Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 24, 1877, Page 10

tle that bound the parent-birds is annuileld, 115 1HHOME. The Regular Collection of Infor- mation and Fancy. i, are dnelmded almoat alto- ribe of the Gallinacea. arrangement,” remarks the writer, ' we can o serve one of the wisest provisions of Natur the flesh of all these birda Tortns a wholesome and rubstantlal artdele of foorl for man, from the savace in his lonndless wilds to the man of But what can keep this demand pulled ! Clear-thinking readers will al othe t that to keep ip this supply the birds st mnltiply quickly: the only way is by 1t 1s well known how profific all bivds aré which, endowed with this particnlar inetinet, can vropazate their spectes equal Lo the demand mude upon them.™ Tiere are exceptions to the general rule among_wll three of the classes mamed. tame duck s polyeamons, hut the mallard, its wili representative, pairs for nhlifiention, and 1bie rook, which usuallv pairs for life, has been oliserved [n the indulgencs of polygamous pro- Contributions on All Kinds ot Subjecets. Gems of Thought --- Table Eti- quette == A Widower's Novel Flower Culture—An Original Pudding..-The Hizher Edu. BIRDS AND TELEGRARPI-WIRES,' The Nutura'ist publithes some additionnl ev- tdence relative to the destruction of birds by telegraph-wires. An observer writes from lowa: chickens (Cuntaonin cupido) nre annualy destroyed in- this way, 1808, near Cambridze, Story (¢ ( theee binda | A Chopter on Montal Cultures--Study Autumn Leaves—Piano Gossip—0ld Bach~ elors Defended—Multum in ad in the sunw, ¢ w2age-anver that they killed themeelves by etk the wire in their aptd light. hicde had thetr hieads cleanty cat off, and most of them were torn and taceratéd 1o a greater or ives One ortwo of the - wonnded were still ‘The spat sectied to bea fa- NOTE TO CONTRIBUTORS, certain inqmrics, it *hould be eatd that the acceptance or rejection of letters for The Home docs not at alt depend upon the membership of the writer in any organization, to Tur Tuinese e at )iberty to offer any com- munication, nnd the editor In charze of The llomeo depargment il pass npon §t withont reference o anything but the merits of the letter.—EbiTon. whive and Gutteeing. vorite one for the fight of the culckens, Telt of timber skicted the river, “and beyond Tag the mile-wide cxpanes of **skuuk “Bottam, Daumded by high binfta on fhe cast, aous. - possibly owing 1o some pecailarity of inils AL this point, or to the protection attord- it of tuhor, -the hirds were accns- like aizowa down across this Lot t contues with the duceoss would enther since tut time 1 ices i which e llcd In the same_mannerr o these birds ta = zoneralalong soime of (e railroar- 1 Any subscriber nim or lklll TNE LETTE There are letters tn 1lis ottice for the following Thore intended for persons Niving out of the oty will be forwarded by mall licsidents con cail or rend to Noom 24 Tunexs Bullding and get their [The destructhn o | yamed contribntors. x tiem up usan sddition to | wpon recelnt of TONONOUS GIIARSES, Travelers have from time to time reported 1he existence fn Asta of specles of intoxieat- fnir or polsonous grasees. Dr. Altchison has Fent from Kaslunle some spectens of n snccies named Stipa Siberiea, nbout which e writes: 1 have fust hean collecting some zaod spocimens aen thal dn extrenely commun near Gulinnz, awve b large tueracks, aml ia sery poleonons to The cattle arc “tan knowinz, loraes from the plaing do eat frnn {ts cffects: but. IF quickly treated, They hecome comaiose, and fuxo (he 1t wrows in the carrie Vanderlin, horees and eattle, nmt will nnt eat it, wee of their limte, While there Uheand o Iy s wmoking them, Leeping the horee™s hend the children cry; nax is comine] ™ the mothers reply. < ntonz with hie tny reindeer, cliolas woon will he heres Iren, my boya dnd my glrls, yes and dancing curla— Come #it by my sidy, this wintey night, Andd telt what you see in the teelight, What sees my Willie to make him clad? etnres and banks for the i With the carn Tx that what he seed in the firelfeht? Awd swhat e my Amy, with enrls of gold— What ilu the shaduws to her unfuld? and toyw wo beilliant and say, Or dolis bedecked In thelr feative arrav? They #ee uanzght but plensnres, but giftaand Joys, And nothinz af soreow, i Carefully kept (eom the ride world's sneere, nothilng of sostow in cominz years, And never tream of the tort and atrife 'hat will stirely come fu thelr futnre life, And Ldraw them rioser, still close to myarma; 0 shield them from comlug harmw. ut tne childeen tansh und shout with gleo At things in the fire they think they rees While I, thelr wother, with mddened cyes it muring here, Nl in quick surpriee, *+What i< it Mother? What grieves you to-night, Wheen all I #o cosy, ko warm and brizht? Cowie back from your ifreams, for wa swant to hear About St. Nick and his tiny reindesr. Fo 1 tuencd from my dreame, hut told them then The old, vid story, oft told amungst men, O the Babe who wos laid In thy Where they broughit to 1lim frankincense, myreh, Tuvis were poison anall smoked thetr hogees, THE PRAWN. ‘The manner fu which the prawn casts itg shell i ocenslonal pro. e cerver who has watched the pro Tated hy onob- on £0 hrlight— Tur koitie honre hefore the event takes place, the Traw i swhR atout, apparently sk Suddenly the pooe Thie i tanls followe ai s gerha, Tl whale patant, anel 1h selrle and boys: ¢ utiog 1 Lieturen, 1o THE BUCALYPEUS, A corfestonsient of Natuge slates that land, Auetrally, where the Encalyptus L mskarks 14 common, (vmgneed of different teve, (e weiter sulfered from tho malady, and Loww of pany attacks amonz the shepherds wid ki i the vielity, groanb g sl e elibors Vatial exieat, in the hearp M, but tot of anun- 03 that the res- trous mbue of the tree had o dnfluenee u ban- It 43 mtied '10 bave in A= 1 10 the high lands, where il burden by diyy wod camping vk at utght impossible. And, us T taught them, they surely tanght mo Not to loak In the itre, erim sorrow 1o ke, Andt I1hought, os 1 lald them to rest that night, t what t4 just and right. m all—t0 Him A strevehi of 120 miles of the now for the tirat thao | o the northwest of Tiadian irontier of Derbend; and, tiod kaoweth b 1 will eare for & Ne knows what | heen exolored, faslunie to the although Ivine ostun, lius been inknown rezion, Darinz a hot term in England inthe Jast sam- ew way noticed o several J e 0 b reniarhabl 0 1he trees, vspectally the sycamor. and Lo stund under une ol them wa i toe riak of having the clothes thic epruikled with the ol e of Wisconsin irubin, of Centervi Jotherto a totally WIVES AND MOTITERS, To the lilitor of The Tribune, ¢ e ven heart shall owa, eIl s undt 3 T01ald with iy hedven's own (usl The letters on the heen »o well dia« cuseed In vur Hoine colamna, have heen read by e with the decpest intercat, msomuch ax these wibjects have been my lifelong atudy, constitut- m2 an they do the chlef eloment of home: for without theduties of wife and mother nre well per- uuvp und fta necupants constityto & hne”t Wo have many, wany happy bumes In this vur beloved Awerles (thanks be te tiod 1), but slast wb liave far loo many unhappy ones; which, viewing the upposite clase, wo sre Ted to usk why? llavinz earoestly thonght upon r 1nany years, T be- heve Lo nafo in aseerting that three-fourths, at ur unhappy marriazes, and subscquent disteputshie honscholds, ariso from (he **marry+ g i hante * und tou carly, “beiter dush thelr household education under the sugarintending caro of tha dear honse mother, ba- fore undertuking to govern Juhn's domici) 4 Jutin himaelf (unle "t Bin mioutt) woul wife and molther, plants, made by te, mentlans 450 to Wisconsty nnd 3 wpecles a0 mupposed to to the Nora or Lavu been orlginally common Al Leen jntroduted Iroi ong country o the othel sted f the Nataralist that, somo gpec Littorina muifeats were *tound to be nlive two nomths after they were i Kept [ adry place. Speclnens of the frroratn were still Bvinig tu the cans in which they had been placed, four mouths after thely eanture. Some sueds of the Guiland(na Bondue, that were borne by ocean-curients from the West nubiud, were planted by the dinder, wind proved thelr vitality by It s supposed that they wero ut Jeast three munths wiloat on the se witl the briny w. Tuthe bean timil thuee of the Kentueky wolfee-tree, rlately gave an lnteresting productiveness of Rume produee annually o while othors yield but 3 ¢ (ulalam’s Mary mens uf the mollusk sud examinal this 1w onth lonzer, Our Llrls mtght far Tudies to ths shores of born with the golden act tho wiser part it ne firat Dued the sest provided for his darling mate. stearl of this, are not onr glrls taught from carliest childhond to consider the secnring of o husband tho **chiefend of nan* (capecially the woalthy ones, of thoso with great andiun belongs il ite reeids are as large us Aacconut of expectations)? ¢ hmber of offscts, e tulip waine ¢s but one new tulb each s make © dozen or won calted * linenchineye fuld (0 the course cated, deessed, abiclded, tralned?! Thoy must lest neat Intame’ thetr dehicate sking nor uust the wind of Heaven touch thew, lest it rouchon their compleslo and dusting might tnake their woft honds other tian solts winle uny outdoor worl Huwerheals, wonld brown and ‘win~aro their being bultliaat snd enchanting in the evemng, ey must slee Giom of theday, and lest it vhould be hmagined that ey aro not broughtup inthe lap of luxury, son anid lund mast be encompassed in order to nske 3 wot vake uor brew, als," froudtiplles o A vote ou the cbai frow s puliished in 1tlenan noticed, at ¢ e i color of the rommon s Scieucmtinasip. ime of feeding u o 1 it s ¥ivarinm, that be was of o cautiful Jemon color, with drab spots and “Fho frox st the time bad Leen wuu eccluded &pot I the yivarlums b which was tollowesl d to s durk drub borduriug upoey throuch @ largs pore nnt pampered atern, they too wil b Lhelr ninds ently by the siuters wetilts th doctrine I nyhood, and 160 fr ANSWERED, - You come and 2o again uncomforted, And w3y I Lave notsympathierd ; bit such A wevk and weltisly iiaery us thii Beeds ueither word uor baud-clusp overmuch. yuuthful nund by casting alurs on this 0a" (which means oo ¥ hol **muove inoar wered rich and great are worthy of sttcntion, Uis cduention 1o comuicuce in fami- fica from the early schoul-days of the children Miereat, uaid we ash, ke un, asa whole, do not suth familics constitute 8 large proportivh of our ple? And may we ot attninte the nnhappy defective yovernment of hoees erudn divarces, to this fact, that we do mut Lring up vae chilaren witl proper views of ttlw thing: it wesrs lic shore of une short day— Aun that preseutly Buall cLb and eUb sgaiu—-snd 30 away, marirases, i Now fur utic cven has thy Weat b Nony fur oue ddwnipg Las thy Ea Now mn thy pleasant lensth o Atdast come oue Juus Jair and favored day. And thou dust ehiver in the cooler wind, Aud wrap the fulds Of happier memory Aruund thee, und dost stretch thy siroa etold we und the childre 5o soon ux o1l live thus Pureutas mast feel the usibiliny of sy reanng aud edacating their decw that tiey shall fuldllthe dutics of life uo- 1Bud tu the inutber belongw tie blessed privi- lexe of Fuiding aud KUAFAIUK tice fuf winch var Savior bicd sud dicd, | task for vur dauphices o aseumo reckicmly? “Are ol Lhis geucration, surclies for aud if wedo not tesch thein 0 live tuy we blame thew for golog weno thele oflapring falsely? #reat daugee in Lluw day sud fu onr countey fe kreal dunvee of laxity 1o the marrlago contract, owing Lo Lae fatal fucthly with which divorces sy e s teetable putents of wretched ol But the Divine lai ¥ Chriut dovs 0ot sanchiun this quick tep taken on the « nussuction for such apousibilitice assumed 10 of betler, for woree, unhl death solents | promise was Teack «very shld those thi them good wives and bushands; but atove all still futo thew that every Ony taking ou bee the ubvrous bustand should banda, * Aud crave thee of my etoreof yympaiby. 'rr.nuunm. thout Stroug hands sbould mol be soll, Heach tuic to belp thy wesker fellows, Atl(hal thou cana’t be. Hruises sud scare, well wan, Ou baide bo atrong wero fairer far to see. I.Aml in this & 4 iayet thou, midinz otbers, belp thy el AN thar Leir totforl be thy peace, their aunle the balu wr thy owh bearts 5o thow uayat beat turgel we vexiug tnru hat et u thy pal One Woman's Jutmyra (Wis.) Guzelte, Again, later fu the week, the mail agent who the . conntry from this villaze tu Little Praric and other poiots north, aup ablacked by two anoed men who sprau; Irow the thicket, atten pling to seize the lior, rudlug with dam scrcawed, rees 60 they broke ose sul Jeaning the foubbers, takiog the occupauts ©t the canfaze awady fu safely. o ol Pse within sif wontlis —uuder sinslar ur- that 8 wowaw's wrcame bave aud escort from probeble robbay fxs L Lorecs su they Tuu away, v ¢ After wll, 8 wouau's TungUs uy be Ler Lot deieuage ode of retraciug th curries the bt aor 1 toad, and g tratbened the dutics of wife or Leautinud pocm cutled and Festautiag s, 0 e and beastin A Ay sy buttho b Wife'' tan appeal Mea, 1. . Cra, @ austration o thiy eoln ust; 1¢ the fale of WY uwn dar- M s 2y CSTdReL ok ubly 3 H s own, hut I b it o) | aans aid, t ahout the Tut I have Izeady prssed hevond the one or 1wa pagea allot. ted 1 ne. but hope at some tme ta tell what knaw of bahies and thelr manageniont: for thouzh ot & physictan, hetng the wife of anc, 1 have been 1ad 1o make these thinge sublecta of earnest thouzlt and study, and as the danzhterof a clere gyrin 1 ntie heen a0 accusiomed il my hife suroneh to cace for children nnd cndeavor to make thelr *Hlines fall in pleasant places ' as nearly ae may e, that 1 hehieve I may eay (and with' all humility) that Tmay have scenand heard some thanys that my yonnoer and less experienced sia. tere wonld peraaps learn with proft, Our aim in thts llome _should e o ad each other in all thinss, 10 one desires to have & recipe, let s give (t; §f Another wishes A piece of art-work descrihed, well and pood. i anet endeavor to eratlly her, So likewlee, a8 1o parde mnsic, poctry, dmil literature, farmingz, floricnlture, and honsckeeping, let us each and afl cndeavor to a1y eomething, week sfter week, that will aid & eister; and, perhaps, in tise we may be catioypan to 6l the entite supplement, so val- nanie wi'l he our contributions. When we find the *4 patent-sheot ™ pewapapera copying frot The Hoaie, a¢ we seo they are. surely we must belleve in our increasing popularity. W1 Ml L., of Otinwa, plesse stite swhether #he received, anid fe patiellod with, the directtons glven? Emma, 1negiccted to tonch onone point 1 my letter. There 1 an old "'X‘"F **Ono tale i« good until the ather ono is told, felt as you doar one time, but T foand thero fad been just eanae for comnintnt, Write aeatn. Allle and her caurin, 1do nut_know your nomis de plume in The Tlome, 1s It Kit and Kittens? However, nover mind: 1 think Prof, Mayo would snawer your testions rewirding the mitale and plano, Aato the other reytiest, T woulid ¢ladly give you any In- struction 1n my power; it may he thal, as we prosws older, we Aha:l be nbie ta devate a particalar col norgwo specially to subjects of art, fancy k., and hoasehold lore, bul it Is very diflcult to make certaln tupics clear and fntercsting in the short space of & letter, #0 necesearily fuil of othor hings, Mre. icare Carrier 73, 1 shunld ke to hear from yoa i did you receive my last letter? 1wouid say to many friends I bave reccivea all the letters directed to AUST CABRIE, o o N ot A knees and reet in hee arma, A FOSSIL LOVEIR, To the Lditor of The Tribune. Orrawa, 1L, Nov. 18,~ Many of our Iadles now- adaye kpend mach timo In_ discunsing the Eastinke and Queen Anaestyle of furniture, and the quaint 0ld ching, the eymbolof age, which has been hand- ed down from generation to generstion, 1t revela in reulptured symmetry of gobleta snd broad heauty of ewers, and the coloring a0 delleate thag wo weil might fancy some fairy queen hiad wafted her wand over iLin its infantile days, or epoken $he mazicnl words which nshered it Info exiatoncs. That which once we cast far away inta tho dack closet ia now brought to light and displayed oo the marble mantel of ctageres ns once belonying to our ances- tors, and uked by them over a century ago. With- fnafew dnys I have falien heiress ton tiny cup and saucer which has been In' our family for more thin u century, and its delicate gilt tracery antd vivul, raddy color are atili in perfection. AsTalt lookiug at the landecape up's side | wot- der how many pairs of eyes have watehed those satie fishermen deaw vl jed #elne, nnd from them my eves wandee to the lone fishernin on the bank by the ol mill. as hie. cantiously vets his pule, while he watches the sails from yonder buoats as they loat off to thedistant shore, just dis- cernible over the broad expanse of walers, Yo, and how wany have drained thls eame cup to the leer toseo the plcture at tho bottom, and - found Instead—n rose-hud, Even the amall birds soaring in mid-ale nre a verfect wtate of preservation, aswellnn the delicate acircles cup and sageer, and aks of the retined taste and exqui«te totch, In which are bluwled all that is pure and Jovely, “Think Je of drauahis of deficious neciar from such quafnt otd cipd, and of tie many who lave drank before you—not gosaned over the cup of tea which many in one 18 now guiity urllulw‘t. We plty th perron most slucerely who hae nothing bettor “with wiich tn traes time than towit nod count the number of ealls thelr neighibors have, that they may (i1 thoss who live o auvthersteect, These aro buny daye, i If one has nothing more elevaring to do it e one's awn fanit, and one's inupdinate love of try- tag to make humaniry siifer, Pas such by will much as a Why dojyou thus? Thero ure h In tuls frec world of ourawho are novle, aveomptished, Sutelizent, gontle, and wise, Wil rendinz to-day n queer old manuscript, T it somie of you wight bo interested in ita cone sute, and Ao will copv it for your perusal, 1L in yellow with age, and bears thy date of 10 years Aot Sounry wicit, at and Kpuch I such adistpacied “fellow ne Hoverend wire 1 Coubil not u Awey Just o, danghiter at howe, hut Beinig 16 was 54 16 was, 1 (ULl praper L0 Lo g0 to Nars wieh on purpose 10 seo oncd more, And, ro have ound ner, and dosend thess o iy pu i oW uLtEY, 10 your hous: uighiter aaali, And scat, 1 binyve er. v present, ami | nave prom she hias prombded 1o gy 200 1 humbly * bes ' that 1o hereafter. cing that = wo ruly love e other,. 1 Tezind no seorta dicale, o whatever of that wature, (UF she leasse e well, good-natired, co and of wgomd fawily, and I YO kv ner to'me 1wl Dhu content and vary Qiankful, aud, a3 1 ave sald in tinius sk, s ¢ m.nuwu\uu 10 pruce witty Fand iso Lo witlitandlug all {hioge that el b (houkht or spoicen oft (hat [4 thuse EhaLaro paal, and I beserch thee to speuk 10 Tavor of poor we, —to sonr Wosthy Consort,—uanid also with * your itaughivr, o0 Givie fiee 10 o sober and keopor af Tioine, and Uve os becomet hee b thl aa l alo purposa Wit Iy wiole lwart, fur we hotlh liave ens 4 Juto U walemn cugisgenient 10 cach other, noriale cuitld | exprest Wit OUF Natteriog tiug 1f 1 fall sh VIT MO YOU Tor fu\lll. winhi you the b 1 pirizual bleas- hira, aud 44 thio wid lity everiastii, 1'ray for uio tist Altia paat IRIIL It (OFLIVED e, RINL (Tacy autliclont be ranted 10U (0r Hime 10 come, to K nysolt from all aheliond und everytiing wiccom(ng o Prafon e Ocoum, at 3 kindt, 2 I, e you uot (0 he ancry wis onnson 15 Tor Lnoped 10 110 seen Yo Wit Tena In aste, begsing i i a4 2000 B9 und by’ 10 21, "rabfiha’s vincars lover, Josmrit Jousox, 1thoaght the readers of The [lvino, who are rearching for thinss quaint and orbeinal, wight be lvased with the whove, but hopy the heles of Mr, ccum and the descendants of 3, Johnaon and Mins Ovenin (I any) will not complnin of us for giving publicity (v privato correspondence, In- deed, 1w letter 14 %o dmirable 8 oue, and s0 gool modul of form fur those who may find themselved etmilarly situated, that Idoubt not the write Tiving, would bo withing that The llome readers whould have the beneilt of 30 good A example of moat excellent lettar-writing, * Now, our wiascus 11no reniders will uf courvo bu &nxivud 10 learn how the matter culminated: whether (bo vld people Gnally gave thor consent, and whether Mr, Johin- aon really muccecied in his wait; or whethor ko was nousaulted; (f the huped-for marriage tooi pluce. avd the wiaeclod it wax o iapyy . peons perous I Mivs Oreum was a hionde or "bru- nette, nnd was as comely as Mr, Juboson thoughit ber to be, And mure especlally will tho bachelor wonder, If marrled, of Miee Uccum was 8 good. natured thereafter o4 befure? The feminine portlon of our ruaderd will of = course deaire to kuow € Me, Jolnson wed gflqblnuk\mi. or talented, mud what was lie worth? Was it suill clent t enable b to keep wore than one survant, carriazo? What did she weur ot Lhe weds and did sho receive many prescuteY Aud were there num’I distingulshed nnd worthy pervons presanty And did «hy Tave o dismond enguiement ring? Tho letter huving been written vo louyg ugo, Lam, unfortunstely, unable to enlighten you un 1w wunject, 1f thls communication meel af any of 1he Connecticut Uccuine or Juhnao) cangratafy 1his laudublo curlosity, Tuincerely hoyo they will enlighten The Home readers on this sub- l‘r{. Annt Suliie, will you accept many thanke e what you aent. Caclite, 1 do ol forvet you theve autumn days, How much I aoall think of » 11wt our next social, sud wirh 1inkght by with but let us hesr of ity fur 1ehall search cagor- fy"Fhe THatiu columne whlle alswil, und hope When the New Year geeels uy that wo may meet again, ol infae vour gt voices ad happy faces, sud 12 will septn utrange ta bo su far sway that 1 cannot have 1ay Saturduy vimt with you, ~ May the Guod Shepherd wateh over sach and vvery one of us, aud teach us that which we most need, Fenx-Luav. PRETENSES, To ik Editar of The Tridune, Cuieano, Nov, 21,—Black Sueep, soma timo 310, wrote o very seuufble letter, and sniong other thingd sle wald thie (1 quole from mewmory): *++Ladics, you who have 0 Jong ond w0 sweetly dwelt upon charity snd wholo-souted good-whi, Iet me prove you, 1f Tcometu you poorly-dre: . with all my trive of little ehildren looking forlorn snd ralserable, will you lnvitu we into your parlor, snd treat e as apequal?™ And she respouds to kerown queston, **Nol not if 1 understaud sl sclences, though | speak with 8l tougucs, tiough 1 be briftlent, witty, cultured. 1( { am not woil- dressed, 1ai nothlig inyour sight, '’ Now, this is doubiless irue of many people, fasblonables and would-ba fashionables, even if y huve noble iwpulses, but who lack ncy and woral cuurage necessury o wake u wtand for the rient. Jhut | bope it s not truu of woul of the ladles of 'Khe Honie, § hope the fuehing wiwong them s contempt for sbaww, and the renpect due (Fue merit, Hluck Sheep, If you will coie to me, not speak ing al Wogues, but only ouc—our good, LIl Ene ghs—perfectly, no bad grummay 1o slipz, bo Bsproyunciations, no affiectations, 1 will siy to you, **‘flirice welconte, thou rara avisl—grant mo thy acyuaiutance s» 8 precivus boon, A few diyn ago, wwhile sittiug in [ershey Hall st jor Dr, Lord 1o begin fil» lectare, 1over- heard sonie ladics ial Eaid ono (and of course ahe LhougLt sbe was **cuitivated™): > Aud un they Alas! sud ul e verh **to doug a¥ 1 1 do," and ful the otlier verbs, noune, snd ad- Juetives, manzled and wurdesed dolly by wonien i wilkyy wowen in calico, mithonalrew, sud pau- Such faulte. or any blundenng vpeech or o miiie divizzreeabile @it upo (biliticy of Lo educated pereon e & falw uote dues ubon the tutored ear of the wuslciun, or @ rianng combination of red uod yelow upon the ight of the tusteful. Jewue bigol. { do uot say we wuat all be acosible nd educated, or dwell iy Erebgs, Somo Lave a tlower tissiun, sonie & Jaselon for fancy work. and some delizlit 1o conklng. But [ do de- claws uzatuet preleuns. Lol dbo parvend be sboddy »till; let the wir-cantic Lo aizy, and not z < pretcnl to be & mountats: les beardless boys work sud etudy, suoke aud ndy velechpeded but let yon, for yu bind burde mirel s annch out fravazances in ires andeqnipage, In him dwelte the spirit of the sersant.woman wha, havingz come into a fortnne during the Anstraliangold fever, entered a sdry-goods atore, And. looking at silk-deess patterns, withant parley or examination, exclalmed]with consclous supe- riority— TWrap me faur of um? Hetathe man who nrders his Dibrarv-shelves filled by the square foot, or has them fited witn painted boarda with the names of the English and Joreten elaesica gilded thereupon, 1t thie |2 his business, 1 reuahmit that he hasa right to ure his own money (wonld that our oficials wonld eo Jimit themaelves!) as he choosee. Even {f lie purchascs a cant-of-arms, and affects rervants in Nvery, and leads you through his gor- geous house, declarinie the prices of chromos and mirrars, and expecting you to be admiringly one vions,—you may smile in your sleeve, bit no more, It {8 enough that yon are a Mordveal ot the King's gate. But when be peta ashamed of his plebelan parents and #ay%, in actions, to nll hie worty. old neignbore, **Upon my sonl, don't know yon " and, farther, schen he prates’ loudly of *‘ciilehs, ' then you and Lhave a right to satirlze him ns we plense. Tenorance ta alwaga to be deplored, but ‘not al- waye to be desptscd. Indced, 1 have scen pen- lrle In whom It was almo<t losable, but it was cver n anch caser blended with a chilidiike nat anid wan totally devord of aseumption, The man of few opportanities and Acquicements, wha pro- #erves o modest demeanor, {6 to bo respecteds 1t 10 only swhen, ho becomon bintant and ofiicions that we wish toshow him his deticiencies sud place, - tidiculonanens ait his in the pretense. The sine nee who eante of religion. the honsehold tyrant who sentimentalizes upon the awectness af the dumestic ties, the fenorant and valear who ex- patiate upon sclence aml refincinent.—Oh, for them [ mgh for the ven of Thackeray that I might rhuw then g they nre! Dut tne aXin of a_pachiy- derm 1+ proof neninat common aesankta, Theo C ., Tagree with yout most heattlly npon the sub- Jucts of tucks, nnd rufles, and puifs, Launa Eance, IARMLESS HILARITIES, To the Eilitor of The Tribune. With fingerd woary and worn, With n bk (hat achies, anil A sToman sita by the fire and writ Who ou ghit 16 be fn bed. Matrooy, 111, Nov. 28— have cessed for the day woat seemed at morn an Interminable hattie with popped-corn, almond-shclle, apple-akine, ana mud, the attendant consequences of lust night's party;: and which, 1almost thouht, had entered into an indissolable copatinership withmy carpets, Dut.the battle has heen aw sanl-satlsfying ne it hins ‘been Lloodlerr, for has not the glad refraln sonnded 0zain and azain, from 1ips too unrophleticated to practice deceit: **Oh, Mre. Apronetrinys, we hail o splendid timo last nizht: but lam so surry that ©lase broken," The fact that woine miscrabla urchins, not helng partakers of the pleasures, hurled thelr missiles pf mud against the front doors, breaking the transom above, brinzs that clien ‘of tho community home ta our hearts and coneclences us noever before, What are we doing for them? What shali wo do to mnky them noblo men, and hide the wmultl- tude of sins which muat necessarlly accompany their fotieo lives, unless we nd Christiana very xoon open onr eyes and ** hecome all thinga to all men, that by nll meaus wo may save xome 1 My first thuneht was arrest, to secure to others fni- munity from ruca outrages: but Fam sure there fe n Better way, I the annoyance and expenss dise cover 10 us broader fields and more abundant hare ar. vests, the money is well invested, and the vexation only the harbinger of joy. . l\nr one witnersing tho hilarity of our young peaplo would have been forced to the conclusion that Illllclfl)s {ans vinful, s henlthfal, and as nat- uenl o the frolicking of Jambe, the. sporting of kittens, or the exnberant 1ife of all young ani- nitls, Recrentlon, connecteit with exerel nece s n ity of yoath, and theie romplngand laughing are na hirmonicns aa the rorgeons colorini of the Western sky when departing day s hididing ue n lingering farewell, It Iy ws much in keephng with tho lawa of nature e the delicate (intine of thy Low of prowlss when the Stonn King I put (o flizht by the Kinz of Day, and the dny priem haa dissected Old s luxuelant beaws, painting the result on the recoing clotds. If those whu #o foudly decry azalnat dancing would listen clovely they mij hedr rounding through the cortidors of consclence, ** Wou into grievims to be bornu; and ye yourselves tonch natthe burlens with ono of your tnge 1f, aw they ray, there are plenty of other amusemonts, why do fhey not aco to it ihat the Hock under their lmniediato supervision 1s sup. plied with koma of the abounding plenty? Let ud, to whom the riaing generation are jooking for advice and example, shuw ta them thit a noble Chielatian 1ifo co In preachis trines tho commandmenta of men, and practico o rellgion which separates us not from the workd by vutward appearaniced or observances, but by tho renewing 0f our minds. DId ot Texun ey, '*When thon festest nroint thy head and wash thy face, that thon appear not nnto men to fant 't Supposo the teachinus of (heChurch are aguinst it, in the Chiurell Infallibler Now Jong iv it sluco the wholo Church preveribed hair-cloth vestmonts next the skiu, proscribed meats, amd forbada the hold- Inz of an opinjon? The hue and cry agalnat daue- Ingr le but w relle of dogmatic ntolerance. Chirist eald, **Go yo Intoall the world and presch tho Gospel'—good news or liberty, not the trammet. inz or shackiing of winless impulses, Dow't mise umderseand me, 1 argao not for Iate houes, indise criminats awwociations, npor olfouslve emoracings, bt sensble home ploastres, Aw [ hove toiled and battled all dfl{. T have thonght of Amber's battlus, and wonld llke to usk her it sho Wi ever taken ber bitrden to our great burden-bearor, onr elder rother, who has sald, *+Come unto e, all ye that labor und are heavy Jaden, and 1 will glve you rest.” We have all reaid Of the man who was Journoymg on foot, carryin; an mmenso pack on ‘hls hack. On being invite to ride he glully necapted. but stiil retained his burden: whon 1nylted to reat from thie by roplied, *<1t 14 40 kind It you to It e ride, | won't tronbla yon with ll!‘lwk." Ttending this story In cone nection with the idea of Chirist, our burdén-mearer, brought o 2o much. of peace T feel Hke repeatis it In substanco fur .all tried and tired ¢ *4Jesns will bene both the burdon and you,* Ilnv- Ing been (hrongh all the fret and worry, all tho llllh:'{ anl carefulness, and now being oble to cast all my care on Him who careth forus, 1 mn #uxiouns you, 100, sh the samo cumfort and happiness. 17 tu wslking on the waters to go 1o Jeatis we forgel our support nnd eee the rulllmi fempestuoas waves, and we begin to sink, we need but cry out, **Lord, save or | perish, ™ and le e aiways near to take by the hand snd besr ue sbuve the stormy 1ood: . ANANDA ArmONSTRINGS, TEMPERANCE AT ITOME, Ta the Edtor af The Tribune. ' Orraws, 1L, Nov, 20,—~Temperance reformora are working nobly organizing Awsoctations and Clube, Temperance lucturers are advsnclng somo very oo theorlos, Crusadors are leaving dumestle dutles to bear the insults of the har-room, and all are publicly developing great earncalness in the temperance causo, What can woman in her home sanctnary do? Every weman livieg In this age of viincement ahould reslize her . oducation and puwer of home inducnce and wiehd it wle Prohibitory lawas moy bo passed, gifted inen and wotnen way employ their alents th Usls movement, but _upon the mothers, Wives, and siaters, who minister in our Lomes, reets a powerful resjionsi- bility. Does It seem Smllhlo an appetite for drink hae vver beon creatod of fostered at our social board? Thero whero anr hunger should bo satisfied an unpaturnl and damning appetite haa been devels oped. Shall tho bubst oz fasiion of wnzhing higuor with our coulting bo atirlbuted to wonian'sthought. lesumiedn, lynoraiice, or wickudness! Fome cooke Imagine they canuot do thenselyes justice, or pre- paru s meal creditanly, without ald derived from wine, brandy. eie. AN recipes calling for liguor aliould be us ntterly fenored uy though polsnn wis onw of the ingraiients, The vllecta ure the same, |lhn only amnuncu bolng in the lengihof time it akea (o kil Alarian Uarland's recipe-books briuming over with cxcellont bousckeepers and lufallible recip paizes of this uthorwise peefect bug recipes containlug Mquor, Thaukeghving—happy day of pratse snd reonlon. proaching, and mince-mmeat must be prepared for the grand family dinner; for mnce-plo fe ov anclent as Thankgiv- ing [aelf, and s covstituent 4 part of it as the ed- 1or 14 uf 'a paper. How muny housew lved Intend making thele minco ples witiout Hguor? [ Leg you sl 10 leave out what ruuclll the vital part uf this palatuble ple, and thus Teave out temptation and dagnation, Mince pio st the best 1s_ i Indigestible task, and might woll bu vmitted froni the bill of fare, the culent srquash or pumpkia atfordung o whalesoms submtitute, “hristuiae chimes will soon be rinping, ** Peace onr- th, good will toward men,” On that holy day will suy Cheistuae diuner bo marred by the ap- prarance of fi)um-uu.mm.r fu1 3 bluze of brandy, ac- cowpanied by brundy-ssucey lewars, mothers, lest on this joyous day you plaut the seeds of un unuatural appetite or awaken a taste I your loved boys und zinie! Don't desm your family jufollible $u tuls respect. Don't sdy. ** Wlhat's the harut My boys tdou't deiuk." 'They way suuseti though, Wnen the wembranes of tuo slonac come inflamed from eating your appetizlng couys ruundm they will cruve mor and slronger than is ound 1 your cuoking, Ymm;i ladiew, ary yoa looking forward 1o Now- Year's Day, snd tbe pleasure “of recelviug your friends? Wil your fair hauds hold oul thy wine- glava on that duy? If you are so unwise s Lo cojutenance that custom ure ** the still staall voice of the lnwanl spirit ™ will disturb you, uud you tiay bitterly retiect that suma drunkard's ca- g £ Teer was bogut 10 your psrlor, Every woma caiaccowplish untold results by exumple. 1f she lis not the Diural courage (o cuk words of condemnation whes red wing at & digner parly, she may be 8 paswive exsmple, I uur vetighhorhood the raitinug of l¢- wagon 10 88 frequently heard ws the wilk-cart, Sowe famillve roceivd 8 Reg of le ut pegular Jutcrvals. by bad betber havu a kew of dysawite vlaced in thelrcellar, 4 18 fashlopable for nurslng wuthees to dripk ale, beer, and porter, without realiciug thy stupefying elect 16 prodices ou the Laby), Wheya yoiall stmount of whisky L given fur sluep Ieesness, aad the hitlo wmucking fips teatify low alitable 1t bo. look thro! he cornug years ol bat Infant's Bfe. and remcmber **what you From wauy such fnuinge, a droukard's A\ deacon's W furwed {be buit of “driuking by tasting communivu wise kept fu bty fatbers collar. A uoughtices wother Luve ber cblidivu coukive uud wibe Tor the purposs Ne, corwer lots, or of qutetne and amasine them, ind thefr tasto wae 1t bowe when emul', There are ra v le pecessnes ue o tdicin u el or enlic i be rehe Ly ite e, Motiers, wies, si v, w D Any friend to ruln, STUDY FOR WOMEN. To the Editor of The Tritune, Manquerre, Mich., Nov. 17.—My dear friend L. 8., you say the young ladies in your town in. tend retting up & class for etudy, And propoee to GAd what they can abaut a cectatn éity, Rome for instance, and sindy Its history pastand present. Snch clnbs aro springtce wp alt over our land, in smallcr towns as well as In the creat citles, and the more of them the better, The time bos come swhen the daughters of wealthy nien ¢an no longer ntlord to lead a frivolous life, any more than their sone, 1n rerponec to vour Inquities it may be enggested that one way would be to begin to read together the rhortest child's hilstory of Rome yout can get, beineing to your ald every map within reacn, - Mape of ancient Home nre tound often’ n coples of the New Testament. Thia ls only the beginnine: follow it by rending A lnrcer history, ~ Swinton's 't Onthines of (he Waorld'sillstory” gives excellent chaptere on ltomo, carrying nlong -mu{ of the tonouravhy of the city a1 the sume thme. 1f you can Ana in the llbrarics of your friends an Enylish book called *'Views In Home, " you lave atreasure, 1 not this, or s equivalent, buy, beg, or borrow photographs of Jtoman scenery and architecture. The more you know of Ltsiofy the more easer vot will be to Im- press the past or present features of the locality, Just here, boware of such flighte of the 1mazina. tlon an exageerate the size of famous buildings, Mauy of them arc no larver, hu mare svminetrical, than those you have fooked upon tn your own Jund, amd would Ine no more charming were it not for the soltening influence of time oud the histonical assoclations 1hat clnater about them, Snuccessive weeks migh be given to the stndy of the different walle bridges, the Foram, St. Petes stle St Anyelo, the Capitnl, the Vatican. ntains and aque- ancts, palicries of seniptnre and painiing. palaces and vilinw, chinrches, baths, and other rulns, tho Appian Way und the Campusna, e outlines of history may be filled In at pleas- are. Admirable directions for tue sty of histors may he found In Prestdent Porter's books and read- ing, os will un Jists of desirable books npon the dilerent ages of Roman history, You will desire 1o rtudy the subject, nud not undertake'to bewin nt tiie begimning of any ono anthor's work, and read pioddingly theongh to the ends ,To bring togethor rom every sotrce svallahle such iteme of infor- mation a< fltustrate_cach particular point, Is to k’&mllnmllh\lllnlm and create Interest ab every step. Waments clubs tn_Quincy, 11l.. and Davennort, 1., have been pursuing a courseof sjudy mencing with the stato af the world a® ihe coming of Christ, Including of conres the hlstory of the world from that date to the present. AN hla i delightinl etudy, useful and admirable, Whethier the sndy Of ~Amencan Msory, o revlew of its vrugrees during the century Just closcd, ite present posltion, 3te instituttone, [Ls resources, it ey, tem= of editention, it future prosnects, Ita L manltarian aud roliglous work, wonld not e more Immediately desirablo nnd Important, 1s o question that deseeves conslderntion, ‘The City of Wash Inaton would atford an adinirablo study, The necessary entlinsiasm would bo kindled by reading Mary Clemmer's *“Ten Years in Washiluglon,® More members of the Club would ha likely to sco it than woald visit a Enropean city, and " having rcen It. wonld berter enjoy a city nbroad, the daushters afour lant are, un the whole, more Tughly caliivated 1 the walks of literature than our sous, thero ars thoisands of practical sabjectsy on which they are too iznoraut to have an oplnlon, 1t wonld seeni to bo wiso to learn these firat. Thoy can be wado quite as attractive und far wore ab- norbing, FaNsy 3. Srexe. FILELDS GREEN, AFAR IN THEZAST, To the 1iditor of The Tritune. Enyina, N. Y., Nov, 19, —**Olil tho 1itle birds rang East, and the Httle birds rang West"; thero- fore, na § was thero, now am I lhere, In my dear old Lome-city of early chlldhood, Althangh the chnngea which I percelve in everything about are but natural consgquences, yot when the train whiz- zed In, passing swiftly tho colleze on College 10N, and the rolllng-mills from whose chimueys and Mlanies wora leaplng In the chill of gatheeiog twie lght, whila ihe brakesinan sang out gavly, ** El- mi-ree! Twenty minntes for aupoor,"—und the Hahta commenceil 1o awing buslly atout the Jung dlepot, T rasped satchisl in ouc hund, and with tha other pulled iy Liat sadiy down over my face. Then, with the crowd, T was slowly swayed ont, dwen the steps, and tnto the depot,” with eyes too full of excliable tears to wea what wad coinzong why, [know not, untesa becawso of meullecun;f how many thimes may happen in threo years, an hiow ifferent it all was when last § journoyed fuon the night express, ‘I'iis all hnppened last evenisg, but to-day 1am an lappy and content as can bo imagined In thie littto valley among the hills. O Wilin wonld that o wero wroon aind mweet with summor wealth, and resh with (he fragrant breath of foredt and meadow, instead of brown and desolate {n the wind and rain'of November, “I'liera 1 n river liere, and 1t looks as It always Aid, excepting for now and hundsomo bridges which epan Ita rocky bod, “Therels a ‘l:uk—- Eldridgo Fark—in tho opposite direction, which enlarged and convlantly beautifled. In summer dnye the centre-pleco of this latter, 'a lovely littlo natural luke, and once reported vottomices, ripe plas from bantk to bank, while water-lilies, golden and rulmon-hited ~upon it4 bosum, buest Into beanty under tho atendy sun. Witlow trees and buslics upan the margin bend down 1o kiss thelr contented innges and fap the impid watees, Thero aro also artilicial vouda for fsh-brevding, and forther on foward the pieste gronnd tise datniy rustic houscs, “There i o cemetory, ton, —Woodlawn Ie itsname, To-day [ visjted 1t and snw how many mara weary ones were taking tholr long rest, nnd how tho wraus and hign in ona ot, too high tn ne. The desd flowers nnd vinos hung whont the aide of tho urn; tho tall monu- th one namie theroon was tmpansive and s Af po one had returncd unto this long, luw grave—this qulet grave, ‘There fa ono yery tarze chiech here; and this makes me think, I mnst condenso at once. It is suclh an udd bulfding, they vay it took almost s lang to put it tozethor an ihe Chicago Conrt-1lonse, It facen un throo streets; has, behle the anditoris um, parlors, dwelling.rooms, hopital-rooms, snd ong dooan’t know what elwe, ' O, yen: 8 dubio on the top, 1 haven't yet fouud ant’ whether there is abellarnot, Mark Twaln's relatives live ncross tha streat, and,as ke doesn't adiniro chimins belly, [prowumet thero I8 none, or, ot least, that they otuit ta ring the sama when ho tv In town, Would yois belfove it, thoy actually know about our Htume heret suveral have told mo how they one lv{ell resding it, ‘orn Luaf, | wrote you. Hope you have re- celved my letter, Yiddie, yee, Consin Cavple, T ’“n ?i-uu you my reading Mlat. Write we cure of the Home, Parewell! A my namo secms to hoerity the older members who ' do not know me, 1will drop the lsttur half, wnd remain Mal out the Madeap), ar (wil cteibliitud THYE HIGITER EDUCATION. *Fa the Editor 0f The Tribune, Oneaox, 1., Noy. 10,—The discussion of edn- extlonal and general toples in Tho lomo le an ad- wirable feature. My heart govs out to the noble workersof The Home, and I with to give thew (with your permission) my ides of ¥s truv home, in anuther sense of the tcem, Educatlon In the abatract iv much neglected in the dally and weckly prints of the day, while nndue attention le paid to mautters of 8 seneational cast, that tend to the dvgradation rather than the elevation of humanity, ‘Tirts, true, 6 educatiug, hut not In the high walke oi fife that are calculuted Lo bring man nearer his Gual, 1t presents the dark side of the picture, and that, In twew, croutes a fales eotimate of the world, fur wo are )l more prone (0 believe (1) than guod, “To elevate tho youny idea us (i advancea to ma- turlly whould bo thu creat aim and careful study of the mother and father, Vhe verronndingeof the hame,and tha inner hife of thy family ciecle, arg And, sistcrs, tho responeibility walinty reats With the wattier, wha le the canstant compinlon of her oepring during thelr early “They naturall, to her for guidanca cxample of the mother fv c o, 1d, 84 your fnnocents eaw I yeaea thoy will furin wtublu Libits of good, thuse wifl bives you as you decline through lite's valg. s While I enjoin sa much upon the mother In cone trohtinz the erratic little” footatops, 1 will not neglect o word for the head of the family, o may B overburdencd with the cares sud peeplexitics ut his businees, yet he must aot allow the oflice, the store, ur the wurkshop o euter the sacred porials of kome. lle mmust throw away. that clesr, cloan Lis boots st the door, wud with a vure heart, and chearful swtle, and bappy word, sreet tha dear ones—jor, ** 10 14 ever v humbly, thore's uu place like huwe, " when the family clr- clu s uubroken. If paps forzets that there s a cruel, heartly world ide, of uches, palus, wnd woes, his eutrance s the 1l fura jabiles amunyg she little ones, and, with Kl whuuts, they er Upon_bis knoes, W be fulitedd fn i waem embraco. Keep thy shadows on the outvide, aud the howme inducuce will form & protecting balo that wil always cocircle the bearts of yout cisldren, frowm the tower of lufaucy L0 tho sunsct of | fa's gotden dy, Vi Lle example, the highaim, the unsweevs inz selisuce In truth, wuet ba cultlvated and in- stilled at bouie. ‘Vhoy cannot be jearned o thy batily's vun of the wiig, wide world, When Johne oy, Freddie, May, or Loule become old gnough to aitend school, tugy will b subject L bowpiations wiwd brials bbat will worry their dear hittiv busria to the utgosts but the howe teachings, it proper, will lead theis fect fron many @ snase, * To guar the prectous lawbs, while character ls formiug. & quirekconstunt vigilance. Tlen let the inlluence Of ** Goule, wwect houie,™ by ever the bescon Lo decds of Mving light. Duzaxr Suzy, e ACKNOWLEDGMENT, 7 the Edutor of The Tribune. Cuicaco, Nov. 10.—In bebalf uf the Charity Committee, § wish to ackuowledge with grateful thauke the recolpt of §3 frow Mr. K. Jacksou, 518 Wabash aveuue; snd of » lettor with smatier fu. closuro from Mre, 5., Pacilc, Wis,, both of whuw way be assured that their money shall be applicd exactly as they would desire. Neier before bave we kuowa vo many of the bet. F3 1877—TWELVE PAGES. rta, da not by your thoughtlesencss bring Pt has bren. {0r classes o nesd of the comforte —nav,the neees o, and e hupe hefars the 1 g, dreary 1At many a heavy heast sl erow Bhter throneh the afd and cheer of The Home, 10 those who have written to nsk I ther ¢ find heln of snrlone ozt s throngh the meninm of The Hone, we wish to say that The Home will not be an Intelligence office when It fs vatabliebed, but a Jlico whore thote of our own rex who find hls a hard worke.a-day world, may find A home eufted to their * slender Income, but brighter and_hetter than a bonrding houee ean nfford to be, Shontd any prefor snch’n position ns that ottered by Mra. M., of Thirty- eeventh street, we shail be most glad to serve Loth parties In that way, At our next mecting, on Saturday, Nos. 24, we cxpect to know detinitely what we' shall do, and when we ahall bexin to ‘work. Then we hope to fulilt the derires of all onr frlends, In the mean- time. ifany one wishes a personal renly to thele inquiries. they will pleane sonil A stamp for retnen postage; ntherwiso It is Impossible to auswer so many. Kind friends everywhere, wo thank you for your rrm‘mlh and belp, nnd feel sure yori will be re- warded by knowing how moch pood yon have helped netodo. Let us mever *fweary In well. doing, ' but use well the menna confided to onr care, wo *hall we surely hear the **Well done" of onr Master, QArAXDNA OLDPWAYS, A CHAPTER ON MENTAL CULTURE, To the Kilttor of The Tribune, Cott.ear Cir¥, Nov.[15.—~Tlhe epirit moves me to add another mite on the subject of woman, Some wish to exclade the domestic, othier the literary element, from The flomo. There I3 a zolden mean which they havess yet falled to attain. Women eliould not be confinea entirely to domestlc mat- ters, nor ahould thelr whole attention be devoted to Mtcrary lahore, 1 believe In women, ae well A men. developing thelr peculiar talents, If they are natural honsckeepers, Jet them make that thetr proteselons if artista, let themn sirive to grate ify_our mathetic tasteas {f merchants, Jot them by and eell, trade snd Larter, #s our mascaline brethernalos if literators, Iet them wicld the pen. Now, when these wonien choosa thelr professtons, are all thinve elee to be tabooed? — Are they (o im- morae thoniseiven over caraand ey in thielr par- ticular branch of husiness, and “neither hear nor #ee what their fellowmen are dofng? No. Men carry on thele regular avacatinns and keep posted on eurrent oventr, Why not women? Becaniro n woman earis her Hving by teaching or writhug she shionld not loak dawn tipon the anxlons Martbasand think thelr duties beneith ber. There is probahly & time In every waman'a life when a knowledze of thoeo sume duties may save her nrent Annioyance, if not_tronble. On the ofher hand. our Marthas should rid themeolves of the kden thnt ieir whole titne muet he devoted fo cooking and cleaning. Thuy should realize (bt thelr minds, ns well as thelr housc, need ntfention, Wao have no time, they say} our work ks never done. Tako time, siaters, take thne, You will find that some of your worl Is not absolntely necessary: you can apfre a few minntes here and there, In thiese fow mintitea yon moy learn aome fact you did rot know hefore, Siow awav samo trntli to moditate upon and enlarze your mental horlzon. No thoughtful man wanis an ignaramuns for a wife; he prefers oue with a well stored mind and clear ideas. Bnut, perhaps, the lloze Jords aro themaelves to blame forsomalack of knowleago on the part of thelr busy helpmeets, Ilushands, in. atead _of -cmsms enjoylng your paper or hook in silence, fead afodd to your wife. She may l{mraclnln §t _more than yan Imacine. And how 1t will revlve “her weary apireit ns she oproceeds abont her dafly ke, to tfeel hersell no lonver Ignorunt of fhe ‘s condition, anil able {0 converse intelil- gently on current events, Yon who have the tine #0 rorely needed by others, lay arido the overlast. ingz novel, read with the navle nb{ccl of \mproye- ment, and feel tho clovation of the sonl arisinz from the senae 0f knowledee galned, a step taken townrd perfection. — As one of our contrihtttors han pald, wo must roxd mora Jualctouxly and thought- fully, not at baphazard, One ook well reail, ron- sond with eariest thought, 18 of Infiniely more heneit than twenly hostily skimmed over aad varucly remembercd, 1 know, for | apeak from experience. Amid the many hooks of travel, rele entific research, listories, elandard’ novels, and magazines, and the newspapers with thelr budiets of news from ali tho rezions of tho earth, surely we might glean Hitlo information cach day to re- fresh and Invigorate one minds, § wonld “Iike to A<k the literary editor of Tux Twipese: i€ 1t would be of any more advantare to learn Pliman‘s method of shurthand than ouc not as generakly rn{pluyml. Nesto, GOOD BEITAVIOR AT TABLE. Ta the Editor of The Tribune, Fonrsr, 11, Nov. 17,—In reply to Miss Flite's Inquiries n to-doy's Ilome 1 take the Mberty to slate that, while there la nota **universal stand- ard of table manners,* good sociely has for such oceanlonn, as well as for nli othors, its rules, whith inall esrentlals, and even In nlmost all minute particulars, aro uniform and Invariable, They are always founded on appropriasteness and good taste, without any room fur (e dizgplay of had taste by thelr violation, The criticism on the cultured Amorican gentle- man‘s behavior at tablo fn Europe, to whica 3liss Flite rofuey, i Just, It fe not currect to unfohl the napkin at larges and to do wo and tuck it under the chin, le:\vlm' It to hang on the breast, as wo often sco wonld-be polite people (o, Billings wonld say. slmply »*awptull 1t 14 miot ane of the nnpardonable oifenecs agalnst fgood manners to thank a walter for some special service, anch an faenfshing you witha knife, in cana yon nre 80 unfortunate aa to drop it; for It dous not llumlfllflrflr vliow a want of breeding, but rather tho posscssfon of the most Important elo- ment of politenoss. woor naturo, This ia confined, however, 1o informal dinuecrs en funulle, ut n ta. ble whero you are well acqualnted, 1t in not al- lowable among strangers ar at a saclety dlnner, «The fork is for the [eft hand; the knifoaud apoon for tha right, It is convenlent to partly unfold the napkin and place it on the left aldo, 'The latter Is ol an {nexarable eule; 1t may be placed In the lllu withont buing thie subject of ehsorvation, Lut t I8 not the better way, und fa a little wanting 1n taste. A small plece of bread in tho rlzlit hand is the proper assisiant of the fork, eapeclaily lu cate ug fah, which tho Knifo shuwld never tonch, t 1a importunt that thero b uniformity tn the nee of the fork; for if yonr uelghbor ‘at table holde Iiw fork fn his loft "hand, nnd you employ oitr rivht, your clbows are in er of collimion n raiving food to the mouth, Besidew, the right will ba freo to take wine and uther things, not to bo taken by the left, Hence, {t has hoen found convenlent to seslim the fork to tho latter, "The fork controversy of lnst simner was, proba- bly, nat a sincere one’on tho partof the knifo's ad- yocate, It Ill(('l(lhni ho Ru?l up the agitation for the purposs only of ininredsinz on the minds of young readers the necessity of eschewing o habit of Ilv‘llllx‘uklhln vulgarity which no ono of breeding practlces, ‘Tho llome has no more intereeting department than that relating to manners: und it le hoped that such yount ladie, Mive I'lite, who s evidently n cultured aud weoil-bred youns gentleman, will con- tinuc thelr correspoudenco for tho beneft of tho Joung. Dick Yo, MIT'LENS, Ta the Editor of Ths Tribune, ‘Wanenroo, Ia., Nov, 10.—llaving roceived about six Iettors a doy thls week asking for direc. ttonx for knltting mittene, I thougnt best to send thewn to you, snd sll could be supplicd. Thanks to futk and Aunt Nancy for thelr kind letters, 1 feel asif 1had fallen among old friends, The directions for mittens aret The hand—Cast on 62 stitches, Widen every other time scross onthe same end to 72, Narrow on the same ond every other tiwe across to 03¢ widen again to 72, and narraw to 0; bind off, Rew togetlar, foaving a place for the thumb, Crochel straight around the wrist in plain stitch four rows of btack and six of red, Baw the last row of red to tho first of red on hu' wrong slde. making tho red doablo, rivbon through the drst row of black, n & bow onthe back, Ewbroider the back sr to & kid glave, The Thumb—Cyst onone stitch, Widen overy other time across unti! you have slx, hnit once scrous and cast on 10, making 10, Widen each tlme across st the eud of the neello till you have 27. Kmt 10 tmes acroee, widening st the end with the gore, and narrowing keeping 27 stitehes all tho 1 rosas, widening at the end wit abposiio rruw cvery obher Limo Acruss lo nothing. Sew towciher, aud thenin the mitten 1wo ounces of blgck and one-half of red are re- quired. Beal brown and red; ur light Dlue are Tery ymlr. 1 have tricd 10 be very explicit as ‘we who hive had a miticn” as " well #a directions hud some ftroublo with thambw. Blae of gluve, (7. Two etliches moro or less for gich wize will, § thiak, bo sufiiclent. I could send & paper pattern §f 1t would Lo any asslstance. Ml soina one a¢nd wu the rabbit and elephant 2 ' NI fiud Olla Podrida to wean ** A Bpapish dish mnd‘lllng of various meats hashed with vegeia. ue. ¥ A fancy holder iy preity with **Polly, put the kettle un. we'il ull take | ud & lsrge old-fash- soned teakettle in the centre, Who will tell e the mylhologicsl goddess of mewmory? I would be very giad (o exchange -nfilhlnz 1 bave with Kiewyze for tne napkin-bolder and cane-bulder, * Ladics who vt mo stamps fur pattcrus will re- celve them soon. I would be ¢lad to exchange the New Kagland Jouraal of Kducation for sume other educational jourual o7 paper, Zaccuo, Dox 503, e FXPOSTULATIONS, To tha Kdutor of The Tribuns. Ciitcaov, Nov. 19,—Deronda, your letter on #now lgvery Lesuliful; but aa Scoity, fn Mark Twala's ** Rougblug 1t." says, ** You've ruther gut tho bulge 0o we," o the words of the winis. fer, **Would it not expedite maticry if you re stricted yoursclf to catexvrical statemenls of fucts, sulucumbered with obstructing sccuuiulations of metaphor sad allegory** 1 do mot write with tho iutention of criticiuing. I feel § aw fncapables but, 1tk the usbernan it ** Goud-for-Nothioz Nap, ™ 1 wisti 1o **talk the matter over caluly aud qulet- iy Coless | wisupderatand (ho mesutuz and purposy of The Howe, it s & placa to discus toraof futereat or linportaues tu Houw ruaders, sce o+ build up sonuiuculy of rhetonical cloquence.” As 'l bave asi. W art i8 very £og, bt Leanaut see bow Lt coucerus 1he tntcnt, and aay, #ith * Tom Pingy, « Vree A0 DN Contiby for a efeap foot-rest, 1 lll“’\dc ml'”" . and 14 not the shles of anpports abont high, ‘and of prannronate it ey soma mmtable nnd taaty pittern, 1 from pine, and stalned to represent sl slab ac: the ton the widih of the s, brace between, about two-thirda the w; Cover and st tho top with sulinbie making 8 cashlon, and iiine A fringe ciee. - Tala will ‘he very ormamentil, ne ey uselul, £ am gl 10 rce thal some oile spoal 1o Tachygraphy. That s the symiem 1o vnag, sy many of onr calleves nre now teaching Jt. Fyps FINCTIOE 10 otht eyeemt, not 1N Tapidity, ('} know of, but In simplicity, hetng fannded » princimcs ami ro governed, 'not by arhitrare rafen onid adviso Dottle. o any one aboul cuinmeng, In2 shorthami, fo adopt_ this systen, o more about that waste-baskel} ten't that sy atoul exhausted? To thaee whose ), 1074 Conglep priucipally of ravines about that wasta-badkes, | your presionn letters wore similar, 1 do_not wo. der that tuey were consined thers, — Dnir, ey OUnl NEEDY SISTERS, Ta ths Lditor of The Tribtine, Cittcano, Nov. 20.—1t has bren well and teaty wali that one-half of the world does not know hoy the other half Jive, and I do nut know bat I mighy with cqual trathfulness add that they do not caze, I nmnot o momber of The Home, but am fn, terested in it 1 do hope The Nome will let 1, #pirit of trne womanhood, her sympathy and kind, ness, be established and shown in the mansce. ment. T mean for our tofling sisters, 1huse wl, liave through misfortune been placed where they mnst ol or starves thase who have Known beqter dityn: those who will notlegs thos wiose pridy Kecpe them from miakin their deatitntion known, and who are driven nuariy 1o despeeation, ne thugy continned appeal for wark 1s met with 'n " cold qor nfal, T ami told that In New York City nlone over one imndred thousand femalea are employed 1y variona occupntiona ot starvation prices. “Sijry made ot eight eenta aplece—n nice fin Juit thinkof ft: Overalla at threcand oy P, o wonier wo rear of suleldes, No wonder warey aro driven Into wavs that are,not respoctable, it 15 no pleasant subject for one 1o contemplate tat, in spite of your willineness to worg and’ mantain your~ womanhoad, you are o da it ot starvation prices, MARVIRG by inches, 1hicar it eakd that tnan, ae the head of o fanily, mtist_ b Tberaily paid,” that thosg depennert upon him may be fed. Dear friends, do you thing of this when yon pay a widow with five ar aix hefy. Teer Iittle_cnies Jovking to hee for Tirend? Gui he pitifn ! GrandmaOldways, soue judzment and ieort are right upon the question of tho duty pf “The lome. " I, for ono, say fet in nnlto with yos, for In union there In strengit, and much good'mar bo porfected by v doing, to'thase of aur mstry whoso lives, althouzhi now barren of hape ni Uapplncne, may bo brouzt throuh youe abd inio the Tight' and snnshine of eassand procery. My heart and iny prayers go with work. Money I have mone, it Tl bes, vorrow, and cic.,—no, WAl I8 tou commuop now among moneyed people, but 'l do anything [ can consirtently. ‘I have recetved A ‘greal many Ietters purnortini to bo from girle obliged to earn thelr livelihood, urging me 1o glve in publics partor lecture, the wsubject, '*A Plea for Our Workingwomen. " [ winh to say to thom, as they Aid niot inctose stamps for return postage, 1am ug. ayle to reply tothem by lottarbit wiilaay lieru ey at pome fotnre day, i ‘The iiome will aceept me, 1 will give it for the bonefit of The Tlome Treasury, Content, bless your dear, good heart, [ wish | conld seuyou. BELLe Beacy, Wikhos g deactine fiite, Ty e penanve. Jlyg fona cria) Atuiing (hy you fn rucha EATS WITH IS KNIFE. To the Fulitor of The Tribune, GArEsnuns, Nov, 22.—1 deslrato returm thank o Nancy Bchovendyke for directiona fur makinza tobacco-pouch; lo Rose Wood ditto, Many thanks, ladles, and next spring when 1goto the Btuck Uiila (a8 T expect to do), shonld T ehance up. on any rare botanleal or geological trifle, | will re. wember you certaluly. What 18 the address of Bittersweet? 1 will remark In a parenthetical way ta the antl-tobaces ladies of The lome that [am not a veteryn of the Sle Walter R. wchool: only ude a littte once in awhile, Just 1o nexlat dicestion —and nelp Cacle Sam [n way of revenae tas, yod knows ttunk it i my duty ta doeo, [ will venture o fow remarka in repard to that much-movted topic, tablu manners, 1 for tiov tnat tila cry that **The American i particularly nnticoable above all men wler the eun for his il manners is not true. The fuct is, for a number of years past there has heen tendency on the partof boih amatene und professional etlquettc-sticklers 1o place: the traveling follow:countrymen tn an unfuvorsh, Hxht, ilo has beon wade the subject of seve criticlam in England, on the Contlnent, everye wnere, in fact. Ito has been Judged only by s ‘E‘ur‘n‘mcun standard of excellency us regardahis hits. Now, If_we wore to meet an_cqual numher of Etropean’ touriste In this country, amd were to subject tholr mannery to thin veyere methad of dis. seetion, 1 think the verdatel wouldt in a majority of canes D Weighed I the bulances anid founl wantin: 1. fur onec, shoutd hesltato to call s nteunger o boor because he used his knife left hand or otherwise, as the cise might b though by that act he night violate® a dezen rales of tal 'lflull\"“llllfl. for that very man might bo A left. landed philosuphier, or voot, or other great man whoso broad fund of learning would place hin be- yand the judgment of thoso whosu devotion to tuelr rules have placod them on the front sear of 1heir puriicular mehool of etiquette. Would any one call Uncle Horuce U. an i]1-bred mun becaitee he was wont to munch peanuts on every convenient occuslon? Yeara ago, in my school-boy days, It was my fortuno during a whole year to mit at table with a 1earned Urofossor of Giraok. Thia ** 1 tho breakfast table™ hud an eccentrie pinghis Latd head with his Knife midstof un claborate explaniation, Fhu laws of tablg ctiguette wald, *'Cest im out: but we Akt do'it, The whistto of the locatiotlve solls the threai of my discourse, and the drammor nust away. Au revolr, OLpuoY. TRIED METHODS, To the Eilitor of The Tribune. Davrexronr, Ia., Nov, 10,—I have been on fne terented reader of Tus TatuuXs for over ayear, and would like to ofera fow recipoy, medica) and othorwiso. 17 the lady tronhled with dyspepais ‘will use En- calyplus aho witl andountedly fbo relloved and cured In a shiort time, It enrod two of my friends, ~ono was the worst ease [ uver knew, I would rec ommend ta ** Young Mother ** for colle, tincturo of aniro. The effect of it on my littlo one: perfectly charming., 16 1s much more ngrecabdle than burdock tes, ond wmuch wore cuslly prepared, For bowel derangement, sub-nitrate of blsmuth la tha wost simple of any reme dy T have found, and most effective, Insuch cises, winter or sumincr, some remedy should be ited at the At appearance of any derangement, Bismutk Is nerfuctiy harmless. For shuplu croup, slrup of Ipecac, For Infiam- matury or membragous, honey of airup, thickeoed with yulvenized olum, will produce yomiting when wothing clso will, | know two chiliren wiio wers cured with 1t when the doctors pronwunced tho canes hopelem one carw Of it In my own family, auda hundrea of more of the -|mrlu croup. Auuther thing 1 learned from a medical work and have tricd many tinies for my delicate litle ivl, When the stomach rejoets vlltyllllnl.hlhmld lo-d,nr at ay of taps hllc! in uf'-: or solid, is to spread broad or crackers with butter, poir bofling water over, and_veason with salt and pepper, Bho calle it Lr up. s E ' tho Wiscousin lady will try * Wobb's Word Method ™ for her lttlo boy, 1shink sho will bo abls o entertain av well aninstruct him. 1 began with my little boy befors ho was 5, and, beforo he know a lotter, he could read long sentences, After b had read ovor ity paces, I bugan to teach hiu the letters In s word, an cat, dog, etc. Ho wwon know ull the luliers, without having sccn alphabet. Fe do uow G ant e reading Wilon's Becund lteuder, bas read four Inall, 3r I bad ldn*lud e uld methad, he would be, proably, I8 the Prime: . My recipe_for douchnuts {s unlike any I havo over Wa call them perfect, Four egi. 1we Gup sugar, twe sour milk, two-thinds of ucup of whortening, ane teaspoon sods, salt, and nutnied T1hink the ** Coreon Cook-liook ** will iaveto be revisad now, to contaln Tilden's method of prepar- ing corn-meal to wake it a Juxury, PUsELY PRACTICAL. ——— BALVE AND BOUM. To tha Editor o The Tribuns. Uaresnous, Nov, 18.—Giddie wishes s recipe Jfor tobacep aalve, [ bope the following, which I8 said to bo the rocipe of Travk's Maguetlo Olntment, may be of useto her: Tako of lard, tuo-cut tolacco, and rafeins cut fu pleces cquat woights; slmmer well together and atrain clear from droge. A good sulva for sorcs ls unssited bulter and geated carrots slmmerud woll snd stralned clear. Susaud Will, & nice way to 1= ol brea 1u Lo utter well and ot in tho uvon untll thoroughly heatad. © Wa ke It quils 2 well as toast for breakfast, and it is much quicker made, Potate Bonps Teke of potatoes pared and alice thin oue quart, two quarts water, boil uatil done. hen add uny egg well beaten and a pint of milk of cream: pebpor And sall 1o laste. l! not thick evouih, 8dd a little dour thickenlog, If you buse no milk or creaul, use 8 generous lump of butier. Did yail eversprinkle coce-groundu iret & dusty carpet before aweeping? I did to-day und wzd- wel ‘n -ar:lg, which waa ttat I di ot ach o, PGt Aty will dzy hor. collars, then starch with couked etarch sod dry befory the irg and when diy stucch with cold starcn, L think thvy will be stiil enough, Cookies: Twu cups sugar, 1 cup buster, four eygs, ouc-balf cup milk, two' teasoons bak: oz powder, favor with nulmeg, sud poll thiv; Luke in & quick ove! B, Coxuat. TIIEATRICAL TRAINING, To ths Editor of The Tribune. Ocovouawos, Wie., Nov, 18.—[ am muck smused at the cowplainbe of soine of The Hows contributors, [always supposed an editor knew what was the most inleresting 10 bix readers: thatho badaright Lo doasbe pleascd wit own. My own expericuce of many years with that class of vur citizens had led mo 1o Whiuk then tho most obligiog people lu the world, This s the opinion 1 gt foruied of tbew after wory than tweuly-five years of contributiug to thalr publica: tivus, over ponr de plunes of diderent deacrine touy, lultiald, oF WY VWS PIOPEF Lluce