Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 5, 1877, Page 2

manly ciaracter. Unpretending as Is the effort made In this little comedy, it dhrlnys the re- Gned art of Mr, llowells a8 a litteratenr, THE ART-JOURNAL, Tho contents of the Arf-Journal maintain hefr inviting character. The steel plates and 5 fine woodcuts generously Interspersed in the o number render Ita pages brilllant and Interost- * iIng. The steel plates reproduce Linton's paint- Ing of “Volumnia Reproaching Brutns and Bleinfus®; Landscer's drawing of a “Lad and In possession of the Queen; and Melssoner’s portrait of “The Smoker.”” Tho articles compriseaonrthchapter on** Norway '’ ¢ 8 sketeh of * *‘Floreace,” based on Mra, Oli- phant's 1ate work: 8 sccond paperon ‘“Japan. ese Att," by 8ir Rutherford Alcocks the fifth fastailment of the lllustrations of *Scenery of the Paciflc Rallway"”; a sketch of sundr: “Towers and Windows In New York Archl tecturs™; a continuation of Charles Wyllys Elifott's cssay on ' Unglared Pottery!; and the usual art-news from European capltals and our own Eastern cities, All the msn enu- r?erntcdm accompanicd with bean! lustra- 3 tlons, TOOKS RECEIVED, MOODY: v Wonns, Wonx, Axp Wonxens. Edited by the Rev. W, 1L _Daxigss, A. | With sn “Introdattion by the Rev. Cuanuxs H. %t + Fowism, . D,y LL, D. With Portraits and Tlustrations, New York; Nelson & Phillips. 12mo., EQ 040, THE SCIENCE OF LANGUAGE. Lixavisrics, FPuovoay, ETraotoay; Dy AneL HOYELAYTE. Translated by A, Reaxn, B, A., Aathor of ‘listary of the English Language,” ete. Thiladelphiat J. B, l.l'pplnwll-l(.'m Chicagot Hindley BBros. & Co. 1%mo., egp. 840, LIFE OF MARCUS TCLLIUS CICERO, By Witttaw Fonsvrn, M, A, (. C., Authorof ** Hortensiun, " ete, Twi olumes in_ One. With Illusteations. Fourth American Editfon. New York: Scribner, Armstrofic & Co, Chica- ‘ o: ltsl”.lle Bros. & Co. 1%mo,, pp. 41, 'rice, $2.50. PPER'S BALP-IIOUR SERIES, THE LIFE, TIMES, AND CHARACTER OF OLIVER CROM- WELL, DBytbe Rt.-lon, E, H. KNATCADCLLe livosssxx, M. P. Chicago: Jansen, McClurg &Co. Iaper.” Price, 20 cents. o ol SPARKS OF SCIENCE, TIE FLORA ROUND ABOUT CII- CAGO. Tne sk Faminy.—~The group. of plants chosen for examination this week s n large one, comprising nearly 1,100 apecies: yet It {s com- pored mainly of worthless weeds. A few repre- scntatives are prized for thelr fragrance and heauty, and a few store some principle In thelr secretions which gives them a slight value In , commeree; but the greater portion bestow no ! appreciable servles upon mankind, Yet their ; part In the ccanomy of nature 48 not wholly un- important, for they help to clothe with dra- peries of emerald arld wastes of sand or rock where plants of ambitious growth and zenerons products would fall to derive sustenance. ing Invariably opposite and entire leav thnes united at the base, nnd alwa; Jolnts or uodes, Tuey principally fnhabit teme verate and frigid regions; and those which dwell withia the troples are usually et with in mountalnous districts, where some of them veg- etate exclusively ot an altitude of perpetual snow. Humboldt hds estimated that ono out of every twenty-two flowering plants {n France is aPinkwort, oneout of every twenty-scven in * Uermany, out of seventecn fn Lapland, and of seventy-two fn Ameriea, The first of the family to blossom fn our vicloity {s the Chickweed (Stellaria media), which Is so common and humble a plant that none beslde tho botanist would dream of place J ing 1% In o spring-bouquot. But Its tiny white " flowers have beautles of structuro which reveal ! themsclves to tho attentive beholder, and, une . der the magnifving-glass, excito hcnrlrv admira- tion. The plant continues ln flower from April to November. In June and July, the Long- Leaved Btitchwort (8. longifotia), nn equally un- }:r:u-mlmu inember of the sama genus, may ba ound fn blorsom in the woods on the North Branch of Chlcago River. The Mousc-Ear Clickweed (Cerastium wulga- tum), o small, Imlrynmmas growine in 58 places, I8 In its prime trom May toJuly, The (. viscasum aud U, niafans, wnlel nre common at Riversidoand Hinsdale, are in bloowm at the samo scason, The neat little Forked Chickweed w (dAnyehla dichutoma), whose lowers arelike tilnla- turc white stars, blossoms all summer fn the woods and grovelands round about, The Carpet-Weed (Moltugo verticillata), 1ying fu curious patchies flat in the saud, scnds out s succession of flowera lu o sort of umbel at thoe oints, from June to Beptember. It nbounds n the southiern auburbs of the city, The Sand- wort (drenaria atricta) 18 u very pretty plant growing on the lake-shory at Plue Station and thereabouts. The J. ’pntula 1s a matlve of Riverside; and the oA, luterijlora ls common nt QGlencoe uud Alnsworth. The flowers of the latter may be gathered fn Moy and June. The Corn-Cockls (Lychniz Githago), which looks & good deal like the Mullein-Pink, springs up in the borders of wheat-flelds, nlouz_the raflronds, and lu_other accidental places. It 18 one of theweeds that have been Introduced from Europe. Its large, handsomo fluwvors are produced fu July, The Starry Camplon (Stlene sleltata) 1s commion fo thickets everywhere. It' 8 a tall, slender plant, bearlng Ja midsumimner large white tuwers with fringed petale, The 8. nirca found south of Hydo l'ark, on the margin of the rallrond, i The Diflliant Fire-Pink (8, Virglaien) 1a abund- 't antluthe woods at Riverside and Hinsdale, ‘Thia s ono of the few scarlet owera included in our flora; but its stems sre so wenk, brenk- ing at a touch, that {t must be most carefully Jinndled. 'l‘lmslecty Catelitly (8, Antirrhina) 130 slight, much-branched berb, common {n Its swall flowers are borno from eober, "The Cow-Herb (Vaecarla vulgaris) i from cultivation, sud grows spoutancously in some places, Ita palesred blossoms, clustered in corymbed eyines, appear fu July and August, ‘The Hounclug Bet (Suponaria oftelnalis), a frow- sy-looking plust, with rose-colured flowers, come monl{ doubile, spriugs up by the wayslde ovca- slounlly. It 1a” excellently named, for it re. minds”ono of a rough, il-tralned school-girl, ij} Ilowers, as well as animale, suggest human . 1nces mnd human quolities, and some- Umes o species hxevuuh‘lly cills to mind tho characteristics of an ludividulal or o class { belonging to the highest order of creatlon. - ‘This plant affords o toleruble substitute for !' sonp, itsroots und leaves contalning sapanin, t Anlnfusion of tho herb is sometimes used, ine stead of an {nfusion of alkallue soap, for wash- * ugthe finer artlcles of wool, Botne species of u uearly-allied genus, (fypiophlla, containa large amount of saponin, undhiave been used tn washe { Juz from timg fnmemordal, The roots of ¢ © Higpanlea sre employed {o washing articles | whose colors will not”bear the application of i i ordinary svap, To the Pink famlly, Cn?ofm!llam we are fndebted for the varistics of the beautltul Car- natlon-Pink, Clove-Fiok, and Picotee, all of i" which aro ‘derived from o specles (Dianthus Curyophylina) growing about old ruined wall; and nuclent castles in’ Europe, . From this {a 1ly we nlio get the lovely Ragged Hobin (Lych- nls Flos-cucull), which Is‘one of the brightest of the garden-lowers that come into bloom, with | i ! 1, the Teony, and Snowball, and Fleur-de-lls, in 3 - the month of May, The Bweet-Willlam s’ an- other representutive of the order. [is starict clusters ure remetnbered o8 among the favorites in every old-fashloned flower-bed. 70 the Ediior of TR Tribund, Hionvasp Pazg, 11, May 2.~=Wy know thero | are mauy persons not far from Chlcugo whose + dutles, or Inclinations, lead them to spend con- slderable tine botanizing, and we hope they will yet follow our example, and send to Tus ;1 TurvuNe somethiug of the result of their labors, 1. Usuch brict reports as proviously suggested ¢ cuunot bo prevared every week, thén os often u3 possible; und they should uot fail to send them Lecauss ouly a' fow plants may bave been observed 1 ower, 3 Owiog to the cold, rain, and snow of the past week, vegetation has advauced slowly, and only bm; lo}luwlng plants bave been observed to ate, viz.: Saliatriatis, Dwart Gray Wilows Thalletrurs W divicum, Eurly Meadow-Rue; Plan algo cordala, W Water-Plantaln; Viola caning, og-Violet § Pedicularis Canadenals, Lousewort; Uvularia 1)} grandiftura, Uvularia; PAlox d(uqruayiabl'hlox. Cuicaco, May 4.—~Tho following list of plants gathered at Maywood on Thursday, May 8, may be of lnterest to botanlcs! readers: Tarsxue cum dens-leonls, Thalletrum anemonoldes, Dentarla lacineata, Erythronium albidum, Ery- tbroplum Atcricanuw, Claytonks Virginfana, nuuculus abortivus, Dicratra cucullasis, Viola . bubescens, Cardamine rhombotdea (v. purpurea), ¥-| ,Viola cucullata, Avtenuana plantaginifolis, ,{ #Caltha valustris, Aucmone nemerosa, Ranuncus v1us repeus, Hepatica scutlloba, Uvularia grand- I “ lflor.gbhuuymm biteruatuw, Mertensia Virgl- o+ e, Thallctrum coruutl. WiLLiam M. Pavae, T g d) THE PENGUIN. .t The Peoguin—that strauge aquatic blrd, In- i bablilog the Bouthern Hemlsphere, which ia . The Pinkworts ate all herbaccous plante, hav- ' gencrally regarded as havrog only sufficlent telligence to eatch and devonr its Ainny prey—is capable of beimg domesticated, and In this state inanifests a considerable degreo of sagacity: ‘The bird is untible to iy, its wings belng con- stricted much 1ike the flippers of a turtle, with cspecial reference to use in awlmming, They are short, and creased with righl, scale-like feathers, adapted toaplay of otlon In the water. 'Tholegsof the bird are also short, and et far back on the body, so that, in standing, the bied rests on the tarsus {na per- fectly upright posture. In this attitude, or in walking with an dwkward, wobbling galt, matn- talning the balance of fts plump body by con- tinual movementa of the queer little arms, it presents a most odd and amusing spectacle, There are twelve specles of the Penguln, some of which are distinguished by beausiful plum- age. Certaln of the species have the remarknble habit of carrying nbout with them the single egg whicl: they lay at each breeding season, fna sack temporarily formed by a fold In the abdo- men. In this extraordinary custom the Pengulns rcsemble the marsopial quadrupods. Alate number of Forest and Stream contalns an nteresting account of a tamo Penguto which was plcked up by the crew of o whaler, on the Brazil banks, fn May, 1847, The binl would seem to have been aceustomed to the soclety of mankind, for, when first discovered, It exhlblt- ed theutmost fricndliness and [recdom from fear. A whale had that morning been captured ana fastencd to tho sida of the vessel, and tho *Woggin," as the sailors call the Penguln, was secn striving to climb on the back of the huge animal, 1t wns assisted in the effort by ong of the crew, and was thenco taken on board tho ship, 1t was at first dctermined to Kill the bird aud make a purse of its skin, but finally it was humanely Lhrown back into the rea gdahurtltlmu“nll‘t[cr, the n‘nmu'::cxtt ulnhlio- appearcd, and, solleiting a return ic sl v\‘:g nqnh'x taken (mL board, The Woggin nu';; expreseed signs of Intenso satlsfaction, and, be. ing aul!ured‘iu remaln o ite new quarters, soon established the most companiouable relatlons with the seamen. It was regularly put over- board in calin weather to seck ita food, which consisted of small flab. As soou as its appetit wassated, It wouldreturn to theship, tobellfted inon deck, Ttrespondedtothenamoof *Jack l\‘flzfiln." which tho vrew lestowed upon it, with tho alacrity of o dog, It knew. perfectly the sallors belonging Lo its own alilp, and, when out flshing, if approachied by a boat from any other whaler In the vlclnuz; would repel every attempt at famlliarity, diving beneath the water to avoid belm‘ captured. * One day,” says the narrative, * when a per- fect cglm prevalled on tho sea, Jack had been put dverboard for food and cxerclse, and In company of some of hls own specics, had pro- veeded to some distance from the ship. A squall suddenly arose, -and tho ship was driv- cn threo or four miles from its sta- tion. All was bustle and_confusion whon It ‘was ascartained that Jack Wogein had been left behind, The men aloft were ordered to keep n sharp outlook for this fellow-whalesman. In about two hours the joviul cry was heard from the masthead, *“Jack Wozpin Is 1n sight.” With much diiculty, panting from the severity of his cxcrtions, lie nlpnrouchnd the ship, aud ras taken on board. Ife bad been swimming for dear Hfo throngh tho turbulent sea to regaln his post of duty. For three months Jack Wogg!n strutted with a sort of offictal dignity across the after-part of the deck, feeliug himsclt much above golng be- fore the mast. ~ fla had not an umm‘on board, and, had liebeen permitted to see the end of the vo{nee, it s possible hie might have come In for a share of the proits, Whoy ha wanted any- thing to eat, e generally walked up to the man at the helm, and lovked him steadily and wistfully fo the *Mc, continuing to do 80 until his request was granted. He ate heef, vut into small pieces, and freshencd so that it had buc littlo tasto of salt, and bread; theu would walk to tho water-cask to drink, o oo “One day *Jack Wogzgin ' was asking for his dinner, nm{ the Captain, unable to flnd any Ireshened meat for him, wave lin some siicea of salt junk, and in two hours this jewel of a scainan was a dead Woggin, It was sumething amusingly solemn, almost like o mock tragedy, to witness the lengehencd visages and nolscless #tep of tha crew as thev .gathered around tho 1ifclcen body of *Jack Woggin,' 1ald out fn_duo forin, and preparcd for his last launch, They looked upon lim as they would upon a brother- saflor under s’milar circumatances, or ns !Ilefi might have gnzed upon o favorite ship strandei upon a rock, * whose prow shall never part the billows more.' ™" BRIEF NOTES, The Russlan Naval Department® proposs to make a thorough maritime survey of the Gulfs of the Obl and Jenlssel durlng the cgmlm: sume mer. A monument to Licbig was [naugurated at Darmstadt s short thne azo, and now subscrip- tlons aro belng ralsed for tho erection of u statue to his memory at Manich, The French Geographical Soclety has awarded the great gold medal of tho Boclety to Come mander Cameron, In recognltion of his services 4n the causc of geographieal sclence, The Committeo of the German African So- clety has asked for afd In the establishment of & series of permanent stations fn Africa, which shall serve nsidepots for Informatfon and for trude with the natlons, and alio as centres of clvlitzatlon. The towns of the Netherlands are ftting out an expedition to Nova-Zenbla, which will have for its object the erectlon of simple cranits monuments to tho memory of the discoveries of the earller Dutch navigators, Wilbelin Burends -~who wintercd fn Nova-Zembla fu hia third Yoyage, fromn which he never returned—{s the hery to whom eapeclal honors will be rendered. A curlous discovery regarding the productlon of heatin inetals s described "by M. Olivier in Complea-Rendws. A squaro bar of stecl, filteen mom, in width and_seventy to clghty ctm. In length, being selzed with the two hands, placed at ons end and at the infddlc of the bar, while tho other enil {8 hicld firmly azalnst an emery wheel rotating rapidly, o considerable degres ot heat I8 #oon gencrated at the rubbed end, and fs nranrly felt at tho orpo-llu end, but not fn the iniddie’of the bar. 'I'ils shows that, lu certain vases, lieat Is pot communicated In metals from one part to that next It, FAMILIAR TALK. LIMA. Whtle Mr. E. Qeorge Squter was acting as United States Comemissioner to Peru, he was for some months n resident of the capital ¢ity, and during that thoe becameo well acqualnted with its charcterlstics, In his recent work on Peru be'bas devoted a chapterto the history of the past and present condition of Lima, from which wo muke the followlng abstract; The city was founded by Plzarro In 1533, and named by bim tho *“City of the Kinge." It was the residenco of the Viceroys of tho Spanish Government and the capitul of its Bouth- American provinees, Tt waa nlso the seat .of the ecclesiustical dependency of Rome, and churches and convents endowed with enormous wealth were catablished within its precincts. The oldest uniyersity lu Ameriea, tho Collegy of Ban Marcos, was founded hers in 1551,—'* fity- oix years before the Euglish settlers Jauded at Jamestown, fifty-eight years bofors Iudson salled fnto tho Bay of New York, aud sixty-uine years beforo the Mayflower touched upon the shores of New England.? L) ‘Thero are now about seventy-slx churchea in Lims, Leaides the grreat Cathedrul, tho founda- tions of which were lald by Plzarro, 'Tho original coat of this edltice was $304,000, and it was nlnety yesrs fu butlding, It was nearly destroyed by earthquakes in 1746, and has siuce been rebuilt, Mr, Bquier dealguates fts style of architecture as the “Emiuently Mixed,"— tho lower part belog constructed of stone and brick, the towers of cane and mud, and the whole covered with stucco and palut, The Chburchof Ban Franclsco s sald to huve cost $15,000,000, ‘That of San Pedro 13 the fushie fouable church of the city. Limna fs situated in the Valley of Rimae, on tho left bank of the riverof that uname, which Liero runs due east and west, Tho stream s suuiwer & lurge wnd turbul o llood of yellow water from 1ts sources, the melting snows of the inouutalns; but fu winter it is shullow aud sjuagish, and is divided futo a dozen ditferent chanucls It glides by the city, It s spauncd bya slugle massive stone bridite, frum which a flno view of the valley Is afforded, Tbe populativn of Lima numbers about 120, 000,—au 1ucrease of above 57,000 slaco the fude- pendence of Peruwas accomplished. The ity tovers au ares of nbout three miles In leuath by one aud 2 bal? in breadth, which wus in 1688 {u- closed with ndobe walls from elghteen to twenty-four fect high and ebout twenty-four fect thick, 'The walls were neurly valueléss as & defense, aud bave Jatuly been demolished. On the rigt bauk of the Riuae there 1 an extous sive suburb called San Lazaro, Lima is situated fu a region where rala never folls and carthquakes are very frequent, andits srchitcetury bas been ereatly fafiucuved by THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1877—TWELVE PAGES. these circumstances Its private bulldings are constricted of the lightest materfals,—n frame- work of canes plastersd with mnd, and gener- ally of nsingle story, so that, in case they are turbled about the *(nmates’ cars by subter- rancan convulslous, the fall will oecasioh tho Teast possibla peril to life and 1inb, The roofs are flat, and covered with boards, or witha cance matting, supporting a layer of sand_or nshus. 4 The apparcently minssive towers and buttress. es of the churches,” says Mr. Bqnivr, * arc only great wicker-baskets,—leceptive combinatlons of poles and eanes thed together with hide- thongs, stuccoed over, anl palnted.. Under a brisk shotwer, such as we often experienee fn a summer-afternoon, the whole city would melt away, leaving only a withered cane-brake in a ghrantie musd-pudiie.” Most of the dwellings are bullt around a court, and have open gallerles running along the four sldes. Shops fronting on the street oc- cupy the lower story, aud the apartments epen- Ing on the Inside scrve as stables, kitchens, and storerooms. Tha llvlngfi-ruoml of the family are, among the Lettor classes, in the upper sto- ries, The flat roofs of these dwellinzs are used by slovenly scrvants as a receotacle for every sort of rubblsh and fiith, und thus offer, trom any eminence commanding them, s most un- slghtly spectacle. They are sometimes convert- ed fnto henueries, “and glgantle cages of fowls uccup( thelr surlace. They are nlso tho favorite resort of buzzands, the scaven) of the city, which mnke a hunting-gronnd of these henped flelds of Fnr bage. Tho jnteriors of the houses of the wealthy citizens ar# nflgemlvelv but_showily furnished with the luxurlous articies found In the man- slons of the rich In Europeancities, Thereare but few public bulldings exclusive of the churches, and of thess the Palace of the Goverument, oc- cupying the whole of one side of tho principal squure, {8 the least imposing. ‘The sldewnlks are narrow and_dirty, and are fll-adapted for the comfort of pedestrians, The favorite piaces of promennule for ladics and gen- tlemen are the arcades bordering two sides of the Graml Plaza, behind which arethe chle! Almlpsol the uity. ‘These are gayly fitted up, and are not Inferior, In the varlesy and ele- Rance of thelr conteuts, to the sliops of Parls nud London, The Cenfral Market of Lima ls said by Mr, 8quler to be larger and botter than any existing I Now York, It coversan entirs square, and * s bullt nround a great court, with exterior shops and an luner corridor, and s traversed by athways, ra- diating from a fountiln {n tuc ‘centre forming a series of sinnller courts, nprrn riated to specinl products, Thero are stalls for the principal deaters; but the mass of venders, who are women, quat on the Elvcmcnt at thoedges of the galleries, or in tho open spaces, with thelr fruits, ar flsh, or vegetablcs, heaped up (n fiat baskets or on mats bofore them, in littlo piles chlled montunes,—cach monton having a certalu price.” The frults of the torrid and the temporate rones mingle In this market, and the most are grown within the vlclnlt{ of Lima, where dilferent climates reien according to the altitude of the situation, Flsh and flesh meats are plentiful in Lima, and of falr quality; but fowls are rare and bigh-priced. A turkey scils at llmm u.'m to 820, and a palr of chickens from o Mr. 8quier glves a long st of natlional dishes, which form tho diet of tue peoplo of Lima us of Perw. They aro all strange compounds, un- likely to be relished by a torelgn taste. ~ Tho chicf among them 18 the puchers, which is the tirst dish scrvea at every Lima dinners The following {8 the rocipe, given by Fuentes: *To make a puchero accordiug to strict gastrunomic rules, put In a kettle a largo nlece of beef or mutton, some cabbage, sweet potatocs, sult pork, sausaze-meat, pigs® feet, yuvas, bananas, tuinces, peas, and Flce; with annotto and malf (ond Chlli_peppers, of course} for seasonlng. Add n sufficlent quantity of water, and let tho whole stew gently for ilve or slx hours; then 8erve {h o turcen or deep dish." A curious custom still practiced at refined diuner-tables in Lima 15 the bocadito,~* a dem- onstration of politeness, or something warmer, consisting in celucunfi & cholee morsel from tho dish before you and Landing it on your fork to some lady present, who §a prvileged to return the attentlon. In somo parts of the country the compliment is intensificd, if not rendered a littlo startling, b{, the Jady's taking tho dellcate bit between Ler thumb wud forefiuger and plac- ing it {n the mouth of the cabeiero who has made the challenge.! Lima is situated at a helght of 513 fect above the sca, and, although within litile more thun 13 deg. of the Equator, its cllinate Is decidedly cool, During the winter-montha, from Juna to November Inclusive, the thermometer ranges between 57 deg. and_ 61 deg,, and in summer doos not gu sbovo 82 deg, Tuis low tempora- ture {s partly owing to the proximity. of the Cordlllerus, partly to the prevailing southwost winds, and partly to the cold current of the .Pauific, which sweeps from the Antarctic scas di- rectly azainst the const. Lima, being only six miles inland, feels tho chlll fulluence of the sen and tho wind, During the winter, Mr, Squfer found life in Limna nearly unbearuble from the fog and damp that coutinually prevailed, * For days, and evon weeks, hio tolls us, “tho sun is invisible, and a drizzle, not uullke & Scoteh mist, nakes the sidewalks slippery and pasty, and so perme- ntes the lr that thie sheets of one's bed are chill and sticky; the walls drip; the hand slips in endeavoring to turn the clammy door-knobs; afeathery and aimost ethercal fungus sprouts up In a siugle night from the depths’ of one's Ink- stand, “or Treplaces the varnish on onc's 2 bouts” with ‘o green aud yellow mil- dew. Bone-nches and neuraleios walk tho sireets, rananck the houses, and otitrage thelr occupants unchallenged; and the notae of - tho church-bells I stitled tn the damp and lifeless atmosphere. We are nssured that Tt never rulus InLima?; but the dense, per- meatng mist not unirequently forms itself uto minute drops, when it 1s calfed guara. These soak thrnufih the tlat, thatclied roofs, discolor- ing the ceillngs, trickiing upou the floors, and rendering an_ umbrella necessary for the pedes- trinn {n the streets," ‘The mist which envelopes Lima, for somo not yet explained reason, does not hang around the other towns and villages on the same plain, At Miraflores, only five miles dlstant, the tempera- ture lu several degrees higher than fn Lima, nnd the viliage basks In the sunshine while a heavy, damp cloud lowers over the Capital. The meun avernge of the temperature st Callao, the seaport six inlles frum Limu, {s eleven degrees higher than at the Intter point. The damp clis wute to Lima Is very conduciye to_Intermittent fovers, and two-thirde of the fulobltants are -nil;l 10 bu at all times suffering from these mal- adles, But the molsture which Is fnimical to the health of human beings Is most favorable to the urowth of vegetation, ond many fine public anil privato wardens adorn thie city, Roses araculs tivated in excesslve profusion “and luxuriance, aud display every varlety of lnvd{ form and tint, A pasgiouate love of tluwers Is u marked tralt of the Limentans, and the houses of tho rich and the poor are enlivencd with them, MRS, BROWNING'S RUYMES, 1n the volume of * Lotters of Ellzsbeth Bar rott Brownlug,” Mr. R. Il Horne glves an fu- teresting account of an umiabla controversy ho once hiad with the poctess on her use of forced rhymes, Mrs. Brownlug defended her system of rhymatology with & good deal of splrit. *“Know, then, she writes in avswer to obe Jections urged ogalnst certaln rhymes used In the poem of *Tho Dead Pan,” “that my rhymes arercally meant for rhymes, and that I take them to be actual rhytues,—as good rhymes s nny used by thymers; gnd that Inno spirit of care- lessniess, or easy writing, or desire to escaps uunnunlu, have I run futo themn; but chosen them, selected them, on principle, and with the determinate purpose of dolng my - best, tn and out of this pot, to have theim recelved! What you say of & *poet’s duty,’ no oue fn tho world can foel more u-ixlg. i ‘the verity of ft, than mysell. , , . uve worked at poctry ; It bas uot been with me revery, but art, As the rhynh.-!nn and lawyer work st their several pro- casions, so have [, and so do I, applv* 1o miue, And this I say, mdy to put by kny cuarge of care- lessness wh! moy rlso up to the verge of your Mpa or thoughts,"’ | Iu & conversation with Mids Mitford, who was an intlmate frieud of Mrs, Brownlng's, Mr, Horne recelved the followlug explanation of the rhymiog lHeenses which tho poetess adopted and strenuowsly uphelds ** Qur dear friend, you are aware, never gecs anybody but the members her own famlly, and one or two others, Blhe 8 high opinjon of the kil fu reading, as well rs the iue "taste, of Mr, —, aud she gets hiin ta read hor uew pooms aloud tu her, oud 80 tries themn upou bim (as well as herself), something alter the munuer of Moliere with rexard toa far less clezant authority. So ) — stands upon the hearthorug, and uplifts the M8, and his volce, while our dear friend llea folded up In Indian shawls upon the sofa, With her loug black tresses streaming over bher Lent-down head, ull attention, Now, desr Mr. ~— bas lost a front tooth,—not quite a front one, but aside front one,—and s, you sce, caus dotective utterance, 1t does not lue duco 8 lisp, or a hissfug kind of whistle, as with low prople similarly ureumstanced, but an amiable “indistloctness, 2 vague softeniug of syllubles uto each other, so that allencs and tiance would really sound very liky one auother; and so would children und bewlld'rin, bacchantes and grant-es,—dou't you see{t* et ANT-GOSSIP, The English Natlonal Gallery has been one riched durlog the lust year by the sequisition of four plctures of tho [kaliau school by Giam- battista Moronl, aod a portrait by Algzandra Bonvicino, fur which the Government pald ,000. In 1835 the Enplish Government pald for pub- 1le education n sum bt $i33,750, In 1873-'0 tho amount had ncreased to $10,800,040. In 1333-'4 the estfmate for © Edueatlon, Science, and Art" in Great Britain was $2,500,0005 this your tho estimate was $17,730,000. The collection of . water-colors bequeathed by tha late Willlam S8mith to the South Kensing- toun Musecun conslsts of 122 paintings, Including examples of many oi the British masters, living and deaid, A bequest of 1,000 volumes relating tothe Fino Arts was alsb received from the samo liberal donor. The City Gullds of Lonidon propose to cstab- 1ish an Indlustrial University in which the tench- fng shall be apoecially directed to the Industrial applications of Belence and Art. sfaj. Don- nelly, the Chicef of the Science amd Art Departe meiit of the Privy Councl, in a letter treating of the objects and plan of the contemplated In- stitutlon, states that there are now 1,750 scpa- rata schoola of classes of Sclence and Art in Ene eland, which are In connection with, and recely- Ing ald from, the Sciencoand Art Department. R — HOW THE TARIFF OPPRESSES FARMERS. TV ¢Aa Kditor of The Tribune. Drrrotr, April 30,—Youfcomments on my com- munication in Saturlay’s paper cannot, **upon re- ficction, " be allgyed to pass withont a word or twa Inreoly. In tho first placo, your reasoning re- minds me very forcibly of llorace Ureeley and Henry C. Carey, twenty yeats ago, If sound, the legitimate conclusfon would be that the perfection of all production would bo for each man, woman, and child to rafse from the soil, fatten upon thelr own postares, spin, weave, hammer and saw, doctor and preach for themselves, This brings the producer and consnmer absolately togethor, Not to earry the lllastration to this extrene, the glot of such reasoning ir, that we ate to legislale these favored manufacturing Industrics Into an artificlal prosperity by rulleving them from the bordens of & tarilf enacted by thelr influence, for their awn exclusive benefit, which enhances, and xue( expect will continue to enhance, the cost of thele products to thelr howme castomers, and all this In tho comote bope of sume contingent advan. tage {n the farmerand planter In feeding their operatives, p’l‘n bring the application of your 1dea, as Tunder- atand it, uelrnrgwmu: Suppase tho plow-makers of Mollne, 11l,, could Indnce Congrees to pass such legisiation ax would ralss the price (not cost of manafacture) of thelr plows 30 per cont, and by the sama laialation cut off all othicr sonrcos of n cheaper supply, 80 that the pcople of fowa nnd Nort! urndf inola could not obtain plowd from .any other marflfacturors, ! 4 tom Then, nlcuurule'lhni\lnlzl‘:n plow.makers, havi n ' monopoly o o trade at thia onh:fined vmilt.‘t w’onld om- ‘fley A greater number of mechanics aborers and n thelr business; trade would fourksh with them, but would the advantage of feeding thils sdditional number of 1aborers compenrato the farmers for the additional 30 pee cont pafd on tho cost of thelr plows? Wonld not the price of pork, beef, and graln remaln an now, dependent on the lerufun demaad? As long o the farmer produces more of thase commaiities than we consume In ounr own country, will not thevalue of tho cntire crap continue to depend on the forcign demand? Aside from all questions of advautaze or disad. vantage, uf profitor lose to olther farmor or me- chanic, I8 it strictly within the provinco of n Goy- crument ltks onrs, ‘‘of the people aud for tho Fnuple." to legislate In the interest of o class, to AX U thouvand men, not to defray tho legitimate expenses of the (lovernment, but to keep up the business of one man? Supposa Congress shonld legislato as you adviac, snd ndmit duty freo all tho raw material required by the classos whose claims you advacate, such an Ahip-building, cotton, woolen, iron, stecl, cut- lery, leathor, boota and shoes, otc., and thcy nre enablod to manafacturo of koods and waros more than is required for the home market, does it follow from thia that such wiil be lawered in price to tho home consumer? that they will be. able to purchase on the same baals of mannfactar- era’ profit at which they are sold in foreign mar- kets when brought tnto compotition with goods of the aame class made In Belghum or England, for instance? (Yes, certalnly, Tho object of repenting th dutles on the raw materisls of thoso branches of manufacturea 13 to enable them ta be mado chenp- er, in order that they may not only be sold cheap in thie country, but'that the eurplus product may find a foreign demand. The present onerous dutlcs on the raw materials which eater into the composl- Hon of tho goods add that wuch to thelr cost. They must be sold to our farmers Juui “‘muc| dearar, Take off those répressivo dutios and the goods can Le manufuctured cheaper, and of conrsa will be nold cheapor to the agricultural and all oth- cr class nd what can_not be sold at liome will find a forelgn market. 8! ur theary, —Ev, Experience toaches us that prices in this conntr; would still be determinod on the basis of the cost of imported du of the same description. [This i only trne whers tho home product of an article {a not_sufliciont for tho -domeatlo supply, When tho homa production of ateel rails, fur ex- ample, 8 greater than the Amorican demand, the prico of ateel ralis declines below the basis of the cost of Imparte el, and they ara sold inder the presauro of domestic competition, without any ref- eronce to or rl.'funl for the price of simlilar forelyn goode, 'Thls v the fact now as to lron, steol, crackery, glass, cullery, engines, paper, cottons, woolens, carpois, Luots and shoew, leathurs, wood- en-ware, and Yankee notions, And thts accounts for the enoraions reduction in the Importation of many lloes of gooas. — Wo have evidotco of thls in the sale of American sewing-muchines in Europe at nbout vano-half the prices charged our farmora® wives and our poor sewing women Iu town and city for the sanio ma- chines. Thaveveen It stated ugain and avain that the Onondasra !lll.compm(. of New York Stata, has beon ablo for years to diapose of their surplus salt In Cunada ot a profit after Ynymz all frelghts, dutles, cte.. und then selling 1t very much bolow tho prices charized the home consumor, Iu not this also true of e manufucturers of wood screws and various other articles which might be mentionedt [Whatever it may formerly have been, it {s no longor trne of Onondugs will, The companies aro glad to sell to home customers at tho lowest osaible prices. A to wood screws, we have not ept track of them and don’t know, As to sow= lug-machines, what '* Agricola™ complaine of I caused by their patents, which give them certal wmonopoly privileges to charge what they please, 03 they aro not llable to general competition elther at homo or abroad, —Ep, One offoct of our high ‘protective tari@® i to so~ cure e the home manufacturar a manopoly of our own market. Av they have this home trade se- cured to them beyond tho possibiiity of fureign competition unmuxn the opcration of our tarif and patent laws, would this condition Lu changed to hoadvantageof the farming interesta by admiiting, duty free, such lnnl!n productions as they may choose 10 regard as **raw matertal "'? Certalnly; nothing but patent-protected monop- ollcs can -rb‘m«ruy keep up prices of warus, av free :omlmlluon forces everything down to ft lowest living lovel, — Ko, 'Ta no 1t seema that the effect of sach leglatation would bo to enhance thulr Jroiits on the hione das mand, to tho extent of such deawback, without Jawerlng the cust to th bome. convumer, and the deficlency in the natlonal revenue, occasioned thereby, would of necessity have 1o be made guod from some othor lmposition of taxed. [As we havo whown, the fucts are aguinstyour Ides, ~En.] ‘Fhe condition of the trade which would allow the man- ufuctarer to disposo of his surplus productions ‘n o foreign marketat a small profit would enable the fallest advantage from the homs demand, by his never being com- pelled to depress the market by forcod vales nt ome, Our priced would bo uniformly high, [This might be true bat for the inexorable law uf compo- titlon.=-Xn, ) This 1admit would be tumporarily advantagzeon to the manufucturer, but would it not slmplifythe process if Cungroed would tike tho manly course, tod not boat the duvil around the bush any loniter? 1f mnanufactures aru to bo kept uq‘ by taxing the farmcrs for their beoeft, why 110t impose 8 land wix of, say, 50 cents per acro on ull farmiug land, and apportion the amount cols lagy Jnmnnus:unemnccm g to thelr nocessitlen? This would a less budheusome way than the aystem now suthotized by law, or the benedt of all, taril? legislation should Liave but two ubjectain view: First, aud atrictly, it should bo for ‘revepue; sccoud, to collect this revenuo from se few articl embarrassuient 10 our peo) as pogsible, (ilalf & loaf Is better than no bread. Ko, Our farmers whoald have the advantage of & healthy foreign cllm‘wllnnn with our home man facturers, particularly with all patented article to regulats’ domestic prices, (As patonts are e clualve privileges, we fall to seo whera the compe- tition s o come from,.—Ep.] With (he tari:f modified, and rrlcu rogulated as suggested, farn. iny Industry will agaln prosper, and thls prosper: Ity wil wecuro a hralthy conditlon of trade in all other branchea of business, AunicoLa, WHERE?—0 WHERE? [T0 a Departed Friend.) Yes, thou art thers, on this bright mora, en singlug birds recall tho bour Qur short-lived friendabin Orst waa born, caarining in lte strength and power, But I am left, while thou art gone— Unheeded [ wy mute despalr, Bweet frieud of otherdays, where hinst thou flown? My heart criva vty O'where!—0 where? Here are the trees thy loving hand Arrunged sud planiad with such akill; Thelr purple buds reach nuhfluumml— ‘Thelr perfutau alt the alr doth #ll, ‘The dowers wo fondly callod thine own, And warched them With such tender care, ‘Thay, too, willsvon cry out aud moan, And suy with me, O where?—0Q whero? T seo the Daley Jifting u) tor ihllnklg&‘(umbfln head; Bha wants thy tears to il her cup— Slhie docs not know that thou art dead, er fragrance now begins (o rise * Al through the disappuluted alr; Caa Augels foul It from the skies, And hear her call, O where?!—0 where? And wilt thou not, 0 friend of mine, Ona loviug 100k 0 me bestow— Some wyatlc seciet, or voao sign, Which poiats the pathway thou didst go? Whers thou hust koae, 14 thers no aiut Ls Lcavea wo divinely fair ‘Tuat vuch as [ may ngt ko In? Tell me, dear friend, U where!—0 where? Eruwoow, hil, May 1, 1677, . PR THI HOME. FONADTTRY, How harshly falls npon the ear This one sad word—how great the fear, To be, when Death to us draws near, Forgotten! 'To know, ere meny summera gay, Or wlintersdeear, have passed away, That wa mnst molder in the clay, Forgotten! Ho all men seek the mystle key Of carthly immdrtality, Tu the vain hope of not to bo Forgottenl Butall valn hopes of this must ais, No man can flight of Time dofy; Weall within oar graves must lle, rgoltent MixERAL PoiNT, Wis, L. A, Osronxs. THH INPANTRY, . Th the Editor af The Tridune, . Ciicato, May 4.—1 find that elther throngh my own fault, or that of the compositor, the types misrepresent mo In saveral places In my last paper. Where only syntax and orthography are concerned, T clicerfnlly trast to the perception of the reader. One or two more important errora require correc- tion. In recommending asafetida for the flatulent colic of infants, T mentioncd, or Intenaed o mention, mistena asaafetida ¢a the mostsultable preparation of thatdrug for tho purpose, Mistena or lac nsa- fetldn consists of tha gum-resin rubbed up In water, constituting & ‘mllky finid, which, when sweetened, diluted, and-flavored with rome aro- matlc, Is ustally not disageeceble to chlidren, and a8 harmless as any medicine can be, Inspeaking of thesteamed and crushed oatmeal I destgned to say that ten minutes were required for bolling, ‘The norge, ** Three Mlinute Cereals," applied by the proprictor, I conslder altogethier an error, ns wellaan mistake (n judzment on his part. He ‘clalms more than the facts warranted, and will be 1lixely to Injure hissalen by so dolng. When caro fully cooked for About: ten or fitteen minnten In plenty of water, thia kind of oatmeal makes a ght, white, delicato mush indnitely superior to that from any other oatmesl I have ever found in Chicago, To come now lo the subject of this papor, afe fectlonn of the respiratory organs, Inclading thosa of the throat and larynx. Thess diacases are, In thelr grave forms, of o sérlons o nature that any tampering with them by inexperienced hanids fs 1ikely to lead to fatal results, 1 can ouly, thore- fore, tndlcate a slmple method of treatment which will be cficacions In cases of slight iltness and will not be out of place if the graver and more danger- ous disese fs at hand. . Asldo from the opidomic fnfluence and the ape- cific infoction which produce diphtherla, croup, ‘whooping-cough, and the lke, the firat and moat mportant causo of ali theso tronbles ia **taking cold.}! ‘This process of taking cold is so very cammon, and, In the majority of cascs, so evanescent In its cffects, that it is navally consldered a trifting mat- ter, 1t lauot, howover, so trifling as most people, think., Asido from the suffering occasioned by s bad cold, which is not Inconsiderable, thore are thousands of cases fn which a cold means death sooncer or Iater, thousands more In which it means an impaired constitution and & semi-luvalld condi- tion for a lifetime. And this taking coldiaina majority of instances capable of belng prevented, Every ono who reads thla knows of familics wha are always having bad colds. Depond upon it thero 18 something wrong {nthe household hyglene, There ia insufliclent clothing, or the apartments are averhealed, or thero are avoldablo draughts, or carelessncss In somo shape. Childrenof a scrofulous or tuberculons diathosls ars much more Jiahlo to tako cold than thosa who aroofa sounder constitution, and colds have also worse results in theso cases, So much the more noed 18 thero of care and watchfalnoss on the part of the parent. ¢ Uncensing vigilance Is, 1a many cascs, the price of ocxemption from colds, It ls, howover, worth while. It is easler to put on and take off the wraps and overshoas ever 20 many times a duy than to nurse the 1lttle "ono through an Ninces, ¢ mothers woulil bo mare careful, thelr anxlotles might be vastly lessenod. I do notmeanto ray that colds can he altogether nvolded. In ourcli- mate, whero tho thermometer plays such wurpris- ing fredka In asingle twenty+four hours, where the winds are 0 pitiless and the clouds so capricious, colds will often accur which scem dependent upon atmospherle chianges, 8tlll, they muchless fro- tmvndlly *edfhe to™ ono than- {x commonly snp. The firat sympto of & cold 1s vory often a chill. Alittle later li'v"rn may be a '"'HM feverand a littcle more diflentt resprration, Nowif a warm ath be taken &t this perlod, fallowed by friction tothe skin anfl warni coveriug In bed’so that a sllght perspiration is cvtablished, the cold le nbated at tha outeet, and the chill will ba_quite well tha next day, Theso measuren shonld aiways he cme ]l(ll::l(ynl With croupy children or those whio are aube cold, to prolongud ‘catarth or cough after taking Sneezing ia gedinarily an tndication that cold has been taken, 1t may be the heginning of n vevere naeal catareh which will ultimate {na brouchlal cough, The wann bath, etc., are usefal here, and it Is proper to opan tho bowels, 1t constipaied, hy u mild cathartie. 1f the futlamination of the nanal ucous iembranc i yery acute, as ovidonced by vrofuse and sealding, Waiory discharges, it moy by mitixated by certaln ineans, ‘The inhalation of the vavor of hat watar (not too hut) 1a somatimes -nnu\lnf. A teanpuonful of wpleits of camphor In a littie Lot water Is very good fur Iubalution. A fow drops of laudanum may be uxed in the samo way. ' Thesa remedles are, of cotirve, not avallable for infants. Bomethnes all that can be done fur them 1sto gently anoiut the noatrils with a littlo olive il applied with a feathe er.. A small handkerchlel or bit of linen wet in ‘Water ow warm as can bo borne and Jald closely over 1he nose and forehead will often scen 10 give re- hiet, Children, who are old enough to use a nasal douchs, may be benefited by Injections war snlt water, " An atomizer may sometimes bo userd with advantage, Chronie eatarrh should be treated Ly the mesdicated duucho as ¥oon ns the child |s old enough to tsu tho anparatus, and it uiust bo pers shuted Ju for o conslderablo lougth of tine before any very decldvd good redulls can be oxpected. Cuange” of uir, particularly to thy sou-side, will sometimes eifect a cowplete cure, froin which, huwever, tho patient may relupso After the return home. In had cases the esperiment should bo tried it practicable, _Children of a scrufulous dine thesesuro often affected DLy chronle catarrhnea ,.mu of the weneral morbid. atate of the system. 'heso carus require the beat of hyglonuend judie clous tonic troatmont, 3 A mout frequent palnful complication of the ordinary acuf caterrls, or cold in the head, fs morg throat. Sometimes the violonce of the at. tack falls chlal){.nn the thruat, and wo may have headache and disorder of the stomach sy accom- punimenta of almple soro throat, In the timoe of scariet-faver and diphthetia epldcmnics, sore throat ahould mover ba meglected, Unloms the wother {a ahbloto recognize” for a certajnty the dipltherlc exudatlon or the angina of scarlet fever, the ductur ahould be called. 1¢ 1t be known to be‘ouly the simple sore throatof an onlinury culd, home trestment will be all thut Is neceasary in mast canes. If any cathartic bs given it should Lo somu saiine draught, &e aoldiltzepowder or ci- trato of magneais, Thevs may be given in appro- rlate dosvs ta childran threo or four yoard of uye, £ they are vld enouith to garslo tho Shroat, nothing is better than chlurate of pat. —a drachm toa tumblertul of water, or in weyorc casos. u aaturat- cawolution, Moru canbe dissolved by hut water 1 y cold. Some children ara very liablo to allzit soro throat, felt, especially, in rislug in the uorning. -1t §4 do frequoutly provent that ‘It nay 8lmost be termcd chrunle, For those cased satrin. gents are usually very serviccable, 1alf s drachm of tanuin added to the salutlun of the chlorate of potaw=a will be found very usaful, Pxwernal nrp"unnul lo great good oftentimes, An old-fashioned, but na excellent remedy, isn ullce of walt pork, cut very thin, stitched toa bit of muslin aud n,:ruu my incans of o flannel band- age. It auay drst bo sprivklod with salt or powdered nunrhcr o make it act more quickly, The valuu of thesa sluple remedies depends largoly upon the skill n proparing and employing them. fter the bandage s ready, the pork being nlcely stitched ugun it, warmn It slowly untll It be- comes s0ft, Bexible, and oily on the surface, 'Then i tho soreness {a Bigh up under the anglo of the Jaw, thoends of the bandaye should be brought up on the head sud carctully pluned, not so tightly as 10 be uncomfortuble, but snugly cuough 10 keep the wlice of pork In cluse contact with the surface. 1f the sorences ie lower down the bandage muy be llmfly fastened gyound the neck. ‘I'als must be ket on for wome thmo, After twunty-four bours a alight oruption will belikuly to sppess under the bandage, and it moy be lett off fors little whils and afterwsrd reappled. But fu twenty-four hours we should ex,uct a slmplo woru throat to ba very much linproved. s Poulllcos mado of linvead meal prefersbly, or of caru of £ya neal and the lkv. aro of the greatest use ln this as well a4 in uther allments where fue fammation existe. Their valuc i fu 1he-warmih snd wolsture, snd to do sny good thoyshould be renowed ao uften os they become cool. If covered with ofled stlk they nevd not bo so frequently re- nuwed. Juat anuuul\‘mu-lud may bo uilzed with thesa poultices to wake them geutly stunulating, aud whenever mostard Is nmvloictl B4 8 counter- Irritant fur children It should slways Le comblaed with fluxsosd, flour, or sometbing of tho kind, Apparcutly wore slnple thsn uhuc? g4, yet RY Tequinig more uro aid Juddment i real e use, I8 ¢old water.” Bor rovust, bealthy chlldren ate tacked with sore throat or broachitls, compresscs of cold watee will ofton work like a charm,—the sorencas whll vanlsb, the tough phleym locstn up, the Lresthing grow easy, aud the child fall o into a aweet sleep. For dellcate chiidren, bot ve ulta warm water may Lo uned lustead of cold, Thla powerful thorspeutic agont, cold wu‘x.':r. ot udg we repeal, mual used with ot sud csutlom. The napkin should Ve fold- €4 from two o four thicknesscs; 1t sbould Do wrunz o iy (LAt mo water shonld drip from or be camly squeezed from It, Then 1t shonld he covered with thickness npun thicknessof flannel, —it 1a botter to be In tho excess than otherwiac,—and these should b brought down very ¢loscly aronnd the persan, Tho en. trance of “air under the covering wonld be fatal to al] hopes of a good reaction. If tho remuiy (s to dn gond the senme of chilliness will givo wayina few minates to & plearant warmth, and in haff-an- hone ara liitlo more tha surface presa should b glowing red and Thy et cluthes can thun be remaveil, ahed oft with colil water, rubbed dry anid warm, and y but warmly with™ flannel, If the not speedily ocenr the wet comnrens alionlil e throven aside, lflmnnln wrungoutof hot water aubatituted, and every means used to conn- toract the effec. of the chill, Antz M, 1are, M. D, Correapondence may hereafter be addressed to me at m’ new office, Tloom 6, 1%5 Btate ntreet, corner of Madiron, whera also 1 should be happ; tareoany friends, Ofties honrs from 0 a. m. 1o p. m, Tako elovatornt FPENN LDA 1o the Editor of The Tridune, OrrAwa, May 2. —1 hsvo been the reciplent of sevaral boxes of slipa this week for which tho dear onesof Tho Mome will one and all accept my thanks, I wlsh they would all send Immediately, 80 that Tmay retnen othersin the box they send in,ax T find (¢t dificnlt tofind boxes enongh to supply thodemand, 1f1do not send now to those who have nono to exchange, Ishall do §t so that they may have them for next winter. Of courso I must send firet to thoso who sond to me, and then all shall ba supplica. T ean send some vey nice oncs this fall, a8 T shall havo a much larzer variety to roe lect from, To thoso who have wrilten that they are k, or mnot In clrcumatances to by, 1 e lent a llstening out, and I wifl do by tham as T wonld be dong. Jy were 1 InTiko clecumatances, Yonr lettera have heena Rreat, ‘»Icnmro to me, and please do not_stop, To Michigan City I send grecting, Yonr lettgr was Ro welcomo, You ask me to correspont, Just now I have vo many Yhat you will not think mo unkind if 1 et nttend to lllrnlrlng ln{ dear ones with Ihe!”flm 1 hava promised. My lotters mow number cighty-two, and_ the number I8, for= tnnately, dally” increasing, §wish you might all ®ce my wardian case, for 1 bolleve I am juntly roud of {t. I have scen some which [ called” very h‘ne. and long wished I conld havo one that wonld campara wit but now mino surpasses thom all, and lsn great comfort to me. I wish all my rick friends biwdone, 1have been an Invalld, and it wna made for me then, Many nn honr I have Ialndn nnd watchud my plants grow, and some times when (riends came Into ece me they conlil not reach the bedsido for the row of planta set thero for my Inepcction, Many an hour of poin they have noothed, and I foronc can say they have dotia good in a sick room, I£ not In slceping roonts Now ['am among them ngaln, and I folly apprec! ate (ho blessing. Do you wonder that 1 wish to sapply the sick with plants when they have been Tach Bicusings to mo? "o (hate WHO wlkh 10 g change for n wardian.cane plant, please send im- mediately, a3 mine s now eanning wild and needs cutting back, 'To thoone who asked about sending [ \vlnfinn caso by express, and then for mo to Ail it here, 1twouldeay that It woulil make it very ex- pensive. Dut I do wish yon had one, and every one else, od_blees tho one who first ine vented them, 1 belleve It was Me. Ward, of London, In 1820, 1 should llke to thank him for tho pleasnre 1 have de- tlyed 'from mine, Many of the plants growing in them grow from leat, Deronda. Idld not send lyun any of mine, and I forgot to eend vae, which I fully Intended to, as I thought you mizht valuo It from past nesociations, Hut after recelving your last, and iearning that you would be in our ity In Septomber, we have thoight of ncor,{ tea, a friendly chat. a talk of fowers, and a selection for the winter from any of our pets which you do not already possess, Motlier, Ilegonias, like other plants, must rest, Bomo choose thu winter and sotno the summner. You can Judno best by their actions. Baltimore, Md., you may say dear Fern Leaf 1f you wish, I wau muchmmcnuml with your kind offer nnd affectionate words of endearment, Send a8 soon a8 you can, 1 shall treasure your Ictiers and anythiug you may send me. This gives moa alster i almost every State in the Unlon, Anhtabula, I thank you for seed, and sympathize with you in your atfiction, and_hope sho may re- coverand 1ave the plants I shall send you, them, lielle Plainc, thanks, I have received. Short letters welcome, aud tung ones doubly so, Lacon, thanks for what you sent, -~ You mako o mistake In the name of onie. May I correct? Itis o pink Weltonsinsis, The coral ia very difforont. 1wl try and sond yon once. Turn your roscs over 80 {bnt you may aprinkle the under part of the leaves, If any of you have a skoleton leaved roso- gerantum to spare Lshonld 1ike a elip, A. B. C. aentme onc, But It was ao early Llostit, Twish could help you arrange your plontsand -makea ‘wardlan caso. 1fear | shall disgust you in talking #0 much of them, butto me they nover lose their intorest. Ilove to caltivate tho acquaintance of those who cuitlvata lluwors, Forns do not need a ¥lass case, Ihuuufi thoy do better under thom, par- ticularly the fine delicato ones. Al B, C,, Ilost the little fern you sent me, for which [ was very sorry. D C., Hlll#dale, bave yon sent? If ao, 1 have not recelvedd, llave neyer ween the bluo salvia. 1 hiave had the German ivy bloom. It will bloum 1¢ 1t does not run too mucli, Leona, ‘:leuno bo sarc to aend the Calccolarin aud climblng fern and any other that yon can. Tv W,, Watseky, and Emma, send. Dololt, you wmay send, and whon 1 recoive your box will roturn it fo you with someof mine. When yon send, l:lv:ruu weite your name or somothing that I may now whera to roturn the box, A, G, 1%, you can got mwaet violetsof D, M. Ferry, Dotrolt. 1had somo but lost them, o s o kind, good man, and will pleaso accept thauks for the scod he sent mo, | bellevo hlin to be_ just and lonorable in Its deglnus. M. E, Y, South lend, of course I will. Mo, I sympathize with ou ovor tho loss of your wardlan case. 1f posst- g, after supplging the others, 1 will try and do something for yaon,- for 1 should fecl it great Juss to lose mine. You muet baks the I do not ir woll, mean warm it: have it xo hot (hnl{ofl caunot hold our hatd on It Now s a vood Time to arrange . 1keep it in summer fn tho light, but oniy o very littlo aun {n the early morning. Mino reminls me of a South Auterican forest, it looks no wild, and has grown Ao large, and the snall leaves twin- ed around and under the largo ones In such cons fusion. And tho lovellest chistera of blossoms 1 cver saw ond tho largest, Oncof the Itox family, the Rilver Queen, has Lloomed all wintor. and now has a large cluster whicn vies with the silvery fols age, in beauly, A Bea Foam I8 not blooming, but sending out sich a Jurge number of wmall ones, 1 think It I¢ done for the purposs of allowing me to scnd to others, for they are such a proud famlily, anid mine vie with eachiothur to cuuse me to notico then, und ) assuro you I pralse them woll for theie deslre to please me. I have a Luopard bewonln, thoone with white spots on the leaves, that liay ihirty blossoma on, You shall huve ono of those, 1daro not write more. Love to you all, Fzny Lear, TIOMB ATTRACTIONS, To the Bditor af The Triduna. Pata, Til.,, May 1.—~Tho admiration of flowers and theJove of musia are closcly allled, and per- hapu alwaye cqually Intonsltied fn the ssme indfe* vidual, It fe unquestionably true that he whn ndmires tho one cannot Lo indifferent to the other; and, without a reasonable doubt, the world's poot in- tendod to fulininate hisdisplossure ot tho haters of elther and both In hils undying wordst 1o that hiath not lc T4 hle soul, an; 8 ot noved by the cuncurd of sweet _1s fvonly for troason, atratageis, Tt does not follow necessarlly, howover, that be- cause a person dova not becomo audibly ecstuklc every timo he beholds & charming flower that he hos not .o sllent, unnssuwming admiration for ft4 wondrous = beauty; tha lack of = demonstratfon may Lo an eve ldence of exce a bashfulnes lady might ecemn to bo suddon! acute love for n *‘chicken kecper,” and for the timo belul( banish hur floral pots from uat of her Mabty [u lunhnrluunmzncn wmight not nucomsare fly indicate that shc 18 a chronlc hater of tho tlral; but 16 might prove unlf' hat, for tho time lu-l’nu. whe had an unsatisiled fonging for poultey und cgys, ‘ 1 hfnk Lat suspicions of ovil are ]Ill“( attached Lo pursons of eltticr eex who are naturmf hutors of fowara; thulr thosghts and intentiuns connot be slways pure. Upon such the choicest gifte of Na turoaro squandercd, And converscly, the fndie yldual who has & genulao affection far thoso beau- 1rul gifts of o wise Providence must bo in thought and actlon generally maving in harnony with the cxactlons of Nature's mural cude, [ do firmly belleve that sucha person Ia lnnrablo of dolng a delluerate wrong, While visiting & prléou, some yeurs since, I observed upou tho window-sill, by the grato in ouw of tho celle, o il ro, tno, & elzed with an sweut lttle fower blovining and Jaughing in Inl: nrrowy beams of the sotting win, 1 proced. e once (o make nquiry about tho history of the ul fortunate uccupant of that cell, snd the ca his Incarceration, and soon found out, just what I expected, that he was there, not for steallng & borve, nor for highwsy mbber{ nor. ze: for \mmlnq dowan & -man's bul Jlnm. ut. for ap act of violence done with tios, in the flerco storm and whitlwind of passion; aud doubtless further Inqulry would .| have disclused the patural fact thit the pext mo- ment afier tho raal wus done, his very soul was ou its knces in doep repentance for the {muicdiate ast. v’l L ittlo Sower, placed there Ly his request, mpuke eloquently of the prisoner's resl naturs, roe counted tho sad wtory of a bilghted life, aud plead- ed teasfally for mercy to one whoae hestt-{hrobs wete now fn van, ot the inexerable demands of crimiual code claimed this victim of buman nd Iur‘ bim, pity it tu that the early settiers of this Btat did not svoner appreciato the valuv of foreits and shrubbery; ava matier of beauty s proft. Had thoy done ko propaerly, the sas Lle Value of tho lands, now 80 great, would have been enhanced almost boyoud computation, the “P'raino State, ¢ sud {n polut of beauty oW **bloasoiniey as the rose, " would have been'**fair 83 tha gardeis of the Lord. " ‘The Urungerd ownlng extates ngon ibe vast un. Qulatiog pralries wurrounding this ** Embowered Clty & of Pulo, a8 well 88 vlsewacre, are learuing rapldly tho arle of sitractiog purchusers. The bavo already discovercd by actual observation thal featluon of wealth and of tasia, in pursult of ofua farws, 11k to halt amooy the allurcinents of wbrubbery and oral sduruments; !?e{ bave been kuown to trasel through wholu nelgbborhoods of bare bulldlnge and vacant voor-yards toget lutothy shade, and fn somo instauces they would uok leave untll thoy could call 1t thelr owuj sud the things that prowmpted thom 1o go no far- ther perbape did oot codtad mush originally as the obacnre and savory pig-pen, ont behind the by Thiay dicl not wae at a1l By Have yon not noticel how unwiitingly a famity wiil ‘leave n lome minde atteacilve by foral ety edch of which has liecome, by aectionate cape s Sithing of heauty and, Jay forever 77§ b e knawn many a_matron‘to anlrm right then sy thers that she would never rign thatileed unl er rlght were rescrved to fako mwn: bush, that Ivy, or that Anaw-ball: And havy obrorval that alio Unally had hor way about it. o nho muht o A Hingy Ao eheertuliy st dered excent iltoee 1ittlo ones of Inyo and sentimeny that eoxt comparatively lmlhlm(‘ All of which tenda fomhow that In most eaepy tho person twho ha an ove to Y'“m et have wny rze for the beautifuls and of ali nf atnre's mep. chantable commodities, lier brantieaars (he mne compensating in proportion to the amount of money inyested, . Fern Leaf, you hnve heen pleaseid to plice mo under enduring obllgntionx to you by an act of dis. Interested Klidness, In the form of & most e 1] asnortment of cholce Nower plants and bulbs fate. Iy recelved, Waonre atrangera even in name, and, r«-rhnm will everremnin x0: yet tho brignt bloomy hat will fn the coming years crawn tha groen folj. aga of thene cherlacd “tokene with coronets of benuty will be to me a constant reminder thay there yet remain in this cold world of oura warm, heating hearts whoss pulsstions are other any loftier than those of mere solGshness, Dznospa, TO MAKE.COIN TONE. , To the Editor of The Tribune, DrcAtun, May 3.—Thls' morning the sun sent ont his advanco gnards of brilllant colors, plling grand ing mountains of crlmson nnd yellaw agalnat the soft cray sky of early morning, and he. tween the monntaln ranges we raw bita of shining Llue ilke glimpaca of a far away eea, while farther on, #oft, shadowy masres towered aloft Jkn fee. bergs in tho distance, And then with great goiden rays of light and warmth ha changed them into 8 thousand forms, and when he leaped nbove the horlzan thoy drifted awny and he sweyt slone up the nznre vault fn matchless gramdear. and beauty, The wind ainge sweet "rongs of fredly lirs and vigor (o the traes tonched with green, while Lsoadeast o'cr tho earth tho fmm grasa - Aptiwlza ap most joyous); iy my window Mnnd;Jn old cherry-treo, nnd hine dreds of whita flowas bloom and swing on the swaying branches, A robin has just perched noon one'af the twige, and nfter eyolnz mo critieally for & moment tnrns hid attention to the tree, douhtless » bent upon inding a suitable location to build 3 nest for his coming bride sud & future generation of redbreaste, Ah! that I wero only verned in bird-lore. 1'd tr; and [nduce him and i mato (o come 1 tiroudh thoopon window and make thelt home with me, T'dtell them they conld build thelr nest on top of the caryed bookcase, fasten it on the allttoring chandelier, neatle it down In_the vase on the man. tel, or hide it in tho hanging basket in tho window or tho roac-hashes on the window-leiige. 1'd leare the doots wlde onen for then regnrdless of tramps, ** 1'd alng for them, I'n pln(y for them, " and (hey hould plunder my tahle with as much impanity ay our ofliclals plander the Government, But, after all, llm{ are such Bohemians, whn can tell bt they would rather Iisten to the sizhing of the wind, the rippling of waters, and _ tie con. tinuous murmurs of theleaves than to the bound. ing motes of the *'Irize Uanner Qulekstep' or the exhllarating stralns of **Yankeo Daodla™t Perhaps, toallay their hunger, (Iw{'wonnl orefer to rcarch for the ripo feult and red berrles among the cool, green leaves, ar hop through the Apray. Inden grass, and elako thelr thirst In lbcrn{ watera of soma dashing cascado ur hidden spring, than to feast upan tho richest of cake or oldest of wine? Who can tell hut they wonld rather cling to old feiends, and ways, and memorios (belng unlike z":‘--i,’ll" to llve In luxury and powor far above cm 1had got thus far In the land specalation when [ *3was brought back to tho land of reallty by obsery- Anzt the old cock who was pompously scratching up the tender strawberry roots while a group of plump hens looked on adiniringly, and I looked on— oglinst, I dlepersed the minature 8alt Lake come munity witha briekbat and a atick of wood, and sent Uelzhaw aud hls hona to the back of the Jot on the double-qaick, Iat it jsn't ahout tho robin_ or the rooster T want to tell you, but of the corn-ponc ple baking in tho oven. -~ ‘ Did yon “cyver eat any? If you didn't yon ought to, ‘cause it's good. And now, liko Mark Antany, 1cry, ** Lend me yoor cara,” and I'll tell yon how to make the above-mentioned pone. Bet thou a kettlo ‘over the ronring, crackling. fire, and put thoroln two quarte ot water, well‘salied, and then **fetch on your meal," When the wator (llko n woman who iuds a Joving note In her husband's pocket signed **Thy own Inadora™) s reml,v to bufl over, xtlr thog Leinkly fn the meal until It s oa thick ns bees ronnd A boe-hive: then add o Tmrwl cold water, and put {n more meal and atlr Hll=well i1 all the lumps have disappeared an mmrlulluen doin theday time, Now put it Ina buttered earthen dish, nnid setm a warm placo untll noon, and It will coma np as flonr has the Inat woek, ~ At noon stir 1o o cnp of four, and place It In the oven and bake with a mud- erato fire nntil supper time. Make the mush very thick, and don't cat till cold, Methinks 1hear n mulllida of volces crying dis: dalufully: ere comes Chat with o recipe, and then methinks Leateh o glimpso of & multftude of noses turned up In scorn when you sec 1 i nothlng but a cornepone to offer, and § hear the cry rataed as of old," **Can any good thing como tm!luf Nagareth?" And I aniwer, makoa pous and soo, My brother-in-law nn{n that T make good ones, and ke ought to kuow, because he 1 ** from away down South in the land of cotton.” fle nsed to live there when cornepones and- slavery flourlshed “Ifllllflx!ll’lflnu{ and he and the alnves used to liva on 'em. hat ls, 1 mean the colorad gentry i To the lady who wlshed to know how to pina baby's banda on ¥o they swould -u{. I witl rmnkls answor I don't know, “If Lables didn't wiggle ah cry, and if bables dudn't kick (bleas their Jugs and Alying heets), 1 thnk 1t might be donet but, 09 1onk #e they will do those things, I bulleve it to bo an itter imposedility to pin one on 401t whi stay, unlesy after getting 1t on you strap haby tou board and set itaway In o convenlout place, as tha Gers nuns do. T'ry it, and report progress, Jeanle of Canton,. you™ can **wnisper something in my cur "' by addressing Chiat, Deeatur, 11, Citat. TOUCHING VARIOUS MATTERS, Ta the Editor of Tha Tribune. Brooxxuron, 111, Apeil 0. —If ¢+ Deep Creek " fan't too decp, or far off, Tshould ke to cross over amd shiake hands with Margaret's 8ster for her very excellent article on tobaceo of April 21, Wo have let onr gentlemen friends ** gang their ane galt" too long on thls subject, woile the Nquar questlon has absorbed tho attention of the public to the cxclusion of that delectsbio woed and its many votaries, If overy tobacco-cnower (I'can forglva the smokor in part) wonld ask himeelf be. fore ho puté the nasty, nouseating, foul, fllthy, disgusting plug In hils month, What right have Ito offer this unclean tobacco-reoking mouth for klsses, 1o my swoet.broathed cloan wife, sleter, or afianced, and crucify hor sonse of purity whenever 1approach? Loes not ovory weman of raflnement feed an lnvoluntary uzh! when fn closo proximity 10 the tubacco-chiewer? Let the public toniue ba uniooned on this subject, and let us have articles at Ienzth ot lie unnecessury expenve and the nervous - discarcs L habit entails, Keep the bal) rolling. 1 heartily Indorse Winulo's rupl. B, . ond empecluly that the standand of purity stiouid be tho vamo for bothh sexes. Mothors, don't ict your boys run tho streety and mix promiucuously With caarde people, white your girle are rigldly uanled frum cuntact with ‘coarsencss, Puro, no- le men are o8 possibiu s women §f mothens wonld use the sumo meuns (o make them so, \What ine Huenco for shaping of character can o mother wield whoxe boys aro only with her during mesl tine and tho hours of wlespt Mauy mothors supposs their rat and almost only duty 13 to pro wieat and wultable miment for their childrens but s not the soul more than meat, or character than ralmenty . Beluct your buys' companions, hover about oceas sfoually whilo ai play, und discuver if thera nre any slinaof conrvences fh tho conversatiun. Instila love for yood reading, encourage gomes—even card-pluyIng—to keev your Loye at homo with you LN thiely characters arc formed and their tastos aud tendencies are fur good mora than evil, Eteenal vigilunce, while chlidren, {s the price of noble men or woinen, L. L. B, wnles o good nrticle on tho voxed **§lired QI Question, * and though many of her notuts aro worlhy of earteat conslderation, there ure uthers which sho don't touch. 1 should like to glve somo of my eleven years' oxperlencos of housakeepiug If thme and space per- witteds how I wtarted out with my hoart full of wympatby for this clasa of Liumanity, and my hes fullof theorles for thelr fprovement, and—the mcagra tewult, O L, L. 8., do Lavo pityon use poor tlred wathers Who uuat of nocesslty give 80 tuch of our uJme 10 (raluing this girl. Dowt fustet that she m‘f"" to ait at the firerlde and table. ¥.should tlre of my desrcst frlend who oxaclof Wat priviiege all the year round. What wonld become of that swoet, wen- ulne bome feellng It & person entirely on o diifer: ent plano of thought frow us should luvade it? l\'g‘ 00, the home has its rights and sanctioud, whic) h the avera: u'f.lrl Is baund torespect. Tha roat nced of the {' traluing-schaols, where ousawork Il Ita Lranchics s taught, and the raw specimena of humanity who dally Rock hurv tu rujoy the privileges of this country can be manu~ facturod fo! reaponsible human beingy. P 11 Branet d Sweet Sixteen will les complex- fon washes slone, keep thelr dirvstive organa in good condition through plain living and plenty of exercise {n the apen air, and after bathiug faces, glve thom dve minutes thorough rubbing with the palm of the band till the skin ls all aylow, thoy will find thelr cumplexions as fale as nature intend- td them, and write The Home a Jetter of thanks for tharecipe. 2 Itachel, of Madison, give your sccumulated scraps 10 80i0 vne who ‘makes quilts or carpets, it you 4 tud uso for thom, sud your cast-off clothes to some needy gtuun. ‘You will fad eple- ita uf aminonia & valuable help for cleaning wine dows, palat, urcurliwll in carpets, etc. A table- spoooful In & quurt of warm water and s flasavl cloth will clean point without rubbiug. Pour the awwonla on a grease-spot sud lsy brown paper over;: {run will hot fron. 1shauld Nio tovay 8 word to lilng-ltloll,l‘l:; Yo s try make 8 corner on pork, bat s, {zlda. o DogotuEs MIDDLEMARCH, LAMENTATIONS OF Vi, BRYAN. 20 the Editor af The Tribund, Bryay, Aprii J0.—Is it nothiag to you, all yo that pasa byt Behold and svo if thero be any brou- blo like my trouble toat bas come upon me thzaugh the sgency of The Homo, am another victim of **dauce-Pan Journsliwu*' For'those thiage L