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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-03-07

not justifable. On the same high
grounds, / dare not say that the pun
ishment of the Algerian pirates and
the subsection of our Southern Re-
bellion were not justifable. Our
duty to others requires us to stay the
piracies upon both black blood and
white. Even the old Egyptians had
law that whosoever. could save the
life of citizen and did not, should
be punished as a murderer. Patri-
otism thus becomes acrowning virtue.
sour country! However bounded or
described-still our country! to be
cherished in all our hearts-to be de-
Tended by all our hands" Or. G.
WINTHRoP)
When there are signs that peace is
impossible, then, ITO be prepared
for war is one of the most effectual
ways of preserving peace" WASH
INaToN.)
But l see the light of the dawn.
Arbitration is rising upon the nations.
She is the handmade of peace. She
comes like a queen in royal robes.
Farewell the pride, pomp, and cir
eumstance of glorious war;" Fare
we'll, long farewell to all thy great
ness" Avaunt! ye dogs of war; Ad-
vance! arbiters of the fortunes of
empires! Exalt thy court on high,
and all the nations shall flow unto
it. Bristling armies shall melt away.
Great navies shall be dismantled of
guns. Their ships shall groan with
the burdens of commerce. The sea
swallow their munitions of war. The
brazen threats of mighty forts and
Notifications shall be silent forever.
Their huge walls shall crumble in
everlasting silence, and the empty
barracks shall be the paradise of
spiders and of bats. Unsuccessful
and successful wars will cease. The
complacent mother will clasp her
babe in peace, and all the families of
the earth will be fed. So mote it be.
Amen.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-03-07
Original In THE UNIvERsALIsT,
PAIN.

How much of blessing Pain to us has brought
Yet we never call him by angelic name.
We scorn his presence, and bis coming blame
His ministry mark worthless. good for naught-
Forget. oftimes, great and noble thought.
Is love in throes of fire? A burst of flame.
Some passion overswept, and out there came
The hours of ease that life had never brought
Then let US, when appears that dark-browed one
With all his aids to front, and fight, receive
AS one who comes along our way to bless.
Perhaps before the day is fully done
His evi-spoken name he may retrieve,
And so extol him for his graciousness.
Mrs. SARAH WoLvERToN.
DETROIT, MICH.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-03-07
The Fall of an Apple.

Every one knows the story of Sir
Isaac Newton aud the falling apple,
which was quite as common an occur.
ance as the swinging of lamp, for
apples had fallen since the creation, but
no one took to rejecting upon so ordin-
airy a matter. Newton opened the eyes
OF his mind as he saw the apple descend,
and wandered from the orchard to vast
fields of science. The great central law
of the universe - gravitation = was
caught from observing one of the most
trivial events. and the name OF the dis
coverer has become immortal.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-03-07
Original In THE UNIvERsALIsT.
SONNET.

Should we be happy were there naught of Ill
To mar our pathways here? No need to rest
From grief, upon tender, loving breast.
While for parcbed lips, the crystal cup we fill?
Should we not long to dedicate the will
To some lone one cen though unwise behest,
Finding our life's tide flowing at its best;
When through those channels all the pulses
thrill?
Not Sol Should We not feel we trod alone
A barren waste? Or on some beaten shore
AS pebbles thrown. wave-washed. and then,
maybe
One moment held for play; there, ever more,
Through all the rounds of life, to be unknown,
Unvalued, sand graves, merely. by the sea?
Mrs. SARAH WoLv ERToN.
DETROIT. MICH.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-03-07
is LIFE WORTH LIVING?
BY THE POET LAUREATE.

Is life worth living? Yes. so long
AS spring revives the year,
And halls us with the cuckoo's song,
To show that she is here;
So long as May or April takes,
In smiles and tears, farewell.
And wlldhowers dapple all the brakes.
And prlmroses the dell;
While children in the woodlands yet
Adorn their little laps
With ladysmOck and viO'et,
And daisy chain their caps;
While over orchard datfOdilS
Cloud shadows float and fleet,
And ousel pipes and layeroek trills.
Aud young lambs buck and bieat;
SO long as that which bursts The bud,
And swells and tunes the rill.
Make sprlngtime in the malden's blood,
Life Is worth living still.
ALFRED AUsTIH
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-03-07
PORTRAITS OF CHRIST.


A great many persons suppose
the portraits of Jesus exhibited in the
shop windows, or used to adorn vari-
GUS religious books, especially the
several olives of Christ" which have
appeared from time to time, are exact
likenesses of the Saviour. We have
it, however, on the authority of the
most noted ecclesiastical writer's of
both modern and ancient times that
nothing could be more erroneous
than such supposition. Neither have
we what could be called an accurate
pen-picture of the lowly Nazarine.
The Gospels give no hint whatever
concerning his personal appear
ance, and the supposed references in
the Old Testament (most notably the
fifty-third chapter of Isaiah and the
Song of Solomon) give descriptions
of beings as widely different in looks
as one could well imagine. According
to the reference in Isaiah, Christ was
not only homely, but of perfectly I'M
desirable personal appearance. In the
Song of Solomon he was described
as the perfect ideal of manly beauty.
From these different conceptions of
the Messiah descend the two types
of pictures of Jesus-the Ecce Homo
and the Salvador. OF real painted
pictures of our Saviour there are
none that can be pronounced genuine
and authentic. The reason of this
probably lies in the fact that the jew
ish law forbade all attempts at max
ing images and likenesses. We first
hear of portrait of Christ in the ia
nous correspondence between Jesus
and King Abgarus, an account of
which is given in the manuscript of
Eusebius which was written about
the year 800 A. D.
Many of the early fathers of the
church were of the opinion that this
portrait, which is said to have been
sent from Jesus to Abgarus as a
charm to cure the latter of "a griev-
GUS ailment," was secretly painted by
st. Luke. Others say that it was
probably painted by st. Thomas;
and still others are of the opinion
that it was not painted at all, but
that it was a miraculous imprint of
the divine features outlined in blood,
on a piece of fine linen. For several
centuries there was preserved in the
treasury at Constantinople an emer-
aid upon which was cut portrait,
said to be an exact representation Of
the features of Jesus. 1t was claimed
that this jewel dated back to the
first or second century A. D., one au.
thority stating that it was cut by
command of the Emperor Tiberius.
After being kept for ages in Constan-
tinople, this jewel fell into the hands
of the Turks, before the city men
toned above was finally taken by
them, and in 1883 was given to Pope
Innocent VIII. by the Sultan as a
ransom for the latter's brother. In
1902 brass medal of undoubted an
tiquity bearing an image purporting
to be a portrait of Christ, was dug
up at Anglesea, Wales. The picture
on the Welsh medal and that on the
emerald are said to be exactly alike
in every detail, but the authorities
claim that it is not at all likely that
either is more than an ideal likeness
of the Saviour.-St. Louis Republic.
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HOPE.
BY PHOEBE CARY.

The clouds may rest on the present,
And sorrow On DAYS that are gone,
But no night is so utterly cherries
That we NAV not look for the dawn;
And there is no human being
With so wholly dark LOT,
But the heart by turning the picture
May find some sunny spot.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-17
OPENLY AIDING THE cUBANS.

One eastern steamship company re-
Gently made public announcement that
one of it's vessels. loaded with arms,
| stores and ammunition, destined for
| Cuba, would soon sail from n port of
the United States. Subsequently the
steamer cleared from Wilmington, n.
c., the customs officer at that port hay
ing been instructed from Washington
to permit this. 1t appears that the
| Washington authorities have decided
that the shipment from the United
States of arms and ammunition pur-
| chased by the Cuban insurgents can
not be interfered with by the govern
ment. They say that so long us ship
ments OF munitions of war are not ac-
companied by bodies of men which
| would give them the character of an
armed expedition they cannot be pre-
vented. A vessel that carries Il cargo
in the ordinary way, no matter whether
munitions of var or what, will not be
interfered with. The government, it
Is asserted, has gone too far in that
direction already in its efforts to meet
I Tie WlSlleS VI IN EsIillSh SpN IulltIlt
| and the courts have decided against
the government in Il number of cases,
| out of which nave come claims for dam.
| ages that will perhaps end in congress
having to reimburse the shipowners
who suffered losses because Of the H.
legal course of officials. 1t is stated,
however, that if a vessel carrying arms
and ammunition is captured by Spanish
wnrships it can have no recourse to
the United States, as its must
themselves take all chances of capture.
This decision of the federal authorities
naturally suggests the question whether
1t Is consistent with our neutrality OBJ
legations. 1t Is TO be expected that the
Spanish government will hold that 1t is
not and will make Il vigorous protest.
AS long ago rs 1893. when arms were
exported from the United States to
France, that country being ut war with
England, Mr., Jefferson in reply to the
objection of the British minister said
that the right of II citizens to make,
vend and export arms, which were me-
chanical and commercial callings, was
one which n foreign war could not take
away. If our citizens exported arms
on their w account they did it sub
ject TO capture and condemnation by
the belligerents. The conditions are
obviously different in the case of the
Cubans, who AVE not the status of
belligerents. but undoubtedly our gov
eminent viii be able to maintain the
position that allowing munitions of wal
to be shipped to the insurgents Is not
n violation OF our obligations as neu-
trails. And in view of the fact that the
Spanish government does not acknowl-
edge the existence of Il state OF wal
in Cuba II may be a question whether
II can seize aud confiscate as contra
band OF war arms and ammunition
shipped from this country to the insur-
gents.
At any rate the decision of our gov
ernment that the shipment of munitions
Of wal cannot be interfered with is o.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-17
Ncbrnskn's War Governor.

ht i'iirE itb'EAtls
The Register welcomes to Des Moines Hon,
Alvin Saunders of Nebraska and the Council
Bluffs and Omaha gentlemen who are with
him. They visit the city in the interest
of the Transmississippi exposition to be held
at Omaha in 1898. AS he says elsewhere In
grandest display of the resources and de-
velopment Of the west the world has ever
seen.
AS the leading state Iowa will have a
vital interest in the exposition. and the
committee comes to enlist the legislature and
the people of the state actively In the enter
prise.
Senator Saunders Is no stranger to Iowa.
He is one of the founders of this common
wealth. AS a pioneer he settled at Mount
Pleasant nearly sixty years ago. and for
seven years was its postmaster. He was a
delegate to the convention that framed the
constitution under which Iowa was admitted
into the union. In 1854 and 1858 he was
elected and reelected to the Iowa state
senate, and supported James Harlan and the
lamented Grimes for the United States senate.
He was a delegate to the first republican
state convention of Iowa, and in 1860 was the
Iowa member of the Chicago convention that
gave Abraham Lincoln to the nation.
When Mr.. Lincoln became president he
appointed Mr.. Saunders governor of Me-
braska, among his earliest acts, in 1861, and,
like our Kirkwood. he became the was gov
y ~ " hANs oS-
1863 Governor Saunders broke ground for
the building of the Union Pacific railway
while the canuons Numbered on either shore
of the Mississippi river. Six years later he
witnessed the completion Of that enterprise
which has transformed the west from a
wilderness into a cluster of imperial states.
In 1868 Governor Saunders was a delegate
from Nebraska to the Chicago convention
which nominated that peerless soldier.
Ulysses S. Grant for the presidency. In
1877 he was elected to the United States
senate, and under the administration of
President Harrison he served as Il member
of the Utah commission. from which he yc!-
unfairly retired.
Many of the elder citizens Of Des Moines
and Iowa will lie glad to welcome Senator
Saunders. And when he visits the legisla-
ture, the scene of his early labors, The
Register asks for him its most distinguished
consideration.
The presence Of this lifelong republican.
one of the founders of two of the most
favored American states, recalls the mighty
changes that have occurred since he crossed
the Mississippi to become a citizen of Iowa,
then the territory of Wisconsin. nearly Sky
years ago. Civilization was then struggling
on our eastern borders. but since it has
lesped across the continent, peopling Iowa
with its millions. and creating an unbroken
line Of states from the Atlantic TO the Pacific.
where myriads of the human race have
founded homes for themselves under the be-
nigu rule o: republican institutions.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-17
great value 10 the Cubans, who are
more in need of these than they are of
mon
RUSSIA AN0 JAPAN IN CoREA.

$500 -ha'1 80 80 aH
The danger of a conflict between Rus.
STA and Japan in Corea has been APP.
parent for some time and it now ap.
pears to be imminent. 1t Is well under.
stood that Russian intrigue has been
active in Corca ever since the terminal
ton of the war between China
and Japan and that the Rus
sian representatives in the isl
and have spared no efforts to dis
credit the Japanese and to create and
intensity hostile sentiment toward them.
1t would seem from the latest adviccs,
assuming them to be authentic, that the
Russian policy has been very successful,
perhaps aided by ndiscretions on The
part of the Japanese, whose policy has
not been as conciliatory rs the circum.
stances called for. The Coreans are no.
generally friendly to Japan and have
been i~lldisposed to yield to any of its
demands. so that they have been very
ready to accept the friendship of so
great Il power as Russia. The states
men of Japan, who have shown much
wisdom and tact in other directions.
seem not to have been altogether dis
Greet In regard to COrea. although they
have undoubtedly had ugly difficulties
to contend with there.
A conflict of arms between Russia
and Japan. while possible aud appar
emily probable. would very likely be
averted by the interposition Of other
powers having interests in that quartz"
of the world. Great Britain cannot
permit Russia to acquire the advantages
in the far east which would result from
n successful wal against Japan. and it
il not in the interest of other European
nations that the power of Japan shou'l
be weakened in behalf of Russin, be
cause the former is not aggressive, M
the latter. 1t would seem, however.
that Il crisis In Corcn is Mt hand and
that very interesting vents there may
be expected.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-17
NO FRACTIONAL CLUBS.

Nebraska City Press: Any good .cpublican
can hurran for Morton. Mckinley, Allison,
Reed or Cullom, and not miss the mark.
York Times: II our citizens desire to or
ganiae a Mckinley club. let them do so.
but the republican club should remain sepa-
rate. Those who have no higher repub-
llcauism than getting into the band W teon
may do best by going into the Mckinley club.
AS for us, the republican band wagon is
good enough.
Harrington Herald: Mckinley is the log
zeal choice of Nebraskans for president, and
we believe tho majority OF republicans IN
the state are favorable TO the Ohio man.
1t occurs to us. however. that the organiza-
ton Of Mckinley clubs now is n triie pre-
mature. and can be of no benefit TO any one
but the promoters OF the plan. who hope
thereby to gain political preferinent II the
Buckeye statesman wins. Let's have repub-
lican clubs for the present. Mckinley clubs
at this time are apt to serve as cn1g sls.
Randolph Times: We note that several
papers are Directing to the organization of
Mckinley clubs in Nebraska, or cluos IN the
interest of any candidate. This meets our
approval. for although we are personally ia
vorable to Mckinley for president. because
VIC believe he more nearly embodies the re-
publican principle Of protection and ,eci-
pretty than any other candidate now before
the country, We do not think it exactly fair
to other candidates to start clubs for individ-
ua, candidates. Let the convention quietly
and dispassionately settle the matter of pref
prnncp
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-17

The state republican convention OF Iowa,
to select delegates to st. LOUIS VIII meet
in Des Moines March II.
Iowa democratic managers will meet in
| Dca Moines next Friday TO decide on the
time and place for the state convention.
William C. Whitney of New York and Rob
et e.. Pattison OF Pennsylvania have been
placed in the field, formally, for the demo-
cratic nomination for president-the former
in Mississippi and the latter in his home
county.
Tho Louisville Courier-Journal suggests
| that p. Wat Hardin and Senator Blackburn
burn their ambition to attend the national
democratic convention as delegates at large.
and thus avoid the unpleasant certainty of
defeat at home.
A poll of the democratic county committee
men Of Missouri on the question OF their
for Morrison, nine for SILVER Dollar Bland,
| five for Governor Stone, aud three each for
| Vice President Stevenson aud Senator Vest.
II is expected that Colonel William Il.
Morrison's visit to Chicago on the 22d will
definitely settle whether or not his pcesi-
Dental boom will proceed to business. The
uncertainty about 1t is said to b. due TO
| the irrepressibie conflict between the silver
ties and sound money men of Illinois.
A republican member of congress from
New York state recently said Governor Nor
ton had nobody working for him in Wash
ington and pointed out the fact that Nc
Kinley, Reed and all other candidates had
agents busily at work in the senate and
house. This apparently reused the New
York members, for 1t has just been learned
that the New York republicans in the house
intend to hold a caucus within a few days
to deliberate upon Morton's chances as a
candidate. Representative Southwick Of Al
bany is said TO be the leader in the move
men to give the governors boom an I'M
petus at the national capital. Mr.. South
wick is enthusiastic in his support OF the
governor.
A dispatch TO the ST. Louis Globe-Democrai
declares that ex-Congressman Bryan encoun'
tered a hard frost in Washington while en-
deayoring TO form a syndicate Of demo
cratic silver senator's and representative
for the purpose Of boiling the national con
yention in case silver was not adequately
recognized. 1t Is said ex-Speakcr Crisp told
Mr.. Bryan very plainly that the Georgia
delegation TO the national convention would
go out to Chicago. as he hoped, determined
to do what could be done in the way Of
recognition OF silver. but 1t would go back
10 Georgia TO support the nominees Of the
party. Representative Livingston made thu
came sort OF an answer, and altogether
Mr.. Bryan ran his pillow into somewhat ster'
lie GROUND.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-17
r,ns rn,ssn,ssrssrr, EXPOSITION

Rcd Cloud Nation; The Trausmississippi
congress IL now receiving attention like tho
Worlds fair and other such events. Omaha
Will DO her part. and that is a great deal.
ElWOod citizen. Let every paper in Me-
braska ret = shoulder to the wheel aud give
a boost to the rransmississippi exposition
scheme. Its success viii be OF untold hcne-
1t to the state.
fremont Tribune: The iowa legislature
has passed resolutions ~favorlng and COM
mending the Transmississippi exposition at
Omaha. This ~ generous action on the part
Of the lawmakers Of our ncighboring state
aud Is in behalf OF a most worthy cause
and one which viii prove Of indirect but
certain benefit to that state.
Kcarney Hub: Speaking Of the proposed
Transmississlppi congress at Omaha, The
Bee remarks that Omaha will excel Atlanta
as much as the latter city excelled New
Orleans in the matter Of eXnositious. OF
course. Onlaha's great central location. SUR
rounded by rich agricultural states and the
mining states within stones throw. makes
II easy to pat up n great exhibition.
Howells Journal: The Omaha Transmits
sissippi exposition must be a success. Ne
braska cannot AFFORD to allow this oppor-
tunity to pass to show her lneNhaustible
resources, her h3undless capabilities and her
wonderful productions. We must show to
the world that IN spite of hard times, pauics
and drouth that we are here to stay, and
that w have everything necessary to keep
lis here.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-17
HOW TO SECURE TAX REFORM.

A very interesting and instructive
compilation of the views of heavy tax
payers of Chicago upon the subject of
tax reform has been published in Il re,
cent issue of the Times-iIerald of that
city. Some of the suggestions apply
With as much force 10 the city OF
Omaha rs they do to the city of Chi,
cidely original.
Ex-senator Charles b. Farwell, fol
example, favors the appointment of Il
county assessor for a term of five years
at an annual salary OF $4,000, who with
Il corps of deputies is to be on duty
every day in the year. He would re-
quire every owner of real estate to
list his property and fix his own valu'
alton upon ii. In order TO compel fair
valuations he would have a law enacted
that any person in the city should have
the privilege TO purchase such real
property by paying for it 10 per cent
more than the value at which the
owner listed it. He would require the
owners of personal property to make {
complete inventory of it, and the re
fusal to do so or Justification should
operate as a forfeiture, one-half to 20 tC
the informant and the other half to tht
county. This ought to be stringen,
enough to suit the most fastidious tax,
ahirker.
Edwin Walker, general counsel of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul rail