V.\V\\Y\\- §1\\§ 1.‘ ':\’\i VT-§\‘.\. .:eo_._.._________,, . 9 § “ THE FARMER IS 0F JIIORE UOJVSEQ UEJV'CE THE THE F./JR./II, .flJV'[) SHOULD BE FIRST I./l1'PROV.ED.” VOLUME XII-No. 11. WHOLE NUMBER 5:». l COLDWATER. MICH.. JUNE 1. 1887. Published by A. J. ALDRICH :5: CO., I 0 Publishers of the COLDWATEB. REPUBLICAN. 0FFIC'Ifl] DIRECTOR Y. Oflicers National Grange. _ Dfaxtzr--PUT DARDEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .l\Iississippi 0ver.r:er—_]Ai\l ES (_ DRAPER... ..M:issachusetts Ll£turtr—l\IORT. WI-IITEF EAD . . . .New Jersey Strwarn1'—_I. E. HALL . . . . . , . . . . . . . . .West Virginia Axsirtant Stt'w:1rr{—W.H.STINSON. .N. Hampshire Clmplizirz —A. J ROSA. . . . . . . Trrasurer-— F. M. ’.\‘Icl)O .LL . . . . . . . . .New York S¢cr:tizry—-JNO. TRIM BLE. 514 F St.,.Washington. Gate Ker/9er—H. TI-IOM PSON . . . . . . . . . . . .I‘ Cer¢:—-.Vl RS. KATE DARDEN . . . M sippi Parmma—MRS. S. H. NEAL . . . . . . . . . . . ..Kentiickv Fl./7ra——MRS. JAM ES C DRAPER. . .Mass:ichusetts Lady Assistiutt SZ:.”IL‘(lY¢i—L\II{S. E. M Ll PSC(.!I\lB, South Carolina EXe(2l1l’i\’l,‘ toiumifhw . M. BLANTON, Ch'n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Virgiiii:i I. H. BRlGH.»\I\i (min I. J, WOODMAIV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Michi-gan "flimAi‘.~‘ Vii-liigan stain (‘naturi- M/::trr—C. G. l.L'l‘E: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..I.:insi.i;- Orviwsimr-—_l()l“l.\' H()[.BR()0l\' . . Lrrtzzryr-_l.~\S< IN \\'l )(>i".\l »\.\' St.':iutr:1'-\\"l _ T ' . . Assismrit 516 C}ztr;ll:11'n—I. i\. Trea:ur:r— . S(rri':‘.z7’_$'—_l. T. Gate li’e:;Ser.—_l. C. G1 IlIl.D. . . Czre: MRS S. l.. l¥F..\"l‘l.F.Y... Pomona MRS. PEl\’l\'\' TEAYO. Flora ——i\[l<5.}. C. G\)Ul.I) . . . L. A. Steward MRS. A. E. GR . . . . E ctitive (‘oiuiuittvs-~‘. THOMAS MARS, Ch'n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Berrien Center . . PL. TT. A BURRINGTON. . M. SATERLEE. ‘ _ _ GEO. KIJSUI-IgRTON . . . . . . . . . . I‘ tut]: Ridge C, G. C I - . . . . . . . .. rinsing 1. '1‘. COBB. i E"'0fl""‘l ........... .. Schoolcraft .Birmingham General Deputy. MRS. PERRY MAYO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Battle Creek Rp:-cial DP])l1tlFB. P. H. GOELTZENCLEUCHTER, Birch Run, for Saginaw County. GEO. L. C.-\l\LlSI.E. Kalltaska. for Kalkaska Co. F. \V. REDFER.\l Maple Rapids. for Clinton Co. GEO. S GIBBS Greenville. for Montcalm Co. HIR.-'\.‘v’l .-\NDRF.\VS. Orion. A. CROSBY, _lr. Novi for tlakland County. JOHN WELLE. Flat Rock. for Wayne and Monroe Counties. ' THUS. MARS, Berrien Center, for Bcrrieii Co. R. C. NOR'l‘()_\' Urangevillc. for Barry C0. J. E, \VA(}.\'ER,ji-nesville. for Hillstlale Co. E, I’-I.'R.\lE'l'l'. Bancroft. fur Sliinwa.~see Co C. A. LE’ u\ARD. Mziiitoii. {or Wgxford Co. A. M. l.I-‘.lT(.'l'l. North Burns, Hiirnn Co. E. Ix’. I-‘ULK 'til'ZK. :\\ll'l1ill, l.ttl]a.V'€C Co. VV H .\l:\I”l‘E.\'().\'. imiia lonia C0. Hl£.\'RY I5. Gl*'.i)l\’tiI-I, Crildwater, Branch CD. A. l-‘Hl\’ll, .-‘iltnn, Ken! LR). Hl'l.\' i\lt‘l{-\Y. Rt-in-:0, .\IaCDl"lll) CI). VM. ROSE. Sumniit Lity ljniiid Traverse Co. ‘I I"IlI].’:ill (‘rra:igi'~ Stores. A. S'l‘EGlll(‘:1ll2ls}'0ll :l1'(‘. Urn. (fiibli. \\'cll iii:i_v thc result iii’ its pmidoriiig to thc -\':llUl)ll ciiiisc it iihiriii. It" the ])*ll‘i}' (l()!.‘.< not lose, lllUl'l‘ \'t)l(‘.< thiiii it could giiiii ll'tilll llic ruiii iiitcrcst lsliiill he iiiistziki-ii. ic- piiblii-:iii cdiiui:-: in this «~uiiiaty took zibuiii tin: .-:iiiic i-oiii‘sc its dill thc >‘~t:itc pzipi-r. but zlll thc whilc pi'i-tciiding j_-‘rent C.\‘til‘l‘()\\’ iicciiiisc“pi'oliibi1ioii docs not pi'uliibit.'" ()t' cuiirsc they did not iiieiitiiiii wliiit Mr. Bltllllti‘ sitid about prtiliibitioii in Mziiiic. noi whzit the il‘])lll>llC1lll Govcriioi's of Iowa and lx':iiis:is ll2l\'C said about the success in their states. These editors wiiiitcd the votes of pmliibitiuiiists and sulooiiists for tlicir piirty next vezir. \Vill they get tliciii? Time will show. In this town of \Vhitc Pigcmi :1 few I)einocr:its. and some of them drinking iiicii, voted *‘_vcs,” but I think the main body of the party went for the s:iloon as iisuiil. I uiiderstzind sonic Rcpublicmi pzirty leaders and church members went the sriiiie road. H. (J. APRIL 14, 1887, Liipeer County P0- ni0n:i Grziiigc, No. :2‘.),iiict With Drydcii Grriiiigc and opened in the Eiftli Dc- grcc in iiwciimiii with it good :ittciid- iiiicc. \\'c ll:l(I it public iiicctiiig iii 1lita:1t'ti,-i'iiooii whcn 11 good iii-iiiy out- itcs ciiiiic in ziiid took part , ..iuiis \Vlllt',ll wcrc \'cr_\' iii- tci-cstiiig. The cssziys 01 Sistcr E. II. Owen and Sister J. )1. Liiinb wcrc lisiciicd to with gi'(-at llllCl't‘.~"l2 ziiid thi=_v h:ivc pi'oiiiiscil to givc thciii to the ‘»'isi'i'<»i: for ])lll)llI'.‘I[lUll. Our ncxt iiici-tiiig will be hold with .Vorth lll‘:‘.ll55 (l(.‘g'l'('CS iii the shtidc April :31)! lfoiiiid no snow uur gt-cciiiiess tip hero, but I found it p:iiis_v from the g:ii'dcii bcsidc my plritc .\l:iy-d:iy iii0rii- ing, and who should czill this iiioriiiiig but robin i'cdbrc:ist! llzirdly i'cctig- iiizcd him he so seldom visits here. We were greatly in hopes he was looking for 21 building site, and iii- foriiied him we would be htippy to riccoiiiniotliite hiiii. Tlleff‘. is iinothcr visitor I should be gliid to st-c—t.he GRANGE Visiroit. Please send mine to Arthur, Dakota, and oblige, A. L. F. May 4. SUPERIOR Graiige, No. 68. is still in fine condition. \Vc gave the 4th de- gree to eight ciiiididiites and re-iiistiitcd two former inenibers it short time ago, iiiztkiiig our membership wcll tip to ':ll'(l 140. The incinbers sire in cariicst, and the progr:iiiis are well C2l1'l‘l(3(l out. We li:id such an cxccllciit time last Chil- drcii’s Day that we have decided to try it ngriiii this _V(‘:l1'. I think that the l’histcr Associzition will not make itself very rich lroiti sales in this sec- tion. \Vc hiid an excellent incctiiig ’I‘liiirsd:iy cve.. May 5. I’rogr:iiii cun- sistcd of it rccit:itio1i, two select read- ings, fl well-writtcii essay on the edu- ciitioiiail a(l\':iiit:igcs of the Griiiige. :1 review of 3. portion of the life of Lin- colii, all of which were well given and fully apprcciiited. There was also a short discussion on "Our duty as Gi':uigci's [l’:it.roiis(?) Eu.) toward the Visrroit.” Whether it will result in any new siibscribcrs or not I cmiiiot tell, but all cuiisidci'cd it 21 duty to give the paper support. VVe iire plciised to learn of the con- tinued progress of the Order from all parts, and hope and trust that the good work will go on. J. H. HANFORD, Lec. \VashteniiW Go. THE Capital Grange contest men- tioned iii the VISIT()l{:1t its beginning lirisjust finished its first tliroc iiioiitlis’ striigglc. liiiving cmidiicteil the work I in it niust li:ii-iiioiiiuiis, pleasiiiit mid; siim-cssl'iil iniiiiiicr. The Grange was very evenly divided 1 lin iiiiiiibcrs and talent and the strug- gle was close and iiiterestiiig. The sides were iirraiiged 011 opposite sides of the hall kiiowu as the N01'th:iiiiltl1c South, and when the final score was read the .\iortli had over six tlioiisztiid points, dcfciitiiig the poor Soutli by :1 nic:igre one liiiiidi'cd and twciity-ciglit. The South wits :1llC‘.‘l('l until the last nicctiiig. when Bro. 'I‘:iyltii'(\vc might know his iiziiiic was Taylor as his \\'n1'l{ cuiiiitcd at the tiiil cud) iwuiiglit in tlircc iippliciititiiis. Tllls Iuriicd the st-:i1i- and g.‘lVt‘ the North lhv victory. 'l‘hi- \\':l_\' we \\'tii'l\'4ll wits :iiiiii.-iiig. NL‘llllC‘1‘:~‘l(lC('(>lllilg'(‘l lIllll’ll iln- .~'l:ll'l of the other by briiigiiig lll cxlrcis, iiltlitiiigli this was :ill<-iiipti-il by lmtli. l1‘:i iiiciiibcr1:iilcd on lhc pi'u§_»'i‘:iiii—— but tlii-_v .Sl‘l(lll_\' it h:iiid briisli bi'oiiiii.:iiid you think it tzikcs iiiui-,h ll1‘. In love and 1)t,‘:lt'82ll|(l unity to search dilli- gciitly iiir truth in every good word and work. J. II. 5Axi‘oiti). Berlin liraiigc, X0. 30. \Vi~: hiive liitd :t fierce light with wliisltcy :iiid hcll. 'l‘hougli not fully Sll(3t'l‘.~.~‘flll it has scciiicil to ()l'}.IilillZl3 us for it triuiiipli:int tight in the liitiirc. Tlicrc were 21 g‘l'(,‘£li lIl:tll_\' would-hc i'csp0ct.:ilil(: go-bcl\\'t3ciis tllzlt voicd No mi tho t]ll(.‘.~'ll(\ll of prnliibitinii on tho (l(‘('l:ll't‘ll hi-lii-i'tli:it it would not pro- hibit. and that lhc tzix or ll'.'('ll.\t5 liiw w:i.-' ;_II)'Nl viioiigli il'<':ii'i"ii.-d out. 'l‘li::.'(‘l'iL‘(l llsclll its it sliuiihl. \\'cli:ivoi :iii«>llici' coiifcst (in (:ui'li=.i1itl.~‘tli:1l bids fair to (*.\;i'cl the lll‘.i'ved by \Vriglit iiiid l’i(.i1ieci‘ Grrziiigcs at Gee’s (irl'()Vl‘. two miles south of Pioneer Grunge II:lll, and if the day is good We shall have it big time. You will hear of a Pomona (‘rraiige in (il':ltlOt County within six months. W. V. I\l<_>i~‘rATT. Elwcll, May 2:}, '54. OTHER STATES. RAY!-.‘N.\'A Gi‘:uigo_. No. 37:}, resolved that iiiciiibcrs would not use three dollar pliistcr the present year. Tnos. D. Sziiirn, Sec. 1 will sii_v for the ellCO11l‘{1g’OlllClllJ of otlicrs that since the lirst oi J:1ii1ii1ry, 1N.s‘7,iiiglit Griiiigcs have been reor- gaiiiizi-il in Iowa :lll(l rcported to this ollici-. to wit: In Mills (fouiity two Gi':1iig(-s, Illf_{’ll:llll. N0. 124;’. with 58 lll(‘llll.i1’l‘.~‘. and Bciitoii,No. 556, with ;’l l]lI.‘llll)(‘l‘S. lii li)\\':l CouiitytwuGra1igcs: "Weil- iiut (itl't)\'t,‘ (£i':iiigc. No. 47;’. with 34 iiiciiihcrs. :iiid U. K. Grriiigc, No. 159, with 17 iiii-iiihci'<. One in lliiiiiholt (,'o111ily:Siiiiiiiiei' (.il‘:lllf_"(.‘, Nu. l‘.)‘.k:'>, with 1:; iiii-iiibcrs. In lint.-ii:i Vista Coiiiity: ll:iriiioii_v, No. -_m:i.3. with 14 lllClIil)(!l'.'<,21ll(l Silver Lake l.il'21|lf_j‘L'. ;\'o. 1:321), with l‘J incin- bi-rs. Sniitli ‘-miicli (}i'_;iiige, No. 376, in )l:idi-nii L'oiint_\'. with '31) iiiciiibci's. iiupiwts conic froiii various pitrts of the Smlc whit-li iniliciitc that we are on the eve of :1 (.§i':iiige l'(3\'lV'{l.l, and We hope and pray it iii:iy come so strong as to shake the pillars of monopoly as .'~‘C\'(‘l‘(!l_\’ as when the walls of Jericho c:iiiic down at the lust blasts of the trumpets of the priests of the Lord of the whole earth. \Ve had sent {Ip- poiiitiiiciits for Grzinge work about the lirst. oi‘ .\I:i_v to Iowa and other counties but was tzikeii severely sick and not been able to leave home up to this date. We were very sorry to disappoi1it,but we could not avoid it. \Ve felt strong hopes that several Graiiges could be i'e-oigaiiizeil, from the reports coming to us if we could have gone to the field of labor as we IJl2'l.llllC(I. As the Iowa State Grange selected the Visiron as the medium of commu- iiicutioii iiniong the Graiigcs thereof we hope the several subordinate Urmiiges have or will subscribe for it and use siiid paper for postal juttings. Several Grzinges are delinquent in making quarterly reports to this otfice. Sonic Griiiigcs we are uiiotliciiilly in- foriiicd have thcircliarters, make no re- ports to b‘ccret:iry State Grl‘21llgC, nor have they for _vo:i.rs past, yet they hold iiieetiiigs. Other Griinges report once :1 your in advaiice, others at close oi _\'(é:ll‘§ some report semi-annually and otlicrs report qiuirterly just as they should do. \Ve hope all Grtuiges in the State will be prompt and rcport lor qiizirters ending Dec. 31, 1886, l\l.:ir<-,li 31, 1887, June 30 and Sept. 30, 1837. J. W’. MURPHY, Sec. P()’l‘OMAC G1-aiige No 1. D. C., has good incctiiigs and agrowiiig member- ship. The Grange agciicy in \Vashington under the zinspices of Virginia and Marylaiid State Grziiigcs is doing a. good business, especially in fc1'tili7.ei's. There is ft llockiliile co-opt-rzitive so- ciety in the district of over 3,000 members. Hot and dry liiire as else- where. A. A. CitoziEit.- \Vashiiigton, May :20, 1887. , _,_.__....____,4_.. COM1"I‘0N l'.it(!¢.’. \Vlteu cattle are l)(‘lll_'_f‘ fzttted, as is usually the C:lSt‘.l(‘,t,:(llllf_:‘ is forced. Very often sonte oi" tlte cattle ll(‘\‘0ll1D sick: dl2lI'i'll(I‘:l. teverish condition oi’ the I)l()u(l.l‘:l1lSetI by l'requcnt:tttacks of in- digestion are not uncommon o:-cur- rettct-s. I‘-ecattse some cattle t'el'ttse to eat. the t't-ed must be cmtttgctl. The feeder tltittks their tnottths have be- come, sore. or possibly they ltave been fed too strong. \Vhy is tltis? Wlty is it that t'requently hogs are taken much the saute as were the cattle? Why is hog cltolera 1‘eare,d? And why is it necessary to pour so much stud" down the anitnal’s throat? this it ever oc- curred to you that (ll.~'0:l.~‘C may be trattstttitted t'rotn tlte cattle to the hogs by this style oi tenttlittg? Matty times it llllt‘lllj_[‘CllI ittvestiga- tion were instituted, cause for tltesc troubles llll;:‘l1t be found rigltt itt this same, ntattu re pile. ‘].\'c1'etnent of dis- eased animals, like that ot tliseasetl in- dividuals, contains disease gernts. and it sectns ver_v reasonable to suppose that hogs feeding on exetauttettt con- taining these ,-,-'erttts would be very likely to becotne diseased also. Itt titne of cholera, or scarlet fever cxcitetnent,ltow the physieiattcautions you todestroy or dispose of the excre- mettt ot the patients so as to prevent the spread ot the disease. Now, it‘ sim- ple contact with tltis otlal spreads eon- tag'ion.would not tlte danger be in- creased tmtny titnes if tlte said drop- pings were iii any way taken ittto tlte stontaeh? We think so. If such care is ttccess:tt'_v itt diseas - which atllict the individual, shotti not some rare be taken with tile ho: also? llow tttatty times the lll{l.ll.l pile cottnnttnicates (list-ztse to the ho 1 will not venture to say; nor willl say that all diseases which atttck our hogs come in <-ottst-quettee of this style of teetlittg. but tltis I will say. that the chances of taking disease are :_;'t'e2ttly multiplied by feeding in the manner before mentioned. I"cetlitt;_: gt'otttttl corn to both cattle. and llU_2‘.s' seems to us the better way. and it" you \vottld save feell. f.:'rind corn cob and all and fer-ll it in that way. ‘Ye have never fully appreci:tted corn COI)S as feed. ’I‘lno.--e who have experi- mented with suclt teed have been sur- prised at the results. J. F. (Jantpbt-ll in t.lte Kankakee Times ot April 2!), 1887, says: "I have been experimenting itt tceding cattle to sotttc extent the past winter and spring‘. I am l'(.-eding tett car loads itt three yards. \\'eighed the feed every day for :30 days. Those fed corn ate 3:iz_l— pounds of corn per day each. Those ted on cob meal took 2.3; pounds ofcoh meal per day eaclt. Those fed on corn made an :l\'c1':l;_fc of 2 lbs. per day per head. Those fed on cob meal made an average of :5 lbs. per day per lteztd. You see this is a great saving. You ntake your cattle as good in tit) days on cob meal as itt 90 days on corn, and save eight pound.=:ot' corn per day per head. This makes a ditlerence of 538.3 busln-ls. (-ztclt tnont.h on my stock. The cob aids digestion, prevettts physit-,k- iug and srtves a large amount of rough feed.” ' My own expt-rience with cob meal is that :tll stock prefer it to corn. Sheep will r-tt. it clean and do better titan on shelled corn, and hogs (,‘0t‘t‘_lllll_\' do as well, with less feed. \Vho would like to ett pork latted on the manure pile? ‘' Yet lots of it is sent to ttt:tt'Le.t, so are Iotsof l)(If[R when cltolera. is in the: herd. This may be human nature, bttt '; it looks a little depraved, to say the I least. ' Gi\'t-ltogsagootl bed, clean‘. sweet feed, attd pure water, attd you will make ntoney by it and become lJ('il.(.'l' men. Idott’t think any one can feel ju.stri<,rht who will stop a"d think that the ltogs he sold tttigltt he the ntettts ot' conttttttnic:-ting disease to many people itt eonsequettce of their brnin;: unheztltlty. Let a.n_v wlto tnay read this article give it e:tt'efttl thought. J. I). Fot.t.:\tt;tt. »-~?—-101:--—~—+ — Blessings Brighten as They Take Their Flight! H ow [Extract from an essay read lrt-lore Lztpcer ,v Cottttty l.'r:1ngc.] Vfltat is :1 lull.-ssittg? A means of hap- piut " ,;;'i:'t,lu_~neiil LIl':l(l\'7lltt‘1,'_',‘(.‘, that. ‘."t: pronloti-s pro-'pt-rily and will-1 fare-——t;; .-itort, all that wa: arr, all 1,lr'.t we t‘::j=)_'-' and tnurh that we do not en- joy for tlit't'ei‘ent t'4-as-wits. are lJl(‘.5'>}lIl‘r, . And then we are told that lull-sstn oil:-n mate in <‘tisgttis<:; but. come as they will or when they will, st-lzlont do we value them at their true worth at the tllilt‘, and let thv.-nt t‘-l.~~§ front us. 1', and .ts they take their lligzht rej_r_ v-I’ bitterly that we did not enjoy and lltlpl'UVc upon them wltile they . Were ours. And yet, strange as it may ‘ seem, this kind ot experience does lit- , tle or nothing for usand thtts soon for- gotten, we live on to ,<_rrieve over past l)lt‘.’~‘.~‘lll;_".~‘ and take little or no lteed of presettt hlessittgs. * * * To-day weare l)It‘S§0(I with homes and homesurroundings and we enjoy them itt a careless, easy, ntatter-of-fact way. bttt to-ntorrowsickness, death, or nti.st'ot-tune routes and we are de- prived of that beatttiful ltotne. Oh, how the lwlesstttg hri_-_;lttc-its as it taltes its flight! Did you ever stop to cott- sider the blessittg ot ltealtlu? Methinks I hear some oi’ yott say."Yes, ttow tltat I ltave lost tny health.” How (lid you lose your health? Listen, I will an- swer for you. By tl':1llSg‘l'CSSllI;_f the laws of nature, ttot even once stoppinj_r to thank the (liver of all good and pet'!‘i-ct ;:tt'ts. You have been itt the habit oi‘ lieepittgr it're;_-‘til.-tr hours. eat- ing. ilt'iiikit»g.sh-eping, \vorking1', play- ing.-‘. when yott chose and as you cltose, without atty t'egttl:tt'ity. perhaps play- in-_r two days :tnd on the third o three days work; the saute with eatittgj. dt'ittkin;_:' and slt'epittg—j__"oi1t5_; sevett lllf_"llL.~} lit a week, and then be ang'ry with _\'ourseli attd everybod_v else be- cause there were not more tti;_rlt1s iii a week, for how on earth is a fellow go- ing to ;_rct time to go and see hi- oi-s. ;_rirl'.’ Meantitne. the girl \VUll(lt"'.~' ‘tor. on earth she will get time to entt-.t't:tin him. for st-vett nights are already eit- ;_r:tg__>'etl and more spoken tor. But. stop. tnydearhearers, I would not haw _\ on thinkl tnean this all for the _\’t)'|ll‘." or untnarried. not by any tneaus. I mean it as well for the old and ntarried. wlto ot'tentitnes go t':trtlter itt traits- f_"l'(‘S.'~‘lllg the laws than the young_:‘ even dare to tltittk, and while the _\'oun;_rart- ittttocettt to a great extent, the old are §.:(~ttt-t';tllyg1tilty to the whole extent of the tt':ttts'_t‘1‘essiott. Ilut. young or old, they semn to think there is noth- ing.-' to do so long as ltealtltattd strcttgtlt last but to exenxise them, never stop- ping to think that tltat stt'on,«_»' arm is grmvittg‘ weak, that quick. tirnt step is growing unste:tdy. that. bright eye is )_"t‘.Illllf_" ditn. that sltarp, keen appetite is slowly but st"-adily titiling, those l)1‘l§_[llt ringlets are silvering, that round, rosy check is getting‘ white attd thin. you are stttl't-ring from rltcunta- tism, neuralgia, dyspt.-psia, attd tnany other derangentcttts, all spt'ittg‘i1tg front transgressittg the laws ot' nature. In short, your health is all gone, attd you now say, ‘-It I had my health :l,Q':llll I would know how to take eareliof it and enjoy it, too.” Oh, ltow the bless- ing of health brightens as it takes its iliglttl To-day _vou area slave itt bondage, se(~ttt't~ly chained with a. cltaitt that can not he atvered with a cold chisel. as it is ttot made of tnotals. but ofa lll:llCl‘ltlI much :stt'o1t;_ret'. and I have named it-— the chain of habits. It can ottly be broken by the very strottgt-st ot will power. Altltottglt I have not come here witlt a balm for all yottr woes. neither a cordial for all yottr tears, yet I do think we would be able to appreciate tnany lJI(‘.'\'.‘a'lIl§[S before their 1li;_{'.tt it‘ w, would strive to enter into the spirltoi th.-tt hyn1n.written by J. I}. Woodbury, l~:nown as“(,i:tt'tieltl's ll‘:-t\'ot'ite,” vi7..: “Mount up the hights of wisdom, And crush each error low; Keep lsacl; no \\ ords of knowledge, 'I‘lr.t.t human hearts should know. Be faitlthtl to thy trtissiott, Itt service of thy Lord, And then a golden Chaplet Shall be thy just reward.” E1\[.\IA R. OWEN. -- lntemperanceln Eating‘. “Tell me what a people eat, and I will tell you their ntot'als,"’ sa_vs an old proverb; or, iii briefer Gerntan phrase ——“A ntatt is What he eats.” \Vhatever truth there may he itt this apltoristn, the {.7-,'t'eatest of English pltvsieiatts, Dr. Itadclill’. goes still t'urther when he says. “It we could solve the problem ofdiet, it would almost amount to the t'c-discovet'y of pat'adise.” Did not wrong taatittg pttt tnan out of it? And it was by continuing itt wrong eating and drinking. attd the breathing of vi- tiated air. Whiclt is _'_r.-tseotts food, that ttt:ttt.trottt this triple l'ountain head, has hrottg‘ltt upon ltitnself nearly all the diseases attd ntisery that afllict his race. Sir IIenr_v Thompson says, "I have come to the r-onclttsion that ntore than half the (liseases Wltirll cmbitter the middle and latter part ot lite are due to avoidable errors in diet, and that more ttti.~cl'tiet' in the form of at-tttal tliwase, of impaired vigor, and of shortened lite, acerttes to rivilizedtttatt in l‘lll‘,{l:t1l(l and tltt'ottgltottt contittetttal Europe front errotteous habits of cat- ing than from the habitual use of al- (',oltolit' drink. <-ottsiderable as I know that evil to be.” But, among the various soltttions of this problem tltat have been given, which shall we take? ’I‘o show you that the soundest doctors disagree on whatshould constitute our diet, we hitve only to quote their opinions. Py- l1‘lf_5t)l':lS ent‘ort:ed in his tett-.ltin}_rs to- tal 2tlts'tlllOlt(:(}l'l't)lI1 a.ll:t.ttimal t'ootl.anrl front wine, or, as we would say, front alcoholic stintulants itt eating and (ll’llIl{lltj_.{; while the ll‘:ll'lll‘(l John ll. l5t'nwtt.kno\vn as tltt-.**l}et'\vick Proph- et," tnaintains that l>l‘:lll(I_V and strong llllkrlt‘-‘, used in tnodcrate quantiti<_-s, should t-ottstitvtte our normal lood. From Z\Ioses to Die Lewis, could there he :.rt'eati-1' antagottistn? Tltis is only a specinten of man’s ltet'esi¢.-s in t*eu‘:1t-ll to ltygiettic tenets. ltt \Vll:ll(.'V'I"l'('.IllIlC he has pitched his tent, wlt.'ttL-vet‘ has been his tttode of lite, he has eaten \Vlt£tl.1'elisll(.‘ll,llrctllltg ltitnsell' without tear. whether from the t'ot-hidden or the uniorhiddett tree. Appetite is a powerful pleader, and, lllll'(!H1l'llI!lC(I, has ever been the evil genius leading man from the path of health, while ltabit, ever exacting and stron5_r, sways the rod of obedience and S('l“.'lIll(lt.’ over its subjects. “He is a hold rider who leaps the fence. ot’ cus- tom.” What modern kttigltt-ct't'a1tt of ternperauce ret'orm is bold enough to assail our modern dietetic regitne witlt its three meals a day? Yet. the Romans of the atttc-(.‘zes:tt-iatt era, who physi- cally were so stt':tttg_fely ottr superiors, ate but one meal during the twenty- t'our hours, and chose the very time when we dread repletion the most- the hotn-between sunset and darkness. The earliest -.nnt:tls record man a will- ing: tnartyr to the gratitication ot his appetite, cottsith-t'ittg health as a capi- tal to be spent for-enjoytnent. Althottglt Mose.s.tlte lsraclitislt law- g'iver.pttr pork and rabbit. flesh under ban. yet how tnany of his tol'.pwers pt'ct'ct'red death to the llllCl'(Ill'lt‘(§ du-t. Wltett the .\litt;;t'cliatt .-ttnbas.s:tdors re- plied to .\.lH)ll-II:l.'s‘,~'.‘llll§ stern decree agaittst their erttittg; swine tlcsh. visions of (l('l(3(‘t:ll)l(_‘. spare-ribs tlortted before their minds as they {1!l.~‘\V(‘l'l'(I. "\Ve. prel‘et' the curse of Allah to losing our pork." (,7li:1t'lettta_4_rtte, when int‘ot-med that his lil'e depended on a cltan5_:e of re- ;1'lltl(‘.(l(’(‘l:ll‘()(l thatitnntortality would be pttroltast-d at to.) high a value it‘ giv- en itt ext-ltange for his t1'i-weekly bar- bt.-<~tte. .-Utltottglt Thales, one ot' the seven wise tnett ot (ircece. placed water as the cltiet'«-st good, yet blittd to reason and result:-'. what millions have been deluded with P.‘1l':tt:t’IsllS, who pro- claitncd to the world that lie had found the panacea. the elixir ot lite, by the discovery of alcohol. To prove their contidence itt his doctt'itte. what mil- lions have found death itt the potion. Every article ot' food that man eats. which can ttot be converted throu;:h the blood to ttses physically hc:tltht'ul. every liquid stimulant st1'ott_«_>.'et‘ titan water and not dirertl_v conterring titt- tritnent.tnttst be considered as disturb- ing the body, \VC:ll‘Illg‘ it ottt sooner. and, of cottrse, detrimental to health. This rules out alcohol, which is ttot in any settse nutritious, and it rules out a htntdrcd attd one things from man’s bill of fare. Cato needed not the inspiration of the Judcan prophet to predict the downfall of the seven-hilled city, attd the wreck ofthe miglttiestetnpirc that the sttnevershone upon. Not Caesat"s ambition and 1{onte’s conquests. but l{.oine'.s appetite killed her. “ Alexan- der tell a drunk'trd itt the midst of his conqttests, attd Rome got drttttk at the s.-tnte bowl.” From Clattdius to Vitel- liu.-, the imperial gluttons who were the purple almost exltausted the re- S0lll't‘t,'S of the Rotnatt world by their tnonstrotts voracity. A rare fish would fetclt more than a fattetterl ox. Vit<-l- lius alone wasted the yearly revenue of :1 province on asingle hanquet.\Vhen Julian succeeded to the Eastern Em- pire he t'ound the palace of the (,':r- sars sunk in oriental luxury and ease. A tltottsand barbers, :1 thousand eup- bearers. a thousand cooks were dis- tributed iii the several oliit-es of lttxtt- ry, and the ttutnber of ettnuchs cottld be compared only to the insects of a sumnte:-’s day. V. B. ---———