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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-06-11
" Keep Temperance out Of Politics.

Wherever darkness broods, there light
is the remedy. Christ says to his follow
ers /" Be not overcome of evil, but over
come evil with good" 1t is unworthy of
our faith to fear lest he upon whose shout
der the government shall be cannot purify
the Stygian pools" if only he is present
there in the person of his followers. "The
times are out of joint" Good men have
in great measure withdrawn from politics,
and as natural consequence "machine
methods and bossism prevail. 1t was
not always thus. In the early days the
best Christians and noblest patriots were
part and parcel of the government, and
they must be again or the republic is
failure. But public measures can enlist
good men only as they involve the welfare
of humanity. The absence of great phil
anthropic ideas from politics always
marks period of decadence. We can
only attract the best characters in the
community to caucus and convention by
the assurance that living issues will be
discussed and efforts made for human
betterment. What subject brought out
the votes of three hundred thousand of
Ohio's noblest citizens 1t was "tem.
perance in politics." A party shouldered
that question of constitutional amend
ment a party sent representatives to the
senate and the house who voted to submit
the great question of outlawing the liquor
traffic. Only through parties can we
make the slightest movement in the realm
of law. This is 80 trite saying that it
needs but little illustration. In Ohio, the
party that submitted the constitutional
amendment lost its grip, went back on
prohibition and was defeated by the
"Christian in politics who had voted
an independent ticket, or. having cast
his ballot "for the amendment" de-
clined either to bolt his party and the
independent ticket, or to accept the candi-
dates of his party knowing they were
pledged to license. But in Iowa party
has gone further, and after submitting
prohibition has stood by it through cloud
and sunshine until it is fact accom-
plished. During the period when temper
ance people are working for the adop-
ton of constitutional amendment it is
well not to accent more strongly than we
must the political Cor partly feature of
the movement. When the statute is Sc
cured, its recognition is inevitable, for
then the voting population is sharply out
lined in two opposing camps in every
municipality; one favorable to the Gu.
forcement of law, the other anxious
to make it dead letter. This is the
invariable history of the "thirty years
war 3" for prohibition and will be to the
end. But when you have two opposing
camps of voters ON the issue of making
or enforcing prohibitory law you have
Temperance in politics." Every step
taken toward inducing the state to go out
of partnership with the liquor traffic is
step into politics, step toward enlisting
the interest of Christian voters, and hence
a sure step toward the publication of the
"Stygisn pool" Good men are waking
from their lethargy. 1t is no longer re-
garded as Christian act to keep tenn
perance out of politics." Wherever the
Goliath of the liquor power sends forth
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-06-11
Religious sWisrsllanw.
AFTER REST.

The loving skies lean softly down to bless;
The hills reach upward for that mute caress;
White Gains OF clouds are floating on their way,
AS wing'd with that sweet peace of yesterday.
Sunrise with singing in the east is born.
And the whole earth is jubilant, this morn,
After the Day Of Rest
From out the white tent of that blest repose
We pass, as one who unto battle goes,
His head anonted with klngy oil;
And, as we climb anew the hills Of toll,
The work-day world, elate and all astir
With eager tumults, looketh hopefuller
After the Day of Rest.
Thus DER our path the Sabbath lilies spring,
Through hours of strife their dewy sweets to ding;
With bells of peace to call our hearts away,
Expectant still Of that eternal day
When souls that burn on treess wings to rise,
Shall find all high and pure activities,
And WEAKNESS all rest.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-06-11
Infidels Depending.

The men who are laboring to destroy
Christianity do not grow happy. There is
q certain exhilaration while their bright
but Injurious books bring them copyright,
and while crowds of men are found
willing, for reasons which bring no credit
to their minds or their hearts, to pay
dollar each and contribute also their ap.
plause to preacher of blasphemy; but
as life wears on, and as there comes to
such men a revelation of the probable
effects OF their teaching on the future of
society, they grow very respondent. M.
Renan is reported to have said "We are
living on the perfume of an empty vase.
Our children will have to Give on the
shadow of shadow. Their children,
fear, will have to live on something less"
1t would be almost cruel to ask this bril-.
liant writer who they are that emptied
the vase, and who they are that have
spent their strength in taking the sub
stance out of all human life, so that moth.
ing but shadows should be left. But
should we spare him that keen question
unless he frankly repent and employ the
remainder of his life in laboring to neu-
tralize the poison he has so insidiously
injected into society, and which now in
fects him and produces a deadly de-
spondency2 We have, however, comfort
for him and for all of his class. Their
grandchildren will live in an age of in
creasing Christian activity, in an age
when Christianity will be more stripped
of ecclesiasticism than now, and the mind
of the Spirit in the Word of God will be
better known, and there shall be an in.
crease of that faith which rounds out
reason and compliments the barrenness
of this life by the hope of life to come.
They will have something better than
perfume and more substantial than shad'
ows. Now let all men pause and consider
the pitifulness of this case. A few gifted
men have been employing their powers in
accommodating an estate for posterity,
and the best of them thus makes state
ment of the assets of the estate in hand,
"the perfume of an empty vase;" for
the next generation, "the shadow of q
shadow" for the third generation,
ssomething less" No wonder M. Renan
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-06-11
Living In the Present.

Some of us live too much in the past.
We spend great deal of time and strength
in regretting mistakes and lamenting
losses. If only we had taken this or the
other course at certain period, how diff
ferently would everything have turned
out. In what happier position would
we now be if this wise investment had
been made and not that foolish one. So
we waste our present resources and lose
our opportunities in fruitless sorrow.
Some of us are always looking toward a
brighter future, while we sit in Incidence
and let the present drift away. Mr.. and
Mrs. Micawber are seen on every ferry
boat and in every street. They are ex-
pecting something to turn up. just what
it will be they do not know, but they are
looking for it, and in the meantime they
are suffering Inconvenience and discom-
forts which little active exertion would
soon overcome. To every one of us there
is divine order given to live in the pres
emit, doing our best and being cheerful
and trustful, let what will of perplexity
surround us. We are to remember that
we are children of God, and under his care.
That wonderful twelfth chapter of Ro-
mans embodies, in brief and pithy com
pass, the whole of Christians daily life,
as it should be, if measured according to
the best pattern.
To serve the present age
My calling to fulfill"
should be the desire and determination of
every one of US. Very few people al
together escape the touch of corroding
care. But care would not corrode, though
it might Cypress, if each days burden
was accepted when it came, and carried
in that spiritual elasticity which those
receive who always wait upon the Lord,
and thus constantly renew their strength.
1t is the accumulation of yesterdays
annoyances and of to-morrow's forebod-
ings which writes sharp lines on the brow
and overshadows youth with the appre-
hensiveness of age. A heart which is in
sympathy with the Master, and which
loves to rest itself in the shadow of the
Rock, will be contented to dwell in peace,
taking up each duty as it comes, and
| trusting results to the Lord.-Margaret
e. Sangster.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-06-11

HoRsFoRD FRENCH RoLLs.--One quart
sifted flour, loosely measured, little salt,
one measure each of acid and soda Cor two
heaping teaspoonfuls acid, and one mod
erately heaping teaspoonful soda) of Hors-
ford's Bread Preparation. Mix thoroughly
while dry. Then add enough sweet milk,
or milk and water, to make slack dough.
Roll out thin and cut into circular pieces
with a teacup or cutter; then put small
lump of butter into the center of each
piece and fold the dough over it like turn
overs. Bake Immediately.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-06-11
Ayers Sarsaparilla.

Since then Mr. LELAND has recommended
AYERS SARsAPARILLA in many similar
cases, and he has never yet heard Of its fail
ure to effect radical cure.
Some years ago one of Mr.. LELAND's farm
laborers bruised his leg Owing to the bad
state of his blood, an ugly scrofulous swelling
or lump appeared on the injured limb. Hor-
rhle itching of the skin, with burning and
darting pains through the lump, made life
almost intolerable. The leg became enor-
mously enlarged, and running ulcers formed,
discharging great quantities of extremely
offensive matter. No treatment was of any
avail until the man, by Mr.. LELAND's direc-
ton, was supplied with AYERS SARsAPA-
RILLA, which allayed the pain and irritation,
healed the sores, removed the swelling, and
completely restored the limb to use.
Mr.. LELAND has personally used
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-06-11

LET US learn upon earth those things
which call us to heaven.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-06-11

his challenge, there the temperance Davids
rally; and since the doughty giant is to-
day the chief figure in the political arena,
home versus the saloon" is the war
cry and as the temperance soldiers rally
for the fray it will be seen ere long that no
party can win in America unless it frankly
and earnestly espouses the cause of home.
-Christian al Work.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-06-11
New IdrerAsements.
IA MAN

WHO IS uHAeoUAHrto WITH THE GEOGRAPHY or THO co,
Try VIM SCI az ExAL.alaa 1LaIs nAp 1nA1 1LE
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-06-11

G6@ To MATCH THAT BONNET l-Feath.
ers, ribbons, velvet can all be colored to
match that new hat by using the Diamond
Dyes. Ten cents for any color at the
druggists. Wells, Richardson & Co., Bur-
lington, vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-06-11
Ayers Sarsaparila

for rheumatism, with entire success and,
after careful observation, declares that, in
his belief, there is no medicine in the world
equal to it for the cure of Liver Disorders,
Govt, the effects of high living. Salt
Rheum, Sores, Eruptions, and all tho
various forms of blood diseases.
We have Mr.. LELAND's permission to invite
all who may desire further evidence in regard
to the extraordinary curative powers of
AYERS SARsAPARILLA to see him person
ally either at his mammoth Ocean Hotel,
Long Branch, or at the popular Leland Hotel,
Broadway, 9th and 2sth Streets, New York.
Mr.. LELAND's extensive knowledge of the
good done by this unequalled eradicator of
blood pOisons enables him to give inquirers
much valuable information.
PREPARED BY
DR.. J.C. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Druggists; 81, six bottles for %.
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eWew Iherfisemenfs.
WARREN LELAND,
whom everybody knows as the successful
Largest Hotel Enterprises

of America, says that while passenger from
New York on board ship going around Cape
Horn, in the early days of emigration to Cal
ifornia, he learned that one of the officers of
the vessel had cured himself, during the voy.
age, of an obstinate disease by the use of
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-02-16
NOycl-Reading Made 0diOus.

A bitter wag. made angry by the ever
increasing output OF novels, has devised
new and malignant antidote for the
appetite for romance. He declares that
he will write supplement to every
modern love story, TO be sold at half
price, setting forth the matrimonial ad-
ventures and experiences of the hero
and the heroine. he sweet and pa
thetic maiden with the mild blue eyes
and the golden hair is to be developed
into the fat and ruddy shrew with a
tendency to quarrel with her husband
and row her servants. The gallant zen
tleman with the long moustache and
the silver voice is, on his part, to be
ruthlessly pictured marching up and
down his bedroom in airy attire, with a
squalling baby in his arms, redolent of
sour milk and catnip. The will of the
rich old uncle, which brings wealth and
happiness at the end of the first volume,
will be proved forgery in the second.
What with the upsetting of every pretty
convent onality and the disclosure OF
the inevitable conditions into which no
well-bred novelist ever follows his char
acters, this cynic hopes to make novel
reading nauseous and woodworking as
improbable as it is Il dark industry
st. Louis Spectator
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Where Money Reigns Supreme.

In New York, and, I suppose. in all
large cities, but here esoeciallv. money
has been made by the fortune. We have
hundreds OF millionaires, and thousands
upon thousands of very, very rich men.
Speculative opportunities afforded by
the war were availed of by unscrupu-
ious men, who to-day live upon their
ilI-gotten gains. We are on the
ragged edge OF speculation. Spec
ulation has put into the pock-
cts OF rascals millions, and has
taken from the pockets of the greedy
millions. A new set have come to the
front socially and financially. I.hey
are vulgar. common. rude, offensive
They boast of their wealth. they Haunt
in the eyes of the public their new pur-
chase; they give balls and entertain
ments to which gentlemen with whom
they are unacquainted are invited.
They send lists of guests to the newspa-
pers; they furnish, in addition to this,
descriptions of elegant toilets worn by
the ladies at these entertainments, they
inform society reporters in all the de-
tails o. expenditure, they tell how much
they spend for flowers, what the cost of
the dinner or supper is to be. They
parade before reporters their gold and
silver service, and are particular that
they get its cost correctly. In many
authenticated instances they pay large
sums to certain weekly papers, which
make specialities OF society news, for
extensive reports of their entertain
ments. They appear upon the streets
in the morning with diamonds in their
ears, with costly ornaments upon their
necks, and expensive bracelets upon
their arms, if they be women; with dia-
mond collar-buttons and diamond sets,
and heavy gold chains and solitaire dia-
mond rings upon their fingers. if they
are men. They are loud in tone, hashy
in dress and boorsh in manner. All
this, vulgar and low bred as it is, is not
bad; it is simply disagreeable, and,
doubtless, as time rolls on, social fric-
ton will smooth away the roughness,
and when the fourth generation APP
pears-by which time, however, the
money will doubtless be spent - man
hood and womanhood will have their
turn. The foregoing refers to the home
life OF these creatures. In their public
and in their amusement taste find the
beacons and the suggestions to which L
earlier referred.-N. Y. Cor. PbtJGdet-
phia Press.
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Eminent Testimony.
[N. Y. Wines, Aug. Is. sol

N. 7. Witness, Aug. Is, Ies0.I
az find that in addition TO the pure spirits
contained i'm their composition, they contain
he extracts of hops and other well-known
and highly approved medicinal roots, leaves
and tinctures in quantities sufficient to rem
der the article what the makers claim it to
be, TO wit, a medicinal preparation and not
cept as n medicine.
" From careful analysis of their formula
which was attested under oath-I find
that in every wine-glassful of Hop Bitters,
the active medicinal properties aside from
the distilled spirits are equal to full dose
for an adult, which fact, in my opinion,
subjects it to an internal revenue tax as a
medicinal bitter"
GREEN B. RAUM, U. S. Com. In. Rev.
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FROM the annual statement fled with the
Auditor of Iowa. we note that the Burling-
ton Insurance Company had very pros
porous year in 1888, its gross income being
over a quarter of a million dollars, the
largest cash income of any Iowa company.
The Burlington has not dollar of unpaid
losses or losses in litigation on its books
n highly creditable feature and one that
has characterized this staunch old COM
pany for many years. The Burlington Of
fers more certain indemnity TO the insur-
ING public than any other company, as its
ratio of assets to liabilities is more than
double that OF any other company.
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Hardened Liver.

Five years ago / broke down with kidney
and liver complaint and rheumatism. Since
then have been unable to be about at all.
My liver became hard like wood; my limbs
were pulled up and filled with water. All
the best physicians agreed that nothing
could cure me. l resolved to try Hop Bit
tiers; l have used seven bottles; the hard
ness has all gone from my liver the swelling
from my limbs, and it has worked a miracle
in my case; otherwise l would have been
now in my grave.
j. w. Money. Buffalo. Oct. |, 81.
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l CHEERFULLY ADD my testimony to tho
value of Ely's Cream Balm as specific in
seriously debilitated with Catarrh for the
past eight years, having tried Intellectually
other medicines and several specially doc
tors in Boston. She improved at once under
this discovery, and has gained her health
and hearing, which had been considered
incurable ROBERT w. MERRILL, Secre-
tary of the Phoenix Manufacturing Co.,
Grand Haven, Mich.
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No Marks.

Mr.. T. NJ. Casad, editor of the Corydon
Qa.) Times, writes that his little girl
burned her foot severely on stove. One
application of st. Jacobs Oil, the great
pain-reliever, cured it completely, leaving
no marks. By two applications of st.
Jacobs Oil he cured himself of a torturing
pain in the side.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-02-16

Mr.. ISAAC c. CHAPMAN, Druggist, New
burg, n. Y, writes us: AZ have sold sew
eral gross Of DIR. WILLIAM HALLS BALsAm
FOR THE LUNGS. / can say Of it what can
not say OF any other medicine. / have
never hoard customer speak of it but to
praise it, I have recommended it in great
many cases of Whoopins Cough, with the
happiest effects. / always have bottle in
the medicine closet ready for use."
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-02-16

Some farmers adhere, even against the
full light of fact and discovery, to the old
fashioned folly of coloring butter with car
rots, annatto, and inferior substances, not
withstanding the splendid record made by
the Improved Butter Color, prepared by
Wells, Richardson 81 Co., Burlington, VT.
At scores of the best agricultural Fairs it
has received the highest award over all
competitors.
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rheumatism Quickly Cured.

There has never been a medicine for
rheumatism introduced in the United States
that has given such universal satisfaction
as Durang's Rheumatic Remedy. 1t stands
out alone as the one great remedy that act
ually cures this dread disease. 1t is taken
internally, and never has and never can
fail to cure the worst case in the shortest
time. 1t is sold by every druggist at 81.
Write for free forty-page pamphlet to r. X,
HELPHEN slime, Druggist, Washington, ID. G..
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1ndnlgcnce I'D rrcesse..

Whether over-eating or drinking are made
harmless by using Hop Btters freely, giving
elegant appetite and enjoyment by using
them before and removing all dizziness,
pains and distress afterwards, leaving the
head clear, nerves steady, and all the feel
ings buoyant, elastic and more happy than
before. The pleasing effects of a Christian
or suinptuous dinner continuing days after
wards
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-02-16

HAVE seen remarkable results from use
of Swift's Specific on cancer. A young
man near here has been afflicted Eve years
with the most angry looking eating cancer
ever saw, and was nearly dead. The first
bottle made wonderful change, and after
five bottles were taken, he is nearly or
quite well. 1t is truly wonderful.
NJ. f. CRUMLEY, NJ. D., Oglethorpe, Ga.
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81 was dragged down with debt, poverty and
suffering for years, caused by sick family and
large bills for doctoring. L was completely
discouraged, until one year ago, by the advice
OF my pastor, commenced using Hop Buffers,
and in one month we were all well, and mono
of us have seen sick day since, and want 10
say to all poor men, you can keep your fami-
lies well year with Hop Btters for less than
one DOCTOR visit will cost; know it."
a WORKINGNIAN.
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a we.s-nyer OF Health.

Sent free to sufferers from nervous,
chronic and blood diseases, brain and heart
affections, nervous debility. etc. 1t tells OF
wonderful cures effected by DR.. Scots's Coca,
Beef and Iron, with Phosphorus. Sold by
druggists; 81. DR.. Scott, Kansas City, No.
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President Patzgen, of New York
schutzenbund, was making speech in
the presence OF Company II OF that So
ciety, presenting Captain Joseph Ro-
senStein with medal. when Rosensten
fell dead of heart-disease. Y. Her
aid.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-02-16

EVERY cloud has a silver lining; but it
is not so with solid silver water pitchers.
They are nickel plated.-N. O. Picdyune.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-02-16

A MAN may be a smoker, and yet his dear
little wife may not allow him to smoke her.
Boston Post.
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Mr.. ONION has just failed out in Ne
braska; but il can not be said that he has
not a scent to his Chicago Herald.
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THEY say dogs can't reason, but no one
will doubt that dog tries to reach a con-
clusion when he chases his tail.
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DIR. WILLIAMS Indian Pie Ointment.
Warranted to cure any case of blind, bleed
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-02-16

Trough on Coughs, 15c., at Druggists. Com.
plete cure Coughs. Hoarseness, Sore Tnroat.
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WHY are very young dudes like very
new wheat? Both are too green to thrash.
Chicago Times.
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smother Swans Worm Syrup" for few
erishness, worms. constipation, tastsless. 2jC
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Buchu-paiba." Quick, complete cure, all
annoying Kidney and Urinary Diseases, 81.
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PIso's CURE for Consumption does not
dry up a cough; it removes the cause.
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A Mrss.ALL1ANCF--A young ladies' de-
batting society," Chicago Tribune.