Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 13, 1880, Page 12

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, MARCII 13, 1880—TWELVE PAGES. THE TOME. low the Kitchen-Garden School Is Progressing. Somo Original Thoughts About Hopo Prettily Expressed by Chat. Farther Views Concerning Selfshness hy a Merry, Merry Malden. Grandma Oldways on tho Necessity of Teaching Girls Useful Things, The Puzzle of Life Expatiated Upon by a Man : In Michigan. Miscellaneous Contributions on Various Topics. HELLOTROPE. ‘The alr ts heavy with perfume Which circles with daiutiest clasps The weary and fevered forehead That's teeming with thoughts of the Past— “Till tho touch like the brenth of Angel ‘Woos the mind to a rapturous scene, ‘Whon porfume, and ead, low inusio Proluded a muddening dream, Again comcs the wild pulsation, And the gates of Paradiso ope— (B’en now, fs not heard the lnughter Of the foo and slayer of Hope)— ‘The glorious eyes uro lifted, And gleam with 4 magical ray— Oh! witehing beauty enthralling! Oh, Jove! that endures but a day! More denso grows the ntr sind weter, And tho wind, with tremulous haste, viows the wrecks of n beautiful kingdom Alt desolate and gono to waste. ere the crumbled tower of Manhood, aind Faith lying low in tho dusts While blackened and scorched with heating Aro Truth, and the tomple of ‘Trust. Away with the orucl fowors ‘That tartare my soul on the rack! Away with the mocking mem'ries ‘Of the Joys that can never come back] The heart, when dead, 1s no Phmutx - To rise In ite freshness again; For tho pyres of life nro its reins, And the memories that cover them, Dianoxp Lake, Feb. 1, 1880, LEtnga. . THE LETTER-BOX. ‘Thoro nre letters, papers, and postal-enrds nt this oftice for the persons whoso names appear velow, Those living outof the city should send thelr address and 2 thrce-cent stamp, upon re- celptof which thelr mafl will be forwarded, Kesklents of Chicago can obtain thetr tall by enlllng nt Roown 36 Tripuns Building: “Reader, Mailge. Constant Reader, Rurty Yenra. Bnow Shoes, W, M. Tomlinson. ina Fatho Mountaln Home, THE HOME CLUL. SECRETARY'S LATTE. TM the Editor of The chicago Tribune. Chicago, Mareh 11.—Tne regelar monthly meeting of Tur Trmuxe Home Club was held at the Tremont House Wednesday, Mureh 10, Grandina Oldways in the chair. A large amount of business relative to the Kitehen-Ganien Bchool was disposed of, and the Indies congratu- Jated thomecives on being favored with auch a beautiful day for the meeting. Although the amrouncement failed to make its appearance tn the Inst Hume, on account of he- Jog inteusted to the mails, there was 1 good turnout, and tho tine was ‘both usefully: and plensantly occapled, Several of the members who had been un. tha siek-lst for some timo inade thelr appearance again, snd wore happlly reeelved. Altogether It was a pleasant. seen Dingn, aiid ie ix to be hoped that mueh good may, reaultfrom it in regard to tho future wellury of the sghool. ‘Che sessions are held as neal nt % South Des- street, commeanelng At Tt o'clock i. im. ery Saturday, They will continue in operi- tion ue thit polut until vacation, duriag which season miperhuman efforts will he pt forth to pltce the work on at firm and lasting foundation, Tht xball sted os mnonmment fo the energy and persoyerance of the pioneers ins the field, The mbcting then udjourned wall Apel M4, LENA, Corresponding Secretary, HOPE. A QUREN AND HIEIt REALM, tor of The Viteago Tribune, 81 s.. March &.—1 belleve in fulries. And Lani sure Hope in Fairy Queen, and fives ina beautiful silvery cloud; that she Is clothod. in rocy mists, shis on a gol throve, her merry, dancing fect resting on a diamond footstool,and her reeptro a faugh transformed Into a magle wand; that the curtains and ennopy around and abovo'ber ure eatiyht back with cums that once wero teurs trembiing on the lashes of humunity that ber smiles touched and changed Inte biaz- ing stara; and that the woof and warp of those curtains and the canopy are made vf the noan- day brightness and splendor through which spurkle aud Hash the ushed glory of the morn ing. and tho shifting, changlag radiance of the sunset. And £ beteve the lovely clouds are only the palices of Mupe, and that the falries who live Ut u Hi; Dy 4H nN patty here and q co 1 reat white cloud Glow there, and idly drifting about ws if it didwe have anything to do but enjoy Hself. And sometines Aho murgingef these palaces are ddinined with golden light, aud we say it Js the gilding of the sussbing, Hit don't chink any auch a thing, think it 4s ouly at break tn the Clouds where the Tight from within stiines: throng, and that nu whero on land of sen ean be found a ight which can compare with that which shines from the oyesof Hope, And] belleve all the projections and murged edges of these cluuda—those waniler- iy navies on n fathumless nnd honnidicss Ken— ure Just porticos, plazss, and cupolus whore the foirles sit, and climb, aud watch what we are do- ing. And Lam suro Howe falry mesaongers that ride on crystal ralndrops doin te earth are all artists, nod overy artist is a mnstor, and gong thoy sing or piuture they palnt 14 gen that giittors along ‘the pathway of humanity. And tho songs and pletures are free to wll, for they Hoatamtd the clouds, peep fram ever ng Hower, sling among thy waves, hugh on th winds, light the durkuesa, and mike todty ha py by Toveuling what Joy the torrow may bring, "To the xirl they show her lover, a plumed Jenight, elud dn tho sparkling armor of purity and goodness, Jolned togethor with the unyicldin wings of honur and juste, and embroidered with tho golden thrends of love, For thu wits ormother of untdnd husband or drunke thoy paint the beayenly: picture, at repor and reform, ‘Yothe Irishman, whose children weep and ery around him that tho rich may Jaugh fn luxury, thoy show at the end of a path= wuy' that renclics to strange, faraway, but tre America, in butte home that uy ony day bo higows, In tho ear of the wikhown authercss: who hus written her book, thon trembling hides itsway, they whisper tit itis Aled with beau. tiful anid hupipy thoughts that, Ike xparksy shall kludlo sympathy and enthnalasin in tho hearts of the raultitude, and that hur hook, wowed aut dnto the great waters of publicity ly hur lite num de plume, shall ride high oi the wives of Popularity, ani Uke a gallant ship, laugh wt all disaster.” And then thoy bold ‘before bor dazzled oyes tho picture of 4 laurel-wreath that fun, little while shall * break into bloom upon her brow,” ‘To the hopoless captive patriot {ny the nines of Biberla they whisper sweeter words and prom= fsvs than lover our whispered in mutlden's ear, They suy that Ina litle spice uf Une Uberty sbull be unchalned and free even in Ruseity tat by and by the great thoughts of ber pacts and aiatesincn, her phifosophers and patriot, shalt Hy frre and beautiful as birds the length and Drendih of the lind, und he sees the prisons ine burred, the shnekivs un dy fear, Injurtice, sand tyrauiny paling awiy, and. freedom at - Pouce wking thelr pl who has given hla Ure even while his Hubs stiffen ey cheer thy weary achooltoy by thi aver The stubborn lessons the glamour of the ouuning Saturd: okuaws bit over the manger of tient, hungry bopio there anges sketch of a coming nutster who Is nover unk(nd, fleids that aro over green, aud a bin of ‘gate that la always overflowing? ‘To tho careworn man or woman whose own hopes and ambitions have been dend so long they are almost forgotten, Wexo pulud show the Noa begulling pictures, saying yeutly, * Not ‘or thee, but thy children,” and the anbupple nops ties aut of their eyes ‘and the castles thoy gouge builded for themselves they now bulld tor tholr Hittle once, And wherever tha gateway of death is upreared there upon its black and frowning portiils sunlles the frecat, grandest pulnting the world. over bebeld,—the “imusterpleeo uf ‘ull tmustorpicees,—tho picture of immortality; 0 ploture so beight thut doubt and despair caninos erase it, the smoke und dust of contlict cannot darken it, or blood wash Huway. A picture ine destructible, bevause Hope, ance in un ecstacy: of lov for ber subjects, descended from bur aulybty throng, threw aside ber royal robs, and pains it with colors Suet from Neayen taulf, nixed with the tears of sorrow and uxony’ end laid on with the brush of buiman tove, A And tbls pleture tut geld eunnok buy oF pow. , @ngno; willhang in every buwan beart on ns long ns tho wares of Ife ebb and flow or break sobbing on the hicke consts of denth, And totus thon, in gratitude for this pric aift, kneel nt hor feet, and, traltors and cowards though we have been, awear anew alleginnee to this queen of queens, who Js tho only xovercian that ever held her crown by right divine, whore moet faithful stiye ts the most perfect freeman, nnd whose reten began when time was a dine pled babe and shall endure until the starry hosts of heaven aro annthilated. CHAT. SELVISUNESS, MONE VIRWS ON THE SURIECS. To the Edttar of The'CMeago Tribune, BprNarixe, Tl, March 3.—Deos Orlena count herself ninony the selfish ancs in her totter dated Feb. 25? Idonot think sho has mentioned tho worst Kinds of felfishness that exist in tho world, And 1 most nesurcdly do not thine sho fs loniont enough to selfishness, Tho world {9 made upof self, and unicss we take caro of No.1wa shall all be lost in tho whitling maases of bumanity around us. It istho fctC-pevpte who make the great inen and women of the world, And by this {do not mean Orle- ne's © onan uncharitablencss and prosecutton to the bitter end," buta careful examination of everything that comes in our way, and taking tho things that will Fick most to) our advantage and good. 1s thore nny uae of being Intensely scilish and unchuritable In so dolug? “Again, C think that Orlenit's iussere tlon that “the great trouble in reforms tlon In not velng oblc ta observe the sume pe- eculiarities it ourselves which we condemn in others,” is too bread and harsh. Perhaps thore nre sume who are sy Unfortunate, but there ure many, many more who reallzo thelr untovell- ness to its fullest extent: thoy also sce tho his of loveliness to which others have climbed: and nuturally try to creach thom, too. but as they maku repented Cultures and are ns often condemned, the ambition dies a hitrd death, and they reniain in the sane old places, growing uglier and turder etch day. If any one wants to Know good way to" practico utiself- dsintesy, let then Erntranyy, commend: all tho efforta they sey mindy by thelr nssociates toda better, You will find in many instances, when doing ‘this, that the people you prise have reached wv higher position than yourself, and then will como tho selfish desire not to let thom know that you seo thoir efforts nud success, Oh! how It will tug and pull to Keep buck the cheering words. Then is tho thine ta be truly unseltish, Sone people are born selfish, and thoy can't help it any more than they can blue eyes or no. eyes nt all. Truc, they muy, by constant ene deavor, modify it in sone menstiro; but when they come ton “tight pluce” thon the “self comes out with all ifs pent-up forees redoubled, gad we be unto those who fall in tho way orvof. Do ay think, Ortenn, that it 1s merely sclfish- ean that innkes tho boy pin tho eats cure togeth- er? Is [t not aastrenk of depravity thit comes ouk sometiin and that only the kindest love and cure from a mother can destroy? There can be no necessity for putting our- selves in tho background nt all tinies, f no one would see us atall. Sometimes it may be well todo so, but it can be done in such a way that those we make way for will recognize tho fact, and that, too, without being at alt im- pollte, To the foxes lady who wants the course of studies, Ewould most emphatically say do not take up such 1 course of studies and go through with them without baying sumothing else to do, Tdon’t mean housework or sewing, but nett, everyday contact with the world. This is nut n Night of ny Imagination, but we fact learned from actual experience. "Almost two years Tgradtated from our Tigh School, arid eredit- ably, tuo, 1 was told, and, after a vacation of ‘less thin aix weeks, I sent attorney's office, and have becn ever since. L bave learned more, J’ve been in the otlice, of tho actual ups and downs of life than Lever did in all my ten years of school Ife; and if ever beeame an * {ntti ential member uf society,” auch ue the young: Indy. wishes to be which f don’t expect), tily x= perience and work down-town will do mo mero good thun did my schapting, 1 was Ike the young Indy In one reapect,—1 did not go bite tha oMee fom x peeuntiry’ necessity, Let the young Indy, (f she so dvslres, take Up a course of rendingd and carry that slong with her work, But Ef aby er her tnginit- Hs stieh hilghis and array everytalig: lors ttt when abo comes to the sho wil be av disappoluted that life will be sadder and gloamier to her than It ls to Paul B. Browne, And tf you witntun example in arithmetic, and are curious to know how old Tam, f wilt sny that [was 9% years old when t Heat atarted to Rehool, Tdid not notice watll just now that Orlenn asked tha “ principal correspondents" to write, but will trust your generosity to adit another member to your circle, Hoxry. SELY-SUPPORT. wons OF wisbost, ‘Th the Lilitur of The Chicago Trtoune. Crtcano, March 7.—Lately Leamo treross this sentiment, patinto the month of a plain old mald: * Tatp Inton Uttly common sense now and then, and it reems to ine that’s what tho world needs, There Is no inck of the uncommon Atnd, aud [t's not to be attogethordegplsed, sluce at thnes uncommon things tre given to people todo, [ut, if atl the bees In the hive thought they hid a enll te be queens, it rns in my tli thero’d be a lack of honey presently.” A tow puges furtber on she auys: “ Tabould fuse says ‘Sev hure, my friend; it ls not possible for ws all to bo rleh, whether it fs some xed, immuta ble Inw of fate, or the Inck of neevaaury ete- ments in one's charicter, of tho meeting of tho right person with the right clreumstanoes; but the fact Is thore, true ns judgment. You can be comfortabte and cleanif you have the en- ergy; and it Is better to serub your own kitehon floor, or ralse 4 bushel of potatoes, thatt to sit und whing about luck or respectability. Now aud then a rendy-mude fortune drops down pon one, und don't know but it often brings a Anyhow, what you work for you are pretty sure toenloy. Tt mukes mo mad when [ seu whealthy, hearty young won alebing for servants, phinos, imi what not, when tholr grandmothers, who hidas good blood and us Jeoud sense, did not desplve Nonest work.! ‘horn isauch more of tho sate kindof sturdy, old-fashioned, erellant thotght.—weil ten byt Awomun, too-and. Pb eonhd not help thinktng how far fappler and more peoserans this grout Nation would be if we hind dn reat tite more of this plain, reasunable, common-sense talk, and fallower its teachings. flew many of the nervous, discontented wonen and gels we all know woul have been Cresb, rosy, and hippy ff they had been bromcht up th shuplertashion, tittght to enjoy simpler ples urcs, and tomnke dally oxercieea part of thoir duily (fet How anany a wenry, discournged Husband and father, when fortune frowned, would haye taken heart agin tf he lind seen tho women of the family ready to help bin bear the burden cheerfully, aud work thoir way to a vompetence again, Vin afratd we mothers in this happy land of freedom" and equality are too anxious to seo our daughters * queen bees,” and when by dint of mueh self. it aud hurd work we have brought them to woman's extite with hands unstained by labor, and, axjs conse= quienes, with weak, undeveloped muss ure they titted for tho duttey of ‘life and’ the the * whirllglg changes Drought nbout by: OF tlhe"? They muy. be amtuble, pure, ne= complished, but are. thoy ready” or’ wit Ing to mest the homely, every-day dotuits ot Ufe? Aro thy willlng to beg’ thelr purt in the great drum i say of thole mothors did, with no capital sive houlth, hope, and love? We have urtesehools and: muste-schools, and thoy fre well for those to whom God has wiven a des eided talent for art or mites but it at girl does Hol paswway thode talent, world it hot be better ty teveh her how ta keep ‘a house Inter, fe viting orders or to ent and minke a gurmont well, than te have ber fritter away her lite ta futito attempts at sumettilug entirely beyond hor capacity? The talee ideas we have imbibed in regard to whut constitutes “respeetable work” ure xs evediugly pernicious. Woe talk a great deal nowndaya of the “dlmnity of tbor,"—which hina vn stately sound—bit do wo take ia Ita best meaning? No; wo think {t moans men and the labor of thelr bunds; ‘not that wo shoutd take our share of {t. If wo with to do our hare. in righting the extating the present, Wo ninadt ninko # honey. An honorable thing, and lve honor to tho bees sthosy pationt hibor glvoa Us so diet a peult, For what can bo aweoter than a happy 01 I belluye the only solution of the © tram: question” yall be found ty onnobling labor, x0 sthit every prison inay become ulf-supporting and so self-respecting, and thus thare will be oo leas paiiper to cumber the earth and tux tho working bees with his support. When this bo- comes universal there will he fower criminals, and so lees money will bo required to build Weivouy, support pollen, ete, All his ay sun Utopian, nad far remaved Crom the subject of ny text sentonces, but f belloye thoy are closely conticeted, and that paticnce, aud & wise, larges hearted bonoyoience could ‘at least wltigute thut grievuud peat, ft bua become quite too guuch othe fushton tn this: Western country, whieh always tecms with abundance, to sucor ut sil econatiles, and to deride those who practico them, Does itever occur to Us that thle ian sigh of snolbishness ? ‘Those we call our “bost: tamnilis Are not wwhamed to practlen thom or to huyo tho fuct, known, Thoy over taunt thelr fae cluthes in public phices; they consider sueh things ta bad, taste, and indicative of tho ostentution of law breeding, A millionuire’s wife once suid to me, “When 1 eco a worn in tho street-car dress Miko that” dndteating a pliborste costume 8) Lalas think itis the only dress If wong would only use thelr come Mematnost of thera podiees It, ont red Unites a rubbish of false ideas of ger ty if they would be brave enough to show others that thuy ttre not ashamed to stup the Uae of Wasteruinesa; 1f they would imuke voonvmy honorable, and work seem beautiful boone well dong and bringing comfort to others, then there woul) Le fower binkrupta, fewer defalen+ tlons, fower men ruined, ang More buppy homes, Uf we would only think less of our ouse and pers sonal comfort, and more of thy weary. bread: winner; Uf thore could be 9 partial return to the staple and industrivus babita of our xrand- mothers; les striving to outdress and outshine other women; if every ono of us would ander- take to mond herself and ber awn housebotd, tho World would soun be more as it Was intended inte an wi tobe.—n place whore we may learn the | which aro to fit tts for a higtor and better, G MA OLDIWAYS. sons HAD WITAT TO READ. AUGQRSTIONS NY F. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, Meakrdon, Mich,, Maret 4,—Ifow lonesome Inat, Saturday's Home Jooked! iVhere huvo atl the sistors, and aunts, and cousins gone to? Have thoy boon so decolved by tho warm weather ns to suppose it was house-clenning thine? Suroly thoy cannot all be engaged In that delightful ne- cupation, We would even bo glad torce tho brothers and uncles present rather than Tho Home shoutd bo desorted. To bo sure, Ophelin and Mittersweet were there, and sovoral othors; but tho note tho merrier, and 1 would ike to seen bigger ht in futare. Rood advico to the young Indy you speak of; but porhaps t may offer n fow words of encou! ogoment. Pouple need not feel very much discouraged {f thoy are debarred from tho privileges of tho aehool-room, for in this age of books one cin nequire real practiced! Knowledge outside of schovls and cul Heres that will serve their pure pose Just av well In this work-a-day world as the ainint ering of Icarning one gots at the ordinary: acho}, if your young friond desires to puraite a remus Jar course uf studies, Ushould think tt would be best for her to Jolt one of the soclotios dealgnedt to ald Just such as she, There are three of these, but of one T know nothin ‘The other two nro the Chautaugia Literary and Selentine Cireto and Sucicty to Kneourige Studies at ‘Tho foriner of thoso huve specint courses: each ad charge a yenrty foo of Hi ura will be bent On appien- Ho re J, H. Vincent, Platnfleld, Nod. The lntter allows the students to select nny course thoy desiro, nnd n fev of $2 Ischirged. Furthor Jnformation can be obtained by addressing Miss AE. Teknor, No. 9 Park street, Boston, Sass, Ttuke pleasure in recommending to all who feel interested in thls. aubject a Ittle book entitled, “A Contidential Chat ou Books; or, What Shail LRead?" And now Lwoukt humbly suggest that if the young lay dn question has a great Ifking for any particular branch of study, tnt she inuke a speelalty of that; orif she possesses talent for anything ict ber cultivate bat talent, Cwas rendinw somewhere, not long ngo, that one could nut become conversant with all tho great subjects in a single lifetime, and, wus best to therefore, it confine ourselves ton fow, for it was better to know ono thing well than to kno qj Uttle of many. And that with sor long life on could not read allot the best books, and, such being the case, we ouht to rend only the very best. The same nuthor added that wo otxht never to be ashnmed to say we had never read such and such it bouk, especially if it were notone of the very hest.; Loonsidercd that good advice, and took it home to my own heart. For- merty t have felt mortified when asked If I tind read sone popular book; now 1 ean say without blush that thaye not read oven Dickens, or Thackeray, ov Scott much, Bittersweet, You will forgive me, will you not, f Ido not. nyree with you In your ariswer to Topsy? Webster saya n snob is “an alfected and retentions person,” Thackeray says "a snob fs tht man or woman who Is always pretending to be something betier than they are.” Now it hardly seems to ime this appties to the question asked by ‘Topsy, Istt't there a vast diferonce in pretending to be and trying to be? FE hardly think it snobblah to try to cultivate a taste for something higher than wo aro at present capable of enfoyluy. Indeed, ft ap- pears commendable tome. Itls not appearing 10 be what we are not. Wenll know that taste may be cultivated and almost crented. Boy's usunlly delight in * blood-and-thunder” stories Would you. then, say It was snobbish for them te ¥ tu require a taste for more aalid rending? If, it be not snebibish for boys it Iy certainly: not for older people. Solld rending brings far more dellgbt, and, 1 is profitable. And ¥ will not this rite apply to other things be- sido reading? Why should we not try to nequilre. a taste for pbilowaphy, chtssieal musie, and “profundity In general’? I believe 1 detest snobbishness as heartily as any one, but Edo not consider It snobbish to try to improve oneself. Ido not think I should take much delight in Thackeray us & novelist. I might admire hit wisden and knowled«e of human nature, but. 0 should prefer ft outside of the novel, When read a mvel P rend for amuvement, and | profer areal nicg sontimentnl one, where the heroine isu angel and the hero perfection, and [want things to tlow along smoothly and In tho end lew t niarrledt, with w future of ait preme bilss before thou. If 1 ennnot have such none Td anyatall, There is plenty if holly" things in reg! Hite: plenty of blood- thrilling stories in history; and plenty of. wisdom and wit in bouka by themselves, Idon't Uke Untigs mixed, Paul Hrowne, you are not very old for 8 man, ag you any. Lim several yours your senior, which, for a woman, you will doubtless ndinit 1s quite aged, Then, with respect to my age, will foul permit mg to say thut increaslng yeurs often, ring chinges it opinion. Do hot parade yours about too freely, alice sometime you may bare toucknowledge your miatnke, However, If you ever are conylnced that yor hive been inthe wrong, da not be* “ashamed ta own ft, for | the best are somietiines mise tuken, We who bellevo in a fate ure Ufe do not need to hide our heads when you tell. us that “the wise helfeve only what scléuce es"? (forgive me [fT have. apitod wrongly, T not your letter by me}. Wo can afford to be called foollsh, when the grandest mon and women of the tges have so believed. Wo shall nodoubt keop on believing unt! science cun ‘prove that thore ds no funire, young frlond, the hest wish that Fenn lye you 4s that yourmay become foolish in thle Raine respect. Susan Nipper, I dld not expeet ovory one to ngree with ine About tho gems, Lonty atest that they give iny way a trial and then if they want to puteoda or baking-powder inte thom fam will wg. T prefer the tour of whent to that of soda, Simplo flour and water will mute them fle enough foc all peactical ptrposes, or, if tot, un ogy is far bettur than soci, F THE PUZZLE OF Libs, VW-Vi—1b Tb the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, Guany Rarins, Mich,, March 6, {840—And wo never, never cnn forget it or leave It, either one! In the happy old days, before L had all tho dif. ferent sortsof people in the world analy; Inbeled, numbered, and put away on tho shely of Experien ‘when I was ocoupled with Weil- and, Foust, and Pisander In discussing tho things which were probloms of sovial existence, our club-room cherished # pet coon, who was finally, for general good, chained In tho middle of n bare pine floor, whero he waa torribly moved with tho problem of unoccupied existence, and beguiled: his wenry tolsure by foosoning and flnnily remoy= ing a lurge knot, and thereby became iswvaro of the darkling vold between tho Hloor and the coll- {ng of the room below; we thought nt the time that [twas most comical to sve thu wise look with whiob our intelligent captive regarded thozentth while he explored tho v1 pvy through the knot- hole, frst with one fore leg, then with the othor ia nid leas, which wero the longer, slternit M1 the time loukfig ws it he had found the repository of ult the secrets of Nie while, tie Sact wis ho couldn't rench any- sity wt atl “Ul came, and Welland, nnd Foust, and Pisand- or, and Divdalus wont thelr ways and tet no more for iiny years—thore was u Kood deal of golug to and fro in the United States of America in the yenrs from ‘61 to ‘5, If Lf remember right- ly—more went thin came—brave boys wore theyl—but thilly we suw eve other, und muonned up all odr wisdom tn likening the hue insu rice to the ‘coon and the aperture leading Jato an alighted void—and some way it was fot soumusing to te nw in yours pis tine son with ts {fancy tho most of us would be vettar pleased if the Unknows were not quite x0. wholly vucant, unlighted, and unknowable—it wo wore not all of ua revehing 80 blindly for wledge Where HO ONL over yet found ny thing, Dut this is precisely tho problem of oxistence, Drondly considered: to seek we know not whit, and to find night. All philosuphers of all races have decided the svarch prolttess, and the toll absolutely wasted, Yet overy human intellegt perputailly asks, What, why, and where? and recel¥on for its solu. roply’ the aivful sitence of the universe, And How coinen tho nuver-to-bo-forgotion Demon of Utica, tenxued with Santhlas, and pro ceeds to tien tile most) profoundly pathetic of All human finpulies—tho ‘search for knowledye of the unknowable—inte coin of the realin Anrough the woumiauly innovont agency of & pastebourd box and fifteen bits of woud, 14,18, 14 Lots of folks think [t something new, Jn tact, itdates back to the tline when Kye was tho Anating committee at the pomulogteal oxposi= don on tho bunks of tho Ruphrates, And it hus been ali ry present from that tineto The Home of, Maren 4, 160, First, Made, who asks two chariniugly atinple questions: When can # wonan of soctal position ignore soclat position and retain tho approval of socluty? and, next, Whon can woman be {ree wo don tnan's work? ‘Tho answers are evident; Jt is the ease of tho door opened inte durkuoss and vacaney,—the Dlocks stand Ti, 15, 14, Noxt, Florian Arcane, with such a plenitude of words and panelty of ideas that Lrentiy Cour Tam spenking lightly of a womnn's thaights, loses cunsclouriinsa in tho valn aticmpe to grasp: ginptingns, and is tuin to justify tha reaultunt SI." with the remark © that tiny ts leet. ing," which should hgve boen prefuced with the truth made ao palufully evident: by” Fluriau's pies otter that" Articunces fy somotines too jung. Aunt Fanny, baving been Hl, and still being wenk, shirks the protlom, quotes ‘Thoreau ape provingly, and declares’ we: worry, too much aboutnothing, Aunt Funny ie right: but as boon a8 she tually recovers her vigor slo wil wit down to her blocks ugahiand give us the Invari+ able 15, 14, like ull the rest of tho unwise ruce, Thon Fern Loat—gentlest spirit of all Tho Home—comes with « pathotio letter, saying the saddest of wil the words of human tongues and pons, not that good fa, bus that for all ile aud wit privations, und all velfdenlals, we may aud should seek and find compensations, ‘That tho munnitle of churty must ever cover sin, and thas far lead, Instead of more, Hes thy: ase, happie nest, Ah, Fern Leaf, your boutly teads toto evll of the anchorite und tho ‘extinction of ambldyn, and the death of the racu-and tho Orlena, I do Hot know that Lenn give any very” duty of nbnegation becomes first in tho ¢ man only when his powers of achlovem wane, Next Working Bee, clad in homely brown, soxinas, and with hor ranking sting in expttal working order, pounces down upon innnkind and Sir Walter Hawleigh's gentle Virgiaian herls with a delightful pertinenco of Mlustratton, Rortion. argument, and fact, only to be equaled by my estcemed friend ‘ot Muskegon. AQ, If Fy and Working Beo conld only be induced ta take turns bonding each other for bout for werks, nud Hye on what thoy cooked for enc! othor, whit a tame pile of innn-caters thoy would become! Just let me aay a word to you, iny dear industrious buzzing Inscut, about to diecu. First, do you, or lid you ever, tise It, pers sonally?: Cito use it, and consider it decktedly conducive to my own happiness and well being. Do you tao tea orcoifeu? Ter, cotfee, and tor Uneeo are moro nearly akin in thelr effects upon the | nervous” system than an other three of the nerve-soothora Inegely used, If you do uso tea or coffee, you want to quit bee fore you my one word about totueco, Again, the implied fact that nll the men of your ace quaintanco are fl-bred brutes, | and—and—t hardly know how. to aay [t—baptlee hot atoves with nicotinized aullyn in your presenee, simply indicates that yourire familiar with a towetluniy Jot, whorn (t were well tocut immedintely, Thero aro diferent ways of smoking and vhowlng to- baveo, I know many. nice xlrls who smoke 0 elynret, and are charming while so smoking, There nre tntny ministers who dellyer words of grneions promiso all the more accu ably for the diminutive “ehow" uyubtrusively loented tn one check: and [ make beld to say that the age sertion that tobnece ty not a true food cannot be sustained at all, and that thore Is in polit of fet every proof that tobacco is of value tothe hum hu rectly usa food, Aud serfonsis, Workin Bee, | enn’t for the life of me see why you should think the heathen more probably licirs to bliss e writer who enn bulld such a clause * flesh, Which Isniah declares to be equal Jy abominable with mice.” Vin very sure for my part Pnever heard of n dish of pork garnished with wtcortull. Perhaps that Is not what you mean, however. By a rathor odd coineltenee Ida Prop and Agatha ure also in the list of those who nssert that the only way out of a social wrong fs to ine slat forever that It is the best thing posslbl that fs to say, Chat the numbers are curroctly are ranged, no nutter how they stand, Thodellente satire concealed so aiiitully in, tho upt remark of Ida te Hrank will excuse much, but ig not sulllelent to prove that old maids aro always or ever happy and aatisttedt. ‘The melancholy flat is nearly complete,—onty L. FE, C. remaining with tho outrageous nasertion that the toil aid skill demanded in bookkeeping cyunt that required in honsekeeping. And to ad? to that surprisingly Incorrect assertion the Indiserotion of urginment with a lady of Cali- fornia’a-whte expericnee and knowledge of what a hose should be, L. &. C., ia something tro- mendous, ‘Tho fact of the matter {4 that not ono house inn hundred in America is kept at all, and the most of What housekecping there Is ts done by tho men. ‘The Ameriean hustind does tho mar- Kottug, orders everything for the house froma tou of conl ton ‘sernbtlng-brush, checks tho ver'sand butcher's bills, and bunts up the w girl” when tho real head of the home, tho “help,” turns the houschold over to ita own Fesources. I know of one or two houses where the hus- band does absolutely nothing except pay bills, and surprisingly moderate bills thoy are, too; where the muster of tho establishinent Is un honored guest, whose comfort and pleasure Is considered first; who can seek bome trily asa place of rest and happiness. In these homes it & needless to sny that the wife la mistress of tho situation thoroughly; that she keeps the house, und that she hits tho wide ability needed to pro- vide for tho subsistence of her little army al- ways and delightfully, and, moro than all tho rest, dues it without visible exertion. These houses are happy’ examples 13-14-15, 1 botieve, and Lan very sure that «uch a home is mora conducive to marital rectitude than all tho urades of the Working Bees, and F's, andslirick- ing sistors genorally this elde of-—-Varadise. Foury Yeans, of nit MISCELLANEOUS, QUEER QUESTIONS. To the Editor of The Chteago Tribune. Lake Stone, Mich., March %—1 would like room to nsk vA fow questions: What !8.0 good cure for gossiping ond tale- bearing, and what is the difference between thon? Whature the lawa of Michigan in re- gard to widows’ portion? Sanat TALLArERno. ROME MATUESMATICN. To the Kdltor of Tha Chteayo Tribune, Curcago, Murch 1.—Will any of tho many friends of ‘The tomo please give au answor to 1 question that Is of grent interest to me? The writer wishes to biry an aere of land and wist to have it in nsqire form. How many fo there be on a sido? ACI ONROCHETING IN RIEK, To the Pelitar of The Chicago Tribute, Cutcaco, Feb, 26,—It Is su universally the cus- tomat present, in the Iino of fancy work, to knit oud crochet silk Inte many forms and fan- clea that Cwould like the exporinneed ones of Tho Home to tell me what manttfacture and what colors of silte ure the must serviceable to uae, CALLIOPE, MIXING PAINTS, To the Editor of The Chicayo Tribune. Lakn View, Il, March May I toll Agate that Lhave mixed cobalt and enrmine for prn- sles and ninde a velvety effect? In water-color- ing wn wash of lemon yellow before putting on extrining prodiees n rich, lustrous effect. WII somebody please give it ree(pe for baking pork and benns In the Boston style? M.O. We FORT WAYNE PUDDING, Td the Fiulltor of The Chteaao Tribune. Curcano, Murch 8.—L would Uke to onter The Home, if tho conductor will aliow me, through the kltehen, Will not gomo of the kind funtily of Tho Roms plenge tell me how to make Fort Wayne pudding? lum suro you will confer—L was going to say oyerlusting obligution. tut tly rer want to know go bad that | will bu very thankful, SUNELOWER. MUBTAND, ‘To the Bilitor of The Chicago Tribune. Gnanv ltavtos, Mich., March. Some ona asked fr lust Saturday's Trinuxk for suine way to prepire inustard for tho table, Tthluk my way very utea, and will send tt. ‘Take one-half of a quarter-pound can of mus- turd, to this add 6 teaspoontitl of sigar and ones hulf teaspoonful of salt, Use the beat cider vinc- gar to wet It, and stir ton smuoth paste, When thla Is done, make it quite thin with vinegar and cook it, stirring all tho times it will thicken Hke flour puste, . When cool It is Nt foc use, Cawany ong toll mo what book of etiquot 13 tho best, aud where procured, and oblige Cunsostty, A PAINTER AND VIILOSOPNER, ‘To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. Cutcago, March 10,—Having had consider- able success in mixing palut, 1 cun toll how to get arich purplo for 4 pansy. Inoll use rosos muddder, permanent bluy,: sllver-white, and megilp. Orcarmines, porm-bluo, silver-white, and megllp, Tho Mrst I consider tho botter of the two. In water-color now blue, curmiue, and whito. Wilt Tho Homo. open its heart, “fenst of renion and flow of soul," to just one more? I am not of tho literary: kind, bi 1 tk ond work, 1 ugrée perfectly ith Mr. Lrawne, lw gontinents are my own, hough oy 20 years 0 Linye tasted of tho plensures of tly world, and uve found thom’ Deal-Sen fruit.” At the age of 10 Treat Bt. lino. Found therein an Arablan proverts thot says, & The world Is an abomination, and thoy who'toll shout [bare dogs." 1 committad tila text to mumory; bad It engraved ou tho jue ner shie of my bracelets and there {a not the Toast doudt bit at ure Kame the t would have prepared toonter a nunnery, lt Ie nut beon for he spring dress-goods displayou In the stores, the charining hats, and a prosont ot €0 trom papa. 1 concluded to live jn the wortd as a phi+ josopher, SistHtt ANNE, ANOUT INHALATION, the Editor of The Chicayo Tribung, Citrcago, March 4,—In unswor to Inquirtes through tho mall and tho columns of Tho Homo, Twill explain that a vory simpte und servicenbie inhaler moy bo made as follows: Procure a wile-monthed tivo-ounce bottlo,—a dram mors phine bottle ora pumude battle fs the beat, etcunad it thoroughly, ft it with u new cork, -In the alte of the cork cut a notch tho ontiro Jength ubout one-quarter of an inch deep. This 1s to udiglt the pure air. ‘Through the contre of the cork out 4 small bote lengthwise about one- quarter of an duch in dlametor; tito thia fs passed y gingsy tube about Avo tnchos tong, (This tube yay ‘be bent te.an obtuse angle ubout An dich and ahalé from tho end by means of tho apirlt hump or gus dame, Lt will thus be a futhe more handy (t not more eflicactous) ‘The Intnler is now complete. Inte the bottle be pluced n few drops of tho Inhulents the curk, through whieh isthe tubo, fs pliced Ju the bottle, An the breath eden through the tube ihe nostrils hele closed), the vic enters the bottie Shrunabothy hatch, bucomes finpregnated with the volgtite tntutlent, passes un, the tube inta tho mouth, throut, and lin, ta exhaling, close the lips wad pass the alr out of the nosv; the WWUCOHS Membre, ing this caylty, wlll ao Feeelyo it deposit of medicine. wre thy Mny Med and combinations of mediciaies thet may be used tie thls Instru- ment; but they must be volatile, or hive game Volutie thing fn thon, in order that they muy bocarried In tho uir, Amony the things thut anny Used, bs inhv circuns- stunces may demand, my #8 percent curbolic ) dilute bydrocyanio acl, Pond's extract hanwmells, tincture of betludonnn, stramontim, iodine, tur, ote, Sometisned a little aleobul or otbor say be added tondvantage. [tis advtvabto to take Inbulations before neuls und at bed-time to provide agudist any sickness ut tho stomach which night folie low, lis well to inhale slowly and tuke sey- eral inbalations through the inbater. Begin with mentioned two or three Inbaiations at n treatment, and gradually increasing to ten or a dozen. 8. Q, Larisa. CLARSICAT, MURIO. T the Editor of The Uhicago Tribune, Sovrn Evaxstox, Ml, Murch 11,—Silence Wordaworth deserves a pouston for the pleasant velnof Irony inwhich sho treats of tho horrorsof elassleal music, The term “trony” is here mado use of in tho full bollef that no genuine Homite would dollborately ndverttso his or her want of culture and Inability to onjoy, to some extent nt least, the inimortal works of tho masters of tho art diving, Silence would favo dono good service, ant, porhaps, provented othor commuultics than that In which she resides from imposition, had sho given tho namo or in gomo way indlented the company of charlatans whoso worthless per- formaneea aro shown up by her in such admirn- blo style. Wo cannot quite understand how it was that 1 “planist of melancholy visage, poctic locks, and wild cyos" managed to olloit the “thundering Applause of tho nsaombled multitude” by oxo cuting a sorica of “xlnps, arabs, Jerks, twists, bangs, slides, gildes, and wiggles,” while nt tho suine timo treating his auditors to au exhibition Of “iinger, fell, und Joint gymmustios.” Shales of Recthovent Silene did Well to close her eyes and refuse to countenance of simulate onjoy- jnent of musie, either classic or profane, when Interpreted by a monkey in man’s appnrel. aving repeatedly listened to most of tho really great imualclins, yvocu! and instrumental who b ited this’ country during the past pean: ars, bot in concert, opera, and ori torlo, it ts diiicult for me to imagine anything 80 ottt OF charac 80 false tonrt, Asn CUE rina donnit shouting and roaring until the building rang from gallery to pit.” A genuine date for the protound, whether mn Uterature or muste, 4 not ta be vequired tn a day, Cases are exceptional, if indecd nny oxtat, of persons whose exclusive mental watattint has been dime ni suddenly concelying a de vouring love for the sublime writings of a Mil- ton or a Shakapeare, or springing xt a single bound from the groveling plane of yellow-vove ored walizes to un intelligent appreciation of the inspired works of # Baeb, a Handel, ora Heothoven. ALIX, DENT-RASING QUTETS, ‘TW the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, Lavonry, Ind, March 3—In your issue for Feb, 21 Elin D. W. made on appeal in behalf of chureh-workers who must furnish Ideas for on- tertulnments, and asks for now modes of ox- tracting money fruin tho public pocket, thore- with frigntening away the Old Mau of tho Sca,— achureh debt. In tho article to which sho referred I deserlbed an illustrated poem, and these are always pretly and “taking.” Asi rulg, It is best to preservo tho oxnet spirit of the poem, making it live be- fore tho eyes of the spectators. Sometimes, however, a travesty may be given with jood offeet, Many pooma lend thomsetves rendily to such representatation, especially ballads, or short, bright stories, with plenty of color and action, us, for instance, Sixe's “Clever Talo a of Merry Lands." “Lord Ullin's Daughter” was five something after this fashion: hobby. horse and sawehorse vavalry; a tub propelled by brooms over a raging paper-cambric sea; a gal} Jant lover and the Indy with a “ttle box, big Dox, Lirdenge. and bundle.” A burlesque witieh fa not quite so broad Is in. better taste; but, 80 univeranl is tho sense of the ridiculous, that Ela and her co-workers wi) from this sugges- tion readity grasp tho {de und givoit Ita propor expansion, heurd Jately of a mision quilt" which was pieced by the oun ladies of the church, and which was tinineially a gront auccesa, ‘Tho pit- tern chosen wus ono witch allowed tho usu of 4 Hrout deat of white muslin, and thoae white Bpxovs Wero converted {nto an album. Enel person wishing his own ora friend's mime re corded thereon pald 10 cents for tho privilege. Fumilfes were grouped together. You mny. bo Allre that the dear dend ones were nat forgotten, ‘Tho mnnes of all the pastors of the church were Srouped together, and there was one column of the nutnes of aed persons In the town. A brief history of the quilt. was written on the central fquare. When it was finished a purse wits raised, and the quilt presented to tho ininister's wife, who hus thus a pleasant souvenir of many friends. If Elta Hkes the ides I win sure she could got a coltimn of Homo pseudonyms, Let her give her uddress and we will all forward our numes and ditnes, Seven Tings SEVEN. ‘USELESS LETTEM-WRITING, ‘To the Editor of The Chtcago Tribune. Asnoy, Il, March 11.-~To what an_unren- sonnble extent $4 useless, so-enlled friendly votrespondonco supported at the present time, and who that can seo anything cannot sco the folly of It? 5 Such iisslyes.as constitute the greater purt of tho malls now were, not many’ yeara ago, al- most unknown, and there 1a no more necessity of hnving them now than thore was thon, and not avon s0 much, for one's lolsure hours can now be spent in amusementa which, not long ago, wore entirely unknown; or, better, spend. the timo In useful reading. Tt hug become, with many, 8o that “ mail- timo" {8 the greatest hour of the day, und, atthe sitne tline, they do not.receive any mail which is of any yaluo or benefit to thom whatever, [ do not object to brothors and slsters pocreaponit: ing, or othor relutives, or very. nour friends, but many of us correspond—" jist for fun"'—with thosé that wu hive never geen more than once or twice, thoge that wo have never seen and noyer expect to, nnd oven those that wo would not wish ta become personally acquainted with, go wennp? And what fe gained by it? Simply nothing Notico a package of letters which hns been recelved (no *bustuess otters’? oxpected) and the commonts whieh'were made; “ Iiero's a lotter from Elin, T knew her when T went to school ut M—, but I think hor letters are feurfully monotonous, and {would not mn swer thom at al if Leonid casiyavold it; here's ono from Tauwyer I, Ho seems quite cute, but what would some of my friends gay If thoy know [corresponded with a stranger? ‘This ono {4 from WHl, Noone cnn suy that 1 don't know him well enough to correspond with him, Cor [ aitw him twice, and wo got real well acquainted, This is from Mr.8. Lwonder if to never sus- peels that L write to him oyera fctittous name." ‘Yhia kind of correspondence, 1 think, is en- couraged nore by men than by women, how: ever, You will Und it an immutable fact that thoxe Who covsent to correspond with you, or ‘thoge who ask you to correspond with them on: short aequilntiice or none: at al, are to less forward in opening correspondences with oth ers, under Ike circumstances, at every opportus ity. MAngEL E, MANKIN, NE. NREDS CLUDING. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, Kankakee, Hi, March 9.—So .mauy have brought tholr burdens of caro to ‘The Hone, and rocelved such good advico, sympathy, wiso auggestions,and kindly reproof, that I haye long been hoping to seen bundle thrown down for your overhpuling which so much resombicd my own that Ll nightappropriate to myself tho answers it entted forth, I havo thus fur beon disnppoluted, and In aflt of dosperation TI huye knocked at your door mysolt. First of all, lot me toll you tint Churite and 2) haye beon murrivd nearly Ivo yeatt, Durlug tho fret throo years oF our married Ufo but one source of “trouble showed iisclt, Charlle [a yery quick-tempercd, und iharsh word will como outut the sllghtest: provocutio ike most persons of bia nuture, vothing vexes Ln more than to seo that a cross speech ns hurt. some one’s feelin, Now, Fam senaltive to a fault, and, though L have made gigentic elforta not to cure, | never: can keep the tenrs from coming, though T usial- fy continue to look an ci pleasantly. Every one knows Just how aman would punish such lumentable weakness In bis wife; ga Le 18 pore haps uveless to sy he always dlains tho door and erat down town an houror two later fu the evening, Home’ duties and two ables soon compolted ino to rellnanish society: entirely, but Charloy: went and came as freely ag ever, Tve years ngo ho mot 6 dady, young, pretty, fond of sos a und in many respevts Just the lady he should h thowon for his wife. They mutually fell in love, but, to hid hunor be ft sald, bo gave her up fhee fur tliit bu has never sven her alice bo found le was causing mo troublo; bute Just enough voreesponcence fs indulged in to keep old memories bright, J know tut he loves hor: Passtontely, and life without her seems setreely worth living. He ts Frowing profane, dissipated, restless, wivt une Ruppy in consequence, Mut his natural kind heart shrinks from jeavlig me with ny two little once to butjio with the wurld alone, TF baye never ule ved an unkind word to pass iny Ups in regard: to this matter, but the torture T have endured iu the past (wo yeurs (fore man was over more slucerely loved by his wifey hua complotely changed my whole mature, Five youre no wiann oarnest Chelating, fult of tulth, aud bupe, nad love, tut to-day my soul bi dead, ny heurt 18 full of bitterness and eynielsin, bball we contliue to Hye for twenty-five or porhups forty yours alife which has proved go disastrous daring tho lust two? Speak, some one with a kindly hort, iit not better that I tmuke yulunturily tho sacritice ho 14 av louth to force upon mort Is thore uny law, human or Diving, which binds him to mo uador tho cire cumstances? Katie, ee WARNING, Filgh In tho heavens J gaw tho moon this mom- Lng Albvvit tho sun shone bri; Unto my soul itapoke, in *'Rumonbor Niguel" 3 that is tho Inst of it with hi hts yolco of warning, Ecos Wuereen, ———— Fellows’ Compound Syrup of Hypophusphites will not only supply the waste golng oni tho bruin, but Witt enablo the mind te caduroa greater tax than before, Tt will Imaurt vigor aul promote clear conceptions to thy intellect. Tt will strengthon tho nerves and give powor to all involuntary us well us the voluntary puuscles of the body. f THE PUZZLERS’ CORNER. [Original contributions with bo published in this department. Correspondents will please zond their rent names with thetr noma de plume: addressed to * Puzzlers’ Corner." Avold thso- Iete words ns far na possible, Answors will bo published tho following week.) ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK'S PUZZLES, No. 1,009, y P MOL 3b uo n oo L NY BM 8 9 r u NB E B on Bh Rn u An on v T rooA BE op by 8 u 5 n NL L i v NL TO B B No, 1,100. No, 1,103, BOYAR NO 'f SORKL Oonnuy TURERR uk N + MULES) YY NE ==. No, 1,101. No. 1101. Polceat. Qn wu No, 1,100, aquana A-bat-is. INANDIN — UNDER No. 1,100, ALR Raphaol of Cate, No, Klee. MOOHA Oct yh cHARD HER BRE AnD BB os, COMPOUND HEXAGON-NO, 1,107." t 7+ © & 2 se + * * * * * * * * * * * s oe ee eH HR HZ * * # * * * * * * * * * ~* * * Fe 8 HOF 6 4 From1to2 a namo by which an ntholst Is known in the Enst; 3 toil, to animate: 3 to 4,0 copy from an originals 1'to 6, % kind of malt Hquor #tob, 2 garment; 6 tod, nstablo; t to4, a brewery atid 1 vowel: 2 to 6, a man-stealer an Rawolling: 6 tos, fossil,coral, DBLAVAN, Wis. RHOMNOID—NO, 1,108, Across—A scarecrow; 2 simpleton; tincom- ‘mon; sherry; to clothe. Down—In Mr. E. Var n mensure earn; @ genus of fahes: un oter- talinent; to oan enticed; an abbreviation for a period of thing; ln Bcouva. Unvana, il, Pusen, DIAMOND—NO, 1,109. In Happy ‘Thought: chatt; a genus of frutt- tree; un ombroldered border; # large knife; an atswor reversed; in Swaltow, bY Gantt. Ny Wen. SQUARE WORD=NO. 1,110. A, yenomous serpent; n weight of ten or twelve grains; a sacred book; a girl's name; to eaten. Coocnte. Duurtxaron, Wis. SQUARE WORD—NO, 1,111. An articte used naan ornamant; tho tivo-tocd sloth; ft constellation; poison, Comer. GENEVA LAKE, Wis, DOUDLE ACROSTIC—NO. 1,112, A quit; a tako In Now York State; an aquatic aniinul of tho radiate types 4 girl's nantes nn overthrow, Primnls, the horned rhinoceros bird; flanls a small bird, ‘Tho words are of unl- form length, Stewanp, Il. Mn, E, Us, CHARADE=NO, 1,113, E'eing a song, O Puzzlers: Tin partly made of rye— Somo of you bre hei Kuoeked Into pl. ‘Mathor Naturo’s magic art Made three-fourths of mo, Bnde “one ™ to cling, and * two" to stand, And “ three’ must run, said sho; But four Invented was by man, Ant its deserts are grent; If it be ‘round ‘twill presentl: Be.* three," and on your plate, “Ono” and * two” together joined Had Elysian births Ab, thit sin should banish it, An oxile, to the earth! Now, adlen, good Puzzlers; Sucoly Limay ring, When enloures pronounce mo ft ‘Vo sut hoforo n King. Dixon, Mt ENRNA CHANAGRA. TRANSPOSED CLOTHS—NO, 1,114. @) "Ts neat. (2) Your Dory ©. (i) Sam C. Reso, (1) Can't Joo? (6) Rev. Abe. (0) A schomor, Lean tart, Cuicaao, Trno, ofmo CORRESPONDENCE, » city, put on pnper tho nanswors fo ‘naG that bothored him boing " Haph- EF sovan,—t sol of Cats, Web, Delavan, Wis. was out of luck with the Jast Hat. only obtaining sutisfnctory answers to tho rhombold and diamond, Dick Shunary, olty, caught six on tho fly, and the athor two got away from bin, Towhend and Misa Zenobia wore to blume for tho fullures, ‘Pyro, city, could nip but four, and bad bard work to nlp'those. ‘Tho two saunter, tho riddle, and tho diamond wore what hu went for nnd Bo- oured, Tentda, Champaign, Ml, cheerfully necopts histusk, and never Inya down tntil bo hina sur mounted ull obstacles eave the "Abutis™ cone structed by ‘Tuwhead, Towhend, Fulton, IL, is sonslbly impressed with tho presonve of “ Poleeat” fn ‘the list, and anya Mies Zenobla ts entitled to. a big murk for her new puzzle, "Raphael of Cute," bs Tho Promos, Gatana, IL, take pleasure In dating their lotter Saturday evening with all tha answora Ina very hard lst right side up. Itisa foathor in their caps to be the frat in, and thoy are Jubllant at their succers, Tho Man in ‘Tho Carer {4 congratulated on his selections; but the crudit is duo his correspondents, THIRTEEN—FIFTEEN—FOURTEEN. “gimplo slzup will cantiire fon,” * Homarked the Puvil: * Are mien more wise?” He Lit ed the puzzle with crger hand; "il show you the trick inv trices Is simple enough to bring thom right, ‘By running thom over Just twice," Twice, and thrice, and threo times three, “TUL his trials nuimbered scores Thon, leaving Nftoon conts at tho stand, . Ho tock a box down to tho Blore, Tis fuco grow haggard, and wor ind thing Uneombed wero bis tangied tock: Ibut his oyos wore bright, and bis thumb was uick, Asho pushed tho puzzling blocks: Pushed them obout with n steady oliok— ™ Fourtegn, fftecn, and "—than ‘Tho thirteen cute up—the same old trick— And he tried it over again, Into his counting rom, auick he strode, And, doubly bolting the door, He rovolved the puzste—a rovolvor revolved, And tho merchunt was no more, 8o lnwyers, doctors, preachers, and clorke Walkeil no more In accustonied ware But In groups and alono, with heads Lont low, ‘They worked ut the puzzlo-crazo, And the Dovil tho whilo, With # wicked smile, Sang, "Swallow tho balt so freo— For, tasting it once, ov io Jo jeieg on a disnon, f ‘ 0 puzzle will bri ou to mot" DAVENVORT, starel a 1880. oO. T. W. MAR GOODS. “REMOVAL! /MRS. C. THOMPSON, HAIR DHALER, Formorly of 210 Wabash-ar., To1o7 STATE-ST,, NEAR FIELD, LEITER ct CO, ‘The only place to find the Colobrated Thompson Patent Ware. TAIT SWRA Dl of Dy is Wee RADWAY'S NarsaparillianResolvent, Puro blood makes sound flesh, st: atone akin, Tf you wettla have your ine hed Spur tones oun witht enrice, and rm 4 OUP come Piezlon fine ad FAD! AVS MARS APA A GRATEFUL RECOGNITION, “To cure a chronio or long-rtandin truly a victory in tho honltng art; That rename Powor that vlenely discerns defect andsuppliong romorly; that restores step by stop—by degnesss, the hody which tina heen’ slowly -attncked ang wenkenod by an fnsklious disense, not only one mands our respect but doserves our gratitude, Dr, Hadway has furnishod munxind with that wonterfil remedy, Radway's Sarsipariliinn hee galvont, whictt acearuplishas this result, and auge fortng humantty, who deng out an existence ef pain and disense, through long days highia, owe lia thotr grutitude. “Medio 40 acnger, FALSE AND TRUE, . Wo oxtract from Dr. Ravwny's " Disease and Ita Cure,"as follawss, Treatlto mn, List of Diseases Cured by Radway’s Sarsaparilian Desolvnt Chronte Stn szteenses, Caries of tho Bone, mors in the Blood, Serofulous Disense: Shots Unnatural Habit of Body. Syphilis und Veneroal, Fover Sores, Chroule or Old Uleors, Salt Rhoum, Ricketa, White Swolling, Scald Head, Uterine Affretions, Cankars, Glandular Swollings, Nod Wasting and Decay. of tho Body. Phinples. Blotehes, Tumors, Dyapopsta, Kidney and Nind- der Disenses, Chronle Lhottmatism and Gout, Consumption, Gravel and Calculous Deposits, and varieties of tha above complaints to which, sometimes aro ziven specious names. We assert that thore is no known romedy that. Posgowves tho curntivo power ovnr theso diseases int Kndway's Hosolvent furnishes.’ It cures atep by’ step, suresy, from the foundation, and restores tho Injured parts ta tholr sound condi tlon, ‘Tie WASTER OF THE BODY ARE storrED, AND MRALTHY NLOOD 18 BUPPLIKD TO THK RTE Tem, from which new material Isformed. Thisis tho firstcorrective powor of Radway's Resolvent, In cases where the system bas been sallyated, and Mercury, Quickslfyer, Corrosive Sublimnte. bave accumulated and become deposited in the ‘Dones, joints, ate., causing caries of the bones, rickets, spinal curvatures, vontortions, white swollings, varicose voins, otc., tho Sarsapariiling . Will resolve away those doposlts and extermie mate tho virus of the disonae frum the syatem. if those who retaking those medicines for tho cure of Chronle, Berofylous, or Byphilitio diseases, however slow mn; the cure, "feel better," and find thoir general health inipror- jug, thoir fesh and weight increasing, or cven keeping 1s own, js a surd sign that U1 Progressing. In those discases tho althor greta botter or worse,—the virus of the diss ‘onse is not innetive; if not arrester! and driven. from the blood, It will sproud and continue to undermine tho constitution. As oon o” the SANBAUABIDLEAR THAkos tho patient feel Bale or, every hour you will grow bottor m orease In health, strength, and fiesh, OVARIAN TUMORS, The removal of theso tumors by Rapwar's Resouvent {s now 80 ccrtainty ostabiished that. ‘What was once considered almost miraculous {¢ now a common recognized {not by nll parties, Witness tho cnses of Hannah P. Knapp, dirs. C, Krapt, Mra. J. 1. Sollyeand Mrs. B.D. Hondrix, publisbod in‘our Almanne for 1870: neo, that of dirs. C. 8. Bibbins, in the present edition of our" False and Truc.” Spoce forbids our making particular reforence to the various cases of chronic diseases reached by our SARSAPARILLIAN RESOLVRNT. Invalid and thole friends must consult our writings tf they wish to obtain an iden of tho promise and potency of Rt. It. R. Hemedies, One Dollar per Gottle. J Only requires minutes, not hours, to rolleve pain and cure acuto dlenase. Radway's Ready Relief, In from one to twenty minutes, nover fallsto relleve PAIN with one thorough application. No matter how lolent or excruciating the pain, the in RHEUMATIC, ‘Hed-ridden, Intl, Crippled, Nervous, Neutalzic. or prosteated with dlsenss mny suter! RADITAYS HEADY will afford instant case, Toflammation of the Kidneys, Inflammation of the Bladder, Inflammation of tha Bowels, Congestion of the Lungs, Sore Throat, Difficult Breathing, Palpitation of the Heart, Hyetertea, Croup, Diph« theria, Catarrh, Influenza, Headactie, Toothache, Neuralgia, Rheumatiem, Cota Chitia, Ague Chills, Chilblaias, Frost Bites, Brulaes, Summer Cors- Iaints, Coughs, Colds, Sprains, Palns In the hest, Back, or Limbs, are instantly relieved. FEVER AND AGUE. Foyor and Aguo oured for Fifty Cents. There 4s not w remedial ngont In tho world that wilt gure Feyer and Ague, and all othor Malarious, Billous, Searlot, Typhokt, Yellow, and other daidod by RADWAY'S PILIS)'so quick 8 Rapwayr's Reapy Revier. It will In. w fow momenta. whon taken accord: pr rections, curo Cramps, Spasts, Sour Stomach, Heartburn, Sick Hondache, Diarrhe Pynontory, Colic, Wind in tho Bowels, and all Internal Pains. ‘Travolers should always carry 4 bottle of Kade ways Tteady Hellof with thom. A fow drops In water will provent slokness or nein from change oe ue, i is eatae than French brandy or lord 8 aatiinulant. Minersand Lumbermen should alwaya be pro« vided with it, , CAUTION. All remedial ngents capable of destroying Ifo yan oventosa sould be avetdod. borphine, opiuin, strychuing, arnicu, byosclamus, and othor powerful romiedies, dour ut Gortaln thies, In very Amall doses, relleve the pationt during thelr ao tion in tho syste. But porhaps the secon dase, If repoated, may aggravate und Incrone tho suffering, and aiother doso caugo idoath. There ja no wecvasity for using thous uncertals Agents whon @ positive remedy Uke Radway's Ready Relief wilt stop the most excruciating paln quicker, wiihout ontalling tho ous dillle ‘culty fn ofthor Infant or adult, The True Rellef Madway's Ready Hellof {a the only remodial sgent in vogue that will instantly stop pain Finy Ceuts Fer Kotte. S RADWAY'S REGULATING PILI Parfect Purgative Soothing Aperionts, Act Without Palin, Always Retlable and . Natural in thetr Operation, A VEGETABLE SUBSTITUTE FOR CALOMEL Perfectly tasteless, eloxautly | contod Witt Brock pur, puro romulato, purify, cloanse, aad SHTADWAY'H INiLS, for the ctire of all disorders of the Stomach, Llyor, Rowols, Kidtnoys, Blad> der, Nervous Diseases, Headucho, Constipation, Gouitvoness, indigestion, Dysne neta, illauatn Fover, Juilinmation of the Bowcls, Piles. an eee eek Rasa rape yn euct a perfect ours. Tre containing no mercury, ralnerals, or delet a e, Per Obkerve the following aymptoms reaulte Ing froin Diseases ot the dixestive organ Cons 1, { Plies, Fullness of the Blood ia biog, ingurt itey Hulngs of the lore a Heartburn, Dieguat of Food, Fullness or Welght in tho Stomach, Sour Erudtations, Slnktug, oF Puttoring at the Heart, Chaking or Sufferin Sensations when in a Tylny posture, Dimness 0! Vision, Dota or Webs Refure tho Bight, Fever aad Pull Taln in the Hoad,. Deflotoney of on splration, Yollowness of the Bkin au $f the sido, Chost, Limbs, and Suddon Flushes of Bent, Hurning inthe Flow, mil fro tna Joues of RADWAY’ aytigny from all the ubove-tiamod disorders. Heloe, ¥5 Conta Bor How. Wo repeat that the roader must consul d papers on the #ibjeot of discuscs and pecle ag, kong whlch way he samedt 6 Bula ant True,” “Radway on Irritable Urethra,” “Radway on Serofula,”* and others relating to different classes of 4is BOLD BY DRUGGISTS. READ “*FALSE AND TRUE.” Bend a ister stump ta RADWAY & CO Nr ' 8? Warren, oor. Chureh-at., New York 127" Laturmation worth wousands will be weal toyou. : e