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Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1891-01-10
THE NEW YORK WORLDS PRIZE HUS-
BAND.

letter describing the best husband. Thousands OF
letters were received, and committee of judges
appointed to decide the question of excellence
consisted of Mrs. Roger A. Pryor, Mrs. Chauncey
NJ Depew and Mrs. VIM. G. Whitney After
careful examination, they unanimously decided in
favor of the following letter written by Mrs. Cor
nelia X. Hood, of Brooklyn:
"Free from all manly CD vices, personally clean
and orderly into our utmost privacy he brings the
tender courtesies Of gentleman. Our home
4 making is delightful partnership, one supple
mentng the other with every assistance, he always
considerate of the woman's responsibilities, but
leaving at his office the annoyances OF a business
man. In sickness or health there is always re-
sponsive throb of single interest Perfect love
casteth out fear, and our freedom Of speech and
action leaves no occasion for any petty tricks Of
deception, alas so common. Above this is his
high ideal of woman that helps me produce some.
thing better than before recognized in myself.
Receptive to my aspirations, no new thought or
culture is attempted but meets his approval and
encouragement, while noble spiritual atmosphere
lifts my daily life from common routine into
loving pleasure. Taking my face in his hands he
has lovingly said: aWould had wealth that |
could place you queen among women" With
such king for husband, am | not walking in a
queens garden? Mrs G. X.
Montague street, Brooklyn"
Neither of the judges knew the name of the
writer of either letters, and the prize was awarded
wholly upon merit.
What indeed must have been Mr.. Hoods SEN
sation when he discovered he was the prize hus.
band.
Virtue has usually to be satisfied with being its
own reward, and not often is recognized by a
Christmas check of 500.
The second best letter is also good. And while
not SO fowery in its expression it embraces such
long list of virtues that the woman and not the
man becomes the curiosity.
Some old cynic said not long ago that the woman
who made good husband out of a man in these
days had the elements of genius in her compost
ton No. 2 is evidently an appreciative wife, and
appreciation is an excellent fertilizer to promote
the growth Of the tree which bears the fruits Of
the spirit
No. 2.
I'll am blessed with the model husband. He
combines sufficient of the good with just enough of
the bad to make whole the palatable. He is neither
tall nor short, fat nor lean. His faults are few,
his virtues many. He is good-looklng but not
handsome, kind but not over-ndulgent, affection
ate but not sentimental, loving but not exactng
liberal but not prodgal, strong but not tyrannical
firm but not unyielding. He is ardent without
Jealousy, complimentary without aattering, re-
spectful without servty, truthful without weak
ness. He is not an angel, but he is man-every
d inch of him. As sutton he was promising, as a
husband he is satisfying, and what more can a
woman ask? HAPPINESS.
"MOunt Vernon, N. Y"
In all probability Mrs. Happiness assists Mr.
Happiness with his good qualities
Says the World
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1891-01-10
SOME NEW YEAR AND NEW YORK NOTES

SOME NEW YEAR AND NEW YORK NOTES
NEW YORK. January 5, 1891.
Editor of Womans Chronicles:
The New Year is an encouraging time. Hope
stands at the threshold and points into the aur-
ing future, and we believe in her. We are such
credulous mortals. For all she stood at the same
threshold last year with the same promises, we
forget how she broke them and again we trust in
her.
But new leaf has been turned over, and the
page is as yet unsullied So far we have done
nothing which we ought not to have done, neither
have left undone the things which should have
been done. Up to the present there is much
health in U.s. and there is no confession to be made
of shortcomings.
The pessimist who expects little is about the
only one who is never disappointed And while
Hope points swcety to the blessings of the future,
and we hang our joys on her index finger Fate
sits up nights to Illustrate the little designs she
aims to bestow upon US.
The year digs the grave and hope eventually
tumbles in, the same as she did last year. But
teach new year we help her to scramble out, and
while Fate grns to see how little is left of her, we
rejuvenate her, and hop her up on the pedestal
once more.
The year is one vast glorious tomorrow, and
what may it not contain. Just now there is no
stupid retrospection for us to contemplate; NO
regret to o'ershadow; no might have beens. There
is naught to dlscourage-and the spotless, un-
sulied page OF 81 shall be one long chapter of
virtues. But we are such frail, uncertain, unre-
liable mortals. Who can tell?
New York has Of late had little else than weather.
Not even Artemus Ward could have done it Justice,
and ne had some definite ideas on the subject of
New England weather.
Last week, after great deal of restless indie
cision on the part of the elements, deciding ON
what to DO next they repented and laid beauti-
ful mantle OF snow over everything. They be-
haved very boisterously but finally the winds took
themselves Off and left the snow in possession of
the field Then New York took sleigh ride.
Slelghs and bells and robes and plumes and yari-
GUS decorations were brought out, and for the first
Time IN hve years there was sleighing. The snow
was beautiful 1t crunched under your feet as
you walked-se cold it was-and bows coasted
anu sno"oalled and made snow-men, and at night
Ine moon Sned radiant light over everything, and
slclgn-rlae parties few merrily by blowing tin
nolnS' ana all the world felt young again. What
Inere 'nat takes us back to childhood like snow?
NoGnlng' unless it is the spring-tims.
urea' Preparations were everywhere in progress
~ inc parks for skating on New Years Day, but a
arlzzlng rain set in and the skates were hung up
for some future time.
NEW Years Eve thousands of people assembled
aoou' Trinity to hear tho chimes So dense was
.ne crowd that for two blocks in every direction
Vne streets were blockaded Finally when the
ohl"es pealed FORTH the blasts of the tin horns in
Vne crowd completely drowned out the music, and
thousands went away disappointed. In vain did
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1891-01-10
Old Maid Mothers.

All up and down our land among the hills Of
New England, in our valleys and along our sea-
board we find these brave old maid mothers. No
sarcasm can obscure their fame, and ne logic de-
stroy the force Of this seeming paradox. Some
nave trained and educated entire families, Others
nave taken wailing infants from the close embrace
OF the dead, and the little ones never knew or
"fet mother want about the world" a few
oouotiess have made the mistake, SO often made
by lathers OF families, of vainly seeking for an
olo mead upon young shoulders, but the majority
have been mothers indeed. Our best women we'll
AnoW' ana men are coming to understand, that
'ne moCner instinct is of divine origin, and often
eAls's In pure and complete sense, devoid of all
gr0Ssness' In the little child or the adult woman
Chautauquan,
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NeN Years Eve thousands of people assembled
aoout Trinity to hear tho chimes. So dense was
WV tns crowd that for two blocks in every direction
S Sl streets were blockaded. Finally when the
onnes pealed FORTH the blasts of the tin horns in
.ne crowd completely drowned out the music, and
thousands went away disappointed In vain did
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-10
An Atrocions Instrumentation.

DR.. Glass, of Poplar Bluff, one Of the
"standbys' of the Methodist conference,
who has officiated at the birth, baptism,
marriage and final exit of more men and
women under thirty years of age than any
reverend doctor in southeast Missouri, tells
a good story of an old brother preacher up
at CRANKY.
On one occasion this old brother was
called on TO conclude the DOCTORS sermon.
His theology was little of" so was his
grammar, but his earnestness, piety and
purity of heart was undoubted. He could
run the gamut in a single sentence, from
double bass to pianissimo shrieks, and TO
preserve the cadence of his periods he used
the "holy grunt." He never, in the course
of bis long and useful life, perpetratsd an
intentional pun, yet the one he got off in
CRANKY church has made him famous.
Eyes" concluded the old brother, Eyes,
my beloved brothers and sisters, for forty
five years | have lived on the Lords side,
ah, and now, ali, have got one foot in the
grave, ah, and the other Is all but, al"
To this day be cannot account for the
smile that rippIed over the faces Of his con-
gregation at the connical picture bis pecul
lar speech oonjured up, of an cid gentle
man living on the Lords cider, with one
foot in the grave and the other al butter.
st. Louis Repu blic.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-10
Uses for Old Newspapers.

Old newspapers have many uses. That
they are great protection to ice has al
ready been mentioned, and an experienced
housekeeper sends us the following: keep
all your papers, not only for lighting fires,
but for cleaning mirrors and windows, the
results being far more satisfactory than
by the use of cloths. Dip the paper in cold
water and wiring it out thoroughly. After
rubbing well with this, go over the glass
with a dry paper until no moisture re-
mains"
From an old colored woman, too, we re-
ceive the following testimony as 10 theil
merits: Got any papers, honey, to give
me2" she said as she was going home after
a days cleaning. 81 dare say l can find
you some, Aunty," said the house mistress.
"What do you want them for?" "Dey hav'
lots o. uses, chile" answered the old wom-
an 81 ken cut 'em up in strips and stuff
pillows; lines my quilts with 'em, for dey
is warm es toast, and dey keep out all de
cold air from de flo if / spreads 'em under
de cyarpet,"
And here is still another suggestion.
"What do you think of my chest pro-
tector2" said the family doctor as he un-
buttoued bis heavy overcoat and took out
a thick layer of newspapers which were
tackled together in the shape of a chlld's
bib when l have a long, cold drive be-
fore me always use this patent arrange
ment of mine, for ind that nothing gives
more adequate protection with less bulk
and inconvenience than newspapers. You
know | had pneumonia last year, and
am Obliged to careful. New York Trib-
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The Fat, the Red. she ..Blew." I"

All the;fools are not dead yet. A party
Of young men and women who had evi-
IDENTIFY been enjoying a days outing arrived
at the Chambers street ferry, with the in-
tention of crossneoyer TO the Jersey side
of the river.
Having somesSew minutes to wait one
Of their number espied one OF the "drop q
cent In theslct and get your weight ma
Chimes" and resolved to have little fun
at the expense OF any one Of his friends
who had not seea the joke before.
Taking centfroIn his pocket and quiet
ly placing il in his mouth he asked the
crowd If they had seen how one could get
weighed by blowing down the slot. No
one had seen or heard of il, so hepractical-
ly demonstrated how easy it was. Getting
on the platform he placed his mouth to the
slot and dexterously inserted the cent
which he had previously placed in his
mouth. The machine of course did the
rest.
One of the party, a fat, red faced fellow,
anxious to get weighed for little wind,
attempted to perform the same trick, and
getting on the platform, inflated his lungs
to their utmost capacity, glued his mouth
to the slot, with a watch -ne-do-the-com-
pany expression, blew for all he was worth,
but to no purpose, except to afford unlim-
tied amusement to the crowd who were by
this time in the joke.
His futile attempts convulsed the on
lockers, and sitter five or six terrific at
tempts he gave up the job, only to learn
how he had been foe d. Then he went
home by himself.-NeW York Commercial
Advertiser.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-10
The Nantucket Liphtshin.

No l, Nantucket, New South Shoal,
pitches and plunges, rears and rolls, year
in and year out, twenty-four miles off San
katy Head, Nantucket island, with the
broad ocean to the eastward, and rips and
breakers TO the westward, northward and
southwark. No. l, Nantucket, New South
Shoal, is a lightsFnp-the most desolate and
dangerous station in the United States
lighthouse establishment. Upon this toss
ing island, out of sight of land, exposed to
the fury of every tempest, and without a
message from home during all the stormy
months of winter, and sometimes even
longer, ten men, Drawing the perils of wind
and wave, and the worse terrors of ikols-
tion. trim the lamps whose light warns
thousands of vessels from certain destruc-
tion, and hold themselves ready to save life
when the warning is vain.
When vessels have been driven helplessly
ppon the shoals over which the South
Shoal hghtship stands guard, her crew
have not hssitated to lower their boat in
seas which threatened every moment TO
stave or to iEgulf it, aud TO pull, often in
the teeth Of furious gale, to the rescue of
the shipwreezed. not only saving their
lives, but afJerward sharing with them,
often to their own great diseomtort, such
cheer as the hghtship affords. Yet VINO
ever heard Of medal beng awarded TO the
lifesayers of No. /. Nantucket, New South
Shoali-Gustav Kobbe IN Century
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The Famous shenandoah Valley.

In order TO accommodate persons who
wish TO examine West Virginia, Mary
land and the famous Shenandoah valley of
Virginia, arrangements have been made to
run excursions on Sept. Is aud % to points
in the Shenandoah valley from Chicago
Ill, and all points on the Baltimore and
OHIO railroad west of the Ohio river, and
from Cincinnati and intermediate points
on the Baltimore aud Ohio Southwestern
railroad and Ohio and Mississippi railway.
Rate one limited fare for the round trip
From Chicago TO Winchester, Middleton,
Woodstock. Hsrrisonburg and Staunton.
Va, SI1.25; and from Cincinnati, $I2 so; to
Lexington, Va. from Chicago. SIS 90. and
from Cincinnati $l25 so Tickets will be
good for thirty days and to stop eff east of
Ohio river Further information NAV be
obtained from o. p McCarty G. P. A r.
& O. s W. R'y, and W. Is Shattuc. g. p.
A o. & NJ R'y, Cincinnati. o; :. D.
Allen. A q. p. A, b Il o. Il. r., The
Roo6ery" building, Chicago, H., or any
ticket agent of the above named roads.
Those seeking desirable homes should
not fail 10 take advantage of this excep-
tional opportunity TO visit the upper
southern states which are now attracting
the attention of people in all sections of
the United States.
Publications, maps, etc, will be for
warded free by Nj. Y. Richards, Land and
immigration agent B. & o. r. r., Balti-
more, Nd ds5-lt w27-lt
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-10
sepulchsrs in English Churches.

There are about fifty examples of Easter
sepulchers to be met with in this country.
Sometimes they are only plain oblong re-
cesses; in some places they are richly
decorated with sculpture; and in two in
stances they consist of tive parts, one at
right angles to the other. They are gen.
orally placed on the north side of the
chancel, but are also to be seen in other
positions. An example in Kingsland
church, Herefordshire, is on the north side
of the nave and'is entered from the porch
1t is rather more than nine feet long, and
less than five feet wide; and on the side
adjoining the church is an arched recess
pierced with four openings, through which
ceremonies taking place in 1t couh he seen
from the interior of the ave. 1t GIFTED
by unglazed windows on the Tth and
east sides Within it lies an oblopg mass
of masonry that may be either a tomb OF
an altar.
Warwickshire has three examples. There
are others in St. Andrews church, Cleve-
don, ST. Mary's hampton, St. MichaePs,
Stanton Harcourt, and several in the neigh
borhood of Lewes. St. Patrick's church,
Patrington, in Yorkshire, has also par.
ticularly fine specimen. They were all
meant to represent the tomb wherein our
Lord was laid. and some were enriched
with presentments of the soldiers and three
Marys; and in the days of actual dramatic
representation of sacred subjects the who'll
scene of the kdrial and watching at the
tomb was reverently performed at them.
We should probably have had many more
remains of them but for the fact that they
were often made of wood and removed
from Easter to Easter.-Gentleman' Mag
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out to EIkhorn. / had ten coaches behind
me, and had to hit her pretty hard TO get
out over the hill
81 was afraid she was going to lay down
on.me before could get over, and II she
died on that hill didn't know what ia
do. l had her wide open all the way up,
and when we struck the top OF the hill
was so interested watching that squirt to
see if had got it working that dldnt
think to shut 'er off, and she worked
steam half way down to the river. You
can bet she was rolling 'em when we
struck the bunch of willows just before
you hit the bridge. That was before they
put up the new covered iron bridge. The
weather was frightfully cold, and the ice
on the Elkhorn must have been feet thick.
81 never found out just what struck as
or how it did happen, but the first thing
knew, Just as we got to the end OF the
bridge, / felt old 81 sort of raise or the
rails, and the next second we had slid down
the bank and were skating across the river
on the ice As luck would have it the
coupling on the baggage car, broke and the
heavy train hung on to the rails. We were
going sixty miles if we were going an inch,
and the way 81 got across the Elkhorn was
tremendous. You know there's big ditch
on the other side where they got the dirt
for the approach to the bridge. Well, sir,
90 just took UP that ditch, and when she
struck the top she jumped squaCeiy on the
rails again right behind the last coach OF
my train, which had just swung by. ran
her nose down to the coach, and my fire
man made the running and we-shoved that
train into Waterloo, where l switched
around and got in ahead again. And the
funniest thing about it was that when
left Waterloo looked around her, and I'll
be hanged if that squirt wasn'tworking all
right New York Sun
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-10
Great Dam at CINCINNATI in the Ice Age


The country in the vicinity.of Cincinnati
owes its unsurpassed beauty to the opera
tions of nature during the glacial era 1t
was the ice movements that gave it those
fine terraces along the valleys and graceful
contours of formation on the SUBMITS of
the hills that were so attractive to the pio-
neers. Here it was that the great ice move
ment from the north ended. As has been
remarked, "Those were the days of the
beautiful lake rather than the beautiful
river"
No single cause has done more to diversi-
fy the surface of the country, to add to the
attractiveneSs of the scenery and to fur
nish the key by which the condition of the
ice age can be reproduced to the minds
eye than glacial dams. To them we owe
the present existence of nearly all the
waterfalls in North America, as well as
nearly all the lakes.
A glacial dam across the Ohio river is
supposed to have existed at the site of Gin
cinnati during the ice age, and the evi-
denoe supporting the theory is so full and
conclusive that its existence can almost be
assumed as an absolute certainty.
The evidences of the former existence Of
this dam and the lake caused thereby were
first discovered and the attention of the
scientific world attracted thereto in the
summer of 1882 by Professor G. Frederick
Wright, of Oberlin.-Howe's Historical
Collections of Ohio.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-10

A delegate to the Baptist association told
the following snake story: He and his uncle
were sitting by creek side, in the state of
Kentucky, fishing and were surprised by
seeing blscksnake dash out Of q thicket,
and running to a weed standing near them
bite leaf from it and quickly retarn.
This he did several times, when, their curl
osity being excited, they followed him to
see what he meant by such strange con-
duct, and found him engaged in fearful
fight with g moccasin several times his
own size.
As often as his antagonist succeeded in
biting him he ran 10 the weed for his anti
dote, and was at him again. Atlength the
uncle pulled up and removed the weed to
see what the snake would do. He soon
came again, and. finding his remedy gone,
he looked eagerly from side 20 side, a per
feet picture of despair, and fell stone dead
on the spot. The moccaSin. already badly
disabled, they dispatched Crawford Ca
Harald
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Rox.- Ten. How 1t wa. Done.

Bowers was one of the most cheerful
liars on the road, and Dolsn's story re
minded" hia at once Of an experiences Of
his own.
That makes me think Of the time hAd
with No. 81. when was pulling fast No.
west said Bowersi You remember just
after you leave Elkhorn and get through
the big cut there's long drop over the big
grade down 10 the &khorn river and into
Waterloo. Well, this day I'm telling you
about. something was wrong with No " :
water works. One of her sQ1iEts wouidn !
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ruoney. Nsnftou. CAsc43e. GTsso Hoaa>
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Royai Teacher.

Mary stories are told OF the Emperor
Frederick OF Germany, known % the peo-
pie while he was crown prince as Unssr
Fritz. which show why be was 50 loved,
almost sdored, By his subjects, over vhom
his reign was SO short
he vas always kidd 70 the poor. the sick
and the helpless. and reading of his may
deeds of charity one can easily understand
bow, during the war Of ls7o, the terrified
French peasants so quickly learned to feel
confidence in the commander Of the invAd-
ing army.
Ons day, while be wEs crown prince.
Unser Fritz vas paying has accustomed
visst TO the school az Bornstedt, and talk
Ing 70 the children, when Telegram was
handed 20 the schoolmsster, informing
him Of the severe iiins~s OF his mother
go a. once, said the prince. and leave
the school 10 TnsF'
Thozgh the poor schOolmAstsr ~ first
deuurred. he vas AZ last persuaded 70
hurry or. and Unser Fritz continued his
Instruction Of the ast0sisEed but delighted
scholars until u O'Clock wAs1 the clergy
man arrived and reIieyed hl-a from his dz-
tiss a. ssshooInsstsE.-YoatA's CozSaEisn-
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Fxeurs,ons via me santa Fs Rous.

Interstate Old Soldiers reunion and
Wyandott fair. Round trip ticket to Kan
sas City. Mo, on Sale September 9Th 20
18th inclusive: final limit September 18th.
One Fare s5.l5
Kansas State FAIR, Topeka, Kansas; tick
cts on sale September 10th TO lsth inclu-
sive; final limit September 2lsL One fare
round trip.
A. o. L. ". celebration ard picnic,
Winfield September i0th- One fare round
trip.
10. o. z. Annual Session Sovereign
Grand Lodge. s.. Louis, September 18Th,
limited for return passage until Septem Der
18th. One fare for the round "trip. sl205.
TIE Santa Fe have three dsiiy trains 20
the east with Chair aud Pullman car &C
eonmodstions City efhee. I5s North
Main street Passenger station. corner Of
Douglas and Fiita avenues.
". D MURDOCH,
e5ist. Asst. Pas'gr AgE