The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-01-30
Notes of the Time.

-. Six ounces of gold can be drawn
into 200 miles of wire, it is eaid A goi-
den word will. however, go much far
Their and last longer.
-. In Penobscot county, Maine, the
foes imposed on dealers who violate the
liquor law pay all the county expenses.
The fines are collected with as much
regularity as il they we're licenses.
... Mr.. Zangwil's opinion of the mod
ern play is that it contains ian ounce Of
sin, pound Of sorrow, and pint of
chestnuts." He would be nearer right if
he would increase the proportion Of sin
to about two-thirds of the whole aggre-
cation.
80. In it's relations to Christianity
Islam allows absolutely no apostasy.
The death penalty is still existent in
Persia, and while nominally forbidden in
Turkey, it is at least exile. and often
death, tor any Turk to accept Christian
ity.
90. Robert J. Burdette, the humorist,
in addressing body Of students gave
the following good advice: Some of you
boys are going into the pulpit by and by.
l don't believe l would take many jokes
into the pulpit. There is not jest in
the Bible from Genesis to Revelation.
1t is earnest all the way through"
IA good religious paper, says the
Christian Standard, is the preachers
best assistant. If the preacher is the
right hand of the church the press is its
left. and only by proper support of
each can it exert it's full force. Church
and preacher should unite to extend the
influence of the press, just as church
and press should unite to extend the in
fiuence of the preacher.
BY the increase in the French
army many men are withdrawn from
other employment. with the result that
the vacancies thus made are largely
filed by women, and the prediction is
ventured that if the folly of ornaments
goes on increasing France will become,
owing to it's stationary population.
nation Of women-supported men. How
ever, as living becomes more expen-
sive the competition of women in nearly
every profession becomes keener.
ANDREW Lang. the English essay
list, contributes delightful essay on
Genius in Children" to the North Am
erican Review for January. The eccen-
tricities which distinguished the boyhood
Of many famous men in letters and art are
piquantly described by Mr.. Lang, whose
opinion is, that as genius "varies from
the kindly race of men," it is mistake,
even in childhood, for parents to at
tempt to drive them too hard into un.
congenial pursuits and industries.
The rumors current in Italy as to
the malversation of the funds raised by
international subscription for the relief
of the sufferers by the earthquake in Cal
abria, in 1894, have been fully borne out
by the report of the Parliamentary Com
mission of Inquiry into the matter. A
considerable portion of the money is
shown to have been paid to unknown
individuals on the presentation OF writ.
ten orders to bearer, signed by ex-Presi-
dent Crispi, while the remainder seems
to have been embezzled by officials of
the Ministry of the Interior.
90. Sir Richard Temple, who superin-
tended the relief operations during the
famines which had overtaken India in
1874 and 1877, has stated his views in
reference to the present crisis that at
least one-third of the Indian Empire is
threatened by it; but the means of cop
ing with the famine now, in his opinion,
are very different from what they were
ten years ago. Such thing as import.
ing wheat from America and selling it in
Calcutta at eight or nine seers the rupee
was not, he said, dreamt of while he was
in India. II this be possible. it will, he
thinks, supply any deficiencies in the
local supply.
.... DIR. Wise, the venerable editor of
the American Israelite, of Cincinnati, al
though a scholar and radical of the first
water, has examined book intoxicating
the principles of the "Higher Criticism"
and shoots off as follows: "Only by read
ing some of the essays there are eight of