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The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-01-04
MARK TWAIN AGeRIEvep.
why Statue OF Liberty When We
Have ADAM

why statue OF Liberty When We
HAVE ADAM
Mark Twain was asked to contribute to the
album Of artists sketches and autograph letters
IA he ,,fIlrd for a, the ga,,heIdi Pedestal
r., l,,,,,.. !. ~ ~.
runu ar SoA" e'"'osuon' !" Ne" ioIk, .nu
this Is his response, which accompanied his
contribution:
Won know nv weakness for Adam. and xou
-, 49, ~
kno" no" nav s"ueR'eu " ee' nj"
monument and failed. Now, 1t seems to me
here is my chance. What do we care for q
$780,. r th.,v -h.c 49,. en-, a.. liz.
49,, s
i'seii IN us ~poes' suphn'V' "ha'y os
want Of monument is to keep you In mind
of something you haven't Rot---something
vor,v. los, VERY yell. -. haven, La,
~"
hoerv--we'e io" noam a..
Another thing: What has liberty done for
usY Nothiug in particular that I know Of.
w., ~. =. aan. q, h.,y r,.,,,h;,,
w"a' "a'e Ans'
we've gwen he' no"e' anu eooo nome'
too. And II she knows anything, she knows
IT'S the first time she ever struck that novelty.
c... a. ,.,.., -. tool h.r Ia -. ~
o"e 49, -
been q mere tramp ior o'ooo years. biblical
measure. Yes, and we not only ended her
troubles and made things soft for her perma-
nently. but we made her respectable--and
that She hadn't ever been before. And now.
after we've poured out these Atlantic. of bene.
fits upon hi. aged ontcast, 10! and behold
YOU. we are asked to come forward and SET no
q monument to herl Go to. Let her set up
a monument to us il she wants to do the clean
thing.
But suppose your statue represented her old.
bent, clothed in rags, downcast, shame-faced,
with the insults and humiliation Of g. 600
years, imploring crust and an hours rest for
Gods sake at our back doors-come, now
you're shouting! That's the aspect of her
which we need TO be reminded of, lest We for.
get it-not this proposed one, where she's
hearty and well.fed, and holds up her head
and 6ourishes her hospitable schooner Of flame
and appears to be inviting all the rest Of the
tramps to come over. D, 20 to-this IL the
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-01-04
An Aztec Relic.

A New York correspondent reports in the
Alleemeine Zuung an astounding discovery.
He states that in the virgin forests Of Sonora,
a province of Western MEXICO, near Magda-
lena. pyramid has been found measuring
1850 at its base, and rising to the height Of
Of $50 feet. A carriage road winds about this
enormous structure from base to summit. The
face consists of granite blocks carefully cut
and perfectly fitted together. Not far distant
stands hill which, We are told, 10 honey
combed with cells Of various sizes, all cut out
several are on the same level, and the walls
are adorned With fantastic shapes and
symbols.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-01-04
Exchange, Not Robbery.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
1t only a short time ago that Henry VII
lard was possessed Of very little capital. but
large stock Of ideas. So he formed coanec-
tons with company which had abundance Of
capital Now Willard has the capital, while
the stockholders are fairly overnowipg with
ideas.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-12-10
Spiritual Flattery.

The sins of believers are often al
lowed to do more harm than the sins of
the worldly; and when the devil can
do his work through one of the Lords
people, he seems to prefer to do so.
One of his chief means of dulling the
graces, deadening the life and stirring
the corruptions of Gods children is
what we shall call, for want of better
name, spiritual fattery. In admins
tering this the tempter usually employs
the agency of believers. The spiritual
flattery is poison, deadly, subtle and
rapid in its effects. Let us identify it
by an example or two. A lad of sew
enteen was brought under the power of
divine truth. His convictions of sin
were sharp and long-continued. For
weeks he scarcely slept night or day.
The terrors of death took hold of him ::
he found trouble and sorrow. AT length
Jesus spoke peace to his soul and set
his feet in large place. The lads his
tory became known. The circum-
stances attending his passage from the
darkness to light invested him with
much interest in the eyes of many who
talked freely about them. He soon
after left our neighborhood, his history
OF course going with him. On his re-
turn, some time after, we saw that the
edge was off his spirit. He told us how
many people came to consult him; and
that experienced Christians assured
him that he had got deep insight into
the corruption of the human heart. The
more shame to them, thought we, to
poison this fine boy with fattery. Alas,
that lad needed new baptism of the
Spirit; he needed to be humbled again
before he would be of any use. A
young student used during the summer
to hold meetings in the country around
the place of his residence. He was.
we believe, a converted lad, but with
not much deepness of earth either in
tellectual, or spiritual, and with large
vein of vanity in him. His meetings
seemed to be blessed to some who at
tended them. They made considera-
BILE talk in the neighborhood. Christian
people made great ado to him about
these cases, and in many ways limited
that he was young man of no COM
mon promise. This he seemed to begin
to believe, and often did we hear him
give the narratives of the hopeful cases.
The poison was drunk; we wish that
we could say that it is not even still
visible on his souls health. Just as
children often carry, all their life
through, evil effects from diseases in
infancy, so young believers often get a
wrong set to their spiritual develop
ment which mars their usefulness all
their days.-Selected.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-12-10

have been laboring, perhaps for years,
to bring them to that very point, and
say, Why didn't you tell us this be-
fore?" Why, it's what we've been al
ways telling them. i think that trying
to point man to the love of Jesus is
like trying to show one star that has
just come out, the only star in the
whole cloudy sky. can see no STAR"
says the man. "Where is it?" why
there; don't you see?" But the man
shakes his head; he can see nothing.
But by and by, after long looking, he
catches sight of the star; and now he
can see nothing else from gazing at it.
He wonders that he had not seen it be-
fore. Just so it is with the soul that is
gazing after the star of Bethlehem.
Nothing in the world seems so hidden,
so complex, so perplexing, as this thing,
until it is once seen by the heart, and
then, oh! there never was anything that
ever was thought of that is SO clear, SO
simple, so transcendently glorious. And
men marvel that the whole world does
not see and feel as they do.-Zion's Ad-
rOcdte,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-12-10

Low PRICES FOR BUTTER.-The New
York Tribune, in its market report, ex-
planned why some butter is sold for such
low. prices. In speaking of butter it
said Light-colored goods are very
hard to dispose of and several lots were
thought well sold at eight to ten cents"
If butter-makers would get the top
price, they should use the Improved
Butter Color, made by Wells, Richard
son Il Co., Burlington, Vt. 1t gives a
pure dandelion color, never turns red,
or rancid, but tends to improve and
preserve the butter.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-12-10
A Present Help.

To us all there come moments when
we realize our utter dependence upon
God for help, and cry to him out of the
depths. Perhaps we are not really
more dependent then than at other
times, but we are made aware of the
failure of our own strength. Our re-
sources have been exhausted; our wis
dom is folly; we literally do not know
where to turn, or what to do; and so, if
we are Christians, we are driven to
our closets. There we pour out the
whole story of our solicitude, our sor-
row, or our defeat; and though some
times, the darkness and the anguish of
our souls bear a resemblance, faint vet
truly akin, to the agony our Lord en-
dured for us in Gethsemane, always
after prayer follows peace. We may
not see how we are to be delivered; the
way may seem hedged up; yet we feel
that we are surely to be guided. 1t
may not be at all plain by what instru-
mentality the Lord will give us the
victory, but if we are used to simply TAX
ing him at his word we do not in the
least doubt that we shall ultimately
triumph. The comfort we receive is
as tangible as comfort can be. No
hand-clasp of friend or neighbor is
warmer, sweeter, and more vital than
the grasp around ours of the hand that
was nailed to the cross. No dearest
voice ever addresses us more audibly
than, in these hours of acknowledged
need and believing entreaty the Savior's
voice speaks to us with its tender assur-
ance, at is L: be not afraid / do
not know what your trouble is to-day,
my friend. You may be a mother,
puzzled and panied by the strange way
wardness of child. You may be
wife, anxious and burdened concerning
an erring husband. You may be a
business man, environed by perplexi-
ties. You may be aged and alone, or
young and inexperienced. You may
be enduring a great fight of Affections,
or a fierce struggle with temptations.
Precisely where you are, or what you
are, or who you are, cannot tell, but
the dear Master knows all about you,
and your circumstances. With an inf
mite compassion, with swift and perfect
comprehension, he takes in the state of
the case for you as an individual. and
you shall never perish; nay, far more,
you shall be a conquerer, if only you
drop every other trust and give your
self fully to the Lord, and seek with
your whole heart for the aid he waits to
grant.
What privilege to carry
Everything to God in prayer"
Margaret Il. Sdngster.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-12-10

And is this all2 No; his mother
keeps as a precious treasure, shining
out from bed of satin in its case, a
silver medal, awarded by the Massa-
chusetts Humane Society to Frank
P, for courage and perseverance in
saving life. She showed it to me last
summer; and as l looked into her face,
with its habitual look of sadness, but
glowing then with pride in her boy, 1
felt that should like to add to the sub
scription, after the name so deservedly
honored, these words: CA Mothers
Boy. "-Stlected.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-12-10

AN eastern paper says: Every man
who goes into the lumber woods this
winter should take with him supply
of Johnson's Anodyne Liniment and
Parsons Purgdtive Pills. This little
precaution may save months of labor
and much suffering"
THE exposure of the utter worthless
ness of the large twenty-five-cent packs
of horse and cattle powders has saved
our people vast sum. There is only
one kind now known that are strictly
pure, and these are Sheridan's. Don't
throw away your money.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-12-10
Reltsious aflistellamp.
For Vermont Waterman.
Trust In God.


And let us not be weary in well-doing
for in due season we shall reap, II we faint
not. "-Gdtdtidns vi: 8.
Thou art weary with ife's burdens;
Thou art sad and sore oppressed;
In the morning thou vert aboring,
Not once signing complaining
Never once didst ask for rest
When the sun uprose In heaven,
In his might and grandeur blazing,
Ceaselessly thy task pursuing,
Not then signing or complaining,
Thou didst seek to do thy best.
Gods own grace sufflcient for thee,
Hope thy heart to song sttuning,
Faith and love that song Inspiring;
Not a thought of sad complaining
Harbored in thy breast.
Whence this changer Thourt sad and gloomy
Is't because of friends ungrateful?
Shouldst thou yield to dull foreboding
Now be signing and complaining
Doubt and slavish fear oppressed2
MOI arise, the harvest waits theel
Haste thee to the twilight reaping;
BE not weary In well-dong;
Meier once fainting or complaining,
Trust in God, he'll give sweet rest
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-12-10
Why Did Not You Tell Me Before!

This one thing l have noticed in
everybody-the moment they come to
a clear apprehension of the love of
Christ, they turn right about upon the
minister, or upon the Christians who
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-12-10
Vermont Telephone and Tele-
graph Company.

In accordance with the provisions of the act to
incorporate the Vermont Telephone and Telegraph
Company approved November 18th, 1884, the corpo-
notified to meet at the Office of A, O: Brown, in
the village OF Montpelier. Vt, on Monday, the 18th
day of December, 1884, at two o'clock p. NJ for the
purpose of choosing President, yice-president,
Secretary, Treasurer, and board OF Directors and
10 transact such other business may be necessary
to complete the organization of said company
Montpelier, VT, December LIST, 1884 tbs
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-12-10
NOTICE.

The members of the National Life Insurance Com
pany hereby notified that the annual meeting OF
the company, for the election Of directors, will be
held at their office In Montpelier, w on Monday,
GEO. w. REED, Secretary.
Montpelier, December lat, 1884. 1880
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-12-10

OUR grand business in life is not to
see what lies dimly at distance, but to
do what lies clearly at hand. Carlyle.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-12-10

MIRRORS of Italian, French and
English importations, at Paine's, AS
Canal street, Boston.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-12-10
Eczema Twenty Years Cured. No
a Sign of its Reappearance.

Your CUTicURA has done wonderful cure for me
more than two years ago, Not a sign of Its reap
pearance since 1t cured me of very bad Eczema
which had troubled me for more than twenty years.
I shall always speak well of CUTICURA. sell a
great deal of It, FRANK g. SWAN, Dru0gfsf,
HAvERHfLL, MASS.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-12-10
BOILERS,

All styles, new and second hand specially, while
we have at our works the largest stock Of wood
working and general machinery In the hands Of any
one Arm In this country.
s. @. FORSAITH MACHINE CO.,
Machinists and General Machine Dealers,
57-S2 Manchester. N. H.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-12-10

Every species of Itching, scaly, Pmply. scrofu-
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of Hair, cured by CUTICURA RESOLvENr, the new
Blood Purifier, internally. and CUTIcURA and CuTI-
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SOAP, rs cents; REsoLvENT, 81.
Potter Drug and Chemical Co., Boston.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-12-10
BEST FOR ANYTHING.

Having used your CuTIouRA REMEDIES for
eighteen months for letter, aud finally cured 1t,
am anxious to get 1t to sell on commission. can
recommend IL beyond any remedies / have ever
used for letter Burns Cuts, etc In fact II is the
best medicine have ever tried for anything.
II. s. HORTON.
MYRTLE. MISS
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-12-10
advertisements.
CutiCura!
A POSITIVE CURE
For Every Form of Skin and Blood
Disease, from Pimples to
Scrofula.

have had the Psoriasis for nine months. About
Ave months ago applied to doctor near Boston,
who helped me. but unfortunately had to leave,
but continued taking his medicine for nearly three
months, but the disease did not leave. I saw Mr..
Carpenters letter in the Philadelphia Record, and
his case perfectly described mine tried the Gu
TICURA REMEDIES, using two bottles REsoLvENT,
and CuTICURA and CUTICURA SOAP in proportion
and call myself completely cured.
l.. II. BARNARD.
WATERFORD, N. j,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-12-10
Real Estate AGENCY.

Those having farms, or other real estate for sale,
by sending description and price may find quick sale
Correspondence from those wishing to purchase
solicited. have some excellent farms for sale in
New England New York Vermont and New Hamp.
shire. STEPHEN THOMAS, MONTPELIER, VT
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-12-10
NEW AND SECONDHAND
NEW MODERN-BUILD
Stationary Engines

Compact, quick working, economic, with heater,
pump, governor valve and all fixtures, sefcontained
at following unprecedented prices, viz;
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-12-10
SCROFULOUS SORES.

had dozen bad sores upon my body, and tried
all remedies could hear of, and at last tried your
CUTICURA REMEDIES and they have cured me.
JNO. GASKILL.
HEBRON, THAYER COUNTY, PENN.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-12-10
NOTICE.

The Stockholders of the Montpelier x White
River Railroad are hereby notified to meet at the
rooms of the National Bank of Barre in Barre on
Friday, December goth, 1884. at one o'clock,
r. NJ for the purpose of eecting directors for
the year ensuing, and for any other business that
may properly come before them. BY order of the
directors l., II. ALDRICH, Clerk
Barre, November 18th, 1854. 77-7s
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-07-01
MURDERED GREELEY.

The "Journal Of Civilization" whose
caricatures were assigned as among the
principal causes which led TO the I'M
timely death of the great Horace
Greeley, has lost its force. No enter
prise, or set of men, connected with
the later history of these times, could
be more open to criticism than this
unholy alliance of capital, business
and servile genius. The IIarpers are
grasping, knowing no party and hav-
ing no principles aside from money
getting. Curtis, their boss shuttle
cook,is a peacock whose spread
is more conspicuous than his head,
in whose stuct his brains are lost.
As for Mast, whose name was evil
IDENTITY abbreviated at some lime by AS
much rs a az" he is ever ready for
anything his masters may have for
him, to be even to the foul work of
character-assassinati
The journal of civilization is fail
ure and politically ALWAYS has been,
and the Republican party of this
country may congratulate themselves
that the Harpers have so far taken
themselves out of the lines that their
structures will be viewed as coming
from an enemy, therefore compara-
tiyely harmless
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-07-01
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE.

DIR. f. Il. Allen, of Wichita. for sew
erel years mayor Of that city, and later
a member of the general assembly.
has been announced rs candidate for
secretary of state. Already some four
or five persons have been mentioned
in connection with the nomination,
but no man better merits or is more
likely to receive the support of the
Republicans of this part of the state
than DR.. Al'en. Aside from,
the fact that he possesses all the
requisites of making very desirable
candidate, for the purpose of honorine
the county from whence he halls. it is
the duty of the Republicans of King
man to favor him with their support.
The generosity which Sedgwick is dis
posed 10 extend TO i.,is county should
be reciprocated and in no way can it
be done earlier or better than by fsv-
oring her lavorite son, for whom she
is DESTROYS Of securing place on the
state ticket The vote of kingman is
very likely to he cast in the state con-
vention for DR.. Allen -Kingman
Courier.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-07-01

printed wiz Wichita date line. Muir !
doek would not rss.pit itt be snaasd
as second-class matte and thus lee it
beat the governlnentlin anothcr direc-
ton, It ives forced - hnak one other
place, and Of conrss Il has not liked
Murdoch. Its office OF publication has
never been its snailieg sllios, and its.
proprietOrs could have been made TO
look through bars. We doubt if
il is now published where it
purports to be. As to the thing that
will "drop" in November the editor of
the EAGLE is as well prepared, proba-
bly,. as those who have systematically
trampled the orders of the govern
ment under their feet. As to "war
paint" ave don't care whether the bull
lying crowd, who have cnticed Lun-
dretls of honest men into trouble,
keeps il on or off, nor shall we lay
awake at night becauee their swind-
ling organ announces that it will never
again disgrace its columns with our
name. You mention the month Of
November. We believe the L. S.
district court for Wichita meets some
what earlier, but whether il does or
not you will probably meet General
Hatch before that time. Till then,
goodbye, Mr.. Oklahoma War Chief.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-07-01
THROUGH THE TERRITORY.

The bill granting the right of way
TO the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe rail-
way company has passed both houses
and goes to the president for his sig
nature /:
The line of the road is 10 begin al a
point to be selected by the company
on Red river north of the northern
boundary Of Cook county, Texas, run
ming thence by the most practicable
route through Indian territory to a
point on the southern boundary of
Kansas, the line to be approved by the
secretary of the interior before the
work is begun. The right of way is
to be one hundred feet in width aud n
strip Of land two hundred feet in
width with a length of three thousand
feet in addition TO the right Of way, is
granted for stations for every ten
miles Of the road.
The bill says: Congress hereby re-
StiNNo ait w tlit
the charges for freight and passengers
on the railway and messages on the
telegraph and telephone lines until a
state government or governments
shall exist in the territory within the
limits of which the railway or part
thereof shall be located, ana then such
a state government or governments
shall be authorized to fix and regulate
the cost of transportation Of persons
and freights within their respective
limits by the railway; but congress
expressly reserves the right to fix and
regulate at all times the cost of such
transportation by the railway or the
company whenever such transporta-
ton shall extend from one state into
another, or should extend into more
than one state; provided, however,
that the rates of such transportation
of passengers, local or interstate. shall
not exceed those above expressed.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-07-01
FROM ATLANTIC CITY.

ATLANTIC CRY. N. J., June "a.
7ofhe Editor Of tie Eagie.
Ienclose yon few scraps. And
thus the work goes bravely on Blaiuc
and Logan will sweep the country
by the largest majority given the Re-
publican ticket in twenty years. The
masses are not willing TO trust the De-
mocracy yet awhile, and an rejoiced
to find them (tlie young mem generally
SO well posted on the free trade issue.
You have. perhaps, not forgotten my
prediction to you over a year ago, that
the tariff question would he ihe issue
of this campaign.
lam taking a season of rest aud rec
reation here. Don't know when will
make tracks homeward. | thought of
going 10 the Democratic Chicago con-
vention. but will not, Ii is doomed 10
be another Democratic flzzIe.
We are having Il big storm on the
coast to-day. One of the large piers
gave way, and the immense roof went
down. A terrific sea is on.
As ever yours,
WIN, C.. WOODMAN
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-07-01
OFF AGAIN.

The kinginan Courier is of like a
twO-horse power rocket again on the
senatorial matter. As the EAGLE WAS
the first paper, in fact the inspiration
of the idea tina; Scdgwick county
might well afford to let kingman have
the senator, and as the editor % the
EAGLE never spoke TO either Wall or
Dofflemyer on the subject of tie call
or on anything connected with the
senatorial matter, nor even quoted
them that we aware, we simply fail to
catch on to some of the points made
by the Courier. When that paper
gets t. the bottom Of the business
which worries il its editor il will find
that in the above we have told the
simple and exact truth.