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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-01-16

A few months ago The North American ne
rieu published group of articles on the Ideal
Wife; Max 0Rcll contributing one on the
French wife, Grant Allen on the English. and
Boyesen the Scandinavian spouse. This month
The Rerie,e prints some opinions on husbands
"A Study in Husbands" with contributions
from Marion Harland, Mrs. Burton Harrison,
and Elizabeth Bisland. All three women agree
that the ideal husband is not merely "a imam
ca agent" patient aud willing and unobtru-
sive, as he is made out 10 be by some noVeIists
and foreign observers OF Americans. Eliza
beth Bisland declares that the American hus-
band. while he is the most generous aud kind
est of all spouses, yet he exacts from his vile
all the prettiness, goodness and brightness that
is in her, and has nc idea of yielding herevery
privilege and asking none. She says: III the
American woman is brilliant and ornamental
it is because the American husband will put
up with nothing else"
Another paragraph from her paper says:
"There is theory that tho patient, unexacs-
ing, financial agent, who is supposed to typiiy
the genus husband in America, who, like
charity, suffereth long and is kind. thinketh
no evil, and giveth all his goods, is woman
ideal mate, bnt this is n SANDER.
She also has something to tho point to say
about the jealous husband and he who is not,
and also about the extravaganza ideals that
young girls cherish, and she POINTS her obServa-
tions with pretty wit:
"He combines with an easy mastery Of all
manly arts a delightful preference for reading
poetry aloud beside the domestic hearth; is
70 ;oI
and is yet generous in the matter of diamonds,
and, in a word, unites in stalwart person
all the virtues of Galahad, Launcelot, and
Arthur"
One can recognize Immediately the hero Of
the popular novel.
Marion Harland's article is hopeful and
undetermined. She brings ont the point that
tho ph rase a kind husband" is obsolete. a
man may be kind to his dog. his horse, or his
groom, OF to his poorer neighbour" but not to
his lfe-partner. "He more. in the
ideal-that is, the true marrage-be kind to
his wife than the left lobe of the heart can
patronize the right She has good. strong
word for the honorable man, and an appTeeia-
ton of the one who is reasonable; and good
point is made when she remarks, aprOpos OF
the general ideas that the wife is to sustain,
elevate, educate the husband. " The adage, A
mans wife makes mars him, has no COM
panion saw touching the training that the wife
gets from the husband; and that it would be
better if the arrangement were not so one
sided--if the husband would regard it neces-
sary to comfort, sustain, and uplift the wife,
instead of holding it to be more cbivalrous TO
like her just as she is.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-01-16

Il is related that scientists can now transfer
perfumes of flowers without ipjurDg the bios
SONS in the least that the bright marigold
may have its strong scent removed and be filed
with the fragrance of rose, or chrysanthe-
mum can be made sweet with violet odors.
With all due respect for scientific effort, and
no desire to oppose it, this process does seem
heathenish. We may be like our great grand
mothers, who objected to locomotives; but we
don't care for any OF the scientifically
scented blossoms, and think this is carrying
" modern improvements" too far.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-01-16

the frnit, and set on ice two hours before serv-
ing. don't know about the vanilla. 1t seems
unnecessary; that the two fruit.havors would
blend better without it. but perhaps not.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-01-16
SOME GOOD BOOKS.
Adventure Reference Phosopns' any
History-the Modern Literature

THE MAN IN BLACK, weyman
Dickens
TOUR WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS, jules Verne
BEAUTY, Emily s. Bo@o"
BED,
ENGLAND, General Booth
stevenson
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yacy q
dcharb,at darn
eryeH"s THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, Washington, I'D. @.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-01-16

Silver is used in several new ways most pref
tiy. Dainty cups made with a fowery.
lace-liKe border around the edges Of thin
layer of silver. used like an enamel. Glass bot
ties are covered with a fowery silver work, and
the glass (green or white] and the silver make
q most dainty contrast. Then other glassware
made up with silver used as gold in the
flower decorations, and with blue flowers, is
pretty.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-01-16

IL is to William Congreve. wit, dramatist
and dandy of the seventeenth century, that
we owe that welI-known, well-worn senti-
ment:
Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast"
And he also said
Heaven hath no rage like love to hatred turned. .
Nor hell a fury like q woman scorned;"
which is also held to be quite good idea.
These we find in the Popular Quotation books !;
but we know little else of this early English
writer. He wrote also:
:" If there is delight In love Ills when sec
That heart which others bleed for bleed for me-"
An amusing bit of Congreve's history is
that in his time literature was not considered
a digni6ed nor aristocratic pursuit; so after
ten years of it he gave it up in order to
be gentleman in fashionable society. He had
already written several comedies that were
acknowledged to be the work of genius, but he
was little ashamed Of it, and preferred to be
thought of a gentleman rather than as an author.
In one of his comedies. "Mirabel" says:
"a fellow that lives in a windmill has not a
more whimsical dwelling than the heart of a
man that is lodged in woman" And,
"Iknow lady that talks so necessarily, she
won't give an echo fair play; she has that ever
lasting rotation of tongue, that an echo must
wait until sue dies before it can catch her last
words" He has a pretty wit that brightens
all of his writing. 1t com Pletes the sketch TO
say that he made a brilliant success as a society
man; his clothes beautiful, the ladies
loved him, and he was pet at Court. and he
was given a corner in Westminster Abbey when
he died.
Elsie POrEROy k-ErROy
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-01-16

1t is said that the Australians eat seven
times day. The Americans are Approximate
ing that number with their break fast, dinner
and supper or breakfast, luncheon, and dinner,
afternoon tea. and q luncheon late at night.
That makes five in all-that they can easily
manage.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-01-16

Jeier G. Pritchard, who took his seat last
February, was the first Republican 10 come TO
tho Senate from The South in many years. Ills
election was due 10 the uprising Of the Popuist
element in cooperation with the Republicans.
lie is n Tennessecan 81 years old, and was a
printer before he read law. He served ia the
Legislature, was in 1883 a candidate for Gov
ernor and was several times a candidate for
Congress.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-01-16

Coast lawyer. lie WAS born in Ohio aud is 81
years Old. His election was surprise TO him.
occurring ia the last ID minutes of The Legisla-
tive session. He is said TO be man Of plain
and direct speech. and ready aud formidable
debaler
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-01-16

Ratc Douglass Wiggin- Riggs has a novel and
clever idea in dispensing her autograph. She
sends out to all askers therefor little card,
bearing quotation from of her popular
stories and her signature. With this IS folded
up printed slip, also signed by her. This IL
delightfully."- written. and says. in effect. that
she is glad to send the inclosed card TO any
reader of her work. both because appreciation
is pleasant and also because it enables her to
ask favor in return. If you are child
she goes on to say will you send % cents, if
an adult. 80 cents" to certain free kindergar-
ten in which Mrs. Riggs is interested. Some
one who received such missive wrote, in for
warding the requested amount OF money, that
he devoutly wished all celebrities would adopt
the same rule and let it be understood, as in
all cases, the honest autograph-seeker would
feel that he was buyiHg what he wanted, and
have no such dei:cacy as at present in making
his wishes known.-PhIadelphi Press.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-01-16

The newest slipper for the house is Of black
satin with tiny, flashing paste buckle at the
toe, and you will need two of them.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-01-16

Gossip has it that the Princess Maud, who is
soon to marry, is an incorrigible punster, which
is too bad that the Duchess of Marlborough
has 20 staircases in her new house, and that
ex- President Harrison is soon TO be married.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-01-16

The new Representatives sometimcc abuse
their privileges. One Of them sighted the huge
and comfortable sofas in the Senate the other
day. and depositing his heavy frame upon il,
was soon fast asleep The silver-tongued orator
Stewart was just then speaking, aud it is be-
lieved the effect sopotifc on the new men,-
Der. He was not disturbed, however, until he
began TO snore vociferously when an attend
ant yanked him out Of his slumber and hustled
him into the cloak-r room.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-01-16

Now that the roads are bad and handle bars
are cold, my lady gives up bicycling and makes
a fad Of whist playing.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-01-16

The flags which fly over the Capitol are, like
the Senate, immortal. They kept hoisted
through all sorts Of weather, and the stormy
winds tear off slIi pc or rcnd out star from
time TO time, but these defects are at once
remedied from the stock OF hunting kept con-
staaItly hand. a new stripe is sewcd on or
another star fastened in, and this becomes in
turn the base for iuture patching, so that they
are the same old flags which have flown over the
Legislators since time whereof The memory
OF man runneth not TO the contrary.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-01-16

The chair ia the House once occupied by
Buck" Kilgore, Of superior kicking pro-
clivities. literally and legislatiyely is now held
down by Judge Miller, OF Kansas, mild. man.
nered young man, who, while he does not SO
violently protest against Objectionable measures
the Texas steer did, possesses every whit AS
much force of character. Judge Miller is a
/ Maine Yankee.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-01-16

Senators Sherman, Lodge, and Morgan were
appointed subcommittee to consider the
Cuban question, and it is understood that
whatever will be done will be the lines of
recognition of the beligerency of the in
surgcnts. Immediate action, however. will
not be taken.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-01-16

The Armenian subject was also referred to n
sub committee. The opinion in the whole
committee appeared to he as revealed by dis
cusson that the Administration should be sup
ported in any effort il might make locking to
the protection of American subjects in Turkey.
But as to how it was best 10 proceed was the
question given tn the subcommittee to decide.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-01-16

The water Of the Potomac is very muddy
now. and the fluid which comes ont OF the
bydrants is saturated solution Of Virginia
and Maryland farming lands 1t has been dis
covered that this is really advantage when
used in the bathtub. 1t gives one all the medi-
ca benefits of mud bah, and no towels are
needed. The bather simply waits until he is
dry, and then brushes himself off with dust
broom.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-01-16

Major Tbos. II. Mckee. a sketch of whom
appeared in these columns when he was candi-
date for Sergeant-at-Arms Of the House OF
Representatives, has been appointed Journal
Clerk of tho House, a position for which he
has unusual fitness. This adds another active
GAR. mpu to the many in an about the
House
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-01-16

Col. w. r. Hepburn, Of Iowa, who has a will
Of his own, is inclined to think that the Speaker
is little too autocratic, and that the Repre-
sentatiyes of the people should have a better
show for the floor and their oratorical white
alleys.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-01-16

Associate Justice Rufus Peckham took the
oath OF office last week at full session of the
court. The oath was read by Mr.. Peckham in
distinct and well mod ulated tones. After kiss
ing the Bible he was escorted TO his seat on the
extreme left Of the bench Here he was re-
ceived by the other members of the court
standing. Shaking hands with Justice Shiras,
his nearest neighbor, and bowling to his fellow
Justices and receiving bows in return from
them and then bowling to the bar. the new
Justice took his seat and the routine work OF
the day began.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-09-26
LIVE STOCK MATTERS.

1t is estimated that $4,000 sheep
were killed 10y dogs last yerr.
An eastern stockman says he used TO
grind corn and other grain for pigs, bus
years Of experience have taught him
that the most he got out of it was hard
work
The wool clip of Robert Taylor, OF
Casper, Wyo., for the present year is
100000 pounds. Mr.. Taylor is believed
to be the largest individual wool grow
err in the United States.
w. b. Snow has made careful inves-
tigation of the status of the sheep in
dustry and estimates the total number
OF sheep in the country at about 81, O0O.-
600, or 100000 less than 'he estimate
OF the department of agriculture last
January. Farmers Voice.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-09-26
FOR SHIPPING FOWLS
The Kind OF Crate which Prevents Birds
from InIuring Themselves.

The Kind of Crate which Prevents Birds
from IuIuring Themselves.
] have shipped large number OF fowls
TO breeders and farmers in all the west
ern and southern states and never had
but one injured. For one Plymouth
Rock cock | made the coop IL inches
wide, IS long and 20 high for two or
three hens, 10 inches wide, 16 high and
"a long; for cock and two hens. same
width and length, but 20 inche. high
The bottom is tight, one-half-inch stuff
with one strip across each end and one
across the middle, underneath. Sides.
ends and top are made of plaStering
laths placed one-half incl apart. No
cloth, pasteboard or paper is used. The
only bird I ever failed to land safe and
sound al its destination was placed in a
coop lined with cloth and open only az
the top. II met with disaster in a warm
express car and arrived looking weary
and sad, and soon after il turned up its
toes. ] used lath coops TO conform to
the new reduced rate rule cf the express
companies and TO secure good vcntila-
ton. A fowl that can't stand ventilation
is OF no value as breeder In proper
~ constructed coop a fowl will go TO the
farthest corner of the country as safely
as TO roost.-Fred Grundy, in Rural
New Yorker.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-09-26
AN UNNATURAL HABIT.
Best Way 10 Cure AN Egg Eating Hen Is
TO Eat the Hen.

best Way 10 Cure AN Egg Eating Hen Is
10 Eat the Hen.
The habit of egg-eating Is a vice. Of
which, when once contracted, il is nj
most impossible 10 break the hen.
When the habit is acquired by hen it
will spread throughout the flock, if not
checked in the beginning. The best
way to cure n hen that eats eggs is 10
eat The hen. Egg-e0ting is encouraged
by leaving eggs in the nest over night;
they get broken and when a hen once
gets the taste of an vgg she is always
DESTROYS Of cultiyating that taste, and
eats everything that looks like an egg.
IL you must keep an egg in the nest,
use artificial ones those that cannot be
broken, or if broken, are unpalatable
and bad for digestion. There are all
sorts Of artificial eggs, wooden, china,
chalk, etc, any of these will do for
nest eggs. Boiled meat seasoned with
a little pepper and salt and ground
bones, will sometimes satiate this un-
natural appetite. Dark nests are also
used for hens that eat their eggs, but
not with good results. IL is better by
far TO do the right thing at once and
eat the hen. You will save yourself
lots OF trouble. Feather.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-09-26

A. Makes the Rendering OF Small Quan-
titles OF Comb Very Easy.


A solar wax extractor is needed In
every apiary; several are kept running
in many large apiaries. ENtractors
which render wax by steam are also
used. TO the latter class belongs she
improved Swiss wax extractor. This
implement, invented in Switzerland and
improved in America. consists of tin
or copper vessel with circle OF perfora-
tions i'm the bottom near the sides 10
let in steam from a boiler below and
within this upper vessel another re-
ceptacle-the comb receiyer-madc of
perforated zinc. Within few years
wax cxtractors employing the heat OF
the sun and known as solar wax eX-
tractors have come into general use.
The essential features in all The forms
that have been devised are a metal tank
with glass cover and usually a wire
cloth strainer, below which is placed
the receptacle for the wax, the whole
so arranged as 10 enable one to tilt il
at such an angle as will catch the di-
rect rays of the sun. The effectiveness
of the solar wax extractor is increased
by having the glass doubled and adding
also reflector, such as a mirror o. a
sheet of bright metal.
An important advantage OF the solar
wax extractor is the ease with which
small quantities OF comb can be rem
dered. BY having this machine much
is therefore saved that might be ruined
by wax moth larva il allowed TO ac-
cumulate, besides serving at the same
time TO decrease these pests about the
apiary. The wax obtained by solar heat
is also Of superior quality, being clean,
never water-soakcd nor scorched, end
also light in color, owing TO the bleach
ing action Of the sunlight. The cost
OF medium-sized solar extractor does
not exceed that OF the larger Swiss
steam eXtractors, yet of the two the
former is likely TO prove by far the
more valuable, even though il can be
used only during the warmer months.
Farm and Home.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-09-26

OVERLAPPING JOINT WITH SPECIAL
FITTING.
the surrounding soil. by the use Of
special joint-pieces, joints may be made
between pipes on the same level as well
as between those on different levels;
giving the advantages Of both methods
and the disadvantages Of neither. These
pipes are OF round cross-section within,
and D-form without. The pipe for
the collector has on its fat side hole
made before burning of the size of the
feeder. For the feeder no special piece
" necessary, IL joint on a level be re
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-09-26
nnssInn Fieet rnder nrdnrs.

Sebastopol, Sept ga portion Of
the Russian Black sea fleet, consisting
OF four ironclads. three gunboats and
several torpedo boats, is cruising Off
Otchakoif, Mt the mouth Of the Dneiper.
under orders ON receipt OF telegram
from the Russian ambassador nj Con-
stantinople 10 join the admiral. leaving
here with the remainder OF the fleet
and going direct to the Bosphorus. The
whole fleet has been placed on war
footing and has embarked three bat
talions of infantry and troops The
south OF Russia has also been placed
on war footing.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-09-26
THE THREE LINKS.
Sovereign Grand Lodge 1. o. q. r. Meets
at Dallas.

Sovereign Grand Lodge 1. q. q. L. Meets
at Dallas.
Dallas, Tex. Sept. 22.-The seventy
second annual meeting of the sovereign
grand lodge of the world of the indie
pendent Order of Odd Fellows opened
i'm Dallas Monday. Nearly 1000 visitors
were here, representing all parts of the
civilized globe. The meeting will con
tinue week and double the present
number OF visitors are expected.
Grand Chaplain Nenable delivered
prayer, and then Gov. Culberson
welcomed the delegates in an adj
dress of considerable length. Mayor
Frank p. Holland was sick and
Hon. Barnett Gibbs represented the city
i'm the mayors absence. He delivered a
brilliant address. Grand Sire Stebbins
responded for the sovereign grand
lodge OF the world. The sovereign lodge
went into secret session at three o'clock
u. M TO read reports OF the grand Off
GERS. Grand Sire Stebbins delivered
his annual address The reports of the
grand secretary and the grand treas
urer showed the sovereign grand lodge
10 be in satisfactory and progressive
condition. a cash balance of nearly
500 900 was shown to be in bank.
Dallas, Tex, Sept. 23.-At the election
OF officers of the sovereign grand lodge
cs the world, /. o. o. f., Tuesday, Fred
Carleton. of Texas. was chosen grand
sire
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-09-26

Southern Cultivator sums up the value
and adaptability OF the pea crop as fol-
lows: IL is u nitrogen gatherer; IL
shades the soil in summer and oids ths
process OF nitrHcation; IL goes deeply
into the soil and brings up water and
mineral matter needed by the plant; it's
adaptability 10 all kinds OF soils, stiffest
clays 20 the most porous sands, fertile
nlluvial bottoms 90 barren uplands; H.
stands the beat aud sunshine OF 1outhern
summers; its rapid growth enables the
farmer I'm the south TO raise two crops a
year on the same soil; ifscwn thickly,it
will. 10y it, rapid growth and shade, e..
fectually smother all weeds and thus
serve as n cleansing crop; IL is the bcs,
preparatory cropknown to the southern
farmer; every kind OF cror grows well
after II: Il furnishes a most excellent
food in large quantities for bosh man
and animals
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-09-26
DROWNED HIMSELF.
Edison Keith. "a well-Know Chicagoan
Commits Suicide.


Commits Suicide.
Chicago. Sept. 23.--Edson Keith, head
OF the great millinery firm OF Edison
Keith e. Co, Wabash ayence and Mon
roe street, committed suicide by jump
ing into the lake at the foot of Thir-
tenth street Sunday night. The fact
was not made known until late Tues
day morning.
Mr.. Keith was interested in many
great enterprises. and was considered
one OF the largest capitalists in the
west. He was the financial man behind
many of the large interests in the
natural gas districts OF Indiana, includ-
ing the immense plate glass plants at
Kokomo, Anderson and other points
He was also one OF the largest elevator
owners IN the United States. and was
interested i'm several banks and n stock
holder in railroad corporations. He
was member OF the Chicago. Calumet,
Union Lengue. Union aud other clubs,
and n member of the Chicago board OF
trade and stock exchange,