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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-02-16
Lays back his head and closes his eyes.

Lays back his head and closes his eyes.
She steals q glance at him.
Going to take a nap, or posing for my
benefit. Certainly has a fine face Such
lovely high forehead and well-shaped
nose and mouth and chin. Oh. he's sweetr'
She's looking at me now. I'll wager
my life. Look ahead! You won't see me
much longer. 1 wonder if she is really
looking at me? I'll just wake up sudden
ly."
She bushes and turns her head. Good
ness! he caught me that time. I know 1
am blushing fearfully. I really must be
more circumspect."
He closes his eyes again and laughs softly
to himself "Ha, my lady, 1 caught you
that time! Cad! l believe it's more pleas
ant to feign sleep and have a beautiful
woman admire your physiognomy than to
sleep and dream about beautiful women. I
still feel her eyes upon me. I'll wake I'D
suddenly again." He opens his eyes, She
is, however, looking out of the window.
bah! that was my Waterloo
He gets up and goes into the smoker
The train pulls into Harrisburg. He is the
first to leave the train. AS he passes out he
chances back at her. But she resoutely
keeps her head bent as she gets her traps
together
He fingers moment, then moves on and
boards the New York express.
She soon quits the and is installed in
the Washington train.
The bell sounds and ner train begins to
move. Just at that instant depot porter
comes rushing through the car. In his
hands he holds a magnificent bunch Of La
France roses. He catches sight of the
young lady in gray, dashes up to her.
thrusts the flowers in her hand, and, point
ing through the window rushes out.
Mystified. she holds the flowers at arms
length; then, following the gesture Of the
porter, she looks out of the window.
Just opposite her is another train, NOV
ing slowly out from the depot. On the back
platform stands her fellow traveller.
Their eyes meet. He smiles slightly and,
raising his glove hand, doffs his silk cap.
She smiles quick, nervous smile, bushes
and bows to him. Then she buries her
crimson face in the flowers.
'Oh wasn't it awful! l must be more
circumspect." And the trains diverge
wider and wider apart he stands there his
eyes fixed upon the window until all
semblance of the fair Is lost.
Then, going into the smoker he lights
cigar. well, my iceberg did melt, after
all. Girls are queer creatures. Demo
rests Magazine.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-02-16
Useful Inform n ton.

IT is estimat ID that 900 larks sold year
" for fool at the Leadenhall market. London.
Harber, the great authority on fish, says that
every square mile of the sea is inhabited by
100 COZ, 900 fish.
Nearly 10000 tons of cork are needed for the
bottled beer aud aerated waters consumed al
nually in Great Britain
The Chinese dictionary. compiled by Pa-cut-
she. 1.1CO years B. c., is the most ancient of any
recorded in literary history.
There five missions of the highest
class in the diplomatic service of the United
States-the embassies to London, Paris, Rome,
Berlin and St. Petersburg
Among the Siamese the curious custom OBJ
tains of reversing the elbow joint of the left arm
as a sign of superiority. The children Of both
sexes trained to reverse their elbow in this
painful position at early age, If their pa rents
are persons Of high grades.
The surface of the is estimated at 49,
900 go square miles, taking the whole surface Of
the globe at $4,000. 900. and its greatest depth
supposedly equals the height of the highest
covers 900 900 square miles, the Atlantic 25
wv, the Mediterranean 1J00.50O.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-02-16
Read! Read! Read!
Are You Looking for a Book
on he Questions
of he Day?

Bond and Industrial Slavery. By E. A.
Twitcheli ........... ...................... "a
Seven Financial Conspiracies. By 8. E.
Ten Men of Money Island. BY s. F.
Norton .............. $500. ~
Government Ownership of Railroads.
Condition of the American Farmer, The
BY II. +. Taubeneck NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 10
Referendum Principle. BY F. }. Eddy. 10
Direct Legislation. by J. w. Sullivan. Is
Imperialism, Its Rise and Progress. By
S. E. V. Emery Observation-Disclosures. 10
Caesars Column ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. so
Dr. Huguet. BY Ignatius Donnel!y..... so
American Peoples Money. BY lgna-
thus Donneily neutrality-suspicious.. .2a
Battle of the Standards. The. Henry
Beneath the Dome. BY Arnold Clark. 30
Brce's Financial Ca,echism. By Brice. so
Bondholdcrs and Breadwinners. By 8.
Golden Bottle BY Ignatius Donneily.. ~
Coins Financial School By w. II. Har-
Cold Facts. BY casca 81. Joan Coie..... 10
Concentration of Wealth. The. BY Edw.
The Gigantic Conspiracy: by j. W. ~
Hell up to Date. BY Art. Young SO
An Indiana Man. BY Leroy Armstrong. %
Little Statesman. BY Armstrong. rs
New Monetary System. By II. l..
Our Money Wars: BY Sam Leayitt.....:: 80
One Way to the Cooperative Common
wealth. BY w. H. Mueller NJ. DID,. 10
Platforms of All Parties. BY - Is
The Railroad Question. BY Larrabee... so
Railways of Europe ana America. BY
Mrs. Marion TOGO .:...................... so
Shylock's Daughter. Ely Bates ........... Is
The Science of Legal Robbery. By
A Tale OF Two Nations. BY w. H.
A Tramp in Society. Robt. H. Cow
Uncle H sam Wealth and Money. BY c; c. ~
WHITTIER Are We Drifting? BY Wiley. 80
Wealth Against Commonwealth. By
Bimetallism. BY Wharton Barker. 49,. so
Archbishop Walsh ........ ............ rs
Bimetallism. By Paul Vandervoort. Ia
The Bankers Dream. By Thos. H.
Warner Money Chart. by Hon. Marvin
The People vs. the Gold Bugs. by Hon
sixteen en- to one, by Richard Lowry - 2sc
The Effects of he Gold Standard. by W.
LABOR ExCHANGE LITERATURE.
I Iaganf Exchan goS Solutions 10
Progressive Hand Book ................. Is
Trials and Triumphs of Labor. so
President John Smith. by t. U. Adams 10
Story of the Buttons. by Prof. A. j..
Chittenden......- .................. 10
Peril of the Republic. By Clark Erwin. 10
Stockwells Bad Boy. :. ............ 10
The Dogs and the Fleas.. ............... so
Scientific Money. by Jas. Taylor Rogers 10
Breakers Ahead. b. Edward Irving. 10
Points for Thinkers. by L. A. SEockwell 10
Rachers Ptiful History. by Mrs. Mar
ian Todd ~
Sill the Word Goes On. By s. r. Nor
Mcnrie Enslan, " Blatchforl........... &c
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-02-16
An Explanation.

The next morning daWned; that, you will
recall, IS customary.
George she faltered, forcing back a
sob with griddle cake, you came home
drunk last night.
''Forgive me- he begged humbly.
'And when the servant let you in you
gave her a dollar to say nothing about it!'
"Servant? Upon my sacred honor, dear
est l thought it was you!'
For large head is not always accom-
panied by intellectual force.-Detroit
Journal.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-02-16
An Appetite DESTROYER.

Il had appetite for breakfast this
morning" said the bookkeeper, as he came
In and took off his coat
"Out late last night?' Queried the assist
ant manager.
THAT wasn't it, 1 found my board bill
beside my plate."-Detroit Free Press.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-02-16

Initiative and referendum will side
track silver in 1900. Read Bond and
Industrial Slavery"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-02-16

Read Bond and Industrial Slavery
all reforms
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-08-11
way" she went on, turning to her son,
Isdiil YOU take the moor. beast n11t ~,

way, she went on, turning to her son,
did you take the poor beast out ?''
oh, yes, mother, i he answered.
with an infection that was almost
babyish. Il have just come from get
ting the milk for tomorrow at the
creamery. I put Medor's leash and
collar on and brought him with me- IS
Reassured on this important point.
the old lady drank her coffee luxuri-
ously, while the dog looked from one
to the other with inexpressible tender
ness. zs5 s
Surely it was unnecessary to see
and hear more. had already pene-
trated the family life, peaceful pure,
narrow, and resigned, which Muertrier
concealed behind his chimerical ex-
ploits. But the spectacle with which
chance had entertained me was SO
comic, and at the same time so touch
ing, that I could not resist the pleasure
of enjoying it for a few minutes more,
and this indiscrotion was sufficient to
reveal to me the full truth. .
This type of the vulgar sport, who
seemed to have escaped from page
of Paul de Kock; this bruiser, this
tap-room despot, performed simply
and courageously, in the modest sub
urban home, the sublime duties of a
sister Of charity. The longest voyages
of this intrepid oarsman had been to
accompany his mother to mass and
vespers on Sunday. This expert bill
lizard player was skilled but in beziqne.
This tanner of bulldogs was the slave of
poodle. {
The next morning when I came to
the office I asked my comrade how he
had spent the evening. ;Straightway,
| without the least hesitation, he i'm
provised a story of fierce battle on
the Boulevard DIES Enters at 2 o'clock
in the morning in which, with his fin
| ger through the ring of his key, he had
knocked out at a single blow a famous
bully of the Barrieres.
I listened with half-ironical smile
and thought Of taking him up; but
but remembering how admirable is a
virtue concealed, even if it be ridicu-
lous, clapped him on the shoulder and
said with convictions: ".
"Muertrier, you are hero!".
FRANCOIS COPPEE.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-08-11
HERE IS THE COFFEE"

u1uldCuIo duOiueu lie Wall. Inc TWO
candles on the chimney-piece enabled
me to distinguish each detail of the
old-fashioned furniture, from the clock
surmounted by painted marble fish
to the upright piano, of obsolete form,
on which in past days the young wom-
an with the leg-of-mutton sleeves and
the Greek head-dress had played the
airs of Romagnesi Surely an only
beloved daughter, whose filial love had
kept her spinster, watched piously
over the last years of the widow. It
must be lshe-I was sure of it-who
had so comfortably installed her old
mother there, who had placed that
cushion under her feet, who had set
beside her that little lacquered table
and placed thereon that plate and
those two cups. I waited to see her
enter, carrying the evening coffee-the
sweet, calm daughter, who must be
dressed in mourning, like her mother
and resemble her in form and feature.
Absorbed in the contemplation of a
scene so sympathetic and in the pleas
ure of imagining this humble poem, I
remained motionless a few PAGES from
the open window, sure of not being
seen in the dark street, when L saw a
door at the end of the old parlor open
to admit-oh, how far he was from
my thoughts-my friend Muertrier
himself, the redoubtable hero of the
struggles on the river and the battles
in the street. KITS 49,.
For moment doubt flashed across
my mind. I felt that I was on the
point of unravelling mystery.
1t was he, sure enough! His ter
rible hairy hand held a little silver
coffee-pot, and he was accompanied by
dog which got in his way--a worthy,
classic dog, the regular blind fddler's
dog, clipped in the lion style, with
stockings of hair on each leg and full
white moustaches like general of the
Gymnase.
Mother" said the giant, in a voice
of ineffable tenderness, "here is the
coffee. think you will find it good
this evening. The water was boiling
and poured it in drop by DROP
THANK you,' answered the old lady,
rolling her couch up to the table with
senile haste-"t thank you, my little
Achille. Your dear father used often
to say that I had no rival in coffee
making. He was so kind, SO
good, poor dear mani But I am begin
ming to think that you do it better
even than T." At this moment, while
Muertrier was pouring out the warm
liquid with the delicacy of a young
girl about to be married, the dog, ex-
cited doubtless by the sight Of the SUI
gar, put its two paws on it's mistress
knee. Down, Medor!' she cried in
gentle rebuke. did you ever see such
a troublesome animal? Come, sir, you
know that your master never forgets
to give you the bottom of his cup. Stay
quiet moment. il you can. BY the
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-08-11

gradually, in my imagination, Achille
Muertrier had taken his place among
the heroes and demi-gods, between
Roland and Peviethous.
Even at this period of my life was
a great haunter of out-of-the-way
places, and occupied my leisure in the
evenings with solitary promenades in
far-of regions as little known to the
Partisan Of the boulevard as Caribee.
Some day I intended to describe in
verse their melancholy charm
One hot and dusty evening in July,
at the hour when the first gas-jets
pierce the darkening shadows with
their feeble beams, / was returning
with slow steps from the middle of the
Vaurigard by one of those long and
gloomy streets of the suburb lined on
either side by !ouses of unequal
heights, where the janitors in their
shirt-sleeves sit on the doorstep and
imagine that they are taking the fresh
air. Hardly single wayfarer was in
sight, except at long intervals mason
all white with plaster: suburban po-
liceman; a child carrying fourpenny
loaf bigger than itself; little girl
hurrying along in bonnet and water
proof, with her leather bag on her
arm; and then, every quarter of an
hour, the omnibus, half empty, would
pass, the heavy trot of the wearied
horses sounding duly on the echoing
cobblestones.
l was descending the street slowly,
enjoying all the sweet delicate pleas
ures of the flaneur, at one moment
stopping before a vacant lot and con-
templating through the dilapidated
boards of the enclosure the black sill
houette of a factory chimney against
the green sky and the last rosy glow Of
the setting sun; at another, catching,
at single glance into a basement win
dow, some picturesque and intimate
scene of family life-here a buxom
laundry girl leaning over her smooth
ing-iron, there party Of workmen sit
ting at tavern table with their pipes
in their mouths, while in front of them
great gypsy fellow with long gray
hair was trolling forth some song
about "Liberte" and accompanying
himself on a greasy old guitar. All of
a sudden I stopped. One of the domes-
tic pictures had caught my eye and
arrested my attention by it's bourgeois
and homely charm.
There was an air of such happiness
and calm in the little faded parlor;
the kindly old lady, in her widows
cap, buried in the green cushions of
the Utrecht velvet couch, her clasped
hands resting peacefully on her knees
All around her was old and unpreten-
tious; it must have owed it's preserva-
ton less to wise economy than tc
sacred memories of the time of the
honeymoon with the gentleman of the
pink-and-white face, with Goethe coat
and Powered waistcoat, whose oval
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-08-11
The Himalayas.

It appears that the Himalayas con,
sist of four or five distinct ranges If
mountains, each rising above the 9TH
er, the loftiest towering to the enor-
nous elevation of thirty thousand feet
that is to say, about six thousand
feet higher than the highest point in
the Andes. Within these bounds the
general appearance of the region is
mournful and barren There. SIR
rounded by the most gigantic pinnacle
of the universe, sublimity sits fettered
to desolation." Among the nearer and
lower ranges, however, the scenery is
transcendently beautiful 1.-THE sum-.
nit of Wartoo, which has an eleva-
ton of six thousand feet, is covered
with charming woods, and sward
draperied with the most beautiful
flowers. It were impossible to be ia
tigued by wandering here. On all
sides grow the yellow buttercup and
one also of lilac color; the straw
berry is Towering, and a crowd Of Wild
ings besides rear their graceful forms.
and nod in the gentle breeze. In the
woods we saw several pheasants and,
for the first time for many years, heard
the throstle discoursing most excellent
music. Indeed, this day we admired
nature in all her loneliness and sub
Unity. Before us rose the lofty and
infinite realm Of eternal snow, the
Himalayas. On its eastern bounds,
Jumnootree, Jaunlai, and another
peak, stood like giants mantled in
white; to the west a group Of their
equals were assembled, and the glis-
tening plains on which they stood
were broken by black precipitous
rocks, and steep beds of spotless snow;
and intervening, we're rugged cliffs,
wooded heights, cultivated ravines.
temples, and villages disjointed
mountain realm. From Sir William
Lloyd's .'Tour Of the Himalayas.
E + &
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-08-11
THE ALTERNATING CURRENT.
Its Action the Muscles More Intense
Than the Continuous.

Its Action the Muscles More Intense
Than the Continuous.
Some German experiments conducted
to ascertain the effects of alternating
currents on the human body were made
as follows. Two metallic conductors
of opposite polarity were held, one in
each hand. With the hands damp and
effective electromotive force of thirty
volts at fifty alterations per second the
whole arm seemed paralyzed; extended
it could not be flexed, and flexed it
could not be strengthened. At the same
time the pain was so severe it could
not be borne for more than five of six
seconds, and it was with difficulty that
the hands could be detached from the
electrodes. When the voltage was
raised to fifty volts complete fixation
occurred, that is, the hands could not
be withdrawn by voluntary effort, and
the pain was intense. When the vol
tage was raised to eighty, even with the
hands dry, all the above phenomena
was accentuated The effects of alter
mating currents on the muscles and or
gans of the body is much more intense
than continuous currents of the same
voltage.
Experiments were also conducted to
observe the effects of the current pass
ing to the earth through the body from
a live wire. A person standing Oh a
damp macadamized road with dry shoes
and touching his hand to a conductor
having a potential of 1000 volts, expe-
rienced burning sensation, and when
the conductor was grasped by the
whole hand violent tremor occurred
through the body, with complete fix
alton. Such experiments are exceed
ingly dangerous and might prove fatal
and, consequently should not be at
tempted except under special condi-
tons, of which an expert only should
be the Judge,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-08-11
WHAT THE LAW DECIDES.

The right to give warehouse receipts
upon ones own property in his own
possession to secure his own debt, is
denied, in Franklin national bank vs..
Whitehead Qnd.), 80 L. R. A. 725, even
if he is a public warehouseman.
Il A herd of sheep driven through the
state not merely for transportation,
but partially with the purpose of graz
ing and feeding them, is held in Kelley
VS.. Rhodes (Wyo.), 80 =. r. A. 1914, to
be subject to taxation as personal prop
erty in transit. !,
The case of schollenberger VS.. Penn
sylvania, recently decided by the Su-
preme court of the United States, holds
that the right to sell original packages
Of oleomargarine is not lost because
the packages are suitable for sale at
retail to consumers.
Unincorporated associations of work
men, although not manufacturers or
vendors of goods, are held, in Tracy
VS.. Banker (Mass.), 80 L. r. A. sos, to
be within the protection of statute
against counterfeiting labels and
stamps, Of .'any person, association or
union"
A carrier that unloads goods during
storm on an open platform and leaves
them unprotected from the weather be-
cause there is no building or agent at
that place and the bill Of lading pro-
vides for delivery on the platform at
the risk of the owner, is held, in Allan
VS.. Pennsylvania Railroad company
(Pa.), 80 J.. r. A.. 535, to be free from
liability for injury to the goods, and
such a contract is held not to be
against public policy.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-08-11
T,ivinr Hannf1v.

Mrs. Mulligan-An' wat did his ON
ner say to you this morning? Mrs.
Mulcahy-'Can't you and your husband
live together without fighting? Mrs.
Mulligan-An' wat did yer say? Mrs.
Mulchay-No, yer 'onner, not happily.
-Tit-Bits.
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A thing that is for you to do nobody
else can do. Undone by you, it lacks
just that which you can only put into
it. r. w, Wara.
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text, his STOPPING down writing in the
dust, do not think I underrate the
literature of the dust. It is the most
tremendous of all literature. It is the
greatest of all libraries. When Layard
exhumed Nineveh he was only opening
the door of it's mighty dust The ex-
cavations of Pompeii have only been
the unclasping of the lids of volume
of a nations dust. When Admiral
Farragut and his friends visited that
resurrected city, the house of Balbo,
who had been one of it's chief citizens
in its prosperous days, was opened,
and table was spread In that house
which 1910 years had been buried by
volcanic eruption, and Farragut and
his guests walked over the exquisite
mosaics and under the beautiful fresco,
and 1t almost seemed like being enter
tanned by those who eighteen centuries
ago had turned to dust.
oh! this mighty literature Of the
dust. Where are the remains Of Sen
nacherib and Attila and Epaminondas
and Tamerlane and Trajan and Philip
Of Macedon and Julius Caesar? Dust!
Where are the heroes who fought on
both sides at Chaeronea, at Hastings,
at Marathon, at Cressy, of the lie, 900
men who fought at Agincourt, Of the
100000 men who faced death at Jena,
of the 100000 whose armor glittered
in the sun at Wagram, Of the 100000
men under Darius at Arbela, of the O.
GAL 900 men under xerxes at Their
mopylae? Dust! Where are the guests
who danced the floors of the Alham-
bra or the Persian palaces Of Alias
uerus Dust! Where are the must
clans who played. or the orators who
The record-union., 1898-12-23

COURT CAPITAL, NO. g., F. OF ", <cy
A-Officers and members are 1XSK5
requested to meet at their hall Wf-Iw
at 1:S0 p. m. TO-DAY, to attend &sl
the funeral of our late brother,
v. F. Taylor
p. Hirsch, Secretary. IT
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Impressions Formed During His
Visit to United States.
No More Wiekedness In Our Big Cities
Than In Those Abroad.
Glasses Americans as the Most In
dustrious, Earnest, Active anu
Ingenious People on Earth-Are
the Most Moral and Religious,
and the Most Sober People OF
the World.

NEW YORK, Dec 22-A dispatch TO
the Herald from London says:
Hall Caine who is now at Brada
Castle, Isle of Man, contributes a long
article to the Daily Telegraph to-day
entitled Life in America" He says IN
part:
did see any result of the war? Yes.
In the sudden and great revival OF
trade, which is now brisk in America
Beyond that not a great deal that
seemed to be a direct result. Indeed, IT
is surprising how little impression the
war has made on the minds and con-
dition of the people of America. They
hardly talk of it at all. The people give
you the idea that they have. turned
down the page of the Spanish war for
good.
What did find to be the American
attitude toward England?
Not greatly unlike what it was three
years ago Certainly no such extraor-
binary change in the national senti-
ment appears to have passed over
America as that which we have lately
experienced in England. Nobody on the
other side of the ocean calls for an An
glo-American alliance, whether in the
form of a treaty or of an understand
ing. Nobody talks of it, and doubt if
it has ever impressed itself on the
American mind as a serious idea at all.
That is not to say that the good feel
ing for England is not deep and wide
spread in America. 1t is, and England's s
friendliness to America during the wal