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The Press., 1893-06-15
THE REMEDY WAS HEROIC

One of the most estimable women of Louisville, and one whose friends would never suspect her as the one referred to below, is subject to smothering spells and confidently expects some day to die dur ing one of them. Several days ago, while sitting at her front window engaged in some light needlework, conversing with & neighbor, she felt one of the spells com ing over her. She called to her friend to summon Dr. - and then fan her.
 The friend was sent for the family phy- sician, and in no time he was at the house. Meanwhile the sufferer was sure she was dying. Goodbye, Mrs. -" she sobbed hysterically, "I know I am going this time. Pm dying, now, I'm dying. Good. bye, Mrs. -" The doctor at once be- gan the application of the usual restora- tives, but they seemed of no avail. The sufferer seemed to be gradually losing her breath, and the doctor believed she was expiring.
 He tore away the ruching about her neck, and called to her friend: Mrs. -, take off her shoes, please; we must enliven her circulation, somehow" The doctor got her neck free enough, but when the friend lifted one foot to remove her shoe, the sufferer kicked her friends hands with the other foot. The doctor did not notice this, but, thinking the friend could perhaps not undo the but tons, he reached down and picked up one of the patients feet. The sufferer, evil dently in her last gasp, kicked him also, but the doctor was determined. Mrs. -" he said, "your shoes are too tight They must come off,"
 Don't, doctor," gurgled the patient, "don't, doctor, Pm dying"
 'I know 1t, Mrs. - he said "but those shoes must come off.''
 "Oh, no, doctor" was the feeble plead ing.
 But say yes," answered the now frightened doctor, "and I'll take them off, too."
 ''Oh, doctor, please don't, please don't
 Pm sorry, Mrs. =, but-.' t. Raising herself with powerful effort, the patient, pale as death itself, gasped . don't take off my shoes, doctor-my stockings are full of holes.'
 The effort seemed to bring back the life to the sufferer, and in half an hour she was as well as ever, with a new pair of stock ings on, fully ready for the next "spell."
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Number 1 1.

he faced the congregation, and said clear ly and forcibly:
 s.I only wanted to explain that didn't come in here to disturb the meeting. was brought up to respect religion, and knew by experience that there is reality in it. was converted at a revival, yes l was, and4I was baptized in the dear old Connecticut River, but I fell into bad company, and now am 8 miserable back slider"
 s'Tell us about your conversion, broth CT" said gentle, encouraging voice, and without a moments hesitation he went on:
 '.I went to church and Sunday school from a child, and always supposed I should be a christia some time, but felt no incli- nation to start in the right way until there was revival in our church. Every eve. ming there were conversions, and at last my time came. My heart was filled with the Spirit. I sprang to my feet in joy, and cried out: He has found me, me The Lord has found me!' Oh, my friends, ' he sobbed, ''He has found me again.. ] strayed away. allowed good to be over come with evil. I squandered my inner ited fortune. 1 was physician in good standing, and I lost my practice; and moved off down here because was ashamed to stay where I was known. wish my boys and my faithful wife were here. Will not some one pray for me, and for them p
 This is true story, and need not add that when his wife was first to respond to this request, Gods people sobbed with joy and sympathy all over the house, and that when the two sons also asked fo, prayers the cup of blessing seemed filled to the brim.
 "Oh," said John, "what if Ned had not followed those fellows this afternoon, and what if Ellis had not gone to the saloon with his invitation. am convinced now that God wants the young people to work for him, and I will now take hold myself instead of standing aloof with discourag ing words''
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PURE

Whisky in Kansas, an all them To~ hybition states is corker," said the man with the ginger beard.
 ''So Pve heerd," assented the groces
 "I'll tell you. Onct I was settin, inple Doc Sawson's drug store out there when 8 feller fm up the crick come in an asted fer some of old Docs best. Doc, he says l: How nauch?'
 "'Oh, bout gallon of that there dol lar goods,' the feller says, 'an.' if yosa don't mind, I'll take drink of 1t right here t3
 Doe, he says that he didn't mind, and the feller poured out big slug of the stuff, and what do you think? That there booze was so fiery that the heat of it comin' through his neck set his Sally Lloyd collar on fire, an nigh most burned his head off fore he could put out the blaze.''
The Press., 1893-06-15
(Cor. New York Advertiser.) LEFT TO THE PRIVATES,

There are plenty yet living of the old soldiers who can tell you that the ques- tion of "storming" or mot storming" the Yankee works at Petersburg by night was left entirely to a vote of the privates.
 I forget dates, it has been so long, but it was just short while before the con- federates left their trenches and started on the nine days retreat which ended at Appomattox. .-.
 When night approached and the officers quietly bid their men to "fall in," you may wonder at the surprise of all privates when they were told that all commits stoned officers would retire from their presence, and that privates should decide by ballot among themselves whether the Yankee works should be attempted by "storm" upon that very night.
 A little incident happened just as the commissioned officers retired, and none of us can say to what extent it bore upon the action of the .privates. The mail had ar- rived-letters from home to the brave l soldiers bOys-an unexpected thing just
 
 mails then.
 The arrival of these letters from home stopped all thought, and the men gathered ill groups around their orderly sergeants, anxiously listening to the names upon the envelopes to be called out. As each man received his letter he hastened from the group to some little firelight, and down
 upon his knees he broke the seal and read
 the contents. Soon there were. many
 kneeling men around the fires through the 4 camps, and as now and then one would N reach up and punch up the chuncks you
 could see the tears glistening in his eyes. But vote must be taken-a ballot of
 "no" if the fight was not to be made, or
 a ballot of "yes" if it was. Each soldier
 knew that time was precious, and it was a picture to watch the soldiers fold their
 letters and place them deep down in the
 inside pocket of their gray jackets, and the ones who had received none sadly
 waiting as they thought of their own dear ones far away at home. ?, It was under just such circumstances
 that the balloting began, and as they were gathered all in hat the time had come
 for the counting. Then came short mo. ments Of expectancy. The first ballot was "Yesr
 And the blood thrilled through ever,
 soldier heart. The counting went on 7 and
 D "Yes."
 ? "Yes."
 3 nYes."
 : For three times the fatal ''yes" came with not single "no." But "no" cam n at last, and then long column of 'snoes, t with only here and there "yes," was tn , result. The fight was off. The Yanke @ breastworks would not be stormed tha v night, and they never were, but many c n these same brave hearts ceased to bea r besore the end at Appomattox.
 l And pity if was
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- among them my cousin.
 "She saidshe believedL yaaa z. PlnkAam's Trgetabk Cons- boNud would help me, and per suaded the doctor to try 1t. Oh! how thankful l am they gave it to me, for it took me from the grave. l began to improve immediately. l soon got out, and am now well and strong. No words can express my gratitude to you for my life. Since then l have given 1t to others, and 1t never fails"
 All drugeists sell 1t. Address in confidence LYDIA E. -lsINKHAM MkD. Co, LYNN, MASS F Mrs Pinlham's Liver Pills. 25 cents.
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speech and the use of myl limbs.
 Ifrequently. had fits, f aintin g spells, and l could not sleep.
 Three of the best New York doctors gave me up. rien d s came to see me
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~ HI. KING, Attorney at Law. Of Os hce, Nat1 Bank building, room No. g.
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IF H. REED. Attorney at Law, ofIice Q . in Stafford National Bank Building, Ea3t
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" ". CHANDLER, Insurance and eD . Real Estate Agency, Stafford Springs. of- nce at residence on WeStfOrd Avenue.
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A GENCY of Holland County Mutual office at residence, Westf0rd-av., Stafford Springs
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New York Herald: Professor Garner, who went out to Africa.to. study monkey language, says he has had extraordinary success. ''I am safe on the coast, ;" writes Professurs Garner, "the proud possessor of chimpanzee that can say 'Tenakoe Paketa,' which is Maori for Good day. stranger gorilla that knows twenty words of Fiiian, and female orang- ang that has picked up 'Donner und blit- zen from my German valet, and has, judg- ing from her actions, quite fallen in love with him. I have also got written down, which is more important, nearly two hun dred monkey words. There are, perhaps, not more than twenty or thirty words in it that have not already got so that my task is now practically completely com pleted."
 A MILLION FRIENDS. A friend in need is friend indeed, and not less than one million people have found just such a friend in Dr. Kings New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds. II you have never used this Great Cough Medi- cine, one trial will convince you that 1t has wonderful curative powers in all dis eases of Throat, Chest and Lungs. Each bottle is guaranteed 10 do all that is claimed or money wil1be refunded. Trler bottles free at E. K Taft's Drug storea Large bottles soc. and $1. . Allow me to add my tribute to the en- cacy of Ely's Cream Balm. was suffer ing from severe attack of influenza and catarrh and was indnced to try your rem edy. The result wasmarveIous. could hardly articulate, and in less than twenty four hours the catarrhal symptoms and my l10arseness disappeared and I was able to sing heavy role in Grand Opera with voice unimpaired. Istrongly recommend it to all singers H. Hamilton, Lead ing Basso of the c. D. Hess Grand Opera Go
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A disaffected Kentucky subscriber took novel and very effective means to "stop his paper," the Breathitt County Hustler" He,didn't get on his ear and notify the editor that he was a ''low-down ape, without brains enough to butter g line uf pica type" Heiust slipped dy- namite cartridge the Hustler office and touched it off,s The paper stopped.
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M,s. Wm. hulse, MAnfSi9sf1e' <: 3.
 Taken from the grave. "The doctors said had the worst case of womb trouble they ever saw.
 II had heart trouble, lost my
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Granite Falls alliance, through its

Granite Falls alliance, through it's
secretary, Mr.. Willis Fairbanks, con-
tributes SIS to the capital stock of the
REPRESENTATIVE. Our paper is pub
lished for the people: it is making a
tremendous fight for the protection
of their homes. 1t needs the assist
ance of it's friends to make it's work
effective and esteems their contribu-
tions as evidence that it's work is ap-
preciated. A great financial crisis is
upon us and our financial and bust
ness institutions are shaken to their
very foundations. Money was never
so difficult to get; but these very con-
ditions terribly emphasize the neces-
sity of effecting change in the sys-
TEN of finance that has brought ruin
upon us-a system which the old par
ties are both fighting to perpetuate.
The only way, therefore, to rescue the
country from disaster is through the
success of the peoples party. Let every
patriot put his shoulder to the wheel.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-02
The Free Silver National COnven.
ton.

Before this paragraph reaches the
eyes of our readers the great Nation
al Convention of the American BIZ
metallic League at Chicago will have
done it's work. There are some
things that are too big for the asso-
ciated press to suppress, and true
report of the proceedings of the BIZ
metallic congress is one of them.
'"The men who are assembled here"
says the associated press dispatch
of Monday care terribly in earnest,
and their numbers and marked per-
sonality and intelligence of most of
their leaders give greater signifi-
canoe to the gathering than that at
tending any similar convention in
the past. Over a thousand dele
gates will assemble for elaboration
tomorrow, and the gathering will be
indeed national convention"
For the first time in the historoy
of this great crisis the views of that
portion of the people which opposes
the aggressions of the money power
have been allowed to appear in the
columns of the daily press.
Next week Mr.. Donnelly will con-
tribute a full report.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-02
Dean Swift and the Editor of the
Daily News.

The editor of the ST. Paul Daily
News is responsible for the following
valuable suggestion which we find in
half-column editorial on the money
question in it's issue of last Thursday:
8 If the capital now engaged in sill
yer msning were to be shifted over to
gold mining there would be a marked
increase in the production of the yell
low metal, and the relative scarcity
of gold and silver would be remedied.
The surest way to bring silver to a
parity with gold is to increase the
production of gold"
The only parallel the English Ian
guage affords for this paragraph is
Dean Swift's proposal to reduce the
population by eating the babies; a
nice fat baby served up for dinner
answering double purpose house
hold economy and a reduction of the
census.
The essential difference in the pro-
positions is that the News editor
makes his suggestion in dead ear
nest
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-02

1t is the creditor and capitalistic
East against the debtor and produc-
ing West. On the same day that
the people of Montana met in con-
vention in Helena, to protest against
the wiping-out OF silver, the bankers
OF New York city assembled in Wall
street to demand it. One section
wants dear money and high inter
ests; the other wants cheap money
and low interests. The former
tends to aristocracy and plutocracy;
the latter to democracy and republi-
canism, in the broad sense of those
words.
There are stormy times ahead, be-
tween the stealing East and the
fighting West. Wise councils will be
needed to prevent an armed con-
flict. There is only one band that
can unite together the varied inter
ests of continent, to wit: justice
and fair play. A republic can only
exist on the basis of universal and per-
manent prosperity. Animpoverished
people are degraded people: de-
graded people are unfit for self-gov-
eminent; people unfit for self-gov-
eminent must have ruler-a king,
"a despot,-a tyrant, -surrouned by
an aristocracy.
The peoples party are fighting to
save everything that is worth saving
by the ballot box.
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MANY Thanks.

Notwiths landing the hard times,
the worst that have ever fallen on
the state of Minnesota, the support
given to the REPRESENTATIVE is
most generous and encouraging.
Kind friends are working for it in
every direction; and many, who hold
no offices and receive no rewards
from the peoples party, and never
expect to, have put their hands in
their thinly-lined pockets, and sent
us money for stock subscription.
Among those are:
Alliance No. 1149, J. F. Cranston.
Sec'y, Sank Centre.
Alliance No. 791, VIM. Scott, Sec'y,
Lake Wilson.
Alliance No. 533, T. F. McCanney,
Sec'y, Morris.
Alliance No. 954, John Donovan,
Pres, St. Cloud.
Alliance No. 7O5, Thyke E. Utter
Doe, Sec'y, Bird Island.
Alliance 1879, J. J. Bass, Sec'y,
Sank Centre.
Alliance No. 1895, Michael Holden,
Sec'y, Norfolk.
Alliance No. 534, Willis Fairbanks,
Sec'y, Granite Falls.
Alliance No. 1345, Frank Swanson,
Sec'y, Pillager.
Alliance No. 932, F. A. Schroeder,
Sec'y. Florita.
Alliance No. 1875, M. P. Quist,
Treas, New Sweden.
Alliance No. 1925, J. j. Beatty,
Sec'y, Lake City.
Pat. S. Carey, Sank Rapids.
Alliance No. 1903, John Wacek,
Sec'y, New Prague.
Alliance No. $50, Dan'l D. Bodahl,
Sec'y, Valley.
Alliance No. 1914, John Torgrim-
son, Sec'y, Hanska, and many others.
Others write us that out of the
first fruits Of the new crop they will
help us in the same manner. Mr..
81. v. Poore tells us that, as soon as
his crop is harvested, he will take
the field for the paper and the prfn-
ciples it represents. We look for an
unexampled growth Immediately
after the new crop is marketed.
Every one seems pleased with the
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paper. We are certainly laboring to
make it an honorable and high-toned
defender and instructor of the peo-
pie. Already our influence is i'm
measurably out Of proportion to our
circulation: and we learn that even
those who are not peoples party men
read the paper with avidity. A
prominent ST. Paul republican law
yer, the other day, pronounced it a
''corker:" and another Of the same
kidney, but democrat, was tickled
to death with our article, last week,
about the judges of the Supreme
court, and thought they deserved
every word Of it.
The REPRESENTATIVE has come
to stay, and it's influence will extend
with every increase of it's circula-
tion. So take hold, brethren, and
give it helping hand.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-02
An Explanation.

For a number of issues the REP
REsENTATIvE has given it's readers
a page of Geographic news received
the evening previous to our day of
publication. Although for many
reasons valuable feature, we are
obliged to sacrifice it. The page
contains the regular associated press
dispatches and these, as everybody
knows, are supervised, edited and con
trolled in the interest of the money
power, and against the interest of
the people. We have found that
facts are not only distorted to sub
serve the ends of plutocracy but al
legged facts are made out of wohle
cloth. Nothing for instance could
be farther from the truth than the
following, which appeared on our
Geographic page in our issue of July
26:
SAID POWDERLY WILL RESIGN.
NEW YORK, July 26.-The Sun
says: 1t is reported on good au-
thority that T. V. Powderly is going
to resign as general master work
man when the general convention of
the Knights are held in October.
The order is in a bad way and the
per capita tax would not be enough
to pay the salaries of the officers if
The falsity of this malicious lie
is obvious from the following, from
a short speech by Mr.. Powderly at the
great free silver congress in Chicago:
In responce to general demands,
Hon. Z. V. POwderly, of the Knights
of Labor, addressed the convention
briefly.
Twenty-Five thousand knights of
Labor" said he, "stand today on the
verge of ruin on our Western streets.
Ten thousand are already idle, and
$4,000 have advised me to come here
and say that the West is in danger
from those who would demonetize
silver and drive it from the country.
II there ever was time in the his
tory of America when cool, calm de-
liberation stood necessary before the
people, that hour is at hand.
That is right"] 1 do not believe in
saying that the Jews are the only
ones who are to blame. We hear to
much of that. Why, I know Chris
tians who know how to rake in U.S.
ury in such way as to give points
to Judas himself. [Great laughter
and applause At Omaha a conven-
tion was held that declared for the
free and unlimited coinage of silver.
I have been asked how the Knights
of labor stand on this question. Let
me say, they stand unit on it, not
in the West, not in the North, the
South or in the East, alone, but
wherever they are the Knights of
Labor, if they are true to their OBJ
legations, and they all are, stand for
free and unlimited coinage of silver,
on ratio of l to 49," Tremendous
applause and cheers
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-02
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our offer of premium books will be
withdrawn. By virtue of arrange
ments made with General Weaver
while here last week, we are enabled
to offer the two leading reform pa
pers of the Northwest, the REPRE-
SENTATIVE and the Farmers Tribune
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new subscribers for cash. No orders
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673 WabaSha St.


Remember that is the office of The
REPRESENTATIVE. Go right up Wa
basha street, four blocks past the
state capitol, on the left hand side,
and you will find us. next door to the
corner of Tilton street, on the first
or street floor. We want all our
friends to drop in and see us. 1t is
also the Office of the of the Alliance
Fire Insurance Company, and it is
the headquarters of the State Farm
ers' Alliance and Peoples Party of
the State of Minnesota, where all
committee meetings will be held in
the future. 1t is also the Office of the
Business Agent of the State Farm
.ers' Alliance, and the center of the
binding Irvine business. Don't fail
to call and see u.s.,
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Working for DisuniOn.

The Inhabitants of Creole, Col,
held meeting the other night and
a speech advocating secession Of the
silver states was warmly applauded.
Creede is only a few months old.
It will know more as it grows older.
Exchange. Vn
One must be blind who does not
see how the grasping money-power
is endangering the perpetuity OF the
Union. Our politics are rapidly as
Stunning a sectional aspect. Thisis to
be profoundly regretted. But regret
win not change existing conditions.