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

10 MiCAG) TRIBUNE: nt a_number of ¢lrenlar lotters to mistlon- sries, Government offieiala, sod other pereons having relations with pative ancivilized races In a1l parts of the world; and their answers tomy queries, framed 8o 28 to distinguish carefully between perception and language, In every case hear out the theory which 1 had formed. As my results will xo doon he published elscwhere, 1 shail not burden your columus with them at present, but mi | that my rescarches lead me 1o place the origin of the colorscnse far lower down in the animal scale, as evidenced both by the distinctive huea of flowers and frufts, aod by the varied !ntezuments of in- sects, birds, efc., 60 far as these ara the reenlt of sexual selection, or of mimkry and other protective devices." SCIENCE GOSSIP. Dr. O, Finsch, the well-known Bremen nat- Auralist, Is sbout to start on a sclentific tour to the Polynesian Seas. . M. Roux bas made experiments on nilro- giycerine, from which it appears that bottles of tinned fron falling from s grest hight sud breaking do not cauec a dangerous explosion, Some excitement was recently caused by the fact that teichinm bad been found ins pike which was caught near Ostend. Dr. A. Flen- denin, of that town, oxamincd the fish under the microscopn, and found it to be full of thess dangerous parasites. It fs believed that a troop of these ravenoms and omniyorous fish had davoured some of the matter ponred out from the outfall st Ostend, aud that the para- siles bad thus found their way into their sys-, temn, The Monileur Seient{flqua Quesneville, for Octo- ber, descrllea an interesting experiment inads with “fuoresceln? to detcrmice whether the headwaters of the Danube foun! their way through subterranean passages fnto 11 S, Some duorescein was placed In the waters of the Danube, and in three days the splendid green color and golden reficctions were quite distinct fo the waters of the Aack. Ten kilos of fluor- escein bad colored at Jeset 200,000,000 litres of water. Remarkable discoveries of Roman structurcs have recently been mode at Bonn, on the Rutue. 1t hias been found that the Castrum the Romans had established there by far excecded in extent and Importagee the eclebrated Sualburz near Hombure, Unfortunately the Directors ol the I'rovinelal Museurn of un, by whosc orders the rxcasations were begun, were not able to scquire the ground upon which the discovery wiis inude, so that archmologists must remsin satiatied with the mere fact of the discovery aud the measurements taken. The annual meeting of_the Duteh Geograph- feal Soclety took place at Delft on Oct. 27, when interesting cotninunications were made by Lhe President regarding the exploring expoditinn sent io Bumatra Ly the SBoclety. The explorers report having pasked through a number of dis- tricts which had never been visited before by Europeans, but, through the resistances offered Lyooe of thensative chieltalns, the expedition has now unfortunately been discontinued, and most of its members are oo thelr way back to Holland. Prince Bismarck bas given offense to the Ger- man African Agsoclation. The Helchstag voted 45,000 toward Africsn exploration, v beini un- derstuod that the Associntion and the Berlin Geographieal Bociety weuld be consulted on the mansier in which this suin might most sdvan- tagcously be expended. Receatly the Chancel- lor granted £1,000 to Ma), Mechow without con- suiting any one, and this has given all the more offcnse as the Major, formerly a member of Dr. tinasfeldt’s expriition. Is not considered quall- fied to do acientificwork. A correspondent of the Amerlean Naturalist writes: **While reslding In Chestor County, Pa., having set s sicel-trap for a gronnd-hog (Mnrpnnd marmot), I found a large skuak caught by o lez. ‘Thouel a very unwelcome prize, there seetned no alternative but to kil iy, which was done. This was about 8 o'clock fn the worning; lnmelintcly & numbor of turkey- buzzards commenced their usual gyrations over the dead body, aud by W o'clock nothing ree mained of the unsavory animal but jts well- pleked skeleton. At the meeting of the Parle Arndem{ol Beiences last week, 1 noto was read from Mr, Noman Lockyer, F. R. 8., stating tnat be be. eves hie has succeeded In proving that many of the fo-calied chemlical elcients aroin reality uot elemeutary at all, but compound Ies, M. Diwmns, tho accomplished Freach chemist, adued that the conclusion reached by Mr. Locke yer athe result of three yeors' asslduous re- search, fn which he has compnred with the greatest care thy spectra of tho chemical ele- ments with the n?qctmoi the sun avd other luminous celestisl boafea. Mr. lockyer an- nounces that he will send photographs and otuerdetails necessary tocanvinee the Academy, which, 0s he says, ** will desiro proofs™ of a con- clusion so extraordinary. Mr, Murray, In examining the deep-sca clays which biad been brougtit home by the Challenger Expedition, had found themn to contain many varticles ot native fron, which ou befox ex- tracted with a magnet and examined under the microscope sbowed structure simliar to the structure shown in metorites. A Bwedish ot server had als) cullected particles of nalive lron from the clean suow which fell at s distance from towns, Alr. Ranyard, in returniog from Aumerica, had expoved glycerine-plates at the prow ol the vessel when mory than 1,000 mlles trowm land, and hiad caught 8 slnglo particle of Lron whicl was rather less thau the ove hundred aud twentisth part of i fuch fn 1ts longeat ul- ameter. Jle wus anzious that otlier observers shouid repzst the cyperhment al sea, taking every peecaution to keep the plates free from ;mn i boxes conted on the fuslde with glycer- ue, THE HOMESTEAD ON THE HILL. 1'm a apinster Jone and old, And ny uair fu streaked with eray, Aty lite wears ou s dull and cold Awa checrless Wintor-day; Aud ofter, at early nizht, When e Louse §s duek ana stil, Tt und watch the gleama of bt Frow the boumestead on the bill, ono that beams firat of all Shines out through the open door, ILuiies the Jenoth and breadty of the balt, From ceiling unto fov: 1t gleuma vul into the nigbt, And down to toe garden-gate, Winle just within the warin tlood of light Do eager chidren wait, They wait for the father's tr “Vhey walt fur the father's kiue, For tur toviug touch of his hund va Al the swlle that they never e Fueir troheking toru Lvee, A thev datics with & merry din: They iaugh sud they shout with s shildish glee, Ad they weicome the father in. bead, And next, in the family-room, Wrre thic table is apread for ten, ‘Po eveutng-lamp drives ofl the gl And the vatheriug shadows Hee, And tea, 1o th W tere the baby Tacew Lo hear tug murmur of love Thut hushes 34 10 11a Teat, Then 1 draw my curtaln down, And I think of a day gone by Wuenmy lile was young, and n hair wasbrown, And uy bopetul hewrt best higs; Whew 8 yoush came woving me, P ut |ll lulr‘ucddlnlyllnfl said, ‘bouich 8 hnwdruw Nie would w Aud 1 du nol care 1o wed, A, “Pivatranze I esn now recall Ev'ry tuhe an he raid goud-bye: For yeura | thougnt of hisn scarce st all, As § roaied ‘ueath 8 Torelgn sky | Yor I‘Jnnrnnyed far and wide, And ol noveity bad my dl I, sttt I swmitled o heur Soat bie'd brouy 40 the boweatead ou tho ki), kbl Ah, well! that is long slucs v's And the frlcnds of my youtly e lovetiest ace A ben the hopo: t And bo, ke he BIgD comen in Lo Uit tn e dare -nm:.nnL . ud wonder 8 reant what my life bad be 1u 1be "e-m' ead o thae bLill, t i i Ostinusi K. Uaunon, A Gull Story, Witiatugion &iar, A strange {neldent oceurred on board of the lightship off Frylog-Vau Bhosls. During tbe Jrsvaicuiy of the severe storm of thu Leib of vteober Lust, alter the darkucss of uizht sct fu, vue of the sedtncu was lcanlng bis elbow upou the port rall of the sbip, wutching the elorm as Il raged fo all jts grandeur sod aub- Inity, when @ large black bind dushed through the Llindiug wist uud Jit upou the ratling near Where e wus stuuding Ile took the bied, which proyed to be u ordinary sea-gull, sll wet uud dyabbled by the storm, and warwed sod dried it $u his busom, sfter which be pluced It tu a littte bed bnprovised for the occasion, after Mol leeding o, #a 1 1k bisd been & little cnlds Ihe uext worbing, the stony taviug subsided, var seamau turued the bird loos,” of course, With po expecistion of ever seeing it agaful Very ttch to bls surprise, however, on the ver: nexs nieol, st sbout the sawe bour of iLs previe wus visl, tue gull sguin DUt fo its sppasrance, uligbtivg ou the ruil of the ship a> before, wh 1t was 163, curcesed 23 00 e oocsion of first call, wud frow that tiue up to the Wb tuat., Learly 1% 0 smwontbs, whieo the lstest wwformation ras recelved frow the ship, the bird bad contiy- ucd ite nigbtly visite aud bad been regulardy ted sud counfencd to its *ittle bed,” where i would rewaly wutil releised the uexh worning. THE HOM A MOTTNIER'S SORNOW, 1 was feeling i1l and nervons, Ome dreary Autamn day, And my bahy's noise annoyed mo, While busy st bis play. $0 1 apoke in tones [mpationt— Tchecked his carcless mirth, As though happy-hearted childhood Were a thing of little worth, 1 see the sweet 11pe quiver, The bine eyes 811 with tears, ilis little heart seema breaking As the basty worde he bears. In vain I rled to sonthe him. 3 Could one who dealt anch blow Soan elose the wound it opened, Boon heal that fnfant wo! No: he sobbed bimsel! to slumber, And alept tll midnight's hoar, Then waked us with the fatal croup Wiifch oft defies ail power. In skill no tend'reat care avalled My blue-eyed boy to save, And with marks of tears still on his face ‘They robed him for the grave. Could I now recall those bilter words Which chilled the little heart, A would ] not most cheerfully ‘With all my treasars part. No tlay footstep echoes now ‘Through these deserted halle, No ringing. childieh volce is haard Within these dreary walls. 0 ye mothers with your derlicgs Closa by vonr side to-day, Lattle know ye bat to-morrow They may be called away. Beek not thelr spints tosuppress, But with them kindly deal; Tiave patience with thelr childish wa; Their little sorrows heal. Lovisa Tata. — TUE LETTER-BOX, Toero aro letterw, postsl-cards, or vapers atthla office for the fellowing persvns, Those fiving out of the city will please send thelr address, ana the matter will be forwarded, Residents of Chicaxo can obtain thetr mall by calling at Room 30 Tain- uxz Waildiag: ¥ h Watcher, Chicago. Mary Alice Heath, A Friend, (.'hlel‘ B :’ll.‘n,smun'l Mlts . 1 C.. Kann Tiarriet Woolsey, itvis, Maple 1 Tlucy Woods, Alve tinjoe, Chicaze, Mary J. L, Violet Yernon, Unicago, Graiituds No. 1, W. il L., Chicavo, . Flsh, M. D, Leonora, Pooris, 1, Chicag s Contribatar shonld alwaya send their real name 2nd address with commupications, It will save the condaetor much tronble, and save & vast amoantof manuscript from the waste-basket, . Essica DAnxs —A lettor adareszed to Rennfe, care of this oficz, wiil reach bum. *, »*s Wil the party who wrota to The Home over the signaturo **Cotton Root," please sund resl name and sddress to tuls ofice? ) MATRIMONY. LUVE AND ONI1ONS. Poto, I, Dec. 2—1t 1s not my intention to play tha role of a critic when 1 assert my beiluf that Oppopoanx is a dweller in the reslm af auroral splendors and glowing aunsets; sod that in her notions of love and malrimony she ls exalted a little too high above the things that are of the earth, carthy, Thero ara but few Vales of Tempe and foating Isles of Leputa on our planct, and even those are In reality but exquisitely-paintea idealities, ever drifting away, like sainbowe. as we approach them. A denizen of the carth who believes In & per- manent separation of love und cabbage, affection and codfsh, matrimony snd stocking-derning, orange-niosoma and dishi-clouts, cannot be havpy, vor understand well tho xreat plao of creation, The hcart and stomach ato ucxt-dvor naighbors, and tiiey could nut, 1f they would, estat independ- ent of each other. In thmes of extremity and want. each must 3o to the odher for favers, —to, borrosy soma fire or & drawluy of Les, if not to gusalp sbout. their neighbors, the disphiragm and liver, ‘Thoso who enter the marriage state expecting to be goyerued and subpuried afone by the functions of the heart will sursly find the ualrimonial comn- nionwealth sy u 23 (Jppoponuz bes d Ned to enterinto & successful matrimontal aitiance who could be #0 {ntent upun watchiag for Cupld to tows {row under the rose that shie would ¢ & nelgbor's hogs rooling up her onfun- uslie pateh, Buch a person would either bave too much beart or not enulgh stomach, All who enter this imporiant relation ehonld have 1he nge and wisdom to understand, and tha coursve to confronl, the vital trutl that in bl worid, sad o all tho gepartmenta of life, there are, and ever will be, mysterions blendings apd slternations of posl L y Ideality and maferialisns, love and [abor, worth and woribieseness; that there may be something urecious and beaatifal con- cualod boneath an uncouth exturior, & jowel in the f splendor beneath nnqfl:h of gold in up by tie sllgvial carth, And they shuuld have ihe patience, the industry, and hope to toll on with a frm pur- to pluck the good from the worthless, the swoet from the Litter, the true from the faleo, the £old from the hrass, tuough it requires the por- severance sud faith of Uian Bwilt, Professor of Experimental Science, who tolled through eluit loug years io invent s process for exiraciing san. beama from & cuctinber. AL the age of 10 uny lady istoo young to under- take all of this. Oppopouox mast not be com. pelled of even gequested to **link her desting with aman from whose mouth run rivaletsof tobacco. Juice, and whuse stomach Is a bonded warehousa for whisky "5 no, nor with & fellow guilty of any uf that, ‘Bhe shall have the pflvllafic of waitmi fur suwme waragen of cleanlloess and sobricty, —a modern Arutuy, Waoso life {a gentle; and the alements Bomilx'd [nhlin, thit Nat taod up, And say Lo ali ttic world, **This (¢8 an Such a0 'one will surely coinv to Wie ** Forast City," and then his swile Wikl **thrill her very being " cven moto thap it does nuw **1o ride licr b gh-metlled siged. ut, Jaugh atit ye who may, deslael: yo who will, this truth must be putent (o slj candid minds: It the union of hearts aind of handa in the holy bauds of wedlock that cousitintes the cutner-stone of the besuteous temple of homa: the founda- tiou-rock of a1l well-ordered socisty: 1he pillar of Hiates and of Empires: aud tho royal aren thet up- hoids the grand supcrsbruciure of our gnnnllun. ENONDA the Igneous rock or coverat THE HORKID PELLOW! Pexiy, 1L, Nov, 30.~No jotellizent person doubts that 1o the matital relstions the rule 1 un- told trials and tribulations, and the excention is the bappy family. Permit me to polnt out just oue uf the most prolific of all sourcos of conoublal misery, Who shall rule? Thials the swful qu flon that in thousands of fawilles convulse tho whole dumestic fabic, Now, it ls a well-eatablishiod fact $hat where sny kind of 1abor 1s to be performed by more than oge uersin, w ulmu« {udlvidunl imust Lave the sutuority al) others must fpllow saca diree- unarchy tailure. All governe , ail (actoriew, railrosd compunies, | abort, 81l success(nl argsnizations for any given purpuse, us well thoy must be, conatracted upon this plan. Lodoubtedly you will all say this {s & (rue principie. Either busoand or wife wust rule o receive the highest yood to the partnersbip, But who shall rulet Tlat 1sthe questioti, Let auy ouo ccolemplete for & moment the Teislive usture aud pywers of man and worian, and You will sea thal his superior plysique aud nwatal powers have from the duya of Adaw to the present Tinie made him ber protector, kuide, aud niaater, The mountaius bave bLecn tuuneled, tho rivers bridged, the elements subdued by man, Mschincs heve bewn juvented, ucieuce Las progreserd, his- tory, poetry, and fiction buve Lren written 8imvat ezclusiyely by wan. Yes, ho for valor,she fugaweet att @ iruce was fornied, We know that thie is Quit a bitter pill for puny to tske, but Uod, In isugusge Lot 10 be tuistaken, Dreacribes it; there- fore 3t “1aust bo s roper medicine. It o quite bflulbln that God foreasw theso little domestic oubi uian was ade s, to pers # world, bug findlug the work d, aot a8 the periue and ruler, but s et B auxiiary. ow. deat la wpa you fully see, if you never dld before, bath the w of God, the will of . aud the only hope of prece, love, aud tup- yincas, Thy nawe 18 submission, Joux, A CUATTY MILWAUKEEAN, MiLwaUKkEs, Des, L. —May | coms {ut I woa't take up much room, —1 am very swajl. § have beca outaide listenlog for months, snd uow 1 want to come cluser, i Laves't aoy chitdren to whip; L don't want any rectpes, haveu't any use for them dou't waul any patterns, or books, or music; I jout want to uit here quictiy sad listen, ~sad talk vuce fa & whlis, (Yuu know 14 used tobe, ** Littls shildren should be ¥cen 80d not Leard™; jn thig day of spiritusliem it 1a, ** Littls children shogkd be heard and kot seen. ™) 1Us 80 wmusiog to seo soue uf yuu 80 cuolly Sarcastic, Others su excitd, ana all "ol you s0 much in esrucst. Avparcutly, Yilo be uok & **eucked orsuge™ w 83y of you, as yet. lutraspection, I thought yous letter *‘Immenea™ (1 Bope Lo vue will Luke Wy bead off for beug wlaugy )i uBd Peagotty, yaure way foe. Did Oppoponuz ever bvar that **the diguly of {31 and wreichedly governed | Seribed it - Ko lady trath ia last 12 mnch protestiuz"'? How can ahe write roch liorttd thinge? What il or woman rerding Tur Tain sy ever comes In_contaet with rach antmale ax kha dreeribes In the last paeacreph of her letter, (Now ] pupvose 'in A **challering monke] 1t (n 2 pity that <ach 8 clear-hended, pare-blaoded, epinited ereat w0 far foriel lies womanliness an lo give ntle o snch coarse remarke ne marher fetters. [tms one forret all the poesy and beanty of her other sentiments, Didn't Uanderstand you, tod, were Sgitiof 10 &oam L. Perhape that is why T feel #0 concerned abant you. [ naren’s the lenst wish in the world 1o get mar- ricd at present. Iam not in any particular need of achange. 1like *‘walxing in malden-meditation fapcy free,* very much. haven't any hrotbers or coasing, bat 2 have & number of masculine **friends™ (not afiinitiea—heavens’), and they are very nice nnd jolly, and I believe I 1ike them better than [ like girls; they are notso silly and tiresome as most of the virta [ know, They don't talk nonscnse fo me, and are not fannlar, hot they treat me as {f licy thongbt § wan & sensible boy, and [ really think I gct alons with them bet- ter than most citls, [ don’t tmagine every one of them ta be o Jove with me, or that 1 em in love with any of them, and yon don't know what peace and comfort we nave! 1 think if most giris woald act om thia plan they'd enjoy life better. IInnSb‘mc If the ** richt ‘ono* ever does come alone, he'll have & mark on his forehesd, or some- thing, #0 I'll be aware of his proximity: and then 1 ahall think heis **altourtner jovely.” and that [ cannot posaibly exist without hiwm. snd that he's Jnst (oo mweet and pure, and we'll waliz off the stage Lo slow music atid red and blue lights, and ba happy ever after. hat will £ care about hie temper, when ha ls beaming apon me with those tender eyes and that bheatific smile? jlaven't n donht that if an sngel ahould de; for wy particular edification, nud inform me that this young man flang hoos-Jacks sronnd, and swore, and ncied like a demon gon- crally when the dinner wasn't zeady, or his collars not returncd from the laundry, or his butions »ff, arany of the little trifles that frequently disturb the equaniinity of the hest regulated families. I Dbanisb ssid angel to the upper regiona with scorn. Tils nalary? Didn't he nlways wear tho must gorgeons of tles and glover, antt button-hols bon- queia? Banish the mercenary thonght! Education? Couldn't he warble *'Johnnie Morcan ' and ** My father's Clock * melodinusly, and quofe ** Mary hod & little 1amb "’ ana ** My name l¢ Noreal.one tuc-Gramplan HIa™? What moro could a pirl sak? 0! It's 8il nonsense talling excls whom tu mia and whota not. In the cnd love stways ¥, urinNes them, ~It ie & sort of wae carried on utder masked atteries. Itinatime wnen nalel's heastis hashed to all aunuds 83ve tho fooifalis of this nweet, sirange gaeat,—when the whole earth Ie new, and beautl- ful, and awlul, Thore! I'vcthoyat mara of this interecting anb. Ject to-day than I sunposed possiole: but I don't wrish to marry, thank you, Nothing will induce me toeven think of I, 0. Leontuas, don't go—don’tl O:-h! Abl Ask p-p-p-uaps: 0, de-ar! Fedalina, the ne of Xocm Jou speak of is o Thomas Balley Aldrieh's. It is called **An Untimely Tlmnghl." Here {a the poem. (AmI talking too muchih s AN EXTIXELY YROUANT, Twonder what day of the wrak— T wouder what month uf thy year— Wills be midnigie, o morning. nd whio will bend vver my bier? What & hideous fancy Lo come As 1 walt &L the fost of 14 stalr, While LAlisn ulves the last toneh To hier robe, or the rose In ber balr. Do tike your new dress—pompadour? Anl du’) J1ke you. Onmy iifs ‘Tou wru eighieen and not a day more, And lisve uot decn six years my wife, Thote two toty boys In the cris Up-statrs aro not otirs tu be sure! You are Just & swest bride fn licr bloom, All sunshine, and suuwy, sad purs, As the carriaze 1o ittle wife But—{ woader wl 1 wonder what Ivn't 1t dainty, snd pretty, and odd. and croep-y? Aldrich §s ona of my favoriies, wy infaiuation ve- wun with thu »slory of & Bail lioy, " *dlushin 11, Dot 1 hear n warnlng concluded, Bye-bye. A CoOxvERT. Drxven, Col,, Nov. 25,—Although I have al- ways heldl to the conteaty opinfon, I wish tnrough Tho {lome to acknowledge my atsolute conversior, to the views of Oppovonux on the matrimonial question, B5ho argues with 50 much force the utter inconsistency of marriages, and the plessures of singla life, that 1, as & bachelor of 29, sm con- stratoed to say **Amen " (o ber belief, and to look elsewhcro for thoso creature pleasnres and comfurts that 1 have herctofora contemplated as belonging 1o the married state. \\n{, ias Oupovonux, T even begin fo appre- clatue ino real happiness [ have so far cnl:oym in my bachelorbood, 1 nover knew thst | was so happy until 1 read your Jast Jetter, 1 had always supposed that my life had been lonely snd deeury 88 Arab-like I wandersd frowm State to State, from caty to cn{ seeking what the world bad 1o offer in the way of hupniaess, and I confass that [ nave oven been guilty of mors than once attemudng to yet rid of my roviog Lappiness h{lltnmlnl the natil- moulal tle. ow murvelous hies been n:ly ercspo] Your lctiers alons have warned ma; and 1 hasten to acknowiedgo wy indeLtednens, [ have fully e up my mind to relain iny vivacily; to let the k burn with crinson foruver''; p oy Hberty™; Lo **let wy sonz be cliver- my step light, and my heart festive™ 1 10 *tkeep gotng and be juyous forever, ahudder, then, dear friend of liberty, when hiow nearly 1 have more thaa once come to sellipy my happiness for & **palr of gilt sugar-tongs and asilver spoun”; how, when s **youngand robust tlier of the woil, " I wasnearly caplured by & aperaogel of the cliy; oy, sluca 1 entered cit: ile, [ bava cast longiog glances toward. ths {res| cooniry giris [ knew in earller lifgl No, noj wy hachelor quarters shall be invaded by nu femial; tyrant; Licee will1lle {n the undistarbed pow siunof myself, 1return from my work nt night, T light my own fize, 1 boi) my own coftec and oggs, eat my UWD supper, wasn iy own dishe, apd (hes go to my own bed, No wumau chull fret mo bacanse tue fire won't buen, oracold becuuse the coffco won't boll, or pester me with lier idle question, regarding the woinsn- sufllraga mocting, of keep me up after tho dishes are wastied, 10 érlve me wild with & noisy piano, ansho ehrick °*llowe, Sweet Home,* or **Then You'll Remewmber Me," {nmy cars,~—sougs writ- ten for man's dejusion. No ‘woman ehall claim my especial attention of divert me from the one objectof my Jife—to live in peace, No ano shall surround me with Iittla caren, auchas children, ordeface my walls with mottons, worked in vulgar worstads, which shail continually remind moof all thoss ubsitrd ond sntiquated’ notions of the presentand a future life, Mo iudecd, Miss Oppop- onux, [ shall mot ba begutied fute tylng wy bunds and feet, whon thoy are v pleased to do as they Iike. I shall atrut like **enanticleer” on the sinooth-shorn lawn of life, actng the gallant escurt 1o what ceit pullet™ [ will, 11 I gt tired of Kate, T shall take Sue, aud, syheniSue dae Jout her sumance, I will bave Annfe, and then Sallle, uud then Mary; and, whilo they may fn tarn settlo down to setting hens, 1shall act the youny sud gny cock (o some other puilet, M gud to osemalu Yoing and atous . with you in your native ‘placo, whcrever that may be, aud | in Duuver, there may bo an Juvisible cburd of sympatby that shali ia ue quite uear for al) fulure tune, « ** Men may cows sud men way go, " by 4o on forever, ™ Ranicé ma) nd fall; nations form and 4 and kingdoms come aud pa oublice rlse in Venetiau glory and fade into b b AR h{ the nebular hypothesis worids ma; be furmed of mcandescent vapor, vegetable prod. uce, animal lire, spurituns 1ife: then, reversiog, Lurn Lo vapor asuin; bt wo eball chauge not, duar friend, fof wu intend not Lo marey, but o be joy. O Htas 0 triend of mino | y, Miss ponux, & friend of mino las dared Lo hint lhlplv?ln‘ believes you sre nol w you ropressnt yoursell to be] in fact, he has slandered not only you but ‘and all who bave sdopted vur glorlous bellef,~—~ne bas sald thet he belleyes you 0 bo & soun, sud & masned one at thatl O, a4 you love cur beloved cause, unde- ckive bliu by subiclent proof, Make hins to kpow that we are whal we are, 8ud no oua olae, It seams os thouh a new era had been begun fomy e, aud 1 can il brovk an Jusult (o my savior. UNOFOFPO, SOMB TRUTH 1¥ IT. Broosivaroy, lll., Nuv. 28,—1f Oppoponug desired by her firat gun (o provoke a fire along lhe entiro liue, whe 1 Laving a fair Cegree of maccesy. How mucs better §§ would be if those ridiculivg her would carefully read snd conslder har words, Oao may not fully spprove her maunerof treating the subject, —~older heads might desl with it mnore wlsely, —but If they profer to ba silent in regard to such mutters, 1 think they will recelve no per- mauent barw If they pay reapectful attuntion when one of the yuunger mewbers of the fomily desirey uXpiss an opinjon.., Oppopunux speaks traly Cof tho charred’ sticks,” Though snon they Uluminsted winlles. the casket which contained ths firos of Nret sn only love has been exploded, and the stick will re- wein s stick evermore. AL way be, as Verdant Ureen says, shat God did *“iolend every onc marey " when Mo wald **Jt {s pot good Jur uan to Lo slone,” but I do pot therefore conclude (st it famy lmrcnllvu sud early duty I pracure a Iife-partner iricupective of bealtn, Jutelllzouce, 3nd sppearance. It occurs to mo that the wsrrege ma.ilate fe Bot of such 8 nature us that 8080 kY it 19 it beard tho ¢ sivek-pullet " wust make ali possitiu Luste Lo *'scraich and d\f" in huwble subwission 10 sotna ** rough cbanticleer. Jf 1 vuderstand Oppopwnux, she ssealis (hose Wwho rush IaW martlage without cogvideration or prepatation, and without suflicieat carelulness in fekand to il those qualities which will lusure to thein o congenlsl mate ud cousiact atoction. tha 1¢' Lalkiug of huss who scew Lo feard ware 850 88 the clile! alz snd eng of Jife, snd Like the marital vows thouuo Wwially unpeepared for o re- 1atiun su fraught with respopsililitics. Toke tbo yuun* wan who luves 1o clerk o a wiitivery atore, og s sinllar position, who bas suflicieul bralug 0 comprehend “such profound works 8 *+luky Dick, the Printee’s Devil, "’ wnd manuses to pienseve wu futellectusl equilibtiun by keeping s Lair pacied o the wigdle Or, take the youuyg lusy of the petiod; 8 cowpouud of featueri, fnizzes, tusbelows, snd fumuwery. as 3 bout " ch knowledge na fhe yuung lagy at ‘entesnial, who, oo scelog soms large of corn ju the spacy occupled Ly tareh compauy, fuquired if that was tho coru- sarch plunt, sud i 4t grow $0 pods. Sne resde bovels und can slug wome, but the latier |s vuzely ** upper-uilic, " lo sciwnlite fur vrdinacy tworcsie cud. Bol theey 14 oue thing o wulcl sbe ls u succeus- luving. Why, she can tore a Jusen flluivs sud Lave atfection to spare. 1 wbe < BATURDAY. DECEMU don'l catch a hashand-the one thing ahe least nerds—-it will be no faaitof ler's, 1 have henrd it maldof teen pach persons: * It 4 well they marrled. it would be & pity to «poil two hunsea with them. ™ 1 ask if there {9 no dancer of more than two hoaser being apatled as the resait of such & nnjon? The thisgle nlant wa« never known to yield tigs, or the béamble {0 bear grapea. If young women would geek to come more relf-relia beaithy, havina *:minde af younz men conld be Indnced to urize =ach Al the batterfly of faxhion, mn; freanently ocene feom intellectunl choo 11 monsenss or for conrenience pake, I 9 woitid be formed whore confinualiy-ine i #lore would be lave, whuse daily dividends would e purcst juys. [am wnting too moch perhaps, but lest Oppo should be spending too mucls time at that *‘zorgeaus bed of parsics,* 1 want to say the weather Is a litle tov cool to long lean so **lov- fogly on the hasom af nature, ' excent tn n plens. ant room, nnd while ** holding commanion with lone of) her vinible (human| forms,” . B Vaxvrke Browy. Davexronr, Nov. 27.—A masculine who has the good taste fo rand the artictes in The ITomo declared, after ha had laughed over Oppoponax's fret ontburat against matrimony, **Pehaw! that is some country gir] exploding her extra exuberance shé will get well uscd up by the old hens with spure ** This week he says he will **waper his hexd sho le 8 married woman, weiting in the siratn she dacs ta draw ont her saffering sisters," You Ree a man can't poseibly belleve there exists & girl that will not snatch at (he very first offer she gets. One {hing {s beyond controveray, she tells truths that many an acting, disappointed heart echaes, But & better dy (¢ com) The next century will contain more happy wives han this. from the fact that woman has nr ate atepoed np higher, A tbousand avendes are open 10 het that twenly years aco wera barred and bolled. Collegen fling apen thelr doors, and bid ner welcome, The lect- ure-platform i 510 longer & conspicuons place for ber 10 occupy. Actreescs of trie merit demand and comnand thogrands uf dollses for o fow hours' personification of characters they fully compre- bend. Poor girls, often from the ' numblest wilke of 1ife, who patlently eal- tivate the God-given power of song find themselves prims donnss whth salaries that are cqual to tnose of men that hold the hivh- est positions in onr land, Kventhe tawny hands of Edmosnia Lewys have wronght for fier & fame aw enduring as the marble In which sho lins chiseled her beautiful conceptons, Our own State (lowa) has acknowledged womnan's fitness far the honored position of teacher, They Are members nf School oards. Principaly, ete. A lady of thiseily, gulet and unassuming, bas in the lasi fow years stepped out of Lhe rank snd flle of teactern (0 the respon- sible placo of ¥aperintendent of the pahlicsehonls, and of Inte was offered and has accepied,the Chair oF Englleb Literaturs 1 tha- Universtiy st Jowa 'A1id no less honoravle was _the employment of ' girle Hlmm‘llnldwfllhfl Exporition painting wire those wno witl rings for hoes' pnouts, which ehedid as gracefully stil] another madu the most dainty pomt face. 1 of which gues to siow woman's fitncas for fn- numerable employments that this latter day has opened ap to ber whereby she can honorably pro- vide for berself and not Lo driven into marriage as the only allernative. Yes, the coming woman will not find marriage & necessity to aava hersclf from starvation; ehe will do =0 hecanse rho clionsey 1o, having foand a man ahe feeln in her inmosc sonl she will bo happier far with than to waik slos Clvirvoyants promias young lsdies a pictare of their foture hasbands. I will be more liberal and fena Oppoponax oo of lier futurs Klng, not the ttoweaty,” ‘‘clammy-footed” fellow she o dreads, 15t would be o clug toal) ber aweed sspi- rations, Dot now for his photograph: 1 do not dream of him bandiome or strong, Mor ydeat love mity be wealk ard allghiy 1t maticrs tot Lo what ciase Lo belonas, 150 will be noula chough I lier sight. He tuxy not be brillianuy gified, her lord, Ande iay belenrned In orerything, But i ever Iio comies o will airike a chord Wliuse sueludy walis for the band of its King, Rut he must be courteons towards the lowly, Kind tu 116 weak and sorrowtul, 1o} e riust ba brave, redned, 11y uatury exalied, Hrin, mid truo. To wuch shie mignt fearicarty kive tlie keeping 01/ wlave thatshall never outgrow (88 aprngy There would he few tears of womnn's Woeplug 1t they loved such imeu ua her Kiag, ber Alug. M,E. W, THFE BOTTS THEORY, A TOSSIDLE BOLUTION OF TN ‘‘DOMESTIC ' THUBLEY, o CapanrRAPiDs, 18, Nov. 25.—There fa proba- bly ne subject eo interesting as the hired girl. It fn very certain that no snhbject has received such careful convideration. Analrof mystery pervades it which chiallenges the attention of every thoaght- falmind, And tho futerest in, this vital question lsasoldun the race, For mx fhousand years the world hias wrostled with the problem of the hired xistance, Why was aho éfer crosted? What in the’ econnmy of nature dos falfll? Whatatrange destiny awaits her? Theso are the momentoun questions that have pressed upon hu- manlty feom the day that Adaet hired a girl from tho Land of Nod towreek his| furniture and the peace of his family, l Tomsuperdcial obssrver the theme might pre- scnt oo serlond difMiculties. 1t 18 the rofuge af such minila 10 believe that every evil has ita cor- respondinggood, So they explaln this mystery upon the same hypothosis as that offered in the case of tornadocs, pestilonce, book-sgents, and uther kindrad visitations, Thero may be, Indeed, some compensating beneflt growing out of thess affliction: well a8 from tho reading of prize esaays and form sevsions of Congrens, though Inacrutabio 10 human eyes. But this wiil aut sat. 1afy tuv hungry inielloct in all cases, It Yague nud gencral, kitchen i1s too Besides, it 1s doabtful if tho rocity fs relloved by such cheeriug featr ub Jeast, us will reconcilo the nee in a world whero tho dream is & fAxed priccipie of the humsn seems (o stand oul, distinct troin soul, other calamities, & paralyzing revuke to all suan's llhll'lnlmuny. roposition needed any enppor: beyond the bare aysertion, 1t might be found by examiniag o few puenoincus peculiar to the maid of all work, Let uw take, for exumple, bes tuirst for kindliog- wood, It 18 well known ihal, if the smount of this material consumed annuatly by the hired wirle of earth were convertod into coul, 1t wonld nake bed cighiteen miles thick around tha entire globe. But th d atafemeat of fuct docd not sstisty 1he nan pearching we neighbor's yard for oid 1le paturally yearna 10 Know Wiy, inthe ment of the universo, it W permitied to be, Wile tho band |s peellng the bark from friendly fenges poate, thonght is busy witt this great problem, and the fallure to underviand 14 WraDa tne spint in profound melancholy. And if we glarica &t her ravages 1 the roalm of crockery wo tind tho samne fiuullnn repeating - self, Relentifio men may tell us that all the wore ternific aspecte of cyclones sud carthquakes sre studied lbllhh l“ advantage in her relutions with ut, tat chilnaware, L I3 perlaps true (hat more devas! % phenomens arv presented by ghe wnld servant than by Nature, §t hardly follows tiat the contempistion of them 1u attended with less expense of ger, hud, even were Lhia cone codud, the valua of tho facts sacertalned wouid rover sl that of the lamp-chimnoys and pickiv- Louts suaticred by her ecorntric wahygnity, Bo uwn spcculity upon her capacity for the mornlug's milk and (e ramalolog bafyes of ple But the mind dnds no peace Ju atmply sceeptivg the well-knawu n | tncestainty a4 to where ves off snd Inflully be&m. now way s bewng Tered to ine e N0t rest s0 pante with such sn alfmentary syste; vat the earth, And 'gi wouder g fauct upon her qaenclless voracity s upuc hee 20+ Sflrlfi{ could tolerste a female with s Of 8 Sucialing f sbo were cial status. v aLsorptive Tucu, aolely and e ng poets Bving umatvorous, sbe But. sotwitbstauding the subject, many reasqun bave been sasiguo cusd the existence of the kitchen lireling, Uood Aud pure men have wasted toelr lived und sub- stauce cullecling di sround which thele tbuughite have cryatalited Into ticories. 11 la pra- nired tust oll must huve their bueis 1n the gener ly-sccepied betler that nothing 18 creatvd iu v, notcesble feature of all theso tucorivs ia their flavor of ludividuaiity, ‘Pavy -um{:»u ihe persun- ality of thewr authors to o reinsrkuble degree. Sa fag Trun setthng the questlup ut iwene. they sre ooly valuatle as (be espenouce of mankiud whal] prove or disprove tuelr utihity. ‘The followiug & some of the results guined o gleaning tbie uo- tbapkful deld. From them the reader 1aust draw Lite owa couclusions: Frobably s ous Jess then & theologian could eyer hsve evolved 8 means of gruce from the furvidgiy, elewents of the uneauctided put-wrestler, Au yeb tho ftev. Mr. Melgus, of Baltugure, fnds & ful sizulicanco in Ler life, He ressons that 1s made to wean us frow earth, and 0% our de- e 0n 8 beiter state of existence. Blis gives ue d devotion of tha bould have go idea ol the pesce of lr]uu where no such alfisnces are forwed §f we hed not ths dumestic allliction to migzle ber fau-colored baie with pole butter, Ou tbe other Lzanch of the subject he presents un interesting pereunal experience. I exberiucuts werg cluedy confined 1oa Norwegian gisl whose devotion 10 ber ved 1o the morning was vuly aus- paused by the band idolutry uf & young wsn for hor Scanding aocleiy 1n the eveutng. leing tendes-bearted o an uuuccesssry degree, tho Rev. Maiges bas reltuined frow usin the French nom or & battesing-raa Lo toduce her Lo risy, and Las siwply trueted in Providence sud 1 eatiug-house gous. ‘Kbe cudecaucucos have, peceasarily, becu rather disasisous Lo the dowestic srraugrocnts of Mr. Melzge' houschold. Hu clalws, buwever, 8 spintual beneft more than compensating (0r tne protrected uzony of waliin: lor bevukigat. His views conceruing the length o clerutly bave reccived a stiwblous cien grestes than that sforded vy studyiog the jourvey of the sular systcm of listeuing Lo the speech of su yx- Represcntabive. Mhese couclusivus would, uf coulse, be veey cowlurting 1o editors sud other goud wen, but they aze hurdly unlversal enougn In tnelr operdtion, Sume refief ouglit to ve_ uforded 10 thura whu are foterested o baviag made, sa ible, & ststo where, I butter existe at & cvudilive to by stralned sod drawa ife. Fur exauple wore Tedavusble, e cocludes that wbo 14 pers mitted, In order to make mankind forget all 11a other miserics. Thia apinion is antilled to the more weight, in view of the circamatances ander which it was fiven. Me. Cadmns {s surronnded by the environment eminently daiculated to test thel trutiz of much a helief. His wite is a blonde, of the avarnt type hort cepresented in the Celtie mees, anil bia mothicr is piasing snith them temporariy ! A theory that muat te characterized a# more in- genfons than profound 1s that pat forth by M. Methfensel, af Patadam, {tean hardly be sald to anawer, directly, any of the vital qaestiona con. ceening the jere-parior naistant, though _having 8 beattng io that direction. [ tree, 1t will, how. exer, elesr ap another mystery almoet as deep and torturing. ‘Tbe superetition has prevailed among asmall class that the medsllton on the Bland dollar 1s an Insane effity of the Goddeas of Liberty with the htmare. Totbe rest of mankind U4 faentity remained & hopeless conjectare. Mr. Meth- feasel nuw assuresd s thel he has traced re- 1ationthip between it and the (oddess of tne Government kitehen. Buf, even admitting ihat Mr. Wethfersel 14 cotrect tn his conclusion, ft 18 dilenlt to see what real good 1t would snbserre. While removing & myslery Ihat haa sauped tho en- crgyol a natien, it would, on the other hand, only inteneify the popninr horror of this coln, and inepire n feverish confidencs in the versant It were perhiape betier thal any purpose of the hired- eirl's creation ahould foreser remain intangible a0 the number of her calico dreases, than that the knowledwse shonld bring & withering olight to & coantry’s prosperity. . Among the many theorles suggested, there Is ane, however, that seems to be sustained by the mupnort of strong reason, 1t ie certainly aided by same of the holiest desires of the heart. Prol. Batts, of 5t Louls, has caet the energy and atuly of a lifetime into this tremendous sabject. He now nnnounces to 8 muffering warld that the hired-girl's misejon ie to canateract the desolating caeer of keramich. AL present L 18 fm- possible to predict oto what exient this doctrine will obiain, Bome conceplion of its popniarity may be mained from noticing the ex- transdinaty honora already heaped upon its learned suthor. Sargeant Bates has catled upon htm and unforled the American flag. Dr. ry Walker has wrilten for hls sutogeaph. Sixty-three thon- sand clube bave the name Botts Ingrafted into ihelr general titles. aense of gratitude on the part of the malo portion of St. Louts demanded alsa that he be made mglnmr in_Danxruptcy in nhappy eity, but that ocing impracticable appointed (0 8 Government position with nual salary of $:3,000,000 as the next best ports from all parta of the land wonld secm to aitizm the correciness of thie Profesaor's conclnsions, Thousands of hosbanda and fainees are munglnlm{ thelr homesteads and gas slocks to hire additionsl female help, The result fa thata #weepingdesirnction of cocoanat hanging-baskets, cuspadorer, flower-pots, and paint-kegs, varionaly and frightIitly ornamented, has commenced, There hreathea not a man with a0l 30 dead as not to partake In tue fem:ul I Even the ef- fect upon the cuitivated wives of theso de- lirlons men does not abate the festivigies, 1t Is true that from sticking Sropossible scenery on all nunprotected farnitore these eathetic ‘Temalea havo turned (heir talents to starting *°clearings ** In the heads of their unprotected husbande, Never- theless, Lhe enthusasia {s something wonderful, A# an cvidence of the practical nalure of the theo 7y, 3t may be stated tnat the principal strect in Oshkosh, Wis., bas been artistically macaaamized with relics of the handmajden's unsclfsh zeal, Another pnase of \ts practical workings is foand in. tne increared confidence which men everywhers evince. They feel that both 1ife and tha bired girl are no longer ander a cload. It cannos be & maiter of wouder that they hove welcomed them with opon arnie, feeling siiro tint she roscies them from aeylume and premiatare graves, Sut, In this time of general elntion, It may be well to maks hy slowly. Thera are causes which may opcrate sironzly against a biing sc- ceptance of ‘the new gospel of peace, Tho mald scrvant may. In time, develop n fendish s affection for corpaient ana fnexplicuble crockery, desecrated wilth high-colored sn- els playlug tag, dureputable or s:mddllll crones Fm!m’) on ono log, On tho other hand, her violent excrtions may fmoair her aealth, sa Lhot phe will reqnlm ltgnler employment. In ther event she will, undoubledly, follow the in- ncta of ber clase, and relanio into thie ofd disbol- ihs claims of duty and bumanily will ba dis: rded. and the delicate Dohemisn yaso und ele- icr glass will_be vacridced 1o the mora per- sistent und enauring keramic, It {8 not doeigned 10 ralse unnecetsary alarm by thess cautions. Ont fenrs mny belie our hopes. The kilchen despot may contuine In her zood work m, until the fondest dreams of mmen Karis it from our for perbapa. essenil toa perfect theolouic irust that we cousider the bised glel's creation as somotbing betler than a mistake, Neverticiess, in view of all tue uncer- tainties of the cawe, it may be wiso to accept with due deliberatlon nn{ mem o0 this subject, even though it be as oeautlfal and refreshing ae the one elavorated by Prof, Botta, BrrLs, —— TNE MOUSEITOLD. CTIRISTXAS THOUGNTS. Cuicago, Dee. B.—Bowe ons has sald that “1Christmag ls the golden band which binda the yoars together,** aand so it should be, for it is the day which seems to gather up tho tangied skein of 1lfe, snd make all fair and smooth again, Itis the day on which was first proclaimed, *‘Peace oo earth, good will toward men*; when family cir- cles are rennited, if at no other time: when the maried chlldren come back (o the old home and foel like boys &nd girle again; the day when old fouds are forolien; when every Lieart feols a glow of generous lenderness, and ia ready to forgive faucied wronga and 1l unkindoess, and be- in & new falr recu Rich or puor, grand or umble, overy home eparing Lo dan its bright. oat look, every han busy with thy aifts which will speak su eloguen! { of the giver's affecting, every Hp 19 ready to shont **SMerry Christmasl ‘The air fs full of suggestions uf gnod cl the children ure bezlnning to talk of Fants aud what he will being them, There is an element in the very name of Christiias which stifies the demon of scitfshness, aod though somo may need the dreain of Old berooge ta show them to themuslves as otlicrs evo them, thero {s 3 subtle Aomething tugring at thoir heart-stringe which nciines them to kindly actions, liut ihere are many 10 whon Cursatmas will hut & Uaroeclosl feast unie s tho more fortunate help them to a little of the Abundunce ¥ith which thelr own homes are overilowing, There are places whers ltue chil- dren will ery with cold snd bunger which the help- less mothar Lias no powor to apuease, | know two ruspectable widows, cach with, iwo childreu, who occupy 8 poor tenuisent of threw rooms, Hving uolrnlu!(. put all aleeplng in one yoow, who nru ready and auzious to do_any honorable work for a fow cunts woerewith 1o ‘"‘1{.’““" and gre for thelr l’nu‘-hntl nding it very hard to get wnough even or tha 1 know another womsn who {8 tled o a thing o 1¢ compeliud to eall husband, snd who wiih six children under 10 years {s oiten obliged (o beg to keep them from starving. In her girihood was the daughiter of 8 wil-to.do sarmer, and b lfu(ul comwou-school educatlon. Tuink of that! knuw un seed couple, boty partly crippled by dlsense, childicas, woasyless, but not fricugless, for they know Hiib whio was especially the fricnd of the poor: but they are aften in sad wani, and yet thelr self-respoct causes them to try to maly- 1ain Lhrmselves wilhodl spoual Lo oth 1 wmany wore who are 4 cireunistances which fur the clusest ecasomy.aud whocan never indulge in tuc smallvat outlsy which {s Dot avsu- lutely necessary. v doubt of ‘Cue Jioma “know a 10 these, —caunot each ona offfus make wlad sowme Beatts slde from thoso we love! Nememoer, Sschriatw on Ghristmas-Day, " and it was le who said, ** losamuch se ye have dous 1t unio tha least of these, my bretren, ve have done it unto Me.** Let us give our’friends sometblog less expen- alve, saving 8 litue from each to make s fund from which we way &ive trus ald apd cowmfort 10 svuiw bumble home. Our dear unes will ow just ss weil I.lumd Wit some slwple kifiof our vwe mauus acture lato wiuch we have woyca loviag thoughis of them. as if we hiad bonghi some costly trifle to s the oye, bul which bears about it uoue af o Irayranca of domestic love| and we may thero. Dy eave £00ULR Lo Wake mOre thay ous ** Widow's beart #iog fos joy.”t 1t tsxes ul{ a doliar to bu, & quarter of 8 iva of cosl or @ sack of dour, sud kuow from swect experience Lho dulight of nep b glow ug the bunery faces st the prowpet ul cuough 10 sat, And when we have dune this, wu can it down 10 our tarkey snd phun-pudding with the conecioosness (hat have done what we could, and that wu have earoed from st lcsst ous grateful soad 8 bearty ** Giod bleas you,® Laat year thioughitful Auat L\“Y&wn oUr memo- Fies i Lwely Jug 1o regard o our obligetious to our furbiul frends, tus letter-carrlers: sad se ahe w abeent tuls year | take b uoon wyself to reuew thy appeul, J hunpen {0 know thul hLer words 80 3m- Prgused swany people Vst bels liberni donations iedpad mory thdn vae poor fellow tide vyer the TOUED WInLer sel Thiey nre but poorly paid for Irampiug day sfter day Wirough wes or dry, heat or culd, aud some have large famllice L0 100 et m s teils Low they raked their lives Lo save the dear old ag. We know bow we watch for theis coming, and now ofien they hava brought us the good vowe tor which we thirgted: bow they hove *'rung the bell ruttly " when ** there was ¢rape oo the door, ' Su let us put oy & generous slice of our Lollday al- lowunce, aud keep it sacrediy il ho wishes us 8 ** {lappy New Yeas e n by EIviog it 1o biwm, wske 1t 8 really bappy owe Lo botl pariies. 1uotice that spwcthines sy juquiry is niade for certgin paticens, elc. ‘Fhoas must bd pewcowsrs, «lse the uld know tist alt suct wanls can bo suuplied b; druasing, Jaclosing stuwp for reply, Mry. A, care Currier 7, SBouth Divislou, She ia 8 veisber of ‘Pus Home, sud (riends can save them- sclves much trouble, aud probavly aviaw expeuse, Ly spolylug to her Aud puw [Raves want with which 1 would not trouble 'Yho Huwe Irknlh!, 1 kovw how slsw o have it supplled. This vdar | (ated (o gt wmy usual stock of preaved ferus ni BUlUDIL leave sud if suy who read tuls can senl v sowe, § wil Vi 0¥ reasoiabla price sud by vty galeCil 1004 oar fricads all, Lwivu you s **Merry Curistma: and & flapoy Year,” sud *‘imsy you ull Live loug and prospur. Graxvya GLUWAYSE. ABOUT BUTTER-MAKI¥O. DzKars, 11l,, Dec. 3.—Thers mast ba some of Tuo Howe coutributors who make bulter; snd, 8s there fo 8 good deal 1o be leasnod on thls subject, I would Mke tho ladics who bave had several years' expericnes in the farm dalry to give their oplatoss, a3 I will give my way thie week. Io the firat place, 1 think wost people lot the cream stund on the wilk tou look; thoy have an {des thattbe milk must be tLick before the crusmall flace, This 4 Botso, PAGESB: Jnet an poon a¢ the milk changes the eream Is roady to take off, 1 fet themilk stand twenty -Tourhonts » sammer and one day fonger fn winter; stlit 1 bave recn people let milk stand one week before sktmming; then when charned the butiermilk te bitter, and of course Lhe buttec wilt have the name. taste. No hattet csn be good, or keep, when yon let the cresm stand t1l it s so pour that it works lke yeast, If yon want to make No. 1 bntter, yon must keep eserything just s clean and sweet 8%, hot water and eibow.grease will makelt. 1 have a person in_my mind now who never washed her'charn, just rinscd it ont, &nd then kept her cream right 1a It tii1 she chnraed again, And sn- ather one wio said there was so mach dirt in her cream ‘that she never stopped lo get it oo, but srafoed {4 throng! toth affer It was sWimmed. Wasn't that horitble? Just think, bugs, aud fles, and everything sqneezed np_fogether, 'That mast hate been *“ofeomnrgerine,” {think it this anb. Ject wan dineameed more [reely Lhrone!i the papers there wonld be less dirty, grensy batler in the market: for it ia very liitle more work to_make clean, ¥ood butter than It Ia to make a conglomern- tion that nabody can ent, and there 18 nothing in the world moro naseating han ranefd hnt- ter. There 1% nothing about the hon that pecin more attcntion than thie same article; and yel wirle will got marnred (If they are like Oppapanux} andgoon & farm (If they marry & Granger, aa | did) knowing nothing whatever of the art of but- ter-making, and perhaps dv not know whethet the weet. mitk or sonr. Of coarse they munt trast all to hired help, who know no more than thelr mistress. There shonld e a achool for repal nlrlrll for housekeepers, and they abould be compelied to attend, We had some tronble this fall, baving 10 chura an hour before getting butier, At Tust [ tried ‘the cream, and found i1 oo cold brought It 1o & temperature of sixty-four degrecs and il came fn fftecn minates. Datter s not so good if churned too lonz, Anyone wantng fnr- ther information addrers Box 104, DeKalb, Ifl. Hanxouts, THE NEXT CLUB-MEETING, Cittcaan, Dee, 6.—Again haa the tims .for our monthly rennlos arrived (or nearly so), and it ia to be lioped the friends wili come freighted with Rood words in regard to the self-imposed tasks tho workers in our band were ao rendy to nndertake, We have been blessed with such beantifal satamn days in which to accomplish our business that we are sura no fenlt can be fonod with the gentle- manly manner in which we have been treated by the kind and Indnl'fmllelerk of the weathi it s time that his indalgenca shonld cear ording tothe ususl method, and we will not murmur though the mad wind shouald how! and wail aronnd our chimneys, or the bristling suow come ailiing wildly tnrouzh aur streets, for that we muat oxpect before the besutlfnl bloowmn of the wild flowors can bless our waltingaight, or the balmy breezes of the {oym\l spring assist the dormant germs to buret helr feiters and strogle up into new and fn- ercasing uscfniness, Wa own Lhat tho pinchin; froat mnd viting wind are terribly unpleasan ta encounter, and on the whole wa dread tis bitter culd that ie sure to follow our buimy sutnmu davs, And igh for the many homeless wandarers who will sink peneath the ravages of $he pitiiess storne of wintes l‘fu for the drearr heartaches and volcoless 'sufferings of the tolling poor whoss fuelless grates and empty Jarders scem beckoning them on 10 d of dread import with the gaunt fingers of despalr, Qor next mntun‘f will bo held at the Tremont Dec. 11, commenciug at Honee on Wednea c. 1:30 o'clock p. m. rompt, If possible, ladies, 20 we may clore our session 1u good time, for tuo shadows creep steal hlz upon us at this season of the year, Christwos fa mazehing slowly forwaed with its delighta and sorrows, and the work of repanng ourf vifts seems bnt a laborof love that s _seasoncd with joy, and the fraltion will be when the eager hands unfold their Christmas tressurcs amid amiles and tears, 'There will bo ;vn J"l“' l-cf rllm.x will look Iln;‘nln !cxxr tla; unged-for gift. for pleasure must give placo the stern r:!\lllu of "life. I will send & k of Christmas rebuses for chitldren to any ho Homé for a three.cent stamp to prepay postage, Thov wera left from aa uusold cdition, and I will bo glad fo distribute them, but cannot furnisls to-uxfl. Address me at No. 104 Lake streot, Jbicsgo, cars Wanzer Sewing-Machine C‘;Ampl“y. BLENA, TECIPRS, Ixoraxaports, Ind., Nuv. 30.~I find my ehoco- Iato caramels moat excellcnt, 50 will send the recl- pe: Puta pint of inilk in & ssucepsn on the stove to ieat, add thrce pounds of sugar, half & pound of buiter; let §t como to & boll, and in the meantime grate half a ponnd of chocolate, add to the botling milk, and let it boll nntil It §s quite thick, etirring all the time. When very ncar done, add a large tablespoonful of vanilla, and pousr Into buttered pans; cut jnto small squarcs. This makes a very largo quantity, I only uso hslf the recipe, and they are very nice {udeed, I generally make sev- eral Linds of home.made caudics, which aro s0 wuch better for the little ones, bucanse wa know what we usc o be pure asticles. For cream choco- Inte drops, take two cups white suzar, one cup cold water, half & pound cliocolate. Lat the sugsr aud water ball togeihier ten or twelve minntes, take off and beat rapidly notll it Is lght aud creamy} fiavor witl vantlia; placo the chocolate whera I will melt slowly into s pasts, tuen roll Mttle balis ofth a Leas o m (. nful to one hall) into P untll is Je covered, thou take out aud put on a buttered paa to cool, 1 use twu forks when rolling the, sud handle them carcfully, I have the recines for sugared alinomds, vanilla carnmels, and cacoanut balls, and, if desired by some Home fricnde, will sead them. Daylight: Thecake called coffee cake lsa German recipe, one that isfound in simost ajl Qerman fawslles in the higher classes. It Is 1aada richer, and it ls used when they drink their afternoon colfce, for thatis & Germa fors called '’ kafee kuckes it called **2iminct kucken, SpmiNariern, 11, Nov, 10, —Chrisimas being so nearat band, and thinking that there sro othors lke inysell who think home-made candies more wholesome than those wo buy, I thought I would send Tho Homo & faw recipes for making candy. Having trica them 1 kuow them to be rellable. Black crook candy—0One pint molasses, one-half Blnl. Lrown suger, pound preparcd cocosnut, ot 11t cundies, Molassea candy -One cnp molasses, one-half eup nugar, one lableapoon of ‘yinegmr, butter size of & wainut, Roil twenty minutes, stirring constantly, When done, add 8 pinch of sods ond stir briskiy, Your In tntiersd tne; when cool, pullat, Cocoanut candy—Lioil one-half pound Josf engar with one-half leacupof water; atir in une-ha)l nonud of cocuanut, favor with Jeman, and pour In buttered tne. Cream condy—~Two eups of grsnntated e one-half cup water, one (eawpuon vanilla, one tp: biespoon vinegar, small plece of butter,. Hoil it, but do not atir, Try it In water, and, when britile, pour Juto buitered tina. apoont ol gain srabic Al do not Jke it, 1 alw, ut §n o jable- olved h{ n’:(u but some Tanzus, Cuicaao, Nov. 30.—To make 8 meat ple yo the oven will not get the juice: With a biscuit crost— Roll thin, Mne the sldes of your baking-pan or dish. Turn s tescup down in the centrs of the pan; this will hold the julces, Make s stew of your 5 cat In emall pleces fnto & sauce-pan or ket~ tle on the stove, with sulliclent watcr for tbo gravy; scagon; have potatoes cut in thin slices. Then put Ju a luyer ol meat, thvg ol polato, snd 50 o8 uniil your pau_ s two-thirde full. Four io the juice, wprinkle & litle four, keep the cup in its placo, Hing meat arouud §t. Rull oat the remainder of he dough, cutting gaslies for the escape of steam} wet the edges of the crust so that they wil) adhicre; L" viein oven. You muei not bavu tbe oven too ut aé Brst, o the top whi brown too svon, crust bruwad L0o soon turn When you ¢ut tho ple.put the point of 1ho kaife urder the edgy of the cup, aud thy gravy will coms ont, Pruit ‘llu made in the same way—cup In centro —are delicious. ThR Laxw Vizw, IIl., Dec. 2.—May I eome in, as T am an lotercated reader of ‘The Home? 1have often thought I woutd answer soms of the many Questions auked. Bome time sgo thero wama re- Queat for the vecipe for the old-fashivned Lard glugerbresd, and as my mother made the best I eves ato, will give berss Thres ounces swds, put In thres sllln ufaweet ik, turec yunces of alum uis- sulved in thres gills of liol watvz, vue-bail pound Lutters 1wo qustts New Urlcaus moulasies, giuger o tuste. Aftes the molasses, butler, ook, snd mi)k sre al) together, add tho alum-water, sud wiir with » stlver gpoon. Mix Honr sutcient to roll out, then wilth a knile mark 1o earde, }nlke-'l‘, p‘lfin‘u ve?‘on. [ h;:u' o shmm fu|r a blac| ug avd 8 DU ags} also a geaal colce cake, 1 sny one wisha, o) PUON Singine Wawxaszs, Wis., Dec. 2,—1 bave vever ®ent any communicstion to The llows befors, but I have ssen 0 muny requesis for & recine for *told. fssbilonced glugeroread ™ that I declded 10 venture once. Iam sure this will give sattafsction Lo al) who try It: Molasses, oov pint; butter, six tavle. spoopsful: ginger, t,wu tablespaonssul; saleras 1wo teaspoonsful; slus, oul » DI Volva Fh wiia diid pataratas separately 1o pions of waler, making 1o s}l 0ns cup full; mix as eoft 28 can ba rolled; " buke lal: ¢ Ofteen minules In quick nven. I ibluk it Eive trice (Lis she will lln: i lxwllrnl. Jin, Cuscaso, Nov. £7.~Mere 1g & pice recips ffor cookiog applcs for present nse, ¥ trled it,sad like it very muel: Tuke sbout tweaty nlce snaw or otber good cooking spples, wipe them clean, snd place them {u & preserving-keitle, with wats Puoagh to about Balf corer Taers ihon B arater :quv‘mw, B! § cup of vinegus, und s desscrt. spoouful vl Kroond cluusmon. Lat the simmer over a alow Gre wotl) soft. Use thew cold, Whlio sooking., keep the kelile covered sighily. Owasses, Cuicaso, Doc. &.—Buet pndding—One cup of 835l 008 cap of sugar, one £up of EUrTaDls, 1bres cuve of Slour, two leaspoonfils of baking-powder, milk or water; mix suf: Wone aud 8 half Lours; wake goy kind of sat yull.llko bt Faiuvisw, Asutawp, Neb., Nov. 30.—Cteam Candy—p Scud a ¥eclys for cream candy, and wo nse s greas deal for the chlldren. Tryit. 7Two cups pf white , One-half cup of waler, one Lablespooatyl of 'l Tiblesgaontaie of vineasr Do noffixxl‘"flfifi sone ing. Whn brittle, panr on biterea piates, ani nil nntid white, Ca 2 recipe for Dolly Varden caxer "7 O #end ins Grass Suireen, Osnrosu, Wis., Nov. 16, —Plain cake~Two cups sngar, ena cap outter (ereamed together), one enp wweet milk, two eape flonr, one cup corn-atarch (in flouz). ane teannoonful extract of almond, one tea- apoonful soda (in milk), two 1saspoontile cream tartar (in flonr), whites of aight egun, This reei fnonough for iwo cakes, 'Wa naually makgon into a larger cake, and the other a I Inte R e oaf with cltron Will some one send & recipe for (notsnapa), andobige T (o PRSE Sokles Rocx Tataxn, Tk, Dec, 3,—F send a recipe tor #ponge-cake which cannot fall to give satinfac. tlon: One cup of white sugar, one cup of flaar, four egge, two teaspuonsfal of baking-powder, twa tzilh.l’umnllnl of water, one tableapoon!al of viy. ) also send a recipe for white cake: The of ten eggs. one cup of hutter, rugar, uno cup of swee mil of bakiog-powder, vanilla, one-halt tab) whi Tv:“:%'l'l of ltlv‘l:: o tables) five cups of flonr, oty — TIE CHILDREN, A GANE YOR TTIEM. ExoLrwoon, ¥1lL, Nov, 24,—*'Detween (ho dark and the daylight, when the night Is beginning to Jower," a littlo form enddles up in my lnp, aud Qracle in 8 snbdned way, **Tell me s story?*" Always with the rising inflection, —voon- begging, vot commanding. 3 Now, having exhausted il the storles 1 have ever read, having 1aid bara to Gracle's eyes the complete histoty of my own iafancy, ornamented with cholca scraps of the coflateral biography of most of my Juvenile friends, and having **mads uu™ all poustble tales, I exclaimed one evening, *'1 protest! I can't! Let's play something, Fram thenco aross in onr abode A caetom of play. ing **The Qame of Forty Questions.” Iiuve auy of the llomeltes piayed 1it, and fonnd how enter. talning and instenctive It isto youne and to olay 1 have read someswliore that Dr. Johnson found (¢ not beneath hisstald English diznity 10 play this Elme, and Jegend has it (hat, once upon a time, is awn venerabla noso was the object of numer. ous fauny qaestions, At first Gracio had to tell one of ns what she had choscn a8 the object nf n%, in order to da. termine whother it wero animal, vegetable, e minerdl, manufactured or In its natars! ytate, uso- ful or ornamental, etc., but ahe soon galned such confidence fn her own knowlsdge thai now she snawers for herself, and usnally quite rorroctly, 1magine our ** halt pour, " for wo spend at Juast that time every evening with Gracio, (iracle—**1 have thought of something you can't 's Mamma~—'* Anlmal, vegetable, or min- ' Vegetable. " @, M, —** Manafactured or nstural™ anafactured," fal or ornamentalt” G.—**Usorul, vory." Ero—**Usatul for what?* 1 osually consldor that quotion & potor, Irs pera nawers it truthfally, 1am sure of a clew to the article. Gracle knowa my fundness for this qne.um. anld Taplies: **Pooh! that's eusy; to cargy things {n, "' 373, = What color ta 1kP G.—**Red snd white,”" . Ego—**From what vcqetabla fe It made?”’ G~ 1 dfin'l kuow for sure, but I think frorm & U, M.~ What things are carrled In it} Graclo z;&‘;-'%e‘-‘pl:‘llr.ln . Y0, if I anewer that you'll o, M, (nncuu'uflngly—" ey 10 think of some- thing odd llllnl s carried in it, thon we wou't guos wo qlekly.” In‘l‘f {meditatively)—**I bave scen & paperof tacks Ego—*Whose 1s it G, ~**Minc, and it's in this room, " G, M.—**Don's Bessiz, Ego— flower.stand in the ibay-window little red-and-white plint kinder- kot, aud Grucio's mamn.a glanctog ‘:v'up,l it inguired, **Do you carry snything else (demurelyl—**Yaes, i3 o with & sudden fnspiration—'t Are thers rome umlnwpl(ren' in 1t now?' Gracie's eyes daneed as sha nodded wanant, and I with marveln punetration crluds ¢+ ]i your lunch-baske! Which so doli¢htod Gracle 'that aho clapped ber hiande tn euch An ceatasy that (racie’s mamma hiad 10 warn her not to waken Laby afvtor, who, Gracie @I tell you, *‘came to our houss'last summer when I was just past 5,* 1tnink Uinger will find this game a necful and charming occupation for thosa boys and wirls of 15 for whom aho Asxs suggestions of gamen. 1lxLay M, Gisazvr, A SENSIDLE BUGGESTION, Juyyrrsox, Wis,, Npv, 25, —Mothers sometimes unintentlonaliy deprive theld children of & great deal of pleasurs, and often they whl atrow thelr pathiway with thoens, instead of roses, Who lias not gean a wothar, whon walking out with ber lit. tle ones, suddenly start back and scream at the sight of a toad or other harmloss roptile? And who bas not agon her little onesimmediately follow ber osampie? I have witnexsed such alghts many times, and once I heard & uuiltb" oxclaim: **Un dear! if It wasn'y for sucn horrld crestures s theae, there would bo aome fan fn walkivg wutl" That wro very wuwise and foolish, Nearly all of thess little “creatures that wo mcet withInone dally walks are perfectly harmless, and. If they wers not, 1t is the duty of people who have the care of children to cantrol thelr (ullmL- at such timey, 1think that sometbing of thia kind would havo boen butter: **0) Jewnie, juat Juok heru and Dugen's he walk funnyy" 3 43 hy, very much 28 you Ao sometinies when you feol happy—boppety-eip, and skippoty-lop, See, now, where do yall think he Kkulnig ¥'* “+¢1 don't kuow; whero e hy 1Y *1 think ho s looking for somo Tittlo fies for his suppor. ‘Then if he 1un't, what then r'* ** P bapd ho Is lookmg for 8 toadatool 1o slt down on ani rest.h o It ho 1sn't, what tben o he thinks agaln " VB It 1s goine 1o raln, and wantq ono for an umbrella.' **Do they really ait down on then when they are {lred, and beld thum over thele beads When it esine?’ *No, but then wa can eay Juat for fun.® **What wiore can wo say 'cout iheuw Just for fun?'' *+0, we can eay porliaps he In gaing to maka & fly chawder, und {e looking for #nma cliips 10 boll the pok.™ 3+ What elsa will he put in ‘mides fiea?™ “yHomae Httle shiny buuse, ' **Thon what olse Wll! ho havo to LRI L atool salad, pernaps,* **What will ho put lu it **+1 gueas milk. Whoro will be get 112" **Out of the mulkweed,™ *“Plion what will ne put 1t In?'" ¢oin s little gold-lined milkweed cup.' WL go after auppor, i1 ee his grandini \Where dous ahe livart na bollow stump.* ¢ \What docaghe dor* Yislio sty ln the doorway and sne s un All of the littla filcs thas call (o soe hee.'t CSWhit will Jigsle wsdiduv e gets thergr™ *+1 guoss he :vash his gluthe Vewnes wil histub be¥™ ¢t An Ararn cap, be. 't ¢ Thon what will he boll them In)*! Let_we Euwes [0 bis grandua's Lrmbl *“Then whero Wili nu wuny thom 10 dryst 41O bls grandma'e ek, | fue PRl b IJ‘I A little worwi whero's ha gougt™ *' Now aay whore h think he will e 0¥ bel *To fdud some little greca leaf for biw suppr, "' ute. 1 huva rulatey w0 muok of 8 resl conversation that u«? Lytwoen tuysel! and & Mitly girl, woen "I" 0 walk vua day last summor, 1n order (o shuw thy reader how very little. auugipation It roguires o enteptuin & ohlid in this way. Qnour relurn b 8 ynake crossod our patl, old ler that 1t was veory harinles: ut, Lecauss muny poople wore afrald of thom, I would kil {t, which 1 did i stautly by tiving It 8 blow oa tho head. mory "profilabla eonversstion you can subitilute facte lu rupard to thowm. 1xks, USHPUL LINTS. Drxvan, Mich.,, Nuv. 21,—~Cannot the sisters #top talking so much sbout whipplug ond tetl us what (0 do fur Christuas, which is wo noar? I oui of ldcas and moyey 120, 80 pleowe holp me, 1 v;nn:mmnlmu' for blg fulke and ligtle folks sod the bou e 1 will t6ll you something comleal for llitle boys Indianst Take @ plece of wire about twenly-lwo fachios long, double {4 in the middle, put the twe ends throngh two g Jengthwise, now wind e uthar piecs of wire round the hody for anws, but ots sugther fig, fnioh each suparate wirs with ralalns, the arwé 1o the way; bend spo wire fur & faok wirslgut w aud too jett; the end ovur tu preveut tho yaisln cowisg odi fattan out the Aret B, pluch up & 1VsG, yow Gl LWO black beuds £ ¢3, 10U Whlly Gies for ;:-\h- W fur Gyes, and & row of red w’omw eaah xiglo O whity bead! ‘Ysue wume chicken teathers, stick in long unoe in tha 40p of $ho hesd, Sulshiny'o with a litfle down on the sldes, featliers on the back of the buad, Make soms pauts, trim with Leads or festherd, & Lright cqlored muanlle oyer the shoulders, & uurt |l‘uunmmd Tudian-fayhion. — ¥aleh fuo Beus with & bow Iu oue hand, aa srrow 1 4ho oiher BYARTWRNO, FLORICULTURE. TUBRRORRS, Tinaoans, 111, Nov, 26,—As 1 havequites nuimbor of Inquiries abaut the wsnagemeut of tuberoses, 1 am induced to give {ne bonedt of my egperience 10 y fAower-loving friends, 1hsd suppossd thal nearly overybody knsw all about tue tubur but 16 seeme wauy petvous kuow litile more wbout it than $has §t 18 & beautiful owersud delightrully fragrant, Bome of my roaders who are conversant with the buld and its trealingpt Wiy femarke dryana ssolcw, ’mm;'&u A R BUCEOR4| i & ing snd doweriug hu° uulb. “dwul :'ofl:d' ¢ erilly known tuat the bulbe whicn have o wil) Bot flowsr again, BOF Lhat the offsate will nof fower thy Brat sussull aTter Lelog separele from the parent bulb, T'o glye wy wethod I will commence with sowme offepts takes [roin the bareni buly, whic sbould be plauted vut 1o the 1aticr pertof May, grat pies panng the lmlu;d by, dech apading s euricaiog liberel dreesing of well-decayod munare. Phn plent the youug bulbs I rows twelve fucbes apart sud 313 inches apart du the row, setung b wo of throo Inched dusp. Kuop iho grovod &6 tiace frea frum words aud woll-alirred by 1ovuse vfaboc. After tho frosl bas cut dowu lue tous for thowe