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The representative., 1901-03-21

to reduce the sales, and complications in
to depress prices. But manufacturers
say that the rubber shoe is still an in
despensible article of mems and wo-
mems wear, and that while the superior
shoes may do the business a slight In
jury, the rubber overshoe cannot be
crowded out, even II fashion writer's
sneer at It,
"The maker of fine shoes will prob
ably tell you," said the head Of the shoe
department in a large city establish
ment, that rubber overshoes have gone
out of style, and that no well-dressed
man or woman wears them nowadays.
Well, from his point of view, the man
is right. His customers have substitut-
ed extra heavy and cork-soled shoes, and
inasmuch as the people do not tramp
about the streets much in rain, snow and
slush, the heavy shoes are a good SUBJ
stitute. Even the people who tramp
over golf course in bad weather rarely
think of wearing rubber shoes, and
many of their friends would ridicule
them if they did, and SO get their feet
damp and grin and bear it. These peo-
pie all have many pairs of shoes at
home, and can well afford to sneer at the
people who wear gums But the gen.
eral public has only one pair OF shoes
apiece, and that pair must be kept dry;
for that reason more rubber shoes are
sold now than ever before, although
shoes are made heavier than ever and
the demand for waterproof goods is in
creasing every day. Last year we had
comparatively little snow and slush, and
consequently the sale Of rubber shoes
fell of. This year has been a poor one
thus far, but when real bad weather sets
In, let the man who says that 'rlbbers'
are out of date watch the people who
walk on Broadway, and he will find that
nearly all wear rubber overshoes, and
those who do not, if they are not cranks
on the subject, wish they did.'-New
York Tribune.
The representative., 1901-03-21
Ready for the Change.

1t will be a good while before the
Carnegies and Rockefellers are super
seded In the iron and oil trades, but
there are Industries in which the coun-
try is ready even now to consider the
advisability of reducing the wages of
superintendent to reasonable figures.
The railroads, for instance, could be
just as well managed by a national su-
perintendent of railways on a salary of
$25, 600 a year as by a combination of
Morgans, Hills and Vanderbilts collect
ing scores of millions.
The telegraphs are ripe for a trans
fer to a public department.. They con-
stftute national monopoly already, and
their management would be as simple as
that of the pOstoffice.
The express business is essentially a
part of the postal service. There is no
reason why there should be express
done just as we'll by government en-
ployes on moderate salaries.
The savings banks have been attached
to the postoffice in almost ever country
in the world but ours. 1t is known by
experience that their management is a
function we'll within the powers of pub
lie officials.
The telephones have built up enor-
nous fortunes in this country, but the
telephone business could be carried on
just as efficiently if it's profits went to
the people.
In all these enterprises most of the
work is done by salaried officials as it
is. The great railroad systems are not
run by the millionaires who absorb the
profits, but by superintendents, man
ayers and presidents, drawing from $5,-
900 to SIS 900 apiece. The millions are
mostly made in stock manipulation.
That would disappear under government
ownership but the working staff would
remain, and the public would get at
least as good service as ever-New
York Journal.
The representative., 1901-03-21
How to Give a Cat Medicine.


A gentleman has a very fine Angora
cat and so fine a specimen of her kind
that she is famous in a large circle o1
fashionable folks. She is not rugged ir
health. yet she cannot be persuaded to
take physic says Popular Science. II
has been put in her milk, it has been
mixed with her meat, 1t has even been
rudely and violently rubbed in hel
mouth, but she has never been deluded
or forced into swallowing any of it
Last week green Irish girl appeared
among the household servants. She
heard about the failure to treat the cat
Sure" she said, give me the -medi-
cine and some lard, and I'll warrant
she'll be ating all l give her, She
mixed the powder and the grease and
smeared it on the cats sides. Pussy
at once licked both sides clean and swal-
lowed all the phycis. Faith" said the
servant girl, everybody in IRELAND
does know how to give medicine to q
cat''
The representative., 1901-03-21
DOGS FOR TRACTION.
Forbidden i'm EnGland-DOnkeys Su.
persedinG Them in Derlin-Esuui-
mauX DOGO.

Forbidden i'm EnGland-DOnkeys SUI
maux Dogs.
The Berlin Society for the Prevention
OF Cruelty to Animals has for a long
time been agitating in favor of the
abolition of the practice of using dogs
as beasts of draught. The sGciety's op-
position is having considerable effect
and within the past year about 1000
donkeys have been imported into Berlin
to take the place Of many Of the har-
messed dogs, says the New York Sun
The probability is that the use of dogs
for traction among civilized peoples will
gradually be discontinued. The practice
is spreading nowhere and the tendency
is to curtail it. Many hundreds of the
costermongers' carts in London were
hauled by dogs till we'll along in the last
century; but 60 years ago the Harvesting
of dogs in Great Britain was forbidden
by law and prolific source of abusive
treatment inflicted upon the most intel
ligent of dumb animals was thus re-
moved. 1t was found that the >draught
dogs were sadly overworked and other
wise abused, and the government inter-
fered for their protection before any
societies we're organized in the interest
of the brute creation.
On the neighboring continental
shores, however, many thousands OF
dogs are still pulling in harness every
day. In Brussels about 10000 dogs
may be seen daily pulling carts. The
peasants use them to haul their vege-
tables and flowers to market, and the
The representative., 1901-03-21
Forest Planting.

This paper has always contended that
there was no reason why joint stock
should not be formed for profit
able forest culture. Year by year the
tree covered land would increase in
value as the trees approached nearer
and nearer maturity, and thus bring a
bonus for the stock. The writer knows
Of d piece or forest land bought by a
friend not so very many years ago
for SO cents an acre, and which recently
brought an offer of $100 an acre for
the privilege of cutting the timber We
learn by recent issue OF the excellent
journal, The Forester, that one such
company is actually being formed, to
bekrown as the American Reforestation
company. It's headquarters is in the Of
ice of the American Lum herman, of Chi
cago.- 1t is proposed to start with $780,
0D0 acres, and plant white and red pine
Wisconsin and Michigan seem to be the
states chosen for the experiment.
Aleechans Monthly.
The representative., 1901-03-21

film of dirt is left on them, and this ac-
The representative., 1901-03-21
MODERN FEuDALisM
1t VIII Probably Result I'm It's Own
the Railroads by One Ring Paves
the Way for Government Owner
ship.

The power OF the men that control
the billion dollar steel trust is greater
than that of any empire or potentate
In recorded history.
They have In their grasp the whole
vast and growing iron and steel trade
in the United States.
They and their associates control a
majority of the railroad mileage of the
country with capitalization of another
billion of dollars.
They own large part of the banking
business In New York city, control de-
posits and influence radiating circles of
commerce and industry.
They own absolutely the entire oil
production and trade of the country;
own. or control steamship, steamboat
and telegraph lines, own, control and
influence newspapers, weekly and
monthly magazines, publicists and legis-
lators.
The amount of capital actually with
in their sway is not less than three bill
lion dollars.
Upon their nod and beck depends the
daily bread Of millions of toilers and the
families of toilers.
Imagination can hardly set limit
to the actual power involved In their
operations. Before it could become op-
emily dangerous or revolutionary, of
course, the people would, no doubt, put
an end to it. But power need not be
violence. We may see how strange,
subtitle, inscratable. far-reaching and
irresistible is the power placed in the
hands Of these men when we remember
that the entire Sampson-Schley controv-
ercy was inausuratsd and carried on by
the steel trust. at whose instigation
Sampson was forced to the front over
~Schley and Schley was robbed Of the
credit for his victory at Santiago. Two
years and half have passed since the
victory. You will observe that for the
same reason the victor's reward is still
denied him. And at this very moment
the agents of the steel trust are working
to have Sampson promoted over Schley's
head
1t is not by force Of arms and bloody
battles that modern feudalism-which
is all that the billion-dollar trust means
wins its way. 1t has discovered an
agent more powerful than armies and
arms.
This agent consists Of an effective
way to confuse and distort the ISSUE
The men that can do that in this coun-
try are mightier than all the kings that
ever lived.
Yet we need not be disturbed about
the final result Beyond doubt from
all this evil good will come. Ownership
by one man Of all the railroads of the
country only paves the way to owner
ship by the government of all the rail-
roads of the country.-Chicago Ameri-
can.
The representative., 1901-03-21

butchers and bakers employ dog carts
team Is also conspicuous industrial
convenience In Holland, some parts of
Germany and, to some extent, in Switz-
erland: but the more fortunate CANNES
of France and Italy are not subjected to
this form of servitude.
Dog drivers in America are limited
chiefly to the Esquimau. 1t is in the
Arctic regions that the dog is in his
glory as a beast of labor, and there is
no doubt that upon him largely depends
the well-being of the most northern race
Of men. Mr.. Peary has had larger ex-
perience with the Greenland dog than
any other explorer, and is great ad-
mirer of him. He believes no dog can
surpass the Greenland animal for sledge
hauling. They may be made to work
very hard, and for long journeys, and
will keep in good condition on a daily
ration of pound of f1rst-class pemmican
apiece. 1t has been his experience that
an Esquima dog will haul just about
half the weight that is regarded as a
good load for man, and that he will
take it. about twice as far as a man
would in a day. Two hundred pounds
Is considered. the maximum load for a
man, though 2SS pounds were hauled
per man during the Nansen expedition.
DR.. Nansen, with a load of about 200
pounds per man, averaged seven miles
q day across the inland ice. The adult
male dogs of Whale Sound. Northwest
Greenland, will pull a load of 100 pounds
each under almost any conditions, ex-
cept when the snow is so soft that they
sink into it deeply; and they will drag
this load from 10 to 20 miles day un-
der exceptionally good conditions for
travel.
The representative., 1901-03-21

t smeto o presented o Represent

cumulates, and no wiping will clean 1t
OF. In time this coating gets quite
thick enough to blur the vision even
though at glance the glasses may ap-
pear clean. When this occurs, the sight
is diminished, and they come to me or
some other optician. What they ought
to have done was to give the glasses a
bath in warm water, we'll scrubbing
them with small toothbrush and soap
and afterwards wipe them. This should
be done with chamois leather and then
with tissue paper to polish them."-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The representative., 1901-03-21

his business. Why? Necessity. He
has now more money than he can pos
sibly use for himself or his family, but
he has gone beyond that stage. He has
become in great measure a trustee for
the public Thousands Of men are de-
pendent upon him for employment, and
other thousands have invested money
in his roads, and their dividend rests
upon his success. As soon as he built a
line from the Mississippi to the Pacific
his work instead Of being ended, had but
started. He built q feet Of boats on the
big lakes, and an outlet for his traffic
east of Buffalo was necessity. Equal
ly pressing was q railroad line from the
Mississippi to the Atlantic. Next were
boats from the western terminal of his
great road to the Orient, and when these
are completed other defenses will have
to be provided. The greater his pos
sessions the greater the struggle to de-
fend them. Total his name is potential
from Berlin to Hcngkong. If he should
live so years longer no man could now
prophecy where his interests and power
would reach. Could men like Hill, Nor
gan, Rockefeller and the late Phil D.
Armour be given 200 years of life, with
the full possession of their powers, a
social revolution would inevitably fol-
low. Their possessions would be so vast
that they would necessarily have to COB
BILE up the whola earth in self protec-
tion. and then the people would revolt.
In the case of these great business
giants it may well be said that they
twice bless the worlds-in being born In
to it, and then departing from it.-Jour
nal-Press.
The representative., 1901-03-21
The Logic of Necessity.

The experience of the commercial age
has written this sentence: 'The more
a man has the more he wants.
This may be accepted as a necessity
following wealth or power, but not the
primary desire Of the average success
rect to say that "the more one has the
more he needs" Take it in the case of
the most successful man of the North
west, James j. HILL He is perhaps
worth $4,000, 900 and is now making
the greatest effort of his life to expand
The representative., 1901-03-21
Give Your Glasses q Bath.

"Half the people who wear glasses
and complain that their sight is gradu-
ally diminishing, owe the idea to dirty
glasses" remarks the optician.
"Spectacles and eyeglasses are as
much benefited by bath now and then
as people are. 1t is strange how many
people there are who think that by wip-
Ing their glasses now and then they
keep them clean. The fact is they want
a bath just as frequently as does the
human being. You see, it is this way:
The face and especially the eyes all the
time give off fine vapor. This
clings to the glasses, and the dust COL
lects on them. AS soon as they be-
come clean-that is, apparently clean
the wearer is satisfied.
so the process gees on. But, while
w:pIng the glasses cleanses them and
film of dirt is left on them, and this ac-
The representative., 1901-03-21
I've got about 40"

Twenty-cne thousand six hundred
women are now engaged in the pottery
factories of England as laborers, and
last year ,578 were the victims Of lead
poisoning This evil results from work
ing too constantly, and too long hours.
The representative., 1901-03-21

The Standard Oil company has 'declar-
Il another dividend of 20 per cent, and
stocks have jumped to $815.
The representative., 1901-03-21

Housekeeper-Now,y you can clear out
right square off, or I'll call the hired
man.
Tramp-Please, mum, I only wanted
to borry Bible, if you've got one tc
spare.
Bibles? I've got about 4O.''
We'll, mum, will We please lend me
one for a few minutes? l want to read
about Belshazzar's feast. Maybe it will
where people have fewer Bibles and
more pies"
The representative., 1901-03-21
Deafness CanAo, &c Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There i.
only one way to cure deafness, and that j.
hy constitutional remedies. Deafness |:
caused by an -infiamed condition of the mu.
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. Wher
this tube gets infamed you have rumblins
sound or imperfect hearing, and when Il
ia entirely closed deafness is the result
and unless the Inflammation can be taken
out and this tube restored to its normal
CT ambition, hearing will be destroyed for
ever; nine cases out of ten are caused by
catarrh, which is nothing but an infiamed
condition Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give one hundred dollars for any
case OF Deafness tcaused by catarrh) that
can not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure
eCend for circulars, free.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, A.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The representative., 1901-03-21

The population of the whole world is
about $4,000 900. OF this Great Brit
ain and her colonies has 25.9 per cent;
Russia 800 per cent; France 6.3 per
cent; United States 81 per cent; Ger
many 4.6 per cent; Austria Hungary,
81 per cent; Italy, 2.2 per cent.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-12-14
Maine will Pay No More Bounties.

The very last claim for bountieS on wild
animals has been paid by the state treas
urer The Legislature repealed the law
providing for bounty on wildcats last
winter. The law originally passed for
the purpose of decreasing the number of
wildcats in remote parts of the state. be-
cause of their depredati0ns, acted cou-
trary to expectations. Wildcats were
found where they were never found he
fore. Claims began to pour into the
treasurer's Office in such big numbers as
to really brighten the financial custodian
of the state. In single year the amount
of claims for bounty on wildcats in
creased 80 per cent. The bulk of these
claims came from the vicinity of Calais
The law provided that any person who
presented to the treasurer of any city or
town the ears of a wildcat should be
paid 81 therefor. The treasurer had no
discretion in the matter He had to pay
and then be reimbursed by the state
treasurer The city trfeasurer of Calais
has now been paid the full amount Of his
claims. the last inStallment of S4l4 hay-
ing just been sent him. makign total Of
$2305 paid to wildcat anuihilators in one
town of the state in single year. The
Calais gentlemen who have been doing
n land office business in the ears Of Wild
eats must now engage in some other
work-Lewiston (Me.l Journal.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-12-14

fiat unless she fills up all the time. If the
meetings were more informal, with freer
discussion and fewer papers, the mem
bers would all be happier.
Then, too, the members dress too
much. Informal costumes ought to be
the rule. Regular club meetings are not
receptions"
This woman may seek cover by SAYING
she is selfish. But there is lot of good
hard sense in what she states. Those
who have the welfare of women's clubs
really at heart should ponder it,
There is no doubt but that wOmen's
clubs can do a tremendous lot of good
But they seem In some cases to be sweep
ing away from their ideals. OF course. if
they degenerate merely into gatherings
for good times, they will lose the llr-
pose for which they were formed. Bat
they can sweep to the other extreme and
be too strenuous over things not worth it,
The wear and tear of nerves and con
sumption of time over the preparation of
mediocre papers serves, as this woman
said. no earthly good. Yet women or
ganized can do much good. This was
demonstrated in the recent political cam
paign in New York And If the women S
clubs of this city would earnestly take
up the matter of fire-escapes on buildings
where women are employed. they would
find fruitful field to work That the
authorities who have the matter in
charge do not properly fulfill their duties
is demonstrated in almost every fire we
have. Surely here is work for women
to do, and one which some of the large
organizations of this city could take up
with every hope of success.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-12-14
HIGHEST STORE RENTS.
Recent Prices on the Strand Astonish
Londoners.

With the gradual Improvement in the
Strand. rents have been steadily adyanc-
ing. but the prices realized by the shops
under the new building of the Hotel
Cecil appear to have touched the high
water mark.
There are in all twelve shops. and the
applications for them nave been numpr.
ouS. and $500 and 5000 a year will DO
paid for those of normal size and posi-
ton, while E1500 a year is the rent Of
the shop at the corner of the ho1e, et3-
trance. These shops are only twelve
feet wide, but as much as fifty-siX feet
deep and have Il frontage both in the
Strand and in the courtyard of the hotel.
The same high rate prevails even with
the smallest shops. There are two sucb.
measuring no more than nine feeS three
inches wide and eighteen feet deep. and
yet a rent Of $500 year is being cheer
fully paid for them. Nor are the leases
long. being for the common periods Of
seven. fourteen and twenty-one years
determinable by the tenant AT the end OF
every seven years.-LondOn Mail.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-12-14
EATING AT NIGHT MAKES FAT.
$ood Taken Just Before Retiring Con-
ducive to Sleep.

1t was formerly thought that food TAX
On at bedtime created indigestion and
bad dreams. While undoubtedly rich and
hearty food is Inappropriate at the time
chosen for repoSe. light, nourishing re-
past at night often conduces to sound
steep by drawing the blood away from
the brain, says the Chicago Chronicle.
Physicians are now advising a bedtime
lunch for weak, nervous and emaciated
people. The long hours of sleep consume
about One-third of our existence AL
though the demand made upon the sys-
tenn is naturally much less than during
the waking hours. there is wasting
away OF tissues consequent upon the suS-
pension OF nutriment for many hours.
The body feeds upon itself. for food tax
en- ut dinner is digested AZ bedtime Oft
en- one is restless and wakeful at night
because the stomach is empty.
Says Il well-known physician: MAN is
the only creature | know of who does not
| deem 1t proper 10 sleep ON a good meal.
! The infant inStinctivey cries TO be fed at
night, showing that food is necessary
during that time as we'll as through the
day, and that left too long without IL
causes it discomfort. which ii makes
known by crying ="
IL You crave it eat light. easily al.
geSted lunch at bedtime. And the long
| hours of sleep will work ont for you 4
! problem in addition. instead of suhtrac-
ton. Of adlpoSp tissue,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-12-14
DIFFERENT WAYS OF RESTING.
aIcn Have Better Method of Obtain
ing Rest thnn Women.

How differently men and women in
dulge themselves IN what is called resi-
ing spell. Il guess I'll sit down and
mend these stockings and rest awhile, ="
but her husband throws himself upon
the easy lounge, or sits back in his arm
chair. with hands at rest and feet placed
horizontally upon another chair. The
result is that his whole body gains full
benefit of the half hour he allows himself
from work. and tine wife only receives
that indirect help which comes from the
change of occupation. \ physician would
tell her that taking ten minutes rest
in horizontal position, as q change from
standing or sitting at work. would prove
more beneficial to her than any of hei
makeshifts at resting.
Busy women have Il habit of keeping
on their feet just as long as they can,
in spite of backaches and warning pains.
As they say. Il used TO think | must
do thus and so. but | have grown wiser
and learned to slight things" The first
years of housekeeping are truly the hard
est for untried and unfamiliar cares are
almost daily thrust upon the mother and
homemaker. Weekly.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-12-14
Proverbs from the French.

Among the French are some az. l.1
erbs that 90 directly to the point.
following translated by Marsarf' u"
rington seem to have lost none a- ,-'
wit by being put into English:
The FIRST and worst If all frauds
cheat ones self.
To be happy. one must have na'h1- "
forget. Lee.
The slave = hot she who is >".i'
she who gives herself .-,
\ good intention makes bn-
ladder
Happy is ne who is not obliged '2
rihcc anyone to duty. .a-
For all misfortuneS there are t". '''
dies. time and silence.
Indifference i the heart siee..l-' a"
The greatest, the strongest, a''' s.,e
fhP clevereSt man is he who knows
10 wait. ,-s
It Is rare that the heads Of .iA-s
made 70 tit their crowns. ,..-.-
The so-ruws of today make 7. @ -.''
ness ot tomorrow.