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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-02-27
AN IMPORTANT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
10 the Alliance Men of Minnesota.
SALTWATER. MINI Feb q

SALTWATER, Mimi, Feb. %, 49,
am happy to inform you through
the columns of the REPRESENTATIVE
that l have concluded very import
ant business transaction, by which
the Alliance men of Minnesota will
be able to save over $780, annually.
have arranged with the agent of a
leading coal company to get your coal
through the business agency in car
lots at wholesale prices. 1t will be
done in the following manner. Four
or five members club together. A, B.,
q and d wants five tons of coal each,
or car load in all,-20 tons. They
club their ORDER send it to me; turn
the order and cash over to the coal
company, and they will ship by the
most direct and cheapest route to the
parties who sent the order. If the
coal is wanted in the southern part of
the state it will be shipped from Mil
waukee; if it is wanted in the north.
ern part it will be shipped from Du-
luth; in fact, it will in all cases be
shipped by the most direct and cheap
est route.
The quality of coal this company
handles is excelled by none. All Ali
ance men who wish to avail them
selves OF an opportunity OF getting
their coal direct from the mines
should at once form themselves into
clubs for car lots; and send me the
name and address of the person Sc
lected to do their business; and l will
record it.
In this way l will be able to show
| the company how much coal we will
| want and / will also be able to send
out monthly price lists to each club.
Many will be able to take advantage
Of July and August prices now,
Brother farmers, don't miss this gold
en- opportunity to build up your Ali
anceS and business DEPARTMENT. which
will interest many who cannot be
reached through any other channel
When you see this notice act at
once; start the ball rolling and keep
it rolling until your whole neighbor-
hood is interested.
Try and see who will get their name
at the head of the list.
also wish to inform you that am
negotiating other very important
columns of the REPRESENTATIVE.
| Every Alliance man and every
farmer in the state should take the
REPRESENTATIVE, the best family
newspaper in the state. If you can't
spare the money to pay full year. S
subscription, take it for three months
and l know at the end of that time
you will find means to take it for
three months more. even if you have
to loose five "beers!'
| S. w. POWELL,
| Business Agent.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-02-27

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suits and during the looming year it
will be the chief care df our officers to
perfect the business methods in their
various lines so that membership in
the Alliance shalhi be, profitable. not
alone socially, morally rand education
ally, but financially as well. I wish To
be fully Informed as to the needs Of
the Order In all parts Of this district
as quickly as possible, and to this end,
ask all members ash we'll as officers, to
write me fully. 50 that may be ad-
vised of your condition and require
ments at once.
The Fourth district includes Indi-
ana, Illinois, Iowa. Kansas, Nebraska,
South Dakota, North Dakota, Mime
sofa, Wisconsin and Michigan.
Trusting that THE coming year may
be one of great prosperity to our Or
der, and that each member will con-
tribute his or her best efforts to pro-
mote this prosperity, remain frater-
nally yours, C. VINCENT.
373 West Market ST., Indianapolis, Ind.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-02-27
A MEAN MAN.
He Had Simply Played His Fellow Pas
senEers.

He Had Simply Played His Fellow Pas
senEers.
He sat next to the front door Of a Mich
igan avenue car the other afternoon, and
just when the car had filled up with pas
sengers he made sudden dive for the door,
worked his thumb and finger between the
gratings and then stood up and loudly in
Quired:
HAS any one in this car lost great big
diamond out of ring?"
Every passenger gave a start of surprise
and each one held out his or her two hands
to see If their diamond rings were all O.
X. and right side up, says the Detroit Free
Press.
1T isn't worth over $500 at the outside,
continued the man as he faced the rear end
some one dead and gone, and therefore to
be missed by the owner. Which one of you
lost it?''
Every man and woman moved uneasily
and looked up and down and around. Even
the woman with a market basket on her
fingers.
Il don't want to be Juggling around
$500 diamond" said the man as he looked
from passenger to passenger; "but I guess
I'll have to. I suppose 1 could hand it to
the conductor or turn it over to the police,
Out L u TatneT nave the pleasure OIL placln&
1t in the hands of its owner myself Sc
none of you have lost big diamond?'
Every passenger In that car wanted tc
lie about it and claim the jewel, but nc
one had the cheek to say a word The man
waited and waited, but by and bye he saw
1T was no use and he sat down with the
remark:
Well I'll lug it around and watch the
advertisements in the papers. I did hope
1t belonged to some Of you, that could
hand 1t right over, but 1t must have been
lost earlier in the day. If no one claims it
I'll give 1t to the baby to play with"
He sat down and opened his paper and
began to read. One by one the passengers
got off, and one by one they did so they
gave the man look calculated to freeze
his blood. He realized their feelings, and
sad smiles fickered over his face. What
he found was-nothing. He had simply
played" the car. A mean man can do 1t
every hour in the day and make a score of
people mad for a week to come
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-02-27
DISTRICT LECTURER.
A Communication From C. Vincent
S. w. POWELL,
Business Agent.

To the Officers and Members of the Mime
ncsOta Farmers Alliance and Industrial
UntOn-Greeting:
Having accepted the position of lee
turer for the Fourth district at the
hands of J. f. Willets and the execu-
tive committee of our Order, 1 take
this means OF opening communication
with all who may see this notice. It
is my desire to enter at once upon the
discharge'of the duties of this position
and / ask the hearty cooperation of
| all Alliance members to the end that
the greatest amount of good may be
done during the coming year. 1t is
| proper to state in this announcement
that the amended constitution of the
National F. A. and I. U. provides for
| five lecturers, to be appointed by the
| president and the executive commit
tee, but provides no compe nsation for
such lecturers except as may be agreed
| between lecturer and those who call
for his services. I hope that officers
| of county sub-alliances or individual
members of the Order. that desire a
visit from your lecturer, will write to
me without delay and will endeavor
toArrange for visit at such time as
will be most convenient for all con-
cerned, at such terms as can be mu-
tually agreed upon. The absence of
political excitement during the COM
| ing year will make the building of our
order on business basis much easier
than in campaign year, when poll
tics absOrbS the attention of the peo-
pie. In the past the cooperative and
business features Of the order have
been neglected and we have depended
too much upon the social and educa-
tiOnal work to keep up the roll Of
membership. This course has always
been attended win unsatisfactory re.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-02-27
Training the Young Idea to Shoot.

written for the Representative
Time changeth all things here below,
In church. In state, in home, in school;
Our modern life would fain outgrow
The narrow, threadbare golden rule:
A boy, to grow a gentleman,
Is nurtured different plan:
The tree of knowledge yields new fruit
Training the young idea to shoot.
Not as the tender sapling lifts
It's tiny head from acorn cup,
TILL fed by natures bOunteouS gifts,
A giant oak il rises up;
Not in this metaphoric sense,
But clad in wars habiliments,
Your son must now some dude salute,
Who'll train his young idea to shoot
The playground, scene of many sport,
Where youth and innocence were found,
Must be transformed into a fort,
Where boys may learn to kill and wound
The school, a West Point, where our youth
Will thirst for blood instead of truth;
There love of war will find deep root
When every school boy learns to shoot.
The Church of Christ, whose lofty theme
Is Peace on earth, to men good will"
Yields to this military scheme,
Hoping it's empty pews to fill;
Perchance a deeper plot was laid
BY founders of the boys brigade.
Should labor for her rights dispute
Call out these prison lads to shoot!
Shall fathers look with foolish pride
On children trained for scenes of blood?
Shall martial sights and sounds abide
Till brothers feel no brotherhood?
Yield not to this behest of wealth,
Pleading excuse of grace or health;
Twill change boy nature to the brute
Training the young idea to shoot
C. A. SHEFFIELD.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-02-27
A CHANCE PICTURE.
Troublesome Discovery Mt Philndel-
phfn's New City Hall.

Troublesome Discovery Mt Phf1Hdc1-
phin's New City Hall.
Some years ago a keen eyed man with
a much keener imagination, while gazing
upon the beauties of the city hall from the
courtyard point of view, discovered in one
of the marble blocks that form the north
ern side of the courtyard peculiar for
mation in the blue veins of of the
stones which, upon steady gazing, revealed
themselves in the outlines of the well
known picture, Rock Of Ages" except
that the waves and cross were missing,
says the Philadelphia Telegraph.
The outlines Of the female, with clinging
garments and hands raised above her
head, were clear enough, while just above
her hands was sent a cluster of blue
veins in the stone which. imagination
readily conceived to be the outlines OF a
rock. The man who made this discovery
informed his friends, and they in turn in
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-02-27
Brfght's Spring.

Sergeant alarms Bright, of the senate,
is not known to fame as an inventor, but
for all that he has a knack in that direction
that he may well be proud Of His most
valuable invention is water-coOler, and
this is how it is made: It consists of tall
bucket such as ice-cream freezers are
packed in. Inside this is an earthenware
jar, and the space between the two, six
inches or so, is filled with cement. The
cover is lined with cement and zinc, and
when ice water is put into the jar it re-
mains ice water for days and days Col
Bright calls the arrangement 1.-The spring."
and really 1 believe he is prouder of it
than any other of. all his earthly posses
sions-Wa ShingtOn, Post.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-02-27
Take Notice.

When you have finished reading
your REPRESENTATIVE hand it to
your neighbor, Gf he is not sub
scriber) and let him read it. He may
want it sent to him regularly there
after. Spread the light all you can.
If you know of a leading man any
where not Populist, but who is open
to reason, send us his name and %
cents, and we will send him the paper
for three months. This will cost you
about one-fourth of a cent day and
it may do great good to the cause.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-02-27
STATE League Column

EDITED by
J. M. Bowler .........B Bird island
4oi Century; building.
Omcers Of the Peoples Party State
League.
President, MAI. J. M. BOWLER.
Observation-Disclosures. Bird Island
vice-President. SWAN NELSON. ....
Secretary, L. M. AVER.
424 Century Building, Minneapolis
Treasurer. E. w. BONHAM. ........ st. Paul
EXECUTIVE BOARD.
First District-Thos. J. Meighen, Forest
VILE
w. A. Hotchkiss, Preston.
r. c. Campbell, Clyde.
H. c. Nelson, Hayward
l.. H. Bulls, West Concord.
Second District-W. S. DAILY Mapleton.
L. S. Orwell, Hanley Falls
L. c. Long, Magnolia
Emil J. Meileke, Window.
John Noble, Window.
Third District-J H. Harrison Cannon
Falls.
Frank Warner, Buffalo Lake.
j. j. Carirgan
c. N. Perkins, Stewart
James Murphy Faribault
Fourth District-Peter Max, St. Paul.
r. H. McGhee, Wyoming.
Geo. Stewart, St. Paul.
S. w. Powell, Saltwater.
E. E. Cowell, Saltwater.
Fifth Distrct-W. B. Hammond, Mime
apolis.
Johannes Hansen, Minneapolis.
DR.. E. F. Clark, Minneapolis.
Chas. w. Teney, Minneapolis.
Leroy Berrier, Minneapolis.
Sixth District-Kittel Halvorsen, Belgrade.
David Cochran, Waverly
j. E. Nastrom, Pine City.
NJ Wesenberg, Duluth.
J. NJ. Baker, Anoka.
Seventh District-C. E. Burke, Alexandria.
E. S. Lambert, Fergus Falls.
E. E. Lommen, Crookston.
A. Wall, De Graft.
II. l.. Sherley, Breckenridge
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
First District-T j. Meighen.
Second District-L. c. Long.
Third Distrct-C. N. Perkins
Fourth Districts w. Powell.
Fifth District-Dr. E. F. Clark.
Sixth District-David Cochran.
Seventh District-C. e. Burke.
State Organizer-L. c. Long, Magnolia.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-02-27
The Flag All Right.

Policeman: "Hould on there! Yez
can't carry red flag in parade"
Ensign, (shrewdly):. II 2i''Dis is not Won
ANARCHIST flag Dis is Won auct ion
sign" away wild yer nonsinse! Phwat
how yez got ter sefl?" ''Ve want ter
sell our votes.''f "Begorry! Yez are
better Americans than Oh thought"
-Puck
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-02-27
- NV The Physiology and
Hygiene Of the
~ SEXUAL ORGANIZATION
BY ELI r. BROWN, 1@@
MS, MD. ANDv
Illustrated. i6mo.
Cloth, gilt, ST 90; Paper, 500.
A Standard Scientific Work.
Endorsed by Press and Profession.

"A very sensible book. After describing the com
mon principle in plants and animals the author
enters upon the discussion of conjugal love, hered
ty. the use and abuse of the sexual passion, and
other topics which seldom find place in volume
'or general reading. His work cannot fail to have
good results. for his suggestions are wise, and the
information he furnishes should be known to ALL"
San Francisco CHyouicIe.
'"A modest. compact. scientific exposition,
based upon the theory that there is RI subject Of
greater importance. The innocence that is inno-
cent simply because of ignorance is the unsafest
thing in the world. unless it be the virtue that Is
vrtuous only because it has never been tempted,
Or the honesty that is honest from policy only.".
Chicago Times.
"How to teach such truths has been the study OF
many teacher and many parent. There is but
one proper way, and that is by plain facts which,
while teaching the truths OF science. impress upon
the pupil the grandeur OF right living. pr. Brown
strikes these chords admirably, "-/nfey Ocean.
BY special arrangement zciH the fubishe,s ne
an send this great zvoyk to any address, POSTAGE
paid. on receipt oft,ies.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-02-27

nv NAsAOA01 E0fmeF0 Alliance ana
Industrial Union.
ELWOOD FURNESS, President. ...........
Observation-Disclosures. Nevada, Iowa
L. j. MEIGHEN, Fifth Vive-President.. ....
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. .Forestville, MINI.
AUGUST POST, Treasurer.
.MouiCou' Ao"o
e. E. LAWRENCE, Lecturer.
Marion, Ohio
L. c. LONG, State Organizer.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Magnolia, MINI.
Officers Of the State Alliance.
j. /. VERMILYA, President. .Eyota
A. H HENDRICKSON, Secretary.
Observation-Disclosures. Sank Center, MINI
r. M. PROBSTFIELD, Treasurer.
Observation-Disclosures. .Moorhead, Mimi
L. c. LONG, State Lecturer.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Magnolia, MINI.
VICE-PRESIDENTS.
LIST Dist-THOS. ]. MEIGHEN. .FOrestville
End .Dist-PETER McGRATH. ...............
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Good Thunder
Bird Dist-MICHAEL HOLDEN. 90. Norfolk
4th Dist-S w. POWELL. Saltwater
9Th Dist-JONAS H. HOWE. .Wayzata
9Th Dist-A. M. STILES. Sank Center
7th Dist-DR. c. JOHNSON. New London
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-02-27
The Alliance Column
EDITED BY

EDITED BY
J. I. VERMILYA.... Observation-Disclosures
II. =. AO1NG.... MAtINOLlA
A. H. HENDRICKSON. .SAUK CENTRE
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-07-20

The Springfield lAIass.) Republican
says: "Some of the country colleges
have been complaining seriously this
year of what they consider the growing
fad among rich city men of giving their
money to local charities. which leaves
many of the colleges out In the cold.
The business of soliciting gifts for edu.
cational ana charitable institutions Is
being systematizcd In these days us II
has never been In the past. and 1t Is
necessary for men of means to consider
carefully and to weigh the relative
merits of the causes to which they are
requested to contribute. But. however
urgent may be the call for local gifts In
the cities. the country schools and col.
leges must not be forgotten" Inasmucll
as twenty-one country colleges have
received S9iG.O00 since Jan. I. 1895. II
shows they have not been forgotten.
At least. 1t has that look.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-07-20

There have been In England recently
two examples OF the recovery of lost
wills found In Bibles. One was made
more than thirty years ago, ana leaves
$4,000 to certain missionary societies.
II was an Illustrated Bible. which at.
tracted the attention Of a little girl: II
there had been no pictures, It Is sad to
reflect that nobody would have looked
into that Bible. 1t is curious how the
old custom OF looking into Bibles not
indeed for wills, but for bank-notes--
has gone out. 1t used to be the way Of
religious folks to give the sacred vol.
ume to their god.children. interleav etl
In this excellent fashion. In Capt.
Marryat's novels, the first act of n
young midshipman upon receiving this
present used to be to go through II
very carefully from Genesis to Rev.
Citations.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-07-20

a few weeks ago a Gardner. Maine.
young man bought Il pair of socks con.
tanning n note saying the writer was an
employee of the Kenosha. WIS.,. knitting
works and wanted good husband.
She gave her name and requested the
buyer. IL IN unmarried man. to write
with view to matrimony. The young
man who found the note considered
the matter In all Its phases. and decid.
cd to write to the girl. He did. Await.
Ing the answer with considerable anX.
lefty. he was ut last rewarded with n
curl letter stating that the girl was now
the mother of two children. and had
been married four years. and the letter
he had answered had been written ever
so long ago. 1t was sock" dollager.
ana the young man hunted for u solu.
ton. He found It, The merchant of
whom he bought the socks doesn't adj.
ycrtiSp
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-07-20

The Secretary of the Navy has or.
dercd new test OF armOr plates which
bids fair to produce practical and valr.
able results. Under his ruling the con.
ditlons will be made as nearly as pos.
sible the same as those which obtain
In vessel that might be struck. In
stead of backing up the armor In such
a way as to add to Its resisting power
he has directed that there shall be
placed back of the armOr plate twelve
inches of oak, two plates each five.
e!ghths of an inch thick, a lot of Gel.
lulose, ana then the coal bunkers, in
all about six feet of backing. IL the
heavy proJectiles can get through this
then there would not be much hope for
battleship in action.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-07-20

Those professional refOrmers who be-
lleve that all the political crookedness
and corruption Is conferred In our large
cities should consider the political quar-
rel now raging in Il West Virginia coun-
ty, near Moundsville. 1t appears that
tht sheriff of the county resigned the
other day and the office was declared
vacant. He now makes public his rea-
son for quitting public life. He says
that before the last convention he was
approached by local capitalist who So
licited him to run for sheriff. The CAPT.
talist explained that the office was
worth $1,000 year and offered to give
him the nomination and furnish bonds.
men II he would draw the salary. retain
$4,000 and deliver $1,000 to the capt.
talist. This deal was arranged. The
office was given to him and the bonds
We're furnished. Then he began to Kick
ana insisted that he ought to have ut
least half of the pay. The office broker
remained firm. withdrew from the bond
and forced the sheriff to resign from his
office. And ali this In the backwoods
of sleepy West Virginia!
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-07-20

Prof. Cope. the scientist of the Uni.
versity of Pennsylvania. has taken up
the theory OF the descent of man as
given out by Darwin and improved up
on It by going back through nine an.
cestries to the fishes of the paleaZolc
age without missing link In any OF
the steps. Mr.. Darwin got no further
than the anthropoid or manllle ape.
The liveliest sense of gratitude. how.
ever. will be aroused by the cheering
news that the ape was not the father
of the race. II was the paleozoic fish.
who even without sight. hearing. sense.
skull. bones. brains. or blood Is more
cheerful object for contcmpla ton ut the
base of the human genealogical tree
than an ape. Neither the coming wo.
man nor the going man In their secret
hearts have ever given their consent to
the doctrine that they came from mon.
keys. No true woman would give up
lovely Eve for the best looking mon.
key that ever existed and no true man
would give up Adam, weak. foolish
creature even that he was. for the most
intelligent ape that ever Chartered In
the primitive forests. One can con.
template his ascent from fish with
some degree of dignity even though 1t
be a paleozolc fish OF very uncertain
character. To this extent therefore
Prof. Cope has earned the gratitude of
the public. Every man and woman
who reads Of his great discovery will
thank him that he has supplied the
missing link. still more that the often.
sive ape was only an incident In the
evolution. and that his origin was not
simian but plscatory.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-07-20
A Chicago woman, highly este,

a Chicago woman, highly esteemed,
wonderfully honored. returning home
from tour Of Europe, announces that
In her opinion there Is little foundation
for the reports OF atrocities
perpetrated upon the Armenians
by the Turks. She did not,
however, visit Armenia, but acquired
her Information at Constantinople. Pos.
slbly IN this fact Is to be found reason
10 doubt the justice Of her conclusions.
There would be reason to rejoice II one
could dlsbelicve the stories of Turkish
atrocities In Armenia. Nobody wants
10 believe them, though everybody Is
compelled TO put confidence in them.
The effectiveness of the Turkish censor.
ship OF news must be admitted, but ad.
hitting IL only adds to the importance
Of the news which has run the gantlet.
From the insufficient intelligence
which has thus made It's way through
the lines of Turkish censorship the
world has learned Of the dreadful
crueltlcs pcrpetrated by the Kurds
against the Christians of Armenia. De-
NAL OF these reports seems almost i'm.
possible. IT the eminent Chicago lady
desires 10 rush to the defense of the
"unspeakablc Turk" she will have 10
bring very convincing evidence 10 her
support At time when the greatest
powers OF Europe are uniting TO defend
the Christian Armenian against the per-
secutlon OF Kurdish Mussulmans 1t
would be sorry thing for any consid-
cradle party Of Americans to unite in
defense Of assassins, robbers and raw
ishers
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-07-20

The consumption of tea grown In In.
dla and Ceylon is growing steadily and
rapidly. II increased from II, 400. 900
pounds In 1890 to Is, 100, 900 pounds last
year, or more than double. Nearly half
Of the tota! for last year was taken by
Australia, which country has become
n most important market for the pro.
ducc. The quantity taken by the Unit,
ed States Increased about one-thlrd last
year, and Russia. Canada and Turkey
also are augmenting their consumption
Seeing that the coming crop is estimat,
ed at 10000 900 pounds for India and
81 100000 for Ceylon there evidently Il
the trade In these teas for the future.