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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-11-17

from the ground. The petals, five in
number, were thick and feshy, OF er
an inch in thickness, while the center
presented the appearance of bowl
from which projected curious spikes
The entire flower was nearl y four feet
across; each petal weighed almost
three pounds, and the entire flower if
it could have been held up would
have entirely concealed the person
holding it. The flower weighed in
some specimens twenty five or thirty
pounds. The nectary alone could
catch and hold twelve pints of water.
The new discovery was startling in
many ways. TWAS flower without
leaves or anything but the attachment
to the earth-a complete puzzle-and
at first it looked Ikea gigantic toad
stool that had taken the form of
flower. Tipping one of the flowers
over, it was found that it grew from
delicate leafless stem not larger
than two fingers, and was, in short,
a wonderful flower parasite growing
and deriving its sustenance from the
body of a huge vine that in turn
wound about the trees of the forest.
The story of this flower was received
with incredulity, but thas since been
seen by many, and been named after
Sir Stamford Raffies, Ra6teSia.
No one would have thought of find
ing in Sumatra giant ally of the
little wake robins" but such a dis
covery came to Beccari and amazed
him equally as much as did the Raffl-
esia DIR. Arnold. Beccari also had
heard rumors from the natives of a
flower higher than a man, and that at
certain times gave out an odor that
was fatal to man or beast. The Ital-
ian naturalist did not believe the lat
ter, and determined to make vigo-
rous search for the man killing plant.
Finally, deep in the forest, he came
upon it. 1t resembled lily, but
giant; and from the center of the
flower rose a spadix that was six feet
in height-or as tall as large man.
The stalked leaves We're ten feet long,
the whole peculiar plant taking up an
area of forty-fve square feet. The
diameter of the spathe was about
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-11-17

In this view the Resurrection be-
comes supremely reasonable = the
opening of the door into the vaster
purposes of God, and the disclosure
of the higher destiny of man. The
modern scholar knows that the posi-
bility of purely spiritual manifesto
ton is not a closed question. He is
alert and expectant of great dis
coveries and disclosures yet to come.
1t results that the Resurrection-ma
terialized, misinterpreted, and de.
PRAYED into barren dogma-becomes
alive and glowing with vital and vivid
inspiration under his hanos.
| believe that the Resurrection
should never be treated as a dogma,
nor apart from it's personal interest to
every man who is living and must die.
l shall never see you all again in the
flesh. We shall separate at the close
of this meeting and go every one
about his exigent affair. But we
must all share our race destiny and
emigrate from this scene of things in
an hour unknown. The world is not
passing away, but we are. When
next we meet we shall know what the
Resurrection means. We shall not be
wearing mourning for death, neither
upon our persons nor in our hearts
because our beloved will be there with
US. And close, o how closely,we will
hold theml And how shamefaced we
shall be to meet our Lord, to whose
message and demonstration we gave
such little heed!
But between this hour and that lies
a space which we must not foreshor-
ten-the field of our personal en-
deavor and responsibility. If what
we have said is true, Jesus is alive
now and is within our reach, and we
can touch him and see him and know
him if we will! What else do you
more need today, fellow mortals and
immortals, than the touch and vision
of that risen Christ? Are you not
now in your graves-graves of sen
sualness and selfishness and sinful
ness2-graves from whose darkness
you cannot see at all the awfulness,
the grandeur, and the glory of the
life that now ISL Are there not tears
in your heart? Are you not troubled
and dubious and afraid? What more
exigent duty calls you in this hour
than the duty to surrender all this,
and rise into the fellowship of the
risen Christ, who said, 81 am the
Resurrection and the Life2"
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-11-17
A NOBLER FAITH.
BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.

Or shall a nObler Faith return,
Its fanes purer gospel learn,
With holeT anthems ring,
And teach us that our transient ereeds
Were but the perishable seeds
OF haryests sOwn for larger needs,
That ripening years shall bring?
Well, let the present do its best,
We trust our Maker for the rest,
As on our way we plod
Our souls, full dressed in fleshly suits,
Love air and sunshine, flowers and fruits,
The daisies better than their roots
Beneath the grassy sod.
Not bedtime yet! The full-blown flower
OF all the year-this evening hour
With friendships fame is bright;
Life still is sweet, the heavens are fair,
Though fields are brown and woods are bare
And many joy is left to share
Before we say Goodnight
And when. our cheerful evening past,
The nurse, long waiting. comes at last.
Ere on her lap we lie
In wearled natures sweet repose.
At peace with all her waking foes.
Our lips shall murmrr, ere they close.
Goodnight and not Go0d-byl
From Before the Curfew."
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PROF. SWING.
BY REV. j. F. CARNEY.

The pastor of the Universalist church
in Muncie, Ind, few Sundays ago
made the life and ministry of the late
Prof. Swing the theme of sermon. We
make few extracts from the sermon
printed in the Muncie paper:
Humanity has often been compared
to an army on the march. One by ore
the soldiers fall before the presence of
the enemy. The ranks close up, the
dead are quietly cared for and no COM
motion is heard. New recruits daily
fall into line at the rear and the march
is quietly continued. But whenever
great leader falls at his post of duty the
army is halted, the flag of distress is
hoisted, the funeral dirge is sounded,
sorrow and grief encircle the earth. A
monument is erected to his memory,
bearing this inscription: How beauti-
full are the feet of them that preach the
gospel of peace
The great leader of whom / shall speak
this morning is Prof. David Swing. He
was born in Cincinnati in the year 1880.
His parents were of German descent and
were people of sterling integrity. When
David was only two years of age his
father was removed by death, leaving
his widowed mother with the care of
two boys. After five years of lonely
widowhood Mrs. Swing married again
and moved onto farm with her husband
and two children, near Williamsburg,
Ohio, and there young David remained
with his parents for eight years, laying
we'll the foundations of human greatness,
helping to till the soil in summer and
attending the public school in winter.
There, in communion with nature he
mastered the rudiments of the English
language. There he developed robust
constitution that endured the mental
strain for more than fifty years. There
he planted the seed of sterling man
hood which lifted him triumphantly
above all sham and hypocrisy, all cant
and pretense. 1t was there he developed
an independence of thought and utter
ance which characterized his whole life
and ministry. There he cultivated tt 9
power of observation and reflection
which distinguished him from the rank
and file of the clergy, and marked him
as the scholar and the leader.
And last of all it was there on IL 9
Ohio farm in communion with nature
that he learned the first rudiments of
Latin from circuit riding preacher of
the Presbyterian faith, and with these
foundation principles of human great
ness we'll established he entered Miami
University at Oxford, Ohio, when only
eighteen years Of age. There he enjoyed
the intercourse and the companionship
of such minds as Benjamin Harrison
and Whitelaw Reid as classmates. When
he was twenty-one he graduated with
the highest honors. the faculty at Ok
ford comforting upon him the degree of
Bachelor of Arts. From Oxford he went
to Cincinnati. where he diligently pur-
sued the study of theology for about
one year as a preparation for his life
work, after which he accepted Pro.
fessorship and entered upon his work as
instructor of ancient languages. and be-
lieving that God had called him to that
mission, he continued TO discharge the
duties of his Office with credit and hon
or, stimulated by the assurance that a
teachers noblest work on earth is to
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-11-17
A SONNET.
BY T. b. ALDRICB.

The smooth-worn coin and threadbare classic
phrase
OF Orecian myths that did beguile my youth.
Beguile me not as in the olden days:
1 think more grief and beauty dwell with truth.
Andromeda in letters by the sea.
Star-pale with anguish till young Perseus came,
Less moves me with her suffering than she
The slim girl figure fettered to dark shame
That nightly haunts the park. there. like
shade,
Trailing her Indebtedness from street to street.
See where she passes-nelther wife nor maid.
How all mere fiction erumbles at her feeti
Here is woes self. and not the mask of woe:
A legends shadow shall not move you so.
Pail Mall Magaz ne.
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Our Special COntributors-=-ISo4.
MARVELS OF PLANT LIFE.
Gigantic Plants and Flowers


The development of plant life is
page from the wonderland of natural
history. AT the beginning of line
we have microscopic plants that are
difficult to distinguish from animals;
at the end we might place the giant
redwoods or the colossi of the Gala
veras grove-trees centuries old, that
tower high in air hundreds of feet
above the pines, and others that look
up to them as the giants of plant
life.
Giants are found in the ranks of
animal life; but they do not attract
so much attention or appeal to us as
abnormally large plants. | shall
never forget the feeling experienced
when in the California Coast range [
entered an ancient grove of redwoods.
The giants that probably saw the
ships of Drake, and possibly the car
avels of Cabullo in 1912, were gone,
cut down and burned; but from the
outer circle of the trunks had grown
girdle of Younger trees, one hundred
feet high in some cases, that stood
extending their limbs and branches
to the vast hollow space that once
marked the interior of the parent tree.
l did not measure the trunk spaces of
the old trees, but each inclosure
would have held large house, Or two
or three hundred people could have
crowded into it.
One of the most remarks BILE dis
coveries, sensational in every particu
lar, comes from Sumatra. Some
years ago several botanists were
travelling through the country in
search of new things in plant life,
when the natives told them of gil
gantic flower, describing it in such
weird terms that they at first did
not believe the account; but one day
DR.. Arnold, one of the party, came
upon the wonder. He was not only
amazed but dumbfounded, the
strange object that met his view MAX
ing profound impression upon him.
Later he said ITO tell the truth, had
| been alone and there had been no
witness, should, think, have been
fearful of mentioning the dimensions
of this flower, SO much does it exceed
every flower have ever seen or heard
Of"
Passing from the bush to some
trees. the discoverer was confronted
by gigantic flower, apparently grow
ing alone, without leaves or verdure,
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-06-16
SEA QUEEN"
A Theatrical Treat.

The above combination, comprising
over 40 artists, will appear at Liberty
hall Monday night, June IS. The citi-
zens will have an opportunity Of wit
Messing one of the largest and most
elaborate spectacular productions ever
seen in the city. Manager Stuttz is hav-
ing Liberty Hall wired for both mean
descent and arc lights. in order to give
the sc~enery-of which there will be tons
-as good a display as possible. The
performance consists of opera, drama,
music, terpsichore and transformation
scenes-the most gorgeous ever seen
seen here. Regular combination prices
will prevail. Sale of seats commences
Saturday morning at box office, Liberty
hall. Two matinees will be glven-Wed-
nesday and Saturday afternoons.
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been swept by a tidal wave is begin
hing to bear fruit, in the distressed in
quiries coming in from those having
friends and loved ones here as to the
number Of lives lost, the extent Of the
damage, etc. etc. A message Of this
kind was received by Mr.. e. T. steph-
ems, Of this city, yesterday, from a sis
ter living at Logansport, Ind. 1t may
still further crafty the iends who in
vented this tale to know that such in
quiries are invariably answered simply
by incloslng to the sender a marked
copy of the oregonlAn, of recent date,
supplemented by a few selected copies
of The Astorian and the San Francisco
Examiner.
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n.he Historian guarantees to It's sub
scr,bers the largest circulation OF any
newspaper published on the CoicniDia
river.
Advertising rates can be obtained on
onrI,cation to the business manager.
This paper is in possession OF all \
,eiegraph franchises, and Is the only
,aner on the Columbia river mat pup
iIshes genuine dispatches.
TIE Daily Astorlan's circulation is
t,ve times as great as that OF the COM
lined circulation Of he other daily pa
pers Of Astoria.
The Weekly Astorian, the third Old
est weekly In the state OF orego mas,
csxt 10 The Portland O%regonian, the
largest weekly circulation IN the state
Subscribers to the Historian are re.
,mested to notify this office, witnoub
loss Of time, Immediately they faii 70
receive their daily paper, or wnen tncy
10 not get IT at the usual hour. BY 90
INC This they will enable the manage
ment to place the blame on the propei
Iarties and to insure a speedy Temeoy
Uandley G. Haas are our Portland
,eents and copies Of the Historian a
be had every morning at their stano
on First street.
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CARLISLE AND THE SUGAR.

BEFORE It was known for a certainty
that there had been crooked work IN
connection with the sugar schedule, n
only a bare suspicion of the facts eX-
,sted. Vest, Harris, Turpie and Others
hough to prevent an investigation by
vocIferously and Indignantly denying
h n Secretary Carlisle or the Havemyer
trust had anything whatever to do with
the matter. Turpie especially, in a
drunken rage, coarsely abused Senator
Aldrich and denounced him openly as a
liar for making such a suggestion. Mr..
Carlisle, however, in his examination bs-
fore the committee, frankly admitted
that he did perform the clerical office
of writing out the schedule, but denied
that he had originated 1t. He did not
explain how he, the secretary OF the
United States treasury, came to act as
clerk to the senate finance committee,
but left 1t to be inferred that he did SO
at the suggestion Of the committee
Senator Sherman, In his recent great
speech on the Gorman bill, shows who
Mr.. Carlisle represented in his visits to
the committee, and who furnished the
material substance of the sugar sched-
ule which Mr.. Carlisle says he simply
nut into illegal language" Senator
Sherman says;
ut was not drawn in the ordinary
manner 1t was drawn by n careful
manufactures who Is perfectly familiar
with sugar. The Dutch standard of color
herein produced supplants all these
standards of color which had been fixed
by this and other nations, tested by the
polarlscope, and It subjects all the vast
amount of sugar, valued ut over $780,
900, 900, to an ad valorem valuation,
varying widely. The purest of this
sugar has less than half the purity of
the ordinary grade of sugar. They have
introduced into this an element of fraud
which would defeat not only the reve-
nue. OF the government, but all the pro-
lection which is given In the bill to
sugar planters, 1t gives In addition one
eighth of one per cent to the sugars
which come into competition with re-
fined sugars Of our country, and here Is
the cunning Of the whole proceeding.
Here Is a duty levied nov for n private
interest upon all sugars which come into
competition with the sugars OF the
sugar trust that Is above No. 10 Dutch
standard. The rate is at once changed.
The duties become specific, and there is
then given to Il retlner a protective duty
OF one-eighth Of one per cent n pound
on all sugars which are brought into
this country, sufficient TO exclude all
the high grades of sugar and to COM
pei all the sugar which is brought In
for ordinary consumption to go through
the refining process.
Senator Sherman has had the largest
experience of any man now in public
life. His services In both the senate
and treasury qualify him to speak ON
the subject, and what he says so ex-
aotly fits in with Mr., Carlisle's testi-
mony that 1t is a complete explanation
of the matter.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-06-16

From the composition OF the sub-oom.
mittee on banking and currency elected
yesterday, 1t is plain that there is no
hope for the adoption of the excellent
scheme proposed by Representative
Walker. of Massachusetts, The Demo
cratic members of the committee are all
from the south, end, 1t is reasonable to
assume. were elected because OF their
known hostility to a continuation of the
national banking system In any form.
The sectional prejudice Of the majority
of the main COMMITTEES appears in the els
courtesy Of leaving on the committee
Mr.. Walker. the originator Of the new
plan. It is evident the committee was
elected expressly to kin the proposed
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:. IN"

Many n man has broken OUT in a
passion. and felt all ''broken up" try
Ing TO get a new pair of shoes broken
In" He has had to 'break orr many
an engagement or account OF crippled
feet. and has gone broke many a
time trying to get relief for his corns-
the direct cause OF ill-dtting shoes.
You viii find all this obviated by pur-
chasing your footwear at the store of
JOHN HAHN & co.
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OCEAN ENCAMPMENT No. Is. 1. O,
o. Irregular meetings Of Ocean En-
campment No, IL, in the odd Fellows
Building, at Z p, m. on the second and
fourth Mondays OF each month. So
journlng brethren cordially in yited.
BY order c. p.
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Push a Lucky Man

: Into the Nile, says the Arabian
proverb, and he will come out with
O fish 10 his mouth. Our Buyer IA
elated last month, and when he re-
turned home he says: II got 'em ;
got 'em cheap /; got 'em to sell got
'em 60 as to nndersell all other deal
ers in Fine Kentucky Whistles on
the Coat. Over fifty demijohns Of
it went out yesterday-but custom
ers went with them,
HUGHES & CO..
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A GOOD WORD.

Mr.. ]. ]. Keil, %Sharpsburg, Pa.
Dear Sir l am glad to say n good
word for Krause's Headache Capsules.
with acute neuralgia and its consequent
Insomnia (Which seemed to battle the
efforts of some of our best physlcians)
you suggested this remedy which gave
me almost instant relief. Words fail
to express the praise l should like to
bcstow on Krause's Headache Capsules.
Gratefully Yours,
MRS. Il. r. HOLMES,
Mortrose, Pa.
For sale by Chas. Rogers. Astoria, Or,
sole agent.
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NOTICE-The regular meetings of
the Astoria Building and Loan Associa-
ton are held at s p. m. on the first
Wednesday Of each month. Office on
Genevieve street, south of Chenamus,
w. L. ROBB, Secretary.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-06-16

COMMON COUNCIL Regular meet
lngs first and third Tuesday evenings
Of each month at s o'clock in city hall.
Persons desiring to have matters acted
upon by the council at any regular
meeting must present the same to the
day evening prior to the Tuesday OF
meeting. X. OSBURN.
Auditor and Police Judge.
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A SURE CURE FOR PILES.

Itching Piles are known by moisture
like Precipitation, causing intense itching
when warm. This form. as well as Blind,
Bleeding or Protruding, yield at once to
Or. Bosanko's Pile Remedy, which acts
directly on the parts affected. absorbs
tumors, allays itching and effects a
permanent cure. SOC. Druggist or mail.
Circulars free. DR., Bosanko, S29 Arch
street. Philadelphia, Pa. Sold by !. W.
Conn.
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NOTICE.

All debts now due the undersigned
and remaining unpaid at the end OF
sixty days from this date will be placed
in the hands of an attorney for collec-
ton.
j. d, MCFARLAND.
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A NEW COOKING SCHOOL

has been started, which recognizing the
Importance of having plenty of milk on
hand for cooking proposes, has found
Its requirements fully met by Borden's
Peerless Brand E|vaporated Cream, pre-
pared by New York Condensed Milk Co.
II highlY endorses II.
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A POINTER

Many people believe that all black
smithing jobs are alikAthat they are
nothing hut muscle and material mixed.
That Is true OF ordinary jobs. Brains
are also used 10 make a good job. So is
conscience. A job made without skin
or honesty Is no good. Our work Is
widely known for its quality, durability
and economy In the end.
n ca.o
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ALCOHOL FOR SALE.

ALCOHOL can be purchased at thC
White House Corner, in flask or bottl,
quantities,
WRIGHT & HARRIS, Proprietors.
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LADIES, ATTENTIONS

Carpets beaten and replaced with the
greatest dispatch by c. Axten. Leave
orders at Porter's Furniture Store, No.
517 Second street.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-06-16

Much to the qualification of Portland.
no doubt the Infamous canard started
there some time ago that Astoria had
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WEEKLY.

Gan, nv mail DER year, $500 in advance.
Postage free to subscribers.
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SOCIETY

PILOT COMMISSIONElts-The reg
ular meetings of this board will be held
on the first Monday of each month at
10 a. M, at the office of Robh & Par
ker. w. l.. Robb, Sec.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-06-16

When baby is teething or feverish. ask
your druggist for St-e-e-dman's Sooth-
Ing Powders.
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natip 9atnrtart.
TERMS OF
DAILY.

Served by carrier, pepr weeks 10 cts
Sent by mail, per month.....".. ~ Gus
Sent by mail, per year.'.'"''st'.VV
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NOTICE TO WATER CONSUMERS.

Water will be shut off between the
hours of 1880 p. M. and 5 n. m. through
summer months.
w. N. SMITH,
Superintendent Of Water WORKS.