“ THE FARMER IS OF JIIORE COJVSEQ UENCE THJ_\" THE F./EZRJII, fl.N'J) SHOULD BE FIRST IMPROVE .” VOLUME X[——No. 45. WHOLE NUMBER 245, I COLDWATEII, MICH.. .\’()VEl\IBER 1, 1886. Printed by A. J. ALDRICH 5: co., ‘l Publishers of the COLDWATER. REPUBLICAN. OFFICI./17 I DIRECTOR Y. Otrlcers Natloiial Grange. Ila-tttr—-PUT D.\l{I)F.N... . . . . . . . Ovtrrrcr-—-}A.'\Il-',E' t. DR XPER... I1cturer—l\I0l‘{'Ii. \Vl'Il'I‘I;:l" F-AI-I _ _ _ Stu-wara'—-J. E. H,-\l.l. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\Vest Virginia A:.rz'.i-truzt Strzmr-1'—W'. H. STIN!-$f)N. .New. Hanipshire cI.ap1.u"n_A.j R«>s.-\ . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Texas Trz'a.\'urzr— P. ;\l. .‘vICf)()\VEl.L . . . . . . . . . . . .New York Srcrelizry —_I".\'O. T l’.lf\Il’»I.l-L. 5i4 F St.,VV:isliiIig!Un. D.C. Gate l('i'z'fiL'r—H. 'l’l*I()M PSO’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I_)el_aw_'are C.-Irr.i'—M RS. KATE l).\RI)E . . . Mississippi Pa»tMm—.\lRS; S. H. NI-ZAI . . . . . . . . I’1ora—.\lRS._].‘\.\II£$ C IPRAPER . . . . . . ..\‘l sn Lady A.rn'.rtzm.‘ Slz"wu1'd—M RS. E. M. l.li’fft_t ).\1 Il_ South Carolina Execiitive ljiiiiiiiiifl---> . M. BL-'\NT()\', Cli'n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Virginii ]. H. BRIGHA .\-‘l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tlhio [, W(_)()l).‘\l.-‘AN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .‘-licliiga t Ifllcers Michigan State Grunge. Ila:ttr—C. G. LUCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gilead 0nr.r:er—-IOH N HULIEROUK. . IzCturer—l'ERRY WA Y() . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .IlLittlc-, Creek 5!:-ward-—l-IARRISON BRAI ‘HAW. ....North Branch Arrixtanl Ste-w.4rd' -—A. E. GREEN . . . . . . .VValled Lake Cluz)la1'n—I. N. CARPENTER. . ... . . . .. . . .Sherman Trea.mrer—E. A. STRONG . . . . . . . . . .Vicksbnrg Storelarg/—]. T. COBB . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schoolcraft Gate Kttper.—A. M. AGEN Care: —MRS. J. W. BELKNA Pomona --MRS W. T. REMIN Flora —MRS C. G. LUCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Gilead L. A. Strward—MRS. A. E. GREEN ..... ..Walled Lake Executive Committee. H. D. PLATT. Ch'u . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Ypsilanti T305. F MOORE . . . . . .Adrian . . Traverse City "gowns MARS. . Bmien Center .Q. A BURRINGTON. .. .,..'_l‘uscola ‘MM. SATERLEE . . . . . . .. ...Birmingha W. T. ADAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Griind Iéapidj _ ‘E, . . . . . . . . . . . . .. il lE"0-flclai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schoolciigft State Business Agent. THOMAS MASON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicago, Ill General Deputies. PERRY MAYO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Battle Creek MRS. PERRY MAYO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Battle Creek Special Deputies. WM. I-I. LEE, Harbor Springs, for Emmett County. [OHN HOLBROOK. Lansing. for Iiigham County. IASON WOODVIAN. Paw Paw, for Van Buren County. BRONSON TURNER. Flushing, Gcnesee County. FRANK H. DYER. Ferris. Montcalm County S. H. HYDE. Traveise City.Grand Traverse.Antriin, Lee- lanaw and Benzie Counties. R. C. THAYICR, III.-Iiton Harbor, for Berrien County. GEO. W. SHEl"FIEl.l),)ohnstown, for Barry County. LUTHER I. DEAN. North Star. for Gratiot County. [_ Q, A BURRINGTON. Tuscola, for Tuscola County. _ OHN TRUE Jackson, lorjackson County. IRAM AN DR EWS, Orion, for Oakland County, . II. \V. SC()’l"l'. Hesperia, for Newaygo County. ‘ IAMES A. MARSH. Constantine, for St. Joseph County. H. V. B. MCALPINE, Monterey. for Allegaii County. A. M. LEITCH. North Burns, for Huron County. P. H. GOELTZ ENCLEUCHTER. Birch Run, for Sagi- naw County. . GEO. B HORTON. Fruit Ridge, for Leiiawee County. C. C. KN()\VL'l‘ON. Old Mission, for Missaukee County. G, C. LAWRENCE, Belle Branch. for Wayne County. CORTLAND HILL, Bengal. for Clinton County. Mlclilgnn Grange Stores. A. STEGEMAN, Allegan. _ C. GOODNOE. North Lansing- PRICE LIST O13 SUPPLIES Kept in the office of the Secretary of the MICHIGAN STATE GRANGE, And rent aul 1’u.vt-gfiazlz’, on rscxz/>l_ af Ca:/'1 Or- der, over :72: Seal of (I Suborz/uzule Griz/zge, and the :i'gnatun' of its /llizxlcr or Serretmy. Porcelain ballot marbles, per hundred. . . . .$ 75 Blank book, ledger ruled, for Secretary to keep accounts with members . . . . . . I 00 Blank record books (express paid) . . . . . . . . I 00 Order book, coiitaining Ioo orders on the Treasurer, with stub, well bound. . . 50 Receipt book, containing ioo receipts from Treasurer to Secretary, with stub, well bound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Blank receipts for dues, per I00, bound. . . 50 Applications for membership, per I00. . . . 50 Seci'etary’s account book (new style). . . . . 50 Withdrawal cards, per dozen . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Dimits, in envelopes, per dozen . . . . . . . . 25 By-Laws of the State Grange, single copies Ioc, per dozen . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. 75 By-Laws, bound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . 20 “Glad Echoes,” with music, single copy 15c, per dozen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 80 The National Grange Choir, single copy 40 cents, per dozen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 00 Rituals, single copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 “ per dozen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 40 “ for Fifth Degree, for Pomona Granges, per copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Io Blank “Articles of Association” for the in- corporation of Subordinate Granges, with copy of charter, all complete. . Io Notice to delinquent members, per ioo. . . 4o Declaration of purposes, per dozen, 5c, perioo............... . . . . . . . . . .. 40 American Manual of Parliamentary Law. . 50 I6 it :5 (6 ts (Morocco Tuck).: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. I 00 Digest of Laws and Rulings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Rollbooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. I5 Patrons’ badges......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 25 Oflicers’ “ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .' 5o C0-OPERATIVE LITERATURE. History and Objects of Cooperation. . . . . . 05 What is Co-operation? . . . . 02 Some of the Weaknemes of Co—operat10I1. 02 Educational Funds; How to Use Them. . . or AssociativeFanning.......------;------ 01 The Economic Aspect of C0-Operatlolh - - - 01 Asociation andEiiication............... 03 TheI’rinciplesofUnity................. oi 'l‘hePerilsofCi-edit..............._..... oi Fundamental Principles of Co-operation” or How to Start Co-operation Stores . . . . . . . . 01 Logic‘ ofCo-o eration.................. 03 (higin and Deiirelopment of the Rochdale’ Addxesz and Lectures by Eminent Men. . 03 Add,-es; -J. T. COBB, STATE Giumcii, Schoolci-aft. Mich. , Si:c'ir MICE. KMAMAZOO NATIONAL BANK. Capital 3: mg. Surplus. $m,ooo. Southwest cor. Main and nd:c Sheet. Director — aoob Mitchell, John Den Blvfyker Iehucthoii D. W . elvtlle ‘I. Bigelew, J. Ilfred W, George T. hAr.eyhAsl:ert 5. ‘M2, . PIIEIDI. . - I331 I - Enwut "iilms I-‘raid ELVILLI J at: 7 via-an aim.-1'so’uAss. CoéB.'C,c:l:':r._;.' febxyi l l l I I I SI.\'CI~‘. this is :1 very .st0i'iriy day, and we can’t get out, thought we would use this time to write :1 few lines, to (lo the paper justice which we like so well. Our Graiige, .\'o. I78, is in fair pro'~pcrii':g condition. Th: building which we bought for :1Graiige hall is now iiiirlergoing the ncccssarycliangtr and next Salttrclay the first initiation will take place then.-in. lilcctioii is l ‘ Clu.~‘(: at li.u1; while llro. Luce no doubt (proli- ably i‘-. is natural for farmers of llraiich Co.) loves blackbiicks: both men are the choice of the farin- crs of l\lichig:in. Never was a better choice be- fore the people of Michigan. We begin to look up to Mr. Yaple as our forefatlicrs did to G. Wasliiiigtoii, as a savior of his country. L. TIIr:I‘i;I’r0R in its true light as an educator. Glad I)! your help.———l‘IIi.] MRS. MAYO has just coinplcted a course of lectures in this (Clinton) County, and if honest, earnest eflort counts for anything (and we think it does) every man, woman and child of thinking age must have felt every noble impulse stirred within them while listening to the gifted lady’s discourse. Oh, that we had more who, like her, could stand upon the ramparts and persuade farmers to come into our Grange citadel and be bettered in mind and body, in pocket and prin- ciple. F. W. REI)l-‘ER.\'. Maple Rapids, Oct. 22, ’86. TALMADGI-I Grange is still alive and flourishing. We have very lively and inleresting meetings. At our last meeting we conferred the fourth de- gree; had a fine time. Had some very fine speciineiis of farm produce and were told how to raise them. We will continue this part of the program at our next meeting, which is next Sat- urday, the 30th. \Ve hold our meetings regular- l_v every other Saturday afternoon. Our crops around here are good, the dry weather taken into consideratioii. Apples are very wormy. We are all well pleased with the noiniiiatiou of Bro. Luce for (loveriior: hope the Patrons will look to it and see that he is not defeated, for I think that if the I'atroiis work for his election he will be our next Goveriiur. SCRIBE. I RISE for iiifoI'iiiatinn: \\ hy is it that so Bro. Luce wlien for the last ten years they have be :11 claiiioriiig for the fzirniers to be rccogiiized in the politics of the coiiritry? At every Grange gathering this has been their liobby: “lluwn with the lawyer; up with the farmer I ” and now when they have a chance to put the best farmer man in the State at its head they stand back and throw mud. “Oh, Coiisisteiicy, thou art a jewel ! ” Al';\"l‘ S‘.-\R.-xii. llaiiibridge, Oct. I5. ‘86. CALIIUUN CK)L'.’\'TY GR.\l\'GI’.. The last meeting of our Grange was held the last day of September at Pciiiifielil Grange Hall, and though our attendance was smaller than iisuzil, owing to the liileiiess of the seeding and the fact of :1 political t:UlI\'t:l]llt)ll being in session the sonic day, still our iiiceting was not without profit. I send you :1 list of the questions (lis- cussed and the subjects of the essays ic:id,tliiiik- ing they may aid sonic other Grange and perhaps be of interest to individual Pairoiis. Ought not the system of indirect taxation be abolished and the paying of taxes tlircct to the government he stibstituted? The labor saving iiiucliiiiery for woiiiaii’s uork at the State fair and what of them. I£ss:ty—\Voniaii in the Grange. Hicks. Select Reading-Thou Art the Man. Stewart. I)uet—Where is my Buy? Misses \Vickham. Poem —“Lasca.” Mrs. Mayo. The election of a delegate to represent our County in the next State Grange meeting result- ed in sending Bro. Frank Garratt, who will be accompanied by his estimable wife and who will ably represent us and our interests. Our next meeting will be held at tile Creek Grange hall the nth of November. MRS. MAYO. Mrs. Jane Le nu OHIO Patrons are watching with deep interest the course of events in Michigan. The election of Bro. Luce would inspire many a lukewarm member with hope. I believe public sentiment is inclining more to a recognition of agriculture as fit to stand in the presence of the-learned professions and raise its voice in public assem- blies. Every farmer in Michigan ought to vote for Bro. Luce and rejoice that he has been per- mitted to see the day that he could honor and ennoble his profession by voting for such a rep- resentative. T. N. SMITH. Delaware, Ohio, Oct. I4, I886. MARYSVlLl.E, Cal., Oct. 7.——The attendance at the State Grange has largely increased since the first day. Grand Lecturer D. Flint made his annual report to day. He states that owing to short crops and low prices the Grange has not been as prosperous in the past two years as in years of greater abundance, but the institution is not on the decline. Two Granges have been reorganized, and two Pomona Granges have been instituted during the year. Some individ- ual Granges have made remarkable progress, and two new halls have been dedicated. The greatest part of the day was taken up with the consideration of the maintainance of the organ of the Grange, the Calz_'farm'a Patron. The members expressed a determination to main- tain it at all hazards, and on a call for $3,000 in sficlzck, subscriptions for $3,300 were immediately t en. I VVE hear the call for more jottin s, and per- haps one from southern California will be accept- ab . Will enclose a clipping from the Los An- geles Mirrar,and as it interested us,think it may those who read the VISITOR from other parts. We will hope to heat through the VISITOR good reports of the work done at the Michigan State Grange, which will soon convene. We wish to many of our Grange f:u'inei's are opposed to. The best crop on my farm and how I raised it,' keep witliin sight of Grange work though we see none of the workers. We look over the VISITOR very eagerly, es pecirilly this column, to see if there are any jottings from those we personally know, and we think those l’n_troi1s who do not write even a jot- ting for their own pupei are very seltish indeed. If more subscribers are \\'.’llllL‘tl for the Vlsi I‘nR . ‘we would suggest that the gciicmiis brotliers .~-mil it to their sisters who are .~c:1‘iIcre(l every- where, as the \\'«irIliy Cliaj»l;ii.i of our Grange has this _\'c:tr, thus niskiiig the \'I~I'i‘oi< doubly \\'clCoiii-:. We trust Bro. l.u<:c will be ClL"3lt.‘(l Governor of hlicliigaii without our votes, but would like to send :1 biiilgct of lhciii. \\'ith best ivishes fur the Iiruiigi: and \"I.~‘.I'I‘0R we are, frnternrilly, .\ll\"~'. A. l’i.>I'I-1. Saiitn Ana, Cal., Uct. I2, I856. IOW.-\ 5'i‘A'ii; GRA.\'(}E, j (,)i-‘r : -' .\I.\5Tlil{. - Am->x \, Iowa, Oct. IS, I836. j Ta [/12 .S'//&unz’1'/nits’ (/nirzges 0f /owa: I am in receipt of It comiiiuiiication from the Worthy Mrister of tilt: Natioiinl Grange in which he says: “There is no doubt that much distress exists among the famicrs living along the coast of South Carolina caused by the recent earth- quake." I uiiderstaiid that the relief so gener- ally sent to earthquake sufferers has been sent to Charleston and other incorporated cities, and cannot be used for the relief of parties outside. I hope you may not only feel inclined to aid these farmers yourselves, but to solicit aid from farmers in your vicinity who are not inside your gates. When our membership shall have learn- ed to "feel for the wants, and relieve the neces- sities. of others,” as well as to stand shoulder to shoulder in any contest anywhere the farmer is battling for his rights, the Grange will have gone far "toward fulfilling its mission. Bro. Lipscomb, Master, and other ofiicers of the State Grange of S. C. join in saying that all sums may be remitted to Bros. E. L. ROCHE and A. Ii. ROSE, of Charleston, who will see that they are properly applied. J. BLACKFORD. cw , r‘ _ gators of gijcetings. lsit.-\i>i,i«:v (‘-RANGI5, No. 669, will hold an open Grange and give a supper on Saturday after- noon, Nov. 6, for the purpose of disposing of an elegant “log cabin” bed-quilt, presented to the Grange by Sister E. \Vhitney. Supper tickets 25c each, and if you get the right ticket you get the quilt. BY ORDER OF Com. TIIF. aiiiiual meeting of Van Buren County Poninua (lraiigc will be held at Lawrence on 'l‘liiirsday, Nov. II, at to .-\. .\i. The election of officers will occur at this meeting. All 4111 de- gree iiicmbers cordially invited. j. E. P.-XCKER, Sec’y. TIII: aiiniiril meeting of Kalamazoo County Poinona Grange will be held at Portage Grange hall, Tliuisday, Deceiiiber 2, at Ioo‘cl0ck A M. sharp. A report will be expected from each of- ficer at that time. The Cl€Cll4_ll1(Jr0IfiCCl‘S and iiieinbcrs if Executive Criiiiiiiittce will trike place. All members are earnestly requested to be present as Poitage Grange (lL.'.~ll‘L‘>' a good at- tendance. M. C(-.\', Lecturer. 'l‘IIi-1 next regular meeting of Lcnriwee County Poinoiin Grange will in.‘ held with Spriiigvillc Grange on \\'ediie;sday, Novuiiiber I0, I8S6,coni- meiicing at to o’clock A. .\‘l. Springville Grange having completed its new ball, it will be proper- ly dedicated on the above (late. Sister Perry Mayo, of Battle Creek, is expected to perform the dedication services. A good literary pro- gram will be carried out, coiisistiiig of singing, recitzitioiis, clisciissioiis, etc. The 5th degree will be conferred on the evening of Wednesday. All are cordially invited to attend. The services will be public. E. R. I’Ul'CIll£R, Sec. Adrian, Mich, Oct. 23, 1886. THE next session of Clinton County Pomona Grange No. 25 will be held with Dewitt Grange on Wednesday, Nov. 17, 1886, commencing at Io:3o A. M. The morning service will consist of reading and adopting minutes, reports from Subordinate Graiiges and miscellaneous business. AFTERNOON SESSION. Address of welcome—-Dewitt Grange. Reply by Pomona. Music by choir. Paper-——The Credit System. Seymour Wat- son. Select readings. Mrs. Estella Dills, Hiram Simmons, Alla Bray, and E. B. Cook. Music. Autobiography. Mrs. David Scott. Recitations. Henry N. Webb, Amanda Gun- nison, and M. L. Corbin. Question—Spot Cash, or the Credit System? Let every Patron come prepared to offer some thoughts on this all—important subject. Evening meeting public, to which all are cor- dially invited. J. D. RICHMOND, Lec. Qhitmtries. ' COBB — ~ WHEREAS, Our Heavenly Father has seen fit in his all—wise providence to call home our be- loved Sister, Mrs. Brinthia Cobb, who died Sep- tembet I, I886, from her labors of love and pa- tient endurance of suffering for many years,which was harder to bear because of her great anxiety to labor for the Master and the good of society, being president of our literary society, an efii- cient librarian for two years and an active work- er in all work assigned her in the Grange,to that “rest that remaineth to the children of God,” where There are hearts as strong and trusted as the glo- ry ’lumined hills, That girt round the realm of beauty, in the land of evermore, Wrenched asunder; only sorrow and intensest an- guish fills Those who linger lonely on the desolate, forgot- ten shore. ‘ They are thrilling with a rapture never, never known below; They are burning with a love immortal, deep and pure, And the H.i.vioi*'s blessed image glcaiiis in their celestial glow, That thro’ ciidlcss, l)lis.sful ages, brighteiiing, glailulciiiiig, shall endure. Siiiiictiiiics \\l1Cll the world, rcccdiiig, l€11\'CS us .strandcd and alone, And lifc-‘s trezisiircs. iii the (llSl.l.llL‘C, seem like igriiiiis of wortlilcss s;iiiv.l, To (Illl‘>IIll'll .-ciisc, gr-.>wii t.‘l;::1l’Cl‘, glimpses of the fur iii'il;:iowii ' Conic, lIl()>l .slll'(.1ll|lCLl, and our being by its dis- tunl gziles i>- fiiiiiicd. hit {I little less of earth and a little more of licaieii, ' Could the scales that mar our vision fr-mi our eyes but fall apart, We slioiiivl see them, our departed, in the para- (lisc clysiaii, And rejoicing, say l.l1Cl1Cef0I‘WLlI(.l, it is better to depart. llut we deeply feel otir loss, not only in this Order, but in the Church and ‘wherever we were wont to meet our Sister. Tlierefore, /i’z.ro/van’, That we tender our heartfelt sym- pathy to the husband, mother and friends in this their great loss, and would commend them to Him who “doctli all things well" for comfort and consolation. lt’e.vo/7/ed, That as a token of esteem for our departed Sister our charter and library be draped in mourning for thirty days, and that a copy of these resolutions be placed upon the records of this Grange and presented to Mr. Cobb,also sent to the GRANGE VISITOR for publication. Harmony Grange, No. 337. MORGAN— Died Uct. 7 at his home in Brighton, Liv- ingston Co., Bro. Wm. Morgan, :1 member of Brighton Grange, No. 336. \\‘Iir.i’IT(>R for publicatioii. CUM. BICTTERLFX -- Died July 30, 1886, Brother Lewis Betterley,a riieiiiber of Alpine Grange, No. 348. \VIIi5i/zmz’, That we extend our sympathy to the bereaved family of our deceased Brother, com- mending them to Him who alone can give con- solation. Com, WHITE- Brother J. A. VVhite has been removed from this life to solve the great and never-ending mys- teries of eternity. Every thing must die. This we see verified in all objects of nature about us from the tiniest spear of grass to the giant oak of the forest, and thus it has been with our Brother. The golden thread of this noble life has been severed, his great ambition for a long and useful career of life is ended. When we see the aged die we console our- selves with the thought that their life work was completed and it was but the gathering home of the ripened gra.in;but when Fate,with a stern, relentless hand,snatches from us one who is just approaching the dawn of his prime, our hearts are touched with grief and we freely extend to the family and friends of our Brother our most sincere and tender sympathies. October 7, I886. MCCOMB— WHEREAS, In the providence of God, Brother Thomas McComb has depar:ed this 1ife,by which his family have been deprived of a kind husband and an indulgent father, and this Grange of a faithful member, he being Worthy Master of Grange 660 since its organization, April I i,I883; therefore, Resolved. That we extend to the afflicted fami- ly our warm sympathy and commend them to Him who said, “lwill not leave you comfortless.” Resolved, That as a Grange, we deeply and sincerely mourn the death of a most worth Brother and friend and hereby record our high estimation of his character as a citizen and Pa tron. ' Resolz/ed, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the afflicted family, also be spiead upon the records of the Grange,’ and one be sent to the GRANGE VISITOR for publication. Ogden Grange, No. 660. ——---————-o>:——— _ BLACK birch is in a degree superced- mg black walnut for certain manu-factui:-. ing purposes, , - COM. Gen. TIIE GRANGE VISITOR. NOVEMBER 1, 1886. gammitnicatious. The Chautauqua Assembly. II. As we pass up Vincent Avenue, the main avenue of Chautauqua, we see handsome cottages on every side. At our right, but hidden by the foliage, is Normal Hall, a large handsome build- ing. with the interior finished in chapel style. Soon we come to the meat mar- ket with stands,general store,drug store, postoffice and general oflice of the Chan- tauqua Circle where, if you please, we will step in and join the class of ’go. This class bids fair to outnumber all others. The Schubert Quartet are mem- bers of this class,Mr. Iott. the basso,be- ing the Secretary of the class, Rev. D. A. McClenahan,ofAlleghany, Pa., Presi- dent, and Mrs. Wood, cf New Orleans, Treasurer. The classes of '86, ’87, ’88, ’89 and ’9o have united in a plan of erecting a union building for the five classes, to cost about $5000, on four lots furnished gratis by the Assembly. It is intended that the building shall have five rooms below,with an audience room and libra- ry on the second floor, and it will be used as a rallying place for all members of the five classes, each one having its own headquarters, decorated with class colors, and the grounds ornamented with the various class flowers. Several professors of colleges and ministers of the gospel helped to form the class of ‘go and add to its dignity, among them Prof. Barnard, of New York, for nine years assistant editor of the Century. So popular did the class become at Chautauqua that two young ladies, members of another class, fled to the woods and buried their badges; returning, they ' enrolled themselves among the ’9o’s and proudly wore the colors of the favorite class. At last re- ports the buried badges had not sprout- ed. The motto of the class is “Redeem- ing the Time;” the class flower,the tube- rose; the name, Pierian, from Pierus, a mountain in Thessaly with deep flowing springs, sacred to the muses. Pope says, “Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.” And now, as,we have paid our fifty cents annual fee an filed our applica- tion for membership in this class, we will turn to the left and wend our way to the Amphitheatre and Hall ofPhiloso- phy, the chief places of attraction for all Chautauqua. We first pass the School of Languages, and as the windows are all open and we see teacher and pupils engrossed in their books and hear them speak in unknown tongues, it is very hard to pass, but as we are not gifted ' with omnipresence and there are at least three places where we would like to be at the same time, we suppress our longing for a knowledge of the lan- guages and pass on. Soon we reach the Children’s _Tem- ple and Newton Temple, the latter a very fine museum, built in honor of Bishop Newton. Among the many cu- riosities there, area tear bottle and a piece from one of the largest cedar trees of Lebanon. The limb of the tree from which this was taken was broken from the main tree byastorm and final- ly secured by Dr. Jessup and sent to America. It was conveyed to the sea by the Maronites with great pomp. Soon we reach the Amphitheater, a colossal framework, it can hardly be called a building. It seems that a natu- ral hollow basin was found. This was seated and a board perhaps a foot in width placed on the ground in front of each seat, then a roof was placed over this, supported by 48 huge wooden pil- lars heavily braced. This roof is per- haps 2o feet from the ground as you en- ter, so the whole Amphitheater is open except at the rear where the platform, gallery and organ are placed. The aisles, 12in number, are of the hard packed ground and are quite descending. Ifi perchance,all the upper seats are taken and you are obliged to descend to the floor, to a novice at descending an in- clined plane, or to one possessed with a lame back, this is quite a feat; butone is willing to test their power of muscle that the powers of the mind may be strengthened and that they may enjoy the literary feast which awaits them there. The Amphitheater will hold 6000 or 8000 people and the sight of this wave on wave of human faces, all cre- ated in the image of God, yet each pos- sessed of its own distinct individuality, is very touching. . The Chautauqua salute, the blooming of the white lilies, as Dr. Vincent calls ' it,is a most beautiful sight,as one might well imagine the waving of 6000 or 8_0oo white handkerchiefs might be.‘ This is not often given and seldom unless called for by Dr. Vincent. On Recognition Day,_blue and red programs had been distributed through the vast audience. Dr. Carlisle, Presi- dent of Wofibrd College, S. C., one of the. newly elected Counselors, was to speak, and before he appeared upon the platform Dr. Vincent requested that these might be used as a triple salute to him. When he appeared the immense audience seemed a sea of red, white and blue in motion} On another occasion pink, blue and yellow programs were used as a salute. The scene beggared description. It was so ditferent from anything else ever seen, it made me think Aladdin with his “wonderful lamp” was around. But we must hasten on,as we are anx- : ions to enter St. Paul’s grove and obtain l aview of the white hall in the grove, or the Hall of Philosophy, which is built in imitation of the Grecian temple of learning, the Parthenon. This is a roof supported by 24 Corinthian pillars. The pillars, cornice and ceiling above are pure white and present a beautiful ap- pearance. Except for the roof above you, you are in the open air,in full view of thelake, in the midst of dense green foliage, and a benediction of peace and blessing fills the place. No one who has ever been at Chautauqua'will ever forget the song so often sung here: “Day is dying in the west, Heaven is touching earth with rest.” Dr. Vincent conducts the services of the Camp Fire and Vesper Services, which are always held here, and are of a highly spiritual nature, and one feels like saying with the poet: “My soul would sit and sing herself away To everlasting bliss.”- Among the many attractions at Chau- tauqua were the Schubert Quartet, the champion male quartet of the West,and the Rock Band, which consists of two brothers and two sisters of the Till fami- ly from England. They played the Fairy Bells, selecting many English airs, giv- ing«fa1so an imitation of the Wesminster chimes. They sang a few solos and quar- tets and performed upon a variety of musical instruments, among them the ocarina, an instrument modeled after one recently discovered in Pompeii, the xylophone, the streich zither, musical glasses, etc. They exhibited for the first time in America the rock harmoni- con, a musical instrument which their father spenteleven years in perfecting. It is composed of60 rocks dug from the Skiddan Hills in the north of England. Some of the rocks were five feet in length. The whole number were placed upon a long table and were arranged similar to the keys of apiano, the larger rocks answering to the natural keys and the smaller ones to the black keys. The two brothers and one sister drew from this strange instrument,with large wood- en hammers, the most exquisite music. In the construction of the harmonicon the different tones are formed by chip- ping from the center and edge of the rock to raise or lower the tone. Grand concerts weregoften given by all the musical talent of Chautauqua, including such’ stars as Mrs. Hull, of New York, Miss Hull, of Boston, the Schubert Quartet, the Amherst Glee Club, Flagler, the great organist, and a chorus of several hundred voices train- ed by Professors Case, of Ohio, and Sherwin, of the Academy ofMusic,Bos- ton, and there were times when the sweetness and grandeur of the music so carried one away, that whether “in the body or out of the body," we could hardly tell. The noted elocutionist, Prof. Curn- nock,gave two readings,the second one, “The Courtship of Miles Standish.” Geo. W. Cable, who writes for the Century, gave three readings from his own works; the first, an unpublished work, the scene of which was laid at Grand Point, 60 miles above New Or- leans; the principal characters, an Ar- cadian family settled there. He gave one reading from “Dr. Sevier” and one entitled “Parson Jones.” Mr. Cable is from New Orleans, is a cultured Chris- tian gentleman, and renders his writ- ings, which are full of purest feeling and richest thought, with graceful ex- pression. Will Carleton gave two readings and held his audience spell-bouiid until ten o’clock. Gen. Lew VVallace, of Indiana, ex- Minister to Turkey,recited that wonder- fully animated scene, “The Chariot Race.” He also gave a lecture on “Tur- key and the Turk.” The events which led to the writing of “Ben Hur” form quite a history. Gen. Wallace had been somewhat skeptical and meeting Bob lngersoll in a railroad car, entered into conversation with him respecting the di- vinity of Christ. Mr. Ingersoll attempt ed to prove to him that Christ was only human, but he was hardly prepared to acknowledge that,so Mr. Ingersoll urged him to examine the subject carefully and the result ofsix years’ investigation was—“Ben Hur.” Then there was the inimitable Frank Beard, working wonders with his cray- ons and scattering jokes right and left,- and', by the way, both he and his wife are enthusiastc Sabbath-school workers and assisted Rev. T. B. Vincent, Dr. Vincent’s brother, in conducting the services held every morning in the children’s temple for the instruction of children in the Scriptures. Prof. Ragan gave three wonderfully interesting stereopticon lectures, the pictures, colored according to nature, covering a canvas 30 feet square. The first illustrated the Rhine and Switzer- land. Among the many pictures were those of Lake Geneva, “Loved Bingen on the Rhine,” Statue of William ‘Tell, Tower of Chillon,Castle of Heidelberg, The Alps and Glaciers, including the wonderful Mer de Glace, about which we study in our Chautauqua course. The second lecture illustrated Spain and Morocco. Among the many life-like scenes were the Royal Palace,the cham- bers of the King and Queen with their rich hangings and gorgeous colorings, Gibraltar, The Alhambra,a grand speci- men of Moorish architecture built in the thirteenth century. The lightness and elegance of the columns and the richness of the ornamentation are un- surpassed. The coloring is but little al- tered by time. We were also shown the Tower of Vela and a leaf from its rec- ords, the Paradise, of Mohammed, the Last Sigh of the Moor, etc. The third lecture illustrated Paris,and for two hours we reveled in the glory and magnificence of Paris. We were shown a life-like picture of the great Na- poleon and it seemed no wonder that one of so grand and majestic an ap- pearance could sway the legions of men at his will. One of the most striking pictures was the Arc de Triomphe, an arch of white stone, on which are in- scribed all of Napoleon's victories, with the names of his generals. Standing under the arch we can look down seven avenues, full of splendid houses. On the east you look along an avenue I 300 yards long and 100 wide to the gate of the Bois de Bologne,amagnificentpark, while turning to the west there may be seen, first, the Champs Elysees (Elysian fields), a grand avenue a mile and a quarter long, then the Place de la Con- corde, an open square 750 feet long, in the center of which stands the great obe- lisk brought by Napoleon from Luxor, in Egypt, where it was erected by Ses- ostris i5o0 years before Christ. Beau- tiful fountains stand on each side. Be- yond this can be seen the Garden of the Tuileries, with the royal palace. Half way down to the Tuileries, at the Place de la Concorde, four streets intersect. On the left is the Rue (street) Royale, on the right, the bridge which crosses the river Seine, on the other side of which stands the Palace of the Legisla- ture, and a little farther back the Hotel des Invalides (hospital for invalides) where is the solitary tomb of the great Napoleon. Then there were the Made- laide, the Pantheon, Notre Dame, etc. But that which surpassed everything at Chautauqua in revealing the wonders of nature was at the microscopic exhi- bition. It was afterward termed the “oh, my!” exhibition, for as object after object, wonderful, new and beautiful, was exhibited, there was but one thing for the uninitiated to do-—to ejaculate. The instruments which magnified three hundred times were placed upon tables, around which the visitors passed, the owners kindly explaining the objects, among which were trichinae from a hu- man muscle, catarrhal phthisis with tu- bercle, retina of human eye, circulation of blood in a live salamander, lip and tongue of a cat, tongue of a fiy, water flea, crystals of gold, silver and copper, pure butter, oleomargarine, lard,etc.,etc. One of the most polished, graceful speakers at Chautauqua was Prof. Sum- ner, of Yale college, who gave two lec- tures on “The Social Revolution.” He handled his suhject in L1 masterly man- ner, and it was an intellectual feast to listen to him. john Dewitt Miller, an exceedingly plain looking bachelor lawyer from Philadelphia, gave two lectures, the first on “The Uses of Ugliness.” He began his lecture by saying he had heard it said that he gave this lecture in self-defence. If that be so, he gathers what consolation he may from the re- flection that in voicing his own defense, he is also echoing the needs of a con- siderable body of people, a'body riot, indeed, without representation in the audience. The second lecture was en- titled “Love, Courtship and Marriage.” It was both sound and witty, and I won- dered how he could so well illustrate his subject, having never passed through its ordeal. There were lectures on Homer, Ro- man epic poetry, Roman oratory, Ro- man history, Antony and Cleopatra, and a host of other wonderful topics. Dr. Milburn, the blind preacher, gave two lectures, one on “What a blind man saw in England,” and one on “Richard Brinsley Sheridan, the orator and wit.’ MR5. W. R. SEXTON. (Tn [re ¢'tIIz!z'Iz1¢er{.) --—-- --- The Farmer and His Relation to Progress. The tendency of all classes, under the liberal political and social systems that exist at the present time, is to advance. This progressive tendency is of course modified to a greater or less extent by existing prejudice, natural tendency and associations that have followed down from remote times. Institutions and ideas that have existed since history began, be they either social or political in their V nature, are correspondingly slow in being modified or changed, but in being slow it is all the more sure and lasting. The agricultural class have always been classed as the lowest grade in the society of the past; hence the slow progress made by this class in their march upward to social and political preferment. This long standing at the foot of the ladder has served to fix those qualities in the farming classes that are in themselves perhaps greater foes to progress and advancement than the as- sociations thaticling to the profession as a result of ancient prejudice. The farmer regards all men alike as his ene- mies who are trying upon all occasions to degrade and keep him from occupy- ing that position and importance, which from the very nature of his occupation as the basis of national wealth and in- dustry, he ought to occupy. _ To some extent this is true, yet the farmer is slow to profit by any oppor- tunity that come in his way. Under our present system of schools and col- eges an education is within the reach of everyone. Yet how many farmers think it necessary to educate their sons I 'pies an honest and honorable position. who are destined to become the farmers I of the future? In iact,it is by no means uncommon to hear the statement made that the less “book learning” one has the better and more successful farmer he will make. Until the farmer himself is ready to admit that- it is just as nec- essary for the tiller of the soil to be edu- cated to be a successful and true follow- er of his calling as it is for the members of the so-called higher professions, he cannot hope to make any permanent or very vigorous steps towards true organi- zation and advancement. The farmers are very loud in declar- ing that “they are just as good as any- body.” How do they go to w )l’k to prove that they are as good as anybody? They act as though they had a faint suspicion way down in their hearts that on a thorough trial they might be incor- rect in their surmises. They clamor for political recognition,yet usually will not stand by candidates of their own pro- fession unless they belong to the -same party. How many are ready and will- ing upon all occasions to acknowledge themselves farmers and ready to stand up for their calling? They are not so s"-arce as they used to be and are rapid- ly increasing. But there are vast num- bers of men who follow agriculture as a profession, that it is a very difficult mat- ter to be proud of, and delude one’s self into believing that they ought to occupy a higher position in social and political life. Theii’ whole energies are bent on getting rich, or trying to get rich. They curse the “bloated bondholder” with a great deal intentness of purpose, yet withal would be very willin.-, to stand in his shoes. They are the farmers who joined the Grange in order to try and save a little money,but when they found that the fundamental principles of the Order were something higher and more elevating than trying to make gro- ceries a few cents cheaper, they left it and said that it amounted to nothing. If the farmer when he succeeds in getting a little money ahead would put it back on the farm again, or at least a part of it in improving the general ap- pearance of himself, his buildings and his farm, in adding those numberl:ss conveniences and improvements, pur- haps luxuries, that can be done without, but which add so much to and tend to elevate and enlighten home life, the profession would be respected more by the other professions and it would look as though the farmer himself thought there was something more to be got out of the farm than simply what could be turned into money. There is room for vast improvement, yet the farmer never stood higher than he does to-day. Politicians begin to fear him and co-workers in the other professions begin to respect him. A farmer has been nominated for Gov- ernor because he was a farmer and the farmers wanted him And now it is for the farmers to elect him and prove that the clamor for recognition in govern- ment was not made simply to hear themselves talk. United action is all that is necessary. There is plenty of latent strength if it is only brought into action. Let them prove that they are as good as anybody, that they are will- ing to stand up for recognition and their rights and interests. If they fail thrpugh ignorance and narrow-mindedness it will prove that they are not fit for rep- resentation and they can take their stand at the foot of the ladder again, and howl through another period of oppression and abuse. B. C. PORTER. -- - The Ides of November are Near at Hand. That man is doing the most for a good cause who, in a political sense, will work and vote to elect the men who in their public capacity will sustain that cause. The opportunity will be offered the people of Michigan on the second day of November next to elect a man to the chief magistracy of this State who will not only make an able and wise Governor, but he will especially be the true friend of the laboring man, of our great agricultural interest, as well as all others. On the questions of the tariff, finance, and temperance, he occu- The farmer surely will be ready to vote for such a man. As the Greenback movement has gained so much for which its advocates have labored, there appears to be no reason now, as the platform on which Cyrus G. Luce stands embraces imore for their benefit than that of any other party, there is no reason why the Green- back vote should not be given him. The same may be said of him in regard to the tariff; and the same can be most emphatically said of him in regard to temperance. Let the full temperance vote of this State be cast for Mr. Luce and that cause will advance further and more securely toward prohibition than it ever can by the efforts, labors and votes of that class known as political prohibitionists. Let all the temperance forces in this State unite under the lea- dership of Cyrus G. Luce, and, like an army with banners, they will move on conquering all before them to certain prohibition victory. This is the only way to reach the prohibition strong- hold. We must conquer our way to it; that is, we must not march further nor faster than we can enforce prohibition. Begin with the rigid enforcement of our present law and then as we advance in the work make it still more prohibitory till we can enforce a full pro/u'bz'tor] law. This is the only way to secure practical prohibition. But, I say again, no more prohibition in the law than you can enforce; do this persistently and you will make “prohibition pro/zibil." There is no power in man or in law to do it in any other way. One great truth the so-called prohibitionist must yet learn; it is this—that it takesagreat deal more power to enforce a prohibi- tory law than it does to secure the en- actment of one. Law is a. weapon made to be used for the benefit of the people. It is one thing to make that weapon, and it is quite another and more diflicult thing to effectually handle it for the legitimate purposes for which it was made. Here is where Prohibi- tionists show their weakness. They are undertaking to do an impossible thing. With but a mere fraction of the temper- ance power of the State they are trying to do that which requires the whole temperance strength of the State to ac- complish. Like the Greeks at Troy, the Prohibitionists have put the Achil- lean armor on their Patroculus and sent him forth to conquer their enemy. He has gone but has been slain in the con- test. They had forgotten that none but Achilles could wear the armor of Achilles. The people of Michigan in their zmilai temperance strength repre- sent Acliilles; and when the time comes, it will only come when all our temper- ance forces are united, we shall put the prohibition armor on this Achilles and he will go forth in our cause and slay the Hector of intemperance. Then let the temperance vote of the State on the 2d day of November next be cast for the "farmer Governor” if you would subserve the best interests of the tem- perance cause. V. B. , _ .________, Mauch Chunk -- Sights in the East — The most Wonderful Hailroad in America. Probably quite a number of the read- ers of the VISITOR have heard of Mauch Chunk and some of them may have wit- nessed the grand and magnificent scen- ery in that place and vicinity. Mauch Chunk has been called by some people the Switzerland of America, on account of its mountains, rocks, deep ravines and beautiful natural scenery. A few years ago I stopped off at that place a few hours to look around, and the impression that was made on my mind of the grand and interesting sights I saw never can be erased. The village of Mauch Chunk lies between the Le- high River and the base of hills or mountains four or five hundred feet high. There is just room enough be- tween the river and hills for a railroad, narrow street and one row of buildings in the south part of the village. At the north end of the village there is room enough for more buildings. -I.ooking from the railroad depot on the east side of the river, in a northwest direction, over half a mile distant on the top ofa spur of the mountain, can be seen a building known as the engine house, and it is about 800 feet high from the river. Having often heard of this engine house and the remarkable railroad, I availed myself of the oppor- tunity of examining it. _ About 150 feet high from the village is a level tract of land of 15 or 20 acres and quite a village is located there. On the northwest of this village close to the foot of the mountain there is a rail- road depot. From this point two rail- road tracks were built up the mountain 2460 feet in length. So steep is the mountain that in that distance the road rises between 600 and 700 feet high. A steel band five inches wide rested on rollers in the center of one track and a wire cable two inches in diameter laid on rollers in the center of the other track. A framework of timber was se- curely fastened to a rock between the two railroad tracks. I walked up this railroad track to the engine house,which was very tiresome but not as much so as to walk down. As I entered l was met by a very friendly German who seemed willing to give me all the infor- mation he could. He took me below and showed me the immense steam en- gine, a wheel 20 feet in diameter, and explained how the machinery worked to pull the cars up the plane or hill. Shortly notice was given that a passen- ger coach wanted to come up. The ma- chinery was started. An iron car that weighed two or three tons, with a cable attached to it, began to descend one of the tracks and a half mile below I saw a car coming up the other track, which did not look much larger than a baby cab. In a short time the coach filled with passengers reached the engine. house. An iron car that was behind it and had pushed the coach ahead of it stopped when the machinery ceased to move, but the coach went on and from the engine house /the coach run ofitself seven miles without any power to move it. Then the coach has to be drawn up another hill or plane similar to the first, when it runs of itself two miles out to the coal mines, which are nine miles west of Mauch Chunk village. From the‘coal mines the car runs of itself nine miles back to the place of starting and enters the same depot it started out of, making nearly eighteen miles the pas- senger coach runs of itself with passen- gers in "it. Probably not another such railroad can be found in America, if in the world.- This road ‘was formerly used to con- vey empty coal cars from the village» -, to the mines and from the ‘mines loaded cars run of themselves to the river, one \ NOVEMBER 1, 1886 man managing a train. Of late years the road is used to convey excursion parties to the mines, or switch back, as it is called. The view from the engine house down into the valley on the broken rocky range and the immense rocks that rest on the mountain sides was grand and magnificent. Beyond the engine house aquarter of a mile and higher up the mountain is a building called the Pavilion, con- structed for the benefit of excursion parties who come to this place to hold picnics. Still farther up in a north- west direction, on the very top, is an observatory made of poles resting on rocks forty feet high. I soon found a. 4 resting, place on the top of this obser- vatory and improved a few minutes in t-viewing as interesting natural scenery as I ever beheld. Hundreds of millions of tons of rocks rested on the mountain beneath me. Deep ravines, rough and ragged ledges of rocks, ranges of moun- tains so far in the distance that they ap- peared like a faint blue haze,were sights that I will not forget while life lasts. A. l*‘.alN<,:i;i>.o.\'ui<. ---———-no;—————- From My Diary. worms. , Shakespeare employed i5,ooo differ- ent words fordramatic purposes; Milton employed 8,000 different words for poet purposes; Rufus Choate employed over eleven thousand different words for legal purposes, but the most of us have less than a thousand words that we can manage, yes, less than five lllllltlfell. and that makes us so stupid. When it was announced that Webster had added two thousand new words to his dictionary 3. Bostonian exclaimed to his informant, “don’t, for the public’s sake, tell Choate of it, for he is too grand and gorgeous now, and every new word will imbue his imagination with a new color and when he comes before the public again his speech, like the dy- ing dolphin, will be radiant and glowing with two thousand additional lines.” The above is too glowingly stated, but it was somewhat neccessary in order to give one an idea of Choate’s gorgeous style as an orator. Words have an imperial power. They are the bridge between soul and soul, between the Creator and the human race. Thought is the cargo and words are the ship. Jonathan Edwards preached Christ in the plainest words and the severest argument ever penned, and John Bun- yan preached Christ in the sublimest allegory ever composed. While George Whitefield, with the manner and the voice and the start of an actor,preached Christ to his overwhelmed auditors. Edward Payson, sick and exhausted, leaned against the pulpit and sighed out his discourse. It would have been a different thing if Jonathan Edwards had tried to write and dream about the pil- grim’s progress to the celestial city, or if john Bunyan had attempted an essay on the human will. Martin Luther preached in strong, vigorous words, words that were half battle, and carried his audience with him. He said to Bucer, the celebrated preacher, ‘‘I can preach a better ser- mon than you can.” Bucer replied that as a matter of courtesy he would yield to him. “I do not say," continued Luther, “That I can preach an ab/er sermon than you, but a éelier one. When you ascend the pulpit you preach in such learned words that only a few can understand you, the most of your hearers do not comprehend your dis- course. When I ascend the pulpit stairs {copy the mother who considers that her child fares better when nour- ished by the simple milk of the beast than when fed by all the costly dain- ties. Probably no man of the present day can give to plain English words such force and effectiveness as John Bright. From a speech delivered to his con- stituency in England “against enforced rates of the Church on the people,” I select the following paragraphs to show the vigorous directness of his Saxon words: “The Church wardens have continued to distrain and to oppress the rate-pay- ers. They entered the house of an in- habitant of Scotland,poor James Brease- ley, who was then on his death bed. The claim upon the poor man was four pence; they seized a looking-glass but fills would not cover the costs, and their ruthless hands seized his family Bible and sold it for an illegal rate. And a week ago, the widow of that man came and tendered her vote against the rate. I pointed her out as she came to the polling tables to those who stood around and said, ‘That is the woman from whose husband you took a Bible when he was on his death bed.’ A young man, the son of a clergyman, stood by and ‘heard this; he replied, ‘Yes, and I would have sold the bed from under in.’ That young man is now present, I will not further expose him,but if he dare he may come forward and deny it'll WHERE WE G0’I‘ OUR MODEL FOR A REPRE- SENTATIVE GOVERNMENT. Greece had no representative govern- ment. In Sparta, the aristocratic city, all the members of the ruling class met and voted in assembly; in democratic Athens all free citizens met and voted; but Greece had no union of interests meeting in a national council like En- gland, or Germany, or America. Yet, ‘ strange to say, Greece had her Am- 'I‘I-IIE GRANGE VISITOR. » . . . 2 Iphyctionic Council, and institution of prehistoric origin, concerned mainly with religious affairs pertaining to the worship of the Delphic Apollo, furnish- ing a precedent for a'representative and for a federal assembly. This council was composed of delegates or represen- tatives from all parts of Greece. Dele- gates from various Greek tribes and cities attended it. The question now occurs, did not other nations later take the Amphyctionic Council of Greece as a model for a government? Nothing in all history has approached the high-wrought intensity and brilliancy of the political life in Athens. Demo- cratic Athens furnished a school of political training superior to anything else that the world has ever seen. Something like_the New England town meetings if the latter should be continu- ally required to adjust complicated questions of internal policy, and if it were carried on in the very center of all cotemporary streams of culture, and every few days could listen to states- men an(l orators like Hamilton, Web- ster, jurists like Marshall, generals like Sherman, poets like Lowell, historians like Parkman. V. B. Soiii: months ago H. C. Warmoth, a convict in the Kentucky penitentiary, sent to the chziirnian of the Kentucky State lidnicational (Ionvention a gavel accompanied by the following worth: "Please accept this gavel, made by a convict in the penitentiary, and use it in presiding over the educational conveii- tion to be held in Frankfort to—day, for the purpose of doing good to the poor children of the State. Ignorance and whisky have filled this prison with criminals, and we send our prayers from our prison cells that the children of Kentucky may be so educated in mind and morals as to be able to avoid the sad fate that ignorance and whisky have brought upon us.” The Kentucky convict is right. Ig- norance may be overcome by education in mind; but ignorance and whisky must be overcome by education in mind and morals. A man is but half educa- ted whose' moral nature is trained. Mental culture does not of itself lead to rrime, but in the absence of moral culture it is not in itself a sufficient safeguard. The man who is educated “in mind and morals,” and only he, wears the complete armor of manhood. ——.Ex. —————out what per cent. of this year’s potato crop was destroyed by rot? 2. What per cent. of last year’s crop was so destroyed? 3. About what per cent. of the harvested crop of I885 was lost during the winter and spring by a continuation of the rot in cellars and stor- age pits? 4. Were any varieties entirely free from rot,or freer than others? 5. \V_as the season in 1886 wet ordry? In 1885? 6. Did early or late varieties rot most? 7‘. Did you observe any instances in which lo- cation (wet or dry), or quality of soil (sand, loam, clay, etc.), affected the severity cf the dis- ease? 8. Did the weather (cold or hot, wet or dry), exert any marked influence? 9. What remedies or means of prevention, if any, did‘ you try? and with what results? [In case there was no rot, your statement to that effect will be of use.] mm A Hard Fate it is, indeed, to always remain in pov- erty and obscurity; be enterprising, reader, and avoid this. No matter In what part you are located, you should write to Hallett & Co., Portland, Me., and receive, free, full particulars about work that you can do and live at home, at a profit of at least $5 to $25 and-up. wards daily. Some have earned over $50 in a day. _All is new. Capital not required. You are started free. Either sex. All ages. Better not delay. Trri: edition of the N ovembcr Century, containing the first chapters of the au- thorized Life of Lincoln and the open- ing of Frank R. Stockton’s new novel, “The Hundredth Man," will be a quar- ter of a million copies. We / \ \ \ - NOVEMBER l, ‘ ‘ ‘ovum. K _...._....._- i « -.;-».r..rma-<-7~nw- l88ti." 1 51 T‘ T G .A..lN-L2‘-_l:.i ‘V""""I“!l'FIs ore. BRO. ConB.—Thanking you for the ~. , fraternal manner in which you prefaced ,- ';my article on “Prohibition and Mr. Luce," and feeling that we can discuss ‘any subject before us in love,‘ I venture afew strictures on your preface. You I may be unable to place this before your _ readers before election, but they can learn afterwards my position on the sub- ject. You say, “If we had a prohibitory law on our statute books to-day would our Courts with such Constables and Sheriffs as we have give us juries that would convict offenders?” I answer, in but few cases, as such ofiicers as we now have are either Republicans or Dernocrats,'and both are opposed to prohibition. While the Democrats treat prohibition with contempt, the Repub- licans are opposed to it with all their might, while both court the favor of the liquor power. I have been ill-treated by Republicans, and accused of throw ing my influence in favor of the whisky ring. So far as I know, Republicans are at war with prohibition. How a man can accept a nomination on the Republican ticket and be a pro- hibitionist is a lesson I have yet to learn. Your idea that we should have the prohibition laws first and then elect the officers to enforce it is, in my judg- ment, like “putting the cart before the horse.” Yes, sir; we must elect the men who are pledged to make the laws, and while we are doing that we will elect the men to enforce them. I do not know that the murderer of Rev. Haddock is a Republican, but it is fair to infer that he is,because the Democrats have not manifested so much hostility to the Prohibitionists as Republicans have. The Democrats could quaff their wine and beer to their heart’s content if the Prohibitionists would let them alone. But we are after them, too, and will give them no quarter. We regard the rum power as the direct curse that the nation is afflicted with. Wherever it is our guns are being brought to bear upon it. And if we can not take them by demolishing the walls we can shell them out, and we will do it. With regard to the goodness of the respective candidates, let no stain at- tach to either, but the all absorbing question of the hour is the liquor trade. I would not vote for the best farmer on earth if I knew him to be in favor with the rum power. And he who will not vote for prohibition votes for whisky. This is as sure as that he who is not for Christ is against him, and he who re- fuses to vote is counted for this dire evil. You say, “We are not running the VIs1'roR to antagonize one party or the other.” It is difficult to see how we can give one our favor,and our influence and fail to,in an equal degiee,antagonize the other. But this antagonism need not of necessity impair the good will we bear to either. As regards nomina tions, I advocated your plan for several years but found it impractical,and rallied around and gotup a Prohibition County Convention. Now we can put in nomi- nation such men as if elected will give the right kind of laws and subordinate ofiicers to enforce them. Then if the villains go to killing them, as is already begun and was foreshadowed by burn- ing and hanging in effigy, it will be shown that is a game that two can play at. But we hope for better things. Those Legislators you mention are branded as unworthy and will in all probability carry the mark to their graves. I have a high regard for Bro. Luce, but he appears now to have been found (politically) in bad company. Ihave no disposition to stigmatize any person, but political partits must pass for what they are worth. I think much of Bro. Luce as a Granger and as a farmer, but while the blood of a brother is crying from the ground, and that at the rate of 60,000 a year, I must vote against it; and while a father’s sighs, a widow’s tears, the orphan’s wail are borne on every gale, every man with a human heart in him should raise his voice against the liquor power. Thine in the best bonds, J. H. SANFORD. Ottawa Grange, Oct. 18, ’86. e:-————-——— UPWARDS of 9o,ooo,ooo pounds of beet sugar from European countries entered our ports last year. e -- 3 aWhO av m ° 0 2°‘'’‘‘'°hoa'° 00:: °’° the 1276 D - . theWhe,, era. Iarnt _ :9 ailment 11 h IVO St S ca’ o:m°' 07'" has ""’° sti//kn°“"7 her her child saw,” 9,.‘ W 99,, as t_.7O_ Veg are 8:2, or 8’. tea ~'J.r-1‘,-n el/er 43') all of chin abou Sh (Ins Sick. 3} t do "lg 9 we trun on in of ”'I'it_ uld f s an 98 8' E ates '5' to (1 She u"‘’l "0 Die 96! anho C63 3 Jfs ' ahd < > i X h w_ §P ' Q Ii] 8:». and ’°s:ngf"'9v Q ,5?! ha‘. and ' €7’%,«. ' s0ot 9 .§>- “"5 ,. h° he ' [lab] (1%. /W ,3 /J/(,n(,// I‘ nerv flora . D]-ev '//4 0/ 1‘;/ » 9 case ' It W ehtiy- '6 t G ‘Oct. 2” " w > '- a r'" ‘N "71 4n "’G.r~-. ‘ - I n“' o '° no ~ ’ -1 . t 0}‘ Q I‘? lye/E <1;-«,7 x‘) at CK Ire thw Q )0I'e . _' 9;» , 7; I, "-‘.~,,, _‘->2 owd N 0-V.’ , .3,“ 9- :3 1,) 1 - I5) ”)<3c'2~ . , -2 J < f‘ ‘ "‘ our b Qv J] ‘ / // ; C_)J,Q_ SQ-3N fQ‘::c\y€a.'IJ, LANSING, Mich., Oct. 22, 1886. f. T. Cobb, Editrr, Sc/zoalrrafl, jl/it/z. DEAR SIR:—Your valuable paper of the 15th inst. is at hand, and l have read with warm approval the editorial entitled “The VIS1’I‘OR—ItS Duty,” also the two articles by “Independent”——en- titled “Scratch,” and “Patrons and Poli- tics." Analyzing the sentiments expressed in the three articles, I fully believe the VISITOR promoting the interests of the order, in earnestly advocating the elec- ton ofits worthy “Master” to the of- fice of Governor of this State, for which he has been nominated upon a platfcrm which in its first paragraph proclaims its adherents in favtr of laws “advan- tageous to the best interests of Ameri- can industry. The true Patron seeks the highest good to the greatest num- ber,” and if Mr. Luce was worthy ofthe votes of Patrons to make him Master of the State Grange, he is equally en- titled to those votes at the coming election of Chief Executive officer of the State. "Independent" points to the results of former elections in which the farmer candidates largely reduced the major- ities of Candidates not members of the order, and judging of the future by the past, have we not good reason to solicit the vote of every Patron for the “far- mer candidate” in opposition to the “Free Trade” lawyer, who denounces protective legislation, and does not un- flinchingly stand by our industrial in- terests P Consistency is a jewel that ought not to be dimmed by partisanship, and when the farmers of the state have an opportunity to vote for one of their number who is capable and honest, physically and mentally, tried and true, they fail “to take a proper interest in the politics of the country” if they neglect that opportunity. If the V1s1'ror< is indeed the organ of the State Grange, I believe it is active- ly promoting the welfare of the mem- bers of the Grange, as citizens of our noble state, irrespective of party lines, when it points to its worthy Master, and to his record both as public and pri- vate citizen, and‘ asks them “to act with an intelligent regard for their interests as farmers, and not allow partisanship to over-ride the far greater and more important duty they owe themselves as farmers and citizens.” Though not a member of the order,l have looked with admiration and approval at the persistent efforts to promulgate the principles of the order, which “tend to purifiy the political atmosphere of our country,” and every member of the or- der should seize upon the present op- portunity to practice the principles set forth in its “declaration of purposes.” I certainly think you are doing your duty manfully and well, and may you long continue to “do the right as God gives you to see the right.” HENRY N. LAWRENCE. GROUND OIL CAKE. OLD PROCESS. Now is the time to buy' the genuine article cheap, To be had in Michigan of F. VAN DRIELE & C0,, Grand Rapids; MAYOR RANNEY, Kalamazoo; T. B. TAYLOR, Jackson City Mills, Jackson; W. S. PENFIELD, 219 Woodward Ave., Det. _‘7a.r-cpl; 11. Hugh::, E:g., Ft. Wayne, Ina’. SIR-—Having used your Star brand of Old Pro- cess Oil Cake Meal, I can cheerfully recommend it to farmers and stockmen. Yours truly, J. C. STERLING, Sec’y Mich. State Ag’l Society. Ask for STAR * brand, manufactured only by JOSEPH HUGHES & C0., novmz Fort Wayne, Ind. - %« r / ‘‘‘—i. 4 "i ‘\ " \ 5 5/ \ iiiiii. Grand Rapids Do not neglect to see our immense Stork of Mans‘, Boys‘ and Children’s Suits & Overcoats, Furnishing Goods, HATS AND! G.i%.P$".. MEN'S’ SUNS - from $4 to $30 MENS’ ll‘!l':'Ii8ilATS from $3 its $25 BBYS’ Slllli - from $l.5ll it $l5 BUYS’ 0VEllt:(lAlS€rom $l.50lo$l5 ciuilliii £’<§“l’o-itivvly 25 per cont. can be saved on r-verv porch.-rs-e made of the Giant Clothing Company, Cor. Canal and Lyon S:s., 3 Tvnllnhlo I 01 lulu 1'34 - I Grand Rapids, Mich. novlyl V_ I‘. ‘‘~ ' ‘ ' others. is can shape. with Selt- resses back the Intes- «-1- "“*..*.t.‘il$.a't't“r°rl‘r*:’r‘e‘§"c%‘»‘fi“c."L..., -... nspoo Words, 3000 Engrnvings “ "w of nearly 10,000 Noted Persons, ljnnnu. on 30 DAYS’ 'I'§|Al.': R £u§"fi°’e "fiiuss r.t“.i;=‘a*=.5r‘:.t:r.°.:;¢;r»::**:’.:: ggqsshigiilifi tho] ;i3|.gye::.;%nf;:éf1‘ir?lit at-§s§ue°r?r§ 32 9 x. ». I ‘ E BST E R’S llnlmrell llll:ll0llfll'Y. Gazetteer of the World 000 Titles, and 8 ‘' All in one Book. 5. h C. HERBIXF 00., Pub'rs, Springfield, Mass. "\‘f:.f Has a. Pad different from all body while the ball in the cup ht, an n mdllgihcnmx: A Dictionary of 25 Biographical Dictionary nwlltl , . 95.... TIIE C3-R;.A.l\TC3-E VISITOR. "3',-rrfi’, ma-.-—.... .. NOVEMBER 1, 1 886, igzthics’ gcpartment. What Can I Do? VVhat 4;-.111 I «lo? I am only a girl I VVhat can I do in the \\'orld"s busy whirl ? Others have riiciiey and influence strong, But what can I do toward righting the wrong That I see rushing on in a widening stream? I would not staiid idle and carelessly dream; But what Catt I do? What can you do? Do you ask from your heart? As “only a girl” will you do a girl’s part? Much can you do if bravely and true You use all the gifts God hath given to you. You can show by your acts you have taken a stand For God, for home and your own native land; This much you can do. Then you can help by your words every day, Patiently scattering seed by the way. You may not see the fruit for :1 long time to come, But out of the many you‘ve uplifted some, Some will be stronger because you are strong; Some will more eagerly battle the wrong; And this you can do. Let the words that yott say, the acts that you do, Always «lit.-w forth for the good Tlltl the true; To your acts and ytuit '.\ortis add tact and good taste; \Vith tliese iimiiy tliflictilt ll‘lllf;.w cart be f:t<:cil. Use all yutir t lltll'.~' in the caiu-c of ri;_lit, And for lL'iil}it_‘|".1llL“_' _\ttll trail ';':;g and recite; All tlii- you (.'.'t.'l do. Don't wrii‘. for gr:-ztt tlii:i_-gs Ill .Itll-tztlll, “sortie make them equals in all things, co- x.-u;*.;t-rs with their brother man, thus ‘in .j ilg to bring about the ideal state of jlj-‘.Ct:’ to the entire human race. ] ziia Ward Howe, in her lecture on “P; ll{)’S \\'om;in,” S.1)’.v', "l‘lato’s ideal State could only be obtained by the co- op.-izltitiii of lIl(‘Il and women on equal eriiis in its duties and ‘.lfilt‘.c‘5, and he (Iv:-n mds this (‘O-01')€l’:1[I<':tt in the belief tlntt no smziety can hr truly prosperous 0‘ h pp-,' \\'l):\"ll dei.-i='_-s tnyone of the Claims of ideal justice. It is tlir:5/L17/z'5r'1 2:»; . cl of s-,x ag .inst whirl: Platowoultil m war, as inctirisisterit with true p. tr; rcss. Vs om :11 and t.hildi'eii are not ti; -u considered as belongitig to men, bu men, women and rhildreii all be- 1.4;; H) the-.State, and are all to share ix nties, the women .13 co-workers v ‘.ilC men, and the t,-l*‘~.il«‘lrt:rl as learn- er~.” men are taught in the Grange to t t-reliant and self-helpful, and are L» titted by the lesson of wisdom and t." wnce freely given there. y obtain in the Grange many les- 5. or their guidance day by day. ' it their onward and upward path- . zaen lies over rough and ragged ; yet with strength from above aiways comes to aid a good and -ausc, they yet aiay reach the zipped summit of the distant toward which they long have ,-,~i their daily pathway may often 4) full of obstacles for their wea- ing feet, they are taught in the flow to surmount thciri all. ;l-. darkness and even despair :5 its sable pail :?.l"_Mln¢l them, ~ into the preseiicze of sisters is, tried and tzzie, and find ie words, and kiast. and gener- md not tread’: in -the Grange. u come into the Grange with «dens of home cares and vexa— -‘l their shoulders, but meeting FLHI souls in social reunions, themselves benefitted in y‘et vay. One by one the burdens ». and feays, of cares and anx- mdings, roll from their shoul- they grow lighthearted and e again, and are enabled to h n-newed energy to take up " life once more. ~ that the Grange does men than any other r organization, and it is a recognized fact that in benefitting women the entire human race is bene- fitted also, for as the mothers are so will the nation be. ~— — Maple Twigs. How often in reaching after the unat- tainable we neglect to enjoy pleasures and privileges that are, or ought to be, close at hand. Of this Iwas forcibly reminded while listening to the conver- sation of a couple of ladies: “I don’t see how Mrs. Norton gets along so patiently with so few things in the way of conveniences about her kitchen,” said Cousin Martha. “Not a single piece of machinery about the house to make her work easier,not even a washing machine, which the most in- digent of farmers’ wives usually possess; and Mr. Norton is a well-to-do farmer, judging trom the general appearance of the farni,with its thrifty looking orchard and the amount of stock he keeps. I must say, I can’t see why they live so penuriously, possessing neither conven- iences nor luxtiries the most common- place." "It is all easy enough to explain," said Mrs. Miles. “When Mr. and Mrs. Norton were married they were botli very young. The country at that time was a perfe«:.t wilderness, and all their p issessions, except the liomestezid fiirrn wiiich l\lr. Nr~rt<)ri had just loctzitetl, could have been carrieti in a one-horse wagoii. A c:.—ibin was built and they set- tled themselves in it like a pair of rob- ins, making a little go a good \-.~.iys. By degrees It portion of the farm was cleared, as also were many others in the vicinity, of the native forest trees, and the spare means used to obtain the nec- essary itnplenietits for cultivating the land that must give the family its sup- port. To a stranger at the present time the little cabin looks miserably furn- ished, and yet if you had been inside of it at the beginning oftheir housekeeping and contrast it with the present time, you would say there was real improve- ment. But the most of the furnishings were obtained during the first three or four years of their married life. She learned to get along without conven- iences when it was a necessity to do so, and now when nearly a score of years has passed away she still ‘gets along,’ never realizing how much help she might have had. Just now her ambi- tion is for a new house with a hand- somely furnished parlor. She has yet to learn that machinery would save her strength for future usefulness. So to save her money for the new house she does her own rubbing instead of buying a washing machine. (For my own part I would much sooner do the rubbing by hand than use some self-washing; but a good wringer I would not do without.) The plain sewing she does, and hires the rest. If she scrubs her floors she is not troubled with the dust from car- pets. I never heard her complain of the hard work, of family cares, or of her servants. But for years she has had very poor health, and by the time she gets into the new house—if that time ever comes—she will have become aged i_n appearance, while she should be just in the prime of life and in the golden glory of her womanhood. The labor saving machines and the little conveniences that many women have learned to prize so much would save her strength btit they would cost a deal of money. That which she never sighs for, you and I would consider necessi- ties. We would sooner treat our friends to plain dinners in a comparatively plain room, than do without good domestic machinery.” “Indeed, I would. I down believe in spcridiiig the best part of my life in drudgery that can be done as well, or better, with the willing servants of wood and iron combined." Manistec Co. — 4~—————Il¢$— Louisa May Alcott. One ofAmerica’s truest enthusiasts is Louisa May Alcott, of Boston. Her writings show us she is, as she writes, free, fresh, open-hearted and cheerful. We may easily associate her fine head, brown hair, large blue eyes, earnest manner and lively wit with her spicy writings, under whose surface flows a current of deep good will and many an impressive lesson. Her aim is accom- plished, not by long pages of moralizing which the average reader invariably omits, but her hearty characters act out truths; the reader forgets they are so- callcd morals to be shunned and ac- cepts them to mingle with and strength- en his actions. Miss .-\lcott’s best work, “Little Wom- en," is said to be a picture of l1c'l' own life, slightly changed. It describes the home life of her mother and sisters,sh0w- ing herselfin the character of It) to be MAY l\‘l .-\t‘l.E. independent,with a straightforward man- ner which wins her friends immediately. This work which gives the reader so many glimpses of real life made the au- thor at once afavorite. In 1871 87,000 had been sold. She has since written “An Old—fash- toned Girl,” “Little Men,” “Aunt ]o’s Scrapbag,” “Shawl Straps” and others. Her life has been spent in a way which has fitted her for her work, she having supported herself ten years by teaching and with the aid of her needle; has made two visits to Europe, the re- sults of which are pleasantly interwoven into her books. _ Two years she spent as a nurse in a hospital, and, while there, wrote letters thoroughly original, easy, hotiest ' and , l Ito her mother and sisters, which have Fireside Stories.” her own sparkle and resoluteness, to- gether with scenes from her own ex- perience. Iii truth she has called it a “story of experience.” Christie, the heroine, is a girl who ; declared there was “yeast in her com- position, began to ferment and ought to be kneaded to turn out a wholesome loaf.” “She hopes, whethenlong or short, her life may be cheerful while it lasts, missed when it ends, and leave behind it something besides ashes." Christie finds the modest little village where her childhood‘ days have been spent too small a stage on which to act, therefore determines to win success for herself in other fields. She fills the place of a kitchen girl, tries sewing, spends several years as an act- ress and as a governess. Although she very satisfactorily fulfils the duties of each, some uiiforeseen accidents con- tinually 0( cur and she is left with noth- ing to do. She tiieets all classes of peo- ple, cold, cross, oiie—sided ones. who Here and there, gleaming like sp.'trlfl ‘ Mother Love. George Stephensoii went one day; into an upper room of his house, and closed the window. It had been left open a long time because of the great heat; but now the weather was becom- ing cooler, and so Mr. Stepheiisori thought it would be well to shut it. He little knew at the time what he was do- ing. Two or three days afterward, however, he chanced to observe a bird flying against that same window, and beating against it with all its might, again and again, as if trying? to break it. His sympathy and curiosity were aroused. What could the little thing want? He at once went to the room, and opened the window to see. The window opened, the bird flew straight to one particular spot in the room, where Stephenson saw a nest—that little bird’s nest. The poor bird looked at it, took the sad story in at a glance, and fluttered down to the floor, broken- hearted, almost dead. Stephenson, drawing near to look, was tilled with unspeakable sorrow. There sat the mother bird, and under it four tiny little ones-—mother and young all apparently dead. Stephenson cried aloud. He tenderly lifted the exhaust- ed bird from the floor, the worm it had so long and bravely struggled to bring to its home and young still in its beak, and carefully tried to revive it; but all his efforts proved "in vain. It speedily died, and the great man mourned for many a day. At that time, the force of George Stephenson’s mind was chang- ing the face of the earth; _vet he wept at the sight of this dead family, and was deeply grieved because he himself had unconsciously been the cause of death.—./L/am‘/ztrter Ti/izes. — WHERE one woman fails as a wife and mother, because she is insufficient as a housekeeper, one hundred fail because they are housekeepers 027/)’. Who can- not recall some sad example of a wife shut out from her husband's mental world; of sons and daughters inevitably growing away from their mother, who was mother to their babies only. Or the still sadder spectacle‘ of the eager minds of the children quenched in hopeless dullness by the repressing in- fluence of an unsympathizing mother? I repeat emphatically that it is possible for a woman to be a perfect housewife and a cultured student; a deft seam- stress aiid a skillful musician; a “good, plain cook,” and a refined artist. But if it were not so, if we must give up all higher things in order to be perfect in the lower, God forbid—-I say it solemn- ly—that we should deliberately choose the lower. The family that “cultivates literature upon a little oatmeal” is filling the end of life infinitely better than the one whose highest ambition is perfec- tion in the physical appointments of existence. Yes, girls, fie perfect wives and moth- ers, if that lot be given yoti. Bring your bright intelligence to bear upon every wheel and spring of the domestic machinery; but keep it in its proper, subservient place. Reduce to a science this “mere mechanism of life,” so that its work may be smoothly and pert-gcaly done, with the least possible expenditure of time and thought. Remember always that domestic duties, while necessarily avocations, are not your vocation. That is something far above and beyond these “cares of bread.” It is to give your husband not only household comfort, but intellectual inspiration; to be to your children not only the tender house- mother, but the companion, counsellor, and friend. . It is to teach them to em- brace cheerfully whatever “plain living” is necessary to “high thinking.”—1r‘ura/ New Yorker. THE Century will soon publish two of Mr. George W. Cable’s stories, “Grand- Pointe” and “Carancro,” each of them to run through two numbers of the mag- azine. Mr. Kemble, the artist, has re- cently paid a visit to the Louisiana Aca- dian cotintry, in order to illustrate these 'j.'e;ir Llntl ll liiilf l have siilferctl stories with genuine “local color.” fiealtb anti Egiituseincnt. 5, J ¥_3\. Pure Air. [Read by Anna M. Leoiiaid before Silver Creek Grange, .V0- 044-l One of God's greatest gifts to man. As neuralgia in its various forms is only a prayer of the nerves for more and better blood, how highly important that that prayer be granted and thus obviate the neccessity of much suffering, via toothache, pains in the head and face, and any and all other guises in which this unwelcome guest visits poor, frail humanity. We all doubtless know the painful pleasure of arising from a rest- less couch,where nature’s sweet restorer has failed to find us on account of this same prayer of the nerves. But the duties of the day must be attended to at all hazards, and weary and discouraged we take them up as best we can. If more and better blood is the necessary requirement to overthrow all this suffer- ing then the important question is how shall those objects best be obtained. Must it be by the use of patent medi- cines antl nauseousdiugs? Nay, verily, away with the whole disgusting mess and throw open the doors and windows to your tlwellings. especially your sleep- ; ing rootns and let the pure air of heaven ‘ revrzl there. Drink of it .'Il)llll'l:llllly, , and, if possible, l1L1\’C :1 free ::ii'cti!.1tion ; tlirough the room at night. I 1' Wliereof I aftirrn. for until within the last know from ricuralgitt in my lieud and face, but I liuvcfoiiiitl that an xtlitimlatice of pure air is by far the most effective iiicdicitie. If the weather is too cool to admit of an open window or door——an(l the most of otir homes I am sorry to say have no other means of ventil;ition—-then im- prove the time while the family are at their meals to thoroughly renovate the sitting-room, thus a new supply of fresh air is assured to all. The dull drowsi- ness which is so often experienced from being within doors may in agreat meas- ure be thus avoided. Too much care cannot be taken to thoroughly air the sleeping rooms. If for one hour each day the window is opened this end will be attained. But should this also be impracticable—as it often is—-then a little extra exertion in airing the bed- ding will tend to do the same object. Before replacing the bedclothes take each article to the door and give it a thorough shaking in the open air. This is far more effectual than allowing them to hang on a chair an hour or so in a close room. This is especially trite of night clothes. Do not fold them so nicely and place them under your pil- low, but air them by hangiiig them up during the day. Why 21 night dress is any more out of place hanging in one's bedroom than a day dress is, I fail to see, although I was greeted by these words a few days ago on opening the door for a lady friend: “Mrs. Leoiizird, there is a garment in your bedroom which shows quite plainly from the road; I could seee one sleeve distinct- ly.” O, horrors! Now, I despise im- modesty in any one, but there is at great deal of false modesty indulged in which is equally disgusting. However, I changed the position of the “garnient." But to my text. The doctor called to see a patient often orders the window opened, knowing that God's pure air and sunlight will do the work more ef- fectually than his prescriptiotis. H. j-—:-—--—-—— The Boys’ Bed Room. Now instead of turning our boys off with the coldest, most inconvenient room in the house and making 2!. sort of ltimber bed room of it for him to go into only when his bed time comes, and out of as soon as possible when his ris- ing time comes; without one beloved cozy corner, or pretty picture, to rest his eyes upon while he lingers about his morning bible reading, or about the de- tails of his toilet (which indeed he can not finish in his room because there are, very likely, no conveniences), let us in- stitute a system of equality in planning the bed rooms of our children, making it a point to_ always keep the boys’ room as pretty and cozy as the girls’ and as scrupulously clean, rather than barely furnished with only the strictest neces- saries, and in, to say the least, a state of questionable order. In these days of Cheap, bright pictures and fabrics, which latter are also dura- ble, certainly most mothers may without stinting the needs of the household adorn and furnish her boys’ bed room if only it be already supplied with a bed and and toilet set. If means to buy the other articles are lacking some packing boxes and a few yards of the inexpen- sive material above mentioned used to upholster them will cost btit little except the time used in getting them into shape; and the result of the few hours’ labor and the expense (of perhaps two dol- lars) will be the conversion of the Saha- ra of a room into a place in which a boy will love to linger, feeling a pleasant sense of possession, and to which he will bring with pride and delight his young friends, when they visit him, as he has seen his sister do. Here, at least, he is safe from the hustling orders of any elder sisters he may chance to possess, who may have a propensity to monopolize, as elder sis- ters often do, all the cozy nooks in the house; this, at least, is outside their do- minions.— Goon’ House,('er;iz’n,gv‘. 4. _ .TEXAS‘_eXpECtS to make $1o,ooo,coo this year ':i ‘-“er cattle business. I NOVEMBER 1, 1886.- 'I'I-IIE3 GRANGE VISITOR. The Fiddler. “cracked.” And every one thought there was something he ‘ lacked; He thought so himself—said plainly ,twas so, But still twanged away with fiddle and bow. "My music," he said, “I am sure might be worse, And that I’m a blessing instead of a curse. 'l'hat I’m not out of place I think is quite plain, For when you have heard me you hear me again; While children pursue me with wildest delight And follow my fiddle by day and b night. The world is less gloomy, I’m thin mg, for me, Though idle and foolish you take me to be. “You never will want me for one of your guides On roads that are level, or up mountain sides; Vou want me for nothing but just what I do—— To make daily fun for your children and you. And that, as I see it, is simply my sphere, And in it I’ll work all the days I am here. "lt’s a notion of mine that, so long as we stay, We should make others happy in some sort of way And I think, when I’m gone, it will sometimes be said: ‘We are sorry the funny old fiddler is dead’!" DANIEL Boom: AND THE LINCOLN FAMlLY.——-Nlany will be surprised that the picture by Thomas Sully of Daniel Boone, in the forthcoming November Cerzlzzry, in connection with “The Life of Lincoln,” is said to have been paint- ed from life by the celebrated Philadel- phia artist. Mr. Sully died only in 1872, but at the time of Boone’s death, in I820, Sully was aboutthirty seven years of age, having been born in I783 It appears from the new Life of Lincoln that it was probably under the auspices of Boone that the grandfather of the President set out from Rockingham County, Virginia, to “make a home for himself and his family in that wild region which Boone was wrestling from the savage holders.” T/ze Century will print a fac—simile from the field—book of Daniel Boone recording the Lincoln claim on the King River. It appears, moreover, that one of the numerous Abraham Lincolns married into the Boone family in 1760. -- Goon HOUSEKEEPING just out is chuck hill of what every family ought to read. We have been especially interested in perusing the following articles: The cost of living in 1878 compared with de- generate taints. The coming woman will plan her own house; the architectur- al department of more than one univer- sity is open to her as another avenue of self-support. Tracing the history ofa mouthful ofbread and butter through the process of digestion. Darkness, damp and dust are potent agencies of disease. A chapter of practical house- hold hints that have been tested and found useful. How to cook and serve all kinds of fish and its value and service as food. Every newsdealer sells Gmm’ I{uus¢v{'ee])1')1g and will take your sub- scription for the year if you wish. 10 cents a copy, $2.50 a year.- -—————¢o———j CONGRESSMAN White, of Minnesota who takes an active interest in all legis- lation touching the agricultural inter- ests of the country, says that from the indications which he has been able to gather among Members of Hthe ouse a hill is likely to become a law which will make it obligatory upon the manufac- mrers of oleomargarine, butterine and other substitutes for the genuine butter to brand all packages so that purchas- ers will know just what they are getting. All attempts to tax this product out of existence by national enactment will be abortive, and in the opinion of Mr. White the only remedy for the existing evil that can be hoped for is the one mentioned. - — EVOl.U'l‘IO1\'.——S0n‘lel)O(Iy says that man is a niicrocosm—-a little world. Don’t you believe we’ve got the whole history in us somehow?—cells and pores, and ferns and roses, and bats and owls, birds of prey and singing birds, wild beasts and gentle ones, and little children and grown souls? * * * We’re in a world of choosing and beat- ing,——or getting beat. Every step ofthe way we’re letting something get the up- per hand, to be the biggest part of us, whether it's the bats and owls, or the singing birds, or the children of us, or the growing angels.——A D. T. W/zilmjy. — REV. DR. C. A. BARTOL, of Boston, alluding to recent defalcations, said: “The badness of the bad shall never prejudice mymind against the good- ness of the good, the purity of the pure, the honor of the honorable. There have been one or two defalcations on a great scale lately in Boston. Consider how many places of trust(ro,ooo and more in this city) there are who do not default even by a cent. Nay, I who have lived more than seventy years, say that I have found 1o,ooo honest men to one dishonest.” —————-{ob-—-———————— MAJ. GASSAWAY, a prominent San An- tonio lawyer, was engaged by a man accused of horse stealing. "Are you really guilty?” asked the lawyer. , “Why, major, it I was innocent, what earthly use would I have for a lawyer? Pm so guilty that I reckon you had bet- ter get another lawyer to help you.”- Teara: Szftings. » s TI-IE Indiana Farmer notes that 833 large ripe melons were gathered from tyre and a half acres of ground near Rockford,India.na, recently,wliich is less than one-third of the crop. The pro- ducts of the ground this year will be worth more than the value of the land. f L. S.&M. S. R. R- There once lived a fiddler whom people called KALAMAZOO DIVISION TIME TABLE. Standard time—9olh meridian. GOING SOUTH. ;§.,‘§.‘i‘..°.ji‘a‘."a.‘*ii,W=-v F‘ l 451m; 50:) I'M. SOOAM o2 " ; 622 “ , 930" " 5 723 “ {r205 Pll Lv Grand Rapids . . . . . . . . Ar Allegan .. . . . Ar Kalamazoo. . Ar Schoolcraft.. I0 42 " ' 8 oz ‘ j I so “ Ar Three Rivers.. ..in ii " l 8 3r " : 3 20 “ Ar White Pigeon . . . . . . . . . . ..|ll 4o “ J 900 " l 420 " Ar Toledo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 51cm; 23oAM<‘ 655»: Ar Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 9 4o " I 8 25 “ . . . . . . .. ArBufl'alo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 33oAM- 245 PM . . . . . . .. GOING NORTH. i N & C lExY&&lg Way F‘ Lv Bufialo . . . . . . . . .. ..ln 55 AM Ii 55AM . . . . . . .. Ar Cleveland. . 6 40 PM: 6 3o " . . . . . .. ArToledo . . . . . . .. .. ll 15 " I049 " 550PIl Ar White Pigeon . . . . . . . . . . .. 5 5o AM‘ 3 25 PM 8 15AM Ar Three Rivers . . . . . . . . . . . .. 6 16 " 3 5o " 9 45 " Ar Schoolci-aft. .. 6 44 " 4, r7 " XI 45 " ArK:lamazoo 7 'i447" zronl Ar Allegan I 5 48 " 3 55 " Grand Rapids... . . 7 Io " 6 55 " All trains connect at White Pigeon with trains on main line. M E. Wxrrurs. Supt. Kalamazoo Division, Kalamazoo. MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD. DEPARTURE or TRAINS FROM KALAMAZ00. TIME-TABLE—MAY I8, I884. Standard time-—9oth meridian. WESTWARD. A. M.:P. M. Kalamazoo Accommodation leaves . . . . . . . . .. 4 45: . . . . . . Kalamazoo Express arrives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘ Evening Express -‘ Pacific Expres: ‘ Mail . . . . . . . . . I_):iy Express. . Night Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 3 I7 . . . . .. Kalamazoo Accommodation leaves. . Kalamazoo Express arrives. . Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Day Express . . . . . . New York Express. Atlantic Express. New York, Atlant Vajdi daily. Even- ing Express west and Night Express east daily except Sat- urdays. All other trains daily except Sundays. Freight trains carrying passengers out from Kalamazoo as follows: No. 29 (easy at 5:10 P. M. and No. 20 (west) at 8:Io, bring passengers rom east at 12:45. P. M. . B. LEDYARD, Gen. Manager, Detroit. J. A. GRIER, General Freight Agent. Chicago. 0. W. RuGGi.Es. G. P. &. T. A., Chicago. Allen Durfee, FURNISHING FUNEIIAL DIRECTOR. No. 103 Ottawa Street, Grand Rapids, - - Mich. Residence. 193 J eiferson Ave. ivNovIo GRE ENVV00 I) STOCK FARM Poland China Swine a Specialty. Breeders Stock recorded in Ohio P. C. Record. Corres- pondence and inspection invited. B. G. BUELL, LITTLE PRAIRIE R0NDE,'_ Cass Co., Mich. LUCIUS C. VVEST, Solicitor of American and Foreign Patents, and Coniisellor in Patent Causes, Trade marks, Copyrights, Assignments, Caveats, Mechanical and Patent Drawings. Circulars free. I03 E. Main Street, Kalamazoo, Mich. Branch office, London, Eng. Notary Public. apritf Fenno Brothers & llhilds, WOOL CUMMISSIUN MERCHANTS 117 Federal St., Boston. Consignments Solicited, and Cash Advances Made. %-‘I:-‘3.‘1“..l:‘lRAPE VINES Also small Fruits. Quality unsurpassed. Warrunt:_ed true. \'i~ry (‘llf‘lI|l. 3 Snmiile vines mailed for He. Descrip- tive price list free. LEw|s ROESCH, Fredonln. Ill. . septi 5t4 50 Illdden Nnnmztc. ."erfnrned Cm-dub Prize 100. CLINTON BBO‘. Cllnbonvllle, Conn. 940‘ PATE1\TTS.: German Horse and Cow ' POVKTDERS I . This powder has been in use many years. It iis largely used by the farmers of Pennsylvania, 4 and the Patrons of that State have purchased over Ioo,ooo pounds through their purchasing ; agents. Its composition is our secret. The reci- [ lpleajjseotp every box and 5—pound package. It_ is ; y Dr. Oberholtzer’s Sons & Co Phoenix- iville, Pa. It helps to digest and assimilate the I food. Horses will do more work with less food while using it. Cows will give more milk and be in better condition. It keeps poultry healthy apd increases the production of eggs. It is also 0 great value to them while molting. It is sold at the lowest possible wholesale prices by R. E. JAMES, Kalamazoo; GEO. W. HILL & C0., 8(8) V\v’3o‘ltlull Building) CHICAGO, ILL. CHICAGO & GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY TIME TABLE, _ }TU1‘TEE‘3- ,1???- TRAINS WESTWARD-—CENTRAL MERIDIAN TIME. TRAINS EASTWARD—CENTRAL MERIDIAN TIME. 1 ‘No. 6. ~ ’""”"'No. 1, No. I8, No. 4 :No. 3 No. 5, Express l Expressfl: Express. Mail. Express. Expresl. j‘: ‘W i l , Port Huron, Lv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 05 A. AL: 7 55 P. M. | Chicago, Lv . . . . . . . . . .. 8 o5 A. M. 3 25 P. M. 8 15?. II. Lapeer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 8 3i ' 9 34 “ Valparaiso . . . . . . . . . . . . . io 30 " 5 32 “ Io 29 " Flint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 06 " zio Io “ South Bend . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 oo “ 6 52 " 12-01 A. I. Durand. .. . . . I. .. . 9 35 “ lio 48 “ Cassopolis . . . . . . . . . . . .. I2 47 P. M. 7 29 “ I2 43 " Lansing . . . . . io 30 " -.11 5o " Marcellus. . . . 1 x6 " * . . . . . . . . . 1 o7 " Charlotte . . . . . . . . . .. II oo P. M.li2 25 A. M. Schoolcraft I 35 “ 8 06 “ x 27 " Battle Creek, A A, M ii 45 " l i 20 " Vicksburg . . I 50 " 8 I5 “ r 43 " “ Lv.. . . .. 8 50 I2 o5 “ 1 25 " Battle Creek, Ar 2 45 " 8 55 “ 2 30 " Vicksburg . . . . . . . . . . . .. 9 45 I2 45 " 2 21 " " Lv. . . 5 45 “ 9 oc- “ 2 35 “ Schoolcraft . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 55 12 55 “ 4 42 “ 9 43 “ 3 25 " .. io 20 1 I6 " I’ 5 2o " IO I4 " 4 oo " Io 50 I 42 " 7 05 " xx 08 “ 5 c3 “ ii 40 2 28 “ 7 55 " II 37 “ 5 40 “ . I ~ 4 oo " ‘ . 8 42 “ I2 07 A. M. 6 15 " Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4 05 P. l. 6 3o “ I 8 I0 " 1 Port Huron . io 20 " I 26 “ 7 35 “ Way Freight carrying passengers going East, 3.30 P. INL; going west, I0 05 A. M. *Stop for passengers on signal only. Nos. 3. 4, 5 and 6 run daily. Tickets sold and baggage checked to all parts of Canada and United States; For through rates and time apply to G. M. WATSON, Local Agent, Schoolcraft; W. E. DAVIS. Assistant Gen’ Passenger Agent, Chicago; W. I. SPICER. General Manager, Detroit. GRooERIEm It will be interesting to every Farmer in the vicinity of Grand Ripids Wholesale Grocery House ARTHUR MEIGS 39 CO. Have Opened. a. Mammoth Retail Department, and are selling all goods at much L0“'ER PRICES than any other dealers. SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS will be given large purchasers. OUR STOCK IS LARGE, and embraces everything in the line of Groceries and Provisions. When in town don’t fail to call on us. ARTHUR n¢EIGrs&Co. Retail Department, 7 7 and. 79 south Division street. GRAND RAPIDS, NIICII. dec85y! BUSINESS AGENT MICHIGAN STATE GRANGE. THOMAS MASON, General Commission Merchant 161 South Water St., Chicago, Respectfully Solicits Consignments‘ of 3 BONDED AGENT of the N. Y. Produce Exchange Association, ‘ Chartered Feb. 13, 1878. All Orders Receive Proper Attention. liilli,legilillii,llillii,lggi,liiiileil,lliiiliii,lllii,Pilli,lilliii,lii. ' a.‘ -.7 er we. -v-$v.-v... ..‘..i.-..-‘9‘\. . ~..-' The Good'Old Farm. There's got to be a revival Of good, sound sense among men Before the day's of prosperity Will dawn upon us again. The boys must learn that lcarnin’ .\leails more than the esscilce of books, And the girls must learn that beauty Collsists in more than looks. Before we can steer clear of failures .~‘-llid big financial alarms, The boys have got to quit clerkin' And get back on the farms. I know it aiu’t quite so nohlly, It ain't quite so easy, I know, As partin’ your hair in the middle And settin’ up for a show. But there’s more hard dollars in it, An’ more independence, too, An’ more real peace and contentment, An’ health that is ruddy an‘ true. I know that it takes hard labor, But you’ve got to “hapg on" in a store Before you can earn a good livin’ And clothes, with but little more. An’ you steer well clear of temptation On the good old holiest farm, An’ :1 thousand ways an’ fashions That only bring you to harm. There ain't but few th it i:‘l.n hali.lle -Wiith safety other lnen's cash; An’ the fate of liially ulio try it Proves hlllll’lIl nature is rash. So, wllen the mail to S!.'tte l‘l'l.s()ll I.-nys lly the g«)t)(l Ultl fnrlii, An‘ :1 mziu ~L'(.~ 2 it-ilill‘ l.‘."'Il.llt5l' \\'i3li out of the \\.:1_\' if ii.'. *m, He lli "lfilxl t he ll.1<.’;l’t .-.':'.”l there .\ tillilll . soil in ;J.’fl..'c‘, \‘."lici'e llifll tcrcep lvrtcl-. Ill \Il\| ill')l' .\.f'.cr' it 1' 'l".lc:'.:;;. Wlia? ll st» of ‘will gr» excl. l="f,'l(Cll th, in iiiilld (mil in purse, sight «if the clover, ()r liil_;;cr rlilllg, which is vi-srse. A‘-‘ him mrllly zliourn, when ttscles». Tlint they (lirlli’t see the Lllariri, The xiliety and indcpemlcncr: Of a life on the good old farm. Michlugan Crop IRep0irliti,”Oct0ber 1, 1886. The returns from threshing up to about September 25, show an average of 16 and 82-hundredths bushels of wheat per acre in the southern four tiers of counties,and of 13 and 87—hundredths bushels per acre in the northern coun- ties. These figures indicate a. total yield in the State of 26,594,513 bushels. This is 40,177 bushels less than the Sep- tember estimate. This month’s returns show the aver- age yield of wheat per acre in the south- ern counties to be 59—hundredths of a bushel more, and in the northern coun- ties 1 and 7o—hundredths of a bushel less, than reported ln September. This is the final estimate of the wheat crop of 1886, and like the October estimates of former crops, is believed to be as ac- curate as can be obtained at this date. One year ago the 1885 crop was esti- mated at 30,839.39: bushels. The Na- tional Department of Agriculture in December, or two months later, esti- mated the crop at 31,261,000. The Supervisors’ returns made in the spring of 1886, show the crop to have been 30,627,543 bushels. The average yield per acre 'of wheat raised on corn stubble returned at 12 and 73-huliilredths bushels; on wheat stubble, at 13 and 15-huridredths bush- els; on oat stubble, at 14 and 23-hun- dredths bushels; and on summer fallow at 20 and 2-hundredths bushels. Reports have been received of the quantity ofwlicat marketed by farmers during the l‘-‘iOl)'tl1 of September at 268 elevators an=l mills. Of these 219 are the southern fozlr tiers of counties.which is fifty-tvo per cent. of the whole num- ber of el::vator.~: and mills. in these coun- ties. Tlic total number of bushels re- ported zri;=.:‘kctc-d is 1,272,269, of which 300,665 l)’l.'5l1Cl:i were l'li.trl-zeted in the first or southern tier of counties; :73. 459 bushels in the second tier; 248,804 bushels in the third tier;- 119,935 bush- els in the fo1irt'rl tier; and. r29,409 bush- els in the counties north of the southern four tiers. At 34 elcv-.ttilrs and mills, or 13 per cent. of the whole number from which reports have been received, there was no wheat marketed during the month. The total number of bushels of wheat reported marketed in August and Sep- tember is 2,825,669. The yield per acre of oats in the southern four tiers of counties is 32 and 85-hundredths bushels,:_ind in the north- ern counties 29 and 12—hundredths bush- els. ' The yield per acre of barley in the State is 24 bushels. . The condition of clover sown this year is 67 per cent., the comparison be- ing with vitality and growth of average years. Corn is estimated to yield 57 bushels of ears, or about 28 bushels of shelled corn per acre in the southern counties, and 54 bushels of ears, or about 27 bushels of shelled corn per acre in the northern counties. The corn crop matured froln the 10th to the 20th of September. Frost injured the crop in several lo- calities in the northern counties, butdid no material damage in the southern counties. - Potatoes will yield in the southern counties 69 per cent. and in the north- ern counties 66 per cent. of an average crop. Winter apples willyield in the south- ern counties about 92 per cent. of an average crop. 9 _ -—————-—o———-———- i ' Boys and the Farm. If you want your _boys _to stay on the farm, let them lead something besides a dog’s life.—— Western Plowman. The schools of the country, although inferior to graded town and city schools, TIE-IIEI GRANGE VISITOR. turn out abler men and women; and, while the city bred are, as a rule, not much heard ofin later life, the once country boys, who wore plain clothes, and had few books, but studied them throughout, and who were trained to “labor and to wait,” are always the leaders of thought.—-Qzzis qizis, in N. Y Trilmlze. These two clippings were found in the New York Tribune of September 15th. The first one intimates that a boy's life on the farm is a dog's life, while the second says that this life pays, from the fact that those boys who are raised on the farm are much more certain to become “leaders of thought" than those raised in the city. The writers of these notes are probably both correct in their views; but it is evident that they look at farm life from diflerent standpoints. It is too true that on a great many farms the boy’s life is not made very pleasent,——not nearly as pleasent as it should be. To him it seems to be ‘a ceaseless round of toil, and remunera- tion except that wllicll he cats and it is no mistake to say that the shabby condition of the latter often causes bit- ter tears on his part. He is proniised great things when he shall become it man; but when lit: looks around and takes an inventory of all his neighbors, property, he learns that all they have has been earned allii 'cl.(f(,‘Llmlll;ltC(l since they left the liolilr: of their parents. It would be the worst thing that could happen to a boy if he were to leave home before he is of proper age to do so or before he is properly edu- cated; but he sho‘-.ll.pt‘e.4c.Ql.s til-*: b:st l-re:-tiers of E lglilud. Scotland, Canada and the Ulitizd S ates. Tue ex ilbition has fir its obj :ct the en- cmragement ot the most econulnical pro- duction of the best qlality ul meat. The admirable arrangements provided for the exhibition of stock cannot fail to meet the approval of all who may attend. The un- surpassed facilities afforded the plblic for examining the live animals and determin- ing the q lality of the same when slaugh- tered in the exposition building are only partially appreciated by the thousands of intelligent consumers that attend the show in such largely increased numbers each succeeding year for the purpose of infor- mation in these important matters. ' AMERICAN DAIRY SHOW. The large attendance of the ladies and the best; classes of people, especially those that consume the best. dairy products, in- dicates that some of the many advantages of the dairy show are becoming more fully understood and appreciated by consumers. The extent; of the display of dairy pro- ducts and appliances, as well as the uni- form excellence of the butter and cheese exhibited, attests the enterprise and skill or‘ the dairymen residing in the wide ex- tent of territory represented annually at this show. All interestédi"will—lm—vc‘éh excellent opportunity for the examination of the most; approved appliances and ob? tnining information concerning the methods adopted by the practical and successful dairymen in the country. AMERICAN HORSE snow. The south half ofthe exposition building has been admirably arranged for the ex- hibition of horses, and all the space has beei secured by the leading horsemen of the country. There will be 8. large and at- tractive exhibit of the various breeds of riding. driving and draft: houses, which will be shown to the best advantage in the large ring provided for that purpose in the exposition building. RAILROAD ARRANGEMENTS. All the leading railroads of tbs north- west have arranged for unusually low ex- cursion rates to Chicago during the con- tinuance of the above shows. NOVE.‘\lBER 1, 1886 For Dyspepsia llelital and Physical Bilalstinll, li6l‘VlllSfi3SS, Waalellsl Energy I ncligest inn, Etc. 6 l i HORSFOBD’S ACID PHOSPHATE A liquid preparation of the phos- phates and phosphoric acid. Recommended by physicians. It makes a delicious drink. Invigorating and strengthening. Pamphlet free. For sale by all dealers. Rumford Chemical Works, Providence, R. I. tr§§‘Bew:tre of llliitatioris. jillylfiyl If you have for sale either .\ppI(*‘S, B1-runs. Iiszgais. €l'r:ulllu.-rl;-iq-,_g-, l i 1 l l III-iu-II I’:=m7lt, GI-lip:-s. llops. l§(H|("}'. dltninlis. I’:-aiclu-.~'. Po". latm-.~, tninlall l<‘ruit.~‘. Sr-pals, Sqiuzisll. ‘H-nl or “col. send me your lltllllc and l’. (I). arlilrcss in full; it will be £l(l(lCtl to my lists and in due time you will be fully p0.~'i('lI in their value on this nmrkm. thereby en- abling you the better to decide whether to sell at home or ship for sale here. Fratcrnally yours, THOMAS MASON, Business Agent Mich. State Grange. South Water St., Chicago. I P. S.—Name the articles from the above list unly that you expect to ship. octIt3 T. M. ORGANS. ""c.-t. llrlnors at Illl Gi-cat World's Exhibitions for r: . -ll _\'-.'::l-.-«i. 100 atylvs, $22 to 3900. For (Jnsli, Easy Pu lit-tits, or Rented. Catalogue, 46 pp_, 410, ix-cc_ PIANOS. The llliprovr-ll Method of Stringing, lnr 0d ed a pcrlwttwl by !\I.i.w_\' it" HAMLIN. la (‘.Ont'L'dr('d uliy C32)- pctcnt juilv.-cs to coustltiltc in radical advance in Plano- olrte L-uri.~uriu~tinn. )0 not rot llll'l' one-r nxlrtt-r as much tunln as Pin gent-rally f)t- l'll)ll\'f,‘ (':it:llo;:uc by mail. E “O9 FOR SALE_~——(lU(lLl farnling lands, cheap and on long time. oct15t2 Write for iiifrmiizitioli to E. F. (}Lill.Il, l‘l. Sagillztvv, l\liCll. A‘I§n SMALL FRUITS, mid nll snrlrllc-~s of GRAPES. Iaxtin Qualliy._ \\rru'r.ilili-ll ll‘llP. Low I’1Hl'.\ to its-altars. CIIIPHE I)_\:Rlll(Ill. I‘II‘:l[Ii[ll.'|l'f1‘l'.~' and Im-.'r»:.t l'tINe\ for A A A and Fredo ‘ Empire State. TI SI N.Yii'& HOW TO MAKE lll()l\(‘_\' on lH.'li-"l‘. :—'<-ml l'.~‘ )‘|)lli‘ at-lilrl'_<~: :vv: