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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-07-25
WHAT THE BICYCLIST MISSES.

1t is to be hoped that the good old
custom of pedestrianism will not fall in
to disuse. The bicycle rider has per-
haps gained more than he has lost, but
he has lost something and that by no
means unimportant. 1t is great econ
omic gain to minimize time and distance
to 30 considerable an extent. The en-
joyment in this way of the air and ex-
ercise and the poetry and exhilaration
of easy and rapid motion is delightful,
but this sensuous satisfaction is likely
to be obtained at the expense Of mental
stimulus. The bicycle rider cannot
tarry to study the tint or texture of the
flowers or breathe their fragrance. He
cannot listen to the songs Of birds or
the music of the brooks. His course is
over the worlds conventional tracks,
and though nature speaks in countless
tongues, he hardly catches so much as
the echo of any of them. The wood
lands and the byways where Turk the
choicest manifestations of beauty he
cannot visit. On his nightly runs he
sees only the shining road before him
rejecting the light of the moon and
stars, but he cannot lift his eyes to the
Milky Way, or view the still more glori-
GUS tenantry of the heavens.
1t does not seem violent hypothesis
that this condition of things must tend
ko1 Re Nf oh
upon which 30 much that is great in art,
science, and literature depends, and that
this will be deplorably apparent in the
next generation unless some counter in
terest can be developed. 1t is serious
question whether White of Selbourne,
Burroughs, or a. Thoreau could have
been produced on an exclusive bicycle
basic. Their natural tendencies might
have overcome all obstacles of environ
ment, but observation is plant that
starts early and grows by what it feeds
upon, and amid surroundings and inau-
ences like the present they might not
30 easily have been indicted into those
delightful and congenial labors that
have SO sweetened the literature of our
| time.
The bicycle interest has come to stay
and to grow until some more potent at
traction shall supplant it. But to bal
ance it and prevent social one sidedness
and mental deterioration, we need the
extension and multiplication of such or
CARNATIONS as the Appalachian Club,
which will soon start upon an outing
not to annihilate space. but to become
acquainted with the wealth which occu-
pies it. and in acquiring health and
strength also to acquire information. 1t
is something to know the world of men,
but it is infinitely more important to
know intimately the world of nature,
for upon that knowledge rests all that
man ever has accomplished or ever can
accomplish. The fastest scorcher may
get to the end Of life's journey the soon
est, but he will not arrive with as much
baggage as the more moderate and OBJ.
servant NATURALIZATION Transcript.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-07-25
A|IHE, EEK li,7Ii: {HlQiNE
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CHANGELESS,
BY SUSAN COOLIDGE.

We say, 1.-THE sun has set" and we sorrow sore
As we watch the darkness creep the landscape
DER,
And the thick shadows fall and the night draw
on,
And we mourn for the brightness lost, and the
vanished sun.
And all the time the sun in the selfsame place
Waits, ready to clasp the earth in his embrace,
Ready to give all of his stintless ray
And It's we who have "set," it is we who nave
turned awayl
1.-THE Lord has hidden His face, 1--WE sadly cry,
AS we sit in the night Of grief with no helper BY
"Guiding uncounted worlds in their courses
dim,
How should our little pain be marked by Him."
But all the while that we mourn the Lord stands
near,
And the Son divine is waiting to feip and near;
And It's we who hide our faces and blindly turn
away,
While the Sun of the soul shines on mid the per-
feet day.
Sunday School Times.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-07-25

ished to hear it, but she thought it
not best to say anything about it.
He would have alleged that it was a
special case, as they did not go to the
theatre every week. This was true,
but then something else was sure to
come of equivalent cost, such as ride
or concert.
So time slipped away. The neces-
sity, according to the compact, of
giving his wife as much as he spent
for incidental expenses, no doubt
contributed to check him somewhat,
SO that probably he did not spend
more than two thirds as much in this
way as he had done before the agree
ment. Still, be kept up to the aver
age of the first week.
The year had glided by. John
Stetson came into the sitting room
with preoccupied air.
"What are you thinking sbout9"
asked his wife.
about the half-acre lot adjoining
the one Holmes bought last year."
did you want to buy it,"
eyes, l should like to; but Ct
course l can't"
"How much do they ask for it,"
"Holmes paid hundred dollars
for his. This is, on some accounts,
preferable, and they hold it at one
hundred and twenty-five dollars"
Perhaps you could raise the mon
ey, John," said his wife, quietly.
by borrowing? shouldn't want
to do that"
"You remember our fund.-"
"Pshaw! That may possibly am
cunt to thirty or forty dollars"
Suppose we count it, as the year
is up today"
Every we'll"
The box was opened, and husband
and wife commenced counting. They
soon reached and passed forty dol
lars.
"Bless my SOUL" said John Stetson,
II had no idea there was so much"
What was his establishment when
the total proved to be one hundre d
and Twenty-Five dollars and forty
cents
"You see you can buy the lot"
"But haven't you swelled the am
cunt from your own allowance3" he
asked, somewhat bewildered.
"Not by cent; and don't you see,
John, that if you had refrained frcm
even one-half of the expenses we
spoke of, we might have had in the
neighborhood of two hundred dol
lars?"
John Stetson did see, and he was
determined that the lesson should be
serviceable one. The half-acre lot
was bought, and now, at the end of
five years, it is worth double what
he paid for it. He has also laid
aside two hundred dollars a year
during this period, and all by small
acknowledgements.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-07-25
The Memory.

How to strengthen the memory is an
interesting question. l think the best
way is to use it constantly, making it
serve you by giving it definite facts and
events to carry, as pack horse might on
a journey. There are many phases of the
problem, some people finding that they
cannot fix dates ia their minds, others
forgetting the faces and names of friends,
and others still having great trouble in
committing anything by rote. Devices
of rhymes and associations help some
persons. and others simply depend on
memoranda, and do not tax their men,
cries at all. AS a rule, the more we give
the memory to do. however, the more
quickly and faithfully it will respond to
our wishes. In little children memory
is very retentive, because their minds are
at the stage when impressions are
easily made; you know the line which
says that in childhood our minds are
WAX to receive, and marble to retain"
So that we should be very careful in.
deed about what we say, what we do,
and what we teach, where the dear
little ones are concerned. Some girls
have great deal of trouble in remem.
bering the rules of syntax, the Latin
conjugations, and the pages of history
which their teachers require to be re-
cited exactly as they are in the book.
Try the method of studying aloud. Go
away by yourself to commit your lessons
to memory, and then, over and over,
slowly. carefully, with your mind and
attention fixed on what your are doing.
read pharses, sentences and formulas.
over and over, and over and over, and
by. and-by you will have them by heart.
| have often done this when l have
wished to learn hymn or poem. and
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-07-25
RESPECT THE STOMACH.

Few people do have proper respect for
the stomach. If thing tastes good"
and is not 80 hot or so cold as to be pain
full to the mouth or throat, it is swal.
lowed by too many people regardless of
consequences.
Do not give the stomach food that will
irritate it or retard it in the performance
Of it's natural functions, or it will retail
ate in way that is decidedly unpleas.
ant. A headache, LUMP" or "heavy
feeling" in the stomach, and irritations
of the skin, are mostly symptoms of dis.
ordered digestion resulting from un.
wholesome food.
Alum baking powders are responsible
for the larger part Of this unwholesome
food, for it is fact we'll recognized by
physicians that alum renders food indi.
gestible and unwholesome.
The danger to health from this cause
is 30 imminent that it behooves every
one to adopt precautionary measures to
keep alum baking powders, which are
now so numerous, from the kitchen
stores. 1t will be found that those DOW
ders sold at lower price than Royal are
almost invariably made from alum, and
therefore of inferior quality and danger.
Gus to health.
The safer way is to look for the we'll
known red and yellow label of the ROYAL
Baking Powder. That is certain to
cover powder free from alum. The
Royal is made of cream of tartar, pure,
wholesome fruit acid derived from
grapes. 1t is renowned for adding anti
dyspeptic qualities to the food, as we'll
as for making finer and better food.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-07-25
A BRILLIANT FAILURE.

Aaron Burr was one of the most &C.
complished politicians that ever figured
in American history. His native talents
were splendid. He was we'll educated.
He was an able soldier under Washing
ton. He was one of the most uniformly
successful advocates that ever practiced
at any bar. AS an orator he stood in the
very front rank in an age which produced
Fisher Ames and Patrick Henry. His
elcquence was so overpowering as to
melt his bitterest enemies to tears, and
make them forget where they were. He
was. perhaps, the most magnetic man
that has lived since Julius Caesar. When
the officers of the law were hunting him
from State to State, to arrest him on the
charge Of treason, the populations of
large cities were turning out en- nlGsse to
magnificent banquets and brilliant balls
given in his honor. Even the popular
ity of Jefferson's administration was
seriously imperiled by Burr's arrest. His
arrest was accomplished with great diff
ficulty. His trial was almost an ovation.
Andrew jackson, who had been sam
moned to Richmond as witness for the
prosecution, is said to have made pub
lie harangue in his defense. That ex-
traordinary lawyer, Luther Martin, Fed
eralist to the core as he was, volunteered
to defend him without fee. Wirt's FL
igree foolishness and hollow rhetoric
about Blennerhasset, the native OF Ire
land and the man of letters, we're swept
away like a cobweb, and Aaron Burr's
acquittal was triumph. The only thing
that Burr lacked to make him one Of the
first statesmen OF his time was moral
character. Even when he was under
the frown of Jefferson, and when his
hands were red with the blood OF Hamil-
ton, Burr was one of the most popular
men in the United States. Barely mis-
sing the Presidency, and easily first as
Vice-President, he spent most of his life
in blaze Of glory, and has left to poster
ity name which will be the synonym
for infamy as long as American history
is read or American politics discussed
among men. His biography is instruc
tive, and furnishes many warning les
son to the politician who, in our own
day. lectures us on the folly Of attempt.
ing to carry the Decalogue and the Ser
mon on the Mount into politics.. C.
Hidden, DID,. in The Independent.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-07-25
STOCK

Steam and electricity are every day
taking away employment from light and
medium horses. Is it not a mistaken
notion to go on breeding them as
though they we're in the same demand
as ever, while the call for larger draft
and coach horses is by no means being
met?
Sheep should habitually rest on sod
or on soil covered with straw; the soil,
coming directly in contact with the
wool. absorbs the oil and leaves the
ends of the hbers dry and harsh; also.
the earth works into the wool, giving
it frowsy appearance. Buyers back
heavily on dead tips" and "frowsy
WOOL"
OF the turnip family, the quick grow
ing kinds which are sOwn in July are
much more easily grown than rutabagas,
but the latter are better keepers and
more nutritious. This and the mangel
wurzel are the chief reliance OF Eng.
lish farmers for succulent food for win
ter stock.
Brood sows should be kept and fed by
themselves, on food which will produce
strong bones and good muscular sys-
tenn. that they may show in their pro-
geny the effects of careful and intelli-
gent treatment. Limit the ration of
corr, and give oats, ship stuff and milk
When feeding on a small margin that
the best results at the lowest cost can
be obtained, and very small amount in
the price of fat hogs will often deter
mine the question of profit and loss.
Hence it is quite an item to have the
hogs ready for market when prices are
the best.
1t pays to keep stock even when it is
low in price. We all know that stock
growing keeps our farms in better heart
than grain growing. By steadily grow
ing wheat and corn and selling it our
farms must run down. unless artifcially
kept up. while, if covered with stock, we
we can keep them up to high state of
fertility.
1.-THE farmers of the great West think
they can afford to raise wheat for 80
cents bushel or less to ship away to
Europe, and with it send the very life
blood of their soil. there is nothing to
prevent their doing so, but they will be
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-07-25
POULTRY.

Corn is used more than anything else
IN feeding poultry, because it is the
handiest feed; but if we will lay in a
good supply of other things where they
VIII be equally handy, we will soon get
In the habit of using them-to our ad-
vantage and profit.
An orchard makes an ideal feeding
ground for poultry. as there are more
insects to be found there than almost
anywhere else. Thus the orchard may
DC made to serve the double purpose of
fruit production and poultry range,
and it is not easy to say which will pay
the better.
Cleanliness and good feeding will go a
long way toward preventing contagious
diseases among fowls, but if these
should get footing it is better to kill
all the fowls as soon as attacked, for it
does not pay to fool with sick chicken,
often. Then disinfect the premises thor
oughly.
1t may be possible that your fowls are
not doing we'll because too closely con.
fined. The food which chickens pick up
for themselves, and the exercise which
they get while procuring it, will un-
doubleday keep them in better health
than any possible system of feeding
wholly in their coops.
No lice will remain if a pound of sui
phur is burned in the poultry house, as
the gas evolved will destroy all insect
life. After stopping up all the cracks
closely. place hot pan upon two bricks,
pour the sulphur on the pan, get away
as quickly as possible, and shut the
door. Leave it thus for at least an hour,
and both lice and disease germs will be
destroyed.
Do not take young ducks from the
nest until they are "a hours old. They
may then be put in hocks of 20 or 80 in
low pen, on grassy spot, made move
able from place to place. for it will soon
become filthy. Their roosting place
must be tight and we'll covered.
A duck is no epicure, and will readily
devour anything which comes within
reach, and are likely to make havoc
among the flowers or the vegetables;
but two foot fence will confne even
grown ducks, and it is surely no disad-
vantage that they have appetites for
such wide range of food.
Although so fond and so we'll suited
to the water, until they are feathered
out young ducks are very susceptible to
the i'll effects of dampness, and should
not only be kept out of the dew and rain.
but should not be allowed to go to the
stream nor to the pond for swim. The
chief disease among them is cramps,
from dampness.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-07-25
FARM. GARDEN AND DAIRY.
Instructive Reading for Agriculturists.
PREPARED EXPRESSLY FOR 1.-THE UNIvERsALIsTn

obliged to buy it all back some dav in
the shape of commercial fertilizers or
abandon their farms.
The natural food of the horse is oross.
there is nothing else upon which he
will grow 80 large. keep so healthy or
live SO long. No horse should be fed ON
hay only; with it he should have GRASS
or roots, il his work does not demand
grain; but no lightly worked horse
should be highly fed upon grain. This
is common foolish practice.
Sheep raising requires less labor than
any kind of farming, and is the most
profitable if rightly conducted. The
mutton breeds are all right if a man
Keeps but few sheep, but he who wants
a MOCK OF all round, hardy sheep must
90 as the Western ranchers do-choose
those possessing Merino blood largely.
were 1t not that good horses were go
nign In Europe we might import them,
but we must content ourselves with inn
porting stations and mares for broad
ing, and as fast as possible breed nm 70
supply the city markets with high class
horses. The demand is upon ns and
increasing.
Good breeding helps much toward
early maturity. but for all that it is
mainly matter of the proper feeding
OF young stock. If stinted in quantity
or variety while forming bone and
muscle, early maturity in the calf. or
tne COLT, or the pig is out of the question.
Know how and what to feed. if Won
would be stock raiser.
A very little neglect gives stock of
any KIND an opportunity te fall off in
condition, and such loss is only to be
regained at great cost. Keen the
STOCK IN the best condition at all times
Good food and the right care will enable
you to do it.
Ii possible, have the pit so arranged
tnat all the manure can be thrown into
1t and thoroughly mixed before il ia
spread out upon the land. Different
Kinds OF stock, fed in different WAYS.
VIII produce manures differing in quail.
Ties, and we should take advantage of
this.
Keep little better stock than YOU did
last year. 1t will not cost dollar more
10 DO SO. Look about and see in what
hne there is the best chance for improve.
ment in your hocks and herds. and then
set to work to bring this improvement
about.
Taking for basis the common cow. a
single cross with good bull will often
make the cross difference between loss
ana profit in raising the resultant calf.
Inc line between profit and loss in grow
ing stock is not very difficult to cross.
especially to the side of loss.
Ii one has not caught up with the
methods which will enable him to get
MS cattle quickly ready for market he
would better begin to study them at
once. Advanced practices in stock feed
ing are making it possible to turn off
stock thoroughly finished at a much
earlier age than was once the case.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-07-25
SOME WEATHER SIGNS.

When the fog goes up the mountain hoppln',
Then the rain comes down the mountain Drop
PIN.
But if instead of rising the fog de-
sends, it is going to clear off.
Ii you see froth along the shores of
the streams you may know it is going to
rain.
On such mornings as you see the cob
webs on lawns and grass fields shining
with dew, the day will be fair.
When the farm animals are unusually
frisky it is sign that it is going to
rain.
Ii the breast bones of the Thanksgiv-
Ing chickens are light in color, there
will be good deal of snow in the winter
following. II the color is dark, there
will be little snow.
When night passes and no dew falls,
1t is sign it is going to rain. This
omen loses much of its mystery when
one remembers that dew has not fallen
because the night was clouded.
northern lights are a sign OF cold
weather
After the frogs begins to sing in the
spring, if they are frozen in three times,
you may be sure that afterward you will
have warm weather.
When the fire snaps and sparkies, it is
sign cold weather is coming.
Ii some night you hear cricket chirp.
ing in the house. look for cold weather
soon.
When the wind whistles about the
house, that is sign of storm.
When you hear an owl boot, it is safe
to conclude it is going to storm.
When you hear cuckoo calling. you
may know it is going to rain. Bob
White sings at such timee, too. Some
say he is calling, More wet, more wet"
When you hear the -toads crying,
you can also know it is going to rain
CLIFTON Johnson's What They Sag in
NeaU England"
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-07-25
ON THE WHOLE.

The only right way to treat ones fell
low beings is to trust them. And, in the
long run, the right attitude iustiies it.
self; the minority may betray our conf
dence, but the majority repay trust by
proving trustworthy. For one cheat,
there are nine honest men. as even the
cynic must acknowledge; for without
such predominance OF honesty, the
public would have learned, long ago.
never to answer an advertisement nor
subscribe toward any project, so that
the very fact that they are easily cheated
shows that they generally get their
moneys worth. For every woman who
is bad neighbor, there are dozen kind
and helpful ones, ready to nurse the
sick and sympathize with the SORROW
ing. For every liar there are multitudes
who are habitually sincere,-though per-
haps occasionally mistaken. Gratitude
must be the usual and natural thing, or
else ingratitude would never be noticed,
much less reprobated. Love is far Of
tener met with than hate, though the
latter is apt to make 80 much fuss that
it impresses the casual observer out OF
proportion to it's prevalence. The man
who has confidence in others as being
on the whole as good as he is land often
better), is not apt to be disappointed in
the end, taking one year with another;
and certainly. he has happier, serener,
pleasanter life of it than If he were for
ever barricading himself behind precau-
tions and suspicious. If we believe in
our fellow-m men, the belief helps them to
do their best. and more than that, keeps
our own natures sweet. Even that rep
resentative cynic, La Rochefoucauld, adj
mits this. when he says: ut is more
shameful to distrust ones friends ths n
to be deceived by them" And our own
Lowell, from his higher standpoint,
strikes ringing and positive note, when
he tells US to
"Be NOBLE and the nobleness that lies
In other men, sleeping, but never dead,
Shall rise in majesty to meet thine own."