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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-05-04

robin; for "Trust and wait" was the
burden Of it's song also.
At last winters icy reign was over;
from the hard ground the snowdrop
raised it's modest head. and the pale,
sweet faces of the primroses smiled
among their broad leaves. To the stock,
too, change came; leaves. decked her
once bare stem, and new life seemed to
thrill through every fibre.
But my sweet blossoms are gone for
ever!" she thought.
Still the returning swallows brought
the same message as the nightingale and
robin had before. for they twittered
Trust and waltz as they sported in the
sunshine above her. All her companions
sprang into flower at the musical call
of June, but no bud appeared among
her leaves; yet the stock was content,
for she had almost learnt her lesson; and
once more summer was succeeded by
autumn, and by winter. Winter fled at
the approach of spring, and again all,
things were awaking into life The rose
stock was covered with large. beautiful
leaves and among them, unknown to any
but the dew drops and the sunbeams,
tiny bud was growing. Each day it be-
came larger and stronger, and yet SO
gradual was it's growth, that the stock
hardly knew of its existence. But one
morning, when the sun was taking his
first peep through the parted irtains
or the east. she woke and there, among
her leaves, rested lovely flower Of deep
est crimson, bathed in dew-drops, which
the morning sunbeams we're turning in
to cluster of gems. For some minutes
the tree Ia wild-rose stock no longer
gazed in wondering delight at her beau
tiful offspring; then she turned toward
her friend, the white rose. and whispered
softly: ---.-- -
Look at the end of all my waiting,
the reward of all my trustE
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DIR. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Forty Years the Standard.
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'No, but I'm going to get rid Of
one" laughed Will. "Never you want
to be rich. Jim. I've tried it, and
it's no joke can tell you"
A good many gentlemen were 60
ing to and fro from the ferry-boat,
but not the one Will was watching
for. That was Wednesday. Thurs
and Friday it was the same story;
but Saturday morning, as Will was
taking an early lunch, perched on
his favorite wall, came welcome in
terruption.
snow, young man, are you too busy
to touch up my boots again?"
Will was off his perch in an in
slant, his face in a glow. "Oh, I've
been looking out for you every day
since Wednesday. You went and
gave me this last time"
Will was Juggling at his pocket as
he spoke. He dragged forth piece
of rag, with the half crown carefully
tied up in corner of it.
The gentleman looked down at it
in some surprise. "Oh, it was you
that got it, was it, ! knew I'd paid
it away somewhere"
Will brushed away cheerfully.
The gentleman stood thoughtfully
turning over his recovered property.
"You did not think of keeping it for
yourself, | supposed" he inquired
curiously. I couldn't have proved
that you had it."
Wills head bent little lower over
the boot on his block. ayes, l did
think of keeping it the first day." he
answered, mot after. It was the
worst day ever had"
"I'm glad to hear it" was the COM
ment; "and how did you propose to
spend it,-cakes?"
"Cakes!" echoed Will, Indignantly;
Il was going to buy dog with it.
"a dog" echoed the gentleman in
return. What possible use would
that be to you9 Dogs are always in
the road; and they want feeding.
too"
"Yes!" Will admitted that, but this
dog was different from all others.
s'Why, he knows me quite we'll al
ready, just from going past the
doors; and he understands every
word | say to him, the same as if he
could talk"
"Then by all means go buy him at
once. He can't be dear at that
price," laughed the gentleman, sud-
denly dropping the half-crown on
the block. "There. that includes to-
days polish, my lad, and twenty-nine
others if | like to claim them. Well
make no mistake this time"
The freight station closes at two
o'clock on Saturdays. At three min
utes to two Will dashed through the
gates. At one minute past he came
out in triumph with his black and
white dog beside him.-The Quirer.
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TRUST AND WAIT.

"Why was ever brought here?" cried
a wild rose stock, as it stood bare and
leafess among dozen or more beautiful
trees of the same species, whose flowers,
of every size and hue, breathed frag-
rance on the air of the bright summer
morning. why was / ever taken from
my native hedge-row. where the bees
slipped honey from my blossoms, and the
butterflies summed themselves among my
branches?"
"And who are your said beautiful
white rose, as she bent gracefully for
ward.
II am now dried up, useless stick"
replied the stock; Twas the beauty and
pride of country lane, my flower. the
delight of the village children, and many
tired traveller as he passed by was re-
freshed by my soft fragrance. Those
happy days are over forever; my leaves,
my flowers, my branches, all are torn
from me; and to aggravate my troubles,
am placed here to be reminded by your
life and beauty of what / was and what
am"
After the stock ceased speaking, there
was a sorrowful pause among her hear
ers; then the white rose said:
do not be cast down, my poor friend,
you are not the only enc thus afflicted
Look at me; was once as you are; I am
what you may be-"
The stock only answered, sadly:
at is impossible that your SORROWS
can have been as great as mine; | can
not think that my troubles make me
any better, but worse"
Then trust, said her companion;
"trust and wait"
Trust and wait" echoed they all. and
richer perfume seemed breathed from
their many-colored flowers; and the
breeze caught up the sound, and bore it
over hill and dale to lovely wood. where
a nightingale sat silent; and so beautiful
seemed the words to the bird that
springing upward to the Hottest Dough
of stately elm. he turned them into
music. and the sounds foated back again
to the garden, and were echoed in the
songs of the thrush and the linnet, till
"Trust and wait" seemed whispered and
warbled all round the stock.
do they all say so?" thought she.
"then will try 10 do it,"
By.and-by tiny graft was inserted
by the gardener into her stem; but she
scarcely noticed it.
ut makes little difference what they
do with me now" she thought; "the old
days can never return. Still, l will
trust and wait"
And so she did, till summer faded into
autumn. and winter laid his icy hand
upon the garden. The flowers hung
their heads when they felt his cold
breath, and the leaves fell sadly from the
trees as the autumn wind warned them
of his approach. The thrush and the
nightingale were. heard no more; but
from the bare branches where they used
to sing, the same words of hope came to
the rose stock in the shrill tones OF the
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-05-04
THE ROBINS SONG.

A little robin came too soon
From Summerland away:
He must have thought that IL was june
Whent was not even May.
20 Robinl pin your scarlet vest
More closely to your throat.
Or of the song you love the best
You cannot sing note.
There is no other bird about,
And. in their coats of fur.
The pussy-willows are not out
They dare not even purr.
And you will freezel" But. as spoke,
He hoped upon tree.
AS If the cold we're but joke.
And sang this song to me:
30 Apple-treel the while tits showing
How your pinky buds are glowing
Growing blowing-glowing
On everything seel
And somewhere in your branches nioing'
One small nest is safe abiding.
Waiting-waiting-
My little love and me.
40 Rrooki because the ice is near you,
I,o YOU thiuk cannot hear you
singing singing-singing
OF daisies and the spring.
q Meadows whitei with snowdrifts over
DON'T YOU know the smell of clover
Coming -coming-comlng
While loud the bluebells ring?
30 frozen Flakes! that cling together'
You are every one feather
Falling -falling-falling
To line the worlds great nest.
n NIGHT and Darkness! downward pressing
You are wings spread out caressing.
Notwithstanding
All tired things to rest"
And then my robin spread his wings
And flew across the snow;
But somewhere, dear, he always sings
This little song know.
Harriet F. Blodgett. In 81. Nlchoias'
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y Sawyers had one, a sharp
black terrier who followed his master
through the days work, and was a
fruitful subject of conversation with
every customer who stood to get his
boots brushed. Jim Turner had an
other, an ugly little creature it was
and of no earthly use or pleasure 10
any one. Even Jim himself never
referred to him without kind OF
apology. Two other boys joined, ana
went shares in gray mongrel; and
altogether Will felt that it was duty
he owed to himself to get dog at
once.
He had seen exactly the kind OF
dog he wanted, too,-a white one
with black ears: it belonged to the
telegraph clerk at the freight station
up the road. Will had been trying
to bargain with him for the last three
weeks. The telegraph clerk began
by demanding six shillings, then he
had come down by six-penny stages
to half crown, but lower than that
he would not go; and as Will had
eight pence. the proceedings had
come to deadlock.
He was thinking it over as he took
his lunch on the dock wall, and in
truth did not quite see where the bal
ance was to come from. Still, he had
never failed in anything he set his
mind to yet; and. if that clerk would
not come down, it was clear that the
half-crown must be made up some
how
cts one and ten pence, twenty-five
pennies" he observed, half-aloud. "lf
| stop bit later and begin bit
sooner, and don't miss single
chance, might might get it in
fortnight; it's only twopence day,
after all. There's one customer now"
A stream of passengers was coming
up from a ferry boat, and one big,
portly old gentleman was vigorously
signalling to him. One of his boots
was in the highest state of polish; but
the other had evidently dipped into
a pool of lime or whitewash, which
had caked into solid crust about it.
Will looked down at his brushes
rather doubtfully.
"Never mind your brushes, my lad
look at my boot. I'll give you three
pence if you make it like the other
in less than three minutes. / want
to catch a train"
Will brushed with right good will.
Threepence for one boot was some
thing more than fair pay. He got
through his task in the allotted time,
and made the boot as presentable as
it's neighbor. The gentleman re-
garded it approyingly, his head a
little on one side.
"You have done that very well, my
lad. 1t was some horrible compound
for withdrawing the cattle-sheds,
and j stepped right into it. There's
your threepence. Good day."
He hailed passing hanson, and
drove off at rafting pace. Will
watched him out of sight, then he
looked at his fee before he put it into
his pocket. One penny, twopence,-
and there he stopped in utter amaze
ment. Sandwiched between the two
pennies was glittering half-crown,
new and fresh from the mint! Never
ia all Willis business career had such
an event befallen him before.
"Why, if he hasn't gone and given
me half CROWN he cried to Tom
Sawyers, who was standing close by,
the black terrier at his heels.
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WANTED: A DOG.

HERE was no doubt
about it. Will TAFT did
want a dog very badly
indeed. Just then there
was a fancy for dogs
abroad, among the shoe
black brigade. Tom
courara had one. a sharp
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H. The Inevitable Conflict.
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VII. Yesterday, Today and Forever.
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X. The Premature Judgment CT Divine
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XII The Use and Abuse of Optimism
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The Bottineau courant., 1895-11-30
Great Northern Engines Piled Up
in q Heap at Spicer,
Minn.
Double Header at Full Speed
Crashed Into a Freight
Train.
Freight and Flyer on the Santa
Fe Come Together Two
Were Killed.

81. CLOUD, Mimi, Nov. 27.-A ter
rible tail-end collision betw cen two
Great Northern west bound freight
trains occurred on the main track at
the water tank at Spicer, on the Will
mar branch, between and 2 q. m. The
first freight was taking water, when
another heavy freight, headed by two of
the heaviest engines, bound in the same
direction, crashed into the tail end.
was Making Fast Time.
The double header was making fast
time when the collision occurred. De-
tails are hard to get, and the cause of
the accident cannot be learned. The
Wilmar train arrived here two hours
late, and passengers say the wreck
presents frightful appearance. One
engineer and fireman and two brake
men were moro or less injured, but it
is thought not seriously. The engines
Of the double-hea Ter are piled in a
heap Of scrap iron, and four cars of
wheat piled hereunder are burning.
One engine Of the double header is
standing upright on top of the other.
Owing to the great force of the collision
the fact that there was no loss of life is
little less than miraculous.
The Bottineau courant., 1895-11-30
How to Prevent Group.

SOME READING THAT WILL PROVE IN
TEREsTING TO YOUNG MOTHERS. HOW
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Group is terror to young mothers
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first symptoms and treatment is the
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Group is a common cold. Children
who are subject to it take cold very
easily and Group is almost sure to fol-
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this is soon followed by peculiar
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one who has heard it. The time to act
is when the child first becomes hoarse.
If Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is
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soon disappear. Even after the croupy
cough has developed it will prevent
the attack. There is no danger in CIV
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injurious. For sale by D. H. Nc
Arthur.
The Bottineau courant., 1895-11-30
HE SEES NOTHING WRONG.

President Caldwell Takes Exceptions to
Senator Chambers Letter.
CLEVELAND, Nov. 27.-President D.
w. Caldwell, Of the Lake Shore, does
not see anything wrong in the railroad
presidents agreement.
"There are positively no grounds,
he says, whereby any legal exceptions
can be taken to the rules embodied in
the agreement. Its fundamental prin-
cipal is the making and maintaining Of
all fares, rates and rules Of tho associa.
tion."
"Do you think Senator Chandler will
be able to quash the agreement?'
What do we care for what Senator
Chandler or congress does? Nothing
illegal has been done. People down in
Washington are making all the fuss,
but the will find that their efforts will
have been for naught."
The Bottineau courant., 1895-11-30
RAISING SHEEP Is PROFITABLE

Minnesota Breeders Find It . Great
source Of Income.
ISLAND LAKE, Mimi, Nov. 27.-Sheep
farming, although a comparatively new
industry here, has brought such large
profits to those engaged in it that it is
attracting the notice Of all farmers. H.
J. Mackay, for many years manager Of
the largest sheep farm in Scotland, has
gone in extensively for it since coming
20 Island Lake. When questioned about
sheep farming Mr.. Mackay said:
''There is at present nothing that pays
better. Sheep are cheap to buy, cheap
to feed and easily housed. Irecom.
mend for this state Shropshire sheep;
they are hardy and well adapted to the
climate. A general purpose sheep, hav-
ing average wool and mutton qualities,
is the best investment"
The Bottineau courant., 1895-11-30
Some Facts Regarding the Re-
cent Trouble on the Great
Northern.
Three Distinct Orders That Were
Not Obeyed by Many Of
the Men.
Debs Didn't Think the Situation
Warranted q General
Strike.

ST.. PAUL, Nov. 27.-The Globe pub
ishes the following article giving some
curious facts regarding the recent at
temp to order a strike on the Great
Northern:
It will be well remembered that when
President James J. Hill declined to re-
ceive the committee which waited upon
him on the ground that they were not
representatives Of the Great Northern
employees the statement was made that
"Mr. Hill would see whether the COM
mittee represented the men or not, :"
etc., and it was even intimated in a
letter to him from the committee that
it would not be surprising if the entire
line from st. Paul to the coast were to
be tied up as tight as drum.
The strike was ordered Nov. 8, it ap-
pears, but met with little response.
Two days after second order was sent
out, and on Nov. another circular was
scattered broadcast.
The appended telegraphic message,
received from Milwaukee Nov. 8, the
day following the issuance of the cir.
culars, speaks volumes for the mis-
management Of the attempted strike:
Said No Strike Had Been Ordered
Milwaukee, Nov. 8.-Aocording to
Eugene V. Debs, president of the
American Railway union, who is now
confined in the Woodstock (Ills.) jai l
no strike has been declared on the
Great Northern system, and none is
likely to be declared. This statement is
contained in a personal letter from
Debs, written in Woodstock Jail last
night and received by a prominent
member of the order in this city this
morning. The letter is in reply to an
inquiry regarding the status Of matters
on the Great Northern. Debs writes
that the Milwaukee members may feel
| no concern as to the trouble on the
Great Northern system.
Brother Keliher," he writes, "ad-
vises me that no strike has been de-
clared, and that none is likely to be de-
clared. There has been local trouble at
three or four points, but nothing Of q
general character in which the A. r. U.
is involved. There could not be astrike
unless authorized by the men them
selves, and this has not been DONE"
Says They Were Ordered to Quit.
The Pioneer Press, however, pub
fishes an order signed by the onmit
tee" distinctly dire ting all men on the
Great Northern lines to quit work.
The Bottineau courant., 1895-11-30
WILL REMOVE HANOCCK's BODY

The Gsnerars Remains to he Trans
fsrred to Arlington.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 27.-It has been
decided to remove the body Of Major
General Winfield s. Hancock to Ar
ington cemetery from Norristown, Pa,
where it has rested since 1885. None
Of the projects to erect monument at
Norristown have succeeded, and the
committee Of the Second artillery corps
has succeeded in securing the consent OF
the members Of the family to the re-
moval. It is planned to have the burial
in Arlington take place next spring,
when monument to General Hancock
ON one Of the public squares in Wash
ington will be dedicated.
The Bottineau courant., 1895-11-30
A Large Steamer Ashore.

MILWAUKEE, Nov. 27.-A telegram
from Mequon, Wis, says large steam.
er is ashore near that place. The tug
Welcome and the life saving crew has
gone to the scene. A heavy sea is run
ming. A binding snow storm prevailed
all night and electric Car traffic was
almost completely suspended. Tele.
graph and telephone wires are pros
trated on all sides.
The Bottineau courant., 1895-11-30
The Combination That Knocked
Out Traffic in Chicago and
the East.
One Of the Worst Storms Ever
Experienced in the Windy
City. IN
Telegraph and Telephone Wnes
Are Down in All Di. g
rectiOnS. "a

CHICAGO, Nov. ~. The storm whiSh
ragged here all night was one Of the
worst that ever struck this city. Ths
wind blew gale and the snow fell III
clouds. At times the snow changed 10
rain or sleet and then back to snow
again. By midnight the streets we're
in horrible condition and it was i'm
possible to Cross any street in the city
without getting water over the ankles.
Those who had to be out found walk
ing extremely difficult and dangerous.
The cutters in the business portion of
the city are filed with water which can
not run off as many of the sewer in.
takes are choked with snow which is
almost impossible to dig out. Street
railway traffic is greatly delayed and
the street car companies had to abandon
some of their minor lines, devoting
their energies to keeping the main
lines open. Dispatches received here
show the same state Of affairs through.
out Illinois. Quincy reports bowling
blizzard, with snow falling, fast inn.
peding street and railroad traffic.
Wires Down in All Directions.
Telegraph and telephone wires are
down in all directions. Peoria says the
storm is still raging, and serious dam.
age is feared. At Fairbury, lis, slee1
caused considerable damage. August
E. Guenther fell and received probably
fatal injuries.
The gale was very severe on the lakes
Comparatively few vessels are out a
this time Of year and it is not expectef
that there will be much loss Of life, i
any. The telegraph service, both cas-
and west, is badly crippled. !.
The Bottineau courant., 1895-11-30
Placed Under tho Ban.

DUBUQUE, Ia, Nov. 27.-A sensation
was created in Catholic circles by the
announcement to the Catholic Benevo-
lent society of this city. by Father Hee.
Ian, that hereafter it could no longer
enter the cathedral as body. Arch.
bishop Hennessy dictated the order.
The society is thus placed under the
ban the same as other secret societies.
The cause of this order is the holding Of
a picnic by the society contrary to the
commands of the archbishop.
The Bottineau courant., 1895-11-30
lEFEAR FOB THEIR BIG BOATS.

transportation Company Anxious About
Some Of Its Steamers.
CHICAGO, Nov. 27.-Four big passen-
ger steamers, the Jay Gould, City Of
Duluth, City Of Traverse and Peerless,
all of the Lake Michigan and Lake Su-
perior Transportation Company's line,
were out on the lake in the storm and
have not been heard from. The com.
pany officials are. greatly alarmed, and
are using every means in their power
to obtain some tidings Of the missing
vessels.
The Bottineau courant., 1895-11-30

BERLIN, Nov. 27.-The police raided
the houses Of the Socialistic members Of
the reichstag and other leaders of the
Socialistic party. A thorough search
was made of their domiciles and all
their letters and papers were lmpounded
and taken to the Office Of the chief Of
police. It is reported that the action of
the authorities is based upon some in
fringement of the Prussian law govern
ing the right of association.