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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-01-12
THE CAUSE OF WEAKNESS.

DR.. Hodge, of Clark University, has
been for some years making experiments
with view to throwing light on the
pathology, or explaining the physiology
Of fatigue. He bases his researches on
the fact that all the energy of the body
comes directly from chemical changes
and reactions in the individual cells of
which the body is composed. Every kind
of cell has its peculiar function-gland
cells to produce work and SO on-where-
as nerve cells produce what we call con-
seriousness, thing outside of physical
observation. But the nerve cells have
the same life history of birth, maturity
and death as other cells. hence they suf-
fer from want of nourishment, from over
exertion or from other causes. 1t has
recently been demonstrated that the pas
sage of an electric current through a
muscle is equivalent to so much work
done by the muscle, and it has been pro-
posed to produce muscular development
by electricity. The excessive application
of electric currents would naturally pro-
duce fatigue, and DIR. Hodge utilized this
cause and effect in following out his in
vestigations. He passed currents through
various animals, and after they were
killed he examined their nerve cells I'M
der the microscope. The uniform result
in large number of experiments was
diminution in the size of the nucleus of
the cells, which had been subjected to
the stimulation, and a change from
smooth and round to jagged irregular
outlines. In addition to the decrease
in the size of the nucleus the protoplasm
was shrunken, and the reticular appear
ance of the cell was destroyed. The Sec
tions of the brain not stimulated showed
no changes of this nature.-Neac York
TeIeOr0nn
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-01-12
STOCK.
sugar.

Brood sows require intelligent winter
care, and the success of the farmer with
his spring pigs depends to great ex-
tent upon how their mothers are winter
ed. They need dry quarters, lot for
exercise. and food which is not too heat
ing. and yet that which is nourishing
and is sufficient in quantity to keep
them thrifty.
Milk, potatoes, beets, turnips and any
of the roots are excellent food for sows
with young. Perhaps the cheapest and
the best stand by for them is hay, early
cut clover, chopped fine and mixed with
any kind of ground feed; steam it or
pour upon it boiling water, and let it
stand for day.
Aside from the question of profit, the
farmer does not act humanely toward
his stock who leaves them exposed to
winters cold, when he could with but
little trouble make for them a comforta
BILE shelter and protect them from the
stormy blasts. using for that purpose
piles Of straw which are going to waste.
The cheapest pork is made from hogs
which are never wintered, but which get
a good share of their sustenance during
long season upon pasture or good
range. In the North clover is becoming
the universal pork producer, while mast
in the South supplies the place even
more cheaply.
1t is estimated that an acre of ground
should produce 10 tons of ensilage,
which should support five cows during
the five winter months. No other food
will take it's place at the same cost. 1t
is succulent aud is better fed with hay
and grain, to get the best results. Moth
ing will quite take its place.
There can be no profit in lambs or
sheep where you are feeding a lot of
ticks; not that the latter require so
much to keep them, but because they
prevent the former from profting from
their food. They worry their appetites
away from them.
A question which enters largely into
the profit of crop is the cost of getting
it into market Good roads help toward
a solution of this problem. so does the
feeding of the crops to good stock. that
they may be sent to the buyer upon the
hoof. Home manufacture is the best
Clean up and purify the stables, and
get in pure air and light in more than an
abundance. These are the microbe
killers. and thus will tuberculosis be
most readily eradicated. Let the suns
rays fall into the stable and upon the
COWS, that nature may do her own puri.
flying.
The production of fat in sheep requires
starchy and oily foods to fill up the It's
sues and store up material for heat and
life, while wool is produced more from
the albuminoids, bran, oil meal and the
class of foods best for the development
of bone and muscle rather than fat.
Southern farms are destined to supply
Eastern markets with spring lambs,
poultry and dairy products, and also
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-01-12
Original in THE UNIvERsALIsT.
CHEERFULNESS.
BY MRS. SUSAN woLvERToN.

1t seemeth strange l grow not old!
Still wear my youths bright, sunny smile.
Why should change? l am not cold,
MY heart beats warmly all the while.
l walk above what many call
LIES dull and dreary travel-ways,
And things that will some souls appal.
Dim not for me the sparkling rays.
take my pleasure in life's little things;
Find sweet companionship in flowers;
On every tree, for me. wild bird sings,
While books beguile the tedious hours.
never hear the "serpent's hiss"
No "toads" spring up to cross my track;
never mourn for gifts not mine.
Kind. steadfast friends do not lack.
All! there my secret lies: share
In all their joys, in all their woe;
Have they grief? help to bear,
Their pleasures all, 1 love to know.
My past is written down and sealed;
Winds beat and rains once fell for me;
And wounds were cut, now wholly healed,
No scar can closest scanning see.
And yet, sometimes. from memory's rest
She wakes. and speaks in saddened tone,
And says, Were those deep sorrows best?"
leave all that to God alone.
DETROIT, MICH.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-01-12

their early vegetables. and they are fast
extending their general stock breeding
interests to all the improved breeds Of
live stock. They are already more than
supplying their home demand.
Because sheep eat weeds is no reason
why they should be kept en- that diet
entirely. Their fondness for a variety
leads them to eat much which cattle
will not. but they should be given feed
at the rack when they come up at night.
They will then learn to appear without
being sent for.
An Australian breeder is trying for
flock of black sheep by using only black
ewes with black ram, rejecting all
which are not true to color. He thinks
the wool will require less dye, and be
more durable in color. Since black alb
serbs more heat, such sheep might be
adapted to the colder climates.
The draft horse is the agricultural
horse Of the world, the work horse of city
and factory. This is now time of de-
mand and opportunity. 1t will take four
or five years to breed up enough for the
demand, and there is no telling where
the prices will run in half that time.
Butchers who supply steamships and
other vessels with meat say that nine
times out of ten mutton is preferred to
beef, and that the trade in sheep meet is
growing. This is encouraging for the
sheep industry, and rasers will do well
to do a good deal of breeding for NUT
ton purnosas
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-01-12
MY CREED.
BY ALICE CARY.

] hold that Christian grace abounds
Where charity is seen; that when
We climb to heaven, it's on the rounds
OF love to men.
hold that all else. named piety,
A selfish scheme, a vain pretence.
Where center is not nor can there be
Circumference?
This moreover hold. and dare
Affirm where'er my rhyme may go
Whether things be sweet or fair
Love makes them so.
Whether it be the lullabies
That charm to rest the nursing bird.
Or that sweet confidence of signs
And bushes made without word.
Whether the dazzling and the flush
OF softly sumptuous garden bowers,
Or by some cabin door, a bush
OF ragged flowers,
IT'S not the wide phylactery.
Nor stubborn faStS, nor stated prayers.
That make us saints; we judge the tree
By what it bears.
And when man can live apart
From works; on theologic trust
] know the blood about his heart
Is dry as dust.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-01-12

hastew shouted old Kisbee. "I've
got to get out bright and early this
morning"
Eyes, l know, father" The old
woman still stared around her. II
can't think what makes the room look
so queer. Oh, know Father, you've
torn those morning creepers away
from the window"
"Of course I have" said he. "Dried
up old truck, keepin' out the light
and air. What use were they?
"But there were lots of flowers and
buds on 'em yet, father, and in that
sheltered spot the frost wouldn't have
touched them for week to come"
"They don't amount to nothin',"
snarled Kisbee. Besides, I'm going
to have load put there to-day. It's
handy place for the wood pile"
"Fatherw
-goin'-to-hev -a-load-o'
wood-put there-to-day Don't l
speak loud enough?"
"But, father, you always said you
was goin' to build kitchen out
there"
81 never said nothin' of the sort!"
81 want a Kitchen" pleaded the
poor old woman.
"That's horse of another color"
sneered the old man.
"And when we were first married
you promised me -"
81 daresay promised good many
foolish things then. There's some
promises better broken than kept"
philosophically observed Luke.
"And this old room is damp, and
the walls has settled, and the ceiling
has fell, and / was hoping to put my
bed here when the new kitchen was
built. 1t always makes me feel so
poor when the sewing society meets
here, to hev our bed standin' in the
parlor, no matter how handsome the
patchwork isl"
Luke wiped his hands on the roller
towel.
"Well, you've stood it thirty years."
said he; ian Iguess you can stand
it little while longer"
"Do you mean, father, that | amt
to have the new kitchen, arter all7'
That's exactly what do mean"
Mrs Kisbee said no more, but the
SLOW, bitter tears of old age trickled
down her cheeks as she lighted the
fire, brought pail of drinking water
from the spring, and began to fry the
ham and eggs.
al must have been awfully wicked"
thought the poor old woman, "for
I've most made an idol o. that new
kitchen, an thought so much about
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-01-12

glorious voice. How much better such
a course is we may gather from being
witnesses, some time or other, to artists
who have held on and sung once too
many times!-Brookline Chronicle.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-01-12
SUSY'S INVESTMENT.

He gray discouraging
light of the autumn
morning revealed every
crack in the discolored
ceiling, every flaw in the
uneven board floor, and
Mrs. Kisbee looked
around with a bewilder-
ed air as she came in to
get the breakfast.
"Come, mother, make
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-01-12

Mrs. Kisbee's poor old face grew
very white and drawn when she heard
that her husband had sold the old
place; but she signed the deed with
out a word of remonstrance.
"It's late in the day for me to op-
pose Luke's WILL" said she. "But
one thing know-Pm too cd tree
to bear transplantin'. When l leave
the old house where was born,
shall leave it in my coffin. Father,
he's goin' to put his money into land
that Squire divers so full of, and
it'll be scattered like autumn leaves.
Oh dear-.oh dear"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-11

how many are foreign-born, and how
many are negroes.
Not only this, but we know what
proportions of these classes of the popu-
lation are ignorant to this degree
The whole story is told by this dia-
gram, which we take from the Youths
Companion.
The total area of the square repre-
sents that portion of the population of
the country which is more than ten
years of age. This is divided into
three parts, representing the native
born whites, who comprised seventy
per cent. of the people, the foreign-born
who comprised nineteen per cent, and
the colored, who comprised the remain
ing eleven per cent.
The shaded portion of each of these
rectangles represents the proportion of
each of these three classes who could
not read.
OF the native-born whites, only six
per cent. were thus ignorant, while of
the foreign-born there were thirteen
per cent. and Of the colored. flftX-seven
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-11
WE'D LIKE INDIANS.
A Unique Wedding Ceremony at Chicago
Unites Two Ouakers.

A Unique Wedding Ceremony at Chicago
Unites Two Quakcrs.
One of the few marriages ever per-
formed in Chicago according to the
rites of the Quakers was that of Percy
Wesley, of New York, and Miss Mary
Elizabeth Poulson, of the former city,
celebrated the other afternoon at the
home of the brides parents, No. 5547
Fifth avenue. Although unusual, the
Quaker marriage ceremony is impress
sive. There is no clergyman and no
music, and the bride and groom marry
themselves.
Many friends of both the man and
woman are assembled, and the man,
taking the woman by the hand, repeats
the prescribed ritual of the sect. The
young woman likewise repeats the
words of the ceremony and then the
relatives and guests sign their names
to the quantity worded marriage GER
tificate
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-11
GETS DEFENDERS ToPMAsT.
st. Mary's Hospital Will Turu the Trophy
to Good Account.

st. Mary's Hospital viii Turu the Trophy
to Good Account.
The Defenders wounded topmast,
thanks to the generosity of G. Olive Ise-
lin, is to be devoted TO the work of aid
ing in alternating the sufferings of the
poor. The famous spar that was
cracked by the fouling of the cup de-
fender of America with the Vallxyrie in
the second of the international series of
races is to be competed for at the next
annual garden party of st. Mary's hos
pital, which will be held in Brooklyn,
n. Y, in June, 1896. While lying ill
recently, Mrs. John Byrne, wife of DIR.
Byrne, of Clinton street, who has been
prominently connected with ALI the
philanthropic work that has been per-
formed for the benefit of st. Mary's
hospital, conceived the idea that the
possession of the Defenders topmast
could be turned to the pecuniary adj
vantage of the sick poor. A flagstaff
will be made of the mast, and it is the
intention of Mrs. Byrne to have hand
some silk American flag made to &C
company it. A model of the Defender,
which will also be made from the top
mast, will be among the other attrac-
tions of this garden party of 1896.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-11
A QUEER KITTEN.
Born in Georgia without Hind Legs-Her
Queer Antics.

w. 7. CASTOR, of Forest, Ga, has in
his possession a curiosity partly in the
shape of cat-the other part is miss
ing. The kitten--it is two months old
is one of litter, and the only one
fully formed. The kitten in question
has no hind legs, there not even being
a sign of a bone other than its YER
tebre back of its ribs. Its tail is fully
developed, and the kitten uses it to bal
ance itself when sitting down. 1t
walks and runs about as lively as any
kitten, placing its fee as human
does and balancing itself to perfection
on its front legs, which are normally
formed but larger and more muscular
than usual. A curious thing is that
when instinct moves it to scratch as an
ordinary cat would with its hind feet,
it squats and attempts to do so, pro
ducing a quivering motion where its
missing hind legs should join the body.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-11
PROPELLED BY THE MOTION OF THE
WAVES.

seen, it is not unlike dredger In APP
pearance. As it goes along the paddle
wheels at the sides plash the water
and various cranks and bars and shafts
aloft move rhythmically. The boat is
a wave motor, and is designed as per-
petual motion boat, although the possi-
bility of dead calm has apparently
not been taken into consideration.
Two fat-bottomed scows are fastened
end on by huge hinge from the boat.
When the scows rock in the waves the
force of their rocking is communicated
to lever which moves fly wheel,
which in turn moves the paddle wheels,
and there you are. So long as the
waves endure the boat goes, and the
higher the waves rise the greater the
motive power of the boat. There was
one disadvantage about the thing as
originally devised; it wouldn't stop.
Like the famous cork leg, it went on
and on and on, and the only way to
hold it was by an anchor. So the In
ventor contrived way to switch the
wave motive power to vacancy and re-
ouSC IiiC w IL lipAS AoShihS VIZ
the waves. He proposes to make a
third use of the power, namely, to fur
nish power for other machines when at
the wharf A trial of this will be
made later, the boat having sufficiently
demonstrated its capacity of wave pro-
pulsion.
The inventor of the boat is Paul
Breitenstein, stage carpenter in the
McDonough theater, at Oakland. His
nautical experience thus far has been
mostly confined to one-sided boats
which toss furiously on seas of canvas
while a loose-haired heroine balances
gracefully in the bow and shrieks wild
" for aid, which is the heros cue TO
appear on pier providentially inter-
posed and lasso her into safety with a
towrope. Nevertheless, the carpenter
had so much confidence in his ability
to handle real water problems that he
expended 5000 on his invention before
it was finally foated in Oakland creek.
Now he believes he has great thing,
and says that nothing short of good
five-fgured sum would buy the fruit of
his brain
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-11
Notice. Trustees Sale.

Whereas, the Alamo Heights
Land and Improvement Company.
on the 18th day Of June, 1898,
made and executed a certain trust
deed to j. II. James, trustee, for
the benefit of III. III. McLane,
for the sum of ten thou
sand dollars 100000 to Sc
cure the payment Of a note
for said sum, payable in gold coin,
and bearing ten per cent interest
per annum; failure Of payment OF
interest to mature entire debt, at
the option of the holder, which
said deed of trust conveys the fol-
lowing described property, to-wit:
Blocks Nos. six (6), seven 60 ten
(l0), eleven (lD, twenty-five (22),
twenty-three (23), twenty.seven
(27), and twenty-eight (2S), of what
is known as Alamo Heights SUBJ
division, north of the city of San
Antonio, Texas, at the head Of the
river, as designated on the map Of
said subdivision, and lying be-
tween Patterson avenue and Tor
cido street; excepting from said
block the lots sold therefrom, to-
wit:
Lots No. %, 80 and 80. in block
%; lots s, 8, 10, IL, y, IL, IA, ID, in
block 10; lots fl to 40 inclusive, in
block %; lots l to %, and 90 to SO,
inclusive, in block q lots 80 to "a,
inclusive, in block %; lots 4, 5 and
6. in block IL; lots l, 2 and 3, in
block IL; lots z, 16, II, Is, l9 and
20, in block 10; lots 81, %, % and
"a, in block 10.
And which said trust deed is re-
corded in volume l22, on pages 423
and 427; and
Whereas, default has been made
in the payment Of interest on said
note, and the entire debt has thus
become due at the option OF said
II. II. McLane; and
Whereas, demand in writing has
been made pursuant to said deed
on John H. James, the trustee
named in said deed, who has failed
and refuses to sell said property as
therein authorized anu
Whereas, said McLane has APP
pointed me substitute according
70 the stipulations of said trust
deed.
Now, therefore, 1, IT,. McMinn,
acting as such trustee, Will pro-
coed and sell said property at the
courthouse door in Bexar county,
Texas, to the highest bidder, for
cash, on the third day of December,
1895, between the hours of 10 a. m.
and 4 p. m, of said day. and will in
the name of said Alamo Heights
Land and Improvement Company,
execute to the purchaser a general
warranty deed for the same.
T. j. MCMINN,
Ills BOD Substitute Trustee.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-11

OF. Miles aIn E75IIs ARE guaranteed 10 Se0H
Npada chs. IN 20 minutes "One cent dorE
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-11

Oregon has just passed law against
fishing in the Columbia river on Sun
day. 1t is intended to give the salm-
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-11
PROPELLED BY WAVES.
Perpetual Motion Craft Devised by Car
penter in California.

A strange craft devised by a San
Francisco man is now afloat In Sar
Francisco bay, and is causing the old
salts no end of amaze and concern.
The remarkable feature of the thing is
that it is designed TO make the water
on which it floats do double duty, both
that of buoying it up and that of pro
polling it. Other means of progress ii
has none. There is no electricity,
steam, naphtha, gas or compressed air
to furnish motive power. The water is
expected to do it all.
This picture, reproduced from the
San Francisco Chronicle, shows what
the continuance looks like. AS may be
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-11

France proposes to put an end to
racing by ocean greyhounds by enforc-
ing the regulations of 1883. limiting
the speed at sea. A new bill, drawn up
by the marine ministry, imposes heavy
penalties for excessive speed.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-11
LIoNEss ATTACKS HER KEEPER.
Matt johnson Seriously Injured at the 81
Louis Fair Grounds.


Louis Fair Grounds.
Sultana H., Hagenback's big honess
at the fair grounds, attacked Matt
Johnson, her trainer, the other day,
and before aid could reach him he was
frightfully torn about the body. She
had been in bad humor for several
days and when johnson entered her
cage in the afternoon she sprang upon
him without warning. She struck him
a powerful blow, tearing the flesh from
his side and inficting horrible wound.
He fell bleeding and helpless to the
floor, and the lioness was upon him in
a moment. Another trainer rushed to
the rescue and by means of an iron
bar succeeded in beating back the in
furiated beast. She turned with a
roar and seized the iron bar in her
teeth, and while she was thus dis
tracted johnson was dragged out of
the cage, leaving Sultana III. to beat
her head against the bars of her
prison. The injured man was found to
be seriously hurt and his condition is
regarded as precarious. The lioness is
VIGOROUSLY ugly. She nearly chewed
a woman to pieces at Coney Island last
summer, and twice her. trainers have
had narrow escapes from being torn In
r,iaaaS
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-11
ILIITERACY IN AMERICA.

Amount OF Ignorance Among Our Peo-
pie, and Where 1t Is.
Among other questions asked the
people of the country by the enumer.
ators of the last census was this: "Can
you read?" The answers to this rather
inquisitive question have been compiled
and the results published, so we now
know how many of our people are
among the ignorant to this degree, how
many of them are native-born whites,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-11
FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
has been used for children teeth
ing. 1t soothes the child, softens
the gums, allays all pain, cures
wind collie, and is the best remedy
for diarrh9a. Twenty-Five cents a
bottle. 927 Tyr cod
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-11

per cent. Inus n gIance' at the dia-
gram shows not only the amount of
ignorance among our people, but where
that ignorance is.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-12-25
Another Message

President Cleveland followed up
his Menroe doctrine message by an
other message to Congress on Thurs
day, appealing to Congress to do
something to better the financial
state of affairs OF the country. This
last message proves that he has call
ed halt in the belief of his own f.
nancial views as a remedy for the
money troubles, fer he does not tell
as in former messages what Congress
shall do. He leaves everything to
Congress. In a former message, he
asked that body to repeal the silver
coinage act. The times got worse
instead of better. He asked Congress
to repeal the protective laws. 1t did
as requested, and times got worse.
Now he comes to Congress without
a plan, but in substance says, I have
no plans, but for mercy sake get up
some financial plan to stop the mon.
ey affairs from getting worse.