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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-07-24
THE FRENCH TRI-COLOR.

The French tri-color, so far from be-
ing revolutionary flag, is more ancient
than the white flag, and was, in fact, the
flag of the house of Bourbon. Clovis
when he marched through Tours to fight
the Visigoths, adopted as his banner the
scope of st. Martin, which was blue, and
thus blue was, go to speak, the first
French color. The orihame, which was
the particular flag of the abbey of st.
Denis, and was red, became to certain
extent, the nations flag. When st.
Denis came under the protection OF the
kings of France, the kings still preserved
their blue flag studded with golden .feurs
de lis, The white flag (which was the
banner of Joan of Arc) has in all coun-
tries, and through all times, been the
sign Of authority; and when Louis XIV
destroyed the functions of the colonels-
general of the different corps that bore
the white standard, the color became the
emblem of royal authority. Neverthe.
less, it is useless to dispute the fact that
the tri-color took its rise as the badge of
the national guard at the French revolu.
ton, and it will be as difficult to sepa-
rate it from the idea of revolution as to
separate the white flag from the idea of
legitimacy.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-07-24
AN ANCIENT CHINESE LEoENr

AN ANCIENT CHINESE LEGEND.
The accumulation of air in the system
by swallowing the breath was regarded
as an important method of prolonglng
life by the ancient Chinese. Ch'ih Sung
tzu, legendary parsonage, is said to
have been the author of this method; he
hourished for period of at least twelve
centuries somewhere about 5000 B. O.,
when the Yellow Emperor sought instruc-
ton from him in the art of prolonging
life. Leihtzu, the immediate disciple of
Laotzu, inquired of Ch'ih Sung-tzu, the
custodian of the writings of his master,
how the power of traversing the air, of
living unscathed in fire, and the like may
be acquired, and was told that it was
neither by wisdom nor skill, but through
support by the vital aura, by which was
understood to mean breath swallowing.
A man who is permeated with the vital
aura is invulnerable. Disease appears
only when the vitiated air can find en-
trance or when the circulation of the vital
aura is defective.-Neto York Post.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-07-24
THE QUEENS MERCY.

Queen Victoria was not twenty when
she ascended the throne of England.
Coming into possession OF power with a
heart fresh, tender, and pure, and with
all her instincts inclined to mercy she
found many things that tried her resolu-
ton to the utmost. On beautiful
morning the young queen was waited
upon at Windsor by the Duke of Well
ington, who brought from London vari-
GUS papers requiring her signature. One
was sentence of court martial against a
soldier of the line that he be shot dead.
The queen looked upon the paper, and then
upon the wondrous beauties that nature
had spread to her view. What has the
man ?"she asked. The duke looked at
the paper, and replied: "Ah, my royal
mistress, that man, fear, is incorrigible.
He has deserted three times" sand can
you not say anything in his behalf, my
lord?" Wellington shook his head. sob,
think again, 1 pray you." Seeing that
her majesty was so deeply moved, and
feeling sure that she would not have the
man shot in any event, he finally con-
fessed that the man was brave and gal
liant, and really good soldier. but"
he added, "think Of the influence" I'm
fiuence," the queen cried, her eyes fash
ing and her bosom heaving with strong
emotion, 'Let it be ours to WELD infiu-
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-07-24
THE FIRST ASCENT OF MONT
BLANC

DLANS.
The Berne newspaper, the Band, re-
minds the Swiss people that the 9th of
August next will be the Tooth anniversary
of the first successful ascent of Mont
Blanc, after many failures during the
preceding forty-five years. Jacques Bal
mat, a channels hunter, succeeded in June,
1855, in reaching the "Grand Plateau"
1900 feet above the level of the sea, the
highest point reached up TO that time in
Europe. He spent the night there, CO.
ing through unparalleled exertions to
save himself from being frozen. Next
morning, although he was compelled to
abandon the attempt to climb higher, he
ascertained, as he considered, how the
ascent might be made, and on the follow
ing 9Th of August, accompanied by DIR.
Paccard, he realized his expectations.
The news that Mont Blanc had been
scaled created great excitement Next
year the celebrated Horace Benedict
Saussure took the matter up in the inter-
est of science, and after some disappoint-
ments reached the summit of the mighty
mountain on Aug. 2, 1787-an event
which led to most important series OF
discoveries in almost every branch of
physics. 1t is unnecessary to say that to
the rapid exploration of the Swiss high
lands which followed is mainly owing to
the great impetus of travel in Switzer-
land and of mountaineering in general,
which has been one of the features of
this century.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-07-24
ENJOY AS YOU GO.

Some people mean to have good time
when their hard work is done-say at fifty.
Others plan to enjoy themselves when
their children are grown up. Others
mean to take their pleasure when they
get to be rich, or when their business is
built upon a sure foundation, or the
grind OF some particular sorrow is over
past. These individuals might as we'll
give up ever having a good time. The
season of delight which is SO long waited
and hoped for too rarely comes. Dis
ease, poverty and death claim each his
victims. The lives of those whom we
love or our own go out, and what is
left? Then take your pleasure to-day
while there is yet time. Things may not
be in the best shape for that visit you have
so long been planning 10 your only sister.
1t might be better IL you could wait till
you had more stylish suit of clothes, or
till the boy was home from college to
look after the place; but she is ready
now. You are both growing old-you
had better go now. John drives around
with the horse. "Jump in, mother" he
says. at is lovely day. You need the
fresh air." Don't say, II can't go-I was
intending to make doughnuts;" or "My
crimping pins are not out" or "My
dress is not changed" Pat on your
warm cloak, tie veil around your hat,
and take your ride. If you don't take
such things when you can get them, they
are apt to be shy when you want them
again. Do not say, II shall be glad when
that child has grown upl What quantities
of trouble it makes" No. enjoy his cum
ming ways, revel in his affectionate hugs
and kisses; they viii not be so plenty by
and.by. Enjoy his childhood. 1t will
look sweet to you when it is gone forever.
Enjoy the Titles of every day. The ia
vors of fortune come to but few, and
those who have them tell us that the
quiet homely joys that are within the
reach of us all are infinitely best. Then
let us not cast them away, but treasure
every sunbeam, get all the light and
warmth from it that the blessing holds.
Good Cheer.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-07-24
SCOTCH WEATHER WISDOM.

When the moon is on her back,
Gae mend yer shoon on sort yer thack;
When round the moon there is brouch
The weather will be cauld and ROUGH.
E'enin' red an mornin' gray;
Are tokens sure o. a bonnie day;
E'enin' gray an mornin' red,
Put on yer hat or yell wet yer head.
If grise grow green in Janaveer,
Twill be the waur fort a. the year.
If Candlemas Day be dry and fair,
The hauf O. the winters tae came and mair
If Candlemas Day be wet and an foul,
The hauf o. winters game at Yule.
Febrawar will fill the dyke,
Be it black or be it white.
March dust and March wun
Bleach as well as summers sun;
March dust an May sun
Max corn white an maidens dun.
Mist in May an heat in June
Max the harvest unco sumo.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-07-24
THE LARGER HOPE.

Oh yes, there lives within my heart
A hope long nursed by me,
And should its cheering ray depart
How dark my soul would be.
That as in Adam all have died
In Christ shall all men live,
And ever round his throne abide
Eternal praise to give.
That cen the wicked shall at last
Be fitted for the skies,
And when their dreadful doom is past,
To life and light arise.
/ ask not how remote the day,
Nor what the sinners woe,
Before their dross is purged away,
Enough for me to know:
That when the cup of wrath is drained,
The metal purified,
They'll cling to what they once disdained
And live by him that died.
Anne BrOfte.
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ence. will try mercy in this mans case;
and I charge you, your grace, to let me
know the result. A good soldier, you
said. Oh, I thank you for that You may
tell him that your good word saved him"
Then she took the paper, and wrote with
bold, firm hand, across the dark page
the bright, saving word, "Pardonedp The
duke was fond of telling the story, and he
was willing also to confess that the Civ
ing Of that paper to the pardoDed soldier
gave him far more JOY than he could have
experienced from the taking of city.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1886-07-24

Trees of the United States.- OF the
more than four hundred species of trees
found in the United States. there are
said to be sixteen species whose perfect
ly dry wood will sink in water. The
heaviest of these is the black iron wood
of southern Florida, which is more than
thirty per cent heavier than water. OF
the others, the best known are the lig-
numvite and mangrove, another is a
small oak found in the mountains of
western Texas, southern New Mexico and
Arizona and westward to the Colorado
desert, at an eminence of 5000 to 10000
feet.
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ghe Hnn1e Girc1e.
MEMORIES.

1 think sweet memories will not die,
But live, and die not ever.
! think the hearts sweet memories tie
Will bounden be forever.
think sweet memories will awake
That long have slept and slumbered.
/ think the longest night will break
In dawn and joys unnumbered.
II. o. Paine.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-11-13
LIARS N LYING.
Ananlas, and Where He Is Found In His
Greatest Glory.

Greatest Glory.
Among Asiatics lying is a sign OF
culture and polite breeding. In Africa
the natives are not yet sufficiently civ
ilized to have any definite notions on
the subject. They are on the lowest
possible level. They lie or not accord
ing as they think it is to their advan-
tage or the reverse. The Australians
lean to the American side. In Europe
Ananias is branded as a bad man; in
America he is a funny man; in Asia,
were he known, he would be canon
lied as the polished man; while in At
| RIGA he is neither better nor worse than
any other man-hc is the mere aver
age mortal, he drifts with the tide Of
events, and is not worth making an
occasional fetch of. On the whole.
the career of Ananias must be consid-
| cred a failure. Where he is known he
is not respected, and where he might
be respected he is not known. In Sum
day-schools and in the pages of the
tracts he points a moral; but the posi-
ton is inadequate 70 the desires of a
true ambition, or the requirements Of
a discriminating philosophy. To
sporting journals and to the entire
American press he is invaluable, but
this is unfeeling, thankless ground. He
merely represents a record which
no one is DESTROYS to break. Not a man
of those who cite him regards him with
gratitude, not to speak of honest es-
teem.-Saturday Reriew.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-11-13
ITEMS OF

Lace is said to be driving out frill-
ings in England, and the Honiton
factories at Exeter are overrun with
orders.
1t is estimated that 200, 900 pretzels
are devoured in New York City daily,
or $50, 900, 900 a year. costing the sa-
looms and stands over $3.50, 900 and the
public twice that sunni. Y. Sun.
A deer, described as 4 beautiful
specimen of its kind. joined a herd Of
cows that were being driven aome by
a Mrs. Moore, of Ashland, n. H.. and
permitted her to secure him after he
had walked into the barn.
There are AZ, 500, 900 head of cattle
on this globe and l05. 900, 900 sheep.
Europe has about half and the rest Of
the world the remainder. About 49,
600, 900 pounds of beef and 2l,OO0, 900
pounds OF mutton are eaten every
year.-Chicago Tribune.
The artistic effect of Charleston in-
teriors promises to be excellent if SOM
OF the new ideas Of decoration are rem
orally carried out. To prevent the
danger of falling plaster at the next
earthquake many %proprietors are hav-
ing walls and ceilings panclcd with
wood. StucCo work and other light
arrangements will be avoided
Charleston Is. c. Nems.
An antiquatrd custom is practiced.
says the Springfield (Mass.) Repnbhcan.
at one of the iirst-class hotels in this
city. The porter. when the hour for
the midday meal arrives, makes tho
rounds of the house, pounds on tho
door of each room and howls dinner
through the keyhole. The guests say
that they think they might be trusted
to appear at their meals at the specified
time without being summoned like
small children.
EARLY life in California hotels must
have been pleasant, as the landlords
were very old characters. 1t was Gus
tomary, save a writer, for boarders to
settle their accounts yearly. At one
hotel the landlord once became in need
of funds and one Of his guests offered
to give him something on account.
NO" SAID the host. ''your bill is not
due till the end Of the year, of which
seven months have passed" At last
the matter was compromised by the
debtor ~loaning the money. for which
the conscientious host gave .a~ So,e.--
CAicGy0 Times.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-11-13
PRESENTED At U

h American PlutOcrats Will De to
stand = Moment Before the Queen.
Americans 90 abroad with the de-
termination to see all that is to be seen.
Democrats though they are, nothing is
more attractive to them than the
mysteries of royalty. They beset their
Ministers for admission into the pres
en%ce-chamber of Kings. The Ameri,
can Minister to England might be .
happy man, in spite of diplomatic
complications, were it not for the i'm
portunities of his countrymen, who
insist that he shall present them to the
Queen, and secure them tickets for
royal balls.
Men who at home dcnounce "the
effete monarchies of EUROPE will
wear knee-breeches and swords, the
court costume; and their wives will
bare their arms and neck, deck their
heads with tall feathers, and drag a
train three yards long, in order that
they may boast of having been pre-.
sented at court.
1t will take the lady two hours to
dress; she will sit in her carriage for
two hours more, while 1t waits in line;
and the rabble, staring in at her coach
windows, comment upon her charms
and laces, and guess at her age and
the price Of her jewelry. Once inside
the palace, she waits an hour in the
Observation-Disclosures formed in the
rooms by ropes drawn across, to pre-
vent pushing-before she is admitted
into the throne-room.
Then two gentlemen in waiting seize
the tram. which is over her arm, and
| spread it behind her. She hands her
card to a Lord-in-waiting, passes up
toward the Lord chamberlain, stands
till he pronounces her name, and then
prostrates herself before the Queen.
Her Majesty extends her hand, with
the back upward, which the lady, re-
ceiving on her own hand, raises to her
lips. An obeisance to every one in the
royal circle is then made and the
gentlemen, catching her train, throw
it over her arm, and she stumbles back
ward out of the room.
She has paid many pounds for he,
dress. has spent days in practicing her
obeisance and the backward step, has
occupied six hours in going and re-
turning from the palace, and stood
just two minutes in royalty's presence.
But when she returns to her Western
home, she can boast that she has beer
presented at court. - YOUTHS Com.
DQNlOn.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-11-13

Mold. who, thereafter, was constantly
%befriended during his hard prison life,
by the grateful officer. This kind
treatment. the first he had ever re.
ceived from a human being since he
became an outlaw, had a softening CT
feet on Marks character, and hs cons
Quoted himself so well that the Colonel
at length succeeded in obtaining for
him a Communication of his penalty,
which had been for twenty years. to
half that time. When at last the pris-
one was discharged, the Colonel pro.
cured him employment. and the liber-
ated convict became a steady, honest
MANY. Y. Daily Ncws.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-11-13
SKILL IN FEEDING.
A Farm Art Which Requires considerable
Diversion and Thought,


To be a careful and >ucc~csstulfeed"r.
man does not require to be thorough
Psychologist, but he does require judy
mcnt and experience. 1t is sometimes
said Of a mar that he i. an excellent
feeder. simply because he gives a good
deal of feed. He may give corn to the
horse or COW with a scoop shovel. yet
this does not entitlc him to be called a
good feeder. On the other hand, such
4 man is a bunglcr. A mere fireman,
a days experience as such, could, in
that time. learn how to open the valves.
letting on steam. He could push the
machine to its limit of speed, but would
be very likely to burn out the tire-loX.
simply from not knowing how to fire
up to the exact capacity OF the ma
chine. getting up a uniform rate Of
heat, generating Il uniform quantity of
steam and making creditab" speed.
This principle applies to correct feed
ing. for the scoop-shovel plan may dr-
stroy the animals digestion, or 50 in
srfere with the normal action Of che
stomach as to rctarl growth and flesh
maxim. for Il while. Stock animals.
as well as those intended for breeding,
should not be crowded ~ falne,s. but
rather should be fed with Il view 10
getting favorable growth. skill in
feeding with a view to fattening ami
mails on next seasons grass, the pur-
pose being to turn them off in the fall,
is notillustrated by producing excessive
fairness during the preceding fall and
winter. The finishing up OF the sum-
mer's pasture is greatly facilitated by
keeping up a moderate and steady
growth. rather than by pushing the
digestion to its limit or beyond. Push
ing the feeding beyond the capacity OF
the animal to digest and absorb, in
wolves the loss of much food, passing
out as ii does in the eXcrement. Breed
ing animals, and those intended Tor
turning off at the close of the grass
season next year, require to be fed VITA
discretion, and within such a limit ~
will leave room for gain from the day
,hcy are turned out. -.AGtiO"s. lire
Ss0CE JOArgaI.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-11-13
FULL OF FUN.

"A cat-boat is always dangerous
when it squalls.
An elephant. it is said, can be
taught to play billiards. 1t must make
1t feel rather mean, however, to be
knocking about remnants of its dead
-Puch.
Practice makes perfect; but You
never saw a pedagogue who could train
himself to sit down on a bent pin in
comfort, no matter how much practice
he may have had.
-Physician.-.'You are to take this
mixture after ,ueals." Poor Patient
''But it is very seldom, doctor, that
get a meal Physician-'In that
case take it before meals. "-Lit.
1.-THE New Bulgarian Ministry is
decidedly off, remarked the snake
editor. "How do you make that out?'
asked the horse editor. why, Just
look at the names-Karcvcloti, Storlof,
Panof and - G~ucsoL.' - HttsjHrgh
Chronicle.
-"Mother, what is an angelo MY
dear. it is a little girl with wings, who
fies.' But l heard papa telling the
governess yesterday that she was an
angel; will she hy:9" '.Yes. my dear,
she will fly away the first thing to-
morrow Y. Ledgs,.
A Boston lawyer recently adver-
tised for an office boy. A few days
after he received the following applica-
ton: sinister i want the job mi foxes
amt rich and j got to rassle they are
ded. it betes all how hard times is i
can do chores an learn fast. | want a
job in your office let me in. Jimmy
Carrigan.' Jimmy got the job. -Bos-
ton Globe.
How cool and delightful it is this
morning, is it not, Cicely, dear?" she
said, as she burst into the boudoir of
her friend. Are you going to take a
walk?" 'No, I think not, this morn
ing. am ~prejudiced against morning
walks" you didn't use to be, when
your fall suit was in style, you know
And there followed a chill that nothing
short of a new suit will rcmovc
Hartford Post.
Mrs, Mushroom-"Yes, it rented
my heart-springs to have to s~urcharge
poor Thomas. He was a perfect para
dox of a coachman, and he has been in
the family for untold generations"
Mrs. Boodle-"Why were you compelled
to part with him?n Mrs. Mushroom
at was %impervious to keep him since
l have put on mourning fer my deal
Horatio. Thomas is a blond, so l lei
him 90, and now we have a lovely col
ored coachman as black as my crepe
vail. '-BoSton BnNetin.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-11-13
c FOR FARMERS.


The soil can not produce. or build
up plants, unless it contains the III
gradients OF which such plants are
composed.
Better SOW five acres to wheat,
with all conditions favorable, than ten
acres poorly fitted Or lacking in fertii-
ity.-1roy Times.
There is a large field openfor those
who will make a specially of hax. 1t
is a quick-growing crop, is as easily
grown as wheat, and improved ma
chinery has made it more easily fitted
for market. 1t gives a profit in both
straw and seed.-N y. Times.
A comparatively ignorant man
may hit on the best method Of raising
a crop, but success in farming does not
depend on lucky hits at random. Every
movement must tell to a definite end.
and a keen eye must detect any mis-
takes. -4Aijany Journal.
When 4 poulterer starts with COM
mon stock, with a view of ultimate
success and %pccuniary profit, he has
%"up-hill' business before him. Do as
he will, they will produce their like.
He can no, successfully compete with
improved stock Western Rurdt.
Most amateur florists use too large
pots for their plants. Geraniums, he
liotropes and many other kinds bloom
better when somewhat ~pot-bound.
When large pots are given them they
make a great growth Of branches and
give fewer flowers.-San Francisco
Chronicle.
If a wound be made by an iron in
strument, the pain will be instantly re-
lieved by immersing the part in I've
made from wood ashes. The liquid
must be strained before using. 1t is said
that the fumes of burning brown sugar
will relieve the pain of wounds. The
injured part is to be held over the
smoke. - Chicago Tribune.
When the sales of farm products
are large the profits are often supposed
to correspond. But it is net results
rather than gross sales that measure
the profits. 1t may cost as much to
produce and sell products as they bring
in the market, in which case there is
no profit. What is left after all ex-
penses are paid, is profit, whether it be
much or little.-N. E. Farmer.
Corn, ever when ripe, is not a full
ration. 1t lacks heterogeneous and flesh
and bone-forming material, though eX-
cellent for fattening. Corn fodder Is
especially liable to be deficient, as it is
apt to be too watery, from being grown
in the shade. One of the best supple
mcntary feeds with corn fodder is wheat
bran. 1t can usually be bought very
cheaply at this season of the year. and
is even better as a supplementary feed
for COWS than in winter, when it is
more generally fed and its price is
higher Field and Furm.