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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-08-27
Protection and Prosperity.

1t is often said that the eras OF a high
protective tariff in this country have been
eras of prosperity, and the eras of low
tariff eras of adversely. But the facts do
not seem to justify the claim. From 1850
to 1860 "a decade of low tariff), the
wealth of the country increased from
seven billions to sixteen billions, being an
increase of one hundred and twenty-nine
per cent. From 1850 to 1880 (twenty
years of high tariff, the increase was
only from sixteen billions to thirty.five
billions, an increase of only one hundred
and nineteen per cent. That is, the in
crease in wealth was greater in ten years
of low tariff than in twenty years of high
tariff. From 1850 to 1860 the population
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-08-27

tell you few of the times when / think
Of it. When l see young man whose
expenses exceed his income, / think,
Take care 1t is slippery therer When
/ see one lettering around billiard saloons
and gaming rooms, think he is on slip.
perry place. When 1 meet one whose
breath is tainted with strong drink, want
TO say to him, Take care II is very slip
perry therep When / see school girl
who spends more time in the skating rink
than on her lessons, fear she is on slip
perry ground. When see sweet CIR
talking at the street corners, or flirting
with an immoral man whose breath is 8
faint upon her purity, wish 1 could en-
grave on her heart, Take care 1t il
very alipperY there 'o
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-08-27

THE official report on the foreign com
merce of the United States shows a bal
ance of trade in favor of this government,
for the last fiscal year, of S72,79S, 997
against balance in our favor of 300,
$751; for the preceding year. The total
value of exports of merchandise for the
fiscal year just closed was $740, 500
against 1928, $50 400 for the preceding ifs
cal year, a falling off of $50. 1926, 5S2. The
imports of merchandise amounted to
$667,714. 563, against 1928, 1S0,914 the
preceding fiscal year, falling off of
$55 Acc, 351.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-08-27

The squeezing of the unnecessarily rich
men in the present depression encourages
the Philadelphia Times to believe that
scarcely one of these immense fortunes
will last two generations, and, as they
are going at present, very few, indeed
will last the lifetime of those who have
made them. The big failures of the last
few months have shown that the limit to
the stability of big fortunes has been
reached, and that the man of moderate
means is in the safest financial condition
after ALL
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-08-27
Ayers Sarsaparilla.

Since then Mr.. LELAND has recommended
AYERS SARsAPARILLA in many similar
cases, and he has never yet heard of its fail
ure to effect radical cure.
Some years ago one of Mr.. LELAND's farm
laborers bruised his leg. Owing to the bad
state of his blood, an ugly scrofulous swelling
or lump appeared on the injured limb. Hor-
ribe itching of the skin, with burning and
darting pains through the lump, made life
almost intolerable. The leg became enor-
mously enlarged, and running ulcers formed,
discharging great quantities of extremely
offensive matter. No treatment was of any
avail until the man, by Mr.. LELAND's direc-
ton, was supplied with AYERS SARsAPA-
RILLA, which allayed the pain and irritation,
healed the sores, removed the swelling, and
completely restored the limb to use.
Mr.. LELAND has personally used
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-08-27
Wew IdrerGsemfnfs.
PROBABLY NEVER

In the history of proprietary medicines has
any article met success at home equal TO that
which has been poured upon IIooD's SARsA-
PARILLA. Why, such has been the success
OF this article, that nearly every family in
whole neighborhoods have been taking it at
the same time. Every week brings new evil
dence of the wonderful curative properties Of
this medicine
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-08-27
Ayers Sarsaparilla

for Rheumatism, with entire success and,
after careful observation, declares that, in
his belief there is no medicine in the world
equal to it for the cure of Liver Disorders,
Gout. the effects of high living, Salt
Rheum, Sores, Eruptions, and all the
various forms of blood diseases.
We have Mr.. LELAND's permission to invite
all who may desire further evidence in regard
to the extraordinary curative powers of
AYERS SARsAPARILLA to see him person.
ally either at his mammoth Ocean Hotel,
Long Branch, or at the popular Leland Hotel,
Broadway, 9th and 2Sth Streets, New York.
Mr.. LELAND's extensive knowledge of the
good done by this unequalled eradicator of
blood poisons enables him to give inquirers
much valuable information.
PREPARED BY
Dr.. J.C. Aver & Co. Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Druggists; 81, six bottles for IS.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-08-27
Hoods
SarsaparMa

as to derive their greatest medicinal effects
with the least disturbance to the whole sys-
TEN. In fact this preparation is so well bal
anced in its action upon the alimentary
canal, the liver, the kidneys, the stomach,
the bowels and the circulation of the blood,
that 1t brings about healthy action Of the
entire human organism, that can hardly be
credited by those who have not seen the re-
markable results that have followed its use.
II the Sarsaparilla does not prove sufficient
ly laxative, take few doses of HOOPS VEG
ETABLE PILLS. 1t is well in all cases Of
biliOusness to take these pills in connection
with the Sarsaparlla for the first ten DAYS.
That dull, sleepy, sick feeling can be wholly
overcome by the use Of these remedies. VIII
you give them trial and be yourself again?
An ex-alderman Of this city says of Hoods
Sarsaparllla, 1t is the strongest Sarsapa-
rilla l ever saw"
Each dollar bottle contains one hundred
taverages) doses. Sold by all druggists.
Price one dollar or six for five dollars.
Hoods Sarsaparlla, prepared only lyC.
I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
20 Use HOODS ToorH-PowDER.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-08-27
FOR SALE =

An extra good farm, consisting of about two hundred
and twenty Ave of land. nice sugar orchard OF
one thou sand trees There ia abundance OF
failing water In all OF fields and both house and
barns Could keep dairy Of twenty-five cows. The
buildings very convenient and In good repair The
only for selling ia account OF poor health.
59-Tl' o. H. WILSON, South Walden, Vt
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-08-27
WARREN LELAND,
Largest Hotel Enterprises

of America, says that while passenger from
New York on board ship going around Cape
Horn, in the early days of emigration to CAL
ifornia he learned that one of the officers of
the vessel had cured himself, during the voy.
age, of an obstinate disease by the use Of
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-08-27

Combines the
BEST Remedies
of the vegetable
Kingdom, and in
cstpIt Arnnp,ttNp
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-06-13
Bob Gave Her a Cruel Shock.

Dressed for church, she stood before
the mirror admiring herself, and men,
tally observed that she had never ap-
peared more lovely. The candid critic,
however, would have declared that her
figure was not ir just proportion, for
she was very tall and thin and her
height seemed greater than it actually
was in consequence of bunch of os-
trich plumes that fioated in snowy
masses over her hat
"Yes, know l am handsome,
she said, "but l can't help it !" and
turning to go out, caught sight OF
her little brother standing in the door
way.
"What are you doing there Bobl
she asked sharply.
"Looking at you, Fanny. returned
the artless child.
"What do you want to be staring at
me for?"
"'Cause you look just like Ions
handled feather duster.'
And sitting alone in church tina
morning she wondered how she woulC
feel if Bob got the measles and died
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-06-13
How one Small Boy Passed Away.

A pale pinched face-a piping
voice--a little body which seemed to
be all bones and and angles. Many a
smile his odd dress provoked. His
coat had once belonged to full grown
man, while his pantaloons could not
have been patched any more without
sewing patch upon patch
Who was he
Ah did you ever ask the question |?
Certainly not. You have no curiosity
to know one street gamin from anoth-
er.
How did he live ?
You never inquired Odds was the
difference to you whether he had a full
meal or went supperless to bed Had
1t been the case of a well dressed man
stranger TO you, you would have
asked how many thousand he was
worth, and where he was to buy or
build.
Welt
Well, that boy is dead. He broke
down on the street the other day,
burning up with the fever, and they
took him to the hospital TO die. There
they saw how poor in flesh he was
they found the bruises inflicted upon
Kim by rough boys--they washed his
bleeding feet aud wondered how he
could have walked a single square. 1t
was too late. They shed tears as they
wiped his own away and they answer
ed his rawlings with kind words, but
friends had come too late.
And what!
In his rawlings he accused you and
me of seltishness, of hard-heartedness
of mock philanthrophy-aye, of
worse. We would have taken the part
of the weaker dog, but we let that or.
phan lad take the blows of the world.
We saw that our horses were well fed.
but we let that boy go hungry. We
made great show in the papers of
contributing to orphan asylums, and
yet we have nothing for this tender
lad. In his delerium he cried out that
we had given him no chance. We
threw nickles and dimes to base i'm
posters, but we had not even a penny
for a boy whose poverty compelled
him to sleep in the alleys.
"Guilty !"
So plead all Ere this he has told
his story in Heaven, and on the pages
Of the angels book has been written
against each and everyone of us; SAC
cessory to the death of Charlie Hall,
who was brought to the grave by the
brutal neglect of citizens boasting OF
their philanthropy and open-hearted
charity. y."--DetroI Free Press.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-06-13
A Bishops Strange Story.

Bishop Thomas Bowman, of the
Methodist church, who is next in semi
ority in the Episcopal College to Bish.
op Simpson, although having no faith
in spiritualism, relates the following
singular circumstances, without, how
ever offering any comment upon the
facts On his recent tour to the East
he returned home by the way of the
Red Sea. Before embarking he re-
ceived letter giving him encouraging
news of the condition of his wife, who
had been very i'll. After Sunday
service on board of the boat, as the
vsssel steamed through the Red Sea,
he went to his room, and as the shades
of night began to gather, he prepared
to retire, and was about to offer up
prayer for his sick wife, when he sud
denly found that he could not utter
word and that his mind had become
blank. Thinking that this was an at
tack OF nervousness, he walked across the
room to compose himself, after which he
again attempted to pray for the COM
plete recovery of his wife, but was af-
fected as before. The conviction then
came to him that his wife was dead.
Three weeks atterward he reached
Rome, and there found a message
awaiting him announcing the death
of his wife on the evening of the day
on which he was vainly attempting to
pray Tor her recovery The bishop
also says that his daughter, who was at
Paris when her mother died, also re-
ceived a singular presentiment of the
same character.
This was not the only apparently
supernatural thing that has occurred to
Bishop Bowman. A few years ago, he
says, during an attack of sickness, it
appeared to him that he was trans
ported to a spirit land, where he held
conversations with friends long since
dead, and he feels disposed to claim
that he had been for time in an un.
seen world. In reciting these facts
Bishop Bowman does not propose to
make any deductions 10 favor Of what
is known as modern spiritualism he
simply presents them as remarkab
and to him inexplicable pheuom ana.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-06-13
Women as Fiction : Writers,


All the women who have attained
eminent success in literature have been
either poets or novelists. Indeed, it
is only as writers of fiction that wo-
men may be said to have reached to
the higher ranks. This may prove
that they will yet add some new and
fresher element to the expression ot
sentiment in literature, and that they
will more perfectly develop the sympa-
thetic side of life. Unless Fielding
and Scott are to be excepted, no novel
lists have surpassed, in genius and
creative attainment, the women who
have written under the names of
George Sand and George Eliot. In
one of her essays George Eliot has
written of the work done by women as
novelists and she claims that this is
literary field especially adapted to
their genius. "IIappily," she said, "we
are not dependent on argument to
prove that fiction is department of
literature in which women can, after
their kind, fully equal men. A cluster
of great names, both living and dead,
rush TO our memories in evidence that
women can produce novels not only
fine, but among the very finest; novels,
too, that have precious speciality, ly-
ing quite apart from masculine aptitu-
des and experience.
Women have become the literary in
terpreters of the heart, of that half of
human existence which is most their
own. They give the feminine point
of view, which is absolutely necessary
to our knowing of life in its widest
meaning. That must be a very great
gain, and the literature of the last
hundred years alone can help US to real
ize what it is likely to be in time.
Who can doubt that women have
largely aided in the development of
the purer, fresher, aud more sympathet-
ic literature of the last century and a
halfl Who can but feel that the names
of Jane Austen, Harriet Martineau,
Mrs. Browning, Charlotte Bronte and
George Eliot have made great ad lition
to English literature ?Tbey have enrich
ed it in way it has been by no school
of masculine writers since the days of
Elizabeth. 1t may be that, Judged by
intellectual or artistic standards, their
work has not been of the very highest;
but in their play on the heart-forces of
life they surpass any equal number OF
men.-Rec. G. W Cooke IN Chris
tidn Leader.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-06-13
The Talking Dog.

1t was in Market street restaurant.
A solemn man entered, followed by his
dog, seated himself, and asked for the
bill of fare. 1t was given him.
"What would you like to have, SIR 2"
asked the waiter, Tipping the table
with his napkin.
The dog meanwhile had climbed up
on the chair on the other side of the
table, and was gravely regarding his
master.
"Well," said the solemn man, re-
fectively, "gimme two fried eggs, turn
ed over"
'Gimme the same said the dog.
The waiter gazed at the animal with
amazement mingled with horror. The
solemn man continued:
"Then guess you can gimme a sir
loin steak, very rare, with fried pota-
toes"
"Gimme the same said the dog.
The walters face assumed the color
of cold boiled veal.
"Cup o coffee, plenty O milk" went
Oh the solemn man.
"Gimme the same," said the dog.
The waiter shuddered, and, turning,
fled for the kitchen.
A man with a squint, at an adioin-
ing table, was much interested in the
scene. He had observed it closely, and
finally spoke to the solemn man
SIT must a been fearful lot o work
| m IAayp thaf dor 10 to1
sit was" said the solemn man.
81 should smile," said the dog.
"What 'ud you take for him, now p
said the man with a squint
"Wouldn't sell him. said the solemn
man.
"You'd better not" said the dog.
The man with the squint was much
impressed. He began making wild
| offers, and when he reached thousand
| dollars the solemn man relented.
"Well, said he, 81 can't refuse that
hate to part with him, but you can
have him.
Hell be sorry for it," said the dog.
The man with squint drew check
for the amount, which he gave to the
solemn man. The latter was about
leaving when the dog cried out:
"Never mindful get even. II
never speak again.
| He never did.
The gentleman with the squint wa
proprietor of Dime and Freak mu
scum on Market street.
The solemn man was a ventriloquia
crook.-San Francisco Argonaut.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-06-13
Gen. Lee Declines to Sell His Fame.

Gen. Lee, at the close of the war, re-
ceived innumerable offers to engage in
commercial enterprises. Insurance
companies, railroads, and many large
corporations at the South were anxious
to pay him any salary he might de-
mand solely for the use of his name,
without any labor on his part, or the
incurring of any responsibility what
ever. A committee of Englishmen,
with the Duke of Sutherland and Mr..
Beresford Hope at the head, offered
him in fee splendid estate IN one of
the midland counties of England, coup
led with guarantee of an income of
$4,000 a year as long as he lived. He
gratefully declined all of these offers,
and accepted the Presidency of Wash
ington and Lee University at a salary
of $4,000 a year. Here he earned his
living as the hardest worker in hard
working faculty in training the youth
OF the country up to the very hour of
the paralytic stroke which Immediately
preceded his death.
Geu. Lee left three sons. They, too,
received many Offers of similar kind,
and declined them. Two of these sons
are now prosperous planters in Virgin
ia. The third succeeded his father in
the Presidency of Washington and
Lee University, and has filled the po-
sition with credit for the last thirteen
years. IT, .....
The true American spirit shines in
Gen. Lees example, the spirit which
prompted Washington and his Gener-
ais when they retired from the public
service enriched only with the recollec-
tion of their great achievements, and
scorning to make merchandise of their
fame.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-06-13
RATEs or ADvssrIsIxe.

Yearly advertisements payable quarterly. Tran.
silent Advertisements must be paidfor beforetnseft
cd except where parties have accounts.
Legal advertisements two dollars per inch fol
three insertions, and at that rate Tor addiuonai
Insertions without reference 10 length.
Executors, Administrators, and Auditorsnotices
three dollars. Must be paid for when nserted'
Transient or Local notices. ten cents line, reBu.
lar Advertisements half rates.
Cards in the Business Directory" column, one
dollar year for each line.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-06-13
BLOOMSBURG PA, FRIDAY. JUNE l3, 1884.
true and noble hearted girl you have

true and noble hearted girl you have
won"
And he told the whole story of the
diamond ring
'1t was to save me from a self-in.
flicted death, not from any personal
feeling, that she intrusted the ring to
Inc for one single day. Carlesford,
she is gem Of the purest ray, and al.
though she may never shine for me,
can but render my humble tribute TO
her noblenature. That was cruel let
ter which you wrote today. Go, and
contradict it in person but first shake
hands withme, as sign that you have
forgiven my folly and rasbness.'
Carlesford pressed Wayne's hand so
fervently that he absolutely WINGED
with pain, and hurried away without a
single word.
Cora, my darling-my treasure !"
She sat alone with her head droop
ing on her hands, while his tender
voice thrilled the silence.
"Ob, Alban you never could have
,neaio lI-Wnat you WROTE IN tnat
harsh little note"
He folded her tenderly to his heart.
81 think l was mad for the moment,
dearest. Oh, Cora, how near came
to the shipwreck of all my happi.
ness r
But the guardian saint of all true
lovers had watched over them in the
hour of peril, and the golden chain
OF affection glowed brighter than
ever.
Nor was it the least of Cora's happi-
ness when she was Alban Carlesford' 5
dearly loved wife, that Bruce Wayne
was dating new and better life from
the day when the diamond ring stood
between him and a suicides death.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-06-13
A Dangerous American Tendency.

A Darwinniau Cambridge professor
sends us the following "There is one
practice of the Yankees which threat
ems to develop most undesirable
characteristic. 1t is the habit of yawn-
ing. Apparently it is rather more af-
fected by people of the cities, especial
ly by females and the more talkatiye of
the males Unfortunately it is not at
all confined to them. Naturally enough
motionless jaws become tiresome to
persons who ordigarily keep them
moving. 1t is amusing to watch an
individual exercise his hyoid apparatus
like an asphyxiating fish while the per
son opposite involuntary--so sympa-
thetic we are-gapes like boa con
strictor, and is initiated by another and
another down the car or through the
audience. But there is serious as
pect to the case BY the laws of use
aud heredity we are abnormally devel
oping the muscles which open the
mouth. II this is allowed to go on
by aud by great development of tn,
mouth openers will become characters
tic of the American. There are alto
gether too many people in this country
at present who have great difficulty il
keeping their mouth shut.-Bosto,
Transcript,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-06-13
Anecdotes Showing That Royalty is Not at
All What it is Cracked Up to Be.

That her Majesty Queen Augusta
should be sometimes irritable is not
unnatural, and it is well known that
her household stands in fear of such
outbursts. | was reminded of this III
passing the Imperial palace just before
the Empres, left town. She was be-
lug carried up the steps from her car
riage in chair. One of the servants
stumbled, but regained his equilibrium
Immediately. This was shock to her
Majesty's nerves which only speech
could allay, and she talked right along
until the door closed on them and shut
off the eloquence of her wrath. There
are great many incidents told by the
gossips of her Majestys haughtiness
when she was in health. The late
Count REDEEM, then a young man,
chose wife from the family of mil
lionaire merchant at Hamburg and
duly presented his bride at court.
| Those familiar with social distinctions
in Germany will know that such step
involves modification to the lady so
situated. But in the newly-made
countesses case the severest thrust
came from the Empress Augusta, who
asked abruptly in the presence of many
Others "Countess, in what business
did your father deal 7"
The Countess drew herself up proud
| ly, looked the Enpresss strait in the
eye and replied "Your Majesty, dur
inc his entire life my father has dealt
with reason and Judgment.
| As soon as etiquette would allow
the Countess quilted the palace, but
the Empress had learned lesson.
| Thereafter she treated the merchant 8
daughter with marked courtesy and,
indeed showed greater respect to those
similarly situated.-Berlin Letter Ia
tie 50, Louis Globe Democrat.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-06-13
NIIIII7E1zsI
THg BLOOD CLEANSER.

Asg 4 MONTH and BOARD for three live young
Vuhmen or ladies In each county Address l.. w.
yVVzlEdLER a co. Philadelphia
May 23-iw d