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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-05

Do not weary of the precaution to
protect young lambs from the cold and
wet, for the result of exposure will be
weakened constitutions, which will SO
riously interfere with future profits.
The sheep is not in high favor just now,
but flock of them will enable you to
earn more money from given amount
of land than will any other stock requir-
ing the same labor.
Dressed lamb sells for more cents a
pound and costs less to produce than
mutton. Conseq uent!y those who are
fitted for it find good profit in growing
lambs for the retail market.
Never go upon the principle that a
sheep is sheep. A flock may bring
you riches or make you poor. Decide
what you want. Shropshire sheep have
the size of the Leicester. the form OF the
Southdown and fleece which is a com.
bination OF both.
When the sheep industry revives we
shall give more attention to the cultiva-
ton of root crops. Roots and ensilage
are both good winter food for sheep, and
with supply of these the flock can be
carried through until spring at a mini
mum cost.
BY belling the sheep much annoyance
from dogs ia often avoided. Let the
bells be many-two or three to every
dozen Sheppard when they run they
will make 30 much noise that the dogs
will be intimidated. The chatter will al
80 draw the attention of the owner, even
in the night.
The world is forming a greater taste
for mutton every year, and the growing
of mutton sheep will afford profitable
employment for every acre OF good graz
ing land in the country. There is no use
in permitting il to lie idle when there is
such inducement to use it.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-05
AORTECULTURE

A young plant must have it's food and
drink the same as young animal.
Each of the fine white roots is feeding
mouth. With care they grow; with ne
glect they starve and die.
Marsh hay makes good mulch for
strawberries, but any coarse straw or
litter will do, but anything is objection
able which contains seeds. The object
is to prevent thswing, and not freezing.
II once frozen. the frost should come out
gradually to avoid heaving.
1t is said that Spain began to decay
when she despoiled her mountains of
timber; France suffered by stripping
her southern provinces to pay the war
debts of Napoleon. China and India
suffer from the same cause. Nations
once fourished in Arizona and New
Mexico where this folly has been COM
mitted. 1t requires only little special
knowledge to succeed we'll with most
small fruits, and no man is in better
position to master this knowledge and
to make good use of it on his own ac-
count than is the average farmer.
The planting Of a tree, whether for
fruit. timber or ornament. increases the
value OF the land. The value OF many
farms could be almost doubled in few
years. at least in generation. by judi
cious tree planting.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-05
VANITY OF CERTAIN BIRDS.

Every one must have observed how
proud the peacock is of his gorgeous
plumage; how he will strut about the
lawn. or in front of the parlor window,
evidently pleased to be gazsd at and ad.
mired; and how the same bird will stink
out of sight at that season of the year
when his old feathers drop away, and he
is left for time shorn of the splendor
in which he ueed to delight. But much
meaner creatures than the peacock
share this feeling, as the following little
story will show. 1t is on record that
boy while amusing himself near his ia.
theirs house in Shetland, saw colony of
sparrows building their nests. Seeing
cock sparrow go into hole of the wall,
within his reach, the boy made rush.
and placed his hand over the hole when
the bird. in great alarm. futtered into
his hand and was caught. Then the
lad, wishing to know the bird in future,
cut small bit off his tail, and let it go.
A week or two afterwards, he caught an
other cock sparrow at the same place,
and marked it in similar manner.
The other sparrows continued their nest
building, but neither of the two marked
birds appeared again. In the month of
July, nine weeks after the event record
ed, while wandering among the hills
long way from home, he came to an old
ruin, and went to it in search of birds
nests. Two birds started out from
hole in the wall, and to his great sur
prise he saw that they were the two for
gotten cock sparrows. Not another
bird was to be seen, and they ran from
hole to hole, as silent as though they
had lost their voices. Evidently the
small bit cut off their tails had quite
broken their hearts, and had driven
them to seek each others society, as
brothers in adversely. Why had they
gone into Punishment to spend gloomy
summer away from their fellows? Had
their little mates discarded them on &C.
count of their stubby tails, or had they
themselves felt too down-hearted to be
able to hold their own among their fell
lowe? Who can tell? Next spring.
however, they would have new tails.
and certainly the kind hearted boy
would never again amuse himself in
such a manner.-Chatterbo
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-05
A Rapidly Made Coat.

Manufacturers are always pleased to
turn out the product of their establish
ments in less-than the average time, and
many have made records to which they
point with pride. In the issue of the
Round Table for December 10. a short
article was published on making a coatin
thirteen and half hours, from shearing
the sheep to putting the finished garment
on mans back. This was done at Green.
ham Mills, in England. in 1911. Mrs.
james Lyon, of Bath, New York, writes
that similar feat took place in that
town in 1916. and was accomplished in
less than nine hours by one George Nc
Clure, who asserted that it could be
done in ten hours. The record Of each
step of the work still exists, with the ex-
ception of the shearing. The wool was
colored IN thirty minutes; carded
spun and woven in two hours and
twenty-five minutes; fulled, warped
and dyed in one hour and fifty
one minutes; carried to the tailor in
four minutes, and was turned into the
finished coat by him and his Journey
men in three hours and forty nine min
utes. The shears used in the work are
still preserved, and can be seen at the
Steuben Agricultural society's Fair
Grounds, at Bath. This feat, at the
time. doubtless attracted as much at
tention as a record breaking railroad
train or steamship does to-day. 1t is
probable.that many of our present manu-
facturers make such trials for their own
edification, which, if described, would
prove interesting. = Harper's Round
Table.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-05
The Crib Displaces the Cradle.

The cradle, familiar through centuries
is giving way to the crib; and cribs of
iron and brass are taking the place of
wooden cribs. At one large furniture
establishment in this city cradles are
not kept at all; it sells only cribs. At
other places the sale of cribs greatly ex-
ceeds that of cradles. OF the cradles
now sold only the cheapest are made to
rock on rockers in the old-.ashioned
way; by far the greater number swing
between standards. There are now
made, however, cradles that rock on
platform rockers, like those of the mod
ern platform rocking chair. Various
reasons are assigned for the substitu-
ton of the crib for the cradle. The crib
takes up less room and is less in the way
than the cradle, with its rockers. 1t is
better for the child, and it makes less
work for the mother; accustomed to a
crib, the child is put to sleep there with
much less care and labor. The modern
baby carriage, vastly more comfortable
and convenient than the old time baby
carriage, has in some degree taken the
place of the cradle. Taking them alto
gether. there are still sold many cradles
but the number sold as compared with
the number of cribs is very small
Nowadays the child is laid in it's crib;
the cradle. time-honored and with men,
cries clustering around it. is disap.
pearipg.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-05
DAIRY.

BY the Swedish method no time is
lost; no labor is required by the dilution
process of separation, and all the cream
is saved. AS soon as the milk is mixed
with cold water the separation goes on
naturally while the farmer is attending
to other duties.
1t may be valid objectiona gainst
the Jerseys that they do not give
sufficient amount of milk to suit the
needs of the daiyman who sells that
article instead of making butter, yet
even he would find it an advantage to
have an occasional COW of that breed, in
order to give color to the whole product.
Ii true it is pointer worth something.
The Wisconsin experiment station in
the past has declared that 100 pounds
OF sweet whey is worth seven cents as
promoter of flesh and health in calves,
while sour whey is not worth anything.
If one wants dairy COW to pay for
her board, other things being equal, Sc
lect small animal. 1t requires food to
sustain large carcass, and food costs
money every time.
To depend upon buying to replenish
the dairy is often turning it into lot
terry. If you are wise dairyman and
need more cows, and want to be sure of
procuring good ones raise them.
Ensilage and the winter dairy are al
most the complement of each other. Do
not get ready to run winter dairy and
expect to make it pay wholly upon dry
food. That is not the newer and better
way.
II you are in the dairy business to
stay there is more than one reason for
raising your own calves. You can not
only develop the best milking strains in
this way, but you can be sure of having
quiet and gentle cows.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-05
A Monkey Prank.

One of the drollest instances of the
monkeys keenness of observation and
power OF mimicry that we have met
with is the following: A retired admiral
and his wife living at Cheltenham had a
favorite monkey. One day the lady,
hearing strange noise in the dining
room. looked in to see what it was. The
sight which met her eyes was ludi-
crous one. Seated in the arm chair.
with the admiral's smoking cap on his
head, and the admiraPs spectacles on
his nose. was the monkey; and in his
hand was the open newspaper, which he
shook and patted. while he iabbered and
gesticulated with great emphasis at the
cat which lay blinking on the hearth.
rug. 1t was a clever and carefully
studied imitation Of the testy admiral's
tone and manner when reading to his
wife some passage from the newspaper
which excited his wrath or indignation.
Chambers Journal.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-05
GODS COMFORTING.

The world grows lonely, and, with many
a tear,
stretch out longing hands in vain, to
clasp
The treasures of my life, and hold them
here,
But ''all dear things seem slipping from
my grasp"
Oh, say not so, my heart One stands
beside
Whose love, in all it's fullness, is thine
own;
That love is changeless, and whate'er be-
tide,
He will not leave thee, thou art not
alone!
God keeps my treasures, and some glad
bright day
He'll give them to my longing sight
again;
So Faith and Hope shall cheer me all the
way,
And Love, their sweetest sister, soothe
my pain.
Thus, taking Gods full cup of comfort
ing,
Let me give thanks! and. pouring out
most free
NV life in loyal service, let me bring
To other lives the joy God giveth me.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-05

toms, give yourself heroic treatment.
Get into fine glow of heat by exercise.
Take vigorous walk or run, then guard
against sudden attack of perspiration.
This is the only body you will ever have
in this world. A large share o the
pleasure and pain of life will come
through the use you make ofit Study
deeply and diligently the structure of it.
the laws that should govern it, and the
pains and penalties that will surely fol-
low violation of every law of life or
health.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-05

We have but about one horse to four
persons in the United States, and very
few of them suitable for the market or
city trade. Modern inventions increase
their use upon the farm, and in the cities
the calls are continually increasing
With the large ex port trade established
now. and with this rapidly growing in
dustrial demand. the question is. where
will the good horses come fromS
A fast walking team is always desir.
able. II we are striving to have gu b
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-05
SOAP-BUBBLES.

Soap-bubbles may be handled in a
great many ways with beautiful effects.
Make a strong solution. using white
CASTLE soap and tepid water, and pass it
through sieve to clear it of the un-
dissolved particles Of soap. Add glycer-
inc in the proportion OF two-ffths of
glycerine to three-ffths of the soap wat
er. Shake the mixture we'll and set the
vessel away. In little while film will
rise to the surface; skim this off and
pour the mixture into bowl; it will re-
tain it's qualities for an indefinite time.
You may blow the bubbles with clay
pipe, or with tube of strong paper half
an inch in diameter. If the latter, slit
it at one end into four parts and care
fully bend back the parts at right an.
gle. Now get piece of smooth wire
and bend it into a circle, about three
inches in diameter, adjusting it on
tripod of the same material. Moisten
the wire with glycerine and having
blown big bubble, let it rest gently on
the wire circle, to which it will adhere,
leaving the pipe. II you shelter it from
currents of air it will last some time.
Having previously prepared second
wire circle, with an upright handle,
moisten that also with glycerine and
hold it gently against the upper part of
the hnhhla tn which IL will adhara an
closely that you may lift the bubble up
into cylindrical form. and then drop it
again into the form of globe.-Phila-
delphia Weekly Times.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-05
WHERE DID 1T GO?
BY W. C. GANNETT.

Where did yesterdays sunset 90,
When it faded down the hills so slow,
And the gold grew dim, and the purple light
Like an army with banners passed from
sight9
Will it's flush go into the goldenrod,
It's thrill to the purple aster's nod,
Its crimson fieck thessmaple- bough,
And the autumn glory. begin from now9
Deeper than fower-fields sank the glow
Of the silent pageant passing slow.
1t flushed all night in many dream,
1t thrilled in the folded.-hu of prayer,
1t glided into poets song,
1t is setting still in picture rare;
1t changed by the.miracle none can see
To the shifting lights of symphony;
And in resurrection o. faith and hope
The glory died the shining slope.
For it left it's light on the hills and seas
That rim thousand memories.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-05
Spiders That Catch Birds.

An Australian naturalist, Mr.. W. j.
Rainbow, gives the following description
of the large Dir i-entrapping spiders of
his country.
Representatives of this genus abound
in tropical and subtropical regions.
Their webs are composed of two kinds
of silk-one yellow, exceedingly viscid
and elastic, the other white, dry, and
somewhat brittle. The latter is used
for the framework Of the web, the guys
and radii and the former for the con.
centric rings.
These snares are at varying heights.
sometimes within reach. again ten to
twelve feet from the ground, but al
ways in position exposed to the rays
of the sun. The diameter is also vari
able, from three feet upward. One seen
by Giraffe in the Fiji Islands constructs
a web thirty feet in diameter. These
snares are strong enough to entrap
small birds.
In the authors opinion the web is not
set for such game. and the spider does
not feed on her pathological victim.
In the cases where she has been OBJ
served with her fangs in the body of the
ensnared bird it is probable that it is for
the purpose of Fastening the death of
the bird in order to prevent its injuring
the web in it's struggles to escape.
Spiders of the genus of Nepbila are
easily tanned. Although exceedingly
voracious. they can nevertheless exist
for many days without either food or
water. They pair in autumn. The
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-05
FARM, GARDEN AND DAIRY.
Instructive Reading for Agriculturists.
PREPARED EXPRESSLY FOR "THE UNIyERsALIsT"

there is much in the early training.
Put the colt by the side of a good brisk
walker and require him to keep his
place without breaking into a trot. He
will soon know what is wanted. and will
act accordingly.
a colt should have no solid food for
the first three or four months. There ia
nothing much better than mixture of
oats and bran. Oil cake meal is too fat.
tening. Mixed hay is better than clear
timothy. The sugar in cornstalks is
thought to produce worms il fed too
largely. If oil cake is given, it should
be in alternate weeks.
Ii horse is frightened, or if he be
sullen and angry, it is folly to try to do
anything with him until he has been
Gained. In high state of excitement
he does not comprehend what is wanted.
and 1t is useless, worse than useless, to
attempt to beat the fright out of him.
A colt foaled strong and healthy is
sometimes infected or poisoned before it
is week old by lying down on filthy
manure which is alive with microscopi.
cal insect life. weakens and dies. Keep
1t on clean grass, or. if in the stable, see
that it is bedded with clean straw.
Large size is the chief element of
strength in the draft horse; it behooves
us to breed for size, and such other good
qualities as may be obtained. Grade up
our good mares our very best-to high
class sires, and the result will give us
high class horses which will bring high
prices and will be wanted in all the mar
ket at home and abroad.
Geld the colt if you have any doubt
about his being we'll enough bred to
keep for stallion; by no means give him
the benefit of the doubt. No question
but that there will be plenty of stations
without him. In every way possible
avoid being caterer to the general
habit of raising scrubs.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-05
Be Good to Yourself.

Think deliberately of the house you
live in, your body. Make up your mind
firmly not to abuse it. Eat nothing
that will hurt it; wear nothing that
distorts or pains it. Do not overload it
with victuals or drink or work. Give
yourself regular and abundant sleep.
Keep your body warmly clad. At the
first signal of danger from the thousand
enemies that surround you. defend
yourself. Do not take cold; lard your.
self against it; il you feel the first symp-
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-05
HUSBANDS AND WIVES.

1t lies very much with the wives, Rev.
F. B. Meyer ssays,--to make it easy for
their husbands to show them tenderness.
A woman should have a clean face to
start with. A little extra scrubbing
with soap and water before the husband
comes home at night would not be amiss
in some cases that | have observed. and
might bring some roses to the cheeks.
A bow in the hair, a clean frill round
the neck. perhaps flower in the drees,
has an attractive effect. tell the
women that mems affections will some
times wander because their wives are I'M
tidy and slatternly, their hair unkempt,
their appearance unattractive. All wo-
men are not equally pretty, but it is not
prettiness that hold mans affection but
sweetness, neatness, nattiness, and these
are possible to all women. A woman
makes a profound mistake who frets
and pouts and puts herself into bad
temper that she may be petted into
good one. 1t is bad policy. A man
will be. tempted to coax her back once
or twice but he loses his respect for her
each time. 1t really alienates him in his
deepest nature, and brings division be-
tween them. She is no longer his equal,
one with him in spirit heart. and life
but his toy and plaything. After while
he will live in perpetual fear that one
of these fits of caprice may be coming on,
will hide anything likely to induce them,
and so begins course of insincerity
which is the grave Of love.
No, when a woman perceives the ex-
preston of tenderness waning, let her
keep her secret. Like Enid, she must
possess herself in patience. Never al
tering her own behavior, never less but
more sensitive to every spoken and un-
spoken wish; light. gentle. sympathetic,
patient; expressing her tenderness by
those little arts that women learn with
out going to school, and the love will
emerge from it's winter, and SOW the
soil again with flowerets.
But let men be more thoughtful and
tender. When they feel most put out
and irritated. either with or without
cause, it would be we'll to force them
selves to bridge the yawning chasm by
caress. Kiss and be friends, they used
to say, when we we're children. Let us
be careful to maintain the outward
forms, and the inner spirit will not be
far away. We should not be less cour-
teous to our wives than to our friends.
A wife's feelings are more susceptible.
To leave the house for our daily work
or to return to it after hours of absence,
without some recognition. is mistake,
and worse. Let US not forget the fret
and worry, the perpetual burden of the
children at home, the scheming and
planning, the daily provision of dinner,
the letting out of frocks for growing
children, the darning and patching of
boys clothes, the tidying and cleaning
and washing; and il there are servants,
the even greater anxiety involved in
managing these. No woman would do
for pay what thousands are doing for
love. They ask no other wage than ten
derness, which is the expression of
true and honest affection. And a woman
can tell in an instant if it is that, or
2 mere subterfuge for fdelity.-Ihe