Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 14, 1880, Page 12

Ss 1 1 4 ; * have already attende T2 THE CitlcAGo TRIBUN SATURDAY, FEBRUARY .14, 1880—SIXTEEN PAGES. THE HOME, .How Some Ghosts Seen by Chat |; Looked and Acted. J A Mournfully-Intoresting Lettor That Ends with a Reforence to Sausage. Somo Suggestions hy a Mothor Regard. ing the Proper Olservanco of Saturday Night. Amateur Posts and Their Peéuliarities Re- colve Further Attdntion from Oritie. "the Prevailing Styles of Oross in Women Denounoad by » Momber of the \aunlar Sex. — Boys Advised to Lear m Trnde—Faets Concerning the Reformation—Miscellaneous Contribu- “Hons gt Varfous Toptes, “(TLE WABASII. Koll on, fale Wabash! | Flow thy allvor tide * Vo reat Ohio, from perennial springs. Thon boareston thy surging waves, with prite, Dead horses, saw-logs, geese, and other things. Al, a [stand upon thy sbore and look, Lery, * Dog-gono mo} thou grt quite a brook." Oft hare [scen, within the Rmpire State, ‘Whose plaald waters were ns crystal pure, Encompassed by green hills, a little luke, "That to tho view did mirror back its shore, But greener ava thy swamps, O mighty ditch! ‘Thy color {s not bite, but very rich, Hail to thee! winding sewer, deop and vast, ‘That rollest seaward in thy Bullen pride, Great Js thy honored office, for thor bast ‘Tho Hoosler and tho Sucker to divide; ind cach, a6 standing on thy shores, doth think poy turbid waters "bunker squintz” to drink, Joun Wad, THE LETTER-BOX. There aro letters, papers, and postal-cards at this office for the persons whose names ap- pear below, Those living out of the city should send thelr address and 2 three-cent stamp, upon tecelpt of which their mail will _ be forwarded. Residents of Chicago can ob- » tain their matl by calling at Room 36 ‘Cnt- -uNE Building: : > Marguerite. Helen BE. Kloin, Ola Timer, Mirlam Beatrice Dion. TITE HOME CLUB. SECHRTAWY’S LETEEM, * Tv the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. » Cimeaao, Feb. 13.—Tie ‘Trtuny Tome Club met at the Tromont House in monthly session on Wednesday, Feb, 11, but owing to the disngrecndle weather but a portion of the members were present, ‘The President, who hus been jt for some time, was not able to attend, and the business connected with the Kltchen Garden School was dispensed with, “It Is still In operation at 00 South Desplaty street, where we weld be happy to recely persons wishing to learn the mode of carry: ng leforwcard or toassist In its further de- i Touschold Noneatity. Eetnesa, a 'hhe large number of lndley who have expressed them- selves’ warmly in its favor, and seem to be delighted with the thorough system of traln- {ug and tho wonderful progress made by the eluss: Wo linve had visitors from Canada, and Several States In the Unton, who were euually pleased with the results. ‘The nest regular meeting of the Club will be held at the Tremont House Wednealay, Macuh 10, yelopu LENA, Corresponding Bee ry CHAT’S -GILOStTS. To the Falltor of The Chicugo Tribune, Bostonen, Wis, Feb, 10.—It was nine years ago in Chlengo, “T'was almost midnight, and the ear coming down North Clark street in which I was sented ran alittle faster than usual as the horses pricked up thetr enrs and quickened thelr pace, knowing doubtless It was the last trip down that night. What a starry moonlight night 16 was! Lenn fedl even yet tho ensy, lulting motion of the car as it rolled sinoothly over the shin- ing rails; I can sve ance more the moonlight changing Into shadows, and the shadoys turning Into Mght again, as the moon, like a silver ship on an azure sen, sued in and ont among the soft, foamy clouds, I remember even the old board fence that then fielosed ‘Lincoln Park, touched by that magle Nght, glittered Uke solld silver, and how shining and Justrous tho leaves looked In that inel- Jow white radiance, As we reached Centre street au Irresistible desire to enter the purk tok possession of ine, and leaving the ear 1 walked in moni its winding puthways, I walked here ant there, and at last foimd myself at the head of tho drive Nned so thiekly on elther sido with stately trees, which swept stralgit. andd broad through the ot graveyard to Clark street, ‘The wind, soft and warn, hurried Lb; the waves of the lake Inughed faint: on the giistenIng sands far aw before me “waved their long arms to and from and beckoned solemnly and ‘glow,” and went among thelr shadows ‘along the beaten path by the side of tho drive. “Alone with the dead’? 1 whispered, and as the words died nway the old Court-Llonse clock rang out the hour of midnight, and £ felt, rather thin heard, a strange silent ¢om- motion, an eager suppressed excitement, 0 nolseless nolse. ‘The sunken graves where the rank grasa grew ao Motously were Up lifted, the headstones and monuments reeled back and forth like drunken ghosts, then fell, and into the moontight the dead men came, Sho’ alr was filled with the smull of the erayve, and the leafy shadows lylng un the round trembled in fear, ‘There was a shuk- Ing out of shrouds that nover rustled, a rust of silent footsteps toward the city, and ty the middle of the hard, smooth drive, Just where Lhad seen horses vranciny proudly anh care Tapes rolling so. ke yiy, the earth broke np, and froin tt wehiidish form floated to inv ane nestled in ay unwilling arms, A cold,damp and clasped mine, bony fingers eutched my dress, and ghastly corpses jostled each other behiud, before, and around me As wo Teached tho heart of the elty Lsaw tha streets were filled, and knew Graceland and Rosehill had ylelded up their dead too. 1 knew tt by the ‘stylish, fashionable look that. disthi- guished tom from the old dead Lincoln Purkites, 1 knew it by the different dressing of tha halr, by tho later ent and fashion of the gtave-clothes, but most surely by the rankor oor of decay, ‘The ttle, cold, heavy form dropped from my arms and sald, “Come with ie,” and 1 cannot degoribe how f felt, fC can't explain how it happened, but the nextinstant 1 stand on the threshold of an open door. Within tho pretty room & Woman satin alow cush- joned rocker, and swung back and forth an empty cradic, And the little one went softly and put Its tiny arms around her neck, laid {ts cheek ugnhinst era, smoothed and: kissed the gray Jyair, and she never knew it, ‘Phe pillow in the crib looked xoft and fresh, and the snowy sheet and spread were turned back naif Just pralting forthe baby; ather fect was a bat- tered druin with the Mttlo sticks that never beat any more lylug. across the heads In one corner Jeaned 4 sled anda gun, and in the centre of the floor a gallant recking-horse stood rideriess and lone! y And the mother, with Jove and anguish nn her eyes, kissed tenderly a pictured baby-fuce, and hor tears fell fast on a taded rose that Mad in the hand of her dying ehitd. « “Fifteen years ago toniz’e” she mur- mured, and, turning away, L fult that, It God Joves and remembers like uw mother, all'is well, With any ghostly Kulloy 1 visited thelr friends, unseen and wiheard. I stood by tho bedside of a new-born babe and dying girlish mother. Dingered fn a room whore weeping friends, with sable drapings, witha profuston of costly: flowers and funeral pomp and splendor, ware preparing a tenst for the worms, Iwent into gumbling dens, where the spirits wrang over thelr hands and wept brothers and lovers dushed red with wine and exejtement buying fockles} » Juughing wildly, or curslug bitterly, us they test or won "t entered ball-rouins with those but a Jittle r whilo dead, and saw thom Jooking for one tuken, listening so wistfully for ana word of nanewbranes, and saw them took and (ster in vain, for, borne on every swelllng stralt of musie, mingled with ench merry Jest, and atamped on every longing fice, was the one word, “ Forgotten." Then Tnscended some marble steps, pre eeded by 8 goodly ghost. Theanissive door mntonohed swine wide open; we traversed a spacious ball, attd entered oo room all sonrlet anti white, In the soft mellow [Hzht Aman and woman were siaaultig She was beautiful and young, and one lithe year qo was the wits af the dead man neat ine, Tho nian beslde her, handsome and grand, clasped her hands: gently In his, and, bending his stately head, lvoked in her eyes, saylng eagerly: And You are sure—qulte sure—that yout Tove me? And the sunny, cloudless face, wh ono regret for or Prout of the past was written, was lifted to his as sho said softly: “Yes, Fam sure I love you dearly,” and tha poor dead hands of the forgotten husband trembled and shook, and he sighed so deep aud heavily that fie Heht Inca ourtalis aroud us swayed Watly: back and forth, and the lovely woman, hearing the sigh, shrugiell her pretty shoulders and whispered, “Tlow tho wind shivers and moans!” and tho man Iaughing said, What do we eara for tha wind and the wenther ?” and, taking her revs crently in his arms, kissed her, tenderly, and the spirit vanished, moaning, Heaven hatte no joys and hell no tortures after this,” and as F went out into the street some one grasped me by tho shoulder, shook mo heartily, and oxelalmeds a Clrmt, for jleayei's sake, wake up and stop your snoring. te Tow lotr hive Txlept?? T cried, “ About two minutes,” satd'my brother-In- Inw, 8 he went ont on the platform and lita ‘re not clear, And Tritbbed my eyes and vowed [never would cat sauerkraut and bologna for supper youn ns long as Elived, And Lever have. Tulways take them for breakfast now, O not Commercial. I dtd not object to your letter or consider it personal, for you did not describe me xt al, You were inls- taken in the person, that fs all, Stubbs, you are rizht. There ts no, such thing ns trie, evurlostltie friendship. Whett any one finds ft they will alse discover roses blooming on pumpkin-vines. | Holding the opinions we do, it would be absurd to sy anything xhont being friends, so Instead Pll say here is the hand of an enemy, Deronditt Cousin Herbert, has that girl thawed out yet? wg. A M., Vve heard so much about * Aw Enrnest Uriler” that I’m interested, and tf 1 contd give my tandiady a “stand-off” for 2 couple of weeks I'd ‘possess that book In- stantly. me Thank you, Ajax, your three letters to ‘Lhe Howe have been rend with Interest, Come again, Morty Years, are you sick, dead, or, worse yet, miurried 2—or {9 It the rheumatism ? As recipes are In demand Pil send my brother-in-law’s for making mince-ples, 0 says: “Take someaneat and apples, mix them up together, slap [t tna pan with some dough, bake it, and—and there's, ion ple” Elia’ Wheeler, allow me to tell you how yery much © enjoyed reading your “Is It Done?" Tho next time Ecome I'll be here,—L mean the next thine In here UH come sooner than Ldld this thue, If 1 don't stay away 8 Jou, SHAT, SATURDAY NIGIT HOW TT SOULD BE ONSERVE! ‘To the Editor of The Chteago Tribune, Minwauker, Wis. Feb. 3—Let us elose the blinds, drop the shades, and shut otir- selves iu from outside fe for a little tine, and prepare for tho coming Sabbath-day, We have finished the labors of the week, and will Iny aside the garments of care and strife and don those of peace, quiet, and rest. Lae bor Iy laid quietly one site; eare and ture moil are put to flght, and the week ts hayten- ing to bed. We see, a3 we peep cautiously through tho binds, so many weary, eire-worn faces os they pass, we fancy a look of rest is stealing ofer them as they think of © the day of rest,” whieh Iya God-given blessing to all classes. ‘The shid¥ thn pails are soon to be hungaway, and all will be placed in accustamed seats 0! rest with tingles of Joyous relfef that they ean so remaln undisturbed for at least one day, We seo shiinmering Mghts to the right and tothe left, sugmestive of 1 busy work, for ench Httle Hight ts Indicative of 1 home-world where there fs some onc busily engage in completlitic the Inbors of the’ week. “The Tight of many n home fs the mother, and this Saturday nicht, if ahe is one of the noble type, she shines resplendent in her thought- ful preparations for the coning day of rest, Labor on, clear mother, for yours Is a mission of love, While you are polng quuletly about your duties we will watel you by tho bright Ightot your own pleagaut home, Tonight your lunip is filled with the olf of love, and your heart iy green with memories of the past week, or inmaybe the weeks “so long ago.” Ifow wo wish that all the lamps were those of Jove, and would burn perpetuntly, and send a luminous Hanne to every hearth fn the laud. Tow we pity these who have hearts fitted with love and get nothing in re- turn. There [s no hunger equal to that af an unsutisfied heart, If Is sad to think there are dear faithful mothers working yatlently day after day. Sabbath after Sabbath comes and ‘goes and finds them plodding on with the same dull pain in thelr hunrts,—longing for a look or word of praise aud love, Howimuch of pleasure cotil be leavened Into her Iabor If she could be sure of requited love, Somo (lay the mother’s lamp of love will ee to burn; her light will go out never to shine again in your homes, Love her truly, care forher terder- ly, trent her with respect, for she fs your mother, On tho other land, let tho hard- worked father feel there 1s a welcome awalt- Ing him. Whatever his business may be, re- member he is striving for a home and com- forts for those of his househotd. Meet him with volees and siniles of welcome. Give hima kiss.) Give him a feellng of home care for his welfare, - Do not Jet him feel that he isin the way. Let hin know that in hisown home ho Is 0 free man Let not the mother’s warning voleo hush to quiet the Ite ones who aro boisterous over hls arrival, Atay he be greeted Saturday night with rounds of applause, ‘Too often the mother falls In her welcome to tho ong she has promised to love, dn thus doing she ts sowing seeds of discord in her home whieh will germinate and bring forth a growth of evil hy the minds of younger members ofthe family that will in after years cause father and mother both to mourh, Walt not for patirtny: nights that are to come, but now, before Ib is too Inte, sow seeds of love and khudtiess [1 the home. Thow we wish that hearts nnd homes with once so mitch Hight in them would keep bright love Ilghts aver burning to weleoms all classes -of business men, and make lighter the burdens of falthtul mothers, and keep purer the hearts and whiter the souls of the young Ivy Oak. AMATEUR POETS, ANOTHER LETTER FROM TOPSEY TINKLE: ‘4b the Bitor of The Chlcayo Tribune, Enoiewoon, Ill, Feb, 10— Vex not th nh OM Yaad ane pee an Vex not thon tho poat'a mind, For thou cunst not fathom jt, 8o Tennyson. And Itnppeurs that my hunbie request: for Information In regurd to the heart-ronding gloom which envelopes the effort of tho average amateur poet has had tho Jamentable effeot of rafting up some body's feathers the wrong way, as witness the letter devoted to Ninety Years and my- golf by Amateur Poet, I dld “vex the poet's auld.” Now 1 hopo no ono will misunderstand ine, and for one moywent hiagine thot I wish to convey the Idea that Amateur Poet is actual- Jy covered with 9 cont of plumage, or that hoe bears any resemblance to that famous flack whose cackling on the ‘Tarpetan i once kaved Rome, Dear me, no; itis only a littly figure of specch, a“ poutic license,” with tho use of which all poets are well aequainted, *¥or uy moment of pleasure do we not suf: fer hours of ngon ye” [quote from Amateur Poet... Now, that ig.a nice, cheerful question; that is uw pleasant view to take of thin ff doubtless, A. P,, you are Heht, We ure all poor, mlseruble devils; this vale of tears ty but a fut praveyard bounding: through space, and, as Dones heard Fields, the lecturer, say, “When Providence wnda Tov us tribulation, we ought to tribulate with all our might." ah ie travel the weary road, ant our feet bleed at covery step,—aguin A. P.O yes, and lot us do all wo can to keep them bleed: ing. Let us sneak along life's pathway in i disinal, dreary fashion, moisten the at- mosphere with tears as we go, and being de pressed generally. By the way, I don't now of anything more conduciye to a geod, healthy, depressed state of mind than Feout stunt perusal of some of theses graveyard mold effas Ing; mither le (ers such filsy reason Whit- Out nport Shug, with grand ole Hope and pray, trust always Jats t4 sweeter, love Ia neirer, For tho trinl and delay. “The few moments of happiness wherein wa rest by tha wayside are, like tho foam- bubbles of the sea, short-llved, and soon gone forever.” Now, Mr Ainteur Poet, wero you not Just n little dyspeptic when you Wrote that sentence? Would not strip to the seaside, away from the heavy. fog of Chi- cago, cleans your braln of ‘these moody fanefes aut make Ife appenr an little more comfortable? Why, A. 2. ifall tho bits of selfish happiness were taken from ts wo would still have one of the greatest means: of enjoyment left,—that of ‘doing good ta athens. “Nature herself ts sad.” Tilon’t think 80, Thave found her very jolly, sometlines, fear ine you would ery with THenilet ¢ —— this goodly frame, the earth seems to men sterily promontory; this most excellent cans opy, theulr, look you, this brave o’erhaniin firmament, {its mafestieat roof fretted with golden tire, why, [Unppears uo other thing tr me than a foul nnd pestilent congregation of vapors, Ainatenr Poet makes another hitartous re+ fivetion to tha effect that we are autre of noth- ing, but that the “cold and fearful grave walts to recelve ns. Cold comfort, cold comfort, A.B. ‘The grave may wait, to res eely i, Diet, ay medleal colleges wud eruma- tories: Ntst, It doe Ve always get tx, Thirty Years makes the proper distinction $y the remark that “a gad song need not be dismal, and that there Is a differenes between the pathotle nnd the funcreal” ‘There isn pathos fall our tlves, Into each one’s days gome rain nuust fall, and the poet, ff he draw his pistes to tho life, must mingle tears and siniles; but why sucht quantity of tear- drops and sa very few suiiley? | Why leave the realm of the sweet aud tender for the goullsh and ghnstly? Apropos of potty, T wonder tf wo are not all going 8 little mad on the subject of in- tellectual attainment? [wonder If we don’t rent serlous books on subjects. we don’t care nv pin for just beeanse other people do? & wonder if Wwe don't go and hear great, bangs: of ¢ atl innsic and go tuto eestatie exe pressions of pleasure thereat, when we don't know one tune from another, but are afrald to nay we ton't eno a high style of evi thing? And L wonder why it fs that, in spite of all ourefforts at culture, most of us would rather be thought fgnurant than poor sy day? Torsnys TINKLe. RATHER LIKES THE GRAVE, Th the Mtitar of The Chicago Tribune, Amnoy, LL, 12.—Calln May Zt wants to know why some of the young people do not write for The Home, She wants to hear from sume of the girls and boys, Why should tho girls write, [ ask? Few of them get Into The Homo without wearing caps and spectacles, and when they do they are In danger of being hauled over the coals by some old wonnn or other; then the Con- duetor. Igo sensible sort of a fellow,—or L don’t believe he likes girls—and, taking everything (nto cansiderton, they hold ai inslenifieant position, “Girls don’t namnt to much no how,? As for the boys, they have subjects of more {niportanes to think, about, L suppose, and L aun edad of It; for lf Lshoutd get, into ‘The Jfome and find boys there Ishowlt want to beat u hasty retreat, and, if L didi’t, should expect to hear half a dozen shouting, “ Terat button my collar”? “Fix my neektle,” ete, Ido not refer to young men, for they are lee, or my Julian ts anyway, Amnteur Poet takes a very doloful ylew of Gurtltly things, Ido not seo why one enn! sometines Tingine that there [s joy und guy- ety In the works of Nature, ag to linve the “Waves sing dirges’? and the “ wind monn? constantly. Ubelleve it ts wickel for Cotks to be discontented and sad all the thaw; how- ever, there are some who, no iatter how mich they have to be. thankful » or by what, ple 1 assoviations they aire sir rountled, are always dls: for something thoy know atisfled and ¥ can never T 3 that we are sure of nothing except that the cold and fearful grave walts to re- us.” We would not wish to live al- ways, and, even ff we did, {y that.any reason why our wholes lives should. be spent srlev= ing about lt because we eannot? What is there about tho grave thot Is fearful ? One Who Jeads & pure and noble Ife has no feur of tho grave. MAner EB. RANKIN. DISAGHEES WITH Its, To the Editor of The Chtcayo Tribune, Lyons, In., Feb, 9.—After perusing the Iet- ter wrltten by Amateur Poet, in which he toldwhy he and his friends are so sad, I ene to the concluston that ho was a man, because a woman could not take such a sour view of Ilfe, and that he is a melancholy, snappish old buchelor, forsaken by all friends, From Milton, who was deprived the blessed privilege of seeing all the glories of Nature and tho faces of those so dear to him, orlgl- Antes! the gaying, “every cloud hus 9 silver ta dengy, If tho world ts sad, if shadows are more plenty than sunshine, that is no reason why we should go around with long faces and a soletua graveyard lack, Dellver me from people who ara always complaining and Jamenting,that the world's 80 full of Budness, Dear ones whom wo love better than life are ealled away from this workt of paln and sorrow to a bright and beautiful world where pala and sorrow are never Known, AJP, says wo have but a yague hope of ever seeing them again, My friend, if you Jove God, and try to do right, ean will surely meet all your friends ubove, ti thoy nso have followed Christ's footsteps. + Oh, you make me shudder when you say. that you can sce no farthor and are sure of nothing beyond the cold, silent grave. If tha grive Is the end of our existence, we have lived our lives In yaln,—we are as worth Jess ng the dumb brutes. Now look at tho beauties of Nature strewn around tn such rleh profusion, ‘Tho little birds trilting forth tholr notes of praise and gladness; the ni brook now euricling over tho rocks, or gild- Ing softly through forests, thon leaping forth into the stnshing with almost a laugh, ‘Che “mournful wind?’ ah, ne. How eagerly the invalid woleomes the gentle south: whids, laden with the fragrances of flowers, the slng- Ing of birds, aud babbtling brooks, Low soothing to the aching, feverish brow, So you will fad, all through Nature, musle and sunshine, We “ yainly the dreams of youth recall,” it “the future imy hold some dreamt as right us those of the long ago,” UX 48, ONE OF THES. 5 ‘Ty the Fiitur of The Chicago Tribune, Quant Park, Uh, Feb, 4-1 have beon reading the communications of Topsy Tinkle and Ninety Years, and fully realize that I, ug one of the amateur poets, have helped pile tho churehyard mold upon their tender breasts, and, overwhelmed with iny guilt, T)uve resolutely determined no moro of wy bogus ghosts shall with pale hands pull the wnantle from the gloomy tomb. Menceforth Lshnli turn the left-hand crank of my puctic inachine, and. ‘Touch tho koys softly, so softly At seom: Angola aro dunelag a) tg in tholr ‘dronins, Having ‘mounted Pogasus (left-slled .of course) and invoked the Muses, 1 dedleate the follawing tol, 'Teand N. Y,, and assure them “atl there’s more to follaw ?s One tangs of Nature wutkva the whote world Ho witd as he prossed hor orlmsan Ips. And kissing our kindrod [a wtrely nowy, Toone Wt thrllla from our toos te our finger “Ono, tough of Nature mukea tho whole world Bald an Init siro.us ho Htted his toot; And freedom with kindred is gursty no ang Hohe thelllod the young tun with the tooo hig boot, 2 Mus, 0. B. Wewers, LIFE Not BAD, ‘Ta the Editor of ‘The Chtcaga Tribune, Ciicaao, Fob, 10,—Most old men nro keep- Ore of Uvory-stables, in whieh they have « certain number of hobby-horses, for the con- ventenco of ull who may come in their way, whathor they want them or not: Lam not an exeeptloy, Among the horses and mules in iny barn is one venerable antmal that has borne me peacefully upon the outskirts of Aile’s battles for years, Me goes slowly, and hos thug made ime late for somo of the evils of life; but Lonly laugh, [ft we had gone at the breakueck pace of the day, I might haye fallen off, and then some one else would Jaugh; of, 1 night have been sick, and sor dd, and uncomfortably, “Ph hobby's name ly Happiness, A. patient animal, tellued to balk, In fuct, when Amateur: Poet gaye happiness auch a scourging last week, hu was bu A eed alky as Talaain's ass, dnally cheered limvelf up, and sald: “There jyon angel in the path of men, Whom they willfully do not but ride pastin search of wealth and pleasure, often—even as Balan to thetr own destruction, An angel, ones desplaed, averniore becomes 0 ghost Unt fol- Jows men,” Then if Is no wonder tholr poems, in whieh they endeavor to express thelr cimotions, ara sai.—aore bitter, Byron wrote Fare thee wells and if forover,” when he bhnself had trampled upon his. a peace. And there are those who wonld \ things fmmeasur- ably sadder than that, were It posstbte, for Byron does notstandalone, ‘There are hosts, and many of the great ainoity thant. Nature [s sited, but ft fs bright and beaatiful, tool Lh sad, yet Lhelieve that mueh aad- ness fs nested, and nett moreenn by easily: avolded, and any one who strives to avold ft will soon learn ho 4: For a moment of Amateur Poot ns pleasure lo We not su hours of agony?” ves! Dut do wo suffer asmoment of agony for an hour of happiness? Happiness is something deeper than the “ light fantastic” with which he connects ft, That belongs to his plcasures, "There was a theory I once hind, it was only acoltofa hobby, and. while [was ridin through years thathave passed long ainee, inet that “ sweet country, girl,”—tho wnlnial bucked and threw me ott, Lean tell Thirty Years what beeamo of the girl As for the hobby—Forty Years has been parading lm through The Home oreasionally, and shoud not wonder ff he had been wunhorsed, for we have not heard from hn Intely. . Nivety YEAns. WOMAN’S DRESS, A CIMNGE DEMANDED, To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, Muskraon, Mich, Feb. 1%.—Snllow, of Streator, IL, wants to know what will clear tho comptexton without proving Injurlous to. tho health, Ithink Lean tell her what will do It, and 1b will not only: not be Injurlons, but wilt prove benefielal, It remains tobe seen whether sha cares enough about the complexion to tryiny preserlption, Supposing Sallew to be a woman, L shall address her as. such, You are doubtless nware, Sallow, that: your sallow complexion Is the result of an unnatural condition of the body. As Fam notan M, D. Teannot go fnto detalls, nor is it nceessary that J should I only sald this much te show yorghut if you would bu rid of the evil you must begin at ihe roots, First diseard your corsets; wear the reform unde minnents, thus throwing Ue weight of your thing on the shoulders; be careful of four Wet; give up the use of teaand coffes; don't eat pork, or much fator any kind, nor rieh food, so called; ive largely on Graliuu, fruit, and vegetables, and take plenty o£ out- KL Y reise, you do not do one or all of these ngs, please do not get angry, for 1 im judging hier by your complextom, And if ee ilo, plense don’t say as so many dos" Oh, vowdln't Hye without corsets to hold ine up? couldt Hye without my tea and coifee,? with av terrible euphasts on the cout, for Lam sure youconld, If you are in the habit of bathing your face in cold water, change it to hot, using a itamnel cloth, and rnb the skin briskly. ii Workings Bee, { should lite to know you etter. Stubbs, please accept my thins for that neat little compliment. Iikg you; never- theless, I shun’t go back on Mother Goose, TL remember too vividly the pleasure L found 4 onal ag achitdin xcopy of her rhymes, and Jf I had never read anything worse [am not sire bat TE might have been more “sensible” {hin Lain now, Chat, Is that long-agitated question at Jast settled? Tnin so glnd Chat's dress wag de- serlbed to us. Now whenvver we think of her visions of a black silk and velvet walk- at suit, anda ble hat with o long feather, will rise up before us, and that’s Chat, ‘Thomas F,, * then’s my sentiments, Walking along the street the other day, 1 espled a lndy ahead of ane. “Nothing very surprising about that,’ yuu say. Well, no, there fsu’t, since It is almost a daily oceur- renee; nor was there anything very remark- able about, this espectil Indy except her dress, wiich, at every step sls took, wlegled and bobbed about her heels Ina tanner In deseribable, 1 ched her with mingled feellngs of ann: tt, pity, shame, anc dls- ust, LT think he was made ain“ pln- hack,” or “pull-back,” or “tle-baek,” or something of the Kin. And yet sho was what one would calla, well-lressed) woman, but that switehing of her dress spoiled It all. Lwondered If she knew what an appearance she made; and then Twoncered if my dresses vover looked Uke thats and then, having gone: so, far my cogltations, L began to think Nhat guys women make of themselves any- how. + Ig there anything beautiful or. graceful In the many rufies, and pulls, and shirrings, wind pleatings with wiitele we adorn. owt dresses? Dut, supposing there fs, could we not spend our imoney, and the, and talents to better advantage than fn reging ourselves out tn such useless finery? Look at the time and thought expended by an ordinary woman on one dress, to say nothing of tho money; tho shopplag, the matching of trimmings and buttons, the consultations with the dress- r; of, If she ls her own dressinaker, the svarching for patterns and the weary work of cntthy, fitting, and making, ow differ ent ts It 10a man wants a naw sult, It takes hint less thie to bay ong ready to wear, or to order one made, than it does his wife to select the material for hers, ‘Shore are many wonen, Tam sure, who rive more thought te thelr dress than to. thelr souls. Is ft any wonder that, wilh the presentt at¥ld of dressing, women are silly, valu, and Incapable of any great work ? ‘The only wonder tome ls that they are ns wise and good as they are. TE hope the time will soon come when women will retusa te be the slaves of foolish fashlons; when they shall see that If thoy are to enter the great fel of Iabor nud perform well their part. they must eease to give so much of thought and energy todresy, Will hot att my sisters admit that If women. would adopt a plui@ and shuple style of adress, which could be purchased ready-niade or mide to order, without all the attending fuss and worry of dressmaking of the ent, that we sliould be Just as happy, and the world better for 102 Sen used to dress ns miyty and extravagantly as women, bat, all will acknowledge, 1 dim sure, the modern style to by far more sensible, If not ny been a “Sho body fs more than raiment.” There, If Eimave saldoanything very droad- ful Daim willing to suffer the Sonscuuunetss rege THE REFORMATION, SOME FACTS AOUT It, To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, Rockyony, LIL, Feb. 2.—Yesterday, as I loft the church and saw tho vast crowd com- ing from the door, my thoughts wandered back to those days, conturtes ngo, whon “ Re- formers were despised and perseeuted, meeting underground for worship, and ap pearing on the streets only after nightfall, 1 thought of the thousands who perlshed at tho hands of Mary of England, Francls L, Meury IL, Franels IL, sud Charles Ly,, of France, and those who fell proy of tho terri- ble Tnqulsition, | We may look as far back 1s the twelfth century and behold the bloody slaughter of tho Albigenses, thon ealted “heretles,? which for a thna sflonced all yolces of complalnt aqainat the Roman Cath- ole religion, And itly wot strange to us ns. we look’ back. to that tine that a canntry where the old Joman elvillzation still line gered should object to the doctrines then ace cepted, and reject the sovereignty of the Pope, the adoration of siulnts ane Annages,, and the confesston of sins to priests, On traving the course of history we find that there were no -prominent sib juctions ridsed In regard to tho established faith natll Luther, Wyelitle, Calyin, Zwhngiing appeared on the stage, ‘Then, again, the Pope and tho Klaga resorted to force, 4 fuldurd Vy= = But he 4, ellite’s followers, were persvented by Henty LY, of Tnglane ‘y tite dled peacefully, but yenrs after ls bod vas exhumed burned, and’ the ashes thrawn Into 8 nelihboring stream, Cuiyin, & Frenchman, wis exiled, and hts followers were obliged ta shun tho Might of day. and meet for worst in unders round cellars, Zwingling wis kitled on the felt of battle When cubsollngn dying suldlur, and Luther, though condemned is horetie, and dented shelter or aupport at tho handy of the Germiun people, dled happily in Ud at the age of 3. And, regurdless of all the op- position which it recetved, the Reformation. rapidly spread. Ite course wos checked In Spal by tho Anuutaition, and in France by thy opposition of the Rings, a Duriog the relyn of Churles 1X. of France oventred that terrible war beginning with that wanton attack upon tho Huguenots, neay Vassey, where they were peaceably worshiptug lia bern. Ninety of them were killed, and none escaped unibart. A feree religious war followed, during whieh some of France's most able men lost thelr Hives, among them the King of Navarre, Duke of Guise, and Prince of Condé, After the war, the blaudy alaughter uf St, Bartholomew oc- curred (Aug 2, 1573), which cauged the death of thousands of Huguenots, among them Adwiral Coligny, ‘Ils wmasacre Is yald by ne Cutholles to hava been provoked iy the news of a similar plot on the aide of the Tustenate, but this is doubted by many, belleved hy the few, ‘The reign of Louls XIV, was tho scene of many atrugales with the Huguenots, whose. wo ip wis prohibled on pain of death, and Tawless soldiers were quartered on Protes- tant funifies to eal up thott substance hy de- fuultof their converston. ‘No loss than tive hundred thousand porsons fled from their nalive country and curried their wealth and mamtfacturlng ski Into England, Holland, and Germany. Many of these parsaauted people also found refuge in Ameren, and imgny herishert aus Ing the wars which fallowed.” And now we ace tho Protestant religion firmly established In tha Jending countries of the globe, ant the faith of some of the best and most learned men of Uta Inter nges, and it Is very diMeult for us to -renlize that thera “was a tina when those who followed these generators of 80 Rrent alight should have suffered such trins {n followin what, secorthi to the best of thelr knowl- edge ant belief, was the truo worship, And now Lam afraid [have already writ. ten too much on this uninteresting tople, but. my pen, like my tongue, when once started aldo stops soon. Sitenes Wordsworth, I_hardly know how tu sympathize with you, for Loin more of a trouble to my brother than he js tome; but THke you, and wish you Ived In Rockford that Linight wet acquainted with you. Chat, why are you silent so long? Grandin Old- ways, Lean't think of anything pretty to say to you, only T think you must ba ond of tho nicest, best “grandinas” thatever lived. Mi nerva Reeamter, Lam yery glad yoweorrected that sweeping assertion of Ivy Ook, and handled ft so effectually, for it was very un jst to the rieh, ag you say. ‘Twitter, are you frightened into silence by your letter stray- ing into ‘Tne Trinuxe?) You shoul try nmin, for pave letter was so Juteresting that Linn gure Lwould like tu, read some more from the Same pen, and Lthink others would, Lntn® New LEARN A: TRADE. SOUND ADVICE TO BOYS. ‘To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, lor Sprinas, Ark, Feb.,°9%—When the young Lieutenant called on Gent. Sherman to ask him for his daughter's hand in mare riage, smart old Tecumseh turned sharply upon hin withthe question; “ What can you du?” “Take an engine apart aud put Ittogether asain,” promptly responded tho limb military. “You are the boy forme,” said the General, as hie made the young couple. happy by banding the Licutennnt over io “Min? for sufe-keeping, A wise father this, say you. ‘There can be no doubt of -tt, Having iulrendy nssured hhugelf of the moral character of the applicant of those traits,—L mean, which haye ioe signifleance than the formal standard necessary to admission to the tary Academy; In other words, | having found = ou who the man ty who is a suitor for his daughtor’s hand, he follows up his inquiries with the question which lings burdened the heart of many an anxions parent, What ean hedo? Many Unousands of the young men of the period, witha dextrous throw of the feather end of a dyed mugtacheover thelr first, Anger, wotdd have straightened tp, aud with another churacteristic inanipulation of the index Hnger informed the General of the urmy to “walt n few yenrs and seo what £ ean do. But, O my reader, how widely separate Is the yout man who explains con- fidently and at once what he enn netitally do now from the ather fellow, who stares fate and many 2 not over-cautious papa in the Tues througl an eye-gluss with never so muted as hatf an ldes ag to how ho Is to get on in the world further than he fancies himself just elegant in the hoslery department of some “store? or dol BOnICLNE “Tight and genteel” In tho cnivasstig business, Now, L have in my mids eye the many: thousands of bright boys who snatch tho news damp from tho, press with a zest rivaling that of the munities of the Stock Board. ‘To the hoys of The Home, thorefore, one aud alls Cut loose: from, the erowd; burn the bridges behind yous be quite sure of the kind of talent which God has given you, then go with a quiet but detemntned purpose, and a high resolve, and fearn a trad Yes, learn a trate, “Work fora ving!” snys iny boy with ni eroni, “Oh,” says Iain, symputhetleatly: and papa, who has been a good worker fi his day, but who allows himself to drift with the current, =p sits in silent acqulescence with the general repugnance, To many an unwise parent nothing to do and an ever-present breeches-leg full of sov- erelzns is the bright partienlar itopia whieh they hope, by n fortunate marrige or other hooks or érvok, muy be their children’s por- jon, Let us hetp our children and ourselves to overcome this aversion to the trades, ‘The avenues to distinction and wealth are as wany, ns easy of access, and are really more aitractivedn the arts and applied sciences: than nre those of mere professional Ilfes and, inany view, are eortainly inore deslrable than the meagre livings available to those who spend thelr Jives among haberdashery and kindred ovctpations. “ho educated artisan is tho coming man, It isthe boy who, not neglectful of his hooks, tales Kindly to his bench and becomes, through g faithful apprenticeship, the cun- ning workman, who will become the future Suverlutendent and President of manifold and diverse manufacturing interests, ‘This Is the Iron age, and blessud is tho child who shall fear not to. grapple with the metals in the rough and compel them to con- form to the needs of the race which In this day and generation amd in this our native Jand je reallzing the highest hopes of our ely- zation. Boysof The Tome! what will be your answer when, at 21, you are confronted with the question, ‘*Whal ean you do?” Dio. —— MISCELLANEOUS. A BUQGESTION TO SCIOOT-GINTS, ‘To the Editor of Ths Chicago Tribune, AvrLiron, Wis, Feb. 5,—I may bo mis- taken,—T ain very apt to be,—but It cortalnly seems to that some of our contributors think that the mora {mportant qualifications of a good writer are readiness in writing and a fine style of composition, These are, yery {miportant attributes, lt Ja true; but, then, if the writer hasn’t anything of Importance to say, What do they amount to? In my, opine fon, not mitch. To be a good writer one nitst have, fn addition, experience, observa- ton, and jud tat Let us not elog the reader's mental stomach with useless words, ‘To young students who have to write com- poxitions L would say, It Is a good flea to irst read several thnes over some article that pleases you, thon tay It aside and writa out the ideas, clothing them iu your own words, without referring to the printed page, ‘Tho hoy or girl who hag energy enough to do this will be capable of vary! ne the oxerelsa In nay ways, and by se dolng will make it more Interesting aid profitable, Tine Asrs. ; ATOMIZENS, Tu the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, Even, Minn, Feb, 6.—Well, The Home ls not made up of recipes entirely, and Lam glad of it, for thore ts something In this world. to be considered bestde our food, although soa of course, is a necessary part of our Ily- ine, : Won't’ some of the pble wrlters of this household tell us something about decorat-< ing our homes,—not by sponding money ex- tnivaguntly for decoration, but some simple ways: ae imaking our homes brighter and cozler Wil somo reader please tell me how I can cover a sitll splint-bottamed chalr so that It may be made attractive and pretty foro “blue room?? tian child's chair, and ono Tyalue for its age and comfort In sown ‘To the Sulferer from ehroule sore-thront I will ave, aromedy which I think will help her. First, proente a_steam atomizer, the vost of which 1s wbout 85; in the mediviie- cup, Which Is attached to the atomizer, plice solution of commen baking-soda and water, taking care that the soda is thorowmtuy: dis- solved before usu the atomizer, as the tubes of gluss through which the steam pisses are very small and easily stopped up. These atoinizers I know to be good, ag £ hive uso, them for ull sorts of throat ae and they guve relief where other treatment failed, It you try this roniuily often, say a Humber of Thies & day, you whl be pleased with tho re- sulle, Ifthe diMloulty in breathing Is caused by caturrh, this sameatomizer hus an attachment’ for that yery trouble, FLORENCE. + pupDiNas, ETC, ‘Tu the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, Avnona, Hi, dan. 2,—Imagine my sure prise, kind frlonds, upon reading gu artlele In Saturday's issue from one who feels quite well acquainted with all of The ome band, with this question: “Where ty Susan Nip-. ver who used to write such funny letters on matrimony ? y - : Now, of all things, to be accused of writ- i ing on tat subject arouses wy dust indigna- tlon of thi me. If histor! 4 i 4 lifters ton, 1, who baye kept still durksg all tho | tn our day about tha eanse RO nineh threesome tlyeusstons on matrimony, divorces, | that Prietell War, Whne, efi tt wns ot ete} who never meddle in polities or female [would be written about the sane If men suffrage, but Just stay at home Ik any neal’ ten for 200 or BOO yenra after, undp Wats won, Working dilgently week In and | cared to malo a Feeord or valued it He week out, trying fo bo like that good wontt | inde. Cam ao praetionl that it is tiny hae Mt Solomon .tells uy about isiny reward, Well, I tute that worthy example any longer, bt shill spenk right out In meeting every Une witer this. ‘ Now, ‘Twitter, inke tt all buck, your old some ong else you referred ta, Forty Years, have you ever taught school? Tt seeins ns though you wore anold aeqialnt= ances but perliaps Dam mistaken. Lwant to give my reeipe For plom-buddliig, y I omit the brandy and think you wou! Tardly amiss it: Hatt pound of beef sitet chopped yery fine, stone and ehop one pond of raisins, Wash and plek free from grit one pound of currants; soak hall of a six pint of intlk, When It has taken up all of the milk, add and suet with two CEEN, ONO Yablespoontut of sugar, one nite Boll four hours, turn- ly to prevent burning, of butter atlrred taneream, half pound of white or penny loaf of bread In one the raisins, currants, wep, and a Httle s ing the bag freq! For saitee one-quarter of a pound powdered loaf sugar. Poarally -house Keoper, I do not agree with F that Graham gems cun be made Ighi with s ply mince and tour, Ay my reclpe: An the thirty-lrat: chupter of Provetha; aud, to think that this dlon’t Intend to tml. Took up papers ind be convineed Uint it was for me to Accept the Interprelatl ssible tho nythotonleal works ns” nytt Hy of shirewe sucess at “what the snes, but e Atadiea to 6 true like nou penn telling? fortune by the arrangement of tea, HOU he amaianirtcr ‘o say Nothing about the age o: vi or the creation of man and mea ae oth “old Sarplnty” Tam often asking mye! about that “apple tree” In the inldst o ‘w Biuiden, Wiiat waa the treo planted or created qt tt for 0 purpose, elsn y for? Arudputneatty Ly) would have been In yainy nov having t |) planted In vain, thon wo are forced ty | eluvia that tho frit was for tho very yee s] and Adam put it to. They were tunieiy and Ignorant, no doubt, beenuse they it not know, guod from evil, Some one alle “Where tznorinee Js hiss 'tls fully wig wise”? But was [t fitinitly better to Know is fond or evil, than to he slupte ay nt ehildren forever? By vathyg of the helr eyes were opened enough toctiquee between tho good and bads no harm in thats beshles God, in connell among Tig tussuclaes’ says, * Behotl they have become ng one at Knowing good froin evil’ It hs no sth tobe t femptet provided the tempter fally tu jt 3] design, and the strength of the temptation, One pintof sour milk, hal€ pint of Graham | the sure of virtie, Who dare sav Hour, two lnrge spoonfuls of moltases to teas | know good from evil ts ain? ee aly ata spoonful of soda, 0 Httle salt, bake in wf no evils, nolther would thera be gout te quick oven, iss one cannot be without tho other, Is Itwrone Florence, ten and coffeo stains can. bo | to conclude that the said “sour-apple tree ensily removed from table linen by souking in tepld water and then washing trough be- fot water will remove frultstalus, but It only makes the former fore using. soap. brighter, Susan Nivpen. INHALATION, ‘To the Editor of Tho Chicago Tribune, Cincaao, Feb. 11,—Aftera silence of nearly two years, [ once more present tiyself to ‘The Home,—this time in the capavity of medleal adviser, I wish more partleularty to maki few observations upon tnlulation and, the letter by Essex in the Issue of Web. 7 Judursing all that Essex says concorning the princtple of inhalation, I will go further and say that itty the only rational treatment for disenses of the throat and lungs of a loen! character, siele as tnilammuation ura ocal and cannot be effectually reached by remedies administered through subject of Inhalation fy receiviny tion overy day, and every day new discoveries anil ideas. becoming more satisfactory atter every tri declan who wild dubles without nt least the ald haler will bo classed with the “has beens? So much forinhulation as a means of medi- catlon; but Ltake quite opposlt grounds to Essex regardbig the manner of inhaling. 1 nm flatly opposed to the uso of the steam ine hiter (or the inhalation of steam, medleated or otherwise) as a general femedy indiseases: of the alr-passages, iv ehronie charaet particularly if of on ing ine hed, but to them only, Es- sex cannot deny that the © best steam inhaler is “tho huproved steam atomizer, aud the experiments L have wits nessed with this instrument have been. any- thing but encouraging. ‘Tho fault Hes in the fact that the steam relaxes all the tissues, piticous membrane, ete, and, as Jssex says, fivees great senso of relief, but the firs reath of ale inhaled not impregnated with this stern produces nh grentey cones tion of the parts than existed before, ‘The conunon atmosphere being so much coliler than the steamed alr, it produces about the effect wo would expect if a person dripply with bersplration should be suddenly placed without clothing at the northwest, crate ie nhialn- tion must be of medieateéd air of n tempern- ture not varying from that surrounding the pittent. ‘This can be accomplished elther by the hand, spray or by medicated yalatile conveylng hy means a Cul the house Ina January srow-storm. Hautds, which act us Paeklonas the medicines to the diseased parts ofantnhaler, aA slple ong can triveil ut home fur 25 cents or less, = SQ Lavius. LET THEMEN SMOKE, To the Euitor of ‘The Chicaga Tribune, Oconomowoc, Wis., hag been to me this winter. Awny from home and tho friends of my girlhood, [have been the least little bit homesick, Feeling to-day Ike a Httle chat with you all, Lam go- Ing to venture In, Can you find some little nook for me? Vil try and’ not say naughty things, but will be very good, , Please don't put mo out. Tow 1 enjoyed your racy letters, and Ianghed at Frank Cushing, the cynle (besure, friends, he’s been awfully disappointed, It eut hin deep, but “'Limo cures all things,—even love”), Allow me to say a word in favor of the use of that weed whieh you all condemn s¢ viz.3 tobneco, of tho mucous membranes lining tho alr-passages and polnonars:consimntion, Thesentfections the stomach, One might ag wellgive an alterative tu the stomach with the valn hope that, it would remove an ingrowlne tocenalt. ‘The hore atten- rings forth ‘The results are 1] J@st sntisiled with and the thae is not far distant when any resume ta trent these of the Ine er, insome forms of nente troubles It may be serviceable to pationts ly- Feb. 3-1 wish I could.tull you all whata eomfort ‘Lhe Home Why Is tt that tobacco tho same category ns drinking ? naman may be an inveternte smoker was 0 blessing, and brought virtue as y wo, or the skeleton In your and ever shots closet? As I failed to ntnannieerysdtt when Tenn fn, allow ine to be yours, oes rN NTY, TIE TRIALS OF LIFE, Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Cineaqo, Feb, 8—Iavlug been alinost a constant reader of The Iome for the jut' three years, L havé learned to antlelpate tig | arrivals with no sinall degree of pleasure, It ts to mo a very desirable pastine, this social Interchange of thought ond silent communion with our fellow-mortals; and ty Inagination I have often pletured to mny inind, after perusing the several letters of 1 | the happy Hon elrele, the faces and fonng of each one of them, and fancied L saw them gathered around their own lappy firesties, and the chord of sympathy and wilson 1 | seemed to vibrate nnew, It seoms to me that the free mingtingof the soul’s asplrations are the most enjoyable of life's social plensiires, Life is 0 mystery, We aro creatures of tho passing moment, constantly fed and Jed on by the fever of excitement. We are ~ never what the — present moment words us, but are ever anxiouslyon the wateh for some future enjoyment, it wo would ba content with tho present, and what It gives us, we should many of us be far hay pler than we now are, But we are ever over. looking the present and reaching Into the future for happliess, Only to-morrow, or next week, or next year, aud then we shall beso happy, and, like the ** will-o'-the-wisy,” it Is ever just herond ourreneh, and stile y | nrelured on, The antleipations of this tifa far exeved in richness the realizations. Even if we are allowed to possess some long-coy- oted treastire, how quickly its beauty and worth vanishes when we ‘find we have its n | 8018 possesston } ‘The lovellest rosa when taken from its parent stem soon withers and dies, and, how eyer beautiful lt may bo, we must come jn closa contact with Its thorna to possess It, This Ife. isn mixturo of roses and thorns, pleasures and sorrows, sunshiiv L] and stindows, daylight and darkness, And hew many have spent the most of their lives hefore they live learned how to live. [have tasted of the picnsurer of Jife, surrounded with n home of luxury and fond friends, and Thave also tasted bitterly: of tho cup of gor- row. It seems to me that 1 haye lived to Jearn how much the heart can bear, but I have felt in my deep and sudden afliction, if 1 had no other source of consolation than this world could give me with all its pleas: ures, It would bo mungre Indeed. Whens few nonths ago Lanw the fairest flower of my fireside snatched from my fond embrace, i the ‘full bloom of its youth and beauty, one that I lind so tenderly and lovingly watched for tho past twenty years and who was almost my sole som muntor fn the dally walks of fife, I felt moved to says “or have lived to aufler now that it bs fg to live, and TF feel that it 1s not all of death todies that this lf, if Improved as it should be, is only the begins | ning of a beautiful and 0 lovely ternal life, and tin entrance to a home where all wilt be perfect loye and, holy communion forever more, I feel that my lost loved ono is as 8 Denutiful star in that ILeaven for mg to ever gaze upon while T remain here, and that [ now have one who is waiting and watching for moat the golden gute of that heavenly , | eitys that the Journey of this life will soon bo ended, and'wo shall arrive at. the Frat station of rest Just beyond. the banks of that beautiful river where our loved ones will bo waiting to meet 9, and our longing spirits will be satistica when wo shall beliold our Savlor in all of His transcendent glory, at see fice to face those dear loved ones of whom we have read and thought so much >) about. As gold fs purified by fire, so must our hearts be tried In the furtiace of afitietlon that we may be cleansed and made wiilte os snow, UTS 5 and chewer and yet not drink. Working- Bee, whowe letter fdutre execudingly, says; LINCOLN’S BOYHOOD. ‘All tobaceo-chewers do not dritk,, bit I have yot to hear of a drinker who does not chow tobacco, and who dld not learn the habit first.” Lhave heard of several, and haye one ease at hand, [think many wives lead thetr hus- bands to dyink by not permitting thom to It isa habit whieh If sinoke In their homes, indulged in mnodgritiely har. ‘The late Dre Pa {ured the health, ‘thing is injurloug, If aman does noth worse than smoke, Lo say 'tis all right, and sinokes her clgaret white her husbane enjoys his pips or elgar; ltls solld comfort for hoth, iy ly for iy part, love the odor of a goodelgar, and ipe hath tts chars for me, Glye even ip the mon their tobneco; and soothes many a ruffled and. reats munya inn tired ont with when they were a throat and diteutty ty Brot reat relief if they will take a bott uarrel, ‘Then heat a knltting-needle re sinoke. Rathor a hurd soo andtenicient, feaspuontal of salt, Ina ten-cup of hot water, Lot Yt stand for halt wel Linus tho romedy tH tho throat is cures}, OL. THAT APPLE-TREE, ‘To the Editor of Ths Chlcago Tribune, Moraine, I, Feb, 4—An association of porsons In one fold or. under one roof may be mankind are brothors go long 3 thoy properly conduct themselves, so without formality I yenture Into Tho home of Tux. Tiunuxe without reference,—if I*do not behave 1 expect to be termed op home, As all aunt to some rofuge other than this. Without burating In witha shout or halloo, allow mo to say by sharing In the conversa- tion, pence aud ‘good-wiL Ament I could not welldo without The Home, nor its Ht eunnot io tho lost wrks, af England, in anarticle, says he has yet to hear or see an authentic account where tobaeco really In- An excessive uso of ay: Hig know of a little Indy who sits of an, ovautny oi its in comfort to them ‘While women cannot understand, ten 1 vhs day’s work, {don’t wonder that the Indinns, taking © peiee-treaty, amoked uplpe, It ts a good way of settllng person aftiicted with a chronic. sore ean dlad je and put four tenspoonfuls of cayenne pepper in it hot, put. in the bottle, stir in the pepper, and Inhale the reinaidy, but very: Also for wsore throat: ake one tenspoontul of enyennye pepper, One an hour, ‘Then stir, aud tuko one teaspoonful and gargle tho throut . Do so several thes a day, aud eon- Once Angels wore sent from Heaven ‘To sy to the seulptor Fate, “ You've forgotten the lines of bofuty Jn your Worn; rt It's not too lato Totanch with your vkllfu) chisel Whose dep, supertluous Hines, And work with saintly patience ‘TI tho face shill grow divine.” ‘Tho sculptor gazed on tho atatuo, Rough-hewn—thon hls chisel lot falls “J have loved thia rudo worl," he whispered} * But now J must spoil ita! ‘The hand that guided tho chisel Htrayed lovingly aver tho face, ‘TH tho Sleep-Angal touched tho artiat With a silent kiss of grace.” ‘Thon down from tho shining Heavens Came a white-wliged Angel band, And suid, “ Whily his gout js sleeping, We'll bless Huai of his hand,” Then Purity st pot nnd Klasedd It, Aud Grace 1s brow did entwine, Wisdom and Truth breathed on ft aAnd tho rough work boexme divino, Gnanz Pang, WL, Mus. 0, B, Hewett ee Embargo on the Telophone London Ruttway News, Jun, 2. Tho Raton telephone. Company iid made are rungomienta with the proprictors of tho Tima for tranginission af messages between be House of Conmmona and Pritting-House Square: tt He a howover, that the Post-Oflice author ities have notified the niianger of the Telephoto Company that the armmngement 1s nat fegal ie .asiiuch od tha Post-Oiliee possesses the lee righta for such trangmlsson throughout wo reat, ‘Tho matter involves a nice polnt of liv, and the courte will shortly have to decile whether or uot the tise af tho teluphano can be viiined asain exclusive right by tho Guyver: ment. Whon Parliament was asked to sanctio the purchase of the telograph fiterests, st ive contended that tho trasmalssfon of a iessaz0 id telegraph must bo condldered avs urtlogous 1 tho trininlssion of lottors through the posts |. fact. 0 telexram wad ta bo considered its nothing teas than wi open lottor, At tis date nothing wits hound or dreamed of in regard 0 the tele phone, ‘The Kdison Company: nerar Jnnuglnes ho posaibility of Interference, It his takes everybody by wurpriae that the Post-Ulllce ae thorliles Jook upon the toluphone as nr ment on a patent right. Sir William Thompse) the Inventor of tho ¢lectriy Solegrate ane) uierstand, given his opliton adverse tot held by the huthoritics ut St, Murtin'a-lesGr aur and it fe furthormore statod thet sir Will Wweupported in hldeplilon by all: whose nam mink igh in the profosston, ale ‘The Postinuster-Generat will, no doubls i cover soon thut bile viows re fount, {ners and the omburgo at prosont lle on rs poone, will prove of short durution. Meantin's mantse geri? he Unexpected interference muy gard beets. erary, sclenttile, domestic, or any of its do- Me Ne Oe? aie ee ee unty Gall? partments. Among the sharp sayings by so yiany of your correspondents, Working Beo for sets me to thinking, Jor letter, printed Jan, at. ls charming. She wants girls to just “plich inand writt upon that exuuisit ting iy made up of brass, broadcloth, vte., whiel hocks the namy of mun,"—ond so say I Pitch In. Now about that flirtation of Evo's with the—snuke, [don’t bellove thore was a Airtatlon, eapecially of the kind spoken of by Chat, Seems too much Uke a stretch of the TO fon, & wish,—the “wish father to the thought.” Sesms os much a myth as the literal meaning aliven to the Masato recount of the creatlon belleved in by somuny.- It we were to ask the bookseller forah story of the late Rabelllon, we would be shown histories by A,B, C, ete, —disag ing, too, in many very important particu. jan,—weitton fy the full de of learning sud letters, not hleroglyplilcs—at the Une, aye, onthe ground, when aud where the events transplred, oven also In our own récollec- Pete betweon thelr oflices und_ workshops oF {0 Hors scains na anulogy betweal! toe trinanusston by letter or telegram and theme Imagined by Mr. Edison, doaanyes by telephund must of nuceasity, bo delivered vive VCr iy: the dletates of common sonse would seeming by adverse to the demand thut mosses, OF. nature should be monopolized by the F eareaty ter-Goncrul. ‘Tho act of Parllumnent, by Mot of which the teluy raph wis Cranaferred con Governinent, i2 silent on tho mubject of con ng jo human vatee. Apeukiug-tubes Wer exidtence ot that period; they have nover a interfered with, ‘he rele ong fa mercy ie improved system of spuuking-tubes, Aveo xe the conventence of sonimunicating viva vey and suroly nu act of Parliament ood bere 1 wunder 60 us te control speaklug-t —— Brnatvony, Ont. Aug. 1 asp —stavlog Be came almost Sattroly cured of cxtrenme, Ht ‘ul through the use of Fellows' Compound ih ach Hypophosphites, I feel it but just to pub he on record. My Gisy bad resisted all vite Tp elu ut, BUCCUILI 0 three bottles et 5 Hypophosphitea, Cus. HL, ROBENISUS