Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 2, 1880, Page 12

THE HOME. A New Contributor Who Has Ideas "About the World's Progress, Californian Returns with Words of Cheer Aftor a Long Absences Happy Homes Qonsibly Oonsiderad by a Porson Who Probably Enjoys Ono, Lal Days at the Seashore, and the Manner tn Which They Are Spent, Orlena and Mr. Dailey on Subjects of Interesi— Hiseellancous Contributions from Alt Quarters, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. For The CAleago Tribune. A book T saw, with covers warped— (Though not, it acered, with age); Somo hand hud weltten records there Boyond the middie page. It seemed to soinbre to invite The oye to lager theres And usctess seemed It there to look For pnges yet more fairs -Tutall at onewn turn of lent ed a glad surprise Avfeletutie, gifted band bid wroupht, Yo gladden wistful A bint of pleasant thoughts wns there, Of flower, bird. and bes, Ttatian skies and Dnuytish groves, Aud moonlight on the sea. And here a joyons ifttto song Was Jotted on the par, Then notes of grand ofd hyinn that thrilled Men's hearts in bygone age, And toner words left on the page: Gaye srnav of warmth, ko wine, A vicwmea ot wit tht had no sting ented the ditmond’s shiny, Aud these were things that thus revealed A glinipse of miture rare, That brightened with Is richest gifts These pages, without spare. Itwas, Litnow, my boots of fife. Tsuw, by vou inde brights Got keop the heart that with mo shared Its sweetnces, strength, and tht. EUGENe C, DANA, THEO, 4 ANOUT IDTAS, of Tie Chicago Tribune. DREAMLAND, Sept. £4—Tho most unpardone able erfine ene can bo guilty of In this wortd Is anidea, Na matter if what groove It runs, sooner ov inter you are transfixed upon it, de: Uned to perish stowly and miserably, an wnres algned vietan. It fea temarkaule prradox, and au deadly trae one, that the advanced human bes Wervative nition, nothing mure, no ~ He tmtes new (deas, ho bates the growud to brenk benenth his teet, he hates a new thit inthe unset, 2 new perfame ina flower, Hu hates to be disturbed, and new [dens bove an uncommonly disturhing tniltence, After it ia ull setited, it Is very nice. Tho hix- urlous pMace-cur is infinitly prefernbie to tho Juinbering couch, but how thoy abused Stephen- ton! The telegraph and the cable are aditratie institutions, but poor Morse hid au awful etrng- gle to couvinee tho lordly mui, man, tbat his dens had voy situs inunortal inthom. Kdlson isn madman inthis generation, but in the next, bo will be a great gontus, Keluctantly, erudgiugly, with divine stuptd- ity, we greet an fdew, We admit after many centuries of godlike arrogance and. pigheaded= ness that the world revolves on its uxis, and then we alt down complocently and deny that there Is one ather idea to be evolved from con- sciousness} But, behold! same creature who docs not care whether tho enrth revolves around the sun or the sun around tho earth, comes smillngly up with bis vawury, bla fantasy, his foundationless dream whieh ho cilts an Iden, sand Js Ignoimtini+ ously stoned and put to tho roel, By-and-by, when be bus matitored into dust, wo louk up and says“ Atter mature delibera- ‘Uon, we bnve enme to the conclusion that there was something In that erenture afterall, Ture we been rash?) Lot us reflect! We are all egotista. The world isa wide pase ture-land of sees. Fone day there will be men, but tho time is n yet, The nineteenth century finds tho noble ass In hla glory; he was nevor 80 perfect 6 brayer as now. Have you nover noticed that whon a Hower Ia iy full bloom tho leaves filland itis soon nathe ing? That ta why [think thore is to bo a new era, Let us bd pationt, i. Tho theory of trunamigration 1s very pretty, but Imperfeet,—we do not rid ourselves thor- oughly of our characters, We hive caged to beents, but we ennnot stop mew icf wo have no fongor the form of tho uwl, @niy'the boots, peunre. doffed tho lion's skin, but not its cow- ardice. Ab, welll, Ninetcon centuries is onl, in the bucket, Down through the d distances of dreams the dreamer secs a new world and a new people, Wut why whleper of his drevm? Tho ktrone, leur intellect, the warm beart, the Delite hand, tho henithy, well- balanced’ body, the divine masie of birmony. the rich wino of sympathy, tho blossanis of truth and talth, the perfume of tolerance, tho reat. the pence, the qulden givry, all this butungs, to bia dreat, Oh! fold lt close to your heart, The wort would breathe upon it and ehutier it Inte a mill: fon ralobow gleams, tidtue tate gray nothing’ nee Let itsteon in sturry forgetfmness. No. room for dreams! Tro, CALIFORNIA. A LETTER PROM HER, . To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, New Youk, Sept, 2—It ts a Jong tlm since I have visited The Home, Many troubles have encompassed me, tho waves have gone over ne, Jey aud hope for imyself have become mere words whose ineuning | have almost forgotton except as connected with the beyond. Thu world Bcems like u desert, deprived as itisot tho lyht of those [ love, of tha waters of tenderness from whieh come blooming Mowers and Hving raudl- ance, Tturnin every direction for retief from tho thoughts that oppress me. 1 thrust aut my hands to feel it 1 rently am alone, and 1 mvot other hands warm with ufection, friendship,and unselishuesy, And so the world Js not. a degert,—It alll cons tins Jove, kind thoughts, and loving words, Tlow they kelp ust How they bridge over the dark abysses, the dreary gulf of seltish sorrow, site vebtede but for them, we tmlght fall and be lost [ture to The Home that had elven mo somuch Plonstre, and 1 sco—vh, unyontle oritics—tou much abuse, too many uniinitly wordd, and say, Ie this Homer What can be dona’ for it? Shillwe bave no mnorg fresh Howers, no more. Hensint interchange of thought and opinion? Must wo risk abuse should we difer Cromathers? Ara we ait to be Hued to the sane pattern? Must wo all run in the same groove, or lay down, ottr pens, and give np the pleusure of Home ine tercourse, as already so many haye donet ts. there no Fouiagy’ 5. Tam suro if the presiding genius of Tim Thine xr over ronds tho letters addresded to bli in ‘The Home be must be very much watonlshed at sone Uf then, —coarse, ungentie, ahudlye—how Strongly contrasted with such u churming plet~ ‘UFO us Sister Arachne wives ueef her trip down the Potomue. My ald home rises up vividly ho- fora mo us 1 read ber wonderfully natural doe sertption, Tho aubjecta of seliishness and friendship have by no moans be xhuusted, though ip Purently go Cully diveu gel. Of course one muy cull it sclflabness when It affords more buppinces to love than ta bute, wore Jey to give thin to receive, wore pleanire to be kind than to ho unkind; but for all that, to me thy word selfabness expresses neither tha Jden nor the footing, It ly to the inward motive Wo niuat look :—IC our wish ty to give ouraulyos Pleasure the action ts selsh; if to give pleasure tw others, It may be thorutivhly unseliah, Forty Young, ua a avaclor you may think allie Selfishness, but with y lovely wits and two or ‘threa sulin children, {uy word for it, yor Would soon beyin to find that in order to tinke them happy you muat give up a good dent of self, and you would doit, too, You would write pa. letters ty The Home with a child on your bow trying ta take the elgue out of ir qwouth, or nudging your elbow Just’ as you: ure Ao the mildst of due of your mort bewildering? sentunces, and you woutd tumely submit ta be tormented, and—slus for my supposititious euso—you'wiil, ¢ suppose, cpll 1t woltabness, bu- cuse it will ‘xive you pluaaure, How cun one. . Fefute what ts so ingentaualy woven? To forget onesel wie ie ig my idoa of Hosven.—not even to think whether wu ure ba ee or not. ouly if if ‘cu nuke others happy. y andra awe nd a8 to friendship, to uy thery da nu puch ping: je almust to acknowledge ourselves un- worthy of u friend. qr unable to Hive of ourselves enough to warrant, the sumo gift from nother, Hf wogisoout love and friendship.—that ts, if we bow the seed,—thory will surely be a hurvest vruportioned to the sowlug and to thu soll whercio it is sown, Can it be that you, Mr, Dalley, bave found uofriond? Ab, but if you pays Eat. rot iknow that ruch a thing can und lous exist. And Eugene Hall also talks of rnendship; but why opens of false friendship? 'The term ituelf joa misnomer, Thore ts nu such thing, We car. say pretended fricodship, but 4 friend cannot be 1 that ip pes eal ue *Bittereweet, too, | sev by tho references, bas chosen the eame theme, and banded it woll, 1 doubt nots hut, unfortunitely, my mavements this summer have been so miny nnd an sudden that Tho Home bas otten tailed to reach me, and of the one containing her lettor I bave been, thus far deprived. Home friends, T aay to you that e Ant now, dear member mo khuly f give a cordial greeting and a friendly hand-cingp, Until we meet agaln) CALIFURATA. IIAPPY TLOMES. BOME ENSINLE WORDS, ‘To the Rilitor af The Uhtcugo Tritune, CitcAgo, Bopt, 2.—In reading The Home 1 often pnure, lingering thoughtfully over those letters which portray: ao boldly the ainaliness of soul and shallowness of purpose of n compara tively few girls, and spread tho hateful pare traltura before the world ast truthful pletura Of the worth and worthiness of the majority of us, 2} have often felt tempted to remonstrate agalnst the Injustice of this, but bave hitherto refrained, trusting that some renily good writer of Tho Home would tuke wp the gaunttot of de- fonso more effectively than T coutd, : pairing hearts of many prove that much of this severe censure ix juatly merited, ‘but it would only be charity to use a Hittte Intel gent diseritninntion in wtoinistertug it. Who ‘uit wits in Judgment upon the wholesale une worthiness of Wwamnankind, after tho fashion of BQ. Unptuy, ft brings foreibly to one's mind Gail Hauilton’s charactertstio retort, © Ducided- ly the fleet thing for a manto da is tu ttke 4 Arods lng Took ut hlusetf, and make sure tat he fa a te companion for a perfeetly worthy Wwonnut to asagelnte with Tilo nat ay that thore nre not many girls al- most destitute of erie worth, bul. they are reatty In the minority, There is nothing, pers hips, tore deplorabld tn theae daysof tinseland shiny than the false and superticiel training ont of whieh inany tee launehed pon Hfe to Ol a mlsion that thould require the full and come Mere develupment of the noblest clements of menrt and sonal, and that often they timtillustrate how unworthily (ean be tilled. Hut whether the inajority of us are so shatlow and tritllnge as en itre prone ty suppose, 18 un Open «dmtestion, T believe the work to bo aa fall ae it ever wis of girls whoae hearts are Olled with earnest, hone eet purpose, and that, standing upon the thresh= old of swommihood they lnek over the space that Nes betove with’ satigent maturity of tnind to galn neonception af all nw wife should be, and with audelent depth and ataiilily of yee tu realize the conception In part nt It ia fnjustice to any girl to mensure tho sess of her soul from a mere superiolit {4 not foud of wearlug: her heart on al und down benenth the gidilest: sure face there my Iurk the germ of a thoughtful wom, Notwithstanding your assertions. 8 Q. Lapis, the world holds to-day an lighy wuinen who are thoughsind and intelligent helpimates, There Hire domesti¢ natures w love the quiet exelit- slonof homes whe aprend happloess and Joy be- fore thelr path. and tind deligot. in tho ‘dolng, gathering while they yo the riehvess ot reward in tho huppliess af those they love, Bet sou contd seurcely tind ane of this class who would nat reeoll from being sclucted beenuse 0, practl eu) imin's Jitdament had werived at tho con ston that she would: muke an excellent, ene iting helpimnte, and under this consideration offer hinecif, thereby reducing marringe to 1 bse business transiction, ‘These home-joving girls who realize all that a home should be desire to reign by right divine Ine noble taan's heart, as wall ag to tickle bis pulate with soad food, You bravely asyort that love Is the last thing to enter a woman's head and never her hevrt, BL mt not aurprised at you being # bachelor, since In this tseerdion you substuntially adinit. that you never had-nny sucevess in courdng. Wonten are not so teudy tu throw away thoir happiness in a loveless union, when the test conies, ns nen sometines suppose, The sever. est temptation to doso comes Inthe fort of a prot stances have compelled to bravely battio with the world for duly bread, Yet many tn thia position put tho tempter’ aside because the pirest feelings thut over cluster nround the wat heart canvot be #luin. Thore ts no hope to which a girl so fondly ellie us tho hope of a happy home where love isthe power tit une folds the master’s door aud tho light that opens up tho path with joy. Wonnun’s love ig not an gnis fatuugof a sonti- mhuntulist'’s tmugitation, but un eversHving reality, {t hag been embodied torth in every Innguuge writton, und evory art preserved, and oxtended its purifying intluence oyer overy Iand that 18 not Darbarion nows and if It Is tenderly cherished, “yeurs cannot wenken Ite hond, nor distrnce sinder it. It vuniquishes the grave and tranefigures death Into tite.” . Your imagination has convineed you of the rensons for whieh women wed, and you ask what thon is to induce a ian to commit matrimony. Nothing—tnless he has the venuty of soul which sometimes longs Cor the seclusion of hisown flre- side, und thy purifying Jntlucnces that cluster fround the bearthstone of home—untess ho has the beauty of heart which sometimes longs for the compinionship of u gentior nature, and tho soothing touch of a kinder hands untess ho hae the beauty of chivalry which sometimes longs to tenderly cherish a utver falling love, and Hive In the [ght of its wotehful cure, If ho ts neyor troubled with any auch longline ho cnt to live and dio a bachelor, for he would, only Hla wamnan’s Ife with gloom, 2 feel rorry for you in a mild way,—foel sar Toryou becuase I think, in tho yours that stretel backward, like Romeo, you must huve found your Juliet, and that the sveret of your baches Jordon Jes in these lines. Bend, and for your suke I'll epeak them softly: Tle coutd bay both ilk und eatin, Heconld speak In Feateh and Latin, Uo wns clover und aprizhily, Aud ho was not bad looktuig, Hot ho wasn't any oud Vor he only tured hae eodking, Polly Phenvus, for sweet charity's sake, which fs ever merciful, nud for the cnuso of the relige fon you defend, could y@ not bayve shown more compusslon tn the closing sentenva of your last letter to The Home? Does religion without philanthropy enthor a wreath of itortelles? LAURA LAKE, LATE DAYS. THE END OF THE SEASON AT THE SEASTONE, ‘To the Eulitor of The Chicuyn Tribune. Huzzann's WAY, Mags., Sept. 1,.—People teave suimmer-resorty na tho birds fly southward, suddenty, Inu tlock, and with a feoling thut tho Plenle hus lnsted long enough. Guthering to- gether themselves and their possesuions, they turn tholr fuces homewird, aud the sun comes upand woes down over tho deserted cottuges, the silent hotel, the empty row-bonta moored benenth the blulf, and tho fisherman tonesuinely taeklug tid course in a stilt breeze on the bay, Thero are po more croquct or ten-pin Inntches, and the suund of the waves on tha beuch xrises Ike an flo entroaty, No more Aisbing for syuetengue, that delivigus salt-water trout that never weighs vas (han tive potinds.— hur tiutog, tor porch, nor seup, No more visits to the bDluc-tieh grounds, Capt eogorns tuted us, olt yesterday for a farewell Visit ta the Marion Hotise on Marion Island, where formerly wus old Stppecuutowa, A Boston gentleman and a Chicogo Indy cons fronted uneh uther in the yacht. Bho bousted of ber Western nativity, "O, 1 knew it when first suw you,” suid ho in tho mild Enstern aoe cont pulltlowm of anit. “you have the Western dhutest.” Hes alowst snld ave," fur Eastern people seem lowly growing into uw habte of dropping that Hekle consunant. ‘Then, to, both New-Yorkera and Bostontans biuve uw sutter tho people of | the Wert, continue, “world without end “denb" and “henb,” and Now Yawk, Lust night wo went down to Fulinouth to beara company of bull-ringers, who uve ud Jauch yarlety as i possible, Butehing furlouely At the bells dnd dropping thom Hike hot potatoes, and shoutliy, * Tho Skida Are Out TosDay "ad Heraud tinue. Tho hotut having nine gtests, was dni, and we stopped nt the howsa u an old sen Cuptiin, «shut in by plontifal evergreens, bat baying iis upper windows give (us the French Bay) Upon the xen, Tho pluce was grandly ald-Cusbioned and ales; gud the Captaln’s wife, a quiet old lady of silver bulr, showed uy all through, tho “following mnorning. "tds a very, vory old house," eho sald; * whon we bought It, tt hud stood Idio ten years. Tho wulla were covered with mold and no) one. could soe through = tho windows fora heavy green ada] upon the wltss."” We bid her adieu, and faced the mort ing, whieh was drearily dnelined to wind rai. Returaing gorthward, wo atpe Th 4 eb hid begotten a certain fascination. ra ever aince the Frowmun .trugedy, B30ING rot eustward from tho fon, witb many a quirk and twist and rhe and Cull, until you suddenty come Upon thy bouve tna dread The weird atuiauon and (fA atly usuvclutions strike tiorror to one's very Ufo-bldod, * Enough to lee aay one inad," Prist S Jouae lady nt the panty wit “Do ‘you bexli to feel danger: Jnughed her ‘mother; "wo you olf to Danvers at once,” us wo turned “uway the Inugh was frozen on our lips, ‘Lhe next train ratttod ‘us back to the beach An oyster stew Juidl> and Pus must. here eluual pelle aut the chillod hearts te boating Fy G Rite snONn Cue Up to-night over the buy lnoke ing quite ‘seasick,—and white'about the yl es und by oo ,, sittings y wood fire in the rum “we fow lingerers gut and lald our puns for to-murruwy . the — soveutcduth tt Hoston, tho wuplversury of Its aottloment 290 years uyo. Eyorybody within suites will loek to the elty to call tipon some ball-furgotten friend who lives upon the route, and gently angle for 4 window suut or etaiding rouin during the three bourse the procession ia pussing. Tho woud-tlre was twurly oul, whon somubody sald, * Wasn't, ghee a: story about Lover's Rock on Marion pitt “Thu only story 1 remembor," sald the host, “wos that butte Benps dit i ; * Was big name ‘Vimothy? " O, no; how | remember it was Timothy Dex« ter wno wrote tho book without punoidation and puta pugy or two of cominus, periods, ay ques.ion marks af tho end of the volume.” “ie Coat a fact?” eid 2 fut, molddlo-uged lady, It 18 a fa © Doxter lives quoth tho host, near Sulem. The book 1s iy good for * hoz wah,’ Doinpsy Is quite auother c ora romuntio wean. who lived In bupo, and was afcaid bo aight dig Ju dyavulr, but eco so miler wort. adiou, To ail whe Pes. at home tow glrt whom adverse circum > THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE : SATURDAY, peleg far agreeably disnppotnted, for ho is still ying ovor on the Teli." “Where do those well-known singers sume mer?” nested a bashfal youre tonn who had been Jal upever since bis uerival with a bol—an inthar nee, Upon Which all bls attentions neentraterd, and Fes- mein Myron Whitney, Tom Kark and Frothingbam. ‘They ent Piymouth this your. Whituey sender hive lovely eottaes thot Well, what about Dempsy?” eald the young man with the kice, rather Impatienty—poor fellow, bo necdendt pati “Lean tall the story, chirped the Chicuga ludy, inserting needless r’s with a wild prepos to” defy ber yesterday's snebting ow a cle, © Dempty wits a duraky hero who ved by hline self orn the daland, anid sighed, *Q. that 1 a butt might owrnl’ Aunty [ttl yareht was his beurt's desire, for be aburmlonted rowhig. Tho Bering. krow uparn bj day by days at ove he would stand sby Lover's Rork and wately watel with aehing byes, us though he expeeted some fulry godinothor to come toasting up the bay with: a bont forthe gentleman of color, Ahint be eld but eben himself eep to droam of the Hane cout, He realty warnted n haut, Inost or hiuty. Une night ln happy siiniber tho Wlestul mabt dewrned porn him. Te coment was nearer and nearer,—soowy-salled and bel tiful. Hoy opened hie arms to reevelye It.—and awoke to hear a human volee erying in the paurses of the wind outalde, ie rished to the door. opened It, ane suntehed from the destroys fog elements a Hite a. ire many bowers hid pissed the iufaut wo tured. to its distrareted rent, Who rewsnntod the ebony dreamer with he present of a detighttul Itde sail-hoat, whieh: ho mo: {iogetly thriatened * Dempsy's Dream?" And nil tho [btoners “Ooms, how nicot” And tho Western Int quite ‘prontd of her effort. L. MC, MR. DAIREY. AND HIS FRIEND'S ADVICK. ‘TM the Editur of The Chicayo Tribune, Gowtan, Tox., Sept. 1.—1 spoke once befare of the curlous lettors [ often receive. ‘They still continue, and same of thom are so good L fun favlined to offer thom to Tho Home tor pernsih ‘They covery wits range of subsuuts, but are for he most partot a personal nature, some ebildish in thoir petulance, soma broadly compllinentary, some merconiry, and oceaslon= ally one loo coarse anid vulgar for publication, One Creeeivet a ahore thne slice, postmarked at Kansas City, inelosed ny Home sketeh rotate ing to Daniel MeFarland, and x belef letter, in a diayulsed hand, Inden with Uloxieut abuse, Tt wus ontiraly anonymous, for it bore no signature. I shalt praservo it as incontestable ovidence of * nian's Inbumanity tomun. Yesterday thore came a letter which forms such 2 pleasant contrast to the ubove Lint Tum constrained to quote Uberally tron it. It fs weltten by w gentiemnn who Is an invatid and for away from the loved ones nt home, [ learn from its multitudinous pages, and the day is “a wet Sunday.” “Oh, worst of days!" this letter says, “Only entdurable when surrounted by home and friends. Pity, thon, i} wretched tute. Hore am E surrounded by strangers, with no vole to callme—— Abt S was about to commit n gross (njustice. True, Lam among those who know mo not, yet o few there are about me who do wonders towards dispelling the gloom of de- sponiency. They are, as usual, of tha gontle gender, ‘This ts, a8 you enn ree by the Ietter-hend, 0 ‘enre nll'~or, as they enll it, 9 ‘medical and surgienl eunitarium,’ where tho ailing of al styles, grades, aud means are wont to come to seek secluglon sanid tho solitude which reigns supreme, One mun there ts whose back is broken. Tsinilens 1 louk at him, Heartless? Notatall, [tis natthat ‘1 love Romo leas, but Cwsur more,’ A tidy bere from Ohio fs altileted In the sane’ way that Iam, and walks witn crutches, Then we have Sirah Gamp and Betsy Prig bere, whose weight with uggregate anton, Another has her site paralyzed.” [took them all over and guy, * Old buy, you can’t came pluin'; and tdon’t, 1 forgot to wiention unother young Indy in the “bouse, whose very Presence 2 ft gunbeam and her absence chill November. Complexion of your Southern skica,—unueleully fuclined? Very. Bntertalns ing? Extremely so. Fair? Most wondrous. Sul, Lam a married man and tulle thus? Bx aetly. Tadusire thy beautiful and good where'er "tly found, and cluim for myself this boon. (No reference to Dante Hoone.) “Bo you are inTexas agin. I bad traced for ie {nthe lues of fate n Muppier lot,—a corner lotsot wo tre ereatures of chance, and wholly depondent upon clreumetinces, . vf. A. Dailey, Lam nebutned of you for writ- ing aa you do regarding frlendship.” If L did nat Acuow What you suy ia tor the anke of arumont, Lwould ‘cut yoo with wahibing. There is no auch thing us true Hrletiitehip serndass,, you uy. Hosht You know better, Getdowion your Knees and pray Heaven for that forgivenoss you do not deserve, No such thine na frient+ ship! [put thut statement down tn tho black sheet of muy, memory as ‘eanipulgn He,! Listen: ‘Is tha frividship? 1 would break my: inst Dunvnn und give you half (of the skin). It that la not pure tricndshipy Lo give itup, But seriously, air, you err, and until sou reform T want you to-remain In ‘Lexus and not sprend your demorulizlug ideas among newepuperenen while Tam tn tho businoss. Whon t think of you, Intronched tn that impenctrable -wilder- ness where even good advice cannot reach you until itia atulo, it makes me and and mad, for thero Is no greater griof thin te remems her days of doy when misery Is at tand, Your commnunicattons to Tre Carcano Trin uny do you no credit, and I wonder tho wise editor gives you a bearing. Ho will nave a frightful ain to anewer for in the next world, “Aud. now a bit of parting adylea: Get Married, old man, Cast trom your heurt enough hatred townrds mankind to make room for tho love of some truly good womins then, ie - ehuuco, you sill einnye Your optalon (so enlled) concorniny friundship. You are too cynical by bult out In love, *hend over tools," with somo t DY uty. -Go through the old, sweet rous ‘tship, Lend her to Hymen's altar, and cause envy to cluteh the entire hourt af sour bl tate. Then transplant your fulr Southorn flower toon Northern soll; it will not fade in the operation.— tender her your whole soul, and throw In your great blu heart to equallay tha bargin; ait ty pefarn you will be blessed beyond ail expecta. jon. *Doat ilke the chromu? Fmulate my exa . aod T guitrantes acura: for your doubts. You live too much iar Pee aele and the stars, Come down to enrth, M2 Ty A. Dulles, and Join the gang of Henedicka? Here Fadvat Euton (tapide, while you are 10,000 miles away bewalling your lnek of friends, 1 ain hippy, while you — onl ‘The conclusion is very plaii—get toarried.” Was over anything more bountifully absurd) And tis ts butone among a many, Lhe setitl dent isnot go Btarding ae the surprising cone vietion under whieh it appears to tave been written, Surely, when life is bedwod in and Ite path beset with such seductive sures, ho who excupes Is Iteky, TE constder ttn good fetter, and would rovommend it to ‘Che Home writers who favor oplstalary correapandence. At tho sumo tine LE need advice. eel under eertiin obll+ gntions to anawer it, and candidly f don't know how. Is a tmiu's hourt «bit of merchantable property which bo can dispose of at will by. xittar barter? Td there no appeal froin this de- elsion? No highor court where the vasa may Kuln a henring? At present £ oan see to rooin tor argument, The writer busea his” cons clusions upon personal Sper aud how van renson refute such couvictions? How delightfully Marvel desertbes the thought} “Was there ever a biohelor ef seven und twenty, T wonder, who bas not boen haunted by Plengunt old ladies and trim, good-antured mare tled friends, who talk to hin shout tice matenes, — vory nice natches,’—matches whieh neveruo, om? And who, pray, bas not lid same kind ald Helo to AL two sheets for him ubart some most. elhiriile eoyncudion— oF highly reapectable pure ontuge?” “In Heaven's name, thought 1, ‘pulling vo- homontly, What tsa wan's heart given him for if nat ta choose where ble heurt's blood, every drop of it, is tlowing? Who is golng to dain thosp billowy tides vf the saul, whose roll is ure dered by a planet groater than the moon, and that plinet Venue? Whois kolug to wbift tho vane of my desires when every breeza that Dpunses to my heaven (s keoping it all the moro Strongly to its bearings?” Ir thut ts weaut for a conundrum T cannot muvss it. ad. A. Daiuey, ORLENA, A MRIGHT LIFE, To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, CONTLAND, IIL, Bept, 2.—Atone with our dead in the deep, dark eray of the morning, a fow Scot of turf her quict couch, the poor, thin hands that have accomplished so much in the puet lad beiplealy above her breast, Moro than elybtye two yeurs of Joy and sorrow buve fullon to her fot, and tho end of ber Journey fs reached at Jant. Peaceful and quict ta the slumbor that ene Chains ber this beuutiful autumn morning, when all Nasuro scows tranquilly repoding after a day of turmoil and unrest. Outside, the auunds of busy farm-tife buve al- ready commenced, tho crowing of fowls and tho dismal boot of 8 night-owl perehed lu a tree cluso by forming Au uccompantinont to tho distaiit rattle of the beuvy wagons thut are eo ourty on the road, Autumo basting ber dusky mantle over treo and sbrub, and already the algya of the coming winter are visibly in the ult and the sunshine. What bavoo it will muke' with the starry-vyed pansics, the clustering verbonas, and the bost of uther garden beuutley’that nod thoir greetings tothe pusser-by, and deok the couch of our doud. Fora week we bave kuown that tho illcks ering ight would soon, yo. outvand ducing thut thoes vialt to the fuinitlar scuncs uf uhiliuood was Indulyed in, thy Dructog air sweeplig uceoss the broad prairies wowing w give pow Jife to thu energies und fresh vigor to the yay tem. u thunkfufiy-recelyed blussing alter the pent-up life of tbe city and the close confuse mont inuident to the ick room. Such vsreful and tonder nursus as those farmers’ wives ure. No tials wees tou mrduvus If it will couse tho 16S0-—ST (TEEN PAG PAM oF lessen tho sutterings of the Invall proud to ask where reryices are not. alferc only too willing to sacrifices themsulves on tho: altar of haa tly devotion when cutstte stf- feriug demands, althougt knowiig that the sues Filles, Will not be appreciated as stitch devotion Inerite, How much of surensm has been fling at even the title of mcthor-inestuw.” The one way either an exception to the general rate or clad they are nat such terrible erentures us thes are represented ta be. ‘Therein mist le the seeret. Thov have been defamed Just aa many another tender wantan has been, Peannot bellove that tho husband's mothor-ln-law 1s xo tel more terrible wn crenture thin tho wife's, and Tan certain that not many old Indies who pars olf tho stie of v: watso advanced inure are nore kindly db fH tethe whojo world thin Hear heart we nre about te coneen to the pmb. Fe is fron the hustnaned that all thts faule= finding and osnrensm that hia deli the press for in few ven heveriy word from the w mthoieh there are plenty of tes on the other hand at whieh might yo thing with eauil Justice the whole dritt of Ritreagim that (heaped upon the opposit: Re: At any rate, the mother-ineitw above wh randall elumber tho atirs will keep lonely visi tonight was a kind, conmilerate, exemplary: womndns more rotteltous of the eu ite othora than of ber own welfare until the very lust. So we toy her way with tonderness amt eare, her memory one of the bright thin of Kfe, ber exemplary tenchings treasured a9 something tao holy’ to cnst lightly aside. We lay ber out amid the Mowers of antumn on the green billelde where tho witht ean aween Ightly hbave her and chant her requiem, And onty tho kindese and tenlerest of thoughta cun ever mar hor nemory, although she was only nyt mothor-In-inw, OnvENA, MISCELLANEOUS, HO KNOWS? To the Editor of The Chleago Tribune. Citreado, Sopt. 4.—I8 thare any truth in tho theory that tomatoes produce cancer? What led tothe supposition? Haye doctors over taken tho matter {nto consideration? Please answer in The Home and oblige A Sunscniben. LAUNDRY Wonk, To the Editor of The Chicugo Tribune. Curcaco, Sept, 2.—It has ovedrred tome that goo service might be doue by writing on this tuple. Will same of tha thoughtful readers of ‘Tho Home give tho results of their observations In respect to the beat process and methods of Washing, whether by hand or by muchine, advise {ng whethor any compound ahoull-be used, etu.? Tho entire mingement of such work 1s Bo often left to xervinta: that TL have questioned whethor they might not be instructed with wen eruladvantige, Housenobpen, DEFEND HIM, To the Editor of The Uhicago Tribune, Enkrtonn, Wis., Sept, 1.—Forty Years ts quite right In suying that wo ure tensclous of our own Identity. The poets ought surely to bo tho proper ox- ponents of tho sentiments which govern the humun heart, and they fully sustain this opinion. Who tits not admired tho single oxeeption in Tlutns' © Hos's Wire"? If Roy's Wife" Is not the only exception, let us henr from whoinsocver hus geen nnother, It has always seemed to tne that the poor fellow expreased 1 devotfon above and beyond humanity, and yet expressed It 50 simply that tho tuslon ts complete, and the iim- oasible exaltation of the lover pisses uanvticed, 1b tho lines: Now happy 5, had sho boon ming, Ori bean Roy uf Aldivuliucht aa BNCOURAQKS NOTH INES, ‘To the Editor of The Chteago Tridune, Broomtvaton, UL, Sept. 14—f am glad ‘Tha Home and Trmune aro combined, for two great sources of pleasuro to me are thus brought to- gether, Iwas much plonsed with the lotter of Little Sister, You are right, Ittle one, put Forty Yeurs, our dene old philosopher, can't bo harmed by Uttle unkind speeches, espoinlly since thera Isso Httlo malice in thom. Ie ls.a plilosopher, and hence bears such things bravely. L used to think him a porfect stuis until I read bis totter of tho 28th ult; thon I montally shook hands with bim. Did you f cols brain wave then, F.Y .? f like toread tho lot- ters of those whose words give tho Impression that thoy occasionally ventilate thoir minds by letting In a breeze of new tena to sweep down the cobwebs, and Inspire thom to say something they didn’t Inherit word for word fron. their renin ors, I tind miteh that is beautiful in . ¥.'s letters. Lo ltke him, becanao he his a Jargo mind, Ho has views that would bo a credit touny ono. Ho doesn't, becutise ft is too mucn trouble to forin an original optnton, say 1 bes Nevo.” without investignting whit” ho Is eutled upon tobolleya, If ho tinds in his path stones that ire marked “Sacred to the memors of” some funatteal doctring that bad its birt! in tho mind of someone ages igo, bo dogsn't alt down and go to sleep by thom waiting for the resuirreotion-diy to take thom out of his wis. He doesn't say, either, ngainst tho evidence of his own eensea, “1 don’t bellove they nre thoro,"* buthe takes the nx of truth und ‘dellberately breaks Into pleces what ho cannot got around whhout brenking to pleces, Tho ‘crush may aunoy tho sleepers, but thoy may ns well pro- pare thomselves for getting up. Itis tho 'rls- ng bei” of tho millenniuin, 1 hope the Conductor won't think 1 am gotting revolutionary. Tam porfectly enim, 1 nsture you. It umuses one to see E.B. Pl yet oxcited, . though, and como rushing alung all out of Urenth loaded with ulee sentences and dig words, which ho piles agninst some small loop. hole out of which he imagines Forty Yours Ts golng to try to esaape. Then ho trainps around and inukes rulns of hig work. to soo If F, Y¥. ts there, and all tho time that porsonnge stands Uuek serenoly amiitng nt his opnonent: ug ho whacks away at the smull hole, | like to rend Etta. P's letters, bowover. Ho says sume learned things, and Is second best every tino, and 1 hope bo will keep on. Eupnipag, INDORARA 18 VIRWS, To the Editor of Ths Chicuya ‘Irtbune, Curcaao, Sept. 22.—1 rend with great Interest and amusement the Iettor 8.Q, Luplus, which wus every word trae, and felt nosmall degree of satisfaction that somo one else thought Just as 1 did and had expressed in such a bright, clover, and entertaining manner my own [deus regarding morringe. If the writer of It had heen present when Trend it t would have ex- tended to bin the right hand of fellowship, for wo nll know thut “a fellow fevling mukes one wondrous kind." 8. Q. Lapius, I would ike to see what sort.of a looking individual you arc,—that Is, tf you are not old and ugly. ‘There aro two things I distike tn this world,=-old mon and eblldron; when L say old men, I do not mennall, for there aro some fine-looking well-preserved old gentiemen. who command my sincere reapect and revore once, but! have seen [n the atreet-cara so many slovenly, Ugly huteful ones thut 1 have become discusted with'them. Lean say to tho © spright= ly bachelor” thor ia nothing in tho wartd “to fnduce a man to commit matrimon, tt has wlwaya been a mystery to me wh: or poor, could be waiting ‘to forge. na at man, rloh Juss and comforts for tho suke of his tucholor wwife; und It lag acuned equally strange why 1 wornan, to avold being an “old mild fs willing to darn socks, mond clothes, cook, uta, for some peor goud- for> nothing mn ‘he = life js nota happy ane.” for, love« iarcluges, Jove ta a ileuon, invented’ by the poss tpatent secured), For my own Batts { hive dutermined to enter the ranke af “old talda,” not from necessity, but choice, and would rathor live In“ singis bleasedness,” earn tug ny own Living if need be, than coudomnin, youll for "a month of banoy to a lite al vinegnr.” Lam not soured, us ome might sup. rw (8. Q. L. must understand my fuellugs), for thoroughly enjoy the socloty of a sensible, well-brod gentioman of cultivated and polished Insunors (lua! how fow thore nrel). Such wt ono Lam perfectly willing to entertain and bo entortuined by in reture, Yous, t for one think the married men aro “pokey” (that Isa favorit word af mine), but thea, | porhupa, my opinion won't count, being “an old maid," ulLS, Q. L,, it 8 you who have called this letter forth, for Tnevor should have written it, had [ not rend your most exceltent ane, with which 1 Wan au delighted that | could not forbonr tolling you ao through the columns of The Elome. If, an you say, you never * note the author,” but road. right wing, 1 hope you will nok be disappoint. ed when you fad fut A MALDEN OY TWENTY YEARS. HATHEN UNLUCKY, ‘ Tb the'Editor of The Cateago Tribune, GREENWOOD, IIL, Bopt. W.—As a renilur of THe Tuinuns, and especially of The Home, 1 pave been somewhat intorestod In the Iettors devoted to bachelors, both pro and con, Now 1 confess Wfan old bach, Adtuitting sumo of HE, J. Statemonts to bo true, f think thacit sevon out of ten buchclora wero ta give the true reason for their vcllbuoy it would surprise sone of the Homvites. Asan instance I willstate my owneaso. Uptothe ago of 151 wus stronger, both mentally and physically, than most of iny companions, At that ago I contracted thotye phold-fover while caring for au older brother, When nearly well 1 took cold, bad a relupse which rosulted {n bealu-fever, tho otfecta of which, combined with tutlammatory rhoumus tla, contined mo to the houss, Incapable of performing elthur manual or clerical lubor, far he next four your Tho next three were devoted (uy assisting omy = older Urothers in securipg a bome for our aged Durenta, 1 thon Iuduntured mysulf for threo curs tO learn @ trade. but wis forced to re= -wvery large buitding, All aula tat tho cad of vix muuths by reason afill-hoalth, [thou ¢urnod my attention to farming, and fa about tlve yours succeeded in iaking enough tu purchase & howe of ny own, ‘Eecking Grooley’s advicu, I came to Milnoia, und for sufe-kuopuig depusited whut wonoy t bad with mu in one uf Chlewgo's savlugs bunks, The Home knows the result, Not utatl dis: couraged, | tried again, and ude another stuart, when un ‘acaldunt bald imo aside, using up the remmutofimy funds. this to bonet of my efforts, but sinipty vindleate: one class of old bachelors. My {den of homeel Id, niet always bas been, a heme fre newmbraves, attrounded by a loving wife and faoly, feansdider a inun whe ds alent ta marry Toemtiay he camnot support a wife tage to lave a wite, Towant te anaiwer a letter on rutol itp, Th the seetion where 1 veut ralsed the cultires of tobneen wis the chief buaiiess, and | formed the hablt of sinokime ag a preventive of the miuisen caused by yreen tapieeo, and T knew that when Ewent on tho atrect with weigar or pipe ino my mouth and tt was known that 1 sinoked, Lwould be invited, nay urged, todritk, whieh waa not the ease ofther “hefore or since 1 quit uatng the weed, TL coneider star tscless, exe poneive iibit. and speak from experience, have nae sed Ht fer some wx Or dover sent, 1 Is Gurht years sines Lo omnve up tho use ot tobaceo and aeints, nnd Fo think if same or the devation whieh fs now given to these and Kindred Inbits was given to home nid Its Interests, there would be legs aingle peo: Me and happier, married anes, One eloss of Honde approved ot my re to bave a home nnd stirt in dife before mmurying, while another advised me'te get ine # wife ‘and she would hein ah ita farm. What do the Indies of Tho lat Nn owny one give me na recipe for removing: ink stalng froin clothing, carpets, ote, Jasven Grey, & STRICTLY PRHIONAL, To the Lditur of The Chicago Tribune, GRAND Iartns, Mich,, Sept, 25.—To thoso very kind new friends who have naddpessed mo with printed and private letters in reference to a tuple recently discussed in The Iome, t wish to say sundry words, to-wit: r When it seemed ndvisable to me to speak tn serlous earnest to those’ who have expressed views differing frout my own in cegned to human perfection, t Mghied a ruvisting Key West, and, commencing with tho writings of my ancestors who Mluminated thy wortd somo twenty-fye or twonty enix conturics nyo, drew my pen with a graceful uml brilliint sweep down through the Jntervenlng Instant, evyon to the triviuttes of to-day—Tho Home, the modern Gud, myself, and my opponents, It was an adinirable totter, not too long, clear NS Tahoe's tar, bright na day, and it lett tiny ndversuries not a leg to stand upon, Catmly and contidoutly J waltud for tho fol- lowing Saturday. ‘That shin hue letter waa pot printed. Thavoe an iden that Pie Ter: management fs uolizing those brilfinnt pages in plicu of 80 many cleetrly Hehts to Hlumine the mysterious eaverns which aro knows ‘to exist tinder the ae ae corner of Dewrbern and Madison Grasping tho stylus in my tapering patrician fingers Linsertbed nv tablet to the wise and good editor of Tho Home, whist ran thas any L have not written: Ive all very woll toryoit, ne reters Momo tli, to auy tnt one “party Is whip cite net sport for yon to Ait down on in fenuw when tine ts cued nnd he te jist npoliing to bo up nnd at tho seruteh.Lucuuae, d'ye wee, It ulvas him nu ehunce ior money. var in rolnd that in the year and 6 bale you-bave Leon priuting wy let.o-g 1 have nover bored yan ROOT Hhytili before, und do give ie JuBt one niure Found with Chit ered CUbult the tail of my Inet totter If you Ikes Taunt caro, rave fur the eomplinent ty Chav’s ‘class mee fing" but fer me tinye ong more whnek at fy VI keep iy’ mouth whut afterward, no Mmuter what ste sys biek nguln, * TUK ANCIENT, None save n stony heart could have beon un moved by this pariotie {pe mal from yeny haulers. All tho sanu my cifiulgent letter was not printed, is It not sad? ‘To Chat, and Little Sister, and Zoe, and @., and City Forrest, and the Captious Perso wid others who tive spoken ime fale, muny thinks and gratefin thoughts, ‘To you, Litt Sister, thunk and rogrots, ose pectelt; since throuih your generous fies yor hiV 8 been exnosed to Insult, aid inault: whleh | am not permitied to uvenge. I enn only bid you remember Catt no worthy hand would write anything for the public eye which was desired solely to wound the feeliigs of another, aud a+ sure’ you that all readerdot the wngraciotts words inddrested to you wilt) feel nothing Bave fndlynntion that suck wanton detractions should have been written, and, having been weit! tit they should have been printed, And Urttst you will not weep over mart It is my good fortune stray adowa that engy, fatal slope with tho most eloquent and kind-hearted nan in Aworien; but, tn the nme of sweet humunity, drop one allont, unobtrusive tour over thogo Paguns of to-day whose Gad isa God of ven xeauce, and who console their Hlinty heurts with the cantintal reflection that the brief trlumphs: of thoir wdversaries will, bu swallowed up in Hames of thre unquenchable. And you, Chit—we have had our own little battles, but no band save a wormun’s could hive giscn you so cownrdly a stab ng doce Bt Bota fi when site says you know how It is yoursel? in the cure of the curied and olled and bejeweled hypocrite. And is it not otd that these very good people van never quite agree? Une of these two whom [inay not answer starts Inger- soll and myself to perdition together, while the other wishes for an Ingersoll in every genors ution, {sit possible that these perfect ones da hot know: all of.the doalres ‘and intentions of God? Forty Yeans, A BNORT TID IN MINNEROTA, To the Enitor of The Chicago Tribune, INDEPENDENCE, In., Sept. 15.—1 awoke nhaut & o'clock In the morning and found that our “sleeper” bad been left along wry from the depot, ond near tho Mississippl. {hastened from the carand ploked my way through tho hie Jumber-plics, box-cars, flat-cars, and rwiteh> engines to tho river,. Here 1 hada splendid view of the Falls of St. Anthony, It was a beautiful morning, tho sun just up, and the alr fresh afd exhiluraiing. The great river rolled tt my feot, the Fulls shimmeringand glistening in the distunee, the little City of Bt. Anthony on my right, and the lirge, handsomo buelness structures and huge mills of Minneup- olls ut my left, formed a beautiful pleture, 1 wandered around among the milly and Immbur- yards that lino the river until 7 o'clock, then turned my steps towards the city, J passed hun dreds of men and boys on thelr way to the varl- ous mills and manufactories of Minnenpolis, After Thad brenkfasted, € rambled through the city. Leaving tho wide, bandsome business streets, with thofr large, fMne-looking blocks of brick nud atone, Leame to tho most attrnative Part of the city,—her parks and beautiful resl- dences, The parks und streols of Minnenpulis ure kept In porfest order. I nevor saw atreets in better condition; the people take pride In thelr nico green lawns and well-kept strects, Who can blumv them? 1 spent tho most of my tine before dinner In the parks and around through tho principal streote of tho elty, After dinner 1, boarded tho train for Wayzata, a sinall atution on Luky Minnetanka, where Lurrlyed in due ting and wont at once on bourd the steamer Muttio May. Ina fow minutes the fittlostenmer was Cull, and slowly bucked away from the lund= ing, turned around. and started on tho aixemile trip up the lake tothe Park, Itigu very plows: Out trip, and wll enjuyed it, On our tht for wome distance the like way Ined with handsome cottages, mest of them having nent little bunt-how with sail and Fuw bunts ranilng i and out, Onan taland about 1 [Vane of a milo from Wayzata, was attimted a handsome cotta; the grounds were nicoly fuld out, and hore and there jn the trees humimvoks could be seon louded down, Ou our tuft, avout hilt way bes tween Wuyzata und the park, Is eftunted tho St. Louis Hotel itis upon a bill in as tina a rove a8 can bo found near the like. It his four large plazzas, one above the other, rune wing the entire longth of the building. it lool vory pleasant; but, as ty tine was lm ited, Thad te pas it by. Aa soon 8h wo renched tho park I wont to the Park Hotel in company with several Cellow-pussengers, and togetior wo went up the stepa to the grand piazzn that vnoireles the bulldlng, Tho hotel wis not tins ished, but we could evo that It was golny to be the rooms nlihed wore Tull, and, there being no chines to get Jodgings, we dutermined to go back tO Mintiv« apoils, Thorofore, after a hasty rin over the grounds, wo embarked for Wayzata, reaching ‘that place Just in time to take tHedo'clock tral for Minneupalls, ‘The fotlowing morning I bonght a ticket for Bt. Paul, and stopped att at Binnchahe Falls and Fort Suctling. At the Fulla quiten number of passongers luft tho train, and together wo wont to view then, Twas disappointed. 1 bat pectud to tind moro water sailing, Howe Iga Vory benntifil epat, aad tho seener: rounding the Falls ts very ploturesque, We des avended the steep atalras below tho Falls, and went around under the preelpice, buck of the thin sheet of wuter, and caine outon the other side. A photographer tus stationed his gallery very close to the Falla, and' cents to do a fair business, We purchased sonio very nu yiows of the Fills, “a a At Fort Snelling ten of us left the train and tolled up the atcep, long atuire to the fort Hinek, and adjoining the fort are quite a nuu Ler of handsome bouses for (he use of the of ccrsand thoir futuillos, Woe wandered around Shrough the fort, und went out on tho large bund-atand where we Lad a eplendid view of the country for mites around, The avenery ts grand beyoud descvipton. Wo could see the Missia- sippltor quite a distance, winding Iu and out dmony the hills, and whon we bourd the whistle of the train for 8t. Paul wo really regretted Jeuving all this scenery belsind, and several in the party declared thelr intention of coming buck ut soine future the, to take a whole day to visit the fort and surrounding country. MWe arrived inst. Paul Just in tine for dinner, aftor which J spent two ‘hours in visiting tho TAY, polnta of Interest in and about ¢ho eity, ‘Tho business streote of St. Puul are nit as wide as thoge of biinnexpolis, but the bueliess blocks Presot u tine appearance. The residences of Bt Paul, 1 think, surpugs those of Minneapolis, ue they have no better bid out grounds or jaws, 1 took the train for White Bour Like und are rived there ubout balf-pust 4. This) ko te ubout threo und one-balf miles long by on mite wide, and when we reached i it presented: buy scone, Yuchta were saillag, aud row-boate add sail- boats of all descriptions were ou the luke, A fellow-passvager und myself coguge! a yacht, juyed w ball of two hours, and “ituere ure good hotels and a great paay band. ' hot be very while of the mark, ome Hite cottayes nt White Bear ianke, and, 08 there Is plenty of fish iu the Inke, it Is rand Boat place to enjoy a woek’s vacation, whieh T at ee Tat not tive, but hope utsome future time to be abte ta spond 9 month there camping out, fishing, and hunting. Guy TwiLten, THE BOURBUN BREAK-UP. What the Independent Movement tas Dono tn Virginin-Kamities Divided and Old Friends on Opponit Sidca— Changed Noctal Relations—Good Work of Mabone and Mins Mens =" Correapundrnes New York Times, Petersnvic, Va, Sept. 20.—One of the most noteworthy fentures of. the oxtraordl- nary politienl contest now going on in Vir- winin fs to befoundin the fact that the women and children are quite as violent in thelr partisanship as are the men. True to their Southern Inallncts, the people have taken thelr pollileal ditferences into their homes, aut the result has been a social revo- lution almost as extensive as that which fs progressing with regard to the affairs of the State. Virgiutnis doubtless the most lb eral and enlightened Commonwealth In the South; buteven Virginia was not. prepared or & movement in polities which cast aside the old foxy Bourbon leaders, tra bled upon prejudices which grew out of the oll, system of slavery, broke down lincaof enste which lave existed here for xereratons, and declared that no man or set of men had rights diferent or greater than noyed by thelr fellows, And all this lone by the brave men who, calling themsvlyes Readjusters, are at the head of the Independent’ movement In Virginia. 1 say brave men, ant. they well deserve the thie, for they have not only disulayed phys- Tea wrage When called upon to do so, but have given many evidences of moral bravery, awauality somewhat rare in this part of tho country. ‘They haye dared to do what. they helleved to be right, even altho risk of giv. Ing erent offense to “the native and best.” They have risked social standing, as well as polllteal power, by (urmg to seb themselves ip against the riding clique, and by declare ing that a nexro’s vote under the Inw was quite a3 potential as a white: man’s, and shonld bo so regarded and counted. When Gen, Mahono and the tending Re- adjusters firat announeed Chis doctrine there Were many who believed that they did so ouly for political effeet, and among certain very knowing Bourbons there was a guod dealof sly amusement regarding the new trek which was being played upon tho “niggers? But, asthe event has proved, thoy were mistaken in thelr men; dfahone and his friends intended no trick. ‘Ths they abundantly. proved by faithfully Carrying out all thelr promis by aiving negroes and Republicans ashare fn the State and Local Governments, and by protecting the froed- men in thelr rights of cltizenah ly The storm of indignation which thts action has aroused hery cummot be exaggerated, ‘The shame, trouble, and mortifieation whiel it ins brought upon the faut Bourbons who have: lars eleved that they ruled this State by diving right cannot be described. ‘To that someéof them foam at the mouth whentalking of * Billy” ,Mahone would ‘The failure very plain devised to “bring the Inde- ndents to thelr sunses,” Unt isto. get them 0 buck = duto the = Democrade fold, hus only intensified the hostility against them, ‘They and) thelr movement have been ridiculed ant Inughed at. But, In spite of Jeers, it ene ay continues to grow more and more forulduble. A spasmodic effort was made to get rid of i¢by methods which were su besntinrty effvetlye fn breaking down Southern Republleanisms but it wus soon found that the Readjusters were nbt tnarmed and defenseless negroes. On the contrary, they were able to shoot quite aswell aid Quite ng ‘often us the Bourbons, and the Ku- Klux tactics were quickly and Srinsly abi: doned, ‘Ther social ogtracisin, that favorite Southern weapon, was tried, aid without re- sult. It was announced’ that Mistress this, that, and tho other, the wives of certain aris- toeratle Bourbons, had declared thelr inten: ton of not visiting the families of prominent Realjusters oso long as they ~ persisted in gl sing countenanee to “nigger pollti- elan: and at thts the families of the afore- dt Rendjusters turned thelr bricks upon the sal Indies of “the first soclety,” with the quiet inthuation that a moderate share of happl- néts could be enjoyed in this world, even without thelr company.” Uniler these clr- cumstinees thore was, of course, nothing to bo done but to deatare war upon “the traitors? and ofi¢inily annonce from Bour= hon henulquarters that even “ Radicals” were better than Readjusters. Only thase who have lived In Virginia, or traveled Chrowgh itin former political cam pnignsyean feel and know tho changed con- ditions under whieh the people of all colors live, act, und talk, Virginin before the War was a slave Sinto; since the War in eyory- thing which related to polities It has been frev only In name, It is now freo in reality. All men of all parties can freely axpress their opinions. The whites are divided among thom Lives, and the colur line fsa thing of @ past, ‘The manwho more than all other men has contributed to these great results Is Willan Mahone, of Petersburg. Me isa self-made iman, He welgha not more than ninety-tve poutids, He may well be described as a Mttle fuuite of skin, muscle, and bone. He is the most active man in the South, He seems never to rest. He Is now 4 years of age, and hopes to live until the “Solid South” and “Sold North’? have both been broken up. Is father was a tavern-keeper, I and always has been, one of the people, was born'in Virgiila, To Is a graduate of one of the best schouls in the State, is a man of deep reading, and by his own work as a elvil engineer and railway manager has won fortune, and built for himself and his family 8 house which, by reuson of Its quiet appolntments, loftiness, und the order and neatness of all Its surroundings, may well serve as oa model to al tha South, Gen, Mahone hns, succecd- ed despite the Bourbons, IIe owes them nothing, Mointends to pay thom nothing, As they have done In tho past, he dares them in tha future to do thelr worst against him and his purty. Ho hits fought their battles, led thelr armies, built their rnilways, de- feloped thelr State, Mu has now niudlertaken the tusk of permanently Iiberalizing thelr politics, Unless all signs fail, he will have «lone so before the expiration of his alx years? term inthe United States Senate. He still professes to by a Democrat, but In this’ eon- neetlon he says,—and 1 wilt quote his exact words :— “1 will not permit Bourhonism to construe for ine what true or Natlonal Democracy Is, nor will I permit Bourbons to rula me out o! the Demoeratis party.” + ais ta the government of this State, he has sald within tho week to one of hls friends, — and again L quote his exnet words: “As far aS my personal luttuence axtends, the polit- leal rlghts of ,every clusa of the’ peopto of Virginia, and of every individual of every elass, as guaranteed by tho Constitution, shill be equally respected,” So long as Gen, Mahone Ives up to these declarations, he nny ately be trusted to con- tral the polities of Virainin, He ts at least to be congratulated upon haying laid the core ner-stong of what may bea new and lberal South, HO, ———a “Hatr Rovivum " restores gray hair to Its orig Inal color for 80 cunta, WAKING POWDER, TEL CONTRAST! 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