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THE CHICAGO TRIBUN SATURDAY, IST—TWELVE PAGEN, ! L e him a3 ana naver loves hut once In & hifetime, and who afone ean bring ronlight and presence ialife, and Abs:nce worse than death. Aa roon bid me ceasa to breath, of lleaven—yct itva ** Mt thing apart. but it's wom ! Marrince from the pure motirda of love v woman's Al) other marriages ars a mis: fstake which wracks many lives. Tellera me, tho silken thread cuts and wounds when fantencd Dy unloved hanile. 0 ibly in The Homa about ** T wonld give but ona word of (o rather into & convent and hush yonr ith vesper songa Lhan wneri 1f yoo cannot marry e O 3 iv;e‘lur yunr!nl,\;el within conveln'l.!m)ll, Dotter bleed to desth. 0O, most respectfally, to he permitted to *‘shy my castor” into yonr charmed cieele. reader of The Ilome for aama months, and have perarcd the yarions inatructive discussions it con- talned from time to time with conaiderable gusto, and have noticcd with mach satisfaction the graan- al disappearance of floral and other boggars and traders, anud the flling of their places with whole- rome and intelligent discussions, which, in moat cases, are extremoly logical and to the point, but in others mfch ayerdone, theroby taking up the space which wonld periaps otherwiso be devoted 1o more entertaining snbjecta. that when & namber of new anhjecta sppear in the calumna of The llome the entire forceof con- tribntora centro their thonghts on a single one (and one only), and write shect after sheet thereon, and thue jeave the others undlscassed and i Ladies, [ amnot here a8 4 faalt-Snder, nd regret exceadingly ta be adjadged s suck, but let me call your atientlon to tha sameness of the sub- Jeets n'Tue Home of Nov, 30,—I refer to that Now, answer me candidls, don't we need reformuf mome kind in thia matter Buppnse wo have a hittie of everything, and apare cach other from **too mach of 8 good Dow't nnderstand me to say that my eentiments ot In aecord with yours on {he various toplcs cussed in The Houe. neatral position, but hereafter 1 may give vent to Snffce to say, firat, that. there are coseson record whers 1ove ha been and 12 blind, ete., ~where genuno love caused unhapny mats liut magbe these cases are exceptional, yon wlll ray, to'which Ican only reply, perhaps ihoy ate, bt trup neverthelens; and scondl 1n my humble opinion, there In abenlutely nothing more tisky than eatly marriages to those who do. tire connubialhinopisiess. Bt how tew young peo- le will beed your warning, Chat, no ono can con- telephane, tolegraph, phonogravh, sp nd desrevedly so it ap- each volume 81.) Gl by Mra. D, v of Wwood-engrav- wih the young folk: And the steam enginc. Tho prodnets of fnspira- Yon have regintored the peculiatittes of hrain-de- velopment In all ages. llomer's lnspiration becama ¥, majesty, and sonorons melody The tnepiration of Four volumes, 24; ~— Aunt Sophy’s Boys and T, Sanfunl, contairts s numbe ngs likely to prove attractive to young people. The story also fs wnolesome mnd. religh children betwesn 5 Jove inof his life an's whole exiatenc THE EMDPTY CRADLE, Tovingly the mother lingers a Niagara of been In hls Tiiad_ and’ 04; Whttofleld, Lorenzo Dow, Wesley, and Luther torrent throagh tho channels From what routco docs ono.man derive an aplitnde for music and snother for tho drams, ing and another for Invention, ona for hoarling wealth _and anotber for distribnting the rame? Aleznnder Dumas, Victor Hingo, Charies Dickens, #nd Sir Walter Scott blazed ns atars of the aixth magnitnde in the firmamont of ereative fction. Thelr pecaliar styles woro thu thermometers of their fuspiration and bratn-media, Harriot Martinea O'er the empty eradlo ded. Onthe pilow is a’slight ring Ot 2 baby's shinine bead. Tat no form in gently folded In the blankets soft and whitey ‘No blae eyes gre npwand, ing 1aat goodniehit, TLMtlo feet thone restless inm- Hnehed and atlil when day was o'er Now in desth are hushed forever; Never will they mest her more. And the tears she cannot smother Geéntly fall like sammer ralo. Not on earth, but up fo Heasen, - Mothers 1nect their babes again. —— NOTES TO CONTRIBUTORS. Contribntors shonld always send thelr real name and addross with communications, conductor much trouble, and save & vast amountof mannscript from the waste-basket. rolled like & roa afegnard. anly sateg of thelr roliglon: take.~& dire m (New York: £2,)—Other juveniles of the scason arc **Mora Classlesof Rabylend,” vorsiticd by Clara Doty Bates, fneluding the storfes of * Aladdin, ™ “ llnebeard,” “Tion o' My Thumb ‘Jack and Jill," *‘Tnn SleeoingFrincess,” and * The owd,” with many {llustrations (Baston : 1. Lothop & Co. 03 «Junlor,” & collection of short ct with many pletures (New Yorks Worthiugton & Co. Price, $1), TERIODICALS NMECEIVED. The eeventh report of the State Entomolo- —the sccond of the present jncumbent—has Dr. Thomna eays fn his intro- “During tho past year, as was the case In 1378, thongricultarists of our Btate have. heen less troubied than usnal hy injurious in- The revort makes n pamphlet of nenrly 800 pnges. Communications on the subject ahould bo addressed to Uyrus Thomns, Ph. D., Carbondale, NI The Chicago Medical Journal and Eraminer for December has its usual variety and fulness The editorial departinent announ- «ox that the year past has been for the marazioe the most prasoerous fa {ta histary. 1L M. L reviews Mre, Besant's ** Law of Ponulation ™ in a very {naldequate manner. that the book In question fs indecen rhoulll ratlicr ba o reason for reus ft at nil than for giving it Phitistine . I'hie roviewer secms to be lgworant thit the celbeated apeech of * Mixs Polly Baker,"” which proval, was probably a’ hoax, ‘The other contents of the magazine are strictly of a professional charneter, nuid will commend themselvea to the are talking wo and Matrimony' For the mothe: It doea seem to mo Hannah F. Gonld, Lydis Deecher Stowe, and phed the peealiar type of ored the convolutions of therr bratn in their liernry achicvements, rades of fntotlectnal divine magician o there marrlages for conven. fones before a xiel knows her own heart or has fearned the grand mecrot of love,—they are the Devil's own Invention for winning souis to himself, A pirl who marries young e apt to look aroundand sre her hushand with other men, and often, Uie hnsband Is the ono who snffers There nre husbande And wives between wiom all senac of love or afection, 1f ft ever exisied, dies out beforo tho wedding-fing has What follows? Few men and panionship, and, find. tain their own home- t _stories o big ning and regls| manifested diferent Thomas Moors was ¢ natire poetry, Lord Dyton wasthe **live thunder*" leaping from crag to crag, prepared to startle the natjons from theje lethargy by the powers of his nvincibls genlng, or ratse” to heaven tho moni- in the thrilling_and sub- “ain, Manfred, snd Childe octs of Nature. af suthors ae Mont Blanc plaina of Pledmon dowed with dissimilar temperamenta and organiza- and Qray became enthitals the possinilitien and mysteries of treatiso on the ongin of life, destiny of _matter, terions procerses of regenerstion? The moise in the teleacope wili Teveal a mastodon in the A blemials fn the ervatal of an oyo-glass wml:lntn tha effect of the finest painting In the Tho mlldew of a vegetable placed beneath the werful microscone will dlecloss a magnificent forest with immonse chapparrels and anglen, tenanicd by minute pooalations of § ifc, rovealing & nulverse unsoen by the n Tha atmple contrivances of concave and convex lenses have nnvelled the microcosm and the macrocosm of nniversal nature. of the micruscope and the teleacope, Wwith their varying magn!fying powers, widening the emplire knowledge, typify the do- yelopment and activities of the human brain, 28 8 physical medlum of the ‘Tho most rcliable astrono re obtained upon the sumnuta of mountains alevated ahove the Impuritics of the almosphere's lower Perfect media nre essential to clear mani- featations and anquestionable reunlts, y prudent &nd affectionate mother {ost atopped Into' my studio nnd I rend to her what [ have just Chig, " sald she, have tolled $hat “apple of Home not une of **matrimony, ™ by the comparison. Deen published. Tost its brightncss. ‘women can live without com Ing no tenderness and Jove w circle, they seex consolatlon cleewhere. whole evil lles tn theea laveless mareinge body Is chained to body, 1ike two criminals huiks,and one drazs one way and the otherinanop- postts direction, 1itl the & ment of his Immortalit lime ntterances of hu flarpld, Theta o above the common het tuwers above tho Itwillsave the ate I havo taken a4 Edison, Motse, asts In roveatin) ony groses intensy and te to the growlng numh- od pity the woman thrs uniied ! Life becomen unbearable, and she longs to die. but knowa she muet live and act, and life rooma never ending, And tho grave whero she mizht reet at jast Tlencoforth harlife, her cr all must be hidden sway from the world, 1t mnst be hidden down in the ver; Alas! how few of our sex such buniens, —who * @ingrsnony, CuicAno—The customary manner of enteraining New.Year's tallers is for the lady of the house to receive her guests ln the parlor, the bell being apswered by & servant. In regard 10 the rofreshment tablo, it ia usually sct in the dining-room, and every guest le invited to eal. Yeu are not expected to it down at the table with avery caller, but rather toact asan attendantsprite. 1In caso otler Indien receive with you, the one best acquainted with each calfor shoald receive him. 20 very far awny, Mus, Hannts, deptha of her I o ® BUSTAINS OPPOPONDX. who do e e e 0., Dec. B.~In tho Issue of Nav. 30 Oppoponnx answers her numerous critles in A mauner likely 1o call forth thewr fre. lnminous dispiay of urthogeaphy aima to break thie Turco of her argument, but thelr puny elforls put one inmind of the boy who attempted to blow down tho old oak with the ald of a bellows. sound, healthiful advice of Oppoponnx to her own scx scems to atrike a tender epot, and they rush Into print with accosations charging her with being alsappointed In ber affections, term her Ideallstic, nnd sy her*tthero" isan ingenious construction of theimagination, The truth In, thatif the girls ladies of America wers more given tos walk daily in the open alr, and excrciced their mnecles o the end of developing thelr physicsl organtama, and not in tho habit of devoling their entire time to sweet rentimentalism, music, palnt- novels, ele,, they would not be remarked by nations for their dejected Jooks, eadaverous faces, and broken conatitulions, as 1s now the case. subject of matrimony to youthaand maidons ia probably their most intercstine study, as it determines fn & great menaure thoir post-marital 1ife for happinces or mise { thot in the selcction of a i not hear just live like ono walking Weary tloep, never for s moment loaing consclon ness’'—never for A mament having the heart light of Its pain, ond night after night lying with eyes wide open, —~rlmply connting tha hoars ns they pass, 8nd ox- It {e & difiicuit position, the one T am at. and open to the eriticiam of moralints, yet I think there are faw who will deny ita existing far oftencr than the world Imagines or Can it be otherwise? h fts own sorrow, meddicth not with its joys. ing liea In those words for us aill Wh tlon to one 1s harmicss (o move another, created us and made na what we aroalone can Agaln 1 ssy, God pity the woman who 1s tied to a man she does not nor can- not lave,—~who is compelled to wears smile whon her heart {a breaking benca den which Is crnshing her, such 8 life—tho woary sirivings belween templa. tionz and duty when with uplifted bands sbe pleads foe strenzth and eymopathy to ald hee in ‘her tofle Tt is doubticss true t hnt o Woonnixe—-Your communication was writlen on both sides of & shest of paper, and, coni quently, could not be nsed. not thinking, not_decaming, he quotes with ) tempting to describe o’s invented by Dr, Cunio—Write te Dr. Shipman for the Informa- tlon youdesite. of onr obaervaiion and thological vowers, Al observatlo: THE LETTER-BOX, Tnere are fettery, postal-canls, or vapers althis office for the followlng persuns, of the city will please send thelr address, anda the matter will bo forwarded. can obtain their mall by calling at Room 36 Trim- uxe tiullding: Watcher, Chic: A Friend, (‘hlc‘l‘;h C.. Kan via, Mapie Lawn. Aloe Knloo, Chicago. The P'enn Monthiy for December has the fol- Jowinge table uf contents; “The Months! “Art Jndnstey at the Paris Exposition,” by Dr. Von Falke, ‘of Vienna, Nnatorp; “ Northern Nullifieatfon and Its Antl- dote;” # Westward,”” a poem translated by Mre, A, L. Wisler from the German of Karl Flze; * Mental Lifu Below the Human,' b AV, W. Kingaleys **The Dutles of the Legal Profession to the Poor,” R, E. T.; * Poatry of the Turkish People,* by the Countess D'Jsiria; ¢« Qur Oldest Author ¥ (Francls Rowle), Book Of these artleles the one on *The Legal Professionand the Poor " is perbaps It suggests some or- vanlzation of Inwvers in large citles to protect the poor from the extortion or oppression of The clergy and the doctors are nl- ready organized in such a way ua to afford tho reliel that belonza to ench of thelr professfons, but the lawyers have thus far acted only in their individual capacities, Those llving out by Gustasus Reosldents of Chicago that since yon caaking recipe or critice swarm about youn, prepared lon over your 1t- *'Mother, have no fears: exer- Reason and logic wil Mary Alfjce Heath, tho bitterness of W to hold a poSt-mortem exain erary remaling." cisano sympathy for me. pot up the monquito-bars agninst anperciiions e Thore Is always some :}l {1 L. y C. Fiah, ¥. D, icago, Yellow Jersamine, ind it behooves them partnor they bo not Young ladies are apt to pleturo an who s perfection, —accomplished, nandsome, kingly in_hearing, etc. rate,—if von can find hi ‘The polished diamond MuncaTiNg, Ta., Dec, 2.—All hall to Oppoponax. She has strock the right chord: and every chord In sympathy with truth, with advancement, with adesira talmprove the general good, must respond views, Cle, Inm and medioerity, Hesieea ence hotwoen tho trill of 8 mockingbird carrion-acream of n valture, —tho faint gleam of & fatuus and the intensity of an clec- ‘*Daughter, do not bo Indtecreet,* #aid my good mother, 24 a 1 am porfectly oxhilarated over th munnifested by so large a mnjority of my sex for & more thurough knowledgo and spoedy adoptlon of the deiails of the cosmetic art. personal sttractions of society-ladies are of traflic in the involces of oar apothecary sh Waiking down atreet the other day, 1overhesrd opo other how he could get his 3 that 18 easlly answered, the firet Iady Seath. s Clara ¥le. Chicago. Cheap Living, Chicago. the most noteworthy TRE HOME CLUB. THE COMING ENTERTAINMENT, Cricano, Dec. 12, —The regular monthly meat- ing of 'Tux Tuisuxn Home Club was held ot the ‘Tremont lioune Wednesday, Dec, 7, and a good attcndance was ihe reaslt of the fine weather which has blessed us with its genial presence for ngements were completed for holding the dimo cniertainment which was ap- poluted at the last meeting, and we hope The Home friends will como preparad to enjoy them- nelves o the extent of their abllity, as the talent engaged {s among tho best in the clty, and tho programme exceodingly inviting. welcoms the bright faces of those who thronged one_when our monthly socials were such enfoyable affairs, and take this the members to invilo thelr fricnds to participste in tho pleasant ro- ‘The entortainment will ve held in the Tremont Mouse Club-Rooms Tuesday and the Jieception Com- in attendance, will commenco at 8§ p. tho rendering of “the different numbers there will be n seaxon of social conversc, In which all will be privileged participants. The proceeds will be devoted to purchasing materinl to bo fashloned by the buey fingers of the lfomo workers tnto nee- fal articles for the falr which ls appoiated for the coming spring, and from which we hopo to realize suficlent funds—added 1o what 1s already In our tressnry—witn which to open onr much-necded With an earnest hope that the friends will como frelphted with words of encoarsgement and Join with us In. rendering the eveniuyg one of wmore than ordinary enjoyment, I will pass to snother 1 would say to Mrs. Smitl Ahat the fetter anawenn: returned from the Dead-Letter Offico Jast week. our seeming neglect. 4 thank thoso correspondents who fiava offcred such kind nesistance, and would say that we will be giad of a1 ything 10 o for our cauae, due to those tricd and trie Homo friends who, sn- ticipating Kris Kringlo in bis rounds, laid my tious by the donation of & gener- os Christmas gift in the midst of our yesterday's acanion, Long may Tho Home and {ts workors live. 1 have more of those booka to distribute. Tll-assorted marringes are crime aud e, lsed in warniog, | is certalniy to bo preferred to the rongl, but, young ladics, in seeking the be careful not to mistake the paste Imita- 00k for tisoso sterling R0 to make up ‘‘God'a noblest work." raceful ball-room puppet, whoso only tion to the graces of the falr lles in ganncnts, waxed mustache, conteally parted halr, and genernlly sparkling exterior, rhauld not be credited with those noble yualities of mind aud soul which tho natural| imngination of the yonog lady woul 10 Ltin in her frst imprevsion of his magnificent 104 Ratber by obscreation nf his evoryday bahits —his tastes and incluations—wiil you diecover the mou wno unostontatiously enjoys 1 While 1t shoni ectivo motners of the future generation esmnan and controllers of the universo to ok thelr Ideal hicroes smong their male acquaint- ances, they must not ,lono sight of tho fact that tliowe Yury herovs are also recking their heroiner, ** Like findg like™ is an old and true saying, and the vonny lady will more casll teriallzed ideal by tho display o which moat attract a noble and caltivated mind. Miss Oppoponux, your dissertation on ths con- Rlomeration of virtues and vices that up the structure of the genus homo and suggeetive to the sobacriber, o pression of your idess on the foregotng on topics of {utereat wonld not be nn-ccumn{llln. And the moment one the hydra-headed crities rush pall mell with inopporiunc arguments Althongh she needs no de- fender inme, forshe isamply able to handle her crities, I would tecommend you fo read hor last tetter carefully; when yon hava raed ft, then read Why, bless your sonls, thero is moras Aense, moro truth, more to elevato, yos, and more to answer, in the last half fsin halfa dozen Peggottys or Yel t 1ry 10 yanquish her by telling her that ahe will soe menta when sho marrican widower with seven children ora corner grucerys Even if eho ahonld do thls, it will make lier osition which sic has taken none the les all remember tho tncident in the life of lloraco Aw he reached the fifth time for the biscult, tho hostess pleasantly reminded him that *‘alic had olways nnderstood that le ai veruely 10 euting warm bread, " 1s jooked up with d smtle (for the biscult were good), and Madam, do you always practice what you h! Oppoponux cannot revel {n metaph: why she cannot express her viows and _annt Yior critica in well-ronnded sentencos which smack of more loaruing and deepor reading than any of them, why sha cannot nse the paletts and guitar at d ist in waslifug the dishes, has ualitien that really to annihilate her. LITERARY NOTES. The Athenenm prints o strong article advo- cating the theory of the carliest date of all Ehakspeare'a plays for *The Taming of the s0long 8 season, Arr gentioman ingulzs of skera colored? Vi ot the pormiasion and rab your beard iar with 3 married lady Wwho never exhibits herscil upon the public thoronghfares until ahe has occa- pled threo houra in velling tho ugliness of her feat- ures beneath the enatuel of She brigntons her lips with a cl ar her eyebrows aud oyelashes o jei black; she hides tho sallowness of her skin by an spplication ¢ flluminates her cheeks Suo bolus tho same standard of value In comparison with nataral beauty as & coun- tecfeit ** shiuplanter™ doea to gold coln. sembles in her frescood condition one of Michael Angelo's painted goddesses who hias been liberatod frow the sanctuury of St. ¥ ambulating commetic agvertisament. Behold this galvanized Jmpersonation of vavily on o wash-day morning, with staring eyee, di- aggard expresslon, leaning with one clbow on her clothed.wringert would imagine that the Witch of Endor had caljed s dead man to got tha job of Tubbing ont his winding-shoct. One of tho features of modaen uivilization ia cloarly diacernible in the fact that becume an article of com- put up in dollar packszes, to rub out laco enamel on freckles, and nk of youth to the sbriveled cheek of nge. R’l'ha fashlonabla follles of our day aro the methods that destroy personal astraciio Ningeriug suicide. of her ieticr than there Mr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., tho son of the fallacy of her argu the poct, Is epoken of as n probable successor of Judge Lowell, of the Massachusetts District Court, should the latter, be mude a United States Clreuit Judge. s Majesty Do Luiz has Just completed his transfution of the * Merchant of Venice,” This work Is In tyne, aud will shortly vo followed by the publication of his Majesty's versfon of #Othello,” which fs ready for tho press. Robingon's Epitoms of Literature, published monthly duriag the pasy vear by F. W, Robin- won & Co,y of Philadelphia, will hercafter be vubilsneil on the 18t and 15th of each month. It 4= a sery complete and useful réview of cur- ren’ literiture. Beantitul within and witout fs the ney can- didate for hollday favor, Dr. Liolmes' poem of ‘Tho Riversldo Press suede n worthy getting for the bright pems of 1he Autocrat’s versea; and Andover Academy, wtir Amerlean Lton, hoa never beforo been so worthily commemorated, 3 *The Family Library of British Poetry" {s ono ol the most notable gift-books of the sca- son, und will be a dearly prized treasuro to the veorfle of culture Who' are 0 fortunate as to receiva it Itds by all odds the largest single- volitine collection ever made of British poetry, ronfains the chojeest works of moro than M pocta epread over u thousand broaa poges. tanforni, nnd eapecially her commerclal ine- tronolts, San Franctseo, ore fortunate in_having a man tharourhly informed in all her history, and wha s about, to xive iimself to tho writing Juhn &, Hittell, Esq,, ol the Alta Cati- Jurn i s for years been rathering the !facts tor thits history, to be lssued during the nresont 1t will be o most lmportaut addition to Amierlean bistorical lterature, If there #s oun thing some of the London weekles need mors than another it {s o mon competent to review novels, _ttheweon putling Wilkte Colifus® * flaunted nnt the Academy praising «Molile t 1s imposaibly to aveld the conclusion bzt the cditors of those journala have put green erities to the work of revlewing the novels, and that the Jatier do not kuow wretehed stuff when wder and palnt. rry.rod; she col- the partors in tho da ban been intimated, of arscnicum, aud then with vermilion. portanity of reques unlan we anticipste, tor to become & pere xlioveled hatr, ) wonde ice this controversy began. Must we smunediately brand her a fiirt, a spotled ulenty of meauant her command? s it er critcs cannot use the pajette and nd have to churn and feed the chickens, * v brand her as snch? 1 Oppoponax had wentioned washing dishes, efc., as her only ac- compiishments, there wauld not have been, this All her critica immediatel, ber as sltting enthroned, with snubbing those who wark, and lavishing her **un- limited means™ in overy way but for charity. yourselves of this notlon; as a morry, romping il Fee sonso Rnd reason larry liatt, Intros Paggotty, Yeram, femaje lovelinees has NEVADA, la., Dec. B.—\Well, John, yon imagine you **have gone aud dona it,** now don's you, by throwlng your littlo bomb into our camp? You thought to srouse the Iro of every feminino reader But you are doomed to dis ment, 1 fear, for It requirosa vory small amount of penoteation fo see ft'Is bul an empty shell. Your ruso Is too transparent, my friend, and will elicit no return fire. For no womun with the com- monost kindof acnvo would baliove thut s man -with sufficicot brain townte that littlo article 0f course, if thers wero a shadow of chance that yon wero fn earncst, I ad- mit there {g that in your lotter that would have a tendency to incroane the temperature of the binod, and provoke sume rather emphatic roplies. But 1 better try something oinc, with bettor success noxt il L of 6 years can tell you t| i and onu| 1) § survay* belonz 1o tho darker ages, theYdea of cither Lusband or wifo wishing to ruje {atou sbsurd to admit of dincussion even, add their partnershin is fixed onan entirely difforent basis from that of any Lusinc: consequently not to “lhe Sehionl-loy,? of Granville, It , nd mako life a nd Light-lacing, com- ress(ng together the ribs, diminlahing the space ¢ tho perfect activily of thio lungs in reapiration, aapping the citadel of lifo b process of o slege, neglect also of loose apparel and eshilarating out-duor exerclses, of warm cove erings for tho bends, and neck, and feet, of fre- uent bathing aud the uso of ¢rash toweln or a oah-brush, will diminish the vigor, besuty, and darstion uf existence. ik connterfoit coln, posecsaing no inte) value. Most of our devoteos of fashion liave wals| resombling honr-glasues, but tho sands uf thelr i low few madorn women roreme bls, in physlcsl developments, the clasic propure tiona of Venus de Medicl, fe ces, g anteelng health, beauty, and long lite, reveal thelr fullest powers In o perfect Wamen wero not made to iethrons her, and soe her f 10, snd thea you will what she has ol Chat, Little Nonke, all offer as thy one great nrgun- **Hho will one day wed the very one that intended not 10, We again ask, Docs Vs make hur arguments any the leas strong? T onux {8 fighting hier aldo aa en she fails sho leaves tho 1 sm a bachelor of ind, with my daily people,” am constautly reminded of utter carelceaness tn choosing the slow and sure they feel dinposed eenest gratitude 1y menat & word of Connterfeit femnle the deepeat obli for her eforts, rience, you sco), soonust run ont. the dire neglect, rightly, or uny approach (o it, Allthe creeds in Christendom do not teach a courso (v bursag, TIIE MARRIAGE QUESTION. LOVE T, MATRIMONT. Cenan Rars,Ta., Dec, 3.~1 bave been & some- what intereated ** looker-on in Vienns ** upun the different viewa Tho lome folks have on love and T think Chat sbout right; words, like the lazsy man whe wrots out his prayer nnd pinnod 1t to the wall, and atnight pointed to *40 Lord, them' In romsnce wo read of heroes ana heroines with stolc resolution, capablo of withstanding the most trying temptations, always steadfast, always firm in the hour of tria), Jmbned with the power of dls- cernment which enables them almost to regulato their own future as woll as that of others, real }ife such is by no meapa Lhe case, arm ourselves ngainst imperceptivle dangers. do not resist the pleadings of thoss wo love be: cause of possible futuro inconveni¢nces, We are We do act from impuleey wlcal development, ate tho anatomy of 1 would not give the anap of iny finger or the wag of a puppy's tall for beauty that cannot stand the chomical action of acapsuds or a lover's e have our oycs, our sonse, and why not nee them with reason as t, » horve, or A p disposition to separato sccomplishments from work that causes such a feeling. Why cannot Opooponux discover a lost Atlantis In a chiurning? Why cannot she, after an act of charity in yonder correlation existing be- tween Intolligont Lumsnity and inapimstc na- ture™? Why not in the act of wasling dishes nder on tlie history of he ceramic a; bor with thoughts ead of tnluking, * 1d churn,' ar *'L bave Lo wash those Rreasy dishes ™t A MATRON'S BXFERIENCE. Citcano, Dee. 10.—Is it possible that Oppopo. nux has suffered the keon vden of disappolntment, that ber Idol of clay has moelted or crumbled to dust beforo her eyca; that ahe at sweet 19, when women sre ldealiats, looking for, hoplng for, some- thing that is to como that will il their highest ex. pectations of perfect manhnod,—a very Prince Rupert, —~can havo been Jilted and soon another A1 her place? If so, let Oppoponux rojoice and b nlad, Truly she possesses a soul that is touched by Nature's beauties, and can rovol fu the santight and shado of & Creafor's handiwork, who loves #0 wol aro ecmbloms of everything and tavely in wowmanhoad, and tnose wha them draw souls fo thes In a closer bond than suy afiinity of the spirit theorlsts, d! found even in the mach-abused male gender that read tho language of flowors add understand a proper cultivation of thum. t po”* get Weyond her depth whils mysterles of metaph; &lamour como ovor the vision that dist vbjects and makes niountains of mol hier theorics bear the analysty of a scarching every. ¥ lifo? One thing le certaln: If Oppoponux is onl she 18 lacking experience, sa vatlon, nut from any kuowledgo of cause snd cf- Did **Oppo** ever dream (| a wonian wakes bim," and that band is what his wife makes him, words, that 8 woman has her destiny in her own hands, and that niore than balf tbe wrnichednoss, wiscry, poverty, and wo i8 ¢ ccpting those whono lives liave womian oftcn complaine about her husband's neg- my of his havits before she married him, yot accepted him in soite of thom, d darkness will not sssimilate. ure Are sure (o sepirste, and, ae truo fs father o tho wmun," sa true is 1t that the training of the boy will in tho young man and whow tho T of tho natured man, youug ladica ** marry in has reputation that theie Kve: Otten 8 young compact, and {8 bo cuwpared with any such | “&hsking of ave, T w cttine's correspondence existed soywhere on this planet & youug man with i o dovolion and sympathy, th ajs- cursive fancy, the nower of insplration that ren- dered tho German girl of 16 years tho juminary of Why, I would travel to the farthest vergo of this big world to greot such an impersona-~ tion of Naturo's nobility, zine of hls heart with the most active combuatibles of my affectionul nature, down the windows of h maguetiam knocked with thrills wanctuury of uls heart, hiack ringlots from hl wearch out somo Edon. by truiling honeywuck!s n e nce my perusal Oflhe.’" there When we find the liovel, ponder on the OPI’'OPONUX. SIIE DISCOURAES ON COBMETICH AND CORBETS. 1L, Nov. 8,—1 presented some snaloglea in my Iast communication in confirma- tion of the theory that on interveming medium niodifles in a remarkably porcepiible manner the complexion, quality, or the Intensity of tho ele- ‘ment or energy trausmitted through it. ‘Ware our planet det the rhiythm ot ut and profita- ave tu turn that 1 would fire tho maga- I would uaze lovingly untll my pereanal the door of the 1 would smootn back the Henry Iolt & Co. will publiah this month “ Noschier's Polltieal Economy, with additfonal chapters by tha author on Paper Moaey, Joter- Protective Bystem. id of an enveloping atmos- phure, tho sun would appear asa molten dlsc In the Ormament, visiblo from the one luminous spot of our earth on which ita rays have fmpinged, The constituents of this occan of mir, mubject to unequal temperaturos, refracts the soler light, making unlvemdal dsy ubiquitous, followlng the eclrcuit of the eapth around tha sun, 1f the student of Nature would be enraptured with a vlew of earih arrayed in her Joweled case tume,; lot him rmmble through the avenues of & after 1lclios has sscendod The elemental I the atmosphere, by the avo beeu in diligent the Queen of Night mautlo throagh her f watery worlds and blade, sud Trude, aud the ‘Crausluted by J. J. Lalor, A. M. will be in twa volumes, &vo. pubtish ‘Chomas 1lardy’s new novel, * Tho Ke- ‘This ook (8 to be pre- faced by o plan of the reglon in which the sceno is supposed to oceur, Homer Lvc & Co., 85 Libert, hayve in press tor early publ Colored Cadet at West Polnt,' being an auto- Blozraphical exposition ol the trials, experl- vnces, and incldents {n the carcer of Heary Osslan Flipper, while o eadet at West J'olnt, ‘I'he uuthor is_ the first and only rradunte of color from the Military Academy, aud thero will naturally be great curlosity to bear what be has to say of hla treatment there, . . Griggs & Co., Chicazo, have becoma tho the well-known + Gramimnsr of Paintiug and Engraviog,” traualated from tho Frencliof Cluries Blouc by Mrs. Kate Newell Trovgett, and formerly 1ssued Houghton, Oszood & Co. futesested (o art will bo glad to jearn that the yrice of this valuable work has been aeduced from $0.50 to 5 for the tlue editiou, and fron #4130 ¥ for the popular editlon, lahdon Journgls anoounce tho death of Capt. Whyle-Melville, the novelist. from his horse while hunting, 11¢ was the suthor of u had a conslderuble success French, und republished tributed to Fraser’s and ackwood’s Magazines, uud madeatranslation of the “*Qdes of Horace, ! te wusa great horseniug, aod his death, white riding to hounds, 1s a8 trogic =s auy of the jucldenta (n bis storles, on, 70 Broadway, New York, 4 volunie of “Famoua Stories,” by celehrated authors. the Avenger,” by Do Quince: “l;uhllhwr:lllg'ku Areasure! by jia Love dud Skates,” by Ilic Vin- “Tiie Detwultoreds by Thomas (oo s Caldstrenn,! by Hervert “Vauglans * The Beotman's Tole,” by Hurrlet Lee; snd other talesspmie as excellent und enteraluing yolume s fllustrated by Nast, Sol v, Verking, W, Lo Bhcppard, moved by tenderness. yielding'often to momentary weakness. " any man Or woman can go through wer of Nature, ‘obscired aud lincer away a lon cling my walat, while ‘They wiil also turn of the Nattve,” the "romsnce which s s which sums itsolf up In these words: *Ta lave ‘be Joved." tho ona ting neediul, withont which all else wers incomplete, 10 rival near its throne, fsfaction 10 have some ono who will be patl with your faults and strougthen your earnest de- wireq for what in best and aur lifa has been o conatant etrugglo and you ave fought agaiust giving in year sfior year, &na suddenly find & helping hand, you will avandon ourself utterly to the exqulsito pleasure of have ng soina ons to cling to, weet to us all, and TIGHT, LACIN' ONE WO OI''OSES IT, Dee. 6.—1f spaco will permit, and yon deem it sultabloto your deparie ment, Iam impressed tat the following couplet rovision, viz.: m the sonl the body form doth take, rar tha soul L8 fori and doth the boidy make, The youny ladles will porbaps pardon us change this to harmonise witl Lovo ‘will besr It e & comfort and :“ Conowaren, Mich., ication, **Tho ighest in life, magniscent park jo the borizon with his furcen in the laboratos It is tha happlest ex- perience 1o feel like this, my word forit. danger under its sweetness, ~ dunger of falllug Into the mn of jdolstry? strango tangle most lives times if we chovso anyibiog. Hatber It sppears 10 me that we take the cvelits as they come alow, and uso them as the prosent moment alctates, and sfterwards bawail mistakes, thetm, and yet sll the whils contendln: ward clrcuinstances and fAghting with foo our inaufiiclent strength can mever conquer. For years | fougnt along the stroam bearing up bt of & burden that thy rag me dowa. ach traliiug Ler apb! frescoed halls, forming bend with which to embeilist ower, The transformations of the kaleldoacoy rival in Leauty, varety, and prismatic spectacie produced of the solar fresthrouga the lignf refroshing night Jews, Naturo scintillates with twinkling sun-pictures mora resplondent than the regalla of an Urlental Yrince snwoven with precious diamonds, 1liustrate the exvression of persunal ldentity througn tho medis of tue pliysleal oryanization by tho continuaue fluw of o river, of gravitation, it ghacs down the decilvity of a con- tinent, and, returniog like a prodigal son after completiug the clrcull of Ity wanderin.y, 1t mingles At faxt 10 tho yeast of waves of great Newtuue's Evaporation, floating {slands of riftlng across tho Hrmament, cuustituting tho prising of space; dejuging rainfalls; the surface urainsye of thu grest wateraheds of the contitients; e, turbid trloutarles sna rolling ihe adjaccut lauds, sweping tatile majesty und fores ** earset” tha body form doth take, there nat & lurkis, Corat ™ 1 Foru aind Goun 1ho budy inake, The majority of us bolieve aud regrat, we think, that the couplut rovealaa grave erior tn the tollet of some youpy ladie, As o clusy, thy gentlemen confess to constderable effort (0 plesso the ladics by reasonable attention to personal appearunco, and believe that they sy Ju n measnre 1o kratily the gentlewen by similar care, but unfortunately resort 10 lacing and re- ducing the size of the body as one of tho mistaken Wo hupe to prove thew labor. floundering in wubllshers of el L I wonder some- orts nataral lo-hills? Wil TROSDARY. Wil St helpless to relleve sialiut the dead wel, e every momient to Ty beart bas been contiunally resching out with 410 trafl tendrils for vomething to which to cling, tucans to this ond. under a mivapprehionsion, vidently tho huuian foru In created nnder fx- ed laws 0f Torw and adosnment, inolther fn n fsolated particuler brivgs discord “Chue the lavis of com| culurs fuat always govern the attire of dressed blondes ond brunottes, fashion will_wuablo the bruucite to sppoar ac- ceptably fnblug, forins0 dolng she opposts an hanglog law of Nuture. builders are constantly endeavoring 1o master cer- tain rules of urchites Subject 0 the law scd by olindly act A radlcal chany not been pure? A nd broke his oy novels which werg translated Juto In Amorka; con- d or passing shrub whoss frail support woald be broken by the wind or with from uncongenial Wssoclations; and all st when wy heart bean 1o fo1l me, lo, & clp and cumfurt cawms to me, snd the weight of the burden that seemed well nigh too hoavy, (o be ad suddenly Hgntened. Land cross the path of pus who wa A Dew courage, A new uotutug seemed too hard and deforuity, No ducruo of Our most cowpelent murwuring rivo rivers {nundatin, And it 13 hecause sq many 6™ men of blomhished moral shipwrecks, draulle works. river o promoterand co 0 1ts power must bo utilized by an intercentin, dium of water-wheels, connecting gearing, mution to mecnanical tuveutious which aimost have the qualifications of luteiligency. above hu duui, which a great distance, jocressing ita rescrve force river wes ouly 8 suwe harmony and employed the most sy purtious in creatin our budy e o swall & struciure tha e divine proportions must be doubly disss- the cornlco of &’ perfect structuro aninch ls Lo destroy 1t symunctry in the yet 8 lady, scorning the thy buman for: 3 pature, cunverting bluooming parsdise. have kuown; tut love—never untll now, taken possession of ail that s holiest and best in ‘The idea that snother can ever have & vlace in wy heart nover pressnts Itself. o ft. It 18 full to overfiowing. Love tomo has hitherto beenn dream, & tendes- ness. 8 something undeducd; now It fsthe ruling ml:lmln of my o ve aund a) xoal for which 1 1 and he iw mine, to bave no thoughtapart, no dreas un earth ur in beaven in which he docs not miuxi; 10 foliow in his foowsteps, to hold his deur band mOYerto part, never to avenry, to lel the whole world go ils way su we together and paught come beiweon, s id thue will true luve and the oge best auitod Ia wife to ba pure, aud we women have tho rignt to demund the same 1hose who sk us Lo unite oureclves to thewn, d (hls, aud the neglected howes, od squalling, puny children wil) ‘I'hat woinan s 8 (ool who wnowingly ks ber fsto toa man who has lived a Her lifats bound to turn 1o the gull of o For Afiecn years T Liave been & wife, busvand for years before I murried. waa my dearest friand when my own niother was Wo_ ucitled ‘down o & falr in- lime was almost A T Fricndsbiv snd ailectlon omas 1lood; i eyes of & cunnoluseur: model given her by way becoms more beauliful by inil surd custom of somo sucient and portly Queen, or, to the promptings ol uman naturu that, in uneitlized countries, hoa stimulated barbarlave to flatien their beads, vlerce their uuse, ear, sud lip, crswp thelr fect, fatto their bodic methode of deformity and di wo do kuow that some of the younq Indics versist tha walat of & litie kirl witn the re. dy of & woman, like the hideous con- un of a'facctions photographer, ugh the deficiency of an inch in the outline of wiziant editice way dewtev; \n:enc uutural outlet for swumps But when it was conductea through tae mechanisms of royal mind’'s marvelous ac. fwhmonts, —of sutomata which knit, wei . landscapes, poems, or cate wire and g .ot the sickly Wil bo things of the past. poasiuly, yieldly, tastse element n print; dgest it In folded [ plus for lmuiediste delivery, and olbers uvour stedbs of fron, converting them luto & coutinuons streaw of finvelied tacks; of {nzeuivuy devices for transforming blucks of wood quisite moldings and coples of natures for weuving turnjau gun-atocks lathos; priuting chromos, slmost literaly dupli- wents of the great masters; of cugtrived ou the mosl sublle roducing ihe uia- watches, weaving Samcbody asked Nofes and Queries the origin of the phrase: Br reuly s that it {s o mere Latis tor gousel? Anawi anuer |8 the phonetic The Joke, ol course, arose lIrom the vostom ol tukiog brandy after woose, und wus nbuut equel to usking a schoolboy or collige guest it if he would pot like a zlass of cuizbue atter rartaking of goose,——A, 8, El tu the satau verlodival giviog evidenco of tho 1.4t that the tradition by whbich Fleauce is made the bead of the Stuart liue of Kiugs, o4 noted fu Macheth, {8 bascless,——If, wihtes e Witl-o*thc-wlsp a3 foliows: i have neser seen it noted that ¢* Will-'o-the- wirp," the Enzhal nawe of that now almoet wyih- uerumenen, i all probabllity an fustance e sccommudotion often observed, where the heuts of 3 phruse, buving lost thoir sepa suificance, ure usconsciously modifed In such a Yav to orng wut the veqiired meaming of the ] U schews uf expression. . o nd_resort 10 other To know that 1 taken “from wie, come; 1 had plenty of Hberty iy own; snd | wae happy as t the cvcuings my busband often atidied for houts, and I was oaly too glad to have bimdoso. Un., rbaps, 1 wua fuiplasting a love fur BEVGF ZIven UD. tin wond for a through Jile's journey, cating the acoly! carious appliuny all the Lapolucsa I ask, wympathy bring the blees of har walst three or four inches aud still be beautiful. there is & fatsl detuslon somewhere. ave & portly waist, tho wtendur Jady wil) have & wlender walst, eachs in per- fect haymouy with the God-giveu outlines of the remaining pbysiquo, and each wure to bave mora ater cowlort than o trying to comiog only L sa entircly dif- ferent fur and temperamicul, sscertaluly as they ults LY covforuung to the 1, 2 Bat so far the pica bas been In the interest of gentlemen chieily, In encoursziag the cultivation of the beautitul in foro., Thero yet sumsins steouger argumcat azalnat tight lacing ana tight houkiug—on purcly bygienie grousds. We w3y Bot ezpect oy deterioration ju thy quality snd usefoiness of our aced fu an jron vise v of chronometurs an flsh-nete, stawplng cois and covelopes,—thia ta powors in an lunumeravlc ful dnventions, widening the domain g 1he uperatioas of sgnculiure, com- wanulfuctures, and domusiic scopuvmy. ‘Toe authews of cvery reaping wachive, of wvery breaking sod turned back by il ateel of the pluw, ke united chusus ol every mow. g, sewing, sudplaning wachine, whether manu. d by the agency of tide or stcum, frcm the syuiphvny of the iug waves nippling agalust the sbores of our irreatible river d been warried daye of sorrow scened aliost w g ¥ Then camwe dark da aud sulleriog, when tho light of kolug vut, a0 feehl b them alll held my sliver lisivg came. y «coma 1o us, beinzing cares and uozictice. 1ha bard timo | had to think twice-before speuding ut wo huvo had man; hink I have been the suffering sround mo; sce tilx:“ keen disappolntwent, sud ¢ l{w ! 0 have tried for nesrl, fnflucnce tha better part of wy busl the good, thu true, tho noble lic is & man of sirony Vi but they sre kept dn control, aud bls ¢ aud cbildren ennobles him, 1 sm content ta havy son uual way, '—we feltsad and lonely in iho extreme, Lut fate soon and we both ylelded to 1ife 10 be & warvelousiy But this may be an old story, B0 aud e dew-droj impulscw aud advction of t0-da; morning of Edea. parted tenderly, brought us topeibier the vower of Jove ubs beautifol thlog, vure ] ! l:n:d N;u in ::‘ Pure _joy wpringing from the beart must be forever ltlnulu).n‘ll the vid, bat ever new and tresh W each of us in at swoet struln of music Suatiug around through ths world which wever loses ite beayeuly Laroiouy, —iba last, best gift God gave to wan Lo Eyes will ‘suesk, hauds will meet, and love s stroug—sironycr than death, found Harryto bo 8 miod hright lovlig face, tondcr aud true, and is very fuscinating with » poeculianty of Lis ows in coterialomg b friends. mitato a stylo 18] . DY dare. Sane derive satisfuctor) 1swe of coior in dr wownen, when [ 1 ruly of welod, ubjected to the operations of any machioe. come forth regusterng ia It tuniforna- rinciples of i consizyction. Every de- utd ore Dt preserve the copy of o turn, Abe zepbyre fuooing the chosos of ag lian barv favariably produce wsuslc currvanond- jug with thair texture and tension. ‘Tho stmilitude is logical sw a geometrical axiom that the spintual clements of huwan nature, externalized ihroogh the brelu meals, oiuet reglsier tho Himnitations sud fiusyuceacled of their devologment. Insplration from tae prebiatoric sges baa fltered throuta BuBin 0FgaBlationn 1n watull zativis 8 putntiug. poctry, sud statusr) velous fbveutioes of thy lelewcove, wi (o g jn :Ilm phrass wiich was orhaually b ‘v to curey Fay Freuch *etillcr Pauveau, e When Fave! was no Jonzer underdted 1 1uis sense, it wlld In the the cousclonsncas viguidcance of the expression woe ultur way I bebieve that suust orinnally bave he wanderiug or tmlalead. fug wiey, o ezact accordence with he German o curry favor," 1: 2 curry the chest chrouometer it e oue **scratch for be **a litie pullet,” and am content Lo do ¢ In wiaking the howe cowfortably sad d sud little ones happr. s genurous and 8 i Sgeiess Omniscienco has cwployed moro dolicacy and'ln i tricacy in the structure of our body thsa is dis- played lo sy huu s Aud sgaln, thero i 8 depresalng sense of coming duasier, 8 disual fureboding that, should we evur bo permitted tw touch one of swall, hord, sud sufl-looking walits, weo woald Teel the cruel rattan and wi wpilbters ou 3 brokeu lwb, mangld sud brelsed: of & uuble heart, 10 coucliate favor, tender aflvction e ffow & pair of dark, ear: woul-sureiug vycs which speak of love sud whieu his 118 Wove Lot icate uttcutiovs, avd, above ail, Lis clesr intol- lizeoce and powers of symiputhy, sre very plesaing, ‘then do pot warsel that wy wholcavul gucs uub W weet by, toat 4 low boen e will v, ™ {18 tender care, Lis TS COMKECT IDLA. Ispiaxarorts, Iud,, bec. 3.—Altkough A com- paralive stranger 40 most oI The Howe contribu. tors, and & *‘grecn’un' at debativg, I reanest thosy unnaturally crpucially 08 woma, * Will-a wiey mizleads nig Laleboss protrude lika bt-laring clowoy Guy. and, ahidddering, recoll with horror and dieappolnt- et 11 indecd, we had not soonar fled with the convict{on (hat we were eacaping 8 gigantlo waap. br the rake of your health and hoauty, then, roung {ndies, —80 neceanary to our common wels are, —may there not be a roform that shadl giva to woman rr-urnlnc-t of form and nootry in motlont ‘Then will we ceaso to lament and no longer*be tempted to visit Ttal matchiless Venas of wote corsels, to witnesa at Fioronce tha edicl, —~the woman that never JOSSAREED: FLORICULTURE. PERRS AND YRANERING, Hixsnarg, 111, Dec. B, —Feran have alwaysat. tracted the attention and even the adiniration of every true lover of Nature, not more by the ele- Rance of thelr dark-green foliago than by the grace- Ininess of their forms, Although ignorant of thele names and tha detalls of their growth snd structe ure, the ladles are ever ready to show their fond- ness for them. dhat out from such knowledgs by the technicalitiesof sclenco which enters 8o largely Into our common text-books, & deop Intarest 1s nevertheless manifeated for these beantiful objects of creation, Observe tho care bostowed noon thelr calture, and npon .the arrangements of them into suitable devices for the parlor or sitting-room, and, tell mo who doea not love ferne, The laughing, romping school.giel as she teipn leteurely I|ol.l5 eapies 8 graceful frond, and stops topluck it. Ani evan the careful, oiey housewlfo sieals away from hor weary Ilabors to fend thess abjects of her affectlon, Al in whom dwell & love for the beantifnl in Nature render homage to theae lovely children of the groves and delln, Ferna will not endure tho hot dry atmosphore of our.living rooms, anid to grow thom kuccesnfully. the Warlian cans or fornery In nicceasaty, * ‘Thess are -lmrlv ®inss cares, which excinde dust and atr, while, of course, the atmosphere inalde is con. Oned and humld, A few minotes' airing, nay ten minutes, edch day will bo beneficial. Decayed wood (not pine) mixed with abont haif Its buik of good fibrane luam from an ald pastore, and a very #mall quantity of woll decayed slablo manure, say onu-tenth of ihe bulk, make a good compost, To i the umerynmgl-ca 8 pleco of board or bark over the bottom of the zinc pan, then a Jayer of aboutan Inch of broken charcoal, and upon that nlace the eoll. The fernery should be slightly elevated on blocka fzom tho iable or stand to pive freo circulation of alr underneath. 1f mold or dnmfiueu apvears raise the glass, and allow & part of the moisture to ipe. It ig a good planto keoptlour or sulphur sprinkled around the edgo of the 201l to pravent mildew, Mnny very pretty fernerles are mado up entirely of native forns, some apecies of which are within tbo reach of every ono. From the woods you can get tratling arbatus, partridge vine, hepaticas, ete, Uf the exotlc ones that are now 1o found gen. erally In all florlats’ establishments, and are re- markable for tholr clegance and beauty, I may namo eelacinellas ‘Iamellmu calted {ymmmil- ums) antum (majden's hatr), gymnogrammas {gold and silver teaf fernn), p'ymu, polypodinm scolopendrium, and others. hese will form & good and ensily obtatned collection, Ferne are casily ralsed from eced, Shailow nans shonld be procured, and broken crocks pus in for drainage: then flil with very stndy sol), and eprinklo it.” Tho seed, which s 6btalned from the brown lincs or 6pots on the under sarface of moat Taaturc fronds, shonld be sown upon the surface, window-glans placed closely over the sarface to keep the molsture in and insects out, and tho pans themnelves et in 3 temperatare of about &a, when tho seeds will germinate in about two months, 1 am anxious that all my ferne; they are fine for hou adera should grow hold decoration, are casily grown, r!qnlrlnfhu; little care when once catablished, and furnish an interesting study {n plant growth., To cnable them: to experiment, | will send a pucknge of fifty varietienof fern seeds, mizxed, to each oue who incloses ona dime to me, Boveral corresnondents have asked for sceds of water-cress, 1 have just been successful in pru- curing some, and will distribute among my frivnds. ‘Will give directions how to grow cress indoors, in PADY, NCXL Week. Msoy who read these lettorn write me they aro Just commencing to caltivate fowoers; othors have not oven mada a start, For the purpose uf tncreas. ing tho love of flowers ong all classca, I pro- poso to distribute sec f all kinds from now until soring gratis, only asking that those who ace cupt this offer will Inclose a small trifla Lo cover my expense for postagu, statiouery, light, etc, Texniz, Box 101, MISCCLLANEOUS. Broourvaroxn, 11, Dec, 10,~I have been for & long time a reader of The Home, and I now como forward askina for some help, Will not some of you' who have read ‘*Danie]l Deronda™ tell me your impresalons of tha book, and anawor some quentions concerning 1?7 In tho frst place, In it not the most improbable story imaginable)’ Was thero ovel ing who had solittle ldes of a per-' eonal existenco of his own as Deronda? Could a friendship aver be begun aud exint under auch pe- caliar circumstances as attondod that of Deronda and Mordccai? 1 am & girl 10 yoars of age, and 1v is uttorly fncomprehensibio to mo how .auy one could grow up in auch ignorance of lifo as Uwendolen did. I can concotve the possibility of auch & character as the Princesn Ilalin Ehorstoin, and iddeod all the other characters. 10 somo ox- tent; but the story pusxies mie mors than anything 1 ovor read, and’ 1 have read many of Lho best works in Knellsh litoratare, Wou't same one who has thonght about the characters in this book, nnd obtained clear impreasions of them, write thom, and remove confusion from the mind of n fellow- wmortal? AvxLia, Cnicado, VDee. 10,~Weok after week have I watched the colomns of Tho Howmo for articles In relation to & subjoct of deep {ntercss to me. Ovor and over comes tho call that ns yet I have never scen answered, Ia there no one to respond? Can any person who has mado & atudy of chemiatry Inform the many aflictod ones of owr Jand—of which I am one—if thero han over heen anvthing discovored that will remove suporfiuous hale? ] da not moan o dopilatory that will cut from the surface, only to start with renowed strength and vigor, but something that shall kill the roots, and thus deatroy it forever, Any ono who could make such a discovery wonld not onty bless tho saffering, but also open up to himeelf & brosd r fortune, for eo many In- diea of wealth, ol as all tlasses, Aro fn tronbla tom thin cause, and il would gladly pay iverally for komething that would bring rellef, Let us hear from some member of tho madical of chemieal fraternfly an anawer to thls Jmportant question that aftucts the happlnéss of vo many, c.n.L, g. Ixpranarorts, Ind,, Dec, 2.—Thanks, Trio, for Informing Diaylight why tho cako 1a called colfues cake, 1did s0, but sa tho mlssive has not mado its sppearance, it has, of course, been dropped into that blessed receptacla of wi paper. Perfume- implo gifts, sultable for presents. For a book-mark, take white cari- board, cut a cross or an anchor two or three Inchen long and three-fourtha of an inch wide, cover it cumplotely with whito crystal beade sewed on In hall-croes stitch; tack 1o black valvet oz ribbon, For satchel, tako any Lright-colored allk, cut two pleces cacl four inches loog, two and s half wide, embrolder thom with sitk Inrulm ritago, OF puste A scrap picture in tho centre of each plcee, ravel tho ends fur fringe, scw tho plceed tocther, and, afs ter turning them, trim the sides with narrow silk fringe or with laco, Inscrt a layer of cotiun, apriukled with sowme perlumemuwdy , Ha tho ende with natrow ribbon or glit braid about an inch abave the raveled frivgo. Junrino Joax, Cimcago, Dec, 10.—T wonder if any of the Tlamoltes eyer vread a book called **Queer Don- nets,” and if one could tell me whore it may bo obtained. Also, I wish to know tho names of womne of the flowers apoken of by Shakspeare other thau thoas mentianed by Opbalia or noticed in the **Midsummeor Night's Dream,”" And will some ong ploase tell me the number of newspapers—~dal- lica and weeklles—publishied fn Chicago at.tho preseut tinwo, and the agiregate cireulation of the whols? For thie fnfarmation I will retam thanks, onumz{: 17 the sender fs at expense of that kind, For *'Queer lonnets' will exchango a copy of the **Bpanish Uypsy," by Gieorge Ellot. 5 WaLTen Pek Canreroy, Mirtox Juxcrio¥, Wis., Dec, 7.—Will the read. era of The Hume tell 8 country giel what are those *+delightful coffces™ spoken of In notices of society events? What do they est with tho coffeo, arq the ruciplents Invited for & cortain hour, doos the hostess werve the refreshwcuts in thy parlor or dining-room, eic,? Vicase give me & delailed account, An acquaintasty wishus (o in- quire if any of The lHome Irlends know s remedy ta cure dropay. koow sowe ono hae writion sgainst ssking for anything in this line, but [ beliuve that sumetimos experienco fa s woaderful :lcnehrf' a0d we wish no rumady unloss it may ave boen tried and proved. 'This I uo idle re- queat. Wil some one ba kind ¢nough to toll us souethlng? CounTiy Gue, Cuicaao, Dec. 12.—Will somo one tell mo how to glvesglassto Inaisfnk after it has dried?. [ dip tbe siick in waterand rub on & saace-plate, ' Conldw’t somoathing be added to give s gloss? . Tlas any one ® MNttle poem about s baby In **Dutch* olaject, called **Ay Leetle Bchmall Baby, " or the ono called *' Hanunab, the Mothur 'y Ttsuy oua hea & pretty *‘baby pocta,” anyibin they have takun 8 specisl faucy to, 3 they wvulx scod m--wp{. Iwould spprociate their kindness very wach. 18 the Democralic Prets, (ather of Boatey eHALas, 07 Mres Tona B deberisiag poetry, oha Huil cacribing the aflcs of *+a baker's dozen of curly beuds,” of whow ste was supposed 10 bo the motbicr, Has sy one this pleca? Alany ligatu. Caicaco, Dec, 10.—1 have bean 8 readsr of The Home ever since its birth, aud until now have nsver dared 10 ask a Tavor, but bave foully ** screwed o1y courege to it stickiug polat," ana ask {f some 'kind bomeite will send me s paltern of oge or all the cantun-fannol suiwals tuey bave, for which ¥ will pay postaye and whatever they cbarge, Ihopa iuy firet elfurt will wmeet with suce cuss, Boud cars of Tho Hume to Mzs. 8. J. G, Cuicauo, De. 12.—A Reader of The Home— Yes, tho kerosene will evaporate vorfectly In s dry, warm atmosphore, and more rapldly i( you will 5ip the skirs from the ocand mud scparats Jt from the Mulog, baoglng It so that the alr can circulate freelyon both eldes. § should prefer dulug this to vxperimentivg with chemicals {1 the culora ure delcuto, BT suytilng bn ured, hovigver, onn of the lighter produets of poteolenm (as bon zine or gasoline) or of aicoliol (&8 ethor nr chloroform) would be lesa llkely to affectth cnlory ihan the alkalles, UNAIRA, Donuqus, Th.) Dee. 11.—T write you to say thag Myrn has been very sick for the past month, and for the last week dangeronsly so. To-dav she |y a littls bestar, and we begin to hope for het re. covery. During her sicknean ahe hae received many letters and favors, and 86 moon ns sl 5y aple witl acknowledge thom, Myna's Motnzn, Quixncy, TIL, Dec. 11.—Can any of Tho Homs friends pleasa help in the hard tank of selesy. inga snbject for a final essay? Ifind it diMeultto' choose, and thieretors will bo thanktul to any one wha will send me several subjecta through Tue Home, GRApOATE OF 70, CnicAno, Dec. 12 -~Will some of the readers of The Ilome bo kind enough totell me of some emetic that ta t0 taka for sick headache? Alsg ‘pomething that will remove moth.patches? Cay any one tell me how to startasweet-potato for house-plant? | ';hnn:. \Cricaqo, Déer 0.—Will H., of Bloomlngton, pleaso give the earbon, recipe for a cough, of the dbtoof the paper 1t appeared in? I haso| Boil coughy And have iied all othet romedionls vaib, Busscunen. LaPonts, Ind,, Nov. 27.—~WIill Aunt Carele vleana tell from what florist she can get pinsulas op primroses, twenty-fiva for 811y doing roste will greatly oblige, WiLuiaxt Jangs, Mitwavkzr, Wis., Doc, f.~A. 3. K., will fing ralt aptinkled freely on the shelves good for removal of anta. A XMAS! HEADQUARTERS Nuts, Candies, Figs, Raisins, Faney Crackers, Grapes, Sweet Oranges, Preserved Fruits, Mincemeat, French Prunes, Fruit Butters, Marmalade, Prunels, Boiled Cider, Sweet Cider, AND ALL KINDS OF FancyGroceriss SEE OUR PRICES. . NEW NUTS. Almonds, Walaus, Fil AT By Ml"l‘bfl berts, Pocans, and Dirs Xew French Prun Jow Jeonch Pruses, \ FANOCY CRACKERS. Nicnacs, per b.., Riphanet. contali Jetteri: ver pologicat containini all Kindeof animais, AR S Urpcken b o, 0 Crackers, 1Lemon biiaj Srac Fancy biixed, Creaii Boston, &e., dee o™ CEHEERSE. Tineappl Reulelinf Ierktmer County, York btate, per (6 Acdams, each. e ‘Western, por b, L) New Valoncls Halst . 7 Ciirvanta, Dor In:eevseesoreer I IR, POF Dosrsiryeresss New Leghorn Cliron, fa n*poudd back: oF can, French Mushrooms, peer Jpuckagee tar, ... Alkethrepta, Smith's, per 1b. Flone, Yery Dest 5it. Loats Winter Wheat, verbrl. 5,50 FIO0F, Very leat Tatent Stumesotn, per brler ot %50 TEAS. Finest Imported SILVER LEAF JAPAN, Per 1b 48c, Finest Imported - - FORMOSA 00LOXG, i .. Perlb, 68c Finest Imported MOYUNE GUNPOYWDER, Per 1b, 78¢ Finest Imported YOUNG' HYSON, " Perlb, 78c Finest Imported ENGLISH BREAKRAST, CONGOU or SOUCHONG, Per 1b, 800 Teas, of all grades, from 200 perlb. ‘We guaranteo'these Teas (o buas fina quality as 1n the market, no matter what pricn you pay. We low 'a discoust of e coats ‘per Fouud *whero oy polnd packages s ta Ve have also jus anc, es vlhltz Wo uffer st chsscd empty, HICKSON'S Gash Grocery Houss, "113 East Madison-st. Ived, direct tmportation of ots. flicd with choico Japan Tes & leas prics than they cau be pur EW~8ead tor copy of Liickson's Grocer. AL GOODS, by crim o X FAE M e bton T R o Lair Ina thy fl::fl' 12 zetted - AT [} ot i ki ks SERDS, 1 aod VEURTABLE, ail the focst Lids UN- ED IN QUALITY. Puekews well ujlod wits b8, Surd fo wfow il glve satlafectigy slome for 1479 just out wid wilt bo MAIL 9 Seud for e, k. WYMAN, JIC., biedscsis, tockfusd. L