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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-03-13
THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN
MOORE.

l think it was about the summer of
1914 or 1915 Il cannot for the moment
say for certainty which, was sitting
in my college room. l then occupied the
ground floor of No. %. and was reading
the Edinburgh Annual Register in
which very striking and beautiful ac-
count is given of the burial of Sir John
Moore. Wolfe came in, and las you
know my custom was) | made him listen
to me as l read the passage, which he
heard with deep and sensible emotion.
We were both loud and ardent in our
concentrations of it, and after some
little time | proposed to our friend to
take walk into the country. He con-
eented, and we bent our way to Simp-
sons Nursery, a place about half way
between Dublin and the Rock.
During our stroll Wolfe was unusual
ly meditative and silent, and | remem-
Der having been provoked a little by
meeting with no response or sympathy
to my frequent bursts of admiration
about the country and the scenery, in
which, on other occasions, he used so
cordially to join. But he atoned for his
apparent dullness and insensibility on
his return, when he repeated for me the
first and last verses of his beautiful ode,
in the composition of which he had
been absorbed during our little peram-
bulation. | expressed a rapturous ap-
probation, with which he seemed great
ly pleased. My brother REV. Mortimer
O'Sullivan) was present when this took
place. and was also greatly delighted.
These were the only verses which our
dear friend at first contemplated; but
moved, as he said. by my appreciation,
his mind worked on the subject after he
left me, and in the morning he came
over to me with the other verse, by
which it was completed The Patri.
cinn
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-03-13
Why Nelson Demanded Wax.

In the February Century is an article
on Nelson in the Battle of Copenha.
gen." by Captain Alfred I. Mahan, who
has just resigned from the United States
navy in order to devote himself to liter.
airy pursuits. Captain Mahan relates
the following anecdote concerning Lord
Nelson's letter proposing truce to the
crown prince of Denmark despatched in
the midst of hostilities: The decks be-
ing cleared of all partitions fore and aft,
and all ordinary conveniences removed
Nelson wrote in full view of all on the
deck where he was, at the casing of the
rudder-head. standing; as he wrote. an
officer standing by took a copy. The
original, in his own hand, was put
into an envelope and sealed, with his
arms. The officer was about to use
wafer, but Nelson said, mo; send for
sealing-wax and CANDLE" Some DELAY
followed, owing to the man sent having
his head taken off by ball. "Send an.
other messenger for the wax" said the
admiral when informed of this; and
when the waters were again suggested,
he simply reiterated the order. A large
amount of wax was used, and extreme
care taken that the impression of the
seal should be perfect. Colonel Stewart
asked, why, under so hot fire and
after SO lamentable an accident, have
you attached so much Importance to a
circumstance apparently trifing?" Had
l made use of wafer" replied Nelson,
"the wafer would have been still wet
when the letter wes presented to the
crown prince; he would have inferred
that the letter was sent off in hurry,
and that we had some very pressing rea.
sons for being in hurry. The wax told
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-03-13
Alcohol in Surgery.

In 1873 the London Temperance Hos
pital was founded on the principle that
alcohol is neither food nor physic, to
quote the aphorism of DIR. John Hig-
ginbottom. The hospital has slowly
and surely risen in financial strength
and popularity. Eleven thousand six
hundred and fifty two in patients have
been treated with most satisfactory re-
suits, comparing favorably with the
work done by the best hospitals in the
world. During the twenty-three years
of its history alcohol has not been used
more than dozen times, either as an
experiment or at the earnest request of
the sufferer. Such use was either unat-
tended by beneficial results or else was
followed by decidedly adverse symp-
toms.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-03-13
A FAMILY OF ROBINS.

| once had chance to do kindness
to household of robins, which they re-
ceived with very friendly condescensiop.
had my eye for some time past upon
nest, and was puzzled by constant
huttering of what seemed full-grown
wings in it whenever | drew near. At
last | climbed the tree. in spite of the
angry protest from the old birds against
my intrusion. The mystery had a very
simple solution. In building the nest, a
long piece of pack-thread had been
somewhat loosely woven in, three of
the young had contrived to entangle
themselves in it and had become
full-grown without being able to launch
themselves into the air One was un-
harmed. Another had SO tightly twisted
the cord about its shank that one foot
was curled up and seemed paralyzed
The third, in his struggles to escape, had
sawn through the flesh Of the thigh, and
so much harmed himself that | thought
it humane to put an end to its misery.
When took out my knife to cut their
hempen bonds. the heads OF the family
seemed to divine my friendly interest
Suddenly ceasing their cries and threats,
they perched quietly within reach of my
hand. and watched me in my work of
manumission. This, owing to the f1ut-
tering terror of the prisoners, was an
affair of some delicacy; but erelong was
rewarded by seeing one of them fly
away to neighboring tree, while the
cripple, making parachute of his wings.
came lightly to the ground, and hoped
off as we'll as he could with one leg, OBJ
sequiously waited upon by his elders. A
week later l had the satisfaction of
meeting him in the pine walk in good
spirits, and already so far recovered as
to be able to balance himself with the
lame foot.-Jdmes Russell LoaUeH.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-03-13
Mrs. William Mckinley,

On Thursday, March 4, at high
noon, Mrs. Cleveland will have, meta
phorically at least, turned over the
keys of the domestic department of
the White House to Mrs. Ida Saxton
Mckinley, wife of the newly inaugur-
ated President. Although for many
years an invalid, Mrs. Mckinley will
not come without experience to her
new home. As wife of Member of
Congress and of the Governor of the
great State OF Ohio, the duties of of
fetal life will not be entirely novel to
her. Mrs. Mckinley is highly edu.
Gated and accomplished woman, with
clearly defined religious principles.
1t is generally conceded that the
home life of the new President will
be as simple and abstemious as their
lives have always been at Canton.
Mrs. Mckinley is Methodist, like
Mrs. Hayes, and as strong believer
in prohibition; and with these ideas
the newly-elected President sympa-
thizes. American women have
happy way of impressing their per
sonality upon their liege lords, and
of carrying their principles with them
into any place which they may be
called to eli. In sketching, even
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-03-13
HORTICULTURE.

IL grape vines are expected to bear
well to good old age they must be in
diligently pruned and trained from the
first, and not be permitted to bear too
heavily at tender age. Do not let the
sap begin it's upward flow this spring
without having put the vineyard or the
arbor in proper shape.
The structure of the bark and fiber on
the north and south side OF tree differ
considerably. In transplanting from the
nursery a mark should be made on the
body of tree. SO to set it out precisely
in the relation it formerly bore to the
cardinal points of the compass.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-03-13
DAxR \.

Hay stalks and grain should be trans
formed into meat and milk. Animals or
flesh are transported with greater ease
than they, and the dairy products are a
still greater condensation. What farm
products to sell is very important
question. and the study of plant food in
the various products is essential.
The small farmer should keep dairy
COWS and let the raising of steers for
beef alone. Mixing them is too expen-
sive work. If he feeds what he raises
to good cows he will get good pay for it,
and for his labor. In this he has the
advantage over the large farmer. but he
Is at heavy disadvantage as a beef
maker.
No two cows have the same appetite
not the same capacity for converting
food into milk, and it, therefore, follows
that great deal of judgment should be
exercised in feeding. The physiological
wants OF the COW are always changing.
varying not only with her general con.
dition. but with the weather and other
circumstances.
Modern advancement can be seen in
the statemrnt that it is possible by the
use OF cream separators to take the but
ter fat away from the milk 80 completely
that there is loss not to exceed the
one-tenth of one per cent; but there is
difference in the machines OF the same
make as we'll as between those of diff.
ferent make.
The temperature of the dairy room
should be 60 degrees when milk is set
In opens pans, but in summer time the
Thermometers in our dairy houses are
often away above this; the milk sours
before the cream rises. and much butter
is lost; neither is the butter first class.
Especially in Southern climates is the
separator satisfactory and necessary.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-03-13
POULTR Y.

Kaffir corn is good for little chicks as
we'll as for older fowls. The grain is
smaller than wheat. and the brood will
begin to eat it before they are week
old, and will grow like magic. Eat
what thay will. they will not become
crop bound, for the Kaffir corn does not
swell.
For laying hens Kaffir corn is proving
to be something very valuable. Even
during the moulting season they seem
to keep at their work. II for no other
reason, plant patch for the poultry il
it cannot be bought near at hand. 1t
will yield as POLITICALLY as any other
corn.
In the dry, warm shed provided for
the hens in cold or rainy weather keep
both straw and gravel. There will be
no better dust bath for them than fresh
coal ashes. II box of this is kept con-
venient the fowls will rid themselves of
vermin, and will find necessary adjuncts
to their rations in the cinders which
they pick out.
Clover hay, scalded and chopped, is
an excellent food for laying hens. 1t
should be made fine through the feed
cutter. Green food is positively neces-
sary to health and happiness, as we'll as
productiveness. Chickens can not OBJ
tain it in the winter unless we are care
full to supply their demands.
A supply of lime is absolutely neces-
sary for the hens. and there is no better
way to give this than in pounded oyster
shells. Bones. pounded fine, 80 as to
have no long splinters. may also be used,
or fine gravel which contains limestone.
Attention to these little things is what
makes poultry pay in winter.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-03-13
The Frozen Breeze.

Did you ever see frozen breeze?
You might have seen one if you had
gone with me into the country on a re.
cent morning.
This was the way it came to be frozen:
All night long the air had been laden
with mist. Over the fields, in the hol.
lows, all through the woods. even on the
top of the hills. the fog hung heavily.
All that time the wind blew steadily,
but not fiercely, from some northern
quarter. At nightfall the mercury fell
below the freezing point, so that this
mist. as it drifted through the trees, was
frozen upon their branches and twigs.
The elms, oaks and other leahess trees
took their decorating quite evenly; but
the thick. impenetrable masses of the
needles of the pine trees were covered
noticeablY only upon the sides toward
the north or northwest. from which the
wind came. The strong, steady breeze
bent the branches to leeward, while it
was icing them; and when the wind
went down in the morning they all re-
manned just there. leaning to the south
ward, iced and frozen to Immortality,
but looking just as if the wind were still
steadily blowing.
Even in the afternoon, when the rain
began to fall, and the wind came from
quite another quarter, that north wind
of the night before still remained white
and frozen over the piney woods-the
pale. rigid corpse of thing once keenly
alive.-Joseph E. Chamberlain, in 1.-THE
Listener in the Country
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-03-13

FARM, GARDEN AND DAIRY.
Instructive Reading for Agriculturists.


food almost exclusively, and earlier than
this corn can safely be made the chief
diet. To make the pigs grow without
ceasing the mother should be fed ra.
ton which will cause her to fatten even
while she is sucking.
The Poland China is pork producer
OF the very best quality, and beauty
to look at; bred, fed and improved for
generations, he stands today almost a
perfect hog, and the peer of any animal
which lives when it comes to converting
feed into meat.
10 get a good start, buy thorough
bred which has been bred, no matter if
she costs you the price of two or three
scrubs; she will make you more money
than half dozen of the poorer sort.
High bred hogs are hardy, prolific and
better feeders, and. with good food and
care, return wonderful profit.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-03-13
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON'S
LAST POEM.

Blows the wind today, and the sun and rain
are flying,
Blows the wind on the moors today and
now,
Where about the graves of the martyrs
the whaups are crying,
My heart remembers how!
Gray recumbent tombs of the dead in desert
places,
Standing stones on the vacant wine-red
moor,
Hills Of sheep, and the homes of the ST
lent vanished races,
And winds, austere and pure.
Be it granted me to behold YOU again in
dying,
Hills of home. and to hear again the
call;
Hear about the graves of the martyrs the
peewees crying,
And hear no more at all!
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-03-13
GRECULPURE.

System in farming is important. Lay
out proper fields, and have map OF the
same; devote each field to suitable crops
in succession with right manuriDg
basing the crops to the adaptation of the
the soil; do everything at the right time,
making the most of experience and the
light of science.
Land which grows a strong crop of
clover will, if rightly managed, grow
good corn, wheat or potatoes after it;
without question this is the cheapest
way to maintain fertility, aud to save
labor ADD money. We should make the
best possible use of clover as a fertilizer.
On clay land especially the applying
OF fresh, coarse manure is beneficial on
account of the mechanical effect pro-
duced. Clover also loosens up the soil
by penetrating it, and when it decays
helps in the same mechanical way.
The value of fertilizer applied to a
field of wheat may be sufficient to make
an enormous crop, and yet there may be
but slight yield procured. because of a
deficiency of phosphoric acid. The fer
tilizer needed would have cost no more.
To feed any crop economically we should
know just what it needs.
Some day farmers will learn that it is
vital point in their affairs to raise
their own seed corn and take such care
of it that every grain planted will grow.
This would be a stride toward better
farming. Seed corn should not be ex-
posed to damp weather and then left
where it can freeze.
Ii the buildings are not burned the
feeling of security which good insur
ance policy will give will be good deal
more than the costs of that security. II
burned, there is at hand a gratifying
cash deposit with which to begin re-
building. BY all means insure.
Where it can be DONE it is almost al
ways the case that an indirect method
of selling the crops is the better one. A
drove of hogs fattened on cheap corn or
wheat will usually brings double price
for that grain.
If discouraged, there is better way
than to sell the farm; rather sell half
the land and make oath to yourself to
put forth your best efforts in cultivating
the other half in more intensive way
This will be better for the land, better
for the crops and better for the man.
While this is the era OF invention, it
is but the beginning of better things.
The day, is not far distant when the
machine for cutting fodder and ear corn
and putting it into any condition the
farmer may desire will go from farm to
farm, just as threshing machines now
do.
The tittest will survive. There are
some farmers who must get off their
farms. They are none the wiser or bet.
ter because of the inventions and
methods of prosperous age. They
neither heed, read nor hustle. Thistles
and agricultural journals do not flourish
upon the same SOIL
Before the frost is all gone get the
manure out where it will do the most
good, and away from where it will do
harm. 1t will be great thing for the
fields, and will clear up the barn yards.
The farmer and his team will then be in
better shape for beginning the regular
work on the farm for the year. too.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-03-13

rapidly, the histories of these his
toric dames-wives of Presidents of
these United States, one finds many
reasons to be proud of the patriotism,
tact and high character of these, our
countrywomen, who have shared in
the lives and honors of our Chief Elk.
ecutives. There is no instance in
which the wives or the daughters
have failed to come up to public ex-
pectation.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-03-13
A HUMAN SOUL.

A wise man walked by the river,
And the water spirits sigh
AS she yearned for a soul, it moved him,
And he answered thus her cry:
Scan you smile when your heart is ach-
ing?
Remember when others forget2
Laugh lightly, when hope is taking
It's final farewell of you; yet
Meet the world, and strive on TO the end
ing
Of life, be it ever so dread;
Firm in faith, with falter, unbending
With never sigh or tear"
"All this l can do said she.
''Can you face your life if left lonely,
While another has gained his rest,
And you have the memory only
Of one who was truest and best?
Forever to you the worlds brightness
Then passes away for aye;
Can pierce through that darkest day"
''All this | can do, said she.
"Can you pause to do deeds of kindness
In the midst of your deepest woe?
For grief, it must not bring blindness
To the trials of others below.
You must ever strive on, and your sorrow.
Though heavy and sore to bear,
Remains till the dawn of that morrow,
When pain it is no more there"
''All this l can do - said she.
Made answer the wise man slowly:
'sIf this can be so, and thou
Canst bear grief, yet help the suffering,
Thou hast a soul even now.'i
FLORENCE PEACOCK, in Chambers
Journal.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-03-13
Martha Washington.

Martha Washington was always so
deeply interested in her country that
she cheerfully shared the hardship
of camp life during the long, weary
days of the Revolution for indepen-
dence. When that seven years
struggle was ended and her husband
was chosen to fill the Presidential
office, she in every possible way
strove to impress simple dignity
upon the ceremonials of the office.
Both Martha Washington and our
first Chief Magistrate have left in
their correspondence tokens of this
desire of their hearts to live up to
their responsible position, and even
to exalt the station. Mrs. Washing
tons four o'clock drawing rooms, the
early dinners which were always
ready for guests, and the seven
o'clock levees, were events of fire.
quent occurrence during both of Gen.
Washington's Presidential terms.
And never since then have the social
or official functions of the Executive
household been more high bred or
stately than those occurring at the
capitols in New York and Phila-
delphia.
Mrs. John Adams.
When John Adams succeeded
President Washington, the wife he
brought to Washington (then just
beginning to put on the airs of a
capital city brought to her station
character we'll established for politi-
cal turn of mind that would have
made her conspicuous in these times
as strong minded woman. Indeed,
no greater politician ever lived in
that or any other age of our country
than Abigail Adams, and the curiosity
OF it was that she was so often right.
She thought it her duty to impress
her vigorous patriotism upon her
President.
When she came to Washington it
was well-nigh wilderness, and the
White House, great, unfinished
barn-like place. 1t was almost an
unbroken country from capitol Hill
to Georgetown. which was then a
considerable town. 1t is said that
during that first session of Congtess
at the new Capital city there were
scarcely decent accommodations to
be had anywhere, and the Presidents
wife had such household cares as
the molding of candles enough for
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-03-13

There is 10 be established in London a
School of Fiction and Literary Art, and
the presiding Muse will be that not par
ticularly brilliant novelist, Florence Mar
ryat. She proposes to teach young people
how to make use of the talent with which
they have been gifted, to show them how
to handle theme and develop it into a
plot how to compose and write short and
serial stories, social and political leaders /:
how TO construct a drama, etc
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-03-13
The Lovely Mistresses
of the White House.
BY EMILY LEE SHERWOOD.

GOur well known correspondent, Mrs.
E. L. Sherwood, has written for the
Washington Times an extended article
under the above caption, embodying
interesting remarks about the wives of
the Presidents. We make the following
extract, although if our space permitted,
we would be glad to copy the entire ar
tiole ENRON I
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-03-13

no tales" 1t was the same sagacious
regard to effect which possibly dictated
the by-play Of refusing to see Parkers
signal of recall.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-03-13
Mrs. R. B. Hayes.

Mrs. Lucy Webb Hayess name will
long be remembered as that of the
happiest mistress the White House
ever had-unless Mrs. Cleveland can
lay a higher claim-having come in
to it bride. On one occasion, Mrs.
Hayes, speaking of her life there,
said:
"My husbands election remained
so long in the Electoral Commission
that one hardly dared to think of it
as ones own. 1t was not sure enough
for me to order the necessary changes
in lady's wardrobe, which. the du-
ties of the place would demand, for
fear of missing it after all and max
ing oneself appear ridiculous in hav-
ing prepared for honors that another
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-08-21

We hope that t he people here will
not place faith in false reports and
set out for the so-called gold mines
in Alaska. The circumstances with
which the adventurers who seek
gold under the snow-clad mountains
Of the Klondyke, have to contest are
such than can only be overcome by
the bravest Of braves, or the man
with plenty of money in his pocket.
1t is undoubtedly true that there is
plenty of gold in that desert of
snow, but let it be we'll understood
that it cannot be extracted from its
virgin bed by the same methods as
thoseused in California and Colorado
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-08-21
TOPICS OF The DAY.

Private information from Wash
ington, d. c., has been received by
The INDEPENDENT that the Statesmen
are concocting plan whereby, after
annexation, eighty percent of our
Chinese residents are to be deport-
ed. The leverage to be used is the
argument that as most OF the
Chinese arrived here on labor con.
tracts, which stipulated that they
should return to China on the ex-
piration of those contracts, their de-
portation must be enforced under
the terms of those contracts. What
a joyful time there will be in tracing
up the habitats of ten or fifteen
thousand ex laborer- merchants and
mechanics.