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The herald., 1896-07-24
STATE NATI0NALISTS
Nominate Ticket ani Declare fos Waman
Suffrage

Suffrage
SAN JOSE. July 23.-The National
party state convention met today and
made the following nominations:
For lieutenant governor-J. NJ. Glass.
For United States senator-Chauncey
II. Dunn.
Presidential electors at large-Henry
French and John 7. BidWell.
First district-E w. Hooper of Siski-
you; second district, r. F. Burns,
Placer: third district, W. H. Bone. Ala :
media; fourth district, Louis Hansen,
San Francisco; fifth district. William
Kelly San Jose; sixth district, Jesse
Yarnell. Los Angeles; seventh district,
Garrison Turner, Modesto.
Congressmen-Firs district. S. H. Hill
ton, Olinda third, W. Shafer, Brent
wood; fifth, T. H. Lawson. Santa Clara.
In the second, fourt and seventh the
nominations will be made by the state
central committee. The platform de
clares against the funding bill, and for
temperance and woman suffrage.
The herald., 1896-07-24
Stuna Ciairn RrNan

Students at the University of Chicago are
taking much of the credit of the stampede
to William j. Bryan upon their shoulders.
IT was in the latter part of March in this
year that Mr. Bryan came to the univer-
sity as the guest of the University Orator
ical association. The occasion was the
Chicago-I Illinois debate and Mr.. Bryan was
to act as presiding officer On the after
noon preceding the debate the guest of the
association spoke to an immense audience
in Kent theater at the university. His ad
dress was an exposition of his views upon
the leading political questions of the day
Especial emphasis was laid upon the tariff
question. At the conclusion an enthusias-
tic auditor perched up in the rafters in the
great dome of the theater called for three
cheers for William ]. Bryan. the next Dem
ocratc president of the United States"
The cheers were given as only college boys
can cheer, and Mr.. Bryan was compelled to
rise and bow his thanks Again the cheers
were given with even greater spirit.
This incident has been in the minds Of
the students ever since. Wednesday. when
Mr.. Bryan's speech carried the conven"
tion off its feet. there We're many Univer-
sity of Chicago students in the audience.
Like a flash the prophecy of over three
months ago came to them, and they cheered
and yelled as only students blessed with
brazen throats. hardened and toughened
by the cheering ON baseball and football
fields, can yell. That their efforts were not
in vain the results show. and today the
man who made the prophecy so long ago
stalks proudly about the campus at the
University of Chicago.-Chicago Chronicle.
The herald., 1896-07-24

middle of the road" 1t means this and
nothing more-that the old party meth
DDS Of corruption and ballot box stuffing
which have been resorted to in such
elections In the past must be abandoned
Continuing, Mr.. Allen said that every
man in the country who had helped to
distribute Hannas Doodle had Joined in
the cry to keep in the middle of the road.
He said that the only hope for the VIC
tory of silver men lay in the concentra-
ton of the friends of the white metal
To nominate third candidate for pres
ident he said, would practically assure
the election of Mckinley by dividing
the strength of silver. The friends Of
gold, he said. had all rallied under the
banner of Mckinley, and he urged the
delegates to adopt the same tactics by
nominating Bryan and thus concentrate
ing the friends of silver
1t was 9:43 when Senator Allen con-
cluded. Several attempts were made to
secure an adjournment, but Senator
Butler, acting as delegate, moved the
appointment of a committee to confer
with the committee of the silver conven-
tion. There were many and loud cries Of
No. and Mr.. Branch of Georgia novel
to table the motion. The noes seemed to
be in large majority, and the motion to
table was declared lost. Senator But
ler's motion was carried with a loud
cheer. The Bryan men were apparently
in full control of the convention.
The committee on rules then made its
report. Little interest was manifested
in it. and before the convention had act
ed upon it Lafe Pence moved an ad-
journment until 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning.
And then, at 10:O9 the convention ad-
iplirppI
The herald., 1896-07-24
The PLATFORM
Tore Money, an Income Tax and Some Other
Things

ST. LOUIS. July 23.-The subscommit-
tee of the Populst committee on resolu-
tions was at work at midnight upon a
draft of the platform to be presented to
the full committee in the morning. The
preamble and the planks on finance,
land, direct taxation, transportation,
had been agreed upon. The preamble
denounces the old parties, declaring
that their policies have brought the
country to the verge of ruin and en-
throned plutocracy upon the ruins Of de-
mocracy.
The financial plank demands free COIN
age of silver and the further increase Of
the circulating medium according to the
demands of businessS 1t denounces the
sales of bonds by the present admins
tration and demads law prohibiting
similar issues in the future. 1t demands
legislation to prohibit discrimination be-
tween different kinds of money in con-
tracts; that the government shall pay
obligations in any kind of lawful money;
a graduated income tax; postal savings
banks. The land plank declares against
land monopoly for speculative purposes
and condemns the Pacific railroad land
grant fraud" direct legislation, nation
al. state and local. is demanded.
The transportation plank demands
government ownership of railroads and
of telegraph and telephone lines.
UTTERLY DISGUSTED.
ST. LOUIS, July 23.-The middle of the
road men were utterly disorganized and
disgusted tonight They held one Of the
most stormy of all their stormy meet
ms An attempt was made to pass
boiling resolution, and while it was be-
ing discussed by the hot heads the more
conservative scurried out and got lead
ers who counselled moderate action.
These leaders and others tired the
crowd out after while and the boiling
resolution was withdrawn. The temper
of the leaders seemed to be that all
should remain in the convention until
the close and If it's action Is not satisfDC-
tory then hold a convention to nom mate
candidates and adopt platform of their
The herald., 1896-07-24
FRUIT At LONDON
Premises OF . Large Market With Hlgf
Prices

LONDON. July 2s.-The 1000 boxes of
pears and plums. all grown in California,
shipped to England on board the Amer
lean line steamer st. Louis. have ar
rived in perfect condition. Messrs.
Isaacs & Sons, to whom the fruit was
consigned. say that buyers will be found
everywhere in England.
There is the greatest interest in the
sale, which will take place tomorrow.
The fruit has arrived at an excellent
time. as there is little French fruit in the
market with which the California prod
uct directly competes. 1t is expected
that fruit this season will sell at a
marked advance over the prices realized
last year. If other consignments ar
rive in as good condition as this one,
prices will be maintained and California
fruit will be firmly established in favor
in London
The herald., 1896-07-24
THE STRAIGHTOUrS
Nobody Seems to Know Just What Is
Wanted

ST. LOUIS, July 23.-The middle OF
the road" men held a meeting just before
the hour for the afternoon session of the
convention. The net result was the
adoption of a motion declaring that it
was the sense of the middle of the road"
men that no compromise should be en-
tertained or adopted by them until the
platform of the Populist principles and
a straight-out ticket was nominated;
that also an effort should be made to
have the friends of Butler on the COM
mittee of permanent organization with
draw his name so that all may unite
upon Campion of Maine.
Soon after the meeting was called
to order a Georgia man presented what
is known as the Georgia proposition.
There was great cheering and more
shouting than anything else, until
North Carolina delegate declared that
the middle of the road men had acted
more like 'disorganized mob than
anything else since they had been IN 81.
Louis, and as a result they did not know
what strength they had.
In answer to these declarations 1t was
declared that the middle of the road men
had majority and If they woulo act
together hey could capture the conVen-
ton and name their candidates. Ref-
erence to Debs as candidate evoked
storm of applause. A California man
named Debs of Indiana and Burkett OF
Mississippi as the ticket anu great sat-
isfaction was expressed.
The Georgia plan, they claim, is SUBJ
stantially that which Taubeneck and
"Cyclone" Davis proposed week ago.
IT was asserted that the executive COM
mittee of the national committee, which
has been considered ani-Bryan has been
working for the Taubeneck-Davis plan,
and made a poll of the various states,
and claim majority of 26G votes against
Bryan.
The herald., 1896-07-24
A Fusion Convention

DENVER, COL, July 23.-The Democra tic
state committee has issued call for a
state convention, inviting all who are in
favor Of the free coinage of silver at 1G
to l to participate in the Democratic eau
cuses and primaries. An effort will be
made to combine the Democrats. Popu-
lists and Republicans who intend to vote
for Bryan and Sewall in support of a
union ticket for state oiscers. The date of
The DomoCratic convention Is left open.
The herald., 1896-07-24
MISSOURI REPUBLICANS
Put In the Day In Naming Q Man for Gov
error

Put In the Day In Naming Q Man Tor GOV.
error
SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, July 2S.-The
Republican State convention got II
work in earnest when it reconvened to :
day, the reports of three committees,
on permanent organization. credentials
and resolutions presented last evening,
being quickly adopted. The resolutions
endorse the St Louis platform and de-
plore what it believes is the tendency of
the Democracy towards anarchy
A long struggle resulted in the NOM
ination of r. e. Lewis of Henry county
on the sixth ballot for governor.
The herald., 1896-07-24
A Couyict's Escane

DENVER, July 23-Information was
received at Denver police headquarters
today that James Morton a convict who
escaped from the penitentiary in Cali
fornia and was recaptured in this city,
had again escaped while being taken
back to Folsom by Deputy Warden
Lamphrey. 1t is said that Morton
jumped from the train at Battle Noun
rot
The herald., 1896-07-24
Diseased Cattle

SAN FRANCISCO, July 29.-AIilk In
spector Dockery says that 80 per cent Of
the cows that supply milk for San Francis
co are consumptive and will have to he
killed. There are 800 COWS owned by the
daires of the city, and of these fully 30e0
are diseased and the milk from them is
nfit fol, 1Sa
The herald., 1896-07-24
Oriental Nici,ors

SAN DIEGO. July 23.-Sho Nelneto anl
Trail Kusakado, the two Japanese who are
in this country in the interest of "A new
steamer line from Japan, were in San
Diego today. They were taken in charge
by a committee and given a ride on the
bay They asked many questions. Com
missioner Nemeto in an interview. eN-
pressed his unqualified opinion that san
Diego would be selected as the California
terminal of the line
The herald., 1896-07-24
ToWae Also Bolts

DENVER, Col. July 23.-The name of
Congressman Charles A. Towne of Mime.
sofa appears among the signatures to the
manifesto issued on Monday by Senator
Teller and other Republicans who bolted
at the St. Louis convention. Towne's name
was accidentally omitted from the copy
of the address sent out blythe Associated
Press on Monday.
The herald., 1896-07-24
r1ioresnfa Gotdifac

ST PAUL. Mimi, July 23.About two
hundred gold standard Democrats met here
today. n bcmmitt6s lynn .front each
congressional district was nar4ad to at
tend the Chicago conference of gold stand
ard Democrats. The platform adopted re-
pudiates the platform adopted at Chicago
and declares that the gold standard Dem
ocrats of Minnesota Will refuse to support
the candidate of that convention. The res.
olutions favor calling of a national con-
The herald., 1896-07-24
Adopts the Gold Standard

SAN FRANCISCO, July Z5.-WOr has
been received here that the Republic Of
Costa Rica has adopted the gol~A ndard
after a long trial of silver. On July the
government Issued a decree abolshing
the coinage of silver. declaring all foreign
silver coin out of circulation and calling
in all silver coins within thirty days. IN
future all revenues and taxes must be paid
in gold or accented currency.
The herald., 1896-07-24
Debs Not a Candidate

ST LOUIS, July 2S.-The Post-Dspatch
this evening says that Debs is not a candi-
date and gives Clarence Darrow, Debs'
attorney during the strike trials, as his
authority.
The herald., 1896-07-24
H'G Salary

1t is said that in some drug stores the
salary of a clerk depends upon the
amount of substitution he can do.
Persons should insist upon getting the
genuine Tip Top Cough Syrup and not
be imposed upon by accepting substi-
tute claiming to be just as good"
Here's something else" is not Tip Top
Cough Syrup.
The herald., 1896-07-24
Nentura

VENTURA, July 23.--The oil steamer
Loonis will clear at midnight with $500
barrels of oil consigned to the Pacific Coast
Oil company, Alameda Point.
The sailing ship Enoch Talbot arrived
this afternoon in tow from San Francisco.
consigned to Union Oil company to load
with Crude oil. VIII dock July u.
The herald., 1896-07-24
The Lie Direct

ST. LOUIS, July 23.-The Post-D Dispatch.
this evening publishes the following, signed
by James *. Jones: "Any man who saws
that l have agreed with the Populists or
any other party for a compromise on the
presidential candidates II O liar and the
truth is not in him."
The herald., 1896-07-24

Special train on Terminal railway
Thursday at 80 p. m. for Chautauqua
concert at Long Beach, returning after
exercises are over. Fifty cents round
trip
The herald., 1896-07-24
Santa Catalina Island

Thousands of people and a good time
await you there. Three boats Saturday.
two Sunday. w. I. Co., 222 South Spring
street,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-03-05

Bone meal is not confined to one name,
but is known also as ground bone, bono
flour, bonedust, etc. We find in the
market raw bone meal and steamed bono
meal Raw hone meal contains the fat
naturally present i'll bones. The presence
of the fat is Objectionable, because it
makes the grinding more difficult and
retards the decomposition of the bone in
the soil, while fat itself has 10 value as
plant food. When bones are steamed,
the fat is removed and the bone is moro
easily ground. Moreover, the chemical
nature Of the nitrogen compounds ap
pears to be changed in such a manner
that the meal undergQes decomposition
in the soil more rapidly than in case of
raw bone The presence of easily decay
ing nitrogen compounds in bone hastens,
i'll the process of decomposition, to dis
solve more or less of the insoluble phos-
phate.
Bone meal should contain from to 3
per cent Of nitrogen and from 20 to %
per cent of phosphoriC acid. About one
third to one-fourth of the latter appears
to be in readily available condition.
Raw bone meal generally contains some
what more nitrogen Il or 2 per cent
and rather less phosphoric acid than
steamed bone meal.
The fineness of the meal affects itf
value; the finer the meal the more
readily available is it as plant food. -
Bulletin New York Station.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-03-05

J. It. Hale is authority for the state
ment that "the time will come when
the streams Of New Engla will be Of
more value to agriculture than they ever
have been to manufacturing In the
Hartford Courant he describes project
for using little brook that runs among
the hills in distant part of his fam,
to help out his cropsin time Of drought.
The main features Of the plan are a res.
ertoir up among the hills, which forms
a sort Of pocket for a lively brook which
has never been known to dry, and a
line Of pipe, a little over 5000 feet,
with a fall Of 107 feet from the reser-
voir to the house. Instead of carrying
the main by the shortest and most di
rect route, as soon as the grade will
permit, it is turned off and follows
along the ridges Of the farm, which
form a sort Of backbone all the way
down. About every 900 feet hydrants
are put into the main, and from these
water can readily be carried on the sur
face Of the ground. An enterprise Of
this kind is an expense for a single
farm, but, through neighborhood CO.
operation, a much larger pipe could
have been put down and the stream
made to irligate half dozen or more
farms in its immediate vicinity.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-03-05
FAILURE OF SEEDS.

An Authority on the Subject of Seed Ger
mination States Some Common Causes.
With each recurring season come nu
merous complaints of the failure of seeds
to terminate. Alfred Bridgeman, the
we'll known New York horticulturiSt
and scotsman, briefly states some of
the causes for these failures in his book
on gardening.
First.-Some cultivators through ig-
norance or forgetfulness Of the fact that
the products of garden are natives of
various soils and climates and require
peculiar management, sow their seeds
at an improper season. The most tender
species should not be placed in the open
ground until settled warm weather. The
half hardy are subject to risk if sown
when frost prevails. The early and most
hardy species and varieties should not
be planted until the ground can be
brought into good condition, as some
species of plants that in an advanced
state Of growth will stand hard win
ter are often cut off by very slight
frost while young, especially if exposed
to the heat of the sun after frosty
night. To guard against disappointment,
reserve some Of the seed for later SOW
ing.
Second.-Some species of seed, such
as beans, beets, cabbage, lettuce, rad
ishes, satisfy, turnips, etc, being from
their nature apt to vegetate quickly, are
often liable to be devoured by insects
within As hours after they are sown and
before a plant is seen above the ground
unless a suitable remedy is applied i'll
time to destroy them.
Third. Some species, such as carrots,
celery, leells, onions, parsley, parsnips,
spinach, ETC., being naturally of tardy
growth, taking, i'll unfavorable seasons,
from two to four weeks to vegetate, are
apt to perish through incrustation of the
soil or other circumstances which can
not always be controlled.
Fourth. Failures often occur through
seeds being deposited too deep i'll the
ground or left too near the surface,
sometimes for want Of sufficient seed iii
a given spot solitary plants perish,
lacking strength to open the pores of
the earth, and very often injudicious
management in manuring and prepar
ing the soil will cause failures.
To insure fair chance plant your
seeds moderately thick and thin out the
surplus plants while young In planting
seeds in drills, which is the most desir-
able plan, the size of the seed and
strength of it's germ should be consider
ed Large seeds producing vigorous
roots require deeper planting than di-
minutivo seeds producing delicate roots
and slender stalks. The smallest seeds
should not be covered more than quar-
ter of an inch.
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AGARMo F0gAD
~ aNN GARDEN
SWEET CORN AS A FARM CROP.
Some of the Advantages Derived FrOr
Growing the Sweet Varieties.

Some of the Advantages Derived From
Growing the Sweet Varieties.
{ 1t is a matter of surprise to American
Cultivator that the sweet varieties Of
corn are not more generally cultivated.
Following is what this authority sayi
on the subject
The grain yield of sweet corn is as
large as that of other corn, for though
the ears are generally small, most kinds
of sweet corn will bear two, three and
occasionally more ears on stalk. For
those who merely grow corn to feed, tho
sweet variety has great advantages. Its
stalks are richer and sweeter than ordi-
nary field corn, if they are cut, as all
corn should be, when the grain has just
begun to harden. Besides this, sweed
corn generally brings a considerably
higher price in the market than other
corn.
There are some difficulties i'll proper
ly drying sweet corn, because Of the ex-
cessive amount of moisture it contains,
which, with its sweetness, makes its
especial value. But when-a sweet corn
begins to dry it dries out more quickly
than any other. If always cut and
husked early, the ears can be placed for
day or two in an evaporation, which
every farmer should have. In this tina
they will dry so much that the corn can
then be put i'll large cribs without dan
ger of becoming moldy. But a largo
portion Of the sweet corn crop is sold in
its green state and for much higher
prices than ordinary corn brings by the
bushel. Twelve to Is cents is the price
which green corn usually brings early
in the season. This soon runs down, but
even at the lowest rates corn sold by the
dozen ears brings more than ordinary
corn will after being husked, cared iof
until dry and shelled. The price paid
by canning factories is still lower than
that sold to grOcers and private houses.
But tho farmers near canning factory
have always found sweet corn one Of
their best paying crops, and they have
learned to grow it to the exclusion Of
ordinary corn, feeding the surplus on
their farm.
Sweet corn when thoroughly dried can
be ground and makes light, palatablo
and easily digestod meal. Ground with
the cob, mixing a little common corn
and oats with it, SO as to make the cob
grind more finely, gives a feed that will
be eaten by all stock and that will be less
likely to cloy them than ordinary grain
meal But there is a still more protita-
BILE use for sweet corn if cut while very
green and its grain sliced from tho
green cob and spread thinly in an ovap-
orator This, if put when fully dry in
bags in a cool place, will keep in good
condition for using after being soaked
in water a few hours to regain its orig
inal freshness. Corn so prepared is quite
as good as canned corn and is less trou-
BILE to prepare 1t is easy in almost any
locality to create demand for this
dried sweet corn by leaving some at
stores to be sold or giving a little on
trial to those who will be likely to be.
come customers. Wherever this eyapo.
rated corn is once tried it will soon
create steady and paying demand for it,
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Bees Destroying Fruits.

Bcekeepers and fruit growers do not
agree on the question of bees destroying
fruits. Meehan tells in his monthly that
"honey bees destroy grapes, raspberries
and other fruits" He explains the
whole method as follows:
The bees are not able to bite the skin,
but, in the grape particularly, they start
near tho attachment of the berry with its
stalk where it requires scarcely any force
to thrust the tongue through. There are
some beekeepers who keep bees without
taking the slightest interest in provid-
ing flowers, and who line their pockets
out of the predatory practices forced on
the industrious bee. There is nothing
left for those troubled but to hang up
bottles of sweetened liquid out Of which
the little thieves cannot escape. 1t is be-
lieved that bees would not steal fruit
If the bee owner provided flowers for
them. 1t is easier to gather honey than
to suck grapes.