The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-09-28
Current Notes.

"A kind act never stops paying rich
dividends.
Mighty indeed is he who has con-
| quered himself
"A good reputation is much easier
lost than gained.
Truth triumphs in the long run if
her defenders stand true.
: Faithful lives give emphasis to
words faithfully spoken.
Do thing because it is right, ard
! not because it is convenient.
The law of Mexico forbids the Presi-
dent crossing it's boundaries.
The number of suicides in the Ger
man empire is not far from 10000 every
year.
The Duke of Norfolk has an income
Of 100000 year from his rentals in
Sheffield.
Paul du Chailu is about to start
for Russia in order to study the life of
the peasantry.
The drought in North western Aus
tralia has lasted eight months, causing
great damage.
The will of Susan w. Talmage, wife
Of the Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage has
hoor cd 20 a.
valued at 100000 is left to her husband.
The council of the American Asso-
citation for the Advancement of Science
has selected the University of Cincin.
natl as the location of its immense H.
brary.
The influence of Western ideas is
making itself jour nalstic lilly felt in
Japan, there being 767 newspapers of
every sort now published in the Land of
the Rising Sun.
"A writer in the Nation has coined
the word ''histogeography, to designate
the science which treats of the influence
of the earth's surface upon the course of
human events.
-Ruskin says, in st. Marks Rest,
Great nations write their autobiog-
rophies in three manuscripts-the book
OF their Deeds the book Of their words
and the book of their art. Not one of
these books can be understood unless
we read the two others. but of the three
the only quite trustworthy one is the
last"
The glass blowers of ancient Thebes
are said to have been as proficient as
the most scientific craftsman of the
same trade today. Rossollini gives an
illustration of a piece Of stained glass
known 10 be 1000 years old, which dis
played artistic merit Of high order both
in color and design. Their limitations Of
the various colors we're SO true to nature
that even now, after they have lain in
the desert sands for from 1000 to 4. 600
years.it takes an expert to distinguish the
genuine article from the spurious.
Great Britain has laid down the law
to Turkey regarding the reforms in Ar
menia demanded by the powers sigma
tory to the treaty of Berlin. Lest Rus
tenn Pasha should not fully comprehend
how Great Britain regarded the situa-
ton, Lord Salisbury informed him that
the reforms would certainly be intro.
duced in Armenia; If Turkey consented,
we'll and good; il Turkey withheld her
consent. the powers would go ahead and
rest satisfied. If. however. the Porte
should then continue to resist, said Lord
Salisbury, it would be the signal for the
ACKNOWLEDGMENT of Turkey.
Mrs. Ballington Booth, OF the Saliva
ton Army. has some practical ideas
about what should be done with the
new woman. II would make her change
her drees the first thing." she says. II
would take her big sleeves and make
them into dresses for the children of the
slums. l am sure a good many little
dresses could be made out of those
sleeves. AS for some OF her other gar
ments, which l will not mention here,
/ would take them away and give them
to the sex to which they belong"
The Waterman (Baptist) says: II
is hardly possible to expend too much
care in making the church building and
surroundings in every detail as clean,
neat. and orderly as possible. Some
times we have wondered if it would not
be good thing to interest the boys and
girls of a congregation in keeping the
grass plots and sidewalks of the church
in the trimmest condition" "A good sug
gestion," responds the Christian Regis
ter. "But will our Baptist neighbor agree
that church lawns shall be spinkledS"