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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 28, 1895)
WWI U 'wmMmmmi W " I ' ill t . r." '4 "Tr:ori.K I iieve it TJIK TRICE OF COTTON GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND. K t who are inclined to be- jrirls a rather slow lot when COIlies tO v'.KoroUH eipr.-i.. 1 i ...... Tr SllmritM (Should Study Thla History f Produetioa PritM Sine 1791. What tha Bccord of Crop Prove SU- of door. The man or woman who ' " Prlc" comes out of a close room, especially The spread of free coinage sentiment aic ii uikuc, ana tireatheg through the j in me southern states has been almost mouth will either catch a bad cold or j entirely due to the belief that the low Irritate the lunjrs sufficiently to cause ' price of cotton was canned by the adop anuoj ance aud unpleasantness. If i tion of the gold standard. The main people would Just keep their mouth argument of the advocates of a 50 ceut NO CLASS LEGISLATION. ui-iii m uie evolution or a parly of young ladles at one of the Chicago kj oj tanluuiH. says the Chronicle. When a woman does do anything, especially if It pleases her. she goes In with an en ergy that U almost perplexing. Here on the parallel bars, the .lack line and other Implement for physical develop ment, she exhibited a skill and fear lessness that took oue's breath away. Thla was particularly true about those assigned to duty on the ladders. There were three different kinds of these, one horizontal and stationary and two per pendicular swinging ones. One of the latter was what might be called a triple ladder. Three girls occupied a square each; then when the word was given they began a most complicated Inter lacing movement The girls, while mounting higher and higher on the ladder, exchanged places with one an- j omer, anu this was done In the same manner that a triple braid Is plaited. If anything should have a tendency to produce su,plenesa surely this boa con strictor contortion movemeut would have the desired result Other pupils mounted the ladders and, holding on with both hands and feet, let the body awing at an alarming angle from the ladder, while they lightly sprang from one round to another. nut and breathe through their noses, this ditticulty and danger would be voided. Chills are often the result of out of door Just after leaving a poorly ventilated room, it it during youth that the greater number of mankind contract habits of Inflammation which make their whole Uvea a tissue of disorders. Cloalng a Letter. Some one one said that the three needful things for a perfect love letter . centa per pound in the United States dollar in this section of the country has been that the alleged demonetization of iilver was the cause of the marked fall I in cot t mi during the past 23 years. A bulletin just issued by the depart ment of agriculture giving the history of the production and price of cotton for over 100 years proves conclusively that the nse of silver as money has nothing to do with the decline in value of cot ton. Beginning with 1791, with a crop of 8,feb9 bales, worth on an average Sit) were: (,ood grammar, good naner anil sincerity. Nowadays we are apt to think of the aliening, too, and the writing, the neat ly divided paragraphs ami the general style and get-up of the missive, for all letters are not love letters, and every one has not the excuse of a disordered heart and a bedazzled mentality for a careless scrawl. One should have an alcohol lamp or a roll of wax tapers, gold for the pur pose, and still air In the room to prop erly seal letters. With the seal and envelope before you, turn one end of the stick of wax rapidly over the flame, not near enough to Ignite It, until It Is creamy and ready to drop; then deft ly nil) it round and round over the point of the envelope flap until enough Is deposited, when the dab of wax may be held a moment Immediately over the flame. Then firmly press the seal Into It. If a drop of the hot wax Is first placed under the point of the flap the THE AXGEI, FLIGHT. Some were pulling weights for the development of the chest nnd lungs, and the strength us well as endurance displayed was remarkable. Swinging In the air by means of large rings In ropes hung from the ceiling seemed to be a very popular amusement. Out young lady swung herself repeatedly the entire length of the hall without appearing In anyway fatigued from her effort. Perhaps the most picturesque figure In the exercises was what Is call ed the angel flight. Judging from the hilarity of the participants In this num ber, the snort was keenly enjoyed by "-xr"' " 1 ' 1 ' UKTTI.XO I P MI SCI.K. till of them. The licrformnuce of the augel flight consisted In about six or tight young women taking hold of an equal number of short rope ladders dangling some ten feet from the floor. These were lowered till conveniently reached by the glrU, who laid a Arm hold on the lower round. At a signal the entile numlier are lifted clear above the door. There, by a swivel arrange ment lu the celling, all ladders with their fair burdens are revolved at quite rapid ratp. The motion causes the ladders to radiate and gives an ex tremely realistic picture of flying. Dumhliells aud club swinging are not Indulged In to such an extent as they nsed to be. This sort of exercise la apt to be overdone by novices and la not Very beneficial In Its results on account of setting In motion a comparatively mall number of muscle. seal will be less likely to break. A well-cut seal will never stick, aud prac tice will Insure a firm Impression, with the wax molded neatly and evenly around the seal. In all this pray be careful. Uemember Mrs. Longfellow's sad fate from the lace of her gown catching tire as she sealed her letters. The grew Ilia Wife Write I'octry. neightmrs wondered why he so pule and thin. And told him Unit he ought to call a doc tor in. He said, "No doctor's stuff will ever reach the siiot ; Massage and Christian Science, too. I think lire mt ; Alas: inns: tie cried, my wife writes poetry. And that iM why I am the woeful wreck you see!" The neighbors wijx-d away the sympathis ing tear, Then sat them down, his explanation asked to hear, "Tell us," they urged, "how she has brought you to this plight, Or we will lynch her ere we leave the house to-night.'" lie moaned: "She tries her poems first of all one mo, To judge if editors can utand them, don't you see 7" "Cod-liver oil," he sighed, "I've taken by the case." And at the thought the tr-ars ran down his patient face; "Itoiight pills and powders, tonics, many a sickening draught; Quinine and whisky, I'll not tell you half I've quaffed. Alus! alas!" he cried, "my wife writes ixietry, As long as she's alive, there is no hope for me!" New York Sun. Bow to Avoid Colds. Tntre la on simple way of avoiding oidg- ki p your mouth snnt when out Good Form in Ulcycliim. The "form" of bicycling is beginning to be studied. Grooms on wheels must follow their mistresses as they did ou horseback; It Is probably only a ques tion of a short time when the lady's maid will have to Include wheeling with her other accomplishments to se cure a situation. un tne road the woman who wishes to ride a la mode has to know a number of little things that are overlooked by another woman, Just as the smart set have a code for riding aud driving that Is as Inexorable as that they should not eat with their knives or put sugar on oysters. So ciety Insists on the upright position, with, of course, no attempt at racing pace. It also frowns upon constant ringing of the bell that will do for the vulgar herd who delight In noise; the well-Informed wheelwoman keep eye and ears alert and touches ber bell rarely. She dresses daintily and In conspicuously efface herself, In fact -aa much In this exercise a she does In all public places. the production rapidly increased daring uie next ten years to 210,626 bales, and the price at the same time advanced to 44 cents. In 1802 the crop was 241,228 bales, of which 120,619 were shipped to Great Britain, but, owing to the great ly increased supply and a large stock 154,000 bales on hand at the close of the year, the price dropped to 19 cents per pound iu New York. In spite of this remarkablo decrease in price the crop increased to 340,000 bales in 1810, worth 16 cents. In 1816 the crop was 457,665 bales, but the enormously increased demand from Great Britain forced prices np to 29j cents, and the next year to 84 cents. These high prices caused an increase in the acreage of cotton, and by 1820 the crop was 600,001 bales and the price dropped to 1 7 cents. The production in creasing, prices fell, in 1822, to 11.40 cents, aud in 1827, with a crop of K57, 281 bales, and with 602,800 bale in stock, to 9. 29 centa By 1834 an increase in the European demand for cotton had advanced the price to nearly 13 cents, with a crop of 1,206,894 bales. For the next five years prioes fluctuated widely, averaging from M to 20 cents per pound, and when, in 1840, the crop amounted to 2,177,855 bales, the average price went down to 8. 92 cents. The great crops and the ac cumulation of large stocks in Liverpool caused a still further decline, in 1845 reaching 5 cents, the lowest recorded price, with a crop of 2,894,503 bales. By 1850 pricos had advanced to 12.34 cents, and for the noxt ten years aver aged about 1 1 cents, the crop increasing to 8,655,557 in 1856 and to 4,861,292 in I860. The war which broke, ont in 1801 brought on tho "cotton panic, " which lasted to 1860, whou pricos wont as high as 1. 89 per pound. The closo of the war left many of tho cotton growing states in an impoverished condition, and it was not until 1876 that the crop was as largo as that of 1800. In tho mean time the price had fallen with the grad ual increase iu production until in 1871, with a crop of 4,852,817 bales, it aver aged 16.95 cents. Iu 1872 cotton was badly damaged by excessive rains, and with a crop of only 2,974,351 bales, tho price reached 20.48. In 1880 the crop was 6,761,252 bales and the price had fallen to 12.02. . Tho increased European demand for a time prevented prioes falling to tho level of the decade previous to tho war, but by 1889 tho tx;k on hand began to in crease beyond the demand, and in 1891 the unheard of crop of 8,052,597 bales forced tho price down to 0.08 cents. In 1892 the crop was 9,035,379 bales, the stock on hand amounting to 2,253,000 bales. Prices fell to 7.04 cents, but ad vanced iu 1893, when on account of un favorable weather the crop fell off to 6,700,800 bales, to 8.24 cents. An in crease to 7,5-19,817 bales in 1894 was followed by a decline in price, aud the greatest crop ou record iu 1895, amount ing to about 9,470,435 bales, brought down the price to 6. 20. The following table gives the compar ative crops and stocks of cotton aud the lowest and highest prices in the United States for two decades, showing that prices reached the lowest point during the years when the accumulation of sur plus stock was the largest, and that those were the years of largest crops : 1S41 isiso. Crops In HurpluH In United Eurojia at btutoH. r.Utttv yettr. Hlllf'H. OTB.UJO 7BI.UU0 H07.0UU 1,05S,(I)U 1,101, J0 1,210,000 0V2.0OU 6firi,(J 04(1, U) 1R80-1HO3, Baaal Klfla For All, K atrial to Noaa. In a speech delivered before a free silver convention at Griffin, Ga., Sena tor Morgan of Alabama rehashed the stale theories of the silver standard ad vocates, aud closed his exposition of the free coinage gospel with the declaration j that the silverites demanded "equal ' rights for all, special privileges to none." This doctrine of equality before the law is one which appeals to every fair minded American, aud it is the be lief that silver is denied privilege granted to gold w hich has led many to support the agitation for free coinage at 1 6 to 1. But there is no ground for such claim. Ou the contrary the proposition I that the government should coin into money at a fixed ratio all the silver of this or other countries which might be Drought to the mints is a direct violation of the principles of equal rights. ' All that the government does for gold is to stamp it with a certificate of its weight and fineness. The legal tender quality of gold coin adds nothing to its commercial value. If the government were to stop the coinage of gold tomor row, the value of that metal would re main the same. And the adoption of gold as the standard of values has not increased the value of the products of the gold miner. The same could be said of silver were it merely proposed to coin that metal at its true commercial value. The most extreme "goldbug"of the sil verite's imagination would not object to free coinage of silver dollars if each coin contained a full dollar's worth of silver. The objection to such action on the part of the government is that it would involve a great and useless ex pense for mintage, as the commercial value of silver continually changes, and it would bo necessary to make new coins whenever silver became cheaper or dear er. But tho demand of the free silver advocates is not for the coiuage of both metals at their commercial value, but for the unlimited coinage of silver, worth only 60 cents, into coins which will be legal tender in payment for goods or of debts equal to gold coins, worth twice as much. In other words, they seek to compel the government to give one class, the producers of silver, the right to have the value of their products doubled by setting a fictitious value on it This is what free coinage at 16 to 1 really means, and if adopted it would make the silver miners a privileged class at the expense of the whole people. That this is true is recognized by all tho leading Populists, who have de manded that the government should go farther and give the owners of staple j farm products the right to have their crops stored in government warehouses and to receive money based on them. I In this the Populists are consistent with I thoir paternalistic views, but very in consistent with the Jeffersonian doctrine of equal rights. Tho true remedy for ! any violation of this great principle is not the granting of special privileges to tho farmers as well as to silver miners, I but the repeal of all class legislation I and steadfast opposition to all financial schemes involving government aid to any special interest (tad k a'pi: fihtCT tad lmpiuatcvercoolmiriSi RHEUMATIC EWJC It knocks out in rvery JJ 00 & belt is written i TTiinn a 'The More You Say the Less People Remember." One Word With You, SAPOLIO SHE IS ENGAGED. The Most Beautiful Woman in New England, HATRED OF ENGLAND. The "Kngllah Octopus" the llent Customer For American roductn. Coin resorts to the familiar and well worn apjieal to the prejudice which some people in this country are supposed to feel HKuiiiKt England. Tho people of that country have the same religion, the same laws and the same language as ourselves. We did fight in years gone by, but we are now united by the close ties of business and friendship. The English octopus, as Coin calls it, is real ly a country that is our best customer for wheat, for cotton, for beef, for pe troleum and for Yankee notions. He says it "feeds on nothing but gold. " In fact, however, it feeds on the wheat, the coffee, the sugar of South America, the tea of China in short, the natural or I manufactured products of every part of j the world, all of which it pays for. s American investors draw goat sums in j royalties from this "octopus." It does not get any gold worth speaking of from Asia, from Africa or from South Amer ica. Whatever gold it dx-s gut, is a nat- W 111 Her Hun be Ktaimiiien, ll-r daugh ter Vodrli of Perlect Woiuauhood. It' the half oi hiihi I. as i-en said - ml written of woman's liiini;i,miny t woman were true, the girl woul l not be living today. Accoru.iig to her own woius.it was Hn'in-r womsng ietieri that saved her life. Good juaifrg hoJ no ic Been i ins y juiig l y ill uie nesil bhj mat stin n (lie mos. perfect speci men or ienial.- loveliness in ew i-,n gland. JMie is me embodiment or that ype oi oeauiy which sprmes lrom within and cannot b- portrayed. v hen a trirl is engaged she is prepar me to rnake tlie li siorv of the wor d Whether her i-oiis h hull be statesmen or day laborers ai d whether her daughters are invalids or models of perfect wommiiioo.i depends chiefly upon l girl herself. Ana this particular girl considered herself a fit subject ior a nJMtiouse less than a year ago, A HAPPY I.IKE. Til .. . . . inrougn ciuimiood sue una been go carefully trnarded that, she had not known sutferine or misery, hardlv a moment's utihatipine s lint sudden ly there came to her a terrible revela tion of woman's woes in her own sou racking expenei c. Mie found herself milicted wiUi one of tho tort urli'if ail ments peculiar to her sex. The agony she endured iu silence caused so com plete a bieakdown in body and mind that she became an nbjtct of pity io her friends and a puzzle to physicians. A horrible attack ot eczema, which so disfigured her that, 'he was aHhe.med to show her f;ice, added to her misery. Her case nitnicted wide attention; medical aid whs freely sonsht here, there in! n ler but wi'hoir aviil. Travel, medic, j springs, and health re lorts proved t utile. It was while in the south, when she had been brought to the verpe of hiirnin endurance, and when her rexsnn (eemed to be swal lowed up in sulTerine ti:a' her Iriends learned how Mrs. .1. F. Smith, of Oak- fuskee, Cleburne Co., Ala,, had been rescued from a similar ordeal. "'It was this lener,' says t lie beauti ful yotitip woman, 'that savi-d mv life,' for they Induced me to try Dr. I'hTce's Favorite Prescription, and his 'Golden Medical Discovery.' " A ItKMAKKABLK liKKc; E. "Tlupe remedi s rescued me fmm a helpless, hopeless condition of asoniz it g suffering from which neither phy Siciiuis, Iriends, faith, nor hope were able to reRoue me." Her perfect face, features, : d form, lell more forcibly tlpm words, lioiv re markable that rescue has been. For the reason 1 er- riven, 'lie ex pert specin'is s of ihe rld's Diwn sarv Medical As-"ciat;on. of IturTiilo, N. Y., propneti-rs of tlie Invalids Hotel and NircicH) lustru e, tr at :iU t,-eir correspondence ii RtricMv confidential No letter i Vi-r ra- hevond t he eves of th" Medical taff, of which Dr. Pierce is Presided', and none in eve published unles the writer requests it, fT 'he benefit of other Miff rers, Wonvn in snv position of life ninv, therefore apply ior and receive ailvio by letter without, the least annoyance ! or fenr of publicity. j KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and improvement aoi tends to personal enjoyment whea rightly used. The many who Jive bet. ter than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by more promptly adapting the world's bent product to the'needs of physical being, will attest the value to health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced in ths remedy, Svrup of Figg. Its excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleas ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a perfect lax ative; effectually cleansing the system, dispelling oolds, headaches and fever and permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession, because it acts on the Kid- IleVS. Liver and TViWatu uril,n ..k r - " , ' , , . v, v. i, v ncu eulng them and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all dru. gists in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is man ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the nau, Cjrup of Figs, and being well informed, you will not accept any substitute if offered. If your sKirt edges wear out, it's because you don't use BIAS VELVETEEN SKIRT BINDINOS It's easy to prove It for you 'self. I'on't take any binding unless you see "S, H. & M." on the label, no matter what any body tells you. If your dealer will not supply you, we will. Send for samples, showing rials.,10 the S. H. & M. Co., f York City. labels and mate ,0. Box 699, New A mortur composed of brick p iwder j mixed with quicklime is now larcelv i used in France. ural product and a source of profit to i known. After the civil war a (lowering plant railed the "Japanese clover" sprang tip nil over therouth. Its oricin is un- 1K41 1, 14,954 1B42.....1,S3,674 lS43.....2,!fT8,875 1S44 2,UI0,4( lKt5.....2,!l!4,6UI 1M8 x.m.m 1M7 1,77H,U IMS 2.4:I,7N iKid 2,smi,(t IW 2,SEi,71S Middling up land tier lb, in Nuw Orleans. CtntH. 8 Wl lit) 1 MH fa. 12 l2?- 4 6 S I la tb "Cyclopedia of Costumes" 1728 different itylea of hats and cap art llluatmed or described f5,57,S,f)Ti 1M2.0U0 8 8-W4 1W B.MUxV KtS.MiU i'i (o.Wi ISSN 7,04fl.8;a WiS.UtO 8 (a.W-i 1HSU 6,IJ8,2AI I,2!I1,UX) V i a,U ISilO 7,S111,1H UW.UUO T-lftatl'-i 1HU1 H,X!.W! 1,W7,(1 1 ll-KVa.IO-'S 12 t.OH5,a79 2,2a,(iU 6'i (A tt4 1SS ft, TOU..W 1,IIMIH) 8 13 HVo, 9 13-18 ISM 7,6411. Ml? l.KX'OUu 8 UD 8 8-18 !&... 0,476,4114 2.4H4.OII0 4', (9 7 Th figures for 1K aro to July 1, This record of crops and prices proves that instead of being cuused by an in crease or decrease in the use of silver money, the price of cotton depends in every case on tho relation between gup ply and demand. Larger crops have re sulted in falling prices, aud when in a few years with an increased crop prices advanced it was tho increased European demand, which meant that tho crop was not larger aa compared with consump tion, which regulated the price. The record farther proves that in tho year 1845; when the silverites claim that sil ver was the nnit of valne, the price of cotton in tlie United State was lower than at any time in the history of ths country. In view of these facta wa should naar no more of the price of cot ton aa a raaaon for debasing our currency by putting it on the silver standard. TIIK lltUTISIt SCAIIKCHOW. those who produce and export it. In short, the whole octopus business, like tho other delectable illustrations in "Coin's School," is a delusion and a snare. The worst thing that could happen to this count ry would be the ruin of Eng land. No merchant would look with sat isfaction on the ruin of his best custom er. Another favorite argument of the free silver advocates is that England first adopted the gold standard and has grown rich by it, and that, therefore, it must be bad for other countries. Let us note two things in this connection : First. England first adopted trial by jury and the writ of halieas corpus. She first enforced the principle of freedom that no man should be deprived of life, liberty or property but by the judgment of his peers or the law of the land. Hhall we discard these sacred muniments of liberty because they are of English origin? Second. If England has prospered nnder the gold standard, why not the United States? Certainly no country ever became really prosperous by the rain of its neighbors. In the great com monwealth of nations the prosperity of one makes trade with all and helps to enrich all From Everett P. Wheeler's "Real Bimetallism. " A Cure for 8lncler. In Poland It was once the custom to sentence all backbiters to go on all fours and bark like a dog for the gpace of a quarter of an hour. This mode of punishment was introduced during the reipn ot Charles V., but it was goon abolished, as it bad to be applied so frequently that h o majesty's rest was disturbed, for the barking went on ali the forenoon while the courts were silting. world's hu rl HlnHPST lu imt IMPERIAL ranum Always WINS HOSTS of FRIENDS wherever its Superior Merits become known. It is the Safest FOOD for Convalescents! Sold by DRUOQISTS EVERYWHERE I iiinn wane ec .Min niw vnr-ir The Jrll. What is a crisis? This depends upon the person to whom it comes. In God's providence a crisig is a new opportu nity which brings out the reserved forces that were before unknown. Aa a striking example, note the war of the rebellion. Men who had previously amounted to little were aroused and became gelf sacrificing soldiers and heroes. Manhood and womanhood will phow itself. Rev. M. Butler. Grace before Meat. There's a difference between being full of thanks giving, and being full of Thanksgiving dainties. But the one thing generally leads to the other. How can it be helped when the turkey is so good, and the pie so enticing? Here's a helpful hint. For that full feeling after Thanksgiving take a pill. Not any pill, mind you. There are pills that won't help you. Take the pill that will. It's known as Ayer's Pill and it's perfect. It is sugar-coated, pleasant to the palate, and its operation, like that of nature, is effective and without violence. Keep this in your mind if you want to enjoy the holiday season: Grace before meat, but a Pill after Plo. CCCOOCC 3, ' fctW JU i.t r 4 'T"VJ. VJvV" "1