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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-19

deserved tribute and eulogy to the
memory of Writ Dexter. of this city
whose work in distributing 4 100000
in charity to sufferers from the great
Chicago fire, DR.. Hale pronounced
the best example of charitable adj
ministration he had ever known.
Speaking more particularly on 1.-The
relief of pauperism and the proven
ton of poverty" DR.. Hale gave an &C
count of what Boston has been doing
in charitable work. The 260 different
charitable organizations of that city
have been brought to working to-
gether harmoniously and systemati-
cally, largely, we may add as DR..
Hale was too modest to make the
statement, through his efforts. That
this was not an easy thing to do may
be inferred from DR.. Hale's statement
that every philanthropist hates every
other philanthropist's case, "a hu-
morous exaggeration which yet has
in it not little truth. Overcoming
this initial obstacle the charitable
workers in Boston had next to de-
monstrate the puerility of the objec-
ton about making public the neces-
sites of private individuals. This
was demonstrated by the card system
by which record was kept of neces-
sitous cases, the information on the
cards being known only to the head
of the bureau and the person or per-
sons furnishing said information.
Having thus cleared the way for the
public reception of a broader idea of
charitable work, the next step was to
raise sum of $4,000 for building
purposes. With this in hand the pro-
motors then went before the City
Council, and in order to make these
thousands available for relief, the
Council appropriated many more
thousands for their purpose. The
work thenceforward was simplified
and system atized. A society of
Friendly Visitors was organized, the
city districted, and as a result DIR.
Hale says it is now possible for every
charitably inclined Boston person to
go to bed knowing that no person in
the city is dying of starvation for
want of somebody to know his con-
dition.
Such practical and earnest talks as
those DIR. Hale has been giving in this
city ought to bear good fruit in our
Chicago containing SO many char
table and generous people and also
containing so many who need the
helping hand DR.. Hale has shown
how to extend.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-19
DIR. EDWARD EVERETT HALE IN
CHICAGO.

DIR. EDWARD EVERETT HALE has won
distinction in the literary world by
several bright stories and books, but
it may be said he has won even a
higher place in the literature of phil
anthropy and religion. Especially
since the beginning of the "Lend a
Hand Magazine" in 1885 DIR. Hale's
name has become almost a synonym
for the spirit of helpfulness he him
self embodied in its motto. the motto
of one of the "Ten times one is Ten +"
clubs:
''Look up and not down
Look out and not in,
Look forward and not back
And lend a hand
The presence of this veteran author,
clergyman, and charitable worker in
Chicago the past week, was an event
of unusual interest to every Chica-
goan interested in lettering the con-
ditions of life in this great city and
his various addresses were, as always,
fruitful of enthusiasm in city where
the work and need for work of the
kind for which DIR. Hale's name
stands are constantly increasing. Dr.
Hale was named by Oliver Wendell
Holmes "the living dynamo" and it
is evident the dynamo, notwithstand-
ing its IA years of service, is still in
good working order His various ad-
dresses, at the Auditorium and else
where in the city, were all inspiring
and helpful, practical in their sug
gestions and tinged with the optim-
ism for which he is celebrated.
In his address before the Woman's
Club, DIR. Hale gave kind of resume
of charitable work as it is now being
done in other cities, Denver, Buffalo
and Boston, as we'll as paying a well
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-19

their honor that there is no drunkenness
among the women of this country, that
there never has been, and that there
is little chance of there ever being.
Here and there is a drunken woman,
the demireps being left out of consider
alton. just as here and there is an opium
eater or kleptomaniac. But the ex-
ception proves the rule; the fact that
their disclosure of such misfortune or
vice excites comment is proof OF the
rarity of the occurrence" 1t is just
such crude and hasty statements as these
of Miss Slack, that brings the good
cause which she endeavors to defend
into certain kind of disrepute among
thoughtful people. The temperance re-
form has frequently cause to ask to be
defended from it's friends.
SOS
Moody and Sankey are to begin a
series of revival services in Cincinnati,
March 9Th. They are also to visit Bos-
ton, and we presume in due season they
will be heard in Chicago. With some
attachments of theological nature. the
work of these revivalists is quite whole
some. and is very far removed from the
kind of revivalism with which we were
acquainted a generation ago. While
Mr.. Moody is quite antiguated in his
theology he has the faculty of saying
many excellent things in regard to the
responsibilities of Christians of every
name, and he drives home the truth, land
sometimes the error) with an emphasis
which is peculiarly his own. He seems
to have as much force and vitality in his
preaching as he had twenty-five years
ago. He has not yet crossed the dead
line" by any manner of means.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-19

are bound in fair dealing and good sense,
to do all they can to keep the income up
to the expenditures, but not to get the
expenditures ahead of the income. Bor-
rowing of a helpless posterity is akin to
what in the Exchange is called 'speculat-
ing in futures.'"
Prof. Graham Taylor, of the Chicago
Commons, gave an address on Sunday
in this city, on 1.-The Social Expan-
sion of the Common Faith" The reac-
ton from extreme individualism that
treats of social democracy, was noticed
as promising sign for both church and
State. at is impossible" said Prof.
Taylor, mot to see the identity be
tween the highest religious ideas and
the highest social ideas in the ancient
world. The family was shrine. The
ancient city was not a collection Of
houses. it was social compact Again
and again in the history of the Christian
as we'll as the pagan world the efforts to
democratize religion has brought about
renaissance of the early pentecostal
social spirit"
Rev. Jenkins Lloyd Jones. in his
sermon last Sunday, quoted an incident
which we have not seen before in print.
When George w. Childs offered to place
a memorial window in St. Margaret's
Church. London. over which Archdea-
con Farrar then presided, he asked our
own Whittier to write four lines for the
window, because" to use his own words.
Whittier would feel the fullest sym
pathy with the great Puritan poet whose
spirit was so completely that of the pill
grim fathers" In response to this in
vitation. our Quaker poet in his old age
sent these lines:
"The new world honors him whose lofty
plea
For England's freedom made her OWE
more sure,
Whose song, immortal as it's theme, shall
Their common freehold while both worlds
endure.''
The recent meeting at Washington
of the American Anti-saloon League,
was the first regularly constituted con
vention of temperance societies and re
ligious organizations for the advance
ment of the general object of temper
ance. 1t is strictly a non-partisan or.
ganization. The is being pledged to
avoid utilization with political parties
and to maintain an attitude OF neutral
ity upon all questions of public policy
not directly concerned with the traffic in
strong drink. Eighty organizations par
ticipated in the convention, divided as
follows: Religious denominations, Z; de-
nominational and Observation-Disclosures
young peoples societies. Z; other relig
ious bodies, %; international and ma
tional temperance orders and societies.
II; State and territorial leagues and
alliances, 8; subordinate temperance 80.
cieties, Is; law and order leagues, ETC..
Representing a total of twenty five
States and the District of Columbia.
When this organization is more general.
ly known. no doubt more than seven de-
nominations will welcome it's purpose
and be represented in its delibera-
fiopc
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-19

The Life of DIR. Ballou. which has
been advertised in our columns for some
weeks, is very appropriate volume for
a Christmas gift. 1t is the life record Of
one of the noblest men. and scholar of
unusual requirements. The volume
elegantly illustrated and finely printed.
and sells for 1910. 1t can be ordered
from the Western Branch.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-19
THE LIFE OF MINER.

>Emerson's life of DIR. Miner is an
nounced for publication in Boston on
Saturday of next week. We expect to
have a supply at the Western Branch as
soon thereafter as the express can deliver.
We hope to be able to fill orders in time
for Christmas. 1t will be an admirable
book for holiday presentation. If you
do not order it for Christmas, order it
for New Years.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-19
Dom Paul Alert.
christian Work.

Dom Paul has given another evidence
of his alertness, and of his thorough un-
Outstanding of his rights. Under his in
SEPARATION the Transvaal Government has
decided to claim s25, 900, 900 indemnity
from the British South Africa Company
to cover the damage caused by the
Jameson raid. And for that claim Dom
Paul will endeavor to hold the British
Government responsible The amount
asked for, by the way, is greater than the
whole national debt of this country forty
years, ago. But we have demonstrated
our ability to make it bigger since
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-19
The Moral Responsibility.
(Chicago Record.)

The moral responsibility resting upon
those who are in control of the schools, it
must be remembered, is something more
than the obligation to afford the children
proper educational facilities. 1t is ex-
pected of them that they shall properly
care for the health of the children placed
in their charge, anu the public is justified
i'll demanding that this expectation be sat-
istied. Parents have right to insist that
steps be taken at once to remove the dan
gers which threaten the children attend
ing those schools where the sanitary con
ditiops are imperfect.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-19
The Golden Mean.
(Zion's Herald.)
Education Before Charity.

''The greatest of these is charity, . says
high authority; but there seems to be
some point in the opposition raised in New
Orleans to the action of the City Council
in giving so much money to various chart
ties that it has not enough left to keep
the public schools open. The city's chill
dren should be among the first objects of
its consideration, and their education
should be paramount even to public char
ity
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Concentration of Wealth,
New York Observer.)

There is, of course, no reason, moral or
intellectual, why wealth should not be
concentrated, provided always that it is
not used to the injury of the community.
But the mischief such concentration may
do if used for evil cannot be lost sight of.
And in view of its open employment to
bring whole industries under it's grip, and
to check the legitimate development of
trade, the time must come when the ma
tion must decide whether it must not
limit its power as it has gradually limited
every other power.
DIR. Watson's Tour in This Country.
(Northwestarn Advocate
We do not just see why it is not as we'll
for man like DR.. Watson to come over to
our side of the sea to work as lecturer
and win an enviable recompense therefor
as it is for one of our own pastors to go
abroad and do nothing for three months at
his own expense Workers like our CAM
have richly earned a vacation. We do
not quite see why anybody should punch
the thrifty Scotchman because he has his
own way and makes his own way, after
he has ope1ed all hearts and all home
doors by his almost Incompatible author
ship.
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represented by res aIar correspondents. News from
the churches solicited and always welcome.
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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-19
The New Journalism.
(LeSlle's Weekly

The NEW journalism is an exotic plant
in this fair land of the United States. 1t
is a product of the ghetto, distinctly ORR
entail in it's lubricity, its lasciviousness,
it's fashiness. Transported in the steer
age with other vermin from an obscure
and obnoxious quarter of Europe, it first
developed, hourished and grew fat in a
great Western city, and then, early in the
eighties, was transplanted to New York
to burst forth in all its hideousness. We
had troubles enough in those days, it
must be admitted, but our press at least
was free from the faint of prurient sensa-
tionalism; our children ran no risk of de-
filment from an accumulation of literary
and pictorial filth on every newspaper
stand. One could obtain compr extensive
information regarding current events
without the additional bawdy or charnel
house lavoring. In those days, moreover,
the professional circulation affidavit liar
was a thing unknown, and the chrome,
the guessing match, the puzzle COMPETE
tion did not figure as leading factors in
the dissemination of thought.
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Exchange Notes.
Topics of the Day Discussed.
rs o.
tChristian Herald.)
Not a Dead Language

tChristian Herald.)
The term "dead language can never
apply to the language of the Gospel of
Christ.
The Golden Mean.
(Zion's Herald.)
The brakeman has his place as well as
the fireman. God has made men different
and He has wisely so arranged the distri-
button of mental gifts as to secure in the
long run, by the interplay of intellectual
forces, the golden mean between stagna-
tion on the one hand and destruction on
the other.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-19
The Minneapolis Plan.
(Journal Il Messenger.)

An effort has been made in several cities
to adopt the Minneapolis plan" of limit
ing saloons to the business portion of
city. Residence property is damaged by
saloon in the neighborhood, which is
usually source of evil without great
profit TO the owner. In temperance legis-
lation, as in other matters, we often have
to do what we can rather that what we
would; and every restriction on the sale
of liquor works to the advantage of the
people There are many forces which can
be brought to bear in favor of combining sa-
looms to the business part of a city which
could not be enlisted in support of prohibit
tioa or other desirable restrictions.
God and the Germa Emperor.
(The EXaminer)
1t is an American prejudice that the
monarcLical system in vogue on the Cont
nent of Europe is illogical and unjust and
on these two contentious we have built up
a strong argument in support of our own
system. A recent occurrence in Germany,
however, supplies us with new argu-
ment. A few days ago member of the
Reichstag said that it would have been
better if, when the sailors of the gunboat
Itlis went down off the coast of China,
they had prayed to God instead of cheer
ing theii Emperor. Scarcely had the
criticism been offered before the Secre-
tary of the Navy was on his feet with the
reminder that ''when the sailors had the
Emperor before their eyes, they had their
God before their eyes, and they thought of
the authority which God set over them. -
The defenders of monarchical system
must be pretty hard pressed when thev
are driven to blasphemy to sustain their
position.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-19

We believe that there is one God, whose nature IS
Love- revealed in Lord Jesus Christ, by Holy
Spirit Of Grace who will finally restore the whole
family of mankind to holiness and happiness
We believe that holiness and true happiness are
lnseparabiy connected and that believers ought TO be
careful to maintain order, and practice good works
for these things are good and profitable unto men.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-19
UNIvERsALIsT PROFESSION OF BATH.
ADOPTED 1903.

We believe that the Holy Scriptures Of the Old and
New Testaments contain reve alton of the character
of God and Of the duty interest and final destination
of mankind.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-06-04
SURROUNDING COUNTRY

Ashley Spaulding OF Clintonville
shot himself on Tuesday night. No
cause is assigned for the deed.
The democratic state convention
will be held at the Bijou theater
Headquarters will be at tie Plankin-
ton House.
JinnOw, the man who made muir
Jerous assault upon man named
Reed. IN Milwaukee last week, com
mitted suicide by cutting MS throat
with a razor.
Gov. Upham has declined to con
vene the Legislature at the request of
Milwaukee people who want the
franchise of the street railway com
pany revoked.
A collision between the catcher and
first baseman. both Of whom were run
ming to catch a foul fly IN a game at
! Spring Green, this state, OF Saturday
resulted in such serious injury to both
that their recovery is not looked for.
| An attempt WAS made Sunday morning
4 to wreck train on the dummy line &c
/ Whltetisb BAY which is operated by the
/ Milwaukee Street Ry Co. About sc
! feet of track were torn up and ties piled
upon the track. Fortunately the engine
was stopped before reaching the point Of
danger.
A train on the Northwestern broke
in two near Wrightstown yesterday
morning. The front section stopped
at the station thinking the other wa:
under control. But this dashed along
and in the collision five cars were
wrecked and the depot demolished
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-06-04

The Worlds Best Show is coming.
An exchange III speaking of the Show
says: Prom start to finish it is 4
clean, bright show. The Menagerie
contains more rare animals than any
show ever in this part of the country,
as the Lemen Brothers are ont doing
all their old fogy competitors by Sc
curing the rarest ard most costly
animals in the world. Their foreign
agent secured the great Rajah, the
largest elephant that walks the earth
He is actually two inches taller than
the famous Jumbo, and weighs several
tons more This feature alone Is
worth coming hundreds of miles tc
see The circus performance was sim
ply grand. TWAS given by 100 noted
Equestrian and Acrobatic Artists. The
HippOdrome was very realistic and
the horses were speedy, and on the
whole it was the best show ever here >
VIII exhibit at Manitowoc Wednes-
day, June 10.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-06-04

The boycott seems to be dying ont in
Milwaukee. 1t is still kept mp against
the street railway, bat has ceased so fer
as retail merchants are concerned. The
business of the street cars Is likewise
improving, except such lines whose
patronage was mainly working people.
There are now but 80 places open for
the old men. A few of them, it is said
have returned to work, but the main
body still hold together, though it must
appear patent to them now that such a
course Is suicidal. These men have reason
to curse the counsel which has deprived
them of work.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-06-04

SAMUEL GoMPERs did not effect
settlement of tue strike in Milwaukee
Gompers Is quite 4 conservative leader
Of labor, but II was evident he could not
bring the contending parties to an agree
ment after other agencies which should
have more influence failed. In any event,
Milwaukee people should feel perfectly
competeat to adjust their own local
differences. It is a confession OF weak
ness to call ir an outsider to settle do
nestle troubles. Milwaukee people
should make an effort 10 put themselves
in a better frame of mind and then there
will be no occasion 10 Import men to tell
them what to do.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-06-04
GENERAL NEWS

Helen Gould has sent 100000 TO the
st. Louis sufferers.
Kate Field, the celebrated writer, died
at Honolulu last week.
The gra n shovelers of Buffalo have
struck for higher wages.
The expenditures of he government
for May were greater than its receipts.
The republicans have won 10 Oregon,
although the popullsts elected one cong
ress man.
The remainss of James G.. Blaine will
be removed from the cemetery at Wash
lugton to Augusta, Maine.
Tuesday last was the 10Th anniversary
of the marriage Of President and Mrs.
Cleveland, but there was no celebration.
A train on the Northern Pacific ran off
the track near Livingston, Mon. on
Tuesday last. Three tramps were killed
Gen. Weyler has not succeeded in put
ting Maceo in a box. Maceo lately at.
tackled town and came near capturing
it.
Gen. Gomez, the leader of the insurgent
forces in Cuba, writes to a friends in New
York that the rebellion Is sure to be sue.
cessful.
Andrew n. Henderson of the Chicago
Board of Trade shot himself on Tues
day last. The suicide was due to recent
heavy losses.
A singular occurrence is reported from
Buffalo Mrs. Freeland who lately dice
there, mad her limbs petrified long before
death ensued. They became rs hard anC
as heavy as stone.
Chicago came near having an experience
on Saturday last similar TO that of ST
Louis. The storm did not last over tel
minutes and did not prove very uestruc
I tive but it caused considerable eppre
hension.
The trampling to death of 5000 people
near Moscow on the occasion of the coro
nation of the car married the fes.ivite
considerably. Arrangements had beef
made to feed the vast crowds but tn
rush to the tables was such that PAM
ensued
Last week was one of cyclones, scarcel
day having passed without disaste
caused by disturbance IN the weather
The St. Louis cyclone resulted in tn
death of 500 persons and the injury q
twice that number. Conservative est
mates of the loss of property place it a
S10,00O,OO0. A flood visited anothe
section of Missouri on Friday and cause,
the death of several people. Cyclone
prevailed III Pennsylvania and Obi
causing loss of life and destruction O
property.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-06-04

THE democratic county convention
TO be held on the 18th instant to elect
delegates to the state convention
should have a full representation from
every town. The democratic party OF
Manitowoc county has always been
clean and never wandered after strange
gods. 1t is desirable that it be kept
so. The voice of ManitowOc demo
Gratis should be heard in the state con
vention insisting upon the observance
of democratic principles. The hands
of our delegates to the national con
vention should be strengthed by I'm
equiyocal expressions by the party in
the state on the leading issues of the
day. Let the caucuses be well attend
ed to the end that the county conven-
ton may faithfully reflect the opin-
ions Of the people.