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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-01-30

EAST DOvER, Jan. u.
In regard TO the nrst question, !
would ssy that this Grange is highly
prosperous, so far Ne members and In
iervst goes. To the second question,
would .sy dsirying IL interesting the
Gransers most Of all. ss no Kind Of stock
raising I. aging business. Raising corn
for canning purposes ~ill be tried more
than last year. Yours truly.
EZRA TowNE.
FoxcRorr. Jan. ~.
Let. The outlook !. nattering. Our
Grange has added to lts numbers many
young people during the past year. and
more are seeking sdmitiance. 3d. \
line Of work that u educational, not only
In the busines. Of farming but In general
culture. 'rwere better
-if morv ani marv ~ found the trth
Of fact sbi fancy rlightrsi,
AMI cuhare's charm All Alor's .trvnrth
A IN rural kssSns- unit.~t.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-01-30
o. the Corridors.

Though the incidents on the floor oi
the house are frequently u SURPRISING
interest. thO-s In the corridors and
rooms round about are not les -. IL u
worth going miles 10 80 Virginia
Congressman entertaining rural con
.tituent. The Virginia AMI Maryland
members arr more troubled by visitors
Of this sor, than any other on account
of the proximity oi their districts 10 the
capital. With campaign promises ring'
ing In their ears. the old farmers come
Ia town. hunt up their members and
calmly intimate their desire 10 h. enter
nin~l. Though they wear coonskin
caI- 90 old wool hats that have becn
handed down from generation 10 genera
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-01-30
ElY'S
CREAM BALM

u gaiskly
.h.sse~d.
tlsssss. the
Nss.i Passages.
All.Ns f.ia .ssi
ian.taastl.s.
Heals the ssss.
Protect. the
Tstaes.ss fres.
,dtitisa.I tsId.
kssisss. the
ssnss. 90 Taste
sssi >..ll.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-01-30
A Transferred Identity.
By EDITH SESSIONS ruPPER
CHAPTER XVIII.

lcepyrisAi. iaa. By Americas Prsss Assosis-
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-01-30
RIIIiII Jan. IL


lat. A large increas. In membership
!. not to bc expected, a. there are num-
Der % Grange. within small radius In
TIL. vicinity. see no reason ~hy they
should not prosper, individually sud cob
lsctlSsly. and help the members In both
financial aud educational directions, "
th. patrons will but try aud help them
selves. 2. l.cturs and missionary
work arr each gOoi In their place, go
pscially In organizing Grange, but iD-
di,idusl work will BE- % much more
value In Increasing its prosperity. III
tboss b.ionging Ia the order would dis
abuse their minds 20 the too prevalent
Idea that all responsibility ret. siih the
leading of'ic.r., and attend their own
meetings regularly, putting their .houl-
ders 10 the whecl when the question of
entertainment arises, ~ should hear Tar
les. about dormant Grange. aud thinIy
attended meetings. cur works snd co-
operative results wlll speak much morr
eloguenily 20 those outside than smooth
st-t.chss. q. r.. AtlNtlst.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-01-30

twill Cure. AAY'FEvER

AFartil y D. spylie.i into saeh ns-tril ssi !.
s'ffa.e Prize a. cent. at Druggists ~ ~
hLN hKOrHkRs. ~ wsrr,a -tress.>s~
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-01-30
NUMBER 5.

whether be was r.ady enough with re-
tort. whether he could think fast enough
a. keep pace with the rattling IRE of .
hand to hand encounter on the floor.
There sre many men who make mag.
nihcent set speeches. but who ~ 10 pieces
when the pressure ~ cavalry raids from
the other side of the hall comes rpon
them. Mr.. Cochran dill no, turn out 10
h. that kind ~ a man. Payne 81 New
York. who wants to b. governor of that
state and president of the Unit-i states,
rv.ie at Cochran full tilt and was un-
hOr-.l. Then BOutelle. always impet-
nous aud forcible. took the place of his
friend Payne. only 10 20 down with him
In the dust. Finally Reel the Terrible
came to the rescue and narrowly escaped
q similar fate. lie was not routed. but
he limpcl = little as be sidlcd Off the
field.
Cochran was equal 10 all comers. He
proved himself worthy to race In the
same class with Thomas Il. Red. and
that means he l. among the foremost de-
baters ~ the world. IL u pity that
man ~ brilliant a. 10 b. able 10 excel
both as orator aud debater should find
hi. public career drawing 10 clo~e on
account % his inability Ia live In peso.
And harmony with the chief of the or.
ganiIation on which he has reflected ~
much lust~r. Yet the truth u that after
this congress Mr. Cockran's eloquent
voice i. no, likely 10 h. heard In the
hall. ~ the big national stAiehOuse on
Capitoline hill.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-01-30
BIDpLfoRI,, Jan. II

Ans. lat. Outlook In York County
very favorable sni prosp-roa.. Ans: :.
Education for individuality. for the I'm
pro,sment of hour aud farm; develop
log higher type of manhood and
womanhood; love of home aud sgri-
cultural pursuits; love ~ common
schools and American Institutions; for
the protection % home aud home In
dustries; for Temperance and prohlbl
tlon enforced; "a be- secured by Grange
literature. papers, aud discussion of
these questions Ia the crsnge.
"a n lIANtIIgN
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-01-30

viii try "a answer those questions AZ
t,e.t can. No. 1. Think the outlook
very good. much better than for some
time ps.t. No. ?. This l. a hard que.-
tion, one Ne often ask ourselves, could
~e succ.s.iully impress upon the minds
~ the patron. the fact that there IL
more real b.Dsfit derived from the cSiu-
ratIonsl aud social interest of the
Grang- rather than the dollars aud cent.
gained In trade. think Il ~oald b.
great point for the or,ier. fraiernally,
N. =. llARKINAN.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-01-30
a Ssw Gisatss.s.

The tariff battle Of last week brought
20 the front new gladiator In the arena
u debate. Nothing finer than the per
formance Of Bourke Cochran In that
bout has ever been seen here. Mr.. Cock.
rams reputation a. an orator was hxed
long ago. Op-,nany notable occasions
he has earned yhe right TO rank among
tbs FIRST orators of the world. Bntthere
wss some doubt - 10 how bs would
handle himself In the beat Of debate
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-01-30

Your circular reviewed to-day. !
hasten to reply. The Oranges In INV VI.
cinlty sr. Bethel and Bryant's Pond.
Brysnt's Pond Grsnse is booming (;
meeting. are enthusiastic aud largely at
tended. Installed the officers ~ bethel
GrsEg. last saturday. brother Nslen.
tine Il Master. They arr strong, but, !
think. need waking up. some good sug.
gc.tions on keeping NJ the Interest, aud
creating more enthusiasm, would doshsm
or sny Grsngr, good. ! expect to In
stall oficrrs al Norway, Saturday.
fraierually, W. II. TRACY.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-01-30
n. y. HAMILTON.
Cns.IERyIILE, Jan. ~

CHgsIERviLLt, Jan. ~.
People from this town belong To star
ling No. i5s, North fsyetie. While the
pr~-. of cur .tst. snd nation sre teeu-
inc With so much for the good and gen
eral Intsr-.t of al patrons, Grange
meetings and farmer-' Institutes can not
de- az good work ss In the past. Hut ]
trust this may not cause any paffr 'o
curtail any % ns departments. Push
the good work. Yours truly.
CHARLEs y. WHEELER.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-01-30
H.. n. GRIGoRI.

1T. The outlook Tor the Grange Ia
our vicinity !. good. ~. The line of
work that will influence farmer. To CO
operate together In the ,sriou. ~ay.
they NAV to better their condition, will
in.ar. the beet r-.ults. Public lectures
would do much Ia forward the work.
fraisrnslly, 4. y. HouGuro>.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-01-30
BANGOR, Jan. ~.

lot. The outlook for the Grange In
nv vicinity l. very gcod, having some
new member. come In. "a. Many of
our hcst farmers are not Changers, nor
will they b. Induced To- join by members.
\ larger circulation 20 Grange papers,
morr lectures from state Grsnge officer.
In cur Pomona Grangv, would revive The
interest II many Who have become In
different To th- work % the order.
Yours fraiernslly,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-01-30

Oft-fttLb uoht, Ssu. ~.
Very good In this vicinity. BY liter
arv aud educational exercises; hy hav-
ing the Lecturer appoint at each meet
Ing csrtain members to deliver essavs,
recitstIons. or read something At the
next meeting. and see that none sre
overlooked. so ne to get all Interested !;
also by discussing sone question At each
me~tiDg; siso by visifiag other Oranges
In the vicinity and taking part In their
exercises. ID. l.. BRETT.
SACo, Jan. ~.
The outlook for the Grange In some
parts of York County IL good. while In
other parts there are weak Oranges, and
the Inter~st low. ] know OF no line of
work which I think would be more
efficient than good. earnest deputy
work In those weak Oranges, ~ there
are several good localities where think
good, strong Oranges could be orGsnlf-
"a. 6xfn etxNorr.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-01-30

The Oranges are In good condition.
The interchange of intercourse would
do the Grange. more good than an,-
thing cl.e. Work among the Grangrs
with lccsl talent would help the workers
snd the listeners, aud result In good.
Lecture. % any Kind would b. accepta-
ble however, and do good. Your,
Wa. n. Moopi.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-01-30
CnAs. iIrNsr>wAY.

IlowE's CoR>rR, Jan. II.
There never was more interest In
Grange work In INV vicinity than At
present. The outlook lsverv favorable.
rhs, line % work that will Instruct
subordinate Oranges In better methods
90 conducting their meetings, and =
more comprehensive idea of the alns
and purposes % our order. is best se-
cur-d by Deputy and i,ecturer work.
n. u. LEAyirT.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-01-30

pied with the fact ,ha, In the popular
branch II congress the debate Is nearly
always liyelier than |, !, In the American
house ~ lor,ls. l. much more frequently
emb-lli.he,l with epithets or seasonei
with the spice of bal tsmlers.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-01-30
CnARlr. y. WHEELER.

will give the following answers to
your questions: The outlook Ia good 10
our vicinity. I think the community
.~sm. to hold IL la high esteem, and the
members tbsmselye. have very great
confidence In lts efficiency. More CO.
op.raiion, I believe. IL needed all along
m. line, snd something In equslile
burden. alr.ady q long time carried.
Some In.tructIon Il needed To INFORM
many of this fact. however.
Respectfully, ;. y. SMITH.
CuIRR,rIrIp, Jan. III.
think the outlook for the Grange 10
very good. IN. line of work ] think
should b. tn form programme for the
y..r'. ~ork gu the farm and In the
household. The question box has csll-d
out some lively discussions In our
Grange on raising grsss, orchariing,
dsirylng, poultry raising, etc.
B.F. WILEY.
CHARLOTTE, Jan. rs.
There is an abiding Interest In the
Grange In this visinitv, although u is
not growing fast. what is needed is
that every member should feel q personal
responsibility for lie su~ress. which
would give more diversified program,
not confined 10 monotopous discussions
on farming, unlnterestine, especially 70
the younger members. ID. j. fisnkk'
ErNA. Jan. 10.
In r~ply Tn YOUR questions, stii SAY
IN. oatiook foe our Grange IL not large.
especially In an Increase OF numbers,
owing To the present hard times. Many
out ,sliers are Interested but nnsneisllv '
unable 20 Joln. ~. In nv opinion, u
tn try snd improve on our programme
making them Instructive, as veil ~ In
teresiing. hut how ta secure th's hsr'i-
lv know. Lectures for the cause always
do more or less good. Some means "a
awaken the Interest from all social
pleasure To rial honest lshor Tor the
cause is necessary. Yours fraternaliy,
Z. L. BrswxtL.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-01-30
NnRIn NrMrnRr. Jan L..

lat. On the whole, Grsnges In this
vicinity are doing fairly well. They are
spreading among voters sud tax payers.
q better knowledge of their duties and
rights q. citisen.. and think the leayen
4. working slowly but surely. ~.
More care In doing ritusllstlc work ls
needed by faithful personal work of
shle.t members aud We especially need
more and better work of county
deputies. Yours Frstrrnslly,
lori RiCIIARDs0N.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-01-30

think the outlook, on the whole, u
better than one year ago. ] think the
libe of work to Insure the best results
would be Ia issue circulars containing
the Declaration of Purposes, and show
Ing the social and educational benefits
10 the order. aud that there IL . benefit
financially IN cooperation In buying and
selling. think that personal work IL
one of the bet Ways Ia Increase the
number aud lnfuenc. % the Grange.
Yours fraternally,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-26
Burke Gets Another Scalp.

The connection of John H. Burke
with unearthing the frauds of the
Guaranty Loan is well known, but the
public are not well aware that in 1891,
Mr.. Burke, filed charges with Kenyon,
against the Union Debenturc COM
pany of this city: also with the state
authorities of Massachusetts. succeed
ing in getting the company shut out
OF that state, later he filed the same
charges in Rhode Island and publish
ed them broadly in this state.
Last week application was filed to
place the Union Debenture company,
in the hands of receiver when 10,
and behold the Minneapolis Journal
claims to be the originator and father
of the charges against said company,
Robbinsdale in Hennepin county, has
been and is almost unanimously Re
publican hence the result of a Popu-
list meeting held there on Saturday
night last shows that the members of
the G. O. p, are willing and anxious
to learn facts when given in plain Ian
guage.
John Fl. Burke Of this city, was one
of the speakers entirely from an indie
pendent standpoint and pleaded for
good government and election of pure
men. AS is we'll known he is one of
the most outspoken writer's and speak
ers in the state since he seldom speaks
or writes without making direct
charges and giving names.
After he was through the ministers
and large numbers of the others,-not
Populists-thanked him and asked
him to come again and after guaran-
teeing him a full house.
If those who desire to hear unvar-
nished truths regardless of party
will make up a route taking in special.
ly railroad towns, Mr.. Burke will glad
ly lend his voice, desiring only his ex-
penses to be assured. His address is,
504 Guaranty Loan.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-26
POINT OF VIEW.

The Pioneer Press of the 10th said:
Such of the voters of St. Paul as
chose to go have had an opportunity
to hear Mr.. Owen speak. He has but
one speech, relies upon only one argu-
ment. 1t goes this way: Look about
you and you will see some one who is
better off in this worlds goods than
you are. That is because he has your
share. If it were not for bad legisla-
tion, you would have what he has. Put
the Populists5 in power, put all the
minis and printing presses and brick
yards to turning out money day and
night, and you will down the pluto
Gratis and be a plutOcrat yourself in
stead. Not only is the Populist argu-
ment weak and irrational, but it is the
meanest ever addressed to American
voters. 1t is the essence OF envy and
hate and malice and covetousnesS and
the longing to pull another down tina
you may rise upon his PROSTATE body.
1t is a reversion toward the struggle
of savage with savage. Thank heaven
there are few people sunk SO low as to
be open to such enticements. Mr..
will have to take his wares elsewhere.
The demand for them by the self re-
specting people of ST. Paul will be eX-
ceedingly limited.
Well. that is ore way OF, looking at
the questionable plutocratic way.
There is, however, another point of
view. If people prefer to have their
public affairs managed by corpora
tions, trusts and combines they have
every reason to be satisfied with the
present state of affairs. 1t means i'm
mense fortunes for the few and abject
poverty for the many. 1t means the
robbery of the school fund by the pine
land ring; the robbery of the people
by the railways and elevator compan-
les. Against this state of affairs the
Pioneer Press never has word to say.
1t passes by in silence the fact that
the Republican authorities of this
state keep loaned out to banks at
per cent interest millions of the peo-
Piles money, which the same people
have to borrow back at from to &c
per cent interest. All these matters
are not worth mentioning by this plu-
tocratic paper, but that Mr.. Owen OF
anybody else should call attention tC
the fact that by reason of class legis.
lation and unlawful discrimination a
few are enriched at the cost of the
many, is, indeed, heinOus crime.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-26
WILL THEY RETRACT2

Almost without exception the Re-
publican papers of this state have
published the charge that Hon. S. M.
Owen, Peoples party candidate for
governor, is running rat printing
office in this city. There never was
any truth in the charge. On Thurs
day evening last the Printers Populist
club, of Minneapolis, unanimously
adopted the following resolution:
Whereas. A report has been spread
Home" of Minneapolis, with which
the Hon. Sidney NJ. Owen, POpulfst
candidate for governor. is connected,
is running an unfair printing office,
Resolved. That the Printing Trades
IopuIist Club. of minneapolis, COM
posed exclusively Of members of the
various local organizations affiliate ed
with the International Topographic
cal Union, after thorough investi-
CATION of said office. are satisfied
with the relations existing between
the management of said Office and it's
employees.
Resolved. That we. as individual
IaborinE men. heartily indorse the
candidacy of Hon. Sidney NJ. Owen
for the Office of the chief executive
of the state of Minnesota.
These resolutions dispose of the
charge completely. Will the papers
which have made it now have the
manliness to retract it? Probably not.
They do no do business that way.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-26

turn to the specie payment, as it was
called, in 1879, there was but little
gold or silver in circulation, one metal
was quite as plentiful as the other, so
far as either was used as circulating
medium. In other words, there was
practically no gold or silver in circula-
tion during that time. Prior, how
ever, to 1861, and for an indefinite
time Heretofore, the question as to
the difference in intrinsic value Of a
gold dollar, and silver dollar, was
something hardly raised in CONNER
cial circles. When one couples this
fact with the other fact, that France
maintained the two metals, gold and
silver, at a parity with each other for
a hundred years, it does seem as if
Professor McCleary is theorizing, and
dealing with abstract instead of con-
crete history. We are not willing to
believe for single moment that the
United States is unable to undertake
any financial question, no matter Of
what magnitude, or what the charac-
ter, if no more be involved than that
which has been accomplished by an
other nation of one-fifth the area. one
half the population, one-third the
wealth, and with debt four times
greater than that of the United
States
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-26
PINE LAND FRAUDS.

The state of Minnesota has begun
an action in the district court to re-
cover SIC, 900 from Albert H. Powers
and Anthony J. Dwyer for an alleged
fraudulent appropriation Of 5000, 600
feet of pine logs in Itasca county, sec
ton IS, township so, range %. This
is one more Of number of suits
brought against individuals and cor
porations by the state growing out of
the exposure in the 1893 legislature of
the Minnesota pine land steals.
This is but an additional case to
those already commenced, some of
which have already been settled by
the payment into the state treasury
of the sums claimed to be due. 1t
bears out what the REPRESENTATIVE
has claimed that the pine land ring
has robbed the school and university
funds of this state of hundreds of
thousands of dollars. If the people of
this state have sense enough to elect
the Peoples party state ticket and
legislature at the next election these
frauds will be DrObed to the bottom
and much of the money stolen will be
recovered. 1t is the real issue in the
coming election. SO far as the state is
concerned. The pine land ring domin.
ates the Republican party. 1t fur.
nishes the bulk of the campaign funds
for the Golfers of that party and the
people foot the bills. 1t does not seem
possible that it can again carry an
election. If Justice is done it will be
defeated by majority which will be
paralyzing in its extent
The people of Minnesota have sol
emu duty to perform in this matter
The question is, will they perform ii
like honest men.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-09-26
THE LEGISLATURE.

The article from the pen of Mr.. DON
nelly, elsewhere published, in regard
to giving up local offices on the part of
the Peoples party for members of the
legislature in this state meets the
cordial approval Of the REPRESENTA-
TIVE. 1t is in line with the policy
which this paper has advocated for
weeks. The old party hand-organs
try to make it appear that in this
article Mr.. Donnelly tries to sacrifice
the party for his own political ad-
vancement. Nothing could be farther
from the truth. What the Peoples
party wants is the control of the law
making power Of the country. The
way to get this is to elect its candi-
dates for congressman and United
States Sena tors. The last named can
not be secured unless the party gets
control of the legislatures. The way
in which to Go this is indicated by
Mr.. DonHelly's article. 1t makes no
great difference to the Peoples party
whether county treasurer or a
sheriff is in favor Of the free coinage