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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-03-23

The politician had been making a tour OF
his district. Business had called him to
a remote part of the state and he was TAX
ing advantage of the opportunity to Guilt
vate the inhabitants He had discreetly
sounded one of the rural voters who exer-
cises a great deal of influences and who
hal hitherto been a vigorous opponent OF
his ambitions. He was very much sur
pr:sed to hear him say:
Colonel, l hope you're going to run next
election"
Well" was the answer eff there were
a demand by the people who are DESTROYS
Of having an honest government by capa-
BILE men, perhaps (and he fingered on the
word)-perhaps I might be persuaded tc
abandon the delights of domestic peace and
the selfish successes of private business
and enter the lists once more"
Colonel" was the response, you know
me-
Yes, sir. And 1 have always respected
you, sir, as conscientious and valorous
foe
You know 1 am pretty well acquainted
around here"
Yes
'And if l undertake to tell you what the
sentiment Of the people in this particular
section is you'll give me credit for know
ing what l am talking about?'
Beyond qpestion."
well. colonel what we want is just the
klrl0 OIL government you describe. AnU
we're all mighty anxious for you to get in
to the field and head your ticket. Some OF
us were talking it over the other evening
and we agreed that of the best things
that could happen would be for you to
consent to run. 1t would save the day
colonel.
Thank you for the compliment"
'"Tisn't any compliment, colonel; it's the
simple truth. Things are getting terribly
uncertain, and if you don't wade in anC
get the nomination from your party
they're as likely not to hit on some gooC
man and defeat us."-Detroit Free Press
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-03-23

looked out daily to the northward hoping
to see the Stars and Stripes floating on the
horizon or the black smoke from the fun
nels of American battle ships-for rumor
had it that a great and civilized nation
would not allow the savage Spaniard to
Starve and butcher thousands upon its
very shores.
Eut the help never came. First, the two
young men died-reduced from athletes to
living Skeletons They had sacrificed them
selves to delay the horrible fate of the
weaker members of the family.
The mother soon OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES TT
ed. Then one of the two little girls.
Overhead scared the great black vultures
of Cuba. waiting for a chance to swoop
down upon their prey. But Juan Sanchez
scooped a shallow trench and buried his
loved ones on the hillside that faced out
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-03-23

A monument of learning. . One cannot but
be more than pleased with the history, and adj
mire the immense industry-N o. Picdyune.
Valuable for pur poses of reference. He is not
unknown to us. for we happen to have read his
"Peacemaker Grange" etc. Quite worth care
ful pcrusal: Gives Us good reading natter
n. 7. Herdld There is no question of the value
Of the facts that he has digested and arranged.
-.SuHF Chronicle An epitome Of information.
Leaves none of his facts unverified. Ex-
Ceedngly useful. Unquestionably right in
many Of his arrai gnments.- San T.. CdH. Mr..
(Coin) Harvey was joined in his denial by an
other financial oracle who was visiting him at
the time; Mr. Samuel Leavitt, author of Money
Wars" an encyclopedia on the money qucs-
tion-CHjcaqo Inter ocean. The financier OF
hnanciers. H. Harfey. The benefit that
this work will be to the scientific student OF
value, Will be enormous. N. Y World. The
most remarkable book on finance of the cen
tury.-Arend. This book contains much very
valuable matter that was in danger of being
lost.-GeR, A. j. Warner. II is valuable COM
pendulum of just the kind Of information that is
being needed today. l have constant inquiries
for such information from correspondents OF
mine, and will take great pleasure in calling
their attention to your work-Henry ID. Ltoyd
No romance of Hugo, no tragedy of Shakcspear.
ever stirred the blood as does this infamous
record-Tom Watson Of Georgia. 1t is acknowl.
edged the Ultima Thule OF the finance ques-
ton, and must stand undisputed in the fore
front for years to come-thicdgo Searchlight.
Just the book we have been awaiting for twenty
five years.-Henry carey Baird Has created
considerable chicago Iimes Does
not hesitate to place the blame where. in his
opinion, it properly belongs hitadetphid
Udity Item. The American system of money
rises. like solomons temple. without the blow
OF hammer, in the magnificent sequences OF
this history.-H E. Baldmin, in arena. The
book is great one. Entities him to the graft
tude Of every searcher after economic truth.
Editor Of Nonconf ornsist. 1t will be the stand
ard for quotation and author'ty.-J II. Ferriss.
The most important volume yet issued
for the cause Of the people.-Junc-
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Farmers Voice. The most complete. accurate
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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-03-23

toward the north and freedom.
After that it was hard for Sanchez. His
little boy, a lad of nine whose child's face
had been changed by months of suffering
into that of an old man, and whose skele-
ton limbs could hardly support his little
body, lay in the hut dying with the fever
that accompanies starvation in its last
stages. Out on the hill. under the blue
sky, lay the father, barely able to era vi
OH hands and knees and drive away the
vultures that now circled low or sat near
him in solemn expectancy.
But time came when he could no longer
drive them away. The stick slipped from
his nerveless skeleton figures. and at last
he made no effort to regain it. And the
vultureS rejOiced.
Out by the door of the hut lay the eldest
daughter, dead in the warm hot sunlight,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-03-23

HAVANA, March "A family of seven
driven into Havana by order Of Weyler.
1.-The Butcher to starve; kept there by
Weyler's policy as still pursued by the
present Captain-General Blanco.
On the hills overlooking the ocean, where
they could look far out over the sea to-
ward the land of freedom, Juan Sanchez
Cuban: his wife and i've children, two of
them men grown. built little hut. 1t was
matched with palm leaves: its interior was
bare of furniture. When they were driven
from their little farm at the point of Span-
ish bayonets they hurriedly snatched up a
few small cooking utensils-that was ALL
Week after week dragged along Weeks
heightened into months. Starvation
stared them in the face Juan Sanchez
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-03-23

derful discipline and fighting qualities. It
Is hard to imagine the appearance of q
regiment OF them dressed like so many
Turks In long, loose baggy trousers and long
coats with wide bell skirts, and to still fur
their Increase the resemblance the long coat
was discarded again in favor of the loosely
fitting "coatee" mentioned above At this
date. also, the soft felt hat, with a broad
Grim turned up at the sides, was introduced,
and three years later it became universal
throughout the establishment
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-03-23
TIL LAST oF A
REcoh FAfMr
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T.<1s~~~ Hss'<.:*@

From the dark interior tottered boy, 0
mere rack of skin and bones with his little
feet and legs swollen by the dreaded
'ber-ber;''-the sign that death is near.
AS he staggered out upon the hill, his eyes
half taking in the scene of death before
him, the vultures tapped their huge wings
and crowded nearer-tO wait.
1t was at this juncture that l came upon
the home of Juan Sanchez. The vultures
with insolent insistence upon their right
held their ground. l have seen many such
sights as this in Cuba. and few pencil
strokes transferred it to paper.
Here it is. What do you think of Span
ish policy now? This is only one case in
thousands. The vultures rejoice-and the
Spaniards vulture-lke, themselves, smile
and say. "Esta bien!"-New YORK Jour
nal
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-03-23

IT'S providential, perhaps" observed
Uncle Allen Sparks that people can't
foresee what is going to happen to them.
Think of the effect fire insurance COM
panies. Everybody whose house was
going to burn down would get it insured
for it's full value, and those whose houses
were not going to burn down wouldn't
waste any money on insurance. 1t would
break up all the companies inside of six
months. And then added Uncle Allen
ref1ectively, "a lot of fellows 1 know
would have to go to work.'-Chicago Trib-
une.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-03-23
Obituary..

although he lived in this neighborhood
for so years without an evil word ever be-
ing spoken of him, ne at last run
down by grocery wagon. Indiana polls
Journal.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-03-23
GOVERNMENT
LANDS.
WANTED!
L,00O: +.%';,e e:
Who know something
about farming, to set
tie on free Government
Land in the Red River
Valley, Minnesota.
A Map showing exact
location, section, town
and range will be
mailed free. by adj
dressing
LAND COMMISSIONER.
Great Northern Railway.
St. Paul, MINI.

N. B.-Parties desiring to buy cheap
Railroad LAM, will be supplied with
maps and pamphlets upon applica.
ton to above. The Great Northern
Railway has 100000 acres of the
Riches, Farming Lands In Minnesota
for sale at low prices. Terms of pay.
ment reasonable; six per cent interest.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-03-23
Vanishing TRAGEDY

0 tragic nurse, do not depart
AS thou dOst threat. Still throw
Across my life, TO brighten it,
The shadow Of some others woe.
Detroit Journal
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-03-23
MONEY!!
The PopuIist Standard Authority.
OUR MONEY WARS
BY SArIUEL LEAVITT,

Author Of "DlCTATOR GRANT" and "PEACEMkKER
GRANGE" and Editor Of Peter Coopers 1dCOcate.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-06-09
Re Nerer Got Oyer 1t.

James was always under the i'm
preston that he was born humorist:
and his friends never succeeded in
convincing him to the contrary. But
he has given up trying to be funny
now; he says lis humor was the means
of his losing a girl with ot.5t-2oney,
and he has never got c5er the blow.
He explains it in this way:
He was counting brokers' daagh-
ter. One day he called upon her. and
she happened TO be atbome.hs con-
sidered himself fortunate, as she had
been out every time lie had called for
a week, and he determined to make
the best of his opportunity and pop
the question. He found ler in q
room busily engaged with small bun
dies of dried grasses which she had
collected.
"What quantity of dried grass you
have collected, Miss Ritchie, " he said.
Then his humor burst forth. 'Nice
room for donkey to get into
"Make yourself at home, Mr.. James,
she said, sweetly, before he could fin
ish the joke.
He went home and all the humor
was crushed out Of him foreyer.-Tld-
Bits.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-06-09
An Easy Way to Grow Tom atoes.

The usual method Of raising tomato
plants and fruit calls for more work
and attention than the ordinary run
of garden crops demand. Sowing the
seed early in hot-beds, the formation
and care Of which is matter demand
ing much daily attention to details:
and the repeated transplanting Of the
young plants to render them stocky
aud vigorous, all this requires work.
perhaps more work than many very
busy people feel like attempting.
While this care and labor may be need
ful for extra early tomato plants, which
are to give early crops. yet it is en-
tirely unnecessary for regular crops Of
delicious fruit. One can SOW the seed
directly in tie open ground as soon as
weather is suitable, or what is still
more easily done, throw all good
specimens Of the tomato THAT become
affected with rot or are bruised in any
wa, aud SO untitled for salel upon the
manure heap. These tomatoes furnish
plenty Of seed III the manure to give
volunteer crop Of tomato plants upon
the corn or potato field upon which
this same manure is used. Plenty of
good, ripe, late tomatoes, as we'll as
green ones, will thus be grown at
practically no expense. NJ. Sumner
Perkins.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-06-09
prussiau Government Works.

The Prussian Government owns and
works seventeen collieries, eight ilg-
mite mines, fourteen iron mines, five
metalliferous mines other than iron,
and three rock salt mines, together
with five iron works and sevsn works
for smelling the other metals, six salt
works and five quarries, which to.
gether produced an output OF a total
value during the financial year 1896
96 of more than s3O.o00,000. Besides
the above, the Prussisn state owns
one colliery, that of Ibbenbubren. IN
the Osnabruck district of Westphal1a,
which produced during the last work
ing year 990s tons, the collieries OF
Deister and Osterwa!d. in the Claus
thai district, producing together l9o,-
421 tons, and half the Obernklrchen
colliery in the same district.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-06-09
Runaway Star.

There is, in the constellation Of the
Great Bear, a famous little star which
has been called ''runaway,' because
of the extraordinary speed with which
it is moving. But it is so far away
that the effect of its motion can only
be noted by careful astronomical OBJ
servations. Professor Simon New
comb has said Of this star, which
bears the name 1880 Groombridge,'
that the united attractions Of the en-
tire known universe could not have
set it going with such velocity and
would be unable TO arrest it. Now
Professor Kapteyn announces the dis
covery of telescope star i'll the
Southern hemisphere, in the constel-
lation Pictor, which appears to bo
moving considerably faster yet. What
it's real velocity is, however, can only
Ee told when its distance is Known.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-06-09
Washing Trunks of Fruit Trees.

J'the trunks of orchard trees, and
es; cialiy young trees, show signs Of
the work Of insect enemies, or are cov-
cred with fungus growth, they should
be cleansed. The best wash for the
purpose is made by dissolving one
pound Of concentrated lve OF potash,
obtaiuable at any grocer's, in five gal
Ions of water, and applying with stiff
broom. This solution is very strong;
and while it will moi injure the trees;
it should not be allowed to come in
contact with your flesh or clothing:
The trunk of the tree should be
washed thoroughly downward, apply
ing the wash also to the large branches
within reach. This solution will XIII
borers and borers' eggs, which are apt
to be concealed near the surface Of
the ground This washing of tree
trunks may not be necessary, but the
work is quickly and inexpensively
done, and viii DO no harm. If there
is the slightest suspicion Of disease OF
insects, be on the safe side and apply
this wash as directed.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-06-09
Manure For Strawberries.

The strawberry plantation requires
very heavy manuring to produce its
best yield. Every year on most plants
there is succession of berries, the
first and second pickings being al
most always larger and finer than
those that ripen later. But if the
later season is very wet, as it some
times is, re have known the later
crop to ripen up and be very nearly
as good as the first: This suggests
that in addition to the top dressing
applied in winter there ought to be an
additional fertilization, while the crop
is forming, and this last should be al
ways dissolved in water, so as to be
readily available. Nitrate of potash
is the best manure to be thus applied.
This is saltpetre, and costs five to six
cents per pound. But 8 very small
lump dissolved in warm water and ap-
piled freely will keep the vines fresh
and vigorous to the last, and will
make a great increase in the size Of the
fruit. The labor Of applying liquid
manure is more than lis cost, and is
greater than can be generally afforded
for any other crop than the strawberry.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-06-09
CURIOUS FACTS.

In Egypt fans were used in religious
ceremonies, made of parchment Or
feathers.
The Russian Food, q measure Of
capacity id handling grain, is equal to
36;1 pounds.
It is asserted that plate-glass will
make more durable monument than
the hardest granite.
Bank Of England notes are num-
bered backward-that is, from one to
ten thousand, hence the figures 0o.oo1;
10 share their lunch, cat has the
habit of following tourists up one Of
the Alps to the height Of 10, 500 feet.
Kangaroos in captivity are said to
suffer from enormous corns. In vet
weather they develop symptoms Of
gout.
A writer has calculated that from p
single pair Of New York rats there
will spring in three years G5o,o0o
descendants.
i The first street railway IN America
started on the Bowery, New York, and
ran from Prince street to Fourteenth
street, in 1881.
1t is computed that there are enough
paupers in Great Britain to form. four
abreast, & procession over one hundred
miles III length;
What was formerly quill factory At
Paris is now devoted to the manufac-
ture Of quill tootipicke, and turns out
20.oo0;Ooo yearly.
Tie highest masts Of sailing vessels
are from $50 to $50 feet high, and
spread from sixty thousand to one
hundred thousand square feet Of can
vas.
A foreign physician asserts that the
pain of neuralgia, if superficial, can
be relieved by throwing a beam from
q bright arc light upon the affected
part:
Naples is to be connected with
Mount Tesuvius by direct railroad
line, which will connect with the
cable line running to the top Of the
volcano:
An historic landmark of the town of
:Hadley. Mass, the old Hooker house,
which stood for almost two centuries.
was burned recently. It was i'll this
house that General Joe Hooker was
born in 1914.
The leaf of a creeping moss found
in the West Indies, known rs the
..:'life plant, is absolutely indestruct-
ible by any means except immersion
in boiling water or the application Of
a red-hot iron.
The camp of Colonel Joseph Friend,
of revolutionary renown, has just been
discovered near Wormelsdorf ". Va,
in cliff of rocks. It's sixty feet long
and twenty feet wide, and is as dry as
finder. Many relics Of the soldiers
were found, and the smoke of their
:campfres is observed Oh the walls.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-06-09
Guard Pupils Emotions.

'oThe Beard of Education out il Ala-
media, Cal, has tender regard for the
sensitive feelings of children" remark
Cd Edward J. Holland, Of San FraD-
cisco, at Willard's. "a recent order by
the board forbids the wearing cf
mourning garb On the part of any pub
lie school teacher. The chairman Of
these wise officials, in explaining the
order, said it was in the interest Of boys
and girls whose spirits became weighed
down through casting their eyes on tie
habiliments Of grief, ,and were thus
unable to attend properly to their
studies.
CAS- an instance Of ultra consideration
for the young. think this action Of the
Alameda School Board beats the. rec
ord. but how about the feelings OF some
founs lady teacher, who might desire
to cl0the herself in black SIS an evidence
Of family Observation-Disclosures
Post
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-06-09
aFEaTURE OF THE WAR.
Some Of the Trials and Tribulatlons
of an Editor.

Tie editor of the humorous literature
department looked mp YEARLY from his
work as he heGrd feet fell on his
threshold, ard his gaze fell upon q
visitor who bore the unmistakab!e
evidence Of whatthe editor SO greatly
feared. For weeks the editor had been
nluuced into sea of jokes, which he
thought could not have been possible:
vet thev. continued to flow in upon him,
and he Was slowly but surely realizing
tie horrors OF war.
GOOD morning, sir" said the
faced visitor, IN such pro
fouudIy sorrowiul tones that the editor
was sure Of his man.
Morning, responded the editor.
The visitor coughed nervously, drag
gel a small boy out Of the shadow be-
lind him, shudled foot or two, hesl-
tated moment. and spoka
DO We" he began.
NO, sir, snapped the editor, we
don't, and, by Joye. I should think
that by this time you would know bet
ter than to try to shove an old chestnut
like that in on civilized community.
Why, we said that in the head lines IN
letters as long es your hair, the morn
iny after the scrap, and n thousand i'm
itators have followed our example. And
not only that sir; but We don't wsnt
anything about Dewey ewes, Tor Do
he? Don't-he? nor Didn't he deweyt
up brown nor 'DewDew Huckleber-
ry-Dewey., nor Yankee Deweydle
Dew, nor Give the Sraniard his Ee'-
ey." nor we knew QUO Deweyty,
nor. The visitor ccughed again
revyously and slid up close to the
desk
Poor man, poor man he said,
kindly, end the boy looked sorry.
What the - began the editor.
Excuse me-" interrupted the Fisl-
tor. as the c1aspersted editor was
about to say what Dewey gave the
Spaniards ei Manila. II think you
must be mistaken, I IVES going to say
do We"
"And I say don't say it" exclaimed
the editor.
But the visitor would not listen.
DO We, lie persisted. "do We go to
the floor above or the floor below to
ray for cur subscrirtiou?" and the ed.-
tor fell helplessly across his desk,
laughing Historically.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-06-09

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