Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 28, 1877, Page 10

she Cinchona-tres, the Catfer-busn, and the [pe Viel ihera of this order, the jon 1s demonstrated. Ks (inechona afford the v1 Me febrfure and tonic, qufaine; while the Dark of many other representatives of the tribe posaenwes similar qualities developed to nearly t purgative andemetl> Ipecarnanha $s de- rited from the rootoft the Cepnatis Tpecacnanha, aemall, hall-herbaccous plant growing In damp, Fhady woods In Lrazil and other parts of Sont It has ablong-lanceolate leaves, and Jong-stemmed heads of white flowers, auccceded edible frutt is the Ainane the specte Qetipa Americana of South America, which pro- duces a fruttas large as an orange, of agreen- fshewhite color, and) containing 3 .dark-purple juice of av agrecable vinous flavor, The Cluchoninds contribute to our gardens many planta distinguished for their fragrance OF these we may enumerate the Gar- dening, Bounardias, Catesbias, IMindslas, Paso- qucrias, and Ixorias PIVCIER-PLANTS. Ttisknown to botanists that thetubular leaves of the Pitcher-Plants (Sarracenias), which belong to the class of go-called Insectivorous plants, exude at their mouth a sweet secretion, for the apparent purpose of inviting the visits of fn- It baa been asserted hy rome writers that this recretion possesses intoxicating qual- Sties, causing the insects whieh partake of itto become therehy easter victims of the death by drowning which awalts their fall into the liquid held in the Interior of the cup-like leaves. Dr, J.T. Mcliichamp, of Bluffton, N, C., communi cates to the Amerian Naturalist the proceedings of aacrics of experiments which seem to prove that the scerctlon han no atupefying or Intoxi- cating property, Dr. Mellichamp procured, on three separate dase, 9 number of fresh leaves of the Sarracenia yariolaris, which were secreting freely; elit them open, and fatd them ons newspaper.— thus exposing the honeyed substance, “ which was very abundant and glistening, swect to the to the touch.” Many house- attracted, and their for the spree of an hour, During that time some of the files fet for at least ten minutes, but not one evinced any signs ot being wnpleasantly alfec away in evident possesa(on of un Anthe result of theso repented experi- mente, Dr. Mellichamp concludes that the se- eretfon is entirely harmleas, ‘Two bottles contalning quid taken from the znps of the Sarracenia have been rent by Dr. Mellichamp to the Botanical Laboratory at Cam- bridge, for analysis. ‘The experiments thes far ied coutlzm Wis following observations of Dr. Pour out a teaspoonful or two of ounce-measure, or a sinall wine- ginss. ‘Throw In a tly, so that his wings will be Ale within a few minutes cease to struggic. and will appear naif dead. Tako him out after awhile, and Jet him dry, and in about half an hour be will revive.” erinent shows that the liquid secreted in the ayes of the Sarracenia in some tay atnpelles the {naecta immersed in it, forts fur escape. Unopened leaves was turbid, tusteless, avd slightly acid In reaction, toate and viecid flies were fninedistel) movements watched the tluid {nan wet or slimmed. aralyzing thelr ef. taken from stilt DYNAMITE IN AGRICULTURE. Tho advice Is not new, that the sword be turned into a plowstiare; but that the most de- structive agent of modern warfare, dynamite, taay be turned to profitable avcount fn the peaceful pursult of agriculture, is decidedly a novel sucgestion, We read in an English jour- nal the subjoined Interesting statement relative to the matter; “Dynamite appears to bo a promising agent for works of agricultare, and ground may often be broken up by it better than by other means. It has been employed ny Dr. Hamm in Australis, and {n this country by the Duke of Sutherland. According to M, Roux (who has brought the matter beforo the Frenen Societe d'Encoursgement), holes of 1.50 the ground, with a mincr’s bar or otherwise, ‘They are connected by an electric wire, nnd cx- ploded simultaneously by tacans of a Bocgnet The effect produced seems HM soupd, a slight tremblin: any raising of tho soil, the ground {s mellowed to such a degree that at almost any point one ma tho band, a walking-si ‘or other apparatus. ‘ sometimes hard! push oyer into It, with kk Im. to Lhdm. in The cust of the operation ts 600 to 1,000 francs per dicctarc, This is high; but to do the work with the pickax would coat more, would take longer time, and‘would not give so dcep au effect." GIGANTIC NETTLE-TREER. The following account of a gigantic nettle- éreo belonging to the flora of Australla—which, by the way, fs full of strange forms of vegcta- tlon—ts credited {n Lfarduwicke's Sclence-Goasip to Brisbane: “There grows in the Australasian bush a nettle-tree which attains the size of tho largest trees seon in England, It has a large, round, furry Icaf; {s,a8 all other Aus- traliun treea are, overgreen; but 1 makes no ‘Umber, the trunk belng simply a tubo filled with pith, and one stroke of the ax will fella yours tree about a foot through. common, and carefully ty if by accident ona doce appen to touch a leaf, {t isan occurrence ona one day through the dense acruby, inadvertently to brush against a and the leaves just touched the hand. ‘The pain caused was extreme, and ox- tended tmmedintely right up the orm, with a sensation as (f the arm were uralyzed, and It was quite uel ing, the alze of appeared within ive minutes exactly under ny arin. These symptoms Justed some hours: then a smart tingling was left; but this remained Jor six weekn, and it was considerably increased by wetting the part with cold water! ELECTRIC ILLUMINATION, Experlucnts testing the several electric eys- tems of Hamination aro being conducted to Parle, with a view of determining the best means of Nehting the great Exrosltion buildings In 1S. ‘The Palals de PIndustrie, which hae an ares of two and one-half acres, and an elevation of root of ninety-flve fect, has been, by means of grainme machines, Hghted 2 gigrao, with two electric litatres, each comprised of six electric Jamps. ‘The motive power was fifty-horse power, andthe results were highly satisfactory, ‘Tho i Northern Mailway Company regularly use nts for their baggaze-roam, and the Paris-Lyonus Railway {s preparing an experiment } of the whole of the lurge Varia etation. BRIEF NOTER, The {dea prevuils that wheat fs the most nutritious of all our cereats; but recent inves Ugarlona by Prof, Wanklyn and Mr. Céaper show that rve contains more gluten, and ts richer than wheat by one-third, Jt ds esthinated that 00,000,000 of the human famliy are uddicted to the use of coffee; 00. {00,000 to the use of tea; 400,000,000 to opium; 400,000,000 ta alvohul in its yarlous forms; aud 700,000,000 oF 800,000,000 to tobacco, During the year ending October, 1870, 260 persons lost their ives in Great Britain by factory-accidents, In the last five years, 1, percons have been killed by factory-accldents, 1,555 af whom were males and 100 fenales, Prof. Tyndall contemplates the erection suinmer-luine ainfd ls beloved Alpes The snot chosen fur ity location fe amld the i ful svenery of the region, with the Matterhori urn, the Dorn, the Jungirau, the » und the ureat central dome of the Abetsckhorn, in full view. Itis stated Ina German engineering Journal that Jarks uftea build thelr nests aud for thelr young under the switches of a rallwway over whith heavy tala are constantly rolilog, und swallows make their lomes in engina-houses, A palr of swallows bays reared ina inl where a nuisy300-borsc-power working night and oalt have built anest in the paddle-hox of a steamer which piles durlug the Reeth and Semilin. sy; und another season between Bear little abimmering Wulchiugoverwe 6 rk What may’st thou bet ‘Thou art the emblem fale ‘ uf wy love's lov Thou art my Jewel raze, As, In my chamber dasic, thy cheering ra: Dids every abady Drives gloom away: darkert night, Arvin: ry the bigese Ot luve divine, "4 HBO LET The following correspondents will confer s favor by eending or writing to this oMce for letters ce- ceived aildresred to them: Kitchen Devotee (5), Annt Lon (3), dane U8 (3) Hitter Sweet C2), Mra. E. M. Trask, Gunaika fatrog, ‘pant Down, Professor, dollet, Einitv Rowe, Flora Belle, Gertte Moore, Kenyon, Cactus, Montic. TIM Itianot always time, but care. that tarns The raven locks af youth to gray, And canses fnrrows deep Upon our browe. Nature endows Ifer rons with eyes to weep, Not at tho failures of to-day, But at tho bitter fraita that folly earns, At ie not alwaya time, but sighs, thatleave The form, when youth Ia past, hent down, ‘Tho once-bright eyes grown dim, ‘The spirits dead Uy hopes uated, Nor trosting faith In Him Who rightfully withholds the crown, And leaves the al!-forsaken soul Lo grieve, Ut isnot yonth, int Joyonances, that makes ‘The fair, unwrinkled counteriance, Like Infant's In repose, Bright, joyous days Dring length of days; Anil Ife's stream smoother flows Tf we by laughter do enhance Naturo'a free gifts, that toie in aorrow takes, Mingnat Pont, Wis, L, A. Osnonxg, FEMALE DEPARTM To the Editor af The Tri Cmrcano, July 27,.—We may veem to havo wane dered from our subject. Our purpose in purauing the course of thought expressed in our lavt paper wasto show that girls should be aware of any checks to thelr propor growth, and remove them by & proper couteo of ftreatwont Constmption cannot often be cured, butit may bo prevented by those who have the means. If a girl is hetcditarl- ly inclined to this disease and {a aware of it, ahe will the more readily omploy those means that ox- perience ond observatiun «find to be the mnst ruc- ceasfal In changing her morbid tendencies or in re- tarding thelr course. Medicine {8 of very little rervice in many diseases, excepting a far qa it renders the sufferer more comfurtable and in- creases thereby the chances of recovery. It may ald nature, whose recuperatlve power needs invigorating. A change of air, an im. proved diet, and =a ~—soproper orien of physical oxercleca may check, or destroy dis- case, Life js bute constant reenrrenco of waste and repalr, In health the repatr ts equal to tha waste. In growth, it is greater. Indiscase, the repalr fs tesa than the waste. The great thing, then, tohodons {8 to Increase tho cumparative ainount of repair, i.¢., lo increase the appetite and the powere of digestion and assimilation, AN] theac arc lessened by excessive beat, and #0 we fndthat wemon and girls who inhale very hot ate during a winter are ke beare, that may be in a falrcondition in tho autumn, but aro «pare and weak In the ir are abuntant, yong girls are less many yearnazo by that dlacase that Js usually puro of itsvictim,—consumptlon, Shortly after, alove- ly daughter dled. Asccond and only ehild remain- ing was tending strongly in the rame ditection. She failed au rapidly that her friends felt‘int hor days were numbered. Iler fatoer kindly nud ten- derly tuld her the obvioun facta regarding ber health. Ho advised her to wari her room by an open stove; to allow Its temperature to be no high- er than GOdeg. ¥.; to sleep ina rvom of 40 deg. F., or lower; at any rate, to rest nt night with one or more winiows wide open and yet protect herself from drafts of air; to throw her books aside, and let her canaries prac- tice musletwoor more honrs a day; to storeher cary buggy. and obtain an open waron without aprings, to tide fn it twice or more times day; to Rive away to foolleh girla her walat-tliuht dres#ce,— to have clothing fitted neatly but loorely to her frame} to have danble stucking#,—o palr of cotton next to tho skin, and woolen ones over there; and towearalight bator Quaker bonnet, if she pre- ferred. Thor equipped, the father urged her to take her gun and eearch tho felds and forcsts for ex- ercise and amo, and to rige fish-tackle, with which to catch those creatures that inove so smouthly through the watcrs, to rantble in tho woods and climb tho mountain, to create an appetite, and to indulge {tin consuming the wild antnials and the awift fisher of hcrown obtaining. She gladly fot- Towed hin wise advice #0 afvctionately given, Her Improvement wan slow at first. ut tho fathor felt ure that tho course of treatment on which he had entered waa tho only one that could yletd arwy of hope, Ultimately she became wonderful for strenuth and activity. She atlll lives, and has been for twenty yearn strong, robtat, and well-developed woman in body. Winmind. ‘This ie no deuht an extraordinary Case, but it ilaatrates the fact that feeble and con- surptive virls may change the tondencles of their cunalitation, and becaine strong and active, and live for three score yeara and ten, We have this week mut with a lady who gave us An interesting account of her school-days,—her many studies, ber dreamful ulgbte, her neglect of physical exerciecs, her short supply of unpalatable ‘vod, until at Isat abe found her health, that had gradually been falling, was reduced to the last de- gree of endurance, Leaving her schoo}, two years wore apent.in trying ta recover the proper usen of her stomach, “She was put through a proper courso of physical tralning,—mild at first, but gradually becuming severer and moru suvere os her increasing strength would warrant. Every day had [te exerciren und Its duties. In place of in- haling heated alr all her nights and nearly all her days, sho Snepirod the abundant and pratu- {tons alr uf beaven, No snows, and yarely, pune detorred her from her dutles, She fied no tight clothing around her walate atop- ping the Ife-blood in its wonted courses, check> ng the vervetw of nutrition from making deposite for the constant repairing of her apine, aud nerves, ice clothing was ao arranged that she had no prees- ing weights nvon the parts no dispiace- ementato keep her in nearly constant suffering, shortening hor Ife or Mling tt with feeblences and mealacholys To hertho world was bright and sunny, All ons may not know that our juye ny depend somewhat opan the con- dition of the atomach, of sa a Doctor of Divinity vaid Ina sermon, not muny yeara oxo, **Our ro- Iigtous feelings depend very wuch upon tha atate of our braln and bowel Tf our religions churac- terdepends upon aur brain und bowels, we havo the strongest renson for strengthening the one and regulating ‘the other. Nutritlous food, regular plysleal and Intelloctual exercixes, and an uniimiivd amount of vitaltzing. alt, put her In @ permunent condition of repair. Twenty yeara ond more have vlapeod since her early activo) days, aud she Is blooming, and an beautiful trong, vigurous, and acitve, Wa covery’ neefal Christian woman in a distantecity. This aleo is a rare fllustration of whut we nicun by 6 well-developed woman, mate that observin Hecesvarity and tn ull cases produce tho wame ro- sults, and confer completenees of development, For a verlee of years we Were nearly every day en- Raed Inezamning men and women for ifectasnee Buce, The proper expansion of the lawer chest wae an fmportant teat. Casually wo found that moo could expand thelr chests twa ta three inchex while women, with some rare oxceptions, contd expand thelr chests not une. Longevity often de- pendv upon thy expauslye power of the chcet, and fuil as much av upon the sound condition of the brat and the norinal movement uf the bowels, Why are eo many women and girle f and weakly? le the great question of the day. ** Some, who have Investlented facts, aflirim (hat not mare than ono woinan in ten has perfect health, and that all girte = whowd Practically fami’ with the structure af tho human body and wi those laws that relate to the growth and etren: of the human frame, Many mothers {natruct daoghters Iu the Jawa of etiquette anit fashionable Ufey but neglect to instruct them in tho laws of health aud growth, i We now come tua common cause of Iil-hea'th and deficient growth to girls, mainly ving durias the cool ond cold seasuns yf ite yeorinm hivk teniperature, Enter the dwellings of tho feeble aud Incfilcient and you will dud the ordinary tem- perature BO deg.,—twenty degrees higher (han geod health and normal growth demand. The Iizh temperature of any country Inpatre the health and Jenuens th comfort of Io puople. We may obtain ctoarer ideas of the Iniluence of artificial heat upon tho young If we conslder the influence of natural heat, {nthe hot days of sum- mer, when the thermometer indicates KO deg., our ‘appetites aro pour, our dealses for food ard Impaired, owe power of digestion ts lessened, and the Jntestinal mucous menibrane fe dlaturbed, Wo have all observed tuat exercise and eaposure to cold increase the duinund for food, vharpens the Bppetite, Incevases ® burger consumption uf material, white inactivity and exposure tu a hivh dexree of beat lesen Ese aupetlbs and ‘tminiance the smouit of food consumed. So that the higher the temperature, the lesa tbe supply and the Rreater the waste, We sco in the spring season that mothers wad daughters who have lived tu o Bish lemperature during the many days of wioter and during the equally many nights fo thele Leated houses, ave feeble rind wickly, Wo eve the advantayes of a low temperaturo in tho Scotch aud Irish girls, who are usually xo healthy and robust, se active and su strong. ‘They had in thelr hones no furnaces tw heat them hot enough forvast Shadrach, dteehack, and Abednege, but larme open stoves that warmed their rooue ond purided the alr, that camu rushing through cracks and crevices aa it Mey were made expressly to ive full entraucu to allthe wlrof heaven. We ve noticed, ae oll bave, that even young men who are retained wost of the day ju hot stores and botter shops are pale and sickly, aud long to be dn the open alr, so that they may inhsle it and ob- Jain more strength aud better heaith. The depressiug Influcuces of hut climates po one deubls, but no ices do bot dwellinze impair the bealth and reduce the strength of thelr in- mutes, Ju hot cliuates, oll sulfes, but ia hot hogees the girlie and wouwien are the suilerees, fect the il reaulte ufo bigh tewpersture. ‘Tho temperature of a dwelling te well worth another WMowcntethuughh A very bot Winpersture is os We do not intend to tntt- all the hsulonic rules will 25 & V heat ere, cHve to fifeua avery colt one, t than exresaire cokl, wreeda nie barn de the Very early or later periede of hnman life, Devellings are un} Avra canily warmed that the Inmate are hardly aware in how hich a tempera: ture they are living, A uniformly low temperature contributes Iarsely to “hnman t So owe fhowld —— enileavar the difference between the temperatares iter mir Rud that within our dwellings, Hut cannot modify the air without, we must Minit our efforteto the aie within, A high degree of hest does nu yond to young or old, bat femure totla harm. and produce feehleness and dlacaer, What effect upon the alr dues heat have? Itdl- Intes it, eo that we Inhate more oxyeen when the aieis cold than when it Js hot, and so tho benellt wederive from inhaling alr depends aomewhat mpon ita temperature, And we find froin actual experience that cold atr is more Invigorating and atrenrthening than hot, thal we are alronger in cold than in the warmce seaons of the year, ant that the people of the | colder’ reytons of the eatin are more robuat and vice orous than those jiving in the Torcid Zone, It fa not the avewlnite temperature of the air we breathe that doee as so mich harm, but the changes ami diterences of temperature that are so disaetrona to huian health and life, The Inmates of hot houses mect with erent vicireltudtes of tem- peratures, and, when iil, have poorer chances of ro- covery. “The duty of the mother does not extend to citrin; discases, but to preventing them, i ying children in high temperatures ts not ol- ways the mother’s fault. We wieh wo had more Hinie and space to Iustrate this sunject. It canant be dented that excessive heat weakens the animal tissues it the temperature maintained in many dwellings In too high for perfect health and for anatatning the Uxeues In healthy growth, The only advantages of heating a dwelling ton temperature of HU dex. F., are, thut the con} deat- cra’ bili are fonger and fhe physicians’ fees ace larger than they need be, and the women, girls, and young children are heated to auch an extent as to iinpate verv acrloasly thelr bealth, and that, should they be nelzed by nny malady, they will be alow in recovery, and fortunate If they recover atall, Puretcian, MRS. MALE ON 'THE RIOT, To the Ruitor of The Tribune. Chicano, July 27.—When The Home pienic was announced for Wednesday, the 25th, no one conld have foreseen thaton that day our city woold be lying prostrate at the fect of a mob of half-srown boys and roughs.—s fact in the history of Chicaro to be more sadly remembered than even tho great fire, The Gro: was a misfortune which all the world commiserated; this threo daye’ reign of terror {s a stain upon the honor of the city at which all the world will be swift to cry, ‘*Shamot" ‘This clot has had one phase which I implore the friends of good order, and eciaily those women who may read Tue Tummcne, not to pass over lightly or simply - with fn word of wonder or contempt, ‘* Two-thirds of the rioters," saya one rejorter, ‘were half-grown boys." '* Bove of from 7to 10 years old,” says another account, ‘seized the horses and turned them of tho track." Itecems that fail-prown amen meekly submitted to this display of precoctoys prowens. We have been told 6 great many times that women muat not vote because they cannut fight, and some of us hava been obiiged to confess that there was something in the argument, that, indeed, itiatho only argument in the whole ro- pertalre of the opponcnts of woman suffrace which will bear examination; yet heze ure able-bodied representatives of the sex which dove the fignting, whose forte one mny aay Sea that. way, coerced by urchins whom a country achvol- marni of ordinary eticrgy would havo whipped Into aubniisalon before the surprised offender had tlmo fu organize resistance. It appears to me that this extraordinary clrcumetance needs cxplanation, Asut thin en passant, ‘The points Lwish to make are, first, that theao boya who were ruaming abvnt the atrects, ripe for marder and plunder, taught and led by graduates of the itentlorica and Mridewells, wero zome- body's boys, ‘Thoy all had mothers. Perhaps some woman is crying to-day over the aead body of that W-year-old lad. thot throngh the heart, for, steanze anonialy in human nature, the women who doce er best to ruin her boy docs love him. Tt mist be onl ae animal {nstinct scarcely moro tntelligent than the earning the stupid cow baa for her young, But love in love; the Hower Ix divine, however foul the eoll whence It springs. ‘The lily route itaclf in the black mud of stagnant pools, ‘but the grace ant Srayrance of Hvaven are inthe blossom. Andean t amsnorry for that pace, foolish womun who to-day weepa for her dead non. And yet this hurvest is of herawn sowing, Ido not forget the force of hereditary vices of charac- ter, I make allowance for the jznorance of the patents but I remember, too, the Opportunities of io mother, and beliove the cases are exceptional where ‘a little chitd will grow into a bau boy and 8 bad oman tf din mothor doca hee duty by him. Her frat duty, 1 take it, fa tu inetlif Into the mind of er child # reepect forand submismon toan authority nbove himeetf. Sho may do thie by moral Induence If sie can, by pbyalcal force If who must. A cluld, Lows ever intelligent au precocious he may be, 18, ton certnin degree, siinply 8 young anime! Ho has his Instinets, bie cravings, his dislikes, his resont- ments—all purely antral. Now the parent, the mother expecially, stands to the child In the atead of the intelligent reason which will by-and-by develop in him, Shei the Regent ha should contro} thin rlotous Kingdom of aninal destres ond buesions until the King shall come of age. { think @ mother has yo tnore right to leave hor child at the mercy of his animal naturethan eho hasto starve him or allow hinito zo unclad, [t bya crime to des fraud the boy of that self-concrol which only comes from a life-long hatlt of self-dlacipline, thin tearn to govern himrelf as fast ag poesible, but un- til ho con do that, while he can only comprehend the worl odey, obey ia the word. Out of obeds- ence In the home, out of respect for home gorern- ment, grows easily obedience to Inw, rea Stato and natlonal government, and, more reverence for that higher nature which a iteulfin overy oncof us; out of the of welf-will to authority Tecoguize conscience, perversion of. the makos men Lied erte hse burdinalion rows the capacity to Wat is thie tertible mural nature which the clalma of rearon and | justice? ia nut the — Intollect which Iain fault, Mow many of as have tried to act woe question before anothar in ite proper Nght, and wade the argument vo plain that a child contd appreciate il, yeCour opponent did not ave beesuee he would not It in tho undisciplined will that unowlances the reasoning powers, the its turted and monstrous aulf that rhits out all the world beside, ‘There was gern of truth in tho. us notin of the theologians, thut tunbellof is of be bear! The subjection of the animal to the spiritual, of tha lower tu tno higher nature,—thls te the motive ofall our civilization, and it cannot be begun tu» early, ‘Ihe mother who allows her boy of a year to curry hils potnt oy screaming, her child of 7 to bally “her into “comnttanco with bin will, Incherlshing 9 **hoodlun "at her boaom, It hs only the youd fortune of clrcumtincee if he (le. veioos intu a bunk-defaulter Instead of a sneak. thief or o astecet-rongh. ff thery be s nation on varth where obedience to Jaw should be instilled {ute the child's heart with hia earliest lesxona, it falu this Hopublic. The subject uf a despot may be as turbulent and rehollious th ble diepoditions as he will, —thy atrong hand uf hie master enforces outward obudiunce; but in a republican govern- ment, where every man ie an element inthe cov. ernlng power, whu fa to respect law untess it bo thy Jaw-maker? Can there by law, any deferonco fur Outside that rlotous self-will, that aelf-will tyrannized, over the household froin cradle, and bullicad weaker wills Into fon beforu tho tittle equtist could speak his vernne« ulart It ietho tottors of America who are re- aponeidle for the shameful insubordination whlch exlvts to-day all orer our county, In tac second piace, Twould sugzost that thea undeveloped ruflans who have held Chicago ina state of siege fur tho inst forty-clubt hours uro tho boys that yon and 1, my friends, pay taxes to edu: cate in our public schools, the boys whom we over tv our Board of Education, saying, ** Here, renticigen, are the future citiaens of thie Repub: ic, the guys who ten ycurs hence will be men— Votere—halding the dustiolon of the country in their hands. What can you do to make goo citizens of them, to tunch them the value of goul Bs ‘ument, to uideninify them for the lack of good inQuences at home, and protect us fram the conso- quences of tholr growing up In aegradation and Sgnorancor" ‘And these gentlemon, backed dy that aickly seu- Umentulinn which for forty yeara bus ocen sappins the foundations of public Order, say, '* Wo wil tako theta into the schools, and, it we ean cuntrul thei by moral und iild nieaeures, we will do so; but, 4€ they pruve Inauburdioate, wo. shat expel Mien, ture them Joows upou the public strevte, With ihe happy concclousuess that, having deied tho government of the achuol, they can brave tac jaws of city and btate." Can auything be more suleldal thun such o policy? If they cannot be contruiled ut 10, can they at 15? Which fe beat, — ths ferulo aud whip to-day, or revolvers gud artillery to-morrow? Which [a cheaper,—u kindergarten. which alall gather inthe bulpless little enes who are worwe than orphans, before tho ¢ act them falely on (hele way to perdi- urround them at tho most impressitle aye with all Ruod fluence sulieptiag them at ro ae it iekind, orto yo on butiding penitentiarice wud slinee houses, aud suppurting the cumnbrous and cuatly tuachinlery of law! Does any one suppose t Loy properly controlled between 3 wud hye age would blossou intog ruian atlur If not do better than this fet us avolish our system of free pubhe educution, f£ object ty paying hosvy taxes to build schoul-houses aud bre Seachory, When the childsen who sould bo tauuot ore tauk- ing duy nd night bidcuus by brutal ‘Orgies which ato all the poor wretches know of sn Col. Ingereull said, tn a receut lecture, that be bad very litte reapect tor a muy woo could nut govern achild withoutthe wip. [have hittle reapect for @ wan who dued not wee that tan miid discipline of thu redued and cultured family 1s uot ada; ted to the embryustrect-rpugh, whose latent devi) jsal- reudy half grown, and whose avasloilitics ouly thrall at an vath ora vluw, and 1 have atill lesa roe apect for thut system of public education which confesses tte lucumpetency tu deal with the prub- Jen of discipliue ob a tune when thut problem ta casleat of sulution, which slitke ite plain duty, aud stupidly thinks it has met the question who ithus postponed the day of reckoning. wea of the Boanl of “Education, of Chicago, these boys whout your pul loz buch with clubs, und your suldiers threuten Wilh bullets, dive aud ten yeure hence will be vot: a du HOt suggest this fact for the purpuse of ind- i tuating that it will be beat todeal gently with the nob, diuce you way svosctlune want thelr votes, Lut THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1877—"TWELVE PAGES, ask what rou propasete do about it. Mow many more renerations do you pranoee to sive us of thle Kind? And baw tong sill tt bs povelnte to quell the mob, and restore the revgn of order inthincom: munity: How tong shall we have a country which will be worth tiyrhting for? Thave no heart at pre-ent to dieeusa any project for pleasure, but. ns 1 promised to give notice that the nienic appointed for Wednesday, the 25th, was postponed to that day weet, Le muet here call the attention of the Iniion to that fact. The ptenie will be bell on, Wedn: Aug. 1, at Central Park. Partios can as Ne at my office, 124 state atreet, Room 17, of at the home of the Becretary, Mrs, Uamoleton, corner of Madléon and Throop atrecta, Hour dp. m., sharp. Thin party Ia de- stened for the contribators ta Tne Ione Nepart- Ment of Tre Tamcxe, auch friends a they may invite, and other pereona interested In The Home whose presence will he a mutnal pleaante. Radses may he obtained ether at my anice, between 10 a. m.ond 1p. m.. orof the Secretary. Those who find It inconventont to oroenro tho badges in ad- yance cun just na weil do no nt the time af mect- ing, and inorder to accommodate thems who do Not Join the party at the places of rendezvous, a supply of patiges will ve taken tu the Mark for din tribution there. If Wednesiay should prove ratny, the party will meeton Thursday If that day. bo pleasant, Croquet sets and tmptemente for other games should be taken along, May I not hone tu ree those ladies who were present at the firat meeting? 1 am in recetpt of nnmerona Ietters. most of them, Lam nappy to say, looking confidently ton. meeting inthe tal, and profiertaz substantisl abl, There letters it 14 impossible for me to Answar, shall, however, Jay ihem before the lidies at the ptenie, and afterward put them Into the hands of the Secretary and Aseistant Secretary for stich action ae they think proper to take. Fritnre core Frespundence should be addressed to these Jadles, 1 wouldalev temind The Homo that tho plenic was not designed to supersede ® general mecting ata Jater day, but to prepare the way for it. ‘Tle beat way to 1urward the arrangementa for auch a mect- ing ei be to attend the picnic and take part In the connell, Tregret to Jearn that several persons were put to mach inconvenience tn ‘the attempt to procure badgea throwzh an inadvertant omlalon to deals nate the hours when they were obtainable, Mus. Amis M, Hane. CHAT, CHILDREN, AND CHAFF. To the Editor of The Tribune. Decatrn, I!., July 24.—It 1s one of the warm- est days that over strayct this way, Everything lays helpless in the brilliant, dazzling, ecorching sunshinc, Ever and anon n hot breeze eprings up ond presser warm kiesvs on leaves and flowers, and then dies away again. The sky te a vast canopy of bright bine, except in the west, where n few gath- ering clonda and a faint, far-dtatant rolling of (hander glvo a fair promisc of ratn. Indeed, itis too warm to write, were It not nec- canary to inform yon that I cannot dance at the Home entertalnment, a6 a0 many havo oxpressed a wiehthatIshonld, The fact of the care is, I can't dance, never having tripped the ‘'Jight fan- tastle’? since the happy time when my mother stood, whip in hand, like the ring-master {n a circus, and I performed before her,—now break- ing Into s donble-rhufte of — downreht agony when two or three blowe, like the bullcts of axood marksman, struck tho target, and again dancing a Jig of detight when by anccessful dodg- ing 1 crcaped two or three more, In the meantime howling Ike a Modoc, shedding tears tlko a crnco- dite, making folr promiace Itke n pollticion rnn- ning for office, and beggins for mercy with all the eloquence and pathos of aCromwoll, I cannot dance 4 jig, and therefore bey leave to decline the honor In favor of rome one who 1a inurs capaito, — Amic Af. Hale, Phystcan, or Guniaka, for in- stance. LT rend an extract fronra late lectaro by Bob In- reraolt the other day in regard ta child-whippinz, fio don't beltove In It atall, and there’a where he and To differ, Lan old-faxhionod enongh to think thatthe ‘trol was mado for the child's back,” Anyway, whether It was or not, I got the full bene- fit all the eaino when f was young; and at the emo time, likes # sccond Galileo, I made a grand discoverry—namely, that alippers wore inado for other purposes hexide wearkue on the feet. I belleve that a little corporcal putiish- ment Judiciouely appiled to different parte of a child'e anatomy {a very productive of good reanlta, the most ortant afl which inobedicnce: a chtll's lunge aro ateonethaned: ita muscles develop In ita endeavors to uct away from the paront or teachor, and it often becomes an expert runner in its free quent (rials of snecd with lin chastleer. By the way, Lcalled upona lady last week who fs quito ilterary and very aurceable, and white there the conversation turned upon tha govern- mentof children, She thousht {t perfectly brutal to whip a child; belloved morat suasion much more eMcient, ctc., and concluded by saying ** that sho nover whipped one of her children inher Jfet nonever.” ‘Init posdbio? What excellent gov- Sranicntyou must have," I exclaimed aloud, wotle 1 mentally ojacnixted **3 don’t doubt It," as 1 slyly pustied a child from my kneo who for the last ten infontes had been playing with ite xticky finzers with my white Jaco tic, anatching the hand- Kerehie? (cam my pocket, and pulllug at my dress, whilg A promising boy Jay unilerthe plano kicking the lege with tho heula of his shoes, his mother Alling up the pansen in the conversation by saying, ** Please don't, Charley; you will nar the plano, dears" of ‘*Lillic, don't pull the lady'« drow, that's a loves" in reapones to which ono Touder, and the other pulled the hardur, Whip the children occasionally; but, ike Kitchen Devotue, | say, don't take them wait while ‘*com- pany" eats, ican rememocr when to my yonth- i imagination cternity seemed a Joke when com: Pnrod to the time tha **big folks * nat at tho table, and J Jooked on in mortal dread lost thers woulen’t bo any frosted-cake left. Ligy a0 Indny of the jadies and gentlemen of Tho Home, 1 joo love flowers. Ench and every one basa plsce In ny affections, hat above thon all 1 am moat passionately fond of the sunflower, and that namo ix engraven In indelible lettere an tho bload-red tablets of my heart. There was alwaya 4 bostof them ‘atthe old house at home,” and they are Interwoven with the elad remembrances of childhvod and tho brleht joys of youth. [have always chorlahud thom with a lovitig tenderness, aud, where'er my *!Ilnee have been cust," thore, when summer bréezes awept tho garden, they ever Invered caressingly amony my stately flowers, Taet summer thore waa a grave of them in the back part of the Jot, and one afternoon, taking a volume of Moure’s poems in my hand, 1 wandered ponalvely forth and took my scat inthe midat of them, and, witha gontle rns> tle, thoy graciously spread thelr broud Jeaves ba. tween moand tho aun, How long [ eat thoro I know not, fur tling ties unhecdod when borno on the mayic wings of poesy, 1 wan reading the **Feaatof Stoecs, and bad reached the song **Nourmahal * was so divinoly singin, — looks and tone thus dart nshing through the heart, Asif th that minute cought. Bome treasure [t through life Had sought Aa if the very looke ant eyes Fredestinod to liave all our sighs, And naver bo fordut aval, Bparkled ant apoks heturo tus then. ‘The sung, the hour, and tha tlowore about me combined tu arouse ull of the sentimentality in my vature, snd l pictured Nourimahal wtaudingin the midst of the Oriental flowers and magnificence. Ivaw the lave tn her glorious eyes, heard the passion theling in her voico; thon auddeny iy thoughts fondly reverted to Charles Augustua, and softly repeating the words, **O1 thera are looks and tones thatdart an instant sunahine through the heart," witha siuh 1 lifted my cyca to the flowers ubuye mo, each one crowned with ® golden hen my jrazo fell and rovtod 8 what? hat nestled clore at mg fect, ‘atont clube lytng near, what follawed when { tell you. forty thue on the hume-stretch, in-law auserta, with = the barnes, tit a Witte garter snake, {twasanecnonnows rattlesnake, and that it even then meditating darting ite Headly fangs into me and snaking mu out of the world. i tovka fred a look at ft, and 1am confident it wae ten or Steen feet in length and tio or three in circum. forence. My crics aroused the whole neighbor- Dine, age we scarched in every direction, but alan caped us all Lace thataumo-aro disattaicd with Tho Home, 1 think the name uf tha but [am not one of tho: department given we indicates the purpose to which we should devote it. We do not want one visitors: to entertain ue with heavy communications on abstruse subjects ft for leading articice in quarter- Les, nor with sclentiic dissertations sultable for SUtiman's Journal, nor lectures ou law or moral philosuphy,—each thingehavea place, but their placo is notin The Howe, Wo want articles that whl sparkle with wit, overflow with sympathy, and entertaln with humor,—lttlo uuthings that, while hey pleavo, will not be'so umall as to contemptible. We don’t platitudes or homilies, or caudlo-lectures, or egotistical vaunt- tugs, wor atticice bristiog with argument, aud crammed with knuwledga (connail from convenient Cyclopedias)—but letiurs straight from women's hi freah, free, anit (ull of love. Deronda, how can L refuse you buttermilk after your kindness in rescuing that girl from hee lonely statlon Inthe garden? Drink your @llof in Then poople cantaay that “In your beard the red wine gtistened Like dew-drops in the grase,"* Won't we have » pleasant time hobnobblag to- gothor o'er the butturmilk sud **matheglouin'? That's my beverage, Twieh to thank the kind friends both among and outelde The Hews cuntributora wha bave writt tne. I enjoy reading vour lutters excoedingly, ask you all to wrie ayatn, I should love tor an eachanod every one, but, if L should try, I'm Ud be doed-broke tnanclally in less then a week; and then think of the Line it would require. Why, Tm afrald I'd bankrupt Old Time" bimesif. P. 8.—Did you evor ent a pudding without sauce, & mince plo without rulsins, or soup without onions? Well, that le what our convention will be without @ Fera-Leat and I are snziously awai puows, y ting your THE POOR LABORERS, To ths Editor of Ths Tribune. Curcaca, July 20,—My Brat efuslon having been honored by a place in The Hume, I shall be bold enough to knock aunin, Will you give mes seat anda welcome? Mamie C. aske how many have reeporded to the roll-call at Dearborn Seminary. IT plead guilty; and if ahe belonzed to tho graduat- ing clase of 1807, 1 am sere ¥ know her, I should go ko to attend your meetings, bat that wsimposslble, I must thank you all for the cheering luitucnce your pleasant words have oftcu bad, [think im ali this city there arc tow hearts more rad and desoiate than mine. T am still young, ont life no far hasbeen made noord forme that if it were not for the hope of romething better In the hereafter, I fear 1 ehould faint by the way. The tdea which some one has advanced, of fakingu special anpiect for comment, tay 1 think, a good one; and ane which has often appeaiet to my thoughts le, ¢''The manner in which wo act to- ward the laboring clanses,"" Only the other day T heard 8 young Indy ear that nhe admired a certain style of ‘dresa last aummer, butthe cuinmon peaple aontert {t eo much that ehe became disgusted with it. Now, I think that was neruel remark. And haw often do we hear aimilaranes. These poor people that we deapisa ** bear the hent and burden of the aay. “ They daild our huweer, raise ont food, cultivate our parker, build railroads, wash one garments, and, in short, de all the drudgery; and yet we begrudge them thete few nmusemente. An attempt by etady and perseverance to raise themaziver to a higher level is often checked by our eritel, contemptions manner, ifthe wacher= woman's daughter, warned by hee mother'a aad lifa of privation and toil, xeckr by the ald of our Rreat educational ndvantag fosctatatten portion, in iife, do not Witcourage her. “Instead of ahrny- fe your shouldersand asking t€ sho ta better than er motuer, Or ifitia to educate euch porsons an these that we pay taxes, cive her a hearty God- eneed In her laudable attempt. And if there Ie anrthing you cin do toasaist her, remember the Mote injunction ‘to do to others,” ani my word for {t God wilt not forget, ifothere do, Yuu will have the great satisfaction which comes from the performance of a good action. These poor people that toil so hard—are they fo be shut ont from all the little plozanres thit brighten thelr tollsome life, beeanne It will make them hackneyed for aa? Oh, shame upon ns! It {s only too true thut we aro scligh in unr pleas- ures, Wewantto keep everything ourselves, if aomé poor xitl, moved by the love of adornment that fs. born im all women, arisye herself ino wannet or drees of tho same pattern we lave chosen, how suddenly we discover our attire has become common. 4 often think of n rebuke my father gave me when a litle ylel. Twas impertluent toa nervant. Vioved and reverenced bs A father exceedingly, and yout can tinagine how { felt when, calling me to hia ride, he told ine he had overheard my remarks, In Jangnage which {have never forgotten, leywhowed me how greatly Fhud erred, ‘That xervant wae en- deavoring (o curn an honest Mvelihond, and was, consequently, ma worthy of ny respect as our docturor Inwyer, She was uncultivated and ft- norant, but God hai created her, and placed her fn this world, and she hail as geeat a rivht to be ro- spected and encouraged in her aphere as | had in mine. Twas uot compelled to make a companion of hee, bur it was my duty to lot he oJ reepect- ed her’ honest onleavora to do right, and i any opportunity offered to make life's pathway emoulle er, I shonfd embrace it. Oh, my dear, honored father, L wish I could do Justice to your teachings, Many reasons have passed with tholr Joys and eure rows hotettua, but hia teachings wil alwave bo remembered, Always ready to extend a hulp: Ing hand to others, altnongh life's pathway wan atrewed with many a bitter thorn, ho let nochanca escapeto doo Kind action for others, Many a poor girl hia been educated by his offortat Many a weary heart has been cheered by hie kindnesa! Thu suftering never appealed to him invain, Let ua do atl wo can to nileviate the sorrows of others, Mow many little things wo cun do to brighten thu dreary life ao many lead! My dear siaters, al- though grief and sorrow have enterca Iacgely Inte my existence, L cannot forget how many there are even worroofl than myeclf. To-day, throngh no fault of my own, 1 am dependent upon the becatl of others tor inyacif and little ones. How often I wish | could exchange places with somo of our hard-working sisters, For the bread of dapeni: ence Is ofton very bitter, 1 have written perhaps toomuch, Youre in all kindness of spirit, ANEMONE. ABOUT Mus. VALE, To the Editor of The Tribune, Cicago, July 27,—1 hope the readers of The Momo will not think mon malicious character be- cause Tam alwayaon tho defensive, I have quict- ly eatin the corner allotted me in The Home and Uatoned to the different discuastons, condemning many and applauding the few, When Tecad Mra. Vale's letter of tho 14th, F mentally alook nonids with her, and anxtfowly walted this week's lasne, feelingsure that inany of Tho Momo contributors ail, ko me, hal mn surfeit of phvelcal foul, while onr mental was starving. Imazino my zreat surprise and disapnointment on finding the majori- ty of onr tome members have no desire to rise higher than the kitchen. One ({ donot remember who) clams, ** As this ts a Homo, we be permitted to write what we pica: provided It {a said ina propor manner.” All well uod goud, but ins large family in not each ons ap» potnted a taxi? Can all wash dishes at oneo? Any it not require aomoto do the cinbroidery which, though not rcoliy necessary, greatly {improves the article on which it is placed? Tam pieasod with Constant, who well desorves hernamo. Be true ta tis, Conetant, do not derort. tia becauao the tldo In avainat un, Itemomber what a little thing saved the citadel at Rome, Kittle Brown, let mo thank you, too. Remember there le always more clint? than geain in every bushel of wheat, Hope, do not hesitate; we neeil 8 leader; with Mra. Valu as cotemporary, and Constant, Kittic Brown, ond Ex-Why. for disciples (saying nothing of my feeble ald), you ‘cannot sink. Ex-Why, you have expresecd my oplniun exactly, 1 getting very monutonous. 1 never was very fond ut the sweet (except In cranberry poultices), andThave had my surfelt, If we could huve a Iet- ter now and then which would require more montul effort toanawor, Lthink $ would act axa healthy reaction, and be very palatable after ao much nugac. To me Tho Home is not ao intereating as formerly, Our old contrioutore secm dropping off, | Deronts docs not weito as often a4 ho uct to, Deronda, can wonothaye yon tu sustain us? Sirs. Vale, yourein many respects, but, Itke woine others, 1 think wo had bettor not mention names, XXX thinka woman haa a mixsion, and must nrepare for it.) What mission sho refers to 1 do not know; but er letter fa headed ** Woman Suffrage." 1 sup> Toxo she haa reference to the efovation of womon (wo Ignore the pules). So tet ta *bezin at once at the foundation, for without culture, what ts woman? Thopo Fern Leaf will write orain, Intereated In her. opinion and support. Lam really sfrald the Old Nachelor Uncle, of Sprinufeld, {8 suffering acutely trom thet attack of gout, for it was ortdently upon him when he wrote, an the Lith, and told. bow inany blessed things so Intelligent a being aa he had tu be thank- ful for, ‘There tv ons thing ho futgot to inontion, and that fa qf I make the correction) blessed nro they in Chicavo because they have no old bachelur The Home Tam alwayn 1 ahall certainty oxpect Da uncle, Mra. Vale, the nnealicd-for attack on you wus wunerited, Tho tome esema componod’ of very combustible material, but us quic flames ore never of long duration ws may hope tho phernix which will arise out of the ashes will be both strong and ee tig A question, which for some weeke I have wanted toank, has pazzled me, Will Deronda, or Mre, Vale, or somo kind friend anawer, If tho oft-ra- peated ouotation ** No nnto others ae you would that they should do unto yon," 4s 9 corruption of Hiltel'a answor ta the hoathen, **Da not unto athe ereas thou would'st uot bave others dv unto theo," and ublige Sweet SIXTEEN, —— GLOSS, CAKE, AND CREAM, To the Editor of Tie Tribune, Brcamone, IIl., July 22.—I hava been somewhat interested In the Momo, snd will send = fow recipes, Flrat—Uow to produce fine gloss; Taka two ounces of fine, white gum-arable powder; put it {ntoa piichcr and pour on it one pint of boiling water, Cover over, and Jot It stand all night, In the morning pour {t carefully iuto a bottle and cork foruse, Ono tablespoonful of this wator stirred {nto ono pint of atarch will giveto lawns and line ens a took of newn id gloss that will fully ru- pay for troublo tn preparing, Second—To make jumblea; Threo teacups of sugar, one teacup of butter, dve teacups of flour, cup of cocna-nut, one teacup of’ sweet Cream, two egus, and three teaspoonfula uf baking Poird—Soow-eako: ‘hird—Snow-cake: ‘WO caps sugar, one co; butter, one and a half eupe uf Mou. one and 8 half caps of corn-starch, uno and @ halt enps aycot milk, whites of eight eave, three largo toa apoone of baking-powder. Sur ‘the butter to.a cream, and then gradually addthe flour, Add swear & ster frosting, and putin the last thing,bo- g baking. Fourth--Chantilla cream: Mix the whites of two egie with ono quart of rich croam; beat ittoa snow, and add (not ceasing to beat) one-half ponudof pulverized auger, and flavor with vanilla, and vranve, Pat In a glasedlah, and surronod with sponge-cako, andserve, = Bux Rrssux. SALT-RISING BREAD. To the Editor of The Tribune. Detavan, Il., July 23.—I would like to know itwe are really at home In this departmont of our paper? If wo aro not at liberty to ask all the ques. tons we would really like to have answered, I for ono sm not so fond of writing, nor havo I lelsure-tlme sufiiciont to hang heavy on my hands; thorefure, 1 never write toanybody on any sub- ject without ‘‘wanting to know” or wanting to borrow, Now, ifthiedepartment fe ours, kindly given by the editor, 1 move we do as we harca mind to, just as we would at home. Pvople aro not slwaye fotullectaa!, not even the moat learned; they eek things sometimes shut surorise us with thelr ignorance of cummon affairs, and it 1s not to be supposed that anv one member of The Home knows everything. Then why uot exchange recipes and borruw and lend of our selghbozeioan informal manner? [cannot bear this fault-Sading, criulcising apirit that crops out now and then among the **{atellectual. '* So mach for preamble, now for busines Tcenhelp **Jolly." Pick ovce tho fruit and re- mivyve the stems; put over the Gro with just envazn water to keep from burning; Ict {¢ boil until cooked through; then haven faoucl baz of new goods, su it will t wo time (The advantsgo in tanned fa that if keeps back the pulp of the fruit, which makes the jelly dark colored.) Les it drip all it will without aquecziuy, ‘Then put Ut iu a brighttin- pag with the esme quar tty of sugar by teasurcinent, and boll unui it Ja dohe. You cauteli when it te wuficiently bolied by trying sowe with a spocas |olways usc peanu- Toted sugar. Take the currants from the bas, ond they can be mado into jam or catsup as preferred. Tnvarly always wake jam to wec tur common. Hume say only boil tho jolly dvo minutes, but 1 boll longer sometimes, Muchovliged, ** Wisteric," for your saggcation;, will treit. Had thonzht of that pla per ups there waa an easier war, eoldrced nytt will “OMe HW AL RA have never re prohinly for the reason the typo ixconsia. Am orry I did not Fe- wlll weite yon, of Lantey, La,, will eend ma some Toil givo her anything [ have in honee plants or fancy faehertts: Tf s+ Pern-Leal * will rend me the leaf and alt ofsomething f with wend her « vasaion-vine, think they are beantlfa. There fs another plant I wonld Ike sery mach-“'air-plant "fs all the name T know tt hy, I've horn told it grows by slips tal around fooxo anywhero, without earth or moisture, { make ealt-rining bread by the following role: One teaspoontal of ent, one of angar: one quart of water ev warm that you can just bear your hand in tt; Nonrenongh for a stiff batter. 1 put the yYeastinastone Jar, and place the jar in akettle Of warm water where St will keep warm. hit not hot enourh to cook or scald, nntil It begins to ria, which will be in abont four hours. Should the water rite on top of the batter, pot more. itour in, but — etir untilitdleappeara, Ifitia ect ataor 6 Lean usually get It baked before 12. When It does begin to rise tt will he but a few moments nn- tH te will ran over, it comes up ao fant. ‘Then mix with warm water, andaenit Just as you do other bread, only you pnt tt in the pans’ iinmediately, Put ina warm place nntil licht, end bake not quite one honr. ‘This kind of bread docs not take quite xo long to bake as hop yeast. Molatening with terand water ty soften'the crirt before baking is nn improvement. You must have the best of Muar, if you follow theso rules and fall, binme tho flour, and not Many Goup, ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. To the Fdttor of The Tribune. : Bunuuatoy, ta., daly .—" Lb. Bt: Wear your hale, which you say ts thin, inatong brald hanging own your back, Tho effect will be to shorten theapparent length of the nose. The fotmer should be al least ten times longor than the fatter, Blick ittwell In front ‘ond at the aldes, This throws the cars out prominently, Snonid eome of the hatre prove refractory. a little elie dleeolved in the white of egg will stealzhten them out. A tow *forzet-mo-note’ in auch & colflure swt in, dul thonght Vonerer have eredtiled ine ta celye the elin M.8.": Crlinp Friday night for Sanday morning, using one dozen iinfepins. If they aro nneomfortabie daring the night, borrow # pho- tographer's arrangement for keeping heade in" position, Seenro une in which the — anpport ——elidee up down eu that you mae arrenue it to aut th hela of onrcouch, Wah and rinse thoroughly, and then Tne sour haledowns Have some felend, Withee whisk, remove the dnet which has accumulated, Ax you remove vach halrpin, take the end of the released «trand in your mouth, It has a sort of anphssiating effect, bat Sciences, with all her boasted progress, has invented nothing to take ite Don't get excited while removing tie pins, as that Increares the suffucating tendency. You will have, according to **'Tyndalf,*” 1,000 Hatra In cach etrat, and exen hele occupies twenty times tho epace it did hefore crimping, ‘Thisstyle should ‘be adapted at once by ladles under four feet. When all the pint are removed, and tho hair camped loosely out, [tis quite Immateriat bow (t : Part the hale at tha side very low down, “about one tach above the’ car, draw’ the heaviest portion down over tho forshead and form a point with It, directly abovo the nove, If it varies a hairshreadth tho effect will be snalies, Should you find it alnicul! to kesp the halr tn position a black wafer under the point wil be found useful, ‘They can be bought ches) of someantiquary, ‘Tie up the ends at the bic! With ume | ribvon grasa. * Should the ends of hair hlde the grars cut them of. You can make use of them as nouvemre, Nothing could be more graceful and appropriate at Christnins than a lock of hate neatly telinmed at bothents snd ther witt a Inte string, a **Eilhe’™: Comb the hair up fromthe napo of the neck and from the farcheatl, with no part, dl- vide Into two strana, being down behind the ears and tle [na teae-tover’s Knot under the chin. Tha neck needs to be porfectly clean for this atyle, and ona person with ® long neck tho effect frum be- hind ts striking, “tA. A." describes herself fat, with round head and face, nu nose to spoak of, ditte month; how snall whe dress her tinier Dear "SA. AL at wan oue juat like you who ‘almost permatod moonce; but curl the short locke on forohead and neck with a vipe-sion, Lay iten the kitchen stove until hot, then take up carofally with a towel, hold the ntem in ono hand, and with the other tey fo wind tho short bales aver it. Should yau siecced, Tet tha curls full aa near the oyehow An porslble; then cover the burnt spots with white court-plastor, Sava some for the neck aleo. **Wantcring Jow " or any creeping thing would du for ornament. THRER WINSLOW RECIPES, To the Ruitor of The Tribune, Citcaco, July 27.—Kato D. Q., will you pardon me for patting inn cantion about the uso of alum. water forthe fect, Itanppresses perspiration, anit thorefore In nnsnfe, My father mado tec of It and my mother as always felt that the harm it Wd him in checking pemplration wan a canso of his death from (su-culled) consumption, A (ablespoonfnt of carbonate of soda dissolved ina. half pintof water, relloves Painful feet if thoy are sponzed with It night and morning, and fe nat, Lbelicvs, open to the same objection aa the alum-water, If Martha witl eprmkle phtverized borax around it may delve away tho black buy. I have found {t quite oifectual, For Kentucky Tsend the following: Pickletto— Four large cavbages, chopped fine; one quart of onions chopped fino; two quarts of vinegar, or enough to cover the cabbage; two pounde of brown sugar? two tablespoons ground mustard; two tae blespouns of black pepper; same of cinnamon and of celery sveil; onc Lablespoon each of allepice, nince, and puiverized alum. Pack the cabbage and onlons in alternate fayers, with a littl walt be- twoen; let thom atund over nizbt; thon scald the vinegar, sugar, and apicus together and pour over the cabbaro unt onions. De thie three mornings in succession; on the fourth, wut all together over the fro and let bot! five minutes. Pack in small jars, It te roady for ure, but keove well, For chow-chow—four quarts of chopped tomna- tocs, one quart of chopped onions, one pint chopped pepyer, half cup white mustard seed, half cup ralt; mixand cover with vinegar; add suzar and curry powder to taste, Or, onv-holf buatel Breen tomatocs, one dozen onions, one doxon Ercen peppers; chop all finely together; aprinklo over all one Pint of salt; lot it etond over night; thon dealt olf the brino; cover with good vinegar; cook alowly for ona hour; then drain and pack ina jar. ‘Tako two pounds brown sugar, two table- spoons of cinnamon, ono tablespuonful cach of allupico, cloves, und pupper, all ground; ono-half cup groand murtard, one pint grated hurag-radiah, and vinezar cnongh to mlx tint whon boiling hot, pour over contents of Jnr und cover tight, and It Is ready for tac, and will keep for months, Tho drat J havo trio, aud itis excellent, The threo recipes uro from Mra, Winelow'a Domestic Keelpe Book, ana I've never known one of her rece {pes for pickles or preserves to fall. f enjoy Tho Mome very much, and have beon bonedted by many of tho lutters, Some tne azu Cousin May, Hox 132, gave a rec- po for sponge cake, which wae finally made to do for ono ple. af it has pot beon correctod, will eho please sund Itagain. TE want to try it. 've been ta The Home once or twice before, but #0 long ayo that] Sind thore is now another Martha, soaign myself, Maugtanen, —- SPATTER-WORK AND FLIRTING. ‘To the Editor of The Tribune, Tirrecanozs County, Ind., July 25.—For some tlmu Tbavo been almost persuaded to sek for ad- mileston to Tho Home. Bolng, howover, only a **sentimental achool-girl,"" 1 write in fear and trembling, hoping you will reject my attempt if aaworthy. Cis Aa my eforts in ‘‘spatter-work" have been quite successful, I sond directione: Obtain ao snionth board Jarge enough for your work, (n this place your matorial, eccuring tho corners with smalltacks. Arrange the foros and Icaves fancy may dictate; then hold your frame in the je: find over tho work, dip a touth-brush in ink and rub over tho frame. ‘Tule provents blote-antl socures fino, ¢: work, is =mude as follows: Take strong = wiro about one footania half long; fasten the ends to- wether and insertin a wooden handle. Over this {rama fasten a plece of wire gauso, Beware of getting too mach ink on your brush, Hoautiful pincushien covers are made of Swiss, with an initial in the centre. surrounded by a wreath of very delicate graceful vines, mosses, eto. Thave a ansdow picture of the **Beloved Dis- Sinise aulce Lenould love to send to any one de- altin; Hor niy part I love Fern-Leaf, and bope sho'll write often, Do you think ut afterward Now, girls, in rogard to Alrting. itpayet Avtno time it's rare fun, don't you fee] mean? Haven't you centin your own estimation?" Af whe dove flirt. A YW you ‘squelch" hii fit, to besure, but you know what Gootho say **One with Uod ts 3 jority." Lal oo ‘Anti-Flirtatlon Socicty," and laugh when thar call CH ‘old-maldish.” What say i you? 1 thi there ne flirt coquet Assome! the aupetite; Mirtation depr: the thorn that guards tho ro: when once plucked; Mirtation water-plants, making then bard to bandic, when caught oaly to be cherished in slimy wate: cro ure Jo King and Pert? Thi il faut." THOUGHTS AS THEY OCCUR, To the Edttor of Ths Tribune, Axpor, July 26.—**Dlussloge on tho man that Invented sleep," sald Sancho Venza, but just now I fvel like invoking bic«slngs on the **inveutor * of thought. Whatawilderncas this would bo if, while we are ticd at home doing the thoussod and ‘one kinds of work that devolves on & housekeeper, our thoushts could nut wander beyond the broom Of washbuard we ore using, Audblessings on the man thut luvonted Our Home, for it gives us sub- jects oF though besides thu usoful information wo q oun Elifouiet A place where the bond of unity Is Love, where cach member bs equally cherleted, ond tho weah arc aseieted by thu strung. suda place if once lost to be lunged fur inthe years \y cunie, Wheo s member gets tov biz for the home, ho Site away aod bullde # houw fur bimecif, but doce ot kick out the weaker and appropriate the cet jy biusclf, le Our Lyme ty bo like uote @ vast difference betw a8 “Tha Homo, as it requires s somewhat longthy et- ChiMren aa ng ally rend wilt tie alphabet, and lai donot a Jat antes, cepeemnily houneke hve to bs couke, nuree warhorwoinen, and all the feat, But must ther bury thier one tatent? It ta very pleasant to chat with the members of Tho Home when our week'a work Iadone aud we ate too tired to read anyihtng very tearned, and thy “*peraonatities,“etc., are the spices that make the feast restful, Mrs, Vato seasons rather too Hahty with penper and vinegar to be palataule, but wit Aweelentng enough added It would be heatthfif! perha Chat please don't ridieale the ‘"personal tenden. clea" of The Home, Ridicule fs not a home yj tne, And please don't anybody ‘'ignore™ ant. one'a 'oxlatence,” but aim, however biyh, and eq; “como and we will follow as beat We can wiht, onr clogs dragging, and when onr wings are crown, we will fit away to—the ‘*fanatice of the woman's kingdom" perhaps, Will Mra. Vale please tell ns who they are eo we can make their acgoaintance? jome time ago Rome one asked what could be done with the fans. I had never thonent the could bea piace for them, but was ratinted (ff could only find them behind the bookcase of lounge, bit on the angeestion Inoked about for the place. ' The corner of the room wax mine any. thing useful or urnamental, sol stretched Invisinis wires acrose, one above anuther, an many: wires ag fans, each wire av long oe the width of the fan, and fastened with nails driven Into the wall, The fans aro pnt behind the wires, handle down (when, ot putin handle ap), are not in the way, are ratherornamental, and are there when wanted, And same one wanted me to dcacribe the and cas. tle when finished, bit I. am not god at descripting, and will only say a lady vialtor exclaimed on neeing it, **O, that tool ust like the old castles on the bitte nf 'Seotiand!" and as she had ncen the real article 1 thought it Miah praise For want of 9 brackat I put my castic on the top of the whatont and surrounded !t with green leaves, and tne effect nulis me, Twould like *'May-Dny's"* addrces. T think 1 And here‘sn hearty hand. *, bob can belp her to ferna. ahako to every meinber of one Home, and,—but 1 won't mention the Convention thie time, Auntr Titomrson, ANOTIER RECRUIT. Ta the Editor of The Tribune. Fainvinw, July 25.—When 1 read The Home lant Saturday I was reminded of the sudden influx of, members to a Sunday-school just bofore Chirist- mas oraaummer picnic, so many of the writers eclared it to be the first time that they had ap. peared in The Home circle, Ani this applies also to myself, for althongh Ihave read Tan Trisexy for years, and Tho llome for many months, I hare never yet Nfted my pen to mako note or comment, Now, just befors aur Convention, conference, Jnbliee, or whatever wo may call it, how we do come tothe front! Chitdron of a larger growth, indeed, wo aro, but if we havo our minds burdened why not aay our little say ae long aa the editor will allow One thing Ul way (ET get a chance), Tf an; mothers have not madovthelt babies ‘atahan. Dicase do not make thom of white material, Once Troe over n Conne: MMi road ona charming morning, facing the sun, Ins beauty of a phaeton drawn by the gentlest of Iadics’ pontes; but my lease was very much leasened by the ann atrik- ng, slirectly Mpor a pnow-white Iaprobe, Uh, how my eyes didacheand burn: and 1 ditt net lke to hing to my cousin that hee new robe nhe wan eo pleased with was ® source of dlecomfort to m: 6 who did not inind it !n_ the les Bul my eyes were not atrong, and suffered exceedingly, And the dear Tittle wabies have not verv atrong cyes, an a gen. eral thing. particulsrly the younger ones. We all know how the aun anining upon the wnaw afects Ouro} A think many of tho diseases of the cyes Arecommenced in infancy andearly childhood, Cannot Mea, Hate talk to usa little upon this aub. ject? By the way, that lady rather astonistics me, he xeams to be eo well fnformed upon any nintter thatcomes before nx,—manoyement of babfes, their mama's headaches, pretty household deearutione, etc, ete, E wouldn't be at all surprised If she could tell usatl howto make our new dresses, if we were thouzhtleas enough to ask hor, Howl do enjoy theac friendly chats tn The Home! When tho Convention meeta all mut granta voto of thanks to the editor for his kind- ness. ‘To be aaco it mont pay him wall, or ha wouldn't Lear with us so long; but It !s a favor all tha same. Those of un who know and love onr dear Olive Green, will deeply sympathize with her in. tha great trial that has falfen u on her Inthe death of her husband, with whom sho had Ilved nearly a quarter ofa century, ills faintly, town, nnd State wilt all inte hin sorely: and his place will bo va. fat indeea, Would that mero men wore like im, Tdoro want toxoyeomething about children's likes an: diatikes Jn the matter of food, but ns I am by no mennseney in my mind as to the fate of thin ‘too lengthy letior, £ will forbear, Only thle, wedo have auch lovely theories before we hive any children, and a vigorous baby who inherits ell tho tatent and visible will-force of paps and mamma sets them gelde in & mostastonisalng mau- jor. Iigugn Unar, THT HOME PICNIC, To the Lattor of The Tribune, Cnicano, July 27.—Notwithstanding tho rato and rlot last Wednesday, the friends of The Mor who ventured ont to Contral Mark had rathor a pleasant time, nithongh they were few In number. Presume thg raln kept eomo at homo, whilo others thought thoy hat hetter heed the proclamation of the Mayor to stay Indoors while thero wore so many “raffle” onthoatreets, There wore quite gnum- ber present wha were {mn aympathy with The Jomo movement, although thoy had never contributed anything to {ta valuablo tore, but thonght they would at on carly day. Tho West Slide party Toft 419 Madison ntreet at half-past 1, When wo reached California avenue we were Joined by Wall-¥lower and her Wttle genial party. ‘On arriving at tho park we wero xory inet dine appointed not to find aur worthy FP ent and her Ae Contes we gave up tho idenof thelr joining u and enjoyed olireclyce an best wo coutd ‘until bi post 5, when i looked very much as thongh wo were golng to lave a licavy showor of rato, #0 Wo conehidva to get abuard tho bua ann take our dine ner at home; but before we arrived the rain was all ovgr, and the clonds had pasecd away, Then the thought presented iteelf tu our mind Chat tere wi slwaye sunshine bohind the clouds, and that sot day not far distant wo might succeed In having & jafly, food pienic, if we don't have 5 Convention, which, we aro sorry to aay, looks vory doubtful new; but, af the darkest hour be just bo- fore tho dawn, eo wo hopo it will be with our menting. | It woult seem from tho number uf con> tribators to Tho Home that wo might succeed with almostanything we would tndertake, and so we could {f cach one would lend a helping-hand, for “In union there fs atrength." There arc many who expresso desiro in their letters through Tho Home to make themselves uecfut in some way, but, when wo have @ buainess-mecting, they fail to pat In an app nce, OF course ye sppreciata, good wishes of all, but the time has come when we nocd workers. Now, those mectinus are of great importance, especially ae regards our Convention. Wo must ect the mom: dere together, and see who the workers ni whom woe can depend upon, before proceeding further; Unt, as thero [a eo much oxcitement fn t city at present, we will have to postpone our mei ing fora weck or two. Ilope te announce another next week, ot which wo sincerely hope to have the co-operation of all the Chicago and suburban frionds, at least. Mespoctfully, L, A. i INFORMATION WANTED, To tha Editor of ‘The Tribune, Cutcaco, July 27.—Hvlen, of Goneva, Ti., It you will send your address to G. E. A., ‘Txrsoxe office, I will answer yours of Jano 23 in regard to starching and froning four-ply cuffe, Idinow it can be dono and done well, but dare not attompt to give you the directions through the columns of jock the sensitive! 4 How my hear! lanation, and I fear it ae ata) Jattsal nerve: bof } re, ne. low tay heatt outin ayimpathy for oor dear lsuy feel aanured, that aho 4 sume aged invalid. I fcar The Home members have criticised hor a tittle too harshly, Wo should olwa: due reverence for old age and the greatest of charity towards (avalids, for there ja nothing that will n B person mora qucralous and fanlt-Qoding thi to be racked by achcs and pains, particularly when the weight of many years alts heavily upon thom. Be thoughtful of the feclinga of each ono, and of none more than the aged. There is nothing gained dy retaliating. You have wy ocat wishes for The Home Conren- tion, [bave an earnest desiré to join with you ia your preliminary mectings, but daro not, for fear some one will think Lam intruding, Will one of the me:abers of thiacommittee ‘*rieo and explain what constitutes 4 memberof The Home? Docs the invitation include the young Medgiinye (not young in years) who are just trying to flutter their wings, hoping after a few yoars of experience thelr minds may sonr through tho spheres of jntcllect equal to a—uny other laumber of Tho Home? If 10. IWant to, aid gue to your bumbe ting. 1 do not know as my intel) ch as to add any considerable {cast of xpd things, but 1 can fl) andcount one mora, Plcase anawer jn the next paper, a6 Laball walt anziously to show. ve eg —_—— A VARIETY, To ths Eduior of The Tribune. Moanar, Ia,, July 24,—I bave just finished read- ing The Home of the let inst., and think the last tho beatof all, notwithwtanding the fact thet Mrs. Vale did not wea fit to favor us with ono of ber charming (?) letters, Wouldn't it be a good ides for Constant and Mrs, V. to ‘brighten up mach talde of Tho Home columns? We wish oo expect to attend the Convention,—do the ladies thtake it just right to give up tbe’ ides of denaling the proceeds of the entertalnincat to Bt. Luke's Hospital, after having sald su much about it? Winnie, Jet ua bear frum you suai; yuur sensl> ble, instructive Ictters aro greatly miseud. a ia deevly Intercated tu Auut Lou, Tom, sm Jeunio; being myavif inthe housyinvon atace, ber ictuze uf them luoke eo natural 1 should like tu re ee, delergube patterus, und exchune sp~ for thea. Mis Rea wouant If eo. L motion wo tender bet a voto of thinks fur proving thy falelty of thy a9 sertion that the feauuiog wind 1a pot capable o keeplog a secret, for bas ehu wet turned 6 deaf cat to atl appeals, an aes et patuotic, kn te- *floater”™ wears” Fuso asks for’ breakfant dishes. Tho iolluwlipg 1 wy mother's way