Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 26, 1878, Page 10

THE VACANTY 8WING, The Mttle rope-swing aways to and fro Under the boaghs of the mapie-lree, Where tiltter of robins, soft and low, Blends with the hum of the drowsy hee; Ttewayes, bt not with the Joyous awing 1t ured to know in the Summern past, For long vinen clrcla each hempen string, And holds the litt]o seat firm snd fast, While soft leaves cling with & mote caress Where dainty fingers were wont to press, One vanished Summer ago, the ground Tenesth was beaten, dusty, and white. Where smal feet pattered, with joyous bound Tashing the swing to its utmost hicht; T'p to the green hunghe, snd back egain, One dariing, swallow-ltke, salled the mir, TWhile oat on the wind, like a golden raln, Dieifted & glory of shining hair; A jnhilant voice and laughter gay Frightencd the birds and the becs away, The dimpled hands that, fearless sod tight, Clung when tha hittle swing vanited high, Are falded over n bosom white, ‘Where rose and snowy c tions lle; ‘The pattering fcet that all the day Fonnd hardly a moment's space o rest, Have turned from Life's thotny path away, To walk with the beautiful Angels bles Hoftly they lie, all alipperod in whit Somo day they suall tread the Realms of Light. Fo, when tho April sunshine and dew, Made brimy and sweet the budding Spring, We planted pnasies, putplo and blue, And tralling Madeira vines, under the swing; For 8 yot we cannot bear to see Light-hearted children, however falr, Swinying ont nnder the maple-tree, *311d bird-nong, and bloom, ana Summer-ale: The vine-clad swing fs & sitent tokon Of & childless homo and fond hearts broken. A G L NOTES TO CONTRIBUTORS. R, A, C.o MILWAUREE, —Ask tho nearcst book- r. +%s LesA CLoun.—Your puelry 18 not qulte up (o the stondard. Try agaln. » Aronpa, Citicauo.—There are sixteen leiters and postal cards fn The llome post-ofice for you, Pleaso advise the Conductor as to the disposal of them, o%e The publication of several communications In- tended for thin week's Home fs rendered impons]- Ule by a presas of other matter. Thoy will appear in due scason. % Cr.any Fie, Cittoaso.—Ploase call at The Home affice for eeveral letiers which await your orders, I you cannot call or send o mersenger for thens, pleaze drop the Conductor a note, rtating whether oruot they aball bo nent to your address by mail, o PoLivictax, OTTAWA, 1LL. —Constdering that you are & getiticman, you should not use such caustic language towarda o lady, It 18 very casy to write viords that wound those at whom they are di- rected, but not e0 easy to neutralize their cruel effect, o, ) Coutributors aro agalf reminded that, In writ- ing for Tue ITome, the vortions of their letter wiileh treat on different topics should be on sepa- tute sheets of paper, Don't get chowchow recipes and remarks concernlng the treatmont of chlidren mixed. % e Communleatlong aro Invited on the subject of whether or not 1t s better for newly-married couplea (o bogin honeekoening Inntead of boarding. The Conductor has soveral letters (presumably from young iadice about to commit matrimony) usking that the matter be vontilated. Will some of 1hoss who lave been there pleass givo their views and cxperlences, THY LE ER-BOX. ‘There are letters, postal-cards, or papers at ths ofiiee for the following persons. Those living out of the clty will pleaso rend tielr addreess, and tho matter will bo forwarded, Iewldents of Chicago can outaln thele wall by calling at Htoom 36 Tain- exk lnilding: , Oregon, Til. (2). . Ja. Clucago, Stanley Jones, Chi- 0. teador, Grand Raplds, Ginnaikn. Clicago, Clivin, Maplo Lawn, One of tha Trelo, Vioiet Vernon, Chicago, A Reader, Elgl Aloe Enlue, Chicago,” Cheap LIving, Chicago. Exiravavant Lavinz, Orlena, Chicago, Gratitude No. 1 (). WIIPPING CHILDREN, MODERN DECOLICS=WITH NOTES. Cutcavo, Uct, 23 , Heologue I, Cnadian Mammi—C. Papu—C. Governeis—C. Infants, €. 3.—Uchold the rod {s good! Some may use worde, Othera may pleasura to shut the unraly babes Within o closet, But for we, tho rod! €. P.—Mo alao dcos it pleasel Have [ not for my children now [1t] provided? ¢, 2. —We stug in atrains of righteons fear, Our mzmua stands bebind va, rod In hand. We write becauss it smarts when sho doth whip, . G.—For many days I wrought the pllant whaloe boue (1). Buch castization doeth good, many tears (2) do fow, {When I have strapped tho shivering enlprit to tothe bedpost, and commenced my now ana lm- proved mcthod of enforcing tho old-fashioned but iays neverely unrecognizod, nnremembered, ucrally neglected maxini of brimsione by : wholesale, for those who falsity In Canada,} 1z, |\Vhlnlmrinflyi—\\'u do love mamma, even Whenslic whipe, Tor elea wo would do wrong (1), [ AI{ sous are In the distant bosrding-school, My zirl, like lumbs, aro safuly herded hers Teing the pr of my govemess, [Sho In thor- ouzlly petent, aud i well pald by me 10 Tun a whivping-school, Yankeo mothers would do well to loarn a lesson or two from er. As for e (4), 1 can depart (P;um vut llu:'hlonnufi nu; rlay if hear Illal crles 2 iny untruthful olfapeing, - 1appy e €. =1 whip a maid of l,;l. Pe ¢, P,—Mine is but 10, Grand chiorua: Does ot thut anclont baok, the Hible, sing I'he pralncs of the whale, and ahail we then Neglect n fitting uwo of these, his bonea? NoTed.—1. Mark the Ingepulty of mind; seldom el fedeei. And yet, —huw handy tlhat whalobuno for plays ‘I.n&x‘l’fi:"',lr “old mighs purposely furget sud wake ot = Lndouhtcdly' thie toars belong to the . Bou it how stplal A inagino foein Thi i Tignata eyvs uf C. Gy ¥oilee the anveal fo convclenca from the whalo: o couscliniioum, ey wourd cerrain] wiss unz. Now elevatlug e housnl " OeF 4. Nl charneter of emplide 3 Aectiug upon v owi good de; e aicinly toerfouta: ceut aalary of the C. 1., ~tears, Crics, ele. ‘Uhe undervigued's refleetions: docan’s hehieve {n whipulug cuiliren or young fudien, For deat heaven's sake, can't wo sead bim tuCanedy, us o wissionary, o_convert the heas thent ZE Mavaz Mapcar, “ s1moc’ PENOUNCES 1T, Fanwisaroy, Iil., Oct, ~~Thero ure two very fopurtant questlons before us at present: Tho trasuiig of our children, aud their protection. A aliort time ago 1 read what a Canadisn Mother said about whivpiog, and it niade!my flesh quiver, sud, intho last Home, **AFather™ comes with bis horrible mode of punishmeut, Eight pleces of whalebone, indeed! Elght plocesof exquisite tor- ture; and worse atill: the poor, trembling culprits are undressed, —to nave theit clothing, ! presting, fustencd to an ottoman, sud the whipplug don not by the one that loves or should love thom, but by the hireliug. Does the dead wmother never rise before you with rebuke and pleading 1n ber oyes? At gives o o sad Licart 10 thiuk that poor, halp- chlldren must by torlured thus, often whh ugh reveore. Solonion was wise, d L bul bo never mentloned leatieru thouge, whalcbouve, or ux-goads, and I venturo the guess that ibe good ald King let the wuther attend o it of ¢lse 100k it 1u band Linwelr. Would it uot bu well for luese lender (1) bearted parente (o seud fora whippiny-postr That shouid v ~ugtish also. § am ghad fur tho credit of my coun- A7y that thoso lotterw sre both from over the uosth- ®rn burder, Nop Ingersall aud Le adyoca ‘The last Howo also contains lotters from **.\ Mullicr'a™ three daugtters. § wouaer if they wero cuuielled 1o write those leliers or receive 8 whlfi- baugt L ttank Lean conjure up tbu imaze of the BuseIneds with ber thongw, wayiur, **Now, say yuu love your mauima or L will sinke,” And lo} ibey love mamma, fove ber dearly. When a gl of 17 bax 10 be whipped, L fvar thu niode of punish- iueut Las not been vory bencicial. or she would bave returwed ‘ecw abe reached (nat age. *'A Fatker ™ hasbie ciels whipved for lyiog. Lyiug is awreat evil, aud a practice (bat suould be exter uunated; but f L such dreadful hiare I thiok the fault wust Lsve beew iuberited. 1 sbould ex- bect thew, whon tiey had done unythivg wiouk, 10 U1j sud bide M frou you, und thereby uvoid pun- ishelt, it posnble. " Would you teil the trutl youg 710 1t securcd 2 Yarmelfsf 4 vecured you votaé autul bodiy paiut 1ugreo witu ibe il boy meotloned u week ur sosgo. Bt only wade Lim uied to lave bis Lissag whip L. sud be waiied 1 burt ber,only L did not da: 10.7 Jomewtsn Jea luau uty years oo L waes LUl Gipaan 2ici s e cure of 3i uncle and ann T 0t and 1 know they loved my brother and myaelf, but they beliesed quite too much in that part of the Bitle where Salomon allules to aparing the rod and rpofling the cmid. and they _resolved mot to ®poil the chitdren tn their eare. * So the gnde mon whipped and the gude woman fectured. And never one whipping, severe or otherwise, made me ona whit better. Dlied me with anzer and race. [ dared not show i1, but in my wicked lutle heart [ cureed them. When my brothee was whnipped 1 conlit have torn my nuncle to meces had I dared and been etrong onongn, and for daya 1 way defant and nely, and it always ended A shipping for my- self.’ {imce my uncle whioped me quite texcrely forn fatsehood, \ell, thattime [ had told him the exact truth if 1 never did before or after. Tnd he waited to make inqniriea he wonld have faund that 1did. After he nad whipped me I lonked htny in the eye and told him | had told him the truth, apd should always hate hun for that act; and think I always have, for that scene nevee comes befora me that [ do not find mysel? hot and anery. Now let mia give **a fancy " punishment that was onco tried npon me. Aunt had purchased a packnge of exten nice pranes, ana, if there waa onething that | Hiked better than anothor, it ivas prunes. " I soon dlecovored their whereabouts, and made a hole in the paper, 1 never meant to take butane: but they were ‘w0 good that 1 was quite horried one day to Aind tnlf uf them gone. So was anntie. She neked ma about them, anit 1 kuew nothing, but ehe did. She did not whip me, bt she bronghit ont my mother s Iible and tuld me that somawlicre In tha New Testament was o verso that ran thusly: ¥ Al liare sliall have thelr portion in ihe lake fhint burneth with fire and brimstone, " knew just abont where the verse was, and soun had my finger on Its tmt to read it. Woll, it was bord to tead M, —tha hardest I ever tried. ‘Aunt told me 1 couid have no dinner til) [ found the verse, The family st down to dinner, bnt my conrage hnd gone out daors. 1 went aficr it, but was hastily summancd back to my task. Tho afiernoon pass. ed, and o'clock came. No dinner; no caurage. Things wero gelting aceperate; 8o was L At last bunger ~conquered, aud I’ called sunt and commenced to resd, ending *'brimatone " with an upward infection that landed in o shrick, ~and tesrs _enongh to drown ont a small lake of it. Puhlrl 1t did not cnre me of lylug. bt it did curs me of taking prancs, for 1 never could enditea them again for ten years, oua it i safc to may 1 indniged in mora Scrinturs reading that afternoon than I ever did before. 1tk what Clear Kyes said last week, and what other kind-hearted mothers havo sald. ' Theso lit- tio onea ute a sacred trust, and we want 1o care for them each day with the thought that perhaps to- morrow tho dear life may go ont, and we may be called to lay them beneatnthe sod. o want totreat them 30 there will b no bitter rement- brances shonld theyleave ne, 1 think no mother reflects on hemelf if sho has puniehed bier child in kindness aud Jove, devold of anger, We cannot be toa caroful of the cxample wa set achild. 1f they want the pepper-doltie, and yoa shake it over thetr plate bottom-down, they suon find you ont. and come to the rage conclusion, Py d mamma will besr watehing ** :and hefore a week they will protend to something thoy ate not Better give them the pepper and let them smart the littie mouth a little, or elae withhoid it, {rying to make them understand that it will harm them. Another fanlt we have with children in, when they wili not give npanarticle they snould not have, peaceably, we are too opt fo aunich It away Next time baby wants anything, and {sn't altowed to have it, may we not reasonahly expect baby to try taking it forcibly? 1t gives mé the heartache tosee a little child slap ita doll or kitten, and scream at itinan angry voice, Pareate, it tells o talo you may well binsh over. 1 have tried spank. ing ty little girl, and thongh T didit in a pleasant, firm mauner, I am sute it did more harm than 0od, and eince | gave up such punishment she filn been n hetter girl. Assho {3 not grown yet, 1 cannot clalm much exerience In this dircetion, but, in what § have given concerningtyeell, ‘I was there all the whilo anil knaw just how { feit. Children nnderstand at » much younger age than wo suppose, I think It 1o commence when they aro very youna. In all you wish to fuach them talk as i they andorstood yon. Call things around them by thelr proper naines, 4nd do not nva fuollst **baby talk,” el names aro all right, but #t o}l timea speak Engllvh; do not go tnto a jabber. Ing of unkuown tougues. Keep the children con- stantly with you if poesible, 1f you canuot take care of them, you need not expuct that your nelghs Lors will. Your childeon aro vour first wish~all elag 1a necondary. A mother that oannet give up partics and cavety has niade a ead mistake. Think of a littie child locked In a house alone whila 1ts mother has gono away to spend the evening; and yet such an Instance was told to mo notlung ago. Sinoc, “ CHRISTODEL'S !’ VIEWS. NEvADA, [a., Oct. 23, —Frionds of The Home, { wonder how many of you read the articles in re- eard to punishing chitdren with feelings akin to my own? Itis not my wish to stir up contention or controversy n Tho Homa elrcle. but 1t seems to mie that this is a subject that stould interost cvery ecarnest Chirlstian parent and friend of huwanity, (1 use the term Christlan here as opposed to heathen.) Fern Leaf, kind friend of the dis tressed, with ear aud heart over open to appeals for sympathy, cau't you say something fn behalf of ellldren, endowed with inteliccts capable of rea- roning, and having immortal souls, suffering injns. ticeat tho hands of parcuts? Amber, with ready penand acuta perceptions, have you no word to offer for defeuscloss children, helpless and power- lesaintho hands of thelr unnatural rulrdlnn!, simply becatse thoy are weaker? Untll quite re- cently I nover dreamed that parents called their ingenlty into requiailion 1o invont instraments of toriare (v bo apolied to the fleah of thelr children in s manner which woald causo great suffering. Is 1t possiblo thut nnl’ sound, reasoning mind. governed by u parent's loving heart, can deom this right, nnd flalter himeelf tuat real benoft to tne clilld Is gained therabyy Will the humiliating act of beating s chiid havaan ennobling offect un it wind? Wil it lnsplre it with o dusire t faults from a wish to do eight and pleaso Its parents? No, friend, it canuot, A child may Fland tn awe of the lash, und sirivo to avont is #mart at times, but there ls o acting from princl ple, 1le thinks <*Li} havo to leave that nlone, ur ") geta llcking™s not **§ must not do it, because it 18 wrong, and wonld grieve mamma.” Why can- ot tbis jdea bo luculeated Into ild from the first? Bimply becaune parents do nottake thu trou- ble. They let children run uncuntrolied for tho first fivo of #ix years of their lives, perhaps longor, and then marvel at tholr waywardnos, and forth- with lnstituto a hffilkinmln process, They sue cammants 10 A child for which ho can see no eartn- Iy rcason, and, if ho dumurs or hesitates, ho is wlren to 'undarstand it ls none of bls Lisinoss *twhy"; he must comply liko a damb beast be- cause **1ny word as a parent I Jaw." Ho it should be, parents. Dat why ald the Almighty give your child a reasoning mind If he 1s not to excrcleo 117 Would It lower your dignity one atow, or lessen your authority, to kindly tell bl to 4o your pid- ding, 8t tho sanie timo Ielling biw why you wish it donoso? ‘Tho great trouble is that wa expoct too much of our children, magnify thelr ilttie wrrore into sins; wa scold, and fret, and punish, when s kind word, gentle repro d a Jtitle fore bearauce would produce better results, Many Im. aginu (hat thelr children are under everlasting ob- ligations to them for bringing thewm Into the world, when in fact tho parent uwes eaca child an apology for this vory act. But if corporal punishment must be inflicted (and I will not admit that It je bencficial a1 any time), for humanity's suke don't Jet us introduce worse than State's prison regula- tlous into our homes. Don't seok fur that which will cause 1ntenso suffering. It t4 not & criminal, but your awn flesh and hlood, you are torturing, Oh, ‘mothers, did It nut make your hearts ache will pity and your blood boil with indignatisn when you read of tho case of those two tntheriess Iittlo giris. only 10und # years of age? Can you Jmuuine & human being in the form of & wowan 1aking thova beipless littla chlldren, stripplug off their clothing, and bindiug them down, sud thon with meauured stroke spniying her dend-inventod rod? Could & woman, with & womau's heart, deal thoso stinging blows? Lagree with the faibier of those unfortunate little girla that lylog is s grave fsu)i, but expericnce hine tuught me that it may bo overéowy by milder means. American parents, slall we allow forelun hirclings to dictato to us as 10 the snanner of controlling vur children? Next we Insy expect sume Engliab governess (v suggest o whipplpg-post, rack, or inquisition ou a snall acale, and thoy have vuly to w for parents (0 wdopi the meusure, It veeuw, We can ask for no wirouger proof or more conclusive vvidence of the dobusing tntlucnce and fatal ofuct un the Suer acnuidilities, pride, and self respect by tne use of the rod than Ia couched In the fact that a girl who has aiready crossed the threshoid of womanhood voluuturily and unticnitatiugly declares In the col- uwue of 8 public journasl that It 1s nol quite six ouths sluce vhe was lusbied with leatber thon; and that b did Aer good, snd sho connders it womsnly. 1 relrain from' comment, Druw your own coticiusions, (riends, us to the success of that wother's exporiment in pusiebing bee giels. Cuutatosst. THE YEELING IN MICHIGAN, Mesxecox, Mich., Oct. 23— thought wo had heard tho last of the Ontarlo Mother; when lo! and behold! her dsughters sppear upon tha scons to corroborate hor statement of the uiicacy of tho rawbide. Did bey stand in fear of that lustru. meut of torture in casc they fulled to comply with thelr mothur's *frequeat,™ 1 wonder, ordid they Bbonestly believe what they saia? But tho Ontario Mother ls not alone fa her theory, for s father sicps forth to give bis Lesti- mouy lo favor of severe corvoral punishment, I hupo thore are no o [ ad i1 thero ars 1 liope they will spate us tbe deluile. It waked wo indignant beyuud expresslun when Tlear of children belng treated in wuch an oat- ragcous wanner. I sbudder (v think of | crucl. barbsrouv. 1thiuk thal if 1 consldered |t my duty o pupish a child 1 would do 4t mysels, aod uot fu such 4 humiliating way, or in & winner calculated tu break bhe ittle one's spirit. Chaldren have feeliugs as well as older people; Jndecd the; asv only hittle people, and sbuald b treated witl consideration. Tucy usually behave ae well ace cording 1o their age sud unGcretanding sa their rent; indeed 1 sometines thiuk they do baticr. ctilat fulher aud motber cousider bow they would liks {u Feceivo sucn punlshment for evory wioug-duing of which ticy are guilty, Yol vay theco 18 uo scusc lu tbis, corrects thy i ‘The parent for its own goed: the pam" sutl, Lioken law. - Very well, the cbild als0 te subject 1o the e luw Of uaturs ay tho purcot, sud, morcover, sullery for the Wrong- dowg of the parent asmuch e e parcut does fur that of the child. If you aliow your ehild to Lrow up obatinate, wiliful, dixovedivut. until you Juust bave recoures 10 1u¢ laah (0 comwand Fe- wpect, tuen yousroas guily as the colld. You ure layiog the foundation for an wubsppy Hee for FUUE ChAId s Well a £0r Youreclf, Himvuber that Yen wlune wre not the saficeer, i parents would bot Ui un thls side of the 1ibtnk it would their duty more clearly oftentimes, They may eay that they are thinking of thelr chiid's good, bt are they not thinking of self an wellr How 'mony pat rell cntirely ont of sight, and, thinking only of thelr child'a fnture welfare, ry 1n every way to promate It for good according 10 the Jighi they posscss? The Ontario Mothee did not do this, nor that father. They are not thinking of their children, bt af themecives. They wanted their children 10 be onedient becaane it In” pleasanter to have them #0, nnd, A the eastcat and quickest way of getting them into A atate of snomission, they flog them. But If 41 ts tho casicat way it ls not the best. Thete In 8 difference in_children, ta be sure, and fome may bo so brotish a8 not to'be anenalile to kindnens and persunsion, but [ mach goube If the whip avalls mitch cven in this case, Ro faras [ havo been abie to observe, children accustomed to the rod are more deceit(ul and less consclentious than thosa who have no fear of it. K, elp them (0 Ao HOMRIPIED AND ASTONISHED. Lacow, 1, Oct. 21.—I have becn reading the articles on be tralnlog of children with very much interest. 1 am astonished at the confessions of the parents and chilldren, and horrified at the many meana of tortare Inventec for the punishment of the litile on Some of the parents are very just and hnmane in the treatment of thelr children, while others seem 10 belong to the batbarous ages. 1t Ja atrange that children that have orrived atthe age of understanding and reason cannot bo cone ‘vinced that it {s better to do tight than wrong witk. ont the atd of a rod, How s muother can premedis tate intlicting the soft tender flesh of a litle child with blows s cruel for my compro- henslon, M, hunseful of” chilaren, but 11 ie & longtinie since L hinve been ** spanked s Inever had a **good whipping'* in my life, for ‘my mammadoes not oelleve it corporal punishment, and sho nover ** poanks," except when sha | at her ** wita” end, " and then 1t costs her more tears than it daes the children. 1should think chlidren that had srrived atmy age would do right fur the love of it, and for the sake of pleaslng thele parents, Instead of grieving them, Latti SisTEn, BPEAKS FROM EXPERIENCE. Droowrsuros, ., Oct. 20.—1 have been hardly able to keep ellent whilo this discussion of whipe ving children has been going on, but when a flend, who calls himeelf & father, zomes ot with his cx- perience of stripping and tying down his mother- less children, and whipping them with o rad of whalebone, it is more than I can stand, 1 would Itko that father to nndergo the samo chastisement, and eco how he wonld lke it. I will give a Tew incidents of my own early Nfe, I was one of the younger children of a family of eight. Onr mother died, ‘and we wera scparated and ecattered all over the State of New York, wherever wo had re at ves that wounld care forus. It fell to my lot to be taken into family of people (or brutes) that bo- lieved in whipping, Nevee a day passed that [ dlan’t got my whicping. and In the theec monthe that 1 was there 1 Jearned to lle and decelve in every way to avold a whipplng, And now, ladles of The Home, dg you think 1 can say with thoss daugiiters of the Canada Mother that if waa for my rootd, and that Tlove them? | can say truly that { hato them, and if those girls hiad any wonse the: wonld say the mame thing, I think whipping cnif- dren Is alsgusting, and [think a motlier gots very low when sno raises hor haud to steike her cluld, CoMMON Sexsk. 4 ANOTHER PROTEST. Warseka, 1N, Oct. 20.—lL can be silent no longer. My heart goes out in one long wall of in- dignation agalnst this flogging monstrosity. Is snch cruelty tolerated In tho ninetcenth century, or baye wre gono back to the dark ages? It makes my cheek burn_ with shame to have such monstera clasved as nien and Have you no love whatever for your own flesh and biood? . Ilumes ites. risc upin armns, Next week Lsball give my theory for tratning children, Loutss. TIE TRAMP QUESTION. VIEVENTION EASIER TIAN CURE, Cimicauo, Oct, 22, —Were it not for tho continnal clianges of topley, our Home wonld be exceedinly monotonous each Baturday we read Tuz Tnisusk, and, layinz it aside, wonder what next? Tho Shattuck question sprung un lke a mush- room, sud, fortunately, was as short-tived. * ‘Then came o plstol controversy. and hero agaln we find differences of oplnian, Ily force of cire cumstance, wouten and chilldren niust noeds bo left aloue. ‘They atent the mercy of the stranger or tho tramn; oven in hiw crowded clty we answor tho bell with fear and trepldation. TUo wolf wtands at the door in sheep's clothing, and under every tmoginary pretense le ready to work upon our sympathy and our prse. 1f wo comply with thelr requeat, “all tho Holy Angols aro cailed wpon to bless: §f we deny thom, angry lnoka, throats, and rofane words ara the roault. [f women st ve eft alone they have the right to urotect them- solves, and, whether it be the piatol or nn‘ ather weapon, it will nat detract from thole womanhood or noblenoss of charucter to try thelr wkiils hnt thy Inw« of our State and Government should he sufl. clent for our protection. 1f vazrants and traumps were not sliowed such frecdom, If our ollicers wore wore interested In Lie good and welfare of their cilizens, and almed higher than oflco. and salary, we wonid ho safer in our homes and on the street: Thera are milllene of ncres of uncultivated ground all about us that would bring in 4 fortune 10 our Nutlonul Treasury it Uncle Sam would ar- reat the trampn sug colonizo them for his own nae, Orgzanize thum as ho would soldiors for the army; frain thew, drlll them, make thcm work, and pay them for thelr lavor, Women have no time for ‘mbllc eloctioneering or vollng. We conld not possibly attend to our legit- imate’ rignts, dutles, and pleasures in our uwn homes; but wo can exert an inthuenco upon the male members of our familics, and trolu our boys 1o noble aspirativne. What could have been the infancy and childhood of (e cuaraw, brutal mon thut wander about our streeta and thuraughfures, with no seceming oim or purpose? Ilad they a mather's love, a sister's devollon, a tender word, n cheurlng smile, or any encouragenicat to becoms noblo und lovely? We of The llome Clab are afuting to found an in. atitution for homoless glrin who have been by ni foreaen vvents thruwn upon thelr uwn resuire When our treasury justifies we will commenc: and, while 1 have boen writing thls letter, my heart hos gone out towards the honeless boya who, though they may liave but s tiny apark of manhood within thewn, may have it fanned jutoa blazo of noblencss, Lonor, and lnulnk{. They only need & hulplm{ hand, —it will be buta few yoars when theso )itle wanderera will becomo vagrants, Now {s tho time to prevent it Thure {sa mission for women, aqulet, noble mission, Wecan holp to make suclely oetter and purer; we can bu oa wothers to tho moth sisters to thuse who loay for s sister's love and infuence, It takes lw{l sud girls Loth to make a complote perfact family, My pen bas sped along, and I find T will only treapasa if 1 touch upon the last topic suggested in ‘The Home. 1 will for tho present [et charity cover the subject, and beliove that both Onlurio Jiother wuu her three sfectionate loving daught- ers wro but the churacters read of In some quaint cruel talo of the dark syes, and ouly brought 1o light for the purpose g aoniothiug Lo writa abont, The llome can well diapenss with such, Wo want it lovely and beauttfui, * Wo want to lead the Iiitie oncs uunl“}y to the foet of 1lim who so kiudly sald: ‘*suffer little children ta come unto o, In all the examples glven us by onrgreat leacher, wa tnd nothing barsh, cruel, hasty, or brutal, Love Is the ruling passion: luve begota lova; take the twig early envugh and you can readily beud it to your will, AusT Liey, FLORICULTURE, BOMH PACTS ANOUT TULIPS. Wixspars, 11, Oct, 22,—The tullp is the most calobrated, popular, brilliant, aud showy of spriog fluwer: Not ono of Flora's brilliant rac A formy inare pertuct ean displayy Artcoatd not feluu ujire brlliiat urace, or Natur tuke fing away. Tullps are divided into scveral sections. The first of theso ore called **Duc Van Thol™ tulips. They ara the carlicet af all tho fawmily, and ex- pecially adapted for,pot culture,~two or three bulba in & four-lnch pot. Next come thu single carly, found the gems of the genas, allu? they hava nu eq cout! early, Parrot tulipa are strange-looking flowars, with un{l. loose, funzid petats, sud always attractat- wntlon, Karly double tullps bloom in suc alngle early, The fGowers aze ucarly peony, and heautifully marked. Latu flowering tulive are best for plsating ia the gurden, av they do not bear furcing. ‘Tullps need o lignt rich loam; take care nover 10 put "I"k‘; m:]“:" Iulur s, lu‘l‘mn"l‘:m viore quickly destroy tulipe or ; oy lhauld‘}m ut four tuchics under the surface, aud In very cald localitles covered with Ieaves or litter. Llant hum sow elther 10 rows vuu fuot apart, and #ix inchus apart 10 the row, or la circies, ur auch orhur desigus as fuucy may suggest. In the spring, when the leaves turu brown, (ake up, separuts, clean. and lay away thl fullowlig autui R. C,, La Cuiousk., 'l have two tswencs which produce splendid foliage. but do not bloom, How shall I trest them?” “Auswor—lonuens Calathing Is & bulb frum Suutd Awcrics, broduciug pure white Howers very feagrant and beautitul. Thoy need o woll almust all sand, and simiilar treatment to an amarylile. Plant out tu May iy the garden. Thuy will bluum ju Juse or July, sud ripen their folisse uOctober, when they ‘may bu tuken up, aud bung ina frost proof cellar uutil spring. For pot. culture, fullow dircctlons given tn The Howe Sept, 21 fur trestwent of Amaryilis Formoa 1 Bu sure aud give & seasou of rest. In this class are ¥or varlety in col- . The tlowers are large, nus In bloom along tiue, and come very Mre. U, D.M., $*ls s good pian (o water pisats with Nquid frow Wme und hew wavure? Answer-—- Plaots ure grestly beucited by a walering of liguld manuro opcw a8 week while 1n'a growjug coudition. The tine wall killapy worsie iu thesoll, unathe solu- tiou uct uy u stimulant. It e very strong. sud muet be tscd With caulion, A pailful tv a barrel of water I8 about right. Put lu sowa soot, toa i You can vet 1t, 38 that s u wreat turillise sy, Port Byron, Tubcrose begont wiutered iu a frost vroot cellar the wauw s dubliss, but du uot stteuspt ta briug gold end wilver-leaf kerantume throuschs n that way: they will luse theie warkingd, M wu worae fube Lofall Wew, Tlhe THE CHICACO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1878—TWELVE PAGES, ot) Ia hardy In_rome Joea thew, | ng ¥on 1o keep it in a cold pit which you'nase, Thankx for seeda yor sent, 1 will send you different varictiea In retnen very shortly. Annt Huldah, Had_you given anadiress T wonld have rent buthwat onee. To you or any llome reader, 1wi1l send oxalia, crocuacs, and anowdrone, whila they inet, In exchange for fancy work or forstamns, Lettera directed to Rennle, Bux 101, Hinsdalo, 11, reach me without tennbie, Next month [ shall have A stock of tahororcs and 1ily-of-the-valley ‘*pipa™ to disteibute—nat free, however, but in exchange, ove men- tioned, Rexxis, myoRotia (f i RECIPES, Cricane, Oct. 21.—Owatsna, to make good hash, botl corned beet and potatoes, separately, suff- clent ta eal; Jet them get cold, and chop them fine, scparately; eavo the water that the meat was bailed fn, and, when cold, remove the drippings ftom tho top, and nse In cooking, after agaln melting, and straining into & vessel. I'nt fonr tablespoonfuls of this dripping into an lron frylng- van, and, when very hot, add one quart of the chopped beef, and atiz until thoroughly warmed, then add half & pint of boiling water and a quart of the potatoes, and stir fraqnently until the hasn begina to atick to tho bottom of the frying-pan: *alt to taste: scrvo in hot dish, and send to the table immodiately. Sonn: Frocare half or s whole shank of beef, according to the stze of yunr family, and add ta It any Elecu of culd roast beef-bones or temains of ateak from beeakfust, and s alice of salt pork, I'nt it over the fira in cold water and Jet it cowe slowly toa boll; skim carefully an longan nnr acam rlees, and then closcly caser, ‘snd ball slnwly five hours. or untll the meat wilt fall from the bones, Kee move the meat, and stmin the stock into an earthen jar, af et it atand until tha next day or until wanted. 1t wlill, with the additton of sait, eep good. 10 a cool place, for two or threodays, When ready to use, remove the greanc from the stock. An hour and & halt belore dinner put the amount of stock reanired over the fire, and to each quart add ume tablespoonful eaclh of potato, onton, earrat, turnip cot inte dice of equal size: and two toma~ toes, witha **roup-bunch™ of una sprle of par: loy, thyme :flcr‘{ and o small plece of lvmon, tied nd let bofl untll dinner,” Add one slice of toasted bread with the vc@\uhles. Uso elt and penper to suit the taste. Thin soup can be mado with fewer vegetables, and can be varled by wdding macaron!, vormicelll, neonles, beans, COrny AxpRragus, oF any vegctable that {s ot hand. Uood soup can be made of the remaing of roasts and bolled meats, without the uncooked moat, anly take the precaution to remove all grease from the #tock before adding the vegotanies, and add ono tahicapoonful of flour wat with water to the soun. Ttye brend: Take ane pint of rve flour, one-hulf pint corn-meal, one-half pint wheat four, one tea. #ponnfal sugar, ono taaspoonful ealt, two tea. spoonsful bakmvo}zwur, one apoon shortening, ono pint mrcot milk, Mia all the Ingredients to. gether, oxcept the lard, and aift. Rab In tho lard culd very lhnroug\llly. atter alfting the flour; then add tho miIk, and mix into meoth batter, and bako 1n & narrow, oblong tin pan, Nitty minutes, i a moderate oven, Protect the loal with paper the fOrst twenty-fivo minates. When done, bt s piece of butter tue size of o walnut in a mmlin_cloth and rub all overthe loaf. Eat with sweet butler and a good cup of coflee, and be happy, & Doxestic Ecoxonr. Txniaxarotts, Ind., Oct. 21 —T will Inform one of the trlo how I make my coffee-cake. 1f you you use dry-hop yeast or liquid yeast, you muat make your spougu at night if you wish to bake It in tho morning. Take about threc-quarters of u tencupful of llquid yeast (that 14 the kind I usa), one pint of lukowarm milk, salt, and flour enongl 1o form n batter thick enough to beat eastly, which must be done until it forms large bubbles, Het it Ina warm place until it riacu; be sureand do not let it gotcold, I the morning add une exe, two tableapnontnls of warm inclted bntter, one fiand- {ui of sugsr, Nlavor o taste or none, and ciough Nour to makea stif batter, ndding Ly Iarge han ifuls, and beat it wells let it Le 8o still ‘that the beatlug proces will require the nae of muscla; then sprend 10 well-groaned puus, ond set to rise ngain, When very lght, apread warm melted batter on top, !rflnkh) powdered sugar over, in which mix a hite tlo flour and a dash of cinnamon; put in the ove to bake. Put so much douzh {n your pans so th: our cake will Lo bnt two biches ligh wiion baked, y beating your eako 1t becomea Jight and feaths ery, Lel mo know how you succeed, and uon't give up If the first triui 138 failurg, uld not Home one 1lka to try my tquid yeast? - Junrisa Joax, Tissparg, 1L, Oct. 17, —I Inclose an excellont gingorbread recipe, which requires meither butter nor egzs: Two cups New Orleans motnsscs, 2 cups holling water, with 2'scant teaspoonfuls sodn, 3% cup molted lard, 4 cup sugar, 1 teaspoonful ealt, 1 torspoonfale gingor, 2 tonspoontuls cach cloves, cinnamon, and ajlspice, &4 cuna flonr, This will make two good-sized luaves, and should bake vers alowly, With thic addition of & cup each of raf- wins and carrants a yood plain fruit-cako s made that will keep for weeks, 3 Wil somo member of The Home eend me a copy of thu poem, ** Now, lairnies, Cuddle Down ' 1 witl by extromely grateful for the favor and glad- ly remit etanps, MMtas R., Box 03, HBouvanox, Ind,, Oct, 2L —Tumping Joan, T havo trled vour recipe with tho best results, for wo llke It exceodingly. Will you send tho recipe you offered, sud any other good ones r.m may have? The anlnwlnfi recipes, scnt to The lome by as many different Indles, havo been tried by me and found to ba excollent: * Putato pudding, fricd tomatocs, euy slaw, sweetenlng sour milk, nnd ten cake, 1can't remember any more Just at present, but 1 recommend those to The llome. Draxsin, Oauxosir, Wis., Oct. 17.—Will some of theraad- ers of The Home kindly furnish me with a recipo for making chocolate catameta or chocolate creams, 1ho sanse o4 tho confectionors make? J. U. M., Dox 823, Txoma, T11.,Oct. 21, —Can any one give a reclpo for red tudelible fuk? Y thero any bluo ink that Is indeliblo? INK, FERN LEAT, A LETTERL ON VARIOUS NUDJECTS. Orrawa, 1il, Oct. 21.~To-day 1 kad thought, denr ronders, that as the autumn leaves fall, snd the chitllng winds blow, I wonld resume my talk on bulbs, of which o many of you have asked; but recelving, 8s T did, during tho past week one of tho saddest lotters it was evor my lot 1o read, [ have no heart to apcak of thom, and will try aud answer & fow questions, As I slt musing, or when 1 fre- quentmy favorite haunts, a wan, sad fuce rlves before me, oud 1 hear the vlteous wall of ** Dia- tresscd Mother, " as sho Inquires if another letter haa coma from me,and the wild wind sings: **'The will nover arlud again with the watsrs that have passed.” 'Mid my many carcs, I triad, bt in vain, to find timo to send a message to this dlis- tresscd one, and could [ only have known sho wa Iylng so i1), and that I could have duno even one Mitle act of kindness, how gladly would I have ceased all other labor, and dona for her only, Now asl think over tho **might have boen,* Iam ianght awad, but, I trust, usoful lesson. Will tho Lind gentloman frow Milwaukes who romained with her thraugh her last moment W her interred, took lier littlo son to hiw own he wand then tuldiled her dying injunction, that of wriling 10 me, pleasy wend oic ble addresu? b"“’a his was.a noble mks. siun, and when tirst attracted by tho erics of her child, Bitlo thouzht he would be led o the bedeido of & dylug woman, nud she the wife of an old friend. **(lod wurks in s mysterious way '3 and had 1t ot beon forthe cruelty of (ho Iandlord, trylng to turn her from tho house, hu would prab- adly " never lave discovered her, aud thus cared for, In her last hours, Would tost I could have shared tho care with mim, then 1 whoutd not bo nitting here thinking uf the letter 1 ought to have written, _Your lettor was very kind, and 1thonk you and Delia, of Peoria, for your words of comfort, und trust I may learn from this sud cxporience nover to nvglect any duty, but fu for our loved anes while here, that wa may . in the dim by.an /, ny wo learn the great luxury of dolng good, for we knuw the mura plentifully the scud 14 scattered the more ubundant the harvest, for 1t grows Indestructibly and propagutes tsell eveu snong the weedy cue tanglements of evil. Aud eanuot you, Hamo sle- ters, think more of brightoning tho lives of (he Jit- tlo unes gIven 1o your keeping than of using the rod 10 euforce obedivnce, when perliaps you had not cven made their duty plain to thew?” How often wa bear, ** Now, Fred, if things out I'll whip you, ™ chilld has pot oveu bocu asked Lo remove them, aud the Gret knowl- edge of his requirements fall on his ear fn this un- Just manner. od pity the perplexed mother and child, and ive the former paticncy tu govern her- solf before sho attempls to teach herebild, Care cotnes il tou soon; thereforo utrivy (o make ehild- hood ue bright und joyous €an, aud do not watl till the hitls hunds are at rest 1o 8l thom with slowers, or Ul the 1ittls hearts ora siill, waiting and watching for the loving look or word of prajue. They will fatl mory swactly on the e teulng ¢or thau on the closed cotin-lid. He not sparing of Klsses and words of pralse, but 011 their yuung lives with sweetncss, Weave for thew o thway of thu roses of tenderuces, sywpathy, [oviug acts, and kind words for their teuder fect 10 tread, for soon the thorns will protrude; but It 0 bo tho loving mother's chicf pleas- ure to pluck thew out, even though she thrust them in her own heart sud bury thun there, Let no one way iu the crucl, heartloss manuer ‘which some arv rtvn! : Let them bear their own trisly, they musl leara to, fur they whi fall Lo thele lot some thme, sud if they get sccustonied to them while youny, they witl bd eaater Lo bear afterward, 14 there not o brighter side (0 view? Canuot we say: Letus bear this burden for thum, They are young and wili laste of the bitlur waters of triale and ailiction at au catly duy, butl 8¢ longas I cun protect thelr youug hves from dlsappoitment 1 will, Ob, there e s joy o aviog for those we love, andlt brightens our own lvew widle pere forniing our (od-given mision. Each day wo 10y Feuv u new joy by Witlug thy webht of surraw fraw suniu urpn.--ml creature; eves thougn (t tsn demb auimsl, our labor jw uut ln valu. No matter if rulcule bs heapad upou us, turu to'the oflender and say: ttGet theo bobnd me. 1 am dolug what V'believe tu bu rigbt. Go thy way aud 1 wall Ko ming. 3y bears prompts me 1o do this ceed, and 1 must obey ila dictates, " Scoffers therc wever be; but ¢are o o nuht without the thougl vt tho rovard you whi witely tecuite. e tiow eruin the elda, tho eturs u the Srmancot. and mighty deep, heapeak Tia love, ancl it will not fatl ne, for Just =0 pirely il e #tand by us, supporting as with 1ha hand and niust wo eit mutely by and not do for otners, bnt teave all for Him becanse ile (s wiiling and _able? No, let ua arine, and each day do mome waorihy act on which wo may dwell as we pillow anr hend at night for sleep. " Life 1a mado npof trifies, and these kamo Hitle things help to make up the carcs and_responsinillties of iife. You see no way In_which yon can do for any one; jnat look abont 'yon. Tliere you aft and throw your work abont vou in 8 carlers wAY, when yon might guve tho woary mald many 8 atep by having a scrap- bag and place threads and pleces therein: or yoo leaveapple-peclings mnmf for some one to pick Bn, OF track the mnd in, becanse, forsooth, you could not take tima to make nng of the scraper. Each cantlons nct of yours saycs steps of words of another, and beartbia in mind when you are In. citied to he carelees, and do not think these words were nover {ntonded for you, but for some one olne. They arg Intanded for all who read them, for you and I, and mn’ wo heed thewm, and to- gether eow aced this {all which shail not lie in aamp ground, and dec:‘y. but In fruitful soil, watcred with charlty and tilfed with thonghtfal- neas, tl tho harvest of active goodness shall be so ureat thero will be need ol greater warehooaes to contain it, and tana other doors will open to e, 11l leaven and earth shail Join hande in ono alad awakentng, ‘Teach me to feel another's woo, S0 BIge the tault ] aces o hat merey 1o others show, "lliat meroy show to me. Juniata, you can lr‘nnrl.u\l. your plante again, 1 often give mino new soll in winter it 1 find they need it Decarcful of them, They will not do quito ns woll, na {t will retard them in thelr growth somewhat, Tolly gerry, if you are not supplied, Tean fuznish you with a branch, s L havo some [ mathered near Austin, Tex., Yast wintor, I do not care to part with it, but will for the sako of nctommodating you, ~Please write o my nom de plime and I shatl recelve it. Smartweed, I think the amarylils you refer %o Is Vallotta purpurea. Annt lnfaah, In tne words of Itenute, I wilt 1 wiil send yon the hulbe for three green atamps, Karly Bird, 1 cannot sen Jou rootel ellpw, but you know ming nre all freo ta nota who will sond stamps for them. [ have let some freeze, but thoy were nnllnnr( geraninme, i no onu seemed to want thom., When I have not what 1s reqnested [ try to send i1 cquivalent. That why Zobrina received Luo seed, as 1 had not tho onca she wished, and thought theae better than nny alips I could send. I have sent to the lady in Grand Rapide econd timo, as sha wrola me she did not receivo the first sent. Iope yon will this time, but plense do not biame me, for cvery leiter i« placed on flle and answered fn turn, ¢ithar by postal or package. Orthadox, 1 hopo the #iipe will o yon as much good as vour cheory let- tor did mo: many thanks. Uettio8now, how kind of yuu to sond mae that nice box of your Michigan wildwood treasures, The dark gréen leaves and 1ittia rod berrien will apenk of you many timos this winter, 1 shall be oaliged to ‘remain deeply in- debted to yon till avring; thon 1 teast 1may send what you ivish. WIII you then plense write and ree mind me of my pruniiae, for 1 have o many to ro- member tha sometimen fear 1 may noglect som And tothoeo that have sent to me 1 liave alwa: roturnad, but It Is seldom I hear that they have re- cebved, T wlsh, If not asking too much, lhez wonld let me know, for I do not want to thinl they did not recolve, and thero ie slwaysa doubt Inmy mind, = Please hnve paticnca and’1 whil try 1o get to the treatment of bulbe next time, Frnx Lear. CALLING IARD NAMES. BENSIDLE VIEWS, Cimeano, Oct. 10.—I wonder how many ladles of The lome would consider themsoives ladies If, In the homa of & friend, they should speak rudely and tmpolitely to persona who held viows of 1ifa differont from thelr own, 1low long would they be considered ladles if they wera accustomed to call unmice under exasperating circumstances? Is ftallowable for us tocall a gentloman s fool, an idiut; ornlady & beathon, an outrareous being, through tho latters of our llome, when we would do nothing of tha kind {n a parlor? It is no dif- cult matter to exprews viows which are opposed to thaxe of #amo atacr writer In such o manner as not tobo nnkind and hure his feelings, We aronot abliged to uvreo with the sontimonts expressed unlees we wish, We ean stale our differences, but Ave should vent our wrath carcfully upon the thougbte exoressed, not upea tho individual, Iopeatedly lomo wrilers have writien very ahurp letters ond aaid rome very cutting words about uthor writers of The lone, I cared littlo foe it at the tlme, an I imniedistoly classed thom as unladylike and cesved to respect thom afterwards, Hut Intely two of thoss, wiine lotters we have all 2, and whom wo have Jearned to re- spect 80 gbly, ~two of 1hose wrathiul and ine algnant,—have falley from the pedestal upon wiiich we had placed them, and havo stooped to call names, Alust this g0 on? Can nothing ba done to keep snch letters from The Hlome? Binza the second caso [ bava not dared (o think with confidence concorning any one of our llame, thougn § scarcely think that Grandma Oldways, Aunt Lucy, Forn Leaf, Anule M. It. Barneite, and some othoes will over lose their scif-resocet, foryet that they are ldics, and degrade themsolves 11 vur cyea by stvoplng (o call names. Who next? LM N, 0P, Q. BCANDAL-MONGERS, A JUST CRITICISN, Cittesco, Oct, 23, —It la the best thing we can do whon we are dependont on otliors for not only tha nocessarics of lifo, bnt the stance and caro of n strong arm and stont heart, to repay the aacrific of perbaps n lifetime by heralding tholr short-com- inzs to the world~retatling it right and left 1o the cammon gusaip aa well a3 to these who alone should be the guardians of the family secrote? Thera ars people {n avery nolghborhood fbo sfand, with caplng mouths, walting to elutch the rkeloton of the claset, and, with sacrilegious hande, wond dtagrinning horrors whirling from doot todoor, seatteringin jta pathway the Blth that grows thicker and more baucful aa it pursucs Its march of de- destruction, Thero aro people who will catch up a word, a look, or u gesture, and glury In the mountaln they can mako of a molohill. With haw much more cagerness will thoy clutch at tho sent forth by Hps thet shonlt onen only to plead for a reformatton, or, I epithels of seorn must ha nucd, ahonid deal them out insido tho paiing of the m-ui‘ altar, whore the scandal-mouger daro not intrudo, I have no excado for the wrong-doer, Hils pun- {slment, perbapy, s none too sovere, let it come as dtwlill; bat §e {s a much wore Heavenly attri bute to try to screcu the fauits of onc's friends from the £aze of the acandal-loving world than it I8 to preach them from the houssiops and retail them to whoover will take a ahare in the stock, ‘Lhis is too comnon 8 practice, and in after-lifo— whon the deed 13 dono, and that by our own hand— wo may repent in the aenths of humiliation, but our ropontanco will not bear the frait our care and forathoupht niubt once have watercd, and the re- pentance fs sure to follow, "‘fll'“yn sow the wind yo shail reap the whirl. wind, 1 hayoe beon Lo the home of Trailing Arbatus and grasoed the thin, weak band, and gazod on tho poor, faded fentures. Hug of the death of Dutrenved Mother In the last Bone, and bow dear 1o hier wero Fern Leaf's letters, reminded me that 1 bind a duty to perfarm for poor Tralling Achutus, Hhe, tou, han a pile of lettors which have served fo cnliven the dark days of vatn, and enllst her syin- pathies for thoso who ars Innsml-hllw upon a couch of sickices Hko hecuelf. copled tha st of namew, but have inlelaid it. Sho bas not been able to answer thoss who havo written hor, but desirod me to thank them all fn hoe name. Weening Wil low, you liava hor hoarttuitaympathy. Nancy Spry, your lettor to her is a treapitro, 1 only wish 1 hid ano froni the kaino pon. By guars thoss, presseu panaies nb she would o precious Jewel, The plant you offcred her will be thankfully recelved, and if you can sparo two she will divido with n nelghbar, Bend auvthing 1on can spure In plaute of voeds, and aceent her already expressod thianks. Soud In cure of Mrs, 8, Dufley, Dekalb, 1, Wil the 1ady signlog herault 4 Foile Wite in her letter to vie & whort thine ayw, please send mo ;-1 wish to cunfer with her on z P ess me at No, 00 Weat Will be glad to hear Ontexa, — VARIOUS TIIOUGH'TS, . ELADORATED BY “3. ¢ M, Cutcaco, Oct. 23.—**And oh it #llls my heart witn Joy, ta be ot hoine once more, " Bu it le with me. A proper lnterest in the fateof tho *+Ohto Idee* has lod mo fnto many by-ways, and through wany hedges, In which ** fat noney Krew and *‘interconvertible bonds™ RQourished. 1 havo read Blalnc's, . Schura’s, and Daysrd's apecches, snd Ly thom have been led Into o coaree of political economy, frum tha ropetltion of which **Augels und minlsters of grace defond me.* But when dlstingulshod statesmen, such as 1 have named, get up in (ront of lutelligent aualences and say, **Our imports are 81,000, oar expor! ilxa Juno, ploave addr Lake street, Chicago, Iil. frow you. $1,500, our ravenue so many dollars more per o arguo from thonce that ona should pay and one's landlady in dollarsthstaredoilars the world over, ** 1L gives me putise. ' To puy one's landlady In say kiod of wmoney is not a conclusion 1o be idly reuched, ¥o T fels called uvon to fuvestigato, and, though 1 heve Inforwed the esthwable Jandlady who reuls e her fiout alcove thst I could not sce my very clear to ;uulnfi herin sny modium of ex- change, sl 1 bad advanced wo far from wmy previoua position ae to think it my duly to do s ss suon as poesible, Butlam thaniful 10 gut ba home to The Home, The queativna tbat come bo- forg us tborc ary such us every one of maturliy has thougtt sboul. When 8 graclous lady luformis me theough its columns that young vnes should by walluved on sight 1 recogulze ber, strawberry mark aud ull, av 3 loug lost wister, and’ rojoice (hat sho bas ot fast, sccu the light, Or when sowe fair Howeite tells mo that doughouts are flour and not of mildly sweelcned sole- o thuugh the siatoment 2 coutrary to all my expe- tlence, | cau grasp it and Leli that {0 sowe other aud happier chime it wis) true; or when it {e wald that 8 wowsn sbould dufend herself from outruge oy the use of @ four-gun battery, or suy other weane, i donot buve 1u read suy authoritive oo tie aubject, but grapple v to wy suul with Looks uf wivel a¥ vnu of Lbe lualisuable rights with which she fs e¢ndowed by her Crestor, su fixed 1hat no dlscuvaion fs called for. So with uther toplcd, bouse-plunle, bulbs, spouge-cake, sre ey not famillar o wy mouth s houschold wards (except aponge-cake, which I det; Levt never caten muce fhd Wasw sl buncd o S Ln ade of i ays before wy war- VWY wife that now In, 1alce.crenm). T feelin the langnage of tho rovival mecting that 1t 1= indecd ** Good to be here, " gubject to the approval of the editor, If Any akepticnl sonldocs not believe it, let him grape pla 1 ouplo-atandard quostion, and cry, ** Pocearl.” He will come back 1o The Home with the joy of the Prodigal, tempered by the tden that 118 calf ia ordered to be kiiled on bis arrival there 18 no reason why he shonld not baled to the aughter, J.oCo M. CHILDREN'S POETRY, TNTS REGARDING 173 MANUPACTURE, Shedes of Milton and Mrs, Browning, I {nvoke yel Iamdriventoitt 1picked up the New York Weekly Witness, s most excellent paperin many reapects, and found m poem (1) to *‘Jobnnie,” marked '* Fortha 1¥ilness,” and thersfore anp- posed to be original, in whieh wan copled whole- sale extracts from 8 wireet poem of years ago; for xample, the wholo verse feading: 1In dreams 1 ses him now, ‘And on lils angel brow Tace fvwritten, **Thou shalt meet mo thers!™ ‘Two or threa other veracs wera partly taken fror Ahe beantiful posm refecced to, and yet the wnole piccs to *'Jolinnia " wad sent In and’ pubilehed as oleginal, 1 took np the Ocl. 10 namber of the New York Independent and found some verios entitled **ller Wedding." 7 givo n stanza (with my own obscura Ideas as ta its meaning) ¢ In tho efrcle we another, Something nearer than & hrother, Wik sdinit. (Bluprosed (o tia & brother.in-law or & son-la-lsw.] Not the auld Iaog syno to sever— 11 was hot aware It coutd be serered. ] Not to take from us forver: (Take what?) Never, never, nay, Oh, Foveqs RorET; PaY. Ob, naver! Did ever glrl of 14 strive harder after a rhyme than this writer with the *‘never, novert™ strain, and the slightly proralc ‘*not abit"? And the Independent published thatt 'ruuhnl am reminded of many would-be poots and voetoases among the children, and the reat harm boing done them by thres moans to which § feel compelled to refer, Klrat, the Injudicions praise of nnpoctical pa« rents, A motner hears a child say, *‘Mamma, isn't this postry 110 aal {fen o8 {ors boat The mother, Instead of paticntly glying the carnest Mttle enild d good sound lesson In’ Engliah compo- #itlon, reaulring hier 1o out the same thoughts into cosy proso sentences, nicely punctusted, replies, **Yen, dear; that'a nicol We'll snow It to papa when he comes home. My 1hitla glel will be a poet 1t sho xeepson,™ And by and by the child Is in the attic or bari scribbling rhymes, but not poetry, 8ho grows up rhyming, and her youthful efforts arc Kuh"»had In” the county paper, the editor of which lins no more scnss or grit' than to print them. The child's yerscs soon nave a lovesick atealn, By and by Maud goes away to school, ac- uires good English, learns the diffsrenca betwecn thymeand noctry, and then blushes (o return to ot nntive vliiaga lest in some mind ahonld lingor thie memory of her youthful lines, Again, anotber means to d end doplored Is the ambitious but erronvous endeavor of a realons Leacher to dovelop n cortaln number of poets in his schaol. 1 well remember my Orst poctlc attempt under the command of a teacher. Thia 8 a epecl- men of the article 1 ground out: *'T soe afar townrd tho goldan West two boya a-running to see which goca tho best, ' **1 sco afar.' Tealy that had a poctic sornd| **Golden Weat." Why, that was a perfect desceip. tion of a snnset T had rocently boheld, (Mark you, 18 too poetic to say **had meen ™ any more.) i couid nat undorstand why that poem should not bo accepted eagerly by any cdltor, and yaid for ton! /The thirt ‘means of {(disjeracc Is the publication of the simple, nilly rhymes of childron in the cal- umnd of s30mo wuckly newspaper. The avowed ubject f3 to encourage childish oforts for improve- ment, which object, ten chiances to one, must fail, Why? First, beeaure to pablish a boy's rhymes, unloss they aro saparlor, for thousands of rendore to perna must tend to glve bim the linpression that ho 1a really gifted with poetio fire, whoen [n most cases he Is not. 'T'o sce hier name In print at the age of 7, when a girl has dono notting to desorve it, wives her the tdea that publicity 14 desrable, Kirther, it deadn o clild into vatn, senucleas, ureless modes of thonght and expres- slon, If achild In gifted with any real talent for writing poetry, 1t will evince ftself of necas it cannot bo b, And whan It does appear tal- ent shonld ho encouraged, led out, and tendorly eriticized, til 1t is 8 maturo gift. il cannot bo done by tho weckly-nowspapor cditor, who at tho vest has only time to say, **Froadie should re- member that ‘pix’ does not rhyme well with *prim,” but wha ls far more 1lkely 10 say, **Fred- dic has done well. Ilope ho'll tey agaln, Any attempt to wnita poetry shonld, as a rule, Le ruppressed or discourayod il o child has bo- come old enough to read sume of the best poets, and taucht thelr boauties as an edocated motner nl:nlhnmuzhly oificient teacher only can unfold om, There hns been crowding enough fn many re- spects, 1f there must be more, let it not be in tho directfon named. Editors' wastesbaskets, the pottfolios of dreaming girls. the diartes of Tove- alek young men, are tvo fall now, Were I an Episcopallan, 1 should wish this additivn to the Book of Praye ‘*From all ~entimental would-be-pocts and poctesscn, goud Lord, deliver us™! Fatti Gnavvox, WANTS, EXCIIANGUS, BTC., Couxcit Brorrs, la., Oct, 20.—[ have often wondered, when reaalng the lotters aver tho aiy- natare of Justico and A, B., I The Howo friends knew of the honors conforred upon thew, and have concluded to tell, ovon If I get scoidod, » Mrs. D, C. Bloomer, whu clalms both signa- tures, ta the oriziuntor of the famons Bloomer coatume so popular a few years ago. 8| abont 50 yeurd of nge, not hundsoms o pleasant, Intolligent face, und ls poss that rare gift to womau—a low, lins no chuldren, and, as ahe ls posse means, and is & devated Christian, many a d tute uiie can totify to benelts recelved, Bhe ts an carncst ndvocate “of womun's eufirage, nnd b name upon the lectur-courdo alwayw flls 10 fluwing snv hoise whero sho speake. ier huw 1 prominently known In varions ottices all over th lle Is well worthy the wifo he lu s0 broud T, W., 1 am sositaated In life as to bo very much nlone, and, not being very -xmwlylu-lcnlly. whould be terribly torturad by fear did I not know that | had something at hand more potont thau o broom-stick (our acknowledged weapon), in 1t should by nokded, 1 am not afruid of , ba thoy busincss men or laborore; thoso 1 fear trampa, lore, and burglars. Do any of The lome fricnds want material for scrap-honka? 1bave abuut thres dozen uxchouges from tho office cvery weei, and could save much that s valuadlo it any ona would care Lo have oug, I ean wpare seeds of the Japan cuxcomb (Uolocin), and an abundsnce of Madelra bulbs, Ican spare about two duzen rootw of tho hardy plok mou rose, and us many of the common yoliuw; one dozen of tho multiflora (an early spriug ro pura white, Lona, 11, Oct, 21.—In snswar lo seversl ques- tlons in The Ilome of Oct. 10 1 send the following: Inquirer, Chlcago, you csn remave elinkers from the lining of a stove by throwing in a balf. dozen oyster-aells when the coal 1s all aglow, cover them wi ah coal, snd when all s hot the clinkers will Lecomo soft and are easily removed, Carrle K., Chicago, to put glosson your starched clathies, charge them with as much stroug starch sy they will hold, thon dry them. The starch should contain a pleca of white wax walnut (o each pound bofore ustng, W ready 10 1ron, mobicn tho clothes elignily with a wel cloth, then izonln the vausl manuer, Tho yloss- tng operation {s performed by usiug a heavy iron, fiuely poliehed. Press the fron frmily on the cloth and rub with mwch force. This ‘operation puls on the gioss, ** Elbow.gresse le the prin- l‘lrll secret of the art, {s ias auy one **Thu Arabian Nights Entertain- ments*'7 aleo, & song of which obe verse or the cliorue (and 1 have furgotten which) 1uns ihus: iomia on the prairio wlve u A AT T Sty wirer 11l caro niot fur tie pleasiirvaot the tuwn, uroments of fashionuble life. 1 wlill exchanwe hooks for the above, Would like nnihllnnr wrltten or printod, Address W, 1., Box 20. Bounsoy, Ind., Oct. 22, —Somo time ago sevoral Tomu writers saked fur some ooe to tell them through The Home how to lve on $5 per week, 1 undertook tha task, and, when scarcely begun, they all rushed pall-mel} at me and scarea me ofl the track, A few had some kindly remarke for me, which 1 appreciate very much in my downfall, There Ate & groat wmany women writiag for The Homo that I oui glad caunot get suy newrer than o Chicago 1o talk t Mayyle blav, wmy adaress s Box 152, Bourbon, Ind, d nearly all my lifo in it C, H|la Nors, I wish [ ad your' address. * 1have a molber and four brothure sud sisters living 801! sm woll scqualuted there, r';‘mklh('," a{ making & visit soon to Logans| oyal Centru, ara, Nourbon, If you wish to know me, drop a posial 10 1y address. Siutora itaitle sud Wionte, I sent you patterns, Wil the lady in Grand Haplds who wrote to me say 20 In hee noxt letter, 0 | way kuow Ler now do plume? Byasmux, - 2 Cuicaan, Oct. 21.—Wouold avy of The Home readers fike 1o learn bow to kult lace edgioge and fosertion? 1 will furnlseh lnstructions to suy ono knowlug how to knit for a nice plantorbulb. 1 can also instruct you in knitting s broche or Moorish cuvbion Lo'be uscd eilher as a cashion tor chalr or lounyv, or 83 & hassuck. 1 ¢an aleo L you four atyles of kultted baby-socks ou 1he termw, aud how t wake wauy other uice srticles of kuitted \lmrkI 20ch 83 mitlens, burees, stitches vl wls and for tidles, doul uitliog for baby el bloukel a8 ny one Longfellow'’s poems, or sny of Miss Mublback's works which tbey will' excuange with we for & well-bound volusie of Wordsworil's poemut Auyono wiabing lo exchaigy ud st aviog thess, but sum olbor youd beois, can write mo bu care of Howmo. Cusar Livisu, Qarxsgusg, 1NN, Oct. 20, —Fern Leat, you have beew crowned; huppy womsn! I would rather such thy wealth of the United Kivgdowms. worich. 1sbould not kuow whay noverty masut 1 should fesl - T not leave ne, desr frisnd; ghodeni Tet 18 not miey youp Extravugnat Lising, 1f avle, you gond homeapatist: 1 not. got 8 byt uys 18 8 or ghamomilla at 3" drug:afuros put g gy half o glows of water, and give o teaspao . 1t or fang times o day,'anil sho will ba oy’ Liree splendid for teoting babler.. 1 have Jrosgylt 1D thrangh tho teetiiing tronbla Witk j1 Lo tno I€gaved mo many wakeul nieiis. % g el Rock, 1f yon will sond me ihe Uty and reab-piant T willsend yon seeq op e gne varietien, 1 houtd J1ke some mou aleo, ey X 1230 ani favors at once, o R DY g, Crorg! think 1 Carrie EM:L,w%uun. Wis., Oct. 21,~1 1 Of Chicago, will try the folluwing. starch pollsh, sho will be fallv satiefed: o (" spermaceti and two ounces white wax, s gether with gentle heat, HavIng prepareg starch in tho usul manner, add o few -n-vxnn',,: !‘?él‘. ,tv: tricd this for months with he begy nstead of rushing from th it did, If Quir Est hnd eaten “fl:w(':l"leh i he would never have written that art Inat week. 1 thank A Focipor unt Lo vory Detvinene, 1L, Oct. 21,—A. 7., Orozo, offers slidow-pictaren tn oxchangs for poss '-'“Ffin""x )Ilmrlkl dtn rpare, but I he wil sop, me * Blind Man Led by Dog"" In exchag X wwill b thankful, "Sha ean irect 15 e wast send the stamps sho rvl!fllw!: or, 1f aho want. u curity, she can writo, tellint me the amouyy requires, and 1 will forward at, 4 Mua, M. Q. Lroxanp, Cxpan Raring, Ta., Qct, 21, & friend sent mo mome mo Green Bay mo: 1f nny of Tome reaq, living st Groon oy sl dend mo some [ wil] rrpe I can. " 1 have threo or four (s 80 (lerman rouders, which | 5enp: ko to exchange for aitier baoke: altna nomier's nice hooka for ren, xchange., J, Y, plee hoon 22, d 3 " L tomars i icle publisieg ¥ mach for by laNoxxe, Rocuriey, 1., Oct, 21.—1 am snxions 1o get al1or of the blne ageratam, and both white and roq abutllon or fairy boll, For each ono will eend ey, 1ings of four perpotual roses, or, It preferoy, alipn of carnations, Pres. Do Gras nd La Purjte, To any one sending the three, eluht peryetns roses and the carnations, Any one wishing ty ez, change, address care of flome, AN Onzt1, L., Oct. 22,--WIll Enrly Dird, of Eiciy ecud hor addresa 10 Mise E. Buchanan, Odel, 11,1 t wish to wrilo to lier aboat fancy work, Wagig any of Tho lama frianda lika 1o cxchangs fancy swork for planta? T want a nice lamp-mat. and 3 thdy workod fn scarlat o black Java canvs; w) give slxz good plants for eithor. 3has E. Buemy, Moxxourm, L, Oct. 20.~Will One of 1y ‘Telo tell me whother or not shie received my let, tar? Twrote to hor Sopt. 18, and inclosed stamp for the song shepromised. Ilave been patien thus long, thinking she mlrglxt have been very bayy, VIl vame momber of The Home tol! us bow ty lo ralsed_embroldery, fn worsted, for oltom; ete., ote,? Sisven Retn Cnicaao, Oct. 22,—<WIill the person who gare directions 8 year sgo for prick-work croes girg thom again? T also wish for a guod reclpo for pound-cake that will keep, T will glve toany ona who sends ma & rooted geraninm, carnation ploy, or Chineso primrosc. o nlce pair of paper hyscialhs, very pretty and natural, _Address Muos. Kewr, caro of Tribuge, Cnitcano, Oct. 23,—I havo a ** Musleal Currier. Tum ** by Gearge Root, good as new, that I wish o exchango for a nuvol byono of tho standsrd . thors, and 1 also havo the ** Kisn Waltz," byL. Arditl, key of ¥, that 1 would liko to exchange for the dtorm. Aadress 220 West Washington streee Myrmie Tuoaxe. Dowaarae, Mich,, Oct, 22.—T wiali to exchangy & pairof full-blooded Buf Cochin chickens fora poirof canaries, male and femalo. Maletobes 50041 singer. Also haye tulip and hyaciuth balbs, loubla and single, which I will exchange for cans’ riesas above, Mrs, M. A, Antey, WatseRa, 1ll., Oct, 20,—1 want a tidy paticro; would Iiko tho pattern of a druni, if such a tilrx 18 to be hud; If not, a patriotic design will do, fa exchange I will sond pattern of doz to be worked {n colors, or will scnd stamps, whicaever proferred. Lousz, Ganvyen, 111, Oct. 21.—~1f any of The Hone. ites would Itke bulbe of Methusalel's tocs ! will wand them for stamps Lo pay postaze, It 13 a feagrant creoper and i1 un excellent shale for awindow, I have one upto iy window, sul 1t ias been wuch adinired, Waeazoy, 1L, Oct. 18.—C. 1IL. B., Whestos. 111, pleaso acnid me one cupy of tho many puecs you base received of late, W return niasy thanks, Secner, lox 101, Wheatun, Il Pronia, I, Oct. 22,—WIli some unknowa friend pity An anfortunate person who hus Jost hit copy of **The Curfew Hell," and send & copy fo WiLe th Heser. ‘Wil somv kind reader of The Homo tel mecre ortwonlicoautograph verses t—something that eserf one has not wnitten fn albums, Enta, Box2l, LOUD-VOICED WOMEN, TAMBER" WARML! ITICISED. Couxciu Buurrs, la., Oct. 23.—Dear! deat! dear mel whiat sort of women hias Amber come 13 contact with in her walk through ifu that sleso often foeld calied upon In write them down? Wi does she miean by **the ever-Increasing host ol loud-valced, over-dresscd, mlangy women why storm through the land?" Who aro **the loud- volced, rampant sleterhood,” that she so freely deuounces? And what are '‘thoso reforms, 1o flated theorlea of progress, emauclpation, ete., which would scatter our ideals of all that wouwun may bo {nto the defllo of trampled hisiiway, n upon which she calls down ** ten-fold cug:" u'n“‘ &l mingled with o great 1y Wowicn r'nm digotont wectlo of the couniry, have known of refurm move: muc ments, and partielpated in them to some extent, but fu'sll my life have nover mnct that clasn kst v excites Amber's disguar and indignation, and re cclves such scoring from thne to time frow het pen. Can it bo that shie refers to wouen whown pubifa spoakers, and who have wo truived pheit voices that they muy bo dintinctly heard b oo 2 i doce abo include ah suchi R 10 w0, shio wars ogainat suia of tie mol ladylike, swect-volced, “virtuune, nohle lm‘ womsnly wouen the world hay ever huown. = her strictures aro uiost ungenerowus, unchurltabie, and unjust, As wonien, us wives, mothers, teach ere, and housekcepora, they aro worthy of ali 18t tation, and o personal acqualntance wouli suref eroplnlon of themw, But no, 1t caumot t¢ o writes, Wha theny : 10t Ambor belleve in reform and progren’ Or would sbo, Bke Aunt Carrle. remand woud Lack 10 tho +*dim sutiquity ™ 'frum wience b good Lord, fn llis wisdum, hos brought bet! wstree with Amber, and 1 disagres with lier, all it the vame article, and yot | confees | do not siwar untderstand, Iu this one thing we surely ditfer: always will' stand up for woman, and defend bet whon axsailed or oppreswed, whilo she will utuick and asatl her withuut wercy, Perbans the diters wuce 18 owing 10 1y nut having known “uwh»Tu of load-vyoiced, slingy, over-dreased, ranmus o terbood who are storining tbrousth the tand have not yet reached our Western uraiics ruy they Dever may, i Bupposed wowen. wero ndvancing In true knowledgy” und ligher wducation, o enltire s ruductaehty 1 a1l the gracesuf’ liead aui hearty low ead, thon, 10 ba told by our goud Awier i it tuofe 18’ ** an cver-Incrending hoat * of out b8 Iot loose niwon tho laud wuo aro ¥o bad tu nll 1t dolugs and sufuences tuat they uro 10 be shun aud confounded, g Nurcly Amber lets hor impulees and I'"J“‘ it Fus away with hor good ana aud woud InEntiets nd never suure s than o Sho Orat brings out Aol - = 2 ‘down an Jmaginary bud one, - Lut L Iike :?:Mr nl\v‘l‘v:ll , aud Jike thy lndryen:lm: aud freedutn with which sho wrltes, —-only ber charitablencss to her own wex lc-uuuuuuc.u‘ must teke up the detvnnivu. A ——— ALABAMA.* For many aune they rode towsrds tho Weat, Aud, 8t tho cloaing of an Autuuin-dsy, ‘Thuy paused upon B hill--a wiid array Of fawny warriore grouved upon b crest, ‘Their stately clielian, i wild volendor dres Did abiade hin wycs t gazo beneath, where 3y Durk-ureen savannsa: turolog he dul ey, ; abania " —wmeuniug ** Heto Wy re iy Founds for wiich W8 Toery Jie the hunting suught, 'To which the pale-face ncver yet tind come. Cheer up, my'::mvu! Ty Maniton swho wrought Us 1o tho'fairest land beneath tho sun ! batbed in one luad sunoarat (rom th Wet nd, 1 ; +Vllere wa rest! They abouted sl 1ogether, Hers wa rest | 7T the ndtan laaguage sixnifylog **lere we 1t WAIR GOODS. 5o Dy critpia your owa halr yod br ¢k ATy Bt ettt i K ke Lst. 210 Wal e Ioitalione WiTLs v