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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-08-28
PASTEUR'S HUMANITY.

Mrs. Percy FARMLAND contributes to
Good Words for July a sketch of Pas
teur, the famous vivisectionist, which
represents him in very different light
from that in which he appeared in the
eyes of. say, DIR. Anna Kingsford and
others. According to Mrs. Percy Frank.
land, the famous scientist was man of
exceptional tenderness and feeling, and
this sympathy was not limited to hu-
man beings, but extended to the unfort-
unate creatures who were subjected to
experiment in his labratory. Mrs.
FARMLAND says:
His visits to the hospitals, which at
one time were a daily occurrence,
caused him acute mental and physical
pain. Endowed with an extraordinary
sympathy for and sensitiveness to the
sufferings of his fellow creatures, he
would often come away quite overcome
with what he had been obliged to wit
ness in the course of his work. The re-
pugnance was, however, sternly re-
pressed.
but Pasteur's constituencies to suf-
fering in others and reluctance to inf1ict
pain was perhaps most remarkably
shown in the course of his experiments
on the treatment of rabies. Usually
when an experiment was planned, it was
at once put into excecut iop; but in the
case of some observations on animals
which it was necessary to undertake be-
fore any fresh advance in the subject
could be made, Pasteur delayed, hest
tated, unable to make up his mind to
have them carried out, shrinking from
the suffering which he feared might be
caused to the animal. The experiment
in question was, however, absolutely
necessary under the circumstances. and
it was performed one day when Pasteur
was absent from the laboratory. On
hearing what had occurred Pasteur's
first thought was for the pduvre bette,
and his relief was intense when his as
sistant fetched the dog and he saw it
running about perfectly happy and
well.
but perhaps one of the most charac-
teristic traits about Pasteur was his de.
votion to children. There is a picture
of him extant distributing bonbons at
the institute to little children while SUI
perintending the NEGOTIATIONS, and it was
in the attempt to save child's life that
Pasteur subjected himself to one of the
fiercest torrents of abuse with which he
was assaulted. A little child was brought
to him which had been bitten thirty
seven days previously by rabid animal.
and he was begged to inoculate it. In
vain did his assistants point out to him
that to treat a case, already practically
hopeless by reason Of the long interval
which had elapsed since the infiiction
of the wound, would, in the almost GER
tain event of failure, endanger the rep
utation of the treatment and expose
him to fresh attacks from a public at
that time unfavorable and unsympa-
thetic. All the arguments. powerful as
they we're, could not deter him. II the
child has only one in ten thousand
chances of recovery. l ought to try
everything was Pasteurs only reply.
The result was not successful, and the
attacks and discussions were renewed
with increased bitterness and animos-
ity."
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-08-28
HORTICULTURE.

The old fashioned peonies are again
in fashion; and many plant a great
number together to set the effect mass
of their brilliant flowers produce. Do
not disturb them much, and feed them
we'll.
Good plants of the raspberry are OBJ
tsinedI by cutting vigorous roots in
pieces four or five inches long, and plant
ing about eight inches apart.
The fruit garden should not be place
of profit only, but one of pleasure. devo.
ton and inspiration. and should be tie
to bind US to home ever after.
1t is not perhaps to be wondered at
that after fine fruit orchard or garden
has been located on farm, a general
improvement in all the agricultural sur
roundings quickly follows.
There is created a personal interest
and. love by the care of young and ten
der plants, as with young and helpless
animals, which ensures a better protec-
ton in the future.
When propagating your own plants
you canycontin ne those varieties which
do bestlin your soil; yo u can transplant
them as soon as your ground is thor
oughly prepared, and you can fill in the
missingshills at leisure.
Cutting of the gooseberry. currant
and grape may be made as soon as the
leaves drop. New growth should be
selected and cut into pieces about eight
inches long.
Suckers which come up around the
raspberries or between the rows make
good plants if carefully dug and por.
ton of the cross root is retained.
If the orchard trees are healthy and
yet seem to make no growth, very likely
they are hungry for manure.
1t is mistake not to manure old trees
Very often this is the reason why they
fail to give satisfaction when they reach
full growth.
The Bartlett, Anjou and some other
pears seem incapable of self fertiliza-
ton, and require pollen from other vari-
cites to make them productive.
Keep csnnss rather dry in a warm
cellar during the winter. To have them
of any value during the early summer.
start them growing indoors in March,
that they may be of good size when set
out.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-08-28
SPRING CLEANlN.'
BY SAM WALTER FOss.

Yes, clean yer house, an clean yer shed
An clean yer barn in every part;
But brush the cobwebs from yer head
An sweep the snow bank from yer
heart.
Jes' wen spring cleanin' comes 'roun'
Bring forth the buster an the broom,
But rake yer fogy notions down
An sweep yer dusty soul of gloom.
Sweep oil idees out with the dust
An dress yer soul in newer style,
Screpe from yer min its wornout crust
An dump it in the rubbish pile.
Sweep out the hates that burn and smart,
Bring in new loves serene an pure.
Aroun' the hearthstone of the heart
Place modern styles of furniture.
Clean out yer moril cubby holes,
Sweep out the dirt, scrape off the scum:
lis cleanin' time for healthy souls;
Git up an dust! The spring hez cone !!
Clean out the corners of the brain,
Bear down with scrubbin' brush and
soap,
An dump old fear into the rain,
An dust a cosy chair for hope.
Clean out the brains deep rubbish hole,
Soak every Granny great an small
An in the front room of the soul,
Hang potter pictur on the wall.
Scrub up the winders of the mind,
Clean up, an let the spring begin
Swing open wide the dusty blind
An let the April sunshine in.
Plant flowers in the souls front yard,
Set out new shade an blossom trees,
An let the soul once froze an hard
Sprout crocuses of new idees.
Yes, clean yer house, an clean yer shed,
An clean yer barn in ev'ry part;
But brush the cobwebs from yer head
An sweep the snow banks from yer
heart
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-08-28
EUTHANASIA.
BY MRS. MARGARET ]. PRESTON.

With the faces the dearest in sight,
With kiss on the lips love best,
To whisper tender Goodnight,
And pass to my pillow of rest.
To kneel, all my service complete,
All duties accomplished, and then
To finish my orison sweet,
With trustful and joyous "Amen."
And softly when slumber was deep,
Unwarned by shadow before,
On halcyon pillow of sleep
To float to the Thitherward shore.
without farewell or tear,
A sob or flutter of breath;
Unframed by the phantom of fear,
To glide through the darkness of death
Just so would choose to depart
Just so let the summons be given;
A culver, pause of the heart
A vision of angels-then heaven,
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-08-28

as possible might have the pleasure of
contributing, and an enduring memoir
ial has been reared which will serve for
generations as a ea.mark and land fall
to vessels passing up or down the Eng
lish Channel, and recall the memory of
the greatest and most popular of the
Victorian poets.
While at first glance the Iona Cross
might seem somewhat inappropriate
form for memorial to Tennyson to
take, fuller knowledge of the facts in
the case reveals its appropriateness.
Even aside from Tennyson's love of the
heroic past as shown in his "Idylls of
the King" and his noble portraiture of
King Arthur. ruler of "the goodliest
array of knights the world hath seen,
himself the knightiest and goodliest of
ALL" and the quest of the Holy Grail
which revealed the Unborn deep religious
feeling of the poet, it is now known that
one of the poets cherished but unful-
filed hopes was to write an epic on THE
Northern Ocean, clad in the mists of the
sea and of antiquity and legend, has al
ways been a mystery and fascination to
visitors and travellers, sailing northward
to the stormy Hebrides. Even the ma
terial of the memorial beacon. as it is
called, was chosen with special reference
to the poet whose fame it will comment
crate. The cross itself as we'll as the
two immense blocks of stone on which it
rests, are Of Cornish granite, recalling
the land of King Arthur and
the sunset bound of Lyonesse,
A land of old, upheaven from the abyss
BY fire, to sink into the abyss again;
Where fragments of forgotten peoples
dwelt
And the long mountains ended in coast
OF ever shifting sand
With Cornwall, more than with any
other part of England. King Arthur and
the knights of the liable Round" are
associated. In Glastonbury, the tabled
isle of Avalon" King Arthur and Queen
Guinevere are said to have been buried,
and at Carbon upon Usk, Tintagel, and
Camelot took place the most famous of
the adventures described in such ma
jestic verse in the "Idylls of the King"
At present Cornwall has been largely
turned into market garden for London,
it's mild, moist climate enabling it to get
fruits and flowers to London before all
other English competitors. But through
Tennyson's poetry, and later through
Blackmore and Sir Walter Beeants
"Armorel OF Lyonesse" it's localities have
been made familiar to every reader of
the best in English literature. No more
fitting material, therefore, than Corn h
granite could have been chosen to per-
petuate Tennyson's fame. Had the
committee chosen to make the memorial
lighted. rather than an unlighted
beacon. it would for obvious reasons
have been less satisfactory. though in
that case the memorial might have ap-
propriately borne this stanza of "In
Memoriam" as fitting inscription:
Henceforth, wherever thou mayest roam,
My blessing like line of light
Is on the waters day and night,
And like beacon guides thee home.
The interior.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-08-28
AG RICULTURE.
Prepared Expressly for THE UNIvERsALIsT.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-06
MINNEsOTA's PLUMS.

The pIums upon the national patron
age tree which were destined for Min
nesota had grown so ripe by waiting
that they all fell down in bunch yes
terday when President Mckinley gave
the proper shake. After much dis
agreement over the distribution of the
offices to be assigned to- this state, thu
delegation finally united on a few can
didates; and the three lucky ones are
Mr. Stanford Newell Mr.. Henry A.
Castle and Mr.. Tams Bixby. The first
goes to the post in connection with
which he has often been mentioned,
and becomes minister to the Neither
lands. The second is handsomely pro-
vided for in the auditors Office of the
postoffice department. The third gets
a desirable place as member of a COM
tribes for the cession Of their lands.
This is fairly good representation for
the state, and it probably is the limit
of what the president intends to con-
cede to Minnesota.
Since this is Republican admins
tration, and the places within it's gift
will go to Republicans, we are ready to
congra tulate Mr.. Mckinley frankly on
his selections. Capt. Castle is an old
citizen, was an efficient and popular
postmaster of st. Paul. and no one will
6ro h h a rio
ment. It has been admitted by every
body that if there was anything par
ticularly good for a Minnesota Repub-
lican, Tams Bixby ought to have it.
He is a staunch party man, an equally
loyal friend, and the best manager that
the party in this state has SEEN He
deserves we'll Of it. Mr. Newell is
another man to whom the Republicans
| of Minnesota owe much. He is also a
| gentleman who would represent his
state and his nation with credit to both
| in any capital in the world. Whether
on personal or on party grounds, the
| selection Of Mr. Newell for so important
| a diplomatic appointment is one of ex-
ceeding fitness 1t is by such men as
this that the great republic should be
represented everywhere and the United
| States and our own commonwealth are
honored by the appointment Taken
all in all, the Minnesota, list of yester-
| day is one that is little open to criti-
cism and merits hearty approval.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-06

this. and not $4,000, must be provided
for. Were the fifty-pupils arrange
ment available, it would require APO
teachers instead of S62.
1t is in salary reductions, however,
that the plan comes out strong. 1t is
proposed to cut the average salary"
which is put at $3.50, by Is per cent. Let
us look a moment to see what TINS
means. A salary of $67O is not monu-
mental wealth, even when reductions
are considered, but there is no such
salary. 1t is merely an average. no"
would the worst paid teachers be al
fected? There are four who receive
now $3.50 a year. These would get
S297. so, or less than $50 month for the
ten months of the school year; a wage
which the men engaged in scraping the
streets would reject with scorn. There
are fifty-four who receive $500, ana
these would get but $34O. or 1854 a
month, barely over 81 per day. Ihere
are forty-three who receive $4oo' anu
these would fall to $3S2.5O, or 1929 per
month. There are f1fty-seven VINO re-
ceive $500, and these would be orousht.
down to 1925 Thus there are l5S per-
sons serving the public in capacity
that requires not only exactlng ana
exhausting work, but refinement OF ols-
position and long and costly prepara-
starvation wage, such as the city couh-
ell has refused to assign to the gay
laborers that are employed by the city
for manual labor This average wageS
of $3.50 has some interesting features
when YOU come to examine its conf
ponent parts.
This is enough and more than enough
to show the need of revising the prem
tice plan given to the public. we
would not have taken the trouble 10
analyZe a scheme so absurd on the
face of it. were it not that it repre-
sents fairly the attitude of small
number of worthy citizens who are at
f1icted with the strange idea that they
know all about education; that NOBODY
needs any special information to revise
public school system and tear 1t TO
pieces; that boards of education and
school officials who have given years
to informing themselves and who also
have the public interest at heart, are
ignoramuses and taXeaters; and that
any man is competent to sit down
with a bit of paper and reorganize the
public schol system of st. Paul. 1t is
such people who, as we have seen,
are capable of doing more injury than
actual revoIutionists. We should hold
this episode we'll worth while II 1t
were to be the means of spreading
abroad more widely the idea that a
man may be good citizen and an In
telligent one, to say nothing OF the
dunderheads of the city hall. and still
not know quite everything that can De
known of a public school system ana
its needs
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-06
AMEND IT.

In the interest of several thousand
wheelmen in this city, the G 10 b e
once more urges the assembly to so
amend the new bicycle ordinance that
has passed the board Of aldermen that
it will be fair and reasonable. The pro-
visions that wheelmen complain of are
unnecessary and improper. They sim
ply impose upon the hosts who use the
bicycle some burdens that carry with
them no benefit whatever to the rest
of the community. This is particular
" true of the ridiculous condition that
every wheel shall carry a lantern "af-
ter sunset" While we do not find any
need for making the lantern an obli-
gatory appendage of the wheel, and
cannot learn that it's absence has been
productive of the slightest 1nconveni-
ence. unles to the Whee1men them
selves, still, if it is to be required, it
ought to be after certain hours,
and not after sunset. Everybody
knows that during the summer there
is a long and beautiful evening twi-
light, when the streets are practically
as light as during the rest Of the day.
This is a favorite time for riding, and
it is Just as ridiculous toerequire Ian
terms to be carried and lighted then as
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-06
Chi Psi Convention.

NEW YORK, May Sine ffty-sixth an
nual convention of the Chi Psi fraternity was
in session today, and will end with banquet
tomorrow night. The colleges represented are
Hamilton, Stevens institute, Wofford college,
Middleboro college. University of California.
University of Wisconsin, Cornell university,
Amherst college, Furman university, Wesley
an university, University of Georgia, Lehigh
university, Stanford university, University
Of Michigan, University of Minnesota. Rut-
gers college, Union college and Williams
college, Several petitions for charters for
new chapters were considered and rejected.
No other business was made public.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-06

at midday. If the council insists upon
the lantern business, 1t ought at least
to make such partially reasonable
regulation as would require lanterns to
be lighted by a given hour, varying
that hour from month to month, &C
cording to the changes of the seasons.
This would compel the carrying OF
lighted lanterns after such time as
darkness sets in. 1t would give all the
protection that anybody wants. with
out the annoyance and vexation that
must attend the enforcement OF the
absurd sunset rule.
The other regulations, concerning the
prohibited district, contain unneces-
sary and unreasonable provisions,
against which the G o b e has already
entered it's protest We have always
advocated and still desire the largest
possible protection Of foot travel
agaist encroachments by the wheel. We
know that this can be accomplished
without unreasonable restrictions that
will amount to a practical prohibition
Of the wheel within certain territory,
where it cannot be obnoxious to any
one except a few people who take more
delight in preventing others from en-
joyment than they do in having a
good time themselves. We are not
aware Of any reason that requires BIZ
cycle riders to be subjected to unusual
punishments, or why they should
be regarded as a kind Of out
law in the community, to be
tolerated only. under conditions often
sive to. them and of no benefit to the
rest of the public. Once more, in the
interest of thousands of our people,
we ask the assembly to see that the
new ordinance shall contain the ele-
ments Of reasonableness that are ut
terly wanting in it as passed by the
aldermen.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-06
There was much sunshine. with fresh


There was much sunshine. with fresh
to brisk winds.
Scattered showers occurred on April
q and %, and were fairly heavy in
some localities. The general weather
conditions were very favorable for
seeding, blowing, growth Of vegetation
and drying of flooded low lands
Wheat and cat seeding is almost COM
pleted in the southern and well ad-
vanced in other counties. Barley seed
ing is quite general.
Over the southern, central and some
OF the northern counties. much grain IS
above the ground and growing finely,
several correspondents reporting it
from four to six inches high.
Gardening is quite general and good
progress is reported.
Grass is coming nicely and in many
localities In southern and central coun-
ties. stock is turned out to pasture and
doing WELL
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-06

Senator Nelson Sent to the finance
committee an amendment that provided
for free listing any, article in the duti-
able list whose like was made the SUD
ject Of any domestic trust or combina-
ton. The bill comes out Of committee
without the amendment. Senator Mel
son asks Senator A1drich what became
of it and is told that 1t was rejected
because sit is not feasible" Why not!
Perhaps because Of chain OF c1rcum-
stances. Senator Aldrich, year or two
ago, "reorganized" the street railway
companies Of Hartford. Mr.. Searle
financed the scheme. Mr.. Searle is the
secretary or treasurer Of the sugar
trust. The Nelson amendment would
put sugar on the free list and knock
away the trusts protection. Therefore
the amendment is not feasible" Sen
ator Nelson referred to the new cana
dian tariff act, that embodies precisely
his proposed amendment, and asked
why it was feasible in Canada and not
here. Senator Aldrich's explanation Is,
unfortunately, omitted.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-06
NATIONAL DEMOCRATS.
Primary Elections Held by the Party
in New York.

NEW YORK, May 5-The National.
or Gold Democratic party, tonight held
primary elections and chose members
of the assembly district committees.
The plan of organization, under which
the primaries were held, also provides
for the election of delegates from the
assembly districts to the county COM
mittee. This election will take place
next Monday. when the assembly dis
district committees elected tonight will
hold meetings. Among the delegates
elected in the various districts, all Of
whom will undoubtedly be elected TO
the county committee, were Corpora
ton Counsel F. NJ. Scott, Col. Robert
Grier, John De Witt Warner, Calvin
Tompkins, H. De Forest Baldwin and
John Jeroloman, president of the board
of aldermen.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-06

The attention of the st. Paul and Hastings
papers and of the Dakota County Tribune
and the Glencoe Register is respectfully
called to the fact that the fourth hospital
site has been rented fer very fair price 10
actual tenants. who propose to suDsst upon
its products.-Anoka Herald
We note the fact with unfeigned pleasure
and have no doubt that the site will be put
to a much better use in raising potatoes and
corn than as seeded for big appropriations,
and the addition Of another detachment to
the present powerful log-rolling toree OIL
state institutions, with their hungry maws
growing ever hungrier. We hope we nave
seen the last@great hospital for the insane
built and that another legislature will have
the good sense to adopt the Wisconsin plan
of county support for incurables, reservng
the hospitals for what should be their only
use the treatment of patients whom it Is
possible to cure.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-06
walter Phelps Grandson

NEW YORK, May 5.-A private cable dis
patch from Bonn, Germany, today, brings
news of the birth of a son to Frau Won Rot
tenburg, wife of DR.. Franz Johannes Won
Rottenburg, who is we'll known as a member
of the kaiser's official family. Frau Won
Rottenburg is the daughter Of the late Will
lam Walter Phelps. She first met her husa
band while her father was United States
minister at Berlin
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-06
Court Stepped In.

CEDAR RAPIDS, To-. May 5.--Today was
set for the trial of Rev. ]. w. Geiger, a
pastor of the Congregational church, who
has a national reputation in Masonic and
other fraternal societies. on charges of I'M
ministerial conduct, drawn up by the Daven-
port association. The district court was ap-
pealed to for an injunction preventing the
committee from taking testimony. and max
ing a decision on the ground Of prejudice.
This was granted. motion to dissolve will
precipitate the fight.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-06

NEW YORK, May 5.-The will of the late
Howard Potter the banker, who died recent
surrogates office here today. By it's terms
Cora Urquhart Potter, wife Of the decedents
son. James Brown Potter. is expressly ex-
cluded from any participation in the estate,
and her children are also cut off,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-06
Junior Pioneers Entertainment.

The Junior Pioneers are busily engaged In
making preparations for their annual enter
tainment, which will take place next Wednes-
dav evening at their hail. in the Lowry ar
arcade. The features of the occasion will be
fine addresses of Hon. Ignatius Donnelly and
Hon John w. Willis, on "The Old Pioneers"
and stJuntor Pioneers respectively. These
will be preceded by q reception and followed
by refreshments and dancing.