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! large estate, every dollar Of which was
made In pursuance Of the advice which
he early adopted Of raising and selling
cattle.
The COW to which refer was native
COW, We then had no other, and would
not now bring as much ~ \ jersey, but
she would bring to-day at least $50; she
was sold for el2. The oxen, few years
ago would bring $500. and to-day would
bring at least $50. They were sold foI
452.5O with the yoke thrown 10. Corn
was then worth S1 bushel. now II Il
worth less than 40 cents. Yet there ere
now farmers living Ia an atmosphere
which they create
MADE BLUE WITH THEIR LAMENTA'
that beef cannot be raised upon the farm
except at loss, and that farming does
not pay.
have never been an enthusiast In the
matter OF dairying and have never failed
when could get chance to enter my
protest against the oft repeated heresy,
that there Il no danger In 0verproduc-
ton, aud It will surely come In every
cHe, and to every product when II !.
know that there is money In It. We
have suffered wretchedly from an over
production In the beef market, but II
seems to me that this Is now rapidly
passing away, while In dairying II Is just
coming on.
Far be It from me to abate one jot or
title from the interest any one may have
In dairying. Grant, II you please, that
II Is the leading industry Of the farm
to-day, In fact, grant everything that Is
claimed for It, then I may be permitted
to say that for me l had rather have
upon the farm to-day twenty oxen OF the
right kind than forty cows.
MORE MONEY CAN BE GOT OUT OF
aud got easier. am aware that the
man with one horse, one COW and q cosses
sheep will not agree to this. and doubt
less the much better farmer who has
staked his all upon cows will not agree
to It. But 90 to Pennington, Solon,
Anson, Deering, and many other towns,
where these steers and oxen are raised,
aud from which they will soon come TO
our fairs, and the men who raise them
will agree 10 It. have just seen In the
paper this scrap:
4. c. Jewett, whiteileld, raises good
Durham and Hereford stock. lie had a
yoke Of oxen which girted feet : In,
which ne sold to 90 across the water.
He has a pair Of 3-year-olds 6 feet !; a
pair OF 2-year-olds feet s, and pair OF
yearlings 3 feet In the line.
Ask this man II he Is raising this stock
at loss.
IL the farmers are to recover their lost
ground, II they will win back the lost
prestige Of the farm, they must have
upon Il In the near future, more stock
and this stock must include what Is now
unhappily gone, viz sheep, steers and
oxen. Nature has indicated that this Is
q good year to enter upon this work.
The markets also indicate the same thing
Seldom II ever have the barns contained
so much hay as now. Corn and other
feeds are unusually low. Therefore get
together some nice calves and start now.
1t Is not only 'the cattle upon q thou
sand hills" but thousand cattle upon
the hills, that does it.-Hon. w. IL.
vinton, In Maine Farmer.
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WOMEN IN HUNGARY.

I cannot agree with my Hungarian
friend that there are no thin and pale
countenances to be seen among these
women. | must In all sincerity draw
another picture. l caught Its outlines
not in one Of the crowded cafes or along
the Boulevard or down by the side OF
the blue Danube, but up q back street In
one OF the new quarters Of the rapidly
growing city. had seen the same sight
In Bucharest the day before, and knew
what Il meant. Brick and mortar, and
the many ways OF lifting them up and
down, have always interested me.
know the slow, measured tread OF big
red.shirted Pat, as he clumsily climbs
the vertical ladder, the bod on his back
and can still hear from the bricklayer'
above the cry Of "Mort" sitting down
between the unfioored beams Of th'
several stories. I know, too, the more
modern hoist, where turn OF the lever
sends both brick and mortar flying sky
ward to the scsfIolding overhead. But
q girl of sixteen and q grsy-hairec
woman Of sixty were new types OF brick
snd.m0rtsr-carrier to me. Aud not In
OuC ptuCC hiOuc, out WuUhVNVi o"b"
Ing Ia iu course OF construction.
Narrow platforms instead os ladders
are made for them, running zigzsg uI
the outside scafiolding. The mortar (all
mixed By women) Is dumped into tub
a pole Il thrust through the handles
swung over the shoulders of two women
and the weary climbing to the top be
gins. saw one dark-eyed, barefootet
girl-she was pale and thin enough
clothed only In skirt and chemise, res'
the tub for q moment at the first landing
and press her hand to her side as II ir
great pain, the older one waiting for hel
patiently.
With all its beauty, dash, and enthu'
siasm, Il must be curious civilization
which tolerates and makes possible
sight like this. It made my blood rur
cold and hot. 1t was as II one hst
ploughed with fawn.
But this custom, hideous as II Is, can
not, / think, be counted for many NOR
years against these people. Their prog
ress In social order Is too marked, let III
hope, to permit of long continuance o.
this degradation.-F. HOPKINsoN SMITH
10 Harper's Magazine.
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Scrofu|a Eruptions
lIttie clh the Victim Of Impure
blood Suffered intensely Until
Moods sarsaparilla Cured.

"When three months old, my little
daughter had sruptions on her face. I
was obliged to keep her hands tied at
night and it was necessary to watch her
during the day. She would scratch her
self whenever she had the chance, until
her clothes would be covered with blood.
We concluded to try Hoods 6arsaparilia,
because had great faith In 1t, and after
awhile, we could zee that she was getting
better. People often asked 'How did
that child burn her facet and they aid
she would certainly be left withscars, but
abe was not. Il b now year since she
was cured by Hoods 6arsaparilla and her
face d - smooth and white and soft
q that Of any child" MES. wnsuH
WILLS, Warren, Conn.
Hoods Sarsaparilla
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HILLS OF MAINE.
tRepublishcd by reqaest.)

knfpuoueucu W IcqocrsJ
Lofty, cloud.capped, rock bound mountains
TIL nI'o your n bTis.iins sih = pln.srss sn%m..
Seem 70 touch the sunny sky.
Hills and Wales, ah, how love you,
Love the sound Of every name
That each granite dome is christ.ned
In the dear old state OF Maine.
How sublime, how full Of wonder
Arc the marbled ptles OF art'
Yet In nature how much greater;
Gods grand works feed soul and heart.
Changing seasons. sun and shadow,
Bring their buds and blooms again
Yet the mountains stand FOREVER
Their great strength will e'er remain.
All, what preachers are the mountains!
All, what sermons day by dayi.
And we need no written logic,
To decipher what they say.
Grand, majestic, testifying
In each rock and grain Of sand,
That. like Him. they're everlasting,
Built and fashioned by His hand.
And the music Of yon brooklcts.
Ripping DER cool beds OF green,
Brings soothing charm and rcetful,
Like none other heard, wecn.
Fond cherish and revere you;
And linked nrm In mcmory's chain
Are the glcns and deep dense Wild woods
or the dear old hills OF Maine.
Resting In their quiet beauty.
In the crystal lakeless blue,
Mirroring In their shecny waters
Thy tail peaks. each form and hue.
How long TO reach and clasp you.
See your faces once agaiu;
Rearing proud your heads 30 hoary,
oyc mountains dear Of Maine.
can sec you when In autumn
Gauxy wells Of haze arc hung
Till the hills and skies ara one,
And the brilliant bow OF promise
Would indeed DC dim and pale,
Seen beside the gorgeous colors
Painted over mount and vale.
can see you when the sunset
Shells a golden glory round,
And amidst the twilight shadows
Reigns . stillncss, deep, profound;
And thy forms 80 kingly, regal,
Stand Ike battlements on high,
Fit 10 he nations stronghold
Goods free hills" the battle cry.
When life's last sunset Is fading,
And the mists grow cold and gray,
Leave me near those cloud capped mountain
Let their shadows DER me lay.
And methinks from greatest distance
could hear the sweet refrain,
OF the pine trccs' low. son sighing.
From the dear old hills OF Maine.
A. ZfLPnA PLUMMER
Gouth Paris Maine July 10. 1897,
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x.,,., .r ra,.,.n.. or NJ. Appe,.sm.

Notice OF Assixnee OF his Appointment.
A, Norway. IN the County Of oxford and State
| OF Maine, the 18th day OF Aug l"s.
The undersigned hereby gives notice OF MS
appointment, as Assignee OF the insolvent e-tsfs
OF LOTION W. FLINT. of waterford. In ths
County OF Oxfor,i, Insolyent Debtor. who ha.
been declared Insolyent upon his petition by
the Court Of Insolvency FOR said County oi
oxford.
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Notice Of Assignee ofhis Appointment.
A, Paris. I'm the County OF oxford and STATE
OF Maine. the 18th day OF Aug, A. ID. lss':
The undersigned hereby gives notice OF nj.
appo.ntment as Assignee OF the insolyent estate o
CHARLES A. CLIFFORD. OF Mexico.
In the County OF Oxford, Insolvent Debtor, whe
has been declared insolyent upon his petition D!
the Court of Insolvency for said County o'
oxford. ... .
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NOTICE.

The subscriber hereby gives notice that she has
been duly appointed administratrix OF the estate
OF
IVORY KENis0N, late OF Porter.
In the County OF oxford, deceased. and given
bonds a. the law directs. AL persons having
demands against the estate Of said deceased are
desired TO present the same for settlement. and
all indebted thereto are requested TO make pay
ment Immediately.
Aug 18th, isg7. CATHERINE KESisON.
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NOTICE.

The subscriber hereby gives notice that she ha.
been duly appointed adminissratrix with the VII
annexed of the estate OF
HORACE CUMMINGS, late OF Paris,
IN the County Of oxford. deceased. and given
bonds as the law directs. All persons having
demands against the estate OF said deceased arr
desired To present the same for settlement. and
all indebted thereto are requested 10 make pay
ment Immediately.
Aus. i7th, isg.. EMELlNE II. CUMMINGS.
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AMONG THE FARMERS.
"srssD rHs

Correspondence on practical agricultural topics
II solicited. Address all communications In
tended for this department 70 HENRY ID. HAN
Moxp, Agricultural Editor Oxford Democrat.
Paris, Ne.
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NOTICE.

The subscriber herebv gives notice that he has
been duly appointed administrator with the vii
annexed OF the estate of
GEORGE W. STAPLES. late OF Oxford,
In the County OF oxford. deceased. and given
bonds as the Law directs. AL persons having
demands against the estate Of said deceased are
desired to present the same for settlement. and
ali indebted thereto are requested 70 make pay
ment Immediately.
Aug 18th. ls97. GEO ID. STABLES
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STATE OF MAINE.

COUNTY OF OXFORD. r,,.
south Paris, Maine. Aug. Is. 1857.
The following list containing the aggregaee
.mon.t Of cosss allowed In each criminal case as
audited and allowed a the Avg. adjourned term f
ssid County Of oxford aud specifying the Court
or mssistrste that allowed the same and before
whom The case originated II published 10 &C
cordance with the proyisions OF sec. ~ OF SaaP;
lI6 and of Sec IL Of Chap. 10 OF tne hcvisou
sssfnfas Of the S1afa Of MAlno.
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Felix NARCHANT.
By CLARENCE PULLEs.
CHAPTER VII.

lCopyrirht, 1857. BY the Authos.i
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Annual Sales more ulan o,VVOiVVV ooxes
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Ae,n,a h J. ALLEN CO.. IS Canal g.. How
rork, post paid. spon Esesaps Of prses. BOOK
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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-05-15

and statements, it is not that he de-
MES principles, but the forms in which
the principles are presented. To
fight dogmas and creeds is not to
fight religion or truth ;-often it is to
get truth and religion out of the pris-
on of tradition and form into the wider
world where they perform their mis-
sion more completely.
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TEMPERANCE REVIVAL IN MAINE.
BY A. A. THAYER, DID.

PROHIBITION is put to about the
same straits in Maine that it is in
Iowa and elsewhere. They have laws
enough, but they are not sufficiently
enforced. They have had legal pro-
hibition for about forty years. They
have had constitutional prohibition
since 1884. And still there are about
l 800 open or concealed saloons in the
State of Maine. What is the trouble?
1t is not the lack of laws, neither of
prohibition sentiment, but of active,
efficient prohibition organization.
Thirteen years ago (lSS4) almost
seventy per cent of the voters cast
their suffrage for the prohibition con-
stitutional amendment. The vote
stood 10000 in favor, to 23,OOOagainst
the amendment. Since that time the
10000 majority have taken Rip Van
Winkle sleep. They have trusted
the laws and the officials. They have
enjoyed a fancied security. Their
heaviest weapons were paper and ink
in the hands of few temperance edi-
tors. Fifteen hundred churches
were banded together to inaugurate
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OUR CONTRIBUTORS.
REAL LIFE AND ARTIFICIAL EX-
ISTENOE.
BY REV. U. s. M1LBURN.

THERE is a RabbiDical legend that
the Queen of Sheba wished to test
the wisdom of Solomon. She accord
ingly had placed before him two ex-
quisitely beautiful bouquets of flow
ers, one artificial the other natural; he
was then asked to decide which were
the real flowers. He ordered them
placed in the open window, and
soon the bees were lowering around
the real and quite ignoring the arti-
fetal. The test was already correctly
solved.
The greatest exponent in the New
Testament of the doctrine of the res
direction is ST. Paul. In that mas
terly chapter-the fifteenth of Cor
inthians-he says: Behold, L show
you a mystery" and then speaks of
the resurrection. 1t was as if Iwould
say, Behold, l show you mystery"
and hold up to your view a flower.
Both are mysterious, one no more so
than the other. l may discourse up
on botany but cannot explain life;
he graphically treats of the resurrec-
tion but cannot explain it. The res
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EDITORIAL BRIEFS.
BY PRESIDENT 1. M. ATWOOD, D. D.

In the May number Of the Southern
Letter, the paper published by the Tus-
kegee Industrial Institution, is an illus
tratiye argument of great force 1t con-
sists OF two cuts, one Of the cabin and
it's occupants as they were before the
"new learning" introduced by Tuskegee.
had reached them; the other OF the
cottage and its occupants, which sue
ceeded to the cabin. 1t tells at glance
the story of the outward transformation
which is taking place in the habits and
habitations of the negroes as the result
of the inward improvement in ideals or
life. 1t is not often that any institution
can point to such palpable and convinc-
ing evidences of the value OF its work.
An Episcopal clergyman, presuma-
bly, father" Arthur Ritchie, by name,
and snob by professor, is quoted by
the Independent as saying among much
other similar matter, "Those who boast
that they derive their Office las minis
ters) from the people. should be made to
know, il not to feel, that they are re-
moved by an infinite chasm from those
who derive their mysterious powers
from above and are vicegerents OF hea-
ven." Mr.. Ritchie would show "Chris
tian politeness in matters non on-ecclesi-
astical, but even in such matters dis
eentipg ministers should be made to
feel their inferiority." Mr.. Ritchie is
yery scornful toward such low, time
serving, ignorant superstitions as the
Baptist church, the Methodist Episco-
nal church, and the like" And this
man supposes himself to be minister
Of him who said, "Be not ye called
Rabbi, for one is your teacher aud all ye
are brethren"
"A card which has been lying on our
desk for several weeks tells story OF in
ter-deuomiuationa fraternity which
ought not to be rare, but is so much 80
as TO lift this instance into historic promi-
nepce. 1t is the program OF union SER
vices in which the neighbors, the Con-
gregational and the Universalist church
of North Adams, Mass, Joined the week
before Easter. Seven union services
were held, the Congregational pastor
the Rev. w. L. Tenney and the Univer-
salist pastor, the Rev. A. b. Church,
preaching alternately to the united con-
gregation. The concluded with the
administration of the sacrament OF the
Lords supper. We suppose this is the
first union service of this kind to go on
the record. Our opinion of it is that
it is beautiful testimony to the real
Christianity and sound religious sense
of both parties. DIR. Parkhurst should
remove to North Adams.
Because the large missionary socie-
ties. like the American Board and the
Home Missionary Society and the Bap-
tist Missionary Union report larger debts
than our missionary societies, we must
not indulge in auy delusions. Large or
ganizations with large and wealthy con-
stituencies may not be swamped by big
deficiencies. Their resources are great
also. But the only safety for smaller
societies is in keeping the expenses close
to the income; or il you will, keeping the
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feel that we, too, when we let perfect
love fill to over flowing our hearts,
driving all selfishness and hate out,
can have as beautiful and strong a
character as Jesus; we will then be
as divine as he was, as near God; and
we too, then, can say; The Father and
l are one; one in purpose, one in
spirit, one in love. He is in me and
l in him. This is the real life for
which we should strive.
CINCINNATI, o.
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CONTENTS.
CHICAGO. SATURDAY, MAY Is. 1897,

Page One.
Editorial Briefs.
Real Life and Artificial Existence.
The Judgment Day: Study of Results.
Temperance Revival in Maine.
Page Two.
Sermon.-A Layman's Sermon.
Greece and the Unspeakable Turk.
Uniyersalism the Religion of the Testa-
ments.
NAV Flower Relics.
The Uniyersalist Exhibit at the Tennessee
Centennial Exposition.
Page Three.
The Sunday School Lesson.
Page -Four.
The Arbitration Treaty Rejected.
Gods Immutable Purpose.
Modern Supernaturalism.
Universalist Personal.
Exchange Notes.
Page Five.
Charch News and Correspondent
Page SIX.
The Family Page. Farm. Garden and Dairy.
Page Seven.
Our Boys and Girls.
Page Eight
w. G. A. Notices.
Church Notices and In MemOriam.
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IhS uo 1uOt SO'
LA GRANGE. Ill.

Preaching before the University of
Cambridge, a few days ago. Canon Page
Roberts (the successor to Frederick
Maurice's London pulpit said very for.
chilly: "fhe name of Christ is not a
magic word by which you can get what
ever you want. When we use the name
of Christ at the end of our prayers it is
not to give them kind of legal value
like duly witnessed signature or a SUBJ
stantial name at the bottom of cheque.
You might pray all the rest of your life
and never use the name of Christ at the
end Of your prayer or in it; and yet
every single prayer might in the true
Scriptural sense, be prayed in the name
of Christ Many of us have said pray
ers this very day which have ended with
the name Of Christ. yet it is possible
that but few of them have been said in
his name. We who are present this af-
ternoon have said prayer which does
not end with the redeeming name; and
yet it is called the Lords Prayer, and is
the best prayer in the world. We are
told to do all in the name of the Lord
Jesus;' but it does not mean that we are
to utter the name of the Lord Jesus be.
fore or after everything we do. 1t means
doing everything in his spirit. To pray
is to tell out our wants, desires, dis
tresses. aspirations. But to pray with
this prevailing spirit Father. not my
will but Thine be DONE is to pray in
the name of the Lord Jesus. To have
fierce desires which struggle ravenously,
and only submit savagely to necessity
that is to pray in the name of the
devil"
500
in a recent number of the British
Weekly, DIR. John Watson, more widely
known as Ian Maclaren, has paper on
"The Positive Note in Preaching" He
makes the six following points: "Preach.
ing has too largely lost the positive
note; a preacher ought to be positive.
the preacher ought to be positive about
the right things; preacher ought to be
positive in the right spirit; the vast ma.
jority of Christian people hold the same
verities; and the preacher has good
grounds for being positive"
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the laws. And then the fifteen hum
dred churches ''put up the sword ia-
to his place" and attended to the
works of piety.
But did their enemy sleep? No.
The l 800 saloon keepers, the brewers,
the distillers and the wholesale liquor
dealers are organized. They are
alive. They have abundant sinews
of war. They keep on salary keen.
witted attorneys. They infest the
courts. They bribe corrupt officials.
They watch legislation. They are
lynx-eyed. They are ubiquitous.
They are active demons to SOW the
wind from which good men reap the
whirlwind.
But sufferance is nolonger Maine
virtue. The State is just now in the
process of resurrection. Gabriel
has blown his trumpet. Only few
weeks ago, at Waterville, Maine, there
was organized Christian Civic Lea
que, with the Rev. DIR. T. Dewitt
Hyde as President. DIR. Hyde is the
honored President of Bowdoin Col
lege, and one of the strong men of
the State. They do not propose to
organize third political party, but
to compact themselves into politi-
cal force able to hold the balance of
power between the parties then de-
mand the enforcement of the laws on
the penalty of defeat for every anti
law candidate, and decapitation for
every official who is delinquent in
duty. Unorganized temperance senti-
ment is thin air; compacted behind a
ballot it will make treason dance and
run. There is no discharge in this
war. The organization of our ene-
mics must be accepted asa continued
challenge to keep on in the fight.
Gabriel must do battle as long as
thed evil has plenty of ammuni-
| tion.
This is righteous policy for the
State of Illinois as well. Lawyers and
judges and jurors, politicians and
liquor vendors, who are confederated
to break the law and put bottles to
their neighbor's lips, are unclean.
They are under the ban of Gods
word, "Your hands are defiled with
blood and your fingers with iniquity.
Your lips have spoken lies. Your
tongue hath muttered perverseness.
Though thou wash thee with inter
and take thee much soap, yet thine
iniquity is marked before God" They
connive to slay men as butcher doth
oxen. They sacrifice the innocent
as one would cut off a dogs neck,
They put forth drink offering as if
it were swine's blood, and burn in
cense as if they blessed an idol. They
are as fed horses in the morning,
every one neighing for his cups.
And what stuff they pour out for
their poor victims to drink "An'
sure, Sorr," said Patrick, sit wint
down my t'roat loike a h-light
procession Let us put away this
unlawful traffic. Let us bring down
the pride of the naughty and defiant,
who walk with stretched forth necks
and wanton eyes, walking and mine
ing as they 60"
LA GRANGE. Ill.