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Given under nv hand and the seal OF our
said county court at iiolyokc In said county
thisils day OF February u iz7
tsraD CJ SLATER. Judge.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-06-19

chowder, roast beef, billed chicken and
vegetables, they filled up with pie and
plum duff.
Then they sailed out OF the dinin'
room. and the lady thought it was about
time to begin log of the cruise. and to
send it to the old man. She sat down,
wrote it out, and then shaped her course
for the post-office. just as she got to
the post Office, that sleepy fellin' caught
her again. Her thoughts got kind Of
mixed, and in the confusion she dropped
herself into the box. instead of the let
ter, and she did not see the mistake until
an hour afterwards"
"Oh, Cap'n Baxter, said the ladies all
at once, I'VE can't believe that story"
"You can't?" said the Cap'n. 1T is as
true as the doctrine of predestination
and election. l ran the post-office at
that time myself, and. il you will go
around to the place now. I'll show the
hole which she did not drop the letter
into"
As the ladies. too. felt the drowsiness
coming over them, they said they would
not go.
There is nobody here now. except
few visitors invited and rush of fisher
men, for it is now the time of spring
fishing. In few days some of the cot.
tages will be open, and by June there be
the usual rush.-Edtoard f. URderhiH,
IN Home Journal
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-06-19

Fifty years ago breeders protested
earnestly against the innovation of the
iron horse. and predicted death TO all
industries connected with horse flesh !;
but every snort of the iron horse called
this unvanquished animal to other fields
of usefulness. He is not to go because
of the advent of electricity, either.
Battle the shoulders with strong salt
water each night after removing the
harness, il you would avoid having your
horses sore under the collar. II you be-
gan two weeks before spring blowing, all
the better.
When the colt is 10 days old put hal
ter on it for an hour or two. with the
strap attached with snap. Leave the
head stall on when the colt is turned
loose. After wearing this for two or
three days he can be led anywhere.
II trotting horse breeders will breed
for beauty. style, size and action, in
stead Of for speed, the whole world will
buy them. Europe does not raise fast
horses. but those for work or the car
risge are sure Of good price.
When it comes to the matter of setting
price on horse there is good deal in
the training and the education he has
had. We are sure to be repaid for any
labor bestowed in that way.
The man who expects to grow colts
rapidly and to good size without feed
ing them literally is sure to meet with
disappointment if he undertakes the
task.
Horses having much hard work to do
will suffer more from being in a fleshy
condition than will those having but
little flesh and strength to perform their
work. There is happy medium. and
we should try to find it.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-06-19

T GOT here all right" cried old
i Mrs. Holt, quaveringly. There
was an exultant expression on her
small face. She grasped her band
box and half-dozen bundles more
tightly. The Haversham stagecoach,
which had just set her down at the
corner of Church Lane, was already
halfway up the pike, and whirling
mountainward. Clouds of dust fol-
lowed it.
All the trees in Church Lane stood
up flmy and Elusive in the late sun
shine. The hearty odors of April
were everywhere. The frogs were
croaking.
The old woman went slowly along
under the greening boughs. Every
thing looked the same. The steeple
was pointing black as ink against
strip of mellowing sky. Two panels
were hanging loose in the churchyard
fence. She shifted the air; it smelled
good and herby. She knew that the
dogtooth violets we're purpling by
hundreds the marshy spaces back
of the church. She felt safe as she
toiled along. She felt free. The
graves companioned her all the way.
One side of the winding road was
thick with them. Behind the palings,
weather burned a warm gray color,
the grayer stones rose up out of the
curving young grass. They had a
friendly attitude.
ELIZA Barton, aged seventy-two,"
she read out, in her thin, sweet
voice.
She herself could count as many
years; but she had feeling she was
too young to die. Presently she
stood still in the middle of the lane.
"I'm going to shut my eyes," she
spoke, softly land walk along and
come on them sudden. 1 know
they're all there, and know they're
just as white"
A little later she found herself
standing opposite small and square
brick house. The upper windows,
which we're shutterless, blazed like
copper in the sunset. Running from
the gate to the front door we're two
rows of lilac bushes; white as ghosts,
they gave haunted look to the de-
serted garden. The next minute
Mrs. Holt was in the midst of the
mysterious bloom, stretching up on
the tips of her toes to inhaie the fra
GRANGE of the highest growing ones,
and burying her face in those that
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-06-19
POULTRY.

There should always be Matching
house in the poultry yard, be it ever SO
small. The requisites are that it be
clean, and that there be peace and
quiet. 1t is better il dark and the floor
covered with moist soil.
He who puts on the market the finest
products reaps the richest harvest.
Eggs are refined wheat, corn and grass;
and they contain much that on the farm
would otherwise go to waste.
Few really know anything about
capons, but the larger size, the tender
and delicious flavor Of the caponized
fowl have resulted in it's being much
sought for by those having tested it's
superior eating qualities.
A well developed capon will weigh
from two to four pounds more than the
cockerel of the same age. and, as the
market price is from two to four cents
more, it is quite obvious which is the
more profitable to raise.
II you get meat scraps from your
home butcher. see that they are fresh
do not feed them to your hens if you
would not eat them yourself. These,
and green bones, when fresh, make the
best of meat food for the poultry, but il
tainted, throw them on the compost
heap.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-06-19
A SLEEPY VILLAGE OUT IN THE
OCEAN.

1t is Siasconset. on Nantucket Island,
-'Sconset for short. A veritable land
of Nod. In spring and summer, fall and
winter, sleep evercometh the stranger;
not cat maps, but deep slumber. like
unto the sleep of children after days
frolic and fun. No need of paregoric; or
laudanum; or bromides; or acetanilid;
or sulfonal. Only bed wanted; an old
fashioned feather bed. or a mattress, or
"shake down. lit is all the same. 1t
becomes bed Of roses to the unhappy in
somniac. The ocean air fifty miles from
land, they don't have other kind here, }
they tell me, is so rich in ozone that one
can almost chew it. Now. l don't know
what ozone lie. The doctors say it is
good thing to have around. But it can't
be kept on hand, like syrup of squills,
or Brandreth's pills to cure mems ills.
More's the pity. II apothecaries could
lay in a stock Of it. the doctor could
write a prescription beginning with
big r with half OF its hind leg cut off.
by "Ozonus simplex" and then
by two or three snakes tales squirming
in agony to indicate the quantity. But
ozonus can't be Grated. or boxed, or
jagged. or bagged Tor shipment to be
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-06-19
HORTICULTURE.

In many hamlets it would pay man
to become an expert in spraying, for
there are many who would be willing to
pay a fair price for having the work
done who would not fit up to do it them
selves.
When a man lives on farm and does
not have plenty of fresh fruits in their
season, it shows that he does not sppre-
ciate the advantage of his position.
1t is the present century which has
witnessed the evolution of the green
house, and as it comes into more general
use with winter gardening in the colder
States, completes more successfully with
the Southern climates.
By trellising or stalking up the tomato
wires you can increase both the quality
aud the quantity of the yield. To ripen
perfectly and to keep free from rot, the
fruit needs to be dry and to have plenty
of sunshine.
So long as an acre of forest can be
bought at the present low prices it will
not be possible for any forestry expert,
however enthusiastic to show remuner-
alive investment in the planting of
treee; but we hope sentiment will come
to the rescue.
Half the cranberries of the United
States are from the New Jersey boys,
where there are nearly 5000 acres under
cultivation. The old cedar swamps can
be put under cultivation for from 500 to
$500 an acre.
Wet ground is always Improbable; it
is not fit for fruit of any kind. because
fruit always requires dry SOIL and be-
cause wet ground is frosty. Neither is
it good for grain. 1t will raise only
frogs, malaria and lazy farmers.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-06-19
THE LIFE OF THE ROSE.

Where are voices kings were glad to
hearl
Where now the feast, the song, the bay
adere9
The end is nothing, and the end is near.
And Wonder lovely rose-alas, my dear!
See the November garden, rank and
drear.
The end is nothing, and the end is near.
See how the raindrop mingles with the
merel
Mark how the age devours each passing
year!
The end is nothing and the end is near.
Forms arise and grow and wane and dis
appear.
The life allotted thee is now and here.
The end is nothing, and the end is near.
From the Persian.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-06-19
SHEEP.

After one has obtained the breed of
sheep just suited to his locality. it is
important that its quality should be
maintain ed. This can be done only by
yearly selection, even as we select and
improve our corn and seed wheat.
Scrub rams should be promptly die
posed of, and not allowed to mingle with
the other sheep. By wedding out the
ewes and procuring crosses from suite-
BILE pure bred rams, the flock will not
only hold its own. but continually i'm
prove.
There is yet call for improvement in
our common sheep. What we want to
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-06-19

do is to feed, We starve our sheep, and
consumers complain of our mutton.
With sheep, as with all other animals,
there is no profit except in the very
best. At least with the old flock put a
full blood ram. Each set of offspring
will be an improvement and a step
nearer full blood. The cost is compare
lively small, while the wisdom of the
step will be seen from the first.
Ii lambs are under fed they will not
make satisfactory growth; if given
food which is too rich they are easily
secured. and will get off their feet, or in
some way show the effects of the treat.
ment. A young lamb will not bear the
pushing pig or calf will. but they
must be pushed, nevertheless, to be
made ready for the early market.
Fattening hogs will not eat bran
readily, but will devour considerable
amounts of wheat and fine middlings,
especially il mixed with sour milk.
If pigs get too much corn they will
eat good deal of charcoal to correct
acidity of the stomach; better still is the
feeding OF some kind of roots.
The spring pigs will be ready for the
butcher by November il given plenty Of
clover the first five months, and after
that proper amount Of corn in addi-
ton. There will be a good profitable
growth of $50 or 300 pounds.
If you have kept the breeding sows
on corn all the winter they have proved
expensive consumers, and, beside, were
not in condition to farrow thrifty pigs.
You would better have provided milk,
bran and roots.
The winter feeding of hogs is gener-
ally an expensive matter, especially
when grain is the main dependence;
but there is no reason why it should be
30, for much more economical food can
be provided.
Good corn ensilage will carry the hogs
through the winter in good condition,
and leave a much greater profit above
the cost of feeding than if grain is used.
Sow a field for this purpose. and test
the matter.
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Prepared Expressly for THE UNIVERSALIST.
AZ RICULTUKE.

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AEHE EEk7Y[ ,,!:Y Hl0 )I1
Ngw5N0zD0@ zaMga5z5Gs5Wg9Sw
THOU AND I.

April days are over!
o my gay young lover,
Forth we fare together
In the soft May weather.
Forth we wander hand in hand,
Seeking an enchanted land
Underneath smiling sky,
So blithely, Thou and l!
Soft spring days are over!
o my ardent lover,
Many hill together,
In the July weather,
Climb we when the days are long
And the summer heats are strong,
And the harvest wains go by,
So bravely Thou and l!
July days are over!
Omy faithful lover,
Side by side together
In the August weather,
When the swift, wild storms befall us,
And the fiery darts appall us,
Wait we till the clouds sweep by
And the stars shine-Thou and /!
Summer days are over!
o my one true lover,
Sit we now alone together
In the early autumn weather;
From our nest the birds have flown
To fair dreamlands of their own;
And we see the days go by
In silence, and l.
Storm and stress are over!
o my friend and lover,
Closer now we lean together
In the Indian-summer weatheri
See the bright leaves falling, falling,
Hear the low winds calling, calling,
Glad to let the world go by
Unheeding Thou and /!
Winter days are over;
o my lifelong lover,
Rest we now in peace together
Out of reach of changeful weather,
Not a sound can mar our sleeping
Breath of laughter or of weeping
Nav not reach us where we lie
Uncaring, Thou and J"
Lovers Year Book of Poetry
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1t is waste time" when a farmer
loses an average of half an hour day
doing his feeding for the lack of few
conveniences. One may be busy, and
yet idle.
He is truly bungler who, every time
he goes to his badly located piggery with
pail Of slop. must climb into the pen to
adjust the loose trough. which is rooted
about at will.
Often trap door through which hay
or straw for bedding may be dropped
just where it is wanted will save time
and hard work when you can but i'll
afford to give either of them.
Spanish farmers use the same plows
as did the Moors when Isabella expelled
them. Machines for sowing, reaping or
threshing are unknown. The grain is
winnowed by women, who toss it into
the air..
Some kinds of early corn will stand
closer planting than is usual. The field
will thus be practically enlarged. Rows
four feet apart will contain 2.732 hills to
the acre; if three feet apart, 4.S40.
Often formers need exhorting rather
than teaching. Undertaking and
manuring will work wonders. 1t is a
mistake to think we cannot have good
fields nor gardens because the soil is a
little heavy.
Take no thought for the morrow"
does not mean that we must not plan
for the future. There is too much do
ing of that which is convenient, without
thought as to whether it is the thing
most needed to be done.
II farmers will cultivate the mind as
we'll as the soil, perfection in agriculture
could be approached in few years.
The tilling of the soil is destined to be-
come the most learned and practical Of
all the professions.
If crossing the farm without tool in
the hand resort to stick. jack knife
or the toe of the boot in the war against
weed pests. If all land owners would
persistently fight thistles and dock they
would be soon exterminated.
Slack pound of lime and, while hot
and at the consistence of cream. add a
pint of linseed oil and quarter of a
pound of dissolved glue, and let stand a
half day. For interior walls this is su-
perior to simple lime and water.
In many regions it is the custom to
begin feeding hogs green corn as soon
as the ears are glazed. This is rather a
wasteful practice, but there is sufficient
compensation for loss of grain in the
consumption of the stalks.
1t is not advisable to allow feed to go
to waste, but it is not good economy to
permit the serious injury of good mead
ow to save small amount of grass. Do
not pasture too long after harvest.
Little things in agriculture represent
the difference between profit and loss
a few more bushels Of grain an acre, a
little heavier yield of butter a COW, a
little faster grain in the fattening cattle;
proper care will procure all these.
Straw alone contains but small pro-
portionate amount of plant food. but if
properly used as an absorbent it pro-
vides one of the best Of manures. To let
it rot down in the stack is poor way.
Land too rough for cultivation should
either be seeded with good grasses for
sheep or planted with timber or fruit
trees. There is very little land which
should remain absolutely idle.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-06-19

President David Starr Jordan, of
Stanford University, has succeeded in
raising the funds required to establish a
geological garden in San Francisco.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-06-19
Selected Story.
WHITE LILACS.

BY L1zETTE wooDwoRTH REESE.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-10-07
=. J. ROXS-
Jsweler and optician
Professor Coles for October.

According to Professor Coles this
month will be marked by unprecedent-
ed storms. inspiring sunrise and
sunset scenes will be numerous and
strange electrical storms will cause the
nervous to tremble. Tidal waves will
sweep the coasts and a destructive,
terrifying storm will jump up out OF
the ocean, so to speak, and give us a
huge surprise. Watch out for high
gales on or about the 10th inst, espe-
cially in northern sections. Tornadoes,
cyclones, cloudbursts, ETC., will visit
the southern and western states, with
bllzzards to the northwest Beautiful
days will predominant IN the middle
and eastern states. In the early morn
ing of the 10Th inst, Venus and Jupi.
ter will be close together ; get up and
see them.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-10-07
Normal 10. Berwick 0.

The Normal School foot ball team
won its FIST game from the Berwick
boys on Saturday by the score of 10
to o. Neither side scored in the first
hall, the Normal play being very slow
and unsteady; in the second halt,
however, they got into the game, and
by dint of sharp playing scored 10
points, while the visitors were unable
to reach Normals goal. The team re-
presenting our neighbor town this
year is a great improvement over last
seasons, and the Normal School will
find some difficulty in defeating them
on the Berwick grounds. Following
was the way they lined up:
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-10-07
BASE BALL.

The first game in the Temple Cup
series was played at Boston on Mon
dav. and the home team won by the
score of I3 to IL. On Tuesday
Baltimore turned the tables on the
champions, and won long drawn out
game. The conditions governing the
games for the Temple Cup are that
the club winning four out OF seven
Games will not Only take the trophy,
but will also receive 60 per cent, OF
the net receipts which is to be equally
divided among the players. As they
stand now Baltimore has won two
and Boston one. The remaining three
games will be played at Baltimore,
and should they result in tie with
| each team having won three, the de-
| Gliding game will likely be played at
New York. The attendance at the
first games at Boston was very large
| and should the Baltimore people turn
| out in a like manner, the players VIII
| reap financial harvest. The games
| are governed by National League
rules.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-10-07
Verdict "Not Guilty VI

The Danville Ne7oS of Monday
says:
"The case of Commonwealth VS..
F. II. Vannan, of South Danvllle, the
charge assault and battery, which was
on trial in Sunbury court on Friday
and Saturday, resulted in verdict OF
not guilty, the county pay the costs.
The prosecutors in this case were
Chester Miller and Harry Shatter, OF
Bloomsbury, who, it will be remem-
bered, were fined for riding their
BICYCLES on the sidewalk in South
Danville, some three months ago.
Mr.. Vannan, a pedestrian, who was
obliged to yield the pavement to
them in passing, it is charged struck
at them with his cane, hitting one OF
them and causing HIM to fall from his
wheel. The cyclers after paying the
fine for their breach exultantly pro-
ceeded with case against Mr.. Van
nan, fancying they had sure thing OF
it.
Chas. Chalfant, Esq, who conduct
ed the defense of Mr.. Vannan, is
given much credit for the mastery
manner in which he handled the case
The verdict clearly establishes the
fact that in the eyes OF the law the
sidewalk is no place for bicycle and
the cycler who ventures there with hi
wheel must be prepared for nearly
any kind of punishment that follows.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-10-07

The Jury in the case of Stephen
Menslnger, charged with the murder
of his father Daniel Mensinger at
Beaver Valley on March 4th last,
after being out four hours returned
with verdict Of not guilty. The
evidence against the young man was
all circumstancial. The court room
was pretty well filled up, and the ver-
dict was loudly cheered.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-10-07

A resident of East Street in order
70 satisfy his curiosity as to the num-
Der of bicycles that passed his resi-
dence in one day made up his mind
to count them on Sunday. From
seven in the morning till six o'clock
in the evening sIS iron steeds had
passed by his house. This seems
like very large number but when
one considers that Sunday was an
ideal day for byking it isn't at all un-
reasonable.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-10-07
BRIEF MENTION.
About People rou Know.

mo. Il. Townsend returned home from
,rip to New York City on Monday.
II. II. Hume Of Benton, transacted busi.
ness in town on Monday.
Rohr MctTenry of Benton, was visitor
in town Monday.
Harry Stroh, of the Bloomsbury Store
Company, is in New York this week.
Hon. s. z. Woverton of Sunbury, is
engaged in the trial of some cases in court.
Mrs. Donald Snyder of Pittston, is visiting
Ser father, q. Snyder at the Exchange
Hotel.
James Saltzer of Shamokin, spent Sunday
with his parents in town.
Thad V. Rank, member of the Phila-
delphia enquirer" staff was in town yes
leiday in the interest OF that payer.
Louis Gross is in New Yo,k and Phila-
delphia this week purchasing his fall and
winter stock.
Mrs. |. Miller an Miss Sue Lieb, OF
Millersburg, Sundayed with Mrs. .. A. MIC
Kelvy on Fourth Street.
Guy L. Farquhar and Samuel Kaerchel
Esqs., OF Pottsvile, aIe among the counsel
in attendance al conrt this week
Charles Alexander, who is employed a
Frtztown, Pa, is home 10 81 end fair week
with his parents
Commissioners William K,ickhaum art
John n. Gordon attended he annual conven
ton Of County Commissioners at Gettysbur.
this week.
s. C. Doland and wife of Newark, n. J.
visited Hon. and Mrs. A. l.. Fritz on Eas
street this week. Mrs. Doland was fnrrnerl,
Miss Maggie Fritz, and resided at Orange
vile.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-10-07

Papers found on the body OF young
May, who with his sweetheart was
found dead at Shamokin about a
week ago, would seem to prove con-
clusively that the girl was willing to
die with him. The murdered girls
parents, however, maintain that she
was entlced to the place where her
body was discovered and then foully
murdered.