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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-01
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haustion. irritability Of temper. hot nushe1s
ssins Transient p.ns here ana there. co
feet, drowsineo after meals, wakefulneoe. o.
disturbed and undressing sleep. CONSTANT
indescribabae feeling OF dread, or OF tmpend-
II you have ALL or any considerable number
that most common Of American msIadies-
Bilious Dyspepsia, or Torpid Liver. associated
with Dyspepsia, or Indigestion. Tho moro
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or later induce fatal Termination.
DIR. PiercosD Golden Medical Dis
cOvery acts powerfully upon the Liver, and
through that great b aS, purifying osecn,
purities, from whatever cause arisfng. Il 3
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an appetizing, rest2Enfive tonic. z Promotes
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this wonderful medicine has gained great
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Fever, Dumb Ague, and kindred diseases.
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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-01
Strange story Of Two Dor.

"HAMLEr" 10 . plsy for all time. b
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MOI sphere.
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sport
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Liver. Blood. and lunus.

ness Of Breath, Chronic Nasal Catarh. Bron.
cbstis, Asthma, Severe Coughs, and kindred
affections, Il IL an efficient remedy.
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~ Send ten cents In Stamps for Dr.. PiercsS
book on Consumption. AddresA
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and cured by this remedy, Il taken In the
earlier stages of tho disease. From it, mar.
velous power over this terribly. fatal disease.
when first offering this now world-fsmed REM
of calling it his "C0NsUMPrIoN CURE" but
abandoned that nane - too restrictive for
medicine which, from It's wonderful COM
or blood-cleansing, anti-bilious. pectoral, and
nutritive properties. b unequaled. not only
a. q remedy for Consumption, but for IN
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-09-01
CURES ALL nuu1oRS,

from q common Blotch, or Eruption. TO the
Scaly or Rough Skin. in short, al diseases
caused by bad blood are conquered BY this
powerful, purifying, and invigorating medi-
cine. Great Eating Ulcers rnpidly heal under
tested its potency in curing letter. Eczema.
Erysipelas, Boils, Carbunclee, Sore Eyee Scroll
ulous Sores and Swellingst Hip Disease.
"White SwellingR." 0oftre, or Thick Neck,
and Enlarged Glands. Send ten cents 10
stamps for . large Treatise. with colored
plstcs, on Skin Diseases or the same amount
Tor . Treatise on 6crofulous Affections.
"FoR THE BLOOD % THE LIFE"
Thoroughly cleanse Il BY using DR.. Plercesy
Golden Medical Discovery, and good
gtrength and bodily health WIN b egtahliahed.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-09-12

them shall not come without the rest. To us,
their union under one government has ever
seemed in a measure fictitious and tempo
rary. Every part of Canada loses by sepa-
ration from this country but some portions
lose far more than others. Singular evil
dence Of the extent of this loss is afforded
by the recent speech of Sir Richard Cart
wright, in the Dominion house Of commons,
in favor Of reciprocity in trade with this
country. He demonstrated that unre-
stricted intercourse with the United States
is essential, not only to the commercial and
industrial prosperity of Canada, but even
to its growth in population. Thus he shows
that from 1861 to 1886 the Dominion gained
only 1,07i, 900 in population, although it re-
ceived over 52l 900 immigrants. The for
eign-born population actually decreased in
that period from 665, 600 to 10000. The mi
grafton out of Canada to this country was
therefore greater than the immigration from
all parts of the world. From 1881 to 1886
the immigration was Az 600, and it is his
belief that more than this number have mi
grated from Canada to the United States.
Ontario has gained in six years only 12S0O0
in population, he states, though it has re-
ceived 10000 immigrants, and its natural
increase should have been 10000 These
figures, if correct, show with remarkable
clearness and force how powerful is the at
traction of the industrial prosperity and
development which a truly American
policy has given to this country.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-09-12

tons. Marsh of Woodstock was an in
fluential member of the last legislature.
His name is identified with important
measures, and a man of his stamp must
inevitably impress himself upon the
deliberative body of which he is men,
Der. 1t is superhuous to say what will
be the rank of Governor Proctor in the
house. Where this McGregor sits will
be the head o. the legislative table.
1t is due to the facts in the case to
say that in the senate Smith and Jones
of Washington county will have no SUI
periors in their capacity for valuable
service to their immediate constituents
and to the state at large. Higbee of
Chittenden was a useful and resolute
member of the last house. Mansur of
Essex and Fisk of Lamoille were also
leading members of that body and made
good records. Perkins of Windsor is
familiar with legislative work. In 1884
he was the efficient chairman of the
committee on education. The list Of
senators-elect contains many other
names which will undoubtedly become
well known and will deserve honorable
mention for service well performed.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-09-12
The Legislature.

A number of men of proved ability
and fitness, as well as experience in
legislation, are elected to the house.
Among those who are personally known
to us are Charles Rogers of Wheelock,
Redfeld Proctor of Proctor, Henry F.
Field of Rutland, n. l.. Boyden of
Randolph, James Haylet of Moretown,
E. F. Palmer of Waterbury, II. o.
Ward of Duxbury, H. ID. Holton of
Brattleboro, H. Mann, Jr., of Whining
ton, Josiah Grout of Derby, Henry
Ballard of Burlington, Dwight Tux
bury of Windsor, Adams of Marlboro,
G. p. Marsh of Woodstock. These
are all able men, experienced in various
departments of affairs, accustomed to
the business of legislation and familiar
with many needs of the state that can
and should be reached by practical and
efficient legislation. We look to these
men to give shape and direction to the
work of law-making. The progress of
the session will develop competent men
among the new members. The names
and reputation of many of these are a
guaranty that the old members will not
always have their own way, except so
far as the old and new may be working
for common end. Brattleboro does
exceeding we'll in sending here DIR.
Holton, who has been identified with
progressive legislation. He is gen.
tleman of abb lily and character, with
the will and the way to serve his state.
Field of Rutland won an enviable rep
utation for intelligence, firmness and
good Judgment in the senate of 1884.
Palmer of Waterbury is well-informed
and progressive, and we shall ex.
pect to find his name and his influence
on the right side of all important ques'
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-09-12
Cost OF Steel Rails...Facts for Mr..
Shurtleff.

In the canvass in this state, S. c.
Shurtleff, Esq, the democratic candi-
date for governor, repeatedly stated
that steel rails cost only about $3.50 a
ton, including everything-material,
labor, interest on capital, wear and tear,
etc. The market price, he said further,
is now S3l a ton, so there is clear
profit of $3.50 on every ton of rails
sold at present prices. He cited these
"facts " to show how the tariff of S17
a ton on steel rails enables the makers
to realize fabulous profits, while the
wages of the laborers are screwed down
to starvation rates. Few intelligent
persons, we believe, were deceived by
any of Mr.. Shurtleff's arguments,
though he bolstered up the above state
ment by explaining that he was rail-
road director, had investigated this
matter of rails and knew what he was
talking about. We had the curiosity,
also, after hearing Candidate Shurtleff,
to inquire into the matter of the cost of
rails. To obtain the real facts we wrote
to James M. Swank, general manager
of the American Iron and Steel Asso-
citation, Philadelphia. We have just
received Mr.. Swank's answer, which
we print below, and to which we ask
the careful attention of laboring men
in particular. l
A. Ropes, Esq, Editor Vermont Watchman
Montpelier, Vt:.
DEAR SIR-Your letter concerning the cost
Of producing ton Of steel rails has been re-.
ceived. The cost of producing steel rails
as with other articles, necessarily fuctuates
! with the increased or diminished cost Of the
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-09-12

The above companies make their own pig
iron. In the table, fifty per cent of the cost
OF transporting the raw materials is assumed
to be paid to labor engaged in the trans
portation. This amounts to 50 60 on the
ton OF pig iron, and as it takes about one
and one-third tons of pig iron to make a ton
of rails the cost of the labor engaged in the
transportation of the material for ton of
rails will be about 81 SO. The other fifty
per cent of the cost of transportation added
TO the labor cost shown in the table
$40 29-makes S24.1S which is the price
paid for labor and freightage alone in pro-
ducing ton of steel rails. Deducting this
sum from the present selling price of steel
rails at works in Pennsylvania, which is
800, leaves S4.82 out of which must be paid
the expenses of management, clerical forces,
costs of sales, insurance, taxes, interest on
capital, etc.
The above figures show that at present
prices the profits OF steel rail manufacturers
can not be very large. If an increased de-
mand for rails should enhance their price,
the manufacturers would get only a small
share of the increased price, as, immedi-
ately upon an advance in rail prices, the ore
producer would increase the price of ore,
the coal and coke producers would in
crease the price of fuel, the transportation
companies would charge higher freight
rates, and the workmen would'demand and
receive an increase in wages.
AS you may not understand the process
Of making steel rails, will say that after
the pig iron is smelted from the iron ore in
the blast furnace it is remelted and poured
into the Bessemer converter, where it is
changed into steel by the Bessemer process;
it is cast from the converter into ingotS,
which are cut and rolled into blooms, and
from the bloom the rail is finally produced.
Truly yours, JAMES M. SwANK.
Chairman Brice, of the democratic
executive committee, proclaimed
campaign of intellect" but the free
trade /" intellect =" seems to run to most
outrageous misrepresentation to-draw
it very mildly.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-09-12

The Argus finds the "gains," on
which it builds hopes of Cleveland's
reelection, by comparing the vote of
1883 with that of 1884. Accepting this
basis of comparison, we find that in
1884 Redington had 1890 votes; in
1883 Shurtleff has 1924, an absolute
loss of 1896. But the democracy are
cleft" in Vermont far worse than
these figures indicate. The republican
plurality this year is 29,024; in 1884 it
was 22,704, so that on the Argus
chosen basis of comparison, the rela-
tive loss of the democrats is 1920. On
this rate of "increase "-absolute or
relative" in the democratic or doubt
full States" when will Cleveland "get
there" in his second race for the pres
idency? The returns by counties are
also interesting. They show somewhat
in detail the widening gap between the
republican and the democratic vote.
Curious readers with a fondness for
" ciphering" can make their own COM
parsons.
In 1880 the democratic vote was
q ,245: in 1884, 10, 424-an absolute de-
crease of 1921 votes. In short, the
figures since 1876, when the party first
got on its feet again after its utilization
with the rebels, show that, absolutely
and relatively, it has been steadily
losing ground in Vermont under Mr..
Atkins management. In the new
legislature it will have no vote in the
senate, and in the house the number is
smaller than at any since 1870, for the
independents, ''liberals" or "green-
backers' of 1872 and other dates were
democrats to all intents and purposes.
The Argus "gains," in the light of
the real facts, are like the frogs
progress up out of the well, and the
same rate of "increase maintained in
the democratic and doubtful states !"
will land Cleveland-and his Vermont
coadjutor-- next November, at the To-
cality finally reached by his frogship.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-09-12
Republican Nominations.
MAINE.

Maine followed Vermont's lead on
Monday and keeps close up to the head
of the column. The returns indicate
that she exceeds, by several thousand
the plurality of 1884, when Blaine
was running. 1t was then 19,709.
Representative Reed, distinctively the
champion of reasonable protection, is
elected by a plurality of $500, as
against 900 four years ago. go have
you heard from Maine?"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-09-12

A MISTAKE made in computing the
democratic vote for governor which
gave Shurtleff 1000 too many also gave
the Springfield Republican and others
of its democratic brethren a chance to
show their blind side. The New York
Tribune asserts that the republican
plurality is the largest given in the
state for governor in any presidential
year since the republican party was or
ganized." In criticising this statement,
the Republican does not even show the
sagacity of the one-eyed perch that
could not be caught, but bites blindly
at majorities as follows: Dillingham;
majority is about 26,5OO. The republi-
can majority in 1880 was 26,6OS, and
in 1868, 1924. -Four years ago
it fell to 22,704." According
to the figures that don't lie, Farm
hams majority in 1880 was 25,012.
Dillingham's underestimate majority
is more than that, and his real major
ity as it stands corrected, is more than
Pages majority of 27,299 in 1868.
The figures in 1884 are 81 ,S4S. Such
a calculation as the Republican has
made in this instance does not warrant
any great confidence in its figures,
however well grounded may be its la
ment over the baneful influence of
Hiram Atkins on the Vermont democ-
racv
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-09-12
The Annexation Of Canada.

In connection with the article upon
"Quebec and Vermont" the follow
ing extract from an editorial in the
New York Tribune may have some
interest to our readers:
The attitude of the United States in the
matter is simple, friendly and frank. This
country can only wait. 1t does not want
annexation Of any unwilling population. 1t
has not the slightest reason to hasten con-
summation which is by all people in this
country regarded as inevitable, though
probably distant. Sooner or later the Cana
dian people will probably find it to their adj
vantage to share the institutions, the rapid
growth and the unparalleled prosperity Of
this great nation, and there is no reason on
this side for insisting that any fraction Of
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-09-12

THERE appears to be no man among
the members elect who will be likely to
be able to contest the speakership sue
cessfully with Grout of Derby. He
was speaker of the house of 1886, and
his, constituents having returned him e,
he has natural and pardonable ambi-
ton for reelection to the chair. Bal
lard of Burlington and Mann of Will
mington, each having shown capacity
for presiding, are mentioned in connec-
ton with this office.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-09-12

THE Rgormer candidly comedies
that d" the republicans have won great
victory in Vermont" The republican
campaign was one of magnificent en-
ergy and thoroughness; the democrats
never made SO shiftless and nerveless
a canvass, so complete funk" Our
contemporary has faith that Cleveland
will be elected, but admits that the
Vermont election doesn't indicate any
thing of the sort"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-09-12

raw materials and other items. But to say
$3.50 represents this cost, or anything near
it, is ridiculous, and he who makes such a
statement must be grossly ignorant OF. the
facts OF else trying to deceive his hearers or
readers. The pig iron alone required to
make ton Of steel rails would cost much
more than double the aforementioned sum
II bought at present market rates Bessemer
pig iron, the kind used in making Bessemer
steel for rails, costs to-day at Pittsburg
$3.50 per ton, cash payment and it takes
more than ton of pig iron to make ton of
rails. However, it is not practicable to give
the proportion Of each item of cost which
enters into the value of one ton of rails,
when it is considered that the works have
to be kept in the highest state of efficiency,
whether the output be large or small. But
we will take the chief item of cost-that of
labor-and show what this amounts to in
ton of steel rails. The figures are compiled
from the books of two leading steel rail
companies in Pennsylvania, and are exclu-
sive of clerical labor, etc They are as fol-
lows for 1885,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-09-12

Mr.. CLEVELAND has sent 10 the
democracy his formal letter of accept
ance. 1t is of the regulation democratic
pattern in the " campaign of intellect"
and the cheapness of the presidential
" intellect " is displayed in the adop-
ton of the shallow free-whiskey cry.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-09-12

From and including 1870, the first of
the biennial sessions, the political
classification of the members of the
legislature was as follows:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-27
Will Not Vote for Harrison.

Indiana polls Special TO Chicago Herald.
Two hundred old soldiers, sixty of whom
were in Harrison's regiment, met In the
Hendricks club rooms tonight and formed
a Cleveland and Thurman club. The MEM
bers were very enthusiastic, and several
stated that other members of Harrison's
regiment, who had formerly voted the re-
publican ticket, would now vote for Cleve-
land. Jasper Watson, member of Company
K, Harrison's regiment, in giving his rea-
sons for opposing his old commander, saidi
''In the first place l am opposed to harri-
sons principles, and in the second place
don't like the man. | was taken sick in
the army and my health was perma-
nently injured When Harrison re-
turned from the army l asked him to sign
an affidavit in order that | might get pen
sion, and he said: 'Oh, go TO somebody else
with that. | can't attend to such matters
This is the way he treated me when he
knew all about my condition. Dalte KRAFT
ger, a member of the company Harrison
raised, died ut Nashville, and his widow
wrote me a letter asking me to see Harrison
and get his advice about applying for
pension. | went TO Harrison and showed
him the letter. He then looked at me and
said in petulant tone: 60 to some lawyer
for advice. / have no time to attend to
such matters And yet this woman was
the widow of man who served iii Harr1-
sons company, and he knew all the facts
regarding his death. Don't you think | am
right for not voting for such man 2"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-27

ways tend to make the waist look snort,
and, if short-waisted dresses are worn, bus
ties will certainly be discarded.
The madame also declared that dresses
are goiag to be made almost entirely OF
soft, clinging materials Of wool aud silk.
simplicity will be the chief characteris-
tic, as there will be scarcely any drapery at
all. They will be exceedingly stylish and
hang closely to the figure"
'Will they be as comfortable as dresses
ara nova"
"As to that cannotsay. Dresses now do
not require nearly SO much time to make as
they did some yeors ago. when they were
trimmed from head to feet, and soon think
they will require even less time.
Nine WalKie was next appealed to.
81 do not think many American ladies
will follow Mrs Cleveand's exa npie, said
she "A hustle is becoming toa almost every
one, and you know it takes so ,nethIng more
than the example of one woman, even the
first lady of the land to induce women TO
give up that which improves their general
appearance Among all my customers
have found but one who has ordered her
dresses made entirely without hustle"
Ouoth Mrs. Wheeler: 81 think that
bu Ties will continue to be worn, and for
a long time yet They are somewhat smaller
THAI they have been, just at the waist,
but the agent has been around with reeds
for this iall, and find that they are even
larger than ever before"
Large wire busties have had their day"
said Mmo. Stainsky. Ladies' returning
from the seashore wear onlJ small bran
cushion, but continue to wear the reeds as
large as ever. Nevertheless, l think that
busCles will soon cease to be worn.
You thilk ladies will wear hone at all!"
"None at all. The Partisan ladies are be-
ginning TO drop them, and that VIII settle III.
The IDEA lid not originate with Mrs. Cieve-
land She got an iukling that Paris was go
ing to discard the hustle, and so she took
the lead in America"
Mr. Day, who at mis- New York factory
makes daily train-load of bustles, hoop
skirts, panniers. skirts, binding, etc, is in
Chicago
I'VE are not alarmed, said he; 1.-THE bus
tie will stay with us at least year yet.
Fashion does not have its center at WASH
ing on. Let me tell you something. The
cloaks and wraps for the fall and winter
trade for all Christendom are now made or
are in the factories. They are made for
bustles Therefore, bustles will remain,
though all the first ladies and queens were
to decree otherwise"