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

A persistent setter half starves herself
IN her devotion. II taken from her nest
twice day. and fed grain, the hen will
be nearly as heavy at the end of three
weeks as when she first began. She will
turn off her chicks early and be ready
for another trial for a brood. At such
times wheat has the concentrated nutri
tion in the best form.
An excellent nest for setting hen is
an inverted piece of sod, over which
handful of litter is cast. See that there
are no lice about her to bother and make
her leave her nest. Dust her we'll with
insect powder. If possible, have sep
arate Matching room, where other hens
will not bother.
If breeding more than one variety of
chickens, it is well to mix the eggs when
setting them, as hens with chicks of one
color will fight those of another shade.
Some have better success than others in
raising chikens, but it is the difference
in looking after details, and not "luck',
at all. Time and attention are required
as in any other paying occupation.
Feed has more to do with the flavor of
eggs than has breed. There may be a
difference in two white eggs, both alike
fresh. We must not lose sight of this in
discussing the difference in the flavor of
the different breeds, also; one may be
properly fed until the hour of it's death,
while the other is caught from the filth
of the dung heap.
There are many people who will pay an
extra price for an extra article at any
time. He who caters to this demand
makes the profits, while he who is con-
tent to stay at the average mark takes
low prices; and with him chickens do
not pay There is no decline in prices
for him who establishes reputation for
his poultry and eggs, exactly as does the
dairyman with his butter.
AS ducks rarely have established nests,
but lay wherever they chance to be,
they should be kept within some enclos-
ure until after in the morning, that the
eggs may be found; and ducks are early
birds. starting out foraging before it is
fairly light. Duck eggs usually COM
mand better price than hen eggs be-
fore Easter,
Young ducks are very susceptible to
cold. and it is not best that they be
Matched too early in the season, unless
one is fixed for carrying on duck-raising
in business. like manner; and, above
all things, do not waste time fooling with
the old fashioned gray ducks, which can
not be confined anywhere, but destroy
more than they are worth.
No poultry is really more profitable
than the guinea, if kept where they can
have unlimited range. When let out of
the poultry house in the morning they
stop only long enough to pick up little
of the grain given to the flock. and then
wander off to the fields in search of
seeds and bugs, which they like better
than anything else. The white variety
are most domestic in their habits.
Do not let guineas hatch their eggs,
for they are most careless mothers. and
lose nearly all their broods. Let hens
hatch and raise them, and they will fol-
low her diligently long after they are
weaned. At first they are very wild,
and unless confined will wander away
and perish, leaving the nest as soon as
they can toddle away from it.
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Selected Article.
ANTS AND PRAIRIE DOGS,
A Tale of New Mexico.
BY t. DWIGHT HUNT. JR.

A LII the blazing summer long
n scorching southerly winds
had burned over the dusty New
Mexican plain. September came and
found not blade of grass, not a
stalk of corn in all the fair Cimarron
Valley, but that was scared and
brown. The leaves of the hardy oak
scrub actually dropped and ratified
dryly in the breeze; while even the
cacti scarcely came to flower. In
dian Creek, never known to run dry,
was reduced to succession of muddy
pools, in which punches of thin cattle
stamped and wallowed the live-long
day. Its source was gone; the ever
lasting snow which crowned the dis
tant peaks of the great Toas Range
-unheard of thing!-was melted.
Hard times" were ahead of all
the struggling ranchmen in Colfax
County. The short delta grass,
whose excess was relied upon for win
ter feed, was already nibbled close to
the ground. Many were butchering
their steers and selling off their milk
COWS. Surplus horses were almost
given away. The outlook was, that
there would not be enough feed to
keep band of broncos alive, soon.
John Squires was perhaps even less
fortunate than his neighbors, for his
little ranch was isolated among the
rolling rocky hills separating the
valleys from the plains. Dry and
barren indeed it was that year. 1t
had been hard enough the preced-
ing eight years for him to scrape a
living off it. Only two seasons be-
fore, just as his small herd of cows
had grown to sufficient numbers to
make the daily account at the Leap
Gap creamery profitable, the tuber-
culosis had swept away all excepting
two. But this year, when the fur
mace blasts from Texas and Arizona
burnt up everything, he had not even
the thrifty flock of turkeys and chick
ems to fall back on, that had served
him so we'll the winter succeeding his
previous misfortune. They had been
obliged to eat most of them, which,
together with the sad havoc made by
the coyotes, left but few.
The worst of it all was, he was not
alone to suffer. But there were his
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-04-04

body, but eagerly seized handfuls of
dirt, which he scanned as closely and
excitedly as a man does a good-sized
piece of money he has CHANGED to
find, only more SO. Then he stopped
over and clutched fistful of sand
from the mound, and scrutinized it
long, without needing the sharp at
tacks made upon his flesh by several
of the plucky insects picked up
amongst it. He gave one shout of
joy. It was filled with shining yell
low particles, too unmistakable for a
shade of doubt!
An hour later, Jack was urging the
horses into gallop toward the sta
ton. His father was sitting bolt up
right beside him, unable to speak for
excitement and joy. Heheld a small
satchel in his hands, which, if any one
of the loafers in front of the little de-
pot could have opened and seen its
contents, there would have been the
biggest stir ever known in that quiet
Western settlement. They merely
heard chink, like bottles knocking
together inside.
And there was stir in the Santa
Fe assayist's Office little later. There
always is when alluvial deposits are
discovered indicating a "panning-
out" of two ounces to the bucket, or
sixteen ounces to the ton.
The Squires family did not dine
off roast prairie dog that Sunday; nor
have they "got down to that" since.
To-day, who, living anywhere in the
West, has not heard of John Squires,
the owner of the famous "Red Ant
Mine!" Jack and Anne did, after all,
attend the city schools, and the for
mer will ere long be starting for
Yale. And the little mother now has
a splendid flower garden and green
house to her own taste, at her beau
tiful Denver home.-The Interior.
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Instructive Reading for Agricuturists.
PREPARED EXPRESSLY FOR 1.-THE UNIvERsALIsT..

times slaughtered here will iniure our
market for American meat.
There are good many points to be
considered in choosing from the litter
sows for future breeding. A dam should
possess good form and a good frame.
should not show tendency to lay on
tat too rapidly; should come into heat
at an early age. and should come from a
parentage which have shown a tendency
to produce well.
Inc needs OF better grasses are being
appreciated in the South, and this is
bringing about rapid development in
live stock industries and in dairvino
and also in the long impoverished lands.
Bermuda grass is the best in Southern
ATTITUDES; it is not as good as clover for
milk and butter, but for fattening has
no superior.
Are your hives ready? The bees will
swarm when they are ready, will cluster,
and then send out scouts to hunt a
home. When the scouts return. awav
goes the swarm, not waiting until YOU
run to the neighbors to borrow house
for them: If hived, they should be re-
moved short distance from where thew
clustered, or the scouts NAV take than
away anyhow.
MANY hockmasters postpone too long
the operations of docking and castrating
their lambs. Do it as soon as the lamb
stands up and begins frisking about.
usually at about the end of a week. The
shepherd can then do it without assis-
lance. 1t is wrong to wait until all tn 10
lambs are dropped, that there may be
made job of it. for by that time some
OF the lambs are too old.
Ihere can be no profit in lambs or
sheep where you are feeding a lot of
ticks, not because the latter require so
much to keep them, but because thew
prevent the former from profting by
their food. They worry the appetite
away from them.
1t requires good food to make good
meat. Beef cattle may grow as fat on
one kind OF corn as another, but clean.
sweet grain will produce the best meat,
and varied ration will produce better
results than one grain only. Second
grade grain will make second rate beef.
There is no more direct method of in.
creasing the capacity of the farm than
by green soiling, SO far as the amount of
stock to be carried is concerned. MANY
farm within our knowledge could by
this means be made carry twice as much
as it now does. 1t will pay to try the
experiment.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-04-04
IF WE COULD MOVE TO MARS.

1t is not necessary to consider the
various reasons that would impel many
inhabitants of the earth to go to Mars if
they had the opportunity. But no one
can doubt that the first train for Mars,
or the first balloon, or the first electric
liner sent out by the Universal Celestial
Transportation and Safe Delivery Com
pany, Mars Division, would be booked
to its utmost capacity. Curiosity alone
would suffice to crowd it, and it is GER
tain that the Anglo Saxon race, which
has furnished most of the great travel
lers, would be fully represented in the
throng of adventures boundfor another
world.
When Mars is nearest to the earth it's
distance is no less than 100000 miles.
But if we set our speed to match that of
an electric impulse flying through the
Atlantic cable-say $4,000 miles per
second-we should be there in just forty
minutes.
On approaching Mars we should be-
hold world locking in some respects
remarkably like the earth, having sea-
sons resembling ours, with torrid, tenn
perate. and frigid zones; turning on its
axis like our globe. and in nearly the
same time; showing in winter broad
white caps. as of snow, covering it's polar
regions. and presenting many appear
ances suggestive of continents, oceans,
islands and peninsulas. AS we watched
it slowly turning under our eyes, we
should see on one side, south of its equa-
tor, huge, staring, eyelike spot, which
Schiaparelli has named the "Lake of
the Sum-" and on the opposite side.
reaching from the southern hemisphere
into the northern, great dark, crooked
area, somewhat sembling North Amer
lea in shape. and known to astronomers
as the Hour glass Sea-"
And then all the globe beneath us
would appear to be be mapped with del
icate reds and yellows and grays and
blues; long waving curves and sharper
indentations would make their appear
ance in what look like coastlines; and
presently, running east and west and
south and north, and passing "beyond
the horizons utmost rim" network of
dark colored lines, like vast web COW
ering the planet, would be seen. These
are the famous Canals"
But while we were wondering what
this could mean, we should be struck by
another unearthlike thing. Being &C
customed to dwell on a globe three
fourths of whose surface is covered with
water, it could not escape our notice
that the world we were approaching
had far more land than water. Indeed,
it is likely that we should find that the
"Hour-glass Sea-" and many of the other
so called seas of Mars, are only part of
the time filled with water. and that even
then they are not like terrestrial oceans,
but rather, vast swamps. choked with
rank vegetation suddenly awakened to
life by periodical foundations supplying
moisture to their roots. Visiting them
at another time. we should find only
deserts with cracked soil baking in the
sun. At any rate, some of the discov-
cries made with great telescopes in 1894
suggest these things.-Harper's Round
Table.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-04-04
AN EASTER HYMN.
BY HILARY.

Past is the anguish of dying,
The gloom of the grave;
Triumphant our Lord hath arisen
Almighty to save.
Let us hasten to meet Him, to claim Him
AS Master and King;
Let us fall at his feet as did Mary,
Loves tribute to bring.
Alleluiai
Christ is risen!
Past is the grief of betrayal,
The torture, the shame;
He hath come for our glad recognition,
Our joyous acclaim.
He needs not the myrrh and the spices,
But worship and love
Shall be His who by dying uplifts us
Deaths terrors above.
Alleluiai
Christ is risen.
Could we walk by his side to Emmaus,
Though holden our eyes,
What Joys would be ours in His teaching!
What raptured surprise
When He break us the bread with blessing
And vanished from sight!
How we'd hasten to tell the glad story
With tears of delight!
Alleluia!
Christ is riSen
Let the bells from their towers sound His
praises
With jubilant tone,
While the incense of prayer in His temple
Ascends to the throne.
And our songs and our service we offer
The Saviour of men,
Who from death unto glory eternal
Hath risen again.
Alleluia!
Christ is risen!
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-04-04
SUNRISE.
BY LUCY LARCoM.

The sunrise over the houses!
The beautiful rose of dawn
Reddening the eastern Windows
The curtains of Night withdrawn!
More lovely than boughs in blossom
The spires of the roof-trees glow.
1t is day; and, Col in awaking,
Shall the spirit unfold and grow.
On the city, in chrismal splendOr,
The blessing of morning falls:-
The bride coming down out of heaven!-
The pearl gates, the jasper wallsl
The white light enters the easement
Like the wings of the Holy Dove;
And every house is flower,
A blossom of peace and love.
The sunrise is fair on the gardens,
The groves and the forests afar;
But fairer the trees of manhood,
OF the heavenly planting are.
And wide are the green savannas
That under the dawn unroll;
But broader the lanscape opens
In the sunrise of tue soul!
The footsteps of morning hasten
Across yonder populous space,
And the dwellings of men are iilumined
With the glory of Gods own face.
Who can guess the power of His coming?
He will Danish doubt and despair.
The life of His Spirit will kindle
And stir in the sleepers there.
Behold the Day Star ascending!
See the hour of HIS triumph begin!
The sunrise over the housesl
And the Christ-light shining in!
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-04-04

-Ex-Premier Cecil Rhodes, of Cape
Colony, South Africa. when recently
asked by an interviewer in London to
mention point or two as to his private
life. replied; Il never had any private
life. always having been too busy to stop
for one"
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-04-04

Mosaic floors. laid with small pieces of
different colored stones in regular pat
terms, were known to the Egyptians 1900
B. G. In Babylon floors of this kind
dated from 100 B. @. They were com.
mon in the Athenian and Roman houses
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-09
Il law 4w BY LUciEN II. Cooke, Attorney.


TRUSTEES sALR-BY VIRTUE OF ADEED
OF truet dated the 18th OF March, 1880, and
recorded ,ntho clerks ofice OF the hastings court
OF the city OF Roanoke. deed book %, page 30,
nnaersigned az trustee, to secure to tho Southern
Bu1ldiDg and Loan Association, OF Knoxville,
Icnn.. the payment OF the sum OF $4,000. as eyi
denced by the bond OF tho said Char. A. Wool.
Ioio, bearing even date with said deed. and pay.
able to said corporation, md to DO discharged in
accoTaance with the terms OF tho said bond and
aoed OF trust securing the same; and default hav-
ing been made In the ynlon required BY said
BOND and deed OF trust, aud in tho performances
OF the ooilgations assumed to said association by
the ss,d Chas. a. Wooiford for more than six
months. and being requested by the said associa-
OF FEBRUARY, 1896, AT 12 O'CLOCK H..
sell at public suction, to the highest bidder, on
the prtmieee, all OF tho following lot or parcel of
land, situate and lying in the city OF Roanoke.
State OF Virginia, viz
Beginning at q point on the line OF the land OF
where 1t Joins the ami OF DR.. Hart near Tenth
avenue northeast, and 1853 feet east of Brook
etreo or Fourth avenue northeast, thence north Q
degrees o. minutes west 100 feet 10 a pOiut in
h'rts line, thenre north 76 degrees eaet 1872 feet
70 q point. thence south 10 degrees east 100 feet
the line OF the Roanoke Land and Improvement
company. thence with said line touth rs degrees
west 1S9 feet to the place OF beginning.
TERMS:-Cash as to sufficient OF the proceeds
OF salc to pay the costs OF executing this trust,
ana 10 pay the amount due said association under
the terms OF said bond and deed, which amounts
TO the cum OF 81 ,n15. 30, as Of the 18th day OF De-
cemoer, 1895; and the balance, II any, pay able in
from day OF eale; purchaser to give notes for the
ueierred payments, and secure the same by deed
oItrust on the property purchased.
l4to 0 Is. SMITH, Trustee.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-09
ALL SORTS OF spoRTs.

There arc 60 different styles Of cycle
records, rs tabulated by Chairman Gideon.
A st. Bernard was sold for 81, 800 at tho
Birmingham (England) dog show. This
Is snid to bo tho highest prico cvor paid
for q st. Bernard ut auction.
The Grand National Curling club is
busy ut work arranging tho seasons
events. TIC most important match of tho
season will be for the Gordon medal.
Grabowski is tho suggestive name of
tho man who made the most money on tho
Russian turf this year. Ho has the best
racing stable in the country and cleared
500, 600.
Princess Olga Of Russia, Prince Nicho-
lbs of Greece, Princess Xenia Of Russia,
Prince George Of Greece, Princess Victoria
of Wales, Prince Andrcns of Greece, Prin-
cess Maud of Wales and Prince Waldemnr
OF Denmark all ride bicycles.
1t is rumorcd that Slnvin has boon tax
ing excellent caro- Of himself during tho
past year IL is now; in fine condition. If
Slavin can ever regain tho form he was in
before Mitchell undertook to manage him,
he will be IL hard man to beat.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-09
LtaAL NogIoRs.

ocrstgned certain real estate therein described. In
I5ust 70 secure the Roanoke Trust, Loan and Safe
Ueposit Compsuy the payment or the sum OF 81
ioo, with interest, and defs ult having been made
IN payment OF said debt, and having been re.
guessed 30 to do by the holder thereof, 1 snail ON
TUE 20TH DAY OF JANUARY
losn, Al II 'CLoCK M, In front OF tho court.
mouse IN the city OF Roanoke, We . proceed To
seIi Ut pnplic auction TO the highest bidder. all OF
inc property described In ssid decd, to. wit:
nat certa'n lot Of land lying in the city OF Roa-
nose, va, beginning at a point on tho north aide
Oh Oampoell avenue 1917 z feet west OF Jefferson
etleet, tnence north Q degrees cast SAX feet TO a
poiot, thence north 81 degrees IS minutes west
ss Leet 70 u point. thence south Q degrees west
otS leet 20 a point on Campbell avenue. thence
Wild sald avenue south 81 degrees As minutes
eas. ~ ieet TO place OF beginning.
lnls Iot mas on 1t q three.etory brick businees
o0ate' now occupied by the Evening World ONCE,
= mh 10 a most desirable Investment.
unis property VIII be cold subject to deed OF
y U rom fr,ncis T., Matilda W. and Elizabeth
J.Jaes 10 8. w: Jamieon, trustee. dated January
!, 1873: recorded in the clerk's Office OF hnstinas
S9uit ior city OF Roanoke In Deed book ", pave,
tto, 70 secure TO hessrs. A. N. and w. a. Fuller
INC payment or 5000, as therein Get out, with in.
ally. p'"ofo eemlAnhu-
TERMS-Cash as to cost OF execnt,pp tb,a
trust including trustees commission Of g DER
cent, and tho sum OF 81 ,9aa7 rs, together with snv
unpaid taxes that may be due on said property:
DaIance, II any, payable in one and two wears
from date otealc with interest, deferred syments
70 % evidenced by negotiable notes and iecured
ny 1eeu OF trust on the property sold.
~ Ntd &. w. JAAISON, Trustee.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-09

THE INTERNATIONAL CHESS CHALLENGE CUT.
ceiling to tho bowl, which is 2 inches
across. The handles project beyond tho
cup, giving it IN extreme width of IL
inches. Tho cup has three panels, formed
by its three handles, ono of which is loft
blank for tho inscriptions, which the con-
tests will determine. Another panel rep
resonts n gamo Of chess between two Ro-
man soldiers, seated about q board, whilo
O third soldier, standing in tho back
ground, watches intently it's progress.
The third panel is u spirited representa-.
tion of an eagle.
h cur Is intended to be q perpetual
challenge trophy, to be contested for by
tho nations of tho world. Any competing
country must challenge through ono of the
clubs of established reputation, into whose
custody 1t will pass, IL victorious. The
custodians must defend it ut least once ey-
cry ycar-i If challenged. In short, it is in
tended TINT this trophy shall BIO to inter
national chess what the Amorica's cup is
to international yachting.
The situation with regard to the trophy
Is as follows: A challenge between Eng
land and America has been sent and nc
ceptcd, and in February will be fought out
by cable, but ono disputed point has not
been settled. The Brooklyn Chess club
stands stoutly upon It's right to call upon
Americas adopted sons to lend their aid.
And tho British Chess club holds to an
exclusion OF thom from participation In
tho match. For "a team of eight players
on n side tho Americans could muster five
native plnycrs-for example, Pillsbury,
Showaltor, Hodges, Barry and Hymes-
and three adopted sons-viz, Lipschutz,
Kclncny and Stcinitz.
England could also secure five native
players of tho standing of Bird, Black
burne, Burn, Mason and Tinsley, and
three resident playcrs-Laskcr, Gunsberg
and Toichmann. 1t will therefore DO seen
that the Brooklyn Chess club does not
seek to gain any advantage by its position
in this matter, but only to secure for the
match such conditions as will make it be.
yond question a struggle for chess SUI
premacy between England, and America.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-09

by VIRTUE OF DEED OF TRUST FROM
- F:T. Camp tod G.. Ten Eyck, trustee, dated
the 18th day OF March, 1874, and recorded in the
clerks Office of the huetings co1rt for the city Of
Roanoke, In deed hook 93, page 437, default nav.
ing been made In the terms OF said deed OF trust.
and havirg been %rcqnired go to do by the bcne6,
c1ary therein secured. 1 will offer for salo ON the
premises. on the 9TH A OF JANUARY. 1S9s.
Mt 9lb O'Clock n. M, the following described mar,
col OF land, situated in the city of Roanoke:
Begin Ing at a point IT'S feet east OF the north.
east corner OF Park street and Ninth avenue =.
w, thence along said avenue south 80 degrees is
minutes east 25 feet to n point, thence north 7 do.
grtes do minutes west 100 feet to an aliey. thence
along said alley north So degrees Is minutes west
70 rect to o point, thence south z degrees Is min.
ntes east I'D feet to the place of beginning. and
known as the east half of lot Is, section ia. ne
shown on tho map OF the Lewis addition to the
city OF Roanoke. %
TERMS OF SALE-Cash as to amount sufficient
TO pay the costs OF this salc. as we'll as the sum OF
Slo3 "a, being the amount In default, and as TO
the cum or S ,655, upon q credit OF monthly In.
etaiments OF Sl5 each, to become due on the 18th
day OF February, 1896, and intervals OF one month
thereafter, with interest upon each of The defcr-
red ayments from the 18th day OF March. ISM
and as to the residue, II any, upon q credit az ono
and two years, with interest from the da5s OF
sale. all deferred payments to be cvidonccdby tho
nofes OF the purchaser and sccnrcd by O deed Of
trust upon the premises sold.
Ia2l-tds JOHN c. TEN EYCK, Trustee.