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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19
How Our Congressmen Voted

On the vote to strike out the appro-
priation to enforce the income tax,
taken in the house, Dec. IS, Fletcher,
McCleary, McCleary, Tawney, Boen
and Kiefer did not vote. while Bald
win and Hall voted against the ques-
tion to strike out. Good for them.
On the bill to authorize railroad
companies to pool their earnings to
prevent competition, Baldwin, Fetch
er and Kiefer voted yea; while Boen,
McCleary and Tawney voted no. Hall
did not vote. Very much split up pc
litically,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19
the selection there is none who would
suit us better, or the people Of the
state better, that Mr.. Nelson, and we
would not be surprised to see him
brought out as a dark horse.

UIOuRuU OUT DIS Il udTk uOTSe.
Litchfield Ledger (Rep): The editor
Of the Elk River Star, in a recent edi-
torial on Senator Washburn's candida
cy, said: "He WAS hburn) has to over
come the opposition of lot of leg-pul-
ling parasites who manage to get into
the legislature for what there is in it
for themselves" Say, Bro. Dare, was
you aware that the ass may make his
presence known in the darkest Of
night by his bray. Meeker county has
two votes in the coming senatorial
election and if they are cast for some
other good man besides Mr.. Washburn
it will be because they express the SEN
timent of the constituency that sent
them and we doubt not that you will
wake up to the fact that there are
many other like tituencies in 9th
er parts of the state. Not that the
people have lost their respect for Mr..
WaShburn, but because they believe
the senatorial mantle should be large
enough to cover the entire state in
stead OF being cut by pattern that
has to be stretched to cover two coun-
ties. Neither can the people be made
to believe that w. D. Washburn is the
only senatorial Moses in Minnesota,
when we can see men as S. G. Com
stock, M. e. Clapp, j. A. Tawney and
many others without the aid of a mi
CrOScOpe
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19
TREASURY GOLD,

Gold expectations have recon.
menced in good earnest, and Satur.
days steamers, so far as now known,
will take out 81 800, 900. The treasury
gold, which was increased to SIP. OOO,-
900 by the bond issue was. last Satur-
day, reduced to $lO7 .0CO OO0 and yester-
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19

wreckers, and not pay $500 to an ex-
pert to examine certain county ac-
counts which have already been ex-
amined and found correct
The county dads are inclined, we
opine, to strain at gnat of expense
and swallow dromedary of loss.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19

liorating the copditjon Of the common
people. We extendto him our hearty
good wishes, with tie hope that the
closing years Of his eventful career
will overflow with chat peace and en-
joyment which is tile reward of well
spent life.-Martin County Sentinel
(Rpn)
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19

JUDGE WOODS, of Indiana, who pro-
tected "Blocks of Five Dudley" found
Debs guilty of contempt of court and
sentenced him to jail for six months.
An appeal will be taken. No sentence
that Woods can impose on Debs will
disgrace the great labor reformer.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19

WE call special attention to the ad-
vertsement Of Hotel Brunswick. This
house is centrally located and only a
short distance from convention. The
proprietor has reduced his rates to
delegates to annual meeting of the
State Farmers Alliance.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19

The county alliance will convene at
Montevideo, on Saturday, 22nd day Of
December. at 10 o'clock a. m., for the
purpose of discussing important meas
ures pertaining to the farmers inter
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19

est, and to elect delegates to the State
Alliance convention to be held in Min
neapolis, on January s, 1895. Come
all. O. H. ARNTzEN,
Chairman
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19

Mazeppa Tribune (Rep): There are
three men in Minneapolis. any one of
whom could be elected United States
senator this winter without opposi-
tiOn. Their names are r. G.. Evans,
D. f. Morgan and William Henry Eus-
It's. If the Minneapolis Republicans
likely that they will go down to de-
feat. That's the situation.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19

Western Guard (Rep.): There are
strong reasons for letting the power of
electing United States senators re-
main with the state legislatures, but
if rich men continue to have preference
much longer, the power will be take n
away from them and delegated to the
people, and the only way to stop the
clamOr for the change is to make the
elections of the future such as to show
that no improper influences operated.
Let it at once appear that ability and
fitness for the place are the only
things that count, and we shall hear
no more Of this question.
Avoca Independent: 1t is amusing
to see how the Republican press of
this district are now praising and
booming Washburn for reelection.
During the recent campaign they did
not have the courage to defend or
boom Washburn, for they knew the
| country people are solid against Wash
burn. That's a patriotic press for you.
give St. Paul or Minneapolis the sena-
election of a United States senator
what is the use of the country mem
bers participating in the election at
all. They may as we'll stay at home
home until the senator has been elect
| ed, and save board bills.
| Echo Enterprise: When the polite
| al editors of the Pioneer Press, Mime
| apOliS Journal, Times and Tribune get
caught up with news editors they will
discover that there is fight on the
reelection of Washburn. Again they
will discover that the Investigating
committee of sixyears ago did about
the rottenest job of whitewashing that
has ever exonerated any public man in
this state. They can pile on the kali
somine as thick as they like but the
black shadow of corruption which
| hangs over that memorable contest
can not be obscured.
Alexandria Citizen: The Republi-
cans are entitled to anything they
want after the late election. We are
willing to concede this. Knute Mel
son was the man who carried their
banner to the victor, and is also en-.
titled to anything he wants in the gift
OF this state, and that should be the
United States senatorship. AS it is
necessary the Republicans should have
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19
WASHBURN.

Clarkfield Advocate: If the sena-
torial race is between Lind and Wash
burn we would say elect Lind. The
New Ulm statesman is in advance of
his party.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19
NOTES FROM EXCHANGES.

Duluth Commonwealth: Donnelly
has resigned from. the State Alliance
and thinks he has retired. He doesn't
know how to rdtre. AS long as there
is any fight Donnelly will be in the
middle Of it. He wasn't born out of
Irish for nothing.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19

The Grain Growers Association of
the Northwest.
Presdent-W. J. BODKIN. Moorhead, MINI.
Secretary-A. H. HENDRICKSON...
.........................Sa Sank Centre MINI.
Vice-President at Large-L. c. long,.
Mag HOllo, N1lillI
VICE-PRESIDENTS AND GENERAL
ORGANIZERS FOR THEIR SEVERAL
DISTRICTS.
LIST Dist.-THOMAS j. MEIGHEN........
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Forestville, Mimi
I'd Dist.-ERIC OLSON. .Sherbourne, Mimi
Sd Dist.-SOREN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .Rosendale Mimi.
4th and Fifth Dist-S W. POWELL......
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. saltwater, Mimi
9Th Dist-KITTELL HALVORSON......
DSlSl duo, hluii.
9TH Dist.-R. j. Morris, MINI.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19

THE REPRESENTATIVE is pub
Ished every Wednesday IN Mfnneap-
oils by THE REPRESENTATIVE PUB
LISTING COMPANY, to whom all or
ders therefor should be addressed,
and all checks, postOMce orders, ETC.,
should be made payable. Entered ms
second class matter Mt the Mfnnenp-
oils postOfIice. business Office Room
S06 BOstOD Block, Minneapolis.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19

Peoples Party Bureau of Education.
l icHldcill.-. MIDI. W. IoWiCi
First vice president. H. J. Q. Reed
Second vice president. ......A. L. Gardener
Secretary ........................L Leroy Berrier
Asst secretary. Col J. II. Pierce, Minneapolis
Treasurer. +. w. Bonham, St. Paul
Executive board
Francis II. Clarke, A. Wesenberg, H. E.
Boon, VIM. r. Dobbyn, Thos. j. Meighen.
l. c. Long. X. Halverson, +. f. Clark. Dr..
A. Hirshfeldt, H. S. Seed. 7. H. Lucas, F.
Whtmarsh, w. j. Warren, Judge David
Cochrane, l. I. TOPPING. John Murphy,
Thos Ward.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-10-07

bullets marked by them he received the
Ere of these pistols Without sustaining
the slightest injury.
After bullets previously marked hau
been loaded into pistols furnished oy
the Arabian chief and well ram meo
home the chief fired point blank the
length OF a DINING room table at the
magician. He smiingly caught IL De-
tween his teeth and returned 1t to the
Arab to the greatest astonishment OF
all present. Then Houdln picked up
the remaining pistol on the table, and
with the remark, "Your aim is not so
deadly as NINE" he fred against the
white wall of the room and caused a
spot of blood to appear exactly where
the bullet struck.
WAX BULLETS.
This feat was preiOrm in this man
ner: The pistols were OF large cailbre,
and Houdin had prepared himself for
the trick by running melted wax into
the bullet mould, allowing it to remain
long enough to partly cool, the mould
was inverted and the hot wax was al.
lowed 10 run out, leaving a thin smell
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cobra-which was concealed in the
commerabund, or sash, around MS
waIst-drew the snake and the cane
together from beneath the cloth out TO
the full length, and laid them on the
ground, where to all appearances there
was nothing but the cane beneath the
cloth, but where in reality there were
the walking cane and the cobra, lying
side By side. In a few minutes the
cobra, realizing that he is free, begins
10 move about. II is then that the cane
and cloth are removed, and IL is thus
that the walking stick is turned Into
serpent.
Your traveller. in writing this, told
the truth, but the fact that he neglect
ed TO describe the white cotton cloth
wrapped about the fakir and the uan-
per in which hs spread it over the cane
before transforming it into a serpent
made his story more wonderful and rob-
bed il Of all possibility.
SUSPENDED ANIMATION.
Works Of travel fairly bristle with
stories of decapitation in the open air
ana on the hard ground, and the moS'
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sted for over o year. "a year.!
a Thomas. II haven't seen my
pr DSer three years."
az may be al right FOR you and
WIFE" said the captain, "but me
y wife amt that kind OF people.
clergy havo considerable fun
mes in quiet and sure way. A
man not long ago who had two
|ns-one at tbs north end and one
west end OF tow0-annOunced
here would on the following sun
services At 10 o'clock al the
end and three o'clock p. m.
west end; baptism OF children at
|nds.
re was 8 Methodist minister who
d q church in q young Western
md was alterward promoted 70 be
Ing elder. On his travels he ran
q brisk young blade, with whom
'veled by stage several days with
'xchanging cards. At the end Of
cOnd day they hauled MP at taV-
I'D both took a little cholera mix
|ut OF the strangers canteen. Go
to mine or trader" asked the
young man Of the preacher. "Nsi-
he" said the elder wiping his
che. "Tm the presiding elder OF
g Creek
o h--l you are." said the stran-
Take another drink"
now time 10 drag 10 az English
We cannot expect all TO be sun
n this life. Here is one which no
q read thoughtiully without be-
a better man.
ofthe Dukes OF Dovenshire, who
ed the society Of Brooks club TO
Dovenshire House, used fire.
Y 70 pass a cobbler's stall on his
ome In the small hours. They al
ereeted each other.
cd MIGHT, sir, said the duke.
. Cd s2Tning sir" said the COB
3 Italics 90 along With the joke;
me small caps, an aSterisk aud q
parenthesea) The ready wit Of
Ike reminds me Of the marvellous
repartee shown by the Duke Of
.shirs, who went 20 the play one
2 and sat in a proscenium box.
several earnest jays on board,
'ough 10 make him talkative, so
he criticised the comedian loud
p for him 20 hear TO-
be that CART more rope" said bs to
Ike.
xer than a flash the duke, without
an instant 20 prepare a reply,
med, with keen satire, $50 70
gou of a. which
IlIowed by shrleks Of laughter from
WHO enjoyed 20 the full his brill
partee and disOrderiy house per-
IDLY I may continue this paper
reek, when l will speak more at
upon the modern joke.
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3 very superior ind Aidual. bis mission
was to strike terror INTO the hearts OF
Arabs By showing % that French
man might st vii der himself bull
let proof, aud it, ded thart Robert
HouGih took dueiling pistols
and loaded. owder furnished
By she A with leaden
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-10-07
wHEEIING REaIsTER. SUNDAY. OCTOBER "a 1884

change, and it was ! ten dollar gold
piece. It was shown to the spectators,
pronounced genuine. when the Innocent
Young man took it and slipped IL into
his pocket, and saying Thank you"
walked,out of the room.
l had entertained my friends, | had
complied with his request, but 1t cost
me lust nine dollars and half to do 1t.
A. HERMANN.
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BULLET CATCHING.

The bullet firing test, illusion or
trick, call il as you may, recently per-
formed in the Metropolitan Opera
House for the benefit OF the Herald
free ice fund, probably attracted more
attention than any one performance
ever given in this country, and numer-
Gus were the solutions offered and ex-
Dl anatiOns given.
Now, the idea Of being fred at with
powder aud ball is by no means original
with me, nor is il new. To the manner
OF its execution only do lay the claim
of originality. So marvellous was the
announcement that a performer would
allow himself TO be fired at with pow
der and ball that the French govern
ment employed Robert HOudsn TO go TO
North Africa and convince the Arabic
chiefs that the Frenchman was
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-10-07

Hust IL Come 60 This?
Kansas Guy Journal (RsR)
Oh, mother, please, mother, come home
with me now.
The afternoons slipping by fast,
You said you were coming right home
from the polls,
As soon as your ballot was cast.
Poor father came in for his dinner at
noon,
And not a mcuthful COULD he find.
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ROW IT'S DONE.

Thus, while the cane leaves the sight
the audience for s moment its out
hes are clearly marked beneath the
ltton cloth used for its COncealment;
en- begins the incarnation, when, to
Q establishment OF all, the cane begins
show signs OF life and slowly raises
"a moves the cotton cloth, convincing
e spectators that there is really ser
ut on the ground where the cane was
laced. The performer then stOOps
wn and picks up the cloth in the cen
E, never snatcbing it away by taking
BID of one corner Of it, but grasping IN
Ech manner as 70 seize the end OF
g cane, which is still there con-
|aled by the movements OF the ser
bat, which is also there. In throwing
Tay the cloth the cane is also thrown
|ide. The eyes of the crowd being
ed upon the serpent, the cane is
bickly and adroitly passed TO con.
Iderate, the cloak shaken and thrown
|ound the shoulders OF the perform
who, having allowed the snake TO
Rwl about few minutes, seizes it,
sn attendant, places the snake in
sKet, takes up a collection Of p'ce
aDnas, with an occasional rupee il
spectators iberal, and the thing
lone.
Now, when Sd rmer put the cane
ldernsath his be brought one
q Of it 20 bis Ihere be grssped
q and ~ the - the head az she
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;pent he approaches the holder Of the
pe, takes 10 from him, Sejzes 10 at
! b end, raises 10 slowly above his
hd, then draws it gradually through
hands and slips OF his manJle-be-
nothing more or less than common
eet-pUts tho caue beneath the sheet,
en- grasDs il 90 each end and lays 60
the Eround, carefully covered with
G mantle
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B. DAYTON.

l. Hur ran! here comes tho
,. No man can be moro
3. In storm as well as
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wonderful feat that Is described Is what
must DO called purely q trick, as trick
II is. A grave is dug, and Hindoo,
usually a slight lad, is mesmerlzed or
hyDnOtized, placed in this grave, cover
ed up with loose earth, where be is lett
for a mum Der OF hours, quite long enough
10 suffocate an ordinary individual,
when, with much ceremony and beating
OF many tomtoms and the mutteripgs OF
many inCantatiOnS, be is dug up and
given a glass OF some revlving oever-
age, after when be walks away, appa-
rent'y uninjEred.
Eh.s ls,truly wonderful, but II the
gpeccstOr could look inside the garments
Of the lad before be is consigned to the
earth he would sea a few joints Of cane
or bamboo so arranged that one would
slip inside the other. The pith has
been removed from these joints, aud
thew are really wooden tubes that, when
iolaed together, will form one long tube
or pipe foot or eighteen inches in
length. The earth over the buried lads
hands is left loose enough 80 he can
work them free and slip the tubes to-
gether, aud as the hands are placed on
each side OF the face one end OF the tube
is placed in the mouth and the other
placed near enough the surface OF the
earth TO admit the air. Then any
distractions that may have collected IN
the tube are blown out and breathing is
an easy matter until the performer is
resurrected.
CRYSTAL, GLOBES.
The early travellers wrote and rewrote
accounts of HiGdoo and Arabian magi-
clans who wore the pOssessors of crystal
globes, and when patient or client con-
suited one of these wise men Of the
East he was shown this globe, partly
concealed by the hand Of the performer,
when, to the amazement OF the seeker
OF knowledge, the portrait OF some dead
relative, the picture OF city soon to be
visited By the client, or some scene from
spirit land was seen to form itself dis
tinctly in the crystal and then fade
away. This globe fOretOld victory or
defeat to Hiudo Maharsjahs about TO go
to war with their neighbors. Ii also
foretold good or evil fortune, as occa-
sion may require, and no one attempted
TO solve the mystery. all seemed 70
construe It ss the most wonderful thing,
and there the matter rested until ex-
planned.
This globe Is simply a piece OF glass
or crystal, perfectly transparent. 1t Is
shown the spectator, when the per-
former, VINO has previously been made
aware Of the subject upon which the
globe is to be consulted, slips small
painting, drawing, sketch or photo
graph Illustrating what he desires TO
foretell into tue palm OF his hand. Plac-
lag the globe over this, he begins the
lamentations, and allows the visitor to
see the results OF his magic. 1t is in
this manner that visions ou bowls Of
crystal liquids, little pools of water in
the clear heart Of the crystal globe are
reelected.
The Parsees Of India or the fire wor-
shippers Of Persia are magacisns more
clever than the Hindoo brethren, but
all the receptions that are prscticed are
as easily fathomed as the one shown by
the Hiudoo MohammedsuS and the East
Indian fakirs when carefully analysed
and eScrbed
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And the words that be said Is he slam
med the front door
Left strong smell Of snlphtr behind.

IT'S SOZODONT the whole world cries,
IT'S SOZODONT which purities
TIE breath and mouth, and dirt deHes.
IT'S SOZODONT for which We cry,
Sweet SOZODONT for which we sigh,
IT'S only SOZODONT we buy.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-30

was originally a knife stuck in the
muzzle of q gun.
Some biologists regard madstones as
fossil corals.
Egyptian children are never washed
until they are n year old.
A Paris newspaper is organizing q
competition OF self moving wagons.
Live fish have been safely trans-
mitted by mail from India to London.
In Hong-Kong and Shanghai there
is no duty on spirits, about the only
thing imported free.
Secretary Gresham is the prize
smoker of the Cabinet. His allowance
is 20 cigars a day.
Natives Of Ceylon believe the cocoa
nut tree will not grow out of the sound
Of the human voice.
An electric door mat has been in.
vented which rings the bell as soon as
anyone steps on it.
1t is estimated that a man go years
old has devoted seven months Of his
life to buttoning his shirt collar.
Balata, the product of a tree in
Sumatra, threatens to become a rival
of india rubber and gutta percha.
One of the pioneers of California is
Wong Zip Kong, who came from Hong
Kong in a sailing vessel in 1874.
Sugar cane is mentioned by Strabo
as known in India as early as 1926 B. @.
It then used in it's raw state.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-30

Jas. FL. Wright, Carlton, N. c.. Or
ganizer for Sixth district, composed of
counties of Johnston, Wake, Durham,
Granville and Vance.
@. Meg. Dunn, Populi, N. G., Organ
lzer for Seventh district, composed Of
Cumberland, Robson, Bladen, Column
bus and Brunswick counties.
Elijah w. Flake, Rockingham, NJ.
O., Organizer of Eighth district, COM
posed of Harnett, Moore, Richmond,
Arson, Union, Stanly and Montgom-
cry counties.
Geo. E. Hunt, Michael, N. c., Organ
izer for Tenth district, composed Of
Guilford, Rockingham, Stokes, For
syth, Davidson, Davie, Yadkin and
Surry counties.
J. P. Sossaman, Huntersville, N. O..
Organizer for Eleventh district COM
posed of Rowan, Cabarrus, Mecklen-
burg, CASTOR, Lincoln and Iredeu
counties.
First district, composed of the oun
ties of CurritUck, Camden, Pasquo-
tank, Perquimans, Chowan, Gates,
Hartford, Rev. T. W. Babb, Hartford,
N. @.
Ninth district, composed of Ran
dolph, Chatham, Orange, Person, Cas-
vel and Alamance, J.R. Means, Trim
~ College, N. @.
Fourth district, Don @. Sanders, Of
Burgaw, N. G., Organizer. Counties
in the district, Wayne, Duplin, Ons-
low, Fender, New Hanover and Samp-
son.
Twelfth District, composed of the
counties of Alexander, Wilkes, Allie
ghany, Ashe, Watauga, Mitchell and
Surry, J. w. Cox, EdwardsviIIe, N. O.
George W. Hahn, Tuscola, N. O.,
Organizer for Fifteenth district, COM
posed of the counties of Haywood,
Jackson, Swain, Macon, Graham, Clay
and Cherokee.
A. w. Parker, Sylvia, N. G., organ
izer for the 14th district, composed Of
the counties of Buncombe, Yancey,
Madison, Henderson, Pennsylvania and
Polk.