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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-11-13

When Mr.. John Holmes, brother
OF Oliver Wendell Holmes, was living
at Appian Way in Cambridge, friend
called upon him, and during their talk
said: "John, you ought not to be living
in this poor way. You ought to have bet
ter quarters. You should have wife,"
Yes, suppose SO. For, if took bet
ter half, I should be sure OF better quar-
tiers, probably" was the quick reply.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-11-13

Mr.. Surgeons advice to str dents
is, that whatever else they preach about,
they should preach about forty minutes.
From correspondent in the Congrega.
tionolist, however, it seems that Mr..
Spurgeon, like other homiletical profes
eors, does not always, by any MEANS,
observe his own rule-so comments the
Standard.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-11-13
The Eton1e Circle.
THE VOICE OF FAITH,
BY REV. G. F. LIE FEvRE.

Thy icy hand is on me, Death,
The cold sweats on me start.
For breath my laboring bosom pants.
And fiuttering beats my heart.
A few more paugs, few more throes,
May yet convulse this frame,
And thou mayst seize this mortal wreck,
TITS all that thou csnst claim.
The stars shine in the armament.
The glorious sun is bright,
The moon her silver pathway keeps,
And cheers the solemn night.
They long have rolled and still may roll
For many. many years,
But time at last shall call on thee
To pluck them from her spheres.
know that thou art mighty, Death,
Who such power canst WELD,
But still have within me that
Will never, never yield;
Twill flourish in immortal prime,
When yonder outspread sky
Is =" rord together like a SCROLL"
And then myself shall die.
Oprecious Faithl o glorious Hopel
What comfort ye impartl
No victory the grave can boast,
Death holds stingless dart.
And though must the valley pass
Where darkling shadows move,
The mountains still on either side
Are mountains of Gods love.
My life chequer'd scene has been,
My sorrows far from light,
But Faith aloft her torch has held
To cheer my darkest night.
And when the bark that held my peace
Tumultuous waves have tost,
may beneath the storm have shrunk,
But Faith never lost.
For l that power have learned to trust
Who can the mountains weigh,
Whose hollow hand the stars can hold,
Whose voice the winds obey;
And if his pleasure had decreed
My voyage of life then DER,
knew peaceful land there was
Where tempests never roar.
I've seen the earth her bosom close,
And streams in letters bound,
The winding sheet Ger nature thrown,
And desolation round;
And bid the earth rejoice,
And shrubs and flowers to life once more
Would start up at her voice.
I've follow'd loved ones to the tomb,
And tears have fiow'd amain,
But Faith stood by and whispered me-
You part to meet again."
And trustingly I've dried my tears,
And bid my sorrows cease,
1 could not doubt that gentle voice
Which spoke such words of peace.
And have seen my substance fail,
And with it friendship fly,
Then Faith spoke of better world,
surer Friend on high.
Obedient to that cheering voice
With adverse fate I've striven,
My heart on fadeless treasure placed,
And laid up safe in heaven.
Faith, Hope, and Love, that sisterhood
OF graces all divine,
Have deigned to dwell within my heart,
And can call them mine;
And since their influence felt.
And yielded to their sway,
The world has little to bestow,
And less to take away.
For though in mortal breasts they dwell,
They claim heavenly birth,
And only left their bright abodes
To beautify the earth,
To smooth the rugged path of life
And earth-born care beguile,
To make the wilderness to bloom.
The desert place to smile.
Come, Death. and take thy worthless prey
IT'S of no farther use,
The golden bowl and wheel are broke.
The silver cord is loose;
For dust to dust and earth to earth
Shall meet beneath the sod;
Touch not my spirit that returns
From whence it came-to God.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-11-13
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

GENERAL TooMBs's estate will prob
ably amount to more than was expected.
Mr.. DuBose, who represents the estate,
says the lands in Texas have just paid in
$4,000 and are good for $4,000 more.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-11-13

THE New York City government costs
800, 100000 year. About one-third the
amount is stealings.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-11-13

1t is told that one time when they
were repairing the Wisconsin State Capt.
tol, and the hill on which it stands was
strewn with material and debris, the Su-
preme Court of the State had decided
several cases against "Matt' Carpenter
and, as the latter thought. against the law
as well. Carpenter was walking down
the hill in particularly savage mood
with Judge Luther Dixon, of the Supreme
Court, when the latter slipped on roll
ing stone and fell heavily to the ground.
Carpenter made no motion to help him
up. He only turned to him and said
We'll, Luther, I'm glad you've found that
there's one law you can't override-the
law Of gravitation.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-11-13
A YOUNG GIANT.

He was not remarkably precocious.
His mind was slow in acquisition, and his
powers of reasoning and rhetoric inn
proved constantly to the end of his life
at a rate of progress marvelously regular
and sustained. But there was that about
him, even at the age of nineteen, which
might we'll justify his admiring friends
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-11-13

Six unpublished letters written by
George Washington are now printed in
the November issue of the North Ameri-
can Revieao.. They are addressed to his
younger brother, Samuel Washington,
and were written between March, 1777
and Oct 5, ITS. None of the six letter
have ever appeared in pr mt in any form
whatever, the valuable epistles being the
present property of Col. T. A. Washington
great-grand-son OF Samuel Washington
who has furnished them to the Review.
The letters are remarkable for their mar
ration of historical facts, as well as ex-
ceedingly valuable in that they afford a
clear insight into the private affairs of
the "Father of His Country" Frequent
reference is made to the writer's engage
men 1eultlLl4a and
the battle of Long Island, the progress
OF which the writer relates in converse
tionRl manner to his brother.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-11-13

Rev. Richard Storrs, d.. D., LID,
has been pastor of the Church of the Pill
grims, in Brooklyn for forty years. DR.
Storrs is cold man. His manner is
formal. His sermons are not the COR
geous colors. flaming on a sunset sky, but
the white light that falls at noon upon
the iceberg floating in the Atlantic sea.
He does not effervesce; he stands like
Greek statue. 1t is something to last
forty years in one church, and that
church made up of the choicest bloom of
education and intellect on Brooklyn
heights. He is one of the greatest
preachers in the English language the
world to- day possesses, yet he is not
preacher for the populace, but for men
who have been trained in universities.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-11-13

Discussing portrait of Benjamin
Franklin which has turned up in France
and is said to be by Greuze, the Boston
Post mentions that the bronze statue of
Franklin by Greenough, in the yard of
the city hall, has two very different ex-
pressions on the two sides of it's face.
Greenough endeavored to express on one
side the man of science, on the other the
compiler of "Poor Richards Almanac
acting on the theory that men show a
double set Of characteristics on their two
Sides Wendell Phillips called this statue
"a tipsy old gentleman, somewhat weak
in his spindle shanks, swaying feebly to.
and fro on a jaunty cane, as with vii
famous leer he ogles the ladies'" Boston
already has two portraits of Franklin--
one in the public library, the other in
private hands.
"A visitor to Westminster Abbey
will possibly remember the simple in
scription on the tomb of Purcell:
HE has Gone where only his own Music can
be Excelled."
The disconsolate widow of a famous
pyrotechpist, who had left her an i'm
mense fortune, in order to evince her
gratitude, resolved to raise magnificent
monument to his memory, and asked
Foote. the well known wag and wit, to
supply her with an inscription comm en-
surate with the merits of the deceased
With solemnity Foote knew how to
assume go well. he dwelt with extreme
JUNCTION on the force and beauty of Pur-
cells epitaph, and advised the widow to
take this:
He has Gone where only his own Fireworks
can be EGcelledP'
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-11-13

-Galignani tells that an English
man, Sir James Nursey, was walking re-
Gently in the Park of La Granja, near
Madrid, when he sat down on bench to
rest. Presently a handsomely attired
nurse, carrying an infant, came and seat
ed herself near him. The child at once
fixed its eyes on the bright silver knob
of the stick the Englishman was carry
ing, and stretched out his arms for it.
The stranger abandoned the coveted OBJ
iect to the child to play with, but when
quarter Of an hour later he wished to re-
sumo his walk, the infant refused to give
up the stick and screamed with rage
when the nurse attempted to take it from
him. The gentleman was Obliged to
leave without his cane, but gave his card
to the nurse to return it, In the evening
domestic from the court brought the
stick back to Sir James Nursey, with a
letter from Queen Maria Christiana
thanking him for the pleasure he had
caused her son. Sir James had made the
acquaintance of the future King of Spain
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-11-13

Time may restore us in his course,
Goethe's sage mind, and Byron's force;
But when will Europe's latter hour
Again find Wordsworth's healing power?
Keep fresh the grass upon his grave
o Rotha. with thy living wave,
Sing him thy bestl for few or none
Hear thy voice right now he is gonel
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-11-13
HIS KINDLY NATURE.

little from that of ordinary farm hands.
His great strength and intelligence made
him valuable laborer, and his unfailing
good temper and flow OF rude rustic
wit rendered him the most agreeable
of comrades. He was always ready with
some kindly act or word for others. Once
he saved the life of town drunkard,
whom he found freezing by the roadside,
by carrying him in his strong arms to the
tavern, and working over him until he
revived. 1t is Q curious fact that this
act of common humanity was regarded
as something remarkable in the neigh
borhood; the grateful sot himself always
said: at was mighty clever of Abe to
tote me so far that cold night" 1t was
also considered an eccentricity that he
hated and preached against cruelty to
animals. Some of his comrades remem-
Der still his bursts Of righteous wrath,
when boy, against the wanton murder
of turtles and other creatures. He was
evidently of better and finer clay than
his fellows, even in those wild and igno-
rant days.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-12-27
The Hare sn the Moon.

There is 8 common superstition against pointing the finger at the moon; and in Swabia children are not allowed to make the shadow figures of a hare on the walls with their fingers, in imitation of the hare some times supposed to be visible in the moon. This latter custom is curious, because in China, India and Ceylon there is also thought to be hare in the moon, and in connection with definite traditions. In In dian mythology the god of the moon carries a hare: in Ceylon the story is that the hare, meeting Buddha in the wood, bade him light a fire and then proceeded to jump into it for her to be cooked for his benefit, where upon Buddha snatched the good animal from the flames and translated him to the moon.
 And the Chinese hold that the hare's figure was placed in the moon to commemorate the action of the ruler of heaven, who once changed himself into hare to assuage the pangs of hungry traveller. Some such story must underlie the Swabian custom, which, like other customs in connection with the moon, is sometimes thought to be survival of an old system of moon worship. But how came it that the sun and the moon were ever worshipped at alla Is it not, with greater probability, because human attributes were once aseribed to them with fear and dread than because they were regarded as symbols of light, or frel From the belief in their humanity to belief in their divinity, the transition would be natural and obvious, and, in fact, on no other theory can we
Morning journal and courier., 1886-12-27
Monday, December 27,- 1886.
MORE LAW NEEDED,

One of the urgent problems before Con- gress is the Mormon problem. The Edmunds law has been in force almost five years Within thirty days after that law was made George l.. Cannon was expelled from his seat in the House; within ninety days the five commissioners were appointed, and within eight months every polygamist was out of office and deprived of his vote, the church submitting to the disfranchisement of its members, only making a few test cases that certain questions of constitutionality might be passed upon by the Supreme court. Many polygamists are in jail. Indictments are out for nearly four hundred in Utah and for up wards of one hundred in Idaho. In addi- tion. the number of polygapists who have gone into hiding approaches one thousand, and includes almost every man of mark in the church.
 This looks very encouraging, but reliable correspondent of the Boston Advertiser, writing from Salt Lake City, declares that it is not really ence-raging as it looks. Only in appearance, he says, has the politi- cal domination of the hierarchy been broken by disfranchisement. Though they appear
 
 which knew them for years know them now no longer, the nod of John Taylor is yet om- nipotent at the nominating conventions, and the families or favorites of the church ring draw all the salaries as aforetime. The people, also, still vote as they are bidden, and vote solid. Without their leaders they neither think nor act. And these are so fond of place and power aud pelf that they will not yield to the law until at the last gasp. Such is their self-confdence. and such their long experience in holding their own against all opposition, that they fully expect-to pre- val by the help of "the Lord, and the am pie tithing fund, in spite of Congress and the courts. The conclusion reached by the correspondent is that. all things considered, the present law, though well enough as trial measure, is not sufficient, fails at too many vital points, and so needs to be supple mented by other legislation more sweeping and more severe His idea of what should be done is as follows: Complete disfranchise- ment of all who aid and abet polygamy, who refuse to take an iron clad oath to obey the law of the land rather than the dictum of Taylor and Cannon. Not shred of political power should be left to the hierarc hy. Then the penalty should be made heavier, with hard labor added, and polygamous women whose necks are stiff and whose hearts are hard should be included in the criminal class And finally, the public schools should be- wrested from the control of the govern ment-hating theocracy and be made thor oughly American, nurseries of patriotism in- ataaJ of bofba1o ofd dislova1fv
 These suggestions seem to be sound Whatever needs to be done to convince the Mormons that the people of this country in earnest in their fight against polygamy should be promptly done.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-12-27
Father andNIother.

From the San Francisco Chronicle
 Up to the time child can talk and say funny things-it is generally particularly so with female children-she is her mothers pet Then she is taken possession of by the male parent A little while after she is born the new made parent likes the novelty of dandling her, but that does not last long. Then for while she is a nuisance to the father, but when she begins to get 'cute'' and cunning, when her mother has with in finite care and affection developed her in fantile brain, the father begins to monopolize the credit. It isn't fair. But the mother always lets him, and contents herself with lavishing affec- ton on her and attending to the details the uninterestipg details-of keeping her clean.
 Fond parents come to me and tell me of their precocions prog ny. It's an excel lent thing especially in mothers; but I mo- tice that when lady tells me story of her baby, she says -four baby" but when fa- ther talks he always begins about "my little girl, and generally says, "I have little daughter" I never met child yet whose best ideas were not derived from the mother. have heard of children who had been bet ted by their fathers, but they generally talked slang, which their fathers thought awfully bright.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-12-27
FRICTION.

'The course of true love never runs smooth" so we may depend upon always having friction matches.-Detroit Free Press.
 A man writes to an editor for S4, 'sbecause he is so terribly short," and gets in reply the heartless response: sDo as do; stand up in chair"
 Father (to rapid son)-My father never gave me money to spend for fast horses, opera tickets late dinners, and the like.
 Rapid son-Oh yes, but you forget that come of more aristocratic family than you did.-Life.
 MT. Fullagin comes home rather early on Christmas eve, gropes into dark room and p1unges into 8 Christmas tree. "G-Great S-Scotl I'm g-goat, # haven't got los' an been an let myself into Prospect Park! Helpl Hic-helpl"
 Little Dot.-''I know what I'm going to get for Christmas present." Little Dick "What?' IA new doll; big one, too, I guess" s'Did your mamma tell you soa' 'tNo, but I seed her making lot of clothes, and they is too little for me."-Omaha World.
 An aggrieved individual thrust his head into the editorial sanctum and began his ti- rade of abuse: "Base minion!" "No," said the editor without looking up and thinking he recognized the voice of the foreman of the COupOSiLE IOOL1, lcd0oo AOh hHdlC1'J PACoSo' Boston Post.
 Against His Principles.-''Have I been to the Exhibition of the Royal Society of Painters in Water Colors2' said Sir Wilfrid Lawson the other day to a friend. 'sNo, in- deed! Not after read in the papers that some of the pictures were painted with much spirit '"-Funny Folks.
 These Carping outsiders.-Simpson- 'sWell, Muggins, how's businessa" Muggins | {o, iofN- of or, this morning from a clergyman. Wants his children painted very badly" Simpson (with that pleasant way of his)-"Well, my boy, you're the very man for the job" They don't speak now.-Judy.
 'fAnd that is silver ore, is it?" said Mrs. Snaggs, as she examined a piece of curious looking mineral. 'Yes, my dear," replied silver outa" "They smelt it." "Well, that's queer,'' added she, after applying her nose to the ore; 1T smelt it, too. but didn't get any silver" "-Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
 Charlie, you were kept late at the office last night, weren't you?" Yes, darling" ''Just as you were on Thursday and Friday evenings?" ''Yes, dear" You were in the office all the timep' "And very busy" ''Charlie, is your telephone in ordera' ''Yes, love-" "Well, it's queer, don't you think? I went to the telephone in the drug store next door these last three evenings and tried to ring you up every half hour. The drug gist said you couldn't have been in your office. e."-Philadelphia Call.
 Mr. Winks-I wish, Mrs. Winks, you would read this article on the duties of wives.
 Mrs. Winks-I haven't time now. What does it say?
 ''Well, it says, for one thing. that it is the duty of wife to cultivate assimilation and so far possible, have the same tastes as her husband
 ''I nev CT thought of that"
 1T suppose not"
 "No, but if you'll bring bottle of whisky home with you, I'll try."-Montreal Star.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-12-27

money in residences on the Hudson, in Ken. faith or confidence in their own city and State. No city in the South has more natu- ral advantages than New Orleans, but s'God helps those who help themselves" Let our people stop croaking, show confidence in their own property, invest their capital in manufactories, houses, lots, etc., and New Orleans will have boom. Let the recent reduction in the charges on handling cotton here be still further reduced by the Cotton Press association and by the factors and oth- CTS to point that her newspapers can an- nounce that New Orleans charges are cheaper than at any other port, then they will also be able to announce boom in New Or leans.
 The Duke Eugene de Leuchtenberg's pro- .ject for connecting the Sea of Azof with the Black Sea by canal across the Ithmus of Perekop at Sivasch is attracting some atten- ton at present in Russia. The depth of the channel is to be 12 feet, the breadth 65 feet, with ports constructed at the extremities. The passage from sea to sea would be there by curtailed by one hundred miles, and the periodical storms of the Sea of Azof avoided, as well the obstruction given to naviga- ton by the dangerous passage of the Straits of Kertch and the long closure of the sea in its southern parts by ice. It would also no longer be necessary to discharge cargoes in small boats at great inconvenience and ex- pense in consequence of the shallow road stead of the Sea of Azof. The construction of the canal is expected to give an impetus 60 and greatly to facilitate the transmission of the coal and salt of southern Russia to Odessa. There is also question of a rail- road along the south coast of the Crimea to connect Sebastopol with Yalta. The con struction of this line would be very costly on account of the necessity of making seven teen tunnels upon it. The estimate of ex- pense was at first 6O,09o rubles per verst, but it has been lately reduced to 42,000 ruhIas
Morning journal and courier., 1886-12-27

This has been an unpleasant year for fire in- suranee companies. Up to December there had been s105, 900, 900 worth of property de- stroyed by fire in the United States and Can ada. The losses for November exceeded the average for that month for ten years by $2, 300, 900. December promises, according to the returns so far received, to make an equally bad showing.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-12-27

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY, 15 CENTS WEEK, 50 CENTS MONTH, $3. co FOR SIX MONTHS, $500 A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS By MAIL.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-12-27
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Morning journal and courier., 1886-12-27

Congressman Houek of Tennessee believes that if the Republican managers in 1888 at. tend to their business properly Tennessee. Virginia and North Carolina can be carried for the Republicans.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-12-27

for bringing dressed beef from Chicago to the seaboard is 65 cents per 100 pounds, while on dressed mutton, which has only half the value ot dressed beef, the rate is 90 cents. Thus carload of beef weighing 20, ,O00 pounds to Boston or New York costs $13O, while carload of dressed m luton, weighing also 10000, costs $1s0. It is such performances as this that make people clamor for an inter State bill to regulate the railroads.