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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-10-27

at his real worth. love to think of him
and of Longfellow, the incompatible,
sweet singer, and of Emerson, the phil
osopher, and Whittier and Lowell, whose
clarion voices in song awoke nation to
duty and self-honor. The work these
men did can never be surpassed, if in
many respects equaled, for they we're
giants il letters. 1 knew them all well,
and cherished their friendship, God
knows how deeply. They are all gone,
and if a personal reference be pardona-
BILE, I alone remain. only to recall from
hour to hour those words of Tom Moore:
Il stand like one who walks alone some
banquet hall deserted Perhaps, of them
all, l thought most of Longfellow. His
was a lovely character, the most so,
think, of any one l ever knew, and when
he died. it seemed to me as if the day
were suddenly changed to night
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-10-27
VANITAS VANITATUM.

On a Fulton ferryboat, some years ago.
lady and gentleman took seats by the
side of well-dressed elderly man, who
seemed to be convalescent from serious
attack of illness. After some converse
ton the lady expressed sympathy with
him in some recent misfortunes.
yes" said the old gentleman, "it is
hard. was fifty years getting my prop.
erty together and it all went, as you may
say. in one day.
What commentary on the words of
the wise man: "Wilt thou set thine eyes
upon that which is not?" for riches GER
tainly make themselves wings; they fly
away as an eagle toward heaven"
But" said the lady, with the desire
to comfort the venerable man, "but you
have very fine grandson"
10 yes" said the ole gentleman, with
evident feeling; Il have good grand
son."
So that even from this little episode
something honorable to human nature
may be deduced. and proof that per.
sonal love is better illuminator of a
dark and lonely path than material pos
sessions. The lady was a comforter by a
single appropriate reference to the
grandson, doubtless daily support
The other chapter is furnished by a
verbatim report of conversation be-
tween one of New York's most successful
and eminent merchants and one of his
tenants. The capitalist had built
beautiful house, surrounded by grounds
filed with trees and flowers. In the lee,
upon back street, was a small, neat
house owned by him. which he rented
to tenants, and young couple. just mar
ried, had been living in the house for
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-10-27
INVITATIONS.
BY ROBERT BROWNING.

Once saw chemist take pinch of powder -
Simple dust it seemed and half unstop a
phial:-
Out dropped harmless dew. MIXED nothings
make" quoth he,
Something" So they did: thunderclap, but
louder
LghtniDg-hash, but fiercer-put spectators
nerves to trial:
Sure enough, we learned what was, imagined
what might be.
Had no experience how alps mere tremble,
Looks half hesitation, cheeks just change of
color,
These effect heartquake.-how should con-
ceve
What heaven there may be? Let it but re-
Semble
Earth myself have known No bliss that's
finer, fuller,
Only-bliss that lasts, they say, and fam would
believe,
From "Ferishtah's Fancies,'
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-10-27
FARM, GARDEN AND DAIRY.
READING FOR AGRIcULTURIsTs.


Stop cultivating the raspberries early
in the season, that the new canes NAV
harden up. Suckers which will not be
required for next years fruiting should
be cut out now, if not before as we'll as
the old canes which have done their
bearing.
lfyou have any large trees which you
wish removed, and which you think are
too large. dig around them now, cutting
off the larger roots. Fill in the soil
again, and next fall the trees can be
moved in safety.
do not make the mistake of trimming
your young hedges, whether evergreen
or deciduous, the first or second year
after planting. Manure them and cult
vate them, that they may become strong
at both root and top.
When planting peach trees prune them
in severely. and every year thereafter
prune back the seasons growth one
half, SO as to keep the tree bushy and to
have fruit bearing branches all over it.
instead of at the top only, which is the
result If left unpruned. Plant the trees
in the spring, as great number of fall
planted trees never survives the first
winter.
Plums prefer deep, stiff soil to a
light one, hence plum stocks are often
used for peaches where the latter are to
grow in such situation. Peaches will
not thrive on low ground, and the plum
stocks are the best way to procure an
orchard of them.
Some sorts of pears, notably the Bart
lett, Clapp's Favorite and Lucrative.
never fail of crop, and by using care
varieties may be planted SO as to come in
one after another. The pear is a sure
crop all the time, and the wonder is that
more of them are not to be seen about
our farm houses.
We experiment with German varieties
OF gooseberries, striving to get larger
fruit, but European sorts mildew so
much that it is hardly likely they will
ever be universally grown here. Mean
time the Germans are trying our plants,
finding them to be hardy and vigorous,
even if they do bear smaller sized fruits.
California fruits are famous for their
bearing only because they are cared for;
give our orchard trees the same culture,
and they will make astonishing returns.
Peach trees require good feeding to have
them do their best. Barnyard manure
is good; SO are wood ashes and bone
dust.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-10-27
HOEsTICULTURE.

Nasturtium cuttings, taken from
plants in the open ground and rooted
before cold weather sets in, mackenzie
plants for Towering indoors during win
ter.
The common privet makes a good
hedge, and is harder than the Californ-
ian; it will live out in the latitude Of
Chicago, even, which the latter will not
do to satisfaction.
June roses, and, in fact, all roses. need
that the old flowers, seed pods and
weak shoots be cut back. that they may
give out fresh shoots to give flowers later
on in the season.
Blighted leaves and branches on fruit
trees should be cut off and burned as
soon as discovered. otherwise the dis
ease spreads from branch to branch.
The past season has been remarkable for
the prevalence of these blights.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-10-27
Original in THE UNIvERsALIsT.
THE MESSAGE.
BY REV. MARY C. BILLINGS.

Sweet motherl am happy now,
And freed from every mortal pain,
The light of heaven shines on my brow,
Nor would l sink to earth again.
Of do not thus. still sadly grieve!
Restrain those unavailing tears,
Till faith. with beauteous flowers, shall weaV'
A chaplet for thy passing years,
Think of me cheerfully; as one
Raised unto joyful life above!
While mortals claim your care and none
Should lack your sympathy and love,
The grave is not my resting place
The earthly crumbles to its own;
But they who see their Makers face
To them the purest joy is known.
No living spirit now is there,
Where lies my dead, unconscious dust;
Think not of me with such despair,
But in the Loving Father trust.
And He will make the darkness clear,
His grace thy bitterest sorrow sweet;
And brighten every future year.
Until in bliss our spirits meet!
HICo. TEXAS.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-10-27
AGRICTLTURE.

Advanced farmers, both North and
South, have banished the pillow from the
corn field, though there are thousands
who still follow this heathenish practice
they still clay by" the corn with deep
furrow, even though the share be tangled
with the broken roots.
The man who merely selects his seed
from the best ears in his bin makes mis-
take, for the ears he selects may be from
the least prolific stalks Seed corn should
always be chosen in the field, and the
lower ear from stalks which bear two.
taken.
Corn better stands the wind storms
when cultivated on the level it throws
out brace roots above ground which take
hold of the soil, and these should never
be disturbed. Every torn rootlet is re-
placed by new one, and always at the
expense of vigor which should go to the
top.
The urine of our domestic animals
contains about four fifths of the potash
in their excrements, and when wasted,
therefore, the manure is poor in this re-
gard; also, when manure is exposed to
the rains the potash, being soluable, is
washed away.
Corn taken South from a Northern
locality will not do its best until accli-
mated, and Southern corn taken North
will utterly fail to ripen. The famous
Chester county corn. of Pennsylvania,
is the best for that latitude, but will fail
in New England, and will be inferior in
the South.
If you can keep the mice out of it, lay
by some of the unthreshed oats for feed
ing the horses; it will save threshing,
provide excellent food and use up the
straw to better purpose than in any
other manner; also, it is a convenient
thing to handle.
Good crops of crimson clover will
come on wheat stubble, but it must not
be too weedy, and the season must be
favorable to do well. Being sown at
hot season. it needs some shade, and it
is wise to SOW it in corn or SOW some
oats with it. Crimson clover makes very
excellent hay, if cut as soon as in bloom,
and by analysis is much higher in value
than common red clover.
Remember that weed growth is not
over when the crops are cut, but at this
time our war on them is relaxed, and
they take advantage of the fall rains to
grow luxuriantly, and often mature and
ripen. Any slackness now makes the
more work in fighting the pests next
year. Killing weeds is a business which
is never done.
This winter we will want bedding for
all kinds of stock and unless it is stored
up the cattle, pigs and colts will have
many cold night of it, will shrink in
growth, and will consume extra hay and
grain to maintain some degree of
warmth. Moreover. see that the bed
ding is free from weed seed, which will
pollute the manure and choke the crops
the coming season.
Not many years ago beans were plant
ed gathered and threshed by hand.
That is all now past, and we have the
bean planter, harvester and thresher,
and should now have arrived at the
stage where we can grow all the beans
we need, without calling upon Canada
or England. When they are ripe and
dry pull them and haul them to the barn
and clean them at your leisure.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-10-27
POULTRY

A male of any of the improved varie-
ties will quickly make marked impress
sion on flock of mongrel hens. Half
bred Leghorn pullets next winter will
add 90 per cent to the amount of eggs
you may receive from your common
stock of hens on hand now. By all means
try this if you cannot procure stock of
full breds outright.
There are false notions about the de
STABILITY of chickens with yellow legs
and eggs with coats of certain color.
Feed dark legged Leghorn on rich
food, and her white eggs will surpass
many of the browner ones. A yellow
legged Plomouth Rock sells readily al
ways, but Houdan is far superior in
the quality of its flesh.
Incubators are no longer looked upon
as scheme of some shrewd Yankee to
swindle the gullible. While they cheat
the hen out of her honors as a mother,
they are very profitable inventions in
the hands of one who makes a study of
their capabilities. They have reached
such perfection that one can know to a
certainty what to expect, provided he
supplies it with fresh and fertile eggs
and gives it attention, which is not
much.
Low prices are apt to rule in the mar
ket at this season, because of an over
supply. When this is the case it is
poultry which reaches the market in
poor condition, whether alive or dressed,
which suffers first and most Good,
nicely prepared fowls will be in demand
when those of poor quality can hardly
be sold at all
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-10-27
STOCK.

When calf is drinking milk it should
be fed slowly and with intervals of rest,
and cold milk should never be given. as
this chills the stomach and provokes in
digestion. If it becomes gorged, give
little soda. following with raw linseed or
castor oil.
Milk is essential on the stock farm
even if no milk or butter is sold. The
young calves, colts, pigs and chickens
should have milk; the pigs want it all
the year around, after the calves and
colts have outgrown it. 1t should be
fed literally, too, and will be found
very profitable product. Let the cream
cry man come around and whirl off the
cream, and you will have had pay for all
your trouble.
Now that the ranches are being aban-
doned rather rapidly. the small farms of
the States must produce the cattle, and
the milking qualities of all our beef
breeds must be developed to meet the
new order of profitable stock breeding.
Develop the milking qualities in the
Shorthorn, Hereford Angus and Gallo
way breeds; it will give them two fold
value.
Close in breeding weakens the consti-
tuition and develops tuberculosis in cat
tie just as it develops disease in swine,
Every breeder should know whether
10 toin int in &c h.
it is discovered and the cattle destroyed
the better Let us be very careful not
to breed or propagate the disease.
The extensive export cattle trade es-
tablished in Great Britain is extending
to Germany, France and Belgium, where
American cheap meat comes in as lux
ury; there meat has become so high that
the laboring classes use it sparingly and
the use of horse meat is increasing, and
sells for as much as good beef in this
country. There is no limit to our mar
ket if we will breed the choicest high
grades.
Heat is the first condition of life and
growth, and the first use nature makes
of food consumed is for keeping up the
heat of the body. About 80 per cent of
the food taken is thus appropriated, and
in wet or cold weather about 80 per cent.
This teaches us how essential shelter is
for stock, whether we are after growth,
fat or milk products.
The fat on animals is in the winter
practically cellar for Goals. If the
food docs not supply sufficient heat to
meet the demands made. nature reaches
for ssme of her own fuel for the fire
must. be kept up or the animals die. 1t
is very easy to understand, therefore,
just how good shelter enters into the
question of economy. If our own house
is warm we use less fuel.
Better stock and better feeding and
management are doing for American
farmers what they have done for those
of England, and are making farming
more profitable by stock growing. The
science of breeding is as important for
farmers as for professional breeders; we
have all the pure breeds in this country,
and should use pure bred sires to breed
up.
Breeders of Southdown sheep will be
especially favored in the change of af-
fairs. The long purity of breeding. the
great superiority of their mutton and the
certainty and rapidity with which the
Southdowns impart their good qualities
to other breeds, will tend to bring them
into greater favor.
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young lady, looking up from her lap
full of shaded silks; 81 hope nobody
else will Gomez
Except to fill vacancies as we drop
off," said a gentleman, as he laid
aside his letters. "You will see two
vacant chairs tomorrow.
Every WE'LL" was the reply. eff
you must go, we will spread ourselves
and keep the table full. If we can't
have Mrs. Bruce and you, we don't
want any one"
The next morning the home bound
travellers left on the early stage, and
at the last moment another guest de-
cided to accompany them.
The party remaining went out,
some to ramble in the pine woods,
some to the concert in the casino
Returning toward dinner time, they
found that telegram had been re-
ceived from Miss Milicent Paul, be-
speaking a room. There was a shout
of delight on reading the telegram.
Milicent Paul was known to some of
the party, and two of them had been
her schoolmates at a fashionable
seminary three years before.
"Milicent will be the roseleaf on
our cup of happiness" said one; "and
how fortunate that there is room for
her at our table,"
The dinner bell rang, and the merry
group betook themselves to the din
ing-room. Two chairs were turned
down at the table.
who has Gomez" the guests in
quired of one another
AS they took their seats, man and
his wife entered, in hesitating man.
ner, and were given the two chairs.
Swift glances were directed at them,
and side looks exchanged. They were
evidently plain, working people,
entirely unaccustomed to travelling
and to hotel life. In an instant the
original party became clique. They
hardly concealed their dislike of the
new corners, who had brought among
them a personality that Jared on all
their sense of what was stylish. con-
ventional, and agreeable. The two
strangers ate heartily, helped them
selves to what they wanted, finished
their meal and left the table. before
the rest of the company had reached
their nuts and raisins.
did you ever'" 81 call it an out.
rage, forcing such people on u.s."
"The plowman had better stay at
home and plow." "His hands took
away my appetite" Il hope they
are not going to stay over night"
The offending couple spent the af-
ternoon walking about to see the
views, and then sat out in the piazza
till supper time. After supper the
criticism recommended.
"They're going to stay. Their
trunk has gone up to No. II. What
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-10-27

REFERRING to the literary friends of
other days, DIR. Oliver Wendell Holmes
recently said:
Il love to think Of Hawthorne, the in
tellectual romaneer, who, though more
appreciated today than formerly. is,
nevertheless, far from being estim lted
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-10-27

THIN a mountain hotel
a gay group of boarders
were seated about in
hall and parlor, engaged
in fancy-work, reading
or light games, while a
CHEEKY fire urn ed
brightly on the hearth,
for it was late in the sea-
son.
ave are just a nice
party now" said one
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-10-27
A PASSING ACQUAINTANCE.

BY NJ. L. B. BRANCH.
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1894-08-08

(Ciag dalszy nastapi).
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-30
THE LOST CHILD.

She had 10 take journey once with all her
 rh1lrca- eight, Her brother Tom, the mean old thing, said
 send 'em on as freight" uno take the veStibulc." said Sis, ''so ithat
 they cant drop through-yi .;ss,{T For you spill few of them, whatever would
 you dol' But though they ioked and though she laughed
 she had ~ heap of fears, s1F And sometimes grew so nervous that she
 sought relief in tears. V,,t when the morning dawned at length; and
 gi tn" eight were dressed, So snirl, and span, and Irim and trim, all in
 their Sunday best. sne made her mind up, then and there, to not
 l,o through their names say Alfred, Lillian, Bcnjie, Sue, Lucille, Jack
 Maud and James, Rqt simply count them as they stood when they
 got on the train Tw,u.d save a deal of thinking and confusion
 or the brain socG they Startpd on their way, arriving there
 ut uUun--.- ,iS-N yu sure Sbc never thought to reach the place.
 >oyery soon; The brakeman and conductor both helped all
 her little brood To odt,rmbarli; then she began to count them
 as they stood Anl "Oac two, three, four, five, six seven,"
 ,Gr said aloud, then stopped The p,ooLc all were laughing, so she thought
 she would have dropped! .-a Each window held a grinning face-none looked unless he smiled Sc mortified, she stopped before she counted the eighth child, The engine beltbegan to ring, the train moved
 slowly on ... She turned in nervous haste to see if any child were gone. She knew shed counted only seven, when they should number eioht, So tries again, and gasping, sinks upon pile Of freight. live lost child" she cries aloud, my child iS on that train, Oh. stop it-telegraph!" A man of calculating brain Say: "Pardon-what'S the lot?" Eight eight" she shrieks again aloud Forgetting all things save her loss, nor needing now the crowd. And here are seven" the stranger says pray quiet your alarms The ei-hth-well how will this one do you're holding in your armsg'' . She clasps her little Benjie boy and laughs and cries by turns, Tarn. seeing all the smiling crowd, her poor tace burns and burns! IJ read about the Irish pig that ran about the pen S0 fast they couldn't count him, and-I thought of him just them
 Eva Best, in Detroit Free Press.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-30

are tucked with fine tuclSs in front, and have turn-down collar, trimmed only with feather stitching Skirts are short, reaching a little below the knee, except for very young children. Guimpes are. as. popular as ever, and always look childish and pretty. A pale blue crepon dress has round waist a square yoke of embroidery with little rosettes of satin ribbon in front. Another, little dress illustrated has plaid silk skirt, white wash silk blouse made with a yoke collar laid in two box plaits in front and bordered with satin ribbon. A serge gown for @ girl from eleven to thirtesH years of age is made with plain Skirt, with one row of braid for trimming. The blouse bodice has a white serge vest barred across with the braid. The waist is finished with band and two TO- settes on each side of the front with two long ends.-N. Y. Sun.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-30
For the Summer Piazza.

If your piazza is miniature Sahara, change it to an alluring spot of shade and coolness by an awning, which you can make yourself. Sew a sufficient number of breadths of awning to reach clear around and fall low enough to cast shade all across the floor of the piazza. Scallop and bind the lower edges and sew stout curtain rings every few inches along the top to hang on, hooks placed below the roof of the pi-. aga. Gut the corner breadths with a bias seam where they join, so that the awning may be extended at an angle from the piazza. Fit round sticks three feet long into sockets on the cor ner posts of the piazza, and into the.o posite end screw a hook, which is to fasten through ring on the lower. end of the awning.-Chicago Herald.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-30
HE WAS A. BUSY MAN.
But Some How or Othe= He Didn't Pros-
 per in Life. @A

But Some How or Otlie- He Didn't Pros-
 per in Life. @a
 '"Yes, suppose you may call Eben a successful man. He does good busi- ness, but m my mind he isn't prosper ous" So said Mrs. Tracy to her Sister, who had congratulated her on the pur- chase by her husband of a. mill which he was thought to have bought at a bargain, .ss ,~. ,s5.
 !" Well,p returned her sister, "it seems to me everything he touches comes out just right. He's the busiest man in town" ,ra...a
 "That's just it," retored Mrs. Tracy. .He's busy and he succeeds in his do- ings. but that isn't prospering-not as I understand it. You see," she con tinued, "when we were first married he leased the little woollen mill down on the stream, and we got along first rate. He wasn't overbusy, and we used to ride round together every after noon and have lots of. company ana good times. ..,rs a.; .
 But he began to make money and buy more wool, and more mills to take care of it and more storehouses to put it in, until it takes about all his time to get from one mill to the other. Sometimes see him on Sunday, but he is generally busy resting up to start again. He's about as much slave as if he was chained in galley"
 "Yes, but he does maHe money" said one.
 "Well, perhaps so but 1t all goes to buy more wool. If anybody hankers for lots of wool in this world, that's one thing. Eben has any amount of wool, but when it comes to getting the real solid goodness out ot life and en' toying it, he's forgotten now to do It. Really, as look at it, Eben'is the most ssnprosperous man in town."--Youth's Companion.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-30
Yarmed-Oyer Eggs.

I am not scientist, so can't explain, it, but it is fact that eggs that have, been cooked, boiled, three minutes or. less, can be reboiled the next morning, and will not only be fresh, but as soft and palatable as though cooked but, once After an egg has been heatedl and cooled you could cook it till doomsz, day and it would not get hard. Some. property in it resists ths hardening, process after it is once heated, if only to the soft-boiled point. Some will turn up their patrieian noses, at the idea of, warmed-over eggs, but they will find them even better than warmed7over meat.-N. Y. Advertiser.