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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-02-22
THE HOME.
WOMEN'S DEPARTMENT.

edited by Clara Stanley Twitchell)
Next week we hope the ladies will con-
tribute literally to the woman's column.
There are SO many subjects which
women need to discuss, including care of
health, care of the children and care Of
the home. Woman must be almost an
all wise being il she so manages her
household as to secure to her family and
herself, the best health and the most
happiness possible. Let us hear from
the ladies on the subject of the trailing
skirt now SO fashionable; also how to
prepare tempting meals during the
spring, when SO many articles of food
are scarce and high. 1t seems that the
men who read this paper are not back
ward about expressing their opinions,
as evidenced by several columns of let
tiers in this ISSUE Let us not be out
done.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-02-22
Household Hints.

White flour is poor food if you can get
whole wheat -four. White -four means
constipation, with it's attendant all
ments..
The oven is usually just right for
baking bread if you can only bear your
twenty. Keep the heat steady, allowing
it to die gradually toward the end.
A minister surprised his congregation
by saying: Il have forgotten my notes,
and shall have to trust to Providence;
but next time l will come better pre-
pared"
A good and pleasant cure for hoarse-
ness is to roast lemon until it is soft
all through; do not allow it to burst
While still hot, cut piece from the end
and fill the lemon with as much eranu-
lated sugar as it will hold; then eat it
hot.
Baked apples for breakfast tend to re-
duce the amount of meat eaten, if we are
inclined to eat too much, and to supply
the system with mineral foods and the
digestive tract with acids. People who
eat too much food are not to be advised
to eat baked apples as mere addition to
the breakfast, and those who need sub
stantial meal must not let baked apples
interfere with the taking of solid food.
AS rule those who eat three meals per
day will wisely have the incest dish of
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-02-22
Growing a Grandm her.

He was wee little man, only years
old, but very brave, courageous and
Omplaining-more courageous and
accomplishing than anyone knew, for
though he was only a baby, he had trials
to bear, says the New York Times. The
family had gone to new country in the
far West, the mamma, this little man,
and the sister, little older.
1t was a very new country, very diff
ferent from the city in the East, where
they had left many friends. and, nearest
of all, a dear old grandmother. The
mamma was SO busy in her new home
that she had little time to devote to the
babies except to see that they were
clean and we'll fed. So the little ones
were lonesome sometimes, as mamma
found out one day in a way that brought
the tears to her eyes.
The little 3-year-old had been very
busy and quiet, making big hole in the
ground with such earnestness of pur-
pose that, fearing the little fellow was
planning some mischief, she went to see
what was being done.
The hole was completed when she
reached the spot, and in it had been
placed something that she took out and
examined with wondering curiosity. II
was the strangest thing to 60 into hole
In the ground-an old daguerreotype, a
picture of the dear old grandmamma at
home.
why, baby" exclaimed mamma,
what are you doing with this?"
Il fought" said the little man, with a
quivering lip and all the pent-up loneli-
ness of inconsistencies in his voice as he
tried to explain-'I fought, maybe, If ]
planted it, anozzer grandma would
grow"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-02-22
Don't.

Some one has laid down a. few laws Of
health for women which are very good.
They are:
Don't worry. Don't hurry. Don't
oyereat. Don't starve. Breathe fresh
air every day and night. Sleep and rest
a great deal. Spend less nervous energy
every day than you make. Be cheerful.
Work like woman, but don't be worked
to death. Avoid passion and excitement.
Associate with healthy people. Health
is contagious as we'll as disease. Don't
carry the whole world on your should
ers, far less the universe. Never de-
spair Lost hope is fatal disease.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-02-22
A Funny Name.

Dear Aunt Clara:
The other day boy called me name
on the street. He called me biped. I
felt dreadfully and went straight to my
dear mamma. When 1 told her, she
looked as though she wanted to smile,
and then I almost cried, but mamma
said: Just wait minute, and will ex-
plain to you. The first part of the word
bi means two, ped means feet, and the
whole word means having two feet. Any
person or thing having two feet is BIZ
ped. Take the word bicycle; hi means
two, just the same as before, and cycle
means circle or wheel, so you see BIZ
cycle means having two wheels" Now,
any one can call me biped if they want
to, and l shan't feel bad at all.
JENNIE SHAW,
Albany, N. Y.
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chose f4es-1mooth, broad piece, OF a
beautiful light green, and folded it
across. She put cord in the fold, and
drew it uH like running-string. This
she tied about the knot, being careful
that the hair should come up through
the middle, and when she had tied an
other string about the neck it made a
fine covering for the head, almost as
good as a rag baby's. The arms came
next, and these we're made by dividing
the husks below the head into three
parts; one on each side for the the arms.
and one intne middle for the body.
The arms were wrapped with strips of
coarse, strong husk, tied at the wrist,
and mammy's strong knife cut them on
just beyond. Some of the softer husks
were used for the shoulders and were put
on flchu-fashion, first over one shoulder
and then the other. until they were built
out to the required breadth, when they
were tied about the waist with more Of
the tough husk. OF course the ends Of
the "fichu" came we'll below the waist
line, and added much to the thickness of
the lower part. This was now divided
evenly in two, and each division was
wound like the arms, and cut off evenly.
rs he boy-doll, nanny" l asked.
He's a sodger, child, and now 60 git
me some rose-thorns and I'll give him
his eyes and mouf."
The rose thorns were stuck into the
smooth, green face, ind my doll was
complete; and by that time the bee
sting was forgotten.-E. B. Barry, In
Youths Companion.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-02-22
MY COrn-Husk Doll.

Come wild me, honey, an I'll max
yer a corn-husk dolly lax my ole nanny
useter max TO- me-"
1 followed nanny across the garden
and down the sunny path between the
hollyhocks to the kitchen porch. I had
been stung by honey bee out in the
corn patch, and nanny, hearing my
cries as she was gathering corn for
dinner, had plastered MY little wrist
with mud till the sharp pain had turned
into merely dull ache.
The kitchen porch was only large
arbor, it's feet planted in the ground and
its top braced against the kitchen wall.
Underneath it was bricked floor, which
TIE large, cool grape-leaves kept shaded,
and between the red bricks, in the shadi-
est places, was soft green moss have
never seen anywhere else. There was a
bench against the wall, and here man.
my used to sit and shell her peas or to
husk her corn. She brought two pans
filed with water, and into one she put
the ears of corn as fast as she took off
their husks; into the other she put the
sOftest of the husks.
Now, din," she said, when the last
ear, white and shining, had joined it's
brothers in the water, well see what
kinder baby we can max out O. dis"
and she selected some Of the soaked
husks. Making a small bundle of them,
she tied knot in one end.
Whats that for, nanny" asked.
His haid, child; an dis yere's his
hair" And she put some Of the silk by
the knot, and tied it about the neck with
a strip Of the tougher husk. Next she
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-02-22
Want to Build Elevators.

ST. CLOUD, Mimi, Feb. 14.-At a
we'll attended meeting at the town Of
Albany, this county, the Stearns County
National Farmers Alliance and Indus
trial Union was organized, with John
Bak as president and William SCHNEIDER
as secretary. The president is a brother
of Senator Val BATE, of this county.
Arrangements will be made at once
for the organization of an alliance and
Industrial union in each township in the
county, and to undertake the building of
a farmers elevator at Albany, Freeport,
Sank Center and West Union.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-02-22
IT IS MOVING
Farmers Form an Organization at a
Meeting Held at Albany-JOhn BATE
Named President and William
SCHNEIDER Secretary.

A large and enthusiastic meeting of
feymers was held at Woodman Hall, in
the town Of Albany, on Saturday after
noon and permanent organization was
effected by electing John Batz, of AL
bany, president, and William SCHNEIDER
secretary of the Stearns County Farm
er's alliance and Industrial Union
Arrangements were also perfected to
organize an alliance and Industrial
union in each township in the county.
The meeting decided also to undertake
the building of farmers elevator at
Albany, Freeport, Sank Center, and
West Union.
Committees were appointed to solicit
subscriptions for stock for the Albany
elevator.
Nearly one-third of the stock was SUBJ
scribed at the first meeting, and the
committees appointed to solicit In their
respective districts were instructed to
complete their task and report at the
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-02-22
On the Banks Of the River Slow

On the Banks Of the River Slow.
This is the way man travelling in
China describes his efforts in hurrying
people and things over there. And, by
the way, how does 1t come about that the
boys and girls in this country seem to
know all about the river slow, the valley
of whatstheuse, the waitawhile flower,
and all the rest of them? Can it be that
we have them here?
My friend. have you heard of the town of
Foo-Chow
On the banks of the River Slow,
Where blooms the waita while flower fair,
Where the sometimeorother scents the air,
And the soft goeasys grow?
1t lies in the valley Of Whatstheuse,
In the province of Letherslide
And that tired feeling is native there
It's the home of the reckless Idontcare,
Where the giveitups abide.
1t stands at the bottom of La. y--f'
And is easy to reach, declare
You've only to fold up y, a41aS
glide
Down the slope of Weakwil ~ fr siae
To be landed quickly there.
The town is as old as the h ii -afe
And it grows with the flight
1t is wrapped in the fog aHs ,ler's
dreams;
It's streets are paved -s ;nscarted
schemes
And sprinkled with the usel ).
tnge.
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were appointed to solicit in their respec-
tive localities and to report at the next
meeting: Jacob Krebs, Richard Richter,
Paul Obermiller, for the township of Al
bany; William Kranz and Wenzel Fisher
for township of Farming, and A. c. Bar
rett, VIM. SCHNEIDER and Peter George,
township of Krain.
Mr.. J. c. Hanley, Of st. Paul, the ma
tional organizer and secretary of the
Minnesota Farmers Alliance and Indus
trial Union, was present and addressed
the meeting. Among other things he
said that the farmers elevator was a
good thing in many ways, both to the
farmers and the merchants, and he gave
as an illustration the benefit the farm
er's elevator was to the town of Fari-
bault, as acknowledged by the newspa-
per of that town. The Jeffersonian
said that since the farmers elevator was
built and put in operation, the price of
wheat advanced cents bushel, and 1t
was estimated that about 800, 900 bushels
were marketed at that station in the
past four months, and the savings to the
farmers of that locality was about $32,-
600, or enough to build six such eleva-
tors. This good showing was extended
to the merchants, as they secured this
amount of cash spent for goods needed
by the farmers, besides the increased
trade that these prices attracted from
other distant points. He also stated
that the state prison had established
prices on binding Irvine this year at 71z
and cents per pound, and further stated
that he had an offer from a binding
Irvine factory for cents per pound, II
an order of 100 car loads could be given.
The saving for this item of twine- alone
for one car would amount to about 5000
He also stated that as general business
agent he had secured reduction IN
rates of about 81 per thousand on lum-
Der, and also reduced rates on agricultu-
raj implements.
The farmers intend to build an eleva-
tor Of about $4,000 bushels capacity
Plans and specifications have been sub
mitted by two elevator building firms
and a selection will be made shortly. It
is intended to have the building built
early this spring.
1t has been reported that the farmers
elevators are the only kind that can Sc
cure sites on the Great Northern and
some other railroads.
Much dissatisfaction was expressed by
the farmers at their treatment by the
Albany merchants. They are hauling
wood from five to Is miles, and only re-
ceiving from 81 to 81 for soft wood and
maple, and are obliged to take pay In
trade.
The next meeting will be held at Al
bany on Saturday afternoon at l O'Clock
at Woodman Hall. A delegation will
attend the Fergus Falls meeting, where
definite steps are expected to be taken
to secure the elevator site at Duluth
and the 100000 in the state treasury to
be turned over to the Farmers Alliance
and Grain Growers Association. A bill
authorizing this act will be introduced
in the legislature in the near future
St. Cloud Times.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-02-22
sessed the tact displayed by the gentle

sessed the tact displayed by the gentle
man in the following story:
1t is related Of q good humored celeb
rity that when a man at the theater
stood up in front of him and his friend,
completely shutting of all view of the
stage, that instead of bluntly asking him
to sit down. he politely said: Il beg
your pardon, sir; but when you see any
thing particularly interesting on the
stage, will you let us know. as we are
entirely dependent on your kindness.
1t is needless to say that the stranger
apOlOgiZed and resumed his eat.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-02-22


Editor Representative:
Almost up to the present time our at
tention as farmers, has been absorbed by
and our homes.
There was a time a number OF years
ago. when we began to feel as though we
could see our way clear, by saving the
surplus over and above the cost Of our
products to come in possession Of a home,
clear of all membranes. But alas for
many, as of old, they never lived to see
the day, for from over the sea pardon me
~ believing that all wicked schemes
originate there, and are imported to US
free Of duty the attention Of our task
masters was called to the fact that it
seemed as though many of the farmers in
the United States were going to be land
owners. This, they said. will not do.
So 1t came to pass that our masters con-
trived a scheme whereby we as. farmers,
had to put twice as much Of our products
into dollar and from that day to this
without hope of ever attaining reason
able independence.
l shall not go into detail as to what has
transpired during these last Is or 80 years,
for every intelligent man has put that down
in the log-bOok of his memory; but, as a
result Of the past. it has been almost Inn
possible to enlist the interest Of the farmers
to any extent in the cause of reform; but
as misfortunes teach wisdom we hope to
see the producers of our common country
arise and organize their interests and look
among themselves for leaders to put those
interests into operation.
To this end a good beginning has already
been made in the organization at our jan
uary meeting of the Grain Growers CO.
operative Association. For information I
can say that al great many of the farmers
in this part of our state are struck with
the slight facilities for obtaining relief
from any source outside Of our own or
ganization and it is cheering to note that
the farmers have begun to realize the ne
cessity for cooperation.
Respectfully, H. l.. SAND.
CokatO, Mimi, Feb. s, 1885,
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tifully colored maps. You need the
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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-02-22
ATTENTION FARMERS.

Do you desire to secure hundreds Of sample
copies OF agricultural Journals. magazines. cata-
logues. books. newspapers and circulars of the
latest improved farm implements and machinery.
and be kept posted improved seeds and stock,
for two years or more? If SO. send us your
name with ten cents In silver and will
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ers You will get more reading matter than you
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the United States in our Directory at once
Address
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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-02-22
NUTS TO CRACK.
Rfddle-Me.Ree.

My first is in pot but not in pan.
My second is in pale, but not in wan.
My third is in scorn, but not in love.
My fourth is in pigeon, but not in dove.
My fifth Is in fly, but not in wing
My sixth is in wasp, also in sting.
My seventh is in window, but not in
pane.
My eighth is in wind but not in rain.
My whole is the name of a we'll known
poet.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-02-22

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any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
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We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
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transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
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free. Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all
druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-02-22
Pussy and Tow
Dear Aunt Clara:

Dear Aunt Clara:
My sister, my brother IA I reau
children's column this week, and en-
joyed it SO much. We are glad you are
going to have a children's column, and
here is story about our cat and our dog
Tower.
One night while it was so very cold,
pussy thought she would 60 and crawl
into bed with brothers John and Joe.
Now, it seems that Tower thought the
same thing at the same time. They
went softly up stairs into the room and
jumped from opposite sides onto the
bed, when kerwhack, they met on top
of John and Joe. Then such splitting
and barking. John screamed, and then
Joe began to call for mamma and cry at
the same time. Everybody in the house
jumped out of bed and ran to brothers
room to see if the house was on fire, or
what could be the matter, and there We
found pussy and Tower still on the
bed, growing and splitting at each other.
Papa said their antics were all right
in the daytime, but he didn't care to
wake up in the night and find cat and
a dog fight going on. If you print this
we will write again some time.
POLLY HARTMAN,
Grand Forks, N. D.
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Jennie: "Herbie, it says here another
OctOgenarian's dead. What's an octo-
genarian?" Herbie: "Well, don't Just
know what they are, but they must be
awfully sickly creatures. You never
hear Of 'em but they're dying.
lyn Life.
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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-10-11
Clerks For Shorter Hours

At meeting of the clerks at the court
house the evening of the 9th day of DC
tober, the following resolutions were
passed and have been generally signed
by citizens:
Resolved, we sincerely ask the sym.
pathy of every business man in Paw Paw
toward the interest and liberty of the
clerks.
Resolved, that every store that keeps
open after eight o'clock, p. M. is not only
taking away but simply depriving the
clerks of liberty of from one hour tc
two hours time of enjoyment in their
homes or places of amusement.
Resolved, this is an appeal to the bust
ness men in general, that there is nc
business man in Paw Paw that will de-
prive the clerks of that hour which they
might enjoy at home or some place OF
recreation.
Resolved, that if we do not win your
sympathy, it means that the clerks will
have to labor from II to is hours every
day or that means from 9 to 10 days
every week.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-10-11

MILLINERY department with
Mrs. Nora Dunlap Buell. at its
head is showing all latest nov
elites.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-10-11

Stephen Plopper was born in Lewis
county, New York, January 20, 1920. He
spent his boyhood days on farm. AT
the age of Fl he learned the cooper's
trade and followed it for many years.
He moved to Madison county in 1916.
He was married to Phebe Ann Palmer,
October 10, 1S4l. They raised four sons.
They moved TO Monroe county, Mich,
in lS48, thence to Lawrence, Mich, 1853,
and bought farm of wild land. His
wife died November ~, 1857. He mar
ried Lucy III. Bristol, January II, 1858.
They reared two girls and two boys, and
cleared up the farm. Mr. Plopper died
September, 80, 1899, aged 10 years,
months, and day. He had been in poor
health for two years and was confined to
his bed the last five weeks. The funeral
was held at the house, October 2, burial
in the Wildey cemetery.