Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 18, 1878, Page 10

w THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1878=TWELVE PAGEN, THE HOME. THE GIFT OF SONG. O Meaven! If T had tho gift of sona. 1'4 sing ro swveetly in the prood wworld's ear That It wonid pause enraptared, still and tong, And lean Lo cateh fts every note go clear. Sweet as & nightingale I'd sing of love, And 1ike & Jark 1'd mount on jnyons wings, And flost, & viewless rongster, high above ‘Tne carnsl Infinence of terreatrial things. T'd sing so eweetly of the Neavenly Land That sinners wonld forsske the downward way, And raise to reach the Savior's helping hand, As on thelr bended knees they knelt to pray. 0, |11 had the heavenly glft of done, 1'd alng as mortal never aang before— 8o swect and crystal-clear, the worldly throng Wonld deem it music from tho Golden Shora. **810ux" BRUBAKER. NOTES TO CONTRIBUTORS. The condnctor is very sorry to be compelled to postpona the letiora of Annle M. R. Barnette and Una Voce still another week. Bath have music to be pat in type, and only one printing-office Ia Chi- cago can do the work. For varions reasons it hias been impossibleto get It ready for this lsane, Doth commuuications ehall be given next weok. ot Mns, M. J.W.—Cannot send yon tho address of any conteibutor without that person's consent. Write to the lady care of this department, and your lester will bo forwarded to ber, L 0% Lyatzr LAXBLIK ~It would not be proper to pub- lah the item in The Mome onany terms, The other case to which yon refer ls one of deserved charity. o M.°A. G.~Your lettor to the lady will be for- ‘warded {f gent ' 'Caro Home." 1¢{a not silowable to give names of contribntors, % Distresazo Doxssuaren. —Vour latter was write ten on bothaldos of the paper; therefore it kas been thrown away. Grroa,—Your lelter has been sent (o the person ‘baving ths disabled horso. o Mra. J. F. S.—~Hare scatyourloltorto Floronce for her to nnswor, THE LETTER-BOX, There are Ictters in this office for tho following- pamed contribotors, Thoso atended for ;persons living out of the city will ba forwarded by mail upon receipt of address. Roslacnts can eall or send to Itoom 36 Trunuxa Dulldiog and get their Jetters: Alcohol (8)y Jennlo Wren, Tonlco LAl Aunle Tiell, Merry' May, ‘Allo Phi, 7o s L8, Paul 1L, B, (3), Hl:'la" i "l'z(!' 1ty iprige, Mre, M. Thoroe, Irena (1), Sofferring Addie (3), W, IL B,y B, L T, (2), Comfort, Mrs, E, B, M., Lula. Tn addltion to the above list of letters there are & nnmber of postal-carda at hand for contribators. Tho letters have genorally beon accompanied with tarps, with which they will be forwarded when spplicd for. The cards, on the contrary, have no stsmps, snd 8 rogueat (o forward them ehonld be accompanicd by one, Tollowing s the st of postal-cards Mab (3), Wallflower, MHay, Marlar, Eu‘ullng Addle, Bluebell. Lals, PULMONARY CONSUMPTION. TFnox GuNAixA, Crircado,—As one of the warm- est admirees of Tho Home from thie stast, I have slways recopnized the generally high order of ex- sellenca In the contributlons on the various toplcs fiscosscd, tho valae of the instructions given in the eeveral dopartments of artlstic and uscfal tnowledgo, and should be sorry to detract from the bizh rcputation of this favorite department of our beat of newspapers by offering exploded theo- ries or 11-considercd ndvico, cepeclally upon med- Ical nubjecta; yet this, according to the testimony of Nathalle, 1s just what [ have done. 1 do not, Indeed, so much object to being made to appear {gnorant upan any subject, a8 I doto having it nferred that 1 am so Incking in good judgment na tonclect those very subjects to writo upon, and notabl§ when pertaining to matters of lifo and bealth, But the question of interest to othors than my- #c)f is, Where lles tho truth respecting the origin of that scougge of two zopes—pulmonary cousump- tlon? Somoe of tho statementa of this writor would 2cem to require but a passiug notico in_rofutation, Yor example, nothing is moro susceptivlo of direct proof than that patiologlata recognize no differ- ence botwaen erculosis of the lings and pul- monary phtblsia: theso names belug used tntere changeubly to deslgnata that special form of Jung diseass connected with tuborcular depoelt. That tho term phthisis pulmonalls Is specialiy restricted 1o this dlscade, and is used indiffercntly in all stages of it, tho wrltings of nll pathotoglats, from Lacuncc down, show upon uvery page. Henco {t followns that 8 care of phtbisis pulmonslis could not bo induced In tho wuy wpecifod, or fn ony otner way {ndependent of tuberc) ‘Thio difliculty with this writer is Innot rocogniz- ing tho fact, as nitirmed by Laennec, **that the slmucr nuinber of casca of phthisle are latent at he bogluning, sinco nothing ta more commaon than 10 find milisroy tubcrclea in lungs atherwiso uite bLealthy, and ti subjecta wha baye never had any symploma of coneumption,” "Of courao such do- sro they exist, are proof positive that 1%, or has been, In & condition favorable to fhe development of the discase in an sctive form, upon tua occurrence of u suMiclent exciting caneg; and, In view of this fact, IL I& easy {0 se0 Tiow a'person miay Le tho subject of actiyo tuber- culosls, uotwithstandiug his symptowas dats only from a recentattack of “bronchitis or pneumonta. 1 freely admit that taking cald appears often to bo the exciting (not **primary ) canse of this dis- cana; yet pathology alone would not sustaln thls view, 88 the nparts most sfilicted by Infammation are not the ordlpary seat of tuberentar deposit, This, howeucr, “stmply abows that tubercles are not doposited as rhu airoct rosult of an **inflammatory pracess,’ but result from excttoment of the circulation beyond {ho luflamned point. I hiove befotu referzed (o the finminent rlvk involved In falling to curb the gon- eral circulstion 1n inflammatory diseuses, There 18 1o excuso for thi whun wo have such effcctiva 2 cxcesdlve action of the heart uunl{. caloste originates in insuf- blaad‘lu far from belng new, buiis 8t present recognlzod only as su excits ing cause. Dr. Richardson, in his stor nine occupants of Lhe traveling van, wuul recognlze it aa something more, but ha only ap- vears to doeo. 1o contents Limeelf with watulng cople againt exeiling causes. | hava secn notbing o favor this view In any atandard work, and 1 take. 1o stock in the theories found fu advertialng pain- !Im"" or wther medical trasb, 1 remewmbor reads ng one of theso Jearned 41) inonographs, ju which the writer, =who wasevidently acquainted with the important fact fureshsdowod by pathological obe servations, aud st lust revealed by {ho splromete viz. : the presence of tha di ¢ Jong belore It can La delected by tha stethios ~thiy man, I sy, reversing oe order of the phicuomens, sasumed that there was, {u every case, & decreaso in tha function of the Jungs previous to the deposit of tubercle; thus wakiog consumption s primsrily local disease, iu which the blood only sutlers frum want of due axygenation. This mup, slthough he clajmed to bave auulyzed tubeecle, did not kiow that jt was composcd of thy samue slemonts, and In the same proportion, 8s other albumipous compounds, —did not know that the difference between tubercle and beaithy Acsh snd blood was not one of chemical Cumpusition, but of Vllllll{: but, on the contrary, was attempling to prove that it was a deposit of csrbou-sediment from carbonaccons bluod, —in uther words, a minisjure coal-deposit. ‘To prove tuts, hoquoted from suthoritics the snalysis of tulerele, Lo show Rbut it was more thun gne-ball carbun, —beidg g0 12norant of organic chemistry os notlo know ‘thot the proportion given wa pre- claely that iu which it exiats in lh protein com- e, Tn harmony with wakt ous wight axpect, noled on lcsa Lhan stx pawca of very opeu satier, uuder the head of ** Csuse of Consumption,' no ven misstatements of well ical snd ctlojogical facts, be- he that wero of the secm Lo = ®ide & number of hulf-trut quite wa wirleadivg. If this ma prac- Gice was a8 d -~ s his theory, or was 8 logical outgrowth of ft, bould ba sorry for ble patienta; but it fs safe to aswume that 1t lenot, That (he breathiug of cloau sir, sjoaping and cramped positiovs, etc., develop taverclo ia ihe luuge, wayba explained by sup- postug that the dovialized' lbum(uous eleniuut in 1L Llood, which, unier more favorable condition &3 recards e dntroduction of oxygen 1uto the bioud, Lad previously coB oxydlzod futo carbonle acid, now falliog of his, 18 deposited In the furn of rub-.-rdw; but that thesg caunca bave uol neces- gazly auythiumg o do with thu original fault in the load, s evident from the fact that luousands wha never Jabored under auy of theas conditiuns be- como toberenlous, the eircumsiances pointing di- sectly to faults in' diostlon, or tu diefary cerors, Aunother judlrect wanner in which jwpure alr, in tommon with all othier depressing lutluentes, scts, fo throuzh the nervous wyslew.— the poeumogsatrics und orgeuie ueryous claln,—upon dizcstion and asslunlation; but that the (uimediats cause of st cacoplastic condition of the bioud which we ary consl wlnfh thu lack of supply or spvropriation of sowme urtlcle of food, y Lo fuitly duferred from facts to whicn 3 will ‘o exemption of the Intabitants of the ¥rigid Zouo (with whoso peculiaritics sud dict all wre famiilsr). notwithstauding they breatbe the wost foul 1ndoor aimousphere that could be fm- Y Dr. Carpenter, in bis argument for the of oleauinous food, {u ble last cdition ru- v vecesaity warka: preccuted by the population of feeland, which, uot- witnatauding the concusivuce o every uuv ol the ** A mowt remarkable exswlo uf s s clrenmetances nanally considered favorahlo to the scrofnlous dlathedis, epjoys a most remarkable immuanity from it, without any other assignable cnuse than the pecnllarly oleaginous charscter of the dlet nsnally employed, * Second—In harmony with the precedini it of experiments npon domestic animale, to producs the discass artificially by eondnement in dark, damp qaarters, ahows that ‘where tho ani. malaweres anly fed ugon thele ordlnary diet firnr which, of conrse, their relish would become im- paired, ) nearly all became tubercnlons; whereas. of those who were givea lron in addition, not one Zmemrd the slighiest trace of tuborcle. (See M. Coster's Experiments. Third—The frequent cares of sdvanced phthlsls puimonals, recorded In old atandard medical works, by en-voyages, necessiiating the nae, by patlentsas well as crew, forfl.nr{llmp-nmru, which, while producing rcutvy in tho otherwisa Bealthy crew, cared the consumptives. These re. coverles were aecribed to the effects of pure alr, whilo the scurvy tn tho crew wan Ascribed, y the same ~writers, In_ other paria of their works, to bad Alr, eic, We now know that 1t woe the ealf diot that prodnced the scuevy, and by inference that it was Lhe ptincipai agent in effecting the cures; and this {s condrmed by tha lack af any benedt derived from repeated short trlps,—as across the Channel, —which neceasitated Do chiangs in the diet, [This s inclnded in the pext. il'ou]rM—Tho thoneands of {ndubitablo cnres of &11 forms of scrofuln, inclading consumption, by the nse of the varions histogenctic snbstancer neually recommended for this parpose, and by fmproved dieband digestion, without changa of air or improvement in other conditions or habits of the patieut, Moreover, it ought to he well under stood by anv one competent to attempt an elucida. tlon of this subject that thero are Im. rptum causes operating 1n this diseaso o prevent oxygenation of the blond, And oxy- dation of retrograde albuminous componnds, quito indopendeatly of abridgment in raspirating, ' Kven wore this function perfect an reapired air d the rnrn and nbondant, ‘ynt the bload, from lack of hoalthy red globnles, fs unablo to appropriate it Tiero histology comes to our aid,and supplies that, without which the whole aerial ses, even were it composed of pure oxvgen uas, could do us no good whatever, Or, this fault being romedied, yet from deficlent alkalinity of the blood, the adinity of oxygen for the organic componnds fs impaired, and these degraded alhuminous products fafl of complote oxydation. liere, m‘a(n 8 knowledge of tho vital chemistry of the blood alono ennbles us to supply 8 remedy. As to the charge of *'specific medication," willonly say it is abaned to consider any histo- Regetic snbstance as a medicine in the ordinary scnse, Tho remedial actlon is nlmrly in aupply- ln{ rapldiy, and in a concentrated form, foad, which ~ provious dielary hsbits have withhod. I Nathalie will ind me's consumptive who can do ample jusiice to hier bill of fare, 1 will not insist so atrongfy on lnyn-flmun‘ The importance of sus- tainiug tho appetite tn thia discanc is #c well undgraood that it would naturalty be the first con- corn’ of tho physician, yot his best endeavurs in thie direction will hardly' be rowarded by -*mar. veloas results’ until au fmpetus given to the vital ropertics of the bloud enables It to go to work on ulrnme to repaic tiesuo-waste, Means to thla end being sct 1n operation, we can now wurn to the Jungs, whore, if tlie mischlcf ds nut too extenaive, ‘wa may hope 10 asslat Natare in throwing of the discase, That the danger involved in tho tocal Icsion 18 1n proporilon to the extent, rather than to the stage of the deposit, Is evident from the large number of epontancous cares, where the deposit is limited, as shown from pathological statistics, Fheso ahow that about one-third of nll pers not dyipg of consumption have at somc (iuie bern the snbjecta of active tuberculosls, in a limited portion of the Inpgs. 'This fact, which miay be still more surprising to Nathalie than that respect- 1ng latent tubercle, 1o u%llllly well eatabhished. An [ was rather brief before on this point, 1 will hat the bestlocal treatment consists in the {nhalation of jodine, or one of, Ita cognates, in connection with ammonin,—the formor stimuiat- while the [atter liguidcs the a linity of the bivod. To remove Irrilation, the ap- plication by meane of the atomlzer of thu vari. ous agents in common use for restoring discased ‘mucaous linings, together with sultaole expecto. rant and sedative agents, and mild counter-irrita- tion fs nocessary: being governad by the uame rinciples in selection ss would be spproprlate in [,I.m trestment of inflamed mucous lnings fo other parts of the body. ESSAXS, Fuou Avxt Lucy, Cuicago.~—Country School- Marm's note jast Baturdsy rominds me of my neg- lgeuce, I had lutended giving Princoses some fdeas in rogard to her cssay, I hopo It ie not too 1ate, Of coursa T am not golng to writa it for you, for that you would not wish, but 1 was a school-girl once,—years ago,—nnd sinco that have had danghters that were school-girls also; and what mother fa thero but has Jved overand overagaln school-girle’ perplexities, heart-aches, and, I may say, even braln-schoes, §n hor childeen's expori- ence. ‘There aro persons who seem ta havo the pen of aready writer born with them, and have bat to touch the nio to the paper when ldeas fall rapidly Into words, and drop with raflrond apecd, but Lo those not 80 blessed ‘writing i » task, apd tbink- ing becownes painful. Lave & l-riu store of sympathy for achool- H!m especially when preparing -ihe last gront ourish of their colleglate courso, Unfalrly the intoliigonco aud standing of a scholar I3 judyéd by the werit or demoritof (Als csiny, Yet many times, with less study and cxortlon, have they donie boiter. vl often tho caso when wo wish, and atrive with care, to bave thinge uuusnally nice, we make a fullure. 1know itis equally so fo culinary mat- tors and household experiments, Now, Princesso, my cxperience has taught mo that it Is easler to writo upon a nnb{ut wiven than to select oue,—for you cau set right to work, you hava the clay, and Lave nutbing to do but to niold 1t; whereas, M you choose your own subject, you will welte down tho beading—u fow ilinei—chooss another, n(dd“um"' il your time and patience ara oxhausted, 1 rewember, at one time, Kijtlo hnd s sabjoct givon hor—not for Comununcoment, howover, but 8 clase conny—when sk 1ooked at the lttlo wlip of Pleur with th lbrarios," who snld, +\What can I make of it. "A lbrdry," Wabster says, *1# 8 cullection of books, o roum for contaln« 1ug books.'™ Well, wa talked the matter over, and we found there were volumas in the word. It our edltor will give the esasy u pluco In The Houwe, it ma} nteresting to school-girls, und Frinceass will find tho sudject has not bewn at ull oxbausted. Sl may gain a now ldea, aud yut bave the credit of writlug Lor own esssy, and belng qulte ready to gradua [Following 1x Luo essay rofarrod to,~Ep.] LIBRALIRS, With what feclings of sulemnity and even ven- oration do we gaze upon & woil-tiled Jibraey, Why do we huve such emotlon, when we behold sucl a thing a8 shiolves crowded with books? ~ Ak It fe not only the volumes that juspire us with such thoughts, it is the tives of thuusauds, yos millions, of our follow-c who labred through pove erty and sicknews, by aud by nlght, to earn a livelihood, who left those memorials that in after yesrs sliould aatonisl the world, A writor calls electud library ** the store. house of Wisdom ut Low wuch more appros belate fe this aLuumlnn. The aoma of thuuglit, th palace of tho soul.* Who would 1muagine when beholding a vast It- brary that 2o much wore is contalbed tnerein than thio books, —each separate volunie hasa history, not in itself, Lut alsu in the lifs of tho writer, [l e-mr..rn with mo 1o this great world of Litera tury, tread Hghtly as you approsch tho *soul's burlal-ground " whero atand the lasting monu- ments of those who havo Jong since d 1 bis earth, ‘Timo appears o have with his ungeutle touch, und has Jeft his dugers upon the pages of the wchoul-books which lle covered with dust in thut remote caruer, I fecoquiro suong i somo of iy eld com- punlune, Davies' Legeudre, Quackenbos’ Ruetorie, and desr vld Virgil, he joy of my sclivol days, but this one Liss not had us fender alluction us’ niine, tha tears with which its yellow 'mm aro blotted bespcak the sorrow sua dislike of one who studied this voluoo of anclent lore. Horace atands by the wide of blsuld friend with 89 much devotlo as when iu gatural Hiv thoy en- Joyed vuch ollicr's company, Jomer, the Greclau puet sad master, stands by hia Ttalian pupile, The old worn volumes, fcar-stained and doge cared, bave been romnved W the opmost shiclyes 10 give placa 1o tivse of Baudsomer bindiny, snd of Iatur dste, i3 caller as procious tur, baving lived durlng cur dves, Lhey scews more closely uoited than those who lived sges uga, Among them we spy ugfellow and Whittier, K‘ncu of ourown native d; Mre, Browniy ra. Hemans, and Fepnyson, Engl d. blanding vy thilr el son's poetical works, which contain thy hves of Japhact, Michael Augelo, and vthcrs whoso famg read sho world around. ‘Ihat voluie boaud in dusky brown ta **Tewuyson's Evoch Ardew,' which during tho ixst fuw years bas been scatlersd everywhere, aud bas been rewd snd reread by miany. 'l'h’uu 19 1o book which contalns wa much beauti. ful literature as God's uwn book, In ft we thnd bistory, proverbe, lotters, and tho must exjulsite What puet ever Wrote such besutiful seu- ‘\\’l‘ml Davig, the awest sinzer of old! 2 b xaclnl:-l'll Danl:vlll,wlwn ho nl,'l @ (aucy uursul irecn. pastufes, atralling h:-ldc [} urecn pastur h d cattle upon & thoussnd hills " pleturo. * v the story uf Ruth tuld; how full of aifection #ho proved, s vho said 1o her mothers In:law, ** Entreat mo not to Jeave thee, L us Iekyo this Louk-worid fura libisry of a diffesont characler, the library of Nature, more full of {ustruction thau the ona we have just con- tempisted, i ha flled wilh more beautiful vol- umes, and more exquisite lustrations, ‘the Oret Yolume that will stirsct yous ey is the Florl Cre- ation, the atudy of which la never exhausted; cune tuually uew books are added to the colleetiol, aud as wu e3swmine the delicate texture of leaf und Hlowcr, We uucousclously sckuuwledge the powee of ‘s Buprews Belng, * Diu vuu ever wee the Koss after the Dew tad fmprinted its moraing kiss, leav- 1wg the diswond drop upon the bluslung brow! DId you ever cxawlue the Huy Forpet-me-not? yo Buiull thut one ight base 1t by but for its name, aud we *forget 1 no ' Wiat varlety o the folluge of thu forval, from (he tuue gentle Bpriug duus hes eautiful gréeu Ll Autumy comes witn tho gorgeou Lues of royaliy! Lut let ue pause Lefore thus large volume, —bhow assive Je biuding, O it e tho vak, stroug sud Llglty, a» 140 say, I Lave not Myed io valu, nataral eyes are not permitied to read therein, > —— sené yoit somo of the seed yon ask for{ but you are “to do 8o, as it promotes saymmetry of form. respondents petitlon for old-fashioned pinks, If : plint attach firmly bouguets of brilliant*colorea” blos soms; place on a plato and fwmeérso in watery caver with watch-olass or recelyers lnvorted and completely flled with water, excluding over) in IEDOIX light. be at scription, and continue to increaso {n beauty for days, £ oned upon white backgrounde, with glue in any desiyn dictated t boillng water, one cup new mllk, ten rounding #un, and far beyoud shat wade by other mcthods with cheaper flour, respondent regarding aleus a romedial agent In puimonary dlsease, And yet another haok In this (oi's libeary | open before ne,—it {1 the volume of the heavens, which *'declare the glory of tivd, ™ bound In a blue and fleecy cavering with edges of mil. The frontia. plece 18 the lorions tun, who *o kindly sheds her radisat beams to light the world by day; tho title. page f8 tha pentle silver moon: her infinence we prize at night. Eacn page contying the history of some planct or tiny star. As we turn over the leaves of this massive volume, how familine some of the moet beanttful arc. One glance at Urlon is anongh to make ns evet romember s bety Ursa Major, or, as is it nore familiarly called, t Great IMpner, from {t8 resemblance to A ladle, {a composed of a cinster of reven brilllant stars, What s that lone Jinc_of giitering white which can only thank her now, Some nnknown friend #ent me & ret of doll patterns, —won't they sond ma thoir name #o T may know to syhom [ am Indebted? Glans Slipper, gy your long sllence? 8 L T., I thinkiyonr haby is hnngry. Preparo some aatmeal by the foregoing recipe, and feed her alt she will eat; then nume her, After sho has nursed give her drink of water. This may not 10y hor crying, but i€ it ehould you may ealely contluac she does not have nourlshment enough, And now 1 cannot resist the temptatlon to cive 8 nmhle vaellw, new to me, and very oxcelient: ne enp bntter, two cnpssugar, onocup ronr milk, six cnps flour, one-half nuymeg. ono teaspuon soida: mix: roll thini cut, and brash over with white of egg; altt granujaied sngar ovar' the top, seems to be made up of myriads of stara? It is & | And bake Ina qnick oven, To keep cnstard and Inminous rona cajied the Milky \\'u{. This elngu- | lemon plea from soaking the crust, sift lar whiteness may be Attribdted {o the factthat | & half ‘tenspoon baking powder fn enongh this belt Is formed of an indnlte numoer of etars, | flonr for one pie. After reading all the temon pie recipes, 1 conclnde my own seams the eastest. I make a cnatard ple, using three ogae, but reserving the whites; after you getihe plo to lnking, beas the whites and aqueezc in the pieca of one lemon; adil some lemon extract and two tablespoons of suvar, or lexs, according to alze of lemon, spread this over the ple whenal- most done, and set In tho upper grate to brown, which shed s confused radiance, forming the Ium‘ track In the heavans, Jupiter with his zonce anil moons, Satarn with his Hnldm rings and eight magnificent eatellites, and Venns, our beautiful and bright morning and evening siar, are familiar friends. To hosts of the constcilations that advrn the firmament God has given names, bot tho name- leas stars aro [nnumersbie, More precions than nll others s Gad's own library—ieaven: but an All-Wieo Providenca hus sealed it cs within its golden covers, and our Fnox E. Lire, Cuticaco, —Dido, to one pint of water adu one-half a teaepoon of liquor of,chlortde of lime, wwash in thie two and ane-haif pounds of buiter, When every particlo of the butter has coma in contact with the water, let (¢ s1and one or two honrs; then wash in clean water, Smartweed, will you cxchange slips you men- tloncd for nnimnt patterna? Itennie, will yout acnd mo a few roeds? and will Cactue Spatn Se one o two sceds of Apple of Sodoin? Wili ratarn atampa to poth. Flowering Almond, wonld 1iko to exchange fan- cy-work palterng for yoor toilet-set sud tidiea worked on canvas, Will some onc send patterns of toilet FLORAL NOTES. Frox Consin May, Cittcaao,—Sweet Mary: 1 istaken ahout Its being a cypreas; it s an ipomen, s {salsothe cyprees. Yon will find it in cata- lognea under tha pame of star ipomea, Nover mind about scnding me anything In return, —just ive some seed 1o some one else noxt year, and ecn the ball rolling. Jennings Seminary, yor, you ald tell me some- et made thing 1 did not know before, when rnu #aid | of perforated cardboard? Wil send some other **(Jeraniums do nat need a very rich foll, and 1t | patiern in retarn, or will send portage, shonld be at Teast onc-third mand,” Forglve mo take ono pint of Newo. for chocolate frosting, ik, one tablespaonful of guod hntter, one cup of suaar, balf cun of grated chocoldte, two (ablo- spoons of corn-starch. yelks of threo ogge, onc teasnuon of vanil] Brinz milk to a boil, silr in throngh atich n medium as The 1lome, because an | chiocolate, sngar, and corseatarch: boil five min- erroncoun atatenient micht mislead so many. ales, take from the fire, add eag-yolks, stirring Of the pot-culture of geraninme, [lenry T. Will- | raplaly; return to the fire to set too egus, add tho 1ams, In his buok on ** Window Ginrdening, " maya: | butter, cool, and then addthe vaniila. *“The plants require plenty of san, alr, water; o rich. Juamy roll, with weekly waterings of liquid manure, and a senson of reat. A good compost {s made of one-half two-year-oid manure and ono- halr good fresh loam,™ And Peter llondorson and otlier like authorities glve subetantially the same dircctions, My own exnerignce has been that, fivine {o the city, 1 fonnd it dificuit to obtain old manure, and “90 had no flowers in wine tor; while for the lost two winters, having obtained some of that uncleanly but very desira- ble arliclo, we could have flowers all winter, and tho only canse for complaint has been that tho fenn!um' grew 80 that they camo near sniotherin he other plants, ‘The largeat fowered and Ancs guraniums prown in onen air which I ever saw wero waterod overy week from a liguld ‘manure clatern, As to tarning plante around, I would say that that 4 tho only way to obtain perfect shaped plants in windowa, The reason It injurcs such plants as hoyn carnosa (printer, pleaso print this rlght tals timo, just for variciy) Ja because tho leaves aro o stiX that they cannot turn themscives aronnd ho- fore tho lzht injurce the back or under side of them. Tt geranlums and all eoft-leaved plants will turn thelr leaves over in a tew hours, and 80 cannot be injured §f tnrmed nround just after the sun 1a off of them, 1f toroed every other IIIE they will nover becomo unshapely. oes the lady who wishos to know If fresh or rich earth will'not obriate the necessity of giving plants rest think that she could cat’enough to ‘enable her Lo disponse with slecping. when I eay yon shonld bo mors careful In aiving advice, especially when it 15 In direct contradice tlon to all accepted anthority. 1 ihink wo cannot be aver-caralnl in giving advice or information Fnox Coxstg, BATAVIA,—T beg 19avo to send tho following recipes to The ilome, hoping yon will print them as catly ns possible, as they have been cslled for. To dye grasscs: One quarter of an ounce of ermino, dinsolved in a solution of car- honate of potash or smmonia, lqnid of ammonta hall an_otince, water o qnartor of w pint, Blue: Indigo dirsolved in sulphurate acid, and neutralized with whiting. Yello A solution of turmeric in spirits of wine, ol Archil and the avove Mue, Lilac: Archll in holing water. Groen; Dyo Orat 1a 1ight bino by diluting the abuye by one- half with water, and then uso the yellow. Al grusses, ete., are dyed by dipping them Into above mixture, ‘The colurs may be brizhtened 1 tho lants bo firat dipped in water contalnlug crenm of {Inrur ond dried. Fnox IFronexce, Dxs Moines,—To take white spocks from the nalle: Melt equal parta 8t piteh and torpeoting in 8 emall cop; addto it vlnu{mr and rm\'damd sulphar. Plich and myreh melted togelher may be uscd with the same result, WANTS, Frox Deansix, Dounnox.—Connle, will you please sond mo patterns of comb-case, bracket (corner brackot if you have it), and frames, made of cigar-lighters; and will eome one rend mo pretty )nuem- of card and maten reccivers anid rames? 1 would be 30 grateful It some of tho good aisters wonld send me house-planta, especial- 1y vines, 1 havo no place for out-door plants, To any one granting any of my nany requasis I will send pattern and descelption of vopcorn houso that any ono can mako and la vory proity. Macuate Muy, of Royal Centre, plense do give your cake recipe. Dy tho way, I wonder if 1don't know yon. Fnox Lruxt Launuig, Cuicaco,—May I say to those exchanging plauts that the packages should be left unrealea, On ons package sent to me I was obliged to pay felter postago because I& was not opon for inspection. The best plan Is to Inclose thom In o pasteboard box of a suitablo slze, with no writing inside, and tio it np with astring. A ward in relation to the fdea of Jenrings Seminary, that **planta should always stand the same way to the Hpht. I have quito o varicty of piants, and turn thom all frequently whers itls Im-%lr:flu 0; tloasom _very frecly. ave now -nver{ apecien of geranjnms 1n fall bioom, others budded, and ono that has been Cflnllfllfll{ in hloom through the winter, but resting now. Sly wax plant being trained across the window, of course 18 not often turned, but has been chanved three time slnco November in consequenca of moving from ono window to another, and as slx branclos have Ernwn from four to eight feet cach [n ten months, can hardly betleve has been serlously injured by the trealment, Fro® Atrita, Dantixetox, \Wis.—Thanks to Thannls Maple, Danbury, Rennlo, and Fern-Lenat (I suppose, but thero was no namao with tho pack. ago), for favors, Fues coboca scandens requircs 2 high degroe of heat to germinate, Wo havo suc- ceeded by sctting the pot contalning tho seed on a brackot Ovur & stove where an oven heat 1s kept up, taking caro that tho cartl dovs not got dry. " Lut t do not think the plant paya for the trouble, common morning. gloty (convolyal Atar mornlug glory (ipomoes cu:nlmnf. the wild balsom apnlo (ecliinacysils lobata), will grow lux. uriantly in rich soll _without vetting, nnd clther ono s 10 1u0 tore satisfactory thon the coboca, I supposo tho Ipomaca coccina i the vino asked for Dy some one under the numo of cyprexs ving true cypeees vine In very temler, and is 8# ipomoea quamaciit, or quamoclit Vi can furnish & few sl of Visginia cre Frox Mixig, Jorist.—I have many wants, but will montion only a fow. Essica Darke, send mo your address and I willsendjyou some faschia slips singlo and doubls for some fern roots. E. K., It you wil scnd me your address Iwlll send you somo fuschian and geraniums to holp brignten _your lonoly room. ~Will soma guad ‘mother of The Homa tell me hLow toamusoe littlo 1oy#, agos 4 to 10 yeara? What will keep them at koma nnd Interest thom? What books wonld bo best for tham? Home one who haa had experienco plense toll us through Tho Iome, and wsny wsothern of boys wili bu thankful, Tnox Map, Laxstxa, Mici.—Will some one be kind cnough Lo tell mo through The liome how [ can hronk my buosband froin traveling? 1am per- fectly wretched with him gone all the time, Far neariy six years 1 have tricd overy way I can think of to make nis howo pleasant. “Ilo ls what vpe would call % gennino travellng-man, —sccnis per apted to that kind of business, althougn vs Lo doesn't like it, Frox N. J, D., Atua, Kaw,~T wonld like somo of the good friends of The Home to tell me If they kuow snything of the mothod of keeplug frult and other things without cannlng? 'Tis A procees which has been patented, If it ls reliabie, and not {n- jurlous, I would Hke to know ivhere the right to uso tho patentmay Lo obtained. Snall hope to lear throngh the papes pelopals quingucfolia), which v about the o Fnrox ., Exatxwoon.—I wonld 1lke to ask, perfectly hardy woody vino for this climate. throngh your columns, If any ono can tell me where 1 will ba able to find a plece for & number of little HOUSEKEFI'ERS' OWN. “‘:"‘;é":l:;‘kv each stanza hrx'nt:l“!;'w ;'n \dVl}ch: ‘lllp Frox M. A, W, IL., Jacuso, Mict,—Two cor- | 8¢ "{¢"through your calumns I could ontala dt, I stonld be very wich Indubted. these two wlll wend stamps to me, care Hoie, 1 can seud small roota that will be fino plantsan: other spring. Mino aro loaded with buds now: Iscnd directions for bijou bougne small weight with Jeaves from follag Fnou Tmisreg, WitLtassviLee, It —Will Fly v please senid mo shadow pictura of Chrlat? 1wt send in roturn allps of any owers [ have, Will wnention somo, 1 think the prottiest: Searlet, plnk, and white geranlums (duublo), red and while olcanders, white bydranges, fuschiae, lght and dark; the dark very handsome, ar- Withdraw from the water nm(rg!“ Ina fow minutes the bonquet will orned with jewels of the g / Fnox Moxa, Mitwauksz.—]f Ollle Ryder will send atamp and addross to me, care of The Ilome, 1 cantell her of several games that may be now, Thuy are interesting and instructive, 3 thoso *¢ black- and M, havi't yet got rid of heads, ™ lct them send mo thoir address, 1havea stro thiog, ticle of air, exquisite de- This **thing oL beauty ™ 4a a double for, for it lilustrates two fundamental acientific prin- ciples. Yieautifal wall arnaments may be mada from fragunents of thick glaws of varlods colors bufaed in the tre untll wmoothed, and crackled, und fust- Frox Texsin, PaxTon, 1Lt —Will some of the kind Jadlce of The Ilomo tel] nie Low to make my fuschias blgom? Thuy grow and do nicoly but do not bloom, Will I'hannie Maple please send me hor addreas, for I wish to write (0 her? Address mo through The lloaie, F; PROPAGATION BY LEAVES, Frow Faux-Luar?, Orrawa,—Many plants may Lo successfully propagated by means of lenves,— though some claira that all plants msy be thus propaguted, Amoug those whose number are moat commonly Increased ib this manace are the I gouls, Uoya, Cactus, Echeveris, Ulosinlw, Gus- nerw, and other fleshy-leaved plants. Tho loaf of 8 Jenon-tree s bevn mede to grow by ono of oar horticulturists, and from thia Lo thought that all cxotfo leaves wight be converted futo treom, It In .alea zecordod that the leaves of the peppermint— with the stom removed—grew and Increased untll they ateained the wizo of ovurgeoen treey, emitting & mass of roots, Bomg of you kavo tried the leaves of the Huya carnoxa which 1sent you last from some comes tho quety, In; Youe's bul no slzne of leaves iaakv thefr appearance; what fo the canwo, and what can 1dor Nume timo ‘sgo [ Inquired for you the best plan to bs adopted, und o Lty knowledge must be gained by experiment, and expericace, will glve you llmillmd which has Ly good senne of taste, To make Kxcelslor salt-riang breadt Two cups tablespoonsful flour, teaspoonful cach of sult snd saleratus, Keep ns uniformly warm as and, when Meht, spone bread s nual with tho patent tlour, It 1s the best bread ander the 1 want to indorsa the auggestions of a late coe. When I have a cold [ am Bounest relieved by .ull““.' ont of dnors and mod« cratwly excrclsiag, 1have kept off consumption for years by atr, and coverin; Wwith wstor-pack, securely kept from chiil by flan. nel. Ihave frequently broken up s eold by's vig- orgus walk in the vvéning, Cannot some of tho acientific bodios dlsconrse 1o us of stmospheric conditions at wifferont hours of the day? Bather tho avalanche of stale recipes and flan. nel lusve naturm that exclude fresh, original, in. atructive matter frow The Home! - Mr, Editor,can we not have plant, soed, recipo, and patiern bu. reaus, vo fdens can have o chancet Furn Leul nuuralgia will abdicate In favor of somuthing ro- sulting from an overworked brafn (and body) if ‘Tho lomers do not think moes of her and less of thewaelvew shortly. ‘There's a bomely but une wholeyomo adaye about free hiorses, mx friends. A friend of mins is 1l from vivlent hemorthage my cheat nightly oftho lubge, fuiced by yovers Iaor oveea cuso & Jach toied waccauatully, Ib e 10 cut ot v jancy ad. s, Those who kuow of remedisl methodu | 0 3 g Wil coufer lasting favor by cummunicating, He | Whieh the roots uto euiltted, aa they havo tns power to produce leaves and bads; for 1t has bown proven long a0 thut the roots are produced from yenachy punaiuzg from the leaves, through the burk, Othiers clatuy that shmply 'Mnnlylntl Ticher utime nlant, aud greater jutcunity of light. will vbviate the dificalty, Eitber method wmay be trivd, aud thie result mindo kuown (o many ohxlous vues who weekly perysoous Home fur e Instruction there- In contsined. Hreak the loaf from the parent stem, and lnvert 4t §u the soll, which sbould ba tho satno ae that used for ordiuary cuttings. and treat thum in a wimilar mauner, “In propazating (he luaves of toe itex Degonia, leava tho atein about iwa inclies Ja lcputb. und fnstead of lmlmur oo shent straight fu the sol, one would wyother cuttlng, It should be ph oLhiquely, or ke a 1syer, and the new leaves will wturt cither from 1he end of tbo stemy, ge frowm the junciure of the leaf. I huve etarted then o this manner and ratasd two planls from the same Unu wauld spring up irum the end of tus ate: d [ eut ot the pew whuot with the routs, and leave Lhu anort stem with tue old leal attached in the wull, sud soon notice what louka liko haire at juncture of tho leat, thea @ plok uubatance, which rossiubiss & thory 1 forw, but Las had no cough , but Inherita cousumption, Fnox Pieken Prokyyire, Manaa, —1 wiah to say throogh Tho llome to ono and all those who ha written me that I will réply to thelr lettors an rapidly os timo wlll vermit; but pleasc, good frivuds, donot write any mor until after hou cleauing time ls over, or I whall be obliged to em- ploy an amanuensis, Do not scnd postaly, Somebody avks for recips for taking rust out of white guods. llere 44 ono: Ssturate wull the rust wpot with lemou-Juice, and rubon walt spread on 166 ‘rtaee I hobvun, and the ruse will dssppess Uike tue morning dew, Motherof 25 and batner o 4 nave wmy symputhies. Allow -me o wuy; tuat you lake the Great Philoaophier’s nd- vice, sud with your respective and truly remark- able, and—may | say ft—immense fimiiies, Weal, and grow up with the conniry? Charles N, Uregory, 1 resd your postical effustons with inter- cat, Bud you will not be aurprised, perhaps, when Tl you we wereo @ few yeats slicy */ neat nelgh hore, " and my daughter and yoi were schuol- wates. Bhe uqucnnlly slludesto the fate of the i B 4 LR e avonopens, and & Uuy eaf spriogs up to view, 3 o ‘Chere reat ploasure fin thus aartiog plante, Now, will souiubody pleaso aend e vatiera of | LIETEARR KRG BOTER o O “aied sand-caatic, and L will return otswps I you der sleg? bow soon you can Bave @ large plabt from oue sin- o leaf. Our Aorivle scll thuss eave auy of you would Ond It su swusi Fmvldu yoursell with some, sud praci! f {uu 4o ot sacceed with e ab i il you du. Dot give up with | or even a dozen. 1have had wasy startin wupposed, &t duforcot limes, sud would lo, alli but Lkuew wial bad sad was beln, e could bo doue by me, sud now kam wote succewsful, Fle leal wust be womcwhat wmatured to do well, aud, as they 8o so largy, | usually break olf the vuter portion of thu leaf, and lesvo tho past atincbed tu the steit oul tho size of ou ordisary gersnluw leaf. Some open thelr eyenin wonler ta acs the leaf thus wutilaied, bus It Ju not ax habic 1o decay ae if the whole Juaf were left on. ax fa this case it lies ou the groand, and keuping thy voil wolst sufciently for the successful zootiug of tie plant the leaf will 0 soaie caued de- cay, aud this 14 1hc maln rearon 8o Bany are unsuc- cessful. Like all cutiingy, they wlil ‘start much sovuer undcs wloss. **The quantity of ru wayy inrreass with the posesty of the rol we may learu that the Hoys, Swlich some of you tell wie baa dlled ke Gower pot which you ysed 1o start yuus plunt iu, bes uok yot sbown auy sigus of stariing abuye ground, because Js requires s change of dlct, aud pow is the e by commence it Your ot lacka ricluvas, uud b wrongth b all glng Lo Fpox Sinoc, Fanwisoton,—7 nave been quiet for & wouth, 80 1t 1s pot wy fault you arcdo over- whelmed. Durlng that thne a great wmsuy things bava cowe Iuto mind that 1 wanted to say, sod J baye survived the shleuce, Last week } rocelved a letter from o lady glylng her method of prevanuy ostweal; vhe remarked st the close that she bad glvew it 10 soveral, aud all usrnud themualves .48 highly pleased with It, und that ebe bed hoped wume ous would send it to The lome. Deewing It worthy of a place, I sca it To prcpare oatwesl 40 the caild “cun take | through the boitle: Vuo cup vatmeal o two quarts water, Patina jarwith & cover, and that in o Kkettle of cold waier; buil from oug tu foar Lours— the Jonger the Letbers atle very often; whey caol enougl, ateain ghrough a thin’cloth (chuesg-cloth or thin muslin), T'o feed the child, take waae it neuds of the oatmesl, put (n 8 little creaw, with sugdr Lo Loate, oud thiz witn water 30 16 will draw easi) £ L0 taste when pubting o cook, Sho sddy that bier child has never Lad & wick day, althougu Lryught ub oo the bottle, Bytty Sude, ] coiat below, Feweuwber 1 ara ay houwe, liko 10 tuauk Leal fur the patterns scut ueg Qs uot avud Ber DaWG VX WALE YUy Fequeats, vae ngely the roots, —therefore give them v thay demand tocaueo an upward crowth, The stady of tho toats of plants fsa very interesting one, and wa will Inqnire into it samn day soon, as it ls quite neceasaty that wo ahonkd loarn much of them ere wa ¢an succesafully romnve them from ona home and place them in another withant njury, The Hoya ts a plant which reqnires but little root room, thorefore give It & rich eoll, and 1t will abundantly fepay yon. The l'lvrprmmls in Another pjant which may he propagated by means of a leaf, and one which shonld dnd o place In_every warllan care. Thanks, itettie Snow, for yonr gift. T have divided 1t with others, And they ‘slao thank yon. I have fent to cach ono who hae neked me 1o, and If you have not recelved, 1 regret 1t, Thanks, J, K. 1., for ploxinhe, T trnat yon have received yonr amaryllis bulb, Chat, wheras {4 the promise “you made me: hava you lost your memory alnee you left Boscabel? 1 hapet to moet you in O 0 On your retdrn, bnt wan disappolnted, Than Chicago, Thoveto meet you in Chicaco somo time, bnt cannot at present accept yonr kind fnvitation. I hope your danghter will call here. Altona, [ will anawer you soon, Distreased Mothor, it wan nnnecessary for yon to write and thank me; kind wardsare always frecly given, and il they gave 0 pleasnre you say they did, I am very much d.” Tonly wish [ conlif say one woril fo con« u now; bat. alas, § can only direct yon to ‘who tempera the wind to thu shorn famb. " 1 mont sincerely wish I know what to do to ald you in yonr sorrow, for 1 have never recelvod a letler from any one in whom [ am more Intercated, You say, help me, or | shall dfe; and how can I? for Jor eay nothing but words of comfort can nid you. onot meurn for the little one, now safe from what you are enduring, but strive 1o win huck the ertlng. Ilaran words will never dolt, and if the All Wise seca fil to ro afllict you, iry and bear your burden. This Hfo must have its thorns, nnd ile knoweth best what is necessary for us, Perlisps your irial Is to prove your love and forbearnuca; and donotletit b A eurse rathor than a blessins b, yes, there ls Ono who s now walting 10 com- ort you, and do not turn from thy unly truc con- solation which this world aftorde. Write, and give me your addrees, that I may writo to you. MANNERS, Fnox Pana C., Cnicaco.—~Given shnilar quali- tles of head and heart, there )8 an impalpable, yet simost impassablo, barrlor between the well-bred and the 1)l-mapnered person, ** Wil your friend be 1ikely to marry tho gentl man§" **1 think not." S Wyt ¢+ Veil, aftor the repaat, while the anents tinger- 0d nt the tabje, chatting pleasantly, the ‘gentle. man' deliberately removed the sboon from his coifce-cap and heiped himecly (o suniry moithiuls ?I n.l'xlrlln!lll. frony the dishes convenlently within eact, " 'Lhe cvent proved the sagacity of the prophecy. ** Atrliling accurrenco to scnarate lrltflldu.nsumu one exelaling. Yet it will vo found upon u revlew of 1lfe that **trifles light as alr* weave themselven Into the meshes of our happincss. ‘Ihis ainzle act of discourtesy 18 mdu{ porceived to he but one of the many links in the chat of ocenerencen longth- ening ont and winding about the married coupie, and »o determining the miscry or happiness of the fam! Ths mon who, with the spoun from his dips 3nto the refrcshments prepared not for himself ajono. s tho mau who will pleo Ignore appealing botter-knife, the majestic carving- kuife and fork, tha opurmshed suyar.spoon, and tha convenlontly-placed dessort and frulte spoons, lle traces ‘n dlagram in the family-ple with his own knife and’ fock, and, in Iact, lhe knlvea, forks, and spoona, dealgned for hisapucial use, ore preseed futo general and partlealar nerve fco mo long as ho preslacs at the table, {lo ap- propriates the ensy-chair, irrcapective of tho prea- unce or feoblencss of ngo; disaccls tho marning paper, skeletonizing tho reading matter between whifls of cigal ko; thinks the editorial is **pretty good 1sn't worth a continental, ' an (ho caze may bei folds tha vaper into convenicnt #ize, and puds Lils cont-packot tharevith; ho's go- {ng fo **the afiico " who Iy supposed to rea afior Folljvl 1lones dinuer will “ha ready *bearly,” but dun’t know whether ho'll ba bome at the naval houror not; likea ta hear hiswife *play,'* bot interrupta her beat tnusical effort by Inquiting ** ¢ the huttous been sowed on those pant, ™ ‘which he left hanzing over a chalr-baci In his bea- room? Invites compuny to dinner wasn-duy; *+don‘'t sce what dilforunce it can make''; resis aload whenever ho feols fnclinod, nio mattor how wuch the mtellectnal vccupations of the persans pregent iay bo at variance with hls o, ~ i eult brotty closcly cantined to beiness; thinks he'll takea trip Kast.” Thu family can board or keen huneo while ho's absent. ticts Into a car or car- riage and pulle his cumpanton in or np after him; suures tno slecplug-car paveengers deafl at uight (can't help this, poor fellow!), whistles at day- down the paasage-way: ho's awake, though vtners way nat be, and what eight had the porter to mske a mistake or lunrly him with ony other man's un- derstandinzs? Meots au old felend ** down Kaet, ™ thinks **hio fen't |0n|l for this world,™ and tulls Wim eo, Lengthons the faces of his lwurnnbluuv qunintances by noticing how *‘very old thoy've wrown sinca ho aaw them last," craphasizing hls commonts with an exprossion of ‘conntenanco wnich procludes tho poasibllity of 'a hopo thnt be may not be in earneat, It Is ovident that to be woll-mannored one must o considerato,—or, at lcast, muds scem to ve. And doca uut tho paseing and the sseming moke or mar much of jifo's plcasurca? Thero [ a differ- ence butween so-called etiguotte and goud man- ners, Althouzh, to some_uxtent, forins and ceso- monies aro convenlent and deslable, and have thy vreatige of vatahllshed usnge in their favar, many society obaervances are capriclous, and scomingly havo notiing Lotter than novelty ‘to tecommotiil them, On the eBhtrary, ood maonurs are busad upon aclt-control, seif-denfs), nud a proper rogard for the feclings and convenienco of otlicrs. ‘I'he well- bred woman of twenly yeara ago hae not tos day lost her identity. Sho may not have potlced ‘hiethier her visiting-cards aro leticred according to tho latcet decrea of tho futtering, nnstabic amall circlo of ultza fashionnbles. — Fonsibly sno mays not be able to tell you whether, for the next weok or two, the Lread at ner plate should bo shaved tun shadow, vr,in a twa-Inch bloci, should be placed botween the folds of ber papkin, It msy not, to ber mind, Lave sceined (o bo the welghtiest matter in tho warld whothor at the conung **recention™ tho gucets shall take colico at tho banquot taole, oz a littls later slp it from Bevres china ju the drawing-ron WVithout & doubt, sho s nwara of the prevailing convuras. tional taoth-pleking custom, which in *' Lor d would hiave bieen considered barbaraus In the exe treme, Howover, you will Le lkely to find this woman well groundoid {o oll the csacntiuls which aro needful in preventing tho ofensive or too close contact of tho rough cdges of Luman natuse. \Vbat might not judiclous training ef- fect for the atreet gnumi of ovur cieyt The boys who ronghi, ostle cach ofher from tha stdewali; pull hulr, punch each othes's faces untll thoy ero oftenthnes unrecogmzadlo with bruirea snd sirect-dust; oesall pedestriang WIth upltliots untdt fuz respectadlo care; ring duor- bells and hurl misstes ihrough the aie, vomindful whethor in thefr destructive conrse thuy enconuter human '{- or window-pangs, beliova the Board of Kidifvation could commit » greater crime than to establirh & Urofessorship of Manuners i the public schavls, In conncctlon with inatruction in the comuion dranches of stidy, whut could by inore deatrablo than somu strung, quiet infusnce, Inclining the childiah mind rewards maturing (oo the peaceablo 2itiz 1t {s truw that, in awakehe ng thess crudo young beings to o seavy of justice and propriety, they will in a mannor bo scparated from Uieir sudor pirentas yot u very wiight dnea- tun 18 aiso tn dunger of dofng this, T0will not do o look backward or at vur feol for reform. Were it possibly, the young of our streots shoald be so nersundod, quifled. and yuardad that future gonor- Hous m:uu ha¥e no just causd Lo blusu for thele varen FANCY WORK VS8, MUSIO, Fnou W, 0. C., Cuigauo, ~Asanapologist, Am- arylils {o entitloa to tho championsnly, As s mat- ter of choico, it would bo far prefurallo to mo tu bo regularly **blown up* than to ba niterly annihi- lated under a clond of such abject humility, A woman's fongue, oven if it vibrates at the cudof o pey, 88 commodity no wan can Interfers with without getting bnrt. Tho only satisfaction posstble under tho elrcum« stancen is the fact that tho waly_ polut In my origi- but bas vir- that married women (uf ne—0 nol, 8¢ u role, Rrudually cast usle wlter thoy have taken pon thumrelves the fearsul ruspunaibility of o husbond. ‘Phey have mads sowo cumuiendabia effurtsto avold o frank ackuowledyment, —~stowlng clearly that they ought to be allowed (o take a haud ‘fn_politics, —Dbiit they aze foo truthtul (sl wauicn are) to Hatly Ill)ll( it Tuey prefer thele patiern trado, ~their worrted-croghet-cotton-fan- nel-whatnot business to anything that will moke thele hves @ blessiug to theniselves or thelr male bosrders, They will work four months ta make an sighun sud two months 1o get up o church fakr, and then vell tho afeban fur alf what the zephyr cont, Ma soman should over twoclie ber tine wis worth anythinz i the way of pecuntary reward for services rendured, sho would throw Liee perfurated board to the everiastling bow-wows, und accompliah vomething. Womcen Who ars depends ot upon themaelves for & Hiving, or who sre - tustly respousiblo with tho othier sex for supjwit and suceeds, are lamentably iznorunt of the luuu- merable nccomalishuents which the pothlng-to-do fewalo is protdetent in, Which class 18 the” botter or the happler, ~which 14 the et amlicied with ennulY Which $a flljuy, cveu partially, the mission of waman? Which bsignoring it utteslv? Music, art, books, and home ornaments, cultivated by Toviug bands and with Joving hearts, when cqually or justiy arudled, are well enough. and commen ablu and neccapary but whun the threo Grel ara sit but igoored, sud the moruing, ofleruoom, and cveniug are duvoted to the claburation of the lr“ul‘ ouly, & tremendous auount of vuluable watoriel thruwn sway vu unworthy objects. ** What o old bearho (417 Call we whiat cholce nanice you will, and I will take your auathemss as beaven-seut bleaslnge, if, wiih the of your mendiny, you will s miend your ovil ways. Krery fomale from Baugor W Socramcotu, bas evolye from hor lpger Consclousuces some - lll:n. wither besutiful or botrinie, froin which eho has conatrucied i werforated buard, €auvas, o aoutling olav, the words ** God Bluss Qur Hlowe,™ al su expendiiure of a would or 813 wonths' thwe, ‘They baye had them porgeously fruwed, und havo bung tucus up where they cay be esttictically adwnired, Now, 1 don't vrofees to by insplred, vxcept in 80 fur a8 o possible shadow of cuuimon sgusy f4 80 mucay Juspitativn; butls py huwble vpinion the Locd is uut duwllu, wuch st- teution tu prayers of that kiud, d i you thiuk uwment you Wil scknowledae it How much cunscicntions selt-satisfaction 60 you fecliu look- 123 yuur clsborately-guiten-up pebitlon cuia- uzed 10 the Lappiucas jou would eajoy fu 8 niva- 1or charitable prowth of woy klad!” If tho Al- wighbty s wore pleaded over your cruchet plety n cit Hias not been unawered, ) tuslly beun confuesod, vix, whom Awaryili break, and sends A pair of misplaced boots dying’ than ife fs aver an honest offort to brighten the fives of those about you, my theological tralning haw heen ntterly nseless, : *AWhAt about the men?" Well, a great deal thatis bad, and & very little that is good. A man'e folly, however, I8 no'pailiation far your own ahorl- comlinga, 4 will naver accomplish what yon hould If you gauge your liven by those notmich better than yonr own.” But thero s ono thing ba- ing sccomplished fur ma nersonilly whica disarms all the flerco pull-back Aessuits mado n‘mn mo, which enaoles me to bear with the calm rerignation of John logers the m,\rl,rdnm tntlicted, and prom- feen 3 glorfous reward for the prins and angnish saffered Ina righteons cause~and that i s Drre lington elephant. THE UARE OF THE FERT. Fnox A, Citicaso.~No part of the human body contribntes ea Ithorally to its locomotive powers as the fect. They scam to have been made exproraly for this parpose, Sowe may well consider how thoy are cunstracted, and how womay keep thems In rood working order, Llke the lower-classes In soclety, they are frequently abused. 1lew rarely wo sce the feat of our fair Mstol the beautiful nnd useful form the Creator made them., Ilach trolter hoy tweniy-six bones, must wisely and ndmirably dited “to each other! They form aatrong and clastic base, reminding one of a 1zood haman underatanding, ‘They rapport tho body, liowever licavy It may be, und bear it ensily on its wonted way. “Tlicse ‘many bones vary In size in diTerent peraons, hut always, If treated fajr)y, ro- tain their natural form and relations to each othor, Wonderful to eay, they aro tops Loaut)ful and delfcate hu (he females of our raco, a8 if they wero Intended to bo objects of sdmiration. W rarcly eca them, unless it be an the mazes of il ' dance, nand thew they are covered, as if they jrere tov racred to be seen by man, Bowe musl eay, ihat the normal female human foof inkes aright angle with the body, flat and curved upnn s npper surface, concave and wisely arched below, snd narruwest beliind, The number and beauty of {18 curven Is wonderful, 1t has no stralght lines, uniess made by art, ‘Tlie 1natep han an arch of soven bones, the num- bor of perfection, Theso aupnart nnd protect all the adjacent “n!ll from compeession anil digplace- ment, Attached by Hzaments 1o the larger bones ofthe fog, of iibin, of 1his lower Ymb, I8 the astealagns, o this Livia and astralagus form the ankle jolnt, no useful ju "shukln‘,lll! light fan- tastle o, Lelow this {8 the heel bane, that not only aupports the Lody but alds in ratstng it as the cuitivated font moves quietly along. 'fou many females and Indies do not move these lower Himbs with era They imitate the Indlansot our pluins and foreste, and throw their feel straight forward, 5 as i thoy expected to muoet obstacles in their ~ walks, Projecting tho feet slightly outward Jonds grace and beauty to the lower limbs, Soma of the lower races, 1f mot all, are marked by longsr beul, a flatter calf, and this stralzhtforward movement of the feet, (irace of motion charms the eye hardly Iess than thu grace of charncier attracts the eonl. In front of thio astragalus aro o seconu row of fine bones. ‘They form the arch from eide to slde, and from front to rear, This acch, or bollow of the fout, lins boen Jong admited oy all men of thought and ncionco, Its elasticity gives case and comfurt Lo the apinal columi and ali ita dependent parts, 1In the wormal state of wonian, tie sccond too of ench fout 1 the fongest of the total row, Tiut in clviifzed communitied, the lensth, direction, and comfurt of thia lnndlnix member ¢ of the himan forin divine ™ s totally disregardod, —Ili-dtiing shocs change thelr cobrse. ‘I'hoy displace the bones aud compel the several tosk to ride upon each other, No part of the human body, unless it be the chest, 18 40 much abuscd as those on which jt rests, A compreered wnd contracted chest fnviles discase ~ and death. compressed and cantracted foot inviter corns and bLunfons, safferings and pains, Lot ! tues bo freo to move easily smong _thomselyes, and let thelr comtnun covorlng he su farge that they may retain the furm, direction, and buanty nature gave thom. ligh heels shonld be a3 indicatlve of fow lfoaslong onesare. Bmall feet evon now indl- cata tha smalluces of the mind, Lot the areti so wisely mado be nliowed 10 retain ita beneiclal clnaticity, A compressed watst and cantracted feet forin & pitiabie Hlustration of haman folly, ‘The beantifal arch of tho buman foot is flexible and ylelding, 10 as to adapt its furm 1o ine- nualltios of surface, an olustic as 1o religve the bran from shocka in tha ordinary walks of iffe, “Fho heel was nado Lo be thu chief basis of sup- ort. ‘Tho toes woro mude to steady tho action of ho foot, 31 the bolancing of the budy is changod, the whols body sutlers, Tho fect aro dlstories the limbs nro \Inntun\"l{ supported, the trunk ta thrown {nto an abnormal position, tha spine is very rmod, The whola process of walking is narily Ioborious. ‘I'ho reeulity are faligm narvous and spinal ireltution, Bomu nations co elder au arched foot a mork of beauty and mtet gonce. ‘Thoy considee that fomaln a slave under wrhoso foot tha water cunnot flow. In soine dee Beieratoraces the mental powers keep pace with the archinz of tho foot, A flat-footed race in always an Inferlor ane, Presorvo tho feet in all their curves and boauty, WATER-CRESSES IN OUR ITOMES, Froyu P\ £ P\, Cinoado.—Now, I% P, P, {a Just a half-century old to-dasy; has hean a practical practicing physiclan In Chicago for & guarter of o centory; who, then, will send him a contury plaut, or a tent, or & ¥llver weddini, or sumethingt Ploaso not all aend at oncal This proludo 13 for the purpose of mprossing upon Tho Mouo fricnds the fact of the possibility, and evon the probability, that what he writcs s yery likoly to ho practical, whether it bofinpractica. bie” or otherwlse, First, thon, for the practical, XKearly every Jlomo friend fa_fond of tho noalthfsl water-cress, aud would hko to have it st tea-time nimost dahiy, §€ 1t wees possible. ''lis cau bo ac- complishied by wisecing o divided buncn soveral vesseld two-tnirds full of pure sand lo of holding water, —such ns €ruit and oyster. or anythinz of the kind,—to which fresh walcr Is dally ndded, I hoye in my posscesion ainglo leav¢s rooting by thie simple wothud, In thelr ordinary locations of growth, wator-cresaes src found fu coutain aulphur, o eubsiance tnat takes them tiscful to tho Juman m ot this time of tho year. 'Thits property of abaorhing vu phur makes it probabla that it would be useful to grow thom in tho winter, 1a the rooms fu which coul fs hurned, Thut 13 not only practical, but racticanle, and, &4 for Lhe cethotics of the thing, n this utilliarisn "fl" thoy would look quite ay pretty growkag us the Wanderlng Jow, It kupt in something not declde:ily objectionable, Zalre, Gouncll Bluils, I do not think The lowe Tho place for fiu:ckury'a pully F patent mod'cloe stufts, And If the ’innun pald, a3 you suy, 8100 for the rescription for neuralzia, it shows, ou tho face of b, —though the nsuralgla may bave ovei a.unewhero elag, —that the person rfl:el\'ln‘zmn Moy was not a physicin; no regular physician churges moro han the Jepul foe—rrom 31to 85, Boaldes, people 1 Chilcago do not want to send to Apathos or Council 1niTe for quack modicinos, bucanso they can save frolghi by biyjog fn thia clitys our druus atores ure full of wuch stuff. 347~ Nu ope thiny whl cire th sawmo diseade Ly il peoplo, (Unt tha out,] Hocondly, If ono hus & good remedy for aty- thing, wiiy do they not puolish It for the good ot ‘Tho Hlomer Wby kecp sccret what juny beoellt scores? Ilero Is o gond romedy for nouraizia: Mu. rlate of ammonia, wix dramn: dnclure of nconite. rout, ong-half * ouncu; water, oucohinlf pint. Taky o tesspoonful overy hour, aud kecp thu part wet o witho it constantly, Sometimes qulmine fe best, when the pain s R:rlmuc by giving two or turce grains avery two ours when the pain fa absent, At other ilacs when there 8 anrmia—that 1s, palences—Iron in some ehape is best; dliecn of twenly drops in water —of the tincture, for fustance-~every four hours. At othors, (he cause must be removed, oe In the canoof thelady who cousttid the zreat Bir William uuter after suluring for twenty yeurs, He recoins mended & 10oth 0 be removed, and sho was In- wwdiately curedia bundeed doll—uo, & for tho great phyeician, snd - shilly dentint, " 'Tn conclude thi ject, let uiovny: A reqular physician never wiipuliles to cure forn stipulated s, —ong-hi3lf cash down, oug, —bul charges the rezulsr fe, and bxpects to c;:.l t wiiciher you recelve any henefls or not, (Cut s out Eoly, mapy thanks for the two peony roola; are they not toowmall to bloon this year? [ caunot sscertaln how to grow the Yucea lily from weed. Can any member tell Lalay Iwould add that watur-crosses miay ha grown succeasfully in the house in fower-pota diled four- Bitha full of clesrsand snd Pliced fu & saucer Kept full of fresh water, Cordulia, 1o giad to hesr you sre forming a Ladics' Jfoma Litorary Lyceuin; thcse jnstitutions aru of wonderful valuo for mentat cultivation, and I must say vomething In thelr favorin my text. Winitever you do,avold letting them run Into wmere soclal arrangunents, ‘There Is the zock upou which must of them have been wplit. Dunoteall it s Club; 3t savors too nuch of the uso of wine, Bucs coas, thow, o thy Kantou) Ludise’ Howme Meutal Improvement Lyceuus, WORDS OF CIEER. ¥nou Banwssr Heanr, Cnicaco,—I with to offer a few words of carncat encouragement b the goud wisters of Tho Momo jo thofr noble und god- ke entorpriss, and 1o wishthem godapced fn every lonost endeavor to benefs those for whoum tney sro now laboring, I Srialy bulleye that itis true chiarity to strive to help othera of vur fellow~ beings to hulp themscives, wheu they show a slu- cere deslpo to du thelr part Lo tho hest uf thelr abllity. [utais splrit of cuarlty § hsve cuployed all winter, st Iiving gwages, turco young pereons whose survicas 1 could dispenved with by simply dolng the work mysell, 4l tave done be- ‘Wheu I fult unable ta ailord the vxpease. 1 have tastod thewwcet juyof striving to do sowmctivg for thera besides;mysclf, and can sucak frow sctus espericuce whos § say there &5 notning that cup zive otie more resl bappiness than unseifs 1sh uad qarnest ¢toris Lo belp vlberd, 1 am as l- rcruu. no duabt, in wy cilurls ss ony oue, bat it s only by practice und cxperlucating that we can ever alfalu Lo aby rual yoou. As Amuer truly suys, wo aro all damsged stock, sud need every pussille help Lo lmprove gud clevaty v to o Ligberiife, There need be o fear but that the ladics of Tag Tlowe witl dad plenty of rouw for all their eforts, without crowding out uuy otaer good wurk slready beguu, Thers I room for 3ll, sud wore too. What a noulv bulug It would be }f wa could on live 4 God dutcudcd wo sbould. Thew cach an every one would be constautly atelving 10 do sowe vue clau kood, lostuad uf welleily aiming Lo botter ourselves 8t tug exvensy of unybody und overy- vody, ) My Leart 18 full of sympatby for every real clariit; Unarlty toward all acd mallce towsrd none, 1s 3 £90d motto 10 live by aud dio by, ¢lrist Hlustrat- od tae perfect beauty of ¢ bn g 11fc,\and blde us .** rampaging class, follow 1lis example. §To not only.helimd those who wern respectable and lionored ntung 1cn. bat took inta 11ta anitmited charlyy the,very auteast of saciety, n;mx. wherever thay were wiiliog, di them goot, 2 ‘The Inzt crowning act of Tlis perfect 1ife war to #ave n reprobato wiio sas dying on the crosd heing 1itr, Evan tho thief, or murdarer perhape, diq nat piead in vain, when he was willing o ackoy cdge Chriat an King, With this perfect examnie Detaro you, my gond sfaters of Tho Nome, yan e nover fear of doing too much In the cause of bepe. fiting ot fallen race, 1have long been lcnl‘lled 10 offer & fewy words of encoursgement to The flome, an | have heen an in. tereated spectator of its £ayings nnd aoinzs, and ( not unly offer theae few wardd with hearifeit ayp. pan, bt i the Treanurer seill send mio her (o in) address, and glve me literty to call, J will uive nlittte moro subatantial ald in the form of g5 greenback. "The ststers of The Tlome can make me & member o not, aA they please, [ donot know what theje constitution and by-laws consist of, or how thelp Unainexs Is carricd on exaclly; but [ hava fany cnough in them to tlsk this much, nnd may do norg ntanine futtre time, when I becoma better ace quainted with thelr work. TIE WOMAN QUESTION, Fnoyu Peanu Oxnan, Citicaao.—Canoe, T think you right, I, too, differ from *‘Amber," but Iy no critical spirit 1s this writtens Women at work to-uny In the intorests of wonen are not of tly AW partice, whetber polfy. cal or otherwise, nrs at times embarrassed by fa. natical leadera, who work with blind, purposeless fury, dleastrons to any cause, It Ja not, as woull. ho wits insinoatingly insist, **disappolnted candj. dates for matrimony," or women living loncly, rumnlel:u lives, who sro most prowminently lden. ied with the Woman Question to-day, Lo csruest, practical thinkers, mothers of familjes, who bellave soffrage 10 bea gate from whicn branch many roads; who feel that through it wij| b renched thu wages question, the temperanca thnhm: Lhat, while the wider nrivlle;ics it prants develop sclf-rellance anid will-power, I.Wllhlnn whit detract from the womaniiness of woman, lesecn hor fltnesa to become wilo or mother. One ardently-interesied worker in the suffrage move. ment reigns tu-day a veritable Qucen in the midet of half-a-dozen noiay, mlschievous children; and tho dear homo is no lose clicery, no leas min. brigiit, that, whila a baby's \vea White acma ciasp her neck, she pens hor clearest, crispeet articivy, Al reforium, It 1 snid, pass tirongh three atages, =ridicdle, argument, adontion. This vexed ya, tion bas safely run the gauntiet of the firet, - sons of deprenslon oceur, but, llke the incoming tide, whose cach wave throwa its falty spray a fit. tle ipher, n little farther, until the maximum e reached, 80 from tach dlrcouragenient i¢ gained new lmpetus, and the clogglug Imouritics are washed awny. many cultivatod, true-minded women honeatly = belleya such 8 right would resule in unmilizated evil; that ™ they censure— and 1 apeak whoreof { know—tlioso ambitiouss s of flling positions of trust at o 1y . desire fuan's wagos, —thcac things arca me (o belleve that, looking from their sheltored, guarded hoies, much is hidden from theu. ~'fo those fenring that various measnros, If carfled ont, would menace, 1f not destroy, the sweet hotse rolations, to encn [ wonld pont out the high-hearted wives and moth- ers, upol Wwhoso spotivss garments no impuro hand can draw a aiain, who, confidont of thelr own lug- est purpose, and reeking no cmolument, are work- Inw wtoadlly lu the face of vppostion and discour. agementnot only for the rizht of rultage, —thougy that is the polut at Jasue,—bus for the pgen- eral clovation ond advancoment of the ¥ex; and 1 would nadd, with Mnrgaret Ossoll! **Mon_meed not foar Joemny tholr domestic dej. ties, man Is bora for jove, snd it ie tmpossidla to turn hior from secking 1t, but soclety Is now s comiplex that it Is no loner bossibie to educata woniay mercly 09 woman; the tasks which cotne to her bands are so various, aud go large a proportion of womon are thrown on thelr awn resourcee. Bux, Mke rank, wealth, beaity, or talent, Is but an acer+ dentof birth, As you would not educate s soul to e an aristocrat, #0 do not to be » woman, A gen- eral regurd tv hiee usual aphicro 1 dictated in' the ccunomny of Nature. Letman trust her entirely, and vivo hee every priviluge aiready acquired hime selt; abo will aot wander far.™ anssip, ¥rox Ontexa, Ciioano, ~I must ventilate the subject of gossip agatu, as my mind is full of the fnlquities that spring from its Indulgence, from the fact of recolvinga call $his moznlng from an catl- wable lady of my acquaintance who focls herself duaply nggeloved over o doluge of tales that have coma to her leuring through tha kindneea (1) of her nefghbiors. Somebody han beon saying disa- greeable thinga about her, nnd somenody elee has tnken delight Ia rotalling tha scandal, antll, after stopping at every stotion on this underground rai)- road and plcking up a passenger or two at every depot, the contents have boen omptled at her goor, givingout w disagreevlo vder, In the frt Place, wo have no rigut to say anything agnmet onr nelelibors unless wo liavs positive kaowl. edzga that llmr) have dono” wrong, anl tien b would be & dual more charitable to keew our knowledgo to ourselves, and try tore- form thum by saying what we havo to say totne wrong-dacr persoaaily. How can it benedt usto tepent tho hurslh tuings that ars satd nbout vevj.e wav Lave never Injured us lnuu{ wav? If taeroly no teneft accrufug to us by the ropetition, why need wo mix oursclves up In thetr atfuirs? Let us 1ry and store our niinds With somathing vatter than retndling gosslp; something that will bubide over 1n blosituge, antl, when our scaxca are rewaled by the niterlnzs of scandal, wilt chanye the dark, scathinz words into brizht, purlfying cpithets of kiuduoas, § supposa tha world nitzut be acldzed writh volumes written on this subjecs, nnd yet gos- aips would tonrlali In the vaime ratly us at preseat, for (¢ 1a utterly tmpossible ta_provent people fon rapenting what they hrar, Everybody must hive a confldant, and thua the confidants muttiply like the world-renownud grasshopper, who s sinting, ot ths proscut moment, the welieknown and oft ropeated song, **In Lo wheat'by and by. " Addresy mo uz No. 60 Went Lako streei, Chicazo, The Homu Ciub met st tho Tromont Hone on thy day ¥peciiicd for meutipg, Fern-Leat [n the chr, ‘I'hio large dasembly carncstly discugesd the subject of the ** Workine Women's Home, " and teon intereat maniferted $t cema lkoly ta bo obene: an early day. ‘TLe soclal on Friday evenlog was [ happy reunlun, bul on account uf the vhortness of 1o oveuingy it has been declded to discontinus them for atimo, ''ho rogulae mootings will be hold uvgsunl, tho second ‘Taursday In gach wonth, awl tho _socialy will be duly sunounced wien they are fl"ulu tukon up, which wall bo as soon as prac- teablo, In the meantimo lot ns be doing what we can to Beueit those wha E\wd hely, snd also atorlus sue minds with usefal knowledgo thal may sssist us in carrying on the work thet §s beforo us, Thete 1 a reut deal that wo can o 10 mako life moroendur: able 10 thosw who, through ylckneas aud disconts agement, falter by the wayside. Somctinied a kind word, o awalle, which cost us nothing, sorve a butter purpodo than a donstion in reen 3 but do not depend on those Bnllmlz when dispenain t:‘h\:my. »3 they aro not very asbatantial articles o dlet, WOMAN'S WRONGS. Faox Auxt ljeuy, Wit ox, 11l.—\Whila the subjectof ** Womnn's Rights ' le bolpg agitated, Ttuink thera aro & fow words to bo said aboub Woman'a pusition has been an uncnviable ons sinco the earliest ages, A slavo and Lesst of bar- don_among savages, fiold laboror and domestia drudge mmong the somi-civilized, thu vet aod n!-lylhlng and sowmotimes soclal vqual of the eur hteued, ¥lot reai present posttion s a hnd-to-hand con- flice with old-timu prejudices. If sho wleps bee youd tho sucisl and domestic circle, If sbe i ullty of uuy infraction upon rules eat nsisted upon by wiay, as mas.er, she be tabooed by tho narrow of bier own tracised by general acclamation, 1f sho dacce to enter (e fntollctual tuld as & competitur tuetead of n ducu.le; and succceds, praiss fs urn‘xfl‘,t y conceded, *Very wall, for a womsn,” 1o warmeat commendutlon accorded or, “Awid conllicting clements sliy Lius pushed here self ouward aud upward, until sho bas reached an tntellcctual atstus whicli wo beltovo, ut the end of another generation, will placo her in fuir compe- tition with our sclontista, ‘I'io peivileges that o 10 tny preseut bave been nccordea her huve be mors the rosult of iudividual inlluence and pursou: a1 affection than the approbation of the masecs. A4 & proof of Uhié, pernis e to clta you to the pi- thetic uppeal of the Hon, Mrs. Norion, when nef Lusvand” nut only falled fo pay the allowsnce fsed for her mainictanco after thelr suparation, but antleipated ber moncy ut ber publivnor's, aud sp- ted 48 Lo his own use, bhe welled, **Tucro s protection in England for the birds of the urA 1ha fsh of tho atrcamy, the beasts of the felds, a6 &vun Lo awine at the rosdeide, but there is uot oud Taw for tho prolection of woman.™ d Without malice I would ask, Has man placed on 1ho top whelf (vlsng) from ting insmomorhal reack ¢d an aptellectual fovel adequate to his advantuged 1 ain not quite prepared Lo vubscribo to l.mlunyul: opluion, thal the wverage young wan of Americh 20 unwitizated boor, 'bat 1 liave met with & '”.'1 who qulio Justity th sheory uf evolutton, uud should be clasyed® as bybrids, balf sy, bulf dous key. '{ha aucatlon of Woman Suflrage, or the Hgbl :j taxstiup without represcutation, 1s best MIIW'_“. of by quoting from L4 receut leciure of » ml 4 speaker fn Mussactueetls, **The uumiligute 1 cannces of tho thiny is boyond comuent. N wber, i your life is 88 beautitul us yous letterty thers (s oue Hrealde altogetlier love), P Elia Wiceler, evory poewm you bavo written Is & t e, it 18 oasyto ses whers the mantle of ives Laroy haa rallco; uailke hor, way pu s, capa that ardcal s touchiugiy capressod by poo Eliolle; A hearts aro cradied into poctey by weong, 010 sulering Wbk they LCacl t sl AN AVVEAL. ¥iox N. L. 0., Bara¥, O.—1 see that many sré Iawonting that sa maoy of the old writess for Tho IHome are abuent 30 fony, sud 1do bope that somy of thy wonderers will soun report for duty 3zaw, and e refustated i thelr old places, 1 fancy that somo hearts smong you &re growiug forgedful, 53 must of tho famillar faces have vanished. \hh!f\\‘ ate you, Winnie? I sw almoat afeaid (o ask, lest somiu s0rrow line overtsken® you. ~And, Laurd Eurle, let us baye mote ull{nur weusible, vmhh Jotters, Aud I, tuo, would juin g the puquert fo iho redvbearsnco of ous geulal, bapulsive Chat. aud aw glad to bear that Ll lived. 1 would love W bavo a **peck " st berl b Vuokoo, 1 evny you grocting. 1 thousht 1 “":u who you were all the tie, sud, 1 the overlow