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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-08-11

face of It all We hear the tootings OF
the tin horns of the party organs that
prosperity has returned and the country
becoming.
And lies! Oh Lord! It takes ones
breath away! A California paper gets
of this joke:
The telephone rang in the office Of a
theatrical manager
Hello. hellol Who's that?"
Uncle Sam
Hello. Uncle Sam What can I do for
you?'
81 have written a new play and want
you to produce it for me-
what is the name of it?"
PROSPERITY"
"Good name. What is it-comeay:
"No. It's a farce"
And another wag says;
It is told that a prominent politician had
gone blind and crazy trying to figure the
difference between the Cleveland panic and
the Mckinley Observation-Disclosures
State-Herald.
Jerry Simpson said in a Fourth Of
July speech!
II saw letter addressed to Senator Ma
son. from Illinois, the other day which
gives an idea of how we are situated: 1t
tOlO MIN tnaJ me miners Oh AI6 nOHic SldtS
were working only three days week:
and then getting only 81 per diem-S per
week. The letter concluded that there
were no worse conditions than these In
Cuba and the senator was requested to
bend some of hts energies toward securing
relief for his own people. Now, what Is
true Of Illinois miners is also true OF the
250.00O about to go on a strike, and true,
too. of the entire class Of labOring people:
They are being paid starvation wages but
I do not believe that q free American pe0-
pie who listened to the tales of the deeds
Of their forefathers in the fight against OPP
preston. will stand this kind Of thing much
longer. They will not submit to 1T,
But while thousands starve the lice
go on, rolling in endless succession like
the waters of the Mississippi.
Dun and Bradstreet get off their re-
port each week Of the failures-les,
lies, nothing but lies. And they do not
even take the precaution to make their
falsehoods agree. Here are the reports
as they appeared in parallel columns
last week in the dai'v papers,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-08-11

Do you want Bryan's Book. Tho
First Great Battle?" Get us five yearly
subscribers, and we will send you the
book free.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-08-11

Failures for this week
ave been 236 in the
Tnited States. aga inst
'91 Ia ct year. and 2S IN
Canada. against 40 last
year.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-08-11

There are 80 buc
ness failures report
throughout thu Unit,
States this week. rathe
more than the averae
In recent weeks. Les.
week the total WAS 220
in the week last year i
was 2a4. ard two years
ago 1t was POT. but in
the corresponding week
In 1894 1t was 220. and
in the like period Of 1893
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-08-11

THEY DENY TO IGNATIUS DONNELI4Y THE,
RIGHT TO DICTATE TO THEM-HiS DE-
MAND THAT w. r DOBBYN BE DE
POSED FROM THE GUARDIANSHIP AND
r. j. MEIGHtN SUBSTITUTED TAKEN
UNDER CONSIDERATIONS. NJ. ROWLER
EXPRESSES HIS VIEWS IN STRONG
TERMS
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-08-11
WANTED.

man in every locality to buy grain
OF all kinds in car lots. For par
ticulars address Geo. A. Moomow Co.
Corn Exchange, Minneapolis, Mimi.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-08-11

One makes the failures 259, the other
226, In the same week, based on the
same facts! And 259 the week the
tariff bill passes as against 220 the
With a big P!
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-08-11

PEOPLES PARTY STATE CENTRAL. COM
MlTTEE HOLDS a MEETING.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-09

logs upon the Ice. Among these work
men are a better class. called timber
markers. who superintend the whole
work and Get the owners name upon
each log. The horses stand through
each winter by the side Of the huts,
without any shelter. nor do they appear
In the least 10 mind H. All liquors and
quarrellng among the men are strictly
forbidden. Mr.. Thomas Meehan OF
Philadelphia. when In Sweden one sum
mer, remarked the curious custom prev
alent there Of styllngall treosexcept the
pine and ar tribes ~ leaf trees" In
stead OF deciduous treea This arises
no doubt from the fact that the pines
and frs are intellectually more abundant
than others. and that In a vast AREA
hardly any leaf-bearlng tree IL seen,
save the birch or sallx tribes The pine
requires more air and light than the
nr. consequently n the trees stand close
together the stem IL always free from
branches, which then. az Il were, form
a crown on the top. The pine reaches
greater age than the dr., and comes
70 maturity later the further aorth Il
grows. In wermland they are FULL
grown at the age Of $50 years, In DalA-
roe at 80 years. but In some northerly
tracts they do not acquire maturity I'M
al they are at least 800 years old. For
Ore wood the pine which Is found here
A much better than the ar. ~ u burns
much brighter and leaves a better glow
For good are wood the natives cut the
trees down IN winter. when all the sap
a In the stem, split Il In the spring. dry
An the summer, aud bring home Tor
burning In the following autumn. Tue
birch Il the m6st northerly OF all the
European forest treea Il grows higher
up than any other tree. and even IN y
degrees north latitude Il h found Al an
elevation OF 5000 feet above the sea
Where no other tree can grow the elrei
reaches the height OF man. and ever
Al $500 feet elevation some few buahel
are met with. though after that u grad
uaiiy dwindles TO a ereeper. The CLOUD
berry rlpens at thia elevation. out ~
higher. After this all bushes cease z
grow. and the ground Il covered onll
with a brown tell vegetation OF lichei
ana moss The only berry that can Il
pen among the llehen IL the crow berry
The Laps OF North Swe Zen never pltel
their tents higher than about 800 Zee
below the perpetual snow region. ~
say nothing Of the beauty Whleh th
clear green leaves In summer. and N
sllvery stem OF the birch In winter
I ada 10 the northern forest landseap'
; perhaps therN "A no tree more usetu
70 the Inhabitants Of the north. 70
implements. building, and even Tor ta'
niture. Il ls greatly In request, and N
outer bark. which IL easily stripped O
IN the spring. IL used for a variety Z
, purposes. from matching houses DOW
. 10 the selling OF shoes. No sole u
, warm or stands better against the sno'
than thla They are called -hafver,
ana are sold In little lunches OF =
strips. They have one peculiarity' tn'
az never rotting. The birch bark role
, up, or even oblong pieces OF nr oarl
I ars much used for noailng nets. inssee
q corks. No tree IL 90 valuable IN N
rouna a. planunEa a. ne birch. ter
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-09

AR. J. N. Barrie. the Well-knoWn
Scottish author. was invited about
year ago by the Aberdeen Corporation
10 deliver a public lecture In that city.
Hls reply was Characteristic You are
very kind. he wrote. "and I thank you
very heartily for this pleasant remem-
hrance OF me that induced the commit
tee to send me this inyilstlop. but on
the few occasions on which have been
on a platform I wished 10 get beneath
A. / never Sid lecture. and am SURE
never could" This recalls a very good
story which q not generally known
concerning the author Of "A window In
rhruma" Il seems that. being on one
occasion Induced 10 take the chair Al
a Burns supper AZ Ayr he sal glum
and helpless at the head Of the table.
doing none Of those things which We
expect a chairman TO do. not even
Stimulating enjoyment The papon
ohaHed him for his gaucherio, and the
crueleai ehah Of an appeared In the
National Observer In an article on MT,
naisle IN the Chair" Most people who
read 4 contcnded that u went too Gar
and showed personal anlmus. and 80
On. Il eventually leaked out that the
writer waa Ar. Barrie himself
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-09
RAILROAD WITHOUT cans.

one Ia Oregon That Does nlg husl-
ns.s with FnEines Alone.
There Is a railroad out In Oregon
which has no carr" said a railway
man. This does not mean that the
allgay IL deserted. for Il does very
rood bushes, The railroad Of which
speak Is In the forest Of the Bridal
Vel Laundering Company. near me
nallos The trains In use by the rail-
uay consist Of an ordinary locomotive,
such AZ 10 common use on logging
railways ana a string Of logs. each
les being as large In diameter, OF
larger than the boiler Of the engine.
The aleepers between the rails have
boards nailed 70 them and on these
boards the logs slide. The boards are
creased except on descending grades
and the traln moves At a pretty fast
rate Of epeod.
when the end Of the road Il reached
TIE LOGS are run into a frame ane
carried two miles 10 the mill. where
they are Manufactured into boards and
then after being made into lumber the
pianks are shipped by another nume
two miles to the planning mill"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-09

winter fruit The big surplus this fail
makes prices unusually low. A finer
grade Of apples than those used for
evaporating. but not perfect fruit. h
used for canning. For evaporation. APP
Piles are cored. peeled. and sliced BY
machine. but for canning they are
eored, peeled and cut In halves or quar-
tered. To an a dozen cans one and
one-half bushels Of fruit are required.
which can be bought for twenty-five
eenta This fall many apples are being
canned IN hopes OF a short crop next
year and good prices for canned fruit
fifteen or eighteen months hence. In
the process Of evaporation and canning.
skins and cores are bleaehed and used
Tor jelly purposes. being seasoned and
sold a. Jelly Of almost every variety
OF fruit on the market Among the poor
OF Europe. apple Jelly dlsplaees the use
OF butter. For packing In cold storage,
only the very best. perfect and sound
/ apples are selected. Immense Quanu-
ties Of such frultare now golnginto cold
storage IN the belief that the market
will be better from March TO June. The
apple crop has got TO be marketed In
the most attractive appearance. or the
orange viii seriously compete with Il
az a winter fruit Cooperative cold
storage should b. constructed and oper-
ated on the same business line az are
the cooperative creameries and cheese
factories. and u fruit growers would
thus combine IN the marketing Of their
fruit. English buyers could a. easily b
attracted to American cold storage
houses. a. they are 10 Utica or Little
Falls cheese markets. Such houses
should BE- OF 10000 TO 10000 barrel ca.
paclty. A building tOxi0O feet will
store 1000 barrels Of apples and will
cost from 1900 to 1850. depending OF
the section where built For cold stor
age Of fruits, the building IL 20 con
structed a. 10 use air BY opening thl
building az night 10 admit the coli
air and cloalng Il during the day. Col,
storage IL used 10 bridge over the keep
ing OF fruits for a time and thereby ex
clude frost The price per barrel o
apples will be increased from nifty cent
to $50 zach season, and the advance
price more than pays for the buildln
each year. The marketing IN coul
be extended from October uno. i
European markets a big red appl
brings more money than an orange.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-09

"a Of quick growth and serves TO shield
and foster the more valuable trees thai
grow IN the same forest AZ he age OF
10 years the birch Il hard enough LOT
firo wood. and no forest tree answers %
well for this purpose. containing. a. u
does. so much heat. At 80 years Il can can
be cut down as underwood, and at %
years II has attained It's full CROWN.
AZ the birch trees are cut down the
more valuable trees are left The oiren
thus payA for planting and presarvins
the beautiful trees which fatten ths
land. willie the birch when planted
alone iH1Rpverishes H. sallow. willov
and mq main ash grow freely botf
sides Of Ahe Tornea River. which d.
vides Sweden from Russia, within thu
polar circle. The alder Ia met with a
Tar north a. CO degrees
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-09
TIE YOUNGER sALvlNI.
MS Death Removes Promising star
from Thcspes Realm.

MS Death Removes Promising star
from Thcspe's Realm.
Alexander salvlni. the actor. and son
OF the celebrated Italian tragedian.
Tomaso salvlni. who died at Florence
lately. vas bora In Rome on December
"a, 1861. lie went 10 school Al Naples.
Florence and Genoa aud In Switzerland.
and afterwards entered a technical
school In Florence. II was Intended
that he should become an engineer. In
1881 he came 10 America with Chas.
Chlzzola. the manager OF Rossl's Ameri-
can tour. and instead OF looking up a
place ~ an engineer. az he had Intend
cd, vent with R0ssl's company for a
considerable part OF the tour lie then
settled In New York and studied Eng
liah. 90 that he could speak Il on the
stage. His first attempt was In the
Clara Morris Company, which was
playing at the Union Square Theatre.
He then spent two seasons with Mar
earel Mather. IN whose company be
played Romeo. Orlando. Rudolph In
Leah" Claude Melnotte." and clif-
ford In the "Hunchback."
In 1885 the elder salvini came "a
America and his son Joined hls com.
pany. Il was. however. In iSss, wher
Mr. Palmer engaged him for hls com
pany Al the Madison Square Theatel
that he won most OF the favor that h
found with the thcater-goers Of New
York. He played iauncelot Il
"Elalzs." and Henry Borgfeldt Il
partners" lie also played the BaroI
IN "Jlm the Penman." and appeared Il
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-09

you want 70 carry on this WORK anu
really mean that every man shall have
the Bible. you must be In earnest. Yeu
must 80 TO work and give every nan
the Bible"
The meeting was electrified. Some
one Immediately rose and moved that
Thomas Corwin be elected prealdent OF
the Warren County Bible Society. Il
was unanimously carried. and Mr.. Cor
win .asain-rose and seid;.-..---.A..
"slr. II ! accept the presidency OF
this society. Il n on one condition. that
you 20 70 work that no such report a.
this ever be made again. when this
society meets three monthe from To-
day, the report must be that every
family in Warren County mas a copy
OF the Bible '.trtfA
The work was done, and svsfY Gam
ny supplied. -
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-09

Late one Saturday night there ar
rived A. the town IN the mountainous
regions OF Pennsylvania total asrang-
en-. a tall. eannt. llght-o0mplexioned
man. with rather low. retreaiing fore
head and high cheek bones He spent
the night at the public house. and the
next morning made his way 10 the
Methodist Church, and accosted the
pastor. telling him he was a brother IN
the ministry. He seemed 20 awkward
and plain In appearance that the pas
tor was half Inclined 10 omit the cour-
tesy due a brother preacher. OF asking
him 10 deliver a sermon. II he In
qulred OF the stranger az 70 hls name.
he failed catch a. and had no definite
idea 10 whom he was speaking, His
request for the preacher to'preaeh was
therefore expressed In the most formal
and constrained manner. The stranger
readily agreed to on the pulpit and
the pastors chagrin was evident AZ he
resigned himself to his fate.
The visitor commenced In a low and
deliberate tone. but warmed a. he pro-
ceeded. and preached a most powerful
sermon. and everybody IN the audience
whispered TO his neighbor. who 4
hef"
Before he had taken his seat the pas
tor had him by the hand.
what dld you say your name wasT
simpson" was the reply,
What Not the blshopf" said The
startled preacher.
THAT Ia what they call me" salS
the tall, gaunt man.
The minister instantly sprung to hi
feet and shouted;
you have Just had the privilege o
listening TO Bishop simpson. Let a
sing. Praise God from Whom Al
; blessings Flow"
Il Il not safe to Judge men by n
outward appearances. John D. Gouel
was an ordinary looking man. with hi
hair almost down TO his eyes; the be
ginning Of one Of John ?. Durbin'
sermons was dull enough 10 make on
wish he had stayed Al home. while n
end blaEed like a shower Of fallin
starA God has great preachers still o
/. earth.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-09
saiiare

house entails upon the Oceupler. At
Gardsjo. which. being farming
school. was, Of course, a large es-
tabllshment. 400 fathoms Of hrewood
were consumed yearly. Il Is true
the occupler got this for nothing
out OF his forest. excepting the ex-
pense Of cutting. splitting and the like,
which was no trihe. II was reckoned
that 1900 days work. at IS cents per
day. would be occupied during the year
IN providing hrewood only. As soon
a. the ground becomes frozen In the
autumn all the men living In a true
forest district beiake themselves 10 the
woods. armed with their axes and ske-
ders. and provided with meal. herrings.
cheese. horses. sledges and fodder. They
have already dug some holes In the
ground about two feet deep. over which
they build 4 cover. with an opening for
smoke. This sort OF hut Is called a
kuia, and here the woodamen live
through the winter. and seek their
homes only on a Sunday. Every morn
ing they 90 out into the woods 10 fell
the timber and drive Il into heaps call
ed "tunnar." As soon as the snow has
become set. and the Ice on the lakes
frozen hard enough 10 bear. they draw
the timber from the forest 10 the near
eat draught OF water. or 10 some place
with a high perpendicular bank. called
a loop" down which they shoot the
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-09

How to Use the Apple Crop.

- 80 -" sAWEAN N@REE
Apple growers In Wayne county, N.
Y. have hit upon a method whereby
their entire apple crop IL utilized. says
Central States Fruit Grower. Wayne
county is one Of the largest apple
growing sections In the country, but
growers did not begin 10 utilize the
entire crop until low prices and insect
ravages, causing large per cent OF In
ferior fruit. caused them TO do 90. All
fruit IL carefully graded and used for
cider. evaporation. canning and cold
storage purposes. Ordinary elder fer
mentB rapidly. 90 II IL altered through
a sand lacking In iron that IL obtained
In Massachusetts,. and comes out az q
sparkling champagne that viii keep Tor
year without fermentation. This
cider-champagne Is largely exported
and commands high price. The nexl
grade OF apples are evaporated. and o.
these enormous quantities are used
which bring 20 Wayne county apple
growers over $4,000 900 annually. In
evaporaion there are many makes on
the market. A good machine. capable
OF evaporating nifty bushels per day
can DO bought for SIS TO SIPS. and
one hundred and nifty bushel DAILY
evaporator for $500. Cost Of evaporat
Ing will average one and one-half cent
per pound. and from ave to six pound
OF evaporated fruit can be had from on
bushel Of fall fruit. and six and one
half 10 seven and one-half pounds from
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-09
A Oulsk Response

The Westminster GAZETTE fesans an
anecdote which was once related BY
Canon WHEREFORE while preaching IN
the abbey: Christmas Evans, a famous
welsh preacher. had ventufed u ex-
press In public his admiration for the
singing OF Jenny Lind. and even 10
give thanks for the same. Some mem
bers Of the congregation we're seal
dallzed. and one Of them teh called
upon 70 mount the pulpit steps and
administer a public rcbuke % nv min
lister.
In the course Of bis admoniiion, he
asked:
DO you mean 20 teach that a man
Who should die at one Of Jenny Lind's
concerts would 90 10 heaFenf
"slr." was the instant response Of
Mr.. Evans, "a Christian will 80 TO hea-
ven wherever he lies. but a fool re-
mains a fool. even on the pulpit siepA
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-09

Clement Palscr. the London evan.
Eellst. recently held a special service
for the prisoners Of the state prison at
Sing Sing. n. Y. A pathetic incident
occurred Al the close Of the meeting.
according TO a writer In the NeW York
Observer.
A gentleman had arrived At the jail
from distance. having been lnstru-
mental In obtaining a reprieve for one
Of the convicis who vas under a lfe
sentence In the prison. This man had
already served twenty years. but a. he
was only forty years Of age. and strong
and well. he had atill the anticipation
Of a long number Of year In prison
AT the close OF the service the man
was brought into a room In which
were this gentleman and the chaplaip
and the evangelist. As soon a. he saw
his benefactor he was 20 overcome with
10y and gratitude that he fell on hi
knees. and with tears running dowT
his face. be clasped his fricad's handi
In his and smo,hered them with kisses
IL was a most thrilling sight. ans
chaplain, friend and evangelist wep
IN sympathy with the poor fellow
whose emotion was beyond eontrol.
Jesus Christ said that he va
anointed 20 preach dellverance 10 thl
eap.ivea and the opening Of the prisoi
10 them that were bound. In sad AM
striking contrast TO the conduct Jus
described is that Of many who preie
to remain in bondage led captive b.
the devil At his viii rather than accep
deliverance. salvation ana freedom
through faith n chriA..
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-09
THE DRUMMER's LATEST.
In the Thssssr ne Had More run Than
Was Intended.

In the Theseer ne Had More Fun Than
Was Intended.
The drummer always brings the lat.
est trick. says the American CONNER
cial Traveller. Here Il IL:
Take a spool Of white bastlng cotton.
Drop Il into your inside coat pocket
and. threading a needle with Il. pass II
up through the shoulder Of your coat
Leave the end an inch or 30 long on
the outside Of your coat and take OF
the needle. -Four men out OF ave will
try TO pick that whole thread on your
shoulder. and will pull on the spool un-
III Il actually does seem as though
your clothes are all hastings. and that
they we're unraveilng not only your
clothes but yourself. Il was In 10 see
. new play In Boston" said the travel
Ing man. 1T was IN the most interest
ing and pathetic portion OF the play.
Every body was rapt was sitting
bolt upright. and didn't know or care
TO know a soul around me. when sud
denly felt some one Juggling At THAI
Blasting cotton that myself had clean
forgotten. / didn't say word and did
not move. Foot by foot II unrolled.
Half-glancing around. sag a mana
total stranger-yanklng At the thread.
His face was scarlet lie had pulled out
about ten yards and was now hauling
In hand over hand. He didn't care 10
stop because he had decorated my back
and the whole aisle with basting cotton
He hardly dared to 90 ahead, for he
didn't know what portion OF my do
nestle interior economy he was trinins
with. RIP RIP went the thread. Hand
over hand he yanked Il In. The aisle
vas fun Of Il. For heavens sake. VII
Il never end7" said he above hts breath
! sat perfectly still and ran the spoo
while he pulled. How wanted 10 yell
I never saw anything half 20 funny
The whole section Of the house cot ont'
Il. They didn't know whether 10 laugl
At me or him, but sat and looked OF
amazed at the spectacle A. last IN
stranger behind gave one frantic III
and yanked out about eleven yards II
one bunch. and a. the cotton got twist
ed around his watch chain. over nj
eyeglasses, IN hla hair and hlled al
lap. l turned around and. producing On
spool from my pocket. said; 4 an
sorry that misled you. You see, ! hav
about ia yards left. but ! presume tina
you don't care for any more tonight
am honestly sorry, but can't bel
smiling
The man was a modest sort OF ger
tleman IN appearance HIS face was
red az Gre even 10 his ears lie locke
at me and then at the spool. II
changed color once or twice and whe
the crowd caught on a big laugh wei
mp"