davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Meeker herald., 1894-01-27

The Biiou ditch In Morgan county IS TO be
completed in the spring.
About ls5 families are supported by the
Midland shops at Colorado City.
Mrs, Driscoll and lcr son, who were ar
rested at Sterling for killing Mary Dri,coll,
have been discharged
The controller of the currency has called
upon the stockholders OF the First National
bank OF Del Norte TO pay $4,000 to pay off
depostors.
George Boyns, lO-year old IcadvIllc boy
ran into a stump while coastlng last Saturday
afternoon, receiving I'M grlcs which resulted
In his death.
The state veterinarian has discovered sew
eral cases Of hog cholera in the vicinity of
Denver. Vigorous measures will be taken to
prevent its spread.
L. Is. Light has been chosen secretary of
the Denver Chamber of Commorce in place
OF olney Newell, who has occupied the posi-
tion for three years.
The newly appointed commissioner of i'm
migration, y. c. FISK, is making great efforts
10 bring settlers 10 the state. lie is looking
for beet root raiscr-.
The Denver Tramvay Company has de-
clared dividend OF per cent. on It's $500,
COO Of stock. All the profits heretofore have
been used for cxicudiue the system.
Four miles from Grand Lake, In the Middle
Park, Ii. 3. HARRISON has homcstcadcd Carl
| ton Lake, containing 100 acres, which he is
converting into trout-raislng enterprise.
Nearly all of the Holland co!on!sts who set
| tied near Alamosa have departed. Some have
gone to Iowa and quite Il number settled near
| Sterling. The people of Alamosa helped
them a great deal but they were cheated by
Van der Hoogt and had hard time in other
ways.
The annouuceme Is made of the purchase
by the Florence OH Refining Company Of the
S. I. Tanner ranch, comprising 400 acrcs OF
very fine land. The consideration was s46,-
900 This property, with other land adioin-
ing 1t, amounting in all to LOCO acres. will
be cut up into five and tcn-acre tracts and
sold for Embarrassing and gardening pur-
poses.
Governor Waite, at the request Of promi-
nent wool growers has issued n call for n
convention of all wool growers Of the West
to meet At Denver February 9th 10 act on the
proposed tariff legislation. Governors may
appoint ten delegates, wool-growers' associi-
tons five and county comm ,ss!oner. five If
there Is no wool-growers' association in the
county.
Salida parties have discovered vein of cx-
cellcnt coking coal on Marshall Pass three
miles from the railroad. he vein is dcvel-
opel for seventy feet and is from five 10 six
feet thick. They say when the yeln is uncov-
cred further distance of twelve feet 1t will
disclose body of coal ten 10 Twelve fee;
thick. Its nearnes- to transportation aud
points for coal consumption renders It cr-
ceedingly valuable.
The Meeker herald., 1894-01-27

The Anti-Treat Club has been
formed at Baltimore for the purpose
Of breaking up in that city the Ameri-
can custom among men of treating to
drinks. Each member. when he joins
the club, is required solemuly to pledge
that he will neither treat nor allow any
member nf the club to treat him. The
restriction applies to dinners, street
car fares, cigars and other things, as
we'll as to the habit OF setting up
the drinks. The club was organized
with fifteen members. It's member
snip now numbers fifty, with many
applicants for admission on file
Branches of the club will be started
in different parts Of the city. The
central organization has commodious
rooms and all the comforts of we'll
kept social club.
The Meeker herald., 1894-01-27

Bids for the construction of the sagusche
county reservoir opened by State Engineer
Cramcr were as follows:
w E. Dodge, scr, 259 II. S. Fuller, SCI 400 ::
G. w. Wilson, 500 500; A. Chrlstiansohn,
s3l ,l15g5; ID. McShanc, s3s, $3.50; P. Null
vaney, Sii, 792; James II. Barry, $4,000,
The wide variance of the bids surprised the
engineer. 1t will be some days before the
contract Is let, there is IL little matter to be
settled with saguache county first, 1t
promised to build ditch to the site, The
state will require the county to guarantee
this work before it will let the contract for
the reservoir.
The Meeker herald., 1894-01-27

THE recent rally in the price of sill
yer on the London market is said to
be due to the current conviction tina,
the English government will soon take
some action toward securing the re
assembling of the monetary confer
ence. The london financial papers
declare that some action is necessary
to relieve the situation i'll India caused
by the closing Of he minis. II thi,
is not done many English capitalists
will lose heavily on Indian invest
ments and loans.
The Meeker herald., 1894-01-27

FIX PRESIDENT HARRISON will go to
Stanford University early in March
Instead Of lecturing upon international
law, as was primarily intended, he will
devote the entife course to an original
discourse on constitutional law, based
upon the development of the constitu
tons of the original thirteen colonies
The time and manner of delivering tho
course of lectures have not been def
nitelv fxed
The Meeker herald., 1894-01-27

A KANSAS woman who has been
elected police justice of her city has
adopted a novel solution for the tramp
problem. The first tramp who was
brought before her for judgment was
sentenced to two baths day for ten
days, and to hard labor on the stone
pile, with the order that he be fed if
he worked and starved if he shirked.
The prisoner survived the ordeal, but
now the first question tramp asks on
approaching Kansas town is whethc,
the police judge is man or woman
The Meeker herald., 1894-01-27
OWING to the fact that nearly all o

OWING to the fact that nearly all OF
A. --~-----. nh E. L~., -~.:-.----.l
in Denver are connected with temper
ance and other similar societies, the
German clemen has become alarmed
lest these good women intend to make
themselves unduly felt in opposition
to what the Germans consider their
rights. In order to forestall any at
tempts OF the temperance women to
secure new legislation against saloons
the German women are being urged to
register, that they may offset such IN.
huence,
The Meeker herald., 1894-01-27

The poultry show held at Denver last week
was great success in POINT Of number and
in the fine points of the fowls exhibited.
Nearly every breed of chickens was repre-
sented by splendid spe cimens and The judges
expressed themselves as delighted with the
excellence of the birds. Chickens, turkeys,
geese, pigeons and rabbits were exhibited.
The Meeker herald., 1894-01-27

best creamery 20 d30,, dairy ice; hay, up
land balcd slldSl2, second bottom IS Gs0 50;
alfalfa 500; oats, sl.G5Gsi .l5; pota-
toes 81 00(a n 20 cattle. choice steers 5000
e. 80, cows s2.l0ds2. 30, native feeders $3.50
CISCO; hogs, choice $3.50; spring chickens
s! 500 81 90 per doz. turkeys &c.
The Meeker herald., 1894-01-27

IT appears that there is law for
bidding foreigners to hold real estate
in the District of Columbia. This is
probably intended as measure to pre-
vent aliens from exercising baneful
influence on Congress or from sur,
reptitiously buying up government
buildings.
The Meeker herald., 1894-01-27

xGRATIFYISG and cheerful reading
matter was furnished the other day il
the report that justice of the peace
had sentenced ''masher' to 100 days
in the bridewell The masher and the
insulter of respectable women are al
together too bold and the oftener they
meet with sharp rebuke the better
pleased the public will be.
The Meeker herald., 1894-01-27

IL view of the great number OF
homeless people in Berlin the munich
pal council has decided to extend the
system of night refugees and to admit
the homeless to the refugees in the
day also. 1t will also contribute to
the expense of maintaining the warm
inc halls
The Meeker herald., 1894-01-27
CURRENT COMMENT.

VACCINATION bees are said to be
very fashionable among the young
women of Chicago at present. This is
a comparatively harmless and pleasant
fad.
The advocate., 1894-07-25

Wages, tooH"
"Well, no. That is-L-but-"
"It don't seem to work, then, does
itY"
"The interest Of the laborer demands
that the tariff be kept up"
"Hsve you forgotten those figures
that | showed you a moment agoY You
seem to grasp an idea very well, but
you don't seem to be able to let 60,
You have got into the habit OF saying
certain things, and you stick to it. !
think you had better try to break your
self of the habit of saying that the for
eigne pays the tax, and that the tariff
represents the difference in wages. You
vote against the tariff, don't your"
"No, / do not. l am too good an
American for that"
"Don't you think that you had bet
ter write another editorialP Write it
/ about the manufacturer this time. You
could use nearly the same words that
you did in writing about women. Yon
could say that the American manufac-
turer is clinging vine that twines
around the people and saps the life out
Of them. His weak and puny nature
makes him the object Of our most ten
der care and protection"
go, come now, you are getting too
smart. Hadn't you better 60 to the
kitchenY"
"Just in a moment! simply want
to say that / have learned enough
about this great issue, tariff. / have
jumped at one conclusion and that is
that blubbering, big infant Of 30 that
has to be protected ought to be espanked.
/ think we had better look out for the
interest Of the babies in our own fami.
lies first. If the finance issue is as
simple and amusing as the tariff, l
would like to take a lesson on that If
you will give it to me-"
"I'll think about it,"
"Well, goodnight. BE careful, you
are sticking your heel through that
protected carpet"
(TO be eOntinGed)
The advocate., 1894-07-25
PREPARING FOR SUFFRAGE.
SOphia'S Desire to Get Posted Mars Their Do
nestle Felicity
NO. III.
BY CON HEALY.

self opposite her husband, "I am ready
for another lesson on the tariff. You
promised last night that you would try
to make me understand how the for
eigner pays the tax. have been think
ing about it all day and | can't make
it out. used to be good at working
out puzzles but that beats all of them"
"YOu can grasp this, can't you2" he
replied with an an air of superiority,
''that if foreigner brings 800 worth
of goods and the tariff is $50 he pays
$50 into the United States treasury
before he can land them"
eyes, can grasp that. But if the
goods were worth only 300 and he had
to pay $50 tariff before he could land
them, he would have to sell them for
$3.50 to get out clear. Then if you
bought the goods they would cost you
$3.50; so you see he collected the $50
back off of you. Do you grasp thatp"
"The point is this. If it wasn't for
that tariff he would sell the goods here
for 800 and undersell the American
manufacturer. That's the great fea-
ture of the tariff that you don't under
stand"
"No, it isn't. You are lodging the
question. What l want to understand
is how the foreigner pays the tax"
eff it wasn't for the tariff the for
eigner would put the goods up to $3.50
anyway, so they would cost us just as
much, and the $50 wouldn't be in the
United States treasury"
"Didn't you say a moment ago that
if it wasn't for the tariff he would sell
them for 800 and undersell the Amer
lean ?"
"NoW, you see" and he commenced
to bluster and squirm, "you see where
women are untitled for politics. They
want to quibble over some little point.
The tariff is broad question and must
be considered in a broad way. The
main object of the tariff is to protect
the farmer and the manufacturer from
the competition of the pauper labor of
Europe"
"What does this country want pro-
lection for?"
"The reason is this: No other coun-
try pays its labOrers as high wages as
this country does; therefore, it costs
more to produce everything"
"If we had free trade, then, every
thing would be cheap. That would be
nice for those that have to buy. l be-
lieVe L would vote for free trade"
"That's just like a silly woman;
Jump at conclusions before you under
stand the question. While tariff keeps
up prices it keeps up wages, too"
"Does tariff keep up prlcesi"
Certainly, it does."
go, l see now how the foreigner pays
the tax. When we sell to them we
charge them big price on account of
our tariff and we get it back on them
in that way"
"No, you don't. That's entirely an
other question. The foreigner buys
wherever he can get things the cheap.
est"
"Well, l just don't care. think we
had ought to have that right, too. If
we have something to sell in
some other country, don't we get a
The advocate., 1894-07-25

would be just as dear, or dearer, than
goods bought at home."
"I think that is real mean. Why
not take the tariff off and let us buy
cheap where we have to sell cheap"
"You see, my dear, wages must be
kept up. The tariff simply represents
the difference between wages in this
and foreign countries. So we ought to
be satisfied to pay a little more for
what we buy, just so wages are high,
and times are good all around"
care wages high now, and times
good all around?"
Well, hardly. But if the tariff was
off wages would go down where they
are in Europe"
"Why don't Europe have tariff p"
"They have in some countries"
care wages good in those coun.
tries?"
"No, / believe not"
"Does making wages high protect
the manufacturers"
"No; but you see he gets a better
price for his goods, so he can afford to
pay better wages"
"Is there just tariff enough to make
up for the extra wages3"
"That's the intention Of the republi-
can party"
swell, here are some figures that l
would like to have you explain. In the
past ten years the forty nine sugar re-
fineries in this country refined l6,5OO,-
900 tons of sugar, and paid in wages so
million dollars. The protection that
the sugar re6ners had amounted to SAG
million dollars. That would be Sl0.45
protection for every dollar paid in
wages. Now, that looks to me as il
every time an American refner paid 81
in wages we paid $10.45 more for sugar
than we would if we had free trade.
Am rightI"
81 don't know, but"
"Wait. I have another item here
that interests me. l see that the car
pet mills Of this country produced in
one year % million dollars worth Of
carpets, and had 8 million dollars pro-
lection on their products, while there
were only million dollars paid out for
wages. Now, then, you say that the
tariff represents the difference in wages
between this and other countries, ac.
cOrding to that, the foreign laborers
would have made those carpets for 2
million dollars less than nothing"
"Let me see those figures. They
must be democratic"
"NO, they are right here in a govern
ment report. 1t makes me mad to
think of it. Here we are using an old
shoddy carpet and paying 80 cents to
protect a carpet manufactures for
every 20 cents that he pays for labor.
We pay all his laborers and make him
a present of 2Gcents besides"
"You see, my dear, it has always
been the policy Of the republican party
to"
go, hang the republican party if that
has always been It's policy"
"IIave patience, now. Don't fly all
to pieces. Let me explain. AS / was
going to say, the infant industries Of
the country must be protected"
Infant industries, indeed l think
The advocate., 1894-07-25
Our Sewing MashIne.

Il will pay anyone who needs q sew.
ing machine TO read the advertisement
Of the "ADvoCATE" machine on page Is.
Notice the following interesting facts:
It ID q high grade machine In every
respect
It Ia warranted foH ten years.
It IN ornamental as we'll % useful
It Ia shipped prepaid subject TO she
buyers approval.
With it you get all the extra attach.
ments that usually 60 with high-pEiced
machine.
Buy It, and save money and hard work.
The advocate., 1894-07-25
REPLY BY MR.. GLASS.

lions OH6reQ 10 Cn6 Slngle-CaX, GnaC IL
would be tax on the farmers. Now,
the value of farms in this country
being only one-third of the value of all
the real estate in this country, if all
taxes were levied upon real estate,
then the farm lands of the country
would pay only one-third Of the taxes
of the country.
Remember, too, that a third at least
of the farm property in the country is
owned by landlords and that the exclu.
siVe tax on land values would reach the
landlords and could not be shifted
upon the tenants.
/ take Mr.. Bell as believer in the
equal rights of all men to the use of
the earth or to natural opportunities.
But if we are to recognize this right,
in what way can it be so recognized
except by each one paying annually to
the public in taxation for that portion
of the earth's surface which he uses.
How can you adjust it by limiting land
ownership. You can not divide the
land and recognize this principle Of
equal rights because each child born
has the same equal right to the use Of
the earth as those born before him, and
to recognize the right there would have
to be new division every time child
was born. Neither can you recognize
it by limiting land ownership to GER
tain number Of acres. 1t does not re-
quire the ownership of many acres in
the center of Chicago or New York to
make man the possessor of a fabu-
lOus fortune. 1t is entirely an error in
discussing the land question to con-
slider it as only applying to farmers.
The evils of land monopoly are as ap-
'parent in the city as in the country.
l fully concur with Mr.. Bell in his
wish to see a nation Of small farmers
and small homesteads.
Mr.. Bell says the Henry George
theory might be used to compel men
who had more than certain amount
of land to divest themselves of it. l
thank him for the admission
but l change the wording
and say it would compel men
to part with land they could not use.
Land should be put to its best use.
The best use for business lot is to
put business house on it. For res
ident lot, to build a home. For farm
lands, to build houses and barns, to
plant orchards and vineyards, to raise
fruit, grain and vegetables, to grow
cattle and horses and all things useful
and desirable.
Gland needs no protection" but the
landlord and owner of land has plenty
of protection and should pay for it.
" All would want to give up ownership
of land and go to producing personal
property not subject to taxation"
That is to say that there would be no
profit in owning land but would be in
producing things from land, because
all personal property is produced from
labor applied to land. This seems to
me to be result desirable in every
way, and not to be afraid of. AS to
indirect taxation, space forbids any
thing except to quote Colbert's saying
that it is the best way to pluck goose
without making him cry, and. the
The advocate., 1894-07-25

EGB~sPECEAL CLUB RATE OFFER. We
send both the Kansas Farmer and THE ADV0-
CATE TO January I, 1895, for only 30 cents. FVld
tAOusdnd Rev subscribers wonted, hence Wc make
liberal REDUCTIONS 10 eIab rdisers.
The advocate., 1894-07-25

confess / know no more effective than
that proposed by Mr.. Glass in his ad-
Vocacy of the Henry George theory.
But that is an end not desired by the
American people who believe in the
home and in individual ownership of a
place to build it.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1894-04-25
Abandonment of Cronstadt.

The harbor of Cronstadt in Russia is
to be closed to merchant vessels after
1895, and a new harbor will be opened
along a maritime canal just below st.
Petersburg. This harbor will be %
feet deep, cost 1000, 600 rubles, and
be the central point for the unloading
of coal and the loading of grain and
other articles of export. The depart
ment of public works is also consider
ing the advisability of constructing a
tunnel under the Neva like that under
the Thames in London, but built in
four stories. This abandonment of
Cronstadt is of especial interest, for it
was Peter the Great who established
and indeed created it for the port of st.
Petersburg. Springfield Republican.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1894-04-25
No More Milk.

"There is no more milk i'll the world, !"
said an old gourmet as he sat at his
luncheon at the Manhattan club 1T has
gone, and not even q bubble of regret
seems to mark the spot where it sank
out of sight Milk, the earliest staff of
all generations, is now thing unknown
in polite circles. It's all cream now. 1t
does not matter whether dine here or
in Texas or in California, everywhere
the walters ask; Will you take cream
in your coffee?' and Will you have
cream hot or cold?' The good old staple,
milk, is no longer called by name Even
in Chicago they call it cream Milk is
tabooed 1t has gone out of existence
with the word woman, the word un-
dertaker, the word dress and II lot of
other noble terms Now it's always
cream, lady, funeral director and gown
wherever you go, even in Chicago. And
yet the cream is often pale blue and
thin, and if it was not served as cream l
would swear it was milk, and darned
bad milk at that New York Sun.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1894-04-25
A Real Lake of Fire.

The greatest natural wonder of Ha-
waii, if not in the entire world, is Lake
Dana, or Dana lake, a body of molten
lava 10 miles in circumference. To the
Ightseer the surface of this wonderful
lake appears es if it We're sea of redhot
water dashing against the cliffs which
surround it ON all sides to height
averaging 100 feet J. J. Williams Of
Honolulu, who probably knows more
about the volcanic condition of the is
land than any other living man, says
that 'this rushing, restless heaving lake
Of boiling fire never remains silent or
calm for single instant. st. Louis
Ranublic
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1894-04-25

The postmaster who finds his office
getting short of stamps makes out an
order on a printed blank and sends it to
the postoffice department at Washing
ton. Here the postmaster's accounts are
examined, and if his credit is good the
order is approved, charged to his ac-
count and forwarded to the government
agent at the factory where postage
stamps are made. The government
agent has the stamps counted, carefully
packed and sent by registered mail TO
the postmaster, who sends receipt for
them to Washington. Fields
Washington.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1894-04-25
NOTICE no CREDITOR,

EsrATR or MARY II. TITUS, pEcRAsEn.
Pursuant TO the order of Isaac S. Crnmer Sur.
rogate Of the County of Hunt erdon made on tn,
Fifteenth day o February A. ID. one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-four notice is hereby
given to all persons having claims against the es-
tate of Mary II, Titus late OF the County of Hun
or aft rmat ion 10 the subscribers xecutors OF said
deceased within niue months from the date oil
said order and any creditor neglecting to bring
in and exhibit his or her claim under oath IF
frmation1 within the time so limited. will he for
ever barred Of his or her action therefor against
the said Executors
WM II. TITUS. rxoo,,a,s
KATE A. CROOK, I
dated Feb 18Th ID 1894
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1894-04-25
Couldn't See the Point.

Il can t see no fun in these newspaper
jokes about plumbers bills" said a
wealthy plumber to friend at the club.
Neither do your customers see any
fun in the bills" replied friend who
had recently paid bill.-Texas Sift-
| inpa
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1894-04-25
Query.

Johnny-Pa, is generals brave men?
Pa--Yes, my son, as a rule.
Johnny-Then why does artists al
ways make pictures of 'em standing on
hill three miles away looking at the
battle through an opera glassF-Times
of India.