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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-06-30
SUICIDES In RUSSIA.

In a re cent number OF the Contempora-
RI Revieto,an account is given by N. Tsak-
nj of some of the fan atical developments
in Russia during the last twenty years.
Brief as it is, it is all too dreadful. Take
the mere skeleton of typical instance. A
peasant named Khodkine (who read ire
ligious" books, by the way came to the
conclusion that suicide was the only way
of salvation. He persuaded a number Of
others to fly with him into the forests to
stsrve themselves to death. When the
sufferings of women and childrensbecame
too horrible to be borne, two of them fed
and informed the police. But discovery
brought the fanaticism to its climax. The
poor wretches cried ont that Antichrist
was come, "swore to shed their blood for
Christ and abandoned themselves to hor-
rible carnage. They began by killing the
women with hatchets, then the weakest
men, until only four, including the lead
er survivedf' Alas! cases yet more hor-
rible are cited, along with "reminiscences
of no less than 1886 known occurrences
of conjoint suicide in neighboring prov
inces on religious gounds during the
last two hundred years, excluding soil
tary casee, and saying nothing of the
dwellers in a whole village, who, in 1912,
"for the glory of God and the salvation of
their SOULS" inundated themselves.
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THE WORLDS WAY.

At Haroun's court, it CHANGED upon time,
An Arab poet made this pleasant rhyme:
"The new moon is horseshoe, wrought of
God,
wherewith the Sultan's stallion shall be shod. y
On hearing this his Highness smiled and gave
The man a gold piece. Sing again, slavel
Above his lutte the happy singer bent,
And turned another graceful compliment.
And, as before, the smiling Sultan gave
The man a shekel. Sing again, o slavel
Again the verse came, fluent as a ril,
That wanders silver-footed, down hill.
The Sultan listened, nodded as before,
Still gave the gold, and still demanded more.
The nimble fancy that had climbed SO high
Grew weary with its climbing by and by;
Strange discords rose, the sense went quite
amiss
The singers rhymes refused to meet and kiss:
Invention tagged. the lutte had got unstrung,
And twice he sang the song already sung.
The Sultan, furious, called mute and said:
30 Musta, straightway whip me Off his headv'
Poetsl not in Arabia alone
You get beheaded when your skill is gone.
II. B. Aldrtch.
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Arthur Ashburton, an intimats friend
of Richards, soon sought her hand,
and as she fully returned his love, they
were married, and she became the mis-
tress of home nearly as elegant as her
sisters, and Mrs. Morgan divided her
time pleasantly between these affection
ate daughters.
Very often the three referred to the
days OF their poverty, when energy and
ingenuity served 30 we'll to gain them
comfortable and respectable income.
From their hearts they thanked God,
that, instead Of giving way to despair,
he had enabled them to seek and find (" a
silver lining" to the dark cloud that then
overshadowed their lives.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-06-30
HALF BIRD HALF FISH.

Count Joachim Pfell, the German Afri-
can explorer, gives the following account
Of q mysterious creature seen on the
coast OF the Ulanga district: "We often
saw an animal in the water which we be
lieved to be serpent, from its movements,
and from the fact that only now and then it
appeared on the surface for few seconds.
Once, when we shot at it, we were sur
prised to see it rise out of the water and
fly away. Afterward we succeeded in OBJ
tanning enc of the curious creatures. It
was about the size of large tame duck,
with black plumage of a metallic luster.
On its wings we noticed few very light
yellow feathers. The neck was very long
and thin, and ended in long pointed
beak, at the edge of which were two
rows of sharp teeth. At first sight no
head was visible, and the neck appeared
to end only in beak. The whole body
OF the bird is under water while SWIM
ming, only the long neck being seen. If
it was frightened it disappeared altogeth-
or under the water, or flew rapidly away.
Another popularity we noticed was that
when the bird had left the water it lay
down on bush with outstretched wings to
get dry. The flesh of this creature has an
unpleasant, oily flavor Glasgow Mail.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-06-30
MRS. FRANCES HODGSON BUR-
NETTS DOGS.

When Mrs. Burnett was q child her
family lived in Tennessee. There they
had, as she expressed it, -"coIonies of
dogs" many of them disreputable ones,
that came and asked to stay, or stayed
without asking-ary way to insinuate
themselves into the household. One of
these WAS dubbed Pepper, because Of
his touchy, contradictory disposition,
which led to habits and ways that we're
sources OF great amusement to the chill
dren. He followed Mrs. Burnett's BROTH
or home one day, and intimated that he
had come to remain. He pretended to
be dog who was highly strung and sem
sitive, and that these traits had not been
appreciated where he came from, but the
children soon discovered that his sensi-
tiveness was but temper.
The moment he was reproved for i'm
proper conduct, he went out OF the front
door and trotted home to the other fami-
ly, who lived about four miles away. The
children would stand on the piazza to
watch him till he was out of sight. He
had long hill to trot over, and the in
tolerant scorn expressed by his tail and
little hind legs as he logged along, never
deigning to cast a glance behind, showed
in the most scathing manner that, in his
opinion, the people he had turned his
back upon were people of no refinement
of sentiment whatever, and could not be
expected to understand the feelings of a
dog of real delicacy. He always went
away when lectured, and probably cane
back when the other family did not ap.
prove of his actions, because he kept run
ming away and coming back for year
or two; finally, however, deciding that
the children we're worthiest of his contin-
ued patronage Gertrude Yam r. WICK
ham in st. Nicholas.
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And Mrs. Clarke said: Il did not know it
myself till the last moment last night
And so they were all sent for, and one
came to me, as they hsd said, and we
were all fetched in again. And Just as
was going up the ladder Mrs. Bride said
to me, You stand aside, and, of course I
thought she was going to blow me up.
But she said to me: You need not do
any more bodies; you cen do fronte.' Be.
cause, really, my stitching was beautiful;
and it did not want such good work for
the bodies. So did fronts (all by hand
at that time); two folds, and two rows of
stitching down them; and you could not
do them fast, even il you were quick
worker, and l was slow at that time-I
had not got into it yet; and all got for
those fronts was five farthings each.
And then I heard of another place in
Long Lane, and went there. And there
L sat next to topper, the I saw that was
quicker work than fronts. saw what
it was she did, and watched her; and I
thought, L could do that And SO one
day I said to the forewoman that did
not went to do any m ore fronts. wanted
to do toppings; and she let me. 1t isn't
everybody that would, but she did. I
stayed some months; and then I took
work to do at home; bat that did not suit
me. / used to sit indoors, working late
md aor1v oDd bod - ohod,, - caooL g..
and fell into a low state of health, and
got i'll. Then I went to place in South
wark Bridge Road, and went in there
as topper; but could not work quickly,
because of not being strong again. But
by-and-by 1 got quite we'll again, and
was getting used to work by this time,
and beginning to be quick at it. Then I
went to Mr.. and Mrs. Wright, just out
of Golden Square; and was there good
while; and dare say should have stayed
longer, but what sent me away from
there was a love-letter that young man
sent to me there; and that was against
rules; and they spoke to me about it, and
L left. He died very soon after, that
young man; and it was just after that I
met my husband; and we were married
almost directly. I went from Wrights
to Cuff firm is going on still, but
the name is changed-and that's where I
was when 1 married; and I stayed there
all the twelve years of my married life.
My three children we're born while I was
there"
I did not attempt to draw any moral
from this story. The struggle and tempt
tations involved, and the energy, enter.
prise and physical endurance demand
ed of woman by such life are evident
enough. And what is the prize? Twenty
shlllings week at the highest for hard
work every day and all day long, She
does not complain, nor do those like her;
but is it 30 we'll for women whose own
lives are easy to be satisfied to have it
thus?-The Womdn's World
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-06-30
HOW TO PRoLoNG LIFE.

1t is tersely said, that, all fools are
mad, though some are madden than 9th.
ere,'' and, perhaps, among the maddest of
them it would be safe to reckon those
who, having but one life to live, run
through with it in vain lsmentation over
troubles which they can't avoid, or, what
is vainer, over those which they can, and
which, sometimes, are 80 far in the future
that they never come to bother them. To
stake Time by the forelock." is very
profitable grip to hold on that slippery
old fellow; but Trouble is not so slippery
and we should practice our haste and
activity rather in keeping out of her
way as long as possible-to build wall
of mirth, as it we're, between her and us,
over which her clumsy feet would never
venture to climb.
Gravity is grave thing. It may be
appropriate at certain times and in GER
tain places, but as an everyday dish it is
tough and indigestible. A continual
diet of India rubber would, perhaps, be
as favorable to the growth and flourish OF
the body and mind. Therefore, il we
are wise, as well SIS grave, we can show
our wisdom in no stronger way than
dropping our gravity and "playing the
fool now and then" Even Socrates him
self knew the danger of too much gravity,
and frequently took occasion to sink
some of it in the gay tide of merriment.
"Mirth," says an old writer, purgeth
the blood, confirms health, causeth a
fresh, pleasing and fine color, prorogues
life, whets the wit, and maketh the body
young, lively, and fit for any manner of
employment" And if we need further
proof of its life-giving properties we can
find it in the Bible, spread forth in une-
quivocal and unmistakable words: ga
merry heart is the life of the Aesb," saith
the Proverbs; and in Ecclesiastes we are
told that "Gladress prolongs a mans
days."
In the plodding, matter of-fact days of
the present, it seems, we have too little
time to think of much else than bust
ness, serious business;" and, when we
come to think Of it, it is serious bust
ness to have our lives shortened with
cares and labors-csres and labors that
would be great deal more palatable and
far less death dealing il seasoned with a
little mirth and nonsense.
Let us reform this altogether and take
profitsbly to heart Shskespeare's advice:
" Frame your mind for mirth and merriment
Which bars thousand harms"
Table Talk
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-06-30
HENRY CLAY AND THE BILLY
GOAT

Formerly very large, well-known and
somewhat noted billy-goat rosmed at
large in the streets of Washington, and
the newspaper boye, bootblacks, and
street imps generally made common cause
against him. Henry Clay never liked to
see dumb animals abused or worried,
and on one occasion, while passing down
the averue, large crowd of these mis-
chievous urchins were at their usual
sport. Mr.. Clay, with his walking stick,
drove them away, giving them a sound
lecture in the meanwhile. As they scam
pered and scattered in every direction,
Billy, seeing no one but Mr.. @. within
reach, made a charge on him. Clay
dropped his cane and caught his goat
ship by the horns. The goat would rear
up, being nearly as tall as the Kentuck-
ian himself, and the latter would pull
him down again. This sport become
tiresome, and he could conceive OF no
way by which he could free himself
from the two-horned dilemma, SO in his
desperation he sang out to the boys to
know what to do. One Of the smallest in
the crowd shouted back: 81 Let go and
run, you fool!' Clay always maintained
that though he signed the treaty of
Client, yet that ragged boy knew more
than he did.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-06-30
TWO KINDS OF COURAGE,

Gen. Horace Porter contributes an arti-
Gle to the June Century on "The Phil
osophy of Courage" from which we quote
as follows:
Indifference to danger is not always
the form of courage which should entitle
it's possessor to the highest credit. 1t is
a negative virtue as compared with the
quality which enables one to perform a
dangerous duty while realizing the full
measure of the peril encountered.
"These two traits are best illustrated
by the old story of the two soldiers whose
regiment was charging up hill in q
desperate attempt to capture battery.
When half way up, one of them turned to
the other and said, why, you're as pale
as sheet, you look like a ghost; be-
lieve you're afraid Yes, 1 am,' was the
answer; ssnd il you were half as much
afraid as am you'd have run long ago.
1t is something higher than physical
courage, it is species of moral courage,
which recognizes the danger and yet
overmasters the sense of fear. When the
famous mine in front of Petersburg had
been completed and the National troops
drawn up ready to charge the enemy's
works as soon as the mine had done it's
work in creating a breech, the signal
was given just before daylight, the fuse
was lighted and the command stood wait
ing with intense anxiety for the explo-
sion which was to follow. But seconds,
then minutes, then tens Of minutes passed
and still no sound from the mine. The
became painful, and the gloom
Of disappointment overspread the anx-
ious faces Of officers and men. The fuse
had been spliced about midway. 1t was
now thought that there was defect in
the splice, and that it was about at this
point that the fusewas hanging fire. The
day was breaking, the enemy was be-
coming alert at sight of our unmasked
there was not a moment to
be lost. Lieut.. Doughty and Sergeant
Rees of the 4Ssh Pennsylvania infantry,
now volunteered to examine the fuse.
They entered the long dark gallery which
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-06-30

led to the mine, and without stopping to
calculate the chances of life, calmly ex-
posed themselves to one of the most hor-
rible forms Of death. With no excitement
to lend them its intoxication, with nothing
to divert their minds from the fate which
seemed to await them, they followed the
course of the fuse through the long sub
terranean passage, found the defect at
which the spark had been arrested, and
made new splice. On their return the
match was again applied, and the train
was now prompt to do its deadly work.
These men displayed even higher order
of courage than those who afterward
charged into the breach"
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ghe Home Sage.
THE HEART SHALL FIND ITS
EDEN YET.

Full many day which darkly dawns
And shadows forth world of cares,
With sudden light grows clear and bright,
And Noon a sun-gold crownlet wears.
Thus shall it be with eyes tear-wet,
The heart shall find its Eden yet.
Come shine or shade, come joy or woe.
To cheer or sadden fleeting hours,
A little while and life shall smile.
And all the earth be decked with flowers.
For all who on this weeping earth
Grow old beneath the toll and pain,
At night or noon, or late or soon,
Shall find the heart grow young again.
The brightest hours are still to come,
The fairest days, the noblest years;
For shining skies and sunny eyes
Shall bid long farewell to tears:
Through Loves bright gates wide open set
The heart shall find it's Eden yet.
David r. Aiken.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-06-30
THE CHANGE IN THE FROG.

LIE SHANOE I'm TIE rnOGs
Nowhere in the animal kingdom is
there 80 favorable an opportunity for
peeping into Natures workshop as in the
metamorphoses of the frog. This animal
is a worm when it comes from the egg,
and remains such the first four days of
its life, having neither eyes nor ears, nos
trils nor respiratory organs. 1t crgwls.
1t breathes through it's skin. After
while neck is grooved into the flesh.
Its soft lips are hardened into horny
beak. The different organs, one after an
other, bud out; then a pair Of branching
gills, and last, along and timber tail. The
worm has become a fish. Three or four
days more elapse, and the gills sink back
into the body, while in their place others
come, much more complex, arranged in
vascular tufts, 1l2 in each. But they, too,
have their day, and are absorbed together
with their framework of bone and cartil-
age to be succeeded by an entirely differ
breathing apparatus, the initial of a SEQ
second cartilated group Of radical changes.
Lungs are developed, the mouth widened,
the horny beak converted into rows
of teeth, the stomach, the abdomen, the
intestine prepared for the reception of
animal food instead of vegetable, four
limbs fully equipped with hip and shout
der bones, with nerves and blood vessels,
push ont through the skin, while the tail,
being now supplanted by them as a
means of locomotion, is carried away
piecemeal by the absorbents, and the ami
NAL passes the balance of its days as an
air breathing and Assh-feeding batrach-
an.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-06-30
THE WAYSIDE INN.

The Springfield Republican says: " The
Red Horse Inn at Sudbury, under whose
historic roof Longfellow imagined the
Tales of Wayside Inn to have been
narrated, was sold at auction on May s.
The building is more than two centuries
old, and from its situation on the old post
road between Boston and Worcester. it
became favorite restingplsc for travel
ers. The inn is we'll described by Long
fellow as
"A kind of old Hobgoblin hall
Now somewhat fallen to decay,
With weather stains upon the wall,
And stairways worn and crazy doors,
Add breaking and uneven floors.
And chimneys huge and tiled and tall.
"For about $50 years the old hostelry
was kept by members of the Howe fami-
ly. The last landlord, Lyman Howe
held that position from 1881 to 1860, and
is thus portrayed by the poet:
Grave in his aspect and attire;
man of ancient pedigree
justice of the peace was he
Known in all Sudbury as 1.-THE Squire"
Proud was he of his name and race,
OF old Sir william and Sir Hugh.
And in the paror, full in view,
His coat of arms, well framed and glazed,
Upon the walls in colors bazed.
Parties Of sightseers and pleasure seek
ers were welcomed at the inn. long after
it was closed to the public, and it is to
be hoped that the new owner will be as
tolerant as the old in this respect"
"The Wayside Inn at Concord" says
Boston Home Journal, four days later,
twas not sold at auction the other day as
had been intended, the bid being too low,
80 that the sale was postponed to another
date. The New York Press was sufi.
GENTLY interested in the matter to pub
lish an editorial, and to hope that some
public spirited citizen will prevent the
destruction of this landmark now more
than two centuries DID, Boston seems
to have been quite apsthetic; but, per-
haps with little outside aid, the wish
of the Press, which is a very lsudable
one, will be gratifed. By all means let
something be done to preserve the IA
nous Wsyside Inn"
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-06-30

MATTHEW ARNoLD's will, which is
dated July, 1888, consisted of a single
clause leaving everything to his wife.
The estate is valued at 5000, which
shows that Sweetness and Light" was
not paying investment for the great
English critic.
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when was gong; she seemed TO think
could work forever at six shillings.
$50 went to Brides, in Grange Road,
Bermondsey; and that was second
hand place, too. There were two work
rooms-one upstairs and one down-and
you went up to the top Que by straight
ladder. 1t wasn't good pay, but it was
better than the other; think I made
seven shillings the first week. And there
they had a sewing mschine-ope of the
first that were used-and the women
struck because OF it. They would not
finish the bodies that had been machine
stitched. They made up their minds
that they would all stay away from work,
and they told me to do the same. / had
been there about fortnight and 1 was
young; I did not know anything about it;
so did as the others did. They told me
we were sure to be fetched in again, and
was to tell them where 1 lodged, and
they would send for me when they were
sent for. And so In the morning Mrs.
Bride came in-she looked after one of
the rooms herself, and the forewoman
Mrs. Clarke, think her name was) after
the other-and there was nobody there
but Mrs. Clarke. So Mrs. Bride said:
why, where are they alp And Mrs.
CLARK said: They won't come in be-
cause of the machine. They won't finish
the tops if the seams are done with it,
Then Mrs. Bride said: 'Tut tut we
can't do without workers. Why didn't
you tell me they were going to do thisI
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