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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-06-30
FUSION.
The Mule the Only Successful Prod
duct Of Fusion.


duct Of Fusion.
(From Boen's Globe.)
Elborate preparations are going on all
over for the final destruction of the Peo-
| pies party in 1898.
Republican and Democratic politicians
| are alike bending all their energies in
that direction.
In congress, Speaker Reed, the ablest
| Republican in the land refuses to rec
ognize any distinction between Dem
ocrats and Populists, and w. Bryan,
| the ablest Democrat, has f. um the be-
ginning Of the 53rd congress devoted his
time and enormous ability towards the
overthrow of the Peoples party.
Politicians of all grades and all shades
are ably assisting in undermining the
| great popular uprising against corporate
| tyranny Men change their politics as If
| at the bidding of unseen powers, and
| worm their ways into office as Populists
and then proceed to scheme to retain their
| places by the way Of fusion. They never
| offer any thought to principle or to
| spreading the doctrine Of Populism
among the people. Only the question of
| hanging on to their jobs is the all en-
| crossing subject Of their endeavors.
The Populist press is being tempered
| with, and the fusion virus has made
| scores Of the brightest reform writer's
only jibbering idiots on the questions Of
| party fealty and party policy
But the people-the thinking portion
| of the people-are all right. Only they
do not understand the gravity of the stu
alton.
Therefore they neglect to attend the
primaries and to send as delegates men
! who will insist on reform as demanded
in the Omaha platform.
The st. Louis platform is no good. It
was drawn on the eve of the surrender
of the chaste pure, and vigorous Peoples
party to the Democratic leper. There
| fore 1t had to be so worded as not to
| offend the wretch to whom the party
was to be given up.
There is degeneracy in the reform
forces. The leaders, most of them, are
weakened, inexperienced, or dishonest.
In this state the Peoples party is In the
hands OF political babies.
That is the conclusion we draw from
their work so far. And as babies they
will dance to the music furnished by the
Democratic and Silver Republican fusion
orchestra In the coming campaign.
The need of the hour is men who know
what is needed, and who will dare 70 do
| it.
Fusion has never succeeded and never
| will In politics.
In the animal kingdom there is one
good result of fusion-the mule. But it
has no pride of ancestors nor hope Of
posterity.
So in politics. While fusion may
bring forth the election of the joint can
didate, he is sure to be barren as to
| reforms, and instead of helping to per-
petuate either party he is source OF
| weakness and annoyance to those who
have spent their forces on his produce
| ton.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-06-30
The Texas Hen.

adapted from Topeka Mail)
We have read of Maud on summers
day,
Who raked barefooted, the new-mown
hay;
We have read of the maid in the early
morn,
Who MIXED the COW with crumbled
horn;
We've read the lays that the poets sing,
Of the rustling corn and the flowers OF
spring,
But of all the lays of tongue or pen,
There's naught like the lay of the Texas
hen.
Long, long befores Maud rakes her hay,
The Texas hen begins her lay,
And ere the milkmaid stirs a peg,
The hen is up and has dropped her egg.
The corn must rustic and the flowers
spring,
If they'd hold their own with the barn.
yard ring
If Maud is needing hat or a gown,
She doesn't hustle her hay to town;
She goes to the store and obtains her
suit,
For basket full Of fresh hen fruit.
If the milkmaids beau make a Sunday
call,
She doesn't feed him on milk at all,
Pint no infn ,cto
pie,
And stuffs him full of chicken fry.
When the old man really wants horn,
Does he take the druggist ca a load
of corn?
Not much! He simply robs a nest,
And to town he goes-you know the rest.
He fingers there and talks perchance
OF true reform and correct fee-nance,
While his poor wife stays at home and
scowls,
But is saved from want by these self
same fowls,
For while her husband fingers there,
She watches the cackling hens with care.
And gathers eggs and the eggs she'll hide,
Till she's saved enough to stem the tide.
Then hail. all hail, to the Texas hen,
The greatest blessing of all to men!
Throw up your hats and make hons
howl,
For the perservering barnyard fowl.
Though cotton's king, it's plainly seen.
That the Texas hen is really queen.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-06-30
WENT BAREFOOT IN WINTER

Abe Zollers says If all the people were
supplied with the necessaries Of life,
which they are willing to work for. there
would not be a dollars worth OF over
production In the United States. The
suppression OF the money volume has
suppressed opportunities to exchange,
and men who would work find no OPP
portunity. He says: Families in my
most of the winter, not on account Of
drunkenness or wastefulness of the head
of the family, but simply on account Of
inability to get chance to earn a living
for the family. "-Shoals, Ind, Referen-
dunn,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-06-30
RATHER ONES|DEO
EVERYTHING GOING M'LEAN'S WAY
IN OHIO.

All But One of the state Committee
Selected Is for Him for Senator
In Accordance With His Wish the
Platform Will BE for Free Silver
and Nothing Else and His Candi-
date HOuEh VIII Probably Be
Nominated for Governor To-Day
Silver Republicans and POpulists
May Not BE Recognized.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-06-30
THE GUERNSEY.
Market House Plan Exemplffied and
Explained.


Explained.
With slightly varying provisions the
Guernsey market house plan, can be
made to apply to almost every needed
and when thoroughly understood will
doubtless be taken advantage of by many
localities. We produce the following,
clipped from our most highly esteemed
Kansas exchange, the Pittsburg Kansan:
In view of what was said last week in
the Kansan about the possible building
of a city hall for the city of Pittsburg
on the Guernsey market plan, quite an
extensive interest has been created, and
we have been urgently requested to re-
state what is meant by the Guernsey plan.
1T may not be amiss to say that
Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands, in
the bay of St. Michael, is 80 miles west
of the coast of Normandy and SO miles
south of Portland on the English coast.
1t has an area of 10000 acres, and a
population of 100000 The natives speak
the old Norman French to this day. St.
Peters is the only town of consequence
on the island.
About 100 years ago when the pop
ulation on the island was about 10000,
and that of St. Peters about 5000, the
burghers did their marketing around
the church square, in the open air, but
concluded it would be much better to put
building that would serve as a city hall
and market house.
THAT had been concluded by their faith
ers and their grandfathers before them,
but there they were, still exposed to
the weather in doing their marketing, and
without any roomy place to hold public
meetings.
"A bright young man who had stud
led architecture whiled away his spare
time drawing the plan of a possible
market house, city hall and auditorium
for st. Peters and the parish councillors
were greatly pleased with it.
What splendid addition such a
building would be to St. Peters and
Guernsey. The more they thought of it
the more the need of such an institution
grew on them, but alas, the young ar
chitect figured out that it would cost not
less than $4,00O-$20,000. There was no
money on hand.
Peter de PIsle Brock was governor of
Guernsey, and was a man of great re-
sources and good judgment. He was a
descendant of Norman Rollo, in whose
heirs the governorship had been vested
for thousand years. If anybody could
devise ways and means to put up $50, 900
market house Peter was the man, thought
the people.
"A deputation of the councillors. &C
companied by several substantial burgh-
ers called on the governor, told him
what they desired, showed him the plan
of the proposed market house and asked
him what he thought about it.
Il think this is very good plan. Z"
said Pete. "why don't you build it,"
1--WE have no money, and In these
trOublOus times we do not think we
could borrow tit should be remem-
bered times were hard at that time.
well, that is rather bad" responded
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-06-30
Another Account.

PITTSBURG, Pa, June 29-Tomorrow
night all the iron mills in the country, the
tin plate plants and sheet mills will close
and stay closed until a settlement il
reached with regard to the scale of wages
NO serious trouble Is expected and the fail
ure to adjust the wage schedule before the
close of the year is not an indication that
q strike is to be inaugurated President
Garland, OF the Amalgamated Association.
denies Geographic report from Chicago
plants of the Illinois Steel Comnanv - The
scale Is not signed by the Bay view mill
before Thursday. He said the Bay view
and all the union iron mills In the countrv
VIII close on that day pending a settlement
OF the scale out that suspension is neces-
sary at this time for annual renairs and
the manufacturers are not in a hurry to
come to a settlement at once.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-06-30
Now Working for the
Lowest Wages on
Record.
Thousands Are in a
Half Starved Con-
ditiOn.
Cotton, Iron, Tin and
Steel Mills Clos
ing.

NEW YORK. June "a special from
Rittsburg, Pa, to the New York Journal
gives a serious outlook for the mining
trict. The special says:
Acting under orders from the national
officials of their union, 125, 900 coal miners
in five states will strike for higher wages
on Saturday.
The edct has gone forth to the rank and
file from the national offices Of United
Mine Workers in Columbus, Ohio.
The battle ground Of this great conflict
for bread will cover the coal centers of
Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, West Virginia and
the great bituminous section in western
Pennsylvania, known as the Pittsburg dis
trict.
If the temper Of the hungry men is ac-
curately gagged, it will be the most
violent. The strike order results from q
four days consultation In Columbus be-
tween the members Of the national execu-
tive board of the miners union and the
district presidents.
The session concluded early Sunday
morning. To every member of the con-
ference there had been submitted a long
list of questions on the condition Of his
district. and when all the reports had
been received and debated strike was
the only logical action.
. Not that all the members of the board
personally favored such action, but be-
cause urging them on, and demanding II
at their hands, was this horde of wronged
and
NGER-TORTURED MINERS
and their families. The fight had to come
There would have been no safety fol
any member of the board who returned
to his contingents with the report of NC
strike
The prices demanded by the miners is SC
cents per ton, based on the vein region of
western Pennsylvania. Allowing for the
customary dfferential, this will igve CO.
cent rate in Ohio and a corresponding fig
ure in the various fields in Indiana ILL
nOis and West Virginia.
At the present time the miners are work
ing for the lowest rate in the history OF
the industry.
Not alone the pangs of hunger anG
the cries of supperless children potent ir
adding
FUEL TO THE FLAMES
of rebellion among the miners. Had it not
been for the newspaper Investigations, de-
picting In unprecedented colors to the public
eye the miners awful plight; had it not
been for the unheard of probing into their
misery by the Legislature and the speedy
passage of remedial laws; had it not beer
Tor these contingencies, 1t Is question: BILE
II the miner had not been discouraged and
dulled until resistance to the Hannas and
OsbOrnes and the rest Of the oppressors OF
these poor white slaves would have been
Impossible,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-06-30
ENGLAND WILL AID
INTERNATIONAL BIMETALY.lSN MAY
SOON BE ATTAINED.

The United States and France, 1t Is
Claimed. Will Present n /. Oint
Statement to the British Govern
ment Declaring Their Intention to
Rehabilitate Silver England
Ready to Cooperate by .7eopcning
the Indian MINIS and in Other
of Silver.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-06-30
Foolish Canadians.

bennington, Canada, is town of g.
500. Four years ago it was a typical
American town with high tax rate, a
handsome debt and no improvements, but
these idiotic, communistic, socialistic,
anarchistic or some other -istic Canucks
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-06-30

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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-06-30
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

Fusion is daStardly sell-Out of our
principles. If the votes we have must
cred under our colors are but Hessian
troops to be hired to Democrats in the
West and to Republicans in the South,
then the sooner the Peoples party lies
down and lets the buzzards 20 to work
on it, the better.-People's Party Paper.
Inc very existence of any reform
movement, that can possibly effect any
good for the people, depends on what is
done by the Nashville conference. It
therefore becomes absolutely necessary
that the delegates be chosen with an eve
single to this fateful fact.-People's
World Bloutstown, Fla.
No, excuse us from helping to organize
any more new parties. If we can't keep
the one we've got pure and by our hon
esty, sincerity and courage awaken the
people to a realization of the dangers
that threaten their welfare and their lib
critics, we couldn't do it by organizing
new party. The real spirit Of the Peoples
party will be at Nashville, and from
there will go out an effort that will take
charge Of the organization and save it
from being strangled by Acknowledgements
Buzz Saw.
Some of the fellows with a "buzz" are
now yelling rebels" at the members of
the party who favor the conference So
were our forefathers rebel All men op-
posed to tyranny are rebels; and we have
observed that the aroma Of the pie-count-
er is the most potent factor in keeping
these fellows loyal" Advance Guard.
Sam Berry, the well-known Denver at
torney, has returned from visit to Ken
lucky, his native state. In speaking OF
politics, he said: Kentucky will get
back into line at the next election. Moth
ing but barrels of money distributed by
the Hannacrats is responsible for the way
the state went last fall; 1t was stolen alb
solutely. I am glad to say that Colonel
Watterson Of the Courier Journal has lost
nearly his entire subscription list. A new
silver paper called the Dispatch, has
started up in Louisville and has absorbed
the enormous list once owned by the
Courier Journal "-Denver New Road.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-06-30
Big Cotton Mills Close.

LOWELL. Mass. June 29-The Massa-
chusetts cotton mills were closed YESTERDAY
and will not be reopened until July u. The
mills employ 1.S0o hands. The shutdown
was oecided upon because of the low price
1T which goods are selling and Tho noon
demand. N ZIG Poof
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IN SPITE OF DENIALS

PITTsBURG, Pa, June x-Notw,.h-
standing the denals of local of7ciais ~
we Miners ASSOCIATION, an afternoon paper
punishes long article, in effect that the
national officers Of the union will issue or.
oers tomorrow for strike in five states.
Weary !o,WO men, 1t is said, will be en-
gagged IN the great conflict and the battle
held will cover the bitufninous coal centars
OF Indiana, Illinois, West Virginia and
Pennsylvania. anu
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-06-30

Diamond Brand Paint is made Of pure linseed
oil, dryers, white lead and zinc and the neces-
sary coloring material to obtain shade desired.
This Is finely ground in very powerful machin-
cry, especially built for the purpose. and Is q
oA~&aAaN A1RA &xAdA nAint in aYaxY rasnaof.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-06-30

LOOK up your old histories and see II
you can ind one solitary instance of
where negro slave was ever eyicted
Tor non-payment Of rent, or was COM
PEELED to tramp in search of work, or
beg for something to eat. Yet the negro
was slave. The workers of today are
called free men," they pay rent to
some other man for his permission to
remain on earth, they do not even have
right to look for work. II out of
money and compelled to tramp. they are
arrested as Migrants and sent to prison.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-06-30

Peter, "but perhaps we might contrive
|. to get over the difficulty. Let me see"
and he glanced again at the imposing
plans, diagrams and specifications, pre-
pared by the young architect.
"Tell me-" he continued, have we the
necessary rock on the island to build it
with?'
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-23

Sage will bear transplanting. and can
be thickly sown in boxes and trans
ferred afterward to the open ground
as a second crop after peas or spinach.
by this method the loss by poor seed is
avoided. for sometimes the seed will
not come up we'll. If sowed in drills.
the labor Of caring for the young plants
till full grown is considerable. The
plants should stand in rows one foot
apart and six inches between the
plants in the rows. The plant can be
cut down near the roots and spread out
to dry; or IL raised for the market. the
leaves should be picked Off and dried.
Sage Is good for several years IL pro-
tected from the cold in winter by a
light covering. The seeds are pro-
duced the second year and each year
Observation-Disclosures Field and Farm.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-23
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

The garden must be mellow, rich
and kept clean.
Sawdust is good mulch for all kinds
Of small fruits.
If done early. spring is the best time
to set out trees and plants.
Strawberries, if well mulched. are
less affected by change of weather.
After the orchard is in bearing Il
does not pay to continue to crop it.
Currants and gooseberrics need an
annual pruning TO remove useless wood.
Tobacco water is one of the best rem
edies to destroy bugs and worms on
rose bushes.
Resin and tallow in equal parts make
a good covering for wounds made in
Iruning fruit trees.
Starvation and neglect are the great
causes OF unfruitfulness with many un-
profitable orchards.
One advantage in using commercial
fertilizers in the garden is their free
dom from weed seeds.
Small fruit growing may not pay the
farmer away from market, but he can
grow fruit for his own use.
Only well rotted manure should be
used in the potato patch. and IL should
be well worked in with the soil.
Keep all dead and faulty limbs cut
off of fruit trees as protection against
further decay.-St. Louis Republic.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-23
pL6POSlNG OF VEAL
Plain Talk with Dairymes. WITH
Few Hints Thrown In

rev Htnts Thrown In.
There are several ways that you ca
dispose Of veal. IL no one else in your
community is interested in the pro-
duction you are very favorably located.
ms then you have things all your own
way. as one Of the draw backs is in the
finding of young calves. Meat mar
kets are using veal more and more. and
II is a poor market that cannot use \
couple OF veals week. The first year
perhaps that rs all you had better at
tempt to furnish. Now when hogs or
sheep or lambs are being shipped. any
shipper will be willing to put in few
calves, and as more are being produced
in your vicinity, there will grow up q
steady market. One day every week
there are shipped from here from 30 To
100 calves. Probably this one industry
alone brings in and distributes among
the farmers $4,000 year in cash, not
"store pay" and does not impoverish
the land.
II you are in the habit Of getting
drunk or have any other reason for not
being able to be at home at the regular
time for milking. this article is not for
you, as you can never make a success
OF it. Cows must be MIXED at about
such a time twice every day. II You
are in the habit of putting the calves
on at five o'clock a. m, and you get up
and put them on at four, the calves are
sleepy. and the cows don't give as
much.
If you are in the habit of putting them
on at six O'Clock p. m, and don't get
home until nine o'clock. az you wanted
to see the last heat Of the horse race,
the cows will be uneasy. and the calves
very hungry. The cows will give more
milk than usual, the calves getting
larger feed on an empty stomach. The
next morning you will probably find
some of the calves securing, and the
stable will smell like Fourth of July
celebration" 1t didn't take long to
bring this about. The chances are that
you will have battle to cure it. 1
know of nothing that will prove GER
tain cure but ten drops of laudanum in
an ounce of water, and keeping the
calf on short rations for few days.
Is as good as anything. Giving the
calves little fresh earth once week
Ia good thing. and they seem to like
it--Henry S. Kelley, in Ohio Farmer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-23
DAIRY STATISTICS.
A. q Nation We Do Not Consume Much
Butter and Cheese.

A. . Nation We DO Not Consume Much
Butter and Cheese.
1t is estimated that the value of the
annual dairy product of the United
States is $500, 900. 900. But TO get at this
amount the COWS of the country are
supposed to make 1875 pounds of 90
cent butter year on an average. and
both are excessive estimates. The num-
Der of cows in the country (about H.
600. 000) include all females of the boz
vine race. the non-milking breeds. those
preparing for the shambles. everything.
1t is estimated that it requires 100000
cows to supply the country with milk.
each COW giving an average of 1850
pounds, at an average of Q cents gal
lon. or aouJ S1.0s a hundred, which is
also too high. The other million COWS
are supposed 10 be making cheese. $780,
100000 pounds year, at an average
price of 8 cents. The value of the by
products of butter and cheese making
is placed Mt $45,000,000, leaving $455,
O00, 900 worth of butter, milk and cheese
consumed by the people, or about $3.50
per year TO each one Of our inha btants.
on an average. about ~ cents a dayi
This is surely marvelously small con-
sumption for a people like ours, and
with their known love of good butter
and milk the inference Is irresistible
that they are not consuming as much
a. they would like.-Rural World.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-23

1t is being discussed AZ to whether
milk will take the plnce of meat for
poultry. Milk is really superior to
meat, hut the fowls cannot drink
enough OF it to enable them to substi-
tute it for meat, which is more concen-
trated. To derive benefit from one
pound Of solid matter in milk the hens
would have to drink eight pounds Of
milk. as there is only about Is per cent.
Of solids in milk. The consumption of
such large quantities of fluid is not
natural with fowls. They prefer meat
and are not milk consuming il they
can procure its substitute. being averse
to the use OF such large quantities of
water.-Farmer's Review.