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Robert c. Bell, Of Allen County, was
unanimously chosen President Of the con-
vention. State Chairman Sterling r. holt
called the convention to order. Every
county reported full representation.
Delegates-at-large elected are Daniel W.
Voorhees, and David Turpie, United States
Senators, and james D. McCabe, OF WILL
Transport.
Chairman Bell made long speech in favor
OF free silver, and he was loudly applauded.
When he concluded the Committee on Resolu-
tions reported the platform, OF which the
following Is the money plank:
ave reafdrm our adherence to and faith In
the Democratic doctrine Of bimetallism, and
therefore we demand the immediate restora-
tion Of bimetallism By the free and unre-
stdcted coinage Of both silver and gold as
primary money, at the ratio Of 16 to l, With
out awaiting the cooperation OF Great Brit
ain or any foreign Power, all such coinage
to be full legal tender In payment Of all
debts, public and private"
Benjamin F. Shively, Of St. Joseph. was
then nominated for Governor. and John G.
Lawlor for Lieutenant Governor. Govern
or Matthews was indorsed for President.
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FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

If YOU are to have them laying be-
fore winter it is time you got hustle
on those chickens.
If the hens drop soft.shelled eggs,
they need more time. Ground oyster
shells is the cheapest and handiest.
Sour milk is excellent for fowls, old
or young. Mix the soft feed in it and
it will be eaten readily and certainly
increases the egg product.
For hen cholera take o teaspoonful
of powdered copperas, and table
spoonful of sulphur and mix them,
first in little water, then add quart
of water.
Ifyou haven't good stone drink
ing fountain you should have. They
are inexpensive, and keep the water
clean, as the fowls can only get their
beaks in.
Cats kill many young chicks, but
occasionally it is a big rat or two.
Once rat gets liking for chicks. he
will never let up till he has lugged of
the last one.
It is not best to start an apiary
where honey-producing plants do not
grow naturally. The best of these are
white clover, the linden tree, all fruit
and berry plants and trees, migno-
nette, buckwheat, etc. These may be
planted where any Of them is lacking.
Women can be just as successful
with bees as men, and that is one kind
Of work they receive just as much pay
for as do men. When you take out
honey to market q pound OF honey
that q woman gets from her bees
brings just as much as her husbands
or brothers honey.
When you get hen too fat she
won't lay much. That is we'll UNDER
stood, and at this season, by the time
YOU have reduced her flesh and gotten
her in shape, the moulting season will
be here and she won't lay for several
mouths more. The moral is that il
she is too fat to lay now you'd better
eat her up, and get the good OF her.
for your pullets will begin laying be-
fore che will ~
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UENIILITY.

The method and working Of humility are
seldom we'll understood. 1t is blind grace,
aard to define, hard to put into clear form;
and, above all. it is liable to perversion- 1t
is often treated as spiritless quality, as
allied to passireness and less inefftclency,
as opposed to alertness and self-reliance and
the aggressiveness Of strong and vigorous
Nfe and az such 1t Is caricatured in liter
cture and common speech. Hence 1t needs
tc be carefully designed and conceived. As
think of it, it is the reverse Of all this: It
ls at root a disenthrallment Of self, clear
ing of the mind from all hindrances. 90 that
it enters the arena of life free and unhin-
dered for its battles. THERE'S no impedimen mt
In the path of life so great as self. There Is
nothing that so ties the hands and feet IN all
great and noble enterprises as conscious
ness of self. The man who truly wins ls he
who sees an end and looks on himself sim
ply as O force for gaining it-himself as
something to be used as means. not as an
end. There is such thing as high hui
mility, noble humility. brave humility.
Humility is not the negation Of personality
it is not a reduction Of selfhood to nothing
ness, but rather a refusal to erect self into q
governing motive: it is personality utterly
devoted to q cause-snlf at work, but self
forgotten while at work.-T. I. Munger,D.D
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or but one, it may be, are growing on

or but one, it may be, are growing on
one side, while the other is well pro-
vided with them. It is difficult to
prune such a tree into symmetrical
shape without cutting it back very
severely, and so losing considerable
time in growth. In such case one
may try the experiment of budding
the one-sided tree with buds from the
same tree, or another Of the same
variety. The two illustrations show
the whole situation at q. glance. Fig.
/ is tree such as has been described.
It is to be budded at the points indi-
Gated by the crosses, and pruned upon
the other side, in order to make the
symmetrical tree shown in Fig. 2. Of
course only a small, young tree could
be operated upon in this way, but the
smaller trees are by far the safest to
order when planting an orchard
American Agricultural.
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OHIO FOR SILVER ALONE.
The Democratic State Platform Confne
to That Issue.

The Democratic State Platform Confined
to That Issue.
The Democrats of Ohio held their State
Convention at Columbus and went on record
for the free and independent coinage Of sill
yer and against any Ohio man for President.
The intensity Of the Democratic feeling
for silver Is shown in the fact thae the party
would not even indorse a personal liberty
platform or any Of the other planks the
party has been indorsing for the last dozen
years. The platform Is simply for free and
independent silver coinage, neither more
nor less.
The Committee on Permanent Organiza-
tion presented its report, which was adopted
without amendment and q committee sent
to escort the Chairman, General A. J. War
ner to the hall. The overwhelming vote by
which the report of the Committee on Rules
was adopted showed that any opposition
from the gold delegates would be futile.
The following names for deiegates-at-iarge
to Chicago were selected: Allan W. Thur
man, E. b. Finley, L. E. Holden and John
r, Mclean.
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MOVABLE CHICKEN Coops.

During winter poultry men should
find time to repair old chicken coops
and make Few ones. With ordinary
care more vigorous pullets can be
raised by scattering them about the
fields in small colonies after haying,
as insects then form very cheap and
important portion of their diet. When
biddy brings forth her brood, place
in one OF the coops with the movable
run in position. This allows her to
get to the ground. After she leaves
her chicks the run is removed, the
roosts placed in position and the fam
lily moved to any convenient spot.
Puliets may be sheltered in such q
house until cold weather or until they
begin to lay. The coops will accom-
modate twenty-five chicks or ten we'll
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TEMPERANCE.
soNd OF The RED SIREN.

SONG OF THE RED SIREN.
Ismile In the Lethean bowl,
And peer from Its sparkling brirl
At the death of ruined soul,
At the wreck so ghastly and grim.
Gods image ruthlessly blear
With wine 80 tempting and red;
The sting of grim conscience scar
Till hope, like phantom, has fed.
I heed not the madman's grin,
Nor the tears that mortals shed.
live in my palace OF sin
Where hope Is eternally dea@.
! rule with a tyrant sway,
My scepter merciless rod;
1sweep earthly honors away
With only tempter's nod.
know no mercy; with a Circe's spell,
turn all men to brutes;
My robes are red as the fire Of hell,
That roars and upward shoots,
Drowning the souls lost cries
With remorse that comes apace,
Till the worm that never dies
Is the leer on devils face.
Hope Is O stranger within my drear wall
Where all the dark shadows Of woe
Bear over the shroud Of o funeral pail,
Like mourners that mercifully go
70 the death OF horror and shame,
And mourn for the helpless lost
Pilgrims. whose nameless name
From Gods record is tearfully cross'd.
~ s. Hampstead.
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LIQUOR ARITHMETIC.

"Boy at the head Of the class, what are
We paying for liquor as q Nation?"
$4,000, 90, zoo annually"
"Step to the black board, my boy. Firsl
take rule and measure this silver dollar.
How thick is it?''
Nearly an eighth of an inch"
"Well, sir, how many Of them can yoa put
in an inch?"
"Between eight and nina."
"Give the benefit of the doubt; call it zine.
How many inches would it require to pile
these $780, 90, 900 ir?".
"l00,00o,00Q inches"
"How many feet would that bG?'
"S,333, 1893 feet"
"Hey 9sny @!les is that?"
uMles cf what:"
"l515 miles of silver dollars. laid down,
packed closely together our National liquor
bill would make. This Is only one years
grog BILL"
Reader, If you need facts about this TEN.
perance question, nail that to a post and
read 1t occasionally. 1t would take ten men
with scoop shovels to'throw away money rs
fast as we are wasting it for grog~Chdstian
Observer.
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STARVED HER BaBT,

A pitiable case illustrative of the awful
results Of the drink habit in destroying even
the love of mother, came before Brooklyn
police court few days ago. A woman was
charged before the court with starving her
-year-old daughter. The cries OF the
little one, who was Ill. had kept the neigh
bors awake. it was said, for several nights,
and finally an anonymous letter was sent to
the Society for the Prevention OF Cruelty to
Children and an investigation was ordered
at once. The officer found the child lying
upon bundle OF rags. The mother was
drunk, and the little one had not taken any
food for several days She was removed to
st. Peters Hospital, where It Is feared she
will die. 1t Is alleged that the child was
deprived OF drink for two days. the mother
refusing to give her water.-Christtan Work.
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new YORK DEMOCRATS.
They Hold Their State Convention
at Saratoga.
STRONGLY FAVOR BlMETALLISM.

Money Plank Unanimously Adopted
Under Existing Conditions the Gold
Standard Must Be Maintained, 1t Says
---Appeal Made to the Democracy OF
the South Not to Disrupt the Party.
SARATOGA, N. Y. June 25.-The State
Democratic Convention. called to elect dele
gates to the National Convention in Chi
cago, met yesterday and adoptefa platform
against the free coinage OF silver. 1t chose
as delesates-at-large Senators David B. Hill
Edward Murphy, Jr., Roswell P. Flower and
Frederic R. Coudert. The Shepard delegates
from Brooklyn were not seated. No Presi-
dental electors were nominated.
The convention was held in the beautiful
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and airy hall OF this delightful village, and
began work at noon. After a preliminary
session Of an hours duration there was re-
cess until 8 o'clock, followed by another
hours work, and at o'clock the convention
adjourned. In another hour the $50 dele
gates from the sixty counties in the State
were homeward bound.
The convention hall was adorned with
bunting and swee,-scented posies, and above
the platform were the familiar portraits OF
President Cleveland, Senator Hill, ex-Goy-
ernor Roswell P. Flower, and ex-Lieutenant-
Governor William F. Sheehan. An inspirit-
ing band touched the sensibilities OF the
delegates as they and their friends began to
arrive Just before noon.
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Mr.. Whitney, Senator Hill and Mr.. Flower
were greeted with welcoming cheers as they
entered. Applause was given generously to
Senator Jacob A. Cantor, of New York. and
Assenblynan John B. Stanchf1eld, Of Elmira.
rival candidates for the nomination for Gov
ernor.
James ". Hinkley, Chairman Of the State
Committee, called the convention to order
soon after noon. Mr.. Hinkley announced
that John Boyd Thacher, Mayor of Albany,
had been selected for Temporary Chairman,
and the presiding officer stepped forward to
make his address. Mr.. Thacher's speech was
frequently interrupted by applause. The
roll OF delegates was called and there were
cheers for many familiar names. The ap-
plause was loudest and most prolonged when
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A COLONY OF TEEToTALERs.

Henri Menier has completed his purchase
of the Island Of Antcosti, and Is seriously
at work upon the preparation for planting a
colony there. NJ. Louis Comettant has al.
ready cen sent out with all his family, and
a large trading steamer, the Savoy. is beng
freighted at Havre with all the necessaries
and comforts for the future settlers, who
must be strict teetotalers and pledge them.
selves not to indulge in shooting. n.
Menier will spend three months Of every
year on his property, and strictly reserves
all sporting rights.
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A YOUNG MANS GREATEST pASozn,

When young man goes out from his
home circle the dangers thlcken around him.
He is comparatively safe up to sixteen years
of age. but the time comes when be must
leave home and 60 into the life beyond. He
begins to enter part OF the journey which is
aptly represented oy the wild mountain
region between Jerusalem and Jericho. OF
ali the dangers that beset his pathway, there
Is none to be compared to intemperance,
which lies in lurk for his footsteps to spread
its delusive attractions before his eyes and
win MIN. If It can, to its service.-Sacred
Heart Review
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DECLINE OF ALCOHOL As MEDICINE.

Thoughtful observers recognize that alco.
Eol as a medicine Is rapidly becoming
thing of the past. Ter years ago leading
medical men and textbooks spoke OF stimu-
lants as essentials Of many diseases, and de-
Tended their use with warmth and positive
ness. To-day this Is changed. Medical mon
sci ON refer TO spirits as remedies, and when
they do express great conservatism and eau
ton. The textbooks show the same changes,
although some doSmatic authors refuse to
recognize the change Of practice, and still
cling 10 tie idea o the food value of spirits.
Druggists who supply spirits to the profess
sion recognize tremendous dropping of In
the demand. A distiler. who, ten years ago.
sold many thousand gallons OF choice whis-
keys Almost exclusively 10 medical men, has
lost his trade altogether and gone OUT OF
business. Wine men, too, recognize this
change, and are making every effort 10 have
wine used in the place Of spirits In the sick
room. Proprietary medicin, dealers are put
ting all sorts of compounds OF wine with
iron. bark, etc., on the market with the same
idea. 1t is doubtful II any OF these will he
abe to secure any permanent place In thera-
peutics.
The fact is, alcoho! is passing out OF prec-
tical therapeutics because its real action Is
becoming known. Facts are aecumulatlng
In the laboratory, in tire autopsy room, at
the bedside, and il the work Of experimental
psychologists, which show that alcohol Is
depressant and narcotic; that 1t cannot
build up tissue, but always acts as de-
generative power; and that Its apparent ef-
fects of raising the hearts action and quick
ening functional activities are misleading
and erroneous.
French and German specialists have de-
Dounced spirits both as beverage and a
medicine, and shown ty atual demons:ra-
ton that alcohol is poison anil depresSant,
and that any therapeutic action It Is assumed
to have is open TO question.
All this is not the result Of agitation and
wild condemnation by persons who feel
deeply the sad consequences 81 the abuse OF
spirits. II is simply the outcome OF the
gradual accumulation Of facts tnat have been
proven within the observation Of every
thoughtful person. The exact or approx
mate facts relating to alcohol can now be
tested by instruments OF precision We can
weigh and measure the effects, AMI 1t is not
essential to theorize or speculate; we ran
test and prove with reasc nable certainty what
was before a matter Of doubt.
Medical men who doubt the value OF spirits
are no more considered fanatics or e1trem-
lists, but as leaders along new and wide
lines Of research. Alcohol in medicine, eE-
eept as narcotic and anesthstic, Is rapidly
falling into disfavor, and will soon be put
aside and forgotten.-Journalo OF lnebriety.
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OFF THEIR Fed.

a subscriber writes that he is taking
good care of his COWS, warm stables,
plenty of fresh water, but that they
are falling off in flesh, and fast going
dry. He feeds them all that they will
eat of hay, corn fodder, and, be-
sides, gives them six quarts of corn
meal each, daily. The COWS are, IN
spite of this, eating up their bedding,
horse manure, if they can get at 1t,
even eating the wood on the hangers.
Wants to know what con possess
them?
Well. simply your cows are starving
to death, by giving an absolutely un-
balanced ration. The ration you are
feeding is almost absolutely heat and
fat formers, and your COWS are burn
ing up, actually. They would do bet
ter in an open yard, as the warmth OF
the stable actually adds to their tor.
turs. That they are crazy to eat
horse manure, bedding and even wood,
shows that they are "crazy" for nitro
gen, and in these things are finding a
trace. You want to take all the, corn.
meal away from them at once. They
get all the heat formers they need out
Of all the bay aRd eQrg fodder they
can eat-tTo things that in digestib!e
solids are about all starch. Grad:
ually add to the ration, so that in ten
days you are feeding each COW at least
six pounds of good bran and pound
of oil meal daily; some charcoal and
little bonemesl will be beneficial.
These COWS are getting only about an
eighth as much nitrogen in the form
Of bran, oil meal, etc., as they should
have daily. A COW in milk fed all the
hay and corn fodder she can eat,
should not have less than six pounds
Of bran and and one of oil meal
daily. The ration as now fed
supplies very little for blood, mus
Gle and BODYBUILDING, and these
COWS could not live year on this sim
gle starch diet. The six quarts daily
of corn meal is only hay and corn
fodder condensed, and as such a yet
more perfect heat maker. A pig fed
on pure cornmeal and water soon dies
from lack of blood-making material
A dog will live less than one hundred
days on all bread, made from the sin.
gle element Of best Minneapolis white
-four. A fearful loss of dollars and
cents follows the uninformed feeding
of unbalanced ADMINISTRATIONS with
too great an excess of starch, with
little nitrogen, or too much nitrogen
and too little starch--Practical Far
mer.
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ALwArs QUIET ASD ORDERLY.

There is not a licensed liquor shop IN
Prince Edward Island. As result, accord
ing to writer in the New York Independ-
ent, "strangers are always impressed with
the quiet and orderly spirit seen on our pub
lie streets; and the sight Of man or woman
Under the influence Of an into1icant is a
most uncommon one. Our principal hotels
are free from the sale OF liquors, and no lacy
or gentleman coming to our seaside water
ing-places will be shocked with the too
common sight elsewhere"
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A Novel Commenceln ent.

The first annual commencement OF the De-
troit (Mich. School Of Scientific Horseshoe
ing was held last week. The course Of study
that students are compelled to become p:o'
flcient In relates to the anatomy and physi-
ology of the foot and leg Of the horse. to-
gether with scientific horseshooing. The
school Is an outgrowth Of an effort on the part
of the horseshoers to make OF their trade q
fine art,
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Following Christ brings some uphill
climbs, but victory and holy Joys await us at
the top: crosses then will turn into shining
crowns. Coming to Christ must not end
with the coming: it is those who follow his
leading and endured to the end who will he
.ovei- Abide in Ire and We shall bear much
fruit" and that is the one sure way to ee
delivered from the curse und infamy OF
barren lifc.-Dr. CUyler.
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AGRICULTURAL
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
CUTTING RYE FOE FODDER.

Many of the farmers in the town of
New Denmark, Brown County, are
cutting their rye while it is green and
curing it into fodder, with which to
feed their cattle next winter. The
crop promises to be. heavy, butI!the
farmers say more money can be made
by making fodder of it than harvest.
ing it and selling the grain this year.
This is owing to the hay crop being
very poor.-Milwaukee Wisconsin.
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CarInals of Silver Dollars.

There is being constructed at the United
States sub-treasury in New York City Il steel
reservoir which is to hold 6,O&O,0O0 silver
dollars. I, is twelve feet square and its
walls are two inches thick There are al
ready at the same sub-treasury several SINH
lar reservoirs or vaults which guard over
5O,OOO, 900 silver dollars.
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SILVER WINS INDIANA.

The Democratic State Convention Declares
for 16 to /.
The Indiana Democratic Convention met
in Convention Hall at indianapolis. It was
the largest political meeting in the State In
recent years, and comprised 1745 delegates.
At least seventY-fve per cent. Of these repre-
sented the ultra free silver wing Of the party.
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grown pullets. 1t is four by three
feet, and p feet high at the caves.
Tho run is four by three feet. The
run and roof are built with pitch OF
ninety degrees The sills are of two
b7 four MATERIAL and extended as
shown in the cut to facilitate moving.
The plates are of two by two inch mo-
ter1al, and extended each way one
foot beyond the caves for handles.
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There was recess for the committees E,
do their work. When work was resumed
the Committee on Credentials reported that
the Shepardltes Of Brooklyn, and the Giea-
place In the convention. There was no dis
cussion and the repor. was adopted. Then
the Brooklyn contestants rose In their seats,
as they have done ut other State ConTen-
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1STEMPERAScE has BECOME pIsREPUTABLE

Intemperance is no longer looked upon as
a pardonable weakness, says the st. Louis
Globe-D Democrat, but as grave fault and a
disgrace. I: has ceased to be permissible,
as it once was, for public men to be seen In
a drunken condition. Society does not ex-
tend its former indulgence to persons who
fail to control their appetite for strong
drink. The practice OF tanning the flame
of friendship with the wing Of co1viviality"
is by no means so prevalent as 1t used to be,
for the simple reason that Il has become dis
reputable"
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Frances Second City.

Marseilles Is gaining upon Lyons In the
race for tho distinction OF being the second
city In France. Tho latest figures give Mar
settles population Of 100000, while Lyons
has 467, 900. :.-----..- --...-
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New National Banks,

In the year ended May 81, 1896, forty.two
new National banks we're chartered in the
United States. PENNSYLVANIA leads With
eleven. and three we're chartered IN New
York State.