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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-07-04
STOCK

AS no one material is complete ra-
ton in itself, combination of materials
is necessary in order to secure the best
results at the lowest cost; but adapta.
ton to the purpose for which we are
feeding is all important, especially since
it is an item to feed economically.
Because corn is convenient feed, it
is used very largely during the growth
of animals, while in truth it is not then
an economical feed. During the sum
mer, for growth alone, middlings is a
cheaper and better material, and is bet
ter adapted to the growth of bone and
muscle.
1t is possible, by cleaning the pen out
once or twice a week, and disinfecting
it with lime, to keep the place in sweet.
presentable condition, where it is posi-
BILE for hogs to live and grow fat without
contracting disease. If cholera breaks
out. this is the quickest way to check it.
The spring pig may shuttle for himself
fairly we'll when grass is abundant. and
it is usually plentiful at that season; but
when it comes to allowing the fall pig to
shuttle for himself, the chances are that
he will be failure as source of profit
He must go into winter quarters in good
condition.
While horses are cheap and farm
laborers comparatively dear, there is no
use hiring man to work with horses,
and then give him team which will
need to rest at every bout with pillow or
harrow. A three horse team will usu-
ally do one-third more work than one
having but two.
Cows seem often to become attached
to sheep when habitually herded to-
gether, and when dogs modest, the cows
will attack and drive them off, just as if
the sheep were of their own kind. Small
farmers. with few sheep, therefore,
will do we'll to herd them with the cows
at night and permit them to Craze to-
gether in day time.
We often deny animals the very things
which our natures crave. forgetting
that they are similarly constituted.
Ashes, charcoal and salt supply mineral
elements essential to health, and far
better than resort to condition pow
dsrs and other medicines. They will
cleanse and purify the system in the
safest way.
In raising calves from the pail do not
forget to scsld it out every day. and do
not change to cold milk too suddenly,
but gradually change to mixture of it
with oatmeal porridge. Do Rot neglect
a lump of chalk or clay in the stall, to
which the calves may resort as remedy
for scidity.
A sheep which sheds it's wool is one
which has impaired digestion. 1t is
most common in sheep past their prime.
when taken from pasture and put on
dry, hard food. The bowels become
constipated and the animal feverish,
and the wool is loosened. Nothing can
save the sheep after it gets this far.
There should be more succulent food
prepared for the sheep in winter, and
old sheep, whose teeth have begun to
fall should be disposed of in the fall
II they are fat then, they are worth
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-07-04
Japanese Kindness.

Birds build their nests in the city
houses. Wild fowls. geese, and ducks
alight in the public parks. Wild deer
trot about the streets. One man had
actually been followed by wild deer in
the streets nibbling melon rind out of
his hand, as tame as calves and lambs
on our farms. A dog goes to sleep in
a busiest street. Men turn aside 80 as
not to disturb him. One day a beauti-
full heron slighted on the limb of tree,
and the busy jostling throng stopped.
No one attempted to iniure the bird, but
several began sketching him.-SeIected'
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-07-04
THE POINT OF VIEW.

by MARTHA SHEPPARD LIPPINCoTT'
This world is as we make II,
/ often hear them say,
If we are sad and fearful.
The world will seem that way;
And il we seek the dark side,
Where everything goes wrong,
And see mole hills as mountains
Our lives will seem too long.
But If we seek life's sunshine,
Sweet joys to others give.
And gaily climb life's mountains,
AS though we're glad to live;
To overcome disaster.
And sunshine round us shower
To make our dear friends happy
Then Joy will be our dover.
The world is but mirror,
Rejecting each ones min /.
If we look at 1t Grossly
Tous twill not look kind,
But If we smile upon it,
1t will be joyous, too;
No matter how we see it,
Twill give us our own view.
So, when the world seems dreary,
And life seems bitter, too.
Just ask your disposition
If it can better do;
And, if it turns to sunshine,
The world will look so bright
That you will be forgetting
How dark has been the night.
PHILADELPHIA LEDGER
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-07-04
FARM GARDEN AND DAIRY
Instructive Reading for AgricuIturists.
PREPARED EXPRESSLY FOR 1.-THE UNIvERSALIsT"

more for the butcher than they will
ever be again. II they at this stage be.
gin the downward grade, they are worth
less.
Because certain farm animals are
scavengers to some degree, the best re-
suits are not obtained by using them as
such. What the farmer wants in live
stock is a machine to take the raw ma.
terlal produced upon the farm and con-
vert it into manufactured goods, The
most successful farmer is the heavy
feeder,
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-07-04
Selected Story.
MRS. PURDY'S PARQUISITES.


0NE day, some time since, we were
summoned to the parlor to see a
visitor who had sent up neither card
nor name. AS we entered the room,
an under sized, wiry, active, elder
ly, quaint-looking woman rose to
greet us. We were struck at sight
with the brightness of her dark,
handsome eyes, and the russell red
ness of her thin brown cheeks. Her
dress was of calico, starched and
ironed to miracle, and she wore an
indescribable air of independent out
of-fashionness, which took our fancy
at the start.
She was living on ranch not a
very great way from San Francisco.
She was born in England, had come
over to this country in her girlhood,
had spent some years in Connecticut,
had married in Pennsylvania, had
tried her fortune in the West, and
had finally drifted to California-all
of which we learned in the course of
after conversation. and noted that
her speech bore evidence of her wand
erings. She stood for moment con-
fronting us while she darted forth
keen look from under the great round
hat which was tied down, Canada
fashion, at the ears, and projected
immensely fore and aft.
"Be you the woman that writes in
the Pacific?"
81 take charge of a column in the
Pacific for the Woman's Board.
Won't you sit down." The interview
promised to be interesting.
She dropped suddenly into her
chair, and revealed as she did SC a
good sized covered basket which
stood by her side.
"Wall, now, l am mighty glad l
have found you! My old man he
takes the Pacific, bein' brought up a
Congregational, and l read it for my
Sunday readin'-leastway your part
in partikeler, and very often permits
kus, too. So l felt kind O. acquaint-
ed with you like; and thinks l to
myself, the very first time go to
San Frisker I'll take a run over to
Hoakland, and see if l can make her
out"
"Pm very glad to see you-very
glad you like our column so well; we
want all our friends to like it,"
wall, when you first begun that
column, all about the missionaries
and SIGH, it kind O. took me, and l
determined l would do all l could to
raise a little money. I've knocked
round the world considerably myself,
though not dom it for the heather,
which amt sayin' l hain't never found
none; but that hain't neither here
nor there. But l know by my own
feelin's what it is to be in a strange
country, and everything queer and
homesick like-let alone the lam
guage, which must be powerful dis
couragin', especially if body's hard
to learn, which | don't s'pose the
missionaries is, but some of 'em may
be. We live on a ranch here always"
with jerk of the head, sand my old
man he's tolerably close; and no
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-07-04

The japanese, in order to celebrate
their recent victories, are going to erect
a gigantic statue of Buddha. The
height will be 12O feet. The metal will
be supplied from the ordance captured
in the late war. The monument will
cost about 100000 yen, and is to be er-
ected at Kioto.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-07-04
SUMMER SONG.
BY HARRIET PRESCOTT sPoFFoRD.

When June lights all her fires
Through melting mists OF morn,
With roses on the briers,
And dewdrops on the thorn,
With scents that pierce the brain with bliss,
Blown from some sphere embracing this.
One brief bright hour and fleeting,
oh, then, with blind entreating,
Love in her heart is beating.
With shy wild wings is beating
Love in her heart is beating.
When June wakes all her choirs
Through under-heavens OF green'
With bursts of sweet desires
In warbling wild and keen,
When all the leafy world of June
Breaks out in blossom, out in tune
In Joys as blest as fleetng.
Oh, then, with blind entreatlng'
Love in her heart is beating.
With shy strong wings is beating
Love in her heart is beating.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-05-08
Suicides In Germany,

In point of suicides, both as to numtel
and manner of execution, Germany still
leads. The other day two young Berlin
ers, both consumptiyes and tired of life,
met in train by accident. They were
both on the way to q deep, smooth lake
in the vicinity, where they meant to
drown themselves. One had coniided
his purpose to the other and together
they carried out their purpose. But n
queerer suicide still was that of Ber-
lin stock gambler in a hotel in Vege-
sack, near Bremen. He had lost his
money on change, and notified his
brother in Hamburg of his intention to
kill himself. When the brother ar
rived he found the other dead. and be-
side his bed lay all the papers and let
tiers giving complete information as to
his losses. The owner Of the hotel at
the same hour received a registered let
ter from his dead guest. The letter had
been mailed in Berlin the night before,
and it told the boniface that tine Ham
burg brother would pay all damage,
which the brother did.-Chicago
Record.
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THE LONDONDERRY SITTER.

isposition-strong of will, firm and de-
termined. If she is shut up in the
closet for disobedience, she never makes
a fuss. She should have been son,
and, indeed, was actually SO announced
by mistake, which recalls good story
involving practical joke on Gen, Fitz-
hugh Lee. the distinguished soldier and
statesman.
About the time of Miss Esther's birth,
the Virginia democratic state con-
vention was in session. The delegates
wanted Gen, Lee to make speech, but
political reasonsh he politely, but firm
lydeclined togoupon the rostrum. Then
some one perpetrated joke ON the gen
eral which brought forth the speech,
but which made him the target for no
end of fun. A Virginia member tele.
graphed friend In Washington asking
that he send a fictitious telegram to
Gen. Lee saying there had been new
arrival in the Cleveland family at Gray
Gables. The Washington man took the
hint and did as requested. Within an
hour, therefore, Gen, Lee received a
dispatch saying that Grover Cleveland
was q happy father, and that his off,
Spring was boy. Such an suspicious
event could not go by a Virginia conven-
ton unnoticed-at least so thought Gen.
Leland he accordingly made the
speech of his life in the democratic con-
vention. ltappeared in printsomething
like this Ladies and gentlemen, am
happy to inform you that the demo-
cratic party has candidate this day for
future presidential honors. He is the
illustrious son of an illustrious sire. He
halls from Massachusetts and Cleveland
Is his name"
1t is needless to say that the conven-
ton went Wild but the next day Gen.
Lee went wild when he found out the
hoax that had been perpetrated on him.
short time after this happened
to have the general as my neighbor at
big banquet at Old Point Comfort.
| The occasion was the opening Of the
Chesapeake & Ohio transatlantic line
of steamers from Newport News to Liv.
erpool. Gen. Lee was telling ne the
above story and enjoying the joke
hugely. although he said Mr.. Cleveland
had not answered his letter of explana-
ton. Just as the ex-governor had fin
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-05-08
STUARTS GRAVE FOUND.
Identified In the Old Burying
Ground at Boston.
Some Interesting Facts About the Painter
of King George Ill, Louis XVI. and
President Washington = The
Skull Recognized.

The grave of Gilbert Stuart, the great
locality of whose last resting place has
ben in dispute, was identified recently
by the exhuming of the skull at tomb
No. 81, old Central burial bround on
Boston Common. The grave was
opened by authority granted by the
board of health, under the auspices of
the Boston Traveller.
When the skull, which was of remark-
able size, was exhumed, each of the
searchers exclaimed in one breath that
the head was Stuart's, and their reason
for this was the remarkable size of the
skull, the comparatively perfect condi-
ton of the teeth, the square set, power
full jaws, the projecting brows, the lack
of hair on the top of the head, the pres
ence of the side locks of hair, and the
whiskers, which came to the lower part
of the ears and there stopped. There
was no sign of hair on the upper lip,
nor anywhere else on the skull save the
sides and back.
To be more exact, the relations exist
ing in the division of the face of the
skull correspond with those in the por-
trait of Stuart by Neagle, and also in
the outline sketch of himself, made by
his own hand, in 1920. The distance
from the roots of the hair, still evident
by the few hairs remaining on the side
of the head, to the end of the whisker
locks, which extend nearly to the end of
the ear on the upper jaw, are exact with
the drawings. The upper lip and the
lower jaw were free from hair. A ver-
teal line drawn from the top of the
skull to the lower part of the lower
jaw, allowing for shrinkage and waste
of flesh and fatty substances, and TO,
the lack of hair on the top of the head,
measures, instead of five equal parts,
as per the drawing, one-ffth being
credited to the hair, four equal parts.
The horizontal lines and division of
curves, the rise of the cheek bones, the
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-05-08
steals Other Penple,s Jokes.

There belongs to the German en-
peror the pleasing habit of arnexing
any witticisms or smart sayings that
may be made in his presence BY those
around him. 1t is said that certain
German officer acquired the name Of
"Purveyor of jokes to his majesty
This fact reached the imperial ears. and
William ii. promptly snubbed the Jester
back TO obscuriiy. about a year later
the emperor and the cficer CHANGED to
meet. and the kaiser with mt i af7a-
bility said: We'll. &. ] tn ready
10 swallow more of your good 'l'rgs.' $
your majesty is to be congratulated
upon your digestion" said thu ironica!
K, "since you never bring any OF
them up again" K is now on fur
Tough.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-05-08
THE LIBERTY STATUE.
Superstitious Sailors Say That the
Goddess Is Haunted.
Rivals the Most Expert Spirit Medium in
Mysterious Rappings, But the EX-
PLANTATION o: the Phenomenon
Is Very Simple Indeed.

The statue of Liberty is tenanted by
ghosts. AT least that is what the river
men claim, and say the statement is Sis
ceptible of proof. They say, and they
know whereof they speak, that as the
witching hour of night approaches
most unearthly noises are heard, as If
the statue was possessed. There is a
scientific explanation, however, OF
these ghostly disturbances, but, says
the New York journal, it does not in
terst the harbor men and sailors on
board ships lying at anchor within a
stones throw of Liberty island, their
bulls brought into strong relief by the
electric torch. Many a "fo'c'as'le" yar1,
has been spun about the midnight carr
nival of spirits within the goddess
The sailors in the creaking Of her joints
hear the ghoulish shouts of the reYt ,eis.
When the night is calm and bitterly
cold the mysterious din is plainly
heard.
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slight evidence of the usual smaller
end of the face oval, proves one remark
able fact. e., the evidence of Stuart'a
extraordinary jaws. These were square
set. full of determination, and the teeth
we're, save one on the upper back jaw
comparatively sound.
Stuart's drawing shows clearly that
lis teeth were all in his head at his
nth year. There are other traces OF
chronological Importance. The
frontal lobes, the constructive over
hanging brows. the marks of ideality
which once bore a coarse mass of hair
seen in Neagle's portrait as well as his
own drawing; the marks of harmony
erengy, and so on, were quite evident
The forehead slope, as well as the base
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-05-08
THEY REPEAT A LITTLE GERMAN GRACE

ished a dispatch was handed him. He
thereupon excused himself, and opened
it. Then there was roar Of laughter,
in which all the table subsequently
joined, when they knew the contents of
the telegram. 1t was from the late
Frank Hatton. editor of the Washing
ton Post, and former postmaster gen,
eral, and read as follows:
''No mistake this time. Your much
heralded Cleveland boy is girl"
Thereupon we all drank to the health
of Gen. Lee. | attended one of the pop
hlar white house receptions at Wash
ington recently. In the crowd that
came into the east room were number
of children. l stood near the president
as the line of visitors filed by. and every
time little child reached Mr.. Cleve,
land his eyes beamed with delight,
and he stopped the procession of hand,
shakers until he could ask the tot a
question or two. His interrogation was
generally: "How are you, my little
MANI" And if the child answered, the
president would volunteer another
question. Many time has Mr.. Cleve-
land turned from the cares of Office to
play with his children. Old care has
mortgage on every estate. but es-
pecially upon an incumbent of the
white house. So that the oasis of the
desert of office seekers, among the ''pa
triots" and politicians, is a rollickng
rOmDinp yOuppSter FyerybOdy re-
calls the story of how President Har-
rison used to shy pillows at his litti
grandson. Ben Mckee. And in pretty
much the same way to-day President
Cleveland casts off the cares of state.
The tots of the white house lotsl
God bless them! May they live long
and be happy. Certainly they are nov
the sunshine Of the executive mansion
FRANCIS LEON CHRIsMAy
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and width of the skull, are in perfect
keeping with the original form.
These facts are all that are known rel
alive to the spot where lay the remains
of the painter Of King George III, of
King Louis XVI, and of the first presi-
dent of our republic, George Washing
ton. The record of interments and re-
movals clearly states that the remains
were placed in tomb 81, Central bury
ing ground, July, 1928, and there is no
record that they were ever removed,
Miss Jane Stuart, daughter of the artist,
who was the only one who would think
or care for their removal, did not know,
the exact location of the remains, and
thus the facts stand, and theevidence
seems to be conclusive.
Stuart's biographer states that the
artist died on Fort Hill in poverty. This
is a known fact, and has been attested.
He left few of his paintings, the only
property which his family derived from
him. Miss Jane Stuart, who was the
last surviving daughter of three, Anne,
Emma and Jane, sold these paintings,
except one, an unfinished head of a
noted Irish barrister. Miss Jane lived
in small house on Mill street, New
port, R. L., and when she died made over
her estate in trust to the old family
housekeeper.
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TOTS OF TIE WHITE HOUSE.
First Stops II Loorning for the Lit
t.o Cievelands.
Quaint Cabinet Kindergarten-IIow Ruth
and Esther Say Grace-T Their Proficiency
In the German Language-Funny
Anecdote s OF Presidential Babies.
IcopyRIeHT, 1861

Force OF circumstances has COM
PEELED the little daughters of the white
house to take vacation for the past
two weeks; for even these little ladies
cannot escape the malady that all
youthful flesh is heir to,
The general public has watched the
health bulletin of the Cleveland house
hold with some anxiety, and while
Misses Ruth and Esther are still in the
center of interest, it may be worth
while to take brief survey of the pro-
visions which have been made by the
president and Mrs. Cleveland for the
mental health and culture Of their
young daughters.
AS everybody is aware, the presi-
dents family consists of three daugh.
tiers, but, as Miss Marion Is as yet hard
ly nine months old, her education has
not progressed beyond the cutting oil
q few teeth and the articulation of one
or two infantile syllables, the signifi'
canoe of which is known only to nurses
and mothers. She will be one year old
the 7th of next August, at which
date, 1t will be remembered, she was
born last year at Gray Gables.
In comparison with her, Miss Ruth
is quite grown up young lady. Shs
was born October 3, 1891, at Ole Madi
son avenue, New York city.
Miss Esther is rapidly approaching
three years of age. She is the one mem
Der of the family who enjoys the dis
tinction of having been born at the
white house, an event which occurred
on September Q, 1893.
When the little Clevelands begin tC
celebrate their birthdays with parties
and the like, those three successive
months, August, September and Octo
Der, will be busy time of year for'somt
members of the family.
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DR.. Carl Muller gives statistics of the
destruction of trees by lightning in
Germany from 1879 to 1890, by which
1t appears that so oaks, 90 or 81 frs, 3
or pines were struck, but no beeches.
Yet the proportions of the various trees
in the German forests are 10 per cent.
of beeches, II of oaks, 10 of pines and i
of frs. Beeches would seem to be
practically immune" from lightning
stroke and therefore comparatively
safe tree to take shelter beneath Trees
standing in wet ground are more liable
to the stroke than if they grow in dry
soil. Trees rich in fatty matter and
resin during summer are less likely to
be struck than trees poor in oils. Wood
pines, though rich in fat during winter.
are poor in oils during summer. Liv-
ing wood Is worse conductor than
dead wood, hence trees with dead limbs
are more likely to be struck than sound
trees,
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The most terrible of these myster,.

The most terrible of these mysteri
GUS sounds for those who are not in the
secret are the spirit rappings. The god
dess rivals the most expert spirit medi-
ums. These rappings may be heard al
most every night in the year. During
the daytime the solemn figure is as si@
lent as graveyard, but when darkness
settles down it Is easy to imagine that
several spiritual seances are being car
ried on successfully in this gloomy in
terror. The explanation is, however,
exceedingly simple. The statue, as ev-
erybody knows, is formed of enormous
plates of copper bronze, firmely riveted
together. The action Of all sorts of
weather, to which this very exposed POI
sition renders the statue subject, tends
to gradually loosen these little bits of
steel. The dampness which is drawn in
from the water from all four sides
forms of hick coating of copper verdi
girls on the rivets. cutting away the cop
per. This does not weaken the statue