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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-03-14

them to elect three delegates each,
to meet and organize County Alli-
ance Should they fail to do so, for
more than sixty days after such notice
is mailed to them, it shall then be
the duty of the President of the State
Alliance, as soon thereafter as may
be, to organize County Alliance in
said county, naming the delegates
and temporary officers of the same,
and fixing the date of the first meet
ing. At such meeting the delegates
SO named, from each Local Alliance,
shall organize by electing permanent
officers, who shall hold their places
for one year, or until their successors
are elected and accent.
Section 4. The said County Alli-
ance shall hold a meeting before the
which members of the Legislature
their duty to issue a call for an alli-
ance- county or legislative district
convention, at such time and place
farming population, for the purpose
of considering whether the interest
of the producers require the nOmina-
or any part of the same. If they so
find, by a two-thirds vote of those
present and voting, they shall pro-
ceed to place such ticket in nomin-
alton, by a majority vote. Noperson
shall be nominated by such conven-
tion for the Legislature except alli-
ance members; unless the convention
by twO-third vote determines other
WISE
Section 5. Where legislative dis
trict is composed of two or more coun-
ties it shall be the duty of the County
Alliances of the several counties, to
correspond with one another; and fix
upon a time and place for the holding
of district convention therein.
Section g. No person shall be a
member of any such nominating con-
vention unless he is a member of some
Local Alliance, in good standing.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-03-14

the county alliance, and for that
body alone to elect officers of the
county alliance.
Please let me hear from you as soon
as possible on the matter.
The people are all in line here, for
the principle of reform; all they need
is true leaders.
Ihe REPRESENTATIVE will soon
begin the publication of the consti-
tuition of the State Farmers Alli-
ance.
The following extracts from the
constitution will answer the inquir-
les of our correspondent:
ARTICLE TX.
COUNTY ALLIANCES.
Section |. When there are five or
more Local Alliances in any county
they shall organize County Alliance
with constitution, rule and officers,
subject to this constitution. Said
County Alliance shall be composed of
it's officers, the county lecturer, three
delegates and one additional delegate
for every twenty five members or the
major fraction thereof from each Lo-
cal Alliance.
Section 2. County Alliances shall
hold meetings at least once in six
months, the same to be designated
by the constitution or bylaws of the
County Alliance.
Section 3. In any case where there
are five or more Local Alliances in
any county, and they have not organ.
lied County Alliance, it shall be
the duty of the President of the State
Alliance, to call the attention of the
several alliances in the county to sec.
tiOn one of this article, and request
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-03-14
A Question Asked and Answered
as to County Alliances.


We have received the following let
ter from a friend in Marshall county:
Hon. IGNATIUs DONNELLY,
DEAR SIR:-I desire to obtain the
constitution and bylaws, of the
State Farmers Alliance, as revised at
the last session, and if you can please
send me copy of it.
Will you please inform me if the
annual county alliance meeting for
the election of officers and the trans
action of other business can be legal
ly held by calling a delegated meet
ing of the sub-alliances in the cOun-
ty. There is move on hand here to
call mass meeting of the county al
lance for the purpose, and give only
a weeks notice; this is / think an in
justice, as it really leaves the sub-al-
lianceS without representation, and
leaves our alliance meeting open for
our enemies to pack it at pleasure
and take entire control of it,. The
good alliance people of the county
want a delegated meeting of the sub
alliances in the county to constitute
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-03-14
GOOD NEWS.
The Price of State.PriSOn TWine
Not to Exceed Seven Cents
Per Pound.
And the Alliances to Take Charge
of it in the Counties, as far
as Possible.

Just as we go to press | have had
an interview with Henry Wolfer,
Warden of the State Penitentiary at
Saltwater, and he gives me in pursu-
ance of resolution passed by the
State Prison Board, at it's last
meeting, the splendid news contain
ed in the above headlines, and hands
me the advertisement which appears
in another column. Mr.. Wolfer is a
first class man for the place he occu-
pies, and he is greatly in earnest in
his attempts to make the state twine-
factory splendid success; and we
have every reason to believe that he
is being honestly seconded by the
State Prison Board and Governor
Nelson. We are partisanS; but nc
partisanship shall lead us to fail to
do justice to all men.
Read the advertisement of the
Board and take steps at once to avail
yourselves of it. Call your county
Alliances together and elect good
faithful, responsible, honest man in
each county, to supervise the work
and local agent in each local mar
ket, town or village If you have nc
county alliance. call all present OF
former alliance men together, in
mass or delegate meeting and take
the necessary steps.
Then arrange to give the agents
one-half cent per pound for their
time, trouble and expenses. You
cannot expect them to work for
nothing. Remember also that only
members of the Alliance who have
paid at least this years dues, s,-twen-
ty cents, can avail themselves of the
agency of the Alliance. Try and re-
organize all the old Alliances on
that basis-by paying this years
dues. Let them see that but for the
Alliance they would be paying Is cts.
per pound for their twine, instead of
I cents-a saving of hundreds of
thousands of dollars to the farmers
of the state every year.
And don't forget, in your delibera-
tions, to give due credit to the Alli-
ance. the REPRESENTATIVE. and the
true men who helped found the plant
at saltwater. We have at last struck
one thing in which we are able to
out-general a great Trust and Com
binp /. ID.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-03-14

If you have not paid your insurance
assessment, pay it now.
The evening world., 1894-10-11
THAT INSCRIPTION.
zsco Ir0nslations from Widely Different
St011IpOjntS

years he had lived at Burnstone aPrk.
He even went so far as to order cold
lunch for the first day, but he took care
to be absent himself, and left his son
Joe to do the honors
Now, below Burnstone Hall there runs
through a deep ravine of gray granite
the River Burn. one of the very best
trout streams in England. And as Wal
rond was n very keen fisherman. he
at once asked young Plat to grant
him a day on his water. His host, be-
ing only too glad to find a fellow
sportsman. gladly essented. Accord
ingly, on this particular afternoon,
while the rest of the association was
still porting over tesselated pavements,
Walrond fixed his cast and began TO
fish up stream. His creel was still
empty, when suddenly the sky grew
overcast the leaves began to rustic
omlnously, and a heavy drop or two
derstorm was Imminent
Looking round for shelter. he saw in
the scrap of the granite cliff that over
hung the stream a cave, the entrance
of which was about seven feet high by
five feet broad. Tho end was indiscern-
ible in the gloom. He entered, laid his
match--when, 10! his eye fell upon some
thing that brought his heart into his
mouth. About twelve PAGES from the
mouth of the cave. euui-distant be-
tween the two sides, stood block of
marble about four and one-half feet
right hand upper corner was broken
off. and there was an ugly chip at the
base of the front. II was discolored
by damp. and was covered with moss
The evening world., 1894-10-11

The melancholy Jacques, so we are told
found sermons in stones" Had he,
however, been condemned to listen to
sermons on stones his melancholy might
have been still further intensified. For
such dissertations are occasionally weari-
some even to the antiquarian; and when
Edward Walrond, Fellow of st. Simon's
College. Oxford, had listened to a long
and prollx lecture on Roman villas he
bethought him that an hours trout fish,
ing would sweep away the cobwebs
from his brain. The Association of Brit
ish Antiquaries happened to be holding
fts annual conference; on this occasion
In the north of England. The venue was
Burnstone Hall. large country seat in
Yorkshire. At the beginning of the pres
ent century some navvies had discovered,
during the construction of a road, certain
Interesting Roman antiquities. and since
then Burnstone Hall had been a Mecca
TO the archaeological enthusiast.
Former proprietors had encouraged re-
search. but Joshua Plat. the present
owner. q retired Lancashire mill owner.
mated the whole thing. and regarded the
hrchaeologist with ill-disguised contempt.
Nevertheless. being n CHEEKY ole fellow
OF hospitable intent, when the association
arrived In the neighborhood, he did not
reiuse them access to his park. albeit
ne had suffered considerable annoyance
"om archaeologists during the thirty
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MdS Nearly Million Employers and Word Situation Ad Costs Only lOC %

It's a pity a really interesting discov-
cry, should be marred by a little petty
jealousy. Let us write the paper to-
gether We Will each take "A copy of the
rubbing: and let each do his best to
supply the missing letters. and when
we return TO college we will write a
paper together and publish IL over our
joint signatures. and yours shall go
first"
TO this cambridge assented, and the
matter ended for the present.
The long vacation passed away, and
ten days before the beginning OF the
term Walrond returned to his cosy
room in st. simon's
Wen. my dear fellow" said Balm
bridge, when he met him in the common
room. done anything about the tablet 90
''Oh, yes" replied Walrond. casually
81 think I'VE hammered out a pretty
lucid, explanation. which is lying in the
top drawer of my bureau"
I'm the top'--repeated cambridge
by the way Walrond. would you mind
taking the scholarship candidates in
their books tomorrow morning? | have
a lot Of things To do and am going up to
town I'm the afternoon TO see "A publisher.
You VIII? Thanks"
Next morning. when Walrond returned
to his rooms, after spending three hours
in the hall examining candidates Tor
scholarships, he went To his bureau,
opened the top drawer, glanced quickly
tape and string which cnvironed a
bulky manuscript, ana gave grim
chucklc,
At the beginning Of the term Mr. Balm
bridge returned from town with his brow
metaphuriCally crowned with laurels.
During his absence "A most remarkable
article above his signature had appeared
In the OH rial journal of the society
whereof he WAS President. ON the sub
iect of tablet he had himself lscov-
cred in a cave near Burnstone Han.
The article carefully explained that
this tablet, which was manifestly Of a
votivc character, bore most interesting
inscription, OF which the following was
faithful transcript; -. q. NJ. Aul Sic,
Gust Antigua (eD re, antri y. amos
ense initiavit sellam"
The letters in parentheses were miss
ing in the original and had been supplied
by himself The fun unabhreViated in
scription doubtless ran thus:
D(eo) Optuno) MaNimu) Aulus) Sic
dnius) Cust(os) Antiquale) re- antri y
Il. e., decem) amos ense initiavit sell
(a)m.
The translation he ventured to suggest
The evening world., 1894-10-11
Advertise in
TheWOrld.

Your version, my dear fellow, is truly
admirable; so original, too Here Balm
bridge WINGED for some subtle reason.
Il confess l never before realized my
| own deficiencies so completely, nor my
presumption in asking you to collaborate
with me. In fact" continued ,Walrond.
drawing near to his superior, you have
completely demolished my theory, which
was entirely different"
Eth what" CALCULATED cambridge APP
thought there could be no other solu-
ton
"Oh. yes, there can, as you would have
my MS. Dear me, how Uncomfortable
you seem to be on that chair-let me
give you mine. No! Well, to resume
My theory was unhapp!ly not based like
scholarship, but rather upon some pri-
yate information impaired to me by Joe
Ilatt, that afternoon We went fishing
together. Suffice to say, according to my
interpret alton, there is no letter missing
in the first line of the inscription, and
the letter Clipped out is not A, but E"
'Sellem,' said cambridge. with an air
or surprise, that was curiously mingled
with agitation, but there is no such
Latin word"
Possibly not" said Walrond. How
ever, TO enhance your just reputation as
an antiquarian l have sent my little eff
fort also to our journal. 1t appears to-
morrow morning. Good night. Pleasant
Mr.. Bainbridge's dreams were neither
pleasant nor unpleasant, for the simple
fact that he did not sleep single wink
the whole night, So possessed was he by
gloomy forebodinSs.
Bad as his forebodings were they were
more than realized when, on Open:aS
with trembling hands his Antiquarian
Journal the next morning he read owes
his rivals signature the Following state
ment:
Since Mr.. Pickwick discovered the ia
nous stone in the neighborhood Of Cob
ham possibly no ANTIQUARIAN has ever
been more ingenious and more utterly
erroneous than Mr.. cambridge. The
Bathrum he described in the cave was
erty, Mr., Joshua Plat with the pur-
pose of selling some enthusiasts anti
quaran. The right Interpretation of the
false inscription Is as follows:
Dom damn aul (alD sic (such) Gust
(cusseD antiquarian trix (tricks) an no
sense in it. ave it. Sell em. "-Lonr
don Truth.
The evening world., 1894-10-11

bridge was wonder-struck and delighted,
and thanked Walrond for his frankness.
The next day they visited the the cave I'VE;
cleaning they got the face OF them arble
slab comparatively clear, and succeeded
in getting a legible rubbing of the in
ran as follows: ID. o. NJ. Aul Sic, Gust
Antigua Re Antri y. Amos. Ense. In
itiavit Sell NJ.
There was letter lost at the end OF
the second line, and the chip already al
ludod to had also obliterated the last let
ter but one of the last word. Otherwise
the inscription was singularly perfect.
After the side was finished they made a
cursory investigation of the top of the
slab, and found four small square inden-
tations on the surface. as though some
thing hal rested thereon.
As they were sitting outside the VII
lage inn, after their labors, cambridge
remarked, as he looked at the scroll:
"Well, my dear boy, that's good
mornings work, and now all we have
to do is to supply the trifiing deficiencies
In the inscription, translate II II we can.
and then ! viii write a paper on It."
You write a paper" ,ePiied Wa.Ilrond'
come as j found the slab, surely ] have
the first right 10 publish a thesis"
mot al all" said BaInbridge,, 1T is
true you found the block of marble, but
what OF that@-anybOdy might have done
the same Very properly you tell me as
President; as President | shall draw the
attention of the other members TO the
fact. ! daresay l shall mention your
name"
"Deuced obiiging o. you. I'm sure.
Look here, cambridge, ! discovered that
tablet, and I mean TO get the credit OF
IL. You once played me dirty trick
before, and | haven't forgotten 1t; IL
you do so again. by heaven l'll'--
"Hullol MIR, Walrond, what's up? You
antquarians are always wrangling,'
cried a CHEEKY voice, Walrond looked
up and saw young Plat rod in hand;
he had come up without attracting the
notice of the angry combatants.
Come along with me, my dear fell
low and get a half-pounder out Of yon
pool II will do your temper good.
Walrond laughed, and realizing that
his dignity as "A gentleman and scholar
was in serious jeopardy, entered the inn
and got his rod
That evening Walrond went frankly
up to cambridge and said: Il am afraid
/ lost my temper this afternoon, l am
sorry-so accept my sincere apologies.
The evening world., 1894-10-11

cldent. A few months after walrond
had obtained his fellowship he had
lieved to be his friend, manuscript
monograph on certain antiquities near
Oxford, the result of long and laborious
research. Within a week an article APP
peared over Bainbridge's signature In
the journal of the Association, which
article was practically the substance OF
Walrond's monograph. Its appearance,
OF course. precluded the subsequent
rond expostulated vigorously,
cambridge shrugged his shoulders, re-
piled that no antiquarian. even the
youngest, had a vested interest In any
lated evidence on the same subject, the
notes whereof he would be happy TO
submit to any unprejudiced arbiter., OF
course the quarrel was not allowed to
college at once sent for Walrond, ex-
planned that as a very young man 1t i'll
became him to bring rash charges
against one of the most learned and
honored members of the common room,
and advised him to withdraw his accu-
sations and allow the matter to die out.
This course Waldron was, perforce, COM
PEELED to do; and, although his relations
with the senior tutor were apparently
friendly, and although they frequently
met at archaeological meetings, both in
the college and out, Walrond HAD not
forgotten Bainbridges perfidy, and was
he felt convinced that his own credit
in the matter would soon be whitfield
away by the artful cambridge. Never
theless, by the time he had smoked a
couple of pipes he perceived that com
plete secrecy was impossible. The As
ISOLATION was about to dispense on the
next day and his, continuance In the
neighborhood would excite suspicion
Bainbridge you'd probably follow his
movements, discover the cave, and, find
ing that Walrond had stolen march
upon him. would, as President of the
Association. spoil all by premature dis
closure. Under these circumstances he
resolved 10 take what appeared to him
the most polite course; he would ac-
quaint Bainbridge with his discovery.
and take care that his own share was
allowed. Moreover the assis lance OF a
skilled antiquarian like Bainbridge
would be valuable, and the task would
need assistance.
The following evening, when the asso-
citation had all broken up, he told the
President the whole story. Richard Balm
The evening world., 1894-10-11
FIRE ON MURRAY HILL.
$4,000 Damage Done in the
Residence Of Samuel P. Peters
A Plumbers Furnace Thought to
Have Started the Flames.
Fireman Ready Hurt by Fall
Downstairs After tho Fire.

The residence OF Samuel T.. Peters,
at III East Thirty-seventh street in the
Murray Hill district, was damaged to
the extent of $4,000 by fire early this
morning. MIR. Peters is a coal merchant,
with an office at 1 Broadway.
During the Summer the family have
been at their country home in Islip. L..
l.. and their city house has been looked
after by the caretaker, Mrs. Wier.
She and her daughter and two sons
lived in the basement. and were the
only persons in the house when the
|, fire broke out this morning. The house
Is a four-story and basement brown
stone and is owned by MIR. Peters.
For several days past plumbers have
been working in the house, looking after
the water pipes. They were there all
day yesterday and did not leave off
work until 5.30 p. NJ. They were to
begin work again early this morning,
and 1t is believed that they left a fire
in little furnace, which in some way
set fire to the house.
At 2 o'clock this morning S. c. Myles,
a private Waterman for the block,
smeled smoke and started to locate the
fire. He did not succeed, although he
searched for over two hours.
AT $50 o'clock a man ran up to the
Waterman as he stood on the corner of
Park avenue and Thirty-seventh street
and told him that there was smoke COM
ing out of the Peters house
Myles ran to the house, awakened the
Wier family, and then rushed upstairs.
on the second floor, in the rear of the
house. he found that the ceiling was all
ablaze, and had evidently burned through
| from above. He got a bucket of water
from the bathroom and threw II on the
| flames. but realizing that such efforts
were useless he left the house and rang
| in an alarm. Later a second alarm was
sent out. because of the location of the
house, which is one of a row of brown
stone buildings.
Before the flames were extinguished
| the second. third and fourth floors In
| the rear were badly burned. The dam,
age is estimated at $1,000 on building and
81 900 on furniture.
Fireman Edward G. Ready, of Engine
Company No 81. was badly injured in
| ternally after returning from the fire
While washing himself in the engine
| house he tripped and fell down flight
of stairs. He was taken to Bellevue
Hospital.
The evening world., 1894-10-11

and lichen. But none the less by the
hickering light Walrond could see Ger
side that faced the entrance of the cave.
Hastily lighting another match, he
knelt down beside 1t, and with dexterous
touch followed the formation of the
succeeded by stop; then pulling away
the lichen he saw that an o followed.
His pulse auickened, and his slender
fingers trembled as he traced the next
light. 1t was an NJ. The first three
letters, then, were Enthusiastically ID o
NJ. Now, these three letters, signifying
Dec Optimo Maxine, were very fire.
quently used by the Romans at the
beginning of a dedicatory inscription.
Anywhere the inscription would have
sibilities. but to find at Burnstone Hall,
where antiauarians had hammered and
picked for half a century. a veritable
votlve tablet was pure and undiluted
Walrond resolved to keep his secret 10
himself until he made assurance sure.
With this in view, the next morning at
daybreak he began by the light of a
lantern, to remove the clnging lichen.
The letters that next appeared on the
surface of the damp and stained mar
PIE, namely. 4 l. I, did not help
necessarily. indistinct. and he was not
discouraged. Stlll less so when, in the
third row Of the inscription, just below
tHe broken corner ne succeeded IN traC-
ing the letter X, followed by A n n o
S. This proved. beyond all doubt, thar
the inscription was Latin. and that
something to do with ten years" was
inscribed on the block of marble
Thoroughly satisfied with his two
hours work, Walrond emerged into the
fresh morning air lit a pipe and re-
yswed the position Sa That he had
he naturally desired to complete the
Investigations himself, on the other
hand, his obvious duty was to inform
discovery, and solicit his aid in the
matter until a satisfactory solution
could be submitted to the society
Under ordinary circumstances this he
would have gladly done. He was, how
ever. deferred from reasons of a purely
personal character. The President for
bridge, senior fellow of his own col
lege, between whom and himself there
had already occurred an unpleasant In
The evening world., 1894-10-11
MASPETH ENTRIES.

The entries and selections for this
afternoons races at Maspeth follows:
First Race-Five furlongs -Lidgerwood lO7
Gold Digger l0i; The Joker, 1902; Maraschino,
r.. SO lbs.
Second Race-Half a mile and seventy yards
Skylight lis; Siberia. III. Caroven. ia; Tommy
Lally, Ill Pattie 100; Sharon 10; Lady Dandy.
IS; Cashmere lO4; w. o Brien formerly Min
nehaha Belle geldinG), "a lbs.
Third Race-Six and a half furlongs-Holyport,
imp 1906; Excelsior, OIL; Little Bravo, 30; King
wood, 81; Roman. 81.
Fourth Race-Five and a half furlongs- Bell
sarius. 122 Washer. 12l Mask, lis; Jim Nc
Laughn 49, Lou Rhett, lie lbs.
Fifth Race.-Four and half furlongs Louis
Quatorze, IFS, Norway, Ferona II. Ally, lis each
Vishun colt, 10; Mamie Stark, lO7; William
Penn l02 lbs.
Sixth Race-HRlt mile and seventy yards
Roxela II. colt. 100 sOwen Golden H., Keramos,
Lady fremont. Gerte, 81 lbs each.