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ing; but the seeking" implies the &C
tivity of one who puts himself to the
labor of search; and the knocking"
refers to the continued importantly
that repeats its application until it is
satisfied that there is no one in, or un-
til the door is actually opened. Here,
too, come those parallels spoken by the
Lord, to the end that men ought always
to pray and not to faint. The true sup
plicant is importunate. Like Jacob,
he wrestles with the angel, if need be
until the dawning of the day; or, like
the Syro-Phpnician woman, he renews
his entreaties in the face of seeming re-
buff; from an apparent refusal draws a
plea which in the end prevails. No
mere sluggard's Journalism, therefore,
will suffice. That is not prayer. That
is but the husk of appearance. The
true suppliant will continue instant
in prayer" and, when he is over, the
exhaustion of his spirit will convince
him that he has been laboring indeed
Believe me-" said Coleridge TO his
nephew, two years before his death, b" to
pray with all your heart and strength,
with the reason and the will, to believe
wildly that God will listen to your
voice through Christ, and verify do the
thing that pleaseth him at last, this is
the last, the greatest achievement of
the Christians warfare on earth. ="
Teach us to pray, Lord. "-Reu. VIII
lam NJ. Taylor, DID,, IN Christian at
WorL
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New Floral Fashions.

WATER LILIEs.-W Water lilies are a
favorite flower for street-wear this
month. AS many as dozen, includ-
ing the green, polished buds, are worn
at the belt, the long, sedgy stems be-
ing left to fall below the waist. For a
boating party given on Silver Lake,
Staten Island, last week, the ladies all
wore pond lilies on their hats and on
their corsage. 1t is quite fashionable
to pin cluster on the sun-umbrella.
They are effective wherever placed.
FLOWER APRONs.-Small aprons of
flowers are novel favors presented at
June entertainments. These are ex-
ceedingly pretty for German favors at
lawn parties. A florist made thirty of
these aprons lately for a garden party
given at Yonkers. The foundation was
surah silk of delicate tint, upon which
the flowers were so neatly caught that
the stitches did not show. A pink
silk apron which had border of the
Mignonette Polyanthus rose around it,
and bretelles Or" wings covered with
sprays of these fairy, blush roses, was
a dainty garment. A blue silk apron was
fringed with Corn-howers, Centaured
cyanus, and lavendar silk one was ex-
quisitely festooned with heliotrope.-
American Gdrden.
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Stray Shots.

The nineteenth annual encampment
of the Grand Army of the Republic,
held in Portland last week, brought
over one hundred thousand visitors to
that city. The report of the COM
mander-in-chief shows that this popu-
lar organization of veterans is rapidly
thousand members of fouryears ago has
been increased to over two hundred
eighty-seven thousand at the present
time.
GENERAL STEPHEN THOMAS, in his
report of the operations of the Eighth
Vermont Regiment in Louisiana in Oc-
tober, 1862, gives an account of what
may be called a good weeks work
The train was pushed forward from
day to day, repairing the road, until it
arrived at Bayou Des Allemandes,
where the enemy had set all the build
ings on fire, including the double-track
railroad bridge, four hundred seventy
five feet long. The fire had progressed
too far to be eXtinguished. Where the
track was not destroyed the train could
proceed only as the men pulled the
grass, which covered the rails, in ad-
vance of it, the whole command pre-
ceding the train for that purpose. The
regiment pulled the luxuriant grass
from over twenty miles of track, built
eighteen culverts, relaid what was esti-
mated at four miles of track, rebuilt a
bridge four hundred seventy-five feet
long, reconstructed the telegraph, drove
and kept the enemy from the road, and
captured seven cannon all in one
week-for which they received a high
compliment for energy and skill from
Major-general Butler.
IN the case of DIR. Azel Ames, Jr.,
indicted for receiving gratuities from
pension claimants while he was an ex-
aiming surgeon of the pension office,
which has been on trial for several
days in the United States court in Bos-
ton, the jury disagreed. The testimony
on the part of the prosecution tended
to show that DR.. Ames and Mr..
Mansfield worked together in getting
early and favorable action on several
pension claims at the pension office,
and that DR.. Ames made several trips
to Washington for the purpose of adj
vancing such claims. The claims were
not fraudulent, but when the pension
ers received the money they paid to
Mansfield from 5000 to $500 each, and
Mansfield informed them that he should
divide the sum he received with DIR.
Ames. The defence claimed that Mans
field used DIR. Ames' name with the
pensioners to obtain larger amount
from them, and that the fees so OBJ
tanned were " Manslield's first, last and
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An Illustration of Faith,

Sam Jones was talking to a man of
weak faith the other day. The doubter
asked if Mr.. Jones could not give him
demonstration of religion. " None, :"
was the reply :" You must get inside
the fold, and the demonstration will
come of itself. Humble yourself, have
faith, and you shall know the truth"
" In other words; | must believe, ac-
cept it before it is proved, and be-
lieve it without proof" " Now, hold
on right here. Out West they have a
place for watering cattle. The cattle
have to mount platform to reach the
troughs. AS they step on the platform
their weight presses a lever, and this
throws the water into the troughs
They have to get on the platform
through faith, and this act provides the
water and leads them to it. You are
like smart steer that slips around to
the barnyard and peeps in the trough
without getting on the platform. He
finds the trough dry, of course, for it
needs his weight on the platform to
force the water up. He turns away
disguised, and tells everybody there's
no water in the trough. Another steer,
not so smart, but with more faith,
steps on the platform, the water springs
into the trough, ard he marches up and
drinks. That's the way with religion.
You've got to get on to the platform. You
can't even examine it intelligently
until you are on to the platform. If
you slide around the back way, you'll
find the trough dry, But step on a
platform, and the water and the faith
come together without any trouble
certain and sure and abundant. DE
trOit Free Press.
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Girls In the Garden.

If there is anything more con ducive
to the health of girls and young women
than some regular, systematic, light
garden work, we should like to know
what it is; surely it is not to be found
in the drugstore. Thousands of frail,
listless, pale-faced girls to whom the
world seems a burden, could transform
themselves into healthy, happy, joyful
beings by this simple remedy. We
offer it without charge, if you will only
try it. Commence some pleasant, cool
morning, after breakfast, not before,
until you are considerably stronger
by making a small flower-bed, sowing a
few seeds, planting some bedding
plants, or tying up climbing rose or
honeysuckle. Make it your regular
business every day to spend an hour in
your garden, watching and caring for
your plants. 1t does not matter how
small the beginning is. In fact, the
less you undertake at first, provided
you do it well, the better will be your
success. The main point to secure is
to create an interest in your work, and
this cannot be accomplished if you over
work yourself and become discouraged
at the start. TO be promotive of good
the work must be a pleasure, not hard
ship.-Dr. Heramer.
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Conditions Of Successful Prayer.

The desire that simply fits across
the soul as the shadow of the cloud
glides over the summer grass, is no
true prayer 1t must take hold of the
spirit, and gather into itself all the en-
ergy and earnestness of the suppliant
The popular idea, indeed, is that prayer
is a very simple matter; but in reality
it is the highest exercise of the soul,
and requires for its presentation the
concentration of all its powers. The
English prelate was right when he said
that no man was likely to do much
good in prayer who did not begin by
looking upon it in the light of work
to be prepared for and persevered in
with all the earnestness which we
bring to bear upon subjects which are,
in our opinion, at once most interest
ing and most necessary" So much as
this must be evident from the phraseol-
ogy of the Scriptures themselves, OBJ
serve the graduation in the terms, "ask-
ing" " seeking" " knocking" The
" asking" is the lower form of request
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Apple Recipes.

APPLE time is approaching, and so
we offer a set of reprinted recipes
which we are assured by good author
ity are all excellent. Any reader who
class will please do so. Recipes for
using and preserving all sorts of sum-
mer fruits are now in order, and will be
thankfully received:
APPLE CAKE.-Apple cake is sort
of second cousin once removed to apple
dumping, and is made by mixing APP
pies pared and cut in small pieces
into light, unsweetened bread dough.
After the apples are mixed in, the
dough is kneaded into a round loaf, and
baked as soon as it becomes light.
ICED APPLEs.-Iced apples make a
very attractive dish for luncheons.
Pare, core and bake until tender: re-
move from the oven, and place on a
plate without breaking them; as soon
as they are perfectly cold spread stiff
sugar-frosting over the top and sides of
the apples, and set them in the oven a
minute to brown.
APPLE SNow.-Apple snow is a
dainty luncheon dish, and, like that
given above, equally appropriate for
desert. Pare and quarter number of
apples; boil quickly in little water
favored with lemon peel. AS soon as
done, drain and pass through hair
sieve; beat the whites of six eggs, add
six tablespoonful of powdered sugar
and the apples; stir lightly together,
and pile up in glass dish; garnish with
lady-fngers.
STEAMED APPLEs.-Some kinds of
apples which sternly refuse to cook
may be conquered and turned into a
very pretty dish by steaming them.
Pare and core the apples, leaving them
whole or in halves; place them in a
steamer, few at time, and steam
them until tender. Arrange them in a
dish, with bit of jelly in the hollow
of each apple. To one quart of water
add half pound of sugar and part of
the grated rind of an orange; boil until
it begins to thicken, then add the juice
of the orange, and pour over the apples.
They may be made into nice spiced
pickle for immediate use by adding to
the syrup, instead of the orange peel
and juice, half cupful of pure vine
gar, and enough cinnamon, cloves, all
spice and ginger to give it decided
spicy flavor.
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all the time" Mansfield is also in
dicted for taking unlawful fees in the
same cases. If the claims for pensions
were commenced between June, 1878,
and March 3, 1883, he, too, will probably
go clear When congress repealed GER
tain acts relating to pensions in 1873, it
unwittingly repealed the section impos-
ing penalty for taking greater fee
than that prescribed by law for prose-
cutting claims for pension. In the win
ter of 1883 certain parties in Michigan
were tried for taking large sums from
claimants for procuring pensions, and
were discharged by the court, as there
was no law existing against such prac-
tees. But on the 3D. of March, 1888,
congress re-enacted the penalty section,
on the recommendation of the commits
sioner of pensions. 1t is contended
that this last act of congress would not
effect claims pending in the pension Of
fee prior to its passage.
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What Are You Doing!

Do you ever tell what the Lord has
done for your soul? How does the
world know you are Christian? Do
you ever make personal appeal to an
unconverted soul? Do your religious
engagements take precedence over all
others? Have you tried to induce any
one to attend church? Have you well
coined any stranger in church? Do
you visit the poor, the sick, and stran-
gers? Have you sought TO know our
new members? Do you ego into all the
world and preach the gospel " by Civ
ing as the Lord has prospered you? Is
secret prayer your daily habit? Are
you informed concerning the spread of
the gospel? Do you take a religious
paper? Are you an advocate of gospel
temperance principles? Doyou observe
family worship? Do you ever hand any
person good book or tract? DO you
contribute your part of the current en-
penses of the church? Are any of the
ways of working and witnessing for
Christ your ways?-Dr. Geo. l.. Spinning.
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An Accurate Guess.

1t was during the siege of Wagner, and
the Union parallels were but few hun
dred yards away from the grim black
tubes that ever and anon " emboweled
with outrageous noise the air-disgorg-
ing foul their horrid glut of iron globes"
A line of abattis was to be built across
a clear space, in point-blank range of
the rebel gunners and sharp-shooters
in front. Sergeant" says the officer
in charge, " go pace that opening and
give me the distance as near as pos
sible." Says the sergeant Qor we will
let him tell the rest of the story): 8" |
started right off. When / got to the
opening put Ter like ship in gale of
wind. What with grape, canister,
round shot, shell, and regular bees
nest of rifle balls, l just think there
must have been fearful drain of am
munition on the confederate govern
ment about that time. / don't know
how it was, but i didn't get so much
as scratch, but did get powerfully
scared. When l got under cover l
couldn't Ter told for the life of me
whether it was hundred ora thousand
PAGES. | should sooner have guessed a
hundred thousand. Says the captain:
Well, sergeant, what do you make of
it?' Soon's | could get my wind, says
|, give guess, captain He. looked
across the opening second or two and
then says, A hundred seventy-fve
PAGES, say Thunder, captain says
|, you have made pretty close guess.
It's just hundred seventy-one. And"
concluded the sergeant, after the laugh
had subsidized, that's how got my
shoulder-straps."
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Not as Happy as You Might Be.

You may be a happy man and
woman, but you are not as happy as
you might be. A part of your happi-
ness springs from your love to God. If
you loved God more your happiness
would be greater. The emotion of love
is happy state of mind. The greater
its intensity when awakened by worthy
object, the greater the happiness. To
love God with all the heart is to be as
happy as the constitution of your ma
ture will allow. When God commands
us to love him with all the heart, he is
making provision for our highest hap
piness. Every act prompted by love
and in accordance with the will of God
is happy act, happy in the perform
ance and in the retrospect. The more
one loves God, the more will his actions
be prompted and governed by that love,
and of consequence the happier will he
be. You would be happier if you loved
God more. Every one will admit that
supreme love to God is the highest and
most imperative of all duties; yet in the
study OF duty it may not receive its due
relative attention. Duties requiring
action towards others may press their
claims, to the neglect of objective du-
ties-those relating to the condition of
the soul. The cultivation of love to
God should receive our first and con-
slant attentions; for love to God is the
source and handspring of every duty.
If any man love me" says Christ, "he
will keep my words" Glove is the
fulfilling of the law" We cannot in
crease our love to God by direct act OF
will. Love is not voluntary. 1t is called
forth by objects adapted to awaken it.
We love that which appears to us lovely
and we give love in return for love
The character of God is infinitely lovely
and the more we contemplate it the
more our love will increase. We should
study the character of God as revealed
in his works and in his Word, that oul
love may be increased. Meditation or
the character of God and of his love tC
las shown by his acts toward us, is {
most important duty. No activity il
doing good to others can atone for the
neglect to acquaint ourselves with
God" The prime means of increasing
our love to God is by meditation au(
prayer for the Holy Spirit.-IntelH
Qellcer.
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WE are glad to announce that through

WE are glad to announce that through
the increase of space now allowed to
the Household Department we have
been able to clear off the accumulation
of matter which has been so kindly sent
in, and trust that those interested will
resume their pens as occasion offers.
We do not know how permanent this
increase of space is to be, but doubt not
that our good publisher means to give
the fair sex fair show in his paper,
with room enough to satisfy all reason
able demands.
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Gbe Soldiers Budget.
Pensions Granted.

To Alfred Aldrich, Pike Station, N.
H., "a a month and 5000 arrears; George
5. Lawrence, Montpelier, an additional
pension of SO month and S1,00S ar
rears; Mrs. Henry Harmon, Machias,
Maine, dependent mother, IS month
and S2,0S2 arrears; Allen E. Mehuron,
Waitsfield, an increase of pension from
80 to IS month and 5000 arrears /;
Alonzo Colvin, Wallingford, an increase
from S15 to 800 month; Henry Ly-
ford, Chelsea, an increase from "a to
SIS a month.
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Mrs. ERAsTUs EDWARDS, Barre, VT,
writes: " If Mrs. l.. A. Rood will take
one cup of oatmeal and cover with cold
water, let it stand until soaked awhile,
then add two or two and one-half quarts
of water, and sweeten to taste with
good maple sugar, adding nice lump
of ice, she will have nice cooling
drink, fit for king"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-07-01

GREEN GoosEBERRIEs may be easily
preserved for winter use by placing
them in clean bottles, filling with cool
spring water, corking tightly and plac-
ing them in the cellar. Simple as this pro-
cess is, it is uniformly successful if care
is taken that every berry is perfectly
sound and unbroken, and perfectly
green-that is, not approaching ripe
ness
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Year Of Danger.

With the threatened advent of cholera among us :
1t behooves every to check at the outset those
little ills which, neglected, become prostratng
diseases.
Cholera finds its victims among the deblitated
out and weakly, and those of sensitive stomachs
and poor digestion.
SANFoRD's GINGER, compounded of Imported Gin
ger. Choice Anomalies and French Brandy, convent
emit speedy and safe is the quntessence of all that
is preventive and curative in medicines.
1t is sure to check summer complaint. prevent in
digestion, destroy disease germs in all the waite
drunk, restore the circulation when suspended by
chill and ward off maaria contagious and epidemic
influences. Ask
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AFTER all, the Bible must be its own
argument and defence. The power of
il can never be proved unless it is felt
The authority of it can never be sup
ported unless it is manifest. The light
of it can never be demonstrated unless
it shines. DR.. III. j, Van Dyke.
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CHOLERA AND YELLOW FEVER.

Maaral, Masmatc and Contagious or Epidemic
Diseases, and many ailments attending change of
climate food and water, may be entirely prevented
by wearing CUTICuRA PLASTER over the pit of the
stomach, with frequent changes, whenever exposed
to these affections cure by absorption is effected
by 1t when all other pasters fail It's the hest pas-
ter known to physicians and druggists At druggists
25 cents; five for 81. Mailed free. POTTER DRUG
AND CHEMICAL Co., Boston,
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GREATEST ON EARTH.

CUTIouRA REMEDIES are the greatest medicines
on earth. Had the worst case of Salt Rheum in this
country. My mother had II twenty years. and in fact
died from It. believe CUTICURA would have saved
her life. My arms, breast and head were covered
for three years, which nothing relieved cured,
TIL used the CUT1CURA REsoLvHNT, internally.
and CUTICURA and CUTICuRA SOAP, externally.
j. W. ADAMS, NEWARK, ONO.
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THE warm weather often has de-
pressing and facilitating effect. Hoods
Sarsaparilla overcomes all languor and
lassitude.
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REAIITV For Tan, Sunburn and Oily Skin,
CUTICURA SOAP.
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The Christian is like the ripening
corn; the ripper he grows the more lowly
he bends his head. Guthrie.
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Desirable Farm for Sale.

Said farm is situated one mile south of Plainheld
Springs, ON the main road to Chelsea, containing
about two hundred acres, some fifty of it being
claimed meadow, ertrd grass land most of which Is
moved with machine. Plenty of muck and no hill
work. Keeps about thirty:hye head of cattle.
Never failing water at the buildings. Apple and
sple ndd sugar orchard of one thousand trees Wood
and timber easy of access. Also the stock, hay,
grain, farming and sugar tools, and about twenty
five cords of dry stove wood, with farm il desired.
For twenty years 1t has been my aim to improve
this farm for a pleasant home, but circumstance
and health make 1t absolutely necessary to sell.
Possession given at any time. j. Z. LADD
Plainheld, VT, January 10. 1885. S3-tf
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GREAT BLOOD MEDICINES.

The half has not been told to the great curative
powers Of the CUTfCURA REMEDIES. I have paid
hundreds of dollars for medicines to diseases of
the blood and skin, and never found anything yet to
equal the CUTICURA REMEDIES.
CHAS. A WILLIAMS, PROVIDENCE, r. l.
Sold by all druggists. Price; CUTICURA, so cents;
REsoLvENT, 81; SOAP, 25 cents. Prepared by the
POTTER DRUG AND CHEMICAL Co., Boston, Mass.
Send for "How to Cure Skin Diseases"
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1T is A FACT.

Hundreds of letters in our possession copies of
which may he had by return mail are our authority
for the assertion that Skin Scalp and Blood Humors
whether Scrofulous, Inherited or Contagious, may
NOW be permanently cured by CUTIoURA RE.
SOLVENT, the new Blood Purifier, internally, and
CuTICURA and CUTfCURA SOAP, the Great Skin
Cures and Beautifers externally, in one-half the
time and expense of any other season.
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advertisements.
n0VII IS THE TIME I
VUuW TO CURE
lvVuv SKIN HUM0RSI

IT'S at this season when the Pores are clogged and
i the Blood and Precipitation are laden with Impur-
ties that Dishguring Humors, Humiliating Erup-
tons, Itching fortunes, Salt Rheum Eczema,
Psoriasis letter, Ringworm, Baby Humors, Scrof-
ula, Scrofulous Sores, Assesses, and discharging
wounds, and every species of Itching, Scaly and
Pimply Diseases OF the Skin and Scalp, are most
speedily and economically cured by the CUTIoURA