fillllfllii.

“THE F.-IIIJIEII IS OF MORE CONSEQUENCE THAN THE FARM, AND SHOULD BE FIRST I.lIPROl"ED."

V01. XV. N0. 18.

PAW PAW, IIIC-H., SEPTEMBER [5, I890.

Whole Number 354.

THE GRAN_GE VISITOR.

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PAW raw. men.

 
   

September.

Once more tl1(’.lil7L:l”fll}'t‘£ll'l(lll£llS,I’Jlll,

()‘cr richer stores than gems or gold:
Once more with liarvvsi-sxvlxg and shout

ls n:mII‘e's bloodless triumph tolcl.
Our conuuon niothcr rests :unlsiI1g~;.

Like Ruth. ainong her gznrncred sliezivns;
Her liip is full of goodly things.

Hcr brow is briglit with autumn leaves.
0 favors ever y year made new!

0 gifts with rain and sunshine sent!
The bounty overruns our due.

The fullness shaines our discontent.
\Ve shut our eyes, the flowers bloom on;

VVe murmur, but the corn ears fill;
\\'e choose the shadow; but the sun

Thai casts ii; shines behind us still.
—ll'/z1'ttt'n'.
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Farmers’ Association.

The September meeting was
held at the home of O. P. Mor-
ton. A large attendance of the
members was present at an early
hour. Some of the friends of
Mr. and Mrs. Morton were invit-
ed. so that the meeting was large
and enthusiastic. After dinner
the new President. N. H. Bangs,
called the meeting to assemble in
‘h.e.=€ron§..y.a.r.ti. 41:2,! _
native oaks, and delivered his in-
augural address. He reviewed
the history of the Association
and its work. Eleven years ago
the 6th of last June. a company
of farmers and their wives were
invited to the home of A. C.
Glidden. to look over his farm
and to discuss a question or two
as to rotation. &c. The meeting
was so interesting that it was
proposed to continue them by an
organization. A committee was
appointed to report rules for the
guidance of the body. The place
was designated and the time,
three months thereafter. During
these intervening years the asso-
ciation has met regularly four
times every year. Forty-five
meetings have been held——a
month and-a-half of time spent,
and, he believed, well spent.
There have been changes; five of
the wives of those who were pres-
ent at the first meeting have since
died. The interest in the meet
ings has never slackened. and
from its social privileges, if from
no other. the members have de-
rived great benefit.

The first in order on the pro-
gram was a paper by Mrs. B. G.
Buell entitled "Farmers Out-
ings.” This paper will be found
in another column. Mrs. A. H.
Smith thought too much time
and money was wasted in get-
ting ready for an outing. If this
could be dispensed with. greater
benefit might result from a few
days’ recreation.

Mr. A. H. Smith thinks all
need such periods of rest, and
the farmer  much as any one.
C Mrs. Rol)'t Morrison could re-
member when all the summer
recreation the people in the coun-
try indulged in was the annual
Sabbath School picnic, which.
with the labor of preparation and
the attendance at tables, made it
such an occasion of labor that it
took another day to get rested,
so that the value of the outing
was not very great. This should
be improved upon by some real
restful change.

R. Morrison: Farmers seldom
have the time to spend a great
deal away from home, but he al-
ways comes home from a vaca-

 

5,:lo..nf the. .

ltion feeling well repaid for the
"time spent. One needs to leave
}his home occasionally to appre-
gciate the value of it.

p D. Wood1nan's hardest work is
I to do nothing. It is better for a
‘mans health to keep busy. All
jshould occasionally take some
‘ time from their farms if they can
afford it.

V O. P. Morton took but little
I time for outing before the organ-
lization of this association. but
the one day spent has always
been profitable. The notes taken
have always been useful. The

old county fair was one of the‘
I valuable outings for the farmer. ,
I but its day seems to have gone ‘

1 by

they are kept at home.
the work. but the custom. which
prevents them breaking away oc-
casionally. Going would give a
new zest to life.
mind upon mind gives vigor. She
frequently goes when the team is
going. on purpose to get away
from routine duties, and the stim-
ulus of the few minutes away
from them gives added strength
to overcome ditficulties. She be-
lieves the vigor of her constitu-
tion is due to the fact that she
won't stay at home all the time.

E. P. Mills thinks we are large-
ly creatures of habit, and our
early education has a good deal
to do with our desires for recrea-
tion; ‘It un"e“"l1a'.a‘ been vallowed
play-days frequently in‘ youth.
they always want them. He be-
gins to think he must take his
soon or never.

T. R. Harrison: One has said
that home is the ileum-.s-t place on
earth. He believes it. He can
live at a boarding house or a
summer hotel cheaper. The more
we get away from home the more
we observe. We always come
home knowing more, and that is
what makes the Yankee so much
more knowing than others.
travels and explores and gets out
of his boundary lines. The North
Pole is not too far away for him
to make excursions toward it. It
is by rubbing against each other
that we improve. The farmer
was once a serf — a mud-sil1—— a
hewer of wood and drawer of wa-
ter. The outing has brought him
out. He believes most strongly
in the adaptation of man to pleas-
ure. and our pleasure is measur-
ed by the number of pleasant
people we meet. If it does cost
something. it is worth it.

A. C. Glidden: Outings im-
prove our faculties of discern-
ment. We scrutinize, and criti-
cise. and constantly learn. This
educated faculty enables us to
see more on our own farms—to
find pleasurable things around
us. The writer spoke of things
on their own farm. unfamiliar to
her, but which were of suflicient
importance to publish in a lior—
ticultural report. Scarcely one

farmer in twenty knows the
1 plants and grasses growing on
|his own farm. An outing opens

all our perceptions -—we are alert
l to see and learn. and this educat-
ed seeing aids us in all the oper-
ations of the farm and stirs emo-
tions of pleasure by the new light
in which familiar things are seen.

Mrs. R. Morrison recited a po-
em entitled “Hour by Hour, ” with
such an appreciation of its senti-
ment that all hearts were touch-
ed by it.

Mrs. E. L. Warner read a pa-
per entitled “Our Associations,”
which we hope to publish in a
future number of the VISITOR.
The theme was so ably handled

that it seemed like a reiteration

Irlrs. N. H. Bangs: Farmers
and their wives complain that
It is nots

The attrition of ‘

He.

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to say anything upon the subject:
following its delivery.

T. R. Harrison: Our civiliza-
tion grows out of experiment.
Animals do not experiment—thcy
simply eat and grow. Mankind,
is always studying things. Our.
ideas are constantly enlarging. ‘
We can cultivate the capacity for
pleasure. Some people seem
never to enjoy themselves except
when they are miserable. Scold-
ing and profane words can be bit-
ten oif. Set the happiness mill to
running and grind out pleasure.
Cultivate sweetness of temper,
and the effort will prove a suc-5
cess.

Mrs. B. G. Buell: Society is a

icompact in which we are bound

to do our share. VVe too often
enjoy the things others are doingi
for us without making an effort
to help along the entertainment.

Mrs. N. H. Bangs: It is true
that we grow by mingling with
other people. To get the great-
est good, we should do a part of
the talking and a part of the
writing. There is no assimilation
without action. A sponge will
take up water, but does not as-
similate it. ‘

E. P. Mills: We gain little to
our stock of knowledge by room-
ing with an ignoramus. We grow
by contact with better minds.

The subject of wheat culture
came up incidentally, and much
valuable information was brought
out, but the grounc;_,.'.'as nearly
all goneover ’1n"'a‘. rec-‘ent number
of the VISITOR. and we shall not
take space to reiterate.

E. A. Wildey. a representative
from another club, claimed that
theirs was an offshoot from this.
and that its influence had been
very salutary and valuable on
their members.

The subject of a union meeting
once a year of all the clubs in the
county was discussed. which re-
sulted in the appointment of a_
committee of two. to meet a like‘
committee from each of the other
clubs. to arrange for a meeting
in Paw Paw in early winter.

On invitation of Mr. and Mrs.
R. Morrison. the Association ad-
journed to meet at their home in
December.

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Farmers’ Outings.

I have been always interested
in watching the growth of a. cac-
tus T have among my house
plants. Over one-half of the
year it stands dormant, gather-
ing in its force for growth. When
it begins to grow. it starts out
with vigor in every direction,
every leaflet pushes out a new
one. and that another and then
it rests again. At its second
period of growth it puts out blos-
soms instead of leaves, and if its
rest has been complete,_it is full
and perfect in its blossoming.

By watering it continually and
keeping it in the sunshine, I have
kept up a semi-growth all the
year, but its blossoms are few
and straggling, its growth small
and slender. Naturally the plant
requires complete rest to fully
develop itself.

So with many other plants and
trees, some taking rest by sea-
sons, others daily. closing not
only flowers, but leaves.

In the animal kingdom we have
the same feature of activity and
rest; rest lengthened into periods
of hibernation. Man alone, is
left in freedom to choose how
much he shall work, how many
hours he shall spend in sleep,
how much time in mental cul-
ture, how much in physical la-
bor. It is for him to decide what
proportion of his life he will de
vote to the sensuous wants of his

 

body, and what part he will give

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to the building up of his spiritual  lunch basket. makes a merry rest

nature.

lin a social way.
To be fully fitted for his work E

Let it be in whatever manner

he must take some time to rest~  or season it may come. I think it
sleeping so many hours a dayjthe duty of every household to
will not be sufficient. he mustzsee that its meinbcrs every one
have periods of rest like the of them take an outing. even if it

plants and animals.
What is rest?

be short and only in a simple

Change of oc- }way. so that there is surely some

cupation is rest to the physical‘time that we lose thought and
man. change from mental to phy- Isight of work and care.

sical labor is rest to the student.

doing nothing is oftentimes the‘

hardest of all work.
There are many ways of seek-

: ing rest. but it suits my purpose

to advocate the plan of taking

7 outings for farmers and farmers‘

wives. First. it takes them

away from home. they naturally‘

make so much of their home,
they have planned the buildings.
the orchard; garden and trees
have all grown up under their

care and by their selection; it is.
their small world, and they have 1
isolated themselves in it. so if?

they do not get out into the outer
busy world. they become unsym-
pathetic. suspicious, envious,
morose and stolid.

Two hours’ ride in any direc-
tion from our homes will bring
one in contact with someone in
need of our sympathy. someone
so much heavier taxed than we.
and not one with whom we would
change places, that our own bur-
dens seem light as feathers, and
we return to our duties with
cheerfulness. Our summer as-
semblies afford an admirable
place for physical rest by their
atmosphere and location. while
their mental stimulus and
means of spiritual development
is limited only by the capacity to
digest the bountiful supply that
is spread before one. Chautau-
qua. Island Park and our own
beautiful Bay View are all access-
ible to people in southern Michi-
gan. If one can not attend the
whole time, a week or a few days
spent in such a place will give a
person such an uplift of thought
from the daily routine of work,
that it will give a fresh impetus
and vigor to it for many months.

For a complete change of
scenes and manner of living, there
is not any better tonic for farin-
ers than a few days spent in our
busy cities during some of their
fairs. expositions and floral
shows.

But farmers and farmers’
wives can not always leave to at-
tend such places, for want of
time. means or health. then
“Take the goods the gods have
given you" and make the most of
home surroundings. Lowell says
he is a most superficial traveller
who does not know his own na-
tive place. A certain writer
when told that there were thirty
different varieties of trees in a
near ravine said "fudge," but
nevertheless went out to investi-
gate.

How many of us can give the
correct name of all the trees in
our woodland. or the grapes on
our farm, the flowers by the
roadside? I well remember with
what mortification and chagrin.
several years ago, I read in a hor-
ticultural report, that the two
largest Sassafras trees in south-
ern Michigan, were on our farm,
in a small piece of woods adjoin-
ing our yard, which was my par-
ticular resort for walking and
botanizing.

A day in the woods for investi-
gation and study of its natural
features is a profitable treat and
rest, while an impromptu picnic
of a few congenial friends. with
a book for reading, a recitation
or two, some music, extempore
speech making, and always the

Plan for it. look ahead for it.
think of the best way. the most

convenient. or perhaps the easi

; est.

but be certain to have it

fcome as regular as our harvest

or our seed time.

—- -7%-» #~- —

lVe take the following extract
from the paper of Robt. Gibbons.
read before the Volinia Farmers’
Club. and published in .l[ir‘/zigrm.
Fan/m‘.

ARE BOARDS OF TRADE A BENE-
FIT on AN L\'.lL'RY TO PRO-
DUCERS?

On this point I can safely affirm
they are a benefit. Let us inquire
first wh at "such Boards are main-
tained for. and their objects.
They were first instituted to bring
traders, or those who had some-
thing to sell or buy, together at
an appointed time and place. so
as to enable them to do business
at a minimum of cost in time and
money. To this has been added
from time to time such functions
as the necessity of the business
seemed to demand. An organ-
ization was effected. rules for
trading adopted. inspectors of
products appointed. and other
action taken to expedite business.
Let me go back to a time when
the chief commercial city of this
State did not have such a Board.
and the methods of business which
then . prevailed. There were a
Ce-1-121-in number of dealers in pro-
duce scattered around the city.
A farmer came in with a load of
grain. and drove from one to the
other to get the best terms he
could. There was no one- to
grade his grain and thus enable
him to determine its value in the
world’s market. He was atagreat
disadvantage. Now he ships a load
of grain to Detroit, consigned to
a dealer. The inspector reports
its grade, and it is sold for the
full value of that grade on that
day, and the shipper can know
that he got the market value of
his grain by the daily reports of
sales. The inspection is strictly
fair, for if it were not, dealers at
other points would not accept
grain on the basis of that grading.
Thus a Detroit grade of wheat will
be accepted in any market without
question, and bought and sold
withoutfurther inspection. Mem-
bers of a Board also buy and sell
to each other upon that grading
without question. You will see.
therefore. that a Board of Trade
has legitimate duties to perform
in connection with the grain
trade of the world, and that if it
confines itself to them it is a bene
fit to that trade, as well as the
producer and consumer, by plac-
ing it upon a safe and honorable
basis. Of course all kinds of men
belong to such organizations. and
because a dealer does belong to
one is no argument that he is
either an honest or dishonest
man. He will, however be cer-
tainly excluded if proven guilty
of dishonesty in connection with
his business as a member of a
board.

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Out of the common stones of
your daily work you may build
yourself a temple which shall
shelter your head from all harm.
and bring down on you the in-
spiration of God.——Tlzeo. Par].-er.

 


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TIEIE Gi-IEi.A.1\TG-El VISITOR.

Sept. 15, 1890.

The Husking of the Corn.

The golden days of summer time have swiftly
glided by,

and sky.

The frost is kissing forest boughs into a scarlet
bl: ze.

The grapes are purpling in the sun upon the wood-
land vine.

The air’s invigorating as a draught of rich, red
wine.

‘jtumn sunset; of silken sc
fine that they could be d1'awn~dress your
. _ . through a finger-ring; of shawlsiler. we
And autunm's subtle wxtchery 15 changing earth from the Valley of ‘

 

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for. It is usually about four
inches too short one way and a
foot too long the other: and it is

The earth is fair as clover-fields bedecked with 1 ‘while trying to get the carpet

dew at morn.

And autumn welcomes with a smile the husking of
the corn.

My mind goes back to other days. and better, if
you please‘

\\'hen boys and girls were wont to meet at jolly
husking bees-—

Girls who it really seems to me were handsomer
by far

Than all the artificial ones the tailors make up
are.

Those were dc';i;htful evenings when we mixed
our toil with blis 2,

For every red ear which we found secured the
cherished k ss.

It isn't strange that now 1 feel so lonesome and
forlorn

Since all m_v friends are absent at the husking of
the corn.

—C/11'nzgz7 /Icrulzi.

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A Man's Idea. of a Rag Carpet.

VVhat is a rag carpet? As VVeb
ster and Wooster fail to give an
adequate definition of it. I will
try to give a partial description,
which, living in a house where
three have been made. qualifies
me to communicate. But I may
as well state to commence with
that the English language is sad-
ly deficient in words when you
write about a rag carpet. In the
first place it is undoubtedly the
cause of more envy, jeolousy,
neighborhood quarrels, etc., than
any other article. For, if Mrs. A.
happens to remark that Mrs. B‘s
carpet is prettier than Mrs. C‘s,
Mrs. C. will never forgive her
and would go on foot across lots,
on a dark night, in a hard rain.
without an umbrella, to tell some-
thing mean about Mrs. A.

I have no doubt that many di-
vorce suits could be traced to the
same origin; and that lunatic asy-
lums are largely peopled by men
who have been driven desperate
and finally mad by hearing for
months such words and phrases
as “colored warp." “plain warp.“
"1{ag.s-." “Plain stripe." "fancy
strip," “1{ags." "Hit-and-miss."
"Derfection dyes." "Rags." “Yel-
low,” ‘~brown," ‘*green," "blue."
*‘ fags." After about three months
of this his mind becomes chaotic.
he is unable to transact his usual
business. and is trotted off to an
asylum, a victim to the rag ma-
nia.

But what is it like? It is like
nothing else under the sun. It
is composed of warp one way and
almost everything under the can-
opy of heaven the other. The
warp is either white. colored, or
both, and is purchased at a store.
The other way of the grain it is
rags, pure and simple, which are
prepared at home. And when a
woman gets to tearing rags there
is nothing under the sun that will
stop her short of a summer kitch-
on or a fit of sickness. But it is
after the weaver has sent the
third time for more rags that you
have to wrap a sheet around you
some morning while hunting in
vain for the unmentionables that
your wife cut up after you went
to bed; and the hired man com-
plains that some one has torn
the lining out of his rubber boots.
Then everything is sacrificed,
from the sheets on the spare bed
to the husbands last shirt.

Now. as I said, the carpet is all
rags one way. These rags are
usually worked into stripes, as
follows: Plain stripes, fancy
stripes, and sometimes a sort of
cotton-and-wool hash, called hit-
and-miss stripe. The plain stripe
is usually of some dull, muddy
color, and looks very much like
a piece broken off the end of a
14-inch furrow on sod ground.
The fancy stripe is intended to
represent a section of a rainbow,
hammered out straight. It is
here that the primary colors are
heaped together in a manner to
set one's teeth on edge and make
the eyes ache.

After three or four trips to the
weavers, the carpet is brought
home. smelling of old rags and
dye-stuffs. As the roll stands on
end it looks like a pepperidge
stump with the bark on. Yet
every one that comes there is
called upon to admire it, and woe

to the one who says it isn’t just
too handsome for anything.

But now comes the tug of war

The carpet is made, but it has got

 

to be put down. We read of Ori-
ental rugs. as gorgeous as an au-

. suicide.

down that life is a

arfs. so 1 ter which I had the honor to ad-

predecessor. M. Spul-
challenged and invited a

I Cashmere. most rigorous examination by
The leaves have lost the emerald green they wore 1 that Wgre Worth 3‘ king.S ra‘nSO_In-  y011I' Scientific GXPBIWS. and  ‘V35
in vernal days. {But history fails to record a s1n- ‘-lmade
gle instance where a rag carpet 1 tion.
would fit the room it was made*formation

to their apparent satisfac-
We forwarded all the in-
that was then at hand.
and have never been told that it

iwas insnfiicient or that any more

was desired. Certainly it szems

ito us that there is no reason to
burden to at

seek for more. This pork is

man. and his mind drifts towardécheap and wholesome and enor-

W. R.

, ._._4_.<y.¢.__-..,». .

Give Credit to the Farmer.

New England farmers are pro-
verbially conservative and as

and services of their best men as

in regard to
responsibility as citizens, says a

writer in the New Englaml Farm— E

or. This is one reason why so

few farmers have become promi- lease
nent in the different communities l cept

in which they live. A lawyer
has learned to have the cheek to
push ahead whether his services
are recognized or not. The
farmer or the unassuming man
in other callings who has lived in
a milder social atmosphere, and
who has been taught to believe
that sterling worth alone should
have recognition from the public,
often shrinks from contending
for the position to which he as-
pires and for which he is pre-
eminently fitted both by nature
and education.

The result is, an inferior man
in every respect gets the place,
and the town. county, State or
Nation is the loser thereby. The
fact is that the man‘s ability is
recognized, but not in a public
way or so as to be of any benefit
to him. People seem to think
that it will be a positive damage
to a man to let him know that he
is worthy of position and honor,
but when he is dead they think
it a duty they owe to his memory
and good deeds to cover him up
with a thick mantle of praise for
disinterested labors in his special
line of work. Since the death of
the lamented F. D. Douglass. of
Vermont, a few weeks since. more
well merited praise has been be-
stowed upon him by all classes
than he received during a life-
time of unselfish devotion to the
interests of American dairymen.
The same was true of the late
Marshall P. VVilder. of Massa-
chusetts, and others who might
be mentioned.

It is a great mistake to think
that well merited praise or reo-
ognition will injure a man. Every
wise teacher or parent knows
that merited praise for the good
conduct or work of the bright
boy or girl will bring far better
and more satisfactory results in
the future. Hundreds of bright
boys and girls have been driven
from the farm and home because
of a want of encouragement and
reasonable recognition of serv-
ices from their injudicious par-
ents. “Men are but children of
an older growth,” and there is
the same need of encouragement
as in children. but in a different
degree. for their highest devel-
opment and greatest usefulness
in life. A just recognition and
acknowledgement of the services
of deserving men while in the
prime of life and activity would
bring hundreds of the best class
of men to the front. and go far
toward enabling merit instead of
cheek to become the predominant
force in all the avenues of farm
and public life.

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American Pork Not Unhealthy.

Minister Reid is urging France
to repeal its unjust laws prohib-
iting the importation of Ameri-
can pork and kindred products
to France. In the course of a
letter addressed to Minister Ri-
bot, he has the following to say
about the wholesomeness of our

ork:

“We ask the repeal of this pro-
hibition as an act of naked jus-
tice too long deferred. It has
been excused only by alleging
the unhealthfulness of American
pork. Now. this product is per-
fectly known not to be unhealth-
ful, and we no longer hear of any
serious belief in any quarter that
it is. Your Academy of Medi-
cine long since decided in its fa-
vor. Your own Exposition gave
it the highest award last year in

competition with all the world.
After that award, through a let-

 
 

mously used; but nowhere so

imuch as by our own people.
iThey are the largest pork-con-

suming nation in the world. and
vet. from the time the disease of

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wary in recognizing the abilityltrichinoisis was first observed
‘down to this day, it is believed
in the adoption of new methods,t~hat there has not been in the
in regard to farming or new ideaslUnited States so many actual

their duty andldeaths from

it altogether as there
has been in a single year from
strokes of lightning. There is
not an authentic case of the dis-
known to be recorded ex-
when the pork was eaten
raw. If it were a question of im-
portation among a nation of sav-
ages, possibly there might be a
valid reason for its exclusion.
but not in the nation marching at
the head of the civilization of
Europe. Relations between gov-
ernments are best and most en-
during when they rest upon a
basis of mutual good will and
mutual interest. Of the mutual
good will in the case of our coun-
tries there is, happily, no doubt;
the world has seen more than a
century's evidence of it. But I
would like to show that the ac-
tion we now ask is in the mutual
interest of the two countries: that
it is greatly to the benefit of
France, and that it is especially
in the interest of the very classes
in France for which a wise gov-
ernment always cherishes the
most solicitous care, and to which
a republican government is es-
pecially bound. This might seem
to tend toward a questionable dis-
cussion of your domestic affairs.
Relying. however, upon the cour-
teous permission your Excellency
has given me to pursue this phase
of the question. I beg you to be-
lieve that. even with this permis-
sion, I only do so in the firm be-
lief that *5“-fie--facts demonstrate
your interests and ours to be har-
monious and not conflicting."

Honesty and Fair Dealing.

This, both in public and private
life, is the imperative demand of
the hour. Alaxity in this res-
pect has been gradually creeping
into the minds of many who
occupy positions of trust, until
the old time idea of what consti-
tutes honest dealing have been
greatly changed, and the indivi-
duals who have adopted such
changes have substituted double
dealing and all sorts of chicanery
to enable them to hold their posi-
tions and secure their ill gotten
gains.

Such may flourish for a season,
but they are sure to come to grief.
It is only a question of time, and
in most instances the time is not
long, for it is the history of all
such. that becoming enboldended
by their supposed success, they
get heedless of consequences and
thus detection becomes certain.

No man ever became dishonest
all at once; the change is gradual.
It may be that the first departure
was the using of his employers
money, or that of a friend held
in trust, for his own use. with a
full determination to restore the
same at an early day. The mon-
ey, as is too often the case. was
used for speculative purposes.
A loss ensued, and the deficit
was covered up and another sum
taken with the full intention of
returning the loss and restoring
the money thus taken. I

But he is in the toils. loss
follows loss and theft follows
theft until the burden becomes
too great, and detection follows.
Another victim is added to the
list, another family broken up
and its members impoverished,
and the husband and father either
a wanderer from his native land
or suffering the penalty of his
crime within prison walls.

And all this is the result of
making haste to be rich, engen-
dered by living beyond one‘s
means. This is the rock on
which thousands suffer - ship-
wreck, and the question of to-
day is, is it worth the fearful
risks involved? If persons would
carefully consider this, ere they

 

take the first step, how many

would be saved from the disas-ii

trous consequences of their own;

f0lly.—I*’(n‘m(’r'.s' I"/‘ic7ul.
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Wheat for Stock.

"Wheat is a good feed for all
stock if properly managed. The
price in comparison with other
materials has always been such
that very little has been used. It
contains a good proportion of
fat forming matter. analysis
showing that it contains over 68
per cent of fattening material
and 12 of flesh forming matter
and is a good feed for fattening
stock in the fall. The objection
to it is that if fed dry it will
swell considerably after it is taken
into the stomach and gets
thoroughly moistened and if
given too much at once induces
colic. The better plan of feed-
ing is to commence with a small
ration at first and then gradually
increase until the stock can be
put on a full feed. This gives
them a chance to get accustomed
to it-. It is more nourishing than
other grain. consequently a less
amount is necessary to keep in a
good condition. With hogs the
best plan of feeding whole wheat
is to soak it at least 12 hours; ‘.24
is still better. Have two barrels,
and while feeding out of one
have the other soaking; fill half
full of wheat, then fill up with
water; quantity to be determined
by the number of hogs to be fed.
For all kinds of stock. hogs,
horses, cattle and sheep it can be
improved by grinding coarse be-
fore feeding. and if fed to hogs
in this way should be made into
slop. It is one of the best grains
that can be fed to sheep during
the winter. Care should always
be taken to feed in tight troughs
or boxes in order to avoid waste.
and especially when fed whole
and dry. When corn or oats
have been more or less of a failure,
and are consequently selling at
good prices, wheat can often be
fed to good advantage in fatten-
ing the stock in the fall or early
winter. and a better price be
realized in this way than to
market.——N. S. Shepherd. in F(ll'lIl-
ers‘ Review.

. ,._<..__.,,_h

Don't Feed Your Mowings.

Is it, best to feed mowvings?
This question stirred up a lively
interest at the late dairymens
meeting in Connecticut. Secre-
tary Gold of the board believes
that some meadows which are
heavily covered with aftermath
may be fed without injury. Rich-
ard Van Deusen of the Shaker
family. Hartford county. said.
"Seven years ago we took a farm
which only cut 50 tons of hay.
We have steadily pursued the
policy of not feeding it. and last
year besides selling 200 tons of
hay We kept 40 cattle on its pro-
duct. and still have hay on hand.
I would rather have cattle in my
parlor than in my mowing. Land
will double its productive capacity
in four years. if not pastured,
and this without a spoonful of
fertilizer.” "I am satisfied that
we are damaging ourselves by
feeding our mowing land,” said
D. J. Elsworth of Windsor. If
we could only pursuade ourselves
to keep off the stock and forego
a small direct profit, the indirect
profit would be large and sure.
Land which is not pastured im-
proves steadily.

Mr. C. H. Everett, of Wiscon-
sin. says: "My method is to sow
clover with all small grain, and
when the crops are taken off at
harvest time, the whole farm
with the exception of corn land,
is green with clover: it protects
the land from the burning sun.
and later on makes good fall feed.
One should keep up a rotation,
sow every spring and plow up a
portion every fall. I always sow
in spring just ahead of roller, I
never sow more than six quarts.
and have had a splendid stand
on three. Land plaster used in
connection with clover can not
be too highly recomended. We
are told by learned men on this
subject, that all vegetable matter
while decaying generates am-
monia, which becomes vaporized
at 80 degrees, and consequently
lost to the soil, but by the decrease
of temperature of the atmosphere,
the amonia is condensed with
moisture brought down by dews
and rain, the plaster being mixed
with the surface of the land acts
to hold and incorporate it with~
the soil, whereby it becomes fixed

In the course of an address up-
on the commercial fertilizers. de-
livered before the Michigan
State Dairy Association. Prof.
Kedzie, of the Michigan Agricul-
tural College, said: "The most
natural and general manure for
the farm is yard and stable ma-
nure. I repeat and emphasize
what I have said on previous oc-
casions, the pivot of successful
farming is the dung heap. It is
a complete manure. containing
all the elements necessary for
plant growth and in available
form. If properly managed.
such manure returns to the soil
all the elements taken off in the
crops I can speak before you
with confidence on this point. for
of all farm pursuits, dairy farm-
ing is least exhausting to the
soil, and if any man can keep up
and even increase the produc-
tivencss of his soil. it is the dairy
farmer. No discussion of the
manurial question that does not
place yard and stable manure in
the front rank and main de-
pendence is worthy of considera-
tion. Special and commercial
fertilizers may be used to supple-
ment the barnyard manure. or
for special crops and conditions.
but they must hold a secondary
position. ‘Prove all things,
hold fast that which is good.‘
The use of plaster on clovers and
leguminous plants is too well
known and too generally prac-
ticed to require any extended no-
tice here. I would not decry the
commercial fertilizers, for they
are of great value when properly
used, but I am very firm in my
belief that for a general purpose
manure they cannot economically
replace barnyard manure. Used
judiciously to reinforce barnyard
manue. they may well be used on
certain crops and on certain
kinds of soils, but used indis-
criminately in general farming.
the result has generally been
unsatisfactory in this State. It
is for special farming and for
the fruit grower and market gar-
deners that the commercial fer-
tilizers promise the best results
at present. The thrifty farmer
will naturally look for cheaper
forms of these fertilizing mater-
ials. When hardwood ashes con-

tain 8-per cent of potadi. ho:tvill-~¢-

see that 100 pounds will be
worth -18 cents for the potash
alone. When a ton of clover
hay contains 45 pounds of nitro-
gen, worth 19 cents a pound
($8.55 for the nitrogen in a ton).
and the hay only sells for $8.00 a
ton, he will conclude that he can-
not afford to buy nitrogen at 19
cents a pound. By judicious
cropping and rotation he can
raise his own nitrogen at cheap-
er rates. He will also come to a
just appreciation of the vast sig-
nificance of the manure heap to

the general economy of the
farm.”
If you did not have all the

strawberries you could eat this
year, and have not yet arranged
for a full supply next year, go
right at it now. Prepare a bit
of garden as though you intend-
ed to beat the recent big potato
records, and plant well grown
runners of whatever variety your
neighbor has had best success
with, in hills two feet apart both
ways. Put in practice the ex-
cellent counsel of Mr. Longneck-
er, of Indiana, who said that if
there was anything in strawberry
culture that he would make
emphatic, it was that money in-
vested in manure and tillage
would yield better returns than
when invested in plants of new
varieties at $2.00 a dozen.-Farm
Journal.

I._,____,,>____
No farmer, no matter how in-
fluential. Wealthy and seemingly
independent, can afford to hold
himself aloof from the general
movement which is now manifest
in agricultural communities to
unite the farmers and secure for
themselves a better recognition
of their interests in the halls of
legislation. It is beneath the dig-
nity of no man to take a leading
or even subordinate position in
the Grange movement, which has
done and is now doing so much
to educate. elevate and protect
the interests of the American far-
mers.——Gra11gc Homes.

Ma.rryin' a man ain’t like set-
tin’ alongside of him nights and
hearin’ him talk pretty. That‘s
the fust prayer. There‘s lots
and lots 0‘ meetin’ after that.~

 

as plant food."

Rose Terry Cook.

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An Autumn Vacation.

As a class. farmers allow them-
selves too little recreation. They
are so accustomed to working
right along from one year's end
to another that it becomes more
and more diificult to get out of
the rut, and some almost seem
to think that if they were not at
home every day in the year the
farm might run away.

The farmer and the farmer's
wife should have an outing once
a year. at least; then they should
throw aside all care. arrange with
a neighbor to look after the stock.
and go away for the sole purpose
of enjoying themselves. Time
for this can usually best be taken
in the autumn, somewhere be-
tween harvest and cold weather.
When the foliage on the trees
begins to turn. and when the days
are neither too warm nor too
cool for out-of-door enjoyment.
is the ideal time for the farmers
jaunt. It is not hecessary to go
far away from home. nor to great
expense in preparation. Thoreau
has said that atownship six miles
square would suffice it man in
which to travel for a lifetime.
He meant that one could always
find something new about the
world we live in. The farmer
might use his ow11 conveyance.
and if the vacation is to last ten
days. he would better go no fur-
ther from home than can be com-
fortably driven in three.

The start may be made for
some objective point. where
friends or relatives are to be
visited. or the horses' heads may
be turned away from home and
let go wherever the best roads
lead. This has the charm of nov-
elty. and we shall thus continu-
ally come upon the unexpected.
At noon. or night, the door of
many a hospitable farm house
will swing wide open. and farm-
ers will gladly welcome brother
farmers to their homes; new and
pleasant acquaintances will be
formed; there will be opportuni-
ty for exchange of ideas regard-
ing crops and stock. Wives will
consult together about jams and
fashions. a subject dear to the
feminine heart, whether i11 town
or country. If pleasant friends
are found. and mutual benefit is
likely to arise from a fuller ac-
quaintance; if it is desired to ex"-
amine the stock. or to find out
what that particular farmer is
most successful in. and how he is
successful. there may be as much
pleasure and profit in stopping
over a. day as in "getting on"
thirty miles further.

A week. ten days, or a fort-
night, spent in thus rambling
about one's own and adjoining
counties will furnish pleasant rec-
ollections with which to beguile
the coming hours of winter. and
doubtless furnish some new ideas
which you can put into practice
in the spring.

Those who have once tried such
a vacation will look eagerly for-
ward to its repetition the next
season, and will consider the time
and money invested well spent.
—.lmer[can .»l_r/riculturiis-f,.

   

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Natural Selflshness.

Mankind is supremely selfish.
Why it is so, we may not be able
to fully understand, but the fact
itself we must acknowledge. By
nature, one class is not more sel-
fish than others, consequently to
education and surroundings may
be attributed the formation of
character and the development
of the higher and nobler traits of
mankind. It has been said that
farmers are more narrow-minded
and selfish than other intelligent
classes in society. If we grant
this to be true, it is to be account-
ed for in the same way as the de-
velopment of nobler traits. The
farmer who shuts himself up on
his farm knows practically noth-
ing of the great world of human-
ity by which he is surrounded,
and he unwittingly permits his
naturally selfish nature to get
the control of his better impulses
and he sometimes becomes sor-
did. selfish and distrustful of
others. His heart is all right,
but what he needs is association
and freer intercourse with those

around him. "The proper study
of mankind is man,” and as hu-
manity at large does not contract
to the individual. the individual
must expand in order to compre-
hend humanity and gain the hen-
efits of its inspirations and teach-
ings. The Grange opens to farm-
ers a way of knowledge and
pleasure in this direction, which
has hitherto remained closed. and
it holds out large inducements to
enter broad fields and become
partakers of the many blessings
which its educational features.
its free intercourse and fraternal
relations vouchsafe.~—A. .l[c.s-sci‘.
.l[a.s‘ter l'crmont Shite (Irun_r/c.
--4———-0 o~¢—~*— ~ '
The Grange as a. Business Invest-
ment.

When a farmer is asked to sub-
scribe from ten to fifty dollars
per year for the support of the
minister. if he is a man who has
the interest of the community at
heart. he don‘t stop to inquire
whether it '-pays" or not. He
knows that the community in
which he lives is better for the
moral and educational influences
which emanate from the church,
and he gives the money freely
because in some way he believes
it will do smllt‘ good. The same
is true of taxes for schools and
benevolent objects. In a general
way they are necessary for the
good of the community. Prop-
erty is more valuable and life is
more enjoyable in sections of the
country where morality. educa-
tion and refinement go hand in
hand, than in places where the
reverse is true. Hence it is that
taxes in various ways are often-
times a good business investment.
Has it ever occurred to farmers
who have never joined the Grange
that for its cost it is one of the
best business investments that
has ever been offered in this
country. We do not mean that
it will always pay dividends back
in dollars and cents at the close
of the year——although this is
many times the case—-but we do
mean that its social and educa-
tional advantages. if used in a
proper way, are just what the
American farmer needs as a sup-
plement to the church and school.
for the best development of his
social and intellectual powers and
to give him a true conception of
his rights and duties as a citi-
zei1.~(}run_r/H Ilomvs.

- ?--00%-— —

Gov. Luce in Ohio.

A correspondent of the (}r(ni{/0
Bulletin, writing from Ashtabula
county, Ohio, has the following
to say regarding Governor Luce's
speech before the farmers:

Gov, Luce opened the meeting
with a few pioneer remarks, re-
counting some of the incidents of
his boyhood days that happened
here over 5-1 years ago. before he
left Ashtabula county for his
present Michigan home, where
he is now so famous as being the
best governor any state in the
union can boast of. After these
pleasant recollections, he then
commenced and delivered one of
the finest addresses ever heard
in this place. His solution of the
present condition of agriculture
was far-reaching, and the causes
t'or its depression he could not
nor did not charge up to over-
production, to any great extent.
but he most consistently exposed
the ill-effects and disastrous re-
sults arising from wicked legis-
lation, from combinations of cap-
ital against labor and production,
and pertinently offered the need-
ed advice to save a continuation
of this utter farm prostration.
He says: Organize: fight co-oper-
ation with co-operation; combi-
nation with combination; take to
ourselves ofiicial honors and high
places; give to ourselves the best
opportunity of all the markets of
the world that can be influenced
by wise legislation of ours; swell
the production per acre; reduce
the cost: have something to sell
when prices are high; in short,
be up and doing. His speech oc-
cupied nearly two hours and was
one of the grandest efforts of his
life. Everyone present spoke in
high terms of Governor Luce and
his excellent address.

They Demand Leaders.

From all parts of this land
farmers are coming together.
Organization and co-operation
are the wonderful ideas that have
awakened them as never before.
They are grasping hands with a
grip that means something. com-
paring ways and means. uniting
upon ends to be gained. They
demand for themselves and child-
ren an education equal to the
best. They insist upon a fair
share of the profits of American
industry. claiming that no state
can long exist in which the till-
ers of the soil bear most of the
burdens and share little of the
blessings of advancing civiliza
tion. But they are in danger of
making mistakes in the struggle
that shall turn back the progress
of the movement. They demand
leaders. To supply this demand
is the imperative duty of the edu-
cated farmer. Whatsoever of
bodily vigor. mental power and
moral heroism the educated
farmer may have acquired from
his ancestors. college or univer-
sity. he will need. that he may
consecrate it to the great work
of strengthening his brethren.
the farmers of America.—Ih/rn/

lI’m'ld.

I-Iog Politics in Pennsylvania.

They have the absurdest de-
velopment of spoils politics. or
rather hog politics. in the rural
regions of Pennsylvania. In a
congressional district of several
counties each county gets the
congressman for two terms. and
then, no matter how useful his
experience may be making him.
he has to stand aside and give
the politicians of the next county
a chance. The underlying theory
of this rotation custom is that
public office is swill. and that the
hogs must let each other put
their feet in the trough. It is
fair play to the hogs, but not to
the people. This is why you
never hear of the country dis-
tricts of Pennsylvaniietleveloping
Kelleys and Randalls by accumu-
lated experience. 

 

Praising the Newspaper.

A very satirical form of ex-
pression. which most of us have
used in our school-days. consists
in making a serious statement.
with the addition. "over the left. "
This indicated that the declara-
tion was not to be taken for the
truth. "Left-handed compli-
ments" are of the same nature.
and though they may be inno-
cently intended, they steep the
soul of those who receive them
in sadness and mortification. A
certain editor says that he has
recently been afflicted with more
than his share.

"My husband has been threat-
ening to stop your paper," said a
lady to him. one day, "but I
wouldn't hear of it for a mo-
ment."

"I am delighted." said the grat-
ified newspaper man.

"It's the best shape in the
world for patterns," continued
she; ‘-and then it never tears.
Now the .l[¢=i'curz/ is just as large,
but very thin and flimsy.”

Not long after, the same editor
received a letter from a friend at
a distance. beginning with the
sentence, "I fully believe your
paper has saved my life."

Who would not have read fur-
ther in pleased anticipation? Yet
this is what followed:

"Yesterday I took a long drive
into the country. The morning
was fine, but at noon a terrible
east wind came up, and began to
chill me to the very bone. Last
spring, if you remember, I was
ill with pneumonia, and my lungs
have since been delicate. What
could I do without extra wraps,
in my thin spring overcoat? I
called at a farmhouse and asked
for an old newspaper. One was
given me bearing the familiar
imprint of your oflice. I laid it
across my chest, buttoned my
coat over it, and drove on tri-
umphantly. ”

And now. if this editor is by
some happy chance told that he
has a good paper, he replies,
whimsically, “Well, yes, it’s a

good large paper.”

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Sept 15,1890.

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

Published on the IS! and 15th of every month.

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sons in the presence of the big
things in his own town.
nificent club house is generally

A mag-

the pride of ‘the business man.
second only to the plant about
the mine in which he is interest-
ed. Churches do not figure very

buildings. If the "outfit" of
churches is equal to the demand,

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Remittances maybe made tolHelena should get the start 11]

us by postal note. money order. 5

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your time of subscription. it is
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change in your address. or if
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Mountain Mining Towns.

Mining is no longer an individ-
ual enterprise. It is an aggre-
gation of engines. elevators. ma-
chine shops. stamp mills. smelt-
ers and railroads. The only ele-
ment of individuality is a pros-
pector and his “grub-stake."
These are the preliminary re-
quirements. The “grub-stake"
is the outfit of the prospector.
including food for thirty days.
and is furnished by a friend who
has an equal share in the “ find."
and takes the risk of failure.
There is said to be a fascination
about the business of prospect-
ing that impels the individual
onward in the hope of “striking
it rich" in each venture into the
mountains. All along the foot
hills are holes dug into the rocks
or soil by these persistent search-
ers after hidden treasure. The
sites of all the mining towns
were fixed by these "indications."
Helena (accented on the first syl-
lable). the present capital of Mon-
tana. is located at the head of a
gulch whose streets and business
lots have all been dug over for
gold. All along the insignificant
stream. gravel and stones are
piled in winrows from the wash-
ings of the gulch miners. The
temporary camps of the men
have given place to magnificent
stores or brick buildings. and the
rude streets and alleys of the
former period are now finely
paved. and double track electric
railways run cars every five min-
utes to all parts of the city. At
almost every mining town there
is a mineral spring of some celeb-
rity. where grand hotels and
baths are constructed for the
double purpose of cleansing the
tourist and "cleaning out" his
pockets. Some of our party
went to the springs hotel at Hel-
ena. the finest and largest in the
whole range of the mountains.
We essayed to do the town with
the party. but were compelled to
return to the car, out of condition
for sightseeing. Nearly every
member of the party had a day
or two “off“ in health somewhere
along the route.

Helena boasts of an U. S. assay
ofiice were we were shown 555.00()
gold bricks. gold dust and other
minerals. The state buildings
are substantial but not extensive,
although they are probably ade-
quate for the business of a new
state. There will be a grand
strife in the near future, over a
change in the location of the cap-
ital. Butte is a strong competit
or with a good deal of capital
and influence behind it. Rival

mining towns like these two en-
courage a spirit of extravagance
in building to outdo each other.
The respective representatives
will recapitulate the little things
over there and institute compari-

number of churches. or in length
of spire. Butte would raise the
money for another in an hour,
and vice versa. Sunday is not
especially asanctified day. On
the contrary. it is aday when the
saloons and gambling halls count
up their largest income. Miners
picnic or " blow in" their weeks
wages. Every evening the gain-
bling and dance halls open up
facing the street. They have no
alleyways or side entrance. Vice
has a respectable side in this city,
which the resident seems proud
of. and. in extenuation of so con-
spicuous an evil. they will tell
you that Butte is no worse than
Boston. and even better. for they
are candid and own up, while
Boston screens her sins from
public view and pretends to be
better than she really is. Butte
is not shocked by the reputation
she sustains of being the “wick-
edest city in the world.“ and we
should not have learned it had
not her committtee. who met us
40 miles away. frequently re-
peated it. Nevertheless this
same committee was the essence
of whole-souled generosity. They
anticipated every want. They
attempted to appease every de-
sire and gratify every curiosity.
They gained for us admittance to
mines where strangers were not
allowed to enter. They banquet-
ed us: they entertained us -at
their club house: they pushed
open doors with their canes to
show us the “tiger and sich";
they showed us the Chinese God.
Joss. notwithstanding the silent
sad—eyed protest of the Oriental
doorkeeper.

There are 63 mines working at
Butte with shafts ranging from
300 to 1200 feet in depth. with
50 others having shafts of 100
feet or less. The principal pro-
duct of the mines is silver. yet
gold and copper are found in
paying quantites. The silver
bill has doubtless stimulated the
production of silver .to quite an
extent. and mine owners’ faces
are all shining with the glint of
silver. Real estate in the towns
has felt the stimulus of the ad-
vance in silver. and a genuine
boom pervades all classes in
every locality. Every extra dol-
lar is "invested" somewhere.
The boom crop is planted far out
in the suburbs. with the expecta-
tion of “realizing" when the
tenderfoot contingent comes in
flush. to share in the benefits
and become a part of the 200.000
population which the near future
is bound to evolve. These
enthusiasts judge the future by
the immediate past. and build ex-
pectant hopes upon the basis of
the recent increase in values.
Real estate men parade their pos-
sessions and guarantee large
profits on investments on the
strength of their assumed wealth.
They are a sharp lot, who didn't
“go west" for their “health" en-
tirely.

It is no place in a mining town
for pretense or pedigree. The
first question asked is: "What

can you do?" and not “ Who was
your father?” or
blue blood have you?"
who “ gets there,” and does it
early and at every opportunity,

" How much
The man

“takes the cake.”
The figures which mining men

give as to the value of the mines.

and the equipment are startling.
We were shown the Anaconda
smelting works, the largest in
the world. This company have
$20,000,000 capital. and reduce
30,000 tons of ore each day.
There are about 6.000 men em-
ployed in the mines at Butte, and
the pay roll is over half a mil-
lion dollars each month.

These Mining Camps. as they
are called. are at the crossing of
some of the railroads through
the mountains. which gives them
good and cheap transportation
and facilitates exploration. Good
surface indications 100 miles
back in the mountains. equal to
those improved. lie waiting for
enterprise and capital to give
them an outlet. The expression
was frequently made by miners
that the undiscovered mines
were more valuable than all the
discovered ones, and there seems
to be some reasonable grounds
for the belief. when we look at
the small extent of mountain
area accessible to transportation.
Nature never yet has failed to
respond to the wants of man. and
whatever nature these wants
may assume in the future.
mountains or valleys will respond
in lavish measure to meet the
needs of the time. Coal in veins
from 30 to 100 feet thick lie ex-
posed to _view. Black marble,
the finest lithographic stone,
granite, and other forms of build-
ing stone. “lie heaped in moun-
tain piles.” awaiting the pick
and drill of enterprise to minis-
ter to man's extremity.

_~—<o>——-— —

Studying Them.

We have frequently been asked
for an opinion regarding the Pa-
trons of Industry. Unlike the
Grange. they are moving mainly
in politics at present, and we
think they are likely to make
their influence felt. if it is judi-
ciously directed. They have the
power to” neutralize the alert
schemes of a minority. who
would foist men into positions
through the machinery of a man-
ufactured. instead of a sponta-
neous. approval of men and
measures. Where they are strong
enough they can link their ef-
forts with other independents
and elect men who are pointed
out for positions by popular
choice and not by the egotism of
the aspirant. VVhere not strong
enough for such an heroic strug-
gle. they can unite in supporting
men for office who are necessarily
identified with their interests——
men who have a reputation not
clouded by past profligacy nor
present scheming. Schemers
and adventurers can alike be rel-
egated to the level of their de-
serts by the votes of the level
headed Patrons of all farmers‘
associations. There is no good
reason why the Patrons of Hus-
bandry and the Patrons of Indus-
try should not hitch up a double
team to pull a heavy load through
a hard place.

If the present etfervescence
of enthusiasm culminates in
achievement at the polls. and
candidates who are supported by
farmers‘ organizations are elect-
ed. the P. of I. of this state.
and the Farmers’ Alliance in
other states. will be regarded by
politicians hereafter as among
those whose opinion is worth ask-
ing. regarding the fitness of men
for oflice.

When the Grange wishes to‘

travel in the highway hewed out
by kindred organizations. we
shall doubtless be welcome to its
privileges. and shall expect to
do our share of the labor. We
also extend a friendly greeting
to all who are going our way.
They will find many guide—boards
already set to point to pleasant

paths, and to warn of impending

dangers. The roads all meet! Several states will hold meet-
farther along in the realm of an,ings before December. and it is
advanced position for rural peo- certain that the required majority
ple in all the affairs of life. will act in favor of the amend-
"‘ ment. so that at the meeting of
Notwithstandingthe "line upon I th_e Mlclngan State Grange 1t
Wlll only be necessary to pass a

line" of good practical advice in _ _
the agricultural press upon tliisiresolutlon makmg the new Sysi
for our State.

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theme. the practice of farmers is } fem Opel at“ e _
the 5 Patrons can be canvassing for

almost universally below _ _
methods now proved to be the-lithe campaign on that basis. so

best in the application of ma_1that when the law is in force an
nure. so at the risk of being‘-;arn1y of new recruits can at once
charged with considering hack  be placed in the field‘
neyed subjects. we shall reiter-1| G mv(7B1;:sJ;5,d_
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M-inure.

ate some of the advice so fre— It is the sentiment of all true
fluently given. land progressive Patrons whom

A ride in any direction exposes  we meet that the coming fall and
the injudicious use and waste ofjwinter should witness more ac-
manure. by otherwise good farm-  tive and telling work in the
ers. VVe find it heaped in pilesiGrange—that new fields should
31011-3” 0110 Side-01'iT1 0118 C01‘I1€1' be explored and occupied and
0f El fi€1<1- llliit 35 it Was dlllllped.-tliat every farmer whose influ-
from thewagon. amonth or morelence is worth anything in his
b9f01‘9- 1090111113‘ its f€1‘t<i1it.V' mmy neighborhood. should be brought
111311 QXCQSS Of energy. fill‘ lO€~ into affiliation with our order.
Y0T1d the 119005 Of any C1‘OD- if The contagion of organization is
not to its fwtual dEH113§I0- Agdill in the air. Many who joined the
it is left in the yard for that G1-angein the heydeyof expect.
"convenient season." which usu- {mt realization of immediate In-of.
ally comes in spring. to haul it it have 11‘-ed to 1931-11 the real
to fields just before plowing for import of its teachings and aims.
Spring CFOPS begins. S0 ELS to and are ready now to accept the
“t111‘11i‘5 Undel‘ fI‘9Sh"—t11e idea» wiser counselings of its truest
being that the moisture on the friends, VVQ hope to make the
newly exposed surfaces is fertil- VISITOR a. potent factor in the
ity itself. VVet manure lS almost missionary work of the order, as
asure indication that the solvents an exponent of the views of its
which Ought to have Soaked into members. and ask that its friends
the Son of the field. ran away present its claims to all who seem

_ interested. We will cheerfully
with the excess of water at some and promptly Send extra Copies
recent downpour of rain. to fer- for circulation.
tilize the margin of weeds about We append the appeal of the
the barn ya1.d_ This is every Secretary of the Georgia State
where apparent. and indicates a

Grange to the membership in

th t t t , .‘t' t (1
lack of knowledge or apprecia- a S a e as a pm men an
tion of the instability of the ele-

convincing argument:
"Patrons who have in contem-
ments which constitute the value
of manure as a fertilizer. Every

plation the organization of new

Granges should now wake up and
rain. suflicient to saturate the ‘§;t0tI? Vv:',Y:t)${e“;)1§h%1I1]§eiin*li\I(()i)e:"1:IlI11-;)),;
P119 01' Surface of the ya1'd- 031" the Grange is the best farmers‘
ries with the excess a solution organization extant. It has lived
which ought to go toward in-
creasing the growth of grass or
grain.

to pass the rocks. snags and

quicksands that beset every new
Accumulations of more than a
half day's hauling should never

society. It is probably stronger

and healthier today than at any
lie in the yard beyond the time
when it can conveniently be

other period of its existence. all

things considered. but is not ev-
drawn. Some field in grass that
is to be in crop next year. should

erywhere as active as in its

palmy days. Neither is it as ful-
receive these occasional loads.
spread from the wagon. so that

ly organized. There are too
the next down-pour will carry

many open spaces which need

filling before its greatest power
the soluble elements to the roots
of grass. to strengthen and en-

and best results can be realized.

"Brother. what are you going
rich the sod. Handled in this
way the manure performs three

to do about it? Are you going to

sleep. and let others come in and
distinct offices. each of which is
equal in value to the one applica-

plant new and untried experi-
ments‘? There is no time to lose
for such Grangers and Patrons
as are contemplating organiza-
tion or reorganization of Granges
in this and neighboring jurisdic-

tion in spring. First. it acts as

a mulch to shield the soil from

the sun. and to encourage a fer-

mentation iii the soil. which. of

itself. induces fertility. Second.

it increases the growth of the

tions. If you do not work soon.
grass and its roots and generates

you will lose your chance. and a

glorious one at that. Your duty.
an activity very beneficial to its
capacity for future efforts in pro-

your welfare. and that of your
ducing crops. Third. the active

neighbors depend upon action.
We have no quarrels to make
with other farming societies. We
have no time to lose in combat-
ing with such: but we know that

elements seem to remain in force.

for the encouragement of the

next rotation. The proof of this

is in the fact that a field so ma-

nured is permanently enriched

our organization. all in all. is not
surpassed. It is broad. liberal
and progressive. and will stand
the breakers and sail securely
and steadily onward.
“Let every brother and sister
wake up to the work and close
and gives an added production
until some unfortunate season for
seeding comes. or it is wilfully
robbed by constant cropping.
Those who cling to the belief
that there is some short cut to
fertility through the use of com-

the gap. and make one united.

strong and durable organization.
mercial fertilizers. will find when
it is too late that nature is no

This is not idle talk. Patrons.

There is work before you. Will
friend to patent medicines. and
that she has not stored up mate-

you attend to it in season?"
rial to supplement the waste of

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We are pleased to note that
man. or to provide against his
improvidence.
—~{—<—

H011. VVm. Ball has been nomin
ated for congress in the 6th dis-
drict. Mr. Ball isa farmer. a
member of the Grange. a public
spirited citizen. a sound thinker.
a good talker. a11d fully in sym-
pathy with agriculture in all its
phases. VVe need such men in
congress and are likely to get
them.

J. H. Brigham. the Master of
the National Grange. is nomin-
ated in his district; W. C. Gif-
ford, the Master of N. Y. State
Grange, in his, and we hope to
record the names of others as
competent and trusty. and hope
farther, that each of them will be
elected. Who says the Grange

o—&——~— —- -
Reduction of Initiation Fees.

The action of State Granges
upon the amendment to reduce
the initiation fee of members of
subordinate Granges to $1.00,
only lacks one vote of becoming

a law. is not recognized?

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Sept. 15, 1890.

THE G-RANCH-E VISITOR-

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The Joke-Makers’ Friends.

If there were no such thing as a mother-in-law
Oh! what would the funny men do?

if we never had met the bad boy and his pa
Oh! what would the funny men do?

If there were no soft couples to sit in the gloom.

Or mean little brothers who hide in the room,

Or towns that \vere struck with a back-acting

boom.

Oh! what would the funny men do?

If it weren't for the tramps who from labor refrain,
Oh! what would the funny men do?

lf we liadn‘t discovered the dude and his cane. {

Oh! what would the funny men do?
If it weren't for the bright little urchin at school.
And the men who dare toy with the buzz-saw and
mule,
The honest old farmer and patent-right fool.
Oh! what would the funny men do?

If it weren't for rest-seekers who rush out of town.
Oh! what would the funny men do?

And come back disgusted and hlistercd and brown.
Oh! what would the funny men do?

lf the young man and woman who play on the horn

And pound the piano had never been born,

If it weren't for lllJIl.p0U1' little we and its corn.

Oh! what would the funny men do?

If women had tie-vcr been friglitened by mice
Oh! what would the funny men do? i
If ice dealers clirirged zi respectable price.
Oh! what would the funny men do?
If there never had been a i’lO0[ji|Cl\’ or zi cat.
Or a grasping landlord and a back-nuiiilicr flat.
If \ve never had hczird of "his graiidfatliens hat."
Oh! what would the funny men do?
——C1t."uzgz2 Purl.

If it weren't for bad seasons that ruin the crops,
Oh! what would the funny men do?

And bald-headed heaux who patroni‘/.e hops,
Oh! what would the funny men do?

if poor mcn ne‘er traded a pig for a hound.

if the fool-killer's victims were well under ground.

lf the course of Salt river had never been found.
Oh! what would the funny men do?

. .<..,__,_.,..
It is a significant fact that in
all the conventions of farmers
no single resolution has ever
been passed that gives a particle
of encouragement to the liquor
trafiic or to lottery schemes. On
the contrary. the voice of rural
people is always opposed to these
two great evils. No other class
has so universally condemned
wickedness and encouraged mor-
ality. The plea of those who
sympathize with the open saloon.
that it is to accommodate the
farmers. is an insult to the class.
and a libel upon the reputation
farmers have always sustained
for sobriety and good citizenship.
The farm is the nursery and
training school for all the virtues
that bless the world. while the
saloon is the converse, and the
counterpart of all its vices.

— 4»——4.—¢-%j

The Omaha Ifcpi/blic-(In of Aug—
ust '_’;'ith. printed an article to the
effect that Otto Mears. a coii-
tractor on one of the railroads
entering that city. was offering
$2.00 per day for laborers and
none were to be had because they

For the VISITOR.
Booming Batavia. Grange.

The night for the Grange sup-
per came. When I arrived at the
Hall it was brilliantly lighted up.
but the bright and happy faces
of the young people attracted my
attention most. Their success in
the contest was well earned. and
no one disputed their right to be
treated for one night with all the
deference usually shown to in-
vited guests. They indulged in
innocent plays. or at times gath-
ered around the organ and made
us glad with their happy voices.
Mrs. Bowers appeared unusually
depressed. She invited me to a
seat beside her. which I readily
accepted. as I believed she wish-
ed to make some communication
to me. .After looking abstract-
edly at the lioor for a moment.

; she began:

“I feel rather cheap over the

1.(llSCl1SSlOIl we had the other

night: I had no idea of being led

on in that way. I fairly ft(ll1lltte(lE

that there was a scheme working
to get the bachelors married.
Well.“ continued she. after a.
pause. "we may as well give up
now. There's only one thing will
induce me to go any farther. Mr.
Brown and Mr. Bowers think
they have a good joke on us. and
they will never forget it: we will
be constantly reminded of it.“

“ I look at the discussion very
differently." I replied. "Your
statements were mainly undenia-
ble facts. and it may do the bach
elors good to have their attention
called to them in such a forcible
manner. No person with ordi-
nary discernment can fail to see
that a bachelor. well into the de-
cline of life. is a cypher in com-
parison with a man who has a
family."

“I know all that very well." re-
sponded Mrs. Bowers. “but they
are so sl0w—the_v are never
ready.“ Placing her hand to her
face and drawing closer to me.
as though wishing to make a
strictly confidential communica-
tion. she said: "If we had half
a dozen widowers in the Grange
we would have material which
we could work on. They are easi-
ly set on. and they take hold
sharp. But the bachelors are
afraid: they think someone will
see them. or laugh at them. They
fear somebody will think they
have been rejected.“

“That." I replied. “is a strong
deterrent. It is diflicult for a
brave man even to rise above the
fear of being looked upon as a
rejected suitor.
great mistake there. She be-
lieved Howard's imprudent letter
to her had relieved her from all
obligation of secrecy. But she

Betsey made a l

paid dearly for the mistake. for
all the be-aux gave her a wide
berth after that."

Mr. Brown and Mr. Bowers
were standing on the opposite
side of the hall engaged in a very
confidential conversation. and we
judged from the frequent glances
cast at us that we were the sub-
ject of conversation. We made
it convenient to happen around
near them. At our appearance

were more profitably emplotyed.

The editor of the
Fr!/'//it‘/'. whom. by the way. we
met in Denver and judged to be
a level-headed. conscientious
man. publishes the following,
which our limited observation
confirms:

It is altogether probable that
Otto Mears wants to hire a few

(,'o/Iu'(uIo

hundred railroad men; and
it is quite possible that in partic-
ular lines there is considerable
demand for workmen. But the
statement that "the West is
booming and the opportunities
for obtaining rcmuncrative em-
ployment are better now than
ever before" is so obviously false
that it seems hardly worth deny-
ing. There is neither “1iSdOII1l
nor permanent profit in giving

they greeted us with a very
pleased expression. Viewing us
for a few moments. then looking
around the room. Mr. Bowers
said:

“W'ell. ladies. judging from
appearances the Grange supper
is not helping your ‘bo0iii' very
much."

Mr. Brown denounced the
scheme as a conspiracy against
the state. “N0w." said he. “sup-

out to the world that "the West
is booming.” when the statement
is false. There is special activity
in silver mining at the present
time, but agriculture is not pros-
perous in the West. Kansas and
Nebraska—b0th a part of the
"booming West"——are in pecul-
iarly distressing circumstances;
and from parts of Colorado the
settlers are going as fast as pos-
sible. And the boom  not driv-

pose you carry out your plans to
the fullest extent. and get all the
old bachelors and old maids mar-
ried. and divide up the orphan
and dependent children among
them —— you have only defrauded
the state of millions of dollars.
The state buildings for those
children will not be worth ten
per cent of their cost. I tell
1you." continued lie. looking earn-
jestly at Mr. Bowers. "the state
ing them away. Some of tliescjaiitliorities ought to be informed
people are coming to the citicslof this conspiracy."

and to the measurably prosper-1 "Never you mind." said Mrs.
ous irrigated sections to obtain:Bowers; "laughing is catching.
work.

All of them do not got l and if you keep on you may get
work to earn the necessities ofius to laughing."

life. The cities of the West can— 1 I went to the kitchen to assist
not and at present do not furnish I in preparing supper. I seized a
work enough to give employment 1 large coffee pot and was filling it
at fair wages to all who ask for with hot water when a nervous
work. Then why advertise for hand grasped my arm. “Hot
more workers to crowd an al- coffee!" I called out. at the top
ready over-crowded labor mar— of my voice. At the same instant
ket? Is it done that Mr. Mears the well known voice of Mrs.
may get workmen at starvation Bowers repeated, “Howard and
wages? Betsey are here!” I tried to get

a chance to ask her if they came
together. but before I could do
so she had pulled me through the
door into the main hall. Luckily
;a table stood close by where I
set down my coffee pot. As we
entered the hall we saw Mr.
?Brown and Mr. Bowers looking
‘-at us. but their attention was
‘quickly drawn in another direc-
'tion. Mrs. Bowers was not to be
outdone in that way. but taking
lme by the arm we made a circuit
.which brought us directly in
‘lfront of them. They acknowl-
ledged our presence by a faint
ismile. which made a sickly con-
itrast with the expression of tri-
jumph pictured on Mrs. Bowers‘
countenance. We made directly
I for Betsey. who was in the cloak
11‘O01'11. and such a greeting as
*;Mrs. Bowers gave her is a thing
lto be remembered. “N-ow," said
1 Mrs. Bowers. “you must promise
Mrs. Brown and myself just one
thing. VVe know where this will
end. VVe can see the termination
‘from the beginning. These old
boys dont come coaxing around
unless they mean something: and
these old girls don't encourage
them unless they mean some-
‘thing. too. Grant us one request
and we will bother you no more
at present. Promise us this much:
that should you and Howard ever
see your wedding day. you will
let us know of it at least one
week before the event happens.
and we will have you married in
fine style."
Betsey‘s face crimsoned and
she made no reply.
Mrs. Bowers. seeing her em-
barrassment. said: I
“We will not press you for a
reply. but you know now what
we desire. and we shall expect
your compliance." 0. A. V.

[To be Oontin ucd.]

{Q4}-
The Conservative Course—Must be
Educated for Combination.

The farmer should make haste
slowly in his endeavor to obtain
his political rights. What if we
are behind other kinds of busi-
ness in looking after our own in-
terests. We need lots of educa-
tion yet to fit us for aggressive
and effective action. We are
scattered: we are many: we are
independent on ourgown farms.
The restraints necessary to coin-
bination fret us and we try to
throw them off. It will take vol-
jumes yet to induce some farmers
1 to think and act as if they respect-
‘ ed themselves and their business:

, it will take other volumes to show

jothers their proper relation to
I and depciideiice on the rest of the
world. The ina1iufactui'ei' is fond
of telling us that we are depend-
ent upon him for the sale of our
produce. This is to some extent
true. We claim that all are de-
pendent on us for the necessaries
of life. This is also true. He
talks of “raw material" when
speaking of farm products, many
of which are matured at great
risk and with much care and
labor. We on our part may un-
dervalue the advantage of the
neighboring village as a market.

How shall our mutual depen-
dence be measured‘.’

I greatly admire the conserva-
tive course of the Grange in deal-
ing with thesc great questions
involved in inducing the farmer
to respect himself as a citizen.
and in obtaining a like respect
from others. A just demand
quietly. firmly and manfully main-
tained until conceded. is much
better for us as farmers than it
long list of immature complaints
of injustice. hotly pressed. for
which We shall not obtain redress.
Some claim that the Grange has
not the power to deal with
political questions. This may be
true, but legislative action on
questions affecting agriculture
for the last four years. shows evi-
dcnce of some power or influence
working for the best interest of
lthc farmer. The politician may
jsa-y “It is the Grange."

O. S. W001).
()L.'m'.s-wax" (.'mim-4-firllt Stair Gmuzgv.

. ".4 .>__. .

FI{A1\'KLIN GRANGE. No. 1590. 1
Harrison. C0. Ind.. ji
Mr. O. W. Ingersoll. Esq., Dear
Sir:—Please fill enclosed order.
Paint purchased of you in 1884
and 1886 gave entire satisfaction
and still looks Well. I heartily
recommend it.
Fraternally Yours.
D. W. GRESHAM, Ex. Sec’y.
[See Ad. Patron’s Paint Works.]

Is the Reckoning Fair?

Some one says: “It takes an
extra good farm and extra good
farming to yield six per cent net
on the capital invested." This
is probably true; but is this a
fair way to put the question? If
a business man invests €<l0.000
in business. and out of it makes
a good clean income of $2.000.
year after year. which he can
use to support- himself and family.
he feels pretty well satisfied.
But the farmer who puts $10,000
in a farm and. counting interest
on his capital. comes out even
and free of debt. getting his

‘copies are needed please notify
me and I shall be glad to receive
any comments that your people
‘may have to offer on the subject.

I have the honor to be your
obedient servant.

VVILLIAM E. CURTIS.
Executive Officer.

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Ainei'ican-which has appeared
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life prominent in fashion and in
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with a little of the Daniel
Dougherty perhaps—is brought
by chance into the close society
of a Newport married belle—onc
of those women mated to wealth
and n'ia.nly beauty. with keen
sympathies unsatisfied by the in-
tellectual calibre of her husband.
Then comes a careful study of the
self-made successful American—
of the society girl of Newport
drawn by one who knows her

Bug Finish is also a fei'tili'/.01‘.
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
fariners. In addition to the sav-
ing in this way. its saves the time-

perfectly at her best and at her
worst—0f society not as it is
imagined but as it exists—of the
human heart by one who has
evidently taken it in her hand
and watched its every pulsation.

At every page the story is
bright and clever. and we are
much mistaken if it does not at-
tract the widest attention.

—<o>—— —»--—

l\IlCHI(,:A‘.\1 S’l.‘A'l‘E (}}it.i.\'Gi«;.

of mixing. is safe to handle and
idoes not injure the potatoes. N0
ifarnier should allow a pound of
lclear Paris Green to be brought
1on his farm. ALABAS’l‘l.\'l:‘. Co.
1-‘Crl{.~\.\'l) RAPIDS. l\/IICH.

.‘.>___
‘ Homeseekers’ Excursions

lVVill leave Cliicago and Millwau-
‘kec via the Chicago. Millwzuikec
%& St. Paul Railway. for points in
lNO1'tll(~1I’D Iowa. Minnesota. North

SEciiE'rAi<v‘s Ol<‘l:‘lCl<‘. ScHo0L-
CRAl<‘T. Aug. 29. E1). Visi'r0it«
I received at this date the follow-
ing letter from Win. E. Curtis:
also letter of Secretary Blaine
and report referred to. which
please print in next issue if re-
ceived in time.
Fraternally.
J. T. Conn.

I1\"I‘ER1\'ATIO.\'AL A.VIEliICAN
CONFERENCE. W A sHi N G 'r 0 N.
Aug.  J. T. COBB EsQ.. Sec-
retary Michigan State Grange:
Dear Sir——At- the suggestion of
Mr. John Triinblc I send you by
this mail 300 copies of Mr.
Blaine"s letter on reciprocity and
the report of the International
American Conference on that
subject. The envelopes bear the
frank of the Department of State.
as you see, and can be mailed
without postage. Will you kind-
ly forward them to the most in-
fluential members of the State
Grange in your locality. If more

jDakota. South Dakota. (includ-
ing the great Sioux Rcscrvzitioii)
Montana. Colorado. Kansas and
Nebraska. on September 9th. and
23d. and October Hth. 185%).

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 inforiiiation. apply
to any Coupon Ticket Agent in
the United States or Canada. to
A. .V. H. Carpenter. Gcnci'al
Passenger Agent. Chicago. Ill..
or to Harry Mercer. Micliigun
Passenger Agent. C. M. & St.
P. Ry., 90 Griswold St. Detroit.

Mich. 58
{-49}?-

Consumption Surely Cured.

To his Em-ron:— . _
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 ran: to any of your readers who
have consumption. if they will send me their ex-
press and P. 0. address. Respectfully.
T. A. SLOCUI, D. D., 18x Pearl St., New York.

 


 

'I'I-IE! C3-IE2..A.NC3-E VISITOR.

Sept. 15, 1890.

Sabics’ Department.

September.

A change creeps over nature. A deep flush
l\lonnts to the maple leaf; the air is clear,
The grapes are purpling. and a crimson blush
Spreads o'er such flowers as deck the waning
year;
Ripe apples bend the trees, while golden rod
By roadside, lane. and meadow gaily nod.

Now whistlings of the quail are often heard

From buckwheat-fields, while on the calm air
floats

The drumming of the partridge. Not a bird
Builds a nest; but night is thrilled by notes

From crickets near, and locusts‘ drowsy huin

That seem to say: “September time has come!"

—So/I/:11‘ L. Sc/into’.-, in l>'roo;{'lyn .’|Iaga:I'Ize.
—— -———-<oo—— —

The Prodigal Daughter.

To the home of his father returning.
The Prodigal, weary and worn.
Is greeted with joy and thanksgiving.
As when on his first natal morn;
A “robe" and a “ring" is his portion,
The servants as suppliauts bow,
He is clad in fine linen and purple.
In return l'or his pcnitcut vow.

But ah? for the Prodigal Daugliter,
VVho has wandered away from her houicfi
Her fact must still press the dark valley,
And through the wild wilderness roaiu;
Alone, on the bleak, barren mountains-
The mountains so dreary and c0ld~
No hand is outstretched in fond pity
To welcome her back to the fold.
But thanks to the Slicplicrd, whose lllt.’l'(‘_V'
Still follows his sheep, though they stray,
The weakest, and c'en the forsaken,
llc bears in his bosom away;
And in the bright mansions of glory,
\\'hich the blood of his sacrincc won,
Therc is room for tho Prodigal Daughter
As well as the l’rodig:il Son.
—_\'-‘tn llrr/.' Chi/t/1/1‘.
Having “Company”.

Thu lt‘!lt‘l’ read. “My dcarr-st Suc,

Next Tliursda_v I will spa-nd with you;

I wou‘t cnioy my visit, tliough,

If any trouble I hcstoiv."

"0. I’m so glad." cried Mrs. \\'hitc.

For company is such delight;

But looking round her in dismay.

“l must get ready right away.“

Armed with dust-pan and a broom.

She went to work in z-very room.

She oiled and polished, cleaned and rubbed
And mcndcd, scoured, washed and scrubbed.
Then in the kitchen she began,

\\/hile perspiration down her ran.

At pies and puddings, cakes and bread.
As if an army must be fed.

She toiled and fretted. cooked and baked,
She hurried, worried, stewed and ached;
\Vhcri Thursday came, she, nearly dead,
]ust managed to crawl out of bed.

And Mrs. Company came. too;

They kissed and hugged. like women do,
And then began tired .Vlrs. \Vhite

To make excuses, ncvcr right.

"Oh. dear! my house" (then waxcn clean)
“ ls most too dirty to he secn~

So shut your eyes—you're looking stout‘
Take off your thiugs4l'zu just worn out.

" You must excuse iu_\' cooking. too;

It isn‘t tit to otter you"

"liuzis lit for kings. “Toohud )‘UllC()ll1t:
_ll1:~'. iviwn l';n upside down at lioiuc."
And thus she we-lcoxuml and distressed,
And spoilt-ii tlIt- \lSil of lmr guvst.
\\'lio wi.-.lu-zl Fill!‘ ha-lu‘t (‘(>llll‘ to be
A tired \v.min:ui‘s “<':mip;iuy."

. --
l‘or lllv \'isi'ioR.

A Trip to the S‘-a..

.\I:my people from Portlzunl.
Corvallis. Szilcin and other towns.
during the heat of the summer.
move over to the seaside. either
to board in the hotels or camp
out for a few weeks. It was our
good fortune to be invited to
spend a. few days camping out
with some neighbors.

On the second day of August
we took the train that runs from
here to Yaquina. This road is
a very winding one. taking us
through the Coast Range moun-
tains. We passed through three
tunnels. and in order to descend
the mountains the train has to
make what is called “the horse-
shoe." hence it retraccs some of
its steps. and in all its course it
winds in and out. giving to some
the delightfnl('.’) sciiszttiou of sea-
sickness. We left here at one
o'clock and reached Yaquina at
about five.

Yuquina. is at small place. situ-
ated on Yaquinn buy, and steam-
crs from San Francisco come to
this place bringing us the much
sought for California fruits.

Here we took the steamer for‘

Newport. another small place
across the buy. The bay makes
one think of Lake Michigan, but
is somewhat rougher. At the
time we crossed the tide was go-
ing out. but we had a good strong
wind against us. While crossing
we could see the breakers com-
ing in from the ocean with their
white caps. dashing over the bar
and around the government piers
and breakwater.

From Newport, as well as from
the other side, jetties have been
built to keep the sand off the
bar. which is very rocky.

When We reached Newport we
were met by carriages to convey
us to camp. We had to go up
and down several steep sand
hills the first half of the drive,

i
i

but the remainder was on thegonly stay in a few minutes. butiTemperance Union dedicated Et

beach near the water.
fine indeed.
windy, but the air was so pure
we could not help but enjoy it to
the utmost. We found the camp
about two miles from Newport,
on Big Creek, just off the beach.
Big Creek seemed very small,
but when the tide comes in it is
quite wide. The camp was situ-
ated in a. grove. and thus some-
what protected from the ocean
breezes.

We drove into camp tired and
hungry, but found a. nice warm
dinner awaiting us.

People in this section of the
country know how to camp. We
ate with silver knives and forks,
good dishes and from a. table.
It had never been my good for-
tune to camp out before, and I

‘ had expected to eat from tin

plates, etc., but in this I was mis-
taken. Several parties who were
well acquainted with each other
were camping together. and had
their tents so arranged that much
visiting was done and a general
good time was had. The after-
noons and evenings were quite
cool. but in getting supper the
stoves would send out enough
heat to keep us warm, and gen-
erally one of the stoves was kept
burning during the evening. The
men would bring logs from the
beach and have it camp fire after
tea.

Saturday evening a party from
East Porland had a concert and
invited every one to join.

Sometime during the night we
did lie down to rest. and here
again I was doomed to disap-
pointment. I had expected, as a.
mat-ter of course, that we would
sleep on the ground, but we did
not, for we had a good straw
tick, and before we left we had a
bedstead made to order. The
first night we slept but little, for
the incessant roar of the ocean
kept us awake, but the next two
nights it seemed to lull us to
sleep.

Sunday forenoon we took a
drive on the beach, and it was
very pleasant, as the wind was
not so strong as the day before.
We examined star fish and sea
anemones. Cape Foul—Weather.
a very rocky point. and the light
house, could be seen in the dis-
tance.

During the forenoon the steam-
er Willamette came to the bay.
but she was obliged to stay out
to sea until the tide served. when
a tug went out and towed her to

i the dock.

At eleven o'clock services were
held on the grounds. but the inn-
jority seemed interested else-
where.

In the afternoon a. party of us
took a walk up Big Creek, and
here the lzirgest trees I ever saw
were growing. while here and
there great trunks were lying on
the ground. On the top of one
of these trunks was growing an-
other immense tree. with its roots
around the trunk on either side.
seemingly to keep it down. In
another place an old tree was
overturned and trees fifty feet
high were growing out of its
roots. while it was nothing un-
usual to see small trees, ferns
and mosses growing on these
overturned trunks. Oxalis was
in blossom, fine white clover and
here and there the native clovers
and grasses were seen.

On Monday we took 3. drive
nearer the light house than we
had been before. We drove up at
hill and here we got at fine view
of the ocean. In one direction it
was calm and of ti beautiful blue.
but the wa.ve.s would dash upon
the beach, forming the white-
caps as they came up. In the
other direction it was also calm,
but you could not see the blue of
the water seen in the other di-
rcction. As we drove back, the
water came creeping nearer us
all the time, as the tide was com-
ing in. Here I watched a. sea
gull in the sand waiting for the
waves to come up, and as the
wave reached him he would raise
himself a. little and ride it and
then wait for another.

Monday afternoon most of the
ladies went in bathing, and they
made quite a. picturesque compa-
ny with their bathing suits of
different colors, but I failed to
see any beauty in their costumes
as they came dripping from the
water and putting on long Wraps
and rubbers and scampering off
to camp. The water is pretty
cold on this coast and people can

This wasgthey seem to enjoy those few'
It was extremely lminutes intensely.

Tuesday morning found us up
shortly after four to be ready for
the six o'clock boat. We enjoyed
the ride along the beach in the
early morning exceedingly-such
fresh air and everything so still
except the roar of the ocean. We
wished We had no duties calling
us back so soon.

We reached home at half-past
ten much pleased with the trip,
only wishing we could have made
it longer, but found horse, cat
and chickens glad to welcome us
home. C. M. F.

Corvallis, Ore., Aug. 20.

_?.._.._<¢>—- A ?

Women at Bay View.

A few prominent women have
been at this charming summer
assembly this season who are
not personally known to many
western women. For years their
names have been home-words
among us; the strength of their
writings and works has strength-
ened our courage; but here for
the first time some of us have
looked into their faces, listened
to their voices and taken their
hands in ours.

Among these are Mrs. Terhune,
better known as Marion Harland.
and Mrs. Margaret E. Sangster.
How many of us who have conned
the pages of "C-omn.on Sense in
the Household." have not won-
derod what sort of a person Ma-
rion Harland is, anyway?

A new feature on the program
this year is the "lV'on1a.11's Coun-
cil." with Mrs. Terhune at its
head, assisted by Mrs. Sangster.
These ladies alternated in pre-
senting papers before the many
intelligent women who gathered
every afternoon in the assembly
auditoriumtolistentothem. Mrs.
Terhune's subjects were, "Our-
selves and Our Daughters;" "Ri-
peningf‘ "Eve. Our Great Fore-
mother.” and "John Bunyan—A
Study.” In appearance this lady
is of somewhat robust build, a
good, healthy complexion and of
a manner sufiiciently self—assert—
ive to give her kindly, sensible
words the hearty hearing of her
audience. To those who know
Mrs. Terhunes writings I need
not say her papers were thought-
fully written and stood logically
and stiirdiilgf for the home side
of womanliness. Her character-
istic bits of rare description of
scenery came in now and then to
brighten an incident or force a
point.

Mrs. Sangstor is quite the op-
posite of Mrs. Terhune in person-
ality. being more slight of figure.
with almost white hair above at
fair. pale face. Her subjects were
"P»0oks—Their Use and Abuse:"
“Comparative Advantztges of
Town and Country Life." and
*' Authors in Embryo."

Both ladies read from manu-
script—something. I believe, no
other woman on the general plat-
form did. Mrs. Sangster has the
sweetest of voices, just such as
you might expect to fit the smil-
ing face of one who for years has
presided over the letter box of
Ha'rper’s Young People, and now
edits Harpcr'.s' Bazair, and the face
and voice are such as in fancy we
associate with songs and verses
of the same sweet sort as come
from this gifted woman.

Another woman. dear to every
patriotic heart, and under whose
thrilling inspiration we have sat
and counted time as naught. is
the motherly. American queen of
the platforin, Mrs. Mary A. Liv-
ermore. As she told us. it is a
long way for it woman to come
from Boston to Bay View at a
time of life when grand-mothers
are wo11t to sit by the grate in
wrapper and slippers and look
darkly at life‘s down grade. She
thinks she will not do it again;
and if she does not. happy is Bay
View that its walks have once
been trod by the step; its halls
have echoed to the voice, and its
people responded to the daunt-
less courage of this great-hearted
woman.

I really wish I might give some
discouraged woman a. touch out
of her great hope for the future,
which might be to her an uplift
to a. plane where beams of Divine
light and love can and do gild
all peoples and conditions.

By the Way, the most popular
word at Bay View is “uplift.”
Everything here is uplifting.

This assembly is especially
friendly to women, all along its
lines. The Woman’s Christian

beautiful building this year—thc
most artistic and best finished of
any on the grounds. It is the
gift ofMr. and Mrs. R. G. Peters.
of Manistee. This is Evelyn Hall.
Here bright, equa.l-to-any-emezn
gency Mrs. A. S. Benjamin pre

sides over the temperance confer-
ences and infuses into her shifting
audience a good bit of parliamen-
tary usage. Here Miss Alice M.
Guernsey told her womanly con-
stituency of the womanly press
association in Chicago, which is
sowing the country so thick with
temperance literature. This is
the young lady to whom is due
the credit of the typogmphical ex-
cellence of Miss Willard‘s "Fifty
Years," of which I wrote you a
few weeks ago.

It was at Evelyn Hall. also.
that I found a friend whose pen
was well known to VISITOR read-
ers two or three years ago, but
who is now editing the best wo-
man‘s department I know of in
a- local paper. She is Mrs. Belle
M. Perry, of Charlotte: and the
white ribbon she wears, together
with the badge of the just-orgzm—
ized Michigan Woman's Press
club. show her to be right along-
side of things good and moving.

Mzmy other helpful women are
here. helping along their own
special lines. but space forbids
to tell all about Buy View at
once. JEXNIE BUELL.

Bay View. Aug. '91).

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Good Neighbors.

D. H. R. Goodale. in Tim (Jaun-
fry Iicntlrnmn. says:

How many good neighbors I
have known! How often I have
seen all artificial barriers and
distinctions swept away in a mo-
ment by the warm flood of natu-
ral feeling! A real, deep sym-
pathy with those in trouble. or i11
need of any kind. will find a way
of expressing itself, and usually
in deeds rather than in words.
"Can't we do something‘.’‘’ is the
question that comes naturally to
the lips, and it is seldom, indeed.
that it must be answered by an
inexorable "No."

Only a. very few days since.
tidings came to me of the death
of a venerable aged lady, known
from my earliest childhood, and
therefore for my whole life, the
pre-eminent type of a good neigh-
bor. lVith perfect simplicity and
quiet. almost unconscious. self-
abnegation, she continua-lly lived
the gospel of the golden rule.
The little kindnesses that she did
not do were only those which were
out of her power. Blessed with
rare common sense and it st1'uig'l1t-
forward, practical mind. she was
singularly free from all visionary
enthusia-sni. or so-called "senti-
mentality." and at the same time
intensely alive to every real and
immediate opportunity for doing
good.

As there was no occasion too
small. there was also none too
great. Her hospitable hands and
willing feet were never so tired
(though her own cares were
heavy) that she could not serve.
in some way, whoever came witl1-
in her doors. She would go
“ down celler" to bring an apple
for a child, or to her sweet-smell-
ing dairy for a. glass of milk; it
was impossible to see her without
receiving some little favor at her
hands. But if death stood in a
neighbor's house, or mortal sick-
ness hovered there, there was a.
comfort in her presence that
neither doctor nor minister could
bring. To throw one's-self into
her arms and rest for [L moment
on that ample breast. gave con-
solation in every grief; her calm
voice would otfer—slowly, hesi
tatingly the wisest counsel.
while the tears streamed down
her own cheeks. To the poorest,
the most degraded. whom she
was always anxious to help, it
was never "charity" that she
ga.ve——never something formal
and extraneous; it was a. part of
herself. She would teach the
dirty to be clean and the ragged
to sew. She would try to bring
their lives nearer to her own, not,
as most of us do-, to push them
away and get rid of them. How
hard it is to give in this way!
How much easier to give money,
even if by so doing we pinch our-
selves a. little. But to those who
study problems of philanthropic
work, the lesson grows plainer
a.nd plainer every day that itis
the only kind of giving which
can be trusted to produce good
effects. Personal interest, per-

sonal helpfulness, the kind touch.
and the look that speaks real
good will——tl1eso are what is
wanted. We may be very busy
with our own affairs. but it was
Cain, the first murderer. who
originated the “Am I my broth-
er‘s keeper?" theory. It will not
do to forget that.

Who can measure the influence
for good of along life, spent as
was this one at which I have only
very slightly hinted? In its daily
activities all the homely virtues
were set, as in a beautiful object
lesson. Patient and faithful in-
dustry, prudence, thoughtful-
ness for others. perfect honesty
in word and act, courage and
gentleness. and above all, that
generous, unselfish spirit which
makes self-denial easy. and every
service to others a pleasure to
herself~these were her charac-
teristics.

In the subdivision of labor.
which is so marked at feature of
modern life. perhaps there is less
work than formerly for the good
neighbor. In domestic exigen-
cies she does not have so many
opportunities to fill at distressing
gap. If we are ill there are pro-
fessional nurses: for every emer-
gency there are varied resources
which at well-stocked purse will
effectively set in motion. But i11
most rural communities there is
still an abundant need of personal
ministrations towards those who
are suffering from sickness or
calamity. And cverywliere the
sweet spirit of womanly and
neighborly kindness will make
itself felt. as surely as the April
sun and showers. There will al-
ways he work enough in the
world for good women; women of
pure and earnest and self—forget-
ting lives, that now on, noiseless
but not unknown.

,  -L ,

The Search for Pretty Wives.

Girls to be successful to-day.
must have something more than
pretty features. The men who
are worth marrying are looking
for something else than pretty
faces, coy manners or fetching
gowns. They are recognizing
full well that women are pro-
gressing at a pace that will
quicken, rather than slacken.
They realize that the woman of

to-morrow will be brighter in.

mind than her predecessor of to-
day. Hence. they are looking
for a. wife who will be the equal
of her neighbor. Beauty
is being considered an adjunct to
common sense. "I want it Wife
who knows something. who is
worth having for what she
knows: not one of these social
butterflies." said one of the
gmzitost “catclies” of the last
New York season to me at the
winters close. And he express-
ed the sentiment of thousands of
the young men of to-day. The
scent for pretty wives is over.
and the look-out for bright young
women has commenced. And
the girl who to-day trains her
mind to knowledge will be the
woman of to-m0rrow.——Edwartl
W. Bo/c, in Ladies’ Home Journal.

+————- —-~~

Tamas for Winter.

The following rules, published
in Farm and Fiiresicle, are worth
heeding by those who believe
that "an ounce of prevention is
worth a pound of cure:"

Never take warm drinks and
then immediately go out in the
cold air.

Keep the ba.ck—especia.lly be-
tween the shoulder—bla.des~well
covered; also the chest well pro-
tccted. In sleeping in a. cold
room, establish the habit of
breathing through the nose, mid.
never with mouth open.

Never go to bed with cqld or
damp feet.

Never omit regular bathing.
for unless the skin is in active
condition the cold will close the
pores, and favor congestion or
other diseases.

After exercise of any kind
never ride in an open carriage.
or near the window of a car for
a. moment; it is dangerous to
health and even to life.

When hoarse, speak as little
as possible until the hoarseness
is recovered from, else the voice
may be permanently lost, or
difliculties of the throat be pro-
duced.

Merely warm the back by a
fire, and never continue keep-
ing the back exposed to heat
after it has become comfortably
warm. To do otherwise is debil-
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enterprising new towns, churches, schools, &c.,
and will be sold on most favorable terms. Apply
to R. M. HERCE, West Bay City, Mich.
(Jr to J. \‘V. CURTIS, Wliittetnorc, Mich.

Farm Wells.

The wells on the farm are a.
great source from which come
many diseases. Some wells are
never cleaned. VVhen dug they
are carefully boa-rded over, the
pump m.i.de tight and sung. with
the ground sloping away on all
sides so as to allow the surface
water to flow from the opening.
There is no well water that is
pure. says Rural World. Some-
thing depends on the character
of the soil. If sandy. and the
water will disappear quickly from
the surface after a rain, the well
will drain the soil for a long dis-
tance around it, and the conse-
quence will be that a. large por-
tion of the filth of the soil will
find its way into the well. al-
though the water may appear
sparkling and bright. It is con-
tended that the soil removes all
the impurities from the water.
but this depends upon whether
soil. by long-continued absorp-
tion. be not already so thorough-
ly saturated with impurities from
the water as to refuse to take up
more. That the soil does not re-
move all the impurities, even
from new ground where a well
has recently been duo‘. has been
demonstrated by saturating the
surface earth at a. distance from
the well with kerosene oil, which
gradually found its way to the
well, (having been washed down
by the rains), and imparted its
odor to the water. If the soil be
of heavy clay the danger will be
lessened. but on all porous soil
the liability of pollution of the
water is great. No manure heaps,
privies, sinks or other receptacle
for filth or refuse of any kind
should be within 150 feet of the
well —— the further off the better.
No matter how tight the well may
be, the toad will sometimes con-
trive to get in. Many wells con-
tain toads that die and are swal-
lowed in the drinking water un-
knowingly, under the supposition
that the well is tight and “toad
proof.” Wells should be cleaned
at least once a year. and espe-
cially in the fall. For a distance
of ten feet around the well the
surface should be re-cemented
and the pump itself should be oc-
casionally cleaned. Toads. flies.
bugs. worms. and even gnats will
get in the water. white even a few
drops of solution from a filthy
drain or sink. finding its way into
the well. carry bacteria enough
rapidly to multiply and contam-
inate all of the water. Roots of
trees and vines will also serve as
drains into the wells, as they
loosen the soil, and for that rea.
son they should never be planted
near the source of drinking wu-
ter.—1<'m'nzer.s-’ 1.’m'i<'2<*.

American Gentlemen.

An English tourist was stop-
ping at one of the Kansas City
hotels last week. and in a chance
conversation with a. ’l‘ime.s- report-
er spoke of the seeming inherent
politeness of the American gen-
tlemen.

“Asaclass.”he said. "they were
the most polite men he had met
with in any quarter of the globe.
Whereever his travels took him
he could always tell an American
by his affable manner. It seemed,”
he said, “as though everyone
was a born courtier. and nowhere
was it more noticeable than in
the cities of the Old World. In
London the American could be
selected in any public hall or
gallery, for they always took
their hats off, no matter what
room they entered. or if it was
too uncomfortable to remove
headgear, it needed but the
presence of a lady to cause the
hats to be immediately lifted. It
was quite the contrary with the
Britishers; they never uncovered
their heads except under extraor-
dinary circumstances.

"I was going down the street
in this city but the other day,”
continued the stranger, “when I
saw a lady drop her purse. It
had hardly reached the sidewalk
before a little street arab grabbed
it. touched the losers arm, and,
with hat in hand, said: ‘Lady,
here’s your pocketbook.’ It is
not only to the opposite sex that
this politeness extends, but it is
refreshing to observe the cour-
tesy with which men treat each
other. The Americans are the
greatest handshakers in the
world. Then I notice they touch
their hats to each other when
passing on the street. This cer-
tainly is a courteous, hospitable
nation.”

 

THE WATER OUSEL.

A Queer Bird that Frequents the
Trout Streams of Washington.

Away up on the mountain side.
where the numerous streams find
their way through deep, dark
canyons down to the pulse beat
of old ocean. is the natural sum-
mer home of the water ousel.
the strangest of all strange birds.
You seldom see more than one of
them at a time. They are of a
dark blue color and are easily
recognized by a peculiar jerking
motion. which they seem never
to tire of. And as they flit from
rock to rock they are continually
bobbing up and down, perform-
ing such a polite little courtesy
as would cause you to smile to
see it.

Owing to their peculiar habits
and the isolated spots they select
to build their nests. no one but
the most ardent sportsmen and
naturalists succeed in finding
them. Hence the water ousel's
nest with two of their eggs in it
has a commercial value among
nest collectors of $25. They al-
ways build their nests just back
of some waterfall or under some
overhanging bank. where they
have to go through or under the
water to get to it.

Another strange habit of this
bird is the deliberate manner in
which they appear to commit
suicide. They will start slowly,
very slowly, to wade right down
into the water until they disap-
pear from view, but if the water
is clear and you have a sharp eye
you can still see their little dark
forms cling to the bottom in
search of their morning repast,
which consists of periwinkles.
——’1'ac0ma. Ledger.

We saw this strange bird step-
ping around fearlessly on the
verge of the lower fall at Yellow-
stone Park, twelve feet below us.
with as much unconcern as a. lark
in a meadow. The swish of the
water between its dainty legs as
he waded in the shallows, seemed
to have no terrors, although on
the curve of the awful plunge.
It was it strange contrast to see
such intrepidity in the bird,
while we trembled at the seeming
temerity of even looking over a
secure railing. We read it des-
cription of the bird years ago
and recognized it at sight from
its queer postures and poses. A
mounted specimen would be a.
raru-aL‘i.s' in a collection.

Forethought and Folly.

Two facts ought to be indelibly
stamped on farmers’ mem0i'ies—
first. that in all parts of the
country we generally have a
drouth that shortens pastures in
summertime. creating a liability
to overstock our farms; and
secondly, it is prudent and al-
ways profitable to have an ample
reserve crop of rye. clover, corn,
sorghum, sufiicient for every
emergency, to supplement the
pastures when needed, or be

preserved for winter use. More-
over, and notably. precaution

will puta stop to the greatest
waste and folly in agriculture,
the feeding ofi and stamping out
of young and tender grass. For
when the drough shortens and
pinches cattle. the temptation is
great to give the animals the sup-
posed benefit of fresh feed from
recent seeding. It is by no means
the intention to feed it close. or
continue the feeding more than at
short time; but the drouth in-
tensifies. the old pastures go
from bad to worse—not yet quite
ready to take the stock out, they
bite closer and closer till the
young plants are scarcely visible.
Deprived of their organs of
growth at the critical time, when
they need to be in best possible
condition to withstand the dry
weather, the promising timothy,
clover, or bluegrass retires from
the unequal c0ntest—a palpable
failure—or continues in such
crippled condition that little or
no profit is realized from the
land occupied. When it is re-
membered that the early tender
growth of this young grass af-
fords little sustenance, and, con-
sequently, is of small value, but
if protected, fostered. and turned
to best account is the most re-
munerative of all crops——the
prop and support of agriculture
—-it will be conceded that maim-
ing or exterminating it to obtain a.
little flashy feed. is the miserabl-
est exchange in the whole realm
of tra.de.——Hu_(/IL T. I2’moIc.s', in N.
Y. Tribzme.

Sunshine and Shade.

Our flower—ga-rden consists of
two parts wholly separate from
each other. In one part the plants
all thrive and put forth their res-
pective flowers in their time. and
the perennials take care of them-
selves year after year. In the
other, the flowers are few and
sickly, and the plants constantly
tend to run out.

What makes the difference‘?
The soil is equally good
in each. Each has all needed
care. The simple explanation is
that in one the plants have an
abundance of sunshine; in the
other they have to live in the
shade.

As everyone knows, house-
plants turn and stretch themselves
toward the light. as the prisoners
in the Calcutta Black-hole
struggled with each other for a
breath of air at the small opening.

For plants and men alike. lack
of sunshine lowers the vitality.
no matter though the air may
have its due proportion of oxygen.
The vitality may not be lowered
to the death-point. but persons
who live in the shade become an
easy prey to disease. It has been
found that epidemics prevail most
on the shady side of streets.

Just what it is that gives to
sunshine this vitalizing power is
not wholly clear. But sunlight
has a quality that is not possessed
by all kinds of artificial light.
Its “actinic rays." as they are
called, are those which work the
wonders of photography, and
this quality in the light of the
stars reveals to us worlds in space
vastly beyond the reach of our
most powerful telescopes. It is
probable that it is these actinic
rays which are so potent for
health.

One way in which sunshine
promotes health is by its disin-
fecting power. It destroys mor-
bid germs. But this does not
explain its wonderful vitalizing
energy.

It is possible that science may
never come at the secret of this
energy, just as it cannot fathom
the profounder mystery of life
itself.

But it is ours to avail ourselves
of this fact. Delicate persons
and convalescents should live in
the sunshine as much as possible.
People should not shut the sun-
shine out of their dwellings by
trees, vines and shrubbery. nor
by blinds and curtains. The
sunniest rooms should be appro-
priated by the family. 1~.1the1'
than reserved for an occasioiial
guest-.— Youlhs’ (.'I)lIlp(I)([4NI.

Charging for Knowing How.

“I paid 3. bill the other day,“
said a. large manufacturer to me.
without a. murmer. simply be-
cause of the way it was worded.

My engineer found that his hot.

water pipe would not work. and
after puttering at it for an hour
sent for 8. machinst. He bother-
ed with it half a. day and conclud-
ed it must come apart. I was
annoyed, for that meant the
stoppage of my factory for a
long time. Before I gave the
order totake itto pieces some
one suggested that a neighboring
engineer be sent for. as he was a
sort of genius in the matter of
machinery. He came and after
studying the pump awhile he
took it hammer and gzwe three
sharp raps over the valve. ‘I
reckon she'll go now.‘ he quietly
said. and putting on steam ‘she
did go. The next day I received
a bill from him for $25.;')(). The
price amazed me. but when I had
examined the items I drew
a. check at once. The bill read
this way: ‘Messrs. Blank & Co..
Dr. to John Smith. For fixing
pump, 50 cents. For knowing
how, $25.’ Had he charged me
$25.50 for fixing the pump. I
should have considered it exorbit-
ant. But 50 cents was moderate.
and the knowledge worth the
$25.00.—A melrir-u n Fu r n if 2/ re
Gazette.

——<+>————

The Secretary of State has re-
ceived reports from 950 Michi-
gan Supervisors regarding the
Wool clip of 1889 and the esti-
mate for the present year. These
reports show an aggregate of
11.92-1,138 pounds for the past
year.

_,_V A. ._¢3¢__A.___

Never lean with the back upon
anything that is cold. Never
begin a journey until the break-
fast has been eaten.

 


 

"I'I-IE3 G-HANG-E VISITOR-

Sept. 15, 1890.

Michigan.

by \V. II. Cook. of l§.'iitibi'iilgc.

In ‘.\Iirliig:in we've wt-alth niitold

In iton, tt0pp(‘i'. silvvr, gold;

In tinibcr. salt. in coal and oil,

And in the products of the soil.

\Ve‘ve cliinate. and the soil to suit.
For raisiiig many kinds of fruit;

And now we s«-ll the very best

At every station in the west.

And fruit St:llS quick when dealers can
Say it \\'.is raised in Michigan.

\Ve raise the nicest pluinpest wheat;
\Ve fat and sell the sweetest meat;
The finest cheese and butter now
VVe‘re making from the jersey cow.
VVe’ve Norman horses here. you know,
But many think the Normans slow.

So we‘ve bred to faster stock. and now
VVe drive two-t'orties on the plow.

If you would win. but when you can
On stock that's bred in .\licliigan.
VVe‘ve nizmy brooks of water clear
That do not di'y tip through the year.
And now they are so full of trout

You only have to pick them out.
\V<-‘ve inland lakes for a resort

For plvasiire of 'most every sort
\Vllt‘l‘t: nizniy liappy days are spent

In suininer cottage or in tent.

And now. each year. come all who caii
For lltlilllll and spoit to Illicliigan.
,\\‘inters are mst what we desire.

For Ilt iglil)oi's gatlier ‘round the fire.
And all eiijoy the social mirth

Created at a clieerful hearth.

No llL.‘llt‘l' place was ever found

To pass out fruit and jokes around;
And. as our syiiipatliics extend.

The stranger soon beconies our friend.
To have ";i good time“ is the plan
That in ighliors wot k in .\licliigan.

No western cow-boys howl aroiind;
No stoi ins that drive you under ground;
No C}ClUIl('S that will take your breath;
No bli/,'/ards that will t'ree1.e to death.
Our summer winds are not so hot
Tlit-_\' liiirii up all the graiii you've got.
lliit come-—a coolin:.',, gentle breeze-
Singiiipz their songs among the trees.
For they \\‘(.‘l't: tempered as they ran
Across our ;,’l't.‘lll l.il-:c—.\licliigan.

Our men all work here with a will;
Our woinen—-you c.ni’t keep them still.
And hariiess inust l)e best of leather
To hold them when they pull together.
Our boys are earnest and alive-

To be great men is why they strive—
Climbing for fame. they never stop:
Their effort is to reach the top.

But the greatest bliss th:it‘s given to man
Are girls raised tip in Michigan.

Go look around for noble deeds
Among the rich, among the creeds—
The high. the low. ths: great or siiiall—
And Micliigan will l\e'at them all.

Poor men, who came here bowed with cares.
Are rated now as niilliouztires.
Industry. seeking. always can

I-‘ind wealth somewhere in Michigan.
If you would seek a place for health-
If you would seek a state for wealth—
If a good climate you desire——

If you would sit around a fire-

Here our mild seasons you may take:
The storms are tenipe-red by the lake,
For, ere its waters they have crossed.
The fury of the storm is lost.

You seek a Paiadise far man:

Conic to Sxilltll-\\‘L‘.~'.t(*I'n Micliigaii.

, .._<->_,,
A Needed Reform.

It is a notorious fact that at-
torneys indulge in the iiiost litig-
rantly wanton and abusive lan-
guage. make zissei'tioiis entirely
iinwarrznited by the facts in the
case. and even dc-.lil)ei".itely mis-
i‘€-pi-esent the true clizimcter of
the individual in order to prejud-
ice the jury in their favor. They
aim simply to win the case and
not to serve the ends of justice.
Statements are lIl‘d.(1C in the pres-
ence of the jury. and under the
protection of the court. which.
if made anywhere else. would
subject their author to a. severe
castigation. There is no excuse
for this kind of conduct, and the
lawyer who will utter in the
court-room what he is too cow-
ardly to say when face to face
with the individual on the street
is about as small a. thing as one
can readily think of. and deserves
the contempt of every truth-lov-
ing citizen. Of course. there is
a. cause for this as for everything
else. When an attorney knows
but little about law and is well
up in the use of billingsgate he
seeks to hide his ignorance of
what he should know by indulg-
ing in lziiiguzige that a gentleman
would scorn to use. An attorney
has no right to surpass the
bounds of propriety in stating
his case. and the habit of doing
so should be checked by the
court.

But that is not all; when Eli law-
yer accepts pay for misrepre-
senting facts in the court-room
is it wise policy to place him in
other oilicial positions? To put
the matter more plainly; if a man
will lie for a. money considera-
tion in one place what evidence
is there that he will not do the
same thing in another place?
This constitutes one of the strong
reasons why lawyers should not
be entrusted with the discharge
of legislative duties. The fact
that an attorney lies. or sup-
presses an iota. of truth to win a.
case for a. money consideration
should make people extremely

lcautious about delegating
ithing in other p0sitio11s.—Farm-
ler.~';' 1*‘/'ic7i«l. '
WA?-<9
A National Flower.

There have been many articles
in the papers during the past
few months. advocating the adop-
tion of the clover blossom as the
national flower, but the most
unique is the following. by Col.
Robert G. Ingersoll:

"A wonderful thing is clover.
It means honey and cream; that
is to say, industry and content-
ment; that is to say. the happy
bees in perfumed fields. and at
the cottage gate old boss. the
bountiful, chewing sa.tisfactioii’s
cud. in that blessed twilight
pause that. like 3. benediction,
falls between all toil and sleep.
This clover makes me drezun of
happy hour“. of childhood's rosy
cheeks, of dimpled babes. of
wholesome. loving wives. of
springs and brooks and violets.
and all there is of painless joy
and peaceful human life. A
wonderful word is clover. Drop
the ‘c’ and you have the happiest
of mankind. Take away the ‘c‘
and *r' and you have only thing
that makes a heaven of this dull
and l)ari'ci1 ezn-th. Cut off the "I"
alone and there remains a warm.
deceitful bud that sweetens breath
and keeps the peace in countless
homes whose inasters frequent
clubs."

 

We want to ask those Patrons
who have become lukewarm and
indifferent towards the Grange.
why this coldness and disposition
to stay away from the
Grange meeting? Has the Grange
deceived you? We think not.
though you may have deceived
yourself. by entertaining wrong
views of what the Grange would
do for you without effort on your
part. Perhaps you have set the
standard of excellence too high
for the amount of work done.
Don't forget the old. true saying:
“There is no excellence without
labor."

We might mention some of the
good works the Grange has done
in influencing and directing the
legislation of our country, and
securing a. recognition of farmers’
rights and interests unknown be-
fore the existence of the Grange.
but you would probably say:
“This is to far from home. It is
all right so far as it goes. I
thought the Grange was going to
benefit riiv. I thought by joining
the Grange I could save money.
live better and educate my chil-
dren more.” Well now don't be
selfish. brother. The Grange
has benefitted gum. and every
other former, and we insist that
you shall give it credit for what
it has done for even you, as un-
faithful and negligent as you
have been.

In passing on. we ask you just
to remember that "Individual
happiness depends on general
prosperity." and in making up
your accounts of the benefits of
the Grange, don't leave out what
it has done. is doing and will do
for the general good of farmers.

But if the Grange has failed to
do 3102/. good; if it has not been a
blessing in your community; has
saved you no money by way of
co-operation, or bringing down
the price of goods and enabling
you to buy cheaper: if it has done
nothing in the way of helping
you educate, not only your chil-
dren. but yourself also. has not
given you the opportunity to live
better and enjoy life more; then
you have sadly failed to receive
the benefits and blessings this
orga.iiiz:ition of farmers offers and
is capable of bestowing. Why‘?
Speak the truth in your heart
now. and answer, why this fail-
ure of the Grange to help you as
it should have done? We know
you are disposed to lay the blame
on some one else and say, “they
wont do anything,” but we ex-
pect “fh('g/” have done more than
you. Now we urge you to join
anew. heart and hand, and say,
“we will do something.” We are
sure more will be accomplished
by this plan than by staying
away from the Grange and com-

plaining because others won’t.
work——I€oanoké Patron.

Never stand

 

still in cold

weather. especially after having
taken a. slight degree of exercise;
and always avoid standing on ice
or snow. or where the person is
exposed to a. cold wind.

l
to‘.
[Read lieforc the Benton Ilarhor Grzinge Cilllllillliln the 1)O\VQ1' t0 (10 the Sanlel

Zloiiccs of llleetings.

CLIFFORD. Mic'h., Sept. 8.

ED. VISITOR:

Below you will find program.
which please publish in your
next issue.

The next meeting of Lapeer
County Pomona Grange will be
held with Montgomery Grange
October 7th. 1890. commencing
at 10 a. in. The forenoon session
will be devoted to fifth degree
work.

Afternoon session commences
at 2 o'clock.

Music by Montgomery Grange.

Can American agriculture be
limited to the wants of Ainerica.n
consumption‘? E. E. Owen.

Paper. by Mrs. A. Q. Stover.

Music. Montgomery Grange.

Can American fariners any bet-
ter aiford to sell their surplus
products in foreign countries
tliai1iiianufactoi'ies? E. Bartlett.

How should farmers treat those
Congressmen who refused to vote
for free silver coinage? VVilliam
M on tgoinery.

Is the Grange effectual in har-
monizing the political opinions of
its members? Mr. Muir.

Soldiers‘ pensions — their uses
and abuses. H. Bl'ZldSl1El.\‘\'.

Discussion to follow each sub-
ject

The afternoon session to be
public. and all are invited to at-
tend. NATHAN Srovnn.

Lecturer.
___<.>._._ .

The next regular meeting of
Newaygo County Pomona Grange
No. 11 will be held with Ensley
Grange. Tuesday and Wednes-
day. Oct. 7 and 8.

Address of welcome by Master
of Ensley Grange.

Response by Master of Pomo-
na. Grange.

Unfinished work of last meet-
ing.

Select reading by Jimmie Has-
kins.

Recitation; Mrs. W. C. Stuart.

How can we best reform our
circuit courts? L. Reinoldt.

Select reading; Jacob Clark.

What reforms are needed in
our election laws‘? C. Haskins.

VVheat vs. corn for profit.
C. Tinney.

VVha.t stayed should we. as farm-
ers. take in politics? E. R. Clark.

A cordial invitation is extend-
ed to all to meet with us.

VV. C. STUART. Lec‘r.
-<0}
ADRIAN, l\IlCH., Sept. 11.

The next meeting of Lenawee
County Grange will be held with
Tipton Grange, on Thursday.
Oct. 2d. 16510.

Mrs. Mayo will deliver an ad-
dress. A full attendance is de-
sired.

County convention to elect del
egates to attend the 18th Annual
Session of the Michigan State
Grange. will be held at Working-
men‘s Hall. Adria-n, Oct. 7th, at
10 o'clock 3.. m.

E. 0. SMITH, Sec’y.

E

 

St. Joseph County Grange will
hold its next annual meeting at
Centreville Grange Hall, Thurs-
day, Oct. 2d. There are import-
ant subjects to be presented and
all are cordially invited to attend.

MRS. D. B. PURDY.
Secretary.
_.,_,.E<..>_ . I

Mr. Lowell's “Inscription for
a Memorial Bust of Fielding,”
though brief, is the most remark-
able piece of writing in the At-
/nniii: for September. Dr.
Holmes. in his installment of
"Over the Teacups." discourses
on the fondness of America.ns for
titles. and gives a lay sermon on
future punishment. and ends it.
as do many preachers. with some
verses. Mr. Justin Winsor con-
siders the “Perils of Historical
Narrative," and Mr. J. Franklin
Jameson contributes a scholarly
paper on "Modern European His-
toriographyg" Mr. Fiske adds an
article on the “Disasters of 1780,”
and these three furnish the solid
reading of the number. Hope
Notner continues her amusing
studies in French history, this
time Writing about Madame
de Montespan, her sisters and
daughters. “A Son of Spain,”
the chronicle of a. famous horse,
Mr. Quincy’s paper on “Cranks
as Social Motors.” and "Mr,
Brisba.ne’s Journal,” the diary of
a. South Carolinian, written about
1801, are among the other more
notable papers. Mrs. Dela.nd’s
and Miss Fanny Murfree’s seri-

zals. a consideration of ;'\lllel‘lCEtll‘

‘ and Gerinan schools. and reviews

évolumcs. complete the numbein.

of the "'l‘ragic Muse“ and other

& Co.. Boston. '
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n.‘

Houghton. Miiilin

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We often hear fariners say.
can't see any possible good in‘
the Grange " Why. no. my err-
ing brother. how can you from
the outside of it. and when your‘
opinion. too. is based on the
statement of those who would re-
joice to see it die. because it hews
so closely to the line of right,
the chips falling where they may.
Of what use as a. timepiece would
a beautiful clock be to one unac-
quainted with the movements of
its hands or the purpose of the
figures on its face‘? But. being
taught these. a great good is ac-
complished as the value of time
is comprehended. So with the
Grange. Come inside of its well-
guzi-rdcd gates. attune your mind
to the swing of its mighty pendu-
him of progression. study the
moveinents of its giant l1Etl1(lS of
labor. learn the true value of the
millions of figures of earnest men .
and women on its bright. untur-
nislied face. and then you will re-
alize that maminoii alone is not
riches. and how gently and beau-
tifully it evolves the higher na-
ture of mankind.—f.'/ippml.

-4 3}-

When going from a \Va.l'll1 tit-
mosphere into 3. colder one. keep
the mouth closed so that the air
inay be warmed by its passzige
through the nose. ere it reaches
the lungs.

Qbituarics.

BURCH.

The following resolutions were
passed by Pennfield Grange N0.
25;’)-

WHEREAS, Our worthy brother
Carolus H. Burch. 3. charter mem-
ber of this Grange. has been ta.-
ken from us by death. therefore

Ifc.s'olve(l, That we cherish his
memory as a. faithful brother, an
honorable and upright citizen.
kindly, generous and true in all
the relations of life.

1.’e.s-olved, That we tender to the
bereaved family our sincere sym-
pathy in their affliction; that, in
token of our sorrow, the charter
of this Grange be draped in
mourning for thirty days; that
a. copy of these resolutions be
sent to the relatives of deceased;
that they be published in the
Gnxivon VISITOR and be spread
upon the records of this Grange.

C. C. l\lCDElt.\IID.

Mus. C. C. Poomiltx.

RICHARD KEELER.
Committee.

-—-<3 0--
VVALVVOKTH.

Died. at her home in East
Springport. Aug. 31st, 1890. our
beloved sister. Mary Ellen Wal-
worth.

WHEREAS. The silent1nessen-
ger has again entered our midst
and removed our worthy and be-
loved sister. therefore

Resolved, That our Grange has
lost an earnest and consistent
member, and that we. as broth-
ers and sisters. extend our earn-
est and heartfelt sympathy to the
bereaved husband and sons.

Ifcsolvcd, That our charter be
draped in mourning for thirty
days, and that a. copy of these
resolutions be sent the VISITOR
for publication.

MRS. L. DEY.
IVIRS. L. KNOWLES,
L. KNOWLES,
Committee.
KAY.

WHEIti3As. It has pleased our
Heavenly Father in His wisdom
to remove from our midst one of
our number. David Kay. VVa.ds-
worth Grange No. 668 has lost a.
worthy brother and a. valuable
member, being our Worthy Chap-
lain. therefore

Resolved, That the family of our
departed brother has our heart-
felt sympathy in this their great
bereavement.

Resolved, That a. copy of these
resolutions be spread on the rec-
ords of the Grange. and that our
Secretary be instructed to trans-
mit a. copy to the bereaved fam-
ily and one also to the GRANGE
VISITOR for publication, and that
our charter be draped in mourn-
ing for a period of 60 days.

RoB"r A. DONALDSON,
EZRA SLACK,

Committee.

CATARRH,
Czitaiihzil Deafness---Hay Peter.

A NEW HOME TREATMENT.

Sufferers are not generally aware tlmt these dis-
eases are contagious, or that they are due to the
presence of living parasites in the liutng membrane
of the nose and mistachiiut tubes. Microst-opic re-
search, however, has proved this to be a fact and
the result of this discovery is that a simple roinedy
has been formulated whereby ratarrh, catarrlial
deafness and huy {ever are permanently cured in
from one to three simple applications made at home
by the patient once in two weeks.

N. B.—Thi's treatment is not a anufl‘ or an oint-
ment; both have been discarded by reputable physi-
cians as injurious. A pamphlet explaining this
new treatment is sent free on receipt of stamp to

pay postage, by A. H. Dixon & Son, 337 and 339
West King street. Toronto, Can-ada.—-C/zri'.tt1'arz Ail-
1/umta.

Sufferers from ’3ntarrh:1l troubles should care-

fully read the above.
8 I
I ea

IMGIJBE FIT

tan 1 any cure I do not. mean merely to stop them
(or; time and then have them return again. in n A
radignl cure. I have made the disease of FITS, EPIL-
EPSY or FALLING SICKNESS a life-long study. I
warrant. my remedy to cuts the worst cases. Because
others have failed in no reason for not. now receiving :.
cure. _ send at. once for n _t1ieat.ise and a. Free Bottle
of inéinfallible P811193. Give Express and Post Othce.
IL - R001‘: Mo -. 83 Pearl st. New York.

WANTED.

ONE HUNDRED WOMEN AND GIRLS
to work in our I“l5A'I‘I[liRB()\'l7. l)RF.SS STAY
U1‘ l<‘l“ATI*ll-.‘Rl!().\‘lL CORSET F.-\C'l‘Ol<Y. For
-I .s etc.. addn-ss.

Warren Featherbone Co.,
’l‘hi‘(-‘e Oaks. Dlit-li.

   

‘T
.. tie:

Rosy Complexion, Youthful Beauty‘,
Pliiinpncss and loveliness

are pi'otliit-ml liy()lil I)r. H(~:itli's Harm-
less Arsenical Rejuvenating Wa-
fers, and Black Heads, Pimples,
Eruptions, Skin Diseases, Ulcers,
Catarrh, Hay Fever, Asthma, Lung
Diseases 6‘l'illllt‘:1t(‘(l. Pt‘l'ft‘t‘l. health
is the inirror of lw:nit_v, and only $1 11
liox or six for  Mailed St‘:‘tl(’(l. Fret-
(‘nllsllltilllnll at oilict-s, 291 Broiidwziy,
Netv York.
1

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G. R. & 1. RA IL ROAD.
June 20, 1890.—Centt':1l St:ind:ird Tinic.

GOING SOUTH. 50- 2 -‘'°- ‘‘?*'0- 8iN°-*
. i. . .

   

P. i\I.,A. M.
Mackinaw City ..... ..1v '1 20 I 9 on
Petoake-y _ _ _ . . .. ..._ 1040 '10 13 _ __
Traverse City ...... _.lv .... ..'11 25 . .

A. iV[.'P. M.
Walton .............. .. 1 16 .12 45 1
Cadillac ............. .. 2 20 I 2 U5
Reed City ............ .. J 22 I 3 05 l
Grand Rapids ...... _.lv 6 30 , 6‘. no
Kalamazoo___.__.._._1v 8 20 ,‘ 8 05

P. M..A. M.
Fort Wayne _ _ . _ _ . . . ..lv 12 15 1? 10
Ciu.C. S T L& PDpt ar 6 is 7 no

 

oomo NORTH.

 
  

P. M.-
Cin.CSTL&PDptlv

P.
Fort Wayne ........ . .ar 6
Kalainazoo ........ . _lv 7 L
Grand Rapids _ . . . _ . _.lv ;1l .

‘P. .
Reed City.__.._..._..lv 2
Cadillac . _.lv 5 4 ;
Walton ._ .. ____ ,. j 5 .
’l‘ravcrse City ..ur 2'»
Pt-toskcy __ ____ ..ur '7 .
)Iackiitaw __________ __:i.r 1 9

 

C. L. LOCK \\'()()I),
G. P. & T. Ag't, Grand Rapids.
E. BAKER, Ageiit, Kuluniazoo.

C. & G. T. ltatiiw.-\Y.
Jun. 19, 18‘.)0.~Ct*iiti':il Meritliziii Tiinc.
TIL-\l.\'S VvEs'rwAiti).

 
  
   
    

 

No. 2 No. 18 No. -1
Exp Exp. Exp.

Port Huron lv .......... _. 7 16am 5 59am 7 '24 pin
' 7 28 N 8 55 ‘-
8  ll 9  M
8 48 “ 10 31] “
10 O0 “ 11 34) “

10 37 “ 12 053.111
battle Greek or ................. .. ll 30 " 12 50 "
II n [V . _ . _ _ ‘ _ _ _ __ 1, 05pm ] oopm 1 00 u
Vicksburg _.. . 12 50 “ I 48 “ 1 48 “
Schoolci-art . . “
Marcellus _ “
Cassopolls , “
South Bend “
Valparaiso “
Chicago . . . . ._ “

TRAINS EASTVVARD.

No. 1 No. 3 No. 5
Hail. Exp. Exp.
Chicago lv ............. .. 8 40am 3 15pm 8 15px
Valparaiso .. .... .. ll 26 “ 521) “ 1031) "

South Bend" .... .. 1 00pm 6 44) “ 12 00am
(‘assopolls .. .... .. 1 50 “ 7 t7 “ 12 45 "
Marcellus .. ____ .. 220 “ ...... .. 1 11 “
‘1choolcra.ft._ .... .. 2 42 “ ...... ._ 1 33 “
Vicksburg _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , _ __ 2 55 “ 8 01 “ 1 4»; “
Battle Creek 31- __ .... .. 3 45 “ 8 40 “ 2 30 “
“ “ lv ._ ____ ._ 4 05 “ 8 45 “ 2 35 "
Charlotte . _ . . _ _ . . _ . .. 5 O0 “ 9 27 “ 3 25 --
Lansing_ __ ____ ._ 537 “' 9 57 “ 400 "
Din-and .... .. 7 20 “ 10 48 “ 5 03 “
Fliut...._ . 8 00 “ 11 17 “ 5 40 “
Lupeer-...._ .... 8 55 “ 11 48 “ 6 17 ‘-
Port Huron ____________ ._ 10 31 “ 1 05am 7 35 “

No. 42,. mixed, west, leaves Schoolci-aft at 9:50 a.
m., and No. 43, east, at 3:40 p. :11.

Nos. ‘2, 3, 4 and 5 run daily.

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

For through fates and time apply to E. L.
Crull, Local Agt., Schoolcraft: W. E. Dnvrs, geu‘1
passenger agent, Chicago; W. J. Srronn, gei.i‘l
manager Detroit.

Roofing!

GUM—ELASTIC ROOFING FELT costs only
$2.00 per 100 square feet. Makes a good roof for
years. and anyone can put it on. Send stamp for
sample and full particulars.

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

Local Agents Wanted .

DBAFNE SS,

ITS 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. Hdw the difiiculty
is reached and the cause removed. fully explained
in circulars, with aflidavits and testimonials of
cures from

Dr.A.l"0

rominent eo le. mailed free.
TAIN .1 E. 14thst..N.Y.