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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-15

Acsion OF the Colorado Republican
Convention-The Money Plank.

Action OF the Colorado Republican
Conyention-The Money Plank.
fIuHlB1O, Col, Nay 1.-THE Republicans
AZ CeIcra0o In State convention tonight
declared for bimetallism and protection,
with free silver the paramount ISSUE SEN
a;or Teller was chosen to head the delega-
tim. No Instructions were given except
o'oeiience to his directions. While the con-
vention was In session the following tele-
gram was received from Senator Woloott:
I am very grateful to all my good
friends in Colorado for their unsolicited de-
sire to send me to the national convention
and for their kindness to me in the past
/ understand there Is opposition to electing
me a delegate. am too good a Repub-
lican to wish to create any division In my
party in Colorado, and am too much con-
cerned for the success of bimetallism and
the great principles Of the Republican par
ty to do SO under the circumstances.
therefore decline TO permit my name to be
considered. by the convention in electing
The convention did not get down TO work
until late. After the appointment of the
committee on resolutions there was walt
until HIS p. m. before the committee was
ready to report. It's deliberations were held
behind closed doors. but ii has been said
that the principal bone Of contention was
senator Wolcott. Inc resolutions as passed
are lengthy, but in them Senator Wolcott's
name Is not mentioned and his course is
commended only in so far as the Republican
Representatives in Congress are fndorsed in
one paragraph. In the resolutions Senator
Teller is made the leader CT the Colorado
delegations and no instructions are given to
the delegates except TO follow his leadership
In the first paragraph IL Is declared tnat
bimetallism and protection are vital TO the
prosperity OF the country. that Oriental COM
petition would render protection futile with
the gold standard Democratic free trade
and the gold standard are declared 10 be the
cause of a destruction of values one-half.
Bond issues are denounced. and the blame
for financial conditions is put upon the Dem
ocracy. The money plank reads:
I'VE, therefore, declare that the free
coinage OF silver and gold at a ratio of Is
70 I Is for the time now being OF paramount
and controlling Importance. and the most
pressing question connected with our politi-
cal duty and action The doctrine OF BIZ
metaihsIn has never been denied by any
national Republican convention. but often
asserted and they who now deny It are false
70 the party, and not We who still maintain
it. International bimetallism can only be
achieved through national blmetailism
(Continued on seconl PaGel
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-15
CAN NOW MARRY SMITH.


BOSTON, May H.-Banker F. Higginson
was granted a divorce this afternoon by
Judge Maynard, OF the Superior Court. The
case was uncontested. The suit has been
pending for some months. and directly fol-
lowed the sudden disappearance of Mrs.
Higginson, a prominent society leader of
beverley Farms. and the Simultaneous de-
Parture OF James Wheatland Smith, a WE'LL
known Salem lawyer. Europe was their
destination. Papers were filed by Mr.. Hig-
ginson seeking legal separation, and, after
nearing the evidence, all submitted In affi-
davits. which were kept secret, the Judge
TINS afternoon granted the divorce.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-15

PENDLETON, S. c.. Nav H.-At Clemson
College. the State agricultural institute. yes
terday, - Lindsay, convict guard shot
w. ID. James. foreman OF the college farm
who will die. Arrangements are being made
10 use the Y rays on James in order to To-
been shot. his twelve-year-old son came into
the room. James called the boy TO his bej-
sire and with volley OF ooths made him
old he would shoot Lindsay dead. The SON
promised faithfully TO do this.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-15

West Virginia Delegates Instructed
for the OhiOan.

CLARKSBURG, w. Va, May H.-At
o'clock to-day temporary Chairman Davis
called the Republican State convention to
order. Hon. p. w. Morris. OF Ritchie coun-
ty, was elected permanent chairman and
p. II. Waters. of Kanawha county. was
chosen secretary. WITH Stuart F. Reed, of
Clarksburg. assistant Hon. r. w. Nor
ris. in his speech. predicted the election OF
Mckinley in November and named s. B.
Elkins as the man for President I'm 1900 He
expressed himself confident that West Vir-
ginia VIII give the Republicans q majority
Of $1,000. He said that the timber and min
erals Of West Virginia demand protection.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-15

CHICAGO. ays1f.-Thomas j. McNichols
County tommissi0ner~ began damage suit
this afternoon against Judge joan Barton
Payne for $-oo.0a0- The suit Is the result OF
the charge made against McNlchols by
Judge Payne that the commissioner received
bribe on the O OBrien murder case TO exert
Ms tnfiuence IN preventing the Indictment
- saloon keeper 0'Brien for wife murder.i
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-15
Minister WIN, .t Ch,c..o

CHICAGO. May IA. = Albert s. Willis
United States minister 10 the Sandwich
Islands. arrived in Chicago to-day on his
lis and their son. They will spend four or
five days here. Mr.. Willis declined to talk
on any political subject.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-12-28
AMONG THE POULTRY.

A ''stunted" fowl better be killed
at once. They are useless.
Drain the poultry yard; this applies
to the barnyard also.
Feed but one kind of grain at a
time, and cover up with light litter.
Ifliving near market, try turkeys.
Ducks are also profitable.
Both nesting and busting material
should be renewed every month.
Keep fresh water continually before
the fowls, warmed trihe on the
colder mornings.
Select the best layers for breeding
stock, keeping size and color of plum
age as uniform as possible,
Keep grit of some kind accessible
to the poultry at all times. This is in
dispensable to their we'll being.
Corn is probably the best cold
weather food. Feed the kitchen scraps
in the morning in clean place.
1t is a good policy on general prin-
ciples to give the hens busting over
frequently with Persian insect powder
hold the fowl up side down, and
ruffie the feathers the "wrong way"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-12-28

rise in stirrups of gold to greet all the
rest of heaven gazing upon them from
the amethystine balconies A glorious
heaven it will be for all Of rs who any
where and anyhow served the Lord, but
an especial heaven, mounted heaven,
a professional heaven, for those who
have done outside work, exposed work,
and belonged to the Lords cavalry.
"The armies which were in heaven fol-
lowed him upon white horses.
Then, let the creaking door Of the clos
ing year go shut When that closes, bet
ter doors will open. The worlds bright
est and happiest years are yet to come.
Toward them we speed on in swiftest
stirrup. Cavalry charge at Inkerman
was not so rapid. At last the equestri-
ans equal the chargers. At last the
riders are IS many as the horses.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-12-28
In the west aisle of Westminster

In the west aisle of Westminster
Abbey, between the monuments of
those two great men, Warren Hast
ings and Richard Golden, is one of
Jonas Hanway, whose chief claim to
fame is that he was the first man in
England who carried an umbrella. 1t
is not probable, though, that this is
the reason why he was buried in the
abbey, since he was also famous in
his day as traveller and a philan-
thropist. He journeyed much in the
East, and wrote a most interesting
account of his life there. Afterward
he came home, and, making a tour of
England, wrote SO dull book about
it that it drew from the celebrated
DIR. Johnson the characteristic re
mark that "Jonas acquired some
reputation by travelling abroad, and
lost it all by travelling at home"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-12-28

sis Chivalry Dead?'' is discussed
by number of wellknown women
in Demorest's Magazine for January,
making a timely symposium on the
public manners of men toward
women in business.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-12-28

Young men and women who wish
college education will be interested in
the series of illustrated articles on
american Universities and Colleges
now running in Frank Leslie's Popular
Monthly. A paper on Yale was given
in the November number, and one on
Cornell appears in that for December.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-12-28
Bucklens, Arnica SaIve.

The Best Salve in the world for cuts, bruis-
es, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tet-
ter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all
skin eruptions, and positively cures piles, or
no pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or moneyrefunded. Price
rs cents per box. For sale by II. G. Pierce.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-12-28

Soothing. and II OF irritating, strengthening
ID not weakening, small but effective-such
are the qualities of DeWitt's Little Early
Risers, the famous little pill. Fl. G. Pierce
Barton; ID. w. Hildreth; Barton Landing; r.
E. French, Glover.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-12-28
No Prizes.


We offer no prizes to IN
duce housekeepers to buy
Welcome Soap. We put the
prize money in the soap.
That is why it stands alone,
a gem of purity.
Welcome in every home.
Quick to remove dirt, never
injuring the clothes, for there
is no injurious alkali or adul-
teration.
If its honest soap you
want = not brlSeS use
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-12-28

Scaly eruptions on the head, chapped hands
nd lips, cuts. bruises, scalds, burns are
quickly cured by DeWitt's Witch Hazel Save.
and it always cures them. II. G. Pierce, Bar
ton; d. w. Hildreth, Barton Landing; r. K.
French, Glover
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-12-28

HOODS PILLS cure Liver Ills,
Biliousness, Indigestion, Headache.
A pleasant laxative. All Druggists.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-12-28

Because a grocer can
make more profit on a cheap
soap is no reason why you
should buy it. Don't be
fooled; get Welcome" 1t
is cheapest in the end.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-12-28
Pull Up the Blinds.

Get out cf the way with your doler-
GUS foreboding and change your dirges
for what we have not done for the grand
march of what we may do and will do.
The woman at Sedan. in whose house
Napoleon the last was waiting to make
surrender of himself and his army, said
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-12-28

Go out to the Soldiers home and talk
with the men who have been in the
wars, and they will give you right ap-
probation of what is the Importance OF
the cavalry service in battle. You hear
the clatter Of the hoofs and the whir of
the arrows and the clash Of the shields
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-01-15
Vol. XIII, No. 3. Whole No. 099.
Microbes of the Soil.
Editor Florida Agriculturist:

MlCT0UcS VI bu0 NU11'
Editor Florida Agriculturist:
Inolosed is an article on microbes of
the Sojl' which I found in n"The World"
(New York; and had republished "The
Lancaster New Era" Will you reprint
it, so the Florida farmers will get the
benefit Of the information contained in
it? I know Messrs. Dudley Adams,
Mr.. Hubbard, "Hodie Dixie" and others
will appreciate it as we'll as yourself.
M. E. w.
We take pleasure in reproducing here
with the article referred to.
Science experts of the Agricultural
Department in Washington have made
an important discovery. They have
found species of microbe which
actually m lakes plants grow. In it has
been found the mysterious agent by
whose aid all things vegetable are
enabled to absorb nitrogen, which is
their chief food Without It's assistance
plant life would disappear entirely
from the earth, and, in consequence,
animal life, including mankind, would
also perish. Yet this benefcent micro
organism is so small that it can only be
seen when maguifed 800 diameters. 1t
is bacterium and micrococ cus-that
is to say, shaped like little ball.
An experiment is now being made in
the breeding of these microbes by Prof.
Wiley, of the chemistry division Of the
Department ofAgriculture. of They null
tiplJ at an enormous rate when furn-
ished with proper food, and to produce
them in indefinite quantities is easy.
Their business in life is to absorb nitro
gen from the soil and from the air and
to transform it into nitric acid. In this
shape it is taken up by the tissues Of the
plants, which are not able to consume
the nitrogen in the crude.
Rec emily trial was made with field
of several acres in Florida, on which
nothing would grow. Analyses proved
that the soil was very rich in nitrogen,
but none Of the micrococci were present.
So small amount of stable manure
was applied thinly to the surface Of the
ground, and 10! wonderful crop was
the result.
The secret of 1t was that stable
manure is of.these peculiar bacteria.
The latter went to work at once upon
the nitrogen lying idle in the hitherto
barren soil and transformed it into
available plant food. 1t has long been
known that stable manure contained
very little plant food, and so until now
it's great efficiency as fertilizer has
been a mystery. The day may yet
arrive when the farmer will apply a
solution of microbes instead of fertili-
ger to his soil. Obviously, such method
would only be tried in cases where the
bacteriaewere found to be lacking,
Without the help of microbes of this
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-01-15
81 per Annum, in advance

constantly separating valuable materials
from the waters and placing them again
in available shape for employment by
man. In the green state seaweed Is
equal to stall manure and farmers pay
five cents bushel for it. 1t was used
as a fertilizer as early as the fourth
century, and it's Importance for this pur-
pose has been recognized more and
more in modern days. In 1885 $65, 900
worth of seaweeds was used in Rhode
Island, while the value of all other
commercial fertilizers utilized in that
State was only S164,00O.
Many varieties of sea grass are used
for filling mattresses and cushions.
Other species are burned and their ashes
are employed for the manufacture of
soda, iondine and bromine. The gela-
tious parts of seaweeds become very hard
and elastic on being dlied, and have
been moulded into all sorts of forms as
substitutes for horn and shell in making
handles for knives, files and other tools.
In the Techno Chemical Receipts
Book, on page III, may be found recipes
for making artificial ebony from charcoal
obtained from seaweeds; also for m aking
leather, soap and glue. Directions, too,
are given for the manufacture of trans
parent seaweed leather, opaque seaweed
leather and other interesting articles.
The fishes of the sea collect especially
the two great elements of plant food
nitrogen and phosphorus. Oysters and
other shell fishes gather not only large
quantities of phosphorus and nitrogen,
but also carbonate of lime. In fishing
districts the fish waste serves as pre-
cious fertilizing material. Some fishes
are taken, as the menhaden, chiefly for
their fertilizing value.
The rain water which descends upon
the earth is not pure. 1t brings to the
soil a certain amount of value plant
food. Not only does it absorb and hold
in solution ammonia and nitric acid,
which may perhaps be formed by elec-
trical discharges in the air, but it also
collects and brings with it vast quanti-
ties of meteoric dust containing fertiliz-
ing principles.
Prof. Wiley, to whom the writer is in
debted for much Of his information,
says that, with the aid Of scientific agri-
culture and the help Of the agricultural
chemist, thousand million people will
not so crowd the United States as to
make Malthus more than a pleasing
theorist. The death of humanity is not
to come from starvation, but from freez-
ing and many geologic epoch will come
and go before this planet dies of cold.
For the Florida Agrtculturist.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-01-15
DeLand, Fla, Wednesday, January l5, 1896.

by the manufacturers were apt to be
false, and there was no authority to
which such questions could be referred
tor settlement. Now the strife has
ceased, because, all analyses are made
under conditions prescribed by the
official chemists, who are attached to
agricultural experim ent stations, agri-
cultural colleges and state boards of
Agriculture. They have control over
the manufacture and sale of fertilizers
in many states, and the makers must
have licenses. If their goods fail to
come up to the mark, the dealers are
excluded from the market. 1t is esti-
mated that in this way S50,O00,OOO an
nually is saved to the farmers.
The Department of Agriculture ex-
hibited at Atlanta series of three
models illustrating the ruin of farms by
the wanton destruction Of forests. The
models are ten feet square, and they
represent farm-the same farm in
each case, through which runs a wind
ing stream.
In the first model the arabic lands on
the slopes of the hills have been denuded
of soil to great extent by floods due to
the wiping away of trees from the hill
tops. The second model shows that the
60 nooliuad tho of his
trouble and his planted new forests on
the tops of the hills. In the third model
the forests have covered the hilltopS
again, and the denuded slopes have re-
gained their covering of soil; the fields
are laughing with bountiful harvest
and the increased prosperity OF the
farmer is denoted by the fact that he
has built him a new house, using the
old one for barn.
Of course, the rivers are continually
carrying vast quantities Of soil from the
land into the sea, and this can be pre-
vented only in a small measure. But it
is not wholly lost The ocean is a great
sorting ground in which all such mat
erial is winnowed and separated into its
component elements. The carbonate OF
lime is deposited In beds, or through
the medl um of animal life is transformed ed
into coral form ations or into shells
Phosphoric acid is likewise sifted out
into phosphate deposits or passes into
the bodies of marine animals.
These and other valuable substances are
thus conserved and put into shape in
which they may be returned sooner or
later to the use of man.
FERTILITY IN SEA WEEDS.
1t is worth while to mention some of
the ways pointed out through the re-
searches of agricultural chemists. in
which these waste products are restored.
One is disposed to look upon the sea as
devoid of vegetable life, but the gardens
of the ocean are no less fully stocked
with economic plants than the gardens
of the land.
The various species of seaweeds are
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-01-15
For the Florida Agrfculturist.
Upland Rice.

Rice production in Florida and through
the South generally may be looked upon
as very promising industry, and there
fore latent source of wealth. There is
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-01-15

species plants will die in the richest
soil. With their assistance certain
kind of plants are able to absorb and
utilize the nitrogen in the atmosphere.
This is most particularly true of the
peas, beans, clover and other leguminous
plants. Farmers have long known that
there was no better way to enrich field
then to plant it with clover or beans, or
peas. The reason why is simply that
cro-organisms Of the sort described
infest these plants in great numbers.
Living in the rootlets, they ply the
trade of agricultural chemists on small
scale, but most efficiently. Their col
onies are marked by little excrescences
or pimples on the roots. They are
manufacturers of nitric acid. They do
not live in the roots Of cereals-hence
the desirability of roofing corn with
clover.
In furnishing nitrogen to the soil the
farmer is supplying stuff for the microbes
to work on. Nitrogen is the most valu-
able of plant foods. 1t is also the most
expensive, costing from sixteen to eigh-
teen cents pound. Sometimes it is
applied to the land in the shape Of waste
from packing esta bllshments and abat-
tolrs-scraps of 1ntestines, ETC., which
are boiled to get out the oil and finally
dried and ground. At the slaughter
house nothing is wasted. Every drop
of blood is saved, to be dried and ground.
Dried blood is the best of all materials
for yielding nitrogen. 1t may be said in
a rough way that nitrogen makes the
flesh of plants, while phosphoric acid
makes the fat.
One important object of the Associa-
tion of Official Agricultural Chemists is
to teach the farmers what kinds Of fertil-
izers to employ. Mr.. Hayseed may be
using nitrogen when what he really re-
quires for his land is potash, which is
comparatively cheap. All of the potash
utilized in this country comes from
single mine at Stassfort, in Germany. The
deposits in that locality had their origin
thousands of years ago in a sea, the
waters of which gradually receded, leav-
ing lakes that retained communication
with the ocean by small channels.
Potash deposits are commonly found
associated with deposits Of rock salt.
Of the latter vast beds exist in New
York, Kansas, Michigan and other parts
of the United States, and stores of the
valuable fertilizer may yet be discovered
on this continent, geologists think.
ANALYZING FERTILIZERS.
All of the members of the Association
hold official places as chemists under
the Federal Government or in the States.
The Immediate cause of the formation
of their organization was a series of
disputes between makers of fertilizers
and the consumers as to the quality of
the merchandise. The analyses given
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-12-01
The Boston & Maine Road is
the Sufferer.
Scene Is Near the State Prison al
Cnarlestown, Mass.
Precautions Taken to Prevent Institu-
tion From Catching Fire.

Boston, Dec. Fire started early this
morning from some cause unknown IN
the coal sheds in the Boston & Ma inc
railway yard, in the rear OF the State
prison at Charlestown, and at IL O'Clock,
nearly three hours after the fire depart
ment had been summoned, the flames
were burning as hercely as ever. The
Drst alarm was given at about $3.50, fol-
lowed by second about 10 o'clock and a
third at 1880. The third alar1. brought
apparatus from nearly every part OF the
city, this precaution Being taken as the
property OF the Fitchburg Railroad, the
Boston Il Maine roundhouse and other
result of tho fire trains have passed In
or out of the Union station on the east
ern division OF the Boston & Maine. 1t is
estimated that over $1,000 tons of coal
are in the building and at present IL
looks IL the loss will be very heavy.
The fire was discovered by the division
superintendent who was passing the
sheds. The tire department owing to the
escape OF gas could only stay in tho
sheds very few moments without being
overcome by fumes. Suddenly at 1918
the whole mass Of coal seemed TO leap
Into a gigantic blaze which quickly de-
voured the sheds and left a big mound
Of burning coal. A number of small re-
pair shops and the schooner Crescent of
New London which had been caught i'm
oraw bridge near by were threatened at
one time. Owing to the close proximity
OF the fire to the State Prison extra pre-
cautions were taken by Warden Bridges
and bis officers to prevent any of the
prison buildings from taking fire and
extra policemen from the city were held
in readiness for any outbreak OF the
prisoners.
Fireman Ryan of the fire boat which
had done excellent service on the east
side of the fire slipped on the deck and
broke his leg and was taken to the hos
pitsl in an am buisnce. At IL o'clock a !
portion OF shed fell across the tracks OF |
the Fitchburg division blocking traffic |
each way. Passengers on incoming |
trains were obliged TO alight at east |
while all traffic out of Boston |
on that division was stopped.