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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-10-02
THE REIGN OF TERROR.

This was the name given to the admin
istration OF Robespierre during the
French Revolution. Iu 1898 the conven-
ton vested the government in a commit
tee of public safety" which was given in
effect an absolute power over all persons
and property. The committee was at
first controlled by Marat, Danton, and
others, but on the death of Marat, Ro-
beepierre came into prominence as the
leader ef the Terrorists. Every one sup
posed to be hostile to the new govern
ment was seized and thrown into prison.
Louis XVI. had already been put to
death. On Oct. 16, 1893, the beautiful
and amiable Marie Antoinette, after be-
ing subjected to every possible indigni-
ty was beheaded; the Princess Elizabeth
sharing the same fate May 10, 1894. Oct
81, 1898, the Girondists, party OF able
men who, while in favor of republic,
had dared to protest against the crimes
committed by the revolutionists in the
name of liberty, were, to the number of
twenty-five, guillotined. The calendar
was remodeled and the Christian religion
formally abolished. Robespierre, now
becoming more absolute in power, set
himself to destroying the other terrorists,
who had raised him to his eminence.
First the Hebertsts, as a party of the
most violent revolutionists were called,
we're prescribed and twenty of them
guillotined, March "a, 1874. Then Dan
ton, Robespierre's rival, and his especial
followers, were seized, and the conven-
ton, through fear of Robespierre, passed
on them the decree of death. The gov
eminent was now in the hands of tri-
umvirate, Robespierre, st. just and Cou-
thon, and the convention or assembly,
abjectly assented to every decree they
made. The guillotine was their only in
strument of government; no life was safe
for day; look or a gesture might
arouse suspicion, and suspicion meant
death. During the seven weeks that this
dreadful state of affairs continued 1900
persons were guillotined in Paris alone,
and hundreds were put to death in other
parts Of France by order of the trirmvir-
ate. But when decree was passed abro-
eating every legal delay to protect an &C.
cused person, the reaction set in. Robes
pierre, July 26, demanded reorganiza-
ton of the committee of public safety,
and for the first time, the convention re-
fused TO accede to his demands. This
gave his enemies opportunity to turn
against him, and in day his absolute
power was gone. He was arrested July
q, and the next day he and number of
the other leaders OF the terror were gull
lotined on the same spot where their vic
Tins had suffered. With his death the
bloody reign of terror ended; and more
this act OF justice ended the rule of the
worst element in Paris, and the more intel
ligent citizens began to regain the share
OF influence of which they had been
30 long deprived Inter Ocean.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-10-02
MRS. GLADSTONE.

"a sketch of Mrs. Gladstone, written
by Eleanor Kirk, appears in the May
Demoresfs Monthly, from which it is
evident that the Premier's wife is as re-
markable as her distinguished husband.
Born in 1912, the daughter Of Sir Rich
ard Glynne, from her infancy she show
ed capacities for leadership, tempered
with kindness and unselfshness. In the
selection of friends, Mrs. Gladstone is
never influenced by birth, wealth or social
position. She encourages industry and
thrift among the cottages around, per-
sonally assisting them in many ways, as,
for instance in the cultivation of trees and
flowers around their homes.
at is related of her that during the
Lancashire cotton famine, she worked
night and day to alleviate the misery
which prevailed, and to this end brought
fifty men up to make new paths and
roads for Haywarden, her home; advance
ing the pay to support the families left
behind. An industrial school for boys
and orphans home at Chaplain, which
has now become home for incurables,
are among the charitable institutions
founded by Mrs. Gladstone, and her en-
ergy and tact are only excelled by her
kindness. To one whom she had helped
and who wished to do some service for
her in return, Mrs. Gladstone said. DO
something for somebody else. A kind
word, a bit of practical advice, helping
hand, even if there is not much in it, will
always be doing something Tor me. and
more than that, my child, it will be doing
something for yourself and something
for God
"In the strong and well rounded life of
this remarkable woman has been found
the support and the inspiration which
have contributed to the vigor, the cour-
age and the high moral sense of the
greatest of England's statesmen"
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-10-02
The Aon1e Circle.
A SLAVES HEROISM.

[St. Michaers Church, Charleston. s. c.,
which narrowly escaped total destruction by
the recent earthquake. is the subject of
poem very popular with American public
readers. 1t relates an incident of a great fire
in the unfortunate city, when flaming brand
from the eonflagration was driven against the
towering steeple of St. Michaers, where it
"clung like a bloody hand."l
"Uncounted gold shall be given to the man
whose brave right hand
For the love of the periled city plucks down
yon burning brandt"
So cried the mayor of Charleston, that the peo-
pie heard;
But they looked each one at his fellow, and no
man spoke word.
Who is it leans from the belfry, with face up
turned to the sky,
Clings to the column and measures the dizzy
spire with his eyer
Will he dare it, the hero undaunted, that ter
rible. sickening height?
Or will the hot blood of his courage freeze in
his veins at the sight?
But see, he has stepped on the railing, he
climbs with his feet and his hands;
And firm on the narrow projection, with the
belfry beneath him, he stands;
Now once, and once only. they cheer him-a
single tempestuous breath
And there falls on the multitude gazing hush
like the stiffness of death.
Slowly, steadily mounting, unheeding aught
save the goal of the fire.
the face of the spire.
He stops: will he fall? Lol for an answer, a
CLEAN like meteor's track,
And hurled on the stones of the pavement the
red brand lies shattered and black.
Once more the shouts of the people have rent
the quivering air;
And at Tic church door Mayor and Council
wait. their feet on the stair:
And the eager throng behind them press for
touch of his hand
The unknown saviour. whose daring could
coIupass deed so grand.
But why does sudden tremor seize on them
while they gaze?
And what meaneth that stifed murmur of
wonder and amaze?
He stood at the gate of the temple he had
pelied his life to save;
And the face of the hero, my children, was the
satle face of a slave.
With folded arms he was speaking, in tones
that were clear, not loud,
And his eyes, blaze in their sockets, burnt
into the eyes of the crowd
"You can keep your gold; scorn it; but an
swer me, We who can,
If the deed have done before you was not
the deed of MANI
He stepped but a short space backward, and
from all the women and men
There were only sobs for answer; and the
Mayor called for pen
And the great seal of the city, that he might
read who ran;
And the slave who saved St. Michaers went
out from its door man.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-10-02

final test; she would find out now whether
he loved her or his mother best. Poor
Joel
"You won'tY she asked, setting her
lips in firm red line.
"No," said Joe with equal firmness.
The situation had come to dead lock.
just then wild scream was heard,
and scurrying of feet. Mrs. Parker,
with face of fright, drew herself up on
the picket fence and called for Joe.
"Come, quickP' she cried, 'Tige has
tumbled into the cisternp'
Joe ran as fast as he could. He knew
the cistern was two-thirds full of water and
its sides slippery, but he had no idea what
to do; he lost his wits-and Mary Ann
found them.
She overlook him at the door of his
mothers kitchen. "Herel herep' she said
breathlessly; "here's pas scoop net; it's
real strong. You can't get him out any
other way" Andyet five minutes before
she had made it a vital issue with Joe
that he should kill that very cat. Girls
are queer.
So Tige, resisting to the last was fished
out of the water and handed over to his
delighted mistress, who rolled him in her
apron and took him in for repairs, fling
ing over her shoulder to Nanny curt: 81
don't know how to thank ye enough"
NANNY said Joe, holding out his
arms in the moonlight.
Mary Ann rushed into them and Sob
bed out:
Il did act like all possessed! never
should have liked you mite again il
you had killed Tiger o womanl wo-
man!
So they were married and lived happy
ever after, and had cat OF their own
handsomer than Peter, better than Tiger,
and peaceable as Quaker.-Harper's
Bazur.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-10-02
FACETIE.
The fall came early in Eden.

The fall came early in Eden.
Who hath redness of eyes2 They
that tarry long with hay fever.
What time by the clock is best for a
pump A joke takes. best when it strikes
one.
The locomotive works wonderfully
well, considering it is fed only on coal
victuals.
The poet whose manuscript gets into
the waste-baske is far from being con-
WINGED that his lines have fallen in pleas
ant places.
"A young lady in Boston recently tried
to put up her hair with honey-comb to
make it look sweet.
The fly is not much OF an astronomer,
but if there is a cream jug within his
orbit he'll find out all about the milky
way.
Queen Elizabeth style is expected to
come in again about 1888. This is, in
deed, ruff.-Boston Transcript.
The text in Scripture which SAYS:
"rhe poor ye have always with YOU"
means that some people are not wealthy
enough TO go away for the summer.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-10-02
asarn, 9tn1me ama Garden.

Some botanical genius Classics e1tain
trees and shrubs as follows:
The personal pronoun-Y ew tree.
Always in debt-willow tree.
Found at the soap fsctory-T allow tree.
School girls delight-Gum tree.
A good one to lean against STAFF tree.
A favorite with the dudes Spruce tree.
The professional dead-beat-Sponge
tree.
The physicians appeal Olive tree.
A thorough traitor-Judas tree.
An acquaintance of the OK team-Haw
tree.
Found on the sea shore-Beech tree.
Inclined to go backward-Crab tree.
Makes itself felt-Thorn tree.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-10-02
THE TWO CATS.
BY ROSE TERRY COOKE.

You dearest, sweetest little duck, SO it
was! Manny's pessus pet"
1t sounded much like "mammy's pessus
pet" but the voice was so young, SO
fresh, SO cooling, that Joe Parker could
not believe his ears.
There was something magnetic about
it, to use the slang of the day; at least it
attracted Joe to the row of raspberries
that flung their green arms all abroad on
the old picket fence between his garden
and the next neighbours, and irresistibly
bent his head to peep through those
respectable palings and see what he
could see.
And this is what he saw: such a lovely
girl! Her hair was red, to be sure, but it
was that bronze red that looks brown in
the depths of its ripples and gold on
their crests. Just now in the blazing
sunshine, it was all rich, deep red, with
gilt threads among it; but then she had
such eyes, large, clear, red hazel eyes, as
beautiful as {. robins Oh d squirrels S,
fringed with dark lashes and overbrowed
with delicate dark arches, little lifted
with look of surprise that was the re-
suit of shape and outline.
I regret to say that her fair, soft brow
and cheeks were slightly freckled, but in
such a fresh red and white the smallest
spot will show, and nobody is perfectly
beautiful, not even Mary Ann May, COM
monty called NANNY May" For in
stance. her mouth was large, but then it
was SO full, so red, and parted over such
firm, white teeth, that it seemed just to
match the saucy little nose above and
the round dimpled chin below it. Her
waist was large, too, just as large as the
waist of any sculptured goddess wrought
by Phidias or Praxiteles, for Nanny had
never been pinched in mind or body, or
given over to that awful tyrant, They"
who puts our girls to the torture of rack
and boot from their infancy, that they
may be and do as They" do and are.
But she had tall, strong, shapely fig
ure, and it's movements we're all instinct
AS she stood in her mothers garden, with
both hands clasping her pet to her bosom,
basket of dandelion green's and an old
case knife at her feet, she was perfect
picture, but she had not an idea of it.
Joe's theories fed as he gszed. The
voice had not misled him; it was not
mothers voice; the darling on whom
Nanny lavished her sweet words. her
tender embrace, even her kisses, was-a
cat.
But such cat Peter was as great
beauty as his mistress. His coat of deep
blue gray was striped and dashed with
shining black; ring of black encircled
his massive neck; his tail was ringed
also with sf.ble, and five wide black
stripes ran from between his ears down
to the very tip of the tail, merging as
they went into one broad band; then
there was snow white spot upon his
breast, and his powerful claws were
black as jet.
Manny's dumb silly about that there
cat" was her fathers chronic growl; but
since Man y was all the child left to him,
and in bis eecret heart its living idol, he
only grOwl.d. He would not have utter
ed a derosatory word about Peter for
any thing; lac even remembered to get
bit of meat for him whenever he went to
the village, and had once been known to
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-10-02

"A GOODNESS between friends generally
gives rise TO considerable warmth.
Bill Nye is a kind, obliging man.
Somebody wrote to him for his autograph
and received in reply the following note
from the humorist: "Dear sir, in the alb
sence of my amenuensis will you kindly
excuse me if 1 write my autograph my
self? Yours, Bill Nye."-Burdette.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-01-08
How WeAre Taxed
WILMINGTON TAXED HIRHKR
THAN PHILADELPHIA AND
REARLY AS
HIGH As NEW YORK.

There was not quorum at tho called
meeting ofthe Board Of Trade last night
and consequently no business was trans.
acted. The Board, however, informal
ly considered the question of taxation
as presented In answers from % cities.
At the November meeting of the
Board 1t was resolved that . committee
be appointed to obtain statistics of the
debts ard rates of taxation of large
number Of the cities of the United
States, as compared with that of other
cities. In order to obtain this informa-.
ton the committee, consisting OF Geo.
W. Bush, ID. w. Taylor, and Allen
Speakman addressed the following cir.
Gu ar TO the authorities of forty cities:
The Board of Trade of this city are
desirOus OF obtaining statlstios of taxa.
tion on real estate in various cities of
the United States, and in order to do so
have formulated the following euqui.
rles, 10 which will you kindly reply on
the same sheet, and return. We will
take pleasure In sending you the re-
suit OF this investigation, II you so de.
sire.
L, Is the assessment on real estate for
city purposes in your city at full value,
or II not, at about what proportion of
value?
2 Is the assessment for county and
State purposes at full value ON
real estate, or at what proportion Of
value?
3. At What rate is your oity tax on
real estate laid?
4. At what rate is your county and
State tax on real estate laid 2
B. Are these taxes collected separate
y by different collectors, or by one col.
lector?
The following are the cities from
| which replies have been received, with
assessed valuation of property and the
rate of taxation, on the basis Of 100 per
valuation.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-01-08
BREVLTlEa.
Sun rises 7.lo. Sun sets ass.
Agents for DuMIap's Hats,
RumfOrd brothers. Hat1orA.

sun rises T.lo. Sun sets ass.
Agents for DuMIap's Hats,
RumEOrd brothers. Hatters.
Try Busb's Goa, you will ike It.
Strong cough candy at Ferguson's.
George +. Hodges, 6O7 Shipley street.
Have you read the Homo Weekly ~
Try Bush's coal you Will surely like 1t.
Birds and cages at gErkers's, East and st
Millard +. Davis, ieweIer, o Il. and street.
City Laundry, Sixth and Shipley streets
Fine IS X. Kings, st HAnfs, l6 E. Fourth
Harting, sign painter, III West Seventh ct
A chicken with clippeI wings has a " de-
fectve flew.
Good butter aud cheese on O. F. Hudson's
stalls, s0and So, 2nd street Market.
For good butter and choose. 20 TO II. Ii.
Moore, stalls "a and 10, Second street market
house.
Oh, the wisdom OF the Innocent babe !
When his mother bsg,ns to sing no gees to
sleep as soon as possible.
Burning oil. Harrison paint, perfumery,
toilet articles and medicines OF every kind at
Booths Pharmacy. Newport, Del.
A CaIifornla murderer went to the gaIlows
with u cigarette In his mouth. he died soon
afterwards. We have con .onded that cigar
ettes were unhealthiul.
5usS, sign painters and grainers. Briok
saiuing speciality. Estimates furnished
for city or covntrg.
We are positive that the 100000 or more
Philudelphlans who resolved to QUIT drink
ing with tho trtt o tho year arc still keeping
Their good resolutions. 1he water depart
ment II unable to keep the reservoirs filled.
aoto W. II. Hartlove's, 800 Third street,
For Guns, kines, Ammunition, SPORTING
Goods, Taxidermy and fine Guns. Repairing
a specially. Locksmithlng and bell hang
Ing attended to
Gold, flower bronse, voiyet and plush
mouldlngs are all the style. France mRd3
uls from all kinds at 26 per cont. on Of usuai
pr.oos Bau9h, EOS West Second street. p.
5.--ohromoa of all Kinds cheap.
Ross, lle Market street. has the latest
styles OF Darby hats and winter caps at the
lowest prices also u large stock of winter
underwear-whtte SHIFTS - neckwear and
hosiery He guarantees satisfaction or Ie-
turn your money.
A couple OF Kcntuckians fought a bloody
duel at hort range on Monday, with nurs
ing bottles. AS the bottles were tiled with
whisky they toed the mark bravely and
fired the contents OF Their weapons into each
other for two hours Both were carried home
on stretchers. but 1T 10 believed they will re-
cover.
A TOPPER WEAKENs.
"Now, what's the use OF trying TO keep
A New 1 ears resolution,
Which causes loss of fun and sleep,
And wrecks my constitution ?n
With that lie gave himself slap
And Drcwed brimming, big night-cap.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-01-08

The Warrington correspondent of
the Philadelphia Press says: TIE
strength Of the Ways and Means Com
mittee is most decidedly in the last Il We
names-Keliey, Hiscock, Browne, osIr-
diana Reed of Maine, and Mckinley.
Morrison's crude tariff schemes are too
we'll known to need comment. Mills,
Of Texas, takes for his ideal Robert j..
Walker, and he stands ready TO initiate
him or TO reproduce him in diamond
ed ition as the case may require. Hew-
lis has had all phases for the tariff COM
plant. from vehement Protection to
ardent Free Trade. For the moment
he thinks his personal interests are with
the Free-traders.
Benton Mcmillan is q Free trader OF
the fervid order. His oratory on the
subject has rarely been equAled and IL
collapsed by none. 1 Iquote from one oi
his recent tariff speeches: When the
smoke Of he sacrifice rose from the
Pantheon and when tigers and camel
leepards lesped In the Flavian amphi-
theatre." He is OF the vheD-R Ime-
was. yet mistress OF the world" order OF
orators. He is no thirty FIVE cents a
pound and so per cent ad valorem N an.
One dsv on the iron and steel schedule
would b9 enough for Mcmillan.
Maybury. OF Michigan, is an intense
Free trader and has already intrOd uced
a bill putting lumber, salt, coffee, coal
wood, etc, on the free list. He is Jhe
impersonation Of the " scientific reve
nue reform" theorists. Breckinridge
of Arkansas is q quiet man, with good
deal OF intellect, but a positive Free
trader. Harris, OF Georgia, is u planter
He does not represent the growing
sentiment in favor of Protection In thal
State. Same years ago the conserva
tive element Of the Democratic party
thought they had Harris, but he is now
oommitted to the Free traders. The
Kentucky Breckenridge is a new mar
and Free-trader. 1t 10 usual tc find q
new member on the Ways and Means
Committee, hut MIR Carlisle is supposed
for personal reasons, to have made al
Iexception in tho case OF Mr.. Breckin
ridge, Of Lexington.
The great industrial interests of th
lcouDtry will probably think the weight
IL with the FIVE Republicans. Waterloo
! I'LL. Corsicana. Tax. Carthage, Tenn.
|, IGreeBville, Ga; Pine Bluff, Ark, anC
Lexington, Ky, are not points especial
Il y Interested In the tariff, while May
} bury and Hewitt by no means represen
the tariff sentiment of Detroit and New
York City. Yet Xix Of these cross. rca al
statesmen, with n fanaticai theoris
like Maybury, have 1t in their power Il
! unsettle the business OF the entire coun
try, and what is worse, the Committe,
+ has been organized by Morrison 70
, this express purpose, and 30 he ha
) openly stated.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-01-08
Cluck CIucR's.

Fngay,d in an 'on nsst businesi-Ihs set
ting hen.
A wing on the chicken is worth two chick
ems on the wing.
Wanting to hatch is the be-settIug sin OF
the hon that ought to be laying instead OF
setting.
A California farmer keeps 5,CO0 hens
There's nothing to- msan that his nei 5hb ore
Gon't say about him.
A queen bee lays from 1000 to 600 eggs
in "a hours. And yet the old fashlohed hen
still struts around and snubs the face Of crea-
tion as II she owned the whole earth.
1t has been discovered that artiticlally
hatched chickens can never become motheIly
heas Not one OF them can lay eggs, and
they are only tit for eatiHg 1t is now in
order to invent a laying machine.
A four-legged hon 10 reported from Water
towr, Dak. A healthy Lwo-legged hen can
scratch up a quarter-acre garden In half an
hour, and there will be NO garden ma king
at all In this country II that four-leRged hen
Is allowed to propagate her kind.
Oh, hens that read this simple rhyme
knioy tny youth, tor when away
You'll soil for chickens called most prime
Fer, oh, you cannot always lay.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-01-08
Tha Cold wave.

"a cold wave, with blizzard accompa'
niments," prevails in tlte orthwest,
and Is moving eastward. 1t was first
u arked In Montar and Dakota, with
temperatures of 10 to 20 degrees below
zero. 1t reached Sioux City, Iowa, on
Wednesday evening, and continued
yeste rday, the temperature thers being
i2 degrees below zero. st. Paul was
reached last night, and there were
indie atoms that the temperature wou Id
reach twenty below by daylight. .
Railroad travel throughout Iowa and
Nebraska il stopped, the snow being as
fine as dust and drifte1 badly, A tele
gram from Kansas City, Missouri,
received last night, says that one OF
the ssverest storms ever known prevail.
ed all day yesterday on the plains.
Telegraphic communication was greatly
interrupted, and last night there was
no travel on the Santa Fe, Union Paci-
fic and Burlington and Missouri River
Railroads. The temperature at Kansas
City was three degrees below zero,
with keen northwest winf 3 and a light
drifting snow falling "A passenger
who came in over the Santa Fe Road
from Williams, New Mexico, states
shat there Ia an unbroken covering OF
snow on the ground for the entire dis
tance OF some thirteen hundred miles