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THE PEOPLE'S TARTY. James B. Weaver, of Iowa, and James O. Field, of Virginia. Ft Xoaalawc for Pmldont Iri Vlre Prtaldeat mt tbo I nt trd KtmUa Re spectively Th Frmaabl. and Platform. Omaha. Neb., Jaly 4. Althooph (t o clock was the hour set for the open ing1 of the morning aeasion of the na tional convention 01 the people's party, it was 8:45 before enough members had arrived to warrant the calling of the roll to ascertain whether or not a quo rum was, present, and 9 o'clock before partial order had been secured. The credentials committee reported no conu'sts. The committee on permanent organi zation made its report as follows: "Your committe on permanent or ganization beg leave to submit the following report: For permanent chairman, II. U Loucks, South Dakota. Prolonged applause.) For permanent secretary, J. . Haves Jew Jersey. (Applause. For assistant secretaries, 8. S. King, of Kansas: l,eorge Wilson, of Michigan; G. W. Denmark, of South Carina, and I). V. Monroe." . I'ollowing this was also a long list of vice chairmen, each stats being reore- sented in the distribution of this honor. The report was unanimously adopted amid applause, and Temporary Chair man Ellington at once introduced his successor. The new ehairman made a lengthy address. 5en. Armstrong followed with twenty-minute speeoh. The report of the committee on rules was submitted and adopted. H. F. TauU'ntH'k. uf Illinois was recngitizctt and said that at 10:30 o'cUivk the Omaha Fourth of July parade would be passing the convention, and lie was about to propose a recess when a delegate interrupted with the state ment that they should keep on with their business. Tanlieneck neverthe less moved a recess for twenty minutes for the parade, and Col. Norton said that it was a courtesy due to the eiti 7,ens of tmaha. It was carried by a de cided majority. The roll of states was called and each state sent up the name of its member of the national committee, A resolution offered to request the Union Pacific to extend the usual courtesy of half-fare rates to mcuitors traveling over its lines, met with such a vehement protest from those who had leen refused the reduction that the resolution was rejected and a motion adopted to appeal to the interstate commerce commission in the matter. A recess was then taken until J p. in. AFTEltXOOX 8KHSIOX. At the aftermion session a telrprnm was it ad announcing that the re publican delegation from Wellington, county. Kas., had gone to the con-: gressional convention with a certain candidate who was defeated, and on their return the delegation put on badges of the people's party candidate. The announcement was greeted with loud cheers. Hut the most dramatic incident of the day and one so overpowering in its intensity as to be scarcely deseri liable in the English language was yet to come. Representative Tatibeneck advanced -waving a telegram in his hand. He announced to one of his neighbors 't.resham. will accept The word gradually passed around the ball and the wild excitement was renewed. Finally Tanlx-ncek said the message was from Ir. Ilonser, peoples con' didate for lieutenant-governor of In diana, and read: '"I have just seen tiresham. If unanimous he will not decline. For fifteen minutes thereafter the convention was utterly beyond tha con trol of the chair. Gen. Jam ft H. Mircr. A counter demonstration was at tempted by Hrown, of Massachusetts, a Weaver leader, who said he had a letter from I 'resident Page of the Virginia al liance, stating that his name might go before the convention, and that after a full and free consideration he would abide by the result This is just a lit tle better than Mr. (reshain, who wants atunanimonsly,"headded. This was greeted with a storm of hisses. Finally Hrown apologized to Tatiben eck. and the convention agreed that all should have a fair show. Tail be neck moved that the conven tion adjourn until 8 o'clock and Itrown, with a view of trying conclusions with the enemy, moved to make it half-past even. Once again the convention lost con trol of itself and for a brief period bed lam reigned. On a viva voce vote llrown's amendment was defeated and Taubeneck's motion fixing the honr for reassembling was adopted by a large majority. At 5 o'clock recess was ac cordingly ordered. NIGHT 8K88ION. It was 8:30 when the third session of the day was called to order. Numer ous hurried conferences were held to consider the feasibility of concentrating upon Senator Kyle, but the chairman cut them short by insisting that every delegate should get into his or her scat At 8:40, It ranch, of Georgia, ap peared with the supplementary report of the committee on platform. To the plank regarding a free count, a south ern delegate in the rear of the hall, moved that it be tabled on the ground that it was but a rehash of the declara tions in the platforms of the two old parties. Ily an overwhelming major ity the convention decided to let it stay in, and the reading was resumed. Hearty applause was given the reso lution regarding standing armies, the referendum, and the limits of the terras of the presidency. When the reading was finished Chairman Loncks put the motion on the adoption f the re port, although a number of delegates demanded to le heard. Quiet was secured by Hugh Ca va'nagh, of the executive board of the Knights of Labor, who reported this resolution in behalf of the committee: Knolcnt, That tbH convention BTtnpatbbfes with the Knta-hts of Labor m their rifrbteoas content with tin tyrannical combine of ckrthiajc manufacturers of Rochester, and declares It to fcataadaty ofall who feat tyranny and op- presatoa to return to purchase tin goois made br tbe rtfcl nwnnfacturan or to patroniae any merchant wbo sells acta goods. Over an hour was consumed in de da? bate, Mclfcnveil, f 'IVnnessee, and Iaml, of Tennessee, hj acting, Igna tius Donnelly caitid to the rescue of the laborers. The previous question was ordered and the resolution adopted. 1 -ranch had another resolution ready providing that no federal, state or municipal uflicer or employe, including mcmliers of congress, senators and legislators shall be eligible to sit or vote in any convention of this party. It was 9:40 when the regular order of business, that of calling the roll of states for nomination of candidates for the presidency was reached. When Alabama was called E. C. Manning, of that state, in a speech that was very imperfectly understood owing to bis distance from the platform, named (Icn. J. IS. Weaver of Iowa. Colorado yielded her privilege to Col. A S. F. Norton, of Illinois. He said that h is ca n d id a t e had a I ready won h is spurs. He loomed up like a giant He belonged to no faction. Everybody could vote for him. no one could say an unkind word a Unit him. Let the old guard hold the fort, and let the new guard carry the banner. He was a man so great that no big hat of an ancestor could hide htm from view; w hose brains are not measured by the size of his waist lireat laughter and applause. Col. Norton concluded with a long eulogy of Independence hall by naming Senator. I. S. Ivy la. of Sonth Dakota. The name was received with slight ap plause, and three cheers were called for anl faintly responded to. Connecticut through Delegate ItaUl win. placed in nomination tien. Fields, of Viqginia. Harvey, of Florida, seconded Weavers nomination and Wimlerly, of Georgia, supjiortrd that of Kyle C. It. t arn HV. S. H. ISaslmr. pastor of the Pro gressive ehtireh nt Milledgeville, took the platform and in a twenty-minutes speech, repeatedly interrupted by cries of time, nominated in tiehalf of a por tion of the Illinois delegation. Senator C. H. YaiiWvck. of Nebraska. As fast as en. -ii delegation was called some one deh--.te claimed the right to make the tiftet u-minute speech allowed by the rules, and the talk promised to last until daylight At last the weary round of speech- making came to an end and the ballot ing for the nominee for president com menced, the result of the first liallot being announced at 1J:.V a. m., as fol lows; Weaver, !..; Kyle, 27"; scatter ing. 2. The nomination of Weaver was made unanimous. The nominations for vice-president Iteing declared in order, James (?. Field, of Virginia, an cx-confederate, and lien, lerriii, of Jexas, were named. The ballot resulted: Field, 733; Ter- rill. 554. The candidates were introduced ami briefly thanked the convention, and at 3 o'clock a. m. the convention adjourned sine die. Omaha, Xkii., July 5. The following are the preamble, platform and resolu tions adopted by the people's party convention: The r la t form. Assembled upon the on hundred and fix trentli amiivorsnry ff th IerlarJir4oi of Inde pendence, tho rvipl"i party of America, in their first national eunTetitMm, invoking anon their arthm the btosninfr of Almighty (tod. pale forth, in tb name aiil u liehalf of the people of this country, the following preamble and dec aration of principle: Th- condition! which aarronnd a bent Jtw tify oarco-oi:ration. Wenvet in the inidt of a nation brought to tiv Y?rjpe of moral, political and material nrn. Corruption dominate the ItaPot 1mx. the legislature, the congress, an! toachvfi even the ermine of the bench. The p-'ople are n7iiorafized: most of the state have been competed to ieolate the voters at the polling placrs to prevent universal int-mi-daiioa .r brib ty. The newspaper are largely nuliai hxed r muzzled; public opinion tilr-nced; baaio'w prostrated; oar home ct.Vf mi with mortgages; labor Irn poverinhtd, ami the land concentrating in the hands of the capitalists. The urban workmen are denied the right of organization for eelf- protection; imported pauperized labor beats down th?:r wng; a hireling standing army, nntveognised hy our laws, i eetablished to abont them down; and thty are rapidly de generating iuto European conditions; the f mite of the toil of millions are boldly stolen to build up coloesal fortunes for a few, unpre cedented in the history of mankind; and the possesAors of these, in time, despise the repub lic and endanger liberty. From the same pro line womb of governmental injustice wa braed the two great classes tramp and millionaires. The national powor to create money is ap propriated to enrich bondholders; a vast public debt, payabl in legal tender currency, ha been refunded Into gold-bearing bonds, thereby adding millions to the burden of the peoplo. bilver, which has been accepted a coin since the dawn of history, has been demonetized to add to the purchasing power of gold by de creasing the value of all forms of property as well a human labor; and the supply of cur rency is purposely abridged to fatten usurpera, bankrupt entorprim and enslave industry. A vast conspiracy against mankind has b-n organized in two continents, and it is rapi Uy taking possession or the world. It not mt and overthrown at once it forbodea terrible social con minions, the destruction of civUiza tkm. or the establishment of an absolute des potism. We have witnessed for more than a qnarter ofarentury the struggles of the two great poiit cal parties for power and plunder, while grievous wmngs have been inflicted upon the puffering people. We charge that the control- hngiuQuenc d-tminstirg both these parties have permitted the existing dreadful condition to develop without seriou4 effort to reprove or restrain them. Neither do they now prom ise us any aulwtantial reform. They have agreed together to ignore, in the coming cam paign, every issue but one. They propose to drown the outcries of a plundered people with the uproar of a sham-battle over the tariff, so that capitalists, corporations, national lmnks, rings truet., watered stock, the de monetization of silver and the oppressions of the usurers may all be lost sigh! of. Ther pro- : pose to sacrince our homes. Ilvoi aui children on the alter of Mammon; to destroy the multi tude in order to cure corruption funds from tee millionaire Assembled on the anniversary of the birth day of the nuttou and eilel with the spirit of the grand generation wbo established our in dependence, ire a -ek to restore tho govern ment of the republic to th- hau ls of "the plain people" with wl.oao elnea it originated. We assert cur purposes to be identical with th? purpose of the national constitution: To form a mora perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common drfenM. promote tbe general welfare and fKtmre the btamnn of liberty for oar- selves an t oar poaterHr." We declare that ; this republic can oniy entlnre as a fre govern- meat, while built upon tbe love of the whole people for eacU otht-r and for tbe nation: tt cannot be pinned together with baroneta; that UdvU war over and that mary pa resentment winch grew out of It must die with It, and that we must be in fact, as we an m name, a united brotherhood of freemen. Our county finds itself confronted by condi tions for which there Is no precedent in the history of the world; our annual agricultural productions amount to billion ot dollar in value, which must, within a few we-ks or months, be exchanged, for billions of dollars of commodities oonsumed In their production; the existing currency supply is wholly inade quate to make this exchange; the results are falling prices, the formation of combines and rings, and the impoverishment of the produc ing class. We pledge ourselves that if given power we will labor to correct these evils by wise and reasonable legislation in accordance with the terms of our platform. We bvlieve that the powers of government In other words, of the peoplr should be ex panded, (as In the case of the postal servic?) as rapidly and as far as the good sense of an in telligent people and the teachings of experience will justify, to the end that oppression, injustice and poverty shall eventually ceas- in the land. While our sympathies as a party of reform are naturally upon the side of every proposition which will tend to make men intelligent, vir tuous and temperate, we nevertheless regard these questions important as they are as secondary to toe great fosuea now pressing for solution, and upon which not only our indirldusl prosperity but the very existence of free Institutions de pend; and we ask all men to first help us to determine whether we are to have a repuMir to administer, before we differ ss to the condi tions onon which it i to b a train istrod. Be lieving that the forca of reform this dny or gani9d will never cease to move forward unt'l every wrong is remedied, and equal rights and equal privileges are securely established for all the m-n and women of this country; we de clare therefore. Firt. That the union of the labor forces of the United States this day consummated thill be permanent and perpetual: may its spirit enter into all hearts for the salvation of tbe re public and tbe uplifting of mankln t. fleeond. Wealth belongs to htm who create it. and every dollar tak-Mi from iodustr., with out an equivalent is robbery. "If any will not work neither shall he eat. The interests of rural and civic labor are the same; their ene mies are Identical. Third. We believe that the time has como when the railroad corporations will eith-r own the people or tbe p-ople must own the rail roads, and should the government enter ufn the work of owning and managing any er all railroad, we should favor au amendment to tbe constitution by wbt-h all persons encaged in the government service shall be placed tin der a civil service regulation of tbe most rigid chsrae'er so as to prevent the increase of the rower of the national administration by the us of auch additional government employe. We demand a national currency, safe, sound and flexib'e. Issued by tbe general government only; aHrd ten ler ror all debts, public an I private, without the uss of tanking corpora tions; a just, equital)!- and efH cient means of distribution direct to th p.vpli. at a tax not to exceed 2 per c-nt. per annum, to b- provided ai set forth in th subtre.wiry plan f th Farmer's AUiano or aomebtter system: alo by psvments in discbarge of its obligations fr improvements. We demand the free and unlimited roinije of silver and gold at the present leal ratio uf W to 1. We demand that th amount of the circula ting mndmm be speedily incrna-vd to not lei than $5" p"r capita. We demand a graduated Inciime tax. We h-dieye that the moueyt of the country should le kept as much as itossible in the hands of the people, and henes we demand that all national an I state revenue shall lo limit- 1 to the ncc irv expns-s of the government, ponomlcally and honestly adminLsterel. We demand tHat ps:al savings banks 12 e tablishd by the gorernment for th sf-- de posit of the earnings of the peopla and to fa cilitate exchange. Transportation bMng a means ot eichaniTe and a public nessity. the government honld own and operate the ra;lroada iu the interest of the people. The telegraph and t:lephon, lik-3 the pot oftice system. Iwing a nrcMityfr the tran miision of nw, should le owaed and op"ra"d by the government in tho iuten'st of ti'o people. The land, inc'uding all the natural sonnvsof wealth, i th hriti of all tii people and should not lie momip dil for speenlative pur poses: and a!i ownersliip of tnnd h'nM l prohibit!. AH lands now h-ld Iry r:iilri.icN and otbr fMrnomtiojn iu excess nf their actual need and a!l lands now own.! by aii--i i s!i:iuld bereclaiml iiy th; g'verurn'a an) held for actual stt Its only. After submitting the foreoinff the eonimittec on resolutions held another meeting and unanimously a pureed to n ptirt the follow injr to the convention at the night session: WnKRRAS. Other qaeittons have leen pn sented for our consideration, vro lnnly mit tbe following, not as a part of th ' plat form, of toep-ople's party, but as r 'solutions expressive of the aeutiment of this conven tion. 1. JTcaofrof. Tliat we demand a free ballot .and a fair count in all elections, anil pl'il, ourselves to secure it to every legal votT with out federal intervention throu h tiie adoption by the state? of the uu,crvert'-d Australian or eef-ret ballot syHtem. S. Rftalrtd. That th. revenn- derived from a graduated income tax flhonld K applied to the reduction of th- buniea of taxation now rest ing uou the domestic industries of this coun try 3. Itfolret. Tliat w.- ple1ge our support to fair and liberal pensions to ex-union soldi r j and sailors. 4. Il'$oiTt. That we condemn tbe fallacy of protecting American lhr under th pr.'s nt .y-tem. which opens oor pfirts to the paupT and criminal classes of the w.irld. and crowds out our wage-earners; and we denounce tne present insffectire laws against contract labor, and demand the further restriction of undesir able immigration. ft fintotrrtf. That we cordially sympathize with the efforts of organiZ'd workman to shorten the hours of laltor. and demand a i igid enforcement of the existing eight-hour law n government work, and ask that a penalty clan be added to tbe said law. 6- firtnlrrd. That we regard th? maintenance of a large standing army of m"rcnaris, kiiom as tbe Pinkerton syitem, as a nvmaeo to our liberties, and we demand its abobtion; and we condemn the recent invasion of th territory of Wyomin? by the hirel assassins of plu tocracy, assisted by federal officials. 7. Rrtnlrett, That we commend to the favor able consideration of the people and tin reform press the legislative system known a tho ini tiative and referendum. S. Bcaorrrf. That w favor a constitutional provision limiting the office of president and vice -president to one t-rm. and providing for the election of senators of the United States by a direct vote of the pop1?. 0. .Vsnrerf, That we oppose any subsidy or national aid to any private corporation for any purpose. The resolutions were adopted after a short session. The National 'otittnlttre. Omaha. Xeb., July 5. The following is the national committee, as reported to the convention: Alabama J. B. Ware. C. H. Manning and George F. GaithT. Arkansas J. W. Pollison, J. M Pittman and E. R. Hay. California Ijesse Poundfitone, George B. Johnsn and E. M. Hamilton. Colorado I. O. Barry, J. A. Wayland and A. Colman. Connecticut Robert Payne, A. S. Houghton and Henry C. Baldwin. Florida S. S. Harvey, P. I Jenkins and 8. H. Litle. Georgia J. H. Turner, J. F. Brown and C. H. Ellington. Idaho A. T. Lane. B. H. Anderson and D. R. Munro. Illinoi H. L. Taulieneck, Eugene Smith aud W H. H.-ss. Indiana M. 0. Rankin, C. A. Robinson and Frazer Thomas. Iowa-W. H. Calhoun. W. a Scott and A. J. West fall. Kansas 8. H. Bnyder, W. D. Vincent and J. W. Laybourn. Kentucky A. F. Garden. J. G. Blair and W. J. Scott. I Louisiana G. W. Bruce, B. F. Hardesty and J. W. Burt Maine H. 6. Hobbs, tlrnry Betts and E. W. i Boynton. Massachusetts K. G. Brown, George F. I Washburn and J. Pctr Gardner. Michigan John O. Scabet, H. L Alleo and E l 8. Grece. Minnesota Ignatius Donnelly, K. Halvorsen and H B Martin. Mississippi G. W. Dver. L 8. Milsaps and N. W. Bradford. Missouri M. V. Carroll, A. Rosclle and G. M. Gooch. Montana Charles Hanscom, J. W. Allen and J. II. Rougher. New Hampshire I. B- Porter. w Jersey H. D. Opdyke, John Wilcox and Joseph R. Buchanan. New York L. J. McLarttn, Henry A. Hicks and L. V. Roberta North Carolina W. R. Lindsay. Thomas H. Long and 8. O- Wilson. North Dakota Walter Mnir. W. T. McCul loch and Herman Mictaelsen. Ohio Hugo Price, C H. Cobb and M. W. Wilkin. Oregon Joseph Waldrop, J. W. Marksberry and Charles E. Fitrh. Pennsylvania V. A. Loter, J. K. Lethe and J. B. Akin. Sooth Dakota A. WardeH, A. H. Allan aod F. Ztppt. Tennesaee O. H. Owinn, ! B. Taylor and I. WiUdna. Tctjis Tbomaa Gaines, .R W. Oekman and J. H. Davis. Virginia L H. Hobeon, Marion Fag and Samuel L. Newberry. Washington D. B. Hannah, M. F. Knox and C. W. Young. West V irginla-8. H. Pierrot, John . Staler and N. W. Fitzgerald. Wisconsin Robart BchQling. C. X. Butt and Henry O Brien. District of Columbia Lee Crandall, Annie L. Dlggs and Q. A Bland. Oklahoma P. O. Casaidy and S. D. Keeker. The states and territories of Delaware, Mary land, Nebraska. Nevada, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Wyoming. Alaska Arizona, Indian Territory, New Mexico and Utah have not yet selected their committeemen. ROUGH SPORT. A Corean Amusement That Is Mora Dan ftrtra Than Football. The Corean correspondent of a Japan paper gives an account of a curious popular practice in Corca. Kite flying, which is universal in that country. ceases suddenly on the 15th of the first Corean month, and the next day stone fights take its place as the chief public atnnsemcnt. In the eastern part of Seoul, the capital, there are large open spaces that have not been built upon. and here occur the most serious and in teresting fights. One section of the city is pitted against another, but anyone can take a hand on cither side at pleasure. There are no recognized leaders, but the mass of fighters readily follow the lead of anyone who shows himself to be a little more reckless than the rest. Two molts, consisting of fifty, seventy or a hundred men each, arc drawn up against each other, with an interval of perhaps fifty yards between them. There is an incest nt shower of stones and each man's business is to hit as many men as he can, and especially to avoid all , the stones directed at him. From ten to twenty men on each side are armed with stout clubs, and wear thick wadded helmets. These form the skirmishing line. They sally out from their re spective sides, and, meeting in mid career, strike out viciously at each other's heads each man holding np his cloak with his left hand as a shield to ward off the blows of his adversary. After the club-fight has lasted about thirty seconds one side or the other be gins to give wnj". which is the signal for a rush of the others. Almost inva riably the other side breaks and runs and sometimes are chased into their houses, but generally some of the pur suing party press to closely upon the fugitives. Tlu'n the latter suddenly turn aid deal a few staggering blows which click the pursuers and in a sec ond the tables arts turned, and those who a moment ago were Hushed with victory are now in full flight with their enemies. Thus the battle goes back and forth aerwis the fields, while the neighlioring cmltaitUmciits are crowded with spec tators. The effect f the thundering t-heers of the s pee t a tors is marvellous. They charge upon each other as if in actual battle, and show what would le bravery if exerted in some useful cause. Near the river there are nu merous villages, numltering from one hundred to five hundred houses each. They are situated ahng the banks at intervals of alHut half a mile. These ks-p up a continual series of fights among themselves during the season, one village lning nrrayd against another. The defcabil party fly across the marshy fields to their own village, followed by their enemies who enter after them, sriing anything on which they can lay their hands inn, files d rs to mark their victory. Then the whole village rises against the invaders and they fly, glad if they can get back without broken heads. The first stone fight of the present season was rather more disastrous than usual. It is re ported that six men were killed; but this is probably an exaggeration. A company of soldiers was ordered out to stop it, which they found some diffi culty in d'ting, even with fixed baron ets. ialignaiii's Messenger. JOHN GILPIN'S RIDE. An AntUAlna Adventure Whleh Suggested That Mr. Ueyer. a London linen-draper do ing business in I'aternoster row, near Cheapside, is said on fairly good au thority to have had the experience which suggested to Cow per the famous ballad concerning "John Gilpin. The merehant. so the story goes was, to gether with his family, invited to at tend the pleasure party wt a country place cal led Ed mon ton. 1 le concluded that it would Ik a good plan for him self to go there on horseback and send his wife and children by car riage. The airimal which be pro cured was extremely obstinate and hanl to handle, and. not being much of an equestrian. Mr. Beyer lost control of it. The result was that the least in going carried him far past his destination, and when he got it turned around, carried him clear back to Lon don, to the great discomfort both of himself and his family and friends, who saw him dash past Edmonton twice without stopping. The adventure came to the ears of Lady Austen, then a young girl, and later in life she told it to Cfwper to dispel Iris melancholy. It is related that when he heard it he was extremely amused and laid awake the greater part of the following night working it into ballad form. Beyer, the unwilling hero of the ride, died on the 11th of May, ITJ1, at the age of ninety eight years. Chicago News. Mourning Colors in Various Countries. Mournhig colors the world over ara strangely contradictory. In Ethiopia grayish brown is used as a sign of 4 grief, because it typifies the color of the clay to which the lody returns. Sky oiue. as woru in c i in niiu nrim-ina. carries with it the comforting assur ance that the souls of the dead have wafted beyond the skies. With tho South sea islanders black and white ex press alternate hope and sorrow. In Turkey the mourning color is violent, in China white. The yellow of the dy ing leaf is worn in Egypt and Burmah Jenness Miller. A Lost Illustration. . "He's an awful miser. I never heard of him giving anything away in his life, 'Didn't be give his daughter away when she was married? "You're awfully funny, aren't you? Ills daughter eloped. Judge. H. G. Spear, of Lisbon, Me., built a fire in the washroom of his house the other day, and immediately there was a great commotion in the chimney. He nut the fire out and took the funnel down to investigate. He found tha chimney choked with swallows. After an hour's work the astonished house holder succeeded in clearing the chim ney, and then he had 328 blackened and suffocated swallows in a heap on the washroom floor. The birds came the day before, and, finding the large chimneys where they had previously nested closed by netting, made their home in the ell chimney, with the re ported disastrous result. The little baby daughter of tha Chinese minister at Washington has only two years more of happy infancy before her, for when she reaches the age of three years her tiny feet will be swathed in tight bandages to retard their growth and to produce the pedal dimmntiveness that seems hideous to American eyes, but is one of the da lights of Chinese visual organs Til torero last for threa j AGRICULTURAL HINTS. FRAME FOR SILO. ?oha Gould DImuim It, Merit, and 8ng grata Home Improvement. An old reader sends us the accom panying cnt of tbe frame of a silo, and asks if it is of sufficient merit to be no ticed. Of coarse anything that prom ises to be an improvement on existing things is in the line of notice. The diagram shows that the studding of the silo is to be put horizontal, and the locked corners are to be farther strengthened by a cross-piece, to be spiked on as seen at A. The important tiling is to do away with the corners, and ceil upon these braces as well as the stndding IS. The designer docs not say whether the silo is to be single or doublc-boanled, which would be an important point, as the silo, if single ceiled, would find its weak point at the turning of the angles. If the matched lumlier were first put upon the stud ding, or now more properly "ribs," and notched on to these cross braces so that the siding could be spliced or lapped on to the first boards the corners would seem then to be reasonably secure. The double boarding, with strong pa- per doubled in the turns, would make all secure; and when the lining hoards were put on, if they were wcll-hcvclcd at the edges, so that when nailed the joining would In a gmd joint, there would not tc any more liability of dam age than in the usual "square corner. my opinion the ribs need not be nearer than 2 feet apart, and a i by IV- inch timlter would he of ampVtrength. The doorway would present the imst serious matter, as it would need to la i" it her a "manhole" cut in between tbe ril, or a section door set in from the in n ide and unhinged, extending up and down acnss two of the rihs. Though this would interfere to some extent with taking out the ensilage to have iixi across the doorway, if a frame of this ix( stuff. IS inches by 4 feet. were well s.'t in at the doorway, there would be no danger of weakening the frame of the silo by cutting out a rib for the door. The next lower door con Id be set three ribs Indow, and il the silo were very deep there could yet another door put in lower down. and this would alford ample facility fot taking out the ensilage. Where the lumltcr is either matched or is dressed down to a true edge, there is no rea4 objection to putting it on up and down, though with this qualification that if only a single thickness of luinler ih u.Ncd, it i imperative that it shaM lie of the lest quality and the matehing per fect, as the air must le prevented from gaining an entrance. The silo here depicted would 1h an excellent one to put up in a barn that had a defective frame, one that could not 1' depended upon to strengthen th bat king t-f ihe silo: or if the silu was to le an outride structure it would per haps Ik' more rigid than one built with upright studding, though there would prol.ahly lie no econoiuv of lumber effected. The original idea of this st vie of silo frame, except the corner cnss braces was made public by Mr. Ceo. T. lweu. of (incut, . i., now the popu lar and efficient superintendent of the Nfw York state farmers institutes. John t.otild, in Country !entleinan. SHEEP SHEARINGS. I'iKTV sheep make a good flock to keep together. Siikki are fond of varietv of food and thrive iifion it. Siifkp have a goiM coat of wool, vet they neet I good shelter from storms. Fhkihm; on low. wet land produces on unfavorable condition for the sheep. If the ewes are allowed to run down nt this time the lambs will he weak and sickly. To A very considerable extent upon the numltcr kept depends the profit ableness of the flock. Kkki sheep out of the dirt; dirty. bnrrv wiMl is ahvays docked more than the value of the dirt. With fattening sheep as with other sttH-k. ".he profit lies in securing a good eight in a short time. It the sheep must be sold, fatten them well and sell for mutton; better priees can Ik realized xk of theliest plans of fecdinglambs K with a lottle. with a ruhltcr nipple fastened over the top. Siif.f.!' love high, dry ground, and this should be rcmcmlrcrcd in selecting a typical .sheep pasture. Tuk permanent fertility of the farm gradually increased by the nnmlter of sheep that are kept upon it. Oxk advantage with wool growing is that it does not exhaust the fertility of the soil like grain growing. When a ewe loses her lamb she can lc put in a pen and used as a wet nursa to help out lambs that are lost. Wool, cannot be grown to the best advantage from the backs of poor sheep any more than good crop of grain can Ik grown on a thin, mndovn soil. Tiik English farmer turns his sheep into the turnip field to ga'her the crop for themselves. lie thus saves the la bor of handling them, and at the same time gets the land well manured Western Knral. HAYRACK AND MANGER. More Serviceable Than Thmw Costing Three Times as X"nrh. The hayrack and manger shown in the accompanying illustritmn is very cheap and simple, and nill he found equally as serviceabl. and far more healthful than those resting three PERriCKAni.E UATKACK SI) HASfiEl times the amonnt. It is intended for those who feed their horses hay from above. The front nf the rack, or chute, is twelve inches wide at the bottara and twenty inches at the top. The sitlc is from twenty to twentj -eijrht inches wide, the lower end bein? cnt away as shown in the engraving, the distance from the bottom of the manger to the top of the arch being su teen inches. The hay, when placed in the top of the rack, will fall or settl to the bot tom, and the horse in eating the hay pulls oat a monthfnl at a time, all the leaves, seeds, etc, remaining in the manger. The horse does not get his eyes or mane fall of dirt, hayseed and fonldust With many styles of feed racks, the health and eyesight of the horse is mnch endangered by the float ing dost in -the atill air. America a AericultarisU SILO " 16X16 n. 'n "I remember, when I was a bov. going ont one morning before sunrise to fish for pickerel. I had jost hooked a big one, when along came s conn try man. He said nothing, bat with month wide open, stooped to see the fan. The contest had lasted more than half an honr, when suddenly, when I was Just about to land the prize, the pickerel, with one last rash for liberty, made good bis escape. With a lnmp in my throat, I instinctively turned to the countryman for consolation. 'Waal, I'll be hangedr he exclaimed. 'Yew held on ter yoor end, young feller, bat he didn't hold on ter his'nr Yonth'a Companion. James Cope, of Martin's Ferry, O., has an almanac for the year 1069. It is substantially bound in leather and in cludes memoranda pages, and was nsed by the owner of that day in keeping his personal accounts. It contains no pat ent medicine testimonials, nor was it a medium for working off jokes. The printing is in colors red and black and is remarkably well preserved. The book was printed in England, and the writing is as legible as the day it was penned. Caught at iJLAt In the toils of dyspepsia after Imposing on the stoniaeh for years, how shall the suf ferer restore his 'much abused dlcestionl By a resort to Hostctter's Stomach Bitters, couplet with an abandonment of eatables and drinkables calculated to injure the di rctlvetipiinitiis in a feeble slate. Notli iiiKliketho Bitters for t-onqueiiiiv malaria, bilious and kiduey trouble, rheumatism and liver disorder. I xotk Ethat an amateur nsherman can tetl just us big lies asaprulessiouuL Texas Minings. x The Ontr On. Kver lrliitel Can Yoo Find the Word T There is a a inch display advertisement in this par, this week, which has no two words oltko except one word. The same is true of each new on appearing each week, front the Ir. Iiarter Aledictne Co. This house places a t 'rescent" on everything they make and publish. Look for it, send them the name of the word and they will return yon Itook, Leautiftil lithographs or samples free. tvnr.v a man has good horse sense he doesn't bet on races. Binghauitou Kepub-U.-au. Hall's I'ATARitn tYiti is a liottid and is taken internally, and acta diroctly on the blood and mucous surfiM-es of tite system. Write lor testimonials, free. Manufactured by F. J. C'UE.Ntr & Co , Toledo, O. Ir poor relatives had their way, they would not liavo any rich uucles very long. Dallas Kews. HAitir.4 crv for it bemuse it m:ikcn milk. "Tin-A. II. 0. Bohemian Bottled Beer'' of SL Louis. The American hrewinir CVs brew. We would like to inquire if fishing for suckers is an acute or an obtuse anle. Tiir human system needs continuous and em-chil attention to rid ilself of its impuri ties. Becciimif Tills act likemaic. SxnnzKS are like iinsfortum's they sel dom come sinuly.- Boston Transcript. A sallow skin acquires a hcitlthv clear ness bv ihe usi: of tilcon's Sulphur Soap. Hill's Hair aud Whisker I've, 5 rents. Thf wire of a genius is generally a very lonesome woman. Knm's Horn. Tiik ftnm's Horn is published at Indian apolis, ludiana, at i..'iO per yenr. A TAiLou's goose the dude. N. Y. Her ald. HFALTn Tin-TliTs save weak, nervous men. fl ; trial li e. t thlo Chemical Co.,Cinrinnati,0 WttAT parts of spec h are shopkeepers most auxiuus u sell I Articles. THE MARKETS. Nfw TottK. Jnlv II. I CATTLE Native Steers CO TTOX Ii.hlltiig FLOCK Winter Wheat WIIKAT-Ko.3 K-a ColtN-No. 3 OA'IS Vt.ltTu MiinL IVHK New Mesi ST. I.OUI. firmiX-MMillina Ill-, fa. VKS-l 'h. .iiv Steers Mlimn - rtOflS F:cr lo Select - Kl I K.Kf Knlr to CtioiOB.- FI.HUU Patents. Fnncf to F.xtra IM. WI1KAT No.i lt-1 Wiuter... I'llltN'- N. J Miil IHTS-N...1 IIVK-No.s Ti iHACCU Lna. Iaf llnrlnv It A Y I 'lent Timot hy ni.'TTBIt Choice Dairy. fcitlis FhmIi I'liKK standard Mess (NV.TI. BACON Clear Rib La ltl I'riiuo Steam VVUOI.-ClM.en Till. CHICAHU. CATTLE-Shtpisnir Ill Mis rail- to Clioit:. KIIKCI'- r sir to Choice. Fl.ol ' It W inter Patent. S;irilli; I'.iteuls... ... WHKAT No. J Si'iin -. I'lllIN-No. 2 - OATS-So.2 l-UKK ji-. (New) 1 0 ;i.4 I 4S 1 w I 71 I (III 1 :nt 12 .VI I in 1 l'.'4 it ! 111 4l .mi 1: 31 IS 6 .0 v 4 :i w 4 '-'I 4 111 5 85 5 III t ml 4 III .VI rra II X II 3.'s KAXSAS cir CAVn.K-Slilipiii-Steers. ... HOUS A II I trades. WllhAT Ko-Sllnl DATS No.: UUUN-NuX NKW OIU,KAi FLotrtt -Hiicli Uraila CO.tX-S... 1 OATS -Western 11AV Clloe-M 1 1'OKK New ilesf bAcU.V-S.des eol'l'o.S -.a. eiliiitr. CINCINNATI WIIKAT-Jfo.-S Kel CHUN -No. 3 Mitel OATS No : Mised POitK Sew M.ws BACON Clear Itiu COl l'N Meldlw i;2i v a 3 0 k; m ill 42 -a 4J 75 tl 6i lit ... 41 SU a llta.1 .. IS ul ... fB ... . ' ... m :7 49 il lia o4 ... a It VI ... K8 .. '. ori5 ENJOYS Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs if taken; it ia pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acta gently yet promptly on the Kidneyt, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs ia the only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the taste and ao ceptalile to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend ii to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50c and (1 bottles by all leading drag gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wisoes 10 try ic uo not accept any (ubstitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. Si fUKUOO, CAL. toimrau. ir. urn tot, mr. ""UAUDOlIHS Tnr Mahoucttc. I Tm Aaiotv. ITH COMMMVaYTOIIY. Mi Orte, am Cniah. k. fcaHwiBisi mjwm. lotmec IThCKCw , THC LAKCSfBC. AD tW ail mmm am I trwuwrs ta as. Yaw mmi 9tomkKmmmmt9tmtmumi LVONAHEALV, WN WINTER j comuwn MM) AU the year round is the time when Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery works the best. It purifies the blood. It's not like the saniaparillas, which claim to do good in March, April, and May; yon can depend upon it always. That's why it is guaranteed. If it doesn't benefit or cure, in every case for which it's recommended, yon have your money back. No other medicine of its kind gays as much but no other doe as much. It cleanses, renews and invigorates the entire system. For all skin, scalp and scrofulous affec tions, as Eczema, Tetter, Salt-rheum, White Swellings, Hip-joint Disease, and kindred ailments, it's a positive cure. The proprietors of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy offer $500 for an incurable case of Catarrh. It isn't mere talk it's business. They mean to pay you, if they can't enre you. But" you'll find that they can. August Flower" " I am Post Master here and keep a Store. I have kept August Flower for sale for some time. I think it is a splendid medicine." E. A. Bond, P. M., Pavilion Centre, r. Y. The stomach is the reservoir. If it fails, everything fails. The liver, the kidneys, the lungs, the heart, the head, the blood, the nerves all go wrong. If you feel wrong, look to the stomach first. Put that right at once by using August Flower. It assures a good appetite and a good digestion. THE WORLD-FAMOUS EOlSGi, PHuHOQIiAPH NOW FOR SALE. A ISO TF R It ITO R Y. It npi.txlur twhi. mc intlhimlmnsM. .0 A PAY I I.K.UKl WITH IT. Wrila to ST. LOl IS I'HONutiUAl'li CO., ST. UOl is. fetid mm rr v .. 4 45 Hon rUnff I ii issif Mr x ttfgci , ... - - 1 itw 1 1 I . A A anil ruinous wear and tear to all your summer clothing. Direction for this easy, safe and economical washing, on every package of Pearline. Beware you an imitation, be honest stnj it but. fOUKI whirh rrwrrwni ihf brut valat for prirm ankel. mvm fkaaMDdn will imtlfj. tFTAKE NO HI BSTITITE. $3 THE BEST a Car rnt u 1 nnnrti ici cunro pocii sahntttiiinna are mtHiuieni ana vn-mmu-AoK rUK W. L. UUUbLAo anULS. tkn hw law for obtalnlnc riKneT under falae rira. . If pat for rale in yaar alner aead dire la Faetary afatlar klad, nlseaad wldlttl wanted. Pataae free. Will alve exrlaeive eale ta -hoc dealer and aenernl aer shaats where 1 have aa a (eats. U rite far Cata.locae, W. 1. Panclaa, Urocktea iMaaa. THE POT INSULTED THE KETTLE BECAUSE THE COOK HAD NOT USED SAPOLIO GOOD COOKING DEMANDS CLEANLINESS. SAPOLIO SHOULD be G O O O OOOOOO TT,. ,.n tun 4a 4k WarUI oTuf ts Tiny Pillso A SAVES MONEY. Q OoerW of thsa pills will sarre many 0 dollars In doctor's bills. The are 4. peiriaJly prepajd aa m family med Srlne, and supplies want Ions; felt. They remove anhearthy aecamiiuv tkna from the bodr without nausea or w rHpinar. Adapted: to old and roans; A price, Ae. Office, 30 Park Place, N. V. -Sh HOC TIITT'C UAIO nVC 0 a perfect Imitation Mnatrrrej ImnoasI 0 tble to detect IU Iree, mi per box oeooeodooo 25 CENTS. SoMljfakantrs. Soat,pitpaid,kr HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO., 4 Park BtrMt, B0ST0H, UH. SHUTTLES, axnllll" WHIHITMallTI STB Fl 1 1 1 1 I ccuu T rniai wrra- MS 1 1 1 1 I orr ran. Bn.,. nt n. r 1 1 1 1 . I tioiin hit nil. IWIIIlM.WOuUIT.MD. HeHsCata 0 ilUlU 4U. mmm tm IBV aWK mn, - -,r n lot ma urn i DnVCJtaCw mm r . . LIVER PILLS m oiM of as urmc! f tr rrrn l HCK HEAIV A.HK novminm yw-. - - ii KlOa, VtTTTJIU JBJr.l. sw uai orfWt, KMTt mL,h. UMU. HatflTM lutw wm Amw. Ti ami DliUklr. Cimi too Dillon yvrrowv try pvritfM DIOWIi ,, Tin AfM la piM-ly wt11nr t wW t w, wti f Wr tMto murh. tach v mmtaln. , elTiM 2 rramJlii Taken c.-pt tho iaemr. 6oi4 Jtmry h-7. All CT3tit btur"Cirrnt. Dl. HARTER HE0ICIM C0. tt- UcK A STEONIi ENDORSEMENT. ; Wr have often called the attention of the readers of this paper to the fact . . T I f that REID'S UfcKMAiN wuun AND KIDNEY CURE contains no a Jl poiion. When we consider tnai me irre.it maioritv of couch remedies on the market contain opiates and that the rest contain more or less poison, hi i-l iim nn rt-hilf of REID'S GER MAN COUGH AND KIDNEY CURE k an imnnriant one. We desire to present in substantiation of this claim the following letter trom neper a worthv man and a well-Known ft Ten of Wadv Petra. Stark Co., 11L WADY PETRA, ILL., April 6th, 1892. SYLVAN REMEDY CO.: GENTLEMEN:-We have sold REID'S GERMAN COUGH AND KIDNEY CURE about two yrars and find it to be a pooj seller, RivinK good satisfaction, and I Know mat 11 contains no pjraun, t;tu n-iri hnitr ttt-n vr nitl rot hold of a tvcntv-live cent bottle and took the whole of it at a dose anJ it did her no harm but dij her cooj. I cheerfully recommend it to the public Truly Yours, BORE OHIO" WELL. DRILL WELLS Hth oor fnmon MnrklHrriv. Tb onlr vrfc-t xlf-rknnirur ukI LOOMS A rAN, ftn TH You Can't Keep Cool while you're rubbing away over a tub of steaming clothes. If you want to keep comfortable and save your health (think of inhaling that steam) and strength, stop the rubbing and the steaming. Pearline does it Pearl- ine ; cold water ; no doii ing; litde work; that is the programme for hot- weather washing. 1 ins taking away of the rubbing is more than a matter of saving work. It's a savin? of needless reddlcrs and mm nnscntrtulons grocers will tell too, " this is as good as " or " the same as Pearline." IT'S FALSE rcarliae U rerer peddled, if Tour crocer smds S3 JAMES PYLE, Near York. L. DOUGLAS SHOE GENTLEMEN. SHOE IN THE WORLD FOR THE MONEY. A Krnlnirwr nti, fkaf rill not rip, flne rIf, tvamltTM, sm-M)ih tnltle. flniblc. rooro comfortWtylwii anrt dnmblr Xhmm mar ochf r sbne fcr mid t the prtce. .Equals ctutoam mde ibuca twJlni; from 94 to $b. GA d$5 HH4Uewr4, flnroilf slmen. The ntotf wtjIMi. 9 V ruy and dui atl- ho ever mM at ihems prkrrtL Tbrj equal fine Imported rlwrs rtina from $s !o $12. afiO 50 Pallet Hhar, woru by farmn and atl othrn whe Pve want a irond bciivjr calf, tare- M!rd, ezirnaloaedKe Bhoa, Cary to walk Is, and will kvrp the frtt drr and warm. CO 30 Vim air, fci ami gJ Warklncatea'it Shoa 9daa will iclre v:orr wrar for tlie BKHiej tiian mn? oitwr maka. Tbey are nvade for MTrlre. Tha iDCrraala; sales show that woit iinrmen hare found thta oat. . DOVC i ViO Yea the Srhnal H.bm mrm 0 w I w vnro by the boys everwaere. The mutvi servica able Hive -old at fhew prrrea. . m JlfImTCa' M llii-rwwTi ,iit r i 9if 4 LAUI LO Mtoesfor MisMaare made of the brrt Don- rU or mw Calf, a Jind. TMy irr TnjniiD,eo. fortableajid di:ralle. The $3sbe eqUFls ctiMom man shOMMMtlns fr m $4 1-artles wbowlsh m econo mize tn th-tr footwear are Qu'lltiK nt. C I T I ON. Beware of dealer aubstltntlni wbnn with out W. U iv.u(tla- name and tbe price UmioJ on bottom. used in every KITCHEN. YOUNG MOTHERS ! We Offer Tmm m Heme! arafrJ. fatarm Smfrtw r Life fMmtMermn ChU. "MOTHER'S FRIEND" Rmbm CnflnemmwtM mf Urn JaMy error amef Mlmk. After npffrne bottlaof 1fetHers Frteadf . snffered natltttlepaln.aoddld not expertenoB thai WMknfM afterward aaaal In auch eas. Mra A-"IB aoa. Lamar, Mo.. Jan. 16th. Pent by erprete, ebartes srepa'd. en receipt of arte tv'Oper sottla. Uouk to MuUwrs atailed fraa BRADFIELD REGfLATOR CO ATLANTA. GA 0OLD BT ALL DRDOGI8TB. FAT FOLKS REDUCED. B to S lbs, vr mon t h by hamJew. herbal vtnedMs, 90BTaiaa,BOiaMnTBMBaa rvl m bad efleeta. BtrtetlT ooBtMentlaL a WJTVTcYickm? TheatmUda. Chirac Til Vnillf fl If Cat Learn Teletranbr and Rallrnad IUUHOj fRCn Atrerut BoslneM hera.arKlmeeora aoMlffttrtatlnna. Write J. D. BROWN, bedaila. Ma aw lam sua tarxaeaw aayaiaas fl Plan' a RemwSyfor fjatarra la th. fT BMt,Kaatesttalae,aadCaaaprst.l I SaldbTdnntataorMatbTBiaa I I X. K. T. H.illiMl, Wama, Fa. 11 A. N. K,B. 1404. I tit