Dink cako in the ienm, the whito on oach slde, and_the golden at e top and bottom, Cut In fach blocks, and a1i your baskots. B, E. B, W. == DENEFITS OF ‘' THE NOME," To the Edltor of The Tribune. Sourn Citrcdo, 1l,, Dec. 10,—This Cenlennial year hasbeen indeed & yearof progress, but no now enterprise has added #o much to the welfars and happincss of the ladics of the Northwest as the new department in your valuable paper. Every Saturdny Tho Home is 8 welcome visitor in vir Mittlo suburbon town, and Iawm suro no one rends {Lwith nioto interest than myself. "I foel that 1 can no longer be the recipient of such a bieasing without thanking you for your wisdom und kind- nees {n thus ‘opening a chonnel {n which we may heable to relalo our experlenco in domestic life. ‘Thousands who enjoy The Home every week, as [ have done, will facl "that they nover can takean actlve paet In writing, but our grateful bearls will ever beur In mind the benefits wo receive and nllenll‘{ thank the giver. Tam a young housckeep. cr, ond find many valuablo recines to ald mo in the succossful porformance of my culinary duties, int nothing that {s new ona Instructive cscapen tha notico of your correspondent. ‘*Aunt Alice " told us nbout the kitchen etorobouse she nbtaiud at No, 436 West Madison strect, in your cig‘y‘ belng snch & help in the kitchen to her. The cold ‘weuther did not provent my golng on a pligtimaze of investigation. I was 20 dellghted with (£L must thank ber for_thu fnformation. 1 told my husband how much I wanted one, and he wondered at my enthusiosm, but promised to cull and aco it. This ovening in my kitchen may be found this lits tlo saultum in parvo,—a pluce for everything and everything n its place,—and I am the happicst 114t16 honsekeepor in tho land, Movum JENRING, COPPEE FOR THREH, Tb the Editor of Ths Tridune, NEw Boston, Ill., Dec. 10.—Do not think me impudent for writing this week, when yon saked usto “*letup.” Idonotwant 1t pat inahead of any yott havo, but wanted to write while tho epirit moves, You may think {t not worth prioting at ail: if so I plial) Mflze The Home, if I cannot bave a finger in it. Plesse toll mo In The lome If the hx.vc numbers (Just for Saturdays) can be had? o, Noiv, T want to hop off Into the Litchen, and tell $*Ruby™ how 1 make coffoe for thfeo (or more). Wo buy the bost green coffeq, romst toa dark- “brawn, bont the white of ono efg (so it won't bang together much), etirit through the coffco while hot, \hen eufficlently browned, put oway ina close can whils hot. -Grind when you want tn make your coffco enough for a tablespoon heaping fall to cach person; add as many cupy cold water 8a yoi think your famfly will drlnk;rul ina hot place: let It Juat come to a boil; put ft back where (L will keep hot till {mlr meal iy fllllll[i then pat it oft the ntove two or three minutes before pouring out. 1 Rol strong enoagh, put Ia more collce next time. You muet put it cooking a little sooner thun when hot water [s used, Pleaso try thls, ond it not suil your botter-half I shall think there rome misfake, or that Lo s crosser thon **Ma 'ful’nt‘l Husband.” Tut wait, I will take that backs T she neglects her work, and bables, for any kind of reading, no differenco if it {s Tho Home, Ido ot blamo him at all, and hope he will write azain for The Jlome. Margaret can hurey! u}v and get her work dous as quick aa sho pleases, If sho slighls ita little Sunday morning for church and reading, [ think “she would bo excusable, and belleve hor “husband wonld _ llko ‘The Home s well as mine docs, Tut mever mind, Maggle, reod whenover you got a chance, I hopo no one will tako the troublo to tell E,. of Frecport, liow to take caro of thisteen children, all undor 4 years old, for 1 don't belleva &, has sy children, or over il have. Tho recipe for ** WWoman ' was splendld. Give us romo more, B, Will some Indy reader of The Tomo please tell mo the name and nddress of a book or mufinxlnu treating on fancy work alone, or fancy and houte- work? Aro mistakes excnsable? 1f° so, excure mine, for [ fear they aro tnany. 1 never expect 10 bo & great writer or a great auything vh\o“!:;u A & g AN, WASHING-DAY. To she Rdilor of The Tribune. Ciioacn, Dec. 10,—Maving besn much pleased with the {ntormation contained In The Tlome de- partmont of Tix THisuxe, I wish to add my quots to tho general fund in the form of o recipe to res duco the labor of warhing, 1t fa s foilows: Put your clothos to soak In tepld water tho day pre- vlous to washing: in the morning have your boiler on tho stove, fllud about three-fourths full of wa. ter, When the wator {s warm, sllce In ono- fourth bar of soap, thin (wo use tho white Ruse slun), and, when that {a- dissolved, put In three tablespoonfuls of aplrits of turpentino; wring your clothes out of the wator they have been soakc ll;. and, after soaping tho solled places, put them vi the boiler, frst stirring the turpentine -n" 0ap thoroughly into the water. Let (hom bol from twenty to_thirty minutes, keeping u.ummr der the water by pushing thom duwa: then take outand suda_and rinse in bluelng water. 1iang out todry, | are very Wi the foropoing, and much plonsed with the reric: 1L Virtually dock away with the Jatior of rubbing, and the clothe never lookeg cleaner and whiter. Mus. 8 TUAT HORRID MAN, To the Edifor of The Tridune, Macoxs, 1)l., Dec. 20.~Naw, Mr, Edltor, what dld you let that man {n for, whon wo thought Th; Howe belonged espacially to us, where we conl' admirs, criticlvo, sud spat Lo onr entire satlafaction And coming, as be did. In that ghostly gasb, nader tbe kindly protection of good ¢* Margate —for ehame! Now. there fa acertain diznlt a ‘'Josiah Allen's Wifo, > but ** Marguret's llu-hn‘;l i ool Lt o Mo come agoin, Iappoint L™ a ! B {0 recelve him at tho door snd ** bulloze" him St SCHT e ot ke a fr nally suggest that *+Margate llll:v(' of o tickum " and lflmllllll!r Aiberal dL““ Intgrually snd - generous plusters gmm-"{; Should e rl\l{). ‘fiue wlices of butter custard l‘ ¢ :hh recipe; Ono :up‘?uuvr‘:.gr&;g&:‘wfil mm‘ wo cupy sugar; three ury Oy 5‘ Leaien' aeparataly; mix all together, d lua pie i ng puste. p l!x:vnrwuh lewon, Thisls nd dalnty 0 cun be. Iaend 8 recipe Iur;d, julner dessert, but one {g‘l wiliall Hike~opple nuffets: Two ezye onu n;m: milk; autliclont flour to thicken, Ba watlio batlets one and one-half teaspoons of bikiug powder 1) teacup alternately with o layer of batler 30 ot of applve chopped fine: steans one hiours serie A0 with lavorad cream and gugar. Yau can su lu‘l)e any frueh froft or jams you i ke, ne word Lo 1 did folly appre late **Grate ) Titlo 10" wae abifeed afte It lefe thy bsndy Naw, Mr. Edltor, Iclo vishing you. 1 Isdles, “and capecislly arci's Hual o w i W y Merry Christiuay, "' bu: le\ R COCOANUT CAKE, Tn ghe Eultor af The Tribuns. Westvicty, Iod,, Dec. 10.— be o over The Homa leticrs carglully, have furmed DOV |