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La voz del pueblo. [volume] (Santa Fe, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1889-192?, 1896-02-01

lNVENTOs VALIosos. El electr.
cista Nicolas Tesla, que comp te
con Edison en- hlent0 inventive,
acaba de idear una maquina que
con ell nombre de oscllador ilGpti
me mecanlcameute al euerpo hu
mano ciertOs movimientos, que
produciendo determinadas condi
clones fisicas electlian la cura de
muchas Intermediates.
Consiste el aparato, ligeramente
descrito, en- una platalorma d Ia
que Sc lie puede cOmunicar un mo
yimiento de yibTaCinn mas D me
nos fuerte, por medic de paque
mas y c0ntinuas dascargas eIectri
cas-, y una person que 0enpe la
plataforma duraute ciert0 tempo,
hace SIN fatigarse el mismo eiercl,
clio que si anduyiera largo ratio 8
diera un pase0 a cabailo.
Tambien la producidO una luz
astral, suliIisima, y Ge gran poder
uminico, cuyos rayos, en- condicio.
nes peculiares, tienen gran facllidad
para penetrar ciertas substencmc
como la earne, y Sc ven detenidos
por otras, como los huesos, pre-
pielades que Ia hacen preciol
para estudios dc medieina y ciru.
gia, pudi6ndose locaIizar con gran
precision p0r el c0ntraste de luz Y
sombra el puuto dOude sc encnen'
ira una blla que oXtraer 0 tum1r
Inferno que operar.
Las propiedddes de esta luz sc
han aplieado en- Alemania por O.
professor Routgen de la Universe
dad de Wurgburg, con tan bueu
6xlto, que pudo sacar ell retrato dc
una i6ven, aparetiend0 d su ladC
ell esqueIeto dc un individuo que
que la aeompahaba.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-27
LOYAL. BlDDN O'TOOLE.

NALEsMAN " DO Won prefer
- any particular sivlc Of han
dlcbars "
Biddy O'Toolc Shurc, >or
Oi II have the Oiri,h kind"
Salesman The Irish kind ?"
Biddy O'Toole Nis; the
cork handlebars, ii ycl pla1c. "
coon mann~r> arc God's OWN
" legacy; when making al
rangcnicnts 10 be born ask for
good manners. and see that you
get 'ciu.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-27
TWINKLES.
EMBAR RASSING.

M ABEL. II was very anncy-
''i ing. | happened to say that
II was the most interesting novel
| had ever read.
Laura : Well
Mabel Well. he Insisted on
talking about just those incidcn,s
must have Skipped" "
New-York tribune., 1896-12-27

and also about doing her work 4 little bet
ter than she has lately. She is good
cook, and don't want 10 let her 90. All
she needs is a good talking TO- and She II
DO better. She doesn't mind what | say.
but she will if YOU speak To her. I've
heard Won tell of facing wild beasts, and
with one glance of your eagle eve and
sternly-spoken word, bringing them into
subjcction, and l wish you'd Try i, on
Bridget Won't YOU do il. Alexander, just
to please me?'
"Why, of course Will, responded MI
Van lIagcnbcck i'll voice that shook the
chandelier "All you've got to do is TO
let me know when there i, job OF that
kind to be attended to Sorry YOU didn't
speak about il before
Then drawing himself up 10 his full
height. the indomitablc lion tanner As
sumcd his most commanding and >tcrnest
look. and marched grimly into the kitchen
-and three minutes later he came dashing
ont again, followed by frying pan. po-
tato mas!cr, skillet and a miscellaneous
collection OF kitchen utensils. and. bang
New-York tribune., 1896-12-27

ing the door shu, behind him, he dropped
into a chair and gaspcd
"By hokcy that's the narrowest escape
| ever had in NY life. You don't catch
me Going into ,ha, kitchen again. II there
i, anv more speaking TO Bridget 70 be done
,on.u have to attend to ii yourself. I'm
Going down to the Zoo, soon a. get NY
breath and fool with the wild animals
smell to steady my nerves W. ;. 6.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-27

rsBAND Cat the close OF heated argu-
mcnt on women's rights: no. Maria.
they not going to allow women and
geese 10 vote vet awhile"
Maria calmly: well that lets II, both
out, any how
SPOILI\G, THE EFFECT
New-York tribune., 1896-12-27

MK. BI.UfrER Mary, did You send 4
l'l Christmas dinner to poor Browns
family ?"
Mrs Buffer Yes"
Mr. Buffer to minister IL think on
Christina, Day people should nave sorc-
thing ont of the general run.
Bridget "That'S what the Browns
~cd, sur. when they seed ii WAS nothing but
liver"
New-York tribune., 1896-12-27
HER BEAUTIFUL TEETH.

HER BEAUTIFUL TEETH.
TON what beautiful teeth Mngcu
Brooke has "
His Sister: YES when called there
the other day the dentist had jus, returned
them with several gold patches III the
front.
PARENTAL. WOE ~ BOSTON.
EoNp Papa 1t is a pity that orr I:ncr
son is 50 dull"
Fond Mamma % II is. indccd Think
of his being eleven in May and knowing
nothing OF the higher mathematics
New-York tribune., 1896-12-27
IT DlDN T WORK THAT TIME

LENA y u l. K
remarked Mrs
lIindpaugh II
Van II agcn-
.bcck to her
husband, the
celebrated wild
animal expert,
and lion tanner.
q" Alexander !
wish you would
step into the
kitchen a mo-
Incnt and just
speak TO Brids
let i'll regard to
going out 50
iliuclicvcning>.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-07-18
ON THE ART OF LIVING TO
GETHER

shall close with suggestion which
comes OPPORTUNITY from one far wiser
and better than ever hope to be, who
says that the one sufficing secret for liv-
ing together, even under trying circum-
stances, is to carry out the precept ito
know no man after the flesh" | could
have wished my correspondent had been
more explicit in the application. But l
get a glimpse of meaning, and of a
beautiful one.
When we begin to see all things and
all men in God, we find loneliness in all,
very much as ugly objects look charm
ing under the enlargement and flooding
light of the microscope. The eye is
purged, and the accidental relations es-
tablished by the shifting atoms of hu-
mainly seem very temporary, while the
spiritual values rise into an eternal sig
nifcance.
Does my neighbor in the bunk, as we
cross the great seas, roll against me and
fret me with his humors? Well, after
all, we are neither of us quite ourselves
in this sitting air and on these heaving
waves. Presently we shall reach the
port. and turning to each other on the
quay we shall remember or forget, hail
comrade 10 that uncomfortable neigh.
Dor, or blandly part from one who need
never have annoyed, though he nsver
could have pleased US.
Is my household all homogeneous, with
tempers and tastes and opinions which
no power on earth can harmonize? All.
let me wait awhile. Let me know them
all not after the flesh. Tiny atoms of
the imperishable whole, sparks flying UP
from the central fire, we shall find our
places by and by; we shall be the better
for this wearisome attrition, for the con-
fusion and the cracking which made
life sometimes difficult.
No, we will not know each other after
the flesh, but as the schoolmen would
have said, sab specie eternitatis. Break
beam of heaven, into our disordered
dwellings,, and merge our faith and
meagre cross lights in the broad and
changeless day.-R. F. Horton, in Sun.
dag Magazine.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-07-18
STOCK
house..

It matters not whether the farmer is
breeding for beef or for butter, he can
not afford to ignore the principle which
runs through all breeding operations =
that like begets like. One may soon
build up herd OF great merit merely
through a selection of good cows bred to
the best of bulls, or may stay at the tail
of the procession.
Any farmer can afford to think twice
before he buys a bull. Let him not
think $50 monstrous price to pay for a
young bull which he is quite sure is to
be a good one, and then turn about and
pay about three-fourths as much for the
veriest scrub. Why are many so blind
or so thoughtless?
He is the scrub farmer who refuses to
read up in "book farming" for he in
variably raises scrub stock. Such men
are fast seeking other occupations, for
under the present condition Of things
profit comes only from superior quality
and early maturity. it matters not what
the prejudice may be against fine stock.
One must meet the market demands or
sell at loss.
Cement floors are likely to become
popular for barn flooring on account Of
their durability, cleanliness and the
facilities they offer for saving the liquid
manures. Moreover. they are to be
valued for their rat proof qualities. Any
one about to build new barn would
do we'll to consider this question in all
its phases.
The calf requires ration to grow bone
and muscle as we'll as fat. Do not ex-
pect corn to supply all that it requires
in the way of grain. 1t is the food rich
in heterogeneous elements which will sup
ply that which is most wanted. such as
oats, bran, peas, linseed cake with clover
hay.
Never attempt to raise calves and lice
at the same time; vigilance will bring
it's own reward. Nothing must hinder
continuous growth of young stock
from the very day of birth. One day in
which there is no gain will take the
profit of three days simply to pay for the
keep of the animal that day.
Any cause which disturbs or eAcites a
fattening steer has a pernicious influ.
ence; do not even keep near him man
who shouts or is rough, and blow from
a stick may stop days profit. Feed
regularly and in the same rotation in
the stable, for then there will be no dis
appointments to annoy.
If change of feed is needed with the
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-07-18

world. This is due to the general mis-
apprehension that everybody ought to
try to write-the schoolgirl who is fond
of sentimental poetry, the lad who has
read about the prices that authors re-
.ceive, the society woman who has be-
come weary of the inanity of her set, the
man who has failed in everything he has
undertaken, and has a distaste for
manual labor. The truth is that every
body ought to try to know something, to
learn to enjoy literature, to take into his
life the great ideas of the time, and to
keep silent for a number of years to
come. What is wanted in this coun-
try, in this era of it's development, is
not writer's, but discriminating readers.
Charles Dudley Warner. in Hdrper's.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-07-18

two pour it out. Now put teaspoonful
of tea for every cup of hot water-an even,
not a heaping spoonful-and add an ex-
ira one for the pot. Pour on as much
water as will fill the number you wish
to make. Let it stand two minutes,
then with long handled spoon stir the
leaves once through the water, and in
stantly cover the pot again. Three min
utes more and your tea is done. Never
let tea steep or boil, or stand long time.
1t is quick, neat, nice process from
beginning to end. - Harper's Round
Table.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-07-18
HOW TO MAKE A CUP OF TEA.

Having good tea to begin with, next
be sure that you have freshly drawn,
pure and filtered water of which to make
the beverage. The water must not have
been standing for hours exposed to the
weather nor simmering on the range,
and growing fiat. 1t must be fresh and
then il you have brisk fire, or the hot
flame of an aicohol-lamp, bring it quick
ly to the boil. A fiat bottomed kettle is
to be preferred. as it has broad surface
to expose to the heat, and the boiling is
soon accomplished. Water is boiling
when it bubbles and jumps merrily
about. and the steam comes in white
puffs from the spout of the kettle. 1t
does not boil when it begins to simmer
and to sing. That is only the sign that
it is near to boiling. You must make
your tea when the water has just boiled,
not when it has been boiling long time.
A kettle which has been standing on the
back of a stove all day, filled up now
and then by a dipper or two more of
water added when some has been taken
out, will not make good tea. You must
boil the water on purpose.
An earthen pot is better for tea than
metal one. Pour little boiling water 10
the pot to heat it, and after a minute or
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-07-18
HORTICULTNRE

There is yet room for the hybridizer
in the case of gooseberries. Our native
ones are too small, and the foreign ones
too much subject to mildew. Seedlings
between two always result in an inn
provement.
The golden or tricolored leaved privet
is grand shrub, because it's beautiful
foliage is not hurt by the hot sun of
summer, as is that of many other varie-
gated shrubs. Beside this, it's pan
icles of white flowers in June are yerv
pretty.
Why does any one advocate that
apple orchards should be set to grassP
Why are they not cultivated and ferti-
lIzed just as are orange and lemon Or
chards? Farmers go to great trouble
and expense to plant apple orchards and
willingly cultivate them until they begin
to bear, then expect nature to keep.
them producing beautifully.
An apple tree fast exhausts the fruit
producing properties of the soil, it
fruits less and less abundantly, and
starves to death or yields very inferior
fruit. Feed it. feed it. Keep the ground
stirred to retain the moisture. Grass
gives just so many capillary tubes to
waste moisture.
AS a rule, spraying has not been in
dulged in by those who have orchards
large enough to supply the wants of the
family, but success warrants the prac-
tlce by those who have but few trees.
Nothing has done more to ensure good
crop OF sound fruit than the invention of
spraying pumps and the concoction of
insecticides.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-07-18
THE UNFRAMED WRITER.

The temptations to write in these days
are very many. Paper is wonderfully
cheap. Facilities for publication were
never so great. An immense capital is
invested in the publication business
which must be kept active. Magazines,
newspapers. occasional sheets of all de-
grees of extravaganza in matter and of
eccentricity in appearance, multiply
every day. Sheets fall from the presses
and are blown about like snowfiakes for
number. And the presses must be kept
going. They are hungry dragons call
ing always for food. What wonder il
the supply is equal to the demand, when
the demand is not for quality, but for
quantity. or. what is influential with the
writer's. that the demand seems to be
for quantity. Under this pressure writ.
ing is becoming business. trade.
There would be less objection to con-
slider it trade if those proposing to
enter it felt the necessity of fitting them.
selves for it as they would do for any
other trade. But they do not. The wit
ness of this is the number who are
daily preparing manuscripts of all sorts
without knowing the rudiments Of the
art. This is reading public, never was
another like it. and it is strange that
among the many who read, 80 few know
the use Of the simplest tools of literary
composition. It would be revelation
to those who regard editors as non-en.
couragers of young talent if they could
see the manuscripts offered to editors
and publishers. They are often ungram-
NAUTICAL, the words are not correctly
spelled, they exhibit total ignorance of
the rules of competition. and commonly
they convey commonplace thoughts in a
vulgar style. And the senders of them
think that they are rejected on account
of some personal within of the editor.
There is an impression that there is a
royal and easy road to authorship, though
there be none to learning. 1t is some
times admitted by those intending au-
thorship that they do not know what to
write about, and they ask advice as to
what they had better read in order to en-
able them to enter the writing market.
That they are void of all capacity to write
we'll does not occur to them, or that the
production of anything worthy the name
of literature requires a special gift and
hard apprenticeship.
Are there not natural writer's, as we'll
as natural bone-setters? Yes, probably,
though both flourish best in an unculti-
waited community. The mistake is not
in being born with literary or with a
scientific gift but in relying upon that
without serious and painstaking cult
walton of that gift. The United States
today must prevent singular spectacle
to a supervising angel who is familiar
with the literary development and pro-
duction Of the past. Probably in like
area was never so much writing done for
publication, and probably never so little
that in proportion to the mass could on
any standard of criticism be accepted as
a contribution to the literature of the
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-07-18
FARM. GARDEN AND DAIRY.
Instructive Reading for AgricuIturists.
PREPARED EXPRESSLY FOR "THE UNIvERSALIST"

working horses, little oil meal mixed
with the cut hay and grain will do away
with all constipating effect. and with
less danger of throwing them off their
living by giving them the scours than il
they are given grass. A taste of grass
will make them care less for their usual
feed.
Nearly all farmers could keep some
sheep to their gain. There is much
waste vegetation on every farm which
no animal but sheep will eat. They
will not subsist upon stumps and stones,
but they will clear out many kinds of
weeds, briars and bushes, and they are
better than boys to rid field of
sprouts.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-07-18
DOGS AND WATER.

Has it ever occurred to you. young
people, that at times your pet dog may
actually be suffering for drink of
water? We know little girl who used
to think it great fun to see her Scotch
terrier scratch the closet door. begging
his young mistress to fill his own par
ticular water cup. The little girl now be-
lieves that her pets cup should always be
kept flied and within his reach. Suppose
she should be out and Flossie should be
thirsty; what could Flossie do? An
other dog of whom we know choked
himself nearly to death by attempting
to push his head under an ice-box to
drink from the pan. He was 80 big
that he stuck fast, and he howled until
some one of the household came to his
assistance. A friend Of this society and
a really thoughtful lover of animals, tells
us that she keeps pail of water on the
grounds of her place in the country for
any stray dogs refreshment. 1t is as.
tonishing the number of dogs that daily
empty the pail. But oh! the shame of it!
Many of the dogs are not stray dogs at
all! They are we'll bred, we'll fed. and
we'll cared for-with the exception only
of the merciful cup of cold water. On
summer nights little dog with bell
around his neck used to put in an ap-
pearance regularly at about ten o'clock.
His benefactress, listening for him,
learned to know the tinkle of his bell,
the patter of his paws, anG the thirsty
tapping of his eager little tongue in the
pail. Our young people who live in the
country can do as much for a dogs COM
fort, can they not? Those who live in
the city can follow the example of the
little girl. Place cup or bowl in some
corner where your dog can always find
it, and keep it filled with fresh, pure
water. 1t may be amusing to see dog
beg when you are present instantly to
fulfill his wants, but his hour of suffer.
ing. when you are not present, when nc
one understands the thirst that is tor.
turing him, is unspeakable cruelty.-Ou1
animal Friends.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-07-18
BURNS AND BRUISES.


The sudden great rise in temperature
OF the portion of the skin that is exposed
to steam or flame or highly heated
surface Injuries the exposed ends of the
sensory nerves, hence the exquisite pain.
The main thing to do is to at once pro-
tect the surface from the air, the skin
being now supersensitive to every
breath. A homely but not to be-laughed
at remedy in a slight burn is TO dredge
the part with -four. Do not heap and
pack the -four on, but sift it on lightly
till the surface is we'll covered. Flour
is always at hand, so should be remem
bered as at any rate an immediate relief.
Better still, spread piece of linen VERY
soft and old) with vaseline enough to
completely cover the surface burned,
lay over it another covering of gutta-
percha. One of the best applications
for burn is Carron- oil, 30 called from
having been first used to dress burns at
the Carron furnaces. 1t is made OF equal
parts of linseed-oil and lime water So
benefcent a remedy should be kept in
the house. and it can be made at home
very cheaply if the oil and a piece
of quicklime can be had. Stake the
lime by dropping it into water. A
white powder will be precipitated; drain
off the water, and put the powder into
some cooled boiled water and shake;
when the water has taken in solution all
of the lime that it will hold, pour off the
liquid into clean bottle, and the lime
water is ready for use. To dress burn
with Carron oil. wet piece of linen in
it. and lay on the wound, cover with
gutta- percha tissue; as soon as the linen
dries, wet again, and continue to keep
the burn wet till the sire" is out of the
wound Protect the skin of burn till
it loses all constituencies, as if once
abraded it heals very slowly. When
Betty falls and bumps some portion of
her roly-poly body, the doctor if at hand
would order cold application. and as
moist one is better than dry cold, pound
q piece of ice and fold it in towel. II
there is no ice at hand, wiring cloths from
cold water, fold in several layers and ap-
ply to the bruise as often as the cloths
become warm; continue the cold appli-
cation for three or four hours in case of
a bad bruise. Follow this treatment
with hot applications. and here again
moisture is desirable; 30, instead of the
hot-water bag, wiring cloths from hot
water and lay on as often as they cool.
1t is difficult to keep child still and
under treatment after the first pain
passes off; but if after the nap which
usually follows cessation from pain, and
during which the ice can be applied.
baby gets up and trots about, the bruise
can at least be bathed several times with
very warm water, and this will reduce
the discoloration. Gentle massage will
help restore the circulation impeded by
the blow, and prevent "black eye," or
"black-and- blue spot" but the pressure
of the ice or cold and hot cloths is often
all the handling bruised surface can
bear. The old wives notion that per-
son should not be permitted to sleep
after fall is moonshine, and has no
scientific reason for being,-Harper's