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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-30
GOSSIP IN THE coRRIDoRs.

Ex-senator T. q. Clement sat near Jack
son street window of the Merchants yester-
day The old legislator looks solemn. Not
withstanding this, however. he will not con-
sent TO let his name be used as a point for
those politicians interested in making United
States senators. But if Mr.. Clement will say
nothing for himself. he agrees that d. A.
Morrison. OF Rochester, is an excellent man
for the speakers chair. And he also sug-
gests that Faribault might need little ap-
preparation for an addition TO its school for
imueciles, ''ror there are a great many fools
in this state" he explains, land they would
fill up several such institutions as ours"
~
The happily-gifted cartoouist of the senate,
A. III. Bertrsm. of Monticello, who has been
its expressing clerk for so many sessions, was
around yesterday, and he is the only candi-
date in the field for the next appointment.
Mr.. Bertram is eminently fitted Tor the office,
and to hear the newly-elected senators who
come to the city talk, he is the most popular
person who could be a candidate.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-30

EDITOR sIsoERLF denies that be viii
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-30

PUBLISHED EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-30

''How about the assertion of DR.. Ames
that he will contest McGilPs election? l
don't know, but if he has good grounds to
stand upon [ will stick to him and help
him all [ can. He has not shown that he
has found any evidence as yet on which to
base contest. | tell you that we Kelly
and Doranj did everything possible to Sc
cure Ames' election, and when the result
was in doubt we took steps at once to cover
all the weak points and properly protect his
interests. An examination of the books
here will show who stood the brunt of the
fight and furnished the money.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-30
The Lockyvood insurance

Total number deeds. 65.......... ...S145
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-26
From Marah to Elm.

The experience of David is similar to
our own. Sorrow is not all wilder
ness, even to the most sorrowful. Amid
all its bleakness and desolation it has
GASES of beauty and fertility, 1t has
Films as well as Marahs, and frequently
these Films are very near the Marahs
if we only knew it. But six short
miles separated the twelve wells of
water and the three-score and ten palm
trees from the bitter, nauseous well
that filled the hearts of the thirsting
multitudes with disappointment. And
so near in human life is the sweetness
to the bitterness in every trial. A few
steps will take us through the valley of
the shadow of death out into the green
pastures and beside the still waters,
upon which it opens. Had the Israel
ties of old, instead of murmuring at
Marah, pushed on little further, they
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-26
COnquering the Body.

Young people who use as textbook
in their schools Green's " Conquest of
England - will find in the history of
the writing of the book an example of
zeal and courage as remarkable as any
which it records. Mr.. Green gave all the
best years of his life to the close study of
the history of England. He had pas
sionate love for his native land, and be-
the task of setting forth the truth with
regard to the development of the peo-
pie. His book, "The History of the
English People," was written while he
was struggling against mortal illness.
He had collected vast materials for a
work on the early England, and had be-
gun to write it, when his disease made
sudden startling progress, and he was
told by his physicians that they could
do nothing to arrest it. In the eX-
tremity of ruin and defeat" says his
wife, in her record of him, " he found
higher fidelity to his work. The days
that might still be left him must hence
forth be conquered, day by day, from
death. Thus, under the shadow of
death, the Making of England was be-
gun" The writing occupied five months,
in which time his doctors declared that
his life was prolonged from day to day
by the sheer force of his own will and
his inheXible resolve to finish his work
He lay, too weak to lift book or the
pen, debating every word, sometimes
through hours of intense suffering. Yet
so conscientious was he that, driven by
death as he was, the greatest part OF
the book was rewritten five times
When it was finished he began the
Conquest of England" wrote it, re.
viewed it, and then, dissatisfied with
the work as it stood, cancelled it all,
and began again. AS death laid its cold
fingers on his heart, he said: " l have
still some work to do that l kno1c i;
good. l will try to win but one weel
more to write it down" 1t was no
until he was actually dying that he said
:" l can work no more" The simple
story of this mans last days is like the
blast of bugle-call. How many of u;
in strong health necessarily yawn an(
dawdle over the work God has given us
or leave it altogether undone?-Er
| chdn1e,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-26
Perfection.

If one is having his mind inflated
with the thought that he is perfect as a
Christian, or nearly so, he should sub
ject himself to very serious self-exam1
nation. Better, perhaps he should
look more at Christ and the claims of
his gospel, for then his decisions will
likely pass away. 1t is rule with u5
in relation to everything good that our
ideals constantly increase as we make
progress. We therefore seem habit
ually to be getting farther and farther
away from that which we wish to reach.
1t is so, certainly, in religious expert
ence, and when one has made great at
tainment through blessing on his eff
forts he is forced to a more ready ac-
acknowledgement of the possible fact that
he is the chief of sinners. If he is be-
ginning to conclude that he is not much
of sinner, and perhaps not sinner
at all; if he is talking, at least of
the time when, in this life, he will
be absolutely holy, he may conclude he
is growing the wrong way. There is
certainly some severe humiliation, and
perhaps disgrace, drawing near man
who is harboring in his soul such de-
lusion.-U United Presbyteridn.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-26
Watching.

A general, after gaining a great vic
tory, was encamping with his army for
the night. He ordered sentinels to be
stationed all around the camp, as usual.
One of the sentinels, as he went to his
station, grumbled to himself, and said:
" Why could not the general let us
have quiet nights rest for once, after
beating the enemy? Pm sure there's
nothing to be afraid Of" The man
then went to his station and stood for
some time looking about him. 1t was
a bright summers night, with harvest
moon, but he could see nothing any
where, so he said, d" am terribly tired {;
l shall sleep for just five minutes, out
of the moonlight, under the shadow of
this tree" So he lay down. Presently
he started up, dreaming that some one
had pushed a lantern before his eyes,
and he found that the moon was shin
ing brightly down on him through a
hole in the branches of the tree above
him. The next minute an arrow
whizzed past his ear, and the whole field
before him seemed alive with soldiers
in dark green coats, who sprang up
from the ground where they had been
olOhtiy OiOoPinS oh""iu, anu iuoh0u
toward him. Fortunately, the arrow
had missed him; so he shouted aloud
to give the alarm, and ran back to some
other sentinels. The army was thus
saved, and the soldier said, shall
never forget as long as | live that
when one is at war one must watch
Our whole life is war with evil. Just
after we have conquered it, it some
times attacks us when we least expect
it. For example, when we have re-
sisted the temptation to be cross and
pettish and disobedient, sometimes
when we are thinking " how good we
have been!" comes another sudden
temptation, and we are not on our
guard, and do not resist it. Jesus says
to us, " Watch and pray, that We enter
not into temptation. "-ETchange.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-26
Religious Mlistellamp.
Sometime.

"What do thou knowest not now, but
thou shalt know hereafter"
Sometime, when all fe's lessons have been learned.
And sun and stars forevermore have set
The things which our weak judgment here have
spurned,
The things DER which we grieved with lashes wet,
VIII flash before us, out of life's dark night,
As stars shine more in deeper tints of blue
And we shall see how all Gods plans were right,
And how what seemed reproof was love most true.
And we shall see how, while we frown and sigh
Gods plans go best for you and me;
How, when we called, he needed not our cry,
Because his wisdom to the end could see.
And even prudent parents dsallow
Too much of sweet to craving babyhood,
SO God, perhaps, is keeping from us now
LIES sweetest things, because it seemeth good.
And If, sometimes, commingled with lifes wine,
We find the NORWOOD, and rebel and shrink,
Be sure a wiser hand than yours or mine
Pours out this potion for our lips to drink
And II some friend we love is lying low,
Where human kisses cannot reach his face,
Oh, do not blame the loving Father sol
But wear your sorrow with obedient grace.
And you shall shortly know that heightened breath
Is not the sweetest gift God sends his friend,
And that sometimes the sable pail of death
Conceals the farest bloom his love can send.
If we could push ajar the gates of life
And stand within and all Gods workings see,
We could interpret all this doubt and strife,
And for each mystery would find key.
But not to-day. Then be content poor heart
Gods plans, like lilies, pure and white unfold.
We must not tear the close-shutl leaves apart;
Time will reveal the hidden cups of gold.
And If through patient toll reach the land
Where weary feet, with sandals loose may rest,
Then shall we know and clearly understand
think that we shall say, God knew the best"
Mary RILEY Smith.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-26
Making a Man of Him.

l had schoOlmaster once who was a
clever and excellent man, but a little
mad, and who had craze about MAX
ing boys hardy" He was pleased to
fix upon me as chilly mortal" and
expressed determination to "make
man of me-" The process of manu-
facture demanded that when | was
smuggling over the fire and book in
playtime, should be driven forth into
the bleak and bitter open air " to play"
Now l never could play. AT this date,
when am grizzling, / scarcely know a
cricket-bat from stump, or prisoners
base from FOUNDERS. / never could
throw ball or catch one properly; and
in childhood l was utterly unable even
to tuck in my two-penny" at leap
frog, or to drive a hoop. So, while a
and gambolled, used to lurk in a cor
ner of the playground and SILVER We
had a large bathroom, and always
with the benevolent idea of making a
man of me y l was put through bas-
tard couse of hydropathy. / declare
that in the midst of the most biting
winter weather / have undergone the
cold douche, the cold shower-bath and
the cold sitz; that l have been packed
in wet sheets, that l have been made
to put dry pair of socks over wet
pair, and thus accoutred have been or
dered to walk from Hammersmith to
Kew Bridge before breakfast, in the
dark, to make me "hardy." Unless
another boy of the same " hardy -
breed was sent with me to see that ]
went through my training properly, l
used to perform the journey from Ham
mersmith to Kew Bridge by sneaking
to the Widow Crump's shop at Turham
Green--she sold fruit, toys, periodicals
and sweet-stuff-and sitting by the fire
in her little parlor, drinking warm
ginger-beer and reading the lives OF
the pirates and highwaymen. AS il
CHANGED, my good crazy master did not
make man of me. / grew up to be
only a sickly, long-legged, weak kneed
youth, with premature pains in the
bones, which developed in later years
into chronic rheumatism and intermit
tent neuralgia. -George augustus Sala
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-26

GRANGE of the spring-time. 1t is a men,
Der of the Heath family, of which there
are more than four hundred species, all
of which are remarkable for handsome,
generally fragrant flowers, of all shades
of color, varying from white to pink,
red or purple, rarely yellow. Many of
the species are valuable in medicine and
are mostly evergreen, many trailing in
shrubby vines on the earth. Most of us
know that the Blueberry, Huckleberry,
Cranberry, Laurel, Azalea, Princes
Pine, Indian Pipe and Rhododendron
belong to this same order, Ericacea. Can
we wonder at the delight of the Puritan
maiden when she found these earliest
darlings of the late New England spring,
looking with sad but brave eyes, day
by day, over the wide waste of water
which separated her from childhood's
home and girlhood's loving friends,
who even then were gathering in
many green meadow the primrose in
far-off " merrie England?" The one
link between her and that dear old
home was the white-sailed vessel which,
only few weeks before, had gaily sped
away from these dreary shores, home
ward bound; and the little flower, lift
ing its pearly clusters to catch the sun
shine, was named, with the thought in
her heart of the May-pole twined with
hawthorn buds and cows!ips and the
merriment about it that she might not
share, the May-fower, precious link
between the old life of ease, so care-free
and happy, and the new life of sorrow,
toll and hard privations. Many a glo-
rious spring-time, with singing birds
and opening buds, has since dawned
upon the earth, and in each of their
long, bright, sunny days have fair young
girls gone forth into the dim old
woods - in quest of the flowers so dear
TO girlish hearts, to come home, in twi-
light may be, with hands filled with
these nestlings of the oak and pine,
thanking God in their hearts for the
coming back again of the wild flow
ers g in the old familiar places" Bot
anists call the flower Epiges repens, OF
Trailing Arbutus, but we remember the
stanch little vessel which brought tC
these shores the Puritan ancestors, OF
whom we are so proud, and in our hearts
we keep the name, May-fower.- Vicb'S
Magazine.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-26

would, in two short hours, have found
at Elm all they sought and more thar
they expected. And so the time w
waste in repining and rebelling woulC
be better employed in living faith anC
active duty, for thus would consolation
be found. Instead of sitting down t.
murmur at Marah, let us march in faitl
under the guidance of our tender Shep
herd, who will bring us to the mex
station, where we may lie down il
green pastures and beside still waters
" Why art thou cast down, O my soul
and why art thou disquieted within me
Hope thou in God; for l shall yet prais
him, who is the health of my counte
nance and my God."-Hugh MENU
Ian, u. d.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-26
The True Rest.

No devices of human genius can hidd
the fact that the heart is often faint
and weary. The vessel may have white
sails and beautiful PROV as she dances
over the water, but do not Judge tho
ocean by its days of holiday and restl
Look at the many scattered wrecks upon
the shore. There are sorrows every}
where. Go where you like-to tho
lofty hills where the pressure of the at |
mosphere is scarcely felt; to cottages
half-smothered in the blossoms of sunni
mer; to the abode of plenty, where therd
is no anxiety or poverty, and there the
recording angel of God could tell you
strange things. Everywhere the pulsd
of life beats at times very painfully
Then comes the question. AS the broad
earth contains her anodynes and reme1
dies for physical illness, as out of hen
laboratory the wise physician can Gull
his curatives, cannot nature do this in
a moral sense? Is there no paradise
yet undiscovered, no land where storms
and blights and famines Of the heart
never come? No: there is balm id
Gilead alone! There is help in him whd
alone takes the government on his
shoulders. Earthly Samsons cannot
help us; the gates of GAIA are light as
thistledown compared with the burdens
of one human heart. Worry need no,
wear us down; the bent shoulders OF
the heart need not make us aged in our
youth, for we can cast our burdens on
the Lord.-Ihe Quiuer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-26
A Sunshiny Soul.

There are some people who are al
ways bubbling over with humor, il
season and out of season: everything il
turned by their magical touch to spark
ling merriment. What unconsciou{
physicians these people arel 1t doetlI
one good like medicine to hear thei |
voices and to see their faces, alway{
running over with laughter like 4
mountain spring. The healthiest and
long-lived persons almost always havd
a twig of humor in their make-up|
There is something wonderfully pref
servative in laughter. A man Wild
cannot laugh is like tree from which
the worms or the winds have stripped
all the leaves. 1t soon grows feebld
and sapless, and dies before its time
The healthy tree laughs with myriad
of leaves for generation after general
ton, sound at heart and beautiful I'd
look upon; and when it dies the wood
man cuts it down and finds the allotted
number of rings in the firm, white
wood and core as sound and sweet al
the sapling's. So it is with the mar
whose disposition is one of sunshine
and laughter. He lives merrily ant
dies cheerily, and the world is bettel
for him. His memory does not pass
away like that of the sour, grum mis-
anthropist. There may be grandel
things about man than his humor
but there is nothing by which he will
be remembered so long. After hi
wisdom and his learning are forgotten
if he ever laughed, that laugh will bt
his memorial. 1t will 90 ringing OF
when every other utterance has dice
away. Happy are they who are happy
Selected.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-26
Good Company.

One evening lady of New York
while on her way home at late hour,
without an escort, was approached by a
lewd fellow, as the boat on which they
rode neared its landing, who asked ::
" Are you alone?" "No, sir" was the
reply, and, without further interruption
when the boat touched, she jumped
off. 81 thought you were alone" said
the fellow, stepping to her side again.
81 am not" replied the lady. why,
l don't see any one; who is with you?'
"God Almighty and the angels, sir;
/ am never alone!" This arrow pierced
the villains heart, and with these part
ing words, "You keep too good COM
pany for me, madam" he shot out of
sight, leaving the heroic lady to enjoy
her good company.-EGchange,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-26
Sold into Marriage.

a remarkable custom exists among
the Roumanians living in the westerly
Carpathians. Every year, at the feast
of the Apostles Peter and Paul, mar
ket is held on the crest of the Gaina,
from 5000 to 5000 feet above the level
of the sea, and here all the marriage
able girls of the entire district assem-
BILE with their parents in order to be
viewed and claimed. Mothers, aunts,
grandmothers, and various other female
friends contribute to the dowry, and
this completed, it is carried to the mar
ket on the Gaina in neatly-made trunks,
decorated with flowers and carried by
the family's best horses. Cattle, bees
and other household requisites are also
added to the dowry. On the Gaina
every family which has manageable
daughter occupies distinct tent, in
which the dowry is exhibited, and
in which the bride-viewers are eX-
pected. The bachelors, too, are accom-
panied by parents or relatives, in whose
company they inspect the girls who are
eligible. The young men bring the
best they possess, and each must par
ticularly come with girdle of gold or
silver. After the brides are chosen the
public betrothal takes place, being con-
Quoted by hermit who lives in this
lonely spot. The mark of betrothal is
not ring, but a beautifully embroi-
dered handkerchief. The betrothal is
in many cases prearranged; but it must
be gone through with all the same. If
girl goes to the market knowing be-
forehand that her admirer will be there
IN claim her so much the hetter for her
Still she must take the dowry and oc-
cupy her tent, and place herself on
view like the rest.-PaH Mall Gazette.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-26
Social Free launching.

know of lady in Washington who
occupied small, dark inside room on
the fifth floor of tolerably fashionable
hotel She, to use theatrical ex-
preston, faxed out her meals. That
is, she arose at ten or twelve, bought
secondhand newspaper for cent, and
wendell her way to a small saloon on
Pennsylvania avenue, whose proprietor
has grown rich by making a specially
of delicious coffee and Vienna rolls
and fine butter. He charges ten cents
for this little lunch This Madame Tin
Grant would breakfast on her cup of
coffee and roll. Then she went up to
congress, invariably riding in the three
cent car. There is a bob-tail Car run
ming up to the capitol, the fare in which
is only three cents, and some folks are
so aristocratic they are ashamed to be
caught riding in it, Madame would
visit a few of the members, loll for
awhile in the gallery of the house, and
sit just long enough in the senate gal
lery to secure recognition by smile or
bow from such of her senatorial friends
as happened to be on the floor, and
after picking up few choice items of
gOssippy news, the conversational coin
with which she paves and pays her
social way, my Madame Itinerant gets
back by two O'Clock to her dingy inside
room. AT three she comes out resplen
dent in nonpareil velvet dress, and,
card-case in hand, starts on the round
of calls. She goes from house to house,
and daintily and deliberately eats her
lunch at each place. In the course of
ten visits madame has more than sat
isfied the cravings of her stomach, and
has dined and supped for the day. Do
you wonder that l call this taking out
ones meals ?''- Washington Cores
pondence Ne1C Orleans Picaylme.
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Select Mistellamp.
May.


The strange, sweet days are here again,
The happy, mournful days;
The songs that tremble on our lips
Are half complaint half praise.
A sadness in the softened air,
And IN the tenderer sky;
touch of heart-ache everywhere;
We weep, yet know not why.
The wind is full of memories
1t whispers low and clear
In secret echoes of the past,
And brings the dead more near
The breath of budded hyacinths
Is heavy on the breeze
The peach-tree twigs are strung with pink,
And murmurous with bees.
Swing, robin, on the budded sprays,
And sing your blithest tune,
Help us across these homesck days
Into the Joy of June. Mrs. Akers
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-26

THERE is no remedy in the world so
valuable to use in the case of sudden
accident or illness as JohnS0n'S AnO-
dyne Liniment. 1t can be used inter-
nally and externally, and its power is
truly marvellous.
THERE is nothing so dear as cheap
medicine; it is dear at any price. This
is true of the large packs of condition
powders now sold. Buy Sheridan's
Caualry Condition POWDERS and you
can't make mistake. The large packs
are utterly worthless.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-26

THE religion of Christ is able to
make its possessors happy. 1t sets their
rowing hearts at rest; it enables them
to dispense with the designations of the
world; it sustains them under the
trials of life and raises them above the
fears of death. Thus they adorn the
doctrine of God their Savior in all
things. -Jdy.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-26

If there ever was specific for any
one complaint, then Carter's Little
Liver Pills are specific for sick head
ache, and every woman should know
this. Only one pill dose.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-05-26
The May-FlOwer.

Growing in oak and pine woods, from
Newfoundland to Kentucky, we find
the wax-like, dainty Mayhower, hold
ing in its pearly chalice the sweetest fra