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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-07-13
SATURDAY. JULY IS.
EDITORIAL.

&c H ER HEz LA
Revivifying the FEMME has ever
fast' been favorite max
i'm to those who like Virgil in his
Eneid, hold that in the last analysis
a woman will be found to be the leader
or doer of the deed This maxim, like
Richards Ovens discovery of theDenor-
mis- from single bone of the bird. or nj.
E. Piette's proposed reconstruction OF
the woman of the quaternary period
from the fragments of a statuette carved
out of horses tooth, and found at Mas
L'Azil, has been found useful even in
the more certain readings of the anti
quarians among the hieroglyphs of
Egypt. The classical Archaeological is
often amused and sometimes perplexed
by his "finds." but certainly not more
amused or astonished than the writer's
of these fragments themselves would
have been had they been permitted to
see the curious destiny of their memori-
ais, and consider what tri1ing matters
they had committed in their message to
posterity.
Professor j. P. Mahaffey, in the Athe-
naum. for instance, describes papyrus
in the British Museum of the date lis
BIC, containing the complaint OF the
daughters of a certain Druton, and tell
ing how Ariston was encroaching on
their property. 1t is in these evidently
unstudied and unprecedented messages
of the past that we often get glimpses
that help us materially to revivify the
past and make the dead bones OF history
to live. Rameses and Sesostris, Achilles
and Agamemnon, seem ordinarily too re-
mote for our unaided imagination to
make of them less than demigods. But
some day an Archaeological in Egypt
comes across such an inscription as this:
"Noon was announced. The children
left school shouting for JOY" or 1.-THE
youth had back and he paid strict at
tention when he was beaten" and Egyp-
tian life of thousands of years ago once
more starts into being and we take
personal interest we never could have
derived from the pages of Rollin or the
stately tones of history Of the older
school.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04
BIG DAM GIVES WAY.
GREAT CALAMITY IN FRANCE.
Tremendous Flood sweeps Away Villages
believed That Oyer Hundred Lives
We're Lost.

EpinaI, France, April 2S-An enor-
nous reservoir near here burst yester-
day, inundating many villages in the
district and drowning numbers of PEG
pie. so far thirty -eight corpses have
been recovered. The damage done 20
property is tremendous.
The great Bousey dixie of the Epinal
district of the Vosges, it now appears,
burst at FIVE o'clock in the morning.
The cubic area of the dyke Is $1,000 600
metres.
The whole region over which the
thousands of tons of water swept IN Il
resistless flood. is strewn with every
sort of wreckage, and the whole country
presents a most desolate appearance. In
many places the early crops were
swept clean out of the ground and the
losses thus incurred will be very heavy
The list OF the fatalities Increases
every hour. One hundred and fifteen
deaths have already been reported, put
only fifty bodies have been recovered
1t is believed that the death list VIII DE
greatly n excess of the figures above
given when all the districts are heard
from. II is supposed that many OF tue
dead were swept into Isolated places,
where it will be long time before the
bodies are found.
The prefect Of Verges estimates the
number of victims at III. This loss of
life is probably under-estimated. as
news has not yet been received OF the
parish of Frizen, which the torrent
passed The sound of the bursting OF
the dam was heard several miles away
The great rush of water lasted about
fifteen minutes. when 6,GOO,OOO cubic
meters of water had passed through the
break.
A stone cutter who had just com
menced work a short distance from the
reservoir. saw the front of the wall,
sixty feet high and from 100 to 100
yards long come down almost instant
iy. The water poured down the valley
forming n bore about sixteen feet high.
A thorough system for relieving tile
needs of the homeless people has been
adopted.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04
SPEAKER CRISP FOR SILVER.


agc--says 1t l. Bound 20 Win.
Kansas City. Mo-. April 2s.--A spe-
cIal to the Times from Atlanta Geor-
,,ia says: Speaker Crisp. who Is at
home In Americas. IN an interview
with a correspondent today. declared
for the free coinage OF silver and gave
IL as his opinion that the Democrats
should nominate a Western man Tor
the presidency. In the course OF the
interview. which is quite lengthy Mr..
Crisp says. among other things;
"Therc should never have been any
doubt as to my position on the gues-
ton. | made q speech for free silver
IN years ago, before anybody but poll
ticiaus had considered II. ! stand 10
what | then said, and have never
varied
",rue disposition of the tariff clears
the way for the settlement of the sill
yer question. That question" said Mr..
Crisp. .mphatically, "is how fully he
fore us
'.Win 1t be the issue before the PEG
PIE next year,
at will" said he, ''nnd in such u
way that it must be settled directly
not by subtcrfuge or evasion, but open
IS. so the people may understand H.
The majority Of the American PEG
ple In both political parties are III lay-
or Of the restoration uf she free coin
age OF silver. They are Today behind
the free silver movement aud Will push
it on to success and have silver re-es-
tablished to It's old equality with gold
'Tn the next campaign the rehabili-
iation Of silver viii he the main and
controlling issue upon which the Dem
ocracy will appeal to the people, The
platform 20 be adopted in 1896 should
declare for the free coinage Of silver
direct. with set Of principles respond
ing to the demands of the common peu-
pie. We should select some good man
from the West. some man with mill
tary record. identified with the donIi.
nant sentiment that now controls the
party. The oLly fear have is. not
that people are not 10 favor of free sill
yer, but that the free silver people,
who are In the majority, may divide
into fractions.
~ am" concluded Mr.. Crisp. ''in fav-
or OF the free coinage Of silver a.
have always been, and the Democratic
voters will declare for it next year.
''The talk OF Mr.. Cleveland for II
third term. under any conditions. has
no basis. The people will not make
that break In the record. His views on
the financial question are not shared
by the people
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04

Tacoma, Wash. April 20.-WAeu the
government coast and gcudcflc survey
steamer Hassler. which has been al
work on the coast twenty years. was
offered for sale here the other day,
Captain John irving Of Victoria, Il. G..
was the highest bidder at low figure
$3.50. The treasury department has
rejected the hid, but on entirely BueN-
pected and peculiar grounds.
Word received here to-day from
Washington city states that under no
circumstances, whether the bid WIZ
high or low. would vessel of this gov
eminent be sold TO aliens. irving was
formerly n citizen Of this country. but
recently IL said % have declared allie
glance TO Queen Victoria irving was
formerly manager on Puget Sound for
the Pacific Coast Steamship company
1t IL understood lie intended to RIM the
HassIer between fhc Souad and Next
can ports.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04
At the Paris Ociroi.

porter found us small omnibus into
which we put our traps. Then he went TO
the ''octroi' for our luggage. This was I,
great circular counter, inside which stood
the custom house officers. The Luggage WAS
Nothing to declare. madameT' said blue
and red demon to me.
''Nothing, monsieur" said i, with a melt
Ing smile. 80,
The porter unstrapped my box, and
this animated outrage diyed his fingers right
down into 1t.
mo cigars no tobaccof"
sob, no. monsieur" said /, virtuously
shocked at such an idea.
However he trundled my things about.
and at last esped tin of tongue which my
"Hat' in tone Of thunder; "what is
thisf' ,
Meat, monsieur. OK tongue"
''You must pay duty"
So he gave me little ticket, with which
] had TO step up TO a pigeonhole and pay
about 4d. Then my box was relocked ana
corded, and we went TO the little omnibus
and started.-Temple Bar.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04

Those spiteful persons who had an
idea that portion of the Gould mil
lions were lost to all good now that
they had fallen into the hands OF a
foreign nobleman, will read with profit
this paragraph culled from the society
columns of Partisan journal: LIE
comte ct la comtesse de Castellane,
done nous annoncons plus loin lie mar
iage, ont voulu associer les pauvres
de Paris leur bonheur. lis ont enyoye,
uHe somme de vingt mile francs au
cure du Gros-Caillou, leur paroisse,
pour etre immediatement Distribute
aux pauyres."
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04

Spring is the season for cleansing and
renewing the blood. During the winter
it has crept sluggishly through the
veins, gathering impurities from indoor
air, from fatty substances in the food,
and from many other sources.
The great blood purifying medicine
especially prepared to do this work is
Hoods Sarsaparilla. 1t will give to the
blood purity, richness and vitality and
these will bring health and vigor, strong
nerves, good appetite, refreshing sleep
and powers OF endurance.
Cleanse your blood by taking Hoods
Sarsaparilla, renovating preparation
especially prepared to make pure blood,
then you may enjoy the season OF How
ers and birds and outdoor pleasures,
for you will be healthy, strong and well.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04
can ports

Dubuque. iowa. April ao--A strang-
cr walked inio %" Ip.Ta trust aud
Saving bank t9-dhy and went ~ 10 the
coulter, behind which tho funds for
the days use were piled struck the
window with - euall haamp.r :liat lie
carried. with the eyideut Intention If
grabbing the funds aid escaping be-
fore the employees lad recovered from
their surprise. Teller Maurice Brown
was standing near. and " the window
broke he took in the siipa ton 8t once.
Selling 4 nearby revolver hr tircd at
the man, the balI taking eject in the
bead. The robber Is seriously bat not
dangerously wounded AMI " now un
der arrest
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04

Most of the colored people who wen,
to Mexico a year ago from Alabama
and Georgia are returning to their ole
homes. They were misled by roseatc
pictures of Mexican land and society
which closer inspection proved to be
false. Now the victims of this delu-
sion are anxious to get back to their
native homes in any way possible. The
millions Of colored people in the south
are here to stay. A few may find their
way to Africa, but 500 are born where
one leaves this country to remain
abroad.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04
AFFAIRS IN NICARAGUA.
Bitter Against the British Likelihood of
kcyo,ution.


Revolution.
Managua, Nicaragua. via Galveston,
April 29.-The commander Of the Near
aguan troops on the mainland Of Nj
caragId, reported at 8 o'clock this
morning that the British flag was still
floating over the public buildings Of
Cor!nt1, and that the port remained IN
possession of the British warshipg
Am"pg the Nicaraguan troops and pop
ulace, the greatest excitement prevails
and The feeling against Great Britain
Is increasing in bitterness every hour
Some Of the European consnls here
are using their good offices with the
government Of Nicaragua in an attempt
TO persuade the latter to submit 10
Great Britain pleading In support Of
their arguments the fact that the Uuit-
ed States has determined to remain metz
trail. and thar Nicaragua is helpless
wher opposed to such power as GTCa.
Britain
a special from Corinto says: Taking
advantage Of The uncasiness manifest
ing Itself throughout the republic, the
opposition party is making IN attempt
TO overthrow the present admiuistIa-
ton by force of arms. The government
is aware Of the scheme, and Is adopting
measures tc nip 1t In the bud Martial
law has been pfoclaimed ana recruits
are being enrolled.
II is reported that the British consul
las been handed his passports The
governor Of the Mosquito territory has
been recalled. but refuses 10 surrender.
his authority unless compelled 10 do 20
by force.
y dispatch from San Juan del Sur an
rounccs that the Wild Swan has az.
rived there. There Is reason to b..
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04

There are fresh complaints of OPP
preston from the American missiona
ries in Turkey. 1t is beyond doubt thai
these worthy people are in arduous
straits. Indeed. to the unprejudiceo
observer they seem to have taken hold
of the conversion of Turkey by the
wrong end. If they had begun by CON
yerting the sultan there wouldn't be E
Mussuiman in Turkey by this time
or his head would have adorned pix
IN the imperial seraglio.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04
Hoods SarsaparilIa
Is the Only
True Blood Purifier
Prominently in the public eye to-day.
Be sure to get Hoods and only Hoods.


Correspondents sent by the chief English
Journals have succeeded In getting into Ar.
mcnla. In spite OF the opposition Of the
Turkish government and the London papers
and kilograms confirming the worst r.
ports. The backness of the dinholical
story is relieved here and there by flashes
of heroism. Several correspondents mention
that one pretty girl was led along line Of
jeering soldiers and was ordered to choose
her lover. Pretending to whisper something
In the ear of the soldier whom She selected
she snatched his bayonet and stabbed her
self to the heart.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04

Whatever the outcome of his little
libel suit, Dr.. Dana may soothe his
declining years with the reflection tn ii
he has dwelt for a season in the storm
center Of great cyclone Of legal or A.
tory.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04

Ouray. Colo, April % -Saturdny NJ
teTDoon, while prospecting south Of
lows, near Box canon. Charles II. Mos.
seilcl slipped aud fell over The elf for
800 feet before he stopped He tlci,
got up and walked back up the hin 10
get his hat aud coat and came two
miles 10 town. He had four ribs brok.
cp. several cuts on his head which took
nine stitches to dress. and was badIg
bruised up. 1t was woi5ler he w;as
no, instantly killed.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04

81 cannot speak too highly of Hoods
Sarsaparilla, as 1t has worked wonders in
my case. l am "a years Of age and have
been afflicted with salt rheum on my hands
for great many years. 1 tried many
things to cure them, but failed. Ny hands
would crack open and bleed profusely and
the pain was terrible to bear. Since taking
Hoods sarsaparilla the flesh has healed and
the skin is ms smooth as any farmers. |
recommend Hoods sarsaparilla as reliable
medicine and always speak in It's favor."-
LLOYD B. CHASE, Swansea, Mass.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04

Each succeeding story Of the Ar
menian atrocities Is worse than all
the others. 1t is appalling to think Of
what these unfortunate people will
have suffered by the time we receive
. few more reports"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04

An increase of rs per cent in the
price of beef simply means that the
spectators have resolved to make liy-
ing more costly. An increase of such
proport tons ia due not SO much to the
decrease in the cattle crop as to the
increase in the greed Of the monopo-
lists who control the markets.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04

Japan Is the little bee-she
steps in and occupies all the handy
islands, and If peace is made on the
basis of possession, she will be the
possessor.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04

Enough wine has been spilled at Mic
aragua canal banquets to float man
of-war across the isthmus. But still
where's your old canal2
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04
COLORADO.

The list of fatalities among train rob-
bers needs enlaFging still further.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04

Possibly We might stop some Of these
Illegal Chinese entries if we cut off the
pig tail of every Chinaman who enter
by fraud.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04

The Denver Stamping Company has sold
out nil Its stock and interest In the dairy
chandIse Company, who propose TO make
specially of that business. A full line Of all
these goods will be kept In stock. and as
they have wool growers supplies, butchers
supplies, roofers' supplies now they add
dairy supplies, and after twenty-one years
successful business in Denver, they are en-
abled to fully represent the business
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04

The victors of all Cuban engagements
appears to depend entirely on whether
the news comes from Suba or Spain
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04

If the reports from New Orleans are
true, it is apparent that the Mafis
doesn't know when it has had enough
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04

A traveller writes that the women Of
Morocco seldom know their ages. Is
that really SO, or is he just kidding us
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04

1t is not entirely out of the range OF
possibility that one of the main issues
in 1886 may be the Monroe doctrine.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04

1t is learned on good authority tina
the Empress Dowager Of China is yer.
anxious to become a new woman
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04

Recent Developments go to show thai
the popularity of green carnatior
is that it isn't green. and is not car
nation.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04

A st. Louis musical critic thinks IT
Trovatore" is a dead steal. He says
he has heard it before somewhere.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04

An article in an exchange Is called "The
Last Words Of Great Men," but an impress
sion has long prevailed that woman always
had the last words.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04

While the train robbery business Is
booming there appears to be very little
money in it at present.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04

for a receiver about the time there
isn't anything to receive.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04

What "a sense OF relief II Is to know
that you have no more corns. Hindercorns
removes them. and very comforting 1t IL.
he. at druggists.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04

Because an engagement of mnrriage Is Of
ten spoken of as a match that doesn't sig
nifty that there Is any fire or birthstone
=
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04

The British lion is solemn creature
that roars at anything excepting real
ly good Joke.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04

The Sandy Hook pilot is friendly man
He always wants the captain Of an lncom-
Ing steamer 10 drop him a line.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04

Parkcr's Ginger Tonic is popular
for Its good work Suffering. tired, sleep
less nervous women find nothing so soothing
and reyiylng.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04

A dispatch received from a private
source in Japan says to-dgy tJiif the
condition Of affairs between IsYssIg
and Japan begins to look very serious.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04

A correspondent wants to know how to re-
move paint. The best way ~ TO sit down on
II and then get up and walk away.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04

perity of an apology lies in its prompt
ness.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04

members on with eightpcnpy nails, 1t is sure
evidence that he has been disappointed ln
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04

Is the characteristic title of n profnsey II.
Illustrated book containing over one hundred
pages of charmlngly written descriptions OF
summer resorts In the country north and
west Of Chicago. The reading matter is
new, the Illustrations are new, and the In
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1895-05-04

Hoods Pills 9 9ess. h ass ache H sc ''''
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-04-26
ANOTHER IMITATION.

A Washington dispatch says;
United. States Consul Morris, at
Client, Belgium, in a report to the
State Department, describes a new
process of making artificial cotton,
which has been remarkably success
full, the product being much cheaper
than the natural cotton and possess.
ing most of its qualities. The basis
is wood.pulp, which, by course of
treatment, is changed into pure
cellulose and spun into thread, and
then woven into cloth. 1t resem-
bles ordinary cotton. 1t is not as
strong as the natural product. 1t
weaves and works well, and can be
dyed as well as cotton. BY coating
it with parafne and passing it over
glass a beautiful brilliancy may be
given to it. Much greater strength
can be impaired by parchmentizing,
when it acquires a semi-transpar-
ency. The cloth wears well and has
a good appearance"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-04-26
MEMS MEMORIES.

Sir Isaac Newton could remember
the first six powers OF every number
under 100.
Webster is said to have been able
to repeat the most, If not all OF
Paradise Lost"
Beethoven could remember any
selection of music he had ever heard,
and reproduce most Gift.
Peter the Great, of Russia, is said
to have known by name every officer
and soldier in his body guard OF
1000 men.
John Bunyan made himself very
popular among his people by remem-
bering them all. He said face never
left him.
Alexander the Great knew Homer
by heart, and could repeat both the
"Iliad" and the Odyssey" from
memory.
Henry Clay knew personally and
remembered the names Of thousands
Of his constituents. 1t was his
strong point during canvass.
Bulwer Lytton knew all the odes
and other poems of Horace by heart
He translated large portions OF Hor'
aces poems into English verse.
Lincoln's memory for the details o.
national business was unexampled
He recalled the particulars of every
Cabinet meeting with the most scru'
pulus exactness.
Bailie tells the story Of a waiter
in a London restaurant who, on a
wager, committed to memory the
entire contents OF a daily newspaper
OF eight pages, advertisements and
all, performing the feat in tour hours
Caesar had memory little short
Of miraculous. No detail of the bust
ness of the Empire ever escaped him
and once, being reminded of a law
suit that had occurred 20 years be
fore, he gave all the details of the
case. 1t was said he could repeat
over 5000 lines OF poetry.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-04-26
THE NEW YORK BARGAIN CLOTHING STORE.

member, this stock was made up for this
Spring and Summers Trade-no shop
worn, mouldy Clothing, with dust under
the collars, old enough to be pensioned-
everything nobby, stylish brands, new
and up to date, and sold at the most
ruinous prices to raise the Cash, which
we must have in the time specified. At
this sale, you can buy three or four suits
for the price you have been accustomed
to pay tor one. To fail to take advan-
tage of this greatest of slaughter sales,
is to miss the opportunity of a lifetime.
An inspection will cost you nothing, and
will be dollars in your pocket. Bear in
mind, this sale is for 60 days only, posi-
lively no postponement. Everything
sold as advertised. All goods guaranteed
as represented, or money refunded. Be-
low we name only few of the hundreds
of bargains offered. Read every word,
don't miss line. This means you.