Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 30, 1876, Page 11

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1876—TWELVE PAGES, enonrh to toll ant well, Muke encli enke the aize of nu ordinary plates fryfn hot lards cover encl ith nlcely-nennoned applo-gauce; lny uver ench her. ".\a chapperd handsand soro lips are **in nrnugp." shie follawinz—which you can_eall *¢Ilypatin" or what you lko—wlll prove very neeful to cure and preventthera, It In known fn our *‘homo*’ an cold cream: Tako mi'ounce of rorewater: two ouncen of ofi of swant almondas half an ounce of spermncetls onie drachm of white wax; melt to- ther In n bowl plnced in o pan of watar, bailing; L romove trom the fire, and stle until cnl"!. Yar those who prefer **mopiothing casier'': One punce giyceriny; ona_ ounco _rasowater, ten drops cirbolic ncid. 'This fs & henling lotion, excellent forsuro xams as well an **chapa*'—and olher ex- ariatlons, Mr. Edltor, Tecotho **eyes of the world are upon us,*" 1t was not onouih for the Rev. Wilder smith to preacly a scemon from his pulpit, for tha tonefit of ** Florid, " but you nllow ~** man, proud man, to play eich fantaatle tricka " in the llome Department **ne makes " us women madder than HrLex Duazes, To the Editor e T 3 DAXKR oF Tne. Misstssren, loc, 11.—A ver plearnnt time to you, ladies, one and all, T will aioeent eome Htems from ‘pm diary of an oid - Téard tor tha ‘henent of tho fatr onca of The llome. J1is clali.e to yonr k||mlg' conslderation aro timt lie has glven thirly years of earncat study and foil to tho needs of women and children, and has Deen blest with such snccess thiat of his many nusternal patlents In that long thme ho has never Jostone in the *‘critical hour, " and lias received many & heartielt ** tod bless you ™ fortho heaven- gided akill which atald the hand of tho grim meseenger from carryiug awny the precious oce cupanta of tho cribs and trandle-bede, ¥lest, hia recipo for oyster soup for Invalidas Procure the largest oysicrs; romove half dozen {rom the can, one at a'ting, to a plate. Inserta fork into tho solid fleah, and with a sharp kuife maka o alit up and down and across the abdominal cavity; elip the wpoint of the knifo under the ~ “dark © mass thus expoted and thoronghly remove 1t, heing as nico ahout 1t 88 you wonld [n dreasing any other Osh, for tho abdomlual foulnersof one ia”as unsiited to the weak atomnch 0y the other. Pat into stew-pane; pour out proper sharv of liguer, a pint of water nud bolf gill of cream; addealt; pcsnpar it there Lo no fover; o teaspoonful of lemnon julce, or two of pura cider vinegar. Bring just tothe boil and poar into a dish, reak In cracker ornicely toast- cd thin slice of light bread, A )ittle fresli bDutter inkes {tricher: ml htnvu found him preparing this dish for Mn;u':-_;g fant in his priyate ofice whien lio felt that the member revolted nt the **Loarding-house 1 have been exceedingly Intercated n rending tho chata qf 'The Homa, - The varloty of intelloct, cul- ture, knowledge, taste, etc., “exhibited cannot o1} fo attract special attention; but the inost pleas- Ing feature of nil s, the carnent gzood will gracing the whole famlly of correspondents. With your permisalon 1 wlll do myrelf the honor of calliiig apatn with an item ot 80 from ** Gray. beard, " Reapectlully, Brararuy., TIRED OF FRECKLES, In the Editor of The Trivune. Onraoy, Iil., Dec. 21,—*4Horoly Afiticled," In Tast Haturday's |]|u er, expreasod my feclings exact. 1y In repard to living hee personsi foollngs befora l{u unfealtng public; but, as shoeald, **Want of informution and love of Leauty jrompts me 1o sac- sifico modesty and bashfulncss. ’ Can't some ong tell me what will remove freckles flr:l"“l the face without removing the entire facial kln . i .1 liave consuited cvery ‘‘Indies’ talletto™ book available, ond oven threatened my husband to re- eort to medleal advice; but ho treats the subject Jightly, and says **Other girls don't wind them; neither do I3 ro what do you care?™ But I docare; and if_relief does not rench me through your col- umns I shinil bo parfectly desperste. 1wish 1 conlid pive ** Soroly Afficted™ soma- thing more beneficial nnd conwoling thinn my sym- nthy. ¥ ln{mll wait Impatiently for Titr Tiunose cone toining a recipe that will make life conse to be a burden to Kare Cansox. TOOIt MAN'S PUDDING. To the kdlior of The Tribune. & 3taxrrno, 1N, Dec. 18,~I have looked anx- Jously for Weeks for momo hint as tothe wharoe nbouis of tno *!attrition-flour’ wan, Ho ovi- tGontly hias no faith [n printer's Ink, Our ** new- irocess-flour man ' gays thare is no such thing as atteition flour, ond it 18 & hwnbug it there Is, etc, f sald gontloman will cmerge from his hiding- vlace, then the othor man (Neuring) will Inform mo whore ** atmospheric air™ can be obtalned, will try tho Incorporating process myseif, liere . aro somo reclpes known to be good : Poor man's pudding: Uno cup molasaes, ona of sour milk, onc-halt cip butter or boef drippings, una teaspoon soda, flour to make as stiff sa can_bo caslly stirred.. Use ralsing ns tasto or purse dic- Jate.” Putin agponied cake-tin and stcam threo +hours, Eat with ewcctened cream, or any wauce wreterred, Whon tho honeckeepera aroe trylnf tho varlous Jelly-cakes, will some try baklng tho coke on o eriddle oxactly as they would puncakes, Use nico utter to grease tho griddle—make largo cakes, and tuke caro that they do not brown too much. It hastens tho work materinlly. Muy. M, R. C. ONNAMENTAL PLOWER-POT, To the Fditor nf The Tribupe, Cutcaaa, Dec, 20, —For the benefit of The lome Iadies who cannot affard flower-pota of ornamented terra cotia, and yet want flowers in their parlors, 1 wiil tell how 1 have disguised my ugly ‘)ollery: Tlrat, 1 rubbed the pots mmooth with sand-paper, sinaing thom In wator i which ther was dissolved tumo common sods. ‘When they were dry, I traced nran them figures with a lead pencll, aftorwards 1 Hn‘z in the outlines with tube colors. Iiven the simplust tgurea ook well If neatly done. ~ My pots aro painted with black, but othor” colora might be equilly preity. Flower-pots ornamentedin this way fuiprove the looks'of & roomn rather thon dise figure it, a4 the ordinary kind do, ‘Aud now tostep from the parlor to the store- room. Will some ’wml lady tel) me why sweets meuts evaporato when Lightly scaled with paper? On oponinir the jars of swectineats that were full when realed Insé snmmer, T find Juss than n quarter aw much as was put in. If uny ono can tell tho rea- son of this, and how 1o provent 1t, she \vil|sizu-ntl] ablige s, WABLING PLUID, 4o the Ediwr of The Tribune. Cicato, Dee, 27.—Lizzlo L, wanis to know law to wieh. 1 thinkwhe will Jike this wahing fluid: One box concentratod lyo, two ounces car- Lonalo ammonla, twa ounces salts of ‘Partar, throe aunces horas, Dissolve o lye in ono gailon of roft water, und the other ingredients In o soparate veszel in another gallon of soft water. When thor. oughly dissolved, mix both together, strain, and keep cloacly covered tight, Boak thic clothes ovor night in warm or cold water; in the morning wring uut: soup dirty spota; put to boll, with ono toacup of the fluld, fi cold water, a8 many ploces as will A1}l the boller; donot add more finfd, unless for n very large wash; then wasl throngh one suda and rinse ay usual, Twill warrant thls not to rot the clothes, W have used it ovor two years, Can any one tell e how thoso **paper cross ore nndo that we see hung in windows? They #eem (o by polnted stars put together In avine woy. l’\\'llh I had known of this ITomo befors, T find many valuable things in it for young hourkeopers, Rionx Tstanw, . REMOVING HICE, 7o (ha Kditor af Tha Tribune, Cicaon, Dec, —Mr. Ediior, you beg of uA to **let up for & weok,” but w{dlo we ary *2letting up, " tho naughity mico will carry off poor ** Dilitrcns " boadly, perhaps, To wave siich o dire gitamity, pleaso indulgo tho s condeusod repart, ' 1t ** Diatresn, " of Cortland, 11, will call on ono donathun Muiteson, who bails from that point, ho will mako her what wo call tho box-trap, oz give Instructionn for making it, which, if properly nsed, will rid e home of mice'immediately.” Weo havb cleared them oat of tho block wo dwell i, and now, if onu 8 heard, n fow moments of quict, With the trap at ita' duty, serves to bring him o termr. Itjen most thorough mouser, and leavea 10 need of cats or polwan, Mra, Lofty, Chicago, will pleaso try washing Whito lanucls, such as nublne ‘o bubies' sucques, in hot #oft waier. with two_spoontuls of ammonia ton lialf-gallon of Water, Usonosoap, 1 it does 0 ho strong enough, add more, using or poiatg-maafier to work tho water throweh them, L don't know how I can_ possibly Bizealk ol so whort aw this, thero fs ko much& would hiko to suy, but it ** must be did,* Your pardon, Ar. Lditor, Lut thoso wico wust not bo neglected, OuLENA, agoN BREAD AND BQUASH-PIE. 1o ihe Fdltor of The Tridune. Cmweaun, Dee, 27, —1 have been reading with leusure the kind words written by my wistors in b Hono Deparinient of "Mk Tiinuse for somo tlme past, and havea fow recipes, which bave baen uscd In our fauily for many years, and which lavo always glvon sutinfoction, Firat, It punt of lmporiance to heslith, 18 Lread, ' My method ia to take throe quarts of Uro yeunt-caken, wslt, soverul potutoes, ed, fhen mushed, —and ubout a quart which the polatoes have been boile water If_required, ¥0 a8 to make T gencrally inlx the sbove at nlght, an worning, * when add w of woda' dissolved In milk, add wors flour: It “tho bread nev; then mold until tho bread will not stk In your bande; then put fn the pans to rive again, but not too light; let it come up In the oven, and my word for llflm will have good bread. scen rister wishes o wcllm for squash-ples, T Wil send wine, ulthough othere may have bettors Loilund straln tho squash; add salt, ‘ginger, milk, g, und sugar, | use ono egi (0 the pi, although Mhizu I linva them In abundance T uso two of more. The result s the ** Ol New Eigland * squushi-ple, 1 wish to cxz])rrml wy plensure 1n regard to tho tourn adoptd by Tie Timuxe lu oponing the dupurtments known us | “'Pho Home,™ $*beeret :Bociety,"™ and **Chess,” and which lhngo will ‘TaeuliLavorably to Tus TRINUNE, Muy, 5, A. THE SPIDER qUES‘l‘lON- i Av 13a Editor of The I'riduna. i, Lewitos, T, Dee. 21,—Mrd, il., of Evans- 1d fike s0mo onu to tell how o got rid of piders on roso-bushes, Fhe romedy s very Jalmpl Waah them once or tw in gooil rtrong koap-suds, -~wiah thuroughly leaf on tha uiider ide with o sponge, do mine 18 10 wel the pot fu.a tub of waslung-suds moder- oo our, 7at boll« water, in use more T batter, leave untit small quantity nlvirv warm, wud throw thu suds over them then, Au [ il before, wash tho lenves underenth with ‘This yrucess not only killy the vpldue thy busbea very healthy, T also keop Lung charcoul on the carth. 3y Tosce are vory fmo. Tkeop them s 1 do otber plants, all winter in the sun, 1t Koruly Afticted ™ v (11 take powdered quick- ige, twa part uq)‘lvhurul of yregple, oud part; wlarch, vuo part; mlxinte o fue powder; keep fa nclosa-corkad bottle: when required for nae, taka n_small ottty aud add twa or thren drins of yater md wiply ou tha part Jou want to renove *the hair from; fet It temain about opo minute, or until it hoeutien red, then wash off, T think she wili find thissatiafactory, Mra, WL €. A.* A _PAIRY BTORY ny “Astngn.! Ti the Kditoy of The Trivune, Ihanwoon, Dac. 27,—**Once wpon a time " there bloomed in a King's garden u rose-trea falr to louk npon, 'Through all the balm of June, even into nnd beyond the flery heats of mtmmer, fta catonal uf Hlovm made henutifnl the droway air, And ft came to pass that muny thiero wore who re- Jojced in ita bcnutfl. and wero glad hecanse of {ta perfame. — And the King's son, sojourning in s nir country, heard of the roe, and sl unto himeelf, T will nrire and take untn my- aell m{ Ataf, and faston the Luckles of my sliver sandals, that 1 may ot ma to my father's home und gladden my feart with tha witchory of hin rosa that a)l ardpralsing,™ it a8 he Jollrnn{ed. ho loltered by the way, so that tho froats of autimn overtook tho rose, and ity glory faded. And coming to the gato of the warden; thnynnmfmnn raid unto thosa who wonld have reatrniricd him from entering, *'Hinder mo nnt, for I will reo for myscif’ thin protty fower, Surely beauty ahonld nm{lvu the touch of frost's decay,” . And entering, ho heheld 8 witherod atalk, whercon waved tho Leescls of forgotten bloom, And tha young man huffoted with sorq binwa the rorvitors that attended him, and eried with a Joud volee, anytng, ** Go to, yo tlatterora of aticks and scragry boughs, your eyea are tho cye of madmen and fools that yo lure me from a goudly Innd to fook npon auch as this!" And ultering w’nthlnl words, the young man departed from thelr dst, and will *Amacitin " midat, A Happy New-Yoar to_ all, pleaso Rfi{ovcr and ponder the moral of Kly n:::q! HBKR, o 1he i of Jhe T o e Zditor . une. BLODMINGTON, l,;l,. Dec, 20.—Like Mrs. C. C., 1 havo been reading The Home, but have never written anything fort. 1t occurred to mo that oa r:l no person had sald anything sbont doing up inen ns nicely na it in done up at the lanndry, Gentlemen ns 3 genernl thing are very particular in xfi:nru to the way that thelr shirt-Losoma are dona upy, and, a8 I cannot do them myself for the want of knowing how, I of coureo cannot direct tho servant how they shonld be done; and if any per- son would bo 80 kind na to send mo a recipo through the columns of Tux TwtnyNE, it wouid save mo the expenee uf havinglinen dono nr at the luundry every tine (hat I wunt it done "fi nlfiu’é' COLORING BROWN, 1 the Editor aof The Tridune. Cnroano, Dec. 20.—T1 see by your Saturday's pa- per that somo of your fair feaders wish & well- recommended recipe for coloring brown, 1haven I{!lumlld one, as good fur cotton aa woolen, Hero i41s; To ten pounds goods, threo pounds catechier and six _ounces bine vitrlol. Dissolvs in warm water aufliclent to cover the goods (always wet the #00ds hofors putting into this in clear water), ~Seo that it §s well dissolved. Placo for threo or four honra in o moderato heat. Wring ont; then dis- xolve In bolling water enflictent to cover the goods nine onnces bichromate potash, Soak fftoen min- utes, and then rines thoroughly In coid water, ANTi-PinrLe, A Jon ¥oRr ‘“cuar.! Tv the Editar of The Tribune. Croan Raving, Dee, 24,—Will you plonse nek 'Chat "' to give some of the landlords along tho liro of the C, & N. W. I, o few loasons how to mnke oyster stews enongh for mnety-three out of one can; how to roast and carve bull-heef; fry lmlfih heefsteak; boil rotten potatoes aml frozen cabliago; hake aqnash and have it tosto llke any- thing but raw puimnpkin; mako sour bresd and strong butter palatobie; have good coffen from chicury and ekim milk, aml how to make good plew from drled blackberrles and apples, The list of hotels which require tho sclonce which you clnim to porecsa I will g1va you §f you only forin o cluss, Yours, Hanowane, TIIE CITEMILOON AUATN, T the Editor af The Tribune, Cimicado, Dec, 20,—1 would ba glad to comply with your requeat and **let up* forn week, but'[ havo kept quiet so long that I Teol that Imust have my Eny now, here are #o0 muny calls for the Cliemiloon patterna through your ifome Dopart- ment. Hut I will sny to ** Lon" will bo brief. that sho can find all tho patterns at ' Mrs, Wyant's, 248 Wnbash avenue, which Is the only dress-reform honwa in Chicago. And 1 will say ta thoso that are undecided whether they wonld lko to adopt the drcas or not, that If they will call on Mr. Drott, who 18 general agent for the goods, ho will give thewm an opportanily of teying thom, L. P. W, PIG-OARE. To the Rditor of The Tribune. Gooprasy, Ind., Dec, 18, —I have taken o great deal of pleasure In reading The Home in your valu- ahle ]m]il!r for acveral wocks poat, and, ltke the other ladies, feel Iimpressed (o add my mite. If *43rn, £, 1" will uso kerosena on her zine [ think sire will havo no troublo in keeping it bright. Twill vond my recipo for nfi-me. which we iiko very much: For the caxo take one cup of butter, two cups of sugar, threo nnd one-half cups of flour, one-half cup of sweet milk, whites of soven cggs, two teaspoons of baking-powder. Bake In Inyers, For the tling, take a pound of figs; chop fine, nnd put in o stewpan on the atove; pour over it o teacnp of water, and udd one-half cup of sugar. Cook all togelher until soft and siooth. Lat It cook, andrprend botween the Inyers, 1fany try this, will they please tell me their n]:__v:cunln vaLINE, OLD GEESE AND WINTER STYLES, T9 the Editor af The Tridune. Oiticado, Dec, 28,—As [ am a constant reader of i'ourvnlunhh paper, and cspeclally of your lome Department, 1 feel na it Imust alzo have n priv- ilego to appeal to it, and ask some kind lady or covk how I cun got an old goose tendor, ns I cans not help sometimes in bnylng an old one when I think I have got & young goose; but 1t acems to mo almost imnosslble "to make a tough govse tender and fit for the table. 1 havo heard of using salern- tus, but, it seems not to help o great deal, Wil some one pleaso holp me, and toll mo how toplease my family? Sccondly, I have another favor to ask qf eome kind lady, namely, How wil [ make my new dress; whay color is thie latest and most popu- lary How aro they worn now? Iuping to get an anewer 10 my queations, I romaln yours, very roe spactlully, Benrita, A WARNING, T the Edltor of The Tyibune, Lgraverre, Iud,, Dee. 20.—As you requested thie ¢ontribators to Thoe Home to **fet up " for enc week, 1withhold my Item, ~Now, 1 qulito con- fidont that ** Fanchon” s not a **drummer" for the drug-honse that sclls rosc-oll for cleaning kid gloves, but u **conflding woman' who desires to ‘heneflt her slaters, and §f T exposo thom 1t will not damago her ravonue, Yas, be very careful and use It cool, §f it muet bo used at all, as it {8 nothing more or lesa than henzine, that can be bonght fur hinlf the price of rose oll, and wo Xnow then what wo aro uslug. A Bistan, CUNE ¥OR ERECKLAS. 70 the Edltor of The Tribune, KexTiAND, Ind., Dec. 23.—I have read yonr Home with 80 much pleasuro that I tuought I should make you a short catl, and perhaps [ can answer gome inquirics, Ylrst, let we sny that [ " did perfectly right In” making the Laby auil tako care of him whily sho reads tho delighfful Tlome Dupartmont, Tor I have no doubt but thut sho has tonded baby many times whils he sat mmmxwlxl‘{ amoking a clgar and reading the politice of the day, A Vur{ slmnle and harmless remcdy for frockion ia oqual parts of pure t'lycur(nu and rosowater, upX! cd evory night and allowed to dry. romedy for preventing tho halt from falling out fs to itha tho head dnuz with cold wator into which a littla cologne has been poured, The scalp should then bo brushed untll the skin bes red and n warm glow produced, This I 111 not chango the color of the halr. Uxcre Bex's Nieex, PLEASH TELL. T the Editor af The Tribune, Ciicaao, Dec. 28, —In Tur Trisuxe of Nov. 20, *¢Mary Moora™ tulls us that tweaty-five pounds of corn-eal can bo had at the mill for 40 cents, Wil sho pleass tell ua what mill, nnd where? 1 have inquired at two mills, and cannot ot It for luss than £0 conts, Also in tho lswue of Jec, 10, & writor tolls us about a dish-washer which sho hine had since last Chrlstmas. and pro- nonnces Iuwv{v unsful and Jabor-saving Arl'cla. Dut sho nover yfves usa Lint as to where wo can find ono. NeltherInor "P’ my friendaever heard of it bofore, WIIl shie please Toll us whora it can besacn or purchased? Frionds, when you writo about suchi things, do tell us atonca whore we can find them. lon't walt L0 ba asked, DI PEOINTRD, Tu the, or af The Tridune, CuicaGo, Dec, 27, —Iam bezinning (o fear that ‘The Howe Departmentof Tus Pripuse isnot goiny to prove of the iuterest wo havo all wisbed nuc ftniight, Week after week we see Tittle elso than long “articles on how to cook, wash, iran, cto., subjocta Lolonging rather to servants to discuss than ladles of reilnement and culture. So many new things that ladled scem to think every ono want 8"" because they havo them, fw annoying to me, One writor recommendod chemiloons until wo all felt porfectly weary of liearing anythiog on that subject, Wo are all dl'li]'ll{ Intorested in The Hlome, and hopo tha ladies will strive to muko it more and moru intoreating, Lot ua act on ** Qllve Green' wsuggestion In 8 former numbor of The Homu; ceaso s0 1uuch that is nonsensical, and ja- Lor to writo somothilng more in accordance with tho progross of the timew, Mr. Editor, 1 hope yi will excuse this fault-finding, aud shall try her after (o be a regalar cm-u--pmn!an;x for 'l.“hsuu:fin 3 ne. 4, M, B, To the iaon of T gt e Editor Tribune, Onxtxosn, Doa, ::d.—u-mnnwunr vardon, gaod friend, for weltlg ogain until Y by your pormls. slon, " L wlill !r{,ln ‘*say my n{“ in as few wore l‘runlh e. **ConulnNell," 1 thought that 1 had eafd pressed forns, but in lookinj articly In Titr THIBUNE of Nov. 18 T uotlce that T Ald not meation whether they had been prosscd, Lut those I liave ULleached have generally boen presscd monthy, and vome evon years, thongh one summer I bleached a quantily Of ferns thathad ouly been gethered p sliort time, Lien you bave finlshicd bicaching your ferus and have wrranged lhcan, Tyhall be pleased to know how you suc- ceeded. Thauks, desr **Fane; wash Inquinen. over my ™ 16¢ your approciation of Kiryae, 7o the'haltor of, i Foious o Sditor of The e, Prraw, 0., Doc, 11N, 1" wunted a racipa for mnkm;‘ Kiuaew (with eguw and sugar) that wil not fall. Tlero “{aone that I think is excellent: Whiteu of soven eegs beaten until very ight; stieln ongpound of pulverized sugar; requlres stizrlng for alf un hour to vostht; salt-spoon of acetlc seld dropped an o plece of wlilte : to b kuked on R hoard; milp off the lono awl Join the 1wo (ogither, Can » el e where tha uotntfon, ' Consitency, thon art n_jewel, Is rom? This 1 my firat conteibntlon, Mr. Editor, althush T hava often profited by ndvice contalned in'The Tlome, 5 Muxux, BATTER-PUDDING, Ty the Editor of The Tritune, » Citicaan, Dec. -l nnwlnir tho willinaness with which the ladles of Tho llomo nnawer il quuutlmm." yenture to ask for a reelps to make Dbatter-pudding, —the way you get itin tha conn. try. lon't tell no to make a ilin batter, ora thick hatter, hut Just how much flowr to put in, an our (dea of thick and thin may Lo very dif. ferent. 1 alao would like o recipe for hun?mfl- ding thot woald nuswer for o small family, fiop- Ing o reciprocata the many favers of Tac lfone, 1| reinaln, Louwa P, Plonso 7o 118 gar 0 T e 2 Bdltor e Tritune, Exnrawaon, Dee, 27.—Allow me to’ oftor Mra, Pirle and **Amethyst” my recipe for making very uxcellent coffee: Take iwo or mote ega- +shiclle, crush thom with the requisita amount of grannd Java ([ uso alarge [ron spoonful for each norson) add one-half cup of cold waler, beat jt well together, pour on bolling water, and’ atlow it to boll up auce, . I'nlways wash eggs hefors brenk- {ng thom, and anve the sholls for coffee, whiclh will be, when so treated, ne cloar as when the white of on cgg is used, and much stronger. Linne W, e it o Fhe 31 e Eittior e Trtbune, Crtcano, Dec. 25,—-A8 1 have licen momewhat henefitod, and greatly smuscd, by reading The llome correnpondence, Ivould 1ike to eay a fow words to thoso inquiring for preparations for the skin,' 1 recomment ‘* Amandallne." It will remove rouvhness and Ehnplu- from the face. and cure chapped liands, I ave used it for months, and think itis aplendid, Wil soine of the ladice try It, and let mo hear from them? SILES N ’ A KICE GERMAN DISIL To the Editor of The Tribune, ‘Cutcaao, Dee. 28,-=For the hensfit of & Yankee Tougowife T send A German recipe, but cannot wpell the name, ro won't try, TakoKix good-wized nota s toes; peel and grate: heat In two cggas add salt; hava rendy o fryingpan inwhich v some hot lard ut in 8 tabiespoonful, spread ont thing tet it ruwn nicely, butnot too fast; turn {t, and n:l,l'l'u.n. INFORMATION WANTHD. 70 the Eititur nfyThe Trlbne. Taxns, I, Dee, 21.~WH Duma’ of the corro- spondentn of The Tiome please give o reelpe for making an aquarfum water-tight? It 1 made of glaes, with wooden bottom aud frawe, teapects fally yours, 1 Fnaxg. EMEARIEASE PIE, Tn ihe Fdltor of The Tribune. Dnzaey, Doc. 24.—1 wish to correct my recipo forsmearkaso vie; It eald water aud eugar; it ought to say creaw und sugar, one cupof each, A Duten Morngn, —e——— THE CORN CROP. An Aggregate of 3,2005,000,000 Bushols— ; Where It Was Rulsod. . - Wasmnarow, Dee. 92.—The Btatisticlan of tho Department of Agriculture, in his Decetn- ber report, makes the corn crop only 8 per cent short of the .great crop of last year, and 50 per eent greater than the erop of 1874, Tho aggroxate, subject to possible faturo revision, in ,205,000,000 bushels, ~ Less than one per cent of the crop {a ralsed in New Enginnd, scurcely six per cent in the Middle States, 20 in the South- ern, 44 in the Ohfo basin, and 20 west of the Mississippl. The product of the South Is 10,- 000,000 gushu!a greater than thot of Inst years; thatof New England 300,000 bushels greater, and therg is less iu tho Middle and Western Btates The States Jvoducing less than In 1875 are Now Hampshire, Rhode Island, those on tho Atlantic goust from New York to North Curolina, Missis- sippl, Tanmossoe, Michian, 1inols, Towa, and Misgourl, Illinols fs credited with nearly 250,- 000,000 bushels and Towa with 155,000,000, Next in rank arc Ohlo, Indiann, Missourl, and Kan- sas, Theso six States produco six-tenths of the total product. Tennesace, which once lield the highest ranlk fn the country, now atands first fn tho Bouthern 8tates, followed by Texas, Ala- bama, and Georgin. In quality the crop Is su- perlor to its predecessor. ~ Thero bins been an In- creaso In nrea-in all seeitons, ageregating about 2,000,000 neres, the advance being yery slight in the Gulf Btutes from Alabama to Loulsiaua, aud scarcely pereentible in the Middlo States, /1t {s Tnrgest wost of-the Missourl, Wisconsin showa the heaviest rate of incrense fn the North- westy and Georgla in the Bouth. The avernge price of corn per bushel s highest in Massachn- setts, and lowest fn Kansas, 05 aud 23 cents re- speetively. gl FLUMEN ANNORUM. Like the flow of a broad, brimming river, Doth the passing of years seem 1a e, — Like the flow of a broad, brimming river, As it rollu to the fathomless sca. For silent the river It floweth, And it tumeth agaln naver moro; But It wleeps in the infinite ocean, With tho waters that pusscd on before, And only o moment In passing It fleciingly mirrora the sliore. And it beareth along with Ita current, 1t hurricth on in {ta flow, Full many # bark that is freighted With bles, oris burdencd with wo, Bat reslstlessly on to the ocean 1t beareth them all with ita might, Aud it rolls In tho shadowless noouday And it glides in the blackness of night, And thel Youth 1s exultant, observing Hoyw & Jiftly the tide rolls along; And it sLbmeth toa stow for his wislics While the heart in bls bosom beats strong. But the old man, ho elghs and ha trembles, And he wishes tho current were etlll An the tlow In tho dikes of the fen-land, Or tho mautling pond by the mill, All go with the stream, for ne'or mortal Could atem the strong course of it tide; And many that start out togethcr, Ere thoy know it, the carrents divide And all, as they sall down that river, Drift on withiout atlns or chart; They know not how near fs the occan— "Thoy know not Lhow soon they must part, And‘tlm{ lovo an the breast of that river, And whisper koft worda o'er 1ts wave: Hc belleves the sweet promise she murmured, And she trusts the foud vowa that he gave And thiey weep on the breast of that river, And nilngle thoir tenrs with ita tldu: Dut the stream rolts along, nover staying, T the ocean unboundod and wide, Andthey sinon the broast of that river, And they knoul, and repent, and dospair; Fram the mist that broods over its bosom, Come the shrick, and the curse, and the prayer, Dt the pitiless curront, unbeeding, Ttolls on withuut puuss or delay: And tha boat 1s barne on with the driftwood, And the gold-dust slong with the clay, Till each bark that hath voyaged tha rlver O'er the currontless sen disappenrs, And each soul o'er Etoruity’s acean Pusseth out from the river of years, Citanses NopLe Gueoonr, ——— Tno Lonuon Timos on the Nurning of the Traoklyn Theatre, Lonion Thmes, Dec. B, The buruing of the Brovkly Theatro is one of the most horrible. calamities of recont years; and the horror of the event I hefghtencd by the slmpliclty and famillarity of the causcs,” On 'l‘ucmln{ nicht about B0O persons wero present, witnessing tho parformance of a play called the “Two Orphans,” when, about 11 o'lock, and duriue tho Iast act, one of the “fllcs ' caughit fire. ‘The ;moslu futho pit and stalls, belng near tha outaldo doors, scem to have escoped fu a body. All the persons on the stage, with the vxception of two actors, wers also ablo to reach a placo of sulety, But there scems to huve been fromn 400 to 500 in the galleries, and they coulil goin tho open alr only by meansof a narrow atalreaso protected by @ balustrade, At tho cry of * Fire,”” & maddenéd crowd rushed down tho atairs, broke tho balustrade, and then were flung nto the lower part of tho bullding, In ofew minutes a ereat pile of bodics must lavo been accumulated on “tho floor, many of them killed %um foll, and many othera crushed #£0 death. ere tho fire reached them, and burnt manyof them to cinders, Yestorda ovunlnq}m had beeu taken out of the rulns, [t would be difficult to surpass the horror of such arecital. The number of the killed Is dreadful enough; it 48 more than Las sufiiced to win somg great pitched battles,and it s ncuH threg tlmes as many as_porished In the Black Hole ot Caleuttn. No doubt tha recent cyclone ou the const of Hengal caused n loss of Hfe which makes that In Brooklyn Theatre secm almost insfguifi- cant, and yet tho tule that 800,000 Hindoos were swept away fu ouo night has not very much quickened the pulses even of the phitans thropic. Bat Indlais far from ue; wearcac- customed to think that stor und famine mako 1t cheup there, and most of usure cut off by o Loundless abyss of Ignorance from active pu&y for the natiyes. Brooklyn, on the other hand, is ulmust a3 well knowii to us as if it were [n Englaud; ita peopls are in every way like our own, aud thousands of Euglishuicn must be un- casy Just sotue friend or relatives of their own shouid be among the dead, We can {ylcturu the wholu scenu; wo can take in every detall of the horror; wo can symputhize with the relatives of the dead, and see how the calamity has brought the Publ(c Hfe of Brooklyn to u stund-still ns cosily asif the catastrophe had happencd In Stunchestor or Glasgow, The tragedy s further deepencd by the unfon of amuseiuent and death, “Loss of life at sea or fu war we expeet; but death at tho play hag” 8 toflet' auap calla - abeave geemed ne of the grimmest forms of atlliction. No strong Imagination is needed to call up the sight of o crowd pouring Into the theatre with un ardent wish to_enjoy itself, the n‘_\rplmmu or the laughter with which ft grecta elfective passnizes,thicsharpery of * Fire," theloss of allscli-command, the rush down the stairs, the blind, sclfish atruggle for Iife of old and Yountr, men amd women, und then the dashing of hun- dreds {nto the fire below. Five minutes would suflice to unite the extremnes of enjoynient and of horror, Aud yet the conditlons were so arronged that in the event of fire the conses quences might have been foretold with almost nnthematicnl aceurac e ——— ONE FARTIIING DAMAGES, In o darkened chamber, dark with the swful shadow sl more than with tho lack of material light, four persons were gathered round a bed, on which Iny o 1an bearing {n his face the unmistakable slgns of the sumnmons which nono can refuse o answer. A weeplng pirl knelt by the bedslde, her faco hent over the nervoless hand which Iay upon the coveriet, and which she held as though by that con- virlsive clasp sho could liold her father stiil to life. At ntable, coverad with papera and writ- Ing-materials, sat the dying man's solicitor, en- Raged in tho preparation of i will, “ What nanies shall [insert ns trustees? You should have two ot least,” The dylng man paused ere ho replled with an effort: * Geoftrey Howard, Major One-Hundred and Eleventh, now In Indfa. 1 have no other frlend.”? “In that case may 1 venture to offer my humble aerviees, subject to the usual proviso. T should be delighted tohe useful to Miss Hope; uud it your friemd Is nbroad, there may be diffieulties.” “True, Slythorpe, I thank you. Make your- sell trustee, then, with Maj. Howard. Lcszucyl —$200 for your trouble." * Nuy, my dear sir, quite unneccssary, I really—1 : But agaln the ready pen traveled over the napery aud o quarter of an hour later Mr. Sly thorpe announced that the documnent was ready for exceution, and Ina low mechauleal mono- toug read over Its provislone, Yes, that will do. Give me the pen,” he eald: and with n shaking hand afiixed his signn- ture. **Thank God, that's safe I he gasped, # Mary, iy child, you and Geoffrey—you and Geoffrey!” Whnt wasT enying? Goil bicss you, my duriing! God hlesg——7 'l'll\leuu ‘were the last words Bernard Hope ever Bpoke. A venr had passed away since Bernard Hopo's doath, and Mary still remained an tnmate of the house of Mrs, Murgatroyd, the good woman whom we have secn in attendancs at her father's Ist illness, and who, to her oceasional vecupa- tlon as nurke, ndded the moro permanent one of letting lodpings, Mary's sweet face and gentle maer had gultewon” the heart of her good- antured Jandlady, who was unceasivg in lier en- deavora to soothe her qr]ut and minister to her cotmforts, But she had another trouble—none the less hard to bear that it was onc {n which she could ave few confidantes, Maj. Howard, of whom mention hes alrendy been made, was not only her father's most valued friend, but Tl {nsenslbly grown very dear to herself, and when, six months Lefore Bernard Tope's death, he wus summoned with his regiment to India, ic left. Mary his promised bride. Twive hie had written within the fivst few weeks of his depur- ture, since which tine there had beena terrible slience, and fn the same week which left Mary {ntherless, a second blow fell upon ber. Tha One Ilundred and Eleventh had heen engaged in n sinart skirmish, the number of dead and wounded Uelng conslderable, Maj, Geoffrey Howard was reported nnmnt: the fallen, and Mfl'y had to mourn st once her lm;cr sud lher father. ‘I'lio death of Maj, oward left Mr, Blythorpe role trustee of Mr. Hope's will. This to Mary was n matter of the most perfect indiffercnce, Buspecting evll of no one, she was as willing that her Hitle fortune, amounting to some five or six thousand pounds, should rest in Mr, 8ly- thorpe’s hands s in those of any other persoin. But of late the attorney had begun to persceuto her with attentions which, under existing clr- cutmstances, would have been distasteful from any other, but were doubly 8o from a person whiom she could not help rezacdlug with an fn- stinctive dislike. And o truth Mr. Slythorpe wos oL prucln-l{‘ the persou to win a yopog lady’s fancy. nderaized, ligh-shouldered, with Llinking, lashless cyes, and 4 general angu- lurity, not to goy knubblucus, of feature, he might have been expected to rise superior to nny weakness ns to personnl sppearance, - but sueh was by no means the caro, Mr, Slythorpe one morning kuocked at Mrs, Murgatroyd's door, That good lady was at the moment en- tuged in dusting Miss Hope's room, and catch- fuge sight of lils approach, exelatmed : “There's that nasty worrlting lawyer agaln, ldult'l,nclnrc. Blythorpe, indeed! I'dBlythorpe lm . 1t would ho hopeless to endeavor to express on paper the fntensity of meaning Mrs. Murgn- tmfid threw into her newlycoined verb, Mary smiled at the good Indy's vehemence, ¢ My dear Mrs. Murgatroyd, vou really shoulin’t be so severe. Mr. Blythorpe s o Ji- tle peculiar, but I have no doubt he means kind- Iy, and youknow hu fs tho Trustes of poor pupa’s will.)" 1 know he Is, my dear, and I wigh lic wasn't, T know he shouldw’t bo Trustee Lo a tomeat of ming, drat him|{" ¥ At this poiut the conversatfon was fnterrupt- ed by the cutrance of the gentleman in question, and Mra. Murgatroyd, passing bl with s final snilf of abhorrence, quilted Lo apartinen, Mr. Blyllmrlplz, for ence in his Hfe, appeared 111 st vase. e was got up with his accustomed care, and the suggestion of scented soap which aecotnpunied him was even stronger than usual 3 but his usual self-sathafied air was wantlng, Ho eyidently had something on his mind—some pleee of Tascality. 4 My dear Miss ITope,” ho began, after the first greectingy had been exchanged, * I grieve to be the boarer of vory unpleasant intelligence.” Mary looked up’ with qulet indifference, ecarcely believing that, after all she had gone through, any uews, goud or bad, could have for her wuro thio the most pussing Interest. Sly= thorpe continued: “Tan sure that you witl believe I Qid it for the Lest; but misfortunes will happen, you Kiuow, cyen with the utmost cure and cautlon, 1 am suro § thought the fnvestment was os safo ne v.ln:l lmuk'; but” there's no trusting anything nowada; “ What s tho misfortune, Mr. Slvtharpe, for you |l:l,\‘¢ll". told mel Nothing very serious, I lopo, | i Ouly too scrious, my dear Ma—"" lio tried to say “ Mary,” but couldn't et it out, and sub- stituted *“Mlss Hopu "% nothing less, 1 foar, than -P"’ loss of tho whole of your Nttlo for® tune. Mary turned vol lo, but gave no other sl 3{ cmotion. r'){ll’r"z‘w aid 1t huppen,” she said, with an cffort. * Your monoy was, 0a yon know, in_the 8 per ceuts, where it produced o mlscrublo L£160 o vear. In the hope of doing better for yon, Isold out aud invested {6 In o new mlnlnfi company, tha Wheal Marina, which proinfscd to pay u mininum dividend of 10 por cent, und so would huve just trebled vour fncome, And this morn- ing Lam gricved to find from the Z¥mes that the Compuny is an utter smash. ‘The Directors have bolted, and tho sharcholders will lose every penny of thelr money, ' i 5 “1gall gonol Nothing lefti” “Not a sixpence, and you remain luble for calls to tbo amount of abdut as much more,” Poor Mary's fortitude quite gave way, 0 duull-h\!'hut shall Idol Ihaven'sa friend in the world,' * No, no, don't eay that, Mlss Mary,” sald Slythorpe, in a gentle patronlzing mann L fai't a8 bad na that comes to. 1 haven't dis. guisoed my own fecllugs towardsyou, and mouqh you'vo loit. fnur movey, you know hu; neosdn't mmake any difference bétween you and me. My affection’alnt of the mercenary sort: in fact, us Igot youintothe mess (though with the best ot Intentions, mind you), ft's only fair [ aliould get you out of it," Mury had hidden her faco in bier hands, but gho became aware from the Increased intensit! of tho all-pervading scented-soap aroma thal Slythorpe was drawlag nearer to her, and in otother moment his urm was around her walst, 8lhie drew Leraelf up proudly, + 4 Blr, I am willing to betieve you mean kind- 1y, but your offer utder such circimstances is an nsult. Do good enough to leavs me," It wad two days after this scenc that Mary Hope, with the 2Ymes beforo her, was answer- ing mivun(nemcml for a governn Bhe bad answered three advertisoments, and had folded and sealed her letters, and now, with her desk beforo her, was couuting her little store of ruud{ money, and calen! nl!uz.i how long she could at auy rate subsist before she found cmployment, In veplucing her purse, her haud fell upon npnnm.t‘ululch shio took eut and gazed at fondly, * Dear old Geoffrey, it you had lived, how different iy fututy woild have becu! I supposs I ougint to say God’s will be done, but, O, it's very, vory hard!? A few momeuts she contlnued gaz- ing tbrough lertears at the portrait, when a shorp kuock at the outer door startled her, awl sho replaced it i the desk, 8he Leurd Mrs, Murgutroyd iu_conversation with some one, and then i quick, well-remembered voles said, “Wheret This roomi* Aud o onother wo- ment the door was flung open, and Mary Hope wad sohbing in her lost jover's arme. Ucoffrey Howard had been dangerously wounded, and had heen a prisoner for the urenlerlmrf,o! # yearfn an “indian dungeon, where for many ‘weeks his fife hung upon o thrend by reason of an _attack of mallgnant fever. Ife bad landed in England hut twelve hours previeusly, snd hail logt not n moment in secking the prescnce of his darlinz and her father, for ko was, of course, Junorunt of Tler- uant Hope's death. Mary, too, had much to tell, nnd nestling by Geoffrey's ride, her litlo white flugers Bhiden fn the ragged hrown hands of her Joser, which held them as thouglh they would never again let theny o, she told bim adl she lad gone throuzhi—the Yoss of her fathicr, tha histary of the will, and, lastly, the loss o7 lier little fortune, “1 don’t understand §t," rald Geoffrey, “The man hiaa been playing some very deep frame. " “ Perhaps he really wished £o gret e wmore— what du{un call iti—futereat formy money, 1 dare euy 1t was meant kindiy enough, thoug (L Tina hoppened eo unfortunalély.” 1don't bellovelt dariing.” 16 nll had gone well you would stmply have recetved your 3 par eenty and Me. Blythiorpe would have pocketed the difference,” (icoffrey! I'in afrald you have imcharitable, Besides, what doca It matter about a lot of stupld money, tow I have got you back ugain? Unleas, indeed, you would ‘have liked mebetter for laving ‘the money.” There §s only one possibie answer to such an accusntion, and Maj. Howard made it that is to sy, hie called Mary a little gooze, kirscd her, aud “dropped the subject. On leaving her, he took n Haiwom cab, and drove to the ofli the llquidator of the company, when. un his stoting that ho desired to make some fnquirics o helulf of one of their sharetiolders, Mr, Sly- thurpe, he was luformed to his astonishmnent, that there wus not, and never had been, ooy sliarchiolder of that name on the books of thi Compnny. He ncxllm’ulml whether, perchance, the ahares were standing in Miss Hope's own name. and realn was answered in the negative. Utterly bewlldered, he drove to Mr. 8lythoroe's office. " Mr. Hlythorpe was at home, and be spuudll{ found’ Ilmself In the attorney’s pres- ence, Mr, Slythorpe was a little norvous. 1le was always a little nervous with strangers il he kmew thelr business, and Maj. Howard’s an- nouncement that lie hud called on behalf of Miss Mary Hope dld not tend to increase his confl- dence. Ife was, howerver, far from suspecting Maj. Howard’s identity, but jumped to the con= clusion that he was a hostile sollcitor employed b{ Miss I{ope to call hiin_ to account. Maj. Howard's noxt remurk tended o confirm that fimpresaton. “ You stated to Mlss Iope, I think, a couple of days ago, that the property bequeathed to her by her futher's will had been nvesied in the Wihedl Maring Comyany, which haa just cometo grief, You are of toufse aware that an favest~ ment upon such o rotten security was A gross bieach of trust, for which you arc lable.” ‘' Not at all} the power ‘of investment is un- limited, Indeed, sbares of companles aro specially included.”? ** You are certain of thatt" 4 Qulte so. I drew the will mysell," “Very good. The shares stoud, 1 supposc, in your own name,"” “Ye-cs; in my name, Trustee. ** Then pray how is it, Mr. 8lythorpe, that T don't find your name nmong tho list of share- liolders of the Company¢? Mr. 8lythorpe’s countenance fell, “ Because—Uecause—I may as well muke a clean breast of jt—to tell you the truth, the money never was In that Company ut all, It was a falsc alarm, sir, a false alarm.” ‘“ Then where on earth fsthe money, sir? And what do you mean by o false alarm? * 11 tell you, if you'll have a little paticnce. " As a brother suilcltnr. D sitre you won't press harder on me than you’re quité ubliged. ' Miss Hope’s money is in the Wheal Mary Ann, one of the most flourishing compantes golog, aud her :lhurcs"nrc worth just double what I gave for e, +*Then what on earth Induced you—" “1' tell you. Between ourselves, £'ve taken an uncomtnon fancy to Miss Hope, aud I had made up my mind to make her Mra. B.: hut somehow slie didn't take to me quite ns kindly a8 Icould hase wished. Now, the other morii- Ing, when 1 took up the ZTimes, slinost the first thing I caught sight of was the smush of tho Wheal Maring, aud the similarity of name gave me quite a turn, for just nt the first moment. I thought it was the Wheal Mary Aun, _And then the thought struck me, ¢ If it only had been, my Indy, you'd have been glad cnough to sy “Yes” to Samuel Slythorpe.) And then I thought I'd try It. It was merely n little, lnno- cent, practical {nko—a roose d'amour, slr; o mere roose d'amour.”” And Mr. Blf'tlmrpo swmiled, » You atrocious scoundrel There was a sudden blow, a heavy crash, and Mr, Samuel Slythorpe mensured bis length on "the floor, The clerk outslide, hearing the down- fall, popped his head futo the roum, but sceing the state of things discrectly retired ogain, re- mnrking: ‘*Bey pardon; thought you rang sir,” Meanwhllo Maj. Howard, having knocked 8ly- thrope down, procceded to knock him up again; and with his own dandy cane, which stood by the side of the fircplace, gave him one of thie most tremendous thrashings ever recorded fn the pares of history, And with no pomip of ceremony, no breakfast, 1o speeches, no wedding-guests, with only gm.d Mra. Murgatroyd for bridesmald, the two true lovers were mado one. And slx wonths after- wards, {nghe Court of Queen's Beuch, the great assault ease of Slythorpe va, Huward was tried, when the jury, in'awarding one farthing by way of duminges, expressed their ununimons regret t}nllt there wasu't o snaller coln.—ZLondou So- clety. of course, ns sole i SEEKING THE POLE. A ship safled to the const Of tlic Open Polar Sea, A thousand leagucs away, ‘Where, broken, warn, and tempest-tost, Shu wan caet away and lost, Dut oft tha matiners tell That aho fs salling on— o ‘Ih.-x;lvu Afie s never }lofllfl— I T ghost hull, masts, rigein al BBy oe and borg sai] suns 1 The storm ataya not hor way; Mountains of ice nnd snow, Or ginclers' mighty flow, \ Tmpeda ier not, ne awift s though P Klia nears tho Polo, fo hyer T Fac In that dreary land, Tho fu-olad Esquimau, 1n the Auroral glow, Sces the phantom glide on the frozen tide, Ur consting uear tho strand, The phantom crew In scen, Welrd eaflors, on her deck, hor flashing wako of tho Captatn'y cal), The answers of s men, ‘The group upon her bow, A trio, herocs alll Frankiin, Kane, and Ilall— Stil sniling on, thelr voyage ne'er done, On lwards the Pole they go, Forever salling on ‘To the Opon Polar Sea, A thousand leagues away ! Broken, worn, and tempest-torn, Her voyuge ts never done, *4The Pole at any eost ' Chant the phantom crew, ‘The wystory (0 know; But the secrot past of that dreadtul const, Who braves that dopth le lost | Dxogunen, 1874, » CARTEN, | ——— The English Navy of the Future. London' News, The recent experiments at Spezla havo shown that steel plates manago to keep out the terris ble missfles from tho 100-ton gun, althougl the metal gets fractured In the o) tiou aund If wo contemplate still Increasing the plnu’uuur our Yvesscls, steel will probably rfl{lhlce iron in the future. Agalnst torpedoes steel hns always praved to Lo a far greater Prutoctlou than [ron, and on this account also the change would be ndvisable, But the prescut preparation of the nlindralty seem ruther to polut to a bellef fu un- armored” vessels, for of the forty ships that were under constructlon [n the summer 0o fewer than thirty-six wers 1o be unprotected with armor-plaling, ‘Two of tho fluest of thess vessels, tho iris ami tho Mercury, which aro scarcely 4,000 tons measurement, but are, nsvunh:!aui {a b pro- vided with engines of no less than 7,000 horse- rm\-nr, will ferve as fleat dlAYnlrh vessels, and iese arc, indeed, eonstructed of steel, although the metal s not, thick enough to afford protect- tlon from very heavy tune. The same may be #all of the six steel corvettes, which were com- smetieed By the summer and which are also con- #lidered unarmored vesacls, their atrong point el not so tuch thelr armament. as thefr .nl: J. At present, however, we are at o stand- stlll It regant to the ocean-golng men-of-war, and we n ‘f inn few years be rerlously hehind other natfons It we do not speedlly “come to some resolutfon on this subject aid proceed with the construction of one kind of vessel or another. o —— CATCHING A MARINE TARTAR, Some New Yorkers off the Const of Florlls Measuring ¢ Copressandenre Sun, Maveonr, Ffa., Dee The New York i Lins for some thne had an expedition rhda for the kpecial purpose of capturing for'its tanks, Tn the way sty bites nnd chironie du ve had tue full worth of our moneys last mentioned maoaster has played l?m b of Tl with us, sly known hiere ny the eea-devll, the un! vll, und the red-devils all of these BAMCS o Lehosen. When we lirst arrived on the rhare of this mariae hades, nn crtremely daric darkey futormed ws that here was thye home of the mouster, and that he grew to uns known dimenslong, T our ming's eye we saw Dis huze form wemding up l!m.ulwu?', followed by small boys fanumerabie. The flsh B question §4 1 huge ray, that often reselies a width of twen- ty feet. | s alone, whip-like tall, and, as we subsequently found, 13 ubout as pleasant to meet as n roaringe Hon. No net was strong enough to hold bim, and he would not take nny notics of a shark-hook. In a dark hour wu decided to try the effect of faspear in one of his side wings, that” we sup- posed would heal gulckly, ur bout was a dug- out, the forward part. of which bad been ex- tended downward to the entire neglect of the beam, so that we were just able to it fn,fGive in i row, after the manner of a huge cotlin, We l;uahcd ofl, and moved down the shore, the man n the Low, harpoon in hand, thirsty for the Iray, A largo shoal of mullets were Jumplng ghéad of us, about half a mile off, aud fn the centre of thein n heavy wave was geen moving around that told of somethiuie out of the com- mon run., - Coming nearer, the man in the bow whispered that it was the devll-tish himself, and no mistake, We drew closer and closer, until » huge black spot was visible, We roee up to look, and at the samo moment the man threw the liarpoon. For the next moment il was o dreary void, The iminense creature rose from the water }iko an exploding torpedo, and came down lke the welght of a pile driver, ouc wing striking our boat In the bow, crushing the frightencd darkey into both lee and windward scuppers ot oncs, conting him over with a beautiful coat of sllie, and threatening to convert us all into human flotsam nnd jetsamn. Yells of ¢ Cut the rope and *Giet to the windward,” wherever llmt was, were heard above the rush of water and hise of the line that was going out t a rate of forty miles an hour, onr brave harpooner. keep- ing thne In a wonderful acries of huck and head posturing, in his attempts to keep clear of ft, Asncaras 1 could judgewe were headed for Spain, half full of water and onc man missing. Louking around, we tiscovered him standing vip to his waist on o shoul half o mile off. e had been jerked overboard at the first round; und there on.the shonl he remained for over an hour, feellug, us he told us, ike a condemned light! Louse at bigh tide, It was evident something must be doue, and while one balled the rest attempted to baul in the liue. Gradually we drew nearer to our teamn, who pave us signs of giving out. It was evident that he never could be caught alive, su the ugony was {ncreased by u puir of grafus in his back. This brought ‘the blood, and we gradunlly came down to common time, Amid b!xluhn, Jerks from the fieh, and yells from the men, we got falrly over bim and sent o third Jarge whale-harpoon into im. Next minutethe lougr whip of a tall came over the bout, striking old Raw, a colored man, and_causing n general and hasty sitting down. This was the Jast of- fort. We flonted over the black mnse, nbout three miles from whero we started, victors, but yet not huppy. That one lash of the toll had nld one¢ min's check open to the bune and broken tho skin completely arouml his Liead; snother was presumnptive food for crabs ang sharks on a distant bank. Not one of us came out of the ravewithout bangs and brulses enough to start o fair lez&flgm. We cut u slit, however, In one wing, and in tiwo hours had our fish on the edge of thie saud, A mule was then made fast, and tho grent devil fish for the New York Aquariuim rose’ from the ren dead as the traditionsl door-nall. We measured him, and found from wing to wing elghteen and a balf feet, and from the tip of tha tall to the nosy twenty-three Jeet. The tufl ntone was eleven fect long, nnd s lirge ot the base 0s & man's wrist, taperingz down to a most delicate Jash, Tmmedia sbove the hase of the tall are three bony serrated stings that are terrible weapons of defense, “These huge ruys are found In_ I'nmpa Bay fn the summer of inuch greater dimenslons; bu, we do not complain, This one was quite large enough for us. We only wish our Irfends fn New York could have seén him, 0LD MEMORIES, ** Tempora mutantur, et nos windamur (n (i, Yex! Time hias worked his change on me— 1 feelthe welght of cares und years A Ina mitrror T eun see “The Future, full of doubts and fears. (022, we b bt th wdjectiv l'l.- 2] 'The acencs Tov'd In carly youth, ‘The bools that chanr'd me long-ago, Huve lont thelr charm, and sternee Prath Tlus teught me lesdons full of Wwo, Could I again but lure them buck, My lov'd ones sleeping in tho tomb, No clonds wonld hover o'er my truck, Or glroud my path with aught of gloom, Tut there's o balm for carthily woes 1¢ we Religion's volce woild bear; It speaks to us, When BOrrows close, In hopeful accents, loud and clear, Tt bide ns turn with falth to Him, Who bore for nw all human {lls,— To Nim Who, when Lifc's lamp burns dim, Our cup with consolution fill, Faith, Tope, and Charlty, —sweet traln,— o mine td comfart and to cheer, Till, with departed friends ugsin, 1 mingle in Jou heavenly sphere, Cmicavo, Vec. 4, 1876, Carr, San, A PICTURE, Around hiy brooding eyes the hand of Time Hnad drawn full muny & circlo; and his hair— Thongh he bad only reached his manhood's prime— Waa strenkon with throads of silver hiero and there, Hts brow was scarred and furrowed, Not in wurs— Not on the deadly fields whore butlets rained, — Though he hisd “fought therc, hund to Lnnd, ang ned A hggn‘n name—dId he receive thoso acars, o won thew, awa thousand win thom, In The halls of Picasure and the haunts of 8in, o looked down on the face whose tints of youth Had grown to hold him with a subtlo uj And in the dreamful cyes, whers Truth, Lured from her home on high, had come to dwell, e looked into thosu oycs, and oll his shame, Like rouie red cloud, sceied ahuiting oui tha day, e kuow, If sho wero but to heur the numo OF slna llko bie, that she would shrink away From him who spuke, in terrorand alarm. le mrusd and luaned biw fuce npon hisarm, And made no sound; but un his soul there felt Tears that were hotter than tho fires of lell, Wixvson, Dane Co., Win. Eita WineeLgu, e DISENCHANTED. And 50 ‘tis gnded? Well, gond-by, my friend! 1niny have loved you In the days that wore; Bt now the memnory of those dixtant haury The leart's calin cufrents not e'en lightly stie, *Twas but a dream, a Hngering fancy, and 1 amile to think | over held it mory; "Tho vell Is lifted, and thy beauty's spetl, With Ita sweet wltchory of eachuntment'y, o'er, And yet some rellcs of tho past remaln, — A few old Jetters, and a curl of hule, A knot of ribbon, snd o slender band, ‘Thut, for your suke, you badu me keep and wear, And so, good-by! Thedced ls done. W part Hmlling, unsorrowed by a broken vow; The fluines burn hrl{ll( y, and within thelr glow Love's relles ure but ceumbling ashes nuw, Cuteano, Dec. 2. OWEN M. WiLrox, Jr, 1, uven-born ROYA rownr, BAKING OWDER. 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