Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 29, 1879, Page 12

a THE CHICAGO a eeaeeeed THE HOME. An‘Alleged Plagiarist Exposed by a Sharp-Eyed Mattoon Girl. Tho Horrors of the Opium Habit Described by an Unhappy Victim, Several Indignant Correspondents Over- Fhaul the Recent Latter of “France.” Somo Thonghts on Hand-Shaking, To- gether with an Amusing Story. Tho Duties of Woman Dilated upon “by Partios Who Assume Knowledge, Facts Conterning Our Boys, Slander, and Other Toples of General Interest. DREAMING. I'm old, and the heat of Life's vattles ; (an bleached my dark hnir till it's white; ‘And tent-drops, that eltaten Hke diamonds, Have stole fram my eyes thelr old light. And low, wherd cold tombatoncs aro gloaming, Left what the world gave to ma; But figh, where gold gateways ara beaming, ‘My treasures, at Inst, will I sec. Yo-night J have heard stralns of mosis Phat flonted away long ago, “Bat sume mystic spirit hos caught thom 'To chant to me now, soft and low, T’yo heard an old story to-night, too, ‘That Memory lingered to telt-- * OF Youth who built lofty afr-casties ‘That crushed hopes and dreamens they fell. T'va ween an old picture of sorrow— A vosse} that sank In the sea; But, eafe in the harbor of Heaven, A fair wallor-boy walts for mo; T've Ilstened in tlreams for bis footstopr— Talmoat carace his white hand - As it lifta trom my heart ife's dark shadows, Aud pointe me to his spirit-tand. OTime! f am.weary of travel— Life's onthway is lonely for me; Anil breozes that whisper arount me Seem filted With a voice from the sea. But now Lom tired of thinking, ‘And sumo night 1')] lay down to rest, And dream ti) 1 wako fn the morning, At homo in the world of tho bleat, , Fronencz Bartuy. THE LETTER-BOX. Theroaro letters, papers, or postal-cards at ahis office for the porsons named below, Those Uving out of the elty will ,please send their nd- | dress anda three-cent stamp, upon receipt of which their mail‘will. be forwarded, Nesidents ‘of Chicago can obtain lotters addressed to them by calling at Room 86 Tribune Building: ATonncescean tn Iowa, Sunshine No, 1, Qunaika, ‘Tired Mother, Bua, Noundoy, Wicked Eyer, Forn Leat, Sylvanus, NOTES TO CONTRIBUTORS, Jrr—The eclary of the Governor of Ilinols is $0,000 ver annum, ‘The letter on optum-eating which appears to- day fw from one who has suffered terribly from: the habit, and will be read with interest. In to-day’s Home a contrinutor charges “ AMis- put" with appropriating the thoughts of an- other aud passing them ns her own. In justice to a correapondent in Ilyde Park, 1N., who for- merly wrote over the signature of “ Miznat,” it should bo said that she docs. not now use. that. nom de plume, THE HOME CLUB. A MRETING NRXT THURSDAY. . ‘To the Editor of Tha Tribune. . . Cnicago, March -37.—Tue Tuinune Home Club will meet for work at Mrs. O. 2. Clark's, 484 North Clark strect, Thursday, Aprii 8, Membera who haya attended regularly will please notice the change fu the day of meeting. Kati, Sceretary. “MIZPAH.” A SCORCHING EXPOSURE, , To the Lditor of The Tribune. Mattoon, March 18—In looking over The Tome. of, last week's Trinune Iwas much’ pleased with an article on the woman question, ‘by Mizpalirbut asl read it over I was atruck with a simliarity between (t und something 1 had read previously. Next morning I picked up one of toy favorite books, “ My Wife and I,” opetied ft to the chapter headed * Cousin Caro- Mine,” and read, “* A woman's lot, and what is lt, pray? To sit with folded hands and see Mie drifting by,—to be a mere nullity? Inimediately my thoughts returned to her letter, Ieee Mizpuli fs also a reader of ‘My Wife and £," and so careful a ono that fu write ing she not only usesits{deas, but the exact Jan- gusze, Seeing this sentence to be the sama led me to Jook up inore of the’article, and by careful re- search und untiring patience I have found that almost s column of The Iuma was devoted to Harriet Beecher Stowo’s thoughts on thy woman question. Mizpah, in order to bring. out ~her ideu that Woman must nob necessarily be mar- red to be happy, usea a pararaph containing, “It is not true, as bas often been stated, that every Woman Wants a muster, mid is og forlurn esa masteriesa dog," tho uriginal of which will ‘be found on page 07; and, ufter taking from this Page as much ay suite her purpose, she goes hack to page 1 fur thia suntence: ‘1 believe feta Wotnuy who bolds:tuith in tho world,” ety Like the crab; she travels backward ;,lier noxt idea, whleb beging, + ‘The world haa always been busy," ete, will be found us far tack as pare 74, wt \cap algo ahows careful research of ber ar L think Mizpah might have epered the feelings ud putlence of the one who compared te articies und begun at Page 74, and copted by course, instead of skipping about as she has done; for, to tnd where “Nearly all women Want somethlug of their own,” [was compelled to read us far ae pages 103 and 10%, whieh finish Whe paragraph with “The world fs new arranged for the strong, and I think it ought to be re- arranged for the weal,” Tsuppose she would say that Z" there rep- resents Mizpat, but ft is my opinfon it atunds for Cousin Caroline, Mizvab warns all women that they ebould not “enter marrlage og un means of support,” “but for the most holy affection; and ste gives “My theory of life,” ote, witch theory fa ad- yauced by” Harryin a conversation with Uncle Jocob. *Sho waxes eloquent ou the “strenuth* and terror of femalo‘auimaly; on the wumen of Oreek inythology; bow women of modern thes have oven “reduced to one sphere, and the discrimination that should bu made in self sacritlee, und T anust say that the thoughts in hier article aru as;pleosant to read .as in Mrs, Btrowe's, for almost cvery sentence ts tuken verbatim. Timight keep on in this etratn until J reached the sentence commencing, “Bue itis un cusy inatter;! etc, but thug und space for- bid. Iwillouly say hat the intervening sen- tences are, with o few slight changes, exactly Une some ag in! My Wile unl 12? and if any of the readers wish to satisfy themsclyes un that secure J will refer Uiem to pages 233 und 239, and Si-"5, Mere I must pause, © False io une fe fale In all,” aud Tleave the rest of the articly to the tender mgreles of some other Hoitclte, who, I wish, would give it gomo attention, Perhaps Mizpah would kindly (nform us yvhers we inight look for {t. When a writer putbforth a thought to the public, no mutter how many anay have had the sare, {t fe then hfs, und reo. ognized a6 his; and he who uses that thought end hunguage us htsuwn should be considered gullty of iit satng act os be whe helps hiuself peeouies Jovgligs, wud pases teas olf for “But, by way of commendation to the lady, [ Should suy that of ull the patterns of patchwork ed et | drag and th over givente Tho Home hers suraly carries off the palm, ANTI LAGTAIIST. MEDICINAT. NUEUMATISM, BTC. To the Editor of The Tribune, Citicaco, March 20,—To begin, | desire to Present my excuse for failing to reply earlicr to thoge who Haye called upon mio by name, Even pofore my Inst linc of apology wus in print I was attncked with a painful Inflammatory dis- order of the head, the results of which have af- fected mo quite sertously up to the present time. I havo repentedly attempted writing, but havens often been obliged todesiet. L have not fallod, howarer, to keep the run of the pleasant Homochat, which has afforded the usual amount ofineteuction and entertalninent, aud for whieh thanks are hereby returned to tle various cou- tributora, one and all, EF would say to Mother H, that F'did not so much regrst iny inability to reply on account of the abundance vf good, practical advico sent. Any remedy Ilkely to prove of valu in a caso of ordinary rhcumaticm, of whatover grado of intensity, must be select- ed with reference to increasing solubility, and hastening climinntion of that product of retro- grade tissuc, metamorpliosi¢,—lithle | ackl,— which is known to accumulate tn the blood fn these cases, If these, the alkalis nnd thetr car- bonates, and such of their salts as aro formed with acids that aro decomposed tuto the — earbont have been the most employed uid depended upun in modern meii- eine, together with those active vegetable do- purants which experience has shown most relia- ble, Of the alkalt-eaits, thoso of lithla are su- nerlor, for obvious chemical reasons, although Me potash-salts will continue to be much used, But uouy of these remedies can dont with the effects of the rheumatic poison as seen in the lesions around the Joints tu a_case of elironic rheumatism so suroly and effectually as the preparations of fodine, sulphur, or the more oweriul yegctable altcratiyos, Internally, alded by counter trritants or atimulating Itulmente, externally, One more polnt with referenze to the theory of the disenso as bearing upon the rationale of treatinent already given. ‘Ther ts a form of chroule rheumattsin’ (so vallad) whlelt {a nut wholly arthritie,—somatines, indeed, the Joints ure scarcaly iovelved,—the principal seat of the discase belnyg pereostenl, though quite distinct from a simple inflammation of this mem- brane. Here we can usually trae 9 mercurial diathesis, and itis probable that it olwavs ex- fats, ‘I'he discase fs littie amenable to ordinary theumatic remedies, but those last named are imperatively domanded, If one connut leave home to visit springs impreenated with these substances, a hot bath contatuing from onc to two drachms of aulphido of potassium to the gallon of water, ur. the sane amount of the tincture of fodinu to the whale bath, make excetlent substitutes, The com- mon mode of exhibiting these remedies, how- aver, {8 Ices troublesoine unt is generally ettl- eavious, ‘The potassium fodide fs. the form for Internal use, and the minimum dose five grains three tlincs a day. ‘The commun commercial sulphur is the most agreeable form of tiis lat- ter drug, und the dose is unimportant. ‘The aro also a numper of organic remedies more or Jess specitic, of which phytolacca nud macrotys fre rerhaps the beat. Pry wishes to know the result of on experl- mental inquiry into the {dentity of pepsin and the cheese-(erment. (I had. previously stated upon the best authority thut they were unalo- mousonly.) Lb must capfcss that I bod neg. leeted the exnerlment, sithough 1 had collected quite a stosk of ebicken pepsin. I have since, upon trial, found it to work perfectly, and, 08 “Hgceing is belleving,’ { am now prepared to accept her viuw of: the matter, without reserve. Twenty-seven, the reason for being careful In applying nitrate of silver to the hair is to avoid staining the sealp, as It would bo-cértain to show at the parting and alone the edges of the hair. Any spots upon the face or flugers are re- moved with a solution of potassium cyanide, or by palnting over with loding snd theo washing ott tn excess of potassium fodide or agna am- monies, When used witha good tnordant and in Just suficient strenyth to impart the desired shade, {tis aquestioa whother ft would peue- trate the shaft of the halr dep enough to in- pair {ta vitality; but, judging from Ite superticlal action upon the epidermis, it seems Improbable, —stuny rate constitutional effects ore out of tho question, NATE AS TND OPIUM-MAntT, To the Euttor af The TAbune. Cnicaco, March 87,.—A Jody, whose Initials I haye forgotten, asks of The Home: . ‘Is there any cure for the opfam-habit?? ‘This isa subject I have long wished to bring forward, but dared not on account of the aver- sion most peuple feel toward this terrible and even Increusing disease, or, 28 sonio pcoplo will have it, habit. Some of the ladies have recently given In The liome thelr ideas upou the subject of in- temperance, aud there secins now to bo a ray of tise across the drunkard's path; a band has been atretched out to. him, if we gan belleve the rts of Dr. D’Unver's remedy. And now f ask, with the lady referred to above,—und there aremuny Who feyerlshly awalt Whe answer,— Is thero any cure for the oplum-eaters? Will you draw quictly away, shunuing them? “Let him who fs without sin among you east the first stone,’? said the Master, and there aro some in the tolls of this dread disease, despairing of a cure, fearing thelr doom 1s seated, who du not feel thay aro to blame. SuchaonoamI! Given to mo during along, tedious illness, knowing nothing of the dire calamitizs following {ts use, —nothing save that it stopped the weary, ktll- ing paln. Ignorant of all that J should have known was [ till too late, Too late 1 found, with recoyered health, with no longer any neces- sity for its use, that 1 conla not leave tt off. 1 tricd, O how hard my Heavenly Father knows, and { praycd,—moat fervent, agonizing praycra, —that he would lift the load from me, ucyer’us- conded to the throne of grace,—but the ticht vrasp of the hydra-hended monster was upon me, und it was of noavail, And now, realizing: all, L must wait und watch for tho overthrow of my Intellect, the utter shipwreck of my mental, moral, and physical powers, Wo kuow what awaits us; wocan read our fate In those who have zone betore, ‘What 1s sunshine to thoao of us who aro with- in the toils of thla destroyer? What cara wo for the coming lovely springtime, the song of birds, the bluo sky, the flowers, und the budding. trees? Alt seasons, ot! time, are alike for us. Bound tn fetter from which wo know thera Is no escape, how can we know happiness? Wa may, weary of life and fathing to underatand why this punlalment should be sont upon us, sever the golden cord which binds us to thia world, Why nyt? Otherwisa we must live to see our intel- lects ailp trom us slowly but aurely until we arc —what [g tt they call usf—lunatice. We suffer, oh, we suffer. = Dante nevor concelyed greater misery, ‘Vhe mind a chaos of horrors, a hell of agony, Thayo read muct on this subject of uplum-eat- {ny und God knows £ have thought aid felt more, ond when f join in the request for help, for juformation as to a cure, I do not refer to a cure that would demand tn retura evo more thon we posses. ‘The Home Mas frowned down everything that savord of an udvertise- mount, and therofore I cannot mention names here; but iu my,constant hunt for relict Lhave found all Uv sp-culled cures [have looked. into “a deluson wud a snare” but one, and that ove Tain gatisileds if une has tle means tu go through the couxsa of treatment, docs offer a speedy cure, « Most bitterly do f ask, How can any one with Qheart dit uw thurcugh knowledge of ull the horrora‘an oplumn-cater Hives through and dail: endures bring forth a remedy und say, flere re the bul of Gilead; use it and be cured; hero’ ts the pool of Sioa place itupon the highest planacle whers only the rich cau stretch torth the hund, while wo who are without the pale cau ooly turn our longing cyes away with o fveltug of utter despairt 1do not exaggerata; I know whoreot £ speak, If Lom asked, Why, when‘you can 60 well sco what the futuro has in storé, da you not attempt. ‘thecura you haye faith ind t auawer, If you wer starving—had not a cont, nothing, and should gue lost uf bread tnside the glass, would it ba any help to yout Lam poor, und that is a full dnewere What onu has done can surely bo done again, und the ouly hope I haye in ‘this world Js thut sume one can bring forth a cure for tuis accursed disease, that, ke Dr, D'Unger's remedy, cau be brought within our means. Still I nave not a dog-in-the-mancer Aisposition, and therefora I referred to the above-mentioned cure, I am willing to give ony one who Is dostroug of more Information upun the subject proof und Full particulars, ao that they can Jook up the matter for thumselyes, And now let mo join my voice with thut of the tady who first moutioued the subject: Can any ono help the oplum-caters? any one help thoso of us who are poort : Survanaa. Can UOW TORY WERE CURED, To the Eultor of The Tribune. Evang, Il, March 24,—Kea, U, E. F, wishes to kuow if there ts any means of curing the hublt of using opium or laudanum. Never having used it myself, I cannot apeak from per- onal experience, but hasten to give her the exe perience of two persons, with whom I am ace quatnted, who bad for years used morphine, which fs simitur fu {ta effects to opium. ‘Ihey both commenced taking it for poor health, und Goelly fult they could not do without it, but Were very anxlous to discontinue (he use of tt, One tsed it fn powders, and hee husband gave thea to hers he gradually leasoneit the dose, 140) (t was au aml she told bhi ate did not b Ieve she required tt any more; he replied that he did not think sho did either, as he jad be aetving her flour for the last few days. ‘The other one used it ina Hauld form, awl told mo sho she had broken herself of using it by adding the fame aan of water to the solution, cvery time she took the morpho, to equal: the dose taken, thus reducing It in Strength till there was nothtie but water left In the bottle. It requires a goad deal of patience nmi porsever- ence; but, as it isin good cause, she ought not bo discouraged should {t take a longer tine than is anticipated to overcome the use of Ite Boing a lover of flowers, L am always tnter- ested in Fern Leaf's letters, amt particularly so {nh her last one, in which she described “the Choramazene Cordata, mid would be delighted to get one if she ag nat already dlappsst} ‘of them. Would a letter addresacd to Fern Leaf, Ottawa, reach hur, nnd what would be the postage on: the plant ur slip? An anawer $8. earnestly re- queated, wud will greatly vbligo lL. THE MILWAUKEE MAID. » THINKS SIT 18 SILLY, To the Editor of The Tribune. Doven, 11, March 21.—1 read France's lettor of the 19th with mingled foelings,of ploasuro, wondor, und disgust. With pleasure at her du- scription of apring, with ite flowers, birds, and “nll that sort of thing,’’ which are quite appro- priate for a gushing maiden of from sweet six- teen to demure thirty-tve (and Lam not sure in which class ¥rance should bo catalogued). fn reant to her temperance views she shoul be classed among children—very young ones—for, {udoad, sho talks like a.child. Ng one who bas arrived at the age of even 13 years, would, it seams to me,—had they a fair stock of common sonse—expresa auch supreme confidence In thelr ability to resist all manuor of temptation which infght be offered them, as docs our littta France, Who knows Ita strength by trial, Will know what power must be wot against o ain; Aut! how temptation is overcome, * Ie knows who hay felt {ta pawee within, You talk beautifully, as [ said, France, about, apring, flowers, babbling brooke, and waving trees, for you know something about them; but when It comes to intempernnce and to the with- standing of temptation, all ysur talk ts theory of the yaruest kind, for you certainly kuow nothing nbout the subject, or you sever would have spoken so uncharitably of those who in- herit an appetite for stroay drink, and Which ap- tite It is ns impossible for them to realst ag tt is for the sun not to shine or for your benutifal lowers not tobloom fn thelracason, "Tis this talk in your letter that diszusted me, and at which I wondered, Why should you, who are, as you fancy, so capable of overcoming temptatlon, eensure others whos: will-power {s not so re- mariably develo; ns you imagine yours is? ‘Think, dear France, for no tystaut, of the dire | calamity which would befall this boautiul world Were all those whu urg unabia to resist all ternptation take your advice and blow out thelr brains?) The world would be depopulated, with a single exception, aud you left “to finial your Journey alone.” 1, unike you, have char- ity for all, even for you, ud am sure that when ou arrive nt the age of diserotlon you wil! not ie BO confident of the ability of nil well-bal- anced minds to resist temptation, nud I ain will- ing to wait until you emerge from your present chrysalis state and develup into a trad, churita- blo human belng, with more of sense and less of censure for the unfortunate than you now have, Chop. “pragotry? ARISES. To the Udltor of The Trimune, Minwaukes, Wis., March 25.—In The Home of March 13 isan gasertion made by a young woman calling heraclf! France, which, for one, I vannot allow to pass unquestioned. Ilove Mil- waukee; ft has been my home for many years; and, when I see any one make an asserlion so entirely untrue ag the following, 1 ask the mater thercol to prove Jt, I quote ber words from the paper lying before ime:' “1 don't know whether Milwaukee fs like other cities or not, but I kuow nine out of ten young men here drink. O£ course 1 havo never secu any of them drank, but I have seen them when they were not strictly sober.’" T know many young people of both sexes. Having grown-up children of my own, of course orings much young saciety to my house, ant among oil whio come [ linvo never seen ono the least under the influenco or Hauor. France must associaty with a act of younz men un- known in our best circles, for (tis n matter of pride one often commented upon anil generally * eoneedel that the young men of our city ag a clinas ors a very fine act of follows,—iman! Me full of lite and fun, but free from Uabits of iutem- peranee and its accompanying — vices. T ecannot deny that there are cases of heart- broken. mothers and slaters whose | lives are embittered by the fearful demon of fntem- perance, and in Milwaukeo, as in all other cities, whisky holds a frightful away. But when a young woman asserts that nino out of avery ten of the rising generation drink, 1 know she says. what fs not true. One out of every ten would have beon much nogrer the trutl:, and let us oll do what we can to blot out the evilantirely, ‘lo pe my sagertion that the writer of the article have quoted from muat meet “queer peopte,’” to say te least, in the same letter she says, “I cannot think any gentleman would cet drunk; he has a low, fll-bred streak somewhere.” Pat thie quotation with the tlrat one and’ see what one would infer froin the two, : Thave written ibs Fetter inderenwool oie voli: Men, Nos to cause any contention, or because think It “time to sty uo ‘The Hume to a re- dundancy of adjectives" In qnesttoning its trath, but to lot the gushing author of the ase sertion sce that wll gentlemen are not alike; that Milwaukee is a good-sized city, and poaul- bly she may not koow all the best people fn II Bé careful, I pray you, my young (riend, in mak- ing remarks so hurtful to yourself and your ns- soclates, You will be wnoro beloved and respect ed if, justead of publishing your friends? short- comlnya, you draw a vell over them, or, better still, quiatly try to correct them. Pgagorry, RATHER LIKES HER, To the Editor of The Tribune. Racine, Wis., March 23.—It is refreshing to Near auch out-and-out tomperanco talk as Yid- dis und others givo usfrom timatotime. I hope we may hear often from her. France may rest assured that Milwaukeo fs not Ike most other cities in’ reapect to temper- ance sontimenta, I, lately heard o lawyer fram there gay thuta man must enter a saloon In or- der to vote, as cyery polling-place thero {9 ina satoon, I think that fow cities can complain of buch on awfuliy-quigestive thing as thut. It Is @ sad comment on the state of our politics, In her Inst paragraph France gives” exprsa- sion to sentiments on wiiich quite a Httly yal- ume might be written, when she says that tf she: had un evil habit which she was powerless to overeumu sho would blow her brainy out. 1t must have been the outburatof her young, strong nature in natural cincomipe for anything: weal, Doesn't she know that every duy young men who tvera once as strong of body und will 88 sho fs now have so weakened themaclyea through the use of Uquor that the habit which they once hnd the strength to brealt olf bas made complete alayes of them, and; Feallalp thin fact, they: do blow thelr brains out. Sho dors nut know what ahe says whon she saya that it !aaheer nonsense to say that au old drluker can't atopdripklug. ‘Thuy canuot, ox- cepting as they trust inn power greater than thefrown, £cannot account for her views only on the supposition that her obaervation fs Jimit- ed to young men and moderate drinkers who don't want to stop, and she therefore thinks it only au oxcuae to aay, “I can't stup.” . Bapaan, HWAND-SHAKING, AN AMUSING BTORY. * To the Editor of The Tribune, Broosunaton, 11,, March 22.—The way some men stake hands makes mo slcl, su timp and clammy fa the nervoloss grasp which drops deaa from your palin. 1 think Judas Iscarlot must have shaken hands with our Saylor in that way every morning, and at the last did Janguidly sulle and most weurlaomely extend bie cold Snyers und betrayed Him with e kisal ‘This sort of o shake Is about as comfortable and hustle aa it would bute onter a dissuct- ing oum at aidulght alone and shake bands with adead man. Whenl come upon such o fellow unuwares and ebake hands with him J waut to gut away from him quick, and ao fur away that L bave o(ton wished { could quit thy hemisphere at a bouud und lose ioyselfin the wilde where rolls the Luallaba nuvexed by these heartless caricatures of the genulne, old-fagh- foucd, dead curnest shake of fe hand. ‘To pat the case broadly, it’s the yrip that makes onc how! that Like, Usually itis the free gift of a granger—an old fricnd as it weru—Wwio basu't secon you since Inst Saturday, about a week agu. Ie comes in all aglaw thfs tne spring morning, wu stalwart greundior of thu bay-seed corpy, und when you Jook upat hits tat half open ike tho jaw of o un ready to take you in it reminds you of tha Klgantie claw of a river und harbor dredge, and when it takes huld of you jt fevls os though Hercules bud crooked bis ‘finger eround the small of your back and broken you in two, «I’ve aceu fellows double uv aud turn inside out at the mere remembrance of au old-time shake TRIBUNE: sleck was ni} SATURDAY. MARCI 29, 1879—SIXTE: N PAGES. with such a fricud.- And then thoro’s a Leart of oak bebilod it. ‘The man who sliakes earnestly {s always on Jind thin emergency at a fire, a ahivweeek, or an earthat inl yotean rely upon him to confront di Without flinching when sats: calls, His soul goes out to hig fellows through due finger-tips, and in the grip direct you feel that you have found a friend and 9 brother, You can’t trust the lackadalatcal slinke, nor can you counterfele tha old-fashlonud fieart- shake. He may anitie, amd amite, and tnke both hands to ft, but it ib watch him narrowly you'll find his thittier eyo darting with sinister glance at you, as muchas to sy, “PN mako the chaneo and fx you yet, ald fetlow.* Did you ever shake hands with an Indisn to his native wilds? Not to shake hands with nim ou hls own geound whilst professing friendship we hiinself or tls trita amounts to 8 declaration of war, Let me explain, was on our Western plains a good many years ago, * creeping Uke anal!” with a heavy train toward the seuting aun. Ono morning 4 tuuk an extra saddta nnimal,—a jackass (t was by the way; one of those fine old ashen-lntec sulolsts whose voices rise out of the sub-basc~ ment of their chests, and whu, whon occasion requires, can touch tha uppor register alr- flv in thoso finely-protongod and regular cadences ao fainillar to us all, Very docite and ny Jacks ‘on this beautiful morning aa we jogged along happily toguther. We soot dosconded 9 precipitons bluit far out of eight of our train, and worn finding our way along an old Indian trutt that Ied'us up the Platte Val Jey parallet i from tho river. ‘I’ had become tutcreated in some rare apectinons of Bloomin eactus which Appeared not infrequently on elthe with nd about a stone’s-throw rf hanid, when the wise animal whtch bad thus far carried me so vlncldly along began to snuas though he had suddenty become conscloua of. a now odor tu the airy and his distinguished ears ot once tuok on the appearance of abrace of intensoly alert exclumation potnts, Glanclng out ahead betieon sald cars, T descried un our trail coming to meel us three mounted Sloux Chiefs, armud, beaded, painted, and feathered, coming from the Lord know where, and going to the samo place, We wore at pence with this tribo, but Danfel Boone always “reckoned”. the red man might, “onsurtin,” and on tis particular occasion shared Mr. Boone's feollnys, for 1 was unarmed, and, although with the greatost colerity 1 eare- fully examined the limbs and reflected upon the probable speed of my jackass im caso I should And ft expedient to tirn tail, [ was unable to cone to any definite conclusion ather than to attend at once to the proprietics of the occasion, for the trio of illustrious knights of thesc fm- memorial solltudes were upon me. I at once assumed an alr of composure as becometh a a Chief of the Palo Faces, embraced the * bar- rel” of my jackass with my legs.and tickled ‘his nother parts: sugecstively with my spurs, whicn, F need not add, {riled to betray him Into any unseemly huste. On the other land, hoap- proached these threo gentlemen without hats Who wero bearing dowi upon us three abreast with extraordinary conservatism. His card about this time scemed to tne to have grown to bo about thres fect long, and cast shadows ahead of us at Jenst forty, feet in length, Happily for mo, just ns I thought the noble antinal would sink into the earth with misglv- ings, ny red friends mistook the extreme cau- ton it displayed for an elaborate atlempt ot n welcome nut of lofty hospitality, und to encour. ago this phaze of the situation [shouted, How! Howl? in big Injin profusion. In quick re- sponse caine back “How! [Low fu tones which struck terror tothe hoart of my mule. ‘The tear Chief bore down kundsomely and extend- ed bis hand for ashake. [had heard or read somewhera of the pale face {nnocently extending his hand) to tha child of the tepca and: beng — unceremontously Jerked to the ground and hig Lal lifted at the same motion, but I again suggested a forward movement to my steed with ‘both spurs, and reached out to grasp the proffered palin of the uborizinee, but to the extent tliat I reached ont and forward) my jackass would {mperceptibly withdraw, or lean back without moving his feet, so that: although I atretched forward till the yertebra seemed strung slong my spinal cord Uke beads ona string at Jong Intervals, there wag.no point of contact that wo could awenr to, On renewing these attempts, if the Indian at the critical moment made n sudden charge for- ward hoping to atrike hands across the bloodicss chosm, my wide-awake jackasa as anddanly, Te. Ured, and kept us as fur apart as ever. We kept. on charging and retreating till wo had worn a Tespertable gircus-riug in the turf, but as my di3- tinguished guests showed no disposition toretire Without a shake, evidently under the impression that they bad struck somethlug oxtraordinary in the way of astead, to: sav nothing of the rider, L telt called upon to resort.to heroic measures to put astopto our grand tournament. I there- fore promiptly rolled, up my sombrero into a sort of cornucopia, and begun vigorously to belabor those sara, and while they flopped, nnd the head careered, — anil the eyes blinked again, the descendante of Lo- gan—thd friend of the white man—rodo tn and shoolt the sincere shake of friendship, nad turn- ed away in silence, riding abreast as before; and as] turned those cars toward the west and gent- ly.. touched the accompanying flanks with ny spurs, thera was lifted up a yolee that disturbed that solitude with a solo such as those Indians, and coyotes, und prairie dogs never heard be- fore, and will nover bear again. Mac, OUR BOYS. REED THEM PunR. To the Editor of The Tritune. , Monsourti, Ill, March 24.—For the past two yeors [ huve beon on Interested reader of The Hfome, und have often thought I would put {na word, after reading gn excellent letter on some subject of unusual {mportance, but, fearing that my letter would only go to helptitl up the waste basket, I did not venture. F.’s letter tn The Tlome of the 15tu fnet., about “Our Boys," struck an. anawerlug chord in my heart, so 1 have concluded to run the risk of being put in the nforesald - basket. I think the subject a good one, and agree with F, that “our boys” need more attention, Why do mothers doyoto most of their time to train- {ug thelr daughters aright, to the neglect of thelr sone, excusing themselves with the old- timo delusion “that bova must sow thelr wild onte"? I think it just as necessary to tench virtue in {ts fullest sensu ta my sous as to my daughters. It is u mother’s ditty to tell her sons plaluty how they should Hye so they can attain that higher mauhood that will it them for pure husbands anc fathers. Some mothers who aro s0 modest they cannot tlk thus plainly to their sous will cry out against this, . 1 think such modesty und delicacy false. Buroly no ono in tho world takes the Interest In then that she should; therafore everything de- petis on her directing aright thelr youthful minds, Commence with them as sooo as they ara old enough to understand, anc tmpreas on them day by day how Hey should live, aud teach them that, {f they wish a oure wife, they umust.them- selves be pure, even though the sickly sonti- mont of society does not so require. “A fulsu custom alluws u man steeped in iniquity ta as- soclute with and murry our virtuous daughters. Itia aud indeed to sca the young men and boys justin thelr teens commening a Hfe of Ucentiousness and erlme, and rather would I follow my eons to their graves to-morrow thau have them become thus depraved, J think with FB. that our girls are good cnough—yes, too goul—for the average man, E hope the day will Boon come when men as well a5 women will be weighed by their moral worth, anf thetr pass- port into respectable families made to dopend on their purity. To achieve the consummation of thls happy day, it davalyos on every true woman to use her dutluence ov the right side of this all-important question, Sincauitr, WOMAN. “panogn'a” virws, To the Kditor af The Tribune. Racin, Wis. March 23.—1 have been a con- stant reader of ‘The Homo for the past two years, and have boon particularly interested in the Inte discussion on te aubject of wifely du- tles and the yaluo and position of women in keneral, To the dlelutorested reader there hus been much te amuse, us Witucas thy hold that such coutributions as those of Elegabalus and Patriarch have takon on the credulity of others, such as WI} F,, Jcrrondacut Snap, and Re- forincd Dick. It strikes mo that the arti eles roferred to wore written for ‘the yory purpose of llciting just such cffusl Q6 those tnentoned, ‘The man docsn't exist, 1 bollve, who can read und write, who really ad- vovatgs tray uwite in the way that Ele gabulus would uve tis believe be’ trains hie; tnd even If thelr letters dtd really exproes thelr sontinent, tt would be folly to try to convince Uiem of anything to the contrary, for they would have been through such a process of hardentuyg ele moral perceptions aud thy more tender susceptibilities of their nature thut they are norally {yu an abnornial state, and are not re- epunsible for what they suy or do in this respect, aud should by treuted’as aro ovhera tu the samo condition, All they wauted was to raise the dust, and thuy have done so, My theory dnd opinion on the subject fs, that ncn aud women have the same rights in thly world, and for the fullowing reasons: Both are endowed with the samo faculties, some of which are developed moru in one und some to the other; Loth bave the same origin aud the sume destiny; snd both ayo equally responsible be- fore God for the deeds done ty the body, ‘therefore, each are entitled to, and have, the samy tmoral right to exerclee every function pertormed by either, and the only) arguinent that will hold, in prevouttny elther from per- forming any parilculnr functlou, fs that It will not ba. expedient or proper, and can be no question of right. Every argumont tint will prove the right of one to verform any duty will: also prove tho right of the other to perform the fame, ‘The Conductor says that Wil F, thinks women sare smart. ‘They cortainly aro, und it is my opinton, rathered from his talk, that the one he has tn neind {9 0 litle above the nverage fn that pardteular: Therefore we will have to excitsa nin for. the assertion of the apparent (to him) fact that woinen occupy a plane one step higher than that ot man, from which high plane of thought he will probably descend some dey about tivo ateps, ‘Thero upecared In the last Homoa lettor from Rockford defanding Alfnretta, In the midst of which was o few retlectlons upon the newspaper honor of Au Honest Woman, — Stiyularly enough, when Aho comes to wind up she dis closes the fact tlint sho's another: “ honest wom an,” amd the only inference wo can reasonably make Is that they are allka in some respects at least, and ouly hopo that their nom de piime doesn’t bello then. Bavosn, NENPECRED HUSDANDS, To the Editor af The Tribune, Minwaukae, Wis., March 22,.—I haye read of jate several lotters on the subject of those “Horrid Men," not that I disagree with, the writers of thems and I wish it distinctly undor- stood that £ do not write for the purpose of creating or establishing an argument, but allow ine og an humble reader to presont my views on the subject. A grent deal has been sald on the cruclty and tyrauny of somo husbunda, but has there boen anything sald In defense of the hen- peeked ones{ Never fora moment do 1 agrea with Elegatmlus on his mode of administering Nis authority. ilal€ the men of to-day who are now socially and Impartinly denounced would baye been bottor imen tad they had better wives from what they did, Take, for example, tlic stylish young man; lie must have a similar wife,—ouo used to society und looks down on all labor-ad- vocates a8 beneath her. [fc has a fine position; how long will It last under the continuous strain of his wife's oxtravagant expenditures, who nelther think nor cares where the required cash comes from? It is uot her busincas; it is her husband's, Does the husband over enor a quict, peaceful evening with his wife? No; gume notable event of society clalmna her, and hy can elther stay or go ag he chouses; in short, what is the result of all this in the oud uniess gpcetly measures are taken to prevent? A quick destruction to the gay young couple's mind. Now the wife should atudy her husband's inter- ost with diligence and care, comfort him in trouble or sorrow, as allke tn joy or wenlth. A kind and loving word goes a great way with the arleved or afilictad. ‘hen, for tnatance, take the woman who {3 continually picking at her husband. She is sure to fnd something to quarrel for; if not, she will mako {t. He, poor man, thinks that by being silent he will produce a milder oxpresston from her, while {t only gives her courage to think ber tyranny has ruled him into subjection; and if he should; uctor o word in self-defense,-he has only, set a whirlwind in motion, Whateyor.tho basls .of these domestic: disturbances, triva them out and. you will find. them to be founited on such mere trifles ns to ronder them inexcusable. With what heart cann man cursed with a scolding wife go to his daily toil and work? Surely not with a Hehe one, With what-forebodIngs docs hie draw near lis home at the dusk of day, cat his supper !n silence und alone. The children begin to look upon the father with awe, kindled with the flaine from the nother, Can he spend his evenings there with auy caso? No; anywhere from her sculdlug, naver-cnding tongue. How oft docs he repeat, Little did I think when I married her this would be the result.” It fs not with pleasure L speak of it; but ts It noteo! Can it bedeuled? If a hasband docs wrong, would it not be bettor to spunk kindly to him, reason with him? You say he will not listen. Men have o heart, and there fs always a soft spot, no wntter how hard the rest of him may be, Beur fn mind, “ Love conquers all.” ‘The reuder may infer that the writer {s onc of the mauy the subject alludes to, but nay, ho is a young man, aud bas not beer blessed witha scolding woman—nor any In fact; but he has scon, und his heart bne folt more than onca for that imprisoned culprit, o henpecked husband. And would that I could impress on the minds of those partnkera of petty quarrels the ovil and fatal results that result ii the children, ani in the parents themselves, und of euch con- sequences that may arige from the children wit- nessing such: proceedings, und T ee, for all such scolds who read these lines to discontinue, it you wish health and happiness. Epwarp Nounas, POST-NUPTIAL ATTENTIONS. , ‘To the Editor of The Tribune. Navapa, Ia., March 24.—So much has been said about our gallants after marringe, In rofer- eney to the lack of attention paid us by ther, that it surely leads young Indica to believe it {5 only the husband who neglects the many little tudnessea and favors that are always thought of by both bofore warrlage. Now are they more to be blamed than yout Do you look forward to thelr coming with the same eagerness and anticipation a8 before marriage! Are you as reudy to bo at the door to meet him; to hulp pnt on the overcont; to say something tut you -know will ba pleasing a3 he leayes for work? And, alxthly, Tinterrogate; Do you propara a tempting little lune once ina while fur even- Inv, as you were accustomed to do while recely- ing hfs attentlons! Your tastes certainly have not changed (n so short a itine. Iam sure the gentleman js as fond of cake, fee-eream, or- anges, nnd frults of all kinds, uu especially pickles, ashe used tobe. At least I have no- ticed at partles the married men seem to enjoy the refreshments fullas well as any present. Guaztetve, Box 171, + SLANDER. yuar a Lesion? ame Tinks, + equ the Eiltur of The Tribune. ‘ Lesont, Hi, Murch 4.—We have Natened patiently to the yarlous questions discussed in ‘The Homo, and galued a mine of wisdom from them, But {think the ones who asked for views upon the questlon, wifely duties and matrimony, are lke the minister who prayed for rain—after his prayer had been anewered he prayed as car- nestly tor it to cease, . 1am rojoiced to tind so many firm workors for tho cause of temperauce, for it Isa text ever new from which to preach and act.’ A topic that will never grow old until every saloon fs closed, und all who grant Hcenses are banished, or oblfzed to relinquish thelr oowur toward caus- ing migory. IT maintain that the ones who, for the paltry sum of a few dollars, give the dealer the prlvifegu of selling the vilo, polsonous styl, place the kindting-wood and apply the torch from whieh apring the tres that annually con. suine both body nnd soul uf mau. Let us keep on lu this noble Iabor, for there are thousands yet to be lifted from the slough of Intemper- anea und placed udon the true standard of man- hood, ‘There is another fire, that to my mind is us finportunt to be quetched by huinunity as this former one, Slander is erowlny to bu too prey. alent an evil for this culighteoud age, and yet but comparatively little attention ta pald to ita suppression, and it {a allowed to roam at will ever on the alert to grasp poor victlins und cause thelr lives to be iniserable. Itscema to bo the mission of some fow per- sons on this muudans sphere to continually search out one upon whom to fasten the poisonous fangs of slander, and, after having accomplished thelr work, leave their victln writhing in nls agony and seek another, Did God place us hore to seo that our neigh: bor’s yard was clear from chips nnd debris, whilv our own yeodud far more attention, or uit He intend us to Hee und prepare for a higher [arpa aiding our fcllow-nan when we could yy Kind uctlona und words? One Uttle, dark hint dropped from tho lps ts picked up and repeated until the tiny ball at the ton of the aminence, when once putin motion, will, ere half-way to the base, bo lost to view by the thick envelope of filth surrounding it, Dear Hoineltes, cay it not be stapped? Ia there no way to teach ull to cast out the beam from their own orbs of ylaluu ero troubling thelr uelehboss? I don’t think auy of us reullze, when we repeat some trifling remark, the damage we aro dolug. We bear something, and tell it to ouc dearest friend A, and then how many know it! And thue the torch fs un- wittingly applied to that mighty mountalo of fagota that Js to acorch the life of our nelghbor, L come to the ome for an jauawer, and tell ine if you do not think {ta growing ovil? Wears euro to condemn o brighteyad, fun- loving uoy, who celebrates his Fourth of July by throwing torpedous at the feut of poople for the —to bint inexpresaible plcasure of seeing them jump,—aid Pdo uot atiicm it is a ploasure to hus be compellud to contribute to tha happl- ness of ainall boy,—but nothiuy fs said of the man or Woman Who curry in thelr pockets tor- wdoes of malice tocastat the feotof thelr ellow-mon, Z Thayo in mind now oue who has endured un- told agony from the polsonous shafta of this dread monater, and for uo cause did the victim thus suifer eave potty cnvy aud jcalousy,—two followers of wlunder, Thou) the felury hag been in part repatred, ant the auniight of Proven fnrocence brightens (hit Hfe, you the inark of the wound WHHL ever remaln, and the wrong done never bo entirely undone until that Just and frapartial Judge who ruleth all things well proclaims the truth, nud awarda the crown inade doubly bright becauaa tt has been smelted, anit tried, and pollehed, and glorified in the Bre of tribulation on carth, Shakepeare spoke truly io thiss oo No, ‘tn alander, + Whoso edgo 14 sharper than tho sword, Whore tongue outyonoms All the worms of Nile, Jarundacut Snap, T would like to know you, for your views and mine concerning Elegabulus coinelile oxactly, Our kind conductor whistles ‘down brakes,”” aud Lnsk him to have pationcs with |" FLUTTennupanr, * MISCELLANEOUS. THB CRAZY STITCH. To the Editor of The Tribune. New Renin, Ut, March 24,—If Patient will send me her address T witl send her written di- rections for both "crazy atltch” and the knitted Jove, with satnples of each, Fanoy Work. GRANOLATRD BYES. To the-Eittor of The Tribune. Cntcaco, March 20.—Having notieed somo usoful recipes in THz Thipune, I have taken the Miborty of writing to kuow if some of your cor- respondents will be so kind as to givyeme o remedy for n soreness on the edge of ihe oye- brows. Lbellova ft ta catled granulated oyes, I have tried various romedics, but so far haye not found anything to do {% any good.” EL.en Jurys. HOTTLE-RAISED ABIES, To the Editor af The Tribune, Mennota, Til, March 93—1 sould Ike to Riva a leat from my experience in bringing up a baby on the bottle for: the benoft of a ‘Yired Mother, and if her oxporionce is anything ke mine before I found this remedy 1 do not won- der that she signs bersolf os ehe.doce. Procuro some fresh ont-meal and make a gruel; then take equal parts of atroined grucl and milk, witha pinch of soda if found neces- sary, and you will bo surprised, as well as pleased, to see how “baby? will thrive, If you should require any further instructions In reference to making the gruel, shail be glad to answer any questions by letter if you will send me your nddrese, TANNAIL ON VARIOUS TOPICS. To the Editor of The Tribune. Muskeaon, March 7,—Fern Lenf, 1 cannot think [t the botter way to not anawer any ques tions unloga especially put ta ua, und to ask ad- vico only from some especial one, Suppose, for instance, that I wanted to know how to do some special thing and I applied to The Home for the desired information. In the now order of things I must ask of some one in particular, and, as I don't know who can, answor beat, 1 choose at random, Perhaps that one cannot tell me what L want to know, and I must keop asking until I cbt the right one, thereby consuming much thac, and perhaps the Information would coma too rate when {t did como, In the old way [ make a gencral appeal, and perhaps the very ono who Knows best docs not belong tn the ranks und would never haye thought of appearing in The Home, only because she wanted to do some ono a favor. Nalllc Nile, I nm astonished at you, Haven't ‘ou any temperance societies in Kacens? I hope you are not one of thuso Jadics who offer wine to thelr guests. Didn't you read Jobn Smith's letter? . At Oppoponux is aman I sim more disgusted than over. Mr. Conductor, I join my protest to thut of An Honest Woman. “If the men are going to wrlto, lot them not be ashamed to uc- Knowledge their sex. Women have follics enough to answer for of their own, without | having any of tho men's attributed to them, Jenniv Bradley, of Janvaville, Wis, did ae eyer auswer my etter? : * Prox “ onLEna,’? To the Editor of The Tribune. Ci1caco, March 27.—Those ‘ladies who haye profited by the only receipe I over attempted to give through The Home, viz.: for preserving the ends of comforts with shams, will fund them- selves wall repald for heeding the adyice con- talned therein. As house-eleaning tooms up before us ke a dread spuvtra that refuses to be Inid, it will bo one consolation to know thit our comforts, though they have been in steady uso throuch the long dreary winter, come out with the ends clean snd ungotled, und leoklig as bright ard frusl ag the portions that haye been guarded by counterpanes or quilts, ‘The width of calico that hiss been folded across the ends, or the broad, nicely trimmed strip of muslin that has been held to its ptace by safety- ins or coarse bastinga, ts easily removed, wasned, Froned, amt replaced for future uae. ‘Then o judicious alring, and a sprinkling with pepper tf inde of worsted coods, ands quict folding away,! is all that fs necessary torender them tlt forserv- ico at the return of Jack Frost from bis Jong ya- cation, It is ouly a amall.amouut of trouble to do up the shams as often as ono wishes for a clean: strip of bedding to cuddle down boncath during the cold frosty nighta that make the ears Houle and the walls crack a3 If beudiug benoath the ardor of an carthquake shucks, 1 nave reeelyod a package of baby-garmenta and autumn-icaves from some unknown source, 1s no postmark was visible, anid it was unaveom- panied by postal or letter. ‘The donor will please accopt erateful acknowledgments. Vern Leat, bave procured primrose seeds stuco writing to you, Elie M., shall be happy to have you call at any time. You know my address, 194 Loke street, corner Fifth avenue. KLIN As A JON POR sOMERoDY. To the Hiltor af The Tribune. Fonp nu Lao, Wis,, March 20,1 write seek- {ng hlatorical Mterary Information, thinking per- hans thntamong your readurs or contributors soma one ean give the déstred tnformation, What I desire to kuow Is the author of the fol- lowing Mnes: * Within that awful voliime les ‘The mystery of myaterlos, Happiest they of human raco +. Do whom Uod haa given grace To read, to fear, to hone, to pray, ‘Yo Mft tho tateh, to force the way, And botter bad they no’or bean born, Who read to doubt, or ruaa to scorn, They have been attributed to Lord -Byron throughout’ the length and breadth of this country, und f see by a note {n your Inst Satur- duy’s tesu0 thatin the Hfo of the Rey. F. Hodg- soln lately published, they are attributed to yron. + Tf he is the author {t ts very singular that they have never been published fn any edition of hla works, Byron's works have been published {n agreat number of editions, aut one would aup- poau every scrav of rhymo he ever penned or penile would have been discovered and pub- ished, und the o¢caslon of the writing of it mentioned, ‘These nes not boliys found i any of nis works leads one to doubt their being his, if ‘thére were nothing else, Dut they are to bo found in Chapter 12 of Walter Scott's novel, “Tho Monastery,” a4 the description the Whitu Lady of Avena! gives to young Glendenning of ite bina bouk he waa sodking to obtain posscs- slon of. Alter deacribing the contents of the above, she tells where it [a, a8 follows: Many a fathom, dark and decp, 1 have luid the book to sleop. Ethoreal fires nrannd it glowitig— Ethereal mugic ever dowlng— ‘The wacrod pledge of huayen, All Uilngs revere, each in bls spnero— Save man, for whoin ‘twas given, ‘This novel was publiahed In 1820, byron died in lod. ‘Lhe Mnes are decidedly in’ thy stylo of Scott, and not of Byron, Whose are they? Jiould say Scott. Will not some ons answor who was their author, CH. B TUM ROCKFORD RoW. To the Euitar of The Tridune. Rockronp, Ill, March 24.—I certaluly had no intention of intruding upon you a» second time when I wrote the few lines which you had the Boodness to publish lost week signed “An Honest Woman.” But your correspondent whose noms de plume are sti}l increasing bas done mu the lujustice to {natuuate that the fow simple Ines whico served to strip.bun of bls fomlulue attire Jn the minds of your readers und correspondents were Inapired by a man, and also that the reason for thut exposure was Jealousy of that corruspondent's abilities ox 5 weiter,” T therefore foul called upon to ivform your readers and also your correspondent of tuany namey that, fnusmuch as I evar before bad the tumertty ta offer a communication to avy papor, und conseauently never bad the honor of reatlng an opinion ot uy own iu pring, Lum iunocent of the charge of jealousy, elther of his abilittes og a writer or his reputa- ton asa woman, ¢ Aud Lain sure the ladies will need no better proof of his {dentity than the fact that be {a so fgnorant as nat to know that hoouakirts are a thing of ue past. 2 whould bu ———————————————————————SSS——=x sorry to havo any one think meso far bebtud iny (ines ns to wear them) and fam hot n fash fonable woman efther Tnsstuno that ie de. fonsoof Alfaretta was written by “ Oppopanus,'? allas “Alfaretta,” lias “Another Honest Woman,’ aliaa a man in boots and Uregchies, na “Forty-two! suggests, I liave come to ths concliaion from the fact that the so-called de fense ts no defense whatever to the charge made, but simply ndefensy of Ils right to fils own opinions ‘aid conciuslons, whieh 1 am sure T have never questioned, nor yet his right to be a female man, if he so chooses. Bat I do abject to his appearing in male habit. {ments and yet ciniming to ban female worn, Aa hu very truly asserts, truth ta truth the whie world over, despite the propensity to falsify and misrepresent. Meo, ff your vorrespondont fa A woman, sho fs nobaman. If he is aman he Ia nota woman, This concluston Tam auro no one will dispute or even criticisc, It 1s quite evi dent that Alfaretta’s defense fs almed directly at somebody's head. But, alas! for waated, tal- ent, it falls wide of the mark, and I tonder my hearty sympathy to the cersccuted ontleman, and hopo ho ts as Innocent of the charge of joal- ousy os iam, Wo will now nivait tint conclusive evidence promised by Alfarctta’s defense, that wo are Rroping about in delusion and errar.. An Tonsat (4 Fewaue") Wotan. GNAVAM Brean, To the Edltor of The Tribune, * Orrawa, It, March 24—There fs a lnrce quantity of Gratiam flour used in this city,—more, Tbelleve, than is consumed fn any other clty in the United-States tn proportion to the popula tion, Every mill makes it, and ovyery grocery atore sulla tt. A good quallty of Graham flour costsa little moro than tho ordinary white, but those who uso It consider {t moro whole- somo anil worth more. I havo waed It In my farn- ily for Mftcen yeara, and during that timo have not employed a doctor nor spent a cont fu med {eines nud for appearance, endurance, and mus- clo, Wo cau stund a comparison at any time, On going into a store s couple of days no to order a little more Graham, I found about half a dozen persons in tle atore, and one of the number was. readligz an orticle in your issuc of Saturday, March 22, by Mrs. Janu. Grey Swisshelm, cn- titled "Fashionable Dist for Invalid,” to which wo listoned with duc attention, nnd afterwards read. ‘Che op{ulon ot the meeting was, that J. G. 8.'s comvartsons in this article wero not ot all apt, where she anys that “eating: grain hull and all of wheat ison the principle of eating ems and nuts shell and all, and the tin can wita the peaches ?; und whers she compares ‘ ont- meal porsdga ‘or toasted brand to sanded gugar.”* Shoe also spuaks of a.doso of Epsoin salts producing nchentteal frritation of the mticous membrane, which 1s proof that ber knowledge of chemistry ls not profound, as Epsom salty do not usually, nor In any fustance, act. ehemicnily on the mucous membrane. Sho convoys the {dea that the common white flour sa “spoiled by very fine grinding,” and that the wondertul discovery will be made some day that starch and gluten, if not ground too flue, is wholesome to make a menl of, and I suppose we might make our meals wholly of sugar if nat ground too fine. Now, the wholesomencss or unwbolesomeness of articles of dict doca not consist in their being ground fine or coarse, or In thelr Ilghtness and easiness of digestion, Innttention to the tm- portant Inw ot proportion between bulk asd nutriment in food—in other worde, the constant ge of concentrated obstructing urci¢les uf dict— {s one of the ‘eantaet errorsive have drifted into {n our refined, Ighiy-clvilized condition. Less nutrhnent and more waste in our foud should be ouralm, The great evil of civilized life fs, und always hag beea, If we may belleve history, an excess of nutriment. It fs quite us Important that our mente should possess a due proportion of waste as thnt they should possess nutriment. Unlers the food tins n proper amount of waste in it no a8 to form bulk. tie stomach finds it as diMeutt to grasp as it ts for the hand to grasp a thin thread, and cannot bare down ona stuall, concentrated mass, so that it can bat imper- iectly Knead it foto the homogeneous mass termed chyme. fl, Ben. GROCERL 113. Standard Granniated Sugar, per Id. Standard A Suyar, per Ib Uaivins, Layer, new, per Lox... Contonsed Milk, per dozen. Gelatine, 2 oackages for 25a, Ohio Oatmeal, 25-nound Florida Marmalade, por J Freuch Peas, por cats Golduy Syrup, per ke German Mottled Soap REDUCKD TO $2.75 per Box. Canned Goods, Cunseach. Pera f 8 Cannod Apples, gato Peaches 1 110 i 1.03 Cherries, red, extra quatity. 1,60 Itaspberri 1.33 . LB 115 143, Lis Ls Woans, BtrIngesreeee ov As UCI er soe tdD 1.13 Dried Fruits. Der ih, Prunes, Turkish, now. 17 pounds for 81.00 Prunes, French. 13 pounds for 1. 27 pounda for 1 U4 pounds for 1, T pounds for 4, Dried Whortluberrles, Spounsta for 4, Dried Peaches, 23 pounds for Drled Peaches, par $6 O pounds for Drlud Mackberries 13 pounds for Drled Chorrlus, plete 4 pounds for Deled Naapberrica, 8 pounds for NO FANGY PROFITS THAS. Japan, 28, 98, Very Bestersreey 486 Oolong, 2, U8, 43, G8. Very Best, ry ‘Young tyson or Gunpowder, 28, 34, 48, £8, 68. Very Beat « 8 necesnnsen: on (730 Eogihll ae 5 we vary Dert ees. fy tee a a0] ya-pol eka, ens mnan tha above hydres, | PACuN¥ee 8k 80 Der pound ioe ¢ euarantee our Very Hest grades to be ag tng We anything that lasuld. a't pay large profita bust giv Gur Tonga trial aud save front wu co du percent. Toa Dust, 5 pounds for 63c. All Goods Standard Quality.’ Our oxponscs aru Mazi and facilities Are such as to qaabte ustuoitor you dro cerles lower than aay house ja the clty, ‘We sell no Liquors of any klad, HYDE PARK, ‘We deliver goods in Mydo, Park; our wagone leave ‘puesdaye and Bridayaat tps the ny Our eee ENGLEWOOD. ‘Wagons leave Wednesday at noon, LAKE VIEW & NORTH OHTOCAGO Dollvery wagons leave at 4p. a. DAILY. Goods dative artaotthactty tally. Parties in the country ordering by mail can tumit by bank drats or Vost-Onice order, and haye thelr xuods Packed aud duilvuted ay the dopoie tree uf euurgu. Bend for our completa Prlcu List, Hickson’s Cash Grocery House, Lis Rast Madiso Between Clark and D at Goons. . es a jpey Fai ontHAMA' or : Saratoga AWAY # yor rr Ie THIN lor OWN TINA’ forehead Ie ty ma ain euten bande {made ‘oe naturally. curly hair itentirely doch aws: (with er taping and ‘your own hair, (i ifiattanons 1) v * AIPOSON, Patentes nuit wlo ownor and Deuler 1 ee Oa Aa Gis eg TU Witdsheere Chleaco 4