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The Universalist., 1895-08-17
1.-THE GREATEST THING IN THE
WORLD"
[coNT1NUED FROM LAST WEEK.
BY 5. W. HANSON, DID.

[coNTINUED FROM LAST WEEK.
/ had thus far written-and quoted; /;
l assembled the point near
our hotel camp to look in the light
of sunset, at the spectacle that had
so entranced me at midday. What
a change! The setting sun diffused
its tender and transforming haze on
everything, and a soft mist of gold
suffused the varied and ever-varying
constructions that filled all the range
of view, till it seemed as though the
finger of magic had spread veil of
illusion over and through all, and in
the fading light, one by one, tower
and pinnacle, battlement and buttress,
pediment and spire, arch and archi-
trave fell into the growing obscurity,
and the stars came out and looked
down on the weird scene no longer
visible to human eyes.
As 1 went to my tent kept saying
over and over, and went to sleep say
ing to myself the lines of Coleridge:
"In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure house ordain
Where Alph the sacred river. ran
Through caverns measureless to man,
Down to a sunless MAN,"
The Universalist., 1895-08-17
SOME NOTABLE HYMNs.-I.
NEARER MY GOD TO THEE" BY SARAH
FLOWER ADAMS.

Sarah Adams, nee Flower, the au-
thoress of Nearer, my God, to Thee"
and many other hymns and poems,
was the daughter of Mr.. lBenjamin
Flower, a staunch Nonconformist of
England. In her "Memoir of Mrs.
Adams" Containing all the hymns
she ever wrote). Mrs. Bridell Fox
tells us that "Sarah was tall and sim
gularly beautiful, with noble and reg
ular features; in manner she was gay
and impulsive, her conversation full
of sparkling wit and kindly humor."
Sarah, the younger of two daughters,
was born at Harlow, in Essex, on Feb.
ruary %, 1905, her sister, Eliza
Flower, being two years her senior.
In his poem entitled "Blue Stocking
Revels," Leigh Hunt heads his list
of female celebrities with Mrs. Ad-
ans, ''rare mistress of thought and of
tears;" while the elder sister, Eliza,
who when quite child developed
wonderful talent for music and COM
position, is alluded to in the same
poem:-
Some lady musician completed the bower
At the head of whom earnestly gazed Lizzie
Flower.
Nearly all Mrs. .Adams's hymns and
poems were set to music by her Sis
ter; "Nearer, my God, to Thee" be
ing especially beautiful. 1t is not
easy, however, and requires several
good soprano voices, but when sung
as it used to be at South Place Chapel
during the ministry of Mr.. w. j. Fox,
father of Mrs. Bridell Fox, the full
beauty of the composition is strik-
ingly apparent.
A few years ago Mrs. Fox placed
complete copies of both Miss Flow
er's sacred and secular music in the
British Museum, together with copy
of Mrs. Adams's religious drama,
"Vivia Perpesua," (now out of print,
her hymns, and the little memoir. In
1888 selection of Miss Flowers sa
cred music, in which is included
'Nearer, my God, to Thee, was pub
lished by Messrs. Novello. The hymn
by which Mrs. Adams is best known
was written in 1910, short while
previous to the publication of "Vivia
Perpetual" it is the only composition
of this authoress to be found in
"Hymns Ancient and Modern"
"How she composed her hymns"
Mrs. Fox says, "can hardly be stated.
She certainly never had any idea of
composing them. They were the
spontaneous expression of some strong
impulse of feeling of the moment;
she was essentially a creature of i'm
pulse. Her translations would, OF
course, be to certain extent. an ex-
ception; also, perhaps, when she was
writing words for music already in
use in the chapel" Both sisters died
at an early age-within less than two
years of each other-Eliza in Decem-
ber, 1916, and Sarah on the 14th of
The Universalist., 1895-08-17

The Cosmos, the ablest scientific
journal of France, says: "In the insane
asylum the intellectual decadence of six
teen per cent of the inmates is attrib-
uted to drunkenness; the number sever
al years ago was but eleven per cent"
1t will be remembered that at the
last Presbyterian General Assembly
action was taken with regard to students
of Union Seminary which was generally
regarded as boycott of that institution.
Notwithstanding the clear expression Of
the sense of the Assembly. the Presby-
terry Of Otsego has taken under its care
Frank B. Seeley, student at the Union
Theological Seminary in New York, and
granted him license to preach. This
action will be considered at the next
meeting Of the New York Synod, Octo-
ber %.
The Universalist., 1895-08-17

August, 1913; hymns by the latter
with her sisters expressive music, be-
ing sung at the funerals of both.
The MS. of "Nearer, my God, to
Thee" is now in the possession of
Mrs. Bridell Fox. The original por-
trait of Mrs. Adams Ia very slight
sketch, is also in Mrs. Fox's posses
sion. 1t is believed to have been
made by Miss Margaret Gillies, min
iature painter, and member of the
old Society of Painters in Water Col
ours (now called the RoyaD just be-
fore Mrs. Adams's marriage in 1884.
The Universalist., 1895-08-17
CONTENTS.
CHICAGO, SATURDAY. AUG. II. 1895.

Page One.
Editorial Briefs.
sThe Greatest Thing in the World.
Some Notable Hymns.-I.
DenOminational Recognition.
Problem of Tramp and Pauper.
Page Two.
Sermon: The Second Death.
Selections.
Page Three.
The Sunday School Lesson.
General Convention Receipts.
Page Four.
Editorial:
BenevOlence and Natural Law.
The Ethics of Evolution.
Some Difference Yet.
Wayside Notes.
Personal, etc.
Page Five.
Church News and Correspondence.
Page Six.
The Family Page, Farm, Garden and Dairy
Page Seven.
Our Boys and Girls.
Page Eight.
News of the Week.
Church Notices and In MemOriam.
The Universalist., 1895-08-17

1T seems to have been actually set
tied in Russia to stop using Siberia as a
penal colony. Turavieff, Minister o..
Justice, announces that hereafter no or
binary criminals will be transported
thence, but only convicts belonging to
the nobility or the professions, and they
will be confined to the remotest northern
regions. The experience Of England
with her earlier penal settlements is
quoted by him in justification of this at
tempt to give to Siberia new character
and attract to it free colonists.
The Universalist., 1895-08-17

William Cullen Bryant was won't to
lay great emphasis upon his wife's opin-
ion of his work. At her death he said:
II never wrote poem that l did not re.
peat it to her. and take her judgment
upon it. l found its success with the
public to be precisely in proportion to
the impression it made upon her"
The Universalist., 1895-08-17

Higgins, whose powers of descrip
tion prove him no mean master of
speech, and whose eloquent language
conveys at least hint of the sublime
reality. Gan inferno, swathed in soft
celestial fires; whole chaotic under
world, just emptied of primeval foods
and waiting for new creative word;
boding, terrible thing, unfinchingly
real, yet spectral as dream, eluding
all sense of perspective or dimension,
outstretching the faculty of measure
ment, overlapping the confines of
definite apprehension. The beholder
is at first unimpressed by any detail;
he is overwhelmed by the ensemble
of stupendous panorama, thous-
and square miles in extent, that lies
wholly beneath the eye, as if he stood
upon mountain peak instead Of the
level brink of fearful chasm in tn
plateau whose opposite shore is thir-
teen miles away. A labyrinth of huge
architectural forms, endlessly varied
in design, fretted with ornamental
devices, festooned with lace-like webs
formed of talus from the upper cliffs
and painted with every color known to
the palette in pure transparent tones
of marvellous delicacy. Never was
picture more harmonious, never flow
er more exquisitely beautiful. 1t
flashes instant communication of all
that architecture and painting and
music for thousand years have CROP
ingly striven to express. Itis the soul
of Michael Angelo and of Beethoven"
NOTE. The only way to see this
stupendous marvel is to stop off at
Flagstaff, Arizona in going to or from
California, on the Santa Fe-the best
of all the routes to Southern Califor-
nia.-The stage fare to the Canyon,
for the round trip is $40; the hotel
expense one dollar meal or lodging;
and the horse to the bottom of the
Canyon and return, $3.50 and the
guides services for the day SIS, to be
divided among the party. Two days
should be devoted to this Canyon,
and two to going and returning.
The Universalist., 1895-08-17
OUR CONTRIBUTORS.
EDITORIAL BRIEFS.

BY PRESIDENT I. M. ATWOOD, D. D.
The Universalist., 1895-08-17
Natural Incapaoity.


Turn now to those whose impedi-
ments of self maintenance are in
ward. Every normal person proba
bly, has capacity enough to sust ain
himself in decent, even though it
be lowlY way, in social and indus
trial relations. Multitudes, however,
are born or grow up with that ca
pacity greatly impaired, or even des-
troyed. Very striking is the phrase
found SO often in official reports as to
seem almost stereotyped, concerning
the inmates of county poor houses,
that ''they are enfeebled in body and
weak in intellect" 1t is a phrase
strikingly corroborated in Dugdale's
study Of the Jukes family. Tracing
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Hard on the Rescuera.

Charlie Brown-later on the famed
Aretemus Ward of literature-and /
were walking toward the Office along
toward 1 o'clock in the morning, when
we were reporters together on the
Cleveland Leader" said Gen. Warren P.
Edgarton, when we heard piercing
cries from the second story Of the house
"'Ah, ha! Beauty in distressv ejacu-
lated Brown. Let's go over
Over we went, and into the room
where the trouble was. We saw a
burly fellow fearfully belaboring his
little mite Of wife, and I rushed in
to do the saving act. Well, that fellow
was whopper. The table was set for
a meal, he evidently being some sort OF
a night-worker, and the first thing he
did was to swing me across the top of
it, making a clean sweep of the dishes
and the hash. Then I was fired under
the table and had II overturned on me.
Just then as got chance to breathe,
l looked around to see what Brown was
doing for the relief Of the country.
Timer he shouted; and as turned
my banged-up head I saw him perched
on chair on the corner, with his watch
in his hand, enjoying the situation
hugely.
The ruffian let me up and we two
proceeded on our way. The next day
after had the pleasure of reading a
vivid account of the fight described by
rounds as Brown saw the scrap
Philadelphia Call.
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THE MYSTIC THREE.
Something About the Tme-Honore
Superstition for the Number.

something About the T1me-H Honor cd
Supervision for the Number.
was reading an article the other
day on the superstitious regard for the
number three, and it set me think
third repetition Of anything is gener-
ally looked upon as a crisis. An arti-
Gle may be twice lost and recovered, but
when lost the third time is lost for
good. Twice a man may pass through
some great danger In safety, but the
third time he loses his life.
II. however, the mystic third can be
successfully passed all is we'll. Three
was called by Pythagoras the perfect
number, and we frequently find it's use
symbolical Of deity. For instance there
are the Trinity of the Christian relig-
ion, the trident of Neptune and the
three-forked lightning of Pluto. In my
thology there are the three Fates, the
three Furies and the three Graces.
Shakespeare introduced three witches.
l can remember the old nursery rhyme
about the three wise men Of Gotham,
and the song of the three blind mice
whose tails were cut of by the farm
er's wife.
I have heard of three volume novels,
and know that most doctors order their
medicine to be taken three times day.
We eat three times a day. The Bible
speaks Of man being thrice blessed
The old saw-"If at first you don't sue
coed, try, try agaln"-gives three trials
Cleveland tried three times for the
presidency and succeeded twice. Surely
he is not going to brave fate and try
again?
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Animal FgEs

Fur is a thread-like fiber which
grows out of the pores of the skins OF
animals. 1t grows in length from the
root, and not from the top, as with
vegetable productions. The lower por-
ton merely lengthens out, and the top
projects forward, consequently, if once
cut, it will always remain blunt. Il
is tubular and filled with Oil. which
gives to the fiber It's color. In addition
to the oil it contains mineral matter.
among which are sulphur and iron. A
close examination of the fiber will, to
a certain extent, show the section of the
country the animal inhabits. The short
and crisp, with an oval or angular
cross section, indicates tropical growth;
the long and soft, with circular cross
section, Northern climate, The fibers
from different structure and value,
that which is taken from the back Of a
land animal being the finest, while the
reverse is true of the animal which
confines itself mostly to water, the
belly being much finer than the back.
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A GERMAN KING OF TRAMPS.'
Once . Valiant Soldier, He Became q

Once . Valiant Soldier, He Became
Hopeless Wreck.
A few days ago there was buried in
Brooklyn, N. Y, the body Of William
Heiser, alias Jumbo" As years of age.
He was known as THE King of
Tramps," and for the past twenty years
was one of the most interesting char
acters of the city. He was the son of
the mayor of a town in Germany, and
through a money broker was in receipt
Of an allowance Of 800 every three
months. Even under the dirt Of a tramp
he showed his breeding. Tall and COM
manding in appearance, he was in the
habit of reminding all with whom he
came In contact that although tramp
he was once a gentleman. OF the thou
sands who knew him no one could con-
tradict him. Twenty years age he made
his appearance In Brooklyn 1t was at
the time when lodging houses were at
tached to the station houses. He was
ever about the Bedford avenue station,
cleaning and tending the furnaces All
attempts to make him talk Of his pre-
vious life we're a failure. His only an
swer was: II am a gentleman il l am
tramp" 1t was his pleasure on receiv-
ing a remittance to take his friends out
and get them drunk and then pay their
fines. Through the money broker it was
learned that Jumbo" gained a gold
medal during the Franco-Prussian war,
but that having incurred the enmity of
the German government he came to
this country. Eighteen months ago, on
expressing a wish to reform, his rela-
tives sent him $1,000, with which he
started in the furniture business, but
failed. An officer found him sitting on
the steps of the hospital at Bedford ave-
nue. and South Third street. He aWoke
him. Keep moving" said the officer.
Jumbos reply. '"They don't know me
any more" WIGS scarcely audible. but he
kept moving as best he could. A few
hours later another officer found him
sitting in the gutter. He made an at
tempt to get up, but fell back uncon-
scious. He was taken to the station
house, where he died. Fortunately the
regular 500 remittance was received
the day after, and he was not buried
| in the potter's field
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A Written
Guarantee
with
every one
In Hard LucR.
MIL TEiTCEN

A seedy looking man with whine in
his voice and threat In his eye stopped
a portiy, prosperous looking man at the
corner of Broadway and Thirtieth
street the other night.
Mister said he, gimme a dime to
get a bed I amt seen either in a
month"
Run away" said the stout man. "If
you'd been honest and told me you
wanted a drink. I'd have given you the
money. Run. quick
Fool that I am" muttered the seedy
man as he approached a iovial appear
ing younger man and asked for 10 cents
for a drink.
'See here" snapped the man ad-
dressed, eff you'd told me you wanted
money to get bed, I'd have given 1t
to you. don't believe in drink"
The seedy man E-oaned.-Exchange.
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DRDRoIT. Nov. 8.-The work of rescu-
ing the bodies OF the victims of Wednes-
days explosion went steadily along all
day and night. Over thirty bodies have
been recovered and ideDtiied The num-
Der changes frequently on account of the
new and CHASTITY discover es brought to
right in ths ruins. The number killed
Will approximate forty.
Late developments show conclusively
that the negligent care of the boiler was
the cause of the catastrophe. The official
inspectors and competent engineers
examined the portion OF the wreck where
the boiler stood ind pronounced the
cause rs low water, causing superheated
condition of the huea, which was followed
by dangerous injections OF cold water
Engineer Thompson's carelessness Is
strongly condemned.
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MADISON, Wis. Nov. 2, '95,

Nh Dear Mr. Edior:-Having no
ticed in a recent issue of your paper,
a statement as to the union or cOnsol-
idation Of the various literary socie-
ties Of the city, and being very much
interested in the welfare of all liter
airy societies, / would ask the liberty
to submit for publication few sug-
gestions.
The union of the literary societies
of the city, If understand the state
ment correctly, would not in my opin
ion, be the best thing for the societies.
1t would certainly make the resulting
! society too large for beneficial work,
and would thus do away with many
of the most valuable characteristics of
good debating society. | would
therefore beg leave to suggest, that
instead of union, the literary socle
ties Of the two or three high schools of
the city, form a permanent debating
league, to have an annual joint debate,
the debater5 to be elected year or SO
in advance, by the members of their
respective societies. This would GER
tainly be of invaluable benefit to the
literary societies 1t would give them
renewed life and vigor, and would
establish position of profit and hon
| or for which each member Of the So
ciety would increasingly strive; thus
furnishing an ample reason for put
ting up good debates at the society's
regular meetings. And | am sure
that the rivalry that would thus be
developed, odded to the rivalry that
already exists, would produce debates
AS able as those of any high school in
the state For what can bring out
a young mans latent powers better
than strong burning feeling OF
rivalry.
Later, perhaps, the winning team
could have an annual debate with the
high schools of neighboring city,
Sheboygan for example. Such sys-
TEN has proved III every instance such
Il marvellous success. that it needs no
detailed comment. It is practically
the system that is in vogue in the
University, where the Joint Debate
League Is composed Of the three liter
airy societies, each society being in the
contest every alternate year. And it
has proved such remarkable system,
that the University ofWisconsin stands
today far ahead of any other Univer
slty in the country in the line of de
bate. And this is said without any
exaggeratioa whatever, for in no col
lege in the lond are debates 50 thor
oughly, SO infinitely and ably worked
up as they are in Wisconsin's great
college. 1hara are annual debates
between the Madison and Milwaukee
High Soho Jls; also between Milwau-
!iee and Ripon; and the debaters who
have represented these high schools
IN such contests are eagerly sought for
by the university literary societies,
and have in all cases proved able de
baters. 1t is certainly in my opinion
an excellent way of making young
men able and fluent speakers. and will
do much towards bringing to light the
merits of young students. l have
derived as much benefit from my liter,
airy society work, as from any study
N the University. Hoping that these
suggestions may prove Of some value,
remain, Yours faithfully,
ALBERT H. SCHMIDT
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A HOUSEHOLD TREASURE.

D. w. Fuller, Canajoharie, N. Y,
says that he always keeps DIR. Kings
New Discovery in the house and his
family has always found the very best
results follow its use; that he would
not be without it if procurable g. A.
Dykemah, Druggist, Catskill, n Y,
says that DR.. Kings New Discovery is
undoubtedly the best Cough remedy,
that he has used it in his family for
eight years, and it has never failed to
do what is claimed for it. Why not
try remedy so long tried and tested.
Trial bottles free at Henry Hinrich, S
Drug Store. Regular size Soc and
S100.
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SBEToYGAN FALLs. Wis. New. =
Charles kroener has been sent to jail
for six months GA charge OF cruelty
to his six-months' child. which he
hurled on a bed with such force as to
break the hip bone and otherwise
seriously bruise it. When first arrested
for assaulting the Child the full extent
of its injuries was not known and the
inhuman father was fined 81 and
costs Afterwards an examination 10y
physicians disclose the serious nature
of the injuries, and in case of its
death, which is not unexpected.
Kroener will be re arrested on charge
of manslaughter. There is much
feeling against the father.
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NOTICE.

TO the owners and occupants OF lots and OAR
GELS of land fronting on 4th street between State
aud Park streets inclusive in Blocks ITO and
Ill You and each of you are hereby notified
that the tax roll for the improvement of 4th
g! re t between state and Park streets inclusive
in Biz cks ITO and Ill has been delivered to me
for collection and you are required 20 pay to me
within thirty days after the date of this first
ubIcatIon hereof the taxes char ged in said tsx
roll 10 the lots and parcels of land owned by you
respectively toset O. with q commission OF two
per cent. of such taxes If paid within fifteen
days after the first public rtion hereof and fye
per cent of such amoant II paid after fifteen
days al d within thirty days rom the first pubIi-
cal ION thereof.
Dated October 18th, 1895.
now G., A. GiEIl W tity tn easurar
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Doctor" said an old lady the other
day to her family physician, ''can you
tell me how it is that some folks are
born dumb?"
Why, hem! certainly, madam" re-
piled the doctor. 1T Is owing to the
fact that they come into the world
without the faculty of speechr'
Dear NE" remarked the old lady
"now inst see what it is to have a
medical education. I've asked my
husband more than a hundred times
the sane thing, and all that l could
get cut of him was, because they
are
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Governor Tilden believed in encour-
aging the aspirations of young men
with a taste for political life, and in
according to them all the opportunities
for honorable party service and dis
tinotion that could be put in their way.
Every man was to be used, and to be
given employment, as far as possible,
that would be congenial to him. The
party that adopts and follows theory
impossible. and adherence to such a
reasonable theory will add to rather
than diminish the number Of members
Of Its conventions conspicuous for char
acter and worthy of confidence
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New YOSa. Nov. To NIGHT Thu

NEw YoRa, Nov To night Tho
mas and Richard Walter, the owners
OF the place, and Richard ManIey, a
contractor, were in q saloon at One
Hundred and Forty eighth street.
playing car Is. William Gillon. the
b Keeper; Robert Kenny. a railroad
man. AMI Richard Pope were seated
at another table ana were looking
towards the front door of the saloon
when tErae men walked in wearing
masks. The tallest of the three drew
a revolver and pointed it at the crowd
with the remark: Hold up your
handsr' Every one threw up his hands
ex opt Pope. He picked up a chair
and advanced threateningly to the
men with the masks brain that
man with gun" cried ont Kenny TO
Pope. That instant shot rang out
and Pope fell to the floor dead. The
other men fled and left the burglars
in possession of the saloon. The
Police were notified and q patrolman
ran to the saloon to fud it unoccupled.
! he cash drawer stood open. No trace
OF the men could be found The police
think they are members of a Wild
West show that came to the city last
night from Atlanta.