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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-03-02
Give Proper Food.

Liebig says, 1.-The use of spirits is not
the cause but an effect of poverty" The
craving for stimulants in children as
shown by the desire for tea and coffee,
often comes from the same source-that
is. lack of sufficient amount of the
right kind of food. When laborer
earns by his work less than is required
to provide the amount or kind of food
which is indispensable in order to re-
store fully his working power. an I'M
yielding, memorable law of necessity
compels him to have recourse to spirits.
He must work. but in consequence of in
sufficient food certain portion of his
working power is daily wasting Spirits
by their action upon the nerves enable
him to make up the deficient power at
the expense of his body, to consume to-
day that quantity which ought naturally
to have been employed a day later
Table Talk.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-03-02
HORTICULTURE.

The late Towering wild azalea, taken
from the woods in spring, pruned in and
we'll mulched for the summer, fourishes
we'll in any good garden situation. 1t
blooms in June and July. and is the
most sweet scented of them all. The
blossoms are white, and stay out in their
beauty long time.
1t may be sign of care, but it is not
a sign of the highest knowledge of the
art, when heavily laden branches in the
orchard are propped up because of their
great store of fruit. AS soon as this
fruit formed so abundantly it should
have been thinned out. Only expert
ence can teach when this Intervention
is required.
1t is better to prevent blights upon
the foliage of trees by spraying with the
Bordeaux mixture where they are even
anticipated. but even after the foliage is
affected the spraying stops the injury
where it is. preventing any further
spreading. We hardly yet appreciate
the value Of these mixtures.
All bedding plants flower the better
when decayed blossoms are removed.
The rhododendrons and azaleas should
have this attention. otherwise the ripen-
ing of the seeds tends to check the
plants growth. If the spirea burmalda
is thus watched, with it's fiat heads OF
rosy pink flowers, which are 80 perfect
about the last of June, the bush will
seldom be without some display from
June until October.
The soil is bank OF deposit for fertil-
izing; a convenient place for keeping
raw material TO be converted into agri-
cultural and horticultural products as
needed. We can all do business at this
bank. but the combination to all of ma
lures inner doors must be understood
we'll If each would get bis share.
One can not grow good pork from
sickly pig, neither can he raise good
berries from a sickly plant. 1t is i'm
perative that all sickly plants be dis
carded. Weak plants can not produce
vigorous growth nor fine fruit. Keep
only the best, produce only the best
grade up with care.
Many reasons are given for the failure
Of apple crops in regions where they
were once abundant. Beside the de-
struction of the forests and the intro
duction OF diseases. is there not another
cause to be found in the neglect of the
hardy, full bearing seedlings Of our
fathers for the tenderer varieties which
bear more name than fruitY
1t is some trouble, but the bagging Of
grapes to preserve them from rot.
fungus diseases and the attacks of bees
and birds is a sure thing. and who val
ues his fruit will not be slow in in doing
it. This should be done soon after the
punches are formed.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-03-02
CHILDREN UNDER FIRE.

Children, even those who are naturally
timid, become accustomed to danger
more readily than their elders, and will
often show themselves Indifferent or
actually merry and playful amid circum-
stances of great peril and privation
Lady Inglis, a survivor Of the siege of
Lucknow, relates that during those ter
rible eighty seven days the children of
the Residency were kept as much as
possible indoors, within the close and
narrow limit of their mothers quarters,
because, although no refuge was avail
able where the enemy's fire could not
penetrate, they were there least exposed.
But heat and confinement, combined
with short rations and lack of milk, so
affected the health of those whom the
exposure and privation did not kill that
occasionally they were allowed to go
into the courtyard to play.
Bullets often battered near them. their
pet goat was killed there. and tree
upon which swing had been put up
was destroyed by bombshell; but this
in no wise lessened their eagernes for
the privilege, and the poor little things
could be seen making miniature forts,
mines and trenches in the dirt, or play
ing feeble game of tag at the risk of
their lives. Lady Inglis's little son
Johnny, four years old, soon learned
when a bullet whistled past him to
judge by the sound where it must have
fallen, and would run and pick it up
while it was still hot from the gun.
An American girl who was child in
Paris during the Commune describes
in the Century the feelings of herself
and her brother and sister when under
fire. Her first experience was when.
while they were all playing together in
the house with an army of tin soldiers,
her elder brother asked if she had ever
heard shell whistle. On her replying
in the negative he began to tell how the
day before, while on the roof with the
butler, he had heard peculiar sound;
the man had ordered him to lie down;
but before he could finish the anecdote
he was interrupted by a repetition of
the same frightful noise, loud whistle
increasing in volume until it was almost
deafening.
II felt my knees tremble under me-"
his sister says, land l slowly sank to the
floor, where remained for a few mo-
ments while the sound gradually grew
fainter and farther away, as the proiec-
tile passed without striking anything.
Terribly frightened looked up and saw
that we had all three crouched down
with our faces in our hands; and as we
stood up one after another my brother
with long breath and sigh OF relief,
simply said, That's onew
Not long after. the same boy, having
been sent out to do an errand. heard a
cannon-ball whistling and coming be-
hind him down the avenue. His first
instinct was to run from it, but quickly
realising that it was impossible to dis
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-03-02
STOCK.

Sheep are rather dainty creatures.
They not only want food. sound food,
but they want it perfectly clean. This
should be supplied from racks and
troughs which are kept free from dirt
OF every kind. and the drinking water
with which they are supplied should be
also pure.
The English do have better mutton
than we, but only because they have
better grasses. and they feed better and
take better care Of their stock. Their
humid atmosphere has something to do
with their pastures. 1t is folly to be-
lieve that they have any better breeds
OF sheep than we.
The fact of feed influencing flavor
and quality of meat applies especially
to sheep. 1t is undoubtedly true that
an extensive grower of celery fed his
lambs during the winter the roots and
clippings. as he prepared his vegetable
for the market. and gave their flesh
peculiar and delicious flavor.
One must feed fat to get fat. Clover,
bran, middlings, peas and milk promote
growth; then an addition of corn for
few weeks before the time for slaughter
will give such flavor as the average
eater Of pork knows nothing about. Too
much stress can not be laid upon feeding
clean food.
Stunt neither the body nor the intelli-
gence. whether you are raising boy or
a domestic animal. The latter certainly
has intelligence to some degree, and
this can be cultivated. 1t is especially
hard for an animal to unlearn bad &C.
quirements. and they should, therefore,
have only the good ones. Call them
tricks. or traits. or habits. as you will.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-03-02

lance such pursuer, he threw himself
on his face. The ball passed over him
and struck the ground not half yard
beyond, bounded up to the first floor of
house, and fell back.
He jumped up and ran to get it, when
Frenchman coming from the house
refused to let him have it and claimed
it for himself. 1t was still too hot to
touch, but the boy. with the determine
ton and quickness Of true Yankee,
suddenly dropped his hat over it. scooped
it in and ran away with it.
His family, who had heard the explo-
sion and we're looking for him in deep
anxiety. presently saw him running
toward tn m "red with excitement,
holding his hat in his hands and look
ing at it while he moved it up and down
as you would a griddle-cake to keep it
from burning" He came in smelling
strongly of sulphur, and displayed his
hot trophy for their admiration. Be-
fore the Commune ended, the three
young Americans had become so used
to the bombardment that they thought
nothing Of it. and scarcely even noticed
the noise; indeed, the streets seemed
disagreeably quiet whenever an armis-
tice caused cessation of the firing.
Often when shell whistled near at
hand, they had not even heard the ex-
plosion of the cannon which must have
projected it.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-03-02

white sugar over them and compelled
him to eat them), Pa Brown took a
tremendous fancy to small fruits, and
also to good variety of vegetables,
and made bargain with Rebecca to
this effect-that he would order just
as many things from that famous
catalogue as she would agree to take
care of. And as Rebecca had agreed
to take care of good many things
and is girl of her word, you can now
understand why her garden has en-
larged SO wonderfully, and can imag-
inc, hope, what blessing it is to
the whole family.-Americdn Agrd-
culturist.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-03-02

that new tooth might be driven in on
wooden peg, tooth that was a perpet-
ual trouble and never permanent. A
tooth that ached then was extracted
without remorse, and a filling, when fill
ings came to be known, as often dropped
out as staid in. Now, on the contrary.
if the tooth must be parted With. there
are so many ways Of evading the pain
that, had they existed in the old time.
Isaac of York might have kept his money
and the anodynes are 80 used that the
patient is conscious and sees the whole
operation and suffers nothing at all.
But no tooth is taken out now that can
possibly be kept in. II nerve must be
killed it is usually killed painlessly, and
the tooth that once could not bear per.
manent and solid filling is treated till it
is able to do so. Even when tooth is
so nearly gone that retaining points for
the filling are not to be had, tiny gold
screws can be inserted whose heads
answer for the points, fine gold wire
can hold the fragile sections together
and be built about, and anodynes have
been found that can be injected into the
gum or applied to it and do away with
mu n of the pain once attending bad
excavation or tender filling. Filings
are made so artistically. too, as almost to
be beautiful in themselves; and it is
even possible, in case of cavity on the
front surface of tooth, to insert a bit of
enamel SO delicately that even the cracks
cannot be iscerned.-Harper's Bazar
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-03-02
FARM GARDEN AND DAIRY.
Instructive Reading for Agricuturists.
PREPARED EXPRESSLY FOR "THE UNIvERsALIsT,

The export of choice butter is increas-
ing. and European cities are taking ship
loads of this product and of our cheese.
The family demands for milk are reduc-
ing the supply for co cooperative butter
making, and with every farmer must
there come the decision whether there
is more profit for BIN in peddling out
his milk or selling his butter.
Remove the calf before it has sucked.
and proceed with the milking as if there
we're no calf in existence. The ma
ternal instincts will be satisfied if the
mothers are treated gently and kindly,
and the calves will be no trouble if thus
made to drink from the first.
There is no need of making butter at
loss with SO wide demand for a gilt
edged article, yet plenty of people con-
tinually suffer this loss, and do not seem
to know just how to locate nor remedy
it. 1t is safe to say that ninety-nine
farmers out of hundred never have
any right appreciation Of the possibilities
of intelligent dairying.
There seems to be no uniform nor sat-
isfactory way in this country for packing
butter for shipment. Make box about
IL inches long by 10 square out of some
tasteless wood, and line it with prepared
waxed paper, soaked in brine to keep it
from moulding. 1t can be nailed up
air tight and shipped thousand miles,
and this has an added charm of econ
omy.
Food fed for beef would make more
profit if fed to COWS for butter. Food
which will make pound of beef, will
make pound of butter, and while the
one may sell for from two to fifteen cents
a pound, the latter will bring from Is to
30. There is less danger from over pro-
duction in the one case, that of butter,
for the more good butter made the more
seems to be wanted.
Anover the sea dairyman said: when
feed my cows one gallon of barley, 1
lose money; when feed two / make
money" Therefore, after you have Sc
lected the required number of good COWS,
give them good food and feed them lib
orally. If possible. have the care Of
them yourself; at least. have close SUI
pervision over them,
Have as many cows as possible fresh
in the fall, and then have good warm
quarters in which to keep them. Moth
ing shout freeze in their stables. The
day Of lean-over sheds is past, where
success has come to the dairymen, The
barn can not be too perfect in all it's
arrangements. and there should be
continual striving after better things.
Consider the difference in the amount
of money each brings, and the length Of
time between returns, when choosing
between beef and butter production.
Butter can be shipped weekly with the
cash returns regularly; while the pigs,
and calves and fields are constantly fed
the waste and the fertilizing elements,
and value is growing up all about you.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-03-02

Not long ago l was walking in the
garden at Hawarden with Mr.. Gladstone.
What would you do with that?" he
said suddenly. pointing to bit of news
paper lying on the lawn. II think I'd
pick it up and take it away" / answered
astonished. "Ah! Well. this is what l
do with it," said Mr.. Gladstone. There
upon he placed the point OF his walking
stick on the middle of the scrap of paper
twisted the stick round and round. and
with much dexterity left the bit of paper
in the soil and out Of sight The Duke
of Buccleuch taught me 10 do that" he
said, as we resumed our walk. ut is
good for the ground
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-03-02
OUR ANGELS.
BY HELEN HUNT.

Obi not with any sound they come. OF slgn'
which feshly ear or eye can recognize;
No curiosity can compass or surprise
The secret of that intercourse divine
which God permits, ordains across the line
The changeless line which bars
Our earth from other stars.
But they do come and go contlnuaily'
Our blessed angels, no less ours than MS;
The blessed angels whom we think we MISS
Whose empty graves we weep TO name OF see'
And yainly watch. as once in Galilee
One, weeping, watched in vain
where her lost Christ has lain.
Whenever in some bitter grief we find.
All unawares, a deep mysterious sense
Ofhidden comfort come. we know not whence;
When suddenly we see, where we we're blind;
Where we had struggled, are content reslgheu'
Are strong where we were weak
And no more strive nor seek.
Then we NAV know from the far glad skies,
To note our need, the watchful Goa mas SENT
And for our ii slant help has calied anu SENT
of all our loving angels the most wise
And tender one. to point to us where lies
The path that will be best,
The path of peace and rest.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-03-02

There went man from home; and 10 his neigh
bors twain
He gave to keep for him, two sacks OF goiden
grain.
Deep in his cellar one the precious charge con-
cealed;
And forth the other went and strewed IL In MS
The man returns at last-asks OF the first MS
sack:
"Here take it; tits the same; thou mast IL saieiy
back"
Unframed it shows without, but when he would
explore
His sacks recesses. corn there finds he now no
One half of all therein proves rotten and de-
cayed,
unon the other half have worm and mildew
prryed
Tho nutrid beap to him in ire he doth return;
And of the other asks, "Where is my sack Of
corn?"
WHO answered, Come with me, behold, how 1t
has Sped"
And took and showed MIN heios Win ""'ins
haryests spread.
Then cheerfuily the man laughed out. and cried'
"This one
Had insight. to make up for the other tnat nau
none.
The letter he observed. but thou the precept's
sense,
And Thus to thee and me shall profit grow from
hence.
In harvest thou shalt fill two sacks OF corn Tor
me,
The residue of right remains in full for thee"
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-03-02
DAIRY.

AS the cities build up everywhere
they require more of our milk to use,
and the butter must come from some
where. This is all to the advantage of
our home diaries which adopt improved
methods and appliances. and are enabled
to make choice butter, which commands
a good price, whether the times are good
or bad.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-03-02

Because it was two-dollar order
the twenty cents would be discounted
and this suited Rebecca's purse ex-
actly, for she had only two dollars
and ten cents, the two dollars being
a birthday gift from an aunt after
whom she was named.
1t was now early in April, and as
it was spring vacation in the district
school, Rebecca had plenty of time
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-03-02

rather eat dried-apple sauce all their
lives-and even dried apple-sauce is
much too good for them, in my opin-
ion!
One day there came to Rebecca's
home a wonderful flower, fruit and
vegetable catalogue. Rebecca's ia
ther looked it over, after chores we're
done, and declared that it was
mighty easy to grow such things
on paper" and then he tossed it into
Rebecca's lap and tipped back in his
chair, and calculated how many tons
of fat pork he was going to add to
this scrofulous world next shipping
day.
Rebecca studied the catalogue by
day and dreamed of it by night. She
had none of the juvenile magazines
and weeklies that are such delight
to many children, for the County
Bugle-blast and Sunday-school
paper made up the literature of the
family, and so this bit of new reading
was very precious to her, illustrated
as it was by roses as large as saucers,
and strawberries almost as big as her
little fist. She read every word, from
the description of hotbeds and cold
frames in front to the list of garden
tools and fertilizers at the back. Then
she wrote out, just for fun, list of
the things she would like. She was
quick at figures, and added up the
column while rocking the baby to
sleep. The amount was only fifty
eight dollars and sixty cents. Re
becca laughed (for she enjoyed joke
as well as anybody, and then she
wrote down the things which she felt
she must have:
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-03-02
A GIRL AND A GARDEN.
BY EMILY H. LELAND.

HE girl, Rebecca by name,
was the daughter of one
of those farmers who are
always in such a hurry
with big jobs that they
have no time for "both-
ering" with a garden; one
of those farmers who, in
stead of taking a little
time to plant strawber-
ries, currants, raspber-
ries and grapes, had
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-03-02
EASTERN VERSION OF THE PAR
ABLE OF THE TALENTS.

BY REV. r. c. TRENCH.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-02-28
THE HAYWARD TRIAL.
Interesting Evidence Brought Out in the
Trial Yesterday.

lutIlCt bIOuSHl Oul Ill TIT
Trial Yesterday.
Minneapolis, Feb. 26.-The hold-uI
story was gone into in the Hayward tria
today and Mr.. Hall used inuendo tc
show that it was Harry Hayward who haC
been the prime mover in the affair. Ii
fact, he asked him if he had not tolC
Adry that he had planned so that &
song was to be signal, but that the man
who did it was such bungler that the
women had time to hide their money and
valuables. Hayward denied it. He adj
mitted that he did not want the matter to
reach the police, but that wah on Adry's
account.
There was a tilt between the attorneys
when the hOld-up story was in progress.
Mr.. Hall asked where Miss Vender was
and Mr.. Erwin said that she had left the
city and was in Iowa. Mr.. Hall asked
the question with hint that the defense
had spirited her away, but Mr.. Erwin sald
he wanted her and had sent tor her 10
come home and testify. Mr.. Hall stated
that he wanted her very badly also. -.
NJ. D. Wilson, the alleged MISSING VIII,
ness. was called on again by the ueleHse
and Mr.. Erwin proceeded to Try 10 III
peach his own witness. MT. han ogJt 4I
nd hut Mr.. Erwin had authority and the
court allowed the questions. lie was
asked if he knew James Ward. MI
Wilson did not remember and he was eA-
b;hited in his seat in the audience. linen
Nr Wilson remembered him. MI. ErWll
asked if the witness had not told Ward
that Adry was the man riding WIN MISS
Cling. near Lyndale avenue and Hehne-
hin, Wilson denied it fatty. lie also
made emphatic denials to other questions
asked him. .ho
Harold c. Stevens was put on. the
stand. He swore that on the night OF the
murder, in company with friend named
Brown. he was coming from the lake on
Il cross road and they saw buggy WIN
n top coming along toward them. lie saw
in it man who had light moustache ana
beard. Here was the man seen by Urn
dali again. He knew the young man
whom Miss Brown stated was with her
Mt that time. but stated that he did not
recognize him, although he passed very
close to them. The court put in ques-
ton which made it appear strange that
he could see the man in the rig and note
his features, when he could not recognize
one of his own friends. Percy Brown,
his companion, stated that he stood a
trifle nearer than his friend and noticed
it particularly. A light from an electric
lamp shone upon it but the curtains and
top to the rig so darkened the interior
that he could not see the mans face or
hands. He swore that Stevens had never
stated to him after the murder that he
could see or describe the features of the
man who was driving so rapidly on that
lonely road. He cOrrobOrated the fact
of meeting the young people and stated
that when he heard the testimony of the
young people for the defense he thought
at once that he and his friends were the
suspicious characters referred to.
This closed the evidence for the day.