Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 14, 1877, Page 10

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY. JULY 14, 1877-TWELYR PAGES. Jexeon forme. If yon, in that fonely, dark celtar, without ditt, or moisture, or light, -eave (hat of the furnace when the door is open, —can make ro much of your surroundings, what ought we mor- tals to tto who have so much to do with? Yer, ft dnl better than some plants that were tended care- volatile Uniment. The off eimply rerves nao vehicle for the snodyne; itroftens tho nkin and facilitates absorption. ‘Aconite Ia very powerfal anodyne. A Iintment compored of one part each of acontte, ehioroform, apirits of extmphar, and olive oil is yery useful for milsunderatandiner, ant what might answer tor Honsewlfe ina crowded city to cay, might ina vil- lage or small city like this be considered personal, athing which T have earcfully tried toaveld, Lam apcaking now Ina general way for [doe not know aa any communication over the elgnatnre of Houses THE HOME. LETTER-BOX. Letters to the following Homo contribators hare ationce, Whatgayest thon? Wl thea comply? Wei-l-t t-h-o-u? T, too, have reqnested patterns, kindly and gen- eronsly offered, but, ro far, have received bug oc, and for that Thin indebted to Sky-Blue Cardinal. (Pretty name.) dono farher, denny is ny nicce, jnet married a | whole, — for each = member — to ite while ago. “Rho ard rom ater one nt thoes | Hees. et ete tote eee tute niyectenel cosy couples who really took ench other for betting | hora? Of course It would be very ereeanie tate or worse, ani focl perfectly happy as} ones rerewing. Allow me to attest, IE there ty haa the other to depend upon. Tom go to ben xoneral convention, to go fa body 1 ayy hia busines catls, carrying with hitnthe picture of | ronily first-class artist, on . Is hy will not prove denn recolved at this office, ‘They will be forwarded of pains: It shanld be marked, ‘For | fally, and proves that it Ia notalwaya those who | Santa Rosa, cannot yon and T offer to rend prt- | wife has met with anyanch reception, hia wife ina dataty muslin mornin: fac-te-rranhio art, and ade Immetar at neonenonipe of address of the. proper parties to ae ase onl “and putbeyond the reach of bare the mua tat do the most. terns of anything and overything to any one ani That Wome Convention, how my heart goca out | mounted by a daintier Werakh one ifewouns Then e nly return fumes telcae! * «| chiidren,and tehontd not bo anptied toan abraded | _ Flightte from Clinton, 1 recognize you, Rand: | every ono that will take the tronblo to nak for | toit, bat ast cannot oo prerent Lean anty give you | workw nll day Uke n° Trojan; then comer | a picture at cvorsbody vlee—tuinz of beauty cmd whom they belong: surface. Moslin saturated with laudannm may FIN City, Tam starting the hoya for you. Good | them? If we wish to. atve onr credit, evidently, my Heat wishes for success in sour uniteriaking, home fn the evening, tired, but fall, of | Joy forever, you know: and last but perhane nop Aunty Diliryian, Kitchen Devotee, Sometimes br applied. with good offect. Tho old. | Urlena, come often, Vivienne, 1 once had a helio: | that feswhat we maat do, Pardon mot perhape I would like to make a few exchanyes with rome | the anticipation of dnding Jenny eagerly awaiting | entirely the fenst consideration nbout IL woud hee A. Minor, ontll, fashioned remecly of & bag of hops, Alecped, and | trope which acted Tike yours and found { had | am uncharitable, bat, as Phecbe Cary says: of my Homo friends, Will Lock Hox pleaso rent"! hireturn. ‘They had no qtiboling over that great | considerable maving In thecost. OF courses, tinge Aunt Betty, Mire ELM. Trask, applied wetand hot, isanexcellent onc. Wedo | given tt too mneh to drink, and that worms were Of all hard things to henr ani arin, me pattern of her shadow pictnre? In eetara T | hone of contention, the ‘toncy question.” bit | who get better aequainted and Ike etch other Bmily Rowe, Mary Gold, not tec iteo much ae formerly, because we have | inthe pot. [would advise you to repot It. Per- ‘The hardest {9 knowing you're taken tn. will gend her ono T think she will like, And will | denny asrented quite as heart iy fo _the **eerve | conld exchange carter de vinito the Flor elle, Rky-Dine Carding}, otheragenta equally effective and more conren- | haps the red spider bas taken up hie abode with And after one has inclosed stamps, wasted aever- | Mra. P. seni mo some of the gray and coral moss | and obey" on her part asTom did fo the ‘love | sama ng if) ‘larger plcutre net Urrtie Moore, Up and Down, lent, but in the conntry It Is sontctimes the nearest | you, al sheets of chotce foolecap paper, and apent long, | #he speaks of? and L will send her something in re- | and cherlah" on his. They hope to buttl before | beon made, 1 have a notion that tig Haste, ¥ivtenno, thing at hand, Nelfadonna—the fluid extract | Cactna, 1 ike sour rnggestions very much, woary honre In trying to minke half a dozen lines | (itn. Sky-Wlne Cardinal. wit] you rend me cross | another yenr, no denny eagerly devours all hintaon | above enzzestion will, if acted upon, pr daue, ‘G. & (3) Zillah, ———— TO TIF CONTRIBUTORS. The Home has received during the past month from fone to five times as many letters a8 we can find roor for, The pressure of newe, foreign and domestic, ta so great that epace cannot be given to all. If one fair correspondents will condonse their Irtters to the brictoat poralble compnas, an effort will be made to pet them all in cach week. AB we cannot find roomt for all the contribntions, dis- crimination becumes necentary, mach to the dis- appointment of a large number, Ladice, write more briefly. FLOWERS AND MEMORIES. Lnecrived to "Fern Leaf" and "* Deronda.”} Memories of ead and joyfal hours Blenit with tho odors of the flowers. These frayrant rores, red and white, Recall a scenc of childhood bright, When, In Juno's genial, sunny weather, My birthday bronght young frlends together, And T reclined on throne of green, Crowned with sach flowers—thelr happy Queen! rubbed npon the skin—docacxceilent service, It shonld be used and keptin the same careful man- ner aathe aconite liniment. A better preparation Isthe belladonna plaster, which, if it can Le ob- tained pure, {a an admirable remedy. Wherever there is tenderness atong the spine, Iniicnting that epinal Irritation, which fs in nm majority of cases = the asce of = neuralgic pains fn the back park of the head ant neck, and actors the shoulders and chest, or the cervical, brachlal, and fntercosial newralgiad, tho belladonna plaster willbe like! do good.’ Let Uryan as- certain, by tho presence of somebody's fingers close to the epinal colamn on each aide, beginning with tha cervical vertebra and proceeding carefully downward, whether thoro tenut a tender apot, ainful under pressure, and ifso try tho bella- Ronna pisater. ‘Tha Internal remedics must be, sulted to tha case, nnd for these a gaod physician should bo cun- sulted. Ifthe patient has saftered from intermittent, or resided lung ins malarious region, it is tikely that the neuralgia is of malarial origin; if the attacks aro periotiieal, thia diagnosis would be confirmed, and qninine would be indicated aa a encelfic tonic and prophylactic. Other mineral and vegetable tonics should be used ae demanded. Leon and codilver olare generally nscfal, Sea-bathing and travel sometinies do Creat good. Nearaluia of the Ofth pair of ncrvee—tho tic douletcux of onr ancesturs—is apt to be exceed- ingly obstinate, and wil! sometimes prove tnenr- able, and occasionally immitizable by any means, An entire change of scene, habits of ‘tife, and climate should be urged in these diatreasing cance, thongh perhaps I otight not to ray fo, Insamach na Jo" propored me for one of the officers. IL, tt waa truly kind of zon to do aa ey done, and I hope something muro definite will toon be-known. Gladys, you must not expect Chat and me to come to Chicago every week forn Tieeting. It le so fatigning to both body and purse, ocsides wo wish to reacrve onr atrongth and good Icoks for the fall. Do with ua ae yoo please, only do not ack ua to travel back And forth every few days. [am one of these nonentl> ties which are allowed to live in evory community, of no real use to any one, ana piénty of time at my disposal, Ifyou can make me of Feal nee, do ro, Mrs. C., Chicazo, glaily would f rend yott some specimens If it were in iny power, If atany thme I'can nerve yor, shall be happy to do no. Thanks, Gnesle, T have not what you wish. Mony thanks, Janesville, I feared you hind not re- celved. Danville, thanks, I think they will grow. Thanke, W, W,, for those you sent me. Ferx-Lear, THE PHYSICIAN RESPONDS, To the Edttor of The Tridune. Cntcapo, Taty 153,—Several ladies kave so kindly noticed our words on ‘*Peclsion of Charucter” Am! other subjects that wo onghtto respond, Wo nttered only general traths, without any Intention of applying them to any one in particular, We ul- tected them to all mothers who do not possess that valuable trait of character—decislon, Regarding fool, we stated only general principles. The and crown patiern? [will In return send you spool-stand pattern and latco lottera of ** Home, Sweet flome, “ to be placed over an arch, o@ door, or window. “And now, Milla Adama, hore tan excellent reelps for currant catsup: Take four quarte of currants sloprived of rteme, one pin’? of vine; two pounds of rugnr, one teaspoon cach of clover, cinnamon, and allaptee, powdered fine; boll all together to the consistency of jelly or not quite: strain and bottle, Lady Loulre, dip a cloth In hot water, wind aronnd the muzzte uf your bottic, and f think you can remove the stopper without dificulty, Wildwoott, please send me your Cirecian rafling sersel pattern; alau photosraph-holder, —fully, , and imitation of turquoine Jocket, Twill rend in Teturn pattern of spout-atand, picture fremes made of tho slats of (ing thin wood cnrtaina which used tobe so commoh, [will atso give you a descrip. tion of card receiver made of puwdercd marble, and shadow pictures of Chriat and the Sfacdonnn. Paxtomtan, THE PRELIMINARY MEETING. To the 1ditor of The Tribune. Citcago, July 14.—Tho preliminary meeting of ‘The Homo came off Tucsday evening according to announcement. Mra, Secretary, please excuse me, as I do not intend to write up the proceedings, ‘That will be much more acceptable frofh your own pen, NutTtako the Wherly thus far asa prelude to whatT whehto sy, Of coneso we were nil happy to meet xo many of those whoso writings logibic, to hare her efforta met with no encouraue: ment, ix, to say the least, a moat melancholy fact, e Mica, or Stra, Amanda A,, Tam so glad you have not derertei as, and tvon't you come ‘‘ often and soon belween "? Rlackle's, Ciretchen‘s, anc Madge Madcap's let- ters are Intensely Intererting. Indecd, they all are. Wilt some ‘one tell me how to pronounce Gunaika? Tee no ona has noticed » contribntar's request (Thave forgotten the name andthe paper ts mis- ald} for verses for autograph album. 1 think must people prefer originality to the hackneyed ¥ersen saccommon, If she doen not, these, | think, ute rors though they may not be the kind sho wishes: OVO ene Home decoraiion. fhoower many thanks to Mrs, | trely satiefactory In’ its reauite. Evidently (ty Nate for her letter on theanbject. dear little Madgo his her woman's bump terribiy Tiryan hax so many calls for her Jambrequin pat- | aroused regarding the apley, chatty Chat. Never tern thatshe munt be gladto share tha Inborof | mind, Madge, ff Chat neither comes to the gather, entiing with rame one elec. We ntisit be plearee ing, nor sends you her phiz, ther we will: voto hey tofurnish patterns of either window or bracket | a remular old bluc-atocking, peaked, freckiet lambreantina to any one who will give os thelr | halrices, and eappy, mento-emorlita schoolmarm addreax, denny also hasa pattern of a bracket | Now I will try and get at the tnilk In my cocoanut lombrequin with points of alferent color from | {shall mailto Fern-Leat, at her home, specimen, tho rest of the Jambrequin. Da you know how | ofa leaf and slower, whieh my mother grow frony much you can says and how mnch prettier work | email green berry. which sha found tome youn you can do by cutting your anpiique fmurcs your- | ago while looking over some Java, of other Malays relf than by baying them? Little pieces | alan products, Itt when in hloom delicloury of old tresses or velvet work In besntifully, and | fragrant, lias grown (o be quite ao tired Greatly alg feonuently desizna taken from the carpet, furnl- | fecthizh, but, alas! in this eold climate, never thre stripes, or wall paper, when arranged tn har | gives us the eead from which it grew, Among all monionr colors, make much moro tasteful figures | her plants itis the pearl of pearls, than you can buy. Jenny hoa a qnantity of pat- | With many apolosies for my abrapt entrance ang terns which ao has copied or deslzned, to which | romarke wile 1 hope may be kindly recelred, any of ‘Tho Home members are welcome, with regard for all, Isp, rypharpact thaf all of the fahting will be, an Doce —_ yi'a ride, When childron are allowed to reat cnocimtT icnattal at be ‘of fore . ST BASKETS. penta notiely it mnat be for want of thought. To the Bultor of The Tribune. urcly noone can deny. the great harm of letting. chiliten read novels at random, to say nothing of Cuxtox, In., July 10,—L would like to tell the ladies of Tha Home how to mnke a- very pretty, euch vorka os Poo's and Ie Quincy's, A lttleglel card-basket: First, take a ronnd segetahle-dish to once came to mo to read © quarrel passage fn ono shape itovor, Taken commonateel crochet-hooy ‘of Mra, Somthworth's books, which alo bad found sonewhere, because she was too much interested and tldy cotton No. 10. Mako four chain-atiches, Join together, and Oi in around with ** tent to drop the bhok and too nervour and excited to rend itherself., Any one can judo whether theef- crochet work until you have o round, flat mat thesizo of the bottom of your dish, Mark the fect upon her was a desirable one of note outeredgo with pins, and procced to ninko slg ** Thy frien] hath afriends thy friend's friend hath @ friend; therefore ue discreet.” Better to weave, {9 the web of life, A bright anit golden tithe, Ata to do Gente wilt with n eealy heart, And hands that aro awift aod willins, flan WWanap theslenier, delicate thread ‘auec yee aeuniier, And then blame Heaven for tie tangled end, ‘Anu sie aa grieve, and wonder. Why, Write in n book ad Jn which wonttemen, Took, ani the world doth apy? Hoth, noth Tefore tong tho convention will have taken place, and It is to to hoped we will have a fall account of the interesting event. 4 But, my dear Ales. Hale, do you not think nb- ‘There eweet taberoses in my room, With their bewildering perfume, Leing memories of a passion atrong, A tine of mptnre, love, and rong, Ttrrat no ono will ronfound my name with Annt Luey's, You young folks can masquerade, but wo old ones feel tore natural as ourselves, Aunr Lov, rows more of the '! tizht crochet " without widens When, dazzled by Earth's pleasures given, +" ‘time th medica which | fod thatany chili shontd take depends upon Its | fentece ‘will have. somo hesitancy In making further we had read with so much Interest, and expecially Ing, here rows will form part of the aide: quite forgot to wish for Hearen— sare ontonnbty bey eta Todood mhanid not be | needs, some need sugar, others butter, ‘Tho | contriputionst ‘That all will go ta nut to be ex: | Festetal for the privileze of enjoying the eociety, NOVEL-UEADING, {he baekete” Mako” bie rowm of rehell etichen ASummer-idyl, quickly o'er, omitted, And they should ho persuted in, Itle a | child who flonrished on cocoa, bread, rico, broth, Indeed, T fear it alt one members from Mattoon {f only fora short timc, of the dear lady whos Pleasant rooms were #0 choerfully thruwn open to ns. That we were welcome no one contd fall to fee. Rven the green, healthy plants In the win- dows nodded ns a cheerful welcome nnd whia- pered, in their volecters melody, of the tender caro and kindness bestowed upon them. and thelr happy iife away up in the puro atmospiere, out of the duat and grind of the city depths, OF course I failed to sce: the right number, aa paced down the long corridor, owlng, perhaps, to w pair of swall, decp-actuye, Atany rate, oom 1%, to which the genticinan at the slovator referred, me, failed to patin an appearance until after 18 and 10 hud been vielted. ‘Thesa rooms { found oce cupied by dirs, St, John asa studio, and filled with chofce palntitiga from her artistic hand, She wag just completing a painting from a beautifal vase of Howers tliat etood nene by ona table, and looking from one to the other [ found ft diMeuit to deter- mine which of the two were the most natural, Tho two principal sprays in the paianek were gladidlus and eoap-plant, the fatter looking as if molded in wax. She hist large, elegant puinting in process of development forthe Exposition, in one corner of which ia tumbled in promiscuons confusion 1 baeket of flowers, tho beautiful, ruse-rcunted peo- nies acomiug so [lifelike 9 to inako one wonder if tho delicious fragrance ts there also, ‘Chere ls the Incomplety figure of a child uf some 2 or 3 summers, in ontlinc, but she says she has not been able to find one ne yet ta stand for a modeh Now, Indies sumo of you who have bables, thofe I4.8 chance for you to Bet your darlinge immortalized on canvas, and ane isto worthy couse, This ty an entirely uratuitons suggestion, and perhaps Mev. St. Jolin will not thank me for making tnyacl( a0 very officious. If not, I most Bumidy beg ber pardon, Sho 190 ver ainiable, pleasant lady, ond J trust I shall not of+ To the Editor of The Tribune. Lona, Ill., duly 10,—I'vo been trying all this while to bo that rare thing, a good Hetencr, but £ cannot preserve eternal silence, What woman can? Dactyl'a call for someone to fight on my aldo"? las opencd my tong-achted los, and now, if yon'll listen, you aliall hear me declaro myself an advocato of novel-reading. Tho man who reade nonovels refuses half the cducation he should have} ond notonly this,.but he misses much of true enjoyment. Do not mleunderstand me, 1 ani not upholding the Indiscriminate reading of ali novels. O no, nol The sensationalism and allly sontimentalism with which the lower steps df the Wterary stairway are crowd- ed are ag musty rae to the roi] os fs arsenic to the body, But there are novele and novels. There are novels fron whore perusal wwe rise re~ frenticd and strengthened for the continuance of our Weary round of duties; thore aro novels that teach the nobility of javor gna ‘beauty of goal- ness, that cnnoble Iife and min; there ore novela thst’ take us down Into the depths of nman hearts whither no cye can pferce, and potnt aut to us the soul growth, or, alas! that such things arot ca. dually and decay, and the agony of the death atrugule. I na ulro Emerson with an admiration beyond words; Carlyle and Cousin stand closo beside him: works of ecionce, travels, hirtory, and poctry I find bath tntorcating and instructive: but, shall 1 hunger to Jcarn of all olge, and scorn to know of the Inner Iter In the Nisiory of man above. the History -of tho soul? And what ix trie fiction but soul history? Is it profitable to watch through the cyca of eclentiste tho growth of a world or flower, and Ulery Backes to watch, say with George Eliot's oyes, tho growth of a oul, a8 thnt of (irendoten, in'**Danlel Deronda”? ho, not nsoless, and don't accuse us of frraveronce when we say, Thank God for novele, Dnetyl, Lind that somo booka ara near, dear friend; others mere acqualntances. Mawthorno'a Gre smong my dearest, If you could persuada some of your frlenda to read ‘one of his books, T am pore they would be allenced. Dil you over read "On the Heights"! It fs one of thoss rire books of which ono nevor wearies, but is always Ikon breath of fresh, pure alr to the worn aud woary sonl, Bully eayat ‘True fiction hath in tt a higher end Than Tact ft fe poseible compn With what la merely posittye, and gives ‘Yo the conceptive soul an inner world, A higher. ampier heaven, than that Where!n ‘Tho wations sun themcives, hooked into one great mistake to ndon the use of A medicine ‘after bricf trial, becanne It seems to to no good, Tonics are especially slow in their action somo~ times. Not infrequently no good result {a scen until afters tong course of the medicine has been teled, and rbandonod as uselces, Then all atonce & surprising improvement {is witnessed. It isa knowledgo of this fact which makes the physician slow to credit the tates of remarkable cures effected by A, B, and, Tho patient, they say, wasundor the cate of Dr. So-and-So six months, and he didn't dobim any good, and then ho wentto a certain ack who cured him immediately. Nay. [twas yr, So-ani-So who should have the credit of the cure. Tho patient was just ready toamend when he deserted his honest, physiclan and put Imself into the hands of the rile and fynorant deceiver. T must not close the list of remedies for ncuralais —of which, indocd, Ihave only Indicated 0 fow that may properly be employed In domestic practice— without mentioning eicctricity, a modern remedy which many dictinguished neurologists claim will 4 aupersedo all others, Some of these genticmon say f it will cure all curable cases, So far as it has bech tried, its record is certainty an admirable one, and itis acceptable to that large clasa of poreone who are disinclined to take medicine, Tike othor rem- edfea, 1 uso must bo long persisted tn, although {ta happy effects are sometimes at once ‘apparent. Neuralgic patients as well se thelr stelans woutd do wel to remomber that maxtm of the great ) Troussean, that '* chronic discases require chronic \trentment.'? At Is eary to rollove ® paroxyam of pain; not #o oasy to produce that chango in the ayatem which hall debar tho return of the pain. Tu do thin we must workin harmony with the slow processes a! Nature, Axim M. Hare, M.D. —— FERN-LEAI’S LETTER 0 the Editor of The Tribune, Orrawa, Iil,, July 11,—On what subject ehal! I commence ant where shall Lend, aro the thoughts that MU my mind asl seat myself in my sanctam thls warm, sultry morning. My brainia filled with. thoughts of what wo can do best to make our Homo Conrdntion a anccess, and to return thanks to those who speak eo kindly to me through Tho Tiome. Ltko Deronda, I feel St all very much, but my quill differs from hfe in the lack of space to wpeak tho thoughts that well up froma heart over- flowing with kindly thoughts for you sll And then our sky looks socicar just now, and I tenet ero many montha roll round, to mect you face to that is, “fogr long att Aad I wan left nlono once more, if ol the rolld “ones. ‘below, akippln, fiva, aultd ‘onem and” fastening | into the sixth, cte., tntit you have thus mado six rows of shell work around tho dish, remeinberlug to hook each group of long stitches inte the ¢enlro of the shell” below. Add a **chain atitch ” betweea when itis necossary to widen. Shape the basket nronnd the dish, makinga tight ft. Finish top of basket with row of ronnd scallops, by makin; eightlongatiichcs and fastening into tho centre of cach ehell, fastening between with single ailtch, etc, Make another row of scallops for your basket to rest npon. fastening to bottom where gou marked the piace with pins, These acallopa should bo mado with six long stitches, hooked {nto ge centre of nsolld atitch, fastened into every Nfth stitch. You dre now through with cotton and huok, Creuse the outside of your dish with lard, turn: Ing over bow fo keep It off tho table, bip the basket in very stiff rtarch, wringing not very «ry, then stretch it smoothly over the greased dlat, boing carofulto pnil the seatlops out even below the edge of the dial, Pull the vottom row of scale lopa ont nicely intha same way. When nearly dry remove {t from the diah, anit whon quite. dry varnish it evenly with acoat of brown shellac. When this ts dry give tt another coat, repeating proceas ns often Asdesirable. Yoit can procure tho ehellne prepared, but L prefer te preparo it myaclt by taking a pintof alcohot to half a pound of brawn, shellac, Ihave made a great many of theso bas kote with Feet success, os many Of my fronds con entity. have also made long baskets tho aatne wayofor photographs or stercoscopie views, and nap- kin-rings which aro ‘'not to ba sneezed at” oven by thosu who have atlver rings, lf any of your Indy renders try this oxperiment auccesstully they will be gratified atthe ‘resnit, thonuh if not sic> cessful they will no doubt desire tobox my ears, in which event I will thank my stars ther aro miles between un. In regard toa ** Homo meeting,” I wonld favor ®& masquerade, of something lHvely. hy all means, and at the tine of the next Chicago Exposition. Wil Dryan plone rend me the shadow-picture: and Augusta the directions for splee hanging bas- ket?” Can any ono soare moa Chincso strdwherry? —of course lam willing to send something In re- tura for cither of above, ALLINE, and hominy needed the clements of nutrition that these articles contained to promote her health ant growth, Matron mnat not enppore that we ‘lay down any strict rules regarding oatmeal, or any other dict." We wish to object to the habit in many femilics of living almost entire. ly upon those articlos that atford very little wutriment, Matron cannot anppore fhat an animal has the power of creating anythiig, bot that the clements of Ite body aro derived from its food. She docs not presuine that teeth can bo made from sugar, or, butter, or that phosphorus can form fest or muscle. Pray tell us, Matron, why do you give sweet food? Of whatusaisit? It Is in some cases beneficial, but it often doca harm, Armall amonnt may be ned tn generating heat and fat, but a largo amount wonld generate lactic and acetic acids, dissolve and remove the phosphates in tho syuem, and indtco large amotnt of harm. Pray tell us why so many young Indlew havo brittle teeth? Why do so many have small and brittle bones? You asy, Matron, that ‘**mothers aro Inegely responsible for their children's characters."* Sowesaldto£, W. Very many husbands aro en- tirely at fault In Interfering with o moth: er's divertlons with regara to what child may cat or drink. If hnabands ate dlepoxed to ad> vise on this sudject, let them do it privately, In our opinion, the mother is the proper trustee, They aro her children, and hls only by cont In response to G. B.A, to any that Inashort time we «ball be more oxplicit In our remarks ree garding tha **proper dict for ilttia ones.” Wond- mito ache te » ‘To lt. L., we ote happy to say that we have beon married for over forty years, and that we—the phy- elcian and his wifo—were marrie nod inthe same place, motner should force upon her children food that in revolting to them. Allfood shonld ho palatable, but ite guod taste does not conceit nutritious. Sugar te paistable; put doce sugar make musclo or bone? Itdoes make fat, but fut Ianottesh. Fat pecrone are not necessarily sttong or healthy. un hens mako ehella from auvar or from fat? Wedo meneame te “*the xtrictersort.” Wo aro wonderfully, gonial and affable, and yovern children by the ailken cords of love. ‘If you should try to pour somo nnpalatable mixture down our throats, we could by a sweet amile turn your mix- ture upon your carpet. ‘Lry It. To Dact¥l, wo say that children should not bo compelled to cat anything that Ia nanseating., ‘Tho flavor of fuod acids to ite digestibility. Wo ahontd always listen to a child, reason with him, and withdraw your *‘no If you feel that you wore wréng in uttering it, We wish we had Ume ani were to leave their respective tlutics to attend,— where, © sehero would Mattoon ber Verhaps, where It is now, but ro changed one would hardly rocounize It. 1 imagine donations of cold pic and old clothes wonld be thauktully received, 1 have nothing to spare Justat present, but odd gloves, and a aunbonact tat came over Inthe ark. T could sacrifice half a vay, howover, tu enconrago such well-deserved charity; nnd aro not rome of ont moat charmingly interesting letters fram thero? O what wildners! 0 what giadnesal 0 what foy akin to madness if wo onty could havea masquerade. It would be tuo doighttul for any conceivable use. And We have ro many masks already, But, whatever elec wo do, ictus eat, delok, and ‘bo merry, of to-morrow tro will wieh we had, Exsvyze, QUESTIONS ANSWERED, To the Edlor of The Tribune, Cmcauo, July 13,—Dactyl, ou would ike an opinion abont ghdst-storics for children, I con- sider all storics, which have # tendency to frighton children and make them nervous, as exceedingly Injurlous, Thero aro many charming fairy tales which a child may hearand read without Injury, T would not willingly give tp the memory of the pleasure experienced, when a child, reading fairy tales, Sach storics na thoao written by Hans Christian Andersen are both dellehtfal and in- structive, Tho ‘Unabridged Arablan Knights," I think fn a book unfit to have inn honse whore there arechildren, Fathers and mothers ought to take n look at the books which thelr sons and daughlera are reading, for tho seeds of ayil aro thickly sown between the cSvers of many books written for young peopic. We all know that children must bo Taught how tocope with evil, but they will nut Ket this knowledge from readinz bad books; on the contrary, they will acquire on depraved taste “which will most rely Initia. once them mentally and morully. ChHdron diter very mach as to thelr mental and moral strangth, and one bay tight safoly road a book which would hrs another, but as long aa wo do not know the ability ofa child to reelet evil we aught to kecp evil out of the way ae much os porri- Die. Children may be taught in some degree to alstinguish botween good and bad books, anid they put to be taught that there aro some books which grown people may read without harm, but which aro not good for children, Tow avrect to me, I'll no‘er forget, Camo the swect breath of mignonctte, ‘When ina darkened room 1 lay, ‘Too il to bear tho light of day, © ‘My bright dream o'er, all gladness gone, And bitter teara_my lot alone, Til, soothed by Friendsh{p's loving care, ‘With quict time for thought and prayer, T first Ilfe'n teseon understood, And folly felt that ** God is good” * ‘Lilies like these thelr fragrance shed Over our Toved and early dead; Within her waxon hands they lay, And crowned her brow, as fair as they, ‘O loved onc} swectcat! dearest! best! ‘T vainly longed to share thy reat. Our Jove wan deep: I know that yet ‘Thou loy'st me, though long sinco wo mety “In vielons bright { aco theo stand. ‘With fadelcas Hllcs In thy hand, ‘Mid scenca too pare for mortal eyes, Ja tho falr fields of Parndiae! A little while and we ahall meet, ‘To live for ayo in friendship sweet! ‘Those days of passion, ploasnre, pata, {J wonld not dare Ive o'er again. ‘From the calm hetghta of middie age Ttook beck on Life's earller stage, And bless the loving Father's caro yWhicn broaght mo safe through overy snare, 3} “Throngh flowery feld and weary wild— ' A loving, though a wayward child. ‘Thus, thoughts of sweet and bitter hours ‘Mingle with odora of the flowers, fend, Well, aa Tania before, the preliminary meeting ins transpired, and now tho next «tep Ia to be con: eiderad, Tsuygested tat the whole nfalr ehould he original witu the membera of The Home, Ori- inal poem, ye, aromas tableanx, music, ctc. And also the actors'and pattlelpants should belong to Tho Mome, that Is, {f we orznnize an entorinin- ment. Ara. Malo thonehtfally asked who could compose a sonaia, Perhaps that would bo some: thing o Mitte (out of our news, and yet there may bo talent slum. bering on The Home hearthstone that could accomplisheven that dificult feat; but your home ble wervaut deye tobe excined. Anythingelee iam willing to attompt, although a failure shoud botho resatt, which fs more than probable. Inasmuch ae B. L. * NEURALGIA, To the Editor of The Trine, Citcaco, Inly 19.—Nenralgia, like migraine, which {8 indeed only a variety of the disonse, is ery common inslady among women, more cum- mon probably in women than in men. Thero are few persons, however, of either sex whodo not occaslonally exporlenca sharp, transitory palus, MADGE MADCAP’S CONTRIBUTION, To the Editor of The Tribune. Cnicago, July 13,—tIt. Is almost too warm to write, even to car beloved Iome, But I want to oselot fn agitating the convention queation, I Minas, and claay in friendship's name the man 7 Truthd which may be uuderstvod and appreciated | the contrivntors have thua fur made The Homo o —- think Gretchen haw the correct dea .of .a throes ture orletacuvere, which fa popularly, spoken of! {/0 Last! Koarta Zane | Space,te expreas ome aympathy with mothers in ait | it iiatir mind: will bewilder and spraia tu | *ecees (with the kind aasistance of the valtor, of night continuation. I offer my services in tho way frlendly hands offered mo, Then, Wearta Ease, | their toils, anxietics, and ‘snffcrings, Waalways | DY , Teh ton they should e FOOD. Asneuralzia, ftrictly speaking, tho word tscor- | wo may hapo to know each other belter; and Sym- | had great regard for mothars. : mind of a child. To encouraze u child to read | coursu), Itty my opiulon they should carry tho en- of instrumental mastic, Laving porformed many thmes in public when I was ‘young and in my prime.” If they don't want mo to play no solo, I'll play a duct with any one, and If they don't ad- mile elther of tht two {dteas, I will keop allenco, asall women should, according to 8t, Paul (or somo one clao), In thia liberal ago, vory fav will object to dancing; and I dothinkeithera masquer- adg, ofa ball without masks, would bo tho mort enjoyable and the most peenniorily succossful naa closing performance. A fair dud_a literary enter- talnment would bo highly pleating at firet, but Neasu Ict a8 have ‘the dancing socia- rectly applicd, since all pain is neuralgia or nerve- ache, Sutontarp puin inthe aide, the result of Anflammation of the pleura, is not nouralgis. as medical authorities understand tho term, and doubtless many of tho neuralglas which aMllict men 4nd women, especially women, would be found, apow clove exam{nation, tobe the result of indtammatory or other lvstong, and nbt neasalgios at all, accord- ing to that accurate defaultion which regards new- Haawa purely nervous disease, This error in dliznoste tan unfortunate one, since it leads per- ronato neyiect serious phyalcaldisturbances which mizht, {f attended to in season, bo corrected, and the patient entroly restored. Neuralgia, Ike gout and hay-fover, is regarded axa divearo of tho higher claasos, os Indicating & fine nervous organization and better blood than flowa in the veins of tho massov; and Tam ofrald tls leads sume foolish women to cherish thet nous ralias ag they would any other mark of social dis- tinction, The motion th founded upon o mlscon- ception of physiological principles and rotations. ‘The thin, delicate, small-walated American girl, with her blue blood fashing through a akin as transparcot ns porcelain, hor sensitive nervoe Arlich innke hers martyr ta nenrigias, ina less ‘nw animal—if we like te consider her in that light only ~than ber English eieter, whowe beanty fe per- haps of acoarser. type, but of a moro endaring quailty, and whose” nerves, not less foo and keen and scutitive, are honed among suunder tissna, fed npon richer blood. nourtsaed by a more per- fect alestion and more generous nutrimont. In ten yeu the tine, nervous organtzation of the American girl will have broken down; the instra- anent will be uut of tune? the transparent comple: jon grown mallow; the face Unggard, the toruples eunker, theeyes «et in purple hollows And this when her English frend is fat, and fair, To the Fdltor of The Tribune. Cook Co., July 1U,—Foods ore divided into two principal classes, as regarde tho uses which thoy forve in the vital economy. Tho first contain nl- trogen, ond are henco called nitrogenous, or azotized, or protoine compoands, ‘These, with phos- Phorized fat, whitch fs meroly stored up for future ure, Whon you cat thfs clase of food, thorofore, you aro adding to the body matorial for its racon- atruction. ‘The principal sources of eapply are found in meats, Gah, eggs, milk, and tho vegctante albumen, flbrine and cascino exiating in the ce- reals, beans, peas, nite, and In amaller proportion in most of tho succulent vegatabtes. Fooda of the second class contain no nitrozon, and ory therofore called non-nitrogenous, non- azotized or resplratory foods, They are, with tha exception of fat, incapable of supplying imato- tial, but they, by uniting with the oxygen of the air, help ‘to furnish whatis Juetas neccssar: to Ife, viz. : tho force which ofganizes and vital- izes this material. ‘The principal sourcos of sup- ply sre found in fateand ‘lis, alcohol, aggur, starch, inucllage, and the fruit acids, Inregard towhnat fruits are best for # person weaketiea by, bat recovoring from, disenso, I would say, cat an abundance and yarlety of all such foods ag ore found to agreo, and cxpectatt anything for whch a craving tn felt, untcss It fa poaltivoly injuriuns, which isnot ilkely to be the case, The appelite Is oficn the best guide in these caca,—care belny taken not to overluad the etom- ach, It tenn error to eat unpalatable food moret: because it WeenpHaied to be more nutritions, [ft tho food ia rollshed, tho digcstive fuida will bo more freely supplicd ond the food better axsimi- Intod. It is for thie reason that food which In theoretically corroct 1# often practically a f: in individual cascs. When the nervous in aiwenk and Irritablo condition, the action of tho pnoumogaatrice {a cally oxatled, producing Giaguat, nauxca, and an Inbibltory control over the gastric secretion. If equally palatabte, there {a of course a cholco ag rovarde digostibiltty. Menta should be mature but tender,—when dry-cooked, rare, olther bo slizhtty cooked In water con low the boiling point until the white te just milky, or thoroughly botled until the yolk will pulverize, Inthiscave only the yolk should be eaten, Oat- meal ond barley are mora camly digested than eaitable books of truth or fiction Isto doa cood dvod, for the man wuo ls fond uf a good book Is armed ayainst many evils. ‘That porsun who does not enjoy any kiid of reading fe to be pitied. A child whe ts loughttoread aloud will acquire o habit which will p.ove of yroat benefit to hunself, and bo asotirco of pleastirs to othors, Ho will, also, tn thin way earn ta ike solid works, witch e would oot take. up oft ‘hia own, accord. Whon I was a child I uso to read aloud ta my mothe? during the long sum- mer yacatlon. TI nover rend much at one time, for mother be}luved that girl, an wail ax boye, should strengthen their bowics by plenty of active exer- cise. Lf remember when about 10 yoars old I read aloud *' Binglee's oman Characters,” and [ used to paar mr opinton on thuae old Romans with great vigor, At 131 conimunced tu read aloud sulections from Scott, Bryant Lonufeliow, and soveral other pots, Whenl came to a quotation mother would tell moto mark the place, ‘The knowledge aod pleasure A pale in this way haw been inval- vadly tome, | reluto my own experience to show howe child can be ausivted to form a tuste for tho beat mental food. Tho taste fur reading muat v0 aequiradin youth, Casey aro vory rare whera peo- le Jearn to love reading late in Hfe. Books are faithful friends, solacing many a weary home; they carry ng all over the world; they uive ua the best thoughts of noble women snd men; and, as Dryden siye, they are our epectaclos to read Na- ee, Laympathizo with you {n your enjoyment of o pout novel. ‘Tha wind needs rest and recreation, Occaelonally reading a work of fictlun doce mo good, Of course, trasby novels lowor tho tasto, and we muat try to avold therm, Lady Loulee, may I add a word tu what Dr, Hale inay teh you about painful feet? Wo had asery- ant thus aflicted.: Sho did hee dishwashing knocl- inginachalr, and almost all Ker work was done without her sanding but a fow moments at o,tiine, Do not stand Jony at a tine, wear loose shocs with no heels, and batho tho feet often In tepid water. ‘This course cannot fall to relieve you, ond remot: ber, when altting, to nee n foot-stool, Halsing the feet relieved the aching very much, ‘tg remove oll-apots from carpets,“ rnb the spot with a bit of white ftannel dipped in new epirita of turpentine; rub on both sided of the carpety tf It appear syain. ful again, and hold the spotted plac ovura bucket and pour on hot water; rub dry with o cloth which leaves no Ent, terprirc to tte fruition with as little onteide help aw povathle, We may find tho lack of gentlomen a ac. rlous drawback, us no entortalnment can be maden complete success without the co-operation of both nuxea, We have a few faithful friends of tho stomer sex to fall back Byars who will, undoubtedly, do what they can fn the ovent of an entertainment. 1 am confident there will be no Inck uf ladies’ help, a4 the Aiteon Whe responded to the call were wit ing to du their share toward the entertainment, and ont of the number, twoat least aro tamillar with the atage. sudsing from this, out of the scores who compriso Tbe Home, wo sliall find plenty of talent nt our disposal, » Fern-Leaf, you asked mo to move in the matter, and have ao far os to attend the prelitninary. meeting, Bioeth hadInot misecd tha {asuo of dune 20; T should have acted upon your suggestion cariler, I was obliged to send out of the city to otone. fF think itis too bad that wo cannot get Mick nnmbory at the ofice when ubaenca from the city, or any other canue, intervenes to cheat us out of onr Home, And ( thy editor ta the best judge ofthat, ofcourec, It teaches ua to be punctual in well-duiny, Tout unaurod, Fern-Lonf, that, now tha ee Iv broken, thera will be no Isck ‘of Intercat in deelding what shall bo dono, undevery one out of the city should let us know what particular part they would prefor to attampt, oraro fitted for, 3 have vfored to write o play and submit It to a committee, farnish original vongy and poems for thelr fuspoction, or 1 will ing alto to an many quartettes or choruses as I may becalled upon to sustain. TL offer to taka tho alto, becanse there are eo few ladies why Ike totake that part, while any amonnt of good soptanua ure to be found, willing to ving. An tu entortaining those from a distance, I havo peraonal friends In the country who aro weitere, Lean only accommodate those, 1 have written this ns thongh an entertalnmunt was an established thing, when it may not come off atall, ‘Things are very uncertain nuwadays. Iifo among (he rest, when trimps, rowdics and dables aro allowed to carry rovolvere nt will, ‘ ‘You conmut mean to aay,Chat, that fou have any Dabies! Why, Itivas only o short thno ago that on tried tho oMfcacy ofa garlic dict, and your bean deacrted you on account of a bad breath. No; don't, Chat, wo cannot believe it, ONLENA, ——- TITE CONVENTION, To the Edifor of The Tribune, pathizer, Twill talk lowers till you are eo weary that I can now acu your weary lds droopand clove, and ati! Swill goon, ond on, till you will say, ‘effold, hold, enough! How very anxiously we shall wotch for this week's ilonie to seo what stops our city consins will take, and what they expect natodo, Ihave soveral times been Eeragedl ing like undortaking, snd ike tho battle of Ifo ithae ite ups and downs, Sometimes the eky shines 60 brightly bine that wo forget the anur; gray clouds that must come to bring a the neeuc: Fain, When they come looming vefore ud our hoarte ink, and we faln would hide our heade till the storin has «pont its fury, Thero arc some who aro born only for sunshluc, and, whon shadows deopen, sink ‘away Into obycare places. Let show that wo can bo brave when tho Sturm King threatens, and show of what material we are made, You know ‘* Faint huart ne'er won:” but let our hearta be brave, and *‘never falls" our watch: word. All of you who aro wendy Ane) willing to help us, come now, and Jearn a donblo part, so that (fat the last momiont any ono Is taken ill, or, asinmoro commonly tho caso, **taken angry you can take your uwn psrt aud tholra too, ‘There wilh bo a time when {t will look asif the Convention contd not go on; that It will bo a failure, one ang another will say; but thts will be toward tho last, and. just before the san ie ready to ashing forth tn fallsplendor, Let no one be discouraged, but put your shoulder to the wheel," and it will moro, not only o little, I trust, but clear arugnd, and willturn not only now, bat, Nke our carth, once cach year, If you are not anelyned the nurt you like, Tet no one'bo the wiser, but accopt tuat pact, however trivial [t may be, and, by studious care and attention, make ttan impurtant part. Let cach one do her best. and we must succeed In not only giving to St. Luke a goodly sam-each year, but knowing we have bad a good time, made pleny- Aut acquaintances, and at the same time learned someting, Please, Mrv, Montazye, do nut say anythIng that will In tho icast dirhearten our new work, for you know sume are young and unfledged, and eysord ts sudlelent to dampen thelr ardor, { do nat think you would do #0 intentionally, but tho {drmor part of your letter might have # ten- dency to du so. Uhave the amaryilis you, speak of, and think {t a lovely flower, It ia prized by me for ite beauty, hut moro from the fact that it came from a valued To Monovia, we ind that you ‘must bo sare you are right, and then go head.” If you aro doubtful, conaalt thoae who aro able and willing to advise. Wo tinve now responded to all onr fatr corres spondonts of Tho Home, We regret that sone have, more or lees, misundorstood ns. We stoulil ho delighted toeail at your reapeetive homes Just at tea-tlme and toll you some of the fanny storlos we have been collecting for half saad PHYSICIAN, FEEDING CHILDREN. To ihe Ldutor of The Tribune. Cnicano, July 13.—The Home department of your paper nresenta as greot a variety of topica as asany home inChicago, Some of the earnest ap: peala on tho aubject of feeding children, and the urgent solicitations of some of your readers, in- dace mo to proffer a few mnggcstlons that may benefit **genceations yet unborn," as well as soma of the present race who are uot specimens of jwica) beauty, ‘here ore two grand divisions of children, viz. + the fleshy and (he thin. ‘Tho tntter may be dell- catu or only what aro termed nervous-active, To wolect Just the food for cach child, one must an- derstand tho needs of each little vody, Oatmeal and milk ts the etronzest and heartleat kind of diot, and not cvery child can digest it, even If he can choke itaown. The rormal foud forall ittlo children is milk, which i compoved of fut (uil butter), cn= acino, anil suzar, with » fow salts held In solution in the large proportion of water which makes nj the butk of milk, Astho mile grows old the oll ond sugar decreasce, and the caacino and salta fn- crease {n proportion to supply the demand of the growlny child. To select u food fors thin Infant or child nveds #kill and experience, and just hero some of the readers of ‘Iho Home excel, no doubt, many phyaicisns, Every child shonid bo plump. and kept #0. Tho future dratte upon the brain (which, by the way, ja ono-third fnt) doinanda a guod bank account of fat. ‘To sclect tho food necessary we should remember that (1) aweets, (2) ntarchy food, (3) fate, (4) water, and (f) quict sro the fattening elements. The Turks fatten thelr wivea In tho harcm with black bread and honey, or, in othor words, starchy foul, with’ fibrin, sweet water, aud quiet.” Active ity, acid, stimulants, npicea take off the fat, No ribly mixed, ond Mando Lee proposes & badgo arrangement, which f@ very sensible and sprupos, I am very softy for Yerondn’ poor fet- low. Ilo will loaw all tha xoody-poodice, Torn in love, hecan only recall the ‘'saddeat, swoctoet" momenta, mixed’ with huttermitk and violets Erokably ho drinks the former fo drown hia tender emotionn. Mrs, Halo seoma to possess tho teal {dea of Jeave Sng Chicago in tho nummer, Every word ahe writes {was truo and natural ascan de, 1 know from sad exporience, for this {s the second summer that! havo left home for tho country, to retuen iil, «I think some onc asked for a recipo to akelotonizo leaves. I don't know who {t was; but place the leaves Ina suitable basin, pee boiling water on them, and Jeaye in a warm placoto ferment. It {4 yy thon to remove tha pulp with your fingers, They may also bo bleached prettily, like ferne. After thinking a fow momenta, | recollect now, that Mre. Hi, B.. of Wenona, asked the question: Flightfe, ofCilnton, Ia., what conld I send yoa Inexchange for ano of those patternay Say the hanikerchlof-case or glovo-box. I haven't an: pattern and not many variotics of flowers, Send mo a note cquivalent to o handehake, and wo'l) consider it the aame. I imagine that wo sre of ahont.the same age, and I wautto hear from you, myrelf. J munt aay to Furn-Leot, tho reason never asked licr for a elip, was because 1 could make no roturn; havo appreciated her goodncst alithiv tine, IT have ma pratense of geraniuma, and wonderful success in thelr cultivation. If an: one te no better off than I In thissrespect, woul gladly exchange wlip# for fachelas of any ‘kind oF other plants, Tsay '*ayo" in regan to the motion of ** Wilting Helper. ** Dhgernilty yours, ADGB Mapoar. nd rosy, Nov do not think that the Sine, nervous organ-- Lation so-called fa of any better matcrial than the connuon clay of our phyalcal human natures, oF that it winities uny more delicate spiritual forces aut work under the materia), any more refined per- erptions, or tates, of feelings, or any more ex+ ulied mental power, or any underlying vein of gens, What it does slyulfy Is probably a want of equi- y wheat. The fbrine existe in the former graina !n a vim inthe piped Eemnitaion rome ful | dog te pea Cerio ong. pau rameber taut T | Bytish ai and bing with he Lengel; | queens ns” “"dteawrat Eine | | Wsure Piozox, Mich. July 10,—Wha coldnara | Fen ahd Ineperent dren whet theater ie urr ausiNa. e of nutrition by which the nerves aro defrauded of eapetof the samo description. So you haro H 4 tf ‘ forescen the unanimity with wh! > age ih _ Edutor of The Tribune, their pubulum. In otter wordt, tho delieator | hag your eurlosity excited, Deronda, 1 contese 1 | M1 kins. Nouralyiaw are, by, the Way, 'suervo: t Soe act the, reveiaat ai a he the two forming the gloten of the wheat. Of the other claee, which supplies the elements of rospira- thon, theonly care that nocd bo axcrciaod fa of the same nature aw the preceding, If the digestion te Impatred, L should approve of a muderate ase of wine of ale, anda freo usc of tho frit acids with angar, 10 Part ly supply the place of those more diileutt of digestion, Gowatca, ——— WILL EXCITANGE, To the Edilor of The Tribune. Cutcago, July 13,—Now, I want to ask come favors, Has soy one a dove pattern that at all ro- scmablea adore? I baveonc pattern, but it looks more like abenhawk than anything else. 1 want the bird ond elephant patterns very much; also, Cupid, the lyre, and anchor and choln, If the happy ooascssors of the above-mentioned willsend thent to No, 3} Evans avenne, Chicago, Wi, 1 will send stamps, also some patterns in return. Elfyn Jane, I tnink {can help you tittle about neuralgia. Anyway 1 can sympathize with you. as at vue time f was for six months unable to reat of write, or cven ecw, Jatty, have you among your collections a piece by 1, arranged wit Varlations by Kirmair, called **Treba Gascon "t Ifyou hko *'J) Destderlo™ think you would this. Mary Gold, I have a {rlend wha tells me that ah always propagates the dophne odorata the vame as ny other plant. ~ jombaily in ‘The Momo spoke of uslog fish-scalce for fancy work. Yoncesswa velvet picture-mat decorated with sem, Jv sha would describe her manner of using them. 1 wonder If Puss has a Kittle far met | have saumething forher. Lkave patterns of tho Centennlal sofa-qul Odd Fellow tnd Flock of Rirds, erica" for foud; therefore, hot applications and sleep aro the great remedies, for then the party are nourished, Of course, modicinoe will aleo ree Mave, ¢. go: when im our left eye, fnatin uvally relleves; our right, ching; right stdo toothache, belladonna; teft wide, chamomfita, ete. Some one may usk, What would you do when tho chitd can take neither milk nor fat food of any riptiony ‘There may be so inuch actlity of raters that milk enurs at once, and (ate oll dis solved Into their element become rancid. sucha ja.ono that taxes the Jnveutive powers. Ver- es the only things taken ure bread and a little tea, Now, there Is buttur; that may be added, ur fatof nuta. Soups may bo eaten, now ang then, ifthin, Milk may bo made ¢o agree, §f'n ietle {a glven in hot water and bread, An ery may be beaten up, hut water poured on andB tittle milk added, This may be given between meals, and sugar or sa! fod to sult the tsteof the child, Wator le necussary to fat achitd or any ono ela A thin child should be an object of concern, for there fa un Invalid life in the near future, A ebild too flealy {2 also'an objuct of concern, Moplug that the abore hints may be of some adr. vice tothe little once whose mothers read The TO COURS CATARRIY, Yo the Editor of The Tesbune, Kxoxvites, Ia,, duly 10,—1 have been a greatly Interosted roader of Tho Mome for a tong time, bat avo not felt a call to say anything until now, An anxious mother asks advice in treatmont of catarrh, and asT nave been 9 sufferer for years I want to tell her and othera slmititiy afticted how f havo been greatly -bencfited, ,.Rxpertment has proved that. medicine lsof noaval Everything depende upon diet, bathing, ventilation, and 6 gencral ro- gard for the Jaws of health. I pot dict frat Tbellere tt to be most impore in needa to be built up, and overy~ for tho tatle must bo with reference to this one iitca, Road br, iellowa’ ** Philosophy of Eating," and learn wint foods to aclect, are roaal beef, ost meal, cracked wheat, etc., are all Rood helps, but nothing will equal pura, rich, aweelereain. It fa noteition iteclf, and war pre- rihed fur me by ono of tho beat physiciane tn tho country, with this reanit: 1 gainal thes pounds of flesh per week for elgh: wuccesviva weeks; my cheeks took on the hue toy wore at awect It, my strength retoroud, snd bfelt alloxether new, 1 think Bahould soon have sarted company with my old eneniy $f the supply n; cream bad not given ont, Uf Anajous Mothor and her family with tive thie 8 trial Lam sure eho will mon sce. change fur tho better,—but cream bougit of the milkman will nut answer the purpose. Not leev than one pint of thick, rich cream shold be consumed overy day by cach member of tte family, commencing, of course, with # smafor quantity, until the stomach becomes accustoned to lt. “Use ft in any way ft is palatable, but donot try to drink it with. nervous urganization jaan unsound organization. Beneitive nerves indicate diaense some whero in the Nervous #yrtem, just os truly as senaliive Junge in dicate a talut of scrofuloats, or some other allied vice of the blood. Lot us rid ourselves of the notion that (t {aa fino thing to be delicate, let us not fancy no super: genitive, nervous organization ‘any muri af high breeding. Itiva gna snd beantifal thing to be well, 10 have every bodily function in perfect order, tobe eound, snd strong, snd hardy, to Raye that reserved force of Lody which can ocar anextrastruln now and then and not fall short, and which will let thy years alt Hghtly upon ue when their number become somewhat forinid- nble. And to that end wo must attend to the Little warninve which are often kindly promonitions of tapeniling danzer, é it ie ouly neuralgia gays tho young girl. The Dortur enya it ia nothing but nearalgia," ways the overworked woman, and she goes on duking herrelf junt ua befor Now, uote this; Neuralgtvis one of these warn- ine Which shunld be keeded, ‘There 16 20 alsid without weukness or diseuse somes vither cunstitutinual or local, and where euralvia exiety meuxures should alwayy be taken 40 tone up and etrenzthen the system generally, Yo relleve the paroxysms and prevent thelr ro» currence, This ia the indication, Among the furemoat loca} anodynes te water, hot ged cull) “the pain is apparently capricious, What will relleye onu cuse will exasperate agother. ‘The spyarent cepriciourness fs, however, probably accounted for by general prinelples which we ‘do ‘uot fully anderstand, After miidle ify muratgis may result from an ‘undue determination of blood to'a particular ‘There ia degeneration of the walls uf the ar hillty of leadership in our contemplated entertain: ment fa pressed uponthe proper porsons? And how can they refarey position so eminently sult ablo that we with one accord recognize ite Sines? “Thoy must not. ‘Tho next thing in order le for Mrs, Uate to calla mectlng of tha Resident 'ffomera for the pur- bose of cpnsullation, andadecisiun of the ques. thon ** what to do and Low to do It," ns weil as tha formal appointment of committces to make the necessary Arrangementa, Chat has told us whut ahe le willing to do, and Mrs, -Montaxuo has promised ‘chickens and baked apples." Gretchen will give us music, aud ande ta meditatingapacm. Others evince s bonntiful willingness to do anything aasigned thom, Mut, while my admiration for all theao ie honoat and sincere, the possinillty of be! onto *exninit any talent" in the presence of a palling Duterittcal pablic Alls ma with cousterna- Anything we can do quictly that may tend, directly or Indirectly, to the comfort of any i an helng we yjll do with heart and hand, but give nea imodeat plifce, good alsters, and never ank Ul t0 faco Bn audicnce, whatever happens, If {tconld be mada to **pay” an well financially, Yam confident it wonld pay better in enjoyment and futnre gond-fetlowship to make onr retinion as Informal a9 practicante, ant ite amusements ench aw people if all shades of religious and non-reliz- Jous views can cordi Mf and conscientiously unite in. Tt will of necessity be » maaquerade,—u0 mankarequired,—and may bo one: that the most perpendicular need net object to, Av to religtous tendencies, we each belong to the was somewhat astonished, as from childhood fhave Deen taught that carionity belonged only to the weaker sex. Well, you know we may meot some slay, and then you slall know wall, for! am sure Maud will stow me the privilege of tolling you, ‘and you know (ho pleasare le enbanced when you can sce how 8 person looks when tuid a plece of finportant news, rather than {magino how they re- ceived it, Perhaps sho will tell you herself, and I will bo spectator No, 1, to see that it tw told cor. rectly; and thon, Maud, for your sgke § will tell you how [at first read him, + We ero told that an- Ucipation tea greater pleasura than reality, We all anticipate much pleasore this fall In our social suthering; let us realize it alec, ‘Two persons go to an entertalament; cue to enjoy, the othey to criticise, Now, which derlyes pleavate frou she ontertainment? When you come to bur, kind friends, come-with hearts lenicnt to our imperfec- tons, and sce If you could do better were you in our place. Weare all but amateurs, and coming before toe public ta, under moat favorable clrcam> wlances, not pleneant, aud if we feel that we have yoursympasiby, rather than to endure your shar criticiin. we will yo with more willing hearts am cheerful hands. Dactyl, 1 beg your pardon for not saying what I might. Youscein ta bave the tava chat lam very wie, whercas J oni very ignorant, indeed. Not knowlng anything aboot tho insect you mention, cannot prescribe, 1 think Derunda’s plan a coo one, of try some tobacca-smoke onthein, Violet, ou can have very handsome ferna without a cover. Vor your caltal would repot and let it rest now, Thsve been very wucceawfal in getting rld of the ‘worms by rinkting Wood aehes vera the top, ‘Bome put a few dropa of kerowne Ina 1 ttle water, and thus walk tho Htt!o mitca to the top and then taku them off, Cnamratox, U., July 0.—Among the many effar sions of guah and personalities which mako up The Momo it ts refreshing to find one now and then welntilluting with logle aud thought, such 9 Totter o8 that published by you last weok, ond written by Mra, Jordan, of Mattoon. . With the exception of Amie {llalo anda solect few, tho writers of The Homo need a thorough ahaking-up. To Forn-Leaf wo would suggest that her very froquent allusions to personal fayare bo omitted. To tho thousands of readers of The Home only a very fow can be interoated in what **eho received and sont," 'To Apronstring I would suggest that she cultivate tho possibilities of her pen. and give Us an essay on **Hight Living," and evermore abjury hor femi-. ninudotenre, Let Ambor five ‘us somo letters” to girls, and in them thorvauhly eet forth the true almieof womanhood, Let Mrs, Sarah L, tell us why it Is absolulely necessary to knaw how to cook. Con all ye old contributors, rally round thu stand: ard of common scnae, ond redeem The floma from the hands of the senthnuntal school-yiriiam which threatens to mwamp it. And since Mrs, Jordan hat shown hervelf to be a thinker tpog the relative ES silton we occupy in the cconony of natare, F t auothor article From her pen. eaily. Do not } the fanatics of the woman's kingdom say *4we have all the able thinkers on our silo, undle nota irce known, etc.,"* aa I bave often weard syacrted by ite readers, Where Je Ulivu Green, and strong, puozent Mary HL, of Chleaya, and gentle Dewey? anche, ive uv on article ridiculing thy personal tendency of Tho Home, Let us all alm uigher, and thoso who have retired enrfeited with Bryan's an Sky Blue Cardinal's numcrona platitudes, ignoré ielr existence, snd, by giving The Homa's tow, tant. thing: prepa OLLA-VODRIDA. 4, To the Ldutor of The Tribune, Sratnovretp, Ill., July 20,—All these long, weary months I have been: Meters well as atlence m ‘The awectest words the sweetest way for the benefit of tho more ausceptible of The Home readers, and It le 8 surprisingfact tbat my eweet- tribe of Abou Hen Adhew, and,' like him, would ¢ orrathera(resh, tmyectus to culture, aiford the und of the sinaller vesuelu ae well, they yield und it ould be delighted to sco you w ness has beon wasted on the desort alr, out food. In connection yith the diet use the cold | bid the angel. if we could: ** Write ma as ono who Teadcreof Tuk Suisune intellectual please the tua blood, amd palntah breseata 1 aes | yte7etie. tangata. be, delighted, to geo yom, wten | Amber! you arg the brightest Jewel of all, bnt | #Onee bath inthe mornitz, rubbing Ue with a | loves his feliommen Thanks to Lerande” fot Stee’ ‘ie elletest good we can conceive tho “Con. oven the herves of Lhe part. ju thie Cass warn iT crash towel of flesh brush, to bring the blood well dulla, L would tuke out those plants that do not to the surface. and put they) sloue, millax yrows from had 78 seca mo a week azo eagerly gon bended knees to acy If soy of my seedings were coming, you would tisve heard toud exelamations of Joy ov 1 perceived a tIay smtlaz peoplng through mother earth to ace the cause of ‘all this rain, and even vow cannot nuderstand why Thaye it. of Lincoln, and would crucitzlou. This offeris opentagll I move we glye Feru-Leafs vote of tuunks for describing the floater. Have you the magic, or more proper Ollo Mosca. Mly among your collection of floral a Fern-Leaf? If not Ywhould be pleased to exchu why, in tho name of—Ekswyze} do you accuse us all of dirting and of beiog fast! You would goto Kome to look upon a modest school-girl, or a mod- ent young lady, suppose? No necd of that. Onco gaze upon me, and you will wish you wero—but 1 must by knowa to be appreciated, 7 i i O spirits, © ghosts, arise and yindicate our iiving us auame. Hy the way, friends, how many of you besides Deronda are readere of Qusiau, and love tho Weird jinapiniage of that tuarvelous poat, or have learocd to comprehend the ‘Joy of grief, with all bts pathow? Speaking of Deronda reminds me ef ono of Mrs, Montazue's gentlemen of fertile brain, whose dwelllag wes a vire-wresthed cot down in tho up licaticns would atill further relax tho veasely untincrease the paln, while cold water or {ce Would consteings them, repel the blood, relieve ‘and case the pain. ‘This may be ono Gn Why Wow temperature wil ault one case andbe alierly unudapted to wnother, ff hot ap- jist ons full to relicve, cold ones abould alwoye u vention a* brinzing about would be the opportunity giren to those Micawber-liko individuals to olvarn au excuse fur eplatulary correspondence, If you must write dumestic letters, pray obtain’ the pri- vate address of yout f; and cease to atflict the more cultured sei ie weer * word Atthe rak of belng langied at by Dr, Amle M, Uale and ather physicisnswho write for these col- umn, I will say that thre or foar geacruus doses of strong Vonesct tea, ken occasionally, hate been of great bencittomy Jf any one belonging tothe ‘great catarrh aray abould try my simple to the wlac ia audicicut, Ha VALE. f for something diferent: If any ane wa ftahould be oblized to endure, In Ite pr t iu | €ex. Are wo vo bsd as they wake us outt A rectpa, T shoul 1d be glad toleara tho reault through te of Saine, elc., and wh bez to kugw if the ‘a recipe for ergy! allizing how: es. . town the mort distressing murudgts of | funlile state euch duluges Uf wateros mucstdaily | Way, What's the Larin in iiiug, judlcioanlys et | THE LHLOUNE. arutng" Is meant for the aforesaid yeutleman, reaningand closing, th PATTERNS AND MUSIC, the catreultles relleved by sponging the whole coui P.S,—Stuce writing the above, I have received usa, for skeleton leay puur down on ite unprotucted head, Oh, dear, don’t upprotu of strat Gtrtations, fur wre especially Interested in this becanse nd directions for spatter ie To the Edutor of The Tribune, Jeucsh of the spsnal-column with cold water, ‘Tho | what will we do If tt does uot vtup raining. “J do | One's reputation te at stake, bul a nicu quict dieta- | KUM Tame n OF uae ean day ead obyervy that | Charles Wickens zal, as dng azo au 144, that bo work. Hetty, do let uebave the recipe forcofes- | ys) pave. N. ¥., July 2, —Secing Coben’ lucoad mize be, and often fa, an effectual } wish it would rain no more. “Thos, and viuntiar } ton ts, for we, tha very cream of a apiey varity, | Harner mivises Anzionw Mother to aud alt and | hid long **auypectod that ovsters havea rheuinaite Mich.. willing to send me telative, but L would pot recommend go Berolcs | remarks, we hear alinust hourly. Do we tink | aod { know dozens of yirle to whom it fs 4 pleasant ater upthe nestrils 1 win emphatically, " kind ofer to exchange patters for frot-sawing, and being very much interested in the work, I write to tequeat her to send mc the patlers for stereoscope recciver, aud asf bavea great many patterns for brackeis, wall-pockcts, match-safes, etc... will send whichever she dysiresin returs. Many, one bass protty cloc : pattern I will gladly exchang with then). . I have made s Swiss clock from mine, tendency. Their fect are alwaya wet.” If wet fect produce rheumal i rs, how doubly dleaetrous may be the edfect upon a gentteman and acchular. And we are uot willing to bave the hand that pens eu many pleasant letters to The info can chectally and f Ct " ‘scan cheerfully anu from experience Indo: fa, A.A. Bootho'a wasblug recipes also, Btlens ora'a sic! dache cure, andin cases whore the disease Ja not of long standing ond strongly In- remedy to the uinateur, related, White t¢ sometimes a pare peurslgia, ku koptiMes Uf rheumatic urlzin, iy often ¥ery tucecenofully L by warm site baths, and waru diwcviea to the epite muay Le employed fa confunc- Hien with the tetas Avo generat’ rule, wpplicas Qionsute Dest When the attzck te caused by cold. Mony facial weursiclay ure aitributable to cold, and ‘his pelo by tue cose with those paine partly “*on't:' 3 trled salt ‘and water with a naval douche for two months, wih no benefit whatever, ‘There is no pormauent curg bat throuzh tho blood, Tread Guasika's letters with great pleasura and pros + but, while few oro allicted with cancer, fow in this Westerd’ country ari entirely free from ca tarrh, ond a letter on this subject would no doubt be productive of good tomereater number. May ‘we not hope for one? JUBILANT. and unlnjarious pastime, Gii-maldivb, poky, aud’ «regular aticke "if wo do Birt, we are wilt ond fast, according to Amber. We have neod of her autvice, but plesay do aut con demn us at wholesale. E' think If flirting bo in- duced in to only a Imited extent, there will be no fsemful rosuits, If a yi) bas’ not wadicient commun avd discrimiuation tu koow wheo who reaches this Hit, io any ofber amusement sho whogends the rain? Is it for us to say whea it shall ralu aud when it shall cease? Thla reminds mie of a story, but apace forbids, Mary Goltt, if you want o leaf from my boys carn 1 will immediately put one in the earth Bad stuart it, wot thus dismiss your doubting- Thauasinchnation, Maud Lee, Lhepe you da not think me neglizcut or curcless, Ido want to welty 72% end every word of Madness frou your pen thea Marquotte, soy of heros for afily buib? Vivieaue, have you tried washine your shell jewelry to weak yum arable water or with tho white of an egg? Sve: e " if we don't dick wo are ler 69 BLUE GLASS, ETC, To the Editor of The Tribune. Forn nu Lac, Wis., Joly 10.—** Vicert lee in- Fheumatic, partly ueuralgic, tue so-calle d : % will incur full: : :. ¥ ——— treuched A Minors remedy’ ¢ gio. i agferents,!” bo Chgt mascalino or feminine, to | andit ls very much admired. Heatic Beauly wate i Piobalay iy ‘esa of Walle Pigeou meatier, 4 Meant salnee BOT dire, sus ting aoeeusrly at Parasaetarals FOR EXCHANGE, often proved an lonmedtate Mie ae bau oripeey cnr usodceatts haven, she panies’“ét lyon See ee: Tirta een ahr uualig iuualivpadeciiog the sheaths of the ao itches Devotu: at, come to uur rescud the way, . Ps vi me great pleasure to sen ogasta pre! es ay how, il Ed ALU. be b foot thinks tue a0 eae Neve gout aroun old maid), bo watae weed ie the To be Bsiae ener bd ty good f keno Tourn Twill sung vou 8. f b re varloua toplcul anodynes of great uelureform te one of the most powerful ve. Oy * batting she, part with tt, abitof thin mus) any or all of my patieras for point lacy, aud shall by glad of any whe bi communication by ms Wildwood, I havo soveral who for # time scemed to bo first-class bluo-ilass idiots, and nsed to go about boring ev- erybody with their everlasting ono idea. So won- prateful; but please pass my imperfections lenient d eccept the wiil fur the deed. Welcome Ocoxouowoc, July %—*E rise to explafa,"* Y Duck ayain dear Aunt Lucy, Thanks, Eilenorey Same time ago a lotter of pine was dated ‘+ Chi- caro, Fep. —,"" when 1 wa uot within 100 miles world; [don't mvan to (nsingute that you are en- tirely uscless in that charming City of Decatur, bu! You are, doubtless, oug of tus yood (2) kind, an lo return, Please send 1 cag recommend. '*The Bridsg ¥ judas ritton ty you. directing to 4 U Fale ‘Dove, O Foud Dov When thy Flowing Tide Comes 1 ys 1 c t Farewell," **The Whip-poor-will'a bo suturoled with the cliuru- | that Itty verse Was so expressive. tee If you could be, as 1 think + [ot BO. Box 474. The number Ia blotted Ia my } dertul inrogults, **Why, 1 know; Lkuow," they | Dy’ rants Ae We. * and fora nud dvi the yalotul spot being retained | greater pleasuro than msluteriay ty ihe happiness Solna uiber person. as uthcts arcs” ++ | otthad place, ep, soon aur, ouoin which Kbad | ‘Tisexx,and if toly is nut correct your Fustusater | would aay, when speaking of the great cures, ete, | OY, tyiards \ Eemerataa, Lesa 45 here, uid evajuration preve band of | of other uo partor lot was dated Cconomowoc,-—1 forgot i ‘i ¢ Do nut visit long, for wo want fo bear the month, —snd signed Howewitu, but as no more guin, J have wot, trled exactly tho een Allonna," by Thomes. Iu return cam nd me the names Of some pretty quartets for and take upon yourself the positloa of champloa ee at olene be Le e xed voices, 1am a member of an awateur quar of our sex, what Leight, particular star bers wigbt ent ura fricud, the baud pressing it down will will doubtlges recover tho letter fur you, and covering It cluaely, —there from yor ‘Usui, But then, Jike all people who er understand reault preaeat- | method you speat of tu regard to geranium, but | be, and wust.& Vase amount of knowied mulstekes occurred 1 attrlbutd it to the type-setlor 4 ————— , | fandamentel principles, they invariably wound up | Bired tolccs: | tal clewated “o procure the muse. Ba tbacy uuramg that cauuot Jong be borne, but | fast wibter took one very large guy that T | wiztt accuuaulate. Fur, in eaay you" wi and concluued to say nothing. ‘Thea, too, 1 thought | PATTERNS TO SEND. nea os ek pas ont tea Inala barat wearched fiw publaher's catalogue, Ne greens tao ait ot Countcr-Irltation as weit the dit,—not pruulag tu the Teasy—and laid | fevolutlaa will sluo bo nccessry tebe athe | gf Brves and ber Bbirley Daro, aud, fearing a To the Bduor of The Tribune. Joru, bleh alivpeed that iudividual eifectoully, | and bad almost civen up in deepalr, for 1 hava oUyne iufucuee.. Cawphor bad tho wause scene, (ought I would repain’ silent. Dut fast week I noticed another from Chicago, with the nom doe plome aa been = wearlny. and not kgowlog but she bas a prior right to tt, 1 will most wiilugly be Lereater known by quoter mame. buimetlnes thea Litte dlecrepancles couse it down ‘cellar ‘on an earthen Icdge, to tha furuace-roum, and forgot it ull aprlug. Wheo brought to wo ft was slarcog with new, bright-col- ored leaves, aod one scarict blossom just com- mnuucing to wilt, Puer plant, Lthougut, bere le o Mitwacxgg, July 10.—Among so many bright young faces, can snothor of the oldfolke find « welcome? Jenny bas beca 6a heartily jqterceted iu you that she wants yery much to join your num- ber, but feels a little timid, and has teased ic to gatlog committey of une, nud revortall desclenci to characterlatie of the’ stronger, Lut wot nobler, sex, and further retard your progress tu every way Awaginadle that will nut inconvenlence myself, 1a ordst that you may cultivate that great yustae— Und ga the above ty the uue only reat bluc-glans cage that I know suything abyat, | hasten to re- port the cuse, und wt the aang Wwe thunk Chat jor waking ‘at wo easy to wet nid of a wml nulaance gu cheaply, if you pleaset What geod wil It do The Mowe family aso edcct tu a wuch lees degree. Othue counter- frellayis are often useful, aa mustard, ofl of beppeTmiol, Bud aqua ammonia, which lsueusily wadcu by witb vive vil tosorm the well-koowa Iearted from aad experience the Sues pele ney of buying music withunt koowing sonctbing about it, when Ltnubyhs of asking some ul ‘The Home couteibyture lo help wo oul‘of the ditticully, Now ifany one will be Kind cnuuyh to come’ to the Teacus, they will vbtulm wy everlaslivg grattuce, too. Cactus thinks wo might got ter- -