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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-04-20
Phe Lost Art of Letter Writing.

A half century and more ago letter
writing was fine accomplishment; an
art taught with great care in the schools
and practiced by the gentlewomen of
that day for the edification of their alb.
sent friends. A letter from the capital
then meant a running account of the
news political and social, the gossip, art,
literature and fashions-in short, to fill
the place of the daily newspaper. Mod
ern letter-writing is the antithesis Of
this. The telegraph and telephone and
the mighty presses that spread before
the eyes of the world its hourly happen
ings, have done away with the pretty
custom. One reads the letters of the
charming French women of the time of
the second empire with delight and a
vague regret that such gentle custom
should have fallen into desuetude. An.
drew Lang comments upon the causes
which stimulated the women of that
period to such elegance OF manner, cor
rectness of diction and faultless, yet Wig.
orous. language, and suggests that chief
among the reasons was the thought,
deep in the writer's hearts. that some
way their letters might get into print
but do not like to accept his opinion
in this matter. People nowadays would
be dismayed to unfold a letter of more
than eight pages-that is, people who
live on the line Of the railways or in the
line OF the railways or in the track of
commerce; for the "yoice of the passing
day" is heard by them. But there are
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-04-20

still lonely hearts that find pleasure and
consolation in the journal of current
events peDned by some familiar hand.
Mr.. Lang says, Even elderly ladies re-
sent being told in letters what they have
read in newspapers" but / am inclined
to believe that many would excuse a
thrice told tale" il it came with letter
filed with the life and spirit of the great
outside world, and sweetened with the
remembrance for them.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-04-20

Barns filed with hay and grain are
not essential requisites for winter dairy
ing, although invaluable in their way.
There must be a cheaper food, one more
like the greer grasses. The system of
ensilage makes summer foods practical
ly continuous throughout the year.
In point of economy ensilage excels
for feeding cows, as more pounds of nu-
triment can be grown to the acre than
OF almost any other crops; and with the
silo for preserving it we are able to keep
more stock with greater profit than by
the old methods. 1t is laxative and
stimulant, and the ease with which it is
digested makes it valuable.
The first year the heifer is MIXED
care should be taken not to dry her off
too soon. as this habit, formed early in
life, will cling to her subsequently. If
she does not do fairly we'll as milk
producer, do not keep her in the dairy
simply because her mother was good.
Present achievements, not past history.
make the profit.
lfyou contemplate winter dairying, the
better way is to make your plans before
hand, and see that sufficient number
of cows come fresh in the late fall
months; If not, it is better to sell off the
old stock and buy new than to COM
mence with lot of small mixers. He
who makes quantity Of gilt edged but
ter. during January, February and
March is usually the enthusiast.
If you want the young heifer to de.
velop into the good mixer, feed well
and milk carefully from the beginning.
Do not expect the same in quantity nor
quality as from one fully matured, but
let this be all the more reason for try
ing what you may accomplish by intelli-
gent management.
Dry oats are an excellent food for
young calves, and, to induce them to eat
them, they may at first be slightly
moistened with milk. II put into milk
the calf may be choked. Oats contain
the elements of the tissues of young
animals most perfectly balanced. and,
with milk, promote healthy growth.
Dairymen who wish to keep their
stock in good condition can not look too
we'll to their feet and to the cleanliness
of the stalls. Cattle standing in the
stable are especially liable to that pain
full disease-foul in the foot. Lodged
matter causes inflammation, swelling and
discharge of pus. and developing fun
gold growth. Clean, poultice and apply
carbolic acid.
One bushel of potatoes is very like
another, and will sell for about the same,
by whomever grown; but one pound OF
butter may be worth 80 cents and an
other go begging at half the price.
There is a difference in the skill, knowl
edge and care exercised at every step and
in every detail of the process, from the
stable to the consumer. and no one has
his profits more in control than the
dairyman.
Turning winter mixers out for exer-
else on cold, or even raw days, will in
variably result in loss of milk product.
II she has room enough to be comforta-
BILE, she will get all the exercise needful
for health and for milk giving in the
stall. Better flesh and more even con-
dition will result than when subjected
TO changes OF temperature incident to
the daily outdoor exercise.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-04-20
AGRICULTURE.

| The farmer who shelters, OILS ana re
pairs his machinery each year as soor
as done using it. snaps his fingers al
combinations and all that. for a good
machine will last his lifetime. Hit
neighbor has bought on credit. and his
machine is rusted out by the time notes
become due, and he signs that farmers
lot is mighty hard one.
The farmer who would be successful
cannot sleep. DR.. Lawes, the eminent
English experimenter, puts the truth in
nutshell when he says: Il know of no
way in which impoverished soil can ever
be restored from it's own resources
Nothing lives which is not fed.
Careful testing has proved that oats
sown broadcast and narrowed gives the
best yield, and the best returns are from
those sown the earliest after the ground
is in condition, certainly before the en- :
trance of May. II evenly distributed,
less of the small grains can be sown than
is the usual custom.
The Kentucky experiment station
used 400 pounds of tobacco stems an
acre upon their meadows, and found an
increase of over 100 per cent in the pro-
duction of blue grass, and Go of timothy.
The effect of all heterogeneous fertilizers
was decidedly beneficial while the us g
of potash was not profitable.
Throwing away the "seed end" Of
potatoes before planting has been advo-
Gated, on the assumption that they thus
reduced the tendency to produce small
tubers. Experiments have failed to
justify the practice. and farmers should,
before thus doing, plant some of the
clusters of eyes by themselves, and note
the result.
Rain, rust and exposure will wear out
tools and machinery faster than wear in
the using Of them. Because you have
no fine barn or nicely built sheds think
not that you are excusable for not car
ing for them. 1t is the man who will
not improvise some method as m ake-
shift who never sees the day when he
will be able to put up the good build
ings.
The killing up of potatoes is without
sense or reason, and the practice should
be allowed to fall more rapidly into lis
use. Deep planting, with level culture,
has been tried in every part of the coun-
try. and the result has been uniformly
increased yields. sometimes of high
per cent.
The producer does not ordinarily re-
ceive due share of the ultimate profit
arising from his labor. Too much goes
to the manufacturer, the middleman and
the retailer. There is often as much as
100 per cent between the price of beef
as received by the producer and that
paid by the actual consumer. This can
be remedied. Individuals or combina-
tions can reach the consumer directly.
Unless needed as an absorbent in the
barnyard or the stables, do not let hay
or second cutting of clover rot down in
the stack, for this is a positive sacrifice
of value. There is much value in the
mechanical action, and this can be had
only by turning it under the soil, there
to become decomposed.
See that the earth is slightly banked
up about the newly set fence posts, SO
that the water will run away from them.
Otherwise the water will settle around
them. causing decay and the breaking
off near the ground. which we SO COM
monty see in fences not yet old.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-04-20
AIHE EK I7,''i'l'il:Y':j&l lQ ((ill|I
TO BE LIVING is SUBLIME.
BY BISHOP COKE.

We are living. we are dwelling
In grand and awful time,
In an age on ages telling
To be living is sublime.
Harkl the waking up of nations.
Cog and Magog to the fray.
Harkl what soundeth? Is Creation
Grooming for its latter day?
VIII you play, then, will you daily
With your music and your wine?
Upi 1t is Jehovah's rally,
Gods own arm hath need of thine.
Worlds are charging, Heaven beholding;
Thou hast but one hour to fight:
Now the blazoned cross unfolding;
On, right onward to the right!
n! let all the soul within you
For the truths sake go abroad
Strike let every nerve and sinew
Tell on ages-tell for Godl
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-04-20

habits, costumes. and traditions, and
staving off for time the influences of
railroads and steamships, which threaten
to reduce mans condition throughout
the world to one dull level of uni
formity.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-04-20


she said she should never be rested
again till she could have the house
painted and shingled. Every shower
that came over the hills brought
hurry and worry with it, for she must
take down everything hanging in the
lean-to, and set pals in half dozen
places in the attic, and the carpet in
the end room had already been taken
up because the numerous wettlngs
that it had received were spelling it,
and the brilliant colors were all run
ming together in one indistinguisha-
BILE blur.
The paint was all off the house IN
some places and fast coming off in
others; in fact, the cottage was in a
state of "peel" all over. The neigh
bors had begun to speak about it,
and say to Malvina how nice it would
look painted in light colors. And
down at the sewing circle one lady
had heard that she was going to have
her house painted, and another asked
eff she'd got to hev paintin' done this
fallw
When she returned from that meet
ing, she decided she would not attend
another till the house was either
painted or she could say with truth
that she expected it would be.
She had asked and asked John to
have it done, and for two years she
had asked in vain. First, John must
have new barn, for "a merciful man
is merciful to his beast" and then he
must have new binder, for it would
save half the time, and he would need
but one man.
In vain she told him the house
leaked, in vain she told of the peel
ing paint, in vain she bewailed the
new rag carpet ruined by the dripping
water, and said how tired she was OF
setting pals, and how afraid even to
go to the nearest neighbor for fear OF
sudden shower and no one at home
to attend to it.
Now his last refusal was ringing in
her ears, and the poor woman, tired
out with the numerous cares of far
mer's wife, just sat down and cried.
But if you think a woman's tears end
the matter, you are much mistaken.
The tears are only the beginning.
When she wanted anything done,
John was always ready to start for
the poor-house, and was quite sure
that anything laid out on the house,
inside or out, was only so many paw
ing stones on the road to the great,
roomy old farm house where the
dozen or SO poor and crippled ones of
the town were cared for.
The first time she asked him timid-
lyif he didn't think the house needed
paint, he said, "Yes, | do, but we
should go to the poorhouse if we got
everything we fancied."
When she wondered if he couldn't
have the roof patched, he said, "No
he couldn't lay out nothin' this year,
for that binder had jest about
swamped him, an he calc'lated he'd
have ter go ter the poorhouse if he
KEEP on spendin' money"
She heard about the poorhouse till
she was tired of it, and one day when
she was out in the berry pasture, she
sat down and looked at the building
which could be seen in the distance
just over the hill, and, with a queer
feeling at her heart, she thought if
she did have to go to the pooIhouse,
il would not be such bad place to
stay in, after all.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-04-20
HOW ONE WIFE MANAGED.

N old saying "What
can't be cured must be
endured" New version
=" What can't be en-
dured must needs be
cured"
A very tired woman
was Malyina Weeks, and
Birmingham state herald., 1895-10-19
Clippings From the Press.
The Daily State.


 pr. o. T. Dozier. the specialist physi- ciar. of the Southern Medical Dispensary, is one of the most successful practition- CTS of the south. He is man who loves the world and his fellow-man. Patients learn to love his ever sympathetic na- ture, as they respect and confide in his consummate skill.
 Age-Herald.
 It always affords a public journal pleasure to testify to merit where it is deserved. It is therefore with pleasure and pardonable pride that the Age-Her- ald ions with it's brethren of the press in testifying to the merit, skill and reliabil-. ity of pr. O. T. DoZier, Principal of the Southern Medical Dispensary of this city. pr. Dozier has resided for many years in Birmingham, and each successive year has added to his reputation. to his use fulness and to the esteem in which he is held by our best citizens. His long rec ord and approved abilities entitle him to the proud distinction of standing at "the head of his profession"
Birmingham state herald., 1895-10-19
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Atlanta Exposition Improved Railway
 Service

Atlanta Exposition Improved Railway
 Service.
 Tickets are on sale 1yia the Southern railway to Atlanta on account of the ex- position at rate of $3.S0 for the round trip, good returning within seven days from dateo sale. and $5.55 for the round trip, good returning. within fifteen days from date of sale. and .$7.55 for the round trip, good returning until January z, 1896. The exposition Is now open in full force and every one should take advantage of the opportunity to attend.
 Threa Trains daily, Birmingham to At lanta- %S =
 No. 3S Lv Bir. 5:55 am. Ar Atlanta II 40 am No. 36 Iv Bir. 2:55 pm Ar Atlanta S:55 pm No. 12 Lv Bir. 12:15 am. Ar Atlanta 6:55 am All trains carrying Pullman sleeping cars. @@"~.S
 Effective October. G.. the Southern has added another trains to- the service be- tween Atlanta and New York The 'tEx- position Flyer'' leaves. Atlanta at 4 D. m. and arrives at Washington at Il :45 a. m and New York at 6:23 D. m. Only twen- ty-five hours from A tlanta to New York Returning train leaves New York via Pennsylvania railroad at II a. m and ar rives Atlanta 10i20 following morning. Train will be a solid vestibple of Pull man drawing room ssleepers between New
Birmingham state herald., 1895-10-19
Chicago Change.


 Chicago. Oct. 1s.-If wheat would but 1t might bring about some action in the market but so long as it clings to the posi- tion it has held for two weeks the dealers will not attempt anything but the most in- significant business. The feeling at the opening was a little firmer than at the close yesterday, but offerings became nittle greater than the demand could absol o so strength was carried over from yesterdays current business. Cash wheat was easy and 12c per bUshe1 lower.
 Corn-The dullness in corn today had the merit of being uninterrupted. Not a thing developed to disturb the quiet which has reigned through the session Any changes in prices were due entirely to the action of slightly frmer than at the close yesterday, but wheat having displayed a sinking ten dency corn disposed of what moderate strength 1t had. May corn opened at 29bD 299sc sold between 293s and 293sc, closing at 29iAc, 1sc under yesterday. Cash corn was steady.
 Oats-A decline of fraction or slightly The loss was simply through sympathy. At no time during the session was business active, and only few traders were in att tendance. The close was unchanged from yesterday for May oats Cash oats were steady.
 Provisions-That hogs suffered no decline this morning was accepted by product trad tain the provision market for a while today, but near the end offerings increased slight ly and prices lost their firmness. At the close January pork and January ribs were unchanged and January lard 21zc lower.
 The leading futures ranged as follows:
Birmingham state herald., 1895-10-19
Our Specialties.

DISEASES OF THE BLOOD, Kidneys and Bladder, Constipation, Chronic Diar- rhoea. Rheumatism. Catarrh; all froms of Skin Disease, as Eczema, Ulcers. Blotches. Ugly Eruptions. etc.
 SYPHILIS in evry form effectualiy cured and the poison thoroughly eradi- cated from the blood. Gonorrhoea, Gleet, Structure. Cysttis, etc.
 NERVOUS DEBILITY-Spermator- rhoea, Impotence, Seminal Losses, Fail ing Memory, Lassitude, GIoominess, De- pression of Spirits and all effects of per nicous habits.
 All irregularities and cases of weakness in woman.
 pr. Dozier gives his individual study and efforts to the diagnosing and treat ment of every case, prepares all medi- cines and gives all directions and advice, thus securing to every patient the high est professional skill and privacy as well as security against mistakes and the use of inferior drugs.
 We make a SPECIALITY of ALL MANNER of CHRONIC DISEASES of the THROAT, LUNGS, HEART. BLOOD, KIDNEYS and of the Genito- Urinary Organs, and do not conflne our selves to PRIVATE DISEASES alone; hence we are patronized by the best peo pie of both sexes. and any lady or gen. tleman can visit our office with perfect propriety.
 CONSULTATION FREE and private matters sacredly inviolate.
 Easy payments and liberal terms to all especially the poor.
 Persons who cannot visit us in our off, flee can, by sending us their name, re- ceive our Perfect Question Blanks" which will enable us to TREAT THEM SUCCESSFULLY BY MAIL.
 OFFICE HOURS-s Q. m. to 12 -.- 2 D. m. to D. m. Sundays. a. m. to 12 m.
 Send cents for question list and Book for Men Only"
 Send cents for question list for C-- males
 TAKE NOTICE that WE WRITE NO PRESCRIPTIONS, but prepare and fur nish from our own Dispensary all medi- cines to our patients.
 That we publish no individual testi- monials or letters, though we have thou sands of the most f1attering on file in our office
 That WE GAN TREAT YOU SAFELY. SUCCESSFULLY AND PRIVATELY BY MAIL.
 Dr. DOZier & Co.,,
 P. O. Box 112. Birmingham Ala.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-10-19
Chicago Cattle Market.

Union Stock Yards. H., Oct. 1S-Cattle- Receipts, 5000; the market was weak; com4 mon to extra feeders. $3.2095.s5; stockers and feeders $3.00Q31o; cows and bulls, .25 g. .35Q4.45.
 Hogs-Receipts, S0.o0o; the market was weak: heavy packing and shipping lot5 395; choice assorted. $3So@3. .95; light, $s.456 395; pigs, $1.75@3.75.
 Sheep-Receipts. 6000; the market was
Birmingham state herald., 1895-10-19

York, Washington and Atlanta and first class vestibule coaches between Atlanta and Washington.
 sszsThe schedule of No. 36. knaWns as the Emitted States Fast Mall, has been changed between Atlanta and Washing ton, lessening the time out between Att lanta and New York Train now leaves Atlanta at 11:15 D. m. and arrives Wash ington at $40 D. m., New York 6:23 a. m. For information apply to
 rs4 l.. A. SEbKRAyANssT. P-Ass
 10-10-tf 220I First Avenue
Birmingham state herald., 1895-10-19

St. Lotiis Mo, Oct fs-Flour was quiet and steady; patents. $3.25d3.35 fancy, s2.soQ 290; choice. g. 60a2.70.
 Wheat was lower; October. 6O4sc; Decem- Der, 629s66213c; May, 66ss666sIc.
 Corn was lower; October, HAc; December 2412G242sc; May, 26Lc
 Oats were easier; October, 17lAc; Decem- Der, 1SHe; May, 2S1sc,sS a.3 = i. Pork Standard mess $S.521s.
 Lard-Prime steam, $50: choice. $5.55.
 Bacon-Shoulders, $6.75; longs. S675; clear ribs, $G50; short clear sides, $6.62ls. [ Dry saited meats-Shodlders, S5.75; clear ribs $5.25; short clear sides. S5.40. { High wines were steady.Rt $l.22.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-10-19
Net Receipts,
New Orleans.

New Orleans, La, Oct. 1S.-No open ket- tie sugar offering. Centrifugals, off white, SAC.
 Molasses-Centrifugals good prime, 109 He good fair. 6g7c: syrup, 21Q2Sc.
 Local refinery sugar-Powdered and cut loaf, 5 3-16c; standard granulated, 45sc; con- fectloners A, 4%c.
 Rice was dull; prime. s7s94Ac; fair. 80 3Mc: common PIG.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-10-19
New work Cotton Seed oil and supar.

New York. Oct 18-Cotton seed oil was slow and firm; crude, 2+c; yellow prime, 2sc Coffee options were unchanged to 15 points down; October -$15. .3511540s November sl510 @15.15; December, $149Ga15.00; January, $l475 @l4s0; March, $1415; May, $l4.15d1420 Spot Rio was steady and quiet No. T, 1661Sc.
 Sugar-z-Raw was dull aid steady; fair re lining, SAc ' Refined vas ssteady: off A. crusheds 5sscs Granulated, AG5c.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-10-19

by either jobbers or converters in the face of the continued reserve of sellers, and the export demand was of a very modest char sional fair order has been put through. In dress cottons the upward tendency of regu- lar prints is the most noticeable feature.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-10-19

One of the euriosi4+esr of the cable code method of sending 'inkormatiof ist shown in recent message announcing the loss by fire of ship at sea. The avhoie mes sage was conveyed Tn three. w6rdss of Scott's cable code: aSmouldered,- hur- for. ."the ship has been destroyed by fire" "hurrah' for "crew saved by boats" and ''hallelujah" for "all hands saved-in- form wives and sweethearts"
Birmingham state herald., 1895-10-19
In the Club Library.

Truth.
 'Is Gumpert writing an essayg Every time I come in here find him posing over dictionary or encyclopedia" E
 "No. The doctor told him 10 avoid phlogistics, and he was ashamed to ask what that means, so he's looking it up. He's already read over the f's five times. and now. he's begun at the beginning and is systematically going through the Gic- tiOnarY.o
Birmingham state herald., 1895-10-19
Dry Goods.

New York, Oct. 1s-Dry goods today has been quiet throughout both spot business and business arising from orders through noticeable in staple cotton goods The de- mand for these Is practically governed by naturally varies somewhat day by day. There has been little disposition displayed today to place orders for future deliveries
Birmingham state herald., 1895-10-19
New Orleans Cotton Market
Liverpool Cotton Market.

Liverpool, Oct. 16.-12:30 D. m.-Fair de- mand and prices firm; American middilng, 4l5- 16d. Sales, 12 ,o00 bales, of which 1, 4oO were American; speculation and export, 1000 bales. Receipts, 2000 bales, of which all Were American.
 Futures opened steady; demand moderate.
 American middling aud low midding clause uuotatons November and December
 denVery. .......... t........4 o4-b4d December and January de-
 livery .......... ............4 5o-64d January and February de-
 livery. .......... .....1 53-64 @I 57-6 Id February and March deliv-
 ery..-, .-........,... .......4 5S-64d March and April delvery..4 5s-64d6I 59-64d April and May delivery ...4 6o-64d
 Futures closed quiet but steady.
 Liverpool. Oct. 1S.-4 D. ms-Futures closed barely steady. October delivery ..........4 50-64d44 51-64ds october and November de-
 livery y......,......... ....4 5O-64d04 5l -6dd* November and December
 de1Very ..................f JO-b4dD4 5l-b4dN December and January ue-
  January and February de-
 livery y.....................4 52-64I@4 53-64dt February and March dellv-
 ery............. ......=......4 54 64d. March and April delivery.4 55-64dt April and May delivery....4 56-64d04 57-64d May and June delivery. A 57-64d94 5s-6idt June and July delivery ....4 59-6ldt July and August delivery4 60-64d0t 61-64d* +Sellers. Buyers. Value.
 Weelelv Cotton Statistics