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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-01-11
acter and high self respect than he.

acter and high self respect than he.
In the circle of our friends we all
might discover. il we meditated little,
that those we know who are the most
self assertive are not the greatest, while
those we honor most for their high
character, and their work, are truly
humble.
Robert Browning, of whom it has been
said by literary critic high in author
ity, that "since Chaucer no Englishman
has walked along our ways with eyes of
such observation" was one of those I'M
spoiled by fiattery, who oftentimes in
most spontaneous ways, gave evidence
of his modesty. Col. 7. w. Higginson
had the pleasure Of meeting him at the
London Athenaum Club some years
since, and, during their conversation, in
quired particularly about his son, the
artist. To his inquiry, Mr.. Browning
replied, there is too much expected of
him, he had such a mother" The great
poet, Col. Higginson remarked, extin-
guished himself in Mrs. Browning's
presence.
Mr.. Browning once wrote friend dur
ing the absence from home of Mrs
Browning, when he had finished one of
his fine poems, which needed her appre.
citation to satisfy him that it was worth
publishing:
81 miss my little human praise"
Many would doubtless be surprised that
so wonderful genius, sitting as they
thought on Olympian heights and in
ever conscious greatness, looking down
upon the lesser mortals who were proud
to do him honor, should feel and should
write so spontaneously, Il miss my little
human praise"
George Eliot, one would naturally
think, must have been so conscious of
her marvellous gifts as to make it I'M
necessary and perhaps presuming in
friends to praise her. Yet we find that
she was SO modest and so humble that
she longed for words of appreciation;
5hO OfOn ldiS o5iNO uhO VI
some of her wonderful books in utter
encouragement, and only brought them
to light and finished them through the
stimulus of friendly letters containing
words of praise. She once wrote, IF
human beings would but believe it, they
do me the most good by saying to me
the kindest things truth will permit"
And Balzac. one of the greatest names
in French literature, was so modest, SO
humble, that in the preface to one of
his works he states. that amid all his
literary labors ne has had one support
for which he returns thanks to Cod
the proofs of affection and testimonials
of friends and strangers bidding him
take courage" which words, with the
friendly clasp of the hand he adds,
"have upheld me in my career in spite
OF myself, and against disheartenment."
The self-con scious and self assertive
need no praise, they have surfeit of it
in themselves, but the truly great whose
lives and work are making an impress
sion upon the world, while modest and
humble, need the assurances of friendly
encouragement and appreciation to help
them to do their best.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-01-11
DAIRY

If a farm is run down in condition
there is no better plan than to turn
ones attention to clarifying because in
producing butter less of soil is removed.
There should be a choice of feeds with
reference to the manure product, and
all the liquid manures should be caught
and preserved as invaluable. Let there
be some good absorbent to fix the am
monia in the liquids; none better than
land plaster. fasT4
1t does not pay to feed two dairy COWS
and get a product in milk which should
be received from one. Let there be no
fear lest there may be an over produc-
ton OF good butter. Whatever the
grade of stock, the best results always
follow the best treatment, and kindness
is dollars and cents to the dairyman.
We must not overcrowd if we would
avoid tuberculosis. .. ..... ".
The cow is an early riser, and should
have her morning ration early. Nor is
there anything more essential than reg
ularity. Ensilage is not essential, with
all its excellence, if we properly feed our
bran and our grass crops. The Worlds
Fair dairy test goes to prove that the
dairy COW is machine capable of the
most wonderful results under the right
kind Of care and feed.
Many people are willing to pay for
appearance in butter as well as 10 other
things. and it pays. in marketing butter,
to put il up in neat packages. The best
is made from cream which is ripened
uniformly, and the dairymen who un-
dertakes to do without an ice house is
working along wrong lines Above all,
he must know the capabilities of bis
cows individually, or there will be leak
for every item of profit. and he be in ig-
norance as to why he reaps no reward
for all his labor, and disgusted with life
in general. In these times the doing of
ones best is the only path which leads
from failure.
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AEHIIEz' HEK l.I7;'ii:l }F1 l)i
&1sw5NIzT@aNzaa @gN6gIgaVgUSw
SOMETHING EACH DAY.

Something each day smile,
1t is not much to give,
And the little gifts of life
Make sweet the day we live.
The world has weary hearts
That can bless and cheer,
And smile for every day
Makes sunshine all the year.
Something each day-a word,
We cannot know its power;
1t grows in frutitfulness
AS grows the gentle flower.
What comfort it may bring
Where all is dark and drear!
For kind word every day
Makes pleasant all the year.
Something each day-a thought,
Unselfish, good, and true,
That aids another's needs
While we our way pursue;
That seeks to tighten hearts,
That leads to pathways clear,
For helpful thoughts ach day
Makes happy all the year.
Something each day a deed
Of kindness and of good,
Tolink in closer bonds
All human brotherhood.
Oh, thus the heavenly will
We all may do while here!
For a God deed every day
Makes blessed ali the year.
GORGE COOPER, in Sunday School Times
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-01-11


Mrs. Biddy Overlooked the by
Cones" and almost tainted for Joy
when the two walked in upon her
Ted, in his new suit, holding his
father SO proudly by the hand. She
was doing washing at home that
day, but Joe Lafferty tossed the wet
clothes into basket and sent them
to their owner by a neighbours boy.
"It's no washing you'll do from this
day out, Biddy, not even for the boy
and me-for I've made money, my
girl, out of cattle ranch, and it's
paying me good interest. Luck was
with me from the day l stopped
drinking, the saints be praised"
And Mrs. Biddy chung around his
neck and kissed him and cried over
him till it was time to cook the sup
per-such a supper as Ted had
never dreamed of in all his life. He
went to school next day, and his
teacher says there is no brighter,
better boy in her room; but in the
twilight at home he still keeps up
the "What if" game, and dreams of
the great, beautiful things he will do
when he is man.--,Springfeld Re
publican.
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A Charade.
written for the Dispatch.

written for the Dispatch)
When Louis le Grand was King OF
France.
He Thought the world was made for
him.
And claimed that for my FIRST the State
Was but a synonym.
But even then old England stood
In the SECOND OF human right
For stout old Oliver had struck
With all her yeomen's might
At the divinity Of kings.
A blow that through the nations rings,
With ever fresh delight.
To peoples struggling through the gloom
OF despotism's night.
That night has passed with us. and now
The men who ply my THIRD
The anvil WELD and drive the plough
Speak in a voice that's heard
To swell the peoples stern command
And dictate law on sea and land.
No knight of history or romance
In chivalry's heyday.
Fer drew his blade or couched his lance
In battle or tourney,
With nobler purpose in MS heart
Or more heroic soul,
Than in the lists of Templestowe
Did my intrepid WHOLE.
Y. II. ID.
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rressive country. but divorce there is
held very cheaply, not by the inteih-
gent. upper classes. but by the masses.
There are seven causes. according 10
Confucius. for which a man may divorce
his wife.
A wife ma, get rid OF her husband "
abe desires TO do so. for similar causes.
hut she will lose her social position II
she has any, and is much more likely 10
be respected and make a second marriage
II she IS the defendant instead OF the
plaintiff In the case This Is somewhat
OF a paradox. but It throws searchlight
upon the social system OF Japan. what
IS required above all from women Is
obedience. That Is the highest or virtues
and no obedent woman would ever seek
a divorce for any cause.
when a wife wishes 10 be divorced she
writes a letter to her husband annouhc-
in, that fact. packs up her things, hou-
1ca the Registrar Of vital Statistics, ana
goes back 90 her fathers house IL there
are children of immature years lhe
couple dispose Of them by agreement OF
by the arbitration Of a mutual lrleiiu'
The higher civilization advances III
japan the more numerous divorces APP
near to be The following tables from the
official records show the number OF mar
riaees and divorces each year in Japan
since 1857. when the records became en-
tirely reliable. and the percentage PEI
1000 OF population each year.
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ia S-W&Su4t&w2D
COURT ORDERS.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF GOOCH-
LAND COUNTY:
Conway r. Sands who sues on behalf
OF himself and such other creditors OF
the late w. II. Satterwhite VINO VIII
come in and contribute to the costs or
this suit. .....................'.'f iaifi'iils'
VS..
w II. Leake. administrator OF William
j.. Satterwhite. deceased Mrs: Fadhii n
s. Satterwhite. Andrew j., Lucy, John'
Annie. Laura, and Ernest L.. safer
white the last five OF whom are inlant
children OF the late w. +. Satterwhite
and Fannie $. Satterwhite, ana are
under the age of q years; Thomas A.
Kirby. trustee; Ashton Starke, Franklin
J. Bowles. Ann Eliza Bowles, Mary
Louisa Bowles. Defendants,
In Chancery.
To the Parties In Aboye-Named cause
and All Creditors OF the said w. Il.
Satterwhite. deceased, or his estate:
Take notice that, pursuant to a decree
in the above cause OF September ., 1880,
l shall on the 18th day OF February, 1873,
proceed 10 inquire into and make The
concerning the matters men
toned in said decree, and referred TO me
as one Of the commissioners in chancery
of the said court; especially concerning
m An account OF the transactions OF
". H. Leake. administrator OF w. II;
deceased; CD an account Oh
the real and personal estate or said W.
ated. and its fee-simple and annual value;
(s) an account OF all debts, liabilities,
and demands against the estate OF W. ~
deceased, their amounts, ana
nriorties' and upon which Of said tracts
OF land. If any. said debts are liens:
and the value OF the dover estate or
said Fannie S. Satterwhite In said lands,
and whether II Is admissible that sne
should claim the same; (D any other mat
Ter deemed pertinent by the commissioning
or required by any party 70 be 6c rspor tbat
nubIicatlon OF notice for four successive
weeks in some newspaper published IN
the city Of Richmond. Informing all credl-
tors Of said w. F. Satterwnite OF ms
estate OF the time and place or receiving
proofs OF the debts and demands against
said estate. shall be deemd equivalent 10
personal service on the parties ints are
Commissioner In Chancery.
Conway X. Sands. y. q, =. ss,
u. .. James. p q. "a s-'us'
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toon-Near-The Iassie's Chance.

Once more the fleet years bring around
This one for maidens blessed,
When cupid holds the vantage ground
Your anxious doubts 10 test;
His rogulsh eye on lovers kept
OF Hearts the arrant slave
Han twist your bow if you accept
And point your dart-the knave!
Yet O. bewarel For piercing are
His thrusts 10 those who WOO,
And arrows spent from targets far
May turn their shafts on you;
Then an, my saucy lass youh feel
The pangs of love abatins
Or blush your homage to reveal
with trembling hopes awaiting
And "muckle siler," too, should pass.
If leao years code you keep,
For fairs and flowers. and when-alas.
The ice-cream freezes deep.
But trim your sails with care and steer
Past Jealous shoals and strand.
And chance, all safely moored, my dear
In Loves sweet port you'll landi
linda Barton Hays, in Judge.
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THE BURMESE WAY.

,ni.s from alliances OF this kind but
within the narrow circle OF swelidom'
which is nothing more than one big lam
uv. strange embarrassments are bound
Oh result
IL certainly looks as though new form
az etiquette should be devised 10 meet lne
divorce emergency. The children or an
these tangled marriages VIII De conpieIyls
At sea when they grow up ana laAe
their respective places in the glody "hiIi.
II ia easy TO imagine the predicameht
ybich a society leader, twenty years
hence. Will be thrown into "heh hei
daughter says. $3.50.
Mamma. what will ! DO when ! meet
,,bcl Iones2 You know she is the Oaugh-
ter of your first husband by that ooious
Airs II who was divorced from Lhcle
rom Then there IS Nellie Smith you
,,ov- She was papa's daughter by ms
e~st wife. who married Uncle Ioh
,burn. the rich banker smithf n"'
Rnl do when / meet her: IN
Mamma might avoid the issue NY IAN Ii,
me- I'm a faint, but she can't lalht an
he time. and the issue VIII be forever
present -..,t;,,, ~ the
condition Of affairs, but IL lsh L. .
',ivoious way Of putting a mleh'y Sc
rrRRIFIC TANGLE.
Y,.+ look al a few of the IashlohaDl,
-,t,,es within the last six weeks anu
49,, nv to unravel the future coihp"-
'I,,s First Mrs. Fernando A@hab"
-,.rr,ss the Count Itchy. a few molit ,,
400 Mrs. Nznaga, VINO was -.
,-r.obt no begin with, got q olEoig'
~, yzsrg8 This was the second ul.
~-. evnarience Of Nznaga- Ills ms
-tf. MAS Miss Gerry Smith, q sislei
.t..o li,orced wife of W. X Nand rDllt'
Afto~ yznara's first wife got "a UiEoIC0
., ri,, she married George IlnanS'
,zrara has not yet IN arIied again. Du' ~
q fairly young and quite rlch' ont
Sow. ain these divorced people are ~
to meet al any time. for they an M ~,
>. .hc same small circle. But mere d.
- c,,orlirotiors. Mrs W. *. van
torhut,s marriage to Oliver II. J.. bei
mont opens up another VISTA of entallsle
,,crts AS every one knows, W. h. Nal,,
s[rhUt and his wife were divorced sum
,ir,c AGO Air. Belmont is also olVoIc'u'
uts erst wife was Miss Sallie Nintlns'
s,r cot a divorce from him some u"
yc,r1 aeo. and married Mt. George RlVes'
.altinc with her her young daughter IL,
-hudfs name has been legally chahseu
frorn Belmont 10 Rives. Now, should the
MINOR prove true that Willie Is van
aerbut is 20 marry the Duchess OF M"n
chester. am endless chain OF divorces "nu
marriages viii bee established, lor nv
puchess OF Manchester is sister VI
Fernando Yznaga, the hero OF the O'lSF
nal series OF divorces. .,
This does not cover the lst OF vi
y, ,,,-,i, se~ves as an example of the
co,,riicatious which must ensue par
ticularlv II The divorce nabit continues
10 extend ....,,,.,,
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midas SIMPLE WAY.

India has an equally simple custom Tor
the cultivation of divorce. In Burmah
the women when marrying DO not TAKE
their husbands names, but retain their
own, with the addendum Of wife OF
So-and-So." This makes it convenient Tor
them to assume their previous status in
public knowledge when they come to be
divorced as they are very likely 10 De,
for divorce is easy in that country.
ia burmese wife and husband quarrel
and determine 10 separate, the wife, VINO
always does all the marketing, goes out
and buys two little candles Of equal
length. which are made especially Tor
this use. She brings them home. She
and her husband sit down on the floor,
place the candles between them and
light them simultaneously. One candle
stands for him, the other for her. The
one whose candle burns out first rises
and goes out OF the house forever, with
nothing but what he or she may nave on.
The other takes all the property.
This looks fair enough on the face or
1t, but II often happens that the wlfe
on her way home with the candles takes
a tiny scraping from the bottom Of one
of them a very little will be enough. III
the husband and the house are empty
Of pretty much everything but children
she takes the shortest candle and walks
out free and content. But If the house Is
vel furnished and the husbands pos
sessions are considerable, he gets the
short candle and does the walking.
Perhaps swelldom will soon adopt either
the Japanese or the Burmese custom.
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Prescience.
CThomas Bailey Aldrich.

CThomas Bailey Aldrich)
The new moon hung in the sky,
The sun was low in the west,
And my betrothed and
In the churchyard paused TO rest;
Happy maiden and lover,
Dreaming the old dream over;
The light winds wandered by,
And robins chirped from the nest.
And 10, in the meadow sweet
Was the grave of little child,
With a crumbling stone at the feet,
And the ivy running wild
Tangled ivy and clover
Folding 1t over and over;
Close to my sweethearts feet
Was the little mound up-piled.
Stricken with nameless fears.
She shrank and chung to me,
And her eyes were filled with tears
For the sorrow did not see;
Lightly the winds were blowing.
Softly her tears were flowing
Tears for the unknown years
And a sorrow that was to be!
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IN TANGLED LIVES.
grmsrOus Divorces COmplicate NtX
YOTE'S Smart SET.
xrw ETIQUETTE NEEDED
r.rhop. sweiidom Ia Drifting TO-
,ra che japanese Custom "h'c"
only Requires Wr'''c" 'o''
n.noFfurf.
Departure.

1corcspon1cnco OF the Dispatch
~rv YORK. January N-What viii
So tho condition OF society thirty years
r., ,,on,d puzzle the finest prophet That
ever lived to answer This question az
,,,.,ciy. because OF the growing OF the
80, h,h,t I'm the smart set. A dozen
..l... ,eo a divorced woman could knock
~. ,o,i,i door. and no matter how
-.,,, her wealth or how powerful her
e.,,il,. She would knock in vain.
uut an this IS changed. Divorced wives
..,..-, divorced gentlemen, and divorced
p~st9n8s marry divorced ladies. Out In
tro vide world nothing very serious re-
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cay those who profess 70 have interview
ed them. Whether spooks. are taliow-
faced or not. mortals are whose blood Is
rim and watery in consequence OF I'M
nsrfect assimilation. When invalids re-
sort TO Hostetter's stomach Bitters. and
use that unequallec tonic persistentiy,
they soon pick up in strength, flesh,
and color. IL should be used also TO pre-
Vent maiarial, rheumatic. and kidney
Complaints. and to remedy constipation,
sick headache. and nervousness. $780,.
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and as his capacious right closed with a
vise-iike grip on the shoulders Of the
county man he whispered hoarsely in his
ear: do you intend to assault his Honor
In court?' The incrimnated party In
stantly comprehended the move. and ten
dering an humble apology. accompanied
by a promise to go and sin no more he
was. with proper warning. .relegated and
eliminated from the judicial presence.
Wilkinson did n neat turn on that occa-
sion, and the brethren present. who took
In the situation, laughed audibly. 1t Is
said the pain occasioned by Wilkinson's
squeeze lasted the erring brother several
months.
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IoxeIy Gauze Fans.

Some novelties in fans are in great de-
mand; for instance. charming ones OF
white gauze, daintily painted. mounted
on amber sticks; others have sticks Of
notified shell, those at the ends being
quantity carved and inlaid with gold.
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De.rees of shoci>ingness.


mime Hulda does not sing as well
as she did three years ago.
"she does not. What a shock II must
he when a singer discovers that she has
lost her voice.
1T is stnl more shocking when she does
not discover II"
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On December 81, 1894, there were 7,56l.9OO
married couples in the empire of Japan,
representing S67.ss out of every 1000 Of
the population.
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DIVORCES.

, II VIII thus De seen mat The humDtI OF
divorces taking place annually is about
one third as large as the number OF
marriages, and that the average runs
about the same every year. II should
be explained for the benefit OF the In
credulous chat these figures are taken
from the Statistical Review Of the EN-
pire of Japan, published by order of the
Cabinet by the Bureau OF Statistics, at
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1AFANS SIMPLE CUSTOM.
rave little or 10 standing, particularly in,
court circles But In other countries d.
N'ieo amounts 20 l.ltie or nothing. So
.'ey folks here seem 10 be drifting from
he former toward the latter. Whether
I y retrogression or progression. Judged
from the standpoint OF civilization, Is
problem.
'Span Is regarded as a most pro-