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“THE FARJIER IS OF MORE‘ C'0NSEQL'ENC’E THAN THE FARZII, AND SHOULD BE FIRST I.-lIPI30l*'ED."

PAW PAW, MICH., SEPTEMBER 1, [890.

Vol. XV. N0. 17.

Whole Niiiiilier 

cultivation, instead of having it
deteriotate as it now does. Wlieats
have been known to improve in
quality and adapt themselves to
locality from soft and starchy to
become hard and fliiity. and cited
Enirmz‘s address, Paw Paw. .\Iich.. to whom all 1 the C_Ia‘_“'Sen as_ an eXa’1np]e' _ 

exclmiiges. cuminunications. advertising busi-I V\'a,S dflficult fio 1[’n1)]j'()Ve a,11yth111g

nessxand subscriptions should be sent. '1 H  Y _ ‘ 
T1-:u.\xs.'»o(;em.s a 1'.-.m-.2.-= cents for six “ 19“ 19 qua’ 1 3 V‘ as neam 19

Jlnnths. Subscriptions payable in advance, i201);  required  and judg-
and discontinued at expiration, unless renewed.

A. C. GLIDDEN, Ed't , i .
. PA“. PA“? 3111;”. glocality ought not and need not

deteriorate.
B. Hickes of Marcellus chani-

THE GRAl‘LG_E VISITOR.

PUBLISHED SEMI-MONTHLY.

L15! and 15th of each iiiontlifi

A1‘ rm: OFFICE or rm-: TRUE Noxrni-:R.\:i-.12, PAW
Paw. i\llCH.

Volinia Farmers’ Club—Its Annual
Wheat Meeting.

ment: but varieties adapted to ai

pioiied the Diehl wheat. said it-

l a grade where he would be likely
Sto get a quality different from
it-l13.-t which he purchased. Busi-
§ ness principles compelled impar-
itial grading. Wheat sold on
‘sample. before grading. usually
‘sold below its value. for the rea-
lson that the buyer‘s offer would

be at a price that. whatever the

grade. he would not be left.

An inquiry regarding smut in
iseed wheat was answered by the
writer. to the efiect that smut
and other forms of fungus were
so universally distributed that

man came armed with a resolu- resolutions were proceeded by an
tion that to the author seemed to address of considerable length.
be a remedy for all exisitiiig evils. f The main idea was that the relief
A temporary committee on resu- [ must come through the reform
lutions was appointed. a host ofiof existing parties. rather than
resolves handed over. and the the formation of new. In coii-
coiiimittee went resolutely toyclusion. the following points
work. Then a thing happened— . were set forth:

probably unpremeditated—at the; “We are in favor of—fii'st.
close of the temporary meeting. iequal taxation on all forms of
TheAlliancemeii inamost friend-lproperty; second. the reduction
ly way took up the program. lof railroad passenger rates to
and devoted an hour of time to- two cents a mile; third. govern
explaining and making clear thel ment control of" railroads and
objects of the alliance. but as no‘ telegraph lines as to rates and

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Voliiiia Farniers' Club. was;
among the first organized in the:
State. more than a quarter of a;
century ago. It took rank as a;
leader from the first. The re-§
ports of its meetings were widely’
circulated. and its influence ex-
tended beyond the borders of the:
farms occupied by its membersfi

B. G. Buell its first President.
and H. S. Rogers its early Secre-

was the best variety of white the small amount sown with the
wheat that ever had been. or ever seed cuts no figure in the gener
would be grown. if it could be al outcome. If the seasons fav-
kept pure: but with the present ored smut there were germs
method of threshing. that was.everywhere sufficient to produce
impossible. The wheat grew it. Solutions and remedies ap
heavier and better for milling plied to the seed was. in his
purposes the largerit was grown. opinion. a superfluous waste of

L. B. Lawrence selected astool time. Cut all the smut out of a

of Fultz wheat about five years field of corn and it will appear

ago that had a large number of the next year universally. if the

well developed heads.
the product of this stool. which
came from one kernel.

tary, still do duty in their re-
spective offices. Through its in-
fluence many of the local improve-
ments were made.
Hall. in which the meetings are
held. is one of the institutions
that owes its existence to its early
efforts. The great meeting of
the year and one that draws at-
teutance from the widest extent
of the country. is its annual
wheat meeting in August. Tues-
day. 26th, this annual gathering
was held. The old "body guard"
were all there. Among the

bushels from 110 acres came
from that one seed kernel. He
considered it better to keep the

to the soil. than to keep constant-

good seed over. and sowed the
second year. rather than run the
risk of poor seed another season.

C. C. Morton said the farmer
who 1-aimed svhoat to pay for the

well-known members besides the  Oréyhlcth lt gre-VI: Efid 
President and Secretary. were’ ‘Aide b“1?teh- O .expen e S“ no
M. J. Gard. B. Hathaway. Elias fee‘; .11 1.15 ‘1‘)?S.a‘n excu '9 S
Morris. L. B. Lawrence. A. xgriczlt apnpc 1c;:,a1eu;It1)1g1a1,3; aCtd'iea('1
G0(§)den0l,1gg1a'}ld C‘  M0rt.Otn lostestanOdin:v from deterioration.
an many o eis. some 1()I11qu1-eilnight again become Valuable by

d’ 'tance. drawn t tl  - r. . .
a 13 0 115 ceute - selection and improvement.

of information in the points of‘
whom product-1on_ ; “The paper presented by Mr.
xot a little interest was added V Gibbons was a valuable one and
to this ocsasion by the announce . “:9 Sha11_hO_l’9 t0 1'9P1'Od“‘-'9 P01"
ment that Robert Gibbons. editor} “OHS 9f 1‘ "1 the “ext” number of
of the .l[z'«:lu'{/an Hzruzwr. would3the,V1SIT,0R- It tre,a’t‘ed the
read a paper before the Club. josublect 0t ‘_Vh9“_t growmg flfom
The day was rainy at the begin its commercial side, and so fairly
-mg and a oouplo of hours of that. although it argued the ef-
stoady rain about noon kept 3 feet of Boards of Trade on the

ly changing. He frequently kept favor of clover.

He sowed season favors its growth.

M. J. Gard said that it was

and this not certain that smut in seed
The Town year his whole crop of 3200 would produce a crop of smut

another year. He had experi-
mented sufficient to prove it-.
On the comparative value of

one variety that seemed adapted clover and timothy sod for wheat.

the opinions were largely in
Mr. E. Morris
once had a field of twenty acres,
80 rods long and -10 wide. one-
half of which was seeded to clo-
ver and the other half to timot y,

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each. He plowed the field by
going around it and sowed it
lengthwise so that the conditions
were the same. The yield was
five bushels greater on the clover
sod. He then stubbled it in and
sowed the same way and the
yield was reversed—five bushels
more on the timothy part. The
conclusions arrived at were. that
the clover sod is immediately
available. while the timothy
takes longer to rot and the fer-
tility is delayed.

L B. Lawrence tliought the
difference in favor of clover to
be from 4 to 10 bushels per acre.

laroe number of farmers from general market. contrary to the 13- Hathaway thO‘1ght that On his

tho” meeting but tho room was generally conceived opinion; vet l)1'3*i1'i‘3 50“ timOthy 50d W35 as
D» . . . . " .

well filled when President Buell he d1S3»1'111ed CI'1l31015m by hls good for Wheat as was clover‘

called to order at S.’ p. m.

logic. in a company of farmers

B. G. Buell would advise the

The first order of bus-moSS_ ,.o_ where criticism is in its "native farmers Of his n9ighbO1'hOOd tO

ports from wheat markets, called 3'11“ ”

out the fact that dollar wheat the 01059 Of his P3139? Whatv in Wheat‘

M1-_ Gibbons was asked at sow some strong variety of red

It was safer every way

had ahead). appeared Several his opinion, was the effect upon than any Of the White WhO3ItS-

of the members had sold apart the P1'i_OeS Of Wheat Caused by
or the whole of their crop at that Pubhshmg the monthly crop re‘
price, The general sentiment POW by the Secretary Of State-

There were votes cast for fav-
orite variety. Nigger had. 14
votes; Hybrid Mediterranean. 7;

was in favor of selling at that He 1'OP1ied by Saying that if he Clawsom 5;Fu1C3‘Ster‘ Fultz and
:3 . . , _ -. s)
price. although there were lean- “'9”? mlslng Wheat he 5hO‘11d Centenm"‘1"‘ each’

ings toward the opinion that=Wa'nt the reports» 011 the P1'inOi'
somewhat higher figures would-_
be obtained.

M_ J_ Ga,-(1. on opening tho‘-is off. These reports are relia-

meeting Said that ho had nolble and cannot be manipulated

doubt that the outcome of the‘byi¥1t'91‘O5t€dP3FtiOS fO1'P‘11‘POS95
Statistics would be

discussion from year to year iniOf gain-

The meeting adjourned with a

lple  the 11101-e 3 man knowvs VOU3 ‘Of thanks l30 MT. G'lbbOI1S
l about his business the better he fO1' hls Oxceuent Paper-

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A Convention in Ohio.

COLUMBUS. Aug. 13th.
The farmers’ convention here

this club had resulted in a gener- fl E-§athe1'ed by 501119 agency and he this morming is a surprise——while
al increase of five bushels per.l’I'9fe1'1'9d that they Should be a few hundred delegates were

acre on the farms of the members. . gatllered in this Way rather than expected, a thousand came.

Not

from the knowledge gained oflby H1059 Whose interest it W35 only did delegates come but with

new varieties adapted to localities,  '90 misleaed farmers-
aiid new methods of wheat‘

them came the farmers them-

There was some discussion up- selves. and with a close contact

production. He doubted whether"; on the unfairness of railroads came a host of men willing sacri-
the fertility of the farms could l and their agents towards farmers fices for any salaried office that

be credited with this increase. lwlio desired to ship their own
claimed that dear people.

Our best wheat remains the bestj grain. It was

only for afewyears. when it islwhere elevators are built and

might be within the gift of the

The call was for a delegated

superceded by another variety. iowned by railroads the unoccu- meeting of one member for each

On being questioned as to thefipied bins should be at the serv-

Grange Alliance Club and Asso-

cause and the remedy. he saidgice of those who desired to use ciation in the Stateto discuss the

that the want of system in the ‘, them. under the same conditions
selection of the best seed fort tendered to the local buyers.
sowing. and poor cultivation, in: That the 5-lbs tare rule on each
his opinion was the only reason. draft was unjust and just as
If we shoveled out our seed corn much a steal as though shoveled
from the crib and planted good out before weighing was also as-
and poor seed together, corn; serted. Mr. Gibbons explained
would run out the same as wheat. that wheat was generally sold in
He believed wheat might be im— , grade and that the grading must
proved by selecting the bestlbe impartial and accurate. for no

places. and giving them good‘ dealer would invest his money in

"depressed condition of Agricul-
ture” and the best remedies.
While the meeting was not called
until this morning. yesterday
afternoon found more than 400
delegates in the city, and they
went to work in an informal way
to find out what they were here
for. and up to 10 p. m.. no one
was able exactly to solve the
question, though nearly every

partisan movement followed. the
criticism soon died out.

the steps of the State house and
listened to speakers. The problem
of the depression was not very
fully discussed. but a great and
big volume of the farmers‘ wrongs
was opened. The most notable
address was made by Col. J. H.

Brigham. master of the National
Grange. The time had come. he
said. when the farmers had a
right to ask for and receive at
the hands of associate indus-
tries a fair reward from the results
of farm labor. Twenty-five years
more of conditions similar to that
of the past 25 years would result
in final revolution. He would
have the farmers ta.ke an active
part in the affairs of State and
nation. There is to be an aban-

donment of exclusive partisan
p-nizuua. ;VVl.lu.\i LILL iumilicrs,

would like would be to seat 100
good farmers upon the floor of
Congress. and he thought the
country could well afford to trade
a few Senators for some solid old
farmers. There was no relief for
the farmers beyond what they
got for themselves.

The Hon. F. A. Dertliick denied
that the present depression came
from an over bundaiice of luxuries
in the farniers' homes. He would
help agriculture by taxing all
unsold manufactured articles.
and would have a complete pure
food law, rapidly enforced.

This morning the convention
met in the auditorium hall with
fully 1.000 delegates armed with
credentials.

The choice for permanent chair-
man fell upon Col. Brigham. who
said. on taking the chair. that
we should take due care that full
harmony shall exist-, The con-
vention is made up of all parties.
creeds and professions. but we
must not bolster up any party
or creed. but as farmers work to-
gether to secure adequate legisla-
tion to benefit all alike.

The work of the preliminary
meeting was voted down. and the
committee on resolutions was
made elective. one from each
Congressional district. the con-
vention making itself a conven-
tion of districts instead of differ-
ent State organizations. The un-
wieldly committee of twenty-one
began its labor.

Then came them the question.
“Shall the convention organize
a State central society to govern
the actions of the different orders
now existing in the State?” After
amendment after amendment had
been offered. another committee
of twenty-one was ordered to
meet and report whether or not
such a union is desirable.

The Franklin Club of Nation-

Iii the evening an audience of
hundreds of farmers gathered. on 1

‘ charges: fourth. unlimited
icoinage of silver and making it
legal tender for all debts. public
and private; fifth. the election of
United States Senators by popu-
lar vote: sixth. forfeiture of all
unearned land grants: seventh.
taxes (direct and indirect) as low
as consistent with economical ad-
ministration of good government;
eight. the protection of pure food
products from the ruinous coin-
petition of adulterated products.
the passage of a law nullifying
the effect of the ‘original package
decision,‘ the passage of the
Conger pure lard bill. and the
rigid enforcement of our State
and national pure food laws;
ninth. a graded income tax for
corporations and individuals;
tenth, the Butterworth bill pre-
venting gambling in farm pro-
ducts; eleventh. the Rawlings
bill. taxing finished manufactured

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ballot system; thirteenth. school
books at cost; fourteenth. restric-
tion of fees and salaries of public
officers: fifteenth. the election of
the Dairy and Food Commission-
ers by popular vote.

“We oppose—first. alien iion-
resident ownership of land:
second. the grantiiig of passes to
public officials."

The report was accepted. its
recommendations adopted. and
the committee discharged. with-
out discussion. Then caiiie the
confusion. The discussion of the
recommendations. one by one.
and the adding of new planks.
was now impossible. as the bridge
was burned behind the conven-
tion. The matter of temperance
was. it was discovered. left out.
A vote to reconsider was lost in
a whirlwind of "noes.” and then
the scene was turbulent. The
temperance element was deter-
mined upon a temperance plank.
and motions and counter motions
were as thick as falling leaves.
The convention in sentiment was
forty to one on the side of tem-
perance, but just what to endorse.
and not endorse more than seem-
ed wise under the circumstances.
was the problem. and the out-
come was that nothing was done.
and the farmers‘ convention has
gone on record with no express-
ion on temperance.

Then another thing was dis-
covered—tliat the "tariff plank"
was double-faced. and actually
looked to mean soiiietliing that
seven out of ten did not endorse:
but the experience of the tem-
perance omission caused a total
abandonment of a tariff discussion
—shouldei'ing upon delegates in
the future the task of explaining
what the plank does mean.

Then the committee on union
reported that they favored a
central union made up of repre-

alists presented an address to S‘311ta'°_i"O§ f1jOm 9V'e1‘y f34“11¢f1'5'
the convention in which postal O1‘g3-111Z8W1OT1 111 the State ha"1¥1£”
banks unbmitedissuo of green. a Stateliead;thatit shouldconsist
backs: &c.. were advocated, but, Of the Usual Officers. and an 9X-
very wisely. the convention put 9Ol1t1VO OOmm1W39_ Of_ One from
the address to rest where social- 93-011 State Organlz-'=V°1On9_ thaflt 1'9
ists do not trouble. should have general directing

Then the committee on resolu- POWOYS in ma-'0t€1‘S 1"_3q11iTi11g
tions reported though their State attention. To this there

Secretary, T. C. Smith. The Continued on 8th page.

 


 

'I'IE-IIE‘. G-HANG-E VISITOR.

Sept, 1, 1891».

Insight.

On the river of life as I float along.
I see with the spirit‘s sight

That many a nauseous weed of wrong
Has root in a seed of right.

For evil is good that has gone astray,
And sorrow is only blindness.

And the world is always under the sway
Of a changeless law of kindness.

The commonest error a truth can make
ls shouting its sweet voice hoarse,

And sin is only the soul's mistake
In misdirecting its force.

And love. the fairest of all fair things
That ever to men descended,

Grows rank with nettlos and poisonous things

Unless it is watched and tended.

There could not be anything better than this

Old world in the way it began.

Although some matters have gone amiss
From the great original plan;

And llO\\’€V‘el‘ dark the skies may appear,
And however souls may blunder,

I tell you it all will work out clear,
For good lies over and under.

—E/1.; 11'/zcr[n' lf'1'1m.r in lit-lzlztzlz/M/is T."Im‘.r,
 #—

The Stimulus of Debt.

A young carpenter. with wife
and three children. became tired
His sav-
ings amounted to $100. He pur
chased a lot in the village for
This
Be erected
a small house the first- season
and moved into it. He continued
building until now he has a large,
nice house. an excellent poultry-
house and a workshop. His real
estate is worth 33.000. and he is
He did
every bit of the labor with his
own hands, even to laying the
basement walls and painting the
structure: meantime he labored
at his trade every day his em-
ployer could give him work. His
own work was done mornings
and evenings and at odd spells.
This is a noticeable example of
wise economy of assuming in-
debtedness and of praiseworthy
perseverance in working one‘s
way to the blessed privilege of
Another case: A

of paying house rent.

55300. going in debt «$200.
was four years ago.

entirely out of debt.

independence.
man who had himself acquired

competence by running in debt
(I have heard him say that one
makes all the better business man
by having a debt hanging over
him) purchased a salt manufac-
tory for $3.000. paying only $200
down. and then gave it to his
two rather wild boys, as it stood.
"No take that and pay

saying.

.. xx‘ um ixwwu (£11..-/_,

. _ , J
you; I shall not help you further
The young men
cut ofi“ their useless expenses.
went to work with a will. paid
for the property. branched out
into other business and became

while I live. ”

men of wealth.

If a young man has a good
head on him it is not only safe.
but advisable. to assume finan-
cial obligation where a way can
be seen through it by perse-
A fool
can do nothing either in debt or
Debt is a stimulus to exer
The hammer of the me-
chanic who has purchased his
little home on part credit is
heard to resound earlier in the
morning and later in the even
ing. He expends less money for
frivolities, because “that mort-
The mer
chant in debt takes better care of
his stock in trade. buys closer
and is more agreeable to his cus-
The farmer goes to
town less. makes fewer purchases
not absolutely needed. Debt is
a wonderful stimulus to thrift.
There are few farmers who did
not go in debt for their farms.
It enabled them to secure a home
at once. and instilled into them
It is
wise for a young couple to pur-
chase a modest home and then
go to work and pay for it. They
will thus acquire habits of econ-
Most capable business
men have been at some time in
their lives seriously in debt.
Nine-tenths of the business of
this country has been built up
by judiciously borrowing capital

verance and economy.

out.
tion.

gage must be met."

tomers.

good habits to pay for it.

omy.

to do it with.—Galen Wilson.

 

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This gipsy moth business will
naturally lead to the asking of
some pertinent questions as to
the duties as well as the rights
of private indviduals in their re-
lations to the state. Shall the
noxious
weeds and insects upon his own
premises be forever tormented
by the overflow from the grounds
of his slovenly or careless neigh-
Some of the states have
land
owners to destroy weeds growing
roadside along their
estates, but the law is rarely en-

man who suppresses

bor‘?
passed laws requiring
by the

forced or observed.

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The Household Finances. 

Is a man to regard his wife. on i
the business side, as a partner or,
a salaried employe or a mendi-‘
cant? For it must be one or the
other. Perhaps she is regarded
as a partner in the domestic firm.
having the same right to draw
her share of its profits as the
other partner, even if he keep
the books, and has the money
pass through his hands. It is a
very common thing in firms for
one partner to do the selling. or
the manufacturing, or whatever
it is. while the other acts as
treasurer and cashier. But the
latter does not for that reason
claim any superiority over his
associate. He does not, merely
because the money passes through
his hands. talk of "‘giving" his
partner what he pays him; he
knows that the money belongs to
his partner as much as to him.
This is surely the way in which
the marriage partnership ought
to be viewed. on the business
side. In the great majority of
cases the wife works as hard as
the husband. though in a differ-
ent way. Her management of
the household and the children.
if properly done. is usually to
be set against his work at his
place of business: it is equally
essential to the marriage part-
nership. and though the money
passes through his hands, she
has really as much right to it
as he. Of course. in cases where
the wife has no children. and
lives at a hotel or boarding
house, and simply spends the
husbands money, while doing
little in return. it is less of a
grievance to talk of his "giving"
her money. Even then perhaps
they live in this way by his
desire. There are such cases,
no doubt. just as there are cases.
at the other extreme. where the
a, wife actually earns. or owns. the
money. and the husband inorely
spends it. But neither of these
is the normal state of things;
the normal condition is for the
wife to be as hard worked at
home as is her husband abroad.
and in this case it is fair to re-
gard it as an equal partnership.
in which both partners have a
and

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there is no "giving“ about it.
I am satisfied that if there
could come a sudden revelation
of all hearts. we should be
astounded at the amount of sore-
ness and chafing and secret un
happiness which exists beneath
a multitude of roofs in the hearts
of seemingly happy wives, and
which could be instantly remov-
ed by the certainty of even a
small income which they could
call their own. Either the wife
should be in the domestic estab-
lishment a recognized partner.
with the rights of a partner. or
she should be a salaried officer,
with the rights which that im-
plies. In no case should she be
a mendicant. One of the best
wives and mothers I ever knew
once said to me that she never
should consent to the marriage
of her daughters without a per-
fectly definite understanding that
whatever money they were to
have from their husbands should
be paid to them on definite days,
as regularly as if it were a salary,
without any application on their
part. “No man can possibly un-
derstand, " she said. "how a sensi-
tive woman shrinks froin asking
for money. If I can help it. my
daughters shall never have to
ask for it."—Col. Higginson. in.
Harpefs Bazair.
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Cruel Checking.

Every other horse you meet on
the streets of a city is either
standing hitched with face turned
to the hot sun, the flies swarming
about his eyes, mouth and ears.
with no power to defend himself,
suffering the tortures of the rack
or pillory or moving along in
misery from his head being pull-
ed up in an unnatural position.
Many owners and drivers will
contend that their horses work
better and do better when allow-
ed to carry their heads in anatural
position, but they check them
for looks. What a. mistaken
idea! All men admire high style
it it is natural, but when a.horse’s
head is pulled higher than his
formation justifies, he shows it in
every movement, and instead of
adding to his beauty it greatly
detracts from it in the eyes of
every man who is a judge of
form. —— lVc.s-tern Sportsman.

Exercise for Colts.

What is the one thing above
all others that a speedy colt
should have, and without which

plies to his own question thus:
Good legs, good feet. a. strong
back, an open gait. a fine temper.
a desire to go. All these are
good things for a speedy colt to
have. but not one of them is the
chiefest thing. There is one
other thing that he needs, and
so vitally important is it that un-
less he has it all the others are
of no account. What isit? Lungs!
In the first place he needs large
lungs—the larger the bellows
the stronger the blast. Then
the lung substance should be of
a fine quality, elastic and tough;
able to bear the pressure of full-
est inflation and the shock of a
sudden collapse without pain or
hurt when, on some muggy day.
while the close air is almost de-
void of oxygen, he comes strug-
gling up the home stretch with
the pressure of voice and whip
upon him and his rival at his
shoulder. Bone structure never
won such a race; muscles never
won it. blood and grit and per-
fect gait never enabled the
winner to get home then and
there. It is lungs, and lungs
alone. big. well’ developed. tough
in their substance and elastic in
their quality, which win in such
conflicts. Do you wish for a de-
monstration of the great truth I
am writing‘? Then try a short
race yourself. Start off with a
jump and run even forty
rods with all your might. Before
you have covered the distance
you will know where your lungs
are. I warrant. and the value of
wind. "Now, tell me." what was
it that gave out first? What
made you slow up or quit?"
"Shortness of breath." you say.
"My wind gave out.“ "Exactly.
Your bones were all right: feet
didn‘t pain you; your muscles
would have worked on for a mile:
your grit or determination to
beat was of the highest; but your
wind gave out: your lung power
was inadequate.“ Nature knows
all this, and acts up to her know-

‘°ra‘\3=° faithfiillv, How _she ex-
ercises her colts in the wild state:

see how she sends them tearing
wildly through the bushes. jump-
ing brooks. leaping stumps and
boulders; racing headlong over
the hills, sending them whirling
onward until their necks are
moist. their nostrils distended to
their utmost curve. and their
flanks all a—quiver. And this. re-
member. she does daily. week in
and week out, the whole year
round. Now friend. do let that
colt out of the stable. Don‘t
keep him penned up any longer.
Open the door and let him out in
the yard. Don't stop here.
Having begun. having started in
a good direction. keep on, and
open the yard gate and let him
into the field. What he wants is
room, room. plenty of room.
Look! See him go down there—
tail over his back, head lifted and
swinging from side to side.
Friend. -have you a colt‘? Yes?
Well. then, let him out!——F¢u'ni-
cr's Iieview.
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Faded Ambition.

Ambitions fade like many oth-
er things which are highly color-
ed to start with. They fade be-
cause the color is something
superficial." not wrought into the
very texture and fibre. In youth
we are apt to use colors indis-
criminately and to apply them to
a good many things which refuse
to take the dye. Slight expos-
ure to the facts and severities of
life washes it off. The little
child with its first box of paints
puts on ths colors very thick.
and no picture that comes under
its brush is free from exaggera-
tion. The young artist is not
very true to nature, or he would
not paint blue trees and green
horses; but he is living in the
youthful age of idealism; he re-
fuses to be bound by the realistic.
It is not strange if. at this age,
he also cherishes the idea of be-
ing a. stage-driver, a soldier or a
sailor when he grows up. He is
guided in his choice either by a
desire to imitate his elders or by
the allurement of some dramatic
occupation. He does not think
then of buckling down to life as
a student, and shutting himself
up with a. library of books; for
the student thirst is seldom so

early awakened.

he is and will ever be worthless? ,
asks Mr. W. H. Murray, and re- ,

One after another. childish am-
bitions fade away. A few months
at sea cures a boy of his desire
to be a sailor. and the ideal
stage-driver fades out of his as-
piration. He is coming into new
currents of life under influences
which waken fresh energies of
heart and mind; and he finds. too,
that circumstances must be taken
into account in the battle of life.
He must use the opportunity he
has: he cannot use that which
does not come to him.

It is no harm that our ambitions
fade. provided we replace them
with more lasting patterns of life
and manhood. It is sad to see
the rose color die out of any life.
and its hopes all turn to ashes.
The fire of hope is one that ought
not to cease burning in the soul.
and perfection is an ideal which
ought not to be laid aside. There
is no trouble in accoinodating
ourselves to the experience of
faded ambitions. if they are re-
placed by those which are more
in accordance with our circum-
stances. and which lie, therefore.
within the range of our attain-
ment.—CIn'i.s-tian Ii’e_r/istcr.

Fruit Growing not Overdone.

When are we in our most nat-
ural state? Few will deny that
it is in childhood before artificial
habits have been imposed upon
us by conforming to the ways of
our elders. Very well. now send
a hungry child into a room
where a liberal dinner has all
been put upon the table at once,
assuring him or her that eat
whatever they will they are wel-
come and no questions will be
asked and no pennance be im-
posed. VVhat will he do? Nine-
ty-nine times out of a hundred,
dine off the fruit that was pre-
pared for dessert. Another ob-
servation. Invite a party to din-
ner. and when they have partak-
en plentifully of the joints you
have set before them. let the
said joints lie before them for
only a few minutes; they soon
grow disgusted at the sight; but
let any amount of fruit lie within
ken for an indefinite time and
not one of your guests will show

the slightest sign of its presence
looing olrxvmoxzioiic 1'0 tnnni DOOR

not Nature show her hand here‘?
Again. too heavy a meal of any
other food will lie upon the hu-
man stomach till it becomes sour
and detrimental to health. Not
so fruit. Nature can and does
speedily get rid of it before any
great harm is done.

Fruit growing overdone! “It
does not pay; I have lost money
at it." we hear somebody saying.
This proves nothing germane to
the point. not even that you do
not well understand your busi-
ness. or were not a sober. indus-
trious and worthy man. since
you may have been all this. and
yet have lost money by trying to
grow for profit. The question is
this: Could you not have found
thousands, or even millions, who
would gladly have eaten those
strawberries and grapes which
rotted on your hands for want of
a consumer if they could have
_afforded them? Ah. you would
have distributed ten thousand
such quantities, not a single
pound of which would have gone
to waste if the wish to eat them
had been the only thing needful
to their possession. Surely this
does not prove that we grow too
much fruit even now, when, in
most peoples estimation, it is
simply a dainty. a luxury; it only
proves that we have not as yet
discovered the best way of utiliz-
ing human endeavor for the pro-
motion of human happiness. If
we do not grow so much fruit as
the world would readily eat,
with its present low estimate of
its value. if it could command
the wherewithal to purchase,
what will be needed when the
world shall know its true worth
(and it will know it, for truth is
eternal and will prevail in the
long run.) and shall have devised
some sufficient means for giving
all worthy humanity a goodly
share of the bounties of nature ?—
Horticultural Times, London.

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It will pay to mow and clean
out the fence corners. On many
farms they are simply hiding pla-
ces for all kinds of vermin. and
cleaning them out and keeping
clean will aid materially in keep-
ing down pests that live upon
the growing plants.—Farmer’s

Friend.

The Old Well-Sweep, from Over
the Teacups.

I was driving with a friend the
other day through a somewhat
dreary stretch of country. where
there seemed to be very little to
attract notice or deserve remark.

Still. the old spirit infused by

"Eyes and No Eyes" was upon
me. and I looked for something
to fasten my thought upon, and
treat as an artist treats a study
for a picture. The first object to
which my eyes were drawn was
an old-fashioned well-sweep. It
did not take much imaginative
sensibility to be stirred by the
sight of this most useful, most
ancient. most picturesque of do-
mestic conveniences. I know
something of the slmdoof Of
Egypt—the same arrangement
by which the sacred waters of
the Nile have been lifted from
the days of the Ph araohs to those
of the Khedives. That long fore-
finger pointing to heaven was a
symbol which spoke to the
Puritan exile as it spoke of old
to the enslaved Isrealite. Was
there ever any such water as that
which we used to draw from the
deep, cold well. in “the old oaken
bucket“? \Vhat memories gather
about the well in all ages! What
love-matches have been made at
its margin, from the times of Ja-
cob and Rachel downward! VVhat
fairy legends hover over it! What
fearful mysteries has it hidden!
The beautiful well-sweep! It is
too rarely that we see it, and as
it dies out and gives place to the
odiously convenient pump, with
the last patent on its cast iron
uninterestingness. does it not
seem as if the farmyard aspect
had lost half its attraction‘? So
long as the dairy farm exists,
doubtless there must be every
facility for getting water in
abundance; but the loss of the
well—sweep cannot be made up to
us, even if our milk were diluted
to twice its present attenuation.
—0lz'vcr Wendell Holmes in August
Atl(mtic.

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Incendiary Matches.

The Imlimia 1*’(u'mcr thinks the
following theory correct as to
the origin of many mysterious
barn fires:

‘ ~ Most everybody carries
matches in the vest pocket. also
strings. paper. etc. Suppose a
string is wanted while in the
barn. It is pulled out of the
pocket. and likely a match is
pulled out at the same time and
dropped on the floor or in the
stable and not noticed. During
the night or any time the stock
may tread on it and off it goes.
Lay a match on the floor, press
on it with the foot. giving a side
movement. and hear it go off
with a blaze. Or just as likely
rats or mice get hold of them.
chew the end and it will do the
mischief. Examine your pockets
and see if there are not some
matches in them. If not whole
ones, maybe some short pieces.
Be careful with matches.”

-— ---¥—~<¢o-—~—~—

If every person would try to do
right in all things, there would
be fewer cases for courts to con-
sider, and lawyers would have to
seek employment in other busi
ness. The machinery of govern-
ment would be changed greatly
and cost of administration would
be reduced to such a degree that
taxes would hardly be felt. Yet,
it is quite as easy to do right as
to do wrong —it is the natural
way when conscience governs.
Wrong begets wrong——its numer-
ous progeny overrunning every
calling and discouraging upright
effort. This view may seem a
gloomy one-—it is gloomy — but
unfortunately it is true. What is
to be done? Why, plainly right;
for thus will the mastery be ob-
tained, and at last complete sub-
jection of evil passions and de-
sires, in which all wrong has its
origin—referring, of course. to
the conduct of men and women
in all the relations of life. Per-
haps the happy time when this
blissful state will be realized is
distant, but it is within the power
of all persons to do something
towards hastening its arrival.
Upright living is the course. Let
each one who bears responsibil-
ities try earnestly to do right in
all things, and great gain will be
apparent at once. The way is
easy and the reward sure. Indi-
vidual effort is the first step and
the next; in short. itis all. Wrong
will not disappear by the wish,
but it will become less and less

with every effort to do right. ——Ex.

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Flowers or Weeds?

Upon the grave of him who dies
In \Vales, they plant some flower, intended,
By name or hue. to symbolize
The life that now on earth is ended.

So, does a maiden die, unwed.
Of blameless deeds and fame unspotted,
Her liistorv is clearly read
In the white rose to her allotted.
Or, is it one whose every day
\\'zis full of lovc's unselfish labors,
The red rose does his life portray.
Placed on his grave by gratefiil neighbors.
And souit-times. though but seldom so.
For man is evcrywlierc for;.'iviii;1.
Arc worthless weeds allowed to grow——
Thcir tale to tell and warn the living.
Ah. reader, SC."tlllllllE now [l!L‘>‘.(.‘ lincs.
\V'hat would men plant—tliy past disclosing
Thus tlirough such sure ihniigh simple signs-
\\'liere thou shalt lie so soon rcposing?
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For the VISITOR.
Booming Batavia. Grange.

" I made a motion a few inin-
utes.ago_.“ said he, “which was
intended for a joke. The motion
before the house now is not in-
tended for a joke. if I can cor-
rectly divine the purposes of its
originator. It is a thrust at us
because we are bachelors. If it
were intended for a joke I should
treat it as such. but as I know it
was not. I shall endeavor to treat
it with the contempt which it de-
serves. There has been a studied
effort on the part of certain mem-
bers of this Grange to drive us
bachelors into matrimony or out
of the Grange. but they may be
surprised to find finally that they
have done neither. We have cho-
sen to remain single. and I con
tend that that is our own busi-
ness. 'We are innocent of any
crime. You have chosen a mar-
ried life; that is your own busi-
ness. I choose the easy life of a
bachelor. If you have found in
marriage a heavier burden than
you bargained for. bear it in si-
lence. but let us alone. It illy
becomes you to attempt to drive
us into the same uncomfortable
position. It is not the fine which
I object to. but the principle in-
volved. I can pay the fine. I
have nobody to look after but
myself. I could pay the five dol-
lars without any great inconven-
ience. but I do not propose to do

so to please a set of disturbers. ,

who would drive us out of the
Grange and get our money also.

I call upon the Grange to vote}
down this attempt to take our,
money from us by such a scheme}

as this which is being worked
here tonight.“

Mrs. Bowers. in rising in de-
fense of her motion. showed con-
siderable temper frcin the first.
" The easy life of a bachelor!"
said she. “Innocent of crime!”
Well. I declare! This is the first
time I ever suspected that I
would shirk the labors and re-
sponsibilities of married life! My
mind is incapable of conceiving
a sacrifice too great for me to
make for my family. I feel at
liberty now, after the gentleman
has made these imputations, to

ut bachelors where they belong.
My sympathies are entirely with
the men who are laboring and
struggling to support families,
and not with these fellows who
pride themselves on an easy life.

From their easy retreat in the,

shade they look out upon the
men who are toiling for their
families, and, with folded hands

and important air remark: ‘These ,

men have made bad management
somewhere. or they might be as
well off as I am. for I have no-
body to look after but myself.’
Why have you not somebody to
look after? How long has it been
since somebody had to look after
you? How long will it be before
somebody will have to look after
you again‘? I would like to hear
the gentleman answer these ques-
tions. I claim that every man or
woman who has received the care
and attention necessary to bring
them to manhood or womanhood
has contracted a debt which can
be paid only by administering to
the helplessness of infancy or the
infirmities of old age; and who-
ever shirks these responsibilities
dies in debt to humanity and in
debt to the world. Yet these men
delight in remarking that they
have ‘nobody to look after but
themselves.’ They make the re-

mark when the conversation does
not call for it, just as though it
were an honor to have nobody to
look after. A bachelor has an
easy time of this life, but when
the last sod is turned over his
grave he is lost to this world for-
ever. If his monument is reared
at all it will be done by indiffer-
ent hands. No child will ever
plant a flower on his grave. I
labor and toil. but I have hope.
I have hope that my own chil-
dren shall close my eyes in death
and lay me tenderly away in the
tomb. I have hope, also, that
my name shall not be forgotten-
that some future orator or states-
man shall have pride enough in
his ancestry to trace his lineage
back to me. and in that way car-
ry my name along with his down
through the history of the
world.“

It was very evident that the
motion would prevail. as Mrs.
Bowers had enlisted the sympa-
thies of all the boys and girls.

Mr. Wilson. rising a second
time in opposition to the motion,
said:

"I call upon every person with-
in the sound of my voice who has
fa particle of patriotism, to help
ivote down this motion. It is a
ithrust at personal liberty. Take
5 away the liberty of the individual
I and the liberty of the nation per-
gishes also. I dare not undertake
‘to foretell the evils which may
 result from an affirmative vote on
this motion. It may be the en-
tering wedge which shall open
the floodgates of evil and cover
the land with desolation. Great
revolutions sometimes have small
beginnings. If you can vote a
tax on us of five dollars, why not
five hundred; if five hundred, why
not five thousand. We may un-
consciously be making history
which shall yet be read the world
over. In the centuries to come.
the student of history may turn
aside to view the ground on which
now stands this hall. and as his
thoughts wander back over the
past he may exclaim: ‘On this
spot was lighted the torch which
consumed the liberties of the na-
tion.‘ “

I did not look for anything
ifurther from Mrs. Bowers. but
2 she arose quietly and began:

“I am no orator.
state plain facts in a plain way.
The gentleman compels me to
tell the whole truth about this
matter. There are within my ac-
quaintance forty old maids and
as many old bachelors. The old
maids are a constant menace to
the peace and happiness of the
married women of this vicinty.
They want husbands. Where are
they going to get them? This is
a serious question for us to con-
sider. The bachelors sit around
month after month and year after
year. pleading ‘personal liberty,’
and the only hope for these old
maids lies in the possibility that
some providence shall make wid-
owers of our husbands. We love
our husbands and children, and
who can be cruel enough to cen-
sure us for that?”

During the discussion I had
worked my way along towards
Mrs. Bowers. I saw that trouble
lmight result from carrying the
i motion. although I could not fore-
see the evil consequences pre-
dicted by Mr. Wilson. As Mrs.
Bowers sat down I said: “VVe
had better not pass this motion.
The joke is good enough as it
stands. No lady can accept an
invitation to the supper with
such a fine imposed on the bach-
elors."

Mrs. Bowers seemed to get my
idea at once and, rising, said:
"Worthy Master, I withdraw my
motion." 0. A. V.

[To be Cont2'7med.]

The Ladies‘ Home Journal.

To be helpful to women seems
to be the chief aim of the mana-
gers of The Ladies’ Home Journal.
Every article has atrue practical
ring in it. What could be more
helpful, at this season, for ex
ample, than a most sensible
article on "How to Close a Coun-
try Home for Winter,” by Flor-
ence Howe Hall, or a budget of
advance “Hints for Making

I can only ,
especially significant because it

Christmas Presents": or what
will be the most practical styles
for women’s garments during the
fall. which Mrs. Mallon describes
with a skillful pen. Mrs. Lyman
Abbott begins her work in this
number, as one of the Jmu-nal
editors, in a most promising
manner. Maud Howe and
Harriet Prescott Spofford supply
each, parts of a novel; Shirley
Dare has a well-written article
on the wisdom of granting favors;
Dr. Talmage chats delightfully
with women: Foster Coates. one
of New York‘s best—known edi-
tors. tells what are “Women's
Chances as Journalists": Eben E.
Rexford gives hints for fall
flower potting; Ruth Ashmore
treats a page full of questions of
manners and dress for girls; Ed-
ward VV. Bok points out the
possibilities of literary success;
Ella NVheeler Wilcox has a good
poem: Dr. Lewis Starr gives
practical hints to mothers about
the care of children. Altogether
we can heartily recommend the
Jounml as the best literary visi-
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A rich and varied table of con-
tents is set before the reader of
of the Fire Nmflz .-11/irriczm 1f(’l'f(’l(’.
Amid so much that is good it is
hard to decide what is most at-
tractive. No one. of course.
will fail to read with interest
what that eminent authority,
General Sheridan, has to say
about "Our Army and Militia,”
which is the leading article of
the number—the leader in order,
if not in interest. General Sher-
man‘s scathing criticisms upon
the antiquated statutes which
still are supposed to govern the
army will arrest universal atten-
tion. The other most striking
feature of the nu mbor consists of
a brace of articles called forth
by the contribution of a leading
Republican ("X. M. C.’‘) in The
1£evz'cw for July in reference to the
new rules of the House of Re-
presentatives. One of these is a
defence of his own position and
that of the House. by Speaker
Reed: the other is furnished by a
Democratic leader. who masks
himself behind the pseudonym
'*Jiitlox.“ The latter article is

supports the Speaker in his con-
tention that members present
may be counted as part of a
quorum. while at the same time
the writer insists that the House
itself, and not the Speaker, should
do the counting. The timely
political topics are ably treated
by the Hon. John Russell Young,
formerly United States Minister
to China. who writes of “Ameri-
can Influence in China," deeply
deploring the adoption of the
Restriction Act of 1888, and by
Erastus Miman, who enthusias-
tically urges that the time has
come to “capture Canada”—not
by a war. however, but by un-
restricted commercial reciprocity
Gail Hamilton furnishes a
characteristic paper on "Society
Vi-Iomen Before Christ,” showing
that the position of woman in
Rome‘s paliniest days was any-
thing but enviable. Dr. Paul
Gibier. Director of the New York
Pasteur Institute, discusses
"The Pasteur Treatment”
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Hammond. ex—Surgeon—General
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difference between the real disease
and the numerous cases that
simulate it. The recent conven-
tion of Theosophists in Chicago
lends timeliness to Mme.
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Progress in Theosophy." The
Hon. Theodore Rosevelt writes
can «more of the importance of
athletic sports for the full de-
velopment of the physical man,
and denounces as it deserves
'“Professionalism’ in Sports.”
An entertaining account of a
walk “In Westminster Abbey” is
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Yellowstone National Park.

We begin the description of
this part of our journey with the
feeling that words are inadequate
to express the sentiments. ‘which
the scenery and wonderful. mani-
festations of nature inspire.“ See-
ing, indeed. is not fully compre-
hending the vastness and] myste-
ry of this weird wonderland.

The first report of thescenery.
by white men which was made
public was by Capt. Lacy, in
1863, but it attracted little atten-
tion. Again, in 1869, two return-
ing prospectors reported their
wonderful discoveries in the gey-
ser basin. In 1871 our _govern-
ment sent Prof. Hayden, ‘U. S.
geologist, to make a study. of the
locality. His report, «accompa-
nied by photographs." aroused
congress to the importance of pro-
tecting these scenic areas _from
depredation. and in 1872- a tract
55 by 65 miles in extent, lying
mostly within the territory of
Wyoming, but partly in Montana,
was set apart “for the benefit
and enjoyment of the people.“
The altitude of this entire area
within the limits of the reserva-
tion is over 6000 feet. The moun-
tain ranges that hem the valleys
of the Park on every side rise to
a height of about 6000 feet higher
still. These peer above the pine-
clad summits of the nearer foot-
hills, whose tops are streaked
with snow, where it has lodged.
in banks in the chasms, shut out

, side of a deep ravine.

from the direct rays of the sun.

Along the highest point of travel
in the Park we rode within three-
fourths of a mile of a broad drift
of snow, lying along the north
It looked
only a little way to its margin,
and was a temptation to run out

] to it and have a tilt at snow-ball-

ing in July.

The Northern Pacific road.
from St. Paul to the Pacific, runs
within 56 miles of the north bor
der of the Park. The nearest
point is at Livingstone. Here we
arrived just before dark. alight-

ing at the base. as it seemed, of‘

a mountain spur. Its great
shoulder looked only a little way
off—two or three miles——and our
guesses ranged from three to ten
miles. Questioning a resident.
we were astounded to find its
summit to be 23 miles away.
Here we left our sleepers side-
tracked. in charge of the porters,
and the next morning took the
side line to Cinnabar, 51 miles
south. This road follows along
the Gardiner river. a tributary to
the Yellowstone. between two
ranges of mountains, in what is
called Paradise Valley. Here are
great, fertile fields, watered by
the Gardiner from irrigating
ditches which tap the stream
some distance above. Scarcely
are the beauties of this valley
noticed. so wonderful are the
mountain pictures on either side
the train. Here an exclamation
of delight would draw all faces
to this side, to vibrate back again
to view the nearer approach to a
distant object of interest on the
other. All was animation. if we
may except a quartet or so of the
company. These had sat up un-
til past midnight repeating little
nothings over a game of cards,

~ and now very complacently closed

the blinds and were nodding off
to sleep, while God's pictures
were gleaming all along the
mountain side.

Arriving at Cinnabar about 10
o‘clock, we were met by the
mountain carriage train. which
was to take us six miles up hill
to Mammoth Hot Springs. Four
horses to a vehicle climbs to the
summit and level of the springs
in about two hours. The ride
along the rapids and cascades
of the stream, on the verge of
some rocky steep or over a sum-
mit encircled by magnificent
mountain views, would ordinari-
ly be considered of sufficient im-
portance to warrant an extended
description. and many mental
notes were taken, which have
been written over and obliterated
by heavier marks further along.
' We alighted with a companion
to relieve the horses on a steep
grade, and essayed a spurt to
reach the top of the hill and have
a look backward; but we found
that a little exertion took a good
deal of breath; a long inspiration
hardly seemed to fill the lungs at
all. At a point a little further
along a sign-board said: “7200
feet elevation," and our pedestri-
an vim vanished.

Around the point of a hill we
caught sight of another. of equal
height, white and glaring, ter-
raced and corrugated, and then
the red roof of a mammoth hotel,
and we were at the Springs. The
ten coaches discharged their pas-
sengers on the broad porch and
into the spacious waiting room,
where the yellow badges of the
“ Michigan Press Association"
made a conspicuous addition to
the tourists already in tempora-
ry possession.

After dinner explorations be-
gan. Some waited for soldier
guides, but we preferred to “go
it alone.” (We learned this term
on the way out.) At the right of
the hotel, in plain view, rises a
broad hill, nearly 200 feet high,

of white and gray formation, that

cascade. This formation is com- 
posed of the residue from the
evaporated water. and is of va-,
ried material. Here it is carbo-L
nate of lime and sulphate of mag-
nesia. Frequently the formation
: about the hot springs is of near-
‘ly pure silicia. It is estimated
by Prof. Hayden in his report
ithat these elevated pools have
‘risen tier on tier at the rate
of about six feet in a century.
No description can give an idea
of the appearance of this won-
derful formation. At the foot of
this lime crust hill stands a
round column or pyramid of this
formation, called “Liberty Cap."
30 or 40 feet high and 12 to 15
feet in diameter. turned brown,
and showing evidences of crum-
bling to decay, which at one time
must have ejected a stream of
hot water from its top. Near it
is a similar, though smaller,
structure called the “ Devil's
Thumb.” On top of this hill are
pools of boiling water that steam
and bubble constantly. These
are 10 to 20 feet across and of
varying depths, fro-m 2 to 20
feet. Between the bottom and
the ‘top are terraces dedicated to
Minerva. Climbing still higher,
where some soil has covered the
formation, and on it are growing
trees, shrubs. grass and flowers.
we find extinct craters where
springs once boiled or oozed.
Here is a cracked bulge in the
top of a ridge wide enough for a
person to enter. Into this cavern
a ladder, made of pine poles, is
let down 4;") feet. and tourists go
down into this hot hole to grati-
fy their curiosity. Looking up,
the opening lets in a little light,
showing that the open space be-
low is 30 or 40 feet long and
about 10 feet broad at the bot-
tom. swelling out to 20 feet half
way up. 111‘ form it is the inside
of an immense peach pit, and is
called the “ Devil's Kitchen."
Further over the hill we cross
the back of the “VVhite Ele-
phant," a round swell like form-
ation, 12 feet high and 6 feet
broad, once active in sending hot
water from its top and over its
sides. but now closed over by the
accumulation of the universal
white limey formation which has
probably forced the water to
break through at a lower level.

Every year hot springs are
breaking out in new places and
old ones are drying up. “Orange
Geyser" is not properly a geyser
at all, but a hot spring, coming
from the top" of an accumulating
cone of formation 12 to 15 feet
high and streaked and colored
with some oxide which gave it its
appellation. Near this is Bath
Lake—a basin between the hills
filled with hot water from a
spring which comes boiling in at
its side. Here is a half acre of
clear. pure water, from 3 to 10
feet deep. standing at a uniform
temperature of 80 ° . with a rock
bottom, fitted up by nature for a
perfect bathing place. A rock
terrace on‘ its margin, sheltered
from view, with convenient shrubs
on which to. place the clothing,
is the disrobing room. A dozen
of the gentlemen of the party
had a plunge in this exquisite
bathing place. The water is de-
lightfully warm. white and trans-
lucent. The old quest for the
Fount of Perpetual Youth is here
very nearly realized; at least it
transformed middle-aged men in-
to the semblance of youth, in ac-
tion and in expression. They
splashed the water, ducked and
kodacked each other. Minerva,
whose dominion is only half a
mile away, was doubtless shocked
at the conduct of these quasi

youth.

The afternoon was spent view- ‘ geyser went off three hours ahead
looks like a glacier. or frozenjing these wonders. and the next of time while we were in its

morning early we were called off

and located in the coaches, like‘

guests at table, to remain in that
order for the remainder of the
trip. The ten coaches for our
party filed off on the road for a
22-mile ride to Norris Geyser
Basin for dinner. Six miles out
we come to Golden Gate——a por-
tal cut out of the shoulder of a
mountain. wide enough for a road.
This work cost the government
9514.000, and is no more than 40
rods in length beyond the en-
trance gate. Originally there was
only a pony trail along the stream
through this canyon — the en-
trance to the Geyser Basin and
the roadway had to be built for
teams before improvements be-
yond could be made. Stretches
of plains land. hill climbing and
descending. with snow—capped
mountains always in sight. were
the principal features of the fore-
noon's ride. There were soda
springs. sulphur springs. and
pure mountain brooks. where we
stopped to refresh both passen-
gers and teams. Obsidian Cliff.
a mountain of volcanic glass, is
passed on this ride. The road-
way was opened along its side by
building fires on the glass boul-
ders and then pouring on water
to crack them in pieces. The
road-bed for rods is nothing but
glass, and the piled up mountain
shines in sombre tints. reflected
from its black, forbidding front.
Norris Geyser basin is named
from Col. Norris, the first white
man to look into this region and
on its marvelous spectacles.
After dinner the desire to con-
front a real live geyser inspired
several of us to start in advance
of the teams, on a walk of a mile
or two, in order to have more
time to inspect them. Soon we
could see the steam coming up
around the hill and hear the hub-
bling. as though there was a
yard full of engines ready for
service. Coming out in full view.
there lay a white plain. -10 to 60
acres in extent. with spirals and
jets of steam coming out in vari-
ous places. some with a good deal
of force and noise and others ris
ing continuously from boiling,
seething springs. Twenty rods
from the road was a veritable
geyser, spouting up steam and
water to a height of 12 to 15 feet
every two or three minutes. We
looked at it from the verge of its
saucer-like basin, first in wonder,
then in speculation, then in ecsta-
cy. There was an irregular hole
in the flat surface, a little de-
pressed, in which the water hiss-
ed and boiled constantly. When
it had accumulated and risen to
a certain height then the explo-
sion of steam and water came
and emptied the basin and re-
lieved the pressure. There was
no effervescence, no gas. There
was no solution or mixture of
muddy chemicals ejected as a su-
perfluity from a retort below, as
we had pictured itenothing but
pure, clear, hot water and steam.
Given a steam chamber below
the surface, which accumulating
water closes. and you have a re-
mittant geyser, whose pulsations
or spoutings are regulated by the
length of time necessary for fill-
ing between them. All hot
springs would be geysers if they
could be provided with chambers
for the accumulation and confine-
ment of steam—the larger the
chamber the longer time between
the spoutings and the greater the
force. Some are ten days, some
three days. and some three hours.
“Old Faithful” goes off every 63
to 65 minutes, night and day,
year after year, regularly, since
it has been in the show business.
Some are irregular. The Castle

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neighborhood. influenced, proba-
blo. by a desire to “show off" be-
fore an appreciative audience.
while Splendid bubbled along
just as it did when we first step-
ped on its formation. although
several hours over-due.

From Norris Geyser Basin to
Middle Geyser Basin, or Fire
Hole river, is 14 miles, and the
drivers waited while the passen-
gers alighted several times to see
some new freak in a boiler or a
roarer along the road. There
were several beautiful pools of
emerald green water, shaded off
into different colors by the
depths or shallows. all hemmed
in by a raised border of forma-
tion.

We pulled in at Fire Hole quite
early and had time to learn what
was around and ahead of us. We
could see. indeed, the steam of
some of the immense geysers
along the road which the mor-
row‘s drive was to disclose to us.
In the evening our party broke
into squads, some to saunter
along the banks of the Fire Hole,
some to watch the beaver back
of the hotel. as they swam along
the banks to gather the water-
grass, while others formed a
chorus company on the veranda
and sang of the woes of “Clem-
antine."

The next day was the climax of
geyser viewing. Four or five
miles brought us to a basin a
mile or two square, where on al-
most every acre was a hot spring
of some sort. Here were the
“paint pots"—basins of thick,
yellow mud, bubbling and pop-
ping as the steam raised upa
little volcano a foot or so to burst
and subside. Some were greatly
agitated. while others lay in quiet
restfulness and simply smoked.
Further along was Prismatic
spring and Excelsior geyser-
the latter one of the “newest and
best.” A year ago it was just
a large hot spring. bordering a
tributary of the Fire Hole river.
A few months ago it burst out
into an immense geyser which
spouts every three or four hours
and empties the pool. a quarter
of an acre in extent, over into
the creek, which then runs twice
its volume of water. We were in
time to witness this mighty ef-
fort. A couple of rods out in the
pool, for the space of two or
three square rods, the boiling
was violent and constant, with
occasional spurts of steam and
water to the height of six feet or
so. Suddenly there was a swell
12 feet high and 20 feet across,
then out from it came streams of
water 20 feet, ‘40 feet, 80 feet, 100
feet and higher, hissing, roar-
ing, raging, then a solid stream
120 feet high and 40 feet through,
pouring over into the little stream
Seventy-five people stood along
the verge of this awful chasm
and witnessed the spectacle.
When the power which was man-
ifesting itself first appeared, it
seemed that it was likely to
spread until it lifted the crust
under our feet, but when the con-
ciousness of the stability of the
formation was gained, there was
a spirit of exhileration which
showed itself in swinging hats
and cheers. This energy lasted
perhaps five minutes and then
began to subside, until the sur-
face on its lowest level was only
broken by the boiling near and
over the crater. The time from
the first breaking out until quiet
was again restored was perhaps
ten minutes, and then the water
was ten feet lower. When it fin-
ed up again within two feet or so
of the top, another upheaval
would begin like the one we saw.
This spectacle unfitted us for

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looking at anything except the
marvelous. Little spouters, like
the first seen and described, 3
would scarcely cause a comment.

yet only the day before we stood

before them transfixed with awe 
and amazement.

This day's ride was only twelve
miles—to Upper Geyser Basin
and return to Fire Hole. About
ten o’clock we reached the vicin-
ity of the hotel. and left our car-
riages a mile or more from it to
await the appearance of more
gushers. Here were some of the
famous ones— Grotto. Splendid.
Riverside, Fan, Giant, Giantess
and Castle. We were in time for
Riverside and Fan before dinner.
Some of us waited for Splendid,
as before stated, until we were
late at table. Old Faithful is only
a little way from the hotel, and
as that was nearly due, we pre-
ferred to see rather than eat.
The mouth of this geyser is with-
in a kind of chimney top, and
this is the apex of an elevation of
perhaps fifteen feet from the
general level. This is formed by
a kind of shingling of the layers
of the formation, making steps
three to six inches high, reaching
the top in about six rods. We
looked over into the boiling cra-
ter for a few minutes before it
spouted. It was shooting streams
of water and steam up two or
three feet above its mouth.which
is three feet across and irregular
in shape, and about four or five
feet high. Every spurt was a
prediction. and hinted at a re-
treat. but there was a fascination
to be near it when the real ener-
gy began. One more look before
she goes. Look out! Look out!
A stream twenty feet high shoots
up within three feet of the gazer’s
face and and a precipitate retreat
of all hands begins. Up it goes!
Every effort reaching higher. un-
til a steady stream pours up-
wards 150 feet and falls off to
leeward in a gentle. feathery
curve, adding its volume of wa-
ter to the many little rills that
empty into the adjoining streams.

After dinner all the notable
geysers were examined. They
generally look placid and inno-
cent enough. except for some
central boiling place. and that
frequently is not over the orifice
whence the spouting comes.
Some are in chimney-like craters
and sputter and seethe and roar
constantly. ominous of instant
upheaval. The Giant was four
days overdue. Ten days is its
usual period of eruption. The
Turban geyser had been consid-
eged about dead, but after we had
passed it a few rods it broke out
suddenly outside its border, and
spouted fifteen feet high until we
left. a couple of hours after.

We crossed over a half mile or
more, to one side near the moun-
tain, to see a large Emerald pool,
the finest water picture imagina-
ble. It is three rods across on
an average, and of varying
depths. A solution of something
in the water gives its deepest
parts a beautiful green, shading
out to lighter tints at the verge.
A shelving of the lime-colored
formation juts out from the banks
below in irregular waves and at
varying depths, which makes a
delicate border of color. It can-
not be described; it must be seen
to be appreciated. , The most
stoical and phlegmatic go into
ecstacies over it, not for its rep-
utation, but for its real beauty.

Near this is the Devil's Punch
Bowl, a basin of seething, boiling
water, on a. little elevation with
a raised border, a foot high, all
around, and ten feet across. This
is in constant agitation from
verge to verge, steaming. hot
and weird.

A little nearer the wagon road
is Sand Hill spring. an opening
on the declivity of a hill, which

has the appearance of having
been heaved out bodily and scat-
tered on the plain below. The
water is unfathomable. but boils

and steams and roars in its black ?

sand bed. and is the source of
quite a stream. The plain below
is a level plateau of sand. sloping
towards the river, with dead trees
standing in it up to their waists
in the drift. which came out in a
volcanic burst from those immeas-
urable depths in the hillside.

We here take the carriages
which have come along and are
waiting. and reach Fire Hole sta-
tion by another and shorter route.
The evening was spent as before.
watching the beaver and looking
up the mountain paths for the
coming of wild bears, who make
their evening meal from the gar-
bage of the kitchen.

Before leaving the subject of
geysers. we must allude to the
source of heat, and oppose the
generallyaccepted theory of in-
ternal fires as the cause of these
phenomena. We believe it to be
entirely due to chemical changes
going on at varying depths. but
above the "deeper depths" of the
internal fires. supposing these do
exist.

The morning of the fourth day
we make an early start to ride 30
miles between Fire Hole station
and Yellowstone Falls. We lunch
en route at a camp on Trout
Creek. where one tent shelters
the table and another serves as
waiting-room. We arrive at 3 p.
m. and several of us alight at the
beginning of the rapids and walk
the three miles in and out along
the tortuous, wild, winding path,
up and down. to Inspiration Point,
two miles below the lower fall,
where, from the the giddy height
of 1500 feet above the river. we
look up and down the canyon at
the awful spectacle. The yellow.
yawning gulf. with the green.
glimmering line of the river at
the bottom; the rocky spires tow-
ering up towards us from the
depths below. capped with eagles‘
nests: the green. rounded hills on
the other side, split square across
their contour. with a fringe of
green pines along the verge; up
at the falls, pouring over and
down 360 feet; down the old gray
canyon to where it is lost in its
windings in the mountain. With
folded arms we sit out on a bare
red rock— the half of a cantilever
bridge—over this awful abyss.
and contemplate "the wondrous
works of God." Two steps on
either of the three sides and the
plunge to the illimitable depths
is certain. Only those with steady
nerves ventured out to this point.
It is well named. The inspiration
of the hour will never be forgot-
ten. VVe'had climbed down and
out to a great rock in front of the
upper fall, within the mist of its
descending waters: had ventured
to the brink of the lower fall,
which has twice the height of Ni-
agara: had climbed out to some
of the many promentory pinna-
cles. to look down upon the vast
depths below and at the pictured
rocks, all aflame with glowing
color. But here all the pictures
are focussed and combined, and
not the most cunningly wrought
fabric of language can create in
the mind a conception of its
sublime reality.

We return towards the hotel in
a frame of mind above the real-
ization of fatigue. unconscious of
hunger and needed rest. This
was the great climax of the trip.

The next day‘s ride of 42 miles.
via Norris Geyser Basin and
Mammoth Hot Springs, to Cin-
nabar, where we reached our cars
at 4 p. m., had many pleasant
pictures of mountain and plain,
of stream and waterfall, of can-
yon and cascade. but the panora-
ma of the Yellowstone Falls so
eclipsed their beauties that they
appeared tame and commonplace
in the comparison. The advice
in the past to “see Venice and
die,” must have a new interpret-
ation: “After Europe then Yel-
lowstone.”

{I3-

MILFORD, Ind.
En. VISITOR:

Allow me to trespass upon your
indulgence again by making a
reply to your editorial criticism
upon my former article on the
-‘Farmer and the Miller,” pub-
lished in your issue of July 1st.

I am greatly surprised at the
unfairness (or perhaps ignorance)
shown in your criticism.

You say that the foreman in
one of the best mills in Western

Michigan gave you the figuresl
iregarding the products that can
be obtained from a bushel of
‘wheat by the roller process.
,You did not seek to verify this
!statement by the testimony of
jother good millers nearer home.
31 have this to say regarding the-‘
gfigures given you by the said
iforeman miller, if he can by
practical work; confirm such a
,statement, he is by far the most
{successful operating miller in
‘the land. But in the face of the
figures given I make the state-
ment here, from a practical mill-
er's standpoint. that there is not
a miller in Michigan or any state
who can produce the results you
claimed in your paper read be-
fore the institute. and I do not
believe that you can produce the
testimony of an honorable, intel-
ligent miller (and there are plen-
ty of honorable millers) who will
confirm the figures given by you.
Milling doctors do not as a rule
disagree greatly upon the point
of yields of flour from a bushel
of soft winter wheat, but I con-
fess that there may occur a wide
difference between milling doc-
tors and milling quacks.

Again you say that farmers all
know that the bran and bi-pro-
ducts are dusted clean from flour
and will have their opinion that
it runs out somewhere ‘in a pro-
duct that sells for more than
shipstuff or bran.

From the statistics gathered by
the Indiana Millers‘ State Asso-
ciation, we find that -the average
weight of a bushel of bran,
struck measure, from soft winter
wheat. by roller process. is 16
pounds, and that of pshipstufi is
22 pounds, and finished middlings
27 pounds. Can ' you say intelli-
gently that products in the shape
of feed, weighing these amounts
to the measured bushel, do not
contain flour, and a good deal of
flour? Certainly the farmers will
have their opinions. and right or
wrong. as a rule they stick to
them. "Once convinced against
their will they are of the same
opinion still.”

Next you accuse the miller of
selling 100 pounds of flour and
giving but 98 pounds, or 196
pounds for a barrel. This accu-
sation is after the A. C.  style,
and shows consummate’ ignor-
ance. Any schoolboy of average
sense will tell you that the legal
weight of a barrel of flour is 196
pounds in every state in the
Union. and almost every flour
market in the world. But be-
cause. forsooth, the miller ad-
heres to the law and universal
custom. he must be accused of
having an elastic way of charg-
ing for flour and transacting bus-
iness. Millers sometimes. be-
cause of their generous natures.
will give a customer at the mill
200 pounds for the price of abar-
rel of flour, but there is not a
flour market in this c_ountr
where flour is sold by the 100
pounds—always by the barrel
(196 pounds) or fractional parts
thereof. _

Mr. A. C. G.- based his figures
before the farmers’ institute upon
the price of flour sold in the lit-
tle town of Hartford did he?
How very considerate and gener-
ous in the gentleman! He makes
no allowance for the cost of the
sacks or the commission the mil-
ler is compelled to pay to the
grocer or retail dealer. The
usual commission paid to the re-
tail dealer is 60 cents per barrel,
and many are not satisfied with
less than 80 cents to $1 per bar-
rel. The sacks for each barrel
cost about 16 cents for paper and
28 cents for cotton. Now, Mr.
Editor, please deduct the com-
missions and cost of sacks from
the $4 per barrel, and see for
yourself that the miller is not
making 5 or 6 per cent. when
wheat is 73 cents per bushel, and
apply this also to the present
prices of wheat and -flour you.
speak of in your criticism, and
convince yourself of the injust-
ice and unfairness in the figures
you produce. Why must you
wander down to the little town of
Hartford to gather information
on milling points and make them
the foundation and superstructure
of a severe attack upon the honor
and character of the miller every-
where?

How much of the flour pro-
duced by a roller mill running
regularly can be sold in the little
town of Hartford or any other
small place where a fair sized
mill is located?

3’ early education.

You know very well if you
know anything at all about the
milling business, that much the
greater portion of the flour pro-
duced in the mills throughout the
country must seek a market
away from home, and must be
sold at the ruling prices in east-
ern and foreign markets. The
quotations given in my former
article. which you say have noth-
ing to do with the question, have
very much to do with it and with
the miller‘s ability to pay 73
cents per bushel for wheat and
realize his small profit of 5 to 6
per cent. My figures. quoted
from the leading flour markets.
were not speculative. They
were taken from actual sales
made at the time for western
millers.

What smallness and injustice
to make the retail price of flour
in the little town of Hartford the
groundwork of a merciless as-
sault upon a class of honorable
and fair dealing business men.

Now, Mr. Editor, come down
from your mighty pinnacle of
presumption and conceit and
make an honest confession of
your egregious blunder in trying
to tickle the ear and credulity of
the farmer at the expense of the
miller.

While you had not the courage
and fairness to publish my for-
mer article entire. but must drop
out important parts to suit your
purposes. I hope you may prove
honorable and courageous enough
to give the whole of this a place
in the next issue of your valua-
ble paper. Very respectfully,

JAS. M. Snavoss.

Our doughty Milford miller
still questions the figures as to
the quantity of flour which first-
class roller mills can get out of a
bushel of wheat. The figures
given were from a source nearer
home and quite as likely to be
correct as those of our friend
from Indiana. The figures com-
plained of as being too high for
the product of a bushel of wheat
are upon the basis of 60 pounds
of sound cleaned wheat, and not
upon the wheat as it comes to the
mill, andhwas so stated in the pa-
per read before the institute at
“ the little town of Hartford."
As the amount of foul stuff in
wheat is usually and generally
estimated and deducted by the
miller himself, the errors, if any.
will naturally lean toward the
miller's side of the deal.

Our Indiana friend is grieved
at the imputation of dishonesty
in the allusion to the shortage in
flour sacks. and attempts to
shield the miller by a cloud of
dust and a railing at our want of
We learned the
tables in the arithmetic quite
early in life, and, as we now re-
member the examples illustrating
them. a 50-lb sack of flour was
never figured at a quarter of a
barrel, or 49 lbs,  every school-
boys opinion" and "every flour
market in the country" to the
contrary notwithstanding. The
"price of sacks and the amount of
commissions paid for selling the
flour are given at just double the
actual cost to the millers; 50-lb
sacks are quoted at $17 to $22
per 1000, and 10 cents per sack
is the commission usually paid.
If our friend is as wide of the
mark in his other statements, the
five to six per cent. profit in the
milling trade is made 10 to 12 per
cent. very readily.

This irate miller objects also to
our “ wandering down to the lit-

tle town of Hartford to gather '

information.” Why, bless you!
“the little town of ‘ Hartford”
was where the institute was held
before which the committee in-
vited us to read a paper and as-
signed the topic. It was before
the farmers around the "little
town of Hartford” that the facts
were presented. and at the “lit-
tle town of Hartford” where the
figures regarding the price of
wheat and flour were gathered.
We never thought of the miller
of Milford and the chance that

he might object, for the price of
flour in the “markets of the
world" did not concern the differ-
ences that were constantly aris-
ing between "the farmer and the
miller" around the “little town
of Hartford.”

We think now, after a due con-
sideration of all the facts, en-
lightened withal by the glare and
flare from Milford, that it is un-
just still to recoup the loss sus-
tained in "the leading flour mar-
kets” by inroads and incursions
into the farmer's grist; that sell-
ing 49 lbs. of flour for 50 ii»s,,
and taking one-sixth instead of
one-tenth for toll, is (Iislzmws-f.

The statement of unfairness
and want of courage in leaving
out parts of the former article is
for effect, as is much of the sub
stance of the above. ' Some re-
dundant phrases and “words of
wondrous sound" were eliminat-
ed, as much for the author's rep-
utation as a writer as to bring it
within a limited space. A covert
advertisement was cut out entire,
but not a sentence that affected
the argument. If our corres-
pondent has anything new to pre-
sent about the farmer and the
miller, our columns are at his

service, but we cannot undertake
to thresh old straw.
,_n_,.__.. ,_*__ ,_ ,
Chu.rch’s Bug Finish.

Bug Finish is an important and
valuable discovery, as it affords
a way by which Paris Green, the
most effective of bug poisons can
be safely used. It was discover-
ed by the inventor of Bug Finish
that by grinding and uniting
Paris Green into a base-like
Gypsum, as is done in making
Bug Finish, the Green would not
effect the vines or make the po-
tatoes watery. Every consumer
of potatoes will testify to the fact
that late potatoes, as a rule. are
watery or soggy and quite un-
palatable. as compared with the
mealy potatoes we once had; it
has now been proven that this is
caused by the use of Paris Green
in water, or by applying particles
of clear Green in any way. such
as simply stirring it into plaster,
lime and other bases. whereby
the plaster simply acts as a car-
rier to distribute the Green, and
the small particles of Green go on
the vines in a clear state: during
certain stages of growth, the clear
Green inters the fiber of the vine
and effects the potatoes,  ex-
plained.

A very thin dust of Bug Finish
on the vines or trees is sufficient
to kill all of the crop of insects
then existing on the vines. and it
remains on the vines for many
days, except where very heavy
rains occur and sometimes until
other crops of the insects are
hatched and distroyed. Bug
Finish is composed of Sulphate-
of Lime (Gypsum) with a little
rye flour to make it stick. with
one pound and six ounces of Pure
Paris Green to each 100 pounds
of the above mixture, the whole-
compound is reduced very fine-
and thoroughly combined by
patent process. so that every
grain of the whole mass is suffi-
ciently poisonous that a small
amount will kill any insect the
same as though it had eaten
pure paris green, hence only a
very slight dust is necessary,
making it cheaper than any other
known preparation, unless it is
Paris Green andwater, and when
the expense of handling and ap
plying so much water is consider
ed the Bug Finish is fully as cheap,
and if the difference in effective-
ness and QUALITY or POTATOES
is taken into account, Paris Green
and water will not be considered
in comparison at all.

Bug Finish is also a fertilizer,
will help the growth of the vines,
instead of retarding their growth,
as does water and Green, espec-
ially when the water is applied
in the middle of the day.

One pound of Bug Finish will
prove more effective than six
times the amount of plaster and
Paris Green as mixed by the
farmers. In addition to the sav-
ing in this way, its saves the time
of mixing. is safe to handle and
does not injure the potatoes. No
farmer should allow a pound of
clear Paris Green to be brought
on his farm. ALABASTINE Co..
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

 


 

THE

G-IE2..A.1.\T C3-E VISITOR.

Sept. 1, 1390.

iaoics’ Department.

September.

Gorgeous in scarlet, with golden leaves crowned.
Queenly September her fix st sheaves has bound!
Watching her coming the turning fields lie,

In her calni glory rest the earth and the sky.

Pensively smiling while bidding farewell
To the bright pictures in meadow and dell~
Writing each day on the downfalling leaf
Poems elegiac——frail records and brief.

Soleinnly waiting, September appears .
Holding the scales that balance the years;
Soft is the touch of her breezes and bland,
Sweet are her hyninings o'er ocean and land.

\Velcome, September, genial and llllltl-—
VVelcoine thy presence in garden and wild;

VVhen thou art coming the ripe fruits appear,

And the l)I‘{:1llll of thy blessings perfumes the

whole year.
—.-lu;ni'  Cull‘.
-—4—< o >—————
Tenderness.

Not unto t-very heart is God's good gift
Of siiuplo tenderness allowed; we meet
\Vith love in many fashions when we lift
First to our lips life's wzitcrs, hitter-sweet,
Lo\'t- couics upon us with rcsistlcss power
Of Clll'lJlL‘>'5§ passion, and with headstrong will;
It plays around like April's breeze and shower,
Or (‘.'llllll_\‘ ilows. a rapid stream, and still,
It (‘\\lnt‘S with l)l('SSt,‘(lllC$S unto the heart
That ivclcoiius it aright, or-—bittcr fate!-—
It wrings lllt? bosom with so fierce a smart,
That love. we cry, is Cruclcr than hate.
And then, ah me! when love has ceased to bless,
Our broken lll‘Ltl’IS cry out for tendcrncssl
\\'e long for tenderness like that which hung
About us, lying on our mother's breast;
A selfish feeling that no pen or tongue
can praise aright, siiirv silence sings it best;
A love as far ri-niovcd from passion's heat
As from the chilliness of its dying tire;
A love to lean on when the failing fcct
Begin to tk)[lt‘l'. and the eyes to tire.
In youth's hricf hey-da_\' hottest love we seek.
The icddcst rose we grasp-—but when it dies
God grant that later blossoms, violets nicck,
.\l.'iy spring for us bent-ath life's.autunin skit.-sl
God grant some loving one be near to bless
Our weary way with tend-srnessl
—. ll] t/1:‘ l 1117' Ii’/umd.
_ ._.,-,.I  _
In Fly-Time. ,
There is no house. however watched and tended,
1'ill!fllL'1~‘- roam here and 1llc1‘c#
No place, ho\\'e'cr so well by screens defended,
These insects do not share:
The air is filled with hninniing~buzzing-—flying.
lf lllcy were only dead!
The heart of housewives for deliverance crying
\Vould then be comforted.
Let us be patient! These fly-time afflictions
For a brief space arise.
To disappear amid the inaledictions
We care not to disguise.
.. . ..._<. .,
For What are we Looking?
Some years ago I read an arti-
cle entitled "Eyes for Beauty and
Eyes for Defect.” Illustrations
were given on both sides, and
one I well remember: A man
passing down a certain street of
an unnamed city, saw displayed
in a show window of an art store
a picture which he had often
heard his wife speak of in terms
of great admiration. and knew it
to be her desire to sometime pos-
sess a copy. He felt that he
could ill afford just then the out-
lay of the auiount asked by the
shopkeeper when he inquired re-
garding it; but the thought of
giving his wife such a pleasure.
at last overcanie the whisperings
of cautious economy, and an or-
der was given for the delivery of
the picture at his home the fol-
lowing evening. When that tinle
arrived. and he eagerly unwrap-
ped the package before his won-
dering wife, he felt fully repaid
for some self-denial he had prac-
ticed to secure the prize, for the
happy glow succeeding the look
of surprise depicted upon the
countenance of the wife seemed
unalloyed and genuine. But soon
a cloud passed over it. She step-
ped a little nearer the picture
and began a critical examination
of the frame. A somethingwhich
had caught her eye at a distance
proved. upon closer inspection,
to be a detect in the gilding, and
now she could see naught else.
Her pleasure was marred, and,
instead of looking at and appre-
ciating the rcal beauties within
the frame, this one defect was al-
lowed to overshadow them all,
and she could talk of only this.
Does not this spirit of critical
examination find too firm a lodg-
ment in the human heart? In our
observation of our fellow men do
we not look too largely with
"eyes for defect"? How quickly
a slight dercliction is noticed and
commented upon, while the per-
sons good qualities and virtues
are unnoticed and unheeded. or.
at most, receive faint praise.
How often we hear the remark,
" Mr. Blank would be really a
nice man if it was not for such a
thing.“ Or, some one, when lis-
tening to the praises of another,
replies with a slow and reluctant
“Yes, but did you know what
he did at such a time?"—always
looking for and bringing into
prominence all the little defects
to overshadow the better quali-

ties. It seems to me that our
own happiness and that of others
would be largely augmented if ‘
the converse were true. Let
us rather look for and appreciate
what is good in our associates.
and let the defects pass unheeded
by, for none are perfect, and we
may not know how conscious-
how painfully conscious —— our
friends may be of these same de-
fects; or how hard and persist-
ently they struggle to overcome
these things. born with them
and coming to them with their
breath.
“How little we know of each other!
\\’e pass through the journey of life.
\’Vith its struggles, its fears and temptations,
Its heart-breaking cares and its strife.
\Vc see things alone on the surface.
And know not the sorrow for sin,
For an unruttlcd face is no index
Of tires that rage wildly within."
“How little we know of c;ich'otlier~
Of our own hearts ho\v little we know!"
All feeble and far from peiiectioii.
"Be our station in life high or low,
Ah! then. let sweet charity rule us"-
Let us help one another attain
Unto a noblcr order of living,
And never inflict needless pain.

—4<¢ >———-——
For the Visiroit.

A Lesson in Natural Philosophy.

It was the wise Solomon. I be-
lieve, who said. "There is no
new thing under the sun." And
scientists tell us there is no such
thing as complete annihilation.
There is no more substance in
the world now than when God
finished creating our terrestrial
globe. The Lord formed Adam
out of the earth. and he ‘returned
to the eartli—"ashes to ashes.
and dust to dust"—and there is
no more substance than before
his creation. The leaves of the
trees fall to the ground and in
time become apart of that mother
earth from which they sprang.
The trees themselves are hewn
down and the available portions
are transformed. and for a time.
hold their own, but fire, sooner
or later, reduces them to ashes
and they too, with their offspring,
the leaves, become of the earth
earthy. The Pyramids. as old
almost as the world, are only a
part of the earth piled up into a
mass, and even they are slowly
being buried by the drifting
sands. blown from the Great
Desert of Sahara, and in ages
upon ages “the place thereof
shall know them no more."

There is no more, nor less,
moisture than at the beginning.
It is unevenly distributed, and
sometimes we get more than our
portion and sometimes. as in the
past three years, we get less than
our share.

VVe all know, from study
if not from actual knowledge.
that the tops of the highestmOun-
tains are perpetually covered
with snow. During the hotest
days of the hotest seasons a little
of this snow melts and runs down
the sides of the mountain. By
and by this little snow stream is
joined by another stream, whose
source is perhaps a spring, and
together they flow on, making a
channel broader and deeper, as
their volume is increased by other
streams, until they become a river
that finally empties its waters
into the boiling, seething ocean.
Here. apparently, is the end, for
the sea has no outlet, but it does
not run over and flood the land,
and why 1’ The ocean is one vast-
caldron, with the great generator
of heat, the sun, constantly evap-
orating the water from the sur-
face, and I do not understand
why the everlasting internal fires
of the earth do not heat it from
the bottom. As water boils away
into steam from a kettle, so the
water of the ocean passes off in
vapor and floats up and away as
clouds, and the sea is where the
Lord put it when He said, “Thus
far and no farther.” Follow the
vapor. It rises away from the
boiling inass, up through the
miles of warm atmosphere, when
suddenly it is struck by a cool
breeze and the particles of vapor
are condensed into little drops of
water, and they fall to the earth
in refreshing showers—swelling
the little stream down the moun-
tain side, relieving the parched
vegetation, or giving sustenance
to thirsty mortals becalmed in a
pool of the mighty boiling cald-
ron, where there is

“ Water, water, everywhere,
And all the boards do shrink;

Water, water, everywhere,
And not a drop to drink.-"

Sometimes, when these little
drops have gone half—way down,

they are struck by a still colder

wave and they finish theirdescent j admirably adapted for use upon 
in the form of the destructive‘

hail stones. Again, the vapor is
struck by so cold a breeze that it
does not have time to condense
into drops, but is crystalized im-
mediately and it comes softly,
like a mantle of charity, to cover
everything with snowy white-
ness, adding another cap to the
mountain already snow-capped.
The warm spring breezes come
to melt the snow. it runs off into
the brooks and rivers, the water
drank up by the earth during
those refreshing showers. wells
up through the springs and flows
down the same channels into the
same boiling caldron, to go
through the same process again.
There is no such thing as coin-
plete annihilation. and "there is
no new thing under the sun."
Mas. A. H. SMITH.

{4}

Comfortable and Healthy Cos-
tumes for Farmers’ Wives.

For comfort when doing house-
work and for freedom in tak-
ing out of door exercise, the
farmers‘ wife needs a light, easy-
fitting dress. The increased in-
tercst in athletic sports is doing
much to favor the introduction
of hygienic dress in all walks of
life. and gradually a revolution
of the greatest importance is be-
ing wrouglit as regards woman‘s
health. influence and position in
life as affected by her mode of
dress. For years she has been
hampered with burdens grievous
to be borne in heavy. dragging
skirts. tight corsets and costumes
made up of multitudinous pieces
which take a great deal of time
to adjust and more strength to
carry. It is often so -much
trouble to dress for the street
that a woman will stay in, rather
than get ready to take the fresh
air she needs after fulfilling her
domestic duties. But now. thanks
to Annie J eness-l\/Iiller. the bean-
tiful apostle of dress reform. and
her many fashionable coadjutors
throughout the country.. a wo-
man may have a costume which
can be perfectly adjusted in five
minutes or less, consisting of
three or four pieces instead of a
dozen or more. In it she has
every freedom of limb and muscle
and it can be made just as pretty
as one of the old-time costumes.
I should say prettier. for this is
truly artistic. since it drapes and
adorns the human form divine iii-
stead of deforming to suit a false
ideal of beauty. It covers the
body evenly instead of overbur-
dening and overheating some
portions of it. and leaving the re-
mainder thinly clad after the
manner of the old styles. It con-
sists of acombination suit of light
flannel or gauze for summer. a
divided skirt and a tasteful Prin-
cess dress. The material for
these last may vary according to
the taste and the purse of the
wearer, the comfort remains just
the same. The long list of wash-
able fabrics and light flannels
afford room for wide range_ of
choice. For spring and autumn.
the under flannel should be of
heavier quality and for winter
weather. another suit of the un-
ion garments will be needed.
This style of dress does away
with that cumbersome article,
petticoat, although there are
many women who think they are
not properly dressed unless they
have on at least three petticoats
of varying weight. but enough in
the aggregate, especially when
a skirt weighing six to ten pounds
is placed above them, to give the
strongest woman the backache if
she attempts to walk a mile. But
clad in a light, healthful dress as
described above, there is no rea-
son why a woman may not walk
as easily as a man. The English
woman walks, no matter what her
social rank, but she wisely pro-
vides short. easy-fitting walking
dresses and comfortable shoes.
A man, no matter how strong.
would succumb before he had
walked a mile if he were first
squeezed into a French corset.
stilted up on high-heeled shoes
and had ten pounds of skirts
hanging from his hips and ini-
peding the freedom of his limbs.

Referring to a question as to
suitable dress for farmers‘ wives
in which to work or exercise Dr.
Kate Lindsay, of the Battle Creek
Sanitarium. said: “In ‘But-
terick's Metropolitan’ for spring
and summer I saw pictures and
discriptions of a suit for boating

or mountain climbing which is

a farm.

It consisted of threej
pieces. akilted skirt. blouse waist, i
and a combination suit made;quarter."

ing. I remember passing two
girls in the street. and hearing
one of them say. “I ll bet you a
It gave me a shiver.

with full knickerbocker drawers. iAnd when a group of school girls

all of light tennis flannel. The

ifill their conversation~—as alas!

skirt was shortened to the bootithey often do—with one slang
tops, and, altogether. I do notiphrase after another, the effect

know of a costume more easily
adjusted, more healthful. or less
expensive than this.
occasions the sooner we substi-
tute the divided skirt for the old-

For alllslang grows rapidly.

 

on an outsider is painfully dis-
agreeable. The habit of talking
It is like
reporting a bit of scandal. Have
you never noticed if you say an

fashioned petticoat the better for j unkind word against a neighbor.

woman’s health and comfort; but
this costume does noteven require
the divided skirt, full Turk

ish trousers answering for both

For the cooler weather of spring
or autumn. undei' this could be
worn a combination suit of light
flannel.——1~'urmcr.s‘ 1f(’l‘[(‘l£'.
~——<o-o-X

The Training of Our Children.

When I look upon the different
lines of work in our Order. and
the many others waiting for our
attention. I am impelled to speak
of just one. that is, the education
of the children. I regard this as
the most important issue before
the American people. If we raise
our children properly. the future
of this country will be a success-
it cannot be otherwise.

The mind is easily influenced
in youth. If good thoughts and
examples are kept constantly be-
fore them. children will grow up
good. It is our duty, therefore.
as parents and guardians. to live
almost exclusively for this pur-
pose, and it is a small sacrifice on
our part if thereby we increase
the happiness of future genera-
tions.
of purity and patriotism by pro-
viding plenty of good books upon
these subjects. Let us see that
our children do not read the
trashy literature of the day. and
that their minds are not poisoned
by outward influences. It is
easier to teach a child the right
way than to unlearn the wrong.
We should constantly set good
examples before them. Teach
them that they have certain
duties to perform, and while so
doing, show them the moral at-
tached to every duty, explain to
them that they must be prompt
in all things. for by so doing they
will form a character unap-
proachable.

It is also our duty to be inter-
ested in our neighbor‘s children.
for we shall find it much easier
to train our own aright if their
playmates are pure and noble.
Let us be ever ready to give a
kind word. and encourage the
taking and keeping of such
pledges as the temperance, white
cross and anti-tobacco. for it
makes them feel the responsi-
bility resting upon them. If
woman's work embraced but this
one line—~that of teaching the
young-—'we should feel richly re-
paid for its having been started;
for through this line we can make
it so desirable to‘ be pure and
noble, as to banish evils from
the land. .

We should also cultivate a test
for flowers, music, and the fine
arts. for whatever refines and
purifies the mind will also im-
prove the heart.

While I do not believe in hiring
our children, yet I would grant
them certain privileges, for in-
stance give them a portion of the
garden and products for their
own. This will encourage as well
as teach them how to work. You
will be surprised to note the
pleasure with which they display
their flowers, and many a play-
mate and teacher will receive
bouquets from their liberality,
thereby learning to be unselfish.

You can understand why it is
necessary to be constantly study-
ing to improve our children, for,
dear sisters, this life is the field.
our children the flowers. and the
impure thoughts and deeds the

weeds. Shall not we, as good
agriculturists. root out the
weeds? For one, I will do my

best-.—Mr.s'. S. M. (.'ooI.'. Jl-IcMi7m—
ville, Orcg/a’m.
-—— --——-£+—>————7~-

On Talking Slang‘.

This "serinonette" is especially
for you, dear girls. The advice
could be put in three Words——
don’t do it. Possibly there might
come an occasion—say once in a
life—time—when a good round
bit of the genuine article “slang”
would prove funny. But to hear
vulgar words used by a gentle
girl is almost invariably shock-

We can inculcate a spirit,

lhow quickly a chance comes to

say another? And with just the

‘same appalling case a habit of
gusing careless, coarse words in-
under garment and petticoat. lcreases.

Weeds grow rapidly.
‘.Thcre is plenty of good strong
;English to give expression to
iwit. drollery. indignation. or
isyinpatliy. without recourse to
jthe phrases which belong to
‘»hoi-se-jockeys. gamblers. tipplers
land vagabonds. The street Arab
jpicks up slang as he does the
j ends of old cigars from the gutter.
;Surely a well—bred girl is not on
ithe same level in her speech and
‘.manner. Why should she use
ivulgar words any more than she
‘would stain her liands? There
ought to be something akin to
flowers in a fresh young girl.
She need not be prudish or prig-
gish. No one wishes her to say
4 "prunes and prisms" to coax her
lips into the proper curves. But
refined and dainty in speech as
well as in dress she surely ought
to be. VVon‘t you please think
about it for five minutes and see
if you do not agree with me'.’~
IIarpcr’.s' Ym(n_r/ Pcoplc.

-—- - —<oe————

Helps for Housekeepers.

i When doing an ironing it is a
;help‘ to the tired mother to se-

ilect one rod of the clothes rack
jupon which to hang articles that
:need repairing: When a button
lis missing, a rip or rent in little
Faprons or a hole in a stocking.
hang the garment on the selected

folded to be put away. they need
no examination. as the pieces re-
quiring a few stitches are all in
one place. Make it a golden
rule to never put an article away
unmended.

Whenever eggs are used in

baking it is better to beat them
thoroughly before any other in-
gredients are added. This is es-
pecially true when baking pow-
der is used. as too much beating
‘jafter the powder is added seems
&to kill its essential qualities.
l An easy way to make a pud-
gding and at the same time save
cold rice that may be left from
another meal. is to take one cup
of the cooked rice. one pint of
sweet milk, two eggs. lump of
butter as large as a walnu t. sugar
to taste, a cupful of raisins and
nutmeg to flavor. Beat the
eggs. sugar and butter together.
then add the other things, and
steam or bake until done.

Sometimes when women have
an unusually tiresome day's work
to do they put on light shoes
with thin soles, hoping thereby
to avoid fatigue. This is a mis-
take, as heavy shoes, if they fit
well, prevent both corns and
aching feet. It is said that a
teaspoonful each of tar, sugar
and saltpetre melted together
will cure corns: put a little on
thin kid leather and apply.

In cleansing black stockings
it is not necessary to wash the
entire stocking every time they
are done up. By a little care
the feet only may be washed and
thus the color be retained much
longer. Stockings should never
be put into the suds until they
are turned wrong side oiit.—(,.'m'.
Farm am? I*'iI'c.s’1'(Ic.

To Get Rid of Flies.

People in the country who are
annoyed by flies should remem-
ber that clusters of the fragrant
clover which grows abundantly
by nearly every roadside, if hung
in the room and left to dry and
shed its faint fragrant perfume
through the air, will drive away
more flies than sticky saucers of
molasses and other fly-traps and
fly-papers can ever collect.—N. Y.
Tribzme.

Always say a kind word if you
can, if only that it may come in
perhaps, with singular oppor-
tuneness, entering some mourn-
ful man’s darkened room, like a
beautiful fire—fiy, whose happy
circumvolutions he cannot but
watch, forgetting thereby his

many troubles.—Arthur Phelps.

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In School Days.

Still sits the school-house by the road,
A ragged beggar sunning;

Around it still the sumacs grow.
And blackberry vines are running.

Within, the mas1er‘s desk is seen,
Deep scarred by raps official;

The warping floor, the battered seats,
The jn.ck-knife-‘s carved initial;

The charcoal frescoes on its wall;
Its door‘s worn sill, betraying

The fact that, creeping slow to school,
V\/em storming out to playing.

Long years ago a winter sun
Shonc over it at setting;

Lit up its western window-panes,
And low eaves‘ icy—fretting.

It touched the tangled golden curls,
And brown eyes full of grieving,

Of one who still her steps delayed
\Vhen all the school were leaving.

For near her stood the little boy
Her childish favor singled;

His cap pulled low upon a face
Vvhere pride and shame were mingled.

Pushing with restless feet the snow
To right and left, he lingered;—~
As rcstlessly her tiny hands
The blue-checkcd apron fingered.
He saw her lift her eyes; he felt
The soft hand's light caressing,
And heard the tremble of her voice
As if a fault confessing.

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I hate to go above you.
l%ec:iuse,"—the brown eyes lower fell,-
“Bccause, you see, I love you.“

Still memory to a gray-liaired man
That sweet child-face is showing.

Dear girl! the grasses on her grave
Havc forty years been growing!

He lives to learn, in life's hard school,

How few who pass above him
Lament their triumph and IIIS loss,

Like he-r,—bccausc they love him.
—”I/ll’/{II‘7’.
— ——~-———4o>——2~

RAMBLING IN THE WOODS.

A City Ma.n’s Return to the Scenes
of his Childhood.

It was a. hot, cloudless day in
August. A gentle breeze was
stirring. and. sitting on the little
back porch of the old farm house
.and looking across a vista of yel-
low stubble fields to the dark line
of woods. nearly half at mile
away. I could see the tops of the
tallest trees swaying gently. and
could almost. I fancied. hear the
rustling of their leaves, of the
music of which I have ever. since
a child. been over—fon(l. writes
Ed. R. Pritchard. in the .-lrI.‘an-
saw '1'mz'cIer.

It had been three years since I
had visited the old farm. three
long years of toil at the desk.
amid the noise and busy strife of
a gre:it metropolis. and this was
my first (lay of a short week's
vacation at the old home, among
the friends of my boyhood clays
and the scenes of the happiest
years of my life.

I had reached the farm about

after a bountiful dinner at noon.
was sitting on the porch. the
coolest place. as I well knew,
about the house. feasting my
eyes on the dear old landscape
that I had known so long. and

I have been away from it. was
always a charming picture that.
though paradoxial it may sound.
I had but to shut my eyes to see
at will.

I must get to those woods. and
that at once. No matter that
the afternoon August sun was
sending down his fiercest rays.
no matter that I must walk half
amile across stubble fields which.
from where I sat. I could see
were quivering with heat. I know
what sweet. familiar sounds I
shall hear. what a refreshing
coolness and quiet I shall find
when I have reached their green
and shady depths. Even while I
am thinking of these things, a
solitary crow with a loud “caw!
caw!" flies swiftly over the stub-
ble fields. high in air. and light-
ing on the top of a huge oak
sends forth a. series of exultant
“ca.ws!" to his mates whom he
left in the orchard back of the
barn. To me he seems to say to
them. "There are no hens‘ nests
in that old straw stack. Why
stay over there in that hot, broil-
ing sun? Come over here in
these grand old woods. Hard by
is the creek, and I know a. dark
and shady pool where we can
bathe. and below it a. shining,
singing ripple. where we can
wade and play to our heart's con-
tent.”

Evidently they understood the
meaning of his cries. for a. mo-
ment later a. bevy of the black
and saucy rascals go skurrying
across the fields and join him,
where they all set up a. perfect
chorus of “caws!” which I take
to be expressions of approval of
their companions suggestion.

Hastily divesting myself of

ten o'clock in the forcnoon. and. '

which. during all the years that‘

coat and vest. for in the country
it is no breach of etiquette to "go
in your shirt sleeves," I step into
the hall and take from the rack
a. wide-brimmed straw hat. and
after a brief stop at the old
spring house at the foot of the
hill. I am off. as the crows fly,
across fields for the woods.

On reaching them I find I am
sweating profusely. What? You
say sweating is vulgar; I should
say perspiring? Well. no mat-
ter; I know I am heated and
flushed. but I never felt better in
my life. The air is pure and
sweet; the birds are singing
in the woods on the borders of
the little stream. and now as I
pause to mop my dripping face I
hear a Woodpecker beating his
lively tatttoo on an old beech
stub and chirp, chirp comes from
a saucy little ground squirrel as
he streaks it like a flash of russet
light along the rails of the old
fence near which I am standing.
I shy a rock at him, out of pure
wantonness, and am murderous
enough to wish I had a. gun with
which to take a crack at that
Iwily old wood-pecker, who has.
lion catching sight of me. slyly
islipped around to the other side
;of the old beech stub. where I
lean still hear him pecking away
as busy as a nailer.

I hastily scramble over the

fence, and five minutes later I
stand under the thick shade of
the widespreacling branches of
a grand old beech tree and on
the edge of a steep bluff. at whose
base runs the turbulent but ro-
mantic Little VVil(l-Cat creek. I
throw myself down on the grass.
which is here so luxuriant that
it is softer than the heaviest
carpet, and there I lie for half an
hour listening to the soft and inde-
scribable music of the waters be-
low. Then. having cooled off. I
go down to the water's edge and
deliberately disrobe and—"go in
swi1nmin’." Mind, I don‘t say
{bathing for I had no bathing.
‘suit. I just did as we boys used
Ito do years ag0—“just stripped
off and went in swimrniu‘.“ You
see. there was nobody there to
jlook except the birds and the
lsqulrrels and an old black water
lsnake which I caught sunning
lhimself out on it rock at the
jwaters edge. and which I ruth-
lessly killed with a club.
; How I did enjoy that swim,
‘that frolie all by myself in the
jwaterl Tired of that. I continued
imy stroll until a coolness of the
jair and rapidly-deepening shad-
ows warned me that it was time
to turn my face. homeward.

VVhen I reached the house I
made a discovery. and that was
that While in swimming I had
done just as I had often done be-
fore when a boy—had sun-burned
both shoulders into blisters, one
on each the size of my hand.
‘Then. too. as in days long agone.
a liberal application of sweet
cream was made and I went to
bed with the chickens. was up
with the birds. and the next day
was able to go squirrel-hunting
and had a glorious time. But of
all my brief vacation days I shall
not soon forget tliat afternoon's
ramble in the wo0ds.—Ex.

. —A {—<+%———-

Water Power and Electric Motors.

The census of 1880 placed the
number of water wheels operat-
ing as motive power in the United
States at 54,404. This really rep-
resented el total of 1.  370 horse
power. The later association of
water power with electric motors
has developed ii source of force
that is destined to be of eminent
service in industrial life. The
distribution of this new energy
by means of wires and motors
over areas tributary to our water
courses will add a. new chapter
to the story of industrial devel-
opment. It has been computed
on the very best data. obtainable.
that the rivers and streams of
this country averaged through-
out the year over 200,000,000
horse power. The electric util-
ization of this power opens a.
field of magnificent opportuni-
ties.

The Niagara project is in cor-
respondence with the possibili-
ties of this new energy in motive
power. In Rochester, Kearney
and Spokane Falls we have prac-
tical examples of its use.

The lower falls of the Genesee
river are utilized by the Roches-
ter Brush Electric Light Compa-
ny, and it has 500 motors already
in active service. It furnishes

power to 108 tailor shops. clia1'g-
ing at the rate of $18 per annum
for one-eighth horse power. Fan
motors are kept in continua-l mo-
tion from June 1 to October 1 for
$115. For 25 cents a day a small
manufacturer or storekecper has
one horse power at his service,
with no trouble or care of his
own. Its work is steady and
continuous. and its easy com-
mand in small units at ii nominal
cost will make its use general
and probably work some impor-
tant changes in our industrial fa-
cilities.

The rate for two horse power
is $120 per annum. »7$2;'i(') for five.
$300 for six. $400 for eight. $475
for ten and $700 for fifteen. The
power applied at these rates is
econoniical and steady. and in-
volves no attention beyond the
closing of a switch, and that the
work of a second. It can be car-
ried any distance in large 01'
small quantities.

The ordnance department of
the national government is con-
structing a dam at Rock Island,
Illinois, in which some forty-one
wheels. connected with (lynamos.
will carry the electric current to
motors (listribut.-ecl in its various
departments. The Dcs Moines
rapids at Keokuk will furnish
60.000 horse power. with the
necessary machinery and appli-
ances. There is practically no
computable limit to the possibil-
ities of this motive power. and
its development will, in time.
change many of our varied in-
dustries.—Thc Age of Steel.

, .....#.___¢-¢__{——

High Rates of Speed.

One of our correspondents not
long ago asserted that a speed of
100 miles an hour by steam loco-
motives was entirely practicable.
and thought it would be attained.
In a recent lecture before unsci-
entific club, Prof. Elihu Thomp-
son declared that much higher
speeds than can now be obtained
with steam locomotives are to be
expected by means of elec-.t1'icity.
and he considered from 100 to
even 150 miles an hour possible.
While in the steam loconiotive
there are reciprocating parts that
must be put in motion. stopped.
and reversed Continually. in the
electric’ locomotive we have sim-
ply a rotary motion. which makes
it possible to run with economy
at much higher rates of speed.
Hr believed that if we could come
back after another hundred yi;-aixs.
we would find 150 miles an hour
to be the speed of tra-veling. add-
ing: “It simply depends upon
finding the necessary method of
applying sufficient power. and
building locomotives to suit. ar-
rangements being perfected to
keep the cars on the track." One
hundred and fifty miles an hour
may be among the possibilities.
but probably most people now-a.-
days would rather leave to com-
ing generations the enjoyment of

whirling through space at that

frightful velocity. To leave Chi-
cago at night and be in New
York next morning would be a.
Wonderful achievement. involv-
ing great increase of business fa-
cilities, but the safety of such a
speed under present conditions
may well be questioned.—1.’uz'l-
way Age.

The Beauties of Botany.

Once let a person begin to study
plants and he will desire to in-
crease the list of his acquain-
tances; and then he will use his
eyes as he never did before. He
will discover beautiful flowers
whose existence in the neighbor-
hood none of his mocking friends
ever suspected. He will see a.
hundred things where they will
not see ten. Having learned to
appreciate beauty on a small
scale, he will seek for it instead
of waiting for it to strike his
eye, and will find it in the most
unpromising places. He will do-
light in the exquisite beauty of
the infinitesimal blossoms of the
Door—weed on which passive. un-
instructed observers will never
perceive a. blossom at all; and
will be enchanted by the flowers
of the Pig-weed even, despised
of the multitude, but honored by
him as a. treasury of interest.
Nor, surely, will his new apprecia-
tion of such humble charms
lessen his feeling for the splendor
of the Iris he finds in the swamp
or the Meadow Lily that flaunts
by the way-side.——Ga'rden and
Forest.


 

THE G-RANGE VISITOR.

Froill Is! page.
was hearty assent, and this re-
port a(lopted. ‘

This new governing head thati
is to control and direct concerted
action was christened the Farm-
ers‘ Union of Ohio. and the com-
mittee on ofiicers reported for
president. S. H. Ellis, master of
the State Grange; vice president.
VV. H. Lykens. president of the
State Alliance: secretary. Angus
McDonald: treasurer. S. C. Wol-
cott. The executive committee
consists of J. H. Brigham. Miller
Purvis. T. R. Smith. E. B. Ed-
wards, Ira Sineeds. J. H. Whit-
taker. W. H. Strong and C. N.
Pulse.

The Knights of Labor and
other labor organizations sent

fraternal delegates. and a coin— Y

mittee on conference resulted in
the report that these societies
stood ready to give support at
the ballot-box when the time
came to make decisive effort.

At last peace seemed to hover
over the assemblage, and the
convention that at times had
seemed hopelessly wrecked was
now a united whole. with one
idea only in view—united action
in finding out how best to help
themselves. The idea of running
independent tickets in different
districts and counties was
referred to the delegations from
the different districts, and thus
the convention happily escaped
another rock.

In the evening the time was
wholly given over to speech-
making and "love-feast" experi-
ence. The addresses ranged all
the way from the matter of wise
council and thoughtful concern
for agriculture to the stock-in-
trade speech. made up of sound-
ing generalities. aiid at 10 p. m.
the convention adjourned .5-inc (lie.

To the surprise of many, the
committee on union had a very
brief session and agreed at once
on a state of organization. The
real trouble of a perfect union
was in deciding who were entitled
to representation. The State is
covered with independent clubs.
and a delegate from each would
make this central union a mass
convention. The result was that
only such existing societies as
have a State organization at their
head will be entitled to a dele-
gate. This makes the union at
present. consist of a delegate each
from the Grange. Alliance, Pat-
rons of Industry. League and
Protective Association. This
leaves the clubs all out. but as
a delegate said. "they can all
join soniething that does have a
head.“ It was finally considered
wise to say that the Farmers‘
Union of Ohio had a State head
and each county institute society
should have a delegate. which
brings up the voters of the Farm-
ers‘ Union to a 1)0SSlbl( seventy-
five.

The report of this committee
was unanimously adopted. and
ofiicers were elected: President,
S. H. Ellis: vice president. W.
H. Lykens. secretary. Angus
McDonald; treasurer. S. C. Wol-
cott: with an executive committee
of one from each represented so-
ciety. I

Several labor organizations.
nationalists and the like had sent
messengers and communications
and a committee of one, S. H.
Ellis. was appointed a committee
of conference, and received from
them words of encouragement
and co-operation.

Powers were given the execu-
tive committee of the new Farm-
ers‘ Union of Ohio to call a meet-
ing. fix upon rules, establish
lieadquarters. and give out work
so that every farmer who will.
will be given "einployment" from
now on.

There are a few matters that
need to be further perfected. It
is not to be presumed that a body
of 1000 men can in four hours he
harmonized into a body politic
when it is known that 150 resolu-
tions alone were handed in. cov-
ering every imaginable subject
of reform; that the meeting re-
solved itself into order at all is
proof conclusive that these 1000
farmers were in earnest.—J. 0..

in (,’rmntrg/ Gr1ii,fleiiLaii.
— -—— 

Consumption Surely

Cured.

To THl-1El)lTOR:—- . .
Please inform your readers that I have a positive

remedy for above named disease, By its timely
use thousands of hopeless cases have been perma-
nently cured. I shall be glad to send two bottles
of my remedy FREE to any of your readers who
have consumption, if they will send me their ex-

press and P. 0. address. Respectfully.
T. A.:Si.ocim, I). D., :81 Pearl St., New York.

Benton Harbor Grange Camp-
Meeting.
We were present all
day
noon of Friday. The attendance
had been rather light until Thurs-

day Thurs-

day. but at noon. or soon after. ldel“ of Pa
have no mo

the grand stand was well filled
to listen to the exercises as an-
nounced on the program. A gold
medal contest was the first in or-
der, and the candidates for the
honor of first place did extremely
well. Two young gentlemen and
one young lady were strong com-
petitors. and there was divided
opinion. The girl to whom the
medal was awarded showed good
training. She also manifested
an earnestness in her theme
which seemed to transform her
outh into the wisdom of age.
The State Lecturers address to
young people was an admirable
one. and. although the audience
had been sitting for two hours.
they would willingly have re-
mained another half hour for a
continuation of the speech.

The morning of Friday. the
last day. opened cold and rainy.
but quite a crowd collected to
listen to the papers presented in
the forenoon. Gov. Luce arrived
at noon, about the time our train
was due to return. His audience
will be smaller than in more fa-
vorable weather. but an appreci-
ative crowd, already on the
ground. will be enthused by his
strong. advanced ideas.

We brought home some of the
papers presented. which will ap-

pear in future numbers of the,

Visiron.
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The VISITOR will be represent-
ed at the headquarters of the
Michigan 1v'ui-um-, on Wednesday
and Thursday. during the State
fair at Lansing. VVe shall be
glad to see all our subscribers
and their friends who want to
subscribe. Call around. get a
sample copy, and shake hands.

Homeseekers’ Excursions
Will leave Chicago and Millwau-
kee via the Chicago, Millwaukee
& St. Paul Railway, for points in
Northernlowa. Minnesota. North
Dakota, South Dakota, (includ-
ing the great Sioux Reservation)
Montana. Colorado. Kansas and
Nebraska. on September 9th. and
23d. and October 1-lth. 1890.

Rates for these Excursions
will be about one fare for the
round trip, and tickets will be
good for return within thirty
days from date of sale.

For futher information. apply
to any Coupon Ticket Agent in
the United States or Canada. to
A. V. H. Carpenter. General
Passenger Agent. Chicago. 111.,
or to Harry Mercer. Michigan
Passenger Agent. C. M. & St.
P. Ry., 00 Griswold St. Detroit.

Mich. :39
-%o—}———
Cooking Fruits.
Clara S. Hays says: "Fresh

fruits should be cooked first by
boiling water only. As sugar
is rendered no more soluble. pal

atable, digestible, or nutritious
by cooking. but is. in the pres-
ence of some acids. changed to
glucose by heat, and consequent-
ly is much less sweet. it should
be added only long enough before
removing the fruit from the fire
to dissolve nicely. Dried fruit
should be washed and then

soaked in cold water until it is_

no longer wrinkled in appear-
ance. and has imbibed sutficient
water to give the original round-
ed form; then cook slowly in the
water in which it was soaked.
If cooked rapidly in boiling,
without first being soaked. the
cells are hardened by the heat
and lose the power of imbibing
water and the fruit comes to the
table unsightly. unpalatable and
indigestible.”
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Huron County Pomona Grange
will hold its next regular meet-
ing with Colfax Grange. Thurs-

da . Se it. 2."). commencing at 101
Y 1 s

o‘clock a. m. Fourth degree
members are invited. Let every
5th degree member try to be
present.
MRS. RICHARD NUGENT.
Secretary.

Attention. Patrons of Hills-
dale County Grange: Unavoida-
ble circumstances make it neces-
sary to adjourn the County meet-
ing, which was to be held at
Litchfield September 3d. Subse-
quent meetings will be noticed
in the VISITOR.

J. E. WAGNER, Lect-

1
l
|.,
l
l

at the meeting. and the fore- lVVILLIA.~IsT0N. Mich. Aug-
:ED. VISITOR:

l

Qiommunicattons.

:26.
A(:cording,to my ideas the or-
ns of Husbandry
to do with general
politics than the Church. the or-
der of Odd Fellows or Masons.
Therefore in these times of un ‘.
rest. when the whole farming‘
‘community is stirred to the bot- 
tom by a keen sense of oppres-l
sion and wrong, I dislike tol
hear worthy Patrons censuringl
our order. saying it is too slow. 1
too goody—goody. too much de-l
voted to education and charity. l
Moreover. they boldly demand;
that we become an active factor}
in the ephemeral politics of the;
day. I. for one, cannot agree’
with them. If they desire a.
wider field for their activities——
lwant to vault into oflic-.e——let them ;
i join one of many farmers‘ organ-
.izations now prancing into the
ifield. There is no law against
isuch action I am glad that
farmers are kicking. Let ‘em
kick! It shows they are alive.
not sleeping. and have some
sense left of their own right and
dignity. Or these impatient
brethren can fight it out within
old party lines, if they choose.
voting always and assuredly for
those candidates for political
honors whom they believe will
not sell them out at the first op-
portunity. They must be wise
in their generation!

As good citizens we can vote
‘as we please and it is our bound-
en duty to vote for the best man
according to our point of view.
It will do no harm to bring a
good many farmers to the front.
In a free country all classes.
should have a fair show in repre-
sentation.

But hands off the Grange. I
say. We have done and are do-
ing a good work. We are .re-
spected of all men. Let us hold

fast that which is good. Our
organization is national. pro-
gressive and permanent. We

will exist when all the petty pas-
sions of the day have subsided.
We are not a mere goody-goody
organization. we are a band of
devoted brothers and sisters. and
we know how and have the means
to defend ourselves when men-
aced with real danger. The
whole farming community owes
much to our order. Witness our
triumph in the drive well iniqui-

ed extortions.
«nothing to do with formulating
.the interstate commerce law and ;
lin the establishment of the hu-

ty. slide gates and other attempt-
Had the Grange

reau of agriculture at Washing-
ton? We are proud of our record.
Unselfishly. we are glad that oth- .
ers share in the benefits of ourl,
works. We are ready and able7
to meet and fight all enemies who
may arise in the future. But
our chief and loving work lies in
the elevation of our order intel-
lectually and morally, so that we
may become intelligent freemen
and benefactors.
Fraternally yours.
JOHN H. FORSTER.

——.~*<-O->——-— —— -
August 25. 1890.
ED. VISITOR:

Livingston County Pomona
Grange was held at West Handy
Grange Aug. 20. with picnic din-
ner in the woods near the hall.
The day was all one could wish
for. Grangers and their fami-
lies and friends gathered togeth-
er for a good time. After dinner
the exercises of the day com-
menced with a song entitled’
“ Hail Pomona." by West Handy

-Grange choir. Then Bro. Fors-

ter_ of Williamston Grange fa-
vored us with one of his excel- ,
lent essays. entitled "Culture?!
Then followed essays and select

reading from West Handy!
Grange. We next listened to a:

very able essay by Miss Kenyon, i
entitled "Education." Then Mrs. L
Sabin. of Conway. gave us a reci-
tation that was beautiful indeed.
Mrs. Copeland, of the same place.
also favored us with a recitation
that was very nice. The time
being short. we closed our exer-
cises in the woods and repaired
to the hall and held a secret ses-
sion. which was called to order
by Worthy Master Henry War-
ner, of Brighton Grange. The
meeting opened with prayer by
Worthy Chaplain Bro. Howe, of
Howell Grange. after which came
the regular business of Pomona
Grange; then followed short

speeches. Sister Brown said shel
had been a Granger 10 years. and

was as good a Granger to-day as

V when she first joined. and was not

sorry she was one: said the
Grange had been more benefit to

farmers than they (the Grange)
gave credit for. Pomona Grange

‘tendered a vote of thanks to Bro.
‘Forster. of Willianiston Grange.

for his valuable paper. The day
being far spent the meeting was
closed by Worthy Master Henry
Warner. of Brighton Grange.
Thus closed Livingston County
Pomona Grange. All returned
to their homes feeling better for
having meet togather.
Fraternally yours
l\«lRS. J. S. BRIGGS.

Sept. 1. 1890.

CATARRH,
Cutarihal Deafness---Hay Fever.

A NEW HOME TREATMENT.

Sufi‘:-rers are not generally aware that these «lis-
enses are contagious, or that they are due to the
presence of living parasites in the liming membrane
of the nose and eiistuchiaii tubes. Vicroricopic re-
search, however. has proved this to be 2. fact and
the result of this discovery is that it simple rouimly
has been formulated whereby cntarrn. catarrlial
deafness and hay fever are permanently mired in
from one to three simple applications iniide at home
by the patient once in two weeks.

N. B.-—This treatment is not 9. snuff or an oint-
ment; both have been discarded by reputable physi-
cians as injurious. A pamphlet explaining this
new treatinent is sent free on receipt of stamp to

pay postage, by A. H. Dixon & Son, 337 and 339
West King Street. Toronto. C&nadn.—-(‘lu'z’:tiiz :1 Ad-
ziucuie.

Sufl‘ereri-i from flatarrhieil troubles should care-
fully reml the above.

®bItL1C£l2tcS.
WHITNEY.

Died. at his home in Rockford.
Kent county. Micli.. June 10tl1,
1890. VVilliam E. Whitney. VVor—
thy Treas‘r of Rockford Grange
No. 110.

At a subsequent meeting the
following resolutions were adopt-
ed:

WHEI<:EAs. It has pleased the

-'Great Master €libOV€ t0 remove

by death our Worthy Treasurer.
William E. VVhitney. therefore

1f(‘.s'o[l‘(’(f, That our Grange has
lost one of its best and most
honored members: a willing help-
er in every good work. and faith
ful in the discharge of all duties.

1i‘c.s'0Ii'r’r/. That this Grange.
deeply feeling its loss, and ap-
preciating the worth of our de-
ceased lirother. extend to the be-
reaved wife and children our
heartfelt sympathy.

1i’c.s-o/iiml. That our charter and
hall be draped in mourning for
sixty days. and a copy of these
resolutions be sent the GRANGE
VISITOR for publication.

' CHARLES MANN.
NELL BLIss.
LUCY DOCKERAY.

Committee
-—-»—~—-—¢o>——-?-- ~— ,
MAYNARD.

Again death has entered our
Grange. and this time taken
away our beloved brother. Will-
iam Maynard. who passed quiet-
ly away August 18th. after a
very long illness. He was a very
faithful member of Charity
Grange. No. -117, Carsonville.

WHEREAS. The Great Master
has seen fit to call our brother to
a higher order. therefore be it

]fl‘.\‘(I[l'(‘lI. That we do deeply
sympathize with the bereaved
family of the deceased: also be it

Ii’w.s-oliwl. That we drape our
charter ninety days.

NELSON Gnrricov.
REUBEN GRANT.
ELLEN MILLER.
Committee.
. ,,___<,>__

KESSON.

Died, May 5th. 1890, Brother
I. V. Kesson. a worthy and re;
spected member of Butler
Grange. He had long been a
faithful worker in our ranks. As
a tribute to his memory, Butler
Grange. at a meeting held July
29th, desires to express its sym-
pathy with the bereaved daugh-
ter and friends. and to show its
respect for a worthy brother; we
therefore

Iifris-olvc, That the above senti-
ment become a part of our record
and a copy be sent to the daugh-
ter and also to the VISITOR for
publication.

Mus. A. M. BTCINTOSH.

Du. L. JOHNSON.

Miss FLORA SPERBECK,
Committee.

Our readers who are afflicted
with deafness should not fail to
write to Dr. A. Fontaine, 19 East
11th Street. New York City, for
his circulars giving affidavits and
testimonials of wonderful cures
from prominent people. The
doctor is an aurist of world-wide
reputation. See his advertise-
ment elsewhere.

 

St. Joseph County Grange will
hold a meeting at Centerville
Grange Hall Thursday. Septem-
ber 4th. W. B. L.

DBAFNBSS,

lTS CAUSES AND CURE,

Scientifically treated by an aurist of world-wide
reputation. Deafness eradicated and entirely
cured, of from 20 to 30 years’ standing. after all
other treatments have failed. How the difficulty
is reached and the cause removed, full explained
in circulars, with aflidavits and testimonials of
cures from rorninent peo le, mailed free.

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Ersv or FALLING SICKNESS a life-long study. I
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when have failed is no reason for not now receiving a.
cure. Send At. once for I treatise and I Free Bottle
05 11‘ infanlblfi P831618. Give Express and Post Oflice.
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WANTED.

ONE HUNDRED WOMEN AND GIRLS
to work in our FEATHERli()l\'F. DRESS STAY
urFE.-\T}{ERB()Nl£ CORSET l-‘.-KCTORY. Fei
wages etc.. address,

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Three Oaks. .V[i(-Ii.

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are pi'odu<*i-d by ()ld Dr. Ht-;itli‘s Harm-
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June 20, 1890.—Ceiiti':il S[:l.ll(l1l.l'(l Tinie.

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Walton ______________ ._ 1 16 _1-2 45
Cadillac _. ‘J 20 S ‘I.’ 05
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Grand Rapids . . 6 30 I 6 00
Kalamazoo ......... __lv 8 2:) , 8 05
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Kalaniazoo  ,
Grand Rapids.

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Walton . . . . . . .
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Petoskey . . . . . . .
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‘ No. 2 No. 125 ‘No. -1
l Exp. Exp. Exp.
Port Huron lv ..... . . T lflarn 5 59am '7 24 pin
Lapeer . . . . . . . . .. R 31 “ 7 28 “ 855 ‘
Flint... 905 “ 805 “ 945 ‘
Durand ‘J35 “ 8 48 “ 10 30 “
Lansing _ 1030 “ 1000 “ 1130 “
Charlotte .. 11 U0 “ 1037 “ 12 05aiii
Battle Creek . . . . . . . . .. 11 30 “ 12 50 "
“ “ lv _ . .. .2 05pm 1 00pm 100 “
Vicksburg ...... .. I2 50 “ 1 48 “ 1 48 "
Schoolcrnft ...  . ... l 00 “ 1 58 “ 1 58 "
Marcellus ... ... 12‘! “ 2 20 “ 2 17 ‘*
Casaopulls _ . . I 50 “ 2 5') “ '2 45 “
South Bend... 2 35 " 340 “ 3 35 “
Valparaiso . ....... .. 400 “ 5 20 “ 5 10 “
Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 6 25 “ 10 In “ 7 30 ‘~
TRAINS EASTVVARI).
No. 1 No. 3 No. 5
Mail. Exp. Exp
Chicago lv .   ._  8 40am 3 15pm 8 15pm
Valparaiso. ll ‘)5 “ 5 ‘.20 “ ll) 30 “
South Bend 1 00pm 6 40 “ 12 001ml
Canaopolls. 1 50 “ 7 t7 “ 1.’. 45 “
Marcellus . 2 '20 “ ...... ._ 1 ll “
Schoolcraft ‘2 42 “ ...... _. 1 33 “
Vicksburg .............  2 55 “ 801 “ 1 as “
Battle Greek or ........ _. 3 45 “ 8 40 “ 2 30 “
*- “ lv   405 “ 345 “ 235 ‘-
Charlotte   5 00 “ 927 “ 3 25 H
Lansing. ._ ..... ‘S 37 “ 957 “ 400 “
Durand  ..... 7 ‘.20 “ 10 48 “ 503 ‘-
Flint _ . . _ _ __ 8 00 “ 1] 17 “ 5 40 “
Lnpeer ..... .. 8 55 “ ll 48 “ 6 17 ‘*
Port Huron ..... .. 10 31 “ 1 05 am 7 35 “

No. 42. mixed, west, leaves Schoolcraft at 9:50 :1.
m., and No. 43, east, at 3:40 p. m. -

Nos. ‘2. 3. 4 and 5 run daily.

Tickets sold and baggage checked to all parts of
Canada and the United States.

For through rates and time apply to E. L.
Crull, Local Agt., Schoolci-aft; W. E. DAVIS, gen'l
passenger agent, Chicago; W. J. SPICEB, gen‘l
manager Detroit.

Rooflzggl

GUM—ELASTlC ROOFING FELT costs only
$2.00 per ion square feet. Makes a good roof for
years, and anyone can put it on. Send stamp for
sample and full particulars. ’

GUM ELASTIC ROOFING Co..
39 & 41 WEST BROADWAV, New York.

' Local Agents “Tinted.

DEDERlCK’S BALING PRESSES
Of all size: and style: alwayt on hand.

 
    
  
  
 
 
  
 
  
   

They
are light.
strong, cheap
‘ I and durable.
We make a
ful 1 line of
steel case

are superi- .-
or to All others

in power, an '
paclty and ‘ '
durability. for
proof order

on trial.

 
  
 
 

Address for cln-iilnm and location
of nizents. P. K. DEDEIKICK & C0.,
40 Dedcrlclfla Works, - - Auuxy. 1;. f_