davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-12
ON CHANGE.
Spot Cotton Unchanged, Futures in
Some Cases Higher, in Others Lower.
The Wheat Market Opened FIRM, Fluctuated
Widely and Closed at a Deeline-Coffee
and Wool Unchanged.
Daily Review.
OFFICE OF THE GAZETTE,
Fort WORTH. Tex. Dec. II. 1SSS.

FoRT WORTH, Tex, Dec. II. 1883.
There has been 10 particular feature OF
interest on this market to-day. Fine
weather has brought out good many re-
tail buyers, and improvement in the
country roads permits more agricultural
lists to reach the city than were here yes
terday. Cotton came in lively to-day,
but values are little off.
The British Board of Trade returns
show that imports increased f4 40 900,
and exports Increased 60 ,l6O 900 during
the month of September, as compared
with the imports and exports in Septem-
Der, 1887.
The commerce of the United States has
increased IS per cent. in ten years. This
is so very mach faster than population
that there must be decided increase of
comfort among the masses, who mostly
consume that commerce. No wealth Cf
any comparative Importance is hidden
away in the United States.
The total yield of potatoes for the
United States this year is estimated at
2i7 600 GOO bushels against 1874 GOO 600
last year.
In the foreign trade of the the United
States, sam Francisco ranks fourth. New
York receives about 4G per cent. of the
ocean tonnage engaged in foreign trade.
As to American owned tonnage in the
foreign trade, san Francisco is ahead of
Boston and Philadelphia
Corn is America 5 greatest crop. 1t is
grown in every state and territory in the
Union. The prospective harvest of the
current year is , 600 900 GOO bushels.
Ninety-six per cent. of our corn is con-
sumed at home. Only per cent. is ex
ported as corn. 1t is an important factor
i'll beef, pork and dairy products for eX-
port. There is i'll this country tAdce as
many acres i'll corn as in wheat, and
four times as many as in cotton =.
y council OF influential Australians and
Canadians, held lately.at London, ap-
proved the scheme for a cable from Van
couver to Australia, and it voted to urge
the imperial government to support the
project.
December 4 was the most exciting day
for years i'll the coffee exchange in New
York and the amount of transactions was
unprecedented. Higher quotations i'll
Hamburg and Havre, coupled with Bra
lillian advices that the new crop would
be % per cent. below the average while
the stock of the world was 900 200 bags
below last years total and consumption
largely increasing, caused Il sharp rise of
20 points and the market closed from 10
to y cents per pound higher than the
opening i'll all options.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-12

rolling prairie. She has too much vital
ity to stagnate now, and the surprises of
the last decade will be ecllpsed by the
next.
There is a fine set of club rooms cen
trally located. These are elegantly fin
ished in native woods, and the beauty Of
the Southern pine strikes one as quite q
marvel in the delicacy of its tones. There
is splendid library, withal, and no bar.
The courteous gentlemen who took
pardonGble pride in the city
they are building and who
conducted us about it, eX-
pressed themselves mOdestly. 1--WE are
only twelve years old, ''they reminded us.
Hope is past ecstacy with them. Faith
has taken her place, and, as Z matter OF
course, sweet charity goes hand in hand
with her sister virtue, except for Dallas.
And this reminds me that one OF orr
chaperones placed in my hands a very
neatly executed brochure which proved
TO be parody on the 3Iikado, the pro-
duet of the brain OF one of the name of
Smith, dwelling hereabout 1t is devoted
TO the praises of Fort Worth, and Dallas
is made to suffer under neat vein Of
satire. Let me qnote from it q specimen
of its merits by way of conclusion to this
letter:
SoEG-ROEONUT.
Down east in 4 birl-cagc 4 hooking bird sat,
Singing ''TeNas, oh, Texas, dear FeZ2s!''
And said to him. pretty bird what Gre you at,
With your Texas, Oh, Texas, dear Iezasf'
Is it eos you are shut up in this little room?
And cannot be reconciled unto your doom?
Or did you get on the wrong size OF the boom.
Down in Texas, OH, Texas, dear Texas?
He cooked up his eye as he sat on the perch,
Singing Texas, oh, Texas, Gear Texas,
And all OF q Sudden he gave great lUcch,
Oh, Texas, sweet Texas. dear Texas.
And straight from his roost he fell prone on the
floor.
And in a few seconds his struggles were DER,
And an echo came floating ont through the cage
door:
ooh, Texas, sweet Texas, dear Texas!'
Now feel Just as sure as am that live,
Here in Texas, dear Texas, sweet Texas,
Twas only homescknesS that made that bird
For Texas, dear Texas. good Texas.
And now if in Texas You re bound not to stay,
/ know you viii surely repent it some day;
And then you Il come back, if you walk ali the
way
To Texas, dear Texas, sweet Texas.
- BOURGEOIS.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-12
BOSTON WOOL MARKET.

BosToN, Mass, Dec 1.-THE demand for wool
has ruled steady and prices have been firm on all
grades, but manufacturers are purchasing most
" in small lots at present owing to fact they
have ample supplies for their immediate wants.
Ohio and Pennsylvania fleeces are offered spar
ingly at 32d33c for X 34G 35c for Xxx; $50 36c for
Xxx and above and 37G3sc for No. l. In Mich gan
X feeces there is not much Offering under &c and
most holders ask &c for choice Y. Conibing and
delaine fieeces are selling at 39G 4oc for No.
conbing ;36G &c for Ohio delaine and 34G31 for
Michigain delaine. Territory, Texas and other
unwashed feeces are going at good demand at
full prices ranging principally at 50G60c; secured
as to quality; pulled woods are active and strong;
foreign woods are firm.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-12
AMERICAN MARKETS.

At Central City, Colorado, a retort
containing $40 geo in gold was placed
III bank Tor safekeeping. The gold was.
all produced in a single day by one mine.
The amount is the greatest ever taken
from any mine in the same length of
time. The gold of Colorado is i1feXhaust-
ible. and, unless Africa comes in as
serious competitor, Colorado 5 gold viii
be buying more commodities all the time
in proportion to weight.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-12
ANoTHks THENRICAL DIVORCE.
Mabel Bert's Husband Asks for One on the
Ground of DeSertiOn.

MABEL berUs husDdnu ASKS Iof VIle on lhe
Ground of DesertiOn.
SAN Francisco, CAL, Dec. 1T did
not surprise theatrical people here to-
day to learn hat Edward G Bert, a former
theatrical manager, had sued Mabel
Bert, the actress, for divorce. The COM
plant filed this morning gives as ground
for separation merely desertion.
Mabel Bert is well known to san Fran
cisco audiences. She was formerly Miss
Mabel Scott. Her family was wealthy
and moved to this state from Australia TO
give their daughter Il more finished edu-
cation She showed marked aptitude for
acting, and she took Il part in Fred
Bert 5 company here. At that time Ed
ward was treasurer, and the young peo-
PIE became infatuated ana married on
May %, 1879, in this city.
After travelling through the East, Mrs.
Bert drifted into Mckee Rankin 5 COM
pany, which played Il long engagement
AT the California theater a few years ago.
The company finally went East, with
Mckee Rankin rs proprietor and leading
man and Mabel Bert rs leading lady.
Edward Bert, her husband, has not been
seen here for two years, during which
time she has been the constant companion
Of Mckee Rankin, causing an estrInge-
ment between him and Mrs. Rankin,
who is now supporting herself by means
of the stage in New York.
Mi Mckee Rankin and Mrs. Bert are
now in New Orleans producing different
melodramas, among which is The i;as.ll55i
away Wife. ." ag.s,ssssss,ssttsSSeais's'
& ;,E1l5sss.rst.s ssss'Hs'''-
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-12
LIVERPOOL SPOT.

Special to the Gazette.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. l1.-Cotton-Spot closed quiet
and unchanged. Ordinary. lI-l6d good Ordln-
airy, I5-l6d; low middling, 3-l6d; middling,
7-l6d; good middling, ll-l5d. Total sales,
5000 bales; American, $500 bales. Imports,
81, 200; American, ., 200.
NEW YORK SPOT.
Special to the Gazette.
New YORK, Dec. IL Cotton-Spot closed
dull and unchanged.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE SPOT
MARKETS.
Special to the Gazette.
GALVESTON, TEX. Dec. 1.-THE following are
the closing quotations for cotton the spot to-
day at the leading markets. together with the
closing for middling yesterday, with to-day
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-12

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Dec. 11.-Wool firm, with
good demand; bright medium l9627c; coarse
braid PAGE; Iowa sandy II@lsc; fine light l70
&c; fine heavy l3d lgc; tub-washed 3l05Sc.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-12
PHILAnELPHIA WOOL MARKET.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Dec. l.-Wool-Quiet and
firm. Choice Pennsylvania and West Virginia
Xxx and above. SO SIC; Y, 52G34; medium, 3S@
4Oc: coarse, 3SG3gc; New York, Michigan and
Indiana, and western fine or x and Xxx, 3O0S2c;
medium, SIC; coarse, S7aSsc; fine washed de-
lame, 3Gd37c; medium washed com5ing and de-
laine. 4OG42c; coarse do. 5e GiGC: Canada washed
cSmbing, 34G35c; tub-washed, 35di2c; medium
uhwashed comhing and delaine, 5O@32c; coarse
do. 29Q 3Oc.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-12
Mckinney.

correspondence of the Gazette.
MCKINNEY, Ten, Dec. 10.-County
court convened this morning, Judge NJ.
C Abernathy on the bench. The Grim
inal docket is ON call and will be COM
pleted Thursday. Saturday is SET apart
for probate business.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-12
MONEY.

Special to the Gazette.
New YoRK, Dec. u.-Ezchapge unchanged.
Special to the Gazette.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Dec. u.-Excharge-U
changed-Sterling, commercial 60 days, 81 szG
81. Francs-SiXty days commercial, s. 24$s.
Special 70 the Gazette.
New ToRK, Dec. 11.-MOney on cal! easy at to
81. per cent. Last loan - closed at 2Ia. Prime
mercantile paper ig4a5l2. Sterling unchanged
bEt finn.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-12
TRADING IN STOCKS.
A Better Tone Prevailed on Wall Street
Yesterday.
The General Drift of Dealings was in the Di-
rection OF Better Figures-Less
Activity Prevailed.
COMMERCIAL RESUME.

COMMERCIAL RESUME.
Special to the Gazette.
New YORK, Dec. II Railroad bonds
to-day sold rs follows:
Fort Worth and Denver at s..
Texas and Pacific firsts at S915.
Seconds at 3753.
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe gold SKIES
at 50.
Atchison at 55}a.
Sterling firm.
Silver, 9256.
Money, 21a per cent.
Governments quiet and steady.
Wheat dull.
Cotton steady.
Oil, S9jS.
Coffee % TO 40 points lower.
GOVERNMENTS, STOCKS AND BONDS.
New YORK, Dee. IL The stock mar
ket was much less active to-day, but
better tone prevailed, and notwithstand-
ing several drawbacks, the list is gen-
orally higher this evening. The opening
figures showed advances over last even
ing's prices extending to y per cent,
but the list weakened Immediately
under attacks upon Rock Island
and Missouri Pacific, both of which
retired over point. But the recovery
was sharp, and everything was carried
above the first figures, except prominent
" weak stocks. There was considerable
feverishness shown, but the general drift
continued toward higher figures. Trad
ing was confined more than usual of late
to few of the leading stocks. The de-
clinnS the active stocks THIS
evening are few and unimportant, while
Delaware and Hudson rose 3 per cent,
Richmond and West Point preferred 2,
Lackawanna d and Jersey Central per
cent.
Railroad bonds were less active, but
the tone of dealings was generally steady
,tQytirm. &
sernment 9 were dull and
kns sEsssntirssy neglected.
= For Eors II Is seass Pills.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-12
NEW ORLEANS FUTURES.
Special to the Gazette.

New ORLEANS, La, Dec. u.-Futures opened
quiet, to 3 points lower, ruled and closed
steady, points lower. December 9 31a9 ~;
January s2Gg 30; February 4OG9 II; March
June, . 76a9 Il; July, 9 sag 50; August, slG
8 81; sales, Il, GOO.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-12
COTTON MIRKETS.
LIVERPOOL FUTURES.

Special to the Gazette.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. FIXTURES opened steady,
l point higher. ruled steady and closed quiet
at slight advance over yesterdays close.
December, q asked; December-Jauuary, y
bid; January February, 5 y bid February
March . y bid; March-April, "a; April May,
rs asked; MayJune, . Is asked; June-July,
%; July-August 81.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-12
NEW ORLEANS SPOT.

Special to the Gazette.
New ORLEANS, La, Dec. n.-Cotton-Spot
closed steady and unchanged.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-12
NEW YoRRiFUTUREs.
NEW 1UNl
Special to the Gazette.

New YoaK, Dec. FIXTURES opened quiet and
steady, to points higher, fiuctuated, closing
easy at a decline of l to points. Sales,
30, 800 September 9Os9 %; December, 9 5I9
9 so; January, Stag 81; February, 75Gs "a;
March S5G9 Sc; April. g599 IS; May, 10 ESQ
10 O6; June 10 l5GIO Is; July 10 21dlO 22 August,
10 2Gl0 IS.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-12

Only d ispr Bottle of Salvation Oil, the
best iiniment kiSgtsI. Take no other.
The sun is a5lfSs;0OO miles away. Dr. Bulls
Cough Syrup only % cents.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-12
GALVESTON SPOT.

Special to the G3LeIte.
GALVESTON, Tzx., Dec u.-Cotton-spot
closed quiet and unchanged. Exports, 500S bales;
stock, 81, $50.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-12
Pork-Easy.

Pork-Easy.
Cut meats-Easy.
Lard-Lower and steady; steam s. so; Deem
Der IS IS asked; January S. %; February s. ga
25 May IS Is.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-12
RECEIPTS AND EXPORTS AT ALL UNITED
STATES PORTS.
GALVESTON, Tex, Dec. IL, 1851.
GALVESTON WOOL MARKET.
GALVESTON COFFEE MARKET

Special to the Gazette.
GALVESTON, Tex, Dec. u.-Wool-Firm aud
unchanged. Nc offerings. 3
GALVESTON COFFEE MARKET.
Special 20 the Gazette.
GALVESTON, Tex, Dec. 11.-Coffee-EasE
with weaker tendency. -
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-01-28
Exit the Great Eastern.

Reports from London state that the
mammoth steamship Great Eastern, which
once figured so prominently in the shipping
world, has been sold, and will be taken to
pieces or used as pleasure hulk In Oc-
tober, 1885, the vessel was offered for sale
in London at the Royal Exchange, by order
of the High Court of Justice, on behalf Of
certain mortgage holders, for f22 $50, to
Mr.. Frederick de Mattos, London mer-
chant.
The Great Eastern was built from de-
signs and under the personal superinten-
dence of Tsambard Brunei in 1859, and was
so constructed that she could carry an enor-
nous cargo, besides having great space for
the accommodation of passengers An idea
of her size may be obtained from the fol-
lowing statistics regarding her dimensions,
tonnage, &c,
Length between perpendiculars, $50 feet;
length over all, 692 feet; breadth of deck,
83 feet; breadth across paddle boxes, 120
feet; depth from deck to keel, SO feet;
height of five saloons on lower deck, 13
feet 8 inches; height of five saloons on up
per deck, II feet; thickness of iron plates
at bottom, l inch; thickness of iron plates
at sides and decks, I inch; number of iron
plates, 10000; superficial feet of iron, co.
900; number of rivets, 100000; weight
of ship at launching, 10000 tons; ordinary
draught, laden, 80 feet; tonnage, 22,5OO;
coal space for II, $3.50 tons; passenger ac-
commodation for 1900 persons; crew, en-
gineers, firemen, etc, 400; cost, when
launched, about f64O, O,0O0
The vessel has six masts, the second
main-mast being 225 feet high. Herpad-
dlc-wheels are 56 feet in diameter, and her
screw-wheel "a feet, and she carries $500
square yards of canvas.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-01-28
rhe Result Of Debt.

From Harper's Bazar.
A japanese proverb says friend at hand
is better than all your relations at dis
tance, SO little money in your pocket IL
better than all the credit in the world. It
is astonishing sometimes how much little
money will buy, and equally surprising
how quickly a bill reaches hundred, and
yet we may have little to show 70. it. One
purchasing on credit buys rasfly and gen
erously; he does not think of pay day,
which seems far off, certain like death, but
as remote and intangible. 1t is SO easy to
buy things in this way, one hardly stops to
count the cost; by this method it almost
seems as if all the things we covet grew
on trees, and all We had to do was to put
out our hands; we seem to be fed and
clothed as If by miracle, and it is surely
a miracle if we pay the bill due in due
season. To contract bill is to contract
an obligation, to give another the adyan-
tage; we believe that half the forgeries and
embezzlements in the country are the di-
rect result of debt. Half the paralysis and
heart disease which euds mems lives in
their heyday may be traced to the worry
consequent upon debt; worry kills more
people than work, or love, or any disease.
1t writes wrinkles in the face, it discolors
the skin, makes the hair fall out and en-
courages dyspepsia.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-01-28
Select 4oetrg.
A WAY OF MANY MOONS.

Oscar Park an Good Words.
O Spring coquette for she will and she'll not;
She cajo.es and deludes she blows cold and pio"s
hot.
Is she faire Does she smile? Are her soft airs
earessing?
>IIaye care? 'Tis guile she is only fnessins.
mot mot I, ,e,r one day by daily y-down-dilly
The airt! she was tempting tempting fersephones N.Y.
Big Boreas clustered along. and the jt 4.---,
Danced off with the wind. leaving daffy to VIII
And longed for the summer to come.
And summer came, buxom and debondtr.
With a sinuous step and a rose in her hair
With round red lips and great blue eyes,
That were part of her own deep, cloudless skies.
But summer grew feryid; her love became pain;
She sighed like q furnace, wept hot gushing RAM
Her round lips parched and a misty haze
Crept over the blue of her earlier days.
And waited for Autumn to come
And Autumn came, nut-brown maid
In a thousand garish tints arrayed.
1 found her-so lissome, so witching, so gay
In a hazel copse, watching the squirrels at play
She fed and 1 followed through woods and Der
moors,
Wherever her golden and purple robe lures,
Till at last the enchantress gave me the slip
In q grim, gray fog that she blew from her lip,
And longed for the Winter to come.
But Winter was stately, grave. severe,
A naughty dame and something scar,
Whose girdle, like chaste Diana's, shone,
An icy belt, an arctic zone;
Crisp of speech, with chilling air,
Nipping love ere love was aware,
Then 1 said to my sea coal fire,
Fruition is death, but love is desire,
Let us pray for the Spring to come.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-01-28
origin of the Lamp Chimney.

The Manchester, England, Union, says:
Argand, poor Swiss, invented lamp with
wick fitted into hollow cylinder, up
which a current of air was permitted to
pass, thus giving supply of oxygen to the
interior as well as the exterior Of the circu-
lar frame. At first Argand used the lamp
without glass chimney. One day he
was busy in his workroom and sitting be-
fore the burning lamp. His little brother
was amusing himself by placing bottom
less oil flask over different articles. Sud
denly he placed it upon the fame of the
lamp, which instantly shot up the long,
circular neck of the flask with increased
brilliancy 1t did more, for it flashed into
Argands mind the idea Of the lamp Chin
ney, by which his invention was perfected.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-01-28

servants came from the Palatinate, large
number of English, Scotch and Irish i'm
migrants came overin the same way Even
Quakers served for their passage.
The custom of separating the baggage
from the passengers led occasionally to the
selling of passengers who possessed means.
Jonas Rupp, the paternal ancestor of the
late wel[knOwn l. D. Rupp, was well-to-
do German, the possessor of the equivalent
Of about $1,000 in gold. He placed this
III chest with false bottom, putting his
clothing and other effects in the main apart
meni. After shipping he found his chest
left behind, and on arriving at Philadel-
phia was sold to farmer in the interior
named Michael Bashoar. On his way to
his new home, while passing through Ger
mantown, he spent his last two shillings for
subscription to Christopher Sewers Ger
man paper, which was forwarded to him
weekly. Through the medium of an ad-
vesstlsement in this paper he recovered the
chest, which which bad been riied of its clothing,
smlpster, rrous--e ,
but the thieyei and running back fJee gold
between the filming $500 Square Feet of
,i9terest of the said Geo.
served 8 out '7 ~ vt that lot Of
with his master s d, ,3oaa %, ~
after buying the best farr&o0,Sso 30 sse; laasT
hood with the gold which he never ezG3ey
ed to see again.
Sometimes redemptioner would avail
himself of some special accomplishment to
shorten his time of service George Ho-
man, with his wife and son, Casper, came
to Philadelphia in 1899 and were sold to
Farmer Fretz, of Montgomery county.
Homan soon became acquainted with Mich
olas Buck, a neighboring farmer, and went
to work for him, Buck becoming security
for Homan's debt. In little while Homan
revealed to his new master the fact that he
possessed knowledge of drawing and water
color painting and had been verse writer
in the old country. He desired to turn his
accomplishments to account by preparing
Illuminated taufscheins or baptismal certi-
ficates. His master consented and he was
enabled to sell enough of these certificates
among the German families to redeem him
self and wife in about ten months. He
continued to ply his profitable avocation
and soon purchased a comfortable home
near Reading.
Brutal as this system seems to us now it
is not to be denied that its results were
beneficial both to the country and to the
redemptioners. In the case of the Ger
mans, their destitution was no fault of their
own, They were simply wars victims,
and they brought to their new home good
morals and industrious habits. From these
humble folk have sprung Governors, Con
gressmen, Judges, scholars, merchants,
bankers, farmers and successful men of
business IN every walk of life. Many of
the descendants of these term slaves came
in after years to own the very lands upsa-
which their ancestors wrought out their
hard terms of service. Their strong arms
felled the mighty forests and brought under
cultivation whole sections of the most fertile
lands Of the State.