Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 3, 1878, Page 10

THE HOME CONSECRATION. Tlecause the sea of Change doth moan between Myeelf and you, I pever more may know Your tender kisses on my (eemnichs Hps, Falling In cadence long, and swect, and slow, Abinever, never more my heart shall feel The blinding rapture of the daya gone by, ‘When nllof life was rounded by & smile 'That filled (ho world with 11ght from earih fo sky. And #o, because yon will not kiss me, dear, Again, through all the bitter-sweet of 1ite,’ Becsunc that we have drifted far apart, No other lovo shall hallow Earih's long strife. No cther kirses will I ever know While life shalllast, becanse of you, my sweet; And none ahail know why I dld consecrate Lips, heart, and life, till Death is at my fect. Fanx¥y Dntacort, NOTES TO CONTRIBUTORS, 1t was ntated as plainly aa possiblo by the usa of common words that no notice would bo Ineerted in the exchange column unless it had an address, Teithe unreasoning ond nnreading contribator sendn them alang in the aublime faith that the con. ductor will forward any parcels ana pay the post. age. Again it le assorted, in the hopo that some contributor may poesibly read it, that no notico will be inscrted in tho exchange column unless an address is appended to it. N. C. M., Cupld, Ink, ‘Vora Cruz, Cashmer, ang Limeo will ses why thelr fetters are left ont. ) Beveral correspondents who have wrilten con- cerning the phrass **to the manor (or manner) born ™ aro notified In a gencral way that their lote ters all touch each other 5o nearty that to orint one of them covers them all. They all, singularly enongh, omit to notice the fact that different edl- tlons of Shakspeare have both forms of the quota- tion, The conduclor once had occaslon to look into the matter and found that both waya wers wscd, though **manner'* was the most common. ot ‘The notice for the exchange column from Beneca was s model; it was very badly written, too long, did not Inform us what State Seneca was in (there aro eleven of them in the Post-Office lst), and had no sort of an address of any kind, Tno exchange column waa not establishod for that kind of corre- spondonts. o' The person who signs himself G, W. Carlton shows signs of mental wasting away which may have come from a sunstroke. Docs he anppose that this department has a stock of wives on hand out of which ho can be farnished one on call? s MemranLE JAXE.—Cacography fe always ro- faeed, more readily when 1818 intentional. The only fun In it 1s when the writer Is in earneat,—as @ Ilome writer was a day or two ago when he ac- cused anothor of **hipokritcy, " % A correspondent who wrote toask what kind of perfume was used ‘*to perfume lamps ' 1a aggra- 'vated to find that the printer mado it **to perfumo lambe.” She eays that she doesn't want to per- fumo any lambs, & Axernrst.—Your letter was rocalved, read, and pronounced good. It les with a lsrge number of others awaitiog a chance. You may fnd itin any time, but it s totally fmpossible to say when it will be need, 0 o M. L.—It s not possible to give Cotton Root's roal address in The Home. 1f you wish to find her, or him, writo a letter and send {$ care of Tha Home. o Bannigaron.—It {s ali trae; but {hinkof the modusty (that's what they call it) that wonld be grieved over {t. It woanld not do to use it o In the exchangesof iast woek the address of Tlfyllls Carew should have been Box 344, Parie, 111., Inatead of Box 844, o Weany Heant.—it is impossible te use the letter. THE LETTER-BOX. There aro lettera in this ofice for the following- numed contributors, Those intended for persons Jiving out of tho city will be forwarded Ly mall upon receint of address. Residents can call or rend to Room 36 Twnunx Bullding, and et thelr lote l.u‘emm. W..Englewood, Tonic, sorls, Faut 11, B. (3), Eerip (2), M. M. Di, Sylvanus, *lorle, sliolifo Hawk, ennls June, be! *Murlar, vo, Calomet, *8lare, *Myrtle, No, L . Contributors sending for favors marxed with & siar (%) must incloss postnge-stamp. They are postal-cards, — KUMYSS, Fnox Mna, E. G, C., M, D,, Cnicaco,—~Gu- natka's tast letter ought to be ropublished each week untll its contenta are digested and absorbed. This can only bo accowplished by people with brains, ‘Wacen be or sue enys tuat, mslde from the alcohol and carbonic acld, thore is In koumise Nomething which relieves and cures dyspepais, he corrob. orates my ohservations in my own caze as well as in my practice. 1ts mction simalstes buttermiik and the clabber~but is better than either, We must differ with Dr, Qilmag, who thinks there is no kounisa hut Arend's, There is abundant proof that sour milk and buttormiik have been used for dyspopsia with beneft for hundreds of yeats, and Lofore any one bt tha Inhabitants of Tartary ever kuew of kouniiss, Without trying to explaln how thexo remedien act, wo add our testlwmony to the lang ago proven fact that they do cure, aud belleve that at lcast o rnrl of the good ‘efccts aro due to the pecullar acld which they contain, ‘I'bls mav account for the great number of cures frow drinking whey, and by the grape and cider curea which aro_so populsr {n some partsof the old country. We have known cares made b, uring buttermilk alone for dinncr, soar mil ‘with a little sugar and croam for supper, and re- coyeriea na rapld as when using koumiss, A word aboul its manufacture, The lcss water added the better. One piat o a gallon now milk, one-half wound sugar, and one bottle koumise. After elanding twenty-four hours it s ready to botsly, It needs champagne botties, well wirred or tied with sleong cond and kept on the side of the buttle, In answerlug Gunuika's ullalllun, Whst is the matter with ‘the Chicagu docturs? Do they think The Homo department in Tux TrisUNE Is scatter- ing two many bowbaliclls of knowiedye among the l-mnlu! They are begioning to ses and think for temaelves, and will not much longer believe In mysterivue looke and grave assertions in an un- known Janguage, but will elther Ignore drugs alto. gother, or know what they take aud wiy pro- ecribed. Giva us another shell; uo matter who is bit Frox Camtorrs, Nevapa, In-=Dr. J. R, Gilinan, as a little Llatorical sketch your kumysa articlu fu very intereating, and doubtleas thove who were ignorant of it origin will return thanks or eaperiouce silent gratitude, As anact of philan- thropy, howerer, I connot commend it, It may Levedt a few, as it serves as s good advertiseinent for **Arend's Kum: " But the mases who awell in tho country and can procure plenty of pure fresh milk, without moneyand without price, will reallze no advantage from | 1t scems to me there la belng a preat offort made to mystify the preparation uf thos article. Surely It cannot re- quire wuch a vast amountof akill and seience to make 8 fermented boversge from mitk, And who can #ford 1o driuk it at prices (hat drugelats retan) it Tue M. D, infarms us that we are ignorant as 1o whut wood Kumystls, Of course, Lhis lumiliating thourbi1o ue conceited beings who hnaging we had dn fuct wmade the genatne article, the only dafficulty belug in the fach that it would uot kee, Now that the Doctor's Jearned and yee- bose expoaition of the subject has divpelled th {dei s n dolusion, wewill just have toforego t| Juxury of our plesdant nutritive dripk (which, after ali, wus ouly &u **lwitastion ) unul covler weatly. er, and theh wo cau make it up after and have it feesh. Perhaps some kind genjus wili discover ;l:edrmkt secret l‘:"xn"fi‘l‘ gu‘fu luio‘m yet, and ndly keep— well, a Ceutsa 2 Auew? Driuk, ye poor aud sick. it Fuox E. M, Hare, M. D., Citicaco,—Nearly every day for macy weeks L am in racelpt of lettors kg we to send the writer the recipe for making Xuuyey, aliuding to the one I gave In & letier to ‘The Howe several monthe 8go, In reply to all, wilow e (0 say that 1 asserted in the same lutter the fact tuut genulne kumyss canoot be made for duwmestic use »0 11 to compare favorably with that amade by Mr. Arend, woo originsted that beves I thta counier. & (hen St beyerage anuke pure, bealthful kumyss, 0t for adwiulstra- tiou o the sick, it wost be madu by s thoruugh velalxlum. sud requires alvo capital, atieotion, aud’ wkill, ‘e seclpe 1 Inquircre was uu f.’un at the solichation of many v sulistituty to bo us for the purpose of preparing a d Ly persons fn henltph. 1¥I.ur moal superfcial cutupsrison of the Kuwyes made by st pruc od the vue perfected by Mr, Areud witl show ot unce the futifity of auy attempt 10 make {lie geunine article. Tho dunstic aitichy % wine tado by duce frow the turers. 3L were sble 1o give the real, Fouulue process § waald Kladly 80 w0, fur §dvalre tiat 1k oball bu geuerally Citlerw a4 wuch from Lk genuiny known and adonted. The time will donbtiesa come when it will ax generally known in the method of making gennlno grape wine, OUR FEMALE DOCTOR IS WROTH. From Guxatxa, CnricAdo.—Well, at last we have a nice spectacls In The Homa! A conple of M. D.'n (Medd)ng Donkays, did 1 hear yon aay h, who have anited their feeble efforts to make **the, wotse appear the better canee," and toattempt the rather disconraging task of demonstrating that two and two make five, They have, however, only succeeded In domonstrating thelr own undt. ness to ocenpy the position of teachers npon medi- cal and kindred aubjects. While ** correapondents in The Tlome have ventllated what they know ahout konmies," these two worthies have agreed tatry it they cannot stop up tho ventilators, ehnt doors and windowe, pull down biinds, and kee everything dack and_ clore, It would be s muc better for Arend, snd—bat, out of pity for them and respect for the profeselon, leenvu thin sen- tence unfinisbed! ~Yee, I pity thom, for SMU ds evident tuoy do not know 00d ™ doctor “‘ought {0 what be.'' ¢“They have, *‘mrnnm never deank " from those fonntaina of knawledge and npright- ness thal produce good doclors: they are +Yaimply {mitations.” And, en passant, Ishould sorry forany lady in The ilome who ehould make m‘fmol’ an lmitation of koumies as Mesers, Fitch and Gilman sre of the genuine article in tho medical iine, To follow them in all thele atatements, scparat. ing the truth from the untrnth, and clearing up thelr sophistries, wonld be tedions and nnneces- aty, sa well as, ton certain extent, foreien to the question at laago: 1shall thereforo proceed direct- }{lnnu\lca the claim, first pnt forward by Dr. itch, but which has now heen brought into The Homeby Dr, Gllmsn. This claim ‘s, snbstan: tially, that there is an mpartant chemieal recret connecterd with the making of koumler,—a prob. lem which hat only been solved by Arend, and withoat an understanding of which no one can make gennine konmiss, —that, in fact, one but he ever has malde anything but a spurioun and very infcrior article. Now, 1 emphatically dl‘nr L there Is any truth in such a clalm, and I asecrt that (ho way fo maka xennine koumiss has been published over and over again in theas calumne, —(rst by Dr. Hale, in The Homoe of SQFL 15, 1877, and sinco then by Escu- Jsplus, an ofd and valued Homo contribuior, who also detalled its traly remarkable cftects In his owncase, The modus operandl han also been riven by guite 8 number of other correspondents, all of whom, Including Esculapins, olbtalucd it from one and the same source, viz., tho dircctions of Dr. Hale, abore referred to, Thie gentieman, who, with A few others, had been nsing koumi: in their rrncuce ginca its Introdduction tothe Am. can portion of the profession by Rueatan phyal. clans, wasthe Arst to introduce it to the general public through the medinin of Tug Cuicauo Tione UNE, aud togive full dircctlons for making the *domentically," ot In emn!l quantitics, ‘Hale states that, in order. fo give these directions, he han consulted ot Jomst 8 dozen of the best anthoritles on tho subject, yet there s not the first intimatio, glven that any ather preparation of tho milk fs ne canary, previous to fermentation, but to dilute (| same with water, and to dd sugsr in prover pro- portions, The kind of augar to be used ia leht to the option of the manipulator, —of courra 1t should pure. 1t I8, &g every one knows, at the expen of a portion of the sugar that the aicoho! and ca: bonlc and lactic acids are formed, and, ns reyar the two former, they are produced moro readily from common sugar than from sugar of milk, Thera nrc, however, roasons connected iwith the )m:nlllr properties of milk-sugar (as well ne the act that it {s the only kind containcd in tho Ori- ontal koumlss) which might be used to support the view that it is the only kind suttable fur this pur- pose. These qualitics arc: itslittle proncness to change |n the stomach, and its easy oxlaation o the blood. For these reasons, it s, withoot doubt, superior to common sugar, where the object 1 to fi“ a8 mnch hydrocarbonaceous matcrial as possi- 10 into the blood, In A form ready for jmmedlate oxidation, and withoat taxing the liver to trans- form it; but In a fermenting fluid, sabject 1o conatant change, —the atoms of sugar breaking up under the influcnce of the ferment, until but lttie temains in its original form, ~it {4 a queation, 1 say, whether in this case the argument does not Jose much of its force. And when we leave the theory and come down {0 the actusl facts, who Is there, 18ak, that uses ln?lr of milk exclosively In the manufacture of koum{sa? Does Arend. or any- body? 1opinanot. And, so far s concerns thode who mannfacture it for eale, [ snould reaulre bet- tor cvidence of the fact than thelr unsupported as- soverations, or those of u cettain class of M. D."s, Morcover, 12 a1l this hifslutin about *‘solvin, ‘tvant differcnices,’” *‘chemtstry o probleme, oumiss, " ‘‘nuteltlve requirement ‘chemiral and dletatical {dentity,” etc., means simply sngar of milk inatend of urdinary augar, whal disgracefn) quackery (o pretend that 1t {4 vomothing hopelessly unsttatnoblo by sny but the most erudste chemist! 1t auy onc wishes to pay 50 couts a pound for sugar of milk, badly adulterated witn starch, arrowroot, ete., dissolve it out, fliter the solution, nud add it to the milk, knowine that thoy are golnz to place it under conditions where it will be changed Into rape-sugar, wurth five cents 8 baund, and dnally nto nlcohiol snd carbonic acid, of course he can doso, either **domestically' or othcrwise, butl h on to beltave that nelther Arend or any oitiee manufacturcr does anything of the kind, ¢ It is true that some use ycast instead of **kora,” to uxcite fermontation, but all do not} ‘whether they do or nat ia of little impurtance ¢: cept as the yeast may affoct tho Havor of the kof mies; it cannot, If proberly used, alfoct its chem ical or medical propertles, * Tariars sonie- times use n pleca of stale broad or meat, which, by undergoing putrafactive decomposition, acts aa aferment. This was the primitive way of making ralsed or leavened Lread, —that s, from a pleca of old dough, kept over fram uno tima to another, but who would think of going back tothat method since the yeaxt from beer has been found so perioe? No one, I imaxine, oxcept, perl Ifllly acientific (M) Fiteh and Gilman, tay 1 ask Dr, Gilman why it wan that e only §unlm the least objectionable portlon of Dr. lich's very traneparent communicstion? Woa it beeause even he haa scnse cocugh fo wee that it was too much Iike the storeotyped claims of the patent-medicine vender, and- ihat if ho did not atop fust whoro he did tho animua of the writer would surely become appatent to tho most unws- pecting? Patent-medicine men, ar thoss familiar With the commercial aspoct of the medicine busl- nees, aro woll aware thut If they wisk to take the most common article in _medical use, and put it upun tho markes, by labeling it with some propries tary name, and advertising throngh the press that it 8 the extract of an cutirely newaspecies of plant, Intely discovered In tho denths of sume primoval forest by an Inapired wanderer, who has been walking up and down over the carth In senrch of it wvyer sinco he was born, and who Is now old and gray, and that they, by the aid of some profound chemical kuowledge, " have rucceedeil in uxteacting tho active principle of the plant by an entirely new process of distillation, —these men, I say, know that they can get sufficlent - dorsenient from a certaln class of ** medicus-cs to glye thelr clalm an appearance of vlausibllity; 88 witness the article on cnticara not long awro, Tu the lady who 18 troubled with hutter rising on tbe top of the konmlss, you aro probably making ** full koumiss " from very rlch milk, Youshoald akim off sl the cream “that will rise in the first twelye hours after milklng; if you will warm Lhe milk {mmediutely sfter straining, —any de;imo ahort of lf‘l"-"llli —then ect in the celliror fce. closet, yau will get more cream to the top in & wlven time. The other lady who complained of llhul: t:uwu'l ¥ 18 probably better posted by this time, "I'o tiraeme: While [ would nat advise potting a child to aleep with & very swed person, still § am not prepared to say that this is ]l the tronhle with your bittle daughtor, A person 62 years of sgu L not necessarliy of low vitality, slthvuch If thie tbe case Lo the presunt (natance 1 would uol con. nue to bave the chlld slevp with her. 1 think, ery- that the heat has had much o do with treme debility, and would advise that the leep In & large, alry room, and, if p above thy ground loor, Frox OnLeNa, Cricauo.—The eclipse was com- Ing, —thoze was no doubt of it, for what great ep!- sode on which the fotercat of tho matlon centred ever pussed without & commotlon of sowc sort a tendant on Ila stops? 1t was not much of & com. motion after all. Only the cloudy that “scudded across the heaveus looked Jowery ana forbidding, and anxious glances were csst now and thon sky. ward, for if the morning forebadings proved cor- rect there wonld be not ouly‘an eclipss of the sun for & few minutes, but an sil-day obscurity of ity brilllant pathwsy,—a thing much to be dresded, for there |ay those clegant pleced of smoked wias) ready and anxlous to be utilized un s0 momento an oceaslon, theu thoru wero all the apecuta. tlons and anticipations of the lcarned sages at stake. To be surc, Edison and bis party might be beyond the reach of the clouds, and the sun bo sauling in & sea of golden lustre e the mounl. ainy, but how could one venture 1o nope for such #vod fortune with his own particulae empire en- veloped In gloom? But the clonds were not as stubhorn as they some- times wre, and thure began to he rifts now and tben, lotting tDe swalight stream down upon the world, just ws the clouds of lifo part faundoe whon the gloum seeww the most impene- table, and iet Ju & fdood of light thatyives the fuiutlog soul new bope and ensryy to battls with the world ond its bardshive, ‘Therc la vever a cloud so dense and forbidding but it will clear ay in hime aud sllow the golden sunbeaws to Lusnier through the rifts, 18y be, at g, with avubdued lusize, bot cventually with the broad Klare of the perfoct day, The clouds with the sfl- yer lining are the sdvance guards of the Losts with lhxlr olden armo; 1 on the day of smoked ylaas and sooty ‘T'he rifts that betokened event- ual clearnoas became wore frequent fn thelr march through space, aud the thin, gauzy testurs over and auun gave us o view wnalacd 5““ smoked ail o o which the orb looked Uty noues glase fo their wild cudeavon brobe clouds that cverand aoon crossed the diac were scrubbed and put in order for tho usual bueis of e, aud won sod women fell quictly back $he same routine of usefulness from which the great event Lad drawp thew, Justus tbe yreat black moon was waving her tual adlcus 16 thi korgeous orb o Lad wanaged 1o eclipse, there came three creatures lopg tho sidewalk fn the form and gary uf wen. Two. of thom cousd manazy (0 sall Uprizht uuderthe po ure of stcam, but tus third tovuled and rece from side to sldo like & ruddericas bark 1o @ storm, Thdwchipss was nioLover with. Thers wis oo of far wore vital lutercel 0 that pariicular nay IE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1878—TWELVLE PAGES, and hiarelatives than the one we had just been miring, one created the opposite renmat —that of disgnst. Ticro waa an intelicct eciipted by a fatal, polaonous drug: an intellect that, per- hape, teated in cultnre and gaarded from evil companionship, might have heen A fonrce of com- fort to his people and an_honor to the world, Tt Aa & sad contrast fo what we had been witnesn- fng, bringlug our thoughts from the beautien of cthereal life to thy Lotrars of our real existenco, Hero was only ono Intellect eclipsed nmon5 a le- fon, The worid Is flled with Justsnch rodderices arks, toselng and pluneing on tho ocean of life, a stnmblinz-llock to those who have thelr salls all trimmed and thelr propelling powerein workingor- der. 1fonly they whoscil theirbirthrichta fora mesn of pottage were the auflerers, they might drown the intellect In the reaof fire and drop out of the world 1n thelr chosen path; bnt delicate women and tender children must bear the tortare of their miserable exlstence and the dishonor that follows them to1he grave, Here was n drunken, besotted {dlat for the time, whom his companions, not gnlta eo far gone as himself, dragged and pnlled along untii he nllrpud from their grasp and fell in a bloated heap, from which possiion he could not be aroused, That was & total eclipee, and the black object tnat had Molen its way acrosa the Intellect wonld not wave 4 Irlendly Adiens and pass modestly into space, leaving It snotless and pure na before ita venomons contact, Suchan eclipre needs no glaes smoked, and no preparations for benolding. 1t s visible In every portion of the wiobe, and nearly at the rame time. P'eople wisning to take obeervations need not hio themueclves tothe mountains, for Its most perfect fotality will be best abserved in the severnl cities of the " plobe, and obscryntions may he taken withont.the ald of the tnsimeter or epectroscape, | am not addicted to clusing my neticles with & recipe, but think erhaps one might useful _in thle nstance. Itecipo for a total eclipse: Ta n galion of aleohol add 8 pound of arsenic, one-halt pound of opium, -and an onnce of cayenne pepper. A little Scoteh anuft sified in might improve the fla. Yor and prevent the imbiber from taking cold. To be drank atall times of day, fn half-bint doses, and washed down with a guart of lager heer. La- dlies can materlally aseist In forniing this eciipre by favoring their pies, puddinge, ete., with brandy, and serving wino at the dinner-table, Itisa very eficient ald, P, 8. Any one wishing the aervices of s teacher In German or elocation will do a needy and worthy conple, whom alcknees compeiled to give np tho rchool they had under thelr chiarge, a lasting favor by addresaing me, 1f tenching cannot be procared they will be glad of somcthing else by which they may earn an honest lvellhood. They woald iike translating in German or writing for periodicals. ‘The Tudy has been a writer of some note. Any- 1hing in the line of music or literatnre preferred, but any other employment thankfully recelved, "The next regular meeting of Tur Twinusn llome Ciub will be hold at tho Trowont House Wednes- day, Ang. 14, at 2p. m. AN ICED-TEA EXTRAVAGANZA. Fnox Citat, Decatun,—In Tnx Tniouss of Sat- nrday, the 27th, Iread a maliclons and perverted statement in regard to fced tea by an obscnre per- ton *‘unknown to fame," Now, 1 know that man, o keepsa beer-ealoon In the bascment on the corner of Drinkall and Liquorup strects, 1o don't think any one ought to drink anything but beer, and in lced tea ho sces arival whom hofears, andmo he attacks it with bitternees and malice aforothought. HutIrisc torefute his statement. In the anonia of history and the memory of man itced tea has always been ackoowledged to bu the point on which the wortd tarns, and If that man shonid knock out this pivot the world would come toan cnd, and wo would all go ta smash together, Dut T, sceln the dangur, arlae to avert that awfol catastrophe, and 1 feel that upon mo depond the safety of the carth and the inhabltants thereof. 1 realizo that tho people of the nineteenth centu- do not want gush, or moonshine, but facts, gic, and reason, and mo ‘propose to glve them what they want. hey nothing that s not proved. They never believed the moon was made of green cheeso unti] the statement waa proved beyoud doubt or cavil; they nover belleved a dog would howl if A tenkctilo was tied to his taluntll they tried it; in shart, they beliove nothing that ia not substantiated by facts, and o I shall give them facte, I'll go to h ? nd select thoso with whom we are ail acquainted (not porsonally, of coutse), and whose names sparkle on its pages like gems, aod 'l begin with Napoleon. ‘The night before the battle of Waterloo he paced his tent uneasily. 1ie played poker and seven-up, read a chapter or two in ** liclen's Babies, ™ tuened 0T tho gas ana then turnod it on avain. tlehtened his suspanders, dusted his coat, and finally cried out, ** What ho! the guard!" That s what he always mald whon ho wanted iced tes, you know, ond a man brought in A cup of the cooling, insuiring bovernge, Ha tovk )t In his rajgnty nand, half ralsed it to hls lips, then paused and looked uoon {8 with mmiling eyes. il oved nd well he might, for he had imbibed 1t from hia mother's breast, drank it in bis cnildhood, hls manhood, and hig old age, and to it ho atteib- uted oll his succoss in Hte. - And as ha stood lost in thought bia hand unciasped, the cup fell to the pronnd, was shattered Into fragments, and the precious lqn!d ran eagerly hither and thither liko # politiclan after oftica, “I'was the last drop of fced tea in camp, and ho knew it1 Fora moment, with folued armis, Napoleos thora, threw himacil ina chaie, and criod bring me zwer Elnnu lagor,” and he drank it, and lost Waterloo ¥, that rash act. Methusclah lived S0 years, and then died, I ata to harrow up yonr feel| by telilng you so, but it [a the holy (ieorge Washingion tenth, and a fact, lle prohubly would have heen alive naw If he had not ne{lmcd to drink his reenlntion bowl of iced tea. Yon sce, ha went ant one might, toll- bis wife that sha need not expect him home "”K' ou thore was 10 be a businges meeting down at the chureh, and ho expected a lively time, a8 the min- ister wus a susplcious character, —a preacher from Brooklyn, fu fact,—and thors was going 1o be an inveatization, and in hia cagorness he forgot, for tho first time '[n fila life, Lo drink his evening bowl of feed tea, His wifa looked after him and mur- niured: **What 8 ¢ood man he ts, and what sn intorest he dues take {n church af- falra,” flut Methusclah never weut near the holy edlfice, but sueaked down the back way and went out to the faie-grounds, whets Barnum's Cir- cua exulunting, Thero was an awful storm came up, out he nover kollced it, for he wan pas. sionately fond of tha drama cnd was enjoying himaelf lmmuuul{. and Just as he, and Enoch, and Moses were laughing at ono of tho clow Jokes, a mighty wind struck the tont ana thore a great fall of scats and peopls, Une tent-pule broke Muthuseloh's arm; the othee chucked him under the chin, and tho eluphant stoppud on his stomach, 1ie shed bitter teare nnd Inmentod that cruel fata doomed him to dis so youny; grisved that Le must leave Lauiech,a tender yuuth of six orscven hundred, alone in the wozid, and sald to the attendlny physicians **Dou’t you think s fow bottles of * lostotter's Blttors® orsomoof * Hadway's iteady Htetic! ' would oel e upt'' aud s tho Doctor wagged Lls head negutively, he died, leaving behind blm an affoce tionnto aud faithfal wile sn3 & large virclo of nd- miring friends, And all this Lappeucd because ho did not drink that cup of jcod tea. \What ah ex- ample and & waraiug (6 humanity | Mork Antony mignt have lived even atter ho fell upou his aword If, when Lo gasped **1 am d‘yhm. Egyot, dying; givo e some iced tea, that [ may apeak o litte,™ 1t Lad been done, but Lhero was nune, for, 1 attendant remarked to Cleopatra, every dogeoned pound of tea fn Aloxandrls lay ln thy bands of Ciesar, and so be dlod. 18 bas Leen erroncously supboged that Cleopatra appiled thu wep to by t and arin fur love of her lust Antony, and 8 uatural desico not **to ba led iu triumpn, " but 'tls an error. This is tho true reason: She luarned that th 13 amoug the Romans, sud so stie sal) 7 1n lene? "Iwere better deuth than aud then ahe cried ‘otch on your aspe |" Lnight cito n thoussnd ‘mory cases, butthess wlil be sullicient ta wipu oat the blot that has veen cant upay tced Le3, the vacrod nativnal boversge of o world. - e N bat, " FLOWERS, Fpox Rtexwi, Warsnronn Mivs, Inn.—Allow me Lo sugyest tu preserve back numbors for rofers vuce; thero uro soveral uentions this week which 1 bavo anewered 1n previous fssucs. As we a conatantly receiving accesslons to vur circle I will rewrite them, Phiyflia Curew, the cactus e & greanhouse pe- renul succeeds best i sandy loaw wized with al, bpring is tho best e 0 sow seeds, and ey necd cure, copecinlly In watcring, Jelfersun, tuless.your amurylls bulbs are too deep 1o e suil, 1 canuot account utherwiss fur their not ploomlug. The bulb duce bess just set in the woil, ‘The tuoereso bulb bluows bub ouce wud In thun wortlless. Woon the stem hax dled down take op the tuber aud you will idnd mauy swsil otes furmed stound it, ‘snd then, sfter oua growth, will usually makv lowering buibe, “They wust be kept in @ warm room In winter or lie Hower stou will rot aud thie bulb nover bloom. The dower of Mrs. Pollocks geranivm fs brigot acarles, the leaf green, bright bronze red belt, nextcrimson ed with golden ycliow. Mre Taylor's gere uw ls & ity uf thu scented wort, large decp scarles Bowers, At Is quite rare as yol, | bave au jmmones quantity of Sweet Willla veed 1o bo sowa now. Anybody can have a pack- age Just for Lhe postage, Tl neated term pruved very dleastrous to m plauts, and I aw compelled W withdraw my -uml" dug oer, To tugso Wis bave sent stamps aud re- ceaved no plaute L aball send winter-bloowing vulbe 44 woun a8 Lbe weasou arnves fur plauticg. Next moato stath haye hyscint suowdrops, and jonqulls to se Wwho would 1Ko 10 ges Ehew aro lavited Lo order vatly. Tle up gladiviue snd tuberose Bower stowms, fu- move alt peot blvots, —remoylog $ho Howers sud preventiug the weed lonmiog will gy louger bluomiug beriod. Fave secds of the bLost-forued n-mml‘ aud when You bave any w spare please et e bave tew. Seud care Hume, uf those who kuow w sund direct, Huollle Hawk, bave pot heard from you. Did you get wy lutter and the siivs 1 sent \o you? ‘Uhanks lor favure received Lo Susan and H. C, M., Peonis. Tho bested term waa oo wuch for 1bo slips, and all wero dead boyood recovery, T Frox A. B., Cuicico.—Jeflerson, Galesburg: My smarylifa dues not blossom, and a friend di. tects that the carth Yo removed 8o that tbe dulbe are luft partially oxposed. I cannot promise suc- ceas, Lutitie sl vasy remody to try. Fuox Puriris Causw, Pauw, 1.~ am bere a3aln, to way & few words o several ladies wbo wauted wisterla vines sod secd. To the isdy fn Chicago: I am pol & madsm, but & wles of 16 years, sud would like Lo bave dycentra, but havo Wiy of vailey. To ladyin Rockford: I pecefved your letter wilk great surprisv Lo uud it addzussed 1o Pbyuls Carew, sud [t was only by accideal that I receivedat, Twant your p and fiax-seed T'pon receipt of yoar adidress, will send root, To 1ady in Ridgerille; Wil aend vine, and will write to yon. The Iady {n Michigan sent aeed yesterday. I with that the Jadics, when thoy write to m wottld send thelr **nom de plume, * s well an real names; all the ietters 1 have recelved from them have anly had tholr real names. ITOUSEKEEPERS’ OWN. Fnox Oxzor Tne Tnio, Brooxatoy, Txn,—I send & nice recipe for soufMe vanilla: Separste the whiteaand yolks of four eggs; mix two table- apoonsful of powdered sugar, 8 small ninch of #alt, and a fow drops of ong exlract of vanilla with the yolks, IHave the whites boaten a long time, even after they seem &8 1ight possible. Heat and botter an carthen dish, and ponr in two-thinds of tho mixture. Pat in & very hot ovon, and, after a few minntes, open the ovor door. and you will find that 1t haa risen to o high pyramid. ‘Dreak open the apex with a fork and pour the remainder of tho oncooked portinn Into the opemng. Work fast and close the door as soon as possible. Leave the dish In » fow minates, Let It turn A golaen brown and try with a steaw a8 you would cake, It will botl and babble at the top, but this will not injure the looks or taste. Eat with sugar ana lemon, Did any of ‘ou ever press pansiea for winter dec. orations? Press between layers of cotton, They can bo nscd In & variety of ways, and will amply repay yon by their beanty for the trouble, Can any of the readers of The Hume farnish me with the words of two old songs, one called the ** Dattle of Waterlon, " and the oiher '!The Swisa Daliad Singers™? They begin as foliows: . W‘]\II‘.I\ battle rateed fta warll W, oung ard lefd his native land, A drudfmer boy for Waterloo, And 3 ', weaty ara our feel ATy Wobry 1 it war, T will retnrn r{mnfln and thanks, as I am very anxlous to obtain coples of them, Frox Naxo, Cnicaco.—I wonld 1ike to offer to F. A. D., of Sterling, my recipe fur shortcake, it nover being ** heavy or tough," Iwill suppose it ta bo of peaches, as it 18 now late in the season for berries. Deat thoroughly one cwm, one table- epoonful of butter, same of sugar, add one cup of tilk, and, lastly, twocnpa of flonr, in which has heen mixed ona heaping teaspoontal of baking- powder, [ake Inan oblong pan in a quick oven, mplit while warmn (tear rather than cut witha Knife), and butter each Iayor, tuening hoth crusta downward, In _each Jayer of shorteako #lice neaches, ripe and mellow, and on each Iayerof penches pourabont o teacup of botled custard after sprinkiing them with sugar, ‘Tho eame batter, baked quiekly in fmn irons, makes dolightful mufling. If Grahom will take the same recipe, and in piaco of one, uso vne and ono- half eips of milk, with Graham four, 1 think she can make muflins or gems to pleasa the moat fas. tidions, nlways remembering to bake quickly, Frox Curin, BLooxixarox, ItL.—Angle, here 1 the recipe for bread that we ttee, and we sehlom have bad bread: Two votatoes, boiled anil mashed; two quarts lukewarm water, one tablespoonful of suyar, samo of enlt, one cake of compreascd yoast, sad flour enongh to make a sponge. Bister Julia, ihe English ivy reqnires rich soil and a good drains 2go; miat have plenty of water, but not kept too et A. I,y mako your short-cake just llke you mako ULaking-powder biscult, only a litlle #horter IWANTS, Frox Srantax, Sranta, Wis.—I am walting, palnt-brush In hand (speaking after the manner of men), to palnt my fower-jars red,—oright red, Sti1l I wonld rather forego the pleasnre of scelng these jars of mine 8o brililant than that uny evil offect come to my plants; thess jars aro made pore ouw, —intentionally so, I suppose, As palnting ust necessarlly M the pores, I was afraill the health of the plant would be injurcd, Would be giad to_hear from all the Homeltes, as there i eafely, Isuopose, In the multitade of counsclom, One thing more 1'd llke to know, and that is if the man who devised the pattern for frying-pans ‘tepiders) wan s marricd man. Tam afraid he was not,—in fact, 1 am convinced of it. or lons cro this ho would have mada lmund-mnied, shapely handle, 1If he belonged to tho Inqutsition, 1 think, &8s article of tortare, h epider-handie mighl have been acded,—a little " too large for an ordinary hand to grasp, sharp on tho edge, and near enough to the splderto be as hot as ire, it has caused the most sudden move- ments and exclamations I have over been guiity of (worse than that peculiar sensation whon one stepn on the cat's tail and sho sings all the eight notes of the scale at once). 1read mostall the lotters In The Homs,~—tha short ones first, —but for tho laat thres or four weekn1 have ‘skipped all the Bhattucks,—thoy Lecame 80 monotonous, Wil some one tell mo just what troatment to give my smilux? It has roated about two wonths, Also how to plcklo onlons,—nice, small, whits oncs; clear onlons, not a mixturo. Wo are bezinning to make somo arks hera now. ‘We have liad our thirty days avd nights of rain, and when the ten days more ara up wo intond to take our boats and sct them aflont. Any one do- sizlng & call from ue, having had sa mach rain, Tot us know and we will call. Fnox Warcnen, Cizcaco,~Iam a yonng lady otill in my tecns who gooe Into socioty somewhat, and, although I can writa without any troublo, I 0nd It sometjmea difiicult to converse as fluently os 1 would ke, Now what 1 want to ind out ls, ‘What is the help, or in what way can a young 1ady become a good convervationalist? That is the helcht of ny ambltion,—nand a liitle ambitious, I will admit, 1am, too, . 1 waut {o combine, what m{ big brother cally my *'nativo dignity," with a Tittie sarplus olo- quence. 1 havo fiulshed school, but I am notat allsntiafied with myself, nnd the more I read and atndy the more I am diesatisfied, and I fy to The Houie for advico ax to a refuge. 1 goino of thoso nice ladics who advise young In. dlos in other branchies will just condescoml to lonk in thin direction and profter n littlv assistance, they will have the natisfaction of haviug lelped one more unfortnrate on the road to improvemen. Let the househoesing gnestions o, u 1 am con. sidered a proficiont in the art, Ayol Verliy! even by my very particular mother. § think Miss Harnette's lettors nre juat splendid, 1thtnk nol of the thousands that ‘Lry to instract In wusic and do v-e-r-y well. Fow the aubject and make it intoresting as M nette dos In other worde, stio kiows what la talkiug about. Now, heru In oue who thirsts for ki tor advice. ¥nox Man, Laxeiva, Mich.—May 18 T asked a question which only one hes answered; theroforo I am foarful of asking another, [ think Ihavo found whero my mistake was—in asking my quee- tlon, instead of waylug I wan marrled to a traveling wman, 1ought to have sald [ was about to marry a ling man, and thon asked your milvice how to k him frow travelng and remain home with aa to make lome and a wed- J’" Yerhiapa then the renders of The not have beon afrald to attack a tray. ellug man; perhapa some travellng mau can tell mie what wonld make home attractivo onough to autiuty thols roving dhrullllonl #0 they could en. dure a howme life #s well as their companlon who Is vblized to stay there under all circamstances, | have a good howme, with all the conforis necessary to make ¢ hapoy, it my bueband would only and cnjoy 1t with me, 1 aleu noed his assistance te help brlng up tho children, 2 Utility, § can’t break up wy home I enjoy house- keeping too much for that, ~ Will some une telt me whure I can obtain the muele, ** Vartatious on Old Hundred ™Y 1 would like direct] for Knlitiy double afghancrochet stitch. I have not nol wny gem receipt; will nend it if any try 1, please ropurt: 1 cup sour milk, 1 cup Graliam, 1 table. spuon wugar, 1 teaspoon sods, 1 lesspoon salt; bake Afteen minutus, she one snd all, remember owledge as well as Frou Yansse, Vaxparia.—WIli some one please seud mo the followlng plecea: ** Way down upon tho Bwauea Riber'{ ** No sect inlleaven; ** Nelo Ue Gray "'; & war song, of which une versa hegins, *'0n, brothers, on ta the battlo-teld, " and another verso commences with, **Bear on our Hag overal} he land"; aud & poems whicn telle of & poor old lady who was very foud of potatoes, but was uot aile Lo buy any; and when one of tue church dea- cons came to talk nnd pray with her, her only responss was, ¢t Paotatoes! Qive us, good Lord, tatoce!’” Tler wirango conduct w0 distressed iin toat he could “not sloep shur night; aud, af*er wirely coming to the concinslon that perhaps sho necded the putatoes as much os she did the prayers of the church, hu carried (o he bounti{ul supply of the deslred article. In roturng 1 will send atamps or tho following pieces: *VWyi| the Nuw Yvar cowe (o-might, magunat™ *‘Gep. cvrg," ¢+ Biagun on tho Rblue, ™ ** Rosalle, thy Pralnie Flower," **The Song of Steam, *' 1 bave 8 very nica wclfl« fur tirabsin gems, which [ Liave not yebveon in The Jome: T'wo ey, two cupe buttermilk, ono teaspoonful soda, one table- #poon melted batter or shorteningpt any kind (this ml{ bu omitted 1f tus frons urc well gresscd), & llm vaalt, BMizalitle shicker than paucuke bat- er, Frox Fries, Jacksox, Micst,.—PFreedom, Freo- dom, Iil., 1 bave only the words of ** Away un the banks of }ife's bright river,"” Have always sung it 1o the air of **Swance Hiber," Will sund words, M you wish them. Cau tke conductor or spy of The Home friends toll me the name of the author of a poem begin- ning, **Wer Ita thonsands slays; Pusce, Its ten tbousands: 1o tho embattled plsib, tuough death cxulta? T commilicd 16 10 momory somo yvesrs “uk“‘ do not kuow the author's name or in what book I could fnd it. Doa't kuow whother what § learned was the pleco complets or only an extract, Would be giad to get shadow pictuzs of Chrlet; fur- get who bas it Fuox A. M. Otuza.—As my questions concern- {og profitable reading for boys and the succcsaful culturs of pausies have becn s0 prompsly answored, 1am emboldenca to be stlll more Inquisttive and ask how to treat my monthly roses nextautumo? ‘They are In the ground uow, aod have been lovely thus far, especlially two tearoses, & saluion, and ink. Ususlly wm, bushes are bar Palis A et b e ey paes® pare, uoalghtly ered with verwin. 1 have 8 fue south window fur them. When 1 pot thew fo the fall what kiud of «arth shall I uso? 1 toluk it all motbers were a3 cazeful to provide ’ employment and_amusement for thelr children Content ts, we should have fawer tramps in the Iatare, d A ‘'Comumunistle element™ wonld be an unheard-of thing. I firmly bellovo In keeping the boys off the streete, Mothera cAn save themselves many anxlious mo- menta and heart-acher by piving the children mors of thelr attention, Perhiapa 1t would he betier, 17 some of na wonld davota less time to soctal ciaima, — tea- nrlle.f:llfi. ete,,—ana glve more timo to the chil t n8 int: sympathize with them in theiwr dlunlismln(mon A and nvove all, lend them to feol that homa i leasa , dcarcat place in the wholes worid, Fnox OmeNTAL, Wansaw, Ixp.—Can & patient dio from typhold fover Inslde of four or five dayn or s week, —that s, get eick, linger, and dle,—all fnslde of that period from thie dissase, nncom- plicated? Almost daily onr nawspapers report the deaths of persons who have apparently elckencd and died from eo-called typhoid faver all within a week, or aven leas Lime, Tlaving heen Jong accus- tomed to sec typhold cases In the East alwayn nrsuc & very lingering conrse, and_nover hearing thero of & eingle case recavering or dying Innidn of two fo four months, 1t appears almoat incredihla 1o me now to hear of true typhold fover terminat. ing fatally or otherwise so roon as in sald to be nsnal here, Wikl somie of onr knowing ones among oar Homo circls glve theirexperience with tho true &,m:'m and the so-called typhold fevers of tho Frox Waten, Warentoo, Ja,—It Yonng Mother, Cedar Rapids, wiil zend mo her address, 1 will send the pattern to her clrect, and wonld rather she sent the pictares to my address inatend of throngh The llome, Whera {8 Dlell, of Delaran? T hopn to hear from her again. I have pattorns of coreet-cover and ekirt combined, princess skirt, short skirt and whlst combined, and princesa polonaise, which T wliil aend to any oue for pretty plctures, Fnox HoArwrep, Dxxven.—To Smartweed, Dexter, Mich, : In yonr letter on transporitlon of #calos, In the June 15 lssue of The Home, you re- for to othor lettors on the samo subject, hoping *!they are not forgotten, ™ etc. For some reason, 1hiave missod any former leiters you may have written un the aubject, and bavo not saved my papers, Inm very anxiousto have them, Will you boe g0 kind as to tell me how thoy can be pro- cared!? Frox Juxrixa Joax, 1¥piawaroLie,—Can any one tell mo how to treat feras to provent them from cutling up alter thoy are presscd? 1 have decorated my rooms beautifully, but, alas! it has not proved to be a Joy forover, for thoy arc all curled up; 0. please some kind friend tell me what to do, snd recelve my thanks, Frox Axt, Cricaao.~f would 1ike to learn of a remedy for the eradication of the lttle red ant from & houss. I have tried saveral powders, cako, and fat-meat remedies, but they do not Ecem to have tho deslrodefect. Any ono knowln, of an effectnal way of getting rid of the pest will confer 8 lasttnyg favor on tundreds uf familics, Fnox SLeeren, Ciuicaao,—~Will Parely Practi- cal pleass inform some of us who are interested in knowing what quantity of encalyptus to take at a dose for dysepsia, and how often it 18 to be taken, and wiiera it can be procured, leferonco 14 herd hiad to herarticle In 'The Homo columns of Tix Cuteavo Trnuxs of Nov, 24, 1877, Fnox J. B, 1L, Curcavo.—~Will yon please tell me, Lkrough Tno lome, how the Michigan fruit lles are made, such na they scli In stores, and 8leo apple butter? i LESSONS FIIOM A PARTY. Frox Graxuxa OLuwars, Ciiicauo.—I've been toaparty! One of my neighbora wished to cele- brato the ninth annlversary of his advent to this state of oxistenco, and I was Invited to help. Whun I arrived with a floral offering, I was metat the door by my small Liost, who had very red cycs, *¢'Couse hie hadn't got any girl,” Judiclous tn- quiry revealed the fact Jhat Just insido the door wasa **Juck-bag," from which evory boy pn his arrival waa o draw a bow of ribbon which asaigned bim to tho especial woclety of the little girl who wore the correwponding bow. By-and-by all the bows were gone, and, alastall the girls appropri- ated, and poor WiIl **1eft out In the cold.™ Howe ever, harmony was soon restored by all uniting in P ylng 4 0nts, pean, beans, and barloy grows, v tior fhymo than grammar, —*“The Ncodlo's Eye, **King \Wilimin wne King George's Son," and va. rlouy uthor things, oeguiling the thne s woll as puaniblo **till the party began, " o ono Httlo girl said, by which sng meant the cating, One of the youthful acraps of masculinity who has attajued to iho mature diynity of oxprossing his age with two figures, privately Informed me that Iivas'**frst. rato,” and that 1 was **his beau, aud he meant to marey mo befors long." *‘Wilhout asking me?" I querled, **Ohl Ion'll like i, ho cunfl(knll]i *fall pirls ike o marry.” ‘Sl womper, T mined; **how soun they begin to assuine tholr lordlinces,” It wos n curions atudy to note the differenco in the nane ners and dlapoaitions of tno small mon and women, and I could not help philosophizing on the prob- aole differency in thelr home tralning, Some wanted tho ensicel chalr, tho I-\IP;HI pleca of eako, and the solo dircction of the wlole wilair; othors Flmm’ temambored that tho othors bad rights and ccllngs us well as they. There \rero two brothers whom 1 bad oftun noticed In thele play on the strect, —bright, quick lttle fetlowe, always lend- ora In everything cxceptdawnright misclilef, who wors especinlly active in the cumipany. Aftera while, probably 1ed sway. by excitoment, tho older one _beeame rather bolstorons, and his ox- amplo was jufecting the rest, aud making more nolso than was pleasant to ficar, 1 watched an opportunity when no one saw me, and, In a rmoid whispor, sdfd: **Don't forget to be o gentlomas 1le_tooked up in surprise, then fluslied, smiled, and, wiving ine a quick nod, went on with his play ssheartily us ever, but in a quies way, which soon I its effect on tho youngor ones. Involuntarily 1did homuwe 1o that boy's mumzr,'um( after. ward remarking to another lady what nico boys thoso wero, she " replled: '*Yes; ther mother fs vory careful about thom, and spotsds & great dual of time tuiking with them, " What a difference thereds in talking to childron und talking with them, ‘The subjoct of training children 14 tuo vast and fmportunt ta be discusaed with much profit within the Huilts of s paper Jike thia; but 1 cannot help saying that I be- leve most childron are what thele mothors make theni. {know unc who will call her little son to Ko upon an errand for herin groat hasto, and the Loy wiil either vretend not to bear, or elso sunel oul, **1don't wantto." Then she says: Ob, conio puw! be a goud boy and go as quick as you can, "Il give yuu' a penuy, Iut don'ttell Joann) ja{s what ho tias waited for, ana ha snatches the penny without & **thank you,™ and runs off 1o buy the candy. Then ho lelsuroly por- forms his vy oud takes his own time to get homo, when he shows il half-consunied candy to Johnoy with & malicious ** You ean't have xn{." Johnay of coursu Wauts to know whore he got it, and llob replics, 0 gave men |mun‘. but yuu can't have none,” and off yoes Jotinny bawling 1o his worrled mother, **1 wanta peuny; oo had one," and a0, to yet rid of e. nhe giyea him the penny, and then wonders ** why hier bu]nnm o truatlvsoime and hard 1o manage. 1 toll you, mothers, 1 you do not teseh your children to res wpect your wuthorlty, and that once tolling fuas Kood aw A thoudnud,’ {au are layiug up a store of surrow thut years will only increase. 1 have not the slightest degroo of patience with that modern namby-pamnbyism about not **bresking a child's apinit,"” The auly urlm that will be disturbed by prupor government ¢ tho spirit of avil, and it is well to rentember Lhag obedlence to pareénts la by no moans inconsistent with maniin d that gentlo manuves prove the porsessor's s not cowardict A boy who is sllowed habltuaily 10 oversun his mother's suthority Is sure to be o tyrant and a bully In Lis own fanilly, if hie lives fo bave one. It takews nearly Lialf your lifs to irain and pulda these restless spirita; uut, if yonare frm and Judiclous, the reward is well “worth the But they must bo mada (o despise o )lg or amean action, Lo reepect tho rights of others, and, more thau all, to remembor (st ovor then 1s an Eyo whoae watchluluess never ceaves, 2 thix {ast can only be taught by the consistont order- in¢ of vur own lives, |‘A-um that *‘purty,” I heard & boy on the sldewalk—one of " the uninvite *Johl when | have my party 1 wun't @ no old wamon. " A little” mensage to Xavier, of Brlatol: Inane apect, eweking your lotier, I forijol to sign wy vensnawe, but you witl pmh-m! know wheacu it can Slaters, dou't lot the Socretary plead in vain for 8 full attendance at the next monthly meeting; wo bave work, much and bhard, to do that day, TWO KINDS OF RIDICULE, Frox Anuen, **ON TuE Wixe."—~Calching up o bouk betweon times, the olber sy, my eye ¢chauced Lo rest uvon a bit of wisdow byan old philosoplier whoso name has just now escaped me. *‘Whensver you tbiak of ono fualt o an- other pereou, think of wo in yoursel The lcéson was not lost upon me, for 1 well kuow that one is apt (o become critical and {mpa. tient of the ubsurditiva of thelr fellow-wnortals, eapecially intravoliog up and down, as I am doing. There s a Lemplation to becomo s sort of eplcure In the watter of criticlsm, gloating over puoplo's pelcnuuule- as soma fat morsels Lo be aerved up aplehiy, furgetting that to thowe same people wi in lur’n'n ynwtft,m-v. odu'nml Suerr l?- lhu‘y‘ tous. If the worde | bave gquoted wigltcheck soniebody Iu the thougbiless ridiculs or stingin sarcasm (0 whicn 1ucy aro so caally tomptod, | abouid be very glad. ‘Thers i 8 1igond somewhese of & pligrim who stumbled through hesvou's gales wilh feet that d blood.” +* W thi lood. by, how' " wald Sxint **1thought our {Ighwl . ¢ lu oxcel- hrur theso latter daye 1" "My feel aro cut o slones cavt by the hixhwey sud the thoughticss in my path, ™ futerrupted lza prigrin —*'00 care of yours can keep the bighwsys clear of these.” And 1 think the Jegond wost Iln.hllc exprexacs what 1s 50 true iu every gy and wit every piigrin's prozress l.kmu‘h the path thut leada frow varth 1o heaven. 14 ls uftencet on the #tones that idle bauds have fung thal we o brulsed—it s more apt to be the wounds caused vy thoughtless deed o speech that wo carry with uy tothe cud. Above tuu whiripoul at Niagurs ‘lhu notlce fs posted at frequent futerya Do not ' throw stomes over dbe clil" At Breb 1 wondeted why, bub when . tho uide told ws that once a beantifnl woman was filed by a atone thrown carclesaly {rom the helgnts above, by one who neithersaw nor dreamed of her preeence {n tha path beneatl, 1 felt the im- ]'\nrllnte of auch & rnla, And aro not many of us ike the thoughtless {dlers away np the hofghts whero the sun shines and the fresn winds blovw, totsing onr stonce over the eliff ta carry harm and ruin Into lives that tollfally plodbelow? Lat us be mare thongntful: let ns cultivaio regard for othet propla’s senaitive feelings. and forget a little while ourown. Alihough tho temptation come npon na aan strong man arméd, to ‘‘poke fan'' at anoth- er's pecniinritios, Jet us remember the fdlo stoncs, and resst with all_onr might, As long as winda blow and waters ran, ¢t wiill be natural to some people to eea the huamorous side of life. The mpprociation of the Indicrous s a sort of mixth senre, inherent and mot to b extingaished, but there is mlzh!{ difference Detween the kinds of ridicale. The ridicala that is eharp-nosed, Amall-eyod, and kecn-scented works mischief; tho ridicule that {e usen-rn:ed. mellow-valced, and blind to [1)-humored innnsnda istotho heart that bears 1t what snnshine is to May or the genial breath of fawsrs to winter, When a friend whom i respect_and love told me the nther dl'y, with groana of self-absacment, ** My dear, T wns nvitad yeeterdsy to read aloud an elegy written hy my “groat grandfather npon tho denth of his third wifo, It wan read At a polden wedding, and do yon know I eternally disgraced myrelf by laughing—by nctnally laughing—in‘tha presence of faur generations of (he old man's de- scondante, It was so atilted; so swfully funny! T canld not help ceying.” From the depths of my heart Icould sympathizo with that humoroussenso which Ifimnflllknn flower from the duat of the desert Lhat surrounded 1t, but the ridicule that finds Its vent |n mnr‘) Aveech, in_carling sncor or criticism that cuts like & two-cdged knlfe, ma; Hleaven sslnntlnnvcr yympathize with that friend, who shall ba namoless, onca attended the funeral of a distant relative, She proceoded di= ractly from school to tho house of mourning, and took her seat with thoso that mourned, Carefnlly hidden bencath her arm sha carried the fragments of her lunch,—a pickio and a plece of cheese. Moying arouni the casket in that march—that sug- gesta our harbaric origin—ta viaw the remnln!{' my’ friend's companinn dropped & rose upun tho bier. Inatantly, in nrllu of heracll, the thought of the unly offering shio bore Asscrted ftaelf, and sha burst into nnreatrainablo langhtor. Ouly 'a few noticed the Inadvertent metriment, and with Lhem she aftorwards made her peace. I clto the Instance only to prove that the hnmorons instinct will an- sert itscif, no matter what the tim whore the Place, and will giton caune ita poseessor deop mar- ticatlon: butit hears no kinahip with thaf splrit that sita Jike a wary splder In its web and gloats with uncanny levity upon the follles and the er- rors, 1ho blcinlshes and tho caprices, of a world of giddy files, MESSAGES FROM FERN LEAF. Trou FEnX LEAF'S AMANUENsIS, —'* A friend in need {8 8 fricnd Indeed, and I have bean thinking of you Ilomo poople so mach for the last fow days that when this friend came n I askedher to actas amonuenals for me, aud thus enable ma to chat ngain with tho ‘¢ absont bat not forgotien,” You undoubtedly have all been aftting with amoked plaasce beforo your eyes ylewing the eclipse during the past week, and thon turning from that fery orb, which has cast on us poor mortals such in- tense hent for the Inat few weeks, to the queer, quaint ahadows which enveloped us, and shed shich o beautifnl light o'er all, thot we wonld faln havo kopt it thus, for the mcliow, subdnea light was Leautiful to behold, and made our already lavely landacape charming t &ny one with an apprecia- Lion for the lovely In Nature, llnvln{ been obltiged tosit for dayninn darkened room It wae thrice welcome 1o be anllwed to come forth from deep *undows and witncss the qulel which seemed por- valing all, and even the nolsy boys on the atreet svere toned down to a Sabbath-like quietads, and, during the atiliness which raignod, o funeral pro- cession L‘“ml by, reminding us that He who loids the earth In His palm, and guldes the moon and atars in thelr conrso, is equally mindful of man and whl not allow us " to sufler for- over,~but will call us to that home of cternal sunshino whero the etars wane not and puin never enters, What an _afliction to be blind, ~=to liave forever withhield from us the inestimabla Joy of beholding our loved ones, —deprived of the Biyhts which Nature everywhore proscots, obliged twdopand on others for protection from danger evorywhere before us, denled the pleasure of books and papers, and so many things of which we never #top 1o think, unable to gulde our horsea or recog- nize the friends we meet. All thid we flll [} without a thought of thanks to the Giver, till sn denly deprived of the ‘plenun. then it becomes o great blessing, and it {s well we are occasfonally reminded that we are weak, orring morials. Never belng thus aficted before, 1 little realized what blindness meant, and do not now to its full mean- ng, lor 1 could nren iny eyes when necessary, and occaionally in H)lml' pecp out and recognize a feiendly face, then all was darkness ngain, and the motion of the buwzy particularly unpleasant bo- cause of nothing to think. How lovely were the faces of those sarrounding us when fiiat al- lowed to greet thems it was like the familiae sound of loved voices after long abeence, and cven The Homo news In Saturday's I'nisuns was not the uame when we corld not scan it, and seo in which corner each form was situated, and, after hearin all apenk, sume wers abaont from ‘whom we ha hoped to hear, ch:tll shero fs that **To be co: tinued™ of you! Lhave long looked for & lett from yon which was Lo contaln a photo, #nd fear tho artist mnst have suddenly removed from Decatur, that {stho only reasenl can find for ita n pearance. Iam stil looking, however, as my slght is returning. Thanks to the lady In Lyons Tor her great kindness, The papera have not yot arrlved, but will undoubtealy In due time, It waskind and exceedingly thoughtfu) of ou,” Susan, of P'rinceton, you wera veey kind ndoed, and I appreciate the long lelter you took the troblo to wrile mo; all Ilack is the addrees, The lady in Michigan can rhnl bor talips aud 1y pips In September. 1 will try and write more on the lnllg subject before then.” lave your lllles In a shaded pluce, for, like the forget-me-not, they are modest and require ahade and seciusion’ to do their best, or at lenst thoy profer it, Glve your pelargonium a httle liquid manure. B, L., 1 have thought much of you since my ilinces, and pleaso send anothur of ‘those white-winged messengers this way which you know so well how to direct aright, and aro hnlled with so much joy—becanse of somuch real worth and affection contained tlieren, If the gentlo breezes waftod thonghts from friend to friend, they would have brought to {munmn windows many an one, and tho wish hat you and yours wera near 'The Ilome work- ers, for we nood just such ready hands and wilitng hearts tonid usin our laborof love, Everacross the rial loadlngto my heart hangs a** God Blews You'* Y:f 13, L, for tho many kind wordu you have penn- ed took deop root and will ovor be cherlshed ns conung froma '‘friend alucerc." But 1l fearl huve slrcody wearled my kind amanuensis, s0 will tax lher no mors, but will closa my weary oyes, fold my hands, Yo quistly back, and fn the stiliness which surrounds me ‘think of you, ons and oll, and wish that | knew each of you were happy and comforiable, free from anxiety, and dmfi" of mind and body, and &t poace with sl the world, TO TNIE MANNER BORN, Frox Wisnig, Apmtan.—Dear' friends, It has been long, long time sinco I have written to yoa, but bellave ms, my hoart Is sti)]l with you, and I shall always take & warm fnterost In all that con- cerne The llome, As one of Ite oldest membors, 1tako the liberty of answering Aunt kielon's lotter of last weok, In which shelaliudes to the quoration, **To the manner born, " and, by tho way, thisls tha correct way of rondering the sentence, Aunt Helen's statoment tothe conirary, notwithstand- ing, Turnto **Hamlet," acene §¥., and you will seo that the words occur in & conversation between Humistand Horatlo, Tha two frivnas are discus- sing a cortain practice then existing at tho Court of Denmark, Jloratio says, *‘la {t the custom?!" Humlat—**Ay, marry 18't; bul to my mind, though I am native here, snd totne manner vorn, it {s & castom more honored in the breach than the observance, " You see at once the word manner is used slmply to avold a repetition of the word cuslom. ‘To thoss who aru not familiar with Shakspearo, 1t Is very natural to fall into the crror of misjuot- ing his (inmortal sayinge; this particular svitence, in fact, 14 In ninocases out of ten misapplied, and I ueatlon whether, in this casc at least, cusiom flnc- not sunction ussge. ''T¢ the manor born ' conveys & wmeaning altogethur different from that which Biakepeare Intended; but for aught [ know mny have some defiuite ongln. If Aunt Helen can g1V us 80y suthority for so belleving, wo will ba dellghted to hear from hur, nlthoufl 1 think the seutence, ae I have before stated, ls a corruption of the one from Shakepoarc, 1t would buwoll for us to be snre of our groumd before denouncing as wrong Lhat which is i trath right. Speaking of Shakepeare, you will find in Macbeth " a delightful reclpe for cooking buel- aloaks 1 tis done, thon "Twer e quickly. THE PEACII CURE. Frow Aust Hsuss, WiLsinatoN.—I am as. tonished that a woman of Amber's evidently ready resources should hava succumbed lo one feather bed. Undoubtedly I8 wasowing lothal ** meachln " condition so elegantly tefered toby the Fedunker. My feather-bed expericnce ended differently, Vielting an aunt smong the Vermont hills years syo, in midsummer, 1 was inducted into & box (by courtesy called & bed-room) six feet by elght, Onv hall of said box was occupled by a four postor, crowned by & voluminous feather bod, whose apex loomed above my head I took & critical survey of tbemonater—~inammoth but non- realstent. 1 casta calculating glanco at my hands aud arme—small Lut suople, Thcn there was a five minutes’ conlest between mind and matter, and Lhst fcather be ly'pllfl{. peless misss in the middleof tbe parlor, und in anotber Gve min- utes | was comfortably reposing on s well-tlled matre laviog read éo much of Koumlss, of which I koow nothiog except Webater's defmition, **A liquor made from mare's or camel's milk by the Calmucks aud from which Ihu' obtain by distilla- tion au fntoxicatiog driok.” To the suffering o lpoatllc 1 wouald say. if this wonderfal specic should fail, try chanye of climaty and—pesches. 1 found wyeclt fu Albion, Westorn Now York, ouo August, more than tweuly-five years 8go, a woary, wisanthropic dyspeptic, thu resalt of night unaJ and duy-teaching, sud was cured by ady ‘pesch’ diet. Havieg yo lived jntbe Vlllez of Lake Chawvlaiu, 1had never be- fore caten the fruit in ite perfect state, Icom- weuced with the rure-ripes of August and ended with the fross-peach of November. My relatives, with **hospitable thought inteut, " ureed upon nie this delicacy and thet luzury, but wy slowsch Emlu(cu\ against everytbing but peiche 5 reaklust was puachics witlithio dew yoi wpva thew, =3 e done, whi ell 1t were anyl, like Dossticks' heor oxnerlence, for 4 proceeded to eat peachen, &t aupper r?;w:’rfl'” matning and noon experience,—nat poao e M crenm, not peach puddinze, not neachcs a0 Ang way, but ho ripo peach trean fron fh \ N At tho end of three monthamy dsapepnia hus 126 ita conge, and with 1t the onnul, the myy yy. and the weariness It had uahored g, onnd that at 20 there wero atill many thingn fn lite, Tl nt once cominenced 1 and anprocinto the chrma of my surrudiy fine old hamestead, with large And caol rou wide verandas, adeep raving on one stde thry it which a troutstream ripnled, & pond hr o, py! water-Ikiles floated. A'few inilee broneiyt e yore: shoro of calm Ontarlo, I viited Rochector S ples, Avon, Parma, and w the delichttnl sy of hlilowy ' meadows, symmetrical orchar, mature lands, and lovely [skem that inay ark the garden of tho East. Tho Champl,in Jog 1o lovels, Lak Goargs s pictures r . ondacks are magnifcent, but Alhiog 'any 1t recneg earthly biesingyes reicy Ho Furroundings will avar remain one of the g of my remeanbrances, for it (and )ta peaci nie that most desirabio ol beaith, TITE WITAT'S-ITIS-NAME'S METURY, Frox Bany Dav, Ciucaco.—It wan goo Amber to inqulrs for the missing ancs. To e o membered by ber 18 an honot, and none hug yy, could writo 8o kindly of the s0rrows that nouy many haye caused tho vacancles b The Home | hope that with the others it may be as it 1i1s besy with mo—no afiliction; Instead. & year which goq has o blessed and beautlfled that days and nigy, ore alike filled with thankfaincss. If ahe wiy e member, at the time of tho organization ot yy, Hnela(‘ for the Proventlon of Crueity to g holds by Servant Girls, of some such thing, op cism of the letters printed o Tho lomo ay |- dulged in to an extent terrifying to & scnaitiye 1 shrinking paturo; then too, woret, aud mox rtbroaking, the conductor’ announco tha; oo **couldn't h'ablde' and did not wish in The Home women_with aspirations avbove nap g water-gruel, Four hundred and seventy-fiyy e ipe for each had overstocked the pap and waise, Reael market. FHence the silence which goldern.” It Amber wislies o do’ the kind oxty #ho wrote of, there is a peraon who wwauld cinte the ' letier: and . tho motine i vrompts {t. Think of a ndy, ey, vated and refined, lylng upon & bei g sickneas for nine years, enffering intensely gy with no prospect of recovery, nor yot of relcasy by A denth that wonld be welcome, ‘Can any of o who day by day #o In and out at’ our own wii 1 tho sweet fresh alr, eecing and hearing hoantitg) wights and sounds, sympathize tao decoly with o 40 too much for thosa 10 whom a1l thexo thiyy liave been donled! A Intter directed to Mian Jengy IL, care of Dr, Mary Thompson, Women's ay Chlldren’s Hodplial, corner Paulina and Adi stroets, Chicago, would reach this permon. Wy, upon {his sublect may T snk tha housekceners of ‘The Home to remember in_this rennon of pressry and Jelly making how much s singlo jar ‘of ju; would do next winter toward making hospital'djsg palatable to soma eick woman or child, “If tace wwho are snfiiclently Intorested would write tn thy osnital for roporia thoy would sca how preat 4 work 18 being don for poor women and childrey y women. J, C. McLaln, yon nre **nice*; dony Ro! In fow words you hivo sottied this maie which threatenod to Shattuck—shatter I mean—ihy peaca of The Ilome. Perhaps some of un will ys; overcomo the shamefaccdnesa over our 1ittlo econ omica, and tell you how, with marblo fronts rent. ing 8t '$25 a month, patatoes goinz down, mnd 'y riso on wheat (in the corner |) to pax, for exing We nre ablo tollve on 830 a week, linten to oy favorite **Stigginy, " and be not wholly unchar. itable efther In word or deed. BREAD AND DRIVES. Frox Auxt Lucy, CuicAuo.—Pleasa let ma taly & fow minates to Angle, forif any one hasmy sympathy ¢ is the hhaband and children who ag oblized to cat crumbly, porous sour broad, and Iy thls enlightened age, L0o. Talk of eaucation] A woman's edncation fn hnuenkeolxlnz.hunlu Leghy with maling {BML and with that good bLresd, What! the best flour and bad bread? Iam sory for you, Anglo, There must bave been neplec somewhere, No, it is unfuriunate that your wify thinks she does make good bread, for it will bs dithcult to nndecelve hor, and It Is & very delicay matter to hint vven thnt she needs to know how 1o knead tne bread. Everything depends upon thy staff of life, This dreadful apell of weather, whea wa have so littlo confidenca In freah ment,and the heat 18 too oppresslie to tempt ua to d agy moro cooking than is absolutely nenu"r{ ke must have Arst-clnss home-made bread, good but tor, and all the varleties of frult. Then he e keep in good Lealth, good spirils, and compsrs tively cool, I will not take room in The Itome to publiah tby desired recipes, ~they have beon thero apninsnl again,—but will send o you, caro of oditor, 1t yoa can convince your wife (without Jarring) tha there is & bettor way than hors (and “perhapsnot even hor mothet's way) you will not havo cntered The Hotme in yaln, I she will try tho recipeand falls, let mo know, and wo wlil try eomo othe way. And now & word for Us, 1 don’t liko the nom di plame, Try somecthing better, and pray tel us who ~ vou are, and why you im agine Aunt Lucy has even s shadow of s evenlog deive. In memory I Hve ovor agaly and npain tho many days when I could tako my own horses and carsiage morning, noon, and night, and go when snd whero I pleased, but tho wheels of fortune turned, and let us down a little, ani wo thought it wise to pnt away cxpensive lur. urles, and now the hornes we keep nro made of solid wood, and we only drive them Ironine days. Howevaor, 1 thank you for crediting ma with kind: neas for the brute creatlon, and in my ecveniny drives (which may be in a street-car) I will thiok of my charitable friend, and wonder who sho 18 TIIE TULIP AND TIIE TURNID, Fnox F,, Muskxaox, Mici.—Ob! Amber, how cauld you askthat quostlon nbout the tultp secd! Have not somo of tha best of onr own land ax other Iands come up from toll and obscurlty tost inhigh places? Oh! belleve mo, the accds wii camo up right wheroverjolinted, To bo sure, cir- cumstances may have agreat deal to do abontit 1t everything wero congenlal, the Mlles and rores might Ialrer, snd tho turnips, too, nflfi' but thoy willbe ile sl ‘Tho vulgar woman would Eo vulgar anywh whether in palace or hut, It might ve refined 'mrll.y in the palace, butit would be um;nrn'y—ulh The woman who ls a carcful housewife in Foduns would be so in the city. o ond is o diamond In whatevor con- ditton ‘you find it. The polishinz may adl to Its beauty and uscfulness, but it was a diamons befora all tiie eamo, aud so 8 talip wifl bo one atlll, even though the weods choke it and the sun scorch 1 until you would not recognlze it, Oh. Ainbery I do assure you that there are roses and fitics in Bodunk 3¢ you wonld ook for them. Pertups they are In common carthcn pois, ur ia :nmu huwble garden, but, bollove me, they an o Full many 8 flower {s born to biush unseen, And waaste {18 swecLicss oo Lhe deacrt air. Mr. McLain, you have vindicated yourself in thu last lottor, . A QUESTION OF SI'ELLING. Fuox N. ¥, Cooke, M. D., Ciicago,—A gynan drlan correspondant of The Hoime ventilates a fan- clful thoory of koumliss, snd has & Joko at my ex- pense. I propound this conundrum: 1f tho blunder (4+212—100=-00"") might, possidbly, be charud upon tho typos, what shall be safd of tho accusm: tive, but alwaya intorosting, Gunatka's thrico-re: peatod -pnl!lufinl albuminous with an ¥or this—and Ignorance of recontly eatablished chemical facta—bls, (or hee, or its) ¢ny, 1u beroby returned with profound commise EXCIIANGES, By way of [acliltatlng cxchanges such as s contomplated in the followlng notices, the follow- ing extracts from (he Postal laws bave been niade to inform coutelbutors what rates of postage they sbuuld pay on thelr articles: ‘The following articles may be sent atihe rateof one cent for two ounces: Almanacs, printed books, calendars, catalogucs, corrected vroofs, harduiils, mogaziues (when not sent ta regular subscriburs), maps, printed sheet-muste, nowspapera (when oo went to rogular wubscribers), occasivaal publica tions, and pamphlets. ‘Tho following articles may ba sont at the rateof one cent for each cunce; Dlank books, blank cards, book MS8,, cardboard, lithographs, circas lars, engravings, envolopes, fextbla patterns, letter-paper, werchandipo, models, ornsmental paper, photographic views, samples, sceds, cot- ting, balbe, roots, and acions, Coatribators should remeber thal any writing on or in packsges undor this head subjects the whole to lelter postage, except that the wwndet may pal bls or her name. and address on or{nit prefixed witn the word **From, " or may put 08 the outside a llst of tne articlos tnclosed. Tbe better way is tosend a Jetter or postal-card [u the same mail with the packsge, and describo 1he WILL EXCHANGE SLIP3 OF NIGHT-BLOOM: 1o R Tk yoaToLioe \ e KT % ologiia e e 'TCE SIBTER V. 8500k o, Lanit T WILE, EXCHARGE KOOTEW CUANGET vines for rooted slips of house-plants (except Licfs man of Engilsh Ivy), € vines wi peceih O palago=0_cete. it diver, Wik, I WISHED TO EXCHANGE PLANTS FOR BULIS, Woabolkawitl Loe oms Sathunss ‘for it ferin Yotoe o i Haad ot gunor Feople's Children ¥ B0 ot or’ wlil send it C| m agdad, " ment o, agd Ieauty.™ polks. by Kinkel.” Will ¢xctiauge for sopraud avioa, duotics, Gr QUACEich AQOrLis A & L BOX e Parls, Jil. : WOULD LIKE VOLLOWING PIECE o2 A T YRS T Tala iluc. cade P (oan Gal 1 nie We Saug of Yy ho Gates Uauie D L the by **Castlcs b thy Loy You Paslog Well:" inatr aves.” ** Falry - Yislu: “Widepoorwilds Kebv,' Uow