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Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-12-11
News Notes.


Thanksgiving morning the Masons laid
the cornerstone of the new church in
Argenta.
M. de Freycinet, of the French cabi-
net, will demand that date be fixed for
the withdrawal Of British troops from
Egypt.
A system of weather service similar to
that of the government is to be estab-
lished by the Union Pacific railroad all
along its lines.
The citizens OF Johnson county are
taking a lively interest to secure the sue
cess of the New Orleans, Na.chez and
Fort Scott railway.
The jury in the case Of ex-Alderman
McQuade, of New York, disagreed and
was discharged A motion was made
for a new trial this week
The president has decided that the
worst punishment that could be inflicted
on Geronimo and his crowd of Indians
is life confinement in Florida.
The lighthouse board in its annual
report recommends an appropriation OF
$40 900 for the establishment Of light
house and buoy depot at Memphis.
The internal revenue bureau states
that the revenue tax on oleomagarine,
W hich went into effect November l, will
amount to about $500, 900 for the present
month.
Messrs. Carroll and Beck, Of the
Mississippi and Yazoo packet-line, have
bought the steamer Birdie Bailey for
$500. She was purchased for the
Yazoo river trade and has left Little
Rock for Vicksburg.
The poet Browning has given up the
palace in Venice for which he bargained.
The contract was nearly completed, but
the greed of the owners carried hem to
such extortionate lengths that English
love for Justice and fair dealings rebelled
and Mr.. Browning threw up the whole
transaction.
Mrs. W. ]. Holm, of Holly Springs,
+ Miss, wishes to learn the whereabouts
Of her son, G. F. Holm. The last heard
of he was in Gurdon; he is now either
in that place or Pine Bluff, Hot Springs
or Texarkana. She is now a widow.
{ Her husband is dead and her other son
,,o, l,;1IoJ "a, tha roilrood
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-12-11
About Women.

!. Christine Nilsson has been
Iceledby the severity other bronchial
10 abandon her intended trip to
\ NJ. 7. Coston, who is widely
In in connection with the Coston
LIGHT, has put in the form of an
biography the record of her expert
in Introducing the invention in
De and America. She was brought
intact with many high officials and
hlites, and her "reminiscences are
to be very entertaining.
incess jeanne Bonaparte, who was
BIG the audience at the Bayreuth
zeal festival, is decorating her bou-
with scenes from Christian and
le" A Par1sian artist has been en-
I'D to paint the vessel with Isolde and
ngone, again, Isolde waiting for
lhn, the love scene, and the scene
He Tristan is dying. The one con-
On which the princess has been par
ary anxious to have enforced is that
faces in the picture should be as
h as possible like those of the per-
ReS of the festival, in order that the
nSSlon received at Bayreuth should
#aT be renewed at the sight of the
ningS.
he failure of the Angelo troupe at
me Academy of Music in New York
month and the phenomenal success
Fattl troupe at the same place last
Y only prove that there is still a
FFEOoted love in the hearts Of the
yFV Tor Italian music when that music
DsIPreteI in the highest style of the
AT the two PATTI concerts every
~ me academy and all the available
rulug room was filled, hundreds of
being willing to stand through the
programme at each entertainment.
"ord grand" is shamefully abused
''I !, matters, it being used to de-
all the third-class musical enter
D''.S given in New York as well as
N, ~ NE tlrSt-class, but the Patti con-
NJ are grand in every sense of the
=. and they are "operatic" also,
T. Is'S Of opera being given without
N, IyS0me recitative, minus the action,
often meaningless, and lacking
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-12-11

Wy uiiioiul"g vi llle story, which IN many
cases is improbable, stupid and not worth
unfolding. It is unnecessary to dwell on
the merits of Adelina PATHS art. She
is by reclamation the queen of song, and
there is none to dispute her title. The
great songstress has been before the pub
tic tor more than quarter of century,
and she has not lost jot Of public esteem
the world over. No truer test of genius
could be demanded.
Princess Elizabeth of Saxe-Weimar,
the newly-wedded bride of the Duke of
Mecklenburg, is one of the most accom-
plished ladies in Europe. She speaks
English, French, Italian and Spanish
with as much ease and perfection as
she does German. List, who was for
some years kapellmeister to the grand
duke, her father, used to refer to her as
"my best pupil, and to regret that she
was born in a station of life that would
not permit of her becoming public per-
former. She used to travel a great deal
through Europe with her father, and
never would permit him to engage a
courier, delighting in acting as inter
prefer for the party. She is one of the
wealthiest royal women in Europe, and
has had hosts OF suitors, but she has al
ways declared that she meant to marry
for love or she would not marry at all.
She was twenty-seven years old before
she met her fate, but she has done so at
last in the person of her handsome hus-
band, who is reported to be one Of the
best matches in Europe. The Comte de
Paris was anxious at one time to have
him marry the Princess Amelie, the
present Duchess of Braganza, but the
German prince preferred the stately and
accomplished Elizabeth. His bride is
not pretty, but she is very charming "a
tail and graceful blonde, with most win
ming manners, changeful and express
sive countenance, great social tact anc
brilliancy in conversation. Her taste II
dress is perfect. Thelace ofthe wedding
dress are in point d'Argentan, and The
design was sketched by the princess her
self from some splendid specimens 0
old point which are in her possession
1t was all woven to order and cos
$4,000 The dress itself is Of whit
satin, with train six metres long. Th
rousseau includes the triffing item o
! thirty bonnets.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-07-31
LULLAB Y-TlM E.

O the lullaby-time, the lullaby-time!
With its comforts of nesting, its song and its
rhyme:
The soft clinging arms, and the little lips red
The plump baby form, and the round, golden
head:
The little low rocker, the dainty crib near
O the lullaby time all so happy and dearl
What tho day time be busy, perchance full OF
care,
when in sunlight and shadow each mother
must share;
What tho pleasures be many, or troubles in
crease,
There's sweet hour coming, with soothing
and peace:
IT'S the lullaby-time, o the lullaby-time,
With it's comfort of nesting, its song and its
rhyme.
o we mothers are sorry for those who don't
know
The rest that creeps in with the twilight's soft
glow,
That rest that is born of the lullaby-time,
When the cares of the day fly before the low
chime
That comes yelling from depths where the
mother love springs,
And charms into slumber the baby that clings
And nestles and COOS, till in dreamand at last
The little dream-angels are holding her fast
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-07-31
JOSH BILLINCS'S WISDOM.

Lazyness il a good deal like money
the more a man haz ov it the more he
seems tew want.
Buty that don't make woman vain
makes her very butiful.
Advice il like kastor lie, easy enuff to
Civ, but dredful uneasy to take.
think man should hav leetle vine-
gar in hiz disposition just enuff few keep
the flies off.
Buty il like buckwheat kakes, amt
good kold, nor warmed up the next day.
A puppy plas with every pup he meets,
but old Dogs hav but flu associates.
Living on hope liz Xix living on wind,
good way tew git phull, but poor way
tew git phatt.
IT yu want few git at the circumfer-
ence ov man, examine him among
folks; but if yu want tew git at hiz
aktual diameter, meazure him at biz fire.
side.
don't care how much people talk, il
tina will only say it in fu words.
If We give up our minds tew little
things, we never shall be fit for big ones.
I knew a man once who could ketch
more flies with one swoop ov hiz hand
than ennybody else could, and he want
good at ennything else.
Much buty liz lik q strawberry, soon
out ov season, but exquisit while it duz
last; and lik the strawberry, amt perfekt
without good deal ov sugar.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-07-31
MEN, WOMEN AND OLD PEOPLE

MEN, WOMEN AND OLD PEOPLE.
The subject and facts of longevity have
been made almost life's study by Pro-
fessor Humphrey, of London. His in
designations show that in the first year of
life the mortality among males is much
greater than among females-the latter,
therefore, have the start of the former at
the very beginning in inherent vitality.
The average height of woman he has
found to be five feet three inches, and of
men five feet six inches; in pulse and res
piration also the women have the adv an
tage, showing eighty-nine in comparison
with the mems seventy-three, while the
latter's respiration is nineteen as against
twenty-five of the weaker sex. The bones
of men and women, which up to maturity
increased in weight, after that period lost
considerably, though with no decrease in
size, but more often an increase, to which
latter fact may be attributed the bony
appearance presented by many old peo-
pie. The average number of teeth in
men and women above eighty years of
age was six and three respectively. The
greater proportion Of these old lived peo-
pie, Professor Humphrey found, came of
long-lived families. York Tribune.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-07-31
DREAMS EXPLAINED.


A prominent medical journal has the
following interesting data: "Wundt re-
CARDS most dream representations as real
ly representations, since they emanate
from sensorial impre ssions, which, though
weak, continue during sleep. An incon-
venient position during sleep causes the
representation of painful work, perilous
ascent of mountain, etc. A slight in
tercostal pain becomes the point OF Pm
enemy's dagger CT the bite of an enyaged
dog. Difficulty in respiration is fearful
agony caused by nightmare, the night
mare seeming to be weight rolled upon
the chest, or horrible monster which
threatens to stihe the sleeper. An invol-
untary extension of the foot is fall from
the dizzy height of tower. Flying is
suggested by the rythmic movements of
respiration. Further, those subjective
visual and auditory sensations which are
represented in waking state as lumi-
nous chaos of an obscure visual field, by
humming and roaring in the ears, and
especially subjective retinal sensations,
have an essential role,' according to
Wnndt. There are shown to us innumer-
able birds, butterflies, fish, multi-colored
pears, flowers, etc.; but if there be some
cutaneous irritation, these visions are
usually changed into caterpillars or bee
tie, crawling over the skin of the sleeper.
The sleeper sometimes dreams of his ap-
pearing on the street or in society only
half dressed; the innocent cause is found
in some of the bed clothes having fallen
off. An inconvenient position of the
sleeper, slight hindrance to respiration
or interference with the action of the
heart may be the cause of dreams where
one seeks an object without being able
to find it or has forgotten something in
starting on journey. The movement of
respiration may suggest to the sleeper, as
previously mentioned, flying, but this
fight may be objective, and instead of
flying he sees an angel descending from
birds are swiftly moving. The repre-
sentation of dreams having sensorisl orr
gin may have mingled with them those
which arise solely from the production OF
past memories. Parents or friends cut off
in the flower OF life ordinarily appear in
dreams because of the profound impress
sion which their death and burial has
made, hence the general opinion that the
dead continue during the night their in
tercourse with the living"
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-07-31
HOW TO HAVE CHEERFUL
WIVES

Better than gold to man is cheerful
wife, but he must do his part toward max
ing her cheerful. 1t is easy enough for
man to marry happy woman, but the
bride-expectant, when she thought how
happy she would be, never contemplated
the picture of husband coming home
cross as a bear and going to bed without
speaking to her; she had never thought
of the long evenings when he wouldn't
come at all, nor of his bringing home
some one to dinner without warning or
preparation, nor his awful profanity over
30 trifling a matter as her little bill of ex-
penses. She had no idea, in fact, there
could be any thing but happiness in mar
ried life, and she had determined to be
happy and to distribute her happiness to
those around her. 1t is not her fault if
she doesn't succeed. Men, as a rule, do
not exert themselves OBSCURE their wives
happiness. They know that it requires
constant and great effort to possess prop
erty and to be secure in its value in the
midst of constant commercial changes.
The cheerfulness, the happy, hopeful
character which every woman displays
at the beginning of marriage, is not so
easily lost as fortune; it requires but
small share of attention, but it requires
attention, and those who forget this will
find that it is possible to lose a treasure
as precious as woman's cheerfulness-
yea, woman's love.-Golden Rule.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-07-31

special thermometer, the principle of con
struction being the fact that as the heat
increases the mercury will expand so as
to flow over the lip of the tube in greater
and greater quantities. The measure
ment of the differences of those overhows
will give the rate of increase of the tenn
perature. tt has been aecertained that
the temperature at the depth of 1882
metres was 40 deg. centigrade, or 100 deg.
Fahrenheit. IL the temperature increases
regularly at this rate, the boiling point
OF water ought to be reached at depth
Of 5000 metres, and at Is kilometres we
should find the heat at which platinum
melts. This would go to show that the
earths crust cannot be more than about
one-ninetieth of it's radius.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-07-31
HE PHILOSOPHY OF STOCKING
DARNING.

Stocking darning has both science
and history. Of the science / shall not
treat, because most darners believe that
they have sufficient practical acquaint-
ance with the art to serve their purpose
And employers Of darners are more in
terested in the results than in the pro-
cess; or rather it is the absence of the re-
suit that chiefly concerns them. For if
the lords of the creation find we'll
darned supply of hose to meet their Oft
recurring needs, they accept it, like we
accept too many of our common bless
ings, as mere matter of course.
Nor shall 1 explore the history Of darn
ing, for its records are scanty, and we are
not wholly past the primitive age, as the
lone bachelor at the mercy of the wash
erwoman can testify. And though the dis
lance is very great between the coarse eff
forts he deplores and the prize specimens
shown to che school board inspector, or
the delicate repairs Oh a silken stocking
that every lady can achieve, it is to be
hoped that the art is still far from perfec-
ton, and that future generations may
discover less tedious modes of darn
ing the more durable stocking which I
trust will fall to their lot.
There are other more interesting as
poets under which we may consider
stocking darning. 1t has been chosen
as the type of minor domestic duties. If
lady, especially married lady, takes
an active interest in public affairs-if she
speaks on a platform or agitates for
votes certain circles in society begin to
talk darkly about neglected stockings"
We must all of us, at one time or anoth-
er, when woman's rights were discussed,
have heard some impassioned orator
hold up for scorn and ridicule "the
woman who can not boil potato or darn
a stocking. "-The Quiuer.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-07-31

the broad, vine-draped porch they paus-
ed moment The two younger people
were coming in from the garden, Harry
seeming quite one of the family, as he
carried pail of currants in each hand.
A curious thought flashed through the
elder brothers. head, and he said to him
self-It" would be odd if, after roaming
the world over, Harry should meet his
fate in this old-fashiored farm housep
While Grace, as she noted Mabel's happy
face, said to herself: II wonder if he will
be the twenty-frstr'
Everything suited the gentlemen the
next day quite as well as it had the first
evening. The breakfast was delicious
Mullins, fresh butter, stamped, though
Harry did not know it then, by Mabel's
own fair hands, fresh eggs, tea, cream,
currants, flowers ga very poem of a
breakfast" said Harry, as he sat down.
"It holds out we'll, SO far, doesn't it
Ralph?"
eyes, we will stay all summer, think. y
CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-07-31
THE GHOSTLY TERROR OF THE
SEAS,

The phantom ship known as the Flying
Dutchman is still supposed to be sailing
on the seas, bringing disaster to all other
ships that are unfortunate enough to en-
counter it.
'The cruise of I'll. M. S. Bacchante,
1879 1882" says the Scientific american,
sis the title of book compiled from the
private journal, letters, and note books Of
Queen Victoria's two grandsons, Prince
Albert Victor and Prince George. The
Princes have given very creditable ac-
count of their journey around the world.
Their experience with the phantom ship,
the so-called Flying Dutchman, which
they encountered near Sydney, is thus
described
"July IL, 1SS1.-At A A. NJ. the Flying
Dutchman crossed our bows. A strange
red light, as of a phantom ship, all aglow,
in the mist of which light the masts, spars,
and sails of the brig, 200 yards distant,
stood out in strong relief. AS she came
up, the lookout man on the forecastle re-
ported her as close on the port bow, where
also the officer of the watch from the
bridge clearly saw her, as did also the
quarterback midshipman, who was sent
forward at once to the forecastle. But on
arriving there no vestige nor any sign
whatever OF any material ship was to be
seen, either near or right away to the
horizon. The night being clear and the sea
calm, thirteen persons altogether saw her,
but whether it was Van Dieman, or the
Flying Dutchman, or who else, must re-
main unknown. The Tourmaline and
Cleopatra, who were sailing on our star
board bow, flashed to ask whether we
had seen the strange red light at quar-
ter to eleven A. NJ.
"The ordinary seaman who had this
morning reported the Flying Dutchman
fell from the foretopmast crosstrees, and
was smashed to atoms. At a quarter past
four P. NJ, after quarters, we hove to,
with head yards aback, and lie was buried
in the sea. lie was smart royal-yard
man and one of the most promising young
hands in the ship, and every one feels
quite sad at his loss. At the next port
we came to, the admiral also was smitten
down."
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-07-31
The Aoti1e Circle.
MY SONG.
BY HATTIE TYsG GRIswoLD.

Across the hollow air there fits
A birds wing swift and strong,
And back unto my ears is borne
A wild exultant song.
Away in space the lone bird sings;
In all the empty sky,
There is no ear to lean and list,
No heart to care save !.
For me, for me that flash of wings
Darling the clouds along,
For me the coloring of its crest,
For me its burst of song.
Oh, song in far eternity
Writ but for me, what great
And wondrous knowledge earth woult
gain,
Could / thy notes translate.
The mystery of life and death,
Ofrapture and of pain,
Hints even of the silent spheres,
All, all, are in thy strain.
Yet it was written but for me:
I read. but woful fate,
Although strive and strive and strive,
The song cannot translate.
Pioneer Press.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-07-31
INTERIOR HEAr.oF THE EARTH.

The German Government is having a
deep shaft sunk near Schladebach, with
the object of obtaining various kinds of
scientific information, and especially
trustworthy data concerning the rate Of
increase of the earth temperature as we
descend into the interior. The excava-
ton is being carried on by diamond
tipped borer driven by water. AT the
beginning Of this year the shaft had
reached the depth of ! 1892 metres, which
is believed to be the lowest depth yet
reached by boring The temperature at
successive stages is ascertained by an in
genious instrument which serves as a
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-07-31

The report Of the Imperial Blu ceau
of Statistics says that in 1885 the German
imports amounted in value to 2. 100000
600 marks and the exports to 2,9l5,200,-
coo marks. AS compared with 1884 the
imports last year fell 2l6,400,000 marks
and the exports 344,000000 marks. The
decrease is attributed to the contin-
ued fall in prices. The volume of inn
ports in 1885 as compared with 1884 in
creased 29,564 tons, while the exports di.
minished 1877, 733 tons.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-04-03
A NEW MAN
IN THE FIELD, ARMED WITH A
LARGE STOCK OF
II @ al B "a L" * u L RI -
AND
Cutting to- the Hit Everything
i'm his Line.

Having purchased the stock Of goods of
the well known and popular firm of r. E..
TIMBERLAKE h CO. who have just return
I'd from New York Philadelphia and Balti-
more, ( here they have displayed sucn taste
in the selection of their stock, as 20 defy
competition ] am now prepared to exhibit
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found this SIDE of the CITIES.
w first call your attention to 5000 yards
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What do you think of BEAUTIFUL TRI-
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81. 900 worth OF Shoes for Ladies and
Children just in and MUST be sold 10 make
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An elegant ine of Cloaking and CASH
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low as 20 cts per yard. Post yourselves
and come aud see us.
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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-04-03
NO RIVAL IN THE STATE.
ER- SAMPLE COPIES FREE.

WHITE & BAKER, IProp's.
Parkersburg, West Va.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-04-03

Increasing opposition to the civil
service law is being developed
among politicians of both parties.
Blaine men and the protection wing
Of the democratic party are both
said to be endeavoring to get CON
troll Of the respective congressional
campaign committees.