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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12
AS C0rnwallis'S Fox.

Il will catch the fox in the MORN
ing" said General CORVALLIS. when he
found that Washington had not boats
enough to carry his men back across the
river when night fell upon their battle
at Trenton. So he sent for re-entorce-
ments from Princeton, ordered his men
to keep sharp watch upon the Ameri-
cans camp, and retired.
But at dusk Washington had all his
camp-fres lighted, set men to digging
where the British could hear them, and
then, by a circuitous route, marched to
the rear Of Corvallis camp and on, all
night to Princeton. where he met and
defeated the endorsements that had
inst started for Trenton. When Corn
wallis was ready to spring his trap IN
the morning, he was greatly surprised
and chagrned to learn that his fox had
disappeared. He could not understand
what had happened until the booming OF
cannon at Princeton told the story
Household.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12
To Keep Umbrellas Nice.

Umbrellas should always be set to dry,
open, with the handle on the floor If
allowed to dry shut up, the moisture
stands so long at the top it rots the silk
umbrella in its case or rolled when in the
house, as the silk, thus tightly creased,
soon cuts into holes. In rolling up an
umbrella for its case, grasp the ends of
the frame-rods tightly with one hand near
the handle, and roll from the opposite
end with the other hand; unless the
frame is thus held in place, it is twisted
and loosened in the rolling process.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12


IS. Why IS widower like house in a
state Of dilapidation?
i 7. Why is lady in cotton dress like
anything published?
n 8. Upon the hill there is a green
house, inside the green house there is a
white house, inside the white house there
is red house where lots Of little black
negroes live. What is it?
Answers to puzzles in the Representa-
tive OF April 5th.
!. Ball of yarn.
2. Many kernels there (Colonels).
3. One faces the powder and the other
powders the face
4. Because it is vain and glittering
thing to aspire Ia spire).
S. Ma-me-laid (Marmelade).
E. One trains the mind, the other
minds the train
?. Because they have ''ironed" the
world. and occasionally done a little
mangling.
8. The 1880, because it is ten to one
if you do catch it.
9. Cast-a-net (castaneD.
10. Ashes.
II. The rose of the watering pot, be-
cause it (reigns) rains over them all.
I2. Because he makes both ends meet.
IS. Because it elevates the soul (sole).
Singulars-Pl urals: Tea-tease; plea
please; sea-seize; sigh-size; pry-prize.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12
A Thrilling Adventure.
(Conclusion.)

written for "The Representative by
Leander Kilpatrick.)
It was then that my college athletics
my football practice-came to my aid.
"Tackling low" l dove for his legs, catch
ing him just below the knee, and down
he came, yelling and kicking. Can you
imagine my feelings? Two miles above
the earth, with nothing but the fail bal
loon supporting us, the car swaying back
wards and forwards and we two strug
Cling in the narrow limits of the basket!
Around and around we went, first one on
top, then the other. Once, had it not
been for the ropes, at the side OF the car,
he would have pushed me over. Cad!
what strength the fend had His whole
object seemed to be to catch me by the
throat and force me overheard. AT last,
feeling my strength and breath giving
out, watched my chance and releasing
my hold, sprang to the other side OF the
car. There, / hoped to recover little
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12

It is the same spirit which moves the
dauntless new woman, the potential
mother, as that which makes the actual
mother rush into the flames for her child,
shield it with her body, forget sleep, food,
fatigue, ignore pain in its behalf sacrifice
health and strength and happiness for its
welfare-that spirit illustrated by the
words, Greater love hath no man than
this, that man lay down his life for his
friends" since every day of its existence
the mother is ready to lay down her life
for her child.
/ There is. then, about this maternal prin-
ciple holiness, an awfulress, making
every mother, perhaps every woman, sa-
cred. Every man feels something of this
about his own mother-if not in so strong
degree about his wife's mother, about
your mother In her character of mother
he feels, too, a certain curious and lovely
reverence for his own wife, Far within
his inner consciousness is the recognition
of the divinity in motherhood. an acquies-
cence in its sovereignty. God is fortu-
nate to have such soul as my mother
in his Heaven" said one man. without a
thought of profanity Our German an
cestors so appreciated this essence Of
divinity in the maternal principle that they
gave women the rank of priesthood, and
adventured no great undertakings without
their reverend advice The church itself,
the world over, has no stronger way OF
appeal, no loftier representation of the
supernal strength and sweetness, than the
enshrined Mother and Child.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12

to show them some of his farming. He
then takes his seeds, and, after putting
in the box two inches more of soil, COM
posed of one part loan and one part Of
quicklime, he scatters his lettuce seeds
all over the top and then Sits little
more loan, very fine and thinly over
the seeds. Then he waters the whole and
stands it directly in the light. In ten
minutes the seeds burst, in twenty there
are two leaves, and at the end of an hour,
if kept sprinkled a couple of times, the
lettuce leaves will have attained the size
of quarter of dollar, and ought to be
numerous enough to make the whole top
green-Household
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12
A Good Story.

Hon. A. O. Richardson writes the Fer
gus Globe a reply to Mr.. Reid, Of St.
Paul, Democrat, who thinks it was
"slow political suicide for Democracy to
affiliate with the Populists, Mr. Richard
son turns the tables on this fossil very
neatly, thus: Now, Mr.. Reid, it took
Moses forty years to lead the children OF
Israel a distance Of three hundred miles
and if he had been leading the Democrat
ic party, he could not have succeeded i'll
advancing it that distance in century.
The gold Democrats would have stolen
the calf which Aaron Made and taken it
back to Egypt and contributed it to
campaign fund to any party that would
promise them an office. And the other
Democrats would have stayed right there
and kicked for more quail on toast Zap
pointments) until Moses got mad and
smashed his tables OF stone over their
thick heads, and organized a Populist
party out of those that had got any new
ideas pounded into their heads by the
smashing process and left the remainder
Of them in about the same condition that
Grover Cleveland did and marched on to
the Promised Land with his new organ
ization.
We Populists feel much the same
about this fusion deal, as the fellow did
who escorted a certain young lady home
from church one night. The lady, it ap-
pears. had another fellow and she did
not want him to know OF the transaction
SO when they arrived at her home she
says to her escort:
Now, John, want you to promise
me that you will not tell any one that
YOU saw me home tonight
John answered very promptly
"You need have no fears, | am just as
ashamed of it as you are.
You need have no fear Of fusion in
1000, Mr.. Reid. We are as ashamed OF 1t
and its consequences as you are.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12
To Make an English Roll Pudding.

Roll out half an inch thick a paste
made of suet chopped very fine, flour,
water, and little salt Spread over this
paste preserves of any kind-preserved
plums are best Dust a little -four over
the preserves, roll up, wet and pinch the
ends tight together, and tie in cloth
which has been wet in warm water and
we'll Toured Boil or steam one or two
hours. according to size, and eat hot with
any rich sauce YOU choose.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12
Mr.. DOnnelly'S Books.

We are receiving so many applica-
tons for Mr. Donnelly's books that we
have concluded to keep supply OF them
on hand hereafter, and furnish them d.
rect to applicants.
Atlantis" 40 pages, illustrated. $500
'Ragnarok, 452 pages, illustrated 200
Great cryptogram," 9os pages il x
Illustrated ........... 3.3O
Caesars Column" 367 pages, in
cloth 100
paper, so cents.
CDR. Huguet," 3o7 pages, CLOTH. LOO
paper, IS cents.
Golden Bottle" 313 pages, cloth 100
paper, IS cents.
"American Peoples Money" 18o
pages, cloth so
paper, IS cents.
The above prices include the postage
which on the "Great Cryptogram IS
acc. Address: The Representative,
Minneapolis, MINI.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12
HELPS for the Housewife.

From Metropolitan and Rural Home:
There are great many things that are
not expensive, yet they serve to Tighten
woman's work very much. The house
keeper will find Uncovered kitchen table
great convenience 1t is easily kept
clean, is not injured by setting hot dishes
or cutting meat upon it, and will last
for years. A good quality of tin should
be used, and the piece cut large enough
to turn over the edges and tack on the
under side of the table.
Small brushes are useful for cleaning
turnips OF potatoes before pairing them,
and discarded tooth-brushes are nice for
cleaning lamp-burners siverware and
glassware. Wash them in soapsuds oc-
casionally, and hang them where they will
dry thoroughly.
When bamboo or willow furniture be-
comes soiled it may be cleaned by wash
ing with salt and water, and will look
we'll for long time. After it has turned
dark and looks old give it two coats OF
common white paint and one coat of
white enamel
Ink spots may be removed by the use
of acids, but these will take the color
on. of delicately tinted fabrics This may
be remedied by washing with strong bo-
rax water which will neutralize the acid
By the way, have you ever realized what
a great labor saver borax is? An excel
lent cleansing fluid, that has the addition
al merit Of being economical. is made by
shaving pound of hard soap into half a
gallon of hot rain water and boiling I'M
til it is dissolved, then dissolve three
ounces OF borax in half gallon of water,
and add this and one ounce OF turpentine
| to the mixture Put it all in bottle
and cork tightly. A little OF this fluid
will remove grease from clothing and car
pets, and when diluted with water is ex-
cellent for cleaning woodwork and straw
mating. 1t is a good washing fluid and
does not fade calico or other wash goods
A teaspoonfuf Of borax in the last rinsing
water will whiten muslin or linen beauti-
fully; in fact, borax is SO inexpensive, and
may be used in so many ways, that no
housekeeper can afford to be without it.
A great deal OF labor may be saved by
painting or oiling the kitchen floor. The
materials are cheap, and any woman can
do the work. Dust water and grease
will not penetrate the wood. and when
you wish to clean it all that is necessary
is to wipe it with wet rag.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12
How to Clean a Straw Hat.

Scrub the rim of the hat first with the
Juice OF one lemon. Cut out an oval
piece of cardboard the size of the crown.
Scrub the straw and rinse in cold water.
Put the piece of cardboard inside the
crown and lay the hat upside down and
press the cardboard firmly into the crown.
Turn the hat down on a piece OF wrap
ping paper, cover the rim with paper,
and place heavy weights on the rim and
leave it over night to dry.-Household.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12
Thin BatterS.

Thin batters are made in the proportion
Of scant measure of liquid to one meas
ure of flour
They are made light by the use of air,
by the use OF air and baking powder, and
by the use of air, baking powder and
eggs.
They should be cooked as soon as pre-
pared, and batters to be baked should be
poured into hot iron gem pans.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12
their iurisd;cf;on >

their jurisdiction"
Il might seem at first sight that, thu
effect Of the amendment would be only to
prohibit polygamy, but whether SO in
tended or not, it would also effect rad
ical change in the whole spirit OF the
constitution. 1t would, in express terms.
legalize the formation of colonies and de-
tendencies.
If any specification besides United
States" is necessary why not say: "Or in
any of its territories or the District Of
Columbia" P. P. Iverslee.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12
Childrell's Department.
(EDrTRD BY AUNT CLApAl
w hen Teddy Smith.

When Teddy Smith.
When Teddy Smith first put on pants,
He felt SO very grand
He wouldn't mind his mother,
Or he wouldn't hold her hand.
But on the street he walked ahead,
And tried to whistle some.
He thought perhaps he'd go to war,
And fire an awful gun.
He wouldn't ride his hobby-horse,
He called Jack Spratt "a fb!" /
He sat at meals in fathers chair,
And scorned his bingham bib.
His mother mustn't spread his bread,
Nor cut things on his plate;
She mustn't say, No more, my dear!'
No matter what he ate.
She mustn't kiss him where he fell
And bumped him on the stones,
And she must say, Dear sir" just as
She did to Mr.. Jones!
So hard to please this gentleman
His loving mother tried,
1t quite enlarged his dignity, y
And swelled his lofty pride.
And all was brave, and all was we'll,
Until that mother said,
At eight o'clock, "Of course, dear sir,
You'll go alone to bed!'
All, would you have me say what then
Befell the great big man?
For if you undertake to guess
l hardly think you can!
He turned the corners OF his mouth
Most fearfully awry,
He rubbed his grown-up fist awhile
Across his grown-up eye,
Then burying in his mothers lap /.
Both pride and manly JOY.
He said in just the littlest voice,
Il guess I'm just boy!
Catherine Young Glen, in Youth
Companion.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12
Sorry to Part.
St. Paul, Mimi, April 2, 18o

ST. Paul, Mimi, April 2, 1899.
Editor Representative:
find that | am in arrears from No. 276
to No. 800, and am satisfied that $I.oo
will square the deal, SO please to accept
same and discontinue the paper to me.
To do SO is like losing my good right
hand, but in this day and age one must
make many sacrifices This is mine to
make. The Representative has been my
Bible for the past FIVE years, but now it
must go.
Am glad to note the improvement in
The Representative of late and beg to
breathe the wish that it may ever con-
tinue to voice the will of the masses.
Fraternally,
]. w. Douglass.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12
He Sticks to 1t.

North Redwood, Mimi, April 3, go.
Hon. I. Donnelly:
Sir,.I herewith send you P. O.
order for another year for the Represent
alive, wish that l could do something
for you, getting up club or SO. | am
the only one in the township that voted
straight Populist ticket in $685. and l
am not ashamed OF it. No, no, no. I
will do SO again
| would like to see the Peoples Party
take new stand, but if such men as A.
D. Stewart and others go back and roll
in the mire, it is hard, hard to think OF it.
But never mind I shall vote the Peo-
pies Party ticket as long as you put it
in the field. Never say die as long as
there is shot in the locker
Yours Truly,
Francis Shoemaker.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12
Pop Overs.

One cup -four salt spoon salt: cup
milk egg Mix the salt with the flour,
add half of the milk slowly, and when a
smooth paste is formed, add the re-
mainder and the egg, beaten thoroughly
Beat we'll before filling the pans. Cook in
cups, in hot oven 30 minutes.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12
To Make Luttuce Grow In one Hour.

II one wants to do a really remark
able thing, let him get handful of lettuce
seed and soak them over night in
alcohol. Then have flower pot or box
not over six inches deep. In the bottom
strew two inches of well-mixed loan or
florists SOIL At the beginning of the
evenings performance the lad should
show this box of soil and tell them that
before the audience leaves he is going
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12
Nuts to Crack.

OOnunGru1nS"
1. Which travels at the greatest speed,
heat or cold?
2. If you suddenly saw house on
fire, what three celebrated authors would
you feel inclined to name?
3. What was Joan of Arc made of?
d. What kind of vice is that which
people shun if they are ever SO bad?
S. When may a man be considered
to be really over head and ears in debt?
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12
They Won't Tell.

The occasion was the funeral of a prom
inent citizen who had been Freemason.
The Home Guard tells the story:
A delegation OF brother Masons had at
tended and they had just come out Of the
house and were waiting to enter the car
riages assigned to them. They wore
part Of their regalia, which attracted the
attention Of the ever-present small boys
to whom funerals are all one with we'd
dings, considered as food for curiosity
Say, Jimmy, who are they?" asked one
Of another, in an audible whisper
Jimmy glanced at the embroidered
sashes. "Why, don't you know what
those are, johnny" he said with the con-
tempt Of superior knowledge for ignor-
ance
mo; what are they?"
"Well, you are stupid Why, them's
the fellers that know something they
won't tell"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12
WaffleS.

pint flour. teaspoon baking powder:
~ teaspoon salt; 3 eggs: IA cups milk;
1 tablespoonful butter melted.
Mix in the order given: add the
beaten yolks of the eggs with the
milk, then the melted butter, and the
whites last Serve with butter, syrup or
honey.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12
Our Forum.
Knock Out the Trusts.

Jackson, Mimi, April d. CO.
To the Representative:
send you another dollar for another
years paper. | think it is time for the
people to form into line. Let the farm
ers form combine and knock out the
trust that is formed Oh everything
Yours truly.
Robert c. Muir.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12
Is 1t a Trlck3

AN AMENDMENT WITH, A MASK.
1t is reported that an amendment to
the constitution of the United States has
been proposed, containing the following
section:
"Polygamy shall not exist within the
United States or in any place within
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12

When a Chinese girl is married her at
tendants are invariably the oldest and ug-
Hest women anywhere to be found in the
neighborhood, who are engaged express
~ to act as foil to her beauty It is
said that several exceptionally ugly old
women make handsome income per an
mum by acting in this capacity.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12
Pleased With It.

Adrian. Mobiles County, Mimi. April
3, 18oo.-Mr. Donnelly: Enclosed find S.
for your valuable paper can't do with
out it. Please send me the garden seeds
and oblige, Yours truly,
Paul Voigtlaender,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12

"Shall money control this govern
ment?" will be the great issue in 1000.
Direct legislation would settle this CUES,
ton and settle it right. Read Bond
and industrial Slavarv" Price * cents.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12

An interesting and amusing story is
told Of Queen Victoria's childhood. One
day the little Princess Victoria went with
her mother to visit Queen Adelaide. The
duchess OF Kent had occasion to leave
her alone with the queen, who said to her,
Nov, my dear, you have an hour and a
half to spend with me- you shall do ex-
actly as you like Can l do exactly
what l like" asked the little princess.
eyes, exactly what you like repeated
the queen, little guessing what the
answer would be. Then said the lit
tie princess, with an engaging smile,
dear Aunt Adelaide, if l might only be
allowed to clean the windows!' AS
Queen Adelaide was woman OF her
word, the little princess, afterward the
ruler OF countless millions, did clean the
windows. with her sleeves rolled up and
an apron tied over her frock.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12
Magazine.

The home where virtue dwells with
love is like lily with heart of fire
the fairest flower in all the world"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12

Health for ten cents. Cascarets make
the bowels and kidneys act naturally. de-
stroy microbes, cure headache. bilious
ness and constipation. All druggists.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-04-12

for the perpetuation of the type through
out nature. in the varying fact that
the acorn produces only the oak, the ap
pie seed the apple; while we know that if
the sun, burning out his blaze, became
only a black cinder in space, should any
impact with foreign body again gener
ale the heat that should start his fires
sleeping inert upon our frozen globe, it
would be enough to repeople the earth
and renew its civilization, Dr. Dcwar's
experiments have proven that the frozen
germ still retains its vitality.
Thus this maternal principle is often as
potent a force in the lives of those who
assert themselves by going out in the
world to do its exterior work as in those
! who remain at the freside and among
the curly heads of their children. 1t is
( the mothering of the race that impels
them, that leads women into the reforms
the visiting of prisons, the cleaning OF
cities, the suppression of public evils; into
the relief societies, hospital service, sani-
tary commissions, school inspection, as
sociated charities, and the innumerable
company of attempts td improve the
human condition actuating the new wo-
man, on whom Writings have spent their
shafts and timorous souls have wasted
their tremors, as much as it did the Older
! woman who trusted the race to take care
of itself, and did nothing outside the mar
row range of immediate personal sympa-
thy.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-06-24
PERSONALLY CONDUCTED TOUR
To Niagara Falls

Watkins Glen. Buffalo. Rochester ana
Geneva. Round-trip Sl3 from Richmond
via Baltimore. Leave Richmond Friuay.
June 80 1883. via Southern Railway, 4.8
Il. NJ, connecting with steamer Dan
Vile" York River Line. at West Point,
and with special train from Baltimore
Camden station 800 A. NJ. Saturday.
July lst. 20 which will be attached through
pullman parlor cars. stop overs will be
allowed on the return trip al Buffalo.
Rochester. Geneva, Burdette ONatkins
Glen. and Mauch chunk (Glen Onoko.)
side trip 10 Thousand Islands. only $50
round-trip from Rochester 4 Alexandria
Bay, Thousand Island. good for five days.
not 10 exreed limit OF Niagara Falls
ticket. Tickets will be valid for return
trip eleven days from Richmond. iuclud-
ing day II sale. For tickets. staterooms.
and Pullman car reservations apply 10
c. w. Westbury. Travelling Passenger
Agent Southern Railway. 30 east Main
street: Richmond Transfer Company. D3
east Main street. Richmond: or address
Arthur G.. Lewis. Southern Passenger
Agent b. and o. railroad. Norfolk. Va.