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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-01-21
EDUCATION IN GERMANY.

Germans are rapidly developing sys-
tenn Of evening continuation classes which
carry on education for two or three years
longer. In Saxony the boys who leave
the primary school, il they do not go to
the higher schools, must attend for three
years longer-say until they arrive at
seventeen - continuation classes for at
least five hours per week. So complete
is the system that even the walters at the
hotels up to the age of seventeen attend
afternoon classes, and are taught one or
two foreign languages. I take Saxony
as one of the most advanced States, but
the law is much the same in Wurtemberg
and Baden, and the system is found to
work SO we'll that it is in contemplation
to extend it to all the States In the Ger
man Empire, and Austria will probably
follow suit. This is confidently expected
to happen in the course of 1888. may
state as an undoubted fact that in Ger
many and Switzerland, and I believe in
some other Continental countries, the
opinion is ripening into conviction that
the education, even Of the poorest class,
should be continued in some form or an
other to the age of sixteen or seventeen.
They find by experience that wherever
this is adopted it gives an enormous ad-
vantage to the people in the competition
of life, and, above all, trains them to hab-
it's of industry and m entail application. I
believe it is owing to the system of thor
ough education that Germany has almost
extinguished the pauper and semi pauper
class which is the bane and disgrace of
our Countrywide London Times.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-01-21

81 dare say not" said she people
are not apt to be aware of their own
shortcomings. Did you stop at the store
and get that sewing silk 1 asked for?"
81 declare, Mary, forgot all about
it."
"Just as expected. I really wish you
had a better memory. All is you can't
have your vest mended till it comes"
swell, will get it tomorrow. But it
seems to me, Mary, you might speak in
little pleasanter tone. OF course I didn't
forget it on purpose"
"You'd better come to tea il you don't
want it cold" said his wife, preserving
as sober face as she could, though she
could scarcely help laughing to herself
at the little plot in which she was play
ing so unaccustomed part.
They sat down to the tea table, when
Mrs. Golding said sharply to her eldest
daughter.
"Ellen, don't you know better than to
come to the table without an apron. Go
up Immediately and put one on
Ellen who was not in the secret, start
ed in surprise at this unwonted tone
from her mother. From her father she
would not have been astonished to re-
ceive such peremptory command.
Mr.. Golding looked at his wife in won-
der. He had never seen her display
ing such mood.
Throughout the meal she exhibited the
same ult-fnding propensity. A small
hole in the table-cloth led her to censure
her husband for not buying q supply OF
new ones, as she had casually recommend
ed some time since. The children, too,
came in for large share of blame.
Everything seemed to go wrong, and Mrs.
Golding seemed to have fallen heir to her
husbands ingenuity in fault finding.
"What can have come over you, Mary?"
asked her husband, in blank amazement.
"You seem disposed to find fault with
everything and everybody"
could you think of anybody else who
ever does the same thing?" inquired his
wife significantly.
A new light flashed upon John Gold
ing's mind
"Do you mean that you are giving an
imitation of me?" he asked.
"I have tried TO-" said Mrs. Golding,
smiling, shut it's hard work."
"Do really ever appear like that?" he
asked, mortified.
"Tm sure, John, you don't intend to,
but I'm afraid you make us all very un-
comfortable sometimes"
"Then I'll turn over new leaf, Mary,
and what's more, I thank you for the
lesson"
From that time forth, John Golding
strove to get his peevishness and fault
finding under control, and found his own
happiness as we'll as his wife's greatly in
creased thereafter.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-01-21
A WORD FROM WHITTIER.

We find the following summary of an
interview with Whittier in the Sun
whittier said that Hawthorne, Emerson,
Longfellow, and himself had always been
friends. There were no jealousies, and
each took a pride in the work and such
cesses of the others. They would ex-
change notes upon their productions, and
if one saw kindly notice of the other it
was always cut out and sent to him. Haw-
thorne was by the others regarded as the
greatest master of the English language.
Whittier describes himself as unlike any
of the rest, for he never had any method.
When he felt like it he wrote, and neither
had the health nor the patience to revise
his work afterward. 1t usually went as
it was originally completed. Emerson
wrote with great care, and would not
only revise his manuscript carefully, but
frequently re-word the whole on the proof
sheets. Longfellow, too, was very
careful writer. He would lay his work
by and then revise it. He would often con-
suit with his friends about his produc-
tons before they were given to the world.
Il was not Sd Fortunate says the Quaker
poet: Il have lived mostly secluded
life, with little patience to draw upon,
and only few friends for associates.
What writing I have done has been for
the love of it. I have ever been timid of
what I have penned. 1t is really mar
vel to me that have gathered any liter
airy reputation from my productions
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-01-21
FAULT FINDERS,

One of the easiest things in the world
to do is to find fault, and in no place are
there SO many opportunities for indulg-
ing in this kind of work as in the home.
There are go many little things occurring
among it's inmates where there is fam
lily of any size, such as the misplacing of
a garment, leaving door ajar, uttering
a thoughtless word-in fact, great
many trivial things that to people inclin-
ed to find fault will give plenty of cause.
1t is disagreeable thing to find fault
anyway, to most people; yet there are
some who seem to like to do it simply
for the sake of finding fault. These peo-
pie do not mean to be chronic fault
finders, and it never occurs to them that
they are. They would not for the world
be thought disagreeable, and but for this
one trait would be generally very pleasant
companions. They did not acquire this
habit at once; any of their friends will
tell You that there was time when they
were not 80; but they began by noticing
every little failing or supposed failing
among their acquaintance, and the habit
grew with them until it appeared as a
part OF their nature to notice and con
denim every little fault, supposed or real.
They are far from being perfect them
selves; in truth, they think SO much about
others imperfectlons that they have very
little time to attend to their own. They
would be grieved and hurt should their
friends retaliate by noticing every little
eccentricity of theirs; and, perhaps, had
their friends the courage to do so it might
open their eyes to the unpleasantness Of
fault finding. 1t certainly would be dis
agreeable duty, if duty it might be called
and few people would care to try it, unless
OF the same stamp as the fault finders, in
which case it would do very little good.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-01-21
AN EAGLE MADE PRISONER AT
SEA

Is it good or bad luck to catch an eagle
at sea 500 miles or so from land? Mate
Govier of the steamship "Jersey City" of
the Bristol line, which arrived at this port
last Tuesday from Bristol, wants to know
and will be obliged to any one posted
on omens who will drop him line on
board the steamer at the foot OF W. 25th
street. The eagle is there and may be seen
by any one who cares to scramble over
bales, barrels, boxes and trucks, climb a
gang plank inclined at an angle of about
As degrees and penetrate the labyrinth
inc passages of the freight steamer.
Without doubt it was a lucky thing
that happened to this particular eagle
last Sunday when he sighted the Jersey
City" just when he brought his binocu-
lar glasses to bear on the vessel is not
known, but Mate Govier brought his to
solve the mystery Of the thing tapping
from the upper topsail yard about IL
o'clock Sunday night. 1t was the mates
watch and all was well. Suddenly he
rubbed his eyes. He had happened to
look aloft, and to his great surprise saw a
part of the sail blowing in the wind, hav-
ing escaped from its fastenings. At least
that was what he thought he saw; but a
closer look caused him to aim his glasses
at the supposed piece of sail, when he
perceived that it was no sail at all, but
bird of some sort, and big one.
"Up sloft, you lubbers, and fetch me
down that bird" shouted the mate, and
two sailors rather unwillingly proceeded
to execute his orders. The eagle was too
exhausted to make much of struggle.
He was soon captured and futtered on
the deck. Mate Govier had the ships
carpenter fix box with Stats in the
morning, and there the bird now in. 1t
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-01-21
BIGGER THAN ELEPHANTS.


Msstodons, whose huge skeletons. deft-
ly put together by the diligent students
of natural history, awaken amszement
and awe in the breasts of visitors to some
of our muse ums, are popularity supposed
to exist at present only in this form. But
now comes the Alaska Free Press, with
the assertion that living monsters of this
description have actually been seen in
that territory.
The story goes that member of the
Slick tribe of Iudians, while out hunting
one day, came across an immense track
sunk to depth of several inches in moss.
1t much resembled an elephants track,
but was larger round than barrel. The
Indian followed up this curious trail,
which to all appearance was very fresh,
tracking it from one immense stride to
another, distance of some miles, when
he came in full view of the game. The
hunter gave one look, then turned and
fed.
These Indians, as a rule, are the BRAY
est hunters. With no other weapon than
their spear, they will attack and kill a
grizzly, but the immense proportions of
this new style of game filed the hunter,
brave as he was, with fear.
He described it as being larger than
the post traders store, with great shin
ing yellowish tusks and mouth big
enough to swallow him at single gulp.
He said the animal was doubtless similar
to those which furnished the immense
bones scattered over that section. On
Forty Mile Creek bones can be found
projecting partly from the sand.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-01-21
WHY MUMMIES HAVE KEPT so
LONG.


1t is hard for those who have always
lived in a climate like ours in this coun-
try to realize that bodies can possibly be
preserved anywhere for 5000 years like
the Egyptian mummies. Two things,
however, should be remembered in this
connection: one is that religious custom
required the embalming of each body as
soon as possible after death; the other is
natural phenomenon consisting in the
fact that the climate in Egypt is almost
positively rainless. On the latter DR..
Robinson says in his "Pharaohs of the
Bondage and the Exodus:'
There might be said to be no showers
ever in Egypt. The river Nile gives all
the moisture the fields have, with its an
nual inundation, but this covers only the
plains; the hillsides are dry always.
Hence it results that, when the bodies of
the dead were properly embalmed, and
then deposited in one of these dry re-
ceptacles of the rocks beneath the un-
unchsnRing sands, they might be consid-
cred well-nigh imperishable. 1t need
give no surprise whatsoever to us that
the bodies Of veritsble men and women,
who lived four thousand years ago are
still on the earth, unchanged in Inca
ment and feature. Not unlikely, there
are countless thousands of those who saw
Joseph on his throne in Egypt now lying
undisturbed in their sycamore collins,
their hands on their breasts, their eyes
closed, their funeral garlands still tWined
The CongregGtionalist.
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ghe Home Sage.
THE CONOUEROR.
BY W. c. BRYANT.

"For He hath put all things under His feet
o, North, with all thy wales of greenl
o, South, with all thy palmsl
From peopled towns and fields between
Uplift the voice of psalms;
Raise, ancient East, the anthem high,
And let the youthful West reply.
Lol in the clouds of heaven appears,
Gods well-beloved Son;
He brings train of Brighter years;
His kingdom is begun.
He comes a guilty world to bless
with mercy, truth and righteousness.
Oh, Father, haste the promised hour
When at his feet shall lie
All rule, authority and power,
Beneath the ample sky;
When He shall reign from pole to pole,
The Lord of every human soul.
When all shall heed the words He said
Amid their daily cares,
And, by the loving life He led,
Shall seek to pattern theirs;
And He who conquered Death shall win
The nobler conquest over sin.
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tenn. Freedom from care and anxiety
have had much to do with her exemption
from the ailments which beset persons
who lead less regular and more exciting
lives. DR.. Howe thought she probably
enjoyed life more than most PEOPLE.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-01-21

A little boy was sent to a shop for
some eggs. Before reaching home he
dropped them. In answer to his mother
who asked, "Did You break anyY he
replied: "No. didn't break any, but
the shells came off some of them"
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-14
The Paper Hanger In J~pan.

The Japanese, in making their wall paper,
hammer the sheets together along teir mar
gins and thus join them, so that tho papa
goes I'D on the wall as solid piece. Layers
Of paper pulp, as many as seven or eight,
are often beaten together in making en-
bossed paper, the thickness of the relief work
depending on tho number of layers. The
sheets before joining are about two by three
feet square. TIE strength OF this wall paper,
as well as the endurance Of the colors with
which it is stained Of iacquered, is remark
able Home journal.
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liatrimnnr In Znni Ianl.

In Zuni land tho woman makes the first
advances looking toward marriage. 1t Is
right. The woman raises the family. She
transmits the name. She sends TO the
Youth she chooses q basket Of meal or
some peaches, and if he is inclined toward
her he forthwith makes a present of ''pri-
mary consideration. consisting Of a pair
Of moccasins of a whole deer skin, beau
tifully dressed and snow white. That
signifies that she is provided with shoes
for life. The skin is placed over the foot,
and then rolled around the leg and
strapped down with delicate thongs. You
can always tell a newly married Zuni
woman by the large roll of deerskin, and
by the small silver buttons that adorn the
ieggings. Whenever the foot piece wears
out it is cut off and the roll is replaced.
When the women become old the roll is
small.
The only sanctihcation of the marriage
is the formal adoption OF the young man
after the acceptance Of the bundle. lie is
then the stepson Of the girls father.
When the youth desires TO consummate
the coartship lie sends the girl a dress,
which theoretically he weave That is
to show that he can provide his wife with
clothes. He works for her in the fields,
to show that he can provide her with
food Each Of those little things has a
significance. They seem small, but they
are OF great importance. The Zuni In.
dians are a small tribe, but in them is
condensed the history Of the greatest
people that has ever populated the Amer
lean cOntinent-Frank Hamilton Clshinr
in San Francisco Chronicle.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-14

Mr.. Julian Hawthorne advocates the
Punishment of illustrations from the mag
azines in order that more space may DO
devoted TO the writings of American au.
thors. Mr.. H~awthorne's suggestion does
not tally with the notions that prevail
among magazine publishers, who ought
to know their business pretty well. We
happen to know Of an emmett poet who
was requested 10 furnish a poem for one
Of II leading magazines not long g o
He complied with the request. and an EN-.
inent engraver was employed to illustrate
it. When it came omaking up the pages
of the magazine it was found that the il.
lustrations required more space than was
left on the page after the poetry had been
pat in type. Accordingly 1t became nee
essary to sacrifice a part of the poetry or
a part Of the illustration. Which had to
to go? The illustration? Oh, no! 1t was
one Of the poets beautiful verses .-Bos.
ton Herald.
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koshima viii probably return 10 his native
Town. kjyota, expecting 70 take a professor
ship in the japanese university at Toxic.
Seikichi lwasaki is a native of northern
Jauan. iLo puts his residence at Toxic, as
do most ot the japanese IA this country, 1t
icing an easy name for them TO tell Ameri-
cans His father is a wealthy merchant at
this place, and the business will probably be
turned over 10 the son after the completion
of his education. Mr.. Iwasaki IS in the law
school and a man of much promise. After
two years study at Cornell university in the
academic department he went TO the Yale
Law school He viii not enter the profes-
sion, hut is e~ndeavoring 10 get a broad edu-
cation. Besides his regular class room work
he does much general reading.
T0shitakc 0kubo is a nobleman, as bis
every appearance indicates. He is scrupu-
lCusly neat IN his attire and thoroughly up
in ali the novelties of the typical young man
of fashion. His father, who was premier Of
japan, and practically ruled the empire, was
sssassinated on the morning of May II, 1873
The tragedy was the outcome Of the difficulty
at that time with Corea. Mr.. Okuho, who
was a man OF great travel and fine legal
ability, opposed a war, which tho ministers
of the war department and his followers
were anxious TO have take place. Considera-
bic feeling arose among the factions. As a
result, the war advocates employed six
assassins, who waited for Mr., Ukubo and
brutally murdered him with daggers while
on his way TO a session of the court, held just
at daybreak. The chief assassin was appre-
hended and beheaded, and tho other five VIII
have worked out a sentence OF ten years IN
a few months. In view of the great influence
Of his father the younger Okubo came to
America to lie educated, and will graduate
next year. He Will receive a government
appointment upon his return. He comes
from a royal family, is very bright and viii
make a keen lawyer.
Koiiro M%atsurgata and Soichi Tsuchiya
are both good scholars. Mr.. Matsurgata is
q nobleman, his father being at present min.
lister of finance OF Japan. He returns to
Japan to accept q responsible state position.
he Is Of a literary turn OF mind, doing
considerable miscellaneous writing. Mr..
Tsuchiya has studied at Yale under the
direction Of his guardian, the newly elected
minister of foreign atfairso OF Japan. Oqpama,
Of Toxic. He is q very hard student, and
stands away up in his class.
Taken all in all, the Japs are annopgtho best
students at Yale. They work very hard and
still find time to GO into society. Tennis is
their favoritc game, the exercise beng about
as violent as their constitution will permit.
This climate doesn't agree with them and is
their worst enemy. They possess fine liter.
airy and artistic taste, and patronize all
strictly classical entertainments.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-14
drumming Birds rs Pets.

a young lady Of New York amuses her.
sell with humming birds as pets. They
build their nests in the lace curtains and
have ra!std little families in the parlor.
There are plants for them to fly about in,
and every day the florist sends a basket
Of flowers for them to extract the honey
from They are Ike little rainbows Hy.
ing about tue room, and they light on the
head OF tkeir dainty mistress with perfect
freedom. She has an especial affinity for
the feathcred race, and pigeons, canaries
and bullfnehes are included among her
household favorites. Chicago Herald.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-14
4 Prscocious Youth.

Fond Mamma showing the baby to visitor
~-Sh-h-he's asleep. The little darlingl Isn't
be the sweetest you ever saw
Visitor lin awestsack ALPHABETICALLY
Can he TALK
Fond Mamma-Talkl | should think he
,ould talk Why, be can say goo and
ga and vow Picked them up himself,
100. And Annette is teaching Kim to say
A-wow ee,7 and thinks he will have it per
lectly in q few days.-Boston Beacon.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-14

In Providence the other day they were set.
ting some very tall poles for the telephone
w~ircs--evcnty footers. "A countryman came
along and asked the foreman what his men
were Going. Now, the foreman Of that par
'icular gang is IA mild hammered citizen and
means 10 he patient and forbearing, but be IS
worried a good deal with questions and gets
tired of answering them. In this particular
case he told the countryman that he was
building n wire fence. is that sof' said the
farmer, looking aloft, and then added:
We'll. | guess you've got it bull high, but
don't believe you can make it pig tight
That foreman las been very shy of Rhode
Island farmers ever since.-Boston Herald.
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Did Yon Ever Sec Onc2

The fellow had seen everything, had got a
chip OFF everything, and had some memento
Of everything. He dropped into a little knot
Of artists, who were discussing Bohemian
life in many places. As the traveller came in
one of them was saying: 'Ah, that is the
place where they made the weIkin ring
What place are you talking aboutf asked
the traveller. We were talking Of Bohe.
mia "Oh. yes. Bohemia. | know. I've
been there. I've got once of them" Zone Of
wbatf' zone of them welkin rings-an' It's
4 beauty. San Francisco Chronicle.
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coilc-ian, 10 whom he told his story. He
sail IT, wanted to 60 through Yale university
and must do 50, although lie hadn't a cent
and didn't know where 10 get one. Such an
nrp.al Touched the generosity Of the pro
fes,ors and others, and as "A result OF their
assistance and his hard work he grad
ua'e.l at the last commencement with honors
lie mincles in society with all the grace and
freedom Of his most cultured companions,
and besides isl great ladies' favorite. He Is
n pleasing couycrsationalist, with a liking
for journalism rs a profession.
Another Jap nj Yale is kikizo Nakashima'
vino has spent eight years at American col
le-e lie has been under the especial care
of the venerable cx-Presidcut Porter, the
great metaphysician, md 10 one ever re-
.e.vci MS much Of the celebrated doctor
friendship aud personal instruction as MIR
Eltashima. Tho two have been almost
constant companions. They frequently are
sceu. GA the streets arm in arm or out riding
t1rethcr. Their discussions over their pet
ideas and differences on certain philosophical