Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 27, 1878, Page 10

o) s 10 . AL CHICAGO TRIBUNE: BATURDAY, APRIL 27. 1878—TWELVE PAGES, many s thing to be done In this world that fe die- agreeable, and, ln Apito of ouraeives, wa shrink from the sccamplithniont; but {f we will only bear in mind that dreading A task is never of any aesist- ance in ita_TAIntiment, that tears and hemoaningm will never banish the necearity of eneanntering the {uevitable, 1 think balf the dread will dieapprar. Qo straight ahout yonr task, the ane that lies near- eat, nnd di*patch “1t; so on natil tho llet {s com- ted and the time for rest and aweet relense Ap- proachea, Nobody ever yot elimbed o hill by eimply sltting a8t tho foot and iwishing themacives ‘at the top. 1 1% atep by step, through dust and over sharp atones, until at fast the gaminit ia reached and delicious rest atuained. e ateadfast, then, my fricnd in yonr parpore, and howerer fools may fevlle your work, and the sliallow-hearted bemoan the “hardness of yonr fate, rort content in the assnrance that you cannot be abased by externals, or your dignity be lowered by that whicli consclence Justifies. A rose, 1f 1he root be rizht, will bloom anywhere, You may carry it Into the fevercd ward of the hos- pital, into the charnel-hona the abodo of vice and &ln, It casts the sweetns of ita bloom as lichtly theeo as in the conservatory, the trellised garden, or the fragrant mead, So 8 woman, aha true womanly, willcarry the aweetness of her presence wherever she goes. You cannot rob her of tne gentie grace that pertaine to the estate of Rentle woman, thongh yon cngago her in the most menial capacity, or bind her to the most Irkeome drudgery. TIE ITOUSEREEPER'S OWN. Frox Scsax Nirven, Avnona, Tut.—Pligein, perhaps your invalld would relish s dian of *'sea- foam." Tara one box of gelatine, cover with water, Jet it stand ten minntes, add one pint of bolling water, two cnps of suzar, julco and geated rind offone loman. Whon cool, add the whites of two g well beaten. and serve with canned tralt. T, A, K., come and take dinnor with us at an ime; wa Always have room for une more. Will give yon the besl the house affords, tn atone in a measitre for the Inward commotion I have cansed ou by my frugality; but tho first of noxt month intend giviing you another **homeopathic™ doro: thercfore, J!rrpnre nome gentlo narcotle. Would recommend a mrong cup of green tew, Fome one wished & recipe for starch polish: have THE HOME. HEAUTY’S PRICE, At the sea-nido 1 firat eaw her, "Mid the trofs-tempa of tha dances, Tndulating as the elder O'er the crested billow glances— Bronze-brown hair and toscbud sweetness, Terfoct throst and pure complexion, Features chiteled to completeness, Tones attuned to eolt inflection. And & soni looks from A chamber Violet-tinted, araped with 1ashes Cayly hiding half the danger "That beseath the white 11d fashes; ‘While the gliding of her footateps, And the drooping of her shoulders, Are a postry of motion Sonl-enthralling to beholders. +4Pray who s the Jady, Colonel, With araleas in her hatr?" S'That's the lovely Mra. Durnell, Aud her husband's sitiing there, Bald. and bent, and thin, and yellows “'Buraly, he must b theee-acora?" +4quite that; hot the same old follow 1s worth & million too, or more." S0 God's rich bequest of beanty Has its price in bonds and gold: Not alone in Esstcrn markat 18 & moman bought and sald, WiLaseron, 1l Hxees M. Wannen, THE LETTER-BOX, There are’ lctters in this ofiice for the tollowing- named contribufors, Those intended for persons living ont of the clty will bo forwarded by mail upon receipt of nddress, Resldents can call or send to Room 88 Tnisuxe Butlding and get thelr letters: Irene (), Tonle, walted rume time, but hiono 1t 13 not too Iate, I Mre. Wooilworth, Littie Dorsit () my dircctions are’ followed, am sure you cannot PR e i, B (3 halp being pleased with tho result: White wax Deguar's Ansl( % B"l" ayy two ounces, spermaceti fonr unnces, stearine ones sufloring e (3), yl" L half annce, )m ninrine blue one grain, melt all D. ]l"' i e together. pour on a flat dish to cool, - When almost slleton ), Thiny culd, cat inta biocks about one inch sguare, When Mrs. M, Thotpe, fuies you moke your hot starch, for hall a Eta (3), R tlozen auirts,” throw onc of ' thess blocks Ymdls‘ e M"- i Rner, In your ~etarch, Dip the right side Mrs. M. A, B., finnl McGrow, ‘!Jmu’ article first, tlien the wrong side: hang up M, &2, Sy Oldbay, nid dry, When ready to fold your clothes for iran- Inaddition to the above Mt of letters thera are o number of postal-eards at hand for contributors, The letters have gencrally been accomoanled with atanios, with which thoy wiil be forwarded when applied for. Tho cards, on the contrary, have no stamps, and a request to forward thom should bo accompanled by one, Following in the list of post- ing, maike allttle colid starch, with this difference: ano warm water Instend of cold, and dip the wrong aide In tho starch; fold down ta'stand over night or for several hours. Now. have & bosumn-Goard well covered, a polishing-boand and_pollshing fron {for other irin Wil ot give tl desired realiy ron your shirts as usual, then take 8 damp cloth and rub your bosom, collar, or cuffs have your fooariat pollehing-iron hot, sad rab crosswise of the artlcle ALkaripy with the heel of the iron: bave a small board abont Marlar, o slx Inches lung and three widos wind this with Beggar's Wite (2), fiucm, ebatante, NOTES TO CONTRIBUTORS. All attempts made up to (his time to check the flow of letters to the Home so that all who appiied conld have a heating have been unqualified falle ures, ‘Ihie conductor has proposed to himself n plan which he hopes will partisily cquahise mat. fers, It in slmply thls: Ile bas left out to-day all letters from contributors whose letters were printed lust week, Nextweek heo will not print nny letters from contributata who ar heard from this week. This will have a tondency to lossen the flow of lettors. #tzips of clothi; under one strlp alip 8 block of your pulish; this will clean your tronand help to im- parLa heautiful glose, 1t youdo not succeed the first time, don‘t @ive up: pleasa revort resuits, Irene, this ls iy orauce-cake recipo: 'Two cups snzar, o half-cup of water, two cups of flour, rolks of Gva exgs, whites of three, grated rind and !Ill!! of one vranie, one teaspooniul of suda and wo of crenm tartar, the remalmng whitea of two cges leaten to a froth, Juice and crated rind of one oratige, Augar enongh to thicken, for sproad- fuy between tho layers of cake, Will the ladles of The flume try my colfce mix. ture? It's excellent, and, if neepared properly, you will be pleased with tho result: (et somé ‘goad whent bran; five cents’ worth will Jast sume flme; 10 uno eup of good molas<es put threa cups of bran, mix well, place In the uven and brown Jtke coftee, then keop in can or bottle 5o that It can e covorud closely. 1( you wish to make coffos fur four persons, use three taolespvoniils of col- feo and throe of the mi; Dyspeptics, try it Ray, Ulaebell, Catnip. o Boina conteibatars writa, **Letters addreased to my, nom de plume #l my Post-Ofiico whit reach me.*" ‘The Postal law says: *° Letters addressed 1o jnitials or Actitivus names are nof dellverablo unless the address countalns a designatod place of dellver; A letter addressed 104d. A, or tu Biackbird, Lalorte, is not dellverablo, but a letter addrossed with tho same nsmos togoether with the etrect and number, or a box number, is deliv. erable. Fnost Ronixsox Caraoe.—I want to tell Duyck- fuck (awful namnel wonder If itleono that Me. Conductor altered? 1tis not ot all sarprising; 1 spent half s day before [ conld think of a name that wasn't already pre-empted) how to preserve Iresh-cut flowera: Hava yonr flowers fresh and firm, of pure white or delicato tints, without green leaves, s the process docs not apply to thom as well a8 to the fluwors; take parafine of the best quality and molt In a tin-cup sot In hot water, whica may be kept bothay nround 1t ro us to keep the parafing in a iquid siate; into this dip the bloseotnw, or, i fouwid more conveniont, orusy them quickly with a small brush g0 as to give them « very thin coat that will cover overy part of each petal, and this will form o caslnr about them that will entirely, exciide tho mir and prevent their withening. ‘The Lransparency of the material ron- ters this conting almost ur quits invisible. Greon leaves, f preserved in this way, must be coated with green wax, ur with paraliine prepared with the wddition of greeu powder-patnt, Chrome- groen i best lightened (o iy tint required by add. ing chrome-yellow, A as leaves, wall wade, muy De useik to vory good advantaze, or moss will make a preity bickgronnd ur foundation for the flowers, Do any of tho sisters ever ake what I call pi plant cuatard plet Makie we you would apple c tard, Al whoure fund of “lemon plea il like them, _ Granduws Odways, Amber, and Pearl Cmar, Tam alwnya ylad Lo seo your names In1he Home, Un, the sisponsc! Are wo nover to learn ho fate of Cuat? Pertiaps she has taken Colorailu's advico and gone West, Danbury, [ thank you; I returned fu yonr box. Will try to roat something for you by fall, so I can cxchange for llac und lomon lily, It 1send postoye can L have one covy of **No Sect Inllcaven™t busun, nze there two wr threc primrose seedwloft for ma? O, yey, rather thiun huve my neighbora_not come at_ all, § would welcume them fn ihe midst of loude-cleaning, lay asldo tho last new Juok cven if | have Lo pay thy Librarlan 10 cents extra tor not_ roturaing it when my tine was up. 1 um xorry | aver wrote that lot- ter, 1 really belleve Lho Hitle boya have read it and know whom [ am, Isald 1 never refused to buyof a child; had [ bought all tho lottuce that haa been brought (o my front duor (never 1o the hack door), I thiak I'd huve had a ton {n the couras of two wceks. Marblo Fann, I havoe a hurdy pink mosa roso, 1 will send you roots of if you will senid me yubr addzom., uve, of Qulncd. It you have n futfugium to exchenge by next (all' L can send you a double pink zeeantum. °_§ have slipped my planta all I dare to at present, No che apponrs to anawer demauds for yellow and white uzalis, That ofl-stove question, which has, curlously cnough, been written on by some half-dozen peo- vle thls week, canuot bo sulfered to devastate these columns, There sre other columus In this paper from which and uy which ona ean learn all aboat nun-vxplosive ofl stores. oy « of Stevons Point, Wis., has the thankes ¢ coudnetor of The Homo and of soveral of 1k contributors fora box of beautitul tratiing a butos which was sent ta The Home aufd thenco dis- trif:nted, as farad it wonld go, among The Moma friddn, . X. o' Some of the contributors are not carefal to ad- dress (el letlurs ond communications ** Care Howe, Tine It lias hinppened that somie lot- ter +have fallen Into the Eands of the sdvertising deparument becauso of this negligonce. o' hliss 8, V.—Cannot use your letier becauso writ- ten on both sides; could not use the personal ap- peal In any easo. 1f one such wera admittod not less than 10,000 more would be sent in from Cht- cago alone. . The two commuaications on muslo, 1n which are incorpurat=d some music to bo printed, are un. avoldably left over because of the diffculty of getting mute put In typo In thls city, o’ Masntr Gorn.—Your lettor Is an excellent one, but the out-door gardeners oukht (o have the pr ercnee just now. You shall have a hearing after a whilo. e 11, F.—~Your lotlor is an excellent one, aud would have been used If you had not made the fa1a) mlstake of wrlting on both sides of your paper. Frox Fatrii .y Aununy,—Undine, I think my lemon-cake recipa Is excellent: Butter, half-cup} sayar, ouo and a lialf cups; sweel milk, ono cup; alfted flour, thrus caps; threo eggs beaten scpa- rately: baking-powdcr, two teaspoonfuls, HBake in Jolly-tius, and place between frosting m irated rind wnd juice of large temon and threa. fourths colee-cup of sugur, Let boil, snd puur . . 1. 0. N.~Tho reason vour name was changed wa bocause a lady i Freepart had beon uslng the one you wanted. »*s Hor,—For Informatlon concerning that matter write directly to Mrs. Matteson, No. 00 West Laka atreet. KA ovle:r u]m wtllll-d-nln'n whiles :‘»r lifll“'l.‘ kil ALone.—1 |a nof permiticd 10 give tho addrosses | ot as misely ao iy relobbor e s uld B, b of contributors in thele letters. think, fur having thew done in the cliy. [ washed o%s Praay,—No; they aro worth no more than any otlier old paper. WORK AND WOMANIOOD, Frox Axsex, Hiouwoon.—I was made rather sad by a ceriain lottgr In tho lsst fesuo of The Haome, 1t {s always a pathetic thing to mo to watch peupio siruggling in bondsge to faleofdeas. Womnen under the dominion of Fasion and her leglon ot co-wotkers—good women fn londing-strings to Atmney (heorlca thal will not enduro test; scnaibla wotuen ou tlo Tswpagu after sullrage; short-hajred refurmers on the war-path of **lems’ and ** plasios. share allke In my pity and regrot, Dot, atter al cro 1o very fow people, however misled they mway seem to others, who are not hun- eat lu their convictious. 'fhere are very fow whuss opinlous sre wpot gruunded wpon epn- acieuzo, and nourished by truth. For this i § think we ooght to study to wiodverate In clll‘l’cluu. and tewder o every word 7 snd starched protty wihif in builed «tarch, and deled on tho line, us tus rest of my cluthes, When dry, wtarcuod again as before, mud pinned on whoels spread on the parlor carpet, Lol the pins beat even distances, —four or five inchos apart, I hava a few caung 4 and e .adeirn bulbs, and fow double-piuk soeds, that Ay vno wishing are welcanio Lo by sending L me {07 thew, Woul liko Kenllworth“lvy, swllux, aroutus, l‘mmiu, etg., which I would "bu glad to get, and scturn -um[:: for or exchisnge something § have in plants or patterns, ‘anted to help Inexpartenced and other young housekoepors with sonie of my doar-bonght expo- Tlence, byt musi ¢ for this time. Thanks, Laura Earle. Am with you, Prox Jyurive JoaX, IsniawiroLis. —(ratify my heart's desire Ly allowing me to eater the ranks of The llome, 1f o, we will ba able to keep the Blusbell from plulng away, which she ought not be sllowud to do now, for wa wans all the Ruwere we can get thle vummer, Lether get somo white and scarlet slpacs skirt.beuld, cat it the leneth ehe deelrea her mats to by, wllowlug an Inca, of counsel we profler, remembaring th and an buch fur fringe. Luy the white on ‘""l' +d tLeoty, of practice be Ji lengihwise, keeplug the braid close together, then Teon ot eyeeof otliers e tl QciBa 10 W weave the' scarlel iacs crusewly 1neworld whete ng two b wot g ave. funt ylike, whpre sveu the gralns o dly Lt penibie shyre are inyriad In forw, never duplicated, It {6 ot strapge that buwsn oplatrie s, snd s\masnd purpoees ate Infinite- Yyaared 1 would say, o wll love 1o ihe lsdy roa) Kaukskye, that honeat work uever yet distiuoralls. of labur deweaniog, are not placed fn this world to bg mere arquleacent reelp- euty of the goud thluge of life, a8 my calla yun. der, with 1ts sialuless cup wide open to the wun- suine, Weary puthete tp exert an induence of one kind ur be your fringe. Chain-atitch all ary a|lk, keoplng your mal even: then fu the white sauire work & duub a-sthel with scarley sow- iog-allk; in the scariet une a white ons. Fringe the cods, and you have s loyely mat. Yon can alio work threa long sttiches—thu iddle one to ba the lougest—~froin thu ceutre of the sjuares acrons the corgers, forming stara; of course, uslog thoe dif- foreut colure of silk, an Tuuinx & wmall erystat bead |n gach COrLYI uakes o pretty pig- cuslilon cover. } bups tb! | s new Lo ber. 4 T suother, —to snd 1o do | Peow Mgs. M., Cuicauo,— Phinule Maple, ;:‘t’x;xnr;hml“u [ "'l'\'“ull ww_r’l‘dd "’.‘x:'.éfl'?'“ Ottaws, 1 received your box of plauts, aud am yery It (‘;Jus‘l uhn atelpped you' of your weulth, o | much oblixed. Evening Hiar, did you recelvo tho habt there wes anger for you i 11/ - tinued ek indalgence, 'l'lkl, h'llnd.n'l “u‘:: ‘:’I:l Wwork 1hat presenta itself, and ennoble it by your failllul peifuruisuce und' enrnedl codeavor.© Do patterus [sent? Eols, Batile Creek, I will send you thu Istabrequin aud ofher patterus you mak for very soon, 'J, , L lisve went you the aprou patlern, sud hope yoo wot it. Klele, I will svud yuu the tluwer-secas very suon. Lliytie, 1 can lol Yoy have wome fower-sceds f | know youraddsees. Send It fu curv of Home, Here o8 uoud secipy for apple-pudding: Ta fve 6 spples (chopped), vup cup Fuls) o cup sugar, e cup wweet wilky oue cup fluun, aiie: half cap’ butter, two cgie, Hitle salt, buttd sugar worked lozeticr; bake oue Lour; eat sauce. #3v0_self roapect. Neve that Uireatess danger (o that, but rewomber thal mietdal m ok, eveu fultbally perfurmed, usver yel stased thy soul. 11 conscieuce spprovea your work sul God commende it, whistle false pride down thy wiod, [ bave sven se geatly uurtured a wowan ax sves brastoed reduced 0 the Lecos ‘Take voe toacup sugor, ones sty of dol Ler uwn Lousework throuwn | butter; etip togetber untit hyfn; tavor with wine the exige of " cruél tiwes, sud, | of essvice uf lewons ewoolh 1he top with & kaife, althouxl b dands D ye phomeirlit | wud grate nutuiey ovr it ad recioai Jgia orements have lost sume- 'a uny 0D gIvg e s secipo for pours! Aurichan fe Uin | wihe tyla e WM e oA reclpo farm a9 vereatile 4 Hat, sud us quecnly 8 hosices to-day, taure of wraish sud vuse. § wore congeni i necedaily thin lakingsumimer bue sad bo aseursd nwmtuuy, iy by will notsuffes ons whit. '} wust cout should prefer housewurk, ulain Fuox Mus, W. O, I, Powriao.~Ells L., bave meat for put-ple cooked 8o as to bo slmost tender. Make crust as for biscuit, only leas shosteniong. Lay over weat in pot, pul tight cover on, and boll for wae-half bour. Guard “sguinst Levi ‘ too swmall q\xfifléfilbol Julce. This is good. ‘Fey It said, ** fake by sbe docen, sud tender thew Ao Dappy by eficient service tbat the cerdwof wy habitatlun, thauyh atretched tu tha utigrmont, could Botcons a0 iy spiltcations. Dou Liall jute the erroe ut waklng & becessity oo bare, sud blvowmless, aud Dgotuus » thiug WAt bo cowlort will wictue to iuuudl or gpybudy slse. Wrealke sbuul tbe vuirliest doties such paticnt, satncsl, cbeur- Sul eudesvor Lo 3g your beat, tLat, epite of ad- Yerae chicumstantes, yoaf lulalall be fuliof Livow- 104 Bowere wud sliglug birds. Slerv e uany and the accuzasd lub of by Luvk . 5., of Ancona, wiil ecod wio & few slips Loardets wyselli but if duiy “sud circuistancey | @1 white salvis 1 will i retura give gersaiuim *ew." 1 sLuuld gatber them fo 1 ! d. o :.m»u:’:nz: A prefurre V8 YUu apy fern alips or roots? ¥row Srayes, Cujoaun. —Perwlt mg 10 axk your readers if they have ever telcd baking rhuburb. 1 uoL, 4o ee peel and cus fu such pluces; put it in uu warthen dish (uever n Gn), With somo sugurs It Uos UL Tequlre sa juuch &S when sluwed: uot 3 drop of water; place the dish In » siuderate oven. 9 1% Lha vil-alove ovew i let 1t bako Gill & fork pass- ca bbaough it csaily, We thiuk It 1s the uigzat way of cooking It. To make rh‘l. Dbage the rhnharb frst, drain off the jnice, pnt the rhubarb in the ple, and bake: thicken the jnlce a very little with corn- ntarch, and u<c a4 8nace for the ple. { have some callas, & giadiolas bitlh (matnre), and am reoting searlet and purple fachsin lips, also_helintrope tlips wanld like to exclingo for somo mota ar balbtw. Canany ono teil mo whero [ can find the old-faanioned garden pinka (pink ones), much ncd for borderst Would Ilke veey much to base some, Frox Yaxxzs Nzit, Cnicico,~Ninchell, Osh. kosh, have yon snowflake mata? If not and would like, send to mo, care Hame department, with stamp, and 1 will send you directions, Unfortnnate, Rockfond, s this the Graham cake recipe yon wish: Sugar, one and one-half cupes hntfer, one-quarter énp, 1 atirrod together; one Y - 1 will end In retnrn & pattern of & eowing-Apron, at slipx of Kenflworth vy, W1l any one who nn- derstands ralsing birde five directions aboat the cars of them when young; aleo, the old birds during Incubation? 1las any one a (iloxinia to ex- change with me foraalipof African geranium? "Tlio leaf has o green centre and a broad border of datk bronze, which 15 almost black, hence the name, can Farnish me 8 sweet fern, T shatl be ghad to send i gerantum, fichata, oc il 1 tha rxchange can by m iransplant & lily, Perhaps Wanta, of Matintee, can find _some, na well as tralling ~arhutus which 1 wondd ke A postal eard will recelve prompt attentian, 1" woild like also to exchange snmetbing for 4 Cyclamen rersfcim, which [ liave several times ordered from florists withaut recelving it . 8., Ancona, will wiite e and eend T wiil send hior sama cholce, geraniuma— for **1'know the heset of n stranzer, 1 wonld =ay 1o Xantlone Laif, tint ail the waoalth of tha Antors exists only a8 tho creation of labor— that it iatea Iafa in the history of tas world for ang pecean of right edueation (o avk ectously IF it 1# beneath any amonnt of dignily to enzace In an nionorahie callinz to prociro o livelthood or (0 iake life more enjoyable ar more comfortanle— ¥now Mopky, lovsexreren, Tiaran, 0.—Don't donbt the raltability of the name, for 1 read The llome. Nt Ihave rome itants, and will come to the front and make them known; anm! who knowa but I may come again,—that ts, It [ find an open_duor_Lhia tine,—for 1 knotv lota of oot things, —I modn, how to make them. But what I o't know, and want to knotv, is, how to prepare white-waz for slowers, —the ingredionts and quan- cap sweet milk; ono egg; three tenspoonfuls titlea to the pound, Weean get it ready prepaced, that bleth, wlucation, and —podifon® miust ing powder, mixed witl sifted Graham flour; one | pot it comes expenalve, « I ean niako it In shoets, | necessarily be secured throngh lanor, or through cup ratsina; fiavor to auit; I don't measure the and did have a recipe for mixing, bnt havae tost it. 1f any of the sisters or auntics have one, anid don't wish to publish 1t, eoud it to my address, carc ll{nfim and T will send stamps In return on racelpt ofit, Frox Coxnig, Batavia, Il.—Frank wishes to know why the young folks do not have romethinz to say, Jnst Introdace some pleasnnt anbject, Frank, and see if the young folka do not write upon it They say thero Ia nio_end to & woman's tongao, {1 you once yet It started, sucn practices as gave Tiweed hin wealth an posi- tion: and that no Iady whose pasition fa not the fenit of raseality can aftord to aap the foundations of her own auelal pdvantages by lonking down npon those who find it nceessaty o fncresse their re- <aieces hy honiest tall, And this In equally trne whetner the Inhor that precured her posltion was manual or intelectual, or whethor It sas her own, her husbam's, ar her anceators’, Ity tho way, the conductor says that, fora certain purpose. tho bostal card ls 8 frand. 15 that use of ho word frand, slang? flour, eo can't givo tho exact quintity, Alicen Alnnna, Am satry that 1 hnve mislald your Teltor; thercford csn't give tho information ~you ask, (iertle, have patlence; will grant yoor request in good time, » Tosebad, where art thont Looked for you last week, Wero you lald in the w. basket for safe- keeping? Frox Noma, CricAco.—Alolss, Chlcago, and Tessle, of Chieago, I will gire yor my fa- iave patterns of allpper. case, comb. cans, watch- 1 bat vorite way of cooking macaronl. 1 am very | .ociot “beacket with coral teimminge, oasols and Frox F., Mrsrzaoy, —Ladies, T am sorry, bl particatar. to set the Imported, The best | Fokcs Pack e o o et eur Tiamcra, chomise | a8 yet T nave been nnabio to get any tralling arbu- comes In packages of ahont one pound. | with yoke, and withoul therd, Infant's shoe, | tus, and am afrnid T suall not get anyst ail. I y g and sample of ralscd diamond crocheted, nny of which I wonld like to exchauge tor patterns of elcrllnnl. rablAt, horse, pig, cat, cross and crown, and ahadow pictiira of head of Christ. Wil send reclpes for dyeing grasses nest time, it any one wishes, Frox C. L. 1., Norxaz. —Will Phannie Maple, Nover cook it In {ron; porcelain is beat, Fora tamlly of five, 1 take one-quarter of a ponnd, put 1t to three quart of bolling water, boll twenty minutes, draw off all the water, pat Ina baking dliah, add_half-cnp of milk, salt to taste, and but- ter mze of a hickorynut; grate cheess over, If you are fond of cheese, Mix all throngh, bat most on had the promise of some when Jwrote that last letter, but I And that alt promises aro not fuldlled. To those who sent ino their address T would retumn thanks for kind offers; am sorry 1 cannot gatany for them, and ro accominodate ingseif. 1 you do not receive soma from me by the first of next woek, do ot wait any lengor, but sead to Detlla Snov, e e ek tosil soupe. | Oltawa, seni me omo ferns and Kenllwortn {vy | who nas promised itio auo and ait. Aud may i and oblige a new beginner? * and I will scnd stamps?! And {f Betly Snow, tirongn The Homo? Seml your adasess to Hettle Ionghton, will sond traling arbutns I will gladly send stamps, Wil some of the Indles obtige mo with pattern of Chinese air-castio and forn-basket? 1 have some nico tec!l:u I will send, or wili return stamps with mincere thanks, A0 that ahe can mall it directly to you, 1 think It wili save trouble suil postage, and will reach you In a better condition, 1 wondoz If all the ladics know what tralling arbntus 1s? 1f they do, [amat 1 1098 to account for rome things, 1 am suro that ane peraon at lenst who sent to me for anmo did notknow, It Is nat a house-plint, but nwild ilnwer, of the most dellcions odor, Lioszoming in the early suri 1 am telling something that ou all know, Fam willlng to bear the In“ih' 1 {uu'n boon told that it wiil tot grow afteetrnna- Docs any oniy kuow whetlier it will or Frox Mams' 8., Cnicaco.—Ella Ju, T make pot-plo and plenty of grary as follows: First stow my chicken, veal, ete., nicely, then palthe meat anda littie of the cravy in the baking-dish, fill- ing op with as much waleras youplease. Cover and bako, Jnat beforo serving, [ warm and thicken the remalnder of the gravy and scrve up ina sauce- Frox £, G., Kataxazon.—8ister Bls, will yon nend me a rlip at yonr tea-rose in exchange for hiy-of-the-valley bulbs? ilas anyone n mosa-rose that they they will exchange for an r{l or lily- of-tho«valley bnibe? If sume one will d me a copy of *! No Seci in Heavon, " 1 wiil send stamp urany of the following: A pattern for allernoon npron, lace patterns of any kind, pattern for cross in spatier-work, or most soything in fancy-work. ah. Duyeink, Helolt, In making raisin-cako 1 al- ways flout my raieins and alo make the cake. batter sllgntly stiffer than the reclpo calls for, and lave mostly niways the good Iuck fo dind the fruit well distrivnted, planting. not! "Almirs &1tmmine, T cook carcota as T do potatoes. THat 18, T_boil thom the same, and eat thom with untter,' Yon con wmash them if you like, Thoy arg nice warmed ovee, g, A, if you want Imitation corat for hanging bankots' ot brackets, I think you will find that beeswax and rosin In equal parts, colored with Venction red, will anawer tho putpose. 1 sympathize with those ladies who have delicate appetltcs, ot none at ail, but § do’ nol bellove Uiat Aainty dishes will kel them any. Tho Frox Fanxte, Cuinrod, ILn,—Will some one of The Hlomers plesse scnd me & copy of ** Curfew Shall Not Ring To-Night *? I don’t know as I have ~anvthing to offer In oxchange, but will remlt stamps und heartlelt thanks, 1lere 15 n anperb recips for snow cake: One and Frox 8, Il M,, Eixnant.—Will some of the Iadies of The ilomo be so kind s tosend mea olackberry-1ily, lily-of-the-valley, gladiolus, or Seoteh gowan, for which I wilt pay nosufa; also, will send the same amount of stamps for thelr a ol uoblots pulvorlsed sngar, one goblet of four, eams smouns of s Jor & eliays tat two teaspoontuls cream tartar, one teaspoon of | roublosor I will send in_exchange farfugitm, A 5 > Fosewatur, whitos of ten equs. SIfC sugar, flon, | dand and whita osails. Would aiso like somp | M Speadasuuch tine ne pouible fn the gpon al Work in the garden if you havo one. (ive up tea and coffee, and compel yoursel! to eat a little plain food two oe three times & dny, [*3 X., If you will send me {onudureu 1 will tell yoir samcthing that will nefp that spring apoc- tite,” You probubly need a tonic, and cremn tartar toyether, beut whites of eggs to holce ferns and 8 goud work-aprun pattorn, If an; B Trott, add Tast, stiering Hghtlye bt X RIFRECgr oex uno tins these 10 Bpare, Fnox Mrasixa,.—Unohoo, T wounld lika yonr apron pattern very much. I have other presty stylea, or will send any other patterns in exchange, Touvlsa, Wilmington, Il please scnd mo urll he er pattorn, 1 wili send you any kind of chlldron clothing pattern for wintor or summor usg. Mrs. Bl., wonld like to exchange suron pattern with you; [ have many othur nice patterus I you wish ihem, ¥Fnox Hannier, Wnsavox, Tun.—Lady 8lipper, Amboy, Iti., will you please send mo pattarn of spange-tecelvor? Wi return stamps or pattorn of card-board plcuture-frame. Would like to ex- Fnoxn MarLe Lrar, Ninss,—In reply to Whist, would eay that, if sho will try my recipo for cocon- nit drops, thin! o will like them: One yrated cocoanut, half ite welghit insugar, and tne white of one ogg beaton to & it froth; mix thoronghly and drop on _buttered whito ovapers bake Alteen minutes, If Phannle Maple will send me a slip of Kenilworth ivyand a few ferns, willsend return stampn, Send care of The Hlova, Frox DBrrry Sxow, Hovantox, Mrci, —Save mo from my friends. I have very much enjoyed gath- ering and eending the arbutus to ll, and only wish all tlomers might have gone with me, and them- solves reaped the swealth of the woods. 1 hopo hose who have thaa far applied will have rocelved thelr plants_{n yood order by the timo they read ihis. ' My floral wante aro to bo sapplied many thines, and 1 only hupe no more will apply, for our honse Is turned Into an amatuur box-factory, and 1ny busband begius to estimate the appalling num- Fnox Lexo, Rockronn, —RBemie, If yon have not recelved the patterns you asked for, sond stamp nnd your address through The Home to mo and [ will supply you, Ma, if you like 1wl senan lumbuctte OF somo _other kind of ecda ¢ Fecipe for lomont satice that wiit do for tes, o one | Chage ber coming, and tho end 18 not yet. Thero are for orano proserves. 1 wil sond them to bo pub. | Jith Ulxtly ‘for, patlern of tame protty plece of | plenty af torh flowees and gova-will, but 1 must lishod I ‘they aro wantea. Moltke, use Leamon's dectino to act lunier us agent in the exchango, as Iliquid dyes for spatter work on cloth, and Indiu lok for cardooard, 1t Interfores with niy duties as housckeoper and tencher, ‘The fact that tho arbmtus is not named In forists’ catalognes Is, 1 am ufrald, only proot that 1t doen not bear transplanting, eapecinlly in that mont teylng time for all vlants, the flowering sca- sun, Butl sent roots carcfully l;ncked. and I hapo success will be reported in The Home, I vever trled it, but can unly recommend Inlluwln‘ Nature In the culture, [ should not think it would floutish aa & basket plant, or, fndeed, In the house, It liopa Aama 1ay be reiwarded by blossoms nox| spring. It grows In eather puur eandy soll, in ‘woods of pluy, and declduons trees. “The vines are half-covured with dead leaves, giving no hint of the lttle beautics lnrking benoath, oxcopt, per- hape, a falnt spicy purfume. 1t I8 sesuctinivs found ou ong oare rocky hill- sldes, whare the soil {3 spongy with springs, The esscntials, then, are o cool, half-shadod, molst sltuation, with & porous soil. mignotietie secds for applique pattorne, —_— Frox Nxw Pracins, Asuraxp, Nes.—1 am a littlo girl only 10 years old, I love flowers, I have a full eet of dotl patterns fora doll twonty Inches high, I will send to’ any ono who will send me cither ree lips, or bulvs. 1 want especiaily Chinces prim: seeds, pansy, phiox, D, gladla- lu:, 01 llvl»lnhlnx ‘that you can. apare, 1 would like a fresh Hiy. WANTS, Frosx Annow, CiricAgo.—Uan any one send me o copy of apoem entitled ** Etiquotte? Tt was pub- Iished In ono of our Sunday papers several yoars ago, aud, If T sightly remember, commences thuas The Dallyshannon foundero 1 off the coast of Carriboa, Anddown full tnany & fathom weat her Captaln and hee crese, Down. duwn, 1o feed the fshes~excepting only twa, “Fha mournfil narrative informs ue that the two survivord,—Englishmen, —Peter Il and Bomers hy name, finding themdelves alone on a desort taland, and not Laving been previonsly introduced to ench other, s0 far walved ceremony us to make o alvision of the lalaud, one-half of which was coveredd Wit aysters, which Peter ltell hated, and the other half with turtles, which Somers conld notent. ‘Phe vysiers having fallen to Peter in the division, he and Somera exchianged portions of the Istand, and wore gutting along very nicely tll a slight coldnesa arvee Lutween thom, wncroullmn each resutied his uncomfortible location and dig. niticd accluston. And Peter took the oysters on the shingla lying thick, Aud ¥omers ook the turtie,—1lirtio slwayn mada i Trox E. R. A, JaxceviLts,—Will some ono tell me how todye iadigo-blue with tha least trouble, and so that 1t won't fado? Wil Mre, A, tell me by lettor It sho measuros the same for chemiletto ns for dress, and how many stamps would rake to aend pattern? 3y muusiire for drees s thiet 2840 fuches bust woasurs and tweaty-nine for walst. v Frox Moss Aaats, Roazne Panx,—Will Bweet Mary pleasc send me moss-rose root? Wil Red Rlllnghood rend me tuberose bulhs and lily-of- the-valley pips? T would willingly exchauge pointe 1aco patters With Unfartunate, also Orange Bud, Wil send Chincse air-castie and bied-csgs castlo pattorns to any one wishing them. Frox Piawie Marts, OrrAwa,—I want to dnswer through The llome tho many questions I have been asked by lotter about thoss burlaps rnga: They range In price fromn 35 centato $1, They are stamped In alinast ohigy § device you can tink of,—such as dogs, cats, lambe, deer. and all kinde of tlowers In bouqnets and wreatha. ara not af the Japang them can sond to 3 There, 1 think any ona having the poem will bo Mkely 1o reconize fram the above that it is tho ona dosired. 1f T can get a copy, think 1 can ob- TFrox Magaie Max, Rorvar Cexrnz.—Violet Vernun, what can 1da towet paiterns of deer and tain a reprint for my scrap-book. Wil return ? Ve tawa, 1L, and swili r 1 Uianka and stamps ‘S Conrer any favor Iy my "';,;‘,‘(‘,‘_ mx:ml'w;:t;"ll‘: o ;’;::‘l"fl:‘;’ '.'l‘l‘l’;’: z: dowish mora of the lailes fut lold e 1o send power. Falfing (v rocura i, huwever, Tapall not | pritirse, Konllworth s of peatl vine, slion of | tuir forn-toota s bulh by 'sxprons. ad L ind It Tollow (he vxatploof th shipwrecked mariners,— eatlug turtle in digulfivd solitudo, —but will ¥pcak ogsln when having anything to Hoym? RTR): e whhan T ents, annd & sedipn Tor w §illy. cake of theee colora—nlce for s party. huve taken the liberty to do so in somo As*'Thut Ilunvand of Sline™ lsan Invot- er and buys his cizars by tho box, conso- qnently I havo o great many buxes on hand that 1 would bnly by ton tlad to usein that way, Icould then puck In earth and damp moss, and tho roots would bo so much surer to live. 1 would say to thoso who have not_recelved thotr packuges yet shat they will wet them in duo season, € it evor stops rulning 80 L can get vhero the ferns are. ‘Tufs part of the country 1 aly atloat, I would #uy to the lagy of Madisun, W that 1 sent the vines to-duy Dy matl for thone threo llttle naw- mude graves, "My heart gocs out 1o.you, O, so much! But romomber they walt on tho “other widy for papa and mamm: cotne, Frnox Map, Cnicaco,~Can any of the lad! ma tho cause of my geraniums dying? It strange way they take. Tho stalk bewins to die In the centre, withers, and furna black, while the leaves on the end keep green until the wholo stalk dead, 1bave lostwome very nice ones tn this i1l Phannle Maple, Ottawn, be so kind ss to send me u fow ferns and sono moss? Iaman in. vahid the most partof tho time, aud bave but littlo comfort excopt what I4 derived from iy Rowers und rlflnu. In return will, as she wishes, try and do all the good to other suffertng ones, us I afways do, 1 should ve glad If some of the ladies will Frox Frona, Famrizup, 1a.—C. A., T shonld Mlko very much to Lave your recipes for lce-creama and lces, for which I will return lily-of-the-valley bulbe, If desired, or stamps, Would conaider it & great favor if any one would send o a namber of suitiblo verscs for autograph albums, for which T will roturn stamp, Furox G. I T, Cutcaap.—WIll any of your pooticsl contribators or readors ploase Inform me in what particuiar newspaper a sweet hittle poem, entitled o beginning, **1 mlss theo, I miss thee,” Fnox Cnavox, Newron, Iowa.—IfC. O, T. appesarod? Alvo, what two or three newspape: v o, sond moa wecd or “two, of & alip, of Kenthworth | SRRLYSE0L qally’ Yhavo the largest assortment of willaond mo hor address I will gladly send her ‘vy, o miows roro, blackberry lily, and salip of | JEEREX O Sy vl somo slips of geraninma and begontas, which grow " '3 poetry? k " :mx’l.lz”‘v;m:- ;fi!ldbc%ak‘-mfi:a%"l }:{H ‘l'olvfi sl readily. Pher, if you will plant your tuberosca Frox unfl‘n Bis, Cxpan Rarive.—Sawdust, I have a sot of comical silhouoltes for scroll-sawing of the ** Donkey that wouldn't go"; also patterns excnange, und several pattorns, Viz.: ' clgare l'xnldir. ‘lmr-r.a-lle. two or threa very pretty aprons or & cuild, . 11 Fannio Frost will welte to me In care of The Home I can three in o six-inch pot and ptungo them In the ¥round you can lift thom in the full to bloom in the house. 1 have had mine in a vox by theside kitchen stuvo wince March 14, and thuy are of the s, and smull, and & stercoscope- Y v e aoona Usetal Bts Wit rOrars | 1ohace Rty ettty P Spaicors: | Just sarting now, "l frauraco 1a'too much for 10 her wax lcaves, Sho says o cannot Le puls | terns, \Write care of The iome. us In u,m ""“'o: i Ty lm" b nm‘: n{e ished llke real leaves, | can ssalst bor inthis, I e ieatly. sa_posstile Cmithout Cw Boibed, can_ give coples of **Curfew ahall not ring to- They neéod no more cars than gladiolas, t Frox R. M, L., Citricorus, It —Will some of the kind readers of The Ifome pleaso sond mo some slips of geraujums aud somo pansies, for which I will return stampe or patterns for letter- box and bracketa of cardvoard? Hhox Moru, Ciicago.—Come, tank and file of Tho llowe, to the rellef uf & house-ciesnor, and tell what will exterminate and provent moths, Now don't ssy camphor or tobacco, for both have been triod without success, night'" in excliange for sceds or flowers, Klojee, macaront ls made of u pasteuf whout flour, and should be boiled sbout twenty minutes In saltea water, and sorved with cream or a thin- drawn butter poured ovur It If Danbury will sparo me & little gowan, L willsend her rooted lips as soon as ruady, 1t s too late for lily of tho valley: better take them fn the fall, and pot them. Mine bloumed beautifully 8 wonth ago. If Fose will spare me & bitof her farfuzinm this fall, T will send her soma quecn of the meadows (too late now) aun double geranium slips, 1 can spare M. I, 8, some seeds 1 oo will sond ber addross, Fnox Pronexce, Jotier,—I will make a laco, ‘barbe for any ono who will send mo & canary bird (vineer), 1 will also wake one for a dozen verbona and pansy plants, Muny thanks to Mrs, M. snd ady for the flower-seed wuine very hice slips fur some one,bnt, a0 thera was noanme anywherv anout the packsge, 1 could uot toll who they e[u trom. They aze all thriving nleely, ~ Did the lady of Af celve the putterns and stainps I fuld bu glad o have the slips and forus sho profi- scd e, . Danbury, T was very much pleased with the laca patterus you sent. 1inink you overpald mo, Can_any one u‘md me cypress and mignoneite necds? Rogers Patk Amy, I you bave not {ut recelved tho sonyg y down on tha Swanes Hiver, " send me your address, and 1 can st you hsve the words, 1 the person frow Michigen will send we that sea-inosn | will wond stampe; 1 loat tho sudross, oF 1 would write girect. Lallte, & coruor catnucopla made of conee is very protty. Can any oue send mo & ehrysntiemun aMpor root? Wil send most any kind of fancy- wu‘i':l patlerus or stamps, 1 have a pretty horse and deet, ExzraLn, Mr. Cannotr,—Is thero any lady of The Ifome who would like to exchanze an nzaloa root fur a day My root? Iwould like s camellla, winter-bloowlng, for which I will pive a purpetual ruse. 1 would jtke a doudle primeose, white, for which I will give cactu 1 would like a varluty of paua uv, globe amaranth, lnce vine, Bouvardia, fur whicn In rulurn will sond Engliah T I1s, sud bogoulas, and rowe or aktleton geranium, or a acarlot fow, 1 swould exchangy Gorman dvy for white salvia or Wy of the ey, stid ‘crocus for oxalle, 1scnd roipe for aimond cakei ‘Iwo cupa of flour, ons and a half cupe ot eugar, one-half cup of butter, ono cup of milk, two cygs, ne teaspoonful of cream-tasiar, one-half tesspooniul of soda, one pound of frult, —alinonds, ur citron, or faisins as you hike. Frox MignoN, Ciicago, —China Docorator, 1 should like your sctof Princesse underwear. 1havo not just now the slips you mention, but expect thow soup. . . A., Peoris, if you will send me a cactus and & ool of welgella, I shall try very hard end return o box uf nic sllpd. Fnox Onzaox.~Will some ono tell me throngh The Home the sathor of **Tho Woman's Crusade, " and whore § can find 1t 1o print? FLOWERS AND PLANTS. Fnox Busax, PuiNcerox.—Itscoms almont su- porfiuous to esy anything uiore about the culiure of primrascs since Feru-Leal has mven such full directions, but I have sent out so many packets of primrosa-secd daring the past week [ cannot restst the tepiptation 1o say a few wordeabout the way lu which they should be planted. Some of my friends to whom [ any plante 1iuink the ment, and 1ot i 4 all whicti 1 plant my chioice sceds, 5o that it 1 1y freo from lumps. 1 think tha sceulln quicker and grow much faster for it~ Aftof plant. {bg a8 & depth In proportion to thelsize of sved, 1 strew satid over the 1on 10 provent Lhe serth baking; then cover the box with & thiu cloth. 1 prefer cluth to paper—and water upon this. Thoro I8 then no danuer of wealilug out the emalleat seed, Care wnat ba taken, however, to romove the cioth as Fuox Ma, Rockronp.~1aving bad one request auswered, T would like to make known anotber wanl, Canany ono schd e & root of thy fragrant white illy? Not the day-lily,—I hava that,—but et white Iy, 1 havos few entud English violet to sparo, dly excange thom for tho lily-roof, willlog to make the exchange, please U he young pluntd inake (helr appearance. uscre, ple e your lily-of:the-valley oo ilLdod. her ',‘.";','fi'l‘i;.’ ff,fi':flfiu};'?‘ Niter tho planta l‘nnulp iherea dunor o vy | an ‘aceh of the moaduw Slonis, il If deirely cen L Loo wet and ol rylng un u vy, can return gladiolus, sweel-clovel no, or 3. 1 wishsomueucdy would send me some Kenllworth Y. mist be guarded agatnst. 'l It Wants will send her address sud a rool of Detter ways of planting sced tulllnqlrbuml. 1 will wend nerin return Kenlle I suma will prefer & 0t -bed, ‘but ! have succeeded vory well iu this, ORI UMt e aend you sous slips of | Sl 1T 18 107158 betalt uf thuve Who bavy Dore | Faow Jxseics, Mitroun, ui—1 amvery fond lfll‘"ll;m.‘" 0 W[{l teil 1o 'g.m 10 send ‘E.m' bad the best of feachers, 1 have been asked sov- | of fuwers, sudso | will beg & fow of Tho Ilome Loufl I[ke 10 BaYo & pebiora of the byia. | oral timea If Lwas notafrant wy primeone-plants | g, if'thelr siock bas not already fafled. Wil would be weakened by sllowing sevd to wature, | do nug allow sll 10 ripen to secd, id those that do bave amply repald me for sl wy trouble, 1€ they cevss Sndergarniont. —_ the lady who offered Kepilworth tvy soedjvo kindly Fuox 1. 0. M., Sours fexp.—Will some kind lcasg send me 8 few sevds, sud will \'Iu\ of Du. v 2 b 1} put- | buque, send me some fernd and oue Madelra bulbe reader of The Home pleaso aepd 1o tye & pattern of | Foserrd bctont Tasking very toltere " Haobing | Lwill rebur stauine, oF cau send. some. Cailforuia Chineae ase-caetict alsa & Jambrequin patteen for | them lhroufi“ he summer is autended with some | campas-grass. I had bad luck with ny plauts jsst brackot sud window? And who will seod me s | ek, sud L 1lke 10 ralso some new plantsevery yoar; live 8 good distaice from the ‘winter, and, as 1 barldes, judglng from wy vxpericacs, tho chief | ground, bave o cultivate my dowers indaote. destre of uiue out of ten of the Hower-luvin wowen of the Northwest I8 priurosy-u patterg of tallet of justs, and how to work them? Will Kobinson Crusce plesse send mea o | Furox Ausurvs, Montsuus, Mici.—I have no- bluk moss tose pud Ulackbersy ity oud state little plants can accommodste so muuy, [am gt y 4 whut abe would [1ke jo return? “Would' Matuie Nu, BT 1 00ubt jo permmit them 1 4o we. 1 only o {ed o graas inalyp inqisios |6 7ho laine Uspacts suiid me s Madeira hulbs? And to Q The greehouss il soed-uicrchanta will ot be | 1¢us for tralllug arogtus, and especlally ove fron) I I adow xlwu And last, but )y soy mesns, { should )ike bulbs of sa ozalls, Fur all of the above I will give In exchaoge soy eral difercnt xinds of rnuflm. fuchals, i:n- seed, rose, and other plants. 1 also Lave (s ) Fedaitoa, Racine, espressing such an esrnest wish for tho wweep-acented blossoms, 1f she wiil sand mo bor addeess, 1 will forwurd bor by mall roots, ying, sud blossoms, thet sbo may grolify ber *+licury's deslru fur years £0 doc and smell some. * 40 by obiatned §a lacgo quantities ju. the woods wak §f shie will be s0 kiud ayto seud mo s #lip of et yucen-uf-the- entirely rulned In{.’l'hl Howe Department, Ane Bt le otner question s, ** Wil prinirosed blooia the sec- ond your?” 04 plants have uot bloomed o fracly this wintes, withme, 82 Youngones, though I bav it sald that they do better, 1 hoy uovez soc glflnu plant, or one fuller of blosso) than ono which the owners told ne was four or near this place. work [could give in eschauge, or, if they prefer, N Would rethirn postag uunf‘ 0 'Y prefer, | yearspld. Nodoubt mc‘mgfiend‘ [ pmg:ren directions Bava sl thu? the summer, o 3 by gk bt g irhia Motse ¥uox 81511, Cuicauo.—Biroe, Ireceived your : . Fuox Katugzx K., ELkgawr, Ix0.—Will pny postal. bluch oblige ©ae who kuows 4l 1ee where to 8nd B. F. Taylor' Fuox Arpua, Daurisorox, Wis.~Wall-Flower, .ul u::lve:.:lu‘n;‘ :tl: wesk from Fern Leaf, 1 descriptionuf $*The Battle of Lookout Mountaia,” | 11ike your suggestion that suy one who ssks for ey % " uave some sceds of the cardinsl flower, & ra; will exohsuge lor clolce boas piauts. § have aleo quity 3 number of fancy-work Ppytiarns aud chllaren's pyttvros whichk I will ex- led, I bolleve, **A Daitle Amoug 1he Clonds," aud yhbilahed i the Keanlug Joursal (Chicsyo) Aiedily after the battled Wil feturn Abseke stawpe. oF nylhmg 1 baveto nmir for & copy, or & apythiog oughl to send an address, s 84 10 83yQ 1 kuow by expezicace that Lo through Tue lHomo nearly douales Yaforiaation e to whero I niay 82d It oatage; ull 1t must cauns greag | CB3DKO fur housc-plants ar gepds. =4 b lcast, Jaber) 10 the wepager, uding 'benett. ~ Plants should | Fuox Barex Baxux, Nyrowssr.—I would say, Frox Visois Hawguons, Racixy.—[ pften wonder if all who expresy wauta ip Tae Homs bure them gratificd, of oven balf. I caonot tell by experience, fur § bave mever & for paticrua, roold, slipd, oF birds; but & have at last caught the contagion, purd must It it Le koowa gust law la waut Of o puttern fur & pretly ftesnoou sprou; aud L auy whu will end tue vnv, with Lcs addsees, carg of The Home, excepl, pore 0 lu Chicazo, &5 the dulay must £ ¢ 2. ca of growing. T would ke very much to x‘eu shrub of swect feru, such g# Orleua spesks of 1n The Home, snd such s descqibed ou pagy uine of the same shoot. "Tlres 05 fout yosrs a2v, 1 Kot Gue ftow & Blurgson Hay nutecry, but it waa budly packed, aud did nok Joza pusvive brpuanortaion. 10 wey Home frlud fn anawerto Lillo's request, that she can wake very pretiy Sower-pots with cones. Take s swali wouden pail (such a¢ childreu play with), take tae handle off, aad bore s hole ja the bottow, ‘ake as ssll conve ss you cau get, sud atick them on the pall with strong glue, You can arrange the cones on the pail suy way Lo suit your taste. When L1 gomplately dey, plant sows kind of o fesu bu j6 nnd you have A very pretty orhament for the pai Inrtable. Doesany one want to exchange hourt plnnta for feenad” 11 thoy wontd, I will aiadty change, 1 nlso bava some very preity tid, swhich { would 1ike to exchange for & red and purple fuchnia or calia Hiy. Tnox C. A, J.,Rexn Crrr.—1 will retarn stampy andl teafling vines to alf who will send me these: Panry seeds, 1ily-of-the-valley bulbs, Kenliworth iry eeed, primrose, pink oxalis, of sny that will iloyer. e Also, from Eisl i tm\ckre".n afo T wonld like lambrequin pattern Fern-Leaf, have you any seeds to apare? ex- Frox Tronant, MiLwauxre. —Wonld llke to ask Littlo Dorrlt forsomo of her thirty-one kinds of pink reeda; will send atamps fmmediately In return; alsodf I have what she would like,—efther fancy work, plants, or_patterns,—wonld bo giad to ex- rhange, :\Ilcgua :‘mlld be gind to exchange roated plants an Ips for lll#or-lhm alley and nmilag. Fnox Hoxonta, CiitcAdo,—fae any one 1n Chi- eaga & nice root of wisterta vine, of seatlet tramnet vine, or swweet whits or scarlet trnmpet honey- anckle (IIY wonld exchange for CIIIIl or white camelifa, br white goranlum, or the *brilliant" Inchaia?t 1fso, and will aend It to me, with note designating which ?mm w0 praferred In exchange, cate of 1ome, 1 wilt reapond Immediately, . Frox 8. J, 1L, Sourn Nxxn,—WHI any of the readefs of The Home please send to me a rthode- dendron, donble white oleander, remne blaroke, or a donble white rose? In exchange T wil send to theém five or mix different kinds of geraninms, throo kinds of rose, or German vy or, if pra- ferred, will retnrn postago, Frox Lrnet Laxntix, Cricaco.~f will give a bulh of Vallotta burpurca and one of Amarylils atamasco to one who will let me haye In exchange Amnevllia formoesiesima (Jacobeanlily.) AsLhavo only une of cach to apare, please do not write me :fl;’;e you Liave the one 1'havs mentloned to ox- Fnox Avows, Cnarswonti, ILn.—If Daitls Snow will send mo tralling arbatas, T will send bera choica yollow, dark crimeon, or pink mosa roso; and if Eala, Hattla Creek, Mich., will send lily-of-thie-vailey'pips, will do the asms by ber, Fnox Fritz ANp Frau,—Those wishing to poa- ncss Kenflworth fry or Uerman ivy can do 50 by eending a three-cent stamp and thelr addro to F. L. Fhlilips, Fox Lake, Wis, HXouMiss, Frox Ascurarivs, DELAVAN, Wis.—Tan Sar- UTDAT TRIDUNE has orrived, and my **good wife* hascalled my sttention to tho letter of Viezinis Hawthorne. I, too, have been experimenting in koumliss, Were I (o relate all my mlshaps and fallures, it wonld fill & volume. Tho jars full I have letwpoll on my hands befors properly for- menting, or from letting atand a little oo long, 1 will not enumerato; tha bottles that have burat, the corks that would not hold wind, their numbor isleglon, Saflce, after six months of trial and tribalation, having nome knowledgo of chemistry, 1 have sncceeded, toa falr extent at least, in mast- cring the subject, 1 have twice suffered fi yla, the ‘result of fover contracted in the urmy, dyspepsia and nervous debility have been my bano for years. 1low often have I visited my patients when suffering worse than they, In thia conditfon 1 met Dr. E. M. liale's oxcollent acticlo in T Tutuuxe, and kuowing beforehand of tho rellubtlity of his WI'I‘I(IIKI on medical sub- Jocta, reficcting stlll further on the adaptability of mil ict, from tho oxcess of phosphatcs, fo restora norve tlesne, 1 resolved to test it-thoroughly. fichold the rosnit] Tha stomach that was ofton gistrossed by s bit of toast has di- gosted without fuconvenionce purk and cabbogs In moderate qnlnlll{. ‘The blooa that circulated ir- reqularly and feehly, often threatening congestion of the braln, leaving the fet and banan coid, now flowa equably, lul)plylmr all of the different patts of the system with natrition or warmth. Althongh 1 have taken many long night rides, 1 have not had cold foct thin winter, noilher have I contracted a cold of any account, which 18 very unusaal, with th amount of expostire my professlon brings me. ‘Fhe stopa so often langnid and weary have been changed more 1o the uulckness of eariier years, and the apirits wo_often despondent ave becomo buoyant agatn, Tha success of the treatment in my own cane has induced mauy others to apply to me for this clixir of life. and 1 conld maltiply in- winnces of ita great benoilt, One case, notably, of dypupsla and chronie branchitis, relleved wo far perinununtly by & ahort conrae of it. I wounld not protond that this 1e & cure for all, bot for discased which tend to debility or lack or proper mesimila- tlun of food, notably, also, those whose teadency i3 to lnng divease, in which porerty of the blood 1a developed, I voltevo 1t may be a preclous boun, A lady visiting here from” New York City, who had ‘drank it there under ~the advico of Dr. Jacobl with great bonafit, took s case of mino beck with her, A word ut its mano- facturc. Milk is ono of the most scnsitive s stances with which we havo to deal, udors and impuritics are readlly sbsoroed when 1t §s exponed to them; chemlical changes take place rapidly; thoerefore, 1 think great care is advisable In the manufacture of koumiss, The formentution shontd bu purely vinous, not putrefactive, We may com- bins botn by allowlng it to take tou much timo. Formerly, like Virginla Tawthorue, 1 took two or threo du} now 1 forment 1t In five hours, Tem- perature has much to do with ‘The rangs of fomperature for vinous fermentation e between U0 and Dfldt;fiu fali, Some claim that mil< sugar shouid alone used, Mk or good cane sugar amounts to the samo, provided it 1s all converled into alcoliol, as althor must bo fdrst changed chumlically to graps_sugar by the acid of the milk hefore ft will undergo vinous fermentation, If koumiss s used very new for a weak stomach, and wome ~of the sugar remains uncon- vertad, milk mugar may be E,a(nnhlu. 1 do not expect Lo atari n kouniss faciory, but 80 many of my patients and fricude bave importuned me for asharo fn fta benedts that I have supplled them, Many who have drank it made In Now York and Chicago pronounce favorably upon mine. Pura country milk fresh from clovér ha (1) wo have In abundanco, which s most desirable to start withi, 'I'lic oxponse Is largoly in tho cost of bottling and carlug for it, tne close attantion and carv It must have, ~ Yet il cau be afforded, I bo- Yieve, as 8 nptrient not much above tho cost of good beefatoak, — NOVELS. Fiiox GWEXDOLEX, Dixox—Aany excellent Chrla- tinu peoplo sro 1n the habls of placing novels in the wame list with danclog, card-playiog, theatrs-go- ing, otc., belleving them to have an equally per- nicious effect uvon morals. Inmy judgmont, such ‘persons should exercise a little disceimination, and not roject intrinsic good along with the bad. If all nuvels were of the scasatlonal type peculisr to those published in the popular story-ospers, I could heartlly agree with (hose persous in their aweeplng condemnation. [ think ‘a great deal of the enjuymont wnlch lightona life's burdons would wuddeuly disappear were the novel banlebed from our housshulds. Who can galueay this who has lingered over the fascinatiog payes of llawtharue, or haa huu%lm‘lmud with the matchicss crestions 1Hot's yenug, et dellgbtful hours Uronto novels? Is not tns world 1 day for on ba goucy of Mra, B ‘Fom's Cablu "'l "Anaroused Noriha whlch would not be appeasud_until ** |iberly w proclatmed throughout the land " was the result, Who can deny the good {ulluenco ezorted by Dickers novels In roformiug abuscs in workahops aud prisour, a4 inameliorating the condition of thy lowly voort ‘I'hs guod effect produced through the agenoy of tho blatorical wovels of that gified authureus, Loutsa djuhlback, casnot b overcstimated croating a desira £0r historical studios, wud stimu- iating youth to scsle greater hpights, theie power has been yreat. Laatly, tho great Eaglish oraclo, thy London Wi, coniva 10 the ruscuv |u fts charscteristic style, aa follows: **They are guldes to Bowi- odgo/aud intecpreters to a1l mysterles, Flor carry as Lurougn sl g nd apace, and cumpel il cro- ated thingu—all the world's great names and most wtriking marv 40 D1 efure us lo solemn ru- view, 38 nosjudy of bistury or geugrapby would Lave shown then. Many a may begau with "ldlfltl novels, and went up with that jmpulse 1o il kuowledgo." . ON BEHALF OF THE PIG. Frox GuNAIKA, Cuicauo,—~AtL this sesson of the yeartho spyetite ofien fyile, and indiderence as rugurds eatlog succeods Lo (be former relish for food. Thla 1s purtly npatural, sa less food is ro- qulired; but the principal cause is 8 loss of tone 1o the digestive organs, with consequent impalrument of function. To removy this debility, when it is gxceasive sud Interforcs with the proper nourlsh- wmout of the body, a varlety of tonica are uesfyl. Lot U. A, if sho craves an ictd, substitate tho by- drochioric for the horse-radish aud vinegar, and { think who will Lo pleased wilh the effect, fifteen drups of the ilute scid, we the drugylss will prepare it, in Lalf » glass of water before or daring each wmeal. A¢ ¢he samu fime get fve Brulue gl ipecac f.nd muke lwem]y powders, Take oforo vagch weal. ‘This coures for will' probably be suficient; but, #1 not, here are the Liller toulcy, cinchons, uux yomics, rastls, I proper doscs; or, to act mildly but ..:li.l:ignly vpon the liver, ioptandrin s une- Young peraons peed to bo often rewinded of the neceusity Ul eating woro freely of fat mea The wugxeation 1s somewhat unseasonsdis but is wortn rewembering. ‘fbe calepsive sorvatlons made by Dr, Hooker vn tnis gub- show that §U s positively uussfe for Joune. passons to decline this “form of food tho extent Lust it iy oftcn done. The dangor la from tubercular disease. Nor is it sufliclenf tpa fats shouid be forcea upon sn uuwllling stomach they nitst be relighod, §f we ootain the beat ges sulju. " This rulieh sy be scquired by ail pursons In ordlnary bealtl, 3f only sullicient lwportsace sitached (o the noceaslty of so duug. In sl cases where s moderate smount of fab disagrece, 1t 1 high tima that serious atiention wus given.to the cundition of he digestive vrgaus.” Mauy persons deprlve thamseives of the only kind of fat meat of which they ar really fond, via.: nice awcet pork or baw, under the Jmpression that it s productive of corlain luathpowe formg f dlacasc, auch &2 nizerationa of el c., fn $*aernfula, conid be Imnj foundation, el snch a view, riorat| of direaro, objection Habllity to uffinem tan, nderdone atate, dangee {8 applicable, bt in a foss do beef, cte. thi belief rezardin. has acted to preven & vemedy of tno principal, and, Tor nng | Lo only real, causc of theae Tontarome comiitinu. which I prefer to call pecudo.scrofyly, ') proper tine an medicine of cortuin pojenmon iry, which produce epectic alteratinne af n s oy acter i tho hlood, in recozntzed n stanga. s fcel works aw prodactive of theso fornis nf iijs. The diseases thus produced are elaborately of fled, yet no remedy i mnggested, conid’ bo once unened to tlie keneral fng,an It Nies bare and repulsive to the o dical roader and obscrver, of the public wonld soon find ono—tn the avoldance of all much med tu_the ficsh patasttic aiweane, known nindel A‘lnml. ther In re: fleah of an of the blond which exista 1y The only rat ger from poi The abje 1 connlder th uscleas niedication. Apranos 1o this, 1 wonder if (ho up iny **Treatment of Lung Nisca 1 necustomed to feelng dincases dublous manner, thoughifulness if making me state, jy lined reader, position on my part to avold answering the qng. tion of Hlidewarde on this subject, as she in. 1t 18 & matter in which intersated, and of which we know comparatiscly mates. It 80, 1t tion, munt, it wonld scem, throagh his mind, to causa Kim to mie: for **antliven,” thus tarnin: 1 h inta noneeriso, beslie reflect] preceded | namen of romedica witl b casl Other ha skin, macns 1 Nothing conl pe'fartie truth, and the idea 18 0ne of the most fancr: ‘Thern i not the *on or fact, ie 8enh of tho phe eo +identical clements combined In preels, manner as the utterly incannble of prodhe on of F tlio pen inz the it & hesn fury andg the and tonal Rlent Bl by e of 1] the commun -v'll' a e dy - ani) th DHDter who s will nccoent far b i limve been pass ke * oy amall errara n 1) TIOME ART, Fron W. 0. C., CiticAno.—~There was nodis. 1y corrected by the thtnes. ey, Ui (RTINS S heog 10 Fuy ot Hlllil‘l Of the ely the g Other animal, oyt gy s o 1 k] ts 0 ho woree thyg et e ™ Jast oo treated 'tk iy . hie closin, Ing npn af e L are more ur lerg leas than on anything else connected ax closely ag thia Is with our lives, Thero s as much coramon sente nacessary In undorstanding oven the fre vrinciples of art ae of musle or language, and if wp can got at thi 8o when to the crayon Ahould sa Bhing, norance. forathe wal messure of of Liert Shakspoara some nimself, worthlcss. bot {nteros hopetully. or & hous 3 value, aintiugs s Il Ly I will force aon will tion. As th 0t longing ilital {mpleinen Archory fair to wreher cannot A QU and folly. o ents; Uroes, Add (] lemon. supposed Rot. plontifuliy be ddress o lan lace and b A ugder obll Homo peopls. loss of bones many of U reparation), o ?.anmu- artin general. that tho enjoy romarkubly knows he mssugies this hi {rom soine one worth of our niouey. taken whon this is accompilshed. Toving world of ours overy product, either of braiky or of hands, 18 supposed ‘to have u merchantalic 1t fa certainly not othorwlse withi works of art, Notonly 80, but the well-aavised purciars of ARCHERY ¥rox Ancuxs, Ciicauo.—[ wm an Englleh- wonian, and have becn in this country shani tve years; and, like others of my country' % am very My obacrausua leads ue 8 u rule, give too much nd oo st 1t recseas -prmaclu--lmd 3 foud of out-door sux to notlco that Amerl turles the popular social ory has overything to cummend ftacll avo sumy” archory once, and other cltles througuout the uoon follow sult, and, ) flud srcliory as popular it this sectivn us unyw Let our young society ruuu organiza clube, help but be proud of, of middle life or Toey neither - lips (wiilch aro daid Lo be anjudicatl d aronot at all given to scaudal; are b bLaters, neither do the: the matrimonial atate, pady p! answert? Ma, of Rockfurd, what bet! cart for tea than sticed oranges, sprinkled w_l“n "far« Undine, will uive secipe fur lenion-ca e cupsof sugar, ono cu ci ©ggs, four Cupe ous. 1o a crosm; beat th asif lm , #d Mix all logetler, 8l gauld give recipo make my letter 0o long. THE CONVERTED PEACH BASK Frox IuvssrLupy, MoNtavus, Micu. 10 make my bow ta The Home slstars. arbutus be trausplanted and be wade to X Young ll'n‘:.f: 1sond you waist aud flannel skirt (Klll L% Buth Pineh who told she gAML BAALEE D o B erod outside snd fn with light.bi fhen oulalds wiih whita lace. Trinuwed by 1t side pockuta thut Just dile 'llm.menlb‘i. r. nu"n;;: Lsd apt-basketd 4o for work-Laskel 8 tiops Lo ever so u'lnunm deal of wisdom, want 19 s3y, Thaok you. e uea of Cunds by tho use of the Huld est at fa usoally And #0 nun an afford, s partiea L i n ol psinting has an lutrinelc good investmen! {ntimate io tell us, standard of artustic cxcellouce In thia I tyof aurs? It s no leas & pursou or thing thsn that wonderfol product of an inscrutible Provi- dence,—tho Amorican suctioneer, L 1t faolléh T urchaxing palutin; d on the statement of have taken the fir aitiicult to walk | nm asked whether any pleasure attachny rawn by 8 member of iy (aniiy. | , and then ncin sy o,y | former wouldl e me; H 0 Eliot, o me dear fiiend ur rel atlve inay produce o landscape or a stuly-heid, either In ail or erayon, which may appear very craditable, yet, compared will a Clurcn or a lluntingion, they arc the sorrlest caricatu; they do not o appear to ua it I8 becanse uf o f. For tt must not be forxution that Art le Nataro's unayokan lauguago, having ita bictl hun como down th niusic any lite af oae ptil It e uy Derson I pro t hly comjare oz Kl He hon hi istants, 10 be aure, —such a8 the female reaie ry and {ho nowapaper Chrume man, —hul upon liis "broad shualders rests tio vast reaponsitality of educating the esthotlc taste of tiao country; and ugo responsivility calialy oad 1ie nells carpets one tay, wictures (ks next, then & Junk-shop, then plcturee, fucas pswnbroker's stock, then more picturcs. Most of ns have some of his art trearutes aboot us, and e have alo thy _yutisfaction of koowinz for he uald #0) Lhat tho prico paid for thew e ust hialf what the frauice cost. aver sold by him on an wo may be confldent, that thera can be ?umuu educaticn 1n il No- puliting wes otber basly, L ect in the rame way i S ot Atasatr Aoy ihing At pcat In which brighfor s happler, "we anal atep (n & path th homes 0y (o ant tho pleasure atlached i ciatlons by the latter would he messt o ation of excellence a8 compared to ol Let umuse our ordinary in gence in this as in anythingelse, Y aarde, may be able 1o wrile n letter or o paper, perhaps even a story, which onr friemis woulq tize, and really esicem ns 8 tremondonsly clever yot the same friends would most neeured] and anequtvacally 1o if they favoru our ofturts with” Mr. Drowning, tic Tlerbort Spencer, ar 3 1+ r s of Babyton wero kaid; or the tem. ples of Thebea were pninted, —that it 1ea grawih of human progreas, and that centuries with its colabore ture, laden with tho samo lau with the 1ifelong devotlon of the grandest minds tha world Lias ever known, rels anl worshiped Twill, therefore, taks the liberty to repest what has Just been stated, ment of & **muddy crayon™ is the gnurance of momethmng befter, A persan having a brotlier or a sister whow prodac. tions on cauvas impart the wame combirative plonbure tht a masterly rendition of o rlapsol, knuwledge u{ powscased elthiue smart el very little concerning Att. It must be so, ur elne all the laws that govern ap. plication, perseverunce, and genlns are absvlutely If we csn hardly bring outsclres to confess that wo dun't kiow a guod wo seo i, let us at leust dovoutly an Kknowledge that we dun’t always kno: when it 18 shown us, ol or e, icture whea humbly ac- Y 8 paot oue Why uot? Veell, for a good many ressons, but malnly” becaure there Ia o urs Wit s the and of Iher- s val 198 4ovd one, and 1 wotsu than wortns Tons I 12 18 & paor one. erly considerad ridicnlous) or bnylng a plano, harse, or bond befor they bl learud o whow they hud conddence what tholr proapective purchase was wurlh, aqually foolish In valua of which they depen: the man soliing thom. ¥npposo wo ack onr-eives if there to not & more sonmibic, #ing ot this matter, s0_that When a panting le bought we may know that we have outained tho A great atep whil have been T thie moeys au are ey i for thn ellable way of gete 'he purchase of a pietira of recomnized merlt mparison with the smatear produc —— for some congenl ny attention naturally Lirus to iy eery, which s heen for tete Arche 10 fuvor, 1o ackuowledyed fact tnat ths former In tho use of the required are fow ¢ vary populs watering-places 1o the Last luat sesson, Goacomo sl tho fage tibe suniuier clubs organized fu CERI4 and acyuire d ESTION t, and, wani Lutto yu. & 1l ERY supa Lss0l! aw fn Lugland. Low as Lho latter. g incxpenshe. clpsl at the prin LPJ‘ L ot s v 8t bofore “wo oxcept oue, er uauca ¢a o Titite. voda o The foas knd put | cLusns, out-door i il Wl Wl , we Wl know It 1o gouie Lo skl that IN ANATOMY. Prox Sisten JuLia, Laxespx— waot lo ol » quastion; Can the cditor or any of tho utelte toll mo why unwarried ladies past widdie Nifs (vulgarly called old malds) ure ul with & nock like & stort broous-handlé, pit Habe, and sharp nose? sharp noe of fesb #by . ona cup ol e butter su rately, the wh Ly & be juice sad grated tudof s I At least ours e, and isall in blovin. 1 cuuld seud sheas lClfl;-nd('. Babre iue ribbon. CUNDURANGO. Frox AUNT Cauuty, MoNWOE, o #gain say to sll those who have sskud coul!:;.rll.““ urango for ulcerated nuelr 'u through catareh, thatlhivedt o most |nvetoraty coaus curcd ¢ (s & Biessd woid by Vau b Lpleg know ol rict 3 chaack, Blevwiavd did mot. paticeus Ul [ aw uslng for i frout, in the anlk. o tlons reforred to by 1iildegurde, amil 1t ls harcly nuuu-ruu state what thu result of that cowpar- msipuch as 1t furnisbes delightiul esurclac o the apen air, aud s not fatiguing. It Iv eyqunlly ea: Joyabls both ladics and gontiemen, wnd 1 lesn 1 hwcome #% o il i 13 waga pistured e v g overal lacies Now, smony uiy scquaintances are s A e jor 1l s Wil some n you bt b for chicken salad, butit would ~—Allow @6 Cau wailing grow? Had It uruss 11 1 had the ug some time 830 0 jase whaiey Teinawed wits aa b aud o, woul B Uodchy Wasd Bl ity My 1 took the hluh‘:‘u’:: d 1 know vl Tog 3 2] d u 4