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The representative., 1896-09-23
SOUND SUGGESTIONS.
An Eloquent Clergyman Has That to Say Which
All Should Read.

An Eloquent Clergyman Has That to Say Which
All Should Read.
Editor Representative:
Allow me to urge upon your readers
the Importance of hard work by the
"handpicking" process from now until
November Sd. The neighbor and friend
can do great good by kindly getting a
few facts before the mind of an advocate
of gold, or tariff, or what not. The
cause of the common people" is our
cause, and while not wanting to assail
and abuse the uncommon people," we
must not permit them to bind us down
more securely in debt slavery. Any
Representative" reader can assure HIM
self on the question of falling prices and
quoting few of the great political econ
omists-Prof. Walker, Prof. Marshall, of
Cornell University; J. r. McCullOch, ETC.
settle it in the mind that all who have
not fixed incomes must sink lower and
lower under the falling prices. The
financial change that we now seek will
benefit those who live by current labor
and enterprise, and injure those who live
upon the fruits of past labor" prof.
Chevalier Frahce.)
The short sighted fellow with regu-
months earnings, and vote against the
common interests, but if he cares for his
posterity hefwhl reckon with probable
falling wages 'tbefore he fully consents
to ocontinuehAeepresent gold standard.
The "arg1msents" of the campaign
speaker will not accomplish more than
the neighbmlyhnd pleasant social chats
among friehds-with temper kept down
h~ iii l1xv I,
Of the opportunity now, and &ng ssnd
teach reform to every available audience
of one or of one hundred.
may add it will be we'll to remember
that the campaign is not "silver battle"
alone, but it is a war upon the thieving
national banking system. While money
only pays about per cent in national
banking ESQ says the secretary of the
treasury-circular of information, No.
1881, and yet 500 shares Of national
bank stocks sell for from $4,000 to 81 400
each. The system will encourage the
continuance of the robbery.
The gold party effort is to fix past all
redemption self perpetuating bonded
op o. sn Iedmoo :uo!leu qua uodn msls6s
business with bank notes and credit sys-
tenn on gold basis (no chance for pre-
MUM grabs and bond steals upon
paper money basis) and thus add to our
national bond Indebtedness a self per-
petuating individual mortgage indebted
ness, affording the offering of our pres
ent money lords perpetual amnesty
without labor.
We must inform ourselves upon this
key point affair, and have ready facts
to convince our neighbors. We must
gain the victory.
A business man in our town wants
the entire national debt paid off-by
high tariff act-and yet declares for the
gold standard and present national
banking system. Where do you sup
pose he was educated?
Hurrah for Bryan and Watson, Lind
and Bowler and Frank A. Day. Yours
for a better day,
&C. e. Walker,
Sherburn, Sept. 9, 1896.
The representative., 1896-09-23
THOMAS j. MEIGHEN.

The Attempt to Retire Him-An Indignant Let
ter from Southern Minnesota.
Editor Representative.
And SO the Temple Court fellows pro-
posed to supplant Hon. Thomas J.
Meighen with E. r. Lynch. Whom the
gods would destroy they first make
mad"
l doubt II there is another man in the
United States of Mr.. Meaghen's age, who
has spent as much time, money and en-
ergy in this thankless work of reform
as he has done. His record of 20 years in
politics, believe to be without stain.
He has borne sights and abuse innum-
erable from so-called reformers. and has
continuously labored to harmonic fac
tions and present an undivided front to
the enemy. This he has done against
his personal interests, as the old parties
The representative., 1896-09-23

to open our mints to the free coinage Of
silver at che ratio Of 16 to Of gold.
God only helps those who help them
slves. Always remember that a banker
Is not producer of wealth-hence it is
a safe rule for a farmer to follow, to
vote against a policy advocated by a
class Of men whose business is to main
tain such financial conditions as compel
farmers to borrow money from them at
high rate of interest Let our battle
cry be, Down with the single gold
standard and all who advocate it.''
Walter Muir.
Hunter N. D.
The representative., 1896-09-23

would have given him his choice Of their
pie counter long ago II he would but de-
sert the cause so dear to his self sacrifc-
ing heart.
But who is this man Lynch who was
put forward to succeed him? / do not
believe he has been recognized as a re-
former longer than six months, and his
record during that time has not been
above suspicion. Is 1t any credit to
Sidney M. Owen to be in the Peoples
Party band wagon. w. e. C.
The representative., 1896-09-23
ourForum.
A FEW SIMPLE RULES-READ AND BE
GOVERNED ACCORDINGLY,

We are SO crowded with letters. many o.
them excellent and most interesting, that,
TO give them all a hearing. we are con:
strained to quote the following from Sound
Money.-Ed. Rep.
Write on one side Of paper. beginning
ne FIRST page about the middle Of the sheet
Always sign your name to your article,
Be brief
Do not try to cover the whole range OF
reform in one letter.
Be brief and to the point.
Letters Of 300 words on one point, properly
condensed, will cover almost any subject.
Be brief
Shoot at the mark-not in the air. Aim
at something and hit It,
Be brief Boil down and quit when you
are done
Again we say, be brief
In other words we say-be brief!
The representative., 1896-09-23
Holmes City, MINI.
A LETTER FROM OLMSTEAD
COUNTY.

Editor Representatives:
I have been a reader of your most
valuable paper ever since it started, and
am very glad to know that we have
paper in the state that is not bound to
the anarchistic money class, and that we
can get some facts to read once in
while, which is impossible through the
party papers. Mrs. Lease spoke in the
villag eof Plainview last Monday after
noon, and although it was raining nearly
all the time, she spoke to 500 or 600 peo-
ple out doors, as the hall would not be-
gin to hold them. And she gave them
something to think about. She gave any
one permission to ask questions, and
said she would answer them cOurteOusly,
The representative., 1896-09-23
DIRECT LEGISLATION AT ST. LOUIS.

Recollects the Opposition in the Platform Conn
mittee, but Does Not Know the Name of
the Man Who Made 1t.
Hon Ignatius Donnelly:
I have no recollections as to who op-
posed the initiative and referendum
when the question was up before the
committee On resolutions at the st. Louis
convention. There was feeble protest
made against the adoption of that plank
by some one, but as he apparently stood
without support he did not push his
views. Respectfully yoprs,
james Gum.
Boise, Idaho, Aug 81.
GREAT MEETING AT PRINCETON
A CLUB OF $50 is FORMED.
Editor Representative:
Congressman Charles A. Towne and
J. N. Rogers, of Princeton, spoke on the
political issues of the day, at Princeton.
Sept. 18th, to about 1000 people. There
was great enthusiasm from start to fin
ish. After the speaking we formed a
bi-metallic league, with $50 members
Now, brethren all over the state do the
same. Let us form solid front all along
the line for silver and reform. We have
the enemy on the run; keep them going
until they land at the headwaters of Salt
River on Nov. 8. The Republicans here
have about given up They have no
facts, no proofs, no arguments, no MOTH
ing. r. S. Shaw.
Chairman County Committee.
Princeton, Mimi, Sept. IA.
FREE SILVER IN HASTINGS.
Editor Representative:
I wish to inform you of a large and
interesting silver meeting held at the
court house in Hastings on the 14th.
There were upwards of $50 people. We
formed silver club. The officers are:
John Lucas, president; Frank Simmons,
vice-president; Owen p. Sherry, secre-
tary; Stephen Newell, treasurer. We
have arranged with Hon. G. d. O'Brien,
of st. Paul, to address us ON Saturday
night Of this week. Prospects are for
very large and interesting club here.
Yours respectfully,
Owen p. Sherry.
Hastings, MINI.
The representative., 1896-09-23

Ripans Tabules: gentle cathartic.
Ripans Tabules: at druggists.
Ripans Tabules: pleasant laxative.
The representative., 1896-09-23
WELL ARGUED,

Hunter, N. D.
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John Parrish, Of Woodstock, Ia, while
stacking hay six miles north Of Web
ster City, encountered a huge field rat,
which, in order to escape the tines OF
the pitchfork, ran up his trousers leg.
just as the rat was coming out Of the
w~aistband, Parrish seized it with his
right hand and the rat showed fight
Before the mar could get it at a dis
advantage it buried its teeth in his
left hand through the bone and feshy
part and hung on until MI. Parrish,
ST., made a lasso of binding Irvine and
choked the rodent until it let go. The
rat has been placed ON exhibition at
Woodstock in one Of the stores, and Is
pronounced the largest ever
tered in this section of the state. Par
rish's arm and hand are badly swol-
len. Doctors fear he will lose both, and
think he will be lucky If his life is saved.
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DEATH SCENES IN FlonoN.


Mongrel Affairs Which Are Neither Sci
ence Nor Good Art.
We do not see on what ground, either
Of art or science, of public good or pri-
vate morals, the publishing of medical
descriptions of death in popular novels
can be justified. We do not mean to
say that the novelist should not allow
his patients to die If circumstances COM
pei 1t; or that he should not describe
the way they die in IS pathetic. dra-
matte or tragic a name as he chooses.
But to Introduce into the pages of now
els technical descriptions Of deaths
from diphtheria, opium poisoning,
tuberculosis or other malady is offensive
to good taste and is a misuse Of the art
Of fiction. If people want to know ex.
actly how q person dies who has a can
GER Of the uterus, there are excellent
technical descriptions in a large number
of standard works; in fact, the litera.
ture Of medicine is burdened with sucE
descriptions, some of them joining lit
erary skill with technical knowledge
Weare led to these remarks by a perusai
of the deathbed scene in a case OF diph-
liberia, as described by the at-one-time
novelist "Ouida." This lady is. happily,
one Of the passed among fiction writers.
but she seems to be trying to make up
for her ~decaying powers by silly sensa-
tionalism. This is the manner in which
she describes death from diphtheria:
THE poisonous growth filed every
chink of the air passages as thoughfhey
were tubes mortared up and closed
Dramatically. His face grew purple and
tumid. His eyes started from their
sockets. He had no sense left, except
the mere instructive mechanical effort
to gasp for the air he would never
breathe again. Blood foamed in froth
over his lips, which were curled over the
white teeth and were cracked and blue.
His eyes, starting from their orbit, had
no sight. Suddenly the commissions
ceased" This. according to ''Ouida,"
with a few additional trappings, such
as nuns kneeling around on the floor
and sRadowy lights thrown through the
room, etc., constitutes a realistic de-
scription of a deathbed scene from diph-
iberia. It is, perhaps, truer than the
deathbed scene from opium poisoning,
as described by Marion Crawford, where
the patient sinks away with the pupils
dilated. But, after oil, st is not a true
picture of the way patients die from
this disease. It is partly technical,
partly imaginary, and altogether exag-
gesated, a mongrel affair, such as all
medical descriptions of maladies and
deaths by novelists rust necessarily be-
IN. ". Medical Record.
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pointed lapels of white. The Jacket
front shows a strip Of white embroidery
edged with narrow lines of blue silk;
the collar is white embroidery, and a
white Hamburg or Alpine hat with
quilts and o black band is worn.
These double lapels, the one opening
right over the other as if to say: Eyes, I
quite agree with you," must be called
an easy distinguishing mark os the sea-
son One sees them upon quite heavy
jackets and upon driving coats, and the
collar is often white, or at least much
lighter than the cloth. It's just q fad
as yet; il it lasts, it's a mode.
Hats of ceremony are moderate of
brim, wide and fat of crown. Gowns
of ceremony-let me describe one used
at an ''autumn leaves" frolic. The skirt
anything you like SO that it Is figured
silk and edged with a wide double frill
Of chiffon. The belt a wide satin ribbon.
The vest and u~ndersleeves are built line
upon line and precept ON precept of tiny,
narrow, close-ftting frills of lace, and
over the ~undersleeves, at the shoulders,
a swept two folds Of figured silk in
the wreath-like style so much used Just
now for evening gowns; the lapels end
collar are satin ribbon again. OF course
such q gown belongs rather to the pass
Ing summer than to the autumn that is
here.
And oh, the autumni The frolic OF
Tustling, clean brown leaves in the
woods a~isles, the trails Of clematis
bursting into its clouds of~winged seed
calls, the bitter-sweet showing the red
heart under its yellow coati Iiteould
only stay autumn, and If the shortened
days need not mean that winter time is
near, how beautiful It would bel Tor
frolics amid the golden glories Of the
season there Is no wrap finer than the
little shoulder capes the women are
wearing, easily donned and dotted and
feather-weight for the attending gal
liant to carry. Ihave seen a very pretty
n made to match its gown, trimmed
with smallish round buttons and lined
down the side with groups of knife
plaits, three in each group, to bear out
similar lines Of plating in the otherwise
plain skirt.
1t would be a clever device for some
brown little woman few of inches and
partridge plump. And though I would
hardly advise her to wear that very wide
ribbon belt of black velvet noted in the
example Of which I speak, the knife
plated bodice front can be recommend
ed without hesitation. So can the small
toqne with the high Wanting feather or
ribbon bow.
The mysterious, they are wearing q
great deal this fall those smart Norfolk
Jackets with big buttons, square double
breasted fronts and wide lapela. And
you shall see also jackets with cddsand
strange lapels cut in double seaIlops
and other queer shapes. Jackets are.
worn square and box-shaped for driv-
ing, close-backed and open-fronted for
cycling, but the basic idea is the same
In all and the length varies nttle-say
about to the level Of the hip joint.
Jackets and capes, the former rather in
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Ohnmminr in Afrina.

The natives, l notice, generally have
a chum; the pair consists, as a rule, OF
n strong man with a certain amount
of influence; the other a weaker crea-
ture with nothing to say for himself.
The latter derives a certain amount Of
protection and respectfrom the tronger
mans acquaintance, and is content to
do what drudgery or hard work falls to
the partnership. In engaging guides
I notice always one who carries all the
belongings; his chum, a stronger
man, takes the lead in all things, knows
the road; the other acquiesces in every
thing said or done.-The late z. J. Glave,
In Century.
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LEE FABLED %sALAMANpER.
Marco Polo Says That tho Wool e whae
We Cali Asbeskos.

Marco Polo Says That the Wool r Whae
We Cali Asbestos.
Chingintalas is also a province at the
verge Of the desert and lying between
northwest and north. It has an extent
Of 16 days journey and belongs to Great
Britain and has numerous towns and
villages. There are three different races
of people in it-Idolaters, Saracens and
some HISTORIAN Christians. At the
northern extremity Of this provinces
there is a mountain in which are excel
lent veins Of steel and ondanique. And
you must know that in the same o
tain there is a vein Of the substance
from which salamander is made. For
the real truth is that the salamander III
no beast, as they allege in our part OF
the world, but is a substance found in
the earth; and / will tell you about it.
Everybody must be aware that it can
be no animals nature to live in fire..
seeing that every animal is composed Of
all the four elements. Now /, Marco
Polo, had a Turkish acquaintance OF tho
name Of Zuricar, and he was 5 very
clever fellow. And this Turk related
how he had lived three years in Tint
region on behalf of the great kan, in
order to procure those salamandcrs for
him. He said that the way they got
them was by digging in that mountain
till they found a certain vein. The
substance Of this vein was then taken
and crushed, and when so treated It di-
vides, as it were, into fbers OF wool,
which they set forth to dry. When dry
these fbers were pounded in a great
copper mortar and then washed, so as
to remove all the earth and to leave only
the hbers like fbers Of wool. These
were then spun and made into napkins.
When first made these napkins are not
very white, but by putting them into
the fire for awhile they come out as
white as snow. And so, again, whenever
they become dirty they are bleached by
being put in the fire.
Now this, and naught else. is the truth
about the salamander, and the people
Of the country all say the same. Any
other account Of the matter is fabu-
lous nonsense. AndImay add thatthey
have at Rome a napkin of this stun,
which the grand kaan Sent to the pope.
Noah Brooks, In st. Nicholas.
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tie lead, good FROM now uatt anow
lilies, if it flies as soon as is its wont
There is considerable use made this
year Of braiding and stitching. as
means Of marking and trimming gowns
and wraps. Braid, when it is used. IA
apt to be narrow; not wide braid, such
as n sees in white upon blue yachting
gowns. Three lines of fine blace braid.
for instance, r considered to have a
very horsey look upon the sleeves and
skirt Of a driving coat of gray or tan.
Chiffon is-well, IFS convenient. which
IS almost as good as being fashionable.
1t remains quite a favorite material for
the shoulder pufs which are to mask
sissves of the new s~lenderness. Nor will
its usefulness be limited by the coming
frost. Plated chiffon is st:ll almost il
not quite the best all-round material
for bodice fronts if the gown be not
elaborate. Chiffon might be dubbed
the business woman's friend. From
the nat brim, however, chiffon and crepe
and all such stuff have vanished quite.
One reason why the modistes worry
SO much about the disposition of the
waist line'' is that "they hain't no such
q thing" Dame Nature never made a
waist, and if the Almighty had meanta
woman to be corset-shaped, He'd doubt
less have made her so. The wide o r
set belt, pointed above and below the
waist line, has been very popular, but
it's only for slender women or those
who insist on considering themselves
so. The new 'venus waist" about
which we hear so much, seems to be a
fact. It is easily defined. A Venus
waist is n which is about three or
four inches larger than it was last sea-
on. And it really makes the entire
figure look more slender, because there
is no such bullying of displaced tissue
above and below it, as the disfguring
corset eompels, They say it is very
seldom, except in England, that one
nowadays sees a woman in really high
society with a pinched waist. AS for
Paris, it was there the idea began. and it
succeeds admirably because of the sup
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BICYCLE AND PuLPIT.
DenOuncinR n Wheel Il Like Railing II
the Locomotive.

D~onOuncinR the Vince II Like Railing ne
the Locomotive.
1t is only natural that the ubiquitous
bicycle should have gotten into the pull
pit-not literally, but as . subject for
sermons. Although the clerical stand
point is usually a conservative and q
more or less critical lone, yet Of the
many preachers who have touched on
the subject Of the wheel, few, SO far as
we r aware. have denounced it as an
evil thing. They have spoken warming
" Of the abuses to which it may contrib
ute, but have, as a rule, recognized that
it's dangers, at their worst. are far out
weighed by its benefits fact that
shows the prevalence Of clear iudg~
ment and good common sense.
bicycling" said one well-knovsm
New York clergyman, "has done much
for the public good. IT has made the
enervated take outdoor exercise. It
has contributed TO the spiritual good
Of the community. half the religious
doubts Of the world have been dys-
peptic doubts. Topossess moral health.
man needs physical health. Bicycling
has helped intellectual progress by pro-
noting social intercourse, It is giv-
ing us better roads. In fact, we cam
not estimate the good done by the
wheel. / thank God for it, and would
canonize the inventor if 1 knew HIS
name"
Denouncing the bicycle, from the
pulpit or anywhere else, is like railing
at the railroad or the steamship. Every
great mechanical invention, each new
phase of development, brings to fallibls
humanity Some opportunity Of evil
along with its power for good. Shall we
abandon the art of writing because il
has created the crime Of forgery? MUST
we all go unclad because the apparel Of
some is sinfully ostentatious9 It would
be almost as foolish to seek to abolish
the steed of steel because now and then
n rides it to perdition.-Munsey's
Magazine.
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port 1t receives from the strong art sem
timent OF the aesthetic worlds capital.
The only honest way to have a small
waist is to develop the muscles of the
chest and back by wise exercise and by
the same means fight of fat from under
the belt. Almost any woman can get a
fine figure Just as every West Point
cadet does, and by similar means.
ELLEN OSBORN.
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OSB0RNs LETTER.
Thoughts on women's Dress sug-
gested by Autumnal Equinox
Jackets and Capss for Faif-The New
Sleeve as Applied so Fall Wraps
-Capes of Dainty Lee
sien.
I-coprRIoHr. issal

Lenox.TWhen the summer girl stands
with reluctant feet where the summer
and autumn meet she begins to think Of
many things in the way Of brave adorn-
ment, and to wonder-well, for one
thing, if the new sleeve is in any wise
applicable to outer raiment, and, for
another, what may prove the prevailing
type of autumn jacket.
Fluff of lace is not yet quite put away,
for the bright futtering creatures that
gather to watch the boat races on the
Stockbridge bowl lift their field glasses
with hands bewristed in white cuffs,
and their immaculate white sailor coll
lars are edged with lace, as in real salt
water yachting they would never be.
The s~martestand newest golfng suit
here, frankly influenced by English
modes, adopts a tight sleeve with but
the slightest suggestion Of fullness at
the shoulder. The skirt bottom and
cuffs are heavily stitched about FIVE
Inches from the edge; there is a white
strap belt; the bodice is double-breass-
ed, and in the collar, rather oddly, there
is a panel of black velvet such as one
sees on mems %overcoats. The material
is what is called a heather mixture" a
sort of finely-chopped hash of the clan
tartan colors. Fitted with a spotless
white tam cap or with a Glengarry in
the heather mixture, the same suit
would do finely for bicycling. were the
skirt cut somewhat shorter.
Another combination which stamps
itself as new" at a glance-a walking
dress-has rather quieter mixed %colors,
q strap belt and a jacket with double
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wantea to Ia Llka &C.,.

Willie Littleboy--1 wish / had been
George Washington.
Papa-Why so. my SOM
Willie-Why, papa, he couldn't tell
lie, and so when lie was visiting and was
asked if he would like another piece OF
pie, instead Of saying no just for the
sake OF being polite. he told the truth
and said yes.-N. Y. World.
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I'm aSydney newspaper lately there
this advertisement: "Wanted-a
man able to teach French and the piano
and to look after the bulL"-ritBits.
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ADenver travelling man has perfected
a pocket typewriter not much bigger
than q watch.