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SCHO0I.CB.AFT, MICE.

M11111111 11111111111111.

ARE we" wonxznsv.

Shall we come to the waiting harvest,
With empty or idle hands,;

And look on the grain, the golden grain
As in waving wealth it stands?

And say “why fails the harvest?
\Vhat use is this standing grain?

We saw no sickle in the swath,
No workmen on the plain.”

Shall we say “"115 a failing harvest,"
While we stand as Iookers-on;

And wait for others to thrust the blade
The ripened spears among?

Shall we say when we see the idle,
Turn aside from the harvest field,

“That no golden grain is waiting
The ready hands that wield."

The flashing sickle, Ceres’ scepter,
Guarentec of wealth in store,
For the hungry millions waiting?

Still enough for millions more.

When others come not to the harvest,
Shall we turn ourselves away,

And say -‘there’ll be no harvest-home,"
To all who pass ourway?

Let us bare our arms to labor,
And say to every Patron, “come!
The ripened wheat stands ready,
For the happy harvest-home.”

Then the sythe's sharp ms-rry ringing,
Will proclaim success is near:

And our voices joined in singing
Loud resound till all shall hear.

But if we proclaim a failure,
In the glorious P:1tron‘s hall,

With idle hands We know we‘ve stood
Where there was more than w1,11'k for all.

Then what care we for malice,
Of those who will not toil,

If our works procluim us riglitly
The owners of the soil.

Then go forth strong hearts to labor,
Tl.-:11 no sphere of precious grain,
Shall full to waste in life's broad field,
That you may help reclaim.
—(.v'1'11n_r/e -*'1ftin_1]s.

 
 

Ambition for Large Farms.

’T1s said, “give a Yankee fifty
thousand dollars, and he will soon
have half ofit. invested in 3 fine resi-
1l1»-urre. He will use enough of 11, at
any rate, to erect a dwelling that will
surpass any of his iieighbors. The
misusecf the money in this one in-
s1tance,‘is not of so much consequence
as is the effect of so bad a habit on the
character and business of the man.
Because the habit that leads a man to
squander a thousand dollars at one
time, will lead him to squander ten
fold that amount at other times. The
discernment, or shrewdness that ena-
bles a man 10 make the best use of
his means is worth more than 9. farm
to him, it is that faculty that enables
him 10 earn farms. The Scotch call
this faculty gurnption. It cannot be
got from books nor learned in school;
it is only acquired by actual experience
in life. The true value of wealth, like
that of knowledge, is not in its mere
possession, but in knowing how to
make the best use of it—to make it the
means of increasing its own stores for
the most useful purposes. One of the
most valuable lessons a man ever learns
is to know how best to manage his own
affairs. “It took me thirty years,”
says a successful business man, “to
learn how to manage my own concerns.
and now I find that I have not half
learned my trade, for there new things
continually springing up that I must
understand before I can correctly man-
age my business.” Another difiicult
thing for a man to do, is to keep with-
in the legitimate limits of his own vo-
cation, or field of labor. An old friend
of the writer's, who had transferred a
paying business, from central Michi-
gan to a point in the far west, wrote
back after he had been in his new
borne .91 year or more,—“I know aman,
not athousand miles from this place,
who has got in the wrong ship. I
remember that I had for a copy, forty-
five years ago, in my old Vermont
writing-book, ‘Experience teaches a
dear school, but fools will learn by no
other;’ and to day, I am Well acquaint-
ed with one ofthose fools.”

The farmer who is too ambitious to
increase the area. of his farm is another
instance of the misconception of the
limits of one’s business. Read the
history of all these attempts at farm-
ing on so large :1. scale, and you will
find that it is a s111-cessiori of disas-
terous failures. The late Dr Glenn,
who was called the “bonanza farmer”
of California, and whose wheat field
was so large that it took twenty-four
hours to drive around it, did not suc-
ceed as a farmer. He could not keep

his overgrown estate together. From

arm: —-

the first, it was only a. matter of time
as regards a total collapse of his great
enterprise. He found that his mon-
strous farm could not be managed
with the economy and efficiency that
regulates a large manufacturing es-
tablishment. The tillage of the earth
cannot be managed on such a whole-
sale plan. Many of theseimmense es-
tates in the west that have proved to be
toounwieldytohaudle with profit, have
lately been cut up into small farms;
their owners "believing that one of
the greatest injuries they can do their
children would be to leave them too
much land.” Those who have watched
the experiments at farming, on so large
a scale in our own part of the VVest,
have found that they generally result
in failures.

The great Dalrymple farm in Dako-
ta, has been nothing but a huge adver-
tisement for those capitalists who own
large tracts oflaud in that region. As
a farming enterprise it has been :1
signal failuie. Great land estates
may be made profitable by ‘navir;-g one
class own all the land, and another
class do all the work. This is the
English system. I: cannot work here;
for the l:>.'11or.'e1' in America has the am-
bition to bec11m1.- :1 fa1'1.u owner: and
he is not content to work merely for
wages while “:1 few 111‘-11 men a1 .~:r-r11
all the available 131311," and put The-111
as “serfs,“ on  ‘ 111110311 the W11-1;
that cannot ‘111.-1'11111e'1.‘1_v 11121.1:-111211.-1;; "

f~‘ays an able w1'it1;-r 1.111 the subier-1.
"1119 -2111511 farm-..-1' has been the great
safe‘-—;.:11:-.1'=l of 1:111" 1'-1vi11;'.-3.110:*.. If we
Y-1a.ve1-1;-1 -: 119.11 any :-.-?r1o11:- 31311 ‘,1r()--
111119911 1211111111.-ts be-’.w'1=t-1*. 1.1111111‘ 211111
capital: i."1.1:e 3:111’-1"-1.‘-l -have 1i.iW‘.1_\,':'11E:‘ll
01111-;r 11.-virig, -'1, 31.111 in the best
.~'1.‘!;.-31: of the W1‘11‘1,Z 1-o11;-1.-r\':111\':- : if we
huv-3 been able tn rec-e1’»:e n:111io11s of
the 1*11'1(1r and 1119111511-(,1nt-111111 from
1'11rei1;11 coimtries, 8.1111 (‘(>l1\'€'l'K 1111-n1
wi1‘111111t the least frir:t11111 111t11t11ri1'_v
and useful citizens, it is 'oeca1.1.-‘e we
have made it o11r 11a.ri11oa1pn1i1-y to
give every man who wants it 23. stake
in the country. The typical American
farmer is laborer and capitalist at once;
and wherever the two great forces 11f
society are thus united there must be
prosperity and peace.” v. B

Galesburg, June -5th, l.S>3.

 

  

 

Notes on Haying, From Columella. About 50,
A. D.

"Tlic 1121_v w11i1;-11 g1'ows1121t11r:11l_v 111 21
j111(-y soil is re1'k<,11ie1'1 better than that
w111cl1 is forced by 1-111151211111 \va1:c1‘111g.”
.\ 1ll(*d(11)\\' ought not to be :1 plain 111' 21
hollow, nor upon 21 very steep hill; not
the fo1'm1-r, lest it contain too long the
w21te1‘ g21tl1e-red 111 it; nor the latter. lost
it pass off l1e:11l1o11g in 2111 1115121111.

“_\'ev1-1'1111-less l:11111 111:1: .~'111-l\'1-.-‘ gent l_v,
if it is either 11211 111' well w21t1-1'c1l. r11:1_v
be 1'e11uce1.1 111111 111e21.11o\\': but su1,-11 :1
level ground is most approve.-d, \\'1'l1L‘ll
1121v111g:1 very 51112111 211111 gentle 1.1es1,-1,-111.
does not suffer the S1lOW£‘l'S. nor the
rivulets that flow into it, to abide long
111 it; or if any w.‘1t1-1'1,-11xnes upon 11.11
creeps off slowly. Therefore, if 2-.11_v
part of it be low or 111:11‘sl1y,.‘11111111e
w:1te1' st2_1g1121t1-5 upon 11, it must be re-
moved by fur1'ows: for either great
:1bun112u1cc, or sc21rcit._v of w21ter, is
cquzilly pernicious to grass of 2111 sorts.

Aftci‘ speaking of re-1‘110vi11g brush,
br1:11‘s 21nd weeds, he s21_vs. "it is 111111111‘-
taut that we neither :1l1ow a hog to feed
therein, her.-:111se with its snout, it digs
up and raises the turf, nor larger (-uttlc.
unless when the ground is exc1;-e11111g1y
dry, because they sink their hoofs 11111.
it, and bruise 21111.1 cut the roots of the
herbs.

“)lo1'eo\'e1'. the le-21111;-1' p121c1-s ID us: 111-
1'ef1'es11e11 \v1tl1 dung, Ne\'eri11e1c>'.<.
the second year we will allow s111:1"111.-1'
cattle to be admitted after the hay 11:11-
vest is over. p1'o\'1(lc(l Ill€(lI‘_\'1lc>‘S 2:11.11
condition of the place will .-.uIfe1‘ it.

‘T111-11 the third _\-‘cur, w11e1; the 1111-2111-
ow is 1113L'0l1lL‘ more 1121111 111111 51111-.1.it
may receive g1'e:1t1.-1' L-:1tt1c 211.5-.1. l’1‘1'-
111%11‘1 1111s1,121111'11ne11 1‘-,1.111:111o111_v121y111111‘e
duug upon :1 11111 than :1\'21l‘1ey. 111-1-211151-,
as I $21111. 1111- 1':1111,< 211w21ys 1-211'1'_\‘ the
futtei‘ 11121111-1‘ ~111w11 11111 to the 11.1w1-1‘
g1'o1u1(1S.

""l,‘11L-re is :1 111e;1.s111'1- 111‘-be 111151.-1've1l in
d1'_viug l121_v. that it be put logetlier 111:1-
t11er over dry. 11111‘ _v1;-t 1111.1 green; 11.11‘ 111
the first c21se1t is not 21 whit 11131191‘ 1112111
st1‘:1ws if it 11:13 lost its juice. 111111 in
the other it rots 111 the loft. if it 1'ct:1i11s
too much of it: :1u1121ftc1‘ it is g1‘1.1w11
1101. it 1)l'€€l1s‘ zire. an-.1 sets all in :3.
flame. -

,t'1. 11111111-1'1.

“T111-y do not put it up in mows, 111,--
forc 111211 1111,-._v suffer it 111 119211 211111 (-1111-
roct itself, -111111 the-11 grow cool. after
11:1\'iug thrown it 1111131-1y together for 21
few days.” W. .1. B1-1.1.1..

who Can Beat It‘!

1<}1I[{o1'l’1Zs-£101‘.-—l weighed t11c-.ui1k
f1'o111 tw11of111y cows for 111 days the
aggregate weight w:1s'.11:) 1101111115 one
gave: 4:3 21-11) pounds per day. One cow
was :1 high gr21<1c 1)urh:u11 the 01111-1'
was :1 11-.111v1: 1,-11w, w1111c21I1 bcz1tt111s?
‘I Yours f1‘:1tern:111v,
.101-:L 13. Noimis.
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Science and Art of Agriculture.

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1,-rop .1111-21pp1ic:1ti1,111 of 11121111111-s, the
1':-1.-11111;,-‘ of 211111112115, etc, all 1121v1-, 111 do
witli the art of (lg/'icu[tu1'e. They
t~c-:11.-1111s 11ow to get the gm-21.11-st re-
turns for the 1:11.101‘ expe11111-11; 111 11111111‘
words, how 111 1111111111511 the cost of pro-
11111-111111.

S1.-ieiice 11121_v now 1-011112 1'11, take the
result of these field 13xper1111(-111s to
1111- 1:1l1or:11111'y. 211111 teach us 111-/1,y they
have been b1'ougl1t about.

 

 

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Feed the Grapevine.

The 111111-st ;,11‘21pc fgroxve-1'5 we k1111w
::1w21_v.~‘111211111rc11 1111-11' vines p1e111eo11s-
13' 211111 11e.v1.-r 1111-211111-11 of giving t111e1u
too mu(-11. (1f1:1tc_ve:1rs t11ercl1:1s211'ise11
:1c121ss11f grape growers who co11t.1=1111
111-.1tb1.1t little m21m1re is 11ee1le1l:'t1121t
111 fact. the poorer the 1211111 1111- bette-1'.
We are 11111 :11111111 this class. W1-liavc
found that the r11- ierthe soil the better.
We have known even de:111 a11im211s to
be 11u1'icd:111o11t the roots; though we
think that this is ca1'r_vi11g the m2111ure
11111-stiou -21 little too far. Vines will
5111111-t1111e.< f:1il 111 rich 1211111, we are
21w21r1-, but it is from other c:111ses than
the s1111 being too rich; there are other
plagues in the way. It may be mildew,
it 111:1_v be the little dusty-looking worm
which 5111111:-1111195 strips the vines of its
fol1:1g1-; or it may be the p11_vll11.\'er:1
wl111,-11 2111211-ks the rootszind pl11yS1l:lVOC
with them; others think there is some-
thing in the climate, 211111 so o11. We
do not ‘ preteiid to decide the question;
we onl_v know that if we do the best we
can 111 the c111t1vat1o11 of the vines, suc-
cess will 1'ew:11‘1l us 111 :1 m21j01'ity of
cases: but when f211lu1‘cis the l'€S1ll13 we
feel very sure that it is not high feed-
ing. The grapevine, we are very Couli-
dent, 211111 all our experience goes to Show
11, is :1 good liver, 211111 we run far less
risk in overfeeding 1112111 in st211‘ving it.
—-(r'érn1.r1ntow/z Tclcgrap/1.

 

1’LAN’l' :1 dozen seeds of c11c11mb1-1'5 111
1-21011 11111. 211111 when there is no lo11ge1'
four of the stripccl 1)ll,‘.‘,’, cut off 2111 but
tlarr.-c plants with :1 pair of scissors.
T111-11 the roots of 1111156 to 1'1-11121111 will
not 111-111s1111'l,11-11:11121111-y 11121y11m.jn(-111-11
off: 11111 1111111 pull 1111.-111 out. ’l‘111- .<z11111-
2111v11'e 211111111-s as well to piuuts of (‘11-
('11l1111+-1 1-‘, 1::11,11121j.;'e.~‘, etc.

 

.\l1'1.1'111x12.—'l‘1‘ecs t11:1t 11:1vc -.1 good
top-111'1-ss111g 111'st1'21\v.c11ip-111:111u1'c, saw-
dust or sliuviugs. will be fo111111g1'owing
well 11u1'1ngt11c 11111: 1111111t11s, while 1111-9
will ripen up all the new wood well 111
1111- f-.111. The o11je1'-t is to prevent evapo-
1'21tio11 21.1111 thus keep the roots moist.

IT IS now time to wash the stems of
all trees liable lo the attacks of borers.

Michigan Crop Report for 11 ¢

Laxsnvo. June 8.——[l\111ch 1-ess.1—
Crop reports dated June 1 are received
from 859 correspondents and give the
following percentages, the comparison
being with 1882: Wheat in the south-
ern four tiers of counties, condition 79;
in the counties north of the southern
four tiers. 85. ‘Oats, acres sowed 96, con-
dition 91. Barley, acres sowed 96. con-
dition 92. Sorghum, acres planted 111,
numberof farmers planting 112. Clover
meadows and ‘pastures, coud1t1onl03.
Timothy meadows and past11re'=, con-

dition, 99. Clover sowed this
veer, condition 99; per cent of
acreage which failed to grow 5.
Apples promise 90 per cent and

peaches 62. per cent on an ave-rage crop.
The wages of farm hands average $111.51}
per month with board and $326.95 per
month without board.

The figures for wheat indicate a crop
of about 22 bushels, or nearly lO.00U,“11(‘1
bushels less than in 1882.

In on ofl‘.1c1:1l telegram rcc-1.-ive-.1 tlllh
inorniirg, Secretary C11:'11u1'11.-rluin est1-
mates the wheat crop 01011111111 2.3,2'}‘~‘0,01)U
bushels and State St-ztistical Age11t
Young of Minnesota estimates the crop
of that stole at about 32,750,000 bu.~.h;-ls.
The three states promis-1e T-S.11()(1,01)1|
‘ous1:1>1s, or 30.(101_1,(!lf)0 bu1=h1.-1.»; less than
111 1982.

'.[‘l1cqu-.1nt1t_v .1f W111-at rc p<'11'te1l 1.1111‘-
kcfcd in l\l1cl1iga11 in May is 1.-curly SW1,-
(1001111s11c1s11n1l 11u1‘1v_1g the 11.1 months
from Jxugiiret 1.1.1 311 .5 i11:21r1_v l'l,:'1U|),0111)
bllshe-1r~:.

'l‘1‘{1«;O11i1:-‘1‘~'0111(}:'1;'11 1;-1'.-1' .‘-..s~_-1.1-:1:-1.111111 ' "

 

11-avcx, apprviizh-1! a 5111-1.-1:11 111111-11‘1:1.., to
131111f-e1'w.i1.11 1.1-501131111-111, w<11.~l g_1111w11r;1
of1111- 1'111111f.1'y, :1:'11‘;.~11-1-111'1-, 1?’ p11:.-11111-,
:1. repre.-'1--.1121: ‘ i'1<,>;1;1' -.s'1.1r~1;1'11\i'-
ezva :‘r1 111 every Si:11- 11.1111 .1--r1111 ry 111
1111- 'U1;1o:1 at an eurl_‘v 12:111.-, w1111-'11 11111
organize :1 Nu1_11mal VV11111 (1'r11We-1‘.-’
.\<.~.-(11-E1111-€111, that will 1'h111'1111;:'211_v 1‘. 5.-
1'e1-1e111. the entire wo111p1-1111111-mginter-
est, >111111l1s1:u.'v1-‘ .~1c111 prm-'11.1e ways 311:1
1111.-a1c.<s for 1-:1rr1"-tirig 1‘1.-cent :11-’v1—1‘1-.-e
legielaiioii, and for having; such 11--.:1-~
latiou enaclcd at tl1e11(-.\'t-ac.-'.'-11,111 of
(j1111gr1:ss as will give to the w11111 grow-
er the pr11le1:-111111 1:e1;-tssafiy 111 the -111‘
cessful prosea-u1i11n 11-.” his 1111.511-e:-:9.
The truth is 1111- wool grower and the
Wool uiaiiufacturer were sailing in the
same stream 11u1'i11g the t9.ritl'fig11t,
and the wool growers got left. The
nianufacturers felt toward the grovvers
as Artcmus VVard (11 . towards his
wife’s relay ions during the war, willing
that they should shed their blood in
the flght.—Farmers’ Review.

     

“LET us practice absolute cleanliness,
use all the re-11, hard, horse sense we
have, and learn as fast as p11;-.-_1i'11le.
“How can the cows be 11n;;rov1-11‘.”"
D11 as Prof. Roberis, and, in arldition,
patronize the very best bull available
of the breed you choose, and keep the
very best calves. “How can the farm
be improved and its fertility in-
crea.-1ed'.”’ Keepall the cows the farm
will carry, feed all the corn and cotton-
seed meal they will pay for. save all
the liquid manure by absoxhents, and
you will soon am-:-W1-r the question for
yourself. "VVhat improvement can
be made in cattle food and feeding?”
Go back to the first question; multi-
ply endow and patronize Experiment
Stations, and while they are answer-
ing your questions, get ready to ask
more, and thus let us keep this inves
tigation in the mill; and ifit grinds
slow, we will get out grist in time, if
We are willing to pay 1011. Please
Prof. Roberts, give us another paper,
and accept for this one the thanks of

D. H. THING.”

\Vest .\Iount Vernon, Me.

)1. 1’.-\sTE1‘11, in :1 late 21111111-.ss be1'o1‘e
the -\c:1dem_v of Scieiices at l’:11'is, told
of the woliderful results obtziined by
v21ccin21t1ng live stock with his “21tte11u-
ated” virus as a preventive of disease.
During the past: year x11,0‘)"Sh"eD,11b0ut3
4,0111) cattle and 5110 horses have been
v21cc11121ted. Before the i11t1‘oduct.1o11 of
the system theloss of sheep from liver-
rot 111 one Department of l<‘1'a11(-e was
9 per cent, but the loss since has been
1'e11uce1l over one-h:11f though only 21
part of the S111-ep there 11_:1ve been pro-
tected by v:-11:1-1112111011. Even 21m011g
flocks only partly \'21cci1121t1’-11 the ratio
of the loss was only 215 one to ten be-
tween the V211,-c11121ted :1111l 11uv21cc11121t—
ed, 2111 the 211111111115 receiving the s:11’11e
1;-are. food 211111 t1'e21tm(-111. The 12111.: 111’
11101't:1l1ty :1111o11g 1.-21tt1e was 1‘e11111:1-11
‘f1'o111 7.11:} per cent to .24 111-1‘ cent. 111'.
1). 1;‘. S2111111111 1-‘X111-1'13 even 111-tte-1' re-
sults f1'1,1111 his exp:-1'111'1e11ts 111 W:1sl11ng-
1011, so 111-.1t the stock-11\v11e-1'5 of the
(-r.11111t1‘_v have good 1'ez1s1‘111 to wait with
11111.-1'est the outcome of his et‘1‘111'ts.

l~‘1:1j1.\1 21 single bull 111111 eig11t coxvs,
‘111'1111g11t to the l’:1111p21s of M11111 A1111-1'1-
c:-. by two Po1't11;:ucse h1'11tl11'-rs. 111 17171:}.
are now dcsce1111e1l what are cst1m21tcd
to be twenty millions of cattle. l\'e211'
Bueuos Ayres only, they have been
crossed with finer stock.

KEEP the cultivator going between
the rows of peas and corn.

Gapes in Chickens.

.l. T. 1’11bb.---I 1111111‘-1-1l1111111= \':~:'z‘11u
of .lun1- 1. 2111 111q111ry 1‘111':1.-1111-1"1.11'1>
1111‘ g21111-s 111 1-1111-k1-11$. .\ _-_:111111 5351111-
(}1‘2111g1-1‘ f111'111.s'111-11 1111,-. :1 1'1-1111-11_v. wl11<-11
is 11111- 11-:1.<p111111f111 11f 1111111-1111111=‘.1'1 :1
111111 of1111-:11.g1v1-111-\'1-1'y111l11-1'111111':1i11g
1111111 1'1-111+ve11. S1111 soup 211111 1111-21). in
1111- .<:11111- p1'11p11r111111. is ;:111111211.s1,1_}1-,1:
not so su1‘1-. l 1::1\‘1- 11151 1111111- Slllctf
g1v111g 1111- 1111111-1111119, 21111111115411 t‘.11—y
\\'1-1'1-:111;111111_g.

1-‘1':111-11121113‘311111-s,
.\l1:.<. W. 1‘. 11.-\ll1‘.l'."’i'

(':1111111‘1:1..111111-»1_ l~.\::.

Skimmcd Milk for Hens and Chickens.

T111-re1.~1 1111'.11111g ‘v.11,-Ltcr for laying
111-11.-111 1111: .-‘pri1‘11.c 1111111 milk, after
111e1~r~-an 1:11.» ‘.11«r,1. 1:.1k1,-11 111'. ‘Ne
l.ll1\'c tried i'.:-1.-\'13r:11.~'e~.-‘1111s \v11lz-.-1'1;11-
plete ;-"111.-1-1-;-11-. \Vi1l-. 11:» 11-111; given
fresh frmu 1111- 1la1"_v r11111:1 every luv,
the fowl.-1 will 1-H-11 1111111111.-r1lri11k, 113.1
it will .-11;-ply 1-v1-ry1l11111.: r1-1111111:-11111
we w:2_v11f:1111111'.1l f11r11l."'l‘111- [11_:]Ig-:51
fe-1lw11.1:111i1k:1:1111-or1:.a1s11u mixlure
1111-o1':1 3111211211111 1111111, 1'11r1v11g11 21.9
1.11111 w1.-:111.1.-1', have give-11 an 11111111113111
:-'11;1111;-' 111° 655:8. ‘V111-21.1 '11r.-.1.11- 81911.11
gnml 111:1-.-11.-111 mix wi1,‘.1 milk. 1: 1:,
befter 11. 1.-Ive the 1111:-:1111‘~ :1 110111 ‘
211111 t11f1-1-11 1111121 wa.1':11 #11111», 11:11- :5
1-111111 1;:-11-.-:~:11'y \V:‘ ' '\'1- 31-11 1"111..1.,,'

 
 
 

   

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for y11111:g 1-‘-11-1.1.-115 11111 .-111.--,‘ ' ley
'u1111:e.’11111-.1111-111--1, 1'1 :-:1m111.- 'l1.;11r'
110211111 ‘_1l111 ‘ 

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u1er1l1,;1'111.1111l1- ~
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111-11 111'
111119;, g1f2:.--

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:11:-11111111511-11 11119:-11112111111-1i

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3' 1'--.1'1.1.-. '...~u:.
-1 1,111: '11-1:;:11. 111:1‘: 1..

 
   
  
  
 

 

 

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he 11:.-'-—r—~’ ‘ w-1-1:1; rau-
1:.-.-11 1-. :1 1117.»-1:. ~.

  

.'\v1-111;,
1:1:;g.- 1.-,1;

1:1*11‘l~;£L.—-

1-c111.-11 1.0111111, 

“'11.!-:3.‘ _'-.'1111 .-1-1 1111-111-:..~' -<1-1:11 ' -11-
1111111‘. .<111111‘, 21.113111-1., ,,,- 511,1,” 1,,-
111 1111-111-s1.-'. ;11.1121g2111111!11111111~1,
111‘1‘111'1-. 1111- 1-1111-1-..~{1111- :1111 111,11
114111.111-l'>‘111' ‘1111-111-11 \‘1'1'11 \‘.11l1.s111;1
"1' H1-"'1‘<'1 1111\\<11‘1‘. 211111 1111-1-1111-1\.<\
1'111111- 1'1‘1111111;1-111-sf 1'1'1-1-111.11; E11-1-; ;}1,.1n
1111.1’ 1111-111 111 :1 111-2111 1-111111, 1,111-o gj-1_.,
111111111-1' 111-115‘ .1 1-l1;1111'1- 111 111151 11,.-3,1.
H1-1\'1-~', :1111‘1 1111- 1-1111-ks will 111-‘ 1111
1l'1111111L'1.1\'.'1111 111%-. I-‘1-1:’ \'1.:mp_- ,1f1,j,-1,15
111211. 2111- 1111111111-11 \\‘1111‘111-1-11111-1'v 
1111111i11g111-1:1-1'111:111211111v1111'1+111‘ ,»\-.'..-1-3
1111211111c211'1111111:211-111——1 112111 111' 2110.1 :11
11111 111' 11il.—I-'m111,1/ [<'1'1~(1[ /,1 (J,1,;0
fl!/'//II’/'.

   
   

Handling Wool.

Every year t11o11.«1a11ds of dollar:-. are
lost to wool growers 11y r1~aso11 of the
careless way in which manv of them
pre-pa1'e ‘heir wool for 111a1'ke1. Lust
:1.-11.211111 we p1.1l11i.<-111311 a. number of la.-
ters fro111 =.v1111l buyers and from expe-
rience] wool,1.:1'owers in which spec-1'.
tic directioiis on the subject were given.
These letters were extensively read;
as a rule the suggestions contained in
them were acted on. Later we called
far reports from those who acted on
them  well as from those who had
not. Ofthe former classa consider-
able number responded and in every
case the report showed that the care-
fully prepared wool conimanded good
prices. Naturally the latter class did
not respond to a very considerable ex-

tent, but private inquiries 1nuagura-

ted by us, and made under our direc-
tions, developed the fact that 111, al-
most every case of C8l‘€l€S‘.’ill8S.°, the
prices were not favorable. Again we
take the liberty of enjoining on wool
growers everywhere to take the best-
possible care of their wool. In this
article we will not attempt to give the
minutia of shearing and packing wool,
but will refer our readers to the sug-
gestions on this subyect running
through back numbers of this paper,
and hints to be given by us hereafter
from time to time.—— Wool-Growers.

 

THE wool g1'owe1's of Ohio are indig-
nant at the new tariff. They ask (,‘on-
g1'_ess f1.11_' protecti01121111l they think that
this _object will be best secured by
P12110111: it geuc1':1lly u111le1'stood that
there are more than 11111111111) wool grow-
e1's who are qu:11111e1l voters 111 the
L11ite11St:1tes211111 that 11e1'e21fter they
will s11pp1;11'tt11osc only who recognize
the right of wool g1'owe1‘s to 1'e21so11:1blc
211111 just 11-g1s121t.1ve protection. Thcv
(1111, 21150. for 21 gene-1‘21l o1‘;:21n1z:111o:1 of
wool g1'owe1's tl11'o11g11out the co11111i'y.

 

MANY gardeners are not ;1art1c11lar
in plantixig lima beans, to placerbe
eyc down. In a very interesting
;.am;1b1e1. received from Prof. Real, he
tells us the results of planting the eye
upperniost. Many of them came up
uftera fashion, but were.-1 good deal
confused. In the garden, nine out of
25-—over one-t.‘nir1l——sent the radicle
and all the roots out of the ground,
when the whole bean perished.

_ .-Xx :1ut11o1'ity 1lecl211'1-s that ticks and
lice will 11ev1-.1‘ be fo1,1111l t1'o11b1e.some

where sheep are fat and in good coudi-.

tion, the pests only attacking poorly
kept aniiiials. The “moral” is obvious.

  
       

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I NDEX TO THIS NUMBER.
Are we Workcrs'r‘—-Ambition for Large Farms
—Notes on Haying, From Coluiiiella, About
50, A. D.— Who Can Beat It?» Science and
Art of Agriutrlture—Feed the Grap_evine—
Michigan Crop Report for Junc~G-apes in
Chickens—Sl-rimnied Milk for Hens and
Chickens——Hzrndling \Vool . . . . . . . . . . . . .. l

Hit-Our Advertising Business—Art and
Science—Farmers and Politics—How Shall
Charity be Bestcwed—'I'he Cohdition of our
Courts—Annihilated——Too Much Beer.. . 2

West Michigan Farmers’ Club—A Michigan-
der‘s Idea of Iowa—Mt. Tabor Grange
Fourth of July Celebration-Preserve Your
Fences—Postal Jottiiigs—Notic.cs of Meet-
ings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3

The Delaware Grape—Horticultural Papers-
American Pomological Society-Nineteenth
Centn1'y—-The Sorghum Report——The New
Tariff on ’1‘hings Agricultural . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Initiatory Ballad——Leiiawee County Grange-
Madison Gra.nge—Tue Professors Sustained
-—Moralit3. in the Public Schools --The Fresh
Air Fund—’1‘l.ie Gr eat Salt Lake—Straight-
ening Furrows—Sorue Railroad Decisions-
A Matchless Match-Making Monopoly—Ad-
vertisernents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

The Railroad Companies Influence and Cor-
rupt Legislatures-A Profound Secret-
Milk Better than Meat ~Hcinin_v and Arnica
—The DifTerence—How to Make 8. “Best
Bedroom” Comfortable and Cozy—— Dyna-
mite—Punctuality— Chubby and his Father
—Foot and Mouth Disease Tim ffiiczipest
Food Used as a I41lXll'.‘y—-.7“:I‘.'!1Jcl'i3 Should
be Readers. . . . .

Two Pictures — The (‘«o-.;. ,2 V:icii'ioii——
Quality of Milk——Care or Wagon vlfilflelb
-—The Reaper Death —— The r\.l.1l.1‘li(:i.S—A
Sound Business Principle -— Advertise-
ments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 7

 

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HIT.

If we have no two or firm? coluiiiii
editorial in this iiuiiibcr wc arc liclpcd
to an explanafioii by the suggestive
article on this piigc lieaidcd “.\iii1ihilat-
ed." We do not know the writer nor
do we know whether lic or she was
aiming a blow particul:u'ly at our edi-
torial head. But it is quite certaiii the

-Writer has intended to hit somebody or
every body who don't boil down their
ideas before, or at the time of writing.

And now that this inattcr has been
broached we will pursue the subject a
little farther. The great mass of read-
ers have the American cliziracteristic
Well developed. They do not set down
to read with a feeling of leisure and
pursue tlicniai.tei' with an air of ease
in inanner and feeling. A paper is
picked up and liastily l'1l11OV'€l'——llillf
read, with the purpose of getting the
gist of the tliing in the lcast possible
time. And this mental condition and
liabif igiioics 21. long article :iltogcflici'.
or at least defcrs the reading until
some "convcnieiit sczisoii." which like
time for repeiitancc to inost people
never (:U11‘i€‘S. Short .‘ll.‘l-l(‘lt‘S arc road
because they are short. Of course
many subjects cannot be di.-sciissed in 21
short article, nor fully oven in a long
one. But in writing, the facts which
We have stated, should not be lost sight
of, for one of the objects of writing is
to bring our idcas to the notice of
others.

Now we do not promise to confine
our editorials to short articles nor do
we ask our correspondents to write
only short articles for these pages.
But we should very much like to have
the number of our correspondents in-
creased. We want short articles cover-
ing the experience of farmers, when
that experience is in any manner novel

or unusual. We want this for the belie
it of our large number of readers.
And the individuals that we are now
inviting to contribute to our pages will
be all the better for complying with
this request. Do not lose sight of the
facttliat the Grange is an educational
institution, establislied to educate and
improve the farmers of this country,
and that in this matter of committing
their thoughts to paper there is
everywhere room for improvement,
The VISITOR from the first has given an
opportunity for such improvement to
the individual, while at the same time
valuable instruction has been imparted

to others.

Just before going to press with the
June 1st number we received the sug-
gestion from a correspondent that a
Postal Card Department be added to
the long established Departments of
the paper. We accepted the suggestion
as just the thing, and have adopted it.
Now we want for the next number 100
contributors to this new Department.
The range of subjects as named by our
suggestive correspondent were, crop
prospects, little items of general inter-
est, such as experimeiits and results;
what'we are doing and how we do it,
smart sayings of‘ Brothers and Sisters
in the Grange, postal card essays on
polical economy etc. Here is a wide
field, nor is it confined to topics crui-
merated. Now if our readers will rc-
spond we Sllzlll soon have two or three
columes that will be more generally
read than any other columns of this pa-
per. Questions relating to a thousand

things that willadniit of brief allSW(‘l‘.<
should be found in this l)-ff1)}tl‘ll1lPlJt
and are invited.

OUR ADVERTISING BUSINESS.

The few 2lfl\‘€l'tl.~‘f:Iilt:lli.~; found in the
\'i.-'i'roi: for the whole period we inay
safely say of its successful life, has
bceii rather of a marked fe;iturc. Wi-
have all along iiitciided next _ycrn- to
give this branch of the niztiiagenieiit of
the pap:-1‘ more attention for we have
felt that that has been our weak point
in the busiiicss iiiziinigcineiit of the
\'isi'ro1:. llut with our time fully oc-
cupicd,tli2it /Lu! _i/ear llli.S been post-
poned until we coiifcss to a failurc in
carryiiig out our purpose of givingtliat
attention to the .'ulv«-rfisiiig <lt'p1ll‘t-
nicnt of the paper to which its liirgc
circulation has had claim and which
its finaiicizil interests dciiiznidcd.

llelicviiig that the lcssoiis of past
cxpcriciice should not be lost. we this
spring secured the S(3l‘V'l(,‘£‘.\‘ of a brother
l’zitron who proiiiiscd to give some
time to the zidvcrtisiiig department of
tlic'Visi'ro1’.. That he has done so to
some pu1'po.~;c the .\I;iy 1.'itli and June 1st
iiunibcrs of the VI.\l'l‘Ol{ furnisli proof.
Oiic advcrtisiiig zigciit is 21 man of large
experience and from our kiio\\'ledge of
him, and the standing and cliitractcr of
the advertisers wliose pzifroiizigc he has
alrcady S€(:lll'L‘ll we feel confident that
he will not send us any :ulvci'tisciiiciits
that are objectionziblc.

We have made it at point tlirougli the
whole life of the Vl.\‘l'l‘(),lt to refuse zill
:iol\'ci‘tiscinciitsthat were as we thought
of a hiiiiibiig cliaractcr, and we still
iiiciin to adlicrc to that coiirsc. Our
ftfi\'t3l’il.3'llig' agent will in fufurc as llf‘
has liz-i'efofoi'c doiic, (.'Oli]lllf‘llfl inc}:
and goods in sucli a way and inziniicr
as his own jiulgiiiciif shall zipprovc 2ui:l
wc trust that iiotliiiig will occur to di-
minish tliccoiiiiilciicc wliich thc i‘c;idci‘:<
ofthe Vi.-i'i'oii have so offcn cxpi'cs:scd
in tin: rci1:ibilif_\' of fliis .~;lic<-1'.

ART AND SCIENCE.

The iiiitiatory steps have lI(‘(:ll tzil-:cii
for "The llctroit Art Lorin lixliibitioii.”
The work has so for [il‘nf_fl'f.'.5‘>‘-(‘fl that
the plan of a building has bccii adopted
and bids invited for its construction.
The dimensions of the main buildiiig
are 1:}-'ixl3.'», to be built of brick oiic
story high with brick partitions and
asbestos roof and located not. less than
25 feet from any other building. It is
expected the building will be ready for
the first exhibition in Septeniber and
October next.

We make mention of this as a lauda-
ble project, going to show that Michi-
gon is keeping abreast with the older
States in this department of advanced
civilization.

But this is not the only voluntary as-
sociation that has come. to our kiiowl-
edge within a few days, having a praise-
wortliy object in view. Some of the
members of Weston (}rangc,2is we un-
derstand, under the leadership of our
enterprising friend, llrother (lco. B.
llorton, have orga1ii'/.ed a scientific As-
sociation. llavc built a hall for the use
of its ineinbcrs, with ample a1‘raiige-
mcnts for the pl'eS(‘l‘\'flllOll and display
of botzinicul, ornithological, entomolog-
ical and oflicrspccinicns. Nor is this
merely for tlisplaty, but is intended for
real work in those fields of scientific
knowledge and research wherein the
agricultur'.il class are most deeply in-
tcrcstcd.

l\'e slizill watch the progress of this
new Graiigc departure with lively in-
tcrcst, and hope at some future time to
chronicle for the benefit of our readers
some of the results of the good work it
has undertaken.

 

B110. E. W. Allis, of Adrian, calls at-
tention to the destructive work of the
borer bee,’ which he says are getting
quite plenty in that vicinity. If this
insect has appeared in other parts of
the State we hope the fact, together
with the kind and amount of mischief
done, and all information regardiiig its
habits, will be fully reported to Bro.
Allis. He has given much attention to
the study of insects and is entitled to
all the aid that other observers can
furnish for he is prompt to give the
public the benefit of his research and
knowledge. -

THE latest new thing under the sun
that has come to our notice is the Hu-
manitariaii Invention Association. Its
professed object is to encourage valua-
ble inventions and aid pecuniarily,
inventors whose poverty prevents their
invcnton from finding its way to the
public, though it may have great merit.
This society starting with a capital of
-$10,000, will through its examining
board pass upon the merits of’ all
models submitted to it, and extend aid
for a stipulated interest in the business
to such inventions as meet the‘ ap-
proval of its examining board. Its
secretary is J El.I]1€S P. Wilson, Youngs-
town, Ohio.

::JEPHTHAH and his daughter, a new
cantata by P. G. Hull, rival of
“Queen Esther,” will be all the go
with Musical Societies next year. It
is poi is-zlied by Hull, \Vilkins & 00..
at Cincinnati, Ohio.

 

1’le:isc clizingc ziddrcss of my paper to
South llilcy. Clinton Uou1iLy——l). A.
Bennett.

We shall cheerfully make the change
when informed to what ofiicc we are

now sending the pziper.——E1)iTo1':.

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FARMERS AND POLITICS.

'l‘lici'c  sonic genuine good seiisc in
the following }il‘tlClf?, wliicii we clip
from the /"(n'me7's’ Beciezv. A fariiier
legislator, with good intentions is oftcn
a positive failure for want of that de-
\'clopmcnf,which education and contact
with business men gives a man. Tlie
Graiige is doing much to bring the
f;-.rnici's up to that condition of person-
al strcngtli and self reliance necessary
to secure and maintain such a standing
in legislative bodies as will give the
agricultural class the influence and
power which its importance demands.
This gziiii iniist sceui slow, but such
positive .:<l\':iiico has been iiiadc within
the in.-.:t fifteen years that we areiiot
disposed to complain.

The Review does not favor the idea
of i..l6 farmers going into politics, in
the sense of politicians. Farmers have
political rights and duties the same as
other citizens, but we don’t like the
idea 1-ftheir degenerating into mere
politicians. We do want the farmers
to go to the primaries or caucuses, and
see to the selection of proper candi-
dates,,and then “scratch” those who
are not such men as ought to be elect-
ed. Even more, if the people want a
good, sensible, successful farmer to
represent them in the Legislature, or
in some town or county office, on ac-
(:0l.lIl( of his eminent fitness for the
place, we think he ought to accept fhe
office. And that is not going into poli-
tics as a politician. The politician
spends his time, his thought, and en-
ergy in “laying wires,” or “pulling
ropes,” or “log rolling,” or working
for his party,” hoping thereby to get
some office. Office, from a postmaster,
road commissioner or highway sur-
veyor to the United Statcs Senate or
President of the nation, is the ambi-
tion end and purpose of the politician,
and when any man de-generates info
that he become 9. public nuisance. It
is against such degradation on the
part of f8.i‘!I.‘iel"S that we protest, and
not against their voting or attending
caucuses.

But how is it geiieralfy?
from a wide persona.‘ ,
ainuiig farmers, and from a per.-'~»n.al
kiiowlcdge ofthcni as public I fiicc-rs,
csjieciaily in the L gisiatiire. 'l‘co of-
ten the mzijorify have lie:-.ii the piiazi.
ng(:‘CltS by which the sci--.iiie.<i cf’ zleuia
gcgues or II}0n0pOl.‘SfS :.-fie puslicd
through the Legislature, < r trey vote
as suggested by some local deiniigog-,ue
or petty lawyer. is the charge a
serious one to make? "We sat in a
railway :-eat with a prospeimis farmer
awhile since, who rode on a pass: and
had done so for several years. Being
a man given to much talk, we drew
him out 3 little on his miilroa-.d rela-
tions, when he frankly ioid us now he
spoke and voted when in his state leg
islafure on a. certain railroad bill. The
president of the railroad sat in the lob-
by, heard his speech, full of wit which
turned the laugh upon his opponents,
and the bill passed all right, and, said
the innocent farmer, “I have never
wanted for favors since that time.”
He did not blunder into that, he knew
where he could put a little speech and
creates little merriment that would
“do him the most good.” We do not
say the bill in question was a bad one
or the leglstataon involved in it perni-
cious. What we do say is that such
considerations had no influence with
that man; he was speaking and vofgjg

 

with a keen sense of favors to be re-
ceived hy himself, and to do it W , a
base degradation of his position as a
legislator. Of course all farmers are
not like him, nor a. majority of them.

Another thing the farmers of Illi-
nois, for instance, should be numerous
and influential enough to control leg-
islation affecting the interests of the
farmers of the state, and do this every
session, and not wait till oppression Oi‘
abuse awakens a “spurt” of rustic zeal,
such as sent earnest, enthusiastic gran-
gers to theLegislature for a few sessions,
and then gradually died away. That
“granger zeal,” as it was called in scorn
by some. has left its marks on all
Western legislation for good, and what
we want is zeal, and wisdom and en
ergy for the farmers, every session of
State Legislature in the west. But is
that the case? No, it is not: and
every intzlligent farmer knows it is
not the case. Why not? Because the
farmers give little practical attention
to the dry details of law-making and
legislation in general. They don’f
know how to draft and introduce bills;
to work them through committee; to
see them passed to second reading; and
then, on their final passage, guide
matters so as to secure their enactment
Thus not being at all skilled in these
matters, cunning men smuggle claus-
es into hills which defeat or vitiate
their force. We saw a scheming law-
yer once lead a Legislature, three-
fourths farmers, to the election of his
favorite candidate, who had not one
single marked qualification for the
oflice, and he did it by a smooth
speech, well sandwiched with “taffy.”
We want the farmers in politics, but
we want him there with his brains
and conscience trained and on the
alert.

TIIl:1RElS no occasion for extended
comments on the action of‘ Ceiitcrville
Grange. The cultivation of sorghuin
in the vicinity of Cellli-€I'Vlll9\ has been
carried on to it considerable extent in
an experiinciital way for several years,
and these people who adopted the reso-
lutions which we present on another
page are not talking at random. With
their observation and experience they
are well qualified to discuss this sub-
ject intelligently. It seems to us that
these resolutions voice the sentiment
of large numbers of farmers inter-
ested in this business, and we are glad
to see this definite, positive action. ln
contrzist with the d.lllll0SS growling, so
common among farincrs this is both re-
frcsliing and ciicouragiiig.

SO.\IE’l‘l)lL‘.3‘ we have complaiiits froiii
siibscribcrs of non-rcccipt of papcrs.
We endeavor to rectify all iiiistzikcs as
soon as possible and siibscribci's‘\\'ill
give us early notice of any failure to
receive the copy to which you are en-
titled. If the iiiistakc is here we shall
endeavor to have it set right at once,
but cannot do so until coniplziint is
made. If you don’t gct your paper no-
tify us at once.

HOW SHALL CHARITY BE BESTOWED.

This on" readers will say is not the
fit season of the year to talk about or
write about that charity which signi-
fies the giving of aims. All nature
around us is clad in her most luxu-
riant garb and we of the country at
this 80218011 Of the year are seldom
called upon to relieve destitutiom

But there is a great fact that stares
us in the face and makes the consider-
ation of the sul-ject of aid or aims-
giving always seasonable.

The fact to which I refer is this.
The dependent or pauper class in all
civilized, countries is constantly in-
creasing. Each succeeding year the
percentage of (if.-))l.*li‘.leDi’. poor is
higher until “How .-‘hall this growing
evil be abated” has come to be one of
the important questions that demand
the consideration of statesmen as well
as philanthropists.

The receipt ofa pamphlet of fifteen
pages entitled “How to repress pau-
perism and street begging,” by Rob-
ert Treat Payne, president of the Bos-
ton Associated Charities has called
this matter to my atfentioii. Later
in the season when the demands for
aid are more frcqiient and seemingly
more imperative we sliallgive an ab-
stract of the theory of pauperisni and
alms-giving as ascertained by scme of
the best minds who have given the
subject thought in connection with
their personal experience in caring for
the dependent classes.

Wiczickiiowlezlgc fhe l'(‘(:lflpi3 of the
third biciiiiial l'f‘1ml't of the l{a1i:-'2i.<
State liozinl of .\gi'iciilfiu'<-, sent us by
its >%cci‘ctaij\', .\ll‘. Williziiii Sinis from
Tolieliil. .\ bricf cxaiiiiiiiitioii of this
book of‘ over Too page-s discloses the
fzict tlzzif within the last decade this
Static has iiizidc i'JlDl'i f_’,'l'O\\'ill in if.-‘ nui-
f,«-riail pi"ospci'ii,\'. 'l‘iic :ll'Z‘.'llIgf‘lll('iil of
ill!‘ work is s_\ .~'fciiizifii-. and coiiipli-ff-,:if
lc:ist fh.it was the coiicfiisio1i\vc l'f‘zl.(‘li-
cd :xf1«-i" our hasty i-r{;iiiiiii:ifioii. 'i'lii-rc
is .i S(‘pil1‘2l'.(‘ couiify lllilp sliowing f]ii~
sccfioiis zuid tl)\\'ll>‘ill]l‘.x' of (‘£l(,‘ll and
cvcry couiity in fhc Slate :ii1d cvery
distiiictivc fe:i.tui'e of‘ the State is pro-
sciifcd in clziboratc detail. l{aii.<‘.isis
an agricultural Statcaiid the appear-
once of such a work compiled under
the direction of iH‘l' llozml of .\.gricul-
turc is iiiilicativc of :u'fivif_v and influ-
ence ainong licr f;ii'ii’ici' population.
Kaiiszis was early in the field in recog-
nition of the iinportancc of education,
lierAgricultural College having been
established twenty years ago. If we
wcrc to criticize the report at all it
would be because there is so much of
it. It is valuable for reference but in
these days of haste no one has time» for
a full perusal of such a volume.

We hope our farmer friends who
have faith in improved stock will not
overlook the advertisement of B. G.
Buell, under the head of

GREEN ,_wooi) STOCK FARM.

Mr. Buell is a practical farmer of
experience, who has had great success
in this his particular line of stock rais-
mg.

The observing farmer does not ex-
pect the days of cheap meat to come
again soon, and he will look well to
the quality of that particular kind of
stock to which he has aliking, wheth-
er it be cattle, horses, sheep or swine.
The leading kind that should be kept
for profit depends at least on two
things. The taste of the farmer him-
self and the adaptation of the farm to
this or the other kind of stock, both
these. points are impr,-rtant—in fact,
essential to success, with the average
farmer. The farmer who takes kindly
to ho.-‘s should not overlook B. G.
Buell’s advertisement.

'l‘nE advertisement of the J onesville
Plow Co., which first appeared in the
Visrron of June 1st was received
just before going to prcss,——too late for
any notice. The day following Bro.
Luce was in our office, we called his
attention to the advertiscineiit with his
cndorseniciit, and he assured us that he
had used the Jonesville plow all
through the spring side by side with
the Oliver and Gale plows and found it
equal to either. With this recommend
\ve think it safe for any of our people
in want of a plow to send to the Jones-
ville Plow Co. A first class plow offered
for $6.50 ought to give the company
plenty of orders though we doii’t see
just how it will give them much profit.

Send for Jonesville plows and don’t
f all to send the money with the order. A
conipziny that comes to the front with
(lrziiige prices should be met with
Grange principles mainf:-aiiied to the
letter in return.

WITH the article on sheep breeding
from Mr. J. B. H. Edison, we received
a sample of wool that for fineness
length and crimp, would more than
satisfy the average farmer. We will
not say satisfy the expert, for We lay
no claim to a cultivated opinion upon
this subject. Mr. Edison seems to have
sr me decided opinions, and now that
the subject is introduced we hope to
hear from others. Sheep husbandry
has become a very important branch
of agriculture, and with the damage
inflicted on it by the operation of the
revised tariff‘, will require great skill
in maniigemeiit to make it remunerat-
ive. We are greatly obliged to Bro.
Edison for his article-—Let us hear
from other sheep men.

.interested in securing the ends of jus-

-port of the .\licliigan State Detective

THE (.‘0NDlT|0N OF OUR COURTS.

in the ;-Io-called {_iX'>\E‘-gt!‘ care of
Neal Ruggles vs. The l‘i_-:\_.~l-e of lil
inziis, it X'£’i‘{l1ll‘€‘ll fer y£»ars to reach a
decision in the Supreirie (joiirt of the ‘
United States. This is a curious coiii- -
mentary on the condition of our 1122- i
tiunal jurisprudence. The issue to be,
decided was perfectly simple, and yet ,
ofthe greatest imr-orun cc to the whole 3
country. The question involved lies ‘
at the foundation of all discussions of 
railroad questions. Does the ordinary ;
form. of charter prolii’-.-if l9glSlz1'.lll'eZ~':

from all interference with rates l
and tolls for freight and pas ;
sengen-? Fortiinafely the court

answer-d this question in the negative. ;
but the whole count-ry had reachedj
the same conclusion long before. 
The :3‘iip:'en1e()ourt of the Unit:-d 2
States is hop. lessiy behind in its work. I,
because the methods employed are per 
culiar to past ages, while the npei-3,}
tions Of the business world are carried 
on with the speed of the nineteeiiilii
century. The laws’ delays are pe- 1
culiarly out of place in these times. i
In many cases the final decision in at
case comes too late to be of any bene- 5
fit to any of the parfiesin interest. Iiil
ten years the relations of the various!
lJ8F‘tie.« are u.-tually so changed that the
dcci.-ion becomes unimportant. Death,
insolvency, and changes of residence
or of business usually interv»-no long
before a legal coiiti-over.-.a:'y can be
terminated. in the mean time the
cs.-e becomes so complicated and con-
fused that the court, counsel and par-
fies are about equally in the dark.
Still there has men marked im-
K‘1‘o'.1V€lll€l.liZ in coiriinon l‘.-‘.w methods.
The high court of chancery in Eng-
laiid fre.,uei:itly dr «ggcd a case ilirougli
several geiieraiioiis of sciiafors and
-.han:-e-il«:r.~-, Uliildrcn were born into:
iii: suit. old 1:. ~.»;i-re died out of it, ziiidl
a: Air’. ziiid i:oLii.-.~i.'.-l i-,liai,:gml as the _\‘cars ‘
w~-i.t, on, until no -.n.-an woulci have the
courage to read the voliinrcs of the re:--',
c<.-rd and ll'f.’)l"¥l laiinscif of past pro-i
(‘it-uillg, but all preferred" to pluicgei
onward in the .59.: 1:. '
Tl_l’:‘.~‘(,‘ tedious and useless delays
have always like-'1 chs.racteristic oi
C.“i’£ll}_'.()l’J law courts. The adininisti'a-
Lion oi‘ ‘rho law of the present day is
niore or less liaiiipered by the tradit-
ionzift iOr‘ii.i.~4 zuid absurd superstitions
of ancient tiines. Everything tending
to produce confusion and delay has,
as far as possible bet u retained, while
all improvements favoring the prompt
and final dispatch of business have
been obstinate;-ly resisted. All this re-
sults largely from the fact that those
who do tite work and control: the pro-
ceedings, are personally ben<§.ted by
prolonging controversies and delaying
decisions, while they are not specially

tics and right. Reforms therefoi e are
not likely to be encouraged by law-
yers and judges. As a matter of fact
the improvements in procedure which
have thus far been secured have sel~ ,

(iOlX1 originated in legal circles, but ‘V

have been introilucetl under compul-
son from the business world outside.
If the press of the country would
bring its influence to bear upon oui
lav-.‘—niakers_. and the judicial machine-
ry of the UOlll‘i3I‘_\/, this characteristic
feature ofjudicial proceedings would
soon be compelled to give way to
the demands of common sense, and.
the of-ject for which courts were
estallished—-to render justice to liti-
gants would be more nearly secured.
The great mass of the people would
not much longer remain the passive
victims of an organi7ed branch of our
civil system that requires so much,
and returns so little.

WE find on our table the annual re-

Associations for 1882. From a glance
at the report we see there are about a
score of local societies that together
constitute a State orgaiiizzitioii.

The fact of the existence of these
societies is a reflection upon the
cfliciency of our police system. This
like our judicial system is too tardy in
its operation, hence the necessity for
these voluntary oigaiiizatioiis which in
their iiiakeup hziv.e some regard in the
scclection of their ofliccrs, for the fit-
ness of the individual, for the work to
bc done. When men have less attacli-
n-icnts to party, are less influenced by
the small politician, and more resolutely
intentontal<ingcare of their business
interests, by looking to the election of
good cflicieiit men to discharge public
duties, the need of‘ local associatioiis for
the protection of property will be done
away with. At present the report
would indicate that they serve it use-
ful purpose.

We print the pl'Ogl‘itll1 of Capitol
(frraiige a littlclatc but not to late to
answer one of the objects of printing
progi‘an1s—~tlie presenting of subjects
for the corisidcmtioii of other (jrangcs.
It often helps at troubled lecturer to get
hold of the prograin of some other
Grange from which to select subjects.

’l‘iii-mi; lias been no inatcrial change
in wool prospects, and the only opiiiion
we have to express is—don‘t be in a
hurry to sell your wool to the local
buyer. Every influence has been
brought to bear to depress prices. Shi p
to Fenno & Manning, or hold it for bet-

‘such gatherings
collections of

JUNE 15.1883.

ll. H. 'l‘Ho.\iAs, Mai.;agci' of the In-
ter"->‘t;iie pit-'iic,: nil exliii-ition. whose
:’rili‘.H'.l-'!Ci-'l)lt‘ll.’ appears on another
page-, ‘t‘~“.‘ll.~' to have made 8 :=uccess of
these Fmlll-Xhl gatherings. We have
each year hoped to find time to witiiess
the result of the enterpise of this
Brother Sc-;i'et:iry of a Stat‘ Graiige,but
so far have not succeeded. Before the
days of railroads these large garlierings
were iinpossible. Now in this country
of peo; lo, and
inventors and artistic
skill is not uiiconinioii, and may he
set down .13! ns- of the be t m-eazis of
elev:i.ting fhe l1l8.SS8Z~X to a higher plane
of‘ social and civilized life.

OTTKL lazly core-pondents where are
the} ‘3 And echo answers, VVhere.

 

Annihilated.

Bro-. Cobb in your last issue I prom-
ised you an article for the “-Vi,.~*i'roi«L“
providing in cuttirg down my volu-
niinous composition I found incon-
tained enough sense to warrant its
piiblicntioii. [therefore sat down to
see how many corniiioiipliice expres-
sions and sentiments there were
in it, such as are usually found in
cheap newspaper articles written in
haste and never reread rcspelled or
pun(:t!.:atcd. In doing this I found that
if was very dif‘fl'~ult for me to read my
own compo:-iition,and then I began to
wonder what you type—setters, who
entirely unacquaint-ed with my band,
would have done with it. I found my
ils not dotted, my the not crossed, my
a’s, n’.-, ii‘.-4, v’s, w's and ni’s were so
simular iii coiir-t:'irctioii that witlicut
gtiessing from the l:icati<.ori of the stem
letters what the words were, I niysclf
would not hav.- had the must distant
coiiception of their ii:‘.e;ition, .;nd I
f<>Uil(it-1i.llia.I!l‘iilitl' <liflh'iilf_\', the a‘.-‘,
0's and e,s Wf"l'».‘ <if'f».-ii .-o :‘ilXlll!Ll', and
the _'v',.'-s and :-;‘s :45) ».;x:ici,ly Llliiit) that
my day lo..~'.;ed pix-ci.sely like dog to
i.ll.*Li. -.=x‘ciit that the experts in the
Iflcliean suit could not liave distin-
guished driy froiii dog nor hay from
hog, i.-eside.-A in many words three or
four of the last letters were gone en-
tirely, and 1 had to guess around con-
siderable to know aiiything about
what I had myself written. But I
passed for the time these small
difficulties and began to scrutinize
my composition as a literary
production and to strike out
the commonplace and useless. I be-
gan at the first line, read carefully the
first sentence, concluded it was entire-
ly un-essential, meaningless, common-
place and unori-ginal, that it had been
said a thousand times and repeated,
and had never been said to any pur-
pose except tooccupy precious space,
so I marked that out.
eluded would not improve my article
and left it all out but the word mi-or
I struck out all of the next half col-
umn except these words “expose your
ignorance," the next half column I
have drawn black lines across except
the words “by writing,” and sti7l-
without looking back I went ahead.
()ut of the next quarter column l
struck out all but these words “long-
winded," the entire rest of my com-
position I struck out except the word
“nothinggs” which I thought might
dovetail in to what I had left, so I
went back and picked out of my very
able communication that which con-
tained one hundred per cent more
good sense than the whole original.
80 I threw the whole thing in the fire
and that is my excuse for not having
an article for the June 15th number
of the VISITOR. However if I can by
hard study gather together some gems
of original thought, and can clothe
them in original if not elegant lan-
guage I will yet fulfill my promise.

Yours in grief,
GRACE GAZELLE.

 

Too Much Beer.

It does not by any means follow that
because a man is never intoxicated
that he may not be drinking too much.
Hen employed in the great breweries
in London, especially the draymen,
consume an enormous quantity of beer.
The daily allowance which their em-
ployers give tliem is a very large one.
but they rarely confine themselves to
that; and the draymen, in addition,
get much gratuitously from the custo-
mers to whom they are always deliver-
ing the cas ks, so that ten or fourteen
quarts is no exceptional consumption
for one man; yet they are not drunk-
urds in the ordinary sense of the term.
The very nature of their work neces-
sitates the employment of none but
steady men, strength being also a sine
qua non. But if one of these men
should break a limb, or get confined
to bed from any other accident, he is
almost sure to get delirium tremens,
-and a scalp wound frequently kills him.
Brewers’ men are notorious in ho..-
pitals as being the worst cases for op-
eration, being prone to exhibit all the
most dangerous complications which
fetter the success of surgical treatment.
— Chambers Journal.

 

THE great contest in Ohio next Oct-
ober is to be the liquor question. The
Republican legislature last Winter sub-
mitted : first, a license ac'f ; second, a
proliibitory measure ; third 9. tax law.
The people at the ballot» box to take
their choice. The P.epublica,ns will be
split up; the Democrats will mostly
vote for .i.icens:.——E.1:chan_(/e.

Is rr butter to get 50 bushels of com
per acre in one season than in two?
Will it pay you to raise 200 bushels
per acre of potatoes this year, instead
of 100 bushels each for this year and

ter prices than the first market. 011'€l‘S-

next ?

The next I con- '

 

 

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- ‘A.<:r‘.'

JUNE 15, 1883.

 

run ensues vrsrros.

West Michigan Farmers’ Club.

The Great West Michigan Farmers’
Club exposition has come and ;-=one,
offering the farmer of Micliigan the
best opportunity to see the worki:-g of
machinery such as has become indis-
pensable to enlightened agriculture,
and although it had been extensively
advertised, the attendance of those
most interested—the farmers, was
meager in the extreme. After exhib-
itors have gone to the expense of thou-
sands of dollars, as in this case, to
bring to the users the very thing
they must have, and thus give them
an opportunity for intelligent selection,
it is a shame that so little interest is
manifested by the class above all
others most interested. The experi-
ence of most farmers in regard to ma-
chinery has been, they have had to
buy about twice before they knew
what they wanted, and then would
sell to some one as ignorant as tliey,
wlieu they first purchased the old ma-
chine, to eiiable them to have an ex-
pensive field trial of their own, to get
what they wanted. Take, for instance,
the simple machine, the cultivator. A
friend of ours has to our knowledge
had two or three spring and diamond
tooth devices for cultivating. This
year he visited the fair in order to see
what he wanted. He went in the field,
and saw some it‘ brought to his field iind
talked up by :1 smart agent, he would
have bought, but seeing thein in the
trial lield with others he would not
look at them twice. Sonic would go
througli the f.,"l‘()llll!l with :1 jumping
motion, tearing turf and sod: some
would do the work of driving a dust
a‘l'ter_vo1i_. but few wci'e~capabl+- of do-
ing more than one kind of work, witli-
out such coiiiplicatioiis as 11,-iitlercil the
change (llh'l1eill't€lllllQ,‘. Our friend
studied tlieiu all. and when he went
home we saw behind his buggy :1 lhick-
eye Spring Tooth (‘ultiv:1tor, inaiiufac-
tured by Mast & (‘o.. Springfield, Ohio_
and sold b_v W. E. Dennison, Grand
Rapids, and other agents in every iin-
portant towii in Michigan, and this is
why he said he bought the Buckeye.
and his statement is borne out by the
actual field test as it passed uii(ler our
eye.

First, the Buckeye combines in one,
three separate machines, a perfect corn
cultivator. easily adjusted and easily
handled, from the seat or from the
ground.

Second, a perfect summer fallow cul-
tivator, upon which you may ride, or
after which you may walk.

Third, a first-class floating barrow,
that will smooth down and pulverize
the surface of the newly plowed turf,
without tearing up the sod, and this it
will do whether you go lengthwise or
across the furrows. The ease and
rapidity with which this cultivator can
be changed from one of the above ini-
plements to the other, is an important
feature. This change is so simple that
it can be done by a boy, while some
others require the skill of an expert.
Here then. in one, we have three ini-
portant and essential farm implements,
each doing the exact work of three at
the expense of but one; and the storing
of but one. and the question of the stor-
age of niacliinery is one of some impor-
tance in the matter of trouble and ex-
pense. Soine machines which purport
to do tliesc difl'ei'eiitkiiids of work, will
do one well and the others iiidilferciit-
ly. Tlic B111-l<e_ve1locs;1ll as pei'fcr-‘il_v
as if iii;i1le1-xpi'cssl_\’ for each purpose.
As a fallow culti\'atoi' the teeth are set
at an 2lllj_,"l(‘ to draw into tliegrouiid.
cutting through iiisti-ad of scraping
along the surfat-e. As :1 lloat4ii1gl1a.i'i‘o\v
they are aiiiiost iiistaiitlysct at another
angle. and as :1 corn cultivator it is
easily and perfectly controlled by the
driver, and will cut at any distance
from or to the hill desired. The ar-
rangement for raising and lowering
the draft is such that every pound of
draft can be taken from the horses’
necks. The teeth are of the best oil-
tempered steel. Mast 6': Co. are no
novices in the trade, but have been
supplying a very fine line and quality
of goods in Michigan for the last 25
years. They also exhibited their cele-
brated shoe drill, which passes through
any ground, and cleaves its way through
ordinary obstructions. It is so made
that roots, grass, straw or weeds cannot
clog it up or prevent the seed being

‘ constantly and accurately deposited in

the ground and all covered, the seed
dropping through a kind of runner.
Their general agent, E. P. Burrell,
Jackson, Michigan, ably represented
their machinery.

Having recently visited the beau-
tiful farm of our old friend Dubois
Conklin in Alpine, Kent County, we
found that the question of fine stock
in Kent County, is becoming the rule,
some farmers introducing “blood” in
one direction, some in another. We
found Mr. Conklin’s specialty to be the
American Merino sheep and We Were
surprised to see what a. state of per-
fection that favorite breed has attained,
Mr. Conklin has for sale several buck
lambs from the American Mereno
Buck. “Fremont County” this buck was
bred by Mr Churchill, Alexander N. Y.
and is from a ewe sired by Mr. Lusk’s
buck “Addison” and fromaFremont
Buck sired by Mr. Samuel Griswold’s
old buck “Fremont.” The weight of

fleece 1.~'.\‘z, was :—:::1./_; lbs. ditto 1.s.~‘:;. 32“;
Mr. Conklin also offers for sale his su-
perior buck *‘(ieiieral” bred by Saiiiiiel
Griswold sired by “Young Fremont.”
he by “Fremont Jr." and he by “(}eu'l
Fremont” bred by Tyler Stickney of
Vermont, and from ewes got by “Young
Addison Jr” and he by “Addison” bred
by James E. Parker of Whitney, Vt.
weight of fleece 18-83 27% lbs‘ To give
a further idea of the value of Mr. Conk-
lin’s flock we will notice his two-year-
old ewe Daisy, weight of fleece 18543,
18% lbs; length of staple 3 inches. Mr.
Conklin will sell a limited number of
ewes and bucks to those applying short-
ly. His address is Grand Rapids Michi-

gan. .
Dennett twine blndiiig harvesters:
On several occasions we have

called the attention of farmers to
the devices for lightening their labors_
At the West Michigan Farmers Club
Exposition o11r attention was particu-
larly attracted by a new machine, as
far as Michigan fairs are concerned,
and hence a quite full description may
be of interest to our patrons. The
Deunett Twine Binding Harvester is
manufactured by the Deiinett Har-
vesting Machine (,‘o1iipai1y, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, whose general agent is J.
H, McDonald, of Jackson. Our old
true and tried friend Edmund Stiles,
long Master of Paris .(}i':uige is local
agent at Bowen Station, Kent county,
Michigan. This 1-ompany seem to re-
alize that the place to build their ma.-
chinery is at llugir _fact07.”.1/, and not in
the field, and Mr, Mcllonald informed
us that they would put in the lield the
bus! or n.onc.21ii<lli:1\'c put theuiselves
to great e.\'pens<- to iiidu«-e piii‘(:li;1s1«rs' to
coinparc the liciiiiett with others, side
by side. 'l‘hcir 1-11114-r bar is now inadc
of llll,*\'1‘l‘_\'lit‘Hl rciiiicrl steel and iron,
h.:'.\‘iiigii1 I.\‘7!i abaiisloned the use of
the old wooden bar. and they \\':l1‘l‘:ll1t
their bar 74/ Mr lo sac or warp. This is
iniportant for 1111- l'(‘;l.<0ll that when a
cutter bar is once bent or s:ig.~; the
wliole liarvcstcr will become uiievcn
and will never run true after that. liy
the peculiar consIi'Iictioii of their bar,
they not only SU(‘lll‘(‘ great streugtli,
but bring the platform canvass near to
the sickle thus pi‘:-vciitiiig all “‘slobber-
ing," tliereby ensuring neat, clean work
whether grain is long or short. Their
Guards are made of malleable iron
with a. wide sickle steel plate riveted
in them, which is sharpened and pol-
ished, thus giving two perfect cutting
edges, thereby preventing any possi-
bility of clogging. The Guards are
bolted to the Cutter Bar, and one can
be taken off and another put in its
place in a minute.

The device they use for fastening
the Grain Wheel and upon which they
have made an application for 9. patent,
is a very simple and perfect contriv-
auce.

This machine can be lowered so as
to cut stubble four inches high
and raise it so as to cut it
twenty inches high, and all is
done easily by the driver with one
hand and without getting down from
his seat. Tln.-_v have used this device
with some alterations and improve-
ments, every season since 1577, audit
has always been a complete success-—
never getting out of order.

The arraiigeiiient ot' the main shaft
boxes is such that there is very little
friction, andtlicy seldoni have to be
replaced; they are niadc as perfect as
inech:1nical skill can linish them, and
there is no babbil metal or split b0.\'cs
to bother and \\'€‘:ll' out. The roller
giul,:eoi1s are Iirnily i'i\'ct.eLl :1’: each
1-iid of the i'ollci's. and the tilting'(le.-
vice is so pei'i"<-ct that the driver can
rock the _u'iIai‘ds up and down with one
haud, and with but little cllort. while
the macliine is pi-i'.?.'ccIl_v balanced and
there is :1,bso]ulel_v no weiglit on the
liorscs” necks. The whole machine
weighs but a trillc. if any. 0\'cr l,.3oo
pounds, which is light enough for any
substaiitial, wcll—made iiiacliiiie, and
they claim that their iiiacliiiie is to-day
the lightest draft machine in the mar-
ket.

They use only the best and toughest
Ash luiuber :uid have on hand now,
and seasoning in their yards, nearly
enough for their stock of machines
for the seasons of 1384 and 1885.

This company sold at the June 5th
and 6th Farmer Club Exposition live
of their machines, for one of which
they received all cash down. They
keep a full supply of all extras at their
general ofiice and warehouse at Jack-
son, Michigan, from whence all their
local agents have full supplies.

A FEW numbers since in May 1st is-
sue, we had occasion to call attention
of our friends to the Bryan steel and
chilled walking and sulky plows,
manufactured by the Morrison and
Fay Manufacturing Co., of Bryan
Ohio. (As we then stated) the im-
plements of this Company would be
at the field trial of the West Michigan
Farmer's Ciub, under the super-
vision of our old friend C. F. Swain,
sole Agent. The test was closely con-
tested, and the work done by the
Bryan was far beyond, even our most
sanguine expectation. His general
purpose plow did as fine work even
upon stiff sod, as we have ever seen
‘done. The furrows were evenly cut,
of uniform width and depth, and so
closely and flatly turned that the
usually required work of the roller be-
fore dragging could well be dispensed

with. In short we think the Bryan,

both walking and sulky, established
for its enterprising manulacturers a.
reputation, as fiI'BtrC1&SS in every re-
spect, that they may well feel proud
of, and one that insures for it a most
generous share of the patronage of the
farmers. The -Bryans used on this
occasion were in no Wise fixed up,
polished and painted for the occasion,
but were from the every day stock.
kept for sale by the dealers in Grand
Rapids. The Bryan was among the
first to enter for the contest at the great
West Michigan Farmer’s Club Expo-
sition June 5, 6, and 7. 1883, 'and none
retired from that contest with more
glories than the Bryan. For an y in-
formation relative to these plows, our
friends will address, C. F. Swain, State
Agent, 127 Summer street, Grand
Rapids, Mich.

A Michigandefs Idea of Iowa.

CONTINUED.

May 13, avery gloomy, rainy day
but with the consolation ahead that
the mud dries up very fast in this
country. The 14th finds me in Shel-
by, Iowa, among Michigan people
who are finely located in this country
of good land although it is very roll-
ing. ‘

Corn washed out some during the
late rain. They plant entirely with
“check-rovers.” The average farmer
here still has from one to two thou-
sand bushels of last year’s corn to
sell. It is bringing 36 cents. But in
my opinion the present prospect is not
so good fora crop. The late season,
the poor seed. and the continued rains
willresult in a thin crop. Land can
be purchased here for from $30 to 5-30
per acre, improved land at that.

May 17th, at Council Bluffs I met a
man 7 feet 3 inches high going west
to improve the country. You get a
good idea of this same bustling west
right here There is a pc!fcct net.-
work oi railways about the Union
Depot, trains arrive and depart cou-
stautly and systematically and still
you realize you are l."- the west by the
sight of 30 to 40 city cows feeding
peacefully on the triangular patches
of grass left by the crossings. Here
a gentleman told me you could not
drive a stake anywhere within the
State of Iowa without getting withi
twenty miles of a railroad. >

Sioux City, May 18. Signs of im-
mense immigration here. -If it keeps
up at this rate for 9. few years every
man will have to stay on his own do-
main for the land will all be taken up,
unless people can be persuaded that
strawberries as well as sealskin jack-
ets grow spontaneously in Alaska. It
onlv needs some one with check
enough to start sucl:1’a boom, and
away we all “go west.” “Young man,
go west,” until the Pacific is reached,
and then as the boy said to his weary.
travel-worn mother, “Thank God,
pap can’t go any -further west.

On the -homeward route I met every-
where the land speculator, eager to be
rich on the rise of land, lying himself
out of Paradise, by trying to make ig-
norant foreigners believe his particu-
lar sections were earthly Edens.
But Iowa his great State. Itis settled
by eastern people, and Germans and
Norwegians, in about equal propor-
tions. I found the former enterpris-
ing and hospitable, and the latter are
said to be honest, industrious and de-
cidedly clannish. Their churche ,
both Protestant and Catholic, are
scartered ail over the country as well
as in the villages. ‘

[ should have said in my last that
the milk is-. delivered at the cheese
l:1'i_§"i|i"i"‘l4.‘.1.-'L“:'i31211"-1:i.l:!“"i'-‘iiLl?lJ"dS;
L:.c xiii"  .~:.»:.-; .5‘-,n»-i:;1'~1:;«s-«. .,: '
er inc (‘;+';«.ni. The iiirinci pay use best
When zip’.-y do raise wnca‘ 5‘ -3‘ cu.
down the =3-ll‘?! stubble or Hbiiikn with
a lllacllliléf drzswu by two horses, then
sow the wheat and culti‘.a.te it

in. 3'

They claim this method is better than I

plowing, because it leaves the ground
more compact. A good deal of rye is
sown in the fall. It is sometimes
pastured in early spring, the stock
then taken oft‘, and still a good crop
secured.

It is a. noticeable fact that the land
around the towns is poorer than that
a few miles back, because they are
generally located on streams. A farm-
er wantiug (3 «Wu privileges must put
up with rougher land.

At first Iowa farmers went wild over
osage orange and willow hedges; out
they are getting tired of them. Crops
do not grow well within a rod or two.
Barbed wire is taking its place. Not-
withstanding the herd law, the people
prefer fences, and as soon as all are
able the country will be fenced. But
it is no: so easy to rest on a barbed
wire at the end of a. furrow.

As I have said before, trees grow re-
markably fast. It does not take long
to raise asupply of wood. Eighteen
to twenty thousand trees to 9. farm of
160 acres, is about the average. The
cost of “plants” is from $1.50 to $2.00
per thousand. I cannot recover from
my surprise at seeing the country so
well wooded. However fuel is not so
much of an item as one would imagine.
Soft coal is from $3.50 to $5.00 per ton,
and the improvement in oil stoves is
helping the fuel question.

It costs more toimprove in this State
than in Michigan. In buying, this
should be taken into consideration.
There are two reasons against buying

land for speculation. First, it seems
right that it should be left for thoe I
who need it. Second, after nou-resi-
dent have paid taxes for school houses,
bridges, jails, court houses. railroads
etc., there isn’t so much gained by it
after all.

Local option is in vogue, in very
many places there are no saloons, but,
of course, these are not German set..le-
ments.

There is no danger that the land
will run out if attended to, for the
tame grasses do well. Clover grrws
whether the land is plowed or not.
Of course, we wolverines are inter-
ested in the development of our own
noble state, but Michigan and Iowa.
are both portions of a noble nation,
and I have no hesitation in advising
men to magic their own choice. It
depends upon the kind of man. If
you are young, strong, fond of the axe
and of life in the woods, and have
but little money, by all means hie to
our splendid timber, and success to
you. If you have means to start on
the fertile plains of Iowa——for it takes
plenty of tools, and energy and help,
that State or further west is the place
for the average man. G. L. s.

 

Ml. Tabor Grange Fourth of July Celebration.

 

of July cele-
bration in the grove at Mt. Tabor
Grange hall, Berrien county, under
the auspices of She Grange. Hon. J. J
Woodman has been secured as tilt‘
Orator ofthe day. 'l"ne exercises will
commence at ten A. M , with an open-
ing address by Hon. Levi Sparks,
Master of Berrieu county Pomona
Grange, followed by Hon. Thos.
Mars Ex~Senator from this district.
Adjournment for dinner. Basket pic
nic at 1 P. M., reading of the Declara-
tion of Independence by Miss Ella
Stevens, followed by Declaration of
Purposes of the Grange, by Mrs. A. N.
Woodruff. ‘Al:'2 I’. M , address by
Worthy Master Woodman of the Na-
tional Grange, after which several
prominent workers have been invited
to present short speeches. We have
secured to enliven the occasion one of
the best cornet bands. Other good
instrumental and vocal music will also
be furnished and be in readiness to
complete their part of the exercises.
-Our grove is ample being one of the
fliaest maple sugar orchards in southern
Michigan.

It is situated about one mile from
Oakland station, four miles south-west
from Berrien Springs, and six miles
north from Buchanan, and about 1;
miles from the beautiful St. Joseph
river. While this may be termed an
old-fashioned farmer’s celebration, we
have no objection to the application of
old so far as it pertains to this gather-
ing. The spirit which made us the
greenest nation of freemen founded
upon the largest. agricultural basis in
the world, we trust still auimates us;
and we urge as a new fashion celebra-
tion the spiri-- we shall impart to the
generation next to follow, as tohow
they, as l"ui‘.‘}.ll1~ll'.S will celebrate the
great national day. Our invitalir.-ri is
to all, especially to all lovers oi rural
ideas and rural life. and to all good
workers in the ranks of re't’oi‘z=i, we
ask tiiat your liearls may go out Wilil.
ours in welcoming anything that shall
sirerigtii en , £.l~.,V-lhtf, and encourage the
i1gi'icui;1.ir.,il nie--ses.

Enxvann .l\IARSH,
Steverasvillc, June 7, I883.

 

Preserve Your Fences.

F€llL‘e posts can be made almost im-
perishable by a coat of linseed oil mixed
with pulverr/.e<l charcoal, and boiled to
the consisteucyof paint, and then brusli-
ed over that part of the post that is to
be placed in the ground.

.llAIR DQOPPING OF!-‘.——T0 prevent

the hair falling « fl‘ a horse’s main and
to H-:5t0l‘e the growth rub the skin or
the part with the following mixture,
viz: One pint of alcohol and one
duchm of tincture of cantharides.
Give the horse a dose of salts (twelve
ounces) and feed some wheat bran,
which will allay the irritation of the
skin, to which the loss of hair is due.
-—L2've Stock Monthly.

 

I

WATER FOR S'rnAwnEnmEs——Tlie
Country Gentleman quotes President
Wilder as saying that no plant 1S more
benefited than the strawberry by a con-
stant supply of water, and his repeated
advice is, “Give the strawberr water!
waterl water! and still a litt e more
wat«-r.~”

 

IF every farmer would keep a record
of the number of eggs laid, chickens
hatched, and those sold or eaten each
year, they would form the basis of most
interesting statistics, and be a matter
of surprise to every one as to the value
represented by them in money.»

 

A writer in Gardening Illustrated
uses thin gutta percha in his grafting
operations. Pieces about two inches
square are put in hot water, and placed
around the graft. He likes it better
than the common mixture for the
purpose.

 

CALVES should have a run in a good
piece of grass. The value of a cow de-
pends so much upon the first year’s
growth that the calf should have the
best of feed, that the mature animal
may be the most profitable.

.....,-. _,

POSTAL JOTTINGS.

IT has been stated in our presence
that not one farmer in 10,000 knows
how to save seed coin, and we be-
lieve it. —[ED.]

WHAT is better than a bowl of bread
and milk for a lunch in hot weather‘?
-—VILLAGER. To our liking the 1 owl of
milk should be about half cream, and
the bread nice fresh crackers.—OLn
FARMER.

THE wet season has put the quality
of seed corn too severe test and the
careless farmer has paid a high price
for seed to replant. Will his expen-
sive experience teach him to save seed

corn next fall and save it well. We
think not.
CHARLES ELDREI), of Climax.

milked an average of 63 pounds of milk
from his father’s grade short horn
cow for several days in June. No ex-
tra care or feed at the time, nor was
the amount of milk an increase per
day over previous weeks, after grass
became good. A. F.

(‘oiumoii wheat bran sprinkled thick
on cabbage when the cabbage worm
commenced to work upon the plants
stopped the worms from working for a
time, l:1st summer. Fi'eq1iciit sprink-
ling of bran on the plant would, I be-
lieve, save the cabbage from being dc-
stroycd by the worm.

A. F.\.\'i<iioNi«:i<.

.,\‘clioolcraft. June 10. lxsil.

lerru-ii county all alloat. Much 1-orn
rotted iiitlic ground. many fields not
planted. and too wet to plougli, plant or
ciiltivatc. Apples falling badly from
i1iost=1'ai'i1-tics. .\'li'aw|.»eri'i1-s lo rl::_\.-1

lalc. lirst bcrrin-s being shipped. lcccipl

for killing (‘2111:1da thistle-s. (‘ul them
c\'cr_\ I’i'iday. W. .\.l:.

.\'te\‘¢-nsvillcJune ll, l.\~':;.

.\s the st-:1son for pests is at hand I
will give my exp:-ricncc fortiic past
two _vc:1rs, for curraiit and <:;1l.l»:i_u'1-
wormsl use quick linic iliisii-ti over
them, it is sure if properly atte-mlcd to
and liarinless. For the potato bug I
crush potatoes put on Paris grccn and
lay them on the ground for the lirst
large bugs of the seasou.—~l). H’I‘ltI'lil.l~I.

\'ic.ksb1ii‘g, June 11, l.s.s::.

Last summer at tlie:1dvice of a friend,
I tied :1 white cotton rag about half
an inch wide and eight inches long to a
small stick about one foot long, and
stuck a stick of this description in every
hill of cucumbers, the inotiou of the
white cloth tlutteriug wlieu the wind
blew, frightened the striped bug
away and prevented tlieui from destroy-
ing the plants.

LIME WATER Fox: INSECTS.~—II1
some parts of Europe lime water is
used to destroy worius when trouble-
some to lawns. The clear liquid is
used, and the creatures come to the
surface and die by the hundreds when
there. It is possible that those who
complain about the larva: of the May
bug which are often troublesomeabout
young roses. caruations, and other
plants in the open air, might liiid limc
water a good remedy. It has been
used to destroy scale on lemon, oraiige
and oleaiider trees, with s1icccss.—-1L'.c.

Mow a few acres in the afternoon, if
the sun shines on the grass the next
day, it will do to rake and bunch 11p
toward night. uiilcss a very ill‘:l\’_V rain
should l'all. the bay even 1-lover, will
not wet ll(':ll‘ as bad as if 11-ll S]vl'(':l1il)llt.
N1-xti1ioi=i1iiigil'tlicweaihi-risl'a\‘oi'a-
blc,spi'ea1ltlie hay out, not i1v<-ess:1i‘ily
verylhii1,thcsun and wind it l’a\'oi'a-
blc will finish curiiig (gci1c1':1lly) in the
foreiiooii, and the quality of clover ha)"
will be much more valu:1l»lc. than if a
rain or licavy dew should fallon it,and
will well pay t';)rtli1- t'.\‘tl'.‘l labor. lly
pursuing this coiirsc l li:1\emad1- \'l‘l'_\'
good llll_\’ during a wet time.

We arc having cool wct wcather,l1ar1l
on corn, many fariuei's liaviiig to rc-
plant, and what is up looks as if it had
the aguc; grass, wheat and oats are
getting a big growth. Tlichay crop will
be thelargest in inauy years. About oiic-
third of the wheat winter killed. If the
large growth of straw lills well we
will, get 3/4 of the usual yield. Our
loiig-wiiided Legislature has linally ad-
journed without passing a single act
for the benefit of the great mass of our
people, every session seems to grow
more and more reckless of the people’s
money, and the people’s wants are ig-
nored in the interests of the lobby.
Our railroads pay about one-third of
their just proportion of taxes, while
they own a majority of the Legislature
as was demonstrated by the defeat of
the Keith and Shoemaker bills.

H. H. TAYLOR.
Dowagiac, June 10, 1883.

 
 

A DAIRYMAN says: “In the case of
an unusually large and well developed
heifer there is no objection to having
her first calf before she is two years
old, but when undersized or at all
weakly it is safer to let. her reach the
age of two and a half or three years.
If thrifty heifers come in at an early
age and are properly attended to they
usually make better milkers than when
they came in late.

 

_DEATH IN LIFE.-—The birds of the
air die to sustain thee; the beasts of
the fields die to nourish thee; the fish
of the sea die to feed thee; our stom-
achs are their common sepulchre,
with how many deaths are our poor
lives patched up; how full of death is

3

NOTICES OF MEETINGS.

The next regular meeting of
Traverse District. Pomona Grange No.
17 will be 1 eld with Williamsburg
Grange June 20 and 21, commeucin
at 10 o’clock p. M. ofthe first day. Afl
fourth degree members in good stand-
ing are cordial] ' invited to attend.

AD()NlS YNKUOP, Secretary.

The next meeting of Kent County
Pi-«uona Grange will be held on
Wednesday June 20, 10 o’clock, A. M,
at Paris Grange Hall. A programme
will be announced at thoineeting. A
report will be made by the Executive
committee concerning the erection of
a hall on the fair grounds at Grand
Rapids. -

Clinton county Pomona Grange No.
25, will hold its next regular meeting
at the hall of Dallas Grange, in the
village of Fowler, June 20th, 1883,
commencing at 10 o'clock A. M Sub-

ject for discussion : Is the crop report
required to be given by the farmers
under the law detrimentel in their best
interests ? All fourth degree members
are invited to join in the discussion of
the subject, there will be an evening
Set-|Hl0Xl. HENR\' N. VVEBB Sec'y.

DeWitt, June 10:11, 1883.

Prograinme for special meeting of
Oakland Pomona Grange, No. :3, to be
held at Waterfmrl, 'l‘ue.-iday, June 26,
1883, beginiug at lllr,-'1-lock A. M.

Opening of the Grange, Music, Gar-
land Grange Choir.

Halutatory d-lrcss, A. G. Allen,

Response, Mis. D. M Garner.

Suggestions for the good of the Or-
der.

Song, C. Bartlett.

Dinner. Pul be meeting at 1:30.
Music. lteadliig of the Scrap Bag,
Mrs. Ricliinoiio.

l)isc1ission—‘~\\'b_v i-.re agricultural
profile so L-infill ..oii.1-ared with other
iiivestuieiit.-'."" U;iEllt'5l by Ii. l~l. Fos-
ter and VViii H il.‘vi'l<-e.

i\liiHiv'. R"l.’.'€.‘lil')l ,
moiid.

lli-cussioii-—"l ni1~i1opol_v always
an evil, if um, 1;=iV1s->- 1,1 i-..! c:3rcumstaii-
ca-sieil1i:.o1._ii-cli.iiia.l»i:«1"‘ ();.:.‘iied by
S 31. V. li(lSll:‘I' flllti ii ('.i :v.'l'il‘_L:t«)Il.

1:1--ay, H',‘lt-ll ll;.con.

Music. (_‘lo.-iing: ofllii (i‘i‘aIii.r,‘e.

(‘iiixs l{.i('ii.\io.\‘i>, He:-'_v.

(.‘i=a:~'. {loll-

'l‘linSf. Clair and Saiiil:—.:- Prviiioiia
(-'i'ai.ge, will hold their in-x: qii,-;1".ci‘ly
l!\v‘r“li),‘,’ a'- Rural (irimge hall. on
Vv'('<.‘i!lt'H9l:1_), (be :£0ih day -if Jullie.
'l‘eani-1 will be at Crrsonville Hiallnll
to L-:.‘..f.\.'+-yr menibere t1 the Ilieelllig,
and will return them. All fourth de-
gree members are especially invited to
attend, and take part in the delibera-
Lions.

M. F. (lARl.'i‘o:\', Scc’y.

Fariners, May :38, 1883.

Capital (lrangc, No. ;'.—l0, North Lan-
sing, Micliigaii, presents the following
pro trams.

IV ay 27th, 722:0 o'clock l’. ii.—lIorscs
for the Farm.--What breeds are best
and how shall they be obtained? II. C.
livcrtt, John Creyts, A. N.Gillctt, C. D.
Jluck, Saraliliurr, Mrs. Marion Reeves.

June zd. 72.'}1)l’. M.-—II<)W to Make and
Tend a l*‘ariiier's Gardei1.—Alfred G.
(luiinisoii, llert N. Smith, llerbert M.
Lowell, Mrs. l\lartha Livcrmore, Mrs.
Jeanette Lowell, Mrs. S. C. Niciiols.

June 9tli,—l’icnic to Pine Lake.

.1 uiie ltith, 7:30 o'clock I’. :u.——l:‘xliibi-
tiou and talk on Strawberries.—-Wil1-
iani E. West and otliers.

June 225. 7:30 P. M.-—Eiitertainment
by Agricultural College Boys.

Juiie:JUth, 7::loo’1-lock 1'. .\i.—What is
wealth and How Should it be obtained?
—-Mrs Abigail Nichols, Mrs. Amanda
Guniiison, Mrs. Amos Sinitli, George
Wclte, James Skiniier.

July 7th, 7:30 P. )1.--B1-st Time and
Manner of Seeding land to Gi'ass.—l’e-
ter Van l‘attern, W. M. ll ilbert, Thomas
Reeve, Joseph Creyts, Johnson ll. (‘arr.

July l-ltli, 7 :30 o’clock 1'. )l.—'l'lic(_‘ost
oi‘ lVIidd1enieu.—(‘. (loodnoc, (I. M. Tow-
or, James ll. (luiinison, William .\'hafl'cr,
.\l[rs. Almira (illicit, Mrs. Mary lloon-
H llllL‘l'. '

July ;.'1\‘,7;:l0o‘<-lockl’.)1.——l.cctiii'c by
l’rol'. ll. li. (,iai‘pciit1-r, on the moon,
illustrati-d by Magic Laulcrii.

The tenth annual ii1te2'-s‘.-=.'.e picnic
arid exliibitioii r1iidei' the aiwiiilirs of
illr‘.Pi"i:i-3+1')fl{ll:zi1rill(ll‘\'Iii i’+
' '!2:r:.'l::Ir u'I,VV<.:«-.1, \';i~,:.2ii

)-_ lflVV1*li “ ‘Vi’? my r;1_ git,
\V3“lemS7 é<.""'V*‘1 C4111?“ ' J.Il(l couiity,
Pa.. on l\Ioii:;;iy, Augii.-i :10, 1853, and
' -61:11-.il.Szv.lui1l:i_ , Augu 33:35.
.l'. l’:‘1l.£‘.~l at reduced fare
2 -ivera 'he principal
. 1.-ylv::*:i:.i —7~d adjoining

         

   

Slates.

Aigricultiiral and sciciixific addresses
by proiniiicct f.Al‘lll¢,‘I‘;-: ai..1.i statesmen,
wil be <lell\‘t'ii'(i '-2:: 'l'zi-;a~.ia_y,Wed1ies-
day, 'l‘huieday and Friday.

Frday, 24th. will be “e1!itors’ day,”
and many of the must prominent
newspaper men oi‘ the country will be
present (".2 that day.

Manufacturers UA domestic and agri-
cuit .ral implements and machinery
and breeders of good stock will do well
to make note of this exhibition.

Last year ovrr fifty thou: and farm-
ers, representing fourteen States, at-
tended this gatherllig; and from pres-
ent indications the uuiuber will be
much greiter this year. Over two
hundred manufacturers of agricultural
implvments, and a large number of
raisers of fine stock have already made
application for space for exhibition.

Members of the Order of Patrons of
Husbandry, and their families and
friends, may be supplied with tents on
the grounds by making early applica-

tion. Circula~s. giving full details of
the arrangements. will be issued by
July 1st.

For further particulars address,
R. H. THOMAS.
Manager Inter State Picnic and Ex-
hibition, Mechauicsburg, Pa.

 
 

CHARLES BEACH, President of the
Wisconsin l)airymen’s Association, is
authority for the stateiiient that the
cow had contributed -‘i3:2.3o,()oo,o0(i to the
wealth of the nation within the past
year, and that cattle raising had de-
creased over ten per cent in the past
ten years.

_..______Z:__:

A writer says that he has never failed
to cure garget by the use of beans. He
feeds one pint of bean meal, mixed
with other meal, for four successive
days, and has found that quantity sulfi-
cient to cure the worst cases. He
thinks if cows were fed with bean
meal several times a year they would

the life of momentary man.—— Quarles.

never be troubled with garget.

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Horticultural Papers.

From .~ecretar_v Garfield‘s portfolio,

in the twelfth Annual Report of the
State Horticultural Society, we make
the following selection:

FRUIT AS A F0011.

A physician contributes to .\'elt11or’s
Fruit and Flower Grower, the follow-
ing ideas:

lt has been 3I.'€Fl8.lll(’(l by careful
analysis that apples (',01ll)llIl a l11!‘ge:'
amount of11hos11l1or111-, 111‘ brain food
than any other 1"1‘11it or vi-g1't.~:l1le, a1.1l
as much nutrition for the .\:,‘.<l('lll 11-1
potatoes. The acids thty 1-1111111111 are
net--led to assist the -.-y.-11-111 to rid it-
self of ell’-etc matter, wl,1.icl1i11'et11i111-11,
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tli-szr fl‘ 1,-111111.-1, 11:111.--e.-: inau,-111111 111111
niany lll35\'llH“H.

The-juic-:-s of the \':‘.l‘l<)tl:-‘ lrerrie.-1 11111
‘-[lie system to overcome the la.-'.-'.1=.11ie
ca.u;-ed by w.».«.1'1n weather, and should
beeate1itree1_v in the-1r sea.s111i. The
llIlI)Ol‘lC.Lll(‘t‘ of fruits as an 2 tide of
diet does not receive the c0lisliiel‘aL'10D
'.\ l1i1-l1 it deserves. lt'pare1.t.u vv1_-re to
I‘-cull’/.e their value tl]1‘::‘c v:o'.i‘.r_i be
ved from doc-tor’s bills, and
many less empty cradles an-.l n_1ourn-
sng 1:-1-arts.

If the mothers in the coiintry were
coricctly educxted in regard to ihe
value of fruit, used as it cgomes to us,
stored with tlelicioiis ll‘-JVOI‘:-‘, the result
ol'n11ture*s alcli-my, -1111; would not
Sp-3.111tiiiielalmriiig to form with it
some health-1lestroying com1,ound of
5.-‘cease and s11i1  to tempt the appetite
but would go with her children into
the orchard or berry field, inhaling
the in vigoi‘-a“1i1ig sir 211111 bathed 111 1111-1
magnetism of th-: sunshine, tlierel,

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would be no lack of appetite 1‘ordinn.—r
or supper, at which the 3.,-'ol1len or rosy
clieel-zed apples, or 1lelicately-'1inted ,
berries are eaten freely, and the rest‘
of neither niother nor child would be

isturbed l1y pain or restlessness,
caused by indigestion.

VVhen the lunch for school is pre- ‘
pared, if it consisted only of good nu-
tritious bread and plenty of yellow
apples, or lucious grapes, there would
be no occasion for complaint from
headache and inability to study for
the stomach would not be clogged, by
indigez-tible food, and the brain would
be in a condition to be trained and
strengthened. Owing to its composi-
tion, the brain is not. liable to be over-
worked when the digestive organs are
in good order, and of those s -id to be
injured by-over study in the schools, a
niajorily have lived largely upon stim-
ulating food and nick-nacks, to the
exclusion of fruit.

Lpcn the same poii t, the Western
Former makes a practical point: It is
said of a doctor who became largely
interested in peach growing, that he
recommended peaches to his patients
on all occasions. The story was told
to illustrate the man’s meaness; but
if he was mean it was a meaness that
benefited his patients. If men were
wise they would spend two days in a
vineyard or orchard to every five
minutes in a drug store when any-
thing is the matter with them. If
you have dis epsia, eat fruit. Did you
ever think w at a doctor gives for dis
pepsia? He gives an acid. Fruit will
furnish a better acid than the mug
store will. Do you know what there
docior do.-es you with when your liver
is out of order‘? VVith acids. Then
why not supply the remedy yourself
from your own garden? 1/Vliy contin-
ue to have your medicine done up in
such a repulsive mixture when nature
furnishes it in so palatable a shape.

Probably the great body of fruit-
growers are without any exact; theory
as to the advantage secured to a tree
by cutting away dying and dead limb;-1.
Such are cut away because they an
ungainly blemishes, rather than for
the other reason. that the tree thrives
bstter without them. VVe herewith
present a theory that sets forth the ad-
vantages from a scientific srainlpoirit
of cutting away dead limbs from
growing trees.

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1- “cede llltlbtlitf l)el:1w:1i'e1.-; 1i111cef11i1-

”. 11111,. 1.-1-we "plezlsitlll. to eves" and

’ A 3 ‘ ‘ . ‘ . g‘,

gOt)Ll for food. but as :1 p11) 111g 1111 est-

is an utter tzuliire.

Yours truly,

l.L.\1~.'1\'11\'.

1-.‘.e:1t it

South llaven.

Mr. Lt1unin’s observzitioiis 111 icgartl
to the l)elaw11re graph 1'11"? 50 11111011
in accord with the experience of iiearly
all cultivutors of this grape in Micl1i-
igan, that we have no hesitaiicy in
endorsing his article. It can be said.
however. that under some circum-
stances, fzivorable. to its growth and
habits, planters have for a time suc-
ceeded very well with it, but 111 all
cases tl1-at have come under the notice
of the writer, it has sooner or later
failed. Such is the case we are in-
formed ut Monroe, and nearly the
whole line of the Lake Shore region.
and such is the case with the two
vinevards of this variety, viz: that of
the -Messrs. Chilsons at Battle Creek
and that of H. E. Smith, of Ionia,
which we reported as gave so-» much
promise in the Orchard committee. re-
port to the State Pomological society
in 1874. And the universal complaint
after the hard Winter just’ passed is-
its undoubted tenderness will no longer
warr:i11t its continuance among the list

. ,1. d irofitable varieties.
°f 1”" 3 an 1 H. D. A.

__—————--*—“‘"‘——___——_-_'___

- th ractice with some farmers
tolvvliistevfagh the trunks and larger
limbs of their young apple trees every

rm to remove moss and destroy
Sp thghnd other insects. The prac
[90 kiowever is not a. goo one. The
meek f a treelperforms functions simi-
hart othe skin ofa person 1* “males
M110 inhales such gases and “'0'
atgnces as are necessary to its healthy

8 ndition The lime closes $13.9 pores
:(r)1d becomes an air tight °°”'l’mg' A

1 I; wash of tobacco. 133 find 503}?
:13); gwill be as effective upon lllfgs
and insfecttfiélsgialifi 9';£.:i1tn émfiilxliootlli
;2;>r3'a_° . _.

DEAD BRANCHES l)E'l‘RE.\ll«.‘N’l‘AL.

Prof. C. E Bessey, 111 the New York
Tribune, takes the ground that dead
branchts upon :1 tree are detrimzuital
to its health and growth; arguing fro 11
the now acknowledged fact that the
escape ofwaier from the leaf does not
differ in any way from the evaporation
of water trom any other moist surface,
he says:

A leaf is a mass of cells, every one of
which is gurged with watery matter,
which in a dry atmosphere, as a mat-
ter of course, tends to escape. The epi
dermis, composed of dryish, imper
vious cells, which entirely surrounds
the watery cells of the leaf, would pre-
vent almost completely the evapora
tion of Water from the latter were it
not for the breathing pores before
mentioned.- These pores are for per-
mitting the free ingress and egress of
gases, particularly oxygen, carbonic
acid, and probably, also, ammonia.
‘N ow, when the pores are open for
their legitimate purpose it happens
that more or less water escapes, if the
air is dry. If the air happens to be
very moist, the loss of water through
the breathing pores is very little or
even none at all.

We may put it in this way: The leaf
loses water simply because it is a
watery structure; its epidermis is de-
signed to prevent this loss, and the
breathing pores with their power of
opening and closing are for the same
purpose. Aleaf instead of being an
organ of evaporation is actually a
structure in which evaporation is quite
successfully checked. Careful experi-
ments made under my supervlson in
the Iowa Agricultural College in 1880
by Miss Ida Twitchell, a graduate stu-
dent, demonstrated that the evapora-
tion from a. moist piece of dead wood
was exactly like that from a living leaf,
Now when a dead branch is large
enoughbo keep continually moist in
the interior it will in dry air constantly
lose water by evaporation from its
surface. This water so lost is taken
from the tree, and must. have been
supplied directly or indirectly by the
living portions. Moreover it must be
remembered that a living branch is
well protected against loss of water
through evaporation, by the epidermis
which covers all its surface when
young, or the impervious corky bark
which is always found on it when
older. When a branch dies, these
protecting devices soon fall into decay
and the water, so carefully guarded by
the living parts of the plant, is wasted

 and will do no harm.-—

gr,-. 

 

THE l\'URSERY~—PLA.\"l‘ THE BEST
SEEDS.

Col l\L.1rshall P. \V'ilder, upon being
asked to give ten lines of his best
thoughts for a live newspaper, took
. the following text from one of his own
-ddresses: “Plant the most perfect
and mature seed 0: our very best fruits,
and as the nieaii.-. of more rapid pro-
grey-s. 1-10'-s—fe:'1iliz1= our finest kinds
for still greater ex1-1:111-1.1-e.” 111.1 f11r-
111111.111‘. the iollowing lines:

l‘l-.1111 the best seeds of every good fruit,
11111111 fruits t-1 raise, :1ll land-; to suit.

Fruit.-1 which shall live, their blessings to shed
‘ U11 iuillioiis of souls wl-en we shall be dead.

l,'l‘l11-s1; are cre'1ti11ns tl*111t1lotl1c worl-.1 cg-:1r.-11,

1'l‘i. uieszind 1:l€‘11.Lilll't,’5 with health in our
1111111,

1 l’l1-:1.-‘11rcs wh‘1:l1 11-:r1v11 in the memory no sting,

1l\'11gricfi11 ‘.111: soul: no stain on Times wing.

 

 l".1r1'r11it:1g1- mi-'li‘low1=.rs let praises arise
1 l"ro1n earth‘.-, utmost bound to l1c:1vei1's highest
1 skies.
bangs of rejoicing v:l1c1c'crthe_v are 1111111-l.
Songs of 'cl1z11il;sg.v1i1g wherc'er they zibountl.
A i-1-1111-‘.L:c'1‘ Al'l’l.‘rl ’l"Rl~Z,

H. 1‘ Hovey, in .\‘1;z',- 7111:711-
1.-lmer1,r,.m1,g1ves an account :11 11 per-
; 11-ct 1-111111-2 tree, Wl'.l('l] we 1'1.-1-1:>1lu-.-e
‘ here. 1:» i:i1.1111;-1*: the re-11111.-51:11-11,111; about
11iim r-.1’-11 ascertain ho-:-.' n.ai‘tl1i.- 1111-1.11

111-.1:a11 lim‘ 9. 11;:-c-ciri11-1..

1 The perfect apple tree, of whiz h an
;a1:ct)u!‘t is llt‘l'(‘ given. is :1 1-1111-11111-11 11:‘
111'-.1.-i1c.1ity, jui-_-y, old fashioned Vau-
.1lI.-':<-.~er l’i11;1i11. It was sele:eted with
11:a:'c t1;»'111y father in l's.';-*3‘, and trans-
111la1ii:.d to a sun n_\', $11-:l‘.~.-2-1 11 spot, 111-1111’
1 his 11111111;-iii Crawfordsville, [1111 The
virgin forest. had just l)'.‘e*l] removed
from the fertile soil, amid which its
roots were placed; and 1lir1111gl1ou‘. its

is
11')‘:

   

1<rar1-er it has been plentifully watered

by the overflow fruiii two 11.1nple roots.

The law of spiral growth, so often
distorts-1, has been beautifully wrought
out in this individual tree. The reader
is probal.-ly aware that the leaves on
every tree f-;)iir.wa definite arrange
ment on the stem. The plan is highlv
complex i11 pixies and cedars, but sini
pie in the apple tree. Fasten a thread
to a leaf and pass it from one to anoth-
er, in the same 1lirs-ct‘:'111, and it will
go twice around the stem before reach-
inga leaf situated exactly above the
first. The divergence of the second
leaf" from the first is 144°, or tw 1-fifths
ofa circle; there is the same distance
between the S€<.,‘0l]Cl and third, and so
on to the sixth, which is directly above
the first. This is what is known as
the generating spiral.

The leaf is the builder of the tree.
It hangs out its inch or two of oval
green in the air for breath and eun-
shine, and drinks in the dew and the
rain, conveying the result of its vege-
table chcmistry to a permanent place
in the substance of the tree. From
the heart of each leafa cord goes into
the fiber of the wood which is only a
binding and knitting together of many
leaf-cords, and when the leaves shrivel
and fall, these cords remain as their
monuments. As Ruskin has said:
“Behold, how fair, how far proloxiged
in arch and aisle, the avenues of the
valleys, the fringes ofther ills, the joy
of man, the co . fort of all living crea
tures, the glory ef the earth, the-_' are
but this monuments of those poor
leaves that flit faintly past us to die.”

It is evident that, unless the only
procedure of nature be in some way
disturbed, each twig, branch, and
bough, and the very structure of .he
trunk itself, should confurm to this
law of spiral development, the entire
fabric being reared after the plan
marked out by the first five leaves.

here llrll up as an example of what a
tree is capable of becoming. All its
conditions have favo1e1l a 11-yin metrical
and uninterrupted development.
Hence one can trace the spiral from the
ground to the outmost bough, except
w'n’e1-etlis-y lose: themselves by being
knotted together.

l<‘lvc'b1.i1:res-ed r.1111.:-1,eac1-. 0"-c foot
in diameter iiiark 1111- 1:n.1erge11c:~11l'
the tree from the groin.-11 The 1-1 rcum
ference of the trunk iminediaiely
above them is nine feet, and itis m.~..1‘1
of five distinct stmiirls, like 1;l-1os'- of 1-.
rope, twisted around each other, 111-1111
at the length of six feet from the
ground and exactly over each c-orr.-.s
ponding root, each strand puts forth a
branch. The girth of the tree, mid
way, is eight feet; just below the
whorl of ?1.1rancl1es it increases again.
The branche.-, five in number and .11"
ranged in a spiral, measure at the
point. of divergence respectively, three
feet and six inches, three feet and
eight inches, four feet, and four feet
six inches. The height of the entire
tree is about forty feet. The diameter
of its canopy from north to south is
forty three feet, and from east to west
it is forty-five feet. _ _ _ _

It should be added that this patri-
archal apple tree enjoys 9. green and
fruitful old age; being still a prolific
bearer, although it has stood whtre it
now is for forty-four years, and is
probably as much as forty-six years
0111,

8001‘.

The American Garden considers
soot one of the very best concentrated
fertilizers we have for plants,espec1all_y
those grown in pots, upon which it
has a marvelous and almost immediate
effect, driving, at the same time all
worms from them. _

At present it may be difficult to ob
tain soot in large quantities. but 1f
there were any considerable demand
for it the professional chimney sweeps
would soon gather and offer it for sale
as an article of merchandise. Large
quantities are not required. however,
and the annual sweepingof the house
chimneys and stove-pipes furnish
enough for a good sized window full of
plants. _ _

For outdoor use its_effect_is height-
ened by mixing with iL_salt in propor-
tion of one part of soot in bulk to_ ten
parts of salt. Or it. may be mixed
with any fine compost. The plants
should be copiously watered after each
application, to wash the soot into the
ground and prevent its being blown
away by winds- _ _ _

For pot plants it is best _used with
water, a handfull of soot stirred well
with three gallons of water, .111 a kind
of watering-can. In watering Plants
with soot water it is advisable to use
small quantities atatime, and more
frequently, rather than to charge the
soil with more than the plant can read-
ily assimilate.

Go over the strawberry plants set
this spring and cut ofl‘ every flower.
The fruit grown by such_plants would
not amount to much,_while they would
interfere greatly with the Vlgorous
growth necessary toa full crop next

1 y 12';-.1 oratic :1.

ac“-

) 1:111‘.

2wwmmmg.Tm»m¢mg@&m5 W

And thus‘it is, in th1_‘- fine old -tree .

American Pomologidal Society-—Nlneteenth

Session.
The Pennsylvania H1:rti1':ultural So-
ciety having invit1d the American

will be held in that city, coiximencing
VVednesday, {September 12th, 1.5.53, at

three days.

of the Pt-1111:-rylvailia Horticultural So-

-iu.:l.1;ra1. arid other kindred u.-sot-is
1111111.-: in the l'i1ite1i{N'ta?e.-Vsiitl British
1 P ovinces are invited to S9l‘.1l 111-lega
;ti:11.-.- as large 3.1; they 111:.-y :-eetn <-x1r+.--
1
.

 

171.
'ci1l:iva:i«1r11~f111
‘ 11r1.-;-1-1:1 1.11.11 take-
'1 (ion.

   
  

‘.-, are invit 11
;-‘¢ai.- 111 the 1-.1.v111~
It is 1-x1-em-.-11 that tiiere will be

in

{.1

1 a full art:-11111111;-1: bf delegate.-1 fzoni all-

11'.1arte1'.--11t'1'11r c<111utry,a1;d that this
will lu_- 111-; laigz--.1 and 1111.-st us-.-fiil
nleu-ting 1-‘F1-I L:-1'1 by the 5111-is-t_\'.

the society l3l('lll’lI_’> 1.e211‘i:-y all the
513115 211111 terriiorie.-‘. 2111-1 filied
with a great ;1.1iio11ntoI'i;i 11rm:iti11:1 '1.-
to the friiit:-:1i1,1:111ted :”o1‘1:111".1re111 -.1.-e
1'95;-€(."l‘\':'l0('£ALlUl1S. '
111':-get in1:<1m111ete, 1-.1111 it i.-: the 1_>bjeet
1-1“t11es111_-fie‘-,\', 1'11‘-111 year to year, to

is

1
1

1il1tl1c L:l~11iRs1.1.111il,1r11;g its 1-atalogue-.

I

I

1

iiiearer to pert’-3<~ti1;n. 'l‘o 9;.L'('l'‘.'!1l1)ll.~!ll
.

tee, P. l5a1r_v, £311.. Rochester. N. Y.,
will.-:ei11,1 out the usual circulars :1f1n-
quiry.

America, its rapid progress during the
last thirty-five year.’-: under the bent‘-ti

for its products at home and abroad,
we feel warranted in urging the at-
tendance of all who are inter1-sted in

development of its wonderful
sources in this branch of agriculture.

Arrangements have been made
with hotels and some of the railroads
terminating in Philadelphia for a re-
duction of rare. In most cases it
will be best for delegations to arrange
for rates w.th the roads in their locali-
ties. -

A local committee of Reception has
been appointed, to whom are confided
all matters pertaining to the recep-
tion and accommodation of the mem-
bers and dtlegates of the society. The
chairman is Hon. J, E. Mitchell, 310
York Avenue, Philadelphia.

At the last meeting of the society
itwas decided in future to encourage
general exhibitions of fruits, as well
as new varieties or novelties. It is
earnestly requested that no duplicates
appear in any collection, and that
none but choice specimens shall be
placed on exhibition. Exhibitors

as possible, at an early date, what
room will be needed tor their fruits.

sufficient except in fruits of unusual
interest. A limited number of Wilder
Medals will be awarded to objects of
spe cial mer 1.

Packages of fruit
dressed L0 Thomas A. Andrews, Hor-
ticultural Hall, Broad street, Philadel-
phia, for the American Pomological
society. Freight and express charges
should be pi‘ep_aid.

All persons desirous of becoming
members can remit th-- fee to Be11ja-
min G. Smith, treasurer Cambridge,
Mass. Life membership, t»we1_11_v
dollars; biennial, four dollars. L111:
ineinbeis will be supplied with back
numbers of the proceedings ofthe Sr.-
ci:-ty as far as possible.

MARSHALL P. VVILDER,
President, Boston, Mas.-1.
P1101-1 VV. J. BEAL,
Secretary, Lansing M11.-l1.

 

The Sorghum Report.

[CoM.\iissioivnR Loring seems to
have accepted the office with the ‘ne-
lief that his own importance would
‘1_1ei:creased in proportion as he be-
littled the work of his pre1leces:-ror.
The result of this absurd conceit has
given him extended unpopularity
with scientists as well as all intelli-
gent agriculturlsts.—Ei)iToR.]

The Vvashington correspondent of
the N. Y. Tribune gives this matter
extended notice in a letter of recent
date, as follows.: ~

The printing of a sorghum report
prepared by a committee of the Na-
tional Academy of Sciences is under
way in the Government Printing
Onice, but it can hardly be completed
and the document published and dis-
tributed in time to be of much belie-
fit to the sorghum industry this year.
There is moreover, danger that the
value of the report will be materially
impaired by the severe pruning and
merciless abridgment to which it has
been subjected through the influence
of somebody since it left the hands of
the Academy. For example, about
thirty pages near the beginning of the
repo1t—-a concise summary of the pro-
gress and result: of the sorghum ex-
periments by the Department of Ag-
riculture for four years—have been
cutout bodily. It is rather singular
that a report of this sort, from the
most distinguished scientific body in
the country, should, wtthout the
knowledge of one of its oflicers, be
subjected to mutilation at a time when
the government is daily printing
thousands upon thousancs of pages of
stufl" which interests nobody except
trunk makers and junk-dealers.

The history of this sorghum report
furnishes a most instructive example
of the power of oflicial red tape 19
hinder, if not to strangle, an investi-
gation, in the result of which thou-
sands of farmers in the Northern and
Western States feel a deep personal in-
terest. Last year they were wholly
deprived of any benefit from the in-
vestigation, and this year the result
is likely to be the same. ‘There does
not appear to be any sufficient excuse
for this long delay. It is not to be
wondered that farmers and farmers’
clubs in all parts of this country are
loudly complaining and blaming the
Commissioner of Agriculture. whom
they hold chieflv responsible for the
unreasonable delay in the publication
of the report. The investigation was
begun by the Academy at Commis-
sioner Lorlng’s ctiieial request 130:1-

Pomological Society to hold the next.
meeting at Philadelphia, the under-.
signed give notice that the nineteenth ,
session of this National Association ‘:

11'Jo’clo('-k A. .11., ard continuing for,

cie.-ty. at Hr1rti1:-ultural hall. Bioad
near Locust street. ,
All horticultural, 111,~molngical. Ag-

1t,a;-alall 11ez.~11,-1--1: 11-re.-:te1‘.11: .1115

1
1 Tilt: ca1alo;_111-11! fruit 11111113.-11.:--l 1._v-
1

Sonic of th ese‘,

1

.siderably more than a year ago.
wanted a scientific investigation of
the whole subject. in its practical and
economic relations as well as in its
purely scientific aspects. The inves
tigation was vigorously pushed by
the (-ommittte of the Academy and
the report was re~ad_v in April. It
was officially ‘approved by the Acad-
;en11_v and the r1-pr1rtw21s ready in
April. It was <~ili1~iz11l_v approved by

. the .\.ca1iemy 111111 immmliatcly trans-’
This .-es.-ion will take place at the ‘
time of the l'1«.’.*y-f111'.rtli annual Exhlbi-~

mitted to (‘ommissioiier Loring.
There it halted. and notwitlistaz ding
the earnest -.1111: p;e1?(~:l':.ll 111-11.111111 :1:
11. not even :11: -.11-.-‘11'act of its 1-on1e11I.~
.1-1.ul1‘. 111- 11-rained for 11111111-1-111111.
Pmti1 is 1-fthe-1111-1.:111ei)t were high-
ly r-i1_",e-1., 1.1.1.3.: 11,1‘11n111iis.‘-'-111191‘ Lor-
ii-g. He ‘.1 a.- .-‘.:1;__1-1_\- 1.1.1-an;-w Dr. Collier.
w‘11ol1.-.111 1-..1.:1‘.1.~1,-1--.1 all the .-orghuni
.1*_ve;-tig:-.!ir11 .- 111.11 :x1111ini1-ntsin _t11e
llr?11éAI'1I1le1;t :1‘ A ;:1‘i1.-111111!-3, was mei-
1311111-1% by
l‘(-F1111:}-1.l:1e1l3slilr511Wl1. 'l‘l1+_- ($11111-
1111.-.-111111;-,1" 111,-1-'1-.1‘e11 that the .-\1:1.1l1i1i';
11a1lexce1'1'ie-d:1.- aiitliozity in seveial
partit-ular.-. 11 had 1.11-:-111111;-ti 1:: 1,111.
vise.- iliat the 1-.\'.}'-1-I'111!€l_1tal 11-.;1:1uf..1--
‘ 11! re of sor1_>l111111 .-1 gar 1.1- 1'o1.tii1111-11a‘.
1111- l)e1-11111110311-----111111-thing v.l1‘..-l1l11-
v:r;u11l rather 1 '
--11 l1adu111:'
cuss the .-11.11.’,--11:1

  

  

    
 

1£.~51111i 11111 1:111.-i1111.-1111‘

l)r. (‘ollier‘.- l'l‘..~'f lll1't‘0“.e[-(11i.~‘, as v.1_-]1-

as those 1-riiitained lll hi.-
stateineiv. 111 1111- Ac:-.1len.y. it
deniu,-d 12:11‘. .11-1_\‘ 1.1’ 1111.-1; 11111-11111-3111.-1
leal been sul-1111111.-11 in ll.
:1-.le1iialwl:.i1_-‘1= 1111-. -vi1le1;‘1:_\‘ 11111111-in

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a111:—az:1ll1i:-' l1l€lll’ll3 and‘

gz1l1i.-«.11i1i1'1-' 3111111 1111‘
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A cadt-n1y— ,

, The New Tariff on Things Agricultural.
, _.___
1 As most of the provisions of the new
1 1:-rifl‘soon go into force, it will proba-
bly be of interest to our readers to
1 learn what those that concern agricult-
1 ural matters are. The importation of
In-eat cattle and of their hides is pro-
1 hibited, unless in cases where the sec-
1 l‘téi8l‘}'0ftl1€'1I‘€8SUl‘_\' shall otli:-ially de-
he and announce that such im-
,11orIati(11i will not ten11 to the introduc-
1,ti1ni or .-prea1l ofcontageous or inf '-
tious diseases rniong our own cattle.
1 The secretary is enipowered to regulate
Eor .-uspend such importations. and :1
‘ willful violation of the law is pu1ii:-_li-
‘able by a fine not 1»-X1-ceding $31111, or
n1'11ri.-1111111‘-=21 not ex:-ee1li11g one year,
‘or 110111. in the discretion of the
1-1:11.11. 'l‘l11-1111111-1'1 1l'11‘1ie.-‘ on articles
i11v1l11'e11 fainier.‘-: me likely to be es-
-peei-.1ll_‘.‘ int-.-1'1:ste1l are:-Suiiiac.
.gr111111d. '1l1re1--1'. 11r1l1.- of a cent per
111111111: .~‘11111zie L—.\t1a1:1, 211 per cent. and
- '1.'1-1111‘:-11:: 1~a.~,1tor 11ea11s11r.-1-e11.-. -3111.-exits
111-1“1111.-"11el11f-‘>111.oun1is;extraci of hem-
lovl-: and 1,1tl:1:r1>1irk used for tanning,
2-1 per cent. ad valoreni; glueo.-'e, or
'1:-r1.*,.~e s11_<_:a1'. ‘.311 per cent. ad valoieuit
;ie-.1.’ 11111901-11. of which M1111-r 1-ent.i.-I 111
1 the .-i;'.e and fineness of 11=xture to be
-uitai-le for '1's1111er.-: and :11‘ whi<-h
11;1.~1e1l1a11 11111 leaves are re111ii1‘»-.1 to
1 \Nt"lgll}111“-lllltil if 1.111 1-11-1111111-11, 7:31;. 21
1111111111: if .-ntemnied, El 21. pound: all
other 11.'11a1-1-11, not sten1111e1l, 351,-. per
;1.1111i11l; t1>l=ac1.-0 steiiis, 1711-. per pound.
Live aiiiiiials, 2111 per cent ad va-
,l'1i‘e'lliZ beef and 11111-1, 11:. a 11oun11;

1 1.!-.‘l'llJl

tl1i.-. 1_1bject :3.-' iully as possible, the’
1::huir1i1a1i of the general fruit co1nn11t- ‘

f01~g?tlllllu€5s 1.1 111- facts in the czz.-e. 111,,,m,, 311,1 1,_.,,,.,.,,,_ ._;,._ 8 p,,,m,1; ex”,,_c1
_ - 1-o1.1ip1-.11i1eu that the exanll 16‘-"-51111111.-et, :111-ere:-1111111valorenz;cheese

 -,- Vt‘ *_., .. ‘.1 1_ , . .

J-1~t‘h 11-» -‘-1V‘-N "1 -GT1-31111111 V6-'8 21-1 (>1-1221111111111:-r 2 11 well as s11bstitutes1l1ere-

 

When we consider the great 1111-1
portance of fruit culiare in North‘

cent action of tlllSiS(!(‘l&'[_\', the great ‘

value and rapid.y iiicr-gasiiig demand ‘:

the welfare of our country and the‘-
re-1

should not fail to give notice as far as)

should be ad-l

one side, 5-.n1l 1111-.1 .-.evei'a1 times as
:1n1111_y 1;o11l11 be ;-l.11wn on the other
side. This F?d'.€lllk-:ll[ was also ninde-.
in evideiit t‘11rgett‘u1li:e.~.s of the fact
that’ the (foiniiiis.-:.iouer had been 11--
111ue.-ted by the committee to su1111:it
all the data bearing on the subject,
and he had pre:-:un1ai;ly done so. The
r1;-port now in course of publication
1lf‘1c.‘5 not show that any un favorable ex-
ainples was 5-11l1ee11uenily furni.-‘lied.
Soine ofthe steitemeiits contained in
the report were 2.1.--1 asserted to be un-
true,bu1 the a.~zs-.=i-1111114 turned out to be
incorrect. The Cominissionerls oh-

and pertiiiscity that the report was
- sent back to the Academy for revision,
; and thug-: a long delay became inevita-
E ble.
1 The revision of the report by the
; committee of the Acadeniy did not re-
;_ suit in any material changes, so far as
1 the portions in which sorghum growers
1 and manufacturers are interested or
'3 concerned, and those portions at least
1rnight_as well have been sent to the
1 printer :1 year ago as now. Presuma-
1 bly, the investigation and report were
, designed to promote sorghu-n indus-
1 try, otherwise they were useless. The
!revised report was received by Com-

! missioner Loring last fall, and trans-

!mitted by him to the Senate in De-
‘cember. It was referred to the com
mittee on Printing, but was not or-
dered to be printed until the very last
{day of the session. \Vhether this
1 long delay was necessary, or wlietber

Six spcci-rn,en3 of a variety will beill. W38 due ti) some unfriendly 11.1.3311-

‘; enr,-e interested in suppressing the re-

; port as long as practable, is a question

‘gyet to be answered.

THE Jefferson Sugar Manufacturing
Cimpany of Aslitabula county, Ohio,
is a successful competitor for one of
zthe twelve hundred dollar prizes of-
1 fered by Cominia.-iioner Loring last
1 _v1 ar for sugar making by persons or
{companies anywhere in the Union,
1 the sugar to be made from sorglium.
', This coin1,=11ny under the manageme-11
Eofhlr. Henry Talcott, president, and
1his assoc-ir-tes, has been very success-
iful. \Ve have looked upon the offer
, of priz s by the comniissirner as 3, vi-
' olation of law. out if the ap11ropriatio11
of 5'.’-3,1111“ de.-igneal for 1'-a1'ryirig for-

 

1

' must be . iv1.-rt-.-1i from that use. it is
pleasing to find a portion of it award-
ed to the Jefler-111.1 1-ompaiiy as a fit.-
ting reward for the zeal and enterprise
it has 1lis1:-layed in the face of obsta-
; cle.-.—Husba1u,lman.

 

. \Vliy the L--gi.-latiire 5-.l11>uld have ad-
ijourned to visit the Urchard Lake
’ Military Acml-.-my, p2.sses our com-
pieliension. l: is an institution that
the Suite has nothing to do with any
more than it has with Albi~:n, Kala
mazr;11 or Hillsd-ale colleges. It looks
a lit‘: 113 as though the Legislature was
trying to ti1_1-.1 some excuse, no matter
how frivolous, to extend its session.
It would add to its reputation to pass
the proper appropriation bills and dis-
solve.—-Coldwaler Republ-z'can.—[Just
the thoughts that have been gal-
loping through our mind. We shall
expect the Legislature to visit all the
high schools in the state and hold on
until crowded out by the freshmen
who will be elected to fill their places.
—— Ypsilanti Comme: cial.]

 

AN idea of the extreme youth of Chi-
cago, may be gathered from the pro-
ceedings at a Chicago church last Sun-
day, which on that day celebrated its
fiftieth anniversary. It was the first
Christian church erected in Chicago,
and there were present at the interest-
ing commemoration service referred _to,
some forty odd persons who were liv-
ing in the city when the Church was
erected, among them the builder who
built it. For every inhabitant then
contained in the city there are now
1,000, and instead ofa single church
Chicago now boasts of hundreds. The
city has not yet been incorporated fifty
years; its “golden,” anniversary will
not occur until 1886.

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THE ages of the United States Su-
preme Court Judges are as follows:
Judge Harlan is 50, and the youngest
man on the bench; the Chief Justice
is 67; Judge Field, 67; Judge Bradley,
70; Judge woods, 59; Judge Stanley
Matthews, 5%); Judge Gray, 55; and
Judge Blatchford, 63. Judge Miller
was appointed in 1862, Judge.Fie1d in
1863, Judge Bradley in 1870, the Chief
Justice in 1374, Judge Harlan in 1877,
Judge Woods in 1880, Judge Matthews
in 1881, Judge Gray in 1881, and Judge
Blatchford in 1882.

 

A TERRIBLE week of tornadoes and
cyclones the past, all over the
country, especially in the West and
South-west. Many lives lost: immense
distruction of pr 1perty. A partial list,
however condensed, would fill this
column, or even this page. ‘

 

Nothing helps the memory so much
as c.1'1Z1.-rand class‘ .';:‘.tlC-1l_.

1. cu-‘

jeutions were uiged with such vigor’

gfore, -11-. :1 1ound; lard :10. apound;
;Wl11.-at, 21113.11 bu.-1,11-1; rye and barley
11111-. a b11.-‘hel; barley, pearled, patent
‘orhullt-11, half a cent a 1111111111; barley
, malt. 2211:-. per 1111;.-111.-1 111::-1 pounds; 111-
idian corn and oats, 1111:. 11e1' busl el of
11.3 pounds; out-1119211 and rye flour, 211
per cent ad 171111111-111; potato or corn
starch, ‘.11-.a 111111.11; rice starch and
111111,-1' starch, "‘ - per pound; rice

_nL.
1(_'l£‘.‘tlltI.l, '_",c. and ll1l('l€&ll(f(l, l.1c. per
‘ pound: paddy, 11c. per pound; rice
flour and rice meal, ‘.21111cr cent ad va-
' lorein: hay $2111:-1' ton; honey, 2111:. per
gallon: liops Sc. 11 p1-und; milk preserv-
ed or c.o111leiise1l, 211 per cent ad va-
loren.-; 1111-kles, 3-5 per cent ad valorem;
potatoes 13c. per bu;-1hel of 1111 pounds;
vegetables in their natural state or in
salt or brine, not specially provided
for, 111 per cent ad Valo1‘1 in; vegetables
prepared or prei-erve1l, not otherwise
provided for, 31) cents ad valorem; chi-
cory root, :2c. :3 pound; vinegar, 75¢. a
gallon; acorns, dandelion root and
other substitutes for coffee, :30. per
1 pound; oranges in bulk, $l.61lper1,1)1)0;

lim1s and grapes, 211 per cent ad va-
lorem; raisins, :2c. per pound; tilberts
and walnuts, 31-. per pound; peanuts,
unshelled, l1-. and shelled 111:. per
pound; flax straw, $5 per ton; flax not
hackled or dressed. $21) per ton; hemp
and substitutes therefore,  per ton;
jute butts. $5 per 1011; jute, :31) per cent
‘ad vaiorem; bulbs and bulbous roots,
not medicinal nor otherwise provided
for. :11) per cent ad valorem; hemp and
rape seed and all other oil seeds, except.
inseed, one-qiiarter of a cent a pound;
linseed or flax-see1l,:.’fl cents per bushel
of-36poun1l.-; garden seeds, 1-xcer-1 seed
of sugar beet. 211 per cent. ad valorem;
osier. or basket willow, :3-3 per cent, ad
valorem; salt in packages. 12c. and i11
bulk 81:. per ltmpounds; tallow, lc. per
pound. The-,1lu1ies on wool and sugar
are not given here, as they are consid-
ably 1:1-niplicatt-d, b1-ing different on
different grades of each, so that if they
found place here, this article would be
too long.

011 the free list are aunatto and all
extra1-t-.- of 11; dried‘ bl1~.o1l; crudc bones;
b11ne»11ust,11r bone aslies for the man-
ufacture. of fertilizers; animal carbon
lit. for fertilizing only; guano and all
1 other substances expressly used for

niaiiure; raw hide cuttirigs; hoofs and

ward investigationsby-the depaitment all glue stock; unniiznufactured horns;

1rennets, raw and prepared; ungrouiid
1ginge~:-roof; \v11111.t aslnes; apatite, or
native-1‘:l)1)s11l1aYe of lime; phosphate,
Ic-rude or native, for fertilizing pur-
.pose.-:; iniiriaie ()1 1'10l&'all2 plastel of
Paris; nitrate of soda. Animals
brought 11110 the country for a period
not exceeding six months for exhibi-
tion or competition for prizes offered
by.agricull.ur:1l or racing associations
are on the free list, but under bond.
Animals specially imported for breed-
ing 11llI‘p()SeS are duty free; so are
teams of animals, including harness,
vehicles, etc., actually owned by emi-
grants and in actual use for the pur-
pose of emigration. Othei duty-free
imports are bed-feathers; eggs; tropical
and semi-trupical fruit plants for prop-
agation or cultivation; ripe or green
fruit, not otherwise provided for; raw
goats’ skins; hair of horse or cattle not
manufactured; whether dry salted or
uncured,whether1lry,salted or pickled,
and skins, except sheep-skins with
the wool _on; Angora goat.-1-kins, raw
or unmanufactured; hop roots for cul-
tivation; hop poles; oil-cake; plants,
trees, shrubs, and vines of all kinds
not otherwise provided for, and seeds
of all kinds, except medicinal seeds
not specially enumerated elsewhere;
saurkraut; seed of sugar beet; silk-
worms’ eggs and silk cocoons; tea
plants, teasels, yams.

THE Brearley White l\Iountain ex-
cursions which have given so many
persons a chance to see the beautiful
scenery of eastern America every sum-
nicr for the past seven years, offers this
your a “side trip” to Europe. Two years
ago Mr. Breurley, the able and gentle-
niaiily inunager of these excursions,
offered free tickets on these trips to 100
Michigan editors. last year the Ohio
editors received the benefit of this gen-
erous offer, and this year the Indiana.
editors are invited to get their dusters
and Paiiuiiias in readiness for a similar
pleasure. Every one who has been on
these excursions speaks highly of the
pleasures of the trip and the excellent
inanne-.1" in which the excursions are
managed.

____________——————————————

WE had thouglit that paper had been
put to the utmost uses some time a 0,
when machinery belting, car whee s,
etc.,had been made of it; but now we
learn that in Breslau, Germany, a chim-
ney fifty feet high has been erected of
paper pulp, chemically prepared to re-
sist combustion. What will paper be‘
used 1‘or,next ‘B

SECRETARY FOLGER is in corres-
pondence with the Collectors of Cus-
toms at Chicago and San Francisco
with a, view to the selection of an ex-
pert tea examiner, as provided for by
the act relating to the importation of
adults-1'a‘.ed tans. ‘

 

In

 


 

JUNE 15, 1883.

@nrren1untIenr2.

INITIATORY BALLAD.

[Read at the Harvest Festival on the occa-
sion of the initiation of a class of which the
writer was a. member.]

We come into your ranks, brothers,
To play no idle part: _ .
We come into vour ranks, sisters,
We come with hand and heart-
To help you fight the battle
Of labor with the band
Oppressing toiling millions.
Long with a despot hand.

We come strong, hdnest Labor-:rs——
Stirring afresh the soil
Subduing rank weeds choking-
Sapping the life of toil,-
Clearing away the rubbish
Strewed by designing incii:
With helpful maids assisting,
Prepare ii) sow good grain.

And now we come—fresh Cultivatorsw
Come with :i zealous hanci—
Sowing broadczist the“hay-seed,"
With an untiriiig band,
Planting anew with diligence,
Pure gems——Hope, Faith and Love-
Cenienting bond of Brotherliocuel.
Akin to that above.

We c:»:ne—?rue faithful ShcpheI'deS5—
To watch with guardian care,

To cheer the weary worker
With faith our guiding star:

By faith we point to fruitage, _
Good seed’s ne’er sowed in vain-

Behold! the promised harvest _
Vllaves white o’er hill and plain.

We'll join you now, skilled Harvesters,
To reap the golden grain,

Must use the “sickle" dextrously
Our object to attain.

As diligent co-workers,
VVe careful Gleancrs Come

To save the grain left scattered,
That all be garnered home.

We'll join you now, true Husbandmen,
To garner up with care,

The proceeds of the lab’ring class
Secure from treach’rous snare.

With Matron from the storehouse
‘-Dispense” the just rewards

To ad, of honest labor,
Despite the money lords.

Bonded in sister—brotherhood.
Le’z’s all work with a will,
"Together and in harmony,
Its mission to fulfill.
Co-operate and move right on,
In one grand phalanx strong, _
And thus we'll gain our “equal rights"
For Right will conquer Wrong. .
——ll1rs. N. M. Mclfzbbtm.

Lenawee County Grange.

J. 2. Cobb :—-—The Leiniwcc county
Grange held its regular meeting with
Ogden (liuiigc, at Ogden Center, Thurs-
day, May lo, 1853. The meeting was
opened in the 3th degree at i1o’clock
A. 3~i.,Worthy .\I:istci' Heals in the chair.
After a short business session. a recess
was taken for dinner, which for quali-
tv and quantity was like other Grange
diiiiici's. The :ifte‘:rnooii meeting be-
ing public, many outside of the Order
availed tlieniselves of the opportunity
to enjoy the literarypi‘ogi'a1iiiiie, and
get sonic idea of what the Gi'aiigei‘s
are doing. .Sistei's Allis and liussel
recited with niarkcd credit to them-
selves and plea.siii'e to the iiudieiice.
Sister Corwiii and Bro. Allis rcznl es-
says. Bro. Pouclier read :1 choice selec-
tion from (‘hus. b‘uiniier's writings.
Bro. Smith recited the ".5'clioolin:istci"s
guests," and stirriiig speeches -were
made by the \\'oi'th_v Lccturcr T. 1’.
Moore, Bro. l'niplir_v aind others. At
the close of the open meeting, it very
interesting session was held in the
fourth degree. Reports from it of‘ the
1:2 subordliizitc (}i‘:iiige.s in the district
Show with but one c.\'ccp‘iion, ii \'L‘l'_\'
heailtliful condition of thc ()i'dci'. Sonic
discussion was had on the iieccssity of
an iiici'c:i.sed iiunibci‘ of‘ black balls to
be required for the rejcctioii of :i candi-
date, which may result in :1 petition to
the Natioiizil Grznigc. Though the day
was stoi'ni_v.and the roads very bad,
the aittauidziiice was l‘zll‘_£.,j'e, and the iii-
terest good. All the ofi'icei's were pres-
ent except the zissistuiil steward. After
the Grziiige closed we niadc our way
hoiiieward, with a l'll‘ll1 resolve to meet
the next l’oiiion:i at l’:ilni_vr:i Gfitllge,
Augustiltli. Yours,

CEO. I). Mooua‘.

Medina, Mlch._. .\la_v 17», 1s.s:‘..

Madison Grange.

Madison Grziiige met last b‘a’tui‘t_lay.
The day and evening sho\ver_\'. Thirty
members present, and six visitors from
Adrian Graiige.

Worthy Master Warren M. Deal be-
ing detained at home by sickness, Mr.
Edward Beal was called to the chair.

Regular business being finished, the
Lecturer called for the pro rain. Misses
Minnie Allen and Stella ’eal were de-
tained at home by ineasles. The place
of the latter was supplied by her sister,
Miss Cora Beal, with a well chosen se-
lection on “Home Influeiice,” followed
by another by Mr. George \\ ilson, enti-
tled "All Day Long.” We never real-
ized that Mr. H. C. Bradish could be
particularly funny till he read from the
N. Y. Tribune of May 16, “The Model
American Girl.” The lecturer, Mrs.
Hattie Beal, read an original produc-
tion, entitled “Flowers.” Her choice
for summer would be _ pansies, Verbe-
nas, geraniunis and foliage plants.

A discussion of home topics ensued,
in which Mr. C. 1{.l’0rtei'stated that an
unpainted portion of cornice, sixteen
feet in length had just been inclosed in
his house, the roof having been extend-
ed, and in two days (May 18 and 19), I10
less than 60 “bores” or “carpeiiter” bees
had been killed in the house.

Mr. E. Beal—They first appeared
Ma_v_17.

Mr. Will. Carpenter—l)o they burrow
in both pine and wliitewood ‘.4. . _

E. Bea1—-Equally well, avoiding pine
knots, nails or holes. _

H. C. Bradish—Have also seen them
in tamarack and black walnut.

T. F. Moore—Wliat is the best pre-
ventive? , , _

Ans.—A heavy coat of paint is so con-

’ red.
Suislrs. E. Beal—My house is well paint-
ed, but not with a lead paint. It will
stand the weather, but not the bees.

Mr. T. F. Moore——-Why are they called
“c;irpciitci"‘ beczé.‘

V

l Mr. E. }eal——Bccausi-. with natural
ltools they will throw as many chips.
|ni:il<e as much noise. and spoil more
i lumber than a carpciiter with artificial
i tools, working by the day. My house is
badly tunncle-d, :ill ovci‘.

E. W. Allis—Last winter the wood-
peckers made holes into a grape vine
trellis for us, at about one inch :1-p:irt.
and f*.‘(tI“¢iCI€‘d the liiiiiates from ‘the
tiiiiiiels.

. (f. ll. l’ortcr——ll:i\'<- known tiltflli to
tunnel the bottom of :i 4‘ll£lll', with :1
;in:ni sitting in it.
I ll. ('. Blfidlsll siiggestcrl that llrotlir-i's
i Deal and l’ol‘tci‘ bi‘ <:olis‘itli:l‘(*Il bf‘?
; l<eept-rs. ,
l That all iiiay know the be--, wc will
istzifc that it is vcrv lil<<- the lllllllillv
,bee, :1 shiny blur,-k 2tli(lUllll‘ll, or bind
;body with few h:iir.-: and \'l'I‘_\' littlc)cl—
Llow. while the othi-r is gt-in-i':ill3' cov-
leri-<1 with hair in lillIf\'l‘1)2ll'lS.llllll ions
3 inorc }‘cllo\\‘. As flu-rc ll£l\'t‘i)(‘l‘ll sonn-
if’<)i'ty kinds of lininblc l.~cc.s found in
gthc l_'iiiti=d >t:it¢»s_. it would be h:ird to

4
.
i
l
l
I

l4il‘$(‘l'lil4‘ it siniply by vnrizitioii. Tin-
,;nlLl<‘i‘ (.‘2ll‘p4*lll(‘l‘ lam-s liuvc ,-:l1,;'hil_\'
[ ill;{il‘.‘l'(,'tll1ll‘5, :ilsoili:infln- _\‘:-iiiig om--.

l{ll' uny have had lill’ l‘£ll']IL'llll‘l‘ iwl‘
lwork fhrongli pziinf plc:x.si- l‘l‘])l:l'I thi-
ll-;ind of paint and llllllllllfl‘ of (-o;i‘..s zii
lthis oillcc. We also have :1 .$€llll]ll': lié‘(‘.
3-l-In l’ni-:.~.~.l

‘ As the county :igri«:iiliiii'2il S()l‘l4*l\'
jofli-i's ]ll'f‘lllllllllS for the lust (ilS']li.'b\'.$
gby SH(.‘lPlll-35 :11 the (.‘Ullllll_'_" fail‘. we :ll'(‘
Ito hold :2 spur-i;il iiieeiing .\l;i_v 2:41. to
‘ pr:-pure for work. Ni-xi rcgulur lllt‘l‘l-
‘i ;g_ .luin- 2. A good pi'ogi";iiii pi'csciit-
wed. .\ well .\'I>l'l‘ll(i table by those who
ilu-st know how, cluiins onr:dl:-iition
il-i-l'oi-<- we pzirf.~A. in //my Azlrirm
i U7:/.'/,y I’/"rs-'.

i
l
1

The Professors Sustained.

following r»solu!ions

The were

 adopted by Centorville Grange, I\'o.7o‘,h

E May 29, 1883, after being car fully con-
i sidered:
1 Resolved, Tliai. the making of sugar
5 at a profit from northern grown sugar
icane is of great importance to the
5 whole people, and that our Commis
fmis-loner of Agriculture should use
,every means at his disposal, and
i make every effort in his power to dis
',covera cheap and practical method
for its manufacture, a method that
individual farmers might use.

Resolved, Thai we take pleasure in
tendering a vote of thanks to A. \V.
Henry, professor of agriculture in
VVisconsin for the manly tone of his
open letter on this subject to Dr.
Loring, Commissioner of Agriculture.
Also a vote of thanks to J. VV. Beal
professor of botany in the Michigan
Agricultural College for his timely let-
ter on the same subject in the
GRANGE VISITOR of May 1-3th, 1883.

Resolved, That a copy of these res(>
lutions be sent the GRANGE VISITOR
and the Crusader for publ cation.

 

Morality In the Public Schools.

There is need of an educational
symposium of representative men of
all shades of religious belief and specu-
lation,—— Catholic and Protestant, Or-
thodox and Liberal, Jew and Agnos
tic,—to consider this subject. Sitting
down together, and looking into each
otl*er’s faces with sentiments of mu
tual esteem; setting aside for the mo-
ment .all speculative questions, and
fixing their thoughts up: n the one
objecz. of moral teaching in the schools,
they would no doubt be astonished to
find themselves in perfect agreement.
Upon the abstract question whether
the ultimate basis of morality is to be
sought in a supern iitural revelation,
or in the nature of man and the testi-
mony of experience and observation,
they would of course dffer widely; but
as to mor9.'ity itself, in its practical
relationsfo the educaion of the young,
tlley would speak with one voice.
’I‘raveling by different roads, they
would find that they had arrived at
one and the same place, and were all
seeking a common end. And the nic-
rali._v which they would all commend
as essential to the purity ofsoclety and
the safety of the republic, and there-
fore indispensable to good citizenship,
would be, in subsiance, that of the
New Testament, which has its grand-
est illustration in the teaching and
example of Jesus ——his example in
death as well as in life. * * *
 * '-"~'   * Mr. John
Fiske speaks for all the scientific skep-
tics of the time when he says, “The
principles of right livi' g are really
connected with the constitution of the
universe.” Is there not here a plat-
form broad enough and strong enough

_ for all thefriends of the public schools?

Why will they not all plant ‘heir feet
upon it, and stand shoulder to should-
er as one brotherhood in a common ef-
fort to educate the conscier-ce as well
as the intellect of the children and
youth of the republic, and aid them in
laying the foundations of the moral
chaiacter which is the primary con-
dition of good citizenship ?

The controversy between naturallsm
and supernaturalism must of course go
on. I am by no means blind to its
importance. But I insist that our pub-
lic schools, by consent of parties,
should be kept out of this fiery vortex.
It is a question not for children, but
for grown men. However much, as a
Christian, I may long to make all the
children of the land iamiliar with doc-
trines and beliefs to we most precious,
I frankly acknowledge that I have no
claim upon the State to assist me in the
attainment of this object. As a citizen,
I am content to stand, in everything
pertaining to religion, upon the same
ground with those whose views differ
most widely from my own,—even
those who think my religion a worth-
less superstition. I make no demand
upon the government save for protec-
tion in the “free exercise” of my re-
ligion; and what I ask for myself is
What I willingly accord to oth-.rs,
whatever form of faith or no faith it
may please them to adopt. Liberty,
as thus broadly defined, is the vital
breath of free government, the atmos-
sphere most congenial to the growth of
true religion. Whoever fears that his
religion will not endure this liberty,
and therefore seeks to ally it with the
state, evidences a suspicion, if not a
consciousness, that that religion is fa-
tally weak.—June Atlantic

 

PERSONAL habits will have much to
do with your future success in life.
The best of abilities will avail but lit-
tle when indulgence of the passions ‘be-
gins to make inroads on your charac-
ter. Men may pity you while they will
not trust you. .

TEE &BAl}l’&E

The Fresh Air Fund.

(."iosebv the river. at the f-lot. of a
dismal sll'-'rct_. staiii-ls :1 big shed. in
which eighteen faniilie-s cut and sleep.
It i.-: :1 11ll:tI'tel' of New’ York where de-
cent people are seldoiii $9911. 011 t:‘\‘L‘1'_\'
side tlwre are sliaiities and 1‘<><)l{(‘l'lé*S.
and the air is liczi\'_v with sickviiiiig
sinclls froiii Sl2lllg'ill|-‘l' liiiiises. Dirt is
z-\'(-i'_\'\vln—.re: :1 tool ooze of g;ii'bziL'i- and
st:inding \\'iltPl‘ in the *.’l1Tt‘-"'1~“‘ll'”-’*}'-
eis or dust in dark +-iiLi'ies which arc
never sci‘zui::li«-d by :1 broom: ilt‘£l}).\ oi’
uiir-lr-zin straw .\'i*l‘\’lllg‘ for pillow aind
bed ill the <-lo.~'i-is which arc l<no\vi_i as
il(‘li-I‘ll1)lll$_Z2lllli tlillfk (.'«>2l.li1lj_I oi" f_'l'lllll‘.
:uii;ien1;in«li:iodci'n. on the liziinls 21111:
f;1(j('5 01' Hw 4,‘illi|il'<‘ll .~'\\':ll‘I1lill: ubouf
Il.i- ilooi‘-<l:i_\'s, as well :is in the .\lii‘Ellr4.
iutieivs, 1..-m«lw.s' with \\'lll(‘il iii:-_\' are

5(j;l}1lil}'1tl<llill"ll. The li.ll=‘!.\‘lllllll.lf‘l'Sllll
ill‘ill.\' up thw lIli¢‘,\' or ii-iii.-v until fhw-,\'
stmllli with foul vzip-ii‘-. \\'ill4‘i1 are

miiiglii Iipbyflie xiiiiilowsz unni wln-ii
1]}.-iloolis l¢:2Uil:l'_:‘ llltvi Iliv halls ;Il‘i-
(;1)L‘ll<-vi for El dr;inv_rlu of fii-s.i .‘1ll'.l.ill‘l'i‘
is ,-1 ,~t,?;!~,n;_r st-risen1'«»losi-ii~s- :11.-d «lollip-
in-ss.\\"ii<'li llllllit‘-‘ !.ho- ‘mil '4-s >.:.«-vxv
zind ilw niofhcr.-. <-ouuli. Th»: loixu
\\'i>:ulo-:1liui]:ling_ \\ llli il.~ ‘tiil'Hv limit‘.-
flll1il'lI‘i{:‘l}'Slilll'l';iM‘~ is-o llll.\’lI‘;lll)':lllIi
lHll<‘l‘lli_'_:'lil:lI one who \\':itclivs‘ il in
hc noontinie in-zit of-.1 .lnl_v d:i_v i';iirl_v
il4)i(lSi1l\' i|l‘l*:lIil, (’_\'|I\‘l'llll,g' lo hozir :1
siiildcn lrrzish and in sin‘ its i".-i;_g'g«-d ‘roof
2ll1li1illlj_"_\' \v.dls ‘Juli to pic-i-vs, «ii.-:11»
]>(‘2ll‘lllf_‘,‘ in :1 1-l..:id of dust. __
'l‘li:it iigly slwd is known us "lhc
li:ii'i'zu-l\:s_" lliililiisli in-up i.lHllf_fil if bi-.
it l‘I)lll;llll.~' within its ]>2ll(,‘il(‘Il and shiny
sh:-ll (.‘l,‘,“lll¢‘t'll i.Hllll1‘.\. with us n.;in\' us
sixty l‘illili]'(‘]l. H1: ('2li‘ll of its till"I‘l'
floors Ilwrv zirv six fziiiiiiii-.s. and no
household has more than Ixvo rouiiis.
one of 'Lllf‘lIl ill‘lll_‘_" l);ll‘(‘l_\'l:ll'_‘_§t‘l‘ than :1
closet. and ;isdai'k :i.'~: night even in lilt‘
1i2t\' linic. In tlio.<u two rooms thw (‘indi-
iiig:iinl \\':i.sliin:_-' for lill‘ fzlil‘-ll} £111‘
violin and of night the f‘:1lln-r. lllI>lll(‘l'.
and >'()lllr'lllll“\j zis Iiniiif.‘ us six or «-i'."lit
cliildi‘«»n. il2t\'l- ioslci-p (‘illrie l1>f_f‘.‘lil“1'.
liku .<:iiilin«.e. ll,'1[ilI>.\'. "'J‘h<- ll;iri':i<-ks"
is but one of the illllilil'Hi>' of’ lt‘llé‘lllPlll
ll4)ll‘§t‘S \\’ln‘l'e tho "liilili‘Pn of Ill“ pool‘
ii\'l‘ll11tilt’ _\'v:ll‘l‘t)illlii.

 

The children in lilt‘.‘~1‘l1‘llt'llll‘llI
i1(il,l.\'\1S zilimy.-‘. look old:-r than they
l‘f‘i1ll}‘ i1l‘r*.

Thc "illillilullti \\‘hi(‘li :iccoi‘ds with

thcir :\'l‘£ll‘>', if not with lil|‘ll' fkices. <-an
not be ]H‘l‘lll£lllt‘llll_\' l'(‘.‘<l<il‘t*4i lo tlll‘Ill.
for po\'ci‘ty is tlicir birtlii'ig‘nt. and
v 'cr_v scasoii 'oi'iii:__rs with if privzilioiis
lfilll niiscry. lliit if llicy can be ll4‘l}ll’(i
to iw r-liildreii for two weeks in the
,\‘<-:ir. the lll(*,lllUl‘it‘.*% of‘ their lioliil.-iy and
the rciicwe-dlie:ilth which it u‘i\'i-s to
them will nnike the-in younger us \\‘t*ll
as liealfliici‘ and li:ippici'. If, wheii the
scorching inidsuiiinier sun falls with :1
white glare upon the thin roofs and
flinisy walls of their tciicniciit hoiiics.
the Cllllfil‘(-‘ll can be taken out of the
ii:iri'ow closets ivliere they sleep, and
the stcziiiiing gutters ivherc ilii-:_v swzirni
like big bhickflies, and set down in the
cciitcr of the childreii's play-grouiid,
whicli is the (‘4)lllltl'_\'. :1 new glow will
be kindled in their cliccks. and they will
be the cliilrlrcn Illt‘_\’ were nicrint In be—
not little old men and little old
women.

Now, this is the work of what is
called "’l‘lie Tribune Prcsli-Ali‘ l“uiid."
People wlio:ircrich or lizive iiiodcinte
1lle:lllSf1ll‘lll>'ll the inoiicy for the chil-
dren’s traveling expeiiscs, sending it to
“Tl1e,Tribiiiie” Ile\\'S])it1)t‘1‘. Laist siimiiicr
there were more tluiii lil'tc+-n hundred
geiicrous peixsoiis, iiiany of tln-iii chil-
dren tlieiiiselvcs, who gzivc nioney for
this purpose, the coiitribiitioiis :iiiiounl-
liig to -$21,.';."»o.'.ll. With this sum 3,33!!!
of the poor children of Ncw York \\'c.i‘c
taken into the country, given holiday
of two weeks, and curried back to
their tciieniciif honie-s. While tlieir
li'a\'£-liiig cxpciiscs were paid by the
coiiti'lbutoi's to the l-‘und. the children
were the invited guests of fai'iiie1's and
other liospifable people living in the
country. liuring the spring. Sl‘\'(-‘llI_\'-
livc public lll(’(’llllg'.s‘ were held in as
nniiiy \‘ill:igi-s in .\'c\\' York. (‘oniiccti—
cut. New Jt'l‘5(‘_\'. .\l:iss:n,-liiiscfts. Yer-
iiiont and otlicr .S'l:ite.s, and ill‘l'illlQ,'E‘-
iiieiifs were iiizidc with miiiiiiitfccs and
i-lcrgyiiicii in us iiiaiiy oflicr localities;
and when the kiinl-lic:irtcd t’lltel't:llIlt‘l‘S
in the countr_v were ready to i'cci-lvc
thcni. the children \vo=rc Skill out ~fi'oni
the city in lai‘;:‘<- conipuiiics. and dis-
l.1‘li)lllHl :iinong the villages.

The iiiuiizigcr of the l“I'(*Sil-.Xll‘ l-‘und
is \\'ill:ii‘d l’ai'sons. :i i):l('liL‘iUl‘ (.'l£:l‘g'_\’-
nniii. who has adopted the poor chil-
drcn of New York for his own. llzilc
:iiidlic:ii'ty. with :1 1‘ll(l(l}' f'u(:c:i1id an
eye twiiikliiig with good humor‘, he has
:i heart bi'iinf‘ul of kindness for iieglect-
ed chiloreii, and the ciiergy of twciity
iiien. lie it was who devised this sim-
ple and cffcctiv plan of cntcrtziiiiiiig in
the couiitry the poorest of poor children
living in New York and Brooklyii. The
cxperiiiiciit was tried six ye-:irs ago,
when he had :1 country parish in Penn-
sylvaiiizi, :iiid now he is inakiiig this the
business of his life. The first year, six-
ty children were taken into the coiiiitry.
Last )"t‘7|:l‘, 6,000 children had an outing
in green fields and pastures new. It is
a cliai‘ity as popular as it is beautiful,
for ever heart is touched by the sorrows
of neglected childhood.——[. N. Ford, 
St. Nicholas for June.

The Great Salt Lake.

Four barrels of water of the Great
Salt lake will leave. after evaporating,
nearly a barrel of salt. The lake was
discovered in the year 1820, and no
outlet from it has got been ascertained.
Four or five large streams empty them-
selves into it, and the fact of its still
retaining its saline properties seems
to point to the conclusion that there
exists some secret bed of saline deg oslt
over which the waters flow, and that
thus they continue salt—for, though
the lake may be the residue of an im-
mense sea which once covered the
whole of this region, yet by its con-
tinuing so salt with the amount of
fresh water poured into it daily, the
idea of the existence of some such de-
posit from which it receives its supply
seems to be only too probable. For
the past fifteen years, until his’ year,
the lake has been gradually rising; but
in 1879 it receded two or three feet——a
most unusual occurrence——owing to
the exceptionally warm weather.
There are no fish in the lake, but myr-
lads of small flies cover its surface.
The buoyancy of the water is so great
that it is not at all an easy matter to
drown in it. The entire length of the
Salt Lake is 85 miles, and its breadth 45
miles. Compared with the Dead Sea,
the Great Salt Lake is longer by 43
miles and broader by 35 miles.

 

WAITING for a competitor to fall so as
to gain his trade has never been known
to make a rich man. And starting in
business, to run another man out is
: about c-:,u:ill_v siic:ccss‘Lu‘.-.

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T151393.

Straightening Furrows.

BY MRS HARRIET A. (JHEEVER.

“VVE-ll. I never saw anything like
that Capt. Crofts round that old lady
in all my =ife. He‘s dancing attend
mice from morning till night, and
sakes alive! if he isn't tying on her
suiiloonnet for her. VVell I never!
Wonder what’t would seem like to
have my Billy grow up to be as atten-
tive as that!" and she voice, half scorn-
ful at first, took on a l0I]glI]°'. yearn-
in: expression, siigge-five of tearful
eyes, at the mention of “my Billy.”

The speaker, Mr:-. Bowl-.-, lived in
Seaport, ii;~oall_\‘ spoken of as a fishing
village. owing to the fact iliat many
fishermen had lived there in years
gone by: but the ‘own was an old one,
and pi)-se54.'~'i.':g‘ great natural attrac-
tions. and being :i siiliiirbaii town.
many fine l‘Pl-lilt'l.l<,'I.S<1 now graced its
wiiidiiig il\‘r-llll 5-_

About two  bf-‘ore, a weafli+ir-
beaten, sun burn:-d ni-in unmistak-
ably a sailor, had bought a tasteful
little cottage near the beach. This he
hail fitted up, lieaiitifiecl and embel-
lished. until Mzs. Harris declared it
to be 9. "p:-rfect pink of :1 place.”

Ovt-r this pretty liouse. (,‘.~ip’ii Sam,
as the boy- had i(~al‘llt‘(l to call the
genial iiian. had illfilalicfl his white-
liaired iiioiiier as niistress and chief,
and ;lll0I‘€ afteiitive, loving son, it
would appear. had never lived.

lu a.-"mall barn at ihe rear of the
cottage was kept a fine. steady horse.
and a low bu ket carriage, and every
fair day the caplain and his iiiotlier
“Weill abioail." as Mrs. Bowl».-s ex-
pi'ee.-cll it, on long, pleasaiit. drives.

As we liavc hinted, Ca‘p’n Sam was
a _ur(-at fuvoiifc among the boys of the
plain-. ‘Who else would ll8.I‘LltSS up
the steady horse into a big wagon, and
give tlnm such grand -frive- upon oc-
casiioiiss. Then the grc at hickory and
chestnut ll‘r.‘£'.-l at the foot of his lot
were free for the boys to visit as often
as they liked, only they must never
daniage iii any way the fine old
branches; but when it came to spin-
ning a yarn, ah. then! who so beguil-
ing. nay, so periiectly be-witcliiiig. as
the sea bronzcd man‘?

It had long ago become a subject for
harmless bantering among the boys
and rather relished than otherwise by
the captain, that he was gallant and
unceasiiigly attentive to his “sweet-
hearf." “My fair old sweetheart,” he
had once in their hearing calledhis
mother, and tliey of course, lively lit-
tle wretcles that they were, would
never forget it.

But one day, the boys, quite a little
crowd of them, found Cap’n Sam on
the rocks of the beach. There were
breakers that afternoon, and particu-
larly at such times it was a favorite
diversion with the seafaring man, to
sit high on the rocky beach and watch
his "second love," the sounding sea.

It was at times like these the boys
delighted in finding their old friend,
and coaxing him for one of their
“heart’s delights,” which be well
k- ew meant a story of tempestuous
seas or foreign lands.

But on this particular afternoon the
captain was brooding somberly a hab-
it he often had when by himself, and
this time he couldn’t throw oil’ the
mood, even at the appri acli of the
l1]"l"l‘y boys.

In vain the better reared of them
bantered, declaring ‘ he’d had a jilt-
ing, but never mind, they expect-id to
be jilted themselves in tline to come;’’
while the less mannerly Billy Bowles
guessed “tliere’d been a candle lecture
at home.” - '

At let gth, partly emerged from his
brown siudy, the captain said soberly,

"Boys, do you hll0W' what I've been
trying to do every day for the last
two years?”

Oh, why, for certain they knew all
about it, they the merry youngsters
of the town.

“Been a-courtln’ chiefly,” Jimmy
Hollis observed, while Freddie Hollis
remarked, “he’d worn himself all out
a pettin’ his sweethi-arr.”

That last opinion evidently struck
the tender spot, and the boys found
out that for once Cap’n Sam was in
no mood for jokes or banter, and be-
ing very quick to see which way the
wind blew, the kind sailor a. few min-
uter later addressed to a row of very
serious young faces what one boy af-
terwards termed “a. perfec’ brick of a
sermon.

“Boys,” he said, “I’ve been trying
‘every day of my life for the last two
years to straighten out furrows—and I
can’t do it!”

One boy turned'his head in surprise
towards the captain’s neatly kept
place.

"Oh, I don't mean that kind, lad.
I don’t mean land furrows,” continued
the captain, so soberly that the atten-
tion of the boys became breathless. as
he went on:

“When I wasa lad, about the age
of you boys, I was what they called a
‘hard case;’ not exactly bad or vicious
but wayward and Wild. Well, my
dear old mother used to coax, pray,
and punish—niy father was dead, mak-
ing it all the harder for her, but she
_never got impatient. How in the
world she bore with all my stubborn
vexing ways so patiently will always
be to me one of the mysteries in life.
I knew it was troubling her, knew it
was changing her pretty face, making
it look anxious and old. Aftera while,
tiring of all restraint I ran away, went
off to sea; and a rough time I had of it
at first. Still I liked the water, and
liked journying around from place to
place. Then I settled down to busi-
ness in a foreign land, and soon be-
came prosperous, and now began send-
ing her something be.-ide empty let-
ters. And such be -.utiful letters as she
always wrote me during those years of
cruel absence. At length I noticed
how longing they grew, longing for
the presence of the son w 0 used to
try her so; and it awoke a orrespond-
ing longing in my own heart to go
back to the dear waiting soul.

“So, when I could stand it no longer,
I came back; and such a welcome, and
such 9. surprise! My mother is not a.
very old lady, boys, but the first thing
I noticed was the whiteness of her
hair, and the deep furrows on her
brow: and I knew I had helped blanch
that hair to its snowy whiteness, and
had drawn those lines in that smooth
forehead. And those are the furrows
I’ve been trying to straighten out.

“ Lastnight while mother was sleep-
ing in her chair, I sat thinking it all
over, and looked to see what progress
I had made.

“Her face was very
the expression contente
but the furrows were

aceful, and
as possible,
still there! I

hadn't straightened them out—and—-

“\Vhen they lay my mother-——my
fair old sweetheart—in her casket,
there will be furrows in her brow;
and I think it a wholesorne lesson to
teach you that the neglect you offer
your parents counsels now, and the
trouble you cause them, will abide,
my lads, it will abide!”

"Bul” broke in Freddie Hollis with
great troubled eyes, “I sh iuld t: ink
ifyou’re so kind and good now, it
needn't matter so much!

“Ah, Freddie tll\' boy,” said the
quavery voice of the strong man, you
cannot undo the past. You may do
much to atone for it, do mu--li to
make the I‘0ll_§Zil path smooth, but you
can’t :-‘fraighten out the old furrows
my laddies; rcniember that!”

"(i'rue.-‘s l’ll gi chop -onie wood
mother spoke of, l’d most furgntteii,”
said lively’ Jiinviiie Hollis, in a
strangely quiet ion- for him.

“Yes, and Ive got some errands to
do! .=-iiddenly remi-mbcrul ll lly
Bowles.

"'I‘oiir-lied and {!ll{£%I]l said the kind- -‘
ly captain to himself, as the l-oy-i
traiiipc-d r-ff keeping step in a
thoiiglitfiil, soldier-like way.

And Mrs. I.’v')WlL:i declared a fort-
niglil afterward, that Billy was “real-
ly getting to be a comfort instead of
ape:-t: guessed he was copxing the
captain, trying to be good to his ma;
Lord ble:-s the dear good iiia:-I"

Then Mrs. Hollis, ine.-.t.iug the cap-,
talii about this time, remarked that‘
Jimmy always mean! to be a good
boy, but he was actually living one
now-a-da.y.s. “(mess your stories they
like so inuch have iiiorals to them
now and then,’ added the gratified
mother with a smile.

As Mrs. Hollis })2}.HFit‘li on. (‘:ip'aiii
Sani with folded arms and liezigl be t
down said softly to himself,

"\Vell, Ishall be thankful enough
if words of mine will help the dear
boys to keep the furrows 2iw:i_v from
their niotlii-r’s brow: for once there,
it is a difficult task straigliteniiig out
the furrows!”’——Illus(ra{ciI Christian
Wee/:/_y.

I—-never—shall! never! I
l
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Same Railroad Decisions.

;\1l~Ut:1' l'nilcd 3‘i.‘lll‘S .\‘iipi'ciin-
Vonrt llf‘(‘lSl()ll has just in-en l'(‘ll(ll‘l'(‘1i
wliirli f‘SI:li)llSill'S as fully the riglii of
the Siiifc to fix nnixiniuiii r:iilro:id
1'1‘:-iglit r::tes,:is the ()Ill<'l'(l(‘Clh'l1ill pub-
lishcd in ii recent is.~'ii<- dial its right to
limit pHS.~36:llg'Pl' rates. This suit was
l)l‘Ull,‘_’,‘llI by dircction of the Illinois
State llourd of li:llll'()all and \V:ii‘clioiisc
(‘oiiiiiiissioiii-1's:ig:iinstflie Illinois (‘cu-
trzil li2lllI.‘.£)2l(l ("onip:iiiy. lo)‘ an owl--
cli:u'ge of 3 .15 £lil()\'l.‘ the rate fixed bv
the ('<)lllnl’lS.Sl(>ll on the tr:iiisport:ifloii
of si-vi-iit_'.' burrs-ls of salt. froni (‘liicngo
to ’l‘ii.scola.

All f':i<~ts alleged in thc bill were ud-
iiiiitcd by the coinp:in_v. The coiiipuiiy
dctciidcd on the round that by its
L‘ilill‘t(’I‘ the liUiil‘( of l)ll‘9Ct1)l‘.\' werc
e-xprcs._sly 2llllLll1>l‘lZ(‘(l “to (‘.\‘t;li)ii.\']] ,\'u(:h
rates for coii\'c_v:iiice of persons and
proper_ty on i':iili'o;uls as tlicy should
from time to tinie by their by-laws di-
rt-ct and detcriiiiiic, and to levv and
collect the sainc for the use of the (‘Olli-
p:uiy." The euiiount cli:irgi=d was the
regulur tzirill' riitc estublislied by the
dircctors. The conipany clziinicd that
the law liinitiiig it to the rate estab-
lished by the llzulroad and \\':ii'elionso
(‘oiiiiiiissioiicis was invalid, liecaiiso it
inipaircd the obligation of the contract
coiitained in thc chzirter.

The l'iiited States Suprcnic (‘ourt
holds that us this power t‘.\'t£.li)llSlllllg'
rates ivas to be €X(‘l.'(‘l.~'(-‘(l by bv-laws,
and as all by-laws must be (:()lll'()-flllilllll‘
to the (‘onstitiitioii and laws of the
.\'l:itc, there was no z-oiitr:ict that the
C()l!l]):lll_V might ch:i1‘gc :iii_vthiiig in c.\’—
ccss of tho r:itc.s cstublislied by law.

’l‘hcsc two dccisioiis cove-riiig lin-
qucstioiis of p2l.H‘S(’llg‘(‘l‘ and freight
rates should be u pci‘iu:niciif seftleiiiiint
ofthe whole 1n:ittcr in this State.

The court of coiiinion pleas of l’liil:i-
delphia has just rcndei'ed fl. verdict: of
-$7-,ll0o :ig:iiiist the 1’ciiiisyl\'aiiizi ll:iil—
l‘U:l(l (‘onip:in_v in favor of M-ark Speck-
er, a (',()lllllll‘.l'()l{ll frzivclcr. who was
ejected froni 21 i':iili'o:id train in Novem-
ber, 1581. Ills tit.-In-.t was :in c.\'ciirsion
ticket, thc tinie f'or which had expired.
It was accepted by the first conductor
on the route, but the second i'ef'1isi-d to
l‘t,‘CUglll7.L* it, and put bpecker off the
train a mile from any station and in :1
violent raiii-storni, from exposiirc to
which he took :1 severe cold. It was
clriinied by the defense that the Penn-
sylvzuiia road was not liable, bcc:iusi-
the plziiiitiif was ejected while‘ upon the
.\'orthern (‘eiitral road. But it was
shown that they were both practiciilly
under the same iiian:igemeiit. Judge
Biddle charged the jury that the ejec-
tion of the plaintiff, under the circuin-
stances, was an outrage, and the only
question for them to consider was the
liability of the Pennsylvania Railroad
.Coiiipany.

 
 

 

A Matchless Match-Making Monopoly.

The last Congress removed the tax
on matches in spite of the urgent op-
position of the Diamond Match Com-
pany, which, owingto recent combi-
nations,almost monopolize-s the match
manufacture of the country. Its resist-
ance to the removal of «be tax was en-
tirely selfish,as its continuance ‘n -ured
the combination against competition.
After the first of July next there will
be no tax on matches, and the Com-
pany has for some time been making
extensive preparations to maintain its
hold on the production of matches and
on the pocket- of consumers. In the
West it is buying up and closing small
factories, having already done the
same in the East. It is reported to
have purchased all the pine timber
lands in the Michigan markets; it
owns all the patents on improved
match-making machinery, and is pre-
pared to buy up all new inventions,
and it now claims to be in position to
keep matches at the present price in
spite of the removal of the tax. Well,
it may do so for a time, but it will
hardly be able to continue long to
"corner” the enterprise, inventive in-
genulty and pine timber of this vast
country as well as to force submission
to extortion. The business is “pro-
tected” from foreign competition by a
tax of 35 per cent. ad valorem on im-
ported matches; but the love of com-
petition and fair dealing among the
public, and a desire of a share in the
large profits of the combination among
capitalists are pretty certain ere long
to give to other manufacturers a share
of the business which may for a few
years be practically engrossed by this
matchlezs match-making monopoly.

SIOOO REWARD

For my mrlane Luxliziz xnvl .1,..,.1,,‘ m fa.-
nurkrl “mm-ll rionvr ‘.1 ,,, 91,,

DAY an the v I 

   

     
 

    

     

 

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, -‘on
Pamphlet mailpl FREE. _ .
NEWARK MACHINE CO. V4
NEWARK. O. ' ,

licit and Cll¢‘.‘l[N*fit. So

DAIS SWING GHURNS.

. ‘,__ illfillit‘ _fixfiirc.~'. AlW2l)‘l~‘
_‘-‘ >. right side up. .\'n drui-
:" K<'rcovcr f:il lllk’ (ifI lut-

tiinr cream on the floor.

I‘:llrill'I~'i to I'll-'1‘. Niflu
sizes Illflili‘. ']‘lfTi~c slur-
Nvybill Built-r

r I II I 1- r. livery
cliiirii and printtr war-
i-niit.-il. Uiic (‘X uni-li zit
wlinln~':ili.- \\llI‘l‘n- wv luv.-
no llx'i‘lll:-', Sc-iid for CH‘.
(‘|li.‘lI‘j. Am-iii.-A waiifml,
1‘llll‘lll~ for l‘:irin or f:ii-fury.
I‘. (1).. ll»-llows Falls, \t.

 

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MICHIGAN CENTRA L RAILROAD.

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DEPARTURE OF TRAIZVKS FRU.V[ KALA3(AX00-

’l‘I.\lE-TABLI-3-——_\lA\’ i‘»_ 1532.
wr:.~;'rWAi:ii.

:\L'A,‘ulllll|’Nil|(lHll lrnv»-s, ______________ __
" :iri'iv.-S
Ev-.-ninz l-I1’;-r»-ss,

  
  

   

l'a<‘ilic liq r

.\l Ill ____ __ __ ___

[my Expre-is.--

LI-cal I'll.-l.'H‘llL’l‘T, _________ _-

EASTWAKD.

_, , A i..v;.“’.
I\i,;ht l-.xpro-cu ______________________ __ 2 3u,____m

 

Accoriinimhili ill lr-in
Al

  
   
 

iirrivr 0 30
Mail ________ __ 1g 1g
Duy Expriss ! 1 33
New York Expo l 1 31
Athiiitic l-Jxpr--us, . _ _ _ . _ _ _ , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __{ in on

New York, Athiiiiic and Pacific luxpre-.-n-ieri dnilv,
Hvciiiiiy l-Z.\'pr»-~s wt-.-it riiil Niglit lixpri-as e-mil. daily
l‘XCt‘llt Snfurvlayu. All 0lll«'l' frziins daily except Bun-
dnys. l-‘rv-i_;hl. trziiiiii carrying pus-u-rig»-rs out from
lxal-.ini.izo.i as follows; .\'.. -_:.'i (4351) at 5:3‘ 17. l., and
No. ‘.10 (west) at 7:37,

II. B. l.sni'.i i-ii), Lien. Misiiuizer, Detroit,
J. A. GHXBR, Gun»-rail Fri-iglit Agent, Vliicago,
U W. Iii”;-.i.i-1s, ll. P, A: 'l‘. A., Cliicngo.

GRAND RAPIDS 8:, INDIANA R. R.
Pztsseiigi-r '1‘iiiie 'J.‘iilili-.

.10 .,__

     
     
  
 

     
   

ISUINIJ I\'I>ll'l‘ll.

(Loliinibn-i tiiu--,)

>‘”l‘A’l'li).\':‘. No). 1. No 1:. No. 7,, No 7
<)inriiiii:i.ti .__,].v. ,_______ 8 15 AM 7 1 PM ,,,,,,, _,
l’.irlinioiiil _ “ ‘.106 my 11 lo " ]Il‘_’l “ ______ __
-‘UH:.'i~' :; in PM 3 l'.‘ ni 1io:i.nI
l{:il:mi:izoo__ _ 7 no -~ 7 2. - H 501.,‘
K:il:iiii:izoo____I.v. no.5 " 7.14; ‘- A -__i;, «-
(irnnd l€;ipipu,Ar, 10 on “ -_~ 3., 4 -J5 --
llrand l{upi«l.s.l.v. ___,____ lo;:o “ 5 1;’, H
(lulillat: _ __Ar. 1*’; mi lo lo “
Cadillac __ l,v_ in H 11 my -4

Traverse ()ily:Ar,
Pcto-ikey ____ __ “ ‘
.\iarkin.'iw City “ _

dolxo .soi;'l‘ll.

S'l'.l'l'If).\'S. IVVU. :3. NO. 1. Nil. 6, NO. ti
Mackinaw (,‘n_v Ly ______________________ __
Pctoskoy _____ " i " --

'I‘ruv-arsc City" “ >5‘
Clidilliic: _____ ,Ar,

Czulillnc __ I,v_
llriind Rapid-i ,Ar.
Grand llnpi:l5_Lv_
Kaliiiiiuzoo ___Ar_
Knlnniazoo ,,_l.v,

  
  

Slurgis ______ _. “ lo.'l;£ “ ;_: __
Ricliniond ,_ _Ar,, 5 no min ‘A .-1.‘. All

(.‘iiiciiiii:iti,____ “ ‘ 7 ll! “ I 1 lo PM

No. 5 le.'iv>-s Ciiiciiinisfi and No 8 lv-:iv-s,-4 Pvliick imw
City daily, 4-xcept Siitiirulny. All oth:-re triiins daily
except Sunil y,

V\'oodrnil' i~lw-piiig cars on Nos. 5 and 4} bctwi-en Clu-
cinnnli and llr:uid Rn.pid.-L and .~4li-1-ping and chair cans
on same train.-I i)l‘TWW-ll llrzind llaipiuls iinil Pctuskcy;
also VvI)INlf'lliIi4i"t‘plD;.j ‘I.l'\'1>ll Nos 7 und 8 between
Grand lliipids and .“£lf‘l{lIl‘(|W City, A. ll, LEI-IT,
Ucnl lfluss. Agt.

 

 

L. S. & IVI- S. R. R.

KALnAIAZ()O DIVISION Tuna TABLE.

(Time 15 ininutcs faster than Kaluuialoo.)
GOING SOUTH.

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jExpr¢:5d. Ex it iwa’ '
Le. Grand Rapids-.. ____l 8 (Mum 4 25 incl 5 oo 4
Ar.Allcgan .... _- _ 917 H 540 “ I 810 -'
Ar. Kii.laniazoo___ ll!) 15 “ ll 40 “ {I140 "
Ar. ‘rlchuolcraft -__ lo 5!» ‘ 7 22 “ 1 1 40 n.
Ar.Thrce Rivers... ,1] l8 “ 752 “ l 245 “
Ar. White Pigeon___ ll -45 “ a 20 “ l 4 50 ~‘
Ar_’I‘oli-do ____ --- 5 maps 2 4:. in, 6 45 Al
Ar. Clovi-laiid ll) lfl “ 705 “ j 9 10 fl
Ar. Bufl'ulo___ '5 :35 AM, 1 10 Pl!“ 7 40 "

NORTH.

GOING
"  if .1’ B N’iTiC'"“’

‘Ex it )1 Exproaa.iw” ,1"
__1‘.:45rml225Aiu1850rl

 

73:3 " 700 H 1‘ olsonr

12 of Al 10 50 “ ,1000 PI

Ar. White Pigeon--- G ()1) “ , 3 40 Pl- 8 46Al
Ar. Tllrms Rivers _ ozs -- = 405 * (1000 H
Ar Schoolcraft____ *6 58 “ i 434 “ 11210 "
Ar. Kalamazoo- 7 so “ I 505 “  1402!
Ar. Allegan H40 “ 608 “ 471) "
Grand Rapids __________ __-1000 " 725 “ i 810 “
All trains connect at White Pigeon with trains on

main lili‘ A. G. Ausinu,

Supt. Kalaniazoo Division, Kalamazoo.

CHICAGO & GIRAND TRUNK R. B.

Corrected Tiine-'l‘able—April 22, 1883.

TRAINS WESTWARD.

 

 

    

   

No. ‘I. ' No. 4. I No. 8. No. 8.
STATIONH. ,Cliir::ig.vo Day , Puclflc Flint
hi Pas:-i‘g’r. Expreaajflxpren. Express,
Le. Port Huron- ti lo AM T3551‘ 3I0—P—I -4 2515:]
H _ 7 .5, .: ________l______ 547 ,,
" 747“.9ll“-939“ 617“
" 840“-955 "-1020" 1:705“
" 925 H 1027 M1053 «
“ 10 as “ ‘
“ __- ii 10 -‘

Ar. Battle Creek 12 00 M War Ft-
Lv. Battle Creek'12 20 Pl 5 40 ug
" Vicksburg __; 1 09 “ 9 oo «-
“ Schoolcraft--{ 1 20 “ 944) H
“ Marcellus __ 1 43 “ 10 45 H
“ Oaasopolis_-_, 2 13 “ 12 19 pm
“ Grangers ___; 2 37 “ 1 48 "
" South Bend-’ 2 58 “ 250 H
“ Stillwell____'i 3 -15 “ 530 “
“ Haskells____ 4 20 “ 7 20 “
“ Valparaiso i 4 40 “ 750 “
“ Redesdale-__‘ 5 14 “ 1"‘
“ C,RI&P Croa, 555 “ ______ __
Ar. Chicago ___‘, 6 50 " ______ __
TRAINS IABTWARD.

No. 3. No. 6.
Snrioivs. lltfiill‘ Atlantic Night
- Express. Express
Lo. chic-s;o----- 3101.; 5 so PM 9 00 Pl “w
“ C,RI&P Crol 10 06 1* u u
“ Redesdale_-_ 10 52 M 6 23 9 57 We Ft.

Valparaiso__ 11 50 N l"-‘("5007-'
“ Haskclls____ 12 07 pm; ______ __ 1-
“ Stillwell ___- 12 4,0 ‘I ______ __
“ South Bend- 1 2:; H  9 12 u

L‘ Grangers ___ 1 43 -- _______ __

Cweivelis -- 2 13 “ +9 53 "
“ Marcellus___, 240 H . ______ __
“ Schoolcrafi l 302 " -+1037“

“ Vicksburg -._l 310 47 0
Ar. Battle Creek; 400 " 111 30 “
Lv. Battle Creek‘ 405 “ ,'11 35 H

   

“ Charlotte __- 505 “ . 12 32

“ Lansing---” .5 5:) “ ‘+1 13 I'M‘

“ Durand '7 '25 “ 2 20 “

“ Flint _____ __ 8 10 u ‘ 300 .-

“ Lapeer..___- 850“l3-12“ 911 " 747 ..
“ Imlay City" 9 15 “ l ______ __ 320 u

965“

Ar. Port Huron- io 20 “  5 20 “ 'i6'§5"“—

   

fill tigainsirug by Chicago time. ,
03. on 6 a"y, No. 5 d ‘l
All other tra’us daily, except Bzhdliyfxwpt Saturday‘
1'Tl"&lDB stop for passengers only when signaled.
Pullman l’aIace cars are run through without change
between Chicago and Port Huron, East Saginaw Bay
  New  *-
G|‘-°- - S. B. ouuw
T739730 35318;’-"'1'. General 8npenu‘i:'ndent,

E. 1‘. Kenny, Agent, Schoolcraft Mich.

 

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6

Efiflfifihfié

VZS1TOBa

J['i\'E I5. 1883.

The Railroad Companies Influence and Cor-
rupt Legislatures.

IIARRI.~‘BL'}’.(w‘,_ March 1.—l;‘x-Jiidge
Jeremiah S. Black instructed and
amused for over two hours to-night the
Pennsylvania senate judiciary general
committee and about as many more
men as the senate chamber would hold.
Lieut-Gov. Black, Attorney-Geiieral
Cassidy, Secretary of the Common-
wealth Stenger, and Chairman W. (J.
Hensel were attentive listeners to the
eloquent jurist’s argument and funny
illustrations in support of Senator
Gordon’s aiiti-discriminatioii bill.
Among the most prominent railroad
men present were John W. Davis,
asslstaiit to the first vice—president of
the Baltimore & Uhio liailroad coin-
pany, and John K. Cowan, counsel for
that company.

Judge Black discarded formality and
spoke in a sociable. conversational
way, “There is now." he said, “an ir-
repressible conflict between railroads
and their adherents on the one side and
the rights of the people to the use of
their own public highways on the
other. I believe that the tiordon hill
ought to pass, but I don't mean in its
present shape, as there are omissions
and inadvertances about it. When the
constitutional provision which this bill
proposes to enforce was proposed in
the convention there was no aniinosity
or bitter feeling against railroads.
Those corporations were well repre-
sented and defended there. Mr. (.‘u_v-
ler represented the Periiisylvaiiia rail-
road. That corporatioii caused his
election The next greatest corpora-
tion in the State had its own president
on the floor, Mr. Gowen. If either of
these gentlemen had been able to point
out a single letter that was‘uiijiistl_v
harsh or severe upon the railroads it
would have been stricken out by a
unanimous vote. Ncitliei' of them
suggested that the rights of the rail-

roads were about to be endaiigered.
It was argued there, however, that
some of these i‘:iili'oads having been
cliartered . with certain pi‘l\'ileges,
could make rates to suit themselves.

“I hold that a railroad charter witli—
oiit a ieasonable limit to charges is
void. The road is not a public high-
way if the iiianagers may charge what-
ever thcy please. This was settled as
early as 1.~‘:;1 in the first great railroad
case that ever came before thc courts-
the case of ljoiiapartc :igaiiist the (‘ain-
deii iv. Aiiiboy liaili‘o;idcoinpany. To
say the Stiitef cannot savc thcpcoplc
from such e.\'iortion and traiid, is to
utter a prepo.<teroiis absiii-dit_v. iy
the right of eminent domain the State
always has the power to abate a ino-
iiopoly. You can regulate the railroads
just as you can hack drivers. Theopin-
ion of Judge Waite in the case of Mann
against the State of Illinois is uiiaii-
swerable and settles that point coin-
Eletely. Mr. Gowen says the railroads

a.ve great power with the courts. 1
don’t know how that is, but really they
are weak and powerless in any issue
that brings them before the people.
For every millionaire they have made
a. thousand paupers; for every man
they’ve done a. favor to tliey’ve cheated
ten thousand, and these are the things
that.wlll be remembered in a popular
issue. There’s nothing in the Lord’s
Prayer more correct than the seven-
teenth article of the constitution. Does
anybody pretend that railroad compa-
nies have a right to monopolize not
only railroads but other business be-
sides and fleece the country ‘I

“Does anybody believe free tickets a
good thing? I believe that any mem-

er of this Legislature could be influ-
enced‘ improperly by a free ticket.
These tickets may be worth to legisla-
tors who are men of business from $100
to $500 a year. Now, would there be
any difference in principle if Mr. Rob-
ins came up here with cash enough to
go around and give that money to each
member? While you’re at it don’t per-
mit any judge, especially any judge of
the supreme court, to take any such ac-
commodations. I think the judicial in-
tegrity of the country should be like
Caesars wife—not only chaste, but un-
impeachable. The railroads ask you to
stop short when you come to something
hard for them to bear. A tavern keep-
er indicted for keeping a disorderly
house knows lie’s guilty. Ills friends
and customers are about to be called up
as witnesses. He knows that he will
be convicted if they all tell the truth.
He has given them inany a free drink
and he promises them abundaiicc of
free rum in future if they stop a little
short of telling the whole truth. These
railroad people: think that the whole
coiniiioiiwcziltli was made for them
They tell you what tliey’re going to
suffer ifjustice be done. Their iiiilaw-
ful profits are to be.curt:iiled. and that’s

, their objection.

"I don't doubt their contempt for the
constitution is sincere. They've proved
it in many ways. A niighty banker
before the ,lord came up hei'e from
Philadelpliia to carry through the Legis-
lature a bill that would give the cor-
poration that he represented four mil-
lion of the State’s money, to which that
corporation had no more right than the
wolf has to the mutton” that it slaugh-
ters in the light of the moon. Certain
persons ot a little startled at the meth-
ods he a opted. A committee asks him
if he didn’t know that corrupt solicita-
tion of legislators was very wrong. N 0,
he didn’t know any such thing. ‘What,’
they exclaimed, ‘don’t you know the
constitution forbids it ?” ‘0 yes, he
replied; I know there’s a lot of stuff in
the constitution about that, but then
nobody cares for the constitution that
I know of.’ That was the training he
ot 011 that subject by his masters be-
ore he left Philadelphia, and now his
masters make‘use of the same argument
against this bill.” Judge Black then
read a pa er which he had addressed to
the New ork Chamber of Commerce,
embodying his views upon certain
phases of discrimination. "If you
heard or read GoWeii’s speech,” he pro-
ceeded, “you know how gladly he said
he would aid in putting certain persons
in the penitentiary, if the attorney gen-
eral would only take the proper steps.

“I think his complaints were well
founded, but he did not tell the whole
truth. He didn’t tell how he Igot a
monopoly on the sale _of coal at hila-
delphia. If he had _ _]113l1 told us how
many hundred million he had taken
from the people over and above what
he had a right to, we might have been
better able to judge whether the Stan-
dard Coal company _was much better
than the Standard Oil company. In the
Town of York there are 100,000 tons of
coal consumed every year. The conse-
quence of the freight charged upon
these coals is, the consumers pay $_1
more than the coal sold for in Balti-
more. It ought to be $1 the other way
so that makes the actual discrimina-
tion $2 a ton, or $200,000 a year at that

one town: and this is not to keep up
the railroad conipaiiies but to swell
the colossal fortunes of the dii'ccto1‘s.
I believe that the leading llallroad
bhickmails the property and the wealth
alike of the city of l‘hiladelphi:i to an
exteiitthat is appalling. I can’t give
you ligures but I trust that Mr. Gowen
will he called upon to do so. The only
way to stop these outrages upon the
public is by a prohibition with a pen-
alty. .\Ir. tlowen and Mr Roberts don’t
want to go to the penitentiary, and
they’ll never go there. Pass a bill like
(}oi'don’s and the next morning everv
railroad man in the country will wake
up just as honest a man and as good a
jhristian as you or I.

After two hours of talking Judge
lilack submitted himself to be cate-
chized by Davies, Wallace, Stewart,
and others.

Mr. Gowen of the Baltimore & Ohio
told tliecommittee that he would not
deny in his speech the power of the
Iiegislatiue to enforce the provisions
of Gordon's bill. Much of Judge
lilack’s argument he would admit to
be sound law, and the rest he would as-
sunie1o.be right for the sake of argu-
ment. Ileproposes to fight his battle
solely upon the question of public
ecoiioiiiy.—Chz'cago Ex‘pres.s'.

A Profound Secret.

“Can you keep a secret, Daisy 1"’
asked Nell Clay of her younger sister.

“Yes,indeed,” replied Daisy. trying
to look dignified.

Nell bent down and whispered soine-
thing iii l)ais_v's ear, to which Daisy
clapped her hands and cried, “U
goody!"

“liememher. its a
said sister Nell.

‘ Daisy ran off to school, feeling very
important, and overtook Conny Trav-
ers on the way.

"Uh, tfoiiny” she said, I know some-
thing awful nicef"

"What is it!" asked (Jonny.
her eyes very wldc.

“Oh, I inusii't tcll,” said l)ais_v,
:-'ci‘c\viiig up her lips. ">'istei' Ncll told
inc this niorniiig. Its a profound se-
crct."

"Uh iny!" said
just tcll 2/ac?"

“Ncll woiildn't like it."

“She \vouldn‘t mind me," plca-lcd
(‘oniiy.

"Won't you never, zwmxr, iicercr. lt‘ll 
whispered Daisy.

"Ni,-vci‘, ‘s lonj_: as I live!"

“lloiicst and true?"

“'l'riici"n stecl!" declared (,'o;~in_v.

“Well Sarah llell’s father is going to
give her a piano for her birthda_\ Lo-
niorrow, but they wouldn't l.avc her
know it for anything uiitll she comes
home and finds it in the parlor.”

“How splendid I” exclaimed (Tonny.

‘‘It’s a profound secret,” said l')ais_\.

A few dayslater Mrs. Bell called up-
on Mrs. Clay. ,

‘“_I suppose Sarah was su1;pi'ised and
delighted about the piano, said the
latter. "

“She was delighted enough,” was the
reply. But she wasn’t a bit surprised."
She heard it at school.”

“That Conny Travers must have
told,” said Daisy, iiidignaiitly, after Mrs.
Bell~had one home.

“ ut w 0 told Conny?” asked sister
Ne l. -

"I did, but I didn't suppose she’d be
mean enough to tell.”

“And I didn’t think you would,” re-
plied Nell.

“Well. children,” said Mrs. Cla , “it’s
an old saying that ‘if you cant keep
your own secret nobody else will keep
it for you.’ If you remember this it
will save you a reat deal of trouble.”

“There’s an ol er sentence that I like
much better,” said sweet Aunt Peace
from her window. “Set a watch, 0
Lord, before my mouth, keep the door
of my lips.”—Tlie lllgrtle.

__._______::___

Milk Better than Meat.

profound secret,"

opening

(‘onn_v, “can't you

The habit of drinking milk with
food in lieu of water, as have many
country people in warm weather, is
not considered wholesome, from the
fact milk in and of itself is food, and
shouzd be treated as such. Persons
who wish to introduce milk more
largely into their diet to take the
place of meat (and fresh meat partakeii
of once a day is qu.te enough fat‘ the
reasonable demands of any hard-
working man in or out of doors) will
do well to make one entire meal a day
of milk, with catiileal, Wheaten grits,
whole boiled wheat, rice, cornjor Gra-
ham mush, or bread. Altthougi-h milk
is as drinkable as water-,..: Jiffsihoulrl be
taken as food in-.-tead of_déit_~k‘, so as
to receive the action -of the salivary
glands upon it, which form _a very
important part in digestion. The
value of milk as food cannot well be
over estimated (it'is in the majority
of cases altogether underrated), and
the different ways in which it can be
used are almost without ,,number. If
one is really desirous of making the
most ofit, he can very quickly learn
of the delicious soups and puddings
and vegetable dishes that can be pre
pared ‘largely of it. Indeed, with
plenty of milk. eggs and fresh vegeta-
ables, which every farmer should
have not only in abundance, but va-
riety, one can live most healthfully
and deliciously. Eating fresh meat
t_wo and even three times daily-so
many slices from some dead animal's
body; really is it not being almost as
bad as 3 cannibal?—Mary Wager
Fisher, Bryn Mawr, Pa.

Hominy and Arnica.

An old darkey came into an Austin
drug store with his head bandaged up
and groaning as if every bone in his
body was broken.

“What’s the matter?” asked the
drug clerk.

“We have had the bery debble of a
time, me and de ole woman, battering
each other with de chairs and sich.”

Well, what do you want?”

“We needs some anarchy. Dar
aint no anarchy in de house. De
bottle got smashed in de fuse, and de
anar.‘-hy spilled all ober de floor.”

“If you had more harmony in your
house there would be less anarchy,”re-
marked the drug clerk, smiling, as he
filled a small bottle of arnica.

“You am right, boss. Da.t’a jes
what do fuss was about. De reason
we needs anarchy is. bekase dar was
no hominy in de house, and dat‘s why
do ole woman hit me wid de chair.”-
Texas Siftings.

WHEN angry, count t-en before you
speak; if very angry, one hundred.——

Jefierson.

The Difference.

The following
rounds of the independent press, con-
tains some good points fully in the line
of Grange thought and action for sev-
eral years past:

Railroad Conipany—l\lr. l’ari'iier I
shall have to appropriate about ten
acres of your farm for right of way to
locate and run rn_v road upon, for which
I will allow you what it cost you and a
fair per cent on your investment.

l‘aririer—Biit, sir, I can‘t take that
sum. Land is worth double the origin-
al cost and interest. I must have my
price or I can't allow you to appropriate
it. ,

liailroad C-ompaii_v——All right; there
is a way to get it. I shall apply to the
goveriimeiit to exercise the right of
eminent domain. and it will condemn
your private property to piihlic use,
and it, not you,_will fix the price.

l*‘ariner——Then -I may have to yield,
but I will see you again.

The land is condemned, the railroad
company appropriates it, all costs are
thrown upon the farmer, and he gets
about half price for‘ his ten acres. A
year passes: the parties meet again.

Fariner-—l\Ir. liailroad Corporation, I
shall have to appropriate about ten of
your freight cars toliaiil my graiii. hogs
and cattle to market. for which I. will
pay you the cost of transportation and
a fair rate of interest on your actual
investment.

It. ll. (.‘.—Why bless your Granger
soul, we can't do business that way. We
shall have to cliargc you what the trallic
will bear. and our rates are establislied.
You must pay our prices or haul your
products to market with your team.

I“:iriiier—All right. There is a way
to niakc you transport my property at
fair rates. I will sec that legislation is
bad to compel you to do it.

i. ll. (‘.—-No, _voii caii’t iiitcrfere with
"vested i'ig‘lits," nor can you compel a
iuaiito Sf,'ll,()l‘ :~ii'c tlieuscof his prlvatc
property for any price lcss than he
chooses to ask. (‘an thc law set a price
upon your prodiicts, your labor. or yoiir
farui ‘.’

l’ai'iiiei‘—l.<
piwpcrl _\‘ Z‘

ll. It. l‘.~ -—(ll' coursc it is our own pi'i-
Vatc ~:.tci'pri~ c as n.:ich as t':ii'iuiii:‘ is
_\'->Hr=. '!ll(l \\\ havc as good a riglit to
c ;;ii‘i_r.- all in <'1'?lJI‘l ii i‘ .?“l'\'l(5l‘. as you
l.‘.‘!‘.1‘l"-:'\")2'l or poi 

l“:ii‘i'i. l'- - \ crj. vii-ll llll :2:
'l'i"::ii.-zprw‘aiioii of pcr<o::.~ ‘ ‘lll pi'opci'1_\'
l.\ a public liccwzt-'ll,\". and  r l'i‘aiic.his--
\i':«sgi':iiii= -l for publw » --. .\ilinit
Tlllii thc c:zi'.<. the lo.~o2i.o' "c and the
rails an privzitcpropeit;. lproposc to
ask tbz- _'_"H\(*l‘llll1(‘lll toc\'c.'='isc. its right
of cininciu, domain and in the exercise
of that i'ig"ht to condemn your private
pi'opci't_v to thc public usc of traiisport-
ation, :iiid it, not you. shall set the price
of such use. lt is it poor rule that
works but onc VV'«ty.—1>’1z.(/wfin.

your rail road private

let us scc.

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How to Make a “Best Bedroom" Comfortable
and Cozy.

Embroidery may be iised in the bed-
room on bed hangings, bod spread.-'. cov-
ers for bureaus and ivasli-staiiiis, sash
ciirtaiiis, bookcase ciirtains, and for
splashers back of the wzislistaiul. Bed
spreads may be einbroidercd elaborately
on India silk with years of '.\'nl'k in
them. and they may be embroidered
simply lieavy, linenshcctiiig. Tlicsc. bed
covers may be washed almost as easily
as a lincn sheet. and are suitable for
people of niodcratc ineaiis and fit for
actual use. At present, bed spreads
are made long enough to come up over
the low pillows. (‘0\'eriiig them coin-
pli-tely, thus doing away with the use
of pillow shanis, which were always an
offense. Bed spreads are now woven
with colored lines and borders -for those
who wish color but cannot have the
embroidery.

Chintz is pretty, cheap and suitable
for many a simple bedroom. If em-
broidery is used for bed cover, or bed
hangings it must harmonize with that
used in other parts of the room, with
the embroideries on the bureau or about
the wash-stand. _ '

A window box in summer outside
the window is little care, and adds not
only clie_erfulness to the bedroom. but
is an oi'naiueiit to the outside of the
house and a pleasure to the passer-by.

Every bedroom should have it place
for at least a few books. l)on‘t think
the best bedrooin needs only a lliblc, a
prayer book and a book of i'eli_<.:ioiis
iiieditatioii. These need not be omitted,
but let therc bc a few books of light,
easy readiiig, thc last poem, or good
novel to conic before the a1't(-rnooii nap
of the tired visitoi'.

Let there be a table or desk l:il‘;_*‘c
enough to write or work at. The table
or desk may or may not be oriiainciited,
but it should lit’ large enough to bc
coiiifoitablc, and a homely table covered
with books and writing lll2llt‘l‘l:llS has a
homellke look that is better than orna-
ment, for it means use. It is not hos-
pitable to compel a guest to write his

letters home on an unsteady writing-

case resting on the knee with a spring
iiikstaiid placed insecurely on the win-
dow-ledge. Let there be a table desk,
with peiiliolder, pens and iiikstand
freshly tilled. A moderate supply of
paper and envelopes may also prove not
a useless courtesy.

I have gratefully in mind one hos-
tess, wlio, beside the needful writing
materials, vase of flowers, and pleasant
book, remembers always to put in the
guest's room a small work-basket with
needful sewing materials and a button
hook. This is really luxury when
home comfort holds fast to home art.

I have said nothing of chairs. There
should be one large and strong enough
for any. man’s comfort, and one low
enough for a child. They may be what
you please, if strong and unpretentious.
The old-fashioned rush-bottomed chairs
are ood for common use in bedrooms,
but et them be made comfortable with
cushions of chintz, matching in color
the bed and bureau ornamentation.

A screen is very useful in a good-siz-
ed bedroom. It may hide the bed by
day, making it more like a sitting-room.
It mayscreen off a portion as a dressing-
room. It is picturesquse wherever you
put it, and can be folded and placed be-
hind the door at night if you wish. As
for the walls of your room do not think
you must cover them at once with
something. Wait till you can buy a
picture you know is beautiful. One
can always go 'witliout, but to face a
poor thing daily and be sorry you
bought it, is liard.——Dcm0resi5 Zllonthlg.

IT is as impossible for the G range to
pr’osper and grow in a coniinunity
where the people know only what they
learn through their political papers, as
it is for a farmer to harvest a crop,
when he has neither prepared the soil

nor sown the seed.

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Dynamite.

VVe may denounce dynamite with
righteous indignation, but we must
acknowledge the revolution it is effect-
ing in the arts of ofleiice and defence.
As gunpowder and rifled cannon and
railroads chan ed the former methods
of war. so this new agent has shifted
again the balance of power, reduc
ing still further the supremacy of
brute force and mere numbers. Great
armies and vast cities are indeed a
son ce of weakness in dynamite war
tare, furnishing as they must most vul-
nerable points of attack for its whole-
sale destruction. A barren rock in the
secret mountains of Switzerland, with
its dynamite laboratory and convoys
by air or land, may set at naught all
the standing armies of the proud Ger-
man empire, and diop an annihilation
upon its walled cities at any hour by
night or day. At this moment a single
wayfarei',with dynamitein his pocket,
throws the cities of Eiigl ind in greater
terror than would an army of 3 hun-
dred thousand men landing at Dover,
with only the ordinary weapons of
guns and sabres. A handful of hunt-
ed, homeless nihilists are able to ter-
rorize all the Russ ans, forcing its em-
peror to live the life ofa fugitive, and
making his very coronation a problem
of chance. Jupiter with his light-
nings was scarcelymore a master of the
ancient world than is the mob with
its bomb of dynamite, the avenging
fate of modern monarchies.

At first glance the dynamite bomb
seems an implement of fiends, but a
closer view discovers in it a potent
minister of good. All triumphs of
science and invention work inevitably
in the end for the people. It is these
scientific victories which have made
the populace of to day other than the
slaves and chattles of the ancient civi-
lizations. But for these “the divine
right of kings” would still dominate

the world, and the gr. at mass would.
be but cheap material to build the

t.ombs of the Pharaohs. Every ,ad-

vance in science has given the peoplv‘

an add ti»-rial hold of the 2-ceptr o.
» power. Sometiiiie.-a by an increase of
the gener:-.': wealth, as in the case of
the steam engine, the loom, the sew
sing machine, soineliines by a znultipii-
lc:itl:)ii of the me us of destriiciion. as
iii: the invention of gun-powoer, can
limo and firearms. making ti -.‘i.g.e
man often more formidable than a.
phalanx of ill ‘l(‘lll7i-lW()l'LlSl1lf‘ll. Every
iizciease in the destructiveness of
weapons of war has brought increastd
respect and importace for the indi-
vidual war-maker. Thus the poorest.
iiiizilist with his dynamite is an object
of more consideration from the Cz ir
and his nobles than would be forty
thousand serfs of the olden time armed
simply w th stoves and forks. As a
direct consequence the case of these
poor malcontents will_be more heeded

an it has been heretofore. .\'ot eve-*~.
proud England can escape the alterna-
tive. She may resist for a time and
try her laws of excessive rigor, but at
last she will come to respect this
hidden force and find it wiser and
cheaper to cultivate the Irishman’s
good-will than his ill-will. Thus it
will be found when the first mad out-
burst of murder and destruction has
cleared aw9.y,‘tha.t there will follow
throughout the world a more ready
disposition on. the part of ‘governments
to listen to the petition of the humblest
classes of the community, and see that
no burdens of unjust laws are madden-
ing them to revolt. The consequence
will be an era of comparative peace
and goodwill, greater stability and
less frequent revolutions in govern-
ments, and the eventual abolition of
standing armies. This consummation
can evidently be achieved most direct
ly by some agency like the perfected
dynamite bomb and electrical battery
which will make great armies useless,
make them mere targets for destruc-
tion en masse, instead rf reserves of
strength. In the futur -, little corps
of engin-ers With telescope, batteries
and haloons wi.l take th~- place of the
lumbering armies of the past and fin-
ish in a few days, perhaps hours, what
in olden times would have been a
thirty years’ war.

These effects will he observed where-
ever the dysria mite wave roaches; hor-
ror and 2Llrte:‘]li)i"* at reprefision at Ii rst.
then the better counsels of disc etion
anal niiinanity, and at last ugenuine
recog:.itioii of ta .e' :;roLherl.io»nl of the
<;'os;,ise<l classes and the sincere pur
pose to relieve t;ii<-ir estate and remove
from them all unjust discriiuiiialion.-,
for it is increditable that all this dis
content, ui.-aniinit-y of outcry. sz-I-uld
appear tlirougli all Europe without
some serious justificaiion in bad laws.
It is not humaii nature to wince with-
out pain; and in all ages the cominoii
people have been more ready to accept
and endure impositions than to rebel
without cause against fair and equal
institution.-. It is a weakness in all
governments to favor the rich at the
expensr- of the poor. Monarchies are
avowedly governments of privileges
for the few; and even republics cannot
c urteract the tendency of power to
gravitate to the powerful. Hereis New
York which has been a hundred years
perfecting its system of tree institu-
tions, and yet how many of its laws
discriminate against the poor in plain
defiance of principle? For example,
a few day.-. ago some poor boys in
Avenue “A.” were arrested and fined
ior tossing a. ball on Sunday; if they
had possessed horses and carriages
and the services of drivers and foot-
men they might have rolled through
the streets in grand style and get their
due airing in and recreation without
interference;but h --ving simply muscle
and a ball,tha.t came under discrimina-
tion. A wealthy publisher like the
proprietor of the Herald may print and
issue his paper on Sunday, thereby
adding thousands of dollars to his al-
ready overflowing treaaury;. but the
poor man who wishes to eke out his
meager subsistence by catching a few
fishes off‘ the docks, is interdicted by
the stern majesty of the Sunday law.
A :6 )I‘6 of similar cases might be cited.
So accustomed indeed are the public
to such discriminations that they
scarcely are aware of them; and great-
er numbers probably entertain uncon-
sciously the notion that a pool‘ Dian
fishing, leaping, juinDiY1g- Wsfslng
balls or quniu-, is a more wicked viola-
tion oi Sunday than a party in silk,
satin and broadcl th bowling along
the boulevard in a splendid turnout.
Happily the case i:- not one to call for
the interposition of dynamite, but the
discriminations are irritating to the
classes discriminated against, and tend
to alienate them from the state which
they should look up to as 8 sure rote-

tor,and love as a second father. ith-

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out soc» regard from the lininhlest,
from the great mass of perple. no gov-
ernment caii staini in enti e security.
And it will be well for our leirlslatori-4.
to heed the warning that comes to us
from Europe, and togivedue diligence
to hunting out stntiie books all traces
of VlCl0ll-l,p8l‘[l8l and superfluous laws,
and especially such as tend to keep up
t: eold autagoni-ms between the poor
and the ricli.——IIomc Journal.
Punctuality.

“Always be ready at least five min-
utes before a specified time.“ was the
excellent advice giveii to a piipll by a
rather stern though iii".-at-rate tutor;
and this advice taken and conscien-
tiously acted upon through life saved
the young man much trouble. if peo-
ple would act geiierally upon this old-
fashioned ma.\'iin.a great deal of worry,
hustle and aniioyaiicc might be avoided.
Five niiiiutcs bi-fore the hour would
enable Mr. 15. to catch the early train
in time; whereas a minute too late
leaves him on the platt'oriii lanicntiiig.
Five minutes before their usual hour
for rising on a .\'uiida_\ inoriiing would
prevent Mr. and Mrs. ll. and :1 whole
string of little B.'s coming into church
either in the niiddlc of the tlrst prayer
or when the service hzi.-" begun.

That was an awkward pro-dicaiiieiit
in which poor Mr. I’. found liiinsclf-—
namely, live iiiiiiutes too late for his
I1iai'i'iage—niimites which .~‘(‘HiI(‘<l to
the in;u'ri;ige part_\‘. and cspeci:ill\' to
the bride, like hours of torture. Strange
that such a iniscliaiicc did not cure
him of unpunctual habits; yet it
proved unavailing, for that gciitleinan
and his wife kept the company invited
to meet them at their first diiiiier-party
waiting for fully half an hour: and
still. though old inarricd people. (‘on-
tinuc the same cvil iisiigi---c;iiisiiig
thereby an aiuoiiiit of annoyance to
thcir friends iicvcr to be .\‘lllll('lt‘llll_\' rc-
grclti-il: and inaking their ciicniics
"cliortlc" mziliguaiitly.

An otlicci‘. iiiviti-d by an t‘t‘i'(’llll'l(‘
iiiaidi-ii aunt to wait‘ iipou bi-r at a cer-
tain hour, forfeited a valiiablc gold
watch la-cziiise lic :ll‘l'l\‘(‘il livc iuiuiiii-s
late; the .\'it‘l'll old ilitlii" lIl'HUl{lll’; no
dela_\'.uiid bcsto\viiij.: thc gift on an-
othci‘ rcliitive iiistcad.

We pity the condition of lilo /ti‘ii,¢
gliiig _voiiii;;docior who. bring st-iii for
in gin-:il laistc by :i cci't:iiii »iiillioi::iii‘r'.
ilcl.-.\'«-4'. iixc iiiiiiiitcs, and "oui: l. oz: .'t!’-
i'i\'iii;: .il ihc hoiisc of ihc pativ-iii. thzil
iiiiothci‘ .\l. I). had I'lll4‘l'Ml in-l'oi'c him:
thus siiicidzilly daiii;i;,iiii,«_r lll.\ own pl'i>>'—
pccts :it'tl-1c la-giiiiiiiig of his cziii-,ci‘.

l“ivc lllllllll(‘.\‘ bi-tore llic hour. and
yoiiliave lll:l'.l(‘l':x' in _vour own liaiiulsz
two niiiiiitcs after it. and you are lcft
out in the cold; as thc lady tell who
drove in a cab to thc last train, and ar-
riving two minutes late, had the pleas-
ure ot' a ten mile drive in a dull winter

night, with twenty shillings to pay at-

the end of her jouriiey instead of two.

Tliere are sonic people who are sys-
teiiiatically late for everything. irritat-
ing their households in a remarkable
degree, and always finding tlicinselves
iii aflurry and bustle. ‘ The newspapers
are full of accidents, lieedlessness being
the cause, and as often as not, iinpiinc-
tuality merely in minutes. There is no
virtue so necessary in the young as
punctuality. Habits grow upon pcople.
and it is as easy to cultivate habits of
regularity and exactness with regard to
time as it is to cultivate cleanliness or
honesty. A young lady staying at a
friend's house in the country was
amazed to find that the eldest daugliter
of the house never came down in time
for breakfast, but always half an hour
late. Her astonishment was increased
when she discovered that the too indul-
gent mother, instead of reinonstratiiig
with her daughter on this unpleasant
habit, actually rose from her easy-chair
as the girl came dawdliiig down and
offered it to her!

lfpon being asked the reason of this
curious leniencv, the mother said that
it was “no use tiiiding fault witlrlilaria;
of course she would grow out of it 3"

At the age of thirty, Maria still
conies down late for li1'caki'ast, and the
soft-hearted iuothei'~—now SlXi)'—ll\'t‘—~
still rises when her daiightcr enters, and
offers her the cliair! In our opinion,
silliness could not go fiii‘thei'. and we
foel sorrv forbotti mother and daiigliter
--—tlic last a slavc to habit: the [list a
slave to her own ot't'spi'iug.

llcvcreiicc has long ceascd to be a
t‘(¢;iti1i'(-.(ii'i’l1eitgc; lull \\'(' Wiiiiltl culin-
sel pareiits to cultivate by c\ cry iucaiis
in their power habits of piiuctuality in
their childrcu from very t':ll'l_\’ ycai‘s.--~
C/mm/;ci-.- ./(III/I'Il(l/.

Chubby and his Grandfather.

No wonder that little ('hul.-b_v's feet
were never slow to follow <,-;i':iialfatli—
cr's ; there tlicy were. froni early inorii-
iiig until bedtiinc, tbc echo of gi'aiid-
dad's steps. (iranddad was a littledeaf
but he geiierall_v had ears for all (7hub-
by's movenients. There was an occa-
sion, lioivevcr, when granddad did
not hear the patter of the little fect
following him so closely. It was on a
certain rainy morning when he was
what he called “treating conscience.”
To tell a little secret granddad was
very fond of drinking in his time. I
sayhacl been, for since Chubby came
to fill his heart with thoughts of love,
and draw him nearer God and heaven,
he had been wonderfully pi'e_served
from the fangs of his evil appetite. It
was fair time and graiiddad felt _to
lodge for half an hour in his favorite
corner in the Nine Pins. Chubby was.
he thought, away very busy with
“fatlier” and the pigs. So off he went
impelled by the force of an unholy ap-

etite.

P “Right lad we are to see you!” was
the hear y greeting from_ landlord
Smiler. “Come in, come in; tliere,s
your old corner all ready for you, and
an old friend or two quite eager for a
chat. What shall I draw you ?”

‘-1'11 begin with a pint of bitter beer,
said granddad,fumbling in his waist-
coat pocket for some silver. _

“And Chubby take some too!” said a
silvery little voice at granddad’_s elbow,
feeling in his pinafore pocket_for afar-
thing ie had treasured up for many
days “’gaiust fair time.” _

A boisterous laugh greeted little
Chubby from landlord and others pres-
ent; but granddad had only tears at
his command. _ , _

Eh! landlord. he said, shaking _his
head sorrowfully, wr,-‘re fools to think
we‘re only followed by the _voui_igsters
in the ways that are good! Their lives
are echoing ours lll‘ bad and good
equally alike. To think I've led my
Cliubby’s feet in the paths where mine
have often strayed. Landlord, no of-
fense, I’ll pay for the beer, but I 11 not
drink it. Come, Chubby lad, old g,rand-
dad’l follow your leadings to-day ;’ and,
taking the cliild’s hand, the old man
withdrew amidst solemn si1ence.—Sel.

I ‘T ‘W'——W I ‘

 Foot and Mouth Disease.
l

l
y

li‘_\ioi:s having been circiilziiz-d--for
a piii'pose—tliat tlic drc.-uletltoot-and-
mouth disease was among the cattle of
this country. the following cfispatch
from Pliilziilclpliizi to lllt'I,iil1(li‘}1 'l'inies
sets the matter at rest:

The Duke of lticbiiiond's recent
statement that foot-and-inouth disease
in cattle prevailed in this country has
attracted attention and denial. Dr
(ladsdeii. a well-known l-English veteri-
nary surgeon. now resident in Phila-
delphia, who has been cattle inspector
for both (ion-i'iiiiieiits. writers that
being in constant cominunication with
all parts of the C(iii])t1'_\‘ to detect such
diseases. he decins it his duty to contra-
dict the stateineiit. as the disease. does
not exist in the country. The report
originated from the landing at Balti-
more. froin the Si€&llllt‘l‘ .\'cs;-iiiore. in
Marcli, 1.~’.~".'. of infected Hiieriisey cattle,
which were iuiinediately qllilftllltllletl
for foot-ainl-mouth disease. (hie died
and the others recovered, but are still
quaraiitiiicd. Not another ('tl:~'€‘ has
been reported. The steauicr Nessiiiore
was reloaded with American cattle and
returned to England, the infection in
the ship probabl_v attackiiig these ani-
mals. and thus giving rise to the report.
Dr. Hziilsileii says that in former years,
and ivliciicvcr the disease appeared in
the United States, it has been traced
directly to auiiuals iiuporte<l from ling-
land, but had been lllllilt‘(ll:tl(‘l_\' extir-
patcil. .\ccordin_: to all obt:iiii.iblc in-
ioriiiatioii the disease is eiitirely un-
known in the \\'estei'ii Statcs. whence
the bulk of the cattle exported to ling-
land are hroiiglitiliri-cttothcsliipping
port. lJi'.tl:nlsdeii coiicliidesby stating
that it is but an act of simple justice
that stiiteiiiciits should not be acted
iipou until czirefiil iiiqiiiry had been
niadc. Ilc is coiiviiiced that iiivcstiga-
tlon be ordcrcd ibcreport will be found
to be iiiisiipportcd b_v facts.~ Nrzfional
/91///elin

The Cheapest Food Used as a Luxury.

'l‘her«- i..mv:o .-.rgiii:::; 'lllUL|_ tade. as
W'lltlllll.‘1.; lip t-.ui.:'~ mo : pit \z:i..l» to
iiiiie pt-rsiiii iiiny ill) lie icli.-iiieii by
lttlihlllkrl‘. To 1il_Vu'.\2l liking Ayrshire
milk is the iiio-i palzitablet-i all milks,
but Jersey creain is more palatalvle to

lllv than Ar_v.-'bii~e milk, and lprefer
la .l~-ixuey crcrmi l'.llllilli‘ll with milk to
laiiyvhlng in the milk line. One meal
is day l lll'.‘.lCt.‘ upon craokei's and
,ici'cain_, and iiiyself :—;iid fauiily find
,‘iiiill; one of the iuost .-«all.-factory of
;;ioot:.- \Vheii we regard clieapness,
l ll.hlHl3l)lill}' and coiiiple eiiess of nil-
trinient, milk stand.-i pl‘(‘.—PllllDeDl'.
ainong foods, and lL."l coiisiiinptiori
could profitably and pleasurably be
lll0"€‘£1.‘5e(l five-fold. VVbile supplying
2!. Xv w El'glflllll village vvitl: -milk
some years ago—a village of well-to do
people—my surprise was great to find
that the average consumption wasjust
one pint daily to a family; 9. quantity
less than is consumed by any one of
my own family. But to the public
milk seems to hold the plienonieriad
position of the cheapest of l0t)(le~ used
as a luxury.—Dr E. Lewis .S'tu'/fevant.

Farmers Should be Readers.

We know that farmers often claim
that they have no time to read. This
is not always true. Indeed, it is true
only when they don’t want to read.
N o workingman has more leisure time
than the farmer. There is not one day
in ten, even in the busiest season, that
he could not find one hour to devote
to study, and during at least one-third
of the year he could spare two hours
every day and often twice as many.
zlarmers’ boys have abundant time
for reading and stud . . Bfhis will seem
wild language to some of our readers,
but we know what we are writing
ab-sut. We know all about farm life,
and we know that any smart, ambi-
tious boy on a farm can find as much
time for study as he needs, if he only
tries. And we know that every form-
er can find, on an average, more than
one hour a day to devote to acquiring
kn«)wle<tge.—I('an.9as P?Lrwiei'.

Tiiosk farmers who are constantly
gniiiibliiig because they oaiinoi, make
both eiids lI](".'i, that fariiiiiig don’t
par, and are continually l.l}i‘e{’.1'l:llll'lg
to sell out and engage in noun, more
.illi~r;i7lV'(-‘ oceupatioii, niagi get a hint
from the following excerpt, and profit
thereby if they have the faculty of
making the application. “It is good
profit to .:ai,ee :-lilo hundred bushels of
wheat from aci'e~;-, but when it
takes thiriy acres to raise ti‘-at amount,
it is raised at a lo.-':~i. So it ie with cat-
tle and 9Eieep—you will see th think-
ii-g fariiier inakiiig four _ye-arold seers
worih from S6() to $81) each. am’. his
neigliborbi, ~t the .-aiiie age, not worth
over $25 to .‘$-10." His zsrtvice to the
latter is, “If his l-nd is exhausted he
should plow no more than he can
thoroughly manure. Seed . is clover
and grass and let it rest, and that field
will not only pay well for tillage. but
it will furnish manure, if rightly man-
aged, to make another field of the same’
size rich also.” And then keep it rich,
do not run it with grain until again
tXb.al1SC(':d,()!' thelatte; en- ofthatland
will be worse than the first. ‘

’-(fli

VERMONT has an ex-Governor that
is worth having——Redfield Proctor, of
Rutland, and President of the Vermont
Marble Company, the largest marble
firm in this country, if not in the
world. Besides, he is a successful
farmer, and is not afraid or ashamed to
take hold of the plow himself; he be-
lieves in the virtue of dirt, as Lowell
suggests. \Vell, he furnished, out of
his own pocket, two fine libraries of
several thousand volumes each for the
use of his workmen. Recently he has
had a very fine marble soldiers’ monu-
ment made, as a. present to Cavendish,
his native town. to be set up, unveiled
and dedicated» Decoration Day. While
he was Governor—1878—79—he set in
motion reforms by which scores of
thousands of dollars, which had hither-
to escaped taxation, was put into the
list. and wealthy railroads, insurance
and other corporations help bear the
burdens of taxation, to the great relief
of the farniei‘s.—-Farmers Review.

OCCASIONALLY touching the latches,
lfcks and hinges of the doors with a
drop of kerosene or a little tallow from
the candle, and thus keeping them
well lubricated, will insure the smooth
and quiet shuttin~~ of the doors and
prevent the jarring, grating or creak-
ing so common in neglected cases. By
this attention the doors and latches

will last longer.

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TWO PlCTURES.*

MARY E. MILLER .

Just out from the noisy city’s din.
Away from its hurry and rush,

There’s a beautiful spot we will visit to-day
The breathe of its calm holv hush.

Here are shaded valleys and sloping hills
Tall hemlocks and whispering pines,

The brightest of flowers, the greenest of ferns,
Dark grasses and soft drooping vines.

Here a c gravelled drive-ways, broad and
white.

Winding through carpets of green;

Here are narrow footpaths enticing our feet
Past lakelet, and fountain and stream.

’Tis a beautiful spot, this holy retreat,
Where sadness and silence regain,

And the marble headstones gleaming white,
Speak of loneliness, anguish and pain.

Let us pause at this mound where a granite
shaft.
Tower‘ nigh rnid the leaves above.
A beautiful rxlferiiit»; of fre li cut flowers.
Tells of a fond pareixt’s lov-.
Tis said that - iicll Sabbath, tlze wliolc year
thrn.i_ ‘ii.
In siiii:-:' ll .~ or cold or ‘tollll,
Fair flow-.is are laid by a llther’s hand,
O’er his dzirling’s sleeping form.

You admire and praise, but I stop and ask,
Do we live for the spirits fled?

Do flowers on the coflin or mossy grave
Bring peace to the silent dead?

Can a heart so seemingly tender and fond,
Do ever an unkind deed?
Does love for his darling

thought
For the little ones suffering in need?
II.

‘ Mother, dear Mother," the voice was weak,
And came from a couch of pain,

“Mother, wont Father come home to-night;
Shall I never see him again?"

The mother raised her drooping head,
At her dai'ling'.s pleading tone,

But the only answer her lips could frame
‘V513 a low he9.rt—stric-ken moan.

prompt ever a

The ilight was wild and bitter cold,
—Outside the snow fell fast,

And few, though inulilcd in beaver and fur,
Dare-l hrest the winterly blast.

The streets were deserteli;the alleys were dark;
The busy city was still:

But the sheltered inmates of priluc-3 homes
Scarce heed-;d the dark i.i;_;ht'.~i chill.

In one of the n:irrowe.<t, dzirkcst lanes,
Stands a hovel, lowly and mean;

And scarcely less drear than the outer well
Is this wi'etchr=.d home within.

The walls are low, and dark und bare,
The curtainless windows are small,

And light burns dim on the broken stand
Casting wierd shadows o’er all.

“In Heaven we never shall hunger more
Nor suffer from winter’s cold,

For no one can rob us of hope or joy,
Up there in the Savior’s fold.

I long to see father and say good-by,
Ere I cross o'er the rivei’s brink;

But when I get home, I'll ask the dear Lord
To save my father from drink.”

All night that mother in anguish and fear,
Her lonely vigils kept.

And when morning dawned, her suffering

child,

In dreainless silence slept.

But where was he, whose promise in youth
Told oft of future most fair?

A slave to that deadly maddening cup
Whose end is but death and despair!

A desolate home, and 8. broken heart,
To the drunkard’s wretched wife,
But to him who wrought this cursed work,
A tranquil and prosperous life.
He may rear a monument, tall and fair,
And wreath it with blossom and bud,
But this terrible truth breathes from flowers
and stone .
Our price is the price of blood.

_ *A saloon keeper. living in one of our large
cities, carries each Sabbath to the grave of his -
little child, a. bouquet of green-house flowers.

The Coming Vacation.

Deaf’ Z\'lcorks (llZ(l.x\I€1;ll6(L’.3’I As .1 Line,
redolent of roses, is last slipping away.
I suppose you are lookiiig fOl'\\'2ll'll to a
not distant vacidioii.

Cliildreii, I notice, go liiirrying by
with bright expcctzint faces that plainly
index coining pleasure. But inaiiy of
the youth have a pi'eoccupied air that
is not so easily decipliered. Lint as the
days grow longer and invitations ac-
companied by gilt-edged programmes
begin to arrive, it occurs to us that
this pecular demeanor is engendered by
the near {l.ppl.‘0tl(:l1 of commencement.
And now that we think about it, the
very air seems full of the festzil prepa-
rations thzit are going on around ils.
Only a few days more and many will
celebrate with appropriate ceremony
their completion of a course at school
or college, and may this first founda-

.«tion stone they a.re laying be the begin-

ing of a noble structure, tliat when
-complete they will be proud to contem-
plate.

If any of the N ieces and Nepliews
are numbered among those who “fin-
ish,” I hope they will let us have a. peep
at their essays or orations.‘

» Ellen, I think “Aunt Niiia” knew the
fate of your “May offering" but I do
not. '

And about stopping Will “in his
headlong career.” N ow I am anxious
to have him continue, and as for his
capturing the Department that rests
with you contributers. Remember, “To
the Victor belongs the spoils.”

Hoping Mr. Printer will not make
as many mistakes in this article as in
my last one, in June 1st issue,

I remain your
‘AUNT PRUE.
June 10. 1883.

COFFEE 1-‘on FLOWERS.-—A lady of
San Francisco 'lately received some
plants from Mexico, and with the
plants came the advice to fertilize them
with coffee and coffee grounds. _This
was done, and the results so satisfac-
tory that the same tre.zi.tineiit was tried
on roses, and the effect was at liezilthy
and vigorous growth, and more and
better llowers and ol' riclier colors.

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A LANSINGBL'l'.('r lirni has almost
completed Pl. paper steliiiiboiit for _a
Pittsbiirg Coiiipaiiy. [ts length IS
twenty feet. It has seatiiig capacity
for twenty-five persons and :1 CilI‘1'ylllg
capacity of three tons. The slieatliing
is a solid body of paper three-eightlis of
an inch thick. A bullet from a distance
of four feet neither penetrated nor
made an abrasion in it.

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stereos.

I1‘ seems to the workers at the Rural
Hr.-:un«=s that nobody that speaks from
experience will advise people to pick
otfthe first potato lieétiw-; (prtfelll beet-
les) ‘iy hand in order to save work !:i‘er
on when the eggs hatch out. VVe tried
this plan thoi‘oiighlylast year. and our
readers may remcn-.I_.er the several «auti-
mutes made of how many w-re thus
gathered and destroyed daily‘. But it
seemed in agreat measure a loss oftime
and labor. It is true enough that ifall
the parent beetlesare destroyed, there
will be nogrubs, and this isjust what
we tned to do. But this is iinpractica
ble. A largnf proportion at any given
time are concealed under the soil while
others are creeping trom p_lace to place,
not to speak of those th :.t come from
neighboring premises. In spite of our
care in destroying the beetles and eggs,
rnyrlads of griibs appealed, and We
were at length driven to use Paris
green the sonic as in previous years.
VVlien writers advise us, as many have
done, to gather the beet.es by hand,
we want to tell fl.-em that if they
would practice this advice for one
season they would feel ashamed to
offer it the next.

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Quality of Milk.

The first drawn portion of milk
yielded by :. cow when milk is consid-
ered to be of it very different quality
from thato tained toward the end of
the operation, the former being of par-
ticularly watery Consistency, white the
“stripping_s” are nvaily pure cream,
the improvement in quality gradiiauly
and coiistanily },)ll)g‘lF"i."lll£:' E.‘-1 the
milking proves-ils. This out
wliaiza prucilcal a.«Eva~t:u-e ieoull be
effecied in the sa':i:ig.: of inn-: and
trouble. \Vit.li tlvt View it.'r.»x- lrFP7l
suggested thatflie Ii:-st. milk of «-~.«-.li
Cow slioiilrl be ini‘ki-d llllil .~- ;i‘Ll'.‘lL<5
yes.-in-ls. In this llll:ll2l(‘l'l.ll(-‘ pi) tr milk,
suitable for cheese iiiuking, mwl toe
richer mi k int.-and-':l for lii.lil.i~i', art»,
ler-mg i»‘. into the d:.:ry r.lre5d_',' sepa-
ralcil.

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Care of Wagon Wheels.

The severest straiii in the cart or
csi'i*iagc comes upon the wheels. The
follors wipccially are exposed to zilt€r-
iiate mud and drought, acc/>r4iii;g to
the prev:.ilii'-7; weather. "l"n<». paint
soon wears off‘. and the wood absaz;r'os
the water from every inud llllilzlle
through which the vehicle is driven.
In a dry time the W<)l'<l shrinks and
the tire gets loose. The reinedy is a
new setting of the tire, and 9. bill from
the blacksnilth. It is much cheaper

-to clean up the carriage occasionally,

and give the wheels a dressing or lin-
seed oil as hot as it can be pm on. The
wood will absorb a good deal of the oil
and will swell the rim so as to make
the tire tight. It will prevent the rot-
ting of the wood and make long lived
wheels. \Vhen the wheels have soaked
up all the oil they will take put on a
good coat of paint.-—American Agri-
cullmjist.
M—-'--_.—__

THE REAPER DEATH.

OTIS—Died at her home in Dansville,
Sister ABENETH Orts, aged 49 years, 3 mem-
ber of Grange No. 54. Dearly beloved by a
large circle of friends, words but poorly ex-

press our sympathy for this thrice bereaved
family. We know but cannot fully realize
their irreparable loss. As an expression of
our love for our departed sister, it is ordered
by this Grange that our hall be draped in
mourning for sixty days, and a. copy of this
memorial service be sent to the bereaved chil-
dred, entered upon the Grange record, and a.
copy be sent to the Gannon VISITOR for pub-
lication.
Yes we miss thee, sadly miss thee,
And we drop the falling tear;
But we hope again to meet thee,
When our work is finished here.
Dansville, May 7. 1883.

EGGrLESTON— VVHEBEAS, Death has
again entered our circle and removed from
our midst Eur worthy and respected Sister
ELLA Eoonasron; therefore,

Resolved, By the members of Rockford
Grange No. ll0, of which the deceased was a
member, that we extend our heartfelt sym-
pahty to our brother, wliose heart and home
has been so suddenly desolated, and to the
mother and the brothers and sisters who are
left to mourn her loss. And may the Great
Master above have in his special care, the in-
fant thus early left withouta.mother’s love
and care.

Resolved, That our Charter be draped in
mourning for nint days, and that these
resolutions be sprea upon the minutes of the
Grange, a copy furnished to the family of the
deceased, to the GRANGE VISITOR and Rock-
ford Register for publication.

Rockford, Mich., May 5, 1893.

KEIFER——Died at her residence in
Wyoming, Mich., March 31, 1883, Sister
MARTHA J. KEIFEB. Sister Keifer was an
old resident and one of the first Patrons of
Wyoming Grange, No. 353. Appropriate
resolutions were adopted, and a. memorial

page set apart for hep on the records of the

Grange. E. A. BUBLINGAME, Sec'y.

KEN T—Died at herresidence in Watson,
Allegan county Michigan, on May 1st, 1883.
Sister JAMES E. Kerr, a worthy member of
our Order, in the forty-seventh year of her
age.

Wnnnnxs, In view of the loss we have sus-
tained by the decease of our Sister, and of the
still heavier loss of those who were nearest
‘and dearest to her; therefore, 7

Resolved, That itis but a just tribute to
the memory of our departed Sister to say,
that in her removal from our midst, we mourn
for one who was in every way worthy of our
regard, and we sincerely condole with the
family it the deceased in their great aflliction.

Resolved, That this heartfelt testimonial
of our s pathy and sorrow be forwarded to
the family of our de arted friend, that these
resolutions be spree. upon the Journal of the
Grange, and also sent to the Gannon Vrsrroa
for ublication.

atson, Grahge hall, May 5th, 1883.

HAMllOND.—Died in Trowbridge, April
22d, 1883. Sister HAMMOND, aged 38 years.
This Sister was a worthy member of Trow-
bridge Grange, and won many friends amcng
us by her gentle ways. Her death is lamented
by us all. Our Worthy Brother has lost a
good wife, and our Grange a Worthy member.

Resolved, That as a token of respect, our
Charter be draped in mourning for sixty days,
a copy of these resolutions spread on the
minutes of this Grange, also a copy be pre-
sented to the husband of the deceased, and
sent to the GRANGE VISITOR for publication.

Trowbridge, May 31st, 1883.

EVAN S.—WHEREAB, Lake Grange, No. 84,
has been called upon to bid farewell to our
dear departed Sister, JEMIMA Evans, who
died May 10th, 1883. Therefore.

Resolved, That our Grange mourns this

‘SEE Rfidllfifl

great bereavement, and that our hearfelt sym- .
pathes are hereby extended to friends and ‘
relatives of our Sister, and especially to the §
bereaved husband, Broth:-r J. H. Evans, and 
his zittle motherless boy. '

Stevensville, May 28th, 1883.

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GRIGSBY.—WIIEBEAB, On the 26th day i
of April 1883, the great Master above saw fit I
to remove from our Grange by death, Sister
ELLEN GBIGSEY. Therefore,

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Resolved, That the members of Trowbridge j
Grange, deeply mourn the loss of so valuable l
a member of our Order. J
Resolved, That to our bereaved brother ;
whose pathway through life is thus clouded ;
by the loss of a kind and affectionate wife, 1
this Grange extends the hand of true a mathy. !

Resolved, That in memory of our epaxted 3
Sister, our Charter be draped in mourning for ;
sixty days, this memorial be entered on the ,
Grange records and a copy be presented to the l
bereaved Brother. Also sent to the GRANGE l
Vrsiror. for publication. ' J

E.\'GLISH..——'l‘he inexorable Reaper Ihaih ‘
has again visited South Boston Gre nge .\"o 17-"i. ;
gathering to the final harvest, our Worthy and 
beloved Brother Ensox Esorisu, who, after ;
a long and painful illness, on May 20th, will
like :2 shock of corn fully ripe. aged nearly 8;! I
years. His erect form, cheerful visage, and ‘
hopeful spirit, that. was wont to cheer us in,
our fiaternal gatherings ‘will long be remem- 
bored, so will also his fzlithffl, useful life, so 
worthy of emulation. From early life he was 
a consistent follower of Christ, and a member 
of the M. E. church. He was married more
than 60 years ago, and his aged companion I
survives him, as do also three sons and two,
(laugiiteis: while one son has passed on before, 
For six years he has been with us in the ‘
_Gr.'inge, and h- re, as in all other rcluti us of
life, he was faithful.

As christian, Patron, "husband, father,
He did us. fail his part in either." ,
He removed from his native place 'l‘un- .5
bridge, Vt, in 1840, to the home where hel
has since lived, and where he has since been
p‘i'0lIllI‘.l:"lly indentilicd with the growth and ,
prosperity of the towii of Bllwiflll and county 1
of Ionia.
lifemlvml, That we extend our (‘7lI‘llL‘St s\'m- ,
pathy to the bereaved fairiily, and also illlll :
this notice and resolution be placed upon our l
records and a co )‘.' be transmitted to the?
2 I , ‘ _ _ ,
GRANGE VISITOR for }i|llJl1«‘Z1tl(ln. ,

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THE MARKETS.

Grain and ll’: ovlslona.

Ni-:\v ‘1’oizK, June l3.—Flour. salcs,11.lD0bbls.; -
strong in buyers‘ favor; dull. Wheat, ha, '
lowcr; dull and heavy; 1'10. 1 white. ' .
sales, 16.(l)0 bu. No. 2 rd. June, :}§l.‘.fll?4;1Z’,l,-
000 bu. July, .,‘§1l.‘.£l.7.;./«;r».°_¥1.‘.’.‘.l.,1«.2;; 144.000 bu. Aug.,
$l.?4»@1.241.a; 424,0!) bu. llcpn, $1.257g@l 2:31-,;
9li,tIl(l bu. Oct., $l.2Z7;3_4@1.2«'53a; 1|l,lI}U bu. Nuv.,
$1.297.-;@1.:l0. Corn, 1..@};c lower. dull; mixed
western, spot, 50@65‘/g: do. future. 0-5?i,i .
Oars, quiet, steady; western 466954. Pork. dull
and weak; spot. new mess. $1‘.l.50@I9.75. Lard,
dull. lower: steam rendered, $11.32*/2.

Dnrnorr. June i::.—12:35 r. M.—Fl0ur, firm.
Wheat, dull; No- 1 white, $1.091/4 asked; June,
51.09%; July. 31.10%: Aug.. $1.125’; Sept" $1.—,
14%: Oct. 31.16%; No. 2 white, nominal; No.
2 red, $1.17; reiected. 74; No. 3 white, 85.
Corn, quiet; No. 2, cash, :'z7',~§@5'l:'.~g‘. Oats,
quiet; No. 2 white 4? asked; No 2, 44.

Flour. Wheat. Corn. Oala
lptfi ........ .. l,-515 19.0715 4,285 3,058
:‘~"n‘t.s ....  375 1,466 503 none

'.l‘om:i>o, June 18.-—Wlieat, dull, weak; No. 1
white, 81.11: No. 2 white, 95% asked; N0. 2 red,
cash, 81.15%: July, 31.17 asked; Aug., $1.19
asked; Septa, $1.22 asked; Ocm.  asked;
rejected, 98%. Corn, dull; high mixed. 58%;
No. 2, red cash. 57: rejected, 54; no grade 47%.
Oats. dull, nominal.

Unrcaao. June 13.-Regular wheat. lower;

1.10% June: $1,113.: July; 9.139.; Aug.; $1.149;

pt..; 51.15% Oct.; 81 10% year‘. Oorn, a shade
easier; 55% June. ' Oats, easier: 39% June.
Pork. lower; 2181) June. Lard. nominally un-
changed; $l1.45 June.

‘i!‘D08l'lBI-

New Yonx, June l3.——Butt¢I',' firir, fair in-
quiry: western, 11@22; P nut. creuinery 22.
Uheese,: 4@1l£«g. Sugar. dul , nominal. Mala.--
sen. stearlv, quiet.‘ ‘Rice steady. fair demand.
Coffee, dull. weak. Tallow, steady, 7 15-16.
Western eggs firm; 17@17}a‘,c.

OHICAGO wH0Li3'.sALi1.' PRICES-—-TIIMEE REPORT.
Sugar,stand.A.... 8% Butter. dairy. l4@16

granulated. 9% ex cream'ry l9@20
Driedapples..... 9@l0 fresh white, 8@il!§
Potatoes, Erose 55@0:'i Eggs,fresh.. 16@1l5*/Q
Wool, fine. w’sl1d..33-35 Beans h pick. $1.50-2.25

Live 81:06:.

CLIOA(20, June 13 —H0gs — receipts, 24.000;
fairly active; steady. unchanged: light, $6.30@
6.70; mixed packing, $tl.35@li.70~ heavy packing
and shipping, $.6.65@6.9$. Cattle-—receipts,
4,000; active, firmer; exports. $5.90@6.15; good
to fair. $5.00@5.5().

A Sound Business Principle.

Blow Loud and Long if you wish to
make a demand for an ordiiiary article,
but if you have something of superior
merit no noise is needed. Intelligent
people will surely tind it out in time.
This fact is demonstrated by the quiet
but constant growth of ZOA-l’IIOI’.A.

It began life twelve years a 0 under
the name of “Wo.\iAN’s <itir:ND.”
Without piiifery, simply on the good
words of those who have used it, it has
made friends in every State in the
Union. Not a cure-all, but a gentle
and sure remedy for all those coin-
plaints (no naming needed), which de-
stroy the freshness and beauty, waste
the strength, mar the happiness and
usefulness of many Girls and Women.
Testiiiionials concerning this medicine,
or our book on“Diseases of Women and
Children” sent gratis. Every Woman,
especially mothers. should read them.
Address R. PENGELLY & Co.,

Kalamazoo, Mich.

The new Directory of Kalamazoo
county‘ is now ready for delivery.
Price $3. Buy one of the I{alama-
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Greenwood Stock Farm.

POLAND CHINA SWINE

For Sale at Reasonable Rates.
Pigs in pairs and tries not akin. Breeding
Stock recorded in Ohio Poland China Record.

Parties wishing stock of this kind will find
it for their interest to correspond with or visit‘
me. D. G. BUELL,

Little Pralrle Ronda, Cass Co., Mich.
lfifebtf

DAVID FORBES,
ENGRAVER.

G-R A N Gr
BAG PLATES,

Stencils, Dies, and Stamps.
29 Canal St., Grand Rapids, Mich-.23

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llll.\'.\'ii'i‘.t‘l‘ l_<- llii-x‘.-' ~.\'p=»i'iiiiviit in l.0‘2l
raising :it iliwr-wiilli. lizi.-' l-e-'-Ii 7l::- :ulop-
tioii n."!lii- .<liz"=l» in .~;o:::«« li»"‘illilf‘< .'l.~' ;i
licilg¢- pltiiit. for \'\'llll‘ll. ‘-\’ll"l'i‘ ll‘.l- (‘li-
ninte :l‘lll .-oil are .<iiii:il»iv. if is suial to
he ('.\'l’l*lll‘ll‘ [V ;l4l2l]l1t‘(l.

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Pun} and Staiularil raw Mills,

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K A L A MAZOO. MICH.

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HO UGH TON, MIFFLIN & 00 .
99 Zlladison Ai.ve., Chicago. Ill.

lfijlt

All Is not Gold that Glitters,
But you can buy Furniture cheaper in Grand
Rapids than in any other city in the United
States. I sell at retail bedroom suits made of
lmrrl wood, imitation walnut, wood top. three
pieces, $18 00, 819 50, $22 :30, 825 00, -82'; 00,
$30 00, $33 00, 834 00, and upwards. all
well made and nicely finished. Parlor Suits.
seven pieces, price, $45 50, $55 00, $60 00
~$7s'i 00 and upwards Upholstered Chairs and
Patent Rockers, Bed-Lounges from $14 00
to $25 40 each. Common Lounges $7 50 and
upwards. A large line of wood and marble
top Center Tables and Stands, Extension
Tables, .tc Ratan and Camp Rockers and
all kinds of cans and wvod seat Chairs, Mat-
tresses and Springs, Wardrobes Bookcases,
House Desks, and many other articles too
numerous to mention. N. B.—Oflice Desks
and Tables made a Specialty.

Any person wisliing to buy Furnilure at
wholesale or retail, can save money by giving
me a call or crrrrespondiqq. I am doing a strict-
ly cash business, and can sell goods from 15
to 20 per cent. clzmper than any person can who
sells on time. Send me your orders, and they
shall receive prompt attention. 1 am well and
favorably known as a business man.

VVM. A. BERKEY,
.\'0. 71 CANAL ST.. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
ljun it Mention Grange Visitor.

R. . B U T '1‘ O N ,

/’ After 33 years‘
experience as ii
su cessfiil Dorit-
ist, and for 13
years occupying
the same office,
over Star Cloth-
’ ing House, No.
‘  38 Canal St, has
» H '  recently moved

' "" . ‘ dire- tly across
the street, into Butterwortlrs block, where he will be
pleased to see his old friends, and all who may wish
good work in Dentistry done on very reasonable terms
All work warranted, as usual.

Please call before going elsewhere.
B. Button, Canal St., Grand Ra ids. llich.

ljun 12t . MENTION GRANG ‘ VISITOR.

Began life 72 years age under the name of

WOllIlllN’S FRIEN D.

Without piifi‘cr;v, simply on the good words
ofthose who have 11584! it. it li:;s made friends
in every Suite in uic Tiiioii.

NOT A. C‘ URE .:1LL
But ii. gentle and .'~'llTL‘ i‘c-iiiellv for tall those
complaint.-L (nu iinmi; L: 2 . \"lll(‘ll de-
stroy the fTL‘Sll!lL‘I~'S guid b 3, W: to the
strength, mzir ilic llllpl-lllCfi5 2'.llll_ iis::;i‘iil1icss
of many H

Girls and "‘V‘\/ cmen-

Tistinlonirlls  t':l.lsD)l;.[.liG l\.l‘L'\-Ur my l“:iiiiphlvt on
“Diseases of Women and Children”
ml! gratis. Every woman, especially .‘.loiliL-rs, bl.‘ullill rend
Lllcln. Address

R. PENGELLY. M. Du
176 Walnut Street. K/lL/W/lZ00» M/CH-

*2

R

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‘X I7‘ ENE. uuvxxzxx. - DER“

THE EASIEST RIDING CARRIAGE IN THE
, WORLD.
The Spiral Improved and Perfected.

Ab-‘niutrly free from tilt or side: sw:i_v. :lllil ‘l
min be-. iitljiistcll to ride as e:ls_'.' for out:

lll‘.l|

zi.-‘ Llir l-,

Bii,<_’L".v:s i-.:irr;liite(l (‘litre for two _\'81H‘S:l.llll ?li-- .\‘i»iiiig

ll: oiily lliirgy in the \Voi7.Lii that the Spring
Cllll b- cliaiigod in :i second. Our
‘or l‘cii Years. Ask your DEALER

for them, and if they haven't got them, wille to us direct for l’ri'i-cu l.isl.s, Cuts and Catalogue,

which \- ill be sent free to iiny adilicss.
will liaise: no othcr.

Iiisist

():l.‘*(.‘(‘ll)§:l Sglrztl before you buy, and you

SPIRAL SPRING BUGGY CO,
4-! East lirirlye .‘s'f., Grmul I{(I[n'(l.~:, .’l{i('Iu'_(/an.

ljuillt

/\l\lD CElE.ll\lG
P.j:._,Il\T OIL

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Mo-ntioii (iriiugc Visitor.

PAPERS
EJECORATION :
 and GLASS.

.a. H Fownn d’: co,

3*.“ Jlforth Ionia. St., Grand Rapids. Mich.

l-’>iii:-._\ Ill’.

[31, ii..n (vH.\..'\’(ll-2 VlSl'l‘l:l.' ,

llllllll; énmhinalinn Fume Pump.

‘l‘l.vi'ce lllachiiies combined in One.

‘SNOIJVNIEWDQ 33élH.L 3H.L
MOHS >1:-iauoa .~o ,-sun: gnu.

As a Hand pump there _ is '
Superior.

With the Injector and the spray attachment
we have a combination of useful articles need-
ed by eveay farmer whether his specialty is
stock, gr.-iin, fruit or vegetable raising.

The insect exterminator will l-BN8 three-
fourths yoiir material and very much of your
labor. ‘n troatiiig potatoes from three to five
acres c:~..n he ellictively treated in a day.

For 2-praying fruit trees infested wit insects
it stands unrivaled.

Par-lies not wishing the (‘lombinatioii com-
plete can have the Exterminator, made of
brass, for 81.75; made of zinc. for $1.25. I
will prepay express charges and send the
whole Combinatir 11 complete for -36 00.

Agents wanted in every locality of the State.
Write us for illustrated circular and terms.
A good cnnvasser can make some money sell-
ing an article that will do farmers good.
Address, Gullford & Dickinson,

Sole ngents for Michigiin.

ljiiiitlt VASSAR, MICH.

PIANO MANUFACTURING COMPANY,

Nos. 3, 5 AND 7 Nonrn Ionm. ST.,
Grand Rapids; Michigan.
Manufacture and sell Pianos at their factory
at bottom prices. No middle-men. employed.
Satisfaction guaranteed. Inspection invited.

Circulars on application.

ljuu (it Mention this paper.

Established in 1867.

CHARLES D. ROSE,
Steaxn. Dyer

Scoureri 8: Repairer,’
31 Kent St., and 32 South Division St.,.

Wu’: color all the new sliadi-s of ladies’ garnieiits.
Gciit’s clothing colored or cleaned without skiiikagc
or rubbing oll. The best. tailors i-mployerl for repair-
ing and [)l‘ESElll’_§.

n

Graml Rapids, Micli.

ljiinllin .\!0ntioii Grange Visitor.

Ti./iiif\iviilirrili§iIi$,"l
Physician and Surgeon,

Special atteiition given to diseases of 1,‘. e
Rectum. '
OFFICE 128 .\loxmos Sr GRAND RAPIDS, Mien.

ljunfit Please mention this paper.‘

Farmers. Rea. This!

lGlllEUllUllll |MPlEMllllS.

BEST GDDDS Al LOWEST PRICES

(£11 -J.‘.'l

Phillips, Buynlun ll Enmpany's

= Agricultural Warerooms,

l

fCor. Summit and Island Sts.,
l

l Grand Rapids, Mich.,

\Vll(‘l‘(: l}ll'lll<'l'.\' will he Sllp[7lll‘(l with the
V't'l‘_V host gooils :it lowl.-st
puss-ilale price.-.

See Their line of Goods.

R EAPERS.
Empire Reapers, Mowers, and Twine Bind-
era, The Howe front and rear cut mower.

m.ows.

Wiard‘s Iron and Wooden Beam Chilled
Plows, and Wiard’s celebrated Sulky Plow,
with all repairs for the same.

THRESHING MACHINERY.

The celebrated “Minnesota Chief” Separa-
tors, with horse powers and farm engines.
“Victory ” Vibrator, the best separator in the

' world.

HORSE RAKES AND CULTIVA-
TORS.

"Tiger” and “Favorite” Horse Rakes, “Cli-
max” Cultivators, together with all kinds of
smaller farm tools and implements. Repairs
for all ktnds of machines sold by them.

Do not conclude purchases of tools, imple-

ments or machinery till you have taken prices
from

Phillips, Boynton & 90.,

Corner Island and Summit Sts..
GRAND RAPIDS, - - MICH.

Mention the GRANGE VISITOR.
ljun6t

Farmers Take Notice!

PLOWS. PLOWS.

We will furnish to the Grange or any one
or more of its members one or more of our

New Improved Chilled Plan

in order to introduce them this year, complete
at the extremely -low price of $6.50 guaran-
teeing satisfaction. Don’t be humbugged
any longer with high priced plows.

lry T/rem and be 00m/inced.

CAB D.

G. G, Luce, of Gilead, Mich, says:—

“ The Plow I piirchasevl this spring of the Jonesville
,' Iron Works, Joiicsville, Mich., gives good satisfaction,
5 and I cliecrfiilly recuinme-nil it to all who want u plow.’

And he advised us to make mention of it in
i your paper that the farrners might have the
,benefit of a tirst—clii.ss plow for (1. very low
€ price. Address,

JONESVILLEIIRON WORKS,
J onesville, Mic h

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39¢ 30 01 man a


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THE GRANGE VISITOR.

-JUNE :5. 1883.

Alabastinc

Is the only preparation based on tha-
proper principles to constitute a dura-
ble finish for walls, asl .s not held on
the will with glue, etc., to decay, but
is a Stone (ement that hardeus with
389. and every ad ditional coat strength-
ens the wall. Is ready for use by ad-
ding hot water, and easily a; plied by

anyone.

Fifty cents’ worth of ALABASTINE
wil» cover 50 square yards of average
wall win. two coats .- and one coat will
Produce bettev work than can be done
with one coat of any other preparation
on the same surface.

For sale by paint dealers everywhere.
Send for circular containing the twelve
beautiful tints. Manufactured only by

ALABASTINE Cc

M. B. CHUnCH, Manager,

juy;-tf. Grand Rapids, Nfich

NOW IS THE TIME

To go west and select from 2,000,000 acres of
lands which I offer for sale in the best part
of the west. But, before you go west, please
look over the long list of lands which I now
offer for sale in Berrien county, Michigan.
This list comprises about 4,000 acres of fruit,
hrm, and stock lands, among which may be
found fine fruit farms, with palatial residences.
and eve variety of fruits indigeneous to this
uunvale Lake Shore region.

A large number of small fruit farms, of ten
to forty acres, located in the center of the
fruit-growing region, at prices from $25 per
acre, and upwards.

1,000 acres of timbered lands of best quality
for fruit growing or general farming, situated
along the line of the C. it W. M. R. R., be-
-tween Stevensville and Bridgman stations.
These lands have but recently been placed on
the market, and consist of some of the most
desirable land in the State of Michigan, and
will be sold in lots to suit purchasers at $10 to
$25 per acre, on favorable terms.

2,000 acres of wooded, hill and vale, on the
Lake Shore, at prices from 82 to $4 per acre,
each. These lands were partially denuded of
timber by the great fire of 1871, but are now
covered with a dense second growth of timber,
achrubs, wild fruits and grasses, and all favor-
ably located for fruit growing, and have been
proved well adapted to sheep and stock grow-
mg.

For maps and pamphlets descriptive of
western lands, and rates to all western points,
or for bills and circulars giving lists of Michi-
gan lands, call on, or address

WM. A. BROVVN.

Emigration and immigration Agent,

Fruit grower, and dealer in Real Estate,
Stevensville, Michigan.

laprtf
FENNO & MANNING,

Wool Commission Merchants,

117 Federal 81., Boston.

0onsigr'*°,nts Solified and Cash Advances
3 6.

RHEUMATISM.

All Pain Cured by First Treatment,
l@“'ABSOLUTE CURE‘?
\7V'a:$.E.II.A-L.I\T"I'EE

When Directions are followed For full in
formation, Testimonials, Circulars, etc.,
Address with stamp or apply to
PROF. (}I£L)_ 1\1. REIOIJER
Universal Dispensary, 351 Lyon St,

GRAND RAPIDS, Mica.

Snooiios for all Chronic Dlsnasos on hand.

ljanly

New Harness and Trunk Etore.
T. KININIVIENT 8: 00.,

Manufacturers, wholesale and retail dealers in

Harnesses. Trunks, Blankets,
vvzixps, Etc.,
117 Canal St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

All work our own make and guaranteed all
Hand Made.

Farm Harness, white trimmed, Bieech-
ing, Round Lines, Bum straps,
Spreaders, etc. complete . . . . . . . . . . ..

same without Breeching . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Same with Flat Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 28.00

Same without Breeching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.00

Double Light Buggy Harness, white
trimmed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £25.00 to $30.00

The same nickletrimmed . . . . .$30.00 to 350.00

Single Buggy Harness, with round
lines, white trimmed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The same with Flat Lines...... ..  12.00

Nickle Trimmed, 815, 816, $18,320, $25, to 350

We also make a fine Nickle Trimmed
Farm Harness, stitched 6 to the inch,
stock all selected, an extra fine arti-
cle, Breeching, Round Lines, com-
plete : .......... . ._. .............. . .

Bamew1thoutBreechmg.... ..... 

Mr. T. Kininment for the past five years has
been foreman for Mr. A. Vandenburg, and
now in order to build up a trade ofiers special
inducements to highs Grangers ofkllichigan,

guaranteeing a tter class of wor than was
over ‘van to them by anybody. .
orders received under seal of Grange will
be attended to at once and goods may be re-
turned at our expense if not found satisfac-
tory. Address all orders to
Yours very respectfully
'1‘. KININMENT.

117 Canal Street
Grand Rapids, Mich.

$29.00
26.00

11511111?

J'. MINER,

PALACE HAT STORE,
27 filonore Street,
Grand Rapids. Mich.
Largest Stock in the City of
HATS, CAPS, LAP DUSTERS, &c.,

All goods warranted as recommended.
ljundt Mention Grange Visitor.

LEONARD A. WARD,
Aiiomey at Law and ll/ofary Public.
All Legal Business Prcmptly Attended lo.

26 Canal Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
ljilnllt

Mention Grange Visitor.

CHAS.‘ SCHMIDT & BROS.,

Manufacturers and Dealers in

larllo ll Granite llonno1ools.Hoalsionos,

GURBING. POSTS. ETC.

st t Grand Rapids Mich.
:3, gm” reeifiention Grange V’isit0r.

Q.

A and B show the Po. 1 as locked
behind the and places vvlu-nl , (I and civi-
ed 0 ehuw~ the Tension Card. which takes
all the strain oi! the hinge: and regulates
the spring sides.

The “ BEnE'r'rs" is a soft, easy spring bed
without springs or mattress, which is not true
of any other spring bed, whether folding or
otherwise, whether cheap or expensive.

It is a delightful warm weather bad, there
being only one thickness of soft flexible cloth
under the sleeper, thus giving an even cool
temperature on all sides. which can be regu-
lated to suit the weather by putting the nec-
essary amount of clothing under the sleeper.

It is a well-known fact that a mattress ab-
sorbs heat through the day in hot weather
and gives it off through the night as the tem-
perature becomes cooler, thus making it un-
comfortabl warm to lie on. causing restless-
nesn and 0 ten causing disease Not so with
the “Banana ; " by leaving allclothing from
under the sleeper, he will be comfortably
cool in the hottest weather. This cannot be
done with other beds as they must have some-
thing on to make them soft.

The “ Bansrrs ” is unequaled for sick
rooms, as the temperature can be regulated
from below as well as from above, thus obviat-
ing the necessity of cooling the room by the
use of ice in cases of fevers. etc.

No family should be without one at least.
It can be folded up to six inches square by its
length and is easily put out of the way when
not in use and makes a perfect bed in itself
when wanted. Weighs only 25 pounds and is
strong enough to hold the weight of three
heavy men.

Do not punish yourselves and children by
trying to sleep on hot, musty matresses
through the warm weather but procure “Ban-
ETTEB ” and sleep peacefully and healthfully.

Price 83.00. inished with stain and var-
nish, l0 cents extra. For sale by furniture
dealers everywhere. If not for sale by your
dealer we will send to any address on receipt
of price. Liberal discount to clubs of one doz-
en or more.

M. B. CHURCH BEDETTE (.'O.,
ljuntf Grand Rapids, Mich.

The State lgrilulloral Eollogo.

This institution is thoroughly equipped,hav-
ing a large teaching force : also ample facili-
ties for illustration and manipulation includ-
ing Laboratories, Conservatorie-. Library,
Museum, Classroom Apparatus, also a large
and well stocked form. V

FOUR YEARS
are required to complete the course embracing
Chemistry, Mathematics. Botany, Zoology.
English Languages and Literature. and all
other branches of a college course except For-
eign Languages.

Three hours labor on each working day
except Saturdays. Maximum rate paid for
labor, eight cents an hour.

RATLS.
Tuition free. Club Boarding.
CALENDAR.

For the year 1883 the terms begin as follows:
Spams TERM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .February :0
SUMMER TERM.. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .May 22
AUTUMN Tami . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Septemhei'~1

Examintion for Adn1iss‘.on, February 20
,and September 4. For Catalogue apply to

'I‘. C. :\l5B()'I"I‘, Presixlcnl. or
R. G. BAIRD. St(’1‘etxu'y.

M. H. SMITI-I’S

Works Establghed at ‘Law-
ton in 1860.

Patented March 29, I870; Im-
proveclinI882 and I883.

My mill is well known by the Side Sponts and being
marked: “Patented March 29, 1870; Improved 1882 and
1883. ‘ None Genuine unless it has the side spouts and
so marked.

Farmers} you will have an opportunity to purchase
these genuine mills, improved this year of my agents.

This is the only Fanning Mill Mann-
Iacturcd in Lawton, Mich., and any assertion
to the contrary is a falsehood.

_A_
Farmers, Beware!

Qfunprincipled and dishonent tricksters. The fact
that counterfeit Fanning Mills are built and marked
in imitation of mine, and claimed to be manufactured
in Lawton, Mich., when they are not, is un-
questionable evidence that it is a fraud, gotten up on
purpose to mislésd. Farmers! do not be debeived and
purchase this Bastard Mill of irresponsible parties, but
purchase the Genuine "Grain Grader and Seed Sep-
arator, patented March 29, 1870,” with spouts leading
through the side of the mill, of my agents.

Yours truly,

MYRON. II. SMITH}

Lavrton, Van Bin-en Co., llllgh.

PATENTS.

LUCIUS C. WEST. Solicitor of American
and Foreign Patents, and Counsellor in Patent
Causes. Trade Marks, Copyrights, Assign-
ments. Caveats, and Mechanical Drawings.
Circulars free. 16 Portage street,
aprlt! KALAMAZOO, MICE.

GRANGER & HAMBLIN,

LIVERY. SALE AND BOARlllNG STABLES,

Nos. 42 and 44 Davis St., Grand Rapids Mich.

Farmers Teams Fed and Cured for as llrdered,

We make a specialty of the sole of horses. We guar-
antee every horsse we sell to be as represented. Our
stock cannot be excelled. Our liambletonian stallion,
Troubler, is one of the best in the State. Mention this
Paper. ljunfit

ISAAC VV. VVOOD.
PROPRIETOR or
G L 0.3 E DI I L L S.

llannfaclurer of Pastry Flour Feed, lleil, Etc,
A‘. Wholesale and Retail.

"Mill Street Near Bridge, Grand Rupids, lliich_

C_usl0m grinding of all kinds promptly done.
A line supply_ of seed Buckwheat and seed
grains of all kinds always on hand. Mention
Gxaxcr: VISITOR. ljunot

.lv2'sh’s American Manual of

PARLIAMENTARY LAW

Is the cheapest and best. The subject is made
so plain that every Citizen or Society member
should have a copy.

Circular of commendation free. Price by
mail prepaid ; cloth, 50 cents ; leather tucks,
81.00. Postage stamps received.

Address, J. T. Cons, Schoolcraft. or

GEO. T. FISH .

Rocnasran, N: Y.

PATENT IMPROV’ED

SPRING-TOOTH HARROW.

Farm Tools ever sold.
No breakage of Bed Pieces as svc do not
Cut Them.

THE BEST TOOTH HOLDER EVER INVENTED
liaving flanges cast on each side prevents lateral
spring, thereby preventing trailing. it is impossible
for the Tooth to get loose and wear the woods on ac-
count of its peculiar construction.

Tried and Tested Successfully.

..__(,_. V
Gives General Satisfaction.
:0:

Adjusted by moving the Sibor bead puclml on the
tooth from one depression in the casting to the other.

TOO T 11 CA .\'j\'O T SL1 P.

. °
Simplicity and Durability.

We use the best of steel (oil tempered]. and the best
of white oak in the construction of our implements.
All castings are made ofthe beat iron.

3- with proper care one will last for years.

Farmers can save the price of one of these llarrows
in a very short time, in time and labor saved in going
over the ground, as once going over prepares and mel-
lows it up in such a condition to receive the seed as
would not be obtained in going over three or four
times with any ofthe ordinary Harrows. It is also the
best seed-coverer in the world.

Ground prepared by this llarrow will yield a larger
crop than by any other agricultural implement, be-
cause it pulverizes the ground thoroughly, cuts the soil
from the bottom, shakes it up and leaves it in is lose
condition; in so doing it shakes out all grass, thistle!
and Weeds, leaving them on the surface in the sun
where they die much quicker than'if half covered up.

This is our fourth year as manufacturers of Srmxo
Toorn llncsows. We have made several improvements
whereby our llarrows do better work than last season.

Liberal discount to the trade. For terms, prices,
etc., address

CHASE, TAYLOR6r C0., Manufacfu rers,
Kalamazoo, Mich.
l6mar6t

FRE 1) VAR IN.
(Successor to I‘. MAZTISON)
7 3 Canal 825, Gram! Rapids, Mich.

HARNESS EMPORIUM,

MANUFACTUBES A FULL LINE OF
Horse Clothing, Single Harness, Double
Light Drivin Harness, and
Farm arness,

All handmade, and of good s ock. Also a
good assortment of Express, Truck, Hack, and
Trotting Harness, Riding Saddles, Bridles,
Martingales, Halters, Horse Boots, Surcingles,
Blankets, Robes, Covers, Whips, Lashes, Har-
ness Oil, Soap, Blacking, Wagon Grease,
Buggy Cushions, Whip Sockets, Lap Covers,
Fly nets, Curry Combs and Brushes, Sweat
Pads, Fine Leather Goods, Collars, Trunks
and Traveling Bags in full stock at low prices.
C21‘-l and examine stock. l.'un6t

jleution (imngc Vi.-'itor.j

DEN4 ‘IS L. ROG ERS,

§ll(‘C(*s50l‘ to llurling.m.»- it llo,v_ri-1's,

Attorney at Law and Solicitor of Paienisf

T\VAMLEY BLOCK,
:28 CANAL ST., GRA.\'I) RAPIDS

[SI-lotion (il{.‘«f\l'-E Vl:lTL‘ll.:' 1.321.! t

Slllll-JON HUNT. I1. 1;. D,“-15,
II UNI’ &‘ DA V18‘,
ABSTRACTS OF TITLE OF KE.\"l.‘ C0,,
REAL ESTATE AND LOAN AGENTS,
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

[Mention GrI?.A.\'GE VISITOR;

_.

ACME CRBAMER and BUTTER COOLER

A 1.'l»lAlllll.l<'|-
tinn l-y vvliicll
all lurmurs mu
make Cream.
ery Butler as
well in‘ keep it
in in nice con-
dition until it
is marketed.

It saves two-
tlilrils the la-

\

_. f-!u----—r - cold water re
frigeratnr. The cream is taken from the top and is
clear of sediment. The most complete arrangement
for the Farmer and D2u'r_vm:in in existence. Agents
wanted. Send for circular and price list.

MCCALL it DUNCAN,

lspm Schoolcraft, Mich.

OVER TEN YEARS
AGO we commenced
erecting WIND EN-
GINES in this State.
To-day they are doing
better work than many
of the so-called im-
provements. We still
contractto force water
from wells or springs
to any point. All of
our work put in by ex-
perienced mechanics.
Buyers can have the
practical benefit of a
living spring put into
their house, thence to
difierent points for
~ ' stock by means of
valve tanks. Write for Lithographs, illus-
trations of difierent jobs, tatiug kind of work
you want done.

B. s. WILLIAIIS sco,
Kalamazoo, Mich.

Mills erected in Michigan 11 years
ago doing good work.

lmayllm

German Horse and (low

P OWD E RS.

This wder has been in use for many
ears. Tiiis largely used by the farmers of
ennsylvania, and the Patrons of that State
have bought over 100,00“ pounds through
their purchasing agents. Its composition is
our secret. The receipt is on every box no
5-pound package. It is made by Dr. L. Ober-
holtzer’s Sons it Co., Phoenixville,_I_’a. It
keeps stock healthy and in good condition. It
helps to digest and assimilate the food.
Horses will do more work, with less food
while using it. Cows will give more milk
and bein better condition. It keeps poultry
healthy, and increases the production of eggs
It is also of great value to them when molt-
ing. It is sold at the lowest wholesale price
b R. E. JAMES, Ksnaxazoo. GEO. W.
HIILL & Co., 80 Woonaamoa S1-., Daraorr,
THOS. MASON, 181 Wuaa S1-., Cmcsoo
and ALBERT STEGEMAN, Annirosx. Put
up in 60-lb. boxes (loose , price Erenr Cimrs
per lb., 30-lb boxes (of ’5-lb. packages, TEN
Cmsrs per lb.

The Kalamazoo Pnnlishino Co.,

Iialamazoo, l\Ii_ch.,

MAKE SPECIALTIES

HQFH

BLANK BOOKS ofall kinds,

l\IANUFAC'1‘URER.S’ CATALOG‘-U1-SS.

PAMPHLET WORK.

COUNTY RECORD BOOKS.

HOTEL REGISTERS,

BANK BOOKS.

CIRCULABS,

COMMERCIAL.
PRINTING.

BOOK AND JOB

- .- ~.—».:-..¢- w.;~.g¢.,,-,,..,,_

STEKETEES

[Pill WORM DESTBUYER

In Capsules.
___._...H.

This medicine is put up by the undersigned
in bottles and capsules. It is put up in cap-
sules for the reason that many cannot take
medicine in a powdered form. In this way it
is ver easy to take, being tasteless. If taken
accor ing to directions the result of the medi-
cine will have the same efiect.

This medicine destroys all kinds of worms,
includii g Pin Worms, and is the only eradica-
tor of the Pin Worm known. It is also one
of the most powerful Blood Purifiers known.
No physio is required after taking this medi-
cine. Also used as a. physic instead of pills,
being very mild in its operation.

In Capsules sent by mail on receipt of -50
cents. In powdered form at 2-) cents. Post
age stamps may be sent as payment.

GEO. c.s'rnéx1*.-rsrn,
SOLE PHOPRIETUR,

(ulrand Rapitls, l\.‘[i(eh.

Ask your Druizgist tor Steketc-9'5 \\'orm
Destroyer. and take no other.

f.'\l(-niiun Gnu)-_'e \’isito.r.
lomfrt

—-TI—IE——

,“'W'OOD BUG-GY”

IS THE BEST.

I employ no agents, pay no commissions,
but sell direct to consumers, at bottom prices,
believing in the Well established principle
that one man’s money is as good as another‘s.
In buying this Buggy, you are not experi-
menting, paying commissions, nor taking the
word of smooth-tougued agents or roving
peddlers.

ARTHUR WOOD.

(BRICK SI-IOP,)

33, 35 and 37 WATERLO0 S’I‘..

GRAND RAPIDS.
I liuve used one of these lliiggies four years, and can
lit-artily and cher-rfully n-comnu-nd lllélll.
1-1. A. BULl.\‘(€A.\lE.

[Mention the Gsaws Vm1'os..} lfnuitlt

" The leading Sock Reuse
of Michigan ”

Eaton, Lysol Co.,
Booksellers and Stationers,

Will remove June
let, to Nos. 70 and 2;’
Monroe Street, and will
have the largest and best
appointed Book Store in
the State.
GRAND RAPIDS.

Mention Grange Visitor

lfimfit

“ G-RA1\TGEl{Sl”

The CHEAPEST place in Grand Rapids to
buy all kinds of household furniture for “spot
cash” and at REASONABLE Barns on install-
ments is of

COMPTON BROS;
N o. 28 Canal Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.
ljunoit Mention GRANGE Visrrolz.

PARKER BROTHERS.
58 Pearl 51., Grand Rapids, Mich.

Bell Hanging, Locksmith and General Repair Shop.

Locks repaired, Saws set and slmrpe-ned.scales tested,
repaired and made to work as good as new, Safes open-
ed when keys or combinations are lost, la cks cleaned
and put in the best order. Cutlery of all kinds sharpen-
ed. All work warranted. Orders by mail promptly

1

attended to. Mention Grange Visitor. 5m6t

VVM. (}. BECKVVITH.

REAL ESTATE. LOAN llllll TAX AGENT,

28 Canal St, cor. Lyon, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Special attention given to examining and per-
fecting Titles loaning money, etc.. Opinions
given on Abstracts of Title. Conveyancing
neatly and correctly done in all its branches.
Mention GRANGE Visirca. ‘-Jul“

E. 'V‘7. EETII & CC)”
DEALER IN
REED CREAMERS,
KEMP MAN‘URE SPREADERS,
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, MILL
JI.»lCHINERY, and MILL SUPPLIES.

39, 41 and 43 Waterloo St., Grand Rapids, Mich.
Mention “Grangu Visitor.” 15111615

GOOD

large stock of
Furnishing

partments.

only $9 85.
$10 00 Suite only $7
$12 00 Suits only $9

HATS.

Socks, 30 to 50c.

l_iu'cl_v

of

NEWS!

As the Season is rather
backward and we have on

Clothing and
Goods, Hats

and Caps on hand we have
already commenced mak-
ing reductions in all de-

$12 50 Blue Serge fast-colored Flannel Suits

95.
95.

$20 00 Suits only $18 00.
$25 00 Suite only $20 00.

Boys’ and Children’s Suits.

Childrens’ suits, $2, 2.50, 3.50, 5, and $10.
Boys’ Suits, $3, 5, 7.50, 10, 12, and $15.
Kilt suits, 2.50 to $10.

HATS.
Straw Hats, 50c, 750, $1, 1.50, and 2.50.
Straw Hats, 50, 10c, 15c, 25c, 85c.

FURNISHING GOODS.

Under Shirts, 250 to $1.50.

HATS.

Trunks, 75c to $1000.
STAR CLOTHING HOUSE,
36,  4.0, Eilliil I2 Cziiia-l St, Clmiill .l"tapids,

Michigaii.

.\lt*ll{l0ll (la.-x_\'<.;: \'is1m1'..

People who may reside at so great a. dis-
tance from Grand Rapids that they cannot
conveniently come to the city, can avail them-
selves of the most extensive and varied stock

DRY GOODS

AND

CARPTETINGS

simply by writing us.

and the money paid
refunded.

1-Smay 2-it

of every description to be found in Michigan,

Samples of nearly all

kinds of goods can be sent by mail.
All orders strictly attended to, and any
goods sent, not satisfactory, can be returned,

for the same will be

SPRING 8: COMPANY,

GRAND ‘RAPIDS, MICH.

[Mention the VISITOR.]

ATRONS’

lllanufacture-rs ofln

Paint. The only Pa
uiror-wafer. tleecun,
which destroy ull
lice-red freight paid to any
ed until delivered. A ll
st-nt free Beautiful Color
structious how any one
PAINT WORKS, No. 76

Paint

rlepot in the count . 3

Card of the Point
can Paint.
FULTON ST1:L‘l.;‘T,

ORKS.

' q_uid B u b b er
fy rnoist or salt

' burning coal,
Prices low, dc-
No cash requir-
yn-ite and have

‘ with im-

AINT

yrrsolva Di
info that de
or funnels of 
other Paints.

users shou d

Addr
NEW YORK.

A. A. CRIPPEN,

DEALER IN

HATS, CAPS, FURS

And Fancy Robes,
No. 54 Monroe Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.
ljuu-’_'1; Mention Gluxoe Yisiror..

/'

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The designed purpose of the Grand Rapids
(Michigan) Commercial College is to prepare
the student for the practical duties of life.
Discipline of the mind, then, lies at the base of
our scheme of education ; and the question to
be answered is: How may the greatest degree
of mental discipline be obtained 'r‘

For further particulars please call, or enclose
stamp for College Journal. Address,

C. G. SWENSBURG, Proprietor,

ldecly Ganvn Burns, Mica.

lBrearley’s Excursion
“From Detroit to the Sea,”

i

l Via St. Lawrence River Thousand Islands,
} the famous rapids, Montreal, Quebec and the
l White Mountains.
} 2.200 MILES. ROUND TRIP FOR $22.
|
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Leaves Detroit June 27 July 11 and 25.
i ALSO 3 EXCURSIONS
I “From Detroit Across the Sea.”
 Detroit to Liverpcol and return to Detroit
‘ -‘S150. Send 3 cent stamp for circular to W.

H. Brearley, office Detroit §I\Iich) Evening
; News. ljun

WILLIAM T. ADAMS.

AGE.\"l‘ FOR

EWILLIAM DEERING,

Manufactures of

Deering Twine Binder, Deering Light
Reaper, Deering Light Mower,
Headquarters 39 and -16 W'aterloo St.,

GRAND RAPIDS, anon.‘
Mention Grange Visitor.

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