Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 11, 1879, Page 12

SR g ] THE HOM “John's” Bible Quotations the Subject of Severe Critie cism. One of His Allles Also Comes in for o Soul-Searing Re= buke, A Dream of ' Fern Leaf's"” Regard- ing Contributions to This Department. . The Wine Question S8till Under Dls. cusslone--A Lemont Girl’s Idoa. fome Hensible Advice to Toung Ladies by * Grandma Oldwayn.” A Bit of Descriptive Writing from Rotkford. " Riscellaneous Communications on Va- rious Subjects. LI1TTLE WILLIE. Little Willle lisa gone and Jeft us, “And toars fll every ege, Il we think him safe forever 1n hie home sbove the aky. \ It waa hard to part with our baby, But our Father thought it was bel 8o wa lnld him awa; 1n the grave of his He was lald In his narrow cradle When the day was almost done, ‘With the swect Inscrivtion, **Our Baby, " Kngraved on the marble stone, Oft T shink when T m:':. the surs Alumber st long reat, Dat 1 know in tha Fathor's borom, Folded away with care, by-boy, my datling, 4 safe forever there, And when my Father calls me ¥0 up to His home o fair, Tam glad that my little Willle Wil be deat (0 walcome me there, Critago, bec. 23, NOTES. Pip—Please send your address to thls ofice. 2" IxBz—The communication would be aceept- able. ) ‘The party who sent a copy of thie poem want- ed by Mary Heath Is informed that the Jad secured ono some time ngo. ¥ - AIf the perty who wtoto to ¥ Madge'"” not long ago, aud whosa letter was returoed, will write again, tho letter will be forwarded to the party loterested, S " OursiprRR—That portion of your communi- catfon concernlng the temperance work in Galva is published below, but the matter concerning church troubles was omitted because you falled tosend your name. Please attend to thls, and The Home wlll be glad to welcome you as o cantributor. p * Cox—Your hooe that ‘the kind cditor? ‘would allow you space ‘*in his detightful paper” to perpetzate on thy public your views on vari- ous toples can never be realized nnitll you send your rizht name and address. This paragruph 1salso {utended as & warning to utliers not to agnd lnanonymous communications. *h In consequence of ** Rennie’s !indlsposition, his letters on Floriculture must bo temporarily suspended, As he has given the benclit of his oxperiency avsolutely gratfa, he hopes his friends will asalst bim fn this emergency, and the Conductor would bo pleased to receive com- munizations regardine plants and Bowers from othier sources. " . Every week the conductor is oblized to throw away a considerablo number of communications relative to exchanging flowers, plctures, music, ete. When the onerjtics of thoso who contrib- ute to Tho Home aro so exhauatud thut they can write upon nothing else, it will bu thmo enough to reinstate the exchange column; but au pres- ent thero {s no prospect of such neressity. TOE LETTER-BOX. ‘There are letters, postal-cards, or papers at this offico for the following persous. "Thosu liy- ing outside of tho city will please send thely nd- dress, and the matter will Lo forwarded, Resi- dents of Chicago can obtaln their mall by calling ut Room 80 Trinunz Bullding: Lesrning, Countr Flutterbus Siepndect qlel, Wickod Eyes, THE TIOME CLUB. NOTES IY THE BECRETALY, To (he Lditor o) The Tridune, ©nica00, Jan. 10.~Tho rewulur montbly meeting of Tux Tiisunn fowme Club was to have been held at tho Tremont House Wednes- day, Jon, 8, but tue Inclemency of the weather dariog tho past fortulght reodered {t doubtful ‘whothor & quorum could be gathered together, although tho subject under considvration was one fraught with 80 tiuch interest to tho laboyr- fog women of to-day, ‘Though tho attendunce ‘was small, and the amount of business trans- neted meaure ln the extrene, the fatthful were in thelr accustomed places; thoss who sea only duty shead of them, and that duty to be per- formed, though the flesh ooy suffer and the spirit may weary of the task. i) Our respected President, Grandma Oldways, ever ready With a kind word aud helptul amile, who, as Chujriman of the Charity Commites, had taken it upon heraulf to distribute the Club's Christmag to the poor, still carrled the maarks of her kinduess in s frosted cheek, which was gained in her travels durine th bit- ter culd of tho 20th distrivuting, with the aevo- tion of o graud soul, the baskets of food that should brivg a litle ray of vomfurt tu somu un tuat otherwlss cheerless holiday, It {8 to be hoped that the clerk of the weather will be fu better luumor cre our next monthly meeting, Which will be beld at tho sunie plucs Feb, 12, as it is necedsary that we shiould have tho full voles of the wtmlcra fu regand 1o our proposed work, Hearcely if day passes but that I receive words of eacouraginent from outside partles corru- spoondentd, or from callers who are cager to bhe advised ot vur prowress, und wish (o acquaine us with thelr sympaths, aud destre to asslst us. 14 18 centalnly encouruging, amd 1 wisis to thank thogo Who are takiug such ou int, welfure %hllm Club. )fi’uu will l:ndl answer fuquiri culllug at Bewiug Machine oflice, 104 Lake strect, Mre. Julls W. Bulth, of Granville, T11,: [ wrute you Aug. 19 fu recard 10 yuur member- shilp, sud mdv uote bas fust been ‘retarncd fry tho ‘tter Oflice, marked Not here," hear from you sgzaln, M, WaMurphy, formerly of 203 Wost Twelfth streat: Have busted for vou, bLut could pot ud~ your whereabouts, Witl you please callon we and recelve an uplnuulun? Have forwarded 8 packsge to Truiling Ar- butus that wus venlll‘"y-mun unkuowu ?r!end tomy care. §ad elad the sulleriog are noy 1orgotten by thoie who are |nzl'dlull£ spare the trials that enjompass them, for they have no place |a our hidrrylug, jostlivg world, andjaro debarrad from all the lght and life we betold 18 our wad scatniier 10 Keep puvo with old Kiug Time. Let us be very thunktul for the bicasing oldhulln, tbough unaccompanied by luxury 80d ease, Peggolty, baws forwarded you suother pack- 8gu to-day, 3 Ourena, WIFELY DUTIES, MORN SCUFTURE BY JOHN, To the Edilor of The Tribune. Prriy, L, Juo. 2.—Wheu, 2 short time sluct J wrote & sbort asticle for ‘The Home, T wust ad- it that I did oot expsct a personal attack, such 88 wus wmade by John's wiic sud cerczln retlec ' THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY. JANUARY 1, IS70~SIXTEEN PAGES tions by ifornia, but T hoped for a cand(d and fafr argument, It 1a n common trick among men (but [ hoped hotter of the laales) to be- coma personal and herate one when unable to answor a fafr and solid argument. I quoted a little Bcrinture, snd am told that thera 1s a mistake in fts meaning. There has been a wrong use of “shall? ond *'will," and Torthwith wo are given the proper translation. Haa It como to pass that the Bcriptures do not mean what the words plainly say, and thas sach has a right to make a tranalation to sult hisown fdeas and peculiar bias of mind! O will you say that this is an exceptional crror (n the Bible, and only to bs found tn the Oid Testament? Will you any that clvillzation has outgrown the Old Testament, but the rule of your faith and practice Is to be found fn the Now Testa- ment; or will you discard and rojact tho ontire teachings of both Old and New Testaments on the tnatrimonial question, and hence on all oth. eral For, It we admit ona part of the Hible, we must adinle all} or, rejecting part, wo muat relect all. With sueh freedom of teanstating, admitting and rofecting at will, there can be but one resuit! a nation of athefsts and infidels, I um in o maz0 about this business. Whatlde- sire fs tizht, not a quarrol. Will our transiator or some other friend kindiy coneent to rise and explain, or skillfully maninilate the following passages, all from the New Testament: 1 08 Surn obeyed Abrabam, calling him Lord: whose daughter yo ara as long as ye do well_and are hot afratd with any amazement,” —L Peter, {if., 0. “ Likew!se ye wives bo in subjection to your own husbaniss that {f any obey not the wonl, they nlso may without the worl be won by the vonyerantion of tie wives."~L, Peter, fii,, 1. “Fo be disereet, chaste kecpors at home, gooil, obedlent to thiclr own husbinds, that. the wond of God be not blasphemed”—5, * For the man fxnotof the womai, but the woman of tho man,"—L Cor, xk, 8. *Neitlier wan the man steated for the woman, bt the woman for tha man'—0, " Wiyes, submit yourselves unto «Z,;‘“' own husbands asunto the Lord."—Eph., ¥., ““For the husband Is the head of the wifo, even ns Christ is the head of thechurch; and ha 1s the savior of the body.'"—28, ¢ For Adam was fiest formed, then wve."—<Tim,, ii., 13, Now, accurding to the abovannd all Scriptaral teaching, the strong-minded, coarse, harah. rant- ing, or ageressive wife; the wife who desfres to rules the wife who Is aulvk to resent with dos- lmmlnn any real or imaginary alight or affront, s an abnorinnl creature, © Tha husbands of such women comntmonly spend their evenings in sa- loans ana gambling dens, and these great erimes are to ve lutd at the doors of a class of vixens. ‘There s o tlara of \omen who are constantly on an argument nbout woman's rizhts or wom- an's wrongs, Al nien In thelr eyes aro demons, all women angels, They desplse discretion, and all that Is Jovely fn woman, and al- s forcibly remind ona of the eharacter once deseribed by Mr, Slafne. When Call Hagatlton attaclkied varfous cnomics of Mr, Mlaine. Jie was aceused of putting her up toit. Mr. Blalne ex- ained h{ relating the story of a little dried-up man and his ponderous wife, who went beforo u notary to makd a deed to some property. Tho notary, taking her aside, prupounded the usual leual yuestions, *1s it of your own froe will and accord?” cte, ‘The lady at once squared hersels, aml with A{Anrlnn. es und clenched fists, and a volve as of thunder, sald: ¥ I reckom, Jedge, you don't know the family,” Tho average mon, with a stronger body nnid mind and a roughor nature than woman, needs svlritual elevations and the rormal, Scrlptural woman, telligent, but not obtrusive, wlld, gracetul, and eheerfol, I8 hls natural comple- went, and both are Lappy. Nodecent man, were 1t In his power, would make o elave of his wife, of treat ter otherwisy than with 1he Kfudliest affection. He will naturally conaule hier, too, on all his busineas affalrs, out if the human race expects any penco on eatth, may the world be delivered from the woman of *“will," of “character,” from tbe termagant, from the charcters “J reckuw, Jedye, you don's know the fami'y, Jous, HCANDIDATE " VIGOROUSLY CRITICISED, To thi Editor of The Trilune, Couxcit, Brurys, Ia., Dec. 80.—At Jast John hns found a supporter. Canaldate comes ta the front, and, evon more offensively than Jobn, lays down her ideas of woman's sphero sod duty. Clearly, Mr. Conductor, you cannot clusa this matrimonial discuselon after permitting such scntiments to be uttered fn The Home, without ziving woman an opportunity to roply. Cundidate Is ularmed lest the thonsand avennes of employment opeacd to worban shuudd unfir. her for *‘her allotted spliere,"—that of subject and servant of man. 8he lays a licavy burden upon her in what she {a pleased to ecall her al- Jorted apliere. 8he must be able to earn her own itving, to work i the kitehen, take care of the poultry, ik the cows, and rear the childrén,—and, In addition to all this, shie st give attention to literature, read the best autlors,—but be _suro that she choose her hustaud's favorites, Nu matter for her own Lawstes, bo matter what her hushand’s favorites may be, sho must take what pleases him, nnd have no thought for herself, Litce John, Cardidate talks about Berlpturn detinfne woman's sphiere, nod *the work God designed her to do.” Now, will Candldate plense tell uy where God mays anything woman about ber work or her sphere? To the man e sald, *Cursed {s the ground forthy suke; In sorrow stinlt thou cat of” it all the days of thy We, In the sweat of thy faco stalt thou cat bread.” But no ln{uuutlou to_labor was given to woman, no toll imposed, no ground cureed for hero sake. Burcly, n detining womun's sphere, no mau canbring a * thus saith the Lord " fur it, Candldate would not havo woman * defile her- relt with the fumes of o court-room.” [lere she hrlfilu‘ Lot it be hers to clean out tho & fumes," po that neither she nor ber husbaud moy be defiled when, as lawyer, witness, or clicnt, e or ho may becalled to tho court- roont. Dehoral, by thoe Lont's appolutment, wus o Judgeand ruler in Israel forty years. Of coursn ner duties ealled ler often to the conrt-room, but we huvu every reason Lo belleve that she did not allow lersclf to be “defiled with the fumes,” auy more than will the women ol theso duys when their dutics as Jawyers and Judges call them Lo the sumo place, But L would ask Candldute 1t alio thinks it right for man to *dedle himsclt with the fumes of the court-room * aud the Hyuor-satoon, and tien go howme with a1t his impurity about , bim to defile thu utmosphere of Lhumes Candldato betloves in the Institution of the harem. Bhe would shut woman sway from the slght of men, She would not luve her Hsube Jevt herself to the geze of an audience,” fler Hproper work Is ot home.” The church, the lecture-room, the cuncert-hall, the public ussem- by 1 no place for her,—Ilest, perchunce, the au. dience should sce her and guxe at her. Keep yourselves to the Kitehen, O ye women! then shatl yo not be defliod by wny save hiin who os- suines to b your rter and niaster} Out upon “sueh doctrine us this! Out up- on_thess woulih-be dictutors of woman’s work: und uetlon! Let them look to thelr own wuys, sl Keep within thelr own Jegitimate Aphiere, und wonman will look out fur ber- self, God ds calling her out of tho nare row sphero asslgned her by man, umi sho 8 provimg "o the world that she 18 uo Inferior creation, aud will bo bouud by no limits, Woman's sphiere Is as wide as tho world winl us high as beayen, 1v roaches far enough 1o tako in the wants of every hiison being, unid the extent of her influence can only be neasured by the uncounted of cternity, Into this spliere shio has been placed by her Creator, sad 1t Is biers Lo fmprove umd beautify ft, to thio ex- teut of the capucity 1o has given her, 8ho has duties to dischange to bersed! aud the world Leyund those of winlstering to bunury stomuchs, anil uo narrow, coutracted views ol ber splicre Wil cxcuss her from thele perforoauce. As well vuy that all mcu 1oust be wood-swy, diteti-diggers, as thut ull women must be kitchen drudies, Bome wen and soule women inay fill thess poditlons contentedly, and usplre to nothing hicber; while 10 others of vither soxy such work 18 positively uu- sulteid and degrsdivg. Women have as ffnc feelings sy mey, and mu{ olten pOdSLES eXecu- tive and inteliectual abliitics of a bigh order. Why bos the All Fuatier cummitied to them talents if Ho bas not, aloug with them, given o nght to use themd * Adam tirst, thea Eve,” n{nCumlllnu. Yes, sulwals Uret, then Adum, This was the order uf creatiou; aud os the Creatur Swproved upon His worke ut cach successive step, wowmal may bu covsldercd his lust miul crowalog glory, Man can find ne consolation In ke mavurance that ha was created beforo her, for the Lord tuok no backward stops in the creation, Lt Candidate read the account of the cowardlce and meanuess of her forefatber, Adam, i try. 1o to shield bimaelt from punlsbmunt by sceus- ing hils wife, sud then, if sbo can, boast of ber euperiority, aud descent from that greut proto- type. 2 A B, AN EX-8CHOOLNATM'S VIEWd, Te the Editor of The Trivune. Gurat Basp, Kun,, Dee. 81.—Now, Candi- date, L reully protest] My toclings have undor- gone the treweudous strafn consequent upon reading Johu, and Opooponux, aud sundry oth- era, but risa up tu thelr might at your views s expressed fn o receut lasue of The Home, You thiuk that *a *thousand avenues® will uniit woran for her ullotted sphere,—that of a Lripmeet and comiort to her hustand.”” Now may I ask, o 18 to determine what oman's sphera st Who ahinll set the limit, aud ray, ‘“Thus far Ahalt thon go, aud no farther™? [ underatand you to define it thusly: *“That of a helpmeet and comfort to her husband.” Ro far, so good; but what, may T ask, hog that to do with tho , thousand aveoues ¥y Con't I be a *helpmect and o comfort? tomy husband Il I am famillar with one or all of theso aforesald avenues! Does it matter to him, if 1rucceed in obtaining the maximnm of honsehold comfort Irom the mini- mum of #fithy Incre.’” whether I learned that ceonaty aml eatned a full koowledgo of the value of s (I utcan our)money, in the kitchen, ot school-room, or behind the counter, or any- where upon theso aforementioned avenues! Indeed, many and many n_girl, whose experi- enee of )ife {9 confived to observationa taken tn the kitchen, knows nothing at all of the pec niary part of nonackeepine, 1 soesk whereof I koot wlien [ saay that a woman need nol serve n long apprenticeship fn the kitchen to be A zood huntekeepet. Many are the women I know who have no husband to ** help and comfort,” who never ex- peet to have one. Are they to be forever tied down fo_ kitchen-work anil houreholil enren fn the vain lope of at Jast having a home of thelr own to manage! Tamoneoof thots who before m; marriaga pondered upon tlie valn problem ol getting'a Ilving and n moderato suroins to Iay up agniost an emergency. By school-teaching 1 tried it falthiully, and I thilnk no one who has tried it can deny me when I say I learned cconomy. In the wncatlons I learned lousework at home. Notwv, was that not better than a perpetunt task in the kitchen? I know onc thing, and that is, that 1 enfoyed the privileges of eood goclety, which T should bave boen debarred irom as kitchen-mald. 1 m{n-u with you that a syoman should not neglect lterature, and of courso read the hese authoras but why, O why, khoull eho study tior husband's taste father than herownt [t she does 80, as & womat naturally will who tov her husband, why shoulda't: e follow her ex- umfilu. and study hor tastest \Why shouldn’t lie it himsclf to be a hielpmuet and a comfort to Bert If nwoman hasn home and children to tako care ofy by all meana let her dotg but, if ahe have not, why should shie bo preventod from appoaring in the coirt-room If shie have a tateut for the law, or wh‘y should aho not present her- self before the *“graze of an audience™ If aho h:ulan)in'xlug to say and o God-given talent for sayfng it **A woman'a alm"! should be to it liersell to vrovido for her comfort and happincss and that of othera with whotn sho mav come In coutact, in whatever way shela hest able, Then, it a husband apoear, I doubt not that, after such trainfog 1w the sehool of experlencs and commou sense, she will ba ablo to be to that Lusband all that Lo can deslre or mi' Yo HONTIRR. THREE WISE MEN OF PRRIN. To the Editor o) The Tribune, Periy, 111, Jan, 8.—While we do not wish to enter the arcna of wordy strifa over Joha's let- ter, we married men of Pekin desire to thank bis wife for the public castigation she has given him. 1lis withdrawal from social Hfe to spond bie time with his wifo and chililren, and bis con- stant care of and attentlon to them, have al- most passed Into n proverb, And when our wives have urged us to o like this model hus- baud, and to give up tho lodge, tha little zame of 64, the beer lunch, ete., and tocome homo early, or not zo out after 10, we have assured them that tho wholo family would ba slele of our presence ([ we assisted in all the little domeatic affairs as John does, Now John Is noted for the carg aud devotlon which he lavishes on his l:unll‘-. s wife is noted for Tier seit and the number of eoud books wihich she Is able to read and understand. John's wife docs not state her preference_between the domestic practico and teachings of Ingersall and Solomon. Joln's famu as a devoted hushand has resoanded In our ears when the moraing headaclio was on us; but now, thanks to his good wife, we have a sllp of paper snugly stowed away fn o safe cnrner of our pocket~ bouks, which we shall produce snd comment upon while alnoinge our coffec. The moral s, * Doys, don't b sponuey on your wives." ‘Tinaz Prriy Husvanps, OUR GIRLS. A PEW WOIDS TO THEN, To the Eddtor of The Tribune. Cateaao, Jan. 7i—Ethel Allen, all hall! You liave struck the key-note to the grand lesson I wlsh ali girls might lourn. Just ono short sen- tence In the quotation from © Becky's * spesch nhout her ** Coming Woman " contuins wisdom enough lor the guldance of our girls to the high- cdt and best of lfo:% “ Strength and beauty must go together.” Not altoguther tnuscular strength or physieal beauty, but the strength of an earnest, well-tmined aoul in a healtny, well- kept Lody,—~strength of witl end purpose to do right regardiess of Mra, Grundy's sncer,— strength to wear dyed dresses If father cannot afford new ones without dishonosty; to sweep the front door-steoa by daylight, {f necessary, without falnting with shato If young Sapny Fitznowodle happena to bo pussing; to speak to your washwoman's daughter kindly and vordinlly it ¥hu ts reapcctable and intelligent, no matter what fashlonable ncqualutanco muy chiance to ace yous strength to give o wond of hope or n smlic of cheer to any sin-slck soul which may be thirstiog for buman sympathy: atrength to take up the littls homely duties of ench day as it comes, dolng well what comes nearest us, making sunshine whcrever wo e & shadow-—~and oh! liow plentiful they are! smiting the ¢ cord of aclf” wherever It bars tho way to anothor’s happiness or well-belng,— this s thu atrongth that mives truo heauty ul face s well as character. For whatever the quality of tho soul may be, It always shows fu the teatures, and the plainest face” is glorifled by & pure nud carncst spirit. It seemn to e that overy xytnr brings us nearer to Becky's ideal woman, for the world {s growlng wiser every dav; and when wo hear Joung umd pretey girls advistng tholr matos to *let thelr pretty bonucts cover heads flled with useful Intelligence,” we have a right to foel that melfl( will “soon be revolutionized, Never mind the other half of creation,” Ethel, but ust 20 on -lundlli trylng to rlzkt yourself, and y-and-by they, lke " Fom,' will” by wshamed ui any unmunliness, and show themsclves worthy of such girls, Aud dou't et dlscours aged beeause they “devote themselves to the best dressed girl " in the ball-room—that ta only thelr vanlty, tho destro to show that the beat dressed girl will accept or tolerato thelr devotion,—~but that is not the sort of girl a man secks for his wife, When he tunks of @ Hife- tmwe passed with one woman, and of what ho would like hia chililren to- be, he looks for womanliness aud common-sense, Nu doubt every eurnust thinker sometimes feels alscouraged ut the amount of work to le done und the searcity of the workers, but If cach will do ull thelr hands lind 10 do the Influcnce will mn:rcEnm something wonderful towanl betterluy the human fainiy, One great error, and 1t 1a the causs of many a lumentuble fallure, s alming so far und so high that wu overshioot the mark which most neals our utiention, und, whilo wo fall short o our great ambition, lose the chanee o kill the litte fuxes which are des- troying the grupes, If we can bo content to do our very best dn whatever we undertuke, makine “sure thet we are whwr eucn day Ly one noble, thought than tho day Letore, we shall soon find wass lo more rapid proress, for * the miid grows by what it teeds on,'! and o Burer happincsa in the calture ot cur bratus thsn dn thy pussession ol wauy * tucks und rutlles.” Uod wude all beautiful thivgs for the devel- opment of the beautiful within us, us well os for our pleasure, 8ad su It s rizht 1hat you should make yoursclves as lovely as possiblo without the gacritlee ol too mach thue or detriment to health, A grouw of fale youme sirls with luces ull aglow wirh the carly sinshine of ther lives, 13 to o the tajrest alizht vn carth, apd becauss of it Tongiusce thew adl developiuto strong- hearted, wtroug-souled, siroug-minded, and strovg-bodled wowmen,” whose - % ¢yes can sco cieorly, sud Nos do sumethiug besides simpar uud gosslp.” Dear girls, do "fi to help Ftbel in ber de- termiuntion 10 *‘take ot tho upper ruille,” it that 13 the unly way to nd mure time for books. And ¥ Go thou snd do lkewise.” A lady I know wishes to gut *Josiuh Allen's Wiess'a I A and 1% L," and will uxchange for it Juliun ilawtborue's * Dressaut,” or a * Fool of Quality," by Heury Brooke, tha latter 8 rare book. GRANDMA QLDWAYS, AN ADVOCATE OF * FRIZZING," To the Editor of Ths Tribune. Cmicaao, Jan, 8.—Crinping plas and love, fa harmouy and aflloity, way exlst together, Ina recent article 1 read o tirade sxuinet young girls who *do up tuelr balr o tin," etc, It 18 all & 1nistaks to attempt to root out from woman's heart the fove of taateful attire. Far better to say to every younggirl: “Crinp your bair it 1t bo mure becoming, but be careiul to nvoid an all-absorblug love of druess.” Mouey 13 notan evil, but a necessity, ‘The love, the supreme mrml of “aolthy Jucre,” 18 tho * root of all ewil.* Wuen woman prizes a becoming style of coatume, und mokes o atady of i, not wlone for tier own sake, but for ber owu loved fricads, then such thought and may easily becoma refining and ennobling, I am acquainted with beantiful wamen, whoso costumes bespeak time and atudy, who are quick to symosthize with suffor- ing, wwho nro untiring in Inbors of charity, Ido not myacif scorn theald of the crimping pin when it 1s demanded, yet trus charities are dear tomy heart and aymbathies, and do not inter- fero nt all with the ever-recurring unexpected calls which press upon the citizens of this great clty, Let the young girls erimp their hair, and Took Just ns nretty na they chooso, only tesch them goodness and uscfulness withal, . Warcnea. TIIE WINE QUHESTION. TOTAL ADSTINENCH ORf NO KISSES. " Tothe Fditor of Ths Tribune. Levoxr, Ill,, Jan. 6.—1 am lonely, and want once more to eater the charmod eircls of The Ifomo and enjoy a chat with the sages thereof. But what shall T talk about, as matrimony Is ex- hausted (at least fn The Home)! I might tell how many ruilles should be put on the now silk, or how charminely Adolphus sings, or—or,~— but I gess you know ail about {t, Bat 1 wish all of the dear Ilomeltes a happy Now Year (It It 1 not out of seasan) with * just enough of the shndow to tempor the glare of tho sun.”” Anothier milestone down tho broad highway of lifo marks the departed yoar, but what of the futarel Anb!could we but Uft that impenetrablo vell between us and tho beyond, what satfsfaction f¢ would be. Ulaneiug back fnto the lang vista of vanished yoars, we flod too numerous bavo buen the pite Talls futo which our erring fect have fallen, and fu memory’s storehouss are laid the good and fll, joy and sorrow of the past for future refer- ence. Iow many there ore who recoived the fappy greetings of this vesr, ere nnother dawns have *“‘gonu home.” Yes, there will ho vacant chalrs. ‘Tnc beloved purent join those gone be- fure, and tomo bo without & mother, The tiny chair at the tablo will be empty, the golden- hatred cherub be among tho augels, serving as o stepuing-stono for thue left behind to comio up higher. The angel Death, with sickle kean, awept soma of the Southern lomes, whose - mates ouly oun shore year ago built tappy and bright hopea for tho futura as wo are doing now. The opening of each year fiods the samo for- mation of good resolutions, the sama number of new leaves turned, aad the end finda the for- mer broken, the lutter blutted and blurred as ot yore. I ]m(;m by my own experlence. But could to-day be a foreteler of the com- {nge epoch, mothinka twoutd be almoat perfect. From iy window in my country home 1 watch tho sielcha zu whirling vaat, the chatteriugs of wnomupnnn wmaking merry musle with the chis, Qu the opposito hill children are coasting, and, with eyes beaming with mirth, they shout 1n chiidish glee at the unlucky urchin who fallea tareach the bottom of the hill. ‘The genial sinlte of kind Old Sol comnpletes the pictire. § wonder {€ Sister Flo's ** tercible torment " fs en- ‘u{l_nz coasting to-ay1 , tuo, have had sone experiencs with an only ther, but am thankful to say ho s overcom- samne ot his teasing propensities. The only remedy I know of s to practice endurance and let patienco have her perfect work, But, Slater Flo, although I can sympathize with you, and knot there are tinies whan forbearanco ceases tu be a virtue, yot Il the chbild’s volce were for- ever huehed, would we not be willing to enilure a doubloe supply of ordeals could wo but call it backt 'Think “of it, and meckly submit, for “boys witl bo boys. I wouild noi exchnoge s fun-ioving boy for a dozen ** paragons.” I want to asy just another little sav upon o :‘li:rjuut near to me, Mt. Conductor, and tben Musing, I wonder how many young mon with the dawning of 1870 took the “first step un the rund to ruin by aceepting from the hand of some Indy friend (1) the proffercd mite of Satnn's Kinditng-wood—wluet Could wo for- eyer banisl lh’uur from our beautlful earth, an Eden would bo below. Kewer would be the starving familles brought to their coudition by rum’s eup, wearily plodding through the desert of miscry, withont one onsls to cheer then, Glrlx, we vatt in & great degree ald fo this noble work, How! Ty nsing the guod olil * Adam’s ale! to tempt our friends fuatead of the filthy, polsonous stuff that robs man of both mind und body; by resolviug that thy lps that touch "liquor shall “never touch oursy und forming oursclves into o firn teo- totaler eovfety. 1 heard o young man remark a short time stice, * This toinperance reform s all hosh, It may be a beuellt in some cancs, but [don’t think thero Is iy harm in wine. There is 1o danger v my. hu-unlug o drunkard, for | know when to stop.” Wiwn't that logieat (1) reasoning 11 tho first le remains unapoken one s In o danger of becoming llar, and had the first glass rematned untasted, where woula o onr drunkards? 5 Are there any of The Ifome's Irfends whose views colnvide with mine! Let me hear from youy it will bo n great help, Yeg, Mr. Conductor, I know 1've rambled tar- ribly, but I will intrnde upon_your attention no longer. FiLuTTERDUDART. THAT MYSTENIOUS WISKY PONCIL. To the Editor of The Tribune. Cmicaao, Jun. 2.—I liave had littla or nothing to sy for almost a year, but scelng Yildiu's pro- test tothe ladies inregard to winoovn Now- Year's Day I thought ft would not be out of place to say L am very ghud that she focls as she sayn sho dves, Why, as for myaclt, I would not offer any liquor of any kind to a man for any- thing, Chrlstmas night I mnado a call on a young Indy and saw her wmix what she called a S whisky pineh ? for a couplo of gentlemen that were spendiug the evening, and one of them #he expeets to marry i nothine luppens, Now, 1 would not haveduno that §f any one had offer- ed mo my weight In- gold, so greut ks my disliko to auything of the kind, Lihink, §f the time ever comea whon that iinn goes homa to his family Intoxleated, that lady will have much to answer fors yes, very much,” I hope no ono will doft ugaln il they fiave onee, for Ithink it the greatest of all evils; and will soms man (it any writs to Tho Home) tell me, Why it s any moro |n-c=uurr fors manto drink ‘than a woman? Why fa {t tho flest thing almust that two men will say upon neoting each othor: * Have a drink (™ & Yes And off they take @ drink of the vile stuff, night heard 8 man say ; “1 aaw four fellows ro drunk they could hardly stand on their feet. T wonder why men will bo such fools. ‘This samo man hoa been in nearly the same condition, O it we d but seo ourseives as uther see us, how rently wo would do, But such, T suppose, 13 the way of tho world. Rennlo, many, very many thanlks for the bulbs o sent mu some Hme eco, Have had good uck with all of them except the lily, and think purhaos that waa my own fault. I Laend stamp will you send ma guothier oned Can any ono tell mo what to do for my ole- ander] Tho leaves aro all rovered with’ little white rpots,—somo kind of plant-bug, [ sup- pose. T have washed fn hg uu?-uu nd ruoked on jtuntll I am e, but it has done uo good, Busysoor, TEMPRRANCE 1N GALVA, To the Editor of The Tribune, Gavya, N1, Jan. 7.—Amid all the correspond- ence of Tho flome seldom does anything ap- peur from thla little bure, and so [ um embold- ened 10 write, though It {s with fear and trem- bling, for this is & field whercln L have never before ventured, Ours 18 8 1odest 1ittlo town, but a proud one, for haye we not achleved great things In the past yeard ‘The great tidal-wavg ot temperance which s rolling over our land hias washicd ovor our villagy sud left substan- tial bicssings in its wake. T shall suy nothin, of lives redecmed Lrom the greut curse, wor of humes wado brightund happy; that is the samo ok, old story which is beiog told far and pese all over our brosd . ‘Though for yesrs a no-license tawn, yet under Capt. Buntecoi'’s leadorship, wot qulio & year ago, (alva rosc up in her wikht und pledged hereell & lifelong oo to intomperance. Now, built lu an Illurwd‘bl( sbort time, iny_ hall has urisen, bearing on its front tho lezend “Tem- verance Hall,'—a’ grand meworial of the uu. wultish lubors of nen who sought their fullow- creatures’ woll belng, W give Capt. Houtecon duc prales us @ fearless, tirclcss worker tu the cuuse, sud ou Mewmory's ol of bonor inscribe Lis uamo; bus there are men whose hotmes are. liero wiouyg ur own to whom Galya-will ever be deeply indebted. Forvmost among them stunds uue who has labored early and late, who duvoted bis tims and his money 1o the great cause, who belng possessed of un {oflueoce f(ar abovy that given to most wien, erocted it to the utuiost in bebaif of those who oevded the re- form. Amid all the presslug dutles of his profession bie still found time to accomplish work which alove would have been too beavy for wuuy suvtber. Galva bhas rcason to be iratoful to lilm, even though bis lsbors ceass Irota this time henceforth, — Houtevo! with which be conquercd was love, successful varcer proves love a mighty weapon. OUTSILER. “FERN-LEAF'S" DREAM, 4 GLINPHR INTO “TUB LUONE. To the Ludbor «f The Tribune. Orrawa, IL, Jan. 6.—%The self-samo sun that sbines upon bis court hides not his visage frum our vottaze, but looks on &} alike,” and from bis touch dead creation sssumes a wimie ife, and a4 the tays shine through the glase before me strange figures appear on my paper, for tho leaves over my head are of many aud faoeiful shanes, and the white bells of the Bonl de Nelge (abulilan) bend over me, whilo the searlet Lells richly veined with orange cast & similar shadow, sod looking about I behold summer vardure and bloom, and the fragranco of the hyacinth near by secms to say: “‘Just look and sce how dreary all fs without, whila the squeaking cold proclaims that wmercury has fallon 20° Lielow gero, snd then within, end bo thankful for this green bower.,” I beed the volce, and, ss I gaxe within, mv pen falls from my hand, my head onthe back of a chair, and I look mbove and behold my German lvy that has clfmbed to tho frost-covered panes of the celiing, and thore, elreling from one corner to another, almost ceased to grow,and Is pow sending forth larga clasters of yellow blossoms, a8 If to atiract the eye upward In admiration aud astonfsment at what can be done, and of how much loftier mind than the low-growing primrosge of such great beauty of form andcolor beneath, nnd then my eyes linger on tho frosty panes, and I bulld on this lce, for a great plat- form appears before me} in the background myrlad faces rise ono above the other, and from the throng onc comes to the front, and atepplng 1o the side of & gentleman on the right (whom we had not before obscrved, as ho was nearly burled fn MS. vorglog o length froma—'*may Ihataa rectpe to cure chilblains ! ~—ton thirty page article on chanticleor and the sleck little pullet). Dolors this gontleman in black he psuses, and from the denth of his nl- ster pocket bringa s paper on which are recorded the ncts, resolves, &e. of the Bald-Headod Asso- clation. " As he reads, & amlie {3 observed on the countenances of the sea of faces bLeforo me, The man in black acconts the paper, bows, and #ays : “Come sgaln, slr,! and as he turns to place it on fllo, & half dozon masked women ap- vear befors him with, ' Please, sir, will you print thisin your worthy columns 1~ Wo jirize 0 much your paper that we would sce our namea In i, for wa think our markot n the Iit- eraty worls com&v eto {f we can but flnd our names {n your widely clrculated paper.” A bow and simper, and each marches up and doposits 4 paper in_the outstrotched haud, aud they depart. Ond. paper {8 opened, and weo lieur s sound which resambles this: “Anonymous, like themselves: and a luge dragon which heretofore Jay qn[ull'y cofled " st his feet raisos its head, and” from the fosrful mouth n toncue of fire issues, Into which curl for an inataut the lialf dozen notes, nud as the flamo decreascs we read on the upper lipof thodragon W. B., which fmlmhly means welllbelng,—at least thesa six will probably think so ten years from now. From whenco came this lady beforo me fn dress of black, but wondrous bLrown eyes. *AhL Madame, whom have I the lionor to address " “8Ir, it 1s one who would avenga her wrongs, Ibave had nothing but bash slnce I'loft Bos- cobel, and from sitting In tho shade of bluc- glasa L am reduced to a mero skeleton, and os my brotner-in-law was comiog down with nn- other boll, T thought it botter fo_leave Decatur for a cooler clime; so here I como to teach elocution and the fine arts" “{ will maks known vour wants throngh Tho Home," and the sad-facod woman s pushed asillo by a strong-minded fomale who haucs in an loterminable docunient with a domaud that this bo fnserted'' ; ond it In, for I beheld 1 my- scif fuserted—in the dragon's jaws. This glves renewed courazo to & scoro of hnfu and giris who want an excusa to got up a flirtation, and stralehtway they appear befors the gentleman on tho higli seat, and he modestly reaucsts them to refrain from wasting so much paper, and ad- vises them to wait tlll their thoughts are more fully pledged; but adds, “I_remembor my youthful days with pleasure, and will lvok over your wants, und It possible make them publie,” Then comes o wiso and prudent woman, who ays: **01d malds are honorable, and we admire and will protect them, though, lke all wood rules, thero are ssome dire exceptions” } and her falnt volea 13 drowned io the clamor that tobaceo s & goad thing, white in the distance roils the sound of mauy volees in tones of thundor, which saya: It len't,} e 1,7 4t fen't,” which sooms to picrco tho alr Ul the platform Is shaken from its foundation, and tho dragon leaps from his Juir aa it to swallow the nolsy throng; but n hand, on tho frst fnger of which we pebold an tuk-apot, is raisod, and all Is hushed. Amodel littlo woman of gentle volce would inatruct us ta the mysterles of mince-plos, which aro so ac- ceptable Just now. Another would ba taupht thoart of successful flower-ralsiug, and many volces echo: * Please tell mo, alno '3 and s gon- tlemun stups to the front to texch thom. But all are pushed aside, for one comes who wearles of' tho ordinary walks of life, and would dig deep in tho reslms of phitos- ophy, forgettiug that * thore {s n philosophy full'of flowers, of amenity, and of sportivencss as n{aflxhuy aa It Is sublime,.and thut the first. usiness ot _the philosuphor is to bayt with self- t, ‘Tush,” says tho voles that must bo obeyed, ¥ T would hear what this country sister has” to say.' 1, sir, havoa sure cure for catarrhy and can teach you how to make soft. soap. And I woull tefl youof my wondrous pudding and calie, [ mako ice-crean and knit miittens. I mako felly of currants and grapes, 1 make Jellyol my children it theydo not obey, or at leaat tho governess dves” s and crica of “Pu er out, ** Cast ner back in Canadlan swomps, ' reverberates through the alr as wo beliold her departing, leaning on the armuof o happy wid- ower, Who assured lier that his elzht hopefuls wers teuderly care for in the samyu manner, ‘Uhres cheers rond tho alr 38 they vanlsh in the dlstance, and for the firat time L bohold the face of many whom I bava long known through thelr peu’ plcturcs, but for the firat time beleld faco to face, There they march, oue alter the othor, in order and decorum, and, as each dovosits bis or hee parcel, repeat tholr names, Some of them 1 have learn- vl to love and look eagerly for as Saturday came, sud_grandmas, ounts, uncles, cousins, wives, iushands, States, flowers, proper names, and unpronoynceable opes, I heard nYuken Tor the first tima by the originators, Still the vast mru-fu passed on, Now Ibehold & one-armed man in gray pause aud duposit a pile of lettors, sayiug, as It In ex: for thera not helng more present: ** Uncle Bam brings you the thoughts and cowpliments of sotse from Malne aud Call- fornla, as they could not sppesr at the time, and ° Fiorlda would _llke o surs remcdy for freckles, the sun {8 8o trying there; and ‘Oregon wishes an apron pattern of great dinmensions with which to cover her head, sinco Cronlu's hopes are frustrated and de- partod. Minnesotu asks for a thermometor Which aill the truc temperature, aud not sluk ita miereury lu the small globe at (ts feut, While from the South the glad sound of tha frosts_has come, the fever has departed, ritg out. From wu'nlnztnn comen thecry: Blaine hns spoken, let his volce be heard, and justics to each, while there [a *peace ou carth and good wilt to men.’ ' +*Please atnad aside if thesn are sll the letters you have, or hastlly daposit them' for 1 would "learn what this lady, desires,” S Kind slr (excuse my. vell), but { wig) n rewedy for black Leads” “Bleach them, madumn, o man tehind her, ovidently think- ingg she referred to raven tresses, but when Inforned of his error forgot Lis nced of Information in regard to hastentug the growth of a sickly mustache, and retreated so rapldly that & youth suggested his coat tail woula fur- nish a ood table on which to havo & guue ol cuchre. ** Whist,” sald a matron, who was pushing her way through the crowd, * Well, whist witl anawer Just as well; fu fact, I belfeve 1 prefer it 1 you wiil not assist me at cuchre,” “Please, olr, may wo not have a corner for puzzles and;enigmas for those who do not carg Whether Juno was pronousced most beautiful in tempie or court ol assizes, If Demosthencs wero greater than Cicero, or Snakspcare than Byront Thuse subjccts wo cata not for, but believe In letting cvery ong cleave to the due- trine ho has happened on, for, after all, doctiive is nothiug but the skinof truth set up snd stuffed.”” Heholding the sign ot approval, they vass oo sioging: ' Our ancestors have trayeled tho iron age; the gulden {s bofore us.' * Uncertainty and expectation are dayn of lite. Do you thing, sir, The 1lome could exist without mel Ibelieve fu sulfrage, and think this the beat place to bring this necedsity before m* sisters, and I bellove you men will yet thin with mg that "—but a3 the drecon sprang up and scized the M3, she frowned on the owoer of suld drovon, and shook the dust from her train, breathing Invectives and calling dowan all evll ou any ouo who could so fosult oue who would ong day asplre to the Bevatorial seat of her State. Then a1l was peace agaln, a: ou's dove floated down Iromn sume uuscen redlm of guletude, and fa bher mouth she borea tiny oating fragment, emittiug sparks of fAra whicl rose higher aod higher, till they stood still, and {ormed in lwe; then the dove flow Lrueath tbem, and 1o a bow of promtse of siivery light wo bebeld tho floater. “From whoncs came you, _ afri? “I come from all States, and I briug you tdings of preat joy, for unto Ua Is born the calld Jesus, and bo shall be a Bavior to all nations. I would lay at your feet gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrr, and ‘remind ‘ou that Ho came for you,und mc, and )l Liere to ask you to cowme out with us oud {mmedlately the myriad of formns surrounded the geutleman {u black, the dragon crawled away, and I heard volces stoxing, * Glory to (od, peace ou carth, good will to 1nan," aud I fouud that I had beeu dreamlog. Toe last T remewbered, T was butld- oy & castle on the Icy panes aboveme. ‘Ihus wo write on the waves of the sea, the waves roaring pass away, the fco melts, and away goes var cadtly, Mie our thoughts, but the tire 1s low, T have s stift neck, and soon 1 shall_need o reatorer for my frozen plantaif T dreom to such a length. Fann-Lear. CHILDREN’S WAYS, “PRANCR' TALKS DACK, ° MiLwAUREER, Wis., Jan. 7.—I was just going to call Mac something dreadful when my lust- rous orbs feli on the Canductor's note to Johm3 * Yout communleation was rejected on sccount of the ungenticmanly manner o which certaln contributors to The Home were alluded to,” Acd I sighed and wondered how some such an observation would look sddressed to France, I hesitated a moment, and concluded that £ wouldu't even use Barbara’a cautlous policy, and say: *'Af I wasn't auch a coward, Mac, 1'd tell you you were & sour old curmudgeon, a cross- patch, n knave whotmn 'Lwere base flattery to call a villaln,~but I'm auch & coward, you know (" Bat 1'm not a coward, and T really think Mac Is, The Iden of calling tho mischievous precoelty of a bright, healthful child ¢ vulgar fmpudence!® How all the chilldren who are v unfortunate as to knaw you must hate you! Our best-beloved teachier At school, where I went a year ago, was tho Professor of Natural Sclences; all the girla udored bim, sod the boys 4id too. It wasn’t on account of his beauty, for he was little, with red hair and dublous eyes; and {t wasn't beennse he indulged us, or smiled at a peccadillo, for no other teachor Insfated more strenuously upon perfoct attention and Intalligent rocitations, but 1t was bocause ho hadn't loft divine youth so far behind that it hod censed to throw rose-tinted roflections back at him; he liadn't forgotten thoe sweet old days when e was young and went to college himezolf, And o, when soma flonsensical 1ittlo thing, the voriest trifle, would atart thaclass, and, young ladies ana gentlemen though thoy were, they were only too elad to throw off the op- pression of school regimen for a moment and indulgo in a licarty laugh or o subducd *giggle, fustend of glaring at us feroclously like 2ome of the Professors, or adminlateriog a cutting re- buke, or dismissing us lolthy to the nssembiy- room, ho would sit back casily, with a bLland look around the room, in perfoet good humor, or opun his note-book and acribble abstractediy A notnoent trithout notieing us In tho least, until the class, out of alicer exhnustion or a sddden realization of the enormity of the nffense, had become perfeetly eilents then ho would arise and proceed with the lesson, merely profacing his questions with the remark that hio thought lie woulid not [nterrupt us, os wo sectned to be enjoyiui aursclves, and ho had great respeet for the exuberance of youth. Al this without sarcastnj aud though it may scem oda to one who does not kuow Prof, I, ho had the most orderly clasacs, deapest respect pafd to i, ond was loved as were no one of tife other Instructors. For we knaw ho was n gen- tloman by culture ana education: ho had the uncomnion art of naking bis acience-lectures fasclnating, and he looked upon us os livine, breathing, lun»lovhu: mortals, nud uot scusclces automatons. His fatorite motto was: ¢ On every hight there lica ropose.” And 1 used to hear him say often and often, “The wiso man is he who dnes uot Joso hia chilu’s heart." Mac spoaks of “absurd and rulnous affec- tion. 1 think there asro more moro peopls ruined by too Mttlo affection than by too much, ‘There {5 #0 little hapoiness in thoe world, | graap what we may, Let the chiluren I aud riot, let them play with butterflics, and chatter to birds, and chasa tho hees und blue dragon-fiiea; leb them be gleeful and nouglity, and sweet aud winsome, and fresh and innocent, ond mischievous, Boon enough they will be sober and scnsible. Soon enough they will look at tho dust, nor even dreatn of the aweet i of the stars. Soon cuough umr will cek gold instead of roses, and drag tholr feet through mire and mack, instead of dabbling them In the cool ripples of the meadow-brook, Wwhera the rushes shiver and the reeds bend, and the thirsty eatllo come to drink, _Soon cnough thoy will grow cold, and gray, and old, and heartless in the horrible utru;:wfu of tho world. You know how roon the liest fracile wind-flowers ot spring die? ‘The frail white flower of innocence and youth dles sooner. No sun blights and withers lko tho oye of the world. No trumpet-bray drowns tho siweet, soft walllng music of the soul ko the pltiless, clamorous voice of the world, e grow old so soon, Mammn always eald che thought a chila must ba radically and unchangeably weak and evil who was ruined by Indulrence and love, Mamma {3 the most loving and hopelessly indulzent 1it- tle body fu the world, and her childeen aro all seraphie; I feave it to any of my friends if they nlre not. You sco I epeak only from expe- rience: I'havanot been consting yet, hat T went skat- fng yosterday, T will only say I was a victim of misplated coufidence. Perhiaps when I have fully recovered from the effects 1 may relate nllly“experlunce. Until then I shall suffer in sllence. T had a hundred things Iwanted to say, & hun- dred guostious to ask, but L tlod I have written 8o much about tho littly oncs 1 have no space, I hopo the littls onca who read Tus Trisuns will appreciato it, and know that In one littlo corner of the world they have a sympathizing and appreciativo friond, FitANCE. LIFE’S OCCULTATION. A PATIIETIC NRW YEAR'S INCIDENT. T the Editor of The Tridune, Rockroun, 1L, Jan, 1.—Dreamily [ was sit- ting beforu uy grato last evening, watchlug the changing fllumination appearing aud vanishing ke tho splendors of tho surora borealis which apuns the horlzon of tho Arctic winter with a suspenaion bridge of light. ) meditated upon the cosmlc luwa of universal nature, which, In their operation, materizlizes cliaos nto solar #ystems, and which may be scasonably acceptea 8 (od's chronometers to mensure tho clapsing cycles of eternity, s theodolltes to divide the fufinitudo of space. lnspired, I boheld tho chemfstry of combustlon struggling to lberata the sunbeams which were crystallized In the conl furmatfons s thousand millenniums ago, In those herbarlums of the carboniferous era, whose black follos measuro the arcaof conti nents, are treasured the huge forvsts, of club- mosses, slgillarfs, colossal reeds, and parasite ferus, which, In primeval time, sprang up In fmpenetrable juugles from the c¢xuberant bosom uf nature. It was New Year's E ve. My thoughts, cager to decipher the problem of life, wandered In n labyrinth of doubt and wysters. T philosaphized to inyself upon the uucquul allotments und compensatiuns of huwman experlence, and I conjectured whether the recording angel, when L shall hava fssued his balauce-shieet aud deposited the ledger of earth I tho urchleves of eternity, will not endow thy atient sulferera hore, whose lves have been ul- ars of sucritlee, with more preclous ewolunicuts 1u the realms of the unseen universe, Just uver the way rises the cupols of 8 palas tial howe, Lace-curtalng, fuwrought with truil- Sy vines and gruceful foliaze, hauir from gltded cornleas, Magnitieent drawlng-rooms, where walls ure embellahied with the achlevements of the great patuterd, and whose corners are heaus tiful with groups of clussle art, dli tho beholder with gstonlshinent and dellght, An‘;umum- aud Wardian cases, the repositorles of strange lite and trupleal verdure; conservaturies fes- tooned with clunbing vines aud diversificd with plants of rare Lubit and gorgeous follage; cabl- nets filled with speclmens of ghittering ore, scintitlating in the rellection of the caslizht, like pysumids of cnlll)’{uwcll; antique furul ture, whose elaborate desigus carry you baclk to- the duys of the Ellzebethan era. Al these con- stitute the accompantments of a terreatlal para- dise, aud open up an {dvat vista of splendar sid refitiencnt as they are duplicated in the reflee- tlons of magaiticent ulrrors, At the terminus of youder unfrequented aveoue, oo the vutskirts of the city, exposed on the verge of the wd-swept prairle, stabdas a desolate and diapidated Lovel, with {ts broken windows stuffed with rags, and the loose shinzles ruttllug theie shivering orchestra upon the rickety rouf. The ragiug clements, bearded with frost andicicles, howl thoir dismal requiemis through every flasure sud crovice, No patbs, cut turouch the driftivg suows, conduct the traveler to the thruahulfi of tho solitary but, falut smoke, {o Gtful whiffs, when the wmer- cury {s low, I3 seen to whisl into nothinguces from th ter of the totteriog chimuey, A fow sticks of wood, uncut snd uukoused, llo scattered about thedoor. Tho widowed motber, wasted with discase and struggtiog to live, b sat pleht after nlght, bowed {0 surrow over the dickering ombers, nestling her two little oues wider her arms L0 keop thow warm, But the cblldren of the wmililonaire, the owoer of the costly wauslon, were curap- tured, {cllcr-muru, with wouder and de- light _af thd variety aud splendor of thelr New-Year's glit; erc wero raro Jewels and silks, writiug-deske, aud toilet-seis poeiical works and pletures, siverwaro aud unique vases, of bewildeving beauty and «x{,ulnl;u workmau- ship. Thesiepa of the New Year crossed the thresbold of the widow’s cottare with o salu- tatieu to the littly oues of o crust of bruad and 1o baptism of w wother's tearv. 11 a pmall sliare ot this wealth, distributed {n the purchase of ulietlugs, whia will svou gutber dust o . fortabla cldseta and eabinets and be forzotten, haq Teny expended In family necessarfes to drive the .},;‘ of huager from that widow's door, how qm«ml the mugel-scribe would have reelstered, in m,’ neters of living l.2ht, upon the tablets of ereryy t‘v. tnelphllnnthnuy of such & noble and Chiis, lan act. 4 A devotes of fashion, arraved in go noparel, and extaling delfcions nromrfil.rsf,z,fl' walk waa the rhythm of muslc and gence, psgeq e on the atreet New-Year's Day. Atifraq In scal-skin cloak, robed {n a magnificent sk, ln. crowned with a hat that was & marvel of the milliners art, richly sdoraed also ith peari o] dinmond Jewelry, she impersonated a p of Jioyal fflu&m.’ 4 ; ? Fiincesy oou another represeatative of the tlo aex, clad dn. tho habineh of poverty, Incarnaling In pyery feature of her wan and emaciated countenan, the sufferings of destitution and the wearine, of life's bittor burdenr, breathiog wpon 1o hands to keep them warm, passod the quecn o fortune nnd beauty, Voot s contrast o" humgy allotment and desting! Life's vllerimags with ono {& a delizhtful ramble along the Aventies op A magnificent park, whers overy curvs Teveyy some now spectaclo of eochanting beauty; Wity the other It {s & tedlous tramp over life's rock: doflle, eret with thickets of thlsties and (hone] cach opening vista disclosing some new pitfy| of wretchodness and o, ‘The samo annlogies are everywhore obsarry ‘The lemon verbena g in the flora of Nature. nd tho stramonium, the monkstood aud thy mig. nonette, the sweet violet and polsonous e, roony, the rose and the thistle, the white Iy nlnl‘l (1) henbane, are seen to Hourlsh side by aide. Alnsl Proteges of wonlth and pam, reelpe of luxury! Seldom do ro\‘nm n?fl!,‘;fi the tableaux of sorrow in tho hovels of thy starving poor. Not often do you forsake yoge clezant boudoirs to contrast the pleasurs of mazing through lace curlaine with hy Gisadvantages of trylng to look througy windows blackened “with soot and ey tled with dee, Mow unwilling e youe dainte fect, encased in white alippers, whote footfnlls nre not sudible, as they oresy npon the plush of your luxurious carpets, o tread the cold, bare iloora of povarty’s abode, As my mind was absorbed In these roflections, my attention fas arreateil by the nolse of litls slioes upan the veranda ncmhnml 8 minglag soltloquy of words and sots. I hurrled to ‘the iloor, and, behold, it was Fraddie, the widows son, clad In scanty apparel, chilled to lis yery vitals, whilo his tears were frozen In beadsof fee upon his face, Iimmaodiately placed him nfim tho 10fa a from the fre, gave liim somothing warm to and putiontly waited to hoar hia message, sChristlue, mother 18 awtul sick, and she lonka white as this snow un my feet, 'We halnt Tad much to cat for a good walle, Bhe looksat Gerty nnd me, and tears fall out of her eyo, and 1t makes ua both hide our faces and ¢rr, 8ho can’t speak_loud, but we hear her whisper. {ugr and asking God to take care of us when ghe 18 gone, 8he told ma to tell yon to bring your Bibla with you, 8ho wants to hear you fesd, ‘Wo haln't got any Dible in our house, &nd not much else clther, Hurry ur Chrlatinc, e hare ot a good ways to go, nnd T want to say some. tbing ta mnther bofore shu dtes.! I quickly put on my cloak and furs, wrapped thd " weo darling " na scarf and shawl, and filled a basket with dolicacies, sud, buffcting the waves of cold, began my wearlsome walk, Through lonely sud unfroquentod streews | threaded my wav, untit'l discovored tho glim- mer of Ilfihb filtering '.hmu;}h tho froated panes of the widow's cottage. soon crossed the thresliold, and sat down In a vacant chalr be nlde_lhe,unllent sufferer, - 8he reached out her pale, cold, and trembling hand, and faiutly whispered: You havo come at last, and none too soon, Christine. Tho chills of denth are fast stealing over me. ‘The flame of 1ife is flickerine, faint and dim, and ere To-morrow’s sun I shall haye crossed the threahold of cternity. It lsmy dying l'fl‘|ll!5fl that you wlell find pomewhers com- homes for Wtild Freddie and Gerty where they can sce each other often and refrost each othiers’ mdmorles of tho dovotlon of the mother they loved.” Having given_her my ;- cred pledge to fulflll ber request, I procecded to read a fow aclections from the old Dible, ra- dtant with prophecy and faith, and_dispolling tho night of materialisin as cffectually as suo- Deams acatter the darkness of a dungoon. 1 closed tho book, and, as I did o, I observed o heavealy smile brightenfog u pthe pallid face of the dylng sufferor. 8o feebla had become the vital energies, so emaclated the physieat constl- tution, and tho veil of incarnation had worn so thip, confectured whathor bor fotuitions pene. trated tho sereen and caughtoceasional glimpses of the glorlea of the spiritual universe, It s possiblo that faith and houe wers em- broldering upon her spiritunl consclousnes realizations which would be Ler crown of e Jofclng In the blessed hereafter. * 80 havo' I o 2 flash of light reveal the latent inacriptiona of a beautiful” transpurency, the ulnfiglo was over, arms en k In o few moments and thera were litle reling tho nock of a dead mother, and tho fountalus of grief-stricken hearts ston) K.v.)u\ placld faco with a baptism of BOFTOW. tho Jark cacapes tha confinement of its prisan-Lars, and soars upward, singing a8 it soars, until bLird and song have become In- visiblo fu the bluo distanc, so has this soul, liberated fromn tho rulu ol its earthly tabernacle, plumed itsell for fight and coutinued fts I)our- noy until It has slghted hizh up on tho bills of Iminortality, Duoath Is the *darkened glass” sliding in front of the drama of human life, but the personal dontity of the hctors, though In- visible, remains forover unchanged. As the moon in its obscuration of the sun may fors while cellpse a planot, whilo the great orb of day 14 coutinuing to shine with undimtnished splen- dor, 80 human consciousn: beyond tle shudow of death exists In a sphero” of wider rango and Intonser activity, ‘fhe winter lias woven its windivg-sheet of enow above the widow's lonely grave; the cabla at tho foot of the avenfio ‘Is now foursnkco and desolate. Gorty and Freadie have comfortable homes ln tho country, and are tho reciplonts of the ten: dercat care, But ‘when the blug ancmoncs snd theravunculus intho early spriugtimeshall deck tho wild prairie with I.umul?‘ thewesplugorphons wiil gather handtuls of wild flowers fo mautie the fresh earth of thelr mother's grave, Ruppy and glorifled splrit] ~ Emancipated from tiie trials and sdversitics of eartly life, thou hast exchanged thy faded and taite hobiliments for robes of fnmortality, Like tho chrysalis, which Lursts the Inclosure of Its darlc coll mod liberates tho worgeous butterfy Lo banquet on the nectar of fluwers and sport fo a more ctherlal element, so has her spirit, released frofn Ita carthly labernacle, becoine 3 tenant of the mohslons of cternal bllss, which liave foundations and whuse maker and bullder Is Qod. Avransrea A— , CHICKAMAUGA’S FIELD. HOW IT LOOKS 70 ' WALLFLOWRL." To the Editor af The Triduns, Ciatraxaooy, Tenn,, Dec, 20.~~At tho re quest of Calla Lily, Bunshine, and other mem- bers of The Iome, I wiil give a briof sketchof our travels thus far. Leaving Chleago with its fce and suow, and tho thermometer ot 15 de grces below xoro, at 8 p. m., Dec, 27, we traveled without futerruption or fncldent worthy of notico for thirty-six hours, After a good nlzhi's sloop we awake to Aind ourselves this morning in Chattanooga. After a hasty tollet we go to s lotel, wiere we enjoy the luxuryof a good wash, and sit down to a breakfast we are sblo to do justice to, Atter restiug and lookinig around a8 llitle wo engago o calored Jubu, with o syau of flno gray hurses and an open double carvlauy, and tuko a drive through lossvillo Gap aloog the Valley of Mission Ithive out tothe old Chlcks minauya battle-field, Therels a adight lerinklluz olsnow hiere, just enough to wake » strikiuyg cot- trust with the red clay which composcs the soil. Tho air {ssoft and mild, and wa soun throw back our vails aud lossen our wraps that wu "mi breathe §8 Iny and cojoy the lut% blue skyin which the toating clouds are all silver, We can hardly realize fim a few hourd! truvel could makesuch a uhmu{u uthe temperss ture. Our driver, an intclilgent, educate niegero, pulnts out all the objccts of fiterust, and Kives ud tuelr blatory, which I3 highly amusioz, &s one of our party waa in tha battle and thinss he knowa soniething aboue it Heru bs a Jurge tuajestle ok split in two, and the rugged, Ltuck encd edyres show {t waus thy work of & canoun Lall. “There a piue where som relle hunter bas been hacking away, leaving the half of a rouud black bole, und we aro tuld “(rape shos Lss bin dug " out of dar” It s with feclings ~ of awo and sadness that we walk * over tho ground and think how, fifteen years agy, ** Our boys ¥ were sisln there. Ithought Low many a womau's hcart would ache at the name of Chilckamauys, es they thought of some loved ono buricd there, To thess I would say, * You could not choose3 lovelier place for thom to slecp till the God of Peaco shall bld them ariee.” The wmountains on every side, the brooks s clear us crestaly the trees, which are ever green, tho sky a cleat and heavenly blue, the birds sluging sweetly, il Joln to say, ** Warrlor rest, thy warfure's o'¢ A8 we leave bero fo the woralag [ will close. £ ALLYLOWES. A NEWSBOY’S LOVE. HOW IT WAS MANIPESTED. o ths Laltor af The Triduns * Cu1ca00, Jan. 8.~Thoso who live jo marble- fronts sed drive baudsome equipaves aro pruu® Lo think that the tendereat affuctions of the bu- wman bears aro s kiud of monopoly ¢njoyod bY such fuvored few; that love, like the scusitive plant, must be cherished fondly amid favorsble, luxurlous surroundiugs tu urder to thrive. U