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readers. or lessen the homage the
whole Christian world owes and pays
to the founder Of Christianity.
.BIMETALLIC CONFERENCE.

Brussels, April 2l.-The bimctallic
conference, called with tie view Of
paving the way TO international nego-
tiatiOns on the subject. assem- bled
here Monday. Delegates from Ger.
many, the United States, Great Brit
ain. France, Austria, Russia, Belgium,
Denmark, Holland and Roumania are
present.
This is another fraud, gotten up for
its effect on our election next fall. AS
November approaches it will look as If
all Europe was about to adopt free
silver with rush, and pay 81 q bushel
for American wheat!
When the election is over we will
hear nothing moro Of it for another
four years. This game has been played
for twelve years past.
And there is always new crop of
gudgeons TO be caught by it..
A Confidence man was once asked
how he MANAGED to find continuous
supply OF victims.
why" said he, "a fool is born every
minute!'
Yes; and they vote the old party
tickets; and ii they couldn't find one
they wouldn't Vote at all. l. d.
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AMUSING.

At the Democratic state convention
of Massachusetts. held in Boston,
April p, Hon. John e. Thayer. of
Worcester, was made permanent
chairman. He made furious gold
bug speech. and referred to ex-Gov.
Mckinley. of Ohio in this fashion:
''Of what avail, is it to pass resolu-
tions for the Single gold standard if,
as now appears quite probable, Mr..
Mckinley is to receive the nominate
for president? The people we'll know
that Mckinley is upon record as a
white metal advocate, that he has a
long, consistent and uninterrupted
record while in Congress favorable to
silver. We do not forget that as
chairman Of the committee on reso-
lutions Of the republican national
committee in 1883 he submitted a
platform which condemned the policy
or the Democratic administration in
its efforts to demonetize silver.
I'VE see him as one of the great
leaders Of his party in his command
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THE OUTLOOK IN OREGON.
VICTORY ASSURED.

Gen. Weaver tells us that there is
every reason to believe thatsthe Popu
lists will carry Oregon at the election
On the first Monday OF June next. He
will lie assisted in the canvass by j.
II. Davis OF Texas, "(Cyc one Davis'),
J. r. Sovereign, Master Workmen Of
the *. Of L.; w. Whitehead, Of New
jersey, late Ma .ional Lecturer Of the
Grange, Colonel Mcdowell, Of Tennes.
sec, and Thomas V. Gator, of Cali
f0rnia: besides a host OF local talent.
Gen. Weaver WAS in Oregon recently.
He says the Republican party is torn
to pieces upon the silver Ques ton.
The cid party press has suppressed all
information upon the subject: but the
struggle between the two factions of
Republicans has amounted almost to
astate of war. At the prim FEES in
Portland pistols were drawn, men
were knocked down by the score, the
police appeared with leyeled guns. The
god-bugs carried the day; then the
fight waS transferred to the county
convention, intensified ten fold. Each
side put up a candidate for chairman;
the crowd surged onto the platform,
both prospective chairmen were
knocked down and kicked; the most
prominent men in the party were piled
up like cord-wood, and the body OF the
hall was Bedlam- let-locse. s- ~
1t is. Of course, impossible that an
organization thus torn To pieces can
defeat the united Pupulists. Hence
victory is certain for the Peoples Par
ty. The cry is union" The free
silver Democrats and the free silver
Republicans are uniting with our peo-
pie.
This is good news. But our readers
can realize the state OF slavey we are
in, under the control Of the Associate
Press organization. when not parti-
Gle Of all this important news is per-
mitted to reach US
Gen. Weaver is sanguine that the
united Populists and Free-Silver rites
will sweep the nation in November
next. l. D.
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AN OFFENSIVE CARTOON.

We are sorry that in our issue of the
18th inst. cartoon appeared which
was very offensive to great many
good christian people. It represented
"Uncle Sam" crucified between two
thieves. The artist doubtless regard
ed Christ as many do, as simply good
and great man. He did not consider
therefore how offensive such carl
cature must be to those who looked
upon him as veritablc God,-to be
loved and yenerated and worshipped
OF all men.
Il We have contract by which we OBJ
tain cartoons from a publishing COM
pany in Ohio; one is sent to us each
week. When this one arrived we were
absent from Minneapolis, and, when
we first saw it, the page. (page one), in
which it appeared, had already been
s!ereotyped, and the type distributed.
We were greatly disturbed fact
shocked. We recognized that the
artist meant no profanity or sacri-
leAe, and yet we felt that it must ap-
pear such to many Of our readers.
And then the thought came to US that
perhaps We were over-sensitive. 1t
would cost good deal of time and
money to reprint the page. and so we
concluded to let it go; presenting how
ever some words Of apology on page
two, which had not yet been set up or
stereotyped.
We are sorry for the mishap and
apologize. for it. Nothing could be
farther from our thoughts than to
wound the sensibilities Of any OF our
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-29
POSTAL TINGS BANKS.

One of the greatest bankers in the
world is the British government. AS
a bank it holds nearly $500, 100000 in
postotfice deposits payable practically
on call, and pays interest at the rate
of p per cent per annum to it's de-
positOrs. Last year the deposits in
creased $50, OO0,0t O.-The Philadelphia
Press.
Why cannot the government of the
United States have postal savings
banks as we'll as the government of
England? Are we inferior in intelli-
gence? No. Why is it then? The
answer is plaintiffs nation is ruled
Ivy the money-lending ciass,-called
National bankers. -.
Would 1t not be splendid arrange
ment if the poor farmers Of Minneso-
ia, who are now losing their homes
from mortgages, bearing and 10 per
cent, were able to borrow money, of
Uncle Sam at and per cent, said
money being deposited by the people
themselves. Who would be hurt by it
except the usurers? L. D.
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FREE SILVER.
A QUESTION AND ANSWER.
We have received the following let

we nave reCelVeU Ule 1OllOWiHS leu
ter:
Editor Representative:
Sir:-I have written you on the 30th
Of March last, asking you il you would
please TO give an explanation OF what
you mean by free-silver, and | have
received three numbers OF The REP
RESENTATIVE since and it is not in
any OF them.
F Some believe by that the govern
ment would give free the silver money
they should need, which seems to me
ridiculous, so l do not believe it; but
do not exactly understand what is
meant by it, SO an explanation in The
REPRESENTATIVE OF what it means
will oblige several persons. Yours re-
spectfuliy, j. l.. COSSETTE.
Terrebonne, Mimi, April =.
Free Silver means that both gold
and silver shall be admitted to the
minis of the United States on equal
terms. This was the rule in the
world as far back as minis have been
esta blished, For eighty years in this
country if man mined a lot OF gold
bullion and another man mined lot
OF silver bullion, each could take his
metal to the minis and have it weigh
ed and coined and the coins handed
out to him, at the rate and in the pro-
portion fixed by the law of Congress.
But, in 1873, the English and other
capitalists, in order to make money
scarcer and therefore dearer, and thus
reduce the price OF land and labor and
wheat and oats and meat and wool
and cotton and everything else,
sneaked through Congress, corruptly,
a bill which omitted the standar sill
yer dollar from the list Of coins that
could be coined out of silver bullion.
to the minis equally with gold, or at
all. The minis of England. Germany
and most of the European countries,
and also India, were in like manner
closed against the white metal. and
the market being thus shut off the
price of silver fell. and with it fell the
prices OF nearly all other commodi-
tics. Hence while wheat is worth but
fifty cents in Minnesota, where we are
on the gold basis, it is worth one dol
lar in Mexico which is on the silver
basis: and the Mexican dollar will pay
just as much debt in Mexico as the
American dollar will pay in the
United States.
The word Stree" is not important n
connection with this question. ALI
the advocates Of silver ask is that it
be treated precisely as gold was treated
for eighty years prior to 1873, aud as it
is not treatednow If the governmen
levics charge on gold to pay the cost
Of coinage. and thus make the minis
| self-supporting, we are perfectly will
| ing that silver should be treated in
the same way and pay like charge.
What we demand is that silver be put
back where it stood for 5000 years. be-
fore English gold corrupted Congress
to drive it out of the mints:-and we
demand this not from any especial
affection we have for. silver, but be-
cause we want to see prices restored
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-29
SOUTH DAKOTA.

We are glad to hear that there is al
most certainty that the Peoples
Party will carry South Dakota this
fall, and a strong probability, if they
do. that Hon. H. l.. Loucks will be
elected Senator We are not opposing
Senator Kyle, he has done we'll In his
high office; but we desire to say that
no man in the United States has given
greater devotion and ability to the
cause of reform than Mr.. Lcucks.
Under circumstances that would have
crushed most men to the earth he has
persistently fought the battle of Re-
form. and if placed in the United
States Senate the whole world would
hear from him. I. D.
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UNREASONABLE.

We are sorry to hear that few of
our subscribers, after we had carried
them for periods OF from one month
to three years, are angry because we
at last cut them off our list of sub
scribers
This is very unfair. THE REPRE-
SENTATIVE is and always has been
payable in advance. The cash basis
is the only one upon which newspa-
per.can be successfully conducted. 1t
is the basis upon which the old party
papers are maintained. AS long as our
subscription list was thousand or So,
and most of them known to us person
ally, we could discriminate, as to dis
cOntinuanceS. but with list Of e, 600
it is impossible. The work of strik-
ing off delinQucnts goes into the
hands Of c'erks who do not know one
subscriber from another; hence it may
happen that some who have special
claims upon our friendship or graft
tude may be struck off with the rest.
But it is utterly impossible for the
editor or Business Manager to go over
the whole great list to pick these out.
E But there are men who would think
it all right for Republican or Demo-
cratic sheet to stop coming when the
time Of subscription had expired, who
are tiercely indignant if a Populist pa
per is not run like a windmill, with
the aid of nothing more substantial
than the free breath of heaven.
Hence the history of Peoples Party
papers has been a history of wrecks
and isasters-suspende issues and
blighted hopes.
We have been most fair and reason-
able We have carried men who were
we'll able to pay up, while the credi-
tors of the paper were bounding us in
every direction. We have begged and
implored the delinquents to remit.
We asked them to pay part if they
could not pay all; and if they could
pay nothing at present to at least
write and let us know when they
could do something for us in the fu-
ture. And now they are indignant
because, having made no answer of
any kind, we take their names off the
list!
Is this the way to support politi-
Cal party? Is this the way to fight the
influences which are crushing the life
out of the people?
: What is the use of a man calling
himself a PopuliSt If he allows Popu-
list papers to perish, by failing to re-
NIT what is due them? We hear Of
one man who had collected subScrip-
tions to the amount Of $50, who be-
cause We wanted what was due us, hand
ed back the money to the subscribers!
Such men do not deserve defenders.
They should perish with the heel OF
the oppressor on their Threats. They
justify robbery by their injustice to
their friends. Not satisfied that we
should work for nothing for them, for
three years, they seem to think we
should impoverish ourself to furnish
them with newspapers.
1t is exceedingly discouraging. On
ly the spirit of martyrs can induce a
| man to stand fast under such circum-
stances. /. D.
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careers testify to their sincerity;-b
Fish! Paugh! You can hear the rattle
OF Republican money in his pockets
as lie walks along.
Remember, friends, we are fighting
the capital of the Whole world, ana it
will take all sorts OF cunning and pro-
team shapes, and it Will not lack for
tools and agents, plausible as the
devil and as corrupt. Be on your
guard perpetuaily. Eternal vigil
ance," as Jefferson said. lis the price
of liberty" /. d.
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CHICKENS ON A STRIKE.

I, other Poorc's Plymouth Rock
hens have struck. The orders for eggs
rolled in at such rate that the hens
got mad, and threatened to join. the
Republican party; and Brother Poore
has had to withdraw his advertise.
ment, until the hens get rested and
make fresh start. AS soon as they
again join the producing class they
will become Populists once more.
Now they are like the bankers,-they
want some one else to lay the eggs
while they absorb the grub. l. D.
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Twenty Thousand Circulation.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, March 81, 1896.
This is to certify that the total num-
Der OF papers printed this day for The
REpREsENTATlvE is %. 900 copies.
r. E. LINKFIELD,
Supt. Mechanical Dept. Penny Press.
Sworn and subscribed to lefOre me
this 31st day Of March. A. ID. 1896.
[Seal. w. LEE MOORE,
Notary Public.
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Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-01-07
MAINE STATE GRANGE.
Patrons Of Husbandry.

EDWARD WIGGIS, Master. Maysville.
+. II. LIBBY, Secretary, Auburp.
W. W. STsTsoN, Lecturer, Auburn.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-01-07

Tho Hcw woman has not tho slightest
'--'"'' for that legendary superstition CON
'erHing opal' being unluclly> She delights
n these fascinating gems with their flame
Ike shadowS and milky radiance, especial
when they arc mounted with small tiia
nonds TO serve rs finger rings, brooch or
lccklace, says Jewellers Circular, from
which the following is cleaned
The opal, with its mixture Of green, red
and milky white, is not only beautiful
but aGcnrds with the chameleon idea of
three color> combined which runs riot in
iress materials
There is no attempt at Disgusting the
employment of substitutes for real gems
There is every variety of repetition OF pre-
oious stones in popular priced limitations
The association of diamonds and pearls
is never a failure. and many proofs of lis
success arc in evidence this season. for 1T
is very fashionable combination.
Blue and green meet in rings set with
turquoise and chrysoprase. Round
brooches in gold scrollwork have diamond
centcrs.
Tho plume, scroll and coronet are popu-
lar designs for tho elaborate finger rings
which are set with diamonds, pearls aud
other precious gems.
Every kind of ingenuity has been
brought to bear with regard to new
forms in bracelets, and series of flexible
gold joints united by turquoise is new
departure.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-01-07
MAINE FARMING NOTES.

Mr. Warren Wallace of Waldoboro is
getting ten dozen eggs per day from $50
hens.
Ring Bros. have purchased 1900 lambs
In Cambridge and adjoining towns this
fall and sold them to Corinna parties.
Mr. Willard Stoddard of West Farming
ton, has raised the past summer ON three
fnurths Of an acre of ground, 100 bushels
OF sbclled corn worth SIS or more. This
is at the rate of 500 per acre.
In the four months ending November
1st, there We're shipped from Waldoboro
station on tbs NJ. G. R. II. twenty
eight tons Of hens. Averaging them at
four pounds each it shows the enormous
number of fourteen thousand birds.
Mr.. Charles A. Hryer of Bootbbay.
bought of Ephraim Burnham OF Edge
comb, May 7th, two pigs One hs killed
Nov 18Th, which weighed 286 pounds
The other he killed Dec. 90. He was
seven months and thirteen days old and
weighed Al pounds,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-01-07
Androscog9in Pomona Grange.

The Androscoggin County Grange, r.
of H, met at Burnside Post hall in Au
burn, Wednesday. ls was the annual
meeting of the grange. About 1875 were
present and had 1t not been for the bad
travelling more than twice that number
would have attended. The reports Of the
treasurer and secretary were read. The
grange is in a prosperous condition. Its
mem bership Is over 100. The following
officers were elected at the forenoon ses-
sion: f. W. Cobb, master: Frank Mar
tin, overseer Mrs. Pulsifer. lecturer: A.
j. Larrabee steward, Il. c. Jordan,
assistant steward. At the afternoon
session these officers Were elected: y. p
Dunning, chaplain; B. f. Briggs, presi-
dent; E. VI Kicker, secretary H. r.
Ooten, gate keeper: Mrs X. r. Cobb,
Pomona; Mrs. Frank Marden. Flora
Mrs \. J. Larrabce, Ceres; Mrs. T. C.
Jordan assistant steward; Horace True
forester; j l.. Martin and J. L. Lowell
trustees; j. l.. Lowell aud Ell Hodgsin
district deputies.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-01-07
YOUR PALATE IS YOUR STOM.
ACH'S CONSCIENCE.


Thin people are thin because the food thev
eat is not absorbed. Reasons, either wrong
food or right food undigested.
Fats. oils, and grease will not make auv one
Fat. This is because they are indigestible.
Thin people find it hard to digest their food.
Fatty foods make it still harder
Have you ever noticed tina. almost without
exception, thin, pale, dyspeptic, auamic peo-
pie have an aversion to fate This is Of itself
proof enough that such foods are bad for
them.
Let your palate tell you what to eat Ma
ture makes very few mistakes and we should
listen to what she says.
Thin people may become fatter, and dvspep-
ties more comfortable by taking the Shaker
Digestive Cordial. 1t agrees with the weakest
stomach. 1t helps the weak stomach digest
other food. It's fattening and invigorating in
Itself for 1T contains artificially digested food.
The Mount Lebanon Shakers have made n
great many interesting discoveries within the
past hundred years. but none more important
than TINS ingenious care for all diseases which
are tractable to faulty digestion. A single 10
cent bottle will tell whether it is ADAPTED to
your case, and can be had through any drug
gist. tn ton colnr
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-01-07

to 1000 years and have found some Of
the pine even older than that. Alas but
few of them are left, monarcbs of the
forest, towering away above every other
tree that surrounds them, and soon the
ruthless hand of the axe man will destroy
the last one. ] will say, however, that
our forests of Maine are unlike those OF
any ether country ON tho globe. Take
any timber township in the State where
spruce grows and you will find that the
lard is sending up spruce trees all the
way from little Seeding foot high to
the mature tree from one to three feet
through ready for the market. Our lum-
bermen go on; they cut the large trees fit
for logs and let the sun in, and the
younger trees come on much faSter than
they otherwise would. But | want
further say to you that the time is com
ing, as my friend Senator Hale, said to
me within a few months, when the cut
ting of lumber must be regulated by law
as it is in Europe, or within twenty five
years the old growth spruce will be as
scarce as the old pumpkin pine are today.
II cannot, however, prolong his discus
sion, for others must participate in 1t. |
want others to become SO and to help us
protect our forests and keep them as a
sacred heritage for our children; and
while we protect the game for the outside
world, and allow them to come here and
roam ever our forests, cut their firewood,
build their camps, and do almost as they
please With out timber lands. we want
the State of Maine TO protect them
against fire, and to help us keep them Us
they are. For you sec gentlemen. that
we all, as citizens of great State, derive,
each OF Us, directly or indirectly, great
benefit from the State of Maine And rs
the years go by and the demand grows
larger for the products of our forests. so
will in future the horests of Maine be
more valuable TO Us and to the whole
country"
The value of Mainc's forests is not too
strongly set forth in the above trenchant
words of this distinguished ex-governor,
who is probably more conversant with the
subject than any one else within the
limits of the commonwealth. Wide and
far reaching questions relating TO the
growth, protection and preservation Of
our forests are soon to come to the front
and it is fortunate at this time that we
have at the head of the State forestry
commission in the person of Hon. Charles
H. Oak, a young man Of ability and ex
perence, and one thoroughly impressed
with the magnitude and Importance OF
the Maine forests.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-01-07
A Communication.
Gardiner. Me. Jan. D.

Gardiner Me, Jan. D, 1896.
Editors of kennebec journal:
Dear Sir; Through the medium Of
your paper, desire to reach any persons
who may be interested in or may wish to
be associated with the National Society Of
the Daughters of the American Revolu
ton.
The object of the society is noble and
patriotic and its aim is to keep alive the
memory and emulate the spirit Of those
who sacrificed themselves to establish fo'
our country the freedom and independence
re now enjoy.
One great practical service it accom-
plisbes is the preservation of valuable
records that in many cases would other
wise be lost.
/ have regretted to find so small 2
presentation from Maine and Massachu
,etrs in the annual congress OF the Daugh
ters of the American Revolution, and an
,pxious to be of active service in this
State, whence l get my own claims t,
membership.
I feel confident tlourishing chapter
might be formed in this immediate
vicinity and ! urge all who think they
have the smallest claim to membership tc
communicate with me rs will be glad tt
assist 10 any way | can. | am about t.
return to Washington city and can send
al papers &c, give any information re-
quired Anyone who is lineal descend
ant of one who aided the cause of Amcri
can independence at the time cf tn,
Revolution in civil or military capacity is
eligible to membership. There are now
over 5000 members. aud it is the aim OF
the society to bring in all who have
proper claims, and if a little attention is
given to the subject, it will often be found
very easy to discover necessary proofs OF
such claims.
All letters addressed to p. o. Box SIC
at any time. Gardiner, Maine, will re
ceive prompt attention.
Very respectfully
(Mrs) Nora Grant Rice,
Member Mary Washington Chapter
Daughters of the Americ ~ Revolution
Washington, u. G.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-01-07
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