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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-06-08
GET TO WORK.

Populists are again beginning to sniff the
air Of liberty and take courage They
can now organize the downtrodden party
of and for the masses by national precinct
referendum clubs, and vote to nominate their
own national candidates for president and
vice president, regardless Of party leaders
Or ''bosses.''
OF course II only I few precinct refer
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-06-08
NOTES AND GOSSIP.

Anent the kansas City Meeting.
The Reform editors from Texas. Geor-
gia and other Southern states, are pos
tive that there can be no fusion In the
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-06-08
A GREAT MAN.

If all Democrats were as true, as
faithful, as radical and as honorable as
ex-Gov. Altgeld, of Illinois, there would
be no difficulty in uniting all reformers
in one party. I'D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-06-08

Three months OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES -
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In order to reduce complaints to the min
imum in future we desire to ask the fol-
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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-06-08

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, 1899-06-08

them what to do and repudiate their actions
II they fail to do it.-Referendum.
That is good sound advice. Push the
clubs and never give up the ship.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-06-08

South in 1900, for the reason that the
Democrats won't have it, the Populists
won't consider it with either party. The
main strength of the Populist party is
in the South. The Northern Populists
must either abandon the Populists of
the South or they must abandon the
Democracy Of the North. It is one or
the other.-Faribault (Minn.) Jeffer-
SOnian.
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Attention Farmers.

Do you desire to secure hundreds of sample
copies of agricultural journals, magazines, cat
alogues, books, newspapers and circulars OF the
latest improved farm implements and machn
cry, and be kept posted on improved seeds and
stock, for two years or more? Ii so. seud US
your name with ten cents Ia silver and we will
rcctory, which goes whiring all over the United
States to publishers. merchants aud manufact-
Ires. You will get more reading matter than
you could purchase for many times the small
cost Of ten cents We want every farmers name
in the Tinted States in our Directory at once
Address
FARMERS DIRECTORY CO.,
Department Al,
Birmingham. Alabama
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-06-08

Associated Press Lies.
The Associated Press sent out and all
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-06-08

Wharton Barker's address, read by his
son before the National Reform Press,
was listened to with great interest and
applauded to the echo. Every line and
syllable was straight Populism. Barker
deserves good vote in all referendum
clubs for president in 190O--The Refer
endum.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-06-08

1t may be Donnelly and Barker, OF
Watson and Donnelly in 1900, when the
national referendum vote is announced.
The Referendum Qnd)
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-06-08

Next years national conventions will
declare against trusts-every one OF
them, even the Republican. Platforms
were made to get in on, not to stand on.
And the suckers will bite as usual. -
Schilling's Milwaukee Advance.
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savory Italian Dish.

It was in Milan that l became ac-
quaintede with the Italian delicaey
known as little birds with polenta."
Polenta is a musical name for Indian
meal, and I suspect that the little
birds" are the same as our English
sparrows. although they seem even
smaller. Compared to one Of these
Italian birds, an American quail Is a
Thanksgiving turkey. When you or
der birds and polenta" you get FIVE or
six Of these tiny creatures spitted on
a stick and alternated with slices OF
bacon. The poleuta is we'll seasoned,
and the dish, as a whole, is most sat
isfying. At first I tried carving the
BIRDS but my companion showed me
the Hathaway. He took the bird be-
tweenshis fingers and ate it, bones and
all. when he finished there was moth
ing on the place except the sharp stick
on which the birds had been impaled.
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WHERE FLAGS ARE MADE.
a Largo Mandatory at the New Ynl
NAVY Yar6.

In the equipment building Of the
New York navy yard there Is a large
mandatory, where most Of the flags
CT Our navy are made. A large vessel
carries forty American flags, ard a
smaller vessel almost IS many. This
tional signal flags, and the flags Of 9th
er countries. There are three rooms
In the equipment building that are civ
en- up to flag making. One Of these IS
very large, ard the others at either
end are much smaller. There are sew
ing machines, scissors, piEcusEiiCE5
and iiatiTcns scattered around, SO that
the place does net look unlike a pa
trlotic dressnaker's establishment.
The flags are all made by woman,
though a few men help TO cut out the
stars and do the finishing. The wind
and weather destroy flags so fast, and
new vessels are put into commission
so rapidly, that it IS necessary to en-
ploy a number Of neople even IA ti1ag
Of peace. TIE woritng hours, duri-s
the late war, were exrsI frog s
o'clock in the morning to 8 O'clock n
the evening. In one week eighteen,
hundred flags were made at the flag
department, and this was when the
rush of work was about over. The
women cut all the square fags and the
devices for them. The men cut the
stars ard bias pennants, and put on
the finishing touches and the heading
through which the rope runs. They
also put in the rope and stencil the
flag with the size and nationality.
There IS a pattern for every flag. and
the patterns ere put away in paper
bags when not in use. There are for
ty-four flags in a set Of general sig
nails used in the navy. These are in
three sizes, while the regular flag IS
made In niEe sizes. The largest flag
measures thirtv-six feet long, while
the smallest is only thirty inches.
PenHants are made up to seventy feet
long. There are nineteen inteTna-
tional signal flags ard forty-three for
eign flags, which ere made at the navy
yard.-Scientifc American.
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WHEELS AT THE PARIS FAIR.
Ample Preparations Being EIade to Show
Eicyclcs.

The wheel, according to the New
FORK Herald, will occupy an hoaored
place at the Paris exposition. No
where in the world are there 0 CT
husiasttc wheeimen than the members
f the famous Touring Club de France,
md they have not been slow to avail
themselves of this opportunity to draw
he attention of the civilized world to
The modern wheel with all its latest
improvements. A committee was ap-
pointed some time ago to see about
he construction of a building in which
the wheels could be exhibited, and
about the selection Of a suitable site,
and now the new comes that an ad-
nfrable site has been granted by the
authorities in charge OF the exposition.
and hat on it a stately building will
be erected within a very short time.
The site is near the Eiffel tower, and
close to the entrance Of the Champ de
Mars. Anyone who knows Paris viii
see that no better site could have
been selected. All the visitors to the
exposition, whether they are interest
ed in bicycling or not, will be sure to
pass by this spot, and cannot help be-
Ing attracted by the artistic edifice that
is to be reared in honor Of the ubiquit-
:eus wheel. The building has been de-
signed by II. Gustave Rives, and is
described by those who have seen his
plans as a marvel of beauty. No pains
will certainly be spared so far as orna-
.nentation and other decorations are
Contracts for this and all
necessary work will soon be
awarded, and 1t is expected that the
building will be completed at an early
late. American as we'll as foreign
=Whee.men will doubtless spend many a
pleasant hour In this building. Hard
ly a week passes that some attempt Is
not made to improve the bicycle in
one direction OF another, and IL we
would find out about these so-called
improvements and learn how many of
them are really worth anything we
must study them at cur leisure in
this place. That thousands will do so.
Is certain.
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HARVEST TIME ON THE YUKON,
Nugsefs So Thick Miners Pick Them Like
They Would Potatoes.

It was just on the eve ofharvest-time
when L first visited the creeks. In a
day or two the flow OF water from the
galches where the snow lay thickess
would make a head sufficient to wash
the yellow grain out of the dumps. Ia
the four miles Of EldoraGo and the ten
miles of Bonanza, lines Of fumes and
their dependent sluice-bozes-the lum-
Der for which had been dragged from
the Dawson saw-mill by husky dogs or
cnt with whip-saws-formed q network
around the string Of cabins occupied
By claim-owners and their workuen
and around piles of clayish-colored
dirt, thawed out inch by inch during
the short winter days. which contained
virgin wealth amounting to nearly ten
million dollars. The rounded hill
sides seemed as bare as the palm of
the hand, SCARED by broad streaks
from top to bottom, showing where
hrewood and the timber for building
the cabins and for keeping up the fires
in the drifts had been slid down.
If You descended by the ladders into
the holes beside the dumps to the drifts,
you soon comprehonded that reap
ing the harvest, once You have a claim,
is not so easy Is picking wild cranber-
ries. 1t is dogjed work to build fires
day after day, r,inning the risk of suf-
location and permanent injury to the
eyes by the smoke, and pulling up the
dirt, bucketful after bucketful, by
means Of a ~wiriilass, with the Their
>moneter forty below zero and your
dinner to cook. In one spot of three
Or four squore feet the nuggets are so
thick that you can pick them out by
ha-d as q farmers boy picks potatoes
out Of q hill. In juxtaposition there
may be as many more square feet
which are not considered worth thaw-
ing and sluicing: and so the drifts
seem like the path of a man trying to
make his way to the light in darkness.
From ga Winter Journey to the
Klondike," by Frederick Palmer, in
Scribner's,
The Opelousas courier., 1899-06-10
Porto Rfco's GEOLOGY.

" - -.
The geology of Porto. Rico is prac-
tically unknown, Tor it has almost al
ways been neglected by students Of
nature and scientific men, whose at
tention has been given With siia consider
able care to the geology features of the
other and larger islands of the. group.
There is little reason Is believe that
it materially differs either in strait
graphy or mineral constituents from
those known in Cuba, Hayti, Santo
Domingo andzJamaLesxasPeEto Riee
is merely an extension of Ihee Sane
mountain range which AiifhEIovering
elevations extends eastward, and fin
allvsinks into the blue ocean beyond
the island OF st. Iheaaas,-Harper's
Weekly. |. -
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British rars C1.eerour .Er,t4asss

On a SundayaHernoon, whih tie
United States ffoopship Grant bound
for ManilsfEenasNeWsX oat yiatfassaez
Canal
rocks of the eastermost cape of Africa,
| she overlook aAaeklhnlIaa awhaletbaeks
freighter, flying the Enion.Jach, which
had been cruising aheadaItdshs Sig
nal hags went up totlIe nastheads; Of
bothships, tapping a nautical greeting.
Then the soldiers. in blue who
crowded the decks and rigging saw a.
white-ciothed sailor climb. down the
l-side of the Clan Robertson, which was
the stranger's.sname, and: hardly a.
minute afterwardslarge. white letters
spelling-:'Good Luck cleaned out on:
the black hull. Before the second
word was finished by the paint brush
all the Americans had guessed its
meaning. n instantly q hnntfred
cameras were brought to bear, Hgreat
cheer arose, and the band broke from
an operate air into "Gea Save the
Queen" There was some doubt
whether the music. eon1d carry the
distance separating the ships, but soon
q faint cheer came over the water frern
the Briton. Down came the British
flag, while the Stars and Stripes dipped
in reply. 4er= y =. ~
Afterward the band plaPedthe 4Star
Spangled Banner, 'eand tHroughglasses
the crew of the Robertson could
be seen staHding ou- her deckxg with
uncovered hears. Finally thgEug-
lish skipper sent up a string Of flags
spelling Good luck in. earnest" and
the ships separated with repeated
cheers.-New York Press
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SMITHS IN THE HOUSE.
fney Are Men Noted for Their Ah;1,.,
and AEabIiity.

There are four Smiths In this home.
there will he five Smiths in the next.
Four of them vii! be republicans, and
three of them will corla from the state
OF Michigan, 3 Y the Washington
Post. In fast, Michigan Is the state
that furnishes this new statesrna, nj
tho Smith family, The only demo-
cratic Smith Is AIr. David Highbaugh
Smith Of H~odgensviIIe, Larue county.
Kentucky, a little man CT nervous man.
ner, who is one OF the abiest members
OF the Kentucky delegation in the
house, although, as he IS now serving
his frst term, he hes not come yerv
prominently to the front. 1t was in
this As Smiths district, not far from
Hcdge-sville, that Abraham Lincoln
was born, which makes it pertinent t.
remark that Representatives, Hem
ry C. Smith OF Adrian, In the Second
Michigan district, has an Abraham
Lincoln habit, much noted by his pros
pectiTe constituents, CT illustrating his
arguments with a Pat story. He Is
said to be nimble-witted and tells his
stories, which are sometimes original
In excellent form. This Michigan
Smith Is about 20 years old, the son OF
q farmer, and was born within sin
miles Of the city where he now resides
He paid his own way through college.
studied law ard has built up a prac-
tice and won q reputation as the lead
Ing attorney Of that part Of Michigan.
He succeeds that intrepid old warrior.
Gen. George 5paldins. During the cam
paign Mr.. Smith c;ambered into the
Pingres band wagon and Is an ardent
supporter CT Michigal's emphatic chief
executive. Representative S. W. Smith
Of the Sixth Michigan district who is
the smallest man in stature in tbs
house, but like Mr.. Smith Of Adrian
a very brilliant lawyer, was reelected.
Representative William Alden Smith. a
man with 4 Daniel Webster pose, who
Is q member Of the house committee
On foreign affairs, and who had a bat
tie with Spanish soldiers in Cuba last
spring, frightening away @ great num-
Der Of them with his silk umbrella. has
likewise been reelected, as has Mr..
George w. Smith CT Murphysboro, Ill,
representing the Twenty-Second dis
trict. 1t Is due to all Of the Smiths
now members Of the national house to
mention that every one Of them Is
personally a very companionable gen
tlenan, each popular to a degree or
less degree in political and other cir
The Opelousas courier., 1899-06-10
STORYETTES.

A Lancashire miner was badly in.
iured one night and on being taken te
the infirmary was told by the. doctors
that he must give up the ale he loved
or lose his leg. Looking ruefully down
at the injured member, he said: "Ii
this ere wound cannot stand a-sup O
good yale, him and me must part com
pany. OF VT 'imr" An amusing let
ter is reported as having been sent by
DR.. Conan Doyle to a member OF the
Ormeau Golf Club with reference to q
concert held by the club, at which one
Of the Songs Of Action" was recited:
my Dear Sir: Pray, present my COM
pliments to the 0rmeau Golf Club and
wish them from me a very happy even
ing. am myself an intermittent golf
er, getting very violent attacks at reg
ular intervals 1t usually takes me
about two months to convince myself
that I shall ever be any good and then
I give 1t up until a fresh burst OF en-
ergy sets me trying once more.
played in Egypt until they told me
that excavators had to pay a special
tax. I inaugurated q private course IN
Vermont also and the Yankee farmers
asked us what we were boring for. II
ever the Armeau Club should wish any
part of their links returfed I could un-
dertake in a few games to clear. away
any sod now existing" A story told
by Carlyle in an English review forci-
bly, recalls the days when in England
religious services were long enough to
test the zeal Of the worshipers. Ae-
eording to the story, Carlyle had been
asked to take the reading at family
prayers during a short visit paid to his
friend the provost OF Kirkaldy. The
Bible CHANGED to open at the first
chapter Of the book Of, Job, and Carlyle
Immediately became absorbed In his
subject and read on and on to the. end
of the last chapter, when, closing the
volume, he remarked: THAT is a mar
-velous, life-like drama, only to be ap-
preciated when read right, through"
1t is- fair to infer that 1t. was appre-
ciatea for once. Any one who has
taken a long, solitary afternoon and
attempted to give the book OF Job an
opportunity to be appreciated by read
ing 1t honestly through at one sitting
can realize the CONSERVATION Of the
provost. Such a one will not be likely
to wonder, with Carlyle, why he was
not asked again to assist at family
prayers in that household.
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II - ~
Ton Cane KEGS 0afst...

Ifsyou never wholly giye7FyeurseH up
to the7chair you sit H.. but always
keep your leg and body muscles half
contracted foRsasrises ifgonybreathe
eighteen. or nineteen instead Of six
teen times a mirntersanh@sneser quite
breathe outat thai WEat-nental mood
can You be in bit one Of timer pant
ing and expectancy, and 1oW~can the
future and its worries possibly forsake
your minds On the other hand, how
can they gain adnissionto yourrmind
if your brow be unruHeA yaar r:espira-
ton calm and completes. and Your
muscles all relaxed2-PEefessor Will
lam James. in scrihnerza-
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General Adtutant Won Petrnn NOV

General Adjutant o Petron. now
postmaster general Of Russia, intro
duced novel letter boxes throughout
the Russian cities, and ordered the
more frequent collection of letters
from the boxes. The new boxes stand.
on corners of streets, 80 that the public
can reach them from sidewalks; the
carrier who collects the mail
them from the street side with
out even dismounting from his wheel.
All the collecting carriers have been
suTovtded with tricycles having a large.
receptacle for the mail matter in front
of them. ;.
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A BObcat Attacks q Deer.

George Anderson, Of Holden,
Maine, says that one morning recent
ly he and Frank Googins, of East
Brook, and George Stanley, of Wal
than, were going through an old
stavewood cut-down, Or clearing,
when they saw a deer runningthrough
the woods for all it was worth. On
the back of the deer was perched a
large bobcat tearing away the flesh of
the deer. Deer and rider were SO
busily engaged that they did not see
the lumbermen, but passed between
them as the men stood on either side
of a small gully.
A few feet beyond the men the deer
came to a sudden stop, and the bob
cat, dismounted, suiked to q spruce
tree nm distance away, and hid I'M
der the branches. The neck of the
deer had been badly mutilated by the
claws of the bobcnt. and blood was
squirting from the wounds.
After resting a few moments the
deer started on a run through the
woods, and the men decided to fol-
low the trail. Ahalf mile further the
men found that the cat had made a
circle ana had again attacked the
deer. They found places where 1t
looked as II Observation-Disclosures over
in the snow in an attempt to thus dis
'loge its rider~ Finally the men gave
up the chasezand returned to camp
A few days later they were again, in
the woods, when TREY sawstlsaeareass
of a deer with fthsslaaaeslk al sueGkt torn
horribly. TAs7nnras HHsfffsstys= 5thattsaftIbi
was the body. aftAa aaarsthasstad:xhs
bobcat for Rfdeag..-----fNy s#afo5rksssFTsss
The Opelousas courier., 1899-06-10

President Iouhct, the rev president Of
Fthnro is. II anything, calm. sane, q trtne
b urGeoio and utterly devoid of sense Of self
1 Importance. But there IS a strong and irro
. ~tlile Wall leliai It's liaEl lace, md re
! KS Ike O man WHO would fnflao inc
I Midtown French politics as much vtEor ant
n " lie 70 liostet;er ) St0IE arh tiers viii
INFO the run-GCwu tys:em of anyone who
uses IT. 1t Is AZ absolute ture for the worst al
ell tCmaCh disorders.
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First Army Oficer-I'm afraid that
new recruit will never make a soldier
Second Army Ollcer-And whv not ?
First Army Cmcer-Qh, he's from Chi
cago, and every time I command
Haiti" he throws up his hands and
gets panic-stricksn.
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C.laIgzsaa -s.l -stg.s3ssAN
saEoSas MinxskTaaadAA sEAtafos

y AseitizaH-Aef South, UartAouth,
Mass, shDxsaspotatoa sncirsleahy q
golaarings Fhs Iargsrsspaatsaofsthe
tuber apparsaaIhadlai lin very car
the It bad
grown daFasthronsh the Where
size until it, mezimpossibles to re-
move the potato without breaking it.
The .ringAsd genuine gold Ind is
Taluable..s.
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wasted figures of nine
tenths Of our women,
every one of whom may
receive the invaluable ad-
vice of Mrs. Pinkham,
without charge, by writing
to her at Lynn, Mass.
Miss LULA EVANS. of
ParEcrsburg, Iowa, writes
DEAR MRS. PIEKIIAN-
fer nearly three years.
leucorrnea, heart trouble
The Opelousas courier., 1899-06-10

1t is the only cure for Swollen, Smarting,
Tired. Aching Burning. Sweating Feet, Corns
and Dunions. Ask for Aliens Foot-Ease. a
powder TO be shaken into the shoes. Sid
Hy all Druggists and Grocers and Shoe
Stores, 25.. Sample sent FREE. Address
Allen S. OImstead, LEROY, n. Y.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-06-10
chrys.nthemums Out of Fashion.

. ChrysanthemHms are going ont of
fashion In England. One society for
raising the flowers. after having had
prosperous years, has been obliged
10 wind up its affairs, owing to the
had business of the last two yers.
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Eta permanently cured. No fits or aervo1.
ness Ft"r lirsti4y'- use of Dr.. klines Great
NeryeHrstnTer. $2trial bottles md treatise frss
DIR. K. Il. kLIEI. L.t., 9ji ArGn ST.. Paula, Pi
The Opelousas courier., 1899-06-10

To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
nelic. full of life, nerve and rigor, take No-To-
B1c, the wonder-worler. that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, SOC or 81. Cure guarau.
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New York
The Opelousas courier., 1899-06-10

Take Cascarets Candy Clthartic. lGc or CSC.
II Z. {. {. fail to cure, druggists refund money
Wind Something that makes a bicycle
pneulniticltly tired.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-06-10

Fiso's Cure for CONSUMPTION Is an A No. l
Asthma medicine.-W. r. WILLIAMS. Anti
och. H.. AUril II. 1894.
The Opelousas courier., 1899-06-10

Do not breed fowls that are too closely re-
lated.