davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-27
North

pubicons was about to ruin North
Carolina utterly! Oh Lord!
Then this delectable sheet con-
tinues:
ut cost Colorado millions to take a
turn with Populism. 1t was a blow to
Kansas from which it will require
years for the credit Of that state TO
recover. After the fusion crowd had
been cleaned out in North Dakota, it
was found that the affairs Of the state
were hopelessly disordered: and a long
course Of honest business manage
ment will be needed to repair dam
ages. State institutions are left with
out funds or support"
Lies, lies, nothing but lies. The
fall of Populism in Colorado meant
the resurrection of the gamblers, the
toughs and the brothels, marshalled
by the Republican ministers of relig-
ion and sustained by the votes of pros
titutes and servant girls. 1t was a
magnificent performance and a credit
to human nature! And Colorado is
just as poor and as hard-up today as
she was when that great and honest
man, Davis II. Waite. was governor.
The same is true of Kansas.
But the browning infamy Of this
pernicious sheet is found in the at
tempt to make the Populists response
BILE for the dry weather which so ut
terly destroyed the crops Of North Da-
kota that they have had to close up
the universities, normal schools and
other state institutions. Why the
truth is that for two years the people
of all parties, in consequence of UNI
fortunate climatic conditions, could
not pay their taxes and the result was
the Legislature had no money to give
the state institutions. Aspecial tele-
gram to the ST. Paul Dispatch (Rep.l
dated Grand Forks, N. D., March %,
says:
"The state examiner Of North Da-
kota in his fifth annual report CT the
financial condition of the state says
that collections from all sources for
the past fiscal year were somewhat
larger than for 1893, and far below the
collections for 1892. The collections
for the last years are as follows: Year
ending Oct. 81, 1892, SLIP, 594.63; 1893,
$739, 327. 80: 1894, $175, 1902. The re-
ceiptS during the past two years have
not been sufficient to meet the apprO-
priations made by the last legislature,
the shortage being about $3.50, 900 at
the present time"
Most of the bonded debt of the state
was incurred before the constitution
was adopted or the Peoples Party
born, and yet the Pioneer Press has
the marvellous m~endacity to charge
the misfortunes Of the people O the
POpulists.
The rascals might as we'll have held
the Peoples Party responsible for the
$500, 900 stolen by Taylor, the Republi-
can state treasurer of South Dakota,
now a fugitive from Justice; and which
almost brought that state to bank
ruptcy.
Really the man who could lie in the
nefariOus manner of this Pioneer
Press scribbler should be taken out
and hung by an indignant populace.
, He would lie the tongue out of Charles
l Vain. and steal the beams of the
Aurora-Borealis. Nothing is safe from
such a harry.
And yet there are Republicans who
l swallow this nastineSS and delight
) in it.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-27
The Single-Taxers.

We have come to the conclusion that
the advocates of the Single-tax heresy
have a society, widely extended
through the country, under the direc-
tion of a single head; and, when n
one takes issue with the theory orders
are issued to these scattered cohorts
to attack the offending party with all
manner Of shallow arguments and
abuse, and drive him into recantation
or silence. We are forced to this con-
clusion by the fact that for months
past we have been receiving letters
from all parts of the United States,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-27

hueS or h masses OF d nalr. do
you suppose the great Artist went to
the pains OF getting up that exquisite
picture, and transmitting it un-
changed for thousands of centuries,
with intent that these apostles of
beauty and ~torch-bearers of life, from
generation to generation. should make
men of themselves. and meet brutal
and filthy man on terms of perfect
equality inuthen lowest struggles of
life? ih Is
The time may come when woman
suffrage is possible, but that time is
not yet.
Woman is not man. Thank God she
is not. Her brain is smaller. She has
not reached the topmost heights in
any Of the great arts. She has never
yet produced a Caesar, an Angelo, a
Homer, or a Darwin.
Katharine says in the Comedy of Err
"A woman moved is like a fountain
trOubled;
Muddy, ill-seeming, thick, bereft of beau
| And While it is so. none so dry or thirsty
Will delgn to sip. or touch one drop Of1t
Thy husband is thy lord, thy life. thy keep
er,
Thy head. thy sovereign; one that cares
for thee,
And for thy maintenance commits his
body
To painful labor. both by sea and land;
To watch the night in storms, the day in
cold,
While thou liesJ warm at home, secure and
safe;
And Graves no other tribute at thy hands,
But love, fair looks. and true obedience
Too little payment for so great a debt.
Why are our bodies soft and weak and
smooth,
Unapt to toll and trouble in the world,
But that our soft conditions and our
hearts
Should well agree with our external parts"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-27
Growing.

The business OF THE REPRESENTA-
TIVE is growing at such a rate that
we have opened an office in st. Paul,
room 500 Manhattan Building, and
placed it in charge Of Mr.. Samuel A..
Phillips, one of the most energetic
business men in the state. Mr.. Phil
lips will act as Superintendent of Adj
vertising, with headquarters in st.
Paul, and will oon visit Chicago and
New York, in the interests Of this
paper.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-27
Good Words From the Far South

We have received from Mr.. L. w.
Henderson, of Little Pine Creek,
North Carolina, a renewal of his sub
scription and some most earnest and
enthusiastic words in favor of The
REPRESENTATIVE and its editor. We
cannot see that the Alliance man and
farmer in the sunny South feels or
thinks in any wise differently from the
Alliance man and farmer of the great
Northwest. We are one people knit
ted together by kindred interests, and
we are going to work together until
we right the wrongs of the nation.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-27
THANKS.

We have received from J. T. Corn
feldt, manager of the Nutshell Pub
ishing Company, Denver, Col, a hand
some desk ornament pen stand, ETC.,
illustrating the great doctrine of free
coinage of silver andiogold, sixteen to
1t is quite handsome and in
StructiVe. 5%f thd
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-27
Kind Expressions.

Mr.. Olof Swenson, of Wegdahl sends
us a friendly letter. Thanks. MIR. 5.
has an active mind, and it is a pity
that he can not express himself as
freely in English as in his W tongue.
We cannot help but think how badly
we should appear if we tried to write
an article in Swedish. And yet sense
shines through the poorest rhetoric.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-27
An Ovation.

DeLs is making a triumphal tour
through the Pacific States. People
20 miles to hear him speak. The
train has TO stop every now n then
to let him crate from the platform OF
the car to waiting thousands. AT
Spokane the mayor Of the city pre-
sided and an immense audience greet
III l,;n
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-27
Splendid.

Mr.. d. @. Westman, Of Wheaton, on
town-meeting day, March 18th, raised
$500 as subscription for the Peoples
Party League of Minnesota. Ihat is
the kind Of workers the party needs.
The League can do nothing without
''the sincWS OF war"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-27

"The debtor class are trying to
tighten their burdens by law" says a
satellite of the house of Rothschilds.
1t will be a happy day for the country
If the debtor class ever arrives at the
conclusion that they have borne bur-
dens heaped upon them by Plutocracy
as long as they intend to.-The Non
cCnformiSt, Und.o
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-27
And a Silver Lining.

Up to date the assets Of the new sill
yer party consist OF one h%eSitating
presidential candidate and an address
TO the public.-Was !ington Post.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-27

That sounds very pretty; but how
would it do to make them read thus:
."'Rob a chicken house and you're
fined once. Build one and you are
fined (taXed) every year,'-by taking
all taxes off banks, railroads, n ort-
cages, bonds, mills, factories, stores
and palaces. and putting a share of all
these upon the land on which the
chicken-hOuSe stands.
Bully for the chickens!
And again:
,""The home is the safeguard Of Re-
publican institutions. and the single
tax would make it possible for all to
have one'-provided they agreed to
pay neary all the taxes on all the con
centrated wealth of the community!
And if they didn't they couldn't have
q hOma''
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-27

the same subject, covering the same
years, but one made six years after
the other. and they show discrepancies
of from $500, 000, coo to $500 900, 900 for
the same year. 1t may we'll be doubt
ed if the history of government re-
porting since such reporting was in
vented shows such braZen fraud, false
hoOd and fiendiSh tineSSe. There is a
monster brood of lies out, all from
government officials, and the reader
must be left to judge whether the alb
stract for 1886 or that for 1863 is doing
the hugest lying. He will naturally
conclude not to believe either report,
the only safe thing to do.
But this is not all: The 10th alb
stract says that for the years 1865, '66,
81 we had in circulation an average
Of 1858, 1874, 436, while the report of the
secretary of the treasury for 1863 says
that from Sept. !, 1865, to Sept. l, 1867,
the currency was reduced by funding
and destroying, $797, 725,317. The sec
rotary Of the treasury must have bor-
nearly SIS, OC0, 600 to have had
enough to destroy or fund SO much,
and then left not a cent in the coun-
try. Did he borrow the money, was,
every cent taken out Of circulation. or
have government officials lied?
We do not suppose such direct con-
tradictions could be drawn from the
official utterances of any other gov
eminent on earth.
We have fallen on evil and corrupt
days when such things are possible.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-27
FalIacieS.

The single-taxers deserve credit for
their interchangeable industry. They
have little slips which they paste on
the front of their envelopes. One
reached us today with the following
orangc-cOlOred labels:
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-27
SHAMEFUL.
A Lying Government.

No: not the government, but its Of
ticers. This is the way they do it.
Farm, Stock and Home says:
The ninth statistical abstract of the
treasury department., for 1856, gives
the amount OF money purported to be
in circulation each year from 1857 to
1886, and the 10th abstract, for 1893,
reports on the same matter down to
the last named date. The 9th and
10th abstracts give the money in Cir
culatiOn for the year named herewith,
and the differences given are typical of
those for each year during the whole
ne rjOd.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-27

a: The home is the:
safeguard of Re-:
publican inStitu-:
.tiOnS. and the:
single tax would:
make it possible:
for all to have:
one.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-27

: Rob a chicken .
house and you're
fined once. Build:
.one and you are.
T: fined (taxed)
every year.
The free press., 1895-02-14
FEEDING PIGS IN WINTER.

We are quite aware of the fact that
IN feeding fall and winter pigs 1T is
much easier to throw few sho7elfuls
of corn into their trough than to take
ihe time and trouble to stir them up
some mixed food or slop, which it is
necessary they should have in order to
sake them through the winter, so that
they may be in first-class shape in
spring. Take what skim milk you
may have and placing it in barrel,
Of food, put in it enough bran or
ground feed to make the whole thing
luite stiff. In this you have some
hing which will take off the monotony
of constantly eating corn, and should
she skim milk be short, water would
10 almost as we'll. 1t is
necessary to feed all that has
oeen mixed at one time, for if it is
aot fed right away it will become sour
md consequently give the pigs the
scours. If you should add any vege-
tables to the slop they ought to be
cooked before doing SO, as young pigs
will eat great deal more of any veg
etable if cooked, and relish them
more than if they are given raw. In
regard to the barrel used for this pur-
pose, it might be we'll to say that it
should be kept scrupulously clean,
giving it goood securing out at least
once week with boiling hot water. =
tyew York Witness
The free press., 1895-02-14
The Sultan a Hard Worker.

A correspondent who has just re-
turned from Constantinople writes
that, according to current converse
tion in that city, the present Sultan of
Turkey is one of the most hard-worked
men in all the Ottoman dominions.
Rising at o'clock every morning, his
days in the seclusion of the Yildiz
Palace and gardens are devoted to per-
sonal attention to all the affairs of
State laid before him by his Ministers.
He has been the means of establishing
so, 900 schools throughout his Empire,
not only for boys, but for girls also,
which is strong departure from the
traditional usage of the race and
people. Once week only does he
present himself to the view of the
people, to assure them of his con-
tinued existence and health. On one
of these State visits to the mosque,
two or three weeks ago, His Majesty
was accompanied in his carriage by
Ghazi Osman Pacha. The difference
in appearance between them is remark
able. The Sultan is of slight figure.
A plain brown overcoat conceals any
decorations he might be wearing,
leaving all the attention of spectators
to be directed to his pale, wan and
careworn face, half covered by thin
brown beard tinged with gray and
surmounted by n plain red fez. Osman
Pacha has long silver gray beard, a
robust physique, manly bearing and
clear, bright eye. He acknowledged
any remark made to him by the Sultan
with military salute. London News.
The free press., 1895-02-14
PROFIT IN BUTTER.

With butter, as with fruit or meat,
it is not the average quality that
brings the highest price, but the
superfine product, and here is where
the true profit comes in. The actual
cost of producing pound of butter is
precisely the same whether the result
is axle grease or an article of the
highest grade. The difference between
them represents care and cleanliness.
The more you give of these two the
better the product.
The majority of butter-makers are
willing to bestow certain amount of
each on their work, but they will not
go beyond to ''fuss" or be "inicky."
1t is too much trouble, they think;
besides their butter is as good or per-
haps better than their neighbors.
This is doubtless true, and this is why
average" butter is the result. But
what We all do equally well has no
particular value in every department
ment of life, and butter-m making is no
exception. 1t is the doing things
little better than our neighbors that
makes us sought after and puts our
work at a premium. 1t is the little
extra care and cleanliness in making
the butter which raises it above the
average, the additional five minutes
which seem so trihing compared with
the rest of the work, yet which bring
about such different results. ts.-New
York World.
The free press., 1895-02-14
PITY the Poor Gar.

The late Gar was very fond of
eggs, and ate large quantities of them.
He was always on the watch for poison
in his food. and he thought eggs
would be safe from any deadly drug;
he was therefore much startled to find
that by pricking them with poisoned
needle enough aconite to kill could be
placed in them. The poor Czar never
ate in any peace, and the arrangement
for his meals was one of the most i'm
portant proceedings of his reign.
When he made the journey across
Russia to reach his southern palace at
Livadia, royal kitchens were fitted up
at intervals along the route. These
were conducted by large forces of
picked and trusted servants, who were
on duty for days that they might
merely cook one meal when his royal
train should reach the place. If the
train was little late and the meal was
not needed, as happened more than
once in the journey, all the work and
waiting went for nothing at one
kitchen, while the next one was hasti-
ly commanded by telegram to move
forward several miles, perhaps, to
meet the train sooner than had been
planned. A Gear, you know, does
not have to think about any trouble
his orders may give. New York
TimeR
The free press., 1895-02-14
Uses and Value of Charcoal.

Charcoal is one of the most re-
markable articles IN common use, and
possesses many qualities not generally
understood by the laity. AS an alb
sorbent of bad odors it has no equal.
Placed around articles of food, it pre-
vents decay and preserves them for a
time in all of their freshness. In fine
powder it is one of the most perfect
dressings for malignant wounds and
those where proud flesh is present.
As a cure for headaches it is invaln-
able, teaspoonful in half glass Of
water often aftording immediate re-
lief. The power of charcoal to absorb
gases is not generally appreciated. 1t
will take up and hold thirty volumes
of ammonia, forty of nitrous oxide,
sixty-fve of sulphurous acid, and
eighty-five of hydrochloric acid. Some
of these gases may be withdrawn and
used at will. The storage value OF
charcoal, while it is just becoming
known to practical workers, has al
ready opened many avenues of future
usefulness. New York Ledger.
The free press., 1895-02-14
ARTIFICIAL WATERING.

The great loss and suffering entailed
by the prolonged drought OF the past
season have caused the thoughts OF
farmers, fruit growers and market gar
deners to turn toward irrigation as a
means of becoming Independent of the
caprices of the weather, and lnsuring
n crop at all times. This is we'll, but
the other great advantages offered by
irrigation are not properly compre-
hended.
Its effect upon the size of fruit
was very plainly shown in compari-
son recently made by running irri-
gated and non-irrigated peaches
through a grader set the same for both
lots SO as to made three grades ac-
cording to size. The irrigated peaches
came out about one-fifth first grade,
three-fift second and one fifth third
while the non-irrigated peaches came
out about half and half seconds and
thirds, with very few first grade. The
variety, culture and general condi-
tions We're about the same.
In another experiment undertaken
to determine the shrinkage of dried
fruit, it has been found that irrigated
fruit has less shrinkage, and is, there
fore worth more in its green state thar
fruit grown without irrigation. The
The free press., 1895-02-14
Try nrthe UNSUCCESSFUL.

vou thought in your moments ol
triumph,
;, vou that are high in the tree,
:, - 10 days and the nights that are bitter
., hitter to others and me?
ID, the efforts to do what is clever
posult in a failure so sad
4 4 the clouds of dependency gather
"A dim all the hopes that we had2
!. vou thought when the world was ap-
plauding
your greatness, whatever it be,
ksmo tears that in silence were falling
vs. falling from others and me?
i, tbe hardest aud latest endeavors
.ppeared to be only in vain.
d we've curtained our eyes in the night
time,
Indifferent to waking again?
!, 4 wants but little reflection,
And you'll be the first to agree
nat the favors in which you are basking
,,e darkness to others and me.
,dits hard when you lie in the sunshine
nj fortune so smiling indeed.
! vou have not thought for the many
Who'll never, can never succeed.
Pail Mall Budget.
The free press., 1895-02-14
FOR FARM AND GARDEN.
HEIGHT OF HORSES.

It is said that the Arabs have two
methods of estimating what will be the
height of horses. By the first a cord
is stretched from the nostril over the
ears and down along the neck this
distance is compared with that from
the withers to the feet. The colt will
grow as much taller as the first dis
tance exceeds the second. By the
other method the distance between
the knee and the withers is compared
with that from the knee to the coro-
net. If it had reached the proportion
of two to one the horse will grow no
taller. New York World.
The free press., 1895-02-14

the dry bones of the horse, or the
rickety old gig. The question of
which would go to pieces first, was
speedily settled by one of the hubs
striking post, which, in an instant,
reduced the vehicle to its original
elements and brought Old Roam up
standing, his composure completely
restored, the crackers having ceased
to pop.
"Who on earth did it?" roared the
captain.
Willard didn't know, unless it was
a sandy haired boy he had just seen
dodge round the corner, with face
too dirty to be recognized.
What with the excitemnet, and the
gathering up of the fragments, and
the arrangements necessary to get the
captain and Old Roam home, the OBJ
ject OF the formers visit was, for the
time, forgotten. Before he found an
opportunity to renew it, a severe at
tack of gout laid him up for season.
Meanwhile Willard pressed his suit.
Mr.. Stiles gave his consent. Mary's
had already been obtained, and the
family tree" had settled all scruples
with the captain, whose only regret
was at not being able to attend the
wedding. Whether he ever found out
the true state of the case, is more than
we can tell. If he did he said moth
ing, for Mary's loving, grand daugh-
terly ways soon completely won his
proud ole heart; and when little
great grand children began to prattle
about his knees, it wouldn't have made
much difference what he found out.
The free press., 1895-02-14
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Fruit should be kept in II cool place.
Bran and oats are the best feed for
| growing colts
Feed your live stock regularly and
literally. 1t pays.
When gathered from the field
squashes should be placed in u cool,
dry room.
In Paris the law compels the dealer
in horse-fesh to place horses head
over his stall.
Crushed wheat mixed with oats in
proportion of one to two is said to
make an excellent feed for horses.
In the south of France it is custom
ary to feed grapes to horses, seven
pounds being the regular allowance.
When planning the union bed for
next season be sure you have in mind
a parcel of land that has been kept free
of weeds for some years. Onions never
pay where weeds abound.
Fallen leaves are the natural mulch
but in these days of insect and fungus
enemies it will pay to rake up and
burn them and use litter that is free
from weed seed as mulch.
If the ground is not frozen too deep
it will still pay you to get some soil
and bury part of the roots put in the
cellar for home consumption or sell
ing later. If you have never tried it
you will be surprised to find how firm
and brittle they will come out of the
earth in future months.
Sell your surplus now, especially
YOUR cockerels and older stock, which
you do not intend to keep. Make
room for only such birds as you wish
to retain for laying purposes and
breeding next spring. Feed nothing
that does not pay its boarding, as corn
will be higher in price during the
winter; this means expense, and pos
sibly more than you will derive from
the flock.
In destroying rats about poultry
house, or in fact anywhere, always
feed them every day some delicate
morsel for week until they expect it;
then put poison on it, and nine times
rut of ten you will be sure to kill
your victim. More damage to hen
comes from these rodents than any
thing else, and every one should be
destroyed as fast as it makes its ap-
pearance.
Do not allow any bird in your flock
to be afflicted with scabby legs, be-
cause 1T Is III every way detrimental to
the birds usefulness, and will ulti-
mately make it an eyesore to you and
become useless. Rub on mixture of
sulphur and lard, or coal oil and lard
twice week just as soon as you dis
cover it, and it will eventually kill out
the germ of the insect that imbeds it.
self under the scales of the legs.