Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 3, 1877, Page 11

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1877—TWELV. ¢ throngh without e 8 little something about sever: one 1o bofling water biave not yet aeen In print, and of the querlea of last week's paver, and exchange £omo af my reclpes and lousehold hinta for nunio valnable onen which I have received from thls do- things which 1 ole In it, nnd runnin; ) T €nn Answor sume r of apint for abso aromore than threo perruns. allow more forahsorp- flon: where fever, lers. ) Whilo wator I8 ranpin through, the battom pot or recelver ahonld stang (This pravents hoiltag or g cold.) This caffeo shonld alwaya be uzed with ho milk, —provortion, vne part cofce, Fherulcmnm I3 nt‘l dear, o tablaspoonfal s an _tmprovenient. ::eflm’ugm Pml:ch coffce-pots nnd discarded them after a very short itlal, fiest, brcauro dealers reil ta large enough for o family of twelve peraom 0 neused by a family containing but three or fun: Coffee for three persons spread uver n nd the water don’ tlon. (Whero thera ditor, §f I am allowed to enter the charmed circle, 1 ean eriticiae, claw, and bite Iike the rest of them. The Aimt T am *‘golng for" fa Plekles, who In last week's supplement came ont with aoch a tirade against aervant-girls, calli them **houschold pests,* **torments,” *'imps, " *trcrpents,™ ete, Now, If-theso are hor publie epithets, what must her privato invectives be. Lot TPickles restrain her own ovii pasaons, and bocome a tendor, conaci¢ntlons mistress, and she will, 1n due time, have goodl falthful rervants, regard * to the Iadies have had 80 much bickerin; y, If you have a taste for it, an: I at your dlsposal, don't take time ‘o0 114 tway through to €xtratt thio o oK. on Kiichen: aslstonts donct 1ke lnamis: flot and hate the extra. oxertion of geindin tofes na directed. My word for it, | tre followed, iha product. wiil erery one who tries it, fancy work which the about, Iwould Lave plenty of ou may Indulgo in it: but reading, “or autdoor Y the way, T don't sca be _confined exclualvely by ephyr, Java cany ke the frunt or s work done therer plants and flowors, ORANDY, To the Edllor of The Tr Drooxmutoy, Iih, Jan, 30, —{ Interested and amused, as Depnztment of yonr paper. Whnt-a wonderful athy you have created, by allowing ng humanity to meet onthis common ) ** thelr teinle and triumphs, uree, for the benedt of Uho wholg slsterhood, and orotherhvod too, I mizht add, for I belleve thero I8 no kevaration of Interests between the sexes,s \Whatever con real banefit of one, cclully to exp why fancy work shoui ladies to” card-board, !l:llhhe.u- Why not ' tal fancy flowor-beds wil exerciso- your taste and ekl iny sceds, and you wiil Liave {old object, —henlth, talns without washing them: to remove thelovse dusts cet on & table, and | other with a plent| idune. Tinve. becn bath 1 have read Tho lome Jatform and **dish heir succcenca and fal 10 and Iuvmunul. clean laca cue« 8Bhaka tho lace gente fal- sprinkilng- of nn. or bran between them. Thy and put away in 8 10 1 Pope 110 ARIE Datorn st hFos Ituation. 0] ho ahirtpattorn w rove b all Mgt and (At witar whar hopay opgrove X 0 bo completo when ho roll them up enngly, safe, dry placo for a v.rel tho bran out, and with press out the wrinkles, Ironing made easy: sene into your cold sta: fron will not_ stick, To pollsh copperwar ete.: Use p teacup ol ar ealts hieat it hot o dry. When Ink 1a firat s, ho now vestnre. (3 Tittlo solicitndn about the maiter, having knowl- perploxed state of vne of " who telumphantly en- nt the remainder and. yonf curtains Aro as eige of tho ancloua and he **lords of creatlon, ered A similar garment—but apel of the week trying tosalve the vexing problem ns 10 how he' was to beat a retrcat from the rame nforceald when Saturday nl Tiopo thia Nitie refercnce - wil athy for my husband, cen called to pnes through kuch **straita, " But 1 did not take up m; this, but to ray, O shame: < 0 1La Croste, Wis,, becaune of hee recioo for **qulck: destruction, 1 eall it)—which ap. of that Lwlll- Put & teaspoonful of kero- tch, say to o pint, and your ‘mell will suon pars off§ 2 or wax if 1t {s rough, tea-kattles, reservolrs, f vinegar and tablespoonful nd apoly with s cloth, and rub ht should come. - T not call forth any. becausa hie hins never Miled ; 'pllicd on a earpet or piano- bo immedintely absorbed by paperon tho spot. S ink out of earpot, etc., too, but it ed out with warm soapauds after- pen to write any of eco of blulting must ba well rins wards, roftened down a Hitle, and #ay O plonse don't, don't, don't send any more rec- fpes for nice dessert. or’ anythl; Is. one of the. ingre homes are #ad, too many hearts are el breaking, all over our land, curred thing," which too offe by fair hands In delicate viand Sume one Inqnires how to can green corn. It is a very troubloromo Jjob, I think. 1 wili tell you of & much easier way to ke op green corn, and I think. you will ilke it fully na well, Moke a sait brine enough to bear up an o or large crock; then put corn without caokin, clse, In which s put itina half in tho whole cars of a8, you huek them, puta cloan white cloth i a stono on it for n weight, jnat When you wish to cook the corn o1 miust freshen It some, aa you do salted plekles Then either shave ft off or boil it fn the cob, 13, T, I will caretully. preas, then varnish hite varulsh), her autimn leaves, she will nd thoy will not curl up, unlcss her roam (s too \ 1more reclpeaand useful oing to connnit tham to ot chose to warte pro- hecanso of the n hias been presented dsand hay kindled or sivakonod an appetite againat which tho unfortunate victhin ias struggied in vain, homes purc, A 1 conld poratbly load one to fall next Lo the corn, Lareel inside, a9 for pickicn, Lot ue neck to make avery fnfinerco TOTAL ADATINENGE, FQOD FOR BODY AND MIND, he Filltor of, The Tvibune, 31.—I have been Intorested o £ long time In reading the let- ters. to Tho lome from differcnt parts of the country. 1 wopld like to givo a fuw Idens of mino to The lome, as I have received so ma 1 would cuy to Cousin Clara’ that sl hnlled corn f nico di potatoes, * I proparc ming In'this manner: 1 shell from Use cob two quarts of brizht corn, and boll in ¢, mado of wood nshas, two or three honrs, nntll 1 mash in water until 1 boll until very ten- tho watet twa or three times, alter I cook mcat, leava some pldr.” Soaon with ealt, or crienco o rogard to plants f you want them to blossom in or early spring, you mnst let thom rest In the summer or fall, "My fachsl t back whero they had no sufshiue or water for fonr or five wweeks; after tho Idaves fel) off 1 trimmed thom down quita suiall, and wvatery now they ard lon plnks, roscs, and goranjums need rest, will soon roward you for your troubla with bean f The Home toll me how to clean, Ahat are. pointed in ofl? Thoss. thatare varnished wash nicely, but whero thore-ls 10 varnjsh I want some ndvice about cieaning. 1 will tlvo to tho ladics of The Home the names ©of two hools that T have read, and will racommend to overy woman in our Iand to read who wishes to lay up for herself n ntore 4'Ten Yeara [n Washington Waahington Goodspeed. Tuzni D0 THEY LIVE WELLTY ar TAe Triduna, 4 0 guotations from d dinners {s vory d of the gustro- but liere isono from Gail hot for anything, paper at this time, for ] clons timo (1 ought at this var nd's sacka) weliln waste-fipor basket. a fate, and any of my slistor housowives feel that have been bonefited o) eugzestiona, 1 shall feel nmply repald for my. 1002 of timo and will try It again, “Auxt Naxcr. CONVENIENCES. To Ihe Fuiltor of The Tribune. BraryarieLn, Iil., Jai bers of.my nef atill complain moment to be darn l{:r the editor's my conurels, hints, 0 buil will wash of 1t looks bright and clean; the Hiina in butter, o of the gravy In entwllhl::n{nndm blossoming is tbls: —Tha fomale mom- all about me, ot thelr huebauds and brothers <continge to thraw barnt matches down on tho car- pet to be trod upon until or an the tablo or bureau move; or on tho stovo to Ignite a; icked up orsweoptup; rwifa orJano to re- in and I the Ing ow. Mr. Editor, hinzs oxisla becauso ubilah un artlclo I sont yon just hefore ant to ray ‘c'{."i Cnp, ™ § Wil rame ona of v;-lls and cellings inTho.llome, that all. worated abominatio: cluding ** burnt-watch safes, " ehiould be bans 1o tho rocond atory, that {s, to tle. slee) ments of ald atory, fre sliould by mode of them, and stf] another, that they shonid all be pltcned out into the back.yand. Just imagine, Alr, Editor, (orlginal) readers of Tz Tain canuo viaw onr world wauld woratod adornings and articlea of use in our hames ctorogencous mass ho leiter aforceald, all m) pemuasive powers, yocabulary and a borrowcd oae, tmpress ppon yourmale readers and the f tmako *worsteil work, ™ there- truth that nothing ia oded; that If gas or lamps o roceptacle for burnt rative that it ha worsted) Is ce but_actnall oue readdrs has'not has y, or o merriment akin to pity, more than once on seécing 8 man_ after 0-ble burnt match, msh . then o tho west, then north, ittompt 10! ind some placo to It 11 summor: tho atove the grates uro closod; tho reg. oven {f ft were, ho knows it though he Aas en. 0. 0na was ut every ooo suspleioned by Anothor had eafd of uscfnl knowledge, ux;d! :ch“n'\‘llll:’w;ary DUKE, W - picture prescnt, wero all the thrown 1 one most eloquent and 0icost worda in my. Lucillo with regand to ¢ trus and qulto in’ place at tho hon nowleal department; Hamiiton that suits' me better: have beon boarding or . visitiug for a mon! and Kome one 8 0 you undoratand herto meant? In sho hoy are honorablo, skepties! (who caunol foredon't1lkalt), lace whero it 18 e matches (1t 18 not {my not only not out of plas you It they live it they condnct nciples, It thoy. acll-respectful, ore thoy just disintercstad 1ro {n word and work? - Nof) Bhe means—and you at onco nndor. bave highly.apiced and 6 aud ple, niany sauces ‘o what degradatlon have wo de- scended] To livo well ia to eat nich food, Integrity, 'chfm'fim' cultare, Laclatr to liva cheaply on drl a 18" ara worth; dion of /Ihe Home, ome 3 good; fet us al} thon sonth, ina valn dopoalt hile lormentor? has beon romoved: Ister not open, an 180t the proper plas thrown (1 there In wintar time W around to eco hin; by the ador that it Aad temnpted to cat it to get rld of it, 1l the hnll-door and pitches it out, whare {t. 5, ime that something usckeepors of our homes roviding not ouly the ono hich T havo sald so much, but. ma; among which 1 wiil on| pper cut out n shape ol bound with ailk, vel- Lhung by the matchesato, 0 {8 nut all made up of book Littio convenfences placed nimblo fingers of our loved on and -mauy. an_npatlont membor of the houschold, to garnish up stand hor to mea: numorons mea and presorves? all chopped up ini atlonOf Sloix ta \y. of consldaration by the hen he final n-;i': recipo fora happy E. W, Faxcunn, CONN-MEAL OARES, Th the Editor of TAe Tridune. Hianwoon, Jan, , Johnny cakes cau bo made (and n [aw, Mr. Editor, 4 it not 1! bo don to arouae tho Lo to the fmportance of p iittlo conventence of wi 1 Ice, 100) without 0 corn-meal {u10 warm water and o littie salt. Then. put jua largo toaspoonfol of dry ycast, previoualy ko st (L1 a warm_ place, you think It 1s _sour, add your egzs and saleratus as will ba necessary to swecten |t, tter can bo kept and used ere ono among tho many readers of The who knows anything nbout the ofd.fashion. :Ixal:.tfl, Wilinot soma one **tell mo oll 1 hl hayoseen Ambar, and sho's gota nice baby, 0. rgarct's Husband, It you could Hve with mo s yon so you would nover onr flanncls either, bid L know you aro a beiter woman hero and there by tho ones save much [rritati exclamation from each ’l Am no‘l Kol Alittlo of tho bat forn *neat egg." and maybo you'll publish them, 1y last article irylng vlegaut dicllu? and cuncirency: clinatiun to give this up to th deusing process, but, No doubt you wonder w| #0 much Intercat In The ;lavunl years ] ke So uuch timo was o mako it excel nercles of the con- 18 ts sent in ol {1a expansive- o widow shoald take me_department, d consequently know h host regrets to which I ¢ moro nttention. was cunvenlunces which zes of oue now yona use_upon this tople, y arnor Lright, ;uy thoughts drifting? + Bubscriber, ** thoso beeakfa, actly like tho man; ‘0 giva tho Lrown rubthem over with the white of a time they uro act to fldc, o pretty finleb, ** Inierested Neader," you ca your Brussel carpot by holding over a kettlo of balling wator, rubbing cvery wa whilo It fa over the thew or blacking T'o thp lady who' recommended tar- sculp 1 want to aay, I have known ee with the dealred wuccess, taron the beud, ime, [ wonld iix think of yonr bald_hend TOIEMIAN CREAM. i K ihe Qistcaao, Jau, 3 for tho first time in for Bohewiun croam lmll‘ you chnc.nl.' e tweetaned: pass througl i a balf Dnnccfi! moltee N half pint of frult; mix it wel & pint of rich cream, radually to t; then poar it on lee'or In a cool place, p tho mold into warm water, or tho table. I wish I could tho many favors 1 have recoived as 3 return thanks to ** Aunt Lucy,™ ¢4 Mrs. ** Qaraet,™ ** Amber," and o _host of look back {s the aad fact thal not eiven by mo to tha litt] might. bave lightencd the ea; Honce my carnestny And then, 100, [ waut to keep Who knows but I may kel nding the following recipo Take 'four oun s veen stoned anil ve, aud add ono and wolved fsinglass to o 4 fruit aud Dsinglase all into & mold; wet and, when hardened or aud tura it out return some of 8 young houses n egg the I Malted buttor siso ‘En’:} 1 ralsa the plle on i b v the Edifor o The Tridune, sud brashing with a st 0. Jau, %8.—Corn bresu—very ex. WO cupa of sour milk; threo-quartors of 1 two cups of corn-meali one aud ita flour; small tablespoon of ved In eour milk. bo eaten hot. Slice and Jou wish to warm it up, 1f way bear from mo agu ryof 1. 1L A, Wivaw v Buux, DEINADLE, TOILET ARTICLES, To the Litor of Tds Tribuna, . U0.~You havo been so over- lutters lately, that we wero afraid to cven asnuchas **To the pent up thoughts m “"i' accepted, yoi AX APPRECIATIVE READER, d{tor af The Tridune, opon our desk and writo Uave boen thinking for | Editor, " but now the fo Tush forth—in fnk—a now companies thom busgeching ¢ not to niapgle the wholo comiwunication, proactics, and no Jongerthe falrdamecls O, for mercy's sake, dou't meution fancy- haven't the lhnehlur It: two % rejolcox to think will hava time to empl , cto.; but wo musty are po {dle Hugers, T L 10 ki 9 the Ev Cuicaco, Jan, U, — sowa time I would writa loser of that wolcome Eaturday visiter, and suvesll ‘Thoue I havo tried have nll proved good, tho ladics would tell mo bow ta if Zoe will send hes dove b Lincoln atrect, ader of Tho Home, v, 4 CORRECTION, o, oI5 M8, Hdlor of Tha Trivuns mlitak which b Tiake & suct pud cuncert this week, for next," How our hee hat after Fev, 14, the; thefr ldle hands with worsted, forzet that {n The Home llhurv . Aww |uudtu| co 28 boon made In L cake, I llu‘mlll‘7 read ‘;ll"- f ouu and a half cups, Y kave mo the recipe the rocipe for I Wil tho ladies who 8 for orunge cako recels Wl Bell favor e with pattera? Iave sent iy address to wne oF two olfet articles, of adozen pairs of nice gloves, whils cthers have but s pale for beat, and & fow old oncu; §n eltnor instance a zlove-cuso would be of wervico, aud holp to farnish Che follet-stand, Alany s womau bossts Cutont of perforated 3 work In ik or woreted ove: line with silk of the sumo of cunrse, complules the top, A z¢, but made of pasteboard, hould be “covercd wil ts downward) with cat- ‘Tho aldes ure of card-bosrd, on which gen- laworked, aud.they urv also e wholo, When pa together, i an oblung box, with sn outsie of perforuted and an lllal;lw COOKIEY, {ha Editor of lTA' T:fl’;u Ve cockies Wilch I wiah som Sno- G d sugars ono cup butter (col URAr 10 cream; two egws; five spoonfuls ;ommen vlivor apoun, i two tenwpoons bakin: ‘“And bako ina very hot uv‘:-n-lhu 2 oni Ky t'large mixlug- LEMNON JELLY, 70 the Editor af The Tribune. ~Will sonie oye ploasa tell me clly, or sy othes #C! becowe disgusted ot all thesw wl crhups seen many glove-cases, but this n and others s Intopded for those who have noversecn what the writer i3 weiting. 'I'hera ars suveral diffurent chicf-cascs, but a remarkab) fier thils fashion: A squaro ol n iuchey, covered on eacl ' neutly turncd t, two colors ave nute dotaily, for el for the sick, and obi WAYR AND MEANS, . notexuoLb mnrs, To the Klior of Ths Tridutis, 1), Jau. I1.—~It g only within the past 1hat | have had tha pleasure of perusing narunent of your excellent paper, my having heretofora purchased the Chicago tbls Suuday reading. Butone lucky day caught m glimpus st Tur TBUNE with i Sttcaction, Then zaltl, goud-by, Chicage Luslagd, of courss, ie more amusod with rested lu the varlous correapondente; and 1534 read vovoral of tho letters to him, ba % **Wby don't you write and tell them what 50 1 aaid t0 myself, Wiy pot: T know bot uufl; for hl.\lnlna retly ons Iu.miada pasteboard of about side with silk, the fo, aud overstitched. Por o mostappropriately ito as typicsl of loye and p colors that would” soil more deslrable, ufls, say three luches aad ara mada of the {wo color of silk, fh 13, one colos forms su Inside, theee puils are to Lo sewed very ncatly on ong cdu, Lo the square foundation. our wost didicult task, that of wmaki fake a plece of pasteboard the buttom of Lo case, un cqual parts, baving e bedn preparivg the eeal.: If yuu b ty: buk for ordlna, are composed of the othor an ouislde s AL nOw comes o it fnto four talent for embroldering, 1t will he e conld embrofder, ' havo 10 Ieave them plain, econilike litlla doars on hinges; fonr thess tack narrow pleces of ribhon, whic enongh? ks from the eame cit; her not to he only —mag, ir possible, become more jealous. e Edior i , ing lctters nhont **desirable mon to can he not nboat women? TLEQIPES. FOR_DYEING, the Editor of Tie Tribune, Grouuta I, enduring Editor, hasn't ftgone up' with so much Anil are y ward as did the long-suflering Job. some of you have ki 2ollod carpets, )‘flllll_rllqllm fuchsias, Perhaps.tl as much succesa oa 1 have. mate potash. ter (nlmvcr the ne searlot: For cheap earpets, ‘one pound of will cotor three pounde of ol new. Green for woolc cloth, two and on not boll: soak ellow color; then thraw out the chips. an niize compound slow} sbade, 1tinse in coltt Can anyhoudy tol fm" knies ind scrubbin greatly obliged. Au revoir. More amon, Mansn Mavvow, TIOW TO WASH PLANNELS. To the Bitor af The Trtsune, from I, &1} Tatgolte ful .wool goods," * We which wo knou {0 o rlght: ing-machine of -eny kind). rinse in warm wator contafnln, HuoD. and lron till perfectly soft and dry. .cold witer. Respoctfully, Uanws &Cosz, departasent of your Trinux to ldllcn' relatives’ bair {n frame or otlerwise, derstand hairwork, Zoa’s dovo and a watch-vocket. Zod dross No, J0 Rtucker strcot, By extending the- quired fnformation you will greatly obiuo, Auicz M, B, INK-STAINS, T0 the Fiditor af 1he Tribune, Caicado, Jan. 26,—1 bave been. reuding some of If any of your contrib. the hands they will confer a favorif they will send it to Titn your flomo department; utors know. o recipo for taklug Ink off TuinuNe for AX Orrice-Bor, “PERFECTLY. SPLENDID,” ONLY A WOMAN'S LAIIL. Ty the Editor af The Tribune, Bapisox, Wi fal halr, for tho rapld, growth of the halr as hair backs, Now, there are many ladies who naturally have beautlful, clossy halr, but who rufu it by incessant. Ty pinching, twisting, aud otherwisa turmenting it to such an extent that tha sealp 14 Injured thereby, and the bulbs, upon which the growth of the halr depends, ecveraly Injured, The e of curling. irans le an abominablo practico, and surely de. stroys tho texture of the hale, When destroyed by heat, it Is reglly dostroyed, for none of the sa-called *eenowers willever bring(f to Itfu and beauty agaln Thorefore, ladios, bawars of thls peactice. so prove alent, I am rorry to say, among ladles In this country, Curling-irons render the halr brittle, acorches tho xealp, and gives It u-dead, unhealthy bue. Anpther injurlous practice Is wetting the Dr. Cazenave, n yood suthurlly, says: **This practice fmparls to the halr a vory translent swoothnoss and darkness; but when it gets dry the halr fa worso than bofore." Frosh oils and pomas tums arc good preservatives of the balr, but (hews Dut, apply these the halr and provent Its growth, All anlmal ofls ore to Lo thrown hale, must.not bo used 1o exceas. too much, they clog sslde by Qlycerine, elo., those who wish’' healihy bynr's-ofl, beef-marrow, are terribly destructive, halr, Turd, such as swuot-alwond oil, castor, vlive olly ‘ga. well as cocoanut-ofl, nich IHE the nl’ alt iy oA oI pa; Or salts of tartar, what tha barbors uso. fur skampoving. - Thoy rens dor the hair oxtremuly brittle, and deatroy its tex. ture.. The yolk of an u'?z witl (Imrou[‘hu cleauwo the aul}z und make tho halr roft and yl {a, it roft water Lo uvad, Alao, bewuro of soap, for the.potash it containa Is very objectionable, Mothure aze tov uften (o tho Impression that tho secowd growth will be ricbor and more abundan A bu madv, D, Cagenav W quoted, and who knows wWhcreof he speaks, sayns + TEo most beautiful heads of halr { ever saw wers thout which schwots bud never louched, Cutting tho halr rendors it coarev, and fur feas liablo to curl. A wuman's halr, in’ onler o be beautiful shaoutd be **long, abundant, uaditating, finv of LUno thesclasord, . The wenriog of *awliches, " nlyht-cupa, ctc., nleo, cannot ba too strongly condemAed, “Dlandruft fea discase of the scalp, und often cansed by lu-u‘dn: tho head too \vari by meaus af nizhi-caps, ond toat abominge ble custom of weaning faléo balr, And mow Ihat 1 havo montioncd most of tho reasous why our Auierican ladics wa often fall o rrudu:u taw {u«h Of bair, 1 will endeavor to put them on the roal road to vuccess, promiaing them that If they follow wuy Instructions they will'not fall to profit thercby, sud reuder thouclies far tuora: bt llg'.lulln: hair can do for them, testure,nud of britliant aursuc s oLt surs it many todles suter from * falling out of tlohata ™ 1t fs proyerbial thot we Americans uro 8 *faut" people. We do thinge I too mach huste, and, $u waking their totlots, ladles do' uo on Lho avurugo, avend as much Lo a8 thoy o1 (hi todo, They whould foliuw in a grest, Gepree i lisbity of the anclent Ruwan ludics, who wore wont £ of thelr time at their tollots, ¢ least tweuty minutos cacn day whould be red by thoso Whu wuller from 1L sod weuk buir du broshing It with awtl® brush, Hufore bo- rinuing ths, upply cvery day a small quastity of te following: Thicture of cuntharidoss ono.half ounce; bay rumaud cologue, of vach two ounces; #ud ono drachnn of oll of rosemary. 110 this for 4 nonth,and the bair will be m..a'i’o havoe linproved wondgrfully. Ladies who bave, sud do not like, red or blonde hair will 8ud their hsar hay grown oiuch -darker. Tha weak Laire, by. this procees, grow stronger, aud the coarse ones full out, causlug tho lals to becomo Nealthy and curly. Tho followiy sethud will cauve bright red or chestnut hued. Tuke olls of uutmeg rosemary, ous drachm. eschi castor oll, ono ounce; tluctura of cauthzrides, two grichmia; strong brandy, seven ougces. | Mix, Wet the liair with 8 small ‘portion of this once & day, aud brush the halr well with & #tif braah for DALE an Hoar by the block, ang ek YOuE Teroe or tho vad of five or six weeks if ho dove not wanta freeb lock of your sew Aok Thia sycryday brushlng of ‘(g bale fa worth moro thau wll the \** curling tulds ™ aud other hike bumbugs et lu- ented. “However, us thero way bu some ladles who have not the thae or patlence to follow tho above, ot who have uaturally curly halr and wish #o auill Farther Increaso s curiinss, tho following Mill pérbapa plvase them. 1t Ly a Freach curlique, o work inltials on theso plecen, but ta those **who nerer it wlil he another matter, #0 we must tell them how to make their top Juet as pretly, n A wanner almple, but dimllar, rrace’ on tieene paper an . inftial barte ‘to the Mk nnd cover with email beada; In like manner adorn another plece, which leaves'tiro part **out in the rold,” 'Now comes the nonishment for not knowing how to embroid- er, for the Indy that daca can work & bunch of flov- ers, walle if the ono who doesn't know o falls to {ikn'a traced pattern covered twith beads Ao will One cdge only of thore pacte will have (o b sawed fa tha pid, ro that they oints mect the centro; they aro hest fonnded off, and to h closcs the case. Tiave o made the description plain “‘e“exland a friendly hand to Sloux, as wo hail i ttho rame time wo advise vamused " by Tho Home, but to seud a real nice contributlon, In order that the *0ld Man,of the S, "—we meant to say Zimnes, deroma writcs such entortain. Snam. iy To HiLte Axp, DALRS 08 Miciliva X, Jon. 20, —Much. our patlence abaut rolling and holitng, brewing and stewlny, in both senece of the woril? unot ready to entront un to desint for- everr Ilowever, If you *‘let pativnce have her porfect work, " I've no donbt you will gain tha re- Many thanks, lndfes, for the valunble snggeetions h Indly given in regard to my Uarnet, I can think of no more effectual remody for your **xtabborn begonia' than to scrva it ns ?u woll a too rieh, 3 have esme cxcellent recipes for dyelng tho colors you mentloned. I wHi copy them hore for your benufit, aud trust you will mcet with 'To coloe brown: ~ For four pounda of.c cloth or yarn use one pounil of cutch and fonr of hichro. Dissolve the cuteh in suficlent wa. ods, and hotl them for one-halft hours then dissolve the potash aud dip the gooils n u:%pnuuh #olutian untll the deslred shade [s ub- bright re& snitablo for rax Nicaragun wood, boil two or tureo hours, 'then adil half aponnd of atam: this J fannel, or two of Let It remnin fn the dye twenty-four hours, onnd - of faetie. Steep 1o got-the atrength, but Tt boi The oods anill It ncquiros n oo 2 ntil you have the desired ter, ! 11 mo if thers is any mothod for cleanaing oficlutha Leaidus that of getling-down on { with a cloth und water. Yleard enlighten me on Lhis subject, and 1 w11l be | Cuicado, Jan, 27.~In your liomo Department +of this morning’s TMBUNE wo notlce an ingolry Gy *tHow to washall- wrowith hand you directions Aftor prepating suds of hot water and soup, wash (be garment thorough- ly with the handa (avelding a warh-honed or wah- When this te dont, & sllght qnantity of Elightly wring tho article thus cicaned and hang it up. Take it down while Ju" aliitle dnmp, di Cautlon! Flunnels or woolens of any desctiption should . never go Into water too hot for the hands, or into recelveda preat deal of department as well a8 inds through The llome %, Am very thankfal, and a8 no ona has touched on . the subject of \ iz work, would be glad to recaive any information ns neat, and artlatic manncr of srranging 1do not uns Would alwo like a paiteru of plonse ad- Jan. 20,—The crowning glory of o woma, It has buon truly aald, 18 & boautiful head ofiale—or, more properly, o head of beauti- In Europe, and especlally fn the coun- triea of France, Spaln, Italy, nod Southern En- gland, the womien oro noted for magnifcent heads of luxurfant halr, In Amarlca, on the contrary, wo seldom sce a.femalo who fs the posseesor of o ke dofnment, and two. rcasons, at least, can be brought forward to prove thls.assertfon. In the first placo, onr Western clfmate Ia not so favorable Is. the humld alr of Enrope, - snd, in the next place, our ladios do not bostow the same caro upon thelr do thelr Buropean alsters, Caro will ace complish wonders; oud_ It fs my purpose in this connection to show thoso ladles who may wish (o hecomo.tho possessor of a, fino, head of hair the means to galn thelr end, dospito all climatle draw. Animal oils of all kinds oughl nover to bo used, us they heat | tha kcalp Loo much, and surcly cuuse (hu hair to fall ont and to carly turn gray, Thowo olls derlved from the vugetabla kingdom only should be u-nd: an In washe head, beware of the frequent use of &4 carbonato of vods anl carbonate The latter articlo {s lossy, — that Ulome for causing their little daugliters to have thelr Iockwwhorn o, under Nougreater mistaku cun. Low I have already balr to become dark: or fixatcur ounce; rpe; tich, three drachms. (white wax I3 a2 good) I the oll with a aluw nnd then add the tinetuce, tity when thie haie Ia to he dressed, tlan 1s entirel thelr hair withous it had better do ro, Take o1l of aweet almonds, o lieat, feserish rlate of the scalp. The curo In simple, rum and brandy, " avold mnc quite often withan ez and rofl, (cpid vol t the so-called ** halr renewers, brosl and filthy. tho market, 8s followa: Biwar of lend, borax, and sulphur, of eachi an ' nance; rachme an,” ounces copperar, rosg-water,. five face by {tanre, Thorel 1o give the recipe, vo that when any lady woen to Itrust nono of the readers of Tre Tmiavux wi evor uscthe mixture, Thire I8 false, nothing will nain, I4 no. smail ad Lo evnr cause the. sealp be glowny, tore discornible, agnin, Howcver, well, amil bathe the bajd apot threo of four time week with cold soft witer: Carbonate of nmmioni: tmy rum, from tnrnin ‘Then add half an ounce of capperas, 110 Is armlcas, and, 1 80, ligs never before boen pulilished. belter than thusn dyen matle of nitrate of sli¥ accompilshing this aro calied depi therefore, safest, ‘p ina tightly-carked bottle, witlh wator, &G #a (o form o parte. It remain for five or tenminutes, whon ¢ eotne respects equal to the former, with powdered . starch, . Use auin the tme, This Iafter reclpe, however, mns Immedintely aftor Leing mixed, ns I cacy If kepl long t prevent blonde hale from falling out, appearance: ‘I'ake aqun samnanla, 'twe iy ron, two ouncess: cologne, onc ounce; roso nuary water, threo nuuces, ecalp. with a ali® tlion dark.hair, but tho latter tarns gray t of your leglon of fair _readers,, Mr. Editor, conclude. Pave 1L 1. \V‘HAXT IHKKO(K :BOW OBRUA!:IU“!. b oloelcsa owers, aro living preac s m R Sl el l"tl(’ll‘)n tgu Ifl‘:’t’|{vll I{WL—I’IGM Hmit] 70 YA Editor of The Tribune, olg cloe' 2 et the bother, ‘times e In theae ved I8 A penny earn lxl‘ld making oat " of s demus . eald, new dresses and hn(;r too, we can't afford as well ns he, my hooks with o good tondclenca. Nis Inevor work after supper, and thus, most enjoyable part of the day, .manaye mine.. I have gencrull Ing them bloom {nrnlu-e]!. i1 10 oblaln variatice that sro freoc bioomers, llnrr{ Iing I8 tha bost, with iess o usters that romain.a long thine, It 1s a brilllant ecarlet, ter pink geraniuw than Master Christine. They will not bloomn as well 83 youn, When I pat my plantsout in tho spring cuttiigs and atart for winter blooming. plants. ng prevented,” I'lants-canuot bioom all the time, but nust hava a rest, thom ane tlma thoy wll take it ano Inids remain the latter part of tho scas, into tho honsa. Thia.conslsts o niire, leavos sud sods, aoll, 1 uso it for )l kinds of plants. of thia slfted and put in the collar for winter use, cersnlumns, 1f they aro put Into farge pots the: 117 make Fani groweh, but will not Biasin. el tho soll wweot. When potted, water freely, and ect fn. tho rhade for a few days, 1t ia beat lnlmcr them out of duars, on tha porch, or in somo abeifored placo as . long as from frost, :(fl\i hll a roonywithout fire untll danger of frecz- N, ranging from 40 ta U0 dog, huds will invariably biast,” I water thom cnough to koep tau surface molst, never using stimnlants, boltev(ng they hayo tha kame effect on plants (! thoy havo on” human boings. I have no couser tory, but keep my plants’ in our. living roo: Kvery Friday or Ssturday, afterthe weck's sweep: aud on 1t a0t au emipty tub and a pail of waters hol the plant over the tuby dip 4 soft 1y, clally the under-sldes of '."fi”}l:?‘ Txive every piant tta weoldy bath * Bu That do the real that troublo, but love's labor, Etornal vigllauco I« the prico of winter flowers, 1f plants aro not kept cloan and tooked after dally, they will become Infected by Inscets uud discaved. Then one nay as woll pitch them out of the win. ow al onco; for s vickly plant fs any. thing bat a pleasant ubject (o behold, Coben acandens s o grower. 1 lwvaa varje, rooin Windaw that has t| ted one in il bratiches six plctured In a_moat bewltehlng mannor. In an- other window 1 hiavu 8 smilax, that queen of vines, cowpletely covering u aix foot trellls, and full of wea blossdms as fragrant 4 o tuber-rose, Punm:- o In unother protty climber that amply repays sl care {4 required In aroom with east sud west windows, 1 bave fuchwias, boubardiss, Legonias, hiblscus, helfo- tronca, jeasanuines, . pinks, calladiums, olc., cte, 0! degrecs, In & couvler room havo uurunlnnlfl. xrufinnnwl. h{ldmfl:,wllllflllfll‘ et theso all do bewt in o Tow temperature. btater Deborah and Mre. B, D, T, I8, I wish you could wpend an hour or iwo with me' awo; my planta, for here Lcould toll you sauy things #0 much better than 1can write thew. 1 have not tho udvantago of having **daboled in icrature, " nelther a LY Pmluulonll forlst; what little 1 know [ hava pathered frou my own cxperienc As u souvenir, 1 would glve you sach & bou orgeuud In colore, laden with the richoat umes, and bauid (ogether wilh fho best of ™ {adica of The Home, 1f yuu want to read one of zlieh - language, ! by Ruskin, AUNT Paxuy, —— “BWEET -SIXTEFRN," A WORD OF CONDOLENCH. b tha Edijor of The Tridune, Cuicagn, Jan, 31.—1 am very glad that the girle bave a chance to add their mite to The Mome De- partaieat, 1am very sorry for Port, but if ahe will the prettiost lijtls sume In'the E; ,.“l ": glumn ot \\%ylldn Pluwcu‘:' tellme how whe manszed to induce somcbody's brotherto **go snurre back on her,” 1 shall ba much obllged, They stick Ilke burs, 28 s general thing, and the more I saub them the better they ltka it, or me. Dear Innocence, 1t §a easy (o sco that vou are a plucky girl. 1 ibiok you aro parily .right about Gyorge Ellot. What person whose greatness Is universslly acknowledyed does not get nioty crodit than bo deservea? (Sour grapes,) What & pity Jo King lsp't a girl. It certainly was & great mistake. Bulb whsi can't bo cured mpst ba codared; and Jo, ‘herelsmy hagd. It would bo a shame not o admit you to The Home when you sro almost as good as 8 girl. Be caroful and not fet that bicssod baby make you round- shounjacred. Bear up like a man, and you may yeb become & nsefal member of socloty, . Will somebody plcaso givome a rocipe for make {ng homely gisls pretiyt 1 have a different recipo for frosting from sny that has been given. As I know itlsgood, yuu nay baveit: To two cups of gragulsted orsay whito wugar, add a Jitlo water, Just cuough to nate & (bick slrup by bolllny, Buat balf the white Of ono egg o0 8 3UT froth, ang add s ppoontul of tha bolling sirup. Coutinue besting snd sdding $ba slrup untl] your frosilng Ls of th - nesa. Beat nn{nm;f."l& m’nn fi“fl“{fim acottl, ona drachm: tinctare of mas. Disnalve tho suerimaceltl Apply n_email qun- Thia prepara. innocant. Tt ladjes who can cutl Danden® gencrally comes form an overheated or Brast it well every day, apply amiztacs of iny- olling, and_wash ater. m- *Instres, © etc., for thoy are pofaonous Of all ihe 1tiy or norc preparations in thase . vile preparations are made 4 lne- two bay ram, two oannces; glycerine, onnces, This mixture, It [s true, darkens the halr, but at the ex- o of health, It gives the halp & dead, leaden The angar-of lead in s violent poison, and I know of mure tlian_one ladyand gontleman who liag been attacked by paraiysle of the head and ore, T have thunght it best drug-store to pitrchase any of the advertfsed ** ro- newers,"" ““l sha will know yhat she Is 'mylum Those who adsertise tho stufl, underdideront namen, clalin that it will pro- duco a growth of Tinfr upon a porfecily-bald head. he her erfectly bald, alr to grow l'r.ul [ ruatd, or follicles, are dead; and youmight as well* catse an nrra which hus Leon smputated Lo grow If mwall halr are to be reen, thore Ie iope, Usa the follawingz every day, brasi one drachni; tincture of canthaildes, four drachmsy four ounces: cator ofl, twvo ounces, Sume elderly ladles often desire (0 keep their hale geay. The folowlng dye will effect thist Take the hulls of butternuts, aay shant four gnnces, and {nfure in a quart of water for an hour, Apply with a soft brush every second or third duy. Thi prepara- have reasons for ll:'el‘lurl'mx o far. ome Iadies ara troubled with superfiuous huir, of which u-o{ wlalt to gut £id, Tho {:rupnmllunw or I intorics, and are somewhat daucorous If not used with diseretion, However, of roma twenty or more 1 am acquainted with I will give what I caneider 1o ba the best, and, 1t tsthat of the celebrated Del- crolx: Quicklimo, thirty purte: orpiment, four qu; powdered gum arabic, alxty %nru. Mix and uc . When used mix M"'lfi' and ict o muper. fluoux lisir can be remosed iith the back of a knife. 'The following 1s o rather eate deplintory, and in Taka & strong «olution of sulphuret of barium, made ioto o parts receding bo used t logcs Ita effie Wee, G G WS g fotlowing preparation wil in will not affect its color, but, on the contrary, lm‘Pma its rachms; Brush well Into tho bair-brush every morning or Light hair reqnires more caro, n:uullfl. o saoner, . Hoping the abave hinta will prove of use lolnmm wi llomlx‘llluut.l Jnnl.. ;”v'ii"n'i'é 111.;,:::‘ 1‘ hfi N wvanting o o latell younbont my plants, bul Hava be Thcao hast Twanted santo now books, and I concluded to have them In- ttead of & now dress.! DI ldn't 1 havo atime rip- down beforo tha geate, in my new-old dress, und read eademun (s a niodel husband, sud epcnds hie ovenings at home, with our bouks,.papers, and musie, our evoniugs are the Dear ladice, as I cannot seo your goranfums, 1 cannot prescribe for thom; but'will tell you how [ succoeded in have The firat Importance The argo flowers with. round petals, lmlalm- can alcy In next hest, also scarlot. I know of no bot- 1t doos hot pay ta hecp old. gerantumas for house enlinre, tako od hen they have rooted 1 set thein out in tho flower-hod, ‘They will noon be full of buds, but I keep thom e\'urfi one pinched off.. This is very hinportant, 1f the buds are allowed to perfect themaelves the Frowlh of the plant.is retarded and wintor bluom- and if you don't give it to d T o0, #0 that they will be In bloum about the timo I tako thom In :::nu nul-nr-l!:(;‘-wly cornor of ,'5“ ln%! n{- o A compost licop ono year old at leaal, This.conainte of, sahd and.Joas. hd hot bed wrs: ‘Theso make a splendid Iliaven box 1 take five or six Inch pots, nover larger, for young tho -pots thorolghly, so that the evaporation of molxiure may take placo freely through the sldcu; p,nu few luinps of charconl {1 the bottom to keep they nro safo After taken indoors. thoy shonld ba keep my goranlums In o temperaturo o 40ta'} g I kept w-rp:ur tho ing 1 done, 1 spread o ratiber blanket on the ttoor Urush-Uruom {n the water, sprinkling the wholu E};:n?:‘l:&r:mg;n ves, Tn ayd somo one, ** thiads vo much trouble. * nde on how inuch you love flowera, To - lover of flowers each bud that blooms brings new delights; una the caro of thum Is much the wauie aw tho cara of our ehildren; wa do not call autifnl. vina and & rapld dining. en fuct in lengthy, cl-’llnbcllnl‘wlmulm over windows and Thistoom [ keep 8 tuisperatiro of ‘Afty-tva to PAGES Jer when cool. This will be suficlent for onc cake. It Pert and Innocence went to_enlnrga thelr cor- respondeuce, Jet them address Notmeg, 540 Fal- ton street, Chicaga, Hoping to cateh sight of mynclf In The Home lookigg-glaee, I remain your as yot un-g\[ml-m‘ Nurazo, ‘TOM CAT'S BAY." T the Editor of The Tribunes. Srnixaricen, 101, Jan. 30.—You have liatened {0 The Dorz, Kinz, and Pass, 5o pleaze don't throw Tom Cat'a *Vasy™ In the waste-Laskel. Now, I am not **goi of eanary birds se * might be tempted to ** take a chaw, ** I'am one of the *‘sixtecn and hambly beato uat a word in the. Wil you admit me, Perty T hayean ttear for musle.” and my **Aolian harp** in mhy bed-raom window forms a beautiful entura ) the care a8 has done, for fear § enty, "' sol locln’ clnt?" contrast with tho Hbrary music. Whon alry fingers ich ita atrings ‘‘ever va yontly," its .MF is “eoft and lov, the hreathing of & as elecping beauty, " andthen * withoets moment’s warning,” asif'the fairies took & sudden **no- tion" to fudnlgo n & wild golluy, It breaks Into wiid, metry muslc, then decjens 'into a fiaintive wall, and dica away with the noft, low hrent 1t teachea me many lessona worth the Letning, and in it own way whispers many heaatifal things of *‘anwrilten beroos. " Panchon, allow ma to form your acqualntnice throuzgh there Interesting letters on the **sacial "and Ewill tell yon how (o make yonr **Azo- llan harp,™ Of very thin pind make 'a hox five inches duep, and seven inclies wide, and a lenzth ust cqual to the width . of the window n which It is 10 bo placed, Acruss the top, nicar each ond, give n strlp of wood one-haif Inch bigh, and oue-foutrth Inch thick, for bridzes, Into the ends of the Lox Insert wooden ping to wind stelugs pround,—two or four pinn fn cach end, Make n rounding hole in the middie of the top, autl ririnz the box with bino violin strings, The enda of the box should bo fucreased In thicke nees wharo the pins are fnserted iy a plecoof pine alied npon the Iny It fs beticr 1o havo four strings, Unutn eingle string produces s very sweet meludy of nates, Uoplny you permit me to comn smain whon rome littl .moare annays you, 1 will bida kind farowell to the **rocial clrcle. " T hu{m yOUu con- thait #lder and conclude a honie Is lonely w! 031-CAT, IVY'S LEAR. To the Edjtor of The Tritune, Fnxrront, Iil., Jan. £0.—I have hoen excecds ingly Intereated In The llome Department, and have wiehod for rome time past.that **we giria " mlg’ll!{mflunllmlll corugr of 4t; consequently, Iwean delichted tosce Pert's sngzestion that the crgaga in a poclal chat among themretven; and, 8a1am betwween 16 and 20, will yon not permit me to enter If I proiire not to etaylong? Pert, I can sympathize with you {n pert (as{am the only young Indy Inihe louse. and havena big brothers), althongh { cannot say that any uno elea's brother *'hiax gotie square back on me ™' yet. Jo Ki first thought un reading your lotter wae, ** Whasa Pl ftds that he is impused whan by belag oblized o fake care of a squalling haby. " Perhaps you will not regard my next as quite su charitable, “Itwae, *'If ha improves hix vpportunities for Instructing the child when it fe placed under hiascare, ft will probably blcss bin for it ua he grows older,” and you knuw ** A crown of lory is the Menln? of n cild." Excuse me for ehanzing tho quotation so 45 to maka It applicable to the case. Now dont think I am hard-hearted, have no sympathy for fellaw, " etc. Far from It. When the evenings are 80 long, the weather a0 rh‘n‘lnl. the moonlight ro ilnrlnns, and tho slelghing ra magniticent, don't I How how lined It e 10 be obiized to stay st home one nizht out of seven and waich over tho interesta of two emall childron while the nther members of tlie houschold are ofl enla:(nfi’ themeelves at my expenec? Dat I never camplaln, I slmply **con- elder the ronree."™ 1 feor 1 bave stald too long, notwithatanding the promise T made, you, and, as 1 always kenr my promiee, I wlll now bid you nll a kind nxmxl”n ght vr MaY, 2 the Eililor nf The Tribune. Coicago, Jan., 3L —Dzar Ginta: I'm so glad they've made a placa for us girls In The Home, and 1 think It only right, too, for my ma thinks (at least, alivays aays) that that is just the placo for glrls, I don'talways acree with her, do you? y l'lc{lfll been reading that Joking letter of **Jo Hlnf._‘ Bfi all moans lct us admit him to onr circlo. T think he wonld make a mont Interesting addition, A party fs always lveller when the: lm)'l:;fl In. I'm niot an admirer of **hen partles™ myself. o, my boy, como fn, Make yourself at home, sndIf thiero aro other **good hays" who wish {o coame in, and can bring g(und reforences, vmf let us open wide the duor, in the words of thio pnet ray **Comeo In, little lamba, conte iu, como In1"! \hat do you vay, Port? Ly the way, dear, st this Just your chanco to fiad a 4% somcbody ‘olse's big brother 't I "m(‘ll only come out and show themwelies, 1a'pect tho girls liave *‘gone square b you know the old aying, hero'a many a heart Caught in the rebound, " Jo, my dear, bo comforted! **Thers's as good e in the sca ns ever wera caught, seneclally for euch fellows as you, who don't seem at all Inclined ta say, like Chrletoph, vhat's n fellow to do whon ho's lost s baity" Thoro aru 1ot of nics girls 1o the avorld, Pert, for inatance, oz even your very humble servant, Mazzr, co's miore than Jo whose k' on them. And INTRODUCTORY LETTER v (Ae Eitilor o The Tribune, Caicao, Jou, 21,1 have been o constant and interested reader of Tho Houo for the. jiant for weoks, bnt have nover lxudcoungoanowfi 10 wrily Lecanse I'm a young hoy, between 16 and 20, But someliow I 1ouk now courage while reading Jo King's lotter,-and thought that afnce lils lestcr wus nl:ltfpud. 1t might be that mine would not bu lald aejde. de. Jo, Tetnceroly sympathlze with you. I think 1t Is terrlblo that we l‘oal' Boys haveto bulld the fires and shovel awuy the snow from the widewalk, und then to take care of tho baby, Ohl 1t fa hore rible, And when wo complaln ubout minding the baby, and say that it {s only girl's work, to have our wothers [augh ot us. Well, it wou't help us any to grumble, so T mr Pz wa will Liavs to put. up with . Jo, my fin ias gono back on me, but I'don't caro muc 'm Folng to tako Dew Rowe’s advice, and read all the nice storles I can find. Won't'you or somebody clss xkul Iv6 mo tho namcs of some good books. 1told you that I dldn't caro much about my girl olng back on me, 1 don't, onlv she was 20 nicel o, I'm golng to ’ntifl wy old girl and try to catch. 8 new one, becauso I saw ber nlelghriding with un- olher young man yesterdsy, It made me fuel awful bad, unlfi 1don't care, you ktow, Iiy the way, Dew Itose, my sister's plante aro ba- having tu very much the samo manner ns yours; they Won't grow, and wa can't make them; they're dreadfully stubbors. loping that my frat letter willnot prove tpo lewgthy, I remaln yoiirs, In truth, lou Bawrsn. TIE I0WA PLOWER-GIRI. 70 the Edifor uf Ths Tribune, OTTUNWA, [0., Jut, 2.~ am ons of the girls, May 1 come? Ta be.eurg, when 1 think of T tho seseral hundred letters owlttea forwantof epace, ™ 1 tremble for the at mine. T have beco pa« tently waitiog for Ol have not mude heracqualntatice yct. Who s ahet 18 sho an old mald? she muet be, or e never could staud all tho misives that have been hurled at her. 1 think Jo Kfuzshonld be reJocted. 1lo 18 toa wnart, No wondor his glri weut back on him, Perhaps ho did not flalter hot cnough, nnd. praised hime sell too much,—and ““then he uses oo much slang. 1 sbould Jiko to know what kind of a giri Innoccnce 1s, s she is not In lova with Georgo Eljot, . Will she ploaso tell us what to read? 1 will tell Dew Tose what do for m, mnuu. 1always cover them up whilo the rooin fa clug wept, to protoct them from the dusti water tiem twice 8 weeki occasionally put 8 little aumwonls i the water, and overy Saturday sot (ho pota in bolliug wi 0 warm the roots, and it eems (o me they grow white | stand ching them. Tho heigls of m‘y aubition vow s to pos- scasu dova. Jlow shall { get onct And now that spriug {s almost here, won't some onc write somy articles on flower-culture, and obhigo Toxvoxia, AN ZOLIAN MARP. T the Editor of The Tyibune, 4. —Itithorto 1 huve beeu only an reader of Tne liome, butas all ard so kindly welcomed, I will contribete. & mite this weuk {n ihe shapo of an Follau harp for *Fan-. chon.' FProvide u long, narrow box of thiz dea), about thirty inches loug, five fnches broud, ang ona Inch gud threa-fourtls doep, with o circle i the mlddlo of the ll‘[lpl:l’ sido abuout au Inch and a Uslt iu digmeter, plerced with nwall holes, Alung thls upper side of the box are even, ten, or morg strings of very fino gul, stretched aver UHdges ab cach end (like the bridge of a violin), and scrowed - ns: or telaxed with nnmw?nlx . Place it at o window with (ho sask Just raised so thata current Of air cau brush over it atrings with freedom. ** Fauchion, " | agree with you un booka Cau any on tell wo If Owon Murullth ever wrato anything besides **Lucile"? and obligs Erva. A _LONESQME OINL'S LETTZR, Ta the Kditor of The Tiiunns. Bycadous, Jan, 20.—Wo have taken TuE Tuine UNK for sowe time, and for the last fow weeks I have bacu very wuch [uterested in 'Tho Home, but, ‘n':’olher-hn‘n sald, 1 ki ore, ave not veuturcd writing was somewliat amtaed at Perd's letter in our well as Pert and Pet, 1 too aw the only girl 1t ratber load pleasure toua, of the famlly, and, &s you say, fud b 8 cutu for 14 junu. lumn&lllm“ \\'ellu'cfl aud Pet, If you will start 1y. 1 wish somc ons would something to talk aboul, you may bear again from BLL, ADVICE YOR EUORNIA, T0 A Bditor of The 7"0!&14. Mazouawis, Jan. 30,—1 wauld 1ike to give Kugeuia s re “IK‘ for bce crose brother, If sho would look at hls buttouless shires and tocluss sucke, perbsps by would bo Letter-natured. Now, IDELAUTO O hwrru le'a corn in my owa balf+ ushiol. As for Jo King, I think Le'Is in s bad fix, bat a little practice now will beacdt Lium by aad by—porhsps. Niuson. — INFANTRY. SINFLE HXMEDIES FOB 0ICK INVANTS. 79 the Editor af Tha Tridune. Caicage, Feb. 2.~1 would say 4o tho mother of tha aick child, If the Ilttle one stiil wullurs, that though she may sceiously object to my treatiaent, 1 bave knowa It to apparcutly suve Jife, I bad bud consldersble sad cxperliuce with wy own chil- dren, sud ft was by not kuowlug what 1 Lere tell that my laat littlo one's hualth failed, ss aluce then cvery chlld on which §¢ bas becn tricd 15 to-day am no phyrician, bt the poor women of romo parte of our city have’ Iooked wpon me as one with many blessings, Igive the baby, If 4 monthe oll, one sixteenth of A grain of calomel. and repeat fn three houre, and 83ain In three hours more, 1ill the Jiver acta frec. 1 hate not geeded more. but I would continae the medicine till there was Uave your druggtst put ten draps of carbolie acid eolution Into one ounce of glycerine, and add one onnce of cinnaman water, eiving the calomel. give one drop of this mixture ton $-montha'-nld baby, and give every hour, in- creasing to three draps, then golng hack to one. Tho greatest dangers of thiy discase ate of eheck- ing too snon, and throwly Ietunge It proceed tHl ind Irrumediable. The firnt niost itnporiant thing, dear on't e frightoned. Eamctnber thera known that as 1 waArm water: then hang them where em before they there dircctions you will have fashionable cardinal red, and huntid be put tnto s tubpf boll- owed to 116 untll the water is he band; then the 48 withont rabbing, Then proceed ny In never have hard, #0ft flaunely of the warmnted L Gt the easily with e rd, which hardena N e former case, acd you will ack-lovking earmenta, My mnlh:nlmhvl 1 m, frec, green discha In fiftcen minutes nfter fAnthotity on thesa mat. gland horsckeepar, snd Hlow in har fGotatupe. i Tknotw many Wiys provosed §n The Hom Poor_ Margaret muny well ho we #ry hol, some ‘enid. And othere he will tahe beart aud follow y ever after, and that e will be fn a'beiter fethat nartienlar dueet of ming The Iomge at the saine K Anfshed lier tabors, 9 ber favorite recreatl 1 have ket hiotie for same tefal Hints in regacd to it on the hrain, or of [ 102 tis slmpie Tnal Infammation is bt the will rest cas, untnansgeable Lusband of homot, and will not des! have kuown a T st Lila” treatment . and will xree soine u ea Wworn-out subjess if [ aLsotae oiter tne. with eomn teuth, iova hy two d brain congostion was feduced. i L foud. vnlcsy the poor mother is n ensc zoud, qniet cote's milk bol 2tick einnamon‘in §t 0101 wedl davored, an rockeeanny or.very pure white supar nli tolled to- Hullier, in excellontnonrishment. If tere is ciuch Trask's Magnctic Uintment, Terer's Loweis: If the paiaful, keat the olnt. " that wo ars ton much ¢l 100 many neW ways whic n preference (o old ones w oo, —nesr dishes, which altl of our familien, hat *theso” hard thmes it {s neceasary tod in the. letters of Winnte, y feelings peefuctly, 10 whose cduea. much nnxfely, tol have lonz proved to be Jiain, get & bottle uf not only endan, and zeatly ral the 10t e 1 tecl mueh Interest Which ugren with m young mdther of fo tlon Ui looking forwate with thank iy well to o the sistethood, comforts of hom books which I have re: hasten to procure, theso stormy 12, ‘In ailowed’ areab prosent engaged apon of Pera, " whichwe finfl to it sn_cxcellent tory. You wounld ou see Low instructed my son of thought, He selzes the s which be intered, and is en we upen the book the noxt {1 an totry theee simplo temedics. 1o the esluicel, b sn winall & doge cannot Lurt yonur babice, and often nonaction of the liver The carvolic acid din 11d's whole system. Don't be afraid And nuw 1 want o tell fever wlicre three doctups cet) by caecs a8 hopeless, far the posr hapeless mothy vdot all thres clildren atonco, With re recommonded (Trask's ren were gradually he spine and thropts of thix discase, ) She mentloned 2ad, and others which We are having a family-read- and our ‘eldest, what has cured scarlet the sama ointment 1 befon Prescott’s **Conqnest Magncetie Ointment), The pare Juice o atatime, naofienas the chil This latter, leinou-Jolce, is 1o babies in Parfe for dipht wae tho only other adjunct, o The oldest culld was far r. Editor, pleaso pardon the Jength of this, ceoming familiar wit baaurprised, could 7ou ses br b k and reads the very well Informed whi one in deiltiun, 1OW TO REEP CA Hitzspave, Mich,, Ji that no draft'of air can sirike binls but rape and canary vol-paper or sand emp soed. A bath e room should not be over- When moniting warm, avold all drafts erman rape sced: a little crackers grated fne, n hour {n'the morn- o rolos birds ton for years. IRDI NMEALTHY, Tribure. HOILED RICE POR INPANTA. ird, Glvenuth- To the Etitor of Tae Tyfbune. Crtcaoo, Jan. 30.—Ie the mother with the dell~ Isficd with the answere to her quen., k une lady gave a nice recl porridze, but she_asked for some salid f another recommiended oatmeal, In very wholesome under somo cf In the trouble slo mentio: water, catile-fsh bo ou the floor of the cage. No three timea o week. T heated—ncver above 7 (sheddiug fenthers) k of alr. tilve plenty of hard-bolled erz, mixed with Feed atn certal By observing thesa which, of. coarra, rcumstances, but, tothing conld be more 1d 1lke to suggest boiled rlce,. In such cases, aud most children bo prepared with .r‘fivl make it o Reet, and It fa 1t it o tin pall, h plenty of cold water, well thing Leavier $han ny ch Iy utetllcnl » ure bird tonlc st a ds swho mean to them bright and happy, an gullty of great ceuelty in regard erches in a cage should be each ¢, and the smallest a8 large an erches are of the right sort, no aboutthe bira' tos too long; #nd of all things keep the 0 keep birds know, bus 1 will 141h of Febroary {s the prop- male and female in the samo aful with your yuung will ind “some hint Yours truly, a Drip-DeFENDER, A CHAPTER ON RAG CARPETS, @ Edllor.of The Trivune. lease hold my to make a rax- Jind of & carpet—if you plica iness, or haveanyiling ecp you ont of mischier. better to commit a_good.sized Tgst their song, pr, closely covered salted, and wover - all fork to touch it, alittle from the botium, bofling water ti} it {s well dono snd 1! dry, instesd of . bols somotimos eecn it Let him eat anga 1t, but no molasscs or slrup—they are Ing._ One of my {lttlo gl cooked it In bol pude the samo time are one of a different ! troublo lsover ha -nailsgrowing 0 out whole and e er time to place the cage,—~If you wish birds this year. rls wan very fon . eoaked It over night, and water untll It made a smooth thln mother knowe al havinz three bables belp hera little if 1 this as well ; 's of my own, Iam snxious {0 n, Orat, Caicado, “Feb, **buanit™ while I carpet—or any other any value on’ fi elee in the wide world 1o In fact. it would be sin rather than attem| ir halt done you wil me blind, rhenmatic, and shittle blue gisss, or cheml tore your home and {ts Inhabitants to ifl, thers will be g failure to find In Wobster's Un Ellot wortds elegant yet forcis ch Mr, Sioux can cipress lis he surface of the carth a place . n-lgu‘_lho \\‘holl:; o advise Sjoux nof TIB BADY, Tn the Editor of The Tri - Drrnowr, Mich., Jan, 30.—1 Clyde for taking, intercst my letter, but would August we havi Since we dropped home remedies with better succese, given up curing the baby untll b through. 1 tried the raw heef last sutmer, but he not eat It, Since I huve b #ay ane word more, and will ** foreveratto If these women or the dismlesal of the bal niore Intellectual sabjecte, liglan of eclence. with a slck ta have them inform me In which {l dr I think any woman 0t to be 4 muther dly allow space for the wanta of bables and to mothers 1o ba madu known, aj their minds from other mources than Tor Cilicaio ded ! bune, wlsh 1o thank Kitty enough in wme to auswer say that since the 1st of o paid a homeopatilc doctor 835, we have ired ed, moth-eaten, and not all the loons In exlstenco sun, 1 wish to | and demoralizing bridged or George ble cnough by whi feelingr, or on il quile Bad_enon, who are calling so Joudly and the takiug up of ever tried 1o study re~ h 1 T would be gind for him to co echeme, s originators and abet to make o home.made carpet? 0 colu,—t pays wi rother-In.Taw. nd a right Hvely timo wohad of it i WIIERE TO ADDRESS, Tothe Kiftior of The Tribune, h Wi, Jan, 27 —If E, Mich., wlil send her D. Whitam, Eikhart Lake, Wie,, 1 her some ramples of onr leaves, how to prepare them to prevent them from lc)ur{ 4r B8y the people who talk ios culture nro not slways the most or thinkers, and the most truly tivated woman | ever knew wan profound renders 2’“"‘"" Rapi uty-liko and culs Ale0 the most de- I'would refer tho Indics to ** Faith “ who writes for the Americun Aqrieut- urist, Escuse my Jong lelter, butlt is n)n{ huk. and also teli her DOCTORED HUTTER. To the Kdiirr of ‘The Tribune, Irtiororts. 1., Jan. 20,~WII wome of tho many readers of The Ifomo infor merchant how to color butter Ing Injurivus ingredients? Most of my customers Acem to have wlite cows, ANXIETY. AN INVALID'S APPEAL. To 1ha Editor of The Tribune, Brooxmvatox, Iil.. Jan. 3L.—None like me have yotappearod at the thrushold of Tur TuinUNe's bospitablo llome department, 1 therefore beg the kind forhearance of all. In vague faver-dreatns I have passed and repassed the portal sacred tathe joya and sorrawa af llome; each time ' resolved to von. ture fnand seat my wasted form whars tho bau- ghter and song, bright-eyed ehll- dren and loving mothiers, all {n one falr scone bient, and from each falr resolve ovolvad the pur- pose unperformed, Andthislea trus transeript from the wakeful moments of me who *for months, on pillosw and in chalr, with wasted lungs, tins panted for breath, rooks, "' Bui sowe un- koown alster, blooming with bealth, who Las fol- far, may eay, ‘‘DBut why hasahe now, al fhis late day, brought her pale face here to #miito us with ita sorrow?* 1 cannot answer. May be inatinctively I do that which all have done who coneciously look out upon this fair world for the last time, fain to got s parting glimpso of all the uptold things they have loved from infancy till the At least, full well T know that unless that divinlty which whspes our endsshatl put it foto the heart of some who pitlett _ like me the hint money has not becn able ve up the fadin; the curess which nd; wy little daughter tae despair of separation ind my poor bilessiny ombraco of soft-en: arms and laid away to sleep, This grim monater of wino Is one of th ssesalon of the citadel of life, while holding you a prisoncr worse oy-slave at night s vou'for-inperlaa. weeks, and montha to g:lrmemyllla the end, To be plea for life before one’s time {s & dresd alter~ ud while | make 1t herd with a fervor which uvery molhe tify, It isdone wii How 0.4 Adusy A INPANT. e Editos rivine, dan. 20, —This [s m me, but hope I sliall bo wel. 1L, of Rockford, wanle a new and pretty way to mako a bed-quill,” 1 have ane that 1 sm atire she will like, and will eend her if eho will writome. Just the same recipe for Itallan cream 1 haye used for somo time, boil it four or five minutes—n; then mold and let It cool; an kee, will find no trouble with t, T think, now. (o the mother who has u baby, and {s er own work. Get o right colared cambrics, any sixe you liko, stitchthe b cut plctures fro rm a longssnflering yellow, without sia- and after beating, 1 0t mory than that; d Elwa, of Milwau- make them into a book, ok to make It strongy n paverd or books— orses, kittens, children, and flow- eer, dnd pasto them 't the book. The better way fs b whiclh should bo thin) on the Then dampenand m. Wood-cats ¢an by abialned.with & Hitfe trounle se no expense, and the book will anjusy the chitd longer than somo expgnsive t oy, and Is indestructi. P ENELLA, Box 111, Manston, Juneau County, s, 1ike the ** hart for watel b —1 lave been a reador cks only, but I look for uito agroe with ling untruthn to ‘to tell untruths of The Home for a faw ftwith Interest ovel Anj children. 1 do not allow any ono or to deceive my little ones” In any learn deception quick enough when they ara rid, without learning it were inL. A.'s place, I would take the decelving of tho lttle ucy's letters very much, rom her offen, ay tho same of many othurs, ones. 1 1lko Aont hupe we shall lnleur 1 unknown friead, There wat a roqu tako u pan with a p u In the flour well) tho flour ol out of doors; If thiora aro wolled places at It in tho flour aguin. It takes a good deal This will cleau alinost any knitied woreted ariicle n whito goodes white lace tlos, and 18 will clcan white furs tiil look ke new.’ Give this a thoraugh trink. tosummon from the fac. hope; give this canuiot uuder- whits flour: rul . —Let me vay ta A there Is more than one kind of thnes vur hittlo onea ato 16 oveny piny that the lower Mmbe will t lu often the case (hat ) tlce tn tho limbs, and thut a litkle stratn wiil cause rheutatism, of which [ have a harror, for I kuew veral yeare ngo when the child, mb, theumatlam, ¢ic,, caused fe- In'timo the b Lisd to be amputaced, dledof consuinption. Somclimos by @ i0 WaAF Vator freely. wiplig dry, then pusalng the hands over tha limb'in u weameric the Iez with souctling warm, uot hild w0 bad thal you aro will belo the dittle called thus to make ¢ children's sake s hearl th inlagiving and as a 000 of buing permanently benefited, Bug fromn tle massce in al nown or disregarded b, lcf;l‘ol!, and it may ba through aching )i o thut iy 2pocal to the wii humanity may bring the buon 1 crave, . A0 our dewr old TRIBUN please, up cverywbers around u kood reason to belleve Ition to the wa. careful of the health vouch- s roso in its globy for 1o sa orial It Iss dona” for myriads of ith oy-awakening rays capeclally thuso wha they have sume prodle 3 Ks obliged ta keep bl In-dous H Taw ansious 1o do a litle guod If ] con. BNOODLLEICATER, from thina imumeins the Lnwuan race, and witl peuctled ruscs fu_my checks ward; but ba (s noj fafrly in the mer) in the darkucss of eclipse, and grope cun ncver have syain—good N Alled with doubit; but wweet fricnd, magle pation, or point the w balas of tiilcad that | may go un al willlng, from suuie of Iis 'moun! 1 may send iy benlsons down Gpods tus 1d #ss by un the other 5+ Tellow-feelly, DIFPICULT TO CLAYSIPY. 70 the Bduior of The Tribuue, Cutcauo, Feb, 1.~After having read tho articles In The Howo depattnont of Tus Tuisusz with great futerest, T pwrcolvo thero in no formality of fuitiution futo the sisterhuod, aud fecl sasurcd that 1t my offvcing prove worthy, sud the editor s so fndulgent, T will bu permitted to rafss my volce In the uiceting. 1 have remuingd allent hitherto, na- der the hinpreselon that a good Ilstenur was bubtor 1lian & pour talker, but 1 found souie asticts In thy Papor of such great Jotervat that I felt gratified 1o saswer them; ludeed, 1ieol It my duty 1o cutou to the rescue of the persccoted brotliors, If o they may be called, Tou much has been suld ogatast thiess martyrs Lo tho caprice of vor wox. If & man raty eitnation s Margaret's 17 o ve, it 14 cortaluly thue ay odorous with 1 long it, and, G o0 who dld “not wide, but viore filled witlwtl which makes us woudrous kiug ——— A “Reformer," L George C. Wright, of Wa er, umnu ol tbe members of Louveutlon at st. Louls wil Tilden, has just been disbarred, i the Clroult Court of Dremer County, courts of record fn low, ona year, the Cedar Falis (Jazelte suys, und to b vontluggent after that time upou the payment by Welhit of various sums clicnts which be upproy b uominated Mr, is really in such a des Husband declarcs b for soure vme tu Interfene, The siplo secret of washing rod flannels, eveuting them from ! ulr color, fs this; from practiciug fn all 4, the bur to coutinue Brinking aod changing Wash then quickly fn wurm suds, nut hot, aud riuss aad wrlug them fu elear ' B et ROYAL BAKIN ROYAL Absolutely Pure. Tha Roya! Raking anlln is pre| of inuney belongiug to irlated to bis owu use. FOWDER. A BAKING POWDER. i cd ppon sclentifc & spocial Centennlul Y the best rrocerp everywhers Bicents for 4510, direct 10 Joyal B! I Reeelptund (uil directions fur cativu, cucloalug$ ceat stimp, from Iogredients that aro the for thess merils. The geoulua o, bt in case yod cavuat obialn {ug Powdet Co., New York, and you 3 W Rolly, B~ The O3t efeetive wid whoicauine, cuu Lo Lad puly lu i caue, aud s (or pals b, 1, neud GO centa fur 11, wilkrecelvalt by return mal st freq 0n op,