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The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-09-01
Gautier's Memory.

Some of the feats of memory which Sit
George Trevelyan ascribes to Lord Macau
lay have been accounted rather tall, as
the Americans say, but in Theophile eau
tier, it seems, Macaulay might have found
his match. His thirst for reading was in
satiable, and he consumed grammars, pros
pectuses, cookery books and almanacs rs
greedily as works of science and imagina-
tion. Whatever he read he remembered.
and his friends, when in doubt on any
point, used to say, 1--WE have only got to
turn over the leaves of Theo."
On the evening Of the day ON which a
new volume of Victor Hugo had been pub
lished he was dining with some friends
In his clear voice, without inflection-a
monochord, SO to speak-his eyes gazing
steadfastly, as though he were reading
from afar book visible to himself alone,
he recited the 1853 verses Of lies Lions"
not repeating himself once, never hesitat
ing and not installing single syllable
We were astonished and said To him.
"You have learned it by heart, thenP' To
which he replied, mo, | read it this morn
ing while was breakfasting. - Westmin
ster Gazette.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-09-01
When Booth and Coquelin Met.

~ often recall with interest" writes
Mrs. Lucy H. Hooper from Paris to a
Philadelphia paper. "the only time that
Constant Coquelin and Edwin Booth
ever met They breakfasted with me ON
the occasion of Booths first visit to Paris
after his London engagement. longed
for an artist to sketch the pair, one as
perfect an embodiment of comedy as the
other was of tragedy. Neither could
speak a word of the others language,
yet SO vivacious were their gestures, so
expressive the changing play of their
features. that words were scarcely need
ed. l, who acted as interpreter, found
it necessary merely to indicate what one
or the other wished to say. and then the
subject would be so wildly carried on
by looks and movements that no further
indications were wanted"
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-09-01
The MOrnvian Miikman.s Excuse

The story comes from Moravia that
all the cows in that country are wearing
blue spectacles The ground was cover
ed with snow from October to May, and
the reflection Of the sunlight was very
disastrous to the eyes of both man and
beast. Thousands of cattle went entire
ly blind before the attention of the gov
eminent director of agriculture was
called to the fact That gentleman. DR..
Verincourt, recommended blue spectacle
glasses set in wooden or wire frames,
and the result is that thousands of COWS
have been roaming about over the pas
lures looking as dignified as Boston
schoolmarms. The milkman In Mo-
ravia now has good excuse when his
customers complain of the pale blue
color of the cows utput.-Minneapolis
Journal
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-09-01
NO BLANKS IN THIS co~PEr1oN.

NO BLANKS IN THIS CO.PETION.
This is competition of rather an I'M
usual nature. 1t is common to offer
prizes for the best story, or picture, or
architectural plan, all the competitors
risking the loss of their labor and the
successful one merely selling his for the
amount of the prize. But the Press
Claims COmpany's offer is something en-
tirely different. Each person is asked
merely to help himself, and the one who
helps himself to the best advantage is re-
warded for doing it. The prize is only
a stimulus to do something that would
be we'll worth doing without it. The
architect whose competitive plan for a
club house on certain corner is not ac-
cepted has spent his labor on something
OF very little use to him. But the person
who patented simple and useful device
IN the Press Claims Company's competi-
ton, need not worry If he fail to secure
the prize. He has substantial result to
show for his work-one that will COM
mand its value in the market at any
time.
The plain man who uses any article in
his daily work ought to know better how
to improve it than the mechanical ex-
pert who studies it only from the theo-
retical point of view. Get rid of the
Idea that an improvement can be too sim
pie to be worth patenting. The simpler
the better. The person who best sue
ceeds in combining simplicity and pop
ularity, will get the Press Claims Com
pany's twenty five hundred dollars.
The responsibility of this company
may be judged from the fact that its
stock is held by about three hundred of
the leading newspapers of the United
States.
Address, the Press Claims Company,
John Wedderburn, managing attorney,
6lS F street, N. W., Washington, D. G.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-09-01

Coughing Leads to Consumption.
Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at
once. 47y1
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-09-01
"MaelNs LATrANTE..

I would not think to see SO cold face,
Such hstless fingers, such inscrutable eyes.
The very angels pity; yet he lies.
Thy burthen mighty to save, OF awful race.
Father'd by Godl o Virgin full Of gracel
Why pales thine innocent bosomi Wherefore
flies
The blush thy cheek, as light from desolAte
skies?
What is this mystery1 Speak thy dolorous
easel
womb
OF Time and Life and Love and Agony.
God set me in the midst, and this my doom,
Conceiving, must bear eternally.
Once through the broad white ways walked
maid;
Now my high destiny makes me wither and
fade"
Maurice Hewlett in London Academy.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-09-01
The Japanese Versus the Western Artist.

AhC OhPhhcBo NCNoho tAto " SotGAh ANtAHbs
The greater part Of our decoration" is
carried out just the contrary way to that
of the Japanese. Our artists accept as a
momentary curse the fact that to live they
may have to draw patterns, or work in
glass or paint, or model subsidiary orna-
menJstion. They look forward to the glo-
rious time when they may wreak their
lofty souls in the dignity Of paint mixed
with the sacred linseed oil, or in the statue
done in bronze OF carved In marble by other
hands than theirs And yet II their nature
be not too far removed from ours the
habit of doing less than their best. the
habit of doing poorly, the scorn of any
thing but the fine clothes of fine ma
terial, will never be got over, and through
out this little cheapness of soul, this essen
tial snobbishness. will be felt to puzzle and
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-09-01
Buoklen,a Arnica salve.

The best Salve in the world for cuts
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains
corns and all eruptions, and positively
crres piles or no pay required. 1t il
Iaranteed to give perfect satisfaction OF
money refunded. Price Csc per box,
for sala By G. D. Gibson.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-09-01

There is an unknown quantity Of silver
In the bay of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil-a
silver mine, in fact, of comparatively
speaking unlimited dimensions, and every
ship that drops anchor there cuts into the
bed of ore
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-09-01

81 submit the within described inven-
ton in competition for the twenty-five
Hundred Dollar Prize offered by the
Press Claims Company.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-11-29
A DenagOgue.

This from Secretary Morton, of the
department of agriculture:
"The most insidious and destruc-
tive foe to the farmer is the profess
sional farmer, the promoter of
oranges and alliances. who for politi-
cal purposes farms the farmer. He
will not succeed better by forming
oranges and alliances which general
ly seek to attend some other business
than farming and frequently propose
to establish new systems of coinage
for the government, than he will by
individual Investigations of economic
questions"
And perhaps the most destructive
foe to the people is the professional
business man(D and money loaner,
the financier who farms the people
and builds up plutocracy. 1t ap-
pears to be all right, according to Mr..
Morton, for the boards of trade and
the bankers assertions to abandon
the discussion of matters connected
with their avocation and plunge into
political economy, - flood congress
with petitions for single gold stand
ard ,-establish new system of coin
age. And the system is established,
and what have we? A dollar worth
twice what it was under the double
standard and wheat worth one-haf
what it brought under the bi-metal-
lie standard of the constitution.
The Houston county farmer who
voted the republican ticket in order
that an increase might be had in the
duty on wool, when he saw the price
of wool go rolling and tumbling down
thereafter sheard his sheep from the
tail forward, because he was ashamed
to look them in the face. So, also,
ought Sec. Morton, who would hold
the people for these financial farmers
to fleece them, to be ashamed to look
them in the face.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-11-29
To our Subscribers.

ne-tenths of you are supporters
of the peoples party, and we are con-
fident that you believe that the REP
REsENTATIvE j. doing it's very best
to make converts to your views and
is fighting your battle. 1t is meet
ing with splendid success. It's list
of subscribers is increasing rapidly,
not only in Minnesota but all over
the country. We think that we can
justly claim that it is the best reform,
paper ever get published IN the state.
But we can see, more clearly than
any one else, how it can be improved
Our ideals are of the highest Will
you help us realize them? How:
By getting us up a club IN yo,r neighbour
hood. The Csc rate for three months,
puts it in everybody's reach. Talk
to your neighbors. Give leading old
party men in your vicinity the paper
free, if necessary, for three months.
Send us names to send sample copies
to.
Let knowledge spread. "LET THERE
BE LIGHT, AND THERE WAS LIGHT
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-11-29
NOTICE..

Our offer of the REPRESENTATIVE
for ID weeks for 25c. is being heartily
responded to. But we want the
young men and women in the houses
of our friends to have an inducement
to get us up clubs by talking to their
neighbors. We therefore make this
special offer:
To any person who will send us $3.50
we will send the paper to ten parties
for thirteen weeks, and will also send
the getter-up of the club a SOC. copy
of the Golden Bottle, postpaid.
We make the same offer to any per-
son who will send us $3.50, and
the names Of five parties for six
months each, or to any person who
will send us $500 and the names of
two subscribers for one year each.
Or, if they prefer it, we will send
the REPRESENTATIVE free for six
months to the getter-up of any such
club
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-11-29
OFFICIAL.
Annual Meeting.

FOREST LAKE. Mimi. Nov. q, 49,.
10 THE LOCAL ALLIANCES:
The annual meeting of the Mime
sofa State Farmers Alliance will be
held in Minneapolis, Mimi, in the
main hall of the Lumber Exchange
building, on
the 9th day of January,
1894. The local alliance officials will
please call meetings of their respec-
tive alliances at once, and elect dele
gate and alternate to 60 to said state
alliance meeting. It is very impor-
tant to have all or as many as posi-
BILE of our local alliances represented
at said meeting.
The condition of our political and
social affairs is such that the exist
ence of a strong organization among
farmers never was more necessary
than at the present time.
About reduced R. R. rates etc..
will be explained in a later issue of
the REPRESENTATIVE. In order to
economic l shall not send out
credentiai cards. The local secre-
tary may write statement showing
who were elected to represent his al
lance, and deliver said statement to
the delegate and alternate, who can
use the same for credentials.
The local secretaries are requested
to send to the undersigned the an
nual dues before the 20 of December.
if possible. The annual dues are on
ly 20 cents, which small amount, I
hope, will be readily paid up, so as to
keep our organization in good work
ing condition. Fraternally yours,
A. L. STROMBERG.
Sec'V
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-11-29
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. It 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. It 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..
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-11-29
Uses For Kites.

Strangely enough the kite, that favor
tie plaything every boy brings out in the
spring, is being tried in experiments for
saving ships in a wreck off shore, the
kite to carry the rope from ship to shore
or shore to ship. Some one the other
day, by using two strings to kite and
SO guiding it, were able to have the kite
drag them in wagon. Perhaps it will
be by means of this little plaything, aft
er all, that some day we go sailing over
the clouds in one of the airships all of us
have dreamed about.-New York World.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-11-29
A Mistake.
club.

There is also likely to be fierce
struggle between the Donnelly and
anti onnelly elements. Last year
the Sage Of Nininger was elected
president by a very small majority
and those opposing him were not at
all satisfied with the result. There
will be a continuation of the strug-
gle this year.-Minneapolis Union.
This is mistake. There was no
fight against Mr.. Donnelly's election
as president Of the state alliance
last year. The vote in his favor was
practically unanimous. Neither was
he candidate for reelection at
that time; nor is he now. Those
who are most intimate with him
understand that it would be a great
boon to him to be relieved ofall con-
nectiOn with the alliance and peo-
pes party politics; SO as to devote
his remaining years to his own af-
fairs. For instance, for the past
year he has written great quanti-
ty of communications for the paper,
without compensation. The same
time and labor devoted to the ccm-
position of novel would have been
worth thousands of dollars to him.
He is simply working until some one
can be found who will step forward
and relieve him. But he does not
want to see the organization fall in
to the hands of men of the Fish
stripe, who will simply coin it into
money, by betraying it.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-11-29

Be kind enough to look at the
number after your name in your
printed address on the margin of
the paper and compare it with the
number of the paper printed in the
date line under the heading. 1t
shows exactly how your account
stands. 1t will ohlige us if you will
remit before the time erpires and save
US the trouble of taking your name
from the printed list. Every little
helps; and the more we receive the
better we can make the paper, and
that is what you want as much as
we do. We know you have much to
think of, but try and keep this little
matter in mind.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-11-29

"The Moorhead News, one of the
leading republican papers in the
state, is kicking over the traces. 1t
says:
To conclude, we declare that the
republican central committee of Min
nesota should at once proclaim it's
views in relation to the currency
question, and, should it not be an
Endorsement of the above-quoted
plank of the national republican
party as promulgated at Chicago in
1892, we serve notice upon it that we
can no longer cooperate with it and
support it,
And here is the plank it refers to:
The American people, from ira
dition and interest, favor bi-metal-
lism, and the REPUBLICAN party de-
mands the use of both gold and sill
yer as standard money!"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-11-29
Eugene of Battenberg.

Here is a picture representing the lit
tie Princess Victoria Eugene of Batten-
berg, whose sixth birthday occurred on
Oct "a, in the arms of the Queens faith
full Indian attendant and secretary, the
Munshi Abdul Karin. From her earliest
infancy, says ''Lady's Pictorial" the lit
tie princess has been an object of affec-
tionate respect to Abdul Karin, whose
kindly disposition has had much to do
with the queens partiality for him. Her
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-11-29
Wright Co. Alliance.

Notice is hereby given that the an
nual meeting Of the Wright Co. Ali
ance will be held in Maple Lake on
Saturday, the 10th day of Decemb er
1893, at II o'clock a. m. Each local
alliance will be entitled to three dele.
gates, and full attendance is
solicited. e. G. DAY,
N. d. VANDERGON, Pres
SQc'V
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-11-29
Premium Offer.

The Dakota Ruralist is one of the
pioneer alliance papers of the north
west. 1t is edited by H. L. Loucks,
president of the National Farmers
Alliance and Industrial Union.
which is sufficient guarantee that
it will be Stalwart advocate of the
alliance demands.
We have made special arrange
ments whereby we will furnish the
REPRESENTATIVES, and the Ruralist
for ST.. 10.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-11-29
THE HORRIBLE CONDITIONS.
Cintinued from page 1.

God! 1t is terrible. And for what? To
double the value of the Rothschild's
bonds. And a pack of bowling
hounds, owning type, have been the
chiefest, willing tools to bring about
this good mans death, and the
deaths of tens Of thousands, yea,
hundreds of thousands more, all over
the world. by disease, starvation, sui
eide.
If there is no hell, as Bob Ingersoll
says, let us memorabilia Heaven at
once to create one for such monsters
And the St. Paul Globe says:
Fourteen hundred homeless men
lodgings at the several police
stations in Chicago Wednesday night,
and several hundred more were
lodged elsewhere during the same
night. The police say that never be-
fore in the history of the city have
there been So many dodgers as now.
And yet the winter has scarcely be-
gun. 1t is hard to conceive what the
condition of the poor Of that city will
be before the return OF warm
weather.
And another st. Paul paper speaks
of 1900 more seeking food in that
city; and the news from the Mesaba
range is appalling; and crime in
creases at rate heretofore unheard
of in the history of the world.
And still gold rises in value; and
all things else, including human be-
ings, sink in value, and the death
door closes down on civilization.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-11-29
Meeting Of the Polk Co. Alliance.
CROOKSTON. Nov. H. '03

Notice is hereby given that a
meeting Of the Polk county alliance
will be held at the court house in
the city of Crookston on the 9th
day of December, 1893, at 10 o'clock
a. M, for the purpose of electing one
delegate to represent said alliance
at the annual meeting of the state
alliance, and for the transaction of
other business. Each local alliance
will be entitled to three delegates,
and a full attendance is earnestly
solicited. JOHN D. KNUTESON.
u. u. LOMMEN. Sec'y.
President.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-11-29
JOHN HI. BURKE.
He Will Address the Renville Co.
Alliance Meeting.

A meeting of the Renville County
Farmers Alliance is hereby called to
meet at Olivia, on
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18TH, 1893,
at one o'clock p. m. to elect officers
for the ensuing year and for the trans
action of any business that may prop
erly be brought before said meeting.
Each surveillance is entitled to three
delegates, and each alliance is earn
estly requested to send full delega-
ton. John III. Burke, of St. Paul, will
speak. JAMES HANNA.
Pres, Renville Co. ALL
E. G. GREENE, Secretary.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-11-29
f. @. GREENE, Secretary.


WinOna Co. Alliance Convention.
ST.. CHARLES, Nov I, '93.
MIR. EDITOR:
We think that through your paper
we can reach most of the alliances
in this county, SO please insert the
following:
The alliances of the county of
Winona will meet in delegate con-
vention on the
End DAY OF DECEMBER, 1898,
at 10 o'clock in the forenoon at the
town hall in the town of Saratoga.
Each alliance will be entitled to
four delegates. All who feel inter
ested in the alliance are invited to
attend the meeting. G. L. BLAIR,
Pres. Co. All.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-11-29

How the Clovers Go to Bed.
The great round sun is sleepy
And wants to go to bed;
So he hides his face SO shiny
Behind kerchief red.
Then all the little clovers
That dot the velvet lawn
Begin to nod their tiny heads
And tie their nightcaps on.
The moon comes up a-tiptoe
To kiss the dears good night,
And she brings little cloudlet
To shield their eyes from light.
Good ght, you winsome clovera
All snug , grassy beds;
You'll dream sleepy bumblebees
Who sing ,-~out your heads.
L. f. Chittenden.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-11-29

I. E. Dean, chairman of the peoples
party state committee of New York,
in letter to the Chicago Sentinel,
says: eve are having landslide in
New York. Our $268 per capita av-
erage debt in this state makes it look
as though we could sympathise with
Kansas