Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 16, 1880, Page 16

gwar Im ee ipagomieTinct a al Last Wednesday’s Moeting of the : Club, and Its Results. Tho Kitehon Garden School to Pass into Other Hands, A Curious Kind of Autumn Idy] Com- ‘posed of Prose and -Postry. Arlington Cemetery Deserihed by a Mem- her of The Home In Maryland. Mr. Dailey Hos Somo Faots to Presont Con- cerning the Power of Lovo. Pally Phemus Agatn the Subject of Considerable Altention--Miscollaneous Contributions. BY THE SEA. Remembrance of buried moments, Of Joys thut we past and gone, Flonts over my' soul In darkness As Tait dreaming alonos Alono, while tho starlight gilstens Over bill, and valo, and len, And light boats, rocking upon the tide, Drift Inzily in from sua. And taintly across the waters Tho fisherman's song Ia heard; “It tg only 0 mournful echo, And yot tiny spirit is stirred. And over as drift tho sall-Loats On the blue tido's ebb and How, Steals over my soul untlddon Sweet thoughts of the lung aga. In tancy Isco tho seashore, And tho elite’ wild, bidden dolls, Where grow tho slender ferus’ frail lenves— Whore wo gathered tho pink sea-sholls. And again tho mountain pathways ‘Where tho fatreat wild flowers blow, Where wo roved through lengthened summer anys, Tn tho happy loug nyo. ‘Thoy are only flocting visions ‘That come In ty ldle dreams, Crowned by the glory of youth's bright morn, And silvered by youth's bright beams; Yet thoy haunt my soul with thelr sweotncss, And I tong, though all In vain, For tho old; old tia by: tho seashore, And thoso summer days again. Luoy McEwen, TUE LETTER-BOX. ‘There are letters, papers, and postal-cards at this office for the persons whose names ap- pear below. Those living out of the city -showld send thetr address and a three-cent stamp, upon receipt of which thelr mail will be forwarded. Itesidents of Chieago can ob- tain thelr mall by calling at Room 6 ‘nu xe Building: 9 Louisa Lake, Migs Bessie Davis, THE NOME CLUB. IT8 MEETING WEDNESDAY, - «To the Editor of The Crteago ‘tribune. Cmcaqgo, Oct. 4.—Tne Thmuxe Tome Ctub met according to appointment at the Tremont House, Wednesday, Oct. 18, for tho purpose of adjusting matters relative to the Kitchen Garden School, Grandma Oldways inthe chair, The attendance was good, and the members highly gratified at the success the President had achieved In placing the schoul on a firm basis, the Inck of funds compelling the Club to abandon the iden of striving to carry it on alone as heretofore, By donsting the entire list of toy furniture to tho ‘Third Presbyterian Chureh of Chicago we havo the assurance of its becoming an established Institution, the ladles of that chureh taking a hearty Interest fn its success, and promising to maka it ag acarly as possible what wo had destgned it should be, n grand and noblo work that should educate servant girls upto the high standard of perfection that every thinking man and wouian should desire to see attained. They have the funds at hand for its main tenance fn the filghest type of order, tho children that are verging toward the degree of womanhood that will oblige thom to fall inte the ranks of domestics already crowd- ing the alsles of their mission sehool, glad of the opdortunity of galuing what knowl- edge is attainable through tho genorosity of the public. Wo are suro the kind friends who havo assisted us in the past by dona- tlons will feel gratified to learn that they have been instrumental in establishing such an institution InChicago,—an instttution that. wit do more to lighten the Inbor and vexn- tlon of housekeeping tan anything before attempted, Aneduented servant, oducated iu every department of houselebping by the desertptive ballads that aro indelibly tim- pressed upon the memory while young, would seem to be a most desirable acqutsi- tion tn the realm of home, aid one that will certulnly be attalned by the methods taught In the Kitetten-Garden School, ‘The Prestdant vf the Club has generously offered to devote hisattention to the teaching of the ladies thoy muy seleet, and the sehool, will bocarried on fora this unter his efi. clent management: We will Inform the pub- Jie through The Nome colts from thne tothne of the success of tha sehoul under the manngement of the noble Indies who so tenderly tke itin charge, It wad deelded that tho’ smnll_ amount of money remaining in the ‘Treasury should be held fn reserve, us a charity fund, for tho assistance of the needy whose sufferings may be reported to the Charity Committeu-by any of the vor As members, After n hearty vote of thanks to Grandma. Oldways for her brave exertions In behalf of the Chib, it wasmoved that uctlon be taken von the death of “ Montec,” beloved wife of Mr. G, L. Moutague, this betig the first meot- Any of the Club since the sad ogeurrence, In pursuance therowlth the Corresponding Sec- Tetury was requested to draw up and forward aletter of cqndolunce to the boreaved ae anil, ‘The Club then adjournes be Moro business to ane hire, Belg 10 OnuLENA, Corresponding Secretary, a AN AUTUMN IDYLL, RATUKI VARIEGATED, HOWEVER, To tha Edltor of The Chicago Tribune, Cutcago, Oct, 13,—The sultry summer days of this productive and prosperous year are gone, The Miles have withered away, the roses Inve faded, the songbirds have flown southward, tho horvest-llelds aro de- ‘serted, aud tha brilliant leaves are already Dbegloning to fall, ‘Tho apring-time came, and, ere tt passed away, ‘Tho world was robod with beauty averywhvro, ‘The bloomiug roses and the new-twown bay With thole sweet fragranco filled tho eumnmor Georgina, . alr, Row ulin comes; tho woodlands gicam with gold; ‘Tho atory of anothor year is told. We are reminded by theso changes in Nature of the muny transformations In lfo (uot we have undergone, We recall ofden- UUme friendships and the forms and faces of Joved ones we have lost. Wo watched with pleasure the expanding buds, the unfolding leaves, and, opentug: blossoms only a few mouths axo; now we exporicuee cmations of regret to seo thon wither away. UAfe has its seasons; they ure as distinct tuul ditterent from each other as the seasons of to yent, a the boundary lino that lies between thor le quite us imperceptible. We glide trom the first into each .of the others; from childhood tito manhood, nlddle-tite, nud old age. “Thoy are blended beautifully together Into one exiytence, like the ditferont shudes and colors that oxpress the distances Ava lonely landseape. ‘The months aud years eurry us all onward over rough and tranguil laces, euch to his or her appulnted destina- onl, * . We are all dreamers. Dreams are tho do- V Ughtful gardens of faney when In idle mo- jucote we jnay revel ln the splendors of our huneliations§ they elevate the humblest out- cayt into the atmosphere of royalty und make the darkest HH more magnificent than the mansion of the mlilionaire, Gloomy clouds are tlying past nd the coul October breezo, Signe with a mournful sound. hro’ tho branchos of the trees, _Beattora wide tho withered leaves Tn the woodlands dark and drear— Gathored nro tho golilen shoavos, Wintor's winds will soon be hora, Wo slt by our closed windows and .wateh’ the drifting clouds go by; cally they ap- preach ts, and quictly thay float away... At the dawn of the day and at the ‘approach ‘of alght they are fringed with tho splendor of the sunshine, As we fazo upon tholr’ fantastic forins fancy fashions thant into: ® scamblance of many familiar things, Thera are lovely faces that” bean-npon ‘us fora moment aud are one; thers ara winged monsters that go swiftly sailing bys there aro distant hills aid fair valleys, broad Inkes and shining strennis; there Is overs thing that the human mind ean conceive, outlined aid expressed in these «is- solving tenants of the sky. Clouds typlty hwnan experience: the Ueht that Muminntes their outer edges reminds ts of the hupes and joys that wladden young and Innocent hearts, while the darker shad- ows, In their musty folds, are sadly suzgest- ive of tho troubles and humiliations iat every soul in riper years must feel and bear, The winds that watt them upon their way, changing their shapes and -courses continu ally, are Hke different freaks of fortune al- ways Inconstant and mnsteady, : Like the fading clouds, wo will all soon vanish into eternity, ‘Thoro is n better land to como; Its gateway is the tomb. O muy we moot our loved ones thera, Yoyonl tho bldden gloom! How peaceful is tho alcep of death, For, thro’ bla silent door Tho weary woo will never como ‘Of day's that are no more. In almost every human tind there is an- inborn consclousness of linmortalitys it Is the foundation of all truce hope and faith. What eterulty fs, none now living in. this world can titelllgently understand, | Alan jas no power to fathom its mysteries; it Hes forever before us. We contemplate tt with minny tnlsgivings and conjectures. The line penetrable vell that hides it from our gaze inay yet be lifted aside: its marvelous secrets muy be revealed, and the grand Architect of the Universe be seen, heard, and understood by all humanity. God aces 119 overywhert, Wherever wo tnay stray; Ho hears tho humblest prayor, Nor turns bis cur away, His greatness is revealed in the shining stars. [is power is presented in the roar 01 thunder. Hs goodness is displayed In every opening bud and trensblling lade of grass, ant Ilis wisdom is revealed in His crowning handiwork, tho tmmortal soul of mant If there be no hereafter beyond the strug: gles and disturbances upon tho surfaco of this planet, from whence can come tho firm and wnfallering faith and tho earnest and positiva hope of many who are already upon tho threshold of the dor that opens into the world; from whenes can cone tho confidence and trust that dying Chris- feel in contemplating the world to coins? We may meet again! How much of the horror of death does the thought banish away; how patiently does it enable us to bear burdens that would other- wiso be unendurable. What sweet conifort and perfect peace of mind it brings, and how strong (t makes our faith to feol thnt in the hereafter we may again greet our friends and «dwell with them in the presence ot God for- over. ‘There 18 one hopo that never fados or dica, ‘fhe hopoot Heaven, How marvelously grand; ‘Tho’ alt tife's howling tempesta that arluc 4 Sweep o'er tho rock of ayes whure wo stand, We glinco aduwn the pathway we have trod And leave our imperfections all with God, Eugene J. Haun, ARLINGTON CEMETERY, UNVEILING THE MONUMENT. ‘Tb the Kaltor of Tha CAtcago ‘Trtbune, Magunstown, Md., Out, 1.—There Is not the least doubt in this world that Hnugers- town has been having a delightful time for the last thirty duys; itdocs not even think of subsiding from its stato of excitamont, and still stands on Its tip-toes anxiously luok- ing for the coming clreus, with its baby-ele- phant and electric Hght, and counting tho days before tho “big meetin’ * and the annu- al fatr, In tho carly part of last month, Reno Post, GA. R, lighted s camp-fre a short distanve fromtown, Oh} how tho curious country people flocked thither to seo and to be secn! Many of thom lind not met with a blue cont since the War times, and many more of thom—the rising generntion—bad never seon a regiment in line, Tho cheuk of many a fair Phyills blushed beneath the gaze of a gnilant: soldier boy, wile rustle Corydon glared jealously at the handsome invaders, aud sighed with envy In Ils heart of hearts when he viewed the mus- taches of the majestic Drum-Major. ‘Tho 17th of September was tho eighteenth anulversary of the battle of Antietam, and then occurred tho unvelling of the monu- ment at the National Cemetery on Antictam buttle-ground, The morning duwned with a sin velled in clouds, but patches of blue sky showed here and there, and the great head of South Mountain was bathed in sunshine ‘The alr was cool and fresh, the mountains a dim and distant purple, with a golden light flushing up to thelr summits, Tho beauty of tho mountains never wearles one. They resumble the ocean in that they nevor twice present the sume face, They are changing und ever how. Inmagine tho long, smooth, white turnpikes extending up and ‘down bill for miles with the grantest of trees on either side, through the sleeplost of little towns and the lovatiest of farming countries, ‘Phe forests alon; row had put on their livery of splandid dyes, and gold and crimson and splendid brown fre mnssed on all the bills or set ina dark background of wine and ivmnlock., ‘The pike was crowded with vehicles of every descrip- tion, from the most stylish of latest invention ty the overloaded faunlly curringe that camo out of the ark, Conspfeuous awong them all was the old-fashioned stage-conch that had traversed the National Pike in the days of yore, bonsted of Menry Clay aiid Thomas Jeflorson as passengers, ind told many 8 tale of tho good old tines, All tho gauntry through which wa passed was & portion of the great battle-tleld, Now there are groen fields and pencoful home- atends whoru once tho cannon itealt destruc- tion and twa brothors of one Nation sought to iM the guilt between them with bodies of | slaughtarcd thousands, But tha curth ovor hastens — to hide the sears made upon lier boson, One would never dream that yonder little stroan once ran red with gore, or that narrow green ron between the flelds was the fumous “Ptoody Lane” whore heaped wpon ono another by hundreds were the bodies of those who fought and fell. ‘Tho little brick country church sround which the fight raged, hottest has beon so repaired: that no one would know how many bullets were im- bedded Ip its walls or how many shells burst over it The old trees in the woods wljoin- We show the marks of a destructive element, Relic-hunters gathered a rich hurvest here, and Linumerable bullets were cut out of the trees, aAntlotain Cometery In Just beyond Sliarps- urg, wil fow Appronches to a cometery aro more beautiful and pleturesque, ‘Tho ceme- tury ds situated on the summit: of the Till from whtel Gen. Robert Lew viewed the wall, with a hinnidsome lodge ut the entrance, The graves form nw series of concentric elreles from the centre of the hill, on which stands the thonument. " briet. imony of unyelllng was very brief, ‘The daughter of Gen. Wright, of ‘Oli, draw away the enshrouding tlags, and the cele- brated status of ©The Privule Soldier” was glyen to tho admiring gaze of thousands of enthuslastic beholders, It 1s the same granit statue that attracted so much attention near the main bullding at the Centennial, tt lag fine work of urt, grand in gentinent, and tke private soldier, overcoat on, knapsnek atrapped ry ht ack, one at nares seat)? stan guar over © sleeping thousan who rest beneath that * green tent a Whose curtaln nover outward awings,” After the unveiling of the monument thore wore soveral addresses, und, the closing of Uis ceremony was thu firing of the National salute by a battery: which camo trom Fort Mellenry, near Baltimore. eS We drove buck to -Bhardeburg for dinner, ‘The little town was’ briiuful of people, aud shico there was but one. hofel—In ‘the lun- fu Wwe of the people, tayern—imunny private hopses threw open thelr doors with hospita- Did titent. lt was at one of those we dined, spud that dinner surpassed all deserfption. Tiw housekeeper had taxed her Ingenuity to collect upon the . board avery fuagiuable Kind of pickle and preserve; every bake, stow, or fry that the world had ever invented } and every variety of rich ploand pudding . Where tuo itil colored end of-ovening smiles, logical promises anc the actual conclusion is Can there be trie aflinity Tt Is surrounded by 8 high stong |’ THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1880—SIXTEEN PAGES. that lind ever brovelibiileety into tha heart of nan.’ » We could find but one objection.— what should have been hot was cold, and what, ahoultl hava been cold was hot, thus the boiled lam yas decidedly warm and moist, and the brotled beefsten' fis. a stone. 4 . Later, we mounted our horses and took a long rile over the old battle-feld, losing our way quite often in the pretty littio Inties that ran In and round shout the hills, lt 1s much more wily around Sharpsburg than Hagers- town. 7 w country Is rougher, but so very enutiful, At Bo’etock we turned Into a way that ran alrectly to the pikes. We passat by an orchard where many russet pears hung, on the trees, and a fow late peaches turned their Alowny pink cheeks to the.sun, Wo helped ourselves and proceeded, dwells asolitary sovercign upon a throne of ice, From such a cumulative destiny thore is no recall and only one mote of escape for the Intellectual, overwrought natura I have deseribed,—and that ts in the warm, goner- ous, ablding affection of a true, good woman, It containg a divinity which reaches tho springs of life and reconeites man to the thousand ilsof this enforced existence. ‘This alfection is Alssiivs the outgrowth of esteem, founded on faith, or reverence. This is 09+ sentinl; Jove cannot, will not survive tho death of estocm—confidence—trust. Now I do not sry that love may not exist without a consclousness of these, but only that thelr Joss inust carry with it every, vestige of love, loaving only ruin and desolation, ‘Tho thou- sand examples of unhappy marriages can bo traced rectly to this cntise, Mutual deceit, way at the foundation of the union and its certaln discovery culminated In disgust. A. Dairy. POLLY -PHEMUS, A LETTER TO TEI ‘To tha Editor of The,Chicago Tribune, Dernoir, Oct. %—Your letter, Polly Phenns, published Sept. 25, has brought forth the following reflections from one of the most earnest friends of humanity, Iam not sure that my remarks will particularly enlighten you or cnlarge your understand: Ing, yet perhaps what I have to. offer may prove atleast suggestive. But, If it should fail of that purpose, perlinps ft may prove of Teal worth to some other reader of The- Home,—perchanco Little Sister. And here Jet mo ask you, In connection with hor to whom you wish to say something "useful and good, because right and true,” whether you think it will prove of inneh effect, com- {ug from one who immediately thereafter nd- nilts that she is vain and silly,” and that for A purpose: “to interest the average rounder.” It may be that you linve not done justice to yoursolf in thosu remarks, Earnest souls sometines attempt to mask thelr better selves by such light sayings. But if Indeed your words be truy, If you really aro vain ond alily, if you nro actuated by no nobler purpose than to Interest the average reader, your parting advice to Forty Years might well sult.your own caso, Gut Ddo not mean to be wicharitable, for charity is the burden of my Ron L ask it for Forty Yenra, 1 ask it for Littio Sister, I ask it for inyself, but, above all, Lask it for that noble army of women who haye tho courngo to stand forth for the rights of woman,—who are not daunted by belng called “woman's righta women,” who can even pass over such slurs its that thelr subject is threadbare, well knowing that if it is It hus not been their fault that the great quotation of the freedoin of one-half the people has tobe Topented and re- repented before It makes Buy. wpression on tha mind of ‘the avernge reader or hearer, The question of the ronds, fielts, and alr, of the lambs, chickens, and even pigs, ty not to bo disdained. Perhups even a greater question Is mooted when the inquiry is made, whethor thore is any difference between tho ies on Polly’s pw’s farm and those In the shicngo Chamber of Commerce further than the surroundings, I believe yqu put it Per haps some gifted Chicagoan who knows all nbont It will favor us with a dissertation on that subject, But after those grand and en- nobling subjects have been discussed to thelr fullest, might not some woman, or oven girl, * put ing word,” very modestly, that if; ht help a sister to reallze herself and all she f3?. But away with trony. ‘This js a serlons sub- ject, and’ should be seriously trented. Are You a woman, and can you Iny one straw’ in the way of woman's elevation? DPer- haps you may say you do . not—that desire ~ her -onnoblement, — but it‘ will never be — sccomplished in that manner, ButT tell you that ever: thug you or any one else who has any hold on public opinion speaks of that topic which every true woman ought to consider one of vital Importance, In the manner that you did, you are throwlny ndnmperon the ardor oa: those young gitls\you are lowering thelr was as cold Miles and initoa, ° On tho solita onakee whore tho sheep, eo ‘inka homtowanl through tho twitight, stray, or mi 8 thoy crop, ‘Was tho sito of acy groatand gay _ {So thoy say}— J. quoted softly to himself ns ho leoked yond, It was not exactly a city great and Bay, but a delightful Uetle Maryland town, culted, and most. appropriately too, Sinoke- town. | For it vanished ag doth the smoke, and left no trace In alr, "There on tho green pasture on the edge of the woods ascore of years ago {t stood, with its quaint little stone and lug houses, But the flerce surge of war sweptover it, the lurid: plare of camp-lire shone amid the ruins of the village homes, while villaxe hearts broken and desolate wandorcd far away nover to return again. Sister ARAGHNE. THE POWER OF LOVE. A RATHER PROSY LETTER To the Editor of The Cateago Tribune. Gottan, Tex., Oct. 1—'l'o one who has made oa study of life and actlon—cause and event—powers and accldenta—inen and mo- tives—the strange Incungrulty botween the sometines startling and necessarily hard to understand, Wo aro very proud of’ our scholastic tralning, and assure tho world we know how to reduce motives (even by ultl- mate analysis) and every effect we say Is. traceable ton cause, Most of us have met very many failures In our soctalistic study,— so innuiy that wo are often doubtful of the accepted rules. Who has not seen the most appniling fall ures spring from apparently harmless or ine adequnta causes? ‘To illustante, socloty erecta barriers between races and classes; who has not seen them beaten down by’ the superhuman, Invinelble power of (what wo call for want of 0 better analysis) Lovo? ‘The recent pocullar mesilllancs at Galesburg isin my mind ag I write, With the curlous persistence of a scientist L have often watched the pathway of two lives thus violently and uicchanically bound together; and st was snd, na well as strange, to nots tho presence and growth of what prudence at once polnt- ed out as the indestructible germ of a power- ful und hopeless schism, Pitiful and hunill- ating to tho observer appear the thousand paltry devices with which pride secks to elonk the grinning presence of failure, and secrete the scorplun whose polsoned fangs are penetrating and tumefying every avenue w thelr quivering, hopeless, helpless, dlsap- polnted Hearts, Oh, te world Is full of such social martyrs! And others have fallen by the wayside, who started with tho farest hopes and pros- peets. ‘They obuyed every law and require nent with perfect punctilloug exactness,— pert the complement of every possible ity; arrayed thelr souls in Gorl’s chosen and loved garments of purity, Innoces all things were in exact accord with Jaw, rational and divine, sufteicnt to satist tho most rigid analysis, and yet they failed, Why? [know not. ‘The temple was _glori- ously beautiful, the structure was perfect, it Oy very contained the tabernacle even, but no di- | ideal of womanhood, and [ndlresHy you are vinity dwelt there. teaching them that the most woman y of their Again thero rise visions of persons and | sex have nothing toda with the subject, If diorainie seenes whore all the actors ap- peared to be assorted with a special view to thelr contrarlety, if not thelr nbsolute disas- similation, ‘There could be no rational bond of union between them. Reason aftirina its inposstbility. Vice is discord; virtue, bonttty, purity, love, are hurmonuies, Can there bea subtle bond of union, aftor all, underlying oll antugonistic forces to make sport of our logical theories? I have seen purity, culture, gentleness, and beauty con- sort with what mundane Intollicence pro- notices vile, selfish, course, brutal, repul- sivo,—and the product was happiness. Can ft be true that the Innate propensity of all humanity towards nobility of soul is In- grained and unsiverving? ‘Then iniquity and losthsomencss in all thelr forms are but aveldents of our superticlal lives, whose true entity rises higher wul mounts to nobler flights in tha endless progression towards the Infinit Can the purifisd and oxalted spirit reach down Ita atry wing from its quas!-celestial flights to lift a sin-stained, sirumeling soul from its talnting and debas- ing associations? isitnot the divinity of charity to assume stich a startling contradic. tlon toournccepted forins of logical thought? between such tr- revocuble antagontisms 2 Else, how theorize concerning facis wiiteh fail within the cer- tain arc of our knowledge? ‘The cases ox- ist where pure and noble women have passed willingly beneath the ban of this proud world’s’ condomnation, accepting a lite of sueritice, toll, humiliation, and ostensibly may us well say [belleve comparatively real) havpiness with some mau from wow evry. other human being has turned withimpul- sivo and undisguised loathing. Whence this dread fatality? Are we what wa mako our- selves apperr,—rational, responsible belngs, or facile toys in the hands of 4 remorsuless Fate? Oh, diving, creative power of lovel Demon und angel combined! Mystory of all mysterlus on carth that frets the soul of Ifel What analysis cin we proffer to satisfy its willtul perversity? What anuilet to coutrol or dissipate its fateful spell? Scientists In evory age have souglit to fathom its glorious secret. From the barriers of life have thoy sought to grasp passionate form only to behold it glide clusive’ and qmorking away. Earth contains no fatality’ so direful, lifes no mya tary so beautiful, 50" cntrancing,—the butterfly of our immature years, the esis of happiness,—surely, surely it Is tho eestusy of uxiitenee, the rapture of prosale reatity,— but never in its exulted form the basly on which to build our earthly temple. Rhap- sodists, In evory language, have grown wild in prulsy of its iden glory and perfection; and thelr effusions have molded tho forms of thought fn which we are compelled: ta 8 yott are a woman of Information and culture, ag you undoubtedly ura, you know that such is not the case. You know that the noblest of your sex have given. thing, money, and often all that makes life dear, for the ad- yaneement of that cause, for the bulldiug up of a high Ideal of womanhood. O, my friend, do not lend your influence to, its ‘desecration; for if there is one thing over which angols might ween, It is tho death of high- ideals. < Four remarks on: Cliristianity: aro Boot. and earnest, and truce, Thoy prove ie that you are not essentially vain or pllly but your eriticisms on Forty Years and Lit tle Sister aro not brond, and are nat tem- pored with the charity you would wiih ao- corded to yourself. ok at thom An, but yourself in their place, and agree that t am right. Itls possible that Little Stster Is on tho wrong track. Few of ug pass to inan- hood or womanhood without wating through 0 mists of skepticism. But 1 assure you no girl will ever be led out by one who com- pares her to 2 “female gushing Ina mud puddle” or who reloxates her to chamber work as her fit saphero. (I wonder Jf. female goslings fare worse In_ the pud- die than the male ones.) 0, Polly, such work may’ Interest’ the average Teaders, they may think thom witty, but if you want to_ reach humun souls you must assume diferent Ine of tactics, Do you think she will become a delist because you tell her she atfects to bo an athelut? Do you, think your forebudings concerning her fut-| ure molancholy carcor will lead her to say, “Now [Iny mo"? . Do you think she will acinire the Christian charity (?) that bids her let her glorious Ingersoll and her friend Forty Years fe, tho way of destruction? Let her admiro all that Is glorious in them. Who slinll say that thay have not souls ag worthy of salvation ag yours or hors ? Better show her tho beauty of bellaving; then perhaps she mny nny, Lord, £ believe; help Thou ming unbelief.” Hxten Bevpen. THINKS NER TOO WARD ON TACIELORS, ‘To the Editor of Tha Ohicago Tribune, ContranD, Ill, Oct. 12.—-For four years have I been an urdent reader of The Home, and for tho same period havo I remained in obllylon, leaving it to others to fight my bat- tles tf came to the conclusion “that ho who tooteth not his own horn, the samo shall not be tooled." Accordingly [elt down’ this evening grasping the instrument of torture (the pon), and with tho spirit of love strong within me timidly knock at tho door of The Home, where 1 fatter mysolf I shall aud ity Cree chee tee flay be 4 recelya a wolcome, as I como from the old at p 4 e age and people, @ ure not rhght! stein ponte of Oren one uf four brightest stars. n requesting Polly Phomus to give the old bachelors a rest, for it must bo ovident to overy observer of the events and charactaristics of the age that a spirit of aggression and wrong marks the clalms of the dominant party, whatevor may be the objuct It wishes ‘oattain, tis equally true that the greater the forbearance of one person, purty, or sect, tho greater the outrages Inflicted upon then by those who, taking advantage of tho for- boarance exhibited, soek to causo their ruin, It fs true that a voice should bu raised fn op- position ty the flagrant acts of outrage upon herights of our fellow-men. From thie tumemorlal old malds have villfed, young mnids have sneered at, and matrons shame- fully abused this class of porsons, which of all ‘others desorva the lusting gratitude pered, nor haya we time wake reflection effective, Let the sclonco of metaphysics rennin beyond the seas in grand old Germany, ‘the ori throne of speautative, thought. Gre curlous about It and fret our brains over {ts bewltch- ing mysteries, but we make ne progress, Observation aud its concomitant deductions are not denied us, and love itself (Dio gra- tu fs real, 1 do not speak now of that wild passion which thrills tho pulses and draws such fatal drafts upon the brain; but rathor of that steady regurd, that infinit ton- derness, that unconscious wealth of linpp!- ness wiieh filly the soul and sutfuses the vyes: when surrounded and controtled by tho Inductive magnetism of the dear object, ‘This bs my beat dea of love, Itis that love Carlyle felt for his wite which prompta him and respect for standing up in de- to make frequont pilgrimages to her tomb at at aeant Me Te fense of that noble principle, tho Independence of man, and our sympathy for tho many porsocutions they bave endured for Tighteousness sake, Old bachclorhood was Sirst created a territory in Adam's tle, and such has been the aggressive piritat the une Just buc conquering foes. 1M! admit that it was rathor wmusing the wey Folly managed to.got rid of the bachelor she told us ubout, but what a blessing it was to him, F extend to him my heartfelt congratulations, and would advise him to so live that he can ral, which Induced iim to say at her deaths * Nothing remains —the Hehtof my life has clear gone out.” itis the Jove which David Copperituld felt for Apis, (L need not multiply Mlustra- tions, for that is the sweotost Ideal pleture In the world to-day.) And Agnes always loved David, afbelt she knew he was absorbed In an {ngano adoration of pretty Dora, [bo- Nevo thelr hpppiness was ull the inore secure for the trials through which they passed, Such love ts almost proof against thesccl | build trom the eifeminacy and weakness dants of tife; fur tho full, grateful teart is rejuleed ii iis bounteous gifts of life and around lim a monument of all that is great and good, and an ornament to his age, ghow- ing eoncluslvely to Polly that Intellect shines brightest when far from the onfeebling tnflu- A wi i forelit tn hal . Ono' thoy ki wish for old bachalors, O no'er may how ‘Tho want of truo friendship and love E y May tin els watoh o'er thom, to keep thom And guide thom to Heaven above, Muy never ono sorrow bring 9 tear ta their ayo, Not a thom pone tholy pathway, nor @ cloud dim jolr Bky; A Faye. for old bacholors, O Father of Light, Who doignod frall mortals to bear, a We pray Thos watch o'er them sad keep them aright ‘When sorrows and Polly aro nar; And whon tho dark toutpests of carth’s lifearo. oor, Uring thom safely to Heaven to wandor no wore, Biack Bersey, WRITE AGAIN, POLLY, x ti To the Edlor of The Chicayo Trdune, : Caicago, Oct.8.—You did a wise and good hope,—too thaykful for the admission of de- basing doubt, And should the discords of error or evil obscure the spotless mirror of the soul the reaction of conscience Is certain to clear away the dewy film with such a caressing stroke that remorse losus halt Its sting by the gentle operation and pain sancti- fea whore {t wounds, «> Not so hupplly fares tho soul.that dwelle Glono and seeks shelter frown the cruel storms of Jife within ity solitary sanctuary. Tho Wwoupons of his warfaro are all: Intellectual, and from the forea of eriel circumstances he ovolves the theory of his own self-complete- negs,—forgetful of hig mortality,—hvedicss, of: Is dependence ona higher divinity, ha builds « tinal barrier for strength in the'un- eqnal strugule amid the desolate rning of an abyolute Fatalistn.. “From this isolated fast- eas there fs no human hope of tls future re- call. Sympathy for the ‘suffering world is deid,—-hig ascetic life lias passed bayond the Feagh of sorrow’s vluintive cries, aud he thing when you squelched the late religious squabble in The Home, I doubt If such disensstons accomplish any permanent good, Anil. {€ prolonged they aro apt to ongunder unfriendly feelings and projudiees; besiles they scein to ex- tromely advertise cortain theological tcono- elngis who would soon sink Into morited b- seurlty If the press ant clergy could only be perstiaded to leave thom alone. Polly Phemus hes partteularly distin Rulshed heraelf, but It would have been bottorin my opinion to have omitted the post sertpt to hor last letter, <Avold all things, ny. gitl, that aro caleu- Inted to wound” the feelings of a fellow- creature, Words with a sting re botter un- uttered than oxpressed, Your letters are very amusing. I saw and hoard one of the very dignified Judges of our Cirewlt Court laughing very heartily over one of thom theother day, He said that tho hit you gaya the curbstone loafers was the best paragraph he had seen in ‘The Home, and agreed with him because I believed that tt might make somo individuals conscious of thoir ridiculous situation. Your style ia brilliant and vigorous, and your contributions refreshing. Do not re- tre into the obscurity from, whence you lately came, but continue to blaze away at human folly and meanness whorover you miay fin : "TULIINGUORN.. POLLY CATCHES 'RSM, To the Edlor of The Chicago Tribune. Cirteaao, Oct. 10.~—May 1 say a word, Mr. Conductor, to the readers of ‘The Homo? I want tothank Eta Beta PI and Polly Phomus for the genuine good worl thoy have done in The Home. Eta, by his sledze-hammer argue ments, and Polly, by herridicule, have pretty effectually demoralized nggetement that nas ridden roughshod over ‘Werybody that did not offer it sugar and molasses. Polly, dear, your comparison of the sitting hen was wondorfully apropos; langunge could not have described the situation better. Let us hear from you often, for your literary efforts are always Interesting and instructive, You have evidently puzzled the phitosopher. You did. enter him’? prettily, and ft want you to know that your letters haye been appre- diated. Polly, T would like to know you pore sonally, £ believe, as Cymore says, that you fren “true woman,’—that you hive a wise and good purpose tn everything you write, 'To make folly ridiculous and evil odious is one of the best uses to which Iterature may be applied. Polly, Lhonor you, I love you because I believe you are * good ns gold and true as stoul. MLArtiE May, MISCELLANEOUS, FROM CALLA LILY. ‘To tha Editor of The Untcago Tribune, Exatewoop, Il, Oct, 10.—With the edit- or’s permission I will say a fow words to Jnsper Grey and othor bachelor renders of ‘Tho Home, Ithink it a very wisa and good plan for every man to provide the means for a home orn homme in Itself before ho mar- ries, I+ have known people, though, who married and Hved'on less than $600. per year, fd suved money, They used judicious economy. In its practice it soon became a habit. It was ensier ror them to be econom- ical than it was to be extravagant. Extrava- gant. waste and carolesness uot only ruin those wha practice them, but five a denor- wlizing effect on those who might be bene- fited. Itisan awkward thing to begin tha world without a dollar, and yot hundreds of. individuals: have raised a large fortune from a single shilling, The world at largo would call these individuals fortunate, and ascribe their progpority to good luck, but the world would be vary wrong to doso, If there was any luck at all in tho matter it was the tuck of possessing clear heads and active hinds, It Is certain that steady attention to matters of detail lies nt the root of human, progress, and that diligence and economy above all is the mother of good luck, It is my opinion that aman and wife, if they are so disposal, can live as cheaply. and as well as loverscan. 1 think Gen. Stiles’ thoughts, published .in last Saturday’s ‘Erin. UNE, are about correct, A dollar is better sayed than earned, and any wife can, if sho will, save the monoy her husband works for, ‘Ilow many readers of The Home could tell the sing sat story that California does. I for ong hayo passed through the same and still live, although life seems burdensome when one’s heart fy sore; but we, as brave women, should notsit down and nurse our grief, Thora Is a task assigned to ench, und who can vlovate Its dignity? Itis not to maka Inws, not to lead armies, ‘The couch of the tortured sufferer, tho prison of the dexortec friond, the hoyols of wretchedness, words o sympathy and kindness sown broadcast, to. visit tho foresaken, and ‘to oxhibit in this lowor world a type of that love, pure, con- tent, and ineffable. Wo can scatter the germs. of tha beautiful in the humble soul, It will bring us happiness wid peace, and give com- fort and joy to mapy a weary soul. CALLA Lity, THE MODEL WUSRAND. ‘To the Editor of The Chleago Tribune terferes with his wife's plans in any way, shape, or mannor, but is fn all things aud at all times her most willing «and devoted sub- Ject. If ho happons homo occasionally and finds the morning’s work undone, and tho wife of his bosom In morning dress and slippers, hair uncombed, with fect on tho hearty deap in the mysteries of a love story, or absorbed in tho perusal of the last Women’s Sutfrage Conyention, or speeches at tho Woien’s Congress, whilo ‘djnner is stl a thing of tho far distant future, ho nover grumbtes and growls, or turns on his heel with looks of dark despair and goes olf down-town to get a feast. Nothing of the kind! He first kisses his dear wife, and then replenishes the tire which he jinds in the last staxes of consuinption, puts tho house to rights, and prepares to the best of his manly ability a sumptuous lunch for two, of which he Invites her to partake In his blandest socloty tone. When there is a woman’s-rights meeting in town ho escorts his wife thither, or remains Qt home aud tukes cary of the children, as sho may ace fit, - Iy never bothers his wife with sewing on his buttons; he did't marry her for that; but when his buttons are missing he quietly procures ® needle and thread, adjusts his Jilmble, and saws them on hinselt, Ile is never jeatous of .lis. wife's Ind friends, but 1s ‘perfectly willing she shall have just as mnany as sults her own sweet will, “Hea novor opans and rends secratly the jetters these friends which his wife in- trusts to his care to mail, nor aceldentally (?) carries them nor thelr answers in itis pocket a month or two before he delivers them, Ho never grouns at the extravagance of woman or preaches ecouomy at home. and indulges in oysters and champagne suppers abroad, but’ lays down lily pocketbook, dla Robert Ingersoll, or deals his wife money with a Juvish hand, ig never chews, smokes, or drinks In the house under any. clreumstances, never von- tures out after nightfall unaccompanied by his better half, and. never brings a friend home unexpectedly to dinngr. He shuns scoret societies as he would the plague; has no “old friends,” nor new ones either; and waa never known t look in the direction of fn bonnot on the head uf any woman but his wife, ic endures tho curtain Candie lectures de- livered by his better three-quarters with a touching meekness, unaxeelled by the orlzl- na} Caudle himself, and regards with pity, not nmmixed with contempt, that most imfs- erable specimen of the masculine gonder, 9 henpecked husband | GALS Forest, VIANTING, ‘To the Editor of ‘Ihe Unicago Tribune, Bycastory, Hl,, Oct, 11,—Several years azo, from a remotecornerof this mundanesphere, tho friends of The Home often heard from a beor, careworn schoolma‘am, who poured forth hor trials and tribulations in the ears of the dear brothers and sisters of ‘The Home, never fulluuz to recelve words of coinfort and oncouragament, Iwas at Inst advised by Two Frost-Nipped Girls of lowa to stop teaching, and spend the remalnder of my ‘days in quictude and peace, { didso, butthe NfoLhave led -has been far from quiet. It: hus boon. a frea aud - careless — one, for,. Mke Lelgne, “£ am fond of excitement, love to dance, and: iilrt sometjines too, and. probably shall for some time te come,” Yes} I am one of those hor- rid croatures that actually ilirt, bat 1don’t think Iva wicked, and J foc) I have tho right hand of fellowship of many of the sisters of ‘The Home, There aro many. 1 know who se- Verely consure the dirt ‘and picturo hor as a MitavAurRE, Wis., Oct. 12—IIo never in- | nN formldahle creature, but those persons | oo Qnoce: elther ore unable to get up a, lirtation or dyarncatnema et were never young. Ihave a tittle mani seript from one of our most eminent writers 1 which 1 prize yery liighly, and whenoyer any of the good otd dates of our quiet Iettie burg feel enlled upon ty stop me tn my mad career by giving mo what they call a iittle nlviety CA: but what 1 have always heard termed HAPE a "Scotch blessing,” 1 prodico It (I always keep It hy. me.) It is SAVE MONEY thls es zane somotinies ado ial . i, not rt, beeattse, however pleasni URC might be to them, it might break the hearts BY: PURCHASING THEIR of those with who, thoy flirt, Nonsense, We have heard of victlins of blighted alfec- Hon,.but nover -yet cane across one, ‘Thine indlis sortof matters. works wonders, Wo tlaubt Wwhother ang ian ever yet dludlof a broken heart. . Men are more, vali un women, Thera are exceedingly few of them who are not iinttered by the Idea of some wonnn falling Ii love with them, ‘The Indy for the moment alfords them this gratitien- tlon of self-love. Shemukes herself us agrees able ns -shecan, If the vanity of tho ian leads him to belleve she has fallen s viettin to lis charms this !s his fault, not hers, ‘Che lusion hina raised him to the seventh heaven fora brief period, and If the period be short he hasbeen thegainer. Fllrt on, young ladles, and do not Inayeine that the aniisemont will brenk the heart of any one, It may wound bis ROCERIES CASH. Great Reduction in Sugar; Standard Cut Lonf, por 1 Btandard Granulated, per Stundaed A, por Ib. vanity quite iikely. and whan this is the only | dtandned xe 6 po uM quality the man jing the blow may singger Stundard ¢, por lb. ty him, But it will do him goods show [iin | Standard Brown, his real selfishness. Soflirt on, young indies, but at the sume time temper the blow to the tenderness of the youth who Is to recelve IL.” Of course, they think Pm * perfectly awftl,”” and vilnly try to instill in my mid the neees- ality of delving deeper in the mystories of all work pertaining to housekeeping, aud actu. ally advise mo to marry and settle downs but Thiave aquotation for this cmergency—viz.: “Now that you aro being courted, you think, of course, li is all very well, and. it will be nicer when you get married, But it won't, Ho thinks he is going to keep on this high pitel of Jove all the thie But he won't. io doesn’t know himself,’ and you don’t know hin. When he sees you as many thes a day as he wants tovund may be more; Bllvor Drips, Honey Di California DF tk's Whito Russian, Ww bars per box. router & Ganible's Mettied German, por box, Rane +s QE wig, eet, fail nanntinent of all Ueanda of Kieey 'm, 10s ructor a ‘" soit ne manufacticure pices o* BOARS whitch ng . THE FINEST FLOURS 2 “AT THE LOWEST PIICKS, ory beat St, Louta White Wintor Wheat, bri.84,: Very boot Minnesuw Patent, por belo eee S| Evory Barrel Gunrunteed, when he' sees your head done up regilarly every morning in curl-papers, wd the bloom NEW CROP RICE, is all off the rya; when your home eontalns a ¥ CHPAPER THAN BVER, ‘ory Finost Carolina, por 1b. Lowlslanty por W.crrstece - NEW RAISINS. good deal of wash-tuh, eradle, and cook- stove, he won't stand in front of the house for one hour, out in the cold, watching your Nehtin the window.* He'll be thinking of atting out of the house. Girls, protract | Yatoncin, for Couking, per In, ag 0610) iis courtship as long as you ean, Let well | Ymencia, for Cooking, by tho box, por fl ioe A courtship in the land ig CHOCOLAT: 1 enough, alone, worth two marriages in tho bush, Don't inarry tilt Christinas after next.” Ido not want my friends to think by this thatIam an incorrigible tirt making my- sel€ odious on all ocensions; not so, but ike Ilelene, * Would be better if I could be, but {v's not in my imake-tp, and 1 do not like to. be condemned becuse LT was not made to order.” Lam not heartless, but temper the blow, ete. So, girls, fiirt on, and enjoy your- selves while young, that you may fool back with satlsfactlon to your girlhood days, is the advico of Buur-Evep STRANGER. gustontors the lostes and extra oxponses which any is rasuit of the vredit systens, ON RECEIVING A PORTRAIT OF THE HON, space. | Cash Grocery House, Rominder of my Joyous priine, 118 East Madison-st., You show the tranquil feutures atilt Bet. Clark and Dearborn. ‘one whose soul no hurtful rine Ordor by Postal or American District Tolephono. Id R’or blighted with its shudow chill. Time nover in my soul can kill Goods deltyerad 1y all parta of elty frou uf ch Paruigs in the cougiry Gan romit-by Post-onice Om The llving good taught by thy deeds; doror Hank Dm(t payable tod. Hickson, und hare But thon art dead, on yonder hilt, And my sad soul for comfort pleuds, tholr nouds preked and uelivored at th bfeharie, We tonto no churgo far boxes, Ps Chocolate, Nu. 1, per Ib. Coonan, por tt. Broma, par 1D. Choten Wiutor Apples, Fine Now Muckerel, per ki! Nort of England ‘Tabto Buiiee, par boule Hird Soed,—TTomp, Rape, ur Canary, por 1 Cocounut, Sehepps', por It... Golntind, vor pk: Now Orniye Mui ‘a Condonsed Mik, Swies, por cat A largo stock of Cannod Goods nt less than packor? present prices, wnd all kinds of Staple and Wancy Gros corlen ut lowest prices for vast. Kemenber, We wtko nv accounts, ANd can save ory Tho clenr, full brow, and searching oyes, Dopleted by tho hand of art, Prove that thou wert whit all men prize, A shrowd inun with an bonest heart. I viow thoy denr face, and I start Whon I recntl the mourners’ wail: Yot I rojolce that in Life's mart. ‘Thy manly sou! was not for sale, When I recall tho words you sald : Tieside tho heurth, at efoo of day, ‘Thy hand is ever on my head, ‘Thy friondly voice I hear alway. Alas! that band ts pulacless clus, Ant bliss cludes my ardont quest: Ghost of tha dead, can you not say Ono word to give mo hopeful rest? Inm a sailor foreed by gales ‘Too nour n rugeed, murky const; ‘The preclous beacon wanes and falls, And [ must perish ne sie. post. Give benisons, O blessed ghost) For Uimust Join thee: and | go Knowing tint lito is snd for most, And Lhavo had too much of wo. 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