Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 7, 1878, Page 10

THE CHICAGO TRIDUNED: EATURDAY, SEPTEMBE &, L v . IR78—TWINLVIE PAGER oo " 1 " THE ITOME. Fare, Johnny, the baby, has naver a rong - The others have bad ane, hoth Winnle and Dan; To slight itle Juhnny wonla sarely he wrong, £ao Annty must make one o8 quick as sho cas Kow, Johnny's & two-gear-otd, reatloes and bright, And what he don’t knaw, ien't worth finding oot; Jle revels in mischlet from morniag til night, And even In aleep ho {8 tossing abont, With nrisk. nervous fingers he tears np the hooka; With eye fnll of trinmph he marks on the walls: When clad In his best~and how pretty he looksi— Into rome nnknown mud-paddle straightway he fale, With hands freehly washed docs he play in the dust; With seissors hie rnips at his new searlet hose; Tie roba the pet Kitty of bone or of crust, And into the mlik-pan the morsel he throws! Fast, fast must the gate be thot glves on the’ e wireet, And trugty the Iatch of the back-cellar door, Or elge, with exnltant and hurrying feet, Toth cellar and stzeet does yortng Johnny explore. There's & #mash in the pantry—'tis Jobnny, of courrel A crash In the dintng-raom—TJohnny {8 thera! ‘Whercver 18 felt some mysterlous force, - **'Tis Johnny's work!" alt of the houschold de- clare, . Yet. O how wa love him, the frollicking boy! lic's dearer, ah) dearer than lanimage can tell, With hia wild recreatfons and ¢lnttoring joys: And what shiould we do If aught Johnny befelt? God save him and kecp him from sorrow and ‘harm, And pure be hissonl when exietence shall close, An now, gvhen epclreled by Mamina‘s own arm, 1le. ihnocent, sinks to his ehildish repose! Ormxos, Wis. M. E, llanxox. NOTES TO CONTRIBUTORS. Yourvo Morutrn —The address you dealrs Is Mrs, L., Box 255, Waterloo, [ ., B The annnal meeting of The Home Club will be held at the Tremont ilouse Monday, Sept. 8, comanciug at2 p. m. ) : Poctical contribntlons need not bo addressed especinlly to the care of The Home conductor. It is safiicient to send them simply to 'ux Trsuxe editorlal roume, | ¥ o's Contribuntors will confer s favor if, when writing at lensth wpon any sabject, they will not tack on a fot of miscetlnncons goseip ot the end. All such matters should be wriiten upon a separate sheet. +% P n Wirr's Sisrrn.—The Shattnck on 1a happlly over, and doubtioss everybody rthan when it was started. Some time In the bright herenfter, pechaps tn tha year 1000, it may be reopened with profit, ~certainly not befors then, g o . The eall for a recipe for tomato eatsup has been o generally nnswered thin week o5 to make it evident that the mannfacture of this relish la not one of the iostarts, The manvy ladies who have written on this nubject will therefors ‘not . be sur~ wriscd If their letters are not pablished, . as one recipe is certalnly enongh, . . White the colnmns of ** Quentlons and Answers™ in this department contains often matters that arc of gencral Intercet, still tho greater part aro neces- earily personal and interesting only to the person immediately concerned. It is hoped that come trivutora will as far as possible make thelr ac- knowledumonts to each ather by Jottor lustead of taking up the limited space of The Home, There are let‘ers in this office for the following nanied contributors. Those Intended for persons living outslde of the city will be forwarded by mall upoa receipt of address, Rtesidents can call ar rend to Room 36 Trinuxs Bullding, aund get their letters: ) Joan of Arc (5 Violat P. Ashton, Annle M. I Hsrnette, 1luldah Mapla (2), Nibil, *1loilie Hawk, ¥rencoun Lin (2), Moo Tty 2 00 Enluo (2 Watcugr, - 41 Contributors sending for favorn marked with a ?1ar (¢) wust Inclose postage-stamp, They are ‘yostal.cards, Tute s‘.!). MMiss Lillle Sarbndge, Scrip, V — FLORAL TAIRS, Frox FErx LEAF, Or7awa, It —Somelimes onr pustors search for a text,and query as to what sub- Ject thev will take up for tho ediication of the flock intrusted to tholr kecping, and are often ploased to have atestgiven them. 1 have had s text given me by soveral since my lasg leave-taking of The Nome, and therefora my subject will he: ** llow 1o Conduct a Floral Fair.” 1am sure you might have asked ono fur winer than 1, ana for two rea- eons I did not anwwer last week. Tho firat was company and lack of time; the second, that I hoped some of uurelsters from Jowa would answer, as they have had tho experlence, while T was upiy **a lovker-on fn Vienna,'" As1once sald, they reem to undersiand just how to plan and carry to prriection this kind of snentertainment, and, it uny of you aro entertaining the thought of holding a Floral Fale, T would advise yoa to send a dele- . kato thero to seo for yourself, “No pen-plcture can portray to you the Jovelinces which is in storo Tor vou. It will repay you to go miles out of your way, and doliars and cents wiil to well spent, and never gradgingly given \when suent for thin purpose. 1f you never saw Lden before, you will sca it then,and wiil wonder overand over szaln: Am Idreaming, or I this In- teed reality? Letno skeptics say, What an ovor- ure, Nothing I can 5 an givo you uL [den of the aceno, and the only words Lean think of are, that it s a **heaven of bloom. * 1 w1l try 1o tell you ms neasly as I can how 1 judin they are conducted, Your officers must ve wilitng, uctave, rogd-uatured, wirong jn_body and mind, and wiling to bear_thoir sbare of the und a little more, 1f noceseary, for they uerally iave it to do, Your committces must be larye, for usunily there ara some who, either through hi-health or Jl1-temper, f21) you at ill do to aid you. onv of your hardware mcerchants will give o 35 Wreminin for the best rex begunia or for a collec- twn of forns, or ho may give $1, or more, as the core sy be. ‘Then your jeweler, grocor, butcher, milliner, ail ara 10 bo called on, as well nd your lotels, and often ladles’ whl glve, sml - one flon strlve to outde & hrotherin the sane businesw, particatarly if it bo the ice-cream busin for the auku of geiting treat all alike, for justice b vivht in Noral fulre. 8w In al1 elao in this warld, Then ull will bring thelr plants, ex conrke, (o ot the premium. of some d peteonw will do it for the good of i cause, an then dunate the premlum to the object. Thera nuet be a commitice of two coutioos persunn obeterboa laoy aud gentleman —to vend for thy plauts, 10 mork them with the owner's name, ud sce Wiat they are properly returned. Two can do it nicely, and arv not as Huble to make mistakes an where more are ed. You can ofler nrembums on hanging buek ngle planty of all Kinde, vr collections, cut dowers, earblems, or uquariunis, rockeries, fernerles, or whatever your tistu way dictate. - Some will donate plants to bo sold. 17 doubl “not 1 you_send' to oM W. L leyes, the Secretary of (b Flo Yule ut Citnton, that shs wil wend yoo oo of their printed programmes, ua that would ald you materlally. Bt do not'do so nutil the falr €l which Wil be (ne 12th of Seplember, for 4 fancy shic by all who can attend to now, sud then 4o ot trouble Ler unless necesaary, and'l st surs wne will send you one if pussible. (or the people of lowa kre many of Wiem very kind) dluposed, snd undersiand better how 1o do 8 kindaess (s the malurily of people w mcet, Your butlding wint be Ligh and ruomy to decorata well, and thon Juur Lasts wuel urrango the rest. For this reavon think it would rebay one contemplating falr to Nuit this, s thoy have & florist to aastul them who Las Busisicd tn several others, ana whoeo judgment suy | ever saw, ow all will acknowledya ited Lo oue beld In Duvsaue (s Jugee OF course lils scrvices could not by btained, but any fdeas formued which would be tuvatuable, o sootner jtem | would mention, v heard of were £1 10 adunt the bearer duriog the fair, which sowctinics laste thevo dayw, or fva It 'you choo me ars ruiiko for three, and 80d” 3t %0 rewuserative thay they contiuus’ two days more. Theso texets »aould huve Lhic owner's uame ou thew, st soing trutalyr (0 anotbur for a balf-day. dlngls sdmise cente; chiltren uuder 12, 15 centa. An uitiielied chureh 1o one of the beak buildluge fur Hus purpose, for it i capavle of betug trimmed with evergrecns and vioed, aud uo feasOf auy ong aying, **Duuot drive s uail.” " Aad 1 sceus vo appropriate 10 Arst dedicatu God's Bouse 1o thy usy o6 W geutle Plora, and pile Ligh the altaz withy tie lusely wurks of His creatiun, Of cunres you vl acll bouyuets of all mizes, und D the spring wauy bouglt the lovely embleus 10 decorate the Fraves of thelr absent oues, Usually onu nide of g butkilng bn vlven for wa tables of Jency work, srdu table abvlding them for cut Howers. leu. cieam b orvod day'and evening, snd sowme have & cubd lunch, or tea uod cofee, 1f ‘you prefer, with & cald lunch. "Of Courme thero mast be commitiecs for each depurtucut, and Rentlvwen are very nec. Eaeary b wotio uf thew. * Oue very sttractive fest- ure 14 vascade, If you con get woter aud sowe ©nw to wishe thedurroundings Jook ke nature, 1t +hasld How Cown from fuek Lo Fock, womwe covered 1Ll iosd, wthes bure und brows, Whils the fera und Leake, theie boub compantond, uod over e muzical stream which owpties Ta 4 laky buteath, compoecd of @ largu tu rescivarr hyed Wil sand wud bebbles, aud 8 fow el e jwing 8Lout. Thls sy by Wady ouo of Lho tios Leaclive fvaturve of the Lair, sud, us § Geard [itrunaze; but airive tleman ray in Doboqne. "L for double the price of ntlcket, “**Why," eald he, '1 come In here from our hoey city strects, and, by the time [ have picked me way throdgh the crowd and pained & sight of this, I nm miles away, and no ratirond ar stoamboat accidenta to fear, nor nd bill Lo pay." iring your birds to hang amonz your vinea and owers, and they will tiva yon all” the music you care for during the day. Prepare vone evening entertainments with groat care. for twn things are 10 be considered: firat, they must be sery short, for many come hat once, and then in the evenine, thongh they make & great mistake, for, tn sce the fiowets, they shonid come In durlng the day, say _abont noon, vhen lake n rest, lunch with tne Iadies, and nid ‘the eanse; thereforc have your evening programme shorg, for they wish to faok about, and will not listen t&n long adidrees or toomuch mosic. Then the fcc-cream tablea need customers, and the fancy-work onght to he sold before It goes out of Second, peoplo get weary standing, ana Iy; therefore, {f you would ha your evening enfertainments well pdtronized. only iry to entertain them for a very bricf Apace of time, and then let them amuse thomselves. Therelss great plenty of material, And our guests who are best pleared Are thosa who are told to make them- selves at home, and allowed 1o wander at their own mweet will, A very Attractive featurs connected with mome fairs s an art-gallery, —not vne of the comedy rotf, but & room whaere all that can he obtained of truo ariistic lastie can be arranged; and an extra fee s usually charged, as it 18 great trouble to coliect enough 1o maxe it sufficiently attractive to warrant one fu attempting 1t, 1 have (old yor nothing in recard 10 arranging your tables, (or | leava that to yonr own judg- ment. will, however, eay that you wil need them long, —some extending the length of yonr hullding, ~and have a board & few inches decp on the edge: Al in swith sand, in which placa the pots, and they will keep more moist then if only stood ona table, Of courae, aot knowlng the alze ur shape of your room, | ¢an give you no ideas in arranging for i, If [ have notinada the matter plain, and you wish any more suggeations, J anall e only too hanpy to aid you, and 1 wish many of ont cillen wonld now commence preparations for one. and gel a fund into the treanary of oar tem- perance clube, And keep up the inferest siready siarted, for our readinc-rooms muat continuo, the tent must be palid, the fires kept np day and even- ing, and all look checeful and pleaeant, for there are the old haunte thut will be pleasant and entic- ing, and It remains forae to ree which will be most welcome. Can we not all unite and defy the evil genius, and place the weak and tempted beyond the reach of the demon of destruction® ‘Then get up an excursion hy ralt, and let our sister villages and citles como and ald ns. Neme step mutt be taken, and I can think of nothing cauai to ilora) fair that will call in all classes, and which will bring in 80 much money. Many letters have como tome forstips, contalning one stamp, aud neking if 1 will send. One stamp will not send an_answer and, slips. _To those who have sent enoangh to returnta, 1 shall comply with thelr request tho latter pard of tae month, so do not lase batlence. To those who have wiltton and asked 1T 1 would send to, I wiil state that [ cannot answer for they are a0 numerons, but all who have sent enough (o ne(r-lr expenses will receive soon, and to these who send slips pleare send your name, Dissreesed Mother, 1 shoaid be delighied to com- iy with yonr request had 1 not already promised wh-l[yun yelali, Calla Lilz, donot be despondent, and_ hink no one conld $ucceed with the orimrose sced becanne you falled. 1have somo, tn fact all of ‘'mine are #cedlings which, I thiok, will compare favurably with any I cver saw, and donbly dear beeause rained by mo from seed. Try agaln wn the spring, and yon may succeed better; nover say fail. Those Arho wish sved instead of slips shonld say so. HOME AMUSEMENTS, Frox Axcnomita, Gexesgo, Iuu.—In the spirit in which **Amber” has called for it, and forthe purpose which sha s0 plainly avaws in the tone of her letter, namely: the welfare of homes and hap- iness of thele occupants, et us dlscuss this Gue: tion of amnsements. °*‘First of all." Amber saye, *'In rendering home beantifal do not yleid too many pleasures and dalights to the devil." This 1s good advice, and 1o be forlowed, —only {n what ‘**too many" consists do we disagree. Ambes goes on to sy hor children *‘abould dance, play ouchre, and all tho other eforbidden games." **Billisrd table" for tho boys and ‘‘home the- atre™ for the girle shonld be provided. Of course T make theso stalemonts of ors slone, without their setting, and recounize the fact that sha wrote a.very trues and very fino letter, rocom. wmending much that wae good and condemning much that was bad. 8t 1f her lctter meant any- thing, it meant to teach that parents woald do well 1o introduce thése amusements to_the home circle, provide means and appliances that would render ibiem stapls recreationn for tha children, Withont saying that 1 believe it to be wrong to dance or play euchre or whist or billiards, or (o visit theatres,"or to play at theatricals, I'do say that I beileve it wonld be very unwiso in_the majority of paronts to tesch thoir ¢hildrea to love these particular kinds of smusement or to be proficicnt in them, Ambar says: ‘Do not yleld too many pleasures ond delights to the devil. Sosay I, ‘and I say 140, yield to the devil that which balongn to bim. 1u s Just as necessary to do right in one direction as it i3 In the othe An for the danco, It 13 a very delicate subject on wany accounts, and many have come to grief in attemipting to handle it. Sarely any ones who has given tho matter any attention knows many good peopls cnjoy dancing, and_dance Innocently and purely, and kpowlog this they cannot anter Into any swecping condemnation of the amuwe- ment and its votarie the; much danger, much that {s not pure, that almost in- evitably surrounda and accompanies the practice. 1 know the common reply to any such insinaation asthisls, *‘Tothe pnroall things are pure, and thia contalns the woggestion that if aoy wmpurily s ween {t arises from the 1mourity of the reer, nol of the seen, Danclng {s not a whit more nfmhenlll:l& than many other (hings that are winked at, such as dressing feet and lege so that they are attractive, and then ovinciag no particu- 1ar deslre 1o keep them out of eight, exposnre of bLnst, revelation of form, aud so on, which do and can niean hothing more nae less than a gratidcation of adeslre and an attompt to stimulate the feel ings~—call it love or slon—of the other mex. Every man likes to ace these things, bat he does wife, or siator doing 18 now conducted, mean 1t s enjoyment, and fu- mantling cheek snd Ticensy to touch U ble, Many If nat all the srgue ments azainst mederata drizking can be spplied with littio ch ng:unlnn daocing. In the uncer- tain future lifa before any {nnm an ability todance d tho love of ng 4s an amusement, Bre vory dangerous po ions In_ some certain contingencies. ‘Theroare nnufih of better amase- bad as some others, h regard to card-playlug, I belleve any young r who can say **1do not know how to nl d [ do not carv to learn.™ From an ex- tan obeervation, 1 do not think 1 am saying anthing untrue when 1 Card-playing with sb- utely nothing st stak 1 8 VETy unetjoya. ble to most ofd card-players. Perhaps Amber would not chouse 1o **iivv up to the Devil the de- light fand pleasure* of playing enchre for ten cente a corner, however, 80 his mAy be no sriu- ment in her eyes. Ask those who have tried the experiment {f free billlard tables, at home, with the homo restrictions, are ae ‘*pleasarable’ and **delightful *' sy thosu at the saloon, aud If not, why not Import thess pleasures and delighta st once? Why fil'fi them np Lo the dovii? With regard to the theatre, only tha eame class of argument can lpfil,- Aund wo discover, It s uot the doing or the nct doing of these things which I8 wrong or right, dangerous or eafe. While daucing, card-playing, billhiards, and the- atres aro as amuscinents what they very largely #70 now, itcertainly were wise to let children's character furm bufore they are tsught to love these pursuits fur themselves, fur without larger experi- ency than children ought to Lave how can thoy riuhtly discriminate when rising to dance, and why it 1s wrong 1o dance, whun rignt and whon wrong tuplay carde, andsaon? Manyof us older ones are puzzled by these questions, and while re puzaliug over them thousands 8re umng them as eteps 10 go down, down. dowil. 11t not better 1o deny oursolves s0ime of these ploasureuand delights {l Huereby the dunger to oue of thess llitle onca Is sene . - £ o' S ot Ifke to seo his mother, them. i cing does, an enjoyment. tensely, supremely s heaving Lrenst and contact dai wents, even If this be not so Wit 10 cast-1ron rules, no la: It recuynizes the full force of the fact thal ts every- where apparcat, that an act mlz be Euod or it may bad; not the act itself, but the wpinit of the act, {s Judied. " Dauciug is rleht; daucing 1o wrony; {tu relation apd circumatsuces; Jte innerwost fme pulse: ite effect: Lhat which i3 leads tu; that which grows (rom It, determines which |t whether 1t is wiso or unwiso lo Emum Here, then, wohave the key of the whole matter, not tho sct dtsuif; but what it tostifies to, sod may be- come ju fle eflects, w70 10 be scanned and passad apon, A mother who teache Uor girls and boye {0 dauco at howe, with the high aud pure futont so apparent on Awber's F.m. way by actiug very un- wlaely; butif following the dictates of her reavon and consclence after s careful and unblased study of the whole situation (the art of dancing in all of Ite relations tu-day), she csnnot by sccused of dolng wrony, no mure thag « inan dovs wrong who believes muderate drinking 1s the safe way, and wcnum- cblid to drink an occasionsl glass of ne. Proy Nsuo, Srenuixu, Tui.—Desr Amber, bavolonghad a kindly Interest ln yuu, and have Tead your scraps of correspondence with both ad- miration aud respoct. Often, as I bave whirled \broazh Uighwoud on the swlii-rusbing traln, § bave'@azed with & new interest oo that quaint and qaletifttly burgh (or yous aake. 1Ibave wopdered Which of those great, rackely, unflolshed casties you Mved in, thoss pretentious eaidces peculiar {o Higzhwood, that seem 10 have wacdazed {nlo the Voud and jost themeelvee. © Weare Iunxln‘fuul-' most from oppoelte ex. tromed, youand I You are in the sunoright morolug. | have paescd \be mool od s ving swld leugibvuing shadows wwiftly towant the suusct. Your expericaces ars yet to conle; Dioe are wostly past You are Yeblo test your Diaoe and theories in that most solemu of sfl re- ®pounlilijes, 100 raleinz of chblidren; wine are ul uu?y tested, and have pavied iuto the blstory of wy hife,—an duwritiva book that lice Bver open o wy gaze, full of waruings and inetructions, 1f, thed, Lave ackicved & wesssre of auccess, i my chlldren are golugout futo the world strong fn virtue 3ud richu ull the clemeuls of symuwctrical aud hugorable wankoud, will you oot allow 8 word of counsel from une who woir 1Bk success througl years of weary walchlog and waiting sud palicut videavor, doiug wlwaye Lee very bot, und Lusling God furthe zeaultY By a1l weaus Wainy honie beautiful to children, - a place wniy less fale and_safe than Heaven: n plice Tal) of Jove amd confilenes ani tender svmparniest of kind deeds and cheerfal words and smfine. Hnt look carofally atter their nmnsements. Do not teach them AnsThing waica AL athier 1iaies and It athier places may lead them 1o tho companion- #hip af 1ne unworihy and dusolnte. Do not give tha sanction of your appraval or example tuany- ihiiz, however innorent In itself, which 13 of doubtful tendencr. Any question of the propriety of dancing, card-playing. or theatre-going belongs 0 another chanter, and neeil not be discuencd here. Itin indeed A sugrestive fact that roiargs s pro- nortion of gaod anu virtnous men and women re- ward theso fascinating amnscments with suspicton and narrosly himit their indulgence. Hut one necid, in the training of children, nel- ther bitterly condemn nor Approve doubtful nmuse- menls. They may simply ignore them by pointing to simoler and purer pleasures, **The fow myanic relru of happy yonth' wanld lone nothing of their iappincss by being atripued of feveriah exciie- ments. Thie constant eraving for somatning new and exciting {« the great sad fauit of the age. Tho race of simple, modest, contented children ) dled out, and we bave only a of little men and omen who 'ru the rivairies and amMtione of their elders, an well as thefr drees and mannets, and are, fika \ens, torn with Jealousics any exhansied in the race for preferment and applause. To kewp nee child innocent, and pure, and nntsinted by the fallies an well a3 tne stus of life, shonld be tha aim of avery matner. and she will find no lack of amude- vients which are wholly innocent, and healthful, and of good reputs, Do not think, then, th:at home can only be made happy by the dance and ** the forbidden games. " nor hizhily foster in youe chil- dren tastes which, however safoly indulged in tho the puro atmnsphere of home, become too often, when they pass out into the world, but open gates to folly snid ein. g set Frox Xavizn, Batsron.—Amber s sure that there are many who will Jook with disapprogal upon her plan for making howe attractive to the young folke, 1 will add iny mite tn favor of her methad, for 1t s just what my homa-life has al- ways been aled by, My father is always ready of a winter's evening to play s zame of **euchro ' with lis children. anil aancing is one of our fuvorite Amusementsihenany of +*tne borsand alrla ™ come in to spend an eyening, By thus betng accas. tomed 10 it al home, public vails, with their train of evlls, have no Attractiona for us. Thers aro certain church-members in this town, whose suny and daughters, Leing alwaye forblilden 10 play cards or dance at hoine, will' take every opourtu- nity to do so when thoy can e<cape the watchful eyen of their parents. ~ Of conrva this leads 1o do- ception in varlous ways, and, while the paronts are priding themselves on bringing their chlldren up an **the way they should o, ' they are, {n reallty, taking the surest method to ead thiem ataray, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. Frox Youxa Mornen. CepaR Rarive, 1A.—I would lke to tell Inquirer of the plan pursaed by my brother, who crossed the ocean some {wo months ago, to prevent sickness. In the firat place lie bought & box of capsules and rome quinine, and for Lo weeky before ho started he took a capfula tull of quinine hefore each meal; then beforo he left he prapared romo capsules to take with him, only adalag the tintest mite of cayenns bopper to flug, In connectinn with this he was very careful of his diet for tho first faw dayn of tho voyage,, dis- pensing with all kinds of pastry, and enting bat the plainest food, being carefal not to averload his stcmach. In this Way he escaped seasickness, and wan able to anjoy his voyage, Ina May, to make a work.basket take two peach- baskets, place the Lottoms together. and fasten firmly: then cover with chintz, ana line one basket with eambric, 1nope there will be many morg letters on the teainiog of children, a3 I havo & little ° whor | am tryingtobring up aright. 1 Lh agree with Amber on the ‘Iltlllcn of amus T ve soen so thay bva s tutm bUb bed simply because they could never have &ny amusement at I rememher once of rl\'lnk a box of Author cards to & boy who was vialiing me, but ns woon as he arsived home his father pat tho cards In the fire. What could you cxect of a boy bronght up u that style when he becomes his own mnster? Fnos Suxsmxe No. 1, Banaroo, Wie, —Owals- 8, {t you will send me a postal with your address ¥ will send you patterns that I have used in max- ing pretty and oad mats out of small pieces of woolen cloth, and I will teach you the writch [ wotked them wi 1 will do the'ssme for send me thelr address. It !s'tva tedio necesssry to write by way of Home. y one wants to have thitngs sent them why do they not give a post-office box? Many wonld snawer them who now do not, Bed Hock, Hockville, if you, too, will send me your address, 1 will sond you & lot of Nower-secds and other things i 1 e what you want, Willamine, I bave snadow pictures and many Lings to exchange with you, if’ you want to exchange some crimson dahiias for other flawers write to me. One o the Trio, I t to talk 1o you aboutone Ir-casties, Won't you plesse -card with yoir adareas? y ips of pine apple, geraniim, lovely single portulscas, and du"“ plant, lot bim send 8 stamp 1o Mrs. J.e8.. Box 184, Daraboo, Sauk @onnty, Wis. Frox EasicADAnxE, Nexpersoy, ILL. —~Minnle, yours received, Thanks for the slips, I think they willgrow, aithough perfectly dry ana baaly wilted. \What le the namo of tho other elip? Woald you ke & few canna aced? §can send yon tome soon. Mrs, Rood and Shoestring, did ‘yml recelve the lettoru I wrote you last summer? If yon did, please let mo know. "Abaul twenty-fGve may bo supplied with a siip of double petunia (white) Tor stamp, or any kind of fower sead (no alips). 1 will soon have canna secd for The Home friends, as muny as want them. yon said some timo ago that yon wish you would write to me. 1 sm bat 15, and 1 think 1t wouid be splendid. \Wanted, 8 pattorn of cigar-case made of card- board; also, re: plckles (apple), A lady (Idon't rember Lier name) offervd 1o knit o haby asck for mome kind of fancy work. wonld’llke ono for & niece of mine, and would Hike t0 know what she wants I retarn,’ Frox Onivia, Marie Lawx,—Wil some one Please to tell me how 1o play the passage on page four in tho variations upon **Nearer, My God, to ‘Thee," by T. P. Ryder? Tho passage marked to be played without the pedal 18 the onu I mean, Is the lower part of the variation to be played with the left hand and the npper part wilh the right, wills holding own it Bofted Balfnote, of Juthe lonz tuna note l.u’be sizuck sfter the variation and el (Instramental), eld ite fall timo 1 have ** Whisperings of Lo ?{‘llflntkll,“whlchl would llke to eachange for Mother of 23, I have & baby friend who s In need of & vack, 1wl aving: paper, If you wish 1o exchange, please toll me what col- ored silk to cmbroider and line 1t with; and. if e}l mo what one to make, Tgflwnnla I1ke & white sack with light-blus border, artha,' LA make you, in exchsngo, & Jou prefer vour initial to & fgure iu the centre, baby Is » good-sized one. Frou Mes, C. W.P., GraxD RAPIDR, —Please, llrunfh your columns, say to Inquirer, that tho cure for mea-sickness ls to apply something hard sgainst, or on, the stomach. The thiuz may be lo, only tct it be hard, It r it 'be cold oF bot; but pross inst the stomach, Tuanks 10 the ssveral on3s who sent me the words of ** Grandfathor's Clack, " Wil sume kind liome friond send to ite columns a rucipe for cooked tomato cstaup liko that we buy from our grocera? Slow can 1 provent & white scany frum gathering on top of pickles? SMany readers of The ilome may like to know how ta keep their largo geranlums over wintee (I mean those that =‘I:V' e bodded out), Take up the Iatter part of mont, shut earth off routs, and hang In cel- 1ar; in wpriug, aficr frosts havs puearcd, plant nd you will be surprised to the besutiful out, blooms your plants whil bave all summer, Frow Ponsty Puicricat, Davexronr, Ta.—To Sleapes, Chicago: A cancatenation of events hss prevented my replying to yoar Inquiry of & monih ago concoruing sucalyptus. 1t ¢ & fluld extract kept by nearly all druggists now. The dose, drope “thres times r day immed: Yy 7 eating. Kepost the duse iu about alf an bour if no relief s obtatoed. It cured the worst [} ever know, Lhave preserved The ome Tuisrys for over s vearand a half, or nearly every copy lusue. would answer several inquirice concurning copies i they had uot escapud my memory, would very much like sume of the slips and secds offcred by Fern Leal and others, but have nothing mpre desirsble than stamps tu ofer {0 exchange. 1t a0y vue in willing to exchange, pleaso send to Davegport, Mrs, E. James, care Cazrler FProx Saiire, Causorl, Ta.—~Wil Reanfe Plesay savo me somo Hweet-Will seed? J wiil ¥end stamp, Aud I, Fern-Lest will sendaomo olips1 will pay bos.in stamps, thanke, or any thing. > by 1send a splendld reelpe xonte Cake Vi *§even eg: balf cup butter, twu cobe suyts Eve snooufuls of water or milk, twe beaplog svoonfuls vaking-pywdes; bake on Jeliy-cike \in¥; Whreo appled, grated. OBY egg. GO0 Cub Auar, one grated lemon: lepitcoma o & bus €ool. apread. Frox Mavp, GaroxeR, [1e,—Wiil Floris, Mil- waukee, Dleasd lell me bow much Florids moss she woald I Jcax send ha Aho woald it r & small amoagt if for *Gentl, 's Pa- HEA lemen's P T, 1wa cupa Hower, Fuou VioLss VExsoy, Cuicago,—Annt Hattle, the word **asthore *' ts an lrish terwm of affection, meaning my desr, or mydseling. C. B, Chapce, I would llke the vines, bat what can 1 s¢nd b re- turn? Fern Leaf, may { bave some of those slipe? Fraocous Linn, I will send shadow-pictures. Would like slips of house-plants or toa-ruaus in ex- change. To the lady oo Superior street: I have Dot t{me at present 10 read. Mry. Stagiey Jones: Have all the paticros you mention. Mrs. Jusn Moore: Will yoa plesse svud sudress azala? Fliy, Twill unawersgon. Hecelved allfu good order 1 Ldve uleo shadowepiciure of Madsuza usd Evaue of ctrarr fewel-box, wlipner-case, billoon afr-eastle, letter. card, awl note récetvers, pansgy pin-ctshion, Crpide, Tl send 1n exchango tor elips. E particularly wish a sweet-brinr, Dotehnuts--Tiwo quarie flanr, fone teaspoontnls af hiking-pawder, on- 1ca<poanfng salt, swo cllpa BT, 1W0 eede, une tableapoaninl extract mace, ane tabTeapoonfal melted butter; nilx " with cokd milk. Friow A K. Riva. Marrzesox, Ine.—Will Little Rister, of Lacon, p.case send me silp of night. blooming cerens? Will send you French Ny bulb and Canterbury.bel] sced, or stamps, In exchinnge. eay to those who havoe asked for baibs and canterbury-bell seed, that £ will serd the aced at once. hut the hulog will he better to bo left in the wround n little longer, nntil tho yonng huibe ms- tnre, Have filed nlt yonr letters, and will supply sou in the coaree of a weekor two. Wonld any otte liko 10 exchange danilas,thie fall? | ;m-n wiil ex. finda red, and pearl puro white which | chanze for other culord, Rennte, many thanke for oxalfe bithe: they are rived [n fine order, Wil send vour secdsthis week. Save me a **pip" of liysol-the-val.ey. Frox Maprrexe, Cnicaco.~The maele, with bot one exception, ®ent to mo In exchange I have received marked '*Sealed Against inepection.' Consequentiy the chazge has beea at the rato of lctier-postage, amounting 1o nearly the same that neiww naic would cast. Thia hae tacsed o great deal of trouble, 1t having to be returned to the Post-Uflica and calied for and opened there. Thete are two—one from Elgin, [l —~that 1 tear wili be ecnt te me at home and opened sl the Dead-Leiter Ofee. . WHLL, B. C. pleass excnsn me for faking him If ho could sing sourano® iiope ‘* Donmie Swoet Leasie ™ nas heen receiveds-for his mater, Send accompaniment; cannot make itup. Fnox Xavisr, Bristas. 151, —Will soms one tell me the author and namo of the eong which contains the following words: * When yo gang far awa', laddle, * Little Qlster, will you sénd me a sitp of yoar night-blooming cercun? Will send stamps in re- tirn, | taye just commenced to keep plants, Inet spring boing my fiest traal . Wil some ane tell mo what will cure an enlargement of the joint just at the wrist on the vack of the hand? [t is sorie- thines called & **weeping sinow, ” [ belleve, | have a lady friend whois traublod in that way and s very deslroas of fnding a care. Streator, has your consin Ella anvwered your letter yet? v 3 Fraw Nona Crtrrox, Mixoxx. —T am anxious to 1ell Calla Lily that'she I very much mlstaken. mevereven saw a Chiness primrose aced untll T sent to Vick last spring [be & paner of the sced, And without n greenhouse, conservatory, or even n hot-bed, with nothing hut 4 smail bag uf dirt and A pane of glass, [ have rawod so of. the finost printosss any oud need asttoses. *Liveand learn, ™ Calla Lily, Frox Cupio, Gatrsnuna, Iur.--1woald fike to telt Leno, of Hockford, thot Lanswored her Jetter long ago, ot it was not oublished, Leno, please send mo the words I wished and your addrese, And I will retuen stamp and thanks. ~ Sulfering Addie, use **Scuit's emuision of codliver of! and hypo- phaphites of lime and rods," and keop out of Chirago. Anyone wishing slips of laniana can bave their wishes geantod by sending to Cudjo, Box 1230, and incloso stamp, Frost ' Lonue, Cotowarem., Migr —Will yon sllow me space to ask soma kind frlend in Tho Tlome husw [ may oblain complets Instructions in point lace? Is thers a book pohlished that wonld sufliclontly Inetract one who knows no! atitch? 1 'would like to learn emoraldery also, have a fine stecl-engraving dircolored, I suppose, from the knotd in the **backing" (Uoard), "Cou the apota be removed? Frox Vinarxia Hawrnong, Nacive, W, —1 notice two Inquirios Iately In The llomo for tho best nrticles for cleaning silver. T will zladly tell any the best palish Tever used {f they wlill send me thelr address, wouldn't do to give the name or whero It can be oblained in The Jlome, for the sditor woutl call it an advertisement. Tho l‘!‘l:lcl’ 18 25 conta a box. Address Box 004, Racine, (t TFnox Lroxona, Peonta.--1 wish to Inform 1Tab- bard that the rocipe given In The Ioms montioncd by her f9all {t profesnes to ba. I have tried it, and 1t has not injured my halr In tho least. Upon false halr it producen no cffact. Guanlka for o remedy for black heads and & rough akin, Ay Friox Ixquinen, Gatesnuns, —Will some mem- ber of The Ilome plense tell me what prussic actd for what It Is used, and what are its eflocca? Also givd mo the name of dny bonk that will teli tha nature of drugs that are atd for medicine? —t) Frox JuLikr, Tien Oax,DIa.—I wish to ask **Ona of the Trio" whoth¥f sne will ecud a Chi- nere air.castle for stamns? Wil alie lot me know :nm?luh"rhu itome, and now I can address her por- onally . Fnow Mas, L. M, T, Decagun, Micu.~Will A, K. King plesse send me sume Ganterpury-boll scad? ‘Will sond stamps in return. [ have not seen sny inseveral years. Address Drawer 52, b Frow Oxx or Tite TRio, Bnookatox. Nnx 83,~— It Sister Ruth, of Monmonth, -will write and vo me hor address, 1 will willingly comply with her roqueat, FUNERAT, DISPLAYS, Pnox Aunen, Hicuwoon, 1it.—Not so very long ago, —certsinly not so long =1 to paliiate the deed by counting it with other harbarismus of the ** Dark Ages,"—a remarkable funcral occurred in a certain city, The dead body of & woman ley for an entire day in sumptuous state, a free oxhivition 1o all who choss to look upon the ghastly folly. A antln robe, elaborately decarated, diamonds, and oxolice heavy with perfume; an ojuborate coliifure }:wunmd by u fashionablo Lair-dreeser; whity i wloves, with sparkhug tlige outsido thom and dupendiug from tie fuger a costly Wrussels handherchief attached 10 a ring snd chain, —thuac wero a few of the siekening detaiin of this parude of death, A band of hlred municlans were in attendanco; und. Ausliy, after some of the val. uabies iad been romoved, the poor body was borne tu state, bohind elght white hories, 1o fts reat, Abaut tho satno time, in anather clty, o touder wifo and mother wau called away by dvatn; and in the famlly eliting-room a fow of those who know and loved her Leat gathorad together Lo nay farewell to ail that Ileaven bad left of her on warth, On her own bed she Jay, ms one who sleepy, and dreams o pleasant dream, A fow loosy flowers were scatterod t, & bird sang in the sunpy window, and 1l ithful dor who had kuown her s a fzlend, was streichod by the bed- slde, —his Jast vigil, No formal harangue or tug:- ousdlscourse; no strangers pasvod her mide in aprico to **view fhe romaine.” fer husbany tie head of the af d, and those wao bad loved talked gently one to another of her aaintly hife. A few songs were sung, ‘Do Profundte” wose read, & comfortiug prayer was uliered, and o nlght allowed “to” Intervene between the servics of love and the guict removal of tho dead to tne bosom of earlh. Who would tmagine that centaries of enlighienad grawth might not have ed batwaen these 1wo funoralst As from the ‘Weat is the distance that et the barbarle parade of one and the Christian grace of the othor. [f there in any aarvice on curth that ehould be secluded withinthe “*uoly of iolies ™ of Juve, certainly the Inst snd ntes wo pay our desd should be wuch. Fawnlo and folly may rolgn triowmphant and chiristening: but e thers uot something too sacred in thy otices ihat_luve and (riendyhip vield the departed fur Fasuion's band to togeh? Floral ills which were wont lo bo the apguage of tenderest affcction, have lon wince bocome but the meaninziess tribute hai wenlth ofers to worldly prestige. ' Bring flow. ers, bring Aowers, " vany the awvet paet, —flowers from tue hillside and the garden, dewy bude and gleaming lilies—pansies for tender thought, und Vialets 10r tesre; but one wio snuuld write ilural '"’H““lflllt fur & fashilonsble funersl to-day must order fluwers 1n bulk, ~exotics by the cubic foad, and panrics by the top, There i¢ no boauty left In any irlbate that has been weighted nnd measn A nosegay of comman roadstde flowers, luve's of- furlng, would faroutran, with me, thegnnst xin- pendous array of foral doaign of cross, Yhiatt, an, ‘thor, or crown that gold uad bought hut love ha oot prompted, And what spectacle lesadider in any funerai than the procession of curlous wilers wno file aro the cofila to luok apon the dead, -- curious siranvers’ ¢yee askance the avpeal of (ho grave, and tus vutward sianifestations of surrow on (be part of the Wving? The nelshbor who dropped {n (o vee ALOW—Jusl a8 she mizht stiend o clrcus if there was no ticket of admileston—counts o rows of crape ob the widow's uyerskirt, and wentally calculates the cost of the fowvrs un the cofin. Littie childeen Joln the proceaston and Jook with pale terror npon the dead, sowtig the pvhunn'ln{lh" peace in thougntof dyiny, The whole thing tly exbibition worn and w d bod, hief y thut fol 2 oemuch thy object of connent and afier ceiticiom as supol Baruiin's woustroeliics would te. hope that | may Mve tu see o new drdér ol tninge; Lo sex funeral ceromunics bucoma less ‘'vf & cureinony and more of 3 wicrament: fo e Eief Off parade, and tay ofices thy by lug shuw tho dead performed tendorly, quistly, and_unosientae tonaly, wlthout (ke bluwinz oF truuipets in . torical speech, or the rivaley of prescutation | fowery ¢mblems, A Now, triends, Nichard's foricttere. **Naucy 8pry," wv face s 1o the dust, but | can explatn. " Barly Day," will yoy pleare send we that sddress you gave In Tus Tuis. txk¢ louly heard ol your lestes to-day, —did uot rwe L ' CHEAP LIVING. Foox Beaxus, BovusoX, lin.—As s grest mary ladies of The llume soam to thlaok it im- posslble to live on Sve dollars & week, I will glv et 0f what wo buy for one week: t wedding-feast home again,-look gat Pl e Maktug the tolal uf actual exyenses 34,00, Use U Cents 197 vegetaviva, trulty, 07 Buy Talso would like to ask. thing we may wish for, thue 1 ASN B On Satueday we gt everythiog for the fatowing week tnat will keep, and know just what we have Jelt ta buy extras with. Wa buy about 40 cents' -.one weele ham, the next week t shonlder,--1hia s hacon, and whl'keep, For Smiday | have a chicken. 20 conts, ar niea brofl or ronst vf L not exceeding 0 cents, uniess for company, nnd 10 centa for a steak or Lah occamonally thro the week, (mr family consists of my husband, wyseif, anda baby 1 year nid, {hAt wastes and_eata together mors than either of na coneumes, [bnkemy awn brend, and i nbakery, | that beifer aleo, 1 do iny Avn tashing, Iraning, and all of sewing and housework, an fendmy baby, 1donotfind it very heart-br Tng, nor very hard work (xrd I'ni” not a rirong i cither), but, on_the contrary, think it very enjoyable and healthy. All_kinds of rending matter we on Maturd, Iiko it much balter than to get 1t at own fay own coffee beeanes wo l|hl|' ond read nearly sll day Sunday, and read tvenings, \We have all \wo want of evorythine, un- lessit is clother. No ono ver getsenaugh of thum 10 he really sutis do not Keep a hired gir). In the Eret place, | conld nat asford 183 the second, Ldon't need onv, and 1 conldn't he contented with oncurleas I did need her, Our rent le e have seven rocme, You ladies that live in cities of cuurse cannot get arything decent for lese 1Lan 810, nor very goud probably for that, but thoso why 1tve Intawns that do not exceed 000 or 50 inkabitante surely can got nice honees from $ 1 1086, Woud we buy by the rord, and flant by the twenty-five.ponnd sacke, and cverything Accord - ‘ngly. When egea nre fresh we bny sometimes five dozen 8 week, ‘2ut this svesther 1 1ae them only for cocking and haking, 1t 1 lu-iat agirl § could not expect to zet alony with so smiall xn amonnt, [ have shed acy light on this subject, some ane say **Thank you,” and, {f snv one desires it 1 wili give my biil-of-fare, There hse Lecu 0 much grumbling lately sbout thera Yeing «0 many recipes in The lome that it has acared them pret. 1y nearly all away: and théy helped me so mucn wish they woald take their place again. Magglc May, won't you send a postai to Box 159, Bourhor. Ind.. so | can send you psttern of pop- coen house ! And wil: not some one rend me houses niantat—any kind but cactus, Jumping Joan, thank you. 1 will try your reciue this week, WHI'noL sonie one pleass give wood recipe fgr olecaillll with and withont cayb, And cannoy the mado of convertinz peach.baske’ into & Work- basket be given through The Home? Froxt Grottatxa, Cntcaco,~Three or four months agn, ¥ you remember, §epoke of doinz & areat deal on ** Howto live cconomicaily," and It apuoars o ma that L have accomplished very Mitle indecd, Butnevermind! **It1s nevertoo late to mend.” Hut I haven't coma to tell you how to make ‘'musn," for that ia a dish that Iam not very partlulto. And, besiaes, 1 betie®o |nl|yl|g on the fat of thg tand. To live economically doe’s not even mean that vou must dive prorly; it means to bo eaving, carefnl how you buy, and how you spend your dime« and dollars, In hiying meat, —~itisqoite an art, —~be carofnl to et the plece with the least bone tn It, if yonr have 10 pay A fow conts more. Iy Itnat wiseat? 1f you Luy n bony plece, you fAnd when it is cooked that yon have hard scraping to get a meal from it. ‘I'ho best moal Ie off feown the loz, and, in baying Lael-steak, the rib in the cheapeat and best. Many peoplo buy tho hreast for stews. Notw that {n notliing but hone, They must be fonder of pick- ing that Article than Tan. Talwaysboy the shoul- der, which is almost solld meat, In buying fruit, many think that if they get a bnsket of penches for 25 conts thoy have done wusders, but when they come to remove tho cover, behold! a frown epreads over thelr faces as they :{enfly 1ift sevoral fine onas from the top, only to [rclona Lo view tho remnants of what mi{zht once have becna fne haskeb of peaches, Always buy tho best of everything and you will l;;nm hy it Inboying rogae always iy the hest granaiated n; pnh'e‘rlwd; tis farthe miveotear, thorefore the chenpest, A rew davs ago a neighbor stepped in whilo I was up lo my efvowa in preserves. A sho neared the table, her countenance was ghastly to behold, 1, thinking _shie was fainting. rushea toward her with wafer. Judze of my surprise wnon sho almost scronmed out. ** Puttina white augar in preserves? You extragaut womanl" After o few minuten tatk, howover, T gother pors suaded into my bellef, and sho wont away ratlsfied that white angar was tho cheanest, . K. A, Ward, [ received your letter, but sicknees and hoi P'l" prevented my answerin) it 1bope thia wilt écevo you for a thny, I wl write more on the subject next time. FroM Mna, Max Esszt. INniaNaroLis. —Having been obliged ta exercise economy Twlil give a liitle advlce to an ** Anxiona Wife," and others who are yoing, In making 81 do the work of §2. Firat, do not mistaka waste for Hberality: do not conaldor it mean or nizgardly not to waste your materlal. When yon knead bread or mnake blsculy do not leave flonr enough adhoring to your bLonrd ‘or pan to make a cake, and theow it away. A litila obsor- vatlon and practice will enablo you to pwrnn for the table aoeut the rizlit yuantity of food articiiarly such dishea as cannot he proserved o avald waste, Wo licep an acconnt of nil onr ex- Donaes, and $20 & month averagos the expenaes fof provisions far fonr of us,—two grown peraons and two chiidron, Wa live nlain, aud get good ma- terial, 1 makethe brexd mysalf, have nienty of wilk or tha chideen, vienty of vegotavles and frult,—not at bigh prices when they firat cotne, but a9 soun s thoy come within onr timit, —meat dally 1 we want It Itich vakes, puddings, and expen- alve aishies wo do not indalie in, Ounce or twics ik week I make b uingerscake, cookles, or cup-cake: rometites .plain puddings aud ples. Preparations of corn-starch, when ik, suvar. and e nce cheap, make a littie vagiety, We will never bo- lieve how foiv arg our mal necossitios uutil an extteme 1imit of finances Loa been reached, xs has been our sad experience, . Florlst,can pet Floelau toss by sending money to pay postigo on the smeto Mrw, B, Meseiit, Alta- . monte, Orange County, Fl FLOWERS AND PLANTS. Faox Rexxir,. Box 17, linsoars, (1. —0f all the winter-blooming bulhs, the hyacinth s the 1nost heautiful and highly prized for its deliclous frageance, It can be grown to parfection (n pots, glaseen, orin beds In the garden. A three-inch vot (adeepone [ lko bost, fortha hvacinth hae long roots) s about right for each bulb, although sowa prefer growing three or mora in & very largo pot. Fill tho pot with sandy, porous woll, being cargrul to put good raliago fn th bottom. Ti bull 14 to be presvod Into the eoil so that L will Just show tha crown. Noak with all the water the pot will hold, then set away In the dark for six or cight weoks, 10 allaw roots (v forin. Then lutro- duce to the light and warm temperature, hem in ulassus, uso rainwator; the bas of tne buloshuuld baroly toach, But them aw, aw recomuonkled for pot-culture, When the ros are about twu Inchos long, #ive abundanco of I r, anil keep tho atinosphiera molet by the u n of water on tha heater. Sprinkling thi leaves nizht and maruing will ielp thum groatly. Start in the yarden tn Uctoher-~three or fonrinch benenth the wutface, nine inches apart, (ifvothem 8 coating of leaves or “litar before frost. After fowering, when the leaves tura. {llluw. akeo up the bulbs, ary off, and packaway. Mlyacinthy fur cult- ure i1 pote_and glasses may be pisnted from Sep- tember to Decembar for successlon of blooim, 1 can furnish parhiaos Afty with one vach, -~ Send dUdeess and stamp far roturn postace, and I witl tell you wnat colars | have thon on hand. In last weok's letter o verbona-ciittings, ** when . wnsked ™ should read ‘*whea rooted,’ pat off, and take in house, ete. 1 have syccecded tn rafeing sfew cobess for win. ter,s Thuse to whom I rmmllt'd pleate remind me, and if any aro loft [ will dstribuco through The Home, . It somo of (on desira nice lawns, 50w now blue gras and wl clover, Divide Iities, pounies, and #il perenniala; save sceds from the largost ana best- forinedt flowers, - (iracio, I will send fo you. or any Home reader, Sweet-Willlam and ather perenninl seuds for tiwo 4 will be glsd ta hoar from You, oF anv othur Hower-lover, dad to give you such aesfatance as [cau in growlug thew. AdGove uddruse ie suf- ficlent, Vi ne, it {s too early for Hiy-of-the-valley 4 pipe, 1 ean send thom 1o you, and all whu ds. aire,’In Docembor, snd roots for outdoor planting next month, o 1f Flortst, Milwaukee, who Inquires for ¥lorlda wors, will write me, 1 will glve sddress where ju° can be ublained; price, 23 to BO cunts per bundle. o o Paax Zexs, Cucaco.~Allow me (o say & fow words about tho smaryllls boib. § becama tha pueseseor of one a8 fewy weeks aygo, snd the pereon from whom 1 yecelved 1t told mo 1hat it must bo threo years old botore it would blaom, I would Iike 10 exchange s yellow dahla for one of Mesa's crimewon, but would rather not disturb mine at preeent. : Cun any one farnish me With vatieras of canton. fanosl duil, also ravbitt Would nut ubject tu any otver anbual, Wil send stamps, o2, 1f thers 14 Iu]nl:‘.llltfl wanted that | bave, will sond it ju vz~ cuange, Frox Manvaorn, Dzuava¥, Iun.—1 bave aboot thigty rooted plants [or winter-blooming that [ would ko, to. exchaiige for toa-rosee, rooted, 1 very wuch dedlre s white tua-rone, Tho plants | ofue are the bust white dowers | ever liad for win. ter, (AL e calied eapatoriuol, Tt s of very vasy ud_ons poifal blogmed from Thoss Having other plants Lo exc copniudated gléo, but '§ waut- tha lea- “-Iu- from somo gne. Addross Luttee U, De'avau, Piow Mas. [ L, D., Munnsv, Ta.—In snewor towmy wishi to excharigo tea-rosos for uiher plants 1 ceceived requests for forty-soven rosed, und, sl had but efghtees; T fonnd It Duposibie to supnly thy !mm:,mu af the applicauts, All wao sont sod did'nut ‘Bear, from wa Wiay uow know why { did not send.” | feat in. regular “order uy, fho fo- uvets catne until tayatock wis sntiiely e<haustod. au surry L0 dissappoint to uun(. sud bope those Lscnt reachied tas Jmmnumu 0 good ord Fiiox Marriz No. 1, Masox Citr, Int.~Calls Lily, do you renaambar the princose seed you sent wioin theepring? [plauted about half,uud | had dve come uv, anddotg nicely, Amycanratse thom from the sccd by taking 4 box eight or ten fuctes bigh, put somu cowpost In the ottow, covering With & rich Llack sandy loam a few inches, leaviug avuiit thece Juchen of pace b tha top; put s glass QLT ILS c0W YOUF acE ep the earki wilei ;i 4 fv day g tns aecd wil <biowaed the plauts are - knew nothing of covking, syould he almost wacles up abont an tieh high. put (nte small pats, 1 have 1 afew donhie pink oleander alips, nierly tooted, T stonl{ 1ike to rxcaanze for the fo lowinz rooted vlanta: Smilax, Eneiith ivy, night-blooming cozens, rex hegonla, didorent Klida of cactne, Mother ‘af . [' wonld like to exendnge tldy with yau, You ean welte me to my address, slso rending plante? Send direct. W 111 tanerowe Sioam In the seluter? Calla Lily, whore Is that malta yon nromfsed to rend men in ihe spring? 1 have heen watching the L. % Exprese very clogely. Rennle, whatcan I send yon for two of those oxalin bais? Froxn Wixoxa, Wisoxa, Mixx.—Rennle, I re- ceived your box of slips. They luoked to be all of one vatfety, One died; the others are doing well, but am rorry they aro altke. Whal do you with In exchange for hgacinthe, tulipe, ete.. staripa ot plants? Can yon send s Mre, Taylor persninm anid pure white fichela? Will rome one renil mo rooted sinilax and swister * §owill send stampe or o2pe {n exchange. Pleaso rend mo #ome Scotch gowan seed and oxali+ bnlbg, o vrice with them, [am afrgid my hulna are de: Little SIster, send me n silp of night-bloo cerens, and I will pay you for I8 or send alips in e chango. L —— HINTS FOR HHOUSEKEEPERS, Frow F., dMrrkzaon. —Annt Lucy, with due re- gard to your enpertor knowledge, I houx feave to Miffor with you. I do not.think it would be & very good idea for a woman to commence haasekeeping alone who knew nothlng abony i, and perhips sothing of phyeleal labor of any kind, Ido not care If het husband wae as patient ob (and vory few men are when thete etomachs are concerncd), and she too, they would gee some pretfy dark days. 1fancy, aad wish more than once that they bad remained At the hoarsting-nouso. Yoo muet k&now that cven the best housekeepers sometimes scedays that every:hinz Acems 1o go wrong, "and taey teel tired and discouraged, and, 1 such bo the cast with those «who knaw fow, what would it be 10 1hose who know nothing of Sthe myrtetics of Tonsckeeptng? Almost any younz wifo wili fin liousckeeping """‘k v t sho knows how to cook welland finait kinde of work in that imne, for 1t s a different thing to do work une der some one'd planning and auper- vision, and doing 1t alono h{t yourself, Jt scema engy enouwit when you know haw, _buat it s anything but that before. i can remembor whon Jonked with seonder and admiration at the bread mother used to produce. 1 had idea that she had to work hard all day to make it; and 1 fomem. Dee nlao with what_ norvoustess [ attompted m: first bread-makinz, T can luugh over it now, hat dia not laugh then; It wns too nerfous & matter. 1 pity any woman who nndertakes to keep honae, doing oM. the work herself, who kr.owe nothing abunt it. Sno wonld need to have stronger nerrey than T have if she did mot get sick over it Of coures common-scnes, and observation will teach ono a great deat, but It will not do oveeytinng, nng tho recipes given in cook-bonls are o groat many of tnem_rither vagie tv any one, and, to one who Iam not saying (his to @lscourage any one, housckeeping 18 very pleasant; but I do not want any or.g to try it untif'they know something nhont ity nnd If ong wants to learn thoro is aurely somo way \n which they cauld, (ot some ono o uive yut leasons, practical ones, or go into the board- ing-liouse kitcnen, or, what is botter still, perhups, when you commence Lo kenu honse gel sume ex- pericnced friond to sty with yon n fow weekn nn- til you can cuok some plain “dishes nicely, then yon could get on by yourself, experimienting as yon went nlang, Covking is Jike music, —it requires a great deal of practice, 1t1s also an art, and name woinen have no more talent for it than ‘they have for mualc or vlnhnmu. They conldn't pfodnee a firat-clans dieh tf they had the wholo world to choosa from, while others would get np a first-clasy diner ont of almost nothing, “Let wo add just here that thero 1o notifing that harts a wifo's feol. " inze more than to have her husband socak dispar- nuinzly of her cnoking. . No, men, if you went to nlcara your wives, pralss thelr cuoking, if you n canconaclentivusiy; 1f nat, hold your peade. Frnox Mus. L., Avnoni, Itv.—Nres. Y. 3, fn- quires for a good recipa for tomato catsup, Pour bolling water on a pock of.very ripe, red tomaloes, and slip the rkina off, . Removo all bad spots or auy green lumoys abaut the stem end. - Doil slowly three hours fna un or porcelain vessel, stirsing often from the bottom, especlally when nearly done, ‘Yhen add four unhlupuunlnhh heaping, of ralt, four of ground black pepper, thres of good mustard, six medium-sizea red n!rul . choppec fine, half of 8 tablespuonful. of cloxes, and halt a tablospaonfinl of sllepice thoronghly etawed In rlnl of the beat cider vinegar, Bhinmer the whole halt an Lour, and strain through a common flours sjove: bottlo hotand scal sir-Uvht, This recipe mnakes about one watlon of catsup. I havo mred it fur many years, and it gives creat satisfaction to all who” sre fond of n good flavor for meats and 10Uy, Fuox Auwe Luer, Citrosao.—Tlers 1s one thing 1 teled this morning for breakfast,—it may b old 1o many porfect housekeepers, but T And it mach ‘bettor than the recipo I have used for years, and thought frst-rate, 1t 1a corn-friters: i ‘I'o olht largo, full ears of sweol corn, grated, or snaved thin and eoraved, add a 1iitie salt aui pepper, a tavlvssoonful of cream or milk, and tour eaga: heat tho yuiks with the corn, beat tha whites atlh, stlr all together; have oloniy lard o the sxiller, and have it vory hot; fry fn small kos droppod from' the spoon; they will brown v?rv quick; turn thom, brown aguln; sorve u o platter, g Frox (luans Suieren, Arttaxn, Nes.—T send Ono of the Trlo a No. 1 recipoe for cleaning silver, oua that 1 have used for years; Ono-half ounce prepared chalk, two ounces aleohol, two ounces wqua nmmonsa. . Apply with a plece of cotton-flan. nel, and rub with chaniols-skin, A CIHHAPTER ON 'TOMATOES, , Fros Dawir, Citteaso.—F. wants a **ehapter on timmatoes, " but that 14 not nocussary nor desirable, perhapy, untoss he or the other readera of Tho Bome wish a complute history of tye plant, its product, ete. But what he particularly wants to know, and which muy be of Inter t Aro they (the tom ver, Certainly! They sre oo, a4 a rale, und no fear need bo vaterinfued in rogied tu thete avloterlous qualities any woru thap tnregacd to applos, poard, peschoy, potate or any otlier wholcsomo feulta and vey- ctabies, OF course thetr condition and digestivi- ity, the state of tho etomach, eic., shonid be tazen finto considerativhi, “nnd theso. ury tho main pointa to he considered In reiation to any kind of fourl. ‘Ihat they whl producs ludigestion often, and disesses Incident tharsto, ke all otlier kinds ot food if wvaten imoroperly, canvot of to athor to conrse bo dented, but that they contain uny spu-- cific putsun or principls favorablo to the develop- et or formlig the banis of cances, 14 4 suppo- sition purely imeginary, unsubitantiated by any- thing but mera coincidences, Wo Kiow that iany, or sgveral, dlscasca aro hereditary in theie wridin, —generally, 1t w0t always o, smony which may be incluilod cancsr, uwd that the polson aay lurk 11 too aystom unfelt aud unknown for rvun oven and finally dovelop into some farmidable disease, as it tuovitauly will nnloss proveuted vy soma modifying chrcumstances of habit, diet, and niwd. icinei and for any one to supposa that, becauso a person hae a particniar fasto or dosire, —a special fonduess for cortaln artleivs of food (ae we all have more or lows), csuecially fur wome such article e tomatoas, witich nut only are Inort so far as actual ulseass-produciug qualltics are con. carned, bug relly houctenl (us contaning apo. rient wnd altarative proporties) tn the ramoval of discase, —and - induleo that appetite froely and aften as occuslon may occur, that whena wpecide and malignant discase Mk cancor uppears It has such & dietary indulrence, 14 the shoer. 3 nidicates both Iguorancy and Sup 4 purk [v probadly e of thy mowt diseawr-producing articled vl foud tast can bo calen, ana {n how muu‘y ol peuplo du we svs wha have enten 1t almuot dotly alt thete lives, und st} wry comparatively free’ from ‘dlseaso—and whyt Smply becausa they bave no constitutional imint af dietase In thu system, fneir dizestivo organy pecform thelr work wail, and the veners! 1one of 1 wystum under ull the c.reumetancos sufliclent (o ro. sist all ordinary worbitle Induonees, I reyard to the Injurioud efect of tanatoes on the teath, 1hil Jnall tmoonsmne " too, Ths diticulty In that ruspect Gud tay excesmive use of vinogsr, or sugar und mlk, wegd fn counuction with the fruit, aud in not proverly cleaniug tho moath aud tevtn tnmediately after catlng, Let e hint and snz. estion be “scted unon, ond no trouble will rewylt 0 the treth from the vource named. Everytbing 34 puvernvd by certam fixed lawe, Which am iess0nable sy well as natural. amd when tinose luwe urg known uind uuderatoud many of the drvad mysterics af N1y sITTOANMING Us 81U 84 eanIly wud quickly dispailed aw the phisutons of & dresm When we awake fropy our sluninsrs, 11 one of the characteristics of the butuas ming 1o be vver reaching oat for vometbing new and wonderful, (o bu seeking for sone Ciaso aind explanation of surrounsing objects and resulte, ont, o e fynarance, (0 Windly atnbute 1hat' wineh canuot be fully and castly explained 8t tue tuwa 19 sows wirange phostly induence aud pdiver, ur to some dread, supernaluras couse, Thus bavu onginased u *twhims' of (o-day, aud all tho sprites and incantations of- the vast.’ Iuus ignorsnee and su- DuieLion yo band®in hand togviter, sad can only Dy separated pud removed by adveucing higut and radeon. 3 3 . — Z MENTAL MUSCLE, ' Frox Peint Oxau, NEw Youk.-«Og one; of July's hottust days, @ dalaty jitde lady frlend throw bersell Wearily upon a lounge In wy room, and dony one whits arm above ber head. Huch & round,sultarm. 1 stroked the milky ekih balf pity- ingly. **So littlo strengin,” 1 said, Quick as tiought she finng it out, clenching tha small det, and the strong, firm ninscles stood out likesrhip. cord. *Plenty of strenglh, s8id,—** Iylug lateut, durmant, Lidiag fta time." * 1217 au _hour later a seryunt put a whits, hur- zled fucy in the door. Ona of tha gtrls in 'the kiteleu bad run & fork through wi4 ** bleading awful.” 1u anineans sil lassitude, All weariuves was flonu.-nd thu Jiitlo milsiress of tue bouse was on ber feet. alees sud ready. Aen. uscle, | thuazht, wailch has fouad its oppar- Lup: Mental wuscle, so [eallit, aud it miy by divided and subdividel. It wesns energy, wili- power, force, push, —1t mosis volf-1ellsuce, cour. '-\lllu. and indoits vatien ouo lm} u Every wan and wonau liviug vo e thie quality, Not fu cqual dosr I natural ¢ifts, o iuhsrianc ut P deup down Iy wvery usture, —pechans caokel by ranbil, Lound (B cuttig LY luhierited weasuchics. by s and, aod It Jure hahits.—thie cerm of Inborn strengrly + irer, \Weak. fiiekering, 1ike n o o g mosphere, It ot e e e oL ar 10 draw {th posa temptation, Alarge cines of women, lotars wham havd Appenred th The tiome, 242 BOwsr mlzhty guoq g r abovs al} ullwuruge?non ‘"l:‘l sery mauntain of care, neo. erushed an r st set T ltr2g siich 10 mact tho tileof iifa with ‘g 1, strcnzih Waukd he Nardeat cnetty. Connt s B mental minecle; in the form of e8arage. ho fore] 1o the aurface, 1t wanld nid taom to = aecopt jn situation, " hut they noed the warmest symontn s the tewderest consideration. Not upon them, | pox the large aemy of young women, —vos, ang yonng mon also,—~would T nego the neceesity developing thts mental nn 111t tho Taifa, in ife result from inartis, from e Lick of per elntlrm;rl; and a4 many more from morbly distruat. S0 many imAelne they amn*ti T know they ray § remember o eaee 1 point, ~-a girl stadyine @ Brir: fesaton, wha warked 15 the face of dixeiarn mog; and disnnpoinsment: warked throngh the Ay aeg far Into the nightat worked with hol tears blotting her paper and hiinding her cyes, and yot (o ing hiead never yielded, the nred nawl wig yp once relax. Sha was gifhed wilh gnicl apyiene,: sinn, and her mental musela wi £ the siri hut T know, oo, that she posseased (i) weaknessed' which Rlmost balanced her maggs] power. What bae_boen done, ean bo donc, () may not e a Mme, Roland, or Mme. de X0, bat every man and woman on ' this rounid carty o\ sexses a talent all thelr own, 18 they Wil but thyeq itlo action Aelokly body enpendens w wok morbld mind, Haild up the nliyateal: live pyry Tives: enltivste montAl mnecie, working hitn Meady, forceful vatlenco, and saccess wil) be wrented ’mm life's crookedent wayz, A PLTA FOR TREES. Frax Carta Ly, ESatzwoon. —Iamdextrlogy of arzanizing & society for the planting ang Pro. tectlon of ahade trees In onr Vittle villaze—Engie, wood. To the lavers of the beautifal n nature, thero la no object more worthy of fnterest, Tpg tirse apent In thelr enltivation §3 In 1o sense of 1hy word wasted, Tlulj contrivute to ourple; » g comlorl, They add to our knowledee nf . They unfold tous the mysterien of the heaag snd tend to humintze anil elevate the mind. poy. {on ie perhaps the most refined city In Amoricy ‘The city ftreif and surraunding towns aro one co: plete varden, and although without tho beanti) scenery of the llodson, and not having the torical emlnence which her countr acgnired. yet In the neighborhood of Doston thess beautitnl conntry hoines are tho rule, not tho ex. coptlan, hnd the iifa of the people corraspond wity the onfwanl lovelincss overywliero yreventel: Subnrban villages aronnd Cincintati “nre madg heautitul and attractive by the many shnde trees, It 1810 bo wished tast somashing of tho Enelieh love of naving troes abont tneir homes, and of tng universal Continentsl custom of planting tress along the roadw mieht be transplanicd scrums the Atlantle, Pianting and caring for treus, wity many persous, In like rearing children—thoy bring thein tnto tho world, dandie thein until tney aro 2 years old, then they are turned out Inty the straet, ar sent to some Nelxhbor's honae (o oy olit of mamuma's way, At 0 years thoy aro atarteq o wehool, Bo it goes until they are ofd enongl 19 ba turned Tnose on society, And what sre theyp Hothing tnore nor feas than ill-hrod hoors, 3y Slzht 18 pained every day by thevrooked, nnsighily trecd, punfed and lofi to caro for themieice, Persons Intercated n this cause, wnd who wih o promote the canse, please say aye, For whep eyer the hand of taste 18 evident in ‘the dixpostiton af the surronudings of a home, I take it for grantod that the members of amily are not :n;u{ ‘lnum-lnwlllkunl.. but more contented with olr Jot, 1 wish Lo say to Rennio, 1inadale, and Interented, Wentern Sprinze, notwilartanding thelr aseertn T o atill au nobetiever, Svelng 1v bellorl V1 toria (. Cole, Stoux City, Ia., 1 wroic you to-da Tlaa not tho rocipe bisiuess had enongn restd Ladies, acnd in yonr rectpes for plekling of all kinds, RAG CARD Frox Herey M. Cirnenr, Exownwoon,—I hate tue slght of rag carpets! Undoubiedly they are very cconomicalyind durablo flooe-caverings, but they aro al ugly. I knew s woman once who had a mania for rag earpets. Sho lived In fhe conntey, and never dfd servant-glel harry to finish hor work fo meet that **city privilege™ yolopt et Dbean an that gond wuman hnrried throngh the mule Litudinous dutien of a farmer's housubolil work to £ain tino to tear nud rew rugs for ber botoved car- peis. 'Thete e 0 mielancholy sound in the rendun: upurt of the fhres of & much-worn coat or pair of trousers; to many it may seem fraf2ht with paln- fnl refiectlons wpon the ** Novermore,' during whicl romcwfiat mythical but - oft-montloned nea- #on that parment would be worn, But to me the long-continued mutiiod tear-areae from tho nwxs room was prophetic of 4 call toduty. That call never fatled, **Nell-la! Nell-t¢! Tlolen, I sayi 1 want you to sew o pound ball of theso gray g this niniute,” Italwaya took mora than a m(nute, loworar, Onca the Infatuntion selzed me; for nearly s month of my chiluhood T was crushed daily nnder the jugeernant of my ambltion tosew threc-pound balis a dav, and nearly every day I accomplished this remurkable feat. ~ It is & mystory to e now where all the rags came from, for the family was not large, and to the best of my Knowleduo snd observation they woro thuir cldtaes an Incrrdioly long time, Still. auch scencs as the foilowing were 1ot uncommon: Tho guod man of the fons came in after n drive from tag vibage i the ran very wot and vory patlent. **My doar, " addroas. Ingme, **will you pleass go ta my closct aud gei me my old binck coatr” I vanlahod, but returnel tinmcdlately with the remark, laconio and alliter. ative, **"laintt there," **Whoeru is Ity them" ** Dining-room closet, maybe,™ Alter a momcut's scarch, **No, it bsn't horo." < At this junctira o ludy came out of the -luln;f roow, inanired what her b nd wanted, and, observing only *‘In the iz fcloset in thar ofd peach-tusket,* disappearod, trailing & fow yards of nuwred rags after her, I faucied that a teas atood in the dear man's eye as T litted from that ponch-basket a larye bLiack ball, nud, aftor imm.' npou ft for A mament, si- Jently. t;uillm‘lud t to oblivien and its futare sty s atlpe,” Atthat |{lmmnnt my infatnation ceared, my dela- rion wia over. Like Mrs, Uagnet's **greons, ' the rage wera **oft my mind,” und 1 hope and pray that they will never como hack again, EXCIHIANGES, TIAVE G, 1, COMFORT'S ** G for which § pald #2; will exaliange it for * it Muale and Musdcians, v Descrinsl i tho Dierie: Curevapandence uf finas Moscheles,” 1 very muc dualra 3 cony of the work juat mentfoned. 17 1 hut ba atitalned, | will exctaige g ool book luteresting and ity and Mo Heatd havg Xenuplio norabli (1 stasstcal Liprary). wiieh 1 In coud condition aad is fur aowe Tor K. i’ Roe' €0 Natur'e flear,” or **The Uponiiiz of the Cheenut Bure,” It any wait hta boox, peeiaps ey have highler rowdlig Nisttet dhan tite " slemuranliia, " sud Wil exoiansy for it, 2 1t 1a heavys this ls niy vbject in o ik ol ** F'ricé, the bulgrant,” oy Charlo Ihfit‘ ceuty whicl § whil exchniigy” for ** Con ttye, F caver (10 ot Know i1t cant ba the puargin 14 turag Cunpot Sing i Int will giya wid Kive tl (0 B0, W hen ot Mu, Joste, at tue ¢ Thee, Wil Darling, the latier is 1 " Wi ¥ Iusrdinental pike JaucurLirdo gy uice it it it wiil Wil o b e ar. ui wt 1, SOUIS UIE VUL, ' forhbg I af goody B ILISAL by en Br.atil lbhnu no” through Tuu 1 owa, e NGE NN ELES Py st wich gva g idrew .mn__'h‘A_\ VG FIAILANY, X F furaitari A BLUEKNIE i itid o 1 ‘rr ey Will excunge ¥ i K (Luvels) 2l Al nde, Fite bt Foka ! & s T gt Lrunis 14 wxchanBedur woidl hisy 1 & Havo wa h3] e A Carey SOME PISK j for fat mauitne, Wloh | e Y CIEh ur - Grodus Dt 100 ok 02, ASrara. e LIKE T RXCH A mad e, wile SUernan g i “‘I“Cr a0l b Xl‘[-l i, " Forimeeir = I SHE UL T oy G 1ol ! il o diget "y ul o e Dl itmaie'® for anyof Sire Widtny o works: “Addrest BT P A TN wia L €3 Audress Mlsd cullwarii {5, AU, 32 Surii FUitis, Ltuyo “1.\ TEIN = T4 KXCHANG Fiauoturte tnstructor™ for, !0Orzan inatrucior.” Address 1N bk, O l I.\Vr TIE FOLLOW. s uld ky Lo excliange for i *$ Tocualta Hriilinute, ” by by FAt: sulndiary Ale, vy, octurae {n ¢ O, 1T, 1y e ) uriagy Y5l w, e Bl raiae c id S, tlraute - Would iikata et sonie. mise for vio: Plano. " Adiroes It 8, Ky bueute 105 995 304 T SKASLD NUMBER uF % alnliiz works by :Hu A afidu Librasie. Burss ** Bul o, crt vty i POl diniotic bostes | Vit 143 19 w3 1315 10r ulliers but R Bux sl Huia, WiSILT0 EXCI baiteru (BUtLTIca’s Ko, 0, Mprou patiers, Udinher of chr. readiug nratter bt - Livrarlcar awang tas na: ALl hd var s, s 10y ousettva, A ol Pan Gy b