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jetWQWB (T«&V > ?^s£^>' >/ \T ' .<,' —- • c • < 7 v s "* CHAPTER XXXVIL The change to London was a pleasant one; every part of the castle at Baynehatu was full of associations and memories; here, in London, it was different. Ix>rd Bayneham could enter a room without remembering the last time he saw his wife there. It was pleasing to see Bertie every day; his society was bracing. Active, energetic, persevering. Bertie did more toward the young Earl's recovery than nny one else. , », <k . < t „ >lo IV<> „ M Mn .. • myarteries ore vlenret! in tin* eoni. / my word for it, the time will come when you will discover Hilda and understand all alxmt her flight. Be patient and brave.” Neither Bertie nor Barbara would com- | ply with Lord Bayneham’s wish, and ar- । range anything for their marriage. “We will wait until you are happier,” | •aid Barbara, in answer to her cousin’s arguments: and he knew his two faithful friends would not rejoice while he was ; in sorrow. One morning it was the end of May, । a morning when even to live and to । breathe is a luxury Lord Baynehaui ; went out early, lie strolled on toward Kensington Gardens, and attracted by । the beauty and fragrance of the spring blossoms, he entered the gardens ami walked leisurely up ami down the paths, i Then' was no fashionable crowd, it was i too early for that: but there were many pretty, happy little children with their attendants and nurses. Light footsteps tripped to and fro: musical voices filled j the clear spring air; silvery laughter rip ‘ pled ou the breez.e. it was pleasant to watch the little ones at their play. Lord Baynehaui sat down upon one of the garden benches; there was a 'ad, wistful smile upon his face as ho gazed upon the children. There was a sharp j pain in his heart. No child climbed his • knee and called him father; no little ■ hands clasped bis; no tender little lips toucheri his face. He would never hear the music of children’s voices in his lonely home. Sad, solitary, and desolate he sat i in the spring sunshine, wondering why Providence had dealt so hardly by him. The springing blossoms, the blue sky. the clear sweet air. the rich perfume of the music of the birds, the glory that reigned around him, smote him with pain. Life and love, beauty and happiness seemed to fall to every one’s lot; he alone had no hope. Why, it was just such a morning as this when he had met his lost, loved wife in Brynmar woods. Just then Lord Bayneham’s attention was drawn to a most beautiful boy. Jie was seemingly three or four years old, with the charming face that the old masters used to give to angels sweet i ted smiling Lps, eyes of the darkest, deepest blue. The little head was covered with curls—*beautiful golden tendrils —gleaming in the sunshine, lie was i noble, princely boy, and the Earl watched him with great admiration. He was with a gentleman, but Lord Bayne- ' ham could not see the gentleman’s face; ; It was hidden from him by the thick foli- j sge of the trees. The little boys' amusement consisted [ in gathering blades of grass, and runfiing with, them to his guardian. He evi- ' Aently considered this a great feat, and I indulged in cries of delight. A bright ' fellow flower grew in the green grass close to where Lord Baynehaui was sit- | ting. The child saw it. and ran eagerly ' to gather it. and the smile that broke ; ,ver his charming face was so irresistible that laird Bayneham stooped and •aised him in his arms. ‘‘You must not run away with me,” i laid the child, in his pretty little way. ! *1 am mamma’s own boy.” “I will not,” said the Earl, gravely; ; “sit here on my knee, and I will show rou my watch.” The child was delighted with the glittering watch and chain. "Will you give me these for my own?” he asked. “We will see about that,” said Lord j Bayneham; “tell me what your name is.” ! “Lionel,” replied the little one. “Lionel —ami what else?” asked the I Earl.

"Mamma's Lionel,” said the little boy, I raising his beautiful eyes Jo_tJig ^.d faced ■hove

» u nvai&Meß more ts | ' i i-i,i. ‘-i bave no little son. । said to the chi L ~ rel) Hed the | ‘■And 1 have no papa, repm. child, a q voicc familiar to Lord *• [jioncl, ci ku Bayneham. “where are „ . (d lhp ‘•Your little hoy is quite sat< > I E '!j w " y - .*■ *• *gu o ' h -" s " t s " u ’"'’"JSl h’m.o 1«« 'veck.- »«ld <>V <-• "W in

,he Kiri w™.!.-.-.! "I > b « "’ Ol | . ASS'S - , Iki. your n.ue -F astel >•»■"' | ’SS*A« .V OH* • ' h " k , «A,i>U -i—- --^ d, ” r saw a more lovely child,” con- • 1 Yum End ”1 cannot part with him tinned tiie im■ > total nuxionn «.O easy ■ 19” asked Lord Bayneham. “Who is he asked ••1 must mane t un ■ charmed for the little boy s sake. with him.”

Captain Massey made no reply; there was a constrained, miserable silence. “Massey,” said Lord Bayneham. at length, “I cannot understand you. We parted three years ago the best of friends —now you will not touch my hand. Yon look shyly at me; you barely answer my questions. What has changed you?—in what have I offended you?” The honest, fearless eyes that met his own had a deep shadow in them. “There is no need for any explanations,” he replied, shortly. “But there is need,” said Lord Bayneham. “I liked you, Massey, and have been proud to call you my frined. What have I done that you are my friend no longer?" “Does not your own conscience tel! you?” asked Captain Massey, gravely. “My conscience!” said Lord Bayneham in utter wonder; “no, certainly not; I am nt a loss how to understand you. I mn very unhappy—no man living is so / nl> Im MM I hut on my conMonco llutp rewtH no gtahi.” “I have no vi^ht to speak,” said Captain Massey, turning away; “come Lionel, it is time we returned home." But the child clung with both arms round Lord Bayneham. "1 like this gentleman," lie said; “I will not leave him.” Captain Massey's face grew strangely pale. The Earl saw his lips move, and he looked on in mute surprise. “'What is it, my old friend?" said Lord Bayneham. “What specter have .von j raised that stands between you and me?” ; Then Captain Massey turned, and I looked straight into the changed, worn ; face. “1 would not shake hands with you.” | lie said. “I do not wish to speak to you; , but if you will have it, you must. An swer me, Lord Beyncham! What have ; yon done with your wife?” Lord Bayneham started, ami looked nt his friend with wondering eyes. The ques । lion pierced him with sharp pain. "My wife!" be repeated, with white, quivering lips. “I would give my life I this moment to know where she is. I i would gladly die if 1 might look on her I face ome more." "But." said Captain Massey, surprised ■ in his turn, “you sent her from you!" “Never!" interrupted Lord Baym ham. ! “Only heaven knows what hvr flight has cost me! Who fold you so cruel a story, Massey? and how could you believe it of me?" “Never mind who told me.” said the I Captain, “if it is not true. I never saw ! a woman so fair, so true, or so pure as ! your wife. You should have overlooked what she could not help her parentage." "I knew nothing of it when she left i me." said Lord Bayneham, sadly. "I j should have overlooked that, ami much I more, for love of my w ife." ■ I "You knew nothing of it!" said the i Captain, still more surprised. "Th< n w hy I di<J you send her away?” i “I did not,” replied the Earl; "her flight I was a mystery to mo until I stood by her | father’s death-bed. I understood it । then.” Captain Massey looked, as he felt, lie ■ wildered. “I do not know what you have hoard." | continued Lord Bayneham, “but you are my friend. Years ago, Massey, you loved Imy wife. I pardon your words; will you listen to me while I tell yon -what few I know -the story of my darling’s loss?” W ith the little golden head pillowed on I his heart, 1 ord Bayneham told his story. “I have spent a fortune,” he said, “in ; advertisements. I believe all England : Ims been searched, but in vain. 'Whether I she is living or dead, I know not. 1 I know one thing—living or dead, I shall । be true to her; no one shall over take her ' place. I would freely, joyfully give all ; I have in the world to see her once more. ' It was all a mistake. Massey; a terrible mistake. I was jealous ami impatient. - । and most bitterly have I suffered for it. | Do you not see that I am old before my ; ■ time—worn out with sorrow and sus- | pense? God keep all from suffering as 1 : I have done.” "It is a strange story,” said the Cap i tain, musingly. “No more strange than true,” sail! ; Lord Bayneham. "Ah. Massey, I must : reproach you. ’What have you ever seen in mo that could lead you to believe me capable of sending my wife from mo. because her father was not all ho should i have been? I should but have loved her ■ the more for it. I knew nothing of and I cared nothing for her family, when I i married her. How could you think that, in the hour of her trouble. I should drtrn

; ni tut* num vi nvr UOUDie, 1 SBOUIU ClFl^O i her from me?-M, who lute never eeased

!!L. »»i.SbF hatXwls H ought ins friend planation. liue ’ al j bis pardon for s “' I n ’ t S “FtS EariVpl^^^^^ ( 1 with any of the Lan i } ith a ing of his lost wife. Hi \ BaV ne- 1 (length. taking " ut ., U *" lightened; we J Lionel; mamma will be fnghte ( IXvenot'told me my little friend's , ’ | name,” said Lord d ßa ^^^ |

called Lionel.” said Ihe < 'aP’^h ■ ( . J’bJdv. "His mother is a triend of m mother's. <'ome and dme wi >i i morrow. Lord Bayneham, u a living in the old house n ■ - not,” replied Lord Bayne , , -1 have no heart or spirits fm ham. I ;> a ® -that will be y iS \ tinB ’ ImK Bayneham and Miss Earle | ! will'bo delighted’ to welcome you home nme - indm-em’ mt. us I to . )norroW; then be in trod need to him in proper • y° u sl ‘ , ' -hons be allowed the pnvis form, and perm V visit—a great j lege of having nu gay> favor, I assure jou. "

Lionel? Do you wish this gentleman r eoino and see me?” “Oh, yes!” cried the child, clinging t Lord Bayneham’s hand; "do come.” The pretty, childish voice prevailed and the Earl said, with a smile, "1 wil At what hour do you dine?” “At seven,” replied Captain Mass® “Call for me at my chambers," he e& tinned, giving I.ord Bayneham a caW “and we will drive down together.” ® “At your chambers!” said Lord Bay® ham. “Why, are you not living w home?” “No,” sai<l the Captain, and ngainw dull flush burned his face. “My mothl has visitors in the house, and I have but iness in London. Call for me about five! Then they parted, and Lord BaynCha| returned home. Lord Bayneham told the Countess art Barbara Earle of his meeting with Cai tain Massey, and of the beautiful litr child who was with him; the finer sweetest child he had ever seen. L» Bayneham thought him in bettor spir H He smiled as be described the boy dij ing to him, and his face had not loo^ so bright for years. Lady Bayneli r eyes filled with tears as she liHe^ { him. "1 am thankful for anything , arouses his interest," she said tm t bara Earle; “but my heart aches w® n think that he will never smile up v child of his own.” j « “We will hope for the best," sold WJ barn, “sorrow enduros for a Rciicrnlly comes after it, and if I.ord Bn.vucliatn was hnnnt««l l>p t little face; it shone before him all day, j saw it in his dreams by night the s<Vo trusting eyes, the bright clustering cut and ho smiled at his own folly. “I must be in love with the child,” I said. “I long to see him again.” < (To be continued.) HE MADE NO SALE. '1 fie Persistent Young Man Failcdj Accomplish His Purpose. The young man was polite but^fl sistent. He invaded the office, h;i9 , hand, and waited patiently until 9 tdderly man looked up from his worß "Excuse mo, sir,” he said, when® i saw he had the business man’s a^B tion. "1 a m tn king orders for trot^B "Don’t wain any," said the ImMI man, shortly. || "Pardon me," persisted tin' yH I man. "but if you will kindly look yH | samples «I "It would only be a waste of Mil interrupted the business man.

“I will measure you for thoiU . W here and y<>u need not lose tiveO^B utes I roin your business/' continue ® young man. paying no attention 11 W ; interruption. ‘‘But I don't want any," insisted s| ! elderly man. ! "Very well. sir. 1 regret " JI ■ then his eye fell on a smaller <b‘ s k> the corner and he saw a possibliLg portunity to do a little business all. “Might 1 ask who occupies^ i desk?" 0 I “My private secretary," replied business man. । “Do you suppo- > " qyjMt “Why. yes. possibly you might." 'jp business man was suddenly intereMv । “It's worth trying, anyway." | "When can I —" "< 'ome back in about an hour.” j* " Thank you, sir, I will." K| Then the business man becam«E|j | Interested in some mental pictures M j he conjured up that he forgot all alnfl his work for nearly fifteen minutes. • I It was just about an hour later j the young man came back. He ent^K I in a business like way and thenstOj^B j stammered something in a config : sort of way and started to back outfl “<' >me in!" called the old man < ily. ‘■Anything I can do for you?"^E “N-nno, thank you." And he wa' * gone. hat a queer acting man," said tl i private secretary. looking after him. I "Isn’t he. Miss Blank?" returned til business man innocently. “I think ' must be om. l ol the effects of woman^f business." f | A Distressing Incident. 1 It was ;i serious moment in the Jed i nings family. Helen Jennings was hi tears, and tried to speak, but Mr. Jennings stoppl'd her with a sad gesture. Mrs. Jennings wiped her glasses, and prepared to rea 1 a letter that she had just found in Helen's pocket. To think that their Helen, who had not been long in her teens—their Helen, who was so sweet and good ami, straightforward, should have a letter

like this. Mrs. Jennings road in a trembli voice: —— \ "*■ , ” . nciie

a ^oTVy dear.” * claimed the indignant father. Bu e | us hear the rest.” describes then. H'» \ M Jennings, un.-cupt you." ta'" '’ v I b». ; --I think of you constantly, <<>* p‘Xl U oWbiate, unfeeling'-; I u Ue been the kindest of fathers

oo this voting mail I win-tne m^'that could'pen these words -But ^X^l^d not see this overleaf tUl L lmw.” murmured Mrs. Jennings, ! Let me see. Hum! ‘Younx | with all the love of my heart. Theodore. | May 10th, 1835.’ Why, bless my soul, I it's one of my own letters. "■■V™ papa,” SUM Hei™. 4 nnd taking advantage of ta ( not let me say a wot a 1 Times.

» JLLS THE HOPPERS.’ 1011 - — d. (AGHINE THAT SLAUGHTERS 8,000 BUSHELS A DAY. I^lnesota Scientists Tackle the N^armcrs’ Terror in a New Way—^♦nvas au( l Kerosene Send the Roasts to Death. !y “Hopper-Dozers.” I Minnesota scientists have tackled the K>asshoppr pest in a new way. Canvas und kerosene is the combination, before Fhmh the tiny hoppers go down to their yeath. Out there it is kyown ns a. "hop-Jer-dozer.” The State pnys the expenses pf the slaughter, and the slaughter is terrific. Think, if you can, of 8,000 bushel baskets packed with hoppers. That 'was the average record in a day of killed and wounded insects at the height of the Beourgo. I Dr. Otto Lugger, Minnesota’s expert "n bugs, is the man who utilized the cu- I rious "hopper dozer,” says the St. Louis , Post-Dispateh. Why he calls it by that name it would be interestmw io know. Pori"-. ’ J H übeause it sends the hoppers to their last sleep. He was invited to do I something to rid the farms of their voracious brigades of hopper^a^^BMl famniei^le found av MHMMBBBIBMBr^ne cr<>' :i Minnesota. [ iCT^faihsTi upod to kill off s^ne of them. 'Hit Science had to do its share in the f^termination. In the neighborhood of i Jaylor's Falls Dr. Lugger found a grass-©pcr-infested district covering fifty or ! Kty square miles. The insects were de- , ‘endauts, ho thought, of a previous gen--11 ation which had made trouble in 1890. i **hey were of the so-called pellucid or alifottja variety. There happened to be a State npproudation for killing hoppers, and this was ..urned over to the executioner. “I had '2OO hopper dozers built after the most approved fashion,” said Dr. Lugger to a correspondent, "and purchased sixty barrels of kerosene oil. All we asked of the farmers was that they run the ma^chinos. That they w< :e anxious to do this I^’ shown by the fact that there was a tight for the machines. Every farmer ■ft the si'c'ien wanted ime and wanted it at once. We could not get them built fast ektough to supply the demand. The same Khing was done at Rush City, Duluth and Other points, although there were not as many of them furnished at these places. I estimate that these machines killed about 8,000 bushels a day during the time tha ; they wore al! running. I do not

— — Vis. ’ "• ’"• • D — —.Jef ■:>.■ ’i. ■ r tw « j I THE “HOPPER-DOZER,” BY WIIH’H S.OOO BVSIIELS HAYE BEEN KILLED IN ONE DAY.

■ think that Chis is exaggerated in the least, | BS there were over 400 of the maehmee, I and at the end of a day's work trom ! three to ten bushels could be taken out of ■ each machine with a shovel. Just about i one hopper in ten that dies does so in the i machine, so you can see that my estimate ia not a large one by any moans. “What is the nature of the machine.' he was asked. I “It is something of the nature of an ■ i overgrown dustpan, and is made of tm. j It is about eight feet long by two feet I wide, runs on three small runners, ami j is drawn over the ground by a horse. At I ; the front of the machine is a trough tilled i with coal oil, and behind this, at right ! angles, a piece of canvas rises to a e height of three or four feet. As this machine is drawn over the ground the hop- : pers jump into it. the canvas preventing j them from jumping over. '1 hey fall into ■ the oil and that is the end. I "Some of them strike the oil head first I and die instantly. Others only touch it M with their feet or bodies and arc able to ’ jump out again. It makes little difference I in the end, however, as they cannot live 1 over three minutes if they have even the i — j * II —r

. ' tL/t L-h-SOU that such a smal pi thp ; are found in the pan at the uu I d %V'course the hopper-dozers are only : >Xt I am conducting experiments amakesh ft 1 ghow nK> a n uch now wlmm 1 h; pests tball > I better way of gett g gat hering them thc very JXVVI^ while ago I up on a dustpan. < prta - n comv | read in some ,• t hoppers were dying o'"'’--)n gr e a t nam^ - t masters of a numease. Isen, tot asking them b<'C of hiwns ui t at (bal wprc ; to send me so.m ; large number, and

.. 11 rpcpiveu u * i diseased. 1 t min(l that they there is no doiiht ui > . ~ that i 3 • nHlicted with a nisi as< are reaoy a.my ... trying them in a scientific mannei. Philip M^n^d were arrested at Coney s a a , < t * sl jp York, charged with running an illicit still at Neptune avenue. The men rented he house one year ago, since which time they have lived in it and carried on tl e r work. The whisky was stored m a cellar under the rear extension of the house. Grand Chief Powell, of the °!' a ^ Railway Telegraphers, has asked for i conference with the managers of the Cotton Belt Railway relative to the com 1 pany’s abolition of its agreement under which its telegraphers work.

barred by A RAILROAD. Illinois Central Refuses to Allow Chicagoans to Cross Its Tracks. Actual conflict between citizens and armed officers of the Illinois Central Company on the Chicago hike front because passage to and from the lake front was denied to the people has brought the question of rights to a decisive issue. Major Swift declares the crisis has been reached. He proposes to protect the people against a repetition of the outrage of exclusion. John Dunn, assistant to the president of the company, announces he w ill not budge from the determined stand । taken by his force of men with revolvers He says citizens were denied right to cross the Bucks out of regard for their lives and intimates the corporation will fight any opening of streets. In short, the companj- s position is construed by city officials to be a determination to stick for alleged vested rights. This earnestness : on the part of both contestants makes ! any more conferences and consequent - agreements impossible. Chicago’s lake front on Wednesday j was in the possession of fiftj- armed men, hired by th<. Illinois Central Railroad I Company to blockade passage to the harbor from Randolph to 12th streets They had clubs in their hands and revolvers in | iHeir pockets. They were instructed to who ।" ।■ h to navigable w aters, and, pn carryI ing out the instructions, they compelled ■ a score of women to imperil their lives Wednesday This climax of the contest between the : corporation and the municipality was ■ caused by the action of the company in retaliation for the order to tear down the Van Buren street viaduct. Special Officer O'Keefe was called into the general ; manager's room and ordered to secure a large force of assistants. He was informed that at sundown the people were i to be taught they had no right to a passI age to the lake front. He was told to fur- ■ nish his assistants with weapons and to arrest peacefully in all cases where a beating was not necessary, any man, woman cr child who tried to enter Chicago from the steamboats. This order, said to be without precedent in the history of maritime matters, was put into working force at the time when the people wore returning from Lincoln Park and Windsor l’ark Beach by boat. CROP CONDITIONS. General Outlook for Corn Is Flatter-ing-Much Rain in Places. The reports as to the conditions of the ■ ' crops throughout the country and the ' general influence of the weather on ■ - ■

gr< v th, cultivation and harvest, made by the directors of the different State weather services, say that the general outlook for an exceptionally tine corn crop continues flattering. Except in the Dakotas and Minnesota where it is somewhat late and in Indiana where it is maturing slowly, tiie crop is generally in advance of the season and early corn is now practically : made over the southern portion of the corn belt. Kansas and Missouri report much of the crop made, ami in Missouri the largest crop ever raised in that State is promised. Six hundred lowa reports, ! all counties being represented, show the condition of corn as much above the average in sixty-one counties, above average in eight counties, while thirty counties promise a crop below the average. In Nebraska corn is in excellent condition in the southwestern part of the State and in । the counties along the Missouri River; I but lias been much injured in the south- ■ eastern section, except in the river countics. In Indiana, while corn is maturing ; slowly, it is in good condition. In Ohio the outlook is less favorable, being poor . in the uplands and on clay soils. Ken- . j tacky reports corn prospects unprecedentI < (1. No unfavorable reports respecting corn I are received from the Southern States ■ except from portions of Texas and the i Carolinas, where in some counties drought !is proving injurious. In Texas cotton is | needing rain on upland; and the southi west portion of the State, North Carolina, 5 i A mo inn I IjOUIS-

ArkanS X ort r?Dal^ clsc ’ gun ui Nmth i aim. , „ i>in Tobac^is’in Xd’ in Virginia and I growing rapidly in tinues m ex< , g not (loing wc n. I land, but mO - ........ p .i j n Northern I Indiana and in Nolin i . nia No in the mountains of v e O . damage r H’ a ’^ and . Brought continues ' injuri ° USly 1 affected.

Sir T 1~ Wade died at Cambridge He fell 14 m-’O and entered the was . u>r ;v s ^^ hi china arm\ m ;“ ’ u advanced to the and elsew here. Hi h;3 exer . ra,!K ° f n n‘ Minting important treaties ,10 t n h the Chinese Government and obtaining treating facilities inihmemp.re. The students' recent mala was due main j ljUm ber. inflicted on . B0 “® 3 switched until Twelve were arreste.l nd the blood flowed. Une .m mitted suicide by shooting hmmelfX p K<.w York, was senLouis Stern, of- (>rma nv, to two •s'- sy&ftEsaus i state.

BABB FOR GOVERNOR. IOWA DEMOCRATS CHOCSE THEIR CANDIDATE. State Convention at Marshalltown Reaffirms the National Democratic Platform of 189” Lively Contest The Ticket. Governor Walter I. Babb Lieutenant Governor S. L. Bestow Supt. of Instruction L. B. Parshall Railroad Commissioner G. Jenkins Judge Supreme Court T. G. Harper 1 he lowa Democratic State convention was called to order by Chairman Howard at 10:30 o’clock Wednesday morning in Marshalltown. The convention was held at the Odeon Theater, and the handsome auditorium had been prettily decorated with bunting. The delegates left litn«. room for spectators. Prayer was offered by Rev. Father Leniman. F. G. Pierce, the youthful Mayor of Marshalltown, made a brief speech of welcome and put the convention in good humor by saying he extended the freedom of the city, espe--1 daily to the Scott County delegation. ’ Temporary Chairman French, who was ' received with applause, attributed the special invitation of the Mayor to the known modesty of the Xlavenriort delo<n. lafueiicd upon Ills speecn. He dwelt fully qpon the prohibition question and scored the mulct law unmercifully. He then took up the several vital State issues in detail, together with national questions, strongly approving President Cleveland's course during the panic. Mr. French thought silver monometallism would cut wages worse than during the war and demonstrated how free coinage would decrease the value of the workingman's earnings in savings banks fully M per cent. The volume of money, he declared, was sufficient for business demands. Low prices, including the decline in wheat, were next considered, and Mr. French closed with the hope that neither the gold nor silver monometalism would drive the other coin from circulation. The convention reaffirmed the financial plank of the Democratic national convention of 1592. The silver men made a strongjfight, but they were beaten. They had been claiming from to SOO of the 1.179 delegates, but when it came to the 1 test they were able to muster few more than half the number claimed. They > fought for the permanent chairman and i were beaten by a vote of 6(50 to 417. They i fought for a silver plank in the platform and went down under an adverse vote

of 652 to 420. Ex-Judge Walter I. Babb, of Mount Pleasant, was nominated for Governor without opposition. Mr. Babb is t. bimetallist and indicated his position in a short speech before the convention. There was no candiate for Lieutenant Governor. Mayor Vollmer was too young and Joseph Eiboeck, of Des Moines, would not permit the use of his name. W. A. Groneweg. of Council Bluffs, ex-State Senator, had been mentioned, but without consultation with him, as he was not present. It had been designed by the old nartv lendorw tn name a representuive German for the place, but when the silver men, smarting under their defeat, sprung the name of ex-Lieut. Gov. S. L. Bestow, of Chariton, the opposition saw a good opportunity to soften the asperities of the light and heartily joined in nominating the man who had been beaten a few minutes before for permanent chairman of the convention. Thomas G. Harper, of Burlington, was

named for judge of the Supreme Court in a contest with E. E. Hasner, an old lawyer of Independence, but Lyman B. Parshall, of Maquoketa, for superintendent of public instruction, and George Jenkins, of Dubuque, were nominated without opposition. It was a large and enthusiastic convention, with a bitter fight on the silver question, but the result was accepted with a show of grace. The Platform. The Democratic party of lowa. In convention assembled, reaffirms the rational platform of the party adopted in Chicago in 1-892, points with satisfaction to evidences of the wisdom of that convention, in results accomplished according to promises, to evidences of returning prosperity, restoration of wages and the rc-establishment of industry upon a prosperous basis—conditions which have extorted congratulations from even the Republicans of lowa. We declare the rescue of the finances of the country from the baleful effects of the Sherman law. the repeal of the un-American Federal election law. and the uprooting of McKinleyism works worthy of the history and the prestige of the great Democratic party, and of a courageous Democratic administration. We reaffirm the following portion of the seventh plank of the hist national Democratic convention: "We hold to the use of both gold and silver as the standard money of the country, and to coin both gold and silver without discrimination ngainst either . metal or charge for mintage; bat the dollar unit of coinage of both metals must be oi 1 ‘ eoual intrinsic and exchangeable value, or : be adjusted by international agreement or . bv such safeguards of legislation as shall insure the maintenance of the parity of toe ' two metals’and the equal power of every , dollar at ail times, and we demand that ■4 WPr currency shall

wjtk.t A,,J.> „L,,,» JssueV important >m<i ^he''mulct ‘ law prt y owners, a r. pr n a the State in d ,^X r ' n A.„ offense for a money crime and condoi^ n >ar deinant i o f the consideration, w e ret } j igh license 5X5? 'vr'xnin call for enactments ''l^; iemand that State bines of all klm *• 3 bv n single noninstitutions be goier iwt h can lnte nj. partisan board of <ontrm. , p wants and

gently comprehend thei rtion among economically ai-d jc^ hp l ^ requlrethe whole that speedy comments de mand G o „„ pni n canal ami the deeppimionof the Hen .cpm {rom the grMt Ukef to the ocean, to enable ocean vessel, to pass through. Notes of Current Events. b % b LX n wo nrtooer, «« Injured cards.