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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-10-31
A Breakfast in San Juan CapistranO.

One of the most interesting features
of travel in out-of-the-way places in Cali
fornia is the meeting of the people who
have drifted there on strange currents
from all parts of the world. The more
outof-the-way the place, the surer one is
to find in it somebody out of the common
line-a man or a woman whose history,
if written, would be romance of many
chapters.
The country seems to be natural city
of refuge for all kinds of waits from all
sorts of wrecks. Many of its little vii.
lagos are themselves waits from wrecks of
old-time properties and splendors; the
wilderness has partly reclaimed them
has flung out its mantle of stiffness over
their streets and seems timidly lending
back to them some of its charms-on
trust, as it were--to see if they can be
faithful to the spirit of its quiet and peace.
Such an one is San Juan Cspistrano, the
site of the all-famous Franciscan mission
of that name. A handful of poor Next
cans and still poorer Indians, perhaps
three or four hundred souls all told, are
all that are living there now. The crum
bling ruins of the old mission church are
in harmony with the look on every face
in the village. To think of rebuilding il
would seem an abnormal fancy, q silly in.
reference with the course of nature As
well ask the old beggars who lie summing
themselves at every corner to be born
over again.
Shells pile up year after year on the
untrodden sands of its harbor, in which
ships used to come and 60, but where nc
sail has been seen for years. The wild
mustard grows twenty feet high every
summer, spreading its canopies of gold
over the fsst-fading lines of the paths
where sailors, shippers and traders used
to climb up and down the cliffs.
The spell of the old traditions Of the
place is enhanced by perpetually sunny
sky and balmy air. 1t was one of the
choicest spots which the wise Franciscant
selected on the California coast. Two Of
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-10-31

"FATHER." said young Austin swell
with sporting proclivities, "explain me
something about protection. What is
the duty on sugar ?" al don't know
anything about the duty on sugar, but
can tell you something about the duty on
tobacco. 1t is my duty to seize all the
cigars can get hold Of" and reaching
over toward his sons vest pocket, he
snatched handful of Havanas. $50
that's the duty on tobacco, is it ?" said
the young man. "Well, l may be some
what muddled on political economy, but
that looks good deal like free trade. -
Teras Sytings.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-10-31

IT was memorable day for Newport
when President Arthur caught an eighty.
pound bass. He wore blue flannel suit,
and, according to an eyewitness, sat on
the string piece of the West Island pier,
with his legs hanging over. After more
than an hour of inaction there was sud-
den tug at the line. Aroused from leth-
argy, the President was yet calm. A bass
weighing eighty pounds is not deemed by
fishermen 80 hard to handle as a fifteen
pound salmon or seven pound trout, and
yet he presents considerable difficulty.
This bass might have known that he
would eventually be landed, and that it
was no use to swim seward but he did
it, and so vigorously that there was no
use in trying to stop him before the line
was nearly all let out. Then he became
fatigued, and the President reeled him in
for thirty or forty feet. There the fish
resisted awhile, getting tired out by it,
and then suffered himself to be slowly
hauled nearly to the pier. The rest re-
newed his vim, and he shot away, making
the reel rattle as the line spun out. By
the same treatment rs before he was
drawn back, until he foated passively
right under the Presidents suspended
boots, and was soon hauled ashore. The
historian thinks that the operation occu-
pied fifteen minutes.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-10-31

THE energy shown by the women at
the polls during the recent election in
Ohio may give US some idea of what
might be expected if throughout the
length and breadth of this fair land our
mothers, sisters. wives, cousins and aunts
were armed with the voting privilege.
They would insist upon running polite al
campaigns upon moral issues. 1t might
not be easy to interest them in the tariff
or to induce them to pay much attention
to the relative merits of q single or q
double monetary standard. But they
would come out strong on all kinds Of
prohibition, and We might expect that
after they had shut up the saloons they
would place tobacco under the ban, and
make it penal offsnse for any married
man to be member of club.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-10-31
DHtItnfSntife.
DARWIN IN THE KITCHEN.

The proofs Of the Darwinian theory Of development
are getting more and more overwhelming. It explain
many phenomena which would otherwise remain in
,crutable. Our New York contemporary, the America
Grocer, has made clever use OF II In the followin
verses;
was taking of my bonnet
One afternoon at three,
When himself jumped upon IL,
As proved to be flea.
Then takes It TO the CRATE,
Between the bars TO stick IT.
But hadn't long to wait
Ere II changed into a cricket.
Says I, Surely my senses
lisa getting in a fog;"
80 TO drown IL continues,
When II halters to a frog
Here my heart began to thump;
And no wonder felt funky,
For the frog with one big Jump
Leaped hisself into monkey.
Then opened wide my eyes,
Its features for to scan,
And observed with great surprise
That the monkey was man.
But he vanished from my sight,
And sunk upon the floor,
just as Missus with a light,
Came inside the kitchen door.
Then beginning 10 abuse me,
She says; Sarah. you've been drinkin';"
says; ono ma'am; you'll excuse me.
But I've merely been a-thinkin'.
But sure az I'm a cinder
That party what you see
gettn' out of winder;
Have developed from heap
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-10-31

"WHERE are you taking me to ?"
asked criminal, addressing the detec'
tive who had just arrested him. "Pm
taking you to the Office of the police sup
eIintendent," was the reply. 81 wish to
observe in this case, them" said the oul-
prit, that 1t is the office seeks the man,
and not the man the ffice."-Summeruiile
Journal
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-10-31
A Political Outfit.

BOB BURDETTE's REASONABLE ADVICE AS TO
PLATFORM LITERATURE.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-01-27
Flooding VS.. Speculation.

A recent New York letter says:-Look-
ing back on the past year one is led to no.
tice the incessant ruin which marks the
course of speculation. The Sweeneys (bank-
ers,) are among the more recent instances
and it is hardly probably that they will pay
so cents on the dollar. The most success
full men are plodders and this reminds one
that the traffic in little things reaches in
this city an immense aggregate. One man
has got rich in the oyster shell business.
He has barge ready to receive all that
are sent and these he takes to Long Island
and burns into lime. His carts call at the
oyster saloons and remove their shells to
the barge for which he receives IS cents
per load. Another man has made for
tune in the manure business. His carts
call at the livery stables and are loaded
without charge-the accommodation being
sufficient consideration. They dump
into barge and the contents are foated to
Long Island and sold to farmers. The
sand trade also reaches an immense extent.
This article is brought in barges distance
of one hundred miles and then stored in
yards and sold to builders as may be want
ed. The traffic in empty barrels has also
become heavy item. Empty molasses
casks are taken to pieces and bound up in
''shooks" and reshipped to the plantations.
Carpet shaking has also become great
speciality, being now done by steam. The
beating is done in large upper room, where
draft carries off the dust, and the result is
so satisfactory that the old method is su-
perceded. The steam carpet beater reaps
a rich harvest in the season. Little things
thus reach vast aggregate in great city
and fortunes are made in specialties appar.
emily of the most petty character. Moth
ing goes to waste here. The refuse of the
market is bought by cheap boarding house
keepers and the chiffonier CLEAN living
from the sweepings of the streets.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-01-27
To Young Business Men.

You are the architects of your own for
tunes. Rely upon your own strength Of
body and soul God never meant that you
should be fed and clothed by the hand Of
another. To begin life poor, is to COM
mence as nearly as all great and successful
men have.
Good health and clear conscience are
always essential to successful efforts. To
be spendthrift of either, will prove certain
failure
Don't mistake your calling. To no other
cause, perhaps, is failure so frequently to
be traced, as to mistaken calling. Your
game of life cannot be played by proxy
Stady cut your mission, and when you have
found it, throw into it all your energies.
Accept work as the one object of youl
life. True happiness will come from hav
ing all that you can do. Hard work vii
never kill you-worry may. Systemic
your work. Keep an eye on little ex
penses. Small leaks sink the ship.
Let your star be industry, economy, aac
honesty, and inscribe on your banner
eLuck is a fool-Pluck is hero" Don
put any faith in luck; ithas led thousand
astray.
! Don't take too much advice. Keep .
the helm and steer your own way. Don
hesitate or yeer like weather-cock in you
opinions and plans. Beware of employ'
and men who are too smart.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-01-27

he heard that Lady Falcon was not within,
but Miss Amy was at home, and he there
fore sent in his name and asked to see her.
The young lady was evidently startled at
the lawyers unexpected visit, and received
him nervously, as though she had fore
boding of evil. She was pleasant, lady
like girl, with quiet manners and pretty
face. Mr.. Deeds heart misgave him when
he thought of the pain he was about to IN
fict, and he began to wish he had not been
so precipitate
"My dear young lady," he said, seeking
to express himself as delicately as possible,
II am afraid 1 am the bearer of ill news,
have come to speak to you about young
Mr. Ponder"
"What about him?" asked the young
lady, looking frightened.
''The fact is, my dear, have ascertained
that the young man is not worthy of you,
said the lawyer, gently. II have discov-
cred that he is carrying on Irritation with
an actress in the most open manner" :"
II heard something of the kind" said
Amy, blushing, "but [ really don tsee how
that concerns me, Mr.. Deeds.
"What Not when you are engaged to
be married to him cried the lawyer, in
amazement.
II am not engaged to be married to Mr..
Ponder" returned the young lady, with
embarrassment, ''nor to anyone"
''Is it broken off, then?" gasped Mr..
Deeds.
II was never engaged to him, Mr.. Deeds.
cannot imagine what makes you think 50.
Mr.. Ponder is only friend-a slight ac-
ouaintance- comes to dances here
sometimes. I hope this rumor has not got
about" said the young lady, looking much
distressed.
'sThis is extraordinary, exclaimed Mr..
Deeds, after a blank stare of amazement.
'Where is your mother?' he added sharp
ly.
sEMamma is abroad. She has gone for a
tour in Italy, with some friends, returned
the young lady.
oThat is what she wanted the money
for then," muttered the lawyer, under his
breath. "Confound her 1t was a trick !!
What is worse, am personally liable for
the money, and have made fool of myself
into the bargain"
0What is the matter, Mr.. Deeds? Are
you ill.," exclaimed Miss Amy, alarmed
by the expression of his face.
''No my dear. Certainly not, !" he re-
piled, with start. Pray pardon me for
my stupidity certainly understood -,
However, I'm very glad I was mistaken.
Good day, Miss Amy. When you write to
your mother you can tell her | called, and
give her my compliments, he added, omi-
nously.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-01-27
Select poetrg.
cu11RcH RULES FOR LADIES.

Dress hard all morning, such is fate.
Then enter church some minutes late;
All eyes will then be turned on you,
And will observe your bonnet new.
Tat humble modesty wreath your face,
And take your seat with humble grace;
LET all your thoughts be fixed on high,
And re-arrange your cardinal te'
Think how religions prone to bless,
And criticise your neighbors dress;
lot all YOUR hearts be filled with praise,
And notice Mrs MagSe's lace.
p,t from your mind all thoughts of sin,
And readiust your diamond pin;
Think ofhow good religion proves.
And then smooth out your buttoned gloves.
cotob we'll the precepts as they fall,
And smooth the wrinkles in your shawl
Think ofthe sinners fearful fate.
And notice ifyour bonnet is straight
PRAY for the influence divine
THAT lady's basque, mark the design;
Let tender peace possess your hlliiu'
And criticise that hat behind.
Reflect ON Christian graces, dear,
And fix the curls behind your ear
Let your heart warm with silent prayer
And view the horrid green silk there.
Reflect upon the wicked's ways
See ifyour gold chains out place.
Think of the peace the good shall lihu'
And wonder who are those behind.
Think of the burdens Christians BEAR
And notice those strange ladies there;
T,hoI.st words hear with contrite heart,
And fix YOUR pull back when you start.
Walk down the aisle with head elate;
Sneak not to those oflow estate;
Backbite your neighbors over dinner
And thank the Lord you're not sinner.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-01-27

Don't practice too much humlllty Ihere
are no short, timid, or hesitating steps in
great affairs You must push hard, and
hold your ground Think well of yourself;
aspire to great and noble efforts have in
vincible determination, purpose once fixed,
then victory or death.
Don't complain of the world-take it
always as you find it. Common sense plays
the game of life with the cards she has,
and the poorer the hand, the greater the
skill and means she displays. Remember
this
IF you fail in business, it need not be
serious matter-unless you make it SO by
your weakness. To plucky man, fail
ure only spurs him on to greater efforts.
That prosperity is safest which is mixed up
with little adversely. Work your bust
ness up carefully by degrees.
Rise above the envious and jealous.
Ignore the SANDERS of your enemies, and
treat newspaper blackguard with con-
tempt. If you wrestle with sweep, you
will be smutty when the etussle is over, surely.
Be in earnest, self reliant, and generous.
Be civil, be gentleman-it is the foolish
man who does not understand that molas-
ses will catch more flies than vinegar.
Read the papers; they are the great prac-
tical educators of the people. Advertise
your business.
Seize opportunity by the forelock. A
great opportunity or chance to make money
fast comes but once in lifetime.
Don't drink, treat, or be treated. No
man ever made an ounce of reputation by
doing it.
Don't chew, or smoke 1t is filthy,
costly, useless habit.
Don't swear, don't deceive. Don't lie,
steal, cheat or be mean. To make money
at the expense of your good name, will be
sure loss. If your life is to be "Skin-
Came" then you had better not have lived.
Be honest seven days in the week. To play
Christian one day, and villain the other
six, won't pay.
Don't gamble with cards, stocks, pools,
or anything else. Don't invest in lotteries,
or in any venture that is not square and
legitimate. Don't read novels, or indulge
in any romance.
Never take mean advantage in any
transaction; and never be hard with people
in your power.
Avoid litigation and legal counsel. Let
it be an extreme case that drives you to it.
Don't marry a romantic woman, or
cheap one One will shipwreck, and the
other humiliate you.
Take interest in public affairs and sup
port and encourage improvements where
you live.
Don't keep horse for pleasure, until
you have frmly-established, profitable
business.
Be cautious in talking and letter writing.
Let others talk-you listen. Never use
poor stationery.
Make all the money you can-honestly.
Save all you can-not neglecting to do all
the good with your means you can. The
man who lives for self alone lives for the
meanest man in town. Don't put any
money where you lose all oversight over it.
1t is slippery stuff.
Be true to your home, your country. and
your God.
Strictly follow the above rules, young
business men, and your success in life is
guaranteed.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-01-27

Cottonseed meal is becoming more ex-
tensively used, and it is beginning to COM
mand the attention of all breeders and
stockmen. Not only does it add very ma
terially to the ratons Of feed but also en-
riches the manure. 1t is probable that
future demand win enthrone the seed as
king instead of the fibre, for it is almost
Invaluable on well-regulated farms, being
used for horses, cattle, sheep, swine and
poultry.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-01-27
Dealing in margins"

The recent frequent use OF this word
seems to require explanation for some OF
our younger readers. An illustration will
make it plain. Suppose that wheat is 8O
cents bushel and rise probable. A.
having 5000 to invest, goes to B., a broker,
who agrees to buy for A. 900 bushels,
costing $500, for which the latter pays B.
margin of 25 per cent, that is $500,
B. lending A. the balance, 5000, and re-
tanning the bill of sale, or wheat certificate,
for 900 bushels as his collateral security
We will suppose that wheat rises to SLIGO,
and that A. orders B. to sell. The latter
receives 81 500, out of which he deducts
his advance of 5000, and A. receives his
original 5000 and profit of $500, less the
storage on his wheat and the broker S COM
mission.
Had A. purchased without margin"
his 5000 would have bought only 250
bushels, and upon selling he would have
received $780, gain of 5000, or about
one-fourth of his profit on the marginal
process. Hence the temptation to invest
upon margins.
Had wheat fallen to so cents his 1000
bushels, in the first supposed case, would
be worth only $500, being 500 less than
his debt to B., and his broker would have
called upon him to ''make good his mar
gin" by advancing another 500. He does
this but can go no further, and his broker
sells the 1000 bushels for $500. A.
would lose his original investment and an
other S1OO and his commission to B.
Hence the risk of dealing in margins.
The objections to this form of specula-
ton, which has of late years become so
popular, are very obvious. First the temp
tation it holds out to get rich suddenly is
itself an encouragement of a dangerous
passion. Implant in the heart of any man
who has toiled for years and accumulated
but very humble sum, the hope that IN
few days, or perhaps in single day, he
may possibly, by a fortunate venture, ac-
quire more than by all the industry OF a
lifetime, and his daily plodding become
irksome, he wearies of its slow-growlng
fruits and longs to share the success which
he is told others are meeting with. Dis
contented with his accustomed business,
filled with morbid craving for exorbitant
gains, feverish desire to make money
speedily, he ventures again and again IN
what to him is practically a lottery and
nothing more No candid observer can
well deny the fact of this demoralizing in
fluence. More especially is this tempta.
ton alluring to young men, who are easily
misled by the seductive example of Older
and more influential persons, and who are
captivated by the prospect of realizing, IL
a brief time, fortune that will exempt
them from long years of assiduous devotion
to ordinary occupations. A life of sober
steady industry and of outstanding small
profts. becomes distasteful to them, and
plunging into the whirlpool of the stoci
exchange, they are soon added to the Ions
array of wrecks which are due to this IN
ordinate desire to make money rapidly
passion which has blasted the lives OF 81
many of our most promising youth.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-01-27

He who possesses that good sense which
suggests the right word at the right time
has passport to appreciation aid respect.
While this faculty is rarely instructive, it is
easy of cultivation, and, more than aIlcoats
nothing.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-01-27

1t often seems more difficult to preserve
a blessing than to obtain it.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-01-27

They are never alone that are accom-
panied with noble thoughts.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-02-06
GnstOn's Hotel.
LOCAL NOTICES.

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WE have additional facilities for manufac'
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jim. MULFORD & CO., No. 333 Main.
Mr.. E. CONVERSE has opened an elegant
bar aud billiard hall at the Clarendon Hotel
and invites his friends and the public to
call.
HALLS Vegetable Siciliau Hair Renewer
is the most reliable article in use for restor.
ing gray hair 10 its original color and pro-
noting its growth.
The Hon. VIM. Window: ITO Bethesda
mineral water is due the fact that am a
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ROBINSON, Apothecary.
CELLULoID EYE-GLAss frames represent
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and amber are fast becoming the most popu
lar. For sale by all leading jewelers. and
Cd ticians.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-02-06

hour, than any other man in 81. Luis"
Here ia fne chance for ihe local roustabout
Of the Vick-borg He'aid who just a, present
il craving immortality.
-Raymond viii play Ia Pafodiss Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday MATINEE, February
18th, 18th and l4th. "Wednesday night he
will give Ffesh.
An old negro preacher, in near neigh
borhood," lie said to have recently announced
10 his congregation that SIN de afternoon, at
2 o'clock, ] will baptize in de riber, Provi-
dence permittiu', of dem dat has cum out
ON de Lawd's side-twen,y adults and
tnenty.fye adulteresses." l. is needless 10
saw ,hatthe converted women were copspicu-
Gus by their absence, and the old mans time
has since been taken up "splainin' nv hisseff."
The polar wave, or, as it is more festive
lv known. the "blizzsrd," has arrived, and
society il considerably stirred. The old man
whose mental faculties are always stimu-
lated by change OF Thermometer was
in his element, and contributed many
an antediluvian "Reminiscences 10 the
general uneasiness. At 3 o'clock pm.
Saturday the thermometer stood at IA. AT
3 o'clock sun. Sunday it had fallen about
4Oo. and all during the day there was cold,
sleety rain, which clothed the trees with a
sort of fairy-like garb of ice. The streets
we're made CLASSY, and numerous we're the
falls thereon and the curses thereat.