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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-06-21
THE "FIrrEsT."

st. Louis Capitalist Disproving Theiz
:. Claim of Fitness.
St. Louis. June 3, 1900.
MY Fellow Toilers: 1 have been just
transferred from the scene of the work
ingman's battles In the rural districts
to that of great city. Wherever we
go these battles AFFORD us the same
school, the same recitations, the same
lessons, except that new Rotations and
new lessons are being added.
In this city a street car strike has
been raging for a month. The work
ing class-the scabs and the strikers
have been killing each other. Many
citizens, who were not parties to the
strike. were killed and wounded by
stray bullets while standing in their
doors, or sitting in their houses. Num-
erous street cars hAyd been blown up
with dynamite. To step the running OF
the cars the strikefsai and their SYM
pathizers have bloakaaed the streets
with huge piles OF crock, timbers, etc.
Women have been ASSAULTED by men for
riding on the carsd1A committee Of
business men appealedto the mayor and
chief of police to protect them in their
houses from stray bullets. The police
force has thrown Up, fhe job of trying
to preserve law and order" and called
upon the sheriff for. = posse of 5000
men. The sheriff said that every man
on this posse must be property hold
er, and that he would try to get the
most prominent citizens" such as
manufacturers, merchants lawyers, etc.
These men, he said could be "relied on
to shoot to kill" But, as you will see,
there was only one thing these bloated
capitalists could be relied upon to do,
and that was their evading Of the sum-
mons of the sheriff.
While these prominent citizens"
were being summoned by the sheriff,
they scurried to and fro among the doc
tors for certificates OF physical dis
ability to serve. The capitalist press
said that an epidemic Of all the diseases
in the medical category had suddenly
broken out among the prominent citi-
zens." From their own admissions, the
capitalist class must be physically rot
ten. And you, John, have been claim
ing we can't get along without the capt.
talistsl j. f
To make doubly sure that their pre-
cious hides WOULDN'T be exposed to the
sticks of the working class (for sticks
are the only physical power we possess
at presently, they appealed to the strik-
ers and street car 'oxners to arbitrate
the matter. Only a, short time previous
to this the capitalist press said the only
proper way to deaI Fith the strikers
was to feed them ~. lead.'
When the sheriff entered the Board Of
Trade to summon as.posse, there was q
stampede more thrilling than Ma
hornets fight from Medina to Mecca.
You should have Scene them. II was
sight for the gods to behold; these cap
tains" Of industry" with their spotless
linen and glove-cased hands, tumbling
over each other out Of the doors and
windows. This falling from their long
assumed dignity brings forth its grand
object lesson.
You know, John, we are often told
that the capitalists are all-powerful. I
demonstrated In my last letter that pQ-
litically they are nothing but lot Of
sick kittens. The foregoing episode
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-06-21

He Never Will Permit His Horses to
BE DOcked.
So one of Bostons most eminent law
yers tells us, and adds this:
'Why is it that so many kind, tender
hearted people use locked horses?
Horses suffer from flies. and nature has
given them the means to a considerable
extent for their relief by a switch tail.
When the tail is locked that relief is
taken away. Probably for the most
part the owners never think OF the fact
or they would not tolerate it. The lady
sits calmly in her carriage and with her
fan brushes away the insects, while her
poor horses, whose fan has been taken
away, are bitten and suffer. II your
readers will think of this they may do
good to those that cannot help them
selves. Dumb Animals.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-06-21
In Chicago's Suburbs.

Humble PeddlerLCan't I sell you q
pair Of felt pads to wear in the bottom
Of your shoes, a'am?
Haughty Housekeeper-Go way, sir!
Haven't you heard that ladies here
abouts are arming against footpads?
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-06-21

The TerrOr1 OF Rural Life.
Those OF us who have been taken ad-
vantage Of by some fun-loving torment
or. will appreciate the following from
the Detroit Fress Press:
Grumpy used to think that the
nnest thing In the world was to dress
ike tramp. neglect to shave. and dig
around upon farm that he owns. not
iar from the city," said Smith. with
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-06-21

An Irish orator vehemently expressed
his opinion of certain set of political
office seekers exclaimidg: eff they were
landed on an uninhaBited island, they
wouldn't be there = DAY before they
would have their hands in the pockets
of the naked savages. "S
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-06-21

Mobiles -Good rains on the 18th and 10th.
Oats, wheat, barley and max are doing we'll.
Corn Is backward and uneven and will be .
short crop on account Of the poor stand.
Timothy will not be more than one-fourth
and upland hay will not yield more than
half a crop.
Redwood-Light showers on the 18th and
good rain en- the 18th. Barley in some
nelds Is heading out very short, with short
heads. Stools on all grains have dried up
and are falling OF. At the best We will
not have half crop of wheat, oats and
barley. Corn Is short. Hay and pastures
are very short and but little wild grass will
be At to cut before harvest; timothy is 4
failure.
Waseca-A good rain on the 9th. but the
ground Is now very dry. Wheat and bar
ley are heading quite short; wheat IL thin
on the ground and will be q light crop.
EARLY planted corn looks well. The hay
crop Is q failure, but considerable millet
has been sown. Some barley and wheat
has been plowed up and planted to corn
Tor fodder. Glover seeded this spring Is
all dead.
Fillmore-Rain fell all night on the 9th
and the ground is now wet enough. Corn
and all crops are doing well. On good
land barley is heading out with good heads.
T. s. OUTRAM.
Section Director.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-06-21

Ane Love OF wild Animals 1OT T6etE
Young.
1t Is. perhaps, rather amusing to steal
q pair of whimpering bear cubs and
carry them OH, but in one case the trav-
elers who engaged in the pastime found
the grief of the mother too real to al
low them to persist in the fun. They
were professor and five seniors from
an Eastern college, and the scene OF
their adventure was near the line be-
tween Pennsylvania and New York.
They came upon a couple Of little cubs
snuggled away in the bush, and scarcely
realizing what they did. carried them to
their boat and covered them with a
coat. Then they hastily pushed of and
padded up stream to be farther from
the mother when she should discover
her loss
The little fellows kept up continual
crying and soon a plunge caused the
travellers to look back, and there was
the bear putting and floundering across
in search of her babies.
The almost human intelligence and
solicitude she displayed made it no easy
matter to persist in the abduction of her
cubs. Pressing on ahead of the boat q
few rods, she would plunge into the
stream and intercept it, and when evad-
ed and passed, would take to the bank
again and repeat her attempt with in
creased cunning. Her actions were in
tensely human. She screamed and
scolded, wept and moaned. her tears
flowing freely. her lips and under jaw
trembling. She hid her face in her
paws and then held them forth as If
beseeching. Some of the party were for
giving up the cubs, but others held out.
The babies whimpered necessarily.
and the mothers demonstration Of grief
grew more touching. Her anger SEEM
ed to abate, but in its place came moro
plaintive tones. She showed no signs
of abandoning the chase.
At last 1t was decided to surrender
the cubs, and the boat was pulled across
W VA0 O1AA OQHOOAIO W &AO VA0 OOhAs
There the little ones were gently placed
on the sandy beach. and the party hur-
ried back to the boat. They were none
to soon. for the instant they lifted her
babies in sight the mother started
across.
She went to the cubs, nosed them
over, searching for wounds. then licked
their glossy fur affectionately, crying
ing for joy. Then after reproaching
the travellers furiously for a minute, she
took both cubs up by the neck, and,
holding them In her great jaws, she car
Current Literature.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-06-21

S1eepers.
The following paragraph from an ex-
change illustrates the poverty of the
English language:
A sleeper is one who sleeps. A sleep
er is that in which a sleeper sleeps. A
sleeper is that on which the sleeper runs
while the sleeper sleeps. Therefore.
while the sleeper sleeps in the sleeper,
the sleeper carries Che sleeper over the
sleeper under the sleeper the sleeper un-
til the sleeper, which carries the sleep
er, jumps the sleeper and wakes the
sleeper in the sleeper by striking the
sleeper under the sleeper on the sleeper,
and there Is no longer any sleeper sleep
ing In the sleeper on the sleeper.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-06-21
AT tie Paper Fru.t,. Once.

Anxious Editor sincerely hope, Mr..
Dillon. you can trust me week longer
for that paper bill? 81,
Dillon-Didn't read. an editorial in
your tin-horn sheet headed: Down
with the Trusts?" zzI %
EYES," 81 H.
"Well?" So 8
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-06-21
A Mightier Tribe.

Once upon q time the Rev. Thomas
K. Beecher, Of Elmira, N. Y, brother to
Henry Ward Beecher, got into some sort
Of quarrel with q man named Smith
down at Cohoes. Thomas X. Beecher
wrote the presumptuous man a defiant
little note. saying CURLY:
do you want to get into a quarrel
with the Beecher family?"
And the man wrote back, with q
snarl:
do you want to fight with the Smith
family?"
And no Beecher could stand that
Thomas X. laughed and hastened to
make terms.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-06-21
Remedy for sleeplessness.

A warm bath just before going to bed
tends to allay the nervous irritability
which prevents sleep In children,
whether caused by temper or work, and
1t does so probably by dialating the
blood vessels on the surface Of the body,
and so relieving the brain. A warm
mustard foot-bath-an excellent remedy
for sleeplessness- lis also beneficial.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-06-21

ada one tablespoonful q sugar. Cool
before adding the ear.
The salad may be garnished with
parsley or celery tops, or served on let
tuce leaves. Spread waters or crackers
with peanut butter. which can be OBJ
ta1ned at any grocers.
Order your Ice cream made in bricks
OF green and white -pistachio and va
nilla. For the cakes use any testsd
recipe, ice with confectioner's sugar,
added to the unbeaten white Of an egg,
until stifr; flavor highly with vanilla
and lemon Juice for the white, and pis-
tachio flavoring and coloring from a
confectioner's for the green.
Looking this menu through it will be
seen that many Of the things can be
prepared day or two before the lunch
con. For instance, the mixture for the
croquettes will keep in q cool place,
and on the day Of the luncheon it will
be necessary only to shape and fry them.
warming them through in the oven be-
fore serving.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-06-21
q Iaxwo 49, Pseak,


4zss = Large $780, P1o1k.
A correspondent ofsihe. npworth Hss-
aid sends It the follUA ing anecdots. Il
lustratiys Of Pats Masination: '.,
Among the many = visitors to- the
Charlestown (lfasi eSy, yards lately
there was IN rishmAn. The dry docks,
the training ship M founderiss, al
came in for their shaf9s of intsrest. But
ON the wharf, on tASakast side of the
yard, lay q huge anchor.
This, for Pat. seeMGd to have a-great
attraction. He wodld Wander about the
yards seeing all thsfs was 70 be seen,
but every half-hourr or so Pat could be
seen. looking in wondering admiration
ct that anchor. Finally, It being to-
wards evening. guard stepped up to
Pat and suggested that the yards closed
before dark. and that it was time for
visitors to leave. VI
Pat looked at him with an air that
said: "I'd like to sec you put me out, !"
and exclaimed: TITS niver a step I'll
move. sor. till ye show me the mon
that handles this pick
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-06-21

Joey P.-How would you get into
society, IL you vas me?
William Cob, II you feel like Il,
and you've got the clothes, and you're
invited. really. there's no, trouble.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-06-21

II one is asked to be literal, one ca,
scarcely be too conscientiously SO
especially in court OF law.
Nov. you must give explicit an,
exact answers. You said you drove
milk cart, didn't your" s#'4
mo, sir: didn't"
Don't you drive = milk Cart"
mo, SIR"
'.Ah, then; what do you do?"
II drive a horse"
The Iola register., 1900-10-26
Packing House for lola.

Mr.. VIM. Radiker, of Williams
burg, Kansas Saturday purchased
through Fuller & Fuller the j. S. Me-
Claim property at the corner of Syca-
more and East street and will move
here and take possession the first of the
month.
The most important thing about this
announcement is that Mr.. Readiker
is a man of good financial standing
and that he will proceed Immediately
upon his removal here to spend some
of his money in way that will be a
benefit to the town and good thing
for some of the business men. He
comes here with the intention of put
ting in a packing and slaughtering
house and will commence as soon as
he can find a desirable location
for such an industry. His intention
is to first slaughter enough stock to
supply the demands of the butchers
here and at LaHarpe and at Gas City.
From that business he will continue
branching and there is no knowing
what the business will come to.
The REGISTER welcomes Mr.. Radi-
ker to lola and feels sure that the
business men will do all in their
power to help him along.
The Iola register., 1900-10-26

be any question that he would be able
to push the bill through and make it a
law. That the bankers of the State
should unanimously support a man
thoroughly committed to such a
measure would seem very singular.
And it would seem no less strange that
the depositors of banks should favor
such a law for in the long run it
would without doubt demoralize the
banking business and thus inhict
heavy loss upon all who had entrusted
their money to them. The measure is
simply another one of the visionary
schemes dreamed out by the man
whose cuisines" pathway is strewn
with the wreck of every enterprise in
which he has been engaged, from Os-
wego to Topolobampo.
The Iola register., 1900-10-26
TEST VOTE on TRUSTS.

The ruling of the Supreme Court
having shown that, as the Constitu-
ton now stands, Congress can only
regulate trusts engaged in interstate
commerce, the following amendment
was introduced in the House of Repre-
sentatives and pressed TO vote on
June |:
Section |. All powers conferred by
this article shall extend to the several
states. the territories. the District of
Columbia, aud all territory under the
sovereignty and subject to the iuris-
dicttou Of the United States.
Section ,. Congress shall have
The Iola register., 1900-10-26
BROKEN BRIC-A-BRACS

MI. Major. the famous cement man, OF New
York, explains some very interesting facts
about MaOr's Cement.
The multitudes who use this standard article
know that 1t is many hundred per cent better
than other cements for which similar claims
are made, but great many do not know why.
The simple reason is that Mr. Major uses the
ufabturers do not use them, because they are
too expensive and do not allow large profits.
Mr., Major tells us that one of the elements OF
his cement costs S3.75 a pound. and another
e265 gallon while large share Of the So
called cements and liquid glue upon the mark
cts are nothing more than sixteen-cent glue,
dissolved In water OF citric acid, and, in some
cases altered slightly In color and odor by the
addition of cheap and useless materials.
Majors cement retails at fifteen cents and
twenty-five cents a bottle, and when a dealer
IL that his only object is TO make larger profit.
fhe profit on major cement is as much as
any dealer ought 20 make on any cement And
this Ia doubly true in view OF the fact that each
dealer gets his his share OF the benefit OF Mr..
Majors advertising, which nowamounts to over
5000 month, throughout the country. Estab-
lished In 1876,
Insist on having Majors Don't accept any
oh-hand advice from druggist
Ityou are at all handy land you will be likely
TO hnd that YOU are n good deal more so than
ana family shoes and any other rubber and
leathes articles, with Majors Rubber Cement
and Majors Leather Cement
And you will .be surprised at how many dol.
lars a year you m thus save.
II your druggist can't supply you, II win be
forwarded W mall; either kind, Free OF
hostage.
The Iola register., 1900-10-26
Birthday Surprise.

Many friends gathered at the home
of Mrs. 5. 5. Mcdonald, west of the
smelters to give her glad birthday
surprise.
The lady is s4 years old today. 1t
was a complete surprise and all en-
ioyed fine dinner which the good
ladies furnished. The following per-
sons were present; Messrs. and Mes
danes G. NJ. Weimer, j. r. Young,
S,L. Torrance, H. M. Riggs, j. M,
Williamson, Mesdames f.. NJ. Nc
Clenathan, j. A. Prime, Lizzie
Williams, c. L. Canatsey, M. A. Fer
guson, r. f. Hoffman, l.. j. Nc
Murray. L. A. Mcdowell, M. M. Gard,
G. 7. Robson, A. V. Merchant, S.
Woten and c. b, Reed. Also Misses
Isa Goring, Lora and Cora Nc
Dow
The Iola register., 1900-10-26
Mr. &. +, Benton's Speech.

At the opera house Saturday night
Hon. c. T.. Benton, of Fort Scott, de-
livered one of the cleanest, clearest
and most effective speeches of the
present campaign before good audi
ence. Mr.. Benton is a lawyer with a
mind trained to logical thought and
the fact that up to four years ago he
trained with the Democratic party
made his testimony for the cause of
the present administration unusually
telling.
He said that he was a Democrat
because he was too young to know
better and that now he is too old to
be fooled. He arraigned Democracy
before ,he court of the audiences
opinion, he cross questioned the wit
uesses for the defense and had them
conJradicting themselves beautifully.
He said that it possibly was u coinci-
dence that for the second time in the
history Of the Democratic party il
was giving aid and comfort to the
active enemies of this government,
but that the people in November
would so speak that the coincidence
would never happen again.
NIilitarism, Imperialism, money
power, free silver trusts-he held
them all up and threw clear light on
them that showed them up as simply
the hullabaloo wherewith the real
question was to be hidden. Down the
busy thorOughfare where the Ameri-
can people is engaged at its work
come the noisy chariots with II
whoop and a hurrah. All of them
rafting along and making II deal OF
noise and dust so that at first one
cannot discern what is the cause
And the American people stopped
work for a minute and inquired anX
iously what is the new danger. There
we're several chariots, all abreast
militarism, Imperialism, free trade
free silver, the trusts, and concealed
behind the dust the people for mo
ment thought that grave danger
threatened. But as the roar swept b,
and the dust settled, the workmel
looked and saw Democracy. Their
was smile, tapping of the hea'
and wink of the eye as the peopl
went back to their work. The Demo
cratic party has been crying "wolf
too many times to longer frightel
people, when the wolf has never ap
peared.
All who heard Mr.. Benton are en-
thusiastic in their praise Of the sound
logical and mastery discussion of tn
issues.
The Iola register., 1900-10-26
A PonnIist on the Cmreney.

one OF the lola spell binders who is
attending good many of the Repub-
licau meetings at the school houses,
brings i'm record breaker idea ON
the National banking system. He over
heard two young men talking and
found that one was Mr.. ROusch,
son of Carey Rousch, the well known
l6 to Populist. Young Rousch was
giving his friend some inside infor-
nation about the National banks and
their awfulness. He explained very
positively and explicitly to the other
youth, exhibiting one of the Northrup
Bank notes, that 1.-THE only place in
United States where that note can be
cashed is at Northrups' bank" Think
of it. The truth is that a man could
take that note anywhere in the coun-
try and get it cashed, 100 cents on the
dollar, without Il question and any
where in the civilized world and get
his money less the usual exchange.
Mr. Rousch is certainly an original
/ inanCier.
The Iola register., 1900-10-26
b 4. ALLISON, Agent,
MOTHE % Ss
Don't Let Baby Suffer,


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The Iola register., 1900-10-26
An Old Firm Dissolves

The firm Of Palmer & Null, which
has been located in lola for several
years and has built up a fine business
in the marble and granite monument
line, was dissolved on October 10Th.
The business will be continued by Mr..
L. Il. Palmer at the old stand, Mr..
c. G. Null retiring from the firm.
Mr.. Null has not decided as yet what
business he will follow for the future,
but his many friends hope he will
make up his mind to remain in lola,
The Iola register., 1900-10-26
WHERE BRYANS FOLLOWING Is.

In view of the status of the negro in
the southern states which are going to
vote solidly for Mr.. Bryan, it is nter-
esting to note that these states have
little regard for theconstitution which
Mr., Bryan so loudly calls upon, and
they havebrolSen the agreement made
when theywere restored to statehood.
When the Southern states were re-
admitted into the Union after the late
civil war it was expressly provided