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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-03-21

appropriate observances as opportunl-
ties will suggest,
The state board of control is at pres
ent having a tilt with the governor OF
Colorado over the custody and care or
Oscar Hake, an insane man. Hake
formerly lived in Wisconsin, but re-
moved to Colorado twelve years ago,
and became insane while there. he
was committed to an asylum there and
in December, 1896, was discharged as
cured. He at once came to Wlscon-
sin, and within two weeks became dan
gerously insane again and was taken
to an asylum. Recently the board OF
control discovered his residence and
sent him to Colorado in charge OF
custodian, but the Colorado authori-
ties refuse to receive him. President
Heg Thursday ordered the man in
charge of Hake to take him to FIT Col
Inns Col, where his family resides and
leave him there. Since Jan. l, the
board of control has sent three insane
patients back to Europe, three to Illi-
and Minnesota There are about 100
more in the two state asylums who will
be returned to their homes when the
latter can be learned.
Insurance Commissioner F'ricke has
collected over $4,000 back taxes from
insurance companies coming under the
decision of the supreme court in the
case which compels the Travellers In
suance company to pay taxes on the
accident business they have been do
ing in Wisconsin for years, with only
life insurance license. About 100000
more is expected this week, and there
is 500, 761 20 still due.
Gov. Scofeld has set aside Friday,
April 20 for Arbor and Bird day. By an
act of the legislature of 1897 the gov
ernor is authorized to set apart one
day in each year to be known as Arbor
and Bird day, and recommends that
all public schools, colleges and the
other educational institutions of the
state and citizens generally observe the
same in proper manner
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-09-21

The above named cities are lighting their
streets at an average cost of $62, one
half of what it costs to light Rutland.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-09-21
NAT. +: 4 AND | U. DEPT

The business agent of the Alliance has
Minneapolis. Duluth and Chicago, whereby
all grain shipped to this reliable commits
sion house by our farmers through the
business agent of the Minnesota Alliance
bushel to the treasury of the Farmers AL
lance and Industrial Union of the state
from where the grain is shipped.
All FARMERS and FARMERS ELE-
NATORS are therefore requested to ship
their grain to G. T. Sunwall and draw
three-fourths of the value OF the same by
sending draft attached to way-biIl for the
amount. Send in duplicate of the shipping
Dill TO }. {. Hanley. business agent of the
Alliance. who will look after the interests
OF our members and patrons, and keep
check on the commission house.
Inc business agent will furnish OrganZ-
ers. elevators. track buyers and farmers
who ship in car lots with those books con-
tanning full information. with blank ship
ping bills, properly printed in triplicate
duplicate and stub forms free to all who
desire them.
III our farmers will ltake advantage of
this generous offer we will soon have a
found that will pay all the expenses of
the Alliance and keep our lecturers and cr-
ganizers IN the field all the time
Yours respectfully.
JNO. c. HANLEY
Business Agent
4Ol Baltimore Building
st. Paul.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-09-21
FALSE PRETENSES.
stick to the Peoples Party.


Almost every fusion paper we pick up
tells with 2 great flourish how the Dem
ocrats are declaring for the initiative
and referendum. One would suppose
that a great reform had been accom-
plished. Now don't fail to remember:
The Democrats are in full control of Is
states in this Union, and can put direct
legislation into force and effect in every
one of them without the aid or consent
of anybody else on earth, but it will not
be done. The Democrats are only max
ing pretense. Every voter should
write out list of states where the Dem
ocrats are in control, and keep tab on
them for few years. If you find them
passing laws in harmony with Demo-
cratic platforms, you may conclude there
is some hope of reform in the old rotten
organization. We would, however, ven
ture the opinion that not a Democratic
state in the Union will adopt the initia-
tive and referendum. The five states
where they have put it in their platform
stands simply as evidence of the growth
of Populistic sentiment. 1t doesn't
mean that the Democrats are in favor
of it. We will not argue this point,
however; just watch and see if even one
Democratic state puts direct legislation
in force-Chicago Express.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-09-21
HJRRAH FOR CALIFORNIA.
Peoples Party Ticket.

Following is the regular Peoples party
ticket nominated by the only loyal People s
party state convention held in California
this year. and the only one that can rea-
sonably be placed upon the ballot as such:
GovernOr-T. W. H. Shanahan. of Shasta
Lieutenant Observation-Disclosures Z. Fowler
of Alameda.
Secretary of State--Joseph Asbury john
son, of San Francisco.
CONTROLLER. r. Garner of Lake.
Treasurer-Frank Houghton, of Tehama
Attorney GeneraI-Green Majors, Of Ala
media.
Surveyor General-C S. Preble, of Berke.
ley.
Clerk of the Supreme Court-Silas NJ.
Puyear.
Justice of the Supreme Court-Z. B. Stu
art. of San BernardinO.
Superintendent of Public Instruction
John W. Duncan, of Tulare.
Superintendent of State Printing-Melvin
Snow of Santa Barbara.
For Railroad Commissioner
First District-H. c. Wilson, of Lake
county.
Second District-C. d. Rogers, of San
Francisco.
Third District-A. Bretz, Of Alameda.
For Congress
First District-Dr. ]. A. Cole. Of Alturas
Second District-Dr. W. H. Henderson, of
Sacramento.
Third District-Robert Stuart, of Alameda.
Fourth Distrct-W. j. Greer, of San Fran
cisco.
Fifth District-E. A. STREET., of San Fran
cisco.
Sixth District-Mark L. Landrum, of Mon
terey.
Seventh District-Hugh Percy, of San Ber-
nardinO
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-09-21

Note the ST. Paul Eye and Ear In
firmary ad, bottom first page. This is
no fake institute, and we take pleasure
in recommending them to our readers.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-09-21

Gals is an almost unknown quantity in
Switzerland
/ The city Of Anderson, Ind, has held. for
months that II It gained The ownership Of
the water works, the electric light plants
and the street railways, there would be no
need to levy a cents taxation. Working
upon this plan, the citizens have gained pos
session of the water works and the street
lighting plant and recently closed a deal
whereby they gain possession of the COM
mercial lighting plants The income from
these plants will amount to $4,000 annually.
Steps are being taken to gain possession
of the other public service plants.
The testimony in favor of public owner
ship Is the same everywhere. At Bradford
England, where the gas works were bought
by the municipality in 1871, the price of gas
has been reduced Sc per cent and 81 $50 900
turned into the treasury. Under private
ownership that amount would have been
turned into a private purse for the possess
sor to play artistocrat and exploit labor
with. This is kind of Socialism that hurts
nobody. 1t limits the opportunities of
monopolies to rob the people, insures more
efficiency and greater economy, and we are
going to have more of it.
The city of Birmingham England, now
builds and runs street railways, gas works.
electric lighting plant, water supply and
Turkish baths 1t buys the food that is
sold in the markets of Birmingham and
owns the markets of Birmingham selling
the food itself. 1t builds houses for arti-
sans and rents them 1t owns and oper-
ates farm. printing establishment and
a wooden mill, and is in the egg business.
In 1871 the city was one of the fithiest
spots on earth. In that year municipal
ownership began. Today it is one Of the
cleanest and best governed cities in the
world.
There are 3SS3 electric light plants in oper-
alton under municipal ownership i'll the
United States. These are located in 80 states
land territories. furnishing 260S7 arc lights
Sand 371.440 incandescenI lights an; repre-
senting capacity OF 7o0p horse power.
Ohio has II municipal plants. Michigan.
80; Illinois, "a; Minnesota. p: Iowa. q: Mis-
souri,. 10; Indiana, IS; New York. a; Penn
sylvania. ID; and Massachusetts. IL. These
figures We're compiled by the city electric
iar. of Chicago The great majority of
electric Lighting plants are ownel by p;i-
vate parties. there being 2,.H0 plants
the United States that are thus owned.
The city of Rutland. VT, is paying. un-
der it's present contract, 1924 10 per lamp per
year for its street lighting service. The fol-
lowing cities lighting their streets at
al enormous saving with their own mu-
nicipal electric lighting plants. the fol-
lowing table will show:
Saving
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-09-21
Continued From Page Onc.)

Ship-owners got the advance On the
contrary, it is averred that Col. Hecker.
Secretary Ayers business partner,
makes the difference. l do not say that
Aiger is knowingly venal AS have
remarked, whatever is to his financial
advantage seems good. and in violation
OF no Christian principle.
One day mana newspaper corre-
epondent-fOund Hecker in govern
ment office ordering about officers of the
army with the air Of a proprietor.
Has Hecker a commission" incurred
the correspondent
No, replied Secretary Alger, "he is
Simply a purchasing agent.
Then" said the correspondent, you
Will do we'll to fix him out 1t is against
the rules Of the department to assign a
civilian quarters in this building, or per-
init him to transact business for the war
department. Someone will impeach you
one day or another
Thereupon Gen. Alger wrote out a
commission for his business partner.
and thenceforward Hecker became
colonel and assistant quartermaster.
Recently Alfred H. Lewis, in a New
York publication, gave a succinct read
Ing of the Algerian character. It is
worth reproduction in part in this con-
nectiOn:
who is Alger? He is a politician
from Michigan. His millions. born of
dubious deals in pine lands. make the
sole reason for his political existence
In person he is tall, gray, slim and fur
tive.
Alger is very very rich. That does
not mean that Alger is very wise. To
be as wealthy as Solomon is not ALWAYS
to be as profound as Solomon. This CITY
bristles with proof that many dull and
Witless folk, indeed, can produce bank
book the size of Webster's Unabridged
Alger is of this last sort. His head is
shaped like a red squirrels: he thinks
like red squirrel, and he has all of a
red squirrels trick to accumulate. In
the instance of the russell rodent chroni-
cled the hoard is acorns: with Alger it
As dollars; that makes the only differ
ence.
Alger has wealth to the humming
tune of millions. And it was with this
wealth he bought his present portfolio.
much as some merchant of beef might
buy steer in stockyard. Alger from
the earliest has made his money talk
Alger is sagacious to that extent. at
least. Alger is more eloquentAmore
convincing with his money than with
his mouth. Alger has hoped to be presi-
dent. and still hopes to be president.
And his money is the trellis on which
Algers hopes do all their clambering.
Money. Money! Money! 1t has been
the Alger system for three decades.
They say that at Chicago convention
of long and long ago an Alger agent
found bevy Of colored delegates in the
rotunda of the Palmer House.
WHO are you people for?' asked the
Alger agent.
Well, sah,' responded the woolIy
spokesman, while a bargain counter lob
sOt expression shone dimly in his eye.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-09-21
Beware of Ointm ents for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury.

as mercury will surely destroy the sense Of
smell and completely derange the whole
system when entering it through the mu-
cous surfaces. Such articles should never
be used except on prescriptions from reput-
able physicians, as the damage they will do
is ten fold to the good you can possibly
derive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure man.
ufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo,
o., contains no mercury, and is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces Of the system. In buying
Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine. 1t is taken internally and made
in Toledo. Ohio by +. J. Cheney & Co.
Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-09-21
Jno. w. Arctander. attorney at law,
BIB N. Y. Life Bldg, Minneapolis, Mimi.

SUPPRESSED NEWS FROM WASHING
TON.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-09-21

Improve your time by taking a course
In the st. Paul Business College this
winter. Six months scholarship for sale
by US, cheap.
The Representative,
Minneapolis.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-09-21

One Hundred Thousand Grateful Sol
(ierS.

One Hundred Thousand Grateful Sol
These war times have tried mems
souls in many unexpected ways, but like
a shaft of sunshine and good cheer out
of the cloud of privation and endurance
has been the work that the American
Tobacco Co. has done among the United
States soldiers and sailors ever since the
war began-for when they discovered
that the camps and hospitals were not
supplied with tobacco, they decided to
provide them, free of cost, with enough
for every man, and have already given
outright to our soldiers and sailors over
100000 pounds of Battle AK Plug" and
Dukes Mixture" smoking tobacco, and
have bought and distributed $4,000 briar
wood pipes, at a total cost of between
5000 and 100000.
This work has been done quietly and
thoroughly, by establishing headquar-
tiers in each camp, SO that every camp
and every hospital of the United States
army has been supplied with enough to-
bacco for every man, and the sailors on
80 United States ships in Cuban waters
have shared with the soldiers this most
welcome of all "rations"
Perhaps it will be only fair to remem-
Der when we hear the remark again that
corporations have no souls" that there
is one American corporation whose soul
has been tried and has not been found
wanting in practical kindness"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-09-21

1t will be profit and pleasure COM
bined to spend this winter in the Twin
Cities going to school. Six months
scholarship to one of the oldest and best
colleges in the Northwest for sale cheap.
Call or write.
The Representative.
Minneapolis.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-01-27
CARPETS AND RUGS.
And Their Marked Effect on the Nov.
fnK Hubit,

A certain man who owns a row o.
dwelling houses over in the northwes
quarter of the town has learned wisdom
by bitter experience. a friend of mine
went to him not long ago to rent one o1
the houses, says a Washington Pos
man.
DO you lease it by the month or by
the year?" she inquired.
THAT depends on what you are going
to have on your floors" answered the
landlord. "Are you going to have
carpets?"
NO" answered my friend; 1--WE have
rugs"
You'll have to sign cars lease
then" the landlord made /, ,iy, smiI
ing craftily. IF you bought carpets
and had them fitted to the floor | know
you'd stay in the house as long as yoU
could, but these rugs are too easily
adjusted to any sized room. You'll have
TO sign years lease if you have rugs
There are seven houses in my row anC
six of them haven't kept a tenant longer
than two years at time fo-' the las,
five years. The seventh house-well
the people in il had carpets made and
laid for it five years ago, and thei
haven't thought of moving. Carpets
III rent by the month; rugs, a wears
lease
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-01-27
AMOUNT OF MOISTURE IN SOIL
Scientific AEriculturists Discover n
Way of Determining.

Scientific argricufturists have always
had difficulty in determining precise
ly the amount of moisture in soils, says
the Los Angeles Times. Rain does
plants comparatively little good until it
enters the soil, where it can be alb
sorDed by their roots. A record of the
actual amount of water in the soil from
day to day would, therefore, give the
absolute value of the moisture condi-
tions under which plants are growing,
and even without reference to rain
fall data it would show, the character of
the soil being understood, whether the
conditions were favorable or otherwise
20 the crop. Hitherto there has been
much uncertainty in reaching this rec
ord y plan now proposed is quite
promising, and can be readily put in
practice. 1t consists in burying spe-
cially constructed electrodes in the
soil, so that by measuring the resist
ance to the passageSpf a current through
the soil the amount of moisture in the
soil can be ascertained. The possibility
of using the electrical resistance Of soils
for the determination of moisture was
suggested by the necessity of thor
oughly grounding lightning rods, tele-
phone and telegraph lines. If these are
not carried 10 considerable depth, so
that the terminals are constantly in a
moist soil, the lines do not work in dry
seasons.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-01-27
The GiZpH PyrQ mid.

The great pyramid of Gizeh is the
largest structure of any kind ever erect,
ed by the hand of man. Its original di.
mensions at the base were 764 feet
square, and its perpendicular height in
the highest point is ass feet; it covers
four acres, one rood and twenty-five
perches of ground, and has been esti-
mated by an eminent English archi-
tect to have cost not less than 0,00O,-
600, which in United States currency
would be about $145, 900. Internal
evidences proved that the great py ra-
mid was begun about the year 217O b
c., about the time of the birth Of Abra.
ham. 1t is estimated that about 5000,
600 tons of heWn stone were used in its
construction, and the evidence points &c
the fact that these stones were brought
a distance of about 700 miles from GUAR
ries in Arabia.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-01-27
GRAPE CURE GARDENS,
ST ccessfuIly Established Fifty Years
Ago Near Berne.

The happiest and most successful
he llth seekers of our latter-day world
are probably the summer guests of the
Tlauben Kuren, or grapecure gardens,
that were established some fifty years
ago in the neighborhood of Berne, and
can now be found all over Switzerland,
France, the Rhineland countries and
southern Austria, says Chautauquan.
Guests eat a very light breakfast.
Weather permitting, they then scatter
in quest of a sharp appetite. The seri-
Gus work of the day begins at ten a. M,
w1en the gates Of the vineyard are
opened for the forenoon lunch Help
ing yourself is the order of the day.
Gossipers stroll up and down the leafy
avenues, culling tidbits here aud there:
business men gather good supply and
retreat with book to some shady nook
to spice their lunch with utilitarian
by-purpose. II a glutton desires to
eat his moneys worth to the last penny
the landlord gives him a fair chance;
nobody controls the proceedings of the
lunch party, and the dinner bell does
not ring before three p. m. In other
WORDS, the grape cullers get tive-hours'
opportunity to eat their fill, and experts
can get away with IS pounds more
easily and with infinitely less risk to
their hygienic interests than brewery
employe with Is schooners of alcohol
lied barley swill.
Grapes, it is true, are chiefly sweet
water with subtle flavoring from
natures own laboratory; but in no
other form can the human organism alb
sorb so large quantity of blood
purifying liquids with such minimum
% distressing after effects. The ex-
pdgative fluid reaches every part Of the
system, rinsing out morbid humors and
restoring congested organs to q
healthy state Of functional activity, for
reasons which, traced to their ultimate
significance. mean that man, in spite
or nature, is frugivorous, not a car
n. gorous nor herbivorous biped.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-01-27
A Quaint Scotch Wedding Custom.

\ quaint wedding custom still pre-
walls in many of the little country towns
and mining villages in Scotland. When
a wedding is held, the contracting par
ties make their guests pay in full for
the eating, drinking and dancing facili-
ties which are usually pI ,vided on such
occasions. The practice still seems to
survive even in Glasgow. This week a
correspondent observed notice posted
up in the Cowcaddens-al low class Glas-
gov thoroughfare-informing the pub
lie that a soldier would shortly enter
into the bonds of wedlock, and that
two pence would be charged for ad-
mission to the ceremony. and an adj
ditional six pence imposed for attend
ance at the wedding feast. The prac-
tice seems to be peculiarly Scotch, but
sixpence certainly seems moderate
enough for a marriage supper.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-01-27
WOULD OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
No Toad Has Ever Been Found In
closed In Solid Rock.

Stories of toads inclosed in solid rock
are not at all uncommon, but of all the
reported cases not one has ever been
substantiated. When investigated. saws
the Milwaukee Journal, it is found that
they are made-up stories or that there
was no toad or no rock or was q way
for him TO get in or out. People who
find toads in solid rock must under
stand that it is an important matter.
II ever there is one single case verified
beyond dispute of finding a toad or any
other living animal in an absolutely
solid rock the science of geology will be
swept from the realms of belief The
doctrine of evolution will crumble to
airy nOthin@s. Half of the exact sci
ences will have to be reorganized on
an entirely new basis. Accumulated
human knowledge will have to be re-
vised from the bottom and most of what
is so called rejected entirely. So the
man who finds the toad had better be
pretty sure that it is toad in q solid
rock, and while he is about it he had bet
ter have witnesses and photographs and
everything possible to be had in proof
Of his assertion, for it will be doubted.
If he proves his cause no man ever
known will have such enduring fame.
Just find the road, entlemen.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-01-27
HE DIDN'T APPEAR.
In Consequence the Old Woman Coz
Her Money Back.

Her money DHck
This story is floating around among
the story tellers, who say ii has never
been in print. 4 lawyer down in Ken
lucky was surprised by the appearance
in his office one day of big black
| woman who wanted his service, says
the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Say, boss" she commenced, how
much will it cost to clah woman if she
mos kills low down niggah?'
That depends on circumstances" he
answered. If the case wasn't an ag
gravated one, and if the woman had
some show Of right on her side it might
be worth ten dollars"
Oats all | wanted TO know, boss"
and she waddled out with the remark:
I'll see you latah."
About week or two after she was al
the office again early in the morning
waiting for the boss"
"Hyah's yoh ten dollars, boss, an you
mus clah me-"
What you been doing?" said the
lawyer.
Don you member me, boss? You
said dat it would cost about ten dollahs
to clah a woman fob whippin' a low
down niggah. l whopped de ole man
good las night an des want you to
stan by me-"
"All right. auntie, I'll do the best | can
for you. But maybe the old man won't
prosecute YOU"
whats dat. boss?"
We'll, if he doesn't appear and prose
cute you nothing will be done in the
case"
well. if OATS so he won't appeah,
boss, fur if he gifts outen his bed fur a
week he'll be doin' putty well. Jus
gimme de money back, boss, an III
tell him dat if he evah pears agin me
I'll lick him wussen evan"
She got her money and left in a cheer
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