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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-15
POULTRY.

After the first few weeks of their lives
ducks are the hardest OF all fowls: rare.
ly, if ever, infected with lice or vermip.
and never subject to disease. If allowed
a good range they will nearly keep them
selves. even if they destroy your garden
to dot. They are susceptible to heat, and
while growing should have plenty of
shade where they can run at pleasure.
During the dry, hot weather which is
likely to prevail from this time on the
poultry needs good care, otherwise a
hock which has become nicely started
may stop making growth, become
stunted, and possibly diseased, and the
owners hopes Of profits will vanish.
Vegetation will be dying, and they will
not get all the green food they should
have.
One who can carry his chickens safe
through the late summer need not doubt
his ability to handle them at any other
season of the year. Above all things
now see that they have plenty of water
pure and fresh-and let there be no
half way about it; and let there be no
stacking up in matters pertaining to
cleanliness.
Inc goose is grazer. even along side
OF the sheep, will utilize all kinds of
grass very closely, and will enable poor
land to earn dividend Geese can be
kept in large focks proftably, SO that
specially farming" in this line may be
conducted on quite large scale. They
may be grown for less pound than al
most any other meat upon the farm.
1t is fact that if farmers would take
the trouble to find out whether the poul.
try paid them or not. the poultry would
pay them better than it now does. That
is to say, this closer attention would re.
suit in better profit; and they would find
out SO much about the possible profit
that they would begin to do their best
to increase it.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe.

There is no woman like you in this
wide world. Wac else has 30 much
talent with so little self coneeit; SO much
reputation with so little affectation; SO
much sense, with SO little nonsense; so
much enterprise with so little extrava-
gance; so much tongue with SO little
scold; so much sweetness with so little
softness; so much of so many things and
so little of so many other things."-
Extracts from letter 1oritten by
Caluin E. StOlge to his a0ife.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-08-15

FARM, GARDEN AND DAIRY
Instructive Reading for AgricuIturists.
PREPARED EXPRESSLY FOR "THE UNIvERSALIST"

highest standard, and the profits are
sure to come during the course of the
year.
1t is not difficult to prepare for au-
tumn feeding, but it demands a little
forethought. 1t is one of those cases, so
frequently taking place on the farm
where serious loss is occasoned by neg
Letting to plan in advance. Some sue.
culent food mustIb ready; when the
grass fails. for there are several months
OF profitable work for the COWS, to follow,
at a time when products are highest in
value,
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STOCR

The low prices for cattle and the cut
ting up of the Western plains into
smaller tracts by settlers have done
much to break up cattle ranging, but
some of the best bulls of the country
have been bought up by those still
clinging to the ranges. which looks as
if they had made up their minds to
stay.
Do not let the refuse cabbage heads
and the unstable stuff go to waste in
the field, for they are excellent for
stock, and nutritious. They will be
utilized best if fed in the stall; or
which is nearly as good, turn the stock
into the fields as soon as you have re-.
moved the heads, before the rest begins
to decay.
While silo is of advantage to almost
any farmer who keeps stock through
the winter, and of value to all dairymen,
let it be remembered that green, sue
culent food increa the quantity of
the milk more than it improves the
quality. and hence it is more valuable
for milk marketers than for those who
sell butter.
n If your stock does not seem to be paw
ing quite as we'll as it should, take more
pains to save the manure than you have
done hitherto. and credit it against the
cost of feeding. 1t will certainly help
to remedy the defect.
We can never believe farmer when
he says he cannot afford to keep live
stock. He can not afford not to- Again
he is not a consistent man who farms
we'll as far as the cultivation of the soil
is concerned, and then keeps stock of an
inferior character; but such behavior is
not uncommon.
Grass is the cheapest of all foods for
stock. Aim to make all the beef, pork,
mutton, wool and butter possible while
the pastures are flush. There is always
profit in such production. The rest of
the year feeding is hard, combining and
expensive work, and less remunerative.
There are special purpose feeds as
we'll as special purpose breeds. One is
corn for making fat; another is oats for
making bone and muscle. Be sure to be
feeding the right thing at the right time
to the right stock. Feeding at random
is foolish business.
Lice are very common source of an
noyance to all kinds of live stock in
summer, and are serious drawback to
health and profit in feeding. To get rid
Of them use a kerosene emulsion: it
kills the lice, the nits and the eggs. Rub
it we'll into their hides with a brush and
then sprinkle the stable managers thor.
oughly.
II we examine the reports of sales at
our leading markets for the past few
years, we shall find that the poor quail
ity of stock offered has had more to do
with the depression in prices than has
over production. There has never been
much depression in price for the very
top quality.
AS the chances for our Western ranges
are continually narrowing and as our
export trade is continually growing,
we would seem to be surely approaching
better era for the producer. There
may be ups and downs yet. but these
united conditions must certainly estRb-
lish a higher range of value for the flu
ture.
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Selected Story.
BLUEBERRIES.

DEBBIE and l we're standing on
IL Sunset Rock watching for
est fire on the side of old Shauna-
gunk. Debbie was crying. A great
tree she had been very fond of had
burst into a red blaze, changed to
pink ashes, and dropped out of sight
as we gazed.
81 cannot bear to see it" she said.
hiding her face on my shoulder.
"No matter, Debbie," | said.
"There'll be plenty of blueberries
next summer. You know there al
ways is the year after these fires, and
I'm as famous for eating blueberry
pie as you are for making it"
But Debbie would not laugh.
"There are always blueberries
enough" she said. "But l loved
that tree-the tree we sat under
when"
'When l asked you to be my wife, .
said |. "And you said yes, other
wise l should not have made that re-
mark about blueberry pies"
But I liked the tree, too, for all
that. Debbie took things of that
sort very hard. She could not bear
to see the flowers fade in autumn, or
the grass grow brown. She often
said that she believed the green
things growing had souls.
She had been just like that ever
since she was baby, when she petted
every thing on the place. The calves,
the lambs, the little piglets, even the
old black hog in his sty came in for
share of her favor, though he was
the most ENJOYABLE creature alive.
And | remember that one Thanks
giving Day-the turkey that graced
the feast had3been her special favo
rite-she absented herself from the
table, and was found, after long
search and much alarm, hiding in
the garnet.
81 can't touch him, MOTHER" she
confessed. 81 can't. = We have been
too friendly"
IAN odd child" the farmers wives
declared, and thanked heaven their
own had more plain common sense
and less imagination. But even then,
to my fancy, DebbiesDoane was the
sweetest, prettiest creature alive. A
slender, blue-eyed,! fair haired wisp
of child, as light on her feet as any
bird. She knew all the birds in the
woods, it seemed tome, and where
they nestled, and never dared touch
one. l had boys natural brutality,
of course, but. for Debbie's sake |
kept it under, until it died natural
death with manhood, for we lived in
that place among the mountains
Debbie and Until she was eigh-
teen and / one and twenty.
Our parents were friends, and l
was an only child, while Debbie's
little brothers-there were two or
three of them. l believe-had passed
away when they were babies. Our
liking for each other pleased our
mothers, and when one day began
to know that | did not love Debbie
as a sister, was sure that no one
would disapprove; land up there
under the tree we had just seen drop,
we kissed each other for the first
time as loyersEkiss, and said those
things to each .other which only
lovers say.
And so l had come to thinking of
her as my future wife, and talking
about her making. blueberry pie for
me.
But long before the blueberries
sprang up over the ashes of the dead
ines avarvtnino had CHANGED
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many are in the drug market. These
form the basis of many headache cures
found on the druggists shelves. Their
use is not entirely without danger. for
they are powerful heart depressants il
taken in doses of any considerable size.
Dr. Cyrus Edison. an Ladies' Home
.TO7yT91nI
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-06-14
GERMAN AT HENDERSON.
The Book Club Delighted With Or
Hume's Lecture on Shakespeare.

Henderson, n c., June 13.-(Specia)
The german given by the young men
of Henderson at Burwell Hall, Thurs
day evening, was declared by the par
ticipants and ''lookers-on" TO be the
most delightful of all. The hall was
artistically decorated in red, white
and blue bunting, and the music was
furnished by the First Regiment band
of Richmond, Va. Robert Lassiter was
leader, assisted by j. L. lngle, Esq.
Both men, for several years have been
noted for their skill as directors OF
the german.
The chaperones were: Mrs. Jacquelin
p. Taylor, Mrs. w. I'll. Hunt, Mrs. j. ID.
Rose, Mrs. III. Strause, Mrs. j. Ill. Tuck
err. Mrs. Willie Faucet, Mrs. w. j.
Richards. Mrs. Richard Henderson.
The dancers were: II. LaSsiter. chief,
Henderson; Miss Outlaw, with Mr.. j.
&c. Thomas; Miss Lizzie Outlaw, with
Mr. Harry Williams; Miss GrimSley,
with Mr. j. l.. Booth; Miss Lottie Britt,
with Mr.. /. II. Davis; Mrs. Dusenbury,
with Mr.. G. l.. Smith; Miss Hughes,
with Mr. Crawford Biggs; Miss Booth,
with Mr.. p. C. Graham; Miss lands,
with Mr.. X. G. Davis; Miss M. b.
Gregory, with Mr.. L. Lanier. The
above are of Oxford, and came on spe-
cial train. Miss Gibson, of Concord,
with Mr. p L. lands, of Oxford; Miss
Blanch Morgan, of Durham, with Mr..
is. p. Cooper; Mrs. Tom Chevasse, of
Raleigh, with Mr.. II. Macy; Mrs. j. S.
BurneIl, with Mr.. A. j. Mitchell; Miss
Mickles, of Alabama, with Mr.. Curtis
Gary; Miss Florence Wise, of Alex
andria, Va, with Mr.. w. E. Gary, of
Lynchburg. Mr.. and Mrs. A.
b. Cayce, of Warrenton; Mr..
and Mrs w. b. Green, of
Louisburg; Miss Mary Shaw, of Shaw
boro, with Mr.. John Thomas; Miss Lila
Tucker, with Mr.. A. p. Strause; Miss
Lucy Taylor, with Mr.. n. p. Strause;
Miss Effie Wedding. with Mr.. r. 6.
Ware; Miss Daisy Stephens, with Mr..
William McNair; Miss Sue Richards,
with Mr.. Lex Davis; Miss Jesse Smith,
with Mr.. W. ID. Grimes, of Grimesland;
Miss Sarah Taylor, with Mr.. j. Il.
Ingle.
Stays were: Mr.. Thomas Souther-
land, of Raleigh; Messrs. L. Lands, II.
l.. Skinner, Frank Gregory, Oscar
Gregory, w. E. Massenburg, Fred.
Crews, of Oxford; Messrs. Maurice
Clifton and Felix Allen, of Louisburg;
Messrs. w. b. Parham and j. Fl. Par
ham.
When it was announced that. as a
grand finale, DR.. Hume had accpeted
an invitation to deliver his lecture on
''The Ethics of Shakespeare" at the
closing meeting of the Book Club We'd
nesday evening, all the members
thought their hostess, Mrs Z. g. Davis,
had surpassed herself. DIR. Hume, of
the University, is recognized as the
formest Shakespearian scholar of the
South. No one ever had a more appre-
ciative audience, nor received more
heartfelt thanks than did the doctor
at the informal reception held by him
after the lecture, filled with his own
grand ideas, clothed in the perfect
English for which he is noted
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A STRADDLE PARTY.

Nominated by Hanna-not by the
American people-platform by Hanna
not by the American people, and
even Hanna now dickering with State
platforms instead of taking counsel
with convictions in order to frame the
platform. This fat manufactures, I'M
known year ago has trained the Re
publicans to read with composure OF
his mechanical making of a President
Harry l.. West in St. Louis dispatch
to the Washington Post of yesterday
says:
ut is difficult to see, therefore,
how the pure and simple gold
standard men can win. An exam
nation of the financial planks of
the various States shows that only
ten are for the gold standard, ten
for silver, and all the rest are for
n mixture of the two under the
head of sound money. 1t is this
combination of a vast majority of
The States, coupled with a desire
To regard Mr.. McKinley's wishes
that will result in the adoption OF
plank from which the word gold
will be omitted, and sound money
written in capital letters.
AS between the ten silver States and
the ten gold States-Mark sees his
safest course in straddle-and q
straddle it will be.
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THE BIBLE AND SILVER.

Advocates of silver find the Bible full
of references which they use freely in
their discussion. Among the Biblical
extracts, the following, while not eN-
actly favoring the 16 to 1 coinage, viii
be found useful i'm the coming cam
paign:
Gen. xiii. Is. And Abraham hearken-
ed unto Ephron; and Abraham weigh
ed to Ephron the silver, which he had
named i'm the audience of the sons OF
Heth, four hundred shekels of silver,
current money with the merchant
Cen. xxxvii. 28. Then there passed by
Midianite merchantmen; and they
drew and lifted up Joseph out of the
pit, and sold Joseph to the lshmaelites
for twenty pieces of silver; and they
brought Joseph into Egypt.
Gen. xiv. %. TO all OF them he gave
each man changes of raiment; but to
Benjamin he gave five hundred pieces
Of silver, and five changes of raiment.
Joshua VII. 21,22,24: When I saw
among the spoHs goodly Babylonish
garment. and two hundred shekes OF
SILVER. and a wedge of gold fifty shekels
weight. then | coveted them, and took
them; and, behold, they are hid in the
CiIuu III bie ultuSU VI MY A'HAs anu tii|
silver under 1T. SO Joshua sent his
messengers, and theyran unto the
tent; and. behold, it was hid in his
tent. and the silver under il. ana
Joshua, and all Israel with him, took
Achan, the SON of Zerah, and the gar
ments, and the wedge of gold, and his
sons, and his daughters, and his oxen,
ard his asses, and his sheep, and his
tent, and all that he had; and they
brought them unto the valley of Achor.
Judges TX. 4: And they gave hin,
three score and ten pieces of silver out
of the house of Baal-borith. wherewith
Abimilech hired vain and light persons
which followed him.
Judges xvi. 5: And the lords of the
Philistines came up unto her and said
unto her: Entice him, and see wherein
his great strength ieth, and by what
means we may prevail against him,
that we may bind him to atfiict him.
and we will give thee, every one of US,
eleven hundred pieces of silver.
Judges xvii. 2, 3, 4: And he said unto
his mother, the eleven hundred pieces
of silver that were taken from thee,
| about which thou cursedst, and spakest
of also in mine ears, behold the silver
is with me; / took it. And his mother
said Blessed be thou of the Lord, my
son. And when he had restored the
eleven hundred shekels of silver to his
mother, his mother said, had wholly
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over half the students in the Universe
ty are bearing their own expenses,
either wholly or partly, and that many
even earn enough to buy their clothes
rs well as pay board, while at the same
time pursuing their studies These are
encouraging facts They mean that
the University is supplying a demand
for higher education that comes from
people of very limited means. 1t is a
most hopeful sign, not only for the
University, but for North Carolina.
The religious life of the University
is controlled by regular worship three
times a week in the churches of the
four principal denominations, by daily
PRAYERS in the chapel, by Sunday Bible
classes. and by the vigorous work of
the Y. NJ. c. 4. This is a purely volun-
tary and most efficient student organi-
zation which we were pleased to find
i'm a healthful and vigorous condition.
The University Medical school has
grown in numbers, reputation and eff
ficiency until it's enlargement is a ne
cassftv. Plans for adding another year
to the course of instruction have been
matured by DR. Whitehead and the
President. The committee heartily
{
entail any permanent expense to the
University: as the additional profess
sor's salary will be paid by the fees of
medical students. There will be need
ed, however, equipment for beginning
the work in the shape of apparatus.
There is urgent need of paint on the
roofs of all the buildings. There is
urgent need of an enlarged water sup
tpiy. The buildings should all be
heated by steam. There should be a
steam laundry in connection with the
electrical power house. A new build
| ING should be erected for instruction
! in physics. mechanical and electrical
engineering, and machine shops should
be fitted up. The institution needs
at least $4,000 to properly equip it in
these directions. Its expansion is a
/ vital matter to the State Its power
for good is limited only by its re-
| sources.
we have observed with great salts
| faction that the village of Chapel Hill
| is taking on a new growth as the
| University has become more prosper
! Gus, and this is a matter which not only
concerns the good people of Chapel
! Hill, and it's immediate vicinity, but
| is also a matter of congratulation to
the people of our entire State. We
were also pleased to hear the good
people of Chapel Hill speak kindly
of the President and Faculty, and
student body of the University, and
take pleasure in noticing and report
ing to the board this kindly feeling,
which we doubt not is helpful in many
ways in promoting the general pros
perity of the University
In conclusion the committee desire
to express their perfect satisfaction
with the condition, progress and man
agement of the University so far as its
resources permit.
1t is nobly fulfilling its high destiny
and is doing its duty to the State,
We failed to see in its management
any sign of partisan bias, of sectarian
preiudices or control, of class distinc-
tions or sectional jealousy, but we
found instead a broad, manly and
generous patriotism, enthusiastically
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THE TEACHERS ASSEMBLY.

The North Carolina Teachers AS
sembly, which meets at Asheville June
10th, promises to be the greatest edu-
cational gathering ever held in North
Carolina. Every effort has been made
by the officers of the Assembly to re-
yiye the organization and the present
indications are that dheir efforts will
be crowned with remarkable success.
An attractive and varied programme
has been arranged, comprehending
questions of living interest and vital
Importance to the educational and ma
teraal Developments of the State These
questions will be discussed by men
and women whose eminent success
and established reputation entitie
them to speak with authority on these
questions. 4 very low railroad and
hotel rate secured, make it possible for
every teacher and friend of education
TO attend. This will be the most inn
poliant meeting ever held by this or
ganization, and every teacher should
be present. Following are some of the
reasons that demand their presence.
First: The Assembly, as a body, will
be expected to decide upon some fu-
ture policy as to the character of its
next nesting.
Second: 1t viii be called upon to eX-
press itself in favor of some meeting
place for the next year, whether it
shall be on the seashore, in the noun
tains, or in some interior town.
Third: Very important questions
for legislation, affecting public and
private schools, viii be discussed. We
will need and ought to have full ex-
preston from the teaching force in
the State
Fourth: The attention of every in
tefligent citizen has been attracted
by these Assembly meetings. Their
success has been literally applauded.
The public is learning to honor the
profession and to esteem the teachers
OF the State for their professional pride
as exhibited in the enthusiastic meet
ings held every summer. The self
respect and professional pride of the
teachers of North Carolina demand
that they shall rally to the support
of the Assembly this summer and
make it an organization worthy of the
great profession which it represents,
commanding the honor and admiration
of the citizenship of North Carolina
and adjoining States. Many of the
leading educators of the State who
have been absent from the meetings for
the past Several years, have promised
to put their shoulders to the wheel this
year and do all in their power to make
such a success of the next meeting as
has not hitherto been known.
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THE GROWTH OF SILVER SENTI-
MENT.

One of the strongest leaders of the
Democratic party in Indiana is Hon
w. ID. Bynum, former member oil
Congress. For more than year he
has been devoting most of his time
trying to make the Democrats of the
Hoosier State believe in the gold stand
ard. He has failed signally, and is
recently quoted as saying:
''The silver movement approx
mates the force of a revolutions;
all classes and conditions of men
are imbued with the craze. If the
Democrats put forward a stall
wart candidate on a clean 16 to /
platform they will win Indiana in
walk"
This is complete answer to the claim
that a silver declaration would lose
the Democracy the vote of Indiana.
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CLARK FOR yICE-PREsIDENT.

That was a very handsome compli-
ment paid to Justice Clark yesterday
when the Wake county Democratic
convention endorsed him for Wee
President by rising vote. 1t was
appropriate that his home county
should express its interest in his can
didacy. Assurances of support from
Arkansas and other States have been
received. and there is no reason why
North Carolina should not secure his
nomination as it did Stevenson's four
years ago.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-06-14
CONVENTION DATES.

Republican National Convention, ST.
Lutiss. June 16.
Democratic National Convention,
Chicago July z.
A.;ni.si National Convention, ST.
hons July %.
s.i.-i National Convention, St.
Ibu,s July %.
Democratic State Convention,
Raielgis June IS.
Wake county Democratic conven-
ton. Raleigh, June -.
Democratic Congressional Conven-
tfop sth misunderstanding August
18th.
Democratic Congressional Conven-
tion aud Observation-Disclosures, June
2srd f
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dedicated the silver unto the Lord from
my hand for my son, to make a craven
image and a molten image; now there
fore, restore it to thee. Yet he re-
stored the money unto his mother; and
his mother took two hundred shekels
of silver and gave them TO the founder
who made thereof a craven image and
a molten image; and they were in the
house of Micah.
Deuteronomy viii. ID: And when thy
herds and thy fiocks multiply, and thy
silver and thy gold is multiplied. and
all that thou hast is multiplied
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-06-14
ELECTRIC BITTERs.

Electric Bitters is a medicine suited
for any season, but perhaps more gen.
hausted feeling prevails, when the liv-
er is torpid and sluggish and the need
of a tonic and Alternative is felt, 4
prompt use of this medicine has often
averted long and perhaps fatal bilious
fevers. No medicine will act more
surely in counteracting and freeing
the system from the malarial poison.
Headache, Indigestion, constipation,
dizziness yield to Electric Bitters. soc.
and $1.0O per bottle at John Y. Mac
Rae's drug store.