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A Chapter from the Early Experience OF .
Man who Tried II.

A Chapter from the Early Experience or .
Man Who Tried It,
when I first began debating to typs-
writer" said man who writes for the papers.
Il thought that must dictate all the punctu-
alton complete. and my dictation ran some-
thing like this:
Young Adolphus Won Gwilt leaned back
upon the blue plush seat OF the palace car and
looked out upon the feeting panorama period
He had loved the fair Adeline Otville comma
and she loved him comma but the old man
had kicked semicolon that is comma you un-
derstand comma he had not actually kicked
Adplphus comma but he had kicked figurative-
ly speaking semicolon and the disconsoiate
Adolphus was now travelling to assuage his
grief semicolon he was on his way to tho
Worlds Fair period paragraph
Just now he felt hungry somiocoln thanks
to youth and good health his appetite never
deserted him period So Adolphus went for
ward into the dining car to breakfast period
no semicolon and he ate good square meal
comma as he generally did semicolon and
then he went back to his section In the sleeper
':'iUs As he ai entered the car he saw something
that made him almost doubt his eyesi@gnt @
perSd And ss sho :Ss the next
section back OF his comma and had been ever
since the train started comma and he hadn't
known 1t which was not very remarkahle
bad started very late the ,ona night n,oa bs, %
until the last minute reriod It seems that
Adeline that is, i mean Miss otvlle was tray.
enE Gr her hsh 'Ho boen very
much torn up by this Misrepresentation OF Adoi,
phus on the part OF the ola man e c1nma m and and
her father had thought that 1t would pc good
thing for her to travel semtcoIon ara by me tns
commonest accident in the t,o World fne ana 4
was Just one of those things That happen every
people P that Wny tSnE thsH
had ever heard OF period paragraph,
Quote, Adolphus scnre-mark close quote
cried Ade!ine comma the color rising TO her
cheek and she herself rising from tho blue
plush sen. 4uotp AdeinH sioss
to meet her senicolon and then they sat down
together and looked out AZ the nylng pano,
comma or m2re tttesS th tna speaains comma
In each others eyes perod And then they set
about seeing i they could not IN some way lK
know comma Adolphus C ose quote comma
said Adeline comma quote he said comma sin
marry Idolphus close single quote semicoloq
but comma dear comma papa 10 gentle hearted
comma you know comma and i think we IA
-" /; seems that the old man was at that min.
SrsakiHst @ 1 comma and ,Adoiphus followed i, a
boldly period The old man gave him the
was persisten comma and finally he Rot tho
o,d man. guess you'd better make that g"r-
sitting period He was not proof against ne
combined attack OF the yopph people com,1A
sented to max q them happy semicolon an so
this trip which had begun in grief con ma
ended in Joy semicolon when they got TO CA!-
cage they were married period That's all
But soon discovered that this was all u :
necessary; that all really needed to do was
10 Indicate the paragraphs: that II dicth,ed
intellgently the typewriter would do the rel
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broad window sill. And the window was wide
open. Only few inches were between the
child and the edge OF the all. and then-the
sacs sSes c,t h dees below Mrs m9we sfeppee
come here. dear; como to me. / have some:
thing to show YOU" moments aRonized
pause followed. and then she heard tho little
feet patter on the floor. and In another instant
held the child safe in her arms. a.,
Later years found Mrs. Howe engaged IN lit
erary work, and while she was first OF al. q
wife. mother. and homemaker. she became q
thorough scholar as well. she reads In half a
ings OF the great philosophers and metaphysi-
cians she Is q slow writer Ton years were i
Battle Hymn of the Republic" which has be-
come q poem OF world wide fame. brought her
only five dollars.
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Almost every one has heard OF Sojourner
Truth. tho ex-slave who told the story OF her
life always with so much JUNCTION. One time
she was an honored guest in a white family
when three or four silly. chattering girls hap
pened to call After they had gone she turned
to her hostess and said:
"Oh. honey. did want to tell dose young
folks ting or two but know'd 'twan't no
use. cause dey didn't hab no place to put it"
Soiourner was fond Of smoking. and once
minister ~ undertook a. & to show her tho enormity
said impressively. don't you know It is writ
ten that nothing unclean shall enter heaven?
And don't you know that a smokers breath is
one Of the vilest things In the world ?" :" Don't
'spect I'll take my href along when go to
heaven" said SoIourner calmly with another
pull at her pipe.
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CANTON. ILL.,. Sept 1S Mayor Walker OF this
city has comm enced suits for damages l''
$4,000 each against the Rey NJ steyenSon, n-'
tor u the Christian Church; Rev. J. j. Coll j
Sni""ly. editor .! the Canton Reg'Ster. ! Nr
two min!stcrS. In their sermons on SUM-
even ng, sept. 10. accused the Mayor OF opoL'
IN the back rooms OF their saloons with h'H
friends after closing time purchasing lIGl.r
or Of gambling houses. and sundry other ms.
demeAuors. snively repeated the allegations
in his new 5papsr,
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SOME ENGLISH CAICHWoRDs.
Divorce or Spelling from Speaking In soas
By.tish Proper Names.


Acertain English magazine has been print
ing series Of articles on etiquette, and, after
dlsposing Of the treacherous knife. fork. and
spoon. elevatn9 and lowering the hats OF
mankind for all possible occasions. and pro-
viding rules for every possible contingency,
from tipping over your neighbors coffee to
coming to life at your own funeral this &C
commodating journal gives one really inter
esting paragraph on the proper pronunciation
OF English names.
or course every one knows tho old catch
names OF Cholmondely lChumley, BeauGhamp
March hbanksl But It may not have occurred
TO this benghted people TO calj Lord kuthyen
the ".Semurs." Berkeley also must he called
Barclay; Drogheda drops the hard "g"
Maurs. "semprs; De Moleyns. is De-
molins,: Beapclere is AnglIcizea; the letter
never been born for all the attention
It receives; Cowper might be written Cooper"
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Honeymoon Couple. Well Matched.

The latest English fad in honeymoons is for
the bride and groom to dress as nearly alike
as possible. In the present state Of the fash
ion It is easy to accomplish an almost Dromio-
like similarity. Two costumes have been par
ticularly affected. One is Of white flannel.
play a shirt Of blue linen. with butterfly tie
and "cummabung" OF black silk. With this
dark blue serge. with a red necktie. brown
suede gloves. and walking sticks exactly alike.
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for the fortheomine season. The material II
mushroom coiored velvet, hsndsomely en-:
broidered with black velvet and silk. The full
tunateiy requires moro material than the old,
but droop more toward the elbow. are Of black
velvet, and the very full basque. as well as the
founoe at the foot OF the skirt, are also OF vel
vet. The skirt Of the gown has no stiffening.
but is lined throughout with q kind OF soft
canvas. which ndde to the richness OF the
material and gives graceful sweep to the
skirt,
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business In each instance. they ask with u
In the little village OF Poduonnoc In Groton.
two ladies' walked two miles In the rain to the
Town Clerks office the other day. registered
office triumphantly. and went home afoot.
Evidently the women OF Groton intend to make
their political influence felt in the approach
ing election. On the other hand In tho adjoin-
ing town OF Stonington scarcely bakers
dozen of women have registered.
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Munsumry: hn m Blcunt' 81 ceSTss. is Blunt. :opal.
81 oourss BrouShs% z B5YcTIs Ti,sls TEin,slsfis Il
called TiIiers By all but the uninitiated; St
John and 81. Clair are pronouncea singin nd and
Sinclair; the two surnamss n kponnys n y, sna : 70
CLAIMS. and Leyeson Cover tths sutherland
name is called Lewson Cor.
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English Humor n. She Is Spoke.

An English paper says that years ago. when
severe illness left the Princess Of Wales q
little lame, good many unmitigated snobs
affected what was known as the Alexandra
Of the Infanta at Chicago had even more
ridiculous results. for the women Of the
Windy City are not only cultvating q taste
for cigarettes. but also fac.simies Of the In
fanta's faint moustache.
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skirt has a gathered, Eulalie founce.
edged with a band Of golden brown velvet.
end above it are two bands Sf , velvet hS each b
plated, and has a narrow belt Of velvet ribbon
With a buckle OF gold Between gathered
revers the waist Is strapped across with velvet
bands. and the sleeve puf1s are covered with
rows OF velvet to the elbow.
pleasing variation Of ths rsdingote idea Is
an underskirt Of velvet. Broad notched re-
yers Of velvet and collar also Of velvet I'm;
ish a plastron. Of embroidered and plaitedi
braid cleaning with spangles. This gown
may be made UP In French cashmere or crepon
or cord ed silk and. II tho com bination OF col
ors be striking yet harmonious. tho very Sc
verify Of the lines In the gown Will give 1t an
air OF enviable distinction.
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quite covered. Underneath are three fine full
petticoats. lace irilled. and gathered to the
same yoke; Beneath that is a thin divided skirt
over q euimpe Of muslin or with tho arms and
neck uncovered.
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Modified Fashions Of the Cen
tury's Beginning Appear
in the Fall Gown.
WOMAN'S HAPPY RESPITE
From the Inferno of Crino-
line, Chignons and Con-
gress Caters.

0atnty Costumes In Great Variety Designed
for Young Girls, Tell and Smail-Sonae
Events In the Lives OF Some Notable wo-
mer-Prineess Christia,'s Deeds OF Royal
esoodness-En9iish Names ss Spelled and
spoken-How to Maintain . Family on
$500 . Year Illustrated at the Worries
Fair, Likewise . Boston 9irrs Busi-
mess Hntsrprise Paragraphs OF wonan's
Doinxs-An Enelish Fad of Honeymooaers
-sayinss OF Preacher sojourner Truths.
There are gloomy fashion bogies. just as
there are pessimistic prophets OF other OWLS.
who threaten us with the revival Of crlnolines
and chienons and congress CATERS and all the
horrors Of the dress inferno. But the fall gown
has at last materialized. and 1t is by no means
the carioature OF the ideal that we have been
led to expect It is true that in It's conception
one may trace the familiar features OF dead
and gone modes. but the beginning OF the
century idea evolutionlzed and revolution
lied in accordance with the end Of tho cen-
tury enlightenment is thing Of accurate
values and symmetrical proportions. Fashion
is moro wary and crafty than in days OF yore
She commits some follies. but she Is quick to
retrieve them.
There 10 much talk Of the good old times and
their simplicity. but We do not 60 about In
muslin gowns and fur muffs in mldwinter.
nor do We wear satin slippers when We take
our walks abroad. But to return to our NUT
tons. tho fall gown. 1t is at once historical
and original. smartly masculine yet essentially
feminine. It is cosmopolitan. and seeks its
models in the courtier's coat or the peasants
bodice. There is o Russian splendor OF color.
q Spanish picturesaueness OF outline. French
fascination Of mystery in design. 1t unites
with q charming disregard for anachronism
the attire Of widely separated periods and an
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Basaues on palmer gowns are corded to tho
plated slightly over the hips or out with q
rounding skirt The gown shown az model
Is OF ehestnut- brown disgonal with broad re-; E,
silk vest OF cream white satin. The circular
sleeve caps are edged with Jet put on oyer
white satin. and the basque IL lined with the
black moira. Two buttons Of enem elled silver
fasten the basque at one side the front. An.
other ' o 6asdu or oo more 70 as OF
a simple gown Of French cashmere In one
Of the. warm autumnal colors. which
seem to be combination OF divers
tlnts and shades exQuisitely blended The
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tagonistio sovereigns. all in a single costume.
The frst thing you notice about the new
gown Is that 1t has an overskirt. a genuine old
fashioned overskirt no sham affair OF founces
or .undulating lines OF vandyked founces.
This overskirt is OF two kinds. one OF which
Q single point in front and one on each side OF
the back. The other is cut In rsdingote
nsatR Nether he sRrs fsGw Is nS but s
smoothly about the hips and falls in straight
lines to the foot. Into what this germ Of an
oyorskirt may deyelop before The season
closes, what airs and graces and extravaeances
y may take on Is not easy to determine from
Ito present modest appearance. which is illus
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eold eoutachs. Another pretty coat for little
fonsh Eye % ana 4sscg ciotss WtS sttesue plst &
In the front and Of the back. and three broad
A pretty costume for outdoor wear desiRned
for little girl OF eleven is of fancy heliotrope
hopsack and is made with a plain flowing
tailor fashion. The bodice. gathered both
front and back. ia Of rich golden brown surah.
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board Of Lady. Managers. an ex-Goysrnor Of
the stete wac the PRINCIPAL speaker his theme
and Mayor Harrison followed eallsntiy. carry.
Ing on the same strain Of compliment, and the
celebration OF the Lone Star State was great
The value OF vote, only womau's vote.
was recently illustrated In q Western town
where women are SLOWED to vote at school
elections. A woman property holder OF the
town voted to nay certain school bonds In
stead OF letting them run, and the proposition
was carried by majority OF one. sne consti-
tuting that majority
Women belonglng to = Baltimore cooking
the city without charge: Their object is to
demonstrate the utility OF q cooking depart
mont in the public school curriculum.
blind man and woman not blind carried
of the honors in the examination Of n class OF
fifty law students In Brooklyn the other day
The woman is Miss Catherine Hogan. a teacher
In ono OF the PUBLIC schools OF New York. She
passed the second highest examnation. and
in Brooklyn. Her purpose is to open a law law
office In New York and to work up q practice
among women who have property and need
Tho Michigan Liquor Dealers Associatio
recently met in delegate convention at Grand
Rapids and resolved to oppose the law giving
women munieipal suffrage. because. accord
Ing to their circular. giving to the women
strikes blow at our interests and rights"
Miss Mary Garrett. whose fortune is eeti-
mated at some 100000. .0O0 and is increasing
yearly. Is a woman Of gentle breeding and fine
culture. She speaks half dozen languages
and travels much in Europe with her maid.
beyond her great Inheritance has made a for
tune for herself by judicious investments.
The sun., 1893-10-01

Nine. Carnot has not been photographed for
fifteen years and says she never will be again.
The sun., 1893-10-01

Mrs. s. G.. Holden has introduced dental in.
spection into the public schools OF Detroit
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INTERESTING INFORMATION.

Oscar Wilde says: Beware Of women who
wear violet"
Belva Lockwood is G3 years old She began
teaching school at the age OF IA and was mar
ried four years later.
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dons enter into the decoration OF this
skirt fat tri%mOss being ont frsefRretdb iR tbree ee
bTeadths In the skirt. and those of silk or
satin have sometimes as many as six good
Invariably a basque. either frilled or plated or
plain. The basque In most cases falls from rom a
for both street and home wear 1t is arranged
so that, It can be worn in the street
and laid aside In the house; dowey;eHr, de .er;H
ingly ornamental, as in tho Paris visit
ing gown shown in the illustration;
may be looked upon as type OF tho fashions
The sun., 1893-10-01

A Chicago woman. Miss Kate Kane. is going
to run as an independent candidate for q
Judgeship OF the Superior Court. She has se-
cured over. 5000 names to the petition she
will ale with the Election Commissioners.
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Texas is the only State whose special ceIe-
bration at the Worlds Fair has been presided
over by woman. The reason is obvious. for
i was the Board of Lady Managers that raised
the money to erect tho buildlns after the Leg
islature refused to appropriate 1t, And after
the opening address u the President OF this
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A Philadelphia school teacher. who has Just
returned from an enjoyable month spent in
study at the Edinburgh Summer School. de-
cares that the entiro cost Of her trip. including
ocean voyage. with living and study in Edin-
burgh from July 81 to Aug. ~. was between
Sl20 and $3.50.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-06-14
Freight and Passenger Rates.

The great wrong that needs to be
righted is the daily imposition practioed
on the people by the railroads in charg-
ing one rate for carrying freight and an
other rate for carrying passengers.
This outrageous railroad practice Of
distinguishing between cattle and citi-
zens and charging 40 or 30 times as
much for carrying 200 pounds weight Of
humanity as for carrying 200 pounds
weight of hogs takes millions of dollars
annually out of the pockets of the Amer
lean people.
It is not the tariff nor the pension list
nor the tremendous civil service salary
list that has made the people of this
country poor and is keeping them poor.
The reason why nine men out Of ten are
impecunious is the exorbitant railroad
fares they have to pay.
Just think of the monstrous Injustice
Of carrying a carload of merchandise
weighing 40 tons from New York to Bos-
ton for $40 and then charging the man
who owns it $42 for carrying his family
OF seven persons, weighing all put to-
gether less than half a ton; over the
same distance. Yet this is what is being
done on all the railroad lines in the
country. Sc Crankiana" Column in New
York Recorder.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-06-14
Weavers' Declaration.

The weavers of Lawrence, Mass, are
building up powerful organization. At
q recent meeting ringing declaration
Of principles" was adopted, from which
the following paragraphs are taken:
The alarming rapidity with which our
wages are continually being reduced de-
mands that the weavers band together in
union to prevent our wages going below
starvation level. We must unite that we
may be able to resist the unjust robbery
of the fruit of our labor.
We concede that the capital invested
in our manufacturing interests has ita
rights; so also have the thousands en-
ployed in our calling, and knowing our
rights we dare maintain them.
We take just pride in the growth and
prosperity of our city. welcome ev-
cry new factory that provides oppor-
tunities for honest employment, but We
must earnestly protest against the sys-
tenn of robbing us of our wages that our
corporations may build new mills and
thus increase the value of their plants
without investing dollar of capital
We do not desire strikes, as they ars
costly to both sides. We ask for the re-
spectful consideration of our grievances,
the submission to ar filtration of disputed
points. Only as last resort, when ev-
cry attempt at redress has failed, will a
strike be resorted to.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-06-14

slaves must exist. Theoretically one
man is as good as any other. But
practically in this or any other age men
who must labor 10 or 10 hours every day
and live in abominable conditions, who
Of necessity acquire habits Of subserv-
fence and have no stimulus to self re-
spect, become in time as slavish and do
graded as any being that ever owned to
the name Of slave.
Society of today should conform to
that opposite principle, the equality and
brotherhood Of man. It does not hurt
the wisest, hndliest, finest man that
lives to perform some manual labor ev-
cry day, and it is not impossible for the
most skillful, industrious mechanic to
write q book, make speech or paint q
picture that would be noticed through
out the world.
We as q so called enlightened race are
not just. Weare not wise. We are not
true. We enthuse over the wrong things
and are dumb over the right ones. We
are generous at the wrong places and mig
gardly where we should not be. Weare
Is yet too far from perfection to be over
boastful. LIZZIE M. HOLMES
Chicago.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-06-14
France Checking Immigration.

There are no no less than five bills be.
fore the French chamber whose object lie
to check or prevent the immigration of
foreigners into the country. According
to the latest figures, there are 48O, 0O0
Belgians, 100000 Italians, 100000 Ger.
mans and 10000 British and Swiss set
tied or employed in France. These 9OO,-
600 aliens are likely, moreover, to in
crease rapidly, not only by immigration.
but by superior fecundity, the birth rate
among foreigners being far higher than
among Frenchmen. The foreigners are
exempt from the CONSUMPTION, which
causes employers to prefer them as la,
borers, and they send away large sums
of money $35, OO0, 900 from Paris alone
in single year. The committee which
has the bills in charge proposes, there
fore, to compel every immigrant to take
out a permit of residence, which, it seems
to be understood, will be refused when
the French laborers complain of compe-
tition, and to pay Il lranc g year to the
funds of the commune he inhabits.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-06-14
This Was In ENGLAND.

The lord chief justice of England and
Mr.. Justice Hawkins, sitting in the
queens bench, have decided in favor Of
the Operative Bricklayers' society Of
Hull and several other buildings trades
unions, whose officers were charged with
conspiracy by contractor named Tenn
perton, who asked for an injunction
against being boycotted. The lord chief
Justice in giving his opinion said that
parliament has again and again de-
clared that labor men have the right Of
combination, and if it is sought to put
down trades unions it is for those who
wish to do SO to appeal to the legislature
and not to the courts
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-06-14
COlOred Labor Unions.

The colored laborers in the tobacco
works of Leggett & Meyers, st. Louis,
have organized union with something
like 400 members All over the south
colored men are taking an active inter
est in organization, and new unions are
sprmging up and old ones being strength
ened. In this connection the following
paragraph from an exchange is interest
ing: "Colored labor unions in the south
have a summary method Of dealing with
members who offend against their rules.
At Savannah two members Of the Lath-
ers' union who were working for less
than the wages fixed by the union were
treated to $50 lashes apiece by their fel.
low members, and, very appropriately,
the instruments Of torture were com.
posed of laths.