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itself, there is at least a faint suspicion that possi- 

 bly she does not feel at liberty to put her hand in 

 the common pocket-book and draw therefrom what 

 she may desire. 



But I am not starting- out on a tirade ag-ainst 

 mankind. It is womankind I arraign. Whatever 

 may be said about women in general, there are 

 some who seem to have the impression that a 

 husband is a mere machine to drudge and earn 

 money that his wife may have plenty of money to 

 dress up in fine raiment, and sit and fold her lily- 

 white hands in graceful idleness. Deep down in 

 the bottom of the hearts of even the worst of these, 

 there is, however, I believe, a better nature which is 

 buried under only a layer of selfishness; and under 

 favoring circumstances this better nature will 

 come to the surface. The disease, therefore, is not 

 incurable. 



There is another disease which, although of an 

 apparently mild type, has this sad feature; it is, 

 80 far as I know, incurable. It is a sort of mild 

 insanity, or monomania. I am well acquainted 

 with the symptoms, a case having for a long time 

 been under my observation. The lady in question, 

 sane upon all other subjects, is affected with the 

 delusion that she is entirely free to use as she 

 pleases only such money as she may earn with 

 her own hands, and receive not from her husband, 

 but from some one else, as the reward of her labor; 

 and yet her husband has always given her freely 

 all the money she wanted, and more, insisting that, 

 although he might have received the money, it 

 was just as much hers as his, and she had as truly 

 earned it by doing- her share of the work in the 

 life-partnership. Yet she sadly says, "Before I 

 was married I was independent; I earned my own 

 money, and felt entirely free to do as I pleased 

 with it. Now, I can have only what my husband 

 earns; and although my husband is the kindest 

 man in the world, gives me all the money I want 

 ■without asking what 1 want it for, still it is not 

 pleasant to feel dependent. Then her husband 

 tries to humor her whim, and offers to pay her 

 stated wages for working for him. But she says, 

 "Oh! that's different. I couldn't take wages from 

 my husband." Sometimes she deludes herself with 

 the pleasing- fancy that she Is earning something 

 herself in this way: She buys a pig, or something 

 of the kind, takes care of it herself, and then if it 

 sells for $10.00 she feels rich in the possession of 

 $10.00 of her very own. No matter if $11.00 of what 

 she considers her husband's money was paid for the 

 pig- and its feed, she takes no note of that, con- 

 tent to think only of the $10.00 that she has earned. 

 Is this an isolated case, or is it a type of a class? 

 And is there any cure for such a case? 



Marengo, 111. C. C. MilTjER. 



Why, friend M., your experience agrees 

 with mine exactly. It is a grand thing for 

 the children, to get a mania for being inde- 

 pendent, and for desiring to earn some 

 money all their very own ; but when the 

 wife starts out on that tact, it is another 

 thing. Just say to that lady, friend M., 

 that when she is married she and her hus- 

 band are one, and that therefore the pocket- 

 book is common property. When I got 

 back from the Chicago ( 'onvention I found 

 my every-day boots all cleaned up nice, and 

 oiled. T knew they neeiled it, but I didn't 

 have time to do it; and when I thought of 



my wife doing that kind of work for her 

 absent husband, I commenced to give her 

 a good scolding. She very meekly informed 

 me, however, that it was all right. She 

 said she found a dollar and a half in the 

 pockets of my old clothes, and so it was all 

 square, without any more being said about 

 it. I changed my tactics, and was going to 

 start out again, but finally concluded she 

 was " mistress of the situation.'' 



HONEY-TUMBLERS. 



HOW SHALL, WE PUT UP JUST ONE POUND OF 



HONEY, AND HAVE THE TUMBLER EVEN 



FULL ? 



fRlEND ROOT:— After reading what you wrote 

 on page 877, in regard to the "false balance," 

 etc., I can not resist the desire to call your 

 attention to something in your own business 

 that is very similar to the false-barrel busi- 

 ness which you there so justly condemn. In the 

 summer of 1886 I sent to you for 100 one-pound 

 tumblers, as I wanted to get people to using a little 

 extracted honey. The tumblers that you sent 

 weighed just 14 oz. more when filled than when 

 empty. I wrote you about it, and you answered 

 that my honey was thin. You were mistaken, but I 

 could not very well prove it, so the matter was 

 dropped. 



Ag-ain, this past summer I sent to you for a bar- 

 rel of 1-lb. tumblers, hoping- to get some that 

 would hold a full pound; but I saw at once they 

 were smaller than those you sent the year before. 

 They will hold rZ'A oz., if filled very full. The 

 result is, I have used very few of them, and feel 

 as though I never wanted to use them, as there is a 

 falsehood on every one, for the labels say, " One 

 pound." 



In regard to the false-barrel business, you say, 

 "The man who decides to use such barrels is the 

 one who is cheated in the end. But very likely he 

 bought them for honest barrels." I ordered 1-lb. 

 tumblers, paid for them, and can not very well 

 afford to throw them away. As you say, the whole 

 business is abominable in the sight of God and 

 honest men. I know that you do not make the 

 tumblers, but I suppose you sell large quantities of 

 them, and surely you can get the manufacturers 

 to make you a tumbler that will hold a full pound. 



Now, in regard to the 1-lb. section : I use sections 

 7 to the foot, and find that, if full sheets of founda- 

 tion are used, they will weigh, when filled, 14 oz., 

 average. I sell them by weight, and tell every one 

 they will not weigh quite 1 lb. But they are often 

 retailed from the groceries for pounds, and it is 

 certainly very desirable to have a section that will 

 weigh a full pound. For that reason I am think- 

 ing- of using l}i! sections, and should like to in- 

 quire of those who have used them if thej' will 

 average 1 lb. when used with separatoi's; and if 

 they can get as much honey in them as in the 

 narrower sections. 



I see by the bee-papers that many have fed their 

 bees large quantities of sugar syrup for winter 

 stores, but you are offering nothing better than a 

 butter-dish for a feeder. Is it necessary that we 

 should bother with butter-dishes and pepper-boxes, 

 when we have thousands of pounds of svrup to 

 lecdV I believe nearly all beekeepers agiee that it 



