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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-07-28
ABOUT SHAVING.

The earliest reference as to shaving is
found in Genesis XII. IA, where we read
that Joseph, on being summoned before
the king, shaved himself. So shaving
must have been a custom long before
that occasion. There are several direc-
tions as to shaving in Leviticus, and the
practice is alluded to in many other parts
of Scripture. Egypt is the only country
mentioned in the Bible where shaving
was practieed. In all other countries
such an act would have been ignominious
Herodotus mentions that the Egyptians
allowed their boards to grow when in
mourning. So particular were they as
to shaving at other times that to have neg
lected it was subject Of reproaeh and
ridicule, and whenever they intended TO
convey the idea of a man of low condition
slovenly habits the artists represented
him with a beard. Unlike the Romans
of later age, the Egyptians did not con-
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-07-28
ghe Hume Sage.
CARDINAL WOLSEY'S SPEECH
TO CROMWELL,
From Henry WILD
SHAKESPEARE.

CROMWELL did not think to shed tear
In all my miseries; but thou hast forced me,
Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman.
Let's dry our eyes: and thus far hear me,
Cromwell;
And-when am forgotten, as shall be,
And sleep in dull, cold marble, where no
mention
Of me more must be heard of-say, taught
thee,
Say, wolsey-that once trod the ways of glory.
And sounded all the depths and shoals of
honor
Found thee way, out of his wreck, to rise in !;
A sure and safe one, though thy master
missed it.
Mark but my fall, and that that ruired me.
Cromwell, charge thee, fling away ambition:
By that sin fell the angels; how can man,
then.
The image of his Maker, hope to win by TT
Love myself last: cherish those hearts that
hate thee:
Corruption wins not more than honesty.
Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace,
To silence enyious tongues. Be just, and fear
not;
Let all the ends thou aim st at be thy country's,
Thy Gods, and truths; then if thou st, o
CROMWELL
Thou fall'st blessed martyr.
Serve the King; and-pr'ythee, lead me in:
There take an inventory of all l have,
To the last penny; tits the Kings: my robe
And my integrity to heaven, is all
1 dare now call my own. o Cromwell, Crom'
WE'LL
Had but served my God with half the zeal
served my King, he would not in mine age
Have left me naked to mine enemiesl
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-07-28
JOSH BILLINGS, WISDOM

The quickest way to beat most men in
an argument il to listen and say nothing.
Tie time and mummy spent in learn ing
to play good game ov billyards would
buy nice farm.
Don't marry abuv nor belo yure rank,
for it IL impossible for even love itself to
reconsile the differences.
Yung man, don't tell all yu know, on
emmy subjekt-unless yu are under oath,
Thare are men whoze impudence liz not
offensive, If they wasn't impudent they
wouldn't be ennything.
would not like to be the last man left
on earth; the fust one was failure.
and am afrade the last one will be.
Az long az vice don't bekum custom
the world is safe.
Very fu people examine the pedigree
ov suckcees.
Ityu don't want epnything, everybody
haz got sumthing to lend.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-07-28
SOME BALLOONS OF THE FU-

DIR. Arthur Debausset, Frenchman
by birth, and president of the Tranecon-
tinental Aerial Navigation Company, has
contracted with the firm OF Miller, Met
calf & Parkin, of Pittsburgh, for the steel
to be used in the manufacture of man.
moth air ships. Each of these ships will
be 654 feet long, IA feet in diameter,
cone-shaped, of steel, and will cost $780,
600 each. Tine frame work and minor
parts of the balloon will be made at
Jones & Laughlin's American iron works
DIR. Debaueset stated that instead OF gas
a partial vacuum would be employed,
making the aerial plane lighter than il
hydrogen gas were used. The steel
plates of the ships will be LA of an inch
thick. Sample steel plates have been
tested and found to stand the great at
mospheric pressure. "The weight of the
Steel" said DR.. Debausset, will be eight
and one'half pounds to the square yard
The total weight will be 100000 pounds.
This does not include the car and other
apparatus. The weight of air within it
would be 10000 pounds, or 100000
pounds greater than the weight of the
vessel. With only one-half the air ex-
hausted from the chamber, the weight
removed would be 100000 pounds, or
100000 pounds in excess of the weight of
the shell, giving, therefore, an ascension-
al force of fifty tons. 1 intend to let this
monster loose in the armament with a
car attached to it, and that car loaded
with passengers, mail and express mat
ter"
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-07-28
CULTIVATED HAPPINESS,

How may one cultivate happiness
For one thing, instead OF looking to the
future, conclude to be happy in the pres
emit. No one knows enough of next year
to depend on being happy then; nor is il
we'll to wait till the new house is built
or the children are old enough to take
care of themselves, or fortune has been
amassed. 1t is the case of the rich fool
in the Scripture.
There is much pleasure to be obtained
from little things that are often neglect
ed as too trivial for notice; flower in
the window when greenhouse is beyond
ones reach; book from the public Ii
brary if one cannot purchase books of
ones own, or paper covered volumes
when fine bindings are too expensive;
the music of the voice when an instru-
ment is wanting. There is almost always
a substitute attainable for the pleasure
that is desired, and the child who fishes
with bent pin and string gets all the
happiness of fisherman from it.
There were never before so many en-
joyable things accessible to the common
people. With parks, art galleries, libra
ries, museums, the jewellers in cities have
pleasure and information almost forced
upon them, and for those who live in the
country natures picture book is contin-
ually open. The trouble is, people do
not appreciate what may be SO easily
obtained. Men like Thoreau and John
Burroughs will note with a nsturalist's
delight the common sights of nature, and
we enjoy reading their books; but the
things themselves are all around us, and
we take no pleasure in them. We need
to learn to enjoy the simple daily joys of
life, and to open our eyes to the wonder
full world about us.
Some people lose the pleasure of life
through sheer egotism. If for few
hours they could forget themselves they
might be happy. 1t is an old saying that
it is more blessed to give than to receive;
and it is true in every sense. To give Of
tiulo huu tlOuBhb huu htOiCSt W Ob4iOi5
is infinitely better th an to absorb it all in
regard for the welfare Of that insignificant
but big-teeling 81" "Look out and not
in" and "Lend hand" are good notices
for him who seeks true happiness. Busy
he must be, for there is no pleasure in
idleness; and the more help and comfort
he can bring to his fellow-men by his
labor, the happier he will be himself.
1t is well to quit thinking Of disagree
able things. No doubt they are plenty,
but why pay any attention to them ex-
cept to strive to overcome them. Don't
roll trouble over and over till it has
grown like a SNOWFALL. IL you have
skeleton in your closet, just keep it there;
don't let it out to terrify the rest of the
family, aud don't keep slipping away to
take private look at it. If you keep it
shut up closely enough, it may possibly
crumble into harmless dust-bOnes do
that way Observation-Disclosures Chris
an Weekly.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-07-28
THE VALUE OF SLEEP.

The cry for rest has always been loud
or than the cry for food. Not that it is
more important, but it is often harder to
obtain. The best rest comes from sound
sleep. or two men or women, otherwise
equal, the one who sleeps the best will
be the most healthy and efficient. Sleep
will do much to cure irritability OF tom
per, peevishness and uneasiness. 1t will
restore to vigor an over-worked brain.
1t will build up and make strong weary
body. 1t will cure headache. 1t will
cure a broken spirit. 1t will cure sor-
row. Indeed, we might make a long list
of nervous and other maladies that sleep
will cure. The cure of sleeplessness re-
quires clean, good bed, sufficient exer-
else to produce WEAKNESS. pleasant occu-
patton, good air, and not too warm q
room, clear conscience, and avoidance
of stimulants and narcotics. For those
who are over-worked, haggard and ner-
vous, and who pass sleepless nights, we
commend the adoption Of such habits as
will secure sleep; otherwise life will be
short, and what there is of it sadly i'm
perfect.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-07-28

fine the privilege OF shaving to free-born
citizens, but obliged their slaves to shave
both beard and head. The priests also
shaved the head. Shaving the head be.
came customary among the Romans about
3OO B O. According to Pliny, Scipio Az
ricanus was the first Roman who shaved
daily. The Anglo. Saxons wore their
boards until at the Conquest they we're
compelled to follow the example of the
Normans, who shaved. From the time
OF Edward III. to that of Charles |. boards
were universally worn. In Charles Ills
reign the mustache and whiskers only
were worn, and soon after this the prac
tice of shaving became general through
out Europe.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-07-28

"YOU NEVER SAID so BEFORE"
An old minister said lately: "Men Of
my profession see much of the tragic side
OF life. / have seen men die in battle,
have seen children die, but no death ever
seemed so pathetic to me as the death OF
an aged mother in my church. 1 knew
her first as young girl-besutifuI, gay,
full of joy and hope. She married, and
had four children. Her husband died
and left her penniless. She sewed, she
made drawings, she taught, she gave her
self scarcely time to eat or sleep. Every
thought was for her children, to educate
them, to give them the advantages their
father would have given them had he
lived. She succeeded. She sent her
boys to college and her girls to school.
When all came home they gave them
selves up to their own selfish pursuits
She fingered among them some three
years, and then was stricken with mortal
illness brought on by over-work. The
children gathered around her bedside.
The oldest son took her in his arms, he
said, "You have been a good mother to
u.s." That was not much to say, WAS it !
1t was much to her who had never heard
anything like it. A flush came over her
psllid face, and with husky voice she
whispered, my SOD, you never said so
beforer'
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-07-28
DIR. HOLINESS FAvoRITE POEMS

DR., HOLINESS FAVORITE POEMS.
To know which of DR.. Holiness own
poems are his favoritee, says the June
Book Buyer. will be interesting to many,
as told in his own language. SIN my own
opinion The Chambered Nautilus is my
most finished piece of work, and think
it is my favorite. But there are also
The Voiceless,' My Aviary,' written at
my window there, The Battle of Bunker
HILL and Dorothy O. written to the
portrait of my great grandmother, which
you see on the wall there. All these I
have liking for, and when speak Of
the poems like best there are two others
that ought to be included The Silent
Melody and The Last Leaf think
these are among my best.
"What is the history of The Cham
bered Nautilus?' 1t has none,-it wrote
itself. So, too, did The One Hoss Shay.
That was one OF those random concep-
tions that gsllop through the brain, and
that you catch by the bride. caught it
and reigned it. All my poems are writ.
ten while am in sort OF spssmodic
mental condition that almost takes me
out of my own self, and I write only when
under such influence. 1t is for this rea-
SOD, think, that 1. can never remember
a poem short time after it is write n,
any more than the subject of double con-
seriousness can recall the idea Of his other
state,
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-07-28

ready catch the reflection Of that light
and in our turn reflect it upon the faces
and spirits of those about us.
"Just to leave in his dear hand
Little things.
All we cannot understand,
All that stings.
Just to let him take the care
Sorely pressing,
Finding all we let him bear
Changed to blessing.
This is ALL and yet the way
Marked by him who loves the best
Secret of happy day
Secret of his promised rest.
The Standard.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-07-28
LITTLE ATTENTIONS.

The dear little wife had spent weari
some day, for the baby had been fretful,
and the maid had been out. Along in
the evening, rather later than usual, the
baby, bathed and soothed and tanned
into comfort had fallen asleep, and the
mother came softly stepping down from
her chamber into the parlor where her
husband was talking with friend.
Released at last, my darling?" said
the husband, rising as she entered, and
waiting until che had taken seat before
resuming his own. "Let me get you an
easier chair" suiting the action to the
word, "here in the window where you
will feel the breeze. Now, let the screen
be set between your face and the light.
am so glad you can rest awhilel"
And then the good man, the sweet,
chivslric gentleman as scrupulously def
erential to his own wife as he would have
been to the stateliest lady in the land,
went on with the conversation, which her
entrance had for the moment interrupted.
II saw these roses on the stand by the
ferry, and they looked so very like those
which used to grow beside your sitting
room window in the old home that I
bought them for you. And here is the
book which Parsons was talking about
the other night. I thought you would
like to read it; or, if you like, I'll read it
to you, while you sew
The thoughtfulness which makes the
husband rsy these lover. like attentions
just as he did in the counting days goes
far to filling the wite's heart with happi-
ness, far toward keeping her young and
fair. Life has too much prose about it
for many a woman who finds herself tied
down, during the collaborating years, to
an apparently never ending routine Of
small duties which make no show. An
appreciative husband who does not re-
serve his tributes of love and admiration
for great oocasio ne, who is tenderly SYM
pathetic when the ordinary affairs Of life
and the household are the only ones in
question, deserves to be held in honor.
The little courtesies must not, of course,
be all on one side. In the true home
they never are. Johns comfort is para
mount with Johns wife; she knows the
dishes he prefers, she invites the. friends
he likes, she arranges the home routine
with an eye TO his satisfaction. If her
duties are of kind to take good deal
out OF her in vitality and freshness, his,
in the competitions of business, are not
less exhausting. She owes it to him to
slip on clean gown, to take her hair out
of crimpng papers and pins, to "pick up"
the disorderly room, that his daily home
coming may be festival. In the dewy
ministry of small daily attentions, true
love thriyes and grows Christian Union.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-07-28

In the dark cloud of a great sorrow a
beautiful bow of Gods promise is often seen
If we look up.-Chaplin.
Not to enjoy life. but to employ life
ought to be our aim and inspiratioD.-M
DUP.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-09-18
OFFICIAL RETURNS
From Every Town and Plantation in
Maine.

We present this morning the full official
returns of the election. These returns have
been carefully compared with the official re-
turns in the office Of the Secretary of State
aud will be found complete and correct.
Our returns as published Immediately after
the election were essentially correct, although
the official count discloses some few errors.
The following figures may well make the
heart Of every republican glad, for they pro-
claim one of the grandest victories which the
party has ever won in Maine. victory
won in the face of the most determined and
desperate fight which the democratic party
has ever waged in this State, when with the
largest corruption fund ever used in Maine,
with more than twice the number of
political speakers they ever had be-
fore, with the power of the
holding every federal Office in the State they
proclaimed with great confidence that they
would either elect Mr.. Putnam or reduce
the republican plurality below five thousand.
In the face OF all, the hgures below tell OF
the most unexpected and humiliating defeat
which was ever sustained by any political
party in this State. They tell with unmis-
taxable emphasis that great issue was in
involved in the campaign, and that upon that
issue the people were determined to speak
with no uncertain tone, as the following elo
qIent figures will show:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-09-18

Il D.
aud LOT No IL iridge ~. III. SlOO % SINS -
Berry, fhebe, ! house lot,
No. 40 tlOrance street. $500 40 o7
Brann, Mrs Lena, house and
lot, stone street. 6oOo9 us ~
CLARK. Mrs. A. C., house and
acre OF land of N.ai, 1000 les
Campbell, Rufus, 10 acres land,
ud Mills, meadow, 600 l2s
Cooper, . F., about o. acres
OF iaud Mud Mills. meadow 300 is
100 acres OF land Mud Mills
formerly occupied by "
Cooper, 5000 U.s.
bay, i, H.. 40 acres of land
near hallowell line OF q.
Dudley, j. W.. IS acres OF
land, Bird range of Jas. n.
Dudley, aO5 sH,
Duslas>, beo. w, of Goar
lot, about 50 acres, west of
Mud Mills road Of Allen
Lambert, 2-Sn Ayz
DOYLE, Margr,tt north half
of land near Sidney line, OF
Cook, s5Oo a.
Emerson, Orrin, or unknown.
house aud laud west side of
Mud Mills road, 9th range, 5000 5p
Gardiner. +. T., acres mea.
dow land. east Of Mud
Mills road, 5000 W
Greenef, Granville, about IL
acres OF land, 4th range
east Of river. lpOOD AL
House, barn aud 30 acres of
band formerly J. Randall
UrIi,x,l I or,,,, a,,, n., fVV e4u
lei and Lenard Studlev IS
49,, Va III. ,ot %. o.n
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10 acr,s ,f AL 80 %,h'
81 issl y, am W 4a .,
line "''' "'"' sunny osooo "a,
II,,,s c.,bro and ch.a,,k ~
road leading TO Windsor
from Nlcfurland's Corner 5000 I-ad
Iittl,he d. MARY A. III M '>'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-09-18
niSSA.C. MOrgan'S School for YOUNG Ladies

PORTSMOUTH, n. II.
Re-opens Sept. 10th. ga better. healthier, and
peasanter place for school, could scarceiv he found
N New Engiand."-J. g. RhittSer. mayl9d&w2ox
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-09-18
Hem advertisements.
Do You Know 1t ?

To perfect cure, YOU must remove the cause.
wINCHESTERS HYP0PHOSrHirE> OF LIME
AND SODA supplies the system with oxydizabie
Phosphorus, the deficiency of which is the proNi-
mate of Consumption. For Coughs,
Bronchitis, Weak Lungs. Night Sweats,
and all Throat Diseases. 1t Is an unequalled
remedy sold by Druggists. 81 per bottle. Rec
commended by Physicians. send for circular.
WINCHESTER s CO., Chemists, 1872 William
Street, New York. sepl5deodSwlm
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-09-18
CITY OF AUGUSTA.
Trcasurer's Notice.

Tdres on Non Resident Reai Estofe Ia the Gin a,
dagnsf1s il County II Ksansbec and State 5,
Haii's, fer the gear 1851!
TIE following list Of taxes real estate Of non,
resident owners In TIE city Of augusta, for the wear
lss7, in bills committed TO 6ny Turner olecto or OF
said city, The 10Th day of June lso7 has been re-
turned by hin, 10 me As renaiging unpaid on the
18th day of June lsS by bis certificate OF that date
and remaias unpaid, aud notice is hereby given
that II the tax, and interest and charges are No,
paid ia to the treasury of said city wltin eighteen
months from the cOniiiimeat Of said bills so much
Of tie real estate taxed v al be sufficient 10 pay
The amount due therefor, Including interest ana
charges, will without further notice ba sold at pub.
lie auction, al my Office in Iranife i,ock In aid
city OF Augusta, ON the ~ IA day of December A. ID
lsSs. at : O'Clock IN the AfIsraoon
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-09-18

"tN TURNER, Treasurer Of the
Augusta sept j. lNNN' city Of Augusta
s,p5d3tuwJw
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-04-04

ARMY DISCIPLINE.-Nothi exas-
perates a German officer more than to
see one of his soldiers with disordered
OF neglected uniform, Lieutenant
Prucelwltz on observing a man in the
ranks with little feather or spider web
on his shoulder. exclaimed:
Sergeant, who is the scoundrel with
some sort Of a flying machine on his
shoulder"
On another occasion, Lieutenant Pru-
delwItz perceived that the second but.
ton of private's coat was unbuttoned,
and in ferfect frenzy he shrieked:
"PelIowl What do you mean by
coming on parade without any clothes
onf"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-04-04
The Experience of Mrs, Peters,

MIS- Peters had IFS,
Mrs. Peters had chills,
Mrs. Peters was sure she was going TO die
= They dosed her with pills,
;. With powders and squills,
With remedies wet, and with remedies dry.
Many medicines lured her,
But none OF them cured her,
Their names aud their number nobody
could tell;
And she soon might have died.
But some "Pellets' were tried,
That acted like magic, and then she got
we'll
The magic "Pellets" were DIR. Pierce's
Pleasant PurgaJive Pellets (une original
Little Liver Pills). They cured Mrs
Peters, and now she wouldn't be without
them.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-04-04
a Square Statement by a Carpenter.

For years i have had cheS. trouble
amounting 10 nothing short of consump-
tion. 1 SdlD how others in like condi-
ton had been cured by the use of
DR.. Pieace's Golden Medical Dis
covery, and resolved TO test its mer-
its in my own case. The results are so plane
as hardly TO require bitstOcE or any duger-
ment in favor OF this CRATE remedy. 1t does
Glcl II claimsi 1t builds up the system, sup
ports and strengthens where others fail. ."
He ADJ: "My recovery, which is now on a
sure foundation, hinges entirely on the com
pass of this wonderful Restorative, having
tried other remedies without bit of relief. I"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-04-04
..Consumption Can be Cured. -

DR. j. S. COMES, Owensville, Ohio, says:
'I have given SCOTS Emulsion of Cod Ii yer
Oil with HyPophosphires TO four patients
with better results than seemed possible
with any remedy. All were hereditary
cases OF Lung disease, and advanced 10
that stage when Coughs, pam in the chest.
frequent breathing, frequent pulse, fever
and Emaciation- All these cases have in
creased in weight from 10 TO 20 lbs, and
are not now needing any medicine"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-04-04

Truth MUST BE ToLD.-News Ed
itor, Daily Civiizer-Here is four or
Eve column report Of a prize fight COM
ing along. What shall do with itS
Conscientious EditOr-well, 1t is the
duty Of newspaper to print the news
no matter what il is. 1t would be al
most dishonest to suppress it. We can't
help It If prize fights do happen. 1t isn't
our fault. Put IL all In.
"But II we print all this there will be
no room for the report OF the Christian
Endeayor society,""
"Well. leave that out ~
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-04-04
Don't Hawk, spit. Cough,

suffer dizziness, indigestion, Inflammation
OF the eyes, headache, lassitude, inability
10 perform mental work and indisposition
for bodily labor, and annoy and disgust
your friends and acquaintances with your
nasal twang and offensive breath and con-
slant efforts to clean your nose and throat,
when DIR. SaEe's ''Catarrh Remedy" will
promptly relieve you of discomfort and suf-
fering, and your friends of the disgusting
and needless infiictions of your loathesome
disease?