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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-01-25
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ABSENCE.
BY FRANCES ANNE KEMBLE.

What shall do with all the days and hours
That must be counted ere l see thy face?
How shall charm the interval that lowers
Between this time and that sweet time of
grace?
Shall in slumber steep each weary sense
Weary with longing? Shall flee away
Into past days, and with some fond pretence
Cheat myself to forget the present day?
Shall love for thee lay on my soul the sin
OF casting from me Gods great gift of Time?
Shall I, these mists of memory locked within,
Leave and forget LIES purposes sublime?
o, how, or by what means, may / contrive
To bring the hour that brings thee back more
near?
How may 1 teach my dropping hope to live
Until that blessed time, and thou art here?
III tell thee; for thy sake will lay hold.
Of all good aims, and consecrate to thee,
In worthy Deeds each moment that is told
While thou beloved onel art far from me.
For thee will arouse my thoughts to try
All heavenward flights, all high and holy
strains;
For thy dear sake will walk patiently
Through these long hours, nor Call their
minutes pain.
1 will this dreary blank of absence make
A noble task-time and will therein strive
To follow excellence, and to o'ertake
More good than have won since yet live,
So may this doomed time build up in me
A thousand graces, which shall thus be thine
So may my love and long ny halowed be
And thy dear thought an influence divine.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-01-25

deal of what he said at such times has
gone into print and into the oral tradi-
tions OF our people, probably much of it
not without establishment and exagera-
ton.
Washington was the gravest man of
the whole patton. The tradition of him
is that he was never known to laugh,
and seldom to smile. He did not allow
that familiarity which must precede
Joking. There is story of his nearly
whitening a man with look who once
ventured to slap him on the back. He
was brevity embodied. John Adams
was impulsive and irascible, but too
much in earnest to be humorous. JEFF
ferson was a theorist who was intent
upon promoting human equality in a
way that did not admit of joking. Mad
ison and Monroe we're Virginians edu-
Gated to craftsmanship, and carrying
old-fashioned Virginia ideas with them,
of which dignity formed a considerable
part. John Quincy Adams carried the
stern Puritan methods into his public
life. jackson was fighter, and his meth
cd Of fighting had no fun in it, Van Blu
re1 was smooth, courteous, conciliating
in manner, but certainly not knowingly
comical. William Henry Harrison was
harassed and overweighted in the month
he was in office; Webster made joke of
the seriousness with which he carried
the old Romans into his siogle message.
Tyler was cross, sour, always in trouble,
in his term of Office. Polk was another
Puritan, modified by craftsmanship. Tay-
lor was matter of fact old fighter, striv-
ing with immaculate seriousness to
do his duty. Fillmore was thoroughly
practical in his tastes and tendencies.
Pierce was one of the most genial and
gentlemanly of our presidents, but he
has left no mark of humorous tendency.
Buchanan took himself with the ex-
tremest possible seriousness on all his
way to becoming an old public function
airy. Andrew johnson had his head
turned by his intense eagerness to have
his own way, and he could not recognize
humor when he sawit. Grant is thought
to have had some grim sense of humor,
but there is no record left of it. Hayes
was thoroughly respectable, and humor
was not in his programme for this pur-
pose. Garfield was versatile, but taste
| for fun was not among his accomplish
ments. Cleveland has always taken his
private and public affairs with entire
soberness. Benjamin Harrison was our
third Puritan president, Polk over again.
The soberness of our long line of pres.
idents is singular. They seem to have
taken their tone from Washington, while
in office, and it was good model, but it
is remarkable that succession of men
through one hundred years should have
had so little tendency to the humorous
in their native composition. Lincoln is
unique among them all in this quality.
Boston Herald.
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Instructive Reading for AgricuIturists.
PREPARED EXPRESSLY FOR "THE UNIvERsALISTn
GRICULTURE.

If growing fax it will pay to use your
very best land, that which will produce
both full crop of-seed and of straw. 1t
should have old, rich soil, deeply
plowed. well MANFRED and thoroughly
pulverized. 1t should be sown early,
and by the drill is the better way. 1t
should not be covered very deep.
Because of the small margin Of profit
the stricter accounting for all outlays,
and the rigid principles of economy
applied to production and manufactur-
ing, the farmer in many cases is better
off this year of low prices than when
there seemed to be no such need Of
caution. Reducing the cost is always
increasing the profits.
Pasture lands are often badly man
aged; late and early pasturing Injuries
the grass plants so that they never do
their best; insufficient seeding allow
the grasses to run out and degenerate
and weed growths to take their place.
Heavy pasturing demands top dressing,
Spending neither energy nor money up
on these fields is false economy.
If ready money is not available, the
store account can often be avoided by
growing something which can be ex-
charged through the season for such
things as must be bought. A little time
devoted to fruit, vegetables, chickens or
bees will often prove of much more value
than the mere amount Of money derived
from the sale of the products by enabl-
ing one to avoid debt.
The annual output of the great "bean
belt" of California often amounts to
nearly million dollars in the field. To
raise beans there must be rich soil,
and a climate which ripens the beans
up evenly, so as to give the largest pos
sible crop. Lima beans have paid these
California growers as high as 5000 an
acre or more; but favorable conditions
are not confined to that State.
AS one passes the corn fields, in shock,
in the fall, he sees much the same pic
ture as he does when viewing the July
harvest fields. In some fields the shocks
stand straight as can be; while in others
they spraddle out like knockdown
fence. 1t is easy to imagine the differ
ence in the quality of fodder on these
several farms.
If you think grain farming is played
out, and you wish to put stop to the
robbing of the soils which has been go.
ing on under your nose, try dairying OF
fruit growing. These will give you
plenty of remunerative employment and
every opportunity for building up your
land to its original strength and purity
Agriculture has not kept pace with
manufactures in this country during
the past quarter of century. While
the field products have increased about
so per cent, the value of manufactured
articles is about thrice what it was q
years ago. Agriculture should feel the
effect of increased demand. and would
were it not for importations.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-01-25
HORTICULTURE

Before too late in the season note
should be made of fruit or shade trees
which have suffered from leaf blight,
that they may be sprayed at the proper
time in the spring. The results of
spraying are really wonderful, and have,
marked an era for fruit growers in this,
country.
Let the tub hydrangias be placed in
the coolest part of the cellar. If in the
heat they push into growth long before
the time for setting them out comes,
and the growth becomes slender and of
but little use. Even a little freezing in
winter does them no harm if they are in
the shade.
Close meshed wire netting wrapped
about the base Of fruit trees will pre-
vent mice from barking them in the
winter. Mounds of earth to appear
above the snow will answer the same
purpose; but the wire netting is the
better. as, il it is carried high enough,
rabbits are kept away as we'll as mice.
A new variety Of red raspberry has
originated in Wisconsin, called the Lon.
don Red, and it is spoken of favorably by
those who have given it test. Western
farmers need good, hardy, red rasp-
berry. such as this is represented to be,
while Eastern gardeners need nothing
better than the well known Cuthbert.
When the future orchardist, in the
light of science, knows more accurately
what varieties of apples do best in varied
climate and soils, what protection and
culture to give, how best to keep up the
fertili ty of the land, how TO spray and,
prune to best advantage, there will be
less reason for making an assortment
before taking to market.
Orchards are becoming everywhere
more numerous. and be tier methods
must prevail. No department of farm
affairs stands so much in need of reform
alton as does the care of the fruit. If
practice were up 10 even our present
practical knowledge, the result would
be different. In fact, The orchardist is
away bshind his possibilities.
Tho Wilder is very promising early
pear, OF better quality than most. and
not subject TO rot at the core. There is
none which pleases more, though it is
rather small 10 size. Like the Seckel.
that which it lacks in size it makes M
10 quality, although it is larger than
that othsome variety.
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Washington as Seen by Quincy.

In some pleasantly discursive para
graphs in the magazine number of The
Outlook, the Rev. Edward Everett Hale
repeats what President Quincy. of Har
ward. once told him about George Wash
ington. Quincy, 1 think, was on Cen
eral Hancock's staff" says Mr.. Hale,
"when Washington made his visit as
President to the city of Boston. That
is to say, young man. scarcely eighteen
years of age, met on somewhat intimate
terms. for two or three days, the great
est man of his time. Mr.. Quincy said
that Washington, who at that time had
met people of every rank and station in
America. who was himself the peer of
the best OF men, and knew he was, still
showed a certain shyness of manner
Mr.. Quincy said to me: You have met
with gentlemen, who were through and
through gentlemen, who came down to
the Legislature from some remote
country town. You have noticed GER
tain shyness Of manner. as they dealt
with people who had had larger intima-
cy with mankind. 1t is curious thing
to say, but General Washington, when
he was President Of the United States,
showed this same shyness or diffidence.
while in every regard he bore himself as
the Chief Magistrate of the country
think Mr.. Quincy confirmed the remark
which Timothy Pickering made with re-
gard to Washington, that he had the
largest hand Of any man whom he ever
saw"
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-01-25
DAIRY

The general experience of farmers
who have tried it is that eneilage uni.
formly gives greater return than the
feeding value allowed it by chemists.
This is because, being succulent food,
it allows greater per centage of the fat
in the milk to enter into the butter
globules.
No more sensible thing has been ut
tered by our rostrum speakers than
when one of them recently said that we
should not pay so much attention to
price as to profit. This can be applied
to all branches of farming, as we'll as to
ALTERNATING. Lessen the cost of pro-
duction in every way, and both price
and profit will largely take care of them
selves.
1t pays in winter to give the dairy COW
water which has had the chill taken off
it, Better supply lukewarm water to
the cattle even at the expense of a hot
air heater in the basement of the barn,
1t does not require an extra amount of
sense to realize that it is harmful to give
water to the COWS directly after we have
broken the ice in the trough.
1t is the excess over the main tenance
which pays profit to the dairyman. A
COW should receive 60 or 10 per cent.
more food than her maintenance re9
quires; but it is not every animal that
will eat so much. If she will not, begin
to doubt her as COW of the highest USE
| fulness,
1t does not pay to sell the best COWS
from your herd because you can get
few dollars more for them than for the
poorer ones. Those which your neigh
bors desire you should wish for most.
1t would be just as great folly to go
through the garden and pull up the
lesser plants that the larger might
| grew.
Cows differ, Just as do horses. OF two
80 nearly alike that only their constant
attendant can tell them apart, being fed
from the same trough, and possibly be-
ing from the same dam and sire, no one
can tell which will be the better, the
speedier, or the more fruitful of the two.
Why the one develops into something
beyond the ordinary and the other is a
failure, no man knows.
The rival breeds stimulate improve
ment. The Holstein has been long con.
coded to be the greatest milk COW, and
has the highest record of milk a day,
month or year, of all the breeds; but
later tests give new laurels to the breed,
as she rivals the Jersey on butter re-
cords. Let the good work go on, for
"butter. for worse"
There is something wrong with the
individual when you see the cows afraid
of the person milking them. He may
be kind in your presence, but has been
harsh or cruel at times when you were
not watching. Some persons can not
make good mixers if they try, for they
are not adapted to it; but these are ex-
captions.
There can be no fixed formulas or set
rules to guide one in breeding. Breed
to suit your own herd, and stick to your
breed acteristics. Do not sacrifice
form or performance for size or color,
neither breed after some other mans
herd. Even among Jerseys there is no
royal herd. Butter making is in the
breed, and any we'll managed herd
should develop it,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-25
H. L. STEELE, sEc'rY,
COUNTY TREASURES REPORT

Detailed statement Of monies dis
bursed by Ed. Froboese, County
Treasurer, during the term ending
October 81, 1896.
FIRST CLASS.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-25
BURTS CHANCES BETTER.

Austin, Texas, Nov. Especial
The taking Of testimony in the Burt
murder trial was concluded at 1920
this morning and lawyers in the case
began the arguments, which will be
concluded this afternoon.
The defense of attorneys on cross
examinations and objections to that
held knocked big holes in the states
rebuttal.
The testimony was concluded this
morning and the case wound up in a
more delapidated condition for the
state than it has been since it's open
ing
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s 52O.22 s 52o.22

COURTHOUSE ACCOUNTS.
To balance. -. $44, 117E
To amount reed. 1,7S3.4
By disbursements. SIG, 931 81
By balance on hand %, 96957
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s45,9O1.21 s45, sO1.21

JAIL BONDS.
To balance ......$ !, 1855
To amount reed. 10S09
By balance on hand s 1,SOS.74
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PERSONAL MENTION.

Miss l.. Mann, of Laredo, Is at
the Maverick.
VIM. Simpson, OF Rockport, is at
the Maverick.
Mr.. VIM. Simpson, OF Rock.
port, is in the city.
Mr.. Geo. s. McElroy has return
ed from Kentucky.
Capt. Jim Scott is in the city
from Alice, Texas.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-25
LUNCH AT ALL HOURS.

Chas. w. Behring'S new beer
saloon, 206 Soledad street. Beer
on draft, always cool and fresh.
For several years on Alamo
street. IL II limo
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-25
FATAL WRECK.

New York, Nov. 25.-The Southern
express from Florida on the Pennsyl-
vania road was wrecked at New
Brunswick this morning, the engineer
and fireman killed and three men in
jured. A broken axle of a freight car
caused the latter to derail the express
engine, mail and baggage cars.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-25

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
All druggists refund the money IL II
falls to cure. &c. 10-5-156t.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-25
LEE CALLED.

Washington, Nov. 25.-Consu
General Lee called on the presi
dent today.
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A GOOD MARKET.

st. Louis, Nov. 25.-Cattle re.
ceipts 1000 head prices steady.
Sheep receipts 1900 head; mar.
ket strong.
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s 2.772.2S s 2,772.2S

THIRD CLASS.
To balance -. ....$ 4,063.42
To amount reed =. 202700
BY disbursements. 5 9,452.69
To balance due
treasurer :. ...... 3,36227
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-25

DERFEcT and permanent are the
I cures by Hoods Sarsaparilla, be-
cause it makes pure, rich, healthy,
life and health-giving BLOOD.
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s s,452.6s 5 s,452.6s
MEXICAN GULF RAILROAD
RONDS

To balance ..$ 466.1S
To amount reed. 54.04
By disbursements. 105.00
To balance on hand 1922
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s 5O5.79 s 5o5.79

mitchell AND POOR.
To amount reeds 540.51
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Talk
It Over

With our patients, and you will find that we
are curing diseases which are embraced in our
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s ASST 5 4,45S II

SECOND CLASS.
To balance. .....S 1913
TO amount reed. 1880
By disbursements. S2.772.23
To balance due
treasurer :. ...... 14.50
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HE'S GONE.

Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. 25.-Pacific
Express Co.'s Union depot money
clerk, Geo. F. Rose, is missing and his
accounts are being investigated.
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s 1,3O3.74 s 1,3O3.74

SECOND CLASS-SCHO0L FUND.
To balance. .....S 1909
To amount reed. 1900
BY disbursements. 5 10000
By balance on hand $40
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-07-03
WHAT NARRIrY THINKS OF 1T.

Democratic y tional Chairman William
F. Harritv left Philadelphia Tuesday on
the l2:'0 =. VI. limited express for Cbica-
30. He was accompanied hy his Stcno
grapher, f. b. Grimes: EXJnited States
Appraiser Charles +. Ingersoll, and Ma Z
iStratc Charles p. Donnelly. Mr.. lngcr-
soil is one OF the delegates to the national
convention from the Second Congress
ional district, and he, with Mr.. Donn"lly,
will aid the national chairman in his prep
arations for the convention and in gettin =
ready the headquarters of the PennSvlva-
MIA delegation at the Palmer House Ill the
convention city.
Just before leaving Mr. Harrity was ask
ed for an expression of his views AZ to the
result of the national convention and III
response to the request he said:
II am still hopeful that the outcome of
the Chicago convention, especially with
reference t" the currency question. may
he of such Il character that the candidates
nominated may receive the support of Il
harmonious and united Democracy 1t is
idle, however, for Us to close our eyes to
the fact that there are large numbers of
Democrats who fear the adoption of such
a currency plank aS will fail to command
the votes of all those Democrats who be
hcve that a declaration in favor of the
free unrestricted and independent coin
are of silver will he detrimental to
business interest of the country. and Il
reflection upon the country'> credit and
honor
II regret to say that the outlook is dis
couraging, for fear that great diSsatS-
faction will exist within the Democratic
party no matter what the outcome of the
Chicago convention may be. | wish it
were otherwise, but ordinary franknc>S
requires me To thus state it
while the platform by the Democratic
State convention of Pennsylvania more
nearly expresses my view as to the cur
rency question, | believe that the platform
adopted by the Democratic State conNci-
ton of New York would be acceptable to
all of the gold standard delcgatS and their
constituencies. If it We're possible for
the Democratic national committee to
stand upon that platform, think it
would be much more likely to result in
general satisfaction to the rank and file
of the party than by the adoption of any
other course. However, the convention
itself is SO near at hand that it seems to
me that speculation is no longer necessary
as it will require but a little more patience
to learn the facts and the results them
selves
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-07-03
DEATH OF 4 FAMOUS LADY.

Mrs. Harriet Brecher stowe. who
died at Hartford. Conn. Monday. saws
the Baltimore Sun. was a woman OF
considerable literary attainmcnts. but
her reputation as an authore~S would
have been neither lasting nor extensive
had it not been for her anti->lavcry
romance of "Unclr Toms Cabin. p"
False aS picture of the "pcculiar i'll
stitution,' unjust in the impression
which it created of the Southern pco-
pie. artificial in tone and mrlodrama-
tic i'll style. it WAS All immediate and
an immense success hrcaIIsc it gave
popular expression to the ruling feel
ing of the time i'll the Northern and
Western sections of this country and
III England. Nohodv stopped To in
quire how far t nclc Tom Cabin
represented truth or how Close it came
to the real conditions Of the South
Facts and arguments We're not wanted
so much at that time IL something to
fire the sectional heart. Mrs. Stove
turnishcdthiS in her story which appr:,I-
ed dramatically to popular prejudice.
and helped ultimately To unIoo~r the
dogs Of war. far tirrccr and more dread
full than the bloodhound> of her fiction.
Sincere and conscientious a> She I'M
questionably was, her book did Il great
wrong to the South in the effect To Ito
Il great right for the negro, and it a>-
sisted i'll exciting passions, which i'll
ficted deep and terrible wounds upon
the whole country. She was only one,
however, OF many in both sections who
shared this general responsibility. and
probably like them she regretted too
late that the question of slavery had
not been settled by peaceful and Christ
ian methods rather han by wal. Like
most of the Bcrchrr> she had the cru
sailing spirit, And with their individu
atty and strong intellectually possess
ed a decided taste for the sensational
This WAS Indicated not only in "IncIr
Tom : Cabin. but in her much discuss
ell articles on Byron.
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Sarsap arila
Hoods Pills easy easy to to " opsr sass 80 lake.
APRIL WEATpER IN JUNE.

Characteristic April weather in June is
unusual, hut such has been given durin"
the month Just past.
The heat has not often been oppressive
because the sun has Shonc with unbrokcn
radiance on only five days out of twenty
nine. In June, 1894, there was rain on
fourtecn days, and in the corresponding
month of 1895 ram fell on ten days only.
During June of the present year rain has
fallen on seventeen days.
The total precipitation for June, 1896.
has been % hundreths of an inch below
the normal. This indicates that while
there have been many transforms none of
them has been of great violence or accom-
panied by large prcci pitation.
Most of them have been like Mondays
storm in Baltimore shower of compar
ative brief duration, accompanied by
thunder and lightning. This storm began
ut ~ o'clock in the afternoon and lasted
until 3.21 o'clock, but the total rainfall
was only five hundrcdths of an inch The
temperature of the day was not high, the
maximum being 50 degrees and the mean
IS degrees, but the general humidity of
the atmosphere made the heat oppressive
and sent thousands of persons out to sub
urban resorts after the rain clouds had
broken
The maximum humidity was 50 degrees.
During the storm the wind reached Il
maximum velocity of nine miles an hour