Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 7, 1880, Page 12

e phot e stranger, 2 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, warm water upon thom; this oreates or, Ing all this time Kalamazoo haa bean heard 1880—SIXTEEN PAGES, ‘ havo invariably found that happy fuunilles Appited to tho soll, It purifies and a . follow those ‘who have only gone before, and | dead, with stony lips that nevermore will THE HOME. we Wil Joyously hail th flue te join then, respond to his caresses! All things wo love oan h An Interesting Letter from Fern Leaf on Various Topics, The Melancholy Tendency of Amateur Poets Again Under Discussion, A Wenoral Idea that They Furnish What _ the Thnes Demand. Farthor Faota Regarding Headache and Pulmonary Oomplaiute, Miscelfaneons Letters from All Parts of (he Coantry— Tho Home Club's Next Meeting, Kte, LITTLE JENNIE. Our datnty Ittle darling 80 exquisitly quaint, Now chatty as a starling, Then sober asa raint— z Rules with a sway imperial, So bonny, sweet, ply Suro creature so cthercil ‘Was novér formed of clay. From her oxnited station ‘All others equal seem, Yet noble condescension, Her mighty alrs redeem. A fow she favors greatly ‘With kise, ombraces, smiles, But rules us all completely, 8o potont aro ber wilos. A wonderful magielan, She changes drosa te golds Bo true her intuitions, In innocence sv bold, Bhe never fuils discerning ‘Tho true from muke-bellove, And, falschood nobly spurning, She cures notte decelyo. * We bow In ndoration, Wefore her lofty aents For her rinsack creation ‘To bring her tribute meets Wo prize her amilling ginuces As nilser doth his gold; Could we stop Time's advances Our Pot should ne’er grow old. W.d. H. HOGAN, THE LETTER-BOX. There nre letters, papers, and postal-cards At this office for the persons whose names ap- pear below. ‘Those living out of the city should send their address and a three-cent stamp, upon receipt of which thelr mall will ac forwarded. Residents of Chicago can ob- tar thelr mall by culling at Room 38 ‘Tin uns Building: Murirtcrito, Ggntitide, Nod. A Ure, Heluh 8 Starrett, Miriam Beatrico Dean, THE OME CLUB, BECRETAIY’S LETTER, To the Editor of The Crtcago Tribune, Cutcago, Feb, 3—Tho regular monthly meoting of Tae Tripune Home Olub will be held at the Tremont Mouse Wednesday, Feb, 12, commencing ot 1:30 o'clock p. m. We would like to have every member attend that tan, and be as prompt a3 possible. +The President has been very sick, but {s now able to attend the kitchen-garden school, whiclt meets as usual at 90 South Desplaines street every Snturday at 10 o'clock n,m. ‘Those Indies who vistted the school In her absence wiil find {¢ much more ontertalning glee she has resumed the con trol of it, and we cordially Invite theni to at tend ngaln nt an early day, Last Suturday the children went through tho task of setting the table for a three-course dinner. It was a very Interesting lesson. Those who linya any desire to see the schoo! in operation will be cordially welcomed to-day, or at nny thine fn the future If the school is sustained; but, uniess people cons forward to our assist- ance, it can only exist a few weeks longer, 4s the expenses ure lunvy. Onuen a. ? FERN LEAT. HOME MUSINGS, To the Hditor of The Chicago Tribune, Orrawa, Ill., Feb. 2.—I hope Lam not too late to wish each reader of The Home a pros- perous and pleasant new year, Manytimes dave I thought of yor during the months which have passed nnd since I Inst spoke to you. Yes, thought of the thousand homes in the efty where under the gas-Jet The Home Is perused; of the distant pralric-homes where itis hatled with delignt, and, after the even- tog work {8 finished, and the litle ones snug- ly tucked in bed aud the Nttle questioning tongues are quict, Tue Tamune is brought forth and read and discusged,—the wheat sifted from the chaff, and the unanimous ver- dict 18 pronounced that it Isa helpful step- ping-stone adown Iife’s pathway, Yes, even trom the hamlet It 1s wele omed, for to thom it brings health and cheer, How like a real home it Is, after all, For months all will rlide along so smoothly, and we fancy the aupleasant features of some unhappy homes sannot be found in our delightful abode, when suddenly « speck crosses the window; one sees it, and tnngnitles tt andsoon {t breaks aut in a storm of abuse upon the head of the puor Conductor as to ils duties, und preserlb- mg a diet for the Homeltes which thoy should have, and which they must have. We all know home would bs very monotonous did aot the weeks and the months bring thelr thanges;' Indeed, life itself would be In- tolerable, therefore let us take itus It comes and ba content, and then the change from recipes to lectures, cooking, advice, ete,, will be just what we need, ‘Che essence o! true nobility {8 neglect of self und n desire to minister to the wants and hnppiness of another, Let the thought of self pass in and the beuuty of a great actlon Is gone, Ike the bloom from asolled tower, Sow often we erect the ido! self, and not only worship it oursolves, but expect all others to kneul bee fore It, and there nre some who are so Jost to the Jove of fellow-man as to wish to go even to Heaven alone, Let us in our Triwunsn Tome banish every trace of this devouring evil from our uldst and labor each one in thelr own dirgetion to build up and make each home ay object of some grent woud, longed to jolu you at tho Christmas hearth, und regretted that 1 could not avcept youn Jnvitation; the spirit was most willing, ut tie tlesh very weak. Still T was not so fur away that Ldld not enjoy the glow of your ruddy, cheerful tire, and the kind words wafted to me are cherjshed, for to appreciate tho noble is a xaln which cannot bo torn from Us, Tiltarsvyeot all ot at my feet, but come and sit ye here beside me, while L look in your kindly eycsand clasp the hand of a friend Mind 1 indeed been there how gladly would L huve welcomed you, and E, Klein, Toten Old-Timer, what a pleasure to tell you of those in The - Home with whom I om aequainted, Yes, I could see you open your eyes In ustonishinent at times, and aguinlenra would moisten them, fur some ure grave and boule Bay. Ono of our punbor you will nat question me of, for our morry-fearted Chat inust remain Incors. Most people are wilting to indulge her in her cuprice 1€ she witl only come and jet us hear her voice, Of late sho Is absent, I have thought perhaps she ant Deronda ure at Boscobel alelgh-riding, ag 1 know sho Invited hin there, Perlups after Ads return she will find tine to write me a Une and send me what she promised. Iam Very patient, Chat, and know you cannot always command your tine, ‘The name of Olive Green ever brings sad memories, and I hope sie does not think her- aelt forgolwn Lecause I do not. write to her, My best’ wishes and) kindest thouriits will ever be of one who wus so sadly and suddenly beresyed. ‘The Great Renper iy ever busy, and from many homes comes the sound o| firlce and mourning; he walts not fora pare ienlar xeason: wherein to reap, but gathors His-gruln whene'er it pleases Uhm. Some of ft ls tipo and ready for the larvest, while some ts so young, and we wish so enrhestly to keep and make It ready for the ingather- ing; but the Reaper's broad slekle strikes It ere we are aware, and [tis best, Whutcan wa do to perfect it compared with that match. less love before which ours is, as nothing? Let us, therefore, trustingly glve back the treasures which Were loaned us, and be rrateful for the mercy which prompted the nduigence. Why do you ask, Are they ven us fora time and then taken, and our flearts lncorated? ‘To teach us subulasion. Soon your Unoeand mine will come to be Kathered home; then will our feet gladly while the heart proclatins with rapturous | or cherish change or dic. Friends desert ns, subintsslon— and we aro untrue to ourselves, We aro ‘Thou canst not come too soon; And Lean walt, ff Thost come late, Yes, some of the faves af 79 have glided from thelr accustomed places ton home not made with hands, and one which I looked for eagerly fn passing, and was ever there at the window, — thou hh each day growing whiter and go thin, lings gones:no more the four little faces form a frame around the sal fice, for she has gone to place a light in the window above for those sie knew and loved, funk they may not miss the road, and they avill nol Although so very long It bo, Whilo lod by Thee. Happiness {9 our aim here, and what {5 happluess? It is stmply thinking ourselves: ko, No matter what our surroundings ate, wo think ourselves content and happy, we are. What a strange winter, say many. am sure we shall lave no. trult, and I fear the crops will prove a failure, How. many times we hear similar expressions; never content, still aware thata contented mind Is acontinual feast. So easy to complain and grumble, but whom are you blaming? — Who sens the ralnand mud, and for what? You call yourself. a Christian, attend all mevt- ings of the church, und would not take the Lord's name in valn, Oh nol that is profan- ity, and breaking a Divine command. Is. it any worse to take ILis namein yaln than to question the righteausness of His acts ? Nothing Is done Just right, the weather fs nover upto your judgment of perfection, It rains or snows, ts too warm, or not enough show for the erups, Nover ought of this before; perhaps itisasin, Caa lt be there isu mote in oureye? Well, wa will seek ald from our great Phystelan. But whatcan be done these muddy, ralny days? Thero aro various useful ier Many odd matters may now be attended to, such as doing all the plan sewing, and when the indolent spring Weather comes we can ride out while others ore preparing for housecleaning; dresses can be washed nd made rendy to be Tearrangad atu other things accomplished whieh wil Neshten our Inbors after a time, and this give is the opportunity to enjoy the pleasant Weather when It comes, and spring, with sunny brightness, procialins its advent. It isn good time alsu to paste the scraps which havencemmulated tna book, and avold the Hitter thoy maka strewn about. Then 1 serap- book Is so nieve for the little ones, and I ain tuakhig one for these who come to see me. What {is more embarrassing when little ones come {to see you and, you have nothing to amuse them with? Of course thoy ron for vases, statuary, or books, whatever most teltelts then, while the fund mother's * Don’t dear, don’t touch the Inily’s buoks,” falls on deaf ears, and the books, alas! must suffer, Elther tho child is taken home, or the book ts destroyed. Does any one enjoy the visit? No one, unless It he'the child, and not oven she tiless the coveted book fs gained. But theso little in- quiring minds and busy eyes must bo satis- fled, and n doll or serap-book will be found a great comfort to these little visitors. L often resort to a pipe and dish of sonpsuds when they come fora day, and beg a large apron or extra dress that the little ona may have 0 goad thine and fear not tho Inevitable “ Now don’t soll your dress.” Who-does not feel happy when night comes, the day reviewed, and the knowledge comes hone to our heart that we have mule one happy any for some Hittleone? What a helpless beauty: centres shout all infantile objects, How we wateh the infant plant. and cherish them tll all danger 1s passed and strength returns, Aut the first bud and bicxsom are dearer to us than the many whieh may follow. ‘Thon those who have auimnls will carefully wateh and tend the playful kitten and puppy, tho ply, evlt, and calf, and watch the graceful fawn and nimble jumb; and how plensaut on 0 spring meg ming to watch the tittle downy: chicks pick thelr meal, and how soon they learn to selze the worm, aid svon another will pick the other end, nil then the buttie commences, Yes, life 13 n buttle, and a stern one tomany, Each in a great measure must fight it alone, Parents and friends may ald to o certain extent, but woe must meat the enemy face to face and hurl him back, or allow hin to take the fort. They may advise, but we stand as general-In-chiet of our army of brain, strength, and will, an none ean decide for us, ‘The time comes when we must rely on self, and learn to sy “No” Sometiutes we say it, but do not live it. ‘fhen the battle is lost, and tho eneiny, lying in ambush, conquers and comes ott yictorious, and the field ly harder to take a second tine, and the guns of 1 told you so,” and “Hla can’t keep a promise,” aro leveled with deadly weight against weak hunian nature, ‘The word Is snuill, aid even little ones say it at random; but the real depth of meaning surrounding It is beyond esthnate, The General of a large army niny bo defented, but you cannot defeat the determined mini of w peasant, Honor to him whoso words and deeds Thus helped us in our daily necds, And by tholr overtlow Ratsed us from what is low. Fann Leg, AMATEUR -POETS. MORE ABOUT THES. ‘To the Editor of The Chteago Tribune, Ciicago, Feb. 3—In ‘The Llome, during tho Jast month, Topsy Tinklo and Ninety Years have safd that amateur pocts are too funereal. Yes, and tho aimateur pocta havo partaken of tho spirit of the ago and write tho facts. ‘There has been such a reading of Huxley, Darwin, and similar writers that even the story of a song Is told like an exact science, Wnt has become of the sweet country girl that once so glorified the song? Whero are her rosy cheeks and laugh- ing eyes, that artless grace, the tryat at twilight, the robe of flowers, her Jovely mountain homo: near the stream among the trees where the birdssung? Because this girl Is a fiction the amateur post of to-day has cut her aequuintines. Her Jnnuartallty ig asaured in tho songs of Rumsay, MacNeill, Tannalill, Burns and the innumerable others of the seventeenth and eighteenth ecnturies, sud song neotl not be dismal but may be beautiful. Such isthe case with the song, “On the Banks of Al Water,” or ‘Mary MueNeill,” y Erskine Conall, or that very fine song of “The Lintwille” by James Smith, ‘Tho sad things of thts Ife ara often the sweetest. What fs wanted fg the sentl- ment, not tho story, and no one Is cutitled to the nae of poet Who cannot in the pathetle avold the funereal, z Reading not long since. to some frienis rom 8 collection of songs prior to Burns, I read that famous song, “ Maggie Lander.” A friend asked me, * What ts th the Bong” ‘A most provoking question, bit oxadtly tu harmony with this lattor iinif of the nincleentheentury, Of course, the author of that song did not write it to instruct, but to tell, most beautifully, in the language of poetry, of tho rlyal playing and duneing upon he green, 1 Avllisigly welcome the song of the ama- teur povt or of Mr. Anonymons to my scrap- book, Some of these songs 1 have out from newspapers and some obtalned by exchange, But a well regulated serupbook ts full of gongs fron: Ramsay to Uitrns. Grand old je moral of Allan thunsay it was from his lamp that ti Burns lighted tis torch, ‘lense allow me one more suggestion, ‘Tho age Is not encournging for mnnateur poets, jo wonder thelr style becomes funeres), writing sentiment for a philosophical and aeteniitic people, Who can tell tha style of song sulted to general popularity in thia Iat- tor half of the nineteenth century #- * Tumry Yeans, WHY THKY ARB SAD, To the Editor of Ths Chicago Tribune, Cmcaao, Feb, $.—Tho Inte subtle attacks and criticisms upon that much abused class culled “aninteur poeta” impels mo to crave a portion of ‘The Homespace, in order that I may reply to the withering remarks made by Topsy Tinkle and that aged individual who signs himaolf Ninoty Years, Jt would seem that the main cause of com- plaint Hes in the fact that the poetry which these poetio chonists of present amuse theinselves by analyzing does not contain enoughof the Hght fantastic, or, In other words, that joyous sunshine of happiness phe it ts evident Ninety Years loves to ask In. Now, I would Itko—with all due respect for the oplnions of thesa severe revlewers—to enll attention to tho fact that life and Its Hv- ing fs essentially sad, Our greateatpoctsnys: ‘The alr is full Of farewells to the dying And mournings for the dead, An thoughtful lives are sad ones. For a moment of plevaure do we not suffer hours ofugony? Every day of our existence the tralllnge wings of unrest throw upon us thelr shadow. Puronts, sisters, brothers dic anid fade from our sight; we have nothing but a vagus hope and @ tradition to assure'us wa shall meet thom again, “Everywhere sorrow and Injustice confront us, We learn tho truth of the lawy only after a terrible waste of blood and treasure, ‘The lover embraces Jus bride, and tomorrow sho Hes cold aud ada an born into the world with eravinga snd ine herited weaknesses we cannot overcome, We travel the tveary rond, and our feet bleed atevory step; the fow moments of happl- ness wherein we rest by the wayside are, ke tho foam-bubbles of the sea, short Iived, and soon pone forever, The memary of a happy past is but a sadly sweet memory after all, and, when alls done and sald, we aro aureof nothing, except that the cold and fearful Arava ‘walts to reeclye us, Is ita wontler that amateur poets writeof “ehureh- yard mold,” " faded Nowers,” and the like? Or it may bd Tapey. Naklo and Ninety Years would say: “ Write more of Nature; descriptive verses wherein thelr sad truths are not hinted at’ Whyl Nature 1s only Hfa metamorphosed, and Nature herself {4 sad. ‘The wind among the pines, or ns it mmenna nround the house, hns oti Jayeul In its sound; as it slirieky amid the shironds at sea does ib inspire the mariner with thoughts of joy? What do tho waves say that moan on yonder shore? They sing dirges for those’ who will return ng more, Nature herself Is sad. Wo cry aloud to the night for o sign, a revelation; and the million burning stars that shine Hke purple fewels In the flashing yaultof Honven look coldly dawn. mus aid revent nothing. AL things itr Naturo change through our changing. Do wo rovisit old scones [—thoy are not. those our: eyes once delighted to gaze upon, and wo turn sadly away, Life Is sad! Lot the amateur poots sing as thoy will, and find Uf you ean one poem omong the works of thelr masters—that will Ive through coming thne—that ling not hidden tears’ fn every Tine. Lifo fs sad, and there ave only two elusses Who may be happy? irst, those who have adiving philosophy and who live tip to it; and the other, those who are so shallow they have none at all. {do not prestume to class Topsy Tinkle and Ninety Years. AMATEUR Port. SMOKING AND DRINKING. ROTH BAD WAITS, ‘To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, Bunuayxatoy, Kas., Jan. 26.-—-In ‘The Home of Jan, 10 I noticed a plece headed “ Drink- Ing and Smoking” Tthink this ig n subject whieh show bo of Interest to all Home renders, I bave looked through The Momo every Saturday for some reply, but so far have found none; and, ag I do not altogether agree with Wepinwilo, and ne one else will say anything I will take the stand on tho negative aide, and give my reasons, ns fol- tows: 8 first place, smoking is Injurtous to a Tn thi the health in a greater or less degree, which, fact any good physielan will adinit, » Nature does her beat to warn of the evils to follow by causing the person to, be very sick a short tine after the first smoke. Itenclouds tho mind, confuses the brain, weakens the nerves, and produces a host of other muladics. Dd yu ever coin in vontact with a person who. fo all outward appearances was a gentleman in avery respect, who, after getilng slightly nequalnted with, disgusted you by conthi- ually spitting a vile strenm of tobneco juice At the most convenient corner, and whose very breath wos Itke a pestilence, with, per- haps for a change, some of suit Julee mean- derlng down the corner of dis mouth ? Is he not @ pleasing companion, Wepinwllo, for if he smokes Ne can also chew. Look at the miujority of the street Arabs (and plenty who are not)! They cannot afford a cigur overy day, but they can afford five cents’ worth of tine-cut, which answers every purpose and Jasty a gront deal longer. When I see a young fellow strutting around with a great, lougeigar In his mouth, it always makes me think of the expression, “Fire at ong ends foul at the other” But the smoking could beborne, if ttwonld but end there. It is like erlme,—where one wrong uct leads to another,—{t seldom stops there but leads to some other evil. The smoking will lead to the drinking, How nany gundling-houses can be counted where even small boys, hardly out of dresses, yet gainule for cigars, —playing pool! Of course, smnokers must go there; they buy their cigars there, Where Js the saloon where whisky Is sold that you do not find tho box of cigars keeplig the whisky bottle company? Oh, £ tell you, cigars and whisky ara buon com- pantons, arnv-in-arm. ‘The one only leads to the other, Very likely I cannot show Woplnwilo a case where smoking hag dlrect- y ed to erime, butindirectly there are prob- w ly hundreds oferlminals who can trace their tagline paint onthe downward path to the rst cigar, J claim that any paront would not be doing Tight In encouraging 0 child in dolng an ack he knows to be detrimental to Itealth, ff nothing more, and do not think any sensible one will do go. is it better a man should drive the rest of the fanily out of doors (and make a slave of Iimself) by his foul tobaceo-smoke rather than give up a foolish habit? Lo surely has some tuty to othors as well as to lilmsulf, Who wishes to sit all the evening In a room bine with the smoke of some old *toper,” Inbaling It until you are nearly strangled. Whe cannot he ave up the hnbity he will be far lnppier and better without it. Ask any okt smoker ff 1¢ is best for a young boy to smokes he should know ff anyone. {think he invariably will say no If he 1s candid with ® you, 4 Weplnwilo seems to think the wife to blning for all the husband's wrong-lolngs, that she should plead with him, ete, to do right, and thereby save hin. Now, L happen. to know eases where the wifclias pleaded and pleated nnd begged and gone down on her nees to her husband, and he would faith. fully promise to do better; but let him get down town and mect some of his old friends, Uo cannot pass them by with n word, so he stops just minute to pass the time of day; but those friends have Influence, and In spite f all the wife's prayer und pleadings hey t hin to take a drink, and ho Is very ston ack in the sanie old dite! But, on. the other hand, tak’ the wife and suppose the husband gives her “a hauling over tho conis” (ns is most frequently tha ense) for some trivial offense; does she go to the saloon and drown all her sorrows In the “flowing bowl”? No. She must grin and bear It; but sho has the sano right to do so asthoman, Oh no, Wepinwilo, such aiman is not worth his salt, and has but very ittle "ony Uiaitks to Aunty Bell and Heth any thanks to Aunty Bellum and Both Button for kind answers. Tuomas F, MEDICINAL, INHALATION, To the Editor of Ths Crteago Tribune, Citoaqo, Feb, 8.—Subseriber wishes somo one to givehima little advice in regard to inhalation in chronic sore throat, Without expectlng to prescribe & specific, I will sny something in favor of inhalation, ‘Those opposed to this doctrine need not all rise at once, 48 I shall say nothing radical. I be- Iteve that inhalation is benvfletal In all dis- enses of the respiratory orguns, ‘There aro fow conditions in which inhalatton will not bo Denefelal. The use of medicines as in- halants must be governed by the sane gen- eral laws that govern the administration of medicines by other mothods, Iiaving rolieved myself of that not alto- gothor original fact, 1 will proceed to say that ulnost all substances In the Muteria Medica, espectally those which are tn or can be re duced to a liquid state, may be inhaled with more or less advantage, Some aro more preferable than othors, because botter known and more commonty used, yet it Is a fact thatthe same remedies do not produco the same results In the hands of all practitioners. While ong phystelan seems uniformly suc- cessful with the use of certain remedies, another will only auceced partially, ar por laps fall altogettior, I take it that bits dit. ference In success Is due to the differont ptations of the remedies ta tho disense, here kre xo muny forms and variations of theau dlavases of the Fesplntory OFmUnK that itmay well take a specialist detenning the peculiny disease and the stage which It ins reached. And itis far from my itten- tion to attempt to give Subscriber anything ut general advice, Ils purse inay be one that ly not Strong cnough tospure tho month. ly fees charged by a spoctallsts or he may have went the rounds from one physichan to nother, and, haying halled to derive benefit from all, appeals to the general public. It 3 not my purpose to derlda such an appeal, for 1 bellove that many most useful hinw re murding health and hygiene come through 0 pubic press, And ior one, I should like to see this aubject—consumption, throat-all, eatarrh, and’ kindred diseuses’ of the respiratory organs—discussed through, the columns of The Home, ‘Thos whe have valuable information on these subjects may frewlly benefit those who have It not, and ie mutual discussion may benefit all, Supposing that Subseriber hos a Ihntted knowledge of medicine, and of Inhatation In pardeutag, J will say that he ean procure an inhaler at alniost aug drug-store, .A goud glass Inhaler will cost $1.50. With this you can tihale any gubstance without fear of corrosion or rtist, Place the substances to be luhaled in the glass globe first, and pour whieh carries the substances to tho diferent! parta oof | the alr-passaves, [Inhale through the imouth, exhale throng the nostrils, ‘The water can be at n tempera- ture of 150 degrees. In drawing the current of vapor through the Lube allow it to strike tho tongue; If tis too hot for the tongue it {a tuo hot for the lungs. In_ thls particular, the tongue makes nqood thermometer, 1b only 0 portion of the Inhaler fs filled at first the heat may ba renewed by additions o boiling water. Bo careful not to inhale too hot water, and also have the water hot enough to create vapor. A. little practice will enable you to. get the right fempernture, ‘The stight additions of hot water keep tho Svater in the Inhaler ata proper tomperature for a longer period of tine, and so enable you to receive a larger quantity of tho medi. ot nuhstances which you have placed in the nhaler. Next, what to inhale. If your disenso ts of on tnilanmiatory type you need sedatives; if itis slower and twnore chironie, you tay heed sthinulants or something that wil arouse tho geeretions, If@@ is churaclerized by a pro- ‘fuse or fetld difcharge, you may need astrin- gents and distyfectants. it would of course bo useless to recom- mend any particular course of treatment without Knowlng the particular conditions: which exist, In this connectlun, generally, sulphurle other has been found benefielal fn sore throat and dyapneen (altace breathing). It produces relaxation of the purta, freet ex- peeloration, attd an anodyne effect, Care should be tukon not to get too near the fire with this substance, a3 it fs very Intinm- mable, It may be used in connection with the prep-, arations of oplunt, camphor, tar, ete. For shuplicily, place fifteen ur twenty drops of sulphuric ethor In the inhaler, a a ten spoonful of paregoric. Or, use fifteen or tiventy drops with « teaspoonful of tar-water or o faw drops of extrict of tar, Or, use fifteen or twenty drops with half a tenspoon- fulof camphor. 'Thesy are fn the order of u sedative, an astringent, and, lastly, a stimu lant, ‘Tho first will do’ for’ ordinary: cuses, and the second 2s an ostringent and degdor- ler, ‘The Inst should not de tised where mich inlammution exists, but where there Ls ant Indolent condition of the mombrane, with slight seeretion, In Jubating sutpharte Or, tho first two or three Inspirations will feel un- pleagunt, If so, breaths twice between each aspiration from the inhaler. ‘Vineture of.benzoln has been iighly ree- ommended for the cure of sore throat (in- haled). "Tneture of tolu has aso been recs amended, Use n teaspopnful of either of the above, The balsains might be substi- tuted for the tincture, If obtalnable, As a mild: remedy for colds and irritation of the alr passages, 1 would suggest tho inhaling of equal parts of tincture of Jobella and pare- gorle, x an ounce of each in a two-ounce bottle (or more proportionally), and use ong or two tenypoontuls ut each infialation, This my be used several thues a day at pleasure. At will be found to promote expectoration, soften and soothe the inilamed parts, and mollify and pullinte all the symptoms. ‘Those who are troubled with morulng expectora- tlon will Mind this an excellent assistant. While softening and loosening the oxpectora- tion, It suothes the parts and prevotts that harsh and) racking cougit 80 conmnen to Mithisis, und so destructive to lung tissue. Varin water alone inhaled upon the fn feared or ulcerated surface of the lungs, ly very beneficial and paitative. In stmple sore throat it relieves congestion, promotes ox- pectoration, and cleanses the surinces, thereb cooling and relieving the parts. Ag an ad- fines to other means, [ belleve Inhalation to en powerful rssistant, nnd one that the con- sumptive can iJ afford to dispense wi. BBEX, MEADACHT. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, Cmoaao, Feb. 3—In The Home of Inst Saturday Benham makes some remarks upon headache which require more than a passing notice, most particularly the last paragraph, to which I shalt call your attentlon first— viz: “When the puroxysm comes on take 9 dose of morphine, from one-eighth grain to one-half grain, and go to bed, If the first dose does not give’ rellof in ove hour, take anothor.”” Even the most cnroless physician would not take the risk of prescribing—In such 4 general way—for o dlaease i Benham re- marks, and rightfully, too) may Jinye so miany enuses, atid I think tow--oven of the most enthusiastic in the use of that powerful drug—would like to leave o patient imime- dintely after having administered, one-half rain” of morphine,—purtleulurly If tt was the first doge to thot Individual, much tess xlye his unqualified permission to repent. the sunte, after the lapse of an hour, And In those cases of daily, almost con- stunt severe headache, which unfortunately ure so common HMnong our Aimerican women, how tong would It take the unfortunate suf ferer, under this regimen, to become a con- firmed opium-taker?—praviding the - first trlul did not put an end to her eurthly ca- reer, ‘ Ono who—ns T have dono—hnsg been a wit- neas to the awful suffering entailed by this habit, would think more than twice over be- fore he would put another upon the rond which must unilt him for all the duties and pleasures of existence, and shorten the days ofthis earthly pilgrimage; or, if he makes any endeayor to brenk loose from tho fearful servitude, plunge him into the very torments of nell nd butone night with such a yictln, and you have a vivid picture before you which all your after experience in_ phases of human suffering cannot elface. Beware, then, how you tamper with a drug so power- ful for good or evil, Benhim rightly says: “Weadaches ma ariso from various causes.” Will it not then, be most Ffiulosonbteat to search out those causes and apply the appropriate rem- edy? If from Inilammation of the brain sub- stance or its coverings, lose no time in galing the best medical advice within reach, an follow professional instructions iny telly cy you ynlue life and reagon. Affections 0 \ho eyes, ers, and teeth should be skilfully treated according to thelr necessitics, If the headuchd proceeds from some dls- tomper of the allentary canal,--and such are very common,—frequontly a mild ca- thartic, a stimulating emetic (and mustard and water Is perhaps the best), or even the drinking of 1 gloss of hot water, will reliovo as if by magic, ‘either with or without tho omission of onc meal, In numerous other cases, far froin uncommon, where It 1s the result of unusual or unayoldable abstinence, some {ight food, as a bowl of soup, grucl, or neracker and weak tea, with n few ininutes? rest, will reliove, when the sufferer may par- take of his usual meal and return to his duties without any further Inconyentence; whereas, had ho at once caten teartily, the paln would probably have beon aggravated and continued, Ina neuresthente stato the ndvico given Is oxcatlent. I would only add that frequently a gonoral and nerve tonle ts of great value, What partiouinr form is best sulted to the existing condition only a skilled physiclan can determine, Anil now wa como to that headache In- duced by veuralgla, and in my estimation almost the ouly torin in which nareotles are admlastble to relieve the violence of present sultering) and vortaiuly the only one in whieh tholr administration. ean be left to the Judient of the party suffering, and then only under the advice and preserlp- tlon of w physician who has made personal trial with thom upon this Individual recently suffering In nensalgte paroxyens, Even then let no one be surprised should he soon be suminaned to a case of narcotic coma, Hinutaven in these neurulgte attacks the ap- mileation of cloths wrung out of boling water, or bed flasks tilled with hot (not warm) water to the affected parts, will often lull to quict and paintess sleep from which ong may awake eximusted, It la true, but without a trace of pain; and ‘to ong who’ lias ltd no ax perionca thorawith the freat ninount of heat which can under such elreuntstances be borne with pleagurabla comfort Is astonish ng. J. N, Moss, M, D. MISOLLLANEOUS, HECIYE WANTED, ‘Th the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, Bnoapweuts, 1, Feb, 1.—Plesse give us through The Home a recipe for coloring blue with judigo and sulphurio acid, Mus. J, 0. Onto, | POEM WANTED, To the Kaitor of Ths Chleago Tribune, Brninarieny, Il, Feb. £—Will some one of Tho Home correspondents who touk the Independent last year send mo the ploce of poutry (or a copy of it) ‘called * Chiding” that was In the Angust or. September num- ber? T will return postage and repay the favor any way I can, Coxsrant Reaves, Drawer 8051, QUITE GENERAL. ‘To tha Editor af The Uhieago Tribune, Kanamazoo, Mich., Feb. 2—The Home, I belleve, 1s now nearing Ita’fourth birthday, and, If nly memory does not deceive me, dur from by one person only,—Mra. Eye, Ido not think this Is falr, If Kulamnzoo: Is not just as worthy of a placu in your columns as some other places that are in thom, I will re- Mnquish my pride {n hor. Iowever, my f- tention, when commenced, waa not to rep- resent Kulainazoo. Fern Leaf, you and somo of the othor Hote contriluttors must have been aehool- girls once, WH you welte, please, and tell us the conclusions you have drawn from your oxperience in regurd to school assucin- tlons? Inour high-achools, and othr edu- entional Institutions, we are thrown among so many with whom, If wo are not too formal, ve nre apt to be too Intimate. AsI look upon the men and women of to-day, I nm compelled to believe, when I notica how. mich selfishness thore ts among them, that school friends are as Ukely to be true as any, if we could Know Just wiom to choose. [think Tho Home would be pleasanter If thero was more of the young element In It, Won't some of you girls and boys wilte? If the Conductor will pass mo he will pass any bodys but pubpose i most stop, or he will not want to hear again froin CAuLA Max Zu, A MISTAKE CORRECTED, Tb the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, Macomm, Feb. 3.—1 made a terrible blin- der in my last letter, or else the Conductor nude it for me, by Insorting a wrong word. The selunco of physiology teactes that dly- onse (not sin) isan unnecessary ayli, excopt ag man innkes {to by brenklng the laws of health, Disobedience to nature fs o sin in Itself, and crentes nn appetite for other sins; but It never forces any one to commit these other sins against his will, And I am very far from believitig that this is the only source of sin. Luck of faith in Gad comes before actual disobedience, so Idon't see how the fruit of disobedience can possibly have any- thing to do with the great sin of unbelict. A certain inan who professes to be tem- perate in all things, and who pretends to be an expounder of the Bible, says that Christ Ilyed 9 life of pleasure, here upon the earth, when both the Old and Now ‘Teata- ments teach us “tliat Hy was. man of sor- rows and sequatuted with grief; and that Ho songht not to do His own will but the will of the Father, ‘I'his tenches also hinta of atime fn the future when nian sltall be so perfectas not to need regeneration, thus waklig the blond of Christ of none effect, I would rather, a thousand-fold, be the be- ieving thief upon the cross than to stand In tha shoes of that Intellectual, moral man who dares to take upon himself the responsi- bility of adding anything to, or_taking any- thing from, the Word of God, Please hiteh the horse (o the front of the cart by Inserting these few Jlnes, and obliga Wonnixe Bre. TRUE FRIENDS, To the Editor of Tha Chteago Tribune, Cutcaao, Feb. 3,—For a year or moro 1 have been. an interested render of The ALome, and the idea has often occurreit to me, areall tho guod precopts given us through lis columns practleed by the giver, or does the rute hold good with the correspondents of The Home that nappies to writers of fiction, that we write out our {deal and not what we really do ond are? Stubbs ts a lover of solid rending, and quotes tle sayings of good and wise men, and yet svens to doubt the existence of disinterested friendship, The words friend and friendship are very often mis- applied. We have funy acquitntances, but we are few in number, 1 am sure, that can- not count their friends, Itie to me a sacred word, reserved for tho trua and tried; and, because, perhaps, of the rescrvation, 1 have seldom been disappointed In frlendship. It is not always beeause of polley that young tadios * ect and kiss each other,” Itis far plemeniter to smooth the rough pinces in life ry politeness and sociability when we meet our. society acquaintances, even though {t extends to kissing, than to e col and restrained, because we are not friends; and in business, honest correspondents “and faithful Inborers ard what wa hope to ‘mect, not friends, Stubbs asks: “Can you point to one who will stand by you through evil as well og Feet report? Lcertalnly can. To be sure, t fy not given to mortals fo know ench other's minds, but time proves friendship, and, ag We nutke our own sunshine, we make our own frlends,, Alany thanks to TTadassnh for tho. pudding reelpy; it wasn perfect success, Will some of the Jndles tell ine how to make moss mats? Esturk ANOUT O1f-PAINTING, To (ho itor of ‘Ths Chtedga Tribune, Cntoaqo, Jan, 81.—I was very much pleased to hear from Conselence Grey two weoks ngo on the subject of painting. 1 don’t think The Home has been ns _Interest- ing for some months back as it was fermerly, When first published the iden was to promote home comforts, home decorations, house- wifery, ete, through its cotumns, All this seems to have been dropped, I am suro many of the former Homeltes will agreo with me that the many valuable recipes were more appreeinted than Hie peesont style of corre- spondents, A small dose of thisoccasionally night sufllce, but It grows monotonous, There are many subjects which tay yor be discussed and prove instructive as well as In- teresting, . Many thanks to C, G, for hints, I don Hitle patating mysolf, and will be pleased to answer any questions in iny ability, ‘Tho bottoms of butter or plekle tubs make good, substantia) plaques, Sinooth them first with # plece of gluss, if vory rough, or sandpaper; giver coating of common house-paint, then sandpaper again, and they will bo rendy for the background, These are gooit enough for studies In animals’ heads, ete, hoy can. be bing in o silver- wire bracket used for plates, or bore a, small hole in tho top and nangagalnst the wall with asimall ring which can be neatly putin by a tinsmilth for a few cents, Barrel heads smoothed In this way (be careful fhiuy ne Hot ‘warpeul) make gond panel boards; thoy take the palit very easily, Iwould Iiketo hear from others on the aublect of palnting, 1f the Indies would help oxch other, they could instruct and improve gach other, ns thore aro many whose housa- hold duties provent tholr leaving home to tulce lessong, DEBUTANTE, BOOKKEEPING AND MOUSEKREPING, ‘To the Editor of Ths Chicago Tribune, Omoaao, Feb, 6.—Is thore atill room in The Home for. anothor’s views, questions, hobbies, ote. ? Ifso, and if the Conductor should not decide that what my Ideas most need {a extinguishment, thon hero goes, although at presunt I have no hobby to ride; but the kind future may supply thls defl- eloncey should it prove Indispensable. Calitornta, in her last lotter, asks why a woman 1y expected to know so many trades, when a man fs satlafied with ono,” and men- tlons: cook lng sewiny, etc, as be! ng each 2 trade In {tselt, as distinct as bookkeeping. From this one would infer that boakkeeplig {sas slinple and monotonous as any one a) the housekeeper’s mony duties; but [ fear Callfornin is not w bookkeeper, or- she would kuow that iu the majority of cases bookkeep- ing has as muny and as diversitied—chaunels of labor as housekeeping, taken asa whole, Of course we mewn imental labor; which all who luve experleneed, both physical and mental, must admit ly of the two the most exacting, particularly i bookkeeping, as it adnilts of no mistakes, A bookkeeper'y duties are different every day, requiring, therefore, constant applica tlon of the mind to avold error; while In housekeeping, the {actors employed being always the sume, and the results well de- Mned, the performance requires only o lim: Hed: amount of imental exertion, although considerable attention ts necessary, Lrendl- ly admit that many competent bookkeepurs would bo out of place ns managers of nn ta- tablishment, just as a profwsstonal cook might prove afallure at housekeeping on a large sees but observation proves this: that both the hends of suecessful business firms and of pleasant homes anust in some degres be familine with the detalls of thelr affairs, and thus competent to at least properly Instruct slope ng means adit of hirlng all thelr work done, Most heartily do I foin In California's sentl- ments regare og Charitablencss towards every one, and f have ne sympathy with a husband who ts unwilling to bear tho greater portlon of life's burdens, and that, too, with- out grumbling,—provided his wife is sensible enough to uppreciuw his efforts, and to ren der, What gasistance she muy towards thei mutual happiness," And T think if young people of buth sexes showed themselves more yeatly to opept this as thelr motto,—viz.: FT willdo all fcan to make drome plcasant, and not rumbles marriages and happy homes would ba much more nunerous than be ait not 6 married man, I credit my- i ‘J self with Going someting of an observer, and are Rensiblo families, and view vorsa. Sel- dighiess, exotisiny t-temper, the want of common-sense and a witlingness to do their own pitt on one side of the louse or the ather, appear fo be the real difficulties of the inajority of the representatives of Uahappy marriages, 1.4, 0, TUR DEMANDS OF PUNLIO OPINION, To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. Macomn, Dh, Jan. 28.—In wny morning walk down town, lt has been my fortune for tho past four or ilve yenra to mect a young gentleman of color almost Invartably; who, during that time, has advaneed from the estate of u laboring man to that of ns conch- man. 1thas afforded me some quict amuse- ment to study tho effect of his advancemont from destitution to comparative opulence on bisdemeanor toward myself, whose clr- cumstances have remained stationary. But ayhite, as he mounted round by round: hits, chea’ edition of a ludder, his dignity In- creased in s corresponding ratio, and he lost the half beseeehing look with which he onca awatted — recognition, and acceptei! or ooverlonker any. morning salutation with mortifying Indiffer- ence, It was not until he appeared one Sab- Dath-day in au entire suit of new clothes, 1n- cluding white gloves tncasing his daluty hands, that the anticipated climax was Tenached; he wis as serenely unconscious of my. oxistenee as of the presenee of the manu facturer's Hag on the collar of chy cont, Beauty and blood were as naught; not flour- ishing the Royal passport, dress, tho do- seendant of aivex-Alderman was overlooked, Society allows no franking privllezes,—wo inst go with the reulntion-stamp attixed. When Thomas Paine declared that “all men ore created equal’? he didn’t commit Imself as to thelr statits after the advent of the orthodox baby-clothes, Well he knew that their freedom and. pannlity were sttiTen- dered to the most exacting of tyrants, public opinion, with the expiration of the indefinit eriod preceding thelr donning infantile ha- bittment. Did ever aceur ta you of “the circle” what a despotism composes the social fabric of our Republic? Low meekly we bow to tha every mandate of the autocrat and Grand Chancellor, Fashton! Tow seorn- fully we ostraelse those who full to obeyT At the feat of this twain we carly lay our freedom and equallty. coping our freedotn our equality is returned; but entailed, it poor in purse, With a (ribute of gold that tn the end wilt eanse it to escheat, and a porpet- unl homage, with such a couseauent drain of self-respect, that nothing Is left but vanity to io vassal, The young mechanic, farmer, or the ike, with all the virtues of the average white man; frea to wear old clothes or new, not being, cither, foolishly fastidious as to he cut, to be on a_ social equality with young Blackstone, or the seraphic dry goods clerk who spends the lastof IMs $7.h0 weekly “income” for hair-oll? must sacri- fice these, tuzether with his twelve or fifteen well earned dollars per week on which ho tie tended building the foundation of future competence, There Is something wrong. Tho plane of equality, being principally founded | on money, Iscithet pinced too high, so. that nothing but balloons, ang-bngs, aud Inflation generally can reach if and then only by Hirowing. ouk all ballast, or, an. the samo foundation, placed tov low, so that all bear- ing the passport, wealth, or the fictitious one, genteel appearance, may ascend, There ts too Iittle of that steady, Honest independ- ence that langls at artificial superiority, T would hardly wish to “see Naples and alice,” but £ might, to the young Indy who would ag quick y recognize n young man, in public, with the grime of the furnace on his Tands and clothes, and just the least bit on his face, perhaps, as she would when he ts the canal of a fashionable walter or an usher at a ball, in dress, offer iny heart in- stead of my head ng a snerifice, Considering the sensitive ambition of young people starting in lite, ft would seent the effect of this fastidiousness on the part of young ladies in regard to the imagined contamination resulting from associntion with a young man who would. be econamical, which enuses 4 Ike action on the part of the young men in thelr “set,” could be seen in the absconding bank Presidents, embexallng Cashiers, and defaulting officials fouerally, flanked by the army of destitute who flock to the cities to bo in styte. Who.can telltha number stung to oxtrava- eances they iit afford by slighty given for no. other cause than that ofdress? Such actlong do sting, —L will not fy. wound,—elso [ would havo bled to death long Hi » Sights given, too, nt un age when emulation Is eastly aroused, and when inexperience eannat clearly discorn between appearance and real ity; when they knew not that nothing is more hitmble Man real worth—countertelts hold Alcor Trough, fear oF detection,—an int gold needs no placard, ‘ Patlence Wordsworth’s brother Bob un- derstands the demands of Public Opinton well, Cousin Mennenr. ——————— A LEGEND OF LESBOS. When Orpheus, near the wintry Rhodopo, Tamented for bls lost Eurydiko— Lost by another's love, und won again By love so fond st made the winning vatn— By Bakehle Moennds ront und fleracly torn, He, nothing loath, resought the Styglan bourne; Hut prateful Hubtos, flowing swiftly near, Aeealled his strain and held the singer dear; ls sacred hond, his moving lyre, upbore Fur from that tlerco, inhospitable khore, ‘And the fond waters c'ur cnresaed the }yro ‘TH sweetly rang each tense und yocal wire, And woko tho wild fowlslumb'ring In tho sedge, And called tho wistful red teer to the edge Of the smooth-gliding strewn; and, when they passed ‘The sroltered nook where somo sinall hamlet HUBHes Its vine-clad beauty in the getid tide, : The old oncs sald, “Some God muat this way aldo, From soundlis of Olymnus, viowless fights ‘So deck the altura freshly 4h his aight.” Still on, stitl on, the faithtul river bears Its holy burden, though no more It sures Tho abifting fnages of woods mid reeds, ‘Tho sult gen ts around it, but lt heeds Only its yurpose "Mid the Greelnn tales, Falrest of all, the yordunt Lesbos sinlles. ‘Thither the crrunt Hebros turns, and thera le Tuya down ite freight: and soon with plows caro ‘Tho Islanders for Orpheus heap a tomb, And atill romombor, still lament his doom, StI, whlic the throng attentive presd around, Atovery feast the Leablun barda nro crowned, ‘Taught smoother nusnbers, and informed to plonse By Lato's son and tho Plerides, And still tho bind who suures sweot Philomel In‘Thractan mountains or Agenn detl, When to tho agort ho vénal brings ‘The prisoned wood-bird that stlll pincs and sings, Swoars to tho swain that for hls mistress buys ‘The wivker cayo and thickot-hnunting prize, By Phoebus' gels aud by tha Theban man, By Castor, Pollux, and shoro-unrding Pan, ‘That ‘twaa in Lesbos tho brown bird was bred, Where sweeter striins avo still inherited, And o'en tho warblers of tho. grave prolong Tho grief of Orphens and lia donthless song. Citantrs Nonr® Gitwaouy. or Line In Agriculture. The Journal of Forestry bricily, sums up many of the uses of lime when appliled to the soil.” ‘The ctfects of time, as will be seen, are In part meshanieal and da part chemical, L. Upon deep alluvial and elny soll St ine creases the cropot potatocs, and renders thei less waxy, Speinkled over potators Inn store-heap it preserves them, and when riddled) over, the cut sets It wonderfully Jn- creases thelr fertility. 2 Lime eradivates, the finger-nnd-toa dis- vaso in turnips, aud gives greater soundness ,| to the bulbs, 3 It gives, when applied to meadow Iand, a larger produec of more nutritious grasses, Jt also cxterminates conrse and sour grasses, destroys conch grass, and ucts powerfully upon rye grasses, 4. Upon arable Iand it destroys weeds of various kinds, 5, It raplily decomposes vegotnble matter, prailueting a durge sinount of tod for plants a the form of carbonic acid gus, 6, It destroys or neutralizes the acids in ho soils; henee Its adaptability to sour Bolla, % It acts powerfully upon’ some of the Inerennte parts of tho soil, espeelatly on the sulphate of frou found In peaty sully, and the sulphate of magnesia and alminiy 8 Lt proves {utal ta worms and slugs, and the lurve of Injurions hiiects, though favor- able to the srowth of shell-bearers. 9, Slicked Mime added to vegetable matter causes It to give off its nitrogen in the form of ammonia, Upon soils fa which ammonia igcombined with acids, Jt sets free the am- monta, which {s selzed upon by the plants, 10, Its solubility In water causes it to eink Into and ametiurate the subsoil, When the suil contalns fragments of granit or trap rocks, lime hnstens thelr decomposition and Nberutes the ailientes, IL, Its combination with the acids In the soll produces saline compounds, such as potash, sola, ete. strewed over your plants, it deatroys or drives away the turnip fly, 1%, Worked in with gruss feeda, the bone- Gelal offecta of Ime, chalk, marl, and shell- sand have been visible for thirty years, 14. Avplied ta the rot heap, Iliue elfeotually Atlmutates Its netion, thoreby promoting. ie Growth of healthy vegetation of ntl kinds, JEFF DAVIS’ LEGACY, ¥io Files xn Demurrer to the Com of the Noxt of Kin of Sargh moy, of Boauvotr. Naw York Hernta, Tho contest over the will by which the tate Sarah A. Dorsey, of Beatvolr, Miss, left to Jefferson Davis her entire estate, hing be gun In eainest, and during the enrly lays of noxt month the argument tn the United States Cireult Court of Lovistana wi py heard anda decision asked, It will bo pe membered, in connection with this beanest, that the complaint unde by the contestants Included the statement that the t Statrix aid, not possess testamentary enpaclty, and that, sho wag unduly jailueneed, and coupled with tis there went an application to set the will aside as’ boing unjust to the next of kh and as also belng opposed to public Valley, This complaint was duly Med sone weeks = uxo. esterday — the attorneys for the retatives here recelved notity (hata denurrer had been filed by Jeerion Davis, which would indlente that te Intends, to resist the elalis of those whu would break the will of the old Indy whose Inst wetlon in Ife hag inade Her name famous. Hitherio there had been some doubts about hits qo. fepting the property, i belng mooted: that he being without moral clahus or tles of Kinship. to the dead woman would, beenuse of chitts selentious scruples, decline her agieat elt, whose value. In Rgures might resch n million or even excerd that amount ‘The will, however, was duly olfered for probate In New Orleans, where all the actual legal battle Nas been hat and Messrs, Breaux, Fenuer, and Tull, att torneys for the ex-President of the Confedess ate States, pushed forward by every channel to put Mr. Davis tn pussessfon of the Drop erty, ‘The resistance they encountered was af the most deterinined nuture. Just as thls tina Mr, W.S. Mills, the Inwyer, had completed Als victorles in the great sults that Mrs, Gen, Gaines had Wwapetl agalnst the Federal Gay. ernment, and the ninilelally of New On Teans, and he was brought Into the enseas attorney for the contestants and proctor tar the next of kin, Ln the complaint and apal entlon that was mide nnd fited by him tithe United States Clreuit of Louisfana all the facts In the case as published hitherto were brought forward, and the grounds nya which the relatives uf Mrs. Dorsey would fight thelr battle for her money were made apparent. Since then the ensé has wated until its turn upon the court list of asslen. ments should arrive, Unt ft was expected that itanight come up betore tho end o} nuinry, The Ming of Lhe demurrer, service of which Nag just been made, renders a delny neces sary, Tho document coutalns the following: “The defendint, Jetferson Davis, demu to the complaint beennse tho allegations thereof are inconsistent with the elain that the testatrix was of unsound mind, or was unduly influenced in the making of the will In sui, and {herefore the complaint does not state tnets agiMeient to constitute a cause of action, Bueacx, Fusnun & ivi “Catnsct Cor Jutferson 0; Tho last part of the demurrer Es futere preted by the vounsel of the next of kin te refer to that part of the complaint whieh set Sorth that it was pyposc to public policy and good to imit the will to probate. This polnt, however, 18 regarded is Immaterial, ‘or the reason that, when argument. is had, the nature of the demurrer is such that any polnt In dispute nay be taken tp under ft, or, In othor words, it covers wit further ob- Jectlons that may be ndyaneed. In conver sation yesterday with the counsel for the next of kin’ 4 reporter was told that they were confident the cuso would not reach trial for the resson that no Judge would consiiler any other phase ot it than that represented in the ‘complaint of its belng opponl to public policy, "‘Thatis what we depend upon,” said the lawyer, “for whut better argumonts could we go be fore a Judge with than to say the bequest of Mrs. Surah. A, Dorsey Is a reward for treason and a premium upon it, In her last wil and testument she so expressed herself, laying articular stress upon the faet that Inher judgment Mr. Davis has reecived no reward for fighting for his country—meaning tho Confederaty States—and that all his patriotic services golng without recognition she de sired him to own and enjoy her rich estate. Why tho wholo thing is opposed to the spirit and text of the Constitutlon, All tho legal futhorities agree that our groundis goud and to probate the will would bo preposterous, Wo believe that the Court will set It nsido un the motive displayed in the will, which ls nabling mors than ‘a reward for distoyalty.” Should the Court, however, not takethe same view as the counsel fn this matter, itis arranged to continue the battles on the grounds nso set forth inthe complaint—viz: that the testatrix was of unsound mind and was tmduly influenced at the time of execub ing the will. Matne Ay Dore SALT ON WHEAT. 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