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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-07-17
and if there be the truth of God in
our message, it will make its way"

and II there be the truth of God in
our message, it will make its way"
".
These words are spoken from an
earnest heart that longs for vital,
affirmative preaching. That is the
preaching that the Universalist
church is coming to give, more in the
present than it has in the past We are
alive to the needs of the people They
need to be warmed and fed, and this
they cannot be with vaporizings.
Criticisms and doubts become the
classroom, but to the people who
need the daily bread of intellectual
and soul help, we must not give this
unsatisfying diet. Goethe, in speaking
of nature, says: "Only through love
can we come near her." So it is with
natures highest product, man, we can
only come near him through Love.
That divine inaffable love that throbs
through all things must make vital
the words that we would speak to
our fellows. The faith that is ours
fills mans heart with love, so he
cannot speak the glories of our faith
without he makes it vital to those
near him. Let us then see that the
faith for which this church stands is
bound to survive, for it is not mega
tive and lifeless, but it is affirmative
and vital.
Let us then go boldly forward
teaching the world the lesson of
Gods power to win. Let us ever
teach that evil is transitory and can
not prevail, and that good is eternal
and all powerful. Let us show that
we are followers of Jesus, that we
are proud to be in accord with the
Bible, and that we rejoice that we
are bringing before the world the
glorious truths that Jesus and Paul
SO nobly taught And above all let
us not be afraid to speak of the truth,
of the faith that is ours. Let us
never be guilty of apologizing for it.
Let us not spread abroad the doubts
that fill our immature mind; but let
us, trusting in God, the Giver of life
and of all blessings, go on to victory
in the full consciousness that all that
is true and beautiful and good is
mighty and will conquer.
MONROE. Wis.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-07-17
DEFENSE OF UNIVERsALIsM. *
BY REV. J. W. SLAUGHTER.

TEXT.-Prove all things; hold fast to
that which is good .-Thes. v. 81.
The peculiar circumstances of this
occasion not only justify but seem to
demand departure from the course
generally pursued in the pulpit. 1
propose to defend, as best can, our
belief from charges that have been
made against it by pastor we'll
known in this community. And be
it understood that Universalism does
not favor chickering's and strifes, but
a universal peace, does not favor
dissension, but universal brother
hood, and insists not so much on
opinions and beliefs as on charac-
ter and living.
But when we are subjected, again
and again, to direct, malignant, un-
warranted, and unprovoked attacks,
not only as respects our doctrine but
as respects our personal character, it
behooves us who wish to maintain
our self respect and the respect of
the community, to taks up the gaunt.
let, when patience ceases to be vir-
tue, and defend the faith wherein
we stand. Now, personally, l con-
slider this pastor gentleman of the
highest quality, and am sorry that
his zeal in attempting to destroy the
internal doctrine" has led him into
making statements that might seem
to detract from such high estimate
in the minds of many people.
The charges made against us show
most profound ignorance in regard
to the underlying principles of our
belief, hence I design to explain
rather than to repel, and for this
purpose l address myself to you as
reasoning, intelligent, and fair-mind-
ed people.
1t was said in the first place that
all the great Christian denominations
hold to the doctrine of endless pun
ishment. This proves it true of
course. There is great efficacy in
such an argument. Majorities are
always right. l can point you to the
time Jesus Christ stood alone to pro-
mitigate his principles, in the face of
fanaticism, the like of which nine.
teen succeeding centuries have never
witnessed. l can point you to the
time when Paul was prosecuted and
driven from place to place, and at
last like other apostles probably met
an ignominious death.
can point you to the time when
Martin Luther dared alone oppose
the great machinery of Romanism.
l can point you to the time when
John Calvin stood the only advocate
of this theology. l can point you to
the time when science after science
was compelled to fight its way
through blind and superstitious ma
jorities. Can you not see the absurd
ity of such an argument7
1t was stated that all the other
great religions besides Christianity
held to the doctrine of endless pun
ishment, the Egyptians, the Persians,
the Brahmins, the Buddhists, the
Mohammedans, the Greeks and Ro-
mans. This was clearly misstate-
ment. The Egyptians believed that
the soul of men, at death, went into
SUNDAY, June "a 1897, La Plata, Nd.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-07-17
SERMON.
WILL UNIVERsALISM SURVIVED

BY REV. CHARLES E. vARNEY.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-01-21
FARM AND GARDEN.
EcoNoMIzINo FOOD.
Early Winter Is the Worst Time to Re
duce Cattle Rations.

Early Winter Is the Worst Time to Re
duce Cattle Rations.
While it does not pay to ever put
live stock on short rations, if it is to be
done at all let it be at any other time
than the early winter. The animal is
machine for converting some portion of
his coarse food into finished products,
and his energy in conversion depends
very largely upon his physiological con-
dition as well as upon his constitutional
power.
These facilities of theirs to produce
the materials we desire are natural to
be sure, but they have been greatly eX-
aGgerated by domestication, full feed
and good care. But the animal has also
himself to look out for, and it is nat
ural law that under circumstances of
distress everything else stops that the
vital processes may go on. That is, that
under hard conditions these extra &C
tivities stop, and we get little product
from the animal.
But what difference does it make at
which end of the winter this shortening
OF rations comes, if it be to come at all :?
Much, and for the reason that sudden
and violent changes are disastrous,
they come to us gradually we can ac
custom ourselves to things that, if sud-
denly brought upon us, would prove
fatal.
AS the animal goes into winter quar-
tiers all his habits of life are changed,
and changed suddenly. He goes from
green feed to dry; from uniformly
warm weather into great extremes of
cold and heat; from the free atmos-
phere of the field to the close air of the
stable, if he be lucky enough to get the
stable. Their powers of resistance and
adaptation are severely tried. If he
now also suffer diminution of food his
resources are cut off, and if his arti-
.fcially developed faculties in self-de-
Tense cease to act, they will be slow in
deed to resume their activities.
The reverse policy is pursued by care
full stockmen who seek to make the
change from autumn to winter as light
as possible, and by extra feed and care
to fortify the animal against more or
less distressing circumstances. The
change from winter to spring and sum-
rer is not only into increasingly bet
ter conditions, but the changes are
marked by less violence.-Farmer S
Voice.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-01-21
AMONG THE POULTRY.

Lice first attack ili-conditioned fowls.
Overlooking will soon spoil any
flock.
Ducks should grow fast and be sold
young.
It is never good plan to yard ali
kinds of fowls together.
One brooder with so chicks is less
trouble than one old hen.
If the male is not pure breed he will
effect no improvement in the flock.
The hen that lays regularly in win
ter never roosts in trees in winter.
To prevent loss from eggs freezing IN
winter the eggs should be gathered
often.
Fully one-half the failures with
brooders is due to one cause alone, and
that is insufficient warmth.
If large size and weight are de-
sired, select large hens, but the rooster
should be active and vigorous.
For breeding purposes, a mediu1r>
sized active male is twice as valuable as
one that is extra large and heavy.
1t is comparatively an easy matter
to grade up a common flock, so that for
egg and meat producing they will com
pete favorably with pure breeds.
Broken bones are often more high
ly relished than when ground. A hen
will sometimes refuse bone meal and
yet will readily eat broken bones.
Feather pulling is the most PERM
cious of all vices. The habit usually
comes from illness and can generally
be prevented by keeping fowls busy.
The gizzard of the fowls masticates
the food, but this can only be done by:
the aid of sharp, gritty material. Be
sure this is supplied.-St. Louis Repub-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-01-21
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

in the tariff hearings one listened
in vain for a suggestion that the Nc
Kinley schedules were too high.-St.
Louis Republic.
1t would be more seemly for some
of our manufacturers to take out nat
uralization papers before they ask con-
gress for protection. - Kansas City
Times.
The colored man will not even be
allowed to pick up a few fragments
from the feast, let alone any of the
original loaves and fishes, under the
Mckinley administration, yet Mr.. Han
ma went after the colored vote long ago.
Perhaps he thinks he has paid enough.
Buffalo Times.
Perhaps when Maj. Mckinley
goes into the white house he will dis
arrange the republican cards and in
sist upon the carrying out Of the pros
perity restoration programme The
major isn't saying much on the sub
ject, but he must be doing heap Of
Observation-Disclosures On. " Leader.
IT is hard to get used to the idea
of cabinet for Mckinley without Mr..
Hanna in it, but after all that has been
said, which place he occupies is not
a matter to higgle about. He has won
his position. He has established his
dignity. Where Macgregor sits is the
head of the table. Mr.. Hanna will be
the Macgregor of the coming admins
ration.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Mr.. Dingley's ways and means
committee has lifted off the cover of
the tariff pork barrel, and all the hun
CRY special interests are clamoring for
a slice. The spectacle at Washington
rivals that of the great distribution
among the faithful in 1890. It is scene
of greedy demands, of selfish refer
ences, of astounding Indifference to the
interests OF the people.-BostonP Post.
The year ended in dizziness and
depression. 1t might have ended in
great activity and Astounding prosper
ity. The reason it did not was simply
that Mr.. Mckinley and his partisans
have decided 10 treat his election as a
popular decision in favor OF high tariffs,
and to hold tariff-ripping, business
disturbing extra session in the spring.
lest by fall there should be no excuse
for rewarding the campaign contrib
utors.-N. Y. World.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-01-21

white like the Sultanas, but with more
feathery legs and less beard; Choon-
docks, black plumage, without tail
feathers, plumed feet and large heads
and barbs.
Crevecoeurs are very important
French breed from a city of the same
name. Besides the large crest well set
back, the comb is divided into two
horns, curved back, as portrayed in the
illustration above. The piumage is
black, the legs short and unfeathered.
La Bresse is another fine table fowl,
taking it's name from French prov
ince. It's width of breast and tender.
short-grained flesh are remarkable.
Houdans, these quite we'll Americanized
fowls, are from village in France on
the Seine. They are well known in
America, with their black and white
plumage and topl1nots. Paduans or
Padovas are a very ancient Italian
breed. They occur of every color, but
always have crest and are Of great
siZe.-Farm and Home.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-01-21
CHOLERA-PROOF HOGS.
A Few of Them Can Be Found in Every
Average Herd.

Average Herd.
We used to hear about breeds and
strains of hogs that were cholera proof;
we hear no more of them now, says
Wallace's Farmer. Nevertheless facts
abundantly testify that some hogs are
cholera proof. In some herds one or two
brood sows will go through a siege of
cholera, eating among the dead and dy-
ing, and remain in the most perfect
health and vigor, and occasionally, but
very seldom, we hear of some whose
filters are equally cholera proof. We
would not say that these animals were
worth their weight in gold, for that
would be stretching it, but they are
worth more money than any man would
dare to ask for them, and should not be
sold under any circumstances short of
the entire loss of usefulness.
1t will usually be found that brood
sows that have had the disease and re-
cover will not succumb to it on a second
visit. We therefore regard animals of
this kind as worth double the usual
value in times like these. This matter
is of practical Importance just now.
The man may be considered happy
whose herds have been attacked in time
to allow the survivors to be put in the
best condition for breeding. 1t is queS-
tionable whether in fact the farmer has
sustained any real loss in the line of
brood sows if he has saved SO per cent.
with their breeding capacity unim
paired. He need have no such fear OF
the ravages of disease in the future.
Save these brood sows, and males like
wise, by all means. They are worth
plenty of money.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-01-21
He Fed Too Much Corn.

Visiting a poultry farm lately, says
Maine Farmer, a number of hens were
seen squatting ON the ground, unable to
walk. Naturally the owner asked:
What is the cause of this trouble ."
In seeking a solution, the question of
feed was raised, and the man stated
frankly: Il feed on corn, because it is
SO handy to use and so cheap in the
market" Here was the cause of all
his troubles. He was feeding a grain
not adapted to bone and muscle build
ing, and the little body could not stand
the strain. Rational feeding would save
from these annoyances.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-01-21
THE PROTECTION THEORY.
a Tarin That Prohibits Importations
Yields no Revenue.

a
Yields no Revenue.
Secretary Carlisle effectually explodes
the notion that protective taxes, under
the theories now prevailing, can be
used to supply the deficit in the rev.
enue. He says that while the revenue
from customs and from internal taxes
yielded a surplus, the fact that protec-
ton was destructive to revenue was
overlooked by the masses. Conditions,
however, have changed, and if the usual
proportion of taxes hereafter is to be
derived from customs, the protective
theory must be abandoned.
The protection theory. as practically
advocated in this country, would neces-
sarily reduce our revenue to a minimum.
The details of the theory have often
teen stated, so that a bare outline will
cnswer our present purpose. 1t is as
follows:
Articles not produced in this coun-
try, or produced in quantities entirely
insufficient to supply the demand,
should be put on the free list.
Articles produced in this country in
sufficient quantity should be subjected
to duty sufficient to protect the native
producer.
Under the first head raw sugar was
put on the free list because it yielded
too much revenue and too little protec-
ton. Before the Mckinley bill was
passed it yielded about SIS, 100000 in
revenue per year. The free-listing OF
this article alone was sufficient to pro-
duce the deficit in the revenue resulting
from the Mckinley bill.
The protection demanded by the pro-
tected interests is such as will check
:mportations-that is, which will either
stop their importation entirely or re-
duce them to nominal figure. When
this happens the revenue from customs
ceases entirely or is reduced also to a
nominal figure. The programme has
never been fully carried out, but the
Mckinley act came nearest to 1T. In
the fiscal year 1890 the revenue from
customs was about $23O,O0O.OOO. In the
next fiscal year the revenues We're
largely swollen by importations made
before the bill went into effect, but still
the customs revenue dropped below
1920, OOO,O 900. In 1892 it was down to
SIT, 100000. In 1898 it was up to $685.
600, 900, but in the fiscal year 1894 it was
down to $131 100000. Two months
after the close of that fiscal year the law
was repealed and the customs revenue
mas been increasing and the deficit de-
creasing in every fiscal year since that
tine, until the present, which has still
| more than six months to run.
It should also be noted that the re-
ceipts of the fiscal year 1896 We're sever
al millions in excess of the expenditures
of the year 1890. If expenditures had
| not been increased there would have
| been no deficit in the last fiscal year.
Nothing can be clearer than that a
| tariff which prohibits importations will
| yield no revenue. The nearer it ap-
| proaches this condition the less rev
enue will it yield. Protection and rev.
enue are antipodal. Complete protec-
| ton, where the tariff is confined to pro
| tected articles, means no revenue, while
I. tariff for revenue only involves no pro-
| lection if laid on noncompetitive ar
| ticles.-Louisville Courier-Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-01-21
Food for Fattening Chicks.

1t is difficult to fatten young chick,
because the food goes to growth of
body and warmth, rather than fat.
Chicks cannot be forced before they are
about eight weeks old. Experts who
fatten them always select the healthy
and vigorous ones. They are fed four
times a day on the following mixture:
Corn meal, two pounds; sifted ground
oats, two pounds; bran, one
pound. middlings, one-half pound;
linseed-meal, four ounces; ground
bone, four ounces, and common
salt, one tablespoonful. ScaId the mix
trre with boiling water and add one
pound of crude tallow, stirring well,
making the mixture stiff (not wet),
and feed in clean troughs, giving as
much as the chicks will eat, removing
the portions left oyer.-Farm and Fire
side.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-01-21

To crowd the fattening rapidly, feed
at least five times a day.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-01-21
AN INEQUITABLE SYSTEM.
Some Weak Points OF the Republican
ssReciprocity" idea

Some Weak Points of the Republican
"Reciprocity" idea
The word reciprocity has a taking
sound about it, and it is very pleasant
TO know that one person reciprocates
another persons affection, or that one
nation reciprocates another nations
good will. The general idea of reciproc-
ity in business or in commerce partakes
also of the same sentiment-that 1t is
pleasant and equitable that nations
should interchange commodities ON a
reciprocal plan.
The ways and means committee of
the house of representatives is en-
gagged in the task of compiling a tariff
hill to secure a bigger revenue to the
treasury, which is to be discussed dur
ing the extra session of the Fifty-ffth
congress that will be convoked soon af-
ter the installation of the president
elect. And we are now assured on unim-
peachab1e authority that reciprocity"
is to be one of the leading features of
the new measure. Now, while reciproc-
ity is very pretty arrangement in the
abstract, as well as in any individual
case, it often happens that it is an
utterly inequitable system of doing
business.
1t looks well, for example, to say
that the United States government eX-
poets to have reciprocity with Ger
many; if she admit free of duty our
pork, canned meats, etc., which she has
been treating quite scurvily, we shall
admit her wine and sugar free of duty.
The arrangement may be completely
satisfactory and equitable in so far as
Germany may be regarded as one in
dividua1 national entity, and the United
States another individual national en-
THY. But if we look at the matter a
little more closely, the equitable look
of this much-lauded reciprocity will
take on quite different appearance.
The arrangement that Germany shall
admit American pork, canned meats,
ETC., free of duty within her borders is
very delightful arrangement for the
millionaire Pig-stickers and packers of
Chicago. It will give an enormous Clip
to their business, and will help multi
ply rapidly the millions they have al
ready. But in order that this reciproc-
| ity should be strictly equitable, the
pig-sticl1ers and packers of Chicago
should give up some advantage which
they already possess in return for the
big additional advantage which they
foresee coming to them. No other kind
or class of industry in the United
States should be punished. or be made
to pay, for the benefit which the re-
ciprocity will confer on the hOg-killers
of the west.
But the popularity of the proposed
reciprocity is that the hog-killers are to
get the benefit of it, and that the wine
growers and sugar-growers are TO be
made to pay for that benefit. And it
will be admitted that reciprocity of
that sort is not equitable. Hawaii's
sugar is already admitted into the
United States free of duty; and, if Ser
many's enormous crop of beet sugar be
also admitted free of duty, as is serious
ly proposed in the reciprocity clause OF
the coming tariff bill, the sugar plant
crs of the United States will inevitably
be ruined.-New Orleans Times-Demo
| crat.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-01-21
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WATER TIGHT STABLE FLOOR.

The floor of the stalls should be made
of double thickness of matched plank,
with a good application of hot coal tar
and tarred paper between the floors. The
upper floor must not be nailed or only
at the end near the manager, and the
cracks. filed with coal tar. The cut
shows how the floor should be laid
The lower figure shows cross section
of the floor as we enter the passageway
behind the horses, while the upper one
shows a cross section as we stand fac
ing the stall.-Rural New Yorker.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-01-21
THE CRESTED BREEDS.
Most OF the Fowls of This Variety Are OF
Considerable Size.

Considerable Size.
Crested fowls are a very important
group; they include all "topknot"
chicks. The crest is not merely exter-
nal, for Darwin describes the skull of
crested fowls as being enlarged by a
protuberance of the frontal bone. I'm
der the crested race are included at
least seven sub-varieties: Sultanas,
white plumage, feathery legs and a
great bonnet and beard; Ptarmigans.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-01-21
WHO CAUSED THE DEFICIT3
Started by the Republicans and the Nc
Kin1ey Bill.

Started by the Republicans and the Nc
kinney Bill.
1t is much more important to find
remedy for the national deficiency
in revenue than to fix the responsibility
for it. And yet Senator Sherman's
charge that it is due to the Wilson bill
ought not to pass unchallenged.
Senator Sherman's memory may not
be so good as it once was, but he can
easily verify the fact that there was
deficiency in the last three months of
the Harrison administration; that in
his last annual report December, 1922
Secretary Foster suggested an increased
tax on whisky to meet the impending
deficit, and that one of his last official
acts February 20, 1899 was to send a
letter to the chief of the bureau of en-
craving and printing directing that i'm
mediate preparations be made for a
bond issue, and that 'in view of press
ing contingencies the preparation of
the designs and plates be FASTENED in
every possible manner"
It is likewise a fact of record that
during the fiscal year of 1894, under
the Mckinley law, the expenditures ex-
ceeded the revenues to the amount of
S69, sos, 26O. This is more than the
deficiency in any year under the Will
son bill. It was 42,SO5, 900 in 1895 and
SIS ,2O3, 900 in 1896.
The deficiency was started by the re-
publicans when they cut down the reye-
unes over S9O,OOO,OOO in the Mckinley
bill and increased the appropriations
more than that in the first billion-dol-
lar congress. Since then it has been
continued by the extravaganza of both
parties in voting money without regard
TO income-N. Y. World.