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Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-03-03

In this bulI-heaied fight with the senate
for the secrecy and personal ownership Of
ia pers on file in the public departments, the
president is opposed 10y the popular
sentiment VI the country in both parties.
He will lose the fight
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-03-03

Mr. Editor Stead, of the Puil-NdU Ga
zcftc, is making life very unhappy fer Sir
Charles Dixie and hi~ champions Mr.
Stead's recent imprisonment does not Seem
10 have Sifted any Of the sand out of him.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-03-03

Our Ben. Butterworth. speaking in the
debate on the pension appropriation bill.
felt moved Ia say some red-hot things to the
talks he wakes up the country about the
alleged purity OF the democracy, especially
~ ohio. and more especially Of his own
Cincinnati. We are glad that We have a
man in the house who talks Ohio repuhli-
caniSm OF the old Ben-Wade pattern. and
knows how 10 talk 80 that the eastern and
southern country must hear.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-03-03

Virginia believes that her last compromise
with her creditors can not he enforced. ana
she is looking toward lower and meamer
one. A state that forces settlement at a
ruinous discount on her creditors and then
seeks in the courts to repudiatp the settle
ment exhibits fine >el>e ut ''honah, sab. e
This is the honor that Is hereditary from
the Old Virginia which lived and Ioafed on
the forced labor OF chauelized men and
women. and sold their babies for the means
ot supporting refinement and chivaIry.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-03-03

President Cleveland. in his impertiment
message to the senate, inumate> that the
remedy against him i impeachment. Ii he
keeps on in his bullying attitude till We get
republican house, which We are likely To
get before his term expires, it would not be
him a whack
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-03-03

Senator Payne struggles to keep up an
appearance of indifference a. /" the inVeS-
tigation at Columbus. but he is kept
thoroughly informed of what is going on
from day to day. and the information he
ge's is burning into his soul. The old man
Is represented 10 BE- in acondition Of piriabl.
anguish that alarms his friends.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-03-03

Many musical instruments are now
nsde Of pspsr.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-15
/ am Seventy.

BY the good providence of God |
have been spared to reach those limits
beyond which but comparatively few
that start in the pilgrimage of life are
permitted to pass. The great majority
pilgrimage have fallen by the way and
are done with all things here below
The associates of my early years are
mostly gone from the world, and more
and more am | stranger in the
earth" Sooner than l anticipated
have l arrived at the place where l now
stand. Rapidly have passed the mile
stones by the way and with railroad
speed have been hurried forward l
can hardly realize that l am indeed
three-score years and ten. 1t does not
seem as though have lived so long
and that | am as old as | have been &C
customed to regard those at this age.
But l know that it is indeed so. I
know that my best days for this world
are gone and that what remains to me
of life will soon be cut off and l
shall fly away. Henceforth l must
decrease, whilst those that are younger
and more vigorous increase. | must
SltD uONu anu Ouu NuIlSJ IDt1 SUP
in aud up. And this 1 would do
with humble submission. thankful for
all the favor that l have enjoyed for
these many years. AS from this stand
point l review my life, / find much
cause for humiliation and penitence
and at the same time much cause fol
gratitude and praise. Hitherto hath the
Lord helped me. Goodness and mercy
have followed me all the days of my
life, from my first birthday until this
And trust that it is the language OF
my heart, " Bless the Lord, o my soul
and all that is within me bless his holy
name" am thankful that l was borr
where / was and when l was. know
of no better place where to be borr
than in the old Bay state. And were
it left for me to choose when l should
be born 1 would say, without hesitation
" During this present nineteenth cen
! tury." Doubtless better centuries will
succeed as the millennial ages draw
near, but, in my humble view, nom
that are past have been so favored a:
this. On some accounts would lik,
to live to witness those blessed change
that are sure to come: but it will b.
better to depart and be with Christ
and | would be content.-SeneT.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-15
Moral ano Reliaious.
All the Good We Can.

If the sunshine never crept
Into novels dark and sad
If its glories never shone
Save where everything was glad
If it scattered not its beams
over hearts by sorrow chilled,
Would the sunshine do his wil2
Would its mission be fulfilled?
If the roses never bloomed
Save for gladstone eyes alone,
If their beauty and their grace
For the weary never shone,
If they never brought smile
To the wayside passer-by,l
Would the roses do their task
While the hours of summer fly?
If the brides sang their songs
Far from every listening ear,
II they poured them not abroad
All the earth to glad and cheer,
Would the brides work be done
Ere the autumn breezes call,
Ere the gold and crimson leaves
Ger the grave of summer fall?
If the sunshine of our smiles
We have scattered not afar,
If our roses-kindly deeds
Bloom not where the lowly are,
If our words of hope and Joy
Never fall to bless and cheer,
Have we done our Makers will?
Have we wrought our mission here?
-George Cooper, in Golden Day
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-15
Christians Will be GOdlike.

They walk with God and live in fell
lowship with God. They fellowship
with God in feeling, in love, in SYM
pathy, in nature. If this be so, what
else could be expected but that they
will be Godlike? This is reasonable
expectation. They should be Godlke
in the moral beauties of their charac-
tiers. They should be characterized by
the beauties of holiness. Their char
acters should shine with the rays of
faith, and hope, and love, and courage,
and gentleness, and patience, and truth.
Their non-conformity to the world
should sparkle. They should be open
as the day and should live in the sun
light. Their lives should challenge in
vestigation. They should never be found
on debateable ground. They should be
positive for the right. The need of the
times is not a better Christ or better
God, but better men of God, better
Christans-more of Christ and of God
in those who are called the children
of the light. Christians should be
Godlike in the constancy of their
shining. Their shining should not be
a feverish CLEAN, nor a meteor of the
marsh, nor a revolving lantern, emit
ting an occasional or periodic radiance,
but their light should be calm and uni
form and steady, shining in storm and
in calm. 1t should be like the light in
the lighthouse, over which the hurri-
cane rolls, which remains undimmed
in its shining year after year. The
world needs the ceaseless shining of
the true Christian life. Momentous
interests depend upon our being true
to God, and to our religion, and to our
regenerated self, and upon our being
always true. Let us hear the words
of Christ from the Sermon on the
Mount, which bear with matchless di-
rectness upon this subject: Ye are the
light of the world. Let your light so
shine before men that they may see your
good works and glorify your Father
which is in heaven. DIR. ID. Gregg.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-15
THE WAR SERIES,

which has been followed with untiagging
interest by great audience, will occupy
less space during the coming year. Gettys-
burg will be described by General Hunt
(chief of the Union artillery, General Long
street, General f. NJ. Law and Others
Chckamauga, by General ID. II. Hill; Sher-
mans March to the Sea, by Generals How
ard and Slocum. Generals Q. a. Gilmore,
William f. Smith, John Gibbon, Horace
Porter and John S. Mosby will describe
special battles and incidents Stories of ma
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-15
The LEE OE LINCOLN.
BY His Confidential Secretaries, John G.
Nicolay and Colonel John Hay.

This great work, begun with the sanction
of President Lincoln, and continued under
the authority of his son, the Hon. Robert r.
Lincoln, is the only full and authoritative
record of the life of Abraham Lincoln. Its
authors were friends of Lincoln before his
presidency; they were most intimately as
ISOLATED with him as private secretaries
throughout his term of office, and to them
were transferred upon Lincoln's death all
his private papers. Here will be told the
inside history of the civil war and of Presi-
dent Lincon's istration-important
details of which have hitherto remained I'M
revealed, that they might first appear in
this authentic history. BY reason of the
publication of this work.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-15

A FEARFUL leap into the abyss of
poverty over the precipice of short
sightedness is taken by thousands who
might become wealthy if they avaied
themselves of their opportunities.
Those who write to IIallett 81 Co., Port
land, Maine, will be informed, free, how
they can make from So to 1875 day and
upwards. Some have made over $50
in a day. You can do the work and
live at home, wherever you are located.
Both sexes; all ages. All is new. You
are started free. Capital not needed.
Now is the time. Better not delay.
Every worker can secure snug little
fortune.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-15
Select l9tlistellanp.
Sunlight All the Way.

Good-by Jennie; the road is long
And the moor is hard to cross;
But well you know there is danger
In the boys and the marshy moss.
SO keep in the footpath, Jennie,
Let nothing tempt you to stray;
Then you'll get safely over IT.,
For there's sunlight all the way"
The child went off with blessing
And a kiss of mother-love;
The daisies were down at her feet,
And the lark was singing above.
on, on the narrow footpath-
Nothing could tempt her to stray;
So the moor was passed at nghtfall
And she'd sunlight all the way.
And l, who followed the maiden,
Kept thinking, as | went,
over the perilous moor of life
What uuwary feet are bent,
If they only keep In the footpath.
And not in the marshes stray,
Then they will reach the end of life
Ere the night could shroud the day.
-Harper'S WeekIy.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-15

MOTHERS smiles are the sunlight of
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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-15
NOVELS AND STORIES.

THE Hundredth Man." a novel by Frank
Tiger?' etc, begins in November. Two
novelettes by George w. Gable, stories by
Mary Hallock Foote, "Uncle Remus," Jul
liam Hawthorne, Edward Eggleston and
other prominent American authors will be
printed during the year.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-15
To Our Subscribers!
Superb Steel Engraving of LongfeoW
in His Library!

By special arrangement with the publishers of Holyers
peru sppe steel engraving of the poet Henry W. longeI0w,
in his Library will send copy securely packed and postage
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We will also send copy of the engraving free to sending
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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-15
SPECIAL FEATURES

with illustrations) include a series of
articles on affairs in Russia and Siberia, by
George KEENAN,, author of "Tent Life in
Siberia" who has just returned from most
eventful visit to Siberian prisons: papers on
the Food Question, with reference to it's
bearing on the Labor Problem; English
Cathedrals; DIR. Eggleston's Religious Life
in the American Colonies; Men and Women
of Queen Annes Reign, by Mrs. Oliphant;
Clairvoyance, Spiritualism, Astrology, etc,
by the Rev. j. NJ Buckley, ID, editor of
the Christian Adcocdte astronomical papers
articles throwing lght ON Bible history. etc
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-15
THE CENTURY
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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-15
Please Don't Forget IT.!

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To stimulate feeling and do nothing
in consequence is a short road to de-
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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-12-15

"LEARN to think and act for your
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1887.
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Harper's Young People.
AN ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY.

HARPERs YOUNG PEOPLE has been called the
model of what periodical for young readers ought
to be- and the justice of this commentator is
amply sustained by the large circulation 1t has at
tanned both at home and in Great Britain. This
cess has been reached by methods that must com
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and most attractive reading for young people at a
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An epitome of everything that is attractive and
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-04-15
ALITTLE GIRLS HEROISM,

Brave little ten-year-old Ethel Spooner
has received $4,000 in the Kings county On.
W court from the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western Railway Company. Ethel is
the daughter of DR.. Walter a. Spooner, of
Brooklyn, and her story is worthy to find
place among the tales of modern heroism.
During the summer of 1884, DIR. Spooner,
with his wife and family, went to pass his
vacation at Orange, NJ j. They occupied a
house near the track of the Delaware, Lack
awanna and Western Railroad, on which
there are several unprotected crossings at
that place. On November 10th Ethel was
out playing with two little cousins, and the
little chaps got on the track just as train
was approaching. Ethel ran and got them
out of the way, but just as she was to leave
herself, her foot slipped down between the
rail and the wooden walk, and she could not
eXtricate it. She called to one Of the little
boys to come and help her, and he, after
tugging at his companions leg, was about to
unbutton her boot when the train came
dashing along and was upon them. The
child, with presence of mind, seeing it was
impossible to extricate her foot, threw her
self down on the wooden walk and allowed
the two wheels of the locomotive to pass
over her leg below the knee, crunching it
into shapeless mass. The limb was am
putated above the knee the same evening
by local surgeon. She has recovered from
the shock, but must use crutches all her life.
She sued for $4,000 damages. 1t was
shown Iurinp the trial that at the Green
wood avenue crossing where the accident
took place, there were neither gates nor flag
men. The defense tried to prove by several
witnesses that the child was playing on the
line, and the accident was due to negligence
on her part After few moments absence
the jury found verdict for the plaintiff.
A demonstration on the part of the audience
was stopped by the court officers. After
being discharged each of the jurymen walk
ed round and shook hands with Ethel, one
of them saying to her, "You're plucky lit
tie lady"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-04-15
UNLIMITED POWER OF MEMORY.

The following case given by DIR. John
Abercrolnbie shows most strikingly that
memory power is unlimited in its opera
is most vigorous and overmastering where
its subjects are least cultured and nearest
the condition of the animal world. A girl
of seven years employed in tending cattle,
slept in an apartment next to one occupied
by an itnerant fiddler, musician of con-
siderable skill, who frequently spent the
night in performing pieces of refined de-
scription. She fell i'll, was taken care of by
a lady, and eventually became her servant
Some years elapsed and the family were
often surprised to hear music during the
night. At length the sound was traced to
the sleeping-room of the girl, who, fast
asleep, was warbling in manner exactly
resembling the sweetest tones Of a small
violin. 1t was found that being two hours
in bed she became. restless, and began to
mutter to herself; then uttering noises re-
sembling the tuning Of a Violin, she began
to vary her performance by initiating the
sounds of an old piano in the house, the
singing of the inmates, and further on she
began to discourse on a variety Of topics.
The business and truth of her remarks on
all subjects excited the utmost astonishment
in those who were acquiring information.
She was known to conjugate correctly Latin
verbs and speak several sentencesin French.
During her paroXysms it was almost impos-
sibe to wake her, and when her eyelids
were raised and a candle brought near the
eye she seemed insensible to light. About
sixteen she began to observe those who were
in the apartment and answered questions
put to her with astonishing acuteness. This
affection went on for ten or eleven years.
She was, when awake, a dull, awkward
girl, slow in receiving any kind of instruc-
ton, without any turn for music, or appar-
emily any recollection of what passed in her
sleep. At the age of twenty-one she became
immoral and was dismissed. 1t is thought
that she afterward became insane. DR..
Motfatt relates that after preaching SER
mon on "Eternity" to some Africans he
heard simple-looking young man repeat
it all over again to group of natives with
uncommon precision, the very gestures be-
ing produced On telling him that he could
do more than the original preacher could do,
repeat the sermon verbatim, the savage
touched his forehead and said: "When |
hear anything great it remains there"