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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-11-23
Look This Fact in the Face.

The publica ton of the following news
item in New York dailies has created quite
a sensation 'The American Indies COM
pany which was Incorporated in Trenton
Tuesday, with a capital of S18, coo 600. has al
ready secured some of the most valuable
properties in both Cuba and Porto Rico
The work of securing the properties for the
company before its Incorporation has been
in progress for fully seven months. During
that time the most desirable landed estates
electric lighting, water power. water and
cured in the best locations on those two is
lands. which will now be under the domina-
tion of Americans.
Henry D. Macdona, of the Bank Of Com
merce building who is one of the incorpor-
ators and secretary of the company, said
yesterday: Long before the war broke out
between Spain and the United States the
organization of this company was contem-
plated. The gentlemen who have now in
corporated themselves into the company
sent represen tatives at that time to beth
Cuba and Porto Rico looking for desirable
property and concessions AS a result, We
have culed out the best which the islands
afford Interested in the company are the
owners of many Of the plantations and
business enterprises which will be controlled
by it "
1t is now in order for the soldiers who
were misled by the shouts of the profess
sional patriots, and who suffered and starv-
ed, to ask themselves whether they were
not bunkoed into battling for the wronged
reconcentrados in imagination and in reality
for the aggrandizement Of plutocrats like
those in this slS, 900 combine. 1t is we'll
to look facts squarely in the face.-Cleve-
land Citizen.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-11-23
Cost of a BuShel of Wheat,

A correspondent Of the Ohio Farmer
gives the following figures as the cost Of
cultivating, harvesting and other ex-
penses on field of 241a acres of wheat:
Thirty bushels seed at $1.37; 5
days drilling at 81 so, 81 so; days cul-
tivating at 81 so, Sc; use of drill, 81;
breaking stalks and corn stubs, 81 so;
cutting at 6Oc per acre. s14.70; twine As
pounds at 1Oc, 81 so; threshing at 1Oc per
bushel, $39. 20; hauling manure days
$40; shocking, 2 hands 2 days, $6; in
terest on money invested in land at 5
per cent per annum, $50; taxes, So; haul
ing wheat to market 31s miles, 81 SO; to-
tai cost, $1S8.4O. From this amount there
should be deducted $40 for straw and IS
for value of pasture of the wheat stub
ble The yield was 397 bushels, and the
cost was a fraction over 43 2-3 cents a
bushel. He sold at 5Sc, clearing about
lac per bushel, or $2 % an acre-Farm-
ers Tribune.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-11-23
A Newspaper Man Testifies as to Con.
ditiOns i'm Cuba Before the Investi-
eating Committee.

NEW YORK, Nov. 23.-James H. F. Ar
who was with the First regular infantry
from California to Santiago, was the first
witness before the investigating com
mittee today. In reply to Gen. Beavers in
vitation to tell everything he could and to
make any criticism he considered likely to
said his chief reason for volunteering to ap-
pear before the commission was because of
the published statements that there was
great hardship in Cuba because Of lack
of food
Il wish TO say, said he that / have had
considerable experience campaigning with
ular soldiers have had much rougner
periences than they did in Cuba. There was
plenty of food The inability of the volun-
teers to adapt themselves to circumstances
was due to their own inexperence.
If they had known enough to hustle and
cook the food that was there they might
have less to complain. There
city of medical supplies, of surgeons and of
nurses. 1t appeared to me that Dr. Wood
caused considerable unnecessary suffering
by his severe administration of his hospital
near Sboney. He refused to allow any one
to visit the sick and once when l was try
ing to find wounded man of the 1st in
fantry, he refused to let me in He decin-
ed to allow Cubans who had offered to build
shelter for the sick to do and when l
tried to reason with him he said: L am
running this hospital to suit myself
which l suppose was proper. l mention that
incident as the only matter that came to my
notice in which l blame the authorities
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-11-23
TITLES IN THE FIRST CONGRESS-,
minneapolis Times.


Among Certain class there has been
in this country, since the foundation of
the government, snobbish yearning
for titles. 1t is probable that by the
establishment of a system of nobility,
and putting the titles up for sale to the
highest bidder, the government could
not only make up the treasury deficit,
but cancel the national debt and meet
it's expenditures thereafter for number
of years to come. We should then have
the duke of Astor, the earl of Wander
bilt or Biltmore, the prince of Rocke-
feller, Marquis Jim Hill and their imi-
tators in every city and town and viii
lage in the land. A Washington cor
respondent informs the country that:
There was bill slipped through the
house last week which is intended to
create an order of nobility in America.
Not single member of the house de-
tected its real import; not a single
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-11-23
To Fumigate n Poultry House.

Remove everything, nest, perches and
all. Put pound Of sulphur in an iron
kettle, set it in the middle of the house,
put shovelful of hot Goals into it, close
the house up tight and don't open it for
two or three hours. Burn all the old
nest straw, paint the nest boxes inside
and out with hot coal tar. and also the
roosts. Whitewash the house thorough
ly inside and outside and you are rid
of the mites. When these pests get a
start, only the most heroic measures will
rid place OF them. When the house is
once clean, it is easy to keep clean if
properly attended to when necessary. The
man who whitewashes his poultry house
once a month in summer will never COM
plain of mites In the house. A good
spraying pump is very useful to get the
wash in the cracks. A little oarbolic
acid and ccal oil in the wash is bene-
fetal. Give the inside of the house a
good drenching, but don't attempt to do
this with your Sunday cloths on or any
suit worth wearing outside. 1t is hard
on the mites and clothes at the same
time-Fanciers' Review.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-11-23
A Point in Milking.

Because it is easier to milk while the
cows bag is full and a full stream will
flow, and also because the saliva in the
calf's mouth, full of saliva and milk,
makes milking unpleasant for the
mixer, it is the habit Of many farmers
to milk what they want for the house
and let the calf take what is left. 1t is
very generous to the calf for such farm
ers to do this. But we can tell them that
it is mistaken generosity, for the first
milk, having much less fat than the
strippings, is better either to make the
calf grow or fatten than the strippings
can be- Most farmers think that milk
cannot be too rich for fattening calf.
But this ruins the COW. and by the time
the calf gets to the strippings it is tired
of sucking, and will never drain out
the last drop, as the good milker always
does.-American Cultivator.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-11-23

Hygienic Value of Fruits in Disease.
DR.. Dupoury, French physician, cele-
brated for his scientific Investigations in
dietary matters, in an article printed in
Paris Journal. considers the hygienic
value of fruit. He divides fruit into five
hygienic value-the acid, the sweet, the
astringent, the oily and the mealy. To
the first, including cherries, strawber-
ries, raspberries, gooseberries, peaches,
great merit. Cherries. however, he pro-
hibits entirely to those affected with
neuralgia of the stomach. Strawberries
and raspberries he recommends warmly
temperament and denies them to those
to whom diabetis is present or suspect
ed. Of the sweet fruits he considers
that plums are of special nygienic value,
ticularly rheumatism. To the grape he
accords the very first place. He is an
ardent advocate of what in Europe is
called the grape cure. In this cure grapes
for several days form the exclusive treat
ment. The patient commences with
the consumption of from one to two
pounds daily, with a gradual increase to
eight or ten pounds. After few days
of this diet marked improvement in
the general health is noticeable. The
appetite improves, the digestion becomes
easy and rapid and increased capacity
to withstand the fatigue of outdoor eXer-
else is noticeable. The grape cure is
particularly recommended to the amaze
mic. dyspeptic and consumptive, in dis
eases of the liver and gout.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-11-23
Moving PaAtureA.

Pastures are sometimes inclined to rub
to weeds and the weeds to take the nour-
tishment from the soil that should 20 to
the grasses. Running mower over them
in midsummer before the weed seeds
ripen would soon rid the pastures of
the weeds. The grasses, especially blue
grass, will spread evenly over the ground
and the pasture will produce great
deal more feed than when growing to
weeds, and besides, it will not be a
breeding field for weed seed TO be L1own
by the wind upon the cultivated lands.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-11-23

Fall blowing is one of the best helpers
the farmer can employ for fertilizing his
land. What the land needs is nitrogen,
and nitrogen comes from the air. The
cheapest and best fertilizer is the at
mosphere. Good, deep fall plowing turns
the soil up to the atmosphere and let's
the air into it and through the soil to
the depth Of the p1owing. For five or
six months after the land is plOwed in
the fall, before it is seeded in the spring
these agencies are constantly at work as
the farmers helpers, fertilizing and en-
rching the SOIL The frost even lends
material aid in this important matter,
for freezing and thawing mellows the
SOIL thus permitting the air to come in
contact with the finer particles. The
sun, rain and snow are also great helpers
in this work. Fall plowing turns up to
the surface plant food which needs the
action of the air, sun and rain to put it
in condition for growing crops. 1t also
turns under the surface Of the soil which
has just produced crop and which needs
an opportunity to rest for a season. 1t
may cost dollar and quarter an acre
to get fall plowing done, but If it is we'll
done it will be worth five dollars an acre
to the farmer and his farm, for it will
set all these natural agencies at work
and they will put the soil in suitable con-
dition for raising bountiful crop the
following summer-Advocate and News.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-11-23
Small Lots for Safety.

During winter the small yard is prefer
able to the large one. There should be
no opportunity for runs at full speed, and
there should not be muddy and slippery
bottom of the yard A small lot sur
rounded by high and strong fence, kept
dry with coarse litter, is the safe one for
horses. In such a place there is less dis
position to harrass and cripple the weak
Such a yard, during a part of the day
is the place for the colts or calves or
other stock. The stock is kept in COM
fort and all the manure saved. The large
yard has nothing to commend ITSELF and
everything to condemn it.-Farm and
FireSide
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-11-23
WAS THERE CROOKED WORK
1t Is IDtimnted That the Crew of the
Maria Teresa Desired to Wreck the
Ship.

NEW YORK, Nov. 23.-The steamer An
tilla is at present in this port. Her
ond officer Edward Webber said yester-
day that when the steamer vas at Cat ISL
and the Infanta Maria Teresa was lying in
about 10 feet OF water and the surface was
breaking over her. She was lying easy
and not the rocks, but with her nose
in the sand.
Had the surf not been high believe
that we could have pulled her off," said
Mr.. Webber. Il questioned the natives
and learned from them that the Maria Te-
first appeared in the offng about
O'Clock in the morning, the Thursday after
she abandoned.
'She rode in gracefully. and had she been
brought in under skillful guidance she
could not have come ashore at a better
place. She went on the shore at II O. clock
the same morning in which she was
sighted.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-11-23
THE CHIEF CAUSE

of premature death is easily accounted
for, yet few study to trace its original
cause. Take, for instance, a simple cold
Very few take much notice of it until it
becomes very serious; then the suspi-
cions are aroused that death may be close
at hand and the cold already having a
deadly grip on its victim, is coaxed,
soothed and petted to let up and give it's
victim another chance Sometimes it re-
lents, but oftener silences it's victim as
a reward for carelessness. Colds repro
duce very rapidly. Catch one, and fve
or six more are sure to follow. Then
comes catarrh, hay fever, asthma, bron-
chitis, coughs, crop. diphtheria, pneu-
monia, consumption and a host of minor
troubles, all caused by an original sim
pie cold. There are many remedies Of
fered to cure, some of which are good,
but none has ever been discovered to
prevent until two years ago, when, after
10 years of patient investigation, Dick
sons Invincible Catarrh Salve was dis
covered and placed on the market. Since
then tens of thousands have been cured
of catarrh, hay fever, asthma, bronchitis,
dripping down throat, coughs and colds
by it's use. This is a guaranteed cure,
and never fails, and absolutely prevents
the catching of colds. All colds are first
caught in the nasal passage, and pro-
ceed to that part of the body best pre-
pared for its reception. Try box Of
this marvellous salve, so cents per bog.
postpaid, and you will be convinced.
Address DICKSON CHEMICAL CO.,
29 East Seventh St., St. Paul, Mimi.
Mention The Representative
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-11-23

Cattle are far more helpless than we
are, and must be made miserable by the
lack of drink. Then, too. our pockets
are directly affected. Personal motives,
If nothing else, should lead us to be care
full about the water supply.
l have just been over my pasture with
a scythe, and cut all the brush, thistles,
and other foul weeds I found growing
there. This has been my custom for
years. and l think it pays One part of
my pasture land was sadly affected with
elder brush. BY cutting them regularly
in July or August l nearly subdued these
bushes. And how much better it looks.
Grass cannot grow with weeds choking
it out.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-11-23
PRACTICAL
FARM NOTES
The farmer who slaughters at home
can always change work with nelghUOr
and help him kill.

The miIkman sustains an important
relation to the city and town. In the
smaller cities and in villages he comes
in regular contact with his customers
and is appreciated by them in proportion
to his courteous ways, promptness and
general attention to business and the
quality of his goods. To make a success
he must also be thorough and cleanly
in all the details of his dairying opera
tions, from the care Of MS herd 10 that
of his cans and other dairy UTENSILS
MOsely in Farmers Tribune.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-11-23
in THE NEW CAMP NO LACK OF FOOD
MEMBERS OF THE 18TH REGIMENT
NOW AT AUGUSTA, GA.

South Was a Pleasant One-Albeit
the Route Was Through an Unin-
terestinE Section of Countrywide
dOws and LOnged for Home, Sweet
Home-The Present Camp Site an
Ideal One for the TrOOps-Orders to
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-11-23

and no mistake. They are great twin
getters even when topped on common
ewes. A man in Weld county bred 13o
Merino ewes, using six Lincoln and two
Shrop rams. There were 40 pairs OF
lambs, two sets of triplets, and only
nine ewes missed their train. The lambs
came in February and March. In July
eight of them were sent to the Cheyenne
market weighing 600 pounds. Twelve
others of these lambs when two years
old run on grass and fed on corn and
alfalfa only SO days, went to the same
each.-EX.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-11-23

weaker solutions. Besides it's antiseptic
qualities carbolic acid exerts a drying
effect, much desired.
If you contemplate starting in the
sheep business start in a small way at
first, as you will have to learn largely
by experience.
Buy few of the best you can find. 1t
never pays to invest heavily in poor
ers' Tribune.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-11-23
WILL BE INDICTED
Northern Train Robbers Will He
Held.
Especial to The Tribune.)

FERGUS FALLS, Mimi, Nov. 2S.-The
cases Of the six men charged with train
robbery were before the grand jury today,
seven railroad men and number Of de-
tectives giving evidence. Indictments will
be returned tonight or Friday morning
There is TO doubt that four of the six will
be indicted for train robbery and two for
other crimes.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-11-23
Cold Barns.

Those whose cattle barns are not
warm enough to work in comfortably
without an overcoat and mittens in the
dinary winter weather may be sure they
are not warm enough for the cows to
do their best in, or for calves and young
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-11-23
CONSUMPTION CURED

A Prominent Minister and Teacher Both Give1
Up to Die, Were Cured
By the new treatment. Names and addresses
civen at the ST. Paul Medical and Surgical
institute, Fifth and St. Peter streets, ST. Paul,
Miun where curei. This treatment given at
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-11-23

The Rings steal hundreds Of mill
ions annually from the People. One
tenth Of the plunder is used to con-
troll the daily press and buy up tho
leaders Of the two old parties, to
darken intelligence and make the
voters poor. blind and incapable OF
self-defense. Strike before 1t is too
late.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-10-07

An article in one Of the English pa
pers points out that "the most GEN
erous gifts to females in America have
all come from the liberality OF men.
Vsssar College, the pioneer of WON
ems universities, was the gift to Amer
lean womanhood of Matthew Vassar;
the women's department of Cornell was
built and endowed at great expense
by Mr.. Sage, and in almost every other
made the munificent gifts to the future
of girls in American colleges" The
article goes on to say that the same
rule holds good in Great Britain. Not
Mrs. nor Miss, but Mr.. Holloway left
a magnificent sum, however unwisely
arranged, with the best of intentions,
to erect and endow for women's higher
education the pile bearing his name,
near Windsor. But few weeks ago in
England it was recorded that a Scots
man had left bequest of many thou
sand pounds for the purpose of build
ing a women's medical school in Glas-
gow The Pfeiffer bequest Of some
oU,OOO, " NC ulfiucu d. IAc uloClCliOA
Of Sir Josiah Finch between several
great educational institutions for wom-
en-, and Of incalcuable service to them
the new building of the London
School of Medicine for Women, opened
by the Princess Of Wales on July IA,
being an illustration how the money
has benefited the recipients-was, in
the most part, the property OF Mr..
Pfeiffer, and it was his will that actual
ly SO bequeathed it, though it had been
his wife's idea, as well as his own, that
their money should be so dispensed
In both countries, therefore, it would
seem to be case of mans generosity
to woman, in face of which Smith Col
lege, the gift of a woman to women,
appears to be unique.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-10-07
Great Day for Veterans.

Omaha, Oct. 3.-In some respects the
most striking feature of Peace Jubilee
week at the Exposition at Omaha
will be the friendly meeting of the
Blue and the Gray on North and
South Handshaking Day." October 18th
and on Army and Navy Day." and
Veteran Soldiers Day." October 18th.
Great efforts have been made to secure
large attendance of federal and con-
federate veterans for this occasion,
and there is no doubt that the gather
ing will be one of the most memora BILE
of its kind in the history of the coun-
try. The Grand Army of the Republic
through it's commander-in-c chief, the
Woman's Relief Corps, through its
national presidents, and the Daughters
of the Confederacy through their ma
tional president, has been invited to be
present and the invitations have been
given very wide publicity. A number
of prominent speakers have accepted
invitations to deliver addresses at
campfres to be held morning and even
ing of the two days named. 1t will be
a fitting accompaniment to the celebra-
ton over the close of the war of 1898
that the men who bore the brunt of
the fight in the early sixties shall
stand upon the same platform and adj
dress the participants in that great
struggle.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-10-07
SICK SOLDIERS ENDANGERED
Transports Oyercrowed and Not Suitably
Provisioned.

Santiago de Cuba, Oct. 3--Surgeon
Major Seaman of the transport OLDHAM
declares that there win be repetition
of the awful horrors that have char
acterized the voyage home of the other
transports If more sick soldiers are
sent on board the vessel for transpor-
tation to New York. He says that
when the OLDHAM left Puerto Rico many
on board were sick, yet the first quar-
termaster refused to furnish wine for
their use, but supplied them with hard
tack and canned food, saying that he
had no authoritity to do that. Sur
geon Seaman said he would hold him
responsible should any deaths occur,
and finally succeeded in obtaining suit
able food for those who were ILL., He
asserts that the ship has every man
that she can carry, and that if she
reaches New York without any deaths
occurring she will be lucky.
Hearing that number of other sick
soldiers were to be sent aboard her, the
surgeon major made protest, and
stated that he was informed by Gen
eral Lawton that his protest showed
lack of discipline, and that an officer
had been appointed to see how many
additional men the OLDHAM could carry.
Surgeon Seaman says he will cable to
Surgeon General Sternburg protest,
disclaiming responsibility for what
ever may happen.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-10-07
LABOR STRIKE AT BUTTE.
Building Trades and Marcus DAILY Cannot
Agree

Building Trades and Marcus DAILY Cannot
Agree
Butte, Mont, Oct. 3.-A great labor
strike in Butte is imminent. The Ana
conda company is building two great
structures in Butte-the Hale House
and the Hennessy department store
There have been half dozen strikes
on both buildings since the erection
began, and demands made for shorter
hours, less work and more pay. Each
demand was granted. Another strike
has just been declared, because union
plasterers from st. Paul are permitted
to work on the building, the local
Plasters' union having declared against
any more laborers coming to Butte
The Anaconda Copper Mining COM
pany, through its manager, Marcus
DAILY, has sent an ultimatum to sew
eral of the unions, which it is feared
will precipitate general strike The
uitimatum is directed only to the
Plasterers'and Hold Carriers unions. but
it is meant to be notice to all labor
organizations. DAILY declares if the
strike is not declared off today the
Anaconda company will never again
employ any of the men.