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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-12-21

was accosted by another stranger, who said
he was going to the depot also. AS they
passed by an alley of Third avenue south
between Second street and Washington ave-
nue., two men rushed out and he was quick
ly overpowered. The robbers secured $50.
Louis Rauchwerger. employed by Dor
sett, the caterer. was held up by two men
with revolvers Monday night at Twenty
nth avenue southeast and Como. He was
thoroughly searched and everything Of value
stolen.
Frank Hafey reported to the police last
night that he had been robbed of $58 by
a sleeping companion Monday night. He
had come in from the woods and had put
up at a lodging house, being assigned to a
room with another man. Monday morning
when he woke his companion had disap-
peared and Hafey's p0cketboOk with him.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-12-21
He would trade his souls salvation fol
q broiled beefsteak.
AT A PREMIUM.

The war in South Africa has seriously
checked the outflow of gold from the Rand
and one effect Is already seen in the ad-
vance Of the Bank Of England discount rate
to per cent. This high rate is made
to prevent the drain of gold from the bank
Were it not for the war there is reason to
believe that New York would be receiving
plentiful gold imports.
England is bidding more for our gold
than its market rate. AS her necessi-
ties increase she will put up the price;
and we must hand over the yellow metal
or acknowledge ourselves bankrupt
And when it is all gone what will our
bonds and banknotes be worth.
We have taught our people to wor-
ship the golden calf. What will we
do if the calf gets down of it's pedestal
and walks OFF?
The idolators will fall on their faces
and call for the end of the world.
l. D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-12-21

Three months 10
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The law Is that every newspaper SUD-
sCriber is held responsible until all arrear-
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In order to reduce complaints to the min
imum in future We desire to ask the fol-
lowing questions:
Does your paper come regularly?
mailing list?
Are you getting NOR than one copy?
Does the date on the label of your pa
Der this week agree with your last receipt
If not notify US and We viii rectify mat.
kers.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-12-21

The Poetry of Farming.
The poets that are slngin' of the harvest
rich an sweet"
Never worked at fodder pullin', hoein
corn, or threshin' wheat;
The distance sorter dazzles but feller's
fancy fails
When he's put to diggin' taters, haulin'
hay, or splitting rails.
In the cities they are singin' of 1.-The
music in the dells"-
The everlastin' ringin' of the pesky cat
tie BELLS
But they'd sOrter change the meter (for
their hands are soft as silk,
If you made 'em drive the cattle home.
an give 'em cows to milk.
They're never tired OF talkin' of "the
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-12-21

The concurrent testimony of the
critics seems to place this new book
"The Cipher in the plays and on the
Tombstone we'll at the front among all
of Mr.. Donnelly's numerous works
Those who might expect to find a
book of great length like the Great
Cryptogram'' will find this new book
constructed upon very different lines
and boiled down to the gist of the proofs
clear case plainly and tersely stated.
e. A. T.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-12-21
TREMENDOUS.

Fifty leading stocks dealt in on the
New York stock exchange deprecated
in value $2OO,OOO,Oo0 between the pub
fishing of the presidents message advo
eating the gold standard and the pas
sage of the bill to establish it by the
lower house of congress- Whew!
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-12-21
A REWARD.

All who have cam eras or who are
DESTROYS of becoming the owner of
one will receive q souvenier by send
ing their address to
JOHN TOUCH,
400 First Avenue South,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-12-21

noble sons of TOLL
The "horny-hand of heroes that arc
tillin' of the soil;
But it sets me down to thinkin' il that
labOr-lOvin' crowd
Had hands one-half as horny, would
they blow their horns SO loud?
It's distance makes em do it; they
write by city rule:
They'd praise buckin' broncho. make
an angel of a mule;
But l tell you, feller-citizens, 'twould
make 'em change their style
II only we could make 'em plough or
harrow for a while
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-12-21
NUMEROUS AND BOLD.

1sObberfes i'm and Around the City Are
Frequent.
Minneapolis paper says:
The cold weather seems to have driven
crooks In from the road, and the police
are receiving reports Of hold-ups and 9TH
or robberies nightly. Last night a stran
Ser was about to leave the city when he
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-12-21

With the initiative and referendum
the people get any reform majority
will vote for. Now we get any law the
millionaires will pay for. Read Bond
and Industrial Slavery" Price 25 cents.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-12-21

Health for ten cents. Cascarets make
the bowels and kidneys act naturally,
destroy microbes, cure headache, bill
iousr ess and costipation. All druggists.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-12-21

The greatest and strongest book that has
yet been written on the Shakespeare Bacon
controversy. Chicago Times Herald.
frederick B. Stevenson, secretary OF the
Press Club. of Chicago writes:
1T is marvellous book. l am astounded
by It's immensity"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-12-21

Look at the poor devils, rudely dressed
in old buffalo coats. with the hair worn
of, coming into the cities to peddle DO
tatoes and poultry, and then ask that
they pay the taxes of the Goulds, Astors
and Vanderbilts!
And as to the statement of Mr.. Hall
that the wealth of our millionaires is all
based on real estate. it is altogether
false
Capital does not invest in this coun-
try In real estate. They are too wise.
They lend money to the fools who own
the real estate, and keep them as bond
slaves to work for them. And now
they propose to shift their own taxes
onto them.
A real estate dealer of st. Paul said
to us the other day: This year, 1899
has been the worst we have ever had
There is literally no demand for CITY
property"
A bachelor can own one million dol
lars of United States bonds; live in a
suite of rooms in a first-class hotel, be
economical In his clothing, and not pay
as much taxes, direct or indirect, as the
hod-carrier with large family, who
takes bricks and mortar to the top of a
building.
Look sharp, friends, after this single
tax business. There is money behind
it. It will not be long before the great
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-15
COLORADO'S BURNING MOUNTAIN.
A Glow OF Coal and Gas That Has not
Ceased During n Century.
From the Kansas CITY '

FROM tHe hlISds fNU 0oTtH'
4 mountain. which has been on fire for more
than one hundred years, is situated just west Of
Newcastle. Col So close is it that its shadow
envelops the town at p NJ. at this time Of the
year, and yet the people hereabouts think no more
OF il than Of the beautiful Grand River which
washes the feet of the huge pile where the fire has
burned SO long To the tenderfoot, however.
the glittering patches of deep red fire, where it
breaks out on the side Of the mountain and is eH-
posed to view, there is nothing in all the State
quite its equal.
The fire is fed by big vein Of coal which tho
mountain contains Just how the coal became
ignitcd is not known The oldest resident says
il was on fire when he came and the Ute Indians
who once lived there. say it was burning many
years before the first white man crossed the cont.
mental divide The superstition is that the coal
ignited by forest fire at an ear ~ date in the
sns1 has whe Sq ihs maa
is dark is the best time 10 SEE the fire Then il is
that it resembles the regions OF inferno as given
us in the word painting of Dante The earth
away, exposing the sheet OF hrc.
The escaping gas probably assists in stripping
of the rocks and dirt and wherever the vein of
coal approaches the surface the fire can be seen
The first fire saw was fully fifty feet square 1t
had n peculiar red tint, while the burning gas
coming up at the base Of the coal vein added a
bright blue coloring 10 the scene. In many places
the surface OF the mountain has sunken, showing
where the fire has burned out its course
Efforts have been made u cNtinguish the fire
Some time ago company which owns large
amount Of coal land constructed a ditch from a
point several miles above the mountain into which
i succeeded IN turning the water which goes "
form Elk Greek.
Previously a shaft had been sunken in the noun.
tain and into this shaft the water was permitted
was sboye the level Of tho water, and the effort
was iHiuTai
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-15

he was chosen 70 lead discussion before one Of
the debating societies On his firat appearance
he was interrupted by senior who asked flippant
question. Henderson stopped and looked al the
fellow, butts resumed Three or four minutes
Later came another interruption, much more
iippant in tone.insultinR, even. Henderson
turned again and looked at the fellow This
time the young man from Henderson's Prairie
AIR Chairman" ouoth he. III you cannot pre-
serve order in this room | will"
=, Then he upset the senior and piled him up in
the woodbON There were no more Interruptions
at Upper lowe, University when Henderson was
making remarks.
immensely he did not finish the course Of study
mere was was inter-, INTERRUPTED by the Civil VA,
rms best In HEy d Mba nT% tine var
was still young, Henderson and Warner spent
q Sunday evening with Waincr's sister Later
that might Henderson told Warner he was ashamed
OF himself because ho"had not enlisted as n
volunteer in the Army Of the North. II would
be pity to leave school, he said but the coun
try needed young men Just then The friends
talked long and earnestly over the situation
and the result was plan. the elimination Of which
was then 81 ON the morning Of that day. just
after prayers. young Henderson, who, with War
working quietly among The students at their
conspiracy. arose and asked permission to say
few words on subject Of vital interest to every
to make. he said but he wished earnestly 10 re
heard This was an entirely novel proposition
finally given Then the youngstcr stood out
upon the floor ami made his first war speech
He dwelt upon the Governments need for tho
services OF ITS strong young sons. and declared
II to be the duty Of all who could to rush 90 the
front. When he had finished he read series
Of resolutions setting forth the situation in sober
phrase and concluding with this sentence: "Wc
therefore drop our books to fight our country
battl es' To this was appended n muster roll
bearing the names Of twenty two students
Before he went to the front Henderson enlisted
1Oi more volunteers, and thus the career Of this
typical American soldier professional man and
statesman was begun. Though he could have
had Captains place, he said he was too young
and so was made Second Lieutenant Twice
he was wounded. once in tho face when nc was
fifst under FIRE, and once below the knee. which
made amputation necessary. Nevertheless, he
returned to the front though wearing timber
leg, and when the war was over was a Colonel
at 25. After that he studied law, served as
Internal Revenue Collector for the Dubuque dis
trict. and seventeen years ago was elected TO
Congress. Col Henderson is now 80.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-15
PERIL OF THE ST. LAWRENCE ROUTE.
Effect of the Scotsman's Loss ON Canada's
Shipping Projects.


,,,.,-, a.. 90 ,r,,-.,',.,
QUEBEC Oct Id MS week witnesses inc com
pletion Of the deepening of the Canadian system
- G, J,vr.nc. canals fror, O 10 "A feet No,
'
week only 'ralls drawing less IMAM ieet were able
10 come down through the Canadian canals from
Chicago 10 Montreal and Ouebec In order ia
$50 So "
ehapie vessels WIN ofaughI I" ltlee' I" descend
from the Great Lakes to the lower St Lawrence
The Dominion has laid ont no, LEGS Than 500 ooo
nn, r,, I ~ -
wv Inc press ana people al Nahada are !ubllaht
over the completion of this work. which some of
them seem 10 think will result in diyertinp much
49,. -. 80, 80. u..a- rs -.
81 'he gram export udoe from puiai" ana Nc"
York to Montreal and Quebec.
There are others however who realize how
,,,',,, ;,i,,r,, ha, ho,, $40, =, ,,'a G, -
mu'h INJURY mas peeh caused I" me 81 Lawrence
route by the loss Of the scotsman on Belle Isle,
and already all kinds Of Recommendations are
- -, ;,,, H. HI, - i,,i;i- 49,,
peing mace WIN 'he OBJECT "l minimizing ms
evil result. When the charge was disproyed.
the other day that the captain Of the Scotsman
49, IL, H. ,h I,r,,,,r, h., .i.,
was fhiAcu Wy "'e ""''rhinen' ''E Signals
Quebec shipping paper gave as n reason for per
slsting in the story. that 1T must be made clear
o. ,ho void ,i,., ,fc Sc,,sr,sr,, ,n-s 10 d,o o., ~,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-15

drical powder can be poured The big strip, pow
der fotheavy guns Is bundled into bags, and this
is q simple operation also, but loading the small
strip powder into cartridge cases is another mat.
ter. This has TO be broken up as loaded, ana
there are few persons unused to seeing edII high
who can watch the cartridge leaders without
momentary feeling Of fear i,
The ordnance mon who do this work are all
experienced hands, not enlisted men, but mostly
old men OF wars men who have served In the navy
for years and been honorably discharged. When
loading cartridges half a dozen or more Of them
sit about long table, formed OF boards resting
ON trestlcs, with an open box Of the powder HANDY.
Enough explosive material is weighed out on
little scales for charge first, in each instance,
and then. il the strip powder Is being used.
the ordnance man takes handful IN MS na ms
the preparation Of potatoes called Sarato a chips
than anything. else, after which he StuiTs the
ton as il he. were handling Saratoga. chips in
very truth. In the majority oi cases he has TO
jam the stuff into the case win as short s,irk 9,
in with a small mallet But the carelessness Is
only apparent. for the mallet is of wood, which
small pieces arc taken up is also wooden. while
the metal of the scales Is covered and no part
come in V Contact cts is allowed in tho r"on
In this respect there has been great improve
mcnt at the Fort Lafayette magazine since the
Spanish war Then the floors were uneven and
i'll many places the nails which held the floor
boards to the ioists projected above the surface
nails down below the upper surface Of the floor
boards after which the holes were filled with
putty. :, After that the floor was covered with
thick lnoleum. which was cemened down, not
nailed, cement being applied also at all the seams.
To-day it would he impossible for a spark to be
struck by the contact of iron in any Of the parts
of Fort lafayette where powder is stored loaded,
for all the floors linoleum covered and no one
is allowed 10 enter the storage rooms in the case
mates or the loading and assembling rooms on
the ground floor wearing anything but magazine
shoes, which are cwcd and contain no nails.
OF course no smoking is allowed. and the only
explosives which could be set of by blow, the
primers and dctonators containing illuminate OF
mercury, are stored outside the walls Of the fort
proper. in structure built specially TO hold them.
In spite OF the fact that enough high grade
powder to destroy fleet frequently passes in
single day through the hands of each ordnance
man employed at Fort Lafayette they are a
cheerful lot, telling stories to one another they
work and cracking Jokes exactly az they would
were they handling the most harmless substances,
and the storage rooms, containing tier on tie OF
ordinary looking racking cases. would suggest
nothing so little as a powder mara7ine to most
persons it not for the frowning appearance
Of the arched windows, pierced through stone
walls six feet and more in thickness.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-15
STATISTICS OF THE INDIANS.
Their Numbers Estimated at 2SOOOO-35C
Schools Maintained for Them.

Uncle Sans new directory OF the Indian tribes
shows that the parlor companies and the
apartment house builders have still big fund
OF names, euphorIous and otherwise 10 draw
from although, in running down the list u IL
seen that there are limits 10 the selection OF Indian
names. No one, for instance, would want 10
live in the Two.Keule Sioux Apartments, and
some objection might be made 70 names ike YIN,
ibcgOshish, Humptulip and MuCkleshoat but there
are many Pottawatonie, MaIcopa, Menomonee,
Nomclacliie, Pembna, Piankeshaw, Shoshone, Ton;
kawa and WylaCkie. which, II they do not appeal
to the namers Of parlor cars and apartment houses
ought 10 keep those American horse owners VINO
name their thoroug hbreds by fantastic and inAnI
systems, Such seekers for names are referred
for detailed information 10 the STATISTICS oil IN.
dian Tribes Indian Agencies and Indian Schools
for 1899 issued by the Government Printing
Office
This handbook gives the names Of seventy
one Indian agencies and $50 tribes, with Staus-
tics Of $50 schools, including Agency Day schools,
independent day schools. reservation boarulhe
schools and non reservation boarding schools,
The Indian population summing the agency
totals. which range from $50 IN the Sac and Fox
Agency in Iowa u 77OlS in the Union Agency
Indian Territory. il nearly 25OOOO The eSu
mated value Of Indian school plants is S. 562 7oo
nearly $4,000, 900 representing schools on reserVa'
| tons
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-15
TITLES FOR MUSIC.
Pieces That Have Been Named by Publish.
ers to Attract the Public.


Even 'ne gfea' composers o' music nave learned
inc 'alue Oh an a'uacuVe u,le 'housh 'hev nave
not always been Responsible ior the names by
Whi'h some Vi 'nen "ofhs nie Aio"h 70 'he "of'u.
EnterpnsinS puohshers nave supplied ms AID
10 popularity someumes aitef lhe composers had
passed into worln IN which they are not lkely
10 DC ih"res'ea IN "ha' 'hei WORK Is called ny inc
puuh'
ohe oi INC nos' chnlaeei'suo cases Oh such
nome nosu 70 ~. poo,h T 49, as nous-
r ,,nds, which the tt,o was ,cnmirnd
haro r.c.n,,r h.on d;sooro,sd ~, IN Ens,,ish -,
yestigator II seems that a no less eminent man
tbar W NJ Tbsrkersy suge,sted il Soma tim.
,A'.i " a. 40, go 80 ~ 'U'io "'no
between 1910 and 1850 one OF Thackeray s novels
was appearing in monthly parts Incidentally,
the author refers Ia one of his characters ,s MA
Wv, n,hn, o1ou;s,,o u,nod, .pomnsaou,s n,a n,n,
by Beethoven" This was an absolute invention
on Theckeray's part ON the very morning that
this part appeared Messrs' Kramer q Bcale' "t
Regent street, the foremost music publishers Of
,hnt day. began To be besiegcd with inquiries for
the piece IN quesuon' ffedcr'ck beale' inc 'hcn
head Of the firm. was at his wits end about the
niece NJ which he had never hoard hcfo,e and
49, y, WIZ Nv =. @ ~, ava u ,''. H '
winch as fna'ef OF iacl, dio h"' exist Az last
he said to his managing clerk;
-, -, =. - :. 81 -. - %
they've got I" nave H. no ana get one Of bee
thovens least known pieces, have it turned out
with the title Of 'Rousseau's Dream and sell it
w, I.' 'N '''' y
as last as you can
II was in this way that the composition came to
he known BY a title which appealed to the public,
t,rt ia 49,. ,,. a ~
in England ~ '''' ~ ' Wv '''''' '''''
Mendelssohr always On he,oved in England
Hionuo,''otn' a'""s' ~ '''o'e' II, ing an''
was treated In somewhat similar fashion by
the music publishers His Songs Without
Words" were originally published with only mum,
bers to designate them Some Of them have
acquired however, more definite titles Of whcn
the coz, "usrr never dreamed One is known AZ
the Funeral March" because it was scored for
n brass bani after the composer death by Ignacc
Moschcrs and p aged at Mcniclssohn's funeral.
Naturally its composer could not forcsee that in.
cident Once while visiting in Wales, he com
posed three pieces which he grouped as "Trois
Fantasies on CapriccS opus Ii After his
death the third OF these the andantc in T. was
published by firm as The Rivulet" Other
publ shers put il forward as the "St-eamlet Il
THE Brooklet" and other similar titles which
happened to strike their fancy.
II ,lar ,,.itk
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-15
Tho TelescopIc Wagon.

Perhaps the only wagon made with a telescope
body is the paper box wagon The paper box
wagon is always made with long, wide and high
body; the load 20 be carried is light, mud 50 the
wagon Is made To carry great bulk The wagon
Is provided with a high grated tailboard, which.
let down t. nearly horizontal position and held
there by chains running I" the sides Of the wagon,
makes platform extending out at the rear upon
which. on occasion mnhy more boxes can b"
piled Some wagons have what ~ practically
a duplicate body, with top and sides and hnttum
complete, but Of lighter construction, that t"lr
scopes into the regular body When n great
load Is To M carried this IN drawn out u the rea
like the Joint Of telescope pretty nearly doubling
the big wagons capacity.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-16
"Try Your Luck"

This is what fakir with one OF thes,
cheap swindling games of chance said t.
young man VINO stopped to watch the
game. This is very significant phrase
Enthusiastically American in its fla
vor, dash and disregard of consequences
TRY your luck" confronts the young
man at every turn in life. He can try il
by investing his money in one stinker oil
a cigar and take his chance of the lucky
turn of the wheel which will give him
two stinkers. He can "Try his luck
at spending his money as fast as he
earns it and take his chance almost a
dead sure thing being buried by
charity. Or, he can "try his luck" at
loaing, drinking and deviltry and tate
his chances on the penitentiary. Or, he
can "try his luck" at good, honest, hard
work, self denial and manly living and
take the chance, 1--WE might say certain
ty) of being of some use in the world
and of not having any hired mourners
at his funeral. 1t is all right to "try
your luck" my boy, but try it sensibly
and intelligently.