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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-22

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PUSSY IN TROUBLE.

Although cats are very quick and
agile and often free themselves from i'm
pending trouble by spring to fence
or tree, from which high position they
look down with triumphant air upon
their tormentors, yet once in while,
even cats miss of such good luck.
Tabby did a while ago, and had sad
time Of it.
A gentleman purchased fine lobster,
and bringing it home himself, he laid it
on the grass near the kitchen door, there
to remain until hot bath should be
prepared for him.
Tabby was much inclined to meddle
with things which did not concern her,
and was often accused and punished for
"snooping around" as the children
termed it. She spied the lobster, walked
cautiously toward him, smelled around
and wondered what sort Of creature
this was which had come to the house.
She did not appear to like the looks of
the newcomer, and presently gave him
quick tap with her paw, then stood
back and meditated what further she
would do to show her displeasure.
At that instant the lobster raised one
great claw, and grasped Tabbys tai.
With piercing cry she darted off across
the lawn, carrying the lobster with her.
She jumped upon the fence. she knocked
her tail against tree she rolled on the
grass, she raced back and forth over the
lawn like mad. until her speed was such
that the lobster scarcely touched the
ground. The gentleman stood at the
window watching the frantic perform
ance, unable to help the cat, and in great
anxiety as to what might become of the
two creatures. At last, after many fruit
less endeavors, Tabby succeeded in shak-
ing off her too affsctionate friend. The
lobster was brought back to the house,
and some of the family tried in vain to
get the cat to come near him. What
ever else she might meddle with twas
easy to see that lobster would never
again receive any polite attentions from
her.
wonder il any of our little pets ever
get themselves into trouble by being
meddlesome, like Tabby?
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-05-22

out an example. 1t did not help the
process of solution at all. About the
same time mother came into the kitchen
to see what could be burning" She
speedily opened the oven door and all
the windows. About all the corn that
could pop had. and there had been
regular overflow, or spring freshet OF 1t,
in every nook and corner OF the oven.
To state that it was half full now would
not be an exaggeration, though in
somewhat reduced state. All was quick
ly swept out into big pan and thrown
to the chickens, who are fond OF char
coal, and must have considered this an
extra entertainment. Cleansing the air
of the house was not 30 easy.
You would have supposed that Susy
would be shy of the oven after that. but
it made no difference. The next week
she put her overshoes in it, on two
sticks of wood, $50 as to be perfectly
safe, just for a moment, to warm them
through" When Ned came in twenty
minutes later and shifted the air of the
kitchen. he, too, peeped into the oven.
MY! what a good dinner we shall
have! Baked .overshoes are 30 juicy
and rich!" he said to little girl who
just then came flying in. please reach
me the tongs, sis," he added. and he
fished out of the oven two shriveled.
sticky objects. Poor Susy burst into
tears; and it was some time before she
heard the last OF her new-fashioned
cookery. Ned insisted she ought to get
out new cook book.
have given you two samples of Susy's
way, but am glad to add that she is
improving. Mother had to adopt a
pretty rigorous system of discipline, and
Susy finds she can help forgetting more
than she ever thought she could.-,Se-
lected.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-05-22
A College Blacksmith.

At Cornell all the mechanical engi.
neering students have to learn seven
trades. One of these trades, that of
blacksmith, is very distasteful to some
of the students; but it has to be learned
all the same. One young fellow, who
was unusually averse to soiling lis
hands, begged hard to be exempted
from wearing the leather apron; but the
professor took special care that there
was nothing lacking in thoroughness Of
his training at the forge. Last fall the
student went to the professor and
thanked him for being compelled to learn
blacksmithing. "You see," he said, IL
am now superintendent of mine away
back in Colorado. Last summer our
main shaft broke, and there was no one
in the mine but myself who could weld
it. [ didn't like the job. but took off my
coat, and welded that shaft. 1t wasn't a
pretty job, but she's running now. If l
couldn't have done it, I'd have had to
pack that shaft on the mule-back, and
send it 300 miles over the mountains to
be fixed, and the mine would have had to
shut dawn till it got back. My ability
to mend that shaft raised me in the
eyes of every man in the mine, and the
boss raised my salary."-Pittsburg Dis
1)ntch
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-05-22
An Intermittent Heart,
STOPPED EVERY THIRD BEAT.
But Mrs. Strope's Heart Now no Longer Lays but
Throbs Regularly.
From the Leader, Cleveland, Ohio.

In a large, commodious house at No. 104
Huntington Street, Cleveland Ohio, lives
Mrs. Emily A. Strope, widow of the late
X. NJ. Strope, and she is the mother of
young man who has been, and is now one
of this city's successful and energetic
pharmacists. Mrs. Strope, who has lately
recovered from serious cardiac difficulty,
when questioned by reporter regarding
her late illness stated as follows
"I'wo years ago, | had my first expert
ence with Dr.. Williams Pink Pills For
a long time l was troubled with ANAL
ment which | feared would eventually
drive me crazy unless | rid myself of it.
1t will sound strange, no doubt, to some,
but my heart did not beat as it should.
Its action was irregular. There would be
two pulsations, or perhaps three, ana then
a sudden cessation. My heart seemed to
rest for the period of one or two beats,
and then resume its action. Sometimes
such lapses would not be so frequent as
that, but scarcely day passed that they
did not occur. 1t felt as though something
would strike the heart with great force,
and push it out of place. During that
period, whenever | lay down to sleep or
rest. my hands would become perfectly
numb and helpless. could feel the tenn
porary paralysis coming over them, but /
could do nothing which would prevent it.
My feet were effected in a like manner,
and | had considerable difficulty in walk
ing when such spell had possession of
me. Naturally that state of affairs COM
pletely upset my nerves, and any one
whose nervous system is well nigh shat
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-05-22
Grown Prince, latter this let him go UNI.

Crown Prince, latter this let him go UNI
washed"
So the next morning the prince did
not have his face washed, nor his hands.
and he went out to walk with his COVER.
nor, feeling proud to think that he had
his own way.
Around the palace of the prince there
were many soldiers who watched to see
that no harm came to the royal family.
These soldiers always salute the children
whenever they went by. This time,
however, the first soldier the little prince
passed stood still and straight, and did
not salute. The prince looked dis
pleased, but said nothing. Presently he
came to another soldier, but he also
stood still and did not salute. When the
walk was finished and they had passed
many soldiers, none of whom paid any
attention to the prince, the little fellow
dashed in to his father, exclaiming:
Papa! papa! You must whip all your
soldiers! They refuse to salute me when
pass"
"Ah, my son." said the Grown Prince,
"they do rightly, for clean soldiers never
salute dirty little prince"
After that he took shower bath
every morning.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-05-22
SUSY'S FORGETTINGS.

Susy's strong point was always for.
getting" But she insisted that she
"could not help it," She "had no mem.
ory." poor child. No one dared entrust
an important message to her alone. il
there was any one who would jog her
memory. "Be sure and remind Susy,'
was always the last charge.
She generally had a red string tied
around one finger and blue one most
likely around another. to remember
things by. and she used to beg mothers
gold ring for the same purpose. until
she lost it. By great good luck Ned
found it just where she had laid it down
on a window sill. After that she had to
be content with strings for her fingers.
This is about the way it was at her
house six days out of seven. If ii was
not one mishap. it Was another.
Susy had shelled basin about half
full of "rice popcorn" all ready for
evening, when her cousins were coming
over for candy pull.
This corn seems little damp" she
said to herself. 81 think | will set it in
the oven just minute or two, and then
it will pop splendidly tonight"
So she slipped in the tin, and turned
up the damper. and went upstairs to get
ready for school. In the middle of the
forenoon that oven came into her mind.
as she stood at the blackboard working
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-05-22

tered, can appreciate and understand the
misery, chiefly mental, which j endured
lost much sleep and rest, and often | was
compelled from sheer exhaustion to sit
down during the day to obtian some re-
pose But as soon as | did so felt that
numb sensation come over my hands and
feet, and l rocked violently in my chair to
drive it away, but frequently to no avail
lone day, my son who was keeping a
drug store at the time, brought me home
some of DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People and advised me to take chem for
my heart trouble. | did so and soon be-
gan to feel better. | used the pills about
two months and they certainly cured me,
for now my heart beats regularly and all
numbness has disappeared and my circu-
lation is in splendid order -
Weprint the above hoping Mrs. Strope's
experience may be beneficial to others who
may suffer from arrangement of the heart
DR. Williams Pink Pills contain, in
condensed form, all the elements neces-
sary to give new life and richness to the
blood and restore shattered nerves. They
are an unfailing specific for such dis
eases as lOcomotor ataXia, partial paIaly-
sis, st. Vitus dance, sciatica, neuralgia,
rheumatism, nervous headache, the after
effect of la grippe, palpitation of the
heart, pale and sallow compilations, all
forms of weakness either in male or fe-
male Pink Pills are sold by all dealers,
or will be sent postpaid on receipt of
price, 80 cents box, or six boxes for
81 80 by addressing DIR. Williams Medi-
cine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-05-22
An Emperor's Visit.

During his recent stay in Kiel the Ger
man emperor desired to pay an uncere-
monious visit to the empress aunt and
the sister of Prince Christian, the wife
of the famous surgeon. Professor Won
Esmarch. He proceeded on foot to the
modest dwelling, rang the bell, in re-.
Spouse to which a raw servant girl ap-
peared, who had never seen him before,
and asked what he wanted. Announce
me. please" said his majesty, II am the
kaiser" and the girl, thinking she had
mailman to deal with. shrieked and
slammed the door in his majesty's face.
When presently the frau came to the
door her imperial visitor was still on the
doorstep, hugely enjoying the novel sit
uation.-EGchdnge.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-05-22
Discomfort.
BY SARAH oRNE JEwETT.

Down in the field one day in June,
The flowers all bloomed together,
Save one who tried to hide herself
And dropped, that pleasant weather.
A robin. who had scared too high
And felt little lazy,
Was resting near buttercup
Who wished she was a daisy.
For daisies grow so big and tall,
She always had passion
For wearing frills about her neck,
Just in the daisy's fashion.
And buttercups must always be
The same old tiresome color,
While daisies dress in gold and white,
Although the gold is duller
sDear robin, ,; said this sad young Hover,
"Perhaps you'd not mind trying
To find a nice white frill for me,
Some day when you are flying"
ssYou silly thing the Robin said,
81 think you must be crazy;
I'd rather be my honest self
Than any made up daisy
4.You're nicer in your own bright gown
The little children love you;
Be the best buttercup you can,
And think no flower above you.
Though swallows keep me out of sight,
We'd better keep our places;
Perhaps the world would go all wrong
With one too many daisies.
sLook bravely up into the sky
And be content with knowing
That God wished for the buttercup,
Just here where you are growing
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-05-22
A Boston Cat.

The adored cat OF a Boston family
was taken ill. He pinned, refused to look
on milk, and turned away in disgust
from fish; and the beauty Of his black
coat grew less day by day. Catnip was
offered but to no good end; and it was
deemed best to have doctor. The pre-
scription, whatever it was, relieved the
sufferer, who was soon turned out as
good as new; but shortly after the doc
tor came to the house again to see
some one else. The cat at once ap-
peared, and, taking a seat beside him,
never stirred until the visit was over.
Each day brought the doctor; and every
time his former patient. hearing the ia
miliar voice. rushed out to greet him,
evincing every sign of Joy and welcome.
Now who shall say that cats don't
think? Boston Herald.
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patients to treat. You can't even
warm their clammy feet, they quirk
them up into their shells SO; and as
for medicine, they draw in their
heads so far that you can't tell which
end first they are.
Then, too, Kick-a toes didn't like
it at all, and SO it could not be al
lowed; and yet it had happened
this was the third time.
At one time Bobby had quite
promising turtle yard, or bin, or
coop-whatever you like to call it.
There was the big snapper" Jim
brought back from the reservoir"
and two box turtles and Ave mud
turtles, from large Flip flap down to
tiny Thimble-top.
But Kick a-toes was tie flower of
the family-black with little gold
spots, and so small you could tuck
hin in your trousers pocket-at least
Bobby could. And he really was
too dear for words; and there never
was anything SO funny as the way he
made his legs go when you tipped
him over. That is how he won his
name.
Bobby and Kitty had some trouble
in making their turtles eat. At first
they tried flies and bits of meat and
lettuce leaves, but without success.
After that they used to set them
swimming in pan of "skim milk" .
and keep ducking their heads under
when they came to the top, in hope
of making them drink.
The pen was out by the henhouse;
but the children bored little holes in
the edge of the turtle shells and tied
them with long strings to the trees
on the lawn every afternoon for tex
ercise."
The strings would get wofully
snarled with the queer scaly legs
and tails; and before the summer
was over Bobby would have been fit
to make great record at "cobweb
party" as the result of his experience
in "untangling turtles" as he called
it.
One night Harry Jackson came
over in great hurry to invite the
children to drive; and they hurried
off, forgetting all about unsnarling
Flip-fap and Snipsnap and the rest,
and putting them to bed.
In the morning they were gone;
whether some one cut them loose, or
whether the cords wore off, no one
knew: but gone they were-all ex-
cept Kick-a-toes, who had been in
Bobby's pocket all the time.
And it was after that that Bobby
began burying him. whether as mark
of respect to the departed brethren, or
because their absence left so much
time on his hands, or just because
nobody knew. But the fact remained.
First, it was out in the radish patch
and Jim pulled him up with the
early Round Red and the Long
White" for tea.
Bobby looked so innocent and SO
surprised at the idea that it was I'M
pleasant for Kick-a-toes, that he
wasn't punished, only talked at; but
that is pretty uncomfortable, you
know.
The next time was when the drain
was relaid, and Bobby stuffed
piece of pipe with dirt, with Kick-a-
toes in the center.
But the men wanted that piece
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-05-22
A SIMPLE CATARRH CURE.

have spent nearly fifty years in the treatment Of
Catarrh, and have effected more cures than any spe
cialist in the history of medicine. AS must soon
retire from active life TWILL from this time on, send
the means of treatment and cure as used in my
practice, Free and postpaid, to every reader OF
this paper who suffers from this oathsome, danger
GUS and disgusting disease. Thisis sincere offer
which anyone is free TO accept. Address,
Prof. ]. A. LAWRENCE, So Warren St., New York.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-05-22
Why the Boy Prince Bathed.

Boy princes are not unlike other boys.
The son of the Crown Prince of Prussia
did not like to be washed in the morn
ing, and he often made great fuss about
it. One day his governor reported him
to his father Every WE'LL" said the
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-05-22

Mrs. Griswold's story is well adapted for
home reading and Sunday-school libraries.
The scene of he story is laid in Wisconsin
early in the.4O' and it traces the history of a
young girl, from childhood to womanhood, un-
folding the steps of her intellectual develop
ment, and her growth into noble character.
The story is very gracefully written, and will
take high rank among the books for young
women of which the time is so prolific. 1t will
please readers old and young. and will be es-
pecally interesting to all who are interested in
the early beginnings of society in the West.
In" Waiting on Destiny" the author provides
for girl readers well-written and healthful
story of early Wisconsin life when that State
was on the frontiers of the great West. The
whole tone of the book is pure and elevating,
and no young girl can peruse Its genuinely In
teresting and picturesque pages without recelv-
ing decided moral uplft as well as a salutary
mental stimulus. Margareps promising girl
hood Powered into just the noble womanhood
one would naturally have expected. lions
Herald.
This is a story of life in Wisconsin at the time
when that was a new country, the heroine being
girl with great hunger for books. and living
In region where there was great famine OF
literature. The closing chapters describe some
phases of the excitement prevailing just before
the Rebellion and at the time of that outbreak
Aside from the interest attaching to the pace
and the time, the narrative in itself has quail
tiles that would win for 1t wide circle of read
ers. 1t is we'll written, and between the lines
one can find opinions pronounced on variety
of practical and important observation-disclosures
Rule.
1t will not be difficult to discern the originals
of the two foremost characters in the book. In
its literary aspects 1t will compare fav0rably
with the best work of the day among American
authors. We heartily commend it to all who
would have In home and Sunday-SchOOl whole
some and helpful story books.-Gospel Banner
Universalist Publishing House
(wEsTERN BRANCH),
SO DEARBORN ST.. CHICAGO.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-05-22
Willis
Peyton's
inheritance
THE STORY OF A CLAIM.
bly,.
EMII.Y L, SHERWOOD,

CONTENTS,
l. Sunset.
IL. Changes.
III. House-Hunting In the City,
~. New Scenes.
v. A Wedding.
VI. A Discovery.
VII. Complexities.
VIII, Mother and Son.
X, Willis and His Triumph.
x. A Claim on its Travels
ri. Claude and Jessie.
XII. Claude an Explorer,
XIII. The Old Professor turns Matchmaker.
XIV. An Excursion and what Came of It.
XIV. Claude In Peril.
XVI. Claude's Mother and Jessie.
XVII. A Little Respite.
XVIII. A Surprise.
XIX. Deep Waters.
Xxx. Wedding Bells.
PRESS NOTICES.
1t depicts in glowing terms the virtue of
Self-reliance and energy. Its influence caH-
not be otherwise than encouraging to all who
read it. It should be literally circulated. Uni
yersalist Herald.
1t is book that will healthfully improve,
while it interests the reader. The author is an
active worker in, and an officer of, the w. G. A.
of our Church. We are pleased to commend
this her frst venture as writer of books, and
to wish her the fullest success.-Gospel Banner.
The story is told in a simple and beautiful
manner. and presents some very bright pictures
of Washington life.-Boston Home Journal.
327 pages. Price, 60 cents, including
postage.
Universalist Publishing House
WESTERN BRANCH,
SO DEARBORN ST., CHICAGO, Ill.
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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-05-22
KICK-A-TOES AND THE TALENT

BY LUCY D. THOMSON.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-05-22

ELL, it all came about
because Bobby had been
burying the turtle again,
an event that happened
altogether too often; for
one can't be always and
forever reviving turtles,
they are such difficult
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4 Story For Girls.
WAITING ON DESTINY

HATTIE Tying GRIswoLD,
Author of "Apple Blossoms" and Home Life
of Great Authors
I2mo, 3I3 pages. Price, rs cents.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-08-12
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

-Orer 100000 specimens Of fossil IN
Sects have been collected from various
parts Of the world. OF these, butterflies
are among the very rarest, as less than
two specimens all told have been found.
The cry of the so-called tree-toads
Is heard from the tops of trees around
the edges of woods and from isolated
trees and orchards. Soon the tree
toads repair to the neighborhood of
water to breed. They are common from
British America to Florida and Texas.
They are really frogs.
Mr. Sherwood declares that the
stories about frogs or tOads living for
years or centuries entirely inclosed i'll
growing trees or in solid rock are
fables. They will live long time with
out nutrition, he says, but they must be
surrounded by conditions otherwise IA
vorable or they soon die.
The Baltimore & Ohio railroad has
just completed on Ienderson's wharf,
in Baltimore, a siX-story tobacco ware
house which has more floor space than
any other building i'll the city. 1t
cost about $l50,0OO. is equipped with
all modern machinery for handling to-
bacco and has four electric elevators.
The building is tireproof and electric
lighted.
biologists account for the distinct
groups Of wild flowers on mountain
peaks on the theory that during the
glacial period, when the ice cap moved
over the surface of the northern part
of North America. flowers were carried
from the north with the moving ice.
These were stranded after the ice-cap
receded and survived on the mountain
sides; and, as the climate became warm
er they gradually withdrew higher up
the mountains, where the climate is
still congenial to them.
Some Russian travellers in Thibeb
describe the wonderful storms of dust
that occur in kashgaria near the foot
of the kuen-Lun mountains. The dust
in the air is sometimes so dense that
complete darkness prevails Occasion
ally rain falls during such 4 storm, but
tine rain-drops evaporate during their
descent, and the dust carried with them
falls in Jumps. Entire forests of poplar
trees are buried in the dust hillocks 40
feet high. These deposits of dust are
afterward moved on by the wind, but
the trees that have been buried die.
even after their disintcrment