Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 9, 1878, Page 10

THE HOME THE LETTER-BOX. ‘There are letters, poetal-carde, or papers at this office for the following peraons. ‘Those living ont of the city will pleare send their address, and the matter will bo forwarded. Residents of Chicago «can obrain their mail by calling at Room 30 Thin- vxr Baildin Watcher. Chicago. A. Friend, Chicavo. ¥. L. C., Kangas, Qltrla, Maple Lawn. Aloe Enloe, Chiago. Gratitnde No, 1. Cheap Living, < Lell, Chicago, ; NOTES TO CONTRIBUTORS. Will the Tady who sent In the commnnication eirned Wide-Awake pleaso inform the Condactor Whetbor or not she 1s the person who originally ss- samed that nom de plamo? 1f so, & change of res- fdence seoms to have been made, % Contribntors are again requested when writing for The Home to properly separato their matter. Don't mix things 20 much, and when a change of l\lb‘I‘l:t occurs, 8 new aheet of paper should bo used. #apphire, Chicago, Yioict Vernon, Chicago. WL L L., Chicago. Flva, Fort Atkinson. Clari Fie, Chicago, Gunalka, Chicago. Aloraa, Chicngo, Une of the Trio, “hicago. . e Owing to the press of other matter in thig fesne L The Tlomo I neccssatlly curtalled. Contribotors whose matter fallsto sppear will please accept this statement as an cxplanation of tue fact, o's Wil tho lady who wrote in Tho Home of Oct. 10 from Gardner, Iil, in regard to s bulh of Methusclali's toce, pleaso communicate with thin ofice, aa there is 8 lotter for her? . Correspondents are informed ¥hal woman's claim to_ the ballot cannot be discuseed in The Home, ‘This will exptain 1o several peraons why thetr let- ters dv not appear this woek, e J. W, Cauncll Nlule, =The revolver ques- tlon has, inthe judgmentof the Conductor, been exbausted. . Cnavox, Newlon, Ta.—~The postal-cards’ were teceived and promptly forwarded, THE HOME CLUR, TIHE MEETING NRXT WEDNESDAY, The membera of Tor Tunuxe llomo Club wiil pleaso bear in talnd that the next regular meeting weeara Wednesday, Nov, 15, st 1:0 p. m., st the Tremont llonse Club-rooms, Wil thoso who have not handed in tholr duocs pleasa be at the meeting, or elae drop the amount by leiter to meat thie Post. Cflice, 88 1am not at home during the day? Par- ties Wishizug 10 aec mo personnlly onbusiness cone nected with the Club or atherwise, ‘may call nt the Waonzer Xewing-Machino ofiice, 104 Lake atreet, Letwern 0 and 10 2. m. VuLE 8. Marrrsox, Secratary. WOMAN’S PROTECTOR. MODESTY DRTTRH THAN A REVOLVER. To the Editor of The Tribune. Dxearin, 1, Nov. b.—lam a stanch frlend and an ardent udmirer of Amber, but I mast disa- preo with her in regard to putting the revolver In tlie hands of woman an a means of defener, and at the saine timo [ ¢off my bonnet and plume and wake a grand salaam of reapect to that indefinite hat charming person dubbed ¥, B, W, 1 have nothing to say of tramps or vagabonde, but I refer to tho business men, the lawyers, werchants, clerks, bookkecpers, and other workers with whom a woman comea in dally contact when shie leuves the shelter of home snd tokes her place In the marshaled ranks who fight for thelr dally bread and independence. 1 beiteve woman's trucst and hollest defense Iays in hier very helpleseness and in ber purity; that nien atand more {n awe of tho flash of her eye than of & hail n dozen revolvers, and that the barriers of Livr modesty are Invincible. I bellove she may bo ively, gay, andsociablo; that sho may laugh, and dance, und ¥InZ in the happy abandon of youth or womanhood, with perfect lmnllnll(. beeauso aho eando il theso thinga in 8 munner that says lowler than trumpet-tones, **Thue far sholt thou come, ut no forther," A wownn'a tongae 1an hetter nrd thana masked battery, beeaurs It nover grows too warin 10 s (98 canaion vommotimes du), and never rins ahort of amimnattion. Put 4 good, true somnn In the store, printing oftice. arany posltion whers she ean earn an hon- thood, and, though e be surrounded Ly 2ity, yey, or a hundred, of the nost uotorionsiy- bad men in Chicago ov any other eity, 11 venture 10 #ay tiat I the stinkhine of Dor purity every evil thousht will retreat int the shadows, whilo afl¢hu hest and noblest fmpulses amd dealren of 1eesr hearta will fle up in unbroken ranks and atack their anns bn unconditionsl surrender at ler feel: for ulthoneh the forma of chivaley are dead, | Lelleve the wpirit is Just ay strone as ever, anil | firen barn raddet sl clearor now than they did ollen thnes when gatlant Kalghts unsheathed the wwords in the nawe of toye and right. 1 belleve riie will not b drarged dawn Inta the depthe with them, hut wiil hel 11t und elevisto thew to the Dights she has ottatned, and ot the end of one o tive years wtw will comu forth from (e trial unkiathed, even ma Danfel came unharmed frout the lions' den, with not even the meniory uf u rde jest, u rongh word, or an insolent look to oriug the blush of sbinme snd {nd| tion to her cheeky, Men recoumice Inwoman's purity thelr owt xalvation, and the bad an well ad the good hnecl in reverence before her. A puore, trun wouun needs no defense, for her gonduess s n shieli that turns aside il danzer, for jt unarms lier encmlenand transfarina the 1ito her cham- piona, S, 1 hink thero nro Lien wien o woman whould be armed, for lustance: When aman has courted & cirl, when ne has Lopeed her to be **ficsh of Lis flesh und bono of Lis hone." and #he han wald yos; wihen ho has helped to wear oot 1he eofa, dernollal the wood-pilo, and huri onb the conl-ofl, then for him to tell her (while ho 1oya with his elegant wutch-chaln or brushes an imaginary llveck of dust from his fino broadcloti) 1hat ha ** thinks be will be ahile to sunport & wife in about weven years," and modestly asks hor to wait for bim, thon she should uot ouly have a re- volver, butuseit, Uinat, ZAIRE" EXILAL Covxew, Duuren, In,, Nov, I, wonder 1l there Is place in thia beautiful wortd of nnrs where well-meaning, Impulsive peopie might dwall, whero safy employment might Lo devlsed 1o use up thelr extra energy, so that thelr frlends or uelghbors might be vafo from thelr meddlesome flogers—oz pens. For years the numo of A. 15, hos been a household word to all who are boe Uevers and ndvocates of her principles, | had no more thought of giving offonse or of detractiug ono lota from hee popularity than 1 shoutd have had in speaking of any otlier woman whose lfe te o con- stant admionition o we carelews oucs who profor wur own comfort to the weil-belug of the mans d 1 still ielteve, that the knowle: y will bind more Airmly the friend who were lu symputhy with you beforo my **up- warrantablo lberty ** ‘wae takew. For many vears {uu huve tolled 1o win the name I have yiven you. Why then do you wish to 0 my vare 't Y % Youhope that'l, too,0m a **womun suffragisi, " and that my ** bugin " will give ue **uncertain blast,* Had you carcfully read the **bugle " you would never have exproseed any doubt upon the subject, Jur Lam with you heart and soul, aud as lous an | can wicld o peu ** Zaire’s Katurday Nighit' will come (0 you frefghied with worde of cheer, What Touid wan in ol kindness, and when the spring time comes, of whlch you write. the roses shall be rmu. 1 you will sceept sich u token from une so hutuble as Zaus. TIE MATRIMONIAL LOTTERY, A CAUSTIO YOUNU PEMALE, o coevieve inquircs of Aumber: * lv b ot hetter for young people to go to housckeeiug alter marsdage ruther than board- 1ug?" sho might with grester wilsdom have lpe qulred, 1s it best fur tha majority of yaung veaple 10 fncur the risks and poseibilitics of exchanging vows st all! The sdjustment of the nuptial knot is ke a vap Juto a Jungle: one cal nut tell whether she or bu iv sbout 1o fall into the cwbrace of & tiger, to bo stepoed upon by s elo yhant, beloved byan sutelops or, devoured Uy & hyeua, Marniage certificales are auly tickels Ju **giftenterpriscs.’” Not one lu s thowsand fore- sced the intrinelc valuo of Lis or her allotted prize. The threshold of Hywmen is trellised all wround with uweet-acented [uncysucklcs and pas- siwn-duwers, sywmoollzing slectivn and ““IL‘ it seutimentabity. Love ¢ os Lhind as o bat, und never hus suukbit the guidauce of reason sud judg- nieut, ‘i ue ardor and fmpetuosity of youlh arc a three- fold mirror, n,'llnlhuf faloo ideas of paradiees, silded palaces, snd holy sanuctuarice of bumes, which, ke the oueubslantial wirsge, lure but to decerve. The young rush luto wedlock as raty plunge into e tub of ineal, unconscious 1hat & trap with upen jaws und lectu of steal, tugeniously cou- cealed, I8 walting with o viclim, Love without the restzalnts of intetlect s 8 apusm of aiviug uloxicatiou. Under lte sover- €l power, e victio, like the opjum-cater, be- holds & pusulismugona of bewlldering fascluutions sud cuctianiments, which arg the Siwnay shad- ows of dreams. KL Paul, though & stolcal lur, nevertlicless bad a currect couceplion ¢, *‘Bo yo uot unequslly yoked to- 18 une of the mort philosopical dpborlsme ever uttered by su busplred wrter, Nige-lenths of wodern wasriages i1lustzate that priuciple of vatural putlveophy thal oil and waler €4u never uulie, TLero 4o dispanty of culture, @rpiratious, and choracter. Many buy the detusion 1hatyf the futenaity and devoton of luve 0o uot nbabit their bearts Lefuro wartiaie afler tho Luseywoon thy torch of Cupid whil bluze brightes d Lhe two lives whlwove on bike the mingled 1 1wo tribularive, ubiied fn the deep, Fe- curreot of 8 mighly river. Seldom or never ues vuch & realization reward the anty curich bumen exvericnce, Wasb vut the doupard If yuu csu, ouiiterate oltiper Of e deta, eladieat the THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE : BSATURDAY. ! wition of a male 1o kick or & honeyebes to sting, and then may hamanity expeet, and nof 4l then, that dirsimiiarities of character will change, when the folicities of conrtshlp and wedlock ahall culminate in the stern, vigorous dntles and hard- #hips of life. How often we behold fne senditive, coy, and dellcate damac), atraagling to conceal her chagrin and disappointment, by kceping up ap- oarances in her alllance with'a conrae, boorish iwsband, Her natare 18 poctry, mumec, And print- ing. 11ia nature 14 appetite, tyranny, snd passion. ) qualities of nataral and spiritoal afinite blending {n hinman nature are the preenranrs nf bappy matringes, How many ravons have mated with doves, how many llons have Inin down with inmbs, how many foxcs havo fattered and captured rleek-looking bulirte, on the grand highway of haman prozress and destiny | What 18 the rearon and eause of theeo skeletons, grinning with hidecusness and ghastly horror, rattling their dry_bones araund almoet evety fire- stde? | answer: The husband, having sccured his prize and eaged her, has satiaficd hie ambitinn, The arts of ‘love-making, iielicate conrteny, and the manifestations of devoted admiration, o been sntiffed ont of hisnature like acharred candle- wick, The ride, once fairand beautiful, walks the house like an animatud coruse, aarrounded hy n cavaleade of weakly, discased, and nopromising offapring. The wile may also heatfault, Sho may apuroach the morntug meal with 8 head like a bitnch of awingied fiax, with the llnv.nl{ neglect of a collar snd_ Fibbon. Hee gnitar or plano may by dlsuse have become mitts as sphinxes and dusty mummice; hee datly wardrobs may tie nlovenly untidiness of a Dohe- mian; and her nactions, which should have the rhythm and graca of poelry, may hnve beconie climsy and anfeminine. I Have ncen nwife kneading doigh so sweetly aitired, perform- ing hor tark vo gracefully, that ahic tmpersonatad the dignity and refinemnent of a (neen. When a wife har hecome & sloven, she has hecome s dethroned ol in the heart of her husband. Oh! the yawning chasma, the unfathomable abysses, the destructive itfalls of matrimonisl experience, What dismal cclipres of nncongentality checker the landecape of wedded 1tfe with passing shadows! 1 have noam- bition to wear the ‘‘sitken fettern " which in coursa of time will become crystallized Into iron bands, T had rather be tho aleck paflct which, having finished her morning tollet, is eacorted ont upan the lawn by the galiant roosier for grasshop- pers, than un old, sotting ben anrrounded by twenty or more famishing chickeun. Nebold the parent fowl! Scratching and digzing from morning unii! night, intimidated by hawks and feling quadrupeds, despoiied of half hee plumage, and starving horself to fecd her numer- ous progeny, while tho boautifal, conuettish pullet, in blest independence of ail family ties, struta shout on the close-sbaven lawn with the royal chianticleer by her alde performing every act of callantry. The mother who ia pinched by noverty and com- peiled o rise early and work late, witiont intcr. mission of labor. io ciothe and feed her numerous inmily, in experiencing a setvitade that pnaws into tho sonl and body 1ike n esncer. Sho sokl hersell 12 bondage—shie voluntarily becamo a slave, —and the romance and happiness of her iife A away tke & mcteor. An 8 mafden of 30 years, althougn nussersing & legacy, the interest of which mare than compenaates ‘my wants, I prefer to perpet- nate my youth, to cherish my indopendence, (o cultivate acquaintance with the wsthetic arts, rather than baw ta the mateimonial yoke, and be subjected to_obedlenca snd acquiescenco. I had rather thal books, painting, music, aud tapestry- work enuage my unoccupled honrs, and occaslons of sociat conferenca, then wash dislios, patcn pan- taloons, deal ont soothing-sirup, and scrub doors, Married 1ife, as it has come under my obscrvation, s like & beautifol poem, witha chapter of Jere- mish's Lamentations luscricd netween every otlier line, Only think of marrying & husband with cold fect, whose nature has no more inspiration and chieerfulness than a torpla tond, : The great and almost juevitable mistake, which hangs a pall over the futite of homan existenco and makes life 8 failuro, 1a the negiect of lovers to sudy ench other's temperaments. proclivities, phyaleal and spiritual adaptations. Thesoyerelgnty of teason should exclude flnflal". paesion, and sentiment until the problem of Iife, on which hang suca mighty resalts and issues, has been satistaciorily solved. The night motn, playing atont the briltiant gas jat, symbolizes the majority of fascinated females who ate allured by the mag- netiam of lovers' oyes, Girls, Jvt mo give you a little good advice. Never marry & man whose conatitutional qualities donot forima counierpart uf your awn; whosa habits of order, neatness, nnd f{ndustry are not & gunrantee of your happincss and casy livellhood; whoee Influence in the communitt, “culture, ani whaso devoted love are not sufiiclent L oxalt you 1n the appreciation of soclety, lic should also be strictly temperate, refined inhis manner, conrieous s disposition, holding in subjection every evil on_ Of Luman nature,—sn exten ader, & polished gontleman. 1f you como across a on- bleman of nature of this stamp, then marry, 1f you do not, then lct Time reglster youryearsinwrinkices on your shranken Lt virtuous braws. Orrqgoxux. HOUSEKERI'ING VERSUS ROANDING. 81, Lots, Mo, Nov, 2.—DBoth, having claims to consideration, slemand an impartial hearlng. Board- {ng-honses of all degreca alm Lo convice the public of the superiority of their own to that of the mure primitive housekeoping aystem. The release from care in all ils details, the emancipetion from tyrannical scrvants, and the consequent lesuro for othee pursnits, present a charming pictore framed with pleasing auticipations, But, while the pore rpective seomn flattering to all hopes of happiness, u‘m:-er acpitiny reveals the darker clouds and shadings. Be it in the private family ar the establishment whosa **limited numbor™ reserves It frem the Jevel of common boarding-houses, cxperience praves hoarding Lo be u most unfrnnub!u way in which to pass oven a portion of life, Whero div- sillar taetes mad futorests aro brought into near- ness of rontact hmlllnm; ia mure to precipitate relutions the roveran of harmontons. ” Men wno pars must of their houra in boalncss feel these lm s but lightly, but women whu dwell smungst thiese surroundings cannot put sway the Influcnces which meet theni on every aido, ‘Nulore rules us all, Her forces elaim both mental and physical ac- tion to botho basia of life, ‘There 13 no vacapo troin care. Absolute leisure mcanssuvsolute stagnation, I'he conditions of boarding-house life are neither rogressiva nor strongthiuhing, They are barren n what woman moat needs: that self-culture that ahall enable ter o meet (he fssues of life. Tho frivolous nothings, the puny makeshifts to kill time, the tidblts of gossip and frotn, ars served up as au unchangiug diet, No wmaiter haw in- duwtr A woman may havo been, no matter huw bravo in ber resolves Lo keep nut of the Leaten Tighway, {f she llve and breaths (Lo airof lglu- ness in‘common with othors, there will be no en- cape from ils demoraiization, or frecdom from ita viclous jnflucnces, Housckeeping has it pleasures and palns, as have all things else, Thero ls care, and labor, and eolicitude, 'Thero i weariness, mental ~and tysical, but It is healthful, It Ia strengthening. t thuvelopa resources, and builds up the cutacienco and the character. 1t rewalns wilh woman to ad. Just ond bhaiance her forces, to harmonize tho Wwhole, aud from the many mysteties 1o creato that hollevt of earth’s altars—s bome; A home that whall bo & refBection of herself, that shall ba full of miulatry to thuse nost neur, and form for them & gatewsy to better things, "Woman's na- ture needs oroadening. Upou her depend the vital intorests of life. Her Influenco and ‘power reach out thirough the mawses.. Through her gift of motherhood she controls the huwian race. 'The f Imnpressiona truced upon the infant unders standing marx its futuro conrso. Thu influenco of he Sret surroundings ®o throuch life, @ the home of falr proportions, however humble; lot 1t bo plea totho eye, Bringto i1 love of be-ulz honesty, and teutn, snd it shail become indfvidual fo character and powerful for good, ‘The juvariable sttendants of boarding-house ife, tha avils of gossip and {dlencew, anall bo bantshed frons the parity of ite presence, ALK THE TRAINING OF CHILDREN. A FLEA YOI CANADA, Cuicaao, Nov, have kept silence religlons- 1y for more thana year, not wishingtoadd even ong letter to the care of Thoe Mowv condactor, and 1 would not take up my pen now were It not for the tmpression croated in nearly every one's mind by the letter from 8 London mother anaa Taronto father, 1do not wonder that so many have eu- tered Indlgnant protests swainst wuch barbarities, and, according 10 the muther's confeaslon, It was lier own fault that Ler girbs becamo so disobedient, 1 wm not o Canadian, but fur the [lul fourtesn years bave speut most of the time in Untario, with protty good opportunitice of ovaervarion, and although, jusome casos, the nid-fushioned ides of aring the rod snd spolilng the child ** is car. riod out too llberally for the cumfort uf salid ciuld, et lu goueral fumily government 44 very litile it any stricter than It is bere, Among all Old-Coun- iry people the children arv L3ught Inure reverence for their senturs and wre kept a littlo more tu the back: vith us; but that docs not neces- situte nsevere punlahment, | caugot believe that she Canadisn Father's loto fer 1 genwue; 16 appears 1o we 10 bo 8 small bomhahicl fized {nfo The Homa to ralse & how! of indiguation, Bo, ladies, you, may demollsh both Cansdian Fathuer aud MoQier uatil they are ashamed o lovk futo s Tutsese, but don't demolish the whole of Cunads with thens, for there are sume very decent peoplo there, § kuow one conple in London, with- out children, wbo bave at didercut times taken nlno childzen, subporting and educating them lib- crally, and nlvnnf thews ali the cowmforis of & wealthy howe until they were married or vettlod by Who among us can slio wsuch 8 rec- r Unce only during the rul‘nu was [ tempted to ** risc and explaiu, and that was when sotne vne Sssumed wy uawe Lo solicit slips and seeds, ctc, T was tho fizet une who suggested that the ladies sbould pay for the srticles thoy wanted instead of beyging for tiew, and therefore did not like such aiaing coutradiction of wy sentiuents, Cactus. 10 Lusiness, BE VIM WITH THUE CHILDKEN. Cuicauo, Nov, d.—usy Istep In o tell my ex- petlenco aud Idess 1o rogard to the.traluing or uringing ub of childrent Among my warly recol- Tectivns I rewmember thiat, whea about 7 years old, of wy saytuy, aller a walpplog, to our se *¢Well, I'l be giad when § sm 2190 1 can d bave @ mind 0." I soon keard my poor dear wother caltivg me. When 1 reached ber room I found her crying; [ did not know then what it was oz, but it sevios she beard wy vemark to Susan, aud §t grleved ber, although she still thouvht ber Little girt must be whipbed when vaugbty. 1well cusber the talk [ Bad that day witn wy dest, ty ot wot. She arked me Wiy | wisbed W bo 2L 1 was cowpletely brukea €own when sbu -1t In aticking pins in a cu I then T told mado m; lovlagly and kindly faiked with me, told her how 1 for one had long felt. her that each whipping ovly angry, ond tad, and wicked, and_ how always thonzht after being whinped, ' T'Il never try to be pood, " It T bezzed her while tears ran down my facc to talk to e when panghty as ahe hiad then, and [ woulil always tey o be all she wished meXo be. Nnch waemy own nxperience, Now I am married, and have 4 iiitle boy 20 montha oll. I have never heen snvwhere ‘visiting or boarding that ne docs not receive the verdict, Yo Well, ha le the beat child I ever saw," Rut, stranze to eay, 1have never met one who thinks mothera® training has nn]lhlnl 1odo with it. One and all will eay: ** Wall, my children wore never like that." One mother rays: **1slways had to tock my three children ta aleep, and leave & light in the room;" and anothier rays, *‘why, Will [to her husband], did you ever sea how that litule Uaby minds?" Sho has two children, tho oldest 414 years, and sald berself, *¢Why, I never think of exnecting Uracte even to mind, for sho 15 ro young." Now, I nclieve in beeinning aa _soon as inn fiest claep your littie one In yonr arma, have loet threa babies; 1 woll remember when my Iast little ane was iiving 1 was incxperienced, and out here in s far Western city, away from mother and all hut husband. 3II little one was, from the beginning, wearisome. 3y husband was at home most of the time, and very nervone, and on bls acconnt I wonld run the momert I heard Otlnery. One day my girl was away, and ! was very tired, [ having done my housework and been obliged to lend haby constantiy, It was time for hustand to come, and I had not had a Apare moment Lo comb my hale. T]ald Otis down on the bod, and had reached the bureau, when ha began to screan, 1 went to him angrily, caught him nr. and, ahaking him liard, 1afd himon a_plllow, tefl- ng iim, no matter how hard he cried, he had got ta lay there. Oh!my darling. tost bady; will the frightened look which you gave mamma ever leave lmn No, neyer, Days after we latl bim In his iitla grave Iwonld clore my ayes and try to aee his hawpy smile that used to come; but no; I could only see that frightencd look he smve me the one timo I was Impaticnt. It 18 now three years since Giod took wy dariing, snd I can never recall hia face eavo as Ieay, 1 began with the littls one wa now have o7 belng always frm, bat loving and kind, 1think [ have ncver onca told him to do tute or that, or teld in I would do anything. without secing he did it, and then doing ae I promised. I began with him the day he came to our little home, Aficr freding him sufiiciently, and knowing he was warm and had no pinms to prick bim, he was Iaid In his ltile led beslilo nine, to lle there till he wont to rleep, and thongh 1 had & rerions time to have it eo, 1 congnered at last, Thave never rucked him to rlcop nor had him up bnt five or six times in the night, and then he was sick, I noever correct or punish him when angey o impatlent myself, and have been regulnrin regard to all his kiabits, When he zoes tobed (at € or half-past) I give him his supper, undress hini, put him to bed, kise him good nieht, and go ont and shut the door, and very seldom co tohtia tiT go fo bed. Now, do not think me crnel; Ineverleave him 80 but what Ican hear any trouble in his room. nother thing, I think most parents love their tittle ones so much they never come home witaout tringing sonie toy,—n doll or & wagun, or some- thing, till every nook and corner ia full of babies' toys, and the iittls ones begin to tedsc as goon as lncr sce them come In sight; bealdes 1y te: the litifo ones to [ose all pleasure for the old toye and want lumzlhlnghnnw continually. Our ltfle one haa never had bot two toys bought for him,—n rattle when (i months old, and a ‘hox of blocks when 14 months,—and 1 am surehe ir havnier than any littlo one with & house fnll of playthings, There {8 not an honr 1 Am not thinking of some- thing to amune him, not spending my time, bnt showlng him how to amose himsclf, “Sometimey fon, somotimos hulldine 1 sorts of litle ways, and around mamma; he ls as py and good as o darling can be, It may be that a firm hand has had nothing to do with It, but mothers, 1 pray you do not be fenlent ons time and angry another, Next week I want to tell what I know of chesp living. Ersix M. up cinpty spools, and hg seldon comes te: R SPANK THEM WELL. Fanr Arginsox, Wis,, Nov. 4,—~Dancis, your letter was good, and I heartily indorse your opin- fons. 1 dothink & mother of emall children if trica to the uttermost, at times, to know junt what to do anwhen to do it. 1do not belleve in *‘eat- o'-nine-tails™ or whalcbone monstrosities, or cluba, or horsewhips, but with my throe little ones 11fnd that spanking occasiopaly has & wholesome effect. N Certalnly different children need different treat ment, and wheew chfldren are not old enough tg resnon with thoy cau be made to do right by a lttio judiclous spanking. I have socu gruwn peo- ple whom [ think would be benefited by such treat- ment, only 80 one would dare undertake tho job, My Hitle 4-year-old trics ma sometimen nlmost to ihe himit of endurance. For lustance, she haw Leen told repeatedly of the wrong in pulling her baby brother's arm. O coutse, sha bs only play- ing, sud wonders why he_should cev. L fQund talking dtd no good, so I tried spanking, which hiad the desired efleet, ' Now eha undersiands that 11 she pulls his arm It hurts her eventually, Children, we roatl, cannot be expected to reneon under 7 years of a) 1l what are we to do with those unier this ager If they e not governed. 1think we will fiod our hands full Lo manage them after 7 yoars of age, A woman who has overything to do for a family —washing, lrunfug, baking, and mending, besidew the hundred and one tsiugs which make up boise. keeping--does nobiy 1f she keeps her children comfortabla. One of the nicest ways to get alon 4 to make the children think they are holptng. keepa them out of wore minchief than one wonid believe nntil they try . When the dishes aru ready {0 be set awav, 1ot them carry them, if only one or two 8L 0 times it certainly helps 4 Jt only vos mother one inurney back and forth, ien plcking up and laying rugs atraight, and Jots of 1litlo things, can be done by small hands ae well an by large unes. [ find the promiso of a walk wiil keep them Illp;‘l{ for nalf a day, When the driving work fa done, bundle the bady - inte tho little carriage, and all go for a long walk, It 1sn rest to mather as well as 1he children. \We come back witn our hopos renewed and spirits refreshed, and, au the children say , ** Mother can work like fun." Who carea if the little ones do atragele atong half o block aliead or behtnd you? Thoy enjoy it rejoice to bhear my baby-bo; 1, at the Cn}') of his volce, to every hurso he *‘Whoat™ It rely goes u prove that the does mmfoud and makes bim hnnpr { wonder somietimes if wo don't caro too much fur appoarances and too little for comfort In this world of ours. Butlat that puss for thiv time, Meantime don't let the chil- dren run to waste for & little wholcsomoe dixcipline 1n the form of spanking. BLya. Peonia, 1L, Oct. 20.—J, C. M,, you are labor. ing under a delusion; but **to err ts Loman," and you were unusnally buman at the time of writing your letier to The lome. 1 have long been an intercated reader, but have never until now mado it a wodlum for ventilating mv (deas, 1 ami the podeensur of no children, and other pev- plo are avurss Lo strangers nxwrmunuug upon the! accurding to the preacribed method” of Canadlan Mothor aud others, in wy own ezperience, tho visitations of the rod woraro thsy my recollections are decidudly vay Plllu too many dear liitle friends smong tho childrew to recommend thelr being ’wnlln;[;e:l ou sight,* and my chevks Lurn’ with Indignstion when I read and think of the words of s sdvo- cates, Although the davghtors of Cansdian Mothe er confess the realizatlon of bonufite vod fromn the dtspensation of the rod, 1 am fncrodulous as Lo 118 becomiug an {dol uf the |nflh:|.:{l ones, Abllera t, your dear Iettora’can never cease to be a suurce of joy and consnlation to troulled hearts, Scowlng alwayw to say Just what is need- ©d most, —revealing the unacaled fountain of love within your hoart, wpontancously mmm? ali who cume within the hallowed circles of its Inftu- ence, "ie letters of Grandma Oldways, Amber, Aunt Halon, Orleaa, aud others, ary roal treasurc, Finally, J. C. M., 1sinceruly wish you lo be as bappy with your litlle family as 1 an with my thoughtrul, loving husband, birds, Aowers, Looks, ele., truly realizing that it 1s indecd sweet (o bo sowmebody's darling, snd with dificulty tnd tme for snything vtee, STnawaxgay Mank, INDIGNANT PRGOOTTY. MiLwavkex, Nov. 7.~Although the whipping of young Iadies with Jeathorn thongy,'ete,, has bLeeu well vestitated, and Tho Home readers must bo satlated with the gubject, ! must add oue wore articlo—waxto-basket o yol. Falsehood seerus o, bLave boen the cause for using the rod, and is It very strange that tho youugladica trom Cunada answered thele fond wwama ws thoy did? 1 trow not, It may be the niarried dauchter fully approves and dellghts in ber busband's right to castivate ber, provided always tho fnstrument bo uscs is nu thicker than biv thuw! Let us foudly hope she will receive all the whippings. hor Tunocent chlldren (If dod in 1ha 12 told wisdom ever Kives her any) bu saved from such barbarism, It Ju not plessant to think that mawma stood by while the answers 10 her letters were bolng written, rod in band, I8 may be uplified, but very difiicuit to couvince the readers of thoss were **free-will offorings,™ 1 4 BOW grown to wanbuod (snd & endid wmanhood tuo), who was eftectually curod of the sin of falve- bood iu_thie wey. Ko, I am wrong; it was for using & vugar word. 1{1s mothor was utterly uns- ware whore his young ears could have heard the horiid cxpresslon, bul was nut at lows to at least try 10 preveut fte lr‘m{lllon. Bhe called hi her, and fully explaiued the intenss disgust such a wont would afWwsys cause 1 sy one who hieard it, and tho sin (she called 1t) in the person usiog it, and then wasbed his mouth out thoruughly with soft-soup. e says hu nover forgol it, aud surety was pever teptud Lo repest the off Woul ot such & romedy bo betier than castization? ‘I'ry i1, Causda Mojber, and Luru up your rod, The wan who usvd 8 whip 1 bave no word for, as brute furcu to motbericas babes is boyond my compre- Pruoovry, beusing, Gauvey Urovs, I Nov. 2.—To whip, or not to whip, the children, seoms to be the question which is intezesting ‘Yhe Home at pressul, and I must have my say., Don’t whip them when they commit 8 fault through ignorance, but teach them butter. If they yicld to stroug tewptation (and even wo older vaes do that), talk kindly but frnly with thew, and forgive them if they are sozry, for vunishing A truly reoeotsut culld changes it ro- pentance to sullen indiffiercace, und does no kood. But if a cuild willtully peraisly tn dlaobeyiuz, s goud whipping s in wy opinion the beet thing that cau be dute; Lol WitD au lustrument of losture, but Wit a cowiuon switeh, spuited bard vuougt o prevent the need of uslng It eoon again. Now, Siroc and Chrlstobel, those are my sentiments. Won't somo of the rchoal-teachers glve s thelr fdeas abaut achool government and teaching la reneral? 1t would bo s great helfl to young teach- ees, and those who are fiting themselvea for the Rood work. Srvia, CONTENTMENT. SOMR THOUGHTS BY * ORLRNA." Cnicaao, Nov. 7.—1 satin s sircet-car to-day masing with 8 sad heart on the downfall of the hoasted coutage and strenzth of will of a vained friend whoso reformation from s atate of dograda- tionaean Inecbriato tothatof monnd moralsand steadfsst homoras a man had beena sourceof pride tame. A fow years of abstinence after the simost tate] wreck that tronble and fts accompany- Ing forgetfulnens had mado of him had bronehe ‘him honor, conrage, and self-respect. I had seen him on the rosttnm denoancing the use of intoxi- cating buverages, neard him speak of hia former slavery and his confidence in his strength to com- bat lts seductive influence, and {magined that a host of traltors conld not overthrow the barriers of steength he had raised between himaell and his terrible foe. To-day I met hiw, knd, without the Irant warning of the weakness that had roms npon him, w the compicte overthrow of all his fiem and steaafast resulves;eaw tne crimaon flush (hat prociatmed his fall, snd caught the deadly odor of the foul hreath, 1t was no time for harsh worda, had [ feit like giving them, and in the brief fnterval between my entering the car and his exit 1only gave hima few qules words of adyice and entrenty. 1 aaw the inflamed eyen il with tears, heant ile promise tu break from its ter. rible curse, amil bo was gone, Time will tell which golns_ the mastery, his will, or the appetite that hias been again aroused by tho parsnasions of fend- 161y masociascs, aven grant that honor may pre- dominate. Opposite mo in thocar sata young woman, deeply absothed in her own troitbles, Down Yier wan checks, as she gazed from the win- dovw, trickled n host of peprly tear-drops, but her sorrow was an sllent as the grave. Bhe songht no s7mpAthy, but wept out her wo_ quiotly snd alone. T'wondered if her sky was overcast by ine same dark clond that enveloved my voor friend, Doz haps a brother bad becorne a slave to the curss that blights so many liven and renders s0 many fireatdes desolate. Hcr husband, In whom she had placed the confidence of hor young life, might even now be a reeling, besotled ineoriate. It was only specula- tlon, and there are a hoat of trials that might cause a tender woman to weop, Jlow prone wo are to envy others for what seams to us to be theie perfect bappiness, when in reality they are snffering_untold mlsery, We know not to what depthsof wo wa aro valnly striving to attain, Let us be contented with our lot, for nelther wealth T power ever bring their owners perfect happin ‘Wa who are spared the pain of alifetime with an unworthy companion think we seo welghty ftrinls In the petty dissppoint. menta of life, when in reality thoy are of no mo. mont whatever, An appointment passed over without being (nlfilled seems n terrible cross to us, perhaps, while to others who have desper woes to bear 1t would be but a emall speck on the surface of life, Lot us bo contented Il we only have health, tonor, and fricuds, no matter how lowly is our home. OnLENA, RECIPES. Waugxaa¥, 111, Oct, 30,—In last week's Home somo one asked for & recipa for chucolate cazamels and chocolste creams. Isend mine, which I know to b splendid: Caramals—One-fonrth pound chocolate, one cup sweet milk, one cup sirup, one cup white sugar, small picce of butter, Dissolve chocolate fn milk; boll well. Creams—Two cupfala powdered augar, half cup- ful bolling water; boll ten minntes, grate one- fourth of a square of chaculate, sul lon by placing on asteaming kettle. Meanwhile lake the cream of 2o beat until_white, roil info balls and dip fute the chocolate flavor, Some onc also wanted a rectpe for Cliinere depil- ntoey, 1 found the following 1o aa old number of Tug Trinuxe: Mix eight ounces qulck-lime, on ounce dry pearl-ash, one ounce sulphuret potass um, ‘o made Inte paste with wae wator and a little * starch, “and fmmedintely nflply to the part, proviously shaved clos i should not bo spplied longer than two to four min- utes, and then washed off in warm water. Apply ouly to asmall surfuce at once, and do not al le it (v spread to adjacent parta, It will lose is nroperiics unless kept from the air. and no lHquid ‘must be auded until Just before its application, CAULIPLOWEN, Cnicaco, Nov. 0,—1 havo triod Mise B.' recipe | for gingorbread, and found it very nice sad all that she clalwa, Why does Jumplag Joan call hers coffee-cann ‘when there Is no coffee In 1t? lalton the **iwcus a non lucendo principle? lonconte a milk mudding made by a forelgn Iady, for which she gave mo the recipe, hut the resull of my attempt was an obnouxions componud, The ingredients are milk, raisins, ll!fl and atick s cinnaton. 1t stiould bo a deilctoun Jelly, delicatas 1y tinled with elunamon, apd the ralsins and ein- namon-sticke at the Lottom, Now, will some oue foll wa the pronortions, whether 1 must bako or botl, in what kind of a dls)i, how loug, and any- uxlm;mm neceasary to produce the true milk pud. aing Cun any one tell me where I can get tho exquisito #ea-1mosx furing that was in the market a few years aga and mysterioualy dtsappoared therefrom? In return § wiil glvo the followtag recipes tor g pud- ding and sancos Half-pound (igs, balf-cup snet, half-ponnd breau cramus, one_ fablesyoontul of sugar, threa egys, one cup milk, Chop the flgs and suet fine, add somu cinnamon sud nutmeg. Botl threw hiours aw you would an Indlaw pudding, Sauce: Two czpd, one and 8 hulf cups of wagar, farge tablespoonful of butter; best all together for a Jong time, then add three tablespoonfule of warn water; flavor with vanilla, Darvienr. Cricauo, Nov, 3. ~Will Sapphire please tell mo 1t 1 can reatily get wulphide of wraenicums; 1f it ls # perfectly harmicss medicine; how much onght to bo taken at a dose; how often ihe dose ought to De reveated; for how long o time the muodicine ought to be continned; what fw form is,—whelher & powder or pills; about what 1ta cost 1s; alvo, If there ls any dangor in taking cold while using it, as ia the case with enlphur? 1f Sapphiro will snswer st onco such & hoat of questions, ha wiil greatly oblige. ‘Will some onu give me a b weans of gete ting rid of freckles, and a sufc remedy for black. headaY Also, 1s there s depilatory which will destroy hair forover? I uaed s preparation on my arna which was very sallyfactory for a short time, aud then the halr gruw’ thicker lh;n{;lze. Cuicaco, Oct. 28, —Willamine, your lettor was racelved. Al the postaga I wanted was just what it cont to mend patterns; any one wanting patterus oranytuing of the kind, and not knowiog anything 10 exchange, can have them for the postage. 1 would Hke to exchange paticrns for bracket-sawlug with womo of The Ilomeites. 1 have some very preity patterna; wonld ke alinostanything that is new (o me. Did the lady that wrote 1o e from Rantoul get my card? (vorge Wolf, am | to understand by vour card that yon want 81,25 for your moss? I a0, th much. I wrota not ooly for myself, but for some of my friepds who wanted moss niore than myself, Rexo. WANTS, BXCHANOES, BT, Evraix, 11, Nov. 4,--1 have as yet recelved no copy of (ue burlesque sermon I asked for, Will some of the lomeltes please vend ms s copy, If they havo one? 1 will send pretty photo-frame for rrlnml copy. Would sany one like a fern-holder n exchango for & bird-cage? Wil exchange any fancy.-work for a good vne, Habphire, pieass send me your address, I would lik‘? somd h;l‘lu‘l"'lmllnn o, ":lmlcm;“id sy Weed, wend pattern of . holder far Porbidden Fry Yopand fam Are. ¥, 11, DeKalb, I wlll exchange with yoi Eanty Bino, Box{ Cutcano, Oct. 20.~Lovers of flowers in the city would be seslutlng a worthy woman by purchasing nfewof plants, which the hard times compel her to part with. Among those she would sell are two passlon vines, one two yards long, which sho will sell for B0 cents; tne other, a yurd long, 25 cents, Ttooted slips of nlgbt-Llooming cercus, 14 ceats, The very low fgures which she oifors them nlaces thom within the reach of the humbieat flower-lover, For further information syply st No, 420 South Union street, Chicago. OntxNa. Lavayerrs, Ind., Nov. 3,—I b recipe for re-bronzing gas-Axtares whict I will exchango for somae byacinth bulbs or gladlolus bulbe, any color but scarlet and yellow, or forany of Millard's BonRW excupt ** W 'er Betine " and *+ or the Dalsles,” or for *‘On the Danube River," ¢*The Hosebush, or *+0 Fair Dove, O Fond Dove,* 1 will aleo for any of thy ve give & recipe for replating silver which has bscome worn oif or for cleanlog soiid stlver, Goon Faitu. Wisxg04a6o, 111, Oct, 30.~Will the person that wanted **Pure as Saow,” by Gus Lange, send wme her address, and tell ne what sha wishies to give in eschange? Louisu, of Watseka, 1L, I have tidy vattern composud of flay, eagle, ¢ic., 1bat luat your dls- poeal for thio postage. § have other tidy patterns and patterns for daralng en tulle, that 1 would like to exchango for nuwbers of tho Lakeslds or Sea- sids Librarics, » Box 48, Yaxxrod, D. T,, Oct. 20.—If auy reader of The Mome living In Grand Napids, or 1n Alabaster, Mich,, will send me by mall, payngthe postage, & package of speciniens of gypsum, sbout two puunds in woight, 1 will scod ber in zeturn & pair of baudsoms tic-euds in ‘‘modern point' lace. 1 wish the spsciwens to be charscteristic, show- ing tbe various colurs of the stone, Mas. Pavivs, Cutcaco, Nov, 4,—Will the lady who stated jn The llume, Oct. 12, that arsonic and sulphur.com. bined wero not injurlous, bleass state how 1o be takeu, tuo quantity of each, and tue mannur in which they csn be united? MW, Laraverrs, 1nd., Oct. 31. ~1 would be greatly obliged if some of the Homeites would seud me o copy of the poews entitied ** Roscwary ™ and St Ruck of Agva” WL return atawds us 4oon us NOVEMBER 9, 1878—TWELVE PAGES coples are recelved, Jamning Josn, some one of the Trio will try yonr recipe and report anccesn. Oxsz or TRE TRiO0. TNowaniac, Mich., Nav, 4, —Ters le a recipe for pound-cake that will keep: One ponnd of angar, white; one pound of butter, one pound of flour, ten eggs, one-half teaspoontul of baking-vowder nt in the flour, two tableapoonfals of aweet milk, eat the whites of the eggs, Reparate, and add them the last, This 1s a recipy that I can recom- mend. Mrs M. A, ArLen, Cnicaao, Nov. 2.—Will some kind contributor to The Home plesss tell me & trestment for frackles which they know 1s good? Any informa- tion to that effect will be grstefully nfinlvtd by XOT1A. Dowaatic, Mich,, Nov. 4,—1 wish to exchange talip and hyacinthe bulbs for fancy work of any kind, er for children's books or stamps. Mna. M. A, Avuwn, CrioAgo, Nov. 2,~~Will some ene, through The Tome Department, pleate give directions for knit- ting mittens lengthwise of the hand, and oblige Etuguwys Gnay, THE PUZZLERY' CORNER. (Original contributions will be nnblished in this department, Correspondents will pleasa send their resl names with their noms de plums addressed to ‘'Puazlana’ Corner," Answars will be published the following week. ] ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK'S PUZZLES, No, 500, CHOIR RORSE ORBIT IB81ACQC RETONR o B 8 c NI1DUS " K I A I N 8 KNOLL E B D ¢ No. 01, No. 608, JUZAILL NEPR CANOES RLUL XENIUN PUSS S [PPET ELSA COKIRCE — AREBOLA| ;l;' No, 602, 9 L A LEE 4 LEVEL EXKL Ne L No, 603, No, 607, HENRON Auvn-nir (Answer). ILERO — HER No, 608, HE Whiskin. No. f0, ** A willfa' mon wust ba' his way * CROYY—~NO. 5610, 3 ] LR = » B 4 @ @ % R oG - - - " e ® & 0o %R oy . - . e - * - - “ & n [ 5 From1to2, part of the body: 8 to 0, allnred; 7 to 4, torpidness: 5100, boys' nicknames; 410 7, decelt; 1106, alr-plauts: 2 to b, to pa: 10 4, arid, 'The centra parpandicular line of four latters, ncureion; the horizontal line of four lesters, & loua nolse. Nuw Yonx Crrr. Caso, NOUR-GLASS—X0, 811, e e w2 CEE I ) .. * v e 0 LR SR N O Across—A city i Centrat Burope; Ruesa leath- or; an Engilel falr; & vowel: pure; a fliood; s trouga, tegonals from left to right, & licensed m-ggn'; froin right to luft, & kisd of ruby. uTi BexD, Ind. Broramn Iz, REOMBOID-NO, 512, Across—The front bart of a cartlage; & leaf; a sensun of praye faituleas: to con, Down—in LA Alich: a preni a Roman measu of o vessel; fatlguo; haunts: half of & relation; abbreviation uf # melul; in Towhead, Cnioavo. . ¥ K DIAMOND—NO. 51, 1u Poplar; a negro's proouncistionof & tille: flavor; an Egyptian reed; a monutaln mentioned in the Bibla; difticulty} in Roater, Cuicado, Fnances Coxsrant. SQUARE WOKD-XO, 514, A monkey: & monstery & mouutaln in Europe; a amull and close apuztment. Jacxsox, Mich. M. A WL, BQUARE WORD-NO, G513, A ting; a side glance; a miscellauy; a foot-sol- dier ju Indis, Caicaso, art Treo, CHARADE—NO, 516, ‘There are lots of my **second™ iu & far-awsy na- lon m: sons of my **first" formed a dark gen- ration, Add a pronoun for **third," and place the three 14 & bupch, And ,Inn'v; got waat you'll see makes & very good unch, Razmie, CIIARADE—NO. 517, OF the wardrobo desr to the feminlne heart K wh forin indlapensable part, *‘second ** unhappily to **second " *edrat" falis, ‘he **glcl of the period™ ruefully walls, T'o the maker ), And speaks of her woea Witk the nirof Hn who v-r{ well knows ** 1 brought you wy When sha {e lmvosed on, *secoud,’ good dressrusker you have been reckoned ; Bt you've sunaully falled to *second' me. Thers! Youwes ! My ‘second® s nut fis to wear!" The ‘*whole ' one rnl]u s 8 sdjective wl T'o & recunt deplorably sad sacrifice; Uur hearis sll must ache, but I guces they won't broak, And wa‘ll’ ailbe mbre wary whou contracts we make, Pazxront, 1L Harey Tuovaur, NUMERICAL EN1GMA-NO, 518, Jam composed of six lotters, aud am a vinegar. T 4 e oed trmce, v 3 £ 3y 5 10 00 b B o betray, Prarrsviney, Wis, NUMERICAL ENIGMA—XO. 619, g B Lsbury, I:fiy 1, % 8, 4, 5, ls sn interjection wmeaning 10 o 78, 7, 89, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, ls & mualcal "SRG, 17, 18, 10, 20, 21, 22, 1v & beuds 10106 foria of 'Books " " s Fovrox, 1. —— CORRESPONDENCE. Happy Jack, city; <euds & ballotto the Can- Yasser with ouly fourof the puszles made out, Koa 500, 503, £od, sad 607 Tyso, city, says he ean't do very woll this wi for waut of time and want of kuowledge, K swers Nos, 600, bUZ2, 303, sud Roso sfsylle, Evauston, 1L, tss the **chalr, but nelther square, vor could she bess thut rhowmb todare, or drink from out the **whiskin' rare. lx is her quota this week. E. F. K., clty, is undor ibe lmpresalon that last week's 1iat was one of most dificult yet pre- seoled to the Cornarites. Ile answers Noe. &NL 503, 502, 5U3, and 500 currectly, TowEEAD. k KR Altch, Fond du Lac, futends to do something i week {n the euessing line, 00 wiatter whiat his success. lo bas Youngsier's **chale™ all rignt, and also Now. 502, 503, 507, snd bov. Frances Constant, city, thus alludes to the work set before bor by last week's contributors: ** Talk about dificuls fasks! Tue wisterd this weck sro ;crlcul swfull™ Mlss Frances correclly answers Nos. ), 501, 603, 503, 507, sud 0D, Bl, Platteville, Wis., 18 at fault in twoof the eight answers sont,—Nos, 504 an . For Bole " she glves *Line 0. ** and *+ Ad- vico* for **Apswer."" 3uotbinkstiwe would have discovered the two culguss, but it is lacking., Roster, Utbana, 1., sgaln succeeds a obtatning anawers 1o the Wi Coruer knote, sll of which sre 0 0. 300, and that proved (0 be Ros- ter's **Sole mletake, Mo pute bis “Heel™ on 1, Bowever, aud 1 138 way Latsgve to ** Luder- or ** Lius Vi et stand " 1t, but Towhead doesn't want hla ¢ Sala * ' Heeled ® in that manner, Roster, Henlda, and Tirother ke ato the heat guesners in The Corner's clase this week, missing one each, Towhead, Fulton, 1ll,. finds the chalr so com- fortable that ho takes hia place in itand goes no farther. Towhead wonld mh\ulg\nol fare so woll if ho went fartner.. but ae he has been busy the Jast ‘week he has & good excuse, Rawle Wrag, city, has been too busy too look np the puzzlen this week, which was & dlfllr int. ment to the lady, 8he sayein her note: +' I'll Jnet * Whink In® on the Hoster with Townead's *8ole,’ for he can't frighten me away with sach sn inno- cent riddle an that.™ W Tlenids, Champaign, TIL., sent answers on elec- tion day, and, after acratching his poll over the rnx rent to the polls and did no scratching. Tentda makes tne word ** Heel ' take the place of Towhen rophetis ‘Sole,' " and, with this ona exceptlon, the mino has been properly worked and all the treasures extracted, Ezeklol, city, *'knowsa worthy man who will tako from any honest fellow whatever snawers ho gives; but a fearful cold maked his head aclic, an It were, too consumediy to attempt to give an Ann- #it thie weck, " Migs Susle Wrag will pee he gave one, neverthelers, Ereklel contributesa **lonch® to the bill of fare in this iasae, Happy Thonght, Freeport, TIl., answers ail the vory hard ones, theludinz the. rhonbold and tha 11v0 aquares, 'To the piddle ** Foot ** s given In F,lce of **Nole,” andas an ** Answer " to No. W7 the Indy suggests *¢Mischief,” To hove solved eight of tho pusxles wan good work, Ilar charade in this week's Corner 18 a capltal one, Brother Ike, Sonth fiend, Ind., does not hall in his guersing from firat tolaat, but he makes a ** Misconnt ™ 1n his answer to the charade. 'That Was the nnlfi diference between his written an- swora and the priuted ones this week, 1. I.thinks they were not easy of solution, and predicts & foue many falnres, which prediction was verified, The fouth Bonder {a nt the top again for his good work. His hour-glass in the present namber 18 one that oid Father Time himsolf can hardly make out, aud the faflures on it will, it I feared, be many, RICHARD REALF. Marital Misery the Cause of Ifis Sulelde, 8an Francisco GArontele, Oct. 81, The funeral of the late Richard Realf, who committed sulcide last Mondav night iu Oak- l1snd, will take place next Sundsy, under the ausplees ot the Grand Army of the Republie, of which deceased was & member. Domeatic une happluess {s believed to have been the motive which led Col, Realf to destroy himself. On Baturdsy he trled to obtain a loan of money 1rom some of his nssoclates in the Mint, stating to themithat he desired to buy Iaulanum and chloral-hydrato for the purposc of vofsoning bimsell, and oncof them, discrediting his words, loned him & dlme, which he oxpended for laud- snum, but the dose was too small, and fatled of its Intent. On Baturday s woman who clalms to e the wife of Realf, and whio holds o certilicate of marriage to him, dated In 1807, arrived fu this city from Pittsburg, Pa., aod, ascertaining where "Reall lived, proceeded to the house and informed tho landlady that she was Mrs, Healf. 8he waited until Reall returned, sud tuld Lim that shie had come to him. He replied that his wife would shortly reach this city from the East,and he intended to rent furnished apartmeuts for her, and that he would live with no other woman. Cathepine Casaldy s the maiden same of the alleged Mrs. Realf, and she naseris that, althourh ho deserted her somo r years ago for another woman, now in New York City, snd has made su_unsuccessful at- tempt to’ procure s decrec ol divorce on the ground of incomuatibliity of temperament, she (Catherine) is hls only lawfully wedded wife, 4 My busband had his Taults, sald the woman, “but he is dead no ud I desirs to bury themn with him,” A long unpubllstied poem was found amoog the effects of the deceasced, of Which the following 18 au extract: De mortule nil it bonum, When Yur me the end has come and 1 am dead, Ana little voluble, chattering daws of men t me curiously, let it then be sila ¢ one lravu onough Lo epealk wia truth, 'at soul killed by cruel wrong. el THE LAST CHARGE AT 16, 18 NASHVILLE-—~DEC, On hills opposed was ranged tho battle, Low on tie ground our forces lay, ‘While overhiead the cunnon's rattie dave warning of the coming fray. 'Twas winter, yet soft airs breathed o'er us As we on withered grass rectined ; Full well wo know the work befare us, i But shirgors there could no one nd. **Fall In1"* The ranks were formed as quickly As il called ont for **dresa-parade "5 Thwugn through the alr tho shells dew thlckly, Yot calmly wad tao Hne arrayed. **Rightshoulder shifc!" thenaharply, ‘Waus sdernly uttered—qulekly done; Adown the L1l the forc swopt onward, Al glistening in tho setting Then, halting briefly in the valley, ‘Tho line wan ¢+ dregs 8 out on dritl, ‘While, sounding volley nfier volioy, Pealed out our cannons un the bill, Asialn rang out the order, *' Forward!", And all, responatng to the word, With clenchi-ud teeth, moved swiftly upward— Not one by fear dismayed, deserred, \ Forward!" Inailence, by the contrast decpened, ‘The beetilng crest was almost gained, When, 'mid n din whose thunders doafuncd, A leaden tempest downward rulned, 'The ranks were {hinned, wido gaps a1 i Tut, ere the amoke had clearod mwmr "5 ‘The broken fllos swept onward, checring— Dashed v'er the ramparts—w “{Iv‘h; day, UHoaax, —— TWO MEN, Ono wan a king, and s wide domala o ruled ns e slres had doue: A woodon hovel, a bed of pain, Bolonged to the other one, The king was | d the world was sad-— But thie monarch languishod, the monurch dled: ‘The Leggar waa sick unio duath, tut ho had Not oue to watch at his low vedside, ‘Then under the minater the king wan lald, While o’er bl the miarblos wore ptiod: But a shallow gravo in the Gelds wa mad by careless hauds for Foverty's child, Yet now there ars those who profancly declare, ¥ 1 1nnlulwn:dl}hl|' mmb'llnd the grave, ou ‘could not distinguish, whate: 3 The dust of the king and'thy slave, >0 <o AtiLks Nourk GrEGOnY, ‘We have received this woek several large shipments of vory superior Tens as follows: A very Fancy Japan, also a vory Solid SBu. perfine Japan, for « 50 cts. Per ponud, which cannot be equaled for the price outside the City of Yokohama. Very fancy Moyunc Gunpowdor of elo- gant flavor, which cannot be excalled fn America for quality. SPHCIAT. The only special shipment of Dasket Fired Japan Tea ever importad in this country, which have beon gencrally reserved for the Huropean mariets, of exquisite lavor. Only a limited quantity on hand. Call early and securs a supply. HONG KONG TEA CO. 110& 112 Madison-st DIES, by crimptng yo o R A g e s o IIEWJ!;“’Y"JU‘L‘LE‘;IHI‘.\‘G o Bk o & Bealty comdl- ol Warerae i ;l‘x‘c'mrwh’i iy, Pu At 1”0@ 113 A] N EWAR ot Trade- Mar! T ¥CALEN. STANDAKD. FAIRBANKS,MORSE & 0O, 111& 113 Lake 51, Chicago, B caselultabuy only the Geauiog, ——— ll;\PW@Y‘!’ HFF’IEDI lis; FROM TEx®m Hon, Thurlow Weed, Indorsing Dr. Radway's R, R, R, Remedios AL ter Using them for Bevernl Yoars, * New Yonx, Dear8irt Ting for sevetal yeaen Gici Yot cliies, donhtingly at first, it after experieneing eilicacy with full conddcnce, it (8 o Joima fioq pre) £uey to thanktully sckngwiedao tho wivaniase 'y have derived from them. TUY DIl 876 Fessriag oS oftén as gceavion requires, and ey T 10 by 18 rper oAby re moeleE Fraipied i an freety. aimost |nvlnr‘u¥ " Bt ** He i ul 0l | Signes ADWAY, LYoy ¥ ‘l' 77, nicdl. et rgh HURLOW WEED, R ] R L3 R L ] DYRERTERY, DIARRH(EA, OHOLERA MORBUSR, . FEVER AND AqQug, CURED AND PREVENTED DY RADWAY’S BREADY RELIEF, ROEUMATISM, NEURALGIA, DIPHTHERIA, INFLUENZA, SO0RE THROAT, DIFFIOULT BREATHING, TELIEVED IN A FEW MINUTES g BY RADWAY’S READY RELIEF, BOWEL COMPLAINTS, Loveencas, Disrrhees, Choler Morbus, o ; chatues f::’él he bowela ara Atonmod A hebn oyt ".lzlllflll'l;ll i tnk|‘|:{,g:l:;y‘:-lli(udy h"xlll‘yl- No enn. Latlun ur Indanation, ho werkuees or Follow the tse of tha it T Reliet. AR RADWAY'S READY RELIEF CURES THE WORST PAINS In from One to Twenty Minutes, NOT ONE HOUR After Rending this Advertisemont nesd . any one Suffor with Pain, RADWAY'S READY RELLER 18A CURE FOR EVERY PALY, It wasthe firstand ls the ONLY PAIN REMEDY instantly stops the most excruclating palus, . ndamination and cun Conueatlung whicther of unies, blomach, 15owels or vther glauds or orgaza @ spplication, Y In from One {o Twenty Minufes, No matter how violent of excrucisting the gflln. the Rucumatic Bed-ridden, Inden, Crivpled, Nervody Neursigic, or prostrated wiili disease may sufler, RADWAY'S READY RELIER WILL AFFORD INSTANT EASE, Inflammation of the Kidneys, Inflammation of the Bladder, Inflammation of the Bowels, Congestion of the Lungs, Sore Throat, Difficult Breathing, FPalpitation of the leart Hysterics, Croup, Diphtheria, Catarrly, Influenza, Headache, Toothache, Nearalgia, Rhenmatism, Cold Chills, Agne Chills, Chilblalns, and Frost Dite The flrplls‘ll'nn of the Neady fellef to the rartot parts whero the paiu or digcuity exiats Wil aZurd can d comtort, 2 In i Coll X Aravelers shoild alwaya carry 8 bottle of 1A WAY'S READY KELILK with them.~ A fow drups in vttt ent alciness ar wiit prev ne from chanys of watet, Js s better thaa ¥ronch raudy or Litters st a st x| FEVER AND AGUE. FEVER AND AGUE cured for ifty conts, There !t not n remedlal agent In this wailil (it will cure Fese and Ague, aind all otlier Matarious, Illous, Kerrict, 'y phol yw, and other Py ‘aldud by Badeay s s Ylom, R QR Y 118y cents per buttic. DR. RADWAY'S Sarsaparillian Resolvent, THE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER, FOIR THE CURE OF CIRONIC DISEAST, SCROFULA Ullhsl'llll. ¥ :(lh'lll»)bl'r.\ll\' on BE 1T SEATED N TIE Luugs or Htowuch, ,‘l‘u’ulu&ur Hyaes, Clesh or CORRUPTING TIE 80LIDS AND VITIATISO TIE FLUIDS, Lot Chronte ftheumatiom, Serofuia, Glandular wellinz, Hacklog Dry Cough. Usicernus "Allestious, Rypoilisa Tomniainte, Bicedini of the Lungs Dyspepila, Wultt Brash, 'Tls Doloreaus, White Swellings, 't umers L1 cern, Bkin st 11ip Dlsesoos, Morcurint Disoiscy Fer nualy Comnnlalots, Gout, Dropey, raie Khcui, Sras chits, Cousumption, Liver Complaint, &c. Not only docs the Sarsaparililn Resalvent cxcel 8 remedind Lgenis fa the curs of Chronle, scrofulut wxlnnununnl. aud bkin Discases, Lut (L 18 tas o o Cury fur KIDA'ETI\ND BLADDER COMPLAINTS, Urinary apd Womh Discases, Oravel, Digho Bluppike 0f Waier, locoutiugice of 1 Divease, Albunituuria, and o wl cases whes Lifek-ding depouita, "or the water (3 ik, Clozif, mtxed with wostances ks e whil of oh @ lreads (ke white silk, or there lo & murb lilous apuenraice, and white hone-dust des when thiro (8.8 bricking, burningt setsation ¥hen 168 Inig Water, and pata fi thie sinail of (1 1 hackund 2l s thidlofns.” bold by drugglsts, FRICK ONEDULLAG OVARIAN TUMOR 0F TEN YEARS GROWIR CURED ByDr.RADWAY'S REMEDIES. DR RADWAY & €0, 32 Warreust DR. RADWAY’S REGULATING PILLY, T'erfectly tastoless, clegantly coated w! purys, epalate, ‘wariiy, cleausc udway's Ville, for the Cure uf all Stomiach, Liver, Bowels, Discuscer 1eadache, Coustiativg gealui Dy abdiali ‘Dllluusue-s of the Bowela, § llve, wll ucrangen feraul Viscers. Wan cd 10 cdect 3 Jo! |'uliltly \\';l\":uhh. lug DO micreury, deleterious druks. i = Olaerya tho followlog symptoms Fessll Dlsotders of L Digesiive Organ (Lonettyatiun Tt Fiee & d Fool uc o lcrel of (g from poFlly sidiuas Fulluess or well dow, Chikiazeur B the wiouu , swliuuitug of the Didcult Ureathiug, Fluttering at READ ¢ « Palgse and True’