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WHOLE NUMBEIB £5. 9’

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Publishers of the

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OFFICIAL DIRECTOR Y. I

Oflloers National Grange.

fl!a.IIor~—PUTDAKDEN... .. . . . ....... ..Mistiasippl
Ou-rarer-— AMES (, DRAPER......M2m«-achusetts
1;;-tun»-_ ORT, WI{I'I'EI-' RAD . . . . . .New ersay
.%-Ivar-d—j. E. HALL . . . . . . . . . . . . .  irginia
Artzivtaact &ewar4'--W.H.STI'NSON N. Hampshire
Gaflat'n—A. J ROSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
7’r\r:uurer— F. M. MCDOWELL. . .New York
Se-.*re.*zzry—]NO. TRIMRLE, 5x4 F‘ St., .Washington.
Gate K'ee}$e'r—H. THOMPSON . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cere.v—MRS. KATE DARDEN . . . . . . . . . . Mississippi
I’ouMta—MRS. S. H. NEAL . . . . . . . . . . . ..Kentucky
Flt-r.4-—-MRS. JAMES C DRAPER. . .Messachusetts
lady Auitfau.‘ St(1iIard—MRS. E. M. LIPSCOMB,

South Carolina

  

Executive Committee.
. M. BLANTON, Ch'n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Virginia
I. H. BRIGHAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Ohio
I. J. WOODMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Michi'gau

llflloe-rs Michigan State Grange.
UCE: . . . . . . . . . . . .

  

Overseer -JIOHN HOLBROOK .Lansing
I1('furtr—- ASCDN W0(ll)l\IAI\I Paw Paw
.9e'ward—— '51. SHAFFER , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lansing
Ardrtizut Ste-wura'——A. E. GREEN.. .Walled Lake
Qa[Iai1I—I. N. CARPENTER. . .... . . . . . .Slierma.n
ea.mrer—E. A. STRONG. . . . . '
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no-a—i~IRs.JI C. GOULD ............. ..Paw Paw
L. A. .nm.mr—MRs. A. E. GREl'i‘.N.. .Walled Lake
Executive; Conunitlee.

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H. D. PLA’l‘T,.....  ilanti
F. W. REDFERN. . Maple apids
]. G. RAIVISDELL. Traverse City
%v _ A BURRlNG'I‘ON.. . . . . . .Tuscola

. SATERLEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Binninghani
GEO. B HORTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .FruiI Ridge
C. G. LUCE. _ - . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. using
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Ge neral Deputy.

MRS. PERRY MAYO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Br-tde Creek

Spvcial Deputies.

P. H. GOELTZENCLEUCHTER, Birch Run, for

Saginaw Conn .
GEO. L. CARLl_'I.E, Kalkzska. for Kalkaska Co.
F. W. REDFERN Maple Rapids, for Clinton Co.
GEO. S. GIBBS (ireenville. for Montcalm Co.
HIRAM ANDREWS. Orion. A. J. CROSBY. Jr.,

Novi for Oakland County.
j0Hl‘I WELLE, Flat Rock, for Wayne and Monroe

Counties.
TI-IOS, MARS, Berrien Center, for Bert-ien Co.
R. C. NORTON, Orangeville, for Barry Co.
_I, E. WA_CNER, _Inne\‘ViIle, for I-Iillsdnle Co.
E. S. BURNEII i’, Bancroft, for Shiawassec Cu.
C. A. LEI JNARD, Manton. for Wexford Co.
A. M. LEITCH. North Burns. Huron Co.
F. R. POUCHER. Adrian, Lenawee Co.
W H MA'l"I‘ESO..\I_ Ionia Ionia Co.
HENRY B. GEORGE, Coldwater, Brandi Co.
A. FORD, Alton. Kent ('0.

OHN MCKAY, Romeo, Macomb Co.
M. ROSE. Summit City, Grand Traverse Co.
Michigan Grange Stores.

A. STEGEMAN, Allegan.
E. R. OSBAND, North Lansing.

PRICE LIST OF SUPPLIES

Kept in the ofiice of the Secretary of the
MICHIGAN STATE GRANGE,

Andxenl out Part-paid, on reteipl of Carl:
Order, over I/I: Sta! af 4 Subordinate
Grange, and the rignaturr of its Master
or Secretary.

Porcelain ballot marbles, per hundred . . .. ... . . .3 75
Blank book. ledger ruled. for Secretary to keep
accounts with members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. I no
Blank record boolu (express paid) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I oo
Order book, containing 100 orders on the Treasu-
rer. with stub. well bound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Receipt book, containing ioo receipts from Treas-

   

  
   

      
 

urer to Secretary, with stub. well bound .. 5o
Hank receipts for dues, per 100, bound . . so
Applications for membership, per Ioo. . 5o
Secretary's account book (new style). . . . . 5o
Withdrawal cards. per dozen . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 25
Dimits. in envelopes, per dozen . . . . . . . . . .V . . . . . .. as
By-Laws of the State Grange, single copies xoc;

pet dozen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - .. .. .. 15
3 law: bound. so
" lad Echoes," ‘

dozen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ._ . . .‘ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . no
The National Grange Choir. single copy 4oc: pet

doze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ; oo

 

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Ritunls, single copy. . .
‘- 1' dozen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4o
" Ever Fifth Degree, for Pomona Granges,

per copy....._..._ . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . ..

Blank “Articles of Association" for the incorpo-
ration of Subordinate Granges. with copy of

charter, all complete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

Notice to delin uent members. per Ioo . . . . . . . . . .
Declaration of urposes. per dozen 5C: pet I!!!)--
Ainerican Manual of Parliamentary Law . . . . . . . so
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C0-OPERATIVE urnrunmn.

History and Objecg of Co-operation . . . . . . . . . . . . os
What is Ciro ration‘! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. oz
Some of the ' of Co ration. . 02
Educational Funds; How to Use Then. at
Associative Fanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ox
The Economic Aspect of Co operano oi
Association and Educanon . . . . . . . . .. o3

The Principles of Unity ............. .. .

The Per'ils;§'I(’I:edit.l....£.(.: . . . . . . .._ . . . . . ......

Fundanien 'iicip or o oorpennon .... . . . .
Addreu,  T. COBB,

See’y Michigan Stale Grange,

Schoolcraft, Mich.
'I'hoV
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Beet NEW
ADDRESS 0. 0. HAIPTOII. Dotrolto lich-

June I,uo

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FURNITURE!

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COM PTON BROS.

109 S. Division St., Grand Rapids;
Mich. mayt 5y

laware '

gusts! anttings.

 WIsImR:—WilI ylaifatiiiiiiiié
Patrons where the little black sugar
cane can be found as I desire the seed.

r This cane grows a small, slender stalk,

and does not grow as tall as the amber
by two and a halfor three feet. I want.
it to grow for feed. Having a small,
slender stalk, it can be handled by Ina.-
chinery. My cane of this variety got
mixed with the amber and other va-
rieties. I desire the genuine.
Yours, J. F. I.lI..A.(_‘K.

Red VVilloW, Neb., Aug. 8, 1887.

l)elllllS11l:l.l' Grange, No. 663, is doing
well. VVe don’t get many new mem-
bers owing to our small territory, but
1 have Iny doubt if any Grange is do-
ing much better. This one was or-
gnnized two years ago and since that
time We have built. 3 new ball, 24x50
fc-et,two stories high, and this summer
we have held Grange Socials every two
weeks and have made money enough
to pay for an organ, built zl. cliiniiicy
and will have enough left to get :1
stove and most everything to put our
hall in good shape before Winter sets
In. The two last socials cleared $20
each time, and sold 138 supper tickets.
We have an entertainment that lasts
about one hour, and then we furnish
ice cream, coffee and cake, all for 10
cents, after that a dance, for which we
charge 25 cents a ticket. All is fur-
nished by the members of the Grmige
free and we are nothing out except for
the music. It is hard on the members
of the Grzmge, but we get the money.
When we act out to build us a hall
we intended to build it, roinc what
would, and we have done it. How
many Grangcs are there that could do
the sritnc if thcy llflfl the Will? R.

The article that I)r. Beal fut-nisherl
in the last VISITOR on “What, part does
the Study of Botany Play at the Ag-
ricultural College?” is, in my judg-
ment, worthy of appearing in agri-
cultural papers senii-aniiually. Its
import should he learned by heart by
every father with 8. son to bring up
and mother whose daughter requires
a. life outfit. Young people can re-
ceive scarcely a richer boom, or have a
better bestowment than the habit of
observing. It is, indeed, as the Pro-
fessor says, “valuable in any kind of
buniiiess.”

GRANGE CAMP, VA.-—Here is one of
centres of (,il'flIlg(~‘ activity. A corpor-
ation mainly of members ofthe North-
ern District Grange of Virginia, has
purchased a tract of wild land and
fitted it for Grange meetings, fairs,
etc. Rough buildings are erected in-
cluding hotel, ladies’ hall, dance hall,
Grange hall, dining hall, printing
office and post office. Farmers and
their families from the surrounding
country and citizens from \Vnsliington
come there to have a good time. Deal-
ers iu implements and fertilizers are
on hand and plenty of speakers are
found. No liquors nor grumbling.

Aug. 19,1887. A. A. CROZIER.

Tun failure of the farmer to raise
the fruit for his own use is 8. constant
loss to him. It is not too early to be-
gin to plan for next ycar’a supply. Of
strawberry culture \Vm. F:llCOll(‘l‘, of
Long Island, says: “I have a decided
preference for fall planting. I plant
as soon as I can get well rooted run-
ers to set out, and which is generally
during the first fortnight of August.
Notwithstandiiigthe terrors of drouth
I get fair crowns before winter sets in,
which gives me capital fruiting plants
the next summer. No half Ineasure of
piling berries, but 8. full crop of A1
sized fruit. But; when I have ii. crop I
cannot afford to trust it to take care
of itself; Oh, nol I take care of it, and
that too, the very best care I know
with vigilance of experience, the sweat
of my brow, and the fat of the farm
yard pile do I care for my strawberry
plants; with gratification gather a full
crop of big berries of ten months’ old
plants, and with pleasure have my
friends come and see and taste them
then, and carry home a basket-full as
well.”

On, yes, Grace, :“conI-itancy” is love-
ly, and we do enjoy V. B. and J. B.,
too, because they are such constant
contributors to our dear Vtsrroit, but
they are men, and when they have
done their da.y’s Work don’t have to
bend the baby, or make crazy patch-
work till the cows come home. (I
couldn’t. help that phrase could_l,
Grace?) Such thltigsare so tantaliz-
ing;I don’t mean the baby, but the

a letter to Cortland Hill this long
time agone, but no more than get,
‘‘My Dear Bro—” when, “Wife can
you sew on ii button” or soniethiiig
similar sounds in my ear. VVell, the
button must go on, if Bro. llill does
without his letter. By the way,
many people are interested in sending
mental telegrams. VVhat think you,
Bro. Cobb. is that soon to become the
popular method, on account of its suc-
cess? Bro. C. Hill, you bcing a. father
in Israel,-and your 80 years having been
well spent, what think you of the
new science of lieiiliiig, or rather, old
science; or what did Christ mean when
he bade his dcsciplcs, “go pI'e:i.ch thi-
gospel and heal the sick?” \Vhat
right. haveministcrs to neglect part of
the injunction, and call for the bless-
ing, or Christians to live only part of
the gospel? Suppose we should have
one pnge of Jottings on this very in-
tr-resting method of healing. S.P.S.

IT was the exprcsncd opinion of
Keeler Grange fl few meetings ago
that Governor Luce was influenced by
no unworthy motive when he vetoed
the University appropriation bill. We
believe no one values our educational
iiistitutions at their true worth or feels
greater pride in the work they ac-
complish more than this plain, quiet,
farmer Governor. And Hon. S. S.
Cox voiced the mind of the memborsi
present, when in response to the toast
“Micliigiui.” at the commencement din-
ner at Ypsilanti. he spoke in tliv high-
cst terms of the Governor being one of
the grand old pl()Il(‘(3l‘F| who hail placccl
Michigan in the proud position she
0t‘.(‘l1[)lPS:1ll10llg‘ her sister States to-
(l.‘l_\'; and that the (‘(.lllt‘fiIl0‘l8.l institu-
tions of l\liclii;_raii had D901] estab-
llSll('(l by men who llild never been
p€l‘lllllI(‘.(l to ciiioy the privileges of
such themselves, and the ll()Wl.~I of
abuse that follow the exercise of the
right of such men to caution and ad-
vise ccmiomy in the managcnieiit of
the lllf-'l'ltlltlOD to which they stood in
the relation of parents to children,
was ungrateful and uncalled for.

S. P. S.

“Damn with faint praise,”

In answer to “G.” I would say, that
the quotation referred to,
“Damn with faint praise, assent with civil

leer,
And, without sncering, teach the rest to
sneer,”

belongs to Pope. He is the rightful
owner of the idea and the lines. They
will be found in his “Prologue to the
Satires,” and are as much his as the
rest of the satire. At least I know of
no reason to think otherwise. Bishop
Atterbury, with whom Pope was on
the most intimate terms, considers
this energetic and vindictive satire as
the most excellent of Pope’s perform-
ances. There is a famous quotation
from Byron which the above calls to
mind. It is in his Childe Harold, in
the stanzas, fourth canto, on Voltaire
and Gibbon. Of Gibbon he says,

“Sapping a. solemn creed, with a solemn
sneer;
The lord of irony,—tliat master spell.”

These lines on Gibbon are keen,“dis-
criminativc, sagacious and just.” 1
will close, with many thanks to “G”
for the vcrv kind words she said of

me in the list Visrron. V. B.

Tun annual meeting of the Volinia
Farmers’ Club, for discussion of the
wheat question. came off at the Town
Hall on Saturday,Aug. 27th. A good
attendance, and the usual interest, was
manifest, most of those present taking
part. in the discussion. B. G. B.

I WILL have fl. tent, as headquarters
for our State Grange at our State Fair,
and _ if you desire it will be glad to
distribute copies of the VISITOR to
Patrons and Farmers that may call on
me. Our Fair opens Sept. 9,8.Ild closes
on Sept. 17. I invite through the
VISITOR all Patrons that may attend
our fair from Mich’ an to call at our
State Grange hea quarters, and we
will make it as pleasant for them as
possible. U. S. CHOWEN,

Chowcn, Minn.

We shall cheerfully comply with
this request, and take this opportunity
of saying we hopeour Michigan friends
will order sample copies of the VISITOR
for distribution at fairs. A little ef-
fort at such times avails much.—EIi.]

THERE are important questions com-
ing up in the Visnon that your neigh-
bors need to know about. Will you
not ask them to subscribe?

I other,—-lit tle nothings a woman has to 
do. N ow I have been wanting to write ~

HILLSDALE County Pomona Grange
will hold its next session with VVheat-
land Grange-.011 \Vcdnesday,Septcmber
7, Grange to open at 10 o’clock A. M. A
good literary program is expected, and
a question box at its close. The fifth
degree will be conft-rred upon all who
are prepared to receive it, at the after-
noon or evening meeting. Music by
W'hcatl:ind (-‘rrange choir. All fourth
degree members are cordially invited
to attend. J. E. WAGNER, Sec’y.

TIIE annual picnic of Van Buren Co.
Poiiiuiiii Grange will be held in :1
grove south-east. of Hartford village,
Scpt. 7th, 1887,at 10 A. M. J. H.
Brigham, Master of Ohio State Grange
will give the address at 1:30. Vocal
:IIidinstI'iIII1eIit.'il music will be fur-
nished, also conveniences for the usc
of picnickers. The public is general-
ly invited. BY ORDER or Ex. Con.

ALLIIGAN County Council will hold
its next regular 89.-Ision Rt Cheshire
Grange Hall, September 6, 1887, with
the following program:

Opening song.

\\ ord: ut weIcome——Rosa Davis, Cheshire.

Response «a volunteer.

E\say—Sarah Stegeman, Allegan.

Will some member of Monterey Grange ex
plain the “choosing sides" method and the
experience of that Grange with reference to

be same?

Is fnrgetfulness one of the prime virtues?-
.\/linnie Edgerton, Watson.

“Room. "”"l'll. for the brain in its mighty

endeavor.
To grasp every wonder of time; anti of
s ace:

Break the bars of man’s making, remove

them forever,

And swear by our own deathlexs spirits

that never

Shal. years or eternity limit our place.”-
\Ir< .»'\- nn Lind~ley, Che.~hirc.

What do we mean by nietaphysics, and
what Ii;-iIcti'.~ may accrue from studying in.
science?» -(J.  Stegeman.

Is chewing gum bcnefici;il?—-Volunteers.

MR5. N. A. LJIHBLI-‘., H‘ec’y Co. Council.

SHXAWASSEE Co. Pomona Grange,
No. 31, meets on Aug. 30, 1887, with
Burns Grange. SECRETARY.

Pomona In Kalamazoo County

It is not always the great thing that
is most good; nor the loud voices that
c:irry iiitrssriga-s l'=iI-tliz-st. :i.ml. -«illhonz h
Kalamazoo County Grange’I~i last meet-
ing llilri spliriiigty aiuciiucu, its Iiiui .ts
we.-‘n inns: ])l|‘ll‘(‘Hl|S. 'l‘ht- Pull!" El
having been invited to hold its mid-
summer session Wllll Eureka Gl'&lltgl‘,
thither went. members from other
parts of the con .._\. -I‘ rill it tum-
them nearly to the west line of the
county, over up-hill and down and
through sand. However, it is 9. pleas-
ant section of the country, with wood-
ed roadsides and blue ranges of hills.

Being so conveniently near Paw
Paw a goodly number of the patrons
of that Grange came over and clasped

um-i~ won .3 with an encouraging
warmth that was certainly most time-
ly and invigorating under the circum-
stances, besides contributing materizil-
ly to the prograni. Through some
misunderstanding, owing chiefly to
distance of members from each other,
but. few members of Eureka Grange
knew of the date of the meeting and
hence most of them, as well as their
neighbors, missed the really excellent
grunge session held in their midst
that day.

The afternoon meeting opened with
the reading of a. pleasing and practical
essay by Mrs. J. C. Gould of Paw
Paw and Flora of the State Grange.
As we persuaded the writer to lend
her ideas on “Summer Duties of'Farm-
ere.’ Wives” to the columns of the
Visitor we will not mutilate them by
attempting an out-line here, but will
proceed to briefly sketch the discus-
sion that followed.

The first point taken up was the pie
point, that at present popularly moot-
ed item inhouse keeping economy.

Mrs. McDermid, who was called
upon to speak for the ladies, said they
had been agitatin the pie subject in
their (Calhoun) ounty a good deal
and thought they had made some pro-
gross toward the extermination of the
article in question and the securing of
it better quality where it is still used.

Hon. J. J. Woodman offered the
information, probably new to most pie
lovers,,f.hat this is purely American
dish, and is almost never found on the
foreign dining table. So with sweet
cake, to which thousands of our cooks
pay so much mistaken and servile
homage.

It. was the prevailing sentiment that
fruit should be more freely used and
made to do away with rich condi-
ments. This brought censure on farm-
ers as 8. class for their negligence in
raising fruit for their home use.

Mr. Gould said any farmer can and
should raise his own fruit-—aave
peachcs,—-those he would not advise

‘ him to iittem t.

J. J. \Voo man made reference to
the decline in abundance of good fruit
through illCl‘88.r!8 of insect drepreda.-
tions. Time was when lucious fruits
wasted in limitless quiintities but the
rapid inroads of their foes in this sec-
tion has discouraged the average farm-
cr and_he has allowed the culture of
some kinds to entirely migrate to other
parts of the State and to other varie-
ties he has failed to give that care
which insures the best results. Many
farmers still hold to the questionable
view that it is cheaper to buy than to
raise it.

Mrs. H. Dale Adams was of the
opinion that any man can raise fruit,
—cven peaches;-if he plants the right.
kinds and takes proper care of them.
She could not too heartily advise’ the
cultivation of at least fruits sufficient
for the family table and for company.
Did not think it well for the general
farmer to go into the fruit business.
Would leave that to those in the lake
region.

Mr.  C. Mc-Dermid of Calhoun
County then read 9. paper on the au-
tithclic subject of “lVholes0me Dis-
conteIit."‘ He believes in a dissatisfac-
tion that tends to progress; in an ag-
itation that is opposed to stagnzition.
He wclcoines those innovations that
bring about improvecl macliinery and
lllelllU(lS of work that systematize and
shorten Ii working I1l9.Il’S hours of
mimuul labor and allow him to devote
more to mental and moral culture.

His address was carefully listened to
and was followed by numerous
reiimrks.

Mr. II. P. Morton deemed the in-
troducing of labor saving machinery 21
lightencr of woInnn’s work indoors, as
well as man’s out, but saw in the house
still much scope for invention.

Mr. E. L. VVarner would not have
trika-ii up the machinery side of the
question because he has for some years
not been engaged in farm work, but be
endorsed the ideas advanced by the es-
sayist and rejoiced in the advance the
farmer’s home is making.

Mr. M. Cox in the discussion did
not think that being a millionaire was
in itsclf harmful—rather it may be an
sidviuitage to all people, and to all
f£l.l'lll(3l'S. If the money king puts his
meiiiis to the use of improving some
kind of stock or something else, it
help»; every other man in the world
who raises stock or that some thing
e se. He believes we are advancing
despite adverse happenings and called
attention to the fact that successful
business men every where came once
from the farm whatever the calling in
which they have attained that success.

Mrs. Adams.—-There is one kind of
people who never came from the farm,
——ti-amps.

Mr. Morton, dark and discourag-
ing as the present prospects of the
farm is in many respects, still looks to
the Grange as the guiding light out of
tliis dismay. He took exceptions to
the market and crop reports mada in
news and agricultural papers. This
called out comments from most of the
gentlemen present, nearly all of whom
seemed to be crop reporters.

Mr. Gould confirmed Mr. Morton’s
first views and spoke of the unused
benefits the Grange holds for the
farmer throughout the land, and he
wished agriculturists might some how
be awakened to their true interests.

Mr. J. J. lVoodman and D. Wood-
man each followed with quite lengthy
remarks which were all listened to
with much attention and agreement.
The latter gentleman, with character-
istic loyalty, included some good
words for the VISI1‘0R in what he said.

VVorthy Lecturer, Mrs. H. Dale Ad-
ams, gave the meeting a happy termi-
nation by reading 8. humorous sketch.
Members of the Pomona extend thanks
to the Paw Paw and Calhoun County
friends for their presence and assist-
ance, and the Van Buren County Pa-
trons in turn cordially invited every-
body to meet with them at Hartford,
Sept. 7, and listen to the address of
Worthy Master J. H. Brigham, of the
Ohio State Grange. J. B.

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The horticultural products of the
Mississippi Valley have an estimated
value of over one hundred millions of
dollars annually.

 


 

-a certain class of people.

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Sept l,1887.

gouniiuiiitations.

Manners.
“Habits and manners change, as people do,
with climes,
Tenets with books,and principles with times."
—Pope and I.

Manners,when properly interpreted,
are the index to the man. We read char-
acter-in t.hem,although,with some per-
sons, they are a kind of a hieroglyphic
that requires close study to decipher;
but they can be made out. What style
is to the writer, manners are to the
man. They are the style of the person
And exhibit his best qualities. But
they are sometimes difl'erent from the
style of the writer, as they are often
assumed, worn for a special purpose.
put on as a mask to carry out some evil
design. They are put to this and vari-
ous other uses, but we shall treat them
as a general expression of character.

Words have often much more iiieaii-
ing than the dictionary gives them.
Webster defines manners tllllS-—“ti(!-
portment, behavior, coiidtict, course of
life, in a moral sense.” As law is a ruli-
of action for man in a civil or leg-il
sense, so manners are a rule of action
for man in a social sense. Certain rules
are established by society to regul:ni-
our conduct in social life. Men taki-
off their hats when they eiitera ilwell-
ing or public meeting. On meeting :I
triend,or perchance a stranger,tlier sa_\
“Good morning,” or, “Good evening,"
as the case may be. That is. you wish
them a good morning, or a good eveii-
iug. Or when you say “Good-by,” you
really mean “God be with you.” Thu.-
you see that genuine kindness of heart
is the soul and inspiring motive of
good manners.

Now, when we are in the habit of do-
ing right, it is always the e:lSiP..~‘i to do
the best thing. The poet has said:

“It is as easy for the heart to be true,

As grass to be green, or the vio'et blue.”

Hence it would seem that good man-
ners are natural to some people-—born
with them. Thus we say of a person,
“He is a gentleman of the manor
born,” or, “She is a lady of the manor
born.” They have all the native graci-
and kindness of manner that character-
ize 9. person of the highest culture,
though they have not attained tlii-iii b_\
any “rule of courtly grace.” Were-
peat, genuine kindness of heart is at
the bottom of good manners.

When the young II1‘i.li was so flurrii-,il
at a reception at the White House in
Madison’s administration that he drop
ped the saucer and put the cup in hi-
pocket, Mrs. Madison said, "Never
mind, my young friend, We are all li-i-
ble to such accidents,” and ordered for
him another cup and saucer. llere wa-
the true lady. At a supper, given by
Felix Grundy in \Vasliington, a back-
woods member of Congress committed
some blunder at which, ’tis said.
Washington etiquette was soniewhrit
shocked. But the geiitlem-inly host, in
order to save the member froiu aiiiioy-
ance anil confusion at what he had
done, did the very same thing hinisclf;
sopped his bread in the gravy, or wliat-
ever the act was, that table manners at
the Capital did not tolerate. Here, then.
was a true gentleman, who allowed
kindness and good sense to dictate what
should be done in regard to conduct :it
table. Neither of these qualities should
ever be lacking in good manners.

It is not the costliuess of the plate,
nor the “polished manners and fini-
sense” of the host, but the kindly spir-
it in which the entertainment is given.
that puts one at ease and gives him
the fullest enjoyment at table.

Of course, one needs to be versed in
the manners, or foruis of usage, of thi-
people he visits, it’ he won lil avoid mak-
ing mistakes or blunders. Holmes siiys,
“All the pumice of the polished town
can not smooth down the rougliiiess” of
But inexpe-
rienced, though well meaning, peopli»
will often find tlieniselvesin Iil(§.~‘0t,‘iL‘-
ty of the cultured. In our railroad
cars, steamboats, hotels, and summer
resorts, you will find all classes, ti-oin
the ignoraiitand awkward to the li.-arn-
ed and highly cultivated. The young
man, who at the hotel table drank thi-
contents of the tiiiger-glass, tliiiiking
it lemonade, had to bear the contusion
he got into by his ignorance of table
etiquette. Sometimes a person gets
into society, who:-re ceremonies ‘-li-ad
him a dunce,” if they do not coiif'ound
him. Not knowing the “knairk” of
usage prevailing, he is as uneasy as the
girl on the Century Magazine cover,
and changes the position of his hands.
feet and body to find relief, as she is
ever doing. A lady informs uie that
she remembers seeing a man take a
seat at the dinner table in the Gir.-ird
House, Philadelphia, who, after being
seated, was so struck with awe by the
grand array of the company he was in,
that he, not knowing what he was do-
ing, took out his pocket comb and
went to combing his hair.

Some people only use their “man-
ners” as they do their “best clothes,”
on certain occasions. They are very
polite at home, but on the street. never
recognize you. They have no street
ma.nners——the_v seem to prefer to be de-
eidedly uncivil at such times. Then,
again, you meet individuals, perhaps
an old triend, who pays no attention to
you as he passes you in the street, not

from discourti-sy, but from sheer ab-‘

sentmiiidodni-ss or f'orgetfiiliiess. But
there are those, whom scltishiiesspride
or vanity so control, that common po-
liteness has no value. save as it seems
tobenefit them. And there are also
those, who are so indiflerent to the
common eourtesies of life, that you
never get a “good morning,” a “good
evening,” or a “how-do-you-do,” from
them. Their very presence chills you

as they pass along the street. Such a '
man is ri-.t'oi'rcd to by the Drawer in a
late number of llarper’s magazine. A
neighbor had ridden to town with him.
On their return, as the neighbor parted
with him at his home, he said, “Good-
night, Mr. Jones.” Not getting any an-
swer, and thinking he was not heard,
he exclaimed still kinder, “Grood-nigh t,
Mr. Jones.” and all he got back was,
“I hear ye, I hear ye l”

We find people right the reverse of
this. They have so much of the sua-
viter in iiiodo——the agreeableuess of
manners—that they almost suffocate
one at times. From a railroad coiiduc-
tor I get the following instance of a
man who was so lacking in civility that
he was an uiiiiiitigateil boor. The c:ir
was over-crowded, and a plssenger said
to the coiiilui-tor, “There is a man oc-
cupying a whole seat and won’t allow
any one to sit with him. The conduc-
tor sought the seat in question and
found a burly drover coucheil down
on it appzircntly enjoying himself.
“U0l1|e1)IiW,lny man,” said he, “pleasi-
move along and let this gentleman have
p:irt of this sent; it is the only one un-
occupied iii the car.” \Vith agrumble,
the drover refused to move. _The con-
ductor cxpostulateil with him a ino-
iiii-iit, but found liiuidi.-ti-riuiiieil to oc-
cupy the entire seat. [teaching thi-
bell ropc, he gave ita pull, and sought
the pl.itforin of the car. 'l‘lie train
-topped. lle gave a whistle, :in_d a
posse of triiin iuen followed him inti
ilic car. Polntiiig to tliedispu ted seat.
he said, “Put that man off this traiii."
In a short time they had liiui out to
the platform and were about to put
him off the train, when he exclziiini-d.
"Hold on, for God's sake, meiil l’ll givi-
up the seat. The man may have th-
wliole of it, if yo1i’ll take me back!"
The conductor said, “Go back into ilii~
car, you old heathen, and never again
attempt your boorisli tricks on a train
that runs on this road.” V. B.

- 
"Breaking Up."

General Master Workman Pow-
derly of the Knights of Labor pub-
lislies the followingin his journal, in
rep y to the charge that that orga.iii-
zation is breaking up:—

“ We are breiking up, as the plough-
man breaks the soil for the sowing of
new seed; we are breaking up old tra-
ditions; we are breaking up liereditar_\
rights and planting evcrywliere th-
-eeil of uiiivcrsal rights: we are break-
ing up the idea that money makes thi
iii:iii, :iiid not moral worth; we ar-
orcikiiig up the idea tlrit might maki-
right: we are breaking up the idea th-it
legislation is alone for the rich; we zll‘
orczikiiig up tlic lti|':I that the Con
gress oi the United States must be ru
by iii'illioii:i.ircs for the benefit of hill
lioiiiiiro.-; we are breaking up the idi-
that ii few men llifi_\' liold iiiillions «-
iiiitillcd l:iiiil.-1wliileothi-riiii-nstirv
t'or want in one zici-e; we are bri-:i‘.i‘in;_
up the pi'-icticr of putting the l-ibor --
ci'iiiiin:il.~' into i-.oiiipi-titioii Willi Ii-ii.
est labor -.in.l st irviii; it to do-ith; \V
ire bri-nkiiig tip tlii- pr:ii-tit-o of im
poi'tin~_-r i;_riioriiii-i- bri-il of iiioii-it'i-.liii-
:iiid iiyiiaiiiiii-. in orili-1' to ilepri-ciati
iiitelligeiit skilli-d labor at iltillll‘; w-
are i)l‘t5li\'lil,'_’ up the practice of «in
ployiiig little childri-ii in l':ii-.torii-~,
thus breeding a race del‘ormi-d. igno-
riint,aiid profii;_-‘:it<-; we are bri--ikin_.
tip the idc.-i tli-it ll. iii lll who \VtII't\-
with his liiiiil il'l\‘ ni-ed iii-itln-r of i-il
ucatioii nor of i-ivili'/.in_-_: i'i-tint-iin-nl~
we are lirmkiiig up the idci tliit th-
aci-iileiit of sex puts one half of ili
liiiiii:iii rai.-e beyond the pile of i-on-‘ti
tutioiril right.-'; we :iri- bro ikiii: up I ll-
pi':n-tice of p-tying‘ woiin-ii one tliir
the wages p-iiil ini-ii l~‘illipiV bi-i-. in-
she is it woiiiin; we are lii'i--ikiiig ii,

the idea lil‘ll it llllli lIl'l} iii-lriiicli :i.
infant girl :1iil .-tiii-ld liini-i-if fi-on
the pl‘li‘lil_\' lii-liind ‘I law he ililll~'l‘i
has made; we arc ln-is-kin_r up l,|_’ii->-
l':llIC(‘, Illi1‘l|l|)l'l”lll-'I‘. ('1 iii--, -ind up

l)i'es;-‘iiiii of \V|l"iI‘\'i‘l' I‘a||l""|"i' in

ivliercvi-r found. Y»--.1 iv l{i.'i__-‘nt- -»
Labor are ill'('7li\il!_L' up. -..il ivil
coiitiiiue their app-i it.--i \\’ »rk o
l)l‘(§:li\'llI‘,.T up until |llli\'t‘l'.\‘Ii ri-_rl.i-
shall pri-v:i‘il; and while Iilt‘\ iiriy no
bring in the lIIliil‘lllIilIlll lill') will (ii
tln-ir ])‘ll‘l in the i-rolii.-i.-ii or III-II‘:il
f'oi'i-cs that are ivoi-king for the i-iiriii-
cipation of the i-ac:-."

Hi:-\

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Altiiost for the iil'~‘l ii ' iitiv i
illi'.‘i'(’~‘t is now tlioi-oii;:lil_\‘ .'l\\':li{l‘ to
thc dang:-r whit-.h iill'|“lil'il‘ it. It h :-
relied so loii;_r.-inil with so iiiiicli ri-i
son upon tlw po\ri=i- of the :~’7Ii-Itrit in
politii-s.tliat it would not at first tw-
lieve tlii-re was any p~i.s.-iliility in it
popular teiiipi-i'-iii:-e l|pt'l.~'lit,Ig‘ I‘iii-iiiid-
able enough to dc-iii-ind spi-cial nii-..--
uri-s. Now, iit)\Vt'Vt‘l‘, the 1-xliznt and
depth ot'tlie ri-form "‘_"il‘liiUll cziiinot
be igiioi-i-il.aiiil so there is a geni-r;il
inarsli:iliii,¢_r of‘ the liquor toi-ci-.-, and
:1 pi'cpai':itioii for the grc.-il coiiiiiig
battle of Ariii!-gt-ililoii. The liipior
iiitt-rest will find when it coiiies tonn-
alysc the situ-itioii clo.-i-ly. that tlion,-_-h
it may have i)t.'UUlllU iii.-i:c.~sii'_v to "|i;_'ilI.
or die," there is iiotliiiiu liki: i-ci't=iiiit_v
that any aiiiount of ligliliiig piassilili-
will avert the iii.-i:e<-'it_v of ti) ing, so
far as the liquor traffic is t3Ullt7t‘l‘il('ti.

- —-———-no-s-—~—--—-—

Now is the season of the year when
you can show your liiiiiianity by pro-
viding shade for your stock. ’l‘no-c
who leave their stock expo.-i-il to the
excessive heat and toriiii-iitiiig flies,
need not be siti'pl'i.~'i-il if they do not do
as well as the iii-igliboi-’.-, who with
more humanity has siibji-cteil his to
better treitineiit. It will pay to pro-
vide shade for your Hi.0(2i{.—-Exciltlllge.

——-———-——-—o:—-—-———

The people of T('llll(’FE(‘('. will vote
upon a Constitutional Prohibition
amendment, September 29th.

gisccllaneous.

Little Things.

The memory of a kindly word
For long gone by,

The fragrance of a fading flower
Sent lovingly,

The gleaming of a sudden smile
Or sudden tear,

The warmer pre sure of the hand,
The tone of cheer,

The hush that means "I cannot speak
But I have heard!"

The note that only bears a verse
From God’s own word-—

Such tiny things we hardly count
As ministry;

The givers deeming they have shown
Scant sympa hy.

But when the heart is overwrought,
Oh, who can tell

The power of such tiny things
To make it well.

How Long may the Active Principle
or Germ Lie Dormant In a Seed
and Remain Productive?

The seeds ofinost plants are endowed
with a remarkable powerot preserving
their vitality t'or an almost unlimited
time. when they :ire placed in circum-
~'('lli(tcS which neither call their prop-
ertii-s into active exercise nor occasion
the di-cay of tlieirstructiire. The con-

liiioiis most favorable for their pres-
-arvation are a low or moderate tem-
ii-rzitiire, dryness of surrounding ine-
linin, and the absence of oxygen. It
iii tliesc conditions be arrayed in thi-
.llU~‘i. t‘:ivoi-able inaiiner, there seems to
»c no limit to the period for which
-cells will retain the power of perforui-
ing their vital operations. Now, it
iioistu re or oxygen be iioteiitirely ex-
-luded, the same result may take plai-.i
provided the temperature be low and
uniform. Thus many seeds m-iy bi-
kept for years freely exposed to thi-
iir if they are not allowed to becomi-
ilainp, in which case they will either
~_cerniiiiate or decay. Some of those
which had been kept in the seed ves-
-els of plants belonging to the herbari-
iiui of 'l‘oiinefort, a French botanist.
were found to have i'etaiiied their fer-
tility after the lapse of nearly acentu-
ry. Frequent instaiices have been re
-ordcil in which ground recentl_\
turned up has spontaneously produceil
,il.-ints ditl'erent from any in the neigh-
borhood. This, in some cases, is un-
loubteilly owing to the seeds having
ici-n ili-posited there by the wind or b_\
»tlier iiic:iii.~x.:inil growing because they
rive found a coiigeuial soil, but then-
|I’l‘. aiitlieiitic flu-ts which can only bi-
-xplained on the principle that tlii
i-i-ds of the newly appeariiig plant.-
l we lain for a long perioilinibedded in
the e.-irth, at such a iii-:tance from thi-
uirfiii-e as to prevent the access of aii
ind iiioisturc, and that they have been
‘.\I('iiCti to gin-iiiiiiatioii by exposure to
Lie :itiiio-‘phi-i'c. In Scotlaiiil, to tin-
ve.-twai'il of Sterling. there is a l:irgi-
icit hog, nuich of which has been
.':i.-tlieil away by raising Water from
ll‘ river l*‘ritli and discliargiiig it into
.lie l<‘ortli,1‘or the purpose of laying
-ire the unilersoil of clay for cultiva-
‘ion. The clcl'g_\'lll:lll of the parish was
i).I one occasion standing by while thi-
viii-kiiien were digging a ditch in thi-
l:iy, in a p-irt wlierea deposit of thi-
iog h.-id been formed, some twelve feet
lo-1-ii. ()b.-*ei'ving some seeds in the clay
liiowii up out oftlie ditch, be secured
ind planted them. They germinated
.id product-d a species of chrysautlie-
nuin. A very long period must liavi-
~l-ip-ed sini-.0 the first covering of thi-
-in-«ls. llow longa time was consumed
.i the -low tll‘[)ii.~‘it of twelve feet 0:
..- it l"ll'iil covi-ring them, it is scarcely
in-.-ililv to form an idea "By What
-oiiviil.-‘ioii of the elements,” says the
Ill'l':iit)l'. “tln-y had been thrown there
.i- how long they had rem-iineil quietly
h-i-ping bciie.-iili the surface. must bi-
It'iI'I‘IlliIit‘ti by those who know a good
«- il iiiorc tli-in l ilo.” Another exam-
.h- of tlii-.~iinie general fact is inter-
-- in,-1-t'roiii its coiini,-ction with his-
. vl'il‘ il i-vi-iit-‘. l)uriiig the rebellion
..i Si-otl-ind. iii the year 1715,a camp
.v-is 1'.-i-niu-il :it l{ing’s Park, at Ster-
i.i;:. Wot-i-i-\'ci' tlii-ground was broken
n-ooiii .-'pi-uiig up, although none had
-\'i-i' in---ii kiiuwii Lu g‘i‘()\V there. The
_.l-ini \V‘l- sill».-i-qiiciitly destroyed; b'it
|-| 17-"M. aft:-r ;_ri-oiind was broken up
or ‘I like pnrposi.-. a similar growth
pp:-iri--l. Soiiir time afterivard thi-
. rk w-is plnwi-il up aiiil the broom
i,n-i- id -ill on-r it. The same thing oc-
mml in :i tii-lil in the neigliborhooil.
r no the wlioli- siii-t'-ii-,e ot'wliicli about
.in-- ini-.ln-sot‘ soil hail been removed.
l‘in- iiriitilll -i-ed coiilil not have been
-onvi-yell by the wind, since they are
lim In-:iv_v and without wings, and the
t'oi-iii.-itioii of ground is such that no
.-ire.-iin could have transported them or
i-ovi-i-i-d tlii-in afterwards with soil.The
i-fl":-ct must liave been produced by the
opi-r.-itioii of caiiscs coiitiiiueil through
I long pi-riod of time. In the north-
ivi--ti-rn portion of lilicliig.-iii,wliere the
i-xii-nsivo fori-sis of pine have been
('it"Il'(.‘-i, there is olisei'vril to start into
;_- rowtli. limit the sei-d, ileiise forests of
-i-riili oak. which attain the height of
thri-i- to t\r(-lvi-, fi.-i-t. During the life-
tinii- of the pine no oak was known to
g row tlii-ri-.l»ut as soon as the pine dis-
nppi-.-»i'i-il. the wells of the oak wliich
inii.-t li:ivi- lain doriniint, no one knows
how long, sprung iiito lite in localities
wlii-rt-, no irtks had previously been
toiind within a i-ailiiis of a hundred
mili-s.—Eiigli.-li Papi-r.
— 

Atlaiitii rriil-i.-state men report that
‘.hc illiixliilllelli. pl-in of paying for
pi-opi-rty works better under prohibi-
tion than under license. Leaders
among the colored people report that
the young men are forming good hab-
its as to drink, not wanting that which
they cannot easily get.

His Experience at a. Fair.

The Secretary of the Dakota Agri-
cultural Fair Association has received
the following letter:

“I am a farmer and I hear you are
going to have another agricultural fair
next fall, and I thought I would write
and tell you that I am getting ready
for it.

“You probably don’t remember me,
butI attended your fair last year. I
brought the doggonde-t biggest pun-
kin on the grounds, though I reckon
mebbe you didn’t see it, most of your
time being took up keeping arecord of
different racing hosses entered. I also
had a fine blooded cow, while my wit‘e
brought a big loaf of bread so light it
wouldn’t hardly lay still, and two
bottles of ho’made wine; though you
might not of saw these either, as I no-
ticed that besides the hoss business
.you had enough work for one man is-
suing permits to those sturdy farmers
which had three-card monte outfits
and such other agricultural products.

“And after all it cost me $10 to see
the other side of the cards one of
these gentlemen exhibited.

“I reckon I may say I had hard luck
-it your fair last fall. VVhen I first
ilrove in the folks were making such ii
hollering ’bout a hoss race that had
inst come off that my team got scart
ind run away and sprained my wife’s
inkle. While I was looking ’rouiid for
‘l good place to put the big punkin a
man came along and said he was judge
on Wines and drunk up both bottles of‘
ours.

“I afterwards saw him standing in
front of a tent and yelling: "Ere’s yer
chancel ’cre’s yer chance! ’ere’s yer
xhancel See the livin’ half‘ woman ’aii
the man what was tittattooed all over
on the Island ov Chattanooga! Only
one dime l”

“I then went to tie up the cow and
when I come back a tramp had his
tace in the loaf of bread. I didn’t care
so much about that as that I missed
him when I kicked at him.

“I staid three days and each night
-'ome gypsies that were camping right
on the grounds milked mycow and
pounded her with a. luinber-wagoii
whiflletree because she switched her
tail.

“I watched the races most of the
time, there not being much else to look
it. One day I had to pay a man $15
because the hoss ’way ahead on the first
two heats was the very last on the
other three. I think that hoss must
have been sick—I know I Was.

“The next day a pickpocket got my
silver watch.

“About. every hour Bill (that’s my
boy) would coiue to me and get
inotherhalf-dollar. He said he had a
system that he was certain must final-
ly beat the wheel of fortune, and the
nut. shells, and roulet, and the man
down back of the barn who was
tlirowiiig loaded dice. I c0uldii’t say
nothing because I had took Bill with
me to show him how I was going to
clean out the tliree-card monte man
that time it cost me $10.

“My wife bought a bottle of liquid
glue, which proved to be mostly
water, and a receipt for soap which she
~il'terwards discovered was printed in
.\Torw(-gian. She would have bought
some other things, probably, but she
lost her pocketbook.

“In the meantime I might mention
that somebody stole the whip, and
spring seat, and eiidboard, and neck-
yoke oIf’n my wagon, and cut all the
‘ivory rings ofi"n my harness.

“When the fair was through I de-
manded my diplomas on my cow and
piiiikiii, as they were the only ones
there. I got them after some talk-
two little pieces of paper with some
printing on thein-—aiid when I tiiriieil
‘round to go out a big fat man stepped
on one of my corns. He was the own-
er of one of the race horses, and was
looking down rolling up the $6,500
the treasurer had just paid him as his
share of the purses, to put it in his
pocket, and so didn’t notice iue.

“That. Mr. Secretary, is a brief and
condensed history of my experience
-it your fair last fall. I shall coiue
this year, but, as Bill says, I shall
come heeled.

“I shall make no exhibits, but I
have got a two wheeled sulky aiiil
ever_vday I hitch old Doll to it aiiil
run her ’rouiid the five-acre field. 1
shall enter her in the senior class—as
I believe it is called —I judge she is
old enough.

“Bill has got himself‘ a thimble-rig
outfit and has whittled some dice out
of the bone of a inule’s leg, and has iii-
serted lead on the opposite side of the
big numbers.

“My wife is preparing liquid glue,
by the wholesale, the same kind she
bouglit, and will peddle it on the
ground.

“For myself, besides entering old
Dolland betting all my money agiii
her, I shall work the three-card
monte business for all it is Worth. I
can already throw the cards so as to
nearly always mix up my wife and
occasionally fool Bill.

“I aiu also painting the end of the
ox yoke to look like a face, and shall
sticka clay pipe in its uiouth and let
people throw rolling pins at it, three
whacks for a quarter. Come over and
try it. If you break a pipe you get
six nickel cigars.

"We shall all of us bum our feed on
the grounds and sleep under the grand
stand. If I can get a two-lieaded calf’
to exhibit in a tent (not to enter for a
diploma) 1 shall do so. In fact, to
sum the whole matter up, we shall
come prepared for an agricultural fair
as we understand it.

Yours truly,
Zxcumun WAYBACK.

When everything else fails, Dr.
Sage’s Catarrh Remedy cures.

There is no surer path to financial
success than that of raising good draft
grades for sale.

It ants are bothering your bees or
hives, it will be well to sprinkle plen-
ty of salt about the hives and if there
should be any ant hills near your apia-
ry make a good salt brine and pour on
plentifnlly.

Alabama. has prohibited liquor sall-
ing over a large part of the State.
The Senate’s vote in favor of submit-
ting a Constitutional prohibition
amendment to the people was twenty-
six to one.

A new Wrap for butter is being
made in Boston. It is parchmentized
paper and when wet with brine it is
almost impossible to tear it. It is air
tight and the butter retains its deli.
cate flavor.

Andrew Paxton, the efficient agent
of the Chicago League, says that the
new mayor, Hon. John A. Roche. is
heartily co-operating with the Citi-
zens’ League to secure the enforcement
of the liquor laws.

A young woman in Arden, Ill.,
crazed by religion, imagines herself an
angel. It is better fora young woman
to retain her mental balance, and let
the young men in the neighborhood
imagine her an angel.

The Louisiana Sunday law had
three to one in the House and four to
one in the Senate. and the Supreme
Court decision in its favor. Dr.
Cuyler reports the Sundays to be as
orderly as in Connecticut.

A young man was one day boasting
that he had read a great many instruc-
tive books. An old philosopher who
heard him answered: “The healthiest
persons are not those who eat most,but.
those who best digest their food.”

It is said that a few drops of petro-
leum on the stump of a burdock or
thistle will kill the root. The plan
is worthy of trial because it is cheap,
and if it be also eflicacious there will
be great advantage in extended use.

The Law and Order League of To-
ledo O., has iiecently raised $4,000 for
the prosecution ofits work. The expen-
diture of this sum of money ina judi-
oious manner will confer blessings of
inestimable value upon the beautiful
city on Lake Erie.

The Secretary of State of Iowa re-
ports that in fifty-five counties not a
single person has been comiuitted to
jail during the past. year. The friends
of temperance regard the thorough
enfori;einent of the prohibitory law as
the cause for the great decrease in
crime.

The making ofa true home is really
our peculiar and inalienable ri_ght,—a
night which no man can take from us:
fora man can no more make a home
thanadroiie can make-a hive. He can
build a castle or palace, but, poorcrea-
ture, be he as wise as Solomon and rich
as Croesus he cauiiot turn it into 3.
home.—Fraiices Power Cobbe.

He ate green cucumbers;
They made him quite sick;
But he took a few “Pellets”
That cured him right quick.
An easier physic
You never will find
Then Pierce‘s small “I’ellet5,"
The Purgative kind.

Small but precious.
vial.

A new regulator for governing the
flow of gas into the furnace of a steam
boiler is made b liavintr two cham-
be 1 t d in th 1

rs, one or s earn an e 0 er or
gas, each having a diaphragm in con-
nection with valve-opeiiiiigs and con-
necting lever lt)_etweeii the i.V\;(1J, whtereby
an increase 0 pressure in ie s eam-
geiierator simultaneously moves the
diapliragiiis in opposite directions,
tliusdiminis_hing the flow of gas by re-
ducing the size of the valve-opening.

To convey the iron ore from the San
Juan mines in Spain, which lie behind
a mountain, to the trunk line, an eiid-
less chain railway two iuiles in length
is used. From the tips on the trunk
line to the summit of the mountain,
which is 1.71:? feet above them, is a dis-
tance of'2,7‘.)0 yards, an average gradient
of 20.4 per ceiit., the l’Il'.lXillllllIl gradient.
being 43 per cent. the surplus power
on the one side of the mountain is util-
ized iii hauling up the ore from the
mine on the other.

Miss Sawyer, who is poor, was in-
troduced at a lunch party to M issTa._v-
lor, who is rich, and was coldly re-
ceived. Miss Sawycr is bright and
knows her own antecedents and Miss
Taylor’s also. She was unabashed, and
spoke cheerily: “I’m so glad to meet
you. l’ve often wanted to. It’s so
funny—my name is Sawyer and my
grandfather was a tailor, and your
name is Taylor and your grandfather
was a sawyer. Mine used to make
clothes for yours, and yours used to
saw wood for mine.”

25 cents per

—— 
A Pleasure Shared by Woman Only.

Mallierbe, the gifted French author,
declared that ofall things that man
possesses, women alone take pleasure
in being possessed. This seems gener-
ally true of' the sweeter sex. Like the
ivy plant, she longs for an object to
cling to and love—to look to for pro-
tection. This being her prerogative,
ought she not to be told that Dr.
Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is the
physical salvation of her sex? It ban-
ishes those distressing maladies that
make her life a burden, curing all
painful irregulai-ities,u teriiie disorders,
inflammation and ulceration, prolapsus
and kindred weaknesses. As a nei-vine,
it cures nervous exhaustion, prostra-
tion, debility, relieves mental anxiety
and hypochondria, and promotes re-
freshing sleep.

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Sept. I. I 887.

TIIE G-BANG-E VISITOR.

3

K CONVENIENT lMPLEMENT FOR USE
IN THE APIARY.

Description of the Various Forms of
Bliglit—'l‘1-eatment Advised by Barry
find Downing—-Items About the Recent
Dairy Show.

The big dairy and butter show held re-
cently in the heart of New York city
goved a. success. It has been estimated

at during the five days of the show
over 40,000 people visited it. W’hile

_ e wasa fair exhibit of dairy imple-
ments and products, the main feature of
the show was the large number of choice
animals selected for exhibition from
333 best herds of improved breeds in the

untry. Five hundred cattle were ex-
§l'blted,_rcpresenting in dollars and cents
$1,000,000. Nearly one-half of these were
Jerseys. ‘

_ The famous old Jersey Eurotas was the
-center of attraction among the Jerseys.
flier fame came, it will be remembered,
with an astonishing butter test that lasted
through the year. She gave 778 pounds
and one ounce of butter in eleven months
and six days and had a fine calf within
A e year. This performance has only re-
cently been rivaled.

 

AY1'.sIui:E, DUCHESS 01-‘ SMITIIFIELD.
The Ayrshires, which were present in
next largest numbers to the .l(-rscys, were
headed by the Duchess of Sl'liltllfi(;‘l(l, the
best. Ayrshire probably ever produced in

this country. This cow has a butter rec-
«rd of o\‘cr nineteen pounds in a week,
and 3 milk record of over 10,000 pounds
in 8 year. Most of the Ayrsliires at the
e'xliibi‘..ion were dark red and white, the

. favorite colors.

There \vas a remarkably flne display of
Holstein-lfricsizins. including Clotliildc,
the cow wiiicli leads the vvorld with a milk
record of 253,021 pounds in one year. Clo-
thilile is a lz'.:‘;zc cow, weighing 1.000
p0'.’.l1LL$, and, i;L.c lilo./t -good r.;'.ll..-i;., .-.‘.:.-
possers 35 the wedge form and shows enor-
mous milk veins.

    

   

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'. ‘ '\ 3‘ ‘V; ~' .. v.17-so.
‘-li§)$?'M:'a“ " J'.Li“‘.‘:;.:b’*"‘-‘-

Till-I I::roP.TI:n (J:I-:I:.\'sI~:v, .l0l.lI’. ll.

The Cur.-rnse_vs. a trifle l:~.r(_~3r. redder
and inure even tcinpcretl than Eli;-..lcr~
seys, niade a igooil show, being represented
in the Llil " lg. E,’-.»'.'.:‘ ll?!‘-Zl:=. In this ex-
hibit was u~lude(l one of the most fa-
mous com: of this breed in this country,
the imported Julio 2d.

An iznportant lesson to be learned of
this show is that in the friendly rivalry
between exhibit-ors of the four leading
dairy breeds all have shown excellenccs
that insure each strain a continuance of
prosperity with its own advocates and ad-
mirers. ln :1 word, e:-.ch breed has a suf-
ficient number of merits above the dis-
tinctively .\l)lt:l'l('al'l cow to win it a cov-
eted place in the herds of our country.

  

The “Blight" in Fruit Orchards.

“Fire lilie-lit." of the pear, the apple,
quince. etc, is one of the most formida-
ble diseases to which fruit trees are liable.
Scientists differ in their opinions as to
whether it is caused by the sun, the at-
niuspliere or an insect. It attacks the
trees at different periods of the growing
season from June to September, and gen-
erally in the. young parts first; the leaves
flag, the sap becomes thick and brown,
oozing out in globules through the bark,
and has something of a very disagreeable
odor, and the diseased branch or part
turns black, as if it were burned by fire.
Wlien the pear tree is attacked it is diffi-
cult to save it, the disease spreads so rap-
idly. In apple and quince it is less fatal,
rarely killing more than a portion of the
tree.

Authorities differ as widely in their
treatment of fire blight as scientists do in
ascribiiig the cause of the (lisc-use. The
only effective and trustworthy treatment,
in our opinion, is to cut away the very
day the (li.-ease is discovered the blight
parts into the .~'.oun(l wood. where there is
not the r~'.; c.~'f. trace of di.~:c:L'-30: burn up
immediately all the diseased portions cut
off. As high authority as P. Barry says:

 

“The only remedy.‘ for fire blight. is to cut"

instantly the blighted parts into the
healthy wood and burn them upini1ne-
diately.” (‘harles Downing said: “When
the (li.<cn~=(- has actually apvveared the only
l'(‘l]l(‘fly .‘('f‘Ill.5‘ to be the knife and the saw,
most vigorously app|.i<-_-d, to eradicate
every symptmn of diseased and discolored
bark or wood. if you would save your
tree, cut at once on the firsf apparent
symptom of the v.iis*ea:sr-.. and be sure you
cut it cl»:-ztn out."

'.l‘vvig bliglit attacks the young shoots of
the current season‘s growth and causes
these to wither and lwcoiiie brown or curly
in midsummer. The cause is unkxionn
and the injury is not 1llU.l€l'llill)' :;r':at.
The renwly is cutting away at the first
appearance.

Apple ’ blight, like the dreaded flre
blight, is a serious disease. It attacks A
whole branch or limb, and sometimes half
of the top is destroyed before the disease
becomes apparent to anordina-T.'I' 0bS€TV'8l‘-
Again, there is no remedy except to cut
away the diseased portions and burn
than up.

V Pear leaf blight is asort of rust that
ars on the leaves during July and
August, first in small brown spots. These
npread rapidly over the leaves until their
owt-h is stopped. To avoid the evil of-
gcts of leaf blight the great point is to get
nrupid, vigorous growth before mid-
Summer.
1. Many readers will donbtles be disap-
Etnted because a long list of remedies
not,_bee_n given for tljp blight, "such as

are a.d\'ise(t from year to year by many
writers. These have been avoided simply
because there is but one sure remedy-—the
heroic one alro:-.ady recommended—cutting
away the diseased parts and destroying
them by fire.

Best Butter nnd Milk Cows.

The Holstein cow Clot-hihle won the
prize offered at the late dairy show for the
cow producing the most butter in t\vem:y—
four consecutive hours. From her milk
was made two pounds seven and a half
ounces. Seven Jerseys, six Holstclns in-.;l
two Gucrnseys were entered. Their records
were not made public. The prize was $150,
to which was added a silver mounted horn
cup worth $100. The Holstein-Fricsian
association doubled the prize, niaking it
$500.

The Holstein Lady Fay won the prize
for producing the largest quantity of milk
in twenty-four hours. There were 'ei{.;ht-
entries—oue Jersey and seven llolstnins.
The milk produced by Lady Fay was
sixty~fivc pounds thirteen and a half
ounces in twenty—four hours.

Scraper for Cleaning Bee Hives.

The accompanying illustration rcprc-
sents a scraper for cleaning hives, frames,
bottom boards and sections, which, an
apiarian claims in American Bee Journal,
is not only exceedingly useful, but readily
made by any blacksmith at small expense.

 

SCRAPER FOR CLEANING Ill\'l~IS.

To make a scraper like the one illus-
trated, take a piece of steel as thick as a
heavy butcher knife, three and a half
inches long, one and a quarter or one and
a half inches wide; punch or drill holes
half an inch from each end half an inch
from one edge. These holes should be
about three—eighths of an inch or a little
less. The handle should be about six
inches long, direct measure, three and a
half inches at the end solid, and the part
next to the blade split and brought around
in a bow, entering the holes in the blade
and riveted solid. The handle should be
set so as to give the blade 8. little pitch,
something like a hoe. Now sharpen the
wide edge and each end. In use, the fore-
fi;ig;'r can be inserted in the bow of the
handle.

 

Barnyard Manure.

The amount of manure which an animal
will drop, and which can be saved and
used for fertilizing purposes, will, of
course, vary with the size of the amimill
and the amount of food eaten. It will
vary in weight from one-half to two-thirds
of the wt’ flit of food and water consumed
and beflaling it-ierl. If, says The National
Live Stock Journal, all the lit,-uids and
solids are szive-fl, a liberal estimate would
be 150 to 175 pounds (laily for an averagze
sized cow or ox. Tliis. of course, means
their V\'(‘l‘;'l:t jl'.'3t as they are voided.
I’i'a<-tically, ho\vcvcr, a. large per cent. of
the dri:pp';n:;s is allowed to to\ .stc,
and quite ;;encr:ill_v all the urine is lost.

How much the loss is may be inferred
by ‘th-9 .'..-ll..v:i1ig tal.-ll:-. g;i\'i::;: I‘. C!’a‘7T‘..".n
estimate of the weight of droppings, liquid
r~.n(l solid, by the several animals named,
«luring the year:

Cow Horse Sheep Pig
Hltlllllrlt‘, TXi€1l|ll|‘P, manure, !ll8.l.\lll'C,
pumnls. pounds. pounds. pounds.
nexcri-ments. :30,C«>0 1-2,000 T60 1..\"‘0
u urine. . .. . .. 8.100 3,130‘)  1.200

 .0 15,00) -' 1.140 3,000

To indicate what may be considered ap-

proximately the ‘amount of solid a nd liquid

droppings from a given amount of food,

the animals of course having all the water

they want to drink, we give another table
from the same authority, as follows:

 

  

 

Pounds Pounds
dry fodder. dry manure.
A cow produced from. . . .. 7,500 33'-00
A horse produced from . 7,51) 3,090
A sheep prn.-d.uced from... 560 -5-0

A pig product.-r.l from...  i,4w 500

Add to these figures about 25 per cent.
to represent the straw and waste hay used
for bedding, and We have a general ap-
proximation nf the amount of barnyard
manure made from each of the animals
named.

 

Fruit Packages.

The refusal of the commission of New
York city to return to fruit rowers their
peach liaskets, on the plea hat it is too
much ‘trouble to look after these, and the
refusal of the growers to give away their
fruit packages, on the plea. that they can-
not afford it, is causing no end of dissat-
isfaction. At a recent convention of fruit-
growers of Delaware and Maryland 3. res-
olution wns adopted to dispense with the
services of all middlemen and make efforts
to get buyers to deal with the growers at
their own orchards. it was resolued to
organize branches of the fruit exchange
at all shipping points in the peninsula,
and by every means to discourage the
shipment of peaches on consignment-; to
sell onlv to commission men who will
agree trfpny five. cents each for all baskets
not returned.

 

Gapei in Chickens.

Gapes in chickens is the result of worms
in the throat, and a removal of the worms
is a cure for the disease. This is most-
commonly effected by passing a quill
feather dipped in turpentine into the
throat and twisting it around uxtil the
worms are dislodged. VVhat causes these
worms is not clearly understood. Furni-
gating with carbolic acid is recommended
in bad cases by a good authority in poul-
try ailments, but came must be taken that
the chicks are not suffocated by contin-
uing the treatment too long.

Driven Wells.

The United States supreme court has
determined that the real inventor o
driven wells hagsuch a property in his in-
vention ns gives him, or persons claiming
under him, the exclusive right touse it,
and that the reissued potent recognizing
this state of the cue is valid. Everybody,
therefore, must accommodate himself to
the law as thus laid down. Nelson
Green’: patent, however, will not that
forever, and when it runs out the people
wlllbein possession of I means of get-
ting water that revolutioniies this impor-
tant service.

Reports from different states make it
appear -that than will be a fair grape yield.

 

SUGGESTIONS ABOUT THE SHOEING
OF HORSES IN SUMMER.

A Halnnuwk Tent. impervious to Slus-
quitoes and l=‘lien—|)ir-ctions That In-
sure Sll('cE~.~ in Rooting Cutfingu—1|rain
Pipes and sewers.

There is no longer any 1i"r:e2-.sit.y' for
urging_: the importance of drains and sew-
ers for czxrrying off the waste from l':ou:<.es
and the surrounding grounds. for every-
body adniits this importance. Very many
persons, however, with the best pom-ihlc
intentions lay their sewers and drain pipes
in such a way as to augment instead of
decreasing the evils for wlii.-la the drains
were tlesignccl.

 
  

  
 
 

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Mzi.y«)v' \Vlicu-lei‘, of Aulmrn, N. Y., in I‘
pauiplilct recently is-med «lcscribes. with
illustr:1Lion.~=, the (langors which often
ari.-to from badly l'.l.l(l sewers and drain
pipes. A c<.-mnion mistake is the one
r~y2-.~.-:~z:ie~l in flit‘ fir.-'1 .fiy.:Iirv.- .-'l:o\vn in
the cut. A1»; will be seen, the cement pipe
is badly lillfl, the prtnjetttiixg collars pre-
venting the st ‘ :a: of the pipe from rest
ing on a suiiirient. support. The. conse-
quence is, the earth above the pims rr.-inks
a.p(lb1'eal;s iliexn. allowirig the lealcagze of
impure water end the escape of foul an
through every opeuinir. The 1':-mainin,<.-; fig
nre shows a pipe pr-ziperly l:-lid, being l,:‘.lil
pactly l)t3l.l(l('ll in ('1ll‘ill so that the siippoi-f
is ample for the pressure. and iii‘:-zil.-an-.--.,
in corisoquem:-.-. cannot. occur,

 

R0“ to liont (‘lifting-.

Mrmv plants maybe pi'op:iu:ifeil with
ease i'rm‘-i cuttiuc.-1 pr-:\i rnic l;nmv:-
ju.:l'- limvfo proceezl. S "an lJon.‘m‘. in
Anicriean 14:41.1:-n. ;:i»'-is in -la-tail some
eXCe(‘lllllfJ'1.)’ c.-n'ei'ul (lll‘i‘('llfilIS, fr:-rn wliicli
the follov.'ina' points are glc:ir.c(l: Thr-
pots .-:::.: mil. or «.-‘.1ttin',_: iv:--1. :-llI'Jlll'l be
made ready l)('f()l‘ell!ll](l, so that slips may
be promptly piacted therein as soon as cut.
The best cutting is a shoot. of new growth,
just before it grows woody at all or
fibrous, but will snap off Cl(‘.‘tll without
strings. ’l‘iuis should have tlireo lmds, if
possible, though one leaf and leaf bud will
start in r__*o:ul r.-are. Roots stirt. from the
bud at the lr:-‘C of the leaf" sonnr-r than
from any other part. Take off all leaves
for an lllL'll or two and stick the ('11-‘.t.iug in
sand to the lowest. bud. The essential
lilllllil‘ is ‘!'J l;u-p cuttings eiitizely fr:-sh till
planted by .~'-2'Lti'.i3_; in water, or, nlizil is
better, vsrrzppiiii; them li;,rliIl_\' in a moist
cloill. 'I"~- 'r- K of 1-l‘.cir rsap lug,’ :,-~.';1'_).')r:L-
tiou lzr.-fort‘ oz for scltzng is i'|".’ll‘ r‘.«_-atli

Bo.\‘/:.~1"-Ir:-i= .'~l1s"~'. rleep, half .‘Ello_-;l‘wi‘:lJ
sand and :: li .l1I mix: ore of filmy soil or
leaf ni< l. farcil oil‘ wifli an it ‘ii of pure
.-uiu’, 1. - _. mvl i:;1vim_ ‘. vain-n :1
llllll1lI(‘l‘:'1‘f- to be .~<ti".u~l;. . wiili ("ilf‘ll-'.
altcrinintiicz-as and l:eihlin',pl:i1if.s g‘eiic1‘-
ally, wlan one want.- plenty to use and
some in give aivay.

For :1 IV.-w (-airings, the best thing is a
six inch flower pot, the drain lizsle pliigged
with a cork, two inches of broken bits of
crock laid in. and a porous pol’. half the
size or lu.-s, set within the larger one and
kept full of \vu.ter. Between the rims‘of
the two pots, which should be on a level,
the space is filled with sand. in which the
cuttings are set a<_:ainst. the outer rim and
well wet. The draining from the inside
pot of xvaier keeps the cuttin}._:s always
moist-. and they hasten to root. Sand is
best, being easy for the tender root
threads to enter and free from decaying
particles, which in soil cause cuttings to
rot at once. But. when the first roots are
made kiunvn by the fre.-shcziing of the
terminal bud or shoot of the cutting, im-
mediately pot or change to richer soil that
has food for the plant, or it will lose
strength. Prompt. planting nuist be given.

Shade all cuttings for the first day or
two, until the first shock of the change is
over. “"11:-xi danger of flagging is past
give (-.utt.ings the stimulus of light, shad-
ing: from hot sun and wind. Seeds and
cuttings never start more (leliglitfnlly
than under Sllil.(l(‘S of oiled paper tied over
the pot or tacked on the box. For open
ground, frames with oiled cotton covers
should be used to protect tenclcr cuttings
from changes of temperature.

   
 

    
 

   
   

    

  

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AN Au.-\'ri:UR PROPAGATDIQ P01‘.

Cuttings of quick growing herbaceous
plants, like heliotrope, vcrhcna, phlox and
a.ltcrnantl\.eras root quickly, clirysant-hc-
mums soonest of all. Nearly all plants
root best in spring; still there is no month
when cuttings cannot. be rooted with care.
Choose cuttings when the plant. is most
vigorous, and take strong shoots, that
have stamina, to start well. But with all
cuttings from herbaceous or wooden plants
the rule must be to keep the roots warm
and the top cool.- _wAlmost any shoot or
allp will grow set in moist send over hot
pipes, with the top kept in cool air. A
box over a pan of hot water or hot bricks,
in ‘a cool room, where the sun plays freely,
but does not strike the plants, is as good in
start for cuttings as you can find.

A Dog Cured of Sheep Killing.

“A few years ago," writes a New York
Tribune correspondent, “I saw a dog per-
manently cured of sheep killing. Its
owner tied him to the neck of an old ram.

leaving the rope heuvcen them about six
feet. in length; not long 0llOll‘,{li to permit
the dog to jump over the fence. and hang
himself and perhaps stran;:lc the sheep
too. It occurred in a small field. The
shecp made several passes at the dog,
which the brute successfully (lod,r_',ed. the
dog all the time pulling and working his:
way to the fence: arriving there, he made.
an effort. to scale it, but the rope held
him, and at that moment the sheep gave
him a whack which niade him “ki yi" for
certain. The dog then scttl<—fJ down in a
corner of the fence, growling and appa-
rently bidding defiance io his antagonist.
The sheep stepped back, got the range of
the canine and like the “animated halter-
ing ram” he was, gave that (log ahlow
which sent him out of his corner in A
hurry. The dog then kept in the open
flcld as the safest place. After a little
more skirmisliing the owner unyoked this
umnatcli<-.rl team. 'l'7*v- dug lived for sev-
eral years after, but ; :1 r molested sheep
again."
Tip: Versus Horseshoes.

in many cases tips, or a partial shoe,
are to he preferred to the full horseshoe;
indeed there are
many instances
in which farin
horses nml others
driven on (‘.Ulll'l-
try i'o:~iIls neerl ii’)
slices in $'lliiilll0l' «- __ x
and are better
witholit them.

A cni'rc.spoml-
ent. in American
Ag r i -; u | L urisf.
tells of a horse
h“ ‘’‘‘'’‘‘-‘‘l “"5" TIPS FOR iionsns‘ l~‘I£E'I‘.
had hard dry
hoofs and contracted feet, which was
cause~:l by it iiatnral tendency, int.-reased
by slmeinsz with high calks. "

For want of use, the frog had withered
a\\'a_v, and the horse was always lame.
The shoes were taken oil’, and tips (see
cn~1r‘aving‘p only were used. These were
thin plates, reaching around the fore half
of the hours only, to protect the toes from
wearing away. The frog and the heels
thus came to the ground at every step;
the bars were able to spread, and the
pmpcr functions of the feet, to preserve
licalthful !'.(‘ll0l’l and ggrowth, were given
full play. The horse soon l:PC=l.l!lI‘. sound,
the frog grew healthfully, and the feet
wort; in perfect order, while the expense
of slim:-in:_: v-.':i.< greatly redut-.e4l

A Leading Crops.

The present area in corn is about 78,-
000,000 acres, cqniil to the entire breadth
of arable cultivation of the lfnited States
i.\ve.nt.y years a'__-,'o. There has been a (le-
cided rzlirmge from wheat. to corn in Kan-
sas, Iowa, Nebraska and Minnesota.
Even in llnkota the pcr('enta,r__»;o of increase
in area is about as large in maize as in
wheat».

'l‘li::rc has been a heavy decline in the
condition of winter wheat in Kansas, 21.
l1l:l1('i‘l.‘ll i'edn::tio1i in California, with
some loss in several of the southern states.
A I-.ume‘.\'l..~it. serioiis decline has nlso oc-
r:uri‘cd in spring wlieat, caused by the
ftlllliffli l1ll‘,I_.‘~' and (lronglif.

The .-iw;'a;:«~ condition of winter rye is
reported at F : of spring rye :11. 84.3. The
_1_‘f'.'.i(‘,i'.il 'I\ 13.1‘ condition of l)ILi‘lf,‘_V' is
82.8. Outs 'x1'e'in excellent condition in
New i«In wl and the middle states.
From ffvl asippi westward the crop was
lizirvcsatc-rl L-;enr-rzilly in low condition.

The st.-nfn.~: of the cotton crop has not
declined since the last report. The aver-
age rzondition is 97, which is four points
liiglier than the average at the some sea-
son in the previous ten years.

 

 

 
 

.-\u Inexpensive Luxury.

A good hammock is a luxury that ought
to found in every section of country dur-
ing the summer season. The cut shows a
coiitrivrinco by wliich, with small ex-
nense. 9. double luxury may be gained,
vi7..: a hammock inside a tent. The tent
part of the arrangernent. will be especially
appreciated in localities Where flies, mus-
«piitoes or goats abound. A World con-
trii.iutr.n' tells how to make it.

 

A !.lA..\IMOCK TEXT.

Cut four strong sticks about five or six
feet long and as thick as one's arm. Point
these and drive in the ground in form of
it parallelogram. 'l‘ie a strong rope be-
tween the end sticks and fasten the ham-
mock to them. If the tops of the sticks
are bent over and tied together a large
square of netting may be thrown over to
protect the sleeper from insects, or a
square of canvas in the day time to keep
off the glare of the sun.

The llU.llIl}lU('l( here illustrated is made
of barrel staves lashed to two pieces of
strong rope about eight feet long. In
place of this can be substituted u twine
or other hammock, such as are for sale at
the stores, but the home made contrivance
will be found much better than none at
311.

Agricultural ‘News.
Breeding Shetland ponies for children’s
use is becoming an important. industry in
this country.

A remarkable variety of asparagus, dis-
covered in Russia. is described as having
stalks as thick as A man's wrist, with 5
height of six feet.

St. Louis, Mo., the year round, in 1.
great market for mules.

Northern capitalists are rapidly acquir-
ing all the pine lands in southern Alu-
baina that are still owned by the govern-
ment.

The condition of peaches, along with
that of apples shows a decided decline since
the June re rt, the emramon bémg low
in the majority of states where this fruit.
is grown.

The condition of thegi-ape crop of the
country is generally favorable

' Norxcn.

Read what one of our most promi-
nent citizens says about Per Oxide
of Silicate:

Grand Rapids, xllicln,
fun: 4, '86.

7720:. B. Farringlan, E:g., General
Agenl for Pry Oxide: of S171},-at;
Bug Destroyer.-

Dear S:'r—I have Iriea’ Ilia Pu’
0xz'a’e: of Silicates, or Great Bug Dc-
stroyer, at my Halrlein Slack Fara,
wlzere I raise large crop: of poialoa,
7731':

spring‘ the bug: came out unusualtfy

pumpkins, squaslzes, roofs, cit.

earbr, and in great numbers, but the
first applitation mI1're{y cleaned the
palatoe: and other aim: of the bugs.

1 /zaz/e tried I/ze mast luklzly reami-
mended (Fug destroying tampaumix, but
It 1': to la
grcat{y commmdedfar ear: and Jin-
;>lz'tit_y of application, :1:/z_‘fln::: qf J4-

xlruafion to the éugs, and stem: to {no-

/iée t/21': war}: the (3:51.

prove (/2: growth of the vines‘.
Rerpedfulb/, M. L. SWEET.

The above powder is the

Cheapest and Best lug laslmyar

in the market.

Mi11s,Lacey
and
Dickinson.

139-141 Monroe and Division
Sts., N. E. Cor., Gd. Rapids,
Sole Agents.

Drug Store !

maylfi

Leading lane in Michigan
Paints, —IN—
Oils,
Brushes,
Wall Papers

and Curtains.

Also a large line Pictures, Picture
Frames and Artists’ Materials.

I-I. M. Gobel,

19 Canal St., Gd. Rapids, Mich.
jnlyn6

LOW COST HOUSES

AND HOW TO BUILD THEM.

30 cuts with specifications. estim s, and full de-
scription of desirable modern houses. from 4 root
up, costing from 540010 $5,000, profusely illustrating
every detail and many original ideas in regard to dee-
crating. Homes adapted to all climates and classes 6'
people. The latest. best, and only cheap work of the
kind published in the world. Sent by mail. post paid.
upon receipt of 25 cm. Slam s taken. Address

BROOKLYN BUILDING ASSOCIATION,
iunen8 Bnooxum, N. Y.

T
GREENWOOD

STOCK FARM.

Poland China Swine a Specialty.

Breeding Stock recorded in Ohio P. ('3. Record. Ca‘-
respondcnce and inspection invited.

B. G. BUELL,
LI_T'I'LE_PRAIB.D! Roman,
Cass Co., Mich

Dr. William Rose,

leiiinl lalaitny liigiii.

Graduate of Ontario Veterin‘Iry,Co|-

loge, Toronto, Canada. Will rates-

sionally attend to all diseases of {iota
and Cattle. Tele honelilo. 51,6. ,

218Ellst Fulbtinigti,  Rapids, Midi.
. n y

OR SALE—Noticc this. Some of the
beSt,Ind most reliable buggies made in

the city at a low figure. Also three-good
business lots for sale. and dwelling lotst
very low prices. Call at 25 S. Division St.

Grand Rapids, Mich. .
juiyxsu J. 0. rrrcu.

 


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Sept. l, 1887.

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the lower peninsula of Michigan and
into families of as intelligent a class
of people as can be found in any
state in the union. The VISITOR;
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Secretaries Bear in Mind.

As is customary, in the Sept. 15 is-
sue of this paper will appear a list of
subordinate Granges entitled to repre-
sentation in the State Grange of this
State.
in for quarter ending March 31. 1887,

All Granges whose reports are

will be entitled to such representation.
and none but such.

From Decision Supreme Court of
United States May 23,1887.

“It is now contended on the part of
the appellant that the patent is for the
process of driving the well.and not for
the use of the well after it has been
driven, and that consequently the ap-
pellant  not shown to have iiifringcd:
but as has been shown, the patent
covers the process of drawing water
from the earth by means of a well
driven in the manner described in the
patent. The use of a well so con-
structed is, therefore, a continuing iii-
fringement, as every time water is
drawn from it the patented process is
necessarily used. Under this con-
struction the defendant has infringed
by using the pump in a driven well,
constructed in a house hired by him,
to obtain a supply of water for the
use of his family, although he may
not have paid for driving the well or
have procured it to be driven. Such
use of the welllwas a. use of the pat-
ented process.”

WHATEVER may be said of‘ the fail-
ure of thejlaw taxing olcomargai-inc,
it isclaimed by the farmers of North-
ern Michigan that its passage gave
them 9. better butter market atonce at
improved prices. One farmer said to
us that his cows were worth to him 25
per cent. morejon account of the pas-
sage of that law. As we well remem-
ber the Grange had something to do
with the passage of that law.

80 long as swindlcrs thrive, so long
should the claims of such papers as the
Visiroir be urged.

Northern Michigan.
Ensrroirr, Aug. 18, 1887.

We are found at this writing at the
head of Torch Lake, in the county of
Antrim, some 200 miles from home,
with nothing to do but rise and ex-
plain our absence from our usual field
of labor.

Feeling a little off, we thought per-
haps a vacation such as ministers take
by consent of their oflicial board
might brace us up. We started (our
wife consenting) on the 5th of August.
for Northern Michigan. The next
morning we took breakfast in Pctoskey
and spent the day at Bay View, a mile
away, and in the vicinity. As we
found Sister Sexton on the ground and
learned that “Myra” was also there,
both of them for a stay of some weeks,
we shall not waste time at this point.
They are valued correspondents of the
VISITOR and from their facile pens our
readers are likely to be better served
than from anything we could say of
the place or the work of the Associa-
tion. One thing they may overlook
that struck us so forcibly that we must
in behalf of athousand suflering com-
munities give it place. Rev. DeWitt
Miller has a reputation as a brainy
man. We listened to his lecture at the
amphitheatre in the evening, and
among the many good things he said
he expressed his opinion in very decid-
ed terms that it was unwise in every
little village of from 500 to 1,000 in-
habitants to build, equip, and attempt
to maintain four or five churches and
their several pastors. It was a per-
petual struggle to carry more and
heavier loads than a broad and com-
prehensive Christianity demanded or
justified. To all of which we mentally
said, “Amen, and amen.” We were
surprised to meet our old friend Cort-
land Hill on these grounds, but we
think be endorsed this opinion of the
reverend gentleman whether he ac-
cepted any of the ologics that were so
freely offered or not.

With a friend, we climbed a hill
back of Bay View and found on Ilie
table land some very good farms. The
stumps were gone, showing early sci-
tlcment and hard work. But these far-
mers must be doing very well now.
\Vithin a radius of ten milcsare a half
dozen Resorts, and thousaiids in July
and August. gather here, with slurr-
pened appetites, and all the farni prod-
uce and truck raised in the vicinity
find ready sale.

The next day we took the steamer
Lawrence for Cliai-lcvoix, a resort on
Pine Lake. With its 80 cottages and
spacious hotel, entirely free froui trai-
fic of any kind, located on two terraces
overlooking Round Lake, a body of
water of some 60 acres, and Pine Lake,
stretching out 16 miles away, this
placczseeins to have all _the requisites
that health ‘Land pleasure seekers de-
mand. There are row boats and sail
boats in abundance and larger crafts
make regular trips to lronton, East
Jordan, and other points. Pine Lake,
we were told, has a. shore line of 43
miles. From Lake Michigan, Govern-
ment dredgcd a channel 14 feet deep
and drove a double row of piles on
either side a distance of perhaps 40
rods to Round Lake. Another chaiincl,
some ten rods, connects Round Lake
with Pine Lake. These lakes f'oriii per-
fect harbors, being inland and from
their:size affording perfect protection
to any craft when once inside the arti-
ficial channel.

Government is spending some money
here this season in extending the south
pier farther out into Lake Michigan.
W'e were most surprised at the num-
her and size of the crafts that ply
these waters. At Ironton a large
amount of ore from Lake Superior is
converted into pig iron, and this with
the lumber, tan bark, wood, tics, fence
posts and hoops, make business for sev-
cral vessels here every day. The
schooners that come for loading are
hitched to by a little tug when out in
the lake and dragged through the
channel and across the lake at a lively
gait. Watching all this, with boating,
gives leisurely employment to the re-
sorters, while the children and young-
sters, of' whom there are large num-
bers, find constant amusement on the
beach and the shallow waters of Pine
Lake, fronting the terraces of the re-
sort grounds

Ball playing, lawn tennis, and other
games occupyisome time, but the de-
livery of the daily mail, with news for
the lounger, business correspondence
for the man of business, and missives
from home friends, make the hotel of-
fice for an hour the most. important,
and quite as uncertain as any event of
the day’: doings.

The hotel at this resort is well run.
\Ve say so confidently, as during the
week we were there, with permanent
and transient boarders to the full ca-
pacity of the house, we heard no com-
plaint, and there were 310 took dinner
on Saturday, the 13th —- something
above the average. Some of the cot-
tagers run their own housekeeping,
while others board at the hotel, avoid
the friction of housekeeping, and take
life easy while at the resort.

After remaining at Charlevoix for a
few days, we determined to see some
of the Patrons of Northern Michigan.
That we might see the country,We
took a seat with the driver of the
south-bound stage at 2 P. 11., on the
16th of the month. Climbing the hill
out of the village we found a fair road
running alternately by fields and
through forests of mostly hard wood.
Corn and potatoes uniformly looked
well. Rain was needed for crops,
though the drou th had not been severe.
The face of the couiitryis somewhat
rolling all the way to Norwood,a little
place at the head of Traverse Bay on
the main land. After passing Nor-
wood, the country was more hilly
with more and better orchards. There
were some fields of uncut oats, more
in shock,with a few fields ofwheat un-
stacked. We saw two fields of wheat
waiting for the cradle. At Eastport we
stopped for the night, but did not find
a very flourishing village here at the
head of Torch Lake in the morning.
As this was the Zpostoflice address of
the Master‘ and Secretary of Eastport
Grange we decided to explore the
country. A little after nine A. M. we
brought up at the house of Bro. James
Williams and found him and the Wor-
thy Secretary, his Wife, at home.
These were the first Patrons we had
met in northern Michigan, and they
soon made us feel quite at home. Mr.
Williams and wife soon after their
marriage stuck their stake here on a
homestead twenty-two years ago de-
termined, ifpluck and persistent work
would make a desirable home out of a
dense wilderness, to accomplish that
object. They have lived to see that
purpose realized, and few have demon-
strated the probabilities that lie in
northerii Mic-liigan to contribute to
the support of a farming population
better than they. \Vc found here a
farni of 160 acres, with 70 under most
excrllciit cult'i\':1ti0ii—good buildings,
stock and iniplcnients, and evidence
on every hand of thrift and content-
inent. Of crops we first noticed ii
field of eight. acres of corn with scarce
a missing hill, as gi-ecu as June and
well advanced, showing cxccllciit cul-
tivation that gives promise of a yield
of 50 bushels per acre. The wheat
stubble iiidivatcd a good crop, and we
werc:issured that 35 bushels per acre
had been cut on this farm. VViiitcr
wheat seems to be quite as sure a crop
as in southern Michigan. The protec-
tion of snow can be depended on, the
ground reniaiiiing covered so coni-
plctely as to freeze but slightly if at
all.

The average yield, it is claimed, is
quite as high as in southern Itlichigan.
after the work of years has cleared
away the stumps and cultivation h.-is
made available all the land. Twenty
bec hives ranged under a row of cher-
ry trees led to an enquiry about the
profits of bee keeping, and we found
this had been no inconsiderablc source
of revenue. One year froin this-: apia-
ry over two tons of honey had been
sold, and seldom less than one ton had
contributed to the revenue of the
farin. This has proved a good country
for apples, and 600 bushels of winter
f'ruit from 100 trees were sent to Thos.
Mason, Chicago, with satisfactoi'y re-
turns. And here we think it in order
to say complaints have come to us that
Thomas Mason did not do the fair
thing by shippers, and we have been
urged to publish some accusations
against him. This we have declined
to do as we cannot become a party to
the injury it might inflict, and cir-
cumstances do not always point to cor-
rect conclusions. Bro. Williams has
for years shipped apples, potatoes and

some wool to Bro. Mason with satis-

factory returns, though they have
sometimes seemed rather tardy.

This is an off year for apples in this
region, but this orchard will pay a
good interest on the investment. Cher-
ries have been abundant, and until this
year the trees have been excm pt from
insect enemies. But now a row of
trees look as though a blast of hot wind
had withered every leaf. The slug
that caused this blight will get sea-
sonable attention before he puts in his
work next year.

After more than twenty years of
persistent work under difficulties that
discourage very many pioneers, Bro.
Williams has before him the satisfac-
tory outlook of an independent farmer.
But many of these farmers of north-
ern Michigan are yet struggling with
the forest and will be familiar with
hard work and restricted conditions
for years to come, and then many of
them will lose their grip and see their
little homes drift into the hands of the
mortgagee.

Still the situation is all the time im-
proving. Their hard wood has be-
come valuable and the rush of resort-
ers to northern Michigan has added
immensely to their chances. A large
amount of money is left in the north
woods and the small farmer gets a
share.

Wednesday evening is Grange night
with Eastport Grange and we were
just in time. Its meetings are held in
8. school-house and it is a good one, too,
fitted up with seats of the most ap-
proved Inodern make. There \vcre less
than a score of members present. and
we were only too sorry that we could
not make them a. good stimulating
speech. But this deficiency on our
part will be made good by State Lec-
turer Woodman in a few days as he is
booked for a tour in this part of the
State in September. The prospect for
additions is good and we predict a
boom for Eastport Grange this fal 1.
One thing is certain, no Grange will
ever die that has such staying quali-
ties as Bro. and Sister Williams pos-
sess. Froui the first they have seized
upon its opportunities for social, edu-
cational and financial benefits. With
them it has not been talk, but act as
well, and in a pecuniary way they have
made it pay to be l’ati'oiis. Our stay
in this family terminated Friday niorii-
ing. An early breakfast, a hasty fare-
well, and a drive of two and a half
miles found us at 6 o’clock on board the
Ida, bound for Elk Rapids by acircuit-
ous route of 35 miles via Torch Lake
18 miles, Torch River 35 Iniles, Round
Lake and Elk Lake the remaining dis-
tance. The Ida is a little bit of :1
steanicr that has to get up in the morn-
iug to make the round trip by daylight,
crossiiig and recrossiiig the lake to pick
up a passenger‘ or deliver a parcel at a
wood (lock for a dime.

The day was fine and the ride dc-
lightful. A look at the map of Michi-
gaii shows this Grand Tr:iv(-rsc region
dotted with lakes. A noticeable feat-
ure of these lakes is their great shorc
line conipared with their area. They
are long and narrow and the presence
of such a number of them so near the
navigable waters of’ Lake Michigan,
surrouiided by forests of heavy timber.
fixed the location of one of the most
extensive and ‘valtiable plants for iron
making there, is in this country. Of’
this tnrnac-.c.witli its associate business
we shall have something to say in an-
other article. The water in these in-
land lakes is \'t'l‘_\' clc:1i'au(l pure. lt is
claimed that the bottom can be seen
through 60 feet of water when all is
still and a ncxvspuper l‘t.‘lltl through
two feet. of ice. The day we trzivclcd
on the lda the lake was rough and we
saw no ice to make the other test. Bo-
sides We (lid not know when or where
to look for 60 feet, as the lakes are said
to be several hundred feet. deep.

We reached Elk Rapids a little be-
fore noon; met a lawyer friend on the
sireet—Hon. Fitch Willia1iis—who not
only took us to dinner lnit spent an
hour and a half looking over the plant.
of the Elk ltnpids lron (}o., and after-
ward drove out south into the coun-
try four miles and left lll-‘ within the
jurisdictionof Elk Rapids Grange at
the home of Bro. Lowell Sours.

'\V e very much enjoyed our visit and
ride with Mr. W'illia.nis, but imist
leave for an item some valuable infor-
mation we gathered from his intelli-
gent Grange wife in an hour’s chat af-
ter dinner.

As elsewhere the dry, brown grass
by the road side as we rode into the
country showed the severity of the
drouth, and here for the _first time in
northern Michigan we passed fields of
dent corn and were surprised at its
fl'(‘..~'ll, green appearance. It was uni-
formly clean of weeds and grass and
showed cultivation afger harvest.

Our reception by Bro. and Sister
Sours was cordial and we were made
to feel at home from the first and this
held true wherever we went. The next
day Bro. Neil Monroe called and invit-
edus to go to the city where we found
mail from home; were very handsome-
ly entertained by Mrs. Smith, his
daughter, at the dinner hour.

Saturday brought Grange night, to

Elk Lake Grange, and we were again
caught, surrounded by forty mem-
bers of‘ this Grange, with a brass band
all ready to prove that farmers have
improved and can do something more
than plod in a tread inill round of farm
work. After the usual order had been
called, a speech was demanded. The
Worthy Master set forth in glowing
terms the bright prospects that were
before the Grange of getting agood
speech from the Secretary of the State
Grange, and all the time we sat there
so still there was a growing disposi-
tion to lick him for knowingly and
wickedly misrepresenting us. Well,
we somehow lived through the ordeal
and now remember that instead of
licking the Master, as we had felt in-
clined, we were compelled to compli-
ment him for his promptness and tact.
in getting through the order of busi-
ness. The Band at recess made lots of
noise and so far as we know and really
believe their work was highly credit-
able to them. This Grange keeps a
few staple groceries in their hall and
at recess a committee serve the mem-
bers with such articlesas they want at
cost. No credit is given. The com-
mittee is changed every three months.
A goodly number of the young people
of the neighborhood are members and
opportu nity is given them to have such
amusements as they like and this makes
the Grange attractive.

This section has been settled longer
and is better improved than any other
we have seen in northern Michigan. Its
fields and buildings have put on the
appearance of an old settled country.
This, with the fields of dent corn.
makes us feel as though we were in the
southern tier. The land is good and
the Patrons here tell us of sometimes
raising from 25 to 30 bushels of wheat
to the acre. Peas have been a staple
crop for the last ten years. We were
told that 12,000 bushels of peas were
shipped into this Grand Traverm re-
gion for seed last spring. These were
sold or turned over to 145 farmers be-
tween Cliarlcvoix and Traverse City
and were contracted for at from $1.20
to $1.60 according to the variety. A
crop is all the way from five to twen-
ty-five bushels. Bro. Sours had 87
bushels from four acres this year for
which he received $1.60 per bushel at
Traverse City, eighteen miles distaiit.
For every ten bushels of seed eleven
bushel.-a of peas are required in return.
About two bushels ofsced put in with
adrill plant an acre. These peas are
all raised for seed and sold to large
dealers. This section of the country
don’t grow the pea bug and when it
does, if ever, the seed-pea business will
have to emigrate. Twelve thousand
bushels for seed, with an increase of
only ten fold, niakcsn f'ormid:ible array
of seed peas to be pecldled out over the
country in a season.

in what we have said about this
northern country it must not be in-
ferred that the land is all good. There
are nniny streaks of poor sandy loam
and some of them are pretty wide.
We were assured by Mr. Noble. of the
firm of Dexter &. Noble, of Elk Rap-
ids, that not less than two-thirds of
the land in Antrim County was cov-
ered with hard wood and is good farm-
ing land. He thinks v Grand Traverse
County not as good, but there are
many good i‘:n-uis sc.-ittercd over this
Grand Traverse region and there are
lI1.‘lll_V poor ones where their owners
will not get ahead but eke out a poor
living with no reasonable hope ofa.ny-
thing better.

 

11- is no wliore denied that theGrange
took the initiative step toward securing
legislation f'or the better protection of
the agricultural interests of the coun-
try. and while it does not claim all
credit for what good has been accom-
plished yet we must keep in mind the
value of organized effort and its ne-
ccssity. The recent-decision of the Su-
preme Court of the United States un-
der its patent laws carries with it the
most convincing proof of the wicked-
ness of‘ a law that exposes perhaps one-
half the people of the United States

to arrest and punishmciit for infring-.

ing the patented and protected rights
of the assignees of Nelson W. Green,
and any attempt to amend that law
and bring it within the confines of
common sense will be resistcdasall
such efforts have been by an army of
patent right lawyers, backed by in-
ventors and owners of patent rights.
The recent decision of the Supreme
Court, from which we quoted in our
editorial review August 1,makes so
clear the absurd and infamous nature
of that feature of the patent laws
which exposes any innocent user of 9.

 


 

 

Sept.l,l887.

TI-IE GRANGE VISPTOR.

5-

patented article to the penalties of its 
violation that it affords good ground
for a renewed eflort at the next session
of Congress to secure such amendment
to the patent laws as will protect the
people from the rapacity of that class
of rascals who, behind the protection
of an infamous statute, by intimida-
tion or otherwise rob innocent parties
and justify such robbery by a decision
of the highest judicial tribunal of our
much lauded government. We sug-
gest that the Master or Secretary of
every Grange in the State call the at-
tention of their local paper to the de-
cision of the Supreme Court in the
drive well suits and invite comment.
The people should be made so familiar
with the barefaced wickedness of the
law that every Congressman will feel
that his political well being is involved
in his efforts tosecure such amendment
tothe patent laws as will protect the
innocent user of a patented article
from exposure to arrest and prosecu-
tion.

 

WE HAVE referred to James W'il-
liams, of Eastport, and his success asa
farmer. There was one thing to which

he called our attention that we think
worthy of special mention and we in-
vite discussion from any of our friends
interested in fruit culture. His orchard
of two acres has been profitable be-
cause it has been fruitful. His theory
and practice are substantially this:
Early trimming or pruning must have
reference to a low tree with branches
that may touch the ground when load-
ed with fruit. After an orchard comes
into bearing it should be seeded and
after that neither be plowed, cultivat-
ed, pastured or mowed, but the grass
growth allowed to remain on the land
continually. Under the trees the grass
should be kept down by such a liberal
supply ofmulch each yearas to effectu-
ally accomplish that purpose. Land
so treated, not tramped by stock and
not robbed of its grass growth will
not sufler by drouth as does land ex-
posed to the sun by the mower or laid
bare by stock while made hard by
their continued trampiug. Nor does
he prime and thin out the limbs to lot
in the sun as the wise ones tell us we
should do. The three things to do are:
Keep the tree low by top pruning.
Mulch so pleulifully and continually
as to keep down the grass under the
trees and let. all outside grass growth
return to the earth, By this plan the
trees are not scaldcd on the southwest
side by the heat of the sun as the body
is protected by the foliage of the limbs,
the borers don’t get in to damage or
destroy and the orchard is not annu-
ally robbed of what. it is entitled to as
nothing is carried away but the f'ruit.
The plan saves labor in pruning and
in gathering the fruit. The success of
Bro. Williams commends the plan if
not to general adoption at least to far-
ther trial. Go where we may we al-
ways find young apple trees trimmed
up so as to allow cultivation close to
the tree and this exposure of the body
to the direct rays of the sun seems to
scald the bark or so IIl_]Ul‘l01lSl_V affect
it as to retard growth and invite the
borer to assist in further damaging the
tree.

11 WILL be remembered by some of
the readers of the Visironthat we told

how we successfully harvested a corn
crop last year by hauling the corn

shocks from the field to a threshing
inacliine and husking, shelling, and
cutting the fodder most efiectually by
running the corn as cut, when dry,
through the threslier. This year if we
had the corn that plan would be ex-
tensively adopted in Kalamazoo Coun-
ty. But the prolonged drouth has ef-
fectually cut off the corn crop except
here and there a field that on account
of some favorable conditions may give
its owner a half crop or less. But. the
increased valueof the fodder by being
torn into shreds by the threshing
process was demonstrated, and we
write to advise farmers who cut their
corn crop to run it through a threshing
machine when it gets thoroughly dry

Where it is practicable, stick the end
of the straw carrier into the barn and
land the crop onto a scaflbld or into a
bay for winter use in such condition
that stock will eat nearly all of it

without waste and the value of the
crop as fodder will be increased more
than ahu ndred per cent. Besides there
will be no trouble in handling it in the
manure pile, and every farmer knows
that corn stalks in a barn yard are
slow to convert into manure and prove
agreat strain on a man’s temper when
he undertakes to pitch them.

Forestry.

[Commencement Oration by E. W. Redman,
Agricultural College, Michigam]

There is no physical question of more
importance to the people of North
America at the present day than how
best to economize and reproduce our
forests. In many European countries
this matter has become so serious that
Schools of Forestry have been institut-
ed. We have been too long negligent.
Under the mania for destroying timber
thousands of our settlers gladly fell
the last trees on their farms, while at
the present rate of removal our lumber
yielding trees can last but a few years
longer.

Man does not appreciate those bless-
ings which he has always enjoyed.
The people in once densely Wooded
tracts seem utterly unaware of the
cause for the gradual change in their
lands, and the greater severity of the
heat of summer and the cold of win-
ter. They have not yet learned the
marked influence which forests exert
on the meteorology of a country. His-
tory teems with accounts of eastern
countries reduced from once powerful
nations to nomadic tribe-s,a change due
largely to the removal of their forests
and the accompanying evils, extremes
of temperature and barren soils.

The countries bordering the Indian
Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea were
once densely wooded, fertile tracts of
land supporting a population whic."
was then the flofiver of the world. No-
where has Nature ever lavished her
trea.'ures with a more generous hand.
Rome, while mistress of the.world,
reveled in luxury furnished chiefly by
her own soil. The Iberian Peninsula
in the glory of her power was blessed
with an abundance of timber which
she failed to'appreciate, and to the loss
of which she to-day largely owes her
insiguiflcance in the eyes of the world.

The reason for these great changes is
obvious. A nation to live must have
food. When avricultui-e the founda-
tion of a nationiii prosperity, proves in-
adequate to bear the strain consequent
to the removal of its protector the for-
est, man finds himself incouipbtent to
battle :ig:iin:~'t the adverse conditions
of nature.

One of the first marked influences of

deforestation is the drying up of
springs and rivulets. The rain and
snow, instead of being retained and
gradually absorbed by the decaying
leaves and humus, is rapidly carried
away by the rivulets to the rivers. Al
the same time they impoverish the soil
b_v carrying with them a large amount
of the crop-producing clcmcnts.

The forest is nzitui-e’s great medium
for equalizing extrcnics of tempera-
ture. its action is to promote the hu-
midity of the atmosphere and give the
conditions existing over large l)0di0.~'
of water. Pcaclics were once as cer-
tain a crop in ‘.\licliig:m as corn is to-
d:iy,‘oul' owing to the removal of huge
tracts of timber, the interior portion.-
of the Stlli.(’.i1l‘(‘. now almost entirely
unable to raise that delicious fruit.

Besides, the forest  nature’s bul-
wark against Wil](lS. Remove. it, and
we sii|>_i<-ct ourselves unarmed to the
grc:itcst of destructive forces. That it
has baflied the boasted ingenuity of our
nineteenth century to avert it is wit.-
ncssed by the great sand drifts, hurri-
canes. and blizzards of our level, open
country.

In some of the coniitrics of Europe
the dunes on the sea coast have been
gradually encroaching on the adjoin-
ing lauds until in many places whole
cities have been buried and fields reu-
dered useless for agricultural pur-
poses. In the United States the sub-
ject of drifting sands is already at-
tracting considerable notice and none
too soon. The only remedy for this
great evil is the planting of trees In
large numbers, as has been proved by
the experience of European nations.

The removal of timber is the great.
cause ofincrcased damage annually re-
sulting from floods. Along the banks
of the Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio.
it is not uncommon each spring and
autumn to witness the terrible results
of torrents of water rolling over the
valleys, carrying away life and prop-
erty with them to sure destruction.

The State might spare much of her
care and money expended on the chan-
nels ofthe Mississippi if she would rc-
storc the groves cut from the hills
which fed the sources of that great
streain.

To denude a mountain slope of its
trees is to devote the height to barren-
ness, the valley to floods, and both to
parching drought, when drought is
most injurious. '

Blanqui, describing the Alps of
Province, says, “In the more equable
climate of northern France one can
form no conception of those parched
mountain gorges where not even a bush
can be found to shelter a bird, where
all the springs are dried up and where
a dead silence hardly broken by even
the hum of an insect prevails. But if
a storm bursts forth masses of water
suddenly shoot from the mountain
height into the sheltered gulfs, waste
without irrigating, deluge without
refreshing the soil. They overflow in
their swift descent and leave it even
more scared than it was from want of
moisture, and man at last retires from
the fearful desert.”

Closely following in the wake of
floods comes the opposite evil-—insufii-
cient water supply. The old sites ol
abandoned mills and manufacturing es-
tablishments, dotting the banks of
many American rivers, stand as wit-
nesses to the value of forests in fur-
nishing a steady supply of water pow-
er. Navigation and river commerce
have for the same reason also received
in many instances a_deadly blow. The

‘ I w w I
result of such adverse conditions in
nature must of necessity greatly affect I

national finances.

The Americans are a money-making
people, and perhaps there is no voca-
tion in life where more and greater
fortunes have been made than in luui-
bering. To- day the North is nearly
stripped of her vast forests of valuable
timber, and those who talk of the in-
exhaustible forests of the South know
little of the capability of northern
mills. It is estimated they could in
twelve months convert the whole mer-
chantable pine of the State of Georgia
into lumber, and be but six months in
sawing all the pine of Florida.

\Vhen we consider that hundreds of
thousands of laborers depend either di-
rectly or indirectly upon the lumber
industry,is it not a strong plea for
careful management of the forests?

England, with cheap coal, cheap iron
and cheap labor, and the cheapest rates
for obtaining supplies from the north
of Europe, annually expends nearly
$100,000,000 for timber. What, then,
would it cost our country that is yet
to be largely built up to import its
lumbi r from any foreign sourcc, pro-
viding it could be got at any price, in
such enormous quantities as are annu-
ally used in this c0unl1'_V?

There is abundant proof tending to
show that the world’s deserts were
once wooded tracts of land, and the
extended experiments of foreign na-
tions have 1l€lll()ll.~'ll‘3ltC(l that the re-
production of forests is the only hope
man has of i'e(lceming them. The Khe-
dive of Egypt, by planting 6,000,000
of date and palm trees, has induced
an annual rainfall of over one inch
Where rain was formerly unknown.

In the western part of the United
States thousands of acres of'laiid are
lying barren for Want of rain. Re-
claim this desert and millions of dol-
lars will annually be added to the re-
sources of the country. Already the
good work has commenced. During
the last fifteen years sterile nature on
the east line of this desert has been
driven one hundred miles to the west
by forests and fields of waving grain.

All the world is familiar with the
f_>'rPat chaiigc wrought. in the region of
Salt Lake (Jitv through the agency of
irrigation and tree planting.

A nation to be truly properous and
happy must be blessed with health.
vigor, and intelligence. Such was once
the condition of the people of Pales-
tine. Greece, Italy, Spain, and other
castcrn nations. But. they are to-day
of little importance in the eyes of the
world and their degeneration has been
largely due to the removal of their
forcsts and the consequent improve-
ment of their lands.

The remedies for deforestation and
its degenerating influences arc: To cre-
ate an interest in the matter among
the people by establishing Schools of
F()l‘(‘Sll'_V and by circulating literature
bearing upon the subject: to remove all
tariff upon foreign luinbci and thus
economize our own timber: to make it
apeu:1lofl'eii-e for ’autonly starting
forest fires: and. finally—-and the most
important—-to inaugurate ajudicious
system of tree planting each year by
the government and by the people.

If these remedies are adopted there
will be no occasion to fear an inter-
ruption of national prosperity. ()n
the other hand, ifthe ruthless destruc-
tion of forests is continued. we shall
ere many generations, judging froiu
example,fi nd our National Car of Prog-
ress on tliedownward grade to sure de-
struction.

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In Toledo recently, a pass book be-
longing to :1 poor mm: wa.-‘ picked up
in the streets containing an account of
the man’s current expenses for himself
and family. The items, covering :1 pe-
riod oftwowceks, amounted in all to
$10 69, of which $4 35 was for whiskey,
bccr,and “drinks”. Of fifty-nine en-
tries on the book thirty-two were for
liquor. of which whiskey took the lead
to the amount o1'$'.£.05, then beer $1.55,
and “drinks” 75 cents. To otiset this
the family had in the same time $3 26
Worth of flour. There were no luxu-
ries, aud 37 cents’ worth ofherring con-
stituted the meat bill. Those figures
indicate something of the inevitable
wretm-hedness of the “homes” of such
men who are under lxmd.-age to the ab-
normal drink appetite. lt is from the
many thus impoverished that the
wealth of the few millionaire. brewers
and liquor sellers is derived.—-Advo-
sate.

—  -
Grange Secrets.
I’I’I"l‘Sl“IELD_, MASS.
M R. EDITOR:

My new barn is painted. The paint-
er says it spread beautifully and looks
elegant. “Where do you get such
paint?” says he. “Oh l” I says, “that’s
no secret,—out of the Grange.’-

Fraternally, II. A. Burma,
Sec. State Grange.

Bee advertisement Patrons Paint

Works.-En.
—-—-—-*i6%————-———-

When used according to directions,
Ayer’s Ague (‘ure is warranted to
eradicate, from the system, Fever and
Aguc, intermittent. limuittent, and
Bilious Fevers, and all malarial dis-
eases. Try it.

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SECURE at least two names and $1.00
at your local fair this fall for the Vis-
rroa. You can scarcely do less and it
would not bea very heavy tax should
you do more.

SEND for Sample VISITORS for dis-
tribution and canvass.
,__.___..._._____
Punctuality at meals is due from
every member of the family.

A LETTER from Columbus, 0.,
states that driven wells were used in
that county as far back as 1854.

Green. the person who holds the
patent on this kind of a well, followed
the army during the war sinking such
wells. Ile secured a patent for the
well in 1868.

A parallel case is that of a gentle-
man who obtained a patent for a. post ‘
augur, and received a favorable in-
fringernent decision in the Pittsburg,
Courts, and was about to collect his?
royalty when the case was brought up
before the late Judge Baxter in the
United States Court. The Judge
discovered in the course of the hearing
that a similar augur had been in use
before the patent had been secured.
The case was thrown out of court.

There are those who hold to the
opinion that the drive well decision
will meet a. like fate and that the
farmers in resisting the collection of
the royalty on the drive-well patent
may yet come out victorious. If
farmers combine and are vigorous they
may head ofl‘ this fearful swindle, not-
withstanding the decision of the Sn-
preme Court, which may have been
given under the influence of tcstiinony,
onc--ided and imperfect. Under the
present status of the case, we think it
best to unite and resist payment of all
royalties.--Am. Grange Bulletin.

—————-————on————w———

VVe know of no mode of treatment
which offers, to suflcrers from chronic
diseases. a more certain hope of cure
than which is comprehended in the use
of Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. For purify-
ing and invigorating the blood, this
preparation is unequaled.

 ~

The editor of the Sault Ste Marie
Democrat is a "boomer". Here is his
latest concerning the boom at the S00:
lllary had a little lot,and thought she’d
better sell; she placed it on the market.
and the way that lot did—well, it sold
four times within a week, and every

time it went, the lucky man who ‘

bought it cleared ninety-nine per cent.
“What makes town lots go flying so?”
the eager buyers cry. “The Sault is on
a boom, you know,”t.hc agents do re-;
ply. And so the ow ucrs mark flu-.m'
up, yet buyers do not squeal, but run v
impatiently about for fear t.hey’ll lose
a deal.

— :- I
A Flat Contradiction. I
Some one has told you that your ca-’
tarrh is incurable. It is not so. » l)r.;
S:ige’s Catarrh Remedy will cure it..|
It is pleasant to use and it always does.
its work thoroughly. We have yet to}
hear ofa case in which it did not ac-‘
complish a cure when f:iithfull_v used. l
Catarrh is a disease which it is dan-5
gerous to neglect. A certain remcdyl,
is at your command. Avail yourself!
of it before the complaint assunies al
more serious form. All druggists.

PHILADELPHIA MARKETS.

[Corrected by Thornton Barnes, Wholesale Grocer
and Grange Selling Agent, No. 24: North Water
St. Philadelphia, Pa.]

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 1, 1887
PURE SUGARS.

Cuiloal, per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..6)4
Pulverized per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .654
Standard granulated per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6%
St2mdardAWhiie perlb....  
Best while soft A per lb. .
Good white soft A per lb.
Extra Cwhite per lb. . . . .
Standard B per lb . . . . . . . .
Extra C yellow bright per lb
C yellow per lb
Brown per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
New Orleans extra light per lb . . . . . . . . . . . .

SYRUP AND MOLASSES—ln Barrels.
Sugar drips pure sugar per gallon . . . . . . . . . 28
Amber drips pure sugar per gallon. .
Fancy white maple drips per gallon .
Extra golden pure sugar per gallon . . . . . . .
Fancy New Orleans new crop per gallon. .55
Good New Orleans. new crop per gallon. .53
White honey drip, vanilla flavor . . . . . . . . . .36

IMPORTANT—TlIe above quotations are for syrup in
whole barrels only. All syrup in half barrels 4cen¢s
per gallon extra and no charge for package In 5 and
io gallon packages 5 cents per gallon additional and

 
  
   

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the cost 0 package.

COFFEES-—GREEN AND ROASTED.
Fancy Rio per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2x}§@a2
Green Rio extra choice per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . .2i@2i}4

Green Rio prime per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2o%@2i
Green Rio good per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ao@2o%
Green Rio common per lb . . . . . . .
Green Maracaibo choice per lb
Green Laguayra choice per lb.

  
 
 
 
  

 

   
   

Green Java choice per lb . . . . . . 265462-v
Roasted Rio best per lb. . . . . . . "
Roasted Rio No. 1 per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2455
Roasted Rio No. 2 per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Roasted Laguayra best per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . .265;
Roasted ava best per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:1 @3;.
Barnes’ olden Rio roasted in 1 lb p’lr.... .255
TEAS.
Imperial per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25‘ 35, go, 45, 5-:
Young Hyson per lb . . .. 23, 35, 40, 45
Oolong per lb . . . . . . . . . 28, 32, 35, 45
japan per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22, 30. 37, 42. 45
Gunpowder. per lb . . . . . . . . . . . ..3i, 38, 42, 45, so
FOREIGN DRIED FRUITS.

Raisins, New Muscatells per box . . . . . . . . . .8: 60 cg

“ Old Muscatells, “ . . . . . . . . ..

“ London layers "  . i 75

“ London layers 1/‘ boxes. . . . .

“ Valencia per lo . . . . .  . ... 6 3-5@

Secdless. mats, 50 lbs per ma

“ Ondara. box. :28 ll»: . . . . . . . . 8%

" “ " ulbs . . . . . . . ..  8% 4

Pniues, French boxes, per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bx-@105;

“ New Tll!iZU}‘, per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3%@4

Currants, new, per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 6%@7

WHOLE SPICES.
Black pepper. per lb
Vhite "

 

   
 
 

30

Ginger " 12
Cinnamon 9
Clover‘ “ 58
Allspice " 9
Mncr 75
Num I-«gs " 75

PURE GROUND SPICES.

Pure pepper, black, per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. :9
' African cayenne per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . no

“ cinnamon perlb........ .. 17
" cloves per lb. . 31

“ ginger per lb. . I3

" allspice per lb . . . . . . . . . r5‘

GROCERS' SLNDRIES.

l Sal Soda. ii: lb kegs, per lb . . . . . . . . . .. ;%
Flour \'ulpl'Iur pcr lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5
Bi mrb soda, loose, in lb kegs. . . . 4

-' " 25 lb boxes. 3
" so lb boxes 5
“ " in lb packages‘. . . 615
" “ in ‘/5 lb packages 7
Corn starch. Gill)crt’.<, per lb . . . 0%
“ Duryc-a’s. per lb . . . . . . . . . .. 7
St'..rch.lump,l)ury«,a’s, w lb boxes, per lb 3%
“ Gilbert’: " " 4.
Corn starch, new process, . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Starch, new process, lump.. . . t
“ " 6 lb b-axe . 6
" I lb boxes . . 5

 

 

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A Woman's Question.

Do you know you have asked for the costliest
thing
Ever made by the hand above—-
A woman's heart and a woman’s life
And a woman's wonderful love?

Do you know you have asked for this price-
less thing,
As a child might ask for a toy, _
Demanding what others have died to win,
With the reckless dash of a boy?

You have written my lesson of duty out,
Manlike you have questioned me;

Now stand at the bar of my woman's soul
Until I shall question thee.

You require your mutton shall always be hot,
Your socks and your shirts be whole;

I require your heart to be true as God's stars,
And as pure as heaven, your soul.

You require a cook for your mutton and beef;
I require a far better thing; '
A seamstress you're wanting for stockings and
shirts;
I look for a man and a king.

A king for a beautiful realm called home,
And a man that the Maker, God,

Shall look upon as He did the first,
And say, “It is very good.”

I am fair and young, but the rose will fade
From my soft, young cheek one day.

\Vill you love me then, ’mid the falling leaves,
As you did ’mid the bloom of May?

is your heart an ocean, so strong and deep,
I may launch my all on its tide?

A loving woman finds heaven or hell
On the day she is made a bride.

I require all things that are grand and tnie——
All things that a man should be;

If you give this all, I would stake my life
To be all you demand of me.

If you can not do this, a laundress and cook
You can hire, with little to pay;

But a woman’s heart and a woman's life
Are not to be won that way.

"Too Many of We."

.‘Mamma, is there too many of we?"
The little girl asked with a sigh.

“Perhaps you wouldn’t be tired, you see,
If a few of your childs should die."

She was only three years old4this one
Who sp ike in that strange, sad way,
As she saw her mother’:-'. impatient frown

At the children’: boisterous play.

There were ahalfdozen who round her stood,
And the mother was sick and poor,

\Vorn out with the care of the noisy brood,
And the fight with the wolf at the door.

For a smile or a kiss, no time, no place,
For the little one least of all,
And the .\ll£1(l()\VS that darkened the mother’s
face,
(fer the young life seemed to fall.

More thoughtful than any, .-ilie feltmore care,
And pondered in Clllltlisll way
How to lighten the burden she could not
share,
Growing heavier every day.

Only aweek, and the little Claire
In her little white trundle bed
Lay with her blue eyes closed and the sunny
hair
Cut close from the golden head.

“Don't cry,” she said, and the words were
low,
Feeling tears that she could not see-~
“You won’t have to work and be tired so,
When there ain't so many of we."

And the dear little daughter that went away
From the home that for once was stilled,
Showed the mother‘:-' heart, from that dreary

day,
What a place she had always filled.
-—Woman’s World.

Harriet Beecher Stowe.

When I look back over my life and
review in my mind the books I have
read (rzitlicr it limited number, to be
sure) the writings of Mrs. Harriet
Beecher Stowe stand out supremely
over all others, us having plczised me
most. Perhaps the reason for this is
that I read them in the sunny time of
early yoiith,with syniputhics undiilled
by the hard realities of life, and mind
unused to criticise; yet thoiiglitful peo-
ple everywhere liuve called them
great. Many authors have written
more, many have written more pro-
foundly and niorebrilli:intl_v, perhaps,
but few, if any, have dmwutlie line so
true to nature and Spoken so strongly
and directly to heart and conscience as
to be instrumeiital in arousingan-.1f,iou
to redress :1 great wrong. “Uncle Tom’s
Cabin” has been dramatized and car
ried about the country and flung to the
public in a manner to make it a by-
word, yet in many hearts it is sacred
as being the one work of fiction in all
the field of prose literature. “Drcd,”
a similar Work, met with great favor.
The quaint, homelike story of “The
Pearl of ()rr’s Island” is charming
reading. Its romance is pure and sweet
and reliable as an old-fashioned garden
of pinks and roses. No freaks of fancy
and unlawful passion are made to ap-

ear God-given and exalted, no hot-

ouse exotics to cntrance fora moment.
and leave 9. subtle poison to sap the
delicate tendrils of virtuous affection.
Such romances as Mrs. Stowe’s are
called by some persons “too tame,” but
the world would have been better to-
day if the more sensational kinds had
never been written.

Harriet. Beecher Stowe, ii daughter
of Rev. Lyman Beecher, of Litchfield,
Comi., possessed a keen insight and the
ability to read the human heart, to-
gather with the eloquence and power
of expression that characterized that
illustrious family of pulpit orator-s.
But. the sentiment of New England
thirty-five or forty yuan o wag
averse to seeing its women in t e pul.
ate. and on the rutrum; and,had it

in otherwise, Mrs. Sbowds tastes
were too purely domestic to allow her

to appear before the public in a per-
sonal manner.

But amid the cares of her home and
household work, her sympathy with
the oppressed and the questions and
strifes that were agitating the nation
induced her to take her pen and speak
to the millions. Her writings were po-
tent for good, inspired by a pure heart
and exemplified by a blameless life.
The shadows of lifc’s afternoon are
now gathering about her, but she sees
in them only a time of peace—no phan-
tom accusing her of writing aught to
mislead the young,or to render unsta-
ble the morals of maturer age.

With her it must be light at even-
ing time, for she has wrought a good
work, faithful to all her trusts, as
daughter, wife, mother, and author.

Traverse City, Aug. 11. Room.

——————-on———-———
Two Views of It.

If there is one quality in the cata-
logue of a woman’s virtues that I ud-
mire more than another it is the habit
of taking a hopeful view of things.
Heaven knows she has at best enough
ofclouds and mist overhead, and up-
hill climbing_ under foot, plenty of
sloughs of despond and any number of
rough places, but some women make
veritable martyrs of themselves lest
they find a. resting spot or a bit. of sun-
shine. Out upon such self-tyranny, I
say. It is folderoll.

“God means every one to be happy he sure,
\Ve meet with no evil that has not some
cure.”

Some women live on forebodings of
the future and doleful reflections on
the pzist and push aside the present
with its possibilities and joys. Their
water the graves of‘ their loved ones
with tears that found it hard to start
in sympathy for them living; they
“throw cold water” on the _exubei'-
aiicc of you th; they are drags on their
energetic, hopeful lll.lSl){ll]Cl and friends.
They cross and recross every bridge
many times before they reach it. ()li,
how we pity them! The weather is
too hot or too cold for Mrs. Complain,
it will rain or it won’t, her company
always comes at the wrong time, she
is hurtbccunse she and Mr. C. are not
invited to that wedding at that small
house where she is not iiitimate, licr
l\la.ry’s so careless and romping, her
Will so noisy, her husband so forget-
ful, her neighbors so tampering and
licrsclf‘ out: of‘ all sorts. It is really
very, very hard for her and all her
friends.

Now look at this picture: "How do
you cvcr get along, Mrs. Briglitsidns,
with your bubics and :i.ll'.”’ "Oh, easy
enough! IILl.\'l):tlld helps me when he
can, babies are so good, the darlings,
and what I cuu’t do I let go. and we
have fumous times!” "But your lins-
bainl and babies have had such sick
times and you were not used to this
kind of lifc?" "N0, indeed, I wusu’t,
coiildift b:ikc li:irdl_v :1 i>it,uevei‘ iiscd
coul bcforc and ivusii‘t I hoincsickf
lint I just took one thing at it time
and unidc thc best of it, knowing I
could lc:u'ii."‘ “lint your :icconinio-
datious, what :1 cliuugc to come from
your (-.ustci'u city home to a cheap
built country liousc‘.’” “To be sure,
and we did not have much to begin
with either, and moving and hired
girls soon demolished what dainty
dislics I had, but we “put up” with
things as we could and contented our-
selves with plziiiniug What a good
time we would have in this new home
of our own with all these nice furnish-
ings that we have now. Still liuppy
as we are, we are no happier than we
were. lIusb:ind’s rule was, and l’vc
made it mine, ‘never to cross :1 bridge
’till I came to it."" and Mrs. Bright-
sider-i' fiicc broke into sunny smiles
that were iiatiirzil to it, as she added,
“We believe in taking the sunshine as
we go along. Why not?" G.

-»- -———~—iOm:-j-—

Open to Remarks.

It is not work that kills, it is Worry.
Work is healthful. You can hardly
put more upona. man than he can bear.
It is not the revolution that destroys
the iii:u~.liinery, but the t'rictiou.-
Beecher.

And yet. the older one grows, the
more keenly one feels how little pow-
er an iudividinil man has for good,
whatever he inay have for evil.—Miss
Mnlock.

“Power works easily but fretting is
a continual confession of weakness.”

I am only one; but still I am one. I
can not do every thing; but still I can
do something, and because I can not
do every thing I will not refuse to do
that same thing which I can do.—T
H. Huxley.

This “resignation with encrgy”— the
giving up without giving in—it isa
whole philosophy of life in a nut shell.
‘ “Years ago it was considered out of
woman’s sphere to do anything but
cook, sew and spin. But man had seen
that profit was to be made in such in-
dustries and had immediately taken
them out of woman’s hands. But man
complained, however, if a woman
stepped into his sphere.”

Love is the purification of the heart
from self; if strengthens and ennobles
the character, and ives higher mo-
tives and a nobler aim to every action
of life, and makes both man and woman
strong, noble, and courageous,”

Perhaps if only one rule could be
given to keep women out of the error
of doing too much it would be this:
Be honest. Be trite to your timt, Y0hi-
strength, your-meaiis, yourknowled-ge.
Do not change your belongings and

surroundings with every freak of
fashion. Accordiiig to your best judg-
ment, select what easiest you can or-
range to do to make your dark rooms
sunny, your sunny rooms still more
cheerful. Have your pictures as good
as good as your means will allow. It
shows an increase of good taste on the
part of people in general that the week-
lies are no longer stowed away in the
attic to gather dust (while chromos
adorn our sitting-room wall), but yield
their thoroughly good wood-cuts to
the purposes of decoration.

How is it, now,as regards the educa-
tion of woman? It is certainly true
that women are taking to-day It much
wider share in the work of the world
than they did even a generation ago.
Many more careers are open to them,
and their ability to assume even the
most difficult professional duties is no
longer doubted. Maiiifestly, then, a
practical necessity has arisen for plac-
ing Within the reach of woman the
highest educational advantages. It
can hardly, however, be iiiuintuiiied
that the somewhat clamorous demand
that has been made of late years on be-
half of' woman for such advantages has
been mainly inspired by the desire to
enable women to hold their own in
various professional walks. The object
has rutlier been to produce a genera-
tion of giftedlwomen without reference
to any special pmcticnl use to be lllfltlt‘
oftheir high nccoiriplishiiieiits. "Unl-
ture” for cultui'e’s sake has been the
idea, rather than culture f'or the sake
of more efficient woi'k.—Fi'oin ‘-Higlier
Education of VVoni:in,” in l’opul:ir
Science Moutlily.

-—-- —

Field Notes.

VVliat an incompurzible sweet. temper
Mother Exirtli has! After two nionths
of drought when, after Ei'in’.~i son, one
almost declares,

“Water, water, was my cry,
For sax weeks in the moonth of july,"

a gentle, plentcous rain comes and vege-
tation revives. lflvcu liclds that we
tliouglit were dead, sore and brown,
as in l)oc<-.iiil)ci'. took on :1 grecuisli
tinge at touch of ii shower. Scoi-cliiiig
and dry as the weather has been for so
long. a grc.-it deal of re.-:ervc force is
uiauifested now that the reign of heat
is broken. Although the maple, thi-
suinuch, and fern are already liusteuiug
us into autumn with their udvnnee col-
ors, there is :i greater awakening of
summer green uud bloom than it
seemed in those fcai'liil ly hot tl€l._\'S there
could possibly be again this season.

It is pleusaint to l'8C:l.ll that in those
days when we found nothing so coin-
mon ll cvci'youc"s tongue as tho
weather, and the intensity of that at
last grow insipid, some were quick-
cycd cuongli tostill find topics for talk
that proved to bc,:is it W(‘l'L'., iiiit.iii'iic«l
stoncs for our diversion. Of‘ this I \V:l.~;
conviiiccd one bli.-'tci-iug day by flu-
lnippy convcrsutiou of :1 bright, spirit-
ed 1nruicr’s wilc, wlioailwuys keeps the
polished side of her mental zirmor
turned outward f'oi'otliers. Slic,cliot-i'i-
ly, for it takes good conrugc for such
an one to sziy tlicsc things when the
corn is drying up, the pusturcs are
brown us berries, and the stock is suf-
fering for water:—“When I wus in the
cellar this lnoruing, working butter,
(these are my stiidy lioui's,you know)
I fell to thinking of our misused op-
portiiuitics. Even in so common an
experience as a. ride to town, one some-
timcs complains of the dust, how the
buggy ruttles,how slow the lio1'setrav-
els. what. :1 shabby old haruess,ci.c.,f'oi'-
getting that even here, as elS€WllL‘l'0.
‘the licziveus declare Ills glory and the
earth sliowetli Irlis liaudiwork.’ What
is that beside the road? (irl'tlFS, yes,
grass. Everybody has seen that. This,
the J nne grass, has served the purpose
for which it was intended and gone to
seed. It was tender and inviting to
the cattle and :1 fresh. bc:iutiful cover-
ing for the brown earth; but soon the
timothy, bluc grussuiid other varieties
uppcurcd, ouch unlike the others.

“What rivuriety of flowers we find
also; sometimes the dundclion, so com-
mon tliut we scarce think of its beauty.
Indeed. if we examine it clo.-ely, wc
willfind that each little yellow head
is not. one, but perhaps a hundred lit-
tle flowcrcts. The white and purple
astei's,wliicli appear later in the season,
are sisters in that Séllllf‘. great faniily.
which botanists call coiuposite flowers.
Have you noticed what a. host of little
flowers is contained in 3. single “ox-
eyc,” coarse and unsightly as it may
at first seem? What of the clover, red
and white, the milkwecd and butter-
cups? Surely, the Almighty did not
fashion all these riftcr one model, nor
color them alike.

“What a study we have in these way-
side lcaves. Some are arranged oppo-
site and others alternate; some simple
and others compound; some with
smooth surfaces, others more or less
hirsute; some with edges entire, others
dentute; the shapes and uses of trees;
why one former made his fence with
equal panels and his neighbor “broke
joints;” the difl'e-rent breeds of cattle,
poultry, etc., which may be seen, and
so on indefinitely.”

If the little lady at that time found
wayside wonders looking at her
through volumes of dust. and hot, hazy
air, she would revel in the country
roadside now. There is, just at present,
a. luxurious quantity of wild growth
and blossom. It. seems quite as if the
two seasons had run into each other,
and fall had telescoped summer, as
trains do in collisions. A ride across
the country yesterday gave mes. chance
to look into the faces of many familiar
flower friends and to bring home oth-
ers that I had beforr only “known by
night,” as we do so many human friends.
These last I have made it a point to be-

comcacquainted with to-day and they
bear it admirably. In short, they are
possessed of traits I little thought to
find in them, gind in this respect again
resemble people who develop charac-
ter riipidly as we come to know them
aright.

One pretty tubular flower that stood
three or four feet high along the road
and is not very common about here,
had a look I felt I ought to know, al-
though sure of having never been pre-
sented to it according to the rules of
botanical decorum. Truly enough,
when I sought its name in that way, it
proved to be a relative of a. common
garden flower: that is, it belongs to the
smne family of flgworts, but being
cullcd false foxglove, we may suspect".
it is looked upon by the true foxglove
as an interloper. Nevertheless, one is
kindly drawn toward it in spite of this
stigma of falsity, and we wonder if a
very sightly arden flower could not
in time be in. e out of its racemes of
lemon yellow blossoms.

Nature makes no mistakes in classi-
fying her children and while she gives
two plants one or two striking points
in common, they are made otherwise
to radically difl'er. Hence, it is not
safe for the beginner to be too sure that
every green thing having amilky juice
is niilkweed. Your floral lore Will like
ly tnkca vigorous full if you investi-
gate the subject. One of these wliite-
blooded plants has been called “milk-
weed” every time I have heard it spo-
ken of since it came into bloom this
season. It bears a large, loose cluster
of small, star-like, white flowers and
was quite a favorite for ladies’ corsagc
wear at a hike resort I lately visited,
where it seemed to be known only by
the name I have mentioned. Its true
nature, as :1 variety of spurge, would
loud it. :1 less plcbeirin air, methinks,
now that my curiosity has led me to
trace it to its home, but perhaps that
would spoil its aesthetic churm. This
plant. is very (lcceiving—wearing a
most ruodest face but having ii puz-
zling,complcx make-up under its mask
of siinplicity.

It was a trifle odd to mingle our
duinfy. pine-brc:1flic<l writer lilies with
the bright hues of full, but so we did.
ziud their piles of snowy petals and
golden hearts were only frcslieuotl by
the contrast. No wonder poms vapor-
izc over these flowers ! The mud,
the muck, the moss. the slime below,
and the pearly purity, the r:ii'est gold
and choicest perfume a.bovc,are enough
to inspire the iiiiiscs. Rightly is this
flower named N yin plizcu, and dedicat-
cd to the water iiyinplis.

In the water lily funiily exfrcnics
iucct. there being on the one hund the
Wzuer Shield, with dull flowers only
lizilfnn inch long, and on the otlu.-r,t|ic
fiuiioiis Amuzoii \\':ttcr Lily, Victoi'iu
l{c;_»'i:i. with lczivcs three feet. wide and
flowers almost in proportion. ’I‘lici'c
is found,cliic1ly in the Czlsi, :1 sweet-
scented water lily that is piiikisli,r:irc-
l_\’ pink-red in color, and ii bluc \V2lI(3l'
lily that is brought from Egypt und is
cultured in aqiniriu; but nothing‘ can
excel for us the wliite-<':li:iliced cu ps
flint. float our l\Iicliig:in Woodland
lakes. J. B.

~——————-(o1—-j —— —

Summer Duties of the Farmer's

Wife.

Ditty is defined as that which one
person owes to :motlici'. It applies to
the doing of certain tliings and also to
1'cfraiiiii1g from ccrtuiii other things.

It is 21. word which in the siuguhu‘ is
very familiar to our ears, and some-
time in the past woman possibly has
felt thrit its application was with great
liber:ilit_v bestowed largely iipou her.

Indeed. flu-re have been times and
places when and where the words duty
and woman, if not iuterch:ingeablc,
wercdccmcd ulinost lllSep{‘.l'{ll)lC; but
the udvuin-cd thought and higher edu-
cation of our century liuve brought a.
fuller enjoyment of equality in all
things than the world has ever before
seen.

The act of living is divided and sub-
divided into countless acts to a large
number of which this word, duty, ap-
plies. But here mistakes are iinidc,
and inauy are.

How many times people allow them-
selves to become dutiiible, according
to Websfefis dcfiuition—“snbject to
the imposition of duties”—i'emeiiibe1‘-
iiig the unpleasant meaning of the
word imposition; as blindly and good
lltltll rcdl y lift. burdens they never
ought to bear, and thereby drug on a
weary existence, sometimes even short-
ening their lives in well meant but
useless endeavor-—-2. thing for which
there is no sanction or commendation.

Guilt as surely rests upon him who
takes his life by slow degrees as by
the dagger thrust. or poisoned cup.

’Tis well then that we give this sub-
ject careful thought, that when we
voluntarily assume or are by force of
circumstances thrust into a certain po-
sition in life, we may discern with a
just appreciation what are its real du-
ties and avoid unnecessary burdens.
To the farmer’s wife who, with care-
ful hand, does this commendable weed-
ing enough will be left, to prevent. her
life from rusting out. We are, doubt-
less, all familiar with the rhymed reci-
tation of her work and worry, begin-
ninor, “Up in the early morning, just
at the break of day.”

She does indeed, begin the day com-
mendably l but how many do we find
who would utterly tail of gaining the
three prizes oflered by a. certain old
adage, through neglecting its first
requisition ofearly to bed? The hours of
wcarying labor are lengthened out in
a strife for the central prize while the
other two, or extremes of the pleasant
prqposition, are almost ignored. The
ten ency to worship the golden calf
was not thoroughly stamped oui in
the olden time. It has come down

through countless generations with no
diminution of strength, and seems to
thrive equally well in all blood and on
all soil. The farmer has the mint. no
less than the man of other calling.
The three words of the above named
provei'b—hcaltli_v. Wealthy and wise-
ar.e presented to his mind in the form
of 9. pyramid, and the apex, wealthy,
ofttimcs possesses peculiar fasciiiationa.
And on the base, where lie health and
wisdom, he plants hiscoarse and heavy
boots and so tramples them o’er with
mud that scarce a view of them ever
greets his wife, as, remembering with
greater distiuctncss than all else with-
in the lids of her Bible, that “cleanli-
ness is next to godliness,” she raises her
eyes to where his gaze is fixed and to-
gether they plod on toward wealth
with grim persisteucy. While an the
days go by we see great improvement
in life upon the farm yet there is op-
portunity for a greater stride in that
direction. ,

To-day we cannot fully appreciate
the opening lines of “Autumn,” by
Thomson:
“Crowned with the sickle and the weather

sheaf,

While Autumn nodding o'er the yellow plain,
Comes jovial on, the Doric reed once more,
Well pleased, I tune.”

There are no sickles now-a-days,nor
Doric reeds, nor does the Bower go
forth to sow as in the olden time. Maris
bruin liris wrought. for man’s hand a
marvelous change, and I opine that in
these old- tiuie ivays the poet sees more
charm than does the farmer. The Ar-
ziiicuiiiuiis of South Auierica gather
their grain in ii manner truly poetic
and no doubt highly s:i.tisf'actory to
the harvesters who separate into pairs
and a young man and a maiden take is
basket between them and Walk slowly
through the field. As they pass along
they pluck the wheat heads, rubbing
them on the back of their coinpanion’s
hand, so that the ripe grains fall into
the liuskct. VVere our lives as simple;
our wants as few, and our aspirations
as dull as theirs, their methods of
work might. be adapted to us. But
our existence is so complex, and duty
and iuclimitioii to jostle one another,
that life proves far too short for the ac-
couiplishincnt of all we could \Vl8Il.
In llector’s address to his “beloved
spouse” occur these words: “But,do
you, going home, take care of thy own
works, thy Web and dist.-if1‘.” But to-
day and here, no web and distatf claim
our attention. They have been taken
froin our hands, and in place of Hec-
toi-’s words, we hear an admonition to
lay aside our evening’s occupation and
join our protectors in the pleasures of
the Gi-uiige. And to this oi-g:iniz:itiori
we know is due a large sliare of the
iInpi'<)v¢'m(3ut and broridcuiug of the
tni'iiici".~' life. If it hue, ziscluiiiicd, bro-
kcn down the b:Lrriers of ignorance and
llllt5llll(l<‘1'Si:llltlll1g' bcliiud which the
old-tinic tillers of the S()ll were in-
timiclictl, it has bc_\'ond:i.donbtopencd
and revealed to his wife :1 life entirely
new und tliorouglily enjoyable. She
lius been placed side by side with her
liusbuud in other things than lubor.
The social feature rests and refreshes.
It is here that the dormant faculties of
her mind are aroused, and ere she is
aware she finds herself possessed of at
lcust. u modicum of the freshness of
feeling‘ and ciithiisiasiii of younger life
und school days. While the f:u'nier ex-
clnuige.-‘ views, plans and experiences
with his brother farmer, she listens
and l(-n.i'ii.~: of his work, and he in turn
becomes acquainted with household
lll_V.~‘l,€l'lCS, not. a few, thereby creating
2|. mutn:ilit_v of interest, knowledge
and cnjoyincnt.

Mus. J. C. GOULD.
( To be continued )

.. _... 

That this world is full of apparent;
contradictions must have been the first
iinpression of many of us when we
looked out over the sea of human life
and action. Not the least striking
disagreement that leads to this view of
afliiirs is the sight of ti woman holding
t'or :1. half century the throne of the
most. powerful nation of the globe
in conti--.ist. with the attitude of that
nation, and of our own, towards its
queenssex as a class. It is no small
success good queen Victoria has won
in this long and peaceful reign. The
jubilee in June that celebrated the close
of the fifty years wins whole-souled,
heart y, and deservedly hers.

This is one woman, but there are
scores, yes, thousauds—of uncrowned
queens and have ever been. Few
women are crowned, but many are
quecnly. It is to keep in mind those
women who have done noble service,
in this field or in that, and have or
have not been ranked as famous by the
public,tha.t we propose to furnish the
Ladies’ Department readers with a
series of’ brief biographical sketches of
their lives and works. So.doing we
shall be able to put into practice also
that. injunction so popular in 3 late
Visrron, namely, “to talk of the best and
noblest we have ever seen” or learned
of. Let us name them over,-the
womanly women that have been and
are. Let us gather from their histo-
ries somewhat of vigor, of courage,
sweetness, wisdom or light as they in
turn bequeath these qualities to us.
There are many and many. Will you
tell us of oiie?—Ei>.

j 
Harvest Excursions.

The Burlingtfiiln Route, C. B. & Q. R.

_ ., will sell 0,ll,§ept,. 20 and Oct. .11,
rvest Excursion Tickets at ‘one fire
for the round trip, to principal points
in Nebrnska, Kansas, Minnesota, and
Dakota Limit, thirty days. Tickets
and further information may he ob-
mined Ofnny C. B. & Q. Ticket ‘ cut,
or by addressing Phul Morton, n’l
Pass. and Ticket Agent, Chicago, Ill.

 


Sept. 1. I887.

-:1:-HE GRANGE VISITOR-

FARM AND GARDEN.

STAPLE CROPS OF THE COUNTRY
AND THE AREA THESE OCCUPY.

How to Make 3 Useful l’Ia.11k Drag at a
Small Cost—All About the Cut “'01-1n
and How to circumvent It—(‘Jassifica--
tlon of Fowls.

There ‘is but little land that is free
from cut worms, or few crops not subject
totheir depredations. VVl1ile cut worms
are especially destructive to the corn
crops, they also greatly injure root and
garden crops. Most farmers l1ere had
experience with these pests, which from
the time when the earliest shoots begin to
Ippear in the garden and field cause de-
Itruction by eating oil“ the tender stalks
at the surface of the ground.

 

CUT WORM AND MOTH.

There seems, however, to exist some
confusion in the minds of many concern-
In", these worms, quite diiIcrc11t species
being of ten dc-sifgiiatcd under the co1i11no:1
name of cut worm. For the benefit of
this cln.ss of readers are here given illus-
trations that will make the identification
of these posts a simple matter.

Cut worms are the caterpillars of moths
belonging to the night flying division, and
sometimes called May bettle or June bug.
When fully grown the grub or worm is
about an inch and a half long, of ash gray
color, smooth and rreasy in appearance
and plump and mt; the back shows
numerous fine lines.

The moth lays its eggs in midsummer
or early autumn in the ground. The
young soon hatch, and feed on grass or
weeds until cold weather, when they make
their way down into the soil to spend the
winter. They no but little injury in the
autumn, but as soon as spring opens their
attacks become very noticeable. As the
parent insects appear to understand the
selection of suitable places in which to
deposit their eggs, as also to avoid those
where their young would starve for food.
the surest safeguard against the ravages
of these and all other species that deposit
their cgm in the ground is to starve them
out by thorough cultivation p1-cvious to
putting iii the crop, hence the practice of
plowing: up in the fall lands that have be-
come infcctc1L

'L‘l:crz- are many :0 called remedies fc‘
cut v.'or1n v:l1c:1 rt v:crI: on g'::'.“?“
plants. Como cf tlscrc <‘or"‘css r.:ci",Z,
aoniewlzat. the cztent of ihci
nothing: c:'Tect-Ive, vrlzich is 1‘?
ll:.:‘,",e scale, has hcc:~. ia‘rc.
most effective rcme:‘.j.‘, "rs, is the on
snr";c:*.é'1 by Prc.”c:s3:
since in rc:Ltc':.':‘._"; over 1‘. Cc-Id, fifteen or
twenty feet ajztrt. ca‘>‘;::_'t3 cr tarni-
leavc", [‘:.''.S.“. or :61, that l‘,"”‘. l~.:c:1 rei-
aoned with Paris green. There 1: '
grass, crnf1‘.o;.'c-l as bait for the we. .
dipped into a sc111’.Zo'1 1:111:12) by rt. :5: 1
tablespooniiil ct‘ P is yjrccn into 9. b1.c1:c:
of v.';:’..cr. it it: (‘.l£LlI.".C‘(.l by corrcsporzdciit.
who have tried the above that itvo appli-
cation“, 1 '.e at i11tc:v::ls of two or t“ '*
days, 112 (2 proved cflectual, cr-;:cc.--I_
when tZ.c applications are made in clonal,
weatlzcr.

The outer way of fighting these pests is.
however, with p:‘2vc:1tivcs. 'II1e mos
5y:tcr.1atic rnc‘..‘.1o:l is: Fir , to prove:
propagation Ly making l:o:1£1'c1 in 111
evening (‘.uri:13‘ the ntontlts cf Ju‘._.’ 
August, when the moths appear, am. ‘L

     
  

 
  

  
 
     
 

   

 

 

 
    

it will 1 c of fjl‘ . LL”. 0 :~.:1o‘.l1c1' year,
and will repay Lll f.'.':...ers who try it.

Useful (.'lar,-"’_‘¢--.:tInn of Fmvls.

  

    
     

 

All of our «Tc; ’ . fouls no 1 eful.
but i:1 v:;ry"‘3‘ CC" i11
dirccfion no ch- on. ‘ 1 .

lilies can :1 1 1 :1. I"; ‘

  

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be c: ...1.l 1.  3_
The l’o;:l:1-yV'.'c‘:ld, will Lo 0:‘ v;.l;1c t
m: ’ ‘ r‘:

        
 
 

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an.
is: Dor‘.:i11{:s, lIouC.:rr:~"~. L1:
1:1c:‘., Crcvccours. l3r.~.‘.11r:....

 
  

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l::yc1':3r.:.l'.'o:;;c cf 1;: L14. 3 1'
are fitted to satisfy the taste c.

.
exczl . .
prod uccrs
an epicure.

The Area. Devoted to Leading Crops.

The tot ::1 arm. of culiivzztcd l::::d 12'} . '-
irom year to §.c:'.1' with new 1::';'j.*orj', L111
the coL1p:11';:ti\'e area. (‘._cvot_c;l.tJ pr.‘:;cI ‘:1
crops, L:cc«,1-11.11:; to The I\c.t.on:;l S‘.:.t..—;-
tician, really changes but little. It occa-
sionally occurs that tI1e:1c1‘c;:g3dc\‘otc:l to
some of the principal crops is 11:1;.\'oL.l:‘.bly
largely au_';r:1e11ted at [.10 expense of oth-
ers, as was the case witii oats and com

.. .. ' - c f winter
planted on c..t-ns1\ e“_arc..s 0‘
killed wl cat, in 16...), but too 1: "
~ nu ~ v.'§ll show the balance a_'_':.i:1 1:‘
sc..-o.1 I 1 ‘t
ally cd711.:tcr_l. ' he ,rcs::11t. :;c;;r ..;s 1:. -
nesse;llI1i:.: forced change, but only to 0.
limited extent.

New Jersey and Pcnnsylwinia put‘nn-
meroug fields of WIILCI‘ l:._.l_c:l ‘\. -- 't
into corn and oats, while in (_,‘.11o he
devoted to the latter {‘.‘l‘£‘.lll is lZ1LlL'.l 1-
largcd at the expense of both xv‘.-.cz-.t ."_.:;zl
clover injured by the winter. The l\c.w
Englainl states show little v.':riatIon m
the total area. In New York the incrcas
ed importance of dairying and ntocl; rais-
ing is gradually widening the breadth of
meadow and. pasture l::I1(l,tI.1ou3l(11 there
appears no diminution of cultivate ‘area.

Tobacco, says Stat1sft1c1.'iu Dodge, 115 that
only crop the area. 0 w ich is l‘Ct uce
wherever grown. At ruling prices it is
unrcmunerative in New England and
Pe11nsylva11ia., and a. considerable portion
of its area is being devoted to small crops.

 

  

 

 

   
 

 

  

    

show a heavy decline, the‘ area in the first
state going to grass, and in the others to
grass and the spring cereals together.
Some counties in. these states report that
the acreage will fall off 50 per cent., and
in some cases cvcn more. The falling off
in ’I‘c1111essee and Kentucky is general,
though not so heavy, the area being gdven
to miscellaneous crops.

The southern states show the usual in-
crease in cotton acreage, with perhaps a.
greater extension of the cereals than usu-
ally. I11 the Caroli11as the i11crease is this
year in corn, while i11 Gcor-_.:ia the area of
that cereal is much divided by the poor
stand and prospect of oats. Louisiana
and Mississippi are raising more oats, and
Texas has luv-are-lv i11crc:1.<cvl Iwr area of
cor11 as well as cotton S(-veral co1*espo11d-
cuts in A1*l;ar.s:1s remark that 11l:111ter.'-'.:11'(-.
iludiug no money in cotton at six and
eight cents per po11nd and are devoting
more room to both corn and oats.

There is but little general ch2111_r.re in
wheat acreage, the seeding of some areas
to grass and other crops in the older states
being balanced by fresh lands in others.
111 the states of the central west it is per-
haps narroxvcd somewhat, while in the
northwest and transxnississippi states the
deficiency is made 11p. In Iowa and Mis-
souri corn has gained this year at the ex-
pense of wheat and in the latter state of
meadows injured by the severe winter.

More than the usual attention seems to
be devoted to the use of flax, the area be-
ing reported as im-reused in some coun-
ties i11 New York, Michigan and states of
the Iiortlzwcst.

The states and territories into which the
tide of i1:1111ig*,ratio11 is steadily pou1'in«,r
shmv 111arl;t~.l ilicrelzst-s in the tnial culti-
vated arca, though the portions devoted to
the principal crops are not nmterially
changed.

Rat. and lV[nuse ‘Proof Seed Bags.

A correspondent in Prairie Farmer uses
wire netting, such as is employed in the
ma11uI'.':ct111'e of WlDllO\V screens, to make
bags for seed. These bags are made by
folding the ed_a'es and hammering: a. three-
cighth inch wide seam down iirmly. N0
sewing is needed. Seeds can he put into
these bags while yet moist, if too many
are not bunched together, as they will dry
as well as on paper. These Wire bags are
both rat and mouse proof.

A Good Plank Drag.

One of the most valuable implements on
a f-.11-111. Ilia cost co1~.si4l1-rcrl, is a. good
plank drag. It acconiplishes more v.'o1‘k
than either the roller or the harrow can
do. The further soil is removed from a
virgin state, the greater is the need for
thorougrli pulvcrization; this is especially
true of clay soils, and plank drags are ad-
mirable inst1'11mc11ts for doing the work.
A good time to use a. plank dragisas
soon after plowing as the soil is dry
enough to crumble.

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following i ‘notions about
- A or’; l.o.sc drag made 0’.

p‘ nits \ 'll‘cel:cr.vycnong:1:.
. 3 Weights must bx
For two horse’) I use four boards

' no foot wide, two inclzcs thick and ten
' t long. Yfhcn the driver rides, this i;
enough. V.-‘hen used to cover grass.
., cr ilax seeds, it is heavy enough of
. 1. for {our horses, for use on wheat
and corn land, five two inch planks, six-
" :1 [Oct lgng and one foot wide, will be
‘ r."§',l1t. Viiih one team at each em".
., tour acres an hour can be put intr
_/ t 1‘r;ss1'..le comlition for the when‘.
1:"':l cr t‘.:c corn [l:.11‘.cr. hcso drags arz
 .2 in two ' ' Ly spiking the plaul-:2
:1 pieces cf fu..l my four inch scantling, as

.1 '.‘.;c ilrst cut, or by bolting the planks

.):;’(...ll€i‘, as in the second cut.

       
 

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Tho p‘.'c.11'.:s are lajzped, as this gives out-
’ “"211 up the clods. \Vhcn
" J: cdgcwise against

    
    

r :1 1 about as far apart as hall
,. '1 < E the drag. A chain attached
.. .-, 1.. zrrough to place the horses
:;o:1c tiirco 1 '*tirc1:1Ihe drag, will make
it run ate 1' than it the team were
hitched to the ccntcr.

   

 

For-In Items.

The amount of salt used in the prize
butter c:.'I1iblt at the New Yorl; dairy fair
was surprisingly uniform in all the sam-
pics.

The lrzctorite, :1 new apparatus for test-
in’! 121311;, p.':.rt1cul:~.rly with regard to its
v:; ‘:c for butter, is the i:1ventioz1 of De

' "l ;:’..o t"o i:i\'c:1tcr of the centrifugal
.. 1.... ;- 1. . .,.1 bears his nar.1c, and is
dc:;1;;ncd to be used v.‘lt11 the latter.

The l.'c:‘iI;v.'c3tc1'n l‘.1illcr says that only
ni:1or.ut. c I’ twcn‘.y~ti2:-cc ilonr mills are
l‘llZIllll!_". :';1 and allotit Iiiiixxcapolis on ac-
cou:.t ct tI.e scarcity of wheat at points
tributary to that marltct.

Wcstci-11 farmers say that if they apply
pctrclcu 1 to their {CCll corn it prevents
its Czoturliancc by birds and squirrels and
docs not 1';1ju:'o the corn or retard its ger-
m1n:1.t..n.

I Inconvcnience is often caused by losing
the names cf frtiit trees in young orchards.
A good zinc label is desirable.

An advocate of free access to salt for
sheep says they will not overeat, as when
salted only occasionally but treely.

 
  

   

lfiarvlsnd. Virginia and North Carolina I

To Save Life

Frequently requires prompt action. An
hour's delay waiting for the doctor may
be attended with serious consequences,
especially in cases of Group, Pneumonia,
and other throat and lung troubles.
Hence, no family should be without a
bottle of Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral,
which has proved itself, in thousands of
cases, the best Emergency Medicine.
cvo1'disco\'ercd. It gives prompt relief
and prepares the way for a thorough
cure, which is certain to be effected by
its continued use. "9

S. H. Latimer, M. D., Mt. Vernon,
Ga., says: “ I have found Ayer's Cherry
l‘(.-ctoral a perfect cure for Croup i11 all
cases. I have known the worst cases
relieved i11 a. ver short time by its use;
and I advise all amilies to use it in sud-
den emergencies, for coughs, croup, &c.”

A. J. Eidson, M. D.. Middletown,
'I‘enn., says: “I have used Ayer’s
Cherry Pectoral with the best efiect in
my practice. This wonderful prepara-
tion mice saved my life. I had 9. con-
stant cough, night sweats, was reatly
reduced in flesh, and given up y my

Iiysiciau. One bottle and a half of the
ectoral cured me.”

“I cannot say enough in praise oi_
A_ver's Cherry Pectoral,” writes
Bragaion, of Palestine, Texas. “believ-
ing as I do that, but for its use, I should
long since have died.”

Ayer’s cherry Pastoral,

PREPAR ED BY

Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co.. Lowell, Mass.
Sold hyall Druggists. Price $1; six boI.tleI.$5-

L. S. :31. M. S. R. R-
KALAMAZ00 DIVISION TIME TABLE.

Standard time—9oth meridian.
GOING SOUTH.

NY&C

Y&B1

N
Expires. Ex & M W“ F‘
‘.v Grand Rapids . . . . . . .~ 7 45 AM 4 35 PM 5 on AM

\r Allegan . . . . . . . . . . . . .- 9 oz “ 5 55 " 9 3o “

\r Kalamazoo . . . . . . . . . .. 1o :5 " 7 o5 “ 12 c5 rm

\1’ Schoolcrafl . . . . . . . . . . . 1o 37 “ 7 35 ‘ 1 so “

\r Three Rivers . . . . . . . .. 11 11 " 8 o5 " 3 2o "

\r White Pigeon . . . . . . .. 11 35 “ S30 “ 20 “

tr Toledo . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5 c5 PM 2 3mm 6 55 All

\r Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 40 " 8 3o " . . . . . . . .

\r Bufialo . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 33oAM 252 PM . . . . . . ..
GOING NORTH.
N Y & B NY & C ,
Ex 8: M Express “ay F‘
.v Buffalo . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1155AM114,oAM . . . . . . ..

\r Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 40 PM 5 35 " . . . . . . .

\r Toledo . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 11 15 “ 9 45 " 6 50 PM

\r White Pigeon . . . . . . . . 6 55 AM 2 20 PM 9 45 AM

1r Three Rivers . . . . . . . . . 6 23 “ 2 43 " 11 o5 "

\r Schoolcraft . . . . . . . . . . . 6 49 " 3 17 “ 12 15 “

\r Kalamazoo . . . . . . . . . . . 7 20 " 4 on " 1 55 PM

‘.1 Alicgan . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 8 28 " 5 oo “ 4 2o "

lrand Rapids . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 45 “ 6 15 " 7 13 "

All trains connect at White Pigeon with trains
-Iain hue. M.  W/nTL1:s.
Supt. Kalamazoo Division, Kalamazoo.

on

MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD.

DEPARTURE OF TRAINS FROM KALAMAZ00.
TIME-TABLE—MAY 18. 1834.
Standard time—goth meridian;

WESTWARD.

{alamazoo Acct-nuniodalion leaves
{aiamazoo Express arrives
vcnmg Express

  
 

 

lay Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
EASTWARD.
]A. M. II’ M
Tight Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .f 3 17‘ . . . . . .

{alamazoo Accommodation leaves. . . . . 1 6 45 . . . . . .

ialamazoo Express arrives . . . . . . . . . . ..= . . . . . .‘ 10 0c

Tail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 03

lay Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1 4::

‘law York Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . 8 1c

\tlantic Expreu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .l I oo . . . . .

New York, Atlantic and Pacific Expresses daily.
wivening Express west and Night Express east daily ex-
ept Saturdays. All other trams daily except Sundays.
freight trains carrying passengers out from Kalamazoo
IS follows: No. 29 (cast) at 5:10 P. M. and No. 20 (west)
it 8:10, bring passengers from east at 12:45, P. M.

H. B. Laovmu), Gen. Manager. Detroit.

 
 
  
 

to answer all

of all Goods

241 Nort

ma.r15y1

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ment to be made within 3c days from date of bills.
Orders from Patrons in Michigan as the through rates from
Philadelphia are very reasonable, as the railroads are cutting through rates.
A trial order from Granges in Miclrgan will convince them that they can
Purchase Groceries to advantage In Philadelphia-
you desire information in regard ti prices on any goods in our line
of business or freight rates do not hesitate tr Writ!‘ u.--. as We endeal/01’

inquiries promptly and satisfactorily.

in the Grocery Line.

h ‘Vader SI reel,

Pamms’IiroceryHouse

Under Contract with the Executive Committees of the
Pennsylvania and New York State Granges and recognized
b_\ the state Granges of Ohio. New Jersey and Delaware
to furnish Granges with all kinds of Groceries. We carry a large and
complete stock of all Groceries, Sugars, Syrups, Molasses, Coffees, Teas,
Spices, etc. We 111] all orders from Patrons when the order is
under Seal 01 Grange and signed by the Master and See: eta-
ry of the Grange, and upon receipt of goods and found satisfactory pay-

We are now filling

If

We will mail free upon

request our Complete Price List of Groceries, giving the wholesale prices

THORNTON BARNES,

Wholesale Grocer and Grange Selling Agent,

Philadelphia. Penn.

riaq

ear.
.¥.2,35I square inches of information for the consumers.
describes, illustrates and given the price of nearly all
the necessaries and luxuries in daily use by all classes of
people, and is sent free to any address by mail or express,
at our option, upon receipt of IO cents to pay the cost of car-

TH63 sales.

We issue the Buyers’ Guide in March and September of each

e. We charge nothing for the book.

It is now a book of 350 pages, 8% x ll inches in Size.

It

All of the goods quoted in the Guide we carry in stock,

which enables us to make shipments promptly and as ordered.

We are the original Grange Supply House, organized in I872

227 & 229 Wabash Ave.,

CHICAGO. ILL.

N. B.——After September 1st, 1887, we will occupy
our NEW STORE, 111, 112, 113 d? 111 lllichigan
Ave., 2 blocks north of E:l‘])ositi0n Building.

to supply the consumer direct at wholesale prices, in quantities
to suit the purchaser. We are the only house in existece who
make this their exclusive business, and no other house in the
world carries as great a variety of goods as ourselves. Visit-
ors are Invited to call and verify our statement.
We are the authorized agents of the Illinois State Grange.
Send for the Guide and see what it contains. If it is not
worth I0 cents, let us know, and we will refund the amount
paid without question.

Montgomery Ward &. Go.

MONTGOMERY WARD &. 00.

JUNE 4- seer.

TRAIN! WE5'hlII'ARD—CENTRAL MERIE-KAN TlME.

CHICAGO & GRAND TRUNK RAI WAY TIME TABE,

TRAINS EASTWARD-—CENTNAL MERIDXAN TIMI.

   

 
  
   

   

 

   

 
 

A. GRIER, General Freight Agent, Chicago. _ ;N3_ ,3‘ No, 4  7N0, 1,  3 No_ 5,
0- W- RUGGL|!S- G» P- &- T~ A-. ChlC3S°- ' Express Express.’ Express. Mail. Express. Expresa.
_' Port Huron, Lv. I . . . . . . . . . . 7 05 A. M.i 7 55 P. M. Chic:1go_, Lv . . . . . .. 9 05 A. M. 3 25 P. M. 8 159. I.

H d C Lapeer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 8 31 " 9 34 " . V;2lp.1fJ.lS(). . . in 15 " 5 32 " 1o 29 "

    Flint... . . . . . . . . . .. 9 06 " 10 IO " South Bend. Q12 55 r. M. 6 52 " 12 or A. I.

Durand. . . . . . . . . .. 9 35 “ ‘io 48 “ I Cassopolis. 1 I 45 " 7 29 “ 12 43 "

Lansing .. . . . . . . . . .. 10 3o “ '11 5o " ; Marcellus. . .} 2 15 " * . . . . . . . . . 1 07 "

Charlotte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. I! oo P. M. 12 25 A. M.‘ Schoolcraft . . l 2 31 " 8 or " 1 27 "

' Battle Creek, AL. . A. M. 11 45 " 1 20 " I Vicksburg . . . . . . . ., 2 41 “ 8 15 “ 1 43 "

" Lv... . 6 30 12 05 " i I 25 “ E Battle Creek, ‘Ar. .-| 5 40 “ 8 55 ‘I’ 2 30 “

. Vicksburg..... 718 12 45 " 221 " " v.. ‘ 345 " ooo ' 235 “

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THE -G-RANGE V ISITOR.

Sept. 1, 1887.

My Guest.
She came in the dewy morning;
I was hurried with toil and care,
And Isaid, “Oh, Friend, excuse me!
But I have not an hour to spare.
Pray come when my work is finished,
When the sun is in the west;
In the hush of the pleasant evening,
[will sit with thee and rest "

She came in the sultry noontide.
And her smile was wondrous sweet;
But yet I had never a. chamber
For her gracious presence meet,
And I said, “Oh, Friend, forgive me!
I am burdened with toil and fret;
It is noon, and I can not give thee
A place and a welcome yet!"

At last in labor was ended,
And I diackeil myself with care,
My house was swept and garnished.
And now I had time to spare,
And I sat in the quiet evening,
With my heart in a strange unrest,
And I grew so weary, waiting
For the coming of my guest.

But never a nearing footfall
Or stir of thelatch I heard:
And night came chill and lonely,
And still was my hope deferred.
Alas! that I had not kept her.
Or heeded the way she went;
But now I am grieved with waiting
For my vanished guest——Content!
——Portland Transcript.

A Look at Luna.
It was Thursday, the 2.'5th of July,
that a former student took me for‘ a
ramble through what is known as“The
University.” It is at the corner of
Cottage Grove A1 cnue and Uni\'ersit_v
Place about three miles from (‘ity
Hall and owned (1 think) by the Bap-
tist denomination. It is a stately, old-
fashioued, gray-stone building that
with its many towers and turrets,
uiakes one think of the days when
Feudal castles and Feudalism were in
vogue. Then its colored-glass win-
dows, some of which are broken out,
give it an appearance that plain glass
never could.
r‘ol.lowing the path and hurriedly
passing groups oftrees on by the main
entrance. arotind to the rear, we Walked
and stopped a moment to look to the
top. Up there a hundred feet or more,
was what appeared to be a large, tall
circular Water tank which rested (as I
was told) on a solid mass of stone that
runs into the ground some 20 feet. As
the sun had gone down some little
time before, we found the hall, which
we entered by a back door, dark and
gloomy. My companion led; I fol-
lowed on tip flight after flight of stairs
that go tip on either side oftlic spacious
hall. Oct-zisioiially. as we passeil a
window, the rays of the moon peepcd
through and we would catch a glimpse
of the object that was to be our study
that night. ()n up we went and com-
ing to a solitary lamp, burning there
in the dark, we stopped. Not a sound,
for it is unoccupied now, save by a
few of the former pupils who still
have their rooms, and an old professor
—0ne Hough— who is employed by
-the state and who st-.l_vs there day and
night. Perhaps I should have said in
beginning that through some misun-
derstanding or (rather)mismanage-
ment the University doors had been
closcd some time, and, its title being
disputed, is now before the court.
My friend said we were a little
early as the as the astronomer had not
yet opened the door to the “tank”

-which is made to revolve by machinery

and in which I afterward found the
largest telescope I had ever seen.
-‘Walking down to the further and of
the hall we entered a room Where the
“secret societies” used to meet. Here
there were three large closets or ante-
rooins. Boy-fashion, I peered into
In the last there hung suspend-

which, doubtless, some M. D., bent on

. more -mischief than learning had taken
.from its proper place and with a cord

had tied it there and left it, how long
ago we know not.

Going back, we found the door open

and the old man adjusting the telescope.
It was a lovely evening, the moon be-
Iing half-full, half-new. After regulat-
ing it by an electrical apparatus so as
tho allow for the motion of the earth,
(for without this, it would appear as a
luminous body passing the end of the
‘telescope, so rapidly are we revolving)
my friend and my guide mounted the
slanted steps on a movable frzune, and
then I next. What a feeling I had as I
lightly ascended to the cushioned seat!
But what a sense of the infinite came
over me when my eye was placed to
the glass and the moon brought so
near! And when I looked through a
second one in which it was more high-
ly magnified, I could say nothing, do
nothing--only look right on, drinking
10 the f‘ull extent of my vision the
‘beauty as there revealed. 1 have never
seen its like. The cut in the C. L. S.
C. reading for '87 (Astronomy) gives
one a good idea of it. The nearest re-
-semblance I have ever seen is a mol-
/ten piece of gray metal that had been
«disturbed in cooling and so left many
little points raised above the surface.
It was a. piece of ore that had been
‘through the furnace and thrown out
among the waste.

In some laces, it looked extremely
rough an rugged and some parts
seemed shaded more than others. My
«time alloted to looking at it was some-
what less than the time it takes to tell
it for the room was soon halffilled and
my few seconds were short, indeed.

Chicago Ill. Asox.

— 
A New Comer and Enthusiast.
COUSIN MAE:——I aspire to be one of‘
you r cousins, may I enter?
You ask for information on the pre-

aration of insects for the cabinet. As
am a collector of several years ex-
perience I think I can give a few prac-
tical hints. Let me say in the begin-
uing there is no pastime or study more
delightful than the collecting and
classifying of insects. If more boys
and girls knew the pleasure in it there
would be fewer discontented ones on
the farm.

Cousin Nellie’s directions are good
but I fear liable to discourage the be-
ginner. The cyanide bottle is by all
means the best way of killing. It’ you
can not get a wide mouthed jar with a
glass stopper, a glass fruit can will do.
A pint can is the best. Put ina lump
of cyanide of potassium the size of a
nutmeg. Pour over it plaster of paris,
thinned to the consistency of cream,
until it is covered half‘ an inch. Let
it stand open for a day or two and it
is ready for use and will last a year or
more.

Another indespensable article is a
butterfly net. Take a piece of‘ large
sized wire three feet long or more and
bend to the shape of a hoop. leaving
four or five inches of the ends project-
ing to be fastened to ii handle—a
broom stick does very well.

Sew on a bag of mosquito netting
two and one half or three feet deep
and it is ready for the first butterfly.

Equally as necessary as the net is the
stretching board, f'or your insect, if
not spread and dried. will not be a
“beauty and a joy f'oi'eve1'.”

Take two pieces of board one half
inch thick, two inches wide and of
any convenieiit length. These are held
in the same plain and parallel to each
other by nailing to cross pieces. They
should be left one-eight of an inch
apart at one end and one-half inch at
the other, to admit different si/.e(l
bodies. Finish by gluing corn pith
or cork beneath the grooves to receive
pins. For pinning use german in-
sect pins it possible. They are long
and slender and will not c01'1'0dc as
easily as common pins and they make
a collection look so much nicer.

They cost fifteen cents per hundred
and may be obtained of Frank H. Lat-
tiii, Albion, N. Y., who deals in every
kind of naturalist's supplies.

Butterflys and moths should be
pinned through the thorax between
the wings. The front wings should
bc drawn out until the inner margins
are nearly on a line and the hind wings
drawn free of the body. They may be
held in position by strips of postal
card laid on and pinned outside the
wings.

Beetles are pinned through the cen-
ter of the right wing-cover and the
pin left projecting one fourth its
length above, as indeed it should be in
all iiisccts. Bugs are pinned through
the triangular piece between the bases
of the wings.

The cabinet may be a pasteboard
box, a box ol':~'of't wood with a close
fitting cover or drawt-i'.~: to slide into
a cabinet.

My first one was a cigar box with
corn pith in the bottom and I was
very proud of it, too. Now I have a
white asli cabinet with drawers large
and coniinodious.

The enterprising entomologist will
never be idle. Insect life is about him
at all times of year and every where.
In short

“A thousand forms in varied hues,

Parade our tables and inspect the stews."

Several small boxes should con-
stantly he carried in the pocket to re-
ceive those he may come upon by
chance.

He will not long be contented mere-
ly to collect, but will wish to know
their names and habits. The best
book for beginners is I’ackard’s guide
to the study of insects.

Old agricultural and poinological
reports are prolific in information.

In the Michigan Pomological Re-
port f'or 1879, on page 38, is a paper
by Prof. Cook which contains full di-
rections to the beginner. Road that
and if you are not an enthusiastic en-
tomologist forever after it is not in
you to be, that’s all. E. W. L.

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The Chicago and Grand Trunk, and
Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee
Railways are making very low rates to
Chicago and return to those desiring to
visit the Chicago Exposition. The
rate from Schoolcraft for tickets, in-
cluding an admission coupon to the Ex-
position, is $4.00 for the round trip.
Tickets are sold on each Tuesday, from
Sept. 13 to Oct. 18, 1887, limited good
to return up to and including the fol-
lowing Monday.

Why Laura Lost Her Beau.
Laura once had an affluent beau,
Who called twice a fortnight, or so,

Now she sits, Sunday eve,

All lonely to grieve,
Oh, where is her recreant beau?
And why did he leave Laura so?

Why, he saw that Laura was a lan-
guishing, delicate girl, subject to sick
headaches, sensitive nerves and uncer-
tain tempers; and knowing what a life-
long trial is a frctf'ul, sickly wife, he
transferred his attentions to her cheer-
ful, healthy cousin, Ellen. The secret
is that Laura’s health and strength
are sapped by chronic weakness, pecu-
liar to her sex,Which Ellen averls and
avoids by the use of Dr. Plcrce’s
Favorite Prescription.
only remedy, for woman’s peculiar
weaknesses and ailments, sold by drug-
gists, under a positive guarantee from
the manufacturers, that it will give
satisfaction in every case or money
will be refunded. See guarantee on
bottle wrapper.

— 

A physician says, “It does not so
much matter what we eat as how we
eat it.”

This is the.

Buffalo Stock Market.
8A'l'URDAY Aug. 27.
CATILE.

The through shipments during the
week thus far have been 11,000 head;
the receipts sale 14000. Extra choice
1600 lbs. stock $5.00 per cwt. Prime
shipping cattle of 1200 to 1500 lbs.
4.25 to 4.85 per cwt. Buchers’ stock
of 900 to 1200 lbs., 3.75(gt‘,4.20. Ro-
ceipts light and market shows an up-
ward tendency of which dealers think
will hold for at least two months.

SHEEP AND LAMBS.

The shipments thus far during the
week have been 32,800 head,and the
receipts sale during the same time
42,500 head. Prices of choice sheep
will hold good for some time probably
for the reason that with good pastur-
age fewer will be fortxad upon the
market than heretofore. The best
80 to 100 lbs. sheep are selling at 4.50(gz
4.75 per cwt. Common sheep dull at
3.50(q;4.10. Lambs 5.50 to 6.00; extra
6.75.

nous.

The shipments during the week
have been 26,500 head; the receipts
sale, 41,800 head. The market is
steady as to price and the offerings
liberal, though often of poor quality.

Dealers complain of too many grass
fed hogs.

Good grassy Michigan hogs bring
5.10@.3.20 per cwt; good to choice
corn-fed Yorkers. 5.42(}1‘,.5.5t) per cwt;
good to choice medium weight 5.6015.
5.65.

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bald heads.

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for the Good of the
Order:

"I think that every Grange should
have a. press committee who would
carefully report for the local and agri-
cultural papers all meetings of their
Grange». Surely when there are dis-
cussions, like those we have, an account
of them would serve to prove that
Grange meetings are not always all
forms and rercnionies, as some aver,
and that they do not spend long eve-
nings in foolishness as others say.
G ranges should certainly try to recom-
mend themselves to the public in every
legitimate way.”—Al.thodc Island Pat-
ron.

Sugirestions

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Disorders of the stomach, liver, and
kidneys, can be cured by restoring the
blood to a hcaltliy condition, through
the vitalizing and cleansing action of
Ayer‘s Sarsaparilla. It is the safest,
most powerful, and most higlily con-
ccufr.-itctl alterative available to the
public.

Cucunil>crs can be grow it on trclliscs
to advantage, esp(+<-ially where there is
little room for them to run. The vines
will run in ci'bru~'li,aiid the t.'1l(‘.1lllll)01‘>'
be very fine.

Ayer’s Aguc (.7iii'e acts directly on
the liver and biliary apparatus, and
drives out the malarial poison which
induces liver complaints and bilious
disorders. Warrantcd to cure, or
money refunded. Try it.

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SritiNGi‘ir;1.D, Onto, July 1, 18:57.
E _s_ FITCH, Bay City, Mich.,

Dear Sir:-—Your circulzu‘ came to
hand and I thought I must Write you
a few lines. We are to-day hauling
our wheat into the barn f'rom a field
where we last. year had wheat and
used bone fertilizers.

Last fall we used your Phosphate
Salt and certainly there is one-third
more wheat, but we can tell better
when we thresh. We got one of our
neighbors to try it on corn ground
sowed to wheat. He did not have
enough to cover the whole field so left
8. part without Phosphate Salt. I was
up to his housejust before he cut his
wheat; I asked what effect the Phos-
phate Salt had and he said he thought
there would be double the wheat
where he used it to where he used
none.

We think we shall be able to send
for quite a quantity this fall and please
quote us carload prices on car at Tre-
inont Station, also Springfield, Clark
Co., Ohio.

Nearly all otir Wheat and clover hay
is liarvostcd. also considerable timothy.
Hay made this season is nearly one
month earlier than last year and many
poor fields of wheat.

R. L. HOLMAN .3; Sons.

Mr. F‘itch’s atlvcrtiseincnt may be
found in another column of this paper.

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That coffee is a medicine in cases of
extreme alcoholism is well known, but
it is hardly understood to what extent
this exhilarating and potent beverage
might be used in place of liquor.
Coffee houses, where all the accessories
are cheerful and wholesome for mind
and body, greatly tend to diininish
drunkenness. In the city of Birming-
ham, England, aocording to the report
of the American Consul a few years
since, the seventeen tern perance houses
in operation received the patronage of
20,000 men daily, six days in the week.
“And," he truly adds, “a large propor-
tion of these visitors would otherwise
have spent their evenings and their
earnings in liquor saloons.”—Good
Housekeeping.

. 

Meal time is not a suitable hour to

discuss disagreeable topics.

 

ANTED, LADIEL for our Fall and Chint-

maa Tracie, to take light, pleasant work at
their own onion. :1 to $3 plot do can he
quietly made. Work sent byrna. any latance,
Particulars free. No cimvnui . ddreos at
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“What Drug will Scour Those En-
glish Hence"?

Wicked Macbeth, who murdered
good King Duncan, asked this ques-
tion in his despair. Thousands of vic-
tims of disease are daily asking “VVhat
will scour the impurities from my
blood and bring me health”? Dr.
Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery
will do it. lVhen the purple life-tide
is sluggish, causing drowsiness, head-
ache and loss of appetite, use this won-
derful vitalizer, which never fails. It
forces the liver into perfect action.
drives out superfluous bile, brings the
glow of health to the cheek and the
natural sparkle to the eye. All drug-
gists.

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HORSFORD’S
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A liquid preparation of the phos

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Recommended by physicians.

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Invigorating and strengthening.
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For sale by all dealers.

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 is Absurd

For people to expect a cure for Indiges-
tion. unless they refrain from eating
what is unwholesoma; but if anything
will sharpen the appetite and give tone.
to the digestive orgaiis, it is Ayer’s Sar-
saparilla. Thousands all over the land
testify to the merits of this medicine.

Mrs. Sarah Burroughs, of 248 Eiglith
street, South Boston, writes : “My lins-
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Dyspepsia and torpid liver. and has
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A Confirmed Dyspeptic.

0. Canterbury, of 141 Franklin si:.,
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Mrs. Joseph Aubin, of High street,
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and was unable to care for her family.
Neither the medicines prescribed by
physicians, nor any of the remedies
advertised for the cure of Dyspepsia,
helped her, until she commenced the
use of Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. “Three
bottles of this medicine," she writes,
“ cured me.”

Ayer’s Sarsaparilla,

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Gone where the Wordbine Twlneth.
Rats are smart, but “Rouon on RATS" beats
them. Clears out Rats. Mice. Roaches, Water
Bucs, Flies, Beetles. Moths, Ante. Mosquitoes-
Bad—bugs Insects, Potato Bugs, Sparrows,
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“Room: on Rare" to 131841.11 of whitewash,
tree it well stlrredu w an lying. White-
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set a. week. 5 rinkle the “Room: on Rxrs”
dry powder, htly over the eizizs and nest
bed. The cure is radical and complete.

POTATO BUGS

For Potato Bu s, insects on

Vines Shrubs, , 1 pound

orhal the contents of a $1.00

box of “Relies on RATE“! -

cultural_Bllie) to bethoroug 11;

mixed with one to two barrels

of plaster, or what lsbetter air

aiacked lime. Much depends

upon thorough , so as

touom lately distribute the poison. rlnkle

it on p ts, trees or shrubs when damp or

wet, and is quite effective when mixed with

lime, dusted on without moisture While in

its conceim-ated state it is the most active

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as above a comparatively harmless to ani-

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take. If fen-edtouse lniiqpl i‘orm,atable-

s nfu ofthe full strength Ration ouRxrs"

lloivder, well shaken, in a keg of water and

applied with a sprlnkllnz not spray syringe

or whisk broom, will be found very effective.
Keep it well stirred up while using. Solri 0

all Druzzisus and Storekeqpers. 15c.,25c.&$ .

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and extra standard, and our standard is fully
guaranteed as good as most makes of what
is called extra standard. We solicit corre—
spondence, and to prove our assertion, try
our goods.

E. G. Studley & Co.,

N 0. 4 Monroe St.,
Grand Rapids, - - - Mich.

Manufacturers and dealers in all kinds of
Mill and Fire Department Supplies; agents
for .\. (J-. Spaulding ii; I5ro., sporting
goods, and for Columbia and Victor Bicy-
cles and Tricyclez. jnlyr5t6

Current Rates on Chicago
Market.

Potatoes, v o. 1, ripe, 'lj=l bus» 85
“ of? stock . . . . . . . . .40
Tumips, yellow,  bu. . . . .27
Onions, choice, “ .. . . .85 .
Apples, “ No. 1,}?! bbl. 4.00 , 5.
“ No. 2, stock,"‘ .. , 2.
Car lots sold at 5 per cent. commission.

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o 8% Sad‘-

Apples, dried, per lb . . . .. 4 (:1) 6
Apples, evaporated,  9 @ .12
Onions, selected, §=l b )1. . 2.50 (g 2.75
Rutabagas, “  @ 1,25
Tumips, white, “ ... .75 @ 1 .oo
Beans. navy, § bu. . . . . 1. @
"' medium, “  1.50 @
Wool, washed,  lb . . . . . .30 @ .38
“ unwashed, “  .16 @ .28
Veal, choice. “  .07 @ .09
Eggs, fresh, “ ... . 14 @
Butter, dairy,  .12 @ .18
“ creamery “  .18 (Q .24
“ roll “  .12 (lg .18
Clover seed, § bu . . . . . .. 4.25 @ 4.40
Timothy “ “ . . . . . .. 1

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Hides, salted, G, 75315.. . .  
On produce not named write for prices.
If you have anything to sell or ship write
for information to
THOMAS MASON,
General Grange Agency
163 South Water St., Chicago.

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Buy the Best,
And Save Money

It has been in constant use
for 16 ‘years, with a record
equals by none.

WARRANTED

not to blow down. unless the
Tower goes with it; or

against any wind that does not disable substan-
tial farm buildings ; to be perfect; to outlast
and do better work than any other mill made.
We manufacture both Pumping and Geared
Mills and carry a full line of Wind Mill Sup-
plies.
AGENTS W ANTED.
Send for Catalogur-{Circular and Prices. All-

dress PERIUNS WlND MILL & AX C0.,
ulyltlz Mishawaka, Indiana

 

Wholesale andltetail Dealer in

lioclieii, Glass and Silver Ware. lamps. lo.

New Goods!
eltles !

Attractive N ov-
Low Prices!

Our Decorated Dinner, Tea and Chamber
Sets can't be beat in quality or price.

0. Blllllllll. 53 llonioi St, El. Rtpili. I.

A. Southwicl-r‘s Old Stand.
julyrl

Shoemaker Seed Wheat

For Sale.

THIS wheat was sent out by the Burn! New
Yorker as n. reininm. Ylelded 3.) buahdi
per acre where nits aided 20. Was not dan-
aged by fly. In a bal , amber, atifl Itnw, -
orouo grower. Price, including sackmtwo bug.-
913 or less, $1.25 per bushel ; over two bushels,
Ol.l5per buahol. Md:

(IEMBLEB P. HOWE,
ouglfl Buchanan, Mich.