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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-04-17
Periodical Comets Due in 1897.

DIR. Spitaler (now of the Imperial OBJ
servatory at Prague) discovered a faint
comet at Vienna on the 18th of Novem-
Der, 1890. AS it was found to be moving
in an elliptic orbit with period of less
than six and half years. he has calcu-
lated that it should return to perihelion
on the 18th of March in the present
year. But it was nearest the earth in
September, and as it has not been seen.
we must conclude that it is too faint to
be visible at this return. Two other
periodical comets will be due in perihel-
ion during the forthcoming spring; that
of D'Arrest, which was discovered at
Leipzig on the 9th of June, 1851, cal
culated to complete a revolution in six
and half years. and observed at an.
pearances in 1857. 1870, 1877. and in 1890,
when it passed its perihelion on the 10th
of September; and that which was first
discovered by Tempel in November 1869,
but its periodicity was not detected
until after its rediscovery by Prof. Swift
in October, 1880, in consequence of
which it is usually known as Swift's
comet. The period of the latter is only
about five and half years; but as it es-
capped observation in 1875. when it WAS
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-04-17
STOCK.

1t will not pay to buy old animals to
feed up, even if there is no room to lay
flesh on there bones. as it will require
too much food and too much time to get
them started. The greatest gain at the
least cost will follow the buying of
thrifty young stock.
When stock cannot prove its ability
to pay for it's food get rid of it in some
way before the holidays. Those who
are still feeding find it expensive work
at this season. 1t is folly to feed good
corn or hay into dry cows or old cattle
of any kind.
Some men are slow to find it out. but
when they once get hold of thorough.
bred blood. they, like the bulldog. never
let go, but to get better hold. What
stride there will be in this direction dur
ing the next generation.
Usually it is best to mate young boar
which is being used for service for the
first time with old, matured sows, or at
least with those which have had one lit
ter of pigs. This will generally give bet
ter results than to have both animals
young and which are used for breeding
the first time.
The hog is but machine to convert
corn and other food into pork. and pork
brings what we are most in need Of
money. II the hog is a machine, and we
are going to keep some of these ma
chimes for use, we surely want the very
best attainable.
A pig should make pound day for
every day of its life. II it does this it
will be ready for market at any time
after it is six months old. If we desire
lean pork we must begin to cultivate
the grazing hog. and none are better
than the Berkshires; and the disposition
to exercise must be encouraged.
1t is easier to keep away disease than
to drive it away after it has once got
among our cattle. and cleanliness is one
of the best means for accomplishing
this. Keep the stables clean and use
whitewash literally as disinfectant.
Many of the abandoned farms of
Maine have been bought up in recent
years and stocked with sheep. and the
result is proving that much of New Eng
land may be made profitable and the
soil improved by stock growing il her
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-04-17

not looked for, go also it did in 1884, when
it was. though with small hope of seeing
it, as it was unfavorably placed. 1t was,
however, we'll observed at the last return,
which took place in 1891; the perihelion
passage took place on that occasion in
the month of November. and another
will be due in April or May next. 1t
may not be out of place to add to Mr..
Lynn's list of periodical comets expected
this year the fact that the comet die
covered by Mr.. Perrine on December
9th, 1896. has now been found to be a
comet Of short period, six and half
years. and therefore. like the above. a
member of the Jupiter family" It's ele-
ments resemble those of the lost comet
of Biela in everything but the longitude
of the perihelion.-W w. T. Lynn, in
Knowledge, London.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-04-17
The Black Bees of Tasmania.

A naturalist, recently travelling in
little-known part of Tasmania, came
upon group Of eucalyptus trees 260
feet to 800 feet in height. and one Of
them measuring over 40 feet in dame
ter at the base.
High up the trunks of these enormous
trees were some curious looking SWELL
ings on the bark. which at first puzzled
the explorer, but soon were ascertained
to be the nests of small, black wild bee
of quite new variety. The naturalist
had one of the smaller trees cut down.
and secured no less than five tons of
honey of deep orange color. having a
curious flavor of eucalyptus.
This honey is poisonous in large guam
titles, but is said to be most valuable
incidentally, reducing the weight and
improving the breathing of very stout
people.
Unfortunately, all efforts to domesti-
cate this insect have so far failed.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-04-17
THE HEAVENW ARD CALL.
BY LUCY LARCOM.

What shall do, my Lord, my God,
To make my life worth more to Thee9
Within my heart, through earth abroad,
Deep voices stir and summon me.
through strange confusions of the time
hear Thy beckoning call resound;
There is pathway more sublime
Than yet my laggard feet have found.
NV coward heart, my tagging feet,
They hold me in bewildering gloom:
Come Thou my stumbling steps to meet,
And lift me unto larger room!
The dearest voice may lead astray;
Speak Thou! Thy word my guide shall
be,
Oh, not from life and men away,
But through them, with tn m, up to
Thee.
1t is not much these hands can do:
Keep Thou my spirit close to Thine,
Till every thought Thy love throbs through
And all my words breathe truth divine
With souls that seek Thy pure abode,
Let my unfaltering soul aspire!
Make me radiance on the road;
A bearer Of Thy sacred fire!
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-04-17
UNCLE SANS ONE HOTEL.

Washington letter to Baltimore Amer
lean: When the young Irish architect,
James Hoban, designed. in 1892. "a man.
sion" for the President of the United
States. after the Dublin Palace. built by
tne Duke of Leinster. the housekeeping
for Presidents was quite simple. The
fair and stately mistresses, beginning
with Mrs. Abigail Adams, ordered din
ners and suppers with all the dignity of
their position, served by maid and men
servants, according to need" but, with
her house in wilderness. the weekly
washing dried in the east room, there
was little formality in household man.
agement.
The gifts. graces. and successes of
beautiful Dolly Madison" while in the
White House, have gone down into his
tory. Her cook. maids, and "Ole Black
joe" who provided for his "hansum mis-
tress" all the Southern delicacies, we're
famed for service. Fabulous sums we're
paid for produce, and market day was
the event of the week. when heavy
coaches jolted from Alexandria to the
capital. when 1.-The gentry" came to meet
the foreign ships and add to their stores
of precious jars. India fruits, and old
Englands choicest treasures. Lafayette,
in 1928. pronounced the White House
ian American home of eminent social
and intellectual elegance"
"The lovely Emily Donaldson" hostess
of the jackson reign, entertained royal.
ly. officially and socially. The four or
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-04-17
A World Embracing Sympathy.

No man really takes in the world un.
less he has rooted himself in God, says
Phillips Brooks. Be large in thought
and wide in sympathies; you cannot be
unless by leading religious life. Neither
can you lead religious life except by
trusting all to the love of God. Is there
any larger thought, any larger conception
of human life than that which the old
apostle prays for his Ephesian friendsp
Pray thus for your brothers. not that
they may see the truth in the special
light in which it appears to you. but
that God will do for them the work that
he has done for you.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-04-17
NONE LIKE HOODS,
Health Gave Way Entirely, but Hoods
Sarsaparilla Cured.

II was troubled with scrofula and
complication of diseases, and three years
ago my health gave way entirely. tried
three physicians without any relief what
ever and concluded to resort to Hoods
Sarsaparilla. Before l had finished one
bottle l felt much better. l got another
and another, until had taken six bottles,
when Twas well and felt like new being.
Two months ago had that tired feeling,
headache, loss of appetite and no energy
to work. got bottle of Hoods Sarsa-
parilla, and it made me feel much better.
have now taken three bottles and am
greatly improved Mrs. LII LARKINs,
Tennessee Ridge, Tennessee.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-04-17
Signs of Prosperity.

If anybody can give any better signs
of the best state of things than the fol-
lowing, let us see the list:
Where spades grow bright and idle swords
grow dull,
Where gaols are empty and the barns are
full,
Where church-paths are with frequent
footsteps worn,
Law courtyards weedy silent, and for
lorn;
Where doctors foot it and where farmers
ride,
Where age abounds and truth is multi
Piled
Where these signs are, they clearly indi-
cate
A happy people and well-governed State.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-04-17
S|lHE EKI[IEYTH Q ()I
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OUR EASTER FLOWER
BY JAMES BUCKHAM.

1t was the blessed Easter-tide,
When flowers to heaven look,
Pale violets in the pasture wide,
Arbutus on the warm hillside,
And cowslips by the brook.
We laid her there in blossoms sweet,
With rosebuds on her breast;
In lilies couched from head to feet,
White slept our lovely Marguerite,
With smiling lips, at rest.
How like an Easter flower she lay,
With snowy-lidded eyes
The flower the white Christ bore away
Upon His resurrection day
To gardens of the skies!
Christian Advocate.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-04-17

The trades growing out of agriculture
are Of immense financial Importance. and
no better than farm bred timber can be
had to supply their ranks. A boy famil-
lar with domestic and farm animals
makes the successful butcher and stock
trader. To dairyman's son the art of
handling and treating milk in the manu-
facture ought to be an easy acquisition.
In the State of Michigan alone it is
estimated that because of smut the an.
nual loss to the grain crop amounts to
one million dollars. The station Of that
State contends that this loss could be al
most wholly prevented by the Jansen
method of soaking grain for 10 minutes
in water at from 100 to 140 degrees be-
fore planting. This would cause a
great saving if pursued throughout the
whole country.
The work done by agricultural news.
papers. farmers institutes and meetings
for the discussion Of topics relating to
husbandry is intellectually great.
Through no other means has it been
possible to so quickly. cheaply and ef-
fectually disseminate information or ex-
cite interest among large number of
farmers.
Have two shares to each pillow, and
you will then have to neither stop work
in order to go to the blacksmith nor
have to continue using dull tool. Ex-
ira expense? You will save more than
the cost of the extra share every season.
Although land may be used merely
for pasture, do not let it go undrained.
Drained land will keep thicker soil
and grow better grass and more of it
than that which has not been drained.
Wet, heavy land makes a rank growth
qualities.
Wood ashes should be carefully pre-
served during the winter. and kept from
teaching. Every farmers pile of ashes,
mixed with an equal bulk of bone meal.
and applied at the rate of 500 pounds to
the acre. would make at least an acre or
two excellently enriched for corn.
There are plenty of farmers-good
men, too, socially and morally-who are
so loose in their business relations and
farm management that they are always
generation behind the times. On the
other hand, young husbandmsn have
started in life with nothing but ambition
and determination, and made fortune.
Farming requires brains and the con-
slant use of them.
1t will pay any farmer to read about
his business, for no matter how exper-
fenced he may be. there are many things
he will never learn from his own ven
lures. Especially in such work as dairy
ing is reading beneficial, because there
are so many problems to work which re-
quire scientific attainments. and which
many farmers can hear of only through
constant reading.
In whatever sphere of life one may be,
the value of an education is priceless. If
the man is tilling the soil for a living and
an income. learning will raise him bet
ter crops and enable him to sell at bet
ter prices than if he had to depend upon
habit and possessed no knowledge for
practical guidance.
In draining, the first expensei is all the
expense, and it is permanent invest.
ment. A we'll laid stone drain may last
half century, and one of good tile even
longer. Even one of brush has done
service for 10 years. During all this
time the crops are improved in guam
titY and quality.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-04-17
Selected Story.
SELFISH JOHN CLARK.

TIME meeting was a good one,
Il though the heat was intense,
and there was more singing done by
the mosquitoes than by the human
species.
John Clark sat by an open window,
where what breeze there was came in
and kept him comparatively comfor-
table, and he had on clean linen
suit which his wife had washed and
ironed that day, Notwithstanding
that the mercury mounted high in
the nineties; and its freshness was an
additional comfort.
His first crop of hay, much larger
than usual, had that day been put in
his spacious barns without damage
by SO much as drop of rain. He
was well, strong, and therefore
happy.
The ride home was charming, and
as the new horse took them through
Cairnley Woods with sure, fleet foot,
John Clark felt that life was bright;
and as he thought of Brother Whites
remarks about weary burdens and
feet tired with the march of life, he
concluded that the aforesaid brother
was not in the enjoyment of religion.
Johns wife sat back in the car
riage, resting her tired body, and
turning over in her mind the remarks
her John had made at the meeting.
Bear ye one another's burdens" had
been the subject of the evenings talk,
and Johns speech had been listened
to with evident relish.
"Your husband has the root of the
matter in him." said the pastor, as
she passed him on the way out. 81
hope we shall all heed his words"
81 think of hiring Tom Birch as a
sort of spare hand or call -boy gen
orally. find this hot weather takes
the starch out of me" John said, as
the horse trotted through the cool
pine grove, amid fiickers of moon
light.
"Will you board him." asked Mary
Clark, in constrained voice, with
the memory of her husbands ex-
hortations still in her mind.
"Of course. 1 want him evenings
to take the horse when we come home
from meeting, or if l have a friend
out. 1t is rather hard to have to go
right to work directly one gets
home"
"You are going to hire him to
help bear some of your burdens"
said Mary, in the same hard voice.
"Just so, wife. 1t stands me in
hand to practice, if preach. Don't
you say SOL"
81 do. am glad you are going to
have help; as you say, it is hard to go
to work the minute you get home.
have been foolish enough to have
this ride spoiled by thinking of
bread to mix, two baskets of clothes
to fold before | sleep, for the ironing
to morrow, and dinner to get for four
hungry men, and baby to care for"
"Don't crowd to-morrow's burdens
into this present ride. And it seems
to me that it would be better to get
all the homework done before meet
ing-time."
eff l could, but that is impossible;
milk to strain, dishes to wash, Benny
and baby to put to bed-all these
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-04-17

yoemanry becomes community Of
shepherds. There is no reason what.
ever why those Northern hills may not
become delightful land of beautiful
pastures.
Heating milk to 125 degrees hastens
the rising OF the cream; so does the
cooling OF it down to 40 or so degrees.
1t is the rapid changing of the tempera-
ture which dees the work. 1t rises be-
cause OF its specific gravity. and that Of
cream is 10 per cent below that of water,
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-04-17
AGKICULTUKE.

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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-18
DAVIS GETS A NEW TRIAL.
Detroit Man Accused of Libel Gets
Another Chance.

E. w. Davis, the commission mer-
chant of Deroit, Mimi, who was re-
Gently convicted in the municipal court
Of criminally libeling P. o. Stephens,
deputy game warden, also of Detroit,
was yesterday granted a new trial by
Judge Orr on the ground that the evil
dence of the trial was not sufficiently
cOrrOborated to warrant the verdict Of
the jury. The decision in no way eff
fects the facts in the case, but is based
wholly upon question in law concern
ing the cOrroboration CT the testimony
of an accomplice in an offense.
The state admitted during the trial
that the reporter who prepared for
publication the alleged libelous arti-
Gle was an accomphce, and, as no other
witness was called by the prosecution,
and the testimony Of the reporter was
uncOrrObOrated as to Davis having
given the information for the alleged
libelouS article, the court held the de-
PENDANT entitled to new trial In rem
dering the decision, Judge Orr said:
In regard to the theory that defendant and
the reporter were accomplices the state must
be bound by its own admissions. The states
attorney admitted that the reporter was ali
this, the conviction should be allowed to
stand, but such is not the case. In order that
the conviction may be obtained there must be
other evidence than that given by the report
er, the admitted accomplice
The date Of the new trial was not
set yesterday, as a continuance of one
week was desired by both parties to
the action in order that the time OF
trial might be an1icably agreed upon.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-18

Tennessee street the fall Of the water
can hardly be noticed. This street is
layed out on the lowest ground on the
West side, and the water is still from
two to three feet deep along the en-
tire length from the river to State
street.
West ST. Paul lake, which lies south
east from the corner of State and
Texas streets, is still many times
larger than at ordinary times. but is
gradually receding with the river.
The people who moved into the old
Humboldt school building are still liv-
ing there, with the exception of three
or four families who have returned to
their homes. They seem to be living
very comfortably, and it is the opin-
ion of the police that some of them
will not leave the building until COM
PEELED to do so by the authorities They
are visited every day by Relief Agent
HUtchins, and are well supplied with
provisions, fuel and clothing. The ma
ture of these people is made appar-
ent every day. When the provisions
appear they take all that they can get,
no matter how we'll supplied they may
be- and in one or two instances where
the people have left the building they
have been discovered taking away
several sacks Of potatoes and f1ou1
that belonged TO the people remaining
in the building.
On the upper flats very few of the
houses have been damaged to any ex-
tent further than the severe wetting
that they have sustained. The most
of the damage has been confined to the
leVee, and that has been almost ruined
The water has washed the entire top
layer of dirt off the levee, and has
eaten crevasses through it in a hum
dred different places. The water be-
hind the Ievee is foot higher than the
level of the river but is pouring out
rapidly through the breaks. About
half of the people who moved out OF
their homes have returned, and are
living as peacefully as though there
was no water within a hundred miles
OF them The breaks that occurred III
the upper end of the levee let vast
quantity of driftwood in behind it, and
this IS piled up several feet high wher-
ever 1T could find a lodging place
The road bed of the Milwaukee was
damaged to some extent by reason of
the water undermining it, but it has
nearly all been repaired
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-18

mark, so that a solid wall Of water
has been flowing down the river chan
mel about fourteen feet high and from
half mile to a mile wide.
AS the water recedes the damage
that has been done becomes more and
more apparent. On the West side flats
houses have been lifted from their
foundations and in some instances have
been turned completely ever. A few
Of the smaller Shanties have been
washed away and carried down the
river, and where they stood nothing
can be seen but big holes in the ground
Along both sides of Fillmore avenue
the water is still keeping many people
out of their homes. On the north side
of the street it is falling with the
river, but on the south side the water
that is there now seeped in through
the earth, and, as the ground is thor
Oughly Water-sOaked, there is no place
for 1T to go, and the process of re-
turning as it came in is necessarily
very slow
Alabama street looks as though sew
eral powder mines had been exploded
along its entire length The water
has washed great holes in the street
at several points, and it will take tons
and tons of earth to fill them up The
people living on this street have been
obliged to build several temporary
bridges in order to get to and from
their homes.
Water street is still entirely under
water, and nearly all of the houses
along this thorOughfare are still par
TALLY submerged. The street is as
deserted as it was at the height of the
flood, with the exception of three or
four families whose homes were on the
higher ground, and who moved back
to them at the first opportunity. On
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-18
RICE OUT ON BAIL.
Police Are All at Sea in Reference
to Him.

to Him.
The man giving the name of J. J.
Rice, who gave officer Dave Hennesey
such chase Friday afternoon, was
arraigned in the police court yesterday
on the charge Of shoplifting. The diff
Guilty leading to the arrest arose at the
trunk store of Bach Bros, IS East
Seventh street, where the proprietor
claimed the man attempted to steal a
valise while a companion STALLED" him
in the rear Of the place. In court Rice
denied that there had been anything
out Of the way with his conduct In
the store, and, as it was admitted he
had stolen nothing, 1t was at first a
question as to what should be done
with him. Finally. it was decided to
continue the case until next Tuesday,
and Rice was released in 5000 bail Rice
explained his possession of a forty
eight caliber cannon which was
found upon him by the police, by the
statement that he was travelling and
carried the weapon as a matter of
protection. He claimed to have
reached st. Paul the morning of the
day he was arrested and to be a
stranger here. The police think that
Rice" is a dangerous man, but have
nothing to base their opinions on.