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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-11-27
SWINE.

Keep new hogs separate from the
home herd until all apprehension OF dis
ease is past. Even when hogs are brought
home from exhibition at the fairs, treat
them the same way. II you buy a
breeding animal, put it on probation in
quarantine for time.
Do not study balanced rations for the
cattle and then waste the profits in in
different handling of the hogs; ALSO re-
member that swine are more sensible to
cold than any other farm animal. Hogs
too often receive the least consideration,
just because they are hogs.
If, during pregnancy, SOW be con-
fined to diet of corn mainly, the pigs
will be small and weak. and some of
them deformed and lacking hair or dead
at birth. The fetus is made up largely
of muscle and fat, and corn does not
furnish the proper elements to nourish
them.
Hogs do not thrive on raw potatoes.
When cooking pototoes place only a
little water in the kettle, that they may
be almost dry when done. Mash the
potatoes in the kettle and mix bran with
them. making thick pudding or mush
This will be found better and more &C.
ceptable than thin mush or slop.
A variety OF hog feed is not always
plentiful, and they will not do we'll
when fed on corn only for more than a
few weeks. Use caution and push them
all they will bear. They will be some
what feverish when thus fed, and must
have plenty of fresh water by them con-
stantly. 1t is surprising how much
water they will drink, but see that they
get it.
Pumpkins furnish succulence and are
excellent to give variety to the rations
for the swine. They are highly fatten-
ing. Hogs do not always take to them
readily, bat a fondnees will be soon de-
veloped.
Even in the ripening stage hogs
should have variety. II turned into
field of blue grass, clover. rye, oats or
volunteer wheat, this succulence will
greatly add to their thrift and health,
and they will do we'll on % per cent less
of grain. If taken from such pasture
the loss will soon be manifest.
II hogs smell around their corn before
taking hold, and especially il some of
them take few bites and then leave,
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-11-27
London Street Names.

About the origin and meaning of Lon.
don street names there is much that is
curious and interesting. Some OF them,
says the Boston Globe. are taken from
the names of previous owners or oc.
cupiers of property in the neighbor-
hood, while others are derived from
signs of old inns, and others, again, are
due to former monasteries and churches,
In Mincing Lane, for instance, was
once convent of the Minchuns, the
old English feminine for monk; the
Minories was the site Of the old convent
of st. Clara, the nuns of which were
called "Sorores Minores," and came to
be known as "Minoresses."
Miles Lane is a corruption of ST.
Michael's Lane; Mark Lane for Mart
(market) Lane; Sermon Lane for Shero-
monier Lane. the locality of the "shere-
moneyers." who sheared or clipped bull
lion into shape for coming at the ex-
change near by; Size Lane for st.
Osyths Lane; Gutter Lane for Guth-
run Lane. from Dane who owned
property there.
Criticized Friars is in memory of the
crutched or crossed friars, 80 called
from the red cross on their robes.
That Jane Shore died in ditch at
Shoreditch is only pathetic legend in
vented to account for the name of that
locality-really derived from John de
Sordich, lord In 1343 of what was then a
suburban village.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-11-27
HORTICULTURE.

There should be grapes on every vii
lage lot. Let them have well-drained
soil, good cultivation and close pruning.
and then they will we'll repay for the
space they occupy. Soap suds lie an ex-
cellent application, because of the pot
ash it contains.
Plants recently taken to the cellar
need all the air they can get. There 10
decay in the foliage and the moisture
tends to breed fungus on unripened
wood. Many of the old leaves on the
plants can be cut off to advantage.
Without air the partly ripened wood
will rot.
We find that the foliage of trees and
plants in the woods suffers much less in
times of drouth than that of those in
the garden and orchard. Nature has
mulched the ground thoroughly, and
the moisture is retained about the roots
for a long time. Mulching is valuable
in both summer and winter, and we can
go to nature for our proofs.
We speak OF inexhaustible fertility,
but there is no such thing in nature.
Like unlimited credit. il is but a phrase.
embodying a later day of reckoning.
All overdratts on the bank will be pro-
tested sooner or later.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-11-27
He closed the door gently and

He closed the door gently and
went to Lizzie.
eyes," she said, when he told her
about it, mothers had one happy
day, anyway. l can see that she is
glad to get back to the old neighbor.
hood
Lizzie" said John, suddenly,
chow did you happen to have that
yarn here? You DONE knit"
'How did you happen to want
yarn socks9" she retorted. "You
don't wear them"
Then they both laughed.
what do you suppose mother
said about you last night?" he asked
"What did she say7" said Lizzie
curiously.
She said, John, you have good
wife, and she's got a heap of feel
ing"
And what did you say| she
asked, archly, but with trimming
eyes.
II said, She has so,' he answered
emphatically.
And then John Bascom did what
he did not often do except when he
came home from the st. Louis Fail
he kissed his .wife.-N. Y. indie
dendent.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-11-27
ABHjIEz,' E1k I.I',!'I.Ili'l H0lNE
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THE OLD COTTAGE CLOCK.

Oh, the old, old clock of the housenolo
stock
Was the brightest thing and neatest;
It's hands, though old, had touch Oh
gold,
And its chime rang still the sweetest;
,Tvs a monitor, too Though its words
were few,
Yet they lived, though nations alter'd;
And it's voice, still strong, warn'o oiu
and young
When the voice of friendship falter'd!
Tick tick it said; quick, quick TO oeo'
For ten I've given warning.
Up. up and go-or else, you know,
You'll never rise soon in the morning.
A friendly voice was that old, old clock,
AS il stood in the corner smiling,
And blessed the time, with merry chime,
The wintry hours beguiling.
But cross old voice was that tlresome
clock
AS it call'd at daybreak boldly,
When the Dawn look d gray DER the misty
way
And the early air blew coldly
Tick, tick it said; quick, out OF bed,
For five I've given warning;
You'll never have health, you'll never
get wealth
Unless you're up soon in the morning.
Still hourly the sound goes round and
round
With a tone that ceases never,
While tears are shed for the bright days
fed
And the old friends lost forever
Its heart beats on, though hearts are gone
That warmer beat and younger;
Its hands still move, though hands we
love
Are clasped on earth no longer!
Tick, tick it said-to the churchyard oed )
The grave hath given warning;
Up, up and rise to the angel skies
And enter heavenly morning
New York Ledger.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-11-27
POULTRY.

Make your fowls comfortab BILE in win
ter it you want eggs all the time. Try
ing to keep poultry without convent.
ences is certain loss.
Arrange for raising geese next spring.
Geose farming. as side issue. is very
profitable. Give it at least an inyesti-
cation.
Have lot OF dry leaves or chopped
straw ready for the winter scratching
pen, as it is thing almost indispensable
for fowls; and then in this year of cab.
bages there should be no lack Of green
stuff to throw to them now and then.
Begin to give fresh meat and cut
butchers bones to the laying hens il you
want plenty Of eggs. At this season,
when eggs begin to appreciate in value,
it will pay to take little extra pains to
keep the hens at work.
Do not feed the poultry too much corn
just because you have it. If there is not
wheat, oats and bran in your bins. sell
the corn and buy it. Corn is good as a
part ration. but there can be too much
of good thing.
One way in which to give proper care
to the hens this winter is to have floors
which will not gather nor hold moist
ure; another is to have large windows
on the sunny side of their house. Their
quarters should be both dry and warm.
even on the coolest days. Health and
comfort mean an abundant supply Of
eggs.
Dosnot be satisfied with doing less
than your best to make the poultry pay;
thoughtlessness with them will never
pay. A cheap house for them may be
as comfortable as more costly one. but
see that it is in good repair; and see to
it right now.
Autumn leaves will not only absorb
the moisture. but will keep the feet of
the fowls from the cold floor. They will
not only make good place to hide the
grains for which the hens must scratch.
but will help to increase the volume of
fertilizer.
Do not be tempted into thinking there
is much profit in fall chickens. This
idea is delusion and snare for the or
binary poulterer.
Ii you get case of roup destroy the
bird at once and disinfect the premices.
Kill every one of which you have sus
picion. Ifyou trifle with it the whole
flock may be lost.
A half ounce of ground bone two or
three times week will give a good re.
turn in eggs. A bone cutter will 500
pay for itself. A little red pepper about
as often will be also to their advantage.
Once more see that the nests are sat.
urated with coal oil or whitewash which
is strongly impregnated with carbolic
acid. Burn all the old nesting material
and replenish with clean, new hay.
You are through with the brooding
coops. Before the cold weather makes
such work unpleasant. take the fret
rainy day and repair them every one
and store them in the dry. Do not for
get to give them good soaking with
kerosine or whitewashing.
or course. the turkeys and geese have
been kept growing. and have had just
the right exercise in hunting after in
sects. grubs and worms. 1t is about
time to feed them corn dough. mixed
with milk and fat scraps and corn, and
fatten them quickly.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-11-27
Selected Story.
MRS, BASCOM'S THINGS.
BY CAROLINE H. STANLEY.

TT was the day before Mrs. Bas-
Looms sale, and the accumulation
of forty years was waiting for it.
Forty years is long time-long
enough for the rootlets of a human
heart to strike deep and take firm
hold. Mrs. Bascom was thinking
this as she walked around the yard
for the last time. She stopped by
branching maple and laid caress-
ing hand upon it.
ave planted this tree that first
spring." she said softly to herself.
SIT wasn't more than foot high
and we've grown here together ever
since. All, mel it's hard to trans
plant old trees"
But there was no help for it. She
knew that. When Colonel Bascom
died it became absolutely necessary
to break up the home. John, the
only son, lived near, but he could not
give up his nice new house to go back
to the old place. Sally, the daugh-
ter. lived in st. Louis. He husband
was a prosperous merchant, and, OF
course, moored. So there was moth
ing left for Mrs. Bascom but to
"break up" and live with her chill
dren.
The question of where, Sally had
settled in her own decisive fashion.
"Of course mother will live with
me-" she said. THE daughter-not
the daughter-in LAWS the proper
one to have the care of the parents
when they are old"
Mrs. Bascom shrank little at this
frank avowal of flial obligation. She
was an active woman of sixty. She
had not thought to need caring for"
for ten years or more.
Her daughter-in-law was sitting
next to her. She took the withered
hand in hers and stroked it gently.
GAS Sally says, daughter has the
first claim" she said, tenderly; shut
| am sure mother knows that we
would be glad to have her." And
somehow Mrs. Bascom felt COM
forted.
Sally settled the details of the
breaking up in the same summary
manner. 1t was her way of doing
things.
"We'il just make clean sweep,
mother" she said. There's nothing
worth saving, and we'll sell them ALL"
Mrs. Bascom was taking things
out of the bureau drawers.
Don't you think I'd better take
the bureau with me, daughteri" she
asked, little anxiously. 1t was a
mahogany chest of drawers without
casters.
COB, my, no, rhother l wouldn't
have that numbering old thing
around for anything. Ihave hand
some antique oak dresser in your
room, and a chiffonier to match
You'll have all the drawer space you
can possibly use"
Mrs. Bascom was opening and
shutting the empty drawers aimless-
ly.
1--WE had this bureau forty years.
she said, as if to herself. "We bought
it when we went to housekeeping. l
suppose it is little old fashioned"-
here was a touch OF wounded feeling
in her voice-"but it was considered
a fine piece of furniture in its day
The top drawer was fathers; and the
second drawer was the one l kept my !
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-11-27
AGKICULTURE.

Sweet potatoes for the winter must be
sorted in the field and handled with the
greatest care. Dig them on a sunny
day. and let them dry in the field. When
thoroughly dry pack in boxes or barrels
in dry sand or other dry material, and
place them in warm cellar or other
place where the temperature does not
change.
The fact that it applies no humus to
the soil is one serious objection to rely
ing on commercial fertilizer, even if the
plant food it contains could not be Oh.
tanned by the general farmer at less
price in the form of feed.
The bulk of barnyard manure, which
to many is Objectionable because it ir-
wolves more labor in handling, acts
benefcially in many ways. On heavy
soils it serves to loosen them up and let
in the air, and when it rots it forms
humus, which is essential to a produc-
tive soil.
By planting the two sorts side by side
in the cellar and watching develop.
ments. it will be seen that Northern
grown potatoes will sprout much earlier
in the spring than those grown in the
South. This will serve for hint when
buying for the early planting.
1t would be we'll for Americans to
follow Parisians, who have converted
1000 acres of the environs Of that city
into most valuable market garden by
utilizing the city's sewage. This has
been done in the last % years.
Drilled oats sometimes gives a better
yield, but this is because the ground is
put in better condition by the use of the
drill than it would be il broadcasted;
but the latter gives better root protec-
tiop, and seems to better retain the soils
moisture.
Lands which are continually dry are
not improved for crop growing by sub
soiling, as the moisture, if there be any,
is absorbed by the bottom layer of soil.
There is no better way of putting up
beets and mangels for winter than to
put them in a pit deep enough to keep
out the frost. These roots can be piled
up to depth of three or four feet. The
tops should not be cut off too closely if
they are to keep well.
Cracking has much to do with the
hard times. The majority of farmers
and laboring men of this country live
like princes, compared with their breth-
rem across the ocean; they waste every
day that for which men, women and
children labor in the fields to save in
many lands. 1t is not an exaggeration
to say that we throw away enough to
keep the average European.
Baled shredded corn fodder may now
be found in the hay markets, and it
finds ready sale. A ton of it contains
three-fourths of ton of digestible food
for the animal body. American farmers
can not afford to throw away their corn
fodder.
Competition in all forms of legitimate
business is always too sharp to permit
us to stand even few minor wastes. 1t
is the small economies which bring
prosperity. For this reason on some
farms we always see evidences of thrift,
while with a neighbor there is the con
tinual struggle for bread and butter.
Each field of the farm is fitted for
SEINE special use. Have due considera-
ton for the soil, the past rotation and
fertilization and needs OF the proposed
crop. There should be no haphazard
way. but some forethought. in adapting
the crops to the land.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-09-01
N S&7W NorilIh1MeslGn
Schndnla IN RRci

JULY A. lsvn
LEAVE RICHMOND DAILU, BYRD
STREET STATION. ~,
900 A. NJ. RICHMOND AND Ngm-
FOLK VEsTIBULE LIMIT
ED. Arrive Norfolk ll;o a.
NJ. Stops only at Petersburg
Waverly. and Suffolk. second
class tickets not accepted on
this train. ..,-.,..
9.oj A. NJ. THE CHICAGO EXPRESS
for Lynchburg, Roanoke, 70
lumbus. and Chicago. fulliiiail
Sleeper Roanoke 10 columbus
also. for Bristol hnoAFi'e'
and Chattanooga.
7.3O P. NJ. For Suffolk Norfolk. and In,
termediate stations; arrives al
Norfolk at 1910 =. NJ
11:5O Z. NJ, For Lynchburg and Roanoke
Connects az Roanoke Win
Washington and Chdttanoost
Limited Pullman sleeper
R0lnuke 20 Memphis and Nc"
Orleans Pullman Sleeper Dee
tween Richmond and Lynch-
burg and berths ready loI
occupancy az 900 h. NJ. Also.
Pullman Sleeper petersburg
and Roanoke.
Trains arrive Richmond from Lyncn-
burg and the West daily az s.l1 \. NJ.
and 1856 z. NJ; from Norfolk and. me
East at Hos A. NJ. and NESTlBDLLD
LIMITED 7.0O r. NJ.
ONCE: S3S Main street. -..,,,,
r. w. COURTNEY,
District Passenger Agent
W. b. BEVILL.
General Passenger Agent
General once: Roanoke Va
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-09-01

BY virtue Of a certain deed OF trust
dated February IS 1897. and recorded In
Richmond Charcery Court. clerks ONCE
Deed Book 159 G. page 4Oi. default having
been made in the payment OF portion OF
the debt secured thereby. and having been
required by the beneficiary therein so 10
do, we, the undersigned trustees WILL on
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 3. 1897.
at c O'Clock 7. NJ. on the premises. pro
coed TO sell. by public auction, the prop
erty conveyed in said deed OF trust, being
that LOT OF LAND, with improvements
thereon, In the city Of Richmond, va,
fronting &c feet inches on the north line
OF Nicholson street, beginning 20 rect
west of williamsburg avenue, and run
ming back 200 feet TO Hague street, on
which It fronts 20 feet.
TERMS: Cash sufficient TO pay all costs
of sale. all tax to day of sale, ana the
sum of s6S. 50 now due and the residue or
the purchase money upon such terms as
TO cash or credit, rs the trustees may de-
termine. which will be announced at sale
ROBERT LECKY, JR.,
T.. SITTERDING,
j. y. ELAN,
Trustees.
I'D. Carneal, Auctioneer. au29-5t
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EtfLTD tD
ATLANTIC COAST LINE.

NJ &Ht wv ooHNt LsltLe
SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE MAY lU. 1875.
TRAINS LEAVE RlCHAiOND-UNlO
600 A. NJ. Daily. arrives Petersburg o.ai
a. NJ. Norfolk il.-t 4 NJ
stops only a. tetcfabufs,
o.oz =, MaNcrly. and SUFFOLK, va
v'VO a. Nj. Daily. arrives Petersburg $50
a. NJ, Weldon li.i6 A. a.
Charleston 1920 T. NJ savan-
nah l-.JJ a. NJ, Jacksonville
l.aJ i. NJ, Port Tampa 6.Zu
!. NJ Connects az Wilson
with No. AZ, arriving Colds
boro $40 =. Nj. Wilmington
5:i5 L. NJ Pullman sleeper
=. New York 20 Jacksonville.
Zoo 4. NJ, Daily. local, arrives Peters
burg 1872 4. NJ. Makes an
stops
$3.50 +. NJ, Daily arrives Petersburg G:10
L. NJ. Makes local stops i.
ard Il. railroad
i'oO 4. M Daily arrives Petersburg sos
L, NJ. connects with ~ ana
W. for Norfolk and lnterme-
date points. Emporia 3.i0
Connects with A. and ID. for
stations betW cen Emp0ria and
LaNrencc}illcl. weldon o.t-
Y. NJ, Fayetteville 1901 a
N. Charleston O.u2 a. NJ, Sa-
vile 100 p. NJ, Port Tampa
NEW LINE TO MIDDLE
GEORGIA pOlNTS.-Arrivius
Aiken 7.ZS a. NJ. Augusta $40
\. NJ, Macon n A. H., AT
lanta 121j T. NJ Pullman
Sleepors New York 90 VIII
minRton. Jacksonville, Port
Tampa. Aiken, Augusta ana
Macon.
$50 p. NJ. Daily arrives Petersbure
9:3t =. NJ Weldon l.20 a. NJ.
Makes local stops between
60 Petersburg and weldon.
ll'oO 4. NJ. Daily arrives leterspuIE
1895 A. NJ. Lynchburg 500
a. NJ, Roanoke $50 A. IT.,
Bristol 1915 b. VI. Pullman
Sleeper Richmond 20 Lynch
1885 A. NJ, Sunday Accommodation
40 Makes am stops r.. * y. II. X.
Makes All stops r. & p. r. u.
TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND. ..
40 a. NJ. Daily. From Jncksonyllle.
Savannah. Charleston, Atldn-
Ia, Macon. Augusta, and aN
SIS A. NJ. Daily except Sunday. Allan
n. Athens. and Raleigh, lien
derson Lyuchburg, and the
s:87 A. NJ. Dailv. Petersburg Local
500 a. NJ. Sunday only. From Atlanta,
Athens Raleigh. and Hendet-
son. Lynchhurg and the west;
1:O5 \. NJ, Daily Norfolk. SUFFOLK ana
ESQ p. NJ. Daily Jacksonville savan-
nah. Charleston. Wilmineion.
Goldsboro. and an points
South.
200 =. NJ. Daily. Norfolk Suffolk, WAY
erly. and Petersburg.
$50 T. NJ Daily. Petersburg, Lynch
burg. and West
0:40 A. NJ, Sunday Accommodation
T25 r. NJ. Sunday Accommoda
r. NJ. EMERSON.
r. KENNY Traffic Manager
General Manager.
Division Passenger Agent
c. s. CAMPBELL,
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Richmond, fredericksburg and
Potomac Railroad.

scuEDrLE IN EFFECT APRIL Is. 1891.
500 A. NJ. SUNDAY ohiy, Iot "a5il l.. w. -
and points North. stops at
Elba. Glen Allen, Ashland,
boswell, Ruther Glen, Penola,
Milford, Guinea. lredericks-
burg. Brooke, and whitewater.
s.L5A NJ. Daily except sunday, for
o." - Washington and points North.
Stops al Elba, Ashland, Tdy-
lorsvine, boswell Ruther
Glen, Penola, Milford, Woods
lane, Guinea, summit. Fred
ericksburg, Brooke. and Wide
water. Pullman Car
1900 NJ. Dail% except I'd S sunday; o, iq
stops at Eiba, Glen Allen,
Ashland, boswell. Milford,
Fredericksburg, Brooke and
Underwater, Parlor-t 90, also.
connects with Congressional
limited at Washington.
~ n daily, for Washington and
I'D T. -" uoints North stops al Elba.
Ashland. boswell. Mi!foro
fredericksburg. Brooke. and
Whitewater. and other stations
sundays. sleeper Richmond TO
..o,,r N HSR I - STREET STATION.
Arr, Daily stops al Whitewater.
$40 A. NJ Ilrookc. Fredericksburg, Mil
i"rd boswell. Ashland, and
Iyba. and other stations Sun
GAYS. sleeper New York TO
Richmond.
=, baiv. except Sunday. stops
2.4o T. ~ al Whitewater Brooke. Fred
cricksburg, summit. Guinea.
WoOdslane, Milford. PenOla,
Ruther Glen. boswell. Taylors-
ville. Ashland. Glen Allen and
FIbd. ParlOr-Car from Wash
n Dally. stops only al Fred
III T. ~ ericksturg, boswell and Ash
land. Pullman-Cars from New
York and Washington.
N Dauy. Stops at Whitewater.
800 T. y" RrJoke. Fredericksburg. sum
nit. Guinea. W00dslano, Nil
ford. Penola Ruther Glen.
DosH ell, Ashland, Glen Allen,
ga NJ Arrives Byrd Street Station.
o'0O "a CDalIy Except Sunday)
ASHLAND TRAINS.
and Elba. Sleeping-Car.
r,,r,DtRTCKSB' ACCOMMODATION.
cDaily. Except sunday
.oo p NJ Leaves Byrd Street Station.
20 A NJ Leaves Elba.
e.90 p. NJ. Leaves Elba.
$40 A. NJ Arrives Elba
GOO p. NJ. Arrives Elba ,.....o-
WV c. A. TAYLOR. Traffic Manager