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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-01-05

There is less danger of over produc-
ton where there is diversity of crops,
but the best thing to do when one finds
a single crop is not giving him a profit
is to study the means by which he may
get a better yield; this means decreased
cost, and, of course, better margin.
Upon clay and heavy loan soils fall
blowing often means decided saving of
time and labor in the spring. 1t fits the
soil so that it can be prepared for SOW
ing or planting very early by the use of
the disc harrow only. This is not the
case with light, sandy ground.
Visiting among those who live in the
country is rendered nearly impossible
where there are bad roads, and it is no
wonder that young people become tired
Of country life and long for the towns,
where they can have better chance of
seeing other people. There is social
side to the road question
Another argument against large farms
is that the owners do not always have
sufficient capital to give them thorough
cultivation, and they would live better
upon smaller. 1t is bad principle to
spend all ones capital for land and trust
to fortune for the rest, or think that the
land will take care of itself.
We stir up the soil often in the sum-
mer that we may retard the evapo alton
of moisture, bnt the amount of moisture
checked in this way is small compared
with that which is taken from the soil
by an ordinary growth of weeds. There
fore, the killing of the weeds by the pillow
is of vastly more importance in conserv-
ing moisture than is the mere stirring
Of the soil.
The man who goes on the market with
anything of superior quality or excel
lence makes ready sales and a profit.
Over production affects only the pro-
Queer who is content with the average
crop or product of medium quality; the
best of cereals and choicest stock bring
remunerative prices even now, 10 these
dull times.
Better be happy now than to live to
be at ease in the distant future. The
man with small farm is really the pros
porous man, rather than the one possess
ing more acres for which he must 90
heavily in debt. Debt robs us of peace,
and often of hope,
If you have little money laid by con-
slider whether or not it would be better
to continue to rent land or to invest in
small farm of your own while lands
are so low. 1t may be you can not real
ly afford to pay rent in the circum-
stances.
The saving of your team is a saving
OF money, Good roads certainly in
crease their effectiveness. Often three
times the load can be drawn upon a
good macadamized road sthan can be
dragged through poor mud road.
Long nights are at hand, and the far
mer should grow wiser in the science of
agriculture. Experience is the best
school, but by reading the experience
of others man can be greatly benefited
in advance Of that which he can gain by
his own trials.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-01-05
POULTRY.

Many farmers do not know whether
the hens pay or not, because they keep
no account with them. Ifyour wife has
taken no interest in the poultry yard,
tell her she may have all she makes of
them, and they will soon show whether
they are profitable or NOT
For fowls animal food is necessary.
and generous supply of milk will sup
plement it we'll. For both young stock
and laying hens varied diet is best, and
they should have grain and vegetables
daily. A small flock can be almost en-
tirely fed from the refuse from the table
and the farm.
There is no easy road to wealth even
with poultry, and they require hard
work and close attention. With these
they pay better than most farm opera
tions. Begin on small scale, that your
lessons may be at as little cost as posi-
BILE, and climb up as you gain courage.
Possibly fowls go to their roosts more
from an instinct of self preservation
than for comfort. If made to stay on
straw at the bottom of their coops they
would be less exposed to draughts, less
liable to lameness, and freer from diseas.
es. 1t might be worth trying.
Despite all the nonsense which has
been written and will be written about
the feeding of chickens, it is essential to
have some syetem-a bill of fare, if you
please, got up with intelligence and pur-
pose. There is best way of doing
eVerythinp
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-01-05

quires three pounds of food, not count
ing the moisture, daily, for each hun.
dred pounds of live weight.
The introduction of fresh blood. il
fully equal or superior to that already
procured in your stock, will help main
tain its vigor. With nearly all elias SEES
OF animals the constitutional vigor can
be thus increased, if at the same time
the weak and unthrifty ones are culled
out.
Ii only food enough is taken to keep
up the temperature the animal will live.
but, instead of thriving, will shrink
somewhat, and will at length die of
starvation; if it takes in more, the wear
and tear of the tissues is next made
good, and increased; the animal is then
growing.
The draft horse does the work on the
the farm most satisfactorily. and with
less expense and worry; sells higher and
more readily; costs less to get him ready
for market; the service fee is not high;
he costs less time and work to break him
and get him ready for market.
Do not be in hurry to get rid of your
lean stock in the fall as soon as the cost
OF feeding begins to run up; you sell at
a price which gives no profit for that
which has been already fed. OF course,
1t does not pay such a stock raiser as
this, nor would anything else, if manage
ed in the same way.
Southern farmers are now raising
their own horses, instead of buying
Western mules and the stuff to feed
them, and are using more labor saving
machinery and farming better, while
their improved breeds are making them
the most prosperous in the Nation. They
now produce more than they can con-
sumo.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-01-05
THE CHEERFUL MANS SERMON.

It's easy to smile and be cheerful
When everything's pleasant and fair
We never complain of life's hardships
When there are no burdens to bear.
But as soon as the blue skies cloud over,
And the way that was smooth has groml
rough,
We forget the blithe songs we were singing,
And our faces are doleful enough.
But some can be cheerful when shadows
Are thick round the pathways they tread;
They sing in their happiest measures
With faith in blue skies overhead.
They face with a smile that's like sunshine
The trials that come in their way,
And they always find much to be glad for
In the lonesomest, dreariestday.
Thank God for the man who is cheerful
In spite of life's troubles. 1 say
Who sings of a brighter tomorrow,
Because of the clouds of to day.
His life is a beautiful sermon
And this is its lesson to me,
Meet trials with smiles. and they vanish.
Face cares with song and they flee.
-Eben f. ReXford.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-01-05

swindler. The world will prefer to for
get the last discreditable passages Of
his career and to remember only those
that we're stainless and honorable. but
the fact remains that it was with his
consent, If not direction, that the saw
ings of the common people of France
we're recklessly squandered, and that to
his credulous hopes was due the ruin
of thousand of homes and the marked
increase of French Socialism. = NeaO
York Observer.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-01-05
ABHE Fk7NIEYTl( 10NLE]
szzz1z7z55D zN5z5G1zWg0SWS
uBEyOND THESE VOICES"

O. not a pleasure-ground this world OF ours!-
A Capuan retreat, where soul and sense
Alike benumbed beneath the poppy-1owefs'
Are lost in dreams of endless Incidence!
A forest rather of uncertain ways.
Where travellers would be overcome "ltn
fright,
Save that, at intervals throughout the maze
Gods sunlight falls upon the feeDlest sighs'
Not here, lot here, fulfllment of ur DREAM
Not here attainment of our souls DESIRE
This but the stepping to a World unseen
Where life is Love. and Love is something
higher.
Marie Mumford Mcneil. in The Outlook.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-01-05

Ouo CICuIuIO -WluScu, anu ouOu Will
fire-as they sped over the course.
Not an instant's pause in the breath
less career; the strong young arm
poises the lance as the goal is neared;
the ring slips lightly upon its point;
and back they wheel, only to charge
again, again secure the prize, and once
more reaching the starting point, flash
forward again like meteor.
All eyes were fixed in fascination
upon the gallant spectacle, all voices
hushed in eager expectation. Fan
ny's heart was beating so that she
could hardly breathe; she stole
quivering glance at her aunt's face,
suddenly grown deathly pale, with
strained eyes and parted lips, at her
uncle's, set and stern, at her cousins,
flushed and startled. Powerless all,
either to help or to hinder, only to
wait and watch, watch that mad ca
reer of horse and rider to the endl
"Hurra! hurral hurrap
How the loud shouts went up as,
for the third and last effort, rider and
steed came flying toward the goal;
but suddenly, in breath, the bursts
of applause gave way to cries OF hor-
ror; there was wild glimpse of a
horse frightened at one knew not
what, leaping aside, sickening sound
as the skull crashed against the
mighty tree-trunk, a reeling vision of
both going down together, and then
woman's form springing frantically
from a carriage, a mothers heart
broken cry, "My boy, my boy is
killedw
An hour later they were bringing
him slowly home, stretched with what
ease was possible upon shawls and
cushions, the broken arm bandaged,
the long fainting spell at length re-
placed by consciousness.
'Father, father, can you ever for
give me?" sounded a voice half
choked with shame and grief, and a
white face turned in an agony of en-
treaty from it's hiding place upon the
mothers breast. 81 don't know how
have the courage to ask it. | not
only defed and disobeyed you, but l
have deceived you all along. Night
after night stole out to the stables,
and took the horse off to practise by
moonlight. I could not look any Of
you in the face; I felt like a Sound
rel all the time, and yet I went on to
have my own stubborn way. I de-
serve any punishment you could give
me, father; should not blame you if
you sent me away out of your sight,
Only forgive me first-poor pretty
Flight! l can never forgive myself"
His father sat pale and stern, his
face set in righteous anger. 1t was
difficult for him to speak, but Rolf
ventured to lay pleading hand upon
his knee.
Father" he begged once more,
and the closesh lips could not but
unseal at the repentant cry.
BE quiet, Rolf" he said, "the doc
tor ordered perfect rest I, too, have
a Father to whom 1 must plead for
forgiveness of trespasses. We will
say no more about the matter"
But silenceis not forgetfulness, and
Rolf never lost the remembrance of
the lesson he learned the day of the
tournament at Assapung.-Ecami-
ner.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-01-05

and priced her brief vacation in the
country too highly to waste any more
of it than was necessary between four
walls. She was lying at her ease,
watching lovingly the play of light
and shade on the velvety turf, when
her Cousin Rolf came lounging up,
walking heavily, and with moody
cloud on the face that was usually so
bright with boyish spirits.
"Why, Rolf!' said Fanny, wonder
ing. "What makes you look SO black?
Who's been laying straw in your
path7"
The boy frowned and did not an
swer for a moment, and his cousin
laid her hand softly on his sleeve.
The gentle touch seemed to assure
him of SYM athy, and he burst out,
in tone of deep injury:
ooh, it's my father. He's just Civ
en- me his final refusal to let me ride
Flight at the tournament"
''The tournament repeated Fanny,
in amused surprise. care we then
back in the days of Ivanhoe and the
Knights Templar?"
1--WE have never quite got out of
the days of chivalry, if that's what
you mean. down here in old Virgin
ia" said the lad, with little lift of
his handsome head. "The knightly
spirit is still alive among us, and al
ways will be, l hope. And we even
keep up the practice of the old tour
ney games. Not with swords and
battle-axes, of course, and we knights
don't ride tits at each other, but
at" he checked himself, abruptly,
and Fanny longed to suggest, slyly,
"At windmills, them" his stilled tone
seemed so comical to her. But she
was glad she did not say anything to
vex him farther when he went on
again in that moody tone:
you'll see what a tournament is
like, | suppose, before very long;
that is, if you care to go. l shall not.
Since | cannot go as knight, as
other fellows can, / will not go at all.
But l think it's wicked shame, that
is what | think"
30 Rolf, your fatherp' Don't,
please"
81 don't care" persisted the boy,
sullenly What's the good of hav-
ing a father, only TO tyrannize over.-a
fellow?"
"Rolf, dear, you must not" urged
his cousin, in distress. "Tell me why
he refuses to let you have the horse.
He must have some good reason;
Uncle Bland is always so good and
kind"
"Oh, because we are both 700
young, he says" answered Rolf, with
bitter sarcasm. TOO youngl and the
FLY is over three years, and l am sew
enteen. and have been used to riding
ever since l could sit up straight in
the saddlep
"Well?" said Fanny, for she saw
there was more to come.
"And he says she has a trick OF
shying, and he is afraid-ah, bahl
What's the use of talking. He won't
let me have her, and that's the end
of it. Not so sure about that, either"
he muttered, under his breath.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-01-05
THE TOURNAMENT AT ASSA-
PUNG.
BY KATHARINE FEsTETITs.

HE July afternoon was
very sultry, and Fanny
Lawrence was making
the best of it, swinging
lazily in a hammock out
under the great cedar
tree on the lawn. Her
aunt and her Cousin
Florry had gone to their
rooms after dinner for a
siesta, Southern fashion ;
but Fanny was a city girl
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-04-12
NEWS NUGGETS.
Brought by the Wires from the North, East
South and West.

Secretary Morton has set on foot an in
vestigation to ascertain the cause OF the
recent rise in the price of beef and otht
meat products
The big factory of the Naugatuck Male
able Iron Company, Union Citya suburb
of Waterbury, CT, is tied up by strike.
Over 400 men cut, more than half OF
them being strikers
NJ G. d. Borden, owner of the Iron
Works mill, Fall River, S Us that he
simply advanced his employees wages
to make other manufacturers do the same
and put the prices up where they belong.
Mrs. Hobley murdered her child at
Wrentham, Mass Thursday, and was
taken into custody. Her husband says
she is crazy on religion. She was COM
mittcd to the Taunton insane asylum
pending trial for homicide.
The London Central News is informed
by its Varna correspondent that in obedi
ence to the Sultan's orders, the grande
vizier and ministers of justice, interior and
foreign affairs, conferred recently concern
ing the plan of reform for Armenia.
George W. King, a druggist, and Mrs.
Henry W. Hughson were arrested at Mus
kegon, Mich, Thursday, charged with
the murder of Nathan Douglass. who died
in the township of Fruit Port, July Is Y.
Douglass had some life insurance II aces
of arsenic were found in the remains.
VIM f. Fernald, one of the last of the
old time shipbuilders of Portsmouth, n.
H., died, Thursday night, suddenly, OF
heart failure From 1868 to within a
few years he built some of the finest crafts
ever constructed on the river. He is sur
vived by his wife, daughter and two sons,l
The Sterling wooden mills at Lowell,
Mass. closed Thursday, owing to strike
o about IS spinners for an advance in
wages. The weavcrs were recently given
u restoration of 10 per cent reduction and
per cent additional. The spinners de-
mandcd similar advance, but We're re-
fused
The well known trotter Forrest Patchen,
owned by J. r. Duntley of Rochester, N.
II, broke his forward leg Thus ay, and
horse was the fastt st in New Hampshire,
with record of 1914. He was valued
at $40, 600. an offer of $4,000 being refused
at that time.
Two sisters, Miss Mary j. and Eliza
beth A. Bryant, residing at 1919 Kent
street, Haverhll1, Mass, were found dead
in their chamber. Elizabeth was burned to
death and the other smothercd Both had
been i'll. 1t is supposed that a lamp ex-
ploded and they were helpless. Robbery
is also another theory.
The captain of the steamship Mcrr-
mac arrived at Havre from New Orleans,
Thursday, and reports that April 4, he
put his chief officer and 10 men aboard
the British ship Arno, abandoned at sea-
They will take the vessel to Liverpool. he
says. The Amos crew was taken off in
the storm by the steamship Normannia
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STATE NEWS.
stock.
MASARDIS

NJ a.
The farmers are nearly done hauling
potatoes. Mrs. Eden Snow is quite sick
Hugh McGilvery is visiting az his old
home in Pictou. n. S.-Mrs. Allen Nc
Query of Ashland, is stopping with Miss
Mary McGilvery and visiting friends here.
Mrs. Joshua Bartlett and Mrs Fred
Clayton of Ashland. were visiting friends
here this week Miss Eva Brigham re
Gently closed a successful term of school
in District No. l. The afternoon was
passed very pleasantly with readings and
Rotations by the scholars. Quito q
number of vi.itors were present
MAPLETON.
AT the third Demorest silver medal
contest held at the NJ. f church, Friday
evening, the contestants did remarkably
we'll. Miss Annie NJ. Smith received the
prize Charles Croker and wife of South
Pressure Isle, visited friends in Mapleton.
last week.-Rev. C. S. Pitcher visited
friends in Mapleton last week, and
preached at the schoolhouse in District
No. 5. Thursday evening Fred Ball
and wife have moved into the house near
Barkor's store u. ID. Williams has moved
from Chapman TO Castle Hill.
Piscataquis.
FOXCROFT.
Deputy sheriff Nichols carried two
prisoners To Bangor, Monday. for violation
of the liquor law. +. Hayes Of this
town has been appointed acting clerk in
the railway mail service in place of one Of
the men injured in the recent accident
at Veazie.-F d. Folsom has gone to
Boston on business j. B. Mayo is in
Portland w. W. CLARK. a former resi-
dent, now of Berkley, Cal, is in town.
He will spend the summer In Maine =
John Hale. a prominent lawyer OF
Kansas, nephew of the late Judge Hale
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A BLESSING If TRUE.
A Consumption and Cancer Cure Not in the
Hands Of Quacks.

Washington, April 11-From Germany
comes the first official news of a great
American discovery said to cure consump-
ton and cancer. Consul General De Kay
at Berlin, in report to the state depart
ment; says the discovery was announce d
late in March, in the most serious and
trustworthy medical weekly in Germany.
The discovery was made By DR.. Louis
Waldstein of New York. The new treat
ment consists of injecting minute doses
of pilocarpine until the Emphatic syst m
is stimulated and the white corpuseles OF
the blood overcome the poisonous particles
which produce the disease.
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DEATH IN THE AIR,

changeable climate is the most exciting
cause OF pneumonia. The mild to-day, cold
tomorrow, weather is a prolific breeder
OF the disease. 1t is contracted by exposure
to Wet and inclement weather, from stand
ing or sitting with cold feet by going from
hot and over-crowded rooms into the keen
night air, and by sitting in draughts.
The proper way to treat pneumonia is to
prevent its development.
Have a care that you are sufficiently clad
to meet Indictment and changeable weather.
See that the wet feet and exposure to
draughts do not result in cold. If cold
is contracted check it at once before pneu-
mona Is developed; for it is a we'll known
tact that protracted cough may suddenly
develop into pneumonia. with q Slight addi-
tional cold. Don't let the disease make
any Roadway. Fortify tho system against
1t by rich, nutritious, liquid food. This
can be accomplished in no other way so
well as by the liberal use of Ozomulsion,
an ozohized preparation of Cod Liver Oil
with Guaiacol, prepared by L. A. Slocum
", New York, and sold by all Druggists.
TAKEN carly, when the first symptoms of
Inc cold appear, it cures it promptly and
prevents the development of pneumonia.
IL is rich, liquid food. and it is a well
known fact that strong food is the most
formidable foe of pneumonia 1t keeps the
biood well nourishei and puts the tissues
IN such a condition that they throw off
the cold and thus res;s3 the disease.
For sale By
Bowditch, Webster & Co.,
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Mr. c. X. Howe, the agent takes ex-
captions to the report that the owners of
the cotton mill do not seem disposed to
sell at fair trade and says; mo one
that ever contemplated buying the plant
ever complained that the price asked was
too high. The owners would sell it. to-
day, Mt a price several thousand dollars
less than the assessors valuation. ~ The
expressions upon this matter have af-
forded good advertising of this property
and the prospect for disposing of it both to
the advantage of the owners and the town
would seem to be excellent.
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There was large attendance at the
meeting of the committees IN charge OF
the arrangements for the board of trade
carnival, at the Evans house, Wednesday
evening. The different committees re-
ported progress, which in every case was
of the most gratifying nature The solicit
ing committee have already secured Sl2Go,
and their canvas is not yet complete. The
matter was thoroughly talked over. Nc
definite programme can be announced for
number of days. The headquarters OF
the committee will be at room 3 in the
Evans house, until the holding of the
fair. The committee on season tickets
has large list of presents, and there is
no doubt but what the carnival prove a
grand success.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-04-12

The following is the programme of the
papers to be read at the teachers meeting
to be held in the high school building,
this evening;
physical Culture, Its Object and Scope in
School Work." william L. Powers
"The Sargent System of Physical Cultur-"
l.. NJ. Sanborn
"The Swedish SYSTEM" Miss May f. Smiley
DRESS in its Relation to Physical Culture"
Miss M. q. Pink ham
Food, How Related to Physical Culture"
Miss Clara NJ. Buregh
"Stimulants and Narcotics
j. w. Chadwick
Brief papers on the beneficial results of
physical training in our public schools
will be read by Miss Kate Flitner and
Miss Nellie Springer. A discussion will
follow each paper. All persons interested
in the subject of physical culture are in
vited to be present.
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Another government scandal has been
brought to light in the French chamber
of deputies. In 1888 they voted $4,000 to
to transfer the remains of Lazare Carnot,
the great war minister of the revo-
luton, and grandfather of the late presi-
dent, from Madgeburg to the Pantheon.
NJ. Legludic has discovered that only half
the sum was used for the purpose specified
and that the rest was distributed among
the clerks of the hotel de Vile just before
the general election.
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SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

The body of Charles Pooler, aged 4S
years, was found on the railroad track
near Orono station, early Thursday morn
ing. He is survived by wife and son.
The coroner has been summoned. The
railroad company is nos considered to
blame as the probable cause of the acct
dent was alcoholism.
The remains of Cook Joseph Shaw, sup
pose to have been drowned at Rockland,
while attempting to reach his vessel in a
small skiff Monday night, were found,
early Thursday. on the flats off Bird
wharf Coroner Judkins deemed an in
quest unnecessary. The deceased was 43
years of age and is survived by wife and
three children.