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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-06-02
USELESS WEALTH.

The time will come, we trust, when
it will be considered positively wicked
for man or woman with several mil
lions of dollars to die without leaving
large benefactions for public uses. 1t
may be said that the right to accumu-
late large fortune carries with it the
right to dispose of it according to indi
vidual preferences. But there are just
limitations to the truth of such state
ments. No man has right to live self
ishly or to perpetuate his selfshness in
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-06-02

his will. The law recognizes the impor-
lance of the family life and provides for
its stability, and the man who makes
NO provision for his family as calpa-
BILE as he who, though abundantly capa-
Bile, makes no provision beyond it. But
the perpetuation of vast fortunes as
family monuments is the vulgarity of
selfshness.-C Christian Register.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-06-02

-Germany's Crown Prince William
has crippled arm which detracts from
his military bearing, and many sensa-
tional tales have been told to explain it;
but in the average German mind there is
a deep-rooted belief that it came from
the awkward attentions of an English doc
dor who had charge of the prince in his
infancy. English doctors just now are
the especial objects OF German dislike.
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in order that the will of the Almighty
may be accomplished in its behalf.


In regard to rewards and punish
ments Universalism teaches the inev-
itableness of retribution and reward;
that the justice of the Infinite is mani
tested in the different consequences that
follow our deeds, according as they are
good or evil; and that the punishments
that follow guilt and the rewards of
obedience teach us that all the forces
of the moral universe are on the side of
righteousness. So Universalism tells
us that the law of retribution has its
foundations in the divine nature and
the moral constitution of the universe,
and is as unchanging in its operation
as the nature of the One whose justice
it expresses; so that what was just re-
tribution upon guilt when the morning
stars. first sang together above newly
peopled earth will be a just retribution
upon the same guilt when those stars
shall fade out of the sky; that sin brings
the same degradation of the soul,-
Greats the same desert wastes in our
experience to-day-as in these ancient
days when the first prophet of right
eousness rebuked the evil-doing of his
time. The principle of the spiritual
harvest has never changed. Man has
reaped as he has sown in the earliest
as in the latest day.
Then this law of retribution is as
natural as it is certain in it's opera.
ton; for as effect follows cause in the
material world so it does in the moral
and spiritual; transgression and its in
evitable retribution being related to
each other as cause and effect; and
under the operation of this inevitable
law the retribution so corresponds to
the transgression that the nature OF
one can be learned from the nature of
the other; the law of retribution being
one phase of that law of consequence
which runs through all things; which
Paul so we'll expressed in its moral
bearings when he wrote: "Whatsoever
a man soweth that shall he also reap;
be that soweth to the flesh shall of the
flesh reap corruption, and he that
soweth to the spirit shall of the spiri
reap life eternal So the Universalist
believes it is as reasonable to expect
oaks to grow from pansy seed, or to
look for health as result of the body's
broken laws, as it is to expect peace OF
mind in company with any unholy
passion, or peace and honor in the
years that are closing life of frivolity
and sin; or to expect heavenly life
merely as the result of exchanging
worlds; or that, by momentary expe.
rience of thought or emotion, we can
escape the consequences of many years
wasted in the service of evil. So Uni.
versalism teaches that forgiveness does
not save from the punishment justly
due to transgression, but is spiritual
result of true penitence; a release from
the bondage of sin and a removal Of
the feeling of alienation from God. II
also teaches that the infinite justice
working in this law of retribution is
working out the purposes of infinite
love in disciplining the soul and turn
ing it from its evil; and that the attri-
butes of God are a pledge that the
working of this law will be means, al
last, for the return of every wanderel
to the Fathers house.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-06-02

Read before the Medico-Legal Society of
Pennsylvania.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-06-02

1t does not take much to make
stir in Europe. When King Oscar H.,
of Sweden. visited the Pope, his kissed
his holiness on both cheeks, instead of
making show OF kissing his signet ring,
and it has caused much comment. Gen.
Grant got through the embarrassment of
similar visit by saying, "Glad to see
you. sir"
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-06-02

Roscoe Corkling's will, dated Id
1867, leaves all his property to Mrs. Conk-
ling. The estate is supposed to amount
to 100000.
, 1888-04-13

The postal note has fallen a prey to the
counterfeiter. 1t was supposed, when
this note was designed, that it could not
be readily initiated. A young man in
the auditors office in Washington was
the first to perpetrate a fraud with the
notes. He changed several of those that
had been cancelled, and had them cashed.
lie was discovered and punished. Since
this there have been several counterfeits
placed in circulation, and the manufact-
urers of them have not been discovered
by the secret service officers. The gov
eminent is o responsible for the loss or
destruction of the postal note; and if any
are lost, like postage stamps, there is
hardly any means of tracing them. The
postal note is quite a popular mode of
transmitting money through the mails,
and there should be more safeguards to
prevent it from being counterfeited.-
Demorest's Monthly.
, 1888-04-13

The glass snake is a widely believed in
myth. Even well educated people l have
found to implicitly accept the stories told
of being fractured into innumerable
pieces and reuniting itself again little the
worse of the experience. 1t was my
good fortune one evening to see a fully
accredited glass OF Joint" snake, GER
titled to by a white man and a negro.
We were walking on a tramway one
evening in the summer, when l espied a
snake, about fifteen inches in length, in
the dust of the road. l carried a small
gum switch, with which l struck it a
smart blow, when it broke in three
pieces.
The snake was very prertily marked,
and the forward half proportionately
large for a snake of its length. Seeing
it was about to wriggle away, | struck il
again, disabling it, and then examined
the section carefully. but without finding
any Indications that the fracture was
different from that which would follow
n hard blow in the case of any small
snake. This specimen, and several others
which / afterward killed by breaking,
did not reunite the several parts.-Coun-
try Gentleman.
, 1888-04-13
An Ear for Music.

A fine ear for music is no rarity, yet
~peculiarities are occasionally noticed that
attract attention. 1t is said that expert
musical conductors can tell which one q
thirty or f,Tty instruments should come
in at given points in orchestral work, or
in minute technicalities who is wrong.
Ability to name a keynote is also some
times noticed; that is, some people on
hearing a chord upon piano or organ, can
tell without seeing the instrument or
player, what key has beer struck, or
what is the signature of a chord or con
certed piece. This is quite rare, but a
more peculiar faculty is sometimes eX-
hibited. Some time ago two people
were walking near a railroad crossing. in
the evening. The man had ut one time
been a switchman on the railroad. His
companion said as q train was heard APP
preaching:
is that the Chicago express?"
mo" he answered, that's a wildcat,
with engine 1885,"
How do you know9"
Il know by the sound of her bell"
His companion was skeptical, so he
said:
Now, you stand here till that train
comes in sight, and see if I'm not right"
And sure enough a minute later a light
engine, No. 236, passed under the electric
light at the crossing, tolling her bell
meanwhile.
II learned to do that when l was
switching nights, the man explained.
Il had thirty trains to let into the train
house between 7 p. m. and morning.
There were nine tracks for them to go in
on, and l learned to know which was
switch-with a smile-by the tone of
their bells"
Such a faculty is a rare one, and can
not be acquired where it does not exist,
but al be greatly cultivated by its fortu-
nate possessor Springfield Union.
, 1888-04-13

Messrs. Brown-Sequard and D'Arson-
val have communicated the results Of
some interesting physiological expert
ments, which END to show that an
organic substance of a poisonous charac-
ter is contained in the air expired by
both human beings and animals. The
object of the experimentalists was tc
prove that expired air participates largely
in the production Of pulmonary tuber-
culosis. They state that air to which 1
per cent. Of carbonic acid has been
added is by no means so injurious as ex-
plred air containing the same amount of
that gas, and that the ammonia always
present in expired air will not recount
for the symptoms produced by inhaling
the latter.
The injection into the veins OF ami
mails of a liquid obtained by passing the
expired air either of human beings or
dogs through water was followed invari-
ably by certain symptoms, including
slightly dilated pupil, a marked slowing
of respiratory movements, a considerable
paralytic weakness, especially Of the
hinder limbs, and n rapid lowering Of
the temperature. Although the heart
Is net much affected Mt first, after three
or four days it acquires a morbid activ-
ity. Larger injections of the liquid give
rise to excessive contraction of the pupil,
increased paralytic weakness nnd n
choleriform diarrhpa. The authors of
the paper believe hat it is to this poison
Gus principle, of which the exact nature
is as yet undetermined, that the danger
Gus character of expired air is due. The
liquid used in the above experiments had
neither an acid nor an alkaline reaction,
so that the principle would appear to be
neutral in character.-Scientific Ameri-
rqD
, 1888-04-13
Proper Way to Drink MIX.

"NNhat did you drink" asked the
doctor.
Nothing hat could have made me
sick, l am sure" replied the patient.
''Only a glass of milk"
did you drink it quickly?''
mo quicker than usual"
Il thought so. Now let me give you
a word of advice. Many persons COM
plain that they cannot drink milk with
out being distressed by it, The most
common reason why milk is not well
borne is due to the fact that people gen.
orally drink it too quickly. If n glass of
it is swallowed hastily it enters the stom-
ach and then forms in one solid, curdled
mass, difficult of digestion. If, on the
other hand, the same quantity is slipped,
and three minutes, at least, is occu-
pied in drinking it, then, on reach
ing the stomach, it is so divided
that when c~oagulated, as it must always
be by the gastric juice while digestion il
going on, instead of being in one hard
condensed mass, upon the outside o
which only the digestive fluids can act
it is more in the form of a sponge, anC
in and out of the entire bulk the gastric
juice can freely play and perform it
function. Milk may be rendered NOR,
digestible, and, for many, of a NOR,
agreeable taste, if prepared by slowly
adding a few drops of dilute hydro
chloric acid to it, drop by drop, Will
stirring it at the same time. By thi
means the curd is broken up, and it is il
a more favorable state to be acted upoI
by the digestive fluids. You follow ny
advice and you will have no more attack
of sickness such as the one you ar,
troubled with today. Two dollars, please
Good day."-New York Mail and Elk
press.
, 1888-04-13

The ''nest egg" presented as a wedding
gift by the late A. s.. Barnes, the well
known publisher of New York, to his
granddaughter a few days before his
death was such as most persons would
gladly possess. Enclosed in a white vel
vet box was an exquisite pendant rep
resenting a birds nest, made of finest
gold wire closely interlaced, through
which small diamonds were irregularly
scattered. On the edge of the nest was a
bird with wings outstretched as if to fly,
composed of diamonds. On lifting the
nest there were disclosed seven piles OF
gold coins, five in each pile, each coin a
$50 gold piece, making $700.-Chicagc
Herald.
, 1888-04-13

Is continually going on in the human sys-
EN-. The demon of impure blood strives
TO gain victory over the constitution, to
ruin health, to drag victims to the grave.
A good reliable medicine like Hoods Sar
.sarparilla is the weapon with which to
defend ones self, drive the desperate
p w from the field, land restore peace
lily health for years. Try this
'edieine.
, 1888-04-13
THE MIDNIGHT BELL.

Slowly and solemnly the great bell tolls
The hour Of midnight; now the sound float;
clear
Across the stiffness, falling on the ear
Like the sad knell that peals for passing souls;
Now, like the boom Of distant guns it rolls
Far of MO the night, and a vague fear
Comes DER the listener, as when sailors hear
The roar OF breakers upon hidden shoals.
Then, caught upon the breeze before they die,
Above the slumbering city from the hill,
The last strokes chime out, fiinging to the sky
Their deep toned music, whose vibrations fill
The whole wide air; then, fading to a sigh,
The trembling sound is lost, and all Is still.
London Academy.
, 1888-04-13

The ORIGINAL ABIETINE ONT
MENT is only put up in large two Inc
tin boxes, and is an absolute cure for old
sores, burns, wounds. chapped hands and
all skin eruptions. Will positively cure all
kinds OF piles. Ask for the ORIGINAL
ABIETINE OINTMENT. Sold by DR..
w. N. Hunt, at 25 cents per box-by mail
50 cents.
, 1888-04-13
.BNst recPiced, u nelU lime
Of Boys and ChiIdren's
suits, also Kilt suits at
~. .MdrES'

M 0NN> OF the good things of this
life are sorrowfully let
alone on account of Dyspepsia. Acker's
Dyspepsia Tablets will cure Dyspepsia,
Indigestion and Constipation; sold on a
positive guarantee at 25 and 90 cents, by
DIR. w. N. Hunt.
, 1888-04-13

The largest stock of fine ~brandies. old
WHISTLES, choice Rqueurs and superine
cigars at George Masten's well known
house, corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
htreets
, 1888-04-13
NoMos tina. are fretful, peevish.

Cross, or troubled with
Windy, Collie, Teething Pains, OIL
Stomach Disorders, can be relieved
at once by using Acker's Baby Soother.
1t contains no Opium or Morphine,
hence is safe. Price 20 cents. Sold by
DIR. w. N. Hunt.
, 1888-04-13

Wedding and visiting cards in great
variety at the Leader Office,
, 1888-04-13
Dr.. Wagner ca.
sRECIAIIsFs


We offer no apology for devoting so much time
and attention to this much neglected class OF
diseases, believing that no condition of human
ity is too wretched to merit the ympathy and
best services of the profession to which we be
long, as many are innocent sufferers, and that
the physician who devotes himself
them from worse than death, is no less a
philanthrophist and n benefactor to his race
than the surgeon or physician wholly close APP
plication eXcels IN any other branch of his pro
fession. And, fortunately for humanity the day
is dawning when the false philanthrophy that
condemned the victims of folly or crime, like
the lepers under the Jewish law, to die uncared
for, has passed away.
YOUNG E:N
Whomay be suffering from the effects of youth
full follies or indiscretions, will do well to avail
at the alter of suffering humanity. DIR. WAC
NER will guarantee to forfeit five hundred dol
waite disease of any KIM or character which he
undertakes and fails to cure.
MIDDLE-AG ED MEN
There are many men of the age of 30 to 60 who
are troubled with too frequent excavations of
the bladder often ccompanied by a slight
smarting or burning sensation and a weaken
ing OF the system in Il manner the patient can
not account for. On examining the urinary de
posits a ropy sediment will often be found, and
sometimes small particles of albumen will ap-
pear, or the color will be of akin or milkish
hue, again changing to n dark and turbid APP
pearance. There are many men who dIe 6f
this difficulty ignorant of the cause, which is
the second stage of seminal weakness. DIR.
Wagner will guarantee a cure in ali such
cases and n healthy restoration of the genito-
urinary organ. Consultation free. Thorough
examination and advice. $500.
See the Doctors additional advertisement in
the Daily Denver News and Tribune-Republi-
can.
All communications should be addressed
DIR. WAGNER & co.
lili Larimere street. Address, Box 27s3, Den
yer, Colorado.
Cut this out and take along
, 1888-04-13

Sc BnrteIdcs & Co.'S.
isso %n; ;eetseSEED Ask SSi Your
for them and buy no other.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-06

To the People OF NsbEaslza: Spring time IS
az handl-the tEne 70 plaUs trees There
fore, in accordance with an appropriate
custom, Row wen established and recogniz-
ed by law, I hereby designate the 25d day Of
April, in the year of our LoEa One Thousand
Eight Hundred and Eighty-eight, as Arbor
Day.
And do earnestly request the people
throughout this state to plant trees, plant
trees, plant trees; and the preseDt and
future generations VIII rise ap and cali you
blessed
If, unfortunately, the weather should be
SO stormy as TO prevent the work on that
day, please do not fail to observe the next
fair day,
In witness whereof. have hereuntO set
my hand and caused to be affixed the great
seal of the State of Nebraska Done at
Lincoln, this 2lst day OF March. A D. 1883.
By the Governor, JOIN 81 THAYER.
G. Il LAWS, Secretary Of State.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-06
wyoming Oil Fields.

Omaha Bee: The oil men are feel
ing jubilant over the prospects this
spring of developments in the Wyoming
fields Small companies are being or
ganized in various places, not so much
to sell stock, but to raise sufficient
money to test the territory. With the
abundance of surface oil that exists In
many localities, the chances are more
than favorable that before the summer
of 1888 ends In some well developed
sections a forest of derricks may be
seen with the ParaPheranalia of pOrta-
BILE engines, pipe lines, stills, tubing
and tanks.
"Just as certain as the sun shines,
said an intelligent Pennsylvania yes
terdav, the territory of Wyoming is
is the natural store house for this sup
ply west of the Missouri. TOpOgraph-
ically, the surface is identical, and
the quality and gravity Of the oil the
same as that of the now famous Baku
region In Russia. Two thousand tank
cars are now daily winding over the
steep grades of those mountains from
Buku to BatOum, distance of 500
miles. The steamers of the Baltic and
Caspian sea are run exclusively by
this oil for fuel. Immense tank steam
ers are also being used for the trans
portation of crude oil. In fact, one
fifth of the petroleum supply of Europe
is now furnished from that region
where five years ago not a tenth was so
supplied. 1 have seen the Baker oil,
and the Wyoming oil In many localities
viii yield a larger. per cent of illumi-
mating oil and with a far better odOr.
And more than all else, the diplomacy
of..the Standard oil company Is on the
wane in Europe as well as In this cOun-
| try. The complaints and grievances Of
the people during the past decade are
eliminating in a series of court and IN
ter-state commerce decisions by which
law and justice are being promulgated.
There is a population Of 1900, 600
people to supply with refined oil west
of the Missouri river and tributary TO
the Wyoming field alone, and as sure
as you live shrewd operators are going
to get there"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-06
The Hsnnepin Canal.

The house committee on railways
and canals has finished the considera-
ton of the Hennepin canal project, and
verbally agreed to adopt the report
prepared by Mr.. Plumb. The report
begins with an elaborate presentation
of the physical facts that are presented
for the consideration of the committee,
giving the extent, population and re-
sources of the Mississippi valley, and
the immense system of natural water
ways that traverse it. It points out
the fact that the Illinois river is a nat
ural canal from its mouth to La Sale,
having fall of twenty-seven feet and
nine inches in that entire distance. The
report then goes on to describe the two
schemes which are proposed for carry
ing out the improvement. One, which
it terms the propeller scheme, cOntem-
plates a channel of sufficient depth to
take lake craft through from the Lakes
to the Gulf of Mexico, and would re-
quire the cutting of a channel 200 feet
in width and sixty feet in depth, or $50
feet in width by twenty-five feet deep,
so as to secure a flow of water at the
rate of two miles per hour equal to
800, 600 cubic feet per minute.
The other plan is called the river
steam boat scheme, which cOntem-
plates an extension of the improve
ments now In existence In the Illinois
river. Besides pointing out the ad-
Vantages which would accrue to the
states east of the AIleghenies as well as
those IN the Mississippi valley, in a
commercial point of view, from the con-
struction of the canal, the report makes
reference to its great importance from
a military or naval standpoint By
existing treaties the United States is
not permitted to have gunbOats upon
/ the lakes, and allusion is made to the
fact that whereas England is steadily
/ increasing the depth Of the canals con
Meeting with Lake Ontario so as to ad-
NIT of the passage of gunbOats Of a
! large class, the United States Is with
out this waterway, totally unprepared
to meet any foe upon equal terms in
/ case of a conflict.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-06
BABY's ON A STRIKE.

Oh, insurTeCtiOn, anarchy,
Revolt are in the air!
Our blessed baby's up in arms,
And nurse is in despair.
He lords it with a hand that's high
And mighty, tho a mite;
He baWls and bowls and drives his ma
To desperation quite.
He sits enthrOned. little god.
Tied into his high chair:
His awful nod says, plain as words,
Il won't be good. so there!"
By sisters. cousins, aunts and all
CaiOled, csress6d and kissed,
He VIII not bulge an inch, this bold
Young budding anarchist
Who shall subdue this pestilen6
But precious little tykeg
What's TO be said, what's to be done
When baby's on striker
Boston Globe.