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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-23

FEW DESIRABLE ROOMS TO IET-sr,t.
able for light housekeeping, for one or two
persons; Americans; references reorired
Apply 35 Bowen street nS{et
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-23
PERSONAL.

LADIES-The greatest miracle of mUErrTU
discoveries, Hair eone forever des roys sll
perhuous hair; beats electric needle; sealed
dnStrucions free. Rare Chemical Co. 1870 west
2d street, New York. M. a.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-23
FOX sALE-MrscELLANEoUs.

"A GREAT BARGAIN-Prices cut in two.
loo LADIES' and Childrens Trimmed Hats.
wort Morth 900, SlO and $500, tnis sale gsc. :
Sl.O' S2,5O and $500; few nicer, worth S7' 81
ana S9OO, this sale $3.50 and S4qS; we also
TlIn your hats and bonnets for Pc at Dry
no9ds store, $50 Westminster street, Hoyle
building. "A. CHICOINE. nis-6t
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-23
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

MANTED-Room and board for man and
drass, de, price siOi references exchanged. Ad.
aress Box k-lO, News Office. nis-6t
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-23

=, ,n.ANTED-Bicyle or Typewriter in cx-
S'V Norwich, Conn. ni3lst
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-23

sPECTACLES AND EYEGLASSES.
Hosmer, corner Westminster and Franklin
streets, more than understands fitting snecta-
cies and eyeglasses prices one-half what others
charge. open every evening. nI3 N
LADIES clean your kid gloves with Josepn,ns
Glove Cleaner. for sale only by shenard a COM
pnny, headquarters for dressed and undrcssed kId
gloves In all tho most desirable shades: Ylovss
lifted TO the hand and warranted ssIy a
FOR SALE-Two bicycles ana me p,aro
Address Il. ~ Box lOsS dsc5itf
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-23

THE EISEMERE-7sI Westminster street :.
wanted. j. ID. Carpenter proprietor. ngl-6t
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-23
RELP WANTED-MArr

:, SALEsMEN-Giv.ng good security can take
line Of Mackintoshes, ETC., selling lnstalment
agents earn large incomes Bond, r. o. iNI
New York. n2I n
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-23
HosMER's PRICES IN spEcr.crrs

Steel Spectacles mot iron) l0c Eyeglasses
iOc. with case and silk cordl; Gold Alloy
Specks 1Oc. with best crystal lens Sl.OO. Gold
Specks 500; Eyeglasses $3.50 mia ~
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-23
FOR sALE-REAL ESTATE.

YOU CAN KICK A GOAT.-p,,t 90, oo,,,.
KICK az those level high and dry lots at Jeffer.
.Gnsy rarA1 81 down; free ticl1etS Isaac L.
uon 70, heyDosset corner Dorrance 81 n23-4t
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-23

WANTED-Trustworthy person 10 travel |.
salary fIeO and expenses, reference; inolose
sseif'addresed stamped envelope. Manager,
Box II, Chicago. nol 81
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-01
CHARM-WOMAN'S MOST DESIR
ABLE GIFT.

In one of our most intimate and con-
tidential talks dear girl asked me to
tell her what think the most desirable
gift for woman. She spoke of several
friends-one of them as having grace of
movement; another, as rarely beautiful
with brilliant eyes and lovely complex
ion; a third as accomplished, playing
and singing. and speaking two or three
languages beside her own; and fourth,
as very clever. We may multiply the
list, and as we look over our circle of
friends we easily see that nearly every
one has something bright and individ-
ual which commends her to us; but the
sum of the matter is that the gift of all
gifts for girl is expressed in one little
word of five letters-charm.
If you insist on my defining charm, l
am afraid will disappoint you. for it is
as difficult of analysis as a perfume.
The better way. il l could manage it,
would be to show you somebody who has
it, as | would show you painting on the
wall, or flower in the garden. Very
plain girls and women are sometimes
endowed with this grace. remember
one who was not pretty at ala little
dumpy brown thing, who had not the art
of dressing very WE'LL and who slipped
in and out of the room as softly and
as shyly as mouse, bless her heart!
But this sweet Elizabeth was popular
beyond all the girls of her class; she was
constantly in demand and nothing could
be done without her.
In her case charm had several ele-
ments. Her voice was low yet clear.
She never made an effect of insisting, as
girls with shrill voices do; her tones
we're soft and distinct. She was gentle,
but she was not overlooked in conse-
quence. She always knew where to find
things. At home her father and brothers
appealed to her for the books and
papers which were out of sight, but
which it was important to have on the
instant. Elizabeth could explain away
little vexations. She remembered peo-
pies names and faces-a very great tai
emit, and one worth everybody's cultivat
ing, Elizabeth was considerable and
full of tact never saw her do rude
thing, or heard her say anything I'M
kind.-Hdrper'S Round Table.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-01
What They Are Paid.

The British government pays the
royal family of England $4,000, 900 every
year and of this the queen receives near
ly 100000, besides her quarter of a
million income from the duchy of Lam
caster.
The ordlieutenant of Ireland receives
100000 for his services and expenses.
The prince Wales gets 100000 year
for the labor of being heirs rparent.
The President of France receives $40.
600 year-a large salary when it is re.
membered that the government is strug-
CLING under debt of s6,0O0,0O0,0OO
which is the largest debt ever incurred
by any nation.
Italy pays her king 100000 year
in spite of the fact that she lost 10000
men in Abyssinia.
The German emperor receives about
100000 year besides the large rev.
enues from estates belonging personally
to the royal family.
The Gear of Russia owns in fee simple
100000 square miles of cultivated land
and has an income of S12O0OOOO, al
though, as he is despot, he can COM
mand the resources of the whole nation.
II little Alfonso of Spain saves as he
should he will be one of the richest
monarchs in Europe when he comes of
age, as the government allows him ST..
100000 year besides 100000 additional
for family expenses.
Though the United States is such a
wealthy nation, our President receives
the small salary of $4,000 a year, and
till 1873 it was but $4,000.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-01
THE reason the native American pi

The reason the native American girl
will not become a servant, in spite Of
the arguments of the rational and godly
is that service is the sole employing emit
in this country in which she can be told
with impunity that she is the social in
ferior of anyone else. 1t is the telling
which she cannot put up with. 1t is
one thing to be conscious that the per-
son you are constantly associated with
is better educated, better hammered and
more attractive than yourself, and it is
another to be told at every opportunity
that this is so. In the shop, in the fac
tory, and in other walks of life, whatever
her real superiors may think of her,
they must treat her as an equal. The
happiness of her life. and lite handspring,
too, lies in the consciousness that she is
free to become the first lady in the land,
and that she herself is to be her sole
critic and detraetor. Why is she not
right in refusing to sacrifice her indie
pendence? Why should she sell her
birth right for a mess Of pottage?-
Robert Grant. IN Scribner's.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-01

High grain feeding can often be car
ried SO far as to result in injury to the
health of the animal; maintain always a
due proportion of hearty and bulky food
in the ration. Liberal feeding does not
imply waste; pork is not often made
profitable when more corn is thrown out
than the hogs can eat up clean.
What is it costing you to grow your
stock up to the marketable point? Esti
mate the pasturage by the rental value
Of the land. 1t is not hard to know the
amount of hay or feed consumed each
day or each week. If you have taken
any care of the manure. it should pay
for housing and labor. Do you find any
need of reform in any particular?
However large the acreage, a scant
pasture will not enable cattle to make
as rapid growth as will one which is
flush. On the latter they get all they
want without effort, and then lie down
to digest their food. but on a scant pas.
ture they have to keep going continually,
and are slow to take on fat.
No reason why field should not be
brought and kept in good state OF fer
tilitY just because it is a pasture lot.
If you make it afford better grazing it
is of as much benefit to the farm as il
it were made better meadow or wheat
field. Clean out the rough and weedy
places and SOW grass seed; aim to make
it carry more stock and earn more
money.
Do not permit the refuse cabbage
leaves and the soft and unstable heads
to waste in the field, as they are nutfi-
tious food for all kinds of stock. Feed
them in the stall, if possible that they
be not wasted, or the stock can be
turned into field as soon as the good
heads have been removed, and before
the rest begin to decay.
The poorest use that can be made Of
good feeding stuff after you have been
to the trouble and expense of raising it,
is TO waste it on poor stock. If you
have such. sell it off, even at a sacrifice.
and buy half as much which is really
good with the money. The income will
soon set you far ahead of where you
were under the old order of thing.
The composition of the corn cob is
similar to that of the stalk, and they
are equal in value to potatoes and many
of our grains. and will compare most
favorably with the straw of most of our
summer crops. No question but that
cobs have a considerable feeding value,
and, if ground or crushed, all animals
will eat them.
Our agricultural fairs often fall short
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-01
A COSTLY THRONE.

At the time of the coronation of the
Gear of Russia much was printed in the
newspapers about the costly crown jew
els and the magnificent imperial throne.
but for all its magnifcence and richness
this nineteenth century throne was
nothing when compared to that of the
Mogul Empersrs of Delhi. This Indian
throne was built in the reign of the Shah
Jehan by Frenchman who had been
forced to seek an asylum in the Mogul
empire. 1t was called the Peacock
Throne, to distinguish it from other
royal chairs. and because it was deco
rated with the figures of two huge pea
cocks. The throne was six feet long by
four feet wide, and stood on six massive
legs. which were Of solid gold inlaid
with rubies, emeraids, diamonds and all
kinds of precious stones. The tails of
the peacocks we're expanded fanlike be-
hind the throne, and they too were in
laid with pearls, emeralds, and other
gems of suitable coloring. The whole
was surmounted by canopy of gold
supported by twelve pillars likewise
studded with diamonds and precious
gems, the border of the canopy being
made of a fringe Of beautiful pearls.
Between the two peacocks perched a
lite-size parrot, which was carved out Of
a single emerald. The royal umbrellas,
which are appendages to most Oriental
thrones, were made OF the finest silks.
and were fringed with pearls, the han
dies being of solid gold studded with
diamonds. 1t has been said by many
writers that the famous Kohl moor dia-
mond was originally set in this Peacock
Throne. This story is very possibly
true. inasmuch as the Kohl moor was at
one time owned by the Shah Jehan.
This throne has been valued at $4,000.
900, and this figure is doubtless not ex.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-01
DIFFERENCES IN CHILDREN.

Parents sometimes congratulate them
selves upon the fact that one child is
never self-willed, never passionate or an
CRY, always amiable, contented, and
calm, seeming to need no discipline and
no restraint. And they mourn over the
fact that another child is eager. impetu-
Gus. willful, troublesome. Yet not un-
frequently the mourning and the rejoic-
ing ought to change places if the future
life and character be taken into account.
The tranquility of the one may be only
the outcome Of feeble character, which
leans against the nearest prop because
it cannot stand alone, while the other,
who is so difficult to manage, may con.
tain the elements of powerful nature.
which needs only to be guided Alright to
become valuable and noble man. To
prefer the former is like wishing the me-
chanic to be deprived of his tools lest he
spoil his work or injure his fellow. worker
or rejoicing in weak arm because it
cannot knock man down, or in weak
brains so that they cannot argue in a
bad cause. The tendency of this is to-.
ward death, not toward life. 1t is the
essence of that pessimism which says
that life is not worth living" No; let
us be glad and thankful to see strength
everywhere-strong health, desires, pas
sions, affections. powers, will. They are
the materials out of which are formed
character, ability, value, and success
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-01
HORTICULTURE,

The time has arrived when fruit trees
must be sprayed, soaped and ashed at
no little expense and trouble in order to
destroy the insects which the birds had
hitherto preyed upon. If from a moral
and humane point there is not a stop
put to the destruction of these useful
and harmless creatures, the foregoing
use for them should.
In regions which suffer from the kill
ing of fruit buds by the late spring
frosts, and this means nearly every re-
gion of our country, the coming of these
buds may be retarded by mulching the
ground heavily after it is frozen. This
will prevent the sun from warming the
soil and starting the sap in the early
spring.
For Strawberries select a spot where
the garden product will come off early,
and cultivate away every weed as soon as
it appears. Manure heavily and spade
deeply. Repeat this about the first of
September and set the plants. Mulch
heavily with coarse manure, and see that
you do not remove this mulch so early as
to start the blossoms in time for the frost
to catch them.
An orchard should have dry soil,
either naturally so or by drainage from
thing. 1t should be at least rich enough
to produce a good crop of corn, and
should be reinforced with liberal manur-
ing about the trees. An elevated site
will give greater immunity from frosts.
The best profit in apple growing will
be found in producing large, highly
colored fruit, which may be kept by cold
storage until April or May. and then be
brought out and sold for fancy prices
when the market is almost bare Of fruit
of any kind.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-01
SparrOws Routed by Swallows.

A month ago English sparrows
ously guarded the building and grounds
against all other birds, says dispatch
from Waco, Tex, to the Galveston News.
Not feather was to be seen except the
busy, bustling imported sparrows, who
were masters and monarchs of the field.
There is not single one of the host left.
All are gone and every nest they built
in the caves and under the tower projec.
tions has disappeared. The cause of the
disappearance of the sparrows was
sudden invasion of the habitat by the
swallows, the latter bird appearing in
force and opening war on the English
sparrow. The sparrows held their own
for few days.
Aerial battles we're fought, sometimes
in regular order, generally in combats of
two or more in bunch. The city hall
sparrows did not appear to be able to en-
list neighboring colonies in the war,
while the swallows constantly brought
up fresh attachments from the suspen.
sion bridge towers and other points, and
in the end, with re-enforcements, they
put their notified foes to ignominious
fight, tore up their nests and approprii
ated the material for use of the mortar
with which they constructed their cone
shaped dwellings in the hooks where the
nests of their foes had been destroyed.
Having cleared out the sparrows from
the city hall, the swallows are reconnoit-
ering with a view to further conquests.
The ianitor Of the federal building has
noticed them circling around that roof,
eying the sparrows, which show nevous.
ness as soon as the swallows approach
their nests. An advance guard of swal-
lows appeared at the Central school
building and the sparows there seem to
be uneasy.-ChicagO Netos.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-01
A SPELLING LESSON.

A pretty deer is dear to me,
A hare with downy hair
love hart with all my heart,
But barely bear a bear;
IT'S plain that no one takes plane
To pare pair of pears;
A rake, though, often takes rake
To tear away the tares.
All rays raise thyme, time RACES all;
And through the whole, hole wears.
And writ in writing right" may write
1t wright" and still be wrong;
For wright" and ''rite" are neither right ,
And don't to write belong,
Beer often brings bier to many,
Coughing a coffin brings.
And too much ale will make us all,
AS well as other things,
The person lies who says he lies
When he Is but reclining.
And when consumptive folks decline,
They all decline declining
A quail don't quail before storm,
A bough don't bow before it,
We cannot rein the rain at all,
No earthly power reigns DER it.
A dyer dyes awhile, then dies;
The dye he's always dyeing,
The sun of Mars mars many sun;
All deys must have their days;
IT'S meet that men should mete out meat
Tofeed msfortune's son;
The fair should fare on love alone,
Else one cannt be won.
The springs spring forth in spring, and
Shoot forward one and all;
Though summer kills the flowers, it leave;
shoots,
The leaves to fall in fall.
would a story here commence,
But you might find it stale;
So let's suppose that we have reached
The tail end of our tale.
-Edunationa1
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-01
The Timepiece on the Lawn.
A writer in the Lampasas Journal un-
der this title says:

A writer in the Lampasas Journal I'M
der this title says:
Gardeners should know that it is
quite possible to so arrange flow rs in a
garden that all the =. poses of X
will be answered. 1t is said that in the
time of Pliny forty-six flowers were
known to open and shut at certain hours
of the day, and this number has since
been largely increased. For instance, a
bed OF common dandelions would show
it was $50 in the morning and $50 at
night, respectively. for these flowers
open and shut at the times named, fire..
quently to the minute. The common
hawk weed opens at in the morning
and may be depended upon to close
within few minutes of in the after
noon. The yellow goats beard shuts at
Il o'clock noon, absolutely to the min.
ute, sidereal time. Our clocks do not fol-
low the Gun, but are generally few
minutes fast or slow, according to the
longitude of the place where they are
The goats beard. however, is true time
all the world over. The sowthistle opens
at "A. NJ and closes at 11.12 A. NJ. The
white lily opens at A. NJ, and closes
at P. NJ. In the towns few people
know about such details as these; nor
are the flower clocks often seen any.
where, though they have been con-
structed occasionally"
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-01
SIHE EANLEYTH0 INE
THE FINAL POWER.

AGO FORTH" said the dazzling Sword,
wherever the war-storm lowers,
On the slippery decks red board,
On the battle-field's crush'd flowers"
"Go forth" said the sullen Chain.
MAKE the lands of night more mlne'
Where the patriot tolls in vain,
And DER slaves the sunbeams pine"
"Go FORTH" said the billowing Sail.
"Seek new isles on the broad sea-waVe;
There's proud hope in every gale
That blows on the oceans brave"
$50 FORTH" said the glorious Tyre,
"Reign by me DER the world of dreams;
Fill mans life with tenderer fire,
With the music of murmuring streams"
"Go forth" said the laurell'd Scroll,
"Speak by me to the realms OF mind;
Be mems eyes, as thy thoughts unroll,
With their own rich tears half blind"
SEQ forth" said the solemn Cross,
When all these calls had died;
"Count all selfish gain but loss.
And Gods service thine only PRIDE
Sword, Chain, Sail Lvre, and Scroll,
All these must pass away;
But the Cross will endure with the Soul
And the Soul is for endless day.
Go forth-but oh! firm within
Fix the Cross ere abroad thou roam,
For the Love there shown can win
The Lost to the Found Ones home!
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-01
FARM, GARDEN AND DAIRY.
Instructive Reading for Agrcuturists.
PREPARED EXPRESSLY FOR 1.-THE UNIvERsALIsT.,

OF teaching lessons of practical value
to the farmer. If he were to take the
samples of breeding stock shown as az.
amples, and by over feeding put his own
in such high condition, he would verv
nearly destroy them for the purpose for
which he aimed.
With beef cattle farmers are a LITTLE
slow to make up their minds to push to
ripeness at the earliest possible age.
They are somewhat deferred by the
bugbear of baby beef" but growers
must know that the only way to obtain
profit is to take advantage of the quick
gains which may be made in the first d
months of steers life.
When the calf is three or four weeks
olo commence to feed it little hay. for
it will develop its first stomach: clover
hay is best. Then force the calves ran.
IDLY all summer by giving good pastur.
age, and they will be in condition to ba
Kept through the winter without loss.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-01
DAIRY Y.

Nothing tends to turn the attention
OF farmers to the improvement of the
milking qualities of their COWS so mucb
as the advent of the creamery. It sets
people to thinking, and teaches dis.
elimination in the capabilities of COWS
Tor proht IN quantity and quality Of
production. 1t should not be that when
one wishes good COW he should he oh.
iiged to go on still hunt. and trv
dozen before he is successful. He who
sets about the business of breedinp a
nigh grade of milch COWS for the trade
at this time. perchance builds more
wisely than he thinks.
All grass and no grain is not condu,
Give to good flavor in butter. II oivas
grassy flavor which over rides the fine
aroma we wish. Rank red clover ia
certain to do this. and too much of anv
one KIND OF meal is as Objectionable.
AVOID extremes of all kinds. keep things
clean, and success is pretty sure.
In the warmer climates, in summer
the more approved plan for pasturing
is TO Keep the cows in darkened stable
during the day with a reasonable
amount of ground feed and silage. and
turn them out to the fields at night.
when the insect world is asleep. They
can then feed while it is cool and inv;t.
ing.
Where all the milk has to be sold. of
course raising of calves is out Of the
question, but they can be grown and fat
tened without new milk after the first
week. They will do we'll on skim milk.
max seed jelly, fine bran, gluten feed and
corn meal. Increase the quantity, week
by week.
The average cow is the elimination of
the thought of the average farmer; she
has not been fed right, bred right. han
died or cared for as she should be, and is
wholesale robber of food, which she
never fully pays for. In year she con-
sumes $50 worth of food, and yields S25
worth of butter.
IN0A OhOhiJ W h00p your COW
she does not make you 250 pounds of
butter yearly. You refuse to hoe corn,
reap wheat with sickle, cut wood with
dull axe, because it does not pay; then
do not keep on with COW which fiat
tens your pocketbook and your ambi-
ton.
The dairy COW of today is long way
transformed from the COW that the sons
OF Jacob MIXED. The producing mod
ern COW is the result of "fussing." There
is no such thing as overmuch care.
Give her warm stable, keep her clean
give her proper food in abundance, and
work her for all she is worth.
The more artificial COW is made the
better producer she is. One which is
hardy enough to stand Western bliz-
card gives only tea cup full of milk
because she is existing under natural
conditions" Nature would say to let
the COW run in the woods, let the calf
suck, and eat collie on our bread.