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, 1886-07-03

Eight miles below Charlotte harbor is
a coast in which you can wade fearlessly
1900 feet from the shore. 1t is on this
coast that men go fishing with axes
In certain seasons large fish, weighing
fifty pounds and upward, to escape from
the pursuing porpoises plunge into this
shallow water, in which men stand AK in
hand, and in which they are ruthlessly
murdered. From the hungry porpoise
they fly to evils they know not of, and
become a dainty morsel for remorseless
man.-Cor. Cincinnati Enquirer.
, 1886-07-03

Manufactured only by the California
Fig Syrup company, Sar Francisco, Cal,
is natures W true laxative. This pleas
ant California liquid fruit remedy may be
had Of W. N. Hunt. Large bottles at
so cents or one dollar. 1t is the most
pleasant, prompt and effective remedy
known to cleanse the system; to act on
the liver, kidneys and bowels gently yet
thoroughly; to dispel headaches. colds and
@fevers; to cure constipation, indigestion
and kindred ills.
, 1886-07-03

The kidneys exercise most important
functions, which are so wearisome that
they tax to the utmost the strength and
endurance of these busy little organs.
Evcay breath, every pulsation ofthe heart,
every movement OF a limb, every thought,
makes waste and neccssitatcs the devel-
opment Of new atoms. The used up par
ticles in the blood are sifted from it and
dissolved in a watery fluid bv the kidneys,
which then discharge this fluid into the
bladder. A train OF disasters to the system
would follow if these ashes so to speak,
were not thoroughly strained of and DIS
charged. This is the case when the kid
neys become inactive. Hostettcr's Stom-
ach Bitters, by restoring their activity,
not only keeps open a most important
outlet for impurities, but prevents diseases
of the kidneys themselves, which when
inert becomes liable to fall a prey to dia-
betes. Bripht's disease. mephitis. albu-
mcnuria, and other maladics specially Incl
lent to them, which. although not spe-
cially rapid in their progression, are par
ticularly obstinate and fatal.
, 1886-07-03

Can anyone bring us a case of kidney
or liver complaint that Electric Bitters
will not speedily cure? We say they can
not, as thousands of cases already per
manently cured and who are daily recon
mending Electric Bitters, will prove.
Bright's disease, diabetes, weak bacs, OF
any urinary complaint quickly cured.
They purify the blood, regulate the bow
els, and act directly on the diseased parts.
Every bottle guaranteed. For sale at SC
cents a bottle by W. n. Hunt
, 1886-07-03

The Russian government has decided
10 establish a university" at Tomsk in
Siberia. Like our western frontiersmen
the jewellers of the Tundra have imbibed
with their raw native air a penchant for
rough and ready independence, and the
arrival of the government text books
will probably be followed by a con-
signment of patent knouts .-Exchange.
, 1886-07-03
100 Doses

Ono Dollar. Hoods S~arsaparilla is the only
medicine OF which this can be truly said |;
and Il Is an unanswerable argument as to
the strength and positive economy Of this
great medicine. Hoods Sarsaparilla Is made
OF roots, herbs, barks, ETC.. long and favorably
known for their power in purifying the blood /;
and In combination, proportion, and process.
Hoods S%arsaparilla is peculiar to Itself.
For onomv and comfort we use Hoods
S%arsaparilla." MRS. C. BREWSTER, Buffalo.
Hoods Sarsaparilla takes less time and
quantity to show its effect than any other
preparation l ever heard OF. I would not be
without it in the house." MRS. C. A. M.
HUBBARD, North Chill, N. Y. 100 Doses
, 1886-07-03

The best salve in the world for cuts.
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever,
sores, letter. chapped hands, chilblains,
corns and all skin cruptiops. and positively
cures piles, or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or
money refunded. Price rs cents per box.
For sale bS W N. Hunt.
, 1886-07-03

To the taste, more acceptable to the stom-
ach, and moro truly beneficial in its action
the famous California liquid fruit remedy,
Syrup Of Figs, is rapidly superseding al
Others. Try it. Large bottles for sale by
w. N. Hunt, 1919 Eddy street.
, 1886-07-03

A dictionary for the scientific and
technical terms in all languages is pro-
jected by Professor vilanova, and is
Endorsed by the international geological
congress. Exchange.
, 1886-07-03

Evidence of the decay of forests in
Australia is found in the present exis-
ence of a few trees far exceeding in
size any of those about them, and sup
posed to be survivors of n departed race
of giants .-Arkansaw Traveller.
, 1886-07-03

- Weak Back. Pain and Weakness
AA,cross the kidneys, shooting pains
ia through the loins, uterine pains,
M lack of strength and activity, iu-
stanlly relieved and speedily cured by the
Cuticura Anti-Pain Plaster. At druggists,
25 cents.
, 1886-07-03
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, 1886-07-03

Ellis soda water manufactured under
the latest process, with all improved and
new formulas.
, 1886-07-03

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, 1886-07-03
One Dollar

Hoods sarsaparilla cures s~crofula, salt
rheum, all humors. boils. pimples. general de-
bility, dyspepsia, biliousness. sick headache.
catarrh. rheumatism. kidney and liver COM
plants, and all affections caused by impure
blood or low condition OF the system. Try 1t.
II was severely AFFLICTED with s%crofula. and
for over a year had two running sores on my
neck. took five bottles of Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla, and consider myself entirely cured"
C. Z. LovEJoY, Lowell, Mass.
Hoods Sarsaparilla did me an immense
amount of good. My whole system has been
built up and strengthened, my digestion I'M
proved, and my head relieved of the bad feel.
ing. 1 consider it the best medicine 1 have
ever used. and should not know how to do
without it." MARY L. PEBLE, Salem, Mass.
Hoods ~SarsapariIIa
Sold by all druggists. 81; six for IS. Made
only by G. L. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass
100 Doses One Dollar.
, 1886-07-03

V. s. Glafcke, the florist, telephone
No. 6S. Artistic floral work a specially.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-10-23
THE BOX OF FIREWOoD.

When Ole Bull, the ren owned violinist,
was staying in Paris IN 1910, he returned
home late one evening from concert
and as the night was cold, he ordered his
man to make fire in his room. The lat
ter dragged toward the fireplace huge
box, on which the word, "Firewood," was
painted in large letters. In answer to
Ole Bulls astonlshed inquiry the servant
told him that the box had been delivered
that day at noon by his masters orders
as he thought. On being broken open
| the box was found to contain twenty
two violins and the following letter:
"Great Master: The undersigned, being
members of various amateur philharmon-
ic societies, hereby declare that they will
henceforth cease to perform on the ac-
companying instruments. The same
wood from which Ole Bull can draw life,
love, sorrow, passion, and melody is only
to be regarded as fuel for the flames in
the hands of the undersigned, who there
fore request the maestro to make an au-
tu-da'fe or the enclosures, and to look
upon the ascending smoke as incense
offered to his genius by penitent dabblers
in the noble art" This curious epistle
bore the signatures of twenty two young
men. Three days afterward Ole Bull
gave dinner, to which he invited all
the senders of the valuable "hrewood.'
Each guest had lying before him on the
table one OF the violins referred to, and
by its side gold ring with the inscrip-
ton: Solitude and Perseverance" - a
piece of seasonable advice to the faint
hearted dilettante. and a symbolic in
dieation of the means by which the viz
tuoso himself had attained to fame
TdgiIche Ruehuands.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-10-23
Farm, 4onne and Garden.
HOW TO FoRETELL WEATHER.

The Farmers Club of the American
Institute has issued the following rules
for foretellipg the weather. II farmers
and others whose business is out of doors
and depends upon the weather will study
them closely, they will be able TO guess
the weather more accurately than Wig
gins or Vennor: l. When the tempera-
ture falls suddenly, there is storm form
ing south of you. 2. When the temper
allure rises suddenly there is storm
forming north of you. 8. The wind al
ways blows from region OF fair weather
toward region where storm is form
ing. 4. Cirrus clouds always move from
region where a storm is forming. 5.
Cumulus clouds always move from re-
gion of fair weather to region where a
storm is forming. 6. Where cirrus
clouds are moving rapidly from the north
or northeast, there will be rain inside of
twentyfour hours. Z. When cirrus clouds
are moving rapidly from the south or
southeast, there will be a cold rainstorm
on the morrow, il it be summer, and if it
be winter, there will be a snowstorm.
.. The wind always blows in circle
around storm, and when it blows from
the north, the heaviest rain is east of you:
ii it blows from the south, the heaviest
rain is west of you; if it blows from the
east, the heaviest rain is south; if it blows
from the west, the heaviest rain is north
of you. 8. The wind never blows unless
snow is falling within 1000 miles OF you
10. Whenever heavy, white frost occurs. a
storm is forming within 600 miles north
or northwest of you.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-10-23
IN THE ABSENCE OF SCALES

One and one-third pints of powdered
sugar weigh one pound.
Two and three-fourth tea. cups (evel
OF powdered sugar weigh one pound.
One pint (heapeD of granulated sugar
weighs fourteen ounces.
Two teacups QeveD of granulsted sn.
gar weigh one pound.
One pint of coffee ga" sugar weiobs
twelve ounces.
Two teacups (well heaped) of coffee
"a" sugar weigh one pound.
One pint best brown sugar weighs
thirteen ounces.
Two and one-half teacups uevan ~
best brown sugar weigh one pound.
One tablespoon well beaped) of gran
ulated, coffee "a, or best brown sugar
equals one ounce.
Two tablespoons of powered sugar or
flour weigh one ounce.
One tablespoon well rounded) of soft
butter weighs one ounce.
Soft butter the size of an egg weighs
One quart of sifted -four (well heaped)
weighs one pound.
Two teacups of soft butter well packed
weigh one pound.
Miss Parloa says one generous pint oil
liquid or one pint of finely chopped meat
packed solidly weighs one pound, which,
it would be very convenient to remember.
Ten common-sized eggs weigh one|
pound.
Teaspoons vary in size, and the newt
ones hold about twice as much as the
old fashioned spoon of thirty years ago.
A medium sized teaspoon contains about
drachm.
-Four teaspoons are equal to one table
spoon.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-10-23
FARM NOTES,

The days of the cabbage worm are
numbered it would seem. They have.
according to Prof. Forbes of the Illinois
Department of Agriculture, been clearly
less abundant in many sections during
the past season than previously. This
difference Is due apparently to destruc-
tive disease of the worm, which was first
reported in 1882. Hopes are entertained
by some of our wide awake entomolooists
that the disease may be propaeated and
extended artificially, and efforts are being
directed toward such desirable end. II
is, to say the least, encouraging to the
gardener sometimes to find disease and
blight that works in his favor.
Manure water is easily made.
sunken hogshead in the barnyard, cover
ed with lot of white oak saplings. fonr
or hive inches through, will fill I'D with
the first rain and be strong enough to
make the crops laugh over an acre or
more OF land, if mixed with plenty of
water. The application should NOT he
-o0A Sh"h oAC IOuFg1-mdQur6 water
to three parts water. Nitrate of soda
may be very effectively applied in this
way, say one pound to ten gallons Of
water, or three pounds to the barrel.
The best time to apply ashes to
grass land is early in the spring. The
quantity should vary with the needs OF
the soil, and this can be determined only
by experience, some soils requiring much
less than others according to their com.
position; but the usual amount is twenty
to fifty bushels per acre. Occasionally
much larger applications have bean
found useful. 1t is best to try different
quantities in different parts of the same
field and measure the result on the crope.
"A resident of Columbus, N. c.. has
gone into the production of the sunAower
on large scale. He has several acres
planted with different varieties of the
Hover, and expects within short time
to be able to supply the Southern mar
ket with the product. The seed makes
splendid food for poultry, and horses
and cattle are quite fond of 1T.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-10-23
SHAKE"

Benjamin Taylor treats one phase of a
"a Handy Subject in this wise:
"There is quite as much character in
the way people shake hands as in the
hands themselves. / once had six feet
four Of friend, long measure, and when
| reached up to greet him he pulled me
forward and pushed me back three or
four times. That was the cross. cut
shake. He would have been good man
to sit down with a friend, big log and
sharp cross. cut between them. They could
grasp the handles, and his highness could
just shake hands after his fashion and
-eaw: case of love and lumber. My
friend across the street gives you
friendly grab, and instantly losses your
hands one side as if he had accidentally
taken hold of something he didn't mean
to touch. Then there are the dead
squeeze, as if your hand were a lemon
that brushes your poor fingers together
and the pump shake suggesting that
friendship is fluid that must be raised
by hydraulics; the boisterous cradle
shake that hints the breezy regions where
the plains are fenced in by mounted
w.boys; the two finger shake, when the
spermaceti-candle of a creature known
in modern Natural History as a dude
stands before you; the greeting when the
hand is held notionless minute and in
silence, meaning that one or the other is
in affection or both sharing a common
sorrow; the sailor that swings his open
palm down upon the palm of a messmate
and smacks of something ship-shape and
salty; the man who brings his hand down
edgewise like a cleaver. But Of them all
he who reluctantly deposits in your hand
a clammy, limp and lifeless substance
that makes you shrink as if you we're
holding the biggest kind of a mollusk,
is the most unwelcome. But when a man
accosts you with his friendly eyes before
he speaks, and gives you asquare, manly,
cordial grasp that thrills like au electric
current, then it tones you up and you
feel more like man yourself. There is
mysterious force in it that nobody can
define, and such hand salute differs
from all the rest as the solid tone OF
shotted gun from the unmeaning explo
sion of blank cartridge"
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-10-23
THE WIDOWS oE INDIA.

According to a writer in the Nineteenth
India has not improved as much under
English rule and influence as many have
been led to believe. For the rite of suffice,
which was abolished years ago, the Hindu
priests have substituted a system which
is quite as cruel and barbarous in it's ap-
plication, because it prolongs the suffer-
ings of the victims through life instead
Of ending them at once on the funeral
pyre. Child marriage still prevails. and
the wife whose husband dies at any
period of her life is condemned to per-
petual widowhood. Thereafter che is
treated as though a curse rested upon her;
is Stunned and despised by her sex and
scorned by all. Long periods of fasting
and mourning are enjoine6 upon her;
she is forbidden to wear anything but the
coarsest and meanest garments. Directly
upon her husbands death, she is de-
prived, often with great rudeness, of all
manner of ornaments, and must sleep for
month upon the bare earth. Humilia-
tons without number are heaped upon
her. Though often witness at festivals
and joyous ceremonies, she must take no
part in them, but always be prey to sad
ness and melancholy.
For stated time every month she must
wholly abstain from food and drink, and
suffer both the pangs of hunger and of
thirst. In some parts of India the GUS
tom still requires that the widow on the
day of her husbands funeral shall stand
for hours in the river near which the body
is burned, and this no matter whether the
water is warm or chill, or what may be
| the condition of her own health. 1t is
not to be wondered that many victims of
this heather custom die every year from
| privation and exposure. The cruel
wrongs, the grievous burdens which Hin
duism imposes upon womanhood no pen
can describe. From childhood to old
age life for the widowed wife and mother
is one long agony of trial and depriva-
ton. Her only soace is her, children, but
even they are powerless to relieve her in
the tortures of her frequent fasts and
vigils. Her existence, except to her chill
rem, is simply one of sufferance; to the
world she died when her husband died
and she is no more to be regarded as a
being capable of affection and sympathe
| tic fealinp than If she ware q clo1 of tha
earth.-NeaU York Observer.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-10-23
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS'S TRIB-
UTE TO HIS MOTHER.

"My mother was an angel upon earth.
She was minister of blessing to all hui
man beings within her sphere of action.
Her heart was tie abode of heavenly pu-
rity. She had no feelings but of kind
ness and benevolence; yet her mind was
as firm as her temper was mild and gen.
tie. She had known sorrow, but her sor-
row was silent. She was acquainted with
grief, but it was deposited in her own
bosom. She was the real personifcation
of female virtue, of piety, of charity, of
ever active and never intermitting benev-
olence. Oh, Godl could she have been
spared yet little longer! My lot in life
has been almost always cast at a distance
from her. have enjoyed but for short
seasons and at long distant intervals the
happiness of her society, yet she has been
to me more than mother. She has been
spirit from above, watching over me
for good, and contributing by my mere
consciousness of her existence to the COM
fort of my life. That consciousness is
gone, and without her the world feels to
me like solitude.
"She was born on the I'd of November.
1744, and had completed within less than
month of her 74th year. Had she lived
to the age of the patriarchs every day of
her life would have been filled with
deeds of goodness and of love. There
is not virtue that can abide in the fe-
male heart but it was the ornament Of
hers. She had been fifty-four years the
delight of my fathers heart, the sweet
ener of his tolls, the comforter of all his
sorrows, the sharer and heightener of his
joys. 1t was but the last time when
saw my father when he told me, with an
ejaculation of gratitude to the Oliver Of
every good and perfect gift, that in all
the yicissitudes of his fortunes, through
all the good and evil report of the world,
in all his struggles and in all his sorrows,
the affectionate participation and cheer
ing encouragement of his wife had been
his never failing support, without which
he was sure he should have never lived
through them"
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-10-23
THE UNlVERsALsr: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28 1886

belfry, or an engine-house, school
house or factory in the country is fire.
quently heard a long distance, out Of pro-
portion, apparently, to one of one thou
sand pounds in church tower near by
and instances of this kind frequently
cause no little comment in the way of
comparison. One reason of this is that
the small bell has a sharp, shrill, pene-
trating sound that must of necessity be
heard great deal farther, in proportion
to its weight, than the low, mellow sound
of church bell. The same principle
applies to the whistle of locomotive, and
it is heard long distance simply because
it's tone is shrill and penetrating. When
hung stationary, and struck or tolled,
bells will not bs heard, as rule, half as
far as when swung. The swinging mo-
ton throws up the mouth of the bell, and
not only carries the sound off, but i'm
parts to it a richness that is always ab-
sent when the bell is at rest and struck
A great deal is to be gained by ringing
the bell properly, throwing the mouth
we'll up and not lazily jingling it. 1t is
not physical strength that is required in
ringing bell as much as getting the
knack" of catching the rope just right,
particularly on the second down pull
The windows in the tower should be as
open as possible, and the tower ceiled
just above the windows. = Fireman's
| Standard
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-10-23

theirs had no communication. But after
time she reused herself with an effort,
drawing a long breath, and moistening
her dry lips.
"Don't fret for me, children" she said
brokenly, with wan smile, moving her
hand tremblingly to Annie's hair. "Some
one had to be taken, ye see, and some one
has to suffer, and its better l than anoth-
er; for I've not so long as some to wait.
It's near the closing of the day with me; the
night will be upon me soon; and / don't
need the strength to bear it as them as
has but begun the day. Don't ye fret, An
ME; don't We fret, dear. The Lord has laid
his burden upon me; but his hand will be
under it when my old feet fail"
She got up unsteadily, still smiling that
faint, wan smile, and stood moment look
ing uncertainty, about her, as if trying to
find herself in this strange world she was
lost in, and, suddenly the chirp of the
cricket smoie her ear, like familiar sound
from the friendly old world of the past,
linking the then and the now together.
The consciousness came slowly back into
her eyes as her look wandered cut over
the lawn and the trees beyond, and then
seemed to pass on to some point further
still, perhaps beyond earth altogether,
beyond death, beyond space, and beyond
time She seemed quite to have forgot
ten the presence of the Others
cay, ay!" she murmured softly. "I've
not so long to wait as some. The Lord is
full of love and mercy. It's better than
another. And better Jem, than one, may
be, less ready"
And With that she turned and went
into her little desolate home and closed
the door; and the two left outside looked
at each other silently, and then went
mutely away together, saddened through
all the happiness of their reunion. By
what inscrutable justice had this sorrow
passed them by TO fall on her? What is
the mystic sign that so often turns aside
the angel OF woe from the abode OF the
happy, to sbeathe his sword afresh in
hearts that have already bled? Is it be-
cause they who have suffered most are
stronger to endure again, being the
quickest to discern the hidden blessing
in the sting, and the surest of making it
their own?
Who can tell? Life is full of problems
more unanswerable than this. -Independ
| ent.