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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-08

For the value Of the future depends
entirely upon the value attached to to-
day; there is no magic in the years to
come; nothing can bloom in those
fairer fields save that which is sown TO-
day. The great aim of Christianity Is
not to teach men the glory of the life
to come, but the sacredness of the life
that now is; not to make men imagine
the beauty of heaven, but to make them
realize the divinity of earth; not to
unveil the splendor of the Almighty,
enthroned among angels, but TO reveal
deity in the Man of Nazareth. He has
mastered the secret of lite who has
learned the value of the present mo-
ment, who sees the beauty of present
surroundings, and who recognizes the
possibilities Of sain,hood in his neigh.
bors. To make the most and the best
out of to-day is to command the high
est resources of the future. For there
is no future outside of us; it lies wi hin
us, and we make it for ourselves. The
heaven of the future, and the hell also
are in the germ in every human soul;
and no man is appointed to one or the
other, for each appoints himself. To
value to dav, to honor this life, to gl0-
rify humanity is to prepar' 70" eternity,
to seek The eternal life, and to worst ip
God. The harvest Of he future is but
tn golden ripening of TO days sowing.
-ETchanqe.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-08
Medicinal Value of Water.

The human body is constantly undergo
ing tissue change. Worn out PARTICLES are
cast aside and eliminated from the system.
while the new are ever being formed, from
the inception of life to its close.
Water has the power of increasing these
tissue changes, which multiply the waste
products, but at the same time they are re-
newed by its agency, giving rise tn in
creased appetite, which in turn provides
fresh nutriment. Persons but little accus-
toned to drinking water are liable to have
the waste products formed faster than they
are removed. Any obstruction to the free
working Of natural laws at once produces
disease, which, il once firmly seated, re-
quiies both time and money to cure.
People accustomed to rise in the morn
ing weak and languid will find the cause in
the imperfect secretion Of wastes, which
mauy times ma, be Temedied by drinking
full ,umblrr " water before retiring
This very materially ASSISTS i'll the process
during the night and leaves the TISSUES
fresh and strong, ready for the active work
of til. day.
Hot water is ono of our best remedial
agents.
A hot bath on going to bed, even in the
hot nights of summer, is Il better relievrr
Ut insomnia than many drugs.
luflamed parts will subside under the
continual poulticing of hot water.
Very hot water, as we all know, is a
prompt checker of bleeding, and besides, If
IL Is clean. as it should be, it aids in ster-
ilizlng wounds.-HuH'S Journal Of Health.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-08
Giving Medicine.
Margaret &. Sdnoster.

Heat your spoon in hot water, squeeze
into it few drops of orange juice, then
pour on the oil and add few more
drops of orange juice, if you wish to
administer a dose Of castor oil to a
little patient skilfully and pleasantly.
1t would perhaps be just as well if no
hint that medicine of any kind is dis
agreeable were made in the presence of
small folks, who often get their preju-
dices against it from the fuss and grim
aces of their elders, who have to swal-
low dose. Mothers must, l think,
plead guilty to holding the medicine
man and his mixtures over the little
ones as means of punishment when
all else fails. In some families the
policeman, in some the doctor, is the
bugaboo, ready to pounce upon all
kinds ofinfantile obstinacy.-New York
Post
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-08
A Smart Woman.

Desire Wilcox, of North Lyme,
Conn, is woman of unusual accomp.
lishmeuts. She is a constant smoker,
the penny clay pipe being her favorite
medium. For seven years she has
worked farm without help, except in
the busiest seasons. She plows, har-
rows and plants, harvests her crops,
pitches hay, chops down trees and cuts
them into firewood and railroad ties :;
she yokes and drives cattle, shears
sheep, and drives string of from three
to five vokes of oxen with skill which
is positively artistic. Desire, who is now
fifty, was married when she was nine
teen, but her husband drank too much
hard cider to celebrate the ceremony, so
his new bride took him out and chastised
him severely, then flung him into cor
ner with the injunction to remain till he
was sober. He concluded, however,
that discretion was the better part of
valor, so stole away during the night
and has never been seen since.-Er-
chance
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-08

Another widey-known lady, Mrs. N.
Blatt, of 70 Mulberry Street, Newark N. j.,
speaking in the same vein, says:
81 have been suffering with pain in the
back aud head l tried doctors, but found
no relief 1 was recommended to try DR..
Greenes Nervura blood and nerve remedy.
1 now sleep soundy and have no pain, and
am well, thanks to DR.. Greene's Nervura
blood and nerve remedy"
II you are a sufferer from disease it is
plainly your own fault il you do not get
cured. This wonderful medicine, DR..
Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy,
will certainly cure you. 1t is purely vege-
table and harmless.
1t is constantly prescribed and recon-
mended by doctors. 1t is the discovery of a
physician, DR.. Greene, of "a Temple Place,
Boston, Mass, the famous and successful
specialist in curing all forms of nervous and
chronic diseases. He can be consulted
without charge, personally or by letter.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-08

ELECTRIC BITTERs.-Thisr remedy is
becoming 30 well known and 50 popular
as to need no spe cial mention. All who
have us, d Electric Bitters sing the same
song of piai,e. A urer medicine does
not exist aud it is guaranteed to do all
that is claim ed. Electric Bitters will
cure all diseases of The liver and kid
neys, will remove pimples, boils, salt
iheum and Other affections caused by
impure bloc d. Will drive malaria from
the system aud prevent as well as cure
all malarial fevers. For cure of head
ache, constipation and indigestion try
Electric Buffers. Entire satisfaction
guaranteed, or money refunded. Price
fifty cents and 81 per bottle at G.
Blakely's drug store.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-08
Sunlight ana Shadow.

"Do not sympathize with me-" laughed
Miss Benson, one of the instructors in the
Western Pennsylvania Institution For the
Blind. Remember, l do not know fully
what miss. / have always been sightless
and never think uf my deficiency as ca
lamity. OF course there are times when
long for sight with a longing that is almost
pain, and yet, withal, l am such a coward
that will not submit to an operation that
might possibly benefit one of my eyes az
least. I say possibly, but l really feel there
is no hope.
1.-The possibility is simply based on the
fact that with my left eye can distinguish
co,ors-that is, if brilliant tint is held be-
fore that eye know that there is differ
ence from the monotonons shadow. Tbs
same if | 20 into the sunlight-I know that
there is illumination. | was born with
sight. but when a little child was stricken
with measles, which disease left me blind
have grow up in darkness and am so ao1
customed to that seldom think Of blind
ness as an intirmty.
"Were incapable ot taking care Of my
self probably would feel more keenly tbe|
loss of sight have always been of lightI
hearted disposition, prone to look ON thf|
bright side of things, if you will excuse tht|
pun, and really do enjoy my mission in life
My ey-- do not pain me or burn, as do thosa|
of so many of the blind Indeed one real
son why l am afraid OF undertaking thd
operation for tho left eye, which some Of
my friends so much advise, is the fear lesf
some injury be done that will mean futurd
misery If | undergo any operation, it will
only be to please my friends. l have nd
hope of sight myself this side of the grave.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-08
Little Things.

To put the best of ourselves into the
small ways and words of every day is
the necessary and only way to bring
out the perfection of our whole lives.
1t is good TO feel keenly the dignity and
import ance of each word and deed, be-
cause each contributes to the perfection
of the grand whole, of the working out
of the ideal we are striving for. 1t is
good Tor u. all to feel it in the smallest
trifles of every dav. 1t is particularly
good for younl people to feel it. What
you do to-day, the way you do it, the
motive with which you do it, are OF i'm
mense consequt nee to you. They in
volve the meaning of your whole life.
If you were blocking out a statue, you
could not afford to brt ak off one bit of
marble the wrong way, or even break
1t off haphazard, without some sense of
what you we're doing. You would not
sew your new gown together at random
or without careiul study of the proper
Joining of the parts to produce desired
fleet. SO you cnanot afford to con-
slider what you do Or say to-day az a
tr. fl Z" or as "no difference" because
it will make difference in the whole.
1t all makes a difference. 1t is the
words and deeds of to-day that are max
ing or marring The great result you are
expected to produce by and by. You
cannot afford TO throw away the small
est chance to make the result perfect.
The sooner you realize that everything
makes diff renee the better for that
IT sult.-Elednor Kinks Idea.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-08
Live in To-day.

There is no illusion so insidious and
persistent as that which introduces into
the future some element of luck; which
stores up for us in the future something
which we have not ST cured for our
selves. We are always dreaming of
having more time in the future and of
doing things with strong hand in con-
sequence; to-day we have but fifteen
minutes, and what can be made of such
fragment of time? Next year we
shall have hours, md then we will read
the new books, learn the language we
need 10 possess, accomplish the larger
tasks OF which we dream. But the
hours never come, and the achieve
menls are made, if they are made at
all, in the odds and ends of time that
come to us by the way. The wise man
is he who knows the value of to. day:
he who can estimate to-day rightly may
leave the future to take care OF itself.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-08
Be Patient With Yourself.

The Scripture commands US to be
"patient toward all men," and patience
toward all implies patience toward our
selves. A reason for this universal
paiel ce is found in the facts of human
inlirmity. The God of all patience
knoweth our frame, and whoever else
may forget our weakness, he "remem-
bereth that we are dust" Now all
this is Just as true of ourselves as it is
of our neighbors; and hence we need
to exercise the same patience on our
own behalf as would be required to be
exercised toward them. The great
command is, Thou shalt love thy
neighbor as ihyself"; no more, no less.
This implies proper love of self, and
a fair, equl able trt atment of self. We
are not 10 exalt Ourselv, S above others !;
we are not TO degrade ourselves beneath
them. We stand upon common level
If frailty, infirmily, and sinfulness.
While we ask God to forgive us our
sins as we forgive those who trespass
against us, we must also forgive
ourselves, and deal tenderly with our
own infirmities and frailties.
We are not to despair because we
have faltered aud failed; nor need we
write bitter things against ourselves !;
we are just what others are-erring
children of fallen race. Hence, in
stead OF despairing, repining, or hating
ourselves, we should patiently en-.
deavor to correct our faults, amend
our ways and doings, and above all we
should commit The keeping of our souls
unto God in well doing, as unto faith
full Or, alor. However much we may
despise ourselves, we are dear to The
heart of God; and he who has bought
US with his blood has not paid the
wondrous price of our redemption to
lose us without struggle, or abandon
us because of irailtes and infrmities.
Let US turn our hearts to him, and
content ourselves to lie low at his feet
and passive in his hands, thai we may
be made vessels unto honor. fitted for
the Masters use.-The Christian.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-08
THE ENVY OF KINGS.
THE PRINCES or THE EARTH MAY
ENVY THE room.
Riches and Power Cannot Make Life Pleas
ant and Happy The True Way to Find
Happiness for Those who Have 1t Not.

Wealth does not make happiness. 1t does
not make even comfort
Sickness blights everything.
Kings and princes may envy the poor the
blessings Of good health.
If you are in pain or suffering you cannot
be happy.
This is why the remarks of the well known
Harriet Robinson, of "a Smell Street, Fall
River, Mass, have so much weight and are
worthy of all attention.
ct firmly believe" she said, "that 1
should not be living to day If it had not
been for DR.. Greene's N rvura blood and
nerve remedy. Such awful pains in my
head and back, and my stomach, oh. it was
so bad now am we'll and eat naturally.
l have no pains or distress. Thanks to DR..
Greene's Nervura l am well again. 1t was
over two years ago that | was cured, and no
trace Of the disease has returned"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-08
Women in State Offices.

Fourteen women are now employed in
the various Offices at the Indiana capitol
one of them being the confidential clerk
OF Governor Matthews. Their initiation
into affairs of state government was re.
garded by some with fear and disfavor
but they have been conspicuous exam.
pies of ability and discretion and have
proved that they can keep state secrets
as well as any man. To State Auditor
Carr, who paid the first woman a salary
out of his own funds. belongs the honor
OF this lnnovA,iol.-1he Indianapolis
Organizer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-08
So Nervous.

There was a time when the above
phrase carried considerable weight.
But that time is not the present time.
The woman who is $50 nervous" that
she cannot remove a splinter from her
little boys finger, or bud up cut or
do the necessary work in a sck-room,
is now regarded with contempt instead
of sympathy, says Eleanor Kinks Idea
Pallor, little shudders, quick closing
of the eyes, white hand trembling
over the cardiac region, a shrek, a
swo n, were formerly regarded as
womanly destinations, and men seeking
wiz turned from rosy cheeks, energy,
and poise, to The timOrous, sensitive and
delicate. How men came to be such
fools will probably never be known, but
the fact remains that they were. The
fact remains also that there are girls
even in these wide awake days who
cling to the faining, $50 nervous {"
traditions of the past, but, as an emf
nent and jolly ply stefan remarked,
"they are pretty certain to get left"
An invalid is very expensive and never
a comrade. The girl who can row and
swim, get up a good dinner and wash
the di'hes il necessary, without being
$50 tired and so nervous" who can
ride twenty miles on her wheel, enter
tain her friends in the evening, or take
care of sick neighbor during the
night, is the one now in demand and
heaven be praised - the one who
knows better than to fling herself into
the first pair of arms that offer, for fear
of being an old maid. There will soon
be no place for these $50 nervous 81
girls and women, and the time is not
far distant when they will all be
ashamed of hnmseves. -EgchQnge
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-08
II Mother Would Listen.

II mother would listen to me, dears,
She would freshen that faded gown,
She would sometimes take an hours rest.
And sometimes a trip to town.
And II shouldn't be all for the children
The fun, and the cheer, and the play;
with the patient droop ON the tired mouth.
And the The mother has had her dayl"
True, mother has had her day, dears,
When you were her babies three,
And she stepped about the farm and the house.
As busy as ever bee,
When she rocked you all to sleep, dears,
And sent you all to school,
And wore herself out, and did without,
And lived by the Golden Rule.
And so. your turn has come, dears,
Her hair is growing white;
And her eyes are gaining the far away look
That peers beyond the night.
One Of these days in the morning,
Mother will not be here,
She will fade away into silence;
The mother so true and dear.
Then, what will you do in the daylight.
And what in the cleaning dim;
And father, tired and lonesome then,
Pray, what will you do for hm2
If you want to keep your mother,
You must make her rest to-day;
Must give her share in the frolic.
And draw her into the play
And, II mother would listen to me, dears,
She'd buy her gown Of silk.
With buttons of royal velvet
And rufes as white as milk,
And shed let you do the trotting,
While she sat still in her chair;
That mother should have 1t hard all through.
1t strikes me isn't fair.
Margaret E. .SdR0steT
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-08
Women In the Dentists Congress.

The dental congress recently held at
Chicago was notable as the first conven-
ton Of dentists at which women in the
profession have taken part. Through the
effc It's of DR.. Hattie S. Lawrence good
working committee Of women was Sc
cured and ample representation for
women dentists on the programme. The
question arose whether the women
should attend the banquet. The pre-, i
dent, DR.. l.. d. Shepard of Boston, ruled
that they had equal rights and privileges
there. as on the floor Of the congress.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-08

CATARRH in the bead is undoubt.
eddy disease of the blood, and as such
only a reliable blood pur der can effect
perfect and permanent cure. Hond's
Sarsaparlla is the best blood pur fer
and it has cured may severe Cases OF
catarrh. Catarrh oftentimes leads to
consumption. Take Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla before it is too late.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-08
SOLDIERS BUDGET.
A Pr0videntlaI Escape.

Rev. George Stuart Baker, now SUI
perintendent of st. Luke's hospital in
New York, was private soldier in b
Charleston, s c., company. "In The
terrible orm Of shot and shell, under
which Fort Sumter became ruin,
providential escapes were numerous"
said the good clergyman, "apd fire.
quent happenings led men 10 acknowl-
edge, gratefully, Gods mercy. But
these incidents were not always with
out fatality in some direction. Thus /
sat one day writing in easement on
the WI stcrly side Of TIE fort. Stops
come vi h me- said McLoud, my es-
pecial contrere. A colored servant oc-
cupied my seat almost as lett il. An
instant lster-we had onlv reached the
exit-and a shell from Morris Island
tore through our bomb-proof. The
man in my recent seat was blown INFO
fragmenIs."-Blue and Gray.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-08

A SOCIETY in Palestine, Texas, has
a "Paus, -AilliI G Committee" Five
persons compose this committee, known
only o each other, to The president aud
to the chairman of the prayer-meeting
committee. Their duty is 10 kill the
first pause that occurs in the meeting
with verse, l. slmony or a vo untary
song. They say it works like charm,
Christian Endeauor Union.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-08

IN Dutch Guinea the women carry
upon their person all the family say
ings in the shape of heavy bracelets,
ankles, necklaces, and even crowns of
, d and silver.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-08

THEIR thoughts are vain who think
their watching can preserve the city.
And are not theirs as vain, who think
that God will keep the city for which
they do not watch.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-08
MORAL AND RELIGIOUS.
What Is Lifel
ny susIR Y. COoHRANE.

ny eUSIK ". COCHRANE,
what is life2 How oft the question
Deeper minds thaa mine has crossed.
Time and talent spent In puzzling
Ger this problem have been lost.
when they yearned for something higher
Something nobler In the strife,
Greater than mere EXISTENCE
Then they questioned, What is life2"
At some point along the journey
Each of us has asked the same:
us life but a mere existence,
Or has 1t a nobler aimY"
But to me there came this answer,
Lighting up the path trod,
That" LIES great and highest purpose
Ia to do the will Of God"
He who gives us years and talents.
BY whose power we live and move,
Has a right to claim our service,
Our obedience and love.
And | find peace and comfort
That never dreamed or guessed,
Simply doing all he bids me-
What care to know the rest2
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-08

NOTItE.-Thls Is TO certify that have given
~ my son, Clarence ID. Foster, his time through
any OF his wages. nor pay any debs his contract.
ing after this date. WILLIAM j. FOSTER.
Montpelier W., October a, lsss.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-08

CHILDREN Cry Tor Pitchers Castoria
CHILDREN Cry for Pitchers Castoris,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-08

THE hi h 'st steeple in the world is
that of the cathedral of Antwerp, All
feet.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-08

HOOPS PILLS do not purge, pain 0
grippe, but act promptly, easily an,
efficiently. Tweaiy' Eve csnts.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-08
The HOUSEHOLD.

Contributions to this department may be sent
either to DR.. t. II. HosKINs, Newport Vt, or d.
roctly to THE WATERMAN PUBLISHING CoMPArY.
Tombstone epitaph., 1893-07-16
AFTER THE WARS.

DAVID Mccoy, of California. said to be one hundred and three years of age, is the oldest war veteran in the country.
 \. II. NEWMAN. of Catasauqua, Pa. has in his possession the first shell that was thrown into Chambcrsburg by the rebels on the morning of June %, i-6+.
 DR. EDWARD TEoIAs, of Vienna, possesses several interesting relics of Washington. among which are two army pistols presented by the general to kosciusllo, his Polish aid.
 CEN. SIR JAMES DORMER. commander in chief in Madras, has died from the effects of injuries he received while tiger shooting. He saw much active service, having been through the Crimean war, the Indian mutiny and the expedition to China
 THERE is gun in the British nav, twenty-two-ton Armstrong, which hurls q solid shot distance of twelve miles, the highest point in the arc de- scribed by the shot being seventeen thousand feet above the earth's sur face. The discharge of the gun can not be heard at the place where the ball strikes.
Tombstone epitaph., 1893-07-16
LITTLE PHILOSOPHERS.

A TEACHER was explaining to little girl how the trees developed their foliage in the spring-tirne. An. yes," said the wee miss, Il understand, they keep their summer clothes in their trunks"
 OEEnTEET CHnD.-Teacher-'I gave you three examples in arithmetic. and you have not done one of them" Pupil No; my father always told me to shun bad examples. ."-Boston Tran script.
 Too MUCH FIREwATEE.-The follow ing significant advertisement recently appeared in q western paper: For sale. a young rattlesnake. The best of reasons given for wanting to sell. In quire within."-Journal of Education.
 ToMAY-'Did you do much fighting during the war. pa?" Pal did my share of it, Tommy" Tommy-"Did you make the enemy run?" Pa You're right, did, Tommy" Tommy Did they catch you. pa?"