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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-04-10
of his characteristics which ranked him al
the prince of gamblers.
MANY HEILS.
SheOl an Immense Apartment House
In the HfndOO Belief.

Sheol an Immense Apartment Hous&
In the HfndOO Belief.
1t is a mystery to enlightened Western
nations how the Hindoos ever managed ia
evolve such frightfully exaggerated idea
hell-as much of an enigma, perhaps al
our fantastic ideas of the internal region4
will be to the more enlightened races Of
the coming ages-says the ST. Louis Rec
public. The Hindoos believe in a plurality
of hells 1876 in ALL monstrous red-hot aga
gregation bearing the name of 1.-The Nara<
kas." This gigantic apartment house,
which has been especially prepared for th(
souls of the damned, is Of unthinkabl(
length and breadth, and has walls mor1
than 100 miles in thickness. The intens(
heat of the interior keeps these walls at
white heat, and through their many loopj
holes shines light of such intense bright
ness that 1t bursts the eyeballs of all who
look in that direction "even though they
be removed from the fires by distance Of
400 leagues" The 1856 divisions Of the grand
Naraka are again grouped into % superT1(
tendencies, each in charge of an imp called
the goulali or "soul-eater." 1t is the busi(
ness of this goulali to keep his charges II
perpetual dread-impressng each with thl
fact that as soon as he comes out of AMI
of the apartments his soul may be cooked
until it is sufficiently tender to make 1
dainty morsel for the superintendent tt
roll under his tongue.
AS each soul Is being ushered from one
apartment to the other it is invariably mel
by Yamaki, the Hindoo Pluto, an exaggeri
ated devil 240 miles high, who has hairs OF
his body which stand out like palm trees
Damaki does not lay hands upon the tori
tured being that is paraded before HIM
but his fierce rOars ARE such to CAUSE
the poor victims skin to crack that hi
leaks blood from every inch of his body.'(
In each of these Is subdivisions the tore
tured one is treated to something new and
unique in the line of misery In one he has
his toe and finger nails plucked out, and
the empty sockets which formerly held
his eyes filled with melted wax and theH
has horns inserted in the places which id
other days were occupied by the organs OF
vision. In another he is forced to have hid
teeth pulled and heated to a white heat
and is then compelled to swallow them
along With large quantities Of pepper cakel
and boiling oil In each division he is subj
jected to some new horror until the whole
round is finished, whereupon he is cast into
a real orthodox lake of fire which burneth
forever and ever
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-04-10
A LITTLE POPULIST GONE.
Peace BE With Her.

To the Editor:
Will you kindly insert the enclosed notice
of thedeath of little Jennie Phelps one of
the brightest members of the Girls Populist
Glee Club, that did such efficient work dur
ing the last campaign; also, after the notice
the humble tribute in verse which | have
written, as the friends have requested me
to ask you to print them.
FAREWELL.
Little Jennie Phelps, one Of the brightest
members of the Girls Populist Glee Club,
died Friday, March q, at the residence of
her grandparents, 2217 Ninth avenue south.
The funeral was held Sunday afternoon
at the Emanuel Baptist Church, of which
she was a member. Among the many floral
tributes was beautiful offering from the
Glee Club.
Jennie was an unusually bright and apt
scholar and was very earnest and enthus-
iastic in whatever she undertook
Her whole-hearted interest in the cam
paign of song which she and her compan-
ions contributed last fall will be cherished
in the memory Of those whom she leaves
behind
IN MEMORIAM.
There came an angel from the far-off shore
OF spirit-land
He stole unbdden through the chamber
door,
And took thy hand.
Softly he breathed a message in thy ear
We heard it not,
But read it in thy brown eyes, Jennie dear,
Beside thy cot.
And as, with f1uttering breath, arose the
prayer,
*"God-give me strength
The silver chord that held thy spirit there
Was loosed at length.
Upward it winged it's flight like bird set
free
From prison bars
Up to the realms of immortality
Beyond the stars.
Our grief is measured only by our love-
Boundless, unknown
And yet we would not call thee from above,
Heaven claims it's own.
And o, how soon the angel will return
To call us home
Bringing the welcome message thou didst
learn,
The sweet word-"Come!
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-04-10
SCOTCH-IRISH IN AMERICA.
Andrew jackson and StOnewa1l JACKIE
son Two Notable Specimens.

son Two Notable Specimens.
The history OF the Scotch-Irish in Amer>
lea Is unfamiliar even in outline to some
otherwise well-informed people says tho
New York World. No one can know Amer~
lean history, however, without knowing
what the Scotch-Irish are, and what they
stand for. They were among the first<tQ
across the mountains into Kentucky, Ohio.
Indiana and other states of the old North
west territory presented to the Union BY
Virginia. They led the advance to the Pa~
cfic and in politics as in pioneering they
have known how to push to the front and
stay there. Their stronghold has always
been in the South At first it was in the
Virginia uplands and in North Carolina.
Then it was transferred to Kentucky and
Tennessee where they had their strongest
development. The men of this strain are
apt to be radical If they are religious at
all they are almost sure to be Puritans.
If flippancy were not unbecoming in so
serious a connection it might be said of
them as of Longfellow's little girl-that
when they are good, they very, very
good, and when they are bad they ara
horrid." When Andrew Jackson bet on
morse races, attended cock fights and
fought duels he represented one extreme OF
the character. as Stonewall Jackson did
the other when he said prayer before
every act in his life and put off until Mon
day the reading of his sweetheart's letters
which reached him on 1.-The Lords day..
Perhaps there could be no better illustra-
ton of what the Scotch-Irishman means
when raised to his highest power than is
afforded by the two Jacksons. The Scotch
Irish of America are a breed that always
has in 1t the possibilities Of greatness. But
If you know one Of the family beware how
you quarrel with him, for he thinks all his
own enemies are enemies Of God and the
human race.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-04-10
A CALL TO ACTION.

The President of the State Farmers
Alliance Makes II Ringing Appeal
to All Hands to Push the Work.
Picnics to he Held in Every Con-
gressiOnal District and in Every
County.
To the Representative:
Alliance men and friends of reform, let
us begin work as we never have worked
before. Let's have grand picnic in each
of the seven congressional districts of
this state. Make arrangements with the
railroad for excursion trains, take hold
with a will, and urge every one to turn
out Get Mr.. Donnelly, Mr.. Owen, Mr..
Dobbyns Mr.. Lang or some other noted
reformer to deliver an address to you,
and at these picnics let the Peoples party
central committee select some energetic
persons to canvass for the reform papers
of the state. 1 believe can in that way
double the circulation of all the reform
papers of the state if only try.
But some one asks how we are going to
pay the expense of speakers? Well here
is a plan: 1t is very poor pig that can't
furnish fat enough to fry itself. Don't
allow any peanut or lemonade stands on
committee; the profits of a well conducted
stand will pay the expenses of speakers
and more too. Don't stop with the con-
gressional pcnics; let's have county pic
mics. You can run them on any play you
see fit but have them At those gather
ings let us talk over cooperation in buy
ing and selling; get new life into our
alliances We have SO much to work for
and such a good chance to accomplish any
and every thing if we only will take
hold and do it. United we stand, divid-
ed we fall" At those meetings don't
let us forget our business agent, Mr..
Powell He has taken hold of this work
with energy; he has given bonds to do the
business for you honestly and justly, SO
that 1 feel sure you are safe in shipping
him your grain any other produce. l
also believe you are safe in sending him
money for any kind of machinery or goods.
Come friends, let us set the ball rolling.
And if there is any of the labor organiza-
tons of the cities that have cooperative
manufacturing, let us exchange our prod
ucts for theirs, through our business agent.
Why should we allow the Spectator to cut
down the price of shoes and wheat until
the shoe maker no longer make
Shoes or the farmers raise wheat, and
the one hungry and the other barefoot?
Let all hands take hold for a grand
summers work. Yours.
j. 1. VERMILYA.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-04-10
DIFFICULTIES OF ENGLISH IDIOM
Amusing Linguistic Experiences of a
French Visitor


A recent French visitor in this country
was NJ X, a man too talented and too
we'll known to permit the use of his name
in this connection, for this is to set forth
some of the difficulties he experienced in
pursuit of the English idiom, says the
Chicago Times. interchangeable in zeal,
when literal translation failed him he re-
sorted to logic, and when this led him
into error, as it inevitably did, he depend
ed solely upon his memory and would
often pause to search for fitting phrase.
He witnessed a play that was a success,
and the players were called before the
curtain for applause. One actress in
particular was applaUded.
''She comes in for the lions share" said
a friend to M. x.
M x understood and later attempted
to use the same descriptive, but his
memory failing, resorted to transla ton.
"And zis actresse-she come in for re part
of re lion
"Was it a trained animal show?' asked
the listener.
On another occasion he was speaking of
a call he had made on a friend, who, he
said. lived a flats house."
Flat house, you mean," he was cor
rected.
"Mais non,' he persisted, having thought
the matter out. Flat house-zat ees fiat
on re top. But flats house-zat has re
flats cen eet. And Eat ees where he
lives"
Politics interested him. "Zey tell me, -
he said, "zat to obtain an appointment in
zis cite one must hat drag. Non-zat
ees not word; non drag-ah! l hat eet!
I'm pull! Eat ees necessaire."
1t was when he ventured into American
slang, however, that he found himself
a sea without oars, sail or rudder. Some
gamin had been rude to him on the street,
and in describing the matter he said: And
/ gave him q good cooking"
What? A cooking?"
II do not tink Eat ees what I gave
heem,' he admitted puzzled.
"a basting, perhaps was suggested.
"You thrashed him..
"'Oh, non. 1 did not put hands or
heem.
Perhaps you scolded him-gave him a
roasting?"
His face frightened. "Ah, Eat I did
parliament. l gave him a good r-r-roast,
Ing"
When he went back to France he was
panied to leave his American friends, who
had become dear to him. He declared
that he would never miss an opportunity
to see them.
"Eef ever I may see you again, I will
do so, even eef l must come from a very
long deestance off. Or, as you American!
say so charrmingly-even eef / must come
from away back Eat shall be my pleas
ure-to come from away back"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-04-10
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 leading man any
where not a 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 cent day and
it may do great good to the cause.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-04-10
CATTLE sTEALING
Encouraged by a Milk Plant on the

=
A curious plants the milkweed, which
abounds in the arid regions of both Texas
and Mexico, says the Philadelphia Times.
1t is a handsome rbusfs with its part-col-
ored green and white leaves the two col
ors being very deiicately and gracefully
traced the one upon the other, and it is
beginning to find it's way an ornamental
plant into some of our Eastern gardens
and greenhouses. Upon it's native heath it
grows to considerable size, reaching fire.
quently to the height of six or seven feet,
and, Of course shows to the best advantage
then.
When the stem of this plant is broken
there flows from it an abundant stream of
milk, which is sufficiently strong to burn
in the cuticle if it is allowed to touch the
flesh, creating an unpleasant smarting SEN
sation. This quality makes the plant much
in demand for marking cattle as the hair
is removed wherever the milk is applied
and no further harm is done to the animal.
In this way it is boon to cattle stealers,
as an applica ton can be made with it much
easier than with the brand iron and the
same purpose is served. 1t would be impos-
sible to form an estimate of how many
cows change hands every year through the
use Of this plant yet the number is by no
means inconsiderable.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-04-10

WASHINGTON D. c., April 8.-After al
most month of elaboration the United
States supreme court rendered its decision
today in the income tax cases, deciding by
a divided court the law to be valid, except
regarding the incomes derived from rents
and from municipal bonds, on which point
the decision was that the tax was UNI
constitutional.
The opinion was general among lawyers
and legislators that the would be
reached today, and the interest which had
characterized the case from the beginning
was again made manifest by an unusual
attendance of the people in the court room.
The space is limited at best, but every
available seat inside and outside the bar
was occupied and many were turned away
because the chamber could not accommodate
all who applied for admission. Only mem
bers of the bar were admitted to the inner
circle and those in attendance included
many lawyers from other cities as well as
a large representation from Washington.
There were seven senator's, including Hill,
of New York, Lodge, of Massachusetts, and
Lindsay. Attorney General Olney was also
present.
There was only one member of the bench
absent-Justice Jackson, who has not been
able to attend upon the court since last fall,
and who has not participated in the con-
Slderation of the case in any way. 1t is to
his absence that the even division of the
court on the majority of the propositions
involved in the case is due. If he had been
present such a result would have been
impossible and the opinion would have
included decision of all the points in
volved, instead of only the two in regard
to incomes derived from rents and munic-
ipal and state bonds
The spectators had not long to wait for
the beginning of the delivery of the main
opinion after the court convened. The
judges filed promptly in at high noon, and
there was very little preliminary work
before the chief justice began the delivery
of an opinion which is regarded by many
as the most important and far reaching in
its effects that has been rendered in this
court since the days of the rebellion. There
were only two minor decisions rendered by
other members of the bench, when Chief
Justice Fuller, after making few routine
announcements, began at 1905 to read the
courts decree in the case of Charles Pol
lock versus The Farmers Loan and Trust
Company and others. This was the first in
order of the cases against the trust COM
panies and the conclusion reached in 1T
apply also to the cases of Hyde VS.. The
Continental Trust Company, as the ques-
tons at issue the same in both cases
The chief justice read with considerable
rapidity, but his voice was at all times
clear and distinct, and the lawyers pres
| ent who had familiariZed themselves with
| the case had little or no difficulty in follow
| ing him. The delivery of the opinion con-
sumed an hours time, and all present gave
| the closest attention.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-04-10
WATER COOLED WITHOUT ICE.
Pueblo Indians Secure the Desired he
sult hx Mems Of Evaporation.

Pueblo Indians Secure the Desired he
suit by Means Of Evaporation.
OF course, every one likes Ice water. II
is an American habit. and patrlotlcaily
speaking, all American habits are good
But if people only knew it. says the Wash
ington Post there are better ways OF Keep
ing water cool than putting ice IN It. ana
the water that is cool without being colo IS
twice as cooling to the drinker, to say
nothing of being several times as good FOR
the stomach into which it is put. One OF
the simplest ways Of cooling water is by
evaporation. The Pueblo indian Of our
Southwest, with his untutored mind, dis
covered this fact hundreds Of years ago,
and has been using the discovery in his
quiet, unobtrusfve way ever since, while
we of the higher civilization have been
buying ice, depicting our pockets and spoil
ing our digestion at the same time. The
Pueblo Indians never discovered the art OF
glazing pottery, and the result is that all
their earthenware is more or less porous,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-04-10
April 8.

Navigation opens at Duluth.
Judge Sloan, Of Wisconsin, dies.
No extra session of congress, declares
President Cleveland.
Seed grain and provisions are distributed
to Wisconsin fire sufferers.
Several men are killed by explosion
in a mine in Washinton state.
A Winona investigating committee re-
ports very questionable aldermanic con-
The Minneapolis agent of an Omaha pack
ing company is arrestedion a charge of en-
beZzlement.
Gov. Clark, of Arkansas, who attacked a
member of the legislature, is fined for car
rying concealed weapoaF.
The weather bureau will inaugurate a
new system of signals ON the great lakes
when navigation openss which will be to-
morrow. f.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-04-10
*Her last words.
Minneapolis, April 5.
How to Remit.

We are overwhelmed with such
masses of postage stamps, which we
can not sell or use, that we ask our
good friends, wherever possible, to re-
NIT in something else. Twenty-Five
cent silver pieces, or fifty cent ones,
come in envelopes all right. We have
never lost letter or a dollar sent to
us in four years. A dollar bill is Just
as safe as postal note. OF course when
friend has nothing handy but post
age stamps send them along.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-04-10
A Unhappy Race.

Mr.. William Waldorf Aston Is reported
as having recently said in reply to some OF
those who criticise him for preferring to
live in England rather than in this coun-
try, that there is no happiness in America
for rich man. The various annoyances
to which he is subjected, and the constant
espionage Of the daily press make life
burden, which Mr.. Aston maintains is not
the case in England, where they have had
rich people for years. and where custom
has erected barbed wire fences about their
persons and their goings and comings.
There is considerable truth in what Mr..
Astor says, for there are undoubtedly a
great many Americans who are anxious
to live on terms of personal intimacy with
our millonaires, and know what they have
for breakfast and just what pattern Of
night shirts they affect. John jacobs
tramp was perhaps an extreme instance Of
this tendency, but 1t remains true that WI
overcurious people, and dearly love
to know all about our millionaires to the
extent even of being rude and intrusive at
times. But then it does seem that ali
American born and bred, especially one
with an unlimited command Of money.
ought to be able to devise some way Of
enjoying life in his native country with
out having his sacred person and presence
invaded by vulger curiosity.-Iife.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-04-10
DECIDED AT LAST.
FINAL DECISION IN THE INCOME TAX
CASE.

Landlords and BOndhOlders Are Not
Amenable to the Income Tax Law,
Says the United States Supreme
COurt-Otherwise the Law Is Valid
and Will Stand-Dissenting Opfn-
ions Are Read by Justices Field,
White and Harlan-Text of the De-
cisiOns.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-04-10
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
AAral r3.

Afral rs.
The public debti1ssincrfased s1s,oooooo in
March.
Grand juries, it seems, are not abolished
It s is insisted that e Taylor South Dakotas
levanting treasureRs is in Chile.
Frenchmen charges Ehglishmen with try
ing to sink Freffeh transport.
The Iowa supreme, cou3t decides the mulct
liquor law constitutional:
The patron saintjpf Mexicans is the cause
of fights, in which several people are killed
The Havemeyer land 6preckels sugar re-
fineres are closing because of overdue
ton. u xdiC
The Great Northern will knock IL hours
off it's time between St. Paul and Portland.
Mayor Strong, of New York, will remove
some of the police commissioners against
Gov Morton's protest.
A judge of probate in Maine commits
suicide, and is afterwards found to have
defaulted for 5000.
Minnesota men are granted concession
by Venezuela, the land involved being in
the territory claimed by England. The pros
poets of a row are bright.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-04-10
April 4.

h
steamer in the Ohio river is destroyed
by fire.
Chicago Republicans break the record in
pluralities.
John B. Koetting, the Milwaukee banker,
goes to prison.
William L. Wilson is sworn in post
master-general.
The president appoints the Nicaragua
canal commission.
Gov. Stone of Missouri, calls an extra
session of the legislature.
A Spanish warshp is reported to have
fired upon a British vessel.
Rt. Hon. A. ]. Balfour delivers an adj
dress in favor of bimetallsm
Acknowledgement Maloney decides against
the Chicago elevator combine
The postoffice at Springfield, Ill, is
robbed of $4,000 worth of stamps.
The income tax returns coming in far
beyond the expectations of the officials.
Judge Jenkins delivers a decision affect
ing $50, 0O0,O 900 Of Chicago and Northern Pa
cifc bonds.
Maj. A. J. Hamilton who planned the es-
cape from Libby prison in 1864, is murdered
in Kentucky.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-04-10
April 3,

Sugar bounty causes overproducton in
Europe.
Cuban rebels are credited with plan
to assassinate Gen. Campos.
Four runaway boys from Toronto nearly
starve while shut up in a box car.
While maltreating his wife a young man
in Indiana is killed by his father-in-law.
Women vote at Montana school elections,
but only one woman candidate is elected.
A Kansas man shoots and kills his wife
as she comes out of church. and takes his
own life.
Gov. Richards, of Montana, proceeds to
'whoop her up for free silver, inaugural
ing what he calls an educational campaign.
The governor of Arkansas fights a most
peculiar battle with member of the legis-
lature-peculiar because of the weapon
used,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-04-10

Navigation opens on the lower lakes.
Claus Spreckles is sued by his son Gus
for SANDER.
Belgian anarchists insult the judge who
presided at their trial.
An attempt is made to wreck the North
western limited express in Wisconsin.
An insane Indian in the Canadian North
west kills agent and defies arrest.
A township treasurer in Wisconsin who
is short in his accounts commits suicide.
StoneWare manufacturers combine, with
Redwing, Mimi, man as the leading
spirit.
A 1O-year-old boy in Nebraska hangs him
self to demonstrate that death by hanging
is painless.
The Minnesota State Democratic Associa-
ton is attempting to organize a national
free trade party.
A telephone company with $16O,OOO,OOO cap
ital is organized in New York to fight the
Bell Company.
The election for supreme court justice in
Wisconsin was so close that only the Off
cial count can decfde. N
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-04-10
The Alliance Column
EDITED BY

J. /. vERMILYA.......... DOVER
L. c. LONG MAGNOLIA