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REV. l.. X. WILLMAN.

Rev. l.. X. Whitman of Waterbury
has accepted the call from Trinity
church, this city, to become its pastor
to fill the vacancy caused by the res
ignation of Rev. @. O. Judkins Mr..
Whitman has been pastor of the Meth
odist church at Waterbury for the past
four years and has met with unquali-
fed success in his work, which will
undoubtedly be enhanced in his pas
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-04-09

Itching piles? Never mind if physicians
have failed to cure you Try Doans ONT
ment. No failure there. 80 cents, ut any
drug store.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-04-09

Halt the ills that man j. heir to come
from Indigestion. Burdock Blood Btters
strengthens and tones the stomach;makes
indigestion impossible
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-04-09
Ask Your Dealer for Aliens Foot Ease

A powder for the feet. 1t cures Swollen
Sore, Hot Gallons, Aching, Sweating
Feet. Corns and Bunions. At all Drug
gists and shore stores, 25c. Ask today.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-04-09
DIR. Humphreys

Specifies cure by acting directly upon
the disease, without exciting disorder in
any other part of the system.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-04-09

W-te for estimates on Job Printing TO the
VeI mont Watchman.
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Following the Flowers
Tile LADIES' HOME JOURNAL

,psia Cure trial, expecting only temporary relief
lief and restored the tone Of the digestive organs e
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A Sharp Lookout on tho Clerk

The clerk in charge of q Yorkshire
(EnglanO postoffice was annoyed by
the conduct Of a certain farm laborer
who. BY buying stamps on the very
edge OF closing time. frequently put
him to the trouble Of recasting his ae-
counts.
Are you really obliged 70 come 50
late with your letters. my man?" he
asked one night, his stock Of patience
giving out.
NO" answered the laborer Both
these were written and addressed
afore noon to-day"
Then why didn't you bring them to
the post straight awuy:"
Not me. Mr. Clever" replied the Ia
borer. thrusting his tongue into his
cheek. Business Is slack here In
tdaytime. and there's nowt to stop yer
from prism open an readin' every let
ter which comes in; but at q minute
to o." with q knowing wink at the
clock. "ye've nobbut a few seconds to
glance at t'envelopes and drop 'em into
a bag afore t'mail-cart calls for 'em.
l wants to keep temptation from yer
all ] cap."-Tit.B Bits.
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A musician and his wife were on
their way home from q concert. and
were overheard discussing the merits
Of the entertainment.
1T set my teeth on edge the hus-
band said. Ito hear the orchestra play.
Ing Yankee Doodle and Dixie at the
same time. The idea is all right. OF
course. and even cOnmendable from q
sentimental point Of view. but the two
pieces. when played together. are full
Of discords.''
But didn't you notice" said his
wife. who Is something Of musician
herself. that where certain notes or
passages would have been discordant
they were omitted from one air TO an
other. and lett to the drums
"Of course l noticed it," he testify
replied. but l could hear the discords
In my mind just the same. Ach!'-
Youths Companion.
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DR.. True, Curator OF the National Mu-
scum at Washington, has received the skim
Of a whale shark, "Rhinodon," which is
eighteen feet long. 1t is the trat specimen
Of this creature ever found on the Atlantic
coast of America, and belongs to the rarest
known species Of the whale shark family,
which was formerly known only. by its
teeth. This whale shark was found on the
beach three miles north Of Ormond. Fla,
where it came ashore the last of January.
DR.. True, who Is probably the greatest
known authority on sharks and whales.
pronounccs this specimen the rarcst on rec.
ord.
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A Plague Of Grasshopp-rs Foreca.tct..

Prom certain signs discovered By Asri.
cultural Department agents IN Kansas. Nc
braska and Texas, the CHIEF cn:omologis,.
l.. O. Howard. has concluded ,ha: the com.
ing summer will be marked by unusual in.
jury from srasshoppers. An expert viii!
give all his time to studying the conditions
under which the grasshoppers breed. and
the chief cntomoloSist will then endcavor
to lind some preventive which will exter.
minate the pest before the grasshoppers
become capable OF injarIEg the crops.
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CHAPTER Y.
hayD AFTER ="

The light OF life dying from Harold
Graham's face as the lilac sunset fad.
cd from the heavens, left upon the
face Of his wife the leaden pallor that
IL worse than death. For a half hour
she remained kreel!ns beside the bed.
unable to believe that never any more
would her husbands voice or smile
stir her heart: never any more would
bis eyes seek hers for comfort: never
any more would he reach out weary
arms 10 comfort her. Never any more :.
She bent above her husband. stand
!rs at the bedside. and searched the
still face. WitA one trembling. ten.
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Irish Immierstiou In 1901.

A British Parliamentary paper gives the
statistics OF the emigration from ireland
during the year 1901 The total was &c..
SO. e,!ual to per 1000. 4 decrease OF I237
as compared with the year 1870. OF the
total mentioned there were 1888 males
and 81 .527 females, decrease oi 1852 and
e2S5. respectively. as compared with the
preceding year. Dat OF the entire number
OF cmisraats 81 ,9i2 went to the United
~.
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Tho settiag Of . Hope.

The setting OF q great hope is like the see'
ting Of the sun. The brightness Of our HE
il gone. Shadows OF evening fall around
us. and he world seems but = dim refec-
tion-itself q broader shadow: We look Tor
ward into the coming lonely night. Inc
aris- and the night is ho.y.-H. W. Long
fellow,
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Immature wood. that Is the wood q:
4 tree which has not attained its full
growth. Is said not to be so durable %
the wood Of . fully. grown tree.
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A Nations StTenGth.

The most precious things in national
i;se are the character and the liberty OF the
individual. The real test in the advance
of any nation is in this: Whether ir tne
advance and in the increase o; power tne
nation is still there-character, individual
liberty. men.-Bishop William Lawrence,
Episcopal, Massachusetts,.
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Every Cadet COT q B!bie.

According TO a custom established years
ago. the American Tract Scciety mas pre-
scnted the tif,y-iol. West Point cadets in
tho graduating c.ass with Bibles. -----
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A Dlsfluctton.

Religion consists in helping others ana
heresv in forcing others to serve you
The Rev. DR.. George H. Hcpworth, Con-
gregatiopaiist, New York.
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GODS MESSAGE TO MAN
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM the
WORLDS GREATEST PROPHETS

Poem: Prayers Of the Little Ones-wslks
ina In the Dsrk-Lessen From the
Story Of the Blind Man Whess SiEh4'
Wa Restored.
How sorely pressed the Lord must be
With ali the fearful peoples woes;
The weak implore for mastery
Above their strong, relentless foes;
The poor cry out against tie rich,
The slave would tiing his chains awcys
And oft their cries must be unheard,
But God, know, hears every word
When little children kneel 70 pray.
Aayhap the pious Pharisec
Is never heard about his roof
When he, at bedtime, crooks the knee,
Beseeching for his own behoof;
Their prayers may oil be said in vain
Who arm themselves and march away
To fall in battle or to kill,
But God, ! know, must listen still
When little children kneel to pray.
The srave-faced hypocrite who reads
And i loudly %GiS prays pre land and them proceed. 10 I
To crush the weak for gain again
May be 30 little that the Lord,
Attending 10 immense Affairs,
Il unaware Of him, but oh
God still has time to heed, I know,
When little children say their prayers.
The ones who wrangle over creeds
And those who think, forsooth, that they
Are sent to Judge the peoples needs
And give the word and show the way
May be SO little and obscure
That God with all His awful cares,
L. deaf to them-but, filed with love,
! know He listens from above
When little children say their prayers.
S. E. Kiser, in Chicago Record.Hers.d.
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Old Ara Insurance In Russia.

A semi.oiFcial commission Ia endcavor.
ins to elaborate a worka b!e and acceptable
scheme OF workingmen's old.a age insurance
in Russia
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Thoughts.

Let the hcars speak freely. but see also
tha. it speaks prudently. A.
II VIC are like Christ: sorrow Is on inc
surface an uniathomed depth Of joy.
They hear the song OF the angels WHO
are waiting for the coming OF the saviour.
This expresses the Christians confidence; e;
eff God be for US, who can be against us
That ia :he best gift of love which viii
in some way be helpful to the person re-
eeiyinc it.-Cn,ted Presbyterian.
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To Consider.

To consider is the last thing that men
are prepared to do in any age, and in this
peculiar age it is i;erhaps the utmostly LAST
thing tha; men can be persuaded to do
TO stand still. The rush Of the age u %
ereat that even the most faithful servant
Of God has to acknowledge, partly with
shame and partly of necessity. that men
do not staad still, to hear God speaking.
Il is idle to say it cannot be done; It muse
be done. II our souls are to be blessed,
and II we arc to be vessels in any degree
meet for the Masters use, it is an aoso.
lutte necessity; just as much as air
necessity for breathing and health. In the
midst OF the rush in which we live, no
matter how great the strain, or how se,
we're the distress, even the most hurried
business claims from their masters and
workers times for pause. Machinery ae.
mands il. Balance sheets require II. max
yearly audi,s are known, even by the most
oyer.pressed business men. There 10 noe
one who would dare to expect that ms
earthly business could prosper there
were no times for striking balance and
secine what the remainder is that u lett
So i is in regard to spiritual, matters.
Every one OF us, not mad or foolish, must
understand that necessity IS laid upon us
no. merely. as Paul said. to preach the goe-
peI. bat to pause before God, and let him
sneak TO us.-Webb Peploe.
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Darksned Spiritual Vision.

In his first epistle. John speaks Of our
walking in the light" but in his Gospel.
the ninth chapter, II We read carefully
the miracle OF the healing Of the bind
man a. recorded there, o single clause in
the seventh verse must impress Us with .
strange ye. beautiful significance when It
affirms that he went on his way, there
FORE
For him it was walking in the dark. !"
This man who had never seen the light
Of day, who could scarcely imagine what
the hight could be like, who could not tell
how the world in all its beauty Of color
and form might seem to him could he look
upon it; who, az yet had not understood, ,.
evidently, that any man can be possessed
of power sufficient TO open blind eyes, and
who had doubtless listened with keenest
interest to the conversation carried on be-
tween Christ aad the disciples concerning
him, how little could he have comprehend
ed it all!
Undoubtedly the blind man was think
ing to himself something e. follows:
Who is this man, q stranger, who has
thus interested Himself in me? Why
should 70 to Sloan: Does Ee think 1t
win do any good to wash there rather
than elsewhere! Can there be any virtue
in this clay, or has He any special power!
He has not even told me why should 60
10 Sloan. Can it be that anything will
come of washing in the pool! Is it possible
that what l am doing shall affect my
eyes in any way! l will, at least, keep, on
the way" Ald so he goes on, and while
he reasons and queries about It all 1t re-
mains Just as dark as when be began:
How many perplexities he must have met!
How strange that one so blind should be
sent, while still blind, 70 q certain place
TO prove the efficacy of healing powert
Must It not have dawned upon his spirit.
ual vision during the journey that certain
means are frequently required to secure
certain results! 1t was dark Tor him al
the way to Sloan.
It as al changed, however, upon his re-
turn, for he came seeing. Then he under
stood why he had been asked to 60: by
his willingness, his effort and his obedience
his vision came. 1t had been necessary
for him to walk awhile in the darkness BE-
fore he could walk in the light.
Even SO it is with rs at times. In our
difficulty and need we find that Christ ~
near, and though we feel the touch OF the
Divine hand in the providence OF life, We
are vet left to walk awhile in the dark, a
we 20 to our duties and trials, only to re.
alize as we return from them that we are
walking in the light OF new Joys and bless.
ings. We, too, come seeing. baptist
Standard.
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fftable - his restlessness increased.
rriHing things annoyed him. Some
times his eyes frightened her with
their feverish hrilliancy. and q habit
had grown upon him Of raising his
Aand to his head half mechanically as
though In pain when he was ever 80
Alightly troubled or annoyed.
Alicia noted this rs she noted every
thing relating 70 his welfare; but she
eever dared speak Of 1t to him. She
9aited and watched. and as this habit
grew alarmingiy. she went privately
10 Q physician and questioned him ~
10 the cause and possible danger.
He listened In silence 81 Der story.
She told It very simply. but his quick
perception grasped much that was left
antold. He was perfectly courteous.
but somewhat reticeDt He under
stood the case as thoroughly as was
cossiblc. having no acquaintance with
the man professionally and heing
therefore obliged to Judge upon cen
eraI principles; and lie knew. also.
that which be could not tell this wo;p-
an. He could not meet her eloqueEf
eyes and tell her. even softenipG II
o. he would. that there could be but
Two courses for this disease. but one
Of two 70: him. Insanity or-death:
Her husbands brain had been over
taxed; his mind heavily shocked: his
sensitive nature sorely wounded. The
change Of air and scene had somewhat
benefited him. but the end must be
one Of these two.
Still. he only tc!d her very !earredly
OF her husbands heavily taxed mind
and the necessity Of perfect and i'm.
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Swo.d strokes on the wall near the hoor,
showing that the poor things had crouched
when they died. and they saw also that the
floor was ankle deep in blood The soldiers
walked on their heels across it. lest their
shoes be submerged Of the carnage. And
on that floor OF blood there were flowing
locks Of hair and fragments Of dresses.
Out in Lucknow they had heard of the
massacre and the women were waiting for
the same awful death, waiting amid anguish
untold. waiting in pain and starvation. but
waiting heroically, when. one day, Have
lock and Outram and Norman and Sir
David Baird and Peel. the heroes Of the
English army-auzza for them!-broke in
on that horrid scene. and while yet the
guns were sounding, and while cheers were
issuing from the starving, dying .eople on
the one side and from the travel worn and
powder biackened soldiers on the other,
right there. IN front OF the kings palace,
there was such scene OF handshaEing and
embracing and boisterous JOY as would ut.
terry confound the pen of the poet and the
pracii cf the painter And no wonder.
when tacse emaciated women. who had
suffered so hcrc:caly for Christ sake,
marched oat from their Incarceration. one
wounded English soldier got up in his IA
;i:uc AID wo;:nds and ,eaned against the
wall ard :nrew ms cap up and shouted,
Three cheers. ny boys. for the brave
women" Yes. that WAS IN cxciiinc scene.
BIZ: I giaddrr and more triumphan' scene
VIII j. hc when you come up int" L'.ren
from ;hs conflicts and incarceration u: tho
world. streaming with the wounds OF bat
tie. and wan with hunger, and while the
hosts Of God are cheering their great ho-
sanna lou will strike hands oi congratuia.
:,cn and eternal deliverance in the presence
OF the ,krone. On that night there VII. be
bor:ires on every nil o: heaven. and there
will lie 4 candle in evc-y window. All. no!
| forget forget. They Will have no need
Of tie candle Or OF SUM- for tn" Lord God
g,ve.h ;hem light. and they sLaiI reign ior.
ever an. ever. Hail. hail. sons and daush.
.srs Of ;he Lord God Almighty!
lCspyTixti. lsQc. L. xIopseh.l
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cummin. the iron wheel for the corn.
Sometimes people in great trouble say.
"Oh. / can't bear it," But you did bear it.
God would not have sent it upon you il
Es had not known that you could bear it..
You tremh!cd and you swooned. but you
got through. God will not take from your
eyes one tear too many nor from your
lungs one sigh too deep nor from your tenn.
pies one throb too sharp. The perp!exi-
ties OF your earthly bust meas have not in
them one tangle too intricate. You some.
time- feel as if our world were full of
b.udgeons flying baphazard. Oh, no: they
are thrashing instruments that God Just
suits 20 your case. There is not q dollar
of bad debts on you- ledger or a disap-
pointmcnt about goods that you expected
to 60 up. but that have gone down. or q
swinde Of your business partner or trick
On the part of those who are in the same
kind Of merchandise that YOU are, but God
intended to overru!e for your immortal
help. oh" you say, there is no need
talking, that way to me; ! don't like to be
cheated and outraged" Neither docs the
corn ike the corn thrasher. but after il
has been thrashed and winnowed it has 4
great deal better opinion OF winnowin:
mills aud corn thrashers.
We'll" YOU say. IF cou!d choose nv
troubles. I would be wiling to he troubled.
All. my brother. thea it would not he
trouble. You would choose something that
would net hurt. and unless it hur; it does
no. get sanctifcd. Your trial perhaps may
he ch:.dlessness. You are fond OF CHI
dran. You gay, Why does God send
children TO that other household. wncre
they :rc unwe.come and are beaten and
banged about when I would have taken
them -, the arms OF nay Affection Ioa
.ay. Amy other trial but this' Your
:r.al perhaps may re 'li.tigured counte-
nance or a face that j. easily ca-ic.tu turcd.
and sou say. II cou!d endure arvth:nS II
oniv I was good looking And Your ;rial
perhap- is a violent temper. and YOU have
to drive It like six uhornIen horses amid
the :uauowder explosions OF great hoIi-
day. and ever and anon i: :Ins away with
VOL our trial is the asthma You say.
Ii it were rheumatism CT neuralgia or
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County News. I:
Obituary, Mrs. Hager.

tProf. Stockwell in st. Thomas Times.)
Margaret Amelia Hager nee Moltz was
born in little Rhenish village in Bavaria,
Germany, January Z, 1927. With her
parents she came to Rome, N. ", in
1885, where she received in private
schools of that village the elements of a
common school education. On Nov. %,
ls48 she married Jacob Philip Hager to
this union ten children were born, five of
whom died in youth and three survive
her, Mrs. Mary Biederman, of Utica, N.
Y, Jacob P. Hager, Chicago, ILL.,, and
the editor of this paper, Grant S. Hager.
In 1867, her husband died and she was
left with five little children to fight lfe's
battles alone, the courage with which
she faced her duty, the success with
which she managed her small resources,
the nlotherly care with which she reared
and educated her family of little children
furnishes one of the bright pages in the
lie OF our friend. In 1883, her family
having grown to manhood and woman
hood, she came to North Dakota and has
ever since made her home with her
Youngest son Grant whose fial devotion
to his mother has been most touching.
Advancing age had its effect upon her
and stroke of apoplexy some months
ago sounded the warning that lie was
not hers for long, but she never faltered
in her accustomed work, always cheerful,
always firm in her Christian faith she
went down into the valley and crossed
the dark waters without faltering. Her
last serious illness dates from Tuesday,
Dec. "a and eliminated in third stroke
of apoplexy Sunday afternoon about
l35. and in spite of all that professional
skill and devoted love could do, she
sank into eternal slumber Monday morn
ing about O'Clock. The funeral will &C.
cur in Rome, N. Y, whittier the body
was taken Monday night by Mr. and Mrs.
G. S. Hager. With the services of the
Protestant Episcopal Church which she
loved and served so long and well, will
she be buried and from the home of
Mrs. Adeline Hager, which once for
twenty years was her home. She is the
last of her family and the last but one,
Mrs. Adeline Hager, of her husbands
family.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
Communicated.
. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
Los Angeles, Cal. Dec. 18th. 1901

Los Angeles, Cal. Dec. 18th, 1901
Editors Pioneer Express.
We arrived here safely, after spending
seven days on the road. We caught the
flyer with tourist sleeper at Grand Forks
1t was really wonderful trip, which we
all enjoyed very much.
Winter in these states is not a serious
thing. Stock was out grazing in Monta.
ma on old grass, and all through Oregon
Washington and California they were
feeding on green grass.
We spent Sunday in Spokane. The
coolest there this winter was 20 above
zero. Spokane is really wonderful city
"A great numbering center, good farming
country to the south and east, and nearly
II kinds of fruit is raised here. We saw
the falls, boarded street car and saw
the city, and got good meal for 25 cts
Portland, Oregon is a great city. 1t rain
ed nearly all the way from Spokane here
With every thing like a June morning
wheat six inches high, trees loaded with
oranges and vegetables in abundance
you can imagine how we felt.
We intended to go to Denver, Colora
do, but the doctor advised us to. go tc
southern California, and that accounts
for us being here. My wife stood the
trip very well, although considerably
tired out when we reached here.
| can't begin to describe the beauties {
this place; the parks are full of flowers
and the climate is magnificent
Henry Lockwood is well pleased will
this place and is doing well.
GEO. H. SWITzER.