Marshall County Independent, Volume 1, Number 41, Plymouth, Marshall County, 1 August 1895 — Page 3

HAÄTEY AND HÖRE.

GOLDBUG IS WALLOPED BY THE "COIN" MAN. Silver Has Clearly the Best of It in the Financial Debate at Chicago The United States Could Control the Financial World. The Crime of 73. W. II. Ilnrvcy, author of Coin's Financial School, and Koswcll P. llorr, n goldbug writer on the New York Tribune, engaged in a debate on the silver question in Chicago. The debate was conducted on a novel plan. It was a series of meetings lasting eight days and about three hours a day. In which the disputants in ten minute speeches took either the alSnnative or negative of any proposition, at pleasure. Every phase of the silver question was handled. Mr. Ilorr is regarded as one of the ablest champions of the goldbug cause, while the ability of Mr. Harvey Is attested by evidence of the strongest character. No other writer on any economic question has ever in so short n period of time exerted such a marked Influence on the public mind. Any candid reader, taking the report as given of the lirst day, must concede that so far silver has had all the innings. Xot one single point was made against it. The desperate condition of the gold men on the "unit' part of the argument was shown in the attempt of Ilorr to go back of the foundation of the Government itself, and two years before the Constitution was framed and four years before the first Congress under it was held. The colonics Issued continental money and made It redeemable in Spanish railfcd dollarstut that has nothing to do with what 3s in the Constitution or the Congress created by the Constitution. Again, Mr. Ilorr expressly admits that the silver dollar was the unit and that "we did have the silver standard up to 1S34." This gives away the whole case which is as to what the framers of the law of 1702 intended. We are disappointed for we did not expect to see the whole case given away the first day of the debate. When the "unit" and "standard" cf 17912 is conceded, the whole gold argument falls for the change from that of silver to that of gold in 1S73 was a reversal of the policy of the nation as to Its iiionej from the foundation of the Government to that date. This is exactly what the silver men complain of, and it is what has been denied. We thank Mr. Ilorr for "that word." Mr. Hoir is clearly out of his element when it comes to a calm, logical argument of the subject. He is an impromptu speaker, and on the stump, in the face of an audience where the use of a jingle of meaningless words passc3 for ability, Mr. Ilorr would have the advantage, but in this debate which goes to the world In plain black and white, the gestures and grimaces of the ordinary speaker who tickles the unthinking audience do not appear, and the random shots made without aim or object make a sorry appearance as compared with the force and terseness of Ilarvej-'s replies. Nothing could better illustrate the weakness of Mr. Horr's position than his puny attempts to cast discredit on "Coin's Financial School" by attacking it as an allegorical work and dramatically urging that Mr. Coin should say whether or not certain expressions were literally true. Of course It was amusing to silver men to see such an attempt made, instead of attacking the principles which the book champions, but Mr. Harvey's reply was a masterly effort. It was a dignified, respectful answer to which Mr. Ilorr was not entitled, yet Mr. Harvey, in making that reply, proved himself ready to treat with more than due respect, the trivial subterfuges of his opponent. Mr. Harvey's reply was greeted with a storm of applause and Mr. Ilorr was driven to si consideration of the actual issues of dispute instead of skirmishing around and avoiding the question. The silver men are satisfied at the auspicious opening. We have been familiar with Mr. Horr's peculiar talent for many years. He is what people call a "smart" man, thinks quickly on his feet and is as impudent as smait. lint the man is not a student. As a tariff debater, Mr. Ilorr made quite nn extended reputation. He is of that peculiar mental organization and temperament that made him at home with a series of complicated figures, like tariff schedules specific, ad valorem and mixed duties, historic dates and party records. Mr. Ilorr began exactly as expected saying smart things and making high sounding assertions hut used no argument. Harvey has shown an ability to take care of himself. The vital ioint in the whole debate was the intention of the nation In establishing the unit and standard and that Ilorr gave away the lirst hour. We Arc Abie to Control. The New York World makes this statement: "liecen t statistics show that the total banking power,' as it is called, of the world is 4,000,000,000, or $20,000,000,000. Of this North America, mainly this country, controls 1,200,000, while all Europe, Including (Ireat IJritaln, France, (Jermany, Belgium and the Netherlands, all the great "capitalists" nation?, control but 2,P,00,000. In other words, this country holds about half as much of the world's 'banking power as nil Europe combined, and greatly more than any single country in Europe or the world." Then, why In the name of common sense should we pursue a timid policy and act as though we were a pauper nation dependent upon the financial whims of other countries? It is easy to when we ponder over these statistics that we are able to control the financial policy of the civilized world

If we go ahead with the determination to win. Every day the reasons multiply for the independent action of this country. hi the matter of restoring the free coinage of silver.

Kalfour lieach Silver. It may be of interest to know the position of some of the new English cai inet on bimetallism. A. J. Balfour, the first lord of the treasury and the parliamentary leader in the commons, is nn avowed bimetallist, whose speeches are familiar to the money literature of both continents. Sir William llleksBcaeh, however, Is chancellor of the exchequer, the equivalent of our secretary of the treasury. His position Is less known and less pronounced than that of Balfour. In May last he made a speech at the dinner of the Trade of Commerce, In which ho was reported as saying that he thought It was clear that the appreciation of gold in the main was an injury to the country, and that he would like to see an international attempt made to diminish the use of gold and to Increase the use of silver. He was in favor of proceeding cautiously front the gold standard which had been the rule In Great Britain for so many years. The one conclusion from the above positions of the two principal members of the cabinet In the house of commons is that an International conference would not be so cavalierly treated as the proposal was by Mr. Gladstone. It would at least have respect and sympathy. Philosophy ot Money. Students of finance Avill take interest In nn article which appears in the Arena from the pea of Anson J. Webb, entitled "Outline of a New Philosophy of Money." The author is nn advanced thinker and presents ideas which will secure marked attention. The following extracts are the closing paragraphs of his argument: "This, then, is my proposition: The nationalization of exchange is the solution of the money problem. It renders the money supply free and removes from money all restrictions as regarda quantity. This at one stroke delivers money from its bondage to the law of supply and demand. The money supply would at once spring to the level of the money demand. The fulcrum of the usurer's lever would then have vanished, and the system of usury would fail of its own weight "The nationalization of exchange involves nationalization of the mechanism of exchange. The mechanism of exchange involves the railway and the telegraph systems, the storage and retail distribution of wealth, and a nationalistic banking system. "Then see how apt becomes our concept of money. I deliver my wealth (so much of it as I please) to the State, and the State issues to me a certificate of deposit. That certificate is my evidence. It Is my witness. It Is the State s testimony to my act That testimony is good, for the witness of the State no one will gainsay. Furthermore the State is pledged to redeem its testimony by delivering up ray wealth in trust. The true nature of money then becomes apparent in practice as well as in theory. It is clearly an ethical fact Truth is Its only te.?t The question of volume of the currency has no import whatever. "Can you solve the problem In any other way? I tu see no ether way. There Is no other way in which the money supply can be raised to the level of the money demand. You cannot increase the money supply without you extend the idea of free coinage to other forms of wealth than gold and silver. And unless you increase the money supply till it equals the demand you cannot overthrow the usury system; and unless the system of usury is uprooted and cast into hell mathematics tells you what you may look for. There is but one solution to this riddle of the Sphinx, and that Is a free money supply, whleh Involves the mechanism of a nationalized system of exchange." Coat of Production. "One of the great points made against silver," said F. W. Hendricks, a proininent miner of Denver, to the Washington Star, "was the cheapness of its production, it being said that the- cost of producing $1 of that metal was from l7 to 50 cents. Now, if that is any argument, it may surprise a great many gold champions to know that the cost of producing $1, coinage value, in gold, as taken from reliable data. Is much below the figures named above. Since the first of this year it lias cost to obtain $1 in gold at the Independence mine only 4 cents, for the past two years at the Victor mine, UO l-.'i cents; the Portland mine, for nine months, including heavy development work and new machinery, "0 cents; the Isabella mine for 1891, ?.lU cents. Oilier gold mines throughout Colorado will about average with these figures, and I am stating only absolute facts when I say that gold Is taken from all heavy producing mines at much less cost on the dollar than silver from any mine that was ever operated In the State." Noten. Money is a medium of exchange and the money that will stay at home and make business good right here is the best money for the people. Money that somebody wants to carry to Europe or lock up In a deposit vault isn't much use In making lively times and god prices. Mexican silver dollars are worth CO cents In national bank notes most any where in the United States. Goods bought for sixty cents hero would have to sell In Mexico for a dollar with transportation added. This fact Is booming Mexico in the way of manufacturing enterprises while American workmen arc Idle.

THE FARM AND HOME.

MATTERS Or INTEREST TO FARMER AND HOUSEWIFE. Cattle Without Horns Are Mach More Quiet Hoeing Is Now Done with the Cultivator Balanced Ktiou Will Prevent Dyspepsia iu lloxs. The Dehorning Question. In the cattle they are to handle people seem to have a leaning of late years to the idea of no horns. It is a conceded fact that cattle are much more quiet without horns than with them, says the Nebraska Farmer. It is a fact. too. that this disposition to be quiet among themselves goes a long way toward securing the comfort and good condition that lords to profit iu the handling of cattle. This preference for cattle with the bonis off is evidenced in the growing popularity of the hornless breeds of beef cattle, and also iu the disposition to remove the horns from steers that are to be fed in bundles for the market. We may be allowed to venture the opinion, too, that this new departure would have taken a still faster hold upon feeders in the last few years If low prices had not cast a gloom upon the feeding industry. With better prices and a better feeling pervading cattle circles, we predict that tho dehorniLg practice will receive a new impetus The question does not resjlve itself into one of breeds, but into one of methods only. If it be true that cattle do better with their horns off, it has been demonstrated to be a thoroughly practical business transaction to remove them, and at small cost, so that we may expect to see the practice more than ever popularized in the next few years to come. llocinz to Kill Weeds. We hoe merely to kill the weeds. The land has been, or should have been, properly and thoroughly prepared before the seed was planted. Now nothing of that is to be done, no digging, no pulverizing, no making of hills, only killing the weeds, says the Maine Farmer. Much of the hoeing Is now done with team and cultivator, though there is prill some work to be done with the hoe. Simply stirring the surface soil and cutting up an j stray weed that may have become rooted is all that Is called for. Do this early and often, and the weeda will be mastered. Never wait for a field to get weedy. It is just as effective to stir the soil before the weeds have had time to get rooted, and it Is much easier doing it. It has been a pet theory to run the cultivator through the field often and keep it up as longas practicable. Experiments at the stations, however, have shown that frequent cultivation, unless needed for the destruction of weeds, Is no advantage to the growing crop in an ordinary season. Work the field, then, as often as needed to kill the weeds, and no more. Clean culture should be the aim. The weeds must be destroyed. Dyspeptic Hogs. The acidity of the stomach; which Is the result of feeding hogs exclusively on corn, may be temporarily corrected by feeding charcoal. But iu this case, as in most others, prevention is better than cure. The hogs fed with a properly balanced ration, including some fine wheat middlings and a few roots eseh day. says Column's Rural World, wtll not be troubled by acid stomach. Acidity is a sign that fermentation has progressed to its second stage, the first b?ing alcoholic. It is not possible to cause food to ferment In even the slightest degree without some waste cf its nutrition. When fermentation progresses so far :vs to make acidity of the stomach the loss is much more considerable. This is in addition to the loss by inquired digestion. Kpa!73 for Harvesting Machinery. All kinds of mowing and reaping machinery are much cheaper than they W2re a few years ago. Cut in some cases the manufacturers put inferior material into their work, so that more repairs are needed, and these always come very high. The separate pieces coüt enough more than they should to make up the deficiency in price of the complete machine, which competition obliges them to submit to. When they hat o sold a machine the buyer can get his repairs from no one else, and they can make charges without limit Worse than this, the buyer often finds that ho must send for repairs hundreds of miles and wait perhaps two or three days while they are coming. If the machine is out of date it Is sometimes dillicnlt to get repairs at any rate. This is a matter that farmers should think of in buying harvesting machinery. Find out, If possible, whether repairs will bo sold reasonably, and deal only with houses of such established reputation that there need be no fear that they will go out of business. Sprouted Potatoes. It is well known that seed potatoes which are stored for late planting often become soft, while much of their nutritive matter is exhausted in developing sprout which must be broken off m planting. The first sprout is always the strongest and thriftiest, but It often happens that these sprouts have to be removed several times before the potatoes are planted, and each time some of the vitality of the tubers Is lost. A comparative test was made by Prof. Tatt at the Michigan Experiment Station last year, when two equal lots of potatoes were taken, one being left In the cellar, the other spread In a dry, well-lighted, moderately warm room. On April 20 both lots were planted side by side, and tho plants from the uusprouted seed came up first, looked the best throughout tho pea son, and produced a greater amount of potatoes and a greater proportion of large ones with fewer Ill-shaped tubers. Of course, It hardly needed an experiment to demonstrate the superiority of unsprouted

seed, but since no cne can afford tt grow anything but the very best crops It would seem to be worth while to take every precaution to prevent sprouting, or to secure second crop seed from the South, which is rarely affected In this waj. Garden and Forest.

I'vapornted Apples. In Wayne County, New York, which Is not a very large county, says the American Cultivator, something like a million bushels of apples were evaporated last year, yielding a product wortli $.hm).h). As most of this was from fruit that could not very well have been marketed in any other form, and some of it probably was just good enough and large enough to have tempted the growers to try to work it into the barrels if they could not have utilized it as they did, and thereby lessened the market value of the better apples among which It would have been put. we say blessings on the man who invented the evaporator, and hope to see them in more common use in New England soon. They save fruit that would go to waste, or to woise than waste, the cider barrel, and improve the quality of tiie apples sent to market. If those who use them will stop tho artificial bleaching of their evaporated apples, the product will soon be more popular. Wiiile farmers color their butter and bleach their apples they should not make much outcry about the shoddy goods sent out by manufacturers. Cotton-Seed Meal. English farmers have learned to use cotton-seed meal, and it !s very largely taking the place that linued meal used to have. It was the English demand for linseed meal for feeding that raised Its price for many years, so that American feeders could not afford it. The English farmer feeds mejl with roots. This enables him to use richer meal than the American feeder can feed with profit. The English farmer does not have corn except by importing it, and it 1:5, therefore, for him not so cheap feed as It is for us. Nor does the English farmer have such large supplies of bran, as much of tho grain now imported into England comes in the form of flour. Uran is even better than roots to give with concentrated foods, like cotton-seed and linseed meal. Milking on the Ground. Tlere is a belief among dairymen that to milk on the ground dries np the cow. One reason for this is that milk is not often spilled upon the ground while milking unless there Is something the matter with it making it unfit for use. In such case all the milk Is not likely to bo drawn from the teat, and that of itself will dry up tho cow. The soothing noise of the milk going into tho pail keeps the cow qu.'et and disposes her to give down all the milk she lias. There is a stopping of this soothing noise when milk Is drawn out upon the ground. The cow Is very susceptible to the strains of mwsie, vocal or instrumental, and the milker who can sing while milking will be able to get all the milk quickest as veil as to get tho largest quantity. Green Peaa Profitable. Market gardeners find that the pea crop returns as large a profit as any that can be grown so easily. They sell it while green, and for the very earliest get very high prices. The pea is hardy, audi the farmer who has liprhr. warm so'l has as good a chance as the market gardener. To give the plant a good seudoff early some concentrated com. mercial manure should be put In with the seed. This will make the green pea crop several days earlier, and on earl'nes3 the price mainly depends. Tho crop bears shipment well, and farmers too far from the city to market the peas themselves can easily make arrangements to ship them to some one who will deal fairly with hhn. Atlnlteratcl Pari; Green. In purchasing paris green for poisoning potato biis or other Insects, care should be taken to secure that which Is pure. The entire unreliability of much of the paris green in market leads to using it in large doses so as to produce the right effect, and this 13 frequently Injurious to the tender leaves. With paris green of full standard purity the amount required to kill Insects Is so small that no injury will result from its use. When tho paris green Is used to destroy fungous growths heavier doses are required, and lime must be used with it to prevent injury. But for both uses the paris green should bo pure, so that those using it may understand what results to expect Merits of the Java Fowl. The Java fowl resembles in form that of the Plymouth Kock. It is, however, not so heavily built, says the Independent, nor is its comb like the hitter's. There are three colors among the Javas black, mottled, solid black and solid white. Javas are good layers, very good broilers, and by many considered superior to either the Plymouth ltoek or Prahma fowl; but experience will more correctly prove this. Wc find In nearly all fowls some few points that we do not fancy. The better qualities overbalancing the inferior should bo the point to aim at in selecting a stock for fancy and practical purposes. Time to Cut Wheat. Wheat is ready to cut as soon as any part of the stalk begins to turn yellow. If the head Is well filled it will then bo bent over and the berry will fill from the stalk better If the grain Is left standing until dead ripe. Th bran of wheat cut while the stalk Is somewhat green Is thinner and Its proportion of gluten and starch is larger. Dampness Kills Chickens. Cold, dry weather, provided there are no cracks to cause draughts of air, will not cause sickness in fowls, but damp quarters will cause roup, even In moderate weather.

HOME, SWEET HOME. How jDhn Howard Payne Came to Ilia Own at Last. In a dirty little ship, in March, 1SS3, the remains of John Howard Payne, who gave his soul to the world in Home, Sweet Home, was landed one gloomy, cloud-darkened morning at a dirty obscure dock in the dingiest portion of the shore line of Brooklyn. The remains were Inclosed In a plain, cheap cofiin, which was encased in a rough, unplaned box, and the whole covered by a greasy and dilapidated American flag. Placed in a hearse not of the neatest style, and behind horses not the best kept, and followed by three carriages containing a lot of shabbylooking aldermen, they were conveyed to the city hall in New York, the procession being almost unobserved until it got to the park, when the unusual spectacle of a funeral iroeession entering there attracted a few of the constant loungers, who stood by ami asked each other who was dead. The time during which the box containing the remains was in the Governor's room at the city hall was not marked by any special feature other than curiosity on the part of several thousand people, w3:o made it convenient to drop in at the hall, and the Intended poetical action of two or three ladies, who deposited some flowers and a carefully treasured rosebud upon the American ensign which covered the receptacle in which tho body was brought over from Tunis, where he had died. And these were the honors that were paid to the ashes of John Howard Payne whn they arrived at the shores of the country which gave him birth. Well, you see, he wasn't a dead military hero. Only the author of an immortal melody.

Hiebes and Ilesoiirces. Ono afternoon of a hot summer's day: I, in company with a friend, t ailed upon an old, old lady. Her form was bent and attenuated, her hair was thin and white, and her face had that mottled or moldy look one sometimes sees upon the faces of the aged. My lirst thought when she came into the room was, What an unattractive old lady! but as the conversation went on I was charmed by her sweet voice, the easy flow of her language, and, particularly, by the graciousncss with which she spoke of everyone. I lor eyes began to glow and a dainty pink, like a faded rose leaf, came in her cheek. Finally the talk drifted to another aged lady. Her form was bent and attenuated, reft of her husband. Our old lady turned to my friend, saying: "Do you know if she has any resources?" "Oh. yes," answered the friend, "she was left with a very large property." A faint, pretty smile went over tho face of tho aged one, as she answered: "Oh, I don't mean money, I mean resources, lias she an interest in life, in people, in things? Does she read? Does she think? Money or property is of use, in that it enables us to provide ourselves and dear ones with the necessities, the amenities, and luxuries of life, but when old age and ailiiction comes, and when we lose those near and dear to us, then money falls short and our resources must come from a higher power and from within.' The old face shone as from tho li;?ht of an inward lamp, and as we soon after took our departure we remarked: "What a charming woman," and in tho after days how often wo thought of the difference between riches and resources. Iron Filings as a Fertilizer. G. W. Preseott, of Highland, who took the medal fur the best box of packed oranges at the late State circus fair, lias leen experimenting witii iron tilings in his young orchard. Being master mechanic of the Santa Fe system in Southern California at San Ilernariliuo, he knew more about iron filings than he did about guano or any other fertilizer, and, knowing that a certain amount of iron in the soil was essential to a healthy growth of the iree and the production of fruit, he put live pounds of tliis material around each tree, and as a result he lias a highly colored orange where before he had a pale colored fruit. The cost is insignificant. A thousand trees on ten acres will require 5,0(X) pounds of filings, which cost ?4 per ton $10 for the ten-acre orchard. Of course, this application of iron Is not Intended to supersede all other fertilizers, but simply to supplement them in order to give a good color to tho fruit and enable the grower to put an attractive orange on the market, and Incidentally to assist him occasionally hi winning a gold medal. The railroad Bhops at San Bernardino can furnish one ton per day of this material, and other shops can also assist in supplying the demand.-California Producer. An Kämest Warning. A Little Valley, Montana, rancher put np the following notice on the fence which Incloses his grain field: "If any man's or woman's cow or horse breaks through this fence and destroys this grain, Iiis or her tail shall be cut off, as the case may be. I'm a Christian, but d n anyone that lets their critters run loose o nights." A Kusine Woman. Enterprising chemist Here's a card, madam. Every time you buy something to tho value of a quarter I'll punch a hole In it. When eight quarters are punched you get a siphon of soda-water free. Madam That's a fine idea. I'll tako $2 worth of postage stamps now. Bxcliange. 'Don't you know, prisoner, that It's very wrong to steal a pig?" "I do now, your honor. They make such a row1 I -Tld-Blta.

nOOSIER HAPPENINGS

NEWS C? THE WEIK CONCISELY CONDENSED. What Our Neighbors are lmlng: Mattrri of C.eiioral ami Local Interest Marriages ana Ueaths Accident and Crimea Per sonal Poiutertt About IndiAiiiuus. fllnor State News. " A Tr.r.ri'iniM: rule war is on at Frankfort. Misuawaka is to have a new Christian church. Joux Ihn:: of Staunten, was killed by a Yandalia train. John Stkvkn'i barn, near Martinsville, was destroyed ly lightning. Mn.o Thomas" Hardware store at Coruima is iu ashes. Loss, $l.").m). I Ii:x L.viMDrs rol,liel four clothing stores in daylight at Madison, and nearly escaped. Maihsox County is infested with robbers. Supposed to have headquarters near Fhvood. Tut: twenty-fast anniversary of the old settlers and I lie soldiers reunion will be held at Quincy, Aug. S. A i;vi:x belonging to Frank Owens, R-.-ven miles west jf Montieello, was struck by lighting and dei trove 1. Tuk old settler.- ot Faglstown will hold their twenty-fifth annual meeting in the grove near that place on Aug. 10. At a picnic at Monroe City, recently, a colored woman III years of age was given the prize for being the oldest vron on the grounds. Evrnv business house in Brazil closed its doors during the funeral of County Clerk Wherle, who was accidentally shot by lion. CA. Knight. Fkank F.. Ham., of the Standard oil company, was murdered at Whiting, and his body placed on the 1. & O. tracks. He was routed of Iiis watch and JfjOOiu cash. Wm. M. Davis, near Franklin, swallowed carbolic acid for cough medicine and will di His brother, who made tho mistake by handing hhn tiie acid, is crazed with grief. Di:ath came in a jceu!iar manner to David Trover of Peru, lie was sitting on the porch at his home, and his nephew, llirain, was trying a revolver in a shed. The weapon was tired and tiie ball passed through the boards and en tired Mr. Trocrs bend. IIWiM.in Hoovkk, 7-ycar-old-son cf A. A. Hoover, principal of the Ohio side schools at I'nion City, met with a painful accident recently. While playing around Snook tile factory he, in some manner, got catulit in the ten-foot lly-wheel, cutting several large gaslus in hi.-; head. Tin: contract of the Amazon Hosiery Company will expire at the Northern Prison December I, ami the board has been informed that the company will make other arrangements. This will throw r.bout 'J'X) men out of work. Secretary Hieknell. of the Hoard of State Charities, belhves that the only remedy lies w ith the L-gislatuie. The next (icnend Assembly, li.' thinks, will be compelled t solve the problem of furnishing employment to the prisoners. Pick at Tyrone, destroyed the general store, saloon, billiard hall and liquor storage house of .Taints Oee, also two dwellings and au iceiioue. Loss, $25,000. The whisky was stored in barrels in the secor.d story and .lames (ice took tiie bungs out of two barrels and lighted a match to inspect them. They exploded and caused the fire. Mr. (lee is so badly burned as to render Iiis recovery uncertain, .lohn IJerry. his clerk, w as seriously but not fatally turned in rescuing Mr. (Ireo. I'atkxt-: lunv lorn granted to Indiana inventors as follows: III ins c. Atkins, Indianapolis and X. Ii. Itoberfs, Pasadena, Cab, rotary plow; .lohn T. and S. W. Collins. Kokomo, bank cu:ter and seeder; .If din 11. Ktter, Crawfordsville, electro-medical apparatus: Sebastian C. Cithrie, Fvae..sidi dispensing case or cibinet: Anton Hulman, Terre Haute, shutter frstem-r: .James .1. Key es, Peru, basket; I'.i itton PoiiUon, Fort Wayne, road grader; Kudoiph 11. Hi lang, Aurora, extension table. Tin-: estimates of State Statistician Thompson as to tiie wheat crop in Indiana nre thut his ante-harvest figure oflid,ooo.HK) bushels was not far from right. He thihks ti:::t one-fourth the crop will be refjuirtsl for seed, and one-half consumption, w hich will leave only 3,0M0.oou bushels for sale, 's cor.ij'ared to of,fV0.o.)0 buhe!s last year. Fred 1. Hush, authority on the w h?;t crop, says the yield in the State is not more than 18.0)0,00) bushels, or about 40 per cent, of the average crop. He says the wheat will grade ÜO percent. A iMizKX or more old soldiers of Clinton County are making arrangements to attend the dedicatory ceremonies on the Chickaniauga baltleikdd, to b? held Spt. 19 and and -0. They propose to travel the entire distance v it'll team and covered wagons and will .start on their journey the first day of August, taking their time to it, hunting and lulling en the way and having a good time generally. Their outfit will be elaborately painted in the colors of Old Cory," with the names of the companies and regiments in which each of the party served during the war, printed where it can be conveniently read by comrades on Hie way. Nkaki.v every day the (lovcrnor and other state officers are besieged by convicts returned to Indianapolis for release under the new lnw, and there are many pitiful scenes a the discharged men beg for food ami clothing, so that they may go out iu the world and make their ow n living. Frequently they are sent home still wearing t he prison shiit with the prison number stamped on it and the poorest and shabbiest clothing, and under such circumstances they find every door closed ?gainst them. When released they are not provided with money, and this adds to the furlornncss ot the situation. The more the ojer.itioii.s ol the new law are noted the more generally is it condemned as an utterly heartless ami a most wretched enactment. Its effect will be to drive men back into crime. David api:, a well-known farmer residing north of Thointown, dropped dead at dinner, in O'Kear's restaurant. His dinner had just Ik a placed lefore him, w hen he was noticed to lean suddenly forwarU and when assistance renched him he was beyond the power of medical skill. The deceased was af.ed 48, years and was unmarried. This death takes another member from a family whose history is closely interwoven with that of Boone and Montgomery counties. Zachariah iJapen, the father of the deceased, was one of the pioneer settlers of Montgomery County. Later, with his family, he removed to Tbprn town-