davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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IONS.
, 1894-03-14

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SIT ieBen, ion6ern itnb cher nod 9eneist,
bic 8aulrit bur9 Gonceiitonen 3u fOrbern.
The morning news., 1894-11-25
VALUE OF A COTTON BALE.
Has Greater Purchasing Power Now
Than Twenty Years Ago.

q
1878 Compared With Present
Prices-How 1t Is That the Farmer
Gets More for His Cotton Now Than
he Did When the Price Was High.
Lewis Hancock in Galveston News.
Just at this moment the most fertile
soil for bunkum facts and arguments is
the silver question. and the Texas farm
er, whose only money crop is usually
cotton, Is brought into close and per-
sonal relations with IL by long columns
of statistics which claim to prove that.
as cotton sold for one price in 1872 and
sells for another price now, the demone-
tization Of silver is therefore responsible
for the difference.
"A grave and venerable statesman, in
a carefully prepared paper with which
he opened his perennial candidacy, an
nounces that the average price of mid
ding cotton in 1872, the year before
silver was demoGetized, in currency was
22.19 cents; in 1893 it was about cents
and that Just as silver has gone down
as compared with gold. the prices of all
staple commodities have gone down with
it,
These are bunkum figures and state
ments of the most indefensible kind, and
would be ludicrous If they were not the
everyday utterances of trusted leaders
accepted as true and made the basis of
political action Unreliable In every re-
spect, they are actually false in many.
They compare the currency price Of 1872
when currency was worth only 80 cents
on the dollar, with the gold price OF 1893
They contrast the New York price
of 1872, which included freight. commits
sons, brokerage. insurance drayage. etc,
with the net prices Of 1893 received by
the Texas farmer at his local towns
As a matter of fact, cotton sold in Texas
in 1872 at from y 10 "a cents, and an
average Of u cents, and the bulk OF the
crop of 1923 WAS marketed at that price
"Thcy take no note of the fact that
cotton seed, which in 1872 had no value.
sold IN 1893 for sl5 a ton, or $3.50 per
bale OF cotton. They are misleading
and deceptive I'm comparing prices OBJ
taiued during and just after the war
when the disorganzation of labor in the
south had llrgely stopped cotton produc-
tlon and when the whole world was on "a
boom ana prices were fabuloualy high.
with prices In 1898 al the most acute stage
Of q panic.
"If the demonetization Of silver in 1878
o. the cause Of the falling price Of cOt-
ton since then, what was the cause of
the stl greater fan four years earlier.
iu 1859. when 81 sold for cents "a
mound? Aud WHY Was It that for five
years preceding the war, IN the good old
times when every citizen had the right
10 80 10 The treasury and have The doll
lar of bis daddies coined Tor his own ac-
count. the average price Of cotton WIS
1872 cents in NeW Nork-equiYalent 10
about cents in 1eNaay Then we pro-
The morning news., 1894-11-25

industrial activity caused a proportjonate
demand for the staple.
hder these fortuitiuos conditions the
price rose and averaged 217 in New
ofh ior the period last named equiva-
irhL 10 ABOUT l9 cents In Texas From
that time on the increase of production
mas been steady, till the average annual
crop Tor the five years ending in 1929
lthe last completed Year, was 7727. 500
bales.
1t would be only reasonable to look
iof proportionate fall in price, inde-
pendent of the demonetzation of silver;
and as we produced in 1872 (while Egypt
Brazil and other cotton raising countries
nave also been increasing their produc-
uon), 1t Is not unreasonable to expect
prices to have fallen to about one-third
what they were i'm 1872.
But such is not the case, for the aver
age price in New York for the five years
last ended, Is 11.S2 cents, equivalent in
Texas with better transportation faeili-
ties) to about 1852 cents
Thus while the production of this
country alone has increased 237 per cent.
there has been a fall in price of about 81
per cent. The natural laws Of supply and
demand have kept up the price of cotton,
without any reference whatever to the
demonetization OF silver, and In entire
disregard Of the fate of that metal
But the whole story is not yet told
Although the price of cotton has fallen
when compared with the former years.
and in accordance with the natural laws
OF supply and demand. the ingenuity OF
man has so improved the producing and
distributing methods of commerce, that
the great staple commodities which the
farmer uses are produced and laid down
at his door cheaper still. our farmers do
not raise cotton to eat or to store IT, but
to sell and use the proceeds In buying
the necessaries OF lfe.
If the proceeds of a bale Of cotton, in
groceries, dry goods and hardware, were
less now than In 1873, then our farmers
may have established a prima facie case
OF suffering. But If with a bale Of cot
ton, they can buy as much or more Of
these necessaries Of life than they could
then, then they are as well off or bet
ter Off.
ITO ascertain the relative purchasing
power Of a bale Of cotton then and now
! have complied the following table Of
prices Of dfty-fye staple commodities at
the two periods, composing most OF those
used by the farmer and for which every
year he exchanges his crop of cotton.
THE prices are IN gold and are taken
from the books of various merchants.
having a country trade and are those
OF actual retail transactions for cash IN
the years named.
81 win say In passing that the articles
We're selected with absolute fairness,
none being rejected because they disa-
gree with this argument. and the aggre-
gate being a fair representation OF the
many articles the prices Of which In
1sl2-3 ] waa unable to obtain. Oppo-
site the name OF each article, beside the
price ln 1873 and 1893. Is given the Increased
percentage Of that article which "a dollar
would buy ia 1898 compared with what II
bought in 1873:
The morning news., 1894-11-25

less TO deny that for human nature the
first person singular is the most agreea ble
Conjugation in grammar. And this brings
up final bit of advice which Is one Of
the well known arts of conversation.
paradoXiCal as it may seeul-be a patient,
sympathetic listener For it is essentially
true that he who proves you clever
talker by his attention will impress YOU
more with his cleverness than had he
talked. Adele NIcAuister.
The Baby Feet That Never Came
In the autuTn's cherries night.
While the wild wind croons without
And the flicker of the fire
Leaps and dies as my desire
Breasts the barriers of its doubt,
can hear the patter, patter,
-'Tis a phautaSy-What natter
OF the baby feet that never came!
Those rosy lips that linger in "a kiss
The rounded cheek that Uestles close to
mine
The eyes of blue that know no doubt.
That shut us in-the world shut out
The soft white arms that wreathe and
IWine
And under all the bitter rod
Shall hold me fast to faith In God
Are but the echo Of the feet that never
came.
'Tis thus in autumn's chill and summers
In midnight stiffness or in throbbing
street
[ hear mid silence or above the throng
The echoing rhythm of the song
And benediction OF the baby's feet;
What matter else afar or near
In the untotaled sum I hear
The patter of the feet that never came
is best!
o. baby of my dreams, thy dimp1ed cheek
And lip and eye and silE5en tress
And all the attributes of heart
Are but reflection of some part
OF her who is the bride of death!
And thus through very thought of thee
/ look beyond Cethsemaue
To where she walks who loved me ten
derby.
A hair brush, says the New York
Press, can communicate diphthera, mea-
les, chicken pox, scarlet fever, smallpox,
yellow fever and cholera. 1t can also
communicate scald head, letter and many
dermatological troubles, and under condi-
tions of abrasion and contact convey
blood poisoning
This is startling, but a truth that should
be remembered by those careless in allow
ing the use of their brush and comb and
also by frequenters of hair dressing estab-
liShmentS.
Brush and comb matter. even with it's
component part of oil which would tend to
preserve it, is putrescible and fermenta-
bic. Every one is aware OF this theory, but
they do not seem alive TO the other inCon-
trOvertibe fact that both these toilet arti-
cles are deadly disease carriers. one
brushing on the head of a diseased per
SON. or one who has been in q contagious
atmosphere, win transmit as many as
1000 germs to the brush from the hair;
some of these in turn 70 be conveyed to a
second and third person and so on, until
the disease is broadcast.
The morning news., 1894-11-25

s Elegant Body Brussels; SI 0F=
E lovely designs selliI at............... Va'GV
Beautiful Ingrains, S0r
: formerly sold at so yard. ........... OOV
Carpets; 81 nm
best qualities at i5o to-. .......... Ws'OV
hoyely sss 55.ns55 Smyrna !ss a i Rugs, R. 5sS $3.50
Nc" signs asi in Smyrna Rugs, l75=
: @?xt2, worth $3.50, at..,.........'...... u ~
"9s sssH ssss lSz22i@eh lj5'5 s:s5 N Rugs Ito
The morning news., 1894-11-25

Bunalo, Nov il.-John Hutchinson, re.
publican. and John g. Lambert. democrat
both enthusiastic politicians. Black ftoele
made u wager before election which lam.
bert paid last might bg sitting aafrlde ~.
roof Of Michael kreiehaum's houre from
& 10 O'Clock a very cold wind W.
blowing from the lake aud nutchiusop
took enough pity on his victim 10 carry
him rofrcBhmruiF.
The morning news., 1894-11-25

There is one senseless custom that |
should like to see abolished" remarked
woman of the world to the New York
Tribune the other day, land that is the
Introduction of half-educated and unde-
veloped girls into society a. the obviously
immature age of IS. / say half-educated,
she continued, for whatever the amount
of learning and accomplishments crammed
into their poor little heads before that
time, it IS impossible that the mind can
receive and digest a first-class education
before % or u. Il would not be expected OF
the cleverest boy, nor would it be advis-
able, for learning, l take it. should not
be bolted any more than food, but should
be absorbed slowly and inwardly digested.
to really develop the intellect. So why
should girl whose mind Is quite as crude,
If not cruder, than her brothers at that
age, be supposed to be finished, just at
the time when She must really study to
advantage? Moreover, it is not fair either
to nous entrees to force these bread-and-
butter misses into our social life and eN
pect that we should ask them to our din
ners and opera boxes.
"It is really dreadful to have d crowd of
raw recruits enter the ranks of society
year after year, expecting recognition
and consideration; and mothers make
great mistake in introducing their daugh-
ters at an age when they cannot help
being at d disadvantage. There is no use
of forcing veal upon the market-people
do not like it and never will. Let these
children have their own dancing classes
and their own reunions; but for their
own sakes, if not for ours, keep them out
OF general society until they are twenty,
at ieast"'
The morning news., 1894-11-25

passage Immediately, cheered through
her disappointment with the thought that
the meeting was only briefly delayed.
Alas, she forgot the war in China. Just
before the steamer reached Honolulu the
cruiser of which her husband was an Of
hcer, was ordered to sail for Asiatic wa
ters. There was no appeal. The mau-of-
var put her nose. oceanward. and one
blue-coat on her deck kept his glass in his
hand as the wide sweep of sea was gained.
A few hours out, his distracted gaze was
rewarded or rather his expectations We're
realized The Honolulu mail steamer hove
in sight. nearer the two ships stood to
each other till the yearning husband. with
his strong glass; actually picked out the
nsure of his wife, she stood on the
deck watching the passing vessel Then
the distance widened and slowly the boats
sank from each others view. The lieu
tenant was borne off 10 an indefinite east
ern cruise and the unconscious wife kept
on TO her grievous fate, over its bitter
ness, which was more accentuated than
assuaged by the tender letters, with ink
scarcely dry, which met her as she landed,
il is mcrciful to draw veil.
The morning news., 1894-11-25

ne average percentage OF the HILg~
FIVE staples which a dollar will buy now,
is 2Z7 per cent. That Is, 81 now win buy
much as $2.T would buy In 1873. The price
for which a farmer sells a bale of cot
ton now ia certainly less than he obtained
for the same grade I'm 1873. but the prices
Of tho articles which enter into his daily
life nave fallen lower still.
LAS I stated above the actual average
price Of cotton in Texas In lS72 was IL
cents pound. at which a bale OF cotton
Of 500 pounds would yield SGj The actual
average selling price during 'he fall OF
1898 In the midst of a panic. WAS 7.O7 cents,
al which a bale Of cotton would net here
S35.3j; a difference in actual cash OF
S2g.GJ But, as a. dollar now Will buy 227
times as much as II bought In 1872. the
bale of cotton al s3J3j viii buy as much
IN groceries dry goods, hardware etc.
a8 Ss421 would have bought in 1872, being
"a difference Of sl52i or % per cent ia
favor Of the farmer Of to-day.
"if the difference in the price OF ginning
baRglng and ties, and OF cotton seed be
taken into account. the balance IA favor
Of the farmer Of to-day viii be increased
10 s3I27 or n per cent. II the average
price Of cotton for the last live years
1852 centa-he taken AZ the basis OF oai-
culauou, the favorable balance VIII be
greater still.
'Thofe does rot seem 10 be here a ba-
SIS Tor argument in favor of changing
our currency system. Amy system under
which the farmers 0f the south can, ~
twenty years. increase their production
ffom 20H.0W 40 a0000p baies. and Yef
buH with each bale. "a rsr cent more
Qf the neeeasaries ~ lifa Than formerly,
WeHi9 seem ~ hn ~ good p i1ae Nith"
The morning news., 1894-11-25

t-..l''. o' Chicago Tribune has taken the
'"" lo hunt out the women OF the
H., VINO are earning "A living in the va
...-'. ways which used to be mans eX-
tb. property, and il would seem from
... '''.ut mat what women cannot do in
.... .''1 OF employment is much more
Ta 'han what she can accomplish.
e "irl on the list Is the story Of
'A undertaken who has been In the
v... Hitcen years. Several other
.,.. .i' engaged IN the same unattract-
'"H'"Nmont They make their Offices
l. "aI homelke with dainty things,
hr srewsomo reality OF their work
~. "s possible, and most cases are
H."usgful.
o...''.1[. different barber shops are con
.H. women. with women assistants.
f.... 7t their customers are men.
"3mdn's duinunesF and taste ina
# 'l' surroundings attractive are
.r. '"IH8r over mans conservative
het business prospers.
.. ''f5f"d iH art ~ various dee
"Nence arc legion. bar now
.a... 'h. masters the aft of phot8g-
.-... - aloaso has several suecesf-
.. .l lu thls husiuaas. one se-
.#.. 'f sleeets ia ihelr appfacla lon
'Nal photographs must naftef
tatlRfaetnfr ana aB0thef ls
The morning news., 1894-11-25

Tagging, per yard.
Sugar per pound.
Eupion oil, per can.
Salt, per sack. .....
Ties, per bundle. .......
Powdered Sugar,
per pound .........
Avery Plows, each
Nails, Cd. per keg
Nails, l0d, per keg
Sadirons, per pound
Axes, per dozen e..
Horseshoe Nails, No
8. per box.
Horseshoe Nails, No.
Z, per box.
IRON, per pound.....
Hoe Handles, each.
Trace Chains, 7-100
per chaiu...........
Screws. 1}s, No. 8,
per gross.
Screws, 11s No. u,
per gross..........
Iron p round, per
pound ............
Steel,cast,per pound
Axles, iX5. ,.........
Pick mattocks, each
Axles, 1 in, u pat,
per set...,.........
Grindstones. per ID
Wagons, 3 in, each
Wagons, "a in,
each .............
Fence wire, per bdl
Mill files, 8 in, per
dozen ............
Pony Plows, each.
A. o. Plows, each.
Spring steel, per 10.
Hoes, No. 0, bright,
per dozen..........
Hoes, No. ! bright
per dOzen..........
Hoes, garden, bright
per dozen.......
Horseshoes. per keg
Carriage bolts, 4xas,
100 pounds. .........
Rope, s. per pound
Piow Handles. per
dozen .............
Barbed Wire Fenc-
ing, painted. ....
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-17
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y. a foucRt viii sell you 1uIt leather
top buggy with eAO harness lot $40
j spot casa
Rev. and Mrs. q. N. Browning left to-
clay Tor their new held Of labor at Loun-
4 ell Grove
Some persons refuse to wear the green
/ today because they read somewhere that
] SIT. Patrick was a Roman and not Cath
oIlc.
q. W. Lukena returned yesterday from
Wabaunsee county where he has been
the past month looking after his farming
interests.
There should be large attendance al
the opera house tonight Isl there is sell
dom an opportunity to learn 80 much
and hear 50 much fine music for So little
money.
Mrs III ID. Dietrich. DAUGHTER and Mrs.
iii E FIeenor. mother Of AIRS. G. B.
Pavne left today for Bowling Green.
Kentucky Mrs. FIeenOr returns to her
home and Mrs. Dietrich goes TO visit rel
atives.
The poIice officers are being solicited
ID enforce the ordinance against chick
ems running at large One man COM
blamed chat his oni0n-sets had been dug
mo and threatened to take the admins
fratfou of the law into his own hands
aifT- veaterdav. Mr. cox lives 81 s farm
of ad0 srraa near the town and some wears
sg-ar. Fsa.-lrad II, me mann facf5ra 81 sal4s-
are. His business has grown and he has
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ToPEKA SHIRT 1IsF'a CO
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-06-11
HEART-BREAKING.
Lavender naycoeks Painted by the impress.
 sionist School.

Lavender Haycocks Painted by the Impress.
 sionist School. Eulu-I have never been on farm, and 1 am wondering if there we shall find those lovely queer things some of our artists paint. 1 do hope we will have been looking for them so long. Think of walking through forest of beauti- ful pink trees with rich blue foliage. like those in MT Monet's. picturesi Wouldn't it seem as if one were in a great, delicious tea store.
 Elsise-Don't be unreasonable. Lulu, At least, you might pitch upon less expensive man.
 How am l unreasonable? 1 love Claude Monet's lavender haycocks and his stunning green rocks so much that l want to look at some real ones-that's all'
 We never expect to see the things impressionists paint We are too sorry for them to exact so much.
 What do you mean?"
 It is like this: man starts pie ture, thinking it is going to be nice and look like something. Then ths paint gets all mixed up on the canvas, and he calls himself an impression.st It is fashionable to pretend one doesn notice there is anything wrong. Now you understand I know you will feel sorry, too,
 70, yes, indeedl Particularly in Lent. It is sad school. isn't 1t Eloise?s
 Heart breaking. IN. '. Recorder.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-06-11
OF towLY RANK.
| tFootman Who aeeame Poet of Cons

Footman WhO Became q Poet of CensiA-
 erabIe Merit.
 Among the poets who have triumphed 9ver circumstances and won their yyey Q attention in spite of difficulties, few nave been more seriously handicapped 9y fate than Dalman-the poet who Eas footmaH. Skipsey, the collier poet, had at least his vision-haunted underworld. his solitude of darkness. aosken, the postman poet of Scotland, lad the open air, the sky. the breath of he heather the free wind in his face, put who find space for dreams or vis- ions in the commonplace round of d 'ootmans tasks?
 Yet Charles William Denman is ecr- ainly true poet, though certainly not great one. He was an exceedingly good servant,n said some one who had employed him in that capacity.
 He wore livery. He handed plates. 1e opened carriage doors. He was 'aithful to all his round of common place duties. Who shall say why he tlone. among his fellows, had visions )f Mount Parnassus, and when his iaily round of work was done. instead If making merry with his fellows in he servants hall. shut himself up to cad the poets that he loved? He was Is good footman as if he had never made rhyme; and footman he re- nained until shortly before the publi- cation of his volume of poems entitled, ,Minuti@.
 Fortune seemed somehow to smile on his audacities. He sent sonnet to Lord Tennyson, and not only received sind thanks for it, but was admitted to brief interview with that lord of song who, during the last years of his life, saw so few strangers
 He sent some of his rhymes also to Carmen sylvA,7 the queen of Rou- mania, and had from her note of gracious praise He has made friends among all sorts and conditions of men.
 Minutim is certainly graceful. rather than great It has received un- usual praise, however, from some of the best reviews, perhaps partly because it IS a wonder 6d wonders that it's author should be poet at all; though indeed the lyric grace and sweetness Of some of his work must have insured for it a measure of attention, even under cir enmstances less remarkable.
 tie has made helpful friends among literary men. He wears livery no long. CT, but makes his living by his pen editing, compiling, copying, turning an honest penny by whatever means comes in his way.
 Among the poets who were at once the delight and the inspirtion of his struggling years, he gives the first place to Philip. Bourke Marsten. Ut was not, he said, that I thought him greatest of all, but that loved him best The sadness of his life appealed b me. and his songs out of the dark echoed in my soul
 The first money. he received fof his verses went for the purpose of wreath 'f lanrel and bay to lay upon Marston's yrave in Hizhgate cemetery and when
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-06-11

he had left service, and his evenings were his own. he used to wander through the noisy Euston road, and finger, like d pilgrim at shrine before the house where the last sad years of Mar ston's life were passed, and where death found him.
 His work in verse is not ambitious, It contents him to pipe simple song for thinking hearts, but he has the true poetic instinct. and at least his career proves that under conditions no matter how unfavorable, it is possible to aspire. to struggle and attain. de- spite circumstances by which tate would seem absolutely to have barred the way.
 Walt Whitman. "the good, grey poet" was another of Dalman's enthu- Riasms, and two of the poems in Mi nutiac" are in Whitman's Ibnor Some of his best verses are in memory of his dead mother, whose early influence in the direction of all that was noble and good seems to have been one of the su- preme inspirations of his life Youths Companion