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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-08

and he is a bold prophet who can
calmly predict the overthrow of En-
glish and English-American en-
pire in the modern world. Russia
seems to have caught something of
this empire building spirit but as yet
she has dealt only with Asiatic peo-
pies, always subject to some rule or
other, and her achievements are not,
therefore, to be compared with her
great western antagonist and rival.
That England, for instance, has shown
that adaptability and Aexibility of
which the Roman domination of the
world was an example, may be seen
in the different treatment she accords
Canada, Australia and even Ireland,
as compared with her arrogant treat
ment of the American colonies more
than century ago. Had Great Brit
ain but learned her lesson sooner the
United States might have been her
bulwark against the world instead of
a rival and dangerous competitor.
As to Spain, it is becoming more
and more clear day by day that her
mission in the Western Hemisphere
is over. Never a benefcent one, al
ways marked by selfishness and bru-
tality, SPANS career in the new
world seems likely to close as it be-
gan, in blood, with nothing but
legacy of unhappy memories to the
peoples who, one after another, have
thrown off her yoke.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-08
WntversaIist RersonaI.

Mrs. Emily L. Sherwood. our st. Louis
correspondent for the last few weeke,
has returned to her home in Washing.
ton, ID. 9.
Rev. w. E. Leavitt. of Morrison, ILL., j,
will spend his vacation in and about h g
old home in Bloomfield, Prince Edward
Co, Ontario.
Mrs. Livermore's book. THE Story
of MY Life" will be published by A. d.
Worthington, of Hartford Mrs. Liver
more has been making a compilation of
some of her most popular lectures, re-
writing some of them almost entirely
for this book.
The Leader says: DIR. Sawyer, ninety
two young, has occasion to write US:
from his indoors on College Hill? Not at
all. He is perambulating weird section
of the State of Maine, breathing noun
tain air and breezes from Penobscot Bay
alternately. Whether or not he is climb
ing the Camden Hills or closing himself
where rolls the" Penobscot, he does not
say. Only he is going! 1t seems to be
part of his mission to upset all theo-
ries of longevity-in the matter of physi-
cal vitality he is law unto himself.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-08

The problem of aeriel navigation or
flying. begun by Dedalus in the dawn
of history and worked at by the ingeni
GUS ever since seems at last to have been
solved, and by youth of nineteen. j. O.
Ryder, of Richmond Hill, Long Island,
is the young man who has successfully
accomplished the feat that brought
Dedalus and Darius Green to grief and
in addition has outstripped grave scien-
lists who have been experimenting on
the subject for years. Young Ryder
caught his notion from the bicycle and
calls his machine an aerial bicycle. and
on it he has actually flown or pedalled
through the air, it is said, from Hemp
stead, Long Island, to Richmond Hill,
working against the wind and 200 feet
above the earth. His flying apparatus
seems to be a combination of balloon and
bicycle, initiation by gas being an i'm
portant requisite in each. He describes
the sensation of pedalling through tt 9
air as delightful and when he wished to
descend, to use his own words, he "let
the gas escape. and settled to the ground
like bird on the wing, not jerking and
uncertain. like a balloon. but with a
slow. steady, downward motion" Every
one will be pleased that new triumph
has been gained and that man, having
already put wheels on his feet has now
put wiugs to them, and a new era is
opened. But the thought of bicycles
dropping on one from the air while e
is trying to dodge the bicycle in Il
street is not pleasant.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-08

Christian experience is enriched.
The more active and earnest the
Christian the greater our religious
Joy. The more consecrated we are
the more we enjoy the service of
Christ. W.T..
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-08

Rev. DR.. E. S. Triple. pastor of Grace
M. E. Church in New York. says there
is no lew woman. "Shirt fronts and
boomers do not constitute a new order
of character. An attempt at mannish.
ness is disgraceful." is the way he ex.
presses his opinion on the matter.
The Living Church (Episcopal) re-
fers to the annoying restrictions placed
on American Episcopal clergymen visit
ing England. They can obtain license
to ofiiciate in the English Church for
only limited time, and renewal of the
license is often refused.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-08

An ingenious Frenchman has com.
PEELED even bees to co operate With him
in a scheme of making medicated honey.
The bees are placed under a glass so
that they can get honey only from tiow-
ers possessing certain medical properties
and thus the Frenchman has his medi-
Gated honey made to order by his bees.
This may work well; at any rate the
bees can terminate the scheme at any
time by going on strike when their in
genious captor comes around to clip his
honey coupons.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-08
IN THE LAND OF THE SHAH.


Mr.. ALEXANDER MCDONALD, United
States Minister to Persia, has just re-
turned from that pleasant land of the
Orient and, as interviewed by New
York reporter, seems to think life in
the land of the Shah has its charms
AMI advantages. 1t was sitting hot
day when Mr.. Mcdonald was inter
viewed in stuffy New York hotel,
and in reply to question of the re-
porter the minister replied, "No, no,
we never have weather like this in
Persia. The climate there is delight
full, the temperature is even and dry
Life is worth living there"
Minister Mcdonald has a high
opinion of the courage and ability of
the late Shah. He had been warned
to have the shrine cleared of all visi-
tors before his entrance thu day of
his assassination, but replied, mo, I
will go in and worship with the peo-
ple." The remark was an index of
his character. At heart thoroughly
democratic, even though an absolute
ruler, the late Shah was far in ad-
vance of his people, and had his life
been spared, might have done much
for their advancement, as he was
thoroughly familiar, from his visits to
Europe, with western civilization and
institutions. But in his case, as in the
case of Alexander II. of Russia, the
hand of the assassin struck down the
man best fitted to serve the interests
of his people, with the result in this
case, probably as in that of Gar AL
exander, that his successor will be in
clined to follow the old, fairly success
full policy, of repression and distrust
of the people. The new Shah, Mt
setter edDin, like his father, is
greatly interested in the prosperity
and advancement of Persia. He has
been carefully trained and educated,
and will, Minister Mcdonald thinks,
make satisfactory ruler.
Our minister confirms the almost
unanimous evidence of travellers as
respects Persian hospitality. THE
hospitality of the high class Per-
SLAMS is delightful" says Mr.. Melon
aid. "They show the simple, digni
fed courtesy of good breeding. Their
entertainments are always in good
taste" The richer classes import
their cooks from Paris and Londo",
but this example is complained of by
many as having been brought about
by the freedom of Europeans in
spending their money. AS matter
of fact no people of ancient or
modern times, the ancient Persians
in the palmy days of Persian great
ness or the Romans in the age OF
Lucullus, ever lived as luxuriously as
do the wealthier class Of people in
Europe and America.
Western luxury in its refnements
far surpasses the gorgeous East, and
it sounds strange that from that an.
cient abode of luxury should come
protest against the luxurious habits
of western peoples.
But such are some of the changes
in the whirligig of time. The land of
Ahasuerus, and Cyrus, which once
ruled the world, is now but a far
away outpost of civilization, whose
ruler when he visits Europe is looked
upon as curiosity and whose orien
tai magnifcence is ridiculed by the
newspaper paragraphist. Think OF
Xerxes and his army of a million oil
men and then of Museffer-ed Din!
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Russia and Turkey.
(The independently

We must not forget that any invasion
of Turkey by filibusters would be re.
sisted not only by Turkey, but also by
Russia. Russia, now. is Turkeys de-
fender; and against Russia, close at
hand, nothing can be done by spasms of
belligerent sympathy. That is what has
prevented England from interfering by
force; and what England could not do
our eager crusaders could not do. 1t is
terrible pity, but at present the true
policy is not to send crusaders or arms,
which can only breed more massacres,
but TO educate governments, especially
our own, and meanwhile try to keep
these poor Armenians alive until this
wave of slaughter has swept by, and
confidenee-such as it can be- has been
restored.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-08

The report is again current in Lon
don that Queen Victoria intends to alb
dictate the throne in favor of her eldest
son, the Prince of Wales. Such reports
have frequently appeared of recent
years, only to be semi-ofieially con
tradicted later. But it now seems that
there may be some actual foundation
for the current rumor. There is no
doubt that the queen seems to feel great
ly the weight OF her years and bereave-
ments. and she is quoted as having re-
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-08
~O~

Rev. William McNichull, of West
vile. Conn, considers Sunday bicycling
one of the evidences that our institu-
tons are in jeopardy.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-08

~. IL an attempt at sar.
improving Vne casm, the Milwaukee
Quality" Sentinel is noted INV
our Boston paper as laundering into
statement of vital truth and one Of
great practical significance. The Sen
final says: THE Wisconsin Universalists
are trying to raise fund to be used in
missionary work. As they hold that all
souls are sure of salvation, their mission
airy work is probably designed to i'm
prove the quality of the SOULS The
Leader comments with discrimination:
THE question Of quality needs discrim-
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-08

Martyr or fanatic, the fame of John
Brown, the Kansas raider, and the hero
of Harper's Ferry is secure in American
history, and there was an appropriate.
ness in dedicating his old farm of 244
acres in Essex county, New York, as a
memorial to the cause of freedom.
For thirty-six years the whispering
pines of the Adirondacks have chanted
requiem over the grave OF the man whose
death in the vanguard of freedoms
cause may be said to have marked the
close of an epoch and the ushering in of
a new. The taking over of this old farm
into the care of the great State Of New
York. to be preserved as public park
to all generations. last week, was signal
act of honor to man who met an igno-
minious death in cause which soon de-
handed its thousands of heros and mar.
tyrs. He violated the laws of his coun-
try; his country has long since forgiven
that act of rebellion in view of the noble
n ss and heroism that impelled it. Be-
fore the death of John Brown, the name
abolitionist was term of infamy; now it
is a term of honor and the reunited
American people look back upon past
of slavery with mingled regret and sur
prise that it was so long permitted to
exist.
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Exchange Notes.
Topics of the Day Discussed.

The Anarchist Always Possible.
(ZiOn's Herald.l
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-03-19
sAIITHBURG.

Owing to the storm on Wednes-
day last the sale of b. I. Petit was
not very largely attended, but things
brought fair price. Hay sold for
17.25 a ton and corn sold for 81 ana
SO cents a bushel and all other goods
sold to a good advantage.
H. C. Thorne will cut up the timber
for H. Clayton 1t is stated that ne
will move his mill from Freehold and
locate it on the tract of wood land
situated in front of w. |. Ely's farm,
on the Smithburg and Freehold turn
pike.
]. w. Anderson and wife made a
fiying trip to Hightstown on business
on Saturday of last week.
At the Road Election held at Ely
to elect Road Overseer, j. W. Cot
trell was elected by one vote over
E. K Hendrickson.
Van Applegate has nearly all the
wood cut for j. w. Danser on the
tract of woodland near Blue Ball.
We are sorry to learn that Frank
Matthews wife, of Elton is confined
to her bed at the home at Cassville;
She attended her mothers funeral
and took a new cold and since then
she has not been well enough to be
moved back to her home at Elton.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-03-19

ing his outstretched hand, he returned
the greeting and breathlessly asked,
'Have ye any news from homer
II have that. said the other, 'bnt
Yell not like the hearin O. it. -
"What is it!" demanded Patsey fierce
ly. "Is Kathleen sick?"
''It's worse nor that. F"
She is not dead!''
"No, but she's married.
aye lie in yer throatl'' And Patsey
reached for him to strangle him.
"Aisy, aisyp' said Dennis, lodging
him. II tell ye she married Larry
Rooney two months gone. danced at
her wedding.
"Y' are a liar, said Patsey again,
but he groaned as he spoke. If it was a
lie, why had not Kathleen written?
And, then, why should Dennis tell such
thing if it were not SO?
"Come in an have drink, said
Dennis, "an yen feel better. Sure, a
girl that jilts mans not worth griev-
in over F"
And he led the way toward a bar
room near by. Almost mechanically
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-03-19
HIS TEMPTATION.
low ST. PATRICK REWARDED PATsEY FOR
RESISTING IT.

Copyright, 1896, by the Author.l
s'Och, whusky, y'are tn divili
Y'are ladin me asthray,
Over hills an mountains,
Tin thousand miles away.
1t was a rollicking voice that caroled
out the words as the singer strobe over
the turf toward Miles Flanagan S little
cottage in the early dawn. The very
larks listened and seemed to warble the
louder to drown the music of that rich
voice. And it was rollicking lad that
sang as he hurried along toward his
sweetheart's house His tone, his bright
smile, his very step seemed all to tell
of a light heart if not of an altogether
clear conscience.
Then, as he came nearer the cottage
and marked the thin blue smoke that
curled up from the peat fro inside, he
changed his song:
sKathleen Mavourneen, the gray dawn is
breaking,
The horn of the hunter is heard ON the hill. .
Inside the cottage Miles was just
pushing back from the table, after his
early breakfast, while pretty Kathleen
was bustling about, helping her mother
with the household work.
His eyes twinkled when he heard the
singing outside, and he said roguishly,
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-03-19
WASHINGTON WORE THE GREEN.
He Was an Honorary Member of the So
ciety of the Sons of st. Patrick.

He Was Honorary Member of the So
ciety of the Sons of st. Patrick.
The first St. Patrick's day dinner on
record ON this side of the Atlantic was
that given in 1872 in Philadelphia by
the Society of the Friendly Sons of st.
Patrick, an organization started in Sep
tember, 1771. At this banquet Stephen
Moylan, afterward general in the conti-
mental army, presided. The society aft
erward became the center of patriotic
impulse of the Revolutionary times in
Philadelphia. Many ct its members
were officers in Washington army
In June, 1880, SO Philadelphia mer-
chants subscribed 1900, 900 to save
Washington S army from famine and dis
aster. OF these SO there were ~ mem
bers of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
who subscribe $517, 500, or more than
one-third of the whole amount of the
money. Washington was made an hon
orary member of the organization on
Dec. II, 1881. Notice was sent him of
his election, accompanied by gold
mOdd4 uilelO III p1lC AOAiA VI bl1O CllSiSli
of the society To this Washington re-
piled as follows:
SIR--I accept with singular pleasure the
ensign of so worthy fraternity as that of the
Sons of st. Patrick in this city, society dis
tinguished for the firm adherence of its mem
bers to the glorious cause in which we are EN-
barked. Give me leave to assure you sir, that
I shall never cast my eyes upon the badge with
which l am honored but with grateful re-
membrance Of the polite and affectionate man
ner in which it was presented.
1 am, with respect and esteem, sir, your
most obedient servant.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
The society gave dinner in Wash
ington's honor, at the City tavern in
January, 1882, at which there were 20
other guests, including the most distin-
guished officers of his own and the
French troops and 30 members of tho
society itself. The first president attend
ed another brilliant meeting of the So
ciety on March 2S, 1889.
The most satisfactory of these last
century celebrations of the day on rec
ord is perhaps that of March II, 1776,
when the British were driven out of
Boston. Washington paid tribute to the
sons of Erin in the ranks of his army
by giving out "St. Patrick as the
countersign and naming General Sulli-
van, the son of the famous Limerick
schoolmaster, as brigadier of the day.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-03-19

Patsey followed He felt stunned and
unable to frame questions at the mo-
ment, but there were things he must
ask, and why shouldn't he drink if
Kathleen had proved false?
So he poured out his whisky and was
lifting the glass to drink when some one
in back room began singing:
ooh, whisky, you're devill
You're leading me astray,
Over hills and mountains,
Ten thousand miles away"
Patsey listened with his glass uplift-
ed AS the song went on he felt Kath-
leen's arms around his neck, and her
warm breath on his cheek. The parting
was toe real Anything and anybody
else in the world might be false, but not
Kathleen.
Down went the glass "I'll not
drink, 2 said Patsey An I'll not be-
lieve word ye say. An when can
prove ye the liar I'll break every bone
in yer body. And he walked away,
utterly Indifferent to the others buster
ing protestations.
The next day was the 18th Of March,
and poor Patsey groaned as he thought
of it. EST. Patrick is my patron saint, =
he said to himself, but what can he do
fora poor devil like me? Sure I'd better
go list for soger.
But he didn't enlist People can't al
ways do all the mischief they try to,
and the mail had come out of little
Irish village one day when Larry Room
ey was too drunk to watch it, SO that
St. Patrick's day the postman brought
a letter from Kathleen that cleared
things up considerably.
And the next st. Patrick's day was
even happier. No letter came, but Kath
leen came herself. And the little home
was ready. And they are living in it yet.
DAVID A. CURTIS
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-03-19
FOUR GREAT IRlsHMEN.
Burke, O'ConneIl. Parnell and Mccarthy
and What They Have Done.

Burke, O'Connell. Parnell and Mccarthy
and What They Have Done.
Ireland has produced number of the
greatest orators, the keenest parliamen-
tarians. the most sagacious statesmen,
the best scholars, the most sympathetic
poets and the warmest patriots. She has
had her name emblazoned upon the tenn
pie of fame, through the efforts of those
who have been nursed in the cradles of
the houses which deck her land. In the,
political arena there are four names as
ISOLATED with the work of this century
and its predecessor, which stand out in
prominence-namely, Edmund Burke,
Daniel O'Connell. Charles Stewart Par
nell and Justin Mccarthy.
Edmund Burke, one of the greatest
names in the history of political litera-
ture, was born in Dublin, on Jan. -,
1899. He toek seat in the house of
commons in 1866. He first astonished
the commons at st. Stephens with his
electric eloquence, command of Ian
guage, power of argument and extent
of information, while debating the de-
claratory act. His early efforts in favor
of Roman Catholic emancipation, his
patriotic designs for the amelioration of
Ireland, the circumstances attending his
first session in parliament, his rapid
rise to eminence as an orator and a
statesman, his enunciation of the doc
trine of free trade, the obloquy and the
difficulties of every kind against which
he had to contend, the beginning of his
enmity to Chatham, his struggle against
the court i'll 1859, his exertions for the
freedom of the press his ideas on Indi-
an reform in 1878 and his speeches upon
the American Revolution are all subjects
occurring during his parliamentary ca
reer which do not yield in interest and
magnitude to the events of the present
generation.
O'ConnelPs striking greatness was
achieved in the field of Irish politics.
From early manhood he had turned his
attention to the condition of Ireland aud
the mass of her people Having a firm
faith in the influence Of his church, he
perceived that it might be made an in
strument of immense political power in
Ireland. AS result of his labors Catho-
lie Ireland was arrayed to man in an
organization of enormous power, that
demanded its rights in no uncertain
voice.
The history of the life and work of
Charles Stewart Parnell is of recent
date and the property of every living
Irishman.. A man of transcendent gem
ius, his elevation to the brightest place
in the affections of the people of his
adopted country is not to be wondered
at, although history affords no parallel
OF such rapid rise among her states
men. Parnell was the uncrowned
king, /" and future generations will for
get the faults and shortcomings of the
man in remembering the assiduous eff
forts he made for the welfare of Ireland
Justin Mccarthy, his successor in the
leadership of the National party. is a
man of letters and of vast attainments.
At present he is trying to conciliate the
different factions of the Irish party and
is actively engaged in forcing the claims
of Ireland upon the attention of the i'm
perial parliament.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-03-19
THE GOOD OLD SONG.

Oh, st. Patrick was a gentleman
Who came of decent people;
He built church in Dublin town.
And ON it put a stecple.
His father was Gallagher;
His mother was Brady
His aunt was an O'Shaughnessy,
His uncle an O'Grady.
So success attend st. Patrick 5 fist,
For he's saint SO clever;
Oh. he gave the snakes and toads twist
And bothered them forever.
The Wicklow hills are very high,
And SOS the hill of Howth, sir,
But there s hill much bigger still,
Much higher nor them both, sir.
Twas on the top of this high hill
st. Patrick preached his sarmint
That drove the frogs into the bogs
And banished all the varmint.