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The representative., 1901-11-14
While the hardsl1ips that surround then
Hurl them on temptations shoal;

While the hardstips that surround them
Hurl them on temptations shoal;
When the daughters, pure and noble,
Future mothers of our race,
Pressed by hunger and privation,
Are impelled to their disgrace;
When the father cannot find work,
Skilled and strong and willing hand,
Sees the wolf of want approaching
To devour his little band;
When the mother, worn and weary,
While life's troubles mark her years,
Watching DER her children's futures,
Disappointment bring her tears;
Then the working, struggling people
: Learn that they have no redress;
Congress will not listen to them,
Bribed by money to oppress;
Boards OF trade and bankers patrons,
Told that they must fall in line,
Write their congressman and urge them
Do not heed the foolish swine
Then the weary, heavy laden
Know why 'tis they bear the cross,
| Know their masters, feel their burdens
They are slaves unto a boss;
While their brave hearts never falter,
Still their duty they perform;
Standing by the wife and loved ones,
Each prays God will stay the storm;
Then the workers in convention,
Bade they must form no combine,
Seek to free themselves from serfdom,
But Injunction comes in time;
Then the toilers, thin and haggard,
Poorly clothed and without food,
Will see cause OF all their trouble,
Make that cause full understood"
Send 10 cents for a copy of this stir
ring little book.
The representative., 1901-11-14
THE WRONG DRUG.
TWO O'DEATHS

A country storekeeper at Norman Sta.
ton, Indiana, a small town in the south.
ern part of the state, sold a package o1
sulphate of zinc, instead of salts, as wa:
called for by his customer, and as a re.
suit both the customer and his wife are
dead from the effects of the perniciou:
drug. The drug was sold in bulk anc
was taken for the relief and cure Of
constipation. This only emphasizes the
fact that one cannot be too careful about
what they take, and if all drugs ane
medicines were put up in original pack
ages and marked, there would be fewer
deaths from poison. How often does il
occur that some one comes in and asks
for some good laxative or cathartic, O,
something for the bowels, and the
dealer, anxious to please his customer
fixes up something of his own. and this
causes most of the mistakes which oc-
cur. Accurately compounded both ir
quality and quantity means more than
half the battle, and most of all uniform
lty OF strength shows more. If we are
to endorse treatment for constipation
we would advise Cascarine. Always the
same, put up in original packages, made
OF pure ingredients, and is the best treat
ment known. Cascarine cures liver, kid
neys, stomach and bowel troubles after
all others fail. The best people use it,
every physician endorses it, beyond that
OF all other remedies of its class.
Rea Bros. & Co., manufacturing chem
lists and manufacturers of Cascarine.
spent years of study and thousands of
dollars in perfecting this medicine. Cas-
carine as originally used, was prepared
from the bark of a tree growing in
Southern California, Western Mexico
and South America. There is no other
remedy so certain in action and pleasing
in result as Cascarine Every household
should have a bottle on the medicine
shelf. as it is not only a curative agent.
but one of the most valuable preventa-
tives of disease Old, long-standing
cases of dyspepsia and constipation yield
readily and permanently to this treat
ment. Save expensive doctors bills,
save long spells of sickness, save your
self from appendicitis and the many, dan
gerous and distressing bowel maladies
by the timely use of Cascarine. Sold by
druggists fifty cents in large bottle.
Get the genuine, and genuine only. Sam
pie treatment and book on diet and cure
mailed to any address by writing for it.
Rea Bros. & Co., Department E, Mime
lpolis, MINI.
The representative., 1901-11-14

ing to catching wild animals and prepar
ing their skins for market. To those of
our readers who have not had their in
structive literature, we urge them to
send for it. This picture of the State
Fair exhibit enlarged, Right and Wrong
Way of Taking OFF Domestic and Wild
Animals Skins, 20 page Trap Book, il
lustrated, complete price list of Hides,
Furs, Traps, Decoy, ETC., will be sent
for two cents, postpaid, if you mention
The Representative. To those who
have not had dealing with this company
we will say, they are the Oldest in the
trade here and perfectly reliable to ship
to or buy trappers' supplies of. Be sure
to get their prices before you sell or
buy. Hides are bringing high prices
Keep posted
The representative., 1901-11-14
:. p wALL6LoM FURN

4oo-4 o jackson St. St. Paul, MINI,
The representative., 1901-11-14
A BEAUTIFUL EXHIBIT.

A BEAUTIFUL EXHIBIT
At the late Minnesota State Fair, one
of the main attractions in the main
building was that of the Northwestern
Hide and Fur Company, of Minneapolis.
They always make beautiful exhibit
each year, but this year they excelled all
previous efforts, not only in the rare
specimens, some of which came from
Alaska, but in the artistic arrangement
it was most complete, and Mr. Burnett,
the manager, deserves great credit for
the skill and labor he put on it. With
out doubt, Mr.. Burnett stands at the
head in knowledge upon the wild fur
bearing animals of this country He
has national reputation for originating
and compiling valuable information for
furriers, hunters and trappers, pertain
The representative., 1901-11-14
SUBSCRIPTION RATES

Entered At the Minneapolis, Mimi, PostotlSce as
Second Class Mail Matter.
The representative., 1901-11-14
BULLDOGS CORK LEG.
Measured fer N Artaneaal
AoAboR

"Jim," the pet Of the Union depot.
10 TO have new leg, reports the Den
yer Republican. For the past year
Jim, brindle, part bull and the rest
plain dog, has hobbled around the
baggage room at the Union depot
on three legs. All he has left Of the
fourth is stump. Jim was sleeping
on the railroad track about q year
ago, and before he could get out of
the way . passing train ran over his
leg. The men At the depot now think
Jim should have new leg.
The manner in which the injured
member healed makes it hard for the
dog to wear an artificial leg. Fre-
quent trips have been made to
veterinary. It has been decided to
have an operation, so that the leg
may properly heal Jim is then to be
measured for . cork leg-bsst leg
that money can buy.
Though Jim has few tricks, he is
a dog of extraordinary intelligence.
He is the friend of every man in the
depot. His headquarters are in the
mailroom Of the depot. Every truck
which is rolled to the incoming and
outgoing trains finds Jim perched
upon it. His chief duty is to guard
loose sacks, which are sometimes left
on the platform, anu to look after
the mailroom when the clerks are
away. No one dares to enter the
room while he is on guard. An at
tempt to go near . mail truck while
proper guardians are away rouses his
anger and his voice. Some time age
he drifted into the depot and took
up quarters in the mailr0om. He hae
been there ever since.
The representative., 1901-11-14
the REPRESENTATIVE

Address all communications to E. A..
TWITCHELL, Editor Representative
6a7 Boston Block, MinneaPo'as, M'nn.
The representative., 1901-11-14
THEIR BUSY YEAR.
Business Colleges of the City See a
Prosperous Year Ahead.
DEMAND FOR GRADUATES LARGl
Unusual Interest Has Been Awakened
Among the Youth Of Country
Districts.

Sons and daughters of farmers, in
larger numbers than usual, are coming
to Minneapolis this fall to take courses
in the city's business colleges. If pres
! ent indications count for anything, the
general prosperity of the country has
turned the minds of farmers toward the
necessities of practical education for
their children. The farmers feel that
with any kind of q show they can make
things 20 on the farm, but they are
learning more and more that careful ac-
counting means economy and they want
their boys and girls to do this account
ing whether on the farm or in business.
This feeling has led to an unusually
large correspondence with principals Of
local business schools. The principals
say their correspondence has Increased
from 25 to so per cent over that of last
fall and contains numerous inquiries
frem the country. The schools of the
city have good reputation and have
presented their claims upon the youth
Of the country districts by careful ad-
vertising.
IL
stitttions has correeponded this fall with
those who made inquiries last year, but
for good reasons did not follow up the
matter. The result has been surprising.
The Office has been overwhelmed with
letters and will be hard pushed until
the opening OF the term in September
to answer all Of its inquirers.
Office Help Scarce.
The business men Of the city are in
terested in the matter as we'll as the
business college Instructors and owners
Although the farmers boys do not be-
gin to come in until the middle Of Octo-
Der or the first Of November there q e
SO many others who wish to prepare for
Office positions that the schools will be
busy from the opening day. These
students are the ones for whom the en-
ployers Of Office help are eagerly wait
ing. Never in twenty years has the
business been 50 swamped with orders
for stenographers and Office clerks. One
college received seven telephone calls
early to day which could not be filed
Minneapolis Journal, August 21, 1901.
In speaking Of business colleges it is
we'll known that the Curtiss Business
College and Gregg Shorthand School of
Minneapolis is the best in the North.
west. We believe all our readers inter-
ested in their sone' and daughters sue
eess should get full particulars regard
ing business course in this school.
Passaic City record., 1901-06-01

Yale a great crowd Of students gathers
on the campus. The Juniors stand in
big group, each man hoping that he
will be one of the chosen. In Il few
minutes one of the seniors is seen
walking across the campus. With grim
and solemn visa%e he advances until
he reaches one of the men in the group
of juniors. The senior lifts his hand
and lets it fall with a heavy slap OF
the shoulder of the man selected with
out saying a word SO it goes until
each of the three great senior organiza-
tions has selected it's full quota of
members for the ensuing year.
At the other colleges also quaint and
curious ceremonies of election to the
Greek letter and other fraternities take
place. They are all according to ira
dition, for in such matters the college
student is the most conservative Of
men. Even in the younger and small
er colleges, where the societies are
things of recent growth. it is all done
very formally and solemnly. To an
outsider it sometimes seems very child
ish, but to the college man the ceremo-
nies are always matters of interest.
To noncollegians the Greek letter
fraternities, with their pins, badges
and passwords, limitations and other
secret observances, seem hedged about
with a great deal of infantile mystery.
In giving this impression they are ex-
actly fulfilling the purpose of their
Members. In reality there is nothing
very secret about most of them, fer
their chief end in most cases is to serve
as social organizations. The division
of the Greek letter society that exists in
any college is called chapter" Very
many of the "chaptcrs." notably in the
larger Institutions of learning. now
have their own homes in beautiful
buildings. These serve Gs clubhouses
for the members. and they answer the
purpose admirably. Some of them in
members.
The Greek letter fraternity is an in
stitution peculiar to the American col
lege The only thing in foreign coun-
tries that resembles it is the corps at
the German university, and even this
presents as many points of diversity as
of resemblance. The Greek letter fra
ternity takes its name from the Greek
letters by which it is known and
which have occult meanings known on
ly to the initiated Among the most
prominent and popular fraternities are
Delta Kappa Epsilon, Phi Delta Theta,
Beta Theta ri and Psi Epsilon. The
first Greek letter fraternity of any kind
Passaic City record., 1901-06-01
MOUNTVERNON ONSAVED
HOW AMERICAS MECCAlS PRESERVED
BY PATRIOTIC WOMEN.
Annual Council, just Held, Shows
That WashiDGton's Home Is In Fine
Condition-The Mount Vernon La
dies Association and Its Work.

Having finished their annual labors,
non Ladies' Association of the Union
have dispersed and gone to their re-
spective homes. Lest any one should
ask, like very many of the thousands
of visitors to Washington's old home,
What is the Mount Vernon Ladies'
association" it is well to state that it
is to these patriotic, devoted women
that the American public owes debt
of eternal gratitude. 1t is the Mount
Vernon Ladies' association which has
for more than 40 years preserved for
us the home and tomb of the Father of
His Country.
Every May for ten days the associa
tiOn meets in annual council at the his
toric home of Washington, looks over
the affairs of the estate and plans for
Is maintenance and preservation.
They have the right to this proprietary
interest," in Americas most dearly cher
shed place, for they are the owners of
1t. How it came into their possession
Us an interesting story and one that is
not too well known to Americans at
large
Washington's successors lacked his
thrift and energy, and by the middle of
the past century the Mount Vernon es-
tate had fallen into very poor condi-
ton of neglect. Its owner at that time
was John Angus zine Washington,
grandnephew of the first president
He had tried to get congress or the
state of Virginia to purchase and main
tain the estate. but in vain. enc of the
visitors to Mount Vernon about this
time was a patriotic young woman
from South Carolina. Miss Pamela
Cunningham, who noted, with disap
proving eye. the forlorn condition of
the estate. Miss Cunningham imme-
diately set about the preservation of
Mount Vernon and conceived the really
brilliant idea of getting the women of
the United States to care for it.
Miss Cunningham formed an aSsocia
ton which in 1854 became national in
Passaic City record., 1901-06-01

wASHINGTON'S TOMB AT MOUNT VERNON.
its scope. She was the first regent, and
there was to be vice regent for every
state and territory. John Augustine
Washington had agreed to sell the Pee
acres of the estate which contained the
buildings for 100000, and the patriotic
association set about raising the mon
ey. After many struggles and exer-
tions the money was raised, and the
best part of Mount Vernon became In
1859 the property of the association, in
whose hands it has remained ever
since. The form of organization re-
mains the same. There is a regent, and
there should be vice regent for every
state, appointed by the regent, who Is
in turn elected by the vice regents.
Mrs. Justine Van Rensselaer, of New
York is the present regent. There are
now, however. only about % vice re-
gents.
Naturally the work of restoring
Mount Vernon required much money,
and its preservation also entails con-
siderable expenditure. The expenses
nave Deen met ana are DelnS PROVIDED
for by voluntary contributions and by
the income from the small fee charged
for admission to the buildings and
grounds. In accounting for the mon
ey the association proudly points to the
condition of Mount Vernon, which is as
good as it was when the estate was
under the supervision of its historic
owner The estate is in charge of
resident salaried superintendent and
an assistant.
WashingtoR>s old home is kept in
beautiful condition. In it is stored
splendid collection of Washington rel
les contributed or bought. Every one
who owns Washington furniture or
relics of any kind Is asked to return
them to the mansion to be intrusted
to the care of the association, with the
understanding that they are to be re-
turned upon application. Soon after
the civil war the vice regents of the
Is original states each took a room in
Passaic City record., 1901-06-01


found in the ancient histories and in
the mass of baS-relief and cuneiform
tablets recovered from the ruins of the
buried cities Of Babylonia and Assyria.
But it seems to be dramatic in its treat
ment. and the information is always
subordinated to the interests of the
plot. by the Waters of Babylon" is
not, therefore, mere stirring up of dry
historical bones, but living. breathing
tale of human interest and dramatic in
tensity.
Mrs. De Koven has been collecting
material for her novel for number of
years and has had the assistance of
some of the leading arch1ologists of
America in her researches. This is not
her first venture in authorship. Sever
al years ago she published Il novel
called a Sawdust Doll" She has also
made translation of one of Pierre
Lofts novels that has gained great
praise for its literary excellence.
Before her marriage to Mr.. De Ko-
ven the author of by the Waters of
Babylon" was one of the leading So
ciety bellies of Chicago. They We're
welded in 1887. Mrs. De Koven was
born in Chicago and is the eldest Of
the three beautiful daughters of eX
Senator Charles B. Farwell. She has
had the advantage of the highest ed
ucation and of foreign travel and is 8
woman of rare brilliance. Until a
short time ago the De Kovens lived in
New York. Their home was distin-
guished as the gathering place of a
coterie of some of the most brilliant
minds of Gotham's literary. artistic and
robin Hood and his wife now reside
In Washington, where they are equally
popular
Passaic City record., 1901-06-01
TIES ARE EXPENSIVE.
How to Make Them Last Longer q
Problem Which Railroad Men
+ Are Trying to Solve.

It is impossible to estimate, except
vaguely, the number of railroad ties
in use in the United States, but sim
gle road, the New York Central, re-
placed 100000 old ties with new ones
last year, the Erie 10000 in New York
state and 900 on its whole line, the
Observation-Disclosures 100000, and
other New York roads in like proper
ton.
On all the roads of the country fully
75,000,000 new ties are required for re-
newals, extensions and additions each
wear and this entails vast use of rail-
road materials, is steady drain upon
the available lumber supplies and
costs, moreover, a large sum for labor
and hauling. Much ingenuity has been
expended on projects for retaining
wooden ties longer in use than is pos
sible at present.
The standard American railroad tie
is nine feet long by eight inches deep
and eight inches wide, and a fairly
hard wood is required to prevent the
rails from sinking and from becoming
displaced. Oak, chestnut, locust and
cedar are the usual cross ties.
Many attempts have been made to
treat the ties so as to prevent decay
of the wood. Some years ago the cross
ties used on the Reading railroad were
notched where the rails crossed them
and their ends dipped in coal tar. 1t
was supposed that the tar would pre-
serve the ends from decay. Since
then another process by which the ties
were saturated with solution of zinc
has been tried, but it was found too
costly.
A railroad tie costs about so cents
and it is customary to add 25 cents for
the labor of putting ties in position, or
IS cents for each new tie. Any plan
whereby the dura bility of ties may be
increased without undue expense will
be welcomed by railroad men, but so
far the problem remains an unsolved
one.-N. Y. Sun.
Passaic City record., 1901-06-01

DELTA KAPPA EPSILON HOUSE, CORNELL.
was founded at the College of William
and Mary, Virginia, in 1I1G. 1t was
not until the third or fourth decade of
the past century, however, that they
really took root in the colleges. but
since then their growth has been rapid.
The fraternity serves the double pur-
pose of uniting the men while attend
ing the college or university and after
they have left their alma mater. In
New York some of the larger fraterni-
ties have erected beautiful houses, and
the reunions of the members serve to
recall the most delightful memories of
college years.
Greek fraternity members are divid-
ed into two classes. While at college
they are called active members, After
graduation they are known as alumni.
Some few fraternities also have what
are known as honorary members. Ac-
cordng to the latest obtainable figures,
there are 20 fraternities, with ISL ac-
tive and 800 inactive chapters. These
have 130,9S0 members,
Women college students have their
Greek letter fraternities also. There
are seven of these, with 122 active
chapters and 80 inactive, with 11,10S
members. The women's societies are
Passaic City record., 1901-06-01
Paint For ships Bottoms.

If there were a reliable paint to be
had that would keep foreign growtts
off the bottom of steel ships and siso
prevent corrosion or pitting, there
would not be any great necessity for
coppering the bottoms, but those who
have had experience in the working
of ships, trading to the orient, for in
stance, know that this is still far fror,
realization, In the writer's experience
it often appeared that the anticorrosive
paint did not prevent corrosion. and
the antifoulng coat failed to prevent
foulfng for any great length of time
at least. HENCE the necessity for cop
pering.
several years ago the writer was
connected with the engine department
or line OF steamers trading between
European ports and Manila and re-
members that these vessels required
docking, cleaning and coating every
voyage. This was also the practice
with Holt's tea ships and other fleets,
and keen was the competition to secure
the order for cleaning and coating
these bottoms. 1t was no uncommon
thing for representative of a patent
composition to place his article in COM
petition with a rival paint by coating
one side of the bottom, or even a por-
ton of it, to show the superiority of its
antifouling qualities. An acquaintance
who was very enthusiastic over the su-
perior merits of his composition paint
ed the port bottom of a certain vessel,
aud on her return from an eastern
voyage and before she entered the
drydock he invited the shipowners to
a summer resort near the dock and see
for themselves the superior value of
such an article as he sold. But when
the dock was pumped out the star
board bottom was seen to be almost
clean after four months voyage,
while the port bottom, which had been
coated with his composition, was thick
ly covered with barnacles and long
green grass. This is no romance, and
similar results may have been seen by
many.-Joseph r. Oldham in Casters
Magazine For January.
Lies Journey.
Does lfe's strange and wsyward journey
Aimless seem,
wayward, courseless dream,
Where deep woes betide,
Where hopes crucifed?
Beyond our Visions ken God works our veal,
Forever near;
Amid Gfe's pain and misery why feel
--@.---es
Passaic City record., 1901-06-01

for the most part modelled after those
of the male students. Besides these
general fraternities there are in a num-
Der of colleges what are known as local
fraterntes which have no membership
at other institutions.
Although the limitations in some of
these societies are conducted with
great deal of tomfoolery and in a very
few instances serious injury or even
death has resulted to the candidate,
when a man is once in he has plain
sailing College life is made decidedly
more attractive by membership in the
Greek Letter and other societies. They
foster the spirit of friendship and
above all loyalty to ones alma mater.
Besides the pins of their ''frats"
most Greek letter men wear as a dis
tinguishing sign upon their watch
chains a fiat watch key upon which are
engraved the mystic Greek letters.
The sight of the watch key serves as
passport from one Greek letter man to
another wherever they meet and is in
deed a bond of union ali through life.
At the reunions of the men of q frat"
especially in larger cities. it is no un-
common sight to see gray headed men
hobnobbing joyfully with the gratu-
ates just fresh from academic halls.
"The tie that binds is the potent spell
Of membership in one of ti&a great fra
tprDitipS