Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 10, 1877, Page 10

10 THE CIHICAGO TRIBUNE : BATURDAY, MARCIT 10, 1877—TWELVE PAGER! TIE IIOME, A LONE WOMAN'S LAMENT. My name Is Sarah Jane; 1 amqmite anknown to fake, Dut T would like now to explatn Why 1 come TTo ask thia lttls fasor from ** The Home. " 1 amsnre T ehall gomad 1f rellef canniot be had, ¥or 1 feel so swtol bad At the thooght Fornoang nanriraccenstal plan. 14 754 rroig, vary vld; W gsdidig o bold, & -4 7 voull wk Pawniie 70'¢ds 1hs most anpleasant And Iy To peys .m clesrly heat, L HE spo that a receipt T orm this wondeaus feat i Will appenr . «t **The Lome;" but the chiance Is I ar, K31 sont mnat do normore sot « potlence now to bore, W 1y thyming Pl give o'er, Byl And alone, -1 - walch for anexnswer In ** The Ilome, " L 3 had nlmost cleam forgot ] v request If you' wontd not “ut thfs in some Mvored Apot, ' So that shame 't all the men, for'tls they who aseto me, SanauJans. Go, March 7. HANDSOME IARDS, b the Editor of The Tribune, + fsax, Wis,, March 5.—A woman may have catures, a clear sk'oy, a magnifcent head of and a faultless formy, but if she lsnot tho ssor of n nice hand, then all hier othor charms ) rnanzht. Many ladiey, aud gentlemen, too, ery fustidions {nnutiera pertuining to their :ts, except in the care of thelrhands, A long, sring hand, well Kepty 38 n suro xign of good eding. Now thero are many men, honest ‘and dworklng, true **natina’s noblemeny” whose wations will_not allow of thelr having nice, dte hauds. DBut every husly, no malter how ach houeework she may do, canand vught to sed her honds meat. ! It fn for ihess ilfex that the following hints.are fntended, rather an Whose who lmve nothing more (o do than play ae piano and eutertain wompany, Wero our smerican ladles as carcfifi of thelr hands as oro -ho scnoras and eenorltas wof Epafn, they wonld be even more faxcinating {1 nehey now are, In Kpatn, the ladics nre wont ta,th thelr hands above theyr heads,—L c., to the ;hed-post,—and keop then tn Ahir position all night. Tut this s carry- in33 things too far, for the faumls can bo beautifed quie an effectusily witho: golng to,euch gx- tremes, Fome Awerlean kslies use a mode im- ported from France, That s, they sleep with wlovenon. 1f done habltunulty, this In o LA eus- tor, ‘The molsture of the 14.m should be allowed topass off to jusnre itn bortty and health, Stil, 1f one vico b s whils enly, e in easo of chappod handx, cte., no serlots cor wegpances will casnc. Ledies uften wpull the sivipe of thelr hands in chilldhod. “There ls one tertibly perniclous halit wostall ehildren nre prone ty—thut le, bithng off the finzer-vats,. And, Tane | jorry to xag, 1 lave wny charmine Indies £ idulging In tid enmo practice, who were qaif & old enough (o know hettor. Oh! low dreadful '] $ to neca nict, agroo- able young lady wich motttof , stubby finger-nalld, (Hoya, thoso girls who bite ttheir nails are always cruen €0, ook out), dleludes, 1t being woll hov: posanous the 128 s are, ft {8 not to bo red ut thint they tov 0.1 th pulson, and so pro- ducccure lijw, Tknewn persoa whobad s small phine Dl break out on s face, Thepd weled f8 with usnally, tullameation ket In, and thea followed an attack of eryalpelat frem which e &f d not recover for a yesror moge, Of course, thiin b an oxceptional we, I, Ladies, dues ¢ not wihow how mm-rul you srould b “Tarcutk ura too adten to blamie for ale towing thelr clldeen to bite | off thelr naile, and thias e Hiofe Jittle Tiands tto bocomo ugly, | 1f our chil.iren foilow, (i pre G:lce, u littlo wiratozy o udness will dherally - remedy the wnatter Tu the Wrst pii e, o koep tolr Landn v, carefully trin thele er ki dle, and appeal (o Idren aro | ant to hinve b good uils s, Examino r shure o thiw thei every ahit willy fn tually cora, Naflv nhiosthid b Kept in bom: g0 the onds of the zerw, Whon too shart theyr \:pive the flnfmn- a etunted Took, unl If too Joreel " thoy are lncon- venlent, The ¢« ure wusq eptitlo of o bich polili, 'They slonid he wel), | bensliod whon the L, und pol:rl.wd with a coarse If dark or brown luo'tisig, dip them oneo iy dn tho followlng, - and then polleh : Falte of hytticehlorde ncid two Adrachins, woft wator one ounci! T'his will rendor e eaceodingly white and liugwomo, Whoi pu?n;: he nulls, be caroful pot to dig into tuo Guicl Lasllvw wiv o thelr oW ignsiurins re apt, 1f they do not wear gloves, to huay gtoarse hoands, If they nappen to aip them into ! er, they do not ki enoeh tnie to dry them we i doforo golng on With thelr work. To wipe the ba dls {ortactly dey atter thele betne Inimersod in ywater s imperatively renry, [f they wiels their isnin e 1o look white, e the handn from chapping 1o cold wenther, Ut o uixtare of glycerine, one oo, Apermecetl, two drachme, olive ofl, two ounaat s together with the ald of heat, Apply thin ¢ sory night, and, If time whl ndinit of It every muoraing, In win- ter, do not wish them in- cold or bot water. 1t #ionid be jnst Llood warm, and ne more or less, Do nat po out of doord with thont wncoverod. In #niter, wse cold wiker, unluss o hands peeplro as the limds of et mic people do, diould uso tepi 4 water, In a good propuna.Uon for thy Tuke balf an owmis of powdered hites of two ugge, and mix together, “Chen add envuyh bran to make inte & thick puate, Apply tlom oncen day, after was) 3, and, aftor rulinine the lands tozether well for' .8 fow minute wipe 01 with o eoft towel, ‘This \llifl“{: a thein o wofty brillinnt hue, und cheek any 31 6duo amonnt of persparation. What Is called crer. 8 of rou alvo i excellent peeparation for the hande, eltl in winter or sunimier, It ls madgus foliows, un- Jers you prefer to purchuse it ut o dedbae a botties Tuke compound tincture of benzoln half an ounce, almoml and Malugza i) of each anaiwice, attar of roser five drops, honey two onnces, and enouih vater to snuke the mixture - rpousure slx vly us ufton as you iike, A misture of femon-hulee and powd srod horax ds aboanother fine whitener of the skizy, but shoald ouly be ured In wuru woathier, This $s adwlbrably ruited to thone ludles whoas generul | vaith s not pood and who lave, consuquently, ibluisb hands, 1 which the blne velus show too strenigly. Many 4 luve thele haonds disfigured by warte, retmedl in vogue for desbiwplng these Wy exer en—nuch 84 fusiir cauntle, 1 ucid, hfdnn.l:lulle ucld, curbohc-actd, cans- tie potassu, thicture of frow, ote. [ ounslder care bulic iy naed i the pu dilon:d form, the bestof these, Apply It iwleo a doy 10 13ie wart or wirrts, and the acid witl elowly destroy 3L, Every atay Wie totted part shuuld be carelully scraped oit withya sniall binnt kalfe, e careful nat to make thent Dlewd. 1 carbolle aeid fully, thor use ¢, ¥, ally pure) nltric achl, s Ahis with If it touches the wkin, 3t will bury astnpart 1o it o nasty-lool:gn: yellow color, which natiaing will remove, T u’flr{u el it be dropped ou the wart with tha puint of 4 y and Ge allowed to remoin tietw before wauehing 1t o uutil o burulog seusation 1sfelt, Iy both there chewicals, warta can always dresremoved withuut leavis wear, y Ladien rhould Lu careful of the eoaps they use. Avoup rlouid be chosen which will mut only clenn~e the asin, but do so withuut larkating it LFeonch toilet svaps will sccomplish thie, 45 well us tho-c made in Awerlcs by Colgate &Ca Bot the co tof thewe provenls wany” ladies from uving v e following soap 14 quite ga goad s any o bnt ltdel Take two wences of curiie, an vunce of oil of sweet aluminds, two wes LE powiered | Ploventiue ~oryip uot, welt th fonr ounces of; ! mutton luw, ‘nnd a pound of English white cugtile soup, fure ti ninis ure winhe tuwe pwcts, Jtcan be cot with w kalfe in wape the funcy dictutes, There 40 woup or 1o 1L, ux a tefal will 1 fua witts Jetter to The Howo, : vaud snd vatmeal soug ¢ pilae of **oatmen!, s ol " *glycerine® ete., dre huue -prlred soupm eyer bear ufla Dames, o ) Ll 22 this will Sud favor with some of yoor read- ditury 1 will pive o few *% repligs Lo cor- wod Il‘nfu clmui“ Bakt fa ¢ tuart—You way that your bal 4s turn nd that it Jv black. alwdys turn gray sooner thaw otwerd, fur hie reanon thut the coloring matter of tia haic [y soouer extisusted—at leaat, 80 physiolog *late. # jotlon will reatore it, 1 you canuot bqstmmu with yuur hair, atter rememboring that gray hatrs are Lnotavle, Then try the followibgs Tincjure of frun, one ounce; vpinids of smmonts, half au Yuuce; soft'water, apiut. Apply dafly fur some Vi, i Leep ua with Lrushing it every day well, \ Neio—) 0u ask Low to une e yolk of an cyg for cleaning the ecalp. Ureak oo egy, beatitwell, white snd wll, rubb well nto the scalp with s atid surh. wud wask the scalp {n warn water, Willa<-1f ypur hair iv dars, oud that of yojtrhas- Vand ul, it Lo probuble that your iltle dauyhtee's Luie will eveutusliy durken, - Atany rate, youcan- uot avply ml(lhm‘llutwlll canse it nut 1o 4 80, 101 be wo buchned, any moro than the leopatd can Cusily € bin ¥puts, Thise Who told you to usale vodabuow but Dittle, §uw straid, of physdogy. Ecridea, sal-ods, ikt ol sikulles, Is ruination 1o the Laif, Thly 18 Wby 14 nop be glica . aed, simply offer for what they are worth the results of experiments and oimervation dnring roveral years' thuc« In this fazeinating pnrenit, Shonld there differ from those of sister-itorists, 1t need not I trnstbring uatotomabawke. Fromncourteous comparieon of methods and resulte, and a friendly {nterchange of views, we tdy reop much profis but from all unkind criticlan “and all eaustic re- Jolnders may we, a8 piant-lovers, hold onrsclves aloof. And now, begzing panton for this prefaco, s thero have been Inquiries in regard tn proper noll, and a3 [tisong of the first requisites, wo wil} begtn with that, 1 possible to obtaln them, get decampused nods from the akdo of A country. road, whers the menders of highways turned them or more avoan | loft them In full glare swhere wind agd raln, froat and dew, — in short, all nature has leen 8t work upon themn aver since pulverizing and entiching, ean. (o suit tiem to this to one part well sand, thurosghly & coarse scive, coal and leaf-mold for a constitutes the bert soll for the greatest varlely of Ehuu.-. These sods are preferable 10 garden sull, nt, if they cannot be nad, that tuted. Witha box of this stored In the cellar Ao fall, ¥uit nro prenareil for in-loor operailund this month, bat, if yon are a beginner and not thus forearmed, a florist will supply you; but it thera be no tloriat within reach, thore is nothing for you but to wait until Jack Frost permits you (o dit a few spadeftls frort the garden, This will be cold and wet, and hefore belng mixed with the sand, ete., must be dried, a panful at a thie, In theoven. We will suppose the soll in your poescacion, and that you have stored In yone cellar for rafo koeps ing hellotropes, lemons, verbenad, fuchias, lugns- treentas, and tmany others, to bring . them up, wash free from duat, cut back decayed or atraggling alioots, give o thorongh watering with tempered water (to rave ropetition, nover use cold water [n_ plant operi- tiune), and let them stand until the tollowing day, when, in pots well washed If old, ar well rsoaked it ncw'rprucl:etl to repot them in the Jight, rich roll, ap the plants ont of the old pots, break up tho ball af earth, wrobing away with o blunt stick, and shaking out ss much of it as poseible without Injury to the rouvts. If these are healthy aml are ‘matied wbout tho sldes of the pot in which they have grawn, the now should he vne mize larger, “Glve ;llnnlg of drainage; pieces of broken pote, then small bits of charcoal; over this the now caeth, Alling the potsabout one-third fall, then place the plant In balf _an inch n all around, filting 0 the lonsencd roots, ns she only our needs. “Two parts of cv:njed manure and one part mixed, -and paeced throtgh with o little palverized char- top dressins, may” be mibwl- Now is the time o centre, allowing for sull on ftop: Ml tho earth cluncl{‘ Dressing it down Bemly wil the fingers. Without Delng ramined in, it mast be made quite firm, _Roth in the potting of okl plants and the starting of new, lobse planting Is a fraftinl sourcy of fallure, Next in order I the rooting of cottings, If you can have a hot-bed, —which mny be a very simple nffalr of a goods-hox and n slmple sash, —walt for that; hut If so sltusted that you inust do witiout, 1t a betier to beglu st onc. Cat- tings of any of the plants Just nanied, o4 well as the varfegated leaved ones and most of thuee usually cultivates Tuot n'ltlll( n raucers of sand, A1L that s neoded Ia to keep It very wet and tnily expgsed to tho sun. The selection of proper cuttingsis %Illulmpmhnl. In roft-wonded plants they should he so tender n# 1o break readily (they miet not, however, bo sroken, put cut minoothly witha knife at, or just below, u jolut), In_hard-wooded plants, soch as roews, the cuttings should bo ripee. I yon wirh only bioom in geraulume or oleanders, the chiolcest urd the top Bhootw, thore which have buds fneme bryo, But tie sand will not support the routs. As soon as theae have started, the cuttings must ba potted separatety fu {wo-tnch pots, watered often cenoth 1o keep the carth molst, and kept stiaded for several duyd, Another plan Is to use whallow lmus containing threo or four Inches of sand or Ight earth. In this set the cuttings close tozether, covering them to abont the eccond jumnt to wilt. Do plan, cxposs . fall to the mun at first, but keep lghtly sl Dy **shaded™ { do not mean cool, ' In whatever methind you may adopt, heat und molature aro all- ensential, and in maintaining the propes degree of these lics tho secret of success, Now, Violet, If those yellow leaves aro yetlow still, and bad dralnage ia not what aila thea, and JUI AR B1re you gavo them frosh soll ut the proper e lnst full, let mo tull you what s the matter, They are In’ too warm and dry an atmospherc, Geranlums delight n s cool situation, and prim- rosce in one both coolund molst, On n shelf ralsed only four hiches from the floor—to which, of vonmse, the glass extends—whero the temperataro 1w only Aity with s lll"{ wun, iy prl winter, ki thelr leaves show that brilllant, tender green which, in lll!mJ indicates great contentiment uteLgood digertlon, Busun--1u rexard Lo rosea, Old plants notdesleed to bloom tn mimmer, 1 plunge,—pluce ing coal-ashea bonuath, —and keep ua ucarly dor- mant s powslble without killing them until’ fatl, wheu 1 repat, ond start them gradunily Into v)j otia grawth, ' A pinn I like plants carly ' spring, ki growth, bt allow] d:il 1o Lloom, vive frosh corth and bring Into winter quarters, i either cove, yioroun growth must be uaintain. us Joug wa they=are deslred to bloom, They wmuat have all the'win that )s to be had; sprinkliy: tup-dressing, ono or two | of new raplums—ludeed, by smstours—will water well, nnd not, a» novor allow - the eaicel then erees by day, and lower at nlght, wpriukling. but' enly a glimpsa of thy mrosea bloom profuscly throushont the hich ary olier I8 ta sturt yo eping them 1h° o 1 the coitrsg o anat; soot tew oceaslonally, alternating with ammonin-water (tlye drops to tho quaet). Iy coustant Nittlo attentlone of this kiud Ve n good succeesion of bloom from Sufrann, Agrip- vina, and ot Far nildow glve a goud stirring of the soll, with mnlching and a tonfc for tho rvoty, Lt this wikl not avall if ‘the plant etands ben®ath trees, or when tho freo clreulation of the alr peded by low-geowing shraba ur gtior menn, A Constant iteader—Nearly all the rlunll o entinerute requirs the direct rays of tl - ing tha middla of tho day, in “order to bloon wintor, Conld yoit give "them & window with o suuthomn aspect, 1 am sure your sucecss wonld bo complate, many clmrmlnfi Ronlns wonld bl H ime ho sun dur-, In your cortern window, howerer, Your bo- Ihiugs can e growi, they have a teme oom thera conld pursture of 70 or 76 dewrees, Wouli'not a bracket or shelf near the top accomplish this? Einilax should flourish there af the tewperature you mene tion, _Aud nuw, ¥ince there hivo beun “ro many fnguiries in regard to thiv plant, 2 wondns to ita munagemont, The fral year from sced, keep grow- Inizdn & shadod aitnation, The sccond suminer thiey will show Inclination to redt, the leavos tirn- inyyellow, nnd the stem hecomlng brown aud dry, Now stand tho pota In no carlern oXxposur scruened from tho mid.doy sun. Uradually wit! fiold water, giviog, st length, only enough to keep them from eutirely drying out, “As soon [} W wigns of growth, —ahoat tho lust a| ok iy ke tho tebera tre from tho aotl, and extra Jeaf-inolil and charcoul, amt rainage. ropldly growing vioes, and vory carg- ful thut the tender endw are not broken or brulsed for amy injury to thom greatl 1 fore Chrlstinas onch lenlstalk should buar 1ta d. cale raceme of exquisitely feagrant flowers. For calian, precixely similar treatnient, 1o repottin wash thu cartli-from the routs, reimove the you ofahouts, und givo soll very ushich richer than thiat dexcribed, A ton-lach pot b sulictont largest plant, Furulsh supports for_the retards growth 1, the Ilxacintux, 110U4R PLANTE, To the Editor of Tha Tribune, MonNrxomug, Moreh (.—Aunt Bully and Con- staat Keader, 1 will tell you how [ treat smillax, 1 put coarre chiarconl 1n tlio bottom of the put, e~ pot frequently, a4 thu roots gro vory large and re- qulre a gonerous supply of rich soll.” Myrsiphyllum Baparaguide, you know, I8 the botantcal name, Tlo roots and horeien uro 1lke thoeo of aspare Agus, Asparagus I4 & native of low, marshy coune tries. | wator amllax very frucly every day, ng the water on tho sirface of tha woll. Jearned by exporlence hat ft is destructhvo to fet ft stund in water, [ have found it #0 casily injured lu this way that I discarded the saucer entiraly, ower ¢ thor- uughly ouce s week, and turn It around ab least thal often. 1 alwugs waldr my plautd with rain. ‘This containg ul) the dmuonia they need, my treatment of anilux, and a8 proof of there wtands before mu now a ¢ thing " @ trcliis wix fect high and sixteen omplete! ous- havo ly covered wilh this gruceful, recn, gloewy ving, It hunys from thio fop o both sides fu festoons of twu fect or more, 16 blooms evary winier; now 1 fe full of briyht greon berrles aliost su urnamentsl as the blossoe, Susan, 1 removed wildow from my plants by sponging the aected parts daily with ‘a_spongo molstencd in ralu-water, plain couking, my wectiment axauctly, Vivlet, don't bo dlscouraged. There is nothing like nx‘m‘lenm in caring fur Loasc-plauts, Thuy difer Ju_their requiromcnts and dispositions as wmnch as children. Hy practico and study you will soun learu Just what treatment to glve ¢ach one, 1 thiuk your geraniums and primroess must bo kopt tuo warm. Bulhof theso flourish best1n o low, unlform temperature; too cat will lavacl- ably blast the bude. * Vanablencss In the temperas ture either of the aiz or water will tarn geraniuu Jeuves yellow, A eouth wlndow kas too much sun furprimiosce; they do best in tern It s very injurious 10 primroscs and wet the Toliage, 11biuk it {s better to start slips, provided you bave vigozuus plunts Lo take thow from. If 1 Eu] from the greeshouse. I select youny plauts that Iu’\i-rmgt-wu u bud on, thy soil. Igive you my hand on Yoo uxpr‘fmu! % reat vindow, begonlas o cu, ad fake good Is gencrally used up {othe "Fhey may drag out a fecbls exlstence Lut bever suother Aower will you see, repol in fresh Thosa 'd 10 Juch & nes they glorics muke a nlea screen fura back purch. 'They requlire listle care, grow very ropldly, sud wake s dense sbady, The red, white, aud blio varletles mized ore real pretty. l)urfilhnu aro s Jov 1o all the household, frum thu eldvst L the Youngest, aud a great aitraction Lo our visitory, 1lave about 120 plunts, and nuta ickly one lu tho collection, —all dolng their best. A et inaus afa 1a blvozy v suu liave bech, and the reat woun will be, “I'he fuchaiss are wuk- fuga kraed dwplay wow, Theroare reven lirde waze 1u bloow, 8l ‘pretty, bub oue particularly ¢o, It bas elglit haudeous wws. clustera of Lude uud blue- Vne bag been cunstantly o blova siuce I Septomber,™| n The eolor of the halr docs not rist with the | Thankaeiving. haie iteelf, bt with what are termed the pigment [ colore in hloom, cells of the skin. 1 have i hibiacna nat any hixher than my pen- W the lady who trote from Nm&vy Hollow | holder that now and then perfocta 8 flower that i #late her question again? 1 have lost the nambor | acknowledaed by all whahave seenittobe* perfect. rontalning it, and cannot remember procieely what l{‘ splendic, ' The fower in five inches in diameter, it was, Pavs l(. B, the most gorgeous calaring of carmine, rcatiet, an: v crinann, Dt 18 unclesa to try to describe it PLANT-CULTCRE. Can anyone tell me how to Femove oil apots from To the Editor af The Tridune, marhler=—sld wpots canoed by carcless workmen SreatiNg, 11, March 7,—Thanks to Snean, Con- | making a puity-sheif of the washstand, atant Tieader, and others, wha 8o cordially second Will fome one please tell how to make carry- the proposal to_discuns plant-cultare, Knowing | sance that ie caten un rice? il Trom exparloncs that tho beginner moets sith | - Mrs. Sarah L, T, fof one, wonld Itke to hear many drawbacks and disconragementain thiswork, | moreabout soups, We hare nall of ne had eako 1 can heartity sympatize with thoeo firlu encoun- | recipes enongh [0 'last nar lifotime, even if wa ter fatlare, and wonid gladly lend o helping hand | =hould live nnti) the next Centennial, ' 1 shall bo ver tho dificuit places, 1ut Tet It bo nnderstood | thankfal for instrnction in couking soups nnd fhat tn any sngzertionaor ailvice which 1 may ven- | meats patatably and healthrany. B tare, T do not pretend to apeak ex cathedry, hut AUNT FAKNNT, . Thare n dozen geranfuma of all DISEABES OF CHILDREN. Th the Fditor af The Tridune. Apniay, March 7.— Al tiurongh thie' beantifal winter, with Ite speing-llke westher, fts bino Itnlian akies, snd balmy nir, the detroyor, Neath, han bieen ateadily a work cleaning in his tich hae- vest of preclons n e, In sour lovely city, how many'desolate hortice and crished hiearis does tho runshine tonch to.dny, and still tho rages, und the battle bétween 1ife and death govs on} Oh, how one's heart bleeds to think of the *Hiittle emnty cribs and_vacant weo sminll chalre. ™ Tk Tianusk has already devoted so much space to the frentment and cause of searlet feser that it waulit ho quite uselees to say more, while so mnnyl estilenca dren, . dle (dally With othier diseas which, althougli of n luss’ fatnl clnan than ecar fever, are gulte na danzerous if neglected when 10 premonitory symptoms make their appe Young mothers freguently are quite Iuio gardinz the cnre of (hefr 11te nnos, and. aithomsh Mes, br, Hiale and others have wwrilien npon tils «nbject, T will give s few hints gathered from my own espetience. Que of the most cammon allmenta amony chil- deen fn eore throat, When the child fiest” com« plaing, ko a thorongh esamination, and, If the tonsils present an infiamed appesrarice, ued tho following remedies: To half o ulass of waler add b tenspoanal of chloraty of yioan spovutul cvery N the nge ~ of patlent. 'Tuke a thin slies of and bind {t around “the throat, having ‘pre- vl biack pepper upon §t: also bathe the fect at bedstime Inbot water, and put e lit- tlo nne on a fight diet, If the thraat Jusa white, leattiory appuarance, and, should thej pulse denoto fever, have a physictan at once, s In carly childhvod~that ts, until after the second summer e past—cholern Infantum ie tho diseasc most dreadad. inw the hot, enervath At 1 shail never for Auspetes when iy s thls ternible scourgo. fub the dlscase I sician alone (s competent to nee. ro. givan ten- three liours to A chitd 4 “yearsolds to the sall porkk Tartleulariy 13 this tho cade dur months of duly and Angust. tne tivu days of agonlztng ~born Iny steuggling |I\"tll'l. wonld_spenk, for it to "Beal withy cluiches of Ia not of B ph HI'&Y. it of It caune and of the means of warding ftoll. Tuo great an allownucs of fuod, Impure uir, and allowing the child to becomo chilled, are tho principal caude of feritation of the bowels, When achild has reacheil the ace of 8 monthe 1t may cat with perfect safety n little light bread with milky also (except In summer) n fina ls cxcoflent, Kora youny child s little beof tea onco or twice s day will givo the needed strength, nlthoush to my mind there is nothing so good e plonty of well-bolled rice with the julco vf mrg beel mixetl, with it Avold positively all fruft durlnz the warm weather, Jeep high-unacked fiannel shirts und woolen stuckings on untll the child is throngh tecthing, and a tind of new fan. bowels, Avold the baked notatn mashed nel bound *ungly around tha cool evening afr, 1£4chlld becomen chilled tho blood beconies congeated and s forced from tho anrface. 'Thin §a ono of the chiof causes of bowel complaintas remeniber that, and 1f the uworming I cool, have a little firo made buforo dressing the baby; do the samo in the evenin: whon necessary, Pollow out these rulos, deat feiends, and with God's hetp I truet yon will carry i'uurll:lrlluul ralfely throuzh the coming season, [ yon have any tronble—thnt fs if the bowels of the child hecame trritated--diot 1t st ouce, and givo a teanpoonfut of chalk mixiure every four boars, Yot can drugnet’ weeke, Uave this misture preparcd at 1t will not keep freah Toigur L th “will kend the reclpo to any ono who de- alr 3 it acta like a chinrm, L unsuro you, 1f the Infant shows the Teast siim of vamiting, rend for s doctor at once, [ need not tell you how important itlato koep the nurery qulct, to have thorongh ventllation, ete, Remember that the Httle Tambs when sulerlng are a3 _susceptible to the ntluences of noise, foul und people. in any case of houll bo perfectly qulct: thero (4 & moothing influence in perfect repoec, ns we atl Kiow, A the {m(cnt becoines convalencent, hosvars of giv- ing too mueh food. Thelittlo stomach is weak, nnd ean bearonly alittlo at a time, Feed fro- quently and by the spoontul, Tofled rice, as a #rucl, made with rico nour, 18 tho best fond for a ¥lck Babes for drink o Httle gutnarable water or toash colfee, I'.8.—1 wish to thank a Chat (1 am tlnllu an admirer of yours, Chat), Findox, and all nthers who have recolvad clther fn- slructlon or pleasaro from my letters, for thelr kind wards nnd encouragement, With yonr friend- ship to lean oy, 1can surcly baar up under tho onslaught of Mre, Smallweed (what an appropeis ate name) and others who chooss to vnY personal attacks which arc uncalled for, ale, heat ne older sickness the room WiNnie, Eorrowing Mother, er_Into g A VRW VCITINENT QUERIES, Let niot the sound of sallow foppery cnter iy suber 70 the Editor of The Tribune. Ciieao, March 0. —Crankiness conses to roma people na naturally as agoe ftaelf, and must be the exponent of a sourlng disposition, It strikes mo that womu one—I (hink It wis May—wrota two weeka ago and mentioned what sho vary aptly termed +*jaw, " "The Homo lu teuly not desiuned for stang; It 1a alsoan ¢ udlngly Inupjiroprlato pluce far -'j The very name—Homn—In suggestive of pearo und Liminess, Does an clegunt comuosition consiat of fonr-syllablo worde In profusion, 8o connected as taclabdrtely Lreat of the ** regencration ™ of those vilo men? 1 whould llko, It fL were not Impolite, to rembid the wrlters of auch of the_precopts ++5tudy 10 boqulel and do_your own Iisines: *! Many & man becamo rich, "+ Live aad lot live,* ete. It wonld take n higher cliss of womon than thoy to attempt, with any success, the ** regrencra- ston" of men, Perhaps the epiteful tono uf some Inte lotters nre uwing to the fact that all cane .| not write spicy, enfertaining descriptiona ke Chat, or gentle, Toving counsel lke that dear, Jov. ablo Winnle, Aunt Lucy. o Aunt Fanny. Now, Jim, It you will only come home, or tell me where to vend thoso troublesome letters, 1ahall only be too glad to vet rid of them. Maud has nently cried hicr cyes out, and you will find me ex« tremely ponttent.” Whild exposlng family sllatr, It wan certainly canaiderato In you to mention your mintake In the same breatl with thistle-down, "claa lu;ulll nover havo inatituted such & perfect com- parison, aw, You know preclous well 1 nevor neoded “ojaput; you bought it for yourself, bnt wos ll‘rlul to usp It, and so cxperinientod on the cat's W 1unly took your razor to sharpen my dra pencils, for which parposo [ found it ex- collont, ‘You would never have known had you b ciight me at ity for an old hoo would sorve You sswell, Your equally mallcious aud ungronnied ussertions that [ will nover have anotlicr lover, and aboutthe *twart on my nose," I ahall treat with dimitied sllence, You™ w reeitations at colloge than o 4k uot often aselat you to learn Ing three years your junior), 1t ia you 0 read thuse ** yolluw-covered books " vo much when not sirting with the girla. But In apite of all yoor Ime perfectluns your return in anxiously awalted (or address) by your Joving sister Madge, Wiltany™ of the plant-loversa—Kern Leaf, who wrote wuch an fnteresting letier not longsince, or Hweet Sixteen (whom Ihink 1 know {n real 1ifo, dow't 1, 8, 8, )—tell mo what to do with a tea. toke which should have bloomed all winter? I trled overything, but in valn. And will some ono Please tell me what to select fora new window- aboutn dozen plants ln all, 50 as to obtuin O mor name uf the awoet little pleca culled s "' commencings Of 1] tho banny Luds that blow olifmightor clou d miss more of our ou do now i I our leasons (be- uey nn{“mm kuow tho su. reathor, cotne and ko The wholo 1<m-"ufl;‘.‘,‘,fl.rifl, Py briniar g <" Thouihte of tho saddeat,awevtost hinge, Pert; Pet, Innocenco, and the rust, comne back, Oh} please cowo back] Disconsolately, Manak Mavear, BOME MOIE CIITICISN, Th the Editur of The Tribune, Ciicaao, Maich U.—~Your correspgndent of the . 271 of Febrnary, ovur the alguaturs of ** Quill," takes a formier correnpondey what b (**(uill ™) conuldel der," Fur fenr that the critlclscd corrvepondent sy not care to wicld the pea lu hivown behalf, § deslrs t0 express a atrony divsent from the hypor critical semarks of **Qulll, e refors, in tho tret place, to tho useof tho word **eaptlon ™ in tho sensc of & Leading or titic, and says that lean sbeurd and ludicrous blundor, for 1ho reason that caption is derived from the Latin word caplo (I seize). 'This ietruoonly In a Ilmhn‘d -unu;. “'rh\-m :lm tw? separste ‘ll]:]:l tinct meanings of the word captlon,—one ed a8 *+Quill * has stated, 4 L 1 4w luwers vercly Lo task for ctymaloulcal niurs #id belug 8 volzure or s the atier derlved “frogy ‘copuly a buad, - a5 botng & beading or Ynitle, The wurd correct when used fo cither coancction, and one mneaning stands upon se solid a foundation as the other, and, although It la ahsurl to uso caption in the wenee of 4 bwading, aud then sttempt to derive it from capore, 8 to wake, yur **Quill* will agree with we that ho, not hie victim, was the one gulity s fault. Louvier, the standard authorlty on legal defuitions, suthorizes the uso of captivn fu tha munocer objectod to, and its use for thls mwesa- ng Is coeval with the carliest records of judiclal M-W"; From thae hinuicmorlal {n Engllab hlstory 16 iad'been used tu deal! Ifl ules, Indictnicots, & showlng that Webstor he cally Ite uso for thl to the headingy of atat- lugal tostruments, thuy decldedly lncorruct when purpose an ‘' Amcrics L la meonlug was cetablished a8 8 tiue whea Latln, lu ita primitive pusity, was th laugusge of the law, aud when the attaloment of Il kuowledgo was sbaolutely lpossible without a thurough schioulin 1o Latin) We thorcfore, that this meaning is oue, The next criticlsm which the use of tho soutenca: ** I take Issaa with him on that polot,* which ba claims to be uaintelligiblc. ‘hle forw 0f expresolon is uscd by such_shining ligbls in the law of plcading as Chitly, Stephess and Gould, and |s, 83" tho nswes of thelr suthors lndlm(c‘ by no meatsn *'uow monstcosity,* 1f *Quillh shl) oojects to Its ure, [ would simply remind him that 1T he will take *fsque ™ from tho Juseyors by tmust take with it ita Jesnl weanfug and vecesvary adjuncts, From the style of his writing 1 1uke the correapundent enticlsed to be » person vl Iegal cducation, and bo probably consldered that baving wed 8 teclnleal legal o solo way assunie, not sa’” improper ull) makes 14 vpon word e mgbt | lug propesly expresshimaclf In relation thereto tn tech - nleal lnnwunge, tested acconling to which rrle his exnreasiong were steictly correct. 10 4 QoiJl " means toaay that the pernsal of such anthom s Dickene, Thackeray, Seott, and Fielding i& randuclve ton reckleasnioas of atvle and loose- nesa of exprepslon, T must tespectfalty disauren with himvon this point aleo. To _my mind these authors tench more effective lea<ondin etyinolngy anid n&'nl-x than al) the achool rrammara over come rn-e . Inconfirmation of this i wonldask **Qaill™ he nnture of his thonghts when 8 doubtfnl gues- tion of Aynlaxarises, Does he try to recollect what rulo In grammar wonll be applicable to tho care, Of doen kg express hia fdess according toan intnftive senee of the yrover manner, which I Deen formed and cuitivaied. by an attentive hearsal of ench uthors as thise named? 1 think the latter method will bo fonnd tha moat arcful, Anticipating an objection to this, [ would sy, fare ther, that, Inaxmuch ne grammar i3 hut the uaage of the best weiterm and apenkore, [ can aca no res- #on why we should wot o ta the fountain-head at once, listend of taking our etymolocy and eyntax second-hand, through the medigm of A school grammar, A8 to loxing sight of the reasons, think it will be found that the rules of grammar aronll arbitrary, and In no {nstance ean thelr roa- eons be mado apparent by nnly| foeleal demonstra- tlon, AN we are learned |n that such i« the Tawy and, wlien wo ask why, they tell tis becanso it ls 50 written, G FoF, Jorss | FPROM PEIY LeAr, o the Filitor. ‘ribune. Orrawa, 11, March o, —When 1, n weak, feeble 4rern Teaf," ralsed my voice In The Home a week nzo, 1 1ttle dreamed that Its eound would be her- aided with ao much foy, 1 wish you iizht step into my ranctum thifs afternoon and behold | Plh- of letterd beforo me, 1 clnim them all as dea ‘tlends, for tholr volers are full of afection] and to thoso who ey, **1wish I mizht know you tet. tery" **Mny Tcome to your 1 say most gladly sud affectionatoly: 1 wieh we might; and, Comu when sou can, Twitl gladiy send alips toall, But when one wrltes snd ray, Will you sell your -H{m tome? Tanawer, ‘Noj my #llps are not” for sale, 1give them frecly, Only pleave remenibar that't do not think it quite rlsht {0 give them amd pay tho poatago alev, Homa tere thomghtful ehough to rememnber thats and to allof them [ shall eend, 1 eannot senl now, for the reason thet miany are in bloon and others budideds but they willcoma, 1 handly know shom I wish toseml to the most,—to those who have many and will ex- chanvo with me, or to those who have none, but arc fnxlous to have, 1 trust I nm{ ake yonas h'nmvy A8 your dear letters did me. “Some o you - Eay: love you becauee yon lave the. bright flowers which tod has given us. Is 1t uot onr dll'( to reatier smtles whorever wa got I belleve tiieae bright gifts from God aro smiiles, Then lct us try 10 {n- i1l Into tho minds of all aroaud us the ‘love of flawers, T am nuich [nterested in the plant-col- umn, anid now The Home s doubly dearto me. [ heve been nsked #o many questions that 1 will try to answersome of them, hoping they may interest oliera than thoro who reked them, Smilax lu not tender, but it must have A soason of cntire rest. . I think the troublo with the calla n, it 18 in too Inrze n pot, and the soll notrich cnongls, * Ulve your ‘flanlnlm:ll pots i you wish plenty of bloon Double geranlums bloom fre iy, butmy espericnca s, 1t aa trocty an tho ein- gle. Glve them poorer soll and they willdobetter, Yotr poor lvy-peranium s tired out, amd sants to reat, and you know they are quite temperato plants, not ax fond of drink as thelr cousina’ the zonalo- geraninmd. Oxnllie must be deled off and rost throuih the summer, [ wish yon could ses ming at thin moment. - It hns clehteen Iaryo clnsters of pink blowsota and over Ihirty buds coming. Thuy are great wintee bloowers, "1 wish I had more Cliliigse primroses, they reward une so_weil. 1 hinve but two slips, a pinkand A white, but they blwow ro nicely, Ottumwa, L4, ¢ 1shonld likea n]lr of yourscarlet gonuniam that bloonis ko freely, mul the white pink and ferns; T bava tho others, 1 will not forwet yau, Nance, of Rockfurd, you are a dear, modest Jit- tlo mald, like the violet; very wrcoty T know, for our letfer I very tonder and kind. eat nasurcd will not. lcll?‘ourlmmv tu The Hlome, for I do not want you to die: but o4 you ray, hops some day to Do beitee acqualnted with yoir.' You wish for ln- formation of a forn or Wardlan case, We will im- axine you liavo your cara made and proparly lined with Zinc, 1 pat the charcoal in the Luttom to the depth of two Irches, and thon sprinklo rome that is fine through” 1t, Your aoll must bo one-third fenf mold, ono-third sand, and one-third gooil gar— doa soll. 1f you can find o decayed stump, put ina qklmn or two of it, wull pulyerized, Begonlas lovo i€ bettor than anythinz, und will thank you for it. 1 wiil send you kome things for it, and will be glad of yotir offer of forns or ahything you inay send, Do not muke it very wet or thoy will mold; you know the molstnre Femaina in and so docs not need nenras much, Pepperowmia Is a plant particularly suited for Wardlan casea. mJnmn‘Illp—l would 1lke the bulb, and will. scnd you, Evansville, Wie.—T wonli be glad to exchango for your Itex, 1 huve soveral, und when you send 1 will send ono te you that 1s different. { will try and rand two or threa IF they hold out, as well an wome othor things for your case, 1 would Ilke your goraniuns, roses, 'and - plnik. 1lero Jot mo #uy i€ 1 sand to you o ainglo leaf, you may know that It means a #lip, for somne of dur most cholce {:’Innm grow frown a leaf, snch as cholca bogonlns, oyum ote, Macomb—T will send whon 1 can, and wonld be wvery glad of aweot violets, cte. b Wiuetka—You are too good to your plants; yon relish thowmn too much and try to husten thom. Yes, plant theseed In the Louso,” T hava twelve cigar xoa full pow plunted. 1Ullsdslo—1 recolved tho box; many uanks, I ‘will rend ta vou, Nettle Creck—Yon must not keep yoor colons 100 wat, and du not keep tou cool, La Grange, Ind.~I would 1ko tho oulb, and any cactnd you have to apare, { havo alwaya wanted & cerun, " You say If Lwillscnd o you you will be o thankful, ¥'will with pleasure, for” your lettor touchen my heart, Oconotnowoc—~The bezonta will bloom In sammer, In a Sandersonil, §would Jike sca gruse and forns, Onknlla—1 have all you have,.but will gladly #ond to you any A B C=Yaur’ way, box arrived. Tlowcan I thank you? 1 wili try to prove iny thankfulness by returning »ouno of my pels somo day, [ will nond you a plnk. anid & yollow oxallie, And tho varlegato loya son sholl inve, It s one of my favorites, Thaven #llp for you, and La Girange, ‘and Evankville, and T hope somo othera thut have a remarkablo hlstory, which you aliall know, but wera 1 o wrlto it herd [ shouldbe unable to supply the demand for slips of this particnlarone, 1'wonld ba very glad of gray hiyacintho and tuborose, Will all pleaso be carcful in packing to put them in damp paper or mose, and oflwome paper and put aronrl thom, as those rent mi ware so dry | fear tiey will not liva, T know [ huve written oo much, but whore can I stop, for the half ls not yet told, I wonder If Chat thinks wo have not read her dream befora? It waa good, Chat; give us anothor. Komo_havo askod me whether 1am Mry, Mra,, or Mins Fern Leaf, mply a frall, greon Forn Leat, Dox 1070, 11 Fauy Lear, am Ottawa, QW TO GET TAIN, o (he Bditor of T'As ‘Aridune, WesT Foixt, Neb,, March f.—I haye been so much amunod and so well instructod by the writers in ‘Tho liome that 1 havo concluded to offor my mite to yaur contribution-bos, K., of Ishpemin Mich., Wanta to bo told **what oo tobe thin Tha quitkest way nndonbtedly would bo to submit 10 hydrnulle pressure, butas thero may not be prosa of that kind convenlent perhaps K. wonld prefor M. Lanfor's preaceiption, viz.: A milk dlet. As muany of your numerous roaders aro troubled with obeslty, 1 will jive briefly tho mode of treatinunt, a4 it may bo tound in tho ~** Journal du Med, ot do Chir.,"" Vol 47, 1876, In troating albuminuria with milk, M, Farnler orders, for tho oue, Tlnll of with two of food; ~for the mecond dny oarta of milk and ono portten of or the third doy threo quarts of milk and one portion of 'u(hl) for fourth day and after- warda four quarls of mile und no food at all, In the trostment of obewity it is not nocewsary to adhere 8o vizoroualy to the mitk diets a sniadl quan- tity of the ordinary fuod may bo ollowod, The pa- tlunts may take milk In wueh quantitios and at wicl timos as’thuy ke, provided they take tho pru- scribed quantitios por dicws, The duratlon of tho treatment will vary In different cases, When the deaired eifect begingto show Itsclf, it continnes sven siler the treatment s suspeudu ‘' Sangrado ' asks '*the nicest way to makg beef-tes, ' and aethat s something every one ought 10 know, I will state tha only nicest way T know of Talku good, tender, Juicy beef; rejoct all fat; cut it fnto ‘small pleces and placy Lhem wido-mouthed’ bottle or jar—a glass frul Jar is juet the mhl“c: ¢loge tho lop of the jar, secure the far in a kettlo or pot of cold water, and boll one hour; then remove the far, and pour out the beof-tea or cssenco; then roturn tho jar before it has hiad time to cool, and ball half hour, when all the extract or ossonce of the beef will ina Hquid and the pleces of beel will not ba sultable uven for boarding-house hask, Reasun tho beef- tea 10 sult tho taste of the Invalid. ~Thero Is no vther way (o wake geaulas, tice bul-l?. A CRITIO CRITICISED. 70 the Nditor of Ths {'. bune, MrexznoN, March 4,1 am g to learn Stue ntiments on the novel-reading ques- She snd 1 'suree vurluu.ly‘ and E offer an “apology for misinterpretiog bher meanliy when It was s0 clearly and fully expressed, O course I should bave understood when sho sald *tAvold novels" that she meant ** Head the best M. hat 1 man, snd henco la tutultive power of superiority over t often does, Lo draw Infer- ences when no dats have been yiven, 1beg leava L way 10 Btudeut that Ahumb-worn copive of “!!m:lul‘y and Solitude,” and ** Letters and Soclal Altos, ' ln 1y wodest Hbrary, oeb Lho abacnce of all Inclination on iy part (0’ spply any such expression as **glittoring gonenfll{lu "t the writings of Ewerson, . Quill, of Chlc: would have words used only in conformity to thelr etymological meaning. Let us try bis rufe on bis own article. Ho would have us n‘y. **joln Isaue,” Imneed not rewind onve as fawmiliar with Latin s Quill W caruful o show us huls, that, accurding Lo {ts derivation, *¢ludue™ eans & .:uln’nulol;lo. to Jolu fsauc is to jolna golnz out of, an ubsurdly unmesnlng ‘xlhluoi it used in sny connection, Qulll ll{ *uke ls word of wide application, Aprl catlon, sccord- nyg to ity derivativo, means 8 foldiog or twistin, togetbur, s ba vh'lnlll( says, **Tube ls & word o widu twlstlig toguther, But envugh of tuls. Thoueands of words In the Kuylish laoguaye bave acquized mcanlugs as dilfer- eut fyow thuse of Leir originale sa white s ditfurent from black. [ need not ipform Quill what stand- ard dictiousrice say sbout the usy of the word ‘*cavtion.’ 3s he fntimates that ho is familing with **all modern dictiovar; cne to wbom Webster's Cnsbridged fa but dust licap, lu probubly abovo thy valyar necd of dictionsry belp. Caption Jo used instcad of head- by solue very good weiters, ae evezy obsorving wrilers,” Morcover, render know hna et ficlently. Quill’ tn rery tor and s Qnill will discover after I fho rphera of hix obeervation suf- Ladly at sca on the sublect of his- eal fictton, A historical novel [a°a" etltions #lory embracingsaimo historical trath, That tho iud and the Olyrsey ara fonnded on real events lg long been an accoptod fieory. 1t tothing more, thexs povins give us anthentfe’ Information abont tho customs, dre<s, religion, cle,, of tho reeky in the timo of Hfomer, And fhe *¥lloasier Sehovlinaste deplcta charactors siuch an were fannd and_portrazs aventn snch nd tank placo fn almost overy rettioment In Indiana thirty to forty yearsapo. In tho best meaning of the word is the #tory bisforieal, befnga falihful repreeentation of the people’s hoine-life, Let Quill continne to ho a ecltle it he will, but Tet him "cease to he captions and finlenl f ho wanld not violate very fmportant camenn of crlticiam, Looking over e article **Objects of Study' again and’ noticing Ite tendoney (oward tidiculona exagceration, Tam convinced that Qullt isa yonny cirl not yet out nf the kushing perfod, prolnbly thaprizc-mednl pupil of some **private and relect rcironl for young tadleg,” and 1 Imngine ¥ bear hor telling her” achioolmates wwhata **perfectly stun- ning"” answer she has written to **that perfeetly harrid " letter fram Wankewan, and that she thinks 1i4a **Just gorgeons fun'* to wrile for the pavers, 8 ANOTURN STUDEN T, GARDEN PLANTS AND VISES, T the Filltor af The Tribune, ) Aunons, HL, Mareh s—bike otaer writera for The 1fome, Thave walted thi T hal something to ray. Twaut togive Miss Lo Any a little holp about her garden, for by my recent removal to this place Teansympathiza with her. For a vine that will grow rapldly and brlug the desired shade quicker 1han anythiig elec, plant the cotmmon wild cucume ber, with a fovw reoids of morninz-zlory, here ant ‘there, to brizhten it up. 'Tho etrings on which tnese vincd aro tralned should lie very atrose, a4 they grow lusuriantly and get very heary before” the mumwer fa over, “If . the hiome Is to bie n permanent one, no vine can come care swith the ampelopels, otherieirg known ne Vithicia crooper, woodbities . BverRigored l\'{. Amerienn fyy, etc. Anto theold stumpr with the rocke, 1 ahould uall a box on the top ul the Atump and A1 1 with rich earth, then plant glechomi tereeping-Charlle, cat's-foof, gronmd-ivy, ete.) aronnd tie cdge, n scarlet geranfum in the eentre, and the apaco between Alled with portalacea, Thy glechoma will wako rapid growthi and soo) cover the rocke. Asa gnick retirn furn small investe ment | know of nothing heiter fur the flowersbers than petus rtulace, Japanese pinks, andmic. nonette, These will lower eoun after plantini, and continue In Lloom il frost. They are easity ‘:ru;m‘flnd transplanted, and sre potient under neglect. { wiktito thank Dot for her mmundment to the roup question, The other recipus scom more ke stews than soup to me, Mo Mre, M. 13, T 1 wili eay, that my hushand, who Ina jeweler and eeinith of twenty yeara' exoerience, ussures ine that sal soda will not ine Jure solid sliyer, DPlated ware should be cleancd, ouly with **8lver white," or **Stevens' gflvers plate powder," which can be obtained In any lead- g Jewelry bonre In Chicavo, v anawer to Vireinta. fiawitorn, 1 witl gl recipes for n broakfast dish which J call w cake: Intn o quart of four rub o heaning tyiapoos falof ehortentnie; half a teagpoonfl of enlPund twvo heuplng teaspounifula of baking powders mix witls cold water enongh to make the daugh a little thicker than Lutter, but nol as thick as Blacuit; #pread hialf an Inch thick in ashallow pan and b quickly, If the suasculine portion ol your family ke romething erispnn well as mine, they will bo gratified with this water-cake, Still another for cold weather: T raleg my bread over night so ns to bako it by tho time breakfast is over. From tha Iight dough | take perhaps o quart, and roll it out on the brearl-bonrd "Ll nearly as thin e pio.criel then cut lnlo atripsor squarce, and fry | Iard, turning them frequentd Le browned, ‘To bo eaten with elrnp. 1wonld ke to tell my experience In oll.stoves for tho benefit of 8. and Mra, L. 8., bul have already excecded the modest limits of n flist np- pearunce. 1 they will writo to mo I will reply with pleasure, 1 Jotn in the request for Olive Uroen's reappearance, and aleo the dlsappoarance of the obedlenea controverdy, . Jns, Josrixxe L, KERMING NIELP, N the Fllinr of The Trib: Peanta, 1., March 5, —~1 huve lo b"f‘ an ine terexted render of Tho Home, bat have hiot until now lind o reason to make a eall. 80 plense lot ma In, s [ feol ke talking protly llrumi W one rister of the foll. Tho siater whom [ wish to falk (o signs hereolf M. A Lo, andit s her articlo in your Inat Inetta that was the straw (lat broke my Dnck mnd made ma groan., - The loudest groun of ull was oceasloned by rerling of tho extravagance who tol- erates I her husband who keeps a ** hapdroing #tore—no diference what kind,™ Great Heavings! Whatn pruspect that **leading clork " of that handsome store has of becoming a wlillonalre, or rolng to the poor-house, Just think of it, Jrs, Cup, Brown and Mre. Smallweed, Thia slvter, after making the acknowledgment that slic nllows hor haaband knowingly to starve his lending elerk ond wife on 825 per monih, tries to shiow that to keep o hirc glel would cost her $70month, 82 mara than Ia rccelved by the Tlending clerlc ™ In the ** handsome saro—no dif+ ference what kind." Don't you all think it pro- posterotia for her to try und provo by flignres tho cost of & hired girl after suchan adnifsalony My cundid opinfon s, that If her hushaml can employ A man n{ tha enormons salary ol §25 a month, sha conld induce a *‘kitchen ‘ncchianle™ to do her Inbor for abont 25 centa a month, Then 1s her display a lttle cconomy In the wattor of ** eatly, and sleeplng* her, and [ thiuk 1t will fall short of 216 per month b & large mnjorlly. For Inutance, Inatend of furalahing & room und bed fur her, why ok delro n slroni pog 1 the Laniry for e 16 Lang upon at might, ‘I'his ls cheap, sud leaves hor rendy to get up carly in the mornlng, Usunlly eho will not_require twico calling. This aleo docs away with the nocossity of fire and hghts In o pirls room, an item of yreat vxpense, you know, Tuen Jet hor **stako out A Tunch-route™ in the neigh- borhoad, and the thing is dxed, M, A. L. Mr, Edltor, I writo this real mad, Leeauso it makus mo 8o 1o read such an ctfusion an M, A, L, uts forth, every line tll!lflflyltlri n deslre to pet pat-clasa servico at otlicr than first-cines compene mation and treatmont. With n famlly of throe, we y our gir] 8 week, and figaro fhat that fanll n‘cnnll to koop her, un iong iy we have anything nt all to ent, The cost of living for threo 18 no mora than for.two, If you live at all, o fact that can bo demonstrated by trial; but some folks think that in the matter of help the smnller thele treatment nf snme, why, the better hunsekeeping qualifie: tions thé; dlwph:{; and my reuson for writing ti {8 10 advisa.you ull that if yoa want gooid help in the kitchon pay good wavcs, troat n girl Tlke a human belni; and bath tho frout und Lack of tho honso will bo happler. 1 will send nice rec next, If any ono wants HUEALTIL V8, DISHABE, § Ta the_Kiditor of 7he Tribune, Cannotr, Ia., March 1,=T0 wo It svoma simply & quostion f whothier wa desfra health or_ disons, Jactors and drags, habpiueseor misory, that whall dacide this mooted discusalon of cating and dress- T About lllA(lllflm months ago we—thore wero four adults and two_little ones—concinded wo had luberod hurder 10 mako osrselvos sick than to kw'l well, Thorofore wo rusolved to investizate health Iaws and obey thom. 'The result of our search was this: First, ‘nature designed ing whould be taken Into the systam that 13 not foods that would not asvimilate sud go to Lufld np wasty tinene; socond, any fuod the least decayed or disensod was to be rojecled, R "hird, food should not be taken more often than tho system demandeds can dispoeo of for use, Drink’ was cxcluded from table. Now, {f The oo circlo think wo had any cusy task Lofore s, any ono of you analyzo the full imvartof y states ments and then try the change. [ confesn, bad wo e, ra for marhlo cake In my L Ex's Auxr, not exerclsed our will-power (o the nimoat, and adopted the changa from kelenilfic nrincipies, we rhould suroly have returnod o 10 tho ¥ onions and * our tasten hud becowo wo per- , my fret cuta off ull splces nnd condimenta; my second cliininates pork—that {# seldown freo from disease, and too falty. Anys Ihlm{(ennanlu\ a8 this, {a' the irst atage of deea; My third does awoy with all nibLling Letween o wiall task, Bverythlng enlorin o ot woal-te, ALSO tea on culfee ¢u overbos In this I will i ’{vly state the result of our ox. rnvlnwnt 20 fur, 'Tho genural Lealth of all groatl mproved. ):{v husvand’s very umnch—dyspepala fast dlsappearing. ‘Three ont of thoe six Lad kidney disense, “two Ladly, These are curcd cntiroly, Two had inherited catarch; both are convalvscing, Au for mynclf, [ waa badly' burdencd with adiposc, and sntforod much headacho from constipation. In threo months thirty pounds were guno. Now my headacho bas all guno, | assure yuu 1 fuct well, Heclpa for beol-toas Cut tho boef Intu bits; put them in & tin pall; no water; cover close; then pluce in a kettlo of water; let it boll veveral hours; strain and extract all the juice, AUNT ANNA, TAR-WATER AND 1t Tv the Kdttor of The ibuns. StERLING, March 1, —As (ha Sccretary of the I, 11, A. demands a reply, and a8 tho Jady elf ru- to respond, 1 will endeavor to answer his two quostions se bricily as possiblo, First, the lue dy's address I And by refercnco to ber lotter e Aunt Nclllo Bly, Bi.'Joseph, Mlch,, and I alro see st i said ths lar-teaten, it proflerly progared, 1s perfectly cluar, hence there ls no necewnily for (ar on the scalp, ' econd, I find Iu ny rectpo-bovk that to remave far from clothing, it (i necessary to soak lo slcohol for bulf an bour. Now, let e ask you [u the namu of all that Ls lovely, What you ap- plied the taz on your head for? And If you fusiat on belng tarred instead of lho{uuwl. which | am afrald would be too ifritating for a aoft bead, why not atick in & fow festhiera? ‘Tho efect would be charwing. And now, dear ulr, ‘T will toll ~ you of tho sacrifico & 1o make, Dolng of an lnvestigwting turn, snd hav- Ing a deslro to beneilt your Suclety, 1lutend to maky myself the subject of experiuent and sy thut hot water falthfully every morning, even if wy better-hall has to puur out fifs own colleo, and, 1 you wlieh, will count the new balirs as they strug- wlo foto exlstence, snd othor ltems that may pre- seot. Ao revoir, Aunt Lucy, will you klndl‘publllh that mlnco- meat recipe once agaln, for the boueftof m ‘4though late fu tha season ") I bave boena scribor fof sume years, but baye misscd se nuwmbers, and o that way I -up!mu have whised It, though you eay it bas boen sent twice. I know tho editor Wil publish it with pleasure, Dot having forguiten the excuilenco of the vns you scol him, Agues, your bill of fare, though I ‘dun’ e why you uced one, smused me, What a scttled condi- tioa of mind one wuat be in that knows just what thoy will eat tor three wonths; bu;‘ my desr, I could ot vodure the wouotuny, Ub. uel Hf I should Lave round steak sent bomo for diouer two daye lm{:—lhur. I sbould begin w wooder if there wus nothing clee ln warket. Though I don't bes Ieve Ju Hying on Wo much rich cake and pies, still I thiuk it e ogrecabls to maku o goud vaticty —not 100 wuch at ouv meal-but buve somuthiog Wiffore OF VARH, Tri n that cach stde mny | HOADL cut everydag, | What has become of thow prime raasts of bedf, loina of venl, Jegs of mutton, soups, Ash, to may nothing of a ragnut of ment-plo for & ehange, with the accompAnying vegetahles, efc. 1 And I houid be Toth 10 Ieave ont In the cold apple- dumptings baked or lioiled: thioso, nice_ anet pud dings, with brandy savce: leaving the handre ona other tlngs that make n change, | caro eo much what have, a0 long it Is cooked well and ecrved nicely, not ke -samo faro every dar. eine o housekeeper of kome expetlence, and & fm" enok, I coulid npt help retiecting on_the time ihat 1 hinve spent, and tho snxeties that havo been endared, a8 1 1ike to excel In whatever 1 undertake, and ro Any nover eatisfied with anything of my own doing naless iLls Ymrh‘cl and to think that It waas all ase- Texn, Alaai all fn vanity | T welcomed Margaret's Iushand with tearn of Joy, though he reenta ta nave lost some of hin clan- tcily. _A despondency linngs over hia words, "Tin well. No doubt he hns been punithod na he de- nerved, Winnio! Accept lflfi hand acrosa the colnmns of The Home, [ would fike to say Mlmuhlnf 100, but will have to defer thil snother time. L 0. U, DRIVEN PROM HOME, he Edltor af Tridune, Deitarn, 1M, March L.—ilomo 1s the dearest #pat on earth, or shonld be, to overy hnman being, nnd to drive a child from howme s ‘criminal, The Iate **onpleasantni inThe fume and the driy- ing away from home of doar Ollve Ureen, brines to mind 4 pleturo In real life, whero unkindness and Bmlla)ll in familigs aredriving thunsands to raln. 10 line wunl{flud tact, She'ls petted, pramed, and loved, ler plainer eister has A warm, true heart, a keen scase of right and wrong, laver her parents denrly, yearns for the Joving looks and ap. proving smiles Iaviehed on hor preity elster, anid und has the God-glvan riaht to espect and roceive the rame tendernoss, But hier love (s norequited, nur does ahe zel uno word of encouragement or pralec for any racrlfice she makes, lier mensure s metedd ont In'croes looks and stinging, cmel worde, #he Is censtired before cmnvnn{' or renl or Imag- inary faulir: binshes crinson her cheek: she trics 10 cxy"\(ll. Ut lier cars Are boxed and ahe ie sent out of the room In disgrace, 1y those who eeo the surface only, #ha 1s act down s & saucy chilil, &ho lonys for sympath ud confldes her sorrows to & friend o hoolmate who betraye hor confidence, Parenta soon hear of 1larsis svorda and cruel Dlawa are the conequence. The poor ehild, mad- dened by Injustice and driven ‘to desporation, leaves her hoine, or mther §s drlven from It 1o work for herself, An inoxperienced, pure, and sensitive malden Is thruat on to the cold wornd Dy parents who nre oflen rroluxcd Christinne, and wil gum]n.memly nat thelr robos of solf rightcous. ness while tetlinz yon thut **she [« o headstrong wir) and bound to ‘lu o euln, and will diszrice na allyel,” Thus advertined by for parents. sho is o ek forall, Bhe finds employment. 1lar mie- tresa adroltly wins ber conildence, and her trouble, 8o geeat for hee young shouldors to bear, In tightened by sympaily ns she trnata hor auppored Cheistinn friond, ~ An'old gendygo towards the oirl's parents lies at the buttom of al) this Inquisitive- ness on the employer's part who triumplantly lavs all bofore the publle, 1t reacties liomu greatly ex- nggorated. Al bsdlenled, and slic I branded a lar, She s now mada s scapozoat for all the alansder In thu neizhiborhood. 18 Tunkied upon with suspicion, anid 11 treated by o)l of hor own sex, On the other hiand #he can number her would-be seducers from tho luwest to the highest watks in lifo. Money is thrust in hee hand to ba ground unsder her heel, or thrown. in thoir facos, » Juturn shd 18 wrosecuted, threntened, nod Insulied by men, and scomed and abuscd by Women. Hee reputation gone, she.ls Kicked down hill, braived and biecding, focting all t horror of her surcoundings, and with ¢ David saylng, ** no man carea for my sonl, ™" ‘hoever drives u child from home must rénder an account fo tody An Winnle anys, hondreds of sour husbands and sons aro driven from ** |1l Kept homes.!' So ulae! are hundreds of datughters, DBad childron aro the resnlt g trainin, Koo your ehildren with, you as long as you can, This I8 a troe Plctnrn. and thuazhtless pareuts will do well to stwely it, Lo united In your government, A pury whife xoal Is iven o vous keeping, s betvare how yun lot the dust and'mitdew eottle onand hiizht it.” He Jnat, Te Taving to all the etfldgen, (o bless the babies, it Ahey aro full-grown, Wenre children of our Heavenly Father, Now to our Tutnung Home, Jetus b kind, “Como_ Uack, slster Ollve, und il our chiulr, atill vacant ot one Howe table. Wo ove you, g Ell{lh‘i deacription of ol maide s very different from my experience with them, 1 find “them lov- g, pentle, ready to sacrifice more than tho marricd belles or ** othorwise, '’ Out of prire sympathy for B, 1, A, Twh! tellhim how.1(ake tar from "cloth. Itub well with 1, ard; pluco near a hot firo aud rabagatn Hmmnuma: have hot suds in o Duty washing-machine; soap the spots and wash threo minutce; put through the wringzers, boll, xinvo, and hiaug on the line to dry, Wo can nentally shako hands, sistor Chat, sod nome time kuow cach other at aur own dreside, | No hume ts perfect without a **Chat ™ fa it to drive tho clouds away with the merry. llmxl)hlnt. RWET, DALD NEADS AXD TAR-WATEH. Tn the Kditor af The Tribune, Buun OAx, Mich,, March 4.—My heart lias been touched by the franilc appenls for help from tho Becretury of the B, 11, A,, nnd, belog one who has tricd the vistues of tie-witer without the ead cony requences prodiced on the members of sald Assos cintion, 1am furced to come to tho rescue, - ain a woman possesacd with u little more than tho nllotted sharo of tho crowning glory given to my sux, and wheit my ono beauty was ecized with n Teeuk 10 fall out aud leave ne, It is not surprise ing that 1 becamo alarmod, Attt trylng ovary- tilug4with no nuccesw), 1 chanced to seo tho tar- water remedy prederived fn The Home, T preparcd the water nccording to direetions, uscd it faithful. 1y, and now my head 1s covered witha soft down uf new halr. 1uld not nurly the tar (o the scalp, howover, T applicd It to th water thusly: Ton pint of boiling wuft water, two tableapoonfuls of the tar, aflor tirriug thoroushly sct sway Lo cools whou rendy strain through o thin cluth’futo u bottle, and your tar-water Is roudy for nse, ‘To get rid of the tar 1 wonld advisea vigorons ruh bt ofthehead withlard, and finlstinp tho buslicss with a thorouyh washing off with warm water nnd “Fhis will loava your - poor bald pato whinhy ** liko & morning star, "—then, as you huve donv with the tar, you can enfol; npvlfl tho wator, Aunt Nolly "l{. of 8t Jor, Mich,, Is the ono reponsiblo for ufl your troubles, have buan much interestud In The Home, and have wishied 1 could know personally tho contribe utarato fia columna, but bashfuindss has kept me from jolning the ranke il eI waa roused by "the touching cry for help from {c # #ufTuring brothor, and aw T could not stand the Pletur prosonted to iy nind'e oye of thosa bavr, huli, nud tarred henda’ becoming the abiding place of plants among whoso leaven the gentle pinch- ik, miosqalts, cnate, ote:, iould neatlo, and ail thu other horrible thinea moentioncd by the Secro- tary, I came to tho fiont, and have “told what I know on the subject, ianinc | saall Rk of tho rellet of tho amicted, A Lavy CLERK, I reniaing WIIAT 1 KNOW ABOUT OIL BTOVES. 70 the Kdli Tribune, Kdilor of The Cunicavo, Mureh L. —bn Jyur Issue of Tob, 0 was a communlcation from **M, L. 8,," anking for fn- formatlon in romard to oll stoyen. Knowlng thot many of theeo atoves ara in uve, and that they huve generally given satisfaction.' I supposcd” thore Seould ba sty numbar of ropiles to (o queations Hut there botng none upto the prewent 1 would venture into The Howme ot of the kind called ** Summer King nat summer, and I really think that I never owned auy ulm.' articlo In which'I tuok ns much comfort as that utove. Lhave & **No. 3 Bample Cook," and I can do any kind of cooking on the oll-stove that I can on tho other, ‘The oven 18 large, and (n it 1 have baked brond, biscults, pies, and potatoes, roasted ¢ dlferunt kinds, turkeys, chickaus, ete, [ can boll, broll, fry, in short, auything that can bo dogoe on any stove, Alinenever wasuscd for wash- 1ng or ironl "fi‘ becanse | have a stove cspeelally for such work, I usg tho best oll, just auch as wo us6 b our lumps; aud 1 consider It just as eafons any lamp, l{omn smvn objected to them becauso thoy s thoy can cook but one thing at a time. 1 can coo half a dozen thinys st once, 1 have ouly my busband and myself, and I T want to cook two potatoon, It s not necoswary to put thom in a gallon Lettle, Now that nocusal- talestolling you_ whal [ use, principally, to cook In.” When et & il can of frult or vegelables, and hayn ompticd i, instead of thruwing it away, 1 melt the tap off, and there 1 have s nice llttle vesscl to use for an; UTPONE, and on the atand which comes with the ¥ Bammor King" I can net just alx of the 080, 1 conslder those stovos one of the greatest boons to womankind, Inovor did housework with sa wiuch oase and cotafort fn bot weather as 1 did last summer; and i€ M, L, 8, will invest In & **Sume mor King," uve oil, keep her stove nico and clean, wll trlmuied, and the ofl and_water tanky buth proparly filed, ‘boforu the summer 1s over sha will be ready to aay, ** Blussod bo the man wha {n- vented o1l stoves,' 1 run mino st an aversge cost of 25 cents weok, uslng s little over & gallon of oll. Mawtua Mamia, A LOT OF INVFORMATION, To tAs Editor of TAs Tridbuns. Cuanpatux, 111, March 6. ~1 soe sumo questions asked throukh The ilvime, whick I think 1canon- swer, Violut, you water your planta too frequent, Plauts out of ‘doors dependent upon Naturo for 80 often, 1t g Watering 1u cause the leaves to tarn yellow. Sprinkio oc sionally with cold tea to ¥ive them & groen and beultby sppearance. LI you wish ’m"‘.‘ mrose L0 Lloam, sut It every nightina dish of hot water, ‘Thoy require heut from the bottom; and do not watar over thu top. Fluwers kept uits warm re- uire more water, but du & grest deal better kopt n a cool roowm, Water with o fine _watering-pot over the follage; plants breathe through theie luvu‘l “::l 1% is quito necessary Lo keep them free s from Hard corus cau be removed Uy tylng on them & small bit of hog's gall, and leiting It remaln for Swouty-four hours. “You will thuu be ablu to lift it out with a small kaife, after which apply s little woft greasu or oll. Dotand Anule, you can gatu flosh by drinking plenty of wilk snd cream; drink s mach as two OF thres quarts s d-{. You may thiok this a great ql:‘lllHI]. ”"1.‘1‘ |ll [ u;d of h:lbulnd ‘%‘m .:n‘g whun you are thirsly, and you will seon dilak Jhat smout. |1 Kuuw this 4 b guody from SEEORS " arow Gt feehy, &0 ‘Bioch 5o 84 wkeloton, 1am now gulte feshy, Ehy beruon would wish to be. Lo not drlak 4 or collee, and wy diet 1e priucipslly cracke wheat, well cooked, sud scrved wilh tream and nzan with the -bdud!un ot sowo other coarse victuals, aud sirup wade of granulated wugar. ok uio'of Grabia bread sod Todian. meah—do Bot use any fnu dour. Lwiligive Megsnd Doth & litle loformativn: Thia I the way | hava made & shoe-big ur sltpper. pocket: Ueba heavy ploce of paytenonrd tus fva nchen aqure, of §f you wisl to make twn pockets, take a proce twenty-four Inches lonz and twelhn whie; first cover with some pretty wonl vonds, and Dlad ‘with teall brald (ki for the back). ' For tho packet, take 8 plece of pasteboard not too lieavy, or, Shich Ia nicer, take o piece of tabie oil. cloth} enf It nine fnchies Tong and ten or twelva acrosd clrcle in the fop a 1ittle by euttinz off o linif. inch of more round the battom by catting o the carners nnd aloping the sides: Lind nnd saw on tho back, ‘This 18 1o tack up Ineide the closct, loth spola cun ho_removed by auplying lemon Juice two or three times n day. If too atrong. dl- iute with water, Will somo “reader lvlnnll‘ inforin nie how to ramove atain from marble} Berux. TRE RIVAL QUEENA. 7o the Editor af The Tribune. Brya¥X, 0., March 6.—Now. Shicler, don't Jnm #t concinslons angd Acourge » Ronan uncondemn 1 have read Charlottc Dronte's ** Shirley *' twico, Youroffet 1= a very mafe one so far Aa I am cone cerned, for you may be very sure It it had boen pas rible to get the rtory I wonld have sent it to you ut thefirat, 1 read ft whlle viriting In & Soithern State. Probably tho aunthor wa« not very well known. 1 do not remember who it was. You wnuy call i what yon choose, I repeat {hat It {8 a cte incidence, Ana nat eo very marvelona nftor all | fenr that with you it in a case of How much we give our thaughts tona And Judge of othera feelings iy our ywa, for the idea ihatany one wax ont of temper hal not_entered my heard, staphd that T am, untl] [ read Jast Satarday's lelter, We have enjoyed the whole llllg? Immensely, and have had many lauzhe uver it. No, thank you, Ido not want that **old pen nama, ' not but that it Is a nlee one (and yon onght o speak more reapectfnlly of 1t), hnt Yo ree 1do not need I, not beinga writer. The thren lettera to The Iome sreall of my **worku™ that hiave heen published, and for this purpose the name you hnve given mo_suliia quitt' an well aa amore retentfonis one. Much obdiiget for the enzrestion, ou eay you are wlllllxr to_remaln unknown lo Tiryan. * Notwv, really, that 1a too bad of you, Yon liave no Idea 'what a nico place fr ot n It . quite as large MIlL growing, . nnid To bo anre it New York, but |t who knows to what dlinenafone it may attain in tha *'hundrod yeara to come, ™ Bo it kriown that this i# the Fountain City bullt over a lake. Whonever we want a well, wofo ont Inour back yaris and diy a little hole, And up aprings atream’ of lving seater, or at least thore I¢ life In it, for numnerous 1ittle fish, two and three inclies in length, come up wlith the water. Juet think of the advantage of being able to ralse yoar own fish In your grden alony with the ofker voyctabien, And the poople, don't Judge them by me, 1 do not represent the brain of the commumty, It is very sad, but ‘tis true, An revoir, Shirley. £ky-Blue Cardinal—You want something orna. mental for windows, mado n pale of Iambrequins out of bleached muslin, orna- mented them with ‘‘spattered" ferns, Mlley of the valley, and & lyre for a centre, and, entre nois, that lyro looks much better than itrounds. finished tho bottom with cotton fringe, wpattered a little to darken It, and they aro pretiy, w0 sy ull who have scen then. If yoir or any ono srould Jike the pattern, will aend It'by mall to_any arddress with fuller directlons, My eister mado a littlo woven basket of splinta, o claar-lghtors, tliled ft with moss and a fow ilowers (artificlal) and lllllil‘". 1tp in tho window by a ribbon. Aud now I focl like adjonrning alne dia, BRTAN. PLANTS, WARTS, AND TAR. To the Fdltor of Tha Tribune. DrriANcr, O., Murch 7.~What asplendid way to gut our names {nto print. oven though they po not aue baptismal cognomnenn. Don‘t tho mystery Inerense the interest, **1know who I am d Fou don't, even thousgh you may be at my elbo Now to us modeat violots, hoilylocke, sinflowers, and pupples who lave always bloomed %o am- DbitioHaty In out-of-the-way cornera of tho great, fnnlun. ‘what a treat to have this door thrown o nvitingly open to ua; how can even our timid fect rofuse to enter? 104 an pleasant when going into a new place to look around and find yoursolf sure rounded by such real fricnds,—n sisterhood whoso, hearts aro full of “interest and sympathy' In all your needs, succosrcs, or fallures, and whoso hands aro atu a0 prompt to give advice and hel Lam n loverof plants and fowers, and have hd fimnl desteo of ‘success {n thelr culinre, both in. oora nnd out, My windows have ail winter been dellghtfuily green, and at no tine entirely destituto of blossoms, and Iy fieart Is drawn ot to Violot, or rather to fhoss puor yellow-leaved geraniums ‘whicl she walcrs evory morning. Mine, toa, have south windown, but lln;( don't get n driuk cvery dud.—only cvory other day,—a venorouw ono of milk warm waten No plant can thrive In & puddle of water, and I'vo not 8 doubt this i one tronble. Vianta noed to dry out some before balng watered again, Aud auothor troablo Ia danbtless too atrong light, which will wurely blight the buds, 'The xun now Is bright and hot, and planta mnst bo shaded, 1 pin nowspapcrs againat tha windows, which do not di"kfn the room, while* shadiuyg sufliciontly the plents, 1 am anxfona to try Momo's fracklo ramedy oa speekelod boy in wy housy, o, 8 It Topsey. will apply common sods to her warts, after “’I{clfln tho warts uf b tind 1am not tho heartless woman who firet throw the snzzeation of tar.water at the unlacky head of thn Hocrotary of the B, 1L, A., yot I havo indulged in heartfoll, tearful lsughs over his turry crown, and would sy to himi thal prease, well rubbad In, b5 known to oxert a counleracting Infinence on tho **autick-to-n-tlve ** propertivs of tar, amd by the una of tole ho inay losson the danger to his afrondy much aflicted ecalp, 1 havo loat entirely that nicoly propared **course of readings, ** ng weil an the numo of tha afster who nald shc cut out the liat 1o bo preseryved In hee rcrap-book, How giad I would veif it might ngain n‘ulmr In tho columns of W'he lome, and thus [ should remain yours with obilgations, Sxurr, 'I1IE ODEDIENCE QUESTION, A0 1he Kditor &? Ths Trivu JevrnnsoN, Wis,, March 0. —Porh 1owe an apology to 'I'ie Homo for calling aguin wo ko but [did not finish my way last weel, and propor todono thls, 1 forone shoutd like to socc that rebellious anbject of **Obedlence of Wives to Hus- bands " rettled, and for this reason will stnd an axtract from o capltal article contained {n the Christian Unlon, enlled **To Somu Ilnshands," T1hink §t will be useful readiug foe all hushands, I think It must have been wrltten by o wife, who kuows wheroof hoafilrue, 1t §8 us Tollows: Your wife was not made for you, excapt as you wers W Adain as the . "You ura not a couk, Doubtig I [eds tor her. | Uni did not Iast and highe {0 mesatry lior na you Wichauro 6 sicwarl or by ior ablilLy tu mako thioks o to suit you. afio s your wife, Ther 18 an owne then you ought to b ier i netrily hers s yonirs, Rl Jols about yat, e w by lior silent pralay. God miale and fetnale croated 1o i In I(s tnago; sho e much for hls. rlig Evo L of lori, “Thia ‘ownershl Amens n’'h Nt it @4 IiEh B yo A4 you 1of lier pwn »ako And Ona thing more: Tirothers and slsters of Tho 1lome, you who #ra so very cordial In_your Invita- tions to ** Ollve Ureen ™ to roturn to the fold, —dld JLnover occarta yu that it In quite posnlbis shie has goue to that bourne from whonce no traveler returny, and thut's what's the matter? Let us fu- aygine fora moment that this s the case. Now, how do you supposc her frionds feol when they reo her namo all mixod up with, ** From chemifoons 10 saladay" ** Wil tho dovil pleaso rino)” oto, To stato it rathor mildly, will they not foel rather une plearant, and somewlkat tricd, (o bo #0 often and «a forcibly remindod that sho can't come? Take the question homo to yourself, uite often I tako ub a nowspaper, and road s notlce of an affecting death, and the very next ftem will perhaps be an advertirement of soma Jin Crow performance. Then Imuse upon it awhlio and wonder what my farca will be. _If onlya babys show! Lirros SaLuis. 400D NREAD, v the Editor af Ths Tridune. Cnioago, March b, —Feilow-contributars of The fome: For many wecksl kuow I have buen sllent. Want of time, not inclination, is my pls, w 1 fecl that I can givo Mes, C, N. cr de- rod information on komo-made bread, and that T bellove to ba my forte, thanks to mother denr, During my summer vacation when o my itk year, I took iny iirat lessons In the culinury des partment. Tho mlklnr ond baking of bread, of courss, came n its place, and, although I have falled many times [n athier things, wy saccess with repard to the *satai ™ has been all ono could winb. Flrutly, rocure tbe Minnesota patent flour, now-flake™ or *‘Satin.’ Sift what, wuou) an ordinary-stzed bread-pas add to this aheaniog tablespooil of lard and a g bik pinch of salt. 'ako one-balf cako of com= lmuml yeoast and s0ak In warm water, has dissolved maks tho yeast Into it, addj Mixall thoroughly. warm water, it 1a warin, quart of warm wat If too sthf add a little mwre 'mfl;llhltlfllbnml lace whi L A moming, For [td iret kneading, have aifted Hour 21 hand nd knead with tho hande’ (nany ibiak & half hour the tiinc to work 1t, but § nevor have timed myselt), placo u {0 riso; when very 1iahs mold into loaves (not oo still), 'arrance in the pany, and place where it will keep warm uatil Jighd ctwugh to buke, Tlo not have the oven too hot, &3 in that caso tho vutalde would burn and the contre be raw, My grandmother taught wo that f the etam, arising frow between the Joaves didnot burn the ac o bread was done, 1 have found it ag ex- cellont gnide. After the bread is baked, fold in s ecloth and cover with the pans in whien It was ked. Let it rematn so for ten or 8ftcen minutes) then, {f your bread s not light, soft, and palatable, 1aball segrot thls was writien. (317 P e B v 7o ditor The Ing. PONTIAC, Mareh 0. —NulicTn» that Twendy> slx Bummers' request was left unheeded In 1ss waek's fiome, 1 Movgt 1 would take the responsic bllity of anawarlig It wyself. ' Boak your haudiere chlef in salt water previous o wasling; theu wi 1n soft watur, using castilo woop; riuse fn luker warm soft water, with & few d-upe of bluclng Lils, Tetould b vary uwch pleaed 1t you will wond & description of tho holder fur volled culls <ol e Will some of the young ladles of ‘Tho Home des scribe somo now simple mode of dresalng tho hairt 1 an tired of this brald, brald, braiding, sod some young lady will answor wmy Toquost she confer & gy favor upon Myre TO RENOVE LOILS, ETC. o x‘l‘l‘ Bdltor of The Triduna. Ly Non. March 3.—Millle B, fnquired through The llome for a speclfc for Job's Cume forters. 1 have alwaye suceceded in dispersing them with compound tnctuze of fodine, fold for tlia space of two minutes the moath of the phisly inverted, over the Loll when in its Juciplency. It will not cause paln. § bave otber recipes which bave dong wuch Lo rewove paln and discase. 1f o will condurcend L0 publiah thew, | lops, they, way ba benedclal 0 somt of your readers, Acc ulxlunu and painless fomedy for cornd sad |