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money to make it one of the most
charming places ON the Massachusetts
coast.
The summer activity of the island
centers naturally in Cottage City.
This peculiarly beautiful and unique
of summer towns is built on the most
northeasterly point of the island. In
the north the Vineyard Sound separ-
ates it from the mainland by a dis
tance of about five miles. On the
south the sandy shore stretches away
for something over six miles, curving
with perfect regularity, and termin-
ating in Cape Poge, the southwestern
point of the island. The advantages
of the city's location will at once be
apparent. The only rough weather
which can fnd it's way into the little
bay is in the shape of "northeasters,"
which occur at rare intervals during
the summer. Heavy surf is unknown
at Cottage City, and owing to a min
iature gulf stream which passes the
island, the water is several degrees
warmer than it is off the mainland.
1t was wise foresight, then, that
prompted the selection of this partic-
ular place as the site of Cottage
City, for the most distinctive feature
of that town is that it is not made
for rough weather. 1t IS city of cot
tages and, small and great, cheap
and expensive, they are built for the
accommodation of no elements more
disturbing than warmth, light and
fresh air. There are not to be found
in the town, even in the business por-
ton, if such it can be called, more
than a half dozen buildings of solid
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rs PAUPERIsM ON THE INOREAsE2
BY FRANK B. sANBoRN.
Is Pauperism Increasing in the United
States Views of Noted Expert.


Considering the great importance
of this subject, and the thousands of
pages that have been written upon it,
it is surprising how little it is clearly
known, even among those who deal
with the public poor. 1t has been
seriously disputed that the insane
poor, wholly supported as they are by
the taxpayers of our country, some
times for thirty or forty years, are
really paupers. In fact they are; by
law they are in many of the States,
Massachusetts, for example; though
they ought not to be treated with
the indifference and neglect which
too often fall to the lot of the honest
pauper. Indeed, insanity is one of
the two most active causes of the in
crease OF pauperism in the United
States wherever it is gaining ground.
Taking the country through, and
with the relation to the gain in pop
ulation, pauperism is not increasing
that is, there were as many of the
public poor fifty years ago in the
States then free, in proportion to the
whole number of free inhabitants, as
there are now. In the old slave States,
where slavery took the place of pau
perism, in some degree there has been
an increase of paupers since the
emancipation, but not enough to
overbalance the comparative decline
of pauperism in the North and West
since 1870
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tate boom but was a slow process,
taking years for accomplishment.
The religious features of Cottage
City have not diminished in import
ance as result of the growth of
the town in other respects, but have
gained ground. The Methodist
camp-meetings have taken place reg
ularly every year since the begin
ing and have now assumed large pro-
portions. A Baptist assembly was
also organized some years ago, and
awakened considerable interest
among the Eastern members of the
denomination. The tabernacle is To-
Gated on wooded hill overlooking
the sea, and around it a settlement
has grown up not unlike that of the
Methodists.
1t is sometimes a question with
visitors as to which is the more
charming, Cottage City viewed from
the sea, or the sea viewed from Cot
tage City. Much can be said in ia
vor of both. One is not likely to for
get soon the impressions received on
first seeing from the steamers deck
the streets and roofs of the city of
cottages. There is holiday air about
the place which is refreshing; and a
beauty in the architecture of the
houses and their grouping which
must impress itself upon even the
least artistic mind. One feels there
that Cottage City itself furnishes the
most agreeable of spectacles. But on
landing and walking along the APP
propriately named Sea View Avenue,
it is felt that it is the sea which is af
ter all the crowning beauty of the
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-08-24
CONTENTS.
CHICAGO, SATURDAY. AUG. "a. 1895.

SATURDAY, AUG. "a, 1890.
Page One.
Distinguished Frenehmen on America.
Cottage City, Mass.
Is Pauperism on the Increase?
Page Two.
Sermon on Everlasting Punishment.
Literary vignettes.
Page Three.
The Sunday School Lesson.
Page Four.
Editorial:
The Art of Justice.
Africa In the Next Century.
Narragansett Pier, r. Il.
Summer Outing Papers.
Julie Ward Howe.
Poem: Geo, Il. Root.
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.
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In regard to the book. "As Others
sawHim." Mr.. Zangwill tie Jewish writer
says: Neither Renan nor Farrar nor
any Christian writer has ever possessed
the knowledge or the insight. or the
sympathy necessary 10 reconstruct the
conditions of the status quo ante in Je-
rusalem, and | know of only one man
capable of the task-Dr. Schechter, the
reader in Talmudic at the University of
Cambridge" This is the latest guess as
to the volumes authorship.
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relief would very likely rise to $40
OOO,OOO year, or twenty-eig cents
per capita for our whole population
of 7O,OOO,OOO.
think the outdoor aid for the ma
tion exceeds the sum paid for full
support, not including that for the
insane poor. In New Hampshire il
is as 100000 to $l5O,OOO; in Massa,
chusetts as $1,2OO,OOO to 81, 1,3O0.OOO
in some States it is no more than a
third of the full support; but in
others (the majority in numbers if
not in population), more than two
thirds of the poor-law OUTLAWS is for
out-relief. In the whole country
probably $25,OOO,OOO is now paid for
full support (indoor relief, including
that expended for children in public
homes, the insane poor in asylums.
idiots, and the sick in public or pub
licly aided hospitals. These esti-
mates amount to $4O,OOO,OOO as the
cost of pauperism in year; it NAV
even rise to $45,OOO,OOO. At the rate
we pay in New England it would be
$55,OOO,OOO.
The Cost of Pauperism.
The cost of pauperism in any COM
munity bears relation to the wealth
as well as to the poverty of that COM
munity. Where wealth is divided
with some approach to equality,
and the condition of the people is
prosperous, both the number and the
cost of supporting paupers will usu-
ally be small; where all are unpros-
porous the cost will often be small
though the number of paupers is
large; but where there is great wealth
very unequally distributed, as in
Great Britain, France, and in some
portions of the United States, the ex-
penses of relieving the poor will al
ways be great, and there will be a
tendency for their number to in
crease.
Dependent Children.
Yet the number of public depen-
dents is apt to be swollen by the ac-
cumulation of large wealth in few
hands. New York and California are
examples of this, especially in the
matter of dependent children-a
class in one sense truly paupers, and
in another not. They are naturally
paupers = because, if deserted or
given up by their parents, they can
not support themselves; but thew
ought not to form a pauper class. be-
cause they can soon be trained, with
advancing growth, to become self
supporting-as the chronic invalid.
or insane person, and the aged sell
dom can. A serious defect in the
laws OF these two States, or in their
administration, has stimulated the
formation of an excessively large
class of dependent children. In New |
York, for instance, there were in pri-
Vate or semi public establishments,
last October, some 10000 children
fully supported at public expense;
and more than half these were from
the single city of New York, though
It's population is less than third of
all the States inhabitants. The sum
paid by this city for these children in
year is more than Sl,6OO,OOO, or
nearly ninety cents per capita of its
population; while the State of Mass
lchusetts; with 100000 more people, !
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Two movements womanward are to
be noted. The Protestant Episcopal
Convention of the Diocese of Maine has
just granted to women the right to vote
in parish meetings. and the Methodists
of Colorado have just voted in favor of
admitting women as lay delegates to the
General Conference.
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the same time the position of the
island, on one the greatest thorough
fares for vessels in the world, has
precluded the possibility of its being
lost to view in its commercial rela-
tions. Vineyard Haven on the north
shore, is still a harbor and base of
supplies for the vessels of the coast
trade. But it is after all the summer
life which makes Martha's Vineyard
what it is. Its possibilities for be-
coming successful summer resort
having once been recognized, it has
taken only little American enter
prise and a trihe more American
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were successful, and the number in
attendance at the meetings increased
rapidly. After living in tents for
some time the people began to build
cottages in the irregular manner
described, but around a common GEN.
ter, the meeting place or. tabernacle.
1t was not long, however, before
distinct class of GUNNER residents
began to appear, who extended the
town to the waters edge, built hand
some homes, laid out streets and
parks, and established its character
as summer resort. This develop.
ment was not like Western real es-
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adapted to all classes, and has ample
facilities for their entertainment. 1t
is above all things a thoroughly
healthful and restful place, and as
such deserves place in the front
rank of American summer resorts.
ii. j. s..
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-08-16
PROFITABLE VENTRILOQUISM.

Brewster tells of Il master in his art,
Francis l., whose suit was rejected by the
parents of beautiful and well lowered
girl with whom he was in love He called
on the mother. after the death of the faith
was present, she heard the voice of her
deceased husband expressing remorse for
having rejected Louis Brabant, and con-
juring her to give immediate consent to
the betrothal. Frightened, she consented
Brabant, deeming it desirable to behave
liberal in the marriage agreements, but
not having much cash at command, resol-
we'd to try whether his ventriloquism would
be As efficacious with a money lending
banker as it had been with the widow
Calling on the old .usurer at Lyons, he
managed that the subject should turn up
on the object of demons, spectres, and
purgatory. Suddenly was heard the voice
of the usurer's father, complaining of the
horrible sutferings he was enduring in
purgatory, and saying that there was no
way of obtaining alleviation except by
the usurer advancing money to the visitor
for the sake of ransoming Christians from
the hands of the Turks. The usurer was
terrified, but two much in love with his
gold to yield at once. Brapant went next
day and resumed the conversation, when
shortly were heard the voices of host of
story, and all pointing out the only way of
obtaining relief. The usurer could resist
no longer he placed ten thousand crowns
in the hands of the unsuspected ventrilo-
quist, who, of course, forgot to pay it
over for the ransom of Christians either
in Turkey or anywhere else.
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5elrrt Mi5rellany.
"THOU ART THE MAN."
By HELEN FORREST GRAVES.

Its the last straw that breaks the cam
els back said Lucy, bursting into tears.
The pleasant June sunbeams came peep
ing into the cool, stone paved dairy, where
pans of milk and cream were ranged in or
derly array; great stone pots stood under
the shelves, and blue painted churn was
already placed on the table for service
Mr.. Bellenden was justly proud of his
dairy. Not chance guest came to the
house but was invited down to see it; not
housekeeper in the neighborhood but
secretly envied its many conveniences and
exquisite neatness.
And it isn't the dairy alone. triumph
antlv remarked Seth Bellenden And YOU
may go through til" house from garret to
cellar, and you will never find a speck of
dust or a stain of rust. There never was
such housekeeper as my wife
Mrs. Bellenden was young, too-scarce-
" three e-and-twenty. She had been the
daughter of a retired army officer, deli
cately reared and quite ignorant of all the
ried Seth Bellendcn.
1T very strange" Lucy had written to
her father. The farm is beautiful. You
never saw such monstrouS old buttonhall
trees, nor such superb roses, and the mead
ows are full of clover and the strawber-
ries shine like jewels on the sunny hill
sides. But nobody sketches or reads.
don't think there is a copy of Tcnnyson in
the neig ghborhood, and no one ever heard of
Dore or Millais. All they think of is how
many dozen of eggs the hens lay, and how
many cheeses can be made in II year. And
the woman who has new receipt for waf-
ties, or a new pattern for a horrible thing
they call crazy quilts, is the leader in So
ciety"
But presently youn" Mrs. Bellenden her
self caught the fever and became model
housewife, Example is all powerful, and
Lucy began to believe that the whole end
and aim of life was domestic thrift, mon
ev-saying and the trcadmill of work.
My deaf" said Seth, If YOU thought
You could get along without Hepsv, the
maid, might be able to afford that new
reaper before the oat crop comes in"
"Tll try said Lucy
And after that she rose before lavbreak
and worked later in the nj CHIT than ever.
wv hat is the matter with your hands.
Lucy" Seth asked one day They are
not so white and beautiful as they used to
be?'
Lucy colored as She glanced down at the
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]loetry,
THE ORIGIN OF THE BANJO.

Go way, fiddle. folks's tired hearin' yo squawk-
Keep silence for minute, don't yo' heah de banjo
talkin:
About de possum's tail Is gwine to lecture-adies
About de ha'r whut isn't dar, an why de har am
missin'.
"Dar's gwne to be an ober flow, said Noah, look
in solemn
For Noah TUX de "Herald' an he read de rbber
column;
An so he sot his men to work clearn timber
patches,
An lowed he's gwne to build boat to beat de
steamer .Natchez.'
or Noah KEEP a-nailin'. an a. chppin, an sawin'
An all de wicked neghbors KEEP il laughing an a
pShawn;
But Noah didn't min 'em knowin' hat gwine
ter happen;
An forty days and forty nights de rain it KEEP a
drapp;n'.
Now. Noah had done coched a lot Oh ebery sort o
OBJ all lie shows trabbeIn, it beat em all to pieces.
He had Morgan colt, an sebral head o Jarsey
cattle
An druv 'em board de AK as soon's he heerd de
thunder rattle.
Den sech anodor fall oh ran-it come 50 awful
hebby,
De ribber riz mmeiity, an busted troo de lebbee;
De people sll wuz drowned out-'cep' Noah an de
critters,
An men he'd hired 20 work de boat-an' one to mix
de bitters.
De Ark she KEEP asailln, an a-sailn, an sailin'
De lion got his dander up, an like to bruk de pa
De sarpints hissed-,ie painters yelled-tl, what
wild all de fussin',
Yo' c'u'dn't hardly heah de mate bossin' round
an cussin'.
Now, Ham, de only nrgger whut WIS ruanin' on de
packet,
de racket;
an bent it,
An soon lie had banjo ma,ie-de tust dat was in
vented.
He wet de ledder, stretched it on; made bridge, an
screws, apron
An fitted in proper neck twas berry long an
tap'rin;
He tuk some tin, and twisted him a thimble for to
ring it;
An den de mighty question rz: how he gwine
to string it,
De possum had as fine tail aS dis dat Is singn
De ha long, thick, strong, tit for
banjo stringin;
Dat Niger shaved 'em OF as short wash day din
graces;
An sorted oh EN- by de size from little Els to basses
He strung her, tuned her. struck iig-twaS IN eb-
ber min de wedder''-
She SCUM like forty-lebben bands a playin all to-
gedder:
Some went to pattin: some to dancn Noah called
lie hggers-
An Ham he sot AN knocked de tune, lie happiest Oh
niggers,
Now, sence dat time it's mighty strange -dere's
not de sghtes shown
oh any ha'r at all upon de pnSsum's tail a-grown:
An cuns too,--dau niger ways his people nebber
los EN-
For where 20 find de nigger-dar'> de banjo an de
possum,
Nsic York Herald
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After victory strap the helmet tighter
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LIKES, BERVANGER { Co.'S
ANNOUNCEMENT.
25 Per Cent. Discount.
THIS is NOT A SPASMODIC SALE.
THIS is NOT A CLEARANCE SALE.
THIS is NOT AN ASSUMED SACRIFICE.

w intend rebuilding and remodeng establishment
w from top bottom adding features changing depart
ments whole floors to be taken and the making
alterations for more spacious store This necesates the quick
sale of $3.50 600 worth Of Spring and Summer Clothing made by
for retail trade exclusively To dispose this immense
stock OF goods order be prepared time for the builders
workermer inaugrae ght the beginning the
Rebuilding Sale by giving Cash 25 Per
Cent off our regularly low-lnarked prices
Not wavering ioa from legitimate nerclan-
dlsng III this Unprecedented offer Of per cent discount
midst OF protmakng time join opportunity with ability The
opportunity for selling the quantity is the ability
the public rightly Our stock only that
quality such variety and volume hardly poss
Call and goods and prices convincing argument Keep
posted by reading ads it will pay you
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HOME AND ABROAD.

1t is the duty of everyone, whether at
home or travelling for pleasure or bust
ness, to equip himself with the remedy
which will keep up strength and prevent
illness, and cure such ills as :e liable to
come upon all in everyday life. For in
stance, Hoods Sarsaparilla as a general
tonic, and to keep the blood pure and less
liable to absorb the germs Of disease, will
be well nigh invaluable. Change Of drink
ing water often causes serious trouble, es
pecially if one has has been used 10 spring
water in the country. From few drops
to teaspoonful of Hoods Sarsaparlla
in tumbler of water will prevent the
water having any injurious effect.
Hoods Vegetable Pills, as cathartic,
cause no discomfort, no disturbance, no
loss of sleep, but assist the digestive or
gans, that satisfactory results are ef-
fected in a natural and regular manner
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JONES OMIssIoN-Jones was absent
minded, and as he was about to sail for
the continent with his wife and family,
friend came down to see him off and make
sure all was right. The friend was late
1t was within twenty minutes of sailing
time, but he found Jones smiling and hap
py.
Hello, Jones' he cried. "All right ?''
Yes NODDED Jones; trunks, tickets,
letter of credit, steamer ehair-everything.
Flatter myself that all is right this time"
That's good was the answer
"Where's Mrs, Jones and the family?
Have to tell them adieu and hurry
ashore"
"Jove" cried Jones, sitting down sud-
denly. II think they're waiting at home
for me-
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DROUD ENGLAND makes Her Bow. The Adriance wins
I highest honors at hone and abroad
inventions harvest the grain of the Word therefore
the task of finding the best devise for this
About four years ago, we started e
what could find We prod
spare you. during these daysofb y
pull, comparatively, barn
Nut Shell In 1888, after If
practical tests in the fields the :
submitted to the farmer: he pu e
the harvest field he found that he could stube close
ground, Is inches high he could kind Of
kind ofground he could cut day with and
horses than eevang binder with two and four
horses The verdict just what WANT extra and
horses making Hay ne the sun Shines Do be
ered by the statement OF OF old types Of ell waiting
BINDERS Fact stubborn things BE progressive have only
Adrance Rear discharge binder, the vanquser Of
its maors, and elevatng nlels Wesc this Harvester and
give satisfaction i'll the field sale load
Just received sample pleasure to show
the write for catalogue and list of its
rits, many twelve binders in a field tri i.
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ut TIM nNnN NTa1nIloth
O0O4A OASUO" Department. Stores,
743, 745 and 747 Sth STREET, S. r.
CoME is
An Idea Of What We Are Doing.
a ewpckn anl he OF goods showiu

and herc-he other goods
of goods Bargain Prices
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DROUD ENGLAND :'NIakes Her Bow. The Adriance wins
/ HIGHEST hOnorS al hone and abroad
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The annual rain fall in the Atlantic
states is 36 inches; in the southern, So; in
the western, a6; in the Pacific, 81.
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as Well-eNery piece OF goods
DRY GOODS DEPT.
II &c Zephyr Ginghams very fine and wide, ) L 2c
yard.
II 4c Crepons, evening shades, also dark styles.
D IL yard.
1000 Dress Patterns, 10 yards to piece, 6'c per
piece.
II PC white Goods satin checks stripes and piaidS,
IL cents IA ward.
45c Metnse Suitngs, in check patterns. all wool.
- cents yard
Best Indigo blue Prints, 1-2c yard.
Best lining Cambrics, 3 IL cents per yard
CARPET DEPT.
2Dr fine warp japanese seamless fancy Mattinss.
$3.50 "A roll containing 10 yards.
20c heavy check Chinese Mating, 81 II roll con
tanning 10 yards.
As an extra appetizer will give you choce of
any Matings i'll our stores 24c yard $500 per
roll OF 40 yards, you take your pick OF any of
the cotton wrap, and Dima>k MattlngS, that we
have sold at 40c, SOC ami 6)c yard, 800 diff
terent patterns to select FROM can suit you, and
besides save you money on every yard.
!c Felt Window Shades, 3X6 feet good spring roller.
all fixtures any color, l. cents.
i9c best Opaque Window shades, 3X6 feet, best
spring roller, fixtures. all cplOrS. II csnts
25c Nenitan Stair CarpAt, ) 5 wide. BE yard
lSc German Hemp Carpet. . Il cents a ward.
2Jc W ndow Screens. tit any window, ~ cents.
s5r best quality Table Oilcloth II cents IA Y, ard.
WORD TO THE WISE Is ST
offered To save money in merchandise as We
RETrER SEE Is
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House Furnishing Dept.
} dozen clothes pins for 1c.
papers OF pms for Ic
heiix-eyed needles 1c paper
Tack pr paper. sc per coZen papers.
Linen thread PC spool.
Garter Elastic, &c a yard.
25c SILK Yelling, sc "A yard.
2Jc Garden setS hoe rake and shovel. lOc.
Large size broom 10c. Chair Seats, 6c.
Large size wood Buckets, 10c.
Garge size Earthenware CuspdorS &c.
Glass Pitchers, ) cents.
Glass Tumblers 5 cents each, y dozen.
Soaps Soaps.
40 PER CAKE
For any of these Soap>-Star Soap, Bee Soap, Rah
bits Soap, Hoe Cake Soap, c rcuS Soap. nl.ine
ap Powder, Royal Soap Powder, b 80 Am.
Enamne stove Polish, &c ; Rising sun Stove
Po sh. 1 IL cents Pint hottie l. qud Blue, 4r.:
Best Household Amoma, rubber stopper, Sc. Large
Size Scrub Brushes. 5e Imported Bay Rum; &c
bottle; Canphor Balls. Sc Il box
Millinery! Millinery!
Our stock comprises all the Latest ideas price
will certainly comm md your trade,on fail to
visit this Department.
All Haas will be trimmed Free OF charge.
Large line OF MOURNING GOODS.
such opportunity was ever
are now offering.