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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-12-14
LESSON STORY.

"One of the Countries" says
Stalker, affected by the decree Oh Au.
pustus that census should be taken Oh
all his subjects, was Palestine, whose
king. Herod the Great. was his vassal. IL
set the whole land in motion; for IN &C
cordance with an ancient Jewish CUSTOM
the census was taken, not at the places
where the inhabitants we're at the tune
residing. but at the places towhich they
belonged as members OF the original
twelve tribes. Among those whom the
edict Of Augustus thus from afar. drove
forth to the highways. were numoie
pair in the Galilean village OF Nazareth
Joseph, the carpenter OF the village,
and Mary, his espousea wife. They mao
to go journey Of nearly hundred
miles in order to inscribe themselves IN
the proper register; for. though peasant
they had the blood Of kings in their
veins, and belonged to the ancient and
royal town Of Bethlehem, in the far
south of the country. Day by day the
emperor's will, like an invisible hand,
forced them southwark along the weary
road, till at last they climbed to the
rocky ascent that led to the town.
terrified with anxiety, and she well-nigh
dead with fatigue. They reached the
inn, but found it crowded with stran-
gers, who, bent on the same errand as
themselves, had arrived before them. No
friendly house opened it's door to receive
them, and they were fain to clear for
their lodging corner of the inn-yard,
else occupied by the beasts OF the num-
erous travellers. There, that very night.
she brought forth her first-born Son;
and. because there was neither womanly
hand to assist her, nor couch to receive
him, she wrapped him in swaddling
clothes and laid him in manger.'
1. The Good Tidings Revealed,
VS.. STA.
This event, all unnoted by the world,
yet fraught with wondrous consequences
to the future generations, was not left
without appropriate celebration. Fuse
bus, the father of church history, tells
us that in his day about a thousand
PAGES from Bethlehem stood tower
called the Shepherds Tower. 1t over
looked the field where the sheep kept
for the temple sacrifices were pastured.
Tradition in his day located this as the
place where on the night OF the birth OF
Jesus, heavenly vision was seen. Gel
kie accepts the tradition. son the night
of the birth of Christ he says, "a group
of shepherds lay out with their focks on
the hillside in the neighborhood OF this
ancient watch-tower. Some of them
were keeping their turn of watching,
while others slept; for shepherds reliev
ed each other by watches as our sailors
do at fixed hours. Luke expressly tells
us that they were watching. the watches
of the night"
These shepherds followed a pursuit,
favorable to contemplation; the one from
which David the greatest king of Israel
had in that very neighborhood been
called; the pursuit which had suggested
the Twenty third Psalm, the most beau
tiful and Hebraic of all the Psalms.
"These shepherds mvst have been
men," says Geikie, docking out. in their
simple way. toward the irresistible and
eternal, and seeking that kingdom of
God for themselves which was one day.
as they believed, to be revealed in their
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-12-14
The General Convention.
RECEIPTS FOR OCTOBER AND WOVEN
Der, 1895.
Financial Secretary.

Financial Secretary.
sssO56; s2745O; si44.s4; Sill; sl2O4s; 81 Os5 81
$3.50 81; S62l.5s. Total. S3,65G.50.
Sunday School Mission.
Stanford, Conn. So.
Special Agencies.
No. 2. So; 50. Total. 81,
Foreign Missions.
Roam. Ind, 81 2nd Chicago. H.. SEE; Per-
sonal, $40; Galesburg, ILL.,. $40; Meriden. Conn.
So; Akron, o., 81; LIST, Utica, n. Y, So: Hull,
Mass, 50. Total, S54
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-25

it's sectionalism. One that came out
of a Democratic Galilee, and there
fore out of which nothing good could
come 1t is actually proposed to ac-
cept the German act as a model, SO
excellent in all it's parts, save as to
wool. that all that Republican con-
gress need do is to raise all the rates
imposed by it horizontally" What
an elegantly trussed and cooked crow
1t is that these gentlemen propose to
feast on. Do no memories of the days
of Horizontal Bill Morrison rise to
plague them? Does it not disturb
their complacency to thus indorse a
Democratic measure?
And is this the sole outcome of all
the exultation that went shoutingly
up after the elections of 1893
and 1894? Is this the best
that Republican congress =
so by virtue of vigorous fusion with
the Populists-can present? Is this
bill the elimination of that thankful
ness for their restoration and the re-
demption of the country from an icon
oclastic Democracy? Take it up,
measure it, stand it up alongside their
declarations of what the elections Of
1894 signified and promised. What a
puny, paltry, scrawny and decrepit
thing it is, thus compared. Was the
toll and turmoil. the agony and sweat
ing patriotism of that campaign
spent to produce only this thing? ?
Did the mountain labor that only
this mouse might be brought forth?
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-25
HIS ANSWER TO THE CHARGES
IN RE THE WICHITA LAND
ALLOTMENTS.
NO DELAY THAT HE KNOWS.
NONE OF HIS BLOOD RELATIONS
INTERESTED In THE MAT
TER.
Reasons Why the Allotment Has
Not Been Arranged-SInith'
Report to Congress.

WASHINGTON, Dec. "a. - The
speaker laid before the house today
a letter from the secretary of the in
terror transmitting a reply to Dele
gate Flynn's resolution asking the
reason for the delay in the alloting
the Indians and the opening of the
surplus land to settlement. The sec
retary snoWs that the lands occupied
by the Wichita Indians are part of
what IS known as the LEASED dis
tr;ct," ceded by the Choctaws and
Chickasaws to the United States.
There is, the secretary shows, diff
ference of opinion as to whether the
Choctaws and Chickasaws conveyed
to the United States an absolute title
to the lands, or whether they ceded
them only for the purpose of allow
ing them ITO be used for locating
thereon friendly Indians. The matter
is now before the court of claims for
he has delayed suggesting to
the president the appointment of al
ioting agents on account of the disad-
vantages which might accrue from
having the allotments made and the
surplus lands thrown open to set
tlement before the claim of the Choc-
taws and Chickasaws is adjusted. The
litigation before the court of claims.
the secretary continues, certainly in
wolves the title of the lands to be al
loted, as we'll as the lands to be
opened.
The resolution inquired whether any
of the secretary's connections or re-
lations by blood or marriage are
acting as attorneys for the Indians
or any party or parties interested in
delaying the opening of the same to
settlement. In reply to this part of
the inquiry the secretary says:
NOT GUILTY.
ANDREW A. Lipscomb, of Washing
ton, is the husband of the second
cousin of my wife. He is one of the
counsel for the Wichitas in the litiga-
tion growing out of the claim by the
Choctaws and Chickasaws for the re-
versionary interest in the land occu-
pied by the ChoctawS. L attach a copy
of the contract made by the WichitaS
with their attorneys. 1t will be seen
that the compensation of the counsel
of the Wichitas is to be a percentage
of the money derived from the sale
of the surplus land, in case it is de-
cided that the Choctaws and Chicka-
saws have no reversionary interest in
those lands. 1 am not aware of any
interest which the counsel for the Wi
chitas can have in delaying the allot-
ment and sale of the surplus lands. No
one has ever suggested an interest or
desire, on their part or their clients
part, for delay No connection or re-
lation by blood or marriage of mine is
acting as attorney for any party or
parties interested in delaying the open
ing of these lands to settlement. No
party or parties have presented to the
interior department any objection to
the full and immediate execution of
the act of March 1, 1885,
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-25

fiict with the provisions Of the inter-
state commerce law. He says that
the commission has satisfied itself by
a careful investigation that no increase
of charges or lessening of facilities
has occurred as the result of the joint
traffic contract, and adds: "In view
of the fact that any action by injunc-
tion,, or otherwise, which might be used
to prevent the completion of a contract
or combination not yet made, can be
had to prevent it's being carried into
effect in the event of it's being finally
entered into, and in addition thereto
the persons representing the corpora
tion become liable for misdemeanor.
the commission has believed and still
believes that it must perform its duty
by presenting any request to the United
States district attorney against it, and
prosecute proceedings in court as con-
templated by the act, if they form
joint traffic agreement or enter into
an agreement that should be unlaw-
full"
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-25
BRAZIL CONGRATULATEs.
Brief Session of the House and Adj
journment Till Tomorrow.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.-The ses-
sion of the house was brief today
Mr.. Shafroth, of Colorado, attempted
to secure the passage of a resolution
opening the South Platte and Plum
Creek forest reserves in Colorado
where there have recently besn large
gold discoveries, to mining claimants,
| but it was objected to.
Mr.. Turner Oem., Ga), called at
tentfon to the resolution introduced
by Delegate Flynn, of Oklahoma, call
ing upon the secretary of the interior
for an explanation of the alleged de
lays that he said occurred in the open
ing of the Wichita reservation. There
had been, he said, no reply on the Dem
ocratic side at the time to the stric-
lures ON Secretary Smiths course
Since then the secretary had written
temperate reply to what Mr.. Flynn
alleged, and he asked that it be print
ed in the Record.
Mr.. Baker (Rep., n. HD, objected.
On motion of Mr.. Dingley (Rep., Me. }
a resolution for the distribution and
reference of the presidents massage
to the committees having jurisdiction
of the subjects dealt with was adopted.
after a short but Intellectual effort by
Lacey (Rep., Io.), to have the portion
relating to the Nicaragua canal to go
to the committee on railways and cam
ais, instead of interstate and foreign
commerce, Chairman Hepburn, of the
latter committee, saying that the ju-
risdiction of the committee on rail-
ways and canals was confined to can
ais within the territorial jurisdiction
of the United States.
The speaker laid before the house
the following cable communication,
which was received with a burst of ap-
plauSe:
"Rio de Janeiro. Dec. 21.-President
Chamber of Representatives, Washing
ton, d. c.:
1.-The chamber of deputies of the re-
public of the United States of Brazil
congratulate the chamber of the rep
reSentatives of the North American
union for President Cleveland s worthy
message, which so nobly and highly de-
fends the rights and liberties of the
American nations consecrated in Mon
roe's principles.
Rosa E. Silva, Presidente.
The house then, at 12:40 p. m, ad-
journed until Thursday.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-25
NO MORE A CHASM.

Whether the moving force was the
softening influences of the season, or
a recognition of the obliteration of all
differences at home when we begin
to think of facing an enemy abroad,
the act of the United States senate
yesterday in passing without a dis
senting vote the bill to- remove the po-
Itical disabilities of ex-Confederates
was the part of wisdom and of justice.
Nearly generation has passed since
the last echoes of the great rebellion
died away. The issues about which 1T
ragged, the hot feelings that it stirred,
are heard and felt no more by the
brave on either side. Only the meaner
sort of politician makes them his op-
portunity, and he has found of late
that their effect is gone. There is
as devotion to our common country
is concerned. The title of "eX-Con-
federate" means nothing more than
that he who bore it once fought,
bravely perhaps, certainly in deadly
earnest, on the losing side of a great
contest wherein he believed, though
mistakenly, that he was serving duty.
The perpetuation of the rancors of
that far-away time, the attempt to
impose lasting stigma upon men
who have today no allegiance but
that which they give gladly to the
country that we all love and rever-
ence, has long been shameful. 1t has
been demolished at last by the splen-
did manifestations of patriotism
among the people of the Southern
states when danger threatens the
nation from foreign foe. Among
the first to respond, with loyalty
that knows no question, are the men
who once stood in resistance against
the authority Of the United States,
but whose lives are henceforth at
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-25
MANITOBA DEFIANT. ,

Premier Greenway has made his
appeal to the people of Manitoba on
the public school issue. All the facts
relating to this burning question have
been presented in detail to the read
ers of the Clio be. The Manitoba
government now asks the ratification
by the voters of the province of it's
position and it's policy. That position
is that the provincial legislature shall
be permitted to deal with the school
question: without interference from
the side of the dominion. In the pres
ent status of affairs, it amounts to
practical declaration of independence
and a threat of rebellion unless the
Ottawa government is prepared to
yield or to offer compromise equiv
alent ito surrender. There is no
shadow of probability of an adverse
verdict by the voters of Manitoba.
They Will, unless they reverse all
their past acts and expressions of
opinion, declare heartily for the main
tenance of their public school system
as it is, and against the proposition
for separate schools for Roman Cath
olics, drawing support from the pub
lie funds.
We do not see how the dominion
government can change its position.
1t has already expressed itself form
ally and authoritatively. 1t has de-
clared that it is bound to- maintain
the claim of the Roman Catholics for
a separate school system, and has
taken that attitude so positively as to
leave no room for retreat. Neither the
Manitoba government nor the Ot-
tawa government can now back down
without loss of prestige. If neither
yields, then Manitoba will be prac-
and amenable only to coercion by
force of arms. To that extremity
the rest of Canada would scarcely be
willing to proceed, even in a time of
profound peace. With a possibility
in the distance of an issue between
the United States and Great Britain
that would subject the country north
of us to invasion, an alienated and
hostile province in the position of
Manitoba would cut the whole con-
in the Canadian imbroglio will be
watched with intense interest, not
only at home, but in this country as
we'll
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-25

the service of the Union dear to all
of us alike. To declare that none of
these men shall stand branded by
his country as politically unworthy
is right and manful act. We re-
joice most of all that when it comes
it comes without haggling or innu-
endo, as the free and unanimous act,
without voice raised in OBJ
lection, of the Representatives
Of the people in the federal
senate. Let the house earn
equal credit for itself. and the last
reminiscence of an unhappy dissen-
sion be laid peacefully to rest. The
chasm that has yawned so long is
closed. We are nation of brothers.
equal in our rights and our heptage,
and hereafter, united we stand" 6,
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-25
AT THE THEATERS.

The advance sale of seats for the
two holiday performances of Sin
bad" at the Metropolitan Opera house
is very large, and there is no doubt
that the house will be crowded this
afternoon and tonight ".sinbad," as
edged on all sides to be bigger, bright
er and better than ever, and num-
Der of novel scenic effects have been
introduced. The company is the best
ever seen in extravaganza, and the
leading comedian, Oscar Girard, has
Paul audiences. He is a comedian, and
achieves his laugh-producing points
without overstraining or palpable eff
fort. Miss Anna Suits is probably the
"S.nbad." and the stately Irene Yer
ona and the eccentric Jessie Villars
make up a trio hard to beat.
"The DEVILS Auction which is
brighter and better in every way than
ever, is the Christmas treat in store
for those who attend the Grand today
and all this week. The two perform
ances today will undoubtedly be of i'm
mense proportions, as the sale is un-
This is just, the kind of a theatrical
offering for Christmas. There is much
in this entertainment to please xhe
eye and the senses. 1t is exceedingly
bright, and the many Specialtles are
all new and entertaining, and the bal
lets are new and beautifully danced.
The scenery is gorgeous -and the cos
tunes new and from tasty designs.
Then, again, the girls are pretty, and
the comedians are funny. The chill
dren as well as the elders are continu-
ally pleased with the plentiful amount
of comedy. -
:" The attraction at the Metropolitan
Opera house for New Years week, be-
ginning Monday, will be Henry Al.
Pitts and a powerful supporting cosn-
cess, ''The Rajah." ''The Rajah' '21''is
one of the cleverest and most success
full of this most popular class of at
fractions, and will undoubtedly do a
big business during the holiday week..
Gus Heege and his clever company
will be seen at the Grand, com
mencing next Sunday night in Mr..
Heege's new and successful comedy
drama, "a Yenuine Yentleman." Merrie
Osbourne and Sadie Connolly, who will
be remembered with Mr.. Heege in
lyon Yonson,' are with the company.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-25
HIS REMARKABLE BERTH.
A Rice County Vikings Marvellous
Escape.

Special to the Globe.
NORTHFIELD, Minn., Dec. "a
Ivers Larson, of this place, a night
or two ago became firmly convinced
that he was not drinking enough. Af-
ter taking steps toward remedying
this defect in his method, Mr.. Larson
took steps toward his boarding house
after vainly trying to unlock the door
with a cigarette IverS decided that he
must have smoked the key, and de-
termined to seek the hospitality of the
Archer house. Northfield's chivalry
retires at II p. m. according to the
state license law, hence at, midnight S
holy hour the landlord lay dreaming
of the time when even farmers should
pay 81 a day. Mr. Larson's fanfaron-
ade aroused the house and Mr.. Rob-
erts, the genial boniface, descended,
admitted Ivers, assigned him a room
and escorted the belated viking to his
bed. Again quiet reigned, and naught
broke the solemn silence save the reg
ular cadence Of the bed ticking. About
a. m. or thereabouts (Mr. Roberts
will not vouch for the time, but he
says it was so early that the streets
were not thoroughly aired, the culi-
broke Mr. Roberts slumbers, and an
nounced that there was some one in
the cellar repeating Mr.. Cleveland's
message ON the Monroe doctrine aloud,
and that she did not propose to grope
about in the dark feeling for some of
those high-class Northfield potatoes,
without protection. So once again did
the landlord seek the cause of this
disturbance. No one could be seen, but
an examination of Mr.. Larson's couch
proved that he was mot lost but gone
before A careful re-examination of
the basement revealed Mr.. Larson in
a peculiar predicament. The 'riser"
of the steam plant of the house and
several tributary pipes form a sort of
cradle about two feet lower than the
ceiling. In this receptacle, with one
leg twisted about a steam pipe and
his head firmly Wedged between two
joists, Mr.. Larson was. How he got
there no one will ever know; in fact,
Mr.. Larson himself disclaims any
knowledge on the subject. Had he
remained without discovery an hour
longer the steam would have been
turned on, and as Mr.. Roberts, who
is a deep Shakesperian scholar, re-
marked, Touchstone's words to the
shepherd, Truly, shepherd, thou art
damned all on one side. like an i'll
roasted egg" would have applied to
the wandering viking. Mr.. Larson is
at present confined to his bed, the
shock proving too much for his finely
constituted nervous system, but he is
looking forward to getting out after
New Years. AT present he can look
down the back of his neck, and his
right leg looks like an understudy for
corkscrew. And all Mortified is
laughing yet.
St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-25
MORRISON INDICATED.

When, in the campaign of 1890,
Tom Reed addressed a st. Paul au-
dience, he said, with that cynical
drawl that distinguishes him, that
in the progress of humanity there
was, as in an army, a vanguard and
a rear guard the van leading and
finding the way, and the rear guard
following in the path marked out.
In politics the Republican party an
swered to the van and the Democrat
ic party to the rear guard; and the
Republican party had frequently to
party to catch up. In another way
our Republican friends have swelled
with the same feeling of complacent
pride and pointed to instances in
which the Democrats have finally
come up onto the ground taken by
their party, thus affirming its supe-
rior wisdom.
When Mr. Morrison's ways and
means committee assumed that the
tariff had been so long under the
constructing ability of the Repub-
licans that its equality must be taken
for granted, and proposed, as the
simplest method of reforming it, a
horizontal reduction of all rates of
taxation on imports, how merrily the
laugh and jest and quip went the
rounds of the Republican press.
What hopeless incapacity for tariff
legislation this absurd proposition
showed. How the editorial columns
volleyed and Numbered. How the
spell-binders joked and roared. Mr.
Morrison was forthwith dubbed
Horizontal Bill" And enough craven
Democrats were found in congress to
vote to cut the head off the bill,
leaving the cause of tariff reform, as
they all fondly hoped, dead and
lifeless thing. But it appears that
Mr.. Morrison was only the van
guard, and Mr.. Reed and his party
are the rear guard now just catching
up.
Who, then, would have dreamed
that a Republican congress would
ever come to accept Mr.. Morrisons S
plan of treating the schedules? 4?
And yet, in this year of grace, Mr.
Reed, with his eye on ST. Louis, sol
emnly proposes a horizontal increase
of the tariff, except as to wool and
woolens. The bleating of the Ohio
shepherds has not been wholly in
vain. The clip of their f1ocks is to
have 60 per cent Of McKinley's pro-
lection, and the makers of woolens
are to have the same compensatory
| increase in the shelter Of their prod
ucts. But all the rest are to content
themselves with a level addition Of
Is or 90 per cent.
And an addition to what? To
tariff that Republicans have de-
nounced both as being a protective
and free trade tariff One which
has been torn to tatters in dissecting