Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 12, 1881, Page 12

12 TIHE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1881—SIXTEEN PAGES THE HOME, Silenco Wordsworth Tells of the Boy Who Saw the Cirous. An Interesting Sketeh from Life Drawn with Tidelity to Truth. Somo Hints to Housewives on How to Make n Home Pleas- ant. 010 Dachelors Again tho Subject of Some Remarks hy One of Thelr Opponents. Cnlifornin Comes Forth After o Long Bi- Jonce and Writes ns Qhieerfully a3 TUsnals Anolber Machine. Poet Blossoms Fortl—ifhat o New Correspondent Has to Say. A LITTLE LOCIK OF IIAIR. For ‘The Chicagn Tribune. Only a little lock of halr, Folded nway with o delicate eares Soft, allvery threads of hopes and foars, Ilipened nud whitened by muny years; Ouen they were glossy, and brown, and falr, Thede little threads of silvery halr. Oaly a littls tock of halr, Some ono haa tenderly pinced it theros All thiat fs left like a thought to keep Of some tired pilgrim gono to sleep; Fold It agaln from the great world's glare, T'ls littlo lock of sllvery halr. Only a little tock of hatr, Some ono ean see, llke u vision fair, A sulutly form with a furrowed face, Lighted ngaln with o tender geaee, itting ones more fn her old arme-chalr, Wearlng this crown of siivery hair, Only n lttle Tock of hnir, And yet the thought reaches onward where, In the simmer-hnd of sweet repose, Thls =ain NG NO SOFFOW KnOWa; Lot us think of that Jand go bright and falr, When we see these silvery threads of haie, "AUSTLN, Tll., Jaa. 16, 18810 MO P, SILENCE WORDSWORTII. TIE SMALL BOY AND THE CIRCUS. T the Editor of Tie Cileugo Triune. Vinoey, I, Feb. T—Dear me, how dis- tressingly pacitic The Home s of Iate. Aft- erone has beeome necustomed to regaling oneself every Saturday evening with a sheet full of sarcasm, eynlelsm, and high-toned abuse, It savors strongly of tnmeness to open the sapplement and scttle oneself ealmly, with appetite whetted by expeetation of at Jenst some such cheering eplthots s *Junn- tic,” “fanatie,” or “Iufidel,” to bo greeted only by anorribly broad expanse of auia- Diltty. Really it1s almost as maddening as o éertatn class of individuals who go through tife Dluminated by o perpotual and never- ending grin, It always mnuses me awfully to seo two of | The Homeltes hurl fivebrands at each other, 1 say it amuses me,—1 should hiave sald, vro- gided 1 occupy o good high seat In the gal- lery, where there Is no danger of getting scorched by the fallinzsparks, Terhnps this virtuous quality corresponis to n feeling that ran riot In the breast of o certaln small Loy, whom Lasked on his return from that juve- nlle paradise, the circus: * Well, "Tommy, how did you enjoy your- “Ont I domno” very indifferently con- sidering tho blissful topie. * Why, what was the matter?” "L queriea sympatheticatly, asn't the elephant Dlg enonuh “* Yes'm,” he answered: and a short-lived glow of animation meandered throlgh the ornamentul fretwork of 1iinols soll, glued on with molasses, ** Yes sir-ceg you fest ety he wns o regular stunner, Mo'un Jim Iarky rid on top of his back whils ho wrs o paradin’, whoopee!” and by wu?' of settlin hls Internal _exstasy, De execufed o lnnd- spring. **Well, then,” sald L *1sliouhl tfxlnk you had a number one thme, Yon were not disnppointed n the monkeys, wera you? They'ro generally unconymonly fun- ny.” Yes o emphasized with a donble lmuds‘wlng, il three grins; * they’s ono lit- tlo feller'at rid ongtop of ndonkey with o red acket on that drinkt & ]m.l; of ‘whisky' the enutifulest, Oli-h ¢rickoy f—but—" “llero o blg hunk of gloow settled down and went to roost on the fretwork referred to above, i “'IIE‘. Fommy, whnt [ the world could Dave been the “matter? Perlinps the elown nll{)l,x,\'r. meet your expectattons, Was that “0h! yes'm. I should rather smile,”—and n huge glenm of bliss strageled to the sur- fnce, and sat down on top. — ** He wored the l]xeu\{l)’dcst trousers, an’ was lots fatter, 'n’ Bad a slicker head, "n’ ole 'otterspoon 't beawd ye to meetin’ lust Sunday.” “Never mind, nover mind, "'ommy,"—{his “i‘lll ashow of dignity suitablo to the veea- Biut, “An' they's nnother un,” persisted Tom- my the unextinguishable, “an’ he's leunor ult’ n crow-kay nllet with ghnlet cyes sot acrostways, Oll hy Jest 'minded mo lots of ung Mr, Gunderlegs that got his now sers tored by gettin® of ’em fastened f“"r par's dog's teeth whon ho was ’ onto the wlttur under yer winder.,” ommy "—und L threw all the sternness 1 could spare Inte my volee, mixl, fetting the rest shine ont of my vyes, wias about towl- minister a fitting reproof, when 1 remem- bered it was the very worst policy In tho world, so I changed my tacties, gazel on the diminutive urehin affectionately, nnd sweetly said; “Tommy, my dear, JUs awtully funny to huve n secrat, ISI'LILY Supposs yon und 1 Just keep this dark,—not let any one In the world but you and I know u breath about it, and then we'll huvo n seeret.” ST and witherlnyg seorn glimmered and shhnmered throuzh the Interstiees of fretwork till o looked 1lke a lantern with a tallow candle n (1, +'1done tole Jhn Harky the next mornhy’ an’ ho tolo bis folks, my’ 1 hierd Thn Serateher a-sayin' he was goln’ 1o malke a pome outen it an'hey it printed Inter the noospaper smne tima: but d’yon wanter know why I dldn’t Ilke that sliow? Jest cos mother tolo me I shouldn't go cos the line was dend shure to break out un' cat mg ulive, an’ father sald no doubt the line’'n’ “tiger’d both glt out an’ glt 1o l\gmln’; an’ DI'se ns 1ble to be gawkin’ uround wn’ giv chuwed up us ennybody, "Then 1 wanted to goall the worser when thiey sald that, so 1 run away an’ went with Uncle Ned, for 1 Lnew tho Jines an’ tigers 'd not catol hing loatin?’ aroun’, an’ If somebwdy bosides ma had to be chawed L wianted to seo it done, 80 I went an’ walked around an’ walted, an’ Jooked at the nnimals an’ thinus, an’ saw the clowns an’ rluz-master, oxpuclhu‘ every init that them anlmuly 'ud gitout wnd eat “l' some bk boy that wusn'l me, an’ L @it to fightin', aid mako thines ) don't you think ”—hero the ve scorn, unger, and disappointment enveloped the speaker from the tress thut waved pietur- esquely out of the top of hls head-gear to the dae-nnil that sulkily dog the ground— *they didn’t even have i dog-ight,” Nodoubt wo all [lke . little excltement 1¢ It huppens to be at somebody else’s expense, and no dunger of gettog wed " ourselves. On openig ‘Pho Howe of Feb, 6, howoever, L seu thnt Lt Beta L has eharbtubly takon hts posttion iy tho arenw ugnln s ghwdlator, Fhanks, B, 15 .2 the monotony wha grons fiz Intolerible, You aranmasiog, andeonly Berve tu increnss Forty Years' popularity; su \’ L nlways @ 3 Ileighol he giving the full strmgth ot mpnthy to poor Chat a8 u downiro abused fomale, ko myself, when F. Y, cully allodes to her as a *horridman,” CThas, wles! 1 waver be- tween hope wud fear, wid another dear idenl 13 reduced to chios, Laura Lake, you seem to {hink 1 have o detinit hobby, 1 thluk you eall my Individu- ality by too strong a naine . True, there aro certain theorles and jdeas which fnterest o und m:xmllmi which, with the nutural Impetuosity of youth and strong feelings, L fnellned (o be over-earnest, but wo il have our cecentrieitles and shopkl Jeurn ta bo us eharituble, with others' fuilings us we expect thent o be with ours, You usk I all who do not Indorse certain views or beliefs stiould be branded hypoerits, 1 auswer you, never! An oplnlon, no matter how outraxeous wd falyg fLmay seem to one, ay bis the yery essoies of truth and reason toanother, An hondst opintun, o matter Low ridiculous, duaqrvf:s resneet, Your 1 worils regarding woman and her wlssion aro true aned beautiful and 1 thank you for thew, 'm quite constumed to sea that novel by the Grinupy Club. — Let’s have it, Bob. The next thing on the program 18 Valentine's il 1ol vau 16 ity e hriierull of ssful antieipations for the dread future, to nlf ndozen or so prophetie pletures of o ean female with cork-serew eurls, ginled eyes, mnd cheese-kuife nose, nursing a feline dnriing and ading Susan B, Anthony’s lectures, while four or five lines below toueh- Tugzly (¥) map out the brief, but ne he less aad, story ot niy miserable axistence. Won't somebody he Kind enongh to send me one to kezp me from feehni wholly negleeted? SinENer Wonnswontit OUR HOMES, HOW TO MANAGE T) To the Editor of The Chicugo Tribune, 81, Lotts, Mo., Feb, h—In these days of high vressure, when one duty trendsso close- Iy on the heels of another that one searcely has an opportunity to undertake a cevtain thine before another intrudes itself upon an already darkenlng horizon, we housvkeep- crs come In for o goodly share of tho mjsery entalll by our eomplox manner of living, and on one practlenl member of the slster- hood the guestion, *What shatl be most sought after Iy our homes?™ has long been of paramount importance, Cerfnlnly, If all things are desired with equal eogerness, life will he found teo short to'supply them, Wo must fiest discover what we most want, and then Lendd nil other things to at- tuin that end. 1t §s o glory of America that her women dewand time for Intellectun! oce enpation, and utterly rofuse to be household drudges; and thus in our homes to-lay the great question is how to.reconcile this un- fortunate deslro with a houschold that will niove without friction; and ro make the home what it should be—nn atmosphere of eheer and aflection, of Inteltigence and well- belng, Perhaps, keepinig, 5] of all the minor ills of house- that of having tardy menls Is the most_aunoying, Promptness should be in- sisted upon, and If your cook 1s good tn other respects so that you woull seureely Ike to disehirge her, o good plan 1s fiw])'uu to offer 1o rulse her wages by one-half dollar, or even u whole dollar, per inonth if she hos her menls oxnetly on thne, This method 18 often suceessful when repeated fawdt-inding Tag Inmentably falled, Of coutse, the whole systent of domestle serviee needs revision, and equally, of course, this will not be done until ladies form n Cobperative Soclety for the proper trnining ot servants, and mnke it necessury, for s gl to be able to obtaln good (plncc. that sho should present certifi- entes from the society as references nitesting her capacity, But, 1n the weantime, we must work with the materinls we have on hand, poor as thoy mny be. We must mako the house nttraetive Inor- der to huve it n suitable background for the Jlomes but, while making syery effort in this diveetlon, wo must never forget that, after all, the house is only n backrround for the purpose af brneing the family Into the most harionious rellef,” It Is n grave error to e asluve to the details of one's housekeeping. And first on the 11st of means to the end of n Itured, smoothly-running household eomes the neeessity of never appearhg worried at the table or nthe parlor, however worrled one way feel. We ean all learn 1 good lesson tn thls respeet from the welo- dramn, and, lika the heroine of the heart- rending seene on the stage, conceal our feel- Ings trom hushand and ehlldren, nmy own experience, I bave found, that It dues’little pood to scold sevvants. If, after clearly understanding what you desire, your servant does not Iniprove, dlsmiss her at anees or, IF you have hopes of ler still, offer to luerease her wages 1€ she suits you In the future, Ono must be very sure of oneself in 1l Intter case, and state” explicitly what 1s tho Inerease one will give, and then not pny it I{ it IIs not earned by the Improvement re- qulred, I tind it most practicnble to _engnge n girl for the sum which my nelghbors pny for ceitnin speeified work: amd I tell her at the thme L engage her that If, afteraweek’s tial, she suits me In every narticular, I will rafse her wapes by one hnif dotiar orone dollar per monith, "This is « small price to pay for m\'lnF work woll done, und the expedient usually suceeeds, for n girl desires to remain where” she enn pet tho highest wages, On the other hand, It you threnten to reduce her wages or dismiss hor, suel Is tho de- plorable condition of our supply of domes- tles that she Is usuadly correct in feellg cor- tain that she ean obtain asituation for tho sine amount of money you pay her, whero the peulplu ara not so particular, Soerenlty—outwarid serenity nt least—should bo maintalned before your family. Too many women- talk of domestle affuirs before their hushands, and s very ditlienlt thing 1t 1snot to do so when, perhaps, you waken i the morn- ingto find your single servant gone, and no prepnrations made far breakfast. Of conrse, n these enses, the disorganized state of the householl will obtrude itself upon the atten- tlon of each meborof the famity, but still 1 zood deal ean be done, by (ryluE o see the ludlerous slle of things, to wuke even the worst state of maiters becomo n source of amusement rather than anoyance, 1 these eases, Ithink the wifo should al- ways hupress her husbad or son into the service, to make the fives, but that much done, she ought to exempt_him from further dnty, and et a shnple brenkfast for her fam- 1ly ‘conslstlng merely of coffee, bremd and butter, and some exis or a steale, It s un- wise to endeavor to cook othier gan the sim- plest breakfnst when Yot have not your ac- customed sorvant, It should bo kept inmlind by American women that by fuy tho lnrgest pirt of the population of Kurope, and that among the hetter class, does jts morning’s work ‘on_coffee and rolls, with possibly n botled emr in addition. Se do not fear to setul your fmlly forth on o shinitar meal. ‘I'o Do chieerfulat the tablo amd o seem entlrely adequats to your eireumstances will sel your husband to his business and your children to sehool in good humors and “you ninvoe already provided the inner man nnd wounan with the wherewithal to withstand the straln of the day’s worlk, Now tho mistress shoull go forth on a servant-huut, Do not try to put your houso In ordor beforo startitur, If yon are so forfunato ns to hnve a baby, leave it with onoof your neighbors, who will doubtless bo glud 1o tuko eate of {t for you durlug the possible couple of houra that you may bo gone, when she knows that you “will return the kindnuss at hor fivst need, Upon & ltousekeeper who keeps any serv- ant 1 cannot too strongly lmpress the desirabllity of nover belng without one for more than a fow hours atthe utmost, ‘The Intelligonco oftiees mnke this maxim ensy 1o follow, Althongh for the most part wretehed plices to apply to, they will, at all events, furnish some sort of a girl" at short notice to whose ehinracter for honesty they ean bear reference, and who will o “homo with'you. Any servaut ean do tho heavy work,—earry conl und water syl muke flres; and, oven 1E8ho could do nothing olse, that wlll give you breathing timo, andat the end of the duy you will find yourselt not nearly 80 thred ns you would §f ‘you endenvored to du m'urylhlmf yourselt” untll yeu found a good girh, ~ But you will usunlly bo fortunats enough to discover that your new servant has been acoustomed to dolug genernl housework, and h?'n Ittloextra over- slght on your part, ond diligont advertising for one who ean sult you better, you wil pmhnhlf'mul that you have been through this trylag ovdenl with much less wear and fenr o your nerves thun lyml oxpected; and your *sereue brows” will bo a delight to your family in the ovening, But to go bagk nlittle, When you have returned to r disordered house your first etfort should s towards venderimg that pavt ot It presuntuble which is most observablo to the tumlly and to outsiders, ‘Things had better bu nt mixes and sevens in tho kitchen than In the dinfng-voom, parlor, and beds rooms, And even in thess roows the little things shounld not be too elosely attended to, but tha general effeet considered. You must remember that ?'mlr first end in mere honse- keeping 18 1o Diave the housshold whouls i sionthly; oy, fullh:}: appear to run without (il of feellg that the kitel clent and In order, niul D )ittla corner of the house fresh and sweel, Is ouly to b in- dulged when you have other than a poor servant, und finvo more t tho least possi- bio thne to get your @enls ready, One of tho greatest writers usserts that In our present statu of mmlcl{ ity an hnpos~ sibla to keep oversthing In our houses und yurds up to tho hizhest noteh of pecfection Wwithout havimg the fwnily fail In culture and Tuck In mental petivity, und bo winthue in_hospituble entertulninent and cuse. o thinks thut wevely havime servants wil uot the diflienity, us they need constant izt Wl sukgests s nsolutlon of the ity that cuch member of the fumlly flli‘lll undertuke some mnual lsbor about thy louse, that, to have them fetion, The luxury nand elosets are Just i few moments’ oceupation In dusting one's own rooni un_the [.un. of sehool-glrls, or of maklug the bed, will give n_great deal of extra timo to the servant, und the mistress of tha Douse Wikl fesl sure that it is well . work shiall be some netive oxerelse, done when done by one of the family, Even a young lady who goes into soclety onght to s nrrange her tne that she ean hedenended npon to attend to some one departiment of the home cconnmy one bour daily, This will stnpllfy matters greatly, wd the time so Iven fy too short {o wuke s oceupation o When the young Jady does undertake yihing of this “kind she ought to be al- d to shoulier the entlve responsibility, aml one day in the week sot npart hf thie mother in which all suggestions shonld by mude to the Inexperienced daughter, and any pasary fanit found) md then the mistress should ngain jeave dulmzs in the younger Inaty's hrnds until the end of the following werk, Auwd the ehitliren niso must come in for thelr part of the labor, All tho littlo ones wre Inn constant state of desire for pocket- moeney, sl continually ary heard begsane, st a |n~nue‘. Jammag justa penny I Al children dearly love to do anything about the house, tood and if, after the newness of be- gz nllowed to do 5o has worn off, 1 child 1s told thut she muy have u pentiy o dny hy usting eertam nrtieles of furniture regular- 1y vy norning, vou will find that the ofter 15 eazerly necepted, I would putinn s hat o child under 12 -:\rsul‘ntzk never bo o to do more work than will cmploy hier for fifteen_minutes, and lhi\lt this sou have two children of sultable ages, have them make up one or even two beds every morning, m\{ requiire them to do nothini else. PrajsethemIfit is welldoue, and donot blame them too much if even witltully done wrong, Make thum feel that they are a nee- essary part of tho rnmll}- machinery and a large part ot the family enjoyment, 1y tenching tho little ones somo principles of househiolt order in this manner vou will be surprlsed fo find how far the nfluence for orderliness will spread. Chlldren dlsiike to boe constantly askad to run errands, and, while cheerful “obedienco to any such request shotld always Do enforeed, the demand should be earefully made. 1f chil- dren are employed in some sinull frouseliold eares o certain guarter of an hour eaeh day, they should be _exempt as much ns possiblo from anyttung further, and their time looked upon as valuable as that of thelr elders, Outdoor oeeupations fur the boys, in the ?;nnl or sweeplng the sidewalk, or earrying tndling-wood aftor school Into tho kitehen, will readily suggest themselves, This artiele has already grown too long, but In conelu- sfon I would urga those who are skeptleal of the practicabllity of humusslmi onr ¢hiltren luto the houschold service to try it—uot for 1 week, but for o month~patlently, persist. ently, aud, above oil, tactfully, L mn sure that'such teial will result in” greater unity of home Interests, nud In n gladder mutual well-belng, > —_—— OLD BACIIETLORS. AN EXCRESCENCE UPON TIIE S0CIAL IODY, 7o the Lditor of The Chlcigo Tribune. CitteaGo, Feb, 8,—The eccentriclties and peculinrities attributed to tho proverblal old mald nre famlliar to every one old enough to understand elther voenl or written lnn- guage. And ever since nuthors’ pens have been dipped in erlties’ Ink, or the dramatle artists have played the mimic’s 1ife upon the boards, thoy have been earleatured for the amusement ot the publie, which Is deter- mined to be amused, no matter at what sac- vifiee of truth. They have been classified, analyzed, and Iabeled, andd the representative chuaracters, from Miss Ophelin to Miss Fleet and the Doll's Dressmaker, are almost a3 well known to tho world as Napolecon and George Wash- ington. ‘!\'lu‘ old bachelors have escaped the snmo fate or been denied the smue honor () 1s a questlon too subtle nud obseure to ndmit ot o enreful annlysis in the limited spaee nllotted to sueh an old subjectand such old *things.” Dut 1 will nssert without demonstration or argument that the genus old bachelor Is ns deserving ot distinction ns the femlnine por- tion of the Inhabitants of tho state of sliglo blessedness, ‘There [s the rare old bachelor In whose nature constancy and fidelity are so strong an ejement a8 to prevent the possibiity that he should forget the unreciprocated, dend, ar fiekla love of his youth, und_ wio flves 1 the reallstie memory of this love ns comolety and well filted in hiz lifeas If his love had lived and compelied from him the lavish- ment of a self-sucrliicug love, 1le Is ns genidil, and genuine, and rofreshing ag Doy- thorn, Pickwiek, the Cheeryble brothers, or Jarndyee. Dut I verlly beileve that few of thalr elngs exIst outside of the Imagluation of Dickens, JMen are not glven to ideallty, or, If they are, they elther have so many [denls, or there are 80 wany women who so exaetly fill their ideal list of perfeetious that they read- nf substitute one for the other in ease of dlsappointment in first choice. 'I'fie representative old bachelor 1s tho em- bodiment of one kdea, and that ldea iy 4 1" Out of consuteration for the interests of this most important personnge, he would in all likelihood have eondescended to wmarry an helress, 1 she wonld have sworn nt tho altar not to have exncted any service, and would have ndded nn outh to the promlise to ohey; but on no acconnt would he have promise to bind himself to any service, no matter how reciproenl 1t might hiwve been, nor woulkl ho haveso far forgotten himseif ng to-have endowed any woman with any constderable part of his wordly goods, Iap) )f' in s con- vietlon that any woman would marey him for the nsking, u.lf'ml: the unrequited love of gvery woman Teg to be civil to b, hio flouts along thy of his conceit until oll ago spolls what little of physical manll- ness he ever possessed, ‘The stern reality of facts nt lnst penelrates his brain with o dim iHumination which re- veals this unpleasant condition of nifairss old, withered, blnsé, with lils egotlsm and selfishness grown to a hldeous deformity, hio can no‘more blind himself to hls own ni- vopularity, Ills toploftiness changes to n fauning, cringing sycophaney. And when loving mothier earth clasps him to lier hosom, his grave I8 unwatered by tho tenrs of grateful ntfectton, No noble sons nnd daughters fnherited n nnme made honorable by an unsettish devo- tion to the hupniness mul Interests of athers, Not o ripple disturbed the sen whers ho went dawn, for he was dead long betore ho dled, nnd some one hns written his epltaph: Nobody mourns him, nobody sigha— Nobody misses hl, nobody eried, For whother n fool, ar whothor Lo's wise, Nobody grieves when n buchelor dies, Now, gentlemen, mark me, for this s tho lifo That 15 led by a man never blessod with u wifos And this 18 the way that ho ylolds up his breath, A utteated by all who woro [n nt tho death. 1n anclent Sparta Lycurgus, tho wiso law- glver, degraded the men whio fatled to marry, —deprived thom of grl\'llcuus- and such wig l-uhllc sentiment In Sparta that tho honor due o ngo and distinetion was rofused to them, In lmm( of which history tells us that Der- eylides, an eminent connnamler, coming nto company, & young ninn vefused to rise nnd glve hing iho praference, and sald in de- fense of his appurent rudeness: You have no son to glye place tome when Lum ok, ' What tho bold Sparfan youth said to Der- eylides 2400 years azo nid more is really, “Yox Del et Yos Populi ” to-day, ‘e man who for sellish reasons fails to asswma the responsibilitios of warriage hns really fafled to fulfill the object of s erea- on, 116 hins donled tho wisdom of God; he lins furned from the pure sweet frults of Purne dise nnd gensped wn npple of Sodom, 1ls has vefused to lliht upon the nltar of his heart o vestal flame of Jove, nud the thwarted in- stinets of his nature have lghted the unhioly fires of lust which have burned out his soul nnd eonverted him into n useless oxeresconco upon the great socin! body, s, M. 11, Kueayen. CALITORNIA. A LETTER FROM JIER. 40 tae Lditor of 'Ihs Chicago Tribune, WastiNaron, D, C., Feb, 7.—~0Once moro 1 open my desk and find the pen, a little while ago o busy, now so idle, The many lotters awnltlng answers 1sce with an Indliference most unusunl with me, and most wonderful, 1t 18 ulmost s 11 1 wera not myself, but some strangor, to be repronchod fopnegleet. Just now iny little boy Is soundly sleeplng, and 1 can sny 6 few words to Kate, me, and, like the spirits that haunt old eas- tles, when questioned I reply, But ono help thero Is for those who “dis- like exnetly whut they kuow they ought to ke, and that 1s to learp and acknowledge tho potency of that grand word “must.” We how to It a®first with a rebellicus protest,— doing boeauso wo must, I'he word seemus {il- favored msl uncanny; wo will nowne of it By-and-by its fuce looks falrer, and at last wu come Lo love the haysh-sounding word us I¢ 1t wero soma dear frlemd. ‘Iho dolng §s no longera * penance,” but a triumph, We huve conguered ourselyes, thun which there 1s no greater conguest, no happior.veality, Do we not live to ‘unquur selt? Is it not the ouly ' of o large tamlly where all Lydia other sisters, brothers, cousins, ele., who wield thelr peus for our pleasare, nnd their 0w, if wo do sometimes fail to find our best loved filends within it tion of ‘I'he Howe, depend upon whether Is meant. the orhgzlial was ¢ othe tion, sity for asking the question, the motives are 80 patent, wenther, naweter 10 and 1 degrees below oldest inlmbltant ean il 1o comp z{mn nstate of atfairs without going bnek to wl by Washington hns much to attract, of the lovellest eitles in the lund, and growing more beautlful year by year, paetn,” and head hinloed exquisit enlozy, and Robert Purvis, many gentle, fnirwomen, young aml old, and famed writers of both sexes, formed a part of the picture framed In by wreaths of flowers awd greenery, cerénionies repletton, and afterwards we shall resume the evelt tehor of our way, mul no doubt have auite as mueh warm weather a8 one vould desire, grind exceedingly smnll,” distractions of the tollet grow wearlsomg in time, dwindling down to that polnt where meroty to provide for the temporal comforts of the household beeoties the end and alm of ex- istence shoulid women cultlvate the art of expressiug thelr thoughta in conversation and in_ writing, aware, In thisduy and age, that there ave elo- aquent authors, slivertongued orators, nble Inwyers, doetor: ning persunsion, but in the many households senttered brondeast over the atter ull, shoutd contaln the best phase o tendls to degrade. quench the litle selllshness and narrow- mindedness of overy greatnreh of life, and study Its eve: well ns tho she questions thing worth Mving for? In self-control les our strength, and tho one who has aehioved s 15 the stronger, whether male or female, Platltides? Yes, but never vepeated too aften, for it §s the ong most important thing, Cherlsh the beantles imuzination brines you—they ara blessings,—they nre ns teuly Joars agre the beauties you see with your natural vislon; they need not uniit yon for the every day of llfe. Muko then the recrens ton, eontrol then, be their master, not their fln\' et them have only their thehtful pluco 11 ¥ ir 1ife nud umf will make iLall sweeter and hetter, Some day you Wil know thelr meantig, ‘Uhe Home, nlmost bereft as it s of 1ts abo- rlginer, and lomz age chnnged from its first Tilen—changed for tho bett Lhink, 1n somo respeets though not in othors—is still Fhe Home where we may inngh with the witty, think with the thoughttul, feel pleased with n visltor, or he sturtled by some wild Impro- priety or sudden war-whoop, quarrel and make ups in short, altogether (ko the hoie dispositions meets where there are weeks of quict, nd then n general hubbub or breaking up nto chavs and canfuslon, swddenly to subside again ad resolve itself Into the most decorous of Tiomes, voleanic in fts nnture and so llable to sudden irraptions, yet nvery plensant I1 No danger of stagenntion In it, Weturn fr our sistor Chat's adventures to meet the welrd spell of u_ sore the hamds of our brother, Forty Years; from Bittersweet’s heautitully told tales to tho eharmiig verses of Fanny Driseoll and Eiln Wheelers from Iaven Jlair In proge to . Ilinman in verse, and to ull the Afterall, Itis a pleasant Hone, even Some one onee asked tho origlnal futon- Well, the answer must intention of the editor or ‘The_Iome write Both have doubtless fully S0 realized ol that ed, one In tho “way of profit, tho N mnusement, pleasure, and fustruc- lose myself in wonder at the neces- Please don’t send us any more of your cold We ure shivering with tho ther- ro, ‘The arlson for 'To the stranger who comes here this ter hopime to find clennstreets and bahy es there will b disappolntment: but It is one e bnve just had o grand memorial sorvice, by the National Woman’s Stifrego Assoein- (‘|(uu‘.“to that grandest of women, Lucretin Mo In tho words of nfamed leties platform Mrs. S wilter: wis both a pleture and n nton, with her woble fuce r silver hinlr, read an sderick Dougloss also, “The Lincoln Hull was crowded with tistenars, Among them dMrs, Haves and the lndles who nre visltine her at the White House and many of our best and brightest in soclety. It was a seena to hold the memory, By-and-by we shall have tho Innuguration i when the city will by erowded to CALIFORNIA, A NEW ARRIVATL. AND ONE TITAT WILL BE WELCOMED, 0 the Editor of The Chleago Tribune. MexosneE, Mieh,, Feb, 8.—~Iaving been an interested reador of The Homo for somo time, I have deckled to cross the Rubleon of sllence which sepnrates me from the Iome- Ites, and Join the eirele. by way of Introduction, that I belong to the sex whose fleld of netlon Is thought by some to be too narrow amd cireumseribed, and whose Intellect others presume to say I3 ferlor to that of masenline mold. however, that some of my sisters nre very fluent In these pages and wickd tho pens of ready writors wpon all the eurrent questions of thaduy, And why not? Woman’ssphere may be narrow, but it need not be corres spondingly dull.,: Jlome-ite without nny variation In the way of thinking, reading, amd oceaslonally speaking one's mind on pn- per would ba monotonons, for, spy what wo may of housework and its attendant charms, the censeless round would beeome drudgery did we never raise our thoughts above it. 1 may as well state, 1. percelye “Ihe mlllof the gods grind slowly, but theys and even the Just beeause of the danger of life Ot “course, every one s und teachers, of the femi- and-—-which, 1 womanly life—there avey alas! too many me- diocre Iives, Any‘work so merely mechan- leal one eannot throw Into it enthuslasm Wo need montal food to day, Therefore 1 counsel womankind ‘to look out Il[lfllll tho 4, 1S lessons —of the_ hmmediate clrelo which surrounds them, T'ar canoved from the seenes of publie life, the Interested speetator iy prepared to ook on calnily and form correct views, 1 think one mportant use of a department Hlke 'I'he Homu Is to enablo the occupants of different houscholds to hold sweet converse together, nnd puss from labor to Intellectunl refreshnent. Here we do not speak from o high tower of superlority, but s one earnest studentof humanity to others equally ear- nest, and no 1ifu Is so barren of interest as to not hlrnh\h somu fesson to hwnauity, even though the Y""I Ho ju the valley Instend of “on the hights,” If ono mn{v Judge from the number and versatility o Ellhi&.'l.'ls dlis- cussed and disposed of, The Jlome 1s a-erite- rlon whieh furnishes “a bahn for every wonnded breast,” proof fur every hardened skoptie, and i guido to wayfarers generally through this “(»llxrlm profes of a mortil witle,”? s Mrs, Lamp would say. Some of the writers siro shockingly eynieal’s they Inugh nt sentiment, wud §f they have any tender- ness are wfrald to have it known; jost at the follest passlons, and treat with “merciless lovity the divinest emotions, How tenderly 1s tho Conduetor obllged to gulde such wiis dering sthivep, Yot In the mnjority of the epistles there are bright deseriptions, ‘refreshing sketches, and tonder memorles, Interspersed with that rare commaodity, eommon-sense, which at- tract mo toward the different noms de plwme — who masgquerndo in - these [mzc»,— Fern Loaf, Polly Remus, Chat, vt al,—espe- cinlly the sweet singers who warble so di- vinely s to alnost persunde one tobe n poetess—almost, but not quite, So pray, Mr, Joutiuctor, do not start, Just hero fet me ruturn thaiks to Eugeno Hall for hls graphic pen-pletureof the Debatin’ Soclety,”! It camy i\lfil In time Lo ] an “aching void” fn tho Hst of selections § hud mado to read at ong of aursocial entertulnments, and although 1 rejolee the tadented author wns spared tho pain of hearlng {t vemdered, 1 am moved to say it erented cansiderahlo nmuse- ment. Forty Years, I hnggloe, respecets gex, but thinks they dow’t know much, I have often notleed that the um:uun BOX X< press i horror of the tashionable youns lady uf the perlod, r:ul i} of expense and taste,—wildly But obser- vation contradicts this statement, and men generally fall down and worahip resplendent idiots, while tho mn[h-s!lc-,. self-polsed el nine who hug not tolfed for inurs befora the wlrror goes ‘without tho devoted attention alwiys 8o dear to the femnle heart, “Shall wosny dress is nothing? Shull we babblo about beanty unadorned, and that & prett wonun Is cqually sitrnetive Inany attiro? Thero are tines and plnees when dress s everything, and Venus herself would remain a wall-flower,” The nnstere and pure are uften negleeted for the gorgeons and sensu- ous, Many u weary mile humnuity travels ero it lenins to choose the light of the home-tuper to that of the will-o’the-wisp, many o heart has broken running ufter the ralnbow, " But 1 fear 1 trespass upon the space beloulig 1o others, so 1 will not stop o tell yew of the white, resplendent beauty of this northern peninsulu in its winter ormive and frost-gems. liven the spectuely of tulllg snow is an apparition of grace and beauty which sueaks most cloguently of the dellecte and dIvine mysterles of natire, thut aro 1o ns torever unsolved. The snow itsell Is & symbol of whutever 13 lnnocent, fresh, and falr, Then wo havedays when the sky 1s cloudless and the ntimesplicrs so pure that oven our iatter-of-fict conductor, who £ am sure delights in crossing out such adjectives s lovely,” Ysplendld,” and “enchunting,” would bo hannted by the faney that ninturg was masquerading, and that this dress of purest white, shinded by dark evergreens and sparkling with myrinds of dlavonds might any fnstint disapoear and diseloso Joyous, nulkzy binds, rostling folinge, and tempting grevhnsward, with a foreground of cool annetyg waves, To long fur the power of o Dierstadt to X on o cunvas the beanty that enchains tho genses, It such asthetie raptures = wre ent short, swallowed up, I might say, by the ravenous appetito engendereld by brenthing ho stinsutnting alr that cnvelopes the seunt, Ao ong only vouchsafes the remark, “This Is n fine dny,” yel hns o consciousness of possessing something of it much bottor, which elevates and strengthens us ns we go to our nily nvoeations. Lus, CRAWLEY’S CAROL. LET HALL HIDK IS LIGIT. To the Edttor of 'The Chicago Tribune, Cuicaco, Feb, 9.—Whon Isaw the dnipping skley, as 1 opened first my eyes, *Good,” 1 thought, *to-dny I'll do work enough per- haps for two, for no one who lives nbout in this storm wlill venture out.” I on poem wag {ntent, when the littla mald was sent to request me to go down, for had enlled my nelghbor Towne, *Well,” [ thought, **she will not stay, for she did on yesterday spend with me an hour or so,” but I wentwith footstops slow, think- gz, li)lnklum all the while of my poem with o stfles but the sl was changes ere depirted nelehhor Towne, Not one word had she to say; yot, ns Is a womaw's \vnr, talk sho must, and talk sho dld, First sho sald from her was hid all the little teliling nets, all the interesting facts that her neighbors knew so well: then, If I would never tell, sho in confidence would sy that the bold and brazen way that Miss Delameter had WIl!I she must confess, too b3 was besond afl she lind seen,—and she wng by no means green, It wag adwnys so, she sald (here shie smiled, nnd tossed her head), hut the plainest women wonld rullly be of nets so rude. Then she paused, nnd crossed her feet, which, the truth to say, were heut. Su, for quite an hour, her tongue, which, T !hluifi on springs was hung, rattled on at furions rate: low the Deacon, when the plate down the alsle on Sunday took, would uvon Miss ’reston logk with “such simper sick with watching thew, and even Die! uch o little chap, you know, says it ouzht not to be so.” Then, upon Dick’s charms intent, full another hour shie spent, and [heard repeated o'er—1 had heard it oft before—pleasing tales of ehildnaod’s ills, how he never would tnke pillg, while 1inly wnlsrcmd “Gad! how I wish the younaster had taken oll or taken PULIE *twould keep this woman still,” ut her tongue ran on, and on, il another hour was gone; when shoe tied her bonnet strings, saying, **Well, this subject. brings to my mind my errand here. Do ‘you take the piaper, dear? And if you whl lend it me, that it Is returned I'll sde, ‘Fhere's a dren ful seandul in It,—I must zo this very minute, —have yon read 1t? Well, I never! Yon don’t rénd them,—don't you ever? I'm sur- nr!mfil %Imt you neglect In such & way your niellect, 5 Now the mfm has downward tralled; on wy record write I *falled,” andallbeeause’tis woman's way to talk without & word 10 say, * CrawLey, GOING FOR INGERSOLL. Delnware’s Chlef Juatice Levels Elin Lunece fn a New Crusade for tho Falih. Dispateh to Philadetphlis Tmes. WiLyixarox, Del, Feb, T.—A few weeks ago Col, Rubert G, Ingersoll delivered his “What Shinll 1 do to be Saved?” lecture atthe Grand Opern-Ilouse in this city, the auditorfum being packed with people. Sinco then tho clergymen of the city and county have nttacked tho bold intidel from thelr pulplts, and to-dny, {n the Court of Gen- cral Sessions here, Chief-Justico Cotnegys eqme down upon him like r thousand bricks. In his -chargo to the grand Jury, Judge Comegys sald: . ““Ihis clty not long ago was used as o {he- atra for the promulgation of senthnents at war with the religlun of the Bible. DBlas- phemous language was used, near whers wo itra nssembled, by an auduclous diseipfe of the deramers of revealed religlon, forthe purpose of exposing its doctrine to contempt und ridiculo; and, to what some conslder the reproach of the people of this city, no man stepped forward to.call him to account for his definnce of the Inw of the State. I say to ron that the Inw of this State Is agalnst "the nsulting ot God by repronchiul or derogu- tory langunge ov expressions, and exelting the passions of the peoplo by treating their rcllr'hm with contempt. No commiunity sueh as ourg ean exist #9 a healthy, moral nrf:nnlznnon where men nre allowed tospenk without challenga agninst the ver and only foundatign upon which it seenrely . rests,—the overrling power of God, When wo dethrone Hiy majesty aml erect in Iils placo our own no- tlons of right nnd wrong, we shall soon pass Into n state of 1ife not restrainlng, but, in effect, prometing our Inherent propensity to evil; for no candid mau can pretend that ouir Impulses nre not towards tho gratifieation rathor than [u restralnt ot our passtons. “Phis erime of biasphemy Is an anclent cotmmon-iaw offense, ad was alsg punished by stutute pnssed s0- long ago as 1740 by our Coloulnl Leglslature; and such enactment, in its cssentinl form, ling been continued down to this L|ll?‘. Under thonet nbove men-~ tloned, the punlshment for tho outrage wns the pitlory, tho brand, and stripes, After tho Constitution of tho State went into efteet, but not until the year 182, tha punishment was changed to fina and imprisomnent; but the offenso remained, und iy the sume to-day ns it wus in the thirteenth year of the rel f“"‘ George 11, when the old act was passed, » Long ago, In this State, an impudent re- vilor of Chirlst dared to utter his defamatory Inngunge in tho faco of the community of this county, In n speech too gross and offen- sive to be repented, 116 wns brought to jus- tieo thevefor; and, having been canvicted by a Jury ut the bar of this Court,way sentenced by one of mi' predecessors, John AL Clayton, to the punishment his crime desorved, Be- tore doing so, and in answer to n motion in arrest of ‘fudxuwm. mado by the counsel of the defendant, In which thie clanse -of,the Constitutlon securing freedon of speech’and ot the press was much relled upon, and also after the Court hnd tuken six months to con- sider the matter, that Judgs laid down the Inw for our and your guidance, 1tls ourand ?'uur duty to follow that Inw; and whunever ierenftor o man shinll stand “P In the fuce of the people of this county, whilo they remain n Chrlstinn people, and fusult tholr Teliglon, or bring it Into contempt and ridicule, it will be the duty of the Gran Jury “to bring suoh’ offensy to tho notice of the’ Court, by presentmont; ns well ns It will bo thint of others to arres him for his oven offenso. When s erlminal act ;s commlitted in tho presence of anoflieer, ho winy arrest and dotadn without warrant, It Is, £ hope, hardly necessary to suy to this community, and to assure the people of it, that if nna' one shall bu convieted of the crine of lnsphcm!'. tharo will bo no atint of 1 to frown tho full measure of puntshnient the law now preseribes, And we shall In no wise be de- terred from the performasce of our duty by the sneers of dovotues of any other fuith than thut of the body of the people of this Stute, or the deprecatory expresslons of those who think the right of fres speeeh will be infrin thereby, Wo respect fros spoeeh, aud shall protect it when the {mbllc veace shall not be disturbed by it or is not In danger of belog 503 but we shall not con- aent to allow the privilege to b wsed, It wo el help ity 1o the dishoner of the Gud ot Jew and Gentile, Hebrew and Christian, whose existenen and omnlpotence the peoplo of this State belleve, and whom they fear and also trust; or In the revilemunt or repronch ot Christ, or the disparagement of the re- ligion 1o ttuuilu. *Thu law does not punish any one who falrly ad cunsulunnouul{ promulgates the opinlons with whose truth he s impressed for the benefit of others; a mallelous nnd wischigvous intentlon Is, ln such ease, the bruad boundary between right and wrong; but, when It can be collectdd from the of- tensive lovity with which so serious o sub- {ecl s treated, or from other eircustances, hat the act of tho party was mulicions, then, sinca the lnw hus no means of distingulshing between difurent degrees of evil lcudenc*’. il the nmtle{ publishied contain any such tendeney, thit publishors becomws anenable to Jlnsucu. This lunguage of Tord Muus- fleld wus gquoted with ulwru\'ul by this Court in the opinfon referred to (Statd vy, Chand- ler, 2 Har, 564), 1€ men can find in tho as- sumed rovealments of sclence, or the *potency of watter & reason for rejocting the God of tho Bible, they ore at lib- urlr to do s0, am| ey way print and speak upon tho subject; but they avoid the erlme musy tuke caro to of hwphem‘y in so dolng, You must look to this Conrt now, and 1 think always liercaftor, to slield the morais of tie peoplo end thelr religion, whera the luw glves the power, from all nssaults upou thow; an wao trust that no respectablo person will sver horeaftor, whils tho relizion of the veoplo of Delnware recognizes the (lod of tho Bible, mlve countenancs in this elty or elsewhers In this State, o any ono whi comes lo deny openly 11is existence, or revile tho religion u‘ the Suvior, Upon nrecent oceasion suel R one entne hered and, In the [ew of the de- elslon of this Courty whieh | havo spoken of, stood up i your ehiel plueo for leetures, and virtunlly set it at deflance. Fortunutely, howaver, for tho morals of the peaple of this ¢ity, oneof tho newspavers cirettlated nimong then, fn thnely adyvance of hlg ecoming, de- nounced his doctrines, and nde such an appenl to the community with respect to its duty that the cloguence and ingenuity of ar- gument of the lectirer wera expended upon n w{f' smnll nuditory,—most of whom, we could hope, were diawn togetior simply from cutlosity Lo liear sonia *new thing.’” The Clergy of Dolnware Urging that Ingerscll Be Tried for nne plio WiLmisartoy, Del., Feb, 0.—~Tho charge of Judge Comegys to tha Grand Jury of Nuw- estty County, recommending tho indietment of Col. Robert Ingersoll for blasphemy, was not unexpected,~among the reasons thare- for belng tho urgent demand of the Christian chintrches that Ingersoll be punished “for tronting with contempt tho laws of tho State,” Scctlon 1 of Chap. 131, Revised Statules of tho State of Delnware, reads ns follows: “ 1t any person shall he fi\lllly of the eriine of bingphemy he shall be deemed guilty of o misdemeanor, and shall by fined Bot exeeed- Ing 850, shall be Imprisoned In solitary con- finement for n term not exceeding two monthg, and may in the diseretion of the Court e held to surely of the pence good Dbehnvior for ong year after his dis- charge from prison.” 'I'his {3 0 modifieation of the original law of the State, whereln it was provided that mny person found gullty of blasphemy should Lo placed In the plliory two hours, by branded on the foreliend with the latter * 13, and whipped on the bare buck with thirty. nlue Inshies well Inidon, Under thisold Inw, whicli remnined in force mnny_years, there were frequent punishments, With the re- peal of this statute nnd the ennctiment of the presont provision prosecution for blasphemy virtually censedy and of Iate years there has een 1o ease of such nature fn the Conrts, Infuet, n Liberal Lengue, holding public sesslons every Sunday mornmg, has flonr- Ished in Wilmington, and, thowgh its voleo has been hl(wrl% ngulnsl Christinnity, the Inw bas never boeen Invoked for 1ts sup- pression, ‘The one ocension prior to tho present when rellzlous citizens threatened to enforee the statute agafnst blasphiemy wns carly In 1877, when the Ingersoll furor was at its “hight. ' The eloquent athelst wns on his Iastern lecture tour, and hls Wilnington _admirers areanged that he should ~ deliver his panegyrie of Palne in tho Market Street-Opera- Honge. 'The announcement of the project awoko a furious opisition in religlous elr- eles, and a_determiniation to nrrest the leet- urer should he atinok Chrlstinnity, was an- nounced. Those who tleclared thly Intention were thoroughly tn eariest, nnd the Liberal League understood 1t Ingersoll was to hayve stopped here on his way from Baltimore to New Yorlk, but he did_not do so. 11 prom- ised tho Wilwington freethinkers, however, that he would visit them at some nore con- venlent season, Four years went by, and he camo not till the end, ~On Tuesday evening, Jan, 4 Inst, he appeared, and, to the largzest atudience gathored hers sinco the cnuumlgfl:, 1o :I‘is‘(‘.n'scd “What Must We Do toBe aved ? ‘The_ clergy protested strongly against tho church folks going to the leeture, nud upon the following Sundny, with o known oxcop- tion, denonneed the man. "The law against blaspliemy was referred to, and the determl« nation to enforce the lnw was xpressed, ‘T'he local newspapers have been filled with conununieations upon the fecturerand his vight of free speech, The veliglous peoply are confiklent that the Grand Jury will Indlef, while Col. Ingersoll is represented as having salul, Inaletter toy n \Vllunn;flon friend, that hie would rather enjoy o tril THE AIR “ SORT O' FIXED.” MLow u Casunl Visitor nt the JRush Med= feal Collego Mude Hlmwolf Agroeablo on His Way flome. Peck's Milwankee Sun. ‘There 1s something nbout the avernge Chi- eago young man ihat glves him awny and gives awsy anybody that gets in with him. Iiels full of practieal jokes, and Is o bad egiz on genoral prineiples. Last woek Mr, Eppenetus 1loyt of Fond du Lac went to Chileago on a visit, 1Ie Is n ptous gentlemnan, whose candor would carry conviction to the mind of the secker after righteousness; and his presonce In tho prayer meeting, at tho sacinble, orat the horse race Is an evidence thut overything will bo conducted on the square. Mr. Hoyt knew a young mannamed Johunle Darling, who was attending Rush Medleal College, and through him was per- mitted to visit tho dissecting roons, and gazo upon the misslonary work being done there. JMr. Moyt was Introduced to a nmmber of the wicked young men who were carving the late lnmented, and after ho got aceustomed to the climate ne ruther enjoyed tho per- formannce, Whether young Mr, Darling told the boys thnt Mr, Loyt was *fresh” or not, will pers haps never be known; but, as Mr, Hoyt prssed around among the slabs where they wore at worls, eneh niade & _contribution from the corpse he was nt work on to My, Hoyt's coat pockets, unbeknown to him, While one was ealling his attentlon to u Hmb that he was-dis- seeting, some one wonlid cut off nnear, orn fingor, or n toe, or . nose, or dig ont an eye, and drop the sime into Mr. Hoyt's overcont pockets, Finally ho bld the boys good:-hy, hanked them for thelr courtesies In showlig hlm nround, told them If they ever cumg to Fond du Lac his pew in charel was at thelr llls‘m!llh and ho skipped for the teain and got on bonrd, "The seats wore all ocenpled, and a middle-aged Tady, with sslim face nnd spee- taetes, and evidently an old mald, allowed him toslt beside her. “Tho car wis wurni, and jb wug not loug before the “remains” began to Lo heard from. 1o was' talklne to tue Indy about the sweet by-pud-by, and the hope of n glorlous fmwortallty boyond the grave, and of the inducements” held out by the Good Book to thoss who try to lead a different lifo here on eurth, when ho smelled something, The ldy hnd been smelling 1t for some miles baek, and she hud got her ey on M loyt, and put hee handkerehief to her nose, [lo togk u long breath snd sald to the lady, “The afr seems sort of fixed here n the'car, dous it not ™ ud he looked up at tho trans son. *Yes," sakl the lady, asshe turned pale, and asked him to let her out of the seat, St fs very mueh fixed, and 1 belleve you ard the man that tixed W1 and sho took her satehel amd went to the rearof the ear, whore she glired at him /s though he was « fat- rendering establislupent, Alr, Hoyt devotedn fuw moments to sitent prayey, sid then his attention was called to o new-married couple In the seat shead of him. They hwd been having their hewds close tagettor, when suddenty the brido snlds ¢ llunnm‘fu have you been drinking ¥ 1ts vowed by all that was grent and glorious that hie hind riot, whenshe told Ll that there was somethibig about his breuth that remind- ed her of styung driuk or a packing-house. He allowed that' It was not him, but’ admlt- ted that hs had notiecd there was something wrong, though ho didn't know but it was sonie of hor teoth needed fitling, ‘T'hoy were both mad nt the Inslnuations of the “other, and the bride lea on the window und crled, whils the groom loeked the othor way. wind neted eross, M, Loyt wits vary much annoyed at the smell, awd made up s mind 1t was his duty to spenk to tha groom about it. 5o he Introduced himself, sud told the groom e ought to do sumething to cure those teot of Wi, The groom look indignantly, huf Mr, Loyt contiyue o may think it will wear off, but {t won't, 1 knew v mun I Fond du Lug whose feet l:ursplrcd 03 bad a8 yours, and it was almost mpossible Lo stay in o room with hin, o hud to sleep with his feot out of the win- dow, and the neighibors complained to tho health ofilcers, One day he—r?" AL this point the bridegramn cealied his wite, aud they Indtgnantly left the car, M1, Hoyl wes annoyed, ‘Thesmell remained, and veople all avound Win went to the forward end of the “car, or to the rear, mud therv wore n dozen empty seats when the conductor came 10, aund lots of peopls were standing ut» Tho conductor wot one snitf and sald; “Whoover has got that plece of l.llulnzm cheeso 1 s pocket will havo to go T the emigrant ear,” ‘They all looked at {loyt wid the coliductor went up to hin and nsked him i e didw't know auy better than to carry around such cheeso oy that. Hoytsmd he hdn't got no.choese, ‘Phes conductor in- sl3ted that ho had, and told lmckuts wrong-side m?. hunds inte his pockets and felt soething cold and clammy. 1o drew his hands ou empty, turned pale, und satd ho didn’t have any chicese, The conductor fusisted on lils himto wrn his Hoyt Jabbed his 1 feellngngaln, and ho brought 1o neouply of human *What (h the wame of have you gol. thove & say *Da you belome to_any sunds canmed missionary to uihaly 2" oyt told the enmber Into the bagrage-ear and all, and ns he passed by the ), Doth hands full of tho Temnin. gors were resdy to lyneh Hoyt, | eonduetor witere he had beei, ‘and hadd played 1 on Wb, and the ) things wore thrown pesldo the gy some one WHE find them and {hink Tas been committed, Into theear aud ek I wadd, bt she said I e dhin't her she wonld serenny, 0 awiy {han Tle is trying to (hink of g ent with the boys at Lusly —_—— i For The Chicazo Tribune, Besldo n babbling mountain-sre wivhore sorty idors niver— o hure edityinie bubbles glint and downward townrd the river- Ritise Two falr-hafred chitiren t Of buttercup and clover, Or rode, on Funey's w Tho purpls hill-tops over, raced tho meag Two chlldren ronmed the shady L1y funey blithe or sober, Frowm Mny*s tirat blogsoms on the hillg A4 crimson-lpped Octobier, They watched tho waxen May-§ From russet covera under; And whispered Jow of [uneles deep, With nods, and emiles, aud wonier, Tl Tima tho gray-benrd—fairy ho, HY;’{“I‘:’;‘"%‘?I his llt‘illmrr ad touched the maidap’s merr, With hia resisiiess wootmer > 4100 While Lifo his heavy handa put forth, And ebitined the childish ardor To days nud deeds of use and worth, Tienvath his strong recorder, Thao Joyous ways thoy wandered down, pring-thne wenther; ho rose-hedeed lawn, To walk no more togothor, For one, tho roar of Ocenn's surf— Far one, the vales aro blooming: Ono elngs the wenty divge of Farthe And uno Its gonys 1s humm Ing. Ionly know o'er hoth allka Tho sun of morning shineth; That eager oyes laok tow'rd tho hight ny-timo declineth. Maub Meneoitn A Fashionnable Femnlo Flght-Fllnging Seripturs at ¥ach Other, 1 “Arcwenot havimen delightful outpours Youne ludy teact- Ingz of the spirit 27 nskedn fnday-sehools of er in one of the Brooklyn another young lady teacher, ng the two et on Fulton street yesterday, “Isn't 1t perfectly splendil? Mr, Grace, onr Superintendent, told me Wednesday that an awiul lol of preclons souls had been guthered Into the fold, I8 too sweet for nnything, feel quite Psalin ( ent, Mr, Devine, say more refreshing manifestation has n ust what Mr, ther, “andhe I8 real Tsn’t i delicious 2 yur Superintends never known a on, and e thin Yeb renched jts I VOr dayy nearly the whole vineyard wa ey *Just what Mr. Devine thin! he eamo to our hou 3 10d, he wenton to tell ug Low an especin] revelation hi snfed to little Johnny White, who repeated 480 verses, some ol thom real Jong, Sunday I never heard of such a thing” “Oh ! that'snothing,” sniffed theather, “In our Sunday-schonl “Abram Willet, only 6 ears old, repeated 810 ve; thiew v., 4%est boy In Brook “I don’t Lellove it,” sal thini there 15 some Collo statement, and you will have to 1 "Thes, v., 2 before 1 ever ean believe you neain,” *Why, yan fittle buneh ot Galatlans v, 201" To ear you talk ong . il the firsl, *I slans Jil., 9 in that exclalmed the other, would think you were Ilebrow i, 4. you hedid say the vo) you ave the st . elaw: And 1 don't betlo ever Roman xvl, too mueh sense.” w1 tell you hy Qid, and I 1 Thess, v, 54d hin 1 serenined the fivst, ! ingz but Proverbs ix., 13, and you will find yourself como up with In Proverhs ix, Onh! you unre: liko to Matthew x: “You'd better not try it,” retorted the “If you did you'd the v, 10, quicker_than a You ean’t humbnz me any long storles about abundant eracs hool, for then irhs hut your Superlutendent * You are potle enerate thine, where they mak aud Lknow it. T to u{i_l’ynue and t be: nst clunse of Matthe Vi, 1% ’ L\ylhls time both young ladies were fke first elavse of Latke vi,, 11, and it appeand as though the seeniur’ constubulury would “Oh, you minx]” pr “0h, you last word In ) yon nasty acribe and phat SO you generationdd H”urs and scorplons. Ol you Matthew viby 3 And with these slons conveyed hi t botl nrose miul went thenee, U S STANDARD Scales! OHECAGO SCALE 00, 147, 149 & 1518, Jefferson-st., Chicage, Manufacture more thait 300 Difterent: THE BEST QUALITY AT LOWES' shouted the other, urely Christlan expres o npproved method, tey Varictics 2LTon Wagon Scales (1) Iron Levora, Steel Hcarings, Drans Beam U Box, and building directions wit The *Little Dete Sold by deale: NATURAL FRUIT FLAVO Duddiags, sresius, ste., Manyfuctured by STEELE & Mukers of Lupulln Yeast Gems, Creais . Vynder, etc.y Culcago aud St. Louls